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1,google,none," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to work for,People are smart and friendly,Bureaucracy is slowing things down,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
2,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 21, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Moving at the speed of light, burn out is inevitable","1) Food, food, food. 15+ cafes on main campus (MTV) alone. Mini-kitchens, snacks, drinks, free breakfast/lunch/dinner, all day, errr'day.  2) Benefits/perks. Free 24:7 gym access (on MTV campus). Free (self service) laundry (washer/dryer) available. Bowling alley. Volley ball pit. Custom-built and exclusive employee use only outdoor sport park (MTV). Free health/fitness assessments. Dog-friendly. Etc. etc. etc.  3) Compensation. In ~2010 or 2011, Google updated its compensation packages so that they were more competitive.  4) For the size of the organization (30K+), it has remained relatively innovative, nimble, and fast-paced and open with communication but, that is definitely changing (for the worse).  5) With so many departments, focus areas, and products, *in theory*, you should have plenty of opportunity to grow your career (horizontally or vertically). In practice, not true.  6) You get to work with some of the brightest, most innovative and hard-working/diligent minds in the industry. There's a ""con"" to that, too (see below).","1) Work/life balance. What balance? All those perks and benefits are an illusion. They keep you at work and they help you to be more productive. I've never met anybody at Google who actually time off on weekends or on vacations. You may not hear management say, ""You have to work on weekends/vacations"" but, they set the culture by doing so - and it inevitably trickles down. I don't know if Google inadvertently hires the work-a-holics or if they create work-a-holics in us. Regardless, I have seen way too many of the following: marriages fall apart, colleagues choosing work and projects over family, colleagues getting physically sick and ill because of stress, colleagues crying while at work because of the stress, colleagues shooting out emails at midnight, 1am, 2am, 3am. It is absolutely ridiculous and something needs to change.  2) Poor management. I think the issue is that, a majority of people love Google because they get to work on interesting technical problems - and these are the people that see little value in learning how to develop emotional intelligence. Perhaps they enjoy technical problems because people are too ""difficult."" People are promoted into management positions - not because they actually know how to lead/manage, but because they happen to be smart or because there is no other path to grow into. So there is a layer of intelligent individuals who are horrible managers and leaders. Yet, there is no value system to actually do anything about that because ""emotional intelligence"" or ""adaptive leadership"" are not taken seriously.  3) Jerks. Sure, there are a lot of brilliant people - but, sadly, there are also a lot of jerks (and, many times, they are one and the same). Years ago, that wasn't the case. I don't know if the pool of candidates is getting smaller, or maybe all the folks with great personalities cashed out and left, or maybe people are getting burned out and it's wearing on their personality and patience. I've heard stories of managers straight-up cussing out their employees and intimidating/scaring their employees into compliance.  4) It's a giant company now and, inevitably, it has become slower moving and is now layered with process and bureaucracy. So many political battles, empire building, territory grabbing. Google says, ""Don't be evil."" But, that practice doesn't seem to be put into place when it comes to internal practices. :(","1) Don't dismiss emotional intelligence and adaptive leadership. They're not just catch phases. You need great managers and leaders in order to build great companies and develop great employees. The people who may be brilliant at solving technical issues may not be (and are most often, not) the best candidates for management.  2) Do something about that work-ife balance. Don't just have a bunch of pow-wows and tech talks and discussions about it. Leadership should actually model it. Consider re-evaluating how work is done, what processes are in place that are inefficient and ineffective and need to be updated or removed?  3) Don't forget that there is already a pool of incredibly talented people within the company. If career development is really a goal at Google, then do it. Don't just hire from the outside. Take the time to help your employees develop their careers - then maybe you won't lose some of the great ones, and maybe you'll have prevent some of that burn out and disillusionment.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2094,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
3,google,"New York, NY"," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Great balance between big-company security and fun, fast-moving projects","* If you're a software engineer, you're among the kings of the hill at Google. It's an engineer-driven company without a doubt (that *is* changing, but it's still very engineer-focused). * The perks are amazing. Yes, free breakfast, lunch, an dinner every weekday. Aaaaaamazing holiday parties (at Waldorf Astoria, NY Public Library, MoMA, etc.), overnight ski trips to Vermont, overnight nature trips to the Poconos in the summer, summer picnics at Chelsea piers, and on and on and on. I don't see this going away unless the company starts hurting financially. * Speaking of which, the company is doing quite well, which reflects in bonuses and equity grants. * There a huge diversity of work ranging from defending independent journalism worldwide (Google Project Shield) to crisis response during disasters (see Maps during Hurricane Sandy or Tsunamis), to the best machine learning experts and projects in the world, to more mundane revenue-driving projects in advertising, there's really something for everybody. * It's easy to move around within the company as long as you're in good standing (the vast majority of engineers are). * The company is amazingly open: every week Larry Page and Sergey Brin host what's called TGIF where food, beer, wine, etc. is served, a new project is presented, and afterward there's an open forum to ask the executives anything you want. It's truly fair game to ask anything, no matter how controversial, and frequently the executives will be responsive. * No, nobody cares if you use an iPhone, Facebook, shop with Amazon, stream using Spotify, or refuse to use Google+. The company is amazingly open and flexible.  Neither pro nor con, but general information on work-life balance, promotions, and advancement. * Work life balance can be what you want it to be on most teams. (Some teams are in more competitive sectors and require more crazy hours all the time - but very few of them). If you do what's expected, you'll be fine at least for a handful of years. Working a roughly 40 hour work week is possible, and many people do it. There are also people who are hyper-motived and work like crazy just because they love it, or because they're competitive, or they want to get a promotion. If you work 40 hour weeks without putting in anything extra, you'll fall behind them as they advance and you stand still - and maybe that doesn't matter, so it works out for everybody. But at least know where you would realistically stand. * If you excel and work your butt off, you'll be compensated and promoted. If you let yourself be a code monkey, and just sit coding with your head down all day, you'll be fine but won't advance. A big complaint from some Googlers is about not being able to advance ""even at Google"" with pure coding. Sure, if you're the uber genius who created MapReduce and Bigtable, you're going to advance like a rocket without having to do anything but coding, but if you're like most engineers at Google -- smarter than average, but just average compared to other Googlers -- you're just a good coder and not revolutionary. Code monkeys are important to actually get stuff done, and to be sure you absolutely need to be a good coder as a software engineer (it's the minimum requirement), but code monkeys won't advance because they're not leaders and they're easy to replace. To get promoted you need to lead and do more than just code. There are plenty of ways to lead other than being an official tech lead, so this isn't actually _that_ hard, so the real point is just that you can't just sit there coding what other people tell you to code all day and expect to advance.","* It *is* becoming larger, and with it comes growing pains: bureaucracy, slow to respond to market threats, bloated teams, cross-divisional tension (though nothing remotely approaching that of Microsoft's internal tension). * The quality of the engineers is possibly dropping, but possibly not. It's hard to get real metrics, because as the absolute number of people grows, naturally the number of bad apples grows, as a percentage it's supposedly the same as it ever was, but with larger numbers of poorer quality engineers it just _feels_ like things might be changing for the worse. * Also with growth means more internal-confidential data leaks (again, because of the raw numbers of people) -- product announcements being ruined, etc. That means the company has to be tighter-lipped internally to avoid leaks, which makes things less open. It's still an amazingly open place, but less so than it was even a couple years ago. The good thing is they recognize it and actively look to improve things because they know how important it is to keep the good culture.",Keep the focus on the user. Everything else will follow.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,949,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
4,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best place I've worked and also the most demanding.,"You can't find a more well-regarded company that actually deserves the hype it gets.  You'll work on cutting edge projects / solve important issues that impact your community and the world  You'll meet interesting people who are your colleagues, managers, and senior management.  You'll open the paper and see your company in the news almost every day, and read about projects you're working on, which is a cool thing  You'll see Larry and Sergey at TGIF and you'll admire how they lead the company. They are brilliant, goofy, low key but intense, and likeable.  There are 22 cafes (more or less), the food is excellent, and it's free.  Your pay will typically be competitive, though it needs to be tweaked up a bit since the economy has improved.  Google cares about how it treats its employees.  The campus is like an academic campus in many ways.  There are tons of activities on campus, like authors speaking about their books, films after work, and gyms where you can work out - but you'll need to make sure to carve out time to do these things.  You'll get plenty of external validation from people who suddenly think you're smart and rich because you work there, even if you're not rich and you're as smart when you didn't work at Google.  If and when you leave, you'll never regret having that company on your resume. It opens doors.  The company is flexible - if you're lucky, you won't have a micromanager boss and you can be somewhat flexible in how you work - but don't get me wrong - you'll work a LOT. But you don't have to do all of it chained to your desk.","I live in SF so the commute can take between 1.5 hours to 1.75 hours each way on the shuttle - sometimes 2 hours each way on a busy day or rainy day. That means being on the bus for 3-4 hours PER DAY. It's a wired bus though which means you can work on the way to Mountain View. But it can feel brutal.  Your first year or two are really important in terms of your career at Google and they affect how you're viewed, and your ability to be promoted. You should always ask to work on high profile projects. If you don't get them, don't expect to get high ratings or get promoted. Always volunteer for cross functional group work for maximum exposure, and then work hard at those things.  You'll likely work on something that no one will explain to you and it will take you at least a year to be comfortable doing what you're working on, even if you're super quick at learning. No one has time to train you or teach you what you're doing - which is kind of hard.  After two or three years, people you started out with at Google start to get promoted. If you're not one of them, you'll wonder why and how it happened, and that process is somewhat political and not always clear.  It's a big company now. And super political. So don't be naive. Expect some people to be catty, some people to be territorial, and be prepared to be mentally tough. Don't let people see your vulnerableness. It's a Darwinistic culture with a huge dose of 30-something idealism on top which can fool you into thinking that people are easygoing - they're not. They're driven. If you're not driven, you're not going to fit in.  When you start at Google, it seems like peer reviews are super important - they are, but they are the sprinkles on the fro yo. The important thing is that your direct manager knows your work, likes your work and likes you, and then you can get promoted. If your boss doesn't like you, all the positive peer reviews in the world won't help you. Make sure you know what your boss wants, and give it to them. You will have weekly one on ones, and make sure you are addressing your performance at each one, asking if they have questions, how you can improve, can you work on cross functional projects, etc.  It's really hard to find work life balance at Google. The workload is huge. I hardly have time to work out. The commute is brutal. My family sometimes needs more from me and I can't give it. I'm still trying to find the balance. I think I need more down time than most people so I have a hard time being structured every day to fit all the things I want into my day, so a lot of things slip, like working out.","Keep on NOT micromanaging - that is a huge benefit to Google. Most of us have a huge workload and we work in spikes and not chained to our desks, and we care deeply about producing, and we produce a lot. We can do that because you respect us enough to give us some freedom in how we do our jobs.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,498,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
5,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Unique, one of a kind dream job","Google is a world of its own. At every other company, there were lots of people who had serious gaps in their skills. At Google, I could have a serious work conversation about technology with everyone and could trust that they have solid expertise. In that way, Google is a sheltered garden from the rest of the world.  There is a general sense of trust in the company. You can leave your valuables and laptops lying around, and they are safe. People joke that it's the only place where you use an expansive laptop to reserve a seat at the cafeteria, while walking away.  At other companies, teams are very protective of their own code. Trying to execute another team's code requires following a 50 step installation process that's out of date and was never complete to begin with. Google has almost all the code in the same source repository. An engineer can look at the code, easily execute the code because it comes with intelligent defaults and standard build process, and contribute enhancements/bug fixes. The other teams are generally grateful for getting improvements. They understand that it's better for the company if the bug is fixed rather than holding onto territory or insisting on their own strange ways.  Google takes care of you all around. From food, health care, generous vacation, onsite gym, and so on, you are well taken care off and can focus on work rather than dealing with life's hassles. There are cases where Google goes above and beyond tremendously. Here is an example that floats around internally. A Googler had worked at Amazon before. Amazon relocated him. Because of the relocation, he had to change his partner's health insurance for some critical and expensive life changing medication. Due to same sex partner and relocation, the health insurance company refused. Amazon was so unhelpful that the HR representative who was forced to deliver the news broke down crying and then quit over it. He switched to Google. The Google HR department negotiated an exception for him with the health insurance and included the necessary change for the following policy year for all employees.  A lot of Google products have a huge impact with over a billion users. Working there, you can feel that you change the world.  I was very happy with the compensation. There are also a lot of opportunities in the company to follow your interest. Pretty much anyone can get an intern, participate in setting coding standards (obviously you have to argue the case for your proposals), interviewing, supporting local schools with tech expertise. Google opened up a lot of opportunities in the community or in general in tech to volunteer in.  Google is considered the largest functioning anarchy. That has its good sides, like the glee of joy for operating without strict oversight. It also has its dark side, like a hands-off management tends to encourage politics.  Another beauty for engineers are internal tools. Your development environment is in the cloud. You can sit down at a loaner computer and be productive within seconds. There is a massive cloud compiling system that shards your compiles across many computers in the cloud. The search function across the codebase is powerful. You'll feel that downloading and compiling code on your own computer in your IDE is something of another epoch, like something from before the industrial revolution.  The Google badge is a wonderful thing to carry. It opens doors to a different world. The office spaces are beautiful with work, rest, and play areas. The MTV location is like a utopian city on its own. Everything in it, food, drinks, work spaces, swimming pools, gym, bowling alleys, showers, and so on are free (for employees). It is a whole world of its own.  Most companies have a one-over-one promotion model. Your boss has to decide to promote you. Your bosses boss has to sign off on it. At Google, the promotion is decided by a relatively impartial committee that due to promoting lots of people has experience in it. You can even get promoted in rare cases against the will of your manager. Rumor has it that managers won't hold a grudge if that happens but support it. The hiring committee looks at a promotion packet that includes reviews from peers. There can even be unrequested peer reviews. In general, it creates an environment that discourages bicycling - bowing to the higher ups and kicking the lower downs hard. However some people have realized that they can hurt colleagues with bad reviews and impunity. It's rare, but colleagues careers took a dive due to someone holding a grudge or simply writing a thoughtless review. (There is some concern about stack ranking, but I don't understand enough of the background to comment on it. There are plenty of discussions with insight elsewhere.)  To underscore how Google is one of a kind, there is an internal database with legendary things that happened at Google. Someone parked his car for many years on the employee parking lot. When after years, he went looking for his car, it was gone. He went to security. He found out that it was simply moved because the parking lot had been repaved. Another Googler lived in the office fulltime to save money on rent. He wrote a guide on how to do that. As there are showers and other facilities, it is possible to do so. And Google let it happen. After a while of saving rent payment, he could afford the down payment on buying his own place. All these stories make Google a wonderful place to work at.  An important topic to bring up is work/life balance. Work/life balance is an amorphous topic that means a lot of different things to different people. Getting up to speed at Google is consuming. Depending on your work, it could take a year to become productive. Many colleagues reported no longer having a personal life after starting at Google. Some colleagues simply love technology and can't think of anything better than working until the AM hours on some tech that gets them excited. You can tell these people by physically looking at them. For them, it is a heaven. If you are a balanced person with personal interests and relationships, you are likely going to be challenged. If you signed up for one of the big five tech companies, you wanted challenge, right. If I would do something differently, it is to take advantage of all time saving things. Pay for a laundry service. Pay for a cleaning service. I've had a moral hangup about doing that because on a moral level, my time shouldn't be more worthy than that of another human being. If I could do it all over again, I'd pay for every possible service to save time. In the grander scheme of things, if you work at Google, your skill is so valuable to humanity that you should make use of it instead of standing in line at the grocery store. I don't mean that in an arrogant way. If you work on a service with a billion users, your ability to make life better for them with another hour of work is worth more than folding laundry. You've paid the price in education, training, and effort to be able to do that. Make use of your power for the great code. (The view that all those perks are only there to keep your nose closer to the grindstone is the wrong way of looking at it from a philosophical point, in my humble opinion.)  For full disclosure, there are some people who coast at Google. They probably don't have any complains about work/life balance or perhaps the worst complaints because they are all about coasting.  Many company mishandle projects. When the next time comes around, they mishandle it in the same way because the people responsible aren't the ones working late nights and weekends. Google does two things to get better: (1) There are honest and public postmortems. They are the pride of a lot of true engineers. (2) Zeitgeist is an annual survey about the work place and the company. The survey is quite exhaustive. Every manager from the CEO to the front-line manager reports on the result of his/her area. Then they take actions to attempt to improve areas that got low scores. Having worked at companies where now improvement effort is done, this annual and systematic process is very refreshing.","If you don't work in MTV (HQ), you will be given work. However if you are passionate and want to advance your career, you should relocated to MTV. Any project that started doing well and getting important seemed to get transferred there. Promotion opportunities are better there. It seemed that everyone who relocated from another location to MTV, was a lot happier.  Officially, the company focuses on impact. In practice, it seems to focus on being highly productive in producing code, but not necessarily in actually succeeding. In theory, if you have a simple idea that doubles the revenue/customer satisfaction, it should be more appreciated than an idea that took a lot of effort/difficulty and had less improvement. But it tends to be the other way.  Promotions tend to be tied to launching a project that makes peers at a higher level happy. That's often easier with an API that happens to be really useful for peers than launches that benefit users. Landing the right kind of project to work on is a big factor of getting a promotion, which is easier in MTV and also encourages politics. A colleague was told directly from his boss that he has to get better at ""turf war.""  A general rule of thumb is that everyone ends up in ads. Non-ads projects tend to be more volatile and have a tendency to end with people ending up on ads projects. This is not necessarily a con. One should simply prepare for it.  There seems to be a general trend as Google gets larger (60K+ employees) and the founders are withdrawing their impact on the company that Google's specialty is fading a bit. Microkitchens stock less eye popping snacks and drinks. The Christmas gift went from a nice bundle of cash to a coveted phone to a cheap phone to simply a donation to a charity of your choice. The hiring bar seems to get lowered to satisfy the need to hire more people.  Managers tend to become managers for their tech skills and not management skills. It definitely shows in the quality of management. Very smart people, very technically capable, not so business and people savvy. This is not necessarily a complete con because a manager without a clue in tech is definitely a lot worse.  There are some stars that people belief that Google still has but doesn't. The myth of 20% time is alive outside of Google. It's discouraged inside of Google. The only person whom I knew to participate in 20% time did so by working on another team, which he wanted to test out before transferring. Outside people belief that 1 day a week a Google can work on anything he/she deems interesting. Management doesn't outright deny it, but it's formulated as: If you work 20% time on something else, it has to have company impact worth 20%. This is not necessarily a con. It's more like a missing pro.  Another shining star that's gone is the ""don't be evil"" motto. It was silently dropped and replaced with ""do the right thing."" Google didn't turn overnight evil. There is some philosophical case to be made why the new motto is better. However it seems with the founders drawing back from company involvement that the dramatic standing up for users of the old times is also fading. Google is still a far cry from Monsanto.  If you work there and want to advance your career, don't volunteer for anything. It is kind of viewed as a ""vacation"" if you volunteer for things. For example at other employers, interviewing was viewed as a prestigious activity reserved for the most trusted employees to shape the future. At Google, any hour you spend interviewing means missing an hour to increase your performance score. You'll be rewarded for finding ways to dug out of the interviewing responsibility. Again this is not necessarily a con, simply something to understand.  You are going to meet some of the brightest and most brilliant people. You are going to meet people with interesting backgrounds. You are going to have wonderfully engaging conversations. But all of that intelligence tends to also have caused nature to create that intelligence at a trade-off (in some people). Perhaps a lack of humanity or emotion was the price of it in some people. You are going to have some lunch conversations that are going to make you spit your food back out, like a colleague seriously proposing to use nuclear bombs to solve social issues. I sometimes felt the need to take a break from the office to be around people who display normal emotions (or any emotion). While the general office culture is very liberal/progressive, there are some pockets of social beliefs that are breathtaking to how little they care about human life or different lifestyles/opinions out of some law of the strong or ultra libertarian reasoning.",Promote managers into management for their manager skills. Train manager in managing skills (both business and people managing skills).  Focus more on the user. It seems that OKRs are more focused on internal metrics than actually understanding the user and making them happy.  Roll back the trend towards becoming a regular company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,49,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
6,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - SDE2,NICE working in GOOGLE as an INTERN,"People are not that busy, so they are nice to help our. They did make a suitable intern project that you can finish it in time and learn something.",Food is not good as I expected. People said it is getting worse recently.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
7,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Great working environment. Good work life balance,Usual big company problems. Hierarchy.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
8,google,none," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work and progress,"work culture, benefits, growth, people,",No cons that i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
9,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Surpasses Realistic Expectations,"Great products. Vision you can feel good about. Fair compensation. Automonomy in your role. Wide array of industries / roles employees are able to explore. Feedback loops give employees that ability to provide feedback to management regularly on their performance. Expectation that you will go above and beyond the minimum scope of your role - those that do, are typically rewarded. What more do you want from an employer.","Younger employees complaining about the company not catering to their individual careers aspirations. There is a misconception out there, that if you get into Google you can move about the company internally super easily. If you're applying to an open role - you're still competing against all external and internal applicants - you're not guaranteed anything. Typical bureaucratic challenges exist that come with working in a larger company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
10,google,none," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Execellent for engineers,Impact driven. Best tech in the world.,Size matters. Engineers are a bit disconnected with customers.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P1.htm
11,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,* Smart people * World class infrastructure * Diverse selection of projects and teams,Giant company with uneven project and team characteristics,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
12,google,none," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,* There is endless opportunity * You'll never stop learning * I haven't thought about money since I joined.,"* There's always someone better than you. * You'll constantly wonder if you're good enough * When people start talking about their employeers, you'll feel awkward saying.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
13,google,none," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to Work For!,Atmosphere that promotes the expression of fresh ideas!,It can be an overwhelming machine at times but there are no real drawbacks I encountered.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
14,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Operations Analyst,Still the best place to work!,Amazing company. Still the best place to work.,"Size, which limits opportunities for extraordinary high performers",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
15,google,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mba Intern,"Perks, autonomy, cool products, smart people",Slow career progression for non-tech,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
16,google,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,The people are great to work with,There is lower compensation than expected,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
17,google,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of Google,"The people are great to work with, good perks.",Wide variety in experience based on team.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
18,google,none," Dec 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analysts,"Good managers, benefits , some support, nice atmosphere","Long hours, far locations, a lot of work",none,5.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
19,google,none," Dec 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company With No Down Sides,Really fun work environment with startup,Really no down sides that I saw.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
20,google,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Account Manager,"Great benefits, growth and people to work with and challenge you.",Must be located in an office,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P2.htm
21,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,"Great, but great can always be better",Great team and support for individuals,"Lots of bureaucracy, not super diverse",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
22,google,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,I love Google a lot,Some things are not to great,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
23,google,none," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,n/a,it's a great place to work!,too much red tape on doing even the smallest processes!,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
24,google,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Awesome job environment to work in,Pressure is there for some parts,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
25,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Staff Accountant,Accountant,I like and learned from the beginning accounting,High clerical work in the Sane record,Management and Finance must be close relation in a Organization,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
26,google,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to Work for,"- perks are phenomenal, food, health, office",- work life balance is hard to manage,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
27,google,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,Very inspiring engineers to work with.,"Easy to get lost, as it is such a big company.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
28,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager I,"Not perfect, but still the best place in the world to work","- A company culture that encourages dissent, discourse, transparency, and fairness - Strong compensation, from benefits, to perks, to base pay - Decent internal mobility opportunities - Employees are proud to work on globally impactful products, leading to a great sense of pride - Lots of opportunities to get involved in extracurriculars: sports teams, affinity groups, plan events, lead debate on internal company/cultural issues","- A company with over 90k people at the time of this review, and you can feel the size - A hierarchical company (due to its size), so don't expect to lead world changing projects and work with the CEO if you're a junior person - A company that has valued employees in somewhat of a tiered way: tech jobs are most respected, business jobs are 2nd class, vendors/temps/contractors are treated in an exclusionary way (usually because it is legally required to do so) - Employees can be overly sensitive and entitled - Mobility is great in the same functional discipline, switching between functional disciplines (i.e. sales to eng) is a nightmare",- Just because a small percentage of the company is screaming and shouting about certain issues doesn't mean it necessarily reflects the viewpoint of the entirety of the company.  - Feels like we're losing our 'edge' and aggressiveness in the markets we're are invested in. We can be Googley and ruthless (a.k.a business savvy) at the same time.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
29,google,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,The people are awesome. Lots of perks. Reduce administrative burdens. The food is great. There's a wide variety of tasks.,There's sometimes too wide a variety of things you can work on.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
30,google,none," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great place to work, free food, and great culture.","Big company, prepare to move much slower than a startup.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P3.htm
31,google,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Employee,"Flexible timings, surrounded by technical experts and platform to grow and new ideas","None as of now, all good!",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
32,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Director,Senior Director,"So many brilliant people Tons of resources Working on amazingly cool technologies Great culture - they really care about employees, actively ask for feedback, and act on it (e.g. Set corporate OKR's to improve on problem issues)","Becoming highly bureaucratic Growing political back stabbing, especially at the senior management levels",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
33,google,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Is very good,is very good. is very very good,You work a lot. Like a lot,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
34,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Google is still the best place to be,"Great place to work, learn new things, grow and innovate. Able to maintain a respectful and healthy workplace culture despite the recent press.",Large company issues have crept up but nothing compared to other behemoths.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
35,google,"Dearborn, MI"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Google Specialist,Google,Google is one of the beast Company in the world,You have to work hard,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
36,google,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Nice perks. Good work life balance,too slow and too much consensus culture sometimes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
37,google,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Good work and life balance,Growth of salaries and career opportunities,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
38,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good compensation,Better than average engineers. Competitive compensation.,Big and beurocratic. Lots of legacy systems. Moves slowly.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
39,google,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great perks, bad work-life balance","Google’s perks are great: free food, shuttle to work, stock options, fun offices and amenities. The company is also full of really smart people that I’m constantly learning from.","I have zero work-life balance. I work minimum 50 hours per week, often including nights and weekends. The commute is absolutely horrendous. I’m also not a fan of the performance review structure (even though I got good ratings myself). The essays take an insane amount of time to compile and people are often promoted based on how long they’ve been at Google rather than merit.",Restructure performance reviews so that some feedback can be sent anonymously to your manager’s manager. I’ve heard many people say that they are afraid of giving negative reviews to their managers for fear of retaliation.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
40,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best of the best,"The best company I've worked for. Culture, perks, the way people are treated. Very thankful for this experience.","Set hours for breakfast, lunch, dinner.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P4.htm
41,google,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Easy place and people are nice,Employee will require muti-tasking to complete the job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
42,google,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Hard to beat,"Amazing compensation + benefits (hard to beat in Seattle), office space is cozy. Lots of autonomy. Taking initiative on important things is heavily rewarded.","Growing pains as Google has gone from ~10k to ~100k FTE during my tenure. Processes have mostly scaled, but internal trust and culture have not.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
43,google,none," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Tech,Never have to skip a paycheck.,Google has an over abundance of technicians and under-abundance of thinkers.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
44,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Ambitious mission, great colleagues, supportive atmosphere.","Everyone is eager to succeed, which can lead to a pretty competitive environment.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
45,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Positive Experiences,"Good opportunities for different technical experiences, good work-life balance, good compensation, great coworkers",Difficult to advance depending on which projects you're contributing to,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
46,google,none," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great pay,"Great pay, good food, fun employees",There were no cons here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
47,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Make sure you know what role you're applying for,"Employees, food, benefits, perks, shuttle, basically an all-expenses-paid college.","Company has become way too vertical, performance evaluations are no longer representative and have arbitrary 'unwritten rules' that contradict written rules.","Stop putting people on a bell curve, and recognize that stellar performers are kept via recognition and career momentum.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
48,google,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its Google,"food, shuttle, technology, perks, health, 401K, brand",Great place to work finace is backend though. Its a tech company first.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
49,google,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,g,"perks are pretty good, as is culture",work/life balance is generally moderate to poor,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
50,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,meh,Pays really well Free food Looks good on resume,"Google wants 60-hour weeks. If you have a 150 IQ, Google is okay with 50-hour weeks, otherwise, 60-hour weeks are required to keep your job. Work is mind-numbingly boring, e.g. sustaining software written 10-20 years ago, mostly. Culture is declining QUICKLY Too many people are competing for your job so Google has CS PhDs doing plumbing work.","Add ethics to the review process A launch is not always a good thing, often we were plumbing in bad new software from other teams so that those other teams could get their promotion for their launch, but nothing got better.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P5.htm
51,google,none," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Pretty good benifits and bank.,Being challanged everyday. Having no life.,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
52,google,none," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cs analyst,"great work culture , good for starters",long hours can be unreasonable,"none, doing fantastic",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
53,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best Job I Ever Had,Amazing and talented co workers best place to work at $$$,All the perks makes me not want to leave work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
54,google,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,People and culture are terrific,None that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
55,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Top Tech Company in the World,"Brilliant colleagues, excellent engineering standards, a clear career progression, ample mentorship, challenging and interesting projects, exposure to the bleeding edge of technologies, excellent work-life balance, top-notch code standards, great benefits, delicious food, beautiful work environment.  Internal mobility is amazing. If you ever feel like you need a new team or a new challenge, you can transfer at will. Joining Google doesn't mean you join a particular team, it means you're entering a huge community of brilliant people doing exciting things who are eager to have you join them.  You'll learn what it looks like when engineering is done right. Stay for more than a few years and recruiters won't be able to get enough of you. ""Ex-Googler"" carries a lot of weight, and I've seen lots of people leave Google to take on shockingly influential roles at startups and other companies.","Promotions are extremely demanding. When in doubt, the entire organization defaults to ""no,"" so you'll need to jump through a lot of hoops to get promoted. Promotions are centered around complexity and impact, which tends to discourage simple solutions to important product problems, as well as low-impact but important work like code maintenance.  There have been some attempts to encourage more code maintenance but in my opinion it isn't being rewarded enough. As a result, there is a number of roles that people take on that you tend not to see, most notably that of the code style stickler whose impact comes in the form of improving existing code.  Also on the topic of impact, you can execute a large, multi-year project and still not get promoted if it doesn't land with the expected impact.  --  This depends on personal preference, but the office spaces are almost universally open-plan, which some people find makes it difficult to focus. Google NYC has been in a real estate crunch for over four years, and people are being hired faster than we can build office space to accommodate them. Lots of trading floor-style desks.  --  Personal projects and side hustles are limited to what doesn't compete with any Google products. In theory it sounds reasonable, but in reality Google has a finger in pretty much every pie, which means you'll have to ask permission for everything you make outside work.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
56,google,none," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Depends on what you're looking for,"For the right people it can be a great place. Good compensation, free food, massages, relaxed work environment.",Projects can be boring or useless. Work may not be appreciated. Performance evaluation can be random. Colleges can be very nerdy and may never talk to you. SWEs may treat you like second-class citizens (even though the company emphasizes respect).,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
57,google,none," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Brilliant people, tons of awesome technical infrastructure, focus on technical excellence, great ability to move between projects and become well-rounded.","- Skills inside Google aren't always easily transferrable to other companies because there's so much proprietary infra. - People are often way over-qualified for the tasks they're working on. - Everything moves too slowly. There are a million gate-keepers and approvals to get for any launch, and way too many voices in the room for any decision.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
58,google,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Summer Internship,Great pay Great work life balance Great perks/benefits Nice people,"Very few, work sometimes monotonous.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
59,google,none," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,"comfortable environment, free food, nice people",difficult to promote in google,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
60,google,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Company, can be long hours","great benefits, great people, dynamic environment","Depending on the department and clients, hours can be very long.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P6.htm
61,google,none," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Great company with creative ideas.,No cons at this point.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
62,google,none," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great working environment,"Here you receive a great opportunity to solve worthwhile problems with outstanding teammates  Great benefits, great pay",There's the danger of getting too familiar and comfortable with the internal tooling that you lose touch with the tools & trends of greater software engineering community -- it's like a bubble,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
63,google,none," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not too bad,nice food，nice place ，nice people,i cannot understand what they talk,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
64,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outstanding,"All good, excellent benefits, okay salary","Computerized humans, too much pressure",Humanize the company,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
65,google,none," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Intern,- Great Food - Mentor and Feedback,The pros really outweighed the cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
66,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Legal Specialist,"Great benefits, but large enough to get lost in.","Great benefits, work life balance, and pay for the position.",Company is so large that it can be hard to make any vertical movement.,Hire middle managers that care about the psychological safety of your employees.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
67,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work life balance and perks,Resume filler gets you easy interviews everywhere once you have it,Expensive city Hard to switch teams,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
68,google,none," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,salary was fine but in line with other companies,work was boring. I disliked it.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
69,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Amazing place to work,"Massive scale, excellent food, and vast majority of colleagues are fantastic to work with.","Can be bureaucratic, and office politics matter a lot.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
70,google,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Account Strategist,"Great benefits, Great coworkers and managers",None that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P7.htm
71,google,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,free food and good pay,too much on call work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
72,google,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love to work here!,Great benefits Amazing culture Coworkers feel like family,Can get a bit stressful at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
73,google,none," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,outstanding performance given by the staff,Food in Pantry is always fresh and healthy,Should provide more raw fruits,"Should have provide more raw fruits,overall performance given by Pantry staff Pinky and Bhawani is outstanding, she's always smiling and helping.they always greet and ask if any kind of help required.they need to be appreciated.Kudos to them. thanks for making our food more delicious.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
74,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Like a dream,"Have been at Google almost 2 years. Google is like heaven for a software engineer. I love contributing to the amazing products and learning from the best in the business. My coworkers are very supportive and positive, and manager really cares about me and my goals.",Lots of super smart people around you means that it’s easy to feel inferior. I’m learning to not focus on this and keep looking forward and getting better every day.,"Have a more detailed plan on company/product direction, and think more about how we can bring the company culture closer. The loud people on the extreme left and extreme right exacerbate conflicts that cut into morale.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
75,google,none," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great to work for,"Good parental leave, lots of flexibility",Go is a terrible programming language.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
76,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Front End Engineer,"Amazing place to work, challenging environment",Google offers the best of the best when it comes to company culture.,I cannot think of anything wrong at Google,"Keep doing what you are doing, keep working hard and striving for success.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
77,google,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Great place to work at every single day,Nothing bad to say. Loved this place.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
78,google,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company that I like,The food is pretty good,Could use more options for racquetball,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
79,google,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good culture in the office,Sometimes difficult to manage projects,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
80,google,none," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Great Benefits and always surrounding success,Overwhelming at times when everything happens,Keep a goal in mind when talking about topics,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P8.htm
81,google,none," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google work life balance,"9-5 schedule, good benefits and food",difficulty moving up to leadership positions,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
82,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Not great for new hires,* Good pay * Free food * Good hours * Easy work,"* No new stock award for (most) first year employees. May take up to two years. * Contributions of new employees undervalued. Expect a bad review score your first performance cycle, regardless of actual performance.",Be more generous with stock awards,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
83,google,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,great workplace to meet fascinating people,work-life balance not as good as it looks,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
84,google,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great company to work fornwith a great culture,Time off but for the most part was good,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
85,google,none," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Great perks, interesting colleagues, zero work/life balance","-Amazing Perks in NYC: gym, rooftop terrace, unlimited food and snacks for breakfast lunch dinner, beautiful spaces -Brand notoriety -working with smart people -lots of resources available to you",-zero work/life balance esp in on east coast -disorganized teams -focus on making hires and meeting numbers and goals as opposed to the bigger picture -very junior staff - very robotic - read off scripts or sound disingenuous -lack of diversity,Please make a true and honest effort in hiring a diverse workforce,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
86,google,none," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Perks, Benefits, Pay are good",Promotion process up is a mess.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
87,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Video,Perks/work environment still unmatched by any other company,"-Free breakfast/lunch/dinner (vegan options!) -Free drinks/snacks -Free workout facilities (group classes) -Free counselors -Google stock -Community organizations (LGBT, gamers, women, etc.) -Paid on-site: masseurs, financial advisors, trainers, etc. -Discounted health plan (free on-site Wellness centers) -Discounts to retailers -Dog friendly -Opportunities to grow career -Opportunities to volunteer -Work deadlines can be extended under extreme circumstances",-Cubicles (I work with audio/video) -Work hours vary -Many people here don’t understand day-to-day life skills,Keep valuing all types of employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
88,google,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of Sales,"Great culture, great people, great benefits","Bad management, very political and turning into a bureaucratic culture",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
89,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great people and culture, solid benefits, lots of opportunities","High impact projects, open engineering-based culture, free food","Large company, increasingly top-down and corporate, not as innovative as it used to be",Return to the halcyon days of real 20% and supported bottom-up development.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
90,google,"Boulder, CO"," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing,n/a,"fun, good food, smart people","busy, stressful, sometimes disorganized, hectic",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P9.htm
91,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great place,Lots of really nice perks and good work environment.,Can be a little overbearing in terms of politics and PC culture.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
92,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Engineer,UX Engineer,"Great projects, supportive teammates, overall a great place to express your creativity and put your technical skills to work.",Can't really think of any. I guess you have to watch your weight because they feed you well.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
93,google,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,China Search Project is Concerning,"Intellectually stimulating place with many ""benefits""",I think the culture has lost its way. It's a shame.,Don't Be Evil...?,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
94,google,none," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great benefits, 401K plan, PTO","crowded work environment, micro management",May be less micro management,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
95,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Administrative Business Partner,Administrative Business Partner - Sales,Fantastic benefits. It's great to have Google on your resume.,"Directors will never understand what you do on a daily basis in this role. Your performance review isn't based on a scale, but instead it ends up being based on a pass/fail opinion. A poor director/admin fit means that the admin will suffer. Admins have to step up to offer emotional/career support for each other because there is not an internal management system in place specifically for them. You will need to give 110% every day because 100% is never enough.",Treat your ABPs like real people.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
96,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Perfect,Great experience good people new challenges,Great amount of work that's it,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
97,google,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,They give you lots of autonomy Great culture,Nothing. This place is a great place to work.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
98,google,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,"very good experience, colleagues are smart",too big to stand out,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
99,google,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Prod of working with awesome people,"big company, less impact of daily work.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
100,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Vice President Sales,Great job with lots of benefits,Great work life balance and amazing coworkers,Competitive environment with lots of office politics,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P10.htm
101,google,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google - as magical as you think it is,Too many to list here - all the standard google magic,standard growing pains with an expanding product portfolio,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
102,google,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,the place was nice and th people were too,"not enough snacks, and a bit stress ful",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
103,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pockets of incompetence,"Overall, Google pays well and showers people with perks. There are pockets of excellence. The company is extremely profitable.","There are deep, deep pockets of dysfunction and incompetence at Google. Do your due diligence on the team and manager you're considering joining. There are bozos at every company, and Google is no exception to this rule.",Learn to strategy.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
104,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Creative LEad,Creative Lead,"Fantastic organization, training and development, opportunities to do meaningful work and benefits / perks.",Becoming more like an old-fashioned company.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
105,google,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Janitor,Employees are very clean and tidy,None that I can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
106,google,none," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Counsel,Lots of perks in the office and great location.,Too big to have a global picture of what's going on in the org.,Check in with employees to get feedback on how groups could work more smoothly.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
107,google,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Smart people, great environment","Short on PM, thread out really thin",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
108,google,none," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,wonderful place to work,Great people - high caliber. Fun environment,Hard to make impact as one of 60 000 people,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
109,google,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Engineer Google Cloud,Best culture Great values Friendly people Great perks,"Big company, you get lost Fast paced and very competitive Imposter syndrome is real",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
110,google,none," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great work environment, odd team assignment","Cool vibes with the team, good food, good managers",Got assigned to a random team even though before I signed my offer my recruiter told me that I would be able to go through the team matching process,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P11.htm
111,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average with a hint of arrogance,"Lots of interesting projects to learn from, great place for a junior engineer.",Google culture is full of hype and self imposed sense of uniqueness. If you have worked at a large company before it will feel annoying.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
112,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Great place to work, but too many unmotivated leaders","Complete autonomy, endless learning opportunities, great culture","Too many people are comfortable in their roles and not super driven, while they do a lot to ensure the right people are hired/promoted, under-performers don’t get fired",Do more to measure effectiveness of high level employees -don’t keep them around if they’re not performing at an extremely high level,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
113,google,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work at,Smart coworkers. Massive impact. Great products.,Things can be a bit slow,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
114,google,none," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bleh,"Good work/life balance, benefits, etc.",Politics. Most engineering people eat their lunch by themselves.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
115,google,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"great food, facility, work environment","too many groups, teams to reach sometimes",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
116,google,none," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Group Product Manager,Co-workers are really smart Challenging Work,Disingenuous performance review and calibration process Promotion process driving decision,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
117,google,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,java,company is very very good,nothing to say about this,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
118,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Amazing place,"Scale, values, ambitions. The company continues to be a strong innovator and technical leader.","Large company, process can be bureaucratic",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
119,google,"Houston, TX"," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiter,contractor,"food, free coffee, bring dog to work","money, benefits, management, hours, compensation",help,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
120,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Amazing time and work!,Work life balance. Interesting work. Everything you need to stay focused. Best in class salary. Healthy work environment.,"Things progress slowly compared to startups, other companies that believe in move fast break things!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P12.htm
121,google,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Unbelievably smart people that are driven and want to make an impact,Long hours and lot's of people trying to own the same thing.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
122,google,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Good company culture and work environment,None that I had working there,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
123,google,none," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Fantastic Work Environment. Great opportunities to advance.,Nothing to say about cons,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
124,google,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google,really good perks and benefits,none I know so far,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
125,google,"Boulder, CO"," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Escalation Manager,WTF are they even doing?,Pay was excellent. Perks were great. Office was awesome. Lunch was usually delicious.,"-I started just before a big reorg. I had 9 different managers in 7 months. Each had a drastically different goal for me to achieve.  -No real vision toward anything groundbreaking in terms of the ad products.  -Way too much ego. One manager actually told me, after an inclusivity meeting, that he could only handle so much kumbaya and lesbianism. WTF. You don’t even know me but you say that??",Director level and up should be eliminated.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
126,google,none," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All about the people,"Benefits, people, opportunities for growth, performance management, 360 degree reviews","Large corporation - standardization, spectrum of roles",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
127,google,none," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great perks such as gym bikes and food,Lots of pressure from competition,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
128,google,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Engineer,Life-work balance is excellent. Very generous benefits.,"Bureaucracy, office politics, little room to grow. Too top-heavy.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
129,google,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Great place to work at,Have some improvements to make,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
130,google,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, nice benefits",You'll work with the best co-workers in the world and the benefits are world class.,Salary is below market and upward mobility is reserved for few.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P13.htm
131,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Global Security Customer Service,Security Investigations,Great coworkers and great benefits,Security Management still improving as the department is still young,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
132,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Pretty good,"Good food, workers, workplace, and work life balance",Bad cultural experience in terms of managerial fit,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
133,google,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good starting point for new grads,Good place to start career with friendly coworkers and good benefits,"Easy to feel like a cog in the wheel, ad-driven business model, internal mobility can be difficult",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
134,google,none," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company,fun atmosphere and Fun people and good benefits,I have no cons for this comapny,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
135,google,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Manager,Work on variety of interesting problems,Large company may not be as agile as smaller startups,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
136,google,none," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Coder,"great minds, challenging work, felt sense of achievement after assignment completion",working on multiple projects can be distracting but it is a company need,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
137,google,none," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent Place to Work, But Large","Good perks, good benefits, generally smart people.",Getting more large and corporate. Promotion process is clunky and slow.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
138,google,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,"High stress, unclear future values",- competitive compensation and good benefits - very smart colleagues - generally honest and transparent internal culture - incredible opportunities if you can find them,"- super high stress, depending on the team and role - nosedive on faith in executive leadership since Sundar Pichai, Ruth Porat, and Kent Walker started driving the company (not living up to Google values) - guaranteed product thrash on virtually everything not already making serious revenue - general lack of empathy among leaders and in what's valued in people managers",Stop burning user trust and don't earn Facebook's ruthless and duplicitous reputation. Holding true to values is the only difference between building utopia and building Black Mirror.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
139,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations manager,"Perks, food, spaces, culture, health care and work-life balance","Flat org, hard to grow",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
140,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 1, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Intern Experience,Excellent environment to work for,Office is too comfortable to work for,No advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P14.htm
141,google,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,"Best IT Company, Great work-life balance, Talented people","Conversion is hard, they don't care what your internship project",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
142,google,none," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great atmosphere,Great atmosphere to work in.,Stressful sometimes but that's okay,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
143,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Project Coordinator,Excellent Company,"Forward thinking Tech company. Really fun place to work. Free activities, meals and cafe. Not all play - you will work!","If you are a Temp, Vendor, or Contractor (TVCs) check how long you are allowed to work at Google before you need to take a break in service (often two years and then you must take a six-month break-in-service before returning).",Recent changes have been made to exclude TVCs from certain authorizations and group activities that they had before. This creates a bit of a chasm between permanent and non-permanent employees which may change attitudes and cause an eventual culture shift.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
144,google,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall is very good,"Free food, great culture, and talented colleagues",Things move a little bit slow,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
145,google,none," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun perks - wouldn’t contract there again,"Perks were great, as well as being around intelligent people.",Being a contractor I didn’t recrive a lot of responsibility or work. I felt very unused & undervalued,Don’t overlook people,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
146,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anti-abuse Associate,Loved my time there!,"- standard silicon valley perks (free food, high salary, smart colleagues, etc.) - a dizzying amount of resources for learning anything from machine learning to meditation - flexibility and autonomy of work hours - strong support system especially when it comes to career growth - opportunity to have an impact on hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue - satisfying to stop spammers and fraudulent agent in their tracks","- standard massive company bureaucracy stuff - golden handcuffs - a lot of people tend to end up in positions they are overqualified for and uninterested in, except for the money of course - silicon valley traffic and expenses aren't for everyone. much easier if you're young and single",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
147,google,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Ambassador,"Supportive, Innovative, lots of intelligent people","Departments have poor communication, i.e. creative team and marketing team don't connect well.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
148,google,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far it has not been so long,I hope the feedback is better than i can do on my own,Very lengthy and it gets frustrating to fill out so many things,I have not been too long on this,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
149,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good company to work for,"Benefits, mobility, exposure, talented people around","Too top heavy, less growth within",Grow the teams,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
150,google,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was ok to work there but not fast paced,great food offered but quality went down a bit with time as employee count went up,pace of work is slow and have too many hires for a small piece of work.,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P15.htm
151,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketer,- Great benefits and salary - Fascinating product and technical challenges - Lots of opportunity to grow/learn/change your career focus,"- Work life balance is pretty brutal - If you are not an engineer, it can feel like an extremely conventional company - Struggling to scale/maintain the culture that made it great.",Creating better/more/more accepted paths to part-time work would be extremely helpful for diversity and inclusion efforts.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
152,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Electrical Engineer,Google is racist company,O you have got to be kidding me.......,Is ran by a pack of 12 years old kids.........,"These ""hiring managers"" too young to be managers , if their only qual is being freshly minted out of college............ They just waste my time with these stupid basic electrical questions.......... Just What In The World You Senior Managers Thinking....????? You don't know how to manage real technical talent , you make this 20 something kids in charge.......gdi , what a pack of fools you people are........",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
153,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Tax Director,Work life balance is gr8,Work life balance is gr8,Lack of tax strategies oversight,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
154,google,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,It provides good work life balance,It is getting too big,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
155,google,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company overall,"- interesting projects & flexibility in what you work on - very meritocratic compared to other companies - superstar teammates - best internal tools in the business - perks, amenities & pay","- team culture could be more fun and casual - too big and bloated in some ways, a lot of internal competition (though that is good in many ways)",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
156,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,Designer,Best tech talent Great benefits and perks Exciting projects,Almost too many talented people - so much that incredible talent often is under-utilized Management indecision and planning can lead to constant strategic pivots Big accomplishments are the norm and sometimes not appreciated or recognized,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
157,google,none," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing workplace,Great work life balance. Employees were all wonderful. Management helps you every step of the way.,No cons. Everything was amazing.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
158,google,none," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good environment, nice people, free stuff","Tough Environment, difficult process, hard work",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
159,google,none," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place!,Cool environment and smart people,Workload can be very stressful at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
160,google,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great.,Very very very nice people,Absolutely no cons to report,Keep being awesome.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P16.htm
161,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,Dynamic and tech savvy teams,"Long working hours. Xfn challenges. Many teams trying to solve the same problem, causes waste",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
162,google,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Pay, Great Flexibility, Nice Coworkers,",None really other than constant work that we never seem to have enough time to complete.,Be a little more patient with the teams. We are only human.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
163,google,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good place to work, good pay","High expectations, lots of bosses",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
164,google,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,"Good pay, good environment, smart people","high housing price, heavy work load",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
165,google,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Awesome work environment and benefits,no cons as such for Google,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
166,google,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cart Boy,Super fun in my opinion,Dont read this okay alright,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
167,google,none," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Nice culture. Nice manager. Work life balance.,The interview process is very long.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
168,google,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very challanging,New challenges everyday with some of the best technologies on earth,Keeping job title and pay correct,Should have better job descriptions of expected priorities for task completion,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
169,google,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK job,work life balance is good,growth is slow and complicated.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
170,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Program Manager,"Life balance, the cultural is the best.","I dont really have Cons at this moment,.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P17.htm
171,google,none," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,"No work pressure,Friendly,Will have access to everything",nothing i can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
172,google,none," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome and supportive place to work,The culture - the people are amazing! Hands down some of the smartest people you'll ever work with,It can be very large and bureaucratic at times,Do not re-org the company so often,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
173,google,none," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoyed It,"Staff are kind, compassionate, and more importantly, they are willing to Google your questions for you. :)","Sometimes people decided to use Bing rather than Google, which made me shed quite more than just a few fragile teardrops.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
174,google,none," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PeopleOps,"Great benefits, awesome perks, smart people",Takes a long time to get things done,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
175,google,none," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Engineer,Best place to work and grow,It's getting too big and crowded,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
176,google,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Everyone here is wicked smart,"Too many unhealthy snacks and too many massages ,)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
177,google,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Awesome benefits, great company culture","Disorganized, poor hiring practices, not honest about gender equity issues",Fix the hiring!,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
178,google,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Good work environment is good for me.,I dont think there is any cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
179,google,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience at Google USA,"Great place to work, friendly people",Very busy schedule and high demands,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
180,google,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work if you are not eager to do something,You can balance work and life here. Good benefits for engineers.,You may not be able to participate in some interesting projects in the beginning.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P18.htm
181,google,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Rewarding, good teamwork, cool locations","Exhausting, Low pay, long commute, grunt work",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
182,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,data analyst,good benefits. work life balance. low pressure,very political environment. too many layers. Communication overheads.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
183,google,none," Sep 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google EP Intern,Awesome Perks! In addition you actually get to work on real projects unlike many internships similar to it.,One con is that you are not encouraged to work overtime.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
184,google,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Google,- High salary - Free barista - Smart people,- Bad food - Traffic is terrible,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
185,google,none," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience,"Great work environment, great product",Everything about working here is great,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
186,google,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"Good pay, benefits, and free food.",Spend more time sending emails than doing actual work.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
187,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Recruiter,Amazing company! The best in its class!,"I was at Google for over 10+ years and can’t say enough about what a great company it was to work for. They have outstanding benefits, pay, culture and opportunities for growth. While there, I felt the company lived by their motto, “Don’t Be Evil” and later “Do the Right Thing.” It wasn’t a marketing tactic, it was how they conducted business. Companies continue to try and model their best practices.",It is a performance culture so be prepared to work hard and smart.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
188,google,none," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good work and challenging projects.,Bad management. Too much politics.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
189,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,CEO who doesn't listen to employees,-Free food (snacks and cafes) -Massage chairs,-Hard to get promoted -Poor planning on projects for such a big company,"Listen to employees. They are the ones breaking their backs to build this company. If so many are leaving because of projects like Maven, Jedi and Dragonfly, Google should drop those projects.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
190,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Account Strategist,The hype is real.,It's Google. The benefits are great. The people you work with every day are incredibly smart. The environment can be an addicting place to work in.,"Google is still a big company, so personal/career growth can be slow. Find the right people internally to act as your champions and you'll be fine.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P19.htm
191,google,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,everything is good at google,there is currently no cons at google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
192,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Compensation Analyst,Compensation Associate,"Great team, high level work output, very principled",Performance review and promotion process has a lot of room for improvement across Google,Make sure the people you are promoting to manager are ready to lead! Just because they are strong individual contributors doesn't mean they will be good leaders.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
193,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Overall good company to work with,- Quality team members - A lot of different projects to work on - High automony,- Crowded workspace - Very long dining hall line,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
194,google,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Great culture, pays well, balanced.",High living cost of the area,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
195,google,"Houston, TX"," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,"Great vision, but sometimes unrealistic goals",Great company to work with,Extremely hardworking team and requires lot of time commitment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
196,google,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Love this place so much,Everyone is so smart,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
197,google,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"scale, impact, tech, fun, people","politics, slow, lostmojo, old company",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
198,google,"Denver, CO"," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Love it!,Great food and perks!,None! What a great place to work!,Keep rockin!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
199,google,"Egypt, AR"," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Accountant,Accountant,Because it is a wonderful global company,There are no negative aspects to work in Google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
200,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Video Producer,Challenging and rewarding work,Very transparent company despite its size. Managers and colleagues help with your personal and career growth.,No real complaints. I wish I could've stayed.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P20.htm
201,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Strategy and Programs Manager,"Great culture, but lots of cooks on some projects","Great colleagues, focus on work life / balance, perks and salary.",Lots of projects created to give people work and too many cooks for each project,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
202,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software ENgineer,Innovation opportunities to learn and grow,"Bureaucracy, management politics and bias",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
203,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 22, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Good company,Nice work environment with good mix of people,No such that I noticed,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
204,google,none," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Known Your Worth","Overall, an unarguably fantastic place to work.","Little focus on retention, career development outside of one's org, or building transferrable skills. The larger the company grows, the more issues with defined roles, silos tend to manifest.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
205,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work for,"Great culture, amazing career opportunities, super interesting projects",Best company I've ever worked for,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
206,google,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Great team culture, love the place.",Google is now a big company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
207,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Assistant,Superb,Great opportunities for personal growth,Fast paced and highly demanding,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
208,google,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great work environment, can work with many talented engineers.",Google becomes too big to get many career oppotunities.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
209,google,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,"Relaxing working environment, pets allowed.",Pay not as good as to financial institutions in New York City.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
210,google,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - International Product Manager,Great company!,"ceo, work life balance, projects",Sometimes interns were not given enough of an opinion,Allow interns to do a bit more,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P21.htm
211,google,none," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good working environment, flexible working time","Big company, hard to get promotion unless with aggressive team and leader",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
212,google,none," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Perks perks perks perks perks.,California just wasn't for me.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
213,google,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Google people, ambitious objectives",People are excellent and most have good intentions. Company has ambitious objectives and has grown remarkably. High quality senior leadership.,Too many cultural disputes takes away from shared objectives.,Make clear decisions on cultural hot topics and then live with the consequences,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
214,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - BSA Analyst,BSA,"Massages, Perks, Food, cutting edge tech",Developers get too theoretical so we end up not delivering anything,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
215,google,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fun ride,"Smart, collaborative people Good salary and benefits Welcoming culture",Hard to grow outside Mountain View,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
216,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Part Time Cashier,Part time,My dream in one time work in google and you gave me chance am try to best for google,Trying something new with google and sunder pichai,Indian culture teach also satisfaction to cutomer and am do like that,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
217,google,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Diverse culture and set of opportunities.,"Large corporation, very different businesses, original Google culture getting lost.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
218,google,none," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Practicum Internship,A great program to start your CS career and highly recommend any college freshman and sophomore to apply.,"Bay area housing -- the relocation bonus is not enough to cover all of the living costs. Need to find the right team on a topic that you love, otherwise it could be quite boring (and lonely?)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
219,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,The best company to work for!!,"Great attention to employee needs and happyness. Work with best and the brightest. Very positive attitude at work, openness and all voices count when it comes to company prosperity.","The organizations grow very fast, lots of unnecessary mid-management, who waist peoples presios time , just to justify their salaries.",Burocracy and lots of unnecessary mid-level management in technical program management ladder in Cloud.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
220,google,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE Intern,Great place to work! lots of brilliant people and free food,you get so spoiled by all the goodies and perks :(,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P22.htm
221,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good Work but Hectic,"Perks, intellectual atmosphere, salary, google brand.","Work Life balance, you may work on things never done before so they will be challenging, too many genius people who think they are always right and can be jerks.",Make google jump in more areas.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
222,google,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partnerships Manager,Tons of opportunity. Great people. Excellent perks. Fast-paced and autonomous.,Corporate hierarchy. Slow-moving HR. Growth boundaries that disregard exceptional performance/motivation.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
223,google,"India, TX"," Aug 29, 2018","Former Employee - Programmer, Security Engineer, Cloud Computing",Programmer,"New technology are show in here and ,career apportunity is succeed in google","Hardwork, continue work, I accept any challenge",Check my ability and give me job,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
224,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A company culture build around the millenial sterotype,Cost or budget is never a concern.,"The company culture is like a millennial personified--by lunch on the first day I was already annoyed by the exceedingly in-your-face liberal political culture. Evals and promotions are based on the importance of your project and your ability to kiss up to peers. Lunches are mediocre at MTV and everyone there's a long wait during typical lunch hours. The hiring process results in a more consistent level of hires, but despite their claims the average hire at a 65K or 80K+ populous company are at best Bs rather than As. Nobody cares to do actual work, and the open floorplans means you'll have to tune out personal non-work-related chatter all day.",If a manager has over a dozen reports than chances are their reports are goofing off all day.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
225,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Administrative Business Partner,Great company - Long hours depending on position,"Great culture, offices, benefits, people.",Working with execs requires long demanding hours (to be expected).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
226,google,"Egypt, AR"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Medical Sales Representative,Product Manager,Love Marketing so much an have willing,Some stress but will reomove it,Be Smart,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
227,google,none," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"Great people, interesting work, great office space","Hardcore mentality, long hours, competitive culture",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
228,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Eng,The place on the planet to work,Not all the people get to work on the best projects,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
229,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great from afar, dysfunctional from within","There are pros to working at Google - it looks great on the resume because of its history, it is a known quantity in the industry, performers get a lot of stock, it's not yet an antiquated giant (but moving in that direction pretty fast.) , generally people are friendly (lower the level, better the people - the opposite is also true. Higher the level, worse the ""Googleyness"" of the people)","- Free food : I have actually had better ""free"" food at other companies, and this free food comes at a high price - you work - all the time. Through lunch. Through breakfast. Sometimes through dinner. Quality isn't so great either. - Management - really terrible (horrible) management. They are completely out of sync with what is needed, or what is missing, a lot of them are simply cruising, and generally they are pretty terrible @ their job. Of course there are some great teams, and if you are lucky, you will end up in these teams - Burnout - especially on the cloud side - is happening at an alarming rate - To put it simply, people are overloaded and they break - I have sadly seen it happen to several great , solid engineers (there is a reason why the average googler stays there for < 3 years","There is a lot of good stuff here - find it, treasure it, guard it and spread it. Google was never made by tech - it was made by brilliant, hard working people who chose to do so and not monetize it themselves - you are rapidly losing your biggest asset, and you don't even realize it",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
230,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work,You get to work for GOOGLE. That's a lot to tell,Nothing. You can proudly say you work in GOOGLE,Do you hire people with no working experience but loves coding?,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P23.htm
231,google,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Interesting work, great company to work for","Large organization, culture within different teams vary",Keep hierarchy and minimum,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
232,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,They offer great free food.,Food is too good and impact productivity,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
233,google,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Compensation, benefits, and autonomy",Siloed environment at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
234,google,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde,it is a good place to work,I have not find any issues,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
235,google,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing ambitious workplace,Filled with extremely smart and talented people. Several projects are ambitious and try to solve the bigger picture. Tons of perks. Inclusive environment. Freedom to choose what one wants to work on. Variety of things available to work on.,"Very large company, hard to make large impact. Lot of work duplication.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
236,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Logistic Management,Good,excellent and benificial for evry employee,Im looking in hard wark with smart,Management planing is very important,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
237,google,none," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,The people. The perks. The overall atmosphere upbeat and forward-thinking.,Heavy focus on making products easy to use results in limited help available for clients who prefer a more hands on customer engagement.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
238,google,"Carnegie, PA"," Sep 24, 2018","Former Employee - Director of Developmental Sales &amp, Marketing",Director of Developmental Sales & Marketing,Possibly a growth company but financial problems create much uncertainty,"I was hired through an Agency as a contract employee for 90 days, then offered a full-time position. This position lasted all of 24 days, then I was let go due to financial problems at the company. To make matters worse, I was told that I would receive severance on the forms I asked to sign. The company has reneged on that. I witnessed a parade of hiring/firing due to the lack of any business acumen, very poor communication and no evidence of a positive culture.","Go into another business. The company Owner does not have the business maturity nor ethics to employ others, and make decisions that impact people's lives and livelihood. It is a revolving door where people are treated with very little respect",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
239,google,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great teammates, projects, pay, and perks",A consequence of the crazy hiring bar is that everyone you work with is very smart and you can rely on your teammates to get things done.,"I guess some of the typical big company stuff, like it sometimes taking longer for a project to complete.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
240,google,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Super smart co-workers. Good work life balance.,Perf takes a long time and promotions are hard.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P24.htm
241,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Great Company to work with,Everything is great and I liked it very much,no cons as such for this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
242,google,"Boulder, CO"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,"Love working at Google in Boulder, CO","Excellent people, interesting work, free meals, amazing benefits.",Big companies have a larger overhead of process than small ones.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
243,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great coworkers and good environment to learn,"In addition to the amazing perks, Google was a really great environment to learn - there are tons of really smart people you can learn from.",Could be hard to advance in the company.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
244,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Worker,Wonderful company,I don't know what to say...probably everything.,No real downsides in my opinion.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
245,google,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Youtube Partner Account Manager,"Food, training, people, location, experience.",Sometimes your co-workers are a bit anxious because they are behind computers all day but that is it.,"It is ok to smile more, make noise and put some music. They are just a bit shy.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
246,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Undeniably a great place to work,"- Outstanding benefits, competitive compensation - Big focus on employee well-being and happiness - Great internal culture - Fantastic food, and 3 meals a day offered in major offices - Beautifully designed and fun offices - A huge amount of trust is placed in employees - Extremely transparent company - Managers aren't overbearing on things like work hours—a lot of autonomy - People are candid and direct at all levels without being rude - Challenging and interesting work - Tons of resources available to grow and learn new things - Google has a ton of money and is able to throw lavish events for employees - Google does actively try to be a good citizen in the world - Upper management takes employee concerns to heart and actively tries to address them - Working at Google = people throwing themselves at you to offer you a job","- Onboarding is a very steep learning curve due to all the jargon, internal tools, internal software tools/languages, and new processes to learn - All the home-grown stuff makes it hard to keep up with what the rest of the world is doing - Bottom-up culture promotes innovation but lack of enforced decision-making can make things messy internally (e.g. why Google has so many chat apps) - Engineers are the heart of the company and as such can be highly entitled - Typical tech industry struggles with building a diverse workforce - Everything you need is provided for so it's easy to spend your entire life at work - Painful promo process, hard to switch career ladders internally - Just slightly cultish :)",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
247,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - Copywriter,Great place to work,sense of community  opportunity for career progression,can be very time demanding,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
248,google,"Austin, TX"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,Google Cloud Sales,"Working with brilliant people, being a part of an org that's in hypergrowth",Red tape/complexities of a large company with a large amount of stakeholders,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
249,google,none," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Has a great company atmosphere,I can not think of any!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
250,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Aug 19, 2018","Current Employee - Software Engineer, Tools and Infrastructures",Best Company in the world!,"Smart & hardworking teammates, perfect work-life balance and great benefits","Google only use its own tools, as a new-grad student, I do feel some pressure learning so many tools at the same time.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P25.htm
251,google,none," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything you’d think,Amazing perks atmosphere and chances to grow,Potential to drink the koolaid and loose sight of some realities,Transparency is key,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
252,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Intern - Hourly,Software Engineer,good culture but it's good,boring projects but it's fine,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
253,google,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer review for google company,Good work environment for all people,The location of their office isn’t my favorite,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
254,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Google Engineering Practicum,Engineering Practicum Intern,"Pay, work life balance, team placement, relevant to the field you’re working in even if you’re just a freshman/sophomore",Housing is not provided for you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
255,google,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,The perks. Working with smart people.,Lots of consensus building.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
256,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Friendly environment, great benefit, great career opportunity",living cost is too high in bay area,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
257,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - SRE,Site Reliability Engineering,"Great people, decent culture, good pay.","Company is changing their values, becoming big corporate America, which is exactly what I didn't want.","Look at how you are changing, it's not what made you successful so why change?",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
258,google,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive perks and pay,"Competitive perks and pay, great work life balance",Large corporation with hard upward mobility,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
259,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a boost for a better things,1. I had great managers (their managers though.....eh) 2. pretty good micro-cultures 3. free food 4. free transportation (if you're full time) 5. free classes (if you're full time) 6. lots of pto (if you're full time) 7. you work with some of the best and brightest 8. the networking post-Google is pretty amazing 9. you work with some very proactive people 10. lots of social opportunities 11. WFH whenever you want (as long as you're full time),"1. contractors are treated with second class status, you feel bad for them, for example, I could WFH whenever I had an appt, for a contractor, you lose 1/2 day pay for such. granted this also very dependent on the manager too. my first manager was strict with the contractors and by the book, my second one was very much 'I don't care where you work from so long as you get it done' 2. this is a company with billions of dollars that simply doesn't care to keep all employees insured 3. C-Level executives are pretty indifferent to the 'little guy' 4. be more diverse 5. not much opportunity for advancement unless someone leaves 6. work life balance is a tough achievement if at all, I worked a lot of odd hours 7. unconscious bias is a real problem within the thinking of hiring managers 8. if you're going to transfer an employee to a different part of the country, maybe give them more than a months notice? I saw co-workers marriage fall apart because their manager simply 'forgot to schedule a meeting sooner' 9. it's very political (big little lies in a tech setting) 10. communicate feedback more effectively 11. be more diverse","listen to everyone on your team, let everyone enjoy the perks, be more aware of your direct reports",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
260,google,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the same company it used to be,"Amazing perks: Food, massages, you name it.",Becoming extremely bureaucratic. Can be comparatively slow to grow.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P26.htm
261,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Great benefits in the office,Bureaucracy can be limiting to creatitivy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
262,google,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Test Manager,The best company of my career.,Very wide range of opportunities to work in.,Performance review process is very lengthy and in depth.,Don’t micro manage your people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
263,google,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,Innovation Problem scale Great people Work life balance,Nothing that I know of. I like working here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
264,google,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,The food is good a lot.,The work is very hard.,r,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
265,google,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"understading data workflow, and how it effect to bussiness",close to home and steady,"overtime, hardworking and average pay",more promotions,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
266,google,none," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Cross talk is excellent industry leading,Stressful atmosphere due to high level of competition,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
267,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place, especially if you find a project you like","Solid engineering practices, respectful colleagues, great benefits, and amazing free food.",It sometimes feels like it's gotten very big. Lots of great brains behind every problem means it's not straightforward to make your mark.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
268,google,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,Benefits. Co Workers. Experience. People. Shuttles,Work hours. Management. Process. Location. Commute,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
269,google,none," Aug 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,Good company to work and learn,Nothing to say against the job,Keep improving,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
270,google,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work,Smart coworkers good benefits lots of respect,Culture makes you want to work harder than you would at other companies.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P27.htm
271,google,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Fun, fast paced, good amenities","Felt pressured to push harder than other, smaller conpanies",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
272,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Strategic Partner Development Lead,"Comfortable, but not always best for ambitious people","Interesting stuff going on in the company, really high comp, good work/life balance, nice people","Get bored on the business side, too crowded at the top to move up, super bureaucratic about promotions, low impact work, lack of ownership of work due to teams being too big (over hired), real talent is on the eng side",Stay lean,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
273,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome,Good working environment and facilities are awesome,You need to be very careful,Good,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
274,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 18, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Forcing me to write a review,Just ignore this guys. Stupid website.,Why the hell do I need to do this. Oh lord.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
275,google,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great perks, overall great people to work with. Open culture.",Variance in experience depending on which team you'll be joining. Engineering heavy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
276,google,none," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company and Perks,You are working with some of the smartest people. Great Perks and Pay Love the atmosphere,Not that I know of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
277,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Playstore Production Associate,This team has the potential to be best they can be but they need to get out of their own way with their egotistical know it all attitude.,"This Playstore Production Management team are some of the most pompous, arrogant, juvenile punks I have ever had the misfortune of coming across. My manager wanted to know when things weren't getting done or were going wrong but when I approached him he would be defensive, accusing, openly blaming and quite snotty and offensive. This is not the hallmark of anyone cut out to manager other people. When approaching him with concerns or mistakes, he would twist and turn things around on me that I was blaming other people. And I thought, are you for real? The female manager was one of the most pompous peacocks that could of used a little ego balancing and reality check. I have news for you, you cannot brow beat, lecture and force feed your sloppy training program and then get on your high horse and lecture people that they are not meeting your expectations. Your training program was like trying to follow an untied off balloon let go in a room. This team is scatterbrained and cocky and comes across as hair on fire, them gets snippy when things go wrong. Then you will get a email that says ""Oh, now I see how this was confusing, my bad!"" Well, the damage was already done. Here's a clue. Treat your contractors like the qualified, professionals who have brains, skills and common sense that you fail to acknowledge or bother to allow an ounce of autonomy to prove themselves without your nitpicking micromanaging.","You need to implement some people management, soft skills and people development. The behavior of your management on this team is unacceptable.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
278,google,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Obvious, offices, perks, most of the people",Politics at upper levels. OKRs are outdated and Machiavellian,Live up to your credos and mottos.,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
279,google,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No great expectations.,Company provides great benefit package with lots of time off.,"Income is limited due to nature of how stores are managed (sales associates might make 35K gross minus taxes, benefits, etc. income of about 26K. ) managers paid salary but still sell and always have the best opportunity for walk in customers (store manager make 65K minimum). Great job for someone who just wants to earn a mediocre living, young person with not many responsibilities,","Take care of your sales associates who need to earn a decent living as well, eliminate turn over.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
280,google,"Blacksburg, VA"," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AdWords Representative,"Vibrant, extremely Inclusive and competitive.",No cons as far as I know,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P28.htm
281,google,none," Aug 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SQL,Good people. Benefits are good,nothing at this time may be in future,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
282,google,none," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work For,"Fun, Great People, A lot of career options","It is now a large company, and you feel like a small part of a massive machine.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
283,google,none," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, lots of benefits","Free everything, food lunch, and amenities","Heavy workload, not a great work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
284,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good job,Good people dream job good place,Good food good salary respect,Give vacancy in india,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
285,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Work with good people Laid back environment Tons of benefits (free meals are great) Competitive compensation Solid internal products and tools,All of the internal tools make what you've learned less relevant if you want to leave,Don't fragment into so many similar apps. Maintain products long term so users can depend on them.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
286,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - SMB Account Executive,Google Cloud,"Opportunities to work on meaningfull projects, access to resources, access to learning opportunities, strong community","Cloud is the least ""Googley"" org, less budget",All managers should get adequate career development training so they can help their reports and support them with their career growth,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
287,google,none," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity!,Very flexible working environment and friendly people to work with.,I cannot think of any downsides,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
288,google,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Quality Analyst,Good food. Great people and culture,Work gets boring at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
289,google,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Designer,Great working environment and people,"Can't really complain. Understandably, career opportunities vary per location.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
290,google,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Great people, nice environment",Work / life balance can be hard,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P29.htm
291,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Regional Sales Director,Director Sales,"Awesome job, nothing to complain about","Nothing really, the job was amazing",Keep it up everyone !!,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
292,google,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company with good benefits, lots of red tape & big company process however","benefits, smart people, lots of interesting areas to work in",huge company with lots of process & red tape easy to feel lost in a large company like this one,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
293,google,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Good pay and perks, respectful and friendly coworkers","Big company, hard to move functions",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
294,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Director,Hard to beat,"Google is a great place filled with idealistic, smart people.","The agile ""chocolate factory"" of years past is gone, with an increasingly corporate behemoth taking its place. Your experience depends strongly on which part of the company you work for. Some jobs are amazingly rewarding. Some take the ""world's smartest people"" and have them move bits from one bucket to another.","When I left in 2018, internal politics were at an all time high. Do all you can to remove politics from the workplace. (Maybe start by removing the huge baskets of tampons from the men's rooms... a practice begun during the 'transgender bathroom wars' of 2017).",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
295,google,none," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Work is challenging and enjoyable,Family Life suffers because of time commitment,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
296,google,none," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Comp is better than other places.,Company is too large and therefore you get lost.,Don't be political with advancement.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
297,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,go to market specialist,"1/ Compensation & perks: you get well paid, especially given the growth of the stocks you get. Gym is top notch, on site medical center, free food, etc. 2/ They deal with personal problems great: when my dad was sick and passed away, i had virtually unlimited time off to deal with it, no repercussions. Same goes with maternity leave: i have seen countless women being promoted during the leave based on their past performance, their job is safe. This is the way it should be. 3/ You can built whatever career path you like providing you flight for it. 4/ the company is as healthy as it can get, unlimited potential. 5/ You can move all over the world","1/ they suck at managing the skills pool during reorgs. They shuffle you around in ways that sometimes makes no sense at all. I've had 6 reorgs in 6 years (all justified from a business standpoint). I was just unlucky, always in the team that just got reorged, but it really slowed down your career. 2/ compensation is very uneven across the globe. US and Switzerland get employees get very well paid compared to, for example, UK employees. I've had greater changes of lifestyle and comp from changing country than I did from being promoted. A bit odd. 3/ in the sales org, there is a strong tendency to promote good presenters over doers. 4/ work life balance is...well it depends. i've had jobs where I was bored out of my mind and jobs when I worked until 10pm and on Sundays. It really depends. Overall good but very uneven.","Keep it up ! But I believe there is talent waste, especially some profiles in the sales org could really enrich a sometimes blind PM org, and it is absurdly difficult and bureaucratic to transfer to some branches. Besides that, it's as good as it can get.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
298,google,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,You would be employed here for life,Not many I can think,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
299,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Head of A Department,Head of (a department),"Benefits: 401 (k), Health Insurance, etc.","Salary not in line with current industry standards, Very political","Pay attention to highly ambitious individuals on your team and ensure they are feeling they are intellectually stimulated, challenged, etc. Work with them on their career planning/succession planning.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
300,google,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google a technology company,It is a great company to work for because it is a technology oriented company.,It will be very hard to work for a different company after Google.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P30.htm
301,google,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSSI Summer Intern Review,Great benefits. Smart people who are willing to help you.,"Big company, not as big of an impact.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
302,google,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Experience,"Hard working people, productive group","Cutthroat environment, often very competitive",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
303,google,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Work with very smart people,Competitive and management is tough,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
304,google,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generally good company to work for,this is a good place to work for because everyone know it.,Not many interesting projects to work on.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
305,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Salary, Culture, Food, 401k matching, Insurance, Perks",Not super easy to pick a great team when you start,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
306,google,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RN,Easy to understand the material,Too much info to deal with,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
307,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Engineer,great place but not the best rewards,"great people, great learning opportunities, plenty of interesting roles in the company, ease of changing roles",Parts of the organization are getting stifled by policy and process. In terms of compensation when switching to new role 3 years outside will get you more than 3 years internally (even with very high ratings).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
308,google,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Support Specialist,Good place to gain professional experience,The salary and benefits are top notch. There a lot of amazing Googlers as well. The people are what make the company great.,"Everything you do is micromanaged. Leadership makes decisions not taking into account how those decisions negatively impact employees but based on what makes the company look good (in their opinion). Some of the managers are not qualified to be in their positions. Everything is metrics based, to the point where there is no work life balance or acknowledgement that there are humans doing the work.",Stop hiring unfit managers in the global support organization.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
309,google,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company full of people running around caring only about promo,Free food and a nice gym.,"People only care about promotion with little to no regard about sustaining a product. Quality has been ran over by a truck and set on fire. This is unsustainable but as long as ad money keeps the party going, nobody will care.  Workplace is full of dreamers and very few doers.",Time to clear out a lot of dead weight. You have more people talking about industry politics than doing actual work. You have managers that have given up on actual managing. Drastic measures are needed if you want to survive.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
310,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,They have good free food,There is a lot if work to do,No advice. Management is good.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P31.htm
311,google,none," Aug 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRBP,Strong commitment to employee growth,Too much NIH syndrome. Lots of great work happening outside of Google,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
312,google,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good life-work balance and values doing right thing.,"Slow to execute, many policies and rules.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
313,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Executive,Excellent benefits and people,"A lot of talent all around, very inspiring.",Getting too large to operate effectively.,"Invest in enablement of current top performers, especially the ones eager to learn.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
314,google,"Austin, TX"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest company of our generation,Terrific mission. Inclusive culture. Great management. Ridiculous benefits and compensation.,Very big so it's sometimes hard to navigate the relationships.,Continue promoting a culture of respect.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
315,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"perks and utility works just fine, if you like the free food and stuff",too many work and getting harder to be promoted,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
316,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Certified Massage Therapist,Massage Therapist,"Cutting edge company, intelligent and friendly workforce, excellent salary and benefits.","Large campus size, high-stress environment, extraneous performance review metrics.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
317,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Artificial Intelligence Scientist,Google will come out as winner in Artificial Intelligence,"Too many positive things to say about the Google Artificial Intelligence team. But here are a few worth mentioning:  The artificial intelligence team consists of the smartest people in the world. Everyone has a PHD degree including the security team, coders, program managers, product managers, marketing managers ...etc. Everyone understands the mission of innovation and to be the dominance force of high-tech industry. Management has the hands-off policy so that we are free to move in any direction we want. The artificial product is not bounded to any rule or guide. So we are free to create.","Sometimes great minds can clash and the clashing results in people not cooperating with one another. Artificial intelligence is a new science and there is no one way of doing things but there are so many ways. As we develop the product, we are learning about it as well. Progress can be incremental rather than leap and bound.",We have the best management in the Silicon Valley. Please don't change a thing. Google will come out as winner.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
318,google,none," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great people and engineering culture,Feels more like an established company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
319,google,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Past employee - Product Manager,"Super smart people, access to amazing tech infrastructure, ability to deploy products at massive scale","Hard to find projects that really move the needle for the company given that it’s already minting billions per quarter, so there isn’t as much urgency and often times that means that execs can make less than efficient decisions about resource allocations and product priorities with little consequence for being incorrect.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
320,google,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Architect,Great place to work for,Great place to work for,Nothing as such to mention,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P32.htm
321,google,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,X Internship,"Incredible people to work with, meaningful projects, and a lot of room to grow technical skills",can take a long time to feel like you're familiar with internal technical infrastructure,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
322,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Overpaid but undervalued,"Google pays very well, only to be beat by Facebook (or so I've heard).",The jobs they give you at Google are sometimes menial of you're not on the right project or in the right group or reporting to the right person. There's very little oppty to get promoted. But they pay incredibly well so it's hard to leave.,Promote more and more often. Create more levels if you have to. People need a sense of others. Pay is not enough for very smart ambitious people.,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
323,google,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good! Nice! Free Food! Wonderful,"bad!no, no bad things nice place",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
324,google,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,pretty really relly good food,lots and lots of work,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
325,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,I broke down crying on the datacenter floor,The people are very nice. the dress is casual. the cubicles are quiet. The food is good. A fun place to work.,"The datacenter never has enough tools. You feel completely alone and it seems that you shouldn't ask questions once you're let loose. I broke down crying a few times on the datacenter floor because I couldn't find any answers or documentation from their intranet or from other employees. They want a phd level of intelligence to work for 20$/hr. Atlanta is the neglected ""redheaded stepchild"" data center. The security staff is imbecilic, but a few became good friends. Can be too political, but if you don't discuss politics anywhere or if you're smart enough to be engage in a neutral manner or pretend to side with the ""correct"" politics, you'll be alright.","You can't hold everyone's hand, and perhaps I should have spoken up more, but as a contractor, it was hard to discern my performance before being let go.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
326,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Director,Good people and work environment,Limited growth for senior leaders in Boston,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
327,google,none," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,It is a good company to work.,No cons for this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
328,google,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Big 4 tech company, facebook and google best",Large company hard to be recognized,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
329,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Consultant,Not all parts of Google are created equal,"The food, benefits, and work autonomy and responsibility are amazing. I love everyday of work.","Your mileage may very. Some departments don’t promote their employees, hire them at lower levels than any other department and pay them less than their previous jobs. They can get away with it because it’s “Google”. Luckily Google is very transparent, so I can plainly see that this is happening in our yearly internal survey. Poor marks all around in career developement and pay. Why doesn’t anyone in HR do anything about it? I have no clue.","Work on creating a more inclusive “One-Google.” Most days I don’t feel like I’m working at Google because I’m not a valued “Software Engineer”. I’m in a department that has their own rules, own promotion program, own everything. And nobody seems to care that it’s entirely different than how they told you it would be at the orientation.",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
330,google,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"benefits, time, vacation you can work on what you want",no life your project might be irrelevant,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P33.htm
331,google,none," Jul 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good food. Great work-life balance. Projects are interesting.,Big companies get lazy a few times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
332,google,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good choice for smart people seeking stability,"Work with smart, talented people. Most job levels provide a degree of autonomy. Challenging the status quo is expected and encouraged.","The culture varies greatly from department to department and manager to manager -- it can be hit or miss. Additionally, don't expect to be able to work in a location other than where your team is based-- many departments are becoming more restrictive.",none,5.0,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
333,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"401k, many projects, free food",X x x x x,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
334,google,none," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Everything is great as known well.,Can't stay for too long,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
335,google,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staff software engineering,"technology and culture, smart people","becoming a ""large"" and complex company",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
336,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Everything just as good as you heard it would be,The best work environment I have ever found myself in.,Moves fast and so many things happening that it's easy to feel like a small drop in an ocean,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
337,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Good environment, room to grow, training, good managers,",I feel that some people have a lot of ego and attitude working at Google which makes it hard to collaborate,I feel the management is taking all the right steps to work thru any and all issues. I love working at Google,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
338,google,none," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software developer,good people and good beneift,high working hour not work life balance,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
339,google,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"It's okay here, good benefits.","Too corporate, could improve on the large corporate feel.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
340,google,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,you can take your work at your own pace.,hard work can go unrecognized if it is not impactful.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P34.htm
341,google,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,quantitative analyst,"great food, great people, no bad bosses",nothing really. it is a little more corporate than they let on.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
342,google,none," Jul 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,It’s good but not a great place to work.,Some of the employees are overbearing and just too out there.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
343,google,none," Jul 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Extremely fun and low stress. Excellent pay. A little too good actually.,Workplace politics and power struggles,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
344,google,none," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud PM,"Culture, benefits, smart coworkers, many opportunities...","Big company, hard to create a network at first",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
345,google,none," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so bad,Free food not to bad,Management is not really there half the time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
346,google,none," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Amazing culture. They treat employees very well. Very democratic.,Frequent re-orgs and big company slowness due to being very democratic.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
347,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,- Great culture - Great mission - Fantastic colleagues and lifelong friends,- Executive teams are unable to make decisions and execute fast,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
348,google,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Wonderful place, very smart people. I have been working on the google cloud team and I am loving it so far. It feels like I'm back in college and I'm working with my best friends :)",I would say that their system of promoting is a bit prone to be gamed. I have seen a number of developers change teams just because they think that in some other team they will get tasks that will require them to write more complex code.,Change your promotion policy. I think in these types of things you have to be very careful about the incentives you set because people will definitely react to them.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
349,google,"Boulder, CO"," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor,"Great perks, great food and 95% of the people are very friendly. Google seems to really care about the employees and their happiness . They also are big on recycling and taking care of the planet",5% of the employees are extremely rude unless you have a good position. They make rude remarks and do not have any manners.,"Keep an eye on new hires and interns. Let them know that friendliness and caring for your fellow human being is part of the job. You make a big effort to take care of the planet but turning a blind eye to the way employees treat someone who isn't a ""googler "" with such disrespect is just not right. Let the young ones know it won't be tolerated",3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
350,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,developer,"great package, great work culture, growth, leading technology, futuristic outlook","have not seen any cons, can get a little competitive but its for your own good",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P35.htm
351,google,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Branded Content Manager,Perks and benefits are great,Management and opps to grow are not the best,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
352,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Good Place to Work at,Good benefits Relaxed atmosphere good pay good coworkers,too difficult to get a job,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
353,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Amazing place to develop technical skills,- You can learn technologies - Work with super smart people - Often ability to craft your own role and experience - Develop deep expertise,"- Lack of structure, which makes it often hard to figure out everything at the beginning - No clear developemenet path or criteria to become the manager",- Make developement path and promotion creteria much more clear - Structure better MBA summer internships and MBA recruiting program,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
354,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 24, 2018",Former Employee - Student Worker,worker,good place to work for me,none it was a good job,be ready,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
355,google,none," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Smart people, lots of opportunities to work on a variety of technical projects, great culture.",Can feel like a small cog in a big machine.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
356,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2018","Current Employee - Software Engineer, Tools and Infrastructure",Still great to work at.,"Googlers are great to work with, the company seems to care.",It's grown from a quirky small company to a corporat'ish behemoth.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
357,google,"Kïhei, HI"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Executive Sous Chef,Executive sous chef,Be happy and smile life is short,"Happy,positive ,never late,have fun,customer always first","Take a step at a time,always ask for help",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
358,google,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legal Assistant,The companies culture is amazing.,There is not much to be listed here.,Legal team is amazing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
359,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,software engineer,"easy, leisure time, high salary, flexible working time","too many people, may be hard to get promoted over years",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
360,google,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Cloud,"Access to the larger Google culture and benefits -- gyms, food, campus benefits, etc.","I hear from people around the company that Google proper is great and that Cloud is not representative of the true Google work experience. Either way, Cloud is pretty terrible. Extremely hierarchical, micromanagement culture that treats people with a lot of disrespect. No trust in people. Leadership by fear. Leadership team is half competent other half incompetent. Not unusual for people to be thrown under the bus by managers.","You need a wholesale swap out of your Cloud leadership team, save for a few.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P36.htm
361,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Treasury Analyst,"Brand name, Perks, Founders, Company Growth","Big company, hierarchical, roles are silo-ed, lots of talented people in low impact jobs, Finance department has a bank-like work culture - not true Google, Treasury is a mess - firings, high-turnover, unstable",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
362,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Associate Account Strategist,"People, Free Food, Alot of upward mobility",Work- Life Balance is lacking,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
363,google,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Attorney,"Friendly, welcoming atmosphere to work in.","Demanding hours, inconsistent management of matters.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
364,google,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Great food, great ad platform.",Too rigid a promotion path with arbitrary levels. Lacks meritocracy - much more about self-promotion.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
365,google,none," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great,"Great pay, perks, people, projects","Slow progress, politics, development velocity",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
366,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Super dope place to work,"Free food, smart coworkers, and lots of room to learn as a SWE",Suffers from being a large company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
367,google,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tju,Good attitude hard working envirnment,Fluid ever changing projects and team,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
368,google,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work,"Benefits, Salary is pretty good, Good co workers, Free food",Getting a bit too corporate lately.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
369,google,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Experience at Google,"Free food, innovative people, and flexibilities.",Bay Area is too expensive.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
370,google,none," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Sof,Engineering paradise,"The tooling is incredible. For example, you can make a change to the compiler, libc and your application logic all in the same change list (the equivalent of a commit in Git) and get that change integrated into and tested against the entire Google codebase.  The technical depth is fantastic. The place is full of thoughtful people that are happy to lend their expertise. Overall, everyone is nice and smart -- not a combination you find everywhere.  Despite the size and maturity of the company and its products, many new and significant development efforts are afoot, engineers are encouraged to think boldly. Google is not afraid to rebuild things, even very fundamental things. And because everything is generally well tested -- automated testing is big here -- huge changes are landed all the time with few regressions. I can't go into specifics, but the amount and scale of ongoing changes is extraordinary, much more than you would expect at an established company. And I'm not even working on the hot new things like AI or Android.  Technical leadership runs very high up the management chain.","There is a lot of complexity, and much of the tooling is custom. The learning curve is significant, but Google invests in its employees for the long term.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P37.htm
371,google,none," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,technician,"well balanced, good job in general",no con about position or job,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
372,google,none," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Pay and other benefits you get,"Work is work, not fun",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
373,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shiny Apple,"Perks and benefits, free food and gym",Poor management with no people's skills,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
374,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Product Specialist,"Great people, great development",Continually impressed by the opportunities and value,"Commute is tough, constantly in a “performance management” mindset",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
375,google,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for,"Everything is good. 401k match, vacation, interesting work and the list goes on...",Nothing is bad. I love everything about the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
376,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Strategist,Senior Account Strategist,Challenging work with opportunity to influence major business outcomes.,Extremely competitive culture. Work is never ending.,You should not benefit from the failure of your peer.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
377,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Software Engineer III,"Work life balance, benefits, co-workers, career growth, facilities","Corporate speed, hit/miss middle management",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
378,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good pay and work,Free food is a good perk,Work is very challenging sometimes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
379,google,none," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analytics Intern,Very friendly work environment. I was certainly treated well by all other employees.,I felt my opinion was not considered very strongly amongst management. I suppose this could be expected.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
380,google,none," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,"Great culture, very friendly people",Work days were long some days,.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P38.htm
381,google,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Need to write review to unlock Glassdoor content,Great benefits and nice office space,Leadership can be very political,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
382,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"benefits: free breakfast, lunch, gym + classes, dogs in the office, work from home or other offices, foot in the door to get Google on your resume.","this job is absolutely soul-crushing. by a year in the benefits don't matter anymore. this is the worst job that exists at Google. absolutely no work/life balance. the targets are becoming outrageous, many people cry in private, there seems to be little hope of ever getting promoted, management is so beyond out of touch with the day-to-day grind of this brutal job.",anyone who oversees this job should be forced to do it for a day. probably wouldn't even last an hour.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
383,google,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,marketing manager,Culture. Mission. Benefits. Responsibilities. Training. Proud to work there. Lateral career mobility. Can reinvent yourself several times if you want. They truly try to do no evil.,"Too big to move fast anymore. Growing, thick and layered levels of middle management that isn't really incentivized to innovate and take risks, but rather to consolidate power in smaller silos. It can get quite political.","Focus less on what engineers can make and instead on what people need. I.e. get back to customer-centric, insights-driven development of products driven by the customer, marketing, sales, and research teams.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
384,google,none," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,"Food Offered on site, great Coworkers, overall good Culture.","Food quality slipping, lots of newspeak",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
385,google,none," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Google is great, recruiting org not so much","Free food Google campus atmosphere Bright, friendly colleagues (when you aren’t working directly with them!) Salary","The recruiting org at Google is a toxic environment- point blank. Constant political plays, people throwing others under the bus (sometimes even by their own manager), the passive aggressiveness pervades all emails and announcements. Constant reorganization leads to people panicking or politicizing for a new role to jump ship. High turnover and low, low morale!  Fear based leadership. Coming across people crying in the office or having anxiety issues is not uncommon.  How can your recruiters sell people to work at company when they’re constantly suffering from anxiety and mental health issues?!",Just because someone is good at hitting their numbers doesn’t mean they have free reign to be a garbage human being.... hold people accountable! Stop promoting someone because of their tenure. Emotional intelligence is just as important as technical skill.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
386,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Great work environment, great people, great flexibility.","Too big, hard to make impact.",The structure of the company feels like a giant and inflexible building,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
387,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 23, 2018",Former Employee - Chief Executive Officer,Okay place to work,The pay is pretty good,Apparently they cant get crabby patties for lunch,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
388,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Development Manager,A great place for a fixed period of time,"strong compensation packet, high mobility with the company that gives a lot of opportunities for growth",more than necessary re-orgs complete lack of work/life balance if desire to make impact,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
389,google,none," Jun 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR generalist,Strong training and development for career advancement,Culture limited in diversity,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
390,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 15, 2018",Former Employee - Store Leader,store lead,good atmosphere overall good job,i don't have any to mention,none,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P39.htm
391,google,none," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Probably the best place to work,Awesome benefits. Good peers. Great projects.,Not much to say here.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
392,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Business Data Analyst,amazing benefits,"free food, healthy culture and environment",less base salary in the early career years,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
393,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything you hear is true,"Food, rich health benefits, fair pay, dogs in the office, Innovation, lots of things to work on.","Stressful, date driven, build mentality vs operate for long term, great launch parties and then everyone would move on to next assignment.",Minimize pivots,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
394,google,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful company to build your career,Working with some of the most intelligent/capable minds out there  Fantastic benefits and perks  Flexible work environment (at least in some roles),Because of the strong Google brand sometimes people take a demotions when coming here and can be overqualified for the jobs they do,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
395,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,T,Great food and environment. Nice perks.,Too many smart people. Under utilized.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
396,google,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent long term comany,"Smart colleagues, diverse areas, good perks",Becoming a large company in terms of blockers for innovation,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
397,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,"After many years, it's still a phenomenal place to work and learn","The people. I'm the dumbest person around. So much to learn every day! The products. Every problem is a big problem. Every product has tremendous potential. The impact. Everything needs to be moving Billions (people, $, etc). The potential is incredible!","Large company. Lots of time spent managing this, but it's not tremendously political.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
398,google,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"free food, free gym, and free snacks","bureaucratic, engineers do not have visibility on priority",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
399,google,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legal,very fun place to work and creative,very big and no one knows anyone,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
400,google,none," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company,"Work with great, smart people",No cons that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P40.htm
401,google,none," Jun 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Collaboration,Great place to learn and succeed,Over work and little rotation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
402,google,"Muskogee, OK"," Jun 2, 2018",Former Employee - Freelancer,I am working on my own business p&p services LLC I'm sure it be of use for anything you may need especially technology,I could be of great yse,I do get side tracked alot,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
403,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 2, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Advanced grad school,Learn more than absolutely anywhere as an engineer.,"Very smart and driven engineers are fantastic to learn from, but hard to stand out from.",More oversight over managers.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
404,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Educator,Early Childhood Educator,Best Teaching Job in America,"The Bay Area is very expensive, especially for Educators.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
405,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Google at its best!,everything is a pro for me at google...it was my dream to be a part of this organisation..i love it!,none.....for me actually m very much satisfied !,change the food menu.... : ),5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
406,google,"Austin, TX"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Sales,It's a fun place to be- obviously it's Google,Good people good food good times,There are no cons come on I mean it's google,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
407,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work,"- The compensation is good. Medical, dental, vision coverage, 401k matching are all pretty good. - Lots of perks on-site. Snacks, hot meals, gym, etc. - Talented and supportive co-workers and team mates.","- Lots of re-structuring: the team, the department, the organization within Google that you're working with might get shuffled around quite frequently to serve shifting priorities within the organization or the company.","I noticed that Google has been trying out a lot of new product offerings and taking risks in areas that are not its traditional strengths. Please budget for maintaining the new products even if they fail, or at least budget for unwinding them down gracefully. Google's not a startup anymore and users have higher expectations nowadays for things that are associated with the Google brand.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
408,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - IT Resident Fixed Term,Google Fixed Term Residency Program,"Decent pay, great way to elevate career. Perks of Google",No guarantee of a job after 26 months.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
409,google,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's like they say,"Everything in the environment is fun, everyone is nice and helpful, there are experts on every field imaginable and are happy to assist and have time for you","Things can move slowly at times, people sometimes work on ""wrong things"" to optimize for promotion committees",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
410,google,none," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,great benefits and environment to work in,long hours and the workload can be tough if you are not prepared for it,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P41.htm
411,google,none," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,It was a great experience and I had fun,Nothing it was all great and I enjoyed it,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
412,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Interactive Designer/Product Technology Manager | User Experience,Sr. Interactive Designer (Sr. Solution Consultant),Great and smart people. Awesome perks and benefits.,Very big organization. Job ladder transfer is very time-consuming.,"I was very fortunate to have a manager who loves to organize group activity for our team EX: bike riding, bowling, off-site lunch and etc. My advice to other managers is to take time to create a friendship with people who you're working with. A job comes and goes, but a friendship and a memory last forever.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
413,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,awesome,"treat employees great, lots of fun, good food, super smart people",people are in it to win it,keep innovating,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
414,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Lead,Fulfillment Lead,This is a fast paced environment with a great team across the country. You get to work with cross functional teams to gain an understanding of every aspect of the company. Everyone has a different background that develops a well rounded team.,There is a 2 year contract limit and if you would like to come back you have to wait at least 6 months to return.,Remove the contract position,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
415,google,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,"Great company to work with. There are opportunities to learn about process and multiple roles. Its a fast faced environment, things change all the time.",Contractor should be aware that just performance is not enough to get converted. All depends on the current manager.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
416,google,"Pryor, OK"," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,Google PRY is not the same as Google,Free Snacks and food. All employees are great.,"Salary is below average, we keep loosing benefits. They will hire the best engineers to do freshman work.",none,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
417,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall really great place to work, but there are a few areas for improvement","-great pay, benefits and perks -interesting projects -lots of career guidance and mentorship","-projects may abruptly change directions or be cancelled -perf reviews do not reward certain needed (and more mundane) functions and promote sometimes more ""hacky"" or bandaid solutions that show short term gains -they can be reluctant to give more honest feedback in a timely manner -their over promotion of their diversity efforts has created a suboptimal working environment with respect issues (saying this as an employee categorized as diverse) -certain decisions seem more subjective, particularly about individuals awarded with desirable research positions",Find ways to award more mundane maintenance tasks over novel development work (which is worthless if not maintained). Find ways to be more discreet about efforts to recruit more diverse candidates.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
418,google,none," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Early Google[x] was career altering,--Dynamic --Cutting edge --Large amount of accountability and responsibility,--Unclear LT plan --Changed too rapidly,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
419,google,"New York, NY"," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Food, 50% 401k match, good (not great) pay, solid equity (not FB equity but good), learn great skills, some really talented and fun people are your coworkers.","Promotion process is laughable. Depends entirely on if you switch to a new team, and how big your team is, and how long you've been there. Has nothing to do with your work. I'm not incentived to work hard. Knowing when it does happen, I'm staring at 3 more years before my next one makes someone not try.  Google is just saturated now. Too hard to get promoted and move up the corporate ladder here.  Also , you have some real idiots there. A lot of smart and talented people. Although, some are just plain laughable.",Get rid of 6 month promotion cycles. Let me make my promo case like the engineers do. Why do I now have to wait 6 more months just because you set arbitrary promotion numbers of how many can get promoted? It's a slap in the face for no real reason.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
420,google,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Software Engineer,Great learning opportunities with a good work/life balance. Everyone is passionate about what they work on.,Culture can vary a lot from a team to another team.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P42.htm
421,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - PGM,PgM,Great benefits. Flexible working hours. Transparency.,"Lots of internal processes, tons of documentations, and slow decision making processes.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
422,google,"Atlanta, GA"," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,Great culture and fantastic people.,High growth rates have lead to some inefficient processes.,Keep up all the efforts to protect the culture!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
423,google,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PgM review,"Good culture, lots of very smart people to work with and learn from",Lots of sub teams that need input on most projects. This can sometimes slow things down.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
424,google,none," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it,"Everything- the perks, the people, just everything.",Can't think of any cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
425,google,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Specialist,Great Company to work for.,"I didnt have any cons, love this place.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
426,google,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Adsense Publisher,Great environment. Very smart people. Beautiful spaces.,Not many opportunities to move up.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
427,google,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google - Analytical Lead,"Really smart people, doing cool things that matter","'Wait your turn' attitude for promotion, no longer a true meritocracy",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
428,google,none," Jun 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great pay,atmosphere is great and good pay,nothing bad really just lots of hours,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
429,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 2, 2018",Former Employee - Web Developer,Good Company,Fun and flexible with free food and good benefits.,Politics and little recognition of work.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
430,google,none," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great team culture and perks,Work life balance is not great depending on the season,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P43.htm
431,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Staff software engineer,"Open environment, fair performance review","Too big, moves slowly, food is getting worse",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
432,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Founders are great and still active,Founders still participate in running the company and share their vision,"""Don't be evil"" is sometimes forgotten","Stick to the ""early Google"" culture. More freedom of speech. Encourage innovation. Allow employees to suggest new ways of solving problems without penalty.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
433,google,"Fayetteville, TN"," Jun 2, 2018",Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Customer sales rep,The best platform in world and hope get learn and work with your customers,No downside I’m all about learning treating customers with respect,Hope I get on board working best platform I’ve been using google for years and I hope get learn from best platform,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
434,google,none," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Industry Manager,Great culture in the company,Constant reorganization creates confusion between departments,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
435,google,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,"Highly Compensated, Great Perks, Awesome Coworkers","Big Company, Bureaucracy, long commute from SF",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
436,google,none," Jun 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Demanding, but great work-life balance","They take good care of employees, great insurance, free food",Working out the kinks that come with exponential growth,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
437,google,none," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Still rocks after all these years,Certain parts of the company have become moribund,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
438,google,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer intern,"Good salary, good people, good environment, good work-life balance.","Bad traffic, bad food, though free.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
439,google,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Great place to work and terrific people,Lots of talented people means standing out can be harder,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
440,google,none," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,the pay is just amazing,work hours is too much,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P44.htm
441,google,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Sales,Sales,"Great Company overall, some areas of incompetence.",Lack of leadership on Cloud side of the business,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
442,google,"Kirkland, WA"," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Economically favorite,"High pay, liberal culture, smart coworkers","complicated business model and inter-team relations, competitive environment, legacy software codebase, much less projects to choose from in remote sites",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
443,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Dream Job,"Infinite opportunities to learn and grow as fast as you are willing to in all kinds of fields using best technologies in the field. Amazing, fun culture who helps each other learn and succeed.",Need to be self-driven and eager to learn.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
444,google,"Boulder, CO"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Excellent developer tooling, great benefits and perks, smart people to work with, and great work-life balance.",Very complex systems that take a while to understand.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
445,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Visual Designer,Incredible,"Amazing place to work, grow, and make a difference. Being surrounded by the best of the best within the industry helps stay motivated and push the limits of what you can do. Leadership are thoughtful, caring, and effective.",Can be hard to onboard and develop context around all that is going on. This is in many ways though it is how Google works by depending on its people figuring things out.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
446,google,"Kirkland, WA"," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Great internship experience,"Great and smart people, great learning opportunity",Many projects are eventually got cancelled.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
447,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great for new grads,"Good work environment, great peers. Excellent benefits and compensation.","Walking fine line for promotions, merciless weeding out slow growers. Bad for mothers in terms of life/work balance. Spaces are crammed.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
448,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Engineer,Good at solving technical problems Works hard,Lazy at time lack of communication,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
449,google,none," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Analytical Lead,Get to work with incredibly smart people,"Extremely negative culture (depends on organization). Management bypassed harassment, scapegoating, abuse that was submitted as formal.complaint from employees. Performance evaluation not transparent.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
450,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Add mutual respect for diversity,Good salary. Free food. Name recognition,Not open to African American input,Inclusion and diversity,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P45.htm
451,google,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work at.,"Snacks, pay, money, friendly staff","Very challenging, you'll feel like you live here",Don't be evil,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
452,google,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Dev,"Chill environment, free gym/food/anything you want",None at moment - enjoying my work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
453,google,none," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect place to grow your tech skills,large company with smart colleagues,too large to stand out,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
454,google,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good company,"great benefits, perfect work-life balance","bit slow pace, cafe could be better",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
455,google,none," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Geekland,Can't get enough coding done,"Smaller contribs, hard to think big there",none,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
456,google,"New York, NY"," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Innovative culture but rough WLB,Very innovative and entrepreneurial. Great infrastructure and tools. Awesome perks. Healthcare is unbeatable.,"No remote work options. Given the consistent growth mode, rough WLB",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
457,google,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Google is phenomenal,I can't imagine not working here until I die,I don't know that there are any,Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
458,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great experience but not without issues,"Strong engineering culture, excellent peers, lots of learning opportunities.",It's a large organization with lots of internal politics and bureaucratic procedures.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
459,google,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,G review,- Free food - Great co-workers and support team,none that i can really think of,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
460,google,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Review,"Awesome, lots of perks and bonuses",Could have more options for meetings,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P46.htm
461,google,none," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,I love every bit of working at google,work life balance is hard to achive,Provide more flexible schedules for employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
462,google,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Excellent pay, benefits, high caliber peers","Bureaucracy in processes, ranging from hiring to promo to transfers. Let people just do what they love, have impact and get rewarded. I have never seen another company spend so much time on these processes and yet have such a poor outcome.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
463,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Great health insurance plans, especially its HDHP called gHIP. Great 401k plans, which allows you to do ""mega"" backdoor Roth conversion. Great little perks here and there: internet reimbursements, mobile data plan reimbursements, gym reimbursements, free collision waiver for (personal) car rentals, free meals, etc.",Average compensation package. Less excitement on projects. Less expectation on the growth of its stock price.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
464,google,"Austin, TX"," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - CRA,Not what exacted,Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.,Select the right people for the right job.,Work harder,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
465,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Worked for years, and probably will work for many more",Working with top talent - both a challenge and learning opportunity - and making huge impact to the society and industry.,"Despite the workplace culture valuing work & life balance, the internal competition etc. makes it difficult to pursue it.","As always, keep not being evil. Focus on the users, and product excellence.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
466,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Rough workload,"Google has many perks that are great for the employees, such as food, gyms, fitness classes, baristas, shuttles, etc. You work with very smart people who are driven to do great work.","Work load is extremely high, work/life balance is very low. Career progression is difficult even for high performers due to structure of performance reviews and promotions. The company has changed significantly over the past decade, not for the better.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
467,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Vice President,Vice President,Google ONBOARD member and Software engineer,Google will not discharge or hide My paymenty.,PAY AND CLEAR MY SHARE OF 5 MONTHS SINCE NOVEMBER 2017.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
468,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Global Strategy Lead,Google ads,"smart people, leading in the industry, at the heart of tech innovation, great benefits, inclusive culture","sometimes heavy to move given need for consensus and multiple overlapping decision centers, very complex organization",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
469,google,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,"The good stuff is great, but the bad is worrying","- The people - you really do get to work with some of the smartest and most driven people in the world, who are also genuinely kind and eager to collaborate. I've made lifelong friendships with so many people and will take these relationships with me wherever I go. - The scale of impact - every now and then I'll stop to consider the number of people the work I do has the chance to impact and it's staggering. Google does not do anything small - it's go big or go home. - Continuous learning and development - the g2g program encourages googlers to be constantly learning and growing. I love that there is always some class offered that you can be taking to grow your technical or soft skills.","- Company size. This is a massive company and the size is starting to show. There is increasingly a lot of bureaucracy, promotions and performance management systems don't always reward top performance but rather who's been in line longest, and it's harder to get things done when you need approval from 15 different teams. - Google Cloud is growing fast... But they're sacrificing culture and quality hiring for getting warm bodies to fill seats. The culture is increasingly toxic and it doesn't feel like Google - with all the focus on external hiring in Google Cloud, it feels more like VMware v2 or mini Amazon and that's not what I signed up for. - Internal transfers are almost harder than getting into the company in the first place. I have internally interviewed for jobs that had 100+ INTERNAL candidates where they ended up only hiring two people in the end. I've also spent 6-12 months interviewing for 10 different roles internally before finally getting an offer on a different team.","Don't pay lipservice to diversity. We know tech has a diversity problem: middle managers are the ones who actually have the power to fix some of this, so please try!",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
470,google,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Money is really good lol I like that,Liberals ruin all the joy in things,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P47.htm
471,google,none," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is great for a while,"Smart people, flexible hours, independene",Well its a large company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
472,google,none," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"You work with some of the smartest and nicest people I've known. Managers care about you as a person, they'll try to help you if you are feeling down or if you are struggling for personal reasons.","The size is overwhelming, it's hard to find value in what you do when it accounts for just a tiny bit of the whole company. Google pursues many things knowing that they will drop some of the ones that don't immediately work. You need to get use to constant change in direction (for most teams)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
473,google,none," May 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CEO,Really cool company to run.,Wanted to make some acquisitions that didn't go through.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
474,google,none," Jun 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unethical,Good technology company with plenty of opportunities to learn,Loses all credibility due to intentionally altering search result in favor of political views rather than actual factual results.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
475,google,none," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great People,"My favorite part about working at Google was my colleagues -- the people I worked with were brilliant, thoughtful and so much fun. The benefits and perks were top notch as well.",Such a big company it was often hard to get things moving quickly.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
476,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Engineer,Good stuff,"Good environment, like the working space and stuff.","Long hours, tough to live a balanced life",Keep doing you!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
477,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google Inc Review,impact driven and really inspiring peers,The company has become too big,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
478,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Poro Managers","Benefits, Pay, Culture. Incredible products that are driving positive change in the world.","Management Priorities, Poorly-trained people managers",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
479,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Short review,You'll work with some of the smartest people in the world. Most Googlers are pleasant and very professional.,Large company and things generally move more slowly.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
480,google,none," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,"Nice, friendly place to learn new skills",Very large company where it's hard to make changes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P48.htm
481,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,On the decline,"Great perks (especially the gyms, food and 401(k) match), smart and knowledgeable colleagues who share info, varied technologies and projects","Google is bureaucratic and consensus-driven. If you have bad news, an unusual idea or background, you will be ignored or worse. Management is selected for technical skill and not even a little bit for leadership, organizational, or interpersonal skills. Promotion and evaluation procedures sap motivation, discourage collaboration, and waste time. Mountain View offices are severely overcrowded (bathrooms, parking, desk space, conference rooms).","Two clear signs that Google is on a slow decline: (1) a culture that rejects bad news and outside ideas and (2) a single technology answer for everything (AI) instead of looking at what serves users, publishers and advertisers best. Learn what motivates employees and other stakeholders.",3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
482,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Great work life balance. Great food.,Working among highly talented people.,No comments,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
483,google,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management,Good benefits great people learn a lot,long hours hard to move up,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
484,google,none," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Friendly environment that was great to work in,"Lots of work, sometimes you stay up late!",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
485,google,none," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big bumps,It was an alright job,"The pay was okay, the work was hard","Buy better equipment. It will make your workers happier, and the work for them easier.",3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
486,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Video Production Specialist,With great culture and benefits come great responsibilities and bureaucracy,- Great benefits (food! good health plan!) - Fun culture (memegen! TGIF!) - Smart and passionate co-workers - Many pros and cons depend on your team and direct management,"- Large, multi-national company bureaucracy - Lots of Type-A personalities can lead to some clashes - You'll hear about cool stuff happening in the company, but in reality everything is pretty vertically silo'ed",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
487,google,none," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,good experience and was challenging,nothing just need faster approvals,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
488,google,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at google,* Co-workers are great and you learn,* Getting big and easy to get lost,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
489,google,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to start,"Love the people, perks and how Google takes care of their own.","Burnout is high, people don't get enough stretch opportunities to grow. Internal mobility is harder than advertised.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
490,google,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great culture, free food. Can't really beat those two as a combination. Excellent career growth opportunities","Like every company, has some bureaucracy, but handles it well in the end. Rapid hiring pace is somewhat damaging the culture.",Make sure you keep a hold on what makes Google Googlely while expanding so rapidly.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P49.htm
491,google,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start your career,Really nice training from all your coworkers,Not much complaint that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
492,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointing change in culture,- Benefits and perks are great - Pay is good once GSUs kick in - Career mobility is pretty good if timing is right - Very open and collaborative environment for most of the company,"- Change of culture in Google Cloud (pka Google for Work, pka Google Enterprise) is very toxic and not in the open and collaborative nature found in the rest of the company. Google Cloud became very hierarchical (""Why are you talking to people with a higher title than you?"") and information shared on a ""needs to know"" basis. - This has led to tremendous turnover in Google Cloud including the loss of several key senior execs. - Weak middle management. - Poor marketing and awareness of enterprise products",Examine the culture within Google Cloud.,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
493,google,none," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,good tech company in terms of reputation,I was looking for better opportunity,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
494,google,none," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An excellent place to work,Google is a super nice place to work,The company treats the new-hire better can veteran employee.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
495,google,"New York, NY"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,"Great lifestyle, but maybe not the most exciting job","-Food -Perks (discounts, travel, massages) -Great coworkers, truly love spending time with them every day",-Most people are overqualified for/under-stimulated by their roles -Completely up to luck if you get a good or terrible manager,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
496,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is great,"Excellent compensation and benefits, definitely better than most large tech companies if not all.",Google is slowly turning into a big corporate company as it grows.,Eliminate middle management and red tape.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
497,google,none," May 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Brightest!,Such bright and charismatic coworkers. Loved the opportunity to move to different roles.,Every experience depends on the culture of the team you happen to be on.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
498,google,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,a very great environment with compensation,needs more diversity and accessibility,more equality is needed and accessibility,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
499,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Love the amazing perks, mostly how the food keeps me going each day. My most beloved perk.","Competitive environment, high paced but hey it is the Valley",nothing to add at this time.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
500,google,none," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google,"Awesome perks, great pay, engineering-driven culture, great in-house tooling","Bureaucratic when it comes to products, glass ceilings, lots of legacy code, difficult to find interesting work, employee contracts regarding IP",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P50.htm
501,google,"Back Mountain, PA"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,big and bloated,"good comp, good benefits, smart people.",It's no different than any other big company. Slow and boring.,idk.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
502,google,none," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The company is too large now,"The food is free and good.,",Too much politics around even simple things.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
503,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee Satisfaction,Great employee satisfaction at Google,You must not get use to all the amenities they provide as a company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
504,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Google Engineering Practicum,Great Experience,"Everything you've read about online (especially food). Free gyms, bikes, everything you will need","Work can be boring at times, but that's sort of the nature of an entry-level software engineering job","Talk more to employees who want to be more involved in quantitative, mathy design aspects of the projects we're working on",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
505,google,none," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Tech Intern,"Good social events, free food, interesting project.",Less freedom to explore new direction than academic research.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
506,google,none," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content Review Specialist,"Friendly people, always on top of things. Great management.",Working schedule is not very flexible.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
507,google,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,engineer,great company and great people,"nothing, nothing and again nothing",no,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
508,google,none," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Lots of Good food, some good perks","Long hours, very bad diversity, just do the same thing every day",Have more focus on outreach programs for diversity instead of just hiring friends and family,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
509,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good for starting your career,"- Flexible schedule - Good pay, esp. with RSU/stock plan - Good for starting your career - Ability to move around within the company","- Gender definitely an issue - Anyone not an engineer always treated as a second-rate citizen - Lower pay for non-Engineer employees - Unreasonably hard to move up - Tendency to under-employ (PhDs hired in at entry level) - Weak management/guidance structures - mentorship, etc. opportunities are slim",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
510,google,none," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perks don't always outweigh burnout rate,"Great people, great perks, great senior leadership","Burnout rate is high, internal mobility can actually be pretty tough",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P51.htm
511,google,"Grayslake, IL"," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Sales,Horrible company,there are no pros unless you like working for free,Not getting paid.. working for free ... having to work injured,Hire a production manager.. stop ripping people off especially your employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
512,google,none," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company/benefits, can be slow-paced","Great bonuses, healthcare, and free food",Can be slow at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
513,google,none," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SRE,"pay, health care, benifits, exposure","work life balance, stress, less freedom",None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
514,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great Perks. Very competitive. Opportunities limited at higher levels,"Great perks, work environment, pay.",Career growth is much more difficult in a remote office,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
515,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiter,All that glitters is not gold,"The opportunities and perks are abundant, not to mention the option to move offices or positions within the company. The most up to date technology and the onboarding is amazing.","The people, being in Silicon Valley means people feel they are better than everyone else and also treat others poorly. It's a rat race/hamster wheel of a life. Even though Google has all the money in the world they still do not pay very well.",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
516,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - TPM,TPM,Great benefits and good perks.,too big of a company now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
517,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst of all places I worked at (out of 7 employers in total),"Compensation is comparable to other companies, such as facebook and amazon.",- The environment is very aggressive - Diversity and inclusion is not good (just sending emails to employees will not result in improved diversity).,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
518,google,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"An environment for growth, and project ownership",lots of food and you should be careful not to,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
519,google,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,Great environment and awesome colleagues,it is difficult to get promoted,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
520,google,none," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Manager,- Smart and talented team members - Ability to work on variety of projects,Hard to recognize high performers with accelerated promotions,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P52.htm
521,google,none," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was okay,That snack machine was lit,I had to pee in bottles,Invest in bathrooms,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
522,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Staff Engineer/Manager,Big Company with a Heart,- Impactful work. - Great caliber of talent. - Great job perks,- No real hockey-stick compensation opportunities - Slowed down by the size and scrutiny that comes with it.,Actively working on figuring why things are taking too long is important. You can't launch and iterate if everything takes years to launch.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
523,google,none," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - SWE,Good huge company to work for,Freedom to work on interesting projects Good benefit package You get to solve unique interesting problems,Bureaucracy that comes with working for a large company,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
524,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 5, 2018",Former Employee - Internship,Amazing,I absolutely loved working there!,"I don't have any, to be honest.","I have none, they were amazing",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
525,google,none," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"I love how Google has great 4O1K matching, paid vacation, and free food.","There is not much which Google can do to improve. However, there is always room for improvement.",There is not much more I could ask for from management.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
526,google,none," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Very supportive environment and great perks,Difficult to change jobs within the organization,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
527,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Business Partner,Golden Handcuffs,"Pay Rate, Stocks, Food, snacks, tools","Management, bureaucracy, red tape, penny wise, pound foolish, don't value employees, unable to move out of role, finate promotions, finate pay raises",Treat employees better with respect and in regards to concerns they have,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
528,google,none," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Professional Services,Amazing people. Full autonomy.,Nebulous objectives to advance career internally.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
529,google,none," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Smart people with outstanding track record. Always fascinating stories and learnings,Google is a great company at a generic level. If you are port of the business side (advertisement) and non-technical mobility is low for you. Inexperienced middle managers. All the great managers are 1 or 2 tiers above you so you will not be working with them.  Also they take smart talented people and have them do a few things. That means that you cannot release your creativity and unleash your full potential in reality even though it is 'advertised' as a place where the sky is the limit.,Let people do any project they want even if it is not part of the organizations core business goals. You will loose the best talent like that in the long run. Keep Google what made Google great in the first place.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
530,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Working with great people on a daily basis.,Working long hours day in day out.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P53.htm
531,google,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Perks, healthcare, location, weather, always be happy","Pay, People, hiring is needed, new leadership",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
532,google,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A greate Company,Benefits Salaries Workplace Company prestige talented engineers,Nebulous objectives to advance career internally.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
533,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,No career path but great perks!,"Great perks such as parental leave, PTO policy, 401(k) match and on-site restaurants. Base pay can also be attractive.",No career path. Horrible work life balance. Need to work night and day to get promoted. Change manager too often to learn anything. Project changes too often to see any personal impact.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
534,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Member of Technical Staff,sr staff,"pay, working hour, people, technoglogy","too relax, not many good project exiting",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
535,google,"San Antonio, TX"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,perks are very nice at google,life work balance can be hard,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
536,google,none," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,I very much love working here,Commuting is really hard in the bay area,Keep going,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
537,google,none," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a good place to work for,I thnk they train very well,Not enough time spent on management training,More time on employee training,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
538,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Nice working environment to work,Nothing so much around google,None,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
539,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Bad team placement and end up doing boring infrastructure work.,Immediately write code that is used by billions of people every day---code that is run millions of times a second. It's a prestigious job that looks good on a resume and opens doors,You can end up in a cog-in-the-machine sort of a situation where you don't feel like you're making a useful difference.,New hires should be advised to take team placement seriously and to transfer teams even if not performing exceptionally well.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
540,google,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Infrastructure,The scale of the infrastructure to index all things available on the internet are incredible. Push everything in computer science to extreme. Have infinite number of interesting technical problems to pursue.,It is sometimes harder to change the bottom infrastructure with all the product development going on built on top of it.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P54.htm
541,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,web developer,good at all the palces,N/A there is even no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
542,google,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,good benefits and decent salary,none I can think of,.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
543,google,none," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engerneer,it is a very nice place to work,there is no cons at google,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
544,google,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short Review of Working at Google,Almost everything about working here is really awesome,Can be stressful at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
545,google,none," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mechanical engineer,Great Pay for position I was in,Not a lot of contact with managers,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
546,google,none," Apr 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Lots of food and mini disneyland,No Cons this plae is great,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
547,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Project Coordinator,"The dazzle fades quickly, but there's still a faint glow from time to time","The company radiates positivity. They do an excellent job of outlining our company-wide mission, and fostering employees sense of personal responsibility to execute on that mission. The famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) perks are just as enticing and rewarding as the hyperbole surrounding them.","Unfortunately, buses, on-site laundry, and massages don't pay the bills. Google pays exceptionally well, if you're on the engineering side of the company. If not, compensation hardly lives up to the hype. Example: an individual started in an entry-level role and was later moved into a position with much greater impact and significantly more responsibility within the same department. A year and a half later, that individual is still being paid at their entry-level pay and classified as their entry-level role, despite a complete change of responsibilities, scope of impact, skill requirements, etc.","Internal mobility rules / bureaucracy need a thorough overhaul. Internal rules require that an employee cannot apply for a role outside of their level (L1, L2, L3, etc.) Think purely lateral moves (changing roles) or purely vertical moves (promotions,) but diagonal moves (promotion into a new role) aren't allowed. Unfortunately, this creates pockets of stagnant employees, who have no opportunities for movement, laterally or vertically. For instance, there are approximately a half dozen departments that have full-time employees at the L2 level. But many of those teams do not have an L3 role that doesn't require people-management responsibilities. Obviously, there are a finite number of L3 roles as there is a finite number of people to manage. These L2 employees are effectively capped from promotion until an L3 leaves or is promoted (a frequency of approx 2 per year.) L2's are also boxed in laterally, as there are so few teams that offer L2 roles, meaning they are unable to transition into a role that offers greater vertical opportunities. For comparison, the vast majority of entry-level positions at Google (65% - 75%) are at the L3 or L4 levels, meaning that these employees are able to move freely between teams / departments / product areas, and thus circumvent the majority of these issues.",3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
548,google,none," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,idl,It is cool to work there,High bar for hiring which is pretty cool,speed,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
549,google,none," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great perks, work-life balance, great for self-starter but very specific /repetitive role per individual","Great perks, great WLB, amazing people, collaborative, flexibility to switch roles, exposure to all the cool things the company does","Limited to specific role given the size, things move slow, lots of politics due to ambiguous boundary of roles / projects","Maintain ""googley"" culture please!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
550,google,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,Lots of learning opportunities at here,"not for now, everything is good.",N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P55.htm
551,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Monetization Analyst,Loved working for Google!,"The benefits, food, people, and the work itself is great!",It's very hard to move up the ranks at Google. Everyone is a superstar so you are competing with the very best of the best for that next promotion. The review process is pretty brutal.,Keep being transparent with employees!,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
552,google,none," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, needs diversity and inclusion work","I mean, it's Google. Strong teams and opportunities, constant growth. Crazy moonshoots.",Still tech bro-y in it's own way. Very bad diversity and inclusion execution despite PR,Keep taking risks but realize that you set the bar for the industry around D&I,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
553,google,none," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,reasons to work for Google,high compensation and excellent management,few places for analytical work,try to encourage deep thinking,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
554,google,none," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,about the company,salary is very competitive compared with other companies,"political , public, boss, employer, h1b",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
555,google,none," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great people, lots of room to grow, great perks",Still trying to figure out how to be a big company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
556,google,none," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Development Representative,Its a great company to be apart of,Nothing to bad to report from here,Standard,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
557,google,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still the best company to work with.,"Very friendly culture, reasonable work life balance, great benefit, more respect on engineers than managers.","Too big, hence politics started kicking in.",Provide better career path to managers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
558,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Data Quality Evaluator,Amazing working place,The perks for the employees are amazing,contracts it seen like all the employees who are not engineer are working on contract basis with a 2 years limits to work for the company after the time is up they lay you off,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
559,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Innovation, culture, colleagues , perks, compensation",Rising inexperienced middle management in the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
560,google,none," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management iffy,"Very good colleagues, benefits, and so on",Google promotes managers based on their eagerness to manage. Some of those people misuse their power.,"If you tell people what to say to get to be manager, the sociopaths will say it.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P56.htm
561,google,none," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,High pay check and bonuses and you get to wear jeans,Can't really think of any. Google is the place to be,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
562,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still a great company,"- Extreme care for employee mental health, and preventing burnout - Top 10% of the market compensation and perks - Lots of exciting projects going on","- Starting to get weighed down in bureaucracy due to scale - Some dead end projects floating around, may result in getting stuck unless you're proactive",We're getting increasingly fragmented as we continue our rather absurd growth rate. We need more coordination between higher-level managers to spur cross-team collaboration.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
563,google,none," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Good work. Good culture. Good salary. What else do want?,Too much perks for the job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
564,google,none," Mar 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Cloud Platform,Great place with huge investment being made in technology and people,Too much movement especially for junior folks in the organization on the sales side.,"Diversity and stability key, along with leveraging experienced entrepreneurs..",4.0,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
565,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 26, 2018","Current Employee - Product Manager, Technology",Product Technology Manager,"People, free food, on-site gym&fitness classes, stock, bonus, internal tools&resources","Perf, perf, red-tape, increasingly too corporate",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
566,google,none," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work for,its cool they have really nice tech,None really that i could see,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
567,google,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great overall,- People - Projects - Perks - Impact,"Like any large company, hierarchies can impede on productivity",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
568,google,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great for the long run,"Working with brilliant, respectful people Even the smallest projects have enormous impact I feel encouraged to work on my own ideas Easy internal mobility Lots of transparency",It may take a lot of time to ramp up after joining,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
569,google,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very employee-focused,"The environment at Google is catered to the health, happiness, and wellness of the employees. Google spends many man hours asking what could make the employee's lives better, then implementing changes as necessary. At this point, they've got it down to a science.","The work can get boring for new people or engineers who don't intend to move up, in my opinion, but the opportunities for mobility in the company are accessible and well-defined.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
570,google,none," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,swe,"good comp, laid back one","not much, that's about it",sell the company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P57.htm
571,google,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Strategist,Great Culture,Great company to work for! Everyone is motivated to succeed.,Promotions seem to be few and far between.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
572,google,"Dublin, CA"," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior DevOps and Linux Systems Engineer,Sr DevOps and Linux systems engineer,"Culture, perks and tools and infrastructure.",Location mountain view and Sunnyvale,Employees spend 30% of time for commute and 70 % of income for housing and schools what is benefit of keeping campus in mountain view except for few who had bought homes early in game or others don't have problems with schools.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
573,google,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Should work here,You can't find a more well-regarded company that actually deserves the hype it gets,Resourcing doesn't catch up Google's grow,"User first, as always",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
574,google,none," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Product Marketing Manager,"Fun, enjoyable experience with highly motivated people",Long hours and under extreme pressure,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
575,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineering,Great place to work,Everything is awesome in this company,Cant think of any cons,you are great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
576,google,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google review,The benefits are great at this company,I don't see any bad things at this company,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
577,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - IT Field Technician,ITRP - A great start!,"Working at Google is truly amazing. The best people, perks, and awesome company culture with lots of opportunities for growth.",Finding your way in a big company like Google can be a challenge. Seek others out and work together to forge your career.,Keep trusting employees and giving them the flexibility to perform their work on their own terms and you will be rewarded.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
578,google,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great people, big dreams, and a lot of free food",Things get stagnant over trivial things at times.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
579,google,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Technical Project Manager,Great community of innovative thinkers.,Can have some long hours.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
580,google,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Lots of new technologies to work on.,Team members can be a bit antisocial,"You guys do a great job, keep it up",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P58.htm
581,google,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work in.,Best company to work in,Nothing I can think of .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
582,google,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work For,"Great food, especially in Kirkland and Seattle.",Competitive among coworkers. Everyone's a genius!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
583,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great coding culture and amazing teammates,Long commute if you don't live close to the office,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
584,google,"Washington, DC"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Google Loves its employees,"Incredible work environtment, challenging business problems and amazing teammates.",Shares some of the same challenges as any large workplace.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
585,google,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Work lift balance. Nice gym.,Didn't find any cons yet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
586,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Employee,Salary,Good salary but growth is hard with competition,lots of work and really have to think outside the box,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
587,google,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful Place to Work,"Perks like free food, reduced price massages onsite, fun activities/fitness classes Smart & Talented Co-workers Fast paced Opportunities to work on projects outside your role",Constant changes Career mobility is challenging,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
588,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Account Manager,Principal Account Manager,"Love Google - the culture, the people, the products.","Everyone is type A and it can be overwhelming keeping up with all the changes to products, etc.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
589,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Open, Diversified, Intelligent, Respected",Impressed with the openness and diversity of the company. Surrounded by smart people with different background but full of great thoughts. Great place for career growth.,"So far, no. Might be too much information for any new comers~",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
590,google,none," Mar 1, 2018","Current Employee - Chief Technology Officer, Vice President Cloud",Google,Amazing culture! Great mobility and development opportunities. Join us!,Many great product areas all of which are moving fast. Deciding can be difficult :),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P59.htm
591,google,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Staff Software Engineer,Excellent compensation for high-level employees.,Building the world's most formidable weapons of psychological warfare.,Repent.,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
592,google,none," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Staff Software Engineer,Great colleagues. Great perks. Flexible working hours.,Not open as it used to be.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
593,google,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Perks,Awesome perks. Smart and highly motivated people.,Performance reviews. Fishbowl effect. SMT ideology.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
594,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,No work life balance,"Big name company, smart and talented coworkers","Low salary, crazy deadlines, too much stress",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
595,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - TPM,"Exciting technology, but office politics is eroding the culture",* Work with incredible technology * Interact with truly brilliant and friendly coworkers * Good pay * Decent work/life balance * I look forward to going into the office nearly every day,"* Promo process that disproportionately rewards politics and favoritism * Mountain View-centric * The ""social justice"" focus of upper management, while well-intentioned, is toxic to morale","Management should set clear, agreed-upon expectations about what specific activities will lead to promotion. These expectations should be public and transparent, and clearly defined.  Management should look for evidence of ""impact"" outside new feature launches, or new internal process launches.  Upper management should tone down the political rhetoric.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
596,google,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy ex-Googleer,Products with real impact. My managers were between a little distant/irrelevant and active advocates for me navigating the bureaucracy. Co-workers were generally very competent engineers who really tried hard to do the right thing. Engineering tools generally work very well. There are loads of nice benefits.,There's a big gap between vision and execution. The Google machine moves slowly. The products are what can be built and launched after passing 101 reviews.,Don't cancel projects users and employees love.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
597,google,none," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great company, made lots of friends",The job itself is less than inspiring,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
598,google,none," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test Engineering Manager-1,You get a bigger picture of the project and get to work on great technology,Managing over achievers who are mismatched for the positions they are hired for.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
599,google,none," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid culture,good pay and good food.,too much office politics and not much internal transparency.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
600,google,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good Work Enviroment, Good Managers",Really Expensive to live in Palo Alto,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P60.htm
601,google,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place and great people,Good pay and quality people.,A little too PC for me.,Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
602,google,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Comfortable working environment, i recommend",Nothing much I can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
603,google,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,nice office/work environment,"no real chance of getting in unless you know someone, contract positions test you before Google buys you.","Diversity,",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
604,google,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Great company, mission, and leadership.",No cons that I can think of.,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
605,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer Manager,It's great,Lots of opportunities to find interesting work. Great people to learn and work from. Very self driven.,Consensus driven decision making. Without social skills it will be hard to convince others to get on board with your great idea.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
606,google,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE,"smart folks, great technology, good work life balance","political growing up, committee promo process bad",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
607,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Awesome company!,Very open and entrepreneurial company culture. A lot! of motivated people who put a lot of effort to perform well in their work.,With intense deadlines and schedules the stress levels can rise sometimes too high...,Well managed company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
608,google,none," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Researcher,Research,None. It was not a pleasant place to work.,Everything. Bad bosses. Bad management.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
609,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,"Hard work, mostly supportive",Great professiona development Smart people Constantly changing,Competitive without constructive collaboration at times,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
610,google,none," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Perfect company. Sometimes too needy.,No cons. Everything is amazing.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P61.htm
611,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Engineering,Solid company to work for,Benefits are very generous Some of the smartest people in the world work there Individuals can make a difference Multitudes of opportunities for personal and professional growth Some of the hardest problems in engineering to be solved,"Grown from ""scrappy"" startup to Mega-company More corporate than in the ""early days"" Need to be more aware and cognizant of corporate structure Hard to maintain healthy work-life balance, though it's encouraged.",Try not to forget what has always made the company special.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
612,google,none," Mar 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,programer,good work environment and nice campass,too hard of work and time comsuming,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
613,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Google review,"Work - Life balance, compensation, people, leadership,","large company, politics, you can probably get a more senior role in a different company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
614,google,none," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic company,"Google has not been for nothing won the title ""Best place to work for"" for many years in a row, it matters, especially if you are there for a few years.","Almost everybody is very good, although there is no official competition everybody is trying his/her best and that can be tiring over time, talk about ""imposter syndrome"" comes up regularly. I would sometimes prefer less chaos but I guess it is hard to create the perfect environment for everybody.","Make sure that higher management competes as much as the rest of the employees, sometimes it does not necessarily feel that way.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
615,google,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,territory sales manager,Good benefits. Survivor benefits and 401k is great,Company is getting too big,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
616,google,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Product Management,"Smart colleagues, great benefits, focus on the user, high impact projects","Some large company challenges (approvals, hierarchy, etc.)",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
617,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Engineer,Great problems,cool problems to work on,sooooo big that its hard to get anything done,smaller teams,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
618,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - QA Developer,QA Engineer,"rewarding, benefits, food, close distance to where I live, training","Small desk, crowded offices, non-engaging managers, no chance to advance,",Get a bigger place.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
619,google,"Grapevine, TX"," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Compliance Specialist,Good place to work!,Company has good diversity and friendly atmosphere. Also has excellent benefits.,"Location is okay, but can be sometimes hard to find if new to area.",Good management team. Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
620,google,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google intern review,"product focused, both all smart people.","there is no cons, guys. It's Google.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P62.htm
621,google,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,"great company, social environment enjoyable",no real con for this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
622,google,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Wireless Team Lead,Google Hardware rocks,Hardware is growing fast and lots of opportunity,Growing fast = lack of structure and design process,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
623,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good Pay and Benefits But Getting Very Bureaucratic and Political,"Great Perks! Great food, nice gym, on site medical, the SF office has amazing views and is a great place to show off to your friends and family. Plus it's Google, which everyone has heard of and respects.  The pay is as good as anyplace I have ever worked.  Mostly good coworkers: smart, hard working, motivated. But see below.","Very slow moving bureaucracy. When I first started I was working on a new database roll out that should have taken 6 months and was still not done 3 years later.  Chaotic approach to project management: there is a semi-constant state of reorganization that goes on, with people and projects moved from office to office and continent to continent with no concern for how this impact efficiency.  Political evaluation process. Since everyone can rate anyone else and everyone is stacked ranked against anyone else, there is a motivation to stab people in the back. People don't tend to give proper credit to other people's work for the same reason. It makes for a competitive and not very nice environment within one's own team.  There is a lot of lip service for work/life balance but if you actually work 9 to 5 your coworkers will rate you down for it.","Rework your evaluation process, it is too much of a shark pool. Give line managers more authority here.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
624,google,"Emporia, KS"," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Security,employee,"great people, great pay, love it","unstable environment, could use better management",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
625,google,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Love the salary and perKS,feels too much like a big company nowadays :(,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
626,google,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall good, but more bureaucratic",Great people to work with,"Too many chefs, depending on the org",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
627,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Old time Googler,"Positive Tech culture still there Benefits, pay and equity Flexible schedule",Starting to ossify with process and rules. Performance review and promo process is a farce.,"What made Google great was a healthy disregard for the traditional, bottom line focused management. This is changing to the point that it's becoming harder and harder to grow and innovate.",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
628,google,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,This is the best company,I have no complaints yet,None yet,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
629,google,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,It was a very welcoming environment,No cons I can really think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
630,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An over good experience.,"Loved the office culture, excellent salary, and good location.",Certain days there was little to no work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P63.htm
631,google,none," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Good benefits and culture, interesting work and peers","Very competitive, salaries differ by location and role",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
632,google,"Switzerland, FL"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software UI Designer,Amazing,"Getting a job at Google is a dream for everyone, here there's lots of techy people around me, so I've been more happier and I love working here...","Cons are basic in every multinational company, if we find cons in every stage we can't see the future pros","Enter in Robotics, and it ill form a new era and revolutionizes the entire world",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
633,google,none," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"- Smart, passionate colleagues - Reasonable work/life balance - Change to impact a lot of people - Amazing salary and benefits","- Large company, your individual contribution may feel small - Getting a little ossified",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
634,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Best Company to work for,Best Company to work for.,You need to be ready to work with completely new technologies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
635,google,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for awhile,"Smart people, fun environment, decent pay","Bureaucratic, corporate, corporate, and bureaucratic...and corporate",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
636,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Recruiter,Toxic and Retaliatory Environment,"Great events, food, gym, perks etc",Toxic Working Environment Recruiting Management Bullying HR does not care about employees rights. No Work-Life balance,HR needs to listen and protect the,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
637,google,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GReat!,Really great place to work!,its a very big company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
638,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Developer,Great culture within the workplace,Feel ignored sometimes while at work,Keep improving,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
639,google,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Workload, benefits, environment, people, lifestyle, salary","interview, hiring, job offer, referral, promotion,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
640,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Chief Director of Algebraic Engineering,My Experience as a Senior Chief Director of Algebraic Engineering,Google is an excellent place to work. I make a very high amount of money as a Senior Chief Director and it allows me to use it for good things.,There are not much downsides which is absolutely astonishing. Google campus is amazing because there are many recreational activities. However the hiring process is very stressful because of the limited jobs at Google and the high amount of connections needed to work for Google.,"To management, please do not be as strict as you guys are. It makes work more harder and makes me want to quit very often.",5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P64.htm
641,google,"Miami, FL"," Feb 9, 2018",Former Employee - Financial Leadership Development Program,Great Culture,Very exciting to work with such ambitious and intelligent people on lots of cutting edge developments.,Work hours are very long and demanding.,Help employees get a work-life balance. Find a way to get back to a more entrepreneurial culture.,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
642,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Project manager,"Great opportunities, culture, benefits, food.",Roles change all the time.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
643,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Engineer,"Work environment, challenging projects, awesome peers",Work can be high pressure and stressful at times.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
644,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"free food, free gym, free massages, free everything. I really like it here so got no complaint whatsoever. keep it up! They should build some new buildings.","too much work, sometimes the projects lost momentum’s once a while so it’s hard to focus sometimes. That’s a real problem",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
645,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Kind people, great passionate engineers.",Harder to stand out because everybody is good.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
646,google,none," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"perks, interesting work, great environment","jerks, psychopathic narcissists, cost of living in the Bay Area",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
647,google,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for,"For the sixth year running, Google has landed the top spot on our list of the country’s Best Companies to Work For.",Doesn't have fully paid sabbaticals,Should have Fully-paid sabbaticals,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
648,google,none," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice work,Cool I like dont change please,None to complants. At all,None,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
649,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - University Recruiter,University Recruiter,"Impactful work, autonomy, colleagues, perks",Nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
650,google,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,"Campus is a fun place to be, because of the wonderful endless perks. Everything you need is here, from bikes to doing your laundry. Some of the people are very nice too.","Seems that most people are on the arrogant side that work here. When I try to say a simple, ""hello"" to people, they turn their head and look away or down at their phones. Not sure what this is all about, but it comes across as very rude. Most of the people here are also very young and look alike (skinny and aesthetically well maintained), and it makes a person that is older, let's say 40+ feel unwelcome to apply because they don't feel as if they would have a chance. There are a few older people, but not many. So, these two complaints I've actually heard others mention as well. Overall feel is that they are hiring only certain types of people, even though their countless training videos say that they are supposed to be fair and square across the board.","You're great at hiring people of all ethnicities,now please consider hiring older people, and also encouraging your staff to be more friendly and practice their manners. Thank you",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P65.htm
651,google,none," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fired for Bringing up AI spy bots and mass collection of data on citizens.,Friendly staff Not much else I can say for pros,"They're spying on you, and I figured out how. I was immediately fired for saying I would expose it.","Too many ""donors"" Influencing company decisions.",1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
652,google,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Quantitative Analyst,"Flexible time, good work life balance, easy to transfer from team to team. Lots of locations. Lots of perks. Good opportunity to learn and grow. Good chance to change the world.",more and more perks went away over the last several years. defrag & reorg happens pretty often. Not every project can survive.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
653,google,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,know what you do,plenty of research to do,no accountability. many don't know what they do,manage,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
654,google,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Programmer,google programmer,"high pressure, schedule is close","people are nice, the work environment is good and creative",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
655,google,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work at!,Great colleagues and tough problems,It is a big company that comes with some big company churn.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
656,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Executive Director,Remarkable,Turns life all the way around,You almost miss the past,Stop making it look so easy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
657,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Work life balance, great work.",Promotion process is too complicated.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
658,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Partner,Recruiter,"Pay, benefits, great ability to network","Too big, growth potential is limited. Work is rote.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
659,google,none," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Free Food. Very smart people. Open / casual culture. Great buildings / work environment / app support,Lack of upward mobility / promotions. Need to go to a different teams for career advancement / new challenges.,"Keep doing the great job you're doing, but try to share the wealth with everyone including your TVCs!",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
660,google,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software developer,"It is a good company, you need to be workaholic.",Too much work. Sometimes it is like 90 hours a week.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P66.htm
661,google,none," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - SWE,Bare Bones Review,"Good salary and benefits. Google has an unwritten ethos to make the world a better place - not just ""Don't be evil"" - and that feeling is shared by most employees, who will complain to management if they feel that isn't happening in the context of some new decision.","Getting large, so it's hard to make a big positive impact",Start taking your user experience laboratory results much more seriously.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
662,google,none," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Webmaster,"Looks to be a promising job, good salary and benefits",I do not have anything to say in this section.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
663,google,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Great Culture","Great salary, perks and overall culture for those who seek to work at a large company",Lots of high turnover because some of the work left might become mundane for high achieving individuals.  Easy to get bored,Get better people managers!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
664,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 4, 2018","Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager, Google Cloud",Product Marketing Manager Google Cloud,"Benefits, salary, stock, smart people, innovative, big budgets, exciting team to be a part of, company is investing heavily into the Google Cloud org.","Growing fast, culture declining with growth, leadership struggling to create priorities and plans for marketing org, poor onboarding experience, very political, adding layers on layers of middle management with big egos, bureaucratic, hard to get things done, false promise of not being hierarchical, little work life balance due to competitive landscape internally, micro-managers that lead by fear even tho it’s against company culture, HR tends to give management benefit of the doubt no matter what the complaint or how many complaints.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
665,google,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity,An ambitious company with exciting lofty goals making a positive difference in the world which provides the opportunity to work on really interesting projects with exceptional people.,"It's a big company which can sometimes make it hard to navigate. But, that comes along with lots of resources to do interesting work.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
666,google,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ads Specialist,"Solid infrastructure, access to world class resources, smart people",Can get you too comfortable.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
667,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing Manager,"Career progression, perks, competitive salary, start up environment.",Work life balance can be challenging if you are not careful.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
668,google,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"great company, management, prospective, future","nothing, its google, everything is great",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
669,google,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Advertising,The information and pace is incredible.,Competitors have creeped into the Ad space in mobile an social.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
670,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company to work for but not without it's flaws.,"Great perks, autonomy and smart people to work with. Nice modern offices and new equipment to work with.",If you aren't loved by managers you wont get promoted. Will set higher expectations if they do not like you to avoid giving you promo.,"Still some work needs to be done on the promotion process., expectations are not applied in the same way to the same people.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P67.htm
671,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pros and cons of working environment inside google,Many internal learning resources and well maintained documents.,Many rewrites of the system. Not very interesting.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
672,google,none," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Culture, people, perks, access, benefits",Becoming a very large corporate,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
673,google,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Another large company,Challenging work. Excellent perks. Great brand.,Bureaucracy common to large companies. No more the startup like environment.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
674,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Rewarding job,"High impact projects with billions of users makes the work feel more rewarding. Nice work place culture, and competitive pay and benefits.",Large org bureaucracy issues makes cross department collaboration slow sometimes. Strict code reviews could sometimes slow down your work. Different set of tools to learn.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
675,google,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont want to put a title,It is a good company,I still have to come to work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
676,google,none," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,EP Internship,Learned more in one summer than in college so far,Didn't get a return offer without much explanation,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
677,google,none," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,very nice and motivated people,sometimes hours were long and unpredictable,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
678,google,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,Great benefits and super smart people to work with.,As the company gets bigger things start to move a lot slower,invest more to make decision making move fast,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
679,google,"Macungie, PA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Consultant,Google Technical Solution Consultant,"Competitive salary, ability to work remotely. Its Google!",There are no cons working for Google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
680,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great place to work,The culture is great. Everyone's opinion is taken into consideration.,It is a large company so not as nimble as a startup.,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P68.htm
681,google,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Great culture, benefits, work environment, food.","glass ceilings, upward growth stagnant",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
682,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"If you work on hardware, then avoid this place at all cost.",Great for people who makes big talk but can’t get anything done.,"If you work on hardware, then be prepared to be treated as 2nd class citizen. This company is extreamly bureaucratic. Since everything has to run by committee here, all the committee were run by people who’s only done Software and have no idea the challenge of building hardware. Getting promotion in hardware is impossible here. Nobody in our org ever gets promoted the entire time I work here. I’ve met some of the best Engineer here but worst managements and executive I’ve ever seen. Everyone just talks big ideas, but never gotten anything done. Projects get created and canceled so frequently you are always wasting time. It now make sense why half the things announced on Google IO ever gets released. Ad is the only thing that’s ever successful in this company. Food is free but very mediocre compares to most of the cafe I’ve been in the valley. Budget for perks has been going down year after years. DO NOT JOIN HERE because of their old reputation.","Stop making big talk, but actually get something done for once.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
683,google,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist at Google,"Supportive managers, friendly colleagues, flexible work hours, good facilities, nice food","Growth opportunity is limited, have some less impressive routine job",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
684,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Paralegal,Great perks and flexibility,Google knows how to treat its employees right. The perks are amazing and the managers are not breathing in your neck,Google is not longer one company. It's 20 companies in one so it can be overwhelm and streessful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
685,google,none," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of [],"Amazing people, open & collaborative culture, cool products, and a company that is making a lot of positive impact in the world (not just $)","It's become a huge company, with nearly 80,000 employees. Can be difficult to navigate, sometimes challenging to get stuff done quickly. Career growth / opportunities can be more limited for folks not based in Mountain View",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
686,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Excellent Perks and flexibility,I could go home at any time.,You end up working a lot!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
687,google,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job,It was a good environment to work in.,There were absolutely no Cons.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
688,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Designer,"Behind the shiny veneer, insidious politics and dysfunctional teams","- Work with genuinely smart and creative people - Beautiful offices, delicious food - Great benefits and healthcare - Lots of learning available through talks, programs, classes - Great deal of transparency across the organization - Room to take risks and propose initiatives to receptive audiences - Candid and honest communication from c-level leadership, including acknowledgement of mistakes","- Competition is fierce. Everyone is striving for limited promotions and visibility, and that leads to people sabotaging or just not helping each other. - Managers are powerful. If yours doesn't want you to succeed, they have a great deal of control over your future at the company. - Switching teams is not as easy as advertised. Honestly, applying to Google from the outside is easier than trying to join a new team. If your manager doesn't want you to switch teams, you will not switch teams. - HR will not help you if a problematic situation happens. They are there to protect the company. While nice individuals, they will happily tell you untrue information to help Google and hurt you. - Promotion culture is insidious. Everyone is trying to get promoted to make more money, and the system around promotion encourages the wrong kinds of risk-taking: bold but useless new products, hoarding credit, blaming others for your mistakes. - If a product is at risk, one or two people may be collectively blamed to save the whole. I saw this happen multiple times. A deadline is missed, so an agreement is hatched the the problem was person X or person Y. That way, person X or Y can be fired and the others promoted because they made progress despite working with someone as lowly as X or Y. - Fakeness. Individuals at Google are largely wonderful, but the company encourages you to keep and tow the line. Smile. Be Googley. Pretend we're all collaborating openly. But, in the back of everyone's mind is their career path, their promo, and how other people can be used to get them there or discarded if they do not. - A few PMs and manager are very poor performers and their teams suffer as a result. Many PMs and managers are wonderful. It depends on the team you get, which is largely a question of luck. - A culture which somewhat coddles through its benefits leads some to stay dependent and socially immature, especially if joined right out of college.","- Make switching teams easier. - If it takes 20 people to promote someone, it should not take only one to fire. Don't put all of this power in the hands of a single manager. - Don't encourage people to work extensive hours at night and on weekends. Explicitly Googlers are told not to work weekends, but we all know they do and the culture encourages it. This is unfair to people with families and favors younger people with fewer responsibilities. - Don't promote bullies, even if they get results. It erodes culture and trust.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
689,google,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Work culture, people, access to resources",Operations focused and slow decision making,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
690,google,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great place to work ...,Nothing I can think of,You are amazing,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P69.htm
691,google,"South Bend, IN"," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,Great expeeience,"They care about you, your development and also your family. They one of the best people to work with",Sometimes the pressure to do more can be too much which might also be a good thing for development,To be patient with staff development,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
692,google,"Saint Peters, MO"," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,EMT employment,None that I can think of,"Total disrespect for employees, lying.","St. Peters, MO - EMT Work Environment Review: The best way to describe working here is STAY AWAY. Find a position at McDonalds or sweeping the streets you will be treated with more respect and your mental health will be 100 times healthier. The management team here consists of an older white tyrannical female, I will call her the big Boss, and a black gentleman, merely a lackie. The gentleman is merely a clone of the Boss and too terrified to contradict her. The black gentleman’s wife is in charge of the HR functions at the office, guess what your chances are of discussing and resolving any management issues are. Positions fall into 3 categories, company paid drivers, independent drivers and company paid Para Monitors. These Para Monitors are responsible for the safety of the passengers during transport, generally behaviorally challenged young people with special needs. Drivers are paid by the trip or the hour depending on their classification. Company drivers get assigned generally the long time because the company brings in more revenue. The independents are generally assigned short overflow trips which can earned them as little as $7-10. These drivers pay for their own vehicle, gasoline, insurance and on their own time. Drivers are in great demand due to the extremely high turnover, averaging 3-4 months. Lastly are the Para Monitors who are paid $50 per day for 2 split shift trips. The average work week is presented as approximately 14 hours as opposed to getting paid for 20. Great deal if you aren’t actually working 18-20. Due to the chaotic scheduling you will work one Para trip the remaining hours you will be dragged along with the driver because they lack the time to drop you off at the office. This is regardless if you have a appointment already scheduled. Sadly, it is totally impossible to schedule any personal obligations, such as shopping, doctor’s appointments and the like. The Boss lies when cornered regarding hours stating you are MINE from 6AM – 6PM. The work force is composed for the most part of house wives, retirees, and immigrants. These are the types of people that are focused for employment because they will generally take any kind of treatment and be happy to have a job, however many don’t last long. If you have a conflict with the tyrant boss you most likely will be unemployed shortly. She manages by intimidation. In her quest to terminate you and still not appear to be a tyrant she has been known to elicit the assistance of certain favorite personnel to assist her by lying and discrediting the employee in question. I know of an employee who required a sick day and was told they had to come in and fill out a request for a day off. If they didn’t follow that procedure it could be terms for termination. That employee could not make it in to fill out the request and was terminated. Lying to the employees is commonplace. To quote the big white tyrannical Boss, she stated on one occasion when someone took issue with something “forget them, they are a dime a dozen.” That certainly explains why the Boss focuses on hiring a certain type of individual. Employees are too terrified of the Boss and her insane attitude to standup for their rights for fear of being terminated or reprisal. Which is another whole talent the Boss’s takes to new limits.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
693,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Autonomy to problem solve and think creatively,Cons are largely department specific,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
694,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiter,"Good, Not Great.",A lot of great free food. Free gym and activities. Good name for your resume.,Lack of job satisfaction. Basically you're a robot. Very high turnover in recruiting org. Long commute.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
695,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Still a great company to work for,- fantastic people - products that truly have and continue to change the world - reasonably humble senior management,"- the ""niceness"" can sometimes get in the way of faster decision making - Competitors like apple and amazon are ruthless. At some level, Google needs to adapt as well",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
696,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Lacking something,Entrepreneurial for a large company,Becoming less innovative as time progresses,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
697,google,none," Feb 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What can I say? It's google.,Be involved in the forefront of consumer technology. Perks.,Lose some of your identity. No recognition for contributions.,"Humans are people, too.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
698,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Brand,Brand,"Great perks, fun teammates, exciting company to work at","No one tells you that you have an expiration period when you join Google. When you hit a certain age/tenure, you are considered a ""Greygler"" and if you are on unsupportive team, you are treated as completely disposable. The company does nothing to try to keep long term Googlers employed and basically encourages you to quit by bullying you out of your job (given bad review scores, no manager support). I left the company with such a bad taste in my mouth after giving a decade of my life to them. It is so incredibly difficult to transfer.",Stop the bullying on certain team. Do more to keep long term Googlers happy. Do not try to put every obstacle in their way to not succeed. Stop the obvious favoritism. Hire better people leaders and encouragers.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
699,google,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An Amazing Place To Work,"Wonderful and free food, nice gym, rock climbing wall",People are somewhat brainwashed across the board,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
700,google,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software,Free stuff and great benefits,none its a great company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P70.htm
701,google,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Smart, driven, self-motivated, yet humble and nice people. Truly a wonderful, collaborative place to work that takes good care of its people and is having an impact on the world.",The sheer size of the organization can make it hard to get things done quickly due to all the stakeholder management.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
702,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's more than just the perks,+ Great fellow Googlers to work with + Focus on delivering results + It's more than just work + Growth and innovation mindset + Serious about diversity and inclusion,"- Experience and environment can vary significantly by function, role and managers - Different classes of roles, depends on where you are at the food chain - More senior, more politics - Talent development, internal mobility and succession planning are rudimentary - Specialists more valued than generalists",Just because Google can attract any external talent is no reason to devalue internal talent and mobility.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
703,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,No regrets,The people can be the best in the world -- I loved every team that I was on.,"Googlers can be the most entitled people, but if you choose your team wisely then it's not a big deal.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
704,google,none," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analytical Lead,"Culture, perks, benefits, work-life balance, peers","Focus, limited career options, management changes",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
705,google,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is great!,Great company to work for.,Hard to get promoted and move up.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
706,google,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Operations,Salary and the office atmosphere was great,Amount of travel and job organization,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
707,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Partner Technology Manager,Staff Technical Solutions Consultant & Partner Technology Manager,I've met and worked with lot of talented and very smart people.,"Change is the only constant, constant re-orgs, hard to navigate policies and information overload.","Less ambiguity more stability, as soon as something is complete / starts to work it is deprecated fairly soon.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
708,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A nice place to work,"It's google, you probably already know everything there is to know about it already","If you're thinking that the work is going to be really interesting, you're probably going to be disappointed.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
709,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Unrivaled developer tools and fantastic coworkers.,So many highly qualified people that almost everyone is overqualified for the job they're doing. Sales culture much weaker than product culture.,Keep it up. More focus on tools and technology for Sales.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
710,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not The Internship movie, but still great","great colleagues, limited crunch time","bad food, living in the Bay Area is bad",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P71.htm
711,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,creative. freedom. edge tech and amazing work space,not very fast from design to delivery,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
712,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As they say,"Amazing company, great culture, loads of opportunities and brilliant people and great perks.","When they hire people, they mostly downlevel. And they're not transparent about this.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
713,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Open-minded, challenging tasks, smart people, flexible",workload might need overtime working sometimes,might be better if workload is distributed more evenly and wisely.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
714,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Overall a great place to work,"I really feel that it's an excellent place to work (as evidenced by the growing tenure of the staff). Great perks, a good work-life balance, smart people, respectful culture.","As the company has gotten bigger, it has really slowed the opportunity for advancement. There are a lot of smart, ambitious people and it's difficult for people to get the level of responsibility and individual impact that they crave.","Keep focused on the core goals of the company - to be different, to experiment, to go against the grain, to do the right thing. Make sure to resist the growing pressure to conform (which seems to be having some influence in recent years).",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
715,google,none," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My input on Google,Yeah your work also the money could be amazing but also your learning a lot of about things in this world nobody else would of known till they read it,Not getting the work done and being stuck on something and making sure everything is up and going before the dead line,"I know I could never live without Google. Also I used Google with everything in my life, and not only me there's other people also uses Google on researching things. Google have been amazing. Also if I could work at Google I would be learning a lot about things, but also making sure other people can too. I think it would be amazing to work there. Not bc the money would be awesome which it would be perfect but also knowing how things been put together and learning new things every day. It's like your working and at the same time your learning. I think for anybody it would be a great Experience . I do not work here but I love researching on a daily basis lol also the biggest challenge is all the work you guys have too do to make it perfect or what not and if your on a time limit i think it could be a lot of stressful right there",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
716,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Tech Lead/Manager,Astounding Infrastructure,"As a software engineer, one reason to go to Google is because they have some of the most impressive software and hardware infrastructure in the business. How do they manage to answer any question you can think of in under a second? How many computers do they actually have? How can you possibly manage so many computers? What does it take to run security for them? If you work there, you can (eventually) learn something about everything. And with hard work you can have a huge impact on this amazing system.","The company is big. Really big. It has struggled for years to maintain a ""startup-like"" environment, and in many areas it succeeds. But as the company scales there are more frequent instances of internal politics guiding decisions instead of pure technical merit.","Keep Google focused on building some of the world's most impressive technology, and you'll continue to attract the best technologists. If you get bogged down in incremental improvement, they will flee.  The infrastructure organizations need to have a cleaner division of responsibilities so that lower management feels empowered to get things done. Upper management doesn't have the bandwidth to manage if too many decisions get escalated to them.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
717,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Associate,sales,good pay with awesome benefits and pto,have to work alot of hours and no sleep,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
718,google,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Good work life balance and good comp,"Too many people, too bg",North ng really to tell for now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
719,google,"Pasadena, CA"," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Best place,Best place to work in USA,no negatives about working at google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
720,google,none," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best corporate to work for,"Nice work culture, good pay and treatment",Not enough room to progress if you are ambitious for catchy projects,"Too much politics involved, the Googly culture is not happening much in action",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P72.htm
721,google,none," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,nice company and fantastic team,Not be able to choose your project,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
722,google,none," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech,Benefits were really great ya,Long weekend work shifts bad,Higher psy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
723,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Managing Director Partnerships,Great company,Great business model Innovation Great people to work with,became a very large company,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
724,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing culture and very talented engineers,"Great culture, get to work with smart engineers",Soemtimes you can get lost in lot of teams.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
725,google,none," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Perks are great. Smart colleagues.,"Very large, can be bureaucratic.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
726,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Great,"the people are great, fun, and always energetic. I never thought I would be in such a high position for such a great company.","The only cons are basically the coffee machine not working, and competition with other companies like Microsoft.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
727,google,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Good pay at this job,Long hours sometimes but not too bad,Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
728,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Systems Engineer,Great Purks!!! Things have changed in the industry and you’ll never get the same from any other company. I’ve worked for others and I’ve seen things taken away to control expenses.,None. Very good place to get a start on your career. You’ll meet some great people and learn many things.,Do not give up the purks that you provide for your people.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
729,google,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great perks, promo is a long road","Great perks, internal transfers to different locations are a great option to have available, you can bring your dog to work.",Promotion is a slow and long process for most.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
730,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,The team is everything,Absurdly good benefits Flexibility to choose hours (depends on team / role),"Horrid traffic ""Luck of the draw"" of landing on a good team -- an unhelpful or hostile manager can sink you with little oversight",Encourage people to transfer sooner rather than later if they experience a bad fit on their team,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P73.htm
731,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at,"Working with a lot of smart and talented people. Great benefits, a lot of possibilities to move around within the company. Cutting edge technology. A lot of freedom about what to work on.",Working with a lot of people who strongly think they're smarter and more talented than most other people.,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
732,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Web Solutions Engineer,"Software engineers are only respected @Google. It is engineering-driven company. The perks are amazing including free breakfast, lunch, an dinner every weekday. Bonuses and equity grants are great for SWE or higher level L5+ in non SWE. Work life balance is great.","Be aware of gTech WSE roles. If you are being interviewed, only consider SWE unless you don't care. Bureaucracy, slow to respond to market threats, bloated teams, cross-divisional tension. The quality of the engineers is possibly dropping with lots of unexperienced engineers. Promotion in gTech is based on who you know. Google has lots of biased against minorities such as caucasian Americans.",Get rid of engineering or technical side from gTech Partners and Consumer. It is low bar.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
733,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Pmm,Google,"Great culture, perks and benefits.",Lots of A type personalities.,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
734,google,none," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's fine,You should try to Work there,"or don't work there, idk",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
735,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Best Company,"Great atmosphere, excellent compensation, highly recommend",none what so ever do add,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
736,google,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Very nice benfits and perks,None that I can think off,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
737,google,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,"Works to maintain an inclusive environment, great benefits","Lots of overtime, can be hard at times to find a work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
738,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Engineer,Engineer,good comp plan and good benefits,lots of work lots are expected from you,more visibility,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
739,google,"Brooklyn, NY"," Jan 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development,Salaries and benefits were good.,Lack promotional oppurtunities from with in. Environment not condusive to high productivity,Need more advancement for long term employees. Better working environment.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
740,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Truly a great place to work,-Lots of Transparency -Great culture and perks -People you work with are rock stars,"-Has grown very big, definitely not a ""start-up culture"" and hasn't been for a long time -Red tape and bureaucracy has ballooned -Everything takes forever to be approved or launched, so many layers and ""chefs in the kitchen"" -With Ruth as the new CFO, things are definitely in ""cost-cutting"" mode: Compensation, Travel, Perks, Work Projects, etc -Definitely feels like you are just a ""cog in a machine"" nowadays",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P74.htm
741,google,none," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work environment with impactful work,Good work culture and environment. Lots of employee freedom.,"The work could be difficult and it was stressful, since the work could affect millions.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
742,google,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,Nice pay and smart people,Hard to advance or change projects,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
743,google,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programmer,The reason why I enjoyed working at google so much is because of the friendly people. They are the best to work with. Such a great ethic.,"The timing that this job takes from you is the absolute worst. I went through 2 divorces because I was stuck at work. Well... Its probably the fact that I'm not that great of a husband, but still you have no personal life.","You should let your employees play more. Come on, because of this day and age, I'm already going to be working until I'm 80.. Thats the new retierment age right? Let us live life. increase vaction time and don't micro manage",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
744,google,none," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,work life balance is very good here.,promotion is a little slow here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
745,google,none," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work place for PhD candidate,- Many smart people - Intriguing challenges - Decent salary,- Some managers are making boxes in the team.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
746,google,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You can't beat the people,"Smart passionate people, interesting problems",So big that it can be tough to advance,Create more mobility,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
747,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Site Reliability Engineer,"Big scale and great people, but still a big company","Amazing tech, probably the only place you can reliably not deal with unreplicated infra. Push back on engineering is legit and regularly practiced almost to a fault. Worked with some of the smartest people on Earth, the smartest ive ever met. Just ridiculously huge scale, sre culture is strong if you are in the right places","It may be a great one but it is a big company now. That bothers some. Big company means very different experiences depending on where you work. Don't take any one review as gospel. Lots of politics and some in fighting, successful leaders know how to manipulate people but not in a bad way,.","I loved almost all of you, and I'll never forget the ones I worked closely with. 10 great years of my career well spent",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
748,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Solutions Consultant,It's Not What It Seems,Company Products & Overall Company Culture,Mediocre Middle Management Political Environment Long Work Hours,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
749,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Programmer Analyst,Great,Loved it. Great time. So fun.,"None, loved every day. A++",None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
750,google,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PrepCook/dishwasher,seeking a good job with that in a good environment and good pay within the city's locations hopefully soon as possible.,I am a hard worker and also try to help others as well if needed and is willing to learn about other job position and do maintenance as well!,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P75.htm
751,google,none," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager quality dictates success,"If your manager is good, and you and he (mostly men) are favored you'll.go far",Untrained management easily tarnishes work you do and work visability. Unrealistic workload expectations. Everyone works until 2am.,Invest vast profits into staff expansion and real management training.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
752,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Company,really cool environment. Have fun while doing it.,learn many things on your own,Giving a little more space,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
753,google,none," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program Manager,Great work-life balance. Very diverse and great culture. Many opportunities to explore..,Sometimes can be slow paced.,"Some teams are overstaffed and some are understaffed, can do a better job of maintaining the right levels of employment standards.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
754,google,none," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CEO,yes very nice co-worker and staff,not enough space for work-out,perfect for start-ups CEO,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
755,google,"Louisville, KY"," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Brand Ambassador,brand ambassador,pay culture free food overtime,d2d weird hours not enough work,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
756,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Receptionist,Receptionist,Free food. Free gyms. Cheap shuttle services. NETWORKING.,Work is not very impactful and meaningful since it is such a huge company. Being a TVC is awfu. Red badges feel undervalued than a white badge. Not able to participate in a ton of Google events.,Make Receptionists actual GOOGLE EMPLOYEES like Facebook.,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
757,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Dec 20, 2017","Current Employee - Software Engineer, Tools &amp, Infrastructure",Top notch place to work,"- Google, the entire company, the entire management chain, understands software development. This is beyond amazing. They invest in top-notch tools and very smart people. Most companies build technical debt that eventually cripples them, but not Google. Google has built an mountain of technical capital. - Management doesn't micromanage. - The stress, from what I've seen over my year there, is reasonable for most people. - Google is really good at work / life balance. - Moving between departments is easy. - Google management is open and receptive to internal feedback and criticism. - And you can't write a review about Google without mentioning the perks - amazing!","These aren't even really ""cons"" but things that are so different from the typical Fortune 500 company that you should be aware of: - Working with such smart people can lead to ""imposter syndrome"" - feeling that you aren't good enough or don't belong. - With great freedom to manage your own work, you have to be able to thrive in ambiguity. You won't get a list of work items at Google. - When everyone else has that same freedom, ""herding the cats"" requires a lot of people skills. You can't fall back on management to give diktats and expect that people will fall into line. The only true negative is the very high political level of group-think. If you are right-leaning, middle of the road, or even slightly left-leaning politically, you may feel shouted down if you try to participate in the wide ranging internal forums by the dominating far left (but the solution to this is easy - just ignore the political nonsense). On the plus side, with the level of dirty laundry airing that happened in 2017, this seems to be toning down and so is less of a problem than it was as of mid-2017. The media also played this up to be a bigger issue than it is.",I feel amazingly blessed to work at Google. Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
758,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - EXPORT CONSULTANT,Great Employer and position,"Google is becoming ""Digital Management Consultancy"" leader which is super exciting Work towards Asian markets, which changes constantly adding variety",Middle management has hard time adapting to new ideas in the industry,Read up,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
759,google,none," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Communications Manager,Good place to start a career,"I learned a lot from my colleagues the 5 years I was there. Everyone is very intelligent and generally great at what they do. Google is constantly pushing the envelope in every way that they do things, and there is a lot of tolerance for taking risks. Still remarkably transparent to employees despite its size (70k+ people). They also try to keep the environment fun. They aren't afraid to give large responsibilities to relatively young people (i.e. in mid twenties). Most large companies wouldn't trust young people with the same scope and impact of work. Very easy to get interviews with other companies once Google is on your resume.","They try to make the performance review process fair, but a lot of it is still based on politics and favoritism. Your experience is almost entirely dependent on your manager and core team. Google is overall a great company to employees, but your day-to-day experience is defined by your core team. That being said, the company is large and constantly hiring, so if you hate your team, you can probably move to a new one relatively quickly.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
760,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Not what it used to be,Great benefits and healthy nutrition options,Turned into a corporate america company. So lot of politics and poor management,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P76.htm
761,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great campus. Awesome set of people.,There is a variety of teams to choose from. Flexible work hours and free food. Opportunity to make good connections. Very easy to switch teams.,"Some teams might not have good projects. It is very important to select teams intelligently. You will using technologies developed by Google, so less opportunity to built those technologies by yourself.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
762,google,none," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Love it, everyone is what and friendly",Sometimes work can be stressful as you want your project to succeed.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
763,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,I like it,Free food is good and great colleagues go a long way.,Things are slower than in a small startup.,Tu to keep the company lean and efficient.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
764,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Program Manager,Good place to work,"Compensation, work-life balance, and career opportunites","Top down management, very set in old ways.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
765,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Managers don't manage,"Great place to work if you are a young, single, male software engineer.","Not a great place to work if you have a family, are female or have to manage people. Most managers do not have any management training, nor are they given any. There is no recognition given to engineering managers for their ability to help people's careers, performance, or as to how happy their people are with their manager. Almost all emphasis is placed on an engineering manager's technical contribution. Therefore, there is no incentive for managers to treat their employees well, meet with them or help them. Nor is there much incentive for managers to make good business decisions. Most engineering managers only care that they did something technically interesting. Whether it fails or not is not important. Whether it contributes to the company's strategy or business is not important. And certainly, whether their people grow and move forward with their careers is not important.",There are 10 qualities that Google identifies as making good managers. Start measuring your managers on those qualities!,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
766,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Pride like no other,"* I'm sure a ton of other people have talked about this but again, perks are awesome * They attract the best people because they are one of the best, and they make sure to invest on their employees we can continue being at the top * All you can learn, there are classes on everything that's hot (not just in tech) + the 20% time off is a great way to learn","It's easy to get carried away and spend all your time working on cool stuff, so make sure to spend some time for off-work events","Continue to do the good work that you are doing and never make the hiring bar any lower if not higher especially for new grads, you reap what you sow ,)",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
767,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to learn,Tons of smart people amazing infrastructure,"Competitive, hard to switch teams",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
768,google,none," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and cons,"The amenities, benefits, and work-life balance are great, and my projects are fairly interesting.","Although some people get onto good projects, good teams and are groomed as high performers, many people feel a lot of pressure to perform well at something that isn't particularly interesting or significant. There is a fair chance that you'll be underutilized being underutilized.","Help people transfer teams easier. If the team they join initially isn't a good fit, they could still be a great contribution elsewhere.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
769,google,none," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,document data analyst scan inc,very good benefits and balance,management can overlook some people,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
770,google,none," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As good as its reputation,"Massive scale, huge opportunity to have impact. Smart people all around. Focused on what's best for users.  Sundar is a very strong CEO.","You have to love bureaucracy to thrive. If you do, this isn't a con. If you don't, you've been warned!",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P77.htm
771,google,none," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,quantitative analyst,the job was paid well,job was some what challanging,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
772,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Best company,Food and snacks are very tasty,office os located on very remote area,open a office in Chandigarh india,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
773,google,none," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,great environment,perks and environment were great,some of the politics were bad,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
774,google,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Architect,"Free meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.",Everyone watching what you do,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
775,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Assembler,Decent job but difficult to advance,Perks like food and gym are great. Very friendly coworkers. Good work/life balance at my site (you can turn phone off at shift end unless you're on call),"In this position you are very limited in what work you're allowed to do. There are no promotions from this job and getting a transfer to a different job can be difficult (depending on your location). Doing the same job for 5+ years while waiting for a transfer to be available is boring.  The work can be physically difficult, many employees get repetitive stress injuries, back pain etc after a few years. Cutthroat competitive work environment leads to people rushing to have the best numbers and getting hurt.  Performance review process doesn't always fairly reflect work and there are no appeals.  No cost of living raises, COL increased a lot since I started but raises haven't kept up.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
776,google,none," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Get to working with great and smart people. Great benefits and salary.,Did not enjoy the long commute. I spent about 2 hours a day commuting to work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
777,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Mission-driven company treats employees well,+ Kind people + Interesting projects + Transparency,- Losing some focus on user - So big it can be hard to find the right person,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
778,google,none," Dec 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing manager,"Free food, great opportunity to switch careers","Large organisation, lacks clear processes at times",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
779,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Cloud Program Management,"Great workplace, good perks, interesting projects","Hierarchical, no real talent programs, highly volatile peer skills",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
780,google,none," Dec 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,5-Year Googler,"It's Google, the stories are true.",Things are so good that you can sometimes lose your sense of ambition.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P78.htm
781,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Depends on your team, but good work/life balance. Good perks.",Many high impact opportunities are located in Mountain View. Limited projects elsewhere.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
782,google,none," Dec 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Great company with amazing perks,They make you work really hard,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
783,google,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 19, 2017",Former Employee - Photographer,Fun and exciting.,Company takes very good care of their employee's. Customer friendly company who prides itself on creating the best products in an innovative way.,"Mostly contract work. Opportunity for full time work, however, most programs are in the beta stage where the company tests programs to see how successful they are. This could lead to temporary/seasonal work.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
784,google,none," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Work Environment,Excellent pay and benefits with a fun work environment,Can’t get any work done with all this napping!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
785,google,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,There are a lot of talented people.,"Recently, too many people, projects conflicting with each other.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
786,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Helper Assistant,Assists the helpers while they are helping,You can learn a lot from them.,"There aren't any, actually.",More money plz.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
787,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Supply Chain Program Manager,"Once you’re in, it’s like Disneyland for adults",Smart people. Laid back work environment. Lots of perks.,Lost within a big company. Not as much innovation as one would think. Under paid over qualified scenarios.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
788,google,none," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,We started JAW with the principles of building long lasting and tight relationships with our clients and workforce.,The work life balance is tough on larger projects. However this is a part of running a business.,Great job!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
789,google,none," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support,great place to work super energy,low pay long hours no advancement,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
790,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Mechanical engineer level 4,"Perks are decent, Buses are nice.","Difficult to stand out, even on a small team. The compensation is rigidly structured based on levels and algorithms. Make sure you get a high offer coming in, because it's impossible to renegotiate your salary even when you're a high performer.",Fix the reward structure to make it easier for people who out perform to be recognized and compensated or they will leave to get a higher paying job elsewhere.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P79.htm
791,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great Internship,"Organized, Productive, Well-Managed, Perceptive, Flexible",Chrome team itself is also 1000 employees,Localizing internship teammates. Not sure if its possible due to logistical limitations vs overall productivity,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
792,google,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant,Great workplace and incredibly fun,Very intense in terms of workload and competitive,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
793,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Great benefits, great projects, lots of perks, great internal mobility. Awesome health insurance, 401k. For a software engineer, the choice of project team can be mind-boggling and excitement & learning can be had in every corner of the company.","Starting to get crowded at the mid to senior levels and more bureaucratic. Management quality can be spotty as management training has not kept pace with rapid hiring, so your experience with your manager can vary.",Career paths at the more senior levels are murky and it is getting very crowded at mid to senior engineering levels. Advancement is slow and can be difficult.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
794,google,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hello,"Change the world, value employees.",What is there no to like about Google.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
795,google,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a great place to work,The perks are so nice.,"Big company, which causes Google to move slowly compared to a start up.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
796,google,none," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer Internship,People are helpful. You can start working on the first day since everything is well prepared. You can come to the office 7/24.,I can't think of any downside.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
797,google,none," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Screwing over new employees,"Good perks, brightest people I've ever met, nice offices.","Beware, do not factor equity into your package, they remove this on a whim and you'll be out thousands of dollars. Negotiate hard and remember that equity is not guaranteed.","Don't treat employees poorly once they're through the door. I was one of thousands of Nooglers who received no equity refresh after it was retrospectively removed. This means I have taken a huge pay cut as compared to my previous position, a clear bait and switch. This is underhanded and I hope to make sure that any new employees coming into Google are not duped, as I was, into accepting a lower total compensation.",2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
798,google,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cs,good to talented pros,challenging to new people,no,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
799,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 22, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software Engineer,- Leading researchers and engineers in the field - Great Food - They haven't lost their talent,- Not innovating fast enough - Culture seems to be behind others like Facebook,Hire younger talent. More transparency needed,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
800,google,none," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Associate,"Great product, lots of upside to the business","Too many people, need to diversify the revenue streams",Be creative,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P80.htm
801,google,none," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working Hard is Hard,I enjoyed the snacks they offered.,The work was difficult to do here,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
802,google,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work!,Great work environment for all. Very transparent company.,"n/a, nothing comes to mind.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
803,google,"San Bernardino, CA"," Dec 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Chief WiFi Rocket Engineer,"Wanted to launch WiFi into space, didnt happen. Yet.","Instead of googling what you're curious about, you can just ask one of the other employees.",Gained a lot of weight due to all the free candy bars.,Please continue to keep skynet in mind.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
804,google,none," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Good company and lots of experience,Too much of a commute for some people,Better food,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
805,google,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not all it's made out to be,Decent (but not leading) compensation. Well known perks like free food. Some talented coworkers.,"Giant corporation with high levels of bureaucracy, incompetence, and politics. Very splintered geographically and organizationally. Disorganized. Poor - basically nonexistent - leadership. Food's not always good, even for free. Cynical culture.","Clean house on the mostly useless middle and executive management. Focus on something for once. Preferably something useful to the world, rather than just selling more ads.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
806,google,none," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company for a reason,"Fantastic benefits. And at work you're treated like a human being, not a cog",Overabundance of middle management -- difficult to advance beyond,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
807,google,none," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Product Manager,NA,Free food and great compensation.,"Many smart people, always competitive",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
808,google,none," Dec 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,industry standard,"smart people around you, well compensated, always something new to work on",hard to get promoted after a certain level of seniority,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
809,google,"Pryor, OK"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Datacenter Facilities Technician,Google is a great place to work!,"Safety first in all we do, personnel valued over equipment Teams of brilliant people working well together Resources usually not an issue Outstanding employee benefits packages and insurances","Coming from a military career, expectations are very vague Constantly learning how things work due to being on the bleeding edge of technology.",Develop a better training system as well as clearer expectations which will enable people to see the path to grow and promote.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
810,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Sales Google Cloud,Inside Sales Customer Groweth,I work at Google so that is pretty great,I'm really board and I don't feel like I am building anything new,have a program that helps young sales professionals grow.,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P81.htm
811,google,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google onsite interview and process,smart coworkers and nice management,do not know about the cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
812,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Nice place to work at, if you don't care about promotion",Well organized company - you only focus on the things you ought to do and others will do the rest for you.  Very relaxing working environment.,Extremely slow to get promoted.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
813,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"If you got to work for someone else, this is the one","Virtually unlimited resources, many companies under the same umbrella, possibility to work on a very wide range of fields.","You'll be a drop in an ocean of many other very smart people. Which isn't all that bad, but if you are looking for front-lines action, you may be disappointed.","Listen to what people say. There's an increasing risk of management getting too detached from the ""common folk"" or the every day engineers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
814,google,none," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Inside google, it very very easy to change projects for whatever reason as long as you have been in the current team for more than one year and got no performance ratings of ""need improvement"".","Peer pressure and hard to get promotion. The promotion is very fair, but takes a lot of time and effort to prepare.",Google tends to have more and more management problem like other big corps do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
815,google,"Austin, TX"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,"Great company, not so great department",Google in general is incredible - great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there.,"Google's Recruiting organization, however, is in need of major changes. Too many redundant processes and a bad overall structure.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
816,google,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work,"Culture, food, co workers, management",Hard to leave the job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
817,google,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working envirenment,"Free food, good benefits, smart coworkers",have none to say now.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
818,google,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Products, Work, Worklife balance, Benefits, Offsites.","India has less technical presence, and hyderabad has even further less options to switch between.",Expand the Hyderabad office to retain local talent.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
819,google,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,as expected,"lots of benefits out of college, good salary",an incredible amount of work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
820,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Junior Software Engineer,Great place!,"Lovely place to work, great people, great bosses, great food. Intellectually stimulating, and a lax working atmosphere. Would do again!","Sometimes I notice a cult-like atmosphere surrounding our products that impedes our ability to improve them. Its not too bad, though.",More hawaiian tuesdays!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P82.htm
821,google,none," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"Kindergarten, lunch and dinner are included",Lots of politics. People are very smart but also get out of their way to evolve in the organisation,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
822,google,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Awesome place to work in,There are no Cons as I remember,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
823,google,none," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mobility Engineer,Relaxed work environment / Food and Tranasportation,I don't remember any cons :),none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
824,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,,"perks, smart people, great location",Getting more and more political like a big company,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
825,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engienner,"good food, good enirvoment and good people",a lot of work as well as deadlines,cut own on deadlines please,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
826,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,One of the best...,"Culture, people, perks, resources, office",do not know any since I've recently started :),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
827,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - GA - Account Executive,"A company for the smart, ambitious & competitive seller!","Lots of fantastic perks - food, snacks, good benefits and STOCK! Smart co-workers who constantly reset the bar for excellence Inspiring work that ladders up to a greater ""social well-being"" cause CLients will take meetings because of the company name",Becoming a classic corporation Slow to develop and long lead times to impact product Ads business under attack by networks and newspapers Not super easy to buy media - agencies relationships are tricky!,"Make tough decisions and get rid of toxic managers and low performers. While there isn't much dead weight, those that remain taint the environment with ""mediocrity is okay for short-term wins"" which isn't Google. Fight hard to maintain the culture. Go back to being nimble and listening to the field vs always shooting for moonshots.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
828,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Engineer,Solution Engineer,Good culture especially collaborative and supportive team color,Very hard for promotion as there ar too many talented persons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
829,google,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work / life balance,"Perk is good, 410K match is good",The job duty impact may not be that big.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
830,google,none," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A historically rewarding organization to work for & continues to be,- Truly makes an effort to take care of their employees - Innovative culture continues even with all the growth - Plenty of freedom to take on what's passionate to you,"- Not really much, there's always challenges that come with massive growth, but Google really puts its employees best interests at heart and still operates under the philosophy of putting the user first.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P83.htm
831,google,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company to work for,"Company culture, benefits, people, avenues",Promotions can be hard due to high competition,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
832,google,none," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Amazing people to work with,"Big company, can be slow to make decisions",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
833,google,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Nice place to work,"Lots of Smart people from various places with different background, open culture, dynamic work place, diverse and respectful of different opinions,","Getting too big and unwieldy, execution of strategy isn’t getting better, speed compared to competition such as Amazon is still way too slow",Don’t rush to hire,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
834,google,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very positive work environment,"Collaborative culture, smart and intelligent colleagues, freedom to work on your passion.","It is a big company now, so the impact of an individual contributor is very small relative to the company's output.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
835,google,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineering Resident,"Impact the world with your code, awesome meals and an endless array of other benefits, usually somewhat laid-back work atmosphere.","Bureaucratic management, usually a very not-social work atmosphere, poorly-maintained code base sometimes, technologies learned here will not transfer over to other companies.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
836,google,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"People, clients, experience, culture & benefits",Work can be extremely stressful,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
837,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Company genuinely cares about career growth for employees. Can have interesting projects to work on. Excellent infrastructure and processes for software engineering. Great perks and compensation.,"Fewer career opportunities in remote offices. Decisions are often made without ample context by senior management. Excessive meetings. Pretends to be an environment where everyone can speak freely. But as we found with James Damore, that is not the case.",We have excellent infrastructure for remote collaboration. So there is no need to keep herding everyone into the San Francisco Bay Area and driving up costs.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
838,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Account Strategist,Great Company,Great people and free food,Everyone is over qualified for their job,Better education reimbursement,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
839,google,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,"Smart people, great company culture, still lots of room to grow and lots of exciting projects.","Company has grown a lot, so there's a bit more bureaucracy , revenue streams need to be further diversified.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
840,google,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive but great,Great culture and work life balance,Super competitive and can be political,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P84.htm
841,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Global Product Lead,Global Product Lead,+ Career opportunities + Work life balance,- Comp - Impact,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
842,google,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great place to work at!,Nothing I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
843,google,none," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The right team matters,"Many smart, passionate co-workers. The perks you read about - food, flexibility, gyms, massages. The Google name holds a lot of weight when you want to have a meeting with any partners or vendors, or want to go to a conference.","It all depends on the team. Avoid the People Operations ""Global People Services"" (GPS) team. The leadership of that organization (the Vice-President) is very hierarchical, is not transparent, is very top-down, and keeps around managers who consistently get bad reviews from their directs. Nothing is done when HR reports are filed. This is ironic since this organization sits within HR. The culture is toxic, and employees are told that the best way to get promoted is to listen to what managers say and follow their lead. It is very different from the rest of the culture at Google.","Get rid of toxic employees. Do not allow people without subject matter expertise to be managers. Listen to employees when they file HR complaints, follow up with those employees, and do not continue to let the problematic managers continue to manage.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
844,google,none," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company EVER,Benefits Access to resources to complete a job Creative minds,Huge Org = Red tape,Don't forget what made Google the amazing company it is Remind teams to push the bar and not only via PowerPoints,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
845,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Great Company,It is a great company to work for. There are many opportunities in different parts of the organization.,"It has gotten political and very large. There are over 70,000 employees. Desitions take time and the company has gotten slower.",Get faster. React to market conditions quicker.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
846,google,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working at Google,Amazing culture. Brilliant coworkers. Lots of food.,Can at times feel hierarchical.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
847,google,none," Nov 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible company. Luck to have been a part of it,"Smart co-workers, Incredible opportunities, Generous benefits",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
848,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,Google is as good or great as you make it!,"Innovative, flexible, entrepreneurial, learn something new every day, great and smart people, opportunities, mobility, and some really great leadership","Some long standing leadership that creates a perception of the 'boys club' being up there, need more women in executive leadership positions. The problems that all big companies face: bureaucracy and it's hard to connect with executive leadership. Long working hours.","Business is a priority, but without the people's input you risk to make decisions without team's buy in, it makes driving change tougher and tougher in such a large company.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
849,google,"Rowlett, TX"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Corporate Trainer,Corporate Trainer,"Reputable brand, Great people, flexible schedule, financial growth, recognition and promotion opportunity with ongoing development.","Commute, ethics, poor leadership, stagnant role.","Self driven, self motivated, team player, coachable with effective communication. Desire ongoing development and growth.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
850,google,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staff Software Engineer,"Flexible working hours, relative easy to switch to work on interesting projects.",Painstaking promotion process. Frequent reorg.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P85.htm
851,google,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall very good company,"Good culture and innovation , scale of the problems.",It's already a very big company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
852,google,"Boston, MA"," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Great,All good really. Best pack in the bus.,Some complex bonus. Difficult to get,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
853,google,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is great,Employee benefits. Great peers. AI,Too big. Not enough focus on users,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
854,google,none," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Best company in the world. Doing awesome work.,Company is getting bigger and bigger.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
855,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company especially if you prefer life/work balance,- Great compensation and benefit  - Lot of internal tools and documentations  - Smart colleagues  - Easy to move teams within company,"- Lot of processes, releasing new feature can take time and negotiation  - Some people are not passionate about job, prefer life/work balance  - Need to learn how to use various internal tools and libraries",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
856,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Company Overview,very good work life balance tech is very sound,less opportunities compared with startups,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
857,google,none," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,practium,"nice benefits, friendly employers & supervisor",losing touch with outside world,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
858,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,Great place to start a career,"When I was at Google, the company was growing rapidly, and I was able to grow with the company. I was quickly promoted, and benefitted from having a lot of senior, experienced people to learn from. I got to work on products used by billions of people, which is an impact that few other places can match.","Google has a lot of bad managers. They spend a ton of money trying to figure out how to make it better, but the tl,dr is that at the senior levels, a lot of the promotion committees (it's an anonymous committee, not your manager, who decides) look favorably on managing people. Especially on the manager track, the size of organization you manage seemed to matter more than how good of a manager you were. In many parts of the org, it became impossible to get the promotion to the next level unless you had a manager who was really good about helping you carve out space to manage a large organization within their org.  Career development is mostly an exercise for the reader. There's lots of opportunities available, but you have to go out and find them and push. Don't expect someone to guide you along career development.  At the senior levels, you're at a huge disadvantage outside of Mountain View. And if you're in MTV, you're either suffering a huge commute from SF, or living in an extremely overpriced boring suburb.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
859,google,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"You'll be surrounded by very bright people who are well intentioned, and they will assume you are well intentioned too. You will work on cutting edge project which may affect billions of people.","Google's general philosophy is to let a thousand flowers bloom, often supporting multiple similar but disjointed projects. Also, there is corporate bloat which can make decision making slow and painful.","Ensure people are rewarded for strong product results, not from product launches. Also, when making corporate announcements, be more transparent about which things are not going well (instead of trying to sugar coat everything).",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
860,google,none," Nov 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior TPM,Great perks good pay and benefits,Remote lab workers are not googly,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P86.htm
861,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Quantitative User Experience Researcher,It's an OK place to work...,very good environment overall,promotion eval is terrible. It sucks,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
862,google,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Engineer,great company to work for.,management can definitely be improved,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
863,google,none," Nov 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It’s totally fine here okay,But it isn’t that great,None,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
864,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Still a great place to work,"High impact and interesting work, at least in some parts of the company.",Culture is shifting to be like any big company,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
865,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work for,- Excellent culture - Intelligent and friendly colleagues,- You'll feel like a small cog in a giant wheel,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
866,google,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,company review,very good if you are mark,dont even try your luck,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
867,google,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strong benefits,free showers and food are pretty nice,some politics in the office,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
868,google,none," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overrated,"it's google, you can go anywhere after. free food.","you'll never move the needle, you'll live there, everyone's secretly snobby.",open your mind to people without PhD's and ivy league degrees.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
869,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Best job I've had (but not perfect!),"-amazing work life balance. WFH optional no-questions-asked Fridays, in/out times totally flexible -no micromanagement, manager isn't even on the same campus -great pay -most benefits extend to contractors/temps (like myself) -Great healthy food options","-lack of micromanagement also has lack of guidance, feels a lot like ""figure it out yourself"" which wastes some time without a mentor -I feel like 50+ percent of employees are temps/contractors...why can't they hire more people full time? It lowers morale -shuttle commute is brutal at times. It's wired but I get nauseated trying to work while in a vehicle","-perpetuate work/life balance, it's the best I've ever seen, hope it stays that way -perhaps a mentor program?",5.0,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
870,google,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer III,"clever people, free food and gym","High standard, difficult to advance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P87.htm
871,google,none," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - Information Technology Resident,Great Opportunity,Many resources available to you,"Repetitive work, can get boring",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
872,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Staffing,Google,Great work life balance here,Not as much variety of work,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
873,google,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Meh,"It's Google, that about sums it up.",Lots and lots of hours,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
874,google,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Quantitative Analyst,"Great culture, benefits and employee growth opportuntities","Poor work life balance, low level of transparency in how employee promotion and growth decisions are being made",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
875,google,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,n/a,"work life balance, team work, communication, opportunity for success, team building","work load, occassional micro management",n/a,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
876,google,"Irvine, CA"," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Google Review,"Good work environment, fun to work at","Long hours, high competition and hard work",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
877,google,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Cool place to work temperature wise,"Not so cool sometimes, temperature wise",Turn down AC,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
878,google,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,big company now,"perks, pay, people, flexibility, technology","big company now, very political, bureacratic","cut down on the bureacracy, review boards, etc",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
879,google,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great place to be at.,Nothing bad to say here.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
880,google,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,great company!,good compensation with all kinds of perks. Also engineering center culture and a heaven for software engineers.,"too big. worked like in a big machine and you are just a tiny screw,",please give engineers more chances to advance in their career.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P88.htm
881,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software,Software Engineer,"Free food, good culture, good engineers, good management","Less challenge sometimes, too much politics",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
882,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A growing company, but culture changes with new CFO",company has many growing opportunities in new products and initiatives,"culture changes with the arrival of new CFO, more cost control, cutting perks and benefits",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
883,google,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work atmosphere,Great work atmosphere. Look at other reviews :),Nothing bad to say. Very neutral,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
884,google,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great benefits and company culture,"Very fast paced, it is easy to get burnt out",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
885,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Google,"Peers are very nice people. The technology is fascinating, the best build and review system ever, and data query tools to die for (dremel, googlesql).  Food is good but fattening.","Management is a bit weak, and direction can be limited. Sometimes it was hard to find something worth working on. Definitely more politics and paperwork than smaller companies.  Google is really geared to 20-30 years old folks in terms of it's culture. Being over 50 makes you a rarity and a minority. Folks try to be inclusive - but the environment focuses on youth.","Needs improvement. Well meaning, but not charismatic or engaged.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
886,google,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A world class company,"Amazing perks, world class talent, great company culture, above market compensation.",No obvious cons for now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
887,google,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company with a Golden Heart,"Yes, it's bigger than it used to be. But for its size, Google does a great job of making you feel empowered and like your work drives actual human impact.","Can be slow to manifest ideas, but what big company isn't?",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
888,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Analyst,WOW!,"Salary, Name, Brand, Experience, Promotes from within",Time management was a concern and that's why I left,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
889,google,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great culture, challenges and people","Growth can be difficult, but feasible",Keep going,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
890,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - People Analyst,Great overall place to work,Very smart people and ambitious projects. Google provides pretty much the comfiest lifestyle you can have.,"Feels like a very large company and can be impersonal at times. Commuting to Mountain View gets old quickly. Also, many smart people will stay in roles they don't care for because they get to work at such an amazing overall company.","Focus more on helping employees find a role they're actually passionate for and be less restrictive on enabling employees to move even if they're not ""exceeding expectations""",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P89.htm
891,google,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great learning experience, but you must be an entrepreneur","Learning opportunity, network, perks, industry growth, insight","Too much comfort zone, pay is surprisingly low",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
892,google,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best one!,Better than most companies in the valley,There is no cons...just too many interns,Do your best!,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
893,google,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SE intern,Nice work life balance and great benefits,Too much pressure and projects take long,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
894,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),Software engineering internship,- Great people - Interesting projects - Transparency - Stable - Work-life balance,"- Sometimes slow and stagnant - Not as ""exciting"" on a day to day basis as some smaller companies",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
895,google,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer,"good perks, good life balance",none. so far so good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
896,google,none," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great perks. Forefront of growth and technology. Work with motivated people. Surprisingly high compensation. Ability to work on very interesting projects.,Not everyone is smart. Most people are stale and have gotten comfortable. Sense of entitlement for not achieving much. The amount of politics is insane. Political achievements are more important to get promoted.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
897,google,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Co-Workers but Limiting Opportunities,The people that work at Google makes coming in everyday enjoyable. Folks care about their work and are very self motivated. Google also has the resources to try new things which is great in staffing.,"Goals are high and the work itself gets mundane. There are side projects, but at the end of the day your numbers are what really matters. There are some managers that aren't fit to lead people and instead should be project managers.",Encourage more cross collaboration between the different organizations for more variety in everyday work. Channels changes so often that there should be managers that care more about the well being of their reports instead of caring more about themselves.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
898,google,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Amazing benefits, pay, and people to work with",Traffic to get to work is terrible,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
899,google,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Amazing people to work with,Nothing that comes to mind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
900,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,developer,great company to work for,every thing is good to work,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P90.htm
901,google,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"incredible tech, luke warm middle mgmt",Tech first company w/ incredible eng values.,Mixed middle mgmt that deflates the capabilities of an exceptional eng org,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
902,google,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great Work Life Balance,Great work life balance! Great benefits for employees.,I don't feel there are any cons to working here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
903,google,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Great culture, great opportunities for development as an employee","Lots of work, but to be expected in this field",Great work.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
904,google,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Culture,The work environment challenged me intellectually.,At times the work could be a little boring.,You're doing a great job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
905,google,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What you would expect,"Great benefits, challenging work, world class peers","Long work hours, burn out is real",Keep on keeping on,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
906,google,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great atmosphere,Very supportive community to be a part of.,High expectations can cause some people anxiety.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
907,google,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google review,very good working environment here,there is no cons here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
908,google,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account management on the floor,"Awesome place to work , teaches you a lot and helps you build your career","None, there's nothing wrong with the company just people are a bit off and on.","Keep it going. best people there. But change the favoritism trend in the company that's so not cool,",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
909,google,none," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn and work,- Great People - Compensation - Good Perks,Hard to balance work and life,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
910,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Brilliant, fun, exciting way to impact the world",Build things nobody else can build at a scale beyond anything else,Finding good opportunities and chances to build big enough projects to maintain a high rating and get a promotion.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P91.htm
911,google,"Irvine, CA"," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Front End Developer,Front end developer,Has really great and innovative team.,Google does not consider the people from third world,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
912,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Engineer,Engineer,Best company to work for with great benefits,Everyone is so smart it can be intimidating,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
913,google,none," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Billions of Impressions,My work got to be seen by people all over the work,Over worked because other people were slacking at the jobs they should've been doing,Better appreciate hard workers,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
914,google,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reviewer,loved it the work place,low pay in the office,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
915,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great people who really believe in ,"Open, honest, collaborative, non-hierarchical culture. Google trusts its employees to do the right thing. TGIF town-hall is an awesome way to learn what others are working on at the company.","Feels more and more like a big company. Manager quality is highly variable, and reorgs/manager changes are more frequent than not. I also got the impression that low-performers were moved around rather than fired.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
916,google,none," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Good company to work for, good benefits!",Spend a lot of time at work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
917,google,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"Great Benefits, Compensation and above all people!",Sometimes can be too relaxed,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
918,google,none," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job ive ever had,good hours and good pay,long hours rude people but overall i have no complaints,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
919,google,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and bad,"Wonderful people, smart and driven.",What work/life balance? 24/7,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
920,google,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Lead,Flexible schedule with ability to learn new skills,Lots of ambiguity with little guidance,Develop talent within to meet changes in business,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P92.htm
921,google,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Great place to work at,competitive place to work at,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
922,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategic Partner Lead,"Fantastic company, great people and perks and competitive salary.",Can be harder to move up than in more traditional environments.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
923,google,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,fun and flexible and friendly,none that i can see,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
924,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Most people are friendly Good work life balance Nice pay,One of the managers is a real duche,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
925,google,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its Meh,its ok to be awkward,"Feels like an intense environment sometimes, also not making as much money as other companies",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
926,google,"Peach Pu, AZ"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Crotcheter,It's Great To Google,It's a company that knows everything. They can search everthing. Wow,"Well, the name isn't the best, I think they should have picked something like Yahoo! Search",Keep Searching,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
927,google,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Associate,Great Place to Work,"Management, Work Environment, Benefits and Salary",I do not really have a bad thing to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
928,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,manager,good company good product good people,share food for many people and you,share oppotunity for more poeple,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
929,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Fast paced, supportive company",Benefits are great. Culture is still great.,Always so much going on. Can be hard to focus sometimes. Even Google compensation is difficult to live on in the Bay Area,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
930,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing company to work for,Good environment and people Free food,Can't think of any down sides,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P93.htm
931,google,none," Oct 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies I've worked with!,"Work, environment, people, talent around you, work work work!","For me, there are no downsides in working at Google.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
932,google,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Electrical Engineer,"The income is good for hardware engineer, nice people work around","The hardware team is too small, too little you can learn there.","The team is getting stronger and stronger, do hire more experienced people",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
933,google,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,Free food and flexible on campus schedule,- Professionalism - Poor Mid-Level Management,"- Need to hire or mentor Leadership. You can not say ""okay you're a lead- take these three classes and go""",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
934,google,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Dream Job Comes True,"* Making products for Millions to Billions of users. * Making a big impact through products * Google is a very big company, but you feel the ownership of your product in your team * Competetive salary * Life work balance with great benefits","* You are working among the smartest in the industry, it is hard to be a superstar * The company is growing and diverging more from a startup environment",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
935,google,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,Always challenging. Working with very smart people.,Stressful. Always competing with peers. Compensation is not great without promotions.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
936,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Great place to work,"The best thing about working at Google is being surrounded by wicked smart, highly motivated people. Things move at a very fast pace and the benefits are excellent.",The things that make Google great are also what make it challenging. It is a tough corporate culture where only the strong survive.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
937,google,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits,"Great benefits, good snacks, excellent co workers and fun games",having to leave work at the end of the day,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
938,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company with some culture flaws,What they say is true. It's a great place to work. Compensation and work/life balance are excellent. Colleagues are top notch engineers. Decision making is mostly sound.,"Google has become a bit overly politicized. Communication over internal messaging often carries a disrespectful tone. People pass this off as openness and transparency, but this stuff could be communicated much more professionally. Blunt is ok, rude is not.  All that said, the culture issues are macro-level - within teams people are almost always respectful of each other. Quite a good environment.","Leadership should emphasize respect & our shared mission, and de-emphasize politics. This will help keep our organization cohesive as we grow larger.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
939,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"One of the best companies for sure. There are others similar, but Google wins by its scale.","The best technical people, striving to do things really well. And with lot of resources, you can do it. If you want to learn from talented people and do things better this is a great place.","You have to catch up that level, so work hard, harder. Not everyone is googley.","Too much self-complacency. And you are hiring too many people not that great, neither professionally nor personally.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
940,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - IT Audit Senior,Sr. IT Auditor - Privacy & Security,Open environment where all information is available to employees and there is a sharing and caring mentality,"Many distractions, time management becomes difficult, inclusiveness has become the primary focus distracting from the mission objectives.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P94.htm
941,google,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Really like the people and culture. The location is great and I am challenged.,Hours can be long but it's well worth it. The people are great as it the work,"Frankly don't have too much advice. Appreciate the management team honesty, hard work, and personalities generally speaking.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
942,google,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,amazing opportunities and technologies available,no work life balance here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
943,google,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,It's good place and salary,It's good good good for everyone,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
944,google,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to work,Great wages and people who are passionate.,Difficult to move up and your input isn't valued that often.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
945,google,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing/Events,Great company lots of benefits,If you are a TVC you will get overlooked,Start converting TVC to FTE roles,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
946,google,"Washington, DC"," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Developer,tester,good to work at DC office,"too busy too relax, too",none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
947,google,none," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Biased Management,- Good benefits - Great learning opportunities on the tech side - Beta testing software,- Similar to me biases are very common among managers and leans heavily to the favor of CIS white employees - One set of rules for higher level employees vs lower level employees - Management doesn't care - Management isn't qualified and legacied in from years ago - Management male dominant - Difficult to get promoted with BS rules of time in role - Female employees always given less opportunity,"Learn to recognize your biases, give fair opportunities, match employees with managers that can understand their work.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
948,google,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,great company culture and good people to work with,very little upside to get to the next level,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
949,google,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Very comfortable, smart people, good products","Very large, must be proactive to not fee anonymous",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
950,google,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Best company to work for,I cant think of any,Good job.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P95.htm
951,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome Company,This is a great company.,There are no cons at this company.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
952,google,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Free food, very nice facilities",too much work in the office,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
953,google,none," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Really smart people, great perks!",Really fantastic work environment for developers.,"Growing more political, including many projects cancelled due to miscommunications and bad planning up and down the chain.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
954,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Intern - Hourly,good,"good company, lots of room for improvement",could have been higher pay,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
955,google,none," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,it is good place to work,far far far far far far,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
956,google,none," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern Review,Nice food Nice culture Nice team Nice project,The culture can be overbearing at times.,Don't be a nerd.,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
957,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,program manager,Still pretty open and transparent despite the size of the company. Has some great visionary leaders and effort span across multiple areas. Huge investment into the future. Company culture is still great. Amazing people you will be working with.,"Getting a little too big and internal mobility isn't great. Too many process and rules in place, too many people need to approve. Moving toward to a big corporate.",Keep the effort to maintain the culture. Google is able to attract so many amazing people from all kinds of background. It's a humbling experience to be part of it. Creating a strong sense of community and absorbing external senior leader into Google's culture and not being changed by them is critical.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
958,google,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Employee Growth,Good Employee Growth for newbies,Nothing that I can think of,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
959,google,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Incredibly smart and engaging group to work with.,Trek to mountain view can be exhausting.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
960,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great Company,"Challenging work life, deep client exposure, high-caliber teammates.",Attracts a more risk-averse candidate pool these days.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P96.htm
961,google,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great benefits, atmosphere and culture.",Cannot think of any downsides.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
962,google,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality assurance,Good good and work rthic,Only contract not full time,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
963,google,none," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Solid place to work,"Work can have a big impact, working with competent people","A bit bureaucratic at times, and sometimes it feels like you're working on a small piece of a much bigger puzzle.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
964,google,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place!,"It's google, so its going to be a cool place",Lots of work but good benefits,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
965,google,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work experience at Google,Good benefits and work life ballance,"Not growing very fast, some projects are boring",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
966,google,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good internship,"Learned a lot, good culture",Some projects for interns aren't very impactful,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
967,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Ops,sales ops,great culture and office perks,just another number and not motivated,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
968,google,none," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,good payment it was very good communicating with the department especially it is free to enjoy your work like and balance,none i really can't think of any bad memories here well sometimes u work a lot when u have a project,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
969,google,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,really awsome company with lots of benefits,none that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
970,google,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Student Research Collaboration,Great job experience and room for professional development,Intense competition between others in program,More communication and involvement,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P97.htm
971,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Recruiter and Project Manager,"Fun, good benefits, lots of opportunities.",Too many checks and balances.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
972,google,none," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"super, great company, free working environment","slow, big company, many employees",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
973,google,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Benefits review,Very good healthy care insurance policy,"Food is getting worse, especially in mountain view",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
974,google,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,in general lack of hardware experience,"smart people, flexible schedule, good for software",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
975,google,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if your a democrat,"Fair pay, good benefits, upward mobility",Very hostile to people with right wing political opinions,Stop harassing republican employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
976,google,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager NPI Manufacturing,Great development company to work for,Cost of living excessive if you coming from outside,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
977,google,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legal Specialist,"Great company, great benefits, great management",I can't find any cons,keep up good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
978,google,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Probably The Worst Working Conditions Ever!,High Pay Good People to work with,They make me work in a sweatshop,Make it better,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
979,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,lel,great and fast and awesome,nothing and i repeat nothing,perfect,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
980,google,none," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,Awesome place to work at.,Can't think of any at all.,Keep the emphasis on the moonshots.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P98.htm
981,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Release Engineer,Nice place highly competitive,The benefits are great. Working in teams is really inclusive. There are really brilliant people willing to work with you.,Hard to keep the rhythm,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
982,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Global Business Manager,"Great benefits, international company, challenging tasks","Great benefits, international company, challenging tasks","A lot of politics, large organization",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
983,google,"Nashville, TN"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Great company to work with,Good free food and beer,Bathrooms are dirty and smelly,clean the bathrooms!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
984,google,none," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,Great benefits and facilities. You meet a lot of cool people.,Projects can be mediocre. Intern doesn't get a lot of access,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
985,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Global Product Lead,Incredible experience,- Culture - Quality of management - Autonomy,"After 5 years at Google, working in the US and Australia, it's staggering that I struggle to think of any cons worth mentioning",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
986,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Great place to work at,"Smart people, good pay and benefits",Work can be pretty hectic and stressful,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
987,google,none," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,Loved it lots of great people and learned a lot,None except for it ending,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
988,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing place to work, but personal impact can be tough",The culture and people are wonderful. The perks are as great as advertised. Chance to work on products that impact billions of people worldwide. A great jumping off point for a career in tech,"The product development process can be bureaucratic and not transparent. Lots of repeated work across product areas, last minute cancellation of product launches. Career growth comes from self-marketing and ""putting in your time"" - new ideas and hard work aren't always rewarded. Leadership is not very inspiring.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
989,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Sr. Product Marketing Manager,Great benefits. Fantastic and talented co-workers.,Growing bureaucracy within Marketing affecting speed of execution and decision making.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
990,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer Summer,Summer intern,Good and nice environment and nice place to work as well. Need to figure out how to date work and balance,Pressure and pressure . Too many products . Also there are so many smart people who are software engineers during the work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P99.htm
991,google,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Food! Work Life balance. Perks Fun as hell,Getting big. People scared of us for no reason.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
992,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Collaborative team with lots of career growth,"Smart, collaborate coworkers and management that's invested in supporting career growth exploration and opportunities.",Lots of travel and team bonding events that don't take into account work/life balance considerations.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
993,google,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Engineering Practicum,Very laid back environment where everybody is incredibly smart and always willing to help,Company is huge so you work on small projects relative to the bigger scope of things,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
994,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Internship,Google is everything you want,"Great culture, incredible environment, friendly and brilliant people","Work can be stressful, management can be unsupportive","Care more about the lower level employees, actually consider their feedback",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
995,google,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Senior Account Manager,"Culture, amazing people managers, flexible, no micro managing, freedoms","lots of red tape, lack of transparency on decision making, slow time to decisions,",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
996,google,none," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineering,too many talented people around,peer pressure is great sometime,none,5.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
997,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Developer,Salary,"Good benefits, friendly working environment",There are not much cons,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
998,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Good company,Enjoyable and exciting developments in new fields of technology.,Occasional communication issues that can interfere with design progress,Better communication between colleagues,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
999,google,none," Sep 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company!,The work time is really flexible and peers are of vigority. Definitely a workplace you wanna sharp your skill and realize inner value.,Procedures are drowning and may take month.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
1000,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Product Analyst,Product analyst,Extremely conformable work environment Colleagues that are smarter than you,"CEO does not really care about ads If you are not in ENG org, you are second tier Promo process is a nightmare",Facebook is eating your lunch... maybe it is time to think about ads as core business? SOCIAL IS NOT SCARY,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P100.htm
1001,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It's awesome to work here,The environment is good and work time is flexible.,The food is too good and i'm getting fatter,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1002,google,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Business Systems Analyst,Good Experience,Lives up to what you have heard.,Limited advancement depending on career track.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1003,google,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Best Talent around you, Constantly challenged to do great things","Political minded leaders, discrimation at its highest levels","Dont push for new technologies too hard, allow for work life balance",5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1004,google,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,Excellent Perks Working with great minds,"None really unless maybe the fact that sometimes, competition can be stiff",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1005,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Freedom, for those who can handle it","Choose your project, make impact!",Wrong project choices are bad for career,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1006,google,none," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"diverse teammates, flexible schedule, interesting projects","stressed, small exposure, low pay",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1007,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Google Cloud Architect Advocate,Amazing place to work,"You're surrounded by the smartest people in the world, creating the future. Open, transparent and inspiring culture. Amazing benefits.",Google is a huge company and getting bigger all the time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1008,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,The gold standard,"Work with motivated, extremely competent people, great compensation","Process can get in the way, a few of your co-workers are a bit too entitled",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1009,google,none," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience overall,The company really cares about employees.,Many people are too obsessed with promotions.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1010,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Horticulturist,Horticulturist,To work with Google for environmental development,Not linked with software development,It will be helpful in Google's organic food production gardens and it will be glad to work with google,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P101.htm
1011,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Employee,Google employee review title form,Very nice and always happy to help,Long hours and sometimes stressful,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1012,google,none," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern - loved it,"It's awesome, I had a great time and greatly enjoyed my work.",Sometimes things move very slowly due to google's size,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1013,google,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Concierge,"This company works with you. They train you, every step of the way. They care about their employees, they listen to everyone. I'm very happy that I sent in my resume.",There is no cons. Like I said they go out of their way for each of their employees . They pay for the training for every employee,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1014,google,none," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Lot of great opportunities with smart people.,"Work hours are sometimes log, but manageable.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1015,google,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales strategy & operations,"Huge revenue impact, unlimited resources if you build your business case","Large company, can feel like a machine requiring sign off at many levels",Consolidate decision making,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1016,google,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,College Intern,Very good and fill five words,no cons at all loves this place,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1017,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Content and User Education Specialist,Content and User Education Specialist,Perks and benefits cannot be beat. For the most part they hire really amazing managers and employees - super awesome people to be around. Plenty of opportunities for growth and development,Towards the end of my time there they started hiring managers in my department who didn't fit the company culture and who were horrible to work with and under.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1018,google,"No Creek, KY"," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - NONE,Google,"Very Popular, Friendly Staff, etc","No cons about Google, awesome place",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1019,google,none," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Computer Science Summer Institute,You are accompanied by some of the most dedicated people in tech,Project week can get stressful if you don't manage your time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1020,google,"Bothell, WA"," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Visual Data Specialist,Visual Data Specialist,Great work environment and office life.,Only a contract position. Should be permanent.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P102.htm
1021,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),It's great,*Food is good *Environment is nice *Can learn so much from the huge codebase,*Stressful if you let it be,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1022,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fun,Loved every minute of it,I was sad to see my friends switch to Yahoo for increased salary.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1023,google,none," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of opportunities,"Good culture, lots of room for growth",Headcount is always an issue,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1024,google,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Web Solutions Engineer,Great team smart people and free food. What's not to love!,Feels like limited movement within the company. Like you need to leave and comeback to get where you want to be.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1025,google,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,title,cool company to work at,very cutthroat with competition sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1026,google,none," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great perks,Good compensation and perks are offered.,Politics can be too much at times.,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1027,google,none," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,Good job experience. Definitely a resumer builder.,Lack of moving up if you are apart of a small program,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1028,google,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Software developer,really good atmosphere and environment,it is very competitive and sometimes boring,No advise,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1029,google,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,"Project is well defined, conversion to full time is possible",Difficult to integrate small app in huge Google infrastructure,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1030,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,Smart coworkers and convenient environment,It's a big corporation and operates as one. unequal treatment,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P103.htm
1031,google,none," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it - but depends on what group you're in,"Very smart people, amazing benefits and working on really cool problems. People are willing to try new things and not afraid to fail.","The sales organization (GBO) is looked down upon by some people even though they make all the money for the company. If considering GBO, be thoughtful about your future career path at the company and if you'd like to move from GBO to product side consider whether that will be easier to do within Google vs working someplace else first.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1032,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work hands down.,All the perks you can think of.,Very difficult to get promoted.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1033,google,none," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Smart people, lots going on",Lots of people and not enough to keep them all busy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1034,google,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Google can meet 90% of your needs in life. Food, shelter, salary, play time, etc.",Can start to feel dependent on all that Google provides. Makes it difficult to imagine even ever leaving.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1035,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Intern,Review of Google,"Very enjoyable, great atmosphere, talented engineers.",No cons to speak of- great experience.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1036,google,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,"Smart people, good money and food.","Traffic is pretty bad, some peer pressure",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1037,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Interaction Designer,"Big, but thoughtful company","Pay, perks, the company genuinely cares about people","It's a big company, with politics and the need to fit the bureaucracy in order to grow Not the best place for startup-minded people",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1038,google,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits,"Good vacation, fun people to work with","Not interesting work, management is okay",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1039,google,none," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hello,Everything is good about google,Nothing is bad about google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1040,google,none," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of Structured Products,Great place to be alive,None to mention yep yep,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P104.htm
1041,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Dreams turned to nightmares,Great benefits. Fantastic name to have on your resume,"I loved working at Google until I was unlucky enough to be transferred into a team with a bad people manager. This manager ruled through confusion and an iron fist, most likely because it was clear that the entire team was smarter than this manager. I had no clear direction on my role, or even what the outcome of the project the team was working on, no matter how many times I asked. I quickly became bored and frustrated and soon realized that I was not learning anything new, and the transferrable skills I did bring were not being utilized. That's when I started looking outside the company, and here is what I found at my new job: 25% increase in salary, 50% more vacation time and 150% increase in bonus target. Once I left, I realized just how old fashioned Google really is regarding Management, Performance Reviews, and other HR-related issues. Perf and Calibration were abandoned by most companies years ago because it doesn't work in identifying the best performers, but at Google it defines you forever. Lastly, during orientation the advice given to the Nooglers is ""don't be a jerk"". It turns out that I have never worked at a company that had more jerks than Google. The egos and arrogance I encountered were off the charts. It was easy to overlook when I liked what I was doing, but once I was put under the bad manager my eyes were opened to the ugly reality of working at Google.",Recognize and stop the empire building that's going on at the lower levels. Change the perf and calibration process and get rid of the people that allow the gaming of the system. The appearance of transparency is not really transparency.,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1042,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company,Great perks and very interesting projects.,You have to reach a minimum promotion level. There is a lot of pressure to reach this level and it can be stressful.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1043,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Co-workers,All the great things you have heard about Google are true,Often no time to take advantage of the great things,Focus!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1044,google,none," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Great Company to work for.,Not one I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1045,google,none," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, interesting work","Interesting work, many different things to work on","The company has gotten pretty big,things feel more difficult to get done than they used to.",none,5.0,3.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1046,google,none," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good infrastructure,Good infrastructure. Flexible work time. Nice people,Everything moves slow I wait for permissions for more than a month,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1047,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,Sr. User Experience Researcher,"Talented colleagues, progressive environment, great perks, can-do attitude, challenging assignments, lots of room for self-direction, and frequent opportunities to improve the world. Mostly transparent leadership.Truly was an honor to work there.","Management may change vision, goals and organizational structure too frequently. Constant challenge of information overload. Can get a little uncomfortable if you're not a young party animal and politically liberal about everything.","Keep politics out of the workplace. Keep pushing moonshots. Be more open internally about pending legal actions, and go the extra distance to disprove claims of result bias and to avoid any negative appearances.",5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1048,google,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google got it,"food, reputation, salary, benefits,tech, money","overrated, looking for growth, people weird",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1049,google,none," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company to work for,"smart leadership, navigation through different career ladders",highly talented people may be given mundane tasks,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1050,google,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it used to be,Great Flexibility to manage your own time,Not a good place for career opportunities,Terrible Mid Management,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P105.htm
1051,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Google Adwords Optimizer,Good,They have great Flexible hours. Very good work life balance. It is not a stressful work place and coworkers were great,There was not much room for growth. Not competitive enough with coworkers. Everyone got the same pay no matter how well they did.,Need more room for growth,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1052,google,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Engineer,"Free food, good management, cool technology",Not many job opportunities at data centers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1053,google,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Benefits Perks Offices Opportunities for interesting work in various areas,Policies Not much guidance for new employees,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1054,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Resident,Great Company,"Food, health care, and people","Low base salary, going up for promotion is an opaque process",Please make going up for promotion less opaque.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1055,google,"Boulder, CO"," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Support Expert,Amazing,It's the best company to work for,Nothing much that I can think of,Keep doing what you guys do best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1056,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great career support,"- Extremely supportive management, both for career development and for personal concerns - Regular 1:1s with Team Leads and Managers so you don't feel isolated - Peer bonuses and public kudos systems that encourage cooperativeness and helpfulness - Project-based work that gives you a feeling of ownership of your work (and pride in your work) - Good, respectful coworkers who are passionate about their work and care about doing things well - Managers and Team Leads who try their best to give you projects you're personally interested in whenever possible - Useful and constructive performance reviews with self-assessment questions and peer feedback (encouraged to be constructive, even when critical), which both encourage cooperativeness and offers a structured opportunity to reflect on one's career with the help of teammates, TLs, and managers. - Amazing educational benefits (they cover 66% of tuition for anything related to your work)  I've been at Google for 2.5 years, and I'm genuinely excited to go to work on Monday mornings. I feel energized after meeting with my manager or my team lead, and I learn a tremendous amount from both of them as well as from my teammates. It's actually a lot like being in a PhD program, but getting paid 5x more + stocks + great 401K + bonuses + not worrying about future employment.","It's very hard to leave, even if I find a more intellectually rewarding job in a different place, for three reasons: 1. I have un-learned any skill that I may have had that permitted me to operate in a cut-throat workplace. I'd probably suffer through a steep learning curve if I moved to a company where people are mean. 2. I now know that you *can* have a nice career in an collaborative and cooperative environment, and that that's even healthier and more productive than the cut-throat workplaces. So I'd be constantly reminded of that if I ever left. 3. Stock vesting is set up in a way that makes you want to stay to vest all the stocks you're getting, and every refresh adds more stocks that will vest over 3 years, such that you always have stock coming in soon that you don't want to leave without :)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1057,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can't beat the benefits,"Excellent workplace and onsite services and benefits. Working on important products that provide real benefits to billions of people. Generally smart, motivated, and well intentioned co-workers.","Young company that is still figuring stuff out. Some teams have no work/life balance - depends on your manager / VP. Tends to chase the latest and greatest thing, doesn't put enough resources behind endeavors for them to succeed.","More wood behind fewer arrows. You've said it, but you still haven't done it. if you perpetually launch new products but under-resource them, you will end up with endless Google Waves and G+. You need to stay for the long haul. I believe in launch and iterate and in fail fast, but sometimes you need to invest to succeed.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1058,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Best company in the world,"Thoughtful coworkers, mutual respect, endless growth opportunities, always forward-thinking.",Will never be able to tolerate a lesser work environment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1059,google,none," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,- Learned a lot - Nice people - Free food - Office dogs!,Gained a lot of weight :'),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1060,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok,"Benefits are good. Free food, health care, etc.","Extremely saturated, hard to grow, very political. You're just one of the many pawns to make money.","Good company but everyone is expendable, and they will make you feel that way, no matter what job you do. I've seen so many sick leaves due to the depression this causes on people.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P106.htm
1061,google,none," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Software Engineer in Midwest,"Google is a great company, good people, and interesting technology.","Google is a big company, so isn't like a startup.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1062,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Site Reliability Engineer,A big company problem,- innovation everywhere - smart people - good perks,- politics - T5+ promotion is difficult,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1063,google,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Overall experience was great. Well treated employees,Not really anything bad to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1064,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Analyst II,Google Finance Analyst,"Great perks, great mission. Ability to do 20% projects.",Finance at Google isn't too exciting as finance doesn't have a seat at the table.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1065,google,none," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Its a great place to work with great people,It is a job and with any job it isnt fun 100% of the time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1066,google,"Kennesaw, GA"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Director of Call Center Operations,Director of Operations,Great Associates and HR communication,"Poor wages, staff was very hirable off the street.","Hire people with experience, however to keep budget in line you may want to consider entry level.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1067,google,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,You can have great impact to the world.,You may not see your own contribution.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1068,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Administrative Business Partner,Great place to work,"Love the people, the benefits, the salary - everything! Best job EVER.",Not much to speak of!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1069,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,One of the best places to work,"Hundreds of projects if different areas, everyone can find something cool to work on. Very nice coworkers and atmosphere, challenging tasks and opportunity to make huge impact.",Sometimes it feels like it's too big - communication between teams can take too long.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1070,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - People Operations Systems Coordinator,Operations Analyst,- Tons of opportunities for career development - Great support from managers and co-workers - Positive work environment - Amazing people to work with - Plenty of room to transfer to a new role,"- Some projects are slowed down a little by the size at which Google operates - Generally the company is very transparent, but there are some issues where you feel a bit left in the dark",Keep doing what you're doing and don't get too hierarchical.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P107.htm
1071,google,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Company Review,"Great company, open culture, people are really nice",It's really big and it's hard to forget that if you're in Mountain View,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1072,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Test Engineering Manager,Test Engineering Manager,Very good working culture. Friendly people. Good work-life balance.,Working with cross organizational teams can be challenging dealing with conflicting styles and priorities.,Be adaptable to diverse situations.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1073,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer at Google,"Good pay, good benefits, great social distractions.","You'll work too many hours, nights, weekends.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1074,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,You get to work with incredibly smart people on big problems.,Can be hard to communicate across teams,"More focus on maintaining products, it should not be bad for your career to focus on maintaining an existing product instead of launching a new one.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1075,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Hiring Innovation Analyst,"Great company, terrible manager",- lots of opportunities to grow and learn - great coworkers - beautiful working environments - amazing pay/benefits/perks - good job security,"- hard to drive meaningful impact, especially in POPs - excessive weight placed on academic credentials in personnel decisions - training for people managers is lacking","Effective management isn't a skill most people innately possess, and it's not something taught in grad school. So my advice to management is:  - stop auto-promoting PhD's - they're often unprepared for people leader roles - promotion should be based on experience, competencies and skills - training for people managers/leaders should be greatly enhanced - training for people managers/leaders should be mandatory for ALL managers  BONUS:  OKRs connect individual results to BU (e.g. POPs) results, but that always felt limiting to me. After all, I didn't join Google just to help move People Operations forward! I wanted to help the broader company succeed, and that line of sight is hard to see in an organization so large. The OKRs could help with that - but reconfigure them so that individual results are mapped out to Google/Alphabet's results (not just the BU).",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1076,google,"India, TX"," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Network Software Engineer,"Ccna, ccnp.",I want a secure job and I want do work in Google. I want everyday new ideas and challenges.,As far as I face every time new tasks and new technology . I will face new challenges in router and switch.,Nothing sir,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1077,google,none," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Customer service, stocker, and cashier.",Good pay. Hours go with the pay. Easy job.,Don't expect to get paid if u slacking off.,Contact Ace about my work @ 904-859-8750.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1078,google,none," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Great company culture and people.,None that I can think of.,none,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1079,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,- work with very smart people - work on some interesting problems - good opportunities to grow professionally if you take them - good comp once you hit certain levels,- tremendous and sometimes vicious politics - career advancement is tied to your manager and what you work on - career mobility is very limited outside of MTV,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1080,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Intern,Intern,"Very flexible and relaxed workplace. As long you get your work done, there are no hard deadlines or people looking over your shoulder.","The pace is slower than at a smaller company, which makes sense. There is a rigorous code review process, etc., to maintain quality.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P108.htm
1081,google,none," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Sales,"Engaging work, great culture, and very good benefits","It's a large organization, and like any big company, there are systemic challenges that are difficult to change.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1082,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Design Coordinator,"Good pay, bad politics.",-Cool company culture. -Free food. -Fun activities.,-Class divide between contractors and full time employees are obvious and can make contractors feel like second class citizens.,Appreciate the work that your contractors do. I would recommend more sensitivity training for full time employees when dealing with contractors. Contractors do not enjoy the same benefits that full timers do and it's not always dealt with in the best way.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1083,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great training ground for PMs,I really enjoyed having strong product leaders and mentors to learn from. They were diligent in teaching me the ropes for how to write good PRDs and crafting user requirements.,"Because it is now a rather large company, there is the customary politics that come with the territory. This becomes a bit transparent during perf time (which is the twice-annual promotion/bonus assessment time).","Continue to build your talent capital, as Google has solidified its brand for having employed some of the best and the brightest. Don't fall prey to the politics that has engulfed some of your earlier competitors.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1084,google,"Daytona Beach, FL"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Stephen Tsitas,Accounting,Strong company with plenty of growth capabilities,"The learning curve could be difficult at first but, I am excited to try new things",Just looking for a chance to prove myself,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1085,google,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work for!,Google truly is a flat company that values the opinions of its employees.,There really are no cons to working at Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1086,google,none," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still the best company in the world!,"-Cannot find better people to work with. -Company culture stresses on respect, diversity, inclusion, and making a difference wherever you can. -Benefits are amazing, taken care of in every way.",-Google has grown to be a huge organization and sometimes have to work through different levels and teams to push for the change you want.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1087,google,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a great place to work,"Great benefits, good work culture and peers",big company sometimes moves slowly,consolidate resources on big bets,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1088,google,none," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place top work,"Very collaborative work environment, easy to work across teams. Very collaborative work environment, easy to work across teams.","Not much allowance fir work from home , which might be a major con given several other companies allow this",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1089,google,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,na,being a googler comes with many perks,compensation is not great and also depends on the project you work on,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1090,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Digital Strategist,Great place to start a career,Easy to move horizontally Great benefits,Commute Slow promotion process Less innovative attitude than previous days,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P109.htm
1091,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Questionable advancement,Perks Culture Humane approach to parental leave,Bureaucracy Advancement ...takes forever to get promoted Salaries aren't great...you can.make.more.jumping around to another company,Cut the fat...there are too many.pwople who don't work on significant stuff and are just cruising,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1092,google,none," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,G,"Good, fun, clean, good pay","Long hours, not much else",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1093,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Engineer,the work life was awesome so many ways to relax and be productive,sucks sometimes because you have high value clients that put stress,nothing youre awesome,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1094,google,none," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programmer,Can gain knowledge from skilled workforce,Too political - if you are conservative you are shunned by some,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1095,google,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Work with lots of smart people,The company has too many employees.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1096,google,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Most advanced techs, free food",It's already a huge company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1097,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Excellent benefits, exciting products","Extremely intelligent and competent coworkers, exciting products, great management, amazing perks (insurance options, food, discounts on almost everything), opportunity to travel.","Dated facilities (Googleplex), difficult to find common workspaces and meeting rooms, average paid vacation time, long work hours.",Improve the quality of the Googleplex facilities and promote a stronger work life balance.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1098,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Great company,"Great company with excellent products, high ethics, employee benefits, pay. Managers are rated on employee satisfaction, so pay attention to this. Coworkers are very smart, generally pleasant, and good to work with.","Very few cons. Mainly, it's getting a bit large, so it's hard to have a sense of how you are contributing. The promotion system is designed to be fair by having anonymous committees review written packets and you can self-nominate, but as a result the burden of proving you are promotable is extremely high. You (or your manager) really have to be focused on promotion, find and work on projects with the right demonstrable complexity and impact, and have extensive written documentation and peer statements to validate. The entire process can take years.","Simplify the promotion system. Still allow people to self-nominate, but allow for more input and influence by people who actually work with the person, rather than handing it to an anonymous group of people who are mostly encouraged to be conservative and not promote unless they are unanimously and absolutely certain.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1099,google,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,"Fun culture, easy to move around company.","Chaotic. Geek-heavy culture stifles diversity, esp from females.",Instill a sense of urgency around deadlines.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1100,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No better place to get your digital chops!,Very competitive compensation Diligent performance review process Relative transparency into diverse business operations,Challenging growth prospects for mid career professionals Growing distance between C-level and rank & file,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P110.htm
1101,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Learned a lot, but advancement is too slow",Learn about big data and massive systems. Surrounded by smart researchers. Shuttle for commuting.,"Promotion process too arbitrary. I got extremely good ratings but still was passed over for far too long. Promo still requires a ""launch"" with a right kind of metrics to impress the committee.  Bay Area too expensive. I'm leaving for Seattle -- it's expensive too, but it's *possible* to buy a condo/house there without a ridiculous commute. The past 5 years of price-doubling have prevented me from getting into the market even at my good software engineer salary. Priced out of market -- seriously. The people who can bear to live near work are married Google couples, new grads from India or China living together crammed into crappy small houses... or people who bought a place 5 years ago before $750k, 2 bedroom, 1200 sq ft houses became $1.5M.  My skills were note utilized, I couldn't get transferred onto the right teams where I could apply my Ph.D. research.","When someone like me gets Strongly Exceeds Expectations 3 times in a row (that's 1.5 years) it's high time for promotion. I'm leaving because I wasn't promoted from 4 to 5 despite long-term dedicated efforts to do so, whereas I have an offer for an L5-6 equivalent position in another major company. I would have stayed indefinitely otherwise. But now I realize that even if I get a promo soon, I'll only get a 6% raise (per policy) and it will still take a year for the RSU benefits to start catching me up to the next level comp. Meanwhile I can get a 25% raise tomorrow by jumping ship. **Note that the delay between ""prove you're performing at the next level for a year (or much more)"" combined with ""RSUs awarded later on, total comp will catch up eventually..."" means that I'll be underpaid for 2 years or so if I stay.**  This matters since, while waiting for promo, I've been priced out of the housing market. My friends who are married with a spouse at Google are house-hunting, and younger ones are living together in 5 bedroom places. I'm married and need some privacy, my wife doesn't work, so there's no way to live close to work and I'm sick of commuting. If I had made it to L5 when I applied I'd afford to be staying, but now it's too late.  Also, when I have specialized skills from my Ph.D. and I'm constantly getting moved to projects that aren't making use of those skills, it's annoying. ""Headcount"" issues on super-appropriate teams for me kept me out of the positions where I would be most useful to Google by applying my Ph.D. work. So I'm taking my talent elsewhere.  All in all, I was greatly disappointed by:  * Extremely slow time-to-promo (due to higher-ups cancelling projects... out of my control).  * Advanced to lead a team of 6 people, at only level 4 (a ""junior"" role where explicit team leadership is very uncommon) and yet still the promo process didn't value my contribution, even though my manager and director did.  * Cost of living in the Bay Area, and resultant time to commute (Gbus was great but it got old after 5 years)  * Stuck on wrong projects, due to headcount issues/timing/18-months-on-team-before-transfer policy. And bait-and-switch for my initial team due a ""headcount problem"" where I didn't get into the expected team in the first place.  * Not valued for my Ph.D. speciality skills, but simply as a software engineer. I'm moving to a company that needed *me* in particular, and I'm joining a particular team. This generic SWE-hiring with random team matching is insulting.",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1102,google,none," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting work,Interesting work and good pay.,"Large company, sometimes moves slowly.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1103,google,none," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,niceee,very good benefits compared to startups,hierarchy is heavy and new hands are happy,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1104,google,"Austell, GA"," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Assembler,"Good pay, no growth opportunity",The pay and benefits are good for an entry level position. The stock is what keeps most people there. The work is pretty easy.,There are no growth opportunities without getting a degree or certifications and you are not able to learn on the job. Transferring to a new job is extremely difficult.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1105,google,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good place to work,"lots of benefits, good pay",work life balance can be improved,more collaboration,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1106,google,none," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,great employees good culture big scale,big company of 70000 FT employees,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1107,google,none," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Generally really great people, compensation, and perks","Great, talented people working as small cogs in the engine",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1108,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Salary is competitive compared to other companies for software engineer.,There are too many politics and legacy products.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1109,google,none," Aug 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job at google for real,it is a dope place to work,"corporate, but that is to be expected",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1110,google,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A brief review,"food, colleagues, pay is very good","BS going up, long hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P111.htm
1111,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Infrastructure Software Engineer,"Software Engineer, Tools & Infrastructure","Good perks, salary, bonus, smart coworkers, very liberal and open minded, lots of activities and opportunities to learn","Company is growing really big, so for lower-level engineers it's harder to make a significant impact. Most tools are internal only, so if you switch company you'll need to relearn the whole development stack.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1112,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good but hard to get in,"Compensation, vibe, culture, projects, location","Difficult to get in, visa issues, one of many",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1113,google,none," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,First job out of college,My Co-workers and management were awesome.,Some of the hours can interfere with personal life.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1114,google,none," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a good place to work,"Great perks, Great people, Flexibility",Way too many cooks in the kitchen,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1115,google,none," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome starting point,I am so glad I was hired here.,No real con's that I can come up with.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1116,google,none," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to learn from smart coworkers,"Everyone is smart, humble, interesting, and interested","Projects can come and go at the whim of management, which can be frustrating",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1117,google,none," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people - less mobility in career growth,Great people Good mindset Interesting challenges Good food Good work life balance Good 401k match Stock doing well,"Too much ladder focussed. Feels like caste system at work. People are respected only when you have achieved certain level and ladder. Recruiter will sell you ""you can change to any job type after spending 1 year"" and I can assure you this is 100% incorrect. You will get stuck at job type. Promotions are very difficult but not impossible if you have right support system built around you.",Company has become very big but dont lose focus on people who are looking to build their careers in different roles.,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1118,google,none," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An exciting start-up within Google,"Fast paced, exciting culture. Inspiring mission - to improve the digital divide and increase internet speeds to foster innovation. Sharp, talented people.","As with all start-ups, there's higher risk of the business getting shut down. Also, layoffs and attrition have impacted morale.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1119,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Brand Manager,"Great pay, great benefits, not the most interesting work",High pay (six figures) after being there for four years. Upward mobility if you are good at your job and a self-starter.,Do you love ad sales? That's 99% of the work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1120,google,none," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Graphic Design,The environment is really great. Free food and flexible work hours can't go any wrong. You get to meet a lot of talented people as well.,A lot of unnecessary meetings. Projects are not challenging.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P112.htm
1121,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Review,"Very good working conditions, free food on weekdays And a rising salary based off of years at the job",Company is becoming larger every year,Stronger interview process,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1122,google,none," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, ample opportunities, good benefits, but comes with typical big company issues.",Ample opportunities to work on impactful projects in areas of your interest. Great benefits overall. Flexible hours. Largely fair promotion processes.,"Typical big company issues have started creeping in - deep reporting chains, duplicative and competing projects across teams etc.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1123,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Hardware Test Engineer,not too bad but like high school,great benefits and free stuff with lots of freedom,A lot of cliques like high school. Google morality,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1124,google,"Philadelphia, PA"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Counter Help,Great parttime job,Very flexible schedule and nice people to work with.,I can't think of anything negative to say.,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1125,google,none," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overview,- very innovation focused - great people to learn from,- big company problems - not the biggest pay master,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1126,google,none," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best peer you could find,Google is Google because of the people you will work with.,It's getting too big. A lot of process to get things done.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1127,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,product manager,"great management, great perks, interesting job.",you are small in a big pond,keep trucking!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1128,google,none," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work,Good pay and lots of benefits.,Very fast paced work environment.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1129,google,none," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Google,"Excellent benefits, challenging work and fun/collaborative culture",*competitive *limited vertical movement especially in satellite offices *too many products to become a specialist,spend less time experimenting on employees and make it easier to transition to different parts of the company if there is limited vertical movement.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1130,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Google is still probably one of the best places for a new software engineer who wants to work for a large company in her /his early career to experience how a large leading software company make things work, and to experience the pros and cons of working in a large company.","Company is big. There are significant internal organizational complexities. Lots of time can be spent on navigating through internal organizations, management, promotion logistics etc, than actually building quality products.",Reward quality project launches and promote quality people.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P113.htm
1131,google,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great experience, Great pay, Great Benefits",I don't see any cons to working here,Management is very fair and do a great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1132,google,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,"Wonderful benefits and perks, smart colleagues","Very large organization, difficult to get promotions",--,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1133,google,none," Jul 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quick Review,The campus is really cool,It has a very competative atmosphere,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1134,google,none," Jul 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart people but hard to move up,"- work with smart, kind, driven people - interesting work & awesome products - great work/life balance","if you're younger in your career & want to get a ton of experience fast, this is not the place for you",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1135,google,none," Jul 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a great place to work,Excellent benefits and co workers,Long hours and a long commute for me ended up being hard,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1136,google,none," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing company, exciting work","- Interesting, cutting edge issues. - Amazing benefits and perks. - Co-workers who become your best friends.",- People are often over-qualified for their jobs.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1137,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience,"A great, but intense, place to work!","Very smart, engaged employees. Lots of productivity and ideation - all the time. People really care about the company, as well as the culture (and about being good citizens of the world). Great offices and perks.",Very intense - people work a ton of hours. Hard to manage work/life balance. Also sometimes hard to get teams to work together across orgs.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1138,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Best Job I've Ever Had,The smartest people I ever worked with.,"My team was too big, too fast. It led to some people feeling siloed and not taking responsibility for their work.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1139,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,One of the best companies,"Many smart people to learn from, competitive compensation, chance to work on big projects.",1) Google hires smartest people with rocket science background but asks them to do simple things. 2) Too many managers. If you are talented engineer you will soon find yourself alone in the room with 6 managers discussing what you should do next.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1140,google,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 4, 2017","Former Employee - Software Engineer, Business Applications",It is Google,Amazing learning opportunities if you are willing to spend the time looking for them.,"Vendors and contractors are treated worse and worse as time goes by, where many are being moved off the campuses into buildings without Google standard facilities, like cafes or gyms.",Treat vendors better.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P114.htm
1141,google,none," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,"Awesome, Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome",No cons about this position,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1142,google,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to be,"Good people, projects, and perks. Happiness is valued.",Company is pretty huge at this point.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1143,google,none," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to be,"great work life balance. Very good benefits, most folks are nice. There are people who pay attention to the small details.","Some people have gotten to expect the benefits they receive, making them quite unpleasant to work with.","Please fix the culture, people are becoming more and more entitled, and less and less willing to work.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1144,google,"Waco, TX"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Liter aide,Get the summer months off,Not enough income,none,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1145,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Online Operations Associate,Online Operations Associate,"Free lunch, good benefits, great vibe,.",Tedious could do more team activities.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1146,google,none," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,- Great vision - Foundation layed to take care of Employees - Amazing Founders -,- Getting big and bureaucratic - Mid-level management is Terrible (ofcourse depends on organization) - They underpay,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1147,google,none," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Coordinator,"The Culture is Amazing. I love the people that I work with. Lots of opportunity to work cross-functionally and wear different ""hats""/learn new skills. Amazing ability to network with other google employees and learn more about google as a company.","Crazy hours, but awesome work environment.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1148,google,"Greenville, NC"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,"Innovative company, but prepare to work",Great company with fantastic benefits,"Long hours, not much flexibility.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1149,google,none," Jul 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Usual,"Great experience, benefits, and colleagues all around",Can be stressful at times with work life balance,Nothing really,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1150,google,none," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good environment and great peers. Good work-life balance.,Too big and too hard to promote.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P115.htm
1151,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Staff Software Engineer,Great company to work with. Intelligent peers,none I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1152,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,Cloud Biz is foggy,"Great company, great/ smart people, great working environment, great pay and benefits","Lots of disruption- annual reorg, not much promotion opportunity particularly outside of MTV",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1153,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Manager,Partner Manager,Opportunity to work with incredibly smart and talented people.,Extremely ambiguous work environment with little structure.,Share long-term strategy with employees.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1154,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ideal, if you like Corporate America","Looks great on a resume. Having worked at Google opens many doors, and there are lots of opportunities internally. Compensation & benefits are top of the market. A majority of coworkers are smart, talented, well-intentioned people. Gyms, exercise classes, music rooms, language programs are amazing.  Go into it realizing that even though it's Google, it's still a huge corporate, lead by","The Google culture is mostly a facade. There are many programs and tools designed to foster things like psychological safety, inclusiveness, mindfulness... but they are pretty shallow. It's like they are there just because that's what ""progressive"" companies do. They are created, and probably managed based on data that the leaders have no idea how to interpret. It doesn't come from the heart, because AI androids don't have hearts, of course. I used a contact form to report witnessing blatant sexism by senior leaders. My report went unanswered. I contacted my HRBP to discuss a sensitive topic. S/he acted like I was just a bother.  The legendary perks have faded. Of course, the standard health/stock/retirement benefits are fantastic. But the food and fun budgets are dwindling fast.  Perhaps worst of all: like so many prestigious institutions, Google attracts people who are driven by status. The result is that you have too many with slick credentials but mediocre talent, and almost no authentic interest in industry. Then, instead of producing great work, they get along with strategic elbow-rubbing and excessive self-promotion.  Speaking of self-promotion, the performance review process is onerous and unhelpful. But not anymore than that at most big companies, from what I hear.  All that said, I'm incredibly grateful for my job, even as I plot my escape. If I were a few years younger and more amenable to the corporate lifestyle, I'd be all in for several years, at least.",Foster authenticity.,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1155,google,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a nice place to work,"Excellent infrastructure, smart coworkers, Google values its employees","Mountainview is the best place to work at Google, other locations have less options for work.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1156,google,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great gig,Nice people with great culture,Can be difficult to get things done with so much going on within the team,Continue to develop members of the team,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1157,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Extremely long hours. Your co-workers are only in it for themselves.,- Free food - On-site Gym - Everyone will like you more because you work for Google,- Everyone outside of work won't stop asking about Google - All of the free food and dessert will make you fat - Co-workers with a god complex everywhere. They're all at the top of their games with little humility. You will get lonely. - Minimal chance for advancement - Everyone is on edge here. No one can relax. You will get lonely. - My co-worker insulted a Chinese co-worker all the time and no one said a word which is indicative of the culture here. - Long commute times on the over-packed buses akin to taking two coach flights per day on the smallest airplane. - Outdated equipment - Broken toilets everywhere. Broken bikes everywhere. Everything is broken. - Knowing that this is the best job on that planet makes all of this even more depressing - The Google exceptionalism mentality permeates everything and everyone here. - Low wages compared to competition - I could go on and on,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1158,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Compensation Associate,Great place to work,"Where do I start? From the culture, to the perks, to the resources, Google is an amazing place to work. This company is the definition of innovative and I can't wait to see what the future holds for myself and Google.","Nothing as of yet. I feel like I haven't been here long enough to see anything that's a con. Bureaucracy tends to seep into any organization if it gets large enough, but Google does a good job of battling that.",Continue invest in the culture at Google. Our Googlers are what make us great and the mission we stand behind.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1159,google,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,"Google is pretty good, dude.",Not too much to complain about.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1160,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work in.,Good growth perspectives. Interesting work. Good pay in many offices.,Too little vacation in US.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P116.htm
1161,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Love everything about this company.,Needs more diversity throughout the orgs,Hire more diverse candidates,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1162,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The real deal,"It all depends on your immediate workgroup but overall, the culture at Google is amazing as advertised. Collaborative, super bright people, and a come-as-you-are attitude. I felt like I was constantly growing.","Get in the wrong workgroup and you will find plenty of political, arrogant colleagues.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1163,google,"Chicago, IL"," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Executive,Avoid Google Cloud Field Sales,"- Google name, good perks and benefits, good base salary, nice offices","- You will not make your number unless you are personally connected with management and are given top accounts. The nepotism is the worst I have ever seen in my career. Certain managers are just openly favoring their friends. - Sales operations is not a mature operation. The CRM data is totally incorrect, payouts for deals often go to the wrong rep... literally a 50-50 shot that you will get paid on what you sold. Trying to get contract changes approved is a nightmare. Facts - - 10% of outside field reps on an individual number made their number last year. Many were not even close. - In my region there were two reps out of 20 over quota. Those two reps, of course, were handed accounts that would have been buying from anyone. All about which accounts you are handed. - The uplifts on quota are absurd. 100%, 150% increases over what that territory did last year. Unless you have a huge, new deal... and given the length of the sales cycle it will be a year or two if you are not handed an account, you will not hit quota. If people were shown how many reps missed quota last year and understood their chances of success coming in, they would have a difficult time recruiting people... and this is an opportunity to work at Google.","You can't keep doing this to people. People come into to Google, generally giving up successful careers elsewhere, because they think they will be put in a situation where they will succeed given skill and a large effort. That isn't the case. Everyone knows that isn't the case. Given Google's reputation as an employer it is shocking. People Ops should really step in and say that this isn't the way Google is going to treat its employees, we're not going to set people up to fail.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,62,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1164,google,"Lenoir, NC"," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Great if you do not work in the Data Center,Good work environment. Great People. Good perks.,Half of your salary is dedicated to your total employee compensation package. So the free food isn't really free. Your hopes of getting a promotion can change on a whim. Upper management is disconnected from the Data Center and have no clue or does not care about morale in this department. Many leads do not have a good work/life balance.,Stop moving the carrot or changing the criteria to move ahead.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1165,google,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"HR Business Partner, Marketing",consistently great people to work with,very big company now so more bureaucracy,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1166,google,"Venice, CA"," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome experience,"Great food, gym w/ personal trainers, friendly environment",Difficult to get work on interesting projects,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1167,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 29, 2017",Former Employee - Preschool Teacher,Stifling for a true educator,"Met some great peers, really talented educators. Loved my students and their parents.","Management was terrible. My supervisor discriminated against me and some of my peers , favored others.",Get rid of bad directors. Moving her to another site is not a solution.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1168,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Extremely positive,Strong engineering culture. It's hard to be completely miserable at Google. There is substantial diversity in terms of the type of work and opportunities to learn.,Bureaucracy is probably the number one complaint I hear from former employees. Former employees complain about the number of people that must now be consulted to get anything done.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1169,google,none," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BOLD Intern,Opportunity to meet with an amazing group of interns. Most likely these people will be in your network for a lifetime.,The intern program is very big . Business and tech interns don't see much of each other.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1170,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,This was a great company environment to work for.,There were long hours for this job.,My advice to management would be that they give employees more free reign.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P117.htm
1171,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Doodler,Wonderful supportive place to work,"Great food, perks, benefits, location",Bureaucracy is insane. Open-office plans,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1172,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Fun Place to work at,"Great work culture , fun place with a lot of perks",Company has a lot of ladders which makes internal movement hard if not based in the US,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1173,google,none," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits and Great Environment,"You are surrounded by people who are at your level of thinking, who are very smart and push you to be your best You get great vacation time, food, and people",hard to create a work-life balance,"Create a little less stress for the employees, and keep it a great place!",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1174,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Getting to be a big company but still treats employees well,"- Great Benefits (Meals, Transportation, Gyms, on-site doctors and physical therapists) - Great co-workers - Upper Management are real humans who genuinely care about others and get up in front of everyone every week and answer arbitrary questions -- you might not like the answers but the fact that they're even up there is still amazing - Depending on which area you're in but work/life balance is quite good","- (Depends a lot on where you are ) Work might be less interesting than you want - Promotion system can be very demoralizing because you're being judged by others who may not have full context. So it incentivizes ""salesmanship"" which is not a skill that everyone has. - keeps getting bigger every year, so it becomes harder to have the same levels of trust, benefits, etc as before - new CFO is putting the hammer down (This might actually be a good thing as I think there were a lot of wasteful projects before)",Keep listening to the folks on the ground and keep doing TGIF!,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1175,google,none," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SMB Account Manager,"Great company culture along with all ""google perks"". Never micro managed and always aloud to voice opinions in team environment.",Pay is not suitable for surrounding area.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1176,google,none," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,-Creative and intelligent peers -Breadth of project opportunities -Perks,- Very large company (could be both good and bad),None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1177,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Corporate Operations Engineer,"An amazing place to work, becoming increasingly large and corporate","Working in IT, Google scale is absolutely amazing. Ability to change nearly anything. Manageable beauracracy given the size of the company. Food. Benefits.","Cost cutting feels apparent since Ruth Porat became CFO. Huge amount of employees can make it feel very impersonal, and the experience you have is much more dependent on the team you join than anything to do with the company itself. Focus on performance reviews and promotions can be debilitating and cause people to focus on the wrong things. Senior management on my team was based on a different continent and felt disconnected.",Keep the classic Googley culture alive. Even in my 2.5 years I could see it dwindling a bit.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1178,google,none," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ads Software Engineer,Challenging problems and great perks,Hard to move up in the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1179,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Great company. Tough to get promoted.,"Perks and benefits galore. Google has incredible health plans, retirement plans, and paternity leave. Coworkers are extremely bright. Lots of fun facilities. I prefer the flat corporate structure.","Google has an enormous codebase. Lots of jobs are just doing maintenance to keep your service up with the many internal monolithic tools that are constantly being deprecated. Solutions tend to be overwrought in order to ""demonstrate complexity"" for promotion committees.  So much competition when you are basically a cog can be discouraging. Many coworkers work in evenings and weekends. There is no 20% time. It is really difficult to get promoted when there are very few open slots.",More emphasis on YAGNI principles and less on complexity.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1180,google,"Avon Lake, OH"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Wellness Director of Memory Care,Loving the job everyday!,Getting to know and hear the stories of all the amazing people at IV. Meeting and building relationships with the families. I love being able to help and give back to all. Getting involved with doing everything possible to provide the remaining memories of the residents and families of IV.,"Finding and retaining employees to serve the community of IV. Having a staff committed every single second, minute, and hour everday. 1440!","As the new management leaders at IV to always keep communication open and effective ways to keep all the residents, staff, and families happy with peace of mind.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P118.htm
1181,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,...,Ability to have a huge real world impact Work with sophisticated technology Great benefits,"Company culture has grown very cynical Lack of support for employees Large and bureaucratic company, too big to have much face to face interaction",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1182,google,none," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Moves at breakneck speed,"Nice people, inspiring work, dry cleaning, massage, free food.","works at breakneck speed, will burn you out, hyper collaboration to a fault.",Understand when your people are pushed so hard there is zero work life balance.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1183,google,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it used to be,"Great benefits, Google's mission, great coworkers, location flexibility with San Francisco office",Internal mobility has become very challenging in the last 3+ years - employees arent trusted to be smart capable workers able to learn and stretch in new challenges & roles. Proven experience is all that is respected now. Leaders now tend to just care about bottom line - the end justifies the means.,Invest in your talent,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1184,google,none," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Social Media,Very good work environment all around.,Not the best pay I would say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1185,google,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Forward thinking/ innovative company that doesn't rest on its laurels Genuinely care about employees and translate that into real action Leadership is very transparent about priorities and challenges Comp is competitive and they have really strong incentives in place especially for high performers,"It is a very large organization => politics, can be slow to make decisions (which can result in wasting people's times.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1186,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Great company,Great company with many prospectives,Everything becomes very routine so it gets boring after a while,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1187,google,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,"Good payment, with food and stuff. Good place to go.",Not found much yet I guess.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1188,google,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,like any other big company,"great learning opportunities, fun environment, meaningful work","bad middle management, slow to make decisions",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1189,google,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Product Technology Manager,Google,Super fun innovative company to work for with endless possibilities to learn. Benefits are outstanding and really few companies can compare.,I would say middle management tends to be a challenge for the company. This could be due to the caliber of talent at all levels which I think poses a challenge for management to really know how to lead. Also there is a desire to maintain a startup mentality and culture but Google is far from a startup.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1190,google,"Bothell, WA"," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Visual Data Specialist,Google maps contracting is a good entry job,"Free snacks, laidback atmosphere, some vacation time","Contracting as a ""visual data specialist"" is way that google can maintain a cheap labor pool in the states (though they also have a counterpart office in India) without providing benefits or longevity to employees. contract is a standard 2 years.",none,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P119.htm
1191,google,none," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,There's no politics in office.,"Peers are all very smart guys, you're not easy to perform outstandingly as in other companies.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1192,google,"Cal-Vel, NC"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Technology Analyst,Tech person,Great pay but rude coworkers with small brains,Bad hours and wanted me to work all the time,Pay more money,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1193,google,none," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work place,"Great salary and benefits, would recommend applying",a lot of hours on weekends,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1194,google,none," Jun 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work!,"Free food, free stuff, free mentorship, a great place to learn as well as contribute.","Since everyone is very smart, you may feel low at the beginning. So this is a heads up for anyone starting work at Google.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1195,google,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Becoming a large bureaucratic company.,Great Exec Leadership. Fantastic Benefits and Perks.,"Middle management is very political. Lot of bureaucracy , so things get done slower than in previous years. We have hired tons of folks from other Tech companies into leadership positions and the work culture in Google is no longer ""Googly"". My advice to anyone who is thinking about joining Google - Do not join for the perks, benefits, work culture. Join if you like the role you are being offered.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1196,google,none," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"A lot of trust in individuals to do their job well, interesting projects that can have a huge impact on billions of users.",None that I have run into.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1197,google,none," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,- Awesome coworkers. - Awesome leaders. - Great technical infrastructure. - Great vision.,"- No major downsides. However, I'd leave if I got a really good offer somewhere else.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1198,google,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"Creative people, great campus and benefits, and I really love my job. The ability to work on multiple projects at once is highly desirable.","None that I can think of. The commute is long, but that's my problem, not theirs.",Keep evolving and growing as a company. The HR department is excellent .,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1199,google,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Room for growth, great company",Flexible (Whether you work at home/office),People are not very friendly.,Improve communication with your team!,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1200,google,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good benefits and other products,Long Days and stressful hours,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P120.htm
1201,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Content Writer,Good experience with some downsides,"-- Flexible scheduling lets you take care of things during the day if you need to -- Salary matches cost of living, so you can afford to live in the ultra-expensive Bay Area -- You get to learn new skills on the job since there are always training sessions available both in your department and in the company as a whole","-- There's too much emphasis on quantifying results even when what you're trying to measure can't be boiled down to numbers -- There's a push to compete with other employees and a rush to get visibility in the department, which leads to an enormous amount of unnecessary presentations in meetings -- Some managers try to push you to move your career in a direction that you don't want to go -- There are limited promotions, so you have to move laterally in the company before you can move up","-- Focus on cultivating the strengths and skills your employees already have. -- Make sure that you hire managers that actually have experience managing people, not just projects. -- Stop trying to quantify the unquantifiable",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1202,google,none," Jul 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,- Great and diverse product set to work on - Lateral internal opportunities - Great energy - Highly motivated and intelligent peers,- Lack of structure - High product/service concentration on digital media - Disparate competing priorities leading to lack of vision for certain groups,"- Keep doing what you are doing - Reduce the number of org changes - If org changes are inevitable, manage them to avoid 180 degree role/responsibility changes for employees",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1203,google,none," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General feel on working at Google,Great aspirations to make outsized impact in the world.,"Slow consensus building, not enough fast decisions.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1204,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Good,"Flexible working hours, good benefits. Chance to learn new tech. Provide training opportunity. Some manager are good. PTO is good.","More overtime, weekend working. More politics. Less efficient. Many VP level manager are not good. Waste money and time. Some people do not have basic working skill.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1205,google,none," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design Coordinator,"Flexible tasks, freedom/no micromanagement, food and great culture",there's a long commute from SF,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1206,google,none," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,"Nice Environment, tons of new techs, can learn a lot",No Cons. Just love this place,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1207,google,"Round Rock, TX"," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Kids Club Attendant,Kids club,"I can be helpful to the kids when their parents are gone and working out,also I can help the kids understand what it mean to have a healthy body.","The long hour shifts that I have to do,but I will do my best to be helpful and positive to the kids.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1208,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, sometimes tough to be in remote office","Work on hard/fun problems, great colleagues.",Distributed decision-making means you have to get lots of people involved to make big changes happen.,It's tough to be in a remote office. Encourage (require?) more VPs to make the trip from MTV to Seattle occasionally.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1209,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,Good for perks and work environment,Bad environment sometimes for freshers. Learning curve will slow down as one has to concentrate more on protocols,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1210,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Program/Project Manager,Great Work life balance and great comp package,Everybody is super smart and very nice.,Long commute if you can't work from SF.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P121.htm
1211,google,none," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,5.5 years at Google,-Great people -Fast-paced companies -Large scale projects,-Became a big company -A lot of red tape -Unclear role and responsibilities distribution,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1212,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,"So so, not what its reputation cracks it up to be","No real limits on what you can access, so can find yourself limitless in terms of hat you can do",Surprising how disconnected projects that you would expect to be aware of each other. The 'culture' there can also be rude if you are not from an engineering background,Try not to be too rigid in your management style,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1213,google,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Agency Account Strategist,Mostly good work life balance,Horrible commute from the city. No creativity in role.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1214,google,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Opportunities for personal & professional growth,demanding - sometimes hard to find work life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1215,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Needs to be more agile, culture not what it was",- Great CEO and senior leadership team - Excellent company benefits - People are generally smart and capable and offer learning opportunities from collaborative - great tools and technology to work and execute fast,- Struggles to against against a strategy in many groups - Moved away from the scrappy days to indulgent and extensive spending on projects that often just get scrapped - culture in some groups has changed - leadership isn't interested in protecting Google's special cultural values of the past - HR/People Operations are less and less invested in culture or people - some groups don't have solid product vision or strategy,"Culture is what made Google the most iconic company in the world. Unfortunately, the reality is Google has become too large and the cultural values are not in the DNA across all employees this includes at the leadership level. Some senior leaders have no interest in making this the special place it once was.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1216,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work,"Food, coworkers, benefits, salary, location",Meetings can be tire some,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1217,google,none," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Open, diversify, work with smart people and cutting edge technology",Too big a company so each one gets to work on a small piece,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1218,google,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,Benefits are fantastic medical dental 401k,I cant think of any cons,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1219,google,none," Jun 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A nice company to work for,"Good work-life balance, and still growth room within some teams.",It is getting bigger. Some managers are from other established companies. They tend to bring bad cultures from other companies to google.,Be fair. Promote those did great jobs.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1220,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Resident,Great place to work.,Free food. Flexible work hours.,High pressure work environment. Highly male dominated.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P122.htm
1221,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It's getting crowded,Great perks. Company really values its employees. Good work/life balance.,Crowded. Most projects are not very interesting. Interesting projects have many people jumping on them and have usually been done to death.,none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1222,google,none," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Assurance Analyst,Relaxed atmosphere. Great perks. Low stress level environment.,Upward mobility within this particular project is limited.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1223,google,none," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good company,I would like to work for google forever,no downside I really like to work here,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1224,google,none," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Good pay, good technology, free food","a lot of politics, work is less appreciated and bluffing.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1225,google,none," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business intern,Great benefits such as extended vacation,Management can be a bit rude at times,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1226,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Amazing employer with a few caveats,Great culture and great perks,"It's consensus driven culture (which has its own pros), but can sometimes feel slow to execute",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1227,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Consumer Operations Strategist,Google is still pretty great,"- Great perks - Really smart, engaged employees - Work that affects millions",- Google becomes more bureaucratic each year - Many levels of hierarchy for each product decision,- Don't hire so many MBA's,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1228,google,none," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid place to work,"Free food, gym and benefits. I like the fact there is a 401-k match. Quite a diverse group of people to work with .","Depending on the department, management can either be completely hands off or micro-manage. Can also be limited promotional opportunities.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1229,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Best company ever.,cool stuff keeps happening. 20% and great ppl,Avoid gTech and Ads organizations in general. Things are slow and top heavy,break the VP/Director buddy clubs promoting each other up the chain. Its becoming a big company- would be great to see how we dont become conventional,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1230,google,none," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SETI,The perks and benefits are great.,There aren't many managers who understand how to leverage people's abilities. Most just want cookie-cutter worker bees.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P123.htm
1231,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good place to get trained, but not great if you care about products and customers.",Smart and friendly colleagues Great opportunities to get trained to write solid code Perks are good,"Peers are more interested in hierarchy and promotion than any mission Managers come from this this culture, and most know no other way Managers manage too many people to match the expectations of any other company. Consequently, Google lets them off the hook my not assessing the characteristics of a good middle manager. Recruiting process leads to poor outcomes (team mismatch) that can be difficult to rectify Don't be fooled by books and articles documenting Google's early years, this is a company in middle age where process trumps everything else!",Think about why so little product innovation happens with so much talent. Looks like the processes are not leading to good outcomes compared to peers. I think shareholders will be better served if cash is distributed to them rather than betting Google managers can create new business/products at this stage.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1232,google,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Work Space,"everything, work env, load balance","coffe machine, so far from my home",nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1233,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 10, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company!,"The best company I have worked for. The attitude flows down from the top. Everyone I encountered was respectful, friendly and incredibly competent at their job.",The commute from San Francisco to Mountain View got to be too much.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1234,google,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Very good place to work at, nice culture",high paced not for everyone very tech focused,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1235,google,none," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfection for ENTP,Aren't we all know google is da best,"well if u don,t like building full of smart hard working funny people this company is not for you",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1236,google,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Accounting manager,"Very good company with interesting work, good people and great culture and excellent benefit. I would recommend Google to friends","Google always hire upper managers but don't hire enough people to do the work. Every time new management cones in, they will do a reorg. Not efficient.",recommend,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1237,google,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,nice employer LOVE THE COMPANY,HARD WORK VERY STRESSFUL but worth it,Nothing i enjoyed my job there at google,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1238,google,none," Jun 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,It's a good place to work,Commute from SF to MTV is long,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1239,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A Software Engineer who Probably Doesn't Know How Good He Has It,"- Hours are quite reasonable. Working 9-5 is possible, especially if not prioritizing promotion. - Perks are valuable and make work environment quite comfortable. Having free meals and gourmet snacks in the micro kitchens makes working for other companies, even rich ones like Apple, unappealing.","- For all the search monopoly money Google has, there are few projects that try to solve major world problems, such as climate change. - A lot of colleagues do not seem to care about making the world a better place for the poor. - Two-tiered work environment with engineers/high power full time employees on one side and most other employee types on the other. Google ""Google red badge.""",Increase R&D investment in energy. Be more like Tesla in terms of ambition and vision.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1240,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Store Operator,GSX Store Operator,"FT. Competitive Pay. Great work environment, Considerable perks through Google.","Lousy benefits (through temp. agency), Unavoidable politics within Google, Over reliance on metrics.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P124.htm
1241,google,none," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ads Quality Rater,"Flexible hours, work from home",There was no enough assignments,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1242,google,none," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work for,"If you land on the right team, you will be blessed with world class colleagues and exciting projects that make going to work everyday so exciting g and rewarding.","Being a large organization as it is today chances for advancement may not be as accessible as elsewhere, although I've only been in this company full-time and only have second-hand knowledge about other work places.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1243,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Sales Strategist,Senior Sales Strategist,Inclusive senior leadership and great ERG for LGBTQ folks,"Horrible mid management, culture is getting diluted",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1244,google,"India, TX"," Jun 25, 2017","Current Employee - HARDWARE &amp, NETWORKING",Excellent,It's trust full and easy to work friendly environment. It's my dream to do work this environment,So many work challenging work because it's huge network of the word to provide services.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1245,google,"New York, NY"," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Solutions Engineer,"Great Company, but quixotic",Gives you all the tools you need to succeed. Tons of opportunities to do neat stuff. Free food is totally amazing. Brilliant coworkers and interesting projects.,"Too much middle management. Middle management is also not necessarily qualified to manage technical groups. There's immense pressure to be ""innovative"" and do impactful things, but there's no willingness to take risks.","Be consistent in the way you evaluate folks. Don't just ask your reportees to innovate, do it yourselves. Lead by example.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1246,google,none," Jun 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,The work environment is sooooo amazing and they treat you with so much respect,There really isn't much bad about google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1247,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Smb Account Strategist,Great for some time not for the long-term,People Food Massage chair Heated toilets Be part of a company that has so much impact on and in the world,Knowing you a cog in the wheel and that are replaceable Your job isn't incredibly challenging You reach a point where compounding intelligence isn't a reality anymore A lot of bureaucracy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1248,google,"Austin, TX"," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Landscape Designer,Landscape designer and co manager,"Unbelievable, passionate team that gave me amazing experience. Was a very rewarding job.",Not always alot of budget to work with.,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1249,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great company. Great people.,"The people, by far. The benefits are great too, of course. And there is kind of a ""just get your work done"" mentality, which means that there is flexibility with when and where.","The company is really large at this point, which you are starting to feel with processes, etc..",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1250,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,6 years and still going!,"Remember in college when you worked in group projects and there was inevitability always 1-2 freeloaders you resented? Those guys don't come to Google :) Coworkers are all extremely motivated and hard working. You almost never find that colleagues aren't pulling their weight, when given the right direction.","Things move very quickly, in order to compete with the Silicon Valley startups out there. Sometimes, we hurt our employees in order to achieve customer and company goals. Not necessarily a bad thing for the customer, but it definitely has an effect on team morale and energy levels.","Reward loyalty and sustained performance in your compensation plans. Googlers are open to learning new ideas from outsiders, but not when they are undervalued by their employers.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P125.htm
1251,google,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Splendid and friendly work environment.,Not much room for personal and professional growth.,Improve career trajectories for employees.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1252,google,"Riverside, CA"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,labor,great supervisor to work for,needed more work for myself,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1253,google,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Rercruitinh,LOVE it so much. work life balance,No cons at all. It was not bad.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1254,google,none," Jun 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to start your career,Compensation is high for starting employees non engineer Food Friends Learning Support brand,cross-functional teams do not collaborate decisions are not always in line with stated goals,"keep it up, be attentive to org structure",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1255,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great perks, interesting work, totally insulated from outside","- Compensation and perks are great - Company values align with my own (engineering excellence, improving the world, etc) - Extremely flexible work, both in schedule and picking what you work on - Interesting work",- Insulated from the outside world (both the campus and software/tools used) - Hard to figure out what to work on (downside of extreme flexibility),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1256,google,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,"Google is so big and has so many teams that even if you get tired of one role, it's easy to switch to another role.",Work on some of the older products can get exasperating since there isn't much more to do and it feels like a waste of time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1257,google,"Venice, CA"," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,One of the best companies I have had the pleasure of working for. Fantastic environment. You are able to use your talents in all areas. You have room for promotion within the company. You are always heard and your ideas matter.,It's important to set work life balance boundaries.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1258,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Engineer,Devs - be very careful of what ladder you're on,"Amazing developer tooling - you don't know how good it can be until you use it  Practically infinite resources - There's an internal joke around ""I just want to serve five terabytes"" and ""I forgot how to count that low""  Everyone isn't a genius, that's overhyped, but everyone's very competent","Lots of weird corners of the company you can get stuck in.  There's a lot of engineers that find out the company classified them as something else. What's the process to move? Why, interview like an external candidate! (the dreaded ladder transfer)  Need permissions that only a few can grant (readability to commit code in a language). Depending on where you are in the company this will either be extremely easy or take months to do the simplest thing.  Transfers require good performance reviews, which means everyone moves along until they land in something which doesn't fit their skills, at which point they can never leave. There's no bad fit, just bad employees.  Look, I know I'm pretty clearly a single issue complainer, but it really is awful if you fall through the cracks.","Make transferring easier, lots of people are stuck in weird spots. Don't look at your written policy around this and mistake it for what actually happens. The real rules are much more frustrating.  Figure out a different way to manage the Business / Engineering conflict. There's a constant tug of war where Engineering doesn't want to be told what to do and Business really, really wants to be able to tell them what to do. There have been a few back and forths where GBO hires a bunch of warm bodies they can micromanage for their purposes, then that loophole is changed and they can't do that anymore, so they find another one.  I get it! They have things they need. But the solution is for a mature relationship where all of eng does what business wants some of the time, rather than have most doing it none of the time and a few trapped doing nothing but that. I did maybe three net months of work in two years, all the rest was spent undoing and redoing things because of high level flailing. Did you get your money's worth from my salary and benefits? No way. Did my manager get promoted? You bet.",3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1259,google,"Bothell, WA"," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Visual Data Specialist II,Work here if it is your last resort,"-Relaxed work environment -Interesting projects -Free snacks, free lunch -Occasional office activities -Extremely easy interview -Outdoor nature trail -Video games, pool table, etc.","-Terrible pay, no benefits -No chance for advancement -Vendor (Randstad) HR is terrible -Most employees do not care about the work and are extremely lazy and unqualified -Free lunch is often inedible, food poisoning is not uncommon -Favorites are picked in this office -Pod leads are not supervised by HR (can be extremely unfair, never available, etc.) -Weirdest group of employees I have ever worked with",-Make interviews more thorough to ensure the right people are hired -Supervise pod leads -Improve or eliminate free food -Increase pay -Listen to employee concerns,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1260,google,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I ever worked for,Employees are treated great. Tons of benefits and outstanding compensation.,Very competitive environment for career growth.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P126.htm
1261,google,none," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,good work life balance interesting work leader in tech,commute is bad housing is bad full of tech people,get better learn to listen to your peers think about where your company is going,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1262,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Intern,Intern,Good campus and benefits available,Difficult tasks and little directions.,Work better with coworkers on a regular basis.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1263,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jun 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place to Work,"Everyone here is really smart and capable. Lots of companies say that, but here it's actually true. The perks and benefits are amazing. Pay is competitive. Management is very hands-off - Engineers have a large degree of autonomy in deciding how best to accomplish something.","Speed of execution. Google has a strong NIH culture, and a lot of the tech stack inside the company is home grown, and often needlessly complex. There is a long ramp-up time for new engineers, and it can take awhile to get simple things done.  Things are improving, but slowly.",Get serious about fixing our technical infrastructure. It prevents us from executing quickly on new ideas.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1264,google,"East Syracuse, NY"," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Inspector,thomas wood,all we can do to make good,things go wrong now and then,lets make all great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1265,google,none," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Fun but...,"How many times can you say that you're part of an organization that is indeed changing the world?! That is what Google is doing. Although you are one of many, many and more than likely have virtually nothing to do with changing the world, it's fun to be part of history.",Google is such a great work environment that you will likely stay longer than you should. Many careers stall at Google because everyone just wants to keep working there. They won't take chances when they need to be challenged and get more experience to advance their career. Maybe the worse thing you could do START your career at Google because it will ruin the next job for you :) Be prepared to have your career go through Mountain View or New York. Only employees willing to work in HQ and abroad will advance.,"The Enterprise division once advertised that Google lets you ""Work the way you live"". Make sense - but they don't practice it. They don't allow a remote workforce. They want everyone in the office.  Management is not much better. They get into a role after grinding it out at Oracle or Microsoft or other places, just to get into a plush job at Google and vest their retirement stock. Leaders aren't audacious enough. They are too scared to disrupt when that is indeed what Google is supposed to be doing.  Advice to Management > DISRUPT. Ignore short term numbers in favor of long term industry disruption. > ALLOW. They hire the best and brightest so trust them to do their job however that may be. > ENCOURAGE. Create a program to encourage employees to LEAVE and RETURN later with a wealth of experience to bring back to Google.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1266,google,none," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in videos,Well it's google. Working in product videos.,Wish there was more work.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1267,google,none," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Strategist,Environment was always a blast,Opportunities of growth were too little,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1268,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Associate,Good place,"food, coffee, gym, equity, offices",politics are worse than ever,hire more people,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1269,google,none," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"best team, environment, free food, culture","work pressure, deadlines, challenging problems",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1270,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 10, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Not for Everyone,"Lots of freedom, perks, food, friendly people, great location (feels like the whole city is Google).","Too much freedom without guidance. Too many code owners that can block you without a care. Too much focus on features, and not enough on tech debt and testing. People launch a feature, then switch teams and leave the maintenance to the rest. And they get promoted for doing that.",Worker harder to make sure everyone on the team is happy and help change teams when necessary.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P127.htm
1271,google,none," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's different on the inside.,"Great benefits. Decent pay. Great name recognition. Interesting work. Most of the pros are related to benefits, which are still quite good despite a decline over the last 5 years.","Terrible commute if you're living in the bay, unless you can afford a +$1m home. Poor leadership and internal promotion is limited. Uneven performance management that is unclear, opaque and often seems quite arbitrary. Boys club both inside and outside the tech orgs.","Develop and invest in people at the company, even and especially those who don't have the traditional ivy league + consulting background. Hold your leadership accountable for the culture they create. Listen to why people are leaving, not just the ones who are staying.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1272,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,"Amazing company, changing the world","Smart, fun coworkers. Challenging work. Motivating",Less chance to be innovative or impact change as company grows,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1273,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"None, everything is horrible at this place",Horrible place to work at,Grow up,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1274,google,none," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hopeful Dreaming,Unless you are permanent absolutely none.,"Mediocre self training including exams with answers you were taught nothing about or questions where you know the answer exactly but it's still marked wrong. Not trained a ""full two weeks"" before you're thrown into taking calls. Trained in one area and immediately thrown into another training field and thrown back into taking calls. Constant emails about cutting down your break time (taking less time than your actually break) Some supervisors are definitely not there for your success, not answering questions. Long hours and your time put into a position where you may not even advance.",Do better with training!,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1275,google,none," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google the best place to work,They have the best benefits of the tech world I heard and the employees make really great money I would work there after I get my softwares engineer degree,There is nothing of a downside from what I heard,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1276,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Quantitative Analyst,Interesting time,great benefits that I got to have,the work started getting hard at times,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1277,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Development Engineer Intern,Cool project and good environment. Could learn a lot.,Google is too big. Anything you do doesn't make a big impact.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1278,google,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Talented People,Surrounded by some of the smartest people. Work is flexible and low stress.,Can be competitive when choosing projects or going for promotion,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1279,google,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,Great perks and fantastic people,Took 8 months to match me to a team. Unacceptable.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1280,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,Great place to work,lots of money nice stock options,I can't think of any,pay me more,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P128.htm
1281,google,none," Jun 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good first job,"Free meals, good pay, great office environment",Information is not properly communicated with higher ups,Work on communication,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1282,google,none," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is the pinnacle of the perfect workplace,"Sure, you won't escape the occasional brown-noser or politics, but in terms of work-life balance, perks, compensation, and talent of coworkers, this definitely takes the cake. While I've been here less than a year, it definitely lives up to the hype. Since I'm in engineering, I'm not sure how I feel about the self-promo process. It seems to make sense on the surface until it's promotion season, then everyone gets super wound up and unless you're going to help them get promoted, don't even talk, look or walk near them. It's kinda scary. I'm sure that'll get looked at in the near future before it gets out of hand. Other than that, the food is great, i mean, it's free, so yeah, it's great. Bikes, chiropractors, oil changes, car washes, everything you need so you never have to leave the office. I love Google, so far. . .","The self-promo process and quite a bit of me me me culture, but that's to be expected with so many successful Type-A's.",Don't get rid of the things that got you here...,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1283,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Inside Sales Manager,"Great culture, investment in employees, concern for overall well being and and very data driven approach to everything. I am constantly learning and surrounded by very intelligent people who want to help others succeed.","Not many cons, filling up minimum words here to meet the requirement. The free food can get old. Can only eat seared Tuna and steak so many times.","Advice to the kitchen staff is to keep it fresh with constant rotation of dishes, more bbq chicken, better salad bar options, maybe some better sushi.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1284,google,none," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Very relaxing environment and has good perk. The pay is not bad. There are many interesting technology with comprehensive document that I can learn in the company.,The development velocity is slow. The compilation and starting server takes a long time. Each team works on a small bit thing just like any big company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1285,google,none," Jun 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job To Have,Pay rate and growth opportunity.,12 point system created by the company.,Get rid of the 12 point system or lessen the amount of months to start over on the point system.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1286,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Perks, flexible schedule, interesting projects","Working on projects at the scale Google does is challenging, and working with the existing infrastructure can be difficult.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1287,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 25, 2017","Current Employee - M&amp,A",Great place to work,"People, perks, salary, benefits. One of the top payers around and lots of flexibility in benefits and work schedule. Have had many great managers","Little room to grow, long hours. Feels very much like a big company now and your contributions can feel insignificant",Continue to be transparent. Invest in employees,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1288,google,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good life and work balance,"good health benefit, flexible working environment and hours",food gets worse as offices grow,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1289,google,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,El Goog,"It's Google. Free lunches. Not being evil. Makes the world's information organized, universally accessible and useful.",Too much kale in the food. Why are they always trying to force kale on us? They even managed to put it into the butter.,Keep trying to change the world. Make sure that all the AI doesn't take over the world though.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1290,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former NYC employee,"Great benefits, work life balance","Very California centric, tough to progress in the US outside of California",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P129.htm
1291,google,none," Jun 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Great people, progressive attitudes, awesome benefits",Don't practice what they preach -- where are women in leadership?,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1292,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Ugh. Don't believe the hype,- Looks really good on a resume - Great pay,"- No sense of mission (last time I saw Google actively ""focusing on users"" was 2010) - Little opportunity for career growth. The project you work on is the most important (only?) factor in promotion. And most projects/teams are dead ends -","Focus on a mission and stick to it. Shifting from ""more wood behind fewer arrows"" to ""mobile first"" to ""AI first"" is action discussed as progress. Seriously, stop trying to vie for a promotion and just focus on the user and all else will follow.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1293,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Really really great,"If a start up job is not for you, but you still want to bust at work and be supported through it and rewarded for it, this is it. Also, very few mediocre people.","It's a corp job, not a start up.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1294,google,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head Startup Ecosystem,Very employee friendly and dynamic.Great learning,"Very Dynamic , India not on priority list",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1295,google,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporate Operations Engineer,"Great pay, great culture, interesting work","sexism within all male teams and its just accepted, woman advised not to transfer to those teams",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1296,google,"New York, NY"," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best possible ,"I believe that Google makes the world better, by pushing the boundaries of technology and making information more accessible. I'm constantly inspired by the things that Google does. As an employee I have excellent benefits, compensation and work environment. Colleagues and management are generally positive and supportive. Plenty of opportunity for growth if you are driven, otherwise it's not hard to ""coast"" either.","Because the company is big, both the technology and politics can get messy. There are many overlapping teams and products. Individuals and managers are incentivized to create new products/teams instead of contributing to existing ones. This results in products/features that overlap excessively. It also results in software that is excessively complex, as instead of building a single library we build multiple libraries owned by multiple teams.","Double down on ""product excellence"": the problems that were raised when Sundar started as CEO still exist. Think about what it really means to be ""bottom up"" because right now I feel more empowered to circulate a design doc to get buy in from management, than to write code. That's not the right kind of ""bottom up"" management.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1297,google,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Express,pay is good. leaders have no experience which helps us relax and hang around.,recommendation is the only war to clime up the ladder and get really high pay. no appreciation for hard workers.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1298,google,"New York, NY"," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I love,"I absolutely love it. The people are nice, the benefits are amazing, there is so much opportunity to grow, and no idea goes abandoned.","It does take a long time to feel comfortable in the position, but the people around you make the transition very easy.","The hierarchical structure is very confusing. It doesn't inhibit everyday work life, but it is nice to know who I am under.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1299,google,none," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"good work environment, flexible shedules","Huge work loads, Large teams",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1300,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company to work for!,- awesome benefits - generous compensation - very smart people,"- large company, so can be political - promotion committees are really tough - like getting a PhD",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P130.htm
1301,google,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quantitative Analyst,Great people to work with.,A lot of red tape. Google is great place for software engineers not so great for data analysts.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1302,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesomeness,Incredible talent and superb management support at all levels.,Nothing to report at this time.,"Keep up the culture, it works!!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1303,google,none," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Changing Culture,Google is a great place to work,The famous Google culture is changing as they become bigger. Many people coming in from other big tech companies have changed the culture a lot.,Try to restore the Google culture,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1304,google,none," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Entry level SWE,Good upwards career growth potential,Your satisfaction depends on your manager,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1305,google,none," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Company from top to bottom,Pretty much everything at Google is amazing,There aren't really any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1306,google,none," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,Awesome company amazing people there,there are not really any cons,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1307,google,"Chicago, IL"," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exceeded every one of my expectations,Great compensation & benefits Interesting work with amazing people Awesome problems and scale Treat everyone with respect and trying hardest not to be/do evil,Have not found any yet - perhaps too new here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1308,google,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I've ever worked for!,"Smart people, amazing culture, meaningful mission",Big company that is only getting bigger,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1309,google,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"good people, good times, good atmosphere",hard to have any meaningful impact at any scale,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1310,google,"New York, NY"," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Analytical Lead,Great company but too big,Great balance and exciting projects,Slow moving and too bureaucratic,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P131.htm
1311,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great place to work,"Flexible working environment, great people, great perks, tons of opportunities across all types of disciplines... hard to get bored.",experience (positive or negative) can vary by manager,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1312,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Manager,UX Manager,"Great salary & stock options, decent food and other perks.","Constantly reorging, lot's of pressure for promotion, sweatshop for designers, terrible commute if you don't live in Mountain View.","Invest in SF office, hire more designers. ""Scrappy teams"" just results in rush jobs, lower quality work and no work life balance.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1313,google,"Boston, MA"," May 20, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Experience is highly team/project dependant,"First off, you get to work on problems at huge scale. Even the simplest issues can become remarkably thorny and non-trivial at such scale. Second, Google has arguably one of the best developer tools in the industry. It helps you be many times more efficient than the average. Third, Google's hiring bar is very high, so your co-workers are often brilliant, and you are seldom slowed down by dependencies on other engineers/teams.","Google is large, and so each Product Area / Product / Team have their own sub-culture. You might fit well in some, and be a miserable in others. There really is no good way to tell. Having brilliant co-workers is a double-edged sword. This also implies a lot of competition for interesting projects, and the bar for getting a promotion is so high that it is not uncommon for people to get promoted for over 5 years or more.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1314,google,"New York, NY"," May 27, 2017",Former Employee - Intern - Hourly,great,great amazing loved it superb out of this world,great not so great just ok,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1315,google,none," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,best,"awesome , fantastic, enjoyed working","nothing, just hectic sometimes overall good",keep training your employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1316,google,"San Bruno, CA"," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,Super flexible working hours Good pay Do as much work as you want and get recognized for as much as you do,"Getting somewhat cumbersome to do some development tasks, due to larger overhead",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1317,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Incredible company, good work","- High pay - Lots of freedom and autonomy - Surrounded by talented people - Scope: products that affect a huge number of people - Supportive, inclusive culture - Amazing perks (travel, discounts, etc) - Free food and snacks alaways - Engineering is the primary focus , so fun to be on the product teams","- In some orgs (Search and Maps), there are so many PMs and a lot of politics - promotion cycle on a schedule",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1318,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company to work for!,Very generous on compensation and benefits,A lot of layers of management,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1319,google,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,People Are Walking on Eggshells,- The compensation package is okay. - The free food is decent. - The benefits are above and beyond. - Lots of name recognition.,"- Social Justice work is included in your performance review. Some engineers spend up to 50% of their time working on diversity and inclusion. So they've essentially become social workers. - Various orgs in the company have engaged in what can only be described as struggle sessions. Where employees admit that they are racist, sexist, and homophobic during meetings. - An internal mailing list tracks micro-aggressions committed each week. Everyone is walking on egg shells. - Managers have admitted to giving bad references to employees that ""make diversity and inclusion difficult."" Which is not a very good precedent considering what a subjective criteria that is for wrecking someone's career.","Make it clear to employees what they are getting themselves into when they sign up to work at Google. You can do this by creating a proper handbook that outlines what sorts of opinions employees may have and what sorts of behaviors are considered ""microaggressions"" -- to some Googler's holding a door open for a woman is an act of aggression.",1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1320,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome place,Nice work life balance. Great colleagues.,Too many teams doing the same thing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P132.htm
1321,google,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun But Hard,Perks are good. Salary is good. Diverse employees and all kinds of tech minded people.,Work/life balance. All those perks and benefits are an illusion. I barely have time to myself on weekdays.,Stop having so many useless meetings. What works for developers doesn't work for designers.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1322,google,none," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, so-so department",It's well known that the benefits and perks are very good and that the company works on amazing projects.,"There may be few cons if you work in a department that functions well. I worked in one where the culture fostered a fraternity/sorority-like environment. Those who were in this in-group coasted and were promoted and those who were not, worked very hard...but couldn't get far.","During calibration sessions, objectively review each employee's accomplishments instead of awarding high marks to those you like. This is not a popularity contest.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1323,google,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,"Great perks, coworkers, and projects/tasks",Be prepared to gain weight,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1324,google,none," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,k,Good benefits. Amazing tools.,work life balance isn't there. Company has become too . Lot of politics,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1325,google,"New York, NY"," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great company,Great company to work for. Awesome perks.,No care for your personal development.,n/a,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1326,google,"New York, NY"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Research Scientist,Great company to work for,Great colleagues. Good to work with smart people.  Good employee perks like free good quality food.,Company is quite big. So it comes with all the negatives of working for a big company.,n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1327,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Experience,Fun work environment. Good people,Long hours and lots of work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1328,google,"New York, NY"," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Analyst,I know people who remain off Linkedin so as to not be tempted away,"Bright, energetic people. Awesome workplace and perks. Great culture","As with any large corporation, sometimes it's hard to see the impact of your work and how specific your job responsibilities are often limit personal growth. They do give you time and a percentage allocation towards independent study but it can get repetitive and no longer challenging. Some people enjoy just being there but I need to have constant challenge.  If you're non-Ivy, a few of them can be condescending when you're new but as long as you show you're sharp and skilled, they won't continue to look down on you.","Increase transparency, encourage learning, offer rotations. I did that in a previous job, loved the opportunity, and the company found I could handle more difficult roles than originally assigned.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1329,google,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company,"Great culture, great management, interesting work","No real major con, though the promotion process could use some tweaking.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1330,google,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supervised,Great pay and quality equipment,I don't see no cons expect the weather is cold in the winter months,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P133.htm
1331,google,none," May 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool culture,food food food food food,management bureaucracy too large company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1332,google,"San Jose, CA"," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Google,Benefits work environment and overall good pay,Long hours and difficult to get a job their,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1333,google,none," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company needs better managers,Great culture Great colleagues Great benefits opportunities to expand/change directions in career,Need more invested managers and leadership,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1334,google,none," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it,Great benefits package. My management was very flexible. My team worked well together. I would recommend Google as a wonderful place to work.,In my time there I didn't really have too many cons to the job. I was lucky to have a great team and management. Any cons that I may have had were due to other employees not meshing with me but they were temporary.,My advice to management would be to listen a little more to the employees. I heard many good ideas from other employees that never came to fruition due to management not listening.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1335,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Security Engineer,"Exciting, difficult, and meaningful work.","Talented people, hard problems, great environment.","Intense pressure and competition in certain teams. Product plans change quickly, some projects die before completion.",Keep it up!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1336,google,none," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great all around,All the usual and over the top!,Too many people in the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1337,google,none," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great company,"- Great benefits like onsite cafes, # of vacation days, paternity leave - Great focus on employees and taking care of employee well-being and health - Surrounded by very smart (and humble) people, working on cutting edge things, and pushing the envelope - Very strong leadership team in Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Sundar Pachi, Eric Schmidt, and others - Great ethos - humility, let's change the world for the better, think outside the box - examplified by senior leadership - As a growing and innovative company, opportunities to work on many different things without needing to go work for another company - Great compensation package","As company has grown, the employee experience is no longer consistent across groups, as various organic 'sub-cultures' have inevitably formed. As much as the company values down-to-earth and friendly ehthos, some departments have become more corporate/cold or 'cut-throat' culturally.  I would still recommend Google to anyone - but must make sure the group you're interviewing for is culturally a fit for you.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1338,google,"Washington, DC"," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Prefer Not to Say,Terrific place to work and learn.,Salary is fantastic for everyone.,Nothing at all for know.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1339,google,none," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Review,Very good work culture in Google.,No cons as such .,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1340,google,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,Google is a very fun place to work,Lower salary relative to other companies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P134.htm
1341,google,none," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner",Long lines for the food,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1342,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Google Cloud,Google Cloud is confused and struggling,"The broader culture and opportunities are across Google are real and the culture is great in most places. Good embrace of the individual and solid equity. If you do start in Google Cloud, plan on making your way out of it to a more secure group within a . couple years.","Google Cloud has few real customers and wins deal by dropping price. Little real innovation and lots of politics. The management has been a revolving door of promotion-driven and warring fiefdoms for 4-5 years. They have mostly lost the Apps business to Microsoft Office 360 and the Public Cloud space to Amazon and Microsoft aside from a handful of faithful start-ups that are almost all of their business. Also, ageism and sexism is very real at Google.",Hire some market-experienced leadership with cloud chops. Management has been a potlical mess and revolving door for 4 years. Foster focus on your customers and your teams rather than individual ladder climbing.,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1343,google,"New York, NY"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,bloated spoiled toddler with ADHD,"perks, bennies, free food, happy hours, terraces",insane company. mgmt is a revolving door of self-serving power-hungry overlords,"dont be just out for yourself. mgmt wants so bad to make a name, they step on anyone to get ahead.",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1344,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Love my job,"Incredible people, I'm so fortunate to work here","There really aren't any, it's a lovely job!",Keep that stock price increasing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1345,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good,"Good, I love Google, really fun",No cons it's a great place,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1346,google,"New York, NY"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Technology Analyst,Great Company,Everything was going great and superb,Nothing i can say about this company is bad,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1347,google,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant at Google,Great food and cafeteria is amazing.,Location is a bit of a hassle.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1348,google,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Is what you make of it.,"Fantastic food perks and amenities like gym, laundry, etc. I'm pretty sure you could actually *live* on campus (unofficially) pretty comfortably, I know people who have.  Compensation is generous for employees, but be prepared to be given the runaround by your agency if you are are a temp, vendor, or contractor.","[Full-timers] Don't believe the hype, who your manager is matters a lot more than the ""unicorns and rainbows"" corporate culture that gets all the press. Lay the groundwork for transferring if your boss seems to be withholding information from you, or seems to have an agenda. Set well-defined, NON-SUBJECTIVE OKRs or you may get burned at perf.  [Temps/Vendors] For TVCs, just be happy for the free food and the nice resume builder, your vendor manager probably sees you as more of a nuisance than an asset and will give you the runaround when it comes time to review pay or conversion opportunities. Also, FTEs are likely oblivious of your situation if they themselves were not TVCs before getting convert, and just assume you have sick days, access to internal websites, events, etc.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1349,google,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Mgr,Smart people and good comp,long hours and projects can be boring,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1350,google,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,General review,Highly innovative minds. Great opportunities on technology.,Sometimes over expectations on individuals in the trasition.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P135.htm
1351,google,"Nashville, TN"," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Support,Good company,This is a really good company to work for.,"None at this time, thank goodness.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1352,google,"New York, NY"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technician,Culture is wonderful great workplace environment,None really as perfect as it gets,None,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1353,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Developer,Project manager,We think by the same way and it's a gift from god,He takes your idea and want to be always the winer the big boss,"A huge worldwid project on a new technology device treated differently, simple and insane complex",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1354,google,none," Apr 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place if you are looking for work/life balance,"really care about employees, make you feel like part of a family","too much bureaucracy, decisions take forever","make the company more nimble, let PMs take more risk. Acquire more mid size companies (30-50 employees)",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1355,google,none," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Healthy culture, a bit slow-moving",Company has a healthy culture. Relatively low stress & get to work on products used by millions of people!,"More institutionalized hierarchy than I'd like, as expected for such a large company. Takes a while to launch something new.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1356,google,none," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Nice people and great free food,Too much focus on playing the promotion game,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1357,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Global Sales Manager,Global Accounts Business Manager,Amazing quality of talents hired/to work with/for Great breadth of job/career options Locations all around the world Great perks and lifestyle,"Getting bigger and bigger, with subsequent growth and org. issues that usually affect big corps, although start up spirit remains relatively pregnant","Continue focusing on attracting talents, which remains the essence of what Google is all about",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1358,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Chief Technology Officer,The best thing about Google is the people.,"Super intelligent, driven, friendly people. I learned something new every day. Great benefits and perks, which everyone knows about. And you're working on cutting-edge, industry-defining technologies, which is exciting.","The longer I stayed the bigger it grew, and it eventually became more like a traditional big company. Many layers of management, too many products to keep track of what was going on, duplicated efforts, longer and longer decision and action times. Of course, the company kept growing at a healthy rate during all of that, so what do I know. But, the company also made some bets on areas that it knew it was weak in - social networking, for example - that were very expensive and did not pan out, because they were done with a top-down, Google-scale approach that alienated a lot of users and also took way too long to work out kinks.","Increase the pace of innovation. Empower teams to build entirely new products that might cannibalize existing businesses, for the sake of long-term viability. Don't try to jump on to trends at Google scale - invent new trends at a smaller scale and let them grow organically. Do more to help startups, especially in consumer, design-driven products, because inside the Google bubble of unlimited cash, it's hard to see what's going on out there in the real world and what people actually want. So don't try so hard - let others figure it out, nurture them, and then buy them.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1359,google,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,"Bleeding edge technology. Great co-workers, benefits, and overall pay/bonus (if you qualify).","Management, performance evaluation, work/life balance. If you aren't MTV-based finding career opportunities can be VERY limited","Managers that are allowed to go completely off-the-rails without supervision of what they are doing are going to kill the creative edge that your overly-intelligent employees might have. While the performance evaluation system (PERF) might be better-than-average and takes peer feedback into consideration, a supervisor can still do whatever they want under a cloak of secrecy to torpedo performance scores, bonus, and stock grants. The money that can be made isn't worth the potential grief, stress, and suffering that micromanaging bring.",2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1360,google,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TPA insurance Human Resources,"People , travel and invention being able to share my ideas and explore new opportunities , meeting new people and exploring new things","I'm older then most of your interns , I however am excellent and HR management and supporting a team , travel also",I would love to see how google and I can grow and prosper,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P136.htm
1361,google,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Great!,"Smart people, nice office, hard work.","Tough job, sometimes higher up politics affects outcomes.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1362,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome.,"Great culture and perks. Coworkers are often very nice as well. Also, there are a ton of tools and best practices they push onto you. Code quality is superb.",Sometimes you feel very small. Google is a massive company and you can imagine how hard it is to stand out and do work that is unique.,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1363,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Great place to work!,Great team and awesome work / life balance.,A lot of change so very quick environment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1364,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Large stable company,"Excellent culture, benefits, company as a whole. A lot of companies care either about their users or their employees. Google cares a lot about both.","It takes a long time to get simple things done because it is such a large company. That being said, when a small change is made it immediately affects millions of users.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1365,google,none," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice place, good hours",work life balance is a definite plus. good people to work with,not much to say. Loved my times there!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1366,google,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"Flexible hours, big thinkers, smart colleagues, great perks.",Company is quite big now and feels a little impersonal.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1367,google,none," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Best job I ever had!,"No cons, loved everything about this company!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1368,google,none," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Cloud,Google is an amazing company with incredibly talented people and a great work culture -- seriously awesome in fact.,Some of the original assets for the Google Suite were originally developed for the consumer and did not have the the F500 CIO or CISO in mind. The product has been re-architected in a way to more favorably displace the legacy vendors including MS.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1369,google,"Chicago, IL"," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Surveyor,Placesence surveyor,"good pay, good O.T Free food, Car (Rental), Gas, Free Shoes (up to $150 every 6 months) paid travel, reward point build up(gas,hotel,air fair). Make your own hours, work independently.","Horrible Health Benefits (through Adecco), No sick days, No Vacation Days, Long Period away from home (single mans job)","give some vacation days and sick days, people get sick and should not have to suffer financially because they got the flu or injured them self.",4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1370,google,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer Special Projects,great work enviroment and very felxible for materunity,long work hours and a lot of nerds,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P137.htm
1371,google,none," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,"really fun to work at Google, loved it there. all the people were nice",the coffee machine was broken for a short time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1372,google,"New York, NY"," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bloated with little idea of how to attack the AI-age,"All the resources you can imagine. Amazing, brilliant colleagues.",Chaos in the new world of AI/NLP/NLU.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1373,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Analyst,Awesome company,nice food and facilities are awesome.,nothing much to say. Everything was perfect,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1374,google,none," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Products with amazing reach an scale.,Definitely faces some challenges typical to a big company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1375,google,none," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interning,Free Food. Near the Beach. A lot of other interns.,"My project did not matter. I had to take online classes, because my host finished the original project before I came to intern.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1376,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Great company,"free lunches, free sport, flexible timetable",i didn't really see any inconvenients,keep doing the great job it's fantastic,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1377,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Amazing SUmmer,"Great people, never met an annoying person. The social values of the company are great. Relaxed environment is a big plus.","Stockholm syndrome :/ It is easy to feel intimidated. Google is a big company with a lot of insider technologies, don't expect to know it all from day one.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1378,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Global Product Lead,"Fun, collaborative!","Free food, great healthcare plan, lots of other perks","You're competing with the best of the best ,)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1379,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"- Opportunity to work on meaningful products with global impact. - The company really cares about employees being happy, growing, performing. - You can move around to different teams, roles, and offices relatively easily to find the right fit. - Tons of employee development programs and perks. - Generous compensation-based performance. - Very smart, mostly well-intentioned coworkers. - Amazing developer tooling. I especially liked the internal code review tool. I haven't seen anything as powerful outside. - Google will be around for a long time and continue to be a great place to work and build a career. So stability, depending on your preference.","- Impact and growth opportunities depend heavily on your team. - When you first join, you are typically assigned to a team, so you might not be working on something you're super excited about. (You can transfer after 18 months.) - Your equity is (probably) not going to 10x. - The tech stack is different than the rest of the industry, though with Google Cloud Platform they are trying to change that. - SF to Mountain View commute is soul-sucking. - Not allowed to work on side projects that make money. - Depending on the team, people are not as hungry, young, motivated as what you might find at startups. - Promotions are determined outside your team. It's the best system I could imagine, but it's also time-consuming and slow.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1380,google,none," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a great place to work,Google is great place to work,It's getting a lot bigger,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P138.htm
1381,google,none," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies to work for,Nice perks. Low politics. Low pressure.,Move slowly. Too many unimportant low impact projects.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1382,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Everybody has a voice.,Hard to convince others,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1383,google,none," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,"innovation, active support, good baance",keep the fast pace alive,keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1384,google,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Strategist,Apply!,"Stable company, lots of innovation, and stock is growing",Larger company and slower than startups,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1385,google,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great projects, great people to work with, excellent benefits, amazing perks. I especially appreciate the commuter buses which cover a very large area and make my commute painless.",Promotion process is very heavyweight. Requires way too much work.,"Fix the promotion process. The philosophy behind it is good, but the implementation is not. Since promo committee members come from all over the company, a lot effort is spent just explaining what an employee has done.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1386,google,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Excellent benefits and perks along with room to grow as a professional,Highly competitive environment with limited promotion cycles,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1387,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Now Corporate,"There are many many caring people that are passionate about how the company affects the world, and how their actions affect their peers.","It's very large, some people have gotten in that are not very Googley, and it's starting to feel corporate.","Keep the weird, let go of the jerks.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1388,google,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits",work life balance could be improved,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1389,google,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Channels Specialist,Amazing work-life balance and ability to act autonomously!,"Training and onboarding new team members in their line of service, but we're getting better!",Thank you for all you do!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1390,google,none," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard pressed to find anything else like Google,Amazing benefits that I didn't fully appreciate while there...until I left and found out other companies don't come nearly as close!,"So much competition for promotions, because you're up against the rest of the cream of the crop that made it to Google",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P139.htm
1391,google,"Boulder, CO"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great culture smart people challenging work,Less importance to a person as individual,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1392,google,none," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,"Great Pay, substantial benefits",There aren't to many cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1393,google,none," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,"flexible, great people. Google challenges you to be your best","If working in a relaxed setting is not something you like, don't work here",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1394,google,none," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great peers and good perks,The company treats the employees as adults. Open and caring.,"Bureaucracy, common in a big company.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1395,google,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, depends a lot on team","great convening power, whip smart colleagues","your experience will depend heavily on the team you're with. larger teams working on the bread and butter can be stagnant and less exciting, but working on emerging products can be thrilling.",focus,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1396,google,none," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great perks but slow career growth,- Get to work with smart people - Perks - work/life balance,- Starting on a new team could be chaotic if they don't already have a solid project for you to work on or a plan.,Make roles less ambiguous so Googlers careers don't suffer.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1397,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Great place, but LONG commute",- Great benefits - Awesome people - can not say this enough! - Cool projects to work on,"- Recent management changes (Ruth, Sundar) are definitely changing the company culture. Its not entirely bad changes, just different than before. - Long commute from San Francisco with minimal flexibility. Company is losing good employees as they move their offices further south to Sunnyvale or San Jose. Longer commutes on buses are taking major tolls on employees health (back pain, tech neck). Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, and Massage Therapists are basically acting as a triage department for these issues. - Can be hard to switch between job ""ladders"" if you don't love your current field","- Enforce a better commute/life balance policy for employees. You've developed hangouts, make it company culture that this form of communication is 100% acceptable so that your employees don't keep hurting themselves physically during a daily 3 hour round-trip commute.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1398,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,"- Incredibly smart, inspiring people to be around - Culture pushes you to think big - Pay/Benefits top notch",- Bureaucracy and politics exist - The commute if you don't work in MTV but are based there - Work life balance is often mentioned but rarely,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1399,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer Tools and Infrastrure,Google Not Code Complete,"Work is used by a significant user-base, millions of users","Poor balance between delivering fast and maintaining/reducing technical debt. Develop and release quickly, then only fix serious issues.","Allow honest peer feedback. The financial impact of peers raising concerns, even suggestions for improvement, is so great that employees are only soliciting feedback from those that provide only positive feedback.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1400,google,none," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rapid Evaluator,"Innovative, Smart colleagues, interesting projects",Executive management lacked focus and made poor decisions.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P140.htm
1401,google,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really Good Intro Job,You get a lot of sales experience. It's not shady sales. The community and office is great!,you work %0+ hours a week,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1402,google,none," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow,"Lots of resources for career growth, personal development, and easy to switch to other parts of the company.",Parts of the company are getting slower and more bureaucratic. You definitely don't move as fast anymore.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1403,google,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,challenging environment where everyone is working together to solve problems,Chelsea Market is an avenue further than 8th avenue,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1404,google,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Good company good benefits nice,none that I have encountered,Great management great work enviorment,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1405,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Developer,Not what I thought it would be,"Google had a good salary, not great, but ok for the present market. It's a company that is flush with money so there are a lot of interesting things to do if you can get on the right teams.","A very long commute for me, they should allow people to work all over the bay area. A lot of politics, 10 percent of the people are actually bright and know what they are doing, the rest just latch onto their coattails. The people prides itself on have very very very smart people, I didn't see that many such people while I was there. If you are not on the right team the work can be rather boring.",Concentrate on innovative development. Cut out the middle managers. Be more innovative given all the resources the company has. There is far too much hype surrounding this company,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1406,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - User Experience Manager,UX Mangaer,- people & culture - scale of problems - comp,- political fighting - lack of design curiosity,n/a,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1407,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Sals Manager,Great comp and benefits but decision making can be erratic.,Highly competitive compensation and amazing benefits.,Decision making can be erratic.,Greater focus on business issues that drive value.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1408,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 5, 2017",Former Employee - Intern,Best Company Ever,Free food Excellent People Good Mentors Great Opportunities Excellent Infrastructure Updated Technology Always Innovating,Too Busy People Inferiority Complex Sometimes you feel you are very alone in this big company Its no longer a startup,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1409,google,none," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great work culture and peers,Limited growth opportunities beyond your team,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1410,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Comfortable job, but culture kind of crappy.","Benefits are good, the company generally treats its employees well.","Promotion-driven development, employees focus on launching crappy products and getting promoted, instead of taking the time to build excellent products.",Focus on earning user and employee trust.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P141.htm
1411,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, Big company problems","high salary, lots of benefits",big company problems. lots of negativity,manage poor performers better,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1412,google,none," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Going from great to average,"Great benefits, friendly intelligent people, fun, high impact on the world, especially at the lower levels.","Projects get canceled, often unexpectedly and seemingly arbitrarily by higher ups many levels up, that you never meet. Sometimes entire sites get closed for ""business decisions"", not based on the projects being worked on there, but just due to internal power struggles. Work life balance, 20% time, and other principles being eroded over time. The higher up you go, the less friendly and intelligent people are, and the more like the stereotypical power hungry pointy haired bosses.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1413,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Smart people, great benefits, career opportunities",A lot of teams and projects are not as good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1414,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best Job I've had,Free food Network of talented coworkers,Impact can be hard to obtain at such a large company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1415,google,none," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Innovative New and Interesting and Fun,"It's Google, but I like that",Keep up the good work on innovation and top talent.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1416,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,Sales,Great products and with massive growth potential,Little creativity and quotas often times outpace actual growth,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1417,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The stereotypes are true,"I have been in Google for 6 years, and it is really as good as people say it is.  - Culture: Very supportive and positive culture - Interesting technical problems - Smart colleagues - Nice perks - Flexible work schedule","- Complex systems. Need to do lot of work (approvals, reviews, configuration & code changes) to make even small user-facing changes.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1418,google,"Venice, CA"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Engineer,"Great perks, talented co-workers, world-class products and problems.",It is a large company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1419,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,Strategic Partner Manager,"Culture, People, Compensation, Stock Options, Cool Products, Free Food.",Frequent org and strategy changes.,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1420,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Research Scientist,"Many opportunities, but also chaotic.","Great work-life balance, showing initiative and leadership is welcomed and rewarded. Lot of freedom in pursing research directions.","Many teams and people. There is a good chance that there already is an entire team working on your research idea - and that you only find out after sinking months into it. Often lack of strong (leadership) vision, resulting in lack of synchronisation between teams.",Be less afraid to impose your (long-term) vision - people will still feel empowered enough if they have a say in strategy (how to achieve said vision).,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P142.htm
1421,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS PARTNER,"After more than a decade, still proud and grateful","Great benefits, great people (mostly), some flexibility, many opportunities to learn and grow.","Competitive, getting more bureaucratic, political at times due to Type A people with sharp elbows, you work very hard and are often burned out or beaten down by the pace.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1422,google,none," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,new grad experience,"flexiblility, work life balance smart people to work with and learn from",bureaucratic constraints can stifle innovation,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1423,google,none," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Administrative Business Partner,"Great benefits, interesting and smart people. Freedom to take off and soar. Laid back culture.",Lack of structure for some roles can be challenging. Full of disgruntled overachievers that want to be VPs... but they can't all be VPs!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1424,google,none," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,good it is a very good company,nothing bad. google is a good company,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1425,google,none," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Research Engineer,Good environment and free food.,There are too many employees now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1426,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Dynamic and exciting working environment,good pay with world's best people","Dynamic and exciting environment, talented people to work with.","Its location, it took long time to arrive to the complex.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1427,google,none," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good salary,the environment is the best,there is not many positions for new fresh,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1428,google,none," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Sales Engineer,"Good benefits, lots of locations","Very competitive, no place for anyone over 30",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1429,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"I worked with a lot of talented people, which helped raise my own skills.",The hours can be long and the expectations high.,Keep on keeping your employees happy.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1430,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 25, 2017",Current Employee - Interactoin DesignerIII,The best work place so far :),"3P is awesome, People, Project, and Perks. You will work with great people, googley goolers, open-minded, well-disciplined, and wiling to take a risk and try new things! You will also work on cool projects that have impact on people's everyday life in the world. And great great perks will just follow. :)","Very fast facing, and there are no such rules never gonna be changed so you have to follow. You should be very active and adjust yourself to the evolving environment continually.",Thanks for keeping Google transparent.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P143.htm
1431,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great learning & work life balance,"- Get to learn a lot, not just technical things but non-technical things as well. For eg. how a company can keep growing and have culture to attract the best talent.",- There is bureaucracy at places. - Culture of innovation seems to be fading.,Focus more on experimentation and innovation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1432,google,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Making diamonds from coal - if you like that sort of thing,"- Incredibly brilliant people - Exposure to great projects and opportunities - The perks (food, Google Bus, workout facilities) are as good as expected","- In my department, turbulent management style led to 40% attrition rate in 6 months - Growth through chaos... it really is about turning coal into diamonds - Incredibly stressful - Poor work-life balance (those sleeping rooms are there for a reason!) - The 3-hour R/T commute to SF is nothing to sneeze at - soul-draining - Bias against older employees (employees 35 y.o. and older are referred to as ""Grayglers"" - this bias surfaces occasionally in the company culture)","Keep making fantastic products and services - but listen to your people. As they begin to age and grow families, work-life balance will supersede the benefits..",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1433,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still a very good company,Full of talented people. Good development environment.,Company got a bit large. Often it's hard to get visibility of the projects or accomplishments.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1434,google,none," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company culture and co-workers,I really enjoyed working with intelligent co-workers,I feel like I was consistently staffed on projects below my skill level,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1435,google,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Workplace,"Group Communication, focused, friendly, great office","busy, work life balance, benefits, people",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1436,google,none," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn and develop,"Benefits, comp, autonomy, ability to change jobs internally",Commute from city and inability to work from the city,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1437,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google review,great work environment for most people,lack of diversity with underrepresented minorities,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1438,google,none," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,"Fun enviorment, You learn a lot while you are there",Maybe the work to life balance could be better but overall it was very good,They are actually really good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1439,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - HRBP,HR,"Wonderful people, excellent benefits, and exciting work.",Less structure for clear career trajectories,Clear career trajectories,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1440,google,none," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Flexible, brilliant people, high impact.",Could be stressful and competitive.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P144.htm
1441,google,"Boulder, CO"," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,great large Tech company with good culture,"great people, great benefits, great culture, great products",growing / scaling difficult to do while staying agile,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1442,google,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best of the best for Big firm engineering,"Engineer driven space, excellent compensation, great perks. But most importantly the people.",If you don't like big companies this isn't the place for you.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1443,google,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Great work environment to be a part of,The hours can be long,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1444,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"The benefits are amazing. Free food, free everything.","Things do get busy, and everyone's super competitive.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1445,google,none," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Googler,"Good company to work for, great food","Can seem to be too big, too slow sometimes",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1446,google,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Developer Marketing Director,Fantastic company,Smart people in all departments,People don't tend to stick around too long,Get a BI server!,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1447,google,"San Jose, CA"," Apr 1, 2017",Former Employee - Google Specialist,Google Review,"They have free food, great bathrooms and other services that people in other companies would otherwise pay for. The work environment is positive.",Google is very competitive and there are a lot of inside politics in terms of jobs and promotions.,"I really don't have any advice to management, everything was pleasant and done well.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1448,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Pmm,Great benefits but not enough of an impact,"Great benefits, work/life balance, culture is great","not enough ownership, same politics as any big company, wont make as much of an impact as other smaller companies",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1449,google,none," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful experience,"Incredible people, lots of flexibility to grow and challenge yourself",Poor communication from upper management in terms of reasons for various decisions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1450,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Google Rocks!,"Research, Top dollar, Clever colleagues","Proprietary technologies, adhoc promotion process",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P145.htm
1451,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,The Best of the Best,"Smart, motivated colleagues. Hard problems. Great perks.","Meritocracy fails to account for luck/""right-place, right-time.""",Recognize that good talent can still land in a bad team and/or toxic environment.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1452,google,none," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Best company to work for in USA,none really that come to mind,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1453,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Increasingly disappointing,Amazing perks. Improved work/life balance. Lots of internal mobility opportunities. Supports career/personal development with a multitude of internal classes and resources.,"Increasing pool of ineffective and inexperienced middle managers. HR doesn't do anything perceivable to remove toxic employees (even ones who have a proven track record of questionable ethics/morality and embarrassingly low employee feedback scores). Lots of hierarchy. As a result, culture is quickly degrading.",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1454,google,none," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful work environment and very collaborative atmosphere.,Wonderful work environment Work-Life Balance is given primary importance.,"Flat hierarchy structure, which can be both good and bad.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1455,google,none," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Tremendous Benefits, Lacks Focus",Great work environment Amazing benefits and perks Great people,Management lacks focus Chaotic Prioritization Increasingly Bureaucratic,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1456,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Great Salary, Great Benefits, Free Food! Management really cares, Google really cares about their employees. Interview processes ensure that only the best people are hired.",There really are not many. The company has a start-up mentality so things are always changing. You must be comfortable with constantly changing priorities and reorganization.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1457,google,none," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool job,* competitive compensation * lots of learning opportunities * inter-company transfers are possible for software engineers if you are not satisfied with the team or manager,"Google is a commercial company which means you have to do the job required for it to earn money or attract users. Sometime that may not be your most favourite research topic or the cleanest most beautiful code, which may be hard to accept if you are a perfectionist.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1458,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Team Lead,Team Lead in Sales and Operations,"Incredible talent, true collaborative spirit, obviously the perks and benefits are unbeatable. The culture is very flexible-- just get your work done. They do a great job training managers. This was my first time managing people and I felt I was given the tools and resources to do my job well.","I worked in MTV and lived in San Francisco and the commute was absolutely horrible. They also do a poor job managing out low performers. Instead of letting people go, they're shuffled around the organization and tend to remain a problem.",Allow flexibility for working in SF,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1459,google,none," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior software engineer,very good love this job,nothing is bad about this job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1460,google,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at a verb,Well known company. Some good infrastructure.,Doesn't value quality. Throws away product lines like tissues. Endless churn.,Actually commit to products and product excellence. Reward people for making great (or even usable) products instead of punishing them.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P146.htm
1461,google,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TPM,Best place to work and grow.,None that I could think of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1462,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Engineer,Still the best place I have ever worked,Great people in an environment that is fun and challanging,I now a bigger company so it has become somewhat silo'd,Continue to open. Provide better viability to opportunities. Better decision making when starting projects into new business areas,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1463,google,none," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's the Googliest,"Great people, amazing offices, free lunch!","Huge company, fewer opportunities outside of HQ",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1464,google,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Interesting / challenging work. Smart colleagues.,Can not think of any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1465,google,"India, TN"," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Data Analyst,Best environment to work at.,Stress level is little high,I liked everything about the company,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1466,google,none," Mar 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lifeless corporate drones,"Decent salary, that's about it","Massively overcrowded offices, more lawyers and Human Resources bots than engineers, company is terrified of Amazon's growth and just trying to copy everything they do, zero innovation",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1467,google,"Boulder, CO"," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Payments Processing at Google Boulder, CO",Great salary. Great benefits. Great food. Great location. Some really great people.,"Don't expect to see great code. Expect a mess which everyone is struggling to understand, caused by fast pace, rapid turnover, and some really spectacular bad past design decisions that make things very hard to trace, but are now deeply embedded, and would be very hard to remove. Having said that, if this is your thing, great, they will reward you handsomely to help keep them afloat. Company is extremely PC. But you already knew that. Apparently, surveillance of personal email/networks. I can't prove it but I was creeped out too many times.",Slow down. Build a stable team. Stop hiring physicists. Hire experienced fin-tech people.,1.0,none,none,none,5.0,none,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1468,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 10, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Writing,Technical Writer,"Responsibility I was given right from the start to do what I thought was right, and support for it. Freedom to move introduce bold new ideas and rock the boat a little. The quality and level of intellect in Google was the most I'd experienced in my career (after stints in other tech giants). Being in the environment ups your game and makes you better.",Can seem chaotic to folks who might need more structure.,"Emphasize to Googlers not to loss touch with the outside world, users of Google's products and services. I found there was a tendency to become more and more isolated in the perfect Google cocoon of free meals, laundry, and perks that in the end were detrimental to empathy with the rest of the world.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1469,google,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place,great management. and the food is good.,Too many smart people.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1470,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer (by acquisition),"When my former company was acquired, I was not required to interview for my job and there were no changes to my salary. Google is paying out my unvested options and RSUs and gave me a grant of GSUs to boot. This was all very surprising to me as I had less than a year of experience when the acquisition began.  Excellent professional development resources.","Having a list of approved languages is kind of a drag. I am also hoping there will be a place for me, in the future, outside of the former company wth which I was acquired.","Thank you for making the transition seamless! It was stressful, but worked out nicely in the end.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P147.htm
1471,google,none," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,Benefits perks free food parking,Slow pace too much competition,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1472,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work at,"Great group of co-workers, great perks, TGIF and memegen.",Nothing that comes to mind.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1473,google,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Line Cook,Pump House,Food is great. The hours are really good as well.,"The management sucks, the turnover rate is ridiculous, most of all the employees are professional, and the health department will probably shut them down really soon.",Advice to management is that if you want to keep good workers expecting for the company to be successful then stop just hiring anybody and learn what it truly means to be professional and respectful because your all not at all honestly.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1474,google,none," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learn and grow from the best,"+ Mutual sense of trust amongst employees -- everyone wants to be there + Wide-reaching, impactful work + Able to own your piece of the project, even at junior levels",- Focuses on new shiny products instead of investing in existing work - Company is large enough that bureacracy is creeping in,Balance new feature work with listening to existing users,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1475,google,none," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it,"Wonderful place to work - big, but worth it","Big, can become political accordingly, but much better than most companies of this size",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1476,google,"Mountain View, Buncombe, NC"," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Not a secret but Google continues to be one of the best places to work at. You will work with the world's best and have freedom to reach your full potential.,"Not a real cons but you can get disoriented by the amount of stuff happening around you. Also, the talent around you can be almost intimidating but the best talent thrives in that environment",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1477,google,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Good folks good money i RECKON. ,)",Im more of a bing guy tbh.,"Nothing, keep being awesome!!!!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1478,google,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,Really fun time in the office,Sometimes Hard day to day,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1479,google,none," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,chief of staff,you'll work with amazing and bright people they company is working hard to improve inclusion they have a commitment to diversity most of the senior leadership is filled with solid people,grown too fast and lots of poor managers less and less opportunities for growth for most people becoming increasingly corporate terrible commute for many in bay area,create opportunity for growth,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1480,google,"San Diego, CA"," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,SunSplash Swimwear,Great Place to work overall,"nothing, great place to work",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P148.htm
1481,google,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Food is delicious,Food is really delicious and healthy,no professional gym to use in building,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1482,google,none," Mar 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful company to work for - beware the cost of living!,"Amazing, supportive management environment. Friendly, positive, smart coworkers and nurturing environment. If you're a hard worker you can thrive here.","Don't expect much upward career movement, but lateral moves are readily available. Middle or product level management needs a hard look and a swift kickstart.","Improve the promotion process by making it possible for one to be promoted within the current context of the corporate culture. By this, I mean that it seems the promotion model has not been updated since the company was much smaller. Also, make sure all the people placed in positions of management have a true vision and drive rather than just competence. Projects tend to drift here, and I feel that efforts are wasted due to weak leadership. Even strong and smart employees are not always cut out for management. Nobody should be able to say that you need to leave the company and make a higher salary to get promoted on return.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1483,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - SWE,SWE FTE,"smart peers, decent problems to solve, loads to learn, decent compensation, good perks","though there are ton of good problems to solve in good projects, the good work is reserved for L5+ engineers as they need complex work to get promoted  managers assign responsibilities based on what is required to ensure people get promoted to next level and not because they are interested in solving the problem or they have the ability to solve the problem, you have to make your manager happy to get good work, the promotion process is totally crap  people do the wrong things to get promoted, people don't do the right thing because it won't help with promotion, some people become people manager just to grow and not because they are interested in managing people",fix the screwed up promotion process,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1484,google,none," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,good technological company to work with,no cons of compay to share,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1485,google,none," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Program Manager,Awesome,Entrepreneurial - able to drive what you are doing on day to day basis Responsible,Lack of clear promotion path,Specify clear development and promotion path,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1486,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Great place to work,"Perks on campus and products we get to work on are awesome, but the people are the best part.",Lots of bureaucracy and your experience can vary depending on what organization you are.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1487,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place to work,I get to focus what I truly love to do without worrying about politics.,It's difficult (but not impossible) to stand out because you work with literally the top engineers recruited from around the world.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1488,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Company,"Awesome culture! I love my colleagues, smart, competent and self managing. Great benefits and wonderful free food.",The company doesn't focus on organization processes. It's not very lean.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1489,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Office Manager,Exceptional Ideas,The environment and furnishings are fun and foster creativity,Processes can be very slow,Continue to Listen,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1490,google,"Washington, DC"," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Enterprise Account Executive,enterprise rep,iconic technology company that has a brilliant & vibrant culture,needs to invest in the value message to the enterprise market for google cloud/apps related to business use cases.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P149.htm
1491,google,"Poplar Bluff, MO"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Security Officer,Grrrreeeetttt,Great place to work for both family and friends.,None at all to conplaine about code 20.....,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1492,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Business Development Associate,Just a short stay here,I liked the free food when I visited the main campus. Some of the people I met there were pretty good.,"It didn't turn out to be what I thought it would be. Maybe I was just disillusioned by the hype but it isnt all milk and cookies and puppies at google.... just be aware that you're going to work for mega corporation not some fun ""start up""",How about you inject a little bit of humility in the culture?,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1493,google,none," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Big company, big challenges","Great underlying mission, super supportive when life goes haywire, great resources.","Losing their collaborative spirit, much too competitive and political, big machine makes it hard to get things done. Very hard to find new opportunities within the company.","Decide what you believe in and reward employees accordingly. When your incentives don't match your message, discontent sets in.",4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1494,google,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Interesting projects, great perks and benefits, good pay, very good people-smart and easy to work with generally","Can be a lot of working hours at times, new CFO seems to be cutting some of the more interesting projects",Don't cut any of the other bets!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1495,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Researcher Scientist,Amazing company,"1. Amazing colleagues -- not only super smart, but super ethical, and conscientious -- as employees and as human beings. 2. Great culture. 3. Amazingly flexible management that is second to none.","Starting to become a large company, albeit the best one I can think of. Might be harder to climb up the rungs.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1496,google,none," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to go,Can meet a lot of smart people and can delve into a lot of different areas.,You may be nobody there.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1497,google,none," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you're upper management,"-Great benefits (insurance, pet insurance, parties, testing new technology, sick leave, etc) -Interesting people","-Coming from a startup, I was overwhelmed by the lack of flexibility / overload of procedures for even the simplest of projects. -Can get demotivating",Simplify.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1498,google,none," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,marketing,long hours and weekend work,short hours not enought time to work,get better,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1499,google,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager Review,"good people, competitive pay, exposure to massive digital marketing product portfolio","massive company, sales is become extremely bureaucratic",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1500,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer III,Great people and meaningful work. (The food is good too.),Can be a little hard to escape the bubble if/when you want to.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P150.htm
1501,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 19, 2017",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Development Manager,Great company,"Amazing colleagues, transparent culture, some of the best benefits in the world, great pay, a culture of learning and improving, a culture of respect towards women, LGBTI, and other similar groups that can face discrimination, some very hard challenges to be worked on, opportunities for travel... I could go on!","It is big. Really big. When I joined it was 'only' 15,000 people, and still managed to feel like a young tech co, but by the time I left it was closer to 60,000 and the bureaucracy had really started to strangle various parts of the work that I did (I once needed to get 11 people to approve a deal in Simba that was worth maybe 100k... What a waste).","There is an aversion to letting go of people at Google. In many ways, this is admirable, but there certainly is some dead weight that could be let go of without impacting the quality of the products.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1502,google,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,smart co-workers transparency (for a large company),sometimes decision making is a bit chaotic,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1503,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Learning and Development,A Disappointing Place where Bias Still Exists and No true support for those with Disabilities,It is a place that will truly challenge you and there are some great people who are trying to make a true difference. I leave knowing that what I worked on had true impact on others personally and professionally. I was lucky to have the mentors and champions I did.,"It is a sink or swim environment. Wonderful perks but they are there to keep you at work longer. People don't leave jobs, they leave managers. Google has a long way to go when it comes to training their managers effectively and actually making sure they represent the initiatives Google is in the news for such as Psychological Safety and Unconscious Bias. I went from amazing managers and sponsors to the worst manager ever. Just because a manager takes a course doesn't mean they have adopted the lessons taught.  I suffer from a disability that is episodic and goes into remission at times. At the end of my time with Google, despite needs for accommodations due to my disability, my manager declined a request to work in a quieter and more private work space. HR took their time. In addition, I was only allowed to work from home on Fridays. I was also penalized on my performance review for not being able to work in a more visible work space. This is important to note. I went from a high performing employee for 4+ years and then got sick and within 3-4months was rated as a Needs Improvement by my manager who had only managed me for 3 months and the one before 5 months. At Google, your MANAGER has the final say on your performance review. Despite high ratings from everyone else, HR stands firm about letting the managers rating be the overall rating and override all other reviewers.  Google needs to understand that not all people work or learn the same way. Don't expect reasonable accommodations to be honored here. They took 6 weeks to respond to my drs note for a medically necessary accommodation. This is NOT a space if you have any type of disability especially cognitive or mental ones. There is a whole internal email disability group which provides a community for many of us who are struggle from our disability and not our jobs. However, no one from HR has bothered to address the true struggles that people with disabilities are facing.","It is not enough to just have programs on Psychological Safety and Unconscious Bias. Google needs to do a better job vetting and deciding who moves into a management role. I loved my job and I was great at it. The change to two new managers in less than 6 months was not only too much for me to take but for our team of 10. Manager survey reports are enough. What are the chances that the managers report is going to tell you that the managers you put in place last lacked so little empathy, compassion, and support and was so goal driven that they pushed 2 of their 10 reports onto medical leave. Google, you are losing tons of top talent because people don't fit into a particular mold. The truth of the matter is that sooooo much top talent can be saved with very minor accommodations. There needs to be an Advocate for those who have disabilities to mediate with HR or managers when needed. So many managers are caught up in their day to day that despite being educated on Unconscious Bias .... they just can't see their biases because they are so caught up on performance. You can't know what you don't know just like many of these managers can't see their biases. You can't see what you can't see and a short workshop or online course is not enough to make you see it, identify it and change it. Google, you need someone to be identifying and challenging managers in real life to challenge their biases and to come in and advocate for those with disabilities. Many other companies already have this role and it is truly unfortunate that a large company such as Google at the forefront of so much does not.  ""Many of us, particularly those of us with disabilities who have faced persistent discrimination throughout our lives, not least when trying to find employment in the first place, take enormous pride in our hard-fought jobs and careers.""- Stella Young. For many with disabilities, it is a dream come true to work at Google. It's hard to work so hard with a disability, and have your accomplishments taken away not because of your disability, but because of persistent discrimination.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1504,google,none," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working there,It was Good working there,No real cons about the place,none,4.0,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1505,google,none," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,marketing manager,"mission, culture, benefits, talent, scale",Growth in size means hierarchy and bureacracy,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1506,google,none," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Employer,"Awesome Perks, They really take care of you as en employee, A pride in working at Google",Work may not be really that challenging or interesting for everyone,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1507,google,none," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for!,"Excellent benefits, great culture and people. And you get to work on latest technology and products that impact billions of users!","While no work place is perfect, Google continues to take good care of employees!",Continue to encourage and sponsor innovation from bottom of hierarchy.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1508,google,none," Feb 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Great company to work for.,I don't have any cons.,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1509,google,none," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Pracitcum,Really easy going people. Lots of fun projects.,None. They were really good to me and the pay and benefits were amazing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1510,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great,Great benefits Smart people Easy to move around location and positions Lots of great perks,Very few downsides to working at google. I guess the worst thing I could say is that we sometimes have an identity crisis coming from a start up and entrepreneurial culture and trying to reconcile that with being so big.,Keep us small and start-up like and not to bureaucratic,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P151.htm
1511,google,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"Great work environment, great people",California is a very expensive state,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1512,google,"Lithia Springs, Douglas, GA"," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Operation Assembler,Nice place to work at,"relaxing environment, nice pay, free food, growth",subtle work politics made it uncomfortable at times.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1513,google,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,Great food and people and great food,Too many hours and too much stress,Better life,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1514,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Network,Network Engineer,Easy going Flexible team environment Fast learning,Strict dead lines No work - personal life balance,Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1515,google,"Kanab, UT"," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - BOLD,Very goo!,"Lots of pros it is very goo, good paying job. Very fun and I enjoy it. Very good for someone that is disabled or something.",No cons. Not any cons at all that I know of besides the fact that you are on the screen 24-7,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1516,google,none," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"environment, work culture, and amenities",little to no job security,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1517,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Finance,Salary is very very good,Location is just very ok,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1518,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company,"The campus is very nice. Great food, gym, and other recreational facilities.",Work life balance can be very challenging,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1519,google,"China, NY"," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Teacher,teacher,good knowledge of teaching and strategies,Sometimes I just want to peruse perfect,Very good and hope to continue,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1520,google,none," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,Very prestigious company to work for,love the atmosphere that it fostered,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P152.htm
1521,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google : A work place with values,Best working environment and peers,Not suited for people working in isolation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1522,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Google is a very different company now. Great opportunity for some, but do your homework and ask the hard questions.","- Great environment for learning. Sellers at Google are rewarded for big wins, strong performance, and innovative thinking. You won't see everyone relying on the same narrative or strategy to get things done - the most motivated and intelligent succeed. - Perks and culture. As a result of the success fo the company. There is a very strong sense of job security. Food and all of the other perks continue to lead the industry. - You will make some of your best friends here. Most people who get through the doors of Google are truly ""good"" people, and those who are not often find themselves getting 'managed out' in one way or another. - The SMB Sales/Google Marketing Solutions Org hires some of the smartest recent college grads for their entry level roles - great opportunity to hone skills and grow with the company. - My experience has given me great career growth outside of Google, and it is a great place to be at the forefront of the digital media industry and its future.","- Perks are great, but don't let that fool you - after your 3 months of organized training is over, you will be so caught up by the never-ending internal metrics tracking your every move. You will have no time to use the nap pod that all of your friends love to ask you about - SMB Sales/Google Marketing Solutions is seen as a ""younger"" organization within the company and within overall Google sales. It is very difficult to rise the ranks, as this reputation follows you throughout your career journey. - A significant amount of account strategists and direct sales employees within the organization are extremely unhappy. Many are absolutely miserable. The work is mundane and people are constantly complaining as the organization continues to operate across the same metrics, incentives, and programs that it has been for almost 10 years. You will not hear a lot about this, as employees always feel the pressure of saying that they are happy at one of the 'best companies in the world to work for'. No one wants to be the one who is complaining about problems at Google to their friends outside the company. - Perks, culture, and company reputation will keep you way past your expiration date. You will find out you should have moved on way too late. - The hiring bar has severely decreased as the company gets larger. Mediocre employees are hired based on industry experience, but have a very hard time ramping up to Google's way of doing things, and are often unable to keep up. - The process of performance reviews and promotions will at one way or another negatively impact you. It is one of the most dramatic processes, especially in this organization. There are long lists of people 'waiting' to rise to the next level in the company as people are ranked, forcing you to wait your turn in a slowly-moving cycle of burnt out individuals waiting for their recognition. People sit in the same role, burnt out and unhappy, waiting for their chance to hopefully make the next cycle's cut. Promotions lead to generous pay raises, but your job and experience stays the same in most situations.","Focus on understanding the challenges of your employees and push new innovation to help mitigate their issues. Management is also waiting for their next promotion - always taking the safest route with minimal change or disturbance. Focus hiring and promoting people who are talented and have a passion for sales, and avoid those who are just looking to take any job they can at a company like Google. The company is one of the largest in the world. It is no longer the sexy tech company it once was. Be transparent about growth opportunities from the start, and set clear expectations around where one can expect their career path to grow.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1523,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Security,In house physical security,"Apart from great perks, food selections and artsy features, the team I worked with was like a second family.","No transparency at all no matter what Google preaches. ""Don't be evil"" ethos are violated every day by favoritism and popularity votes.  Abilities to grow ideas!? What ideas?? They are shut down by managers who are bosses and not real leaders.  Security is an important department which protects life and property but with no honesty or integrity, with that being a big issue any core value is gone.  The Review rating system is unfair and dictated by numbers no matter how much of a great worker you are. Bias is a big issue.  Unless your a software engineer or a manager life at Google is great and you'll never get to see the toxic environment lower level departments go through.  Can unexpectedly be sick for more than two days or you are issued a write up and tanked on your review.",The advise is best to senior leadership and not level 6 or lower as they are the main issue in the department.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1524,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Company,Work with very small people,Its growth has made it feel corporate,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1525,google,none," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great part-time work,"extra money, stimulating and challenging",Sometimes no work to be done,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1526,google,none," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Strategist,Enjoyed working at google Trust and Safety,"Exposure to google infrastructure, unlimited access to computing power. Can build crazy things, wonderful colleagues.","Work life balance can get a bit challenging. If you are on a operations roles, you get sucked in to operation role and your passion for building new things increases at the same time they will increase your operational workload.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1527,google,none," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good - uneven experiences,"great benefits, lots of smart people, lots of scope for interesting projects to work on.","lots of sheltered individuals with little life experience, and lots of managers who were promoted due to being good individual contributors.",Concentrate on line managers and ensure that they're actually people people rather than smart technologists.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1528,google,none," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer at Google.,"Great benefits, awesome co-workers, open environment, many people genuinely want to do good and be ""Googley""",Hard for women engineer with kids to compete with young unattached engineers. The culture is supposed to evaluate based on individual contribution considering personal situations but that almost never happens.,Provide additional ways of flexible workplaces like WFH across the company instead of the decision to be PA/Manager dependent.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1529,google,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great place to work,Amazing people to work with. Great company culture.,No cons. I Loved it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1530,google,none," Feb 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Analyst,Best place to learn the cutting edge technologies and work with elites in various areas. Great mentorship and opportunity to observe the best practices.,The visibility of your work is closely tied to the stage where you stays in the career ladder. Knowledge is hard to transfer to the work within startups.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P153.htm
1531,google,none," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company to work for, awesome coworkers, benefits, and perks","awesome coworkers, benefits, and perks",long commute if you live in SF,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1532,google,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Account Manager,Great Place to Work,"High quality, intelligent people Laid back environment Work/Life Balance is sometimes in your control and how you set expectations with your clients",Seems like some of the old benefits are kind of going away Other companies are offering more money,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1533,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Analyst,Google Play Store,Amazing place with bunch of smart people all around,You eat a lot of food really :),none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1534,google,none," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Good benefits even for interns.,Hard to get return offers.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1535,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Administrative Business Partner,"Great Company, Great Benefits, Great People","Bonus, Benefits, Leadership, Work/Life Balance, Perks, Flexibility (schedule and role)","Growth Ladder, Promotions, Cross Collaboration",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1536,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Innovative, fast paced, and world class.","It's a big company, and there are always organizational challenges that come with that.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1537,google,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Product Expert,The people really are the best part of Google,Internal mobility can be difficult at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1538,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Motion Designer,Great place to experience,"Perks are great, management is good at what they do :)",Some things can move slow,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1539,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,"Great culture, great people",Get to work with some of the best software engineers around.,Increasingly bureaucratic as it gets larger.,"Keep it simple, have a clearer product goal.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1540,google,none," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales rep,its a really nice campus,its a lot of work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P154.htm
1541,google,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Summer of Code Internship,- Chance to contribute to open source - chance to work with really motivated and smart people. - get feedback from awesome mentors,- Your mentor might be in a different time zone than you. Takes some time to work out what works best for you both.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1542,google,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Compensation,They compensate well for hard work,Very damaging if you can't adapt to where you might have to move to work,Just be yourself,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1543,google,"Research Triangle Park, NC"," Feb 20, 2017","Former Employee - Global, Operations Managxerss","Global,operations Managxerss",Great products wide variety of customers and products to work on,Cluster mode force before it was ready lost customer faith in reliability,Lead with engineering first marketing second,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1544,google,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome!,"Awesome office (in chicago), super smart coworkers, great pay for the area.",I don't have any cons yet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1545,google,none," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,Great work-life balance and lots of happy hours.,Project scope is very small.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1546,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,A great working environment,"Great perks, super smart colleagues!","Engineering is largely driven bottom up with less strategic oversight, resulting in a less than cohesive overall company strategy.",Align projects with on overall stated strategy.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1547,google,"Austin, TX"," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Innovative Culture,"Cutting edge, innovative work environment","Long hours, high pressure - work / life balance challenges",Look for ways to increase flexibility to promote work / life balance,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1548,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent place to get an incredibly unique experience,"Excellent culture, access to source code of most projects, open borders. You can work on virtually anything you find interesting, and job is incredibly rewarding.","the company is slowly, yet steadily becoming more conservative in approach. When I first joined Google, the company was bravely exploring unknown areas. Now we tend to focus on generating income. Promising projects are being cancelled, people become less enthusiastic.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1549,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,developer,"good pay, good benefits, good environment, good time-off, good work, good boss, good ceo, good balance, good management,","I like working here, nothing to change, no cons, just pros, like good pay and benefits, so no cons to share with you all","I like working here, nothing to change, no cons, just pros, like good pay and benefits, so no advice to management",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1550,google,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"Great culture, smart people, great leader","Work life balance, competitive, sometimes slow.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P155.htm
1551,google,"El Paso, TX"," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Housekeeper,housekeeping,the pay is excellent and worthy,hard work not enough days off,good worker,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1552,google,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Competitive compensation, great perks, smart people",Can not think of any,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1553,google,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,Excellent benefits and pay. Solid software engineering.,Hard too stand out with so many brilliant people around.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1554,google,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data analysis intern,"great environment, young staff, flexible schedule, good benefits, wide range of work","Primarily research, not best pay, strict work attire, fast deadlines, periods of nothing to do",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1555,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Information Technology Resident,Amazing place to work,The perks and the benefits are incredible.,I'd be foolish if I complained about Google.,Specifically to ITRP: I wish there was incentive to help ITRs advance to other positions. Conversion time is always uncertain and there's no effort to keep us at Google. Also the work itself is nothing like industry standard and many of us feel that we lost our industry knowledge in the two years here.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1556,google,none," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Google,One of the coolest places to work,Sometimes very overwhelming work environment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1557,google,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,Challenging and fast paced.,Commute to MTV was very long from SF.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1558,google,none," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specilist,Smart team mate. Good culture.,too many peer pressure. bias management,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1559,google,none," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible,"Organized, intelligent and overall cool place to work","Terrible management, bad employees, bad pay",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1560,google,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SMB,It was so good you should apply,Long hours interfered with personal life,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P156.htm
1561,google,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful,Benefits are very good too.,Salary is not as competitive.,Go forth,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1562,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Big possibilities, but work is difficult",Good salary Comfortable office and great benefits Smart people around,Bad work/life balance A lot of bureaucracy,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1563,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Google is a great place for engineers,Very smart people and very high density of smart people. So you don't have to find a smart person out of 10 in order to have your question answered.,"Some of the (smart) people stay with their project forever. They have a 'lock' on the project, they are (make themselves) indispensable so they don't have to push, to invent.",People can move from one project to another after 2 years. This is a very good policy. Makes it easy for people to move without making the project in constant ram-up mode.  Make another policy: make it *mandatory* for engineers to move after X years (5-7.) Would solve the above problem.,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1564,google,none," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,"money, advancement, free good food",no time for social and family,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1565,google,none," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Start Your Career,great culture perks are unlike anywhere else amazing health care good salary,work life balance isn't great,try to set reasonable expectations on your employees. they are already high performers who put a lot of pressure on themselves. the added pressure/unrealistic expectations is unnecessary and hindering,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1566,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,Terrible for Sales,"Free Food, cool bikes, co-workers were great.","Management gets away with a lot of abusive behavior. Cloud teams are extremely disorganized. Promotions and opportunity is all political. The environment is toxic for someone looking to make a career in Sales. The pay structure was terrible. No commission, just this sharing pool based on multiple factors, so you are not rewarded for good performance.",Middle management needs to stop the politics and favoritism. Middle management needs an ethics deep dive.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1567,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Google NY,Great perks. Smart coworkers. Fantastic offices.,Stressful. Things are more complicated than should be.,none,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1568,google,none," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Amazing people, great perks, thoughtful management","Nothing significant, the company is doing a great job.",-,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1569,google,"Boulder, CO"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,So pampered!,"The compensation, benefits and perks are unbelievable compared to most companies this size. The work is interesting, challenging and appropriately scoped. Opportunities to grow and move around are easy to find.","Deadline pressure can sometimes appear. Product requirements don't always allow for perfect engineering practices. Really though, I think these are problems you'll find at any ambitious internet company.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1570,google,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test,"great company, great food, great culture.","Bad work/life balance, nothing major.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P157.htm
1571,google,none," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great pay and environment. Great people,long hours and lots of work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1572,google,none," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,the free lunch was great,the work life social life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1573,google,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google company,Perk is really good in addition to salary,Speed is not so fast.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1574,google,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GSX Lead,"Great hours, Flexible with school",Changing policies and pay structure,Don't cut/ underpay seasoned Leads,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1575,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Agile Program Manager,Agile Program Manager,"Everything you've ever heard about employee pampering at Google is true, or at least it was when I was there. Food's everywhere both in micro-kitchens and awesome cafes. There is, or at least was, a culture of openness around code and planning documents.","Google likes to pride itself on being a ""not terribly hierarchical company,"" but it's the most hierarchical company I've ever worked at. I was seven layers of managers below the CEO. Also, personnel not on the Technical ladder tend to be treated like lepers.","Unify the planning process, pronto. OKRs are too vague to be useful.",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1576,google,none," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Great!,Great things here! Only great things,No cons here yo! None at all!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1577,google,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google rocks!,Well what can i say! Its google!,There are absolutely no cons as of now.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1578,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Director,The best place to work!!!,"Amazing, smart people. Incredibly inclusive work environment. Google leaders REALLY care about the great culture that brought us and keeps us here. Challenging work and smart people.","Hard to find them, so I would say none that I can identify.",Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1579,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Python Developer,Python Developer,Very good company in general.,Not so good work/life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1580,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Good work-life balance for those who aren't extremely career driven.,"If you are not smart, you will not be able to advance as there are a lot of very smart people.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P158.htm
1581,google,none," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What a cool place,What a wonderful company to work for,I can't think of any negatives,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1582,google,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Great benefits, continuing education and training, open culture, great engineering tools.",(remote office) defragging (closing small projects) can cause one to have to switch teams.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1583,google,none," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,"Great people and interesting, challenging work.",Can be very disorganized and metrics for performance can sometimes be unfair,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1584,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great Corporate Culture, But Disorganized","Incredibly smart, engaging co-workers. Competitive compensation. Very understanding culture and no dirty backstabbing politics - people are nice to each other. If there are politics, they are usually the the extent of trying to shape a business or product a certain way, but not in the way of trying to get someone fired or steal their job or anything.","They don't have their strategy together. Many business decisions are made by engineers who just don't know many of the basics of business strategy and so fall into the ""if you build it they will come"" mentality and invest in projects that aren't thought through from a customer perspective. The company's first rule is ""focus on the user and all else will follow"" but they don't really do that often.","Create a product planning organization that focuses full time on identifying new businesses to enter, and really fix the brand portfolio -- the naming is fragmented and needs to be made cohesive.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1585,google,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the greatest plaace to work,Can't beat some of the benefits,Your manager has everything to do with your experience at Google (or anywhere...),Be fair and care about your employees - they are your most valuable asset,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1586,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"Great place, but not for everyone","It's Google. Everybody knows the pros. They're all true. Free food, free full-service coffee bars, on-site massage, hair polishing, whatever. Lots of really really big systems to work on. You get to learn about some really cool stuff before the rest of the world.","The work environment can be very stressful. Open-office floor plans dominate. They set high-pressure expectations intentionally, to make people strive harder. If you have an anxiety disorder, this is *terrible* and you will not thrive here. Attempting any sort of disability accommodations process will become an N-way telephone game from hell.","Learn about mental health. Learn about alternative management strategies. Don't assume what works for one employee will work for everyone. Advocate for your employees, especially when dealing with HR.",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1587,google,none," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leadership,"Great Coworkers, Providing a valuable service to those who need it","Bad Leadership, Salary does not match the work, Pay for own fuel to clients",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1588,google,"Washington, DC"," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Store Operations,Store Operator,"Easy hire, friendly peers.","Management is passive agressive, employees are penalyzed for offering constructive criticism. Employees work very hard but are treated like middle schoolers. When hired they tell you that it is full time, it is actually 38 hours a week. You will likely never work 40 hours.",Be open and honest.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1589,google,none," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Everyone is so friendly there it's great,I don't have any cons about Google,No advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1590,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great job although your mileage will vary with your manager,Google is one of the better companies to work for. The fierce competition for top engineers means lavish perks and excellent work conditions.,Some manager are simply bad. Obstacles to getting your work done. Fortunately Google limits the damage a bad manager can do to your career.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P159.htm
1591,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 15, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Google's Great,"Great pay, benefits, fun environment. I had a fun time, and would definitely recommend that anyone who can work there, should.","The work can be very boring at some parts. But that is just the nature of the job. I loved it, but that was the complaint that some of my coworkers had.",I believe that Google has the greatest management on Earth. The people are great and I can't think of anything that they could improve on.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1592,google,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"it was great, ejoyed it","a lot of work, but nice",great,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1593,google,none," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Flexible working hour is great for me.,High tax in CA. High price level.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1594,google,"Newark, NJ"," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Blogger,Awesome,Getting to be a content creator doing what I love is great. I love making vlogs and videos on my daily life and sharing my experiences with my audience.,"No base salary, pay is solely based on how many views you get and how many people watch your videos. Can be tricky and stressful","Can definitely make the platform more user friendly to some, can also filter out the hate comments and profanity and harassment people do on youtube",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1595,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr Program Manager,"great company to work for. Company values are outstanding, good work life balance",corporate environment due to the organisation being so large,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1596,google,none," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great compensation and benefits,less career opportunities. Not using too much open source technology,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1597,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - SWE Intern,Very cool environment,"very nice environment, like a college campus","very large company, hard to figure out the big picture",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1598,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Google,Great pay and benefits and a great career outlook,terrible people to work with,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1599,google,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,"Talented, innovative, passionate colleagues who want to make a difference.","Increasingly levels of bureaucracy with growth, limited support for internal mobility.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1600,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good culture, not much job satisfaction",Free food. Bikes everywhere. Amazing culture. A good company to have friends.,"The work is mostly not challenging, but I guess this depends on the branch you are working on.",Use the Human resources to their full potential.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P160.htm
1601,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Vice President Sales,Industry Head,"intelligent people, great benefits, solid technology, innovative and open environment, good compensation","Lots of management layers, lots of politics, difficult to progress. If you are a people manager, most of your time is spent on process. Restructures for no reason except checking the box for change.",Really evaluate senior management that create a diluted and political environment.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1602,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Requests everything from you, but provides for all your needs :).","Smart and hardworking people all around you, interesting projects. Unparalleled level of technical support for any possible needs. Fantastic benefits. In the end it's more of a lifestyle than just a workplace.","Pressure of going ""up or out"". Huge difference between working in Mountain View versus any other office.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1603,google,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Communications Officer,Fulfilling work and opportunity to travel and represent your country. Gained important skills and training such as facilitating work shops.,Pay could be better as well as benefits. The work environment also needed an upgrade such as kitchen facilities and work spaces.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1604,google,none," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Smart people, great benefits, strong mission",Can feel a bit siloed at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1605,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work in,* Many opportunities inside the company * Nice to have on your resume,* Takes ~5 months to learn the infrastructure * Growth may be slow,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1606,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great office,- Lots of on-site amenities - Good team - Working in the city is beneficial for being a part of the community,- Satellite office - Public transportation in Boston is basically a joke - Open office not for everyone,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1607,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jan 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Amazing place to work! Would highly recommend it, especially with all the perks and compensation.","Compensation, brilliant co-workers, billions of users, free food. I couldn't imagine a better large corporate culture that still tries to be agile.",Small project variety in Kirkland. Still plenty of bureaucracy in large projects. Massive re-orgs.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1608,google,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test Engineer,Great place to work at and I have worked on many companies.,I don't recall any cons. This is really a great place to work at.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1609,google,"Austin, TX"," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product owner,free food and office is open 24x7,terrible atmosphere...wants everyone to submit to the machine world,Stop trying to force everyone to be online all the time.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1610,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive and strong,The company really cares about people. The focus is the stakeholders and the mission is the people. Work ethic is through the chart there.,"I think they are getting too big and that if they make mistakes or go wrong direction, their impact will be significant. So google has to be careful",Not much. Maybe show more empathy and be more patient. The people are so smart there that often times they become impatient with other people. You are good though.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P161.htm
1611,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,above average,Everything you can expect from Google. Good perks. Great company to retire in.,Hard to get promoted. You feel like a little cog in a big machine,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1612,google,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Account Manager,Amazing work environment and interesting people,Political and sometimes not meritocratic,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1613,google,none," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Check base salary reference,Rich work experience in leading software projects. Great communication skills.,Coding speed is not as fast as some of the young engineers due to uncontinuous time allocation between project design/lead and coding.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1614,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"nice environment, smart people, big company",there is nothing bad in this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1615,google,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"good work environment, and good perks","glass door, not too much room for improvement",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1616,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Google isn't so ,"Excellent Brand recognition. Employees are treated like rock-stars by most people in the real world. A plethora of benefits, perks and competitive salary. Also, the opportunity to work with some really smart and driven people.","Google's fabled ""culture"" is all but gone and has been replaced by mind-boggling bureaucracy and rampant nepotism. In part due to the numerous acquisitions, that allowed people that would have never been hired by Google to join the company. These acquisition-employees bring their toxic culture with them, and dilute the very fabric of being ""Googley"".  Being at the mercy of Perf to get promoted. If a direct manager likes an employee, then it's a walk in the park, otherwise prepare to be stonewalled or have to resort to some serious brown-nosing to get ahead. Also, leveling-up gets super competitive due to the large size of the company. Transferring teams is a challenge, so most employees grin and bear it for a couple of years, or leave the company. It's hard for outsiders to understand, but this happens to a lot of Nooglers, and ""re-Noogler"" events are done for employees that complete their first year. It's unfortunate, but after the ""rainbow-colored glasses"" come-off most new employees burn-out . Google seems to bring out the workaholic in people.  Politics among teams and Orgs slow everything down, often leading to delayed launches, buggy releases and zero transparency. Also, there's an awfully large amount of bad managers. Simply being great at a job doesn't create a good manager, being a nurturing people-person that enjoys building amazing employees is more effective.","What can we say to a Billion dollar company. Don't Be Evil? Grow-up seems more appropriate. Perhaps, senior management should have a fireside-side chat with some former Yahoo executives to get some perspective.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1617,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great perks and benefits, can be hard to have impact","The open culture, smart people, great benefits, and all the perks make Google a great place to work. Generous vacation time, free food and coffee, gyms, and the ability to transfer internally to other teams, including at any office in the world, make for a very comfortable and flexible work environment.","Google only hires great people and only has so many really interesting projects to work on, that everyone wants to work on. People still have to do the tedious work too, so you end up with a lot of people overqualified for what they're doing. It's a very big company at this point and sometimes can feel like you're just one tiny person, oiling a cog of the machine. The promotion process is a lot of work and doesn't always recognize great work properly.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1618,google,none," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall one of the best companies to work for,"Stable, many perks, good pay, many positions available","Too many levels of management. Company is too focused on data, and sometimes the best decisions are based on instincts and experience, instead of data",Cut down on the levels of management and execute decisions faster,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1619,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Best tech company to work at,"Great food, friendly people, beautiful campus.",Hard to make a difference. Projects being cancelled can be devastating.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1620,google,"Boston, MA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Store Operator,Google Shopping Express,Good salary rate per hour Flexible Shifts Uniforms provided by the company at non cost.,Contract is limited so no possibility to get hired permanently.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P162.htm
1621,google,none," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Real Estate Agent,Sales,"good work environment, smart people, great company","nothing, no advice needed, great company",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1622,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not perfect, but still the best.","Google is not *perfect*, as all large corporations are subject to the usual laws-of-physics. But Google is reflective and conscious about its culture and trying to to the right thing, for employees as well as for customers. Googlers are easy/fun/motivated/good to work with.  Best of the big tech companies.","In every corporation, there are multiple projects and competition for resources.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1623,google,none," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,"Lots of opportunity, a great culture, excellent benefits","Easy to get lost in a huge company like this, quality of groups can vary considerably",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1624,google,none," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Strategist,Great perks. Great Leaders. Great work culture and clarity of purpose.,"Unfortunately, not all teams are created equal. Fortunately, I was paired with wonderful leaders and colleagues, but many Googlers do not get as lucky.",Hold all managers to the same standards,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1625,google,none," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,My one true love,"Transparency, camaraderie, career trajectory and opportunities, free food EVERYWHERE.","May sound like a lie, but nothing thus far.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1626,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Driver,Driving Google Car,"Fun to drive the car, and simple.",Backache from sitting in the seat all day.,Install seat warmers in every car.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1627,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,You get to work on cutting edge technology.,Hard to stand out when you're in a sea of experts.,Stop creating so many redundant products.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1628,google,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything is Awesome,Best in the industry technology company Great team environment Good Perks,Long working hours that you don't even notice,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1629,google,none," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dream Company to work,"happy people, good compensation, perks","over time, no work life balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1630,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales,Perks are legendary Compensation is rich We hire phenomenal people Impressive (continued) growth Incredible brand name - excellent place to start your career Very inclusive,"Limited career advancement for managers and above Way too many layers in the GBO -- could be a lot more efficient ""Top heavy"" mid-management Becoming bureaucratic Most folks are over-qualified for the job they're being asked to do.  Poor VP direction and management",none,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P163.htm
1631,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company but if you are top 1% there's better.,"Good Vibe, (luckily) great team",Slowly. Becoming. Evil. Day. By. Day.,Removing benefits from us only makes us want to leave more and more.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1632,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Excellent pay and benefits. Commuting sucks.,"Honestly, Google does almost everything within its power to attract and retain talent. Staff are generally paid well. Long tenure with the company generally means solid earnings growth. Benefits are great.",For folks working at the mothership and not living in Silicon Valley the commute is increasingly dire. Travel on tech shuttles from SF and Oakland now regularly takes 2 hours each way. Sounds like an overprivileged whine but it massively extends your workday and limits what you can do during the week.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1633,google,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Utility Personal In the SNS Warehouse,Cusd,"Union jobs, Open to most people in the bay area. Great opportunities for the younger adults looking for a job.",I personally couldn't find any cons. There for I can not state any for them. I couldn't find the lid for coffee.,Great opportunities to succeed.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1634,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Partner Manager,"Smart people, excellent benefits, continues to push innovation",Google is a very large organization that has lost some of its entrepreneurial roots,"Living, breathing, and doing everything Google is dangerous. Google should use other software solutions understanding that you cannot be the best at everything.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1635,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Independent Contractor,great environment,"Google is full of smart, motivated people. lots of opportunity to be creative and collaborate on projects. lovely offices, excellent work-life balance.","As a contractor (rather than a full-time, permanent employee), it's difficult to take ""ownership"" of projects and initiate changes. Usually there has to be some sign-off on new initiatives for you if you're a contractor. I felt that I would have been able to accomplish more as a full-time Googler.","Keep up the encouragement and initiatives for employees. Consider focusing more on how to best utilize existing teams rather than conducting a time- and energy-consuming ""corporate restructuring"" every year.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1636,google,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some good some bad,Company culture is really a hallmark of tech. People are open to ideas and genuinely willing to help,"It is very difficult to move vertically or laterally. At this point, there's a lot of bureaucracy",Acknowledge bureaucracy and don't make rules that are there without reason. This ultimately breeds dissatisfaction and people wanting to leave,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1637,google,none," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Engineering at Google,great pay and benefits. lots of perks,"crazy, hard to understand performance reviews",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1638,google,none," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best workplace,"* Working with and learning from top-notch peers. * Solving challenging and interesting problems that matter to people. * Salary, perks, and benefits.",The SF Bay Area is ridiculously expensive.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1639,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Work with great minds and have definite opportunities to grow.,None that come to mind.,Keep the innovation going.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1640,google,"The Dalles, OR"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Lifestyle,"The lifestyle is amazing. I've met an immense amount of people, made new friends, and had fun. There is a lot of flexibility involved.","When working in teams, some people think they are on top of everyone and think they're right. It's not too much of an issue though.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P164.htm
1641,google,none," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very good, not great",Innovative company. Lots of energy,High turnover. Work life balance sucks.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1642,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,hard to beat,"I couldn't really have asked for more. I went straight out of college, ended up both challenged and rewarded, and only left for a startup because I thought it was a particularly unique opportunity, but not because I had anything other than good experiences at Google.","It's a large company -- politics are part of large organizations of people of any kind. Even being on the sore end of some political battles while there, though, it didn't bother me all that much.",Keep swinging for the fences.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1643,google,none," Jan 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag,Extremely bright company all around,Work didn't match up to my expectations of how challenging it'd be,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1644,google,none," Dec 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern at Google,Great work experience and great perks for interns,"Very competitive to get the internship, often can feel as if your contributions are not significant.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1645,google,none," Dec 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,- Give you responsibility - Lots of support,- Benefits can be a distraction - You have to be comfortable with the company going in a million directions,Help people better understand the big picture and why the same problem is being attacked from so many directions.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1646,google,none," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad Management Outweighs Great Benefits,"Work among very intelligent people, material amenities, over all culture that inspires learning and curiosity.","Senior employees are promoted to management positions that they are not qualified for, creating a large negative impact on the team direction and morale.",Those in management positions need more training on how to foster each individual's strengths instead of only assisting top performers.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1647,google,none," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing resources for tech interns to learn,Food Wonderful and intellectual people Fun activities Amazing pay,No cheap housing nearby Shuttle could take long,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1648,google,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"One of the best there is, Innovative","Competitive, keeps you on your toes",More opportunities,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1649,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It's awesome,They have a good workplace,I dont really see anything bad about this company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1650,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Is this Google or IBM?,"The food, the food, the food. We are incredibly spoiled on the Mountain View Campus. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. This is a benefit that all humans take advantage of. In addition to this, the other benefits are no industry secret, on campus laundry rooms, lots of gyms, cars on demand in case you have to drive during the day, the list goes on.","The promotion process is very arduous. It literally costs Google two months of productivity every year for every people manager. It is insanity. As a manager, its very important to prioritize ""perf"", as you do not want to be the reason your report does not get promoted. This results in two stressful months per year where its very difficult to focus on getting work done.  I will say that Google tends to promote the right people - there are very few false positives, there are many false negatives. Not sure this is worse than manager centric review structures where one person controls your destiny, but there are definitely room for improvements.  Other big complaint: this place is starting to really limit risk. Emerging and experimental projects are increasingly being canceled in favor of revenue generating projects. Google is no longer the place for experimentation, that happens in other parts of alphabet.  Being in the Apps PA, there is a laundry list of B2B features that all apps are being asked to implement. This leaves little room for innovation and creativity, its just about execution. The apps are tools for sales to land cloud and productivity suite contracts.","Have fun with the pivot. Its clear to more and more employees that this is not the Google of 10 years ago, or even three years ago.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P165.htm
1651,google,none," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too big now,"Perks, and large scale projects.",Too much bureaucracy as the company is going through growing pains.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1652,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Commercial Lawyer,Great one of the best companies,-Great pay -Good work environment -There is good communication between different departments -Amiable relations between the different layers of administration -The management really does care about the quality of life of the people working there which in turn helps with the productivity.,"-Work load -Working hours -A lot of trips to the capital (mainly due to the nature of my job,dealing with patents and copyright and whatnot)","Nothing much really,keep up the innovation and keep making all of our lives better and maybe reduce the hours by a bit but overall nothing much to say really.Keep up the good work",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1653,google,none," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Open-minded, relaxed atmosphere, involved, leadership","Nothing, love this opportunity, sounds great",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1654,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Google is a great place to work. With respect for individual and culture, you get to work with the brightest minds of the word.","Not much to mention here. Google is a great place to work at. Downside being, you will get spoiled at Google and leaving Google would be tough.",Things are working great so far. So no major advice. Google is in good hands. Good luck for the great future for Google.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1655,google,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations manager,"Perks, great people, really smart coworkers!","Lots of red tape, you get stuck at a level if you don't make it happen in the first few years.",Evaluate your Senior Managers with rigor. A bad manager can break great employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1656,google,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global strategy and business operations,"High-impact work, excellent team culture, growth opportunities","Career ladders are not well defined, so you really have to take your career progression and development into your own hands",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1657,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lives up to the hype,"I was a longtime employee who grew a lot. I loved the creative environment, working with smart people, all the perks, never felt micro-managed. I always believed the company was trying to make the world a better place, never doubted the mission.","As the company got bigger, it felt more corporate and restrictive. The pressure grew to where I really felt like I was on a hamster wheel. There isn't much opportunity for growth if you don't write code or do sales, at least not in the distributed offices. I left because I felt more busy than challenged, and I was just burned out.",None really - it is a fantastic place to work,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1658,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool Place,Just awesome food and women,bunch of nerds work here,Lay off the fake news,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1659,google,"Bronx, NY"," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Store Operator,Store Operator,have Fun in the job,"the contract job, too short",.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1660,google,none," Dec 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Everything you hear about in the news about the great work culture and perks are true. Additionally, you get a ton of autonomy/responsibility over your projects (assuming you continue to deliver to expectation) as well as flexibility to work in your own style (work hours, working from home, etc) - The people are great, super passionate and the smartest people I've ever worked with - Great food - Company truly cares about its employers inside and outside of work - Promo process is not perfect, but more fair than I've seen at other companies","- Easy to lose work-life balance (checking email on weekends, getting IM'd in the middle of the night because of offices in multiple time zones) - Everything moves very quickly, so you need to be able to adapt and move quickly otherwise you will see your performance evaluation fall - Managers are hit or miss. Some shouldn't be managers, but have been promoted to managerial positions based on their strong individual contributions and expertise, but this isn't a good proxy for being a good people manager.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P166.htm
1661,google,none," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture at gTech,Some of the smartest people you will ever work with. The perks do not hurt either.,The management at gTech is clueless about what their workers actually do. It led to poor morale and high attrition rates.,"It is easy to move chairs around / reorg very six months. It is far more difficult to truly understand your organization, set up the teams for success and actually wait long enough to see whether you made the right decisions.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1662,google,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Self- Driving Car Project,Great perks and dynamic work environment.,Managers don't seem to care how hard you work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1663,google,none," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,BA / Engineer,"1. Great people 2. Constant learning 3. Amazing perks and benefits: free food, gym, health insurance etc.","1. None, really. I enjoyed my time there.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1664,google,none," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not fun,Too much emphasis on work life balance Can really make a difference in the world No wall street culture here Lots of time to rise up in the company,Not a fun place to be working dont like management dont like employees dont like cafeteria food cubiclecel life here is real,do not change anything google is the top company in the world get rid of middle management get rid of ceo if he keeps acting like this,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1665,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 11, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Analyst,Great company to work for,"Innovative culture, smart colleagues, great compensation and perks, transparency of leadership and shared feeling of participation in business goals even in support roles, opens a lot of doors in other companies","Very smart people end up with fairly mundane roles (everyone is very smart), a bad manager is a bad manager at any company",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1666,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Paradise,"They apply the scientific method to everything, from writing software to running the business to planning the lunch menu. The results speak for themselves both in these reviews and in their market cap.",No other place will ever be able to afford you. :) They could use a bit more focus in how they plan quarterly goals in some product areas.,Be careful not to lose the amazing culture you've created here. It could easily slip away as it has at other companies.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1667,google,none," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting place to work if you have the right team,"Flexible work hours, exciting projects, brilliant colleagues. Good benefits and you get the big brand name google on your resume",Company getting a bit too big. Benefits are likely to decrease in the future. Also if you work at the HQ you will need to tolerate the super expensive living cost,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1668,google,none," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anon,I loved the culture and it was easy to manage work life balance,I didn't have any complaints while I was employed here,You guys are awesome!!!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1669,google,"McAllen, TX"," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,insurance,"I like what I do, and have been there a long time","no opportunities to advance in the company, the pay is horrible",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1670,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager,Great place to work for a few years,"Great compensation, awesome perks, friendly co-workers, and a focus on work-life balance. You also get the prestige / cache / expense accounts associated with working for one of the world's most successful tech firms.",The company is very big -- and highly bureaucratic. While there is the ability to move internally - the best positions are located in Mountain View and New York still feels like a satellite office. The day-to-day job functions are also not as interesting as one would hope. There is little room for innovation -- most days consist of checking off pre-determined tasks. Might be boring for someone looks to think out of the box / work out of their comfort zone.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P167.htm
1671,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Pleasant enough, but overly bureaucratic.","Pretty good pay. Great perks. Relaxed environment. Challenging problems, with scale and variety not available elsewhere.","It is hard to make a positive impact in such a large company. Most positions are in California Crowded offices, cramped spaces. A bit blokey","All Google employees have options, we don't have to stay.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1672,google,none," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,"Challenging, lots of smart people to work with.",Starting to feel like a big company these days.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1673,google,none," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Amazing place to work. Love it so much,Nothing poor to say about the company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1674,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 25, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,Forefront in technology and tons of opportunities to get involved in,web based training as opposed to live classroom,Google is moving too big and too fast,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1675,google,"Fremont, CA"," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Community Specialist Contractor,Community Specialist,Great co-workers are awesome,Some terrible managers who have no people skills,Pick managers that love people,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1676,google,none," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting place to be,"Culture, people, openness, opportunities, values","Vertical growth, processes, growing centralization,","Make efforts to preserve and evolve culture ,",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1677,google,none," Dec 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It all depends on your team,You get to work on very large-scale projects and to work with really smart people.,Google is a big company so it all depends on how good your team is. The same applies to interviews. The process can be differ to a great extent depending on your interviewers.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1678,google,none," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is great,"great compensation, and it's amazing to work with so many talented people.",some groupthink and lack of workforce diversity.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1679,google,none," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is great (in more than the typical sense),"The food and onsite amenities like gyms, laundry, massage are very enjoyable and help employees feel more appreciated and more productive.",The highest levels of management are not very responsive to feedback from employees and often hide behind the size of the organization when benefits such as healthcare keep getting worse without adequate justification.,"Please continue to do the things that make your employees feel valued and well-cared for, and please try not to succumb to usual cost-cutting fallacies that make employees feel unheard and under-appreciated.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1680,google,none," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Really enjoyed working here felt that I always was encouraged to reach my potential and supported by my bosses. I would encourage others to work here.,I did not like where I lived and had to move back to be closer to family.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P168.htm
1681,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Infrastructure Analyst,Cloud Infrastructure Analyst,Good Experience ad overall personality development,You will have a lot of work in hand all the time.,Keep it just to the job profile.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1682,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Researcher,Google is no longer that Google,"Good meals, big teams, great work-life balance, decreasing but still great perks, solid foundations thanks to early settlers.","Overgrown teams, arrogant and political managers, lack of challenge and vision, entire company gets lost, talent losses.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1683,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Tech Lead/Manager,Currently the best 'big company' to work for.,"Amazing atmosphere, great pay, great culture, lots of flexibility, etc, etc. Oh yeah, free food.",Too much free food? There really aren't many downsides.,Find a better CEO.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1684,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Best infrastructure on the planet, awesome computation capability","Some common big company problems, complicated procedures",Keep the freedom as if it is a small company,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1685,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Application Developer,The benefits at Google are second to none!,"Work/Life balance is almost nonexistent there. You're constantly, constantly working",Better work/life balance,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1686,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place to work,"They have an amazing management and incentive structure. Interviewing and promotion are hard experiences, but they ensure fairness more than any other company I've seen. Most people at Google really take ""don't be evil"" seriously, and try their hardest to do the right thing. You have an opportunity to affect the lives of billions of people, at least by a tiny bit. The development tools are lightyears beyond anything I've ever seen outside Google.","It's a big company with a lot of smart people, so it's hard to stand out. It's easy to feel unnecessary. Not everyone has as great a management chain as I do.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1687,google,none," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources,Depends on Your Team,"I was at Google for 2+ years on 3 teams. It's safe to say, depending on what team you're on, that'll shape your experience significantly. I did have one team I loved, one that I hated and one that was just ok so i actually a well rounded outlook of Google.  Pros is google overall cares for its people but it's the management that either keeps that up or messes it up.  You will work with the most brilliant people ever which is usually a good thing but it can also be a bad thing which I'll discuss below.  My work life balance was also dependent on the team you're on. On one team I could barely catch up and another, I was barely working 20 hours a week but did my job well.  Of course the perks are great so I don't need to get into that.","On the ""worst"" team of the three, my team was rediculously micro managed to the point that we would get in trouble for leaving our desks. I got talked two twice and the third time I got pulled into a room with my manager telling me I had to work at my desk even though I was the top performer on the team. There were major trust issues.  Management is truly hit or miss. My first manager was literally in meetings all day and no one got face time. He ended up leaving because he ended up not liking it anymore. Second manager I loved and the team was perfect but she ended up transferring due to how she felt she was treated. The new manager was terrible, pulled down the morale and 3 people transferred out after 3 months. Third manager was brand new and no one trusted her. 3 people left within 3 months. Good management is hard to come by.  Competitiveness runs rampant to the point that people will steel your work. If you bring it up like I did after seeing it happen to me 3+ times, management told me that's the way Google grooms people and it makes people become competitive.  You're surrounded by brilliant people but the imposter syndrome is strong at Google. The way performance reviews are set up, you always have to come up with random stuff to outdo yourself and make you look good. That's good to push you out of your comfort zone but bad because people start making up useless things to show they've been doing stuff. It's silly really. And this is why it's incredibly hard to get promoted is that you have to outdo yourself and outshine your peers. My peers before me have been at Google for 6+ years literally in the same role even though they work incredibly hard and smart.  I suggest you do as much research as possible and Google why people leave or don't like working at Google so you see both sides.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1688,google,none," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legal Assistant,"#1 place to work...for a white male. great perks, health care, 401k, fun events for googlers","limited opportunities to move up and once you do, it is more of the same mundane tasks. no diversity (3%latino, 2% black employee base and that number has been stagnant for at least a third of the company's short 17 year old life).","listen to your latino and black employees. realize that the issues are more than unconscious biases but rather, understand and be culturally competent about the needs and concerns of a diverse talent pool. do better at retaining minorities, they will be your best ambassadors in recruiting more diverse talent.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1689,google,none," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to work for,"i loved coming into work, ppl were great and the campus is awesome!","lots of nerds, can be overwhelming",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1690,google,none," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Great benefits at Google for sure,Commute was pretty long for everyday,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P169.htm
1691,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place when you're young...,"Tons of perks, and great benefits. Stock is a huge long-term value add. Lots of young, smart, motivated employees who can be great partners.",Difficult to grow your career vertically. Lots of people who are not leaving. Commute to/from Mountain View to SF is terrible. Bureaucracy is growing and difficult to get things done.,Invest in your young employees and grow them. Connect them with mentors and show interest in their development. The messaging that you own your own career means many people manage their career out of the company due to lack of perceived growth opportunities.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1692,google,"Daly City, CA"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer Contractor,Contracted Software Developer for Google Discovery,Perks are great. Get to manage and work on my own projects.,Contractors for Legal Discovery rarely get converted.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1693,google,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Overall it was a Neutral Experience,Difficult to move teams in google.,none,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1694,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,"smart people, good food, good environment","dumb people, bad politics, worst management",keep it rolling,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1695,google,"Astoria, NY"," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BEST COMPANY EVER!!,Scope of work is like no other Awesome culture,"No cons, however if you are unable to navigate around ambiguity this may not be the best fit for you.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1696,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Google SWE Summer Intern,"Opportunities to work with brilliant minds. Team full of impeccable role models. Surrounded by ego-less, skilled professionals who also know how to have fun! All the famous perks.","Nothing that I think would be standard across many people's experiences. I wasn't a fan of MTV and found the entire Bay Area dreadful. Being one of the few interns in my building and the only intern on my team, I had some trouble finding other interns to bond with.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1697,google,none," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Media Solutions Consultant,"Excellent culture, smart people and exciting company to work for.","Difficult work advancement in one's role, however can definitely shift around laterally.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1698,google,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 4, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Developer,Paradise,Good opportunities and a brilliant conditions. I also like how Google work with interns ar high level.,"As I think is geoposition, someone can say: ""Paradise"", but in my mind it is simple country side with bad mobile networks and without skyscrappers (IMHO)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1699,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Regional Manager,Regional Manager,"Great company ethic, good perks, smart people","Poor work life balance, some departments have red tape",none,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1700,google,"Irvine, CA"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great Company,Great pay and perks Some very interesting projects to work on that can have a major impact Opportunity to improve yourself through training and interaction with world-class colleagues,The crown jewels are at the main campus in Mountain View. There aren't as many opportunities for great projects at smaller offices.,Don't let bureaucracy creep in,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P170.htm
1701,google,none," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Title,Learning how to build data products,Big company problems: hard to make big impact,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1702,google,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dream Company,"Love the company culture, love the work environment, love the vision and mission",Nothing I personally don't like,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1703,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Still Good.,Scale. At Google it is easy to find ways to have a deep impact on 100s of millions of peoples lives.,Culture. Google's culture is definitely changing for the worse. Less collaborative. More political. More top down. Less opportunity for bottom up innovation.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1704,google,none," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,Great benefits Flexible schedule Smart people who can teach you a lot Great resources and training material to help you grow in your career,"Internal transfer process is useless. After all the effort to hire you, a more seamless internal transfer process to other roles would be awesome! It is easier to transfer to other roles on your ladder, but not to other orgs. When transferring to other orgs, an internal person goes through the same process as an external candidate.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1705,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Application Engineering Manager,You are surrounded by Smart people who take the time to help. The company has awesome perks which are legendary and you get to earn a very competitive pay over a period of time,"You have to be ready for change pretty much any time. If you think you can do the same job and just skate along to promotions and better compensation, you will be mistaken.","As we grow into a large company, we need to keep levels of employees to be manageable so that we dont get lost in a deep political hierarchy",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1706,google,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,nice company,super cool working place and great team,lost in too many genius,you may be a lil bit more flexible with employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1707,google,none," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,"Good culture, smart people, good opportunity","Hard to make an impact, people who work there can be super arrogant",Find ways to create valuable roles.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1708,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Best of same size big company,"Even in that big size, Google still moves fast enough to deliver products. Besides, company goal of ""Mobile first"" or ""Machine Learning first"" really make the industry better.",Worse perks than before (but still the best in Bay Area). Dependency between teams slow things down.,"Less meeting, more work to be done.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1709,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Google is one of the best company's ever - the people make it the best place in the world. we far and away hire the funnest most inspiring people around the country.,We're getting so big that our ability to respond to market threats is slowing down. Also our internal tools are nearly and pretty and refined as external tools you see like Search and Maps.,Management tends to fall for the loudest person in the room has the best opinion. It seems to be celebrated more than it is looked at with discernment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1710,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Staff Software Engineer,Great company. Incredible people. Challenging projects.,"Google has a plethora of opportunities for anyone who enjoys challenges, ambiguity leading to disruptive market forces and incredible rewards, emotionally and financially.","As Google grows, it gets harder to find the resources to pursue entrepreneurial projects. Groups can be too territorial and that makes it hard to get some things done.",Focus more on disruption first then scale. Not the other way around.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P171.htm
1711,google,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,Lots of interesting projects and opportunities.,"Feels like a really big place, hard to make an individual impact.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1712,google,"Valencia, PA"," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Lead,Excellent to employees,Collaborative atmosphere with a great deal of respect to lower level team members,Overstaffed at times... work spread to thin,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1713,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Culture, We are changing the world.","Too big a company, Things doing are too trivial.",Not sure. Improve on the cons?,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1714,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Remote offices not same as HQ,"Opportunities to enjoy perks and get involved with side projects. If you are looking for distractions, there are plenty ,-)",Hard to achieve work/life balance. Not enough advancement opportunities in remote offices. Centralized management and decision making makes it hard to start initiatives/projects in sattelite office.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1715,google,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,There is a lot to learn if you are new to the role in terms of Finance/Accounting.,No room for growth as a contractor with no possibility of conversion.,none,5.0,5.0,none,1.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1716,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Best Place to Work or a Reason :),"Free food and nap pods aside, Google is an amazing place to work because of the PEOPLE.  People here are smart and you know that you can count on them. Makes you wonder why you would want to work anywhere else.",- As a contractor it is difficult to convert to full-time. It is also not easy to get promoted. - Google tends to pay slightly less than its competitors,Push back when you can about converting contractors. It's a lot cheaper to recruit from this pool rather than relying on external candidates to fill open roles.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1717,google,none," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bureaucratic,"Good brand, deep pockets, pretty smart people.","Bloated, political. Promotions are like Game of Thrones. Complacent people don't get fired.","Streamline, cut the fat.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1718,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Research Scientist,Great while it lasted,This was a fun spot to work and I enjoyed every single minute. The people were friendly and there is a great team approach to all projects.,"Unfortunately I was working more than I planned. This is typical for most employees, and what is expected by the company. Still, I found the work compelling enough to stick with it for years.","Keep hiring great people (per Lazlo), and do what you can to maintain the ""smaller company"" feel, despite being huge.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1719,google,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Account Manager,- Great culture - Smart People - Awesome perks,- Super Competitive - Too many tools - Sell too many products,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1720,google,"Sweeden, KY"," Nov 25, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Strategist,Great place to work,Brilliant opp for progression in the company,Some difficulties within the dynamic,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P172.htm
1721,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,"Good environment, Free international trips, best coffee served, female co-employers are so hot... if you are good enough you can have a really good time flirting with them and i don't need to tell you rest.",These boss are damn irritating .. they get a good pay .. still they behave so rude..,Keep it up BRO !!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1722,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Satisfies Unrealistic Expectations,"Awesome benefits you can read about anywhere, huge range of projects to work on, and good mobility between teams for when you get bored.","Promotion process favors building new things, shipping, and design documents over incremental improvements, infrastructure projects, and individual contributions.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1723,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Quantitative Analyst,"Unprecedented scale, supportive environment, great technologies and tools to leverage, and smart colleagues to brain storm and work with.","Company getting too large to have visible impact, lack of flexibility is switching permanent location.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1724,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,Work environment and work/life balance is great,Its too big. Easy to get lost.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1725,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Administrative Business Partner,Administrative Business Partner,"Great work environment, with amazing people.",None to share at the moment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1726,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Co review,"amazing benefits, international, super, duper","bureaucratic, political, incredibly difficult to move up",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1727,google,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nuclear,Good company to work for.,Long hours to work for.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1728,google,"Sausalito, CA"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Hyperion Consultant,Google Biz Apps - Hyperion Team,"Incredible team mates make working there inspiring, challenging and fun. Team member employees treated contractors such as myself with respect and were authentic and appreciative","Google seems to becoming more of a top down mgmt company. Many more rules and approvals are being put in place which hinders what is normally a lightning fast, get-it-done-now environment",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1729,google,none," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software,Very kind and friendly work environment. Google tries to make working fun and it sure is fun while there.,"Honestly there are no cons to working here, I absolutely loved it and would recommend it to anyone.",Keep doing what you are doing. Everything is amazing and I loved my experience.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1730,google,none," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE Intern,"So many great perks and a great, fun culture that does it's best to keep you happy",A little too big for me and your experience as an intern incredibly dependent on host. Easy to lose motivation in my opinion if you feel your work is low impact,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P173.htm
1731,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Product Management,Product Manager,"+ product with high impact, with breadth of product across many domains + easy to move around within the company + very high-quality engineers + high transparency, openness, willingness to help other team, desire to do the right things","- not as clear as a focus on personal skill building, rather on 'what you launch'",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1732,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Administrative,Awesome company,"Amazing perks, competitive pay, cool work environment",It's hard to have a work-life balance,You are so amazing to your employees! Thank you.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1733,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work for,"Internal mobility in the company is easy, and there is a huge variety of teams recruiting.","There's too much bureaucracy, it is not easy anymore for an engineer to drive a product/feature he is passionate about.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1734,google,none," Nov 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Surpassed already high expectations,"My team was filled with smart, motivated people across many disciplines. We also had access to amazing resources. It was an engineers playground.","Because it was an internship there was pressure to perform well in a very short amount of time. Also it was very independent work, which might not be for everyone.","I don't have anything to say to management. They put together a vibrant team, and gave them the resources they needed to get things done.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1735,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great colleagues,Get to work with lots of smart people Large scale problems to work on,Slow feature development pace Low cross organization visiblity at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1736,google,none," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT specialist,"good environment, people, ethics, all of that",weird people but nice place to be,yes,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1737,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,SWE Intern,Great Perks Talented Engineers Relaxed Work Environment,Slow Pace Bureaucracy Still doesn't understand social,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1738,google,none," Nov 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Perks such as free food, great retirement options, very relaxed atmosphere",No overtime Atmosphere can be cutthroat,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1739,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Inter,An amazing experience,"+ People + Interesting advanced technologies + balance between work time and leisure time + they truly believe in their motto:""do not be evil""",There is nothing to complain about them,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1740,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern of Things,It was cool to get free hugs from the hug therapist on site.,Cafeteria food was lackluster. I was not happy with the robot minders.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P174.htm
1741,google,none," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Fantastic people.opportunity to learn. Allowed to innovate and challenge the status quo.,Not a huge amount thankfully.one might be is that there is lots of intelligent people can make it hard to shine at times.,Communication is key. That and definitive career discussions. I think as well clear check ins to measure motivated and progression,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1742,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good company,Very satisfied by the work the company does and they provide gr8 services.,"I guess there are no cons, if somebody faces the issue they can complain and management takes good care of it. But chances that the cons arises are very rare(0.0001/100)",Keep it up and good going. Number company of the world,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1743,google,none," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work for a reason,Everything is great at Google,None. Cannot thing of any.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1744,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company and fun people.,The environment is good and lots of perks.,"You'll spend alot of time working, the work is demanding.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1745,google,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great place to work! Had fun as an intern,Location. I prefer to live in SF.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1746,google,none," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn and grow,The benefits and culture are a big plus. Work schedules can be flexible to accommodate long commutes and unexpected events.,Middle management isn't the best so it can take a long time to complete projects. A lot of engineers I've met can be condescending and are awkward to work with.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1747,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,It was a nice environment,None! Great benefits and no complaints,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1748,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,GREAT COMPANY,"If you're a software engineer, you're among the kings of the hill at Google. It's an engineer-driven company without a doubt (that *is* changing, but it's still very engineer-focused).","The quality of the engineers is possibly dropping, but possibly not. It's hard to get real metrics, because as the absolute number of people grows, naturally the number of bad apples grows,",Keep the focus on the user. Everything else will follow.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1749,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Softwareentwickler,Google - Experiences,"- Awesome work envoirment - Great intelligent people to work with - Great income with a lot of bonuses  Basically, Google was a spectacular company to work with and a great honor for me","- Very long work days, your work kind-off becomes your life - Other than that, nothing to say here","I dont have a lot of ideas here, youre doing a great job",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1750,google,none," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, smart company","Good culture, smart people, nice working environment.",It is getting more and more crowded now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P175.htm
1751,google,none," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,- Awesome food! - Work with talented people. - High impact products!,Slow on making new products.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1752,google,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Google Cloud frat culture, half smart, half bro","Competitive pay, lots of free food and snacks, nap room, in-office perks","I work in Google Cloud in the Seattle office, and culture is divided. On one side, there are smart people taking smart decisions, but on the other side there is what I consider a strong white masculine fraternity culture. Sadly, this type of culture comes by people in the buddy-buddy-group taking on short shiny projects, with poor long term support or design, and many times without understanding of the problem in question. The dedicated smart people will actually try to make these ideas work, but the credit would be taken by someone else, or sometimes with others leaving a big mess, as I have seen several times. In my team, this culture goes two levels of depth in management, making senior management unapproachable, and also reflects on the products themselves. There are many visionary type projects, but with broken functionality, or many incomplete solutions for the same goal,","Other than try to detect this type of this frat like culture which probably is one branch of convergence of the review process, and invisible on that regard, most of the rankings defined for L6 and L7 (More than senior) does not seem real for people I have worked with. Individuals in this category have not met these criteria from my experience, and I question some of my L6/L7 peers' basic understanding of APIs, services, and management skills. Additionally, there needs to be a much stronger emphasis on data-driven decision making.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1753,google,"San Jose, CA"," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company,"Free great food, surrounded by genius people, incredible working atmosphere, great for internship and for full time job, and it's GOOGLE!","There are not much to say about cons of working at Google, but if i Had to choose one, it would be the pressure to finish all the work.","The management team at Google is fantastic, and they definitely try to make the company a better place to work at.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1754,google,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really great company,Awesome good time. 10/10 would recommend.,Not the best management bruh.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1755,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Google is not the company we all loved any more. It lost it's values.,"Overall compensation, although it is getting worse and worse every year.","Being programmer means being creative. Well, not at Google. You will have artificially created restraints in almost every aspect of your work.  Here is an example: readability. In order to being able to commit some code at Google you would need to have a ""readability"" in a language you're writing this piece of a code. It doesn't matter if you have 10 years of experience in that language. It doesn't matter if you have certificate from the company that developed this language. And in order to get readability you would need to write a lot of code in that language. Catch-22. Also, you would have to wait for a pretty long time in the readability queue in order to just start with process. You fill like you lost all the experience you had before with this language. Somebody who has readability and has less experience in this language than you will have power over you. You would have to persuade this other person that your code is OK.  Hypocrisy. They still have courses at Google where they teach you that it is important to have a rest, it is important to manage your energy, it is important to work when you are excited and energized and not work when you're not. This is why they have all those massage chairs. It used to be the company that valued all this. It all changed. I saw my manager writing in 2am and then writing in 6am again. Manager sets an example for it's subordinates and this example is terrible. I also remember my manager writing email about his current state that he is sick. At the same email he tells that ""he will do his best to do some work"". At the same time this same manager tells everybody else that ""if you're sick - go home and take a rest and don't work"". I lost respect for my manager long time ago.  They want you to deliver results as soon as possible and yet they don't give you the ability to do it. Instead of JUST DOING IT you would have to write design docs with the future possible architecture (which will always be different because we can't predict software development) and persuade people who have more power than you. Those people will do their best to make sure you don't just start working on your code. You would have to pass several rounds of this absurd.  They told me it is very important to predict how much time it would take to finish the project. I asked them what is the technique to predict unpredictable and got no answer in return. They told me it is very important to make sure you did your project as close to your predictions as possible. I asked them what stops people from deliberately giving very large estimates, completing a project sooner and just do nothing for the rest of the time. I got no answer in return. I completely lost respect this company. This is absurd. The management don't think about what they are doing and why. They don't think about their own behavior and they own words.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1756,google,none," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great people!! Diverse projects!! Flexible according to employees needs,Too many teams to choose from.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1757,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It's a job,"Well-known perks like free food, busses, new computers, etc. However, there are also better pros: - Google constantly tries to improve employees' skills, technical and otherwise. Of course, this is done entirely for the benefit of the company, but it is also useful for employees to build their resumes. - Internal tools and processes make it easy to get a lot of work done, and feel productive. - In some ways, the organization isn't hierarchal in the sense that you can ping/email almost anyone related to your work and engage in useful conversation, without feeling like a lesser employee. - Good weather in Mountain View, CA.","- Google systematically undervalues new employees' contributions. - Promotion process skewed toward people that have been at the company the longest, rather than the highest performers. - Many coworkers are too egotistical.",Clear out some managers and higher-up employees who aren't bringing in as much value anymore.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1758,google,none," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior marketing manager,awesome people. founders still in charge.,very large. right hand doesn't know what the left is doing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1759,google,none," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google BOLD Internship,"-Fail fast, learn fast - Great and customized mentor programs -A lot of social, networking, and speaker series events for interns to grow and connect -Champions those who seek to do the extra mile","-Obsessed with numbers, values metrics more than innovation in many cases - Hard to understand your individual impact -Structure is ambiguous and disorganized",I wish intern managers took more time to look carefully at the resumes and stories of interns they will be working with and really understand who they are and what they can contribute. I felt as though my manager skimmed my previous job titles and did not want to connect on an intimate level.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1760,google,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,You will learn a lot as there are many people who are more talented than you. This can be very hard to find at times.,Very challenging to get in. It can also be very stressful at times. Lots of extra benefits that come with the job.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P176.htm
1761,google,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Technical Sourcer,"Great culture Good benefits (free food, shuttles, office space) Growth opportunities Flat structure Casual dress code Flexible work schedules Pet friendly",Contractors aren't seen as equals with full time employees. Limited upward mobility in sourcing or recruiting. Not much diversity. Lots of politics.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1762,google,none," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,The opportunities for growth are great and the overall working environment is positive,"Advancement means seeing goodbye to your social life and if you live in the city, the commute isn't fun.","Listen often and take more action. In my experience, sometimes management needed to listen more to its people.",5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1763,google,none," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Intelligent, friendly, and driven coworkers. Everyone strives to make this a better company every single day.",Managers may get a little too stuck in the weeds.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1764,google,none," Nov 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,great benefits and fun culture,"big company, hard to rise to senior management",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1765,google,none," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Projectes,"Many projects, Good environment to work","No direct recruitment, It is done through third parties",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1766,google,none," Nov 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"large scale work, good food, smart people",really distributed teams and workflow,Management is often out of the loop on day to day practices and so it can be hard to prove value all the time.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1767,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - SWE,Better than I imagined,"Work, people, facilities and food.",Nothing that jumps to mind.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1768,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,executive assistant,"The people, the perks, the culture","Big company, more bureaucracy than before",Be less hierarchical,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1769,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work,"Great eng support, personal development",Slow progression through eng levels,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1770,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Super smart people, management growth pains","Truly the smartest groups of people you'll ever work with. More than anything, this was a reason to go to work every day. But also, working on products that the entire world touches is humbling and inspiring.","Though more ""flat"" than other companies, as Google grew there was more and more need for typical career bureaucracy. It became necessary to champion your achievements up the ladder and jockey for recognition. Managers are stuck in the middle and with such a talented group of employees, it's hard to please them all. Lots of the most ambitious talent left for better career growth and prospects elsewhere.",none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P177.htm
1771,google,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Technical Sourcer,"interesting technologies, great perks. Opportunity to work amongst some great people and be part of an exciting and innovative culture.","recruiting is undervalued culturally at Google. Most engineering leaders do not wish to align with recruiting as a trusted business partner, but rather a support service.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1772,google,none," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Product Manager,Fantastic place to work. Surrounded by really smart people who make me strive to do more.,no cons to speak of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1773,google,none," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Challenging work, good perk, huge loads of learning opportunities","Cost of living around Mountain View, CA",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1774,google,none," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great company culture !,None that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1775,google,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great PLace,"1) Food, food, food. 15+ cafes on main campus (MTV) alone. Mini-kitchens, snacks, drinks, free breakfast/lunch/dinner, all day, errr'day.  2) Benefits/perks. Free 24:7 gym access (on MTV campus). Free (self service) laundry (washer/dryer) available. Bowling alley. Volley ball pit. Custom-built and exclusive employee use only outdoor sport park (MTV). Free health/fitness assessments. Dog-friendly. Etc. etc.","Work/life balance. What balance? All those perks and benefits are an illusion. They keep you at work and they help you to be more productive. I've never met anybody at Google who actually time off on weekends or on vacations. You may not hear management say, ""You have to work on weekends/vacations"" but, they set the culture by doing so - and it inevitably trickles down. I don't know if Google inadvertently hires t","Keep on NOT micromanaging - that is a huge benefit to Google. Most of us have a huge workload and we work in spikes and not chained to our desks, and we care deeply about producing, and we produce a lot. We can do that because you respect us enough to give us some freedom in how we do our jobs.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1776,google,none," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good experience, but NOT hangouts","Great Pay, including good insurance, annual bonuses, and stock grants. Free, prepared on-site meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.","Not hangouts. Seriously, not hangouts. Toxic, information-hoarding engineers and a lost mission. Working there made it difficult to transfer to other teams/organizations, because of the awful reputation it had.","I've seen people driven to suicide from their experiences here. When people exit, please bother to ask them WHY they are leaving.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1777,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Sourcer,Sourcer,Great company with lots of perks. Fun environment,Politics in recruiting is unbearable.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1778,google,none," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,Super friendly management. Great company perks that make you love going to work. Challenging work that makes you care.,Somtimes it is easy to feel like you are a cog in a wheel. Not very easy to progress.,Keep on keeping on. Google is one of the best companies in the world because of their management style. Keep it up.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1779,google,none," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Great company, smart management, efficient/productive colleagues, good perks.",Need to be mindful of the team you're in to feel like you're delivering impactful work.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1780,google,none," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Working with colleagues closely. Different projects.,A lot meetings. Coordination skills required,Need to reduce meetings.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P178.htm
1781,google,none," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You won't be bored.,"Really smart people, lots of resources, good benefits, free on-site meals, opportunity to travel, and the work can be very interesting depending in what area you are working.","There is more work than can be completed, and the management likes to keep everyone really busy, so they are continually introducing new projects despite the current workload. Focus is on doing things quickly just good enough to make things work, so you end up with buggy code and a poor understanding of how systems interact. Lots of distractions because of open floor plans and frequent company-sponsored events (talks, parties, team-building), so many people end up working at home when they need to get work done.","Focus on quality and robust solutions instead of ""velocity"" so that the services being built and maintained have fewer bugs.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1782,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Mixed Bag,"Great benefits, cordial environment, work-life balance is excellent.","Boring projects, hard to transfer internally",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1783,google,none," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"work environment, technology, culture",not much to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1784,google,none," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked at Google more than one year,good ppl . good benefits,I dont think there is cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1785,google,none," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Generation Specialist,Freedom. Smart people. Transparency.,Long commute can be an issue to some people.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1786,google,none," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,"Smart people, amazing perks and benefits, there's tonnes of opportunities internally if you want to move to a different team, challenging work, performance reviews and promotion process is well documented and not some magical process","Some roles aren't well scoped out so there's a risk of not being a good fit resulting in some bad experience, Your manager will determine to a large extent the experience you will have at Google (Bad manager = Bad experience)",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1787,google,none," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,"good company, excellent team and people, good growth",too large. hard to contribute significantly,don't have any concrete advises on my mind,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1788,google,none," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bed of roses,"Good perks: food, gym, shuttle, etc, hours  Google is good if you're happy in current role/level and no desire to move and enjoy perks and work/life balance. Not a good fit if you are ambitious and want career to move forward not lateral or stay stagnant.",Hard to move up or to other departments. Lots of bureaucracy and bad managers.,Make career progression more transparent and train managers better,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1789,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,Great work life balance. Opportunity to work with some of the best talent in the field.,Base pay is lower than market,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1790,google,none," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"good work life balance, nice co-workers","too big to move, politics",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P179.htm
1791,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Specialist,"Salary, bonus are very competitive. Equity is what makes it so valuable. People around you are super bright but also very open, willing to help, willing to explain. At other companies ive worked at, the seemingly talented people are also the least willing to go out of way to help, thats not the case at google. benefits are amazing - free breakfast lunch and dinner. pay for phone. pay for home internet. pay for insurance. unlimited sick days. 3-6 month maternity league. Just amazing benefits overall. Great speakers comes to the offices to present all the time, super interesting sometimes.","Hard to get in. Hard to get promoted quickly. That's it, otherwise i love everything here!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1792,google,none," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Director,It's who you work for...,"Fantastic benefits - gold plated insurance with reasonable employee expense. Above market salaries in many locations, roles.","With 75K employees, there are bound to be some bad leaders. Some of the ingrained folks have worked from being good software engineers to being terrible managers/directors.","Leadership does not have to originate from the software/systems engineering pool. Be open to outside viewpoints, not just existing 'leaders'.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1793,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Great place to work,"Most people I worked with were very intelligent, friendly, and respectful. Engineers are well-respected, and the tools and processes are world-class. My programming skill has improved very significantly in the year and a half that I was here.","Although it does a good job of cutting down on bureaucracy, Google is not completely free from some problems that affect large companies. Because there are so many brilliant people fighting for projects, politically savvy becomes an important skill. Additionally, occasional shake-ups do mean that some projects get canceled.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1794,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company,Collaborative environment with awesome perks. You get to work with the smartest folks and have access to so many useful resources.,"Big company problems. You might get stuck on a project you don't like, doing a lot of work you aren't passionate about. Plus development work can move pretty slow depending on your project or team.",Spend more time trying to empower your employees and help them get promotions or reach their professional goals.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1795,google,"San Ramon, CA"," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Operations Specialist,"Tech Behemoth, Find Your Niche",Always friendly and talented people working all around you. Can always find someone like-minded and who may even share similar hobbies.,"This place is huge! This can also be seen as a good thing if you like stability and infrastructure. However, sometimes I felt like a very, very minute and insignificant ""Red Badger"" in a sea of White and Green Badges. Full Time Employees and Interns, that have more access than contractors.","Have your recruiters source from the contractors that already work here. It might save you some time since there are many talented individuals already working at Google just under contract. Also, provide a process to evaluate TVCs (temps, vendors, contractors) on their performance and set expectations of growth early on to promote career engagement. Help build a more inclusive dynamic and avoid letting ""Red Badgers"" feel like second class citizens of Google.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1796,google,none," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Intern,Great people to work with. Helpful and take the time to really care about your project. Also great tools to work with.,"No cons really, I really enjoyed my time there! I would say it is really easy to get lost in all the exciting things around you at work - that's it. Just keep grounded.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1797,google,none," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pretty chill,"the food was pretty dece, nice espresso machines, no one really noticed that I was severely depressed and not getting any work done for almost 2 years","offices are in the suburbs. there's a free bus from san francisco, but the commute is still hella uncool",its all good thanks for all the extremely chill benefits is this twenty words yet,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1798,google,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Events Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, ability to work on exciting projects, transparency into company goals and efforts across all different departments.",Many different and changing processes. Huge company so easy to feel small and not impactful. Many levels to climb to be promoted and difficult promotion process.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1799,google,"Grand Blanc, MI"," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Account Strategist,"Great facilities, hours, flexibility, as well as training",Some elitist attitudes though the exception not the rule,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1800,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"great team work , everyone helps a lot, great projects. as an intern got to learn a lot",work can be too stressful at times,proper work distribution is required,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P180.htm
1801,google,"Austin, TX"," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Contracts Manager,Corporate Counsel,Exciting contracts and watching growth of company,Long hours but worth every minute,Great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1802,google,none," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great engineer culture, nice co-workers willing to help.",Code review takes so long.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1803,google,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales development,"Amazing place, benefits, inspiring people. Collaborative enviroment",As a big corporation it takes some steps to get things approve,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1804,google,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Used to be great, now it's just OK","Collaborative environment, great benefits and perks, ability to give 360 feedback.","Many larger organizations within Google do not adhere to the company's philosophy for flat organizations, do not encourage work/life balance, and use rigorous process for reviews which seems to encourage turn-over for senior team members. This things makes it feel like the Google-way is a myth.",Create better opportunities for teams to flag un-Googley behavior on a regular basis.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1805,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Great place to work,"* Smart, dedicated coworkers * Care about the world and creating good products",* Too many employees without experience outside of Google or college,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1806,google,none," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,highly competitive but great job,cons are likely same from that of google for software engineers - big company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1807,google,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Had an amazing summer!,The project I worked on was fantastic. I loved it a lot.,The project matching phase took quite amount of time.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1808,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Instructional Designer III,Great place to work,"Flexible working hours. More about getting the work done than being chained to a desk from morning to night. I work with an amazingly supportive global team that supports Sellers. Benefits, perks, etc. are great. But the people make it worth it.","Work life balance can suffer if you don't pay attention. Meals, gyms, pleasant work environments are designed to keep you happy working. And they work. In my first year I found myself working 12 hour days at a minimum. But I made the conscious decision to cut back my time, and adjust my goals so I wasn't killing myself, while still doing amazing work.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1809,google,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,People Ops,It's Google!! You have a number of resources at your disposal with some of the brightest people in the industry.,"People get complacent. It's a big company and hard to move up so folks don't try as hard as they could. Things get put on the back burner and efficiency falls. In response, the company hires more people and trends continue. However, now there are just more people siting around doing nothing.",Find a way to create more sense of urgency,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1810,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr QA Tester,Wonderful working environment and teams. Great people and culture.,Contractors do not have benefits like Google full time employees.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P181.htm
1811,google,none," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,APMM II,"Benefits, Environment, Colleagues, Access, Scale","Manager-Heavy, Slow, Political, Myopic,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1812,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Software Engineer, Tools and Infrastructure",Good benefits and perks. Learning opportunities are great.,Over saturated talent pool. Role is not well defined. Promotion rules vary a lot in between teams (managers). Most projects are dull and boring to work for. Being political seems to be required when reaching senior levels (not necessarily management).,"Be more specific about guidelines for the role, promotion and project requirements. It seems teams are either too small, or too big. For the too small, the roles encompasses too much. For startups this is ok. For Google things such as ""inter-team collaboration"" may be undesirable to some (you may want to work on lots of aspects of a big impact project, but you may not want to babysit ALL Google teams). For big teams, roles have too little responsibility. And boring.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1813,google,none," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ad Sales,The people I work with are by and large the best part of my experience. They are extremely bright and make me work hard to continue developing.,"It's very competitive, stressful, and has become much more 'corporate'.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1814,google,none," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Good workplace but hard driving teams,Really hard driving teams and will need to work for a length of time to persuade teams to be open to ideas,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1815,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Corporate Operations Engineer I,"Great company, low(er) pay","- Best co-workers ever, there are few mean people and few slackers. - Free food, free laundry. - Unvested stock on hire. - Dress code very casual.","- Base compensation lower than competitive companies in the same area. - Stock takes years to vest, while San Fran bay area rent continues to rise. - Base compensation increases require complicated and time-consuming promotion process that is not guaranteed and dependent on team success. - Bay area compensation not adequate outside of SWE job positions. -Cube space open and can be noisy in some areas.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1816,google,none," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great company,"Smart coworkers, beautiful offices, great perks","It's a big company - decisions are starting to get made for political reasons, and a few Bs have been hired who now hire Cs",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1817,google,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good pay for me and others,Lots of work for me and others,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1818,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Everything was pretty good there.,Too big for my taste.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1819,google,none," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My time at Google,Amazing company with great people,Not enough room to advance.,Be more responsive to employees,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1820,google,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Internship Experience,"Amazing company perks, great food, extremely friendly people. My team ate meals together often, and even went on hiking trips outside of work (MTV). My host was incredible and very helpful, and I felt that I had a lot of impact due to the smaller scale project I had in infrastructure tools. In the end, I was able to push at least 5k lines of code into production, and it felt very rewarding to do so.","Hearing from other fellow interns, I think my own experience was not necessarily the same for everyone else. Some other interns felt their project was going nowhere, or their team was scattered, or that they felt they had no impact because of slow code reviews and other barriers. Also, the host matching process after you accept your internship offer is good in that you find a team that matches you, but it leads to a lot of anxiety because you can be placed anywhere from LA to MTV to NY, and you'll have no control over it. Also, many people only get matched with 1 team within of a month of the internship start, so the ""choice"" of what team you want isn't necessarily a choice.","Please be receptive to interns who feel that they are not doing enough. A lot of them are very motivated to do more, but aren't sure how to bring it up or where to start.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P182.htm
1821,google,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Had a wonderful intern experience,Really great community of people,No overarching intern program between departments,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1822,google,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place,Good work environment and colleagues,None that i can pick.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1823,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Google's great. Recruiting needs work.,"It's Google! It really is fantastic. Perks, benefits, and people are all excellent! Super smart and capable people in recruiting that are being massively under-utilized. If you have a good manager who advocates for your work, you'll be fine.","Politics, especially around promotion. Popularity and project work is more valued than real performance. As a result, you have recruiters who do a lot of projects, evangelize their work, and ""teach to the test"" re: personal metrics, but they do not provide an authentic experience to candidates and clients. But because they're more visible, they get rewarded. And if your boss's boss's boss barely knows who you are, forget it. Promotion is a game and you have to know the right people.  Newer employees are wildly under-leveled. As a result you have 32-year-old new employees who are at a lower level than 26-year-olds who have been with Google for a few years. It's so strange, and I've never seen anything like it.  Tracking systems are poor. Leadership's been here forever, so not a lot of innovative thinking or perspective. Almost all of senior leadership in Staffing is Google-grown, so it's a massive echo chamber.",Level people correctly and fairly. Be open and fair about promotion. Fix systems!,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1824,google,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,Google has a great company culture making it a fun place to work every day. Everyone is always willing to help out and collaborate on issues. This is an excellent company having come from a much smaller company.,No cons to necessarily report. Large company but still feels like a young one!,Just keep creating a great atmosphere for new hires!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1825,google,none," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really loved my time at Google,"Great company, great people, strong culture",Tech centric -- non-core tech roles can be tough,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1826,google,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategy Manager,"Great culture, benefits and opportunities for internal mobility",Commute from San Francisco to Mountain View is not ideal,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1827,google,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Short title,They treat their people well. Straightforward work. Lots of freedom to do what you want. Interesting tech. Relaxed environment. Great compensation.,"Fundamentally a (soul-less) ads business. Open, cramped work space.",none,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1828,google,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,the food is very good there,therer is too much work,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1829,google,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,"Great office, great perks, very open culture",The usual problems with larger companies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1830,google,none," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,2 months in!,"Incredible perks, coworkers, and environment. Really value the power of technology and how it can be used for good.",Nothing I can think of at this point!,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P183.htm
1831,google,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programmer,"Flex hours , compensation",Understaffed and management rushing projects,Invest more into Human Resources,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1832,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Content Editor,QA Content Editor,The pay rate was agreeable.,"Individual work assignment, which could get monotonous. I did not feel like I fit in. The management team already kew each other, so I was the newbie. I didn't really click with anyone.","If you end a contract short, let the candidate know. It's not fair that the candidate is let go without any warning. This is how most if not all companies operate. They can let you go at any time, for any reason, and not even let you know why.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1833,google,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Perks, smart co-workers, ambitious leadership",No longer a startup like it used to be,Continue to build inspiring products,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1834,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good employer but not necessarily the best for international recruits,"- Free food - Nice weather - Plenty of on campus amenities like showers, gyms, massages, cafes - Great technical infrastructure and tooling - Great colleagues to work beside - Lots of teams to choose from in Mountain View - Processes to progress in the company are well defined","- The salary, once adjusted for Bay Area cost of living and taxes, isn't competitive with similar positions in other locations (such as Google's Seattle office, which has similar compensation but with half rent and no state income tax). - Vacation time is very limited (3 weeks), particularly for people coming from other countries, where 4-5 weeks is usually a legal minimum. If you're moving away from your family, consider how hard it'll be to keep in touch given this limitation. Consider the fact that you're losing 1-2 weeks paid time off when you look at the compensation. - Relocation bonuses are paid after relocation, so you need to be able to pay them upfront prior to relocating.",Give employees more vacation time (particular international employees who need to leave their families). Make Bay Area employment more worthwhile or move teams elsewhere.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1835,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Good company to be,Nice Food Nice People to be with,"Very competitive, over talented people.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1836,google,none," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,wow,Great place and environment in which to work,had to move away from home to work their,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1837,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"Solid benefits, decent salary and a lot of onsite perks.",It's gotten very big and moving upward can be very difficult once you reach a certain level.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1838,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,G Review,Opportunity to build great products with rich user data and resources.,Company is getting fairly large with bureaucracy and processes slowing things down.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1839,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place for an engineer,"Pays well, you are surrounded with smart people, great 401k, good health plans, free food.","Too little vacation, starts with only 15 days per year for new employees.",none,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1840,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Best company ever.,"Google epitomizes why I love technology and the tech industry. Useful products, smart people, data-driven decisions & culture, a mission I can feel good about when I go to sleep every night. This is as good as it gets.","Google's difficult to get into, but also difficult to get fired from. It's like Stanford in that regard. This has pro's (easy to feel safe) and cons (easy to coast for years).",It's already the best company I've ever worked for. Make it better by keeping a very high bar on new products (people expect nothing less from us!) and also for employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P184.htm
1841,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - SWE V,Great company.,"Great Company, smart co-workers, great benefits, good pay.","Downside, its a large corporation and there are tedious processes that do exist. However for a company so large it is not that bad.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1842,google,none," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Fun work lots of on-campus perks,The culture makes people stay on campus. Work /life balance only possible if your life is on Google campus,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1843,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Industry Analyst,Great big corporate experience,"Amazing people, free food, lots of travel opps, very challenging","Insane amount of reorgs, lots of beauracracy/ very corporate for digital",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1844,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,X is where you come to kill ideas.,1. Great Benefits and Perks 2. Amazing Engineers around your work to grow technically,1. No Work-life balance constantly working including weekends 2. Lack of Product Shipments and Constant Re-Orgs / Lost Vision over the past 3 years. 3. Upward promotions are based on who you know not what you did 4. Work Politics has gone really awful,Hiring the Best Players doesn't necessarily means you will get the best output. You also need a good coach and fare assessments of those who actually do the work.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1845,google,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Review,Pretty good place to work at if you haven't already heard of it. Pretty useful applications.,They were located a little too far for me. I didn't want to move so I had a pretty long commute to campus daily.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1846,google,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiting and Staffing Review,"Great work/life balance, proper training and expectations","Ideal environment in staffing, I don't have negatives.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1847,google,none," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Free food, get to work with a lot of smart people",Big company so project scope is very small,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1848,google,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,One of the best places to work,No negative remarks to share,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1849,google,none," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Flexible hours, good work/life balance",Weak senior management in LA office - managers are not trained with key management skills and roles between senior sales people and 'head of industry' are blurred,"Only promote (or assign) someone to a people management role if they are truly passionate about mentorship, coaching, and growing members of the organization - NOT if it's just a level change because they are promoted.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1850,google,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,I enjoyed my time there.,Not much. I enjoyed it.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P185.htm
1851,google,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,12 years and going strong,- Great projects - Great people - Amazing benefits - Free food - 401k matching,- HUGE - Difficult to get promoted,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1852,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineerer,software Engineerer,"it is a great company. good pay, good place to work. i worked for one year and really enjoy it.",it is a big company.. it is different from group to group. it is critical to choose a good group.,it is to long to get in google. please to speed up the review process. i almost loose my patient to wait this offer,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1853,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Legal Assistant,Wonderful place to work,"Google is even better than the stuff that makes mainstream news-- it's exciting, fun, and the company takes care of its employees.","If you're looking for a small, intimate start-up, this isn't the place to be.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1854,google,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Very prestigious firm with highly talented coworkers and bosses doing interesting work.,Long hours and difficult assignments. Easy to spend a lot more time than expected at the office.,"Continue doing what they are doing, it is a good environment and continues to get very talented people.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1855,google,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great work place, good benefits and over all nice place to work","Get's really competitive, everyone stays in late due to the food.","You are doing a really nice job,.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1856,google,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really amazing company,"There is no micromanagement. As long as you get your work done and as long as you're good at your work, you will succeed here.",No cons. Fantastic place to work.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1857,google,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overly collaborative,Very open with information to employees. People are super smart and friendly. Aggressive compensation and benefits.,It's really slow to get things done in some orgs - especially when it seems that there are not clear owners.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1858,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Administrative Assistant,Great place to work awesome to be helpful employers skillful employees,Huge organization lots to do lots to offer helpful,Great company,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1859,google,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,You can tell people care about you - from your personal growth as an engineer to your interests as a person. It is a company genuinely focused on employees being happy and proud of their work.,"Impostor syndrome is easy to get, not that they don't try to combat it while you're there.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1860,google,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was good while it lasted,"Good salary, pretty interesting tasks.",Not enough interest in creative solutions.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P186.htm
1861,google,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perks at Google,"Free food, snacks & drinks. People are nice.",Management needs managerial skills instead of micro managing.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1862,google,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,great place to work,Great place to learn new things.,can get lost in the shuffle,keep up the good work,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1863,google,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard to be promoted,Working with smart people Great food and benefits,Very political Hard to get promoted,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1864,google,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Love it. Best place to work.,None that I have noticed yet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1865,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Great Company to Work For,"Free Food, Free Gym, Free Onsite Laundry.",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1866,google,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's awkward,flexible and people are really nice,I think the manager is push.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1867,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Accountant,Great opportunities for internal mobility,I had opportunity to work in three different countries and gained experience in several teams across Finance departments. Google offers number of opportunities for internal mobility within US and Internationally.,Type A personalities are everyone,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1868,google,none," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Summer of Code,"get paid for open source development, why not?",coding alone can be a little boring,keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1869,google,none," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,Great company with good values and amazing people.,"Large company, can be chaotic at times.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1870,google,none," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,food and people are great,its a very big company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P187.htm
1871,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Engineering Practicum,Amazing workplace!,"Meaningful work, lots of internal resources to use if you need help, very transparent management",Google has its own implementations of everything that you have to learn how to use.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1872,google,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,strategist,"interesting work, great benefits, lots of opportunities",pay is not competitive in some markets,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1873,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Googler,Google - The Best and the Brightest,"Google has indeed attracted and retained the best talent in the World, period. Google has remained one of the most inspirational companies in the World.","Some teams may have more political tides than others, depending on which team and function. Google will spoil you with autonomy and work environment, so if you ever decide to leave, you will likely not find a similar atmosphere.","Keep and protect the ""20% time"" - this is",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1874,google,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer resident,"Awesome coworkers, good food. Highly respected company",The program was a lot of hand holding for new grads,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1875,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - SMB Intern,BOLD Intern,"Awesome people, perks, and very collaborative atmosphere",Sometime too tight knit of a culture in the smaller offices,None I can think of as of now,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1876,google,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company to work for,"Everything you need for a good company, and they respect people.","It's a large company, so your job is not so important",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1877,google,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Internship,"Very high standard of style expected, great internal tools that allow you to focus on the problem at hand, great perks, great resources & culture","huge company, the location I was in was not ideal for a young person",none,4.0,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1878,google,"Lincoln, NE"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Street View Driver,Flexibility > Communication,Flexible Schedule and willingness to work around the crazy stuff life throw our way.,Preached open communication but didn't live by it.,Practice what you preach.,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1879,google,none," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilling work,"Best company to work for!! Focuses on individual contributions,",sometimes there is high work pressure,awesome,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1880,google,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"As a line on a resume, almost can't be beat Tons of perks Very good pay Flexible, fairly relaxed work environment Lots of corporate infrastructure backing you up (spinning up a big server is no big deal) Interesting work Super nice people","Social situation varies by office. The interns at my office (SFO) did not seem to be social at all, my friends in other offices described their time differently. Small cog in a big machine. Intern projects can vary in how interesting they are (though most are at least fairly interesting) Somewhat bureaucratic, although not a big issue for an intern","Not much I can say, I think the company is run quite well. People complain about the bureaucracy, but it's a huge company there's not much that can be done about that.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P188.htm
1881,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great place to work,"The benefits, opportunities for professional growth, and people are all the best in the business.","A small but growing minority suffers from entitlement, self-righteousness, arrogance, and laziness.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1882,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - SWE,nice place to work,A lot of opportunities/projects. Smart people. Great engineering culture. Good compensation at higher levels of the Eng ladder.,"Way too many meetings. Politics. Difficult to work if you are in remote office - choice of projects is limited, many decisions are still made in Mountain View.","Bring 20% projects back. Focus less on search. Less useless meetings. More power (in decision making, project choice etc.) to remote offices.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1883,google,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"very collegiate, innovative, they take great care of their employees with incredible benefits, very transparent and share lots of information with employees on a regular basis.","work really hard, long hours, it seems everything is urgent since products and services need to be launched continuously and at great velocity to keep up with the competition",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1884,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome,The pay is great and so is the work environment. You're treated like an adult and they trust you completely to get stuff done-- no one baby sits you.,"It's a little big, which can sometimes result in a lack of that small startup closeness feel. However, it is possible to get a similar feel with your immediate team.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1885,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great experience,Great benefits and great salary. Both my team and my superiors were a pleasure to work with. Google is really leading with new technologies which makes the job incredibly enjoyable.,"Sometimes I felt like the entire campus was geared towards college students. The bright colors, the ""dorm""-like designs. Age of employees tended to skew younger.",Keep doing what you're doing. The lack of too much middle management made working here a fantastic experience.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1886,google,"Austin, TX"," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Internship Review,People are some of the smartest you'll ever meet which is a great environment to learn. Food is amazing and the perks are amazing.,Company has gotten a little too big. The MTV campus is also too big and makes it a little hard to meet new people.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1887,google,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Google is a good place to work, but managers are lacking",Free food Generally company treats employees well,Managers are not good at Google,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1888,google,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome place to work, especially in the Bay Area","Google is a great place to work, especially if you're based in the Bay Area - where the majority of really cool projects exist.","Opportunities for career growth are really limited if you're based in one of the alternate Google offices, and are unable to relocate.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1889,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Security Officer,Security officer,"for professionnalisme, experience and knowledge good salary so you don't need to work in anther place.","Generally, security officers are the first people that visitors or employees come in contact with at an organization. They serve to protect the organization and help those who are in need of assistance. Since the security officers are often the first contacts, they also serve to provide the first impressions of their security department and the organization as a whole.","The advice to management is to plays an important role in the security officer's training, whether it concerns human relations or another topic. In order for job performance to be increased, a significant training effort is required. To ensure continuous improvements, supervisors must also ensure that training is an ongoing process. The following are a few things supervisors should keep in mind when it comes to training.",2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1890,google,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work for initial retail experience,"During holiday season you can get a lot of hours. There's a small discount, 10% or 15%. They work around student schedules.","After holiday season it is really hard to get hours, that's the reason I had to quit and switch to a different job. For the first few months after December it gets slow, and I mean SLOW, I was getting maybe 6 - 9 hours per week.",n/a,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P189.htm
1891,google,none," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bold Intern,"Amazing people, amazing products, and amazing perks.",There really isn't a con I can think of.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1892,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst - Strategy and Operations,Happy Googler,"Benefits and perks, transparent leadership, non-hierarchical","Commute, can't complain about anything else!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1893,google,none," Oct 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,High salary. Free food. A lot of activities for interns.,Difficult to get return offer. You have to take two additional technical interview for full-time conversion. They make the decision based on the 90-minutes interview instead of the performance in 12 weeks.,The full-time conversion process should focus on the performance of internship instead of technical interviews.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1894,google,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Easy to change different teams,Everything is good except hard to promote.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1895,google,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome experience,I had an absolutely awesome time working there the staff is very friendly and management was great I had no problems and will recommend anyone to work there 5 star rating you guys are great,can't say I have a whole lot of cons just the opportunity person is looking for do what you do and do it well and appreciate the opportunity that comes your way all in all great job number 1,maybe work a little bit more on cash bonuses and try to do a little bit better with customer appreciation other than that I think you guys did awesome job keep up the great work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1896,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - SRE,Experience at Google,"The extra perks such as gym, food is really good. The benifits and free transportation to work is a plus working for google.",Google is very big company with really smart people in the teams. Improving the levels is really hard unless you are a pro.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1897,google,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a Big Coorporation,"Great Food, Amazing Benefits and some really excellent products","As Google grew it was unable to stave off the inevitable move into becoming a large bureaucratic organisation. To its credit, it avoided this fate for a long time, but passing 50k employees made it inevitable that more 'structure' (read hierarchy and centralized decision making) would be required","Focus on impact, give employees more freedom to make decisions",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1898,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager III,Best non-executive job in Silicon Valley,"Huge impact, brilliant co-workers, good benefits and perks, good pay, career growth opportunities, brand name is great.","Big company, wants to feel like a small company, some politics, becoming a bit more old-fashioned than it was, less exponential growth in many areas.","Keep building on opportunities for growth in the PM ladder, so that the best PMs aren't incentivized to leave to startups.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1899,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,coffee,"lots of free coffee, great work environment, wonderful place to learn and make new connections",not so much on the tea through,more tea,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1900,google,none," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but not long term,"- Great company, ultimate resume booster, prestige - Smart people, great learning opportunities & resources - Competitive Pay - Perks","- Too bureaucratic/political for a ""tech company"" - Slow/methodical, it's just too large of a company doing too many things - Unnecessary middle management, difficult promotion cycles (bell curve)","- Minimize the need to ""prove worth"", managers should be the one's ""proving worth"" and not the other way around",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P190.htm
1901,google,none," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Great option to balance work and life, Cool product that has real world value, Work with really smart people! Competitive salary and free food!",Can not think of any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1902,google,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An amazing organization,The benefits are absolutely amazing. The talented colleagues make each day a complete joy. The scale of the business is unfathomable.,"Too many bright people, not enough projects to keep them busy. The promotion process seems very bizarre, unlike any other organization that I've ever worked in.",Make sure to continue to invest in the culture of Google. It is too good to be overlooked or ignored.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1903,google,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"Culture, autonomy, food, perks, openness","Long work hours, some people at director level are political and egotistical",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1904,google,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Contractor,"Free food, drinks, gym, dog friendly campus, free transportation,",Contractors treated like 2nd class citizens with a bright red badge. Not allowed to attend many of the company held events on campus.,Give contractors a chance to become full time employees if they are doing great work.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1905,google,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Intern At,Treated interns very nicely. The teams were extremely welcoming. The perks were obviously the best part. :D,"The company is really big, so some days can be really slow.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1906,google,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Why You Should be an Senior Software Engineer,"Flexible hours and creative outlooks competitive job with lots of young people. Amazing salary, I get to go around the world for free on business meetings!","Hard-to-get-into-job, can be stressful at times and is typically a good jobs for work-a-holics. Lots of boring and uneventful updating on google servers","A dream job google. great job, I feel so creative and interactive with my workplace. I don't moan when I have to get up in the morning to go to work.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1907,google,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great job,good job to start at,nothing bad to say about this job at all.,keep the good work guys,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1908,google,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,"- Great benefits (health, food, etc) - Lots of fun events for interns to attend. - Other companies will want to interview once you have a Google internship on your resume.",- Boring work (unless you get lucky and get matched with a good team who is honest about the work in the host matching interview). - No oversight on intern host matching and/or intern management in general.,"1. You need to do a better job training intern hosts. It was clear to me that my host was a bad manager after about the third week of my internship (I had previous work experience before Google). My host would routinely get into the office at 11:30 AM, and go play videogames instead of doing code reviews. When I raised this as a concern, nothing happened. 2. Do more to make sure your interns have interesting projects. I know a lot of interns who ended up being assigned projects that were completely outside the scope of what was originally discussed in the host matching interview. My project was 100% different than what was originally discussed, and I feel like I wasted my summer because of it.",2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1909,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - California,Long-term Googler,"+ If you like the internet, you'll identify with the mission of most projects + Work with world class engineers most of the time + Fun people, fun occasional offsites, nice lunches + Most of the projects & teams I've worked on had a ""small team"" vibe. + Easy to switch projects after 12-18 months + High pay","- Google is a large place today and things vary quite drastically from team to team. There's no guarantee of what type of thing/project/team you might be working on, at first. - Challenging to move up the career ladder as an engineer (probably in other functions, too) - you need to have the""full package"" - engineering and leadership/communication","Things have been up and down for a while but trending up recently! Less focus on Google Plus has been nice, while we focus more on our core strengths. Reserving judgement on Allo.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1910,google,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Internship Experience - Hope to come back!,"Competitive pay, great perks even for interns, lots of resources and opportunities for learning, and a great culture.","No coffee drinks in the MK fridges, too much use of chicken thighs and kale in the cafeterias. Have to re-interview to convert from intern to full time.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P191.htm
1911,google,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Balanced professional and personal life. Better exposure to new technologies etc,Slow project execution times etc,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1912,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - Network Engineer Communication,Network Engineer,They have really good food!,Work you like a dog.,none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1913,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place to Work,"Flexible work hours, friendly coworkers and staff, great location, great compensation, not too much pressure, no forced overtime, low stress, can move offices/teams. I feel like there are a lot of opportunities for advancement in the company. Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks are 24/7 essentially. Video games, board games, books, billiards, massages, haircuts, laundry, frequent team outings, parties, etc. I could go on. Very relaxed work environment. A lot of perks.",Required to conduct interviews multiple times a week... That's about it.,Keep up the amazing work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1914,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome experience,Good food Good mentor Good projects Provides a very healthy environment to you to learn and grow. Good desk and everything is awesome,"Too much good food. You'll get fat eating all that. Sometimes, you can have impostor syndrome among all these smart nerds",Nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1915,google,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sofware Engineer,Great Perks and Smart Co-workers,Feels like a big company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1916,google,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reviewer,Great place to work. Free snacks,Many hours are required to succeed,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1917,google,none," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PgM Googler Review,"High caliber colleagues, friendly atmosphere, great work life balance, relatively objective hiring and promotion processes, wide range of career progression opportunities, and of course the awesome food, pay, perks and brand recognition - arguably the most optimal ""package"" that any employer on this planet offers.","Not exactly world class when it comes to business process standardization, a result of the free-form creative engineering DNA. Trying to change to address pains of a growing company. Tenure can occasionally convey entitlement (even though some of them may be mediocre people who just lucked out, although many are brilliant and humble).","As you have and continue to hire world class talent, think about how you can provide a meaningful career prospect to everyone without getting stuck with the same issues large corporations have. We understand this is not an easy problem to solve.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1918,google,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Amazing people to work with!,There are pretty much no cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1919,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - SWE Intern,"Great company, great people, interesting projects",People are great Food is amazing Work is tough and interesting You stand to make a lot of money being that Pittsburgh cost of living is so low,Not the office with the coolest projects per se,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1920,google,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google review,"Laid Back, flexible hours, nice coworkers","boring projects, hard to get on the exciting work",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P192.htm
1921,google,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Food and perks and company culture,Commute from San Francisco is really bad.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1922,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Web Applications Developer,Great place to work,"Free food, smart people, get to use best in class technology",Hard to switch ladders. Need to reinterview for fulltime conversion.,Give current team the ability to take part in the interview process for conversion to full time,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1923,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Great place to work.,"Great technology, great people, good work-life balance.","Impostor syndrome is hard to avoid, and it can be stressful.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1924,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Intern,Review,Very good! I had a great experience interning here. I learned a lot and there were a lot of great perks!,"The host matching process. I would rather interview for a particular team, than interview for a general software role and then figure out which team I am working on.",Not much to say here. I think the management is great and I particularly enjoyed the TGIF sessions. Great way to learn what's going on at the company!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1925,google,none," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a very nice company to intern with,Met a lot of other interns.,No downsides as far as I can tell.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1926,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You'll grow so much,Opportunity to work with amazing people. Opportunity to work on world changing projects. People will challenge you and your ideas and you'll learn how to think critically. I am able to come and go as I please. I am treated like an adult.,"It's a lot of work all the time. If you aren't good at managing your time and your life, you'll get sucked in and won't have a life anymore.  There are a lot of brilliant people here, so don't expect to just stand out. You have to be exceptional.",Continue to allow free thinking and not micromanaging. It really fosters an environment of creativity. You do a great job and thanks for all the opportunities and challenges.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1927,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,Lives up to the hype,"The company lives up to its hype, there is a reason why it's consistently Forbes best company to work for. The salary, benefits, and perks are great. Overall, the culture is probably a good fit for anyone who is technical and/or data driven.","The performance review system is harsh, ""meets expectations"" is a perfectly acceptable review but if you're a person who is not satisfied with that designation (and you shouldn't be!) and are meeting all your objectives and excelling, it can be a hard pill to swallow. Getting promoted as an engineer takes a lot of time and some heavy politicking.","Help your direct reports excel and grow, clearly communicate their individual objectives and reward success.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1928,google,none," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Android tech suport,This was a very good company.,managers seemed to be learning.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1929,google,none," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great Work, Great People, Work life balance",Can be stressful. Can be boring,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1930,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Eight years and still happy,"Outstanding colleagues. Interesting, impactful projects. Compensation and benefits are great. Three meals a day.","We're becoming a large company. Many more layers of management added in the last eight years. Easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of information. Hard to talk to anyone else about work because, really, everything is so much better than every other company that you sound like a whiner for complaining about anything...",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P193.htm
1931,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,good environment,ok to work. good benefits. helpful people.,stress no time to waste. have to give work time to time. make htings faster,"better be ready or prepare for what going on. Speed up or stay behind. Be fast, and cool down.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1932,google,none," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Software Engineer,"Smart employees and coworkers, great mentorship. Nice perks and benefits",Haven't been here long enough to experience much wrong yet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1933,google,none," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,"good culture, relaxed environment, good food",huge variance in work by team,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1934,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Visual Designer,"As a first job out of college, it's amazing!","perks, free food, flexible work schedule, budget for conference, great culture","workflow is too slow, takes too many rounds of approval",a more structured design process,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1935,google,none," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,I could not have had better co-workers,"Leadership was not experienced enough. There was clearly confusion about what they wanted the team and overall, the product to achieve",Please listen to people who are on the ground floor. They are the closest to your customers.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1936,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Google Review,Fun environment - lots of perks - very smart people - challenging work - work meant someething,Climbing the ladder is impossible - have to hop jobs - sometimes you wont get the project you want - a lot of work,no real advice - solid management - pretty well organized and professional,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1937,google,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HOI,"great benefits, paid well, free food and health facilities",lack of support to be promoted into Director and above,"Stronger support for female leadership, more strategic promotional planning",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1938,google,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Free food, gym membership, nice people overall","Pressure to complete projects in a rush, etc.","Make intern selection not as vague... very difficult to get a position here, especially for product management and that kind of jazz.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1939,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Operation Lead,Great working environment,"good work and life balance, great benefits for employees. A lot of opportunities to work on cool projects and work with talented people.","TVC couldn't get as much benefits as full time employees. As a TVC myself, the work I was doing and the skills I was using were very specific to the project, can hardly be applied to other jobs.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1940,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Work Life Balance,"Smart people, great perks, great work life balance. Ability to transition between different teams every few years and learn an entirely new space.","Scoped Responsibility. There are a lot of incredibly smart people, so everyone needs to find their niche where they can be helpful.","Keep doing what you are doing. I have a great relationship with my manager, he is my number one advocate and always keeps me informed of greater strategy and why what I am doing is important for the company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P194.htm
1941,google,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a good experience,"Great people, great food, great benefits","Google's hiring standards are so high that you end up starting in a role you are overqualified for. Some people really enjoy that they have 100% mastery of their role from day 1, I found it extremely boring. Difficult process to transfer internally, very strict standards for what roles someone is eligible for based on the internal job code system.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1942,google,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Fiber Inside Sales Intern,Great atmosphere and people. Very innovative.,No cons for working at Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1943,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Mentor/Trainer,QA,"Team,atmosphere,easy workflow,location is ok,pretty flexible with times",Lack of communication with management,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1944,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineered,"Fun job , really fun , not that much of hard work , friendly employees and friendly boss , easy to talk to no weird people at all","Long hours , sometimes they call too much when on holiday if you are leading teams and stuff life that",Stay cool don't make the employees hate you because problems starts and it never ends and more promotions to the people that actually deserve,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1945,google,none," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Noogler,"I'm new to Google, but have to say... the people, pay, benefits, and simply the culture and structure is fantastic!","The only potential downside I see (from a limited early days view) is that it's a huge company, so maybe not always best at taking advantage of all of the cross functional capabilities.","Not sure that I'm in a position to provide any, other than keep doing what you're doing - and know that this employee is ""all in""!",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1946,google,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place Overall,"Fun people, amazing talent, great benefits",Promotional structure is hierarchical and not transparent,Put more weight on individual contributions,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1947,google,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales associate,Best environment. Nice team. Good perks. Good opportunity to learn and do training Good opportunity for entry level,Straight rules about time to start and have linch.,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1948,google,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Company lives up to the hype,"Everything, Culture, people, autonomy, challenging in a good way",I have not found any cons at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1949,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Account Manager,- Team - Compensation - Opportunity,- Nothing - Nothing - Nothing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1950,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"great place to learn, amazing culture, difficult place to accelerate","pay, benefits, working with smart people, working on products that reach billions of users daily, learning about innovation at TGIF (transparent company culture)",becoming very hierarchical and bureaucratic. limited opportunities to move into managerial roles early in career unless in sales org,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P195.htm
1951,google,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Great talent. Amazing projects. Making a difference.,Very few if any at all.,Too many distractions. A little more focus will help.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1952,google,none," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,The company has a lot of products and projects that you can choose to work.,It is hard to get promoted to senior levels even if you work hard and are smart.,Keep the good work!,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1953,google,none," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern at Google,Very friendly environment Amazing office Relaxed atmosphere,Amount of work Very rapid changing environment and priorities,More structured intern programm,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1954,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most desirable company to work for,- Motivating work culture - Very international and diverse - Strong peers to learn from - Competitive salaries and perks,- Has grown to become a large corporation - Increasingly hierarchical - Most product related roles are located in Mountain View,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1955,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best large corporation to work for as an engineer,Google engineers tend to be great people to work with and the infrastructure is better than anything else in the world. The benefits are also excellent.,It's hard to keep track of what other people are doing in such a large organization so sometimes you accidentally duplicate work.,Allow more experimental new services under a different brand name.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1956,google,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to contribute, learn and grow",- plenty of opportunities to try all product areas if you enter as a junior level employee. - huge support on innovation in all functions - great benefits to peace your mind and focus on users,- not quite alot of opportunities for mid-senior level employees - org structure sometimes can be funny and difficult to deal with,keep moonshot ambition and make sure every product area has clearly communicated vision and target.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1957,google,none," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Community Manager,"Great pay, benefits, work environment.",Very high expectations and long hours/overtime.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1958,google,"Boston, MA"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - PM of Cool Things,Innovators,Smartest people in the industry,duplication of effort across BUs,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1959,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager III,Takes really good care of people,"Smart hardworking co-workers, good pay and benefits. Lots of amazing perks.",Big bureaucracy. Hard to get things done quickly.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1960,google,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really depends on your role,"Great people, great perks, flexible working environment","Your experience highly depends on the team you're on and the role you work on. Non-technical roles (outside of PM, Eng, and UX), are paid much less and feels like they're given much less attention.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P196.htm
1961,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 27, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Great Food, Smart People, Good Pay","Long Hours, other than that, it was great.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1962,google,none," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern in Google,"Competitive relocation, salaries. Good teams, good products, good working environment. Also I like the weather of Bay Area summer!",Company seems to be too big for me.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1963,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good stuff,Great company to work for,Not a lot of room for growth vertically,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1964,google,"Madison, WI"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,A+++,Working with some of the sharpest people in the world.,Not enough negative / critical feedback.,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1965,google,none," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Hundreds of fun project, and also hundreds of not so fun projects",Sometimes there was politics instead of just making great products,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1966,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Executive,Best Employer on Earth,"Perks, Projects, Culture, Innovation, Industry Leadership",Culture may be changing as the company grows,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1967,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,Everything - it's an amazing place to work,Upward mobility is limited,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1968,google,none," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, in spite of horizontal growth.","You can find the smartest people here, and interacting with them everyday is a joy.","Huge company, easy to get lost in the deluge of projects and people.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1969,google,none," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excelent place to work,Grow opportunities Good salary and great stock grants Smart people to work with Cool projects,Some teams work in not interesting areas,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1970,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great Work/Life balance,Great compensation Innovation Creativity People Office Space There are many opportunities for travel and extensive career training.,"Google has become a large company with over 50,000 employees around the globe. Many ayers of management have been added. However, there is still lots of innovation happening in different parts of the company such as Google Cloud and Google X.","Focus on your employees. Keep the motivation going. It is hard to keep people and if employees to not feel appreciated, they will look for opportunities in other groups or other companies.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P197.htm
1971,google,none," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Working at google was great, I enjoyed my experience.",Some managers were very unpolite.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1972,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Business Intern,Summer Internship,-incredible culture -smart people -give lots of responsibility to interns -high leverage work,-recommend you work less than 40 hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1973,google,none," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fabulous MBA Internship,Great pay and insight into Google,Internship is location based and it's very difficult to get anything in the NYC office if you do Mountain View.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1974,google,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work as a full-time,"Awesome amenities, great coworkers, exposure to many company information and resources not available externally, stable",Limitations to open communication and resources available to contractor vs full time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1975,google,none," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brought fresh marketing plan by to a business in decline: Victory Gardens as theme for a garden center.,Working with customers and co-workers. Having a chance to try new things and have have the laughs show up in sales.,"Meany well, but not enough to overcome (generational) dysfunctional family ownership, not that I'm any judge. Uneven leadership, kept breaking commitments. Greedy. Ugh.","Work the floors, meet your customers. Be nice, have fun. Any sale is incidental to that.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1976,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Research Intern,Great place to work,"Surrounded by smart, motivated, talented people at the top of their game.",Feel like a small fish in a big pond.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1977,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,Ample amount of resource to learn on the side (even outside of core job function) and working with (usually) bright people.,"Passive-aggressive culture, hard to make impact at a company of this scale, depends on the product/team you join experiences could be very different.","Keep it small, fast, and stop letting the bad performers hide.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1978,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - User Interface Designer,Enjoyed my time here!,"Great benefits, internal structure. Enjoyed working here since it gave me a challenge and all the necessary hardware to tackle it!","Not many, certain teams definitely get more attention but that makes total sense otherwise I didn't personally have a problem with management",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1979,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Overall great place to work,- So many things to learn and do. - Everyone really cares about what they're working on. - Easy to maintain a good work life balance.,- Many googler's often get caught up on their projects and so often don't have much of a life outside of work.,none,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1980,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Strategy Manager,Great place to work,"There's a reason why Google is consistently rated the top place to work: company is doing amazing things and constantly innovating, great coworkers, very good pay (base+bonus+stock) and perks. Challenging work. Good internal mobility.","As with any large company, things can sometimes be slow moving (but for individuals, you can progress quickly if you are a very top performer). Commuting from SF to Mt View sucks. Occasionally there are sub-par managers (and I don't think the managers get great training, although many are already well trained coming in)",Continue to invest in your people,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P198.htm
1981,google,none," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern review,"Many powerful internal tools, strict code review",Don't really know.. may be low speed,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1982,google,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract Recruiter PSO,Reputation great for recruiting candidates,Long Commute and limited conversion rate to full time from contract,"Long commute, very limited conversion to full time for contractors",4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1983,google,none," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Residential Account Executive,Freedom to work at my own pace No quotas Unlimited earning potential Leadership support,finding hard workers Sales Based on customer's credit,Continue to stay committed to excellence and continue to drive for success at being the best at being better.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1984,google,none," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,perception from the outside is mostly true,"always surrounded by intellectual people, collaborative culture, great benefits and work environment","it is a HUGE company now, fighting imposter syndrome errryday, super competitive to get promo'ed above analyst levels, work life balance extremely poor",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1985,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer L4,Software Engineer L4,- great perks - free food - free laundry - free haricut,- have to schedule haircut - internal politics,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1986,google,none," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No longer Google,"Good perks (what's left of it), still some good folks around, people that cares.","New hire from the east coast is changing the culture for the worse. People are being pushed out, an army of people are being hired to support her votes and she's clear cutting the infrastructure for a short term gain. It has taken a decade to build Google and she's single handedly destroying it from the inside. Google is too valuable to Let this continue but no one is brave to stop her.  The founders have to reengage and see what's going on. We can't simply become another company. We have a special mandate to history. We take care of the meek and the money will follow, not the other way around.","Bring back the original directive...Do ko evil. Stop hiring people who wants to build personal empires, it's poisoning the culture. People care too much to see this happen to this fabled company.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1987,google,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place to work,Great cultural place to work,Not enough compensation for me,N/A,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1988,google,none," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Perks are incredible, but even Google has its cons","- Perks are the best you'll find anywhere: Food, fancy drinks, baristas, massages, bring your dog to work, fun events every week/month, full relocation benefits, the list goes on... anything you want! - Technology of course: It's great using Gmail/Google for Work products (much better than Microsoft suite that we're all used to outside of Google), and there are high quality cameras/screens in every conference room for meetings on Google Hangouts, making it very easy to work with remote teams - Pay and bonuses: Usually much better vs. other companies, especially since they offer stock units that vest over time and Google stock is worth a lot (though I did hear from other Googlers that they could get paid a lot more at other companies? not sure what they're referring to...). - All in all, it's working for Google, which in itself is a pro and ""cool"" to many!!","- Very competitive atmosphere: People take credit for others' work and there have been many cases where this has happened across several teams. These people want to look better to senior leadership/get more hires/justify their roles. - Different experience dependent on what team you're on: Dynamics vary a lot. Often, your boss must be vocal enough or well liked in order for you to succeed (as the person below them) since you have no access to upper leaders. - Poor Management & Leadership: Just really bad in a lot of cases and don't really know what's going on. Lack of product knowledge and it's very obvious. - Promotions are selective: ""Favorites"" will often be easily promoted, when others may deserve it more. There is only a certain # of people who can be promoted every cycle. - At times, feels like a sexist environment for women: Males favored, listened to more, and ""boys club"" mentality at management level. - ""Flat"" organization but very hierarchical: Try to hire smart, experienced people in at the low level, meaning you must do everything on your own and feels like you're alone on an island of 1 without help or anyone to manage/hire in below you. Managers are usually people who have been at Google for a long time, and they are the ones with access to the senior leadership teams. - Hiring: Takes a long time. They say they only hire ""smart people"", however, the company is so big now, that's really impossible... many employees are not as smart or cool as Google advertises. - Unwilling to allow transfers to other offices: If you like Mountain View, great! If you do not like Mountain View, which most people do not, good luck with trying to transfer offices and stay in your current role. Internal transfers are also not as easy as advertised. - Bureaucracy: It's a huge company. Don't expect it to be all roses or feel like a small, fun company. There's a lot going on all the time, and you can easily get lost in the shuffle depending on the above re: managers, team, promotions, etc.","The culture is slipping as you grow, and it's not all it's cracked up to be. Re-evaluate policies that make Google too bureaucratic and ensure your managers/leaders are actually qualified (e.g., product knowledge, trained to be great people managers). The structure is currently set up to where great employees will leave due to inflexible policies and bad management/leadership. This is not a place where you can just do great work and get recognized for it -- you have to also ""play the game"" to get ahead.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1989,google,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great experience with the team had a lot to offer us over the course of what felt like such a short summer,It was difficult at times to find the right help when you needed it so that is something to look into,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1990,google,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,nice place to work as it's nice and fun and met people i liked a lot,big and corporate but nice,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P199.htm
1991,google,"Pitts, PA"," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Analyst,Quality Assurance Analyst,"Team support was excellent, new and innovative tools to explore, quality of work was always interesting.","The con was all foods and drinks were free, including desserts, that contributed to rapid weight gain for the over-indulgent.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
1992,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 30, 2016","Former Employee - Candidate Development, Team Lead",Great work environment (other than politics),All the resources in the world,Too many cooks in the kitchen,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
1993,google,none," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Working around the smartest of people in the world, working on meaningful projects.","a lot of politics, you sometimes feel useless due to the fact that you're surrounded by top-notch engineer.","More focus on the employees, less bureaucracy.",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
1994,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,"There is no better company to work for. Love the 'thinking big' attitude, and the perks obviously help too.","Google is growing quickly and as the company grows, decision making sometimes slows down. We're not the scrappy company we used to be.",Keep up the good work. Keep the culture intact. Promote scrappiness. Fight entitlement.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
1995,google,none," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineering Assistant,"Creative yet analytical, dynamic engineers to work with","Sometimes overly data-driven, lack of instinct based decision making, dogmatic methodology",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
1996,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,best company,Good working environment Work/life balance People are very nice,"Nothing much, sometimes have work pressure. everything was pretty good.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
1997,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Project Manager - Consultant,Project Manager,Get to work with some very talented people,Too many young people. Felt that there was less diversity. Many at senior role with very little experience and skills to manage teams,Hire more older people not just fresh graduates who can bring in more experience.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
1998,google,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Product Manager,AWesome,It were you begin your careers,no cons really excerpt for security they annoy me,you can do better,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
1999,google,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Well taken care of,- The opportunity to change the world - Excellent compensation - Amazing perks - Free Food - Great work/life balance,- Lots of red tape - Can be political,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
2000,google,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Accountant,Great place to work great benefits! I would highly recommend this employer. The people are great and you learn a lot!,"The office was located in Mountain View so the daily commute was long. Something you have to get used to but otherwise, great place to work!","This is an amazing place to work, no comments just keep doing what you are doing and do not change",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P200.htm
2001,google,"Santa Clara, CA"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Test Engineer,Test Engineer,Good Friendly environment in Google. Google employees are best and friendly,Google currently working with Very unprofessional official vendor recruiter like eTouch,"Google Management should cancel eTouch Vendor company contract. Etouch unprofessional , uncertainty and politics company., I wonder how google selected this unprofessional company. HR is a joke, more often you wont get any response for your questions",5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2002,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Web Developer,Good self motivator,"Independent contractor, you can make your own hours and potential. You control your destiny, and the work you put in is proportionate to your pay","No real challenge's, there's no management approval, so you'll have to bring your own self satisfaction in your work. Payroll support can be hit or miss, but an email or two sorts it out",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2003,google,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Analytical Lead,Algorithm Engineering,"Amazing culture, great team work, good learning and growth opportunities","not a lot, if you like your role, and you are willing and motivated to grow out of your comfort zone",focus. focus. focus. Being an 'everything company' may shoot to the wrong side at some point...,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2004,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Sales,Sales,"great food and gym, very friendly people",No guarantee of conversion. Very unlikely,Be more transparent about no conversion,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2005,google,none," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job experience of my 20+ year career,"The perks and benefits are everything you've heard before, and more. I'm surprised daily. I've been in and around the Valley for 20+ years at some of the biggest companies in tech. Nothing comes close to my experience here at Google. Every new person I meet is the smartest person I've ever met. The work is compelling, the environment is a conduit for creativity, the benefits are amazing. I've seen lots of comments here about the fact that it's hard to navigate hierarchies and org boundaries to get things done. I suspect most of these reviewers are quite early on in their career and have never had to deal with this in other more ""traditional"" companies. It's waaaaaaayyy worse outside of the 4 walls of Google, believe me. Simply put, Google is an amazing place to work.","Look, it's no longer the scrappy start up it was 10 years ago. With growth comes maturity. Some of it is good, some of it leaves little to be desired. But none of it is unique to Google. All in all, dealing with bureaucracy sitting in one of our 20+ free cafeterias or on a plane headed to Europe for a team building event makes it bearable and, dare I say, even fun.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2006,google,none," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Operations Associate,"Good culture, perks, work-life balance",Too big organizations and slower decision making than before,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2007,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Head of Strategy and Metrics,Still the best place to learn,"Great culture, smart people, growing industry, opportunities to move laterally across many functional areas nad businesses","Sometimes it felt to structure, to overlly done in processess",Continue to drive innovation and hire the best people u can find,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2008,google,none," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,"benefits--401k matching, food, great healthcare","political, lots of red tape, need multiple approvals to get anything done",Hire better middle managers,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2009,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Engineer,It's pretty great,The office spaces are really nice. It's just a good place.,"I don't really know what to say, I really really like it",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2010,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"excellent benefits, frustrating sometimes",Was a great place in terms of benefits and freedom of work,A bit cumbersome now due to its size,start listening to engineers,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P201.htm
2011,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great place to work,"Some of the smartest people in the country Solving real world problems Real, tangible contribution People are genuinely nice",A lot of red tape and running through hoops to get things done Lack of pace to launch new products/features,"Reduce the amount of sluggishness in the system to leave room for creativity, fast failure, and innovation.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2012,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - New Business Account Executive,New Business Sales Team,- Google food perks are unparalleled - Gym on site - Sales cycle is easy with the name Google behind you,"- The perks are there to keep you working longer hours - The commute from SF to Mountain View is from 90mins each way upwards of 2.5 hours - Emphasis solely on revenue even if the deal is not right for the client's needs/budget - Unrealistic quota setting so reps work 10 hour days minimum - Account management team is spread too thin, so clients do not receive adequate support and typically turn off accounts after a few weeks - Management focuses on revenue not their people - Very little product training and no sales coaching at all - Google as a greater company is incredibly hard to navigate and move laterally or upward in, even as an existing employee","Focus on your team and developing your people, even if it means letting some revenue slip. This might help your retention issue and give reps any semblance of work life balance.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2013,google,none," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company.,One of the most lenient companies to work for. Always had a great time working for them and all of my team.,Getting an offer for a job could be challenging as the interview process takes awhile. Still a great company once you are in.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2014,google,none," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWESOME,It was really great working here. The people were awesome and always helpful.,"The company is not really innovating anymore, so it is hard to have fun with friends while keeping a good distance from evil octopi.",Get more octopi to make a better world in your fancy blue car tomorrow!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2015,google,none," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Contract Here.,"Free food, overtime pay, great on the resume","Definitely depends on your team but for retail: not allowed to WFH even though all FTEs WFH on Fridays so the office is dead, FTEs randomly disappear to team building offsites and don't tell the contractors so we arrive to a dead office, conversion chances are very very low and based on timing/budget more than performance, discouraged from billing over-time but encouraged to work 40+ hours a week, APMMs with no work experience are given more responsibility than contractors and you end up training them.","create clear path to conversion for contractors that want to convert, otherwise be clear contracts end. A lot of contractors end up bitter and burned out.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2016,google,none," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director of Engineering,"Great innovation company, very open",lots of traffic - very hard to get to work in MTV,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2017,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,build and release engineer,"The lifestyle is amazing, with opportunities for improvement in all areas.",There is the tendency to stay on campus really late so work life balance isn't great.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2018,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Network Engineer,I love this company,Google is one of best company in IT sector there are many people to work here i also have to work here and its pay high salary package for student,Challenge is nothing more for i m always challenge with my self not with other they know what can they do but i know what need for google,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2019,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,"Account Executives work as client leads within the sales teams that make up the global business org. Within this role and organization, you receive a great deal of respect and prestige from your clients, as they look to you for strong business guidance. The pay is very competitive, and if you have a supportive manager, the potential to gain merit raises annually is very high (as are the stock refreshes). The company provides many internal trainings for those interested in personal development, and the opportunity to travel to another office in another city/country is readily available on a quarterly basis. Most importantly, it's some of the best people you will ever work with. Aside from the odd, few people who inexplicably make it through hiring, the people who work within the sales org at Google are strong team players, optimistic, creative, strategic, hard-working, quirky and down-to-earth individuals.","The global business org at Google struggles with its flat organizational structure, it can be difficult to get promoted or to have your work acknowledged in a very competitive, self-promoting culture. Don't believe everything you read in the press about how fantastic Google work culture is. Although the HR department has made multiple attempts to improve the promotion structure at Google, it can be near impossible to navigate all of the appropriate politics to gain a promotion. Furthermore, a promotion in the sales org at Google does not necessarily mean an increase in responsibility or a title change. Employees usually work in roles 1-2 levels above them in order to first demonstrate that they are worthy of promotion. In this same vein, the opportunities for growth are VERY few within this org, and you often find people moving from industry to industry (within the sales org) to keep their day-to-day interesting. There is a huge bottleneck for middle management to make their way into leadership positions. Most importantly, the leadership within the sales org is severely lacking. Leadership makes decisions well removed from the sales organization itself (and its employees) and often work like politicians to further their own careers, rather than improve the larger organization itself.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2020,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work with,"Flexible hours, great benefits, paid vacation days, etc.","A little more caring for junior developers. Other than that, I am utterly satisfied with Google.",Management is fine.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P202.htm
2021,google,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Smart people solving complex problems Huge scale so lots of opportunity of high impact work Great amenities from gym to food to shuttles Flexible schedule and the ability to work remotely if needed Does support work life balance,Growth opportunities limited to very specific roles Too big and spread out - might as well be multiple companies Sometimes its hard to understand how what you are working on fits into the larger process Opaque promotion process Product/Eng/UX/Monetization not as connected as they should be,Clear guidance on how company priorities roll into individuals Fire under performers quickly Better training to management Better communication between departments,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2022,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of Consumer Experience,Google is an amazing company. Autonomy.,Too fragmented. Everyone feels they have an opinion without equally having accountable of decisions.,None.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2023,google,none," Jul 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great environment, Great benefits and people",Corporate Politics and needs more bathrooms,Listen to the little guys,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2024,google,none," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"The people are awesome, the compensation and benefits are excellent, Google really cares about their employeea, and the work is challenging.","The overhead to getting work done can be frustrating, and it can be easy to feel like you never become competent at what you are doing because there are always new challenge.",Keep treating employees well and maintain the great culture. Provide access to adequate training and resources employees need to get things done and progress in their careers. Recognize employees for their unique talents.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2025,google,"Moncks Corner, SC"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Writer,Technical Writer,Outstanding pay and benefits even for contractors.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2026,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,eh,"All the benefits were nice, flexible but long hours and",People were all nice but it was very competitive and I could not enjoy my time there anymore so I left,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2027,google,none," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Operations,Great place to work. Tons of opportunities to learn.,It is a big company.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2028,google,"Columbus, OH"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Lead/Solution Architect,Good review for --,Very nice and good company to work without any expectations.,Very good people and great environment to work with people and teams.,Nothing or no advice to the management but keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2029,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good pay,"Free food, Good treatment, everything is good",nothing to say that is bad,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2030,google,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Intern,googliness,"All is great , All is well",I couldn't think of any,All is great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P203.htm
2031,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,We're doing what we can and it's pretty good!,"I'm surrounded by smart and friendly people and found a project with high code quality to work on without any trouble. Googlers want to do the right thing. It's cool. There's a lot of vegan food on main campus, and it makes being vegan insanely easy. Since the gym is free I've been going to the gym too instead of just running with one of the running clubs. Perks are real :)","Like at any large company (?) development feels slow. We have a somewhat unique problem of having a huge amount of code that doesn't scale well with existing tools, so we make tools ourselves, but sometimes they're lacking in features that I was used to before working at google. You have to be smart about making a fast iterative feedback cycle for yourself if you know you'll need to tweak your code many times before you get it right.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2032,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Analyst,As a Google contractor,"As a contractor, working on Google campus seems to carry with it many of the benefits that everyone gets while working for Google, and therefore, is awesome.","Adecco is like other staffing companies. They're ... nothing to write home about, and I remember the paperwork for getting the job seeming to be a little bit ""too much"", but once I was on board, the Adecco rep didn't really have to involve himself in the project we were on, so, it was pretty quiet.",none,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2033,google,"Omaha, NE"," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Data Center Operations,Great company!,Learning opportunities when you daily work with the best people in their career field. The team is the best i've been a part of!  Good benefits/pay/work culture. Great team (co-workers and management). Management fully supports opportunities for professional growth and advancement.,"Job ladder is kind of idiotic, but management is good enough to overcome this and make the situation work for most Technicians.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2034,google,none," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great! Who doesn't love google,Food! Hopefully you know how amazing Google is by now - it really is the best thing ever. Come here for interesting problems,Commute is really long and sometimes I wonder how much people care about each other of you know what I mean,Invest more in learning,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2035,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programs,- great food perks - great tech corners teams,Made contractord feel inferior to everyone else.,New organizational structure,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2036,google,none," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Large corp,"Smart people... most of the time. Free food and drinks. Great benefits. Sleep pods, haircut facility, pool tables, etc.","Too big. Stuck up people. They all think they're smart. Not all, but most. What can I say, it's a huge company.","Hire people, keep people, promote people, reward people, keep helping your people grow.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2037,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Great projects. Lots of smart people. You can be very independent.,Very disorganized management. Too much bureaucracy.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2038,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Work with the best talents in the world,many of the top talents are working on mundane things,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2039,google,none," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,+A place to work,"Wonderful culture and values, great career opportunities","frequent reorganization, lack of project directions and commitments",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2040,google,none," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a great! Place to work,"Great people, opportunities to develop skills, work-life balance","Hard to move up within the organization, very smart people are tasked with menial roles",Create more career ladders and promote from within the org,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P204.htm
2041,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Community Manager,Consumer Operations Community Manager,"Great people, competitive salary, high-impact products.","Hard to move laterally, lots of oversite leading to slower project movement.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2042,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Product Strategist,Great company to work for,Takes great care of employees. Focus on innovation,Disadvantages of a big company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2043,google,none," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Everything you hear about Google is true, it was the best company I ever worked for.","While nothing is perfect, Google was close. It is hard work, but that's what everyone signed up for.","The advice I would give to management is to keep doing everything the way you've always done them, as it seems to be working.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2044,google,none," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Perks, perks, perks. Great food, team events, entertainment.",Projects change quickly and suddenly.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2045,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Great benefits, inclusive environment","Getting big, hard to have impact, be nimble, lots of temps/vendors/contractors, cut throat",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2046,google,none," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,* Good pay * Good perks * Resume value * Great people * work life balance,* slow cycles * non meritocratic * no incentive to work harder * waste time on irrelevant bureaucracy,More performance based rewards,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2047,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Managing Director,Management,One of the best places to work in the world. Founder insight into how to create the best job environment is incredible,Google is now a big company and you do not have the flexibility as years past. Expected and any large company faces the same challenges.,Continue to turn to technology and challenge the younger workforce to think outside of the academic paradigms from University.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2048,google,none," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Graphic Designer,"Great for full-time employees, horrible place for contractors","- Perks: free food, free gym, nice offices, massage chairs, bikes. - People: you meet a lot of smart and interesting people at Google. Great for networking. - Pay/hours: the pay is great and the hours are very reasonable (despite the long commute). - Resume title: it's Google. People find it impressive.","- Limited perks: I get that TVCs can't have the same perks as FTE, but as a TVC you are constantly reminded of your lack of privilege by both Google and your peers. True story: as a designer at Google, I once had to design a t-shirt for a team outing I could not attend (because of my TVC status) and then I wasn't given a t-shirt (despite having designed it) because swag is a FTE perk only. Really guys? - People: depending on the team you get, people are extremely cliquey and treat TVCs like second-class citizens / borderline work slaves. I have been disrespected and downright mistreated many times at Google. - Growth: as a TVC you do not get to have growth and management does not care about it. - Work: the work is boring and repetitive. I was hired to do a job that sounded interesting, exciting, and creative. I ended up getting a series of the same tasks because that's what my team needed from me. Despite having asked for different projects and complained about being burned out, I am still asked to perform the same tasks. - Design: as a contract designer, you will not get any portfolio-worthy projects. I know many contract designers at Google and they all feel the exact same way that I do. We feel like the help and it's awful.","Invest in your TVCs and their wellbeing. We are hardworking people and we care about the company as much as a FTE. When I started out at Google, I was passionate and excited about coming into work and now I am burned out and as you can probably tell, a bit bitter. A lot of contractors have mentioned the same thing here: please treat us with the respect and professionalism that we deserve. Thank you.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2049,google,none," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"Everything!!! Benefits, Culture, access to people, tech, and other.",Nothing. All was good and I truly have nothing bad to say.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2050,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Channels Specialist,Great for recruiters,"cutting edge tech tools fun, family-like environment",they are very particular with their hiring and it can take awhile,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P205.htm
2051,google,none," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google is a good company,"Culture, diversity, challenging, smart colleague.","too comfortable, no really much cons.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2052,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Flexible work schedule, great benefits","Large Company culture, out of focus",Strive to keep orgnization lean and nimble,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2053,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great coworkers, big impactful projects, free food","Work life balance, ever changing management structure.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2054,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Seattle/Kirkland,"Great benefits, name recognition, cool works are being done there","If you are a software engineer (SWE), I don't recommend joining the Site reliability engineering (SRE) team because Google SRE management is clueless and plays favoritism. You will be responsible for both SRE works and software developments. Your software development skills will be judged by developers in feature teams because you were in a SRE team. The goal of Google SRE management is to get you do SRE works and then eventually screwing your career and promote fellow SREs.",Smarten up.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2055,google,none," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Fun place to work in. Good team members. Innovative culture,HR processes can be more flexible,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2056,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not great for contract employees,relaxed management and free food,"commute, spoiled coworkers, second class treatment of contract employees.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2057,google,"Houston, TX"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - DIRECTOR PROJECTS,Director,"Good projects, too much food, good ambiance , talented guys around","Long term commitment missing, farsightedness missing",Stay Cool,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2058,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Excellent company to work for,"Google feels different to work for. It really cares about employees, about their progression and their needs. Plus, free lunches ,) Definitely happy I joined.","Moved to the bay area to work for Google, and it's cramped, our house is small and my commute long.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2059,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Google is a generous employer when it comes to pay, benefits, perks. Most of the people who work there are fantastic and smart. Being a Googler becomes a huge part of your identity, and this is mostly a positive experience.","Depending on your location, the commute is awful (four hours round trip to Mountain View). It's become very large and sometimes difficult to navigate. They still struggle with issues of diversity and work-life balance.","Be more flexible around work-life balance, especially WFH opportunities.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2060,google,none," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good pay and relaxed environment,Too much of a hipster lazy culture,Give younger people more of a chance and don't use such ridiculous interview strategies,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P206.htm
2061,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Network Test Engineer,Network engineer,Interview was very good . Could learn a lot from the questions they asked .,Interview was a little tough . And you need to have in depth knowledge about all the routing protocols,Everything was very well organized and There was ample time to answer the questions . I was not in a hurry,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2062,google,none," Jul 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software Engineer,nice place to work in general,need more time to execute your idea,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2063,google,none," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy but unexcited,Probabil the best company culture you'll find anywhere in the US.,"Large company, slowing down further.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2064,google,none," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefit, may not good for career development","Great benefit, everything you can think of","not good for career development, huge company, narrow scope for US based roles.",Some managers don't have good people management skill,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2065,google,"Pom-o-sa Heights, MO"," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,questions and answer,"good job, good salary, decent staff members",bad treetment of the staff,please improve the quality of environment,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2066,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,nice environment,nice food and healthcare benefits.,long hours is stressful at times.,keep up the great work lads.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2067,google,"Germany, GA"," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Industry Analyst,great bbut you have to work hard,"great culture, good growth oppurtubnuties , one of the best salaries","still like a start up at times, infrastructure not build yet",more one on ones with the employees and focus on their growth,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2068,google,none," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - BI Dev,BI Dev,"Free gym, food, snacks, and drinks. Good work culture.",Quality of cafeteria food seems to be gradually going down over the years.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2069,google,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,soft,everything here is so good,"not yet, good compny , keep moving",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2070,google,none," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Everything!,Great atmosphere. Really driven to work hard.,None whatsoever! Great in every way.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P207.htm
2071,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working at Google,Great support from employes. Lots of opportunities to grow.,It's easy to disappear in the noise and never get noticed.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2072,google,none," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trust and Safety - Analyst,"flexible work environment, access to google network","poorly defined roles, inadequate leadership and guidance",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2073,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Director,"Great company, great people, (still) less politics than most, run by engineers, tech is the key focus of most teams","very spread out, somewhat difficult to be promoted very high outside of Mt View, still not making large amounts of money except in ads-based products","Management has a tendency to give away margin just to be disruptive, even though it is often not necessary.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2074,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analytical Lead,Great Company to work for,Tough to grow up the ladder,Need to keep the employees challenged,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2075,google,none," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed feelings about my stay here.,Good perks and food and with great benefits. Impress other people easily with your title. Good teamwork but hard work doesn't get recognized by management.,Quite political and mileage might vary depending on which teams you join and which manager you get. Depends a lot on luck.,Reward people who do hardwork instead of shipping features.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2076,google,none," Jul 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Glass Ceiling,"Great salary, benefits and perks.","If you don't fit a certain mold, you will only go so far.",Revamp them.,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2077,google,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great work culture, mind-blowing technological breakthroughs and highest perks","The company is becoming bureaucratic, it's particularly felt when one works in markets vs. HQ","streamline organization, reduce org levels",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2078,google,none," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,Solid company. Great to work for.,Can not think of anything.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2079,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Having the time of my life,"They recognize and reward top performers better than any other company I've worked for. I got promoted in under a year, so of course I think the perf process is fair. They let you do anything you put your mind to. I got to do a 20% project with the self-driving car team. The projects are amazing and interesting, the type that make me excited to come to work every day. Great and talented coworkers can be rare to have in other companies, but they seem to be everywhere at Google.  Google contracts with the local music school in Mountain View to provide music lessons at work, for anyone who is interested. I am taking advantage of this, and have music lessons during the work day, which is an amazing perk to have. There are music rooms scattered around where you can play piano, guitar, drums, etc... They really seem to care about your wellbeing, not just how much work they get out of you.  There is a focus on long-term development for employees, such as giving us lots of resources to learn new things, from programming languages to music to machine learning, I can get involved and learn just about anything at Google.  Then there's the ""regular"" stuff I now take for granted, like the free food and microkitchens. You can bring your dog to work, which is awesome. I get a full body table massage every other week. There are clubs for just about any kind of thing, including re-enacting ancient battles with foam swords.","Sometimes long cafe lines while you're waiting for free food. Large campus requires you to use GBike to get around sometimes (I'm lazy), although they do provide buses and even an uber-like pickup service. So many things to see and do, between talks, special events and parties, that it can be hard to focus on your work.",I love it here. Keep letting me do my thing and I'll continue producing great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2080,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 10, 2016",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,software engineer1,really great place to work . Was awesome and Would 10/10 work again mate.,boring sometimes but overall not too many cons.,qeeeeeereeeeeeeeeee,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P208.htm
2081,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,"Fantastic large company to work for, like it less than when I started 5+ years ago","-""best"" large company to work for, manages to be fun despite its size -company works on really cool products and at a massive scale, I use the products daily and can see how they have shaped the world around me -compensation high (base pay, bonus, stock, gifts, etc), great 401k matching -fantastic array of guest speakers, on-campus events, and team offsites","-the growing size of Google has impacted its culture negatively (people don't know each other and are less accountable for being nice to ""strangers"" vs. when I started in 2010) and its perks -Job titles are lower than comparable jobs outside of Google -Commute from SF to Mountain View has gotten worse each year I've been employed (yes, it's a personal choice to live in SF and commute, but lack of SF jobs is the root con here) -Tech promotion process is very labor-intensive and black box-y in terms of feedback","Unconscious Bias training has turned into a ""check-box"" activity rather than driving actual change, don't give mediocre/poor managers larger and larger teams, keep up transparency and Googleyness!",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2082,google,none," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Engineer,amazing people and great perks,occasionally gruelling work hours but decent work life balanxe,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2083,google,none," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,Hardware Operations Factory Worker,-AMAZING benefits -Competitive Pay -Continual progress with new projects -Most people fun to work with,-working with temps -predatory employment agreement -factory-like work environment -overcomplicated processes (4 tools to do 1 thing) -hourly tracking of time (micromanagement) -human resources (no full time local representation),-Fix all the hierarchy issues in hardware operations -Put a full time human resource person locally so they can get to know people -Stop micromanaging and overcomplicating processes,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2084,google,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing analyst,The benefits and atmosphere the people are great the gym and food is amazing.,No executive training or management positions no career progression.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2085,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Director of Product Management,Google!,"IMHO, Everything at Google is great!",Nothing that comes ot my mind!,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2086,google,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google experience,great work environment for me it is great.,nothing much I never faced a bad situation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2087,google,none," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Take good care of employees Great working environment Great culture,Lower salaries compared to competitors,Be more monetary incentive,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2088,google,none," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Good food and colleagues who are talented.,No support from superiors regarding advice on product development.,Chnage needed,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2089,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic company to work for... if you're signing for a job and not only a name,"Working at Google is fantastic. It's a company working on really interesting products, allowing (and expecting) you to change roles/products/location easily during your career, providing you with great perks and helping you to grow as a skilled professional.",Many people at Google are over-qualified for the job they are doing. This is on purpose and allows Google to have great performers that can quickly takeover more responsibilities and climb the corporate ladder (it's what happened to me) but many people that weren't aware of that and signed their contract for the name Google more than for a specific job got really disappointed with that.,Google is growing really fast and many layers of middle-management are added. Direction should pay attention not destroy Corporate culture by adding too many middle-management layers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2090,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Amazing Benefits!!! Food, Shuttle and other Perks! At Google you are expected to lead as project as technical architect in initiation phase to conclude right approach with several team and work as project manager to make project through execution in collaboration with development manager and product manager .",Long Hours and you are expected to work your charms. Also you need to work with leadership to get business outcome of any initiative . It's role where you engage equally with upward and downward in organization chain to make bigger impact .,It's very challenging role as you are not only working with your team's projects but also working across organization to discover right approach and tool to use and remove dev team impediment and help them overcome from any complex problem .,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P209.htm
2091,google,none," Jun 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Engineering Intern,Good exposure to world's leading technology.,Haven't found any cons except you must be intelligent cop-up with their standards,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2092,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 2, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Senior Product Marketing Manager,"High energy, fast paced. Not competitive. A lot of room to self-direct and work on projects of interest.","No business discipline. Poor senior leadership. Too much of a focus on ""shiny things"" vs. driving revenue.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2093,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Great company to work for.,"* Great benefits and perks. * You can switch projects every few years. * You get to work on Important projects. * Well known brand, good for resume.","It is becoming a big corporation with more bureaucracy and slow decision making. Each pixel-sized feature has to be reviewed, A/B tested and approved.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2094,google,none," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a great place but politics is increasing,"Still LOT of greatttt people perks are just awesome after few years, the comp is among the very best in the industry cutting edge technology","with lots of acquisitions, and old timers not going anywhere, limited upward mobility options after a while which is prompting unforeseen politics (but much less than other companies) intense competition because of so many talented people with incredible resumes","Trust old timers.. you do not need people from mckinsey, microsoft, amazon to build a great business.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2095,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,i am intern,it is really nice company,no cons found so far,no,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2096,google,none," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rep,Great experience as working there,low pay for my family,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2097,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great perks, company is too big and bureaucratic now","Amazing perks, really smart people, get to work on cool things","Senior leadership does things that look good for their own careers, not what's best for the team/company",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2098,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great environment, interesting projects, big company politics",Work with incredibly bright people in interesting well funded projects. It is a ground breaking company that is doing so much across so many fields. I do love the company through its faults.,"Conservative culture in terms of innovation/trying new ideas (despite what you might think from external impressions). Lots of politics and infighting depending on the group you're on (I was on early Android & Google+, both very tumultuous). I had 12 different managers in 4 years.  Product Managers are often not highly valued there compared to engineers for example.","Google feels very much like a big company. I know it doesn't want too, but the default for new ideas/projects I experienced during my 5 years there was ""No"".",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2099,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice,"Good pay. Nice benefits. location in new york city, free transportation to and from the company. Good fresh food also.","long work hours. Very hard to maintain a good work life balance. Constant fear of being fired. Too much of a bureaucracy, you feel like dont contribute to anything.",dont fire me. Im just a little boy. I have nowhere else. Please dont fire me. Dont fire me.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2100,google,none," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Perks/ benefits are good like everyone knows. In most of the teams, eng managers are generally good, they care about your career path, development. Tons of training courses to help you grow at Google (yes all free).","The company is getting much bigger than few years ago. Not *everyone* is hired at the same bar, few did perform worse than others. Besides, depending on the team, the chance to grow (or precisely speaking, promotion), is not the same, some teams are easier than others.",Keeping the same hiring bar.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P210.htm
2101,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Station Chef,Station Chef,Great challenging position to be in,"Can't say i can think of any. But if at all, I'd like to improve the quality of Indian food",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2102,google,none," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Its a great company, would like to go back.",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2103,google,none," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy money,"Low accountability, high freedom, easy commute.",Too much institutionalization of... everything.,Don't hire every idiot who claims to be a data scientist.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2104,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great place to work for,"- Excellent salary and benefits benefits, especially health care - Great and smart people to work with - Great effort in increasing diversity and inclusion - Fantastic perks","- It's becoming a very large company, with many layers of hierarcy and a greater top-down decision making process than it used to be - Growing pain and sometimes chaotic environment - Employees in remote offices have fewer opportunities","Paying more attention to ensuring mobility and new opportunity for employee. In some areas, because of tight headcount, we hire and then convert contractors instead of making sure that FTE have opportunities.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2105,google,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Security Officer,Security officer,My pros are very good,I have no downside at work,I want advice to management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2106,google,none," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Good for a paycheck, but not for meaningful work","-Decent pay and excellent benefits/perks -The people are great, although quality probably isn't as high as it used to be (the company has grown a lot in the last several years, so this isn't surprising) -Google overall is a great company and I don't think they've lost sight of trying to do things that benefit their users -Work/life balance is excellent, at least in my office. Of course there are times where you work late and put in the time when needed, but there's also downtime here and there where you can be more flexible with your time. -Sales growth continues to be amazing despite the sheer scale of the business","-Work gets boring fast, and there's so many good people you feel easily replaceable and that you don't really make that much of an impact -Constant changes and reorgs. Some are lucky to go through their careers sticking with the same team. On the other hand, there are also plenty of people like me - I've gone through 5 team changes in 5 years, and only one of those was initiated by me. -The promotion process is terrible and more about politics than merit. Before coming into Google, this was the ONLY concern I had based on reviews I read here years ago. Unfortunately nothing has changed, and I'd argue the process has gotten slightly worse. Someone who ""plays the game"" and toots his/her own horn is more likely to get promoted than someone who actually does good work but is humble about it. -""Simplify"" is more of a buzzword internally than something they put into practice. The number of tools and resources is overwhelming and unnecessary. Every time they say they're going to simplify, they just remove one thing and replace it with another. -There's a very corporate feel to Google. When I first interviewed I remember being told they still had a ""startup vibe"". Not even a shred of that vibe since I've started.",Remove red tape and actually simplify things for real. So many things are overcomplicated at Google now.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2107,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test,Great company,Awesome perks. Smart folks to work with,"none, the company is great",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2108,google,none," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience as a TVC @ Google,"The perks: cafes, gym, perkhub, flexibility on working remotely, beautiful campus and allowing dogs on campus.  The knowledge: learning first hand Google's approaches and best practices  The experience: having Google's name on your resume, building connections with others and working at one of the best and innovated companies","You do not get all the perks. For example, team off-sites. It does suck when your colleagues are raving about how they really bonded during the team's off-site, and you can't really relate. Sense of connecting is really important at a work place, and sense you are restricted from having that even if your work excels your peers can't fully scope it because the lack of connection.  You don't get all the knowledge. You are blocked from participating in Grow classes that the rest of your team gets. If you want to compete you must go out of your way and pay for classes, that your team members (sometimes) get for free. They are constantly learning and growing with ease and accessibility. While you're juggling to keep up, while being financially stable in this ridiculously economy.  You do learn from your colleagues. Well, the nice ones but (yes, even at Google) there are mean and very mean people. Even management is mean. Not everyone at Google is Googley (that's a fact). Especially, once they see your red badge. Once they see red it is like the respect is gone. Some do treat TVCs as though they are slaves whose knowledge is mediocre and opinions don't matter. From my experience thus far, Google consist of 15% genuinely nice, 20% nice, 35% mean, and 30% really mean people. Oh, and the majority of the 15% are TVCs.  My experience: You work your butt off and are doing the same work as your full-time teammates for below market pay with very little to sometimes no recognition. Your opinions do not matter. They only bought you on to do the hard slave labor.","Google please change how you treat your TVCs. We aren't just slaves. We are smart and hardworking people. There are so many reviews about TVCs being disvalue, disrespected, and mistreated. This isn't just TVCs crying because they aren't a Googler, it's facts.",4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2109,google,"Daly City, CA"," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Python Developer,Python Developer,Google is good for those people who like to eat for free. There are a lot of different kind of food in different locations. To reach any location you can ride bicycle.,"Technology is very old. Very limited choice of technology which you can choose. to work with. For advanced developers Google is just waste of time. Support is very week. You can spend 2 hours of chatting with support and then it is converted to a ticket. So, most of the time in Google you just spend for useless and boring things.","I would recommend to upper management to be more flexible and provide more modern technology to your employees like in other companies such as Apple, LinkedIn, Cisco and so on.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2110,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 8, 2016",Former Employee - Test Engineer,Great place to work,Great use of open source tech,Middle management issues and peers throwing each other under the bus during perf.,Just because 3 out of 4 people pass a person on the interview and the 4th does not like them then you need to be the last say and not keep a potentially good hire out.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P211.htm
2111,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Innovative company,Great working environment. Good work and life balance.,I don't think there is any cons in this company.,Keep going ahead for the innovation!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2112,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great minds and limitless options,Experience what good looks like. Everybody is smart around you and goes an extra step to deliver best goods.,It has become big and decision process takes time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2113,google,none," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Google,- Company is working on super big problems - Amazing smart co workers - Lots of opportunities,- Getting big. need to find your place where you can make the biggest impact.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2114,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Global Audience Lead,Great company to work for!,"Incredibly smart people, great benefits, fun culture",Can be hard to advance,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2115,google,none," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Google is a great place to work.,The location could be a bit better but it's still a great place.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2116,google,none," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Lots of amazing perks Amazing group of really smart and talented people,"Google does an amazing job of offering lots of benefits for families, with a company full of driven individuals, it can be hard to strike the right balance between work and life without jeopardizing your success in the other.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2117,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love,Great company definitely go work there if you have the chance you won't regret it best company in the world seriously go do it don't wait another minute,Hard work long hours but if you can handle the pressure of being surrounded by geniuses all the time then you should be just fine,Keep doing your thing you guys are amazing best company in the world I wouldn't change a thing Google is the bear company I've ever worked for seriously,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2118,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,As good as a big company can be,"- You drive yourself here. If you want to grow, you have to seek out opportunities and prove that your worth. This keeps you motivated. - Tons of interesting projects. There is no dearth of challenging projects that will keep you interested for years. Mobility within the company is easy as long as you are good performer. - You get to work with some very smart people and that makes you perform a notch above. - Management is intentionally less involved in an engineer's life and this avoids micromanagement, bias and single point of failure. This goes with point #1. You are free to define what can be done in your domain (of course you have to sell it). - a lot of basic infra exists and is exceptional. So you don't have to spend too much time on your ""means"" to the end. - pay for performance: if you are a good performer, you are taken care of. - needless to say, perks are amazing. - at Google you will learn a lot of things and you will learn it from the best. IMHO, I don't see a lot of engineers wanting to learn once they graduate, even from undergrad. They want to be person that build the next biggest thing. It's great if you truly have that skill.","- Google is a big company. So there are going to be winners and losers when it comes to career growth. Due to the high hiring bar, most people who don't win are smart people as well and their experience sours. This place is optimized to avoid false positives in every step and false negatives are inevitable. At least when you get promoted, you can feel good that you have truly done something.  - You have to have skill to find impactful areas or projects or start one in order to grow fast. A lot of people can't or don't want to do that. They want it lying there in a platter in front of them (I don't mean this disrespectfully. I have been there). This is why smaller companies or startups look attractive. It's easier to grow in a less competitive place and there is nothing wrong in wanting that.  In my experience, a lot of people who say Google is boring and young & smaller companies are those that are good at building things and solving problems that a thousand other engineers can solve. They just want a place where it hasn't been solved. At google, a lot of your basic services and infra are built. So the problems to solve get substantially more difficult and requires some lateral thinking as well. Again, no disrespect. There are lot of people out there, including me, who would like interesting problems handed over to us.  - in a place of this size, you have to navigate some political issues.  - in critical systems like search, you can just push new things (rightfully so). It's a process and you have to convince that your feature can be used by a billion people. I'm sure every company would do this.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2119,google,none," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nothing like advertised,- Great pay - Opportunities to travel to intl. offices - Free coffee and snacks - Onsite gym and other perks,"- Too many layers of no-op managers - No tooling to do your job (e.g. iOS development on Mac) - ""Free"" lunch is low quality, poor selection - 20% time is a straight up lie",Stop launching poor products and assuming people will go for them because of the Google brand. That strategy only works so long...,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2120,google,none," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,I interviewed with Google. They assess the PhD candidate by coding questions for 4 round and 1 round research question.  A lot of opportunities and different roles are available to select from.,Currently have not found any cons yet.,none,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P212.htm
2121,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,"Fantastic Culture Large amount of freedom Brilliant and Clever people Work setting fun and ""Googley"" Google Bus transportation - very helpful",No clear path of progression Treatment of Contracts less than par Engineering company - Tough if you are not an engineer Lower salary compared to other companies,Better relationship between Full time and contractors :),4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2122,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TVC,"The perks, obviously. My team was well managed and easy to work with. Food, massages, cool office environment all made going to work every day fun.","Tedious work. No hope of ever rising out of contract status, despite what some managers would tell you.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2123,google,none," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall a great place, but...",Great benefits and pay. Lots of office environment perks. An HR structure that tries to keep promotions and role changes fair. Input from even the newest and most inexperienced employees appears to be well received. Tons of offices and jobs around the world make it easy to stay at Google and live wherever.,Google is a big company. All the rules that try to keep things fair can let a lot of dumb stuff through the cracks. Some managers look great on paper. Then they make you wonder how they got into that position.,"I think senior management has the right ideas, but it's going to take even more work to govern well a company with as many employees as Google.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2124,google,"San Jose, CA"," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Mid Market SMB Sales Manager,If you like ambiguity and ever changing environment this is the place,- Top notch employees - Campus is unbelievable - People are very approachable regardless of hierarchy - Perks and benefits are plenty,- No training. Must learn on the go - Re-orgs are extremely common. You never know what's gonna happen next month - Can sound very strange but collecting the desired data at Google can be challenging - Great disconnection between tech and non-tech teams,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2125,google,none," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but its still work! :)",- Smart people - Quick to squash bureaucracy - Take care of high performers financially - Take care of people through great benefits and at work considerations,- Getting very large -- hard to get resources for everything - Growing number of MBAs to non-MBAs - Individual success highly dependent on manager,Look for opportunities to scale back on / shutdown things that are not important so that important projects can have resources necessary to compete,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2126,google,none," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Practicum,"Great experience, well-structured program, enough assistance to introduce freshman/sophomores into the workforce.",Took a while to get set up for the summer (orientation),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2127,google,"New York, NY"," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,they're great,always an opportunity to develop your skills and get further ahead in your career.You are surrounded by smart people!,"It is a very large company,to some this could be challenging.Keep in mind that being a very large company can slow things down a bit.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2128,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Great perks, for people serious about their work.",A lot of perks to make the campus feel like home. Which is important because you'll be spending the majority of your hours awake here to keep up with the level of work and industriousness of your peers.,Not too much. Sometimes people get burned out but the culture makes it difficult to present anything other than success and happiness.,Keep doing what you're doing. More support to all levels of employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2129,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Staff software engineer,Incredible staff and impact. Great facilities,Political activity. Groups try to take credit for the work of others,Get back to fewer managers,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2130,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Demand Management Representative,Working at Google,"Free food, free transportation, lots of other perks.",Contracts are not allowed to partake in all perks offered by Google.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P213.htm
2131,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,UX designer,Great resources and ux community.,"Since the company has become so large, it started to have more politics and heavy process than years ago. Growth opportunity within some of the larger ux team maybe limited.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2132,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Tax Analyst,Very Impressive!,"Very nice and great place to work, very innovative and motivational.","There is some politics, even if you work hard and for long you will still feel quite small as it has an technological environment!","No.. No advice at all. It is Google, even we should take advice from it! 😁",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2133,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 28, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Senior Technical Account Manager,"It's empowering to work on projects with a real chance of succeeding in the market, and most of Google's products are actually in demand.",Risky projects get cancelled all the time. That feels bad when you're working on something cool and it gets cancelled by senior management.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2134,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 26, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,Horrible,"Food, benefits, location, colleagues, great for cv.","No clarity, politics, no feedback, you're on your own.",Stop the nonsense reviews.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2135,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Tax Analyst,"It was awesome, the environment is really motivational!","Well, It's Google, nothing to say about! Great Opportunity for me!",Politics is everywhere! Software engineers makes a difference among commerce Professionals!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2136,google,none," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Awesome place to work and excellent people.,Hard to prove yourself in such competitive place.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2137,google,"Reston, VA"," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Engineer,Google is a magical place. Google for Work (Enterprise) is far from it,- Great benefits and pay - Lots of office environment perks - Very Smart hard working colleagues - 20% time with other Google projects - Transparency at the top of the organization but it doesn't trickle down to middle management,- Poor middle management that plays favorites - Employees in remote offices have fewer opportunities - Not very welcoming especially to diverse employees - minority employees are leaving at an alarming rate - The Enterprise division has a different/negative culture than the main Google/Alphabet - Re-orgs are extremely common. You never know what's gonna happen next month - Big Company Bureaucracy - Small teams can be very politicized and somewhat mediocre - Salary decisions are made using someone’s current salary instead of what the job is worth - It appears they are working hard on this but most of us are still affected by it.,Decide if you are truly committed to the enterprise space. Try to make the organization less hierarchical and double down on the diversity efforts.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2138,google,none," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company in the world,Amazing place to work. Best place in Silicon Valley,Too much free food can cause obesity,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2139,google,none," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not What You'd Expect,"Good Pay, Good Benefits, Neat Work","Millennial Environment (which as a millennial I don't like), Forced Get-togethers",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2140,google,"Milpitas, CA"," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,resume review,food and other benefits.. are great,management is not that great. they never back up their employees but rather throw them under the bus,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P214.htm
2141,google,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Community Title,Overall a great job that allows you to work on a variety of projects/initiatives. Some opportunity for travel. Co-workers are great.,"Sometimes we lack focus. Very bureaucratic, lots of of layers of approvals for small changes. Promotions based seemingly on impact, but a fair chunk on favoritism.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2142,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good googly moogly,Dat snack room doe >>>>>> Upward Mobility,Work hours and load may take some getting used to for newbie,More Cliff Bars please!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2143,google,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good work environment,"Lots of opportunities to grow, great amenities and free food all around the main campus. Work-life balance is very good.","Potential impostor syndrome. People are really smart, and sometimes it can be frustrating with the feeling that you may be not as smart as the other people around.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2144,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,google,great company to work for,it seems as too competitive at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2145,google,none," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest place to work,"Everything is great. The co-workers, the perks, the food, the benefits, the salary. It's the best place to work.","Every job has bad days, but this place's bad days aren't really that bad.",Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2146,google,none," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Good Work and home life balance,Sometimes you had to work too much,"Keep hiring new blood, doing a great job",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2147,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great,"Fun Environment, great people, office was very easy going, great benefits. You will not feel like you are at work because it is so much fun.",Sometimes it was hard to get coworkers on the same page. People spend inordinate time on their own personal projects instead of the collaborative work assigned.,Dont Change. Just try and provide incentives for people to work together and not stay in their little shell,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2148,google,"Saint Louis, MO"," May 31, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Support Analyst,Customer Suppurt Analyst,I thoroughly enjoyed working here. It was a great environment and culture that I looked forward to going to every day.,I don't have any cons to report at this point. I think anyone who is afraid of working hard won't thrive well here.,I don't have any advice to the management just keep doing what you are doing and everything should be good.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2149,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Took me a while to adjust to the culture that encourages trial and error in product development. Then it's fun life.,Very democratic. Truly wants to change the world for good. Surrounded by people like myself.,"Product failure rate high, perpetual migration to do. Low performers are tolerated, because managers are busy managing yet another reorganization.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2150,google,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Support Expert,Good money Strong benefits Work life Balance Flexible hours Constant growth,Tedious job less growth too many distractions less travel opportunities Less exposure,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P215.htm
2151,google,none," May 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work in most roles,"compensation packages above normal, perks, open information sharing for almost everything, lots of access to resources, bias for action","age bias, difficult interactions between sales and engineering, mistrust of information from the field, often lacking long term development commitment to products for enterprise, and while everything is data driven sometimes that data has been intentionally skewed by people seeking to influence decision making","Remember what it means to focus on the end user - especially in terms of product stability, customer support, and commitment to maintain products once sold",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2152,google,"New York, NY"," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great pay, awesome environment, interesting work, relative autonomy, lovely colleagues, free food, unbelievable benefits, completely spoiled, amazing training programs, incredible support... I could go on and on. Having worked in toxic environments before, Google is a - hardworking and demanding - dream.","High expectations, politics (of course - there is politics everywhere), sometimes more swirl around bigging something up than it actually being impactful","Simplify, simplify, simplify.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2153,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company overall,"- Work with smart people - Challenging problems - Lots of opportunities - Company treats people very well - Nice perks (food, Gyms, transportation ... etc.)",- Big Company Bureaucracy - Lots of legacy to maintain,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2154,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,User Experience Researcher / always was Product Specialist,"Teamwork, always someone who can help, competitive, fun environment, free food, intelligent colleagues everywhere",not family-friendly now that I have kids - I don't wan to spend time playing ping pong and taking advantage of free fun events. I want to get home with my kids.,Your long term employees are now having kids and are struggling to both work at the same pace we kept up years ago and to also be good moms/ parents. It's a truly stressful struggle.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2155,google,none," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but only in the right parts","Unparalleled benefits, great salary, can be very interesting work, access to some of the smartest and most productive people on the planet.","A not small number of teams are very politicized and somewhat mediocre. You might find yourself getting paid to do boring and ultimately energy-sapping work-- after a while, this can degrade your skills.","Google tries hard to make things interesting, but the fact is, there is a large codebase and people need to be rewarded not for just producing new code, but for cleaning up and maintaining code.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2156,google,none," May 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,System Admininstrator,Great place to work of all time,"none, its a great place to work",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2157,google,none," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,User Experience Researcher,"High level of independence in planning working, abundance resources for execution","It's a large company so there's some bureaucracy, frequent reorganizations",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2158,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you are a full time,Great people to work with on your team and good opportunity to network since people leave so fast to other companies.,"If you are a contractor, don't expect career growth. Take your experience and leave. If you are a vendor, then expect to be in hell because you will not have any hopes for promotion or conversion. If a full time position opens up on your team, expect management to block your application (even if you are qualified) and once they hire a full time employee, expect to have to train that person.  Full time and vendor management tends to micromanage and is generally unappreciative and suspicious if you work under them with a red badge. Don't expect any work flexibility or autonomy. Expect to be treated like a second class citizen and don't expect to get any respect.  The Google perks like food, gym, etc really depends on where your office is located. If you are a TVC, then likely you will not get easy access to these perks because you may be located on a ""vendor only"" office that is specially set up without these amenities.",Treat your contractors like people instead of like cattle or robots.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2159,google,none," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work for,"- Smart, friendly coworkers - Ethical, principled company - Many different projects to choose from - 20% time with other Google projects - Excellent perks and benefits","- Large locations like Mountain View, New York, etc. are very impersonal, smaller locations are more friendly/personable, but may have a smaller selection of projects to choose from - Some projects/teams have process burdens that impede progress, task completion - Many teams use proprietary Google tech rather than externally available, popular opensource technology, as a result, many skills gained may not be as portable to other companies","Simplify processes for incubating new projects/experiments, impose heavy-weight processes only when the code is associated with Google's brand.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2160,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good Environment but bad people accumulates,Smart people Good hardware resources Wonderful perks Great pay,"The promotion system has made things quite political Getting more and more hierarchical People see each other's level, and management tend to believe in higher-level people. Changes are slow Absence of good system to deal with low performers.",Fire or demote people if needed. Try to make the organization less hierarchical.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P216.htm
2161,google,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"- Super smart coworkers, who (in general) are really nice, helpful people. - Great perks (visiting author talks, food, massage, exercise programs, etc). - Good pay.","- Hard to unplug from work, even during vacations or other time away. - Workday tends to be on the longer side. ~60 hour weeks aren't that uncommon. - ""20% time"" doesn't really exist like it used to.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2162,google,none," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK Salary,"People are really nice, lots of stuff you can learn","nothing bad in here, just a little bit slow of project","No advice, they did pretty good job",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2163,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - People Operations,Glass houses,The only pro I can think of from my time there was the perks.,"Perks keep you from realizing how toxic the environment can be and noticing the lack of career opportunities. This would be different in the MTV office, but that would require 3 hours of commuting a day. So, unless you're an engineer, your only real opportunities exist in MTV. The Austin office's culture is particularly negative, cutthroat, and hostile to women and minorities, as most tech companies are. Management rewards only people they personally like and hang out with. Deviant personalities are punished in the form of stagnation.","Career progression for non-technical people is important. Unconscious Bias training does not work, and statistically speaking makes the problem worse. Stop trying to fix something with training that is ephemeral and present in every environment no matter how hard you try to eradicate it. Women and minorities will always be forced to silence themselves because retaliation is a real thing here as anywhere.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2164,google,"Walnut Creek, CA"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Salesforce Administrator,One of the best places to work in,Management is very professional and the perks are great!,As a contract you are treated with suspicious and not like a fellow worker.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2165,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Contracts Manager,"Good company, lots of perks","1. Work on very interesting projects 2. Work with smart, interesting, and good people 3. Lots of perks-free food, gym, laundry, etc. 4. Very good health benefits 5. Excellent compensation",1. Work-life balance can be less than ideal in some teams. 2. Traffic getting in and out of Mountain View campus is bad,"Hire more FTEs and fewer TVCs. Other than that, none-Google is generally a great place to work-keep it up!",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2166,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great people - ephemeral goals,"Smart smart smart people. The Googliness filter works well and we generally don't have mean spirited people.  Ambitious, we take on products and projects that will truly change the world. Product risk is a part of our culture. Which for me is exciting and challenging but can be too much for some.",Projects are often plagued by ambiguous goals (not uncommon for taking on audacity). They are frequently inconsistently managed frequently changing targets based on the feeling of the day.,Set goals and let the teams run. You've hired great people. Tell them what you want and let them get it done!,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2167,google,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good place to work,Freedom to work on projects Great peer group,Difficult to get holistic picture due to size of organisation,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2168,google,none," May 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a great employer -- but don't confuse them for yours as a contractor,"Google has a great atmosphere, and they treat their employees wonderfully. Benefits are great for their employees, management is directed to stay out of your business and to avoid micro-managing. This is a rarity amongst employers these days. There's a simple mantra: ""be googley"". Be nice to others. Don't be a jerk. Positivity flows through the work environment, and as long as you work hard you'll be rewarded.","As a contractor, though, there's a very clear line that is drawn between what you get and what the full time Googlers get. You don't get invited to special Google events. You don't get some of the nice benefits and flexibility in scheduling that Googlers get. You're bound to the rules of your contracting agency, whoever that may be. This means that you don't get nice health insurance benefits, no 401k, no holiday or sick time, your job is to fill needed hours in Google's staffing, and as a contractor that's all that's expected of you. You often don't get special recognition for doing your job, and there's no guarantee that you'll end up at a job with Google full time - it's all based on business need. This isn't Google's fault. This is the expectation of a contract role. My advice to anyone taking a contract role with Google is to not let working ""at"" Google go to your head. Understand that you work for a contracting agency and not for Google, and don't expect a future with Google because no promises are made.",Indicate to contractors the expectations set upon them and offer feedback when necessary.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2169,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,- Incredibly talented people - Plenty of flexibility in your work areas -- work on what you want - Benefits & perks are unparalleled - Security of working for the best company on the planet - Personal and professional growth is within the fabric of the company,- A few entitled employees that have let all the pros go to their head - Imposter syndrome is prevalent - Company is huge -- have to work hard to truly set yourself apart - Crushing performance review cycle,"Slow down a little -- we want to fail fast, yes, but we can afford to take a slower and more deliberate approach in everything we do.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2170,google,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,You need work with smart person!,You just do a little part of a project,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P217.htm
2171,google,none," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Learning Opportunities. Explore, learn and grow with the job.",I don't see any. Work can be stressful at times.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2172,google,none," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,room for development company perks great coworkers,"salary, so no overtime pay",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2173,google,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice place to work,coworkers are very good. It's easy to collaborate and you can learn a lot from them.,It's a large company. So event launch small changes requires a lot of work to verify and get approval.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2174,google,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Working at Google,Great benefits and friendly people,Company seems very big sometimes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2175,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 1, 2016",Former Employee - Global Business Strategy Manager,Employee Review,"There were a lot of benefits, be it the healthcare, retirement, or the free organic meals.","I didn't particularly like the location in San Francisco, be it because of the high living costs and shady environment in some places.",Keep doing what you're doing. The career development workshops are extremely valuable to everyone.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2176,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,smart people good work-life balance good pay great benefits,hiring bar is pretty high,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2177,google,"Munich, ND"," Apr 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer at Google,"flexibility, work life balance, perks",job was a bit boring,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2178,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Good Culture, high pay, nice office.","Competitive environment, Stress, Hard work.",Google is doing great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2179,google,"Cambridge, MA"," May 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great benefits and work/life perks, comfortable office environment, diverse group of friendly co-workers. Culture supports innovation, independence, and self-drive.",Smaller geographical offices can have limited opportunities for roles outside of Software Engineering.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2180,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great engineering, mediocre workplace conditions",Working with top-notch engineers Well-maintained state of the art software development tools Good collaboration between co-workers Pay is good,"Overcrowded poorly maintained campus (Mountain View, CA). Limited parking space. Noisy cramped open-space office reduces productivity. All that keeps getting worse as more and more employees are packed into the same buildings. I am surprised perks show as ""pros"" in reviews, personally I would pay out of pocket for food without long lines or quiet office.","When it comes to workplace management, don't maintain programs you cannot scale. Stick to necessities but make sure those are good. Consider working-from-home or moving to different locations as alternatives.",4.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P218.htm
2181,google,none," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great place to start out of college. Lots of mentors and systems set in place to help you learn and thrive.,You spend a lot of working on smaller problems.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2182,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 9, 2016",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Great bootcamp for new grads, but increasing politics in higher levels","A great place to learn how real, at-scale production systems work in the wild and the level of team coordination and attention to detail to make the ""magic"" happen. Definitely work in Mountain View rather than a satellite office - it's where all decisions are made.",Advancement past L5/L6 involves an increasing amount of political savvy - often more than technical savvy. Project horizons are long and frequently never go anywhere. Work becomes less innovative and more procedural maintenance. Really limited opportunities outside of MTV.,"At senior levels, your best retention strategy is the prestige and plush benefits, not the pace of innovation or individual impact. Pay your employees generously.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2183,google,none," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategic Partner Manager,"Forward thinking management style and company culture, challenging and meaningful projects. Competitive pay and benefits.","No cons I can think of, it's Google!","Don't add too much process, we don't need it.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2184,google,none," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to work with some downsides,"Work is a lot of fun - Interesting challenges Great work culture - Really smart people Great benefits - Free food, off-sites etc",Performance reviews are a lot of work and take quite a while if going for promo You need to do a lot of interviews,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2185,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Business Systems Integrator,Best Company in the world to work for,"lots of benefits, free food, gym and many more things",I don't think there are any cons if you find your dream job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2186,google,none," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible Summer,"Interns actually get to work on real projects. Great work culture, learned a ton and was surrounded by great people.","It's a big company, so there are a lot of politics that go into things that (even though I didn't experience the negative effects of as an intern) affect engineers.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2187,google,none," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"So amazing to work for, could not praise them enough and all the managers are GREAT",Nothing bad about them at all,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2188,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Market Development Representative,Best Company in the World!!!,"A company that treats their employees great and in return get motivated and loyal employees. Free food, access to amenaties like gym, pool, beach volleyball courts, tennis, soccer, football field",Can't think of any as of yet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2189,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Analyst,Analyst,Indefinite resources to learn from,Lacking collaboration amongst team members,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2190,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worker,"Great place to work, I've met so many friends. Everyone here is like family!","Nothing really, I love everyone so much!",smile more,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P219.htm
2191,google,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Super smart and helpful people to work with.,Too many processes that hinder fast development.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2192,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer at Google,- great perks - smart people - swag,- hard to rise in ladder - impact depends on project,Do not mold every engineer into the same pattern in order to recognize their contribution.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2193,google,none," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Very talented engineers and facilities,Very competitive and long hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2194,google,none," May 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,f,good place to work to learn,difficult to move up rapidly,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2195,google,none," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the truly great companies on earth,"* incredibly ambitious -- constantly pushing to think bigger * cares deeply about doing the right thing * fantastic benefits -- the highlight is the ""death benefit"" * highly supportive and employee-focused culture * opportunity to work on products used by billions of people","* has gotten very big * not as easy to take risks, because the company is under so much scrutiny from so many parties","Continue to preserve what makes Google most Googley, and try not to let your size prevent you from making radical decisions.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2196,google,"San Jose, CA"," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company!,"Great all around, very good company to work for.",I don't have any at the moment,Keep doing great!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2197,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Associate Account Strategist,"Great support from management for work life balance. Initially the reality of the job leads many to not enjoy the work, however it is what you make of it and the people, company culture, and opportunity to grow are amazing.","Mundane core role, more client facing that advertised in the job description",Communicate the reality of the role in the interview process and set expectations.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2198,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Community Manager,Amazing company,The food is free. The people are awesome. The work is very rewarding.,It's still a corporate environment so things move slower than at start ups.,Keep up the good work! The world appreciates what you do.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2199,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Executive,"High level of trust, limited micromanagement Good perks and working conditions Smart colleagues in some areas Opportunities exist to move within the company, learn new skills etc","Company is too big and complicated to navigate - lot of time spent on internal reporting and justification Hard to stand out, moving forward is based on politics not on ability",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2200,google,none," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,- Working with smart people  - Amazing perks  - Great work environment,I don't have any issues.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P220.htm
2201,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place, hectic pace",Great company Great people Great benefits Company you can feel good about,Hectic environment -- lots of work to do Tough competitors,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2202,google,none," Apr 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good times,"Co workers were smart people, a lot of company culture events","Didn't like the corparate ladder, hard to move up, too relaxed",Nothing,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2203,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - IT Resident,"Great company, but difficult to impact","- All the perks are real - The people are all 98% friendly and collaborative, with rare jerks - Very open and transparent business models to employees - Non-Mountain View offices are great","- Employee ""I deserve this right now"" entitlement is real - Huge company with top-tier talent means that only the best of the best can truly impact anything - Mountain view HQ is way too massive","Keep a small team feel for as long as you can, before it balloons too large.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2204,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Work@google,* free food * smart people,* too many people * less exciting new projects,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2205,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Web Solutions Engineer,No complaints,Perks are good. Job is interesting. Salary is fine. Travel opportunities. Can move between teams easily as well as between cities/countries.,"You have a lot of free food, so you might start being fat. Workload is pretty heavy, it is hard sometimes to have work-life balance.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2206,google,none," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Fun but really challenging at the same time. Obviously with such a good company like google you will start pushing yourself hard,Cons is mostly towards the competitive scene. Expect co-workers to do whatever they can in order to move ahead of you,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2207,google,none," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make Ready technician,"Worked in Property Management, Building Maintenance and inspections all my life Progress Residential has to be number one ! they care about their Properties their Residents and their employees",It's a never-ending learning process no matter how old you are there are new things everyday to learn from. Remember your mistakes and focus on them .Your supervisors words and advice will only make you a better employee,"As we are all in a new position, company management is excellent ,everyone including management is learning new ways new technologies and as far as myself time, patience and commitment is my number one priority, and if I can adapt to the new technology in this new company I will shine, I believe a step back and focus will make me a better player but remember it's a fast-paced environment",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2208,google,none," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,It is abosolutely an amazing place to grow and learn. People are fine and all the free food is greate,It just has so many talented people so the space for you is very limited. And one can feel pressure at there.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2209,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best Job Ever!,"Get to work with the brightest minds in the world, changing the way the world accesses information. This job is every engineer's dream.",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2210,google,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesomeness,"Lively,Competitive,Health benefits,Always development phase is encouraged.","Not for everyone,Stressful,Agonizing,Work/Life Balance not the best.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P221.htm
2211,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Support Specialist,"Great company, with faults","Great benefits and very competent peers. Impactful work and projects, and easy to lend a hand to other teams.","Some managers, especially in the ads space, are not very good and just tow the line. Promotion process is terrible. You have to work constantly and be type A to get promoted in non-technical positions. Smart people are stuck in support roles.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2212,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Good people to work fo.,Hard job be good at.,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2213,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Strategist,Googke,I think if you are in the right groups in Google and a dev you can work on some very exciting projects that effects billions of people. That's incredibly exciting.  Google takes care of their employees really well and the benefits are amongst the best out there.,"Our startup was acquired by Google and we were thrown into Checkout/Commerce. The organization within Google had a history of being somewhat dysfunctional and that did not change when we got there.  Our product was sunset which was painful in itself and I was thrown into several me too new products (Offers, Wallet) - This is where Google showed its big company bureaucracy and I never felt like I had ownership of what I was doing.",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2214,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Legal Assistant,Great but a big company so you can feel lost in the shuffle,Everything is as great as they say it is. Pretty much free everything all the time and you are offered lots of chances to grow.,It's a big company with lots of rules in place about promotions. Can feel arbitrary sometimes.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2215,google,none," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering,They contact me on time as they said.,"The interview question is hard, and they expect perfect bug free code and best time complexity.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2216,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Enginner,Good work life balance. Brilliant colleagues. Good benefits. No micro-management.,"Not all projects are exiting and a lot of work are creative. However, I would say that Google is doing a good job keeping the bureaucratic overhead low for its size.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2217,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still here after a decade.,"After ten years, I still love working for Google, and I still see plenty of room to grow my career.","Middle management (at least in my part of the org) is in a constant state of upheaval. I have a new manager, VP, or director every 6 months.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2218,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Partner Operations Coordinator,Do not join as a contractor..,"If you're a contractor, you might be able to gain access to some of the many benefits associated with the company.","If you're a contractor, you're treated like a second-class citizen.",Don't hire contractors to do work that is intended for full-time employees by calling them vendors.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2219,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,good super work life balance,life balance no need worry enjoy,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,none,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2220,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Manager,Sr Software Maanger,"Great benefit & perk - insurance, food, bus, etc Interesting projects Best place for Software Engineer - you can try different things.",Some places are over hired and fragmented - it is harder to have big ownership and make sizable impact.,Keep the focus on the user. Everything else will follow.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P222.htm
2221,google,none," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PMM,Great large company to work at,"Getting a little slow to get things done, but there's no other large company that I rather work in.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2222,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company,"Lives up to the hype. Super smart people. Awesome perks. Pays well. As an engineer, lots of choices - can switch teams and offices with relative ease.","No one is perfect. No company is perfect. There are great people and there are jerks. There are great managers and a bunch of not-so-great ones. If you go in thinking this is some utopia that doesn't have politics and bureaucracy, you'll get disillusioned really fast. And it's a company full of overachievers, so it's hard to maintain work-life balance if you want to keep up with your peers - unless you explicitly force yourself to only work a certain amount.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2223,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"- Amazing co-workers - Amazing environment - food, offices, perks - Company continues to do great for years and years and years - Big mission","- It's a big company now so getting stuff done can be a bit tricky - Despite the fact that there are many distributed offices, you really want to be in Mountain View if you expect to have a major impact",- Continue to do and pay attention to employee happiness surveys. They tell you a lot about what's going on and what can be done better. - You may want to keep a fast-track for your exceptional employees. Your current rigor around promotion cycles gets hungry/ambitious up and comers to look for opportunities outside,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2224,google,none," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"Overall, great place to work.","My team is great, great career opportunities.",Some of the work sucks.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2225,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company,- great benefits and perks - great colleagues with great technical skills - great technology and infrastructure - friendly working environment,- internal toolchains are sometimes hard to use - promotion system heavily base on product launches - food quality is kind of declining,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2226,google,none," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Product Specialist,Great products and exciting atmosphere.,Poor field execution and support.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2227,google,none," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,It is an awesome place to work. Great work environment. Great benefits. Management was good too. Great stock options. Google takes good care of their employees.,I cannot think of any cons to write.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2228,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent training ground w/ many opportunities but a large company,"Incredibly talented colleagues, innovative, fast-paced work, high level of transparency, data-driven culture that includes constant rigorous work to improve the culture","its a big company with process that is limited for a company of its size but still exists, tremendous horizontal growth opportunities but growing vertically takes time",keep up the focus on bureaucracy busting,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2229,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome Place To work,"Its a great place to work with a lot of flexibility and lot of options to try different things (in a big office like Mountain View, New York etc)","Not really. Getting to be a bit big company like, so you are a small fish in big pond, rather than big fish in small pond.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2230,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - SWE,Software Engineer,Google is very wide spread and offers interesting problems in many areas. Google has great pay and excellent benefits.,As a big company Google has lots of politics. It has become hierarchical and there is lots overhead like meetings. The 20% time is touted but not that real in practice.,Some managers have clear favorites and inner circles. If you are not part of that you have no chance of getting anywhere.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P223.htm
2231,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 13, 2016",Former Employee - Contractor,QA engineer,"Good perks, food, gym, TGIF","If you a contractor, you are ZERO there. They don't listen to your opinion.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2232,google,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing manager,Google is a great company full of amazing opportunities and people,It is a large conpany and there i s politics to navigate and it can be slow to get promoted,H t d s. F y. U. F e w. SS d f. yy u u u. i,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2233,google,"Lexington, MA"," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - Operations/Customer Support/Project Manager,Customer Support Manager,"Freedom to get involve in many areas as you like, flexible schedules, great travel opportunities, great pay and benefits and working environment.",I worked at Google for 4 years and really do not have major complains about the environment. Only that I did run into a number of self-focused manager who would have done better to take care of their teams,"In some areas, management is weak and a bit superficial. Need additional more mature leaders",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2234,google,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Dream company. have been thinking about joining for years.,i can't figure out. maybe it is not startup culture anymore.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2235,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Designer,good,Lots of projects and opportunity. Generally smart people. Great food. Great benefits. Founders care about the culture.,Working in Mountain View location can be isolating as there is really no reason to leave campus during the week and experience life outside of the company.,Perhaps a greater focus on getting people out of the office rather than keeping them conveniently inside the office.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2236,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Database Engineer/SRE/Database Administrator,DB Engineer,Great company to work for. Great benefits.,Willing to relocate as position moves between locations.,Company is very focused on few projects.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2237,google,none," Apr 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great overall experience,"awesome co-workers, lots of fun, relaxed environment for the most part. free food, great campus. great perks.","occasional politics, food can be rather dull. feels like a small fish in a big pond. Sometimes difficult to get recognition for work.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2238,google,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great company,Terrific place to work especially in the west coast awesome workers and benefits and work environment,I cannot think of any cons I just like how they run things like clockwork,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2239,google,none," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google review,Great people to work with.,Depends on the team you get assigned to.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2240,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,A great employer. Nice Food. A lot of technical challenges. But it is very hectic there.,Long hours. Immense pressure at times. It is not a start-up any more. Lots of people. You see some politics there.,reduce the long hours. Work-life balance. Managers do listen to the employees. For a large organization the bureaucracy it not that terrible.,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P224.htm
2241,google,none," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Good work and life balance.,Not much that I aware of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2242,google,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Working with incredibly smart & motivated people, tremendous opportunity for growth and exposure to new types of jobs / roles, incredible benefits","Its a big company and decision making can be slow, good management is not always a priority",Prioritize growing good managers as well as strong individual contributors,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2243,google,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Software Research Engineer,Software Engineer,I feel very comfortable and I love it,I need to move to another place with my families.,nope,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2244,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Stressful at first!!,-Food _ A lot of smart people _Has really great salary,_Smart People : ) _Hard to get work/life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2245,google,"Philadelphia, PA"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Was a good experience to work here,Nothing really cons to say,No specific advice to give,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2246,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Incredible company, great place to grow!","Google's been voted the best company to work for many years in a row. Great benefits, great pay, incredibly smart people and a fun, supportive working environment.","Most opportunities are in the Bay Area, if you're in a distributed office, growth is very limited and the expectation is that you relocate.  Additionally, becoming a leader within the org is difficult to do if you're starting your career at Google. You'll likely need to leave, get an advanced degree or experience elsewhere and return in order to become a leader.","If a key focus area is increasing diversity, consider building out distributed offices and allowing folks to work outside of the Bay Area.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2247,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program Manager,"Great people, caring co-workers, extreme transparency, strong culture. The perks are real and compensation is very competitive, but the meaningful projects is what attracted me to Google.",Slow decision making as the company continues to grow at an amazing pace.,"Pour more resources into HR and people/manager development. With the growth, it is inevitable that some new hires just aren't very googley. One bad manager can be very painful for the team and other XFN teams.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2248,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Google is very high-tech company.,Working in Google company is very hard working and take responsibility for work.,Google giving good packages and working there is a very different and cool experience .,I want to say that Google should make high graphic games and own gaming consoles . if Google do that Google will become a very popular company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2249,google,none," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The only place better than Google is your own company. Before you have one, Google is the best company to work for.",Very Very smart people. Lots to learn. People are nice. Nice perks. Good work life balance (relative to other tech company),"A little bit chaotic, less structural. This can be bad sometime, because you will find out 10+ people are doing the same thing you are doing, and then you question yourself why am I doing this.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2250,google,none," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trying to Make Sense,Good people with good hearts,Horrible Management and downward communication,get rid of the weak,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P225.htm
2251,google,none," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Was the best place to work, now its 'best place of its size'",- There is a really good variety of projects - The people you work with are generally of really high calibre - The perks are really good,"- It's too big, the size of the company has not clearly improved its ability to execute whilst leading to an erosion of cultural values",Figure out a better way to grow. - Alphabet is a good move - Better might be to spin-off more parts of company as completely independent companies,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2252,google,none," Apr 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"The work environment is laid back, and less competitive than others. It really allows room for creativity.",None. Don't expect the comps to be as competitive as other hot startups.,"I'm technically part of management, however, I've noticed Google is attempting to run more like a startup.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2253,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Great environment,"People are very smart, you can learn from everyone around you, there are many challenges and opportunities for growth and skill acquisition.",It's a big company so impact can be limited and politics are definitely an issue. If you work in an office outside of headquarters it can be challenging to move to a new role.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2254,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 3, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager - Large Client Sales,"-Exceptional talent of people who I work with. Google really does hire the best and I am regularly challenged and motivated by my peers. -An abundance of resources available. There are answers for most every question, and if you can't find an answer you have direct resources to get to the right people to figure it out. -Really interesting products. Continual innovation happening which keeps me on top of my game and learning something new all the time.",-Slow promotion track. The pipeline to promotion is long and daunting. -Large corporate feel. Tougher to stick out among hundreds of peers at your same level/role. -Exceptionally fast paced. The product updates are sometimes too much to keep on top of! -Base pay is low. The base pay is disappointing compared to the non-sales org pay.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2255,google,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool and not Cool,"Free food, free bikes, good vacation, good health benefits, good salary","By having so much that's free, they own your time and mask the many things about it that aren't cool. All of it is public. It's just that some of its affiliations and aspirations aren't obvious and make people like me feel good about working there.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2256,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome place,"Google is an awesome place. Lots of really smart people from all over, with a great mix of diversity. They strike a nice balance of make an impact but don't overwork yourself.","It's a pretty laid back environment, but sometimes that means things move a little slowly. I prefer things to move more quickly, but it's difficult because of big company bureaucracy.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2257,google,none," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough in Google Apps,"Great company culture overall and free meals, massage, and other perks",Enterprise side needs a lot of work,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2258,google,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Programmer,Program Manager,Excellent benefits. Culture is great!,Long hours that require a lot of coffee.,Help the floor people!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2259,google,none," Mar 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great work environment. There were a lot of creative aspects about the position. People listen to your ideas and take them in to account,It seemed like you were a small fish in a big pond at times. There are a lot of employees and you might seem to feel like you can get lost,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2260,google,none," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Awesome environment, culture, people and products.",Long-term there are limited career growth opportunities.,Change evaluation structure to value long-term investments which have no immediate direct impact.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P226.htm
2261,google,none," Apr 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was okay,Great place for improvement and promotions. They give you a chance to succeed,Very very demanding. It takes up all of your time. No time for any other activities,Make it a little easier and keep in y that it's only a job. Should have increased the Daley for the amount of work,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2262,google,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Amazing, hardworking, intelligent people. Great perks, salary and benefits. Ability to work autonomously.","Demanding job, tough to disconnect",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2263,google,none," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Benefits food salary work environment big company great people smart people,"too big of a company, hard to move up in company, hard to balance work with social life","keep doing what you're doing, i love my job wouldnt trade it for the world to be honest! keep up the good work",5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2264,google,none," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"The main benefit of working with Google are the facilities they offer, in addition to the services and benefits associated with being part of the company. There are many speakers, conferences, work shops going on the campuses and there is no shortage of interesting problems to solve and interesting people to meet.","Because the talent pool is so deep in google, some very talented people end up doing trivial things. Also, though the company is of considerable size, career mobility isn't all you would think it is and is more of a resume booster than a company to grow old with.",Provide more career mobility in the sense of employee ownership of business units or support intrapreneurship more from a capital perspective.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2265,google,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits!,"Don't need to worry about breakfast, lunch and dinner on weekdays. Nice health benefits. Good company culture.",Frequent shuffling on management and teams.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2266,google,none," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Executive Manager,"great work environment, great benefits",I do not have any cons about google except that the traffic getting in and out is horrible.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2267,google,none," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,it's fun place to work for,It seems to me that all people working there need to commit more personal time than what i expected,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2268,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Head of Marketing,Just can't go wrong!,"+ Fantastic work culture + Amazing benefits including great food, drinks and snacks + A chance to work with some of the smartest people you'll likely run into + Think big + Spirit of innovation + Family and kid friendly events + Friendships that will last a lifetime + So many clubs, activities to take part in + TGIF","- Some of the middle management (Directors, VP) just cruise, doing nothing, acting busy - Incredibly steep corporate ladder to climb - Performance review process cumbersome, ratings system ineffective and biased",Don't get too cosy,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2269,google,"Pittsburg, CA"," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Resident,"Great company and makes you feel like home. Dream come true! Great perks, loved testing things before they went public, great food, and great people to work with. Many many",Interview process does take quiet a while,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2270,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Analytical Lead,Google review,"Overall Google is a great company to work for - with the Perks, ressources, and the overall inspiring mission",with the years and the company growing bigger - one can now face a lot of Politics and the pace of things have been moving slowly because of bureacracy,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P227.htm
2271,google,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place, to work - sometimes work life balance suffers","Great place to work, excellent compensation and good career opportunities. Would recommend to friends, should fit any stage of career as there's always something to learn here and lots of great people to learn from.","Some level of politics, can feel a little disorganized at times!",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2272,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great fun, awful management","Food, parties, and fun! Endless fascinating presentations by authors, presidential candidates, musicians, technology innovators. Opportunities to design and run your own internal contests and incentive programs to improve engineering practices throughout the company. All the great extras you have heard about. And some top geniuses to work with. It's exciting and rare to get to work with the inventors of game-changing technologies.","One exception to the ""great benefits"": they do *not* provide child care -- although they (and tech journalists) say they do. Many of my female (and male) coworkers were blindsided by this after joining Google with the promise of company day care. This is an unconscionable bait-and-switch.  Secondly: incompetent line managers are left in place while entire departments under them quit or get fired. People with no domain experience are put in charge of exactly the function they are unqualified in. Line workers are assigned to projects where success is impossible, then blamed for the failure. Example: a colleague was assigned to provide a specific kind of support to an engineering team, problem was, the team had never asked for this support, actually opposed getting that type of support, and refused to work with my colleague. He wasted months futilely trying to do his job. Guess who got the blame? Not the engineers or the manager who put my colleague in this no-win situation. Similar things happened to me and to others I know.","Please hold middle managers responsible for properly managing their reports. Assign resources to projects intelligently. Match the worker's skills to the team's requirements, and assign the resource at a time when their skills are needed (not too early...not too late!). Try to adopt a more fact-based view of reality, instead of ""we're all amazingly smart geniuses.""",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2273,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Release Engineer,Love My Work,"Really intelligent people to work with, great infrastructure and tools, focus on excellence.",Traffic into work can be discouraging.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2274,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Inspiring and humane.,"Incredibly smart coworkers, best tools I've ever used, silly offices, free food, one project can affect millions of people and dollars.","Imposter syndrome. For me, long commute. Twenty percent time is hard to make time for. The delicious food will make you fat.",Keep Google Googly!! Don't get overly corporate as you grow.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2275,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Analyst,A Sense of Being Part of Something Big,"Seemingly unlimited resources, work with top/diverse talent from across the globe, amazing perks from food to testing of prototype consumer technologies.","Extremely competitive, take home pay is not as high as non-Googlers assume it is, many poorly socialized individuals around.","The Level, or cast system as I like to think of it, needs to be reworked as is limits employees' ambitions.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2276,google,none," Mar 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google is a great place to work. no complaints,google is a great place to work. no complaints,salaries could be higher. perks are great,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2277,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - II V Years,Gogole,"Great culture, smart, motivated employees","Can be cloistered, ivory tower",Stay gold!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2278,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"They treat you well, but it's easy to get into a groove","Smart people, limitless opportunities (if you're willing to work in Mountain View, great name to have on your resume, fun and relaxed work environment, free food","It's getting very corporate with people who don't think outside of the box or are willing to try anything new (sales org), promotion and compensation is wholly political",Regain that start-up feel and don't fall into the trap of becoming corporate,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2279,google,none," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work and Life,The best company I have been to! Learnt a lot and I love the working environment.,Very big company. Hard to be visible and remember people that you have worked with.,Keep the focus on the user. Everything else will follow.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2280,google,none," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Designer,Open to share design. You have a chance to expand your interest for your career and people will help.,"Depends on which department you work for, you people work same project and it could be competitive.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P228.htm
2281,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Research Scientist,"good team, poor hr",it was fun working with smart people.,HR and recruiters are not helpful and were often rude.,"If you want to retain employees, you need to treat them and compensate them well. Google was my *lowest* compensated employment option. I took it because I am a researcher, and I got the opportunity to work with my best friend. I expected the recuiter to follow through with promised benefits in a timely manner. When HR or your recruiter screws around with you, short changes your offer, and tries to play ""hardball"" it turns people off. In my case, I left, raised a few million in capital and started another company. Google is welcome to buy me back now, but I sure am going to be far more expensive this time around.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2282,google,none," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,booker,you getto work from home but u dont get paid as much when you work,very far from my house but everything eslse was ok you get paid ggood and they work through oyor scehdule,be nice,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2283,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,great teams and location and food,the worst thing in the area is traffic,keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2284,google,none," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greta place to work,Everyone is vibrant and high-energy. Truly a fun place to get your nerd on. Oh and we do work sometimes. The campus is huge and contains many perks such as a gym and cafeteria.,The projects are fast paced so be prepared. We work nonstop although it's not always a serious environment. During breaks we tend to avoid talking about work because we are always so busy with it.,"The way management oversees us is acceptable, but I wish we had more incentive to work faster. I feel like we all just did our projects without a time challenge.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2285,google,none," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Smart people who are passionate about their job.,Tons of bureaucracy. Promotions are made unnecessarily difficult.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2286,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Past its Prime,"Great perks (fitness offerings, massage, food, retirement program, health benefits), looks good on a resume and the chance to work on some great products with huge numbers of users.","The company has become clunky and bureaucratic. Employees are rewarded for being able to ""play the game"", negotiate internal politics and promote themselves, rather than for doing truly good work. Many of the best and brightest from Google's early days have moved on to more interesting and nimble companies and we are left with a good number of ""lifers"" who are not the sharpest, but understand the system well enough to keep up appearances.",Get away from rigid performance ratings and political calibrations that force certain distributions and pit Googlers against each other in a self-promotion/exaggeration competition.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2287,google,none," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,hello world,"its google, the end all be all",they think they are better than everybody else,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2288,google,none," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,There a huge diversity of work ranging from defending independent journalism worldwide (Google Project Shield).,"The company is becoming bigger and bigger each year, which brings on its own problems.","Remain focusing on the user, and all of your other goals will be met.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2289,google,none," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest place to work,"Super smart people, engineering culture.",Not too many career advance opportunities.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2290,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Great infra, but moves slowly","Great infrastructure, which makes it easy to deal with probably at scale.","It's a large company, so sometimes hard to make an impact.",none,4.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P229.htm
2291,google,none," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Amazing place to work - great people and great benefits,This is not a place to coast - come ready to make a difference.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2292,google,none," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google review,- Great compensation - Interesting project / products,- company is getting bigger and bigger - your impact becomes smaller,Keep the open culture Keep the recruitment bar high,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2293,google,none," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful company,the obvious benefits of working at Google,very bureaucratic promotion process they are working on it though.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2294,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company and perks,Exciting to work in a company that powers billions of people's lives everyday.,Becoming more conventional as size grows with a limited scope of what one can do.,"With Alphabet re-org, Google is trying to inculcate the structure of still being smaller and nimble despite its giant size, something that's critical for innovation. Advise would be to do more of that and empower talented employees for a fast track growth option.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2295,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, frustrating hiring process.","Very impactful work, great coworkers, good work-life balance, some interesting projects.","Due to the size of the company, different divisions of Google have different cultures. It can be hard for job applicants to know which divisions they want to work in.",Please invest more resources in the improving the speed and quality of the hiring process.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2296,google,none," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work place,"Smart co-workers, challenging problems, great perks",Can't think of any at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2297,google,none," Mar 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty OK,"Competitive co-workers, freedom to do whatever you want, perks.","The cafeterias are overrates, they all the same. I prefer to get paid more so I could eat out.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2298,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Solutions Consultant,Solutions Consultant,"+The people you work with are all intelligent, highly motivated, and friendly. Management is also amazing. They do a great job of hiring the right people. +Free food, great pay, and amazing benefits",Nothing I can think of right now.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2299,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,Great company overall,The company is making a huge impact in the world. Engineering pushes the boundaries. Great benefits and overall pay.,HR is political and has lots of red-tape. Talent isn't what it used to be. Below average talent are hired and sometimes promoted.,Hold poor managers accountable. There's little follow-up on managers that are getting poor feedback.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2300,google,"Austin, TX"," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Google Enterprise,Entry Level Google,Nice perks means a cool environment,Remote office means you are disconnected,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P230.htm
2301,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome!,+ Awesome projects + Lots of learning + Great coworkers,"- Size of the company is huge, so don't expect startup culture.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2302,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Event Manager,Awesome Company,"This is by far the best job I've ever had, and the best company I'd worked for. You really feel valued, respect, and also challenged here. You have a lot of autonomy over your work and creative license. You're around the most inspirational, intelligent, and passionate people you'll ever meet in life.","You work ALL of the time. As in Google is your life...but you love it so much, you don't mind.",Promote more work-life balance. Encourage self-care amongst employees more.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2303,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - SWE,Excellent,"engaging, challenging, friendly, fun, top","fast pace, competitive, changing, fast, fast",work hard,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2304,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Recruiter,Google Recruiter Review,Lots of opportunity to work on anything you want in your spare time.,"Very difficult to promote, depending on what group you belong to.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2305,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Not gooood,Its just gooogle. Thats pretty much it to be honest. People think you are smart but you are not,Its just google thats all. Nothing special about it nothing at all i wish i had applied to a different company,Uhmmm. Change everything in your company before it gets really bad i warn you.its just bad tbj,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2306,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing!,"Google is the best company to work for. The perks are amazing, every detail is considered! The work is interesting and colleagues smart and fun to work with.",It can be a little intimidating when everyone is at the top of their game. When everyone's a high performer it's very hard to stand out.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2307,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Research Scientist,still a pretty decent place,"Competent colleague, good benefits, interesting projects",Many smart people working on similar projects,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2308,google,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Specialists,Google was a wonderful place to work. Due to relocation because of family I had to leave. There will never be another place like this,There are no cons about Google. A person is crazy to think there are any cons about this wonderful place.,You guys do an awesome job. More companies should take your approach! Keep up the great work! Let's hope other companies pick up the ideas!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2309,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great working environment, hard for advancement","Great people, great culture, great impact in the work you do. The fact that such a large company has a very open policy for voicing opinions or learning about other projects makes you feel part of a bigger thing.  Of course the perks are great too, but they are now very comparable, or even worse than other successful Bay Area tech companies (Facebook, Uber, etc)","It's a fairly competitive place, with few room for advancement if you are in a fairly mature team.  The performance review process is very contrived and tend to favor shiny, visible projects over other critical ones that aren't that sexy.  The commute.","Please make sure that the quality bar of shipped products is high, and don't put too much faith into the ship quickly, iterate later mantra",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2310,google,none," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,"Compensation is fine, Flexibility in job roles",Reorg all the time which makes it hard for long term career development,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P231.htm
2311,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"Great environment filled with really smart, motivated people that are looking to change the world! You can work on tons of really exciting, high profile projects that make you feel good about the work you do.","Since the company is so big, decisions are really slow and there's a lot of red tape along the way to get stuff done.","Work on ensuring decision making is clear and fluid. Making change is essential to success, so being able to make change it also essential!",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2312,google,none," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,contract,"current main stream technology, innovation","too dynamic, high load,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2313,google,none," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Devloper,Awesome environment. Great intelligent people to work with.,None so far. I really can't think of any.,Keep doing what you do.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2314,google,none," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,exciting projects lots of smart people to work with company values you as an individual,company is starting to show age with too much bureaucracy hard to get promoted,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2315,google,none," Mar 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staff Mechanical Engineer,Great people to work with. Lots of incredibly smart people to learn from.,The company has undergone a huge shift from medium size company to extremely large and has lost of of the positive atmosphere.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2316,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,Amazing place to do the first 2 years of your career to learn a benchmark,Work with top notch people and learn how to build product for millions of users.,Not a small company. It's slow to deploy product changes and as a product person you'll spend way more time building consensus and getting approval for launching something than actually building the product.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2317,google,"Sacramento, CA"," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Driver Delivery,Satisfied,"There benifits are good,and it will bring you a lot of good things for your family.",Good company ever...i recomment to any one who is currently looking for there good job.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2318,google,"Austin, TX"," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing all the way around,"Google deserves every bit of its ""Best Company to Work For"" reputation. My own experience was in getting to build a business from scratch inside the company and watching it flourish.","The bureaucracy and big company feel is starting to creep in. Despite a ""Bureaucracy Busters"" campaign, there are days I feel like I am attaching a cover sheet to my TPS report.","Psychological safety has to be the top priority. There are many teams where political posturing and OKR gaming are taking place, at the expense of employees less likely to speak up or play the game.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2319,google,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Research Assistant III,User Researcher,"Tons of perks, good pay. If you have the chance, it's worth working there and experiencing it!","Workload can be daunting at times, FTE's and TVC's are viewed VERY differently in the culture.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2320,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Data Architect/Data Modeler,Google discriminates on age,There are no good points working for Google.,The interviewer asks for dates of college graduation and number of years of experience. Then I was told that Google would not consider people with too much experience.  The Google employees treat contractors like second class citizens who have nothing to contribute.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P232.htm
2321,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Manager III,Engineering Manager III,"Good infrastructure, good people to work with, nice perks.",The company is too big to get anything done reasonably easy.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2322,google,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,"Amazing benefits, good pay, extremely intelligent people, engaging work that impacts a lot of people. Managers are competent, and promotion is meritocratic.",Main offices are in expensive areas. Oncall rotations interfere with work-life balance.,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2323,google,none," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Great perks. Flexible schedule. Meet great people.,To many managers. To many meetings. Favoritism place a huge role with management.,"I am sure not all teams have the same exact type of managers that my former team had, but based on my experience my best advice is to value employees for their skills not only for because of lunch meetings.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2324,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,"Google is still full of bright motivated people, working on world-class products. The company is led by solid people, who truly care about continuing to make the world a better place.","The company is a lot bigger than it used to be, and though it's done better than most, it can't help slowing down as it grows. Some of the reasons I came to work at Google when it was 1000 employees are no longer true.","Where you can, identify small trusted teams, and let them go to work with as few obstacles as possible. Try to eliminate middle-management-thinking.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2325,google,none," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern summer review,"There are so many great benefits at Google. Food, exercise classes, and the work spaces are just great. Great sense of freedom and that you are in control of what you're working on",Google is a huge company. Sometimes feels like you get lost in what you're doing. Great company but definitely feels big.,"Great mentors at Google. If you want to people are there to help you with career advice, next steps, etc.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2326,google,none," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,- Extremely smart and nice people - Open and honest culture - Amazing benefits and perks - Market leading compensation - Cutting edge technology,- Mature products move slow due to size and complexity - Quite a few overly talented people for what they are doing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2327,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,New grad hire,I learn a lot. Google pays for my Masters degree at Stanford.,"My teammates are not great at English, and sometimes results in miscommunication. It's a team-specific problem though, my other Googler friends don't have this problem.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2328,google,none," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Product,Product,"Huge Impact, lots of interesting people you work with, people get excited every time you mention you work there. Overall though I really enjoyed working there and would recommend.","Lots of management overhead, does move slowly, especially on the engineering side, which means you sometimes have to sit on your hands. Also there's a decent amount of back and forth from middle management on direction.","Don't necessarily promote the folks who are great individual contributors. Management skills and executive leadership aren't things that you learn when you're just operating at a low level, they're completely separate skill sets.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2329,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staffing Lead,You will learn more here than anywhere else you've worked.  Smart People Great Perks Career Development,Work life Balance Lost small company feel Very competitive Big Egos,Some of your senior leaders have no self-respect.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2330,google,none," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Review,Great coworkers and a ton of opportunities.,It is too boring to work there.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P233.htm
2331,google,"Iselin, NJ"," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Analyst,Sr.Analyst,"Friendly and competitive environment,unlimited food and perks.I have worked for google more than 3 years and always felt this place like my second home.","Work during weekends,nothing particular. Too liberal and too flexible to make you lazy.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2332,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Operations,Great smart people. All the usual perks,Flat structure means career movement can be difficult,Make room for the newer talented hires to get ahead,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2333,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place if you are on a good team,"Great place as long as your team is good. If your team is not that good, you always have the option to switch.  Excellent perks.",Career growth depends heavily on team and manager.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2334,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Great Place,"Very friendly people and very interesting work. The working environment is very nice and we only need to worry about work we are responsible for, and anything else is well taken care of by other assistants and applications.",A common problem with large companies: it is a lot competition to climb up the latter from an ordinary engineer.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2335,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Solid Experience,- Access to a vast wealth of technical resources and people - Culture where engineers are encouraged to push on ideas and lead - Strong benefits,"- Given large size of company, often easy to get lost among thousands of other employees. - Other employees are often focused on personal development and promotion rather than for the team.",There's a continued risk that the company's best talent ends up leaving for opportunities where they can be more innovative and impactful. It'd be great to encourage similar opportunities within Google.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2336,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - SWE III,SWE,"Everything you've ever heard about working at Google is true. Benefits are awesome, coworkers are awesome, and your work affects millions of people.","Politics are starting to get in the way of engineering. Since launches are incentivized so heavily in promo process, negative dogfood feedback is often ignored on the way to launch, with few or no consequences.",Hire more designers and PMs. Consumer-facing projects are heavily bottlenecked on non-SWE resources.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2337,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Director of Engineering,Amazing place,"Huge resources available, world-class brilliant people to work with. Great place to learn how to scale real-world systems.","It has become a big company. It's leaner and less bureaucratic than most big companies, but it's still a big company.","Figure out how to keep Google's historical ""small company"" culture, and how to prevent all the different pieces of the company from slowing things down through cross-connections between systems and products.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2338,google,none," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"It's a good company, good place to work and good place to learn.","Nothing specific, haven't had any issues working here.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2339,google,none," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Current employee,"Good opportunities, mobility, good reward",Company is very very big,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2340,google,none," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,"Great perks, amazing technology, inspiring activities","Very biased towards whatever engineering wants, creating unfair conditions for everyone else.",Walk the talk about creating an inclusive and fair work environment for everyone.,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P234.htm
2341,google,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,great environment and place to work,hours can be long sometimes,keep it up,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2342,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Legal Assistant,Great Company,"Awesome benefits and ability to work remotely or from other offices, free food is a major plus as well",Most jobs are in MTV where cost of living is extremely high even when making almost $100K,Allow employees to be based out of any office in the country as I know many people who are planning 3-5 years on MTV then leaving to be able to buy a house and have a family in a different state,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2343,google,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"great culture, smart driven coworkers, thriving environment","very large company, functions can be silo'd",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2344,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Staff Software Engineer,Great benefits,"Food, Google Bus, Great culture, upward mobility, independent office hours","Not in San Francisco, traffic getting worse, sometimes too focused internally",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2345,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great place to work, beware the bureaucracy.",Some of the best perks in the industry. Smart peers that can keep up with you. Offices all over the world. Flexible work hours.,The office politics are harsh. Not a whole lot of interesting problems outside of MTV. The size of the place may make you feel small.,"The vision is strong at the top. The work gets done at the bottom. The middle is a mess. Many people seem more interested in self promotion than the good of all, from a user, and a company perspective. Being purely a middle manager in engineering should be strongly discouraged.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2346,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Good,Google was a great company to work.,It is too comfortable. You must get out of comfort zones. It might be a great company to work. But remember every big company in the past such as Microsoft was like that.,The management team is always great. The team hires the best talent possible.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2347,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Google is probably the best corporate environment to work in. A lot of opportunities to get exposed to things outside of your immediate job. Strong brand allows you to open many doors. Of course the perks have,Google is far from being a startup and it slowly becomes more and more corporate. Selecting a team and evaluating its culture before joining becomes more important to make sure your expectations match your team's.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2348,google,"Madison, WI"," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Google Review,great work environment really makes working fun for employees,long hours but I think everything makes up for it,keep the focus on the user,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2349,google,none," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent work environment,hard to get in,nice salary and internal work environment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2350,google,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,Its a fun place to work,Some people take advantage of it too much,keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P235.htm
2351,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"For the most part, it is what it's cracked up to be",Google is as advertised - it's an amazing place to work full of incredibly smart people working on interesting and challenging problems. The pay and perks are great. In theory there is a lot of opportunity for mobility and Google does seem committed to developing people over the course of their careers.,"Some Googlers are incredibly entitled and complain about mundane issues. It's less nimble than it used to be. Certain organizations (People Operations) are bureaucratic and very top-down in leadership style, which is antithetical to the way Google portrays itself.",Actually listen to Googlegeist and upward feedback results. The company seems to care for about 5 minutes after the results come out and then just go back to doing what they were already doing.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2352,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Tech Intern,Amazing experience,Great Learning Opportunities Great Work Environment,Difficult Work but worth the challenge,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2353,google,none," Feb 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineeer,"Flexible hours, awesome benefits, amazing coworkers!",Work was hard but fair. Sometimes the work felt like it never ended.,Engage with coworkers more often!,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2354,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - IT Operations Manager,IT Operation Manager,Work with the smartest people. Fast paced. Challenging.,Will burn you out. Gives whatever you are willing to sacrifice.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2355,google,none," Mar 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"strong financial, lavish perks, smart people to learn from","little impact, small rolls, politics, people just waiting for retirement there",get rid of those slackers,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2356,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Quantitative Analyst,statistician,google has a very flexible culture. You can benefits from learning experience from other geeks. So it is best employer for your first job.,"Since it is already a huge company. So probably some of the projects at google are not as challenging as before. If you want to solve challenging problem, then it's not the perfect place.",in general the management is very good. The manager don't track on when you are online. The only thing they care about is what you can deliver.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2357,google,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quantitative Analyst,1. Work with smart people in a great company 2. Free food and other benefits 3. Casual environment,1. Limited impact. 2. Terrible traffic in south bay. 3. Unaffordable housing price.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2358,google,none," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Developer Programs Engineer,So Far So Good,"Very creative atmosphere, and the quality of people you work with is noticeably better than anywhere else.","I can't think of any yet, other than all the cons that go with working for a Big Corporate Machine.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2359,google,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,great place to work as a fulltime/intern,can not think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2360,google,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Good benefits, Smart people, great culture","Ambiguous environment, not easy to navigate for a lot of ppl",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P236.htm
2361,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Frustrating for talented, ambitious people","Great people (generally smart, friendly, and hard-working) Great environment Sane management Best practices Excellent comp and benefits Interesting work projects (although very team dependent) Good work-life balance","Lack of opportunity for senior talent (staff and above) to really make a dent in the organization. This, coupled with the very slow promo process (1.5 years / level) and Google's tendency to downlevel on hire can be very frustrating. To some extent, I felt like I had to simply wait for leadership to retire or play the political game to get much further in my career. Director-level and above can be super political in many PAs. Starting and launching new projects is very challenging at Google.","Find a way to reward talented, ambitious folks with growth opportunities. I realize this is challenging since Google as a whole isn't really growing significantly anymore.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2362,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,One of the better large companies to work for.,"Talented people, interesting projects, good perks and benefits.",Big big big - lots of politics/ nothing moves. Leadership skills of leaders on average is low since tech acumen valued by leadership is not.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2363,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,It's all true,"- Work is technically challenging. Not incremental stuff, 50% devoted to ambitious work - Great pay and benefits. - Great work/life balance. Rarely gets paged, teams spread out in different time zones to maximize coverage.","- Work with very talented/ambitious people who will not tolerate shoddy work - Promotion based on merit, not seniority. Your intern can become your Technical Lead in a few years if he/she is outstanding.","- Nobody likes to work on the mundane stuff (code maintenance, testing, release engineering). Folks must be rewarded for taking on such tasks. - More visibility in how different product areas are doing.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2364,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Not as great as people might think,Salary and benefits are decent Opportunity to learn a lot You can say you work for Google,"Unless you are level 5+ your opinion is meaningless For a company that does not require ""work attire"", people demand way too much PC Promotion is more about how people like you",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2365,google,none," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pleasant,It was great. It was a different time but it was great.,A little scattered at times. This was part of the fun.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2366,google,none," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,"Overall work and life balance is promoted through various incentives. The people are bright and great to work with. Free breakfast and lunch! Google offers multiple perks. There's interest groups for about anything, volunteering opportunities, and projects outside your domain expertise to get involved with. You have a portal to learn various skills on your own or on your expertise at about anytime as long as you sign up.",Communication between team members out side of the weekly team meeting had no consistency.Team is separated into focus areas specialized for each member and the overall team which can have constraints for those who are not self thought or self starters. Team may feel distant at times if it's divided by offices. Expect to hit the workload at light speed while making sure you are ALWAYS on top of everything so that it's transparent to your manager.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2367,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,Contractors still get perks,"Even though I am not an employee of Google, I still get many of the perks like food and coffee and the gym",The company is getting so big that standards can be different from org to org causing confusion for employees,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2368,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Solutions Consultant,Great place to work!,Colleagues and managers were extremely supportive,"Lots of bureaucracy, which is normal and expected for such a large company",Keep up the good work!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2369,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 9, 2016",Former Employee - Research Intern,Awesome and fun place to work at,It's Google after all! I had a great time working there and my co-workers were quite supportive.,The workload was quite heavy and sometime I had to work late nights.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2370,google,none," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Workplace,Free food- they have professional chefs 401k matching Good work environment - everyone is helpful and friendly Paid leave is excellent,Politics - too much focus on titles and ranks sucking up to other people Growing pains - Google is growing rapidly and starting to move slower,Try to curb some of the office politics and focus more on work other than that keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P237.htm
2371,google,none," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing culture, must be pro-active","Incredibly brilliant people, very comfortable amenities and perks. The opportunity to solve (mostly) really interesting challenges and problems at a HUGE scale.",Your experience varies so much based on your team and who your manager is. More training needed for people to actually manage and get the most out of people. Great perks don't make up for the other parts.,"Continue to encourage an entrepreneurial, problem solving culture. Put more effort into rewarding great managers (and more training for those that have potential but aren't there yet).",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2372,google,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,was great,"food, intelligent people, great access to resource and mentors","basically none, it was great",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2373,google,none," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place if you like the corporate life,Great food. Smart coworkers. Nice weather.,This depends on the person.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2374,google,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,- Work with top coders on the planet. - Be part of the leading software company.,Workload can be daunting at times when you want to just sit back and relax. Not really that place unless you are super smart.,"Keep doing what you are doing, but please stop stealing from people. It isn't too nice.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2375,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Still a great, but needs to adapt to being big.","A lot of responsibility. Exciting. Fantastically smart, capable, and fun colleagues. Great salary and benefits. Lots of international travel. Entrepreneurial culture.","In general: a lot of people are slacking at the moment. They don't really care about what they're doing. Company lacks proper processes, accountability, and avoids conflict to the point that it languishes dangerously.  Company doesn't take Marketing as seriously as it could. At worst you're a service for Product and Engineering teams, a.k.a. you make cool videos for *their* products. Lots of ambiguity. Marketing Org not well organized. Everything last minute.","Stop avoiding conflict. Bring in actual accountability for work and results. Overhaul perf, promotions in particular.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2376,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work,"Great culture. Smart, intelligent, collaborative team members to work with. Competitive compensation. Extremely resourceful (hardware, software, tools, training material).","As the company grew bigger, politics started trickling in. There are a ton of freeloaders. 80% of work is done by 20%.","You guys have always doing great for the users, company, employees ... and the world! Keep doing it!!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2377,google,none," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"nice people, and great benefits",difficult to transition full-time for most,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2378,google,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Google - Of course it's great,"perks (lots of free stuff) great benefits (health, dental, vision, etc) good, competitive comp great products with lots of impact solid culture many offices and opportunities for travel","getting larger, more bureaucratic some orgs or teams can be political",Work to simplify day-to-day complexity of the organization Create greater autonomy and flexibility for teams to execute,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2379,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Global Program Manager,Great company but big company so there's that.,"Exciting business opportunities The people you meet Promotion from within Employee salaries, benefits, stocks and additional perks",Bureaucracy Duplication of efforts Lost efforts mostly based on it being a giant ship,"Pick good management, especially people management",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2380,google,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Web Developer,OK,"they were ok, good management, good environment","poor training, some lack of direction and understanding",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P238.htm
2381,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working culture,Independent working ethics for staff,projects can easily be shut down,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2382,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Creative Director,Creative Director,Really loyal place to work like a family.,Dont want to leave some days,Best management ever will work with you.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2383,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Coordinator,Marketing Coordinator,"During the time I was at Google, I have had the pleasure to work with smart, savvy, and dedicated people who truly have passions for what we do - it is contagious.",Nothing really major from my opinion.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2384,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Feb 1, 2016","Former Employee - Supply Chain Coordinator, Google Express",Review of Google,"All benefits on food, drink. Well life-work balance and provide good environment to work.","No, everything works perfectly. Its very hard to say cons.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2385,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developers,Great place to work,free food management cares about their employees.,Working with too many talented and creative people can result in clashing of the minds,Keep it up. Great place to work. Keep listening to your employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2386,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Person,NIce,Super awesome place I need one more word.,Totally nothing is bad about the GooG!,Keep it up you guys!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2387,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work!,Everyday is an exciting challenge. The people are incredible.,Can get a bit competitive at times (in a good way).,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2388,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It's all true,"Great people, awesome culture (people are Googley), gourmet food.",Advancement is a bit hit and miss. You can get stuck on a dead-end project (and there are surprisingly many of those at Google).,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2389,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best large company to work for,A lot of freedom for charting your own path. A lot more encouragement to make yourself productive than being pressured to be productive.,"The size of the company shows. You have to work at group speed, mostly think and work the group way. Slow growth curve.",Keep googleyness alive.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2390,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Not bad, but getting worse over time","Free food, good infrastructure, mostly great people, mission, if you can get into a team that actually has a mission. Good pay, though no longer the best. Engineers still (mostly) run things there. It's easy to switch projects if you perform well and opportunities are actually available (which is not a given, especially in remote offices). It also feels like the company actually gives a damn about making the front line grunt feel good about working for Google. As the company is growing, culture is eroding slower than I thought it would.","Way too much middle management and hierarchy, mostly incompetent lower level management (it's a quick way to get promoted when you're out of steam technically you start going to a bunch of meetings and become a TLM), little to no opportunity for advancement as individual contributor, super-competitive atmosphere, very little recognition is general, since your ""very best"" is ""meh"" there. Some people get promoted to very high positions for reasons unknown, others don't get promoted even though they very obviously deserve it (not talking about myself here). Lots of people are stuck doing crappy work they're way overqualified for, just waiting for a good opportunity to jump ship. Work life balance can be a challenge, especially if you want to get promoted beyond T5.","Management is really in a tough spot. I wouldn't pretend to know how they could do their jobs better. One thing for sure, though: something needs to be done about all those VPs reporting to VPs and directors reporting to directors. Hierarchy is getting pretty insane.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P239.htm
2391,google,none," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great area and good pay,Lots of competition and hard to move up,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2392,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,About the company,Very good atmosphere to work,I dont have any thing to say bad about the company,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2393,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Techstop Connect,ITRP Program,Getting to work for Google. Great culture outside of the ITRP program.,"They will lie to recruit you, and promise training, ops roations, and learning opportunities that never happen.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2394,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Database Administrator,Great Place,many money and good benefit. good engineering culture,too big to do something too much focus on technology,"just do small thing, get thing done and move quickly",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2395,google,none," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,perks,"tons of perks, dog friendly",no major cons to mention,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2396,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"high salary, good insurance and benefits","high tax, high expense to live",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2397,google,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Mechanical Engineer,"Lot of opportunity for work and fun. Agree that is #1 place to work for. Good food, good peers and good projects.",Company becoming big....lots of team to interact and work with. Work life balance compromised if not paid attention to.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2398,google,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place for a career,this job has really given me insight out the job game really works. I learned how to develop software in my spare time and always love the cafeteria,"there is really no downside to Google. As an employee, I have access to resources and great training and coaching. Please hire my friends as well.",There is no advice.Please keep coaching me to my fullest potential and I promise I'll deliver for the shareholders.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2399,google,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"salary, benefits, flexibility, culture, transparency","senior leadership, career opportunities for senior levels, performance management",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2400,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,Great atmosphere and the schedule is very flexible,Can get hectic at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P240.htm
2401,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Fantastic place to work, still a big company","Google spoils its employees. Free breakfast lunch and dinner, great amenities, and budgets never seem to be an issue (at other jobs I've had to beg travel budget -- at Google, I can pretty much take any trip I think is worthwhile). They also do tons to reduce friction as an employee.","It *is* a big company. Things don't turn on a dime, there is a lot of process. And it is *very* engineering directed.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2402,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great place to work, but no longer a startup :)","Super smart people, great infrastructure, access to lots of users. Potential for big impact.","Lots of inertia, due to size. Bureaucratic and political.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2403,google,none," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,"impressive culture, great food, challenging and awesome colleagues. best place to work.","very little. getting a little bureaucratic, things are slower, people are getting ungrateful",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2404,google,none," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE,"Lots of things to learn. Free food, gyms, bike, shuttle, laundry, smart people, now, what else do I miss?",There are lots of different internal systems which you can build things upon. But the learning curve is steep - take a long time to ramp up.,"Google is a big company. It should act like one, instead of trying to pretend that we are running as a startup.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2405,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Company Review,"fun and intellectually stimulating work environment, great people",big organization and it's hard to get noticed,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2406,google,none," Jan 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Student Ambassador,Access/exposure to a lot of cool projects before they are widely known to the public and your foot in the door to landing a full time position with the company,"The program was very unstructured. A lot of us were confused what were could and couldn't do after ""orientation."" If you ask me, a lot of the events hosted by ambassadors representing the company were poorly run/planned which in turn made the company look bad (some ambassadors did a better job than others)",Give clearer guidelines in training and communicate the priority of your objectives within the program. Develop standard branding that all ambassadors can use to promote events opposed to the material that was created,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2407,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Member of Technical Staff,Great company!,"I worked at Google for over 7 years. It is the longest that I have worked at any company. That is a testimonial to how good the company is! I left Google because I wanted to try my hand at starting my own company or joining an early stage start up.  Google treats its employees very well. The employees work hard. In my case, I felt motivated because every one around me had the same work ethic. Every one knows about the great perks but there is something to the Google culture that goes beyond that.","Over the years, Google has become more bureaucratic. Unfortunately, several groups are working in the same area and the usual turf battles happen. Also, it has become harder to change projects than before.",Please try to minimize the bureaucracy. I know that it is hard when you get to a company the size of Google (55K+) but it is worth the effort.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2408,google,none," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,"Work with some of the smartest and most creative talent around, contribute to a company that makes a significant impact in the daily lives of billions of users, enjoy all the amazing benefits and perks.",The large size of the company has produced bureaucracy and several layers of teams/departments/orgs that can slow down decision making and progress.,Continue to trust your employees to do the right thing and work harder to eliminate bureaucracy.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2409,google,none," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Software Engineer, Tools and Infrastructure","Very good working environment, smart people, great benefit. Also a very good work - life balance",Starts to become a little bit too big and is more like a big corporation now..,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2410,google,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Getting bigger,"Great benefits, surrounded by smart/motivated people, lots of perks, locations around the world, 401K match, health benefits are outstanding",Getting way to big. Levels are everything to everyone. Lower pay than other startups. Inequity of treatment between the sales side and the engineering side of the businesses.,Get rid of some of the layers and treat everyone as equals.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P241.htm
2411,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Happy after almost 4 years,"The work culture is excellent, being nice to others is rewarded socially, and economically. The projects are incredibly diverse, and challenging. And the compensation and perks are very generous. As the person leading the orientation told me on my first day: ""We want you to be happy. If you're happy you're more productive."" I'm happy indeed :)","Work-life balance can be difficult, not necessarily due to management asking you to work off-hours, but because sometimes it's hard to disconnect.","Reduce bureaucracy, and reduce management layers. Work harder to find teams across product areas that ought to be working together for the sake of the user.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2412,google,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to launch your career,"Amazing place to learn, grow, and have a scaled impact","Large, corporate, and difficult to rise up after a certain point in your career",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2413,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 11, 2016","Current Employee - Computer Software Engineer, Applications",good,Because I will create helpful tools to use,Fix computer and having better service,get more time to talk and help people,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2414,google,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Account Strategist,"The culture is amazing! What you read in the articles about the perks and people is absolutely true. It's great to work at a company that offers 3 meals a day Monday-Friday, where I feel comfortable around 100% of the people and where you have the ability to make your own schedule.",Google is still a big and established company. There will still be a corporate hierarchy that will take months or years to change compared to quick feedback within a startup.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2415,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Test Enginneer,Good for most of the things,"Meal, policy. and so on",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2416,google,none," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place ever!,Amazing people and atmosphere. Crazy good benefits.,Not a single con working here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2417,google,none," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoyed!,All of the perks are incredible!,The commute is tough from SF,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2418,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,"You'll be surrounded by very smart people, which helps your professional growth, compensation & benefits make you feel valued by the company","Because there are so many smart people, the company can hire overqualified people for a given position, which can ultimately adversely impact job satisfaction",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2419,google,none," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent Place,The perks are amazing!,"Too big, hard to make a real impact",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2420,google,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a.,great company to work for,getting very large in size,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P242.htm
2421,google,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great place to work love it,no feedback to give. super good workplace,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2422,google,none," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its a great place to work in...,lots of new projects and good team to work with..,cant say anything of that kind,they are already great.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2423,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"great company, had an amazing time and learned a lot. look forward to going back. super fun people and had a very good time. love google. love it so much",cons are that there are absolutely no cons but google is life and without it we wouldnt be alive today so thank you google and everything you do. you are life.,management you rock so much you rock my socks off and sometimes i just don't know what to say because you are all just so amazing.. you are life. thank you for being so nice and fun. ily a mili,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2424,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,- Very smart people - Lot's of challenging problems - Reasonably good compensation - Lot's of great perks and benefits - Relavent problems - Looks great on your resume,"- Bureaucracy, politics, legal issues, and privacy handling take up more and more time over the years and slow innovation and development. - Promotion is difficult, strong based on your luck in getting projects and your manager.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2425,google,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior software engineer,"Flexible, lots of opportunities, good environment.","Everything is good, infrastructure is the best.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2426,google,none," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pretty good,you can work on what you want to work on,felt like a little cog in the machine,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2427,google,none," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great perks, very smart people, great atmosphere, good leadership. Overall, very nice company to work for and a lot to learn from. Good compensation doesn't hurt.","Sometimes people can get overly competitive. While it's good to have many young people in the company, some are arrogant and entitled. Depending on the group, some could have fratty culture.","Try to focus on good businesses. While the investments are going well right now, you never know when they will stop paying off.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2428,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,"Perfect Salary, work enviroment I loved working on the google enviroment, everyone was so helpful, was some of my best experiences of life","san francisco is very expensive, although I was making a lot of money I ended up spending all of it. Hard to find right place to live","I loved the management team, they are perfect, everyone is so motivated and positive about their jobs and positions",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2429,google,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"good pay, perks smart coworkers innovative company less bureaucracy than comparable large companies",can be stressful at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2430,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, suffering from big company issues","Product and tech leadership are outstanding, no one else is doing what Google is and succeeding. It remains to be seen if Sundar can continue to do what Larry and Sergey did the past decade.","Sales / business side is becoming political, zero sum game and bureaucratic. You spend a ton of time playing internal politics, low engagement work and have a reorg every 12 months.",Figure out a way to make the business side more integrated with product and keep sales teams smaller to ensure it doesn't become a political game.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P243.htm
2431,google,none," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Work life balance is great. Free food.,Free food but not great. Perks are not easy to understand.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2432,google,none," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great coworkers, detailed docs and a lot of learning materials to help you become a good engineer.","1. There is not so much work to do. 2. food is not good 3. life is just too at ease, no challenge.","Great manager, he is very helpful and warm to people. But some time he is a little bit lazy that he always has some excuse to leave office early or directly work from home.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2433,google,none," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,"Free food, smart people, great pay, exciting work! The bay area has beautiful weather as well which is a bonus",It is hard to advance up the mangement chain because people here are so smart. Might be better fit to work at a smaller company,"Keep raising the stock, work hard and lead by example through this internet bubble 2.0. Emphasize more on the self driving car",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2434,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great perks, stressful job","The perks are legendary here. Contrary to rumors, the food quality is still very good, some of the newer cafes on the main campus get rave reviews. Get to work with lots of very smart people, with mostly good attitudes. Very academic atmosphere where research and analysis of data is the preferred way to guide decisions.","Very crowded campuses, easy to feel lost in a sea of employees. Free food, but nowhere to sit down and eat it. Not always easy to spend time on ""20 percent time"" projects as advertised. Lots of internal bureaucracy, surveys, and distractions of optional employee-oriented programs. Self-promotion is encouraged, so prepare to toot your own horn and compete for recognition of your project if you want to get promoted","Work to simplify day-to-day life, shave off unnecessary perks, split up main site to more smaller campuses to avoid the overcrowded feeling.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2435,google,none," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,BOLD Intern,Benefits Hourly Rate Professional Development Speaker Series Lunches with executives TGIF or TGIT Perks AMAZING CULTURE Top talent,Could be more diverse but they are working hard on changing this. Their efforts are valued. It shows commitment to the cause and highlights the amazing core values of the company.,Keep hiring great people with varied life experiences to continue to grow and innovate.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2436,google,none," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Lots of opensource , good environment",food is not good. tasty is not good too.,improve the food supply.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2437,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Very happy,"Lots of mobility, opportunities to be creative and take the lead.","With the company being so large, sometimes it's difficult to get significant recognition of novel work.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2438,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Cambridge,"Lots of perks - amazing free food, micro kitchens stocked with snacks and any kind of beverage you'd want, baristas, fitness center, subsidized massages and more. They compensation is generous and most of the employees are very fun, nice and smart.",-There is not a lot of opportunity in the Cambridge office to advance for non-engineering positions -It is not the easiest location to get to - lots of traffic - and the garage is undergoing major construction for the next 2 years -It has turned into a big company where decisions take forever to be made and there is a lot of red tape -They say they allow flexibility but everything is up to an individual manager's discretion so there is hardly anyone that is part time and almost every job requires travel,Provide more non-eng opportunity for satellite offices and more opportunity/real guidelines for flexible positions,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2439,google,none," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Google is a great company at the forefront of technological advancement. The pay and hours are good and the work culture is laid back.,"There are enough talented people that being talented won't guarantee you an inside track on good projects, because there are thousands of equally smart people ahead in the queue and equally underutilized, but there are just enough bozos that you have to prove that you're not one of them","Any improvement not based on a hard metric was flatly not a respected use of time. Usability? Number of bugs? Nobody cared. If you couldn't measure it, nobody was interested in it.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2440,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great place to work, some bureaucracy","Great people, lots of perks, awesome benefits, global scope.","Bureaucracy, challenges to promotion, competitive.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P244.htm
2441,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager III,Program Manager,Google has the clout and money necessary to provide all the resources necessary to succeed.,"I guess I didn't drink the Kool-Aid. Google has been a major success story in building the web into what it is today. However, most of the management and employees have fallen in love with their own intelligence. This is very bad news for the future growth of the company. Additionally, Google is very risk adverse no matter that they have a ""moonshot"" factory. They don't stick to their goals when there are set backs.",Pick employees that have relevant experience in the areas you are working on. Generalists work well in software but specialists are needed in most every other field.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2442,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing learning experience,Tremendous opportunity to learn and develop a deep understanding of how global scale technologies and companies need to work. Huge investment in human capital,"Huge scale can be overwhelming As with all companies, there are office politics at least everyone is trying to be Googlely","Focus on what Google does best, be wary of distractions and spreading too thin",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2443,google,"Washington, DC"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Developer,Excellent work experience,"Growth potential, benefits, innovation, community contribution, health care,",I can not think of any,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2444,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great coworkers, and oppurtunities for advancement","I've gone from a new grade hire to the tech lead of a 8 person team in 2 1/2 years, and I've learned a ton along the way. Not every engineer you'll work with is amazing, some are just good, and a few are mediocre. However, so many are amazing that it's an absolute pleasure to work on the same codebase as they do.  And the top people are actually quite accessible - I've had questions I've sent to mailing lists get answered by the authors of the Java memory model, the Android framework, and BoringSSL.","Mountain View-centric attitude leads to extreme commute times. This is the largest negative about working here, and I probably would have left by now if I wasn't able to work from home or the SF office most of the week. I'm sure if you live in boring suburbia it'd be fine, but I don't want to do that.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2445,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome company,"good working environment, handsome salary,good growth and free lunch. you will learn lot of new things, diverse working environment.",no cons as it is good company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2446,google,none," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is great!,Every perk you can imagine!,Company is getting too big to maintain well-known culture standards,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2447,google,none," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mostly positive, although a bad internship experience can scar prospective graduates","Lots of accomplished and diverse engineers around you, best practices are very refined, mentorship and sense of community between teams and buildings is very strong if you are willing to participate!","so large scale (hopefully more addressable with the new restructuring) that similar projects spawn at different offices that couldve been better generalized and collaborated on if there had been a better platform for discovering ongoing or pitched projects. Had a very positive experience with my first internship, but my second felt more overbearing and too broad to be polished on delivery by the end of my internship. If you are considering interning here, make sure you discuss your project's scope and depth before you decide to take on a team - most teams do a great job of this, but mine was fairly new and grew quickly which meant I ended up doing lots of proof of concept work and design reviews for code to replace obsolete peripheral code (for more context, the project goal was Android, but I spent a bulk of my internship doing design reviews and proof of concept deployment of a whole new backend and only 4 weeks on Android development).",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2448,google,"Boston, MA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Good place to work,"Excellent pay and benefits (by far the best software engineering pay I've seen in the Boston area). Higher bonus and stock than anywhere else, too. Extremely competent coworkers. Some interesting projects if you look for them. Work/life balance (read as 40 hrs workweek) is doable but you may feel a bit guilty about it as many self-impose longer hours or at least check email at crazy hours.","Can be hard to feel like you're making an impact or get recognition in such a large company, especially a remote office. Most of the really interesting projects are in the Mountain View office. Kendall location is convenient to the T but not so great if you're looking to settle down outside of the city.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2449,google,none," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great benefits, work life balance, growth opportunities. Promoted to lead expansion in new geos within 2 years. Fun outings and team building","Bureaucracy at times like any other companies. Consensus driven culture. Senior management is sometimes managing up rather than down, which can be frustrating",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2450,google,none," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great but hard,Great place to work and build your career.,Too much Work! I had to work almost 6 days a week everyday.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P245.htm
2451,google,none," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,"Great environment, lots of opportunities",None that i can think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2452,google,none," Jan 17, 2016",Former Employee - Web Developer,Excellent Learning,Perks are too many to mention and with so many smart people to follow around you're going to learn a lot!,"For most I think the small impact you can make, because there is so much talent there and roles can be narrowly defined.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2453,google,none," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, hard to navigate layers at times","Great culture, it's up to you to make your impact, amazing technology, treat us like adults, food's awesome, total comp is really great (current stock price really helps!)",Things change so quickly that it can be difficult to figure out the right way to get something done. Tools get deprecated so quickly that it's a constant race to make sure valuable tools continue to get updated and work. Growing fast so office space is really becoming an issue.,Sometimes the balance between getting products out early to test them and getting them complete errs too much on the side of getting them out early.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2454,google,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow,* Friendly and smart co worker * Good management which does not micro-manage * Nice products and teams to work with.,"* Its a big company, a little bureaucracy is creeping in. * Lots of competition, getting promoted can be hard at times.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2455,google,none," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales persion,it was awesome I really liked the culture of Google. I loved coming to work everyday.,I don't really see any cons of working at google. I decided to leave because I wanted to be closer to my family,I don't have anything specific to say about management. They allowed you to grow and work your style,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2456,google,none," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWESOME,"Great place to work at. Literally has everything you need to work, eat, and play.",There are no cons with Google. This is the best company in the world.,No need to double check on the progress because we got in under control.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2457,google,none," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Italian/English Quality Rater,"I was experiencing great fulfillment working for such great Company, using my linguistic skills and Italian culture in a multicultural environment.",Salary compensation was unsatisfying and inadequate for the high quality professional performances provided.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2458,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Analyst,Great company. Work depends on which team you are at.,Great culture. Company really puts employee first.,Getting bigger with more hierarchy.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2459,google,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,social media intern,flexible working hours and the work-life balance,you cannot make intelligent decisions,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2460,google,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Great place to work, lots of places to eat and drink","Too many people, too many visitors",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P246.htm
2461,google,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Google,You'll get to work with a lot of smart folks...,...who spend a lot of time being code janitors.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2462,google,none," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great coworkers, lots of opportunities",Harder to transfer between roles,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2463,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Currently the best large company to work for.,"Google has a very open culture. Granted, being a large company, its ideals aren't always met, but the the culture of the company is to constantly strive to meet them. Among all the current large companies in the world, the culture is vastly superior.  They are also one of the highest payers in the field when comparing total compensation. Of course, the facilities are pretty legendary.","It spoils you. If you ever leave, it would be very hard to work somewhere else.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2464,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Test Engineer,Awesome place to work,"Great people, Great culture and Wonderful opportunities.",Too many great people. Too many debates on the scope of the product.,Continue what you are doing and please keep churning out great innovative products.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2465,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is amazing!,"Constant change Incredibly bright colleagues Collaborative environment Cutting edge projects Ruth Porat, our new CFO who is doing great things","Constant change (depends on how you look at it, I see it as a positive) Becoming a ""big"" company",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2466,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Google X,great perks and great work environment.,small fish in a big sea.,focus more on employee development.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2467,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Director,"Great company, brilliant people","Open culture, fast moving, dynamic, ambitious, lots of perks, strong culture","getting very large and a bit bureaucratic, certain parts of the company can be political, less opportunities for people at the director level and up. Certain parts of the business - like Android and Play - have little work / life balance. Little appreciation of marketing in certain businesses that are entrenched monopolies.",Provide more guidance and opportunities for director level employees,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2468,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Decision Support Analyst,Data Analyst,1. The job is challenging and you get to learn. 2. Your teammates and colleague are generally very very smart and relatively nice.,"1. Promotion is hard. It depends on not only your performance, but also how your team's status, and some relatively random decision. 2. It's a very demanding job. You have really high peer pressure if you want to stand out.",1. More encouragement for creativity. 2. More support for promotion. 3. Less micro managing.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2469,google,none," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start your career,"Smart and engaging coworkers, free food/beverages, free transportation, free parking, access to Google events, free massages","Expected to work at maintain quick pace, even for sales. The pace makes it difficult to enjoy all of the pros listed above.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2470,google,none," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Sales,"Good perks, food, general Google lifestyle","Bad middle management, political, slow moving",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P247.htm
2471,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Google Experience,"-Amazing coworkers and teammates -Flexible work culture that's inspiring and motivating -Challenging work environment focused on personal development and growth with ability to focus on innovative projects with autonomy and support -Work life balance is truly encouraged at Google, people are hard working and smart and get their job done while balancing other prioroitis","-Navigating career changes internally can be challenging. Just because you're at the company doesn't mean the process is necessarily easier for changing roles -Can feel like a competitive environment at times but this is due to the fact that it's filled with high performing, over-achievers vs. actual competition",Continue to lead by example!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2472,google,none," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Culture of innovation, appreciation for strong performance, high value placed on quality managers.","As the company grows, it takes longer to make decisions and get things done.",Get rid of low performers even more quickly.,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2473,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The benefits are not worth the scarifies,"Good food. Good co-workers, Opportunities to leave the comapny","Work and life balance, no time off, the future of the company is all based on moonshots. The core products are doing well, but could have the stool pulled from under them at any moment.",Focus on fewer things!,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2474,google,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google sde intern,"Free food, nice environment, decent salary, good company reputation, and a lot more great things.","Overall great experience, haven't found any.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2475,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Analyst,"After 2 years, can't think of a reason to leave","(1) Countless perks that probably adds 20% to your base salary (including free food, transportation, gym, dance/sports classes, etc)  (2) Working with smart/Googley people (you can easily schedule one-to-one meetings with Googlers that are willing to teach a certain topic)  (3) Working for a company that cares about its employees","(1) Too many smart people, too much conflict. There is saying in Google, ""Welcome to Google, where impossible stuff is easy, and easy stuff is impossible""  (2) The company is now huge so we are seeing less and less collaboration between products.",Make sure your employees think about Google as a whole. You can see cases where each product is only optimizing for their own team without thinking about the impact on different areas of the business.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2476,google,"Austin, TX"," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,admin,Great work Envirnoment and friendly staff.,No cons that I can think of,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2477,google,none," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard,Google offers real challenge to employees that want to work hard,"Working hard can include long hours, weekends, accommodating global timezones and other difficulties. This is not a 9-5 company. Moving up can be incredibly slow.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2478,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Test Engineer,Great place to work,"Free meals, Easy going, laid back work environment.",Internal politics sometimes prevents you from growth,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2479,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior software engineer,Google is a good place to work with free food and great perks. the 20% time to work on own projects is a bit blown though,This company is going the big wigs way. The 20% time to work on own projects is over blown and you really dont get this much time.,do not be reactive to technology but proactive. google android though has good market penetration just mimics what apple does.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2480,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Armed Security Guard,On point,"Opportunity to grow, training and integrity, people will feel good about themselg",Diversity of employee not close to home or lack of individual recognition.,"By providing job security, and excellent health benefits people will be satisfied to work in your company.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P248.htm
2481,google,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Being a Student Ambassador is pretty cool!,"They fly you out to Mountain View HQ over summer to get trained for a few days. You learn about the Google culture, explore their offices, and have fun with the other Ambassadors. All the Ambassadors stay in a hotel. During the daytime, you have a bunch of workshops at the offices and free food. At night you go back to the hotels and PARTY! Jk, well you can. Oh and everything is ALL EXPENSE PAID!",They dont really give you that much spending money during the school year for your marketing events. Communication is very poor during the school year as well.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2482,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as great as it used to be.,"Salaries are competitive. Perks and benefits are great. The culture of ""do no evil."" is still alive.","It's be come too big and too bureaucratic. Too many rules and red tape to go through to get anything done, even when trying to change roles or projects. HR is too diplomatic, not really interested in helping employees, they're more concern about preventing Google from being sued. Google's annual survey is there, but haven't seen anything come of it. Work life balance isn't balanced anymore. It's more work, less of a life, if you want to keep getting good performance reviews. Tough to draw the line when your colleagues and boss are sending emails at 11 o'clock at night.","Lighten up! Stop pushing employees to think bigger and bigger and bigger.... how much more can we do and still breathe? Haven't you noticed how many incredibly talented employees you're losing? If I'm gonna work 60+ hours a week, why not go to a start-up?",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2483,google,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Nice environment, good food, many fun",The funs are distracting a little bit.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2484,google,none," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing and Field Sales Representative,"Great company, but you're still a contract worker",-Food -Great co-workers -Fun culture -Good name brand,"-Contract workers do not get PTO, sick leave, or any trips/perks as Google employees -Your ""boss"" isn't really your boss, you report to your contract company...makes it really confusing -Zero to no growth potential","Hire Fiber employees, quit contracting them out",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2485,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Accountant,Its pretty good.,The best part of the job is when you just talk with your mates and have fun because thats what it is all about.,Some of the people are rude and don't listen to you so just make sure to select the right teammates in your groups.,Be happy!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2486,google,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"This is an exciting, interesting and satisfying place to work.","The work is interesting, and not tedious or boring. The expectations are not unreasonable. There is room to grow, ands expand ones skill set using the 20% time. Coworkers are amazing and one learns a lot. Perks are pretty awesome","It is hard to get noticed. The imposter syndrome is strong. Promotions require extraordinary work. It really pastas to be self motivating, and self promoting. You need to get decent per reviews from your co workers",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2487,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,"Great Company. The food is amazing. The people are brilliant, and the passion is palpable!","There is a lot of flux at the company (re-orgs on a regular basis), which makes it hard to keep your feet under you. Working at Google and excelling means either being really flexible and quick, or being inflexible and driving forward with your projects no matter the environment.",Re-Orgs are getting tiresome.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2488,google,none," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Great benefits and friendly people. Never had a terrible day here.,Expensive area to live in,Youre great!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2489,google,none," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Product Marketing Manager,Lots of potential for learning on exciting projects,Company has grown to be large,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2490,google,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Group Account Director,"Relaxed atmosphere means you aren't having your back watched. Folks can inflate their performance if they want and don't have to work too hard. Probably put in realistically about 30 hours per week of real work. Great benefits including free meals, free barista, free juice bar, free on-site gym with trainers, lots of events including on-site presenters. Local and Global perks including discounts on EVERYTHING much like AAA does for their customers. You get 20% off Sonos, Nest and just about any brand out there.",Some real politics are going on these days. You will find the global business organization (their sales division) is more risk averse and people can be back-stabbing in your own team to get political gain. The performance review process is very flawed. They don't tell you what goes into it and therefore you may or may not get promoted and don't know why. Play the politics game and that will help you win. Make up inflated things around thought-leadership even if there is no sales component tied to it and you'll see you may get promoted.,Get your performance review process under control. Stop rewarding the internal folks who posture and create a false sense of high contribution. Create more sprint teams who x-functionally collaborate to get cool stuff done. Break the barriers and silos that have shown up the last few years.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P249.htm
2491,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google review,"Great benefits, opportunity to work with smart individuals. NYC building is gorgeous.","Incredibly competitive environment translates into always having to 'watch your back.' Based on my experience, I would say the Engineer culture is very different from the Sales/Business culture. The Sales/Business culture can be stodgy, dry, and incredibly 'corporate.' Training can be very difficult to find at times, which ultimately slows down ramp-up time.","Joining Google, from an outsiders perspective, can be overwhelming. Learning the culture alone can take several months (if not longer), and finding the right training tools can be difficult. Arguably, this falls on the hiring manager to point Nooglers in the right direction, but some managers at Google aren't built to onboard Nooglers (nor have the patience). I've seen ""bad"" managers do better with Googlers who transferred departments internally.  Separately, based on my experience, many employees are complacent. Getting into Google is admittedly difficult, and quite the accomplishment. Due to this, I feel that some employees no longer have the passion nor drive to excel in their careers. They ""fall in line"" , enjoy the benefits, and wait for their turn to get promoted. It can be a (very) frustrating environment for some.",3.0,none,3.0,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2492,google,"Urbana, IL"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Dietary Aide,Ok,"I am a people person, that I love to meet different people that makes your work environment goes really smooth.",Some of the challenges of working here are making sure that all the residents are taken care of and care for like they're supposed to be,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2493,google,none," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful place to work and develop a breadth of skills,"Strong culture, lots of really smart people from whom you can learn a lot. Great resources, every aspect of company is innovative and doesn't settle for OK. Fun environment.","Big company, outside of your immediate team/department there isn't a strong sense of local community. It's hard to see impact importance of your work if you're in a large organization.  Managers can be hit or miss. Decision-making / getting things done can be difficult in a large organization (bureaucracy or ""too many cooks in the kitchen"").",Don't get stuck in the details and forget to see the forest from the trees. Try to fight the culture of entitlement and encourage more expressions of mutual gratitude amongst employees.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2494,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Recruiting Process,1. Good procedure 2. Everyone is nice 3. The interviewers are really friendly 4. Flight is very flexible,1. Not too high salary 2. Technical interview is very difficult 3. No leetcode problems 4. New problems never saw before,"The company is too big. It is really difficult to get promoted. So you might work very hard, or you do not work at all.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2495,google,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty cool,free snacks Things to do interesting projects would work there again for sure,Long hours not so much fun projects occasionally disorganized structure at times long interview process,work more to ensure reasonable work life balance accommodate working families and those with outside of work commitments continue giving employees free time!,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2496,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google Review,"Good money, good people, good food. Everyone I've worked with at Google has been a pleasure to work with.","Working for such a large company means it takes longer to get anything done. As an iOS developer, Google does iOS development very differently from other companies. Traffic is a pain getting in and out of campus.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2497,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Job can get boring.,You can take it easy.,Job can be repetitive and boring. Nothing new to learn.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2498,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Developer,Developer,good food and coffee free,annoying people hipsterish always wants to talk,better environment,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2499,google,none," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty awesome place,"very fun place to work, lots of smart people","it was a lot of hard work, but thats expected",keep it up,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2500,google,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SRE,"it's generous to engineers, and more","much brain wash, and more",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P250.htm
2501,google,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but gone a bit corporate","It's Google. You work with smart people, work on interesting projects, and have fantastic perks. Work life balance was surprisingly good.",Hiring can be a mess and take forever. There's a lot of either deprecated technology in the stack or tech that is not ready to use.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2502,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Good experience overall,"Imagine a place that you are working with the 20% people all the time, this is how it is working in Google. You can trust your co-working to get their part done almost 90+% of the time without nagging them.","Still have politics. The company is large, so some things don't get done as quickly. Some overachievers are trying very hard to shine. If you are aggressive and try to climb the corporate ladder than the competition can be tough.",Please don't change the Google culture.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2503,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, limited career development","Great benefits and work-life balance, smart people and interesting products",Limited career opportunities given size of company.,none,4.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2504,google,"Portland, OR"," Jan 9, 2016","Former Employee - Manager, Global Communications &amp, Public Affairs",Global Communications & Public Affairs,"Google provides an opportunity to work with super smart, engaged people on exciting, fast-moving projects that have a huge impact. The wonderful benefits don't hurt, either.","All the frustrations of working in a large, flat organization: especially if you're trying to get anything done cross-functionally, takes awhile to figure out how ""the world works"" and deal with navigating the organizational structure. Where I was in the organization, pace and rapid change of projects could be challenging at times.",More emphasis on developing and valuing people managers. Continue work on crowd-sourcing bureaucracy-busting ideas and continue dedication to transparency.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2505,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great atmosphere,work with smart people laid back environment learned a lot.,last minute unplanned meetings can be a bit frustrating.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2506,google,none," Dec 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a great place to work but slowly maturing,"Culture, People, Experience, Mobility, Pace",Becoming a large corporation with the usual challenges,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2507,google,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,good company,loved everything about it. was a fun place to work,none everything was exeptional i had a great time,Great job,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2508,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Contracts Manager,"Great company, lots of perks","Lots of perks: free food, free gym, on site massages, great opportunities to learn about different areas of the business, excellent coworkers-a pleasure to work with most people at Google.","Work-life balance could be better. Certain projects seem understaffed. Lots of bureaucracy, which can be frustrating to some people. Not too many cons overall","None, a great place to work",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2509,google,none," Dec 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"Smart people Tons of interesting projects Lots of new cool things to learn and contribute Other perks such as free food, massages etc",Company is becoming bigger so there is lot of competition for projects and promotions. Apart from that there is nothing else I can think of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2510,google,none," Dec 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Intern,Great campus and intern culture,The shuttle schedules were sometimes hard to work around,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P251.htm
2511,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent first company to join after college. Best launchpad for career.,Excellent first company to join after college. Best launchpad for career.,Promotions are based on politics. For management & HR: Many TLMs pick favorites and reduce opportunities for others by restricting project allocations. Encourage 6-month transfers to help employees find better and cohesive teams where they will happily remain and let others move. It'll also let bad teams / TLs get smaller and atrophy which is good for Google overall.,Many TLMs pick favorites and reduce opportunities for others by restricting project allocations. Encourage 6-month transfers to help employees find better and cohesive teams where they will happily remain and let others move. It'll also let bad teams / TLs get smaller and atrophy which is good for Google overall.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2512,google,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,tester,"good easy, fun, good management, smart","not enough work, not worth it",eqweqwe,3.0,none,none,none,none,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2513,google,none," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"free food, massages, co workers and environment",nothing really except you don't get to choose which state you'd like to be placed in when you're entry level but a great company either way,keep up the good work,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2514,google,none," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok,Free stuff is pretty awesome,Hard to go up as a contractor,Chill out for second and stop the INTENSE bureaucracy,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2515,google,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Solid employer,"Tales of terrible work-life balance are exaggerated, tales of lavish benefits are not. 9-5 or 10-6 are pretty standard working hours, although some choose to work longer.  Managers are explicitly there to help you get ahead in your career - most take that to heart and act accordingly.  Strong culture of engineering well, rather than fast. Unit testing, code coverage, automated sanity checks, peer reviews, etc are the norm.  VERY socially responsible company, even more than they like to advertise. It's easy to feel proud to work for a company acting very intentionally to do great things for the world.","The open office layout is noisy and distracting - it's possible to cope, but I really wish we had separate cubes or offices.  Being social is required to get ahead. Everyone has a high level of competence coming in, so you get ahead through collaboration, leadership, impact, and other things that are difficult to do if you're not a social person.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2516,google,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programmer Analyst,"Great company, lots of interesting work, great coworkers, upward mobility.","Frustrating management at times, hard to feel meanginful with so many people, tiring work sometimes.","Invest more in training, work on building connections with employers, be more relatable. Be realistic.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2517,google,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Outstanding Company,"Bright and engaging people, amazing financial and non-financial benefits, healthy work life balance. Easily the biggest advantage of working at Google is the people, extremely intelligent, team oriented, and genuine.","Occasional long hours, high achieving culture with fast operations. On the sales/marketing side of the house, it's expected to be constantly connected to, and to have very fast TATs for asks, both client and internal.","Continue to focus on fostering a culture of openness, feedback, inclusion, and high expectation. The annual employee survey is a critical tool in gauging organizational health, so continue to evaluate this critically and address opportunities in an open forum.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2518,google,"Issaquah, WA"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Visual Data Specialist,VDS 2,Flex time and once you leave work your day is done.,No room to become full time none contract.. Pay is on the low end.,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2519,google,none," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Great company,"awesome people, great perks, best place to launch a career.","big company, need to learn skills to deal with it.",keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2520,google,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Consultant,very engaging and creative work,very competitive and high stress,keep doing what you're doing!,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P252.htm
2521,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Few better companies int he world,"Visionary leadership, interesting products, great brand, great perks, very focused on employee development/growth","As it gets larger, it gets slower, more dysfunctional, less efficient.","Empower product leaders to make decisions, demand fast action. Be okay with failing and moving on.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2522,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 12, 2015",Former Employee - Unpaid Intern,Unpaid Intern,really great opportunity to network and meet new people.,Long hours (55+) as an unpaid intern.,"Have fewer ""mandatory fun"" events after close of business, and let your unpaid interns go home",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2523,google,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,liked it,Its a great environment and i love it,great workers and great food,work harder,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2524,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place, high learning curve but a lot of fun","Passionate people Great benefits Really good work life balance Management is strong here, haven't met many of the annoying PMs that don't understand engineering.","It can be daunting to start since you have to get used to all the tools (there are a lot of tools, especially Google specific tools).",Diversify products but don't forget about focusing on building features in products that draw in the most users,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2525,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Amazing food, perks, people, etc",I can not think of anything,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2526,google,none," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, not great middle management","Perks, culture, coworkers are all spectacular",Management quality depends on your department/product,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2527,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Test Engineer,TE,smart co-workers and they are nice ppl,some times too much politics,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2528,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Google is Google,"Culture, people, opportunities, benefits. A lot of the people think Google is all about lava lamps, free food, big pay checks. If Google removes all of it, Google will still be Google",Hires ex-consultants for operational leadership roles who continue to be consultants than operational leaders (with some exceptions). Not open to leveraging industry best practices and a lot of re-inventions happen for processes that can easily be leveraged from the market. This might be frustrating for folks with significant industry experience.,"Keep up the great work, thanks for the leadership",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2529,google,none," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Best reasons to work at Google are being challenged by smart, creative people every day","The pace is very fast, and it can be hard to achieve the right balance",Make sure we're helping people stay motivated,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2530,google,none," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,great great pay and benefits,"no no cons, nothing negative",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P253.htm
2531,google,none," Dec 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Experience,Great work conditions and good atmosphere also really nice benefits. Also the work space is really nice and love the free food,None the atmosphere is great wonderful work condition and great salery so working at Google is fantastic and very nice co workers,You should hard in school and know what you are doing,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2532,google,none," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Excellent culture and mission, but some orgs are bureaucratic","Wonderful mission from the founders and leaders, which truly trickle down to every aspect of the company. Employees feel connected and included in the amazing contributions made from the entire Google workforce. You can tell that the founders truly do have idealistic notions that permeate the culture and create an atmosphere that is difficult to find and authentically recreate.","Depending on the department, bureaucracy can quite a problem. There were obvious ways to make things better, but the top leaders were either uninvolved and focused on other 'sexier' projects, or were never given the honest/critical information. Inefficiencies weren't fixed because teams and departments were built around how things worked (not optimally). This led to management pushing and trying to exceed targets in a non-optimal system, rather than trying to fix the system itself. Some employees were incentivized to get promotions by garnering attention, rather than improving and fixing real problems to improve the product and user's experience.","AdWords is your bread and butter, so it is worth your attention because it fuels all the innovative projects Google undertakes. Look at the satisfaction of customers, how often they leave the platform, and finally, how the sales people, the ones who actually interact with customers, are measured in terms of performance. Basically, they're incentivized to get customers to do as many actions as possible - whether or not those actions are actually good for the customer. It's a simple platform, and employees are smart people. There is no need for an overly complex points system when you can have metrics that get to the heart of the question, like: is this sales person offering helpful, meaningful, technically sound yet easy to understand advice? (Customer survey) Is this sales person improving the advertising success of the customer? (AdWords metrics which are easily accessible) Please improve the incentives model. I want to see Google do well and it is hard to see employees doing what is only right for them and not the user. The system needs to be fixed.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2533,google,none," Dec 13, 2015",Former Employee - MBA Intern,Great Place for MBAs...If you can hold out on a hiring decision,"Lots of autonomy, fun place to work, talented co-workers",Long time for a hiring decision for MBA full-time and intern roles.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2534,google,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google review,Great to stay in google with open atmosphere,Do not have many opportunities to do something unique,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2535,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, something need imorovement.",Great benefits and international career opps. Great infraestructure and facilities. Great work and life balance. Very smart people at several positions.,Middle managment at sales psitions tends to be mediocre. No attrition mechanisms. The company is willing to loose top performers instead of trying to keep them at Google.,"Top maangement does an extraordinary job. The same cannotnbe said about several departments, such as HR. Hiring the best and brightest has stopped being a moto of the company.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2536,google,none," Dec 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wouldn't call it the best place to work...,"The basics, free food, good benefits (but now most tech companies have the same benefits), a lot of good people.","No direction, guidance or training. It was literally sink or swim. The content of what we were working on was not interesting or challenging and when tried to shift to other projects, we were told that we could only do this one thing. Usually a good manager will help their employees find a project where they can build their strengths. I think they didn't really care if we left, but thought, ""hey we can always hire more, we are Google"" - they treated employees as disposable. There was no flexibility for the team we were on, we were micromanaged and they didn't treat us like adults. Our manager was not interested in building our individual careers or supporting us, but just running the business at a strategic level and would constantly cancel meetings for personal reasons.  Some people were obsessed about working at Google, almost like it was a sorority or fraternity and it was a little cultish. Even one of my friends said when I worked there, all I did was talk about working there.",Actually try to promote and develop those who are good managers and encourage them to develop their employees. Treat people like adults and give them a bit more flexibility to get the job done.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2537,google,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Engineer,Best,"Free food, great campus, great space, great people, unlimited resources, always something to do","It's still a business, there are still offices... you'll never escape some aspects of a typical job",value your people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2538,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn distributed systems,"Smart coworkers, open culture, many challenging problems, good compensation, many good benefits if you take advantage of them","Easy to coast, part of a large organism, can become institutionalized",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2539,google,none," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great work environment and very much engineering focused,slow moving bureaucracy does not always react to change,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2540,google,"Santa Clara, CA"," Dec 26, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Agency Account Manager,"culture, people, benefits - 3 factors that contribute to the low attrition rate because employees enjoy the idea of coming to work and look forward to taking up new challenges",core values don't always trickle down due to pockets of bad middle management.,Stay true to the core values,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P254.htm
2541,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good company,You can achieve great balance between life and work.  You can get fair pay comparing with other companies.,The company is becoming slower.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2542,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice company but bad career path,Good work-life balance. You can easily stay at T5 while working 40 hours a week. Technical depth. Google has many projects that are very technically deep.,"Bad career path. Most people stop at T5. To reach T6, you have to fight for leadership and ownership. Communication overhead due to the sheer size of the company. Personal growth. While you are exposed to interesting and technical deep projects, you are likely to get lost on how the entire infrastructure works. Bad if you want to build skills for running or joining startups.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2543,google,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is ,"Google has great coworkers, top-notch hardware and software infrastructure, excellent total compensation, lots of autonomy for workers, and excellent managers.",Google is a blatantly liberal company.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2544,google,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,- Velocity - Tackle solid technical problems,I cannot think of any.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2545,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Content Strategist,"Lip service about opportunities for women, disabled, minorities","Free, heathy food offerings, good benefits package","Too many middle managers with lack of focus, start projects and then quickly abandon them, open discrimination of women, disabled and minorities.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2546,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 20, 2015",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Account Strategist,"Google has amazing benefits and perks, a lively social atmosphere, and some of the most talented and bright sales people you'll meet","Management is hit and miss, there are lots of organizational restructures in the sales/marketing teams and it can feel chaotic, many of the pain points you'd expect working for a big corporation",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2547,google,none," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good pay, bad managers","cool, smart people, pretty laid back, lots of the perks of being a google employee (e.g. games, lots of free food, etc)","the management was pretty bad, they didn't really listen to engineers and in particular treated engineering as if they were children","don't treat your engineers like children, other than that it was fine (all perks were good, pay was fine etc)",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2548,google,none," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Company,"Loved the people when I started, loved the perks, loved the flexibility and trust in employees. Awesome opportunities for side projects","Sales team is big and bureaucratic, not startup-like at all. Hard to get out of sales onto other teams. Very few opportunities in Boston due to it being a remote office.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2549,google,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Great company to work for, fun times and challenging problems every day of the week. great food also.","I never had problems there, salary was good not exceptional",none,3.0,none,none,2.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2550,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,The best company in the world,The best company in the world,There are no other better companies in the world,Keep doing the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P255.htm
2551,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Intern,Good people. great work environment.,intern work may not be valuable to the company. fortunately mine was production,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2552,google,none," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MBA Product Management Intern,Smart and interesting people. Great culture. Engineers rule. Fun work environment. Pretty open and transparent leadership. Clear career paths that strive to be a meritocracy. Yummy free food and snacks. I enjoyed my time there.,It's a huge company. That means you won't always feel special like I have working at smaller startups. That also means that it's hard to generalize about the company. Life can be very different for you depending on your team and role.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2553,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Legal Operations Team Lead,Legal Operations Team Lead,"work-life balance, perks/benefits, impactful work, job security","no longer a flat structure, sometimes too hierarchical, HR too involved",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2554,google,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Kitchen Worker,Luv it,We made the best tacos,Did not allow sleeping on the job,Hire Mexican cuisine experts,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2555,google,none," Dec 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Culture in India,Great people to work with. Lot of scope for career advancement. Good work/life balance.,"Work culture, salary, benefits, trainings and poor communication.",Please explain Google's culture in India.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2556,google,none," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,work life balance. good working environment,sometimes over time working. Normal salary,keep going,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2557,google,none," Nov 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked as part of the dissolved Webmaster Team in Europe,"Working in a company that makes amazing products, having access to amazing people, and being able to affect technology that will have an impact.","It is easy to get lost and overwhelmed if you do not have a clear role and desire to continuously grow. If you get complacent or if you do not pay attention to surrounding teams, you probably will not be there long.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2558,google,none," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,Fast Smart Rewarding People Location,Big Getting Slower Policy Parking,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2559,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Resume Builder,Living the Google life. Having Google on your resume opens up doors for new opportunities. Name drop opportunities. Benefits. Building 50(the sports page),"The ""brilliant people creating innovative things"" represents the engineering culture more than anything. In People ops, theres Google is full of corporate politics, as well as a changing culture. Google recruiting is now full of people who push buttons. People that have been then longer than 5 years still struggle to get a promotion or move into a new role. They shuffle the same leaders to different roles, making no room for growth. Moved recruiting like 5 miles away from main campus.","""innovate a better culture""",3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2560,google,none," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A cog in a machine,Easy to recruiter folks when you have a big brand like Google behind you. My manager was generally available and was great about internal mobility.,"Google's hiring process is a bear, which made it very difficult as a recruiter. Making meaningful and non-trivial suggestions often fell on deaf ears.",Innovate and update your hiring processes...having 8 people in hiring committee make a decision on a candidate they never actually met or interviewed seems pretty ridiculous.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P256.htm
2561,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Lots of perks, Hard to balance work/personal life","There were a lot of perks, everyone raves about the breakfast, lunch and dinner. I guess it really helps with your productivity",It was hard to balance my duties at work with time away from work in my personal life. I was constantly on and needed to put out fires,It's really time to optimize the perks and what not to what people really need. There is so much excess everywhere.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2562,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Enginner,Good work life balance. Great food :),Google has grown big and its hard to find your place.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2563,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Office Coordinator,Office Coordinator,"Great Food, Perks and Benefits",Lots of change constantly occuring,None at the moment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2564,google,none," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great place to be great job,Not a single thing I can think of,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2565,google,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short title for my review,Google paid very well overall as long as you can pass the interviews.,It may be some boring in Google recent years.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2566,google,none," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,annoymous,the company has great perks and snacks,nothing bad to say about the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2567,google,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Best perks. Free food. competitive salary.,hard to compete. Working env is turning like as it other big companies,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2568,google,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Eng,Great engineering teams. Great infrastructure.,More and more problems when growing into a big company.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2569,google,"Austin, IN"," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Deigner,fun,Best places to work ever,late to the party,keep it up,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2570,google,"Venice, CA"," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Well hey, it's Google","-99% of the people you work with are brilliant, but are also not jerks -perks are amazing -food is great -work/life balance *can* be good, depending on what team you're on, who your manager is, etc.","It's a big company, so you have to work harder to find opportunities to build new things. The nice thing is, the new things you build are built on top of the work of tons of brilliant people, so whatever you end up making will be very specialized and probably pretty awesome.","Try to more proactively identify pockets of ""bad culture"" at Google. As the company grows, it seems some teams/orgs aren't as ""Googley"" as they could be, and have drifted more towards ""evil corp"" status.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P257.htm
2571,google,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Public Policy,"There is always fascinating, challenging work to do and plenty of opportunity to improve professional skills. We have the resources we need to achieve our goals. We enjoy excellent benefits, and the over-all compensation packages are terrific. It is possible to achieve a healthy work-life balance.","Google is continuing to grow and as we do, it is increasingly bureaucratic... the quality of senior leaders is now uneven, and there is a level of uncertainty about the company's direction from senior executives.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2572,google,none," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent workplace,"Great teams, great products, great environment. Highly recommended.","Too much delicious food, not enough time to eat it all. :)",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2573,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great balance between Work-Life,Work at google to get free food,"It 's becoming larger, and with it comes growing pains",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2574,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great company to work for, suffers from size.","Great benefits, Free Food, Smart Coworkers, Impactful Projects",Its gotten too big. Politics and bureacracy have become significant problems.,prioritize regaining the entrepreneurial fire.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2575,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Okay, depends on your division and director","Amazing benefits, especially insurance and maternity leave","Constant restructuring, always had to ""prove"" self to new management, difficult review cycle (which improved slightly shortly after I left)",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2576,google,"San Jose, CA"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Quantitative Analyst,Analyst,Had a lot of fun at this job. Was really cool to be working for google. Would recomend.,There was always lots of work to be done and had to work long hours. Must be very committed to the job.,Keep doing the great things you do. Focus more on helping the employees get their work done and you will be just fine.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2577,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,SWE,Your work gets a lot of exposure.,So many talented people around you that it is very hard to single out.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2578,google,none," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-time work hre,Nothing to add here unfortunately,Horrible place to work and management is completely removed from employees. I would not recommend working here.,Listen to your employees,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2579,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best company to work for,Google is the most innovative large company that treats their employees well.,"If you want to be part of a small company where you can know everyone individually, Google is not the place for you.",Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2580,google,none," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Great perks, work environment, free food",Long commute and turning into a very large organizaiton,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P258.htm
2581,google,none," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Working for a company that has massive scale, reach, and a positive influence on people every day. Transparency from the very top down. Opportunities to work with brilliant minds.","It's a large company, and like any big company, there can be bureaucracy. Commuting to Mountain View can be a bit of a drag.","Continue fostering culture, openness, and continued personal development for employees.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2582,google,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"Free food, great benefits, flexible work environment.","Competitive, because everyone you work with is also very talented.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2583,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,"very smart people, fascinating innovation, amazing perks",complicated organization with frequent reorganizations,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2584,google,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer,"Great work life balance, amazing perks, smart and ambitious co-workers. Great lateral mobility opportunities at the company. Food is amazing too.",You're a small fish in a big pond. Easy for some people to coast and get lost in the crowd. The work you are doing likely has very little impact on the overall company.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2585,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Mountain View,Google is perhaps the best big corporation you can work for which is well known so I don't have to write much here.,WLB in a lot of marketing teams is a myth,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2586,google,none," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Enterprise Sales Manager,Excellent experience- would go back,"culture, products, impact, people, fun","large company, commute, spoiled me",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2587,google,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great company culture and benefits,Poor work-life balance at work,Improve work-life balance,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2588,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Corporate Operations Engineer and Internal,Corporate Operations Engineer,All the benefits are amazing.,The sheer size of the company can be a bit aggravating sometimes. Along with the entitlement. Work-life was not particularly good at times.,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2589,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Google Software Engineering,Google software engineering,Great place to work at,Nothing is bad about google,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2590,google,none," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrific,"Intellectual environment, fast paced and ambitious.","Increasingly red tape gets in the way, and difficult to advance or change roles.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P259.htm
2591,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"MBA intern, Strategy and Operations",Brilliant people to work with and fantastic culture,"If you want a fast-paced job, you need to work to find a team that works like that",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2592,google,none," Nov 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is grewt,Brilliant people organizing information. Doesn't get much better.,"Keeps getting bigger, and adopting thing that big companies use - like stricter budgets",Keep the internal flexibility,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2593,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,Google,"People, perks, energy, and environment.",Duplicative efforts / often reinventing the wheel.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2594,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Text-to-Speech Engineer,Text to Speech Engineer,Good food and amazing ppl to work with,"Too far from the city, nothing to do in MTV. Hard to do extra projects as a contractor.",Take contractors more seriously. It's time to give up on high rate of False-Negative candidates.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2595,google,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CLP,Lot's of interesting projects to tackle.,Very little structure with a lot of moving parts.,Hire a central person to run the CLP program,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2596,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,ABC is not Google,Incredibly diverse company with great people tries to take over the world of information!,"Incredibly diverse company hires and acquires way too many mediocre people, bad managers prevail.",Nobody wants to work for a bunch of MBAs whose only job it is to sit around trying to find ways to squeeze even more money out of Google corpse.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2597,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,amazing company,it was a really rich and positive experience,it has a lot of people working on a lot of projects so it's hard to make a decision,make sure everything is correct and right before finishing your day,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2598,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Google or self employment,"Great colleagues, competitive pay, industry leading benefits, nimble for a large company. The company is pursuing very lofty goals and really leading the industry on a number of fronts. After 8 years, Google is still a great place to work and I can't imagine working for any other company. The only thing that could pull me away would be to start my own venture.",Employees are almost exclusively from top tier universities and privileged backgrounds. Relative lack of intellectual and cultural diversity.,"Keep yourselves in touch with the needs of normal people. You have high caliber lives and you care a lot, but try to remember the nature of your privilege. Continue to pursue diversity goals.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2599,google,none," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good internship experience,"Great food, perks, lifestyle. Really smart people to learn from. Lots of cool projects to contribute to.","Can get lost in the organization if you're not careful, some products seem to lack focus.","More focused engineering, trim down some of the products. Pay more attention to performance issues that arise if you're not using last month's latest Android phone, etc.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2600,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Best company to work for,Awesome people awesome culture awesome place to work free food,Too much work to do in a time,"Career development, career guidance",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P260.htm
2601,google,"Austin, TX"," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Insight/PlaceSense Associate,Don't be a Google Maps GIS Surveyor,"Free food, adventure, proximity to ""Google""","dangerous, zero growth, time away from home, no benefits","If healthcare, life insurance and paid time off were part of the job, it would have been better.",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2602,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place,"Good food, good people, good position and good techniques.",I think they need more programmers to make every part of Google useful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2603,google,none," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Senior Strategist, Global Business Organization","Colleagues are smart, motivated, and nice. They keep me coming back. Vacation policy is pretty generous for US.",The commute to Mountain View from San Francisco is horrific. Even if you work with people on the campus you may never see them due to sprawl and traffic.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2604,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Excellent,Wow I couldn't believe how amazing it was to work at Google. Amazing.,It does get boring sometimes doing the same thing over and over again and it takes a long time to get things done.,Keep on doing what you're doing especially when you're doing good things right and stuff.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2605,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Enterprise Sales Associate,Google Enterprise as a Contractor,"Super smart people, lots of free stuff. Amazing to work at Google, just to realize it's not all that.","Workaholics, intense competition, constant game of thrones! Contractors are sort of a sub-class, make less money, have limited access to meetings, projects and facilities (for the same position).",Consider contractors as the other employees,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2606,google,none," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google (Mountain View office),Many smart people and nice people. People are very understanding and helpful. Lots of opportunity to learn if you actually make the effort to do so.,Since it is such a big company you can also get lost very easily. There are lots of custom proprietary tools that some people at Google only know how to use. And obviously that knowledge would be useless outside of Google. Understanding the interluding concepts is on the other hand useful.,Take a more active role in the development of your employees. Do not be scared to help them learn things that can be useful outside of Google if it is beneficial and they want it.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2607,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - California,Best company,"Challenging work, smart co-workers, less politics more work.",Not easy to rise up.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2608,google,none," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company,"Great work-life balance. Very friendly and cooperative colleagues, partly due to the way we hand out promotions. Internally rather transparent and management seems to listen to what we want.","There are many overqualified and hardworking people here. Just hard work alone will not get you anywhere. You need to source for good projects, work hard and smart in order to have decent career advancement.",Hire more hungry people. Be more selective. Improve the quality of our food please -- I don't mind paying for it! Fix android please. It is losing the battle.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2609,google,"Green Bay, WI"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA,Everything is very very good,I don't really have cons.,Keep it up.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2610,google,"Princeton, NJ"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great Place to Work,This is one of the most inspiring companies I've been involved with - they have a mission to change the way children are educated and a clear vision for how to help,The hands on model requires lots of work and is challenging to scale. Keeping all the students engaged and growing is a big responsiblity and requires constant vigilance.,Keep up all the hard work. Everyone in the community appreciates the effort and we hope this can be a long-term fixture for what makes Princeton unique.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P261.htm
2611,google,none," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun fun fun,Great experience! learned a lot with a lot of activities!,hard for a returning full time offer,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2612,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Sr Operations Manager,"Amazing culture, smart people, great career opportunities, free food, benefits",Over qualified people could lead to lack of motivation at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2613,google,none," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Working with intelligent and innovative people.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2614,google,none," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous,BOLD Intern,"Fun, caring, and overall great environment.",Non-traditional sales roles that only use the complex AdWords platform,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2615,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Engineering Practicum,"Supportive, Cohesive, and a great experience","I got to work with a fabulous team with excellent dynamics, doing interesting work. The support for interns was definitely there, the perks were out of this world, and almost anyone was open for reaching out and grabbing a cup of coffee with.","You can end up feeling like an extremely minuscule part of the company, because the company is so large. I was definitely lucky and got a team that was top-notch and extremely welcoming to interns, but others might not be so fortunate. While my team dynamic was great, some other interns had less ideal experiences. Being at this internship can definitely spoil you for other places.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2616,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is all true,Amazing perks and benefits Smart people who aren't afraid to try things out,Hard to get things done sometimes,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2617,google,"San Antonio, TX"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great,the pros are that it's google,the pros are that it's not microsoft,doing great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2618,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Workplace,"Culture, Benefits, workplace, research job",hard to show yourself among others to develop your career path,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2619,google,none," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but the internship program has hit a critical mass.",One of the best companies you could ever hope to work for The people are incredible Great location,I saw a lot of hierarchical nonsense/ the promotion process seems to be very draining Horrible communication between the intern team and the interns (there are just too many interns to be perfectly honest),Only expand the internship program if you can handle it. It's not worth sacrificing the quality.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2620,google,none," Nov 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,My Salary,flexible works hours are the best,One is expected to deliver the best,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P262.htm
2621,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Administrator,"Great company, but your mileage WILL vary.","* Google has, bar none, some of the best office schemes I've ever seen. Their conference room layouts make a lot of sense, and the designs and liveliness pouring through those walls were on another level.  * There are tons and tons AND TONS of teams at Google working on close to anything that you can think of, technical or not, and transferring between them is actually encouraged as long as you're on good standing performance-wise.  * Feedback is taken very seriously at Google. It's paramount to their culture and it shows: the Food department cares a lot about turning out high-quality food, People Ops does everything they can to make the employee experience a happy one, etc. Even though it's kind-of a talking piece now, the TGIF sessions with Larry, Sergey and top management are unprecedented.  * The food is quite good most of the time. Some of it's restaurant-quality, even. (It highly depends on the cafe you go to and the food you typically eat.)  * Aside from a tech startup, I can't think of any other place that's on the bleeding edge of technology at this scale. Google is highly, highly experimental, almost to a fault. (More on that in the ""Cons."")  * Their benefits are really generous for a large org. They're not insanely so compared to others like them, but all of the basics (and then some!) are covered.  * If you like free stuff, Google will bury you with it over time. I didn't work there very long but somehow got two backpacks, a few shirts and a hoodie. Interns get way more stuff, though.","A lot of the cons below are projections of my experience at Google. Do a TON of research on the role you'll be applying for. Find people on LinkedIn. Scour reddit. Learn as much as you possibly can about what you'll be doing to try and prepare for what's to come.  * Your experience at Google will largely depend on your team and/or manager. If you join a bad team and/or a bad manager, you'll be in for a rough 12 months (the minimum amount of time that's usually required to transfer out.)  * ANYTHING you do or create outside of work is owned by Google, regardless of whether you used their resources or not to do it. This could be a HUGE issue for you if you contribute heavily to open-source and/or like to build side projects. Google's People Ops **do** look out for people doing this too.  * The compensation is okay depending on where you're coming from, but salary is practically non-negotiable (stock units are more flexible, though) and might not even be competitive depending on your area. Lots of funded startups and finance shops pay significantly better for the same level of experience. Additionally, compensation doesn't scale relative to growth. One could double their salary or more within the same amount of time it takes to get from mid-range to senior at Google.  * Almost everything that an engineer at Google uses on a daily basis is home-grown and maintained by other Googlers. Much of this tooling is incredibly complicated and takes months to warm up to. This could be a MAJOR brain drain to consider depending on your career path and/or whether you're thinking of staying at Google long-term. (That said, some of the tools were pretty good, though I usually preferred third-party alternatives for many of the others I worked with.)  * Most of the sexy projects that makes Google Google are in Mountain View, and if you really want to take your career at Google seriously, you'll eventually have to move out there. Living costs in the Bay are insane and show no signs of restoring sanity any time soon.  * Despite having all of the infrastructure to support it, remotely working is generally discouraged by most teams. That said, many, MANY meetings are done completely or partially with Hangouts and Google's solution for accessing internal resources from public endpoints is probably the best there is.  * Their interview process is generally terrible. Engineers at Google generally don't like to interview and/or provide feedback, so the interview experience for potential candidates varies wildly across the board. The process also takes a really long time. It took me about four months to get to the offer stage, apparently, that's normal there. (To put this into perspective, I've worked at places that took a week from cold start to signed offer, they can't possibly not be losing talent from these insane delays.)  * I don't remember seeing more people glued to their phone or laptop in a single workplace before coming here. It seems like almost everyone travels while glued to their phone here. It's maddening.  * Most interviews are focused almost entirely on technical merit. This makes it (much) more likely for engineers with strong technical skills but (very) weak social skills to make it through the cracks. If you're more outgoing and ""extroverted,"" this might bother you. (It bothered me to no end.)  * There's lots of exciting work being done at Google, but more exciting work usually means even more operational work. A lot of extremely capable people get slotted into doing that sort of work. Do as much research as you can on your role to give you an idea of what you're getting into.  * Technical merit is placed above all else as an engineer. Because this is a significant determinant in promotion decisions, a lot of people spend a lot of time doing ""complex and impactful"" work at the expense of things like documentation or maintainability. As you might imagine, this leads to a lot of reinvented wheels and deprecation. (It doesn't help that every project seemingly *has* to have a name to it that might or might not have anything to do with the project that describes it.)  * Work-life balance HIGHLY depends on your team. In my experience, people at Google that spent a lot of time working after-hours did so on their own volition (for better or worse). Management never pressured me to work more than I wanted to, in fact, they've had to tell people to ease up!","You really need to pay your people better. The market's catching up to you. Discouraging remote workers made more sense in 2003 than it does now. Aside from that, a lot of Googlers seem to be happy and proud of being Googlers and I can't blame them. Building a 50,000+ person company that isn't a behemoth of drones is pretty hard to pull off!",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2622,google,"Reston, VA"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Overlay,"Google speaks for itself. Great resources, best minds in the world. Flat organization with high degree of autonomy",Flat organization - leads to very autonomous environment. Products not geared toward large Gov enterprise.,Commit to a Public Sector sales strategy or pull out of the market,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2623,google,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee Review,"Great co-workers, managers and projects.",Can be bureaucratic at times due to the large size.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2624,google,none," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A great big company to work for, but it's still big",Huge infrastructure for employee benefits. Low risk. Work with smart people. Free food is convenient and healthy. Buses make the commute more tolerable. People usually given a high degree of independence and trust.,"Senior leadership basically full with old timers. One-size fits all process and lack of transparency for benefits, promotions, and salary can be frustrating. Cultures vary widely from team to team in terms of diversity/bias, expected work hours, or positive energy.","Expand non-MTV offices to mitigate problems with commuting. Fix HR so it's not a black hole for complaints where nothing gets addressed. Empower more team members to address issues with under performers, especially those who just disappear for months at a time.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2625,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,One of the best companies for software engineers ever,"- high impact projects/teams - smart people - lots of projects and mobility between them - perks/benefits are amazing (12 weeks Paterntity leave?!?!) - don't be evil is still very real (at least better than many big companies this size), though there are obviously varying opinions in 100k employees","- everyone is so smart, it's hard to stand out - expect high-level of efficiency/productivity - harder for low-level engineers to have high individual impact (you get impact by working on projects that have LOTS of users)",Open up a ycombinator equivalent for your engineers to go away for 12 weeks and try to start a company. Take 5-7% in the company and provide them the same perks/benefits that yc has,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2626,google,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,System Administrator,"Great benefits, and get to work with some brilliant folk.","After recent restructuring it will be difficult for people in the Alphabet companies to move about between projects, which will limit future opportunities. The interview process makes it difficult for good people to come in, outside of being acquired.",Actively manage under performers into projects that will help them be successful and move on.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2627,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sweet but strung along,Free food free naps free massages cool and brilliant coworkers. Cool projects. Amazing campus. Shuttle buses. Interesting opportunities for career advancement,upper management doesn't take middle management seriously.,Please listen to your employees and contractors. Let them be the voice of expertise in their field. That's why they're there.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2628,google,none," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Excellent food and the location is good for many activities.,Public transportation is not very convenient,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2629,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Content Review Specialist,Content Review Specialist,Everything is great to work for google.,Pay sucks and management is not very good with people.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2630,google,"Buffalo, NY"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Managed personnel within google's call center,Good communication in management Innovative working environment More vacation time Employee collaboration and engaging work groups,Extensive hiring process and long hours of work,allow more employee creativity within the work environment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P263.htm
2631,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,They have a great starting salary if you go to a top teir college and the people are so wonderful,It's far from where I live and the business is Huge so you cant get to meet everyone,They should hire more mbas from top teir svhools like ucla or berkeley or harvard or columbia or princeton,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2632,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place,Huge level of responsibility and interesting work,Commuting to Mt View on the bus,Keep on truckin,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2633,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Excellent place to work,"Lots of smart people, challenging work, and flexibility to move around to different teams.",Can be very stressful at first and work/life balance can be difficult (depending on the team).,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2634,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Working at Google,"Good compensation and benefits. Depending on the team, work can be interesting. Usually everybody on the team is smart.","Stress of the job can be high, especially if there is management turnover and frequent changes in priorities. Feeling like I have to compete with team mates.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2635,google,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial analyst,Good pay Lots of responsibility High exposure,Horrible systems Long work hours Demanding culture,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2636,google,"Denver, CO"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good,Food is very very good,Busy busy busy very busy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2637,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - BOLD Intern,Greatest place to work,"Amazing management, perks, food, fun, coworkers, atmosphere, it was just a wonderful place to work.","potential long hours depending on your time management, also requires lots of friendliness and networking which is great unless you're an introvert",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2638,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very Good,Awesome place to work at. The perks are the best in the industry. Great Place to be.,No Opportunity to grow. Very data centric. Collaboration needs to be focused on.,Nothing everything is dandy.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2639,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Lives up to the hype.,Great People. Great Culture. Great Benefits.,Limited upward mobility in remote offices.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2640,google,none," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,Great benefits and company culture.,Lots of competition for positions and slow up-ward mobility,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P264.htm
2641,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Relaxing work environment. Free food. Good benefits like 401k.,Many teams with uninteresting projects. Impact is limited.,Fix products.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2642,google,none," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Entrepreneurial culture, very dynamic projects. The teams are made up of some of people with some of the most diverse backgrounds I have ever seen.",Google is obviously a large company so sometimes it's difficult to feel your individual work is making a difference in the larger scope.,"I would suggest continually focusing on the professional development of the employees, particularly the younger ones. Competing companies are definitely following suit in the Google perks, the company should differentiate itself in exit opps, post-Google.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2643,google,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unbelievably awesome,Treat employees really well Very nice culture Campus is like a University Google is changing the world!!,Nothing Not sure what else I can say To really express the fact that there are no Cons in working at Google,Keep doing what you are doing 😀,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2644,google,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Google BOLD,Great place to work!,"Great opportunity for growth. Smart people Lots of food! A huge opportunity to learn, a great place to start. Good management","Felt I was always competing. More of a corporate atmosphere than I expected Always passing on work to higher ups, never really get to see the big picture.","Don't forget where you came from, try and talk to lower level employees more often.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2645,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Work/life balance. Feel like you are part of the company. Hard to be affected by cliques. Good abstraction of promo process. Rewarded for good work.,Gained 20lbs. Everyone is smart so not so easy to stand out. Headcount has not slowed for 5 years. Over crowded.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2646,google,none," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Great everything,"The salary is high, I couldn't make this much anywhere else. The health benefits and other perks don't get any better than this.","The company would like you to drink the Kool-Aid. I did in the beginning, and became disappointed by a lot of things. Now I look at Google as a big company that is doing it's best, and I do my best. I'm much happier now.","I would like to see more remote workers. It's cheaper to fly someone to Mountain View once per month than to provide them with three meals, a desk, a gym, a bus, a micro-kitchen, and enough money to rent an apartment in SF.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2647,google,none," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"- nobody tells you what to do, you find your own problems and solve them - lots of trust placed in you",- poor middle management in sales - people are doing things for the sake of doing something that sets them apart from others,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2648,google,none," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,"Good Benefit, promising projects, nice teams",Long learning progress of infrastructure,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2649,google,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account manager,Fun great excellent amazing outstan,Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing,Great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2650,google,none," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"good atmosphere, team environment, hard work",there were no cons ! great job!,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P265.htm
2651,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Department Head,Some quick pros and cons,"Overall Google is a great company with lots of benefits such as free food, gym, paid internet, cell phone, lots of vacation and free transportation.",The organization is very flat with lots of Type A personalities meaning that its pretty cut throat to move up.,none,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2652,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google 2015 = Microsoft 2005,"Best density of talent at any large company, their office productivity suite (e.g. gmail) is definitely the best, food is quite good, especially the coffee barista","Google is now a bloated, political organization. Unless you are a software engineer you will learn more elsewhere, and have greater upside at a Facebook or a start-up. HQs are in MTV, outside of there your career stagnates.","I worked at gTech for a portion of my time at Google - that organization is a cesspool, full of Machiavellian leaders. Split that department up so the services teams are actually aligned with product and sales.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2653,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 31, 2015",Former Employee - Recruiter,Too many internal politics,"Great perks, smart people, good pay","So many politics, promotions based on popularity not aptitude.","Promote the right people, value high performers who don't always need the spotlight and value your employees.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2654,google,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company - But getting too big,Google set the bar for what all companies should strive for regarding culture and benefits. But the true secret to Google's success is a management philosophy of hiring the best people and trusting them to do their own work without top down hierarchical direction.,"Google is very, very big. Because the size of the company is so vast it can sometimes be very difficult to get things done.",Hire great people and guide them to do their best work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2655,google,none," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review from SRE in Research,"Very smart people and flexibility to choose your projects, to choose your research areas. Overall I think my coworkers are extremely well qualified for their job.","Internal code base is huge, it takes long time to get familiar with it. Promotion system is a bit flaky and is not refocused on impact rather than quality",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2656,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Great internship experience!,"Google has amazing people working there, and they are eager to help you learn as much as possible. The other benefits are just icing on the cake.","There are not that many women working at Google or in leadership positions there. This negatively affects the team dynamics, for both men and women. Women reading this - apply! Aim high! You can do it!","Hire more women, and you will find that team productivity will drastically increase. You also will probably find that the more women you hire, the more women will stay. This will be a positive cycle (although the opposite is also true).",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2657,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nothing you didn't already know about Google.,"Great perks, talented employees. Flexible hours, interesting projects - easy to move from team to team. Physical health prioritized with facilities on campus.","Takes a while to get things done because of the size of the company you need to make sure noone else is working on what you're working on, and even if they are you can still do it anyway if you think you're better at politics.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2658,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Burreaucracy moves into Google,Healthcare plan Benefits and perks (when you get a chance to use it) Cool products,Lack of people development Short term focus (OKRs) Questionable leadership,"Google is a decent place to work but not as great as their image would have you believe. They don't take the time to provide constructive feedback and decision making process is lacking. If you join Google avoid Consumer Operations or gCon. I have moved from there because there was not vision, a lot of backstabbing and fingerpointing. Leadership is severely lacking which is why the attrition rate is over 35%. Other areas of Google are much more collegial in their operations",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2659,google,none," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,Awesome culture and co-workers. Really great work life balance.,None. Google was an amazing place to work!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2660,google,none," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A generally excellent place to work,"- The people you work with! No matter what team you work on, you're going to work with lovely, interesting, and overall brilliant colleagues. The work itself and your clients are interesting and constantly changing. There is also the added benefit of plenty of opportunities for role changes and location changes all around the world",- Work-life balance can vary significantly depending on what team you work on. Processes can be overly bureaucratic at times. The promotions process can be pretty opaque.,"Keep investing in your employees and their happiness. While shareholders are important, the company doesn't run if the people who work there aren't willing to go above and beyond.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P266.htm
2661,google,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Google is Great, but Becoming More Corporate",They do so much for the world. Amazing projects and initiatives taking place at the company.,You are not always part of those projects and initiatives. Becoming more corporate: less about what you can actually do and skills and more about politics and who you know.,Don't forget integrity,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2662,google,none," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefit, smart coworkers.","It is great to work with smart coworkers. It saves a lot of time in making things clear. Most of the time communication is efficient, expect when there is conflicts among senior leaders.",It is become bigger and layered. Most of the time you don't know which part you are working on within the huge system.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2663,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Experience varies,"great perks, great place to be","politics, process now means that the company moves more slowly that before",get rid of bad managers. pay attention to the perf reviews,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2664,google,none," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,short and sweet after company was acquired,benefits (plus four more words),no option to work from remote office,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2665,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,- Talented Colleagues - Challenging problems in computing and great resources to solve them with - Great perks and benefits,- Getting big - Competitors might be nimbler. - Talented colleagues also make it harder to get promoted,Please try to scale the organization better.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2666,google,none," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Compliance Manager,Justification to purchase tools for the work is quick and easy,Not many experienced hardware engineers from the industry,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2667,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Challenging status quo and building software for a better tomorrow.,"No need to change a thing, and stay the same.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2668,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing and Communications,Smart engineers and brilliant computer science. Great facility. A rich assortment of on-campus perks. The meals. The visiting speakers. And the daily bus service helps tremendously.,"1) Inexperienced and bloated middle management. 2) The white badge vs red badge situation creates conflict within departments. In this employment model, an employee sits next to a contractor, both do the exact same work but the employee gets paid 2x as much and has a full benefits packages.","Look to fill middle management roles with experienced people. Recruit and hire people with people and management skills, not just young smart computer folks who ""need"" to be promoted.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2669,google,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pretty decent company,"Good technology, great people and huge profit from ads",Some internal group (eg. corp-eng) has management that's not on par with the rest of the company.,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2670,google,none," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Google - YouTube,Working for Google,It's fun you can do whatever you want. I work on !y own schedule so I have a lot of free time,"I think there are no cons here, unless I lied. And I don't wanna do that",Be very diligent,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P267.htm
2671,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working for Google,"Coding workflow and tools are streamlined and integrated, allowing you to focus on codin, solving problems, and working with team members.",You usually work on technically fairly small things because it's a giant company with a lot of resources.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2672,google,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"They really care about your personal career path as well as your quality of life, so I got a really kind impression while I was an intern there. I also loved playing volleyball, and the Mountain View campus had great access to sand volleyball courts!",I don't really have any cons! Maybe the only con was that the food is too good and too plentiful so I gained about 7 lbs during my internship :(,"I like the way Google manages its employees, and I hope they will continue to value an employee's personal career path and support them as they transition to different teams.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2673,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good expereince,"co-operation, High salary, new technologies ... etc","very exhausted, less benefits ... etc",take it easy and don't race at interviews .. it's complicated,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2674,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,inhospitable place to work,"money, money, money, money, money. and the free food. free trainings. money. I would have quit a long time ago were it not for the money.","the politics, the pressure, the stress, the backstabbing, cutthroat colleagues, the lack of transparency, constant reorgs, lack of job security, the disposability of employees, lies from management. Human Resources team is a ship of fools.","Don't be evil. Don't lie about reorgs just to get rid of people you want to dispose of but can't find a legit reason to. Don't change the rules and hold employees accountable to the new rules retroactively--literally the worst thing ever, totally un-business-like.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2675,google,"Oakland, CA"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,Associate Program Manager,"- Free Food! - Peers are helpful, intelligent, creative, and get along with pretty well. - Demos of projects makes team excited and hopeful.","- Commute: 1.5 hours is alleviated by riding on the shuttle, but it is still 1.5 hrs. - Overcrowding: Open-office is somewhat distracting",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2676,google,none," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good SWE internship,"Mentorship is baked into the internship program. My host was great, and we had weekly meetings to review feedback for each other.","I enjoyed my work but didn't feel like what I was doing was terribly important. I was also working on one of Google's smaller campuses, and there was no intern community there.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2677,google,none," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Military,Its a good job with good school medical and dental benefits,A lot of tedious work and some off the people are not so great,none,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2678,google,none," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Policy Analyst,I felt like the company was truly invested in me (and my professional development) and that the people around me genuinely appreciated my contributions.,I struggled with finding ways to progress my career and change verticals.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2679,google,none," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great company,"Cares about employees, self-starter culture","Sometimes too big and complicated to navigate, very inwardly focused",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2680,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager,"Great organization, but has it's internal politics","The products are world-class, the company culture is amazing, and the people are some of the smartest people you'll know.  Compensation is very competitive and there's a lot of perks to keep everybody happy.","Like any organization, there are internal politics that need to be navigated. Some play this well, some don't. Making sure you align yourself on the right person's good side can be tricky.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P268.htm
2681,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Security. Google is a safe bet. Innovation is paced though, as with any developed company. All my time was spent in Google for Work org, which was very different from greater Google and had poor leadership. Was inconsequential enough that greater Google hadn't yet taken notice, but I predict a big shake up soon.","Opportunity for vertical movement is scarce. Hiring practices have led to hiring candidates based on who has the best resume, rather than who is the best person for the job. Culture of ladder climbing slows down productivity and leads to a lot of people being stepped on.",Get back to Google. Google has grown and is still growing but this doesn't need to change the core values. Make sure that middle management is in tune with upper managements philosophies.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2682,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 16, 2015",Former Employee - Business Operations Associate,Excellent place to work,Amazing benefits Mountain View headquarters have everything you could ever want in an office Lots of incredibly smart coworkers,Terrible place to commute to if you want to live in San Francisco Easy to feel like a small cog in a big machine Limited upward mobility at this point,Make sure you help people grow and feel like they're making a difference. Google is such a big place that it's not very entrepreneurial anymore except for small pockets.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2683,google,none," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,So much fun. Great people,Nothing was really wrong. It was great.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2684,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Enterprise Program Manager,Truly one of the best companies to work for,"The perks are awesome, specifically the gourmet food served for breakfast/lunch/dinner 5 days a week. The luxury shuttles are the most comfortable way to make the commute from SF and the 401K/health/dental plans are top notch. Super smart people and lots of projects going on that are changing the world.",Google is now a large company so there's a fair amount of bureaucracy and processes in place which can slow things down. Promotions are harder to come by but this is natural for any company of this size. Google is heavily email-centric and so you better be ready for 200+ emails a day and sometimes an implicit expectation to be on email during off-hours.,Continue to be transparent about the company/team vision and how individuals fit into that larger plan.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2685,google,none," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for,"Dynamic, fast-moving company Open, collaborative culture",Need better communication between engineering and other departments/teams,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2686,google,none," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,It is a fun and exciting place for anybody to work with all the new and exciting things that they envint.,I would say that the only thing I can say would be a Con working for Google would be if you didn't work for them anymore.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2687,google,none," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Becoming like everyone else,Great benefits. The best team I've ever worked with. Lots of team building opportunities.,"Mountain View centric. If you are remote, then your opinion is much less important. Some of the departments are very hierarchical.",Take better care of you managers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2688,google,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,"good work envir, loveit, free food, flexible work hours","pressure from managers, strict deadlines, no life for social",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2689,google,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse,review,"good experience, good people, good atmosphere, loved my co-workers, can be fun","hours varied, upper management can be tricky",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2690,google,"Midland Park, NJ"," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Awesome place to work!,"Great perks, strong team in NYC","Pretty competitive, lack of opportunities for full-time as a contractor",none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P269.htm
2691,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - California,Best employer I've been with,1) Open atmosphere and friendly coworkers 2) Opportunities to learn new technologies in different realms 3) Perks,Work could be stressful in some groups. I sometimes heard coworkers in some other groups talking about working overtime to get assignment done.,"Focus. I think we have too much projects to work on, company wise.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2692,google,none," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,I think it is fun and easy,Not really any cons about working here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2693,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - TPM,Great Employer,"Amazing team mates, great perks. Very fair in all processes",Nothing really. You need to compete very hard as everyone seems to be brilliant!!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2694,google,none," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,"great compensation, great perks, brilliant coworkers. The food there is amazing, great leisure time and freedom to pursue my own interests.",the privacy agreements. engineering sector is dominated by asians who tend to ignore people outside their race.,make sure to give everybody an equal say in the project and not let one person just control over their subordinates,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2695,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Very small fish in a very big pond,"The pay is great, the benefits are second to none. Dev hardware is insane, production resources are seemingly unlimited.",Competition is fierce among peers. Middle-management is hit-or-miss. The pace is grueling and relentless.,"Emphasize management skills for diverse employees. Some employees are motivated by praise, some managers have trouble with this.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2696,google,none," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Culture has a noticeable focus on being nice to one another, get to work on exciting things","Has gained a bit of bureaucracy around actually shipping software, but not too bad, and most of it is intended to prevent wild, west coding.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2697,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Stuff,"Smart people, interesting work, great perks, competitive salary, great place to start your career","Big company with big company red tape, many regulations about when/how you can get a promotion or move around, experience if very dependent on your manager",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2698,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Director,a great experience,Smartest collection of co-workers I've experienced Global scale projects to work on help make the work satisfying Even as it becomes more bureaucratic I always believed they genuinely care about their employees,"Your experience may vary depending on team, manager etc. If you are passive about your career growth, it may not match the trajectory you hope for While better at it than most, its simply a very large company with the accompanying bureacracies",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2699,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 10, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Lead/Manager,Amazing Peers,Amazing people to work with and learn from.,"None that I can think off. Well, maybe a long commute from the city.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2700,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,engineer,clean environment nice work space,"too much work, lot of pressure",nothing,4.0,none,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P270.htm
2701,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Unfair treatment,"You can learn a lot from internal materials if you want to. Great culture. Perks, teammates are awesome. You can enjoy free food in lots of cafes.",Salary is fair. Work is not challenging enough. Experiences vary in different teams. Some teams are good while some teams are not. My manager isn't nice to me. He didn't trust me and didn't give me fair reviews. He didn't give me enough help either in my work or in my career development. I won't recommend my team to any of my friend.,They might need to educate managers about how to manage a team and how to give feedbacks to the employees to help them grow.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2702,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Review,Great benefits and good pay,"It is highly competitive, with many very smart engineers.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2703,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Engineering Practicum Intern,Engineering Pracitcum Internship @ Google,"Well-paid, fun, everyone is friendly, work as much you want and can do, off site visits, it's Google!","too many people, imposter-syndrome inducing, no symmetry is prohect complexity among interns on different teams, it's Google!",Let people progress faster.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2704,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Participant Recruiter,"Amazing company, for the huge size","great benefits, fun environment, job stability, working on amazing projects with smart people that impact the whole world","HUGE bureaucracy, with a company this big there is specialized roles and process for everything. Definitely not an ""intimate"" community and can take forever to get approvals for what seems the smallest thing.",focus on going back to your roots and staying nimble like before.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2705,google,none," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Ability to switch between multiple groups. Never gets boring.,Management can sometimes get in the way of you doing things.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2706,google,none," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,About work,"Nice place, cool team members","Too large company, and you have to learn quickly",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2707,google,none," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place,challenging but satisfying. Peer review makes you smile at others all the time,Peer review makes you think why others are smiling at you all the time.,Can we stop smiling and do real work. get rid of peer review,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2708,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company,"So much energy, very rewarding. Google is amazingly open and flexible. Work life balance can be what you want it to be on most teams. (Some teams are in more competitive sectors and require more crazy hours all the time - but very few of them).","There are a lot of people working at Google, so the quality of your colleagues really varies.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2709,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - MBA Summer Intern,Awesome Place,"Great environment, smart people, leadership is open and upfront, launch and iterate is real and helpful","Some of the work can be rather mundane, it is an advertising company at the core",Keep the open communication...,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2710,google,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Amazing work environment to work in,No cons come to mind,No advice to management comes in mind,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P271.htm
2711,google,none," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good copmany,"they care about their employees. it's a great place to work. ca might be a better environment, though.","some projects are more advanced than i'd like. however, i still love the expereience at google",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2712,google,"Austin, TX"," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Top dollar lots of travel,"Own Google Corporate credit card, top of the line cell phone, tablet combo,$65 a day food allowance, free monthly rental cars, travel to places ordinarily wouldn't be able to travel to, pay","Constant travel, devices shut down sometimes",More organization,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2713,google,none," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic people,"The people are among the smartest, most driven co-workers. This made it a fantastic experience.","Given the size, it's challenging to move up in role and sometimes hard to feel your direct impact on the business.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2714,google,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineering,currently think out of none,very good company to join,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2715,google,none," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Manager,Great exposure to the world's best technology,Turned into a big company,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2716,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Project Lead,Great place to work but not perfect,"Benefits, variety of work, high learning curve","Hard to move inside the org, very political and given its huge size it is much harder to grow in this company than elsewhere. Salaries might be amazing or terrible, and it all depends on the country, its taxes and your level in the company unfortunately, not the job.","You might be a superstar but Google will put you where they want, regardless of the rest and it might be unfair, or extremely lucky.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2717,google,none," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect company,work with great people there.,work life balance is not good,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2718,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Amazing company - but easy to get lost in the crowd,Simply a great company that treats employees very well,Everyone is so busy that it is hard to connect or make friends at work,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2719,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Great Company, Fast-Paced, They Look After You","They really take care of you, fast-paced, work hard play hard but the culture is great and they really do care about your career development rather than just the role that you can carry out for them","The work is tough and you're surrounded by people that are smarter than you, it can be overwhelming but it really brings out the best in you",Focus more on nurturing your employees instead of just your career,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2720,google,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Google,Google has excellent menu choices. The salary is high for a new grade. They have a very nice working environment.,You do not get your own office. When you work it is mostly an open floor plan.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P272.htm
2721,google,none," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,People Operation,"Awesome perks, I am happy whenever I work on site.",More diversity would be nice,TGIF on Fridays?,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2722,google,none," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Treasury,Good company. Good benefits. Smart people,Big company. Political. A lot of red tape,Need to have more flat structure,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2723,google,none," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,This is an excellent growth opportunity company.,There are no major complaints.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2724,google,none," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineering,"Free food, nice work environment and nice salary. And lots of opportunity to be exposed to new technology. And everyone is friendly","tedious work, do the dame work everyday. Do not feel important in this company, the company runs the same way, with or without me.",For this part I think google did great job. All the things are run pretty smoothly and i didn't feel any inconvenient during my internship.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2725,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Data Quality Analyst,OK Google,Perks and the culture of the company,"As a contractor, there is a pretty clear hierarchical thing working there. Some conferences and info are limited, and no freedom to do what you want.",Make it less restricted,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2726,google,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very difficult to achieve your career aspirations here.,Benefits are amazing. Smart people in the engineering and professional departments.,"Little autonomy to get stuff done, difficult to get promotion, Henry Ford model of repetition being deployed all over",Give Googlers the opportunity to progress in their careers.,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2727,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Operations Analyst,Positive,"I really enjoy working with my current team! Google, as everyone know, is a very innovative place and people thrive to invent new thing every day! I am glad to be part of the such successful company.","I haven't yet seen any so far, especially in my roles.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2728,google,none," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Treated well and as an equal,All the workplace benefits are needed when you spend 10+ hours a day at the office frequently,Work more on team integration,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2729,google,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Apps for Work TSE Level 3,Gain in-depth technical skills working with highly competent and friendly coworkers.,The work can be somewhat monotonous and transactional depending on your specialization,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2730,google,none," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Designer,"Smart people, hard working, well known","Long travel, long hours, everything you would expect",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P273.htm
2731,google,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,Complete and powerful tool chain Good enough perks,Too crowded in the MTV headquarters,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2732,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Head of Sales,Sales Manager,Great place to work/perks/culture/fun/learning and very smart ambitious people to work with. Great name on your resume,has become very political/career growth is much slower/comp is not great,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2733,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 10, 2015",Former Employee - Compliance Risk Management Advisor/Hardware Manager,Google,"Food, laundry, gym, bikes... Free? Fun and challenging",Contractors do feel not as welcomed,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2734,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - BOLD,Great place to work!,"support, perks, culture, team, learning opportunities",intern program could be better organzied for the SMB teams,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2735,google,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Loved It,"collaboration, open culture, continuously challenging","lack of leadership direction, Lazslo's book is great reading but not all the concepts are really fully practiced at Google",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2736,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Amazing experience!,"Awesome perks (meals, snacks, coffee, events), great mentorship, work-life balance point, supportive community, and just an overall great internship experience.",There are limited teams in the NY office,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2737,google,"West Palm Beach, FL"," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - CNA,CNA,The resident at the facility was very nice. My Co-workers were also nice. There was good teamwork even though we were short staff.,"The place smell like mold, the pay isn't enough, they tell you that your full-time and only put you on the schedule 1 or 2 days a week. The management sucks and their very unorganized.","Treat your employees how you work like to be treated. Clean the place up, pay your employees a better salary and give employees benefits",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2738,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,"Fantastic place to work, tons of opportunities",-not being micromanaged -ability to take control of your own path -perks make it seem like a company actually cares about employees. (positive surprises all over the place) -good funding opportunities for engineering projects,-it's already big so it's difficult to contribute a large amount as a lower level person -vacation days took a step back for the first few years - afterwards it's better.,Continue thinking big.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2739,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Engineering Director,"Great for Engineers, tricky for Product people","extremely smart co-workers, a lot of resources, excellent perks and working environment, modern internal tools, an innovative and smart environment. if you have an opportunity to work there, there's really little reason not to try it for a few years at least. if you thrive, you thrive, if you don't, it looks great on the resume. one of Google's main attractions as an employer is that it's really a win-win to work there.","overall Google's focus is on defending their cash cow, their other activities almost seem like they're just trying to keep talent off the market and away from competitors. that means if you're an engineer, you'll have a great time. but if you're a product-oriented person, caring about market success, customer satisfaction, etc, you'll get frustrated after a few years. top management is very split in it's priorities, there are generally a lot of chefs involved in any decision making, and the decisions tend to be reversed or altered fairly quickly. a surprisingly large percentage of the senior talent do not view Google as a long-term career path, which leads them to focus on a couple of promotion phases and then they're off somewhere else.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2740,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Google is Good,"perks, food, gym, culture, love, food, massage, location, fun, beers, events, working with young people and people that are smart",sometimes people come to google and think they're better than everyone else and that's not the spirit of google. sometimes people get self entitled and it stinks,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P274.htm
2741,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Analyst,Analyst,"Excellent working environment, Great food from breakfast to dinner and free transport.",Slow growth in terms of promotions.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2742,google,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company to work for, with certain politics","Great benefits and with okay salary for business side as well. Just a little bit down from management consulting firms. Once you are in the Google network, it will be easy for you to find jobs elsewhere too and the connections won't die after you leave.",Could become a little bit political around promotion as most big companies. Job mobility can be attained around Mountainview but would be harder in other regions.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2743,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Large sales org,"The benefits are what you would dream of. Never pay for the dr again, eat anythign and everything you want. Smart people. Everything there just kind of 'works.' None of those annoying dead ends that other companies have.","The sales org is huge. You can easily project your career growth, or lack there of. Very easy to look at your role today and map out the 24-36 month promotion cycle, with minimal fluctuation. Every year or so, some new person in upper management comes in wanting to make a name for themselves and re-orgs, which is a fancy way to say they just shuffle the deck, everyone is confused for a month or so, then people just go back to doing their jobs.","If it ain't broke, don't fix it. However, it is pretty thin on top, heavy on bottom in terms of number of employees. A lot of talents ends up leaving because it can tak eyou 10 years+ until there is the possibility of really ever managing anyone.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2744,google,none," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Takes care of its workers,"Wants their employees to be happy, will do anything and everything they can do make this happen.","Large company, inherent bureaucracy, takes a lot of effort for changes to happen quickly.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2745,google,"Philadelphia, PA"," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Google Student Ambassador,GSA,All expenses paid trip to Google HQ in Mountain View California,Conducting a lot of events on campus,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2746,google,none," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content Specialist,Great Working Environment. Great Perks,Managers Should give more feedback to temps.,Give more feedback to temps.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2747,google,none," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,As good as they say,Benefits are as good as advertised. Company really does view its employees as its largest asset and takes care of them.,Changing the way things are done takes hard work and lots of time. Burnout is common but not a sign of weakness.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2748,google,"San Mateo, CA"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Getting bigger every day,"Lots of innovation, exciting projects, very smart people to collaborate with, mostly good work/life balance","Career evolution can be non-existant, so much depends on how good your manager is.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2749,google,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Practicum Intern,"It had a fun work environment, and people are amazing.","Was not working on a project I particularly liked, and I saw that it can be difficult to move around in the company",Keep up the good work! (maybe less meetings),3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2750,google,none," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Google Student Ambassador,Google Student Ambassador,"Sense of pride because you represent Google on your college campus, a lot of swag and some incentives. Good for making connections",For this job I don't think there are any cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P275.htm
2751,google,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OSP engineer,"Good Salary and benefits and emerging technology that gives good work experience. Work environment is good, and there are some employee discount perks.",Upper management tends to micromanage and they keep adding responsibilities to job expectations. Proper training is generally not provided.,Stop micromanaging,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2752,google,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eng,"Google has great amenities. You get free food, massages, gym. Great snacks and drinks. Friendly and smart co workers. More recruiters contact you.",Your happiness depend a lot on your team dynamic and manager some managers can be very pushy or bring bad work culture from their previous employment.,Be the manager you would want. Take feedback seriously and your employees seriously. Take notice when people leave and be more introspective of why when any of your team members leave due to a non location reason.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2753,google,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to work for,Competitive compensation. World renown perks. Very smart coworkers. Impactful projects.,"Working in Mountain View. Living nearby is undesirable, but living someplace desirable means a 90+ minute commute.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2754,google,none," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Awesome work life really got to enjoy myself and didnt feel like i was under to much pressure.,There wasnt really any cons that I can talk about It was overall a great experience and im glad I got to be apart of it.,Keep up the good work you really make the most out of employee experience. Enjoyed working with management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2755,google,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Work own schedule which is pretty good.,"Not enough pay, but I could get better at marketing.",Better Pay,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2756,google,"Concord, CA"," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Rater Fashion Specialist,I was a Noogler,"Amazing campus, food was wonderful, and the people are super friendly. I never wanted to leave",I have no cons to add,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2757,google,none," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Great company to work for,Freedom for self-motivated people to succeed. Upper management values ideas from individuals. Highly qualified and motivated co-workers. Best place to work.,Don't expect lots of hand-holding from management and team leader.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2758,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome Company,Free food amazing perks and overall good pay and benefits and amazing challenges.,Its a big company so its sometimes slow and sometimes very fast paced which can be time consuming,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2759,google,none," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"exciting, awesome, critical thinking, i really like it","working hard, too much work sometimes",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2760,google,none," Sep 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I don't know what to say.,It is very cool. That's all I have to say,There are not any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P276.htm
2761,google,"Castro Valley, CA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work--until you need health care,"Great perks--food is amazing and everywhere, bus service allows me to work while commuting, lots of on-campus amenities.","Preventative-only health insurance for contractors, which is effectively no insurance at all. I had to buy my own.",Rethink the way you're using contract workers. Many contractors really should be full-time employees.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2762,google,none," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"VP, enterprise","Awesome run. Great People. Managing ""bigness"" as well as can be expected",Company is getting big and lost some of the original culture.,keep going,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2763,google,"Foster City, CA"," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Contractor,Test Engineer,Super work Environment and great innovative Product,sudden budget-cut outcomes that you face without any prior notification,"get more personal when you plan to reduce personnel. Contractors are people too, they have families and bills obligation.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2764,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Advertising Account Management,"Great place to start a career or work for a while. You learn a ton of best practices, work in the great company which is Google, enjoy all of the amazing Google benefits, and get to work with awesome people. Also, it's a wonderful brand to be associated with, and you constantly learn innovative ideas and mindsets (especially if you go to TGIF).","Large corporation, so it has typical big company problems- hard to have career growth, promotions are difficult to get, decent amount of bureaucracy, you are one among many people, etc.","Find ways to reinstitute startup culture and ownership culture in the organization. Reward people with more recognition to make up for difficult promotion process. Make it easier for people to explore other job opportunities internally- often feels like everyone in the world applies for the more interesting rotations, jobs, etc and very few actually get them.  Keep innovating, but also find better ways to retain people and keep them engaged aside from the benefits.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2765,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Community Manager,Community Manager,"perks, salary, benefits, brand name, prestige","over rated, boring, hierarchical, political","Less emphasis on stack ranking, have rewards system align with culture.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2766,google,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sourcer,"Good Training, lots of exposer, mentorship Collaborative environment Metric Driven Goos quality people encourages good workers",Relationship driven environment which some times hurt people who are result oriented and doesn't like to gossiping around. I have seen when top performer let go.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2767,google,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yes it is,"The most obvious reasons, the ones you always hear, are absolutely true: Food, massage, freedom, games. You're spoiled, with good reason, and yes it really does help to increase productivity.","They've grown.  As a SysAdmin your relevance to companies outside of Google will decrease with time as you begin to work within proprietary systems.  All of the things that Google never wanted to be... they have become: A corporate giant that has lost its way of managing the employees, also see ""Corporate Politics 101.""","This is an incredibly subjective topic. Google does listen to their employees as it pertains to management. Some managers may micro-manage, others may not pay enough attention. It really has become a pretty typical large company.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2768,google,none," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Review,"Great perks and benefits, decent compensation, brilliant people.","Awful bureaucracy, poor management support.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2769,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Operations,Couldn't Be Happier,"I may just have a great manager but we're given freedom to get out work done without being micromanaged. With the added benefits, I couldn't be happier with the workplace.","The company goes through very frequent changes. Some positions in the company are impacted more negatively by these changes. But that isn't a shortcoming of the company as a whole, but rather just a few select senior management. Luckily, we have an avenue with which we can voice our discontent with the senior management. And last round, the discontent was shown to be abundantly clear.","If it's working, don't break it. Larry and Sergey understand that, and I think senior management should learn from that.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2770,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Engineering Intern,"Very relaxed work place. Perks include great free food and drinks basically everywhere you go, and great coworkers. They give interns real projects as well.",There really aren't too many downsides. Maybe one would be that everyone else there is also smart and it is hard to really stand out as being great.,Keep doing what you are doing. Most of the management is very capable and really does a great job. Very good at helping employees maintain work life balance.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P277.htm
2771,google,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Typical Tech Company with benefits,Not much to do here,More interesting projects would be nice,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2772,google,none," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good perks, no mobility","Great place to work, great perks. Ability to work with some extremely intelligent people. Always being surrounded by smart minds. Not a cutthroat atmosphere, yet the environment fosters work.","Poor chances for promotion, Lilmited propsect to work on interesting projects. The downside is that you might risk getting yourself pegged as a generalist or a Jack-of-all-trades.","Converts to small shops wax enthusiastic about the room to gain experience in new practice areas. They are able to return to the nuts and bolts of operating a business, to its heart.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2773,google,none," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Perks, Mundane Work","Good perks, free food, pool/gym Smart coworkers","High cost of living (Mountain View, CA) Mundane work, not everyone is working on an exciting project",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2774,google,none," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,There a good company and u will love what u do,There are not many Cons in this business so thanks everyone,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2775,google,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Google,"No micromanagement, employees are empowered.","Commute is tough, if you don't like shuttles.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2776,google,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Culture, compensation & benefit, management, products. Almost everything.",promotion is much slower and harder than other places.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2777,google,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is great,"Google has very good benefit including health insurance, 401k and free breafast, lunch, dinner. Google's compensation is also competitive.","I can't think of any con of Google. If you have the chance, please come to Google.",Google has very very good management. Coming to Google will definitely be a worthy choice.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2778,google,"Newton, MA"," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Intern,Great work culture. Driven individuals. Fun place to work.,The office space is outdated. Could use new radio equipment.,Keep up the awesome work and unique radio stations.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2779,google,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great perks (food, gym, etc). Opportunities to transfer roles, transfer internationally etc. Respectful managers & team members.",Big company (it can be hard to feel you are making a difference for the company).,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2780,google,none," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Great company to work for.,Work life balance can be an issue.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P278.htm
2781,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Subject Matter Expert,"Amazing benefits, co-workers, and insurance. There are opportunities for advancement and ability to travel worldwide.",It takes time to get promoted and there are always tons of emails to check!,Giving more opportunities to advance more quickly through the company would keep Googlers happy and at the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2782,google,none," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a great place to work,Compensation and benefits Culture and team collaboration Intellectual horsepower,It's big... really big Sometimes too decentralized,Speed things up,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2783,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Data Analyst,It doesn't get any better than this,If you love computers then there is no better company than this. I got spoiled there because after the intership ended I then realized how bad other companies are,I can not think of any. you can do anything you wish as long as you get your job done. nobody looking over you making you nervous,do not change a thing. keep up the good work. actually there is a room for improvement in the snack shop. I still want that oreo smoothie.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2784,google,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SE,Great work and environment nice location and competitive salary,"Nothing bad, free food and nice working culture",Build more team spirit,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2785,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,An early carreer move,- Amazing perks - great salary - interesing problems - smart people,"- rat race - ""nerd culture"" - arrogance",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2786,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"lots of flexibility, great perks, great colleagues, fantastic food, great learning experience, free education and health benefits.","bureaucratic, you constantly have to go above & beyond what is expected of you on your ladder or else you can't get promoted.",In order to keep more employees and reduce turnover I would provide more equity to your employees.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2787,google,"Santa Clarita, CA"," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Programmer Analyst,Great!,-Great experience -Great team  You will meet some great people and have a wonderful experience. Everyone is so nice and welcoming. They all help you fit in.,Sometimes loaded with work and extra hours will be required. You must not get behind or you will definitely have to put in extra hours.,Doing great. Keep it up.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2788,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good it was pretty chill. I did a lot of programming and stuff. I met a lot of cool people. It was great. I would work there again. I hope this was helpful! Thanks for reading.,The hours were super long and stressful. The work was super duper hard and sometimes i couldn't handle it. I would be prepared to bust your butt if u work for google because it's a big company.,I would advise management to be a little stricter because it was a really relaxed environment and everyone was goofing off. Management should be like michael scott in the office. I think that would help.,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2789,google,none," Sep 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,Interning at Google was an awesome experience overall.,Google definitely has a big company feel and at first can be extremely overwhelming.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2790,google,none," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"great work place, lots of great, fun things to do at the office. Have great managers and co-workers. Just a fun place to work","Long hours of work, often find myself bringing home work, to finish it. Its fine, if you love to coding, and bring it home and do it often there too.","Don't really need to change much, i love this place to work at, i love the work environment, love all the things we have around the office.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P279.htm
2791,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great Company to work for in the bay area,Hectic Schedule for the bay area,Keep the culture alive to succeed,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2792,google,none," Sep 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Review,"Very nice people and company. The work environment is very casual, but everyone is pushed to do their best work.",The management takes credit for a lot of the work the lower level employees do. A lot of unreasonable deadlines.,"Work a little bit better on time management. Also set reasonable deadlines. Communicate more clearly, not only to their bosses but also to their employees.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2793,google,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Legal Assistant,Legal assistant,"Google is the best company to work for. Great work life balance, free food, awesome perks and amazing coworkers!",There are no cons as of today. So many things to be grateful for!!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2794,google,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Great Company For Software Developers,Free food Good connections Great work life balance Lots of fun activities within team and within intern community Lots of employee benefits,Intern community not as strong in remote offices. Can get stuck working on boring projects Time to get ramped up on systems unique to Google is large. Real work is not expected for full time employees for a few months.,"Make intern program more efficient with project matching being more fluid. First call seems like a must to take. Other than that, the experience was great.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2795,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great time,"Great company, strong management, there's no denying the intelligence of most (if not all) of the higher ups. Keep it up!","Moving up the ladder can be much slower than it should be, tendency to value long term goals leads to a fair amount of technical debt that isn't rewarded when payed off","See my cons above, more reward for peopel that put in work to make things easier for other engineers. Too much eng time is spent debugging or reading code that's just old or out of date or misdocumented.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2796,google,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 28, 2015","Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer, Accounts &amp, Commerce",You get paid to work people!,Reputable company the best in the industry with years of innovation behind it. They take care of their people with very competitive salaries working environment is spectacular with many amenities others could only wish for.,"You work this is not a 9-5 job with weekends off. I read the reviews of everyone on here and they cry about having to work on weekends cause Google hints about it but does not enforce it or you have to get in good with your direct supervisor, divorces, quality of life, people crying,cockiness in the work place promotes competitiveness which in turn brings results......toughen up people did you think you were going to be making a six figure salary and not work for it? Yes you work but it balances out perks and a company that is going to be around in the years to come. Like the saying goes if you can do better go else where. Everyone has gotten way to spoiled and soft. People need to look around and see what other jobs people are working and look at yours then be grateful there's a hell of a lot worse.",Keep up the good work! Sort through the winers and promote the achievers who work and put the company before everything else the way it should be cause with out the company they have no job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2797,google,none," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,"Friendly collaborative atmosphere, people care about doing a good job, and the food.","The commute from San Francisco sucks, but the alternative is to live in the south bay which also sucks, and either way rents are terrible.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2798,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Lots of opportunity to work on substantive challenges. If you are willing to take responsibility for things, it's a place where you can get things done. The company is good at rewarding those who are able to make things happen.",Lots of type A people. At times you can run into cliques and things can become political. That's probably true of all large organizations.,"Keep the company growing. To retain all of the smart and motivated people that have been amassed, career growth opportunities need to continue to present themselves.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2799,google,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great.,"Very good pay, hours, benefits. Great perks. Great benefits including insurance, dental, vision, child care. Highly recommend anyone working there.","None really. Great place to work. Great people, great benefits, pleasant upbeat atmosphere, and I highly recommend any one apply here",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2800,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good company with a lot of benefits.,nothing about cons so far.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P280.htm
2801,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It is becoming really the standard big company,- smart people to work with (I mean really smart) - projects with big scale (up to billions users) - somewhat good perks,"- I have never seen a normal and smart Manager : their all have their limits or issues - sometimes you will work your really hard and nobody will care and you will have no return on your professional investment - promotion process is a real joke (the peer review process is NOT the one that matters actually) - somewhat lower quality people (compared to before) : the new recruits are in general less smart - food is definitively going down big time (but this is still free so you cannot complain too much, right?) - perks going down (there were better before)","Go back the initial spirit of the ""Google Way"" otherwise the company will go down slowly but steadily. Google is bleeding out talents and there are very good reasons for that.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2802,google,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Probably best big company to work for,"Incredibly smart people. Engineering focus. What the hell, Glassdoor, that wasn't five wrods?","After a point, figuring out how to advance is difficult at best.",none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2803,google,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer in Search,1. Friendly and chill company culture 2. Lots of smart people to work with,1. Company is too huge hence it can be difficult to get a chance to work on large projects.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2804,google,none," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google chicago,benefits. long maternity and paternity leave. free food.,too big. lots of politics. all the decisions get made in california and not in satellite offices,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2805,google,none," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,"Good hours, pay, and benefits","Stressful, intense, and frustrating at times",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2806,google,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Partner,partner,I liked new tools for future,Preferencias de sitios para citas en interner,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2807,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Gained great experience before eventual burnout,"This is one of the largest, most successful companies in the world for a reason. They constantly push, constantly innovate, and come up with some of the most exciting products one can imagine selling. Life is never boring at Google, and I worked with several bright and motivated people. The campus is easily the best I've ever worked at, with enough perks (including the Google shuttle from where I live) to keep one there almost 24 hours a day.","The demands get ever stronger by the day. With all of the onsite perks, one is expected to stay longer hours. Work-life balance is an afterthought. And since the company is so large, it's difficult to foster synergy within the same department, let alone between different departments.","You've been successful pushing employees to the breaking point, but taking a step back and looking at work-life balance could bring even greater things out of long-term employees and slow the constant turnover churn.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2808,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Culture - Openness from senior management, how people are treated Great Coworkers - Smart and Hardworking Great Senior Leaders - Smart",Slow in decision making. Sometimes too slow to react to market trends.,Strive better for product excellence. Launch and iterate doesn't work for consumer products that are not free.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2809,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't do it,pay for returning employees. Great perks for employees who do a good job and don't buy apple products. Good job for lazy people who don't want to be a manager.,Not apple. I deserve 220k and who the hell thinks that this company is the best? It isn't! Have fun with your 500 dollar bonus. i'm going to investment banking!,Do not keep feeding the public with this BS that google is the best. Compaq is better than this piece of work you call a company.,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2810,google,"Mountain View Acres, CA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Hardware Engineer,"Benefits: food, transportation, facilities, activities.","No office privacy. Gossip. Poor work-life balance, unless you remain on campus. Work from home discouraged. Performance management too frequent and subjective.","Determine way to provide some privacy, cubicles were better than this new trend for engineers.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P281.htm
2811,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Control,job experience,many great perks plus beautiful campus!,"honestly, nothing everything was amazing!",...... ...... ..... ................ .................................... ........ ..... ....... ..... ...... ...... ....... .....,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2812,google,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It all depends on the team and manager,You can potentially get to work with great colleagues on great projects and overall simply enjoy going to work.,"Managers, teams, projects are often reorganized, and you can switch from a great situation to a very bad one overnight.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2813,google,"Washington, DC"," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Very nice organization and a lot of great perks for employees.,Team could be a little more organized,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2814,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Benefits second to none but culture needs improvement,"Google offers free healthy food, onsite gyms, personal trainers, limited onsite health care, free buses to and from work. They also help work life balance by providing wifi on the buses so that work can be done while commuting. This means less time spent at the office.","If a person is hired on at a junior level, HR expects that person to earn promotions until they attain a senior level. Google management winnows out those who don't earn a senior level within a certain amount of time. That said, Google management does not require anyone starting out at a senior level to earn promotions.",none,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2815,google,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Great opportunity,"Great environment, lots of learning opportunities",So large its hard to get recognition for hard work sometimes,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2816,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Child Safety Program Manager,Company Review,- great work environment - innovative team mates - clear vision and strategy - visibility,- lack of structure may be an issue in certain orgs/teams,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2817,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Contractor,Contractor,"Free food, gym, laundry and flexible schedule.",Not being treated as an equal employee when contractors contribute same if not more than regular full time employees. Very discouraging.,"Get train in management. Google management lacks basic management skills, all they care is for them to look good rather than improving team moral.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2818,google,"College Station, TX"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE INTERN,Great job for a student!,hope I can have longer time internship in Google,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2819,google,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"relaxed work environment, great management, great atmosphere",not too many downsides upward mobility is hard though,they're great - keep doing what you're currently doing they listen to your ideas and try to incorporate it into their projects if its applicable,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2820,google,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to learn,It's a great place to start. You learn a lot. people are friendly. There are lots of bonus and advantages you can take,"It's hard to get promotion. It's a big company. If you want to be seen, you should try really hard.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P282.htm
2821,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Amazing place to work if you have a good manager,Benefits are the best out there nothing compares.,Very demanding but you should expect that from any major company that is changing the world.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2822,google,none," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really great!!,"Nice environment, best cafe food in the world, basically a very nice place to have a career",............So yeah no cons at all really,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2823,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Tools and Infrastructures,Great place to work,1. Very flexible schedule and work environment 2. Smart and nice colleagues 3. Interesting and exciting TGIF 4. Interesting working projects,1. The food quality is decreasing 2. Some talented people are seeking their career in startups 3. Cannot make as big impact as in startups,No big advice to management maybe because I'm just staying for less one year. I will complete this part afterwards.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2824,google,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good experience,Having an impact on billions of people,Small part of a large company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2825,google,none," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Lots of scary smart people,Few bad managers to deal with,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2826,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Review,Very exciting place to work,Coworkers talk too much about how much they like Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2827,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of Sales,"Flexibility to work from wherever and set your own schedule, opportunities to travel and work with customers and partners","Things are getting bloated in middle management, which makes it harder to make an impact as a newcomer. Promotions also take longer than before.","More concentration on core products and clear accountability for investment into new ventures, especially those that don't generate much revenue.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2828,google,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Data Entry Clerk,"Great experience, not a lot of room to move",I love the office atmosphere and the general work culture here. Very accommodating in terms of free lunches and facilities requests. The people I have contact with are knowledgeable and professional and I never feel pressured to work more than I am asked.,There is almost no room to move around and the contract I am under does not have a good conversion rate.,Look to your own internal employee network more for prospects when it comes to hiring. You spend so much money and time training people up just to let them go after a year or two.,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2829,google,none," Sep 12, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great Company. Great people.,"Great people. Great perks. Learned a ton, and learned how to not be constrained by conventional limits. Couldn't ask for a better job right out of school.","Just too big for me now. I'm sure it's right for some people, but for me it's just a major company now and not the type of thing I'm looking for.",Keep on keeping on. Doing a great job. I'm excited about the Alphabet re-org - great idea to try to keep everyone innovative.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2830,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Almost completely awesome all around,Performance review system -- it is objectively unbiased and fair. Hiring -- its impartial -- only good hires make it in. Food -- Matters more than you think. Peers -- Are interesting and good. Internal mobility -- Can and do change teams on an appropriate basis.,Reorgs -- Can get rearranged and moved around.,Continue to treat your employees like you would treat family you are about.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P283.htm
2831,google,none," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work for,sleep pods are rad bros,Google is the ogrelord of companies,You're doing a great job guys,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2832,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A typical big company,"3 free meals a day, average base, good stock, stable employment, relatively relax environment, a lot learning opportunity if you want to spend time.","similar to all big corporations, google is a good place for you if you are comfortable to do your day to day job and get paid. if you still have a dream to make a mark of your own, this is not the place for you.",none,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2833,google,none," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great culture and people who you work with,The company is too big therefore some things are slow,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2834,google,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,The work time is flexible. Free food.,We are allowed to use google products only here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2835,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Company,"Everything is great, they are the top company to work for, not shocking.",Expensive place to live. Salary is good but trying to buy a house out here is brutal.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2836,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,"Great co-workers, roles and perks","The commute, and the sheer size",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2837,google,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Good workspace, positive people, fast computers.","None really, but i guess they could work on the hours.",None really,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2838,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,BIg Pond,It is a huge company with a lot of talented people and a lot of disputes,too many lines of code.,chill,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2839,google,none," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Account Manager,"Great people, Great perks, Great company mission","Large company with lots of bureaucracy, rigid rules when it comes to promotions/pay increases",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2840,google,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Visual Designer,"Awesome Perks, Challenge Bureaucracy",Perks Pay Health Benefits Food Care for their employees,"Time blurs between work and life must be a go getter, not a quitter",Create a place where answering the bigger questions for products,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P284.htm
2841,google,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google,"- great colleagues - huge amount of learning resources - great diversity training. It is actually very effective. - traveling opportunities. - great perks, food, discount, services. - huge versatility if you want to switch teams.",- slow development cycle as incredibly inter dependent on a lot of teams and people. - projects can succumb to normal pitfalls of a big company.,- concentrate on great product. - expand the definition of appreciable work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2842,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Community Manager,Community Manager,"There are the most amazing people here! The people alone are what kept me here for so long. It's great to work at a company with a strong and clear mission. Note that it's pretty good work/life balance and you feel valued by the HR/benefits team due to the perks (ie: food, gym, shuttle, health/dental, discounts, dog-friendly workplace), etc.","Yes, Google is amazing but not all roles at Google are amazing. The work is largely reactive for many roles and sometimes you feel like you are fighting for table scraps when it comes to new and exciting work simply because you're surrounded by tons of high-performing, over-achieving (but wonderful) individuals.","Listen to your employees to enable/empower them with truly exciting, challenging work vs. taking on more team initiatives simply because they need to check boxes.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2843,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manufacturing Engineer,"Great pay, great job","Autonomy, working with outstanding peers, work/life balance, great bonuses for high performers","You can burn out if you're an overachiever, getting ""fruitier"" every week",Keep it Googley!,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2844,google,none," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its Google.,Advances in technology and science on a daily babsis,Better work life balance needed,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2845,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Cool place,"Free food, great people to work with","For interns converting to full time, it's annoying that you have to sign an offer before getting matched with a team",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2846,google,"South San Francisco, CA"," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Store Operator,Blah blah blah,You got to tell people you worked for google.,"You actually were 1/50000 employees and GSX employees receive none of the ""google campus"" benefits.",use a better staffing firm!,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2847,google,none," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ad Sales,Excellent benefits and great management who really care,There are no major cons to speak of,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2848,google,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Awesome place to work,- Autonomy to get your work done and hit your numbers - Great benefits - Recognize over and above thinking,- So big that its tough to feel like you make a material contribution,Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2849,google,none," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Working with incredibly smart, passionate, positive people. Benefits (free food, massage credits, etc.) Working on products that have billions of users.","Google is probably the best large company to work for, but it's still a large company. But, every year the leadership is a little more removed from the reality of low- and mid-level engineers and it shows in tone and decision-making.",Get grounded by talking to random rank-and-file engineers on their impressions of what's important and what's happening within the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2850,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Narrow focus, but on interesting scale",Colleagues are consistently capable and dedicated. Perks are of course good. Reasonably open culture. Excellent tools. Senior-level management appears to genuinely care about companies.,"It's a large company, so you can expect to work on a relatively narrow problem. While office politics isn't bad, it does occasionally frustrate, with projects getting moved around without consultation of rank-and-file employees.",Keep your focus on being a force for good. But don't stray too far from the core mission. Keep talking with your employees!,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P285.htm
2851,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Business Operations Associate,Great place to build skills and get started in tech,"Collaborative & exciting atmosphere (""go change the world"" attitude) Ambitious projects & people Great teammates Good benefits and support structures for employees and their families","Big company issues (bureaucracy, etc.) Lack of growth / promo opps Some lack of vision / execution at the top Travel to office","Don't be too MTV centric in your governance structure, the town is too small to support Google anymore and lends itself to being focused on the valley rather than future opportunities",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2852,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Good working environment,"Nice office, cafe, great team workers",Team is so big that you cannot feel your own contributions.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2853,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Strategy Associate,World-changing company in the digital space,"- Smart people - Outstanding perks (gym, food, massage) - Good pay/benefits - World-changing culture from Larry and Sergey driving the mission of Google forward","- Various levels of talent in the broader organization. Although some of the employees are inspirational, e.g., Senior Engineering Directors and Strategy leads who are seasoned, brilliant leaders from McKinsey, Goldman, etc - the majority of the workforce is comprised of apathetic, lazy technical and sales staff who just need the paycheck to cover their jumbo Bay Area mortgage - Career development and skillset training is a bit limited compared to other fast-paced work environments","Find a way to make the magic of Google come alive as it did in its earlier start-up days. The company has become a bit too much of a slow, unresponsive battleship in the tech ocean to be dynamic enough. 99% of employees are driving the revenue and service needed so that 1% of the employees can build game-changing products and innovation.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2854,google,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as great as people make it out to be,"Decent pay, and the facilities are great as expected. If there's one thing that I find that's good about this place it's the actual place. Other than that, nothing really.","Despite what's official, the work expected of you and thus the hours that go into the job are ridiculous and not one that you can expect any sane company to expect.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2855,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Google Applications Strategist,Good,Good at bonuses and paying and fun to work their,I do not like the lunch room lol but it is cool,Good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2856,google,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to be in!,"The tools I used were amazing and I felt really productive due to the great infrastructure. Overall, the people around me were very qualified and it was an ideal environment for career growth.",I can't think on any downsides as I really enjoyed my time there.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2857,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Enviornment and Compensation,Extremely generous compensation packages that exceed what the rest of the industry provides and are close to those offered to similarly experienced software engineers. Lots more hardware engineering internally than is externally visible means there are good internal resources and people.,The motivations and aspirations of upper management are opaque.,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2858,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great perks and work/life balance,great perks work/life balance lots of smart people campus is super nice,not very inspiring big company feel lots of hierarchy,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2859,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Engineer,UX Engineer,Benefits are amazing. You get to work with awesome people to solve very complex problems at scale,Some bureaucracy for decision making,Allow engineers to make more decisions to try new ideas,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2860,google,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest Company,I love Google as a company. I know it's the greatest place I'll ever work. The people are incredibly smart and the perks cannot be beat.,"I can't really think of much. It is true that the coolest jobs are in CA, so if you're in another office the opportunities can be limiting.","Keep up the great work! Bring more teams outside of sales to offices across the US. Overall, not much to change!",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P286.htm
2861,google,none," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior engineer,"Solid engineering strength, smart colleagues, devoted attitude","speed can be improved. This SV, we need move faster",move fast like a startup,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2862,google,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,A fun and healthy place to work,The free food and benefits make leaving work in the evenings difficult!,Not much I can say about cons. I do sometimes with a bit more visibility from upper management was present. But all in all its a great place to work with bright and motivated individuals.,Share a bit more high level overview of product pipeline so that engineers feel motivated to work hard and understand the bigger picture.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2863,google,none," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nothing but good imnovative use for the world wide web, and jus keeps getn better.",Its not everyday that one can say that they get to participate creating Google. Best job in the world.,"Having time to take of myself physically, and taking the the time to eat properly.","Jus by being told they are apreciated, or did a good job carries more weight than a dollar.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2864,google,none," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,extremely good environment with great opportunities for advancement.,A tight work schedule with many all nighter,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2865,google,none," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No,"Benefits, travel, people. Lots of food, good amenities and the latest techonology. Best place to work for.",It is in Buenos Aires. This job is available all over the world and the pay in other places is way better.,"No, thank you. Seriously. These are just words to meet the minimum. God this site is annoying.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2866,google,none," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Few projects are very good and even onsite opportunities are there.,Salary structure is below market level,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2867,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account managrr,Great environment nice benefits . 5 interviews,Calls customers and sales and software,Be yourself and try to no stress,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2868,google,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company!,Free food. Great perks. Awesome colleagues.,Nothing to complain about.,none,5.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2869,google,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Great benefits and perks with Google!,Haven't found any so far!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2870,google,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You're there for benefits and the Google logo,"You get to tell others that you work at Google. Hire smart, driven people. Health benefits, 401K matching, and other perks are amazing, namely the free food. Great office environment atmosphere. Overall belief in the company value and mission.","Most people are overqualified for the job they're doing, company re-structures all the time which leaves you feeling like nothing but a number. Promotions are not merit based, it's a waiting game. A lot of poor middle management, many slotted into management positions after re-structures. Chicago office opportunity is limited, not much outside of sales. You have to be a devout self-promotor to have your work noticed.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P287.htm
2871,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Best big company to work for,Outstanding peers. Everyone is the best person you've ever worked with in that field.,Massive company with an increasing amount of bureaucracy. Really difficult do accomplish anything unless you're good at navigating a big company.,"Focus on the product not the revenue. I know we *say* we do that, but sometimes it's starting to seem that the money is the MOST important thing.",5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2872,google,none," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BEST JOB EVER,"People, benefits, food, commodities and salary",Google has no cons at all,None!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2873,google,none," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,They have great benefits. Have a variety of different jobs to choose from. Have good salaries and you can call them with any questions and they will do their best to get you an answer.,Some jobs don't last very long. You might make good money at one job and the next one not so good. Depends on the job and the company you work at.,Would be great if it was easier to get a job at the company you send someone to permanently.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2874,google,none," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Google is cool,"They are nice people, I like them.",They don't let us play in Treehouses that often :/,You guys need to build a basketball court,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2875,google,none," Aug 14, 2015",Former Employee - Janitor,they rocked!,they are so so everyhting,nothing in the world everything is great,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2876,google,none," Aug 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest Company,"Very transparent, lots of room for dissent, lots of chances to have your opinion heard without judgment/fear","It's gotten pretty large, which holds its own frustrations at times",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2877,google,none," Aug 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Ambitious and full of smart people who are trying to change the world. Always new challenges so you never stop learning and there is no time to get bored.,For all the makes Google great it has become a huge company in the last couple of years and this definitely shows culture wise.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2878,google,none," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,"It's a good company for new grads - there's plenty of opportunities to learn, and it's especially great if you don't know what area you want to work in, so many teams are always hiring","You enter into the company not knowing which team you will be working with, and then have to interview with TLs. Some people may like it, but it's an extra level of bureaucracy I didn't enjoy.",none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2879,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Perks as advertised, but you're in a GIANT company",- work with super smart motivated people - TGIF meetings are awesome - food is great - perks and benefits are excellent,"- like any super large company, tier 1 work can get stale and boring - no clear ladder / path is the sales marketing team",Keep working on moonshots! Work to make the company more transparent at every level. Fire more people (seriously lots of dead weight in middle-management).,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2880,google,none," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,Benefits are above average within business sectoe,Public image seems to be problematic,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P288.htm
2881,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Good Company,Perks are very very nice,Work is very very hectic,Good work,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2882,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager (DoubleClick Products),Love it here,Smart people great place to work,"Lots of politics, sometimes people get promoted who don't deserve it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2883,google,none," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,svp of east,it was a good first job out of college,i would never work their again it was awful,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2884,google,none," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,"Smart peers, lots of prestige",You can only be a small part of a big machine,More small crazy experiments,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2885,google,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place!,"Great environment, with super smart people.","Work/Life balance is challenging, but is heavily encouraged.",Keep up the great work and transparency.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2886,google,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Amazing,Too Many to count. there's a reason they get 3 million resumes a day.,None I can think of,Please dont change anything!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2887,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Google Shopping Express Tester,GSX Project,Free lunch Free Gym Discounts on phone bill & many other things Great environment,Keep you as a temp for a long period of time not as organized as you would expect from a high tech company,Start giving your temps real positions. A lot of wasted talent you are passing up.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2888,google,none," May 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Culture, benefits, career opportunities and overall work environment are pretty well-balanced and stimulating. Engineers have a pivot influence on the products.",With time it becomes more like a large company with inertia and all the stuff that is associated with it.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2889,google,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tight,Tight good job with great benefits,"Nothing, google is clearly the undisputed goat",Tight,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2890,google,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Smart coworkers, great benefits, tackling some of the world's biggest problems",Can feel too big at times making it difficult to get things done quickly,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P289.htm
2891,google,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business System Analyst,"Efficient, productive and very collaborative environment.",work hard and nothing personal.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2892,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,Engineering Practicum Intern,"Full-time benefits. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served at work. Fun and innovative work. Great activities on campus.",There are no cons about working at google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2893,google,"Mount Vernon, NY"," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Best job ever,I will tell you that the greatest thing about working for google is alphabet. There. I. Said. It.,"Some times when you work at a big company things are hard, man (or woman I don't judge bro).",I would definitely say these guys and gals have this stuff under control. Go goog.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2894,google,none," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,excellent workplace. creativity at its best,none really. This is google!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2895,google,none," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quantitative Analyst,Great Work environment for eveybody!,The amount of Work Load,more time off,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2896,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Business Operations Associate,Your brain will explode from boredom,"-Your mom will be impressed -Easy money, free back rubs -You can leave for hours at a time and no one will know -Work with nice, smart people who also went to Stanford -Improved patience dealing with horrible traffic to Mountain View, slow bureaucracy -Do they add MDMA to the mint spa water in the cafes? You'll only know if you try!","At some point in your tenure with Google, it will become clear that you live in an organization that is engineered to keep you numb, well-fed, and scared of the outside world. (This maybe should be listed under ""Pros"", since you'll gain a sense of empathy for hobbits, cows and children in cults). You will cope with onsite yoga or by spending your bonus on new Teslas. The feeling will endure.  The problem with Google is that it thinks it's Pixar (fresh, zany, innovative) when it's actually Disney (bloated, iterative, a little creepy).  Do you have a really fat mortgage to pay off from that Mission fixer-upper? No? Then find a job somewhere where you'll actually use your brain and have an impact.",-Stock Odwalla juice in all buildings. Some didn't have it. -Add actual Kool-Aid to the cafes. Most people will miss the irony.,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2897,google,"Alameda, CA"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer III,Google rocks.,"Great project support, incredible perks, stellar management, tons of freedom to innovate. Lots of smart people around, too, in case you hit a road block on your project.","Too ""Googley"" sometimes. Some employees get a sense of entitlement from this. A lot of product designs are driven by engineers, which results in nerdy but useless products.",Keep kicking butt.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2898,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Operations,It is Google Everything is a Pro!,It was contract and I couldn't stay longer!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2899,google,none," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ad rater,"flexible schedule, decent hourly rate",no support or feedback. let go without notice,people should not be treated as dispensable units,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2900,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Sucks,"The company sucks, everyone is over-employed and frustrated.","Work hours too long, they want you to live at work.",Stop being arrogant,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P290.htm
2901,google,none," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As a TVC it was just Ok,Food was ok campus was nice,Being Full-time you get many more benefits and a lot more 'respect' for your ideas.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2902,google,none," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,"nice culture and freedom, good mentor and training system",company is too big not sure about the collaboration between different group,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2903,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,False affordances,Great internal tools Pay is great Other companies will want to pay you lots of money if you worked here because they think it means something,"Supply and demand applies. Everyone's very talented, so the ability to achieve is worthless, those who excel are those who monopolize and hoard scarcer resources. (approvals, visibility) Office politics is 90% of the job.","Fix the onboarding, I feel like there's a conspiracy of the old timers against the new. Constant turnover hides this fact",2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2904,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Learning and Development Manager,Great place to work...,"- Amazing perks and benefits - Smart, capable, genuinely caring people (will depend on team - but 90% are in this bucket) - Great brand and resume builder, amazing opp to network with peers","- HUGE company, lots of energy needed to get things done - If you aren't an engineer, get ready to feel like a second class citizen",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2905,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company. Bad location.,"Work with great people Incredible scope and impact Good benefits (base salary, stocks, healthcare, etc) Food and amenities on campus Great open culture. Founders are holding Q&A every week.","It's a big company and to have a big impact you need to apply some effort. Promotion process is - you basically PR and promote yourself (again, some effort). Nobody will promote you and you need to work on it yourself - collecting success stories and writing an essay why you should be promoted. Crowded office. A lot of people are being hired for MTV, CA office. High compensation is offset by huge rent or real estate prices. Or choose long commute. Healthcare benefits are getting worse and worse (because company is unwilling to pay for ""Cadillac"" tax)",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2906,google,none," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,anonymous,Great company with outstanding benifits,None at for this time period,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2907,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Contractor,Contractor,Free food unless it is an employee event if so you are denied of food. flexible schedule.,"Working at Google as a contractor is like working in a assembly line, NO appreciation at all. Even though contractors add to the more the same or more than regular employees. Very disappointing, I wouldn't recommend anyone to work as a contractor here.","Please get trained. Very poor management, most go by who they like to promote rather than who does a good job. I would recommend Google to pay attention to their managers and their lack of skills and this is at every level.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2908,google,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Staff No,construction manager,The company is well organized.,THE MANAGEMENT DOES NOT REVIEW THE STAFF PERFORMANCE IN IMPERTIAL METHOD,Must be positive and impertial,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2909,google,none," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent workplace,Excellent work environment. Helpful colleagues.,Not many career options outside of software engineering.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2910,google,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,very good,"very nice work environment, encouraging, innovative","no cons, everything is just awesome","keep it up, keep innovating keep encourage, the world needs your innovative design and production",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P291.htm
2911,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good -- if you can find the right team,"Benefits, pay, once Google is on your LinkedIn you can work anywhere",Most managers are really terrible. You have to work to find the right team.,Stop promoting terrible managers. 75% of managers at Google are awful.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2912,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 31, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Perfect as perfect gets,"Amazing perks, wellness & doctors on-site, perks like transportation, free food, free microkitchen, incredible hardware to work with, amazing workplace flexibility, travels, great transport policy","grown real strong recent, some politics in some areas, incredible competition, sometime shard to motivate people, not always easy to see all the different projects which are going on","watch out for politics, keep your users first and center when making decisions, be transparent, be humble, admit mistakes",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2913,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 3, 2015","Current Employee - Head of Sales, Enterprise",Still Fantastic Place to Work,It's Google. Comes with all you would expect.,Company has gotten immense. That comes with large organization struggles at times.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2914,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Great place to work,Very innovative company. Excellent perks and benefits. Still at the bleeding edge of innovation with self driving cars and balloon-powered Internet.,"Now at 60,000 full-time employees, its not as nimble as it was when it was smaller, however there still are a lot of opportunities to work on small projects, like in Google for Work or Google Life Sciences.",Please set up more programs that keep veteran Googlers (5+ years) from leaving the company and help preserve Google's institutional knowledge.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2915,google,"East Brunswick, NJ"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Environmental Health and Safety Manager,Health & Safety Compliance Manager,Very rewarding working with employees to insure a safe work place and implementing corrective action. Working with a budget and vendors for materials and supplies to save the company a considerable amount of money.,Upper management should have the knowledge of all the workers tasks and be able to assist and appreciate work being accomplished.,You must treat employees fairly and be consistent with disciplinary action. Operation Managers and Supervisors should report to work early to work with the employees that are going out into the field,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2916,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google,Google is one of the biggest companies in the Silicon Valley with limitless opportunities and benefits for engineers. I would totally recommend trying yourself here.,"Google is a very demanding employer, expecting more than just the bare minimum from their employees. You may want to be on call on the weekend or work late nights when a new project is launched.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2917,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 2, 2015",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Amazing company culture,"Just an amazing engineering culture. Unbeatable development infrastructure and learning opportunities. Perks, compensation, work life balance.",Need to find the right team. Projects often get scrapped or lose momentum. Hard to grow up the ladder.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2918,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short Thoughts on Google,"For a big company, Google treats you incredibly well. You'll make a good amount of money, have job security, have all the benefits you could imagine, and be surrounded by generally intelligent people.","Google is still a big company, so you'll deal with the bureaucracy associated with this. Generally, people also work long hours, so you have to be willing to put in the time.","For the most part, I'd say keep doing what you're doing. There are problems with Google, but I'm not sure exactly how I would solve them given the scale of the organization.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2919,google,none," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Management perspective,"Great salary and benefits, working with the smartest and most intelligent people in the world. You will enjoy working at Google, and if you don't, there is probably something about you that needs working on.","At a certain level, some of the business units have very little realistic upward mobility. It's not that you're not good, it's just that there aren't any available jobs. That being said, when you're making a bunch of money, how much will that bother you? It's up to you to figure that out.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2920,google,"Earth, TX"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Gishwhes,Gishwhes !!,"Some best reasons to participate in Gishwhes is to let yourself be crazy and free, there's no reason to care what other people think of you because you is awesome.",There are no down sides !!,Be abnormal and think like Misha.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P292.htm
2921,google,none," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Greatest,Truely an amazing experience and a great environment.,The work can be repetitive,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2922,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic employer,"The best employer you could imagine. Incredible perks and benefits, high salaries, smart colleagues, fast growth, world-changing impact.","As the company grows, your individual impact becomes less-and-less.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2923,google,none," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Great total comp package and food,Getting top heavy and lots of management layers,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2924,google,none," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,Everyone is so friendly and I enjoy working here,Nothing I can Think Of,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2925,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great Company,"Pretty much all your colleagues are really good. There are lots of interesting projects. The company is very open internally. Benefits are great: food, shuttle, and more... Company culture is great.","-company is really big now, one person's impact is definitely small. -much harder to launch new projects now, with so many processes required by law, or by company.","Keep on hiring great people and keep the bar high. GoogleX is great for incubation of 10X projects. However, there should be some other venues, that used to be labs.google.com",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2926,google,none," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Excellent culture, excellent pay and benefits, exciting technologies","Becoming a big company, loss of Google culture in some areas",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2927,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineering Internship in Mountain View,-It's fun to get an inside look at what the company is doing -Free food -Great people -Very open culture with weekly company-wide Q&A sessions -Access to the best resources,-Mountain View campus is very remote -Interns sometimes feel like second-class citizens -Some internal projects are secretive and that hurts the culture,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2928,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Programmer,A fantastic experience and great place to work. Very friendly but also very competitive.,The atmosphere of work and also the ability to coordinate projects with people who actually know what you're talking about,Tough deadlines with not a lot of guidance. Some tasks can be very vague.,More reviews of staff from all levels. Actually get on the floor and ask people what exactly they're working on.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2929,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google - could be much worse/hard to beat,"the people are great. benefits are amazing. the objective of the company (make information accessible) is, IMO, great.",hierarchies are cumbersome politics comes into play,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2930,google,none," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,E-commerce,"The environment is great and also the salary is great, they make feel like they care for you, you get a lot of bennefits.","One downside is that they are always hiring new people, theres a lot of changes within the company, and sometimes it feels that you do not have a boss and its easily to get confuse",Keep the good workd but make sure that everyone knows what their role is within the company and keep taking care of your employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P293.htm
2931,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great work environment and perks,Daily work is usually trivial,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2932,google,"Winthrop, MA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Store Operator,Don't waste your time...seriously,"Very Flexible, Good pay, Easy work, Not too strict, different locations to work from",Seniority and hard work means nothing to them No growth opportunity Plays favorites Totally a labor job NO Benefits,"Promote people that work hard, not who you like or think you can have an easier time controlling.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2933,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Good layback company,"Treats employee well, lots of opportunities","Bureaucracy, slow, not interesting projects.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2934,google,none," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great perks but little mobility,"Great perks like amazing benefits, 401k match, and food / massages",It's hard to move up if you're already mid to sr manager,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2935,google,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,abc,Smart and motivated coworkers all around,"big corporation, poor work-life balance",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2936,google,none," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project manager,Fun environment good people good pay feels good to be part of something big most people seem happy overall very solid I'm grateful,You still have to go to work but its really not so bad. Thats life. Everyday basic stresses that could occur but the balance is positive. Not every day so sunnny.,You are OK by me I have nothing really here but of course everything can ultimately be improved and better. I am easy to please never had any real issues,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2937,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great environment for an engineer,As an engineer: - Get to work on interesting technical challenges. - Amazing engineering culture to ramp up new grads.,- Most consumer-facing things you can work on are ad dashboards. - Lot of politics between Mountain View and the remote offices.,Overall the ship is sailing steady and in the right direction. Keep on keepin' on.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2938,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company,Lots of food and free stuff,"cubicles are horrible, there are a lot of distractions when you are sitting at your desk. Putting on a headphone does not help when people enter and exit the door about 5 feet away from where your cubicle is.",Do something about the work environment,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2939,google,none," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Exceptional people, good career opportunities",Very low pay for non-SWEs,Keep the focus on the user,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2940,google,none," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Free food, smart people, interesting products. Google has the resources to change the world, and I really feel like it is.","It's a big company, and it's definitely starting to feel like one too. Quality is slowly but surely dipping over time. Basically Google is going through more mature growing pains.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P294.htm
2941,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Analyst/Lead,Team Leader,"Great work environment, very bright minds, unbeatable perks. Good support system for new joiners, very clear career path for full time employees.","Low rate of conversion from Contract to Full Time. Not many other cons, simply the best, friendliest working environment you could come across",Establish a clearer path to full time employee status from contract status. That would be a good motivating factor for contract employees.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2942,google,"Chandler, AZ"," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Network Engineer II,"Great job, not enough pay","Challenging, new frontiers, job security, easier to move into different roles.","Lower pay as compared to rest of company, overwhelming workload,",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2943,google,none," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Manager,Smartest colleagues on the planet. Insanely massive user base. Killer infrastructure. Excellent perks.,"Things don't move as fast as they used to. Not because people are slow to act, but because there are way too many of them involved in every single decision.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2944,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Excellent place to work as an engineer,"Many projects to work on.  Lateral transfer is very easy, and expected.  Growing understanding of the importance of family, and that we're not all frat bros  The company mission(s) are laudable  The technology. Homegrown, and better for it.  Transparency!","Increasing amounts of bureaucracy slows engineering down a bit  The company is now large enough to have crossed the ""speak your mind"" threshold, where completely free expression turns into a staggering display of what a lack of perspective can do to a person.","Be more clear in what is ""a clear priority"" and what isn't. It's overall understandable at a high level, but infrastructure projects don't tie clearly to feature projects, so it can be a morale-shifter to hear about ""product A will really help our users"" and then feel like you're not part of that on infra team B, even though product A could not exist without B.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2945,google,none," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing Manager at Google,"Perks aside, here's a take on the pros of being a marketer at Google: 1. Opportunity to get on high impact and/or high reach projects, whether it's user or advertising products. When you announce something at Google, people pay attention, something that is definitely gratifying as a marketer. 2. Overall, most cross functional teams are pretty cool, whether it be working with BD, engineering, product, sales, or PR. 90% of the time one can learn a great deal from colleagues of a different group.","The company is huge. Getting things done is an increasing problem, and wading through many layers of bureaucracy, approvals, executive changes-of-mind are a constant challenge that impedes one from actually shipping -- even on the business side.","Build smaller, more agile teams and don't be afraid to stand up to engineering or product leadership. Focus on emerging markets to launch and kick off initiatives, versus beginning in the US or Silicon Valley",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2946,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Brilliant coworkers, great perks, poor management","The people at Google are some of the smartest in the industry. I never questioned the competence of any of my coworkers, ever.  The perks were awesome, not just things like food and massages. There's a variety of awesome classes, workshops and lectures by famous people. It was like going to college again.","The hiring bar is very slowly lowering.  ""20% time"" is generally a myth. Internally we called it ""120% time"".  Google's increasing scale is causing problems. Some parts of infrastructure are so complex that no one can see the whole picture. Duplicated work and missed requirements happen a lot. As the machine grows larger and there are more parts, the scope of individual responsibility moves further from having real customer impact.  Also I disagree with the high level direction of the company. In the last few years senior management has developed and worsened a trend of killing or crippling beloved products. Strategy is never transparent, even as the company maintains that they value transparency. Overall it feels that while engineering decisions are data-driven, management decisions are not. There has been a focus on growth, at the expense of innovation.","""More wood behind fewer arrows"" was a mistake. I fell in love with the Google that made Gmail, but I don't think modern Google could pull it off today.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2947,google,none," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big company,"smart people, free food, H1B support",it is hard to feel impact of myself in such a huge company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2948,google,none," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as great as people make it out to be,"Good pay, good benefits, very little bureaucracy in the way of accessing user data to try and do cool things.","Disconnected from average consumers, products come second to monetization by ads.","Improve benefits if you want to keep competing with Facebook, Snapchat, and other companies taking away your employees",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2949,google,"San Carlos, CA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,You grow but will stress along the way.,Lots of tools that help you grow,Very competitive culture so it's stressful.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2950,google,none," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love my job,"Fabulous interior, free food, smart people","A lot of employees, hard to balance life at work and home, average management",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P295.htm
2951,google,none," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work!,"Awesome workplace, great facilities , feels like u r in college again , free food. It's lovely to work in Google 😊",Didn't find any cons while working in Google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2952,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Recruiter,Nice,"Great Company overall.., felt like my college campus",No reason to ever leave campus for the socially challenged since everything is provided on site.,Keep doing what you do,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2953,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Mixed bag,- Google makes much of the world's most popular software - most of the people are talented and great to work with - the perks are indeed great,"- the marketing organization includes a lot of people who don't really have the skills to contribute in a positive way. At times these individuals are in influential positions, and can significantly impede the progress of the company. - moving up the ladder is extremely difficult, if not futile, unless you dedicate yourself to navigating workplace politics instead of being productive","- build better and complete products - not just the software, but the hardware, too. - clean up the marketing organization - remove middle management that lacks real skills, industry knowledge, or experience. Stop hiring so many agencies, and build/hire the talent you need to execute on marketing within Google.",3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2954,google,none," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Well...its Google!,Smart coworkers Unlimited resources to get results Ability to work on special projects to make an impact on teams Best place to learn and grow,Long Hours 60+/wk No upward mobility in recruiting High turnover due to contracting sourcers and letting them go after 1 year regardless of performance,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2955,google,none," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Google has an amazing work environment that has made it one of the best places to work. I highly recommend this company.,"There are not many cons to working here, but there is a lot of constant pressure to preform at a very high level.",Keep doing what you have been doing since the company started. Keep pushing innovation and continue to create the best services the industry has to offer.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2956,google,none," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Coordinator,"Lots of perks, great people, awesome atmosphere, very flexible schedule, learn a lot from others",everyone is really serious about their work. lots of competition stress sometimes,more room for career advancement,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2957,google,"Austin, TX"," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Field Sales Representative,Brand Ambassadors / Field Sales,"-There are occasionally some snacks in the MK, but they run out really quickly -You get decent pay for sitting around the downtown office most of the time -We have some cool events that can be fun to participate in -You get to meet a lot of people in the Austin community that you will run into multiple times -Great learning experience if you aren't the best at approaching/interacting with people-- you will be talking to people often","-Poor management -There is really weird politics on this team -Scheduling is HORRIBLE. There is absolutely no work/life balance: you get your schedule 3 days before you start working it for the week and there is no PTO since it is an hourly job -Management does not treat you well, there is little acknowledgment for great ideas and great performance -there is a uniform and it is not comfortable -there is no room for real growth: this is definitely an in between job -they say they are all about transparency, but there is actually VERY little transparency -This is not a 9-5, you will work weird hours and you will not have weekends off. Instead you will have a random Monday or Wednesday off and rarely a consecutive two days off -You will be penalized for requesting a weekend off, meaning that you will receive less hours  This is the type of job you get when you just really need a job, but be prepared to be treated badly, disrespected, unappreciated, asked to do ridiculous things in bad weather conditions, etc.",Care more about turnover rate and treat your employees with respect and maybe it will turn into a positive work environment,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2958,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Manager,Still no doubt the best company to work for! You definitely will work with some most (at least highly) talented and smart people in the industry. Management seems to continue doing the right things and making mostly right decisions for the company (and for the world in many cases).,Decision making or prioritization process can be much improved. Velocity is hindered due to increased layers of management. Company has grown huge and it is trying hard not to become a typical boring corporation. Really miss those old scrappy days. You might expect to make a big impact when joining this company but most likely you will be spending all your time doing incremental improvements.,"Thank you Larry, Sergey, and Eric. You have really done an amazing job to keep this positive Google culture for more than a decade!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2959,google,none," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"food, perks, smart people. Great work/life balance, good pay",they treat their contractors poorly. i was hired under false pretenses.,be transparent in interviews,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2960,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager IV,Google is a great company that cares about its employees,"Working on something I truly believe in, with people that I care about, for a company that cares about me. What more could I ask for??","None that I can think of! But I need at least 20 words, so I'll babble for a little bit.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P296.htm
2961,google,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Life work balance is great!,No really cons. Too big?,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2962,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Excellent company to work for,"- Ability to work on BIG problems and have a huge impact worldwide  - Amazing salary, perks and more importantly colleagues",- Demand excellence and dedication  - Promotion is based on demonstrated and sustained impact for a rather extensive amount of time,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2963,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 20, 2015",Former Employee - SET,Awesome place to work,Best computer scientists in every field work here. Manages to keep bureaucracy down given it's size.,Can get a little bit closed from the outside environment. Need to maintain the pulse of what's happening outside.,Great work keeping it a great place to work. Please maintain the transparency as always.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2964,google,none," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,The company has a great culture.,"Work/life balance is stressed by management, but not fully achieved.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2965,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is still Google,- Working with some of the brightest minds in the world - Feeling connected to a giant mission - Perks and amenities are awesome - Open and extremely transparent about internal issues - Senior management cares and listens to workers,- Google is a very large company now - Certain teams can be siloed off from others - Increasing hierarchy and bureaucracy - Manager quality can vary significantly,"Continue empowering employees to take chances, think big and get stuff done quickly.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2966,google,none," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA,"Great peers, great culture, great perks.",Its getting too big. Very hard to try anything new and have big impact.,Encourage innovation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2967,google,none," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"diverse projects, more politics than before","Google is working on a very diversified set of projects - there will always be something of interest to you, if you are willing to relocate to the head quarter.","The company has ""matured"" (a.k.a. slowed down) over the years. It's not really surprising given its current size. Still much better than Microsoft though.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2968,google,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best people, best leaders, best company","People are top-notch. You work with people from all different backgrounds who are each smarter than the next. They're motivated, ambitious and best of all, collaborative.","It's competitive and as it's grown, it's become much more bureaucratic. You often need approvals from fifteen different stakeholders (half of which you never knew you needed to consult) before finalizing any project.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2969,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Great people, cool project, a lot of perks including free meals, and shuttle if you like in the covered area.","Getting big, quite competitive on good opportunities, a lot of geek-type persons.",Value people skills more!,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2970,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - California,The best employer you can think of,"The culture, people, compensation, perks, and benefits. Anything that you can think of.",As the company is getting bigger there might be some politics going on.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P297.htm
2971,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Amazing leadership, strong core values, team based culture, intelligent and ambitious colleagues, perks and benefits are all fantastic.","It is a company full of extremely smart and driven people, and as they struggle to keep operating costs down while maintaining exceptional revenue performance, this has a negative impact on work life balance. Many people are over-stressed and over-worked. This one Con can outweigh many of the Pro's.",Focus on keeping the start-up and team-based culture front and center as the company grows in order to counter-balance the growing work-life balance unrest.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2972,google,none," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still great perks, but getting big, bureaucratic, and slow","The perks at Google are as awesome as advertised. The food is better than most restaurants, the office spaces and campuses are the envy of most college campuses, and the on-site massages are legendary. You will be working alongside extremely talented co-workers who will challenge you and force you to step up your game.","Google is getting big and slow. As you rise through the company, you will find that more and more of your day is spend in endless meetings and wading through nonstop e-mail chains. There are far too many stakeholders involved in every decision, and there is often no clear owner for a particular project. The left hand often doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Shades of Microsoft from the late 90s - a company that is phenomenally profitable but undisciplined and becoming unwieldy. Many Google employees have essentially ""checked out,"" and come in at 9:30 and leave at 5, and are never challenged.","Too many middle managers and layers of bureaucracy, especially in the sales org. There is often a game of telephone between the front line sales teams and all of the folks between them and the product managers and engineers. As a result, decisions take forever to make and competitors like Facebook beat us up.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2973,google,none," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant,Great place to work and awesome office.,Very larger company and you can get lost.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2974,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Designer,iOS at scale - more than 50 apps and counting!,- Massive scale. I build user interface tools and libraries for the 50+ iOS teams at Google. - Exciting creative work across a variety of products. On any given week I'll consult with at least three or four different product teams. - Small teams having massive impacts. Many of our iOS teams have fewer than 5 engineers.,"- It's a big company - every team at Google has its good and bad side. - Open source for iOS at Google is still just getting started, though things are improving substantially!",More focus on mobile hiring strategies. Google has a lot of incredible iOS opportunities and we need to work harder to make that clear!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2975,google,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Google has great culture. People generally work there pretty happy. Google has great engineers and peers. People are friendly and helpful. Google has great leaders. Leader try to help people grow.,"Google is a big company, and sometimes things are moving slow. Google is so much engineering focused, and sometimes it is not so customer focused.","Career development is sometimes a problem for engineers. Make sure that engineers are valued properly, and also the promotion committee is sometimes biased, especially when they are not responsible for anything.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2976,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer intern,Nice office. Problems trying to solve is generally large scale.,Hard to make any meaningful impact as an individual,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2977,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regional Manager,"amazing people, opportunities, perks, different ways to think of things encouraged","it's an engineering company, end of story. im from a background where sales people rule - so very not the case.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2978,google,none," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long time Googler,You will work with highly intelligent people who will always encourage you to push yourself and grow. You can learn a lot just from the people who surround you.,"Though they try to eradicate it, there is still a decent amount of bureaucracy. Also, there are pockets of incivility and bad behavior and Google is not the best yet at identifying and eliminating that behavior.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2979,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Manager,fantastic,great environment with exciting co workers,long work days have to stay extremely busy,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2980,google,none," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Good good good good good,None at all. Great company,Work hard,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P298.htm
2981,google,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Graphical User Interface Scrutinizer,Pretty cool,"Nice atmosphere, very productive and fulfilling for employees","Lost of competition, can put lots of pressure on employees",Keep on doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2982,google,"Westborough, MA"," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Student Developer,Student Developer,Its a good program called GSOC for open src projects,"none, may be its would be good if its onsite",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2983,google,none," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Exceptional company,"Surrounded by some of the most brilliant, creative people in the industry. Everyone is typically excited to work on their respective projects and unified behind the vision of the company.","Things are starting to move slower, this is a natural construct of operating at as large of a scale as Google does, but the company has lost its start-up feel.","Management is continually trying to improve on the cons described above, so it's nothing new. Continuing to remove red tape is huge.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2984,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,Exciting place to work,"Got to work with a large range of really strong, interesting people. I ended up wanting to stay and work late because most of the people I worked with were a lot of fun. It was great working with highly motivated individuals that wanted to change the world.","Way more politics that I ever imagined. Many people referred to management as Game of Thrones, since everyone vying for the top, inevitably died (got fired). There was often a mismatch between what the execs prioritized and what middle management wanted. Lots of koolaide drinking going on, and the focus on new features is so high while the attention to fixing broken things was really low.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2985,google,none," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great internship,"Great learning opportunity, many resources and contacts provided to nurture growth.",Nothing that I can think of!,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2986,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Perfect,"Amazing work environment, perfect coworkers.","Large company, harder to have a big impact",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2987,google,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,great place to work pays wells and takes care of employees,no cons nothing bad to say,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2988,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, lots of politics.",Moving at the speed of light. Founders care about the world and technology.,"Lots of external folks brought in agency and consulting type of cultures. It's a ""House of Cards"" + ""Game of Thrones"" type of company on a day-to-day basis. If you're looking for a career in politics, this is a great company for you - you'll get more than enough of that. Be prepared to get thrown under the bus oftenly.",Listen to Larry and cut the politics.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2989,google,"Austin, TX"," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Austin,"Lively young employee force, great office spaces and increasing presence in the Austin area with new planned office space for 2017.","Only three teams are currently in the area (Google for Work sales, Recruiting, Fiber), limiting career mobility within the city. Three office spaces scattered through town, making it hard to form a wide community with other teams and organizations. Google for Work sales reps are never in the office, making the spaces often feel empty.","In order to maintain a good presence in the area, it is important to have various teams to keep a lively and collaborative environment.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2990,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing,Product Marketing Manager,"People are super smart, the atmosphere is amazing -- really love working here.","Things can be slow at times, the bigger it gets the more hierarchical it gets. Promotions aren't always fair given the volume of people.",Need to focus more on execution and promoting people for good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P299.htm
2991,google,"Redwood City, CA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great place to work,Work life balance Good opportunities for professional development It is fun to work there Launches are quite a fulfilling thing,Engineering driven Flat structure Siloed products Hard path up the corporate ladder Very hard to reach consensus,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
2992,google,"Pryor, OK"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,How can you say no?,"It was a fascinating, one of a kind place to work.","Management refused to talk to you since you were a temp. And you HAVE to be a temp for a year, or more - much more sometimes, before you can get hired on.",Grow a pair!,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
2993,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Very advanced technologies Smart coworkers Management is effective. Treats employees very well.,The office is a little crowded.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
2994,google,"Walnut Creek, CA"," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,getting to be too big of a company,Some of the smartest people in the world,Some roles are not clearly defined which eventually chases away the good talent,pay more attention to the bottom or middle of the ladder. they're the ones leaving and it's going to leave google with nothing,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
2995,google,none," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No values,You live in the magical google campus and get free food,You work for a company that has no values what so ever and is doing all it can to violate customer's privacy,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
2996,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Critical juncture,"Smart co-workers, interesting work, fun to be at a high-profile place, perks are good.","Company needs to make some changes/decisions to avoid becoming Microsoft from years ago (bloated, political, etc)",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
2997,google,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything you need in life at work,"Very open atmosphere. They have everything you might ever need and more. 20+ cafes to eat at, all very good.",Very fast paced. You have to be smart to keep up with everyone else and invest yourself in the company.,Keep doing well. I have no issues with the way management is run. My boss personally was spectacular.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
2998,google,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Everything you read is true. Great people are above all else the best perk of working there.,Big company. Hard to move the needle. Working outside of Mountain View is challenging.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
2999,google,none," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but poor HR practices,Great work culture Exciting opportunities Really smart people,"Bureaucracy in HR policies, ladder transfers are discouraged.",Please ensure that the hiring committees are as nimble as the rest of the company.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
3000,google,none," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account manager,Great culture and you get to work with bright and smart professionals. Loved the free meals although after a while you do get tired of that as well,Let me stress that this is a great company but the room for growth is minimal. I was there four 5 years and left because I felt like i personally had very little impact on the company,For the most part the mangagment was great. Although it can be political in terms of advancement. Felt like I had to mangage up often times,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P300.htm
3001,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Interaction Designer,Everyone at Google is sharp and inspired to build great things.,"Everyone works together to achieve big and have fun while doing it. The perks are unbelievable (food, massage, gyms, discounts, etc) but the best part is being surrounded by such amazing talent. It's truly inspiring.","If you want to excel (no one forces you to) you have to put in long hours and go beyond expectations, helping other team members out and participating in projects outside of your team. It can get tough to balance work and play when you're working this hard, but really... Who gets a job at Google to be lazy?",<3 ------<--@ <3,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3002,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 3, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Although a corporation there,"Huge flexibility, as an engineer you can work on any project you want. Flat org structure, to get things done you talk to other engineers rather than managers.","It's become a corporation. Sometimes it's hard to feel you can make a huge impact. There's so many employees and projects, you can be gone for weeks and nobody will notice.","Because the org is so flat, managers have many direct reports. Still they should focus on individual's career development rather than the current project status and updates.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3003,google,none," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Great people Open, laidback culture Opportunity to learn and develop skills",Too much bureaucracy and redtape,"Too much bureaucracy, too many layers, things happen slowly",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3004,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manufacturing Engineer,Autonomy and Impact,"Autonomy in all we do: supplier selection, system design strategy, scheduling, networking Cross-functional teams and collaboration with outstanding peers Stock, perks, campus amenities","Getting more corporate all the time More and more ""fruit company"" defectors bringing the 24/7 cut throat culture that they claim to be escaping from Mountain View and Bay Area COL insanity is on the verge of making it not worth it. (Washington competitors looking more attractive)",Remember why we're here: Don't Be Evil,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3005,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Great Company,"You get free food, constant stock refreshes, great amenities and smart people to work with. What more could you want from a big company?","Google is so big and in so many markets it's hard to see the forest through the trees sometimes. Staying on top of ever changing technologies and knowledge is often time hard. It would be nice to have a few days a year for ""reading days.""",You're really doing a great job. I love working there. We get even time to hang out for fun with coworkers- what more could you ask for?,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3006,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 20, 2015","Current Employee - Google People Services, Specialist",Channels Specialist,Google is an incredible company which takes good care of its employees. You'll enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and the perks.,"Google employees aren't necessarily challenged by their role and often are capable of much more than their present responsibilities, therefore, to make the most of your time here, you should seek out projects and challenges rather than wait for them.",Career development could be better.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3007,google,none," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,UX Designer,"Brilliant, yet humble coworkers. Anything you want to learn (professional or not) is a lunch meeting away. Opportunities to make huge impact.","For better or for worse, Google is very bottom-up. While it means complete freedom in your choice of tools and process, it also means it can be organizationally chaotic.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3008,google,none," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall - very good,"Growth, Peers, Benefits, Challenges, Industry leader","Location, Compensation, Goal alignment,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3009,google,none," Jul 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience.,Everything is as good as they say it is.,"As an intern, it's stressful ramping up to get familiar with all of Google's proprietary technologies.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3010,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work!!! But also most demanding.,"Best pay (whole package)! Chances to learn from the best, talented people.",Demanding on regular basis. Some management skills may be helpful to avoid burnout.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P301.htm
3011,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Good perks, but large company","Lots of great perks, salary, food, etc. The work can be interesting and challenging when on the right team.",The company is so large that the quality of culture is degrading quickly. The bureaucracy only seems to be getting worse over time.,The quality of new hires seems be be lower than it used to be. Need to focus less on growing and more on developing the right projects.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3012,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,Awesome company. Great benefits. Free food.,Not much I can think about.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3013,google,none," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mailroom,Friendly nice homely cool outstanding,Nothing really that can be a con,Keep it up yall doing grrrreat,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3014,google,none," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"1. people are nice, and you will become a nice guy. 2. you feel safe working in such a big company, never worried about being fired","1. Hard to find an interested project. 2. Not has as much freedom as before. You don't have 20% projects. 3. After getting familiar with all the great internal tools, it's possible you do not have the ability to work outside.",1. Hire less people. 2. Focus on revenue. 3. Should make people happy working for you.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3015,google,none," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Open, energetic environment, very fast-paced.",Near the end of my tenure it was getting too big.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3016,google,none," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place overall,"Interesting work, smart peers, good perks","If changing job types the transfer process can be a terrible experience. So,e areas quite political. Not enough parking in MTV.","Stop centralizing in MTV, a place that doesn't want us and where we can't afford to live.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3017,google,none," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for full timers,"Great benefits, perks, good work-life balance","Complicated promotion process, evaluated on a curve",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3018,google,none," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic experience,"Surrounded by some of the smartest people in the world, doing meaningful projects and always learning.","Experience will depend on the office you are in, and office dynamics can change tremendously as it grows.","Get a better feel for the internal challenges smaller offices have, it is very easy for things to change the farther you are from HQ.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3019,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Web Engineer,Depends on the team,Benefits and Salary are amazing. The bonus structure is great if you have a good manager. Having Google on your resume allows you to do pretty much anything.,"The company is just too big. The entire system built around setting and meeting goals turns every employee into a number. If you have a manager that cares and pays attention, you are good to go, otherwise, watch out! You are much better off gaming the system at Google than being honest, your wallet and well being will thank you. A lot of your career trajectory has to do with how often you can get on a kudos email, and if you were randomly assigned to a project that does really well. There is about a 4 year top out to discover if you're playing politics well enough to stay on board. You'll find that a lot of co-workers don't care and just want to fly under the radar, which can get pretty frustrating.",The perf cycle is the worst! I'd recommend reading up on Greek Ostracism to think of a system where the worst politicians (read: work credit thieves and aloof managers) can be identified and dealt with. Nothing is worse than feeling that the balance of your career is in the hands of someone chasing shiny objects once per quarter!,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3020,google,none," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Lives up to the hype,"Colleagues, culture, resources, perks, benefits","Commute, cost of living in the Bay Area",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P302.htm
3021,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a good place but it's going down. It's a big corp now,Free food Good benefits Lots of different projects you can work on,"Highly political Low accountability Very frequent re-orgs Lots of meetings, surveys, half-baked documents that lead to nowhere",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3022,google,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Coordinator/Lead,Lead,"Head and fast learner, willing and wanting to learn",I don't like when I can't ly deadline when i am working on something,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3023,google,none," Jul 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to start your career,"Loved the opportunity to meet new people, learn about different parts of the company, really enjoyed weekly all-hands, and company wide meetings that helped me better learn the initiatives the team was taking on","Difficult for career growth, harder to shift between teams then it seems","Focus on retention and making people excited about their work, not just the perks",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3024,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Google is the place to be,Better than working for Verizon. This place actually cares about you. Other companies should follow their lead.,I cant barely find any cons. Just a really great place to work Cant beat it anywhere and such an innovative company,Keep up the great work. Doing a great job. Hire more people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3025,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Rated as top employer for good reasons,"The legendary perks are true (free gourmet food, on-site top quality fitness center, barista bar, massages available on-site, etc.), but the perks are trivial compared to the fantastic culture and positive, supportive work environment. Open, inclusive culture where people treat each other with dignity and respect. People are highly-skilled, highly-intelligent, and managers are expected to be inclusive, approachable, and respectful....and they are.","Not exactly a con, but be prepared to be intellectually challenged (including during your interview)! Facts, data, and sound logic are standard expectations, not hyperbole, bluster or conjecture - in any role, at any level.","Keep up the great work, continue to foster a culture of respect and inclusion.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3026,google,none," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great as a starting job,Can lean a lot and lots of opportunities,Too many people. Hard get promo. Good projects are hard to get.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3027,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Business Systems Integrator,Still one of the best companies to work for,"- Free food, laundry service, home internet expense reimbursement, education reimbursement, 410K matching, etc. - Still a very engineering centric culture. - Great pay, lots of opportunities to transfer to new roles internally. - Larry Page is a great CEO.","- Increasingly bureaucratic within my organization, process creep. - Low performers aren't dealt with very well. - It's getting more difficult to build internal applications because of all of the approvals required to access data in various systems.",Please reduce the amount of processes and approvals required to develop internal web applications.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3028,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Regional Operations Manager,Regional Operations Manager,Good work environment. Scope to self improvement and there by company growth.,"All I can see good things about my dream company , Google.",No advice but would like to say THANK YOU TO GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AS A GOOGLER:-),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3029,google,"Reston, VA"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,The hype is true,"Googlers are charismatic Middle management is awesome Failures aren't individually blamed, usually seen as a problem with a system - not an individual Compensation is great Food is amazing TGIF is where it's at, Larry and Sergey are hilarious and the transparent info you get is awesome.","It's hard to learn the ropes: you're given a long leash and plenty of benefit of the doubt (if you screw something up) but there is sooo much to learn and the formal training isn't all that extensive (though, the training sessions are great).  Being able to thrive in ambiguity is a must. You're expected to be autonomous, which is great, but it's tough to learn the ropes and when you're new, you want to perform well and make an impact. It's hard to do that at first. It's good to trust your management and team and do what you can. Have self confidence in your value and go find a way to contribute - even if it seems small or under the radar.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3030,google,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Security Services Officer,Security Specialist,I love everything about working at Google.,I do not have an negative comments about being employ with Google because I love working for Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P303.htm
3031,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Diversity Coordinator,Human Resources Associate,"Great company perks, including base pay and equity. Depending on team, culture can be collaborative and helpful.","Limited career advancement, especially for people starting out in their careers. Very difficult to explore opportunities outside of Human Resources once you are slotted in this department at the beginning of your career.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3032,google,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,A bit lost in the huge crowd!,"- Mammoth organization, high-end tool access, multiple global team collaborations, project funds - Marketshare, gives the edge with clients - Catered lunches & office shuttles",- Peer pressure & the ever elusive performance bar - Mangement bureaucracy - Lack of career grooming - Work:Life Balance,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3033,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Analyst/Lead,Nice.,"Great, fun place. Cutting edge technology.",Campush-ish...felt too youthful sometimes...most staff are super-duper intelligent but are not growing in professionalism.,Create avenues to drive professional maturity in conduct among most staff.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3034,google,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Really enjoyed my time at Google. The people are great and the environment is amazing. I was there for 2 years and learned a lot.,Don't eat too much food.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3035,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst II,"Be a part of a world-class, high profile company that does inspiring things every day. Culture of curiosity and scrappiness. You'll work with people and projects that will move you to tears how passionate everyone involved is.","Finance at Google was the worst job I've ever had. The department is dysfunctional, understaffed and lacks basic process, controls and systems support that you'd expect at such an established company. It's Oracle version stopped being supported, Financials don't tie across systems, there's a complete lack of governance around core processes so every department, manager, leader does something entirely different (and guess what, no one gets along or agrees).  If you can land on a happy team, it can be a happy ride. But there's limited career growth, you're getting Tier 3 finance skills (because when so much cash shows up, no one cares about a model) and the rest of the organization views you as the weakest link. If it's your way to get in, great--but don't view Finance as a long-term success path. It's a cess-pool of repetitive, boring work that Google doesn't have the discipline or the patience to optimize, outsource or eliminate. You will feel like you're wasting your life. Have an insight? Don't share it, some Eng lead will just ignore you anyway.","Eliminate most HC in Finance, offshore core Finance functions to India. If you're going to not care about the role of Finance/governance, might as well staff it with as many offshore heads as possible--instead of great resumed FTEs making 100-175k/year that become quickly bored with their lives.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3036,google,none," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Sales,"If innovative product, great people, high profile, new challenges",Work life balance can be a challenge,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3037,google,none," Jul 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,free food,"offers a lot of amenities like free food, coffee, etc..",too much free food and not enough pods to take power naps,more pods for power naps,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3038,google,none," Jun 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Good place to work. Happy EVERYDAY,It is impossible to have any CONS,Keep up your good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3039,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great work, great perks, but increasingly bureaucratic","-Smart, dedicated teammates -Lots of different products to work on -Inspiring vision for the future of technology",-Transferring job ladders is near-impossible,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3040,google,none," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great company that does its best to keep values strong as they grew from 50 to 50,000 internationally. Obviously the perks are great, but also amazing opportunities to get involved with projects that unite different ends of the organization.","Not the best place to start your career - but a great place to refine and grow your experience. Working your way up in the 'level' process from 2 (entry level) to 5 (manager-level, not a director) will take more than a few years in the larger business organizations - when new hires come on they can get slotted above people who have been working through the system for a while.",Ditch the leveling system - it only drives people to play the 'perf' game and wait in line for promotions. That said... its a big company to run and you've got to have this type of process in place to some degree.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P304.htm
3041,google,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google,good place to work at.,no cons of this place of work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3042,google,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Google adds sp much to your resume and they are awesome people to work with,No bad experiences really besides the long hours i had to work,Keep doing what your doing you guys are awesome,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3043,google,none," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Engineers,Engineers are some of the best I have worked with in the industry Focus on problem-solving Machine learning is world class Privacy is a priority,Expensive to buy a house in Mountain View Hard to be productive if you don't like large open office spaces with lots of noise,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3044,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Account Manager,Large company get even larger!,-great name recognition -super smart employees -challenging work -excellent benefits and perks -fun workplace culture -very analytical and process oriented,-growing very fast -no longer as transparent -not very diverse -hard to advance and get promoted,Own the fact that you are super large and be transparent throughout the hiring phase. Many people are sold false hopes which leads to unhappy employees and high attrition.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3045,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great people,- Great people. You can rely on and learn a lot from colleagues. - Good salary and perks,- Lots of changes (although it is also a good thing) - Impostor syndrome,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3046,google,"Greenbrae, CA"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategy Manager,Nice People / Team Members Perks Comp,Political Dishonest Below Average Management Treats employees as disposable Low Work/Life Balace,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3047,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Sr. SDET,"Technology, work culture, recognition, employee friendly environment",Nothing to show as cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3048,google,none," Jun 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Good pay and lots of fun,none really to be honest,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3049,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good impact and learning,"if you want impact, google is a good place to start because of the large number of users there. Even if your change just affect <1% of queries, that's easily hundreds of millions users a month.  infrastructure is also great, you get less distracted and get to focus on quality tuning.","systems are quite mature, so if you don't have your own ideas, you may have a hard time finding the right change with potential impact.",don't be afraid to take on risky tasks with short term small payouts. try to aim for the potential.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3050,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 14, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Very nice rewards, great management","I felt very honored working with top-notch software engineers at google. Everyone here is amazing and lives and breaths the programming languages. Personally, if you love your job, come to Google. You'll be around with people who love their job and know what they are doing.",Sometimes things can get a little bit stressful. If you don't like your job then you will feel miserable at Google. The people here are very nice and polite (or at least the people that I worked with) and they won't hurt you if you make a mistake.,"The work environment is very friendly, I had no problem addressing issues with my schedule. They can be very flexible. Honestly I can't really give out good advice here, but just don't be rude or snobby and everything will be fine.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P305.htm
3051,google,"Washington, DC"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Federal Account Manager,Amazing Work Environment,Powerful employee enablement and work life balance.,"I love change and a fast paced environment, but if these aren't for you, Google could leave you out of breath.",Keep engaging in split levels and keep questioning your trajectory in a healthy manner.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3052,google,none," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall good,- good pay - good work life balance,- career growth is slow,-,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3053,google,none," Jun 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"Good pay, awesome benefits","Not great pay, startups better",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3054,google,"Hoboken, NJ"," Jun 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Amazing benefits, focus on development for employees, cool projects",Huge company so can be difficult to stand out,N/A,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3055,google,none," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Student Outreach Specialist,"challenging projects, flexibility, great colleagues, wonderful perks","can be difficult to work in a small distributed office (limited career growth potential), near-constant change (new managers, re-organizations, etc) can make things feel like they're constantly shifting underneath you and you have no footing",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3056,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company ever,Best company on the planet to work for,Hard to think of one,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3057,google,none," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategic Account Manager,Benefits and quality of coworkers,Too many levels of management,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3058,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Tech Support,Amazing environment,"Everything, food, environment, friends, best place to work",Nothing. What is there not to like about working at Google?,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3059,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Google's review,"fair, respectful, innovative, talented co-workers, fair pay, good programs","getting too big, slow, hard to get promoted",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3060,google,none," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,"great environment, great people, recommended","too many work hours, too much to do on campus",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P306.htm
3061,google,none," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very innovative culture,relax and flexible working environment,have to work for more than 12 hours a day. and work on weekend sometimes,improve employee management process and how more PTO for emplyees,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3062,google,none," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job in ad sales,Challenge Autonomy Scale Data  All these things are unmatched at both Google and within the sales org,"Sales is the ugly stepchild at Google, and we often feel like second glass citizens",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3063,google,"Belmont, CA"," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Coordinator,Google,Great benefits that make balance better,mobility fictitious and hard to move around,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3064,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 25, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Ground Your Expectations,"1. All the perks you've heard about. Gym, dogs, laundry, etc.  2. Prestige. Nothing like being able to say you work at Google.  3. Food. There is no shortage of amazing things to eat there.","1. Can be difficult to move up. Being promoted at Google takes a bit of luck in regard to how much internal prestige your assigned team has.  2. If you don't love what you do, you will be miserable. At Google, whatever your duties are, expect to have them on your mind 24/7. The ""work-life"" balance is very skewed toward work.",Do something about how random it can be to move up in the company.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3065,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Administrative Business Partner,Get in if you can,Great perks and benefits and compensation. Some departments/roles have a lot of flexibility.,"Very demanding environment, lots of politics & bureaucracy.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3066,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"overall, ok place to work","great, smart people. some interesting work to be done",little work life balance. stay at the office late.,less politics,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3067,google,"Boston, MA"," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Escalation Manager,Fabulous Place to Work!,"Google is famous for good reason. The culture is terrific, the perks are great, and the rewards are meritocratic, which is great because your peers are fabulous. You will never meet people smarter and more dedicated than Google colleagues.Plus, depending on your division and interest you really do have opportunity to solve interesting problems.","When I started at Google in 2007, it was a much smaller company. By the time I left in 2014, it started to feel a lot more big-company-ish, with more bureaucracy and politics. They did a good job of trying to combat that as best they could but at some point the reality is just that they are huge. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, if you like working in big companies, but I was seeking something smaller and more mellow.",Stay vigilant on the work-life balance piece! There's a lot of divisions that are exceptionally high pressure -- which you'll get with many gifted people in one place -- but my experience is that lots of people continue to burn out.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3068,google,none," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Has all the advantages of a large company.,A lifestyle more than a job.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3069,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,A Huge Company,"Tons of perks, can be intellectually challenging",-It can take forever to get to work because there are so many people working in a place with basically just two access roads -You will feel like just a number at times -Promotion is pretty much BS,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3070,google,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Good team good people all around,Bad Management in india office,Pick Up,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P307.htm
3071,google,none," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google review,"Diverse work environment Something new to learn everyday Very casual Rewards hard work Good coworkers, very creative people. good compensation.","Alot of finished work expected of you in small amounts of time. Bonuses poorly distributed. not great work/life balance, most employees are workaholics.","Pay more attention to the effort and intelligence when giving rewards like promotions, bonuses, etc. and reduce hours for employees.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3072,google,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pay doesn't pay for living near HQ, and opportunities biased to HQ",Smartest people you'll ever work with,"Unwilling to admit it's own size and plan for it, with middle managers stretched thinner than others places in industry.  Strongly centered on HQ, and pay doesn't even buy a house near HQ.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3073,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Financial Analyst,Perks of onsite meals and amenities.,Desk space is very small and people are packed closely together in workspaces.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3074,google,"Lighthouse Point, Broward, FL"," Jun 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,Great people and lots of growth,"No real complaints here, love the job",Give the people more time to develop skills,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3075,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former employee comments,Cool projects to work on and lots of great perks for the employees. A very empowered culture where people want you to take chances.,If you are a technical person or have a very unique skill great place to be but if you are a support function of any sort don't expect to get too much in the way of recognition.,"As big as the company has gotten keeping the original culture of Google gets harder and harder but if you don't try to keep it, the place will get filled with entitlement and not innovation.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3076,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Good place to work,"Work life balance, pay, benefits. Overall highly recommended place to work. Additionally, Working at Google looks great on your resume",Can be difficult to utilize your skills. A lot of the work you do could be done by someone much more junior.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3077,google,none," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience for a summer!,"Fantastic culture - my team was extremely welcoming. I was interning in Moutain View, which has a beautiful office and the weather was fantastic.","It's a very big company and it doesn't always feel like you're contributing a lot. They also tend not to promote from within. If you're interning in MTV, the taxes can be pretty brutal.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3078,google,none," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,The pros of working here are that they have great pay. They also have work bonus after a certain amount of days that your employed and yearly,I didn't really have anything bad to say about working here it's a great company. Some of the work maybe at a fast past but it's easy to keep up,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3079,google,"Brazil, IN"," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Manager,Very cool people and offices. If you like to work for an innovative company: this is the best company to work for.,"As tour teammates are also very clever, the challenge is to show ypur results in order to Get a promotion.",Google is growing and we must keep the googliness cultura up and running. It os not só easy in company with 50k plus employees that keep Boeing peeplo yoy.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3080,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,great company!,Great company with a lot of amazing perks!,None- a truly amazing company!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P308.htm
3081,google,none," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,This place is the Bees Knees,There are no cons here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3082,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Consultant,Different,Financially sound company with great resources. Casual attire encouraged for all employees.,Management and Directors may have little experience. Most recommendations do not get heard. Will continue repeating failed methods.,Appoint qualified personnel with experience in the field.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3083,google,none," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant company with brilliant people,Really smart and committed people A company that wants to make a difference Amazing transparency and innovation,Being able to keep up with the technology industry can be a challenge but having the right sets of conversations cures that!,Keep doing what you are doing. Don't bend to analyst pressures because long term is always better than short term,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3084,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Great pay, great benefits, OK managers","Excellent pay, stock, bonus and combined benefits package.",Uninspired projects and mediocre middle management.,"Trust your creatives, stop the micro-management. Appreciate design craft and promote for principle roles, not just for people manager roles.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3085,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome work place,Lots of perks. Great work-life balance. And awesome people to work with.,You work mostly with google technologies and its a steep learning curve before you start getting productive,Management is good and they do great efforts not to have any biases and review people based on their performance alone.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3086,google,"The Dalles, OR"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Pay and benefits are good. Progressive environment, treated well as a woman here.",Company is becoming more bureaucratic as time goes on and company size increases.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3087,google,none," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful but exhausting,- Amenities - Compensation - Ability to move horizontally - Powerful infrastructure and tools - Dog friendly,- Work/life balance - Too many meetings/emails - Big company politics - Slower career trajectory - Sustaining work underappreciated - Noisy open space environment - Traffic,Reward the employees that you want emulated. Attain deep knowledge of your team's areas of responsibility.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3088,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Sourcing Manager,Sourcing Manager,Great perks and smart people. It really is the place that you hear about.,"The scope of work is a little narrow. They want you to be an expert in your area and you don't get a lot of opportunity to expand your skillset. With that, it's hard to make a significant impact outside of your core group.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3089,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,One of the best large companies to work for,"- Experienced, talented and helpful co-workers - Lots of opportunities to learns for a fresh-out-of college engineer - Great perks and reasonable work-life balance",- Typical cons that are associated with any large companies,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3090,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Vice President Engineering,vp,motivated and friendly work environment,very hard to advance from outside,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P309.htm
3091,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Big big company,almost never fire anyone at work,"big, slow, benefits are declining",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3092,google,none," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Freedom to work however works best for you. Whether you are a low-level engineer or a top manager, all people are treated equally during technical discussions.","The problems to solve are exciting, and the culture is very fast-paced. It's difficult to ""unplug"" at the end of the day.",Do your best to preserve the culture while continuing to scale this company. Give us more stock.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3093,google,none," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too big,Getting to work with great minds on the forefront of technology,Employees aren't well paid and are undervalued,You can afford to pay your employees well -- do it!,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3094,google,none," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Statistically speaking,-great benefits and perks -fast pace and innovative,too big now. same big company politics. same big company abusers. So many people abusing and taking advantage of any policy or benefit.,slow down the hiring and stay more focus. you can't be great at everything.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3095,google,none," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Love it Great Excellent Innovative Spectacular,Wish we could get paid for our hard work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3096,google,none," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice company but too big,a lot of opportunity. really string people,to many people doing nothing,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3097,google,none," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Data Specialist/Editor,Good place,Good place to work at,Was a contract employer. Benefits were watered down. Pay was dismal.,Get rid of the contract employee system. Treat us as real Googlers!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3098,google,none," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,Amazing coworkers and perks. Loved coming in to work every day. It's a huge resume booster to work at Google.,It can feel like Disneyland with a dark side. They throw all these great perks and benefits at you but it covers up a cutthroat feel almost to it. Super high expectations that go up each quarter.,Lighten up. Larry & Sergey want to take over the world and that trickles down to outrageous expectations and causes burn out.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3099,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - People Operations,People Operations at Google,"great perks, smart and self-driven coworkers","narrow roles since the org is so large, challenging/nearly impossible to get promoted given that the employee-base is full of over-achievers managers frequently change every few months",don't give big teams to people who have never managed before.,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3100,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship 2014,"A big community of professionals in Computer Vision, who want to help you to work with them.",There were not cons for me,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P310.htm
3101,google,none," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SVP,Fun place to work now,Long Hours are not fun,Buy GoPro,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3102,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Google,"Good work culture. Great employee benefits. Good work life balance. Access to gyms, soccer, swimming pool. Good food and last but not least challenging work.","The company is very big. There are more than 50000 employees. The work can get boring at times. For people who live in the city, it is a long commute.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3103,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leader in Tech,Very smart experienced engineers. Great benefits. Job security,Can be hard to climb the corporate ladder,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3104,google,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible,"Free food, close to CalTrain and Light rail, name recognition, and easy access by hwy 101 & Central Expressway, google bus possibly available","Snobby, childish ""one upmanship"" work culture. Endless meetings. Large campus creating an ""in crowd"" mentality. It is a rotating door of temps & contractors.","A workforce of nameless, faceless, disposable ""temps"" and ""contractors"" will never give you their full talent, energy, or dedication.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3105,google,none," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staffing at Google,"Relevant products, talented people to work with, great global brand",The layers of bureaucracy is growing and getting things done at Google is like running through water while there is ever increasing pressure to produce more.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3106,google,none," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Design Producer,"Very good work atmosphere, amazing benefits","zero transparency into future comp, base salary is low in comparison to the market, all systems are designed for engineers (could also be a pro too)",Raise your base salary,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3107,google,none," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Amazing place to work.,Very creative work place. Great culture.,Getting too big and losing the startup feel and culture.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3108,google,none," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,New ideas appreciated flexible work environment,None in particular One of he best places to work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3109,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer In Test Intern,Internship review,Great work environment. Everybody is motivated and they help you whenever you need help. Internal tools are great,Projects for interns are sometimes not well defined or well prepared for in advance. This has led to some confusion in the middle.,They should focus on remaining always on top and exploring new areas so as to be part of the next big thing.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3110,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Comfortable place to start a career, but can't take much with you when you leave","-The perks are of course the best thing about working here (food, gym, on-site laundry, 401k matching, etc, etc). That it's the first thing mentioned is kind of analogous to people first mentioning ""good weather"" when talking about the pros California.  -Author talks at Google are good opportunities to meet authors, and offer nice perspectives from outside the tech bubble. I need to take advantage of this more.  -Engineering culture. I've worked at places before that treated engineers as more of a means to an end, instead of involving them more in the process. Nice role reversal here, though it probably still needs some balance.  -Looks good on your resume  -Good place to start your career, though be careful because you can't take much with you (or you will want to recreate tech on the outside when you get out).  -20% time still exists (depends on the team)  -work-life balance (depends on the team)  -Can become too comfortable and insular and not challenging, which can hurt your career later on. Don't get too comfortable or you'll get trapped here.","-Coworkers talk about the food endlessly, like it's the best and central part of their day. Because it is.  -Lots of NIH and Google-specific libraries which folks can't take with them when they leave. The outside world operates very differently and with different technologies, and people won't learn much of that here unfortunately.  -Lack of freedom to choose technologies. A lot of solutions exist on the outside, but there's often a homegrown competitor that we're forced to use, so it will make that other team look good (lots of folks write libraries and services just to get promoted).  -No Node.js support in production. This is especially painful for aqui-hires because many startups these days use Node. Then they find they need to re-write everything to integrate with Google.  -Checkin + code review process is super bloated, anal retentive, and obsessive. This slows down development time considerably. This is especially painful for aqui-hires, where no one on the team has readability, so you have to make friends within Google just to get your code checked in. Really, really frustrating and the feeling that productivity has gone down immensely.  -Still not a good environment for frontend engineers. If you even hint that you like JavaScript and CSS, people will look at you like you have brain damage. Not a lot of the engineering culture values FE work, although that's a self-admitted problem that they're trying to change.  -Fiscal irresponsibility. Hiring rate within the last few years has been out of control and unsustainable. There is a boom time now, but this is going to hurt and result in many layoffs when the next crash happens.  -Engineering culture (also listed as a pro above). Specifically non-frontend engineering. This is reflected in the ridiculous interview process. It would be good to get more diversity of thought and perspectives, not just a hard-line engineering perspective. So many decisions are based on quantitative data alone, which is a mistake if a company wants to push the boundaries and wants to be innovative.  -Entitlement and elitism. It's not everyone of course.  -High cost of living around main campus. You may think you're getting paid a lot, but the cost of living in the area matches that salary.",Find ways to keep challenging engineers.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P311.htm
3111,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It's Google,All the perks that you could behold in your inner mind. Chance to work on meaningful technology.,Very large. Highly political. Opaque promotion process. Elitist.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3112,google,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"Experience, Opportunities, Location, Coworkers, Resume Builder","Not too many, maybe work life balance",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3113,google,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Food, travel, and career trajectory are all amazing.",Bureaucracy is unfortunately extremely prevalent.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3114,google,none," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Great benefits. Great people to work with.,Traffic and housing prices in the Bay Area,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3115,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company...no surprise there,"Takes amazing care of its employees. Great people, great resources, great perks--food, benefits, office space..","As it grows bigger it gets more complicated - more layers and slower decisions, probably comes with the territory after a certain size/employee count.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3116,google,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Counselor,"Friendly, energetic, fun, get to be outdoors",Have to be energetic all the time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3117,google,"New York, NY"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Mid Level Sales,Everything you Think it is...,"Great People, Amazing Environment, Fantastic Benefits!!","Not the greatest work/life balance...but, who cares...there is time for that later.",I am very happy with my managers.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3118,google,"New York, NY"," May 31, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,nice company,good work culture and ethics.,hectic life in the company,keep working hard in the same way,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3119,google,"New York, NY"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Staff Software Engineer,Build interesting software infrastructure in a company that values engineering. Work with really bright co-workers and build atop an awesome code-base.,"Projects in Google can become very big very fast, as they should. But running very small experimental projects has become more difficult as the risk/reward equation has shifted more towards the huge expense of uncertainty given Google's large revenues.",Management already understands very well how the increasing size has created a much more cautious culture than the early Google. There are experiments like Google-X and others but there isn't a decentralized Google-X which is why I am now doing my own X-Google startup.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3120,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Nice place to work but too crowded,Good benefits. Formally company care about every employee and has a great culture.,"Boring work. Too many people. Too much routine work on moving data around. In fact many people don't follow formal culture, care about their career/launch/good review then about creating perfect solutions and technology.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P312.htm
3121,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,SMB Sales Acct Strategist,the people. working with awesome clients. free food. access to incredible resources. all the cool things that google does,all the pains that come with working at a big company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3122,google,"New York, NY"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazing place to work,"Incredibly smart, motivated, diverse and exciting people Best perks around Huge range of projects","Easy to feel inferior when surrounded by so many intelligent coworkers. Impostor Syndrome is quite common, but also acknowledged.","Show the rank and file that you're listening to them, especially around product feature and launch decisions.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3123,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just amazing,"Amazing people, cool problems, great perks.","Commute to MTV from SF is terrible, sometimes the size gets overwhelming",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3124,google,none," Jun 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"Coding all day long. Free food, free gym.",Losing feeling of reality outside.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3125,google,none," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,wer,It's a great place to work,Challenging work environment but interesting,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3126,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 25, 2015",Former Employee - Online Marketing Specialist,"Perfect, but there is still but","renumeration was very satisfying, lots of benefits","location, hard to get there from the city",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3127,google,none," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, used to be much better","great benefits, lots of smart people",getting big. lots of politics. very dispersed leadership.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3128,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 28, 2015","Current Employee - Segment Lead, Online Partnerships Group","Segment Lead, Online Partnerships Group","Amazing culture, people, projects, benefits, and career opportunities.","You have to be able to deal with great amounts of ambiguity around goals and how to get there. Google is a best fit for self-motivated, out-of-the-box-thinking people.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3129,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,1- Great Environment 2- Highly Energetic 3- Great People,Don't know about the cons.,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3130,google,none," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,Lots of great people and overall great company - can't go wrong working for Google!,"The hiring process - having to go through a ""hiring committee"" that's a bit overwhelming not to mention intimidating.",Keep doing what you're doing - enjoyed the time I had employed with Google it was short but sweet!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P313.htm
3131,google,"New York, NY"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best career is in google,salary is very good in india or us,i think it is perfect,keep growing,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3132,google,none," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,best,Best place I've ever worked,I have nothing to share for con,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3133,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,"- Freedom work methodology - Lots of amazing intellect among Googlers - Fun, innovative - Extremely transparent leadership (for the most part)","Has the same cons any large Tech company has... - not enough women in leadership roles - women are promoted less often compared to men - bureaucracy problems continue to increase as the company continues to grow - harder for non-managers and above to live in So Bay, too expensive","- Keep up the awesome momentum, transparency, and core company values - Find ways to help your local communities more, it's important and especially Mountain View/Sunnyvale/San Jose -- we are impacting the economy here and making it hard for low income folks to survive here, I even have trouble making it on my own in the So Bay as an L4. - Find ways to solve injustice within the company when it comes to women's issues and salary gaps between Execs and other levels.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3134,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,Awesome Job,Free Food. Awesome People. Great Environment. Challenging Projects. Ability to impact Billions !,Challenges might be too much for some !,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3135,google,"New York, NY"," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Director,Growing pains,Terrific colleagues. Growing business. Amazing spirit and smarts. Great food.,Large and complex organization. Hierarchical. Silo'd. Unable to keep pace with other tech companies.,Exit legacy senior folks who are not suitable for the job.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3136,google,"New York, NY"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing Work Culture and Work Life Balance,There are many work to my like this some good people our help me,Some challenging work like more than enmities and I like my job,Good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3137,google,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staffing Manager,"Great perks, team and work environment. The company is very transparent and gives lots of freedom for the employees to pursue their interests.",Un-focussed and way too many duplicative efforts. The company culture is bias towards action - act before thinking and re-adjust. This is not an environment for folks who like to be thoughtful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3138,google,"Austin, TX"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager,Still a corporation but one of the best,"Great pay, perks, benefits and work environment. Also leadership is generally very supportive of allowing flexible work hours and location (i.e. wfh).","Lots of bureaucracy and 'murky waters' (code for general ambiguity) when it comes to promotions, ladders, etc. Standard problems at large 'flat' tech companies.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3139,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great company overall,Amazing perks all around Opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest Knowing your company impacts millions of people every day,Size of company means less opportunity for autonomy. I felt like just another cog in the machine towards the end Calibrations punish some good employees unfairly,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3140,google,"Baltimore, MD"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Clerk,Great working atmosphère,Good payment .flexible working hours.many advantages.hoping to be indoors for a longer period,Working under pressure.no advancement possible on the era were i do work.,He is the best,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P314.htm
3141,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager II,Best job I've ever had - Product Manager,"Working with really top-notch people compared to other companies in the industry Cutting edge technology Great willingness to spend on tech and development Volleyball over lunch Very good pay, I got a >$100k pay raise (total comp) coming from IBM Interesting projects Promotion process is at least accessible -- you know what promotion and success looks like","Non-tech people have worse lives Exceptional talent means better competition for performance Growing pains: increasing levels of bureau-crazy, people building fiefdoms, etc. Some elitism, though everyone's very nice outwardly","Focus on what makes Google great -- building the very best ""X"" that you've ever seen. Did we invent the search engine? Nope -- we just built an awesome one. Did we invent web-based e-mail? Nope, just made the awesomest one. Is YouTube the only video platform? Nope, just the best one in 99% of cases. That strength is something important.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3142,google,none," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work here is amazing!!!,"Great benefits, pay, and people. They make the best products and have the best developers in the world.",Lots of people you need to know in upper management. You also work long days which really take a toll on your family life.,"Keep doing you, but please decrease the amount of hours you have to work, this can draw people away.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3143,google,"New York, NY"," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Excellent place to work.,Best place I've worked to date.,"It is growing, and with it is coming more bureaucracy.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3144,google,none," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Experience,"innovation, Data, Deep Pockets, Smart People, Free Food","Overall, onboarding process- There seems to be a disconnect for new people coming on board- lack of training and direction. The company is so big and complicated, internal navigation can be rough.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3145,google,none," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Practiced alone in dot net platform,I'll get chance to show my creativity in open environment. I will learn more and faster. I will move parallel with the the technology .,Only to step up and finding new online facilities. Discover more for all the Google facility users. To take my self on the higher level of the company.,Sometimes it's better to choose non academic guy... :),5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3146,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Counsel,"awesome place to work, lots of stress","Amazing smart nice colleagues, great pay, great benefits, wonderful food, interesting work, huge impact, constant challenge, never boring, casual attire, flexible work hours","Super stressful and intense, pace never slows down, hard to stand out because everyone is amazing.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3147,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Mcdonalds Crew Member,Kepp it real,Well i can work anywhere thats makes me some money & has respectable workers.,Working late shifts but other than that I'm okay,none,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3148,google,none," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"I like that I have challenging projects to work on, and there is never a shortage of work My colleagues are intelligent. The famous perks are true, when you have the time to take advantage of it that is. Work/Life balance",If you have a bad manager you're all-around screwed. Certain colleagues can act elitist and seem snooty if you're not technical.,Hire and value better people managers. People are not ready to be managers just because they are good individual contributors.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3149,google,"Cambridge, MA"," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Google Cambridge,"Excellent benefits and compensation, interesting work atmosphere",Google has a lot of offices but the most focus is on Mountain View CA. If you are willing to relocate you can have many job opportunities,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3150,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Coordinator,Operations,"competitive environment, you learn a lot from people with different background.","too much politics. no matter how much you try to do your best, it doesn't beat office politics. no promotion unless you know how to play politics.","don't hire too many managers, it creates micromanagement",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P315.htm
3151,google,"New York, NY"," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great People,- Working with great people - Working on the largest systems in the world - Great developer support and dev environment - Good food - Focus on company culture,"- It is a big company now - Very much focused on Silicon Valley, other locations less involved - Large custom codebase, limited transferable skills",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3152,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Consultans,Good,It was a very good company,I can't think of any cons for them,Put in a slide to the snack bar,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3153,google,none," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Strategist,Unprecedented amount of ambitious projects with brilliant colleagues and plenty of resources. Really changing industries on multiple fronts.,"Very big, bureaucratic place depending on the department you find yourself in. Challenging internal mobility issues at time, not always a meritocracy, sometimes clubby.",Stay focused on the big bets. Eliminate middle management as much as possible. Encourage collaboration amongst product teams in different verticals.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3154,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,To be determined,"great perks, most people in the company are smart and competent. internal mobility is also great from what I've seen.",double-speak from upper management. sometimes moving too fast without thinking. sales on completely different bonus plan.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3155,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 16, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome company and great perks,"Company is building interesting products with cutting edge technology, this can really help you ramp up and work with cool and fun stuff.",Things change fast and you need to be able to adapt quickly.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3156,google,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Leader,Amazing Perks. Innovative. Many cross-training opportunities.,Career ceiling for non-engineers limits opportunity.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3157,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Great benefits and perks, salaries are competitive. Work environment is flexible and management tries to cater to work/life balance (of course depends on team). Plenty of opportunity to work on different projects as internal transfers are pretty common.","As the company continues to grow, teams aren't able to remain flexible to changing business needs quickly and decision making as a whole seems to have taken a step back. Many mid to higher level management roles also seem to be sourced externally. As a result, upward mobility might be an issue if you join the company early on in your career.",Focus more on career growth to help retain employees. The average time most people tend to stay in one role is 1-2 years before they've either hit a ceiling or find their work not challenging enough.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3158,google,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"The employees are sharp and have good work ethics. Management seems to recognize and appreciate their employees' work. The snacks, food and work out facilities are a plus.",There is none to share.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3159,google,"New York, NY"," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Amazing company. Onboarding is atrociously DIY.,Everything you already know about.,"The onboarding process is extremely weak. There is only a cursory introduction to the products via mindless education videos, presentations, and web quizzes and virtually no consideration given to lack of knowledge of an entirely new industry sector. Then you're quickly presented to others (including clients) as an expert, far far too early. Shadowing and mentoring someone with experience until you attain some level of proficiency is non-existent. Everything is ""do it yourself"" despite the student being in the worst position to judge what they do or do not know or need to know.",Don't lie to customers by presenting neophytes as experts.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3160,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Excellent,"Interesting and complex stuff to work on, at Google scale. Talented engineers to work with. Very flexible schedule, awesome perks, etc.","Somewhat random promotion process, flawed interviewing process (no know alternative there). I referred a lot of very good candidates, only one was eventually hired.","Many managers don't spend enough time paying attention to their direct reports' careers. You don't just decide last minute you support somebody for promotion - you help him/her plan 6 months ahead for that, so that when the time comes he/she is well positioned.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P316.htm
3161,google,none," May 13, 2015","Current Employee - SMB Sales Lead, Americas","SMB Sales Lead, Americas","Culture, Environment, Challenges, Colleagues, Cutting edge technology","Trying hard to maintain the start-up culture, but coping being a mature organization.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3162,google,none," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Wonderful company to work in.,Nothing in particular that stands out.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3163,google,none," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, hit-and-miss people.",Google treats its people as though they matter.,All the low-hanging fruit has been plucked. They also don't care whether they hire nice people or not.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3164,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2015",Former Employee - Advanced Product Team Manager,It looks better in the ads,"Decent perks,free food, transportation(although somewhat in-convent and slow) you don't have to work very hard compared to other competitors",You are not really aloud to work on any if your ideas. It takes years for the company to start a new project. They do not volume anything you say. Pay is not as good as competitors! The offices look nice in ads but they are really cramped.,Stop growing you can handle the growth. Stay true to your owne saying and just do one thing and do it ver well. Cut back on all the different projects you are working on,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3165,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 26, 2015","Current Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations",Great Place to Start a Career,"-Opportunity to work with intelligent and friendly group of colleagues, and to meet friends around the world -Excellent benefits (Healthcare, 401K matching, stock shares, etc.) -Ability to learn grow into new roles, even without formal background (many people hired into Sales and Support roles have liberal arts degrees)","-As company grows, there are more layers of decision making and it can be tougher to get things done -Promotions get increasingly difficult with each level, you need to be on a team with a supportive manager (if you are not in a role you enjoy and thrive at, it can be hard to switch) -Opportunities for advancement at remote offices can be limited",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3166,google,none," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,On transformation to a conglomerate,"Google is maintaining its agility and user-focus by transforming areas of Google into a conglomerate of entities, keeping politics and bureaucracy low as it continues to grow.","Some business areas may not reflect the values that made Google great as it was growing, but those shifts may be necessary as new business areas are explored.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3167,google,none," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Satisfied employee,"Great people, pay and benefits","Slowly turning into ""just another big company""",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3168,google,"New York, NY"," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Consultant,Fun and Great!,"It's overwhelming when you first join but Google gives its employees the time and support they need to get up to speed with all the amazing and crazy internal tools.  Plus, they take care of you. You're never in need of something to get the job done.  The fellow people they hire are all very interesting and friendly folks (in general)","Like any large company, the leaders frequently are out of touch with the individual contributors. Many times over the past year it has felt like leadership has been dismissing the sentiment of its employees.  Also, the promotion process largely depends on your manger. Not on your performance.","Care about your people. Not about their results. Results will come naturally.  And for anyone in HR reading this and wondering how anyone could think this, try to seek out those pockets of culture within Google where this is the case. They certainly do exist.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3169,google,"New York, NY"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,don't believe the hype,"good food, fun activities, ok salary","no space (people shoved together in cubicles) that are inches apart, petty management style, no real room for growth if you are not an engineer. Co-workers encouraged to spy and report on each other as part of the job.","give equal opportunities to all, not just your friends--this is a public company so there shouldn't be nepotism",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3170,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 3, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Brilliant colleagues,"You'll work with some of the smartest, most capable engineers in the world on products that have large audiences. If you're close to research, you'll be doing cutting edge work that gets used. The culture is still about doing great things with integrity. The performance review process strives to ensure egalitarianism. The benefits and infrastructure are outstanding.","The company is facing a changing public perception and several large legal hurdles, ironic as it's actually very careful with personal data, especially compared with others. It's more of a top-down, large company as it has grown. Working outside of Mountain View can be difficult. Your experience may vary depending on which division you're in, though it's not hard to switch.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P317.htm
3171,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Business Systems Integrator,Corporate bureaucracy,"Smart people. Relatively fluid communications between management and employees and between teams. Senior management tries to stay in touch with employees. Good perks (food, microkitchens, transportation, etc.).","Layers of management being imported from outside who do not understand the corporate ethos or culture. Changes for the sake of change and justifying a middle management role. Lack of business maturity, lack of structured vision, lack of fiscal responsibility. Restrictive career mobility between job ladders.","Google hires smart people but does not give them much opportunity to try their hand at a new job function, since you have to meet an interview bar for a role you did not have a chance to grow into. This impacts employee mobility and consequently employee retention.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3172,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Group Product Manager,Group Product Manager,"High degree of Autonomy and responsibility, large user base and resources to build stuff for them, smart people, good pay and benefits.","still a big company. Legal and privacy restrictions are quite heavy. Internal bureaucracy is often streamlined as possible, but still exists. Revenue growth is slowing, which slows hiring and growth opportunities for some teams.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3173,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be a cog,"There are enough free food, amenities, and parties that you never need leave campus. Everybody is friendly. Lots of things to work on.","All housing near HQ is priced for the top wage earners at Google so you can't buy a house and renting will eat your entire paycheck. Google's coding environment is designed for the lowest common denominator and twisted to support a nearly infinitely large codebase. 95% of your time will be waiting for spaghetti code to build, fighting code review trolls, following Google code style, trying to figure out bone-headed non-standard architectures, debugging your Google-modified world, wading through endless obsolete documents, and dealing with the politics of egomaniacs pushing their dumb new framework/storage/language/whatever in an attempt to gain recognition within a nearly infinite megacorp. Google uses almost nothing from the outside world so almost nothing learned can be applied to your career elsewhere. There are insufferable KoolAid guzzlers saying they love the ""startup culture,"" as if it was normal to write 100 lines of code in a day, wait a week for it to be committed, and then attend a party of 1000 strangers texting while a computerized DJ blasts retro pop music. For all of this effort, regardless of the official project title, what you're really doing is enabling the creepy collection of marketing data.",Ditch the suffocating levels or process.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3174,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Great free food, decent salary, high impact work","As the company grows, a lot of bureaurocratic hurdles are faced by engineers",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3175,google,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,best large company,"Great people, friendly culture, infrastructure",Red tape to doing anything,"Polish existing experiences, get more aesthetic talent",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3176,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Digital Media Manager,Digital Media Manager,"Focus on doing the right thing for the user, hyper growth, infinite financial resources, and fantastic perks.","Can be bureaucratic, some people are coasting and thus no drive, and not all Googlers are that bright.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3177,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,"Very good culture, people are on CE and talented. Food is great, perks are top.","Nothing to complain, work sometimes is hard but is interesting problem to solve.",Keep great people and maintain the quality of staffing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3178,google,none," May 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"good salary, smart people, complete service, and so on.",sometimes need to work overtime.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3179,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good but getting worse,Opportunities for impact on many users,Company is getting so large that there is less room for impact and ownership overtime.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3180,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Director of Sales,Director of sales,"amazing environment, surrounded by incredible smart people trying to change the world. Everyone thinks BIG! Constantly challenged","light on processes, everything can be a one off.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P318.htm
3181,google,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MD,It's google-smart folks. Flexible schedules allow for optimum work life balance. who runs the world- aapl and goog. Who else?,"It's google corporate style startup environment doesn't work. Time will tell. the interviews qlarge terrible, but cute. Anybody 20th half a brain can pass them.",Keep up the hard work. Don't settle. Ever give up. Keep calling hr people operations. Nobody sees through that. And keep up with those ads.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3182,google,none," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Developer Advocate,Best place I've ever worked,"Freedom to do what you love. Great, smart people, great benefits. Projects that make a difference in the world.","Sometimes very chaotic environment. Lots of very young, new people who don't always know the best way to do things",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3183,google,none," May 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,Excellent benefits and intelligent people. Everyday was a pleasure to be there.,No cons. Working here is great.,More team meetings would be helpful to discuss goals .,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3184,google,none," May 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Alright, but could have been better","Salary Benefits Co-workers Internet speeds I was a fan of how the place was set up, an interesting vibe for sure.","Hours Management Uncomfortable seating arrangements.  they try to act like they care for their workers, but the smell of money is everywhere.",Get better drink machines,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3185,google,none," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Writer,"Great pay, benefits, and flexible schedule",Low quality of talent entering the company as it grows. This forces higher performers to pick up the slack.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3186,google,none," May 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,It's everything I expected of Google. Super smart dedicated people. Great projects.,It was frustrating to often see your projects being sidelined. Ultimately this drive me from Google.,none,4.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3187,google,none," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A drag,Good salary and pluses are available,stifles creativity and stunts your growth,go back to your roots,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3188,google,none," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,The free food is absolutely delicious (and healthy).,They focus too much on growing their Mountain View CA office.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3189,google,none," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good.,Working with smart people. Money. Excellent infrastructure.,Large company. Release cycle on my team was slow (Android),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3190,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Developer Advocate,"Efficient, empowering, and elitist","Google is extremely efficient. It was a pleasure to work with very talented peers who value economy of conversation, code, and clicks. Google is by far the fastest-paced work environment I have ever experienced. There was very little time wasted on the mundane such as coordinating meetings, status reporting, etc. Also, especially earlier in my tenure there, I felt a great deal of empowerment to do what's right for our end user base (in my case, developers). The perks and food are great, as everyone knows.","For me, the most difficult aspect of working at Google was the culture, which tended toward elitist, both technically and politically. The sense of competition is keen, not necessarily because of the formal review process, but just because hanging around some of the smartest engineers in the world every day can be intimidating. I frequently encountered coworkers who, like me, felt themselves to be ""the dumbest Googler."" No one wants to write inferior code or to be thought of as doing so, and for me, the pressure in a public-facing role was even greater. Politically speaking, the culture leans hard to the left and as a conservative Christian, I sometimes felt marginalized by the conversation taking place on emails, G+, and in the office. Still, my immediate team members were always friendly and easy to get along with and i wouldn't trade my time at Google for any other company.","Don't forget that engineering culture made the company what it is--not only internally, but also externally. Your early adopters of GMail, Picasa, and much more were engineers. Also, don't feel like you have to change things all the time. The rest of the world doesn't like a radically new UI every year and if you doubt it, please ask Microsoft about the ribbon bar.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P319.htm
3191,google,none," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unclear expectations,"Personable people, meticulous organization despite its complexity",Expectations as to training were not made clear at the beginning of the project.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3192,google,none," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Free food was great and different menu everyday. Great co-workers also!,Mediocre pay since it was a contract job. Could have been better.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3193,google,"Minneapolis, MN"," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Google Maps Street View,Fantastic Company!,Independent work environment. Great pay.,Senior management sometimes acts superior.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3194,google,none," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Excellent Perks Great culture Healthy life/work balance Generous compensation Free thinking, questioning of status quo is encouraged",Managers often far removed from day to day Constant re-orgs More importance often put on meeting scheduled launch dates than releasing finished product.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3195,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Great place to work,Happy environment and great work culture,"Large company, can get lost in the crowd",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3196,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a great place to work.,Treat employees very well especially with perks.,Can be bureaucratic and takes way too long to get a promotion.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3197,google,none," May 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,One of the best companies in the world,Not many cons to weite,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3198,google,none," May 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad managers need to go,-Senior Leaders are great and have a great vision for the company -Perks and pay are very good!,"-Middle Management is ineffective, unfair, and self-absorbed",Fire bad manager,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3199,google,none," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Racist,Good only for white people,Racist company towards minorities and females.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3200,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Great company if you can navigate through all the reorgs,Many talented smart people with lots of interesting and ambitious projects to work on.,Too many reorgs and manager changes often affect your productivity,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P320.htm
3201,google,none," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - California,Great spot,Amazing place to work. Challenging work environment. Considerate peers.,Many people become too comfortable and complacement,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3202,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - People Programs Specialist,"The perks don't justify the slow-moving bureaucracy, especially in HR","- Fun, incredibly intelligent co-workers - The perks, of course - Internal mobility to switch within the company","- Sloooow...doing anything takes two weeks minimum - Promotion process is byzantine and opaque. Years to get into management - Big-company atmosphere - don't be fooled by the ""entrepreneurial culture"". 55,000 employees doesn't allow for that - Stand-offish management",- Let people get things done,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3203,google,none," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great company. I really enjoyed working here a lot. It was really good to work here.,"Eh, there were some things that it could have done better. I have seen other companies that do different things.",I would recommend doing things differently but then some things better than others. I really like that a lot that you would do that.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3204,google,"Tempe, AZ"," Apr 30, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Incredible place to work.,"It's simply the best. The company's leaders are transparent with their employees, offer great opportunities for advancement, and they listen. I really enjoyed my time at Google. I only left due to a move I needed to make.",none I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3205,google,"New York, NY"," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - People Operations Rotational Associate,Great first job,"Great benefits, excellent culture and good people. Brand definitely doesn't hurt when it comes to standing out. Felt that projects were meaningful and impactful.",Company is growing significantly so it's easy to feel lost in the fray. Hierarchy not as flat as I thought it was going to be. A lot of red tape that comes with growing pains.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3206,google,none," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Lots of perks and amenities,"Very large company, low contribution",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3207,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of Industry,"Smart people, great work environment, access to senior people, doing big things with big impact","Can feel like a small part of a big machine, portfolios can be limited and become monotonous, increasing bureaucracy.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3208,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Absolutely great place. Very, very smart co-workers engaged in doing amazing stuff.",You need to be very bright to keep up with your peers.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3209,google,none," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google software engineer,+ Co-workers + Benefits + Environment + Salary,- Work/life balance - You might feel impostor syndrome for being surrounded by awesome people,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3210,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,they have flexible time management,managers are very political and hierarchical,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P321.htm
3211,google,"New York, NY"," May 12, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,"Awesome perks, great people and manager",Hard to move to different groups or different functional ladders. It's almost easier to quit and then go through the recruiting process again because they have a process for that and non-existent for internal transfers,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3212,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Great work-life balance, compensation, and perks. Awesome colleagues to work with. Lots of exciting projects to choose from. Flexibility in switching teams.","As the company is getting bigger and bigger, we started to see more problems. A promotion candidate was declined and the reason was her seniority wasn't long enough.","When it comes to promotion, the committee should focus more on the performance of the candidate rather than how long he or she has served on the post.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3213,google,"New York, NY"," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,leader on agency team,"Great products to sell, great people to work with. Smart, well rounded. Team environment. Good emphasis on career development.",It is a very matrixed organization. Lots of people have input into a disorienting number of the decisions. Move much slower than people would think for google.,Simplify the product offering and story. Try to eliminate the redundancy of internal organizations. Empower more efficient decision making.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3214,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Losing uniqueness,- Smart colleagues - Breadth of opportunities internally - Solid benefits,- Founders stepping back - Influx of consultants - Culture declining,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3215,google,none," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Admin,Great working environment for all,Not much bad to say,none,5.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3216,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,system administrator,one of the best tech companies to work in.it provides one of the best work environment which will help you in focusing on your work.,you have to be competitive to work in google.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3217,google,none," Apr 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Incredibly intelligent and passionate individuals create a wonderful place to learn and grow Collectively shared inspiring vision Transparency and trust from leadership,Tremendous growth and scale has resulted in certain processes becoming bureaucratic and muddled At times trying to do too many things at once. Need to re-focus,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3218,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Integrator,Operations Integrator,"Great people, great perks, and exciting future. Transparency within the company is amazing",Amount of critique that the company faces,Focus on our core and invest in new initiatives,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3219,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Learning and Development Consultant,Learning & Development consultant,Amazing colleagues Unmatched benefits and perks,Lots of lateral movement Not as many opps outside of headquarters,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3220,google,none," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,Value creativity. Value technologies. A lot of smart people.,Too big. A little lose focus now. Top level management has some business sense issue.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P322.htm
3221,google,none," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,program manager,"Benefits. Colleagues are great, smart, passionate, driven Base pay Impact is great",Promotion process is the worst thing that happened to google. People start taking on project a that will look for their promotion,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3222,google,none," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,it's a good place. they have great food,too many people and too much boring work,be good and don't be evil lifeis short,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3223,google,none," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Working with great people. Most team members and leaders are very smart and passionate. I always learn something from my colleagues.,"It is a big company now, and you need to deal with many dependencies and manage complex cross team relationships.",Let's keep the focus on users. I think our culture of putting users first is one of the biggest assets. It sets the right focus in discussions and decisions that happen across all levels within the company.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3224,google,none," Apr 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior User Experience Researcher,"You get to work on large scale, real-world, high impact problems",It is hard to do from the ground up projects,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3225,google,none," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Finance Manager,"Culture, People, Opportunities for Growth, Exciting Projects",Work Life Balance when scaling for growth,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3226,google,none," May 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Perks and benefits, free food","Engineering culture, lack of seasoned business management, immature",Need also to hire seasoned professional not just technical engineers,1.0,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3227,google,none," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Office Manager,Great Benefits and fun place with great coworkers,Some issues with paychecks but resolved,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3228,google,none," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Innovation, Benefits, Coworkers, Work-life balance",There are none worth mentioning (IMHO),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3229,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Build, Operate and Maintain Google's Global production network","Lots of Perks, Awesome, smart people to work with","Company is growing in size, so natural cons that come with that. Feel compensation is something that be improved Work on lot of propreitry tech that is something you cannot use outside of Google or even talk/","Google is growing big, it's hard to please everyone but we need to serve our employees, and nurture them to allow to build great products for customers.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3230,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Student Employee,Organizing and planning,"because workspace and observe proper order,as well as to your credit and experienced employees and professional employers.Adequate publice sevices. Due to an increase motivation and my talent at work.",I do not see anything negative in the comany.,Because Google is not working and I am not familiar with because I can not manage my advice in this regard.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P323.htm
3231,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great work environment, easy to talk to other teams or see what they are doing","Free food is great, management is flexible.",The business is Ad based,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3232,google,none," Apr 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome experience, only left because cost of living was so insane","Pretty much everything: salary, benefits, people, managers. It was all awesome. I would love to work at Google again in a location with better commutes or lower cost of living.",The cost of living in the Bay Area + the huge commute time to Mountain View. Even those beautiful shuttles are miserable when you spend 15 hours per week on them. My part time job was commuting.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3233,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 30, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Data Science - Excellent,"Great Environment, Great Perks, Great culture!",A bit bureaucratic on some teams and in some respects.,Shorten the list.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3234,google,"Meridian, MS"," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,I think working with Google is the best.,"Fast paced work, self motivating, encourages to exceed expectations met by infographic, dynamic test.",Watch out for Apple. They're hot and closing in on our assessment. Jealousy issues between Apps and Droids. Can't forget about those annoying drones.,Watch out for those annoying drones. Apple is hot on our tail. Don't think they're giving up anytime soon.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3235,google,none," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Analytical Lead,"Amazing company, really cares about employees","I've worked at several Fortune 100 companies, and Google is - by far - the best when it comes to caring about employee satisfaction and happiness. I get to focus on the work I love without the administrative nonsense of similar jobs.","It doesn't have the start-up feel of other tech companies... but honestly, it's more refreshing than an actual ""con.""",Keep innovating. Break things. Continue hiring and retaining the best talent in the industry.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3236,google,"New York, NY"," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account executive,"Good food, few amazing colleagues, extensive benefits plan","Internal politics/corporate culture, quality of people hired over the last 5 years, products dev",Less mid management,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3237,google,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible experience and not so white gloved internally,"They have some very talented staff that Is There just for the money. Great jingle commercials and good partnerships with product manufacturers, lots and lots of great backdoor deals.","6 bosses, one task, 6 different results. Horrible leadership and communications process. Internally dysfunctional and misleading. Additionally they don't honor written contracts to pay employees.",Check yourself' sand pay your financial debts to former employees. Do what you say you'll do and stop lying to customers.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3238,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Best work place. Great environment to grow.,Too big. Stock refresh is not great.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3239,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Quantitative Analyst,Amazing,"great work experience, some of the best people work here with amazing knowledge",you always have to be on time.,keep doing what you do,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3240,google,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources,A great place to work with an awesome team environment. Great room for growth and development throughout entire organization.,There are really no Cons to speak of. It is a very fun place to work. Would recommend to anyone in human resources.,"Keep doing what you are doing. Have a great team effort and create a fun workplace, which you have already done.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P324.htm
3241,google,"Dallas, GA"," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Data Center Technician III,Data Center Technician III,Continuous work and rewarding challenges,A lot of priorities to balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3242,google,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SMB Sales operations,"Great Perks, highly talented people and good environment",hard for career advancements and managers are sometimes stressing you out,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3243,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Great company but starting to not be the best place to work,- Plenty of career opportunities. - Incredibly smart colleagues. - Plenty of amazing perks. - Free food.,- Turning into a large corporation with innovation starting to slow down. - Job satisfaction depends on team you join. No longer enrich cross team collaboration.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3244,google,none," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Enjoyed being there, but happy I left","Great culture, great people. Very high caliber.","Gets political very quickly as you move up. Also, Google is hiring old school sales people to run sales. It's horrible. My VP was formerly from Dell and Nokia. Nothing at all in common with Google. He did not even understand how the ad auction works. And everyone under him feels like a number.","Bring back the old Googlers into top positions, who are in line with company values and culture.",3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3245,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategic Partnership Manager - Mobile,"As good as a company at scale can be. Great access to tools and metrics, impact on a global scale. Smart people abound.","Given the size, it can be challenging to have great impact on an individual level.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3246,google,none," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not much to complaint of,Interesting projects. Ability to learn and work with smart people. Perks. Opportunities to travel/move to another location.,"Bureaucracy is slowly getting worse. Not too bad yet though. Overloading - a lot of things to work on, not easy to maintain work/life balance at times",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3247,google,none," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Some of the best benefits around.,"Big company, too many people on the corporate ladder.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3248,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Writing,"Lack of Respect, Superficial & Self-Entitled People, Lowest EQ Around Silicon Valley","Well, you might say that it's the on-site perks that are great, but really it's all an illusion because this company operates like the Borg and expects everyone to come in, conform, and become appendages to each other and the company as a whole. Also, having free food at work is nice, if only they offered heart-healthy, diabetic-friendly options. Too bad the campus isn't in a better location -- like a downtown San Francisco one where you at least had other options within walking distance. You can take the shuttle to work, true, but that keeps you trapped in a confined space for a long period of time with other Googlers. Not a pleasant experience.","Does anyone in management or in the company as a whole have an EQ over 5? Forgot any ideas about equality, respect and cultural sensitivity. Also forget working here if you have anything more than about 5 years of experience -- they'll try to exploit the hell out of you and take advantage of any knowledge or experience that you have that isn't part of your job. And they'll bully and harass you on and off campus if you don't give them what they want. Then again, they bully and harass the local community and the local service workers -- the ones who keep the company running on a daily basis, so why would it be any different for someone over the age of 30 who actually has valuable life experience. Not a recommended place to work for anyone seeking job satisfaction of any kind.","Grow up and learn what respect really means. Also, just because you haven't been out in the real world in your entire spoiled, privileged life doesn't mean that you know what's really going on or what the world really needs. You don't. And that becomes more and more apparent with each product you develop. You're all about serving the narcissist rich and powerful -- in sum, the people you like to recruit. Did everyone there go to stuck-up Stanford or what?",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3249,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, until the honeymoon wore off.","Smart people and an interesting business with lots of constant change. Great amenities and compensation, perks are the best, but also seem designed to keep you at the office. Stay on top of your game 24/7 and you'll be successful. Tons of growth potential for go-getters. Great tips and resources are offered for work-life balance, though not sure the workforce buys into it.","Company is huge and increasingly corporate despite efforts to remain scrappy. Very easy to get lost in the fray if you're not one to constantly tout your successes. Finding the right team makes a huge difference in your success, a poor manager may taint your experience (respect at work is an issue). Work-life balance, though touted, is extremely difficult to achieve, especially for those commuting from SF or San Jose to Mountain View on a daily basis. Traffic both north and south 101 is increasingly terrible.",Stop centralizing in MTV.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3250,google,none," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quantitative Analyst,Google employs some of the smartest people I've ever worked with. I've learned so much in my time there. It's a great place learn to work with big and messy data.,"Google is a big company now. It's not as nimble as it used to be, and I'm not sure that salaries are as competitive as they were when I joined.",Keep hiring the smartest people you can. This may require paying more in order to compete with smaller companies having more upside.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P325.htm
3251,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to learn,- Great perks. - Extremely smart co-workers. - Fantastic infrastructure and programming practices. - Lots of opportunities for development.,- Senior management don't seem to care about opinions of engs. - Hard to make significant impact at such a big company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3252,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Very good food and work life balance,I cannot see there is i any con,I cannot see there is i any advice,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3253,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Quantitative Analyst,Quantitative Analyst,Good culture. Good ambiance. Amazing food. Amazing perks. Good management style in general. Very transparent. Very systematic about people's development -- provides useful training on campus.,"Since Google has grown into a large company, scopes for recognition of individual contributions has grown slimmer than before. I hear the culture has degraded a little as well, but the management is aware and taking steps to recover the old Google culture.",Please hire mindfully. IMHO since Google has grown large there are more employees than needed and they are replicating the same work. Management need to scale well with the company size.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3254,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Great people Great benefits (401K, healthcare, dental is so so) Great perks (internet and phone subsidy, transportation benefits)","It's not a small company, at all. It definitely does not have a 'start up' feel. There are so many different departments it's difficult to keep track, and they don't always coordinate well with each other. Lots of duplicated work / wasted effort.",Better transparency and coordination between departments.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3255,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 7, 2015","Current Employee - University of California, SAN Francisco",Compensation Operations Specialist,Builds lot of data skills but using SQL and excel. Also help with learning how to negotiate.,Tedious to keep on negotiating comp everyday for offers.,Build in more slack so that process improvements can be made. Though the role is better than some of the others in the org the work that is done probably too easy for most people here.,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3256,google,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,marketing,people and perks are top notch,processes and politics are sadly more and more of an issue,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3257,google,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Nice work place, good perks","Long working hours, long commute",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3258,google,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lifestyle of a contractor,you get lots of freedom,this lifestyle can be stressful,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3259,google,none," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - TPM,Extraordinary execution,"great perks , smart people","too big, hard to navigate",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3260,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - People Analyst,Great,"Perks, perks, and perks. I think the benefits package is second to none. The people are great and nice. Plenty of pros, just google it.","It is easy to feel like a cog in a big wheel here. Now that the company is huge, it is harder to find interesting projects that you can own.",Don't just hire smart people and make them do menial tasks. Let them grow and go free and do whatever they like!,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P326.htm
3261,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Fantastic place to work!,"Everyone knows the amazing benefits, perks and general culture that Google has. In addition to that because of the number of areas that Google is in, you never get bored. It is very easy to move around in the company and you will always be able to find something of interest within the company.",The number of engineering projects outside of HQ seems to be low and can be taken away at any given point in time because they decided to move everything to HQ.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3262,google,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great perks, people, and career mobility","Great perks, people, and career mobility",Getting larger so feel like you're making less of an impact,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3263,google,none," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Through the ups and downs of the economy, Google has been a stable employer. A while ago, it also took on big challenges and with focus, executed them successfully.","Too big a company, too much bureaucracy, lack of shared vision, diversity, trust and respect, hard to make any progress.","Reduce the compensation gap, that will help get rid of the individuals who there only for money and retain the ones who actually want to bring about change. Fix the talent management practices.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3264,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 1, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,End of the Google Fairy Tale,"1. Great office decoration. Very nice to show off to your friends about the working environment. 2. Decent compensation. 3. Great brand value all around the world, immediately respect from strangers once mention your employer name as it's so famous. Also Google brand is useful to land next jobs. 4. Still relevant development technologies, useful to future software jobs.","Be aware of the Google fairy tale. The reality that I experienced is:  1. The so called ""20% project"" is already gone. The first day I joined the team, I was explicitly told there is no such thing called ""20% project"". I was told to focus on this team's jobs. 2. The legend of ""developer come up with ideas and had freedom to execute"" does not exist. When I interviewed and was in the orientation, in multiple times I was told ""Google works bottom up"", ""Gmail was a bottom-up idea"", ""you have the freedom to use your time to test out your idea"". But the reality is: the boss ""suggested"" a direction that you ""may"" work on, it was actually an authoritative direction, an order. I once tried to divert a little bit and have my own direction, then that one incident caused pretty bad half year review. 3. Management is fake, hypocritical: a) they say you can have your own direction and your own creativity, but at the end of the day they judge your performance just like a worker, on how much your ""throughput"" is b) they say ""Google takes a long time to ramp up"" but actually they count your output and rate at day 1, not considering the ramp up time. c) they pretend Google had a relaxed culture, but they took notes of exactly what you said and used that months later as bullets against you. 4. Politics, politics: under the disguise of ""Google is bottom-up"", ""Developers in Google are autonomous"", there is just tons of politics, power struggle going on. The design meetings become a place for power struggle, and speaking/advocating a design requires taking risk of jumping to the wrong boat.","Google pays great, had great brand value. But please just let the myth go, don't misguide prospect employees anymore.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3265,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Test Engineer,Great company to work for.,"A lot of flexibility of when you get in, when you leave, or if you have some personal stuff to take care of.",Bigger offices are in very expensive places to live. Would like the option to work from home more.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3266,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Lots of opportunities, the salary is great, you are essentially helping millions of people in better technology.","Many, many intelligent and unique people you are constantly surrounded by that can overwhelm you.","Give me more take home boxes, please! Some team managers are a bit condescending, however.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3267,google,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome people, great perks","Salary, people, perks. Learn from some of the best co-workers","Becoming too large, hierarchical. Lacks some focus",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3268,google,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Values employees more than any other place I've worked,"Transparency, amazing benefits, genuine investment in education, kind and generous culture, smart and capable coworkers, many travel opportunities","Slower product development cycle than a startup, reactive porduct strategy (depends on department), 20% time to hack on projects is less like 80-20 and more like 100-20.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3269,google,none," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it manager,Great benefits and work environment,Unpredictable work hours and schedule,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3270,google,none," Apr 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I was a meat popsicle,I was simply expected to exist in the banal pointless but over optimistic environment of a modern office. The job was easy but ontologically harrowing.,This job stole my soul and sold it to a faceless corporation.,I would keep doing what you are doing and immanetize the eschaton.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P327.htm
3271,google,none," Apr 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,“Amazing company that allows you to be act on your creativity and see your ideas in action! ”,Huge career growth potential and just a downright fun place to work.,There truly aren't any cons here to report!,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3272,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 30, 2015","Former Employee - Associate, Business Operations and Strategy",Business Operations and Strategy (BizOps),"Amazing perks and compensation Opportunity to work with incredibly smart people Work on cool, strategic problems that can be really outlandish and experimental See across all levels of the organization","-Doesn't generally lead to operational work - Some projects seem nice to have, not critical - Can be a transitional role",Try to clarify roles of various internal teams for greater accountability and efficiency.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3273,google,none," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Recognition among family and friends Free bus service to the city,Single mothers in near Poverty as work colleagues,"Stop hyping Motherhood among Google Employees, and solve the problem of former Google Employees, or former Girlfriends of Google Employees, living in near Poverty",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3274,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Not perfect, but wonderful.","Take away everything else, and the reason to work at Google is the people. I've learned more here than I have anywhere else, and everyone I've worked with has been mutually interested in improving each other. Being able to attend engineering talks by people all over the organization (and world) is a hugely enriching experience.  Beyond that, all the perks are great:   - Opportunity to make changes that affect huge numbers of users   - Employees are judged by their contributions: nobody cares when you're in the office. It's very easy to set your own work life balance. Management knows that happy well-balanced workers are the most productive ones.   - Incredible build environment: there's a huge amount of power at a developer's fingertips. Reviewing, testing, and code health are taken seriously.   - Fascinating infrastructure: the internal environment is very open, and it's thrilling to be able to poke around and see how the Google machine ticks.   - Leadership keeps us in the loop: we may not always like what they have to say, but we get weekly opportunities to ask upper management questions.   - Tons of delicious food and snacks with huge variety: I've started eating five small meals on workdays instead of three big ones.   - Ability to job hunt internally: if you get tired of doing what you're doing, you can do a mini job application to start with a new team.   - Medical benefits: I'm continually surprised at what's covered with just a $15 copay.   - Parties: Halloween and Christmas mean big fun elaborate parties, and there are lower key events like stargazing parties too.   - Transportation: don't get me wrong, bay area traffic sucks, but being able to take a shuttle instead of driving gives me a good opportunity to get reading done without having to worry about transfers or other public transit snags.   - Stock awards with value: sure, I missed the high risk high reward boat on this, but I probably would have bought Google stock even if I never worked here.   - One hell of a rubber stamp for my resume in my eventual future job finding endeavors.","Google is inevitably becoming bigger and more corporate as time goes on. Sometimes leadership will make a decision that seems only to benefit the company to the detriment of employees or users. If you step back, everything is still great overall so it's hard to complain, but it can be troubling at times. Whenever that happens I just hug my stock real tight and remember that I can always bail if things actually start going south. So far nothing's made me consider leaving.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3275,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Misleading Job Descriptions,"Great people that care, free food","""Hire the best people and give them freedom"" is all talk from the head of HR. Make sure that your role is one with enough flexibility so you can enjoy the benefits of Google. Oh the irony that one of the most money-making units of the company is one of the least ""Googley"" in terms of freedom for employees and transparency of the role during interviews.",Be explicit with what the role is during interviews and also honestly state that it is really difficult to get promoted or move to another department.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3276,google,none," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,technician,Great environment and great people to work with.,I have no cons about .,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3277,google,none," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place to work.,I worked at google for about 4 years now. I love love love it. smart amazing people who get stuff done. Quality of engineers is on the decline lately though.,beaurcracy makes it much harder for products to get launched. Code reviews take a while. Lots of self entitlement among many employees,"I don't really have that much advice. raise the hiring bar for incoming software engineers. Consider firing people more. Its very hard to get fired, admit you made a wrong hiring decision and sometimes let people go.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3278,google,none," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome place to work, not too much to complain about","Smart people, still taking chances",Company getting bigger and more bureaucratic,Keep on innovating products and improving the culture,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3279,google,none," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing people, but big company now","-The smartest, most interesting people I've ever worked with -Amazing perks and benefits - almost too many if that's possible! -Strength of the Google brand to open doors","-It's a big company now, which means more politics and slower decision making than 5 years ago -The commute to Mountain View is killer if you can't afford the costly peninsula -Work life balance is lacking in some functions",Speed up innovation and empower ICs to make decisions,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3280,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,"Innovation, culture, perks, technological infrastructure.","Stress levels, poor work-life balance, promotion process,.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P328.htm
3281,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Costumer Service,awesome!,best place in the world to work,there are no cons at Google!,noen,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3282,google,none," Apr 4, 2015",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"It was a great ride, but the company has changed.",The vision of the company is genuine. Your family and friends love that you work there. The benefits are unparalleled.,"The numerous reorgs on the non-engineering side have left a lot of people disenchanted. In many of those reorgs, people weren't being recognized as individuals, but more just cogs that need to be put in place for Google to build the next $10BN business. Google talks a good talk and employees believe management. However, over the years employee's expectations have become so high, that when an individual is in a poor job situation, they feel like Google owes them something better. So you have people who sit in a role/team/dept thinking the situation will get better or that management has a good plan, and they'll be fine once they give it a few months. In reality, that person is either overqualified for the role or a bad fit, but are too complacent to change. Many employees can't even fathom leaving Google, so they sit there and hope it works out and will figure it out once the new dream role opens up. But that doesn't happen and so they wait it out until the next reorg. The cycle continues.","Performance reviews: make them real-time. Good employees get lost in the shuffle when their manager structure changes in every reorg (For example, in my 10 years, I had 49 job classification changes, even though I only changed jobs technically once). Also, overhaul middle management. You've hired smart people for a reason, but now you have too many management layers.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3283,google,none," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,First rate,Definitely the most amazing company on the Earth,You might not be able to make yourself stronger due to your work at Google is fixed,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3284,google,none," Apr 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,"The food, the fun, the people - the culture is great. They really try to hire for ""googleyness"" and that makes it fun.",Too many people in the end - too many meetings and not enough getting done,"Find a way to bring the small company feel back again in terms of cutting through red tape and ""processes"" for everything under the sun. Easier said than done, but it feels like a big company in the end, albeit a fun one",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3285,google,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,"Food everywhere, best employee facility","Google became evil, they have become money hungry",Don't be hungry for money only,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3286,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Mar 26, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Best,Great work environment for interns,None that I can think of,Make better decisions,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3287,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Great Company,"Perks, Salary, Work Environment, Food, Relocation","Flat hierarchy. Extremely big company, whatever you do is hard to get recognized.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3288,google,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perks galore but prepare for burn out,"Perks, food, resources, people, access to community organizations. Google treats its employees well but it can be somewhat soul sucking.","Sales quotas, very middle heavy. Sales orgs will leave you without a bonus if you don't hit quota. Pay is not great compared to other networks.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3289,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Business Operations Associate,Google is very helpful to employees.,"Google offers many great opportunities to its employees, and it allows its employees to have access to many great facilities. Google also offers transportation to employees.","Google often can make you overwork, and it can be overly stressful, especially if you have a family to take care of.","Perhaps attempt to alleviate the amount of work you provide to employees, but other than that it is great.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3290,google,none," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Thing change enough to keep it interesting. Lots of opportunity to make an impact.,Horrible work life balance. Difficult to get promoted.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P329.htm
3291,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,very good company,"Very good, competive, a lot of activities","too relaxed, too many paper work",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3292,google,none," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google for Work,Great environment for innovation - you'll have the freedom to build on your ideas and even create your own job,"Lots of middle management, so there are some great managers but plenty of bad ones",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3293,google,none," Apr 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fine place to work,"Free food, free bus ride, it's the chocolate factory and it's everything you've heard.",You occasionally feel tension between what the job ladder will reward you for doing vs what would really be the right thing for the company.,"Don't turn into Microsoft, don't be afraid to cannibalize existing businesses to invent the next one.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3294,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Google is a great place to work if you like being constantly challenged.,There is a huge variety of technology to build and utilize. Some roles require spinning up jobs across a huge number of machines where others are similarly challenging by targeting a wide variety of client hardware.,"Some teams have a very startup like environment that doesn't suit everyone. Projects get started, some succeed and grow continuing to get funded, others wither and die due to lack of funding and in some cases the eye of sauron tears projects down. It's a very dynamic environment with a steady pay check.",The company continues to grow at a solid pace which is a reflection of the environment of experimentation fostered over the years. It would be great to continue with this model to enable our bright engineers build and scale amazing ideas at the company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3295,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best job I've ever had,"Great benefits, easygoing staff, easy to change projects","Crowded, frequent project cancellations and management changes","Reduce the hierarchy. The main path for promotion is management, and that has unfortunately resulted in too many managers and too much hierarchy.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3296,google,none," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great is some ways, red tape and MBAs are slowly ruining the company though",flexible work schedule hard problems smart people great perks/money,MBAs are parasitic leaches that are crushing the culture and long term vision.,Fire the MBAs and hire people that care about more than themselves.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3297,google,none," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great company great benefits. Work/life balance totally depends on the team - some are great some are terrible.,Easy to get pigeon-holed into specific jobs or roles. You handle a very small piece of a giant puzzle,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3298,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,This company exceeded my expectations in every way except for the social aspect.,"- fun work that impacts millions of people and is helping to change the world - always learning and growing, peers are brilliant and help you grow - great compensation - great food - flexible work hours - a surprising amount of transparency from 'the top'","- peers are brilliant so you might feel inadequate - sink or swim mentality. you're expected to be a self-starter and independent learner. they have resources to help you but, in the end, you have to figure out how to learn and get things done on your own",- listen to the employees when they make a big deal about products and policies and internal trends,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3299,google,none," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for,Smartest people to work with,Too stressful. It's a competitive environment where expectations are high.,Keep up the good work. Find way to diversify revenue going forward.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3300,google,none," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment to work in,"Free food, wonderful amenities, quick environment","No major cons, just takes getting used to",none,4.0,none,3.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P330.htm
3301,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Administrative Assistant,Provide advanced professionals with support to organizing C level executives/management across multi business department,"Working in a different environment, with multi levels of executives. Interesting and very challenging. Something new every day.",Can't think of one at the present time!,Be on time with reports and meetings. Be truthful IF you don't know how to present it. Follow your gut instincts.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3302,google,none," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"This was the best internship ever, from the emphasis of teamwork to the service provided to employees. Salary is good",There isn't much to say here...I mean the world is becoming more digital and google is on the rise...their expansions are ridiculous. They should loosen up though at times,"You have to give in a lot of extra hours, when you are working on a project, sometimes you might end up getting some work done at home. this can be a good thing sometimes",Sometimes they should concentrate more on getting interns to participate more in some of the activities that go around the company rather than interns doing the most basic stuff.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3303,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Ann Arbor,Google is a Great Place to Figure Out Next Steps,"Very kind people, managers concerned with your overall well-being",Limited horizontal and vertical mobility,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3304,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Smart people, great ideas... Getting too big.","Amazingly talented people work at Google. They're eager, smart and willing to help. There are amazing ideas that float around and resources to make those things happen.","The company has grown so fast and so large that things move slowly, management layers are continually being added, and the departments/products get fragmented from each other.",You have some of the world's smartest people working for you. You need to keep challenging them and pushing them... Not burying them in red tape and layers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3305,google,none," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but starting to become too ,- work/life balance - charitable giving and matching - most people you work with - extremely intelligent and fun to work with - benefits and perks - organizations mission and values,"- company is starting to feel too corporate and losing initial ""Googliness"" - extremely hard to navigate through - difficulty knowing what's available in other organizations within the company - career development and coaching",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3306,google,none," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work depending on what side of the business/group/team you're hired into.,"benefits (although shrinking), perks, flexibility to work from different offices, and cache of working a large tech firm","bitter large company politics, slow moving, hard to get recognition, comp is not the best in industry",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3307,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,All the important and interesting projects are in Mountain View,"Free food, lots of other benefits onsite.",Lack of career opportunities and good projects unless you want to move to Silicon Valley.,Send some good work to the remote offices.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3308,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"very good to wowk there lots of money, make it rain!!","money,ex,power, very good people to work with","not enough money, long hours",more money brah,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3309,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Great company to work for!,"Fabulous perks, salary and fun environment!",Working overtime and promotions not easily achieved,Keep up the good communication and relations,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3310,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Project Manager,The company is great provides a lot of flexibility in terms of the projects you can take on. Compensation was very great,The leadership at the company is strong. The culture is great. The workplace is a great place to work in,Some of the challenges is the lack of diversity. Everyone seems to be a white male which is typical in the tech industry,"I would suggest to increase diversity in the workplace as it pertains to gender and race. Also, I would suggest having a clearer admin structure",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P331.htm
3311,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 22, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Operations,"Good experience, but depends on which group you are in","Everything you hear about Google is true -- free perks, lunch, dinner, dentist on-site. It feels like an idealistic utopia. Lots of super smart people, but sometimes high ego and out of touch with reality.","Unless you are a software engineer or senior exec, your pay and career advancement opportunities are limited. It's also a massive company, so your experience depends greatly on which group and manager you have.","Create a culture that celebrates every employee, not just software engineers. It feels like two worlds of ""haves"" and ""have nots.""",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3312,google,none," Mar 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Fast learning environment, great benefits, had a good time working there",didn't get the attention for my work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3313,google,none," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Business Operations Manager,Don't join Google's gTech org,Great perks and benefits. Nice facilities.,"gTech is a highly political org with many more layers of hierarchy than other orgs (Eng, Product, Marketing, etc.). This culture spurs unhealthy competition between co-workers who should be collaborating. It also doesn't make use of individual contributors' skill-sets, resulting in smart people doing low-level things.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3314,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Best place to work with exceptions,"Salary is incredible, with annual bonus and stock grant refreshes. Benefits and perks are outstanding. You won't find a total compensation package this good anywhere else. Best of all, people look at you like you're a rock star when you tell them where you work.",If you're not working in Mountain View you have very little growth opportunity. You can end up on projects that you know nothing about and have no interest in.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3315,google,none," Mar 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"everything about Google is fantastic, they treat their employees super well and hire talented staff across the board. hard to get a job here but well worth the work",Not much that I can think of. Occasionally gets a little competitive. Expectations are VERY high,Keep up all the good work and we love your vision. You guys rock,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3316,google,none," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place to work.,The perks of food and recreation are not everything. I am so happy to have been part of this amazing culture.,"It really isn't a start up anymore, so I do miss that dynamic. Of course it's hard to stay that way with the amount of success they have had.",Keep on doing what you are doing. I can't seem to find anything wrong with what you are doing.,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3317,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Energetic office environment, great colleagues, okay total compensation, diificult location","Motivated and intelligent coworkers. Good food, snacks, and drinks. Opportunities for business travel. Internal transfer is highly supported. Engaging work and the (potential) ability to have a large impact. People generally behave predictably and professionally. Numerous company sponsored activities, groups, and classes. Shuttle system is efficient if you can handle the 2 to 4 hour round trip commute from SF.","Suburban office location is quite dull. Cost of living is *extremely* high. Total compensation is just okay considering the latter. The salary however, is just plain mediocre. You often learn about the cool things Google does after it leaks to the media, not internally. Many products and positions lack excitement and attention. The sales/partnerships side of the company will always play second fiddle to engineering (no surprise there). Many of the sales jobs are difficult to recommend to bright, high potential candidates. Loud and sometimes distracting 'bull pen' style offices. Google is a massive company. The size can be disheartening.","The organization is increasingly hierarchal, with a long chain of managers. Keeping things flat will help the company stay nimble. There's significant functional division and minimal collaboration across functions among those working on the same product (Sales, Marketing, and Engineering). I love the willingness to discuss heated topics internally.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3318,google,none," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A standard big company culture.,Good work life balance. Good benefits. Good job security.,Career opportunity is rare. Politics. Things and messes in big companies are there too.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3319,google,none," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Friendly co-workers Food Intelligent atmosphere Good salary and benefits Encourage development,Not really any cons of working for Google. An overall great place to work.,"Great job, keep up the good work there's a reason Google is rated one of the best places to work every year.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3320,google,"Paterson, NJ"," Mar 10, 2015",Former Employee - Bilingual,"Customer service, data base, sale, design cashier, call, lobby host","Make website, explain to customers the new offers or news","Learn everything perfectly, steps by steps. Make the best work ever.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P332.htm
3321,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 19, 2015",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,A unique place to work... just not satisfying for me,Top notch talent... I've never worked with such a collection of smart and passionate folks. Benefits are obviously among the best in the business. Tech support staff that's actually knowledgeable and responsive... stuff actually gets resolved quickly (may seem funny to harp on that but the point is... the company makes investments to make problems like this vanish),"Definitely felt like a smaller fish in a big pond... not used to that. Although they've invested mightily in developer productivity, there are still a lot of impediments. Part of why I left was I didn't have faith/passion about the product strategy I was working within (won't say why I left). Bottom line is, I'm a very PRODUCT focused engineer, not a TECHNOLOGY focused engineer... I know that may seem odd but it's true. If you want to go to a place and grapple with technical challenges on scales you are unlikely to find elsewhere and are not easily frustrated by capricious product strategy this would be a great place for you! Just not for me.",Think hard about whether you've grown to provincial. It's true you face challenges that only a handful of other companies come close to however it felt like your ranks are swelled with academics and folks who've spent most if not all of their careers at the company.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3322,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 12, 2015",Former Employee - Technician,Technician,Only serve food for free. That's it,"Discriminate the lower level. May be not the owner but the management is. As signed paperwork, it said equal opportunities but really is not. Like myself, I work myself off and willing to go extra mile but at the end, they used all of your talent then said end of my contract.",Try not to control by yourself but have to think of others. Don't try to manipulated it.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3323,google,"Raleigh, NC"," Mar 15, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service,I worked for Google up to the end of classes. Google decided they were pulling out of Xerox. And I was let go.,"I loved working all three positions, but the last one, there was a conflict with the Manager.",I didn't have anything I didn't like or consider not wanting to do. I loved working at Xeros for any company,"The only thing I could suggest is, give your employee a chance to explain her or his side of the situation. I didn't get the opportunity to state my side of the problem. I was told not to talk.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3324,google,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 6, 2015",Former Employee - Social Media Intern,Great Company,Great company to work for...it was a great company to start an internship!,No complaints - the people really made the experience!,Management needs a little help but nothing major.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3325,google,none," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A new adventure each day,Great people! Great Perks! Fun projects!,Struggling to maintain the feel of a startup.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3326,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 15, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Very contributing and thoughtful of workers.,"Great workplace, the higher-ups really appreciate the workers. Really a cooperative environment.","Facilities are not the best, there could be improvements in the way things are ran.","Become more organized, improve the workplace overall. Maybe be a little easier on the workers/",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3327,google,"Portland, OR"," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer In Test,"This place was amazing. Made a ton of money, with free food.","The working environment, the pay",The guy I worked with,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3328,google,none," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It was an awesome experience, love Google!","It's a dream company to work for, with great benefits and an amazing work culture!",Does not feel like a start-up anymore!,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3329,google,"Austin, TX"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Place to Work!,"The perks are excellent - Breakfast, Lunch and snacks provided. Great benefits and Parental leave if you are having kids. The people are fun to work with.","The company is very large, so new processes can take a while to get implemented",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3330,google,none," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,The company culture is the most valuable of all.,All the cons from big companies.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P333.htm
3331,google,none," Mar 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google,is awesome company to work for,none really they are google,keep doing cool stuff,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3332,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,"Overall, an enjoyable place to spend the summer",I loved the weekly all company meetings. Makes you feel very connected to some of what is going on around Google.,"As an intern, the project I was assigned differed from what I thought I had agreed to before I was hired.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3333,google,none," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Great environment, food and people to work with. Good work life balance.",The location of the office is not quite good. There isn't much to do during weekends.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3334,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Paradise with a few setbacks,"There are so many people who are recognized world-wide and have their own wikipedia page that you can meet while working at this company. There is also a death benefit, which is when a Google employee passes away, their stock vests immediately, and their surviving spouse receives 50% of their salary for the next 10 years. They really do want to take care of you.","This is just the inevitable problem associated with companies that amass a large size and establishment in the market, but it's hard for employees themselves to innovate. Also, there are just too many over-qualified employees at Google who are relegated to simpler roles.",Regress to the original organization of a startup: zero committees. Everyone must have a voice in innovating.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3335,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Lots of opportunities,"Great people, hard problems, very competitive salary and the best benefits around.",Can be hard to advance with so many great people around you.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3336,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Consumer Operations,Stay aware from Consumer Operations department,"- Mission driven, product focused company (I really respect and admire the co-founders) - Obviously all the perks that folks talk about (on-site doctors, many different cafes with its own themes, annual holiday gift, etc) - Great brand recognition - you can always feel validated when you tell people you work at Google - Truly a company that tries to be innovative and do good for society - Overall compensation that's hard to match unless you're going to Facebook (competitive base + yearly bonus + equity + all the perks of being at Google)","- The department you go to will dictate whether you have a great time or terrible time at Google. - Consumer Operations was a really political organization, with folks who wanted to watch out for their own behinds so would throw others under the bus as necessary. In this department, we had managers who were not fit to lead. While rest of Google had flexibility to work remotely, this department frowned upon this which is ironic given the senior director lives in Los Angeles and actually commutes back/forth with a fair amount of remote work. - Be ready for reorgs often and change of responsibilities - There are definite jerks in Consumer Operations department, you wouldn't think it given the transparent, open culture of Google but Consumer Operations has its own culture. Unfortunately, the Consumer Operations culture is not the Google culture.","- Remember that people don't leave companies, they leave managers - If you're in Consumer Operations, I'd recommend getting out of there to other parts of Google that are more healthy",4.0,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3337,google,none," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great perks, fun environment, smart people, hard to advance if you can't relocate.",Salary and benefits are great. Lots of amenities and a fun workplace,"Difficult to advance, lots of red tape. Projects are routinely started and then canceled.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3338,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Global Business Operations,"Very good culture and benefits, so-so leadership and processes","In general, a very talented, Googley workforce - but unfortunately there are still some morons and jerks, but far fewer than other tech companies. The employees are usually very ethical, approachable, and mission-focused. The (well publicized) benefits are top notch, and the comp is at or slightly above industry average IMO. Managers are generally much higher caliber than any other Fortune 500 I've worked at. People actually listen to your ideas no matter your level, as long as you exhibit clear thinking and support your claims. Obviously working here opens up a lot of future doors, and the internal transfer opportunities are varied and numerous (and encouraged). Work-life balance is about as good as you can get for a top tech company (flex hours, less pressure to be a workaholic), and it is a fairly family-friendly company.","There are a lot of internal inefficiencies and chaos resulting from weak leadership, flawed in-house tools, and lack of processes/controls. People are straining and working long hours just to keep the lights on, without much time and energy (and motivation) left to innovate. There are maturity and professionalism deficiencies at many levels - I especially hate the lack of ownership at times (people expecting you to do their job, passivity-laziness in planning, amateurish presentation skills). I thought this was Google? Work dedication, clear thinking, and attrition are an issue in my org. But I am coming from the perspective of Global Business and not Engineering - which is the face of Google and may be better run.","We can't survive just on Search forever. Of all the wild projects - let's make sure a few of them succeed and turn a profit at scale. We help billions of people have better lives, but we're not a charity - we need a new breakthrough product that consumers will pay for.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3339,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"An amazing place to work, grow, and have fun","Strong management, great pay, out-of-this-world perks, many growth opportunities, and so much fun","Big company - this can be a turn off for some, but it's never bothered me a bit",They are great at challenging us to think differently and not being stuffy. Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3340,google,none," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good in general,I liked the food and the benefits,There wasn't much I didn't like,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P334.htm
3341,google,none," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Suffered by BigGo. decease, still a great company.","Ambitious projects, many products actually used by millions of people, certain level of autonomy including good W/L balance, great peaks, top notch salary.",Many projects are large and hard to make impact. There are many interesting projects but it's hard to join these unless you have top-level experience to demonstrate. The bottom-up culture conflicts recent top down trend and there are confusion around the ongoing cultural change.,"Be consistent. Be accountable and don't hesitate to admit failures. Focus on real problems instead of something just cool, shoot real target instead of the moon. Figure out how top-down approach fits well to the bottom-up culture. It'd be difficult problem but will be payed off once we solve it.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3342,google,none," Mar 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing company and culture - Sales - be ready for dashboards, McKinsey, and metrics that matter!","Culture, Perks, Pay (depending on role), benefits, really smart googley people","Focus on quarterly quota makes for short-term sales push that can hurt client relationships and longer-term strategy. Sales leads and Managers can go from rock-stars to borderline performer in 1-2 quarters all driven by hitting the number. The googley, we care about our people spirit is hit/miss.","Think longer term, especially from sales. Lose the arrogance and listen to client feedback. Google's rigid product vs client approach, short term close the gap, nickels and dime firedrills is hurting business and relationships. Quote from an agency: ""you know your google rep is missing their quarterly number when you get a sell sheet saying did you know searches for electronics spike in early december?"" duh!! Guess what....media dollars have been planned out for a year....",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3343,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great overall working experience here.,Excellent benefits and great employee interactions.,The commute from San Francisco can be a little long but is rewarding when you get to work here.,Keep doing what you're doing. It's working out great.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3344,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 22, 2015",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Interesting experience,"I definitely enjoyed working with all the smart and motivated people in the company. They also treat their employees very well and I always felt needed, which I think it is a very strong motivator aside from the perks. They are also very flexible with time off and working from home, which also I respect, because they understand that their employees have their own lives to lead and work dosent always come first.","Sometimes, people seem a bit pretentious. Working with some of these people with large egos could be challenging and dosent make for the best work environment. However, most of the time, the management is very in tune and sought to avoid problems with employees.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3345,google,none," Feb 1, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Fast-paced work environment, smart people.",A lot of the coworkers are extremely smart. You are given lots of responsibility and you have the ability to work on new and exciting products.,"Although it is not formalized, many people work long hours. Also, it is easy to feel overwhelmed or even out-of-place in the office. The standards are very high.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3346,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great projects, people, pay","Smart bunch of people, projects that impact millions, leadership willing to take a long view that might take years to pay off, fair scope for decision making even at the bottom of the org chart. Offices, food, benefits are all icing on top. Amazing opportunities to do big things if you can make the pitch and execute on it.","Promotion process can be slow and painful, you have to be a self-starter to identify a team with opportunities for growth and be really proactive about chasing these. Working in remote offices can be difficult from a career p.o.v. depending on what projects are available. Every project I've worked on has felt somewhat Mountain View-centric, you have to adapt to that. Obamacare is dragging health benefits down (across all companies, or so we're told).","Mobile, mobile, mobile.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3347,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - SRE,"Can be Great, Can suck.","Google is still overall a good place to work, It is not the great place to work it once was but its not the worst by any means. As it grows it has lots of big company bs and politics that come with that. If you think Google once you get to Google everything you hate about working in cooperate america will be better you will be very disappointed.",It all depends on your immediate team and manager. Google is so big now that anything you say about them is not true of different area good or bad.  Google wants everyone to live in Mountain View or New York with a total disregard for there ability to afford to live there.,Stop making everyone live in the most expensive places. Find the bad managers and weed them out.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3348,google,"Fort Collins, CO"," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Engineering Tech,It was good to work at a company that puts long lasting quality above price.,Good people and a nice place to work.,It is hard for a company to compete with the cheaper lower quality competition.,Encourage users to post comments on the web.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3349,google,none," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome culture,Great team. Opportunities to work with industry experts. Awesome perks and food.,There are no cons that I can think of. It's a great place to work.,Continue the innovation spirit.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3350,google,none," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great big company,"good culture, work life balance","slow, no high-impact opportunity, proprietor skill set.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P335.htm
3351,google,none," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of perks. Lots of work. Lots of everything.,"Smart, interesting colleagues. Opportunities to work on many different products/projects.",Huge company now. Can get bureaucratic.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3352,google,"Celebration, FL"," Feb 11, 2015",Former Employee - Staff Accountant,It was great working at Google.,Rooms to develop as working on the corporate ladder.,"Such a big corporation... Takes time to get things done, working as group or individual from another department.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3353,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Creative and collaborative workforce. Workforce is multinational,No work and life balance. Employees over work themselves,"Lookout of employee burnout. This reduces productivity not only short term, but long term",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3354,google,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best high tech company in the world,King of Great Eager Mind,Lack of Private Work Room,Great to manage engineer,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3355,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Big company,1. Good salary 2. Very good benefits 3. Good environment,A little crowd. Working is somehow boring.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3356,google,none," Mar 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Experience,"It allowed me to work up to management. I know that every store is not the same, but you can tell how successful you'll be depending on your management team.",No consistent hours. Often called in on scheduled off-days. You can also be call3to work a night shift if you're on the morning crew. Pay could be better,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3357,google,none," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - BOLD Intern,An Intern's perspective,"Great office culture, perks, company values, global footprint","promotions, compensation, smaller offices in remote areas, difficult to ignore the free snacks, too much free food",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3358,google,none," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great talent on some teams but lacks diversity in management,"Perks, office amenities, efficient, well-known brand products","Culture has become more self-serving than collaborative, projects lack thought",Look for generalists not specialists,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3359,google,none," Mar 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to build career,"Great perks, free food and massages, smart people",No possibility of growth in the company,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3360,google,none," Mar 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very positive,"Work life balance, interesting work. Smart developers.",Nothing special to note here.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P336.htm
3361,google,none," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Smart, friendly colleagues. Interesting and fun work. Feel valued by company.","Everything's always crowded. Cafes, bikes, everything. No telecommuting",Spend less money on crazy stuff and more on day to day basics,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3362,google,none," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Google has a wonderful environment, you get to do cool things and work with great people, and the perks and benefits are amazing. Great company culture, too.","Depending on what area you're in, work life balance can be a struggle. I think most cons would be individual personality or fit issues, honestly. Google is great, but it's not necessarily for everyone.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3363,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Innovative, fast-moving company","Lots of smart people, glamorous work environment, amazing perks, .",Company is becoming big and middle management layer is growing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3364,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great working environment,The working environment is pretty good and the working hours are quite flexible. Good time-off policies and packages. Company cultures and values are pretty good.,My team has week on calls in turns. Sometime the alerts can be annoying to some extent. And some problems were quite challenging to fix.,Continue on what you are doing right now. Please provide better food in the cafeteria.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3365,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,An incredible place to work,"Year after year, Google is rated the best company to work for. Open culture, interesting people, passionate about making an impact on the world.","All the free food is tough to resist :) Google is a big company, so it can't move as fast as a startup.",Keep on doing what you're doing!,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3366,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 12, 2015",Current Employee - Group Product Marketing Manager,Love Google.,Great company. Great culture. Smart people and exciting products to work on. Amazing benefits and a particularly generous medical insurance. I couldn't see myself working anywhere else.,"Work-life balance can be tough. As big as the company is, there are some extra-lean teams taking a lot on. Also need better gender balance in the workforce.",Hire more women.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3367,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If given the opportunity, grab it!","Flexible scheduling.  Open, collaborative atmosphere.  Interesting, challenging projects.  Transportation provided.  Lot's of perks.",Main offices are in Mountain View.,Stay focused!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3368,google,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Site Relaility Engineer,Great for recent college grads AND industry professionals,"The other employees are what make this company great. The hiring team has done a great job of building teams with diverse backgrounds (age, experience, etc.) and it makes collaboration fun.",Google is pretty big now. Sometimes it's hard to tell if any real impact is being made.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3369,google,none," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Brand Great Exposure,Great place to work with intelligent individuals.,sometimes the egos are to much.,Ensure that you continue to innovate and not just become to corporate. Otherwise threats from upstarts will only emerge more.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3370,google,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Integration Engineer,Great company fast past and exciting with great benefits.,Hiring process is very challenging,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P337.htm
3371,google,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Spectacular Employer,"Work environment, benefits and opportunity for growth","Office politics, usually not an issue but the ""chain of command"" can be circumvented for individual gains.",Faster channels to prevent collusion between employees and their direct superiors would improve the politics problem.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3372,google,none," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mixed bag, but glad to be here.","Work life balance is awesome on my team. This varies team-to-team across the company. If it's something that's important to you, it can be useful to transfer to a team that highly values it.","Housing near the main campus is crushingly expensive, without being in a city. Commuting from SF is a long, long way to go every day. Rewards for current employees can't mathematically match up to rewards for early employees.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3373,google,none," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,college hire software engineer,very good experience with the hiring process,do not know enough to comment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3374,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Great,"Opportunity to work on cutting edge research and sophisticated problems, good money, great benefits.",Perenially competing with some of the smartest people on the planet,Continue to focus on long term things,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3375,google,none," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Talented peers. Management that cares.,Highly skilled coworkers in engineering.,Company has grown very big very fast.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3376,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,A great place to intern,"For a prospective software engineer who is in college, I do not think there is a much better place to work. Unparalleled internal learning resources, very smart team members, very good pay, great perks.",Huge organization and you are rolling the dice as to whether you'll get an interesting project and a fun team.,I have no advice for upper management.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3377,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,10/10 would work there again!,• Relaxed environment • Reliable schedule • Fun co-workers • Never worked past 5pm!!! • Very little micromanagement • Great pay,• Only con would be I'm not from California and much prefer my hometown. This is the ONLY reason I left Google. (I wanted to settle down in the same town that I grew up in),"What management? Ha! The only thing I will say is that sometimes there is TOO little structure. When I first started I felt very lost and had to ask a million questions. I was afraid they'd fire me because I was bothering them so much. Luckily they said it was normal, but it would be nice to have just been TOLD the things I needed to know so I didn't feel like I was wasting everyone's time.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3378,google,none," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I DON KNOW,It is very good experience,I can not find cons,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3379,google,none," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lovely company,So many good things. It is such a fun and innovative environment to be in. Everyone is nice and teamwork is key. Free food occasionally too.,I am a newbie so I am not as experienced as a lot of the older employers so it is more of a personal thing that a company thing.,none,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3380,google,none," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Google,"Interesting projects, many smart people, occasionally interesting people, perks are good, great ability to learn","Many projects don't make money or are a challenge from a go-to-market perspective so it can be very difficult to attract the talent needed for the role, hiring committee is sometimes our own worst enemy, ad revenue is down and it is felt throughout the organization, there are a lot of jerks and everyone has an edge- they may be ok to work with but you aren't going to make friends here",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P338.htm
3381,google,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"There's no perfect company, but Google comes close.","Work-life balance/flexibility, food and wellness, fitness options, my coworkers are awesome. Tuition reimbursement is also generous for professional development.",It can be difficult to make an impact in such a large company or organization.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3382,google,none," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great Company,"Innovative, creative, allows you to put thoughts in action","very competitive, long hours, hypocritical",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3383,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Summer Internship,Summer internship at Google NYC,Relaxed working environment. Really smart people everywhere. Food is awesome. Pay is good as an intern.,Working space could be a little bigger.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3384,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Store Associate,Google Shopping Express,"The pay is good for recent college graduates, training on Google campus is a fun experience, and they are very understanding and passionate people to work with.","Some of the delivery drivers are frustrating to work with, the in-store leads act way too entitled because they get to operate the courier phone and give orders.",Be more honest that there's no way to actually get an opportunity to work for Google or have many opportunities for promotion.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3385,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Great,"benefits, culture, opportunities, work-life balance, compensation.",There are no cons at Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3386,google,"Alto, TX"," Feb 2, 2015",Former Employee - Tester,Its good,"good to work, good salary, learning","outside of india, difficult to select , high competition",it good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3387,google,none," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job at google,"Great environment, great people to work with",No cons i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3388,google,none," Feb 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great experience, great people, great culture",enjoyed my time with Google,n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3389,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,"Great place to work, but everyone paid one level above their capability and doing job one level below capability",Smart people Inspiring mission World changing impact Treat you amazing Extremely well paid Great benefits,"Too many smart people under-utilized Can be way too comfortable, sharp people become dull over time Easy to plateau on learning, due to lack of challenge Can be bureaucratic at times",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3390,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,The best company I have ever worked in,"Respects its employees. Truly cares about the impact it has on society, and the users. Even after growing so large still inspire and cherish creativity. Part of caring about the individual employee, strongly supports work-life balance.","Promotions are tricky and require a lot of work. In some cases, does not manage low performers well or have a path for them out.",Manage low performers. Make sure we promote the right people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P339.htm
3391,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,nice company. they have all you want . you can even take their bus to work . who does not want to work at such a company?,i dont know actually maybe the cons are you dont need to worry about where you can move to and there is no need to move forward,keep going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3392,google,none," Jan 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Delicious free food. Free company culture.,Big company so the effect of person is very small.,NA,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3393,google,none," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Fun place to work,I get to take naps during the work day,Everyone is a snob. And California is backwards,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3394,google,none," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company!,People are amazingly intelligent. These people will change the world.,"Nothing absolutely nothing. Google works on innovating projects that are thought-provoking, never a dull day.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3395,google,none," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Interaction Designer,Great Place to grow your skills,"The people are wonderfully nice, the perks are great. Some of their projects are really interesting.","It's a huge company. It's hard to stay agile and responsive when you've got 50,000 employees.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3396,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One hell of a place to fall into a a lifelong groove.,"Stellar resources. Amazing compensation and benefits. The hours can be long, but the emphasis on work life balance is part of the company culture.",Google can be just a little stuck up. I worked with Google as part of an company acquisition and the hazing went far beyond the pale - they took out a banner ad targeted at my company with a picture of a pig so discouraging us from eating at their company cafeteria!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3397,google,none," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good technology company with great vision,"Salary, work load, smart people","Getting too big, everybody becomes bricks.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3398,google,none," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Famous company with nothing but the name.,Biggest company to work for. Good benefits.,Nothing to do. Once you get there you could relax.,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3399,google,none," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always a new challenge,"Amazing culture and benefits, you'll be surrounded by highly-motivated intelligent people, frequent personal development and feedback discussions",Must be comfortable with ambiguity and taking initiative,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3400,google,none," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Super fun, but plenty of in-effeciencies",Super perks and great ideation processes,base pay is on the lower end,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P340.htm
3401,google,none," Feb 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Managee,Great environment of people. Atmosphere makes you happy to work. Different from most companies,Great facicilities makes it harder to leave and thus you end up working more hours.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3402,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Network Engineer,best experience,great environment wonderful people . I learned a lot from this company.,The company should focus more on the development side of they newly hired employees.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3403,google,none," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company to work for,"Good benifits, Awesome Work culture",Not a con as such but u should be very smart all the time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3404,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager GBO,"Flexibility, people, resources, and the perks.",Zero career growth. Very hard to advance.,Create a more defined career path,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3405,google,none," Mar 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internal mobility is difficult in some departments.,Development tools are perfect. Engineering Excellence is peak and you'll improve your coding skills significantly.,"Be aware that internal mobility between ladders/locations are very difficult in some departments where internal recruiting is low. CorpEng (Corporate Engineering Department) is one of the top department that is applying this policy since management is only interested in their own benefits. Even you agree with some manager for mobility in other departments, they'll try to interrupt the process. They don't look at employee's career/family perspective. Be aware about department you're joining after interviews.",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3406,google,"Austin, TX"," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Sourcer,Sourcer,"Great working environment,, surrounded by tons of talented people",Too many contractors and people without long tenure,N/A,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3407,google,none," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Good benefits. Good life balance.,"Big company, so that it is getting harder and harder to start own project.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3408,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company,"Good compensation Good benefits, health insurance, perks Competent people","possibly uninteresting projects Hard to standout, hard to promote because people around you all all very good, hard to assume bigger responsibility. Learning curve flats out quickly after the first two years during which you learn a lot of google infrastructure.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3409,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work,"Free food, smart people, interesting projects if you can get one","Hard to advance, hard to get fun projects",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3410,google,none," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Data and Big Minds,There is an opportunity to make an impact on a large number of people.,Delicious food results in me gaining weight.,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P341.htm
3411,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great environment,"They treat all employees like first class citizens, including contractors. There are many lifestyle perks at the workplace, including free meals, massage and shuttle service to and from campus. Additionally, movement within the company is encouraged every few years, not frowned upon.",Traffic in Mountain View has gotten horrendous.,Continue the nonprofit gift matching programs.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3412,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Google for Work Sales to Latin America,"Great culture, a lot of learning opportunities","Commute to San Francisco, not a sales organization",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3413,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Google,"Smart people, great perks, lots of opportunity to exceed in any career path. Work from home options.",Long commute from the city. Intense. High expectations to perform. Hard to get a promotion.,Be more clear on the role when going through the hiring process.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3414,google,none," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It was very good money,Hard work but it pays,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3415,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Great culture.,The best work culture and a great collection of people all in one place.,Peer pressure is very high.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3416,google,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best benefits but you work very hard,"Great maternity leave benefits, free meals, awesome gyms","constant pressure to do more, people work too hard",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3417,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Commodity Manager,Commodity Manager,-Google is a great company to work -Benefit are awesome -Bonus -The people are very intelligent,-Sometimes people are too intelligent things never get done -Bad manger equals many bad days -,N/A,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3418,google,none," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,"Mature technology, excellent infrastructure and diverse product lines to choose work from",Too big and move slowly,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3419,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Legal Assistant,Very enriching,"Fast-paced, always changing, and always encountering new obstacles.",Very specified roles. Not a broad range of duties to learn other topics in that field.,Give opportunities to contract employees to convert to full-time.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3420,google,none," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great experience, wonderful work environment","-conversational people -friendly environment -challenging -promotions, perks, compensation",-overwhelming at times -long hours -long days,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P342.htm
3421,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great perks, but they own you and it's driving the entrepreneurial types away","Google hires very smart people and allows them to participate in the culture. This means your coworkers will likely be very interesting and fun, and you'll probably enjoy the office environment immensely. You'll learn a lot. The hours are very flexible and the company takes the notion of work-life balance as it applies to the workday very seriously (though there's a dark reason for this). And the perks are second to none. Compensation is also quite competitive as you rise through the ranks.  And the food! I still dream about the food.  It's a great place to build a stable career if you love coding but aren't super-entrepreneurial and don't make tons of contributions to open source projects (see the cons for why these would be issues). The workplace environment is often replicated, but nobody else has matched it yet.","The cons are flipped versions of the pros: Google hires very smart people and then puts them in fairly mundane roles. They used to try to take your preferences into account when allocating, they seem to do much less of this as they've grown. If you're at all purpose-driven, you'll eventually become restless at work, looking for something with more meaning than the project you're on. You could potentially 20% something, but that notion has always applied more to some groups than others, and the company has tended to downplay it in recent years.  More disturbingly, there's a severe opportunity cost to your side projects: their position is that everything that you do in your personal time belongs to them, although that is not what the employment agreement says and would be an unenforceable position in California. They instead get around this by suggesting that everything that touches the web or mobile (and perhaps the desktop as well) is competitive with them. There's a committee that will examine ideas, but it appears to be moribund.  Google has grown tremendously, and systematized to the point where it's a large machine, needing an increasing number of cogs to keep the engine running. The culture has been eroding recently because the company hasn't been able to reconcile it with its growth, and because the company has sidetracked from its core mission and thrown resources at ""me-too"" projects such as Google+. I predict that this will hurt the company's outlook in the long term, as most of its revenue generation still comes from relatively few core activities which are exposed to market and competitive risks. As it becomes less entrepreneurial, it becomes less able to diversify into new areas, and thus becomes less resilient. I would expect this to take 5-10 years to become apparent (the market would need to shift in a way that causes one of their pillars to collapse), which means that it may not be an issue for most people considering it now.  One other thing I've found is that while they care collectively about their engineers a great deal, they're generally not very willing to go out on a limb to make individuals happy. Food and facilities people are the exception, as they do often take engineers' feedback into account.","Recapture the entrepreneurial spirit and let the creative people you hired innovate. Stop trying to clone Facebook and focus on what you're good at. Diversify your revenue streams, or the market will eventually smack you.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3422,google,none," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legal Assistant,"It was a great place to work. I was there as a temp. They treated their employees excellent. All kinds of free food, healthy free food.",The only con is that I wasn't hired directly by them.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3423,google,none," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google pa,"good pay, good workers, good form of work",traveling so far for work,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3424,google,none," Feb 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Benefits, growth and get to work with smart people.","Overworked, expected to stay late hours",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3425,google,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Great company to work. One of the best.,"culture, great people, perks, opportunities to grow and move internally, never short of interesting projects to work.","It's getting more political and less performance driven, everyone is trying to build their own little armies to justify growth and promotions instead of building great products that users love.","Focus on the basics, build great products that users love, keep them simple.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3426,google,none," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manaer,- Excellent perks - Excellent projects - Very smart people,- Big company inertia - Lack of visibility in all projects - Middle managers are pathetic,- Don't hire many people unless needed - Choose wisely on the projects,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3427,google,none," Jan 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,-great environment -great people -great training and opportunities,-little to no work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3428,google,none," Feb 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Incredible company. Great comp and benefits.,Company is very big and can be challenging to make an impact.,Keep doing what you're doing.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3429,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Google is everything I hoped for,"Amazingly smart colleagues Great innovation Being a part of a company that really helps make our world a better place Benefits, benefits, benefits Being appreciated Being apart of something huge Fast paced and challenging Freedom to do what inspires you Tons of growth potential and flexibility to explore the company","Politics are a thing. A big thing Hierarchy is inevitable with a company this big, but it is a huge problem here Self-entitled and pretentious a--holes are around every corner",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3430,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Best. Company. Ever,"Fun place to be at, great benefits, never wanted to leave work",Not much besides gaining weight :-),Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P343.htm
3431,google,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent,Intellectually stimulating environment with great perks and exit opportunities.,"Not many, work-life balance is what you make of it.",Keep on Truckin',4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3432,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,"Hard Problems, Good People",The people at Google are the best. They'll find a way through tough problems every time.,"With any big org, there's a fair amount of bureaucracy. Google also doesn't do a great job of handling low performers: you sometimes have to carry your co-workers from time to time.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3433,google,none," Jan 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,you can't go wrong with google,i don't think i have any cons,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3434,google,none," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a great place to work,Hires the best and the brightest people and works on ambitious goals. You work on things that matter in the world. Larry has a great vision for the company.,Company has gotten too large and lots of red tape to get work done. Should be more leadership development.,Simplify decision making to keep speed up.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3435,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 12, 2015",Former Employee - Project Manager,No better way to get a stamp of approval for your own career,Really top notch people who are passionate about both work - and their own lives - makes for great work / life balance.  All of the great perks you've heard rumors of are true. Definitely miss the high quality free lunches!,"Compensation is a bit of a black box, but is very competitive to other firms when you lump in all of the other benefits. Politics can be a bit rough depending on the department you're in.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3436,google,"Reston, VA"," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great culture that's open,"Benefits are the best. The work is fun and challenging. ""Work the way you live"" allows one to work from anywhere, anytime and using any device.",Long hours and stress can be high if you allow it to be so learning to pace yourself is important.,Keep the culture open and share as much as possible.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3437,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Outside of Mountainview, you feel out of the loop","- great perks, they try hard to make it a nice place to work - very smart people - not a lot of politics for a big company - decent pay",- career management is very hard - too many smart people means your talent is often wasted on trivial stuff - outside of main campus options for advancement are even more limited,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3438,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,Great perks. Great benefit for family,Too big to move. Process is very slow.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3439,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best company I worked with,Good environment. Friendly people. Gives you the sense of being important. Haven't seen micro managements. Flexible hours as expected.,Tiny workspace. (My desk is 3 feet and there is literally no space between my desk and my boss's desk) Crowded halls full of software engineers.,We need more space.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3440,google,"Austin, TX"," Jan 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Strategist,Senior Strategist,-Flexible work schedule -Your opinion matters (usually) -great benefits -excellent compensation,-Inexperienced middle management -They usually hire degrees over qualifications -The inmates run the asylum to a degree which isn't always good -Extremely competitive (could also be a pro depending on what you are looking for),none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P344.htm
3441,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Great Employer. Work hard, play hard environment.","Great, smart people. Great pay and benefits.",They are constantly raising the bar regarding your expected performance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3442,google,none," Jan 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Despite being big, phenomenal place to learn and grow.","Smart people. Company that cares. Strong values. Fast, entrepreneurial, exciting.",You learn how to be great at working at a big company with limitless resources. Not a great parallel for any other experience at any other company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3443,google,none," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Love it, but slightly bloated.",Coworkers. Work. Benefits. Lifestyle. Food.,Large. Complex. Byzantine. Legacy. Sacred Cows.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3444,google,none," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,Super good work place. Smart people all over.,Hard to stand out because everybody so good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3445,google,"Mountain, WV"," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The offices are great!,The main advantage of working for Google is it's culture. The offices are awesome and micro-kitchens are always full of sweets,"Google is a corporation, it's getting too big. Sometime you may feel undervalued.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3446,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting work, but prepare to work a lot and hard.","Challenging, engaging work in a fast paced environment.","Sometimes a great deal of overtime is just expected, hard to have a work life balance at times.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3447,google,none," Jan 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Terrific pay and benefits. Collaborative, intellectual environment.",No issues to speak of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3448,google,none," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,business analyst,great value and culture in the company,nothing that i can think about,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3449,google,none," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZING,Best company ever obviously. I recommend to everyone,"no cons, its freaking Google why would they have one.",be nicer,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3450,google,none," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, teams, and benefits...becoming a ",Impactful work is definitely valued and recognized. New ideas are welcome. People are great.,"Becoming more like a ""big company,"" depending on which department you work in. Becoming more bureaucratic and political.","Keep central to ""Google values."" Allow flexibility in location.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P345.htm
3451,google,none," Feb 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth your time. Avoid.,None that I can think of,Overhyped. Not nearly as fun to work in as it seems,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3452,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 11, 2015",Current Employee - GTech Solutions Consultant,Outstanding company with strong values + morals,"Outstanding perks, feel like you're valued, feel like you're a king. World-class opportunities for personal growth and development.",Commute is very long. Growing complexity in internal operations.,Greater focus on documentation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3453,google,"Calif City, CA"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,google junior programming analyst review,good money nice stock options,long hours too much work,more money more work from home,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3454,google,none," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love my job,"Good pay and benefits, good people","hectic work schedule, work life balance is poor",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3455,google,none," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a great company with tons of talents,A company that in general really care about its employees. Good benefits,Not growing as fast as it used to be.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3456,google,none," Jan 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great!,"lots of mentorship, resources, fantastic work environment, smart coworkers and tons of resources. you get to look at all of the code base.","hardly any! too big, but always interesting",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3457,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Interactive Designer,Interactive Designer,"The perks, (obviously). hmmm... thats really the only positive thing I can think of.","- Management - I personally experienced the worst management. My boss didn't know how to be a manager, and would always try and steal my work, and then take credit for it later. Super micromanager. His boss way just as bad, and the director of our department is a joke. A lot of favoritism and politics, and ego filled people who think they are entitled.  - Constant reorgs, and the fear of wondering if you will lose you job.  - No growth advancement.  - Bonus was less then promised in offer letter.","Be more down to earth, and loose the attitude.",1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3458,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Lots of smart people, lots of perks, really give you a place to focus on doing great things.",Management can have a final say in whether projects get launched or not.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3459,google,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,good environemnt. awesome. super awesome! great,none. there's nothing to say.,awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3460,google,"Council Bluffs, IA"," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Engineer I,"Challenging, fun, and high stress.",Some of the best perks and benefits available in the industry. You are surrounded by brilliant minds that are trying to solve complex problems. Top management have a vested interest in employee well being.,Life work balance is nonexistent. Middle management at times has a different agenda from upper management. Promotions are a moving target and requirement change year to year.,Know what middle management is doing. Prevent abuse of lower level employees.,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P346.htm
3461,google,none," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, supportive company culture",The obvious benefits of the office are all true. The company culture is friendly and supportive. There is low power distance with superiors.,Salary is not as competitive as similar positions in other companies. I wish HR would be a little bit more transparent in terms of career planning and position fit.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3462,google,none," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Pretty good place,"Very smart set of people to work with, lot of freedom in pacing yourself hardwork gets rewarded but you don't have to put in crazy hours just to do well. Vacation/time-off policies are quite generous. Employees are usually very respectful at personal level even if technical arguments can be heated. Lots of belief in experimentation/moonshot and not just holding tightly to what works.","The cost of becoming big, it does feel more and more crowded. Speed of execution isn't probably as good as a startup and you do feel like a smart part of a very big machine.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3463,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing,Product Marketing Manager,"High impact stuff, fast paced, great benefits and perks","Talent management is a mess, too political, very hard to switch department, employer doesn't really care about you as an individual",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3464,google,none," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I'm still working for this company,open food insurance medical green card,very conservative in some field,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3465,google,none," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EDI consultant,best company to work. good,Can not change technology easy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3466,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 3, 2015",Current Employee - Designer,Amazing things are happening at Google.,"Innovative, fast moving company that refuses to stand still. Lots of great people. Extremely generous compensation and perks. Rated the best place to work (again) for a very good reason.  A great place for creative minds.","With so much going on at any given time, it can be difficult not to want to be a part of it all and focus on the job you're supposed to be doing.  A luxury of an issue, I know. But there are good opportunities to switch roles and teams.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3467,google,none," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gsx,Nice and fun people to work with,They fire pretty quickly if you aren't up to par,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3468,google,none," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Great environment good co-workers Good work/ life balance,Not that many to be honest.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3469,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 4, 2015",Current Employee - GTM Strategy,Awesome!,"Benefits, people, work-life balance, and company culture are all amazing. Couldn't think of a better place to spend the last year-plus","Google does so many things at once, is constantly evolving, and has so many talented people that your specific role/impact can get ""lost in the shuffle""",Focus on fewer big bets and explicitly call those out,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3470,google,none," Jan 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Simply great,"Great company values, and a culture that really cares for human values.",Sometimes it can be tough to get hired.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P347.htm
3471,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Enginner,Great benefits. Smart coworkers. Flexible hours.,Common issues for big cooperation.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3472,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 4, 2015",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,"Great for engineers, not so much for non-engineers",Great benefits and perks. Smart peers,"Non engineers are not that respected at Google. Atleast not on par with engineers. Of course, this is true of any company where you join in a team that is not core team of the company. Too bad for the morale, if you are in a non-eng team.  Also promotions happen very late and goes through a long stretched process involving a committee and is not that transparent.","Please give importance for the non-eng teams as well. To maintain the morale, this is essential.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3473,google,"Portland, OR"," Jan 2, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Executive,Nice place,Good place to work. Fun friendly people and really care about the customers.,Not room for advancement. They say to apply for positions however you end up staying in the department.,None,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3474,google,"Boston, MA"," Dec 25, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great people,"I've met some of the nicest and smartest people ever at Google. The community is really amazing. Perks are unbelievable: free food, 401k and donation match, generous vacation schedule. I was able to maintain a very reasonable schedule and maintain a personal life even close to project deadlines.","You may feel only a cog in a large machines. Some projects must be done even if nobody really cares. Very limited bottom-up innovation or decisions. There are some amazing projects, really pushing the future, and some less exciting. According to your luck, you may be building robots, or plug-ins for Google Plus.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3475,google,none," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Everything that can be possibly imagine from a world class company,Out of touch engineers who think yiu should know everything.,Pay more attention,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3476,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Nice work environment.,"Good life and work balance. Co-workers has good tech experience, you can learn a lot from them. The management is quite flat. Engineer has the freedom to choose project to work on.","It's a large cooperation, so sometimes you are working on a small piece. And even a small launch will affect a lot of user, so you need to spend a lot of time working on details, to make sure you are doing correct thing.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3477,google,none," Jan 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,Extensive researchers network that connect to almost every region in the world,very hierarchical and the stipend is less if you are not affiliated with Harvard,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3478,google,none," Jan 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is an innovative company to work for,It is simply a privilege working with a company of such stature and influence. The professionals are bright ambitious and enthusiastic.,The corporate culture highly values 'scrappy' which frequently means that being thorough and laying down long lasting foundations are over looked in the exchange for being fast.,Create programs that are well thought out with the intention of having them lay the foundation for the future.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3479,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 10, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Amazing company with incredible people, but starting to feel too big","People - passionate, dedicated and want to do the best they can for Google, the world and our users. Cool Projects - Lots of things going on that are exciting, new and worth being proud of","Big - Google is a big company now. Red tape abounds and causes frustration and slow work. Apathy - With the size of the company, its hard to feel like each individual can make a difference. I've seen that play out by people not caring about their role or project. This is my biggest worry for Google - too much apathy.","Empower people, get rid of bureaucracy",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3480,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 11, 2015",Current Employee - HRBP,"Good company, getting too big and far too competitive","Great brand, great products, great founders/exec mgmt, awesome benefits.","Getting too big and bureaucratic, and hence very difficult to have real impact. Most VPs have been around for ~10yrs, so basically churning old leadership without too much new blood - and the old guard are not open to hearing new views, and usually surround themselves with like minded folks. Teams (my experience has been in sales ops and support..gTech internally) are ""non-Googley"" i.e. reward results vs how these results are achieved. This is a top-down culture. Most sr. mgrs and directors are not good leaders or people managers - lots of cliques, politicking, and naysayers are quickly rejected off the team. Google culture is being compromised.","Be open to diversity of thought and play for the long term, vs. qtrly okr's. VPs need to have the guts to address ""jerk"" behavior regardless of the results being delivered by the person.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P348.htm
3481,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 13, 2015",Former Employee - Store Operations Representative,Store Operations Representative,They didnt pay bad for the work you had to do,"The work is long, and never ending. You stand on your feet the whole time. You never talk to your manager or even know who your manager is.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3482,google,none," Dec 19, 2014",Former Employee - Account Executive,"Fast-paced, supportive, and competitive environment","- Great team, I can honestly say 99% of my coworkers were wonderful and talented individuals - Amazing benefits, it's all true! - Management clearly communicates vision and goals and share feedback on strengths and areas of improvement.","- Amazing benefits sometimes serve as ""golden handcuffs"" for those who ultimately want to be somewhere else. - Performance ratings are on a curve, so you are essentially competing with your talented peers for promotion. Still, despite its pro's and con's, this rating system is common among large companies. Maybe it just feels worse when all your peers are super ambitious and talented. - Especially when it was growing fast, the sales organization underwent SEVERAL reorgs. This is fine if you are flexible and open to change, but still worth noting.","- Work harder to ensure that satellite office retain the great Google culture. It's not enough to have colorful office decor. Regional and country leadership must fully embrace values of flat hierarchy, transparency, and openness.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3483,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Hard work is rewarded with raises and bonuses,"Whenever I've worked extra hard or stood out, I've been rewarded with salary bumps and big bonuses. I like that my accomplishments are noticed by my manager and peers and rewarded accordingly.","Google is a big company, you need to make sure you're on the right team. I felt suffocated on my first team but LOVE my second (current) team. Some of my friends have had very different experiences because they're on different teams.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3484,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google,"Best place to work. They have so many benefits, allow you to work 20% of time on your own projects, can bring dog to work, food court, exercise so much to love.",Sometimes I feel like I am required to live at work. I would like to spend more time with my family than is sometimes expected of me.,"Good leadership, more interaction day to day with employees.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3485,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best co-workers ever.,"While the pay is good, perks are great, etc, far and away the best thing about working at Google is being able to take advantage of the font of knowledge available in your co-workers. People are genuinely helpful, with some astoundingly well-known names regularly chiming in to answer random questions on various internal mailing lists.","Company has become absolutely huge compared to what it once was and the amount of project churn definitely takes its toll. Hiring is a complete crap-shoot, offers might as well be extended via a pseudo-random number generator.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3486,google,none," Jan 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"culture, perks and management are gret",too big. hard to grow,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3487,google,none," Dec 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern for one semester at Google,Great food and coworkers! Loved the work environment.,Not many complaints. More job opportunities at this location would be great.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3488,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 5, 2015","Former Employee - Children&#039,s Center Teacher",Your experience depends on your manager,"benefits, food, perks, discounts.  Google has done a great job of marketing themselves as a hip place for smart young things to work. The concerts, parties, and general go go go of the company may appeal to young 20 somethings who have no strings attached and like to spend 75 hours per week at work in a flexible schedule of working out, working, eating, getting massages and hardly ever going outside of the Google bubble.  Google culture has its own language so you feel like part of a group. People ""get you"" here because they speak Google-esque just like you. Again, great marketing and appealing to the need for people to belong to a group.","work- life balance. career advancement, salary raises, bonuses paid out in vested stock that takes 4 years to actually pay out. golden handcuffs  I realized I made a mistake of accepting the job on day 1. I lasted just over 2 years. The stock, benefits and golden stock handcuffs were a large part of why I stayed. Things are done under the illusion of each employee having a voice, and everyone being equitable in the growth of the company and in deciding the direction of the company. This is completely untrue. Our entire department tiptoed around the manager, gave her terrible Googlegeist feedback, and yet, as if by magic her salary grew and grew whist we were told that we had ""reached the top of our pay scale tier""  My salary raise was 5 cents per hour in the year that I left. My performance review did not warrant this kind of slap in the face, but my department simply didn't have the funds to pay me more.","As a children's center employee, having to plan your vacations around other people, is unacceptable. As people stay longer and longer and get more and more time off, there comes a point when you simply cannot afford to give everybody vacation days that they have accrued, and still keep the center staffed.  Hire substitute teachers, even floating substitute teachers that are familiar with the centers and how they operate.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3489,google,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company for a fresh graduate, but maybe not for ones with working experiences","Good benefit, lots of great cafe, free shuttle...","Hard to get impactful project, because too many engineers are trying to get it.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3490,google,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company to work for, lots of options to explore in your career.","Good company to work for, lots of options to explore in your career. Good place to start out of college",none that i could think of at this time.,Keep offering nice perks.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P349.htm
3491,google,"Lenoir, NC"," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Google Data Center Management,- It's Google. What else can I say?,- Tons of work means difficult to leave work at work.,- Continue to promote awesome culture.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3492,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Great place to work, but slowly turning into a large company feel.","Great people, benefits and company culture","Lots of bureaucracy, software that is only used internally, not invented here syndrome, and slowly turning into more of a typical large company.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3493,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great,Great environment and Good Benefits,"Grown big, slower upwards movement",Maintaining the startup mentality,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3494,google,none," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SF Bay area sucks,Good company and good pay,living in SF bay area,n/a,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3495,google,none," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,This is a great company,"Hmm, nothing important that need to be added",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3496,google,none," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still the place to be,"Food, people, work, culture, and overall atmosphere",Not much work life balance.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3497,google,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Manager,There's a reason Google is always #1...,"The benefits are unparalleled, compensation is extremely generous, a lot of opportunity if you're in the right place. Work/life balance is great (at least it is outside of Mountain View), and really dependent on the employee. Once you start working here, it is very easy to see why Google is always topping lists. Bad reviews are likely a result of someone who has never worked outside of the tech industry-they really don't know how good we have it.","The organization is too flat, considering how fast Google has grown in the last 5 years. Some groups did not promote accordingly and therefore have notable gaps in senior management. Also, I've observed some inconsistent hiring practices over the last year, with my group's upper management hiring people into senior positions that are very inexperienced. It causes a lot more work for the rest of the team, because these managers are unable to make quality contributions. On the opposite side, I've seen a lot of people brought in at levels much lower than they should be. This can be frustrating because the promotion process is not simple.","Promote from within, stop bringing in people without experience to fill senior positions. At the same time, stop under-hiring people who should be put into higher level positions. Overall, just improve hiring consistency.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3498,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - GSX Operator,Most stressful job ever. You get fired if you even sneeze too loud.,"The Pay was great, when you got hours.","No Union, no sense of security, horrible working conditions, your not allowed to have a voice. No one seems to know what's going on, rules change every week. There are non stop emails and sometimes even phone calls during your personal time. Even after a 10 hour shift you only get 30 minutes lunch. You often have to perform the role of 3 people at once.","Stop depending on a daily feedback form from each operator & actually spend some time in store to witness 1st hand what is going on, rather than sitting behind a computer all day dictating.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3499,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 1, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great benefits and perks, but slow career growth",Google does value its employees and offers great benefits and perks. People are considerate and respectful. Offices have nice decor and give you the feeling of a college campus.,"It's a big company, and as with all big companies, there is politics. Career growth is slower than smaller companies.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3500,google,none," Jan 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good interview,"interviewers are nice, dig out every advantage of you.","the whole process a little long, but ok",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P350.htm
3501,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Smart people tackling big problems,"Smart coworkers, a great overall mission, fantastic perks, supportive environment, ability to achieve work/life balance.","You need to spend quite a bit of time learning about home-grown internal tools that you'll be using in place of popular, widespread open-source technologies.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3502,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 31, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Coordinator,Great perks,Great perks and work atmosphere. Workloads are manageable.,There are many middle management positions that lack clear direction.,Too many middle management positions that don't give clear directions.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3503,google,none," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can't get better than this.,"Flexibility in everything, culture, learn from & work with the best people in the industry.","Big company slug, not as slow as others, but still there.","Learn from experienced Google Managers, they are usually the best and that is why they usually have a great following of engineers and product managers that follow them from project to project.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3504,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Great place to work and have an impact,"You can make a really big impact on the world working at google. There's an amazing diversity of projects, the resources available to the company are basically unequaled, and leadership is genuinely trying to do things that make the world a better place.","Google is severely lacking in gender, racial, and age diversity. It can also be easy to let Google consume your life out of work (i.e. social life), for some, though, that may not be a con.  The transition to Larry Page as CEO was rocky, but I think we've come out ok, and employees are generally coming to trust Larry's leadership. Few regret Vic Gundotra's departure.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3505,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,Perks Smarter Engineers than an average tech corp Less than average corp bureaucracy,Upper management with larger than planet egos but with very modest track record.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3506,google,none," Dec 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company and people...,"Opportunity, Collaboration, Innovation, Start-up environment","Fast paced, and stressful at times",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3507,google,none," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Everything you've heard is true. What you haven't, is even better.","What do you get when you have the nicest, most talented people working on the most challenging problems? Google.","If you're not in Mountain View, collaboration and visibility is a challenge.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3508,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,I am greatly enjoying what I do.,"The culture. Specifically, the way my coworkers treat me, the way my manager treats me, the policies that affect me, the work itself, and the opportunities for growth.","The noise and density of the Mountain View offices. I'm introverted, and I have to use earplugs or work from home to work effectively.",I'd greatly appreciate more space and more support for working alone.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3509,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company culture,Employees and company values are great. Colleagues cheer you on and are very supportive of one another even though there is a lot of competition. People are willing to jump in to get things done. It is relatively easy to jump between groups/orgs.,Work-life balance can be difficult. Google makes it really easy to stay after hours.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3510,google,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Google has a lot of really smart people who come to work with a great attitude of wanting to do the right thing and make people around them successful. We are lucky to have leadership invest in their employees and really want to make the world a better place. We very rarely approach projects in a ""here is how we can save money"" approach but more in a here is how we can make a great user experience. The perks are great and the atmosphere is really relaxed and empowered to make a positive impact.","Compensation is definitely not the highest in the valley which makes it difficult to live close to work and buy a home you would really like to live in.  Sometimes it feels like there are too many cooks in the kitchen on high profile projects.  As we grow, the perks seem to be lessening. The food is not as good, the christmas present was definitely not as good and it feels like opportunities to feel apart of Google are starting to become more rare.",Find ways to continue to make it feel like a smaller company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P351.htm
3511,google,none," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Free food and free drinks,Lots if A type personalities,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3512,google,none," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"technical, smart people, open culture, flexible internal transfers","a bit routine, execution could be slow sometimes",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3513,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Ridiculous impact,Where else do you get to work on a product used by hundreds of millions of people?,Occasional excessive bureaucracy. Whiny people,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3514,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Great place,People are amazing and doing the right thing.,Getting really big. Really noting bad can be said.,"Not much. Move faster, even faster.",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3515,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer In Test III,Paradise lost.,"Well, it's Google:) You get exceptional perks, including subsidized massages and gourmet food. The average intelligence level of employees is very high and most of the technologies you work on are bleeding edge. The company tries to maintain open information culture and keep people aware of what is going on.","I've joined in 2005 and Google in 2005, Google in 2008 and Google in 2013 are 3 different companies. The early years made Google the icon for IT world and it was respectfully so. However as the company grew the engineer-centric and open culture has began to disarray and the people (mostly in mid-to-senior management) that should have never been hired started to erode this culture. Now it is becoming more and more like other big corporations. It is still a great company to work for and far better that most of what is out there, but comparing to what it could have become...","Pay more attention to people's career paths within the company. If someone is working on ""high value product"" it is almost impossible to switch the team (especially if the team you want to go to is not HVP). Avoid bureaucracy as much as possible and worry less about what other companies do (like Facebook) and get back to ""industries disruptor mode"" in which Google excels at.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3516,google,none," Dec 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,top notch,"Great perks, intelligent people, working on incredibly difficult problems.","It's gotten very big so there's some politics, although actually in my day-to-day work it's not so bad considering the size.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3517,google,none," Dec 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,"Young, creative mind, growth opportunity","nah, nothing is bad about",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3518,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 24, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Operations Manager,Great company and culture,"Work life balance, amazing talent, treat people really well, comp, benefits - you name it!","Difficult to get promoted, crazy hours in start-up product areas",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3519,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,Working here is exactly what you would think,"Benefits: Google Stock, 401k matching, free food, free gym, free cell phone (in sales), work-life balance","Usually hires over-qualified people, slow career progression can be frustrating",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3520,google,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Google Student Ambassador,Evangelized adoption and usage of Google Apps for Education to university IT departments as a Google Student Ambassador.,Vibrant work culture and numerous possibilities for professional growth.,None in my role as a Google Student Ambassador.,Incentivize employer performance with long-lasting intrinsic rewards than short-term extrinsic ones.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P352.htm
3521,google,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZING,Everything was good about goodl,Nothing was bad about google,Keep going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3522,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Larry & Sergey have never missed an opportunity to go the extra mile for their employees.,"Tremendous commitment to work/life balance, very tolerant of internal career changes, outstanding values.","Company continues to grow quickly, which can cause stress on internal dependencies.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3523,google,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 3, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,very good workplace,free lunch and snacks are great and the environment is very comfortable and approachable. one of the best places that i have ever worked at.,"nothing to complain about, everything about the company was great and ran to perfection. i would suggest everyone give google a good look at them because they are a great company to work for.",nothing keep on doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3524,google,none," Dec 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,Simple for every body and any where,Customer Service should be improved,Respect to Customer through CRM,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3525,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Really Enjoyable Experience,-Great environment -Chill people -Access to A LOT OF FOOD -A lot of free benefits -The office culture is really nice - we get to do some weekend activities like watching movies and eating out,-A lot of progression and advancement in the company may be stunted by politics -Salary may be less than ideal -A constant pressure to innovate,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3526,google,none," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Engineer,"Very satisfied, this is a great company",Difficult work life balance at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3527,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 18, 2014","Former Employee - Google Earth, Acquired From Keyhole","Google, Ok for the young with no families",Benefits Pay Excitement of a fast moving tech company,Long hours away from family if you have it. Feeling lesser if you dont work extremely long hours. Stock options not very valuable since they got so big,"Scale back, your growing too fast... this will not last and it will come to a head one day. Make your choices carefully.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3528,google,none," Dec 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, smart people, bright future","Company brand, integrity, strong future Company motto holds true pay, bonus work is challenging","is still a business - there is the usual baggage (politics, personal clashes, etc.) though probably less than most companies",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3529,google,none," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still good company to work, but gets too big to operate, perk cut every year.",Good perks ok salary lots of smart people,Less compensation every year. Hired too rapid,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3530,google,none," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Computer Science Academy Resident,Great benefits Smart people Lots of opportunities within the company Working on bleeding edge technologies,High emphasis on technical and less emphasis on other skills. If you are a Back-end guy this is the place for you but if you are a front-end and UI person there is less respect to your work.,The high emphasis on pure technical work create less room for people with different set of skills essential for success of products like Google +.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P353.htm
3531,google,none," Dec 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast Pace, Challenging but no work life balance","Great people, challenging and impactful work, fast pace, professional growth","No Work Life Balance, Stress and fast pace",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3532,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Visual Designer,Most Cool Place on earth,Most Cool place to work. I am so glad to join Google[x],"So many nerd. Sometimes, very hard to communicate.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3533,google,none," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing place to work, but very fast paced and competitive",The people are mostly very intelligent and positive.,Constant expectation to keep advancing career.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3534,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Information Technology Supervisor,INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPERVISOR,This is a young Company with a Potential of Expansion,"I will lose my seniority, but I do not mind to start a new carreer",I had supervise more than 23 employees for a period of 10 years,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3535,google,none," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Account Executive,"Amazing company, beware of cult-culture","Perks, people, passion. I don't have to tell you why Google is great to work at. They take care of their people. That's also the biggest Con.","Because the perks are so good, you don't realize how much of your life becomes defined by your job. Especially for those who start at Google early in their careers. Best advice would be to ensure you have a lot of life outside of work that are in ""Google-free"" zones.","Enough with the re-orgs, but you knew that already!",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3536,google,none," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,- very smart creative people across all sorts of teams - the freedom to tackle large high impact projects - strong focus on end user and mission - strong leaders,- can be humbling at times - a little harder to get stuff done than 3-4 yrs ago - overly dependant on one business model and search,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3537,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Amazing company, great culture, some of the best people I've ever met","-Amazing people -Very few companies are innovating at this scale -Can move around internally, by location or fuction, pretty easily -Amazing place to learn, build network and gain perspective that is hard to get elsewhere -Company culture is fantastic. People can really be themselves and that is embraced.",-Becoming a bigger company -Promotions can be frustrating,Moving up is becoming very difficult. Promotion cycles and performance review system are very frustrating.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3538,google,none," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company culture, not enough opportunity for growth","Excellent perks, especially opportunity to learn outside of your core role.",Not enough opportunity for growth. Very hierarchical structure,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3539,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 15, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It's what you make of it,"- Working with smart, effective people: The average intelligence level here is considerably higher than anyplace else I've worked, and the people tend to be very diligent. When I need assistance from another engineer or another team, I typically get quick and effective help. Office politics exist, but compared to anywhere else I've worked they're not a problem.  - Compensation / perks: I'm very satisfied with my compensation. The assorted perks are pretty valuable as well -- the food and fitness facilities are my favorites.  - Work/life balance: From reading other reviews here it seems that experiences in this area vary. But mine have been excellent. I rarely work over 40 hours a week, and when I do it's because I personally feel engaged by what I'm working on, never because of pressure from my manager or team lead. I almost never check work emails during evenings or weekends, and when I come in to the office in the morning I don't find that they've been emailing me during that period. I actually have gotten gentle pushback from my team lead when I asked if he could log in from home later in the evening to review/approve a change I wanted to submit.","- Impostor syndrome: The flip side of working with so many smart and effective people is that it can be difficult to recognize your own value, if you're used to being the smartest guy in the room and suddenly you're surrounded by people who are at or above your ability, that can be a bit of a blow to the ego. I eventually worked through this, but it took the better part of a year.  - Slow ramp-up: One of the drivers of impostor syndrome for me was that it took me a lot longer to find my footing and get effective here than at other jobs. Some of that is on me for not asking more questions, but I think more proactive support from leadership might have helped. The environment at Google is very unique and there's a lot to learn before an engineer can get things done.  - Living in a bubble: The perks and so on make life at Google very comfortable. I can imagine that leaving that bubble will get difficult.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3540,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Dec 15, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Writer III,Contractors have minimal access to corporate knowledge base.,"Fabulous talent with honest deliverable within the team. Dynamic environment with dynamic tools. On site exercise, on site weekly TED style presentations. Astonishing and amazing food. Green energy.","Some slow-to-respond, out-of-date information to leverage politics between team leads. Contractors have minimal access to corporate knowledge base.","Management cannot prevent people who want to keep their jobs from ""protecting"" their role with minimalist info. One or two star performers in a sea of mediocrity seems to be on par, even in government.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P354.htm
3541,google,none," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too shabby,"Pretty good workplace, free food","Bad work life balance, buses aren't on time",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3542,google,none," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Can be a great place, but not for everyone",+ Probably the best benefits in the industry + Trying to solve tough problems in many different areas.,"+ Can sometimes seem like there are too many smart/driven people trying to each make their individual mark, such that collaborative efforts suffer + The culture seems to be based on the bet that if you bring a bunch of smart people together, something great will happen. Rely much less on strong top and middle management that drives things in an organized way with a coherent vision. + There are many unsuccessful efforts in the company that are rarely talked about. And many cool things are talked about and pre-announced way before they are ready or even before it becomes clear how likely they are to actually happen.",What worked for you as a young company won't necessarily work as you get bigger and more mature. Having much stronger management and internal direction doesn't mean being less creative. Don't assume that putting a bunch of smart people together will automatically lead to greatness.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3543,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best place to work,"A great place to work for its perks and benefits, apart from the challenging work opportunities and great work culture.","As the company is growing rapidly, and investing in various new technologies, its no longer a company where a small team can launch a game changing product.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3544,google,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 7, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great !,culture and atmosphere. its a nice place,"pretty stressful, long hours, and sleep deprived",too busy,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3545,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Administrative Business Partner,Amazing place to call work.,"Freedom of creativity. I am able to create my own responsibilities and the folks I work with are incredibly intelligent, creating world changing consumer products.","It's really important to stay ahead of the group I support, but given things change on a daily basis, priorities are never the same from day to day. I don't consider this to be a con, but its something to consider. You must be adaptable as well as have a great sense of humor.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3546,google,none," Nov 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Ability to move up in company,Don't have any cons to add,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3547,google,"Washington, DC"," Nov 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great organization,"You can't beat it. I worked here for a year, in one of the smaller east coast offices. The greatest benefit, other than a great working environment, is the opportunity for personal and professional growth. If you can make it happen, Google will give you the resources to make it happen.","It's a huge company, lower level position can sometimes be out of the loop. Internal communications is not always done most efficiently.","Work on internal communication so that all levels, especially client facing positions, are on the same page as upper management.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3548,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Best Place to Work,"Leader in tech innovation, amazing work culture, great benefits including free food, bus service and much more. Transparency.",None that I can think of at this time.,Continue the amazing work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3549,google,"Edith, GA"," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,"The organization design of large scale, the internal fight the enemy separately.","Colleagues are nice, leadership is also very good, will help you to improve yourself","The work efficiency is low, the management level is low, bureaucracy.","Should take the architects as the main management, not administrative management.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3550,google,none," Nov 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Maybe the Greatest Company of our Generation,"Super inspiring mission. Lots of really interesting projects. Amazing people, many of whom have been at Google for a very long time. Able to move around and guide your own career.",Some people aren't happy in their current roles and don't know how to navigate a change.,More career management. I wish everyone at Google could be as happy as I am. Its not the case and I think we could do more to support people's mobility inside the company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P355.htm
3551,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 7, 2014",Current Employee - Visa Consultant,Help full,You assist people whom are traveling to India. You also learn the procedure for international travel.,Start up companies can be a bit of a hasel in regards to stability,Organization is key,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3552,google,none," Dec 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team-dependant,"Great perks, smart people constantly around, building the future, PTO is generous","if you get stuck on a horrible team, your product can just get dumped in the trash after years of hard-working (seen it in person to some PMs)",Management is doing fine.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3553,google,none," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Great perks, great impact, great scale","Becoming a big company, no longer a place for fast innovation",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3554,google,none," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engr,"good management, perks, salary :)",I don't think there are any cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3555,google,none," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Programmer,"good salary, good benefit","good salary, good benefit, good bonus",Hard to get internal promotion,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3556,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good work environment, good pay, great perks","- People are smart, projects are generally intellectually stimulating for engineers - Good career options - Positive signaling for the future (saying you worked at Google will help you for life) - The in-house perks (esp. food) are awesome.",- Things move pretty slowly. Projects can take years to ship. - Your experience will depend on your team. I've heard wildly different stories of Google experiences from people on different teams.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3557,google,none," Nov 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short but sweet,Solid benefits and very smart people with amazing location and campus,Red tap and bureaucracy with management in marketing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3558,google,none," Dec 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,Smart Peers Good work Nice perks Good pay Work life balance Intent to do the right thing,Can take time to get things done Lot of google specific technology Lot of projects getting scrapped,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3559,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 4, 2014",Current Employee - Database Administrator,A nice company,You work over the internet. How cool,Sometimes you are surfing too much.,Paddle surf,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3560,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 15, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,Not overrated,"Great food, perks, and work life balance. Along with amazingly smart and ambitious coworkers, tons of resources, cutting edge products, you can't go wrong",Big company feel at times.,More promotions please.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P356.htm
3561,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome,Best office in the world !,None cons in this google !,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3562,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,BEst,Everything is as good as it is in this company,nothing is a bad in this company,i dont like to advice u on this moment,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3563,google,none," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place but ...,"lots of talents, tech savvy. free foods!","well , it's becoming a huge company and overwhelmed somehow with some unskillful south asians.",diversity is important.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3564,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great!,Respect for work life balance is prevalent and very much upheld. Management genuinely cares if you're feeling overloaded and expects you to push back when you're not able to handle your workload.,Unstructured environment provides freedom but a lot of confusion and redundancy as x-team communication is poor.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3565,google,none," Dec 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for,"Amazing company!!!wonderful staff to work with. A lot of room to learn and grow! Casual wear and very intelligent people to work with, and its a completely different feeling and an honor to work with Google!","None, no company can outshine Goolge.",Keep doing what you're doing.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3566,google,none," Nov 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,many pros it was a great company,none such a great company to work for,keep it up,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3567,google,none," Nov 11, 2014",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great Place To Work,"Great culture, tons of mobility, work hard = huge opportunities, it's a great starting place for any career. Highly suggest working there.","Expectation is to perform. If you're looking to coast, Google is not a good place. The best rise to the top so get ready to work hard.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3568,google,none," Nov 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,eh,"cool culture, everyone is young.","none really, some condescending people.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3569,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Top-tier company in all areas. Great benefit, work-life balance, and highly motivated company.",It's becoming bigger and bigger. I would rather it stays small but with great momentum. More people does not mean more efficient.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3570,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Benefits. Amazing coworkers. Great place for people with families.,Scale - the company has grown a lot. Commute is bad from everywhere.,Slow down growth and prioritize better.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P357.htm
3571,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,amazing place,"Respects employees, smart and caring colleagues, lots of freedom",Should work and improve the hiring process,Fix hiring process to reduce the false positives.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3572,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 15, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,An extraordinary company with seemingly limitless resources investing in so many bleeding-edge areas,"Unbelievable perks, brilliant minds, lots of opportunity to learn new things in an ever-evolving environment.","Hard to move up, very political at times, career advancement not always based on merit alone.",Listen to the folks in the trenches.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3573,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Business Analyst,It's like being back in College again times going to Disneyland everyday,"Free.Food.NOM. Beautiful campus, fun offices Free gyms & fitness classes Best 401k match I've ever seen Free transportation to work Generous maternity/paternity leave Brilliant, fun, friendly coworkers Larry & Sergey. Seriously, they are the best. Unlimited resources for personal development Interesting projects that are changing the world Bowling alleys, volleyball courts, massage chairs, laundry, etc Real work-life balance Hiring that focuses on outgoing, friendly people who are passionate about learning (as opposed to companies that only care what you know now, and if someone next to you knows .0001% more than you, you are out). Things change so quickly at Google you have to just have a good attitude and quickly learn/adapt.","As the company grows promotions are harder and internal politics increases. Interview process is very long (I had 14 interviews and it took months). But hands down it is still the best company to work for in the whole world, period.",Stop trying to concentrate all employees in MTV. There is no housing here and no one should have to put 80% of their take-home pay to rent.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3574,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - People Operations Associate,energizing work environment with an emphasis on innovation and creativity,"amazing benefits, generous vacation policy, internal educational opportunities, challenging and impactful work opportunities, creative work environment","becoming too big, difficult to see precisely how and where you're creating/having impact, unclear career ladder, grunt work for new hires",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3575,google,none," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Google,So many things in Google are free,Google is relatively too big now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3576,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Fantastic Room for Growth,Interesting Problem Tons of room to make an impact even as a junior employee International opportunities High levels of prestige and mobility in the valley Benefits,"Despite being an extremely competitive place to get a job, the compensation is astronomical.",Leverage compensation more.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3577,google,none," Dec 15, 2014",Former Employee - Stylist Consultant,Ask a stylist app,the management girls are nice and appreciative,"horrible management, no training, too many people and not enough hours to work",better management of hours given to employees,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3578,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,It's the best company I've ever worked for in the 38 years since I graduated college.,"Very smart people, outstanding benefits and perks, excellent salaries, and lots of opportunity to do what you love. Everything you've heard about working for Google is true.","It's starting to become a little less firm in its moral stances and starting to bend with the prevailing political winds a little too much. In other words, it's starting to behave more like a multi-billion dollar international corporation than a passionate silicon valley technological trail breaker.","Get rid of the right wing political lobbyists and practice what you preach. If Google is going to say that privacy and climate change are important issues, then it needs to actively support them for the good of everyone and not just for the employees of Google.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3579,google,none," Nov 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer,"Google interns get paid more than most full-time employees across the country. According to Glassdoor, the average Google intern makes $5,678 per month, or $68,136 per year.","Any , perhaps to earn less than in a big investment bank but not every one car become a trader or a banker",Wonderful time there during the summer,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3580,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 7, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Amazing opportunity to learn, becoming so bureaucratic","Great benefits, culture, lots of interesting projects","Becoming so slow, that if you're not Director & above, it's very hard to get things done.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P358.htm
3581,google,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,The People Make this Place Great!,"Incredible company full of smart, motivated employees. I've rarely encountered disgruntled employees grumbling to each other at the water cooler. Everyone is passionate about their personal hobbies and brings their A game to work every day.","It's a flat organization, which means it's difficult to get promoted or get a fancy title.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3582,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 6, 2014",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,One of the best large companies to work for,"Choice and quality of work. Pleasant managers. Benefits: shuttle, food.",You compete against the best. So harder to grow. Too large. Hard to get noticed unless you are a rockstar.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3583,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Incredible. Like college all over again.,"Brilliant people. College campus community feel. Interesting, new experiences everyday. The biggest company in the world  Working at Google is like being on a huge college campus with tons of brilliant people all working together and having fun doing it. The ambience is like its own planet. Intelligence is embraced, and you get autonomy to try new things and the resources to learn everyday.","None, if you work hard consistently. Problems only occur when you're not.",Keep doing what you're doing. It's very unique and productive. The only thing I would suggest is to take a look at the hiring process for recruiters. I think we've turned away some amazing talent because we tend to look for,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3584,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 10, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Director,"Awesome company, but sales organization is not what it used to be","Great culture, smart people, innovative company, excellent perks, solid salaries","Overrun by McKinsey consultants, sales culture is not ""fun,"" executive management keeps people on their heels, not their toes",It's time to change Americas leadership. McKinsey consultants are not well liked by sales organization or clients,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3585,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Amazing Place to Work,"Incredible people, amazing tools, fantastic scale - and of course there are great things too like free food, and other perks",It's harder to make a big impact now that the company is so large,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3586,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"- Enlightened, capable leadership - Super smart colleagues - Great work/life balance","- In some parts of the company, can start to feel like a 'big company'",Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3587,google,none," Nov 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work for a company that is changing the world,Love working for a company that is changing the world. My colleagues were all smart and sharp.,Career development is difficult depending on role.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3588,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,"Great culture, perks and talent but poor performance measurement and promotion process","Talented and bright coworkers Great perks - free breakfast, lunch & snacks, quarterly offsites Unbeatable culture - no dress code, alcohol-friendly social events",Political in terms of promotion Metrics are used to track performance to a tee - at least 8 different metrics were added to performance assessment in the span of 6 months,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3589,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Seven wonderful years at Google.,"#1 work with the most talented, driven, amazing, and nice people who will make you better #2 work on really interesting products that benefit millions of people #3 egalitarian culture, meritocracy, the value of the idea is what matters, not the status of the person promoting it #4 salary, benefits, perks pretty impossible to beat","#1 performance matters, you will have to work hard, work smart, and grow #2 it can be very demanding and ask a lot of you, require long hours sometimes",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3590,google,none," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Company cares how employees feel.,Many opportunities are only available in Mountain View.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P359.htm
3591,google,"Foster City, CA"," Nov 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,interview process,good transparency and timely interview process,need some time think this one,keep doing what you're doing,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3592,google,none," Oct 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience.,"Good vibes, good people, good benefits",Cannot honestly think of a single one,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3593,google,none," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Adecco at Google,"Good pay, working for Google","Traveling-lot of it all the time, bad if you are married and have a family",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3594,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 28, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"the people are wonderful, you learn a lot from them.",gotten more corporate. lots of people to convince to make substantial changes.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3595,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 28, 2014",Former Employee - Developer,amazing,Best benefits for employees in the market for technology industry,Located close to big cities,move to small cities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3596,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,I can say that one of the most great things here is the smart people,Great work-life balance with adequate opportunity for career development,You can feel that it's a really big company now - difficult to advance & a lot of red tape,You could work really really long hours and pick up the slack for the rest of the team,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3597,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Marketing a new product at Google,"Amazing perks, seriously. I forgot my wallet at home for an entire week and never noticed until the weekend. Everything is onsite at Google. Challenging work environment where you can learn an insane amount and interact with extremely bright individuals. Having Google on your resume opens A LOT of doors.","Wildly disorganized to the point where your team, product + general efficiency suffers.So you remain frustrated. HR treats employees extremely poorly. Very difficult to get promoted. Absolutely no work-life balance whatsoever. I thought this was the dream, but was very disappointed in my experience at Google.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3598,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,Great work environment,"The perks - plenty of food, massages, shuttle, library, gifts, etc. Extremely smart co-workers to learn from. Lots of teams working on diverse projects, so you can switch things up every so often. CEO and leadership has grand visions for the future of the company.","While the salary looks high, it actually isnt so great once you factor in taxes and housing prices of the Bay Area.","Nothing, keep doing what you are doing.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3599,google,none," Nov 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good, but not for everyone","young, smart, creative, energetic people. i felt very supported by my manager and was encouraged to find tasks that i could excel at. however, it is important to note that not every manager is like that and some groups had very difficult and close-minded management styles.","benefits lead to a lot of entitlement among Google employees. not only does this have an impact on workplace expectations and dynamics, it also affects the larger communities within which Google employees operate. also it is important to remember that as much ""good"" as Google does, it is a for profit company that makes its revenue selling ads. it might be worth billions now, but that continues to be its bottom line.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3600,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Infrastructure,Tons of great systems to use internally. A lot of fun for building services.,I didn't notice anything bad.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P360.htm
3601,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 8, 2014",Current Employee - Business Role,Act on Employee Feedback - People managers w/ approval ratings ess than 50% YoY should not manage,1) Food: Great food options. The chicken taste bland 50% of the time but it's free food. Micro Kitchen always well stocked. 2) Large Company: Large company with many groups and a lot of opportunities 3) Transparency: Appreciate communication from leadership team.,"1) Org Changes: 'How Google Works,' by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg does not reflect Google reality. Reorgs take 6+ month and no decision gets made. Resulting in people being idle. Not every manager supports 20% projects. 2) Poor People Managers: Company is large with a lot of middle management not adding value and just delegating. Groups are created because an employee with double digits wants his/her favorite to have a team. Employee feedbacks are not addressed and management pays lip services to fix real issues. HR needs to work for the employee and not leadership team! ""Don't be evil!!!"" HR needs to represent the PEOPLE and remove leaders who have less than 50% YoY approval ratings or significant turnovers in team","Dear Larry & Omid, Morale is low in some of the business groups because of poor leadership. Please start identifying poor managers and evaluate roles and responsibilities of people in these groups. There are a lot of people who are pretending to work and they spend their day making up work so it sounds like they are working. Please don't waste the precious talent you hired. Morale is low, people are under valued, and some people feel that they are getting dumber!",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3602,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 5, 2014",Former Employee - Communications Associate,"Fast-paced, exciting company with incredibly talented colleagues","The perks were unbelievable from the high-quality free food, company trips, extravagant parties, guest speakers and celebrities, and more. Constantly surrounded by some of the smartest people in the world.","Very tough for work/life balance. Difficult to navigate given the large, fast-growing corporate culture. Some very arrogant colleagues that weren't always collaborative and made the culture cut-throat at times.",Consider more structured professional development programs for young professionals.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3603,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Awesome company, great coworkers, great company overall.","It is a really cool environment, I saw my self learning a lot, and you get payed good!","Of course you do have the information of the world in your hands, this can put some pressure on you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3604,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very challenging yet rewarding experience thus far,"Good perks, challenging work, opportunities to improve and advance within the company, working with smartest people.",Google is proud of its startup-like environment and that comes with hectic and chaotic work at times. Promotion can be tough.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3605,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,"- smart teammates - perks - learning opportunities - if you're ever bored of your current role, there are plenty of new projects and interesting teams to jump onto","- if you're in the wrong team with a poor VP or director, you'll see a lack of vision and a waffling product roadmap",- clarify the execution plan before you toss out a vision that can't be excetured,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3606,google,"Reston, VA"," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - Federal Sales,Google Government,"Outstanding work environment physically, Wonderful benefits for families, Free Food in each building all day every day","Difficult to break through the culture of high performers and academics, People are busy and not always available to help, Product suite not completely integrated into Enterprise Solutions","Determine what they want to sell, how they want to sell it, and",3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3607,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Analyst,What a great place to work at,"I have just finished my 6th month at Google and I loved every minute of it. If you are willing, there is always a great opportunity to grow and improve yourself. The campus is designed in a way to teach you something everywhere, even in the restroom...","Compensation is actually not competitive for Non-Eng positions which leads to a high turnover. Due to this there are plenty of ""average quality"" employees which was quite bit of a surprise to me.",Some Non-Eng positions are getting paid ridiculously low and I have seen many qualified employees leave just because of that by getting 50%+ more on top of what they were already making. They should realize that working for Google adds at least 30% to your market value and there will always be someone at the door waiting to attract these employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3608,google,none," Oct 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was a rousing experience full of learning. I really felt as if my career truly progressed.,"Excellent Benefits Decent Salary Overall ""fun"" company","Requires ""genius"" thinking (not my problem, only for those who apply to this) Tons of competition",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3609,google,none," Oct 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart people.,"Very responsive to employee feedback. Great benefits and compensation. Internal mobility exists, because Google has its fingers in so many different things.","Satisfaction is project-by-project, team-by-team. While you can certainly move teams, happiness is a gamble that many would prefer to not take.",Fix the rigidity of the review system.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3610,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 25, 2014",Former Employee - Information Technology Resident,"Overall positive environment, with some of the most super talented yet down-to-earth colleagues I'd ever seen","- Leadership/Management is amazing (for the most part) - Compensation is iffy but properly backed with the amazing (seemingly endless work perks!) - Perks go on forever, I don't think any one single employee has ever used even up to 90% of all the base perks, not to mention some of the ones that temporarily come and go based on happening events","- Performance tracking is a little more cut throat then I'd have liked, with the risk of quickly escalating work environment between peers from friendly competition to rivalry - With so much going on, it's easy to get lost in the noise. This company was founded on DATA! and making it meaningful and available, that means you need to have proper organizational skills going in so you can effectively manage your time and make every work second count!","Take some time to smell the roses, appreciate and educate your reports better. A simple gesture of encouragement could go a long way and even potentially be the difference between an under-performer and overachiever :)",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P361.htm
3611,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Likely the last job in my life...,"The brightest colleagues ever, company focus on `moonshots` and spoiling employees, a myriad career possibilities, have your work touch billions (!) and change the world for the better, initiative always encouraged and rewarded...","Very deep bench -- if your ambition is to become a CEO, you *won't* satisfy it at Google","Keep up the great work! Open communication yet more, encourage skipping of bureaucracy and layers, let chaos thrive",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3612,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Google review,"Stable, fair compensation, good benefits",Large that hard to show impact to the business,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3613,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great on paper, miserable in reality",Leading company Smart coworkers Strong senior leadership Great products World-class benefits Delicious and free food all day long Decent work/life balance in certain orgs Envy of friends and family,"Terrible place for career advancement and developing new skills: promotions are more difficult and much less frequent vs. similar companies and are just as political...95% of folks are top overachievers anyways, so competition is fierce and slots are few. Flawed leveling/stack ranking process inhibits growth, opportunities to transfer, and eventually impacts sense of self-worth and work ethic (burnout is inevitable as mentioned). Little to no impact/meaningful work at less than a Level 6. For context, if you're hired as an L2, it'll take 15+ years to achieve an L6 - and then you can be a middle manager. Woohoo! Sure, you can transfer (not easy though), but you'll be doing the same menial clerical work for a different division unless you level up and you'll have to restart your promo clock all over again. Re-orgs are every 6 months, delaying/killing career traction. Layoffs do happen here, but company keeps it quiet. Culture isn't for everyone: very snobby, often distrusting - company culture outside of walls is face value-only. Peers are collaborative only for promotions sake. Lots of bureaucracy and conformity, very corporate culture. Poor camaraderie outside of office. Terrible internal systems. Proprietary Google CRM is a joke. Transfer packages are terrible, HR always finds ways to negate merit increases when transferring by lowering salary, relocation packages are bare minimum (but most people here come from money, so that's ok I guess). Slowly turning into a conventional company, bloated middle-management doesn't ruffle feathers, protects selves vs. team/good of the company. Benefits are decreasing as company grows and becomes more conventional.","Don't pay lip service to career development. You're working with some of the best and brightest in the world, don't let them rot on the vine due to corporate politics. Stick with products by marketing them for more than two quarters. Try launching a flawless product for once and/or actually fix it once it GTM.",2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3614,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 1, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Amazing experience, now a big company","Working alongside incredibly smart people. High benchmark for social interactions, always reading about what new and innovative teams alongside you are working on","The work life balance isn't what it seems, you really do need to work extremely hard to get ahead. It's in the advanced stages of becoming another big company, so you've really lost the sense of intimacy and flexibility that came with a smaller company. The reorgs that happen every 2-3 years get old after awhile as you're constantly reshuffled to new teams and managers.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3615,google,none," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,selling ads for google,you can mange your own time,the pay is low if you do not have a lot of traffic to your website.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3616,google,none," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,Fast-paced and exciting environment,"Google is a fast moving and constantly evolving environment. This can be a strength or it can be a weakness, depending on your ability/ desire to keep up..","Google is a fast moving and constantly evolving environment. This can be a strength or it can be a weakness, depending on your ability/ desire to keep up..",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3617,google,none," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly everything you've heard,"Good comp, benefits are great. Lots of high quality people.",Senior management seems to loose interest in initiatives easily. Culture isn't as good as everyone thinks. Lots of egos.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3618,google,none," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work ....Big and Corporate now,Great benefits. Nice pay and bonuses. Smart people and interesting colleagues.,Too many cooks in the kitchen at the employee /junior manager level. Constant changing of direction and priorities. Hard to focus.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3619,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company...but times are changing. Google is a large company now and it shows sometimes.,"Pay, benefits, culture, food, food, food.",Large company now makes getting things done slower.,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3620,google,none," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"great benefit, great grow opportunity",life work balance is not so good,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P362.htm
3621,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company,- large focus on work-life balance - great opportunities and support for personal and career development - amazing co-workers and atmosphere,- Google is getting bigger and more liks a corporation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3622,google,none," Oct 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer V,Academic and without direction,Amazing benefits. Streamlined process. No politics.,No sense of overall direction. No sense of ownership of achievement. Makes you feel like a tiny cog in a giant machine. 1000's of genius engineers with nothing better to do than pick on each other.,Do some actual management of products and projects!,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3623,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Product Support Manager,"Good company, watch out for some departments","perks, talent, infrastructure, brand recognition, exposure to other parts of the company","training, onboarding, some department's culture are not Googley and could trap you in an area that prevents you from moving to other areas, commute from SF",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3624,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 11, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great people, great values","The benefits and care of employees is obviously world class, and compensation is almost unmatchable. But the company attracts some of the best talent and best people to work with in the world, which is the most important bit. Potential impact is always huge, and it's great to wake up in the morning and hear that the company you work for is going to try and defeat death, or bring internet in balloons to rural areas.","Google has gotten really large, and depending on where you are in the company, some bureaucracy and politics can get in the way. The company is very conscious of it, though, so it's less than you might see at other companies of this size. Launching is also the main emphasis -- it's hard to hire some of the brightest people in the world and ask them to just maintain some code base. Almost everyone is very entrepreneurial and always want to be working on new things, so maintaining things and following through of things can sometimes be difficult.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3625,google,none," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You learn an incredible amount in just 11 weeks!,The supportive network of Googlers and office culture,There are literally no cons to this internship.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3626,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience overall.,Great coworkers and managers who really value you.,Huge company with a lot of bright people results in a lot of constant competition,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3627,google,none," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Truly a wonderful company to work for. Work ethic and culture combined at its best!,The company demands are high therefore it makes the work in turn easy. The personal growth one can obtain whether they remain w/ Google long term or not is forever beneficial. You realize this once removed.....,"The politics.... Google, being that it is becoming so large, the game of favorites tends to be played alot. I've never had to encounter this being a problem for myself, but have seen this happen to truly qualified team members surrounding me. It can have a college feel to it at times - Gossip, Gossip, Gossip. (but, that can be said for all companies at some point)",Every manager I have come across has been great. I have nothing negative to say.  Compensation can ALWAYS be better. =),4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3628,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 24, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Not the best company to work for despite the reports,"The perks, benefits and prestige of working here are the most significant pro's. Having Google on your resume does open other doors for you, but first you have to survive working there. Another pro is the variety of interesting products they are working on, there is very interesting work happening at Google in a variety of areas.","Entitlement, damaging competitiveness, and misogyny just to name a few. Throw an ineffective HR team in the mix and it is actually not a very supportive or pleasant place to work. I worked in a group that was dominated by men who actively did not like women. My male boss actually stated in a 1:1 with me once that he though several recent promotions were to fill some sort of ""promote women quota"" and that some of the women promoted did not actually deserve it based on their performance or skills. He actually said this to me, a woman. I did mention this to my HRBP and her response was ""do you want me to do something about that?"" A completely inappropriate response. Only young white men from top level universities and very masculine women were hired into our group, I was reorganized into the group my second year at Google and was shocked and disturbed by the environment on the team i joined. Work life balance was a joke and the only appreciation and recognition I received was from the internal client groups I supported. I would not recommend working at Google to anyone and would say that women in particular need to think long and hard before going to work there. I think there is a lot of bullying, bias and harassment happening in the group I was in and HR should know about this as many people have raised it and no action towards improvements are being taken.",The HR team needs to be stronger and take appropriate action on items raised to them. I also think more unconscious bias training and more honest conversations about gender issues is necessary.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,32,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3629,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 9, 2014",Current Employee - Developer Advocate,Everything I need to be happy for a long time,I love what I do. My work is used by lots and lots of users. It's cool stuff that makes people happy. I'm learning a lot which will make me employable within Google and elsewhere. I get to go home whenever I want to enjoy my free time and I make enough money to travel.,Not all jobs at Google are great. Some of them might be on bad projects or ineffective teams. If this happens to you it's probably in your best interest to transfer to another team.,Make sure your employees always feel comfortable complaining about you. And the use those complaints to make the company better.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3630,google,none," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,"Perks, highly motivated, intelligent people.","Lots of people, can get lost",More empowerment to those who aren't engineers,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P363.htm
3631,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Principal,Amazing place to work!!,"- Great work-life balance (coming from a consulting background, so anything less than 60 hrs a week is great!) - Outstanding perks - company is really generous to its employees - Cool projects and products - use gmail for work! no outlook, no lotus notes!",- Complicated cross-functional organization design - company is organized around products vs. marketing & sales. Hard to coordinate and move people across functions to action,Reduce complexity! Streamline decision-making!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3632,google,none," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Negotiate your starting salary,"There is a band of salaries at each level, and when you start at Google or transfer departments, you can and should negotiate because they will start low. I got +8% to base.",Employees don't feel comfortable/safe giving feedback about managers because they're too protected by the next manager. Be wary of who your hiring manager will be.,More checks and balances on manager feedback. I don't feel safe saying the truth in Googlegeist,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3633,google,none," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's like grad school for people who get stuff done,The people are great (generally a mix of both very capable and ambitious). Senior management is accountable and very passionate.  The benefits are phenomenal. You generally have access to as many resources as you need... you just need the ideas and execution.,"Sometimes there is too much complexity built up to do something simple. You can often fix that, but it may be hard to orchestrate work across geographies and teams since many people have loads of work.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3634,google,none," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good company to work for,They pay a good salary except that they have very lousy work environment. I am no longer interested in working here.,Not a good company to work for.,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3635,google,none," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work with best perks.,Free food. Amazing respect when you wear Google t-shirts and roam around in public places.,Haven't found any cons yet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3636,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test,cool things,things are good. culture is quite open and you opinions are valued,"non responsive managememnt. also, difficult to advance",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3637,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 19, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,Take part in creating useful tech,Almost cult like employee following,nothing much,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3638,google,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Friendly, brilliant people","Great community atmosphere. Brilliant engineers who are humble, respectful, and go out of their way to help you. The perks are seriously insane -- delicious food, world-class gyms, etc. Unlike some other reviewers, I've had no trouble with movement around the company. I will say that I started Google with a particularly excellent and supportive team, which means I got very good peer reviews, which made transfers to other teams quite easy. I've seen others who get unluckily placed in a hohum team and have trouble getting out. I find work-life balance also quite reasonable, though it might help to be remote from the HQ.","Gets a bit political as you climb up the ladder. Not toxically so, but still annoying.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3639,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 27, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great company to work for,"Amazing culture, free food, smart people, interesting projects, all this while having a huge impact","It is getting a big company - so politics is creeping in, a lot of slack in pockets.","- People want to grow, create opportunities for them. Beyond promotions, what else can the management offer.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3640,google,none," Oct 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to work at.,Fun Campus to work in.,Cost of living high In California.,Don't be evil is your motto. You should try to follow it.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P364.htm
3641,google,none," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sem account manager,benefits is really good and the employees are of high quality,"not much growth space, no good career path",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3642,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Strategic Partner Development Manager,"Innovative, fun work environment","Leading innovative work, which nobody else is doing. Opportunities for career growth, and tons of career development resources available. Great benefits in stock equity as well as free onsite perks.","High stress, fast-paced environment. Getting so big that it can feel very bureaucratic.",HRBPs should do a better job with keeping tabs on Product Leads (especially in Google[x]) and paying close attention to team morale and happiness.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3643,google,none," Oct 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Extremely rewarding and gratifying experience.,"Great work environment, amazing benefits, flexibility on schedule, free hand to make decisions, peer camaraderie and very easy going atmosphere.","Long hours, not enough remuneration, upper management little arrogant but apart from that, a great place to work and learn and gain experience.",Increase pay scale!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3644,google,none," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Treat employees very well, but not much opportunity outside of Mountainview and New York","Benefits and perks are fantastic. Each manager I've had is on board with providing a work-life balance. They are also supportive without micromanaging. Lots of opportunities to meet coworkers, go to events or join social groups. The work is important as well.","The only con is that overall, if you are not interested in Sales, there is very little opportunity outside of New York or Moutainview which can lead to lack of a long-term career.",Allow more roles (outside of Sales/ENG) to exist outside of NYC or MTV.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3645,google,none," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding environment and touch schedule.,Great salary and benefits and resources. The amount of intelligent people working for this company can be a bit overwhelming and forces you to be the best.,Hard to find free time outside of work. My family started to become distant and I came to the realization that I needed to spend more time with them. Hopefully Google will offer more work from home and vacation opportunities.,More vacation,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3646,google,none," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,"Amazing company, HR/Recruiting org needs a lot of work","The Google perks are ridiculous and well-documented. Benefits are amazing. Great learning environment. I worked as a recruiter for ~2 years at Google and learned way more about how to be a great recruiter than I did in the previous 6 years of my career, combined. Google, as a whole, genuinely cares about their employees.","Management doesn't seem to care about anything except making themselves look good to their superiors. They have their little clique of cronies that make decisions behind the scenes without any input from the worker bees. Few opportunities for career growth, unless you kiss the proverbial ring.  FTE compensation is mediocre and heavily stock-driven. If you stay for 5-10 years, you'd be set from accumulating Google stock...anything less than that and you are making below industry standard. Bonuses are laughable for high performers.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3647,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Regional Security Specialist,Closest Place To Paradise,"Perks like free food, great gyms, shuttle services, etc Great company culture A lot of great networking events across departments Google grow classes that help you build on old skills or learn new ones",Upward mobility is hazy Compensation isn't what I expected,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3648,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,Good place to work,Very intellectual people from Admin to tech,Promotion and micromanagement on the recruting team for tech,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3649,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Pleasant to work here,"- competitive package. - awesome benefit: free food, gym, micro kitchen, many benefits - unique culture to encourage to encourage innovation","grows relatively steadily and stably, possibly fewer opportunities here than in startups",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3650,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - EMT,Fun,Fun alot of resources. food is amazing.,should have more input in the contracts they hand out to various companies like astreya,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P365.htm
3651,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,awesome experience,"good working environment,exposure,technology,work life balance",tougher and harder to compete,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3652,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,great company,"great company, great vision, enjoyable work.","difficult work, takes time, can be stressful","keep up the good work, I agree with vision for company",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3653,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent learning experience,"Sense of community is really great, campus is beautiful. Like a continuation of a intensive college experience. Would recommend to anyone who has the opportunity.","Very smart people in all divisions, can be hard to stand out at times. Lots of brogrammers and Stanford kids.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3654,google,none," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,impressive for its size,"Great talent, engineering-driven, above-market compensation, (internally) open culture, loads of perks. Well-deserved reputation for having the industry's best software engineers.","It's a big company. Hard to make an impact outside your project / team, and easy to get lost. If you're entrepreneurial and want to act like an owner at a company level, this is not the place for it.",Make the company more human. Take management and mentorship more seriously. And fix the hiring process -- it's a machine that dehumanizes both candidates and interviewers.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3655,google,"Mont Alto, PA"," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Heart Throbing Experience so far,Really Smart People to work with,Many new things to learn,Good Management,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3656,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Talent Acquisition,"Great processes, strong systems, smart hiring managers, excellent employment branding","Vague career path for TA professionals,",develop a more coherent strategy for retaining good TA professionals,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3657,google,none," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Everything is awesome, bureaucracy can be annoying (but typically not prohibitive)","perks, office culture, salary, benefits, personal growth","Competence of directors varies from team to team, bureaucracy can be a challenge.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3658,google,"Kansas City, MO"," Oct 5, 2014",Former Employee - Brand Ambassador,Great company to work for,"good pay, great community involvement and opportunity to travel the city and see new things","micro managed, little personal life, work up to 60 hours a week and terrible benifits",Hire people with experience and lay off the politics in a start up company,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3659,google,none," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporation trying not to be corporate,"Great place to work, good work-life balance","Can't bring my dog, traffic is bad",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3660,google,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,"Incredible perks, incredible autonomy, great coworkers, good pay, and interesting projects.",Offices only in places I don't want to live.,Stop trying so hard to get everyone to work in Mountain View.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P366.htm
3661,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Project Manager,Big company that is a good starting point.,"Lot's of ability to move around and move up if you work hard and learn the right skills. Benefits are solid, but basically industry average at this point. Compensation is competitive.",The company has slowed down to the point of frustration and re-orgs are far too common.,"Less re-orgs, more emphasis on pushing products people want to see. Google X is a joke, scrap it.",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3662,google,none," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place...,"free food, snacks, and plenty of distractions to balance your day...",Sometimes the direction can be a cluster...,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3663,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"challenging, supportive, focused, important","NYC, meals, soccer team, meals, benies,","don't know yet, will find out inevitably","I had a great sit-down talk with someone outside my group about my long term plans. I hope everyone gets that talk,",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3664,google,none," Aug 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Insane workload but with almost no bureaucratic nonsense,"Benefits are fantastic. People routinely ask if the internet rumors are true about the lunches, healthcare, etc.. well... they are. Further- you are encouraged to take advantage of them (including things like 12 weeks of paternity leave)  People are, by and large, some of the smartest most interesting people I have ever met.","Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE wants to ask me questions about Google, if I like it, is rumor XYZ true, ... etc. Also, just about everyone within 3 degrees of me in places like LinkedIn have asked for jobs. Even the Barista at Peets asked for a job.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3665,google,none," Sep 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best place to work at!!!!,The work environment is fantastic! I am working with such great minds.. brilliant! It is such a pick me up to just go to work everyday. I look forward to every day at work.,Cons? whats cons? There are no cons of working at Google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3666,google,none," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart so coworkers, great atmosphere","great benefits, you get to work with a lot of smart people which will increase your knowledge",which I can work remotely a few days out of the week. Too many projects at one time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3667,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great, but lots of politics",Smartest people in the world. Tons of talent. Tons of perks. Beautiful,Absolutely loathed the commute from SF. Huge time suck from my life. Politics left me tired. Couldn't focus on the product.,Don't have too many cooks in the kitchen. Get the pure manager folks out of the way. They're an unnecessary layer that limits growth and visionary thinking,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3668,google,none," Sep 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company out there. Period.,"smart coworkers, mobility, meritocracy, perks",office moves are frequent to find room for growth,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3669,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Developer Programs Engineer,Amazing,Filled with smart people and interesting projects to work on.,It's such a big company that it is impossible to keep standards high. As a result there are people there that should be fired but can't because a large company is an easy target.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3670,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good campany,"good atmosphere,smart people,interesting project,excellent pay",very big. have a little bit stuff can be determined by you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P367.htm
3671,google,none," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good for tenured engineer, bad for passionate engineer","very good life-work balance, very good compensation","work on small things, lots of doc/design reading",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3672,google,none," Sep 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to pursue career,Great culture and passionate people,Nothing negative. Just personal relocation.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3673,google,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 27, 2014",Former Employee - Account Executive,Good times,Loved the atmosphere. Management was motivating.,Time was always a problem. The clocks never worked.,Learn how to put batteries in the clocks. AA.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3674,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 21, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Wild place to work,"Great autonomy, lots of action, rewarding overall experience","Inconsistent, sometimes poor personnel policies. Lots of hiring hiccups. Not a company designed for people over 35. Many current employees will give Google 5 stars, but note: when it's good, it's very good, but when it's bad, it's incomprehensibly bad.","Less Disneyland, more real company",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3675,google,none," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,The working environment google provide. allow employee to do what they really want.,Some problems are challenged and sometimes it is hard to meet the requirement.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3676,google,none," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"benefits, food, terrific co workers","crowded, competing for talent, remote offices",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3677,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 25, 2014",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Too much hype,"Smart people, amazing company vision and ambition, perks.","Amateur management. Beyond the point of being disrespectful at times. I've seen this from the top leadership time and again. Eventually I had to leave because of a conflict with personal values. Funny thing is, those at the top were simply there first/ longest, and they are generally less competent than many of the most junior employees. Heavy bureaucracy. Kinda ridiculous to see how tactical management can get (I mean,the CMO providing feedback on a product web site), and the sheer lack of a well communicated strategy for the business (ie, I do think Larry sets a good company vision and priorities).",n/a - too much arrogance there to really listen.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3678,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 11, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Competitive Machine of Silicon Valley,"Google presents an idyllic exterior setting: volleyball courts, free meals, and the athletic intramurals of a college campus. It has attracted many very smart people and offers good salaries. It is a technology focused company, and has produced four world changing products: Google Search, Ads, Maps, and YouTube.","Google is beset by internal competition -- the atmosphere of constant review pushes people to primp their resumes and do things to look better and make their competition look worse. Unscrupulous, loud people are rewarded, while ineffective people are treated similarly to those that actually do great work. The company is full of managers who don't really know how to manage.  Working conditions offer no privacy and detract from concentration: wall-less elbow-to-elbow bull pens.  Corporate Management insists on recruiting mostly at headquarters (Mountain View) despite the growing issue of insufficient housing for new hires. Employees live in the substandard housing nearby or yoke themselves for life to pay a mortgage on some place nice.  Worst of all, much of management is running out of ideas. Almost every product they've produced was brainstormed fifteen years ago. The dream of the ""Star Trek"" computer is basically accomplished, and they now have tens of thousands of software engineers to employ doing... what, exactly?",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3679,google,none," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,Culture is great so are people,No cons or negatives at all,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3680,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 7, 2014",Former Employee - Staffing Manager,Getting Too Big,Great mission - creates large impact and affects people's lives. Always pushing innovation with high risks projects like self driving car and Google Glass. Googlers are compensated very well and there are lots of perks.,"This may not apply to the entire company because my experience was in the Human Resources department. It has become bureaucratic and very political. Maybe this is part of being a 50,000+ company. There's too much red tape that slows down the ability to get things done. Also, success is becoming dependent on who you know and how much you sell yourself. It's no longer about your accomplishment or abilities. Title and level are becoming more important.",Some Directors and Sr. Managers are average or terrible. Listen to lower level employees and what they have to says about their managers. Don't just rely on the surveys - interview them privately. You'll learn more about how they feel and view their leaders.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P368.htm
3681,google,none," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Talented, driven and passionate team environment.","You get to focus on what you do best. Google tries its best to take care of everything else (within reason) so that you can focus on doing what you do best. Little things like: food, transportation, entertainment, and the right tools for the job ( computers, phones, and even desks)","Since it's becoming bigger and bigger, you get the feeling that you're contributions are not making a big impact. Which leads many googlers to leave after 18 months.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3682,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 5, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome Company,Great working culture. Very engineer-driven company. You feel that you can do what you like and are appreciated for it. Not to mention the great perks (that can get very distracting).,"Everyone is super-smart and constantly tries to prove it, which can be very tiring Once you scratch the surface you realise that there are too many projects and not enough people to do them.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3683,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Really Amazing benefits,Great benefits. Also great atmosphere. Make you feel young!,"Very free, and some become not productive.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3684,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,"Great people, work, and environment","The company is extremely transparent internally, supports lifelong learning (if there is something you want to learn it is likely there is a class available on the topic), and you work with some of the smartest people around. The work environment is great, as is the food, fitness centers, and other added benefits.","If you end up on a project you aren't all that interested in or a team you don't quite mesh with, you may not enjoy your work as much as you could if you were placed on another team/project, though it seems fairly painless to switch teams if you aren't enjoying what you do anymore.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3685,google,none," Sep 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,"Great company with great pay, benefits, and atmosphere.",At many times wanted a more rigid environment.,-,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3686,google,none," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, once you learn to work smarter","Perks, benefits, pay, work-from-home policy, and really smart people. You don't run into morons here, and that makes life *so* *much* *better*. The tools available inside are better than anything that anyone can buy, and really have no equal.  You have a bit of a raffle in terms of your manager, but really, just switch around when you can to find one that works well for you. Being at Google with a manager that you work well with is an optimal life situation","Some managers are great technically, but have no people skills whatsoever. Also, the level of work and output by your peers is very high. You have to learn to work smart to make your work-life balance fit. This means learning how to effectively use the tools (which takes time, but they're really good), to build discipline to avoid spacing out on random websites, and actively managing your time. You also have company policies (easy to work from home, flexible hours) to make that happen.",Make it easier for employees to switch groups when a manager has poor rankings.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3687,google,none," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to be, but a hard place to work","The benefits are some of the best in the valley. Swimming pool, commuting bus, great free food, and the list goes on and on. Look at the dictionary for the definition of great company benefits and you will see a google logo.","Work, work, work, work, work, work and more work. Life there is tough, don't let the benefits suck you in, because behind the fatherly support, is a more ulterior motive to keep you there long, long hours by taking care of you so well. Work / life balance is tough. If your young with no life outside of work, this is a dream come true. With a family of young kids, think before you jump ... but there are worse things like doing the same hours in a likely to fail start-up so it is not all bad.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3688,google,"Boston, MA"," Sep 17, 2014",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Not too shabby,"Awesome company to work for especially as your first job, Exceptional people, amazing offices, and very creative environment",Not much change in pay until a very long time . Pay is good but stagnant,Increase pay over a period of time,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3689,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It's Google,"Smart people. Good engineering practices. Free food onsite three times a day is an essential convenience factor. Lots of opportunities for travel. Interesting projects. Compensation and benefits very generous. Lots of cool perks, fun offsites etc.","Capricious high-level management direction, some projects don't make sense. Working across many time zones in distributed offices is challenging at times.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3690,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Smartest people ever,"The people are amazing, everyone is super talented and smart. Food & other perks are generous. For a large company, has a superbly impressive culture and responsiveness to employees' desires.","Individual team/group culture varies widely, some are a lot more ""fun"" to work on than others.","Strategically: keep it up! Larry is doing a great job internally. From a communications standpoint, I miss the days of Eric as CEO, as he's just so great at talking to the press and representing the company externally.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P369.htm
3691,google,none," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Diverse & interesting people, big challenges, effective leadership, great perks",people are great. you have the most interesting conversations with your colleagues who have super diverse interests. work quality and culture is pretty good.,"nature of work is more rote than it used to be (what with the onset of ""big company culture""). harder and harder to be heard over the sea of voices despite (or perhaps because of) open culture.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3692,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 11, 2014",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,Overworked and underpaid...,"saying you 'work for Google', free food all day long, free shuttle transportation, lavish parties (depending on your group's visibility and corresponding budget), flexible work schedules","poor work-life balance for higher-level employees. if you are a higher-level hire with a masters degree you will find a high level of expectation from you starting on day 1, disorganized on-boarding training programs for new hires leaving you to sink or swim and figure things out on your own,",stop the bureaucracy! Google should try harder to get back to it's original start-up entrepreneurial culture and leave the corporate BS for the birds!!!,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3693,google,none," Sep 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok the project was great but how it was ran wasn't,The benefit of the actual project for customers it was very helpful,The way the operation was ran was by far the worse,"Lack of growth, no stability",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3694,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 27, 2014",Former Employee - Google [X],A Challenging and Exciting Time!,Having a voice with upper management.,None that I can think of off the top of my head.,Keep doing what you do!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3695,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer III,"Hard work, but worth it.",One of the best companies in the world to work for.,"If you want work-life balance, you have to be the one to take the initiative. It won't just be handed to you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3696,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 10, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Sourcer,Robotic Recruiting where all they care for is a number not quality. Shady practices to get candidates through.,Benefits. 401k match. Soaring stock price on a strong ad business.,"-Big company, Political environment. -Quantity get higher precedence over quality. - Google Recruiting culture is different from the company.",Integrate Engineering and Recruiting.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3697,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Best Engineering culture i have seen. The impact is very big as products scale to millions of users.,It is becoming very big and the perks are slowly falling off. This also makes it go slower than previously,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3698,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 6, 2014",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"A good place to start your career, but maybe not the best place to grow it fast","For the most part, co-workers are smart, caring and considerate people. Google also offers awesome perks and really does try to treat its employees well.","It's a really big company, and suffers some inevitable big company problems like politics and internal mobility an be more difficult than one would imagine.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3699,google,none," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it here.,Great teams and great people,It is extremely competitive here.,Focus on training.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3700,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,"Limited career opportunities, in the traditional sense","Breaking new ground all the time. Lots of mental space and collaborative colleagues who are at the ready to share ideas, listen to yours, and offer connections to get them (the ideas) tested.","Promotion seems to be a question of meeting the official company roles and responsibilities for each level, rather than contribution to the bottomline. People skew younger, which can be a drag on getting things done because 90% of people seem to be on the wrong end of a generic working life learning curve (rather than actually learning about new products and figuring out how to sell them).",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P370.htm
3701,google,none," Sep 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing experience, sometimes a little stifling","Google treats its employees just amazingly well. The perks are great, the pay is very good, the work is interesting, the atmosphere is not crazy stressful.","It's become a big company. It's one of the best, if not the best, big company in the world, and I still love Google. But if you're ambitious and really want to be in the ground floor of exciting new projects, Google isn't always the easiest place to do that.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3702,google,none," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good.,"office is great, I love it!",Pretty big company and hard to learn what everyone else is doing,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3703,google,"Sea Cliff, NY"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,Freebies and free food. Decent Salary,Contractors get paid more than FTEs,Salary could be better as the market pays much more,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3704,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 31, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great stable job, not for entrepreneurial types",good perks good coworkers room for advancement,mundane work not vibrant not much people interaction,psychologically profile your new employees so you can place them in the team or position that best suits them,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3705,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 28, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Great company,"Amazing mobility - there is no company that has a leading presence in as many different areas of technology. Employees are able to switch roles and teams easily, it's like being able to get a new job without leaving the nest.",Big company issues - hard to grow scope and have an individual impact.,Find a way to keep people interested when significant promotion opportunities are hard to come by.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3706,google,"Boulder, CO"," Aug 25, 2014",Former Employee - Sales and Operations Associate,"Great company, limited opportunities in a remote office.","Lots of learning opportunities. Fun congenial environment. Smart, motivated colleagues.",Felt pigeonholed in my roll.,More transparency around career path opportunities and lateral moves between teams.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3707,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 27, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Desperately trying to stay relevant,"Looks good on your resume Free meals Your parents will have heard of the company, even if they still don't understand exactly what you do for a living.","Disorganized management Arrogance and complacency are rampant (think Micro$oft in the 90's) You can't trust your co-workers A collection of failed attempts to diversify, kept afloat by one cash cow (depressing to everyone not working on search) Most managers actively sabotage your efforts at working on a 20% project -- very frustrating.","Concentrate on search, and give the profits to the shareholders. You can't beat the rest of the world to the ""next big thing"" from within the safety of GOOG's balance sheet -- try venture capitalism instead.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3708,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Best company ever created in human history,"Strong vision, execution, best pay / perks, seriously aiming to make the world a better place.","Internal competition, more top down these days than before, but still better than any other company outside. Too many Directors (compared to T7s), many incompetent ones, very difficult to move up in some part of the company, which serves as a reason why competent people leave.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3709,google,none," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place!,"I love the free food, the amazing people, and spectacular environment. A beautiful company.","It can sometimes be a little stressful, because there's a lot to be done. Hours can be long.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3710,google,none," Aug 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing.,"So many perks for employees! You have good food, many fun opportunities, good work amenities. I would say working at Google is an amazing experience.","Sometimes, hard to get a promotion. The work itself can be very challenging, and at times, colleagues may not be willing to help get you through tough codes or working experiences.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P371.htm
3711,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Former Employee - Brand Manager,My experience at google was nothing short of amazing,"So many highlights including: intelligent people, expansive budgets to accomplish your department initiatives, great perks and an amazing work environment overall. Everyone is highly driven and ambitious and when I came into work every day, I literally felt that energy as soon as I walked in through the door. People who excel in this company are self-starters and creative people that are able to think quickly and outside of the box.",upward mobility is stagnant. perks can make most complacent and satisfied with their role level for years with no title promotions.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3712,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Enjoyable,Experience in one of the largest and well know companies in the world in a great location and amongst similar minded people,the cost of living in the bay area and the long working hours make it tough to continue motivation and standards,expected job hours and expected love for the brand is sometimes unrealistic,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3713,google,"Redwood City, CA"," Aug 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Pretty challenging,Great atmosphere fun employees Great food great opportunities,Demanding bosses No connection to any one inside low sallaries.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3714,google,"Chicago, WI"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,"Great work, hard work","Excellent organization, pay, FREE coffee","Little leadership. Hours can be long, but hey, that's life.",Help new comers.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3715,google,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,Lots of smart people selling ads,Perks that everyone knows about. Good pay. Good benefits. Being able to talk to lots of smart people. Your relatives will be impressed.,"The work itself can be lame in many areas of the company. Constant evaluation and stack ranking. Frequent feeling that what you do doesn't help the company. Many, many layers of management.","Be more selective with managers. Promote managers who are good at motivating teams, not because they are good ""soldiers"".",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3716,google,none," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but hard to move up after a certain level.,Perks and salary are very good.,Growth stagnates after certain level.,Grow your managers from within rather than hire externally.,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3717,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 25, 2014",Current Employee - Product Marketing Director,"Amazing place, strong culture but not perfect for mid / senior level managers","Incredible culture, great transparency and excellent communication between senior management and the rest of the company. Very smart, motivated and fun people to work with. Incredibly fast paced and forward thinking company. Generally, very good products which are constantly improved on. Google is very consumer centric and also fast to learn and improve its products.","Google can be extremely competitive and is unrelenting in its pace. More importantly, for senior or mid level management you can hit a glass ceiling. The company is very product / eng driven which can at times be frustrating for sales & marketing people. Google is not organized structurally for employees looking for GM or P&L experience. It's too functionally structured for that. If you want to eventually manage a business then unless you're a product / eng person this might not be the right place for you.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3718,google,none," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,It's a great place to work!,Can't think of any cons!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3719,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 4, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Everything you would expect,"The perks, salary, stock options are extremely competitive. You also get to work with very smart coworkers.","There aren't really any cons, It's just hard to advance if your not in a top project team.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3720,google,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,Best work environment for the first employment,I just can not find one con for this job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P372.htm
3721,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,A Unique Company,"You get to work on problems that have incredible scale, reach, and impact.  You make things used every day by billions of people, or create data-driven algorithms on a scale not done anywhere else. The company has gotten bigger, but the culture is still idealistic and bottom-up.  In the end, the thing that makes Google unique is the idealism of its leadership. The press is sometimes cynical about the ""don't be evil"" mantra, but it's something the leadership is serious about. It comes out in the incredible (but quiet) care devoted to protecting the privacy of customer data, or in the care about employees (like healthy food, thoughtful benefits, etc).  The idealism is also reflected in the projects that get funded: not so many projects that chase the gimmick-of-the-day, more projects that lay out a vision of a better world.  An excellent place to work over the long run.","The bottom-up culture is not for everybody.  It can sometimes feel chaotic, as if managers can't decide what they want. That's because the culture of the company is ""try things and see what works."" It is a good company if you thrive on uncertainty and autonomy, it is less good if you are looking for clear, consistent directions.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3722,google,none," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Simple,good food good people good benefits,not a lot of growth and minimum pay,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3723,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Analytical Lead,Intense environment of hyper-competitive ,"It is an amazing place to challenge yourself. There are lots of perks, but at least from my experience you are going to work very hard to keep them.","You haven't seen politics like this Neverland before. Rich people that got in early, or industry professionals who have had too much reality to adapt is the norm. Ivy League MBAs are a dime a dozen. Egos are huge, and sometimes warranted. You will feel small time, and like an idiot for a long while after you start.",If I knew where the hell their head was at half the time I'd offer my .02 but money keeps rolling in and crazy ambition is always the M.O.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3724,google,none," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TPM,- Free Food - Money and bonus - Perks,- Management - Lack of career pathing - No work life balance,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3725,google,"Portland, OR"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Executive Sales,Executive sales,Fun fast past invornment. Good challenging work.,People in the office were a little snooty tooty or stuck up.,Non,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3726,google,none," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still the best place to work for, despite the cons","Best people around, Cool tech, cool people, many opportunities to work with cool things.","Management sucks, and the company direction is heading south. They're focused on competitors that aren't real, and on the wrong forms of public opinion.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3727,google,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Researcher,A company that demonstrates that it values the employees,"Great compensation and benefits, fantastic food and snacks, which really boost morale. A culture of respect, and opportunity to work on interesting things, and interact with many different people. Good opportunities to travel to other Google offices. As much opportunity for professional and personal growth as one would like to have.","It's a big place, spread out across many locations. Though it's a positive when it comes to travel, it can be a little challenge for getting to know others and to be known yourself.","For the executive management, I have no complaints. But for some of the middle and upper management, it is not always clear to me what their mission is. We have visibility into their ""official"" missions, but the day-in and day-out is not as visible.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3728,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Best Large Corp to work for,"Perks, free lunches, etc. Google setup the current model for a lot of younger companies around the world and successfully created a culture of sharing and community.","Google will let you balance your life, but unless you're really good, expectations are high and a lot of overtime will be needed to reach up the ladder. Google won't force you, but it is still a meritocracy.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3729,google,none," Aug 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be a SWE,"Amazing coworkers and collaborative culture, interesting and difficult problems, world class infrastructure that makes solving them easier. Many learning and career development opportunities.","Worst part is the interview process, but once you get past that there's very little to complain about. There's a bit of bureaucracy associated with larger companies, but not nearly as bad as at other places of similar size.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3730,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Mentally challenging,"Networking, advancing the stat of art consumer technologies","work-life balance issues, high living expenses",Keep the good work in allowing the employees to innovate,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P373.htm
3731,google,none," Aug 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"In and out place but still better than most places, and you learn a ton.","Sense of community, nice work and life balance, and grand thinking.",Getting stuck in the middle of bad management really turns your work life upside down.,More time-off policies and follow the company values instead of setting your own for others to take after.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3732,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Nice working place,Good work-life balance and opportunity for personal growth and good compensation,Sometimes the management is well structured.,They can always strive to improve things by putting in place more control on the middle level management structure,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3733,google,none," Aug 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Best perks, smart teammate, nice work, environment, good, food",moving slow growing into a big company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3734,google,none," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is amazing,"Great perks, great comp, great benefits, and great people! what's not to love - not to mention a great brand that makes you more valuable once it's on your resume!","WLB can be tough, sometimes. They give you a lot of leeway and expect a lot in return. Creating the future has a price, you know.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3735,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 15, 2014",Former Employee - Designer,Okay,Benefits and perks - great place to learn new things,Keeping up with the ever changing world of google,When acquiring a company their needs to be a better way to integrate new acquired employees to culture,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3736,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Jul 25, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Process Specialist,Lots of cash allow the company to invest in its people,"Great innovations, work for a company that is doing something most other companies can only imagine. Incredible benefits.",Not much in terms of team. Each person out for themselves.,Need to balance excellence with cohesion. Very cutthroat environment.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3737,google,none," Aug 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,- Work on meaningful projects with incredibly smart people - The company goes to incredible lengths to take care of employees and make them feel valued,"- The company is getting larger, and can be harder to navigate - Everyone would be a top performer anywhere else, which raises performance standards and stress - As the company grows, everyone starts to feel a little more anonymous",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3738,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Best company I've ever worked for, including my own company","The engineers here are the best I've ever worked with, hands down. The company promotes the right people and fires the right people. The pay, benefits, and perks are amazing. The people really care for each other and look out for one another. Work life balance is great.",No real cons come to mind.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3739,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great,Good Benefits. Very Smart People and alot to learn from.,Hard to make a difference.,Makes teams smaller and give them atonomy.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3740,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 25, 2014",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Smart co workers, lots of perks, solid reliable infrastructure, great work life balance and continuing education. You learn a lot of best practices. The researchers are world class and you get to work on the bleeding edge of technology",Too large one can get lost in the megaplex. At higher levels it can get more and more political. Not much use of open source infrastructure beyond Linux,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P374.htm
3741,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Jul 17, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,"Great workplace, inspires you to come to work everyday","Cutting edge technology, best-in-class colleagues, working with industry leaders. Great perks and benefits (probably the best), and best of all, the Googley culture. Being at the forefront of what is shaping the world's digital future.","Everybody is smart, so it does get very competitive. Promotions get unduly given to folks at times. There is a strong focus on operating efficiency which is good, but it does tend to clash with the free-flowing culture of the company.","Work on promoting faster to avoid losing great talent. This tends to be the major reason for people leaving, as most other things are fantastic here.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3742,google,none," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job ever!,Everything has been amazing so far. I feel like I've died and gone to job heaven!,I don't have any cons right now. Maybe that it's a bit hard to understand career paths but that's super minor,Nothing right now. Great job!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3743,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best to work for!,"Fantastic and super smart co-workers, great culture, perks and compensation package. Generous to new parents. Work hard play hard. Leadership committed to a long term growth of the company.",Company is now big which means more processes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3744,google,"Bothell, WA"," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Visual Data Specialist,I really enjoy the environment,So much lax. freedom. Lots of fun,Job can get a little redundant,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3745,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 24, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great place to work!,*Smart and hardworking co-workers *Constantly innovating *You get to contribute to some amazing products being build that really can improve people's lives. *Google culture *Good management *Amazing perks,Everyone I've worked with is incredibly smart (and nice). I don't view this as a con but if you are used to being the big fish in a small pond it might be an adjustment.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3746,google,none," Jul 23, 2014",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Great culture and company,"Google was a great place to work. Aside from the amazing food! the people are smart, the offices are amazing and its just an exciting place to be.","The review process, at least when I was there, was very time-consuming and after a while it seemed to lose meaning,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3747,google,"Berkeley, CA"," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Challenging, Friendly, and overall rewarding","The atmosphere is very helpful and kind! I remember I was Software Intern starting out in this new company. From day one, even the work was challenging but it soon payed off (literally)! Google also pays a well over average amount and they also have perks like gyms and the never ending food!",Well I can't say much but when you start out it may be very nerve racking but with the help you get you can feel right in the community!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3748,google,none," Aug 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Very smart colleagues Very encouraging managers,No clear guidance on career progression,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3749,google,none," Aug 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"The perks, really smart people, and great company culture",Big company so scope of responsibility is not as big,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3750,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Design Manager,"Inspiring, supportive, challenging, rewarding.","Outstanding perks and rewards, high expectations, challenging work, lots of empowerment and minimal micromanagement, good collaboration, good lateral and vertical mobility, smart and do-the-right-thing colleagues, fair and unbiased feedback and performance evaluations, very transparent and good access to leadership.","Even the best big companies have some amount of politics and some amount of duplicate or discarded work. Plus, when you've got a lot of people working on something, the work is sharded into smaller and more specialized bits, and some of those are naturally less interesting than others.",Keep it up. Keep thinking big and long term. Keep moving forward.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P375.htm
3751,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Wonderful Place,"Benefits, perks, interesting projects, learning and growth opportunity. Google offers a lot of career development, and even a lot of entertainment onsite.","Overheads of checking in codes, politics in certain groups. Sometimes people are spending a lot of time working just on trivial stuff.",Focus more on technical stuff,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3752,google,none," Aug 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid at best,"Great Benifiets, great pay, good people","Hard work, stressful situations with management.",Hire less,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3753,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 25, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great experience but limited mobility,Enjoyed access to lots of resources and smart people. Really liked the author talks from interesting writers. Free food and benefits were awesome. Explaining to people at weddings that you work for Google alleviates all further discussion of details about what you do,"Hard to feel like you make an impact, convoluted career advancement procedures (need to always be strategizing around leveling up). Since the company is so big, you have to make a concerted effort to grow your skill set outside of your immediate world.","Doing a great job overall, just might not be the right fit for certain people who need more breadth in their job experience.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3754,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great place to build your career,"- A lot of mobility available - career shifts to sales, marketing, etc are possible - International travel and mobility highly possible - All the perks you hear about are true! Free food, great vacation packages, etc. - Many opportunities for advancing education, personal growth, etc. - Work life balance very good on most teams I've been a part of",- You can feel that it's a really big company now - difficult to advance & a lot of red tape - Most opportunities are in Mountain View HQ - a horrendous commute no matter how you swing it if you're living in SF -Many teams have an 'ivy league only' culture that can be stifling -Email and meeting culture can be real time sucks,"- Do something about the bureaucratic red tape - Proactively demonstrate more creativity and innovation - even in roles like sales and marketing - Be more marketing led, rather than product led",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3755,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good, Needs Help",The interesting projects and people are a huge pro for me. The salary is extremely good as well. I'm very excited to see the Company's future.,"Work/Life Balance is extremely hard. I don't know why they insist on turning us into slaves. If you have a bad manager, your experience will surely be ruined.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3756,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Highly recommend to others,"Nice compensation, nice culture, career growth, nice and smart people, free food","Busier than most big companies, which is both good and bad",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3757,google,none," Jul 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still good pay, still a good place to work",Pay Work People  That pretty much covers it. And here are a few more words so that glassdoor will let me submit.,Not quite as exciting as some other companies. Food isn't as good as it used to be. You might be exposed to the tiniest bit of politics if you make it high enough. Nothing but first world problems.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3758,google,none," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best working environment in the world,Free food nice people very good pay,There is no con about google its amazing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3759,google,none," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Recruiter,I really enjoyed it!,You work around amazing people that are passionate about what they do. You are provided with the tools that you need to get your job done and then expected to go out and produce. The benefits/perks are also great.,"Sometimes the environment is too nice. As changes cascade down from top management mid level management does not speak up and question or say no. This is not different from other companies, but with the culture there you would not expect it to happen so often.",Go directly to the people that will be actually executing your plan for feedback as opposed to their managers. You will get honest feedback and potentially save the company a great deal of pain.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3760,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 13, 2014",Former Employee - Web Developer,Positive and challenging.,* Open bottom-up culture. * Never a dull moment.,* Lots of competition from all the very smart coworkers. Promotions are challenging.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P376.htm
3761,google,none," Jul 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer at Google,"The benefits are wonderful, the people are great.","Expectations are high, and processes can get in the way. People tend to have strong opinions.",More support for new employees.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3762,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 28, 2014","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Performance Marketing",Nowhere like it... but you have to walk on water to climb beyond Snr. Manager.,Embraces innovation. Singularly focused on the end user. Go big or go home.,Influx of consulting arrogance at the senior levels. Competitive.  Regional offices are not quite like Mountain View.,Start promoting your superstars vs. flying in people at the top.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3763,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Fantastic place to learn, grow, and work","Google takes care of its people. On the sales side, I enjoy a fantastic work/life balance and really love the work that I'm doing in programmatic ad sales. Vacation time is fair, pay is fair, and the perks are insane.","If you get stuck with a bad manager, it can really ruin your experience a bit. Need to know how to navigate the corporate structure in order to be successful.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3764,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best employer I've ever had,"Everyone without exception is very good at their job. The work is interesting and varied, the perks and compensation are great, and there's very little of the normal corporate BS that tends to distract people from their job at other companies.","Because the bar is so high and the pool is so talented, it seems that sometimes people would would excel at other companies have a hard time keeping up here.","The upper management doesn't always do exactly what I would want them to do at first, but one nice thing about Google is that everyone throughout the company is given a voice, and often decisions can be affected or overridden by the will of the masses, usually for the better.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3765,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Strategic Partner Development Lead,Awesome company to work for,"salary, stocks, work life balance, management, peers, it is a dream to work here everyday!",Promotions are very hard to get,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3766,google,none," Jul 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Huge but incredible,"Despite it's size, Google continues to innovate, treat it's employees well, and have tough problems to solve. You can't go wrong by getting a job here. There are so many teams that if you don't find the perfect fit at first, just keep looking (which is easy!) and you'll probably find something to enjoy.","You won't work at the speed of a startup, even if you join a small team.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3767,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 2, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,I love GOOGLE!,Everything! I only worked here for some time but I found that the employees were great and I really liked my boss :) :) :),None :) The culture was decent and the pay was great. I really liked this company and I am trying to work for them again it was awesome.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3768,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Google underpays when it comes to staffing and recruiting. They are way below the market. There is no work life balance.,Free food and snacks.,Very corporate now. The company is hierarchical and there is little to no access to management at the top. Long hours and no work life balance.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3769,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Jul 6, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,Bad Time to be in the Sales Org,"The benefits and perks of working at Google are outstanding. As a whole, I think the company does care about its employees, at the highest levels.","The sales org is a big bureaucratic mess. Most decisions are made by upper management with a very short-term focus - and everyone has to play along - to get that director his/her next bonus. Promotions are 100% driven by politics vs. how you perform in your core role. There are much better parts of the company to be in - but you won't be able to get in to them in the Ann Arbor office. The good roles are all centralized in Mountain View. HR here is evil. Any move you make, they will look for ways to claw back your merit increases and even make you sign that you will not negotiate salary if you get an offer. Then give you a poor offer.",Open up more roles to remote offices. Promote for core role competency vs. side projects and politics. Promote more from within vs. external hires (who have 2+ years learning curve). Make HR less evil.,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3770,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Analyst,"Great employer, smart people, with some shortcoming of being a big company",Can't beat Google's culture and perks. Caring and smart people everywhere. Some work is challenging (depends on your role).,"Company is getting big, and not everyone is moving as fast as we were before. There are clearly hierarchy, and most of time it doesn't equate bureaucracy but sometimes it does .",Be nimble and move faster.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P377.htm
3771,google,none," Jun 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,"Great place to work Smart people Amazing perks Changing the world in many dimensions, across industries and always looking for new opportunities","Low attention span means that projects change a lot, but that also means faster innovation so its a double edged sword",Keep up the transparency for employees as it engenders a unique culture and environment that will last for a long time,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3772,google,none," Jun 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,softare engineer,"salary si good, and you can catch up with latest tech.",work longer time than normal company,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3773,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2014",Former Employee - Map Designer,Fantastic company,The rumors about the glamorous work environment at Google are true. You're in a comfortable workplace surrounded by the best people and practically smothered with perks.,"The fabulous perks are there to keep the highly skilled employees complacent while they perform the menial, repetitive, labor that is required to keep the machine running. On any given eventing, many a Googler can be heard lamenting his/her under-stimulating project at any given Palo Alto watering hole.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3774,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 28, 2014",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Great company, awesome co workers, but getting really really big.","Very smart management in almost every department with clear, ambitious vision. Most people at the company are self starters and have a desire to improve whether its making the products, workplace services, or even things like food and transportation for employees.","Company is getting huge, hard to navigate organization. I still believe its one of the best run large companies but at some point an organization will just get too large and loses the agility and speed that it had before.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3775,google,none," Jun 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very high caliber of talent. Fast-paced work environment,"Amazing perks, flexibility of hours and work/life balance. Laidback and collaborative work culture. Great opportunities for classes and personal development",Difficult to move up and take on more challenging roles. Not a great place to begin a career outside of engineering,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3776,google,none," Jun 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome, except I was on contract.",campus perks and the people are really awesome,communication is all over the place,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3777,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Yes, it really is a great place to work!",Fantastic benefits. A culture that motivates a strong work ethic. Access to some of the worlds best leaders in areas of machine learning and large scale data algorithms.,Not as much freedom to innovate as one might expect. The quarterly review cycle tends to throw out the idea of trying for a longer term vision.,"Throw out the quarterly review cycle, or at least keep the impact on day-to-day decision making to a minimum. It is too short a time-frame to draw conclusions. Also, drastically change your hiring process. It is far too slow, and the slowness is built into the painstaking steps that the interviewers have to take to support the interview process.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3778,google,none," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,"Awesome company, awful experience","Awesome company, amazing founders and senior management, and ofcourse, great perks. You feel a sense of pride, accomplishment and excitement walking into work every morning.","While company is great, your particular team and work experience could be awful. You could work really really long hours and pick up the slack for the rest of the team. Many managers hire accomplished and seasoned staff, primarily, to make up for their own lack of experience and knowledge. So you may find yourself without proper guidance, and in the position of a workhorse. This company is best for people who join fresh out of college and grow within the org....many others, will be taking many steps back in their careers and work hard and long on a job that can be frustrating just to be a 'googler'.","- Hire people for the job level that is on par with their level and responsibilities in the market. Else, 5 years later, you will end up with many disgruntled and dispassionate employees, and others, will leave. - Develop clear job descriptions - Study the job satisfaction of Googlers in technical roles that fall under and are managed by non-technical Googlers (e.g. in Sales).",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3779,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Amazing company!!!,"I have something to compare with. This is the place where you can spend life working on interesting problems, and picking the team where you want to work.","None. I mean it. It is a corporation now, but still most of the things are very very reasonable",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3780,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great,Good culture. Wacky HQ. Good Perks,"Bad management, some leaders take things not so seriously",Use your theoretical skills as they are your tools of your trade,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P378.htm
3781,google,none," Jun 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great perks, but proceed with caution when choosing a role.","The perks are amazing, food, gym membership, transportation, massages, trainings all provided. If you're savvy enough you can find your way into working on some pretty cool things.",Too many people doing jobs they're overqualified for. This leads to increased employee dissatisfaction and turnover. It can also cause a bit of overhead as intelligent people look to inject meaning/impact into low impact roles. Also be cautious of the job descriptions when applying. They can be intentionally vague and you may end up doing something you have absolutely no interest in. Far too often have I seen a person take almost any job just to get in the door and end up miserable.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3782,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice company bad culture,"Intelligent people, fantastic management, incredible foresight.","People are human, they are not technology slaves.",Get more structure going.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3783,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 27, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,(NON-TECH Role),"Flexible working schedule Easy job for lots of money: VERY EASY. 20% Projects are feasible if you find a way to get your work done in advance. Ex. hiring a freelancer via Odesk (very cheap rates) for the stuff you just don't feel like doing. < smart people in jobs that are too junior get complacent and bored. Manager your managers expectations and they won't have a clue nor do they care as long as you deliver. Food / Snacks Shuttle Service Bathrooms with heated seats and bidet Smart co-workers MOMA: Googler Visibility with photos (ironically the search engine is awful) Campus vans vs. Riding bicycle in heels. Perks Resume Padder: Recruiters call everyday while at work! Choice of laptop, screens, erg setup. Tech Support: Free cords, batteries, adapters, galore! The coolest most legit people are the security staff.","No specific order: Smartest people in Junior roles causes complacency Jealousy: Concept/ idea stealing, lack of integrity. The way Temps / Consultants are treated as 2nd class citizens People get lazy and tend to meet virtually in the same building. = no human connection Not friendly people that sit around you don't say hello and if you do, wow the strangest reaction! Abundance of younger (mid 20's) fresh out of MBA programs= no real job experience. The Google High lasts about 2 weeks then you realize all the perks are to cover up the companies incompetence. Unless you've been with the org for years it's nearly impossible to set a career trajectory If you don't work under a product team you're just background.",Keep personal affairs outside the work place. Value the contract / temp workers. Stop thinking Google is a startup. It's clearly not.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3784,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 30, 2014",Former Employee - SMB Account Manager,Account Manager,"Amazing people, amazing benefits. The company spoils you for sure. I worked on the SMB Team and did connect well with many clients to help them understand the value of AdWords and get as much out of the product as they could.","Those coming straight out of college, note that having Google on your resume is fantastic, but this role may not be ideal for you if you're not interested in Sales. It requires a lot of cold-calling and internal movement may be harder than you expect.","Be straightforward with account managers. It's understood that all aspects of one's job are not necessarily glamorous, but candy-coating things only tends to make things worse.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3785,google,none," Jun 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Cool environment and everyone is really laid back, yet smart. it has a lot of food.",sketchy. too many high paying jobs,Nothing,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3786,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Great company to work for focusing on projects with a global scale, but slowing down as it gets bigger.",Work with very smart people Work on global scale projects that an have a huge impact Great work environment with a lot of perks Amazing company culture,"Speed of projects slowing down as company gets bigger (more politics, processes to follow, etc.) Growth, promotions, and challenges also slowing down as company grows",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3787,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Caring and down to earth employees,Being able to show up to work dressed causally and not too stressful environment which allowed for growth and learning.,The entrance exam was very difficult and there were alot of background checks undertaken before the job was actually started. This made for a very stressful first impression but quickly got better as the process progressed.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3788,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 15, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Most innovative company of our generation,Ambitious with global scale and resources,Speed of execution results in acceptance of short attention spans,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3789,google,none," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The drea,"Very many, the perks, the salary, the environment. Google knows that it has great culture and gets people thta it knows will continue that tradtiion",I don't actually feel like the smartest person in the room while im there. its odd for some people (ie me) to adapt to. lol.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3790,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Amazing place to grow a people management career,"Google wants to create and hire the worlds best people managers, and to that end they have more leadership & management trainings, courses, frameworks, and resources than most business schools. And then there are the legendary benefits. Free food, possibly the best health insurance in the country, a great campus completely with gyms, pools, tons of green space, etc. It's a pleasure to be at work.","Because it's a big company, you have to retain your own ""Start-up"" drive and motivation. You could just drift along if you aren't proactive. But if you are proactive, wow can you get things done and go places. It just takes a little internal motivation.",Promote even more from within at the most senior levels.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P379.htm
3791,google,none," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google was the best place I have ever worked.,"Perks, perks and more perks.","Constantly working, not a great work life balance.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3792,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice to work with,"Good work culture, Best package and chance to work on latest technology","No as such, Very good organisation",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3793,google,none," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Every bit as good as you hear, but it's still a corporation.","An extraordinary supply of very smart, committed, hard-working, talented people. As far as corporate employment goes, Google has to be the diamond standard.","It's a corporation, so there are definitely some predictable minuses that come with that: it's not as nimble as a start-up, there is some unavoidable bureaucracy, etc.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3794,google,none," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,7+ years and still happy,"People, cultural, food. Depends on which manager and department you are in, but I get control of projects, am not micromanaged and feel I make a real impact.","Depending on role, can be very narrowly focused at times.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3795,google,none," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,time off policies and food,long hours at a small office,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3796,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Good company to work for,"smart people, great environment, good chance to advance",people think they are better than others. Hard to get things done,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3797,google,none," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience,"I can say that one of the most great things here is the smart people. Also excellent ideas everywhere. People also are very friendly. Though the company is getting bigger, work is still having the start up flavor, at least in many teams I know.","Honestly, I can't see any major cons here in Google. As I mentioned above, it's very pleasant place to work in.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3798,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"- Definitely Google provides the best perks...food, events, gym, lots of learning opportunities and cultural activities. It's like a living in a grown up college campus. - Great people to work with. Most of my teammates were emotionally balanced, pleasant, intelligent and fun.","- As my department grew they started having too many middle management (several 'directors' in one team? really?) and it was not really clear why they're here. - Too many re-orgs just for re-orgs sake, or just to create some work for those managers. One team I worked with were bounced back and forth between 3 different departments within 2 years because of this.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3799,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2014",Former Employee - Compensation Analyst,"Great place to work, but has lost that fast-moving feeling","This is the stuff everyone always hears about -- amazing benefits, top pay, free everything all the time in the office, etc. Plus the people are immensely talented and driven. Also, as much flak as the ""don't be evil"" mantra gets outside of Google, I tend to believe that the company is still largely operated in that way.","Work-life balance can be tough, specifically in some of the central functions (my experience). I believe a lot of that issue stems from Google being able to attract the absolute best talent in the world who are expecting a fast ""startup-like"" career trajectory. That's simply not possible anymore given the size of the company, so political maneuvering and passive-aggressive face-time cultures have begun to emerge on some teams. A corollary to that is the feeling that change within Google often happens only for the sake of change (or because someone needs a platform to show ""impact"" and get promoted), not necessarily because it's needed. The company has the luxury of not really having to prioritize, so this type of thing isn't implicitly discouraged, but imagine what else Google could do if it did prioritize a bit more!",Keep shooting for the moon!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3800,google,none," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Writer,The most challenging job I've had in my career.,"The collective intelligence level is off the charts. There is an emphasis on innovation. ""We can do it better."" There is, generally, an atmosphere of mutual respect. The management walks their talk.","There can be an atmosphere of one-upsmanship sometimes, when egos come into play. There are a lot of strong egos at Google.","Keep up with those employee surveys. People feel heard, which is great.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P380.htm
3801,google,"New York, NY"," May 16, 2014",Current Employee - Corporate Operations Engineer,"Great place to grow, great culture, great technology","There are great growth opportunities, from internal mobility, internal training, and tuition reimbursement (Google paid for me to go through graduate school). The company has still managed to mostly keep to the ""don't be evil"" mindset. You're constantly surrounded by really smart people.","I can't help but feel that I and everyone around me is overqualified for what we do. It's great that internal mobility has been easy for me in my years here, but not great that it sometimes is more about escaping boredom than it is finding new exciting challenges. A co-worker recently left after being here only a few months because he lost patience waiting to have been in his role long enough to be able to move to something else.  Google also no longer offers full tuition reimbursement and instead just pays 2/3. I'm glad I finished school before this policy went into effect. They've made the process more complicated and have added more bureaucracy (additional bureaucracy seems to be a trend here).",Keep busting bureaucracy,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3802,google,none," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the Best,"You work with the best, meals are better than restaurants, very little micromanagement in my group",there are some pretty big egos,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3803,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Even Remote Office are Great,"The Google LA office is fantastic. The office is located in Venice just steps from the beach with some of the best facilities including a gym, dog park, roof deck, juice and coffee bar, and an amazing cafe. The office really grasps the Silicon Beach theme of the area","As Mountain View (HQ) continues to grow, you spend more time collaborating with others over video calls and IM, making it a more inefficient workflow",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3804,google,none," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but not great,Super work culture I say,Not so super work timings I say,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3805,google,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 18, 2014",Former Employee - Intern,Dynamic and difficult,the offices inspire creativity. most importantly the executives are easily available and this allows for great insight on current projects.,one of the big issues was the lack of flexibility. it is very difficult if almost impossible to get a few days off to travel ext..,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3806,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Making an impact on the world.,"The Mission statement. The Leadership (Larry has done a really good job IMHO of focusing the company). The People, really smart, really nice, usually, there are a couple of bad apples, no system is perfect.","As the company has gotten larger (been there since 2007) politics has become more prevalent, especially over ""control of binaries"". Why build on shared platforms when you can't control it (I think it is silly). As you move up the ranks, work life balance gets really screwy as you tend to work with offices all around the world (at least in my case).",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3807,google,none," Jun 16, 2014",Former Employee - Visual Data Specialist,Sub jobs at google,Very good people working there,"They don't hire contractors for permanent positions, they pay very low",Manegement is wonderfull,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3808,google,none," Jun 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Account Strategist,"Incredibly intelligent, dedicated, motivated colleagues. Friendly environment. Opportunity to try something new after 1 year in a role. Decent benefits. Fun environment.","Good management can be spotty. The company has grown quickly which has led to some obvious middle management issues, with certain managers who are ill-equipped to take on a team of people and their work. Constant restarts - people leaving teams after the one-year mark means a new ideas coming in when the roles are replaced which can lead to a change in direction and strategy for a team and its individuals. Not to mention the knowledge loss when a member leaves the team. This happens A LOT.","Choose the right people to lead teams. Vet them. Make sure they have the interest and ability to inspire and motivate people. We lost over half our team in a year due to poor management. For prospective employees: Hope that you land in the right team. It can be painful to make it through the tough interview process into the company, only to be miserable in your new ""home"". Good luck.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3809,google,"Austin, TX"," Jun 13, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,technical program manager,great benefits and smart people lots of resources to allocate,hard to make your point across,give more opportunity to an individual contributor to address their feedback to the management team,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3810,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 31, 2014",Former Employee - Design Manager,"If you want to work at a big company, this is the one to work at","Great benefits and perks. Lots of challenging problems to solve. Unlimited resources (if you're working on the right things). Most important of all, an incredible mission.",Lots of underperforming long time employees and managers aren't courageous enough to fire them.,Be more active in rewarding performance rather than tenure.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P381.htm
3811,google,none," May 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,"Good environment, free food, and you work with the newest innovative products.",Some people can make you feel dumb.,Talk to employees more often.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3812,google,none," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is Disneyland,"While those who come to Google right out to school may not realize it, Google is really Disneyland. Nowhere else in the world is there a company that offers the same breadth of opportunity, innovation and incredible support for its employees. It is *not* normal anywhere else to have three michelin star dining experiences, easy access dry cleaning and car detailing, gym and massage services and more.",Perhaps the only con is a result of the 'pro' above. There are a lot of people who have only worked at Google and no where else since graduating from college. There is a lack of appreciation for how lucky we all are.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3813,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, best talents","Top talented people, great perks, creativities, moonshot projects.",People are getting less Googley over the years.,Discourage un-Googley behaviors and management.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3814,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,good environment,the work isn't very tough and depend on your department. Be ready for business trip. Prepare your resume well.,Be careful being laid off by some reasons you don't know.,well managed.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3815,google,none," May 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering for Engineers by Engineers,"Google gets that the less you have to pay attention to peripheral stuff and leave campus, the more you get done in a day. This means that on-site benefits are valuable and easy to access including health care, exercise, and personal care. It's a challenging environment that will make you play your A game.","No matter what position you're in, coding is key. If you do develop skill in at least one programming language, there are limited opportunities.","Cross department communication could be better. It would be a great idea to have a ""designated evangelist"" on each team who is the contact point for other internal teams.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3816,google,none," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No better place to grow,"The perks and environment of the company are well known, but the resources for professional growth are sometimes overlooked. There is no better company in tech or the Valley to accelerate your career and grow personally or professionally.","Based on the team that you are on, it may be difficult to see the impact that you are having on the billions that use Google. That motivation has to come from yourself.",Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3817,google,none," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What an amazing place to work!,"The energy, the people, the high level of talent.",It's hard to stop working sometimes!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3818,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Good place to change the world,The Company is Innovative and resourceful,The Company is too big for you to know what each team is working on,Keep your talent by offering interesting work and project,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3819,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, but getting too big.","Smart people, great perks, and proud on working with greatest company in the world for now. Good life/work balance in general.","Hard to get high impact work approved and done. Sometimes too much re-org and too little long term vision could hurt an organization with substantial size. Mid-management usually is the weak link in the system to constraint innovation, vision and productivity. Promotion system is kind of broken - we have managers/senior people in the team who made bad decisions about product but still got promoted at the exact the same time when the project was canceled - this just confused everybody about whether promotion has anything todo with people's work.",Give mid-level management more responsibilities to decide production directions but at the same time hold them responsible for the failures.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3820,google,none," Jun 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very satisfied,very friendly and mentored a lot,lot of people hard to spend time on one project,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P382.htm
3821,google,none," May 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,great people and great perks,"hard to make a real impact, difficult to grow professionally",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3822,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Engineer,The only company to work on this planet.,"Great Env, Knowledgeable People Around, Good Pay",Cannot think of any.,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3823,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work with smart people,"Great perk on food and in-office massage learn something new everyday, Your idea can change the outcome for millions to use the product","Growth bottleneck exists, the whole FLAT organization was not really true sometimes rapid change can be a bit overkill, it is a bit extreme in my taste","Be a bit more customer and user friendly in product design imo, I feel google keep getting arrogant on decision making lately...",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3824,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Analyst,Awesome,"They treat people like adults - not checking up on your every move. There is a great sense of humour in the way they do things. The salary is great, and best of all, you get to make a difference to 100's of millions of people.  -Amazing perks. - Great co-workers - Good work-life balance so far. Hardly anyone works at the weekend in my team and most people are out of the office between 5 and 6.",It's easy to feel intimidated by the talent surrounding you.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3825,google,"Chicago, IL"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Cut throat, privileged co-workers, and burn out inevitiable","Great benefits and perks depending on the office you're located in. Larger offices have more ""Google"" options like gym, robust cafes, massages, and ample training classes. The salary is also competitive when you factor in all of the benefits. However, many other companies are becoming ""Googley"" so beware that it isn't the same it was 5 years ago. All departments are different but the best ones everyone wants to get into are HR, Benefits, Events, and Admin, and Operations. Stay clear of any sales department!","You will get burned out eventually which is why the majority of the employees don't last more than 3 years. You are expected to work day and night, no matter what role you're in, and be available when away on vacations. Management will stress over and over that they wan you to check out for PTO, but when you do, it backfires and I've had 9 different managers and all were the same. I believe it comes from the culture that you must work 24 hours a day. Majority of the staff is young, and they love to hire right out of college because it keeps fresh ideas but also because they can suck more time out you. The peers you work with are not friendly, competitive to the extreme, and will throw you under the bus during review cycles so their performance review will give them a 1-up during calibrations and promotions. Also, don't expect to get promoted often, if at all. Also, if you don't like company re-orgs then this isn't the place for you. It's expected your job responsibilities will change regularly, as often as they re-org themselves.","Lead by example and help your peers. If you tell your reports to check out in the evening and not be attached to email, do this yourself and don't send emails at midnight with questions. Also, understand concerns and understand the product which your team is responsible for. How can one grow their career if their manager doesn't even know what is going on or how to work the product? In addition, advocate for your direct reports even if they want to change careers and move to a different department. It's so political now and people are afraid to transfer internally knowing it will damage their performance score.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3826,google,none," Jun 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Overpaid DoubleClickers beware.,"Awesome perks, access to great technology and resources, surrounded by very smart people.",Way way way too metrics driven.,All the management has changed. Seems like the group who came in did their job by eliminating all of the high paid DoubleClickers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3827,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Search Engine Researcher,"Only Hype, maybe it was a good company a few years ago. No longer.","Good co-workers, smart people move on fast. Get that name on your resume. Gives your leverage to get a good job afterwards.","After all the interviews, they have nothing to offer you other than status for your resume.","Don`t be evil. Stop canceling projects, too many things going on, can`t get anything right.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3828,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 4, 2014",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Excellent environment for engineers.,"Google has managed to recruit an excellent community of engineers. Engineers are friendly, and very knowledgeable. Generally, management has made the community collaborative, rather than competitive or contentious. It is a wonderful environment where your software skills are valued and nurtured, and where you can learn from your peers, some of whom are leaders in various sections of the field.","There are few ""cons"" to Google. One possible thing that can be mentioned here is that Google is a very large company, and it is somewhat easy to find a corner in which to lose oneself. Another possible knock is that Google has a small number of allowed languages. If you want to code in languages other than C++, Java, Go or Python, you'll probably not have much support at Google.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3829,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Best company in the world, but that doesn't mean all work you do will be equally interesting","Amazing people, learning opportunities and perks. Interesting own culture you can learn a lot from. Every programmer should experience working here.","As hard as they work at cutting through bureaucracy, it remains a large company with all the problems that gives. If you're the kind of person that likes to just get things done instead of guiding your project through the companies processes, you may get frustrated.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3830,google,none," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,"Great job, great culture and great perks",The perks are unbelievable. The culture is awesome. Lots of great travel opportunities,"People are really pretentious. Company is too big now, you're not contributing much",Revise the promotion process,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P383.htm
3831,google,"Pasadena, CA"," May 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Challenging and enjoyable,Great benefits and a friendly environment where professional and personal growth is encouraged.,I don't think there are any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3832,google,none," May 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for if you like to stay on your toes.,"The daily benefits are great -- flexible schedule, free meals, and a young, exciting culture.",The company does not place a lot of value on Temporary Vendor Contractors. They are seen as disposable employees with no room to grow.,Provide more work stability for temporary contractors to encourage them to stay with the company by offering opportunities for growth.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3833,google,none," May 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great salary and benefits, slowly morphing into a bureaucratic behemoth.","-For a large corporation Google is still amazingly open and transparent about company objectives and results. -If you're an engineer, it's The Holy Grail. Engineers will always be at the top of the pecking order when it comes to compensation, bennies, etc. -Despite its size, Google is still willing to take big risks in the name of innovation.","-In most orgs there's a glass ceiling for non MBAs. There's too much emphasis on pedigree vs real-world experience. -A serious sense of entitlement/hubris exists throughout, most prevalent on campus where recent college grads operate in a non-reality.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3834,google,none," May 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Business Org,"Google has the most amazing people - super smart, driven, good-natured, great pay & benefits/perks. So much amazing innovation all around you!","In the sales org, a few things to be wary of: a) the culture has gotten overly political and b) aggressive. I think this starts with Nikesh and works its way through the org","Inspire more, focus on impact more than politics, internal marketing - enough with slides.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3835,google,none," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"salary, tasks, culture, perks, leadership","promotions, decision making process, office culture",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3836,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Overall A Great Place,"Great culture, Great leaders, Amazing transparency","Slowly becoming a big company, bit of red tape everywhere.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3837,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A memorable and valuable experience, obviously great perks","Great talented co-workers, excellent perks, generally busy at work.","Management of the department could have been stronger, clearer direction, more transparent, rewarding based more so on merit.",Be more transparent in direction and future growth. Better long-term plan.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3838,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Full of the worst people from Microsoft,All the usual good stuff about Google: free food and good comp.,Google opened the Kirkland office to poach from Microsoft and Amazon. Looks like they got what they wished for. The office and Google internally is just brimming with politics and useless processes now. All the good Engineers have/will leave very shortly.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3839,google,none," May 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Associate,"People actually care here. That's what I loved about working at Google, every day I came in and felt like the people I worked with genuinely wanted to know how my life/career was going. This was a fantastic feeling, and it made me excited to return every day.","Difficult to get good work noticed. Everyone is very smart there of course, and so it isn't always easy to get your work shown at the highest levels.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3840,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best big company you can find out there,"Smart and collaborative coworkers, great benefits and perks, open and fun environment.","Lack of opportunities for growth, especially if you're not an engineer in a distributed office.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P384.htm
3841,google,none," May 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Challenging work with many different projects to work on.,None. You just have to be very proactive about advancing your career which I actually enjoy,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3842,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,Amazing technology. Great environment to learn in. High expectations. You need to be able to upramp quickly and come up to speed on emerging bleeding edge technologies in short order.,"The hours can be very long. Google has a strong Not Invented Here mentality. So you will work with a lot of Google-only code. Everything from the development environment, build system, code review tool, automated test tool are in house only tools. They are all custom developed.",Focus more on Mobile. Be careful not to be too distracted by the Google X projects.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3843,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great job with excellent benefits,Working here has been very fulfilling. There are lots of interesting people doing very cool work that motivates you everyday to get to the office.,"Lot of work. There is no balance at times. People are doing useless work that is beneath their capabilities. However, it is up to you to find out what you can do to contribute to the project.",Be more open and let employees relax once in a while.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3844,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Too big for a rapid career growth,"Time offs, Benefits, Office culture","Career Growth, Appreciates only launches.",Should have compensation parity.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3845,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 29, 2014",Current Employee - Business Operations Associate,"Work hard, Play harder","Within my team, we have a particularly flat hierarchy, though it can be quite hierarchical when interfacing with executives above our team. We have opportunities for mutual feedback with coworkers, a strong focus on increasing team well-being/happiness, lots of team bonding events, and a high drive towards personal growth. The overall company has an atmosphere of conviviality that is energizing.","Work-life balance can be a bit difficult because of the pressure from executives outside our team, however, leads work to be role models of work-life balance in order to encourage associates to manage their schedules as necessary to protect personal happiness.",Continue to listen to Googlers when they raise issues: they are your pulse on the Google reputation. Keep the wonderful attention to culture!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3846,google,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Awesome place to work.,Great people and big challenges to work on. They really take care of their people.,There's a lot going on and sometimes work/life balance suffers.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3847,google,none," Apr 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but chaos and churn can be grinding,"Excellent compensation, benefits, perks, possibility of travel, variety, opportunities to take on lots of different projects, freedom to define the scope and direction of work, smart people.","Leadership with ADD, constant change of direction/priorities, reorgs, churn, turnover, duplication of effort, lack of accountability, chaos, etc. that sometimes leads to inferior results, unfinished work, unequal treatment, and burnout. In some offices, overcrowding and poor physical conditions.",They need to do more to retain existing employees long term and encourage better work-life balance: the hiring juggernaut is not a solution to attrition. I also think that the decision to grow headquarters disproportionately to all others is an unfortunate mistake.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3848,google,none," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Best,The diversity of opportunity. Google touches so many industries from ad-tech to consumer software and hardware. There is something for everyone at Google and it's very easy to find a role on a product that you truly care about. The culture is incredible and work-life balance is great.,If you live in SF and work in MTV the commute is long. Otherwise there are very few cons to working at Google. They've created an incredible corporate environment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3849,google,none," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Good, Wonderful, Exciting, Wonderful, NB!","Nothing, I love it. Nothing else to say.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3850,google,none," May 12, 2014",Former Employee - Sales/BD,"Inspiring technology, amazing people & perks, a few issues","- Google's products have amazing scale and impact - very inspiring - Employees are very smart, friendly, fun, and collaborative - Compensation and perks are the best in the industry","- Manager quality varies immensely from very strong to very weak, bad managers are not dinged if their team delivers strong results (even if Google bleeds talent as a result) - Ability to hire pretty much anyone means that there is a surplus of overqualified, underutilized people, as a result, the workforce has a LOT of unmotivated talent staying for the cushy gig (high compensation, good work-life balance) - Non-engineers are second-class citizens",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P385.htm
3851,google,none," Apr 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google work,"Great culture, people, food and environment. Very rigorous approach to product planning and maybe most importantly a transparent culture where people are encouraged to give feedback and dig in where they're interested.",It's gotten big. People who have dreams of working at startups will find out that Google is now (and has been for a while) a very large company with lots of divisions and layers.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3852,google,none," May 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,This was a great Place to work,This was a great place to work,"The usual things you run into with a large company, nothing to be super worried about.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3853,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 26, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,If you are ambitious you CAN have huge impact!!,"lots of opportunities to make a difference, really smart people all around, great culture. Great opportunities to work cross platforms and cross geographies.",Success/Recognition != necc translate to comp and promotions. Politics is very real. There are some really bad VPs who need to be avoided.,Get rid of poor performing VPs and Directors. Don't let them take Success for other people's work.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3854,google,none," May 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to start career, tough to navigate","Google was a great place to launch my career. As someone who was interested in launching my own company, I cannot overstate what it means to have Google on my resume. I've gotten interviews at top startup incubators and meetings with VC's based off the Google creds alone.  The people who work here are also just incredible and highly motivated. If you're looking to just blend in and fall through the cracks, this isn't the place to be. I mean that in a good way.  It's a great place to learn too. There are so many incredible resources to take advantage of that can just make a more well-rounded person.","Upward mobility within the sales organization is difficult, particularly if you aren't keen on organizational politics. It's very separate from the rest of the Google and has the feel/culture of a consulting firm rather than an org trying to work on challenging and interesting problems. It's so far removed from the business, they've actually moved sales to a completely new campus they built. It literally feels like two companies.  For working at a company with such lofty and ambitious goals, it can be annoying to hear people cite free food as a huge perk, and often times, it can make someone who is looking for something more out of life question the culture. That being said, the free food is quite wonderful ,)",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3855,google,"Iowa City, IA"," May 12, 2014",Former Employee - Architectural Drefter,nice place to work there,"A lot of contacts with different people, good knowledge, a lot of information, no borders, good teachers, good friends, high culture.","good training, good benefits, acceptable working hours,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3856,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Great place to work but very competitive,• Compensation • Benefits • Offices are fun • Infinite opportunities to learn,"• Very competitive and difficult to make career progression • Everyone is overqualified for their jobs. Because everyone wants to work at Google, they can get by hiring candidates with 5+ experience for positions other companies consider entry level.",Make it easier for employees to move around and progress their careers.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3857,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 2, 2014",Former Employee - Financial Analyst II,Great tech company and generally positive culture,"Can't speak to whole company, but my team treated my well. Obviously a ton of perks/benefits and generally good comp. Very comfy living. Would be hard to leave here except to go to a startup.","You can get complacent. Climbing the ladder is becoming tougher and tougher. Expect a title downgrade if you come here laterally. Fair amount of bureaucracy, though not crippling given the size.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3858,google,none," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and to grow,The perks are top notch,It is a big place and it is easy to feel at the bottom of the pile,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3859,google,none," May 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company to Work For,The colleagues you'll work with is the best part about being here. You likely won't be able to work with a more talented and incredible group anywhere else.,As Google grows larger more process and bureaucracy set in. Unfortunately the highly selective hiring process has a high false negative rate.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3860,google,none," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good company to work for,"talented coworkers, good food, unique recruiting process that is fair, opportunity to work in different teams","long working hours, feel like a minor part in the big picture, new team opportunity is taken before posted for public knowledge.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P386.htm
3861,google,none," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company that is now a really big company,"Excellent leadership, still hungry at the company level, excellent benefits and comp","More and more narrow work, increasingly bureaucratic",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3862,google,none," Apr 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Great culture, awesome peers and tasty food :)",Nothing comes to mind really.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3863,google,none," Apr 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,They take care of their employees,"they do their best, there aren't many cons I can think of.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3864,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 22, 2014",Former Employee - Recruiter,Google is the best place in the world to work - if you're an engineer,"I worked for Google 3 times as a contractor before converting to full time employment. The perks are amazing and can't be beat. Almost all the cafes are top notch and the microkitches are fully stocked. During my time there, I met some of the most powerful people in the world, was entertained by some of the greatest bands and met some of my favorite authors. The annual holiday party is also exceptional and no cost seems to be spared.","1. Work/life balance is non-existent 2. The recruiting organization is very metrics driven 3. Very political  You're expected to hire an ungodly amount of people AND work on high profile projects or your quarterly performance review could be in jeopardy. The keyword is ""high profile."" Unfortunately they don't often tell you if the project you're working on is high profile enough until it's too late. Keep in mind that sometimes your projects carry more weight than your core job.  On the political side, friends of managers were promoted (so were their significant others) ahead of people many thought were far more qualified. One case was so blatant that I wondered why no one said anything.  Very senior management did a good job of conveying the overall message but many middle managers were incompetent. One former manager frequently brought coworkers to tears. One new manager told me shuttle time wasn't work time. When I explained I had to work on the shuttle so I could make it on time to pick up my daughter from daycare at 6:30 PM, I was told ""not my problem."" Keep in mind I was working 9-10 hours a day from the time the shuttle picked me up in the morning to the time it dropped me off at night. Yet I was dinged for not being at my desk for that long because I couldn't be micromanaged.  If you live very close to campus or work/life balance isn't something you're terribly concerned with, then you should be just fine.","Please listen to the team. If a manager is just plain incompetent, let them go! More transparency around goals before the review, not after.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3865,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Changing the world one step at a time,Too much talent in one place,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3866,google,none," Apr 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love my job,"Great company, great mission, treats its employees well",None. Really have nothing negative to say.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3867,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - BizOps Associate,Great company to work at,"Very talented, ambitious and nice people Diverse tasks, fascinating challenges Reasonable working hours Competitive salary Good opportunities for growth Excellent facilities and perks","As the company has grown very fast, some of the processes are still designed for a small company and it is frustrating to make them work for a large corporation In some circumstances, politics start to sneak in",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3868,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great,Great benefits great company to work here,Bureaucracy is a big problem,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3869,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Amazing company with great vision,"There is no doubt that Google is one of the most amazing companies in the world. Your co-workers tend to be incredibly nice, hard working, interesting people. Larry's vision is pretty amazing and he's helped create a great environment to work in. Having visited many tech companies, I really believe Google's perks are second to none - especially if you consider how many offices it has!","It's really big and thus you have to do a lot of internal ""selling"" to move ideas forward. Once you have sufficient buy-in, Google can move quickly, but it can take a long time to get there. Although you generally have really nice colleagues, that doesn't always mean everyone is incredibly smart (IQ + EQ) - that's the price you pay for fast hiring in a big firm.","Need to do a better job of managing out some slow/under performers and evaluating who is really creating value in the firm. Lot of good people, but a few terrible people, some of whom are in pretty senior positions (especially outside of Sales, Product and Engineering).",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3870,google,none," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,"Good compensation, fun and challenging problems",It's a big company. There's red tape.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P387.htm
3871,google,"Melbourne, FL"," Apr 13, 2014",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Great Company,good atmosphere in the company,The Benefits could be increased around insurance,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3872,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Company,"Incredibly smart people, challenging work, good management, and excellent perks and compensation make this a great place to work.","Sometimes hubris can be a problem - people assume that of course what we do will be the best, because we're Google.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3873,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 18, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best company to start your career in.,Very data driven culture.Engineering is respected and heard a lot. Get to work on state of art technologies and hone variety of skills.,"Easy to get lost in the crowd. So many extraordinary people surrounding can sometimes be overwhelming and get to your nerves. But the company has become so big that nobody would care if you just came to work to eat, gossip and take your paycheck.",Be more selective in who you hire and be ready to let them go if you have to.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3874,google,"Washington, DC"," Apr 12, 2014",Current Employee - Vip,Greatest place ever,"This is the best place in the world.so many new ideas and innovations that impact the world, and to be apart of that is completely riveting.","Great minds think alike, and working amongst so many great minds sometimes it becomes a challenge deciding whose idea is the best.",Build a time machine already.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3875,google,none," Apr 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cool perks, arrogant people","food, perks, brand name, cool office spaces","arrogant people, not product focussed",none,3.0,none,none,3.0,3.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3876,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,very good company,very good company to work with.,too much push and stress.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3877,google,none," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.",Best company to work for.,Silicon Valley goes though a major housing crisis. If you don't make $400k/yr. you shouldn't be here.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3878,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,Great!,Great company to work for! The company offers great products and is full of great people.,The working environment is very competitive. It is a big company for starters. Work life balance could be better.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3879,google,none," Apr 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Common Sense approach to everything from HR to work life balance.,Getting to feel very big.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3880,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Human Resources Generalist,"came in excited, left very disappointed","excellent marketing to it's employees. great benefits, onsite perks","I came in under an acquisition, excited to take on a new role! I found the acquisition team to be unprepared and without answers. My team members were confused about who even their new managers would be. While no one expected handouts, it was hard to find someone even interested in assisting those who came on with temporary roles. It was starting from scratch to find a place in the big Google world.",stop acquiring companies when you don't know what to do with the employees,1.0,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P388.htm
3881,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good company,it is very nice to work in google,no so much bad things about this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3882,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 3, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,Google's amazing (and big)!,"Smart people, colleagues as friends, great perks, food everywhere, competitive pay, lots of learning opportunities, cool to be a part of a generation-changing company","It's a big company which means opportunities for advancement require a lot patience, and it's actually slow to get things done internally as there are a lot of processes, may be becoming more complacent as the company's now a decade old","Move the low-performers to other roles, have more visibility into management decisions, and regain some of that startup culture",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3883,google,none," Apr 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Perks are unmatched! Smart colleagues, interesting projects",the perks can also find you always working late hours!,work-life balance is important!,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3884,google,none," Mar 31, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great company, but poor low-level management and hiring process.",Great salary and benefits. Wide range of products to work on. Name recognition conveys huge status. Great people and culture.,"Google has an enormous number of divisions, and I can only speak to the one I ended up in - YMMV. My work area was a warehouse with open ceilings, concrete floors, and metal desks arranged in groups of six people in a workspace. The interview process was generic, so that once you are approved, you go into a pool of candidates from which managers pick new hires. I only had a half-hour phone interview with my future boss before I had to decide whether to take the position. My boss never allowed me to work with anyone on a project to get me up to speed, despite numerous requests for help. He assigned me the task of writing the specs for a major modification which included several groups not in my area - a task I would not expect of anyone with less than two years experience in the division, yet he assigned it to a person with less than four months experience. HR won't let you change groups until you have completed a year in your first position, so no allowance for bad fits is made.",Don't waste your employees. HR should strive to find a good fit for a qualified candidate that is struggling in one group rather than turning it into a sink or swim proposition.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3885,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place overall,"Great pay and it just comes with performance and promotions, you don't need to negotiate it. You get the chance to work with and learn from some amazing people. Very high code quality, not just at the level of coding style or individual classes, but the overall system architecture, things tend to be really thought through, stupid things don't happen.  The company is very helpful with immigration issues. Good 401k program.","Google's tech stack is big and complex. You will be spending a lot of time figuring out how to plug together various systems and APIs. You may be spending a lot of time looking at various status pages, trying to understand whether your tasks are doing what they should with acceptable performance and why not and which obscure configuration option you need to tweak to make them. A lot of what you will need to learn to do the job will be specific operational knowledge about how to work that unwieldy beast that is Google's infrastructure.  The code complexity is considerable, which means that implementing simple features can take much more time than you'd think it should. It also means it can take a lot of time to get to the point when you feel like you at least somewhat know what you're doing.  The company keeps the copyright to all your hobby projects. They have a system through which you can ask that the copyright be released to you on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes they'll say yes sometimes they'll say no.",Keep up the good work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3886,google,none," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great first job,"People development, perks, global experience","Huge company, somewhat bureaucratic",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3887,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best there is,"No company is perfect, but Larry and Sergey aim at running a great one. Free food is just the beginning, although parents of small kids will find it especially liberating to bring them over for dinner after a hard day of work rather than cooking.  There are weekly TGIF meeting swhere pretty much all important confidential company plans are shared with employees and the later have an opportunity to ask any questions they wish to Larry, Sergey and any presenters. Quality of coworkers rocks. Managers are restricted to people/project decisions and do not interfere in technical aspects of the job. There are always parties, gifts, events and learning opportunities of both technical and personal nature.  This is definitely a place where you can work 9-5 and prioritize family, school events and so on if you so choose. If you are a workaholic, you will definitely be accommodated. While the later group may justifiably receive promotions and pay hikes, but the former will not fired or mistreated for their choices.  If you have what it takes, join and never look back!","Mandatory code reviews create a government like culture where people can ""filibuster"" something they don't like by just whining and refusing to approve the contribution until the author gives in.  There is a lack of a single person or team who is responsible for an overall priorities and schedule of a given project. Separate control of various aspects, like feature, UI and code can stunt timely progress of a product.  You have to be competent and self-confident to comfortably work with competent and often hard-headed people.  Interview process is capricious and often rejects well-qualified and valuable people for irrational reasons, like ""staying at the previous company too long"".","Reward incremental improvement achieved on time and discourage unbounded debates and expectation of unrealistic perfection or margins of proof at the expense of results.  Develop a more rational hiring process, for example review effectiveness of different interview givers with in-house tech wizardry and let the best ones take charge.  Pat yourself in the back. You did way better than any other large tech company, especially the old guard ones that have not prioritized becoming great places to work, regardless of weather they are technically innovative or financially successful",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3888,google,none," Apr 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,food is amazing and the people are smart,different treatment for contractors (tvcs),none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3889,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,"Despite its size, still a rewarding and inspiring place to work","Google takes on big, audacious, challenging problems that give you the opportunity to impact the world. You're surrounded by brilliant people who work hard, get things done, and inspire you to elevate your game. There are inspiring, world-changing projects all around you, and even if you have not yet had the opportunity to work on one, I find satisfaction just being able to observe from the inside. Larry has done an amazing job transforming the company from one known for world-class engineering to one that also understands and appreciates design and the more human side of building great products. Maybe most of all, I love working at a place that values human rights, diversity, and acceptance.","The company is huge, there's no denying it. Larry and his team do a great job of keeping things nimble and making the company feel much smaller than it is, but no one can say it feels like a small company anymore. In a company filled with hard workers and overachievers, it's easy to get too caught up on pay, the performance review process, and getting promoted. This is one reason why maintaining a good work-life balance can be challenging. And as open and egalitarian as Google tries to be, their compensation system is very opaque, which creates an information asymmetry between employer and employee. (Not different from most places, it's just that Google makes itself out to be open, but this is one area where they are not.) Some product groups value excellence and quality more than others, but that's probably true anywhere.","Continue to improve the performance review system, work on real ways of helping people maintain a healthy work-life balance, and make the compensation system more open. And of course, continue to change the world.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3890,google,none," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"innovative, think big, move fast","company is a bit too big these years, not as agile as it used to be.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P389.htm
3891,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company to work with,"Work life balance, best in Industry salary, good work environment and area expertise.",getting too large and in the rat race.,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3892,google,none," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic,Lots of responsibility and autonomy Flexible work schedule Perks Feel like you're making an impact Surrounded by really smart people,Really big company-- hard to stand out Movement within company is horizontal more than vertical,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3893,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 24, 2014",Former Employee - Tech Lead,Not what you expect,Everyone knows the perks. Lots of technical folks everywhere you turn.,"There is very little emphasis on customers. the majority of folks who work here are motivated by two things: better resume, and tech stuff that one ups other techies.  As a rather high ranking techie from half way across the world, these folks are not at all what I expected in terms of caliber. Communication, people management, keeping a cool head, these things are not common here, and if you have them, they are not appreciated here.  This place is a mecca for folks that can't relate to others very well, but are very technically savvy.  Before you come here there are a few things you need to know: 1) most folks come here because they want to be happy 2) aside from the common knowledge that if you are presently at (be careful of used to work at) Google then you are technically smarter than others 3) Once you leave Google, people will think it was because you couldn't cut it, not because you were amazing. the only way to go is to either A) start your own company (not very common as there is not a focus on customers) B) get poached (very common), but after you have been poached everyone will still think you couldn't cut it at the big Goog. 4) most folks are happy because of 3 things:  A) finding a mate (not very likely at Goog, unless you are hetero female, then game on, except most females here intimidate the guys... lol)  B) making money (yep, you can do that here as well, ironically they don't pay that well for the area: IE you can 3x that in IT Finance or startups, or 2X in places like netflix, not to promote netflix, but they are very interesting if you are heavily motivated by the mulah)  C) making a difference in the world (not super common here)  I know a lot of people who are only happy when talking to other people about their career because they work at Goog, but have pretty much put their life on hold, and their happiness on hold to be here.  Honestly, only work here if you live here. Do not travel to work at Google. It doesn't work out, and everyone ends up leaving to find a mate, more money, Do not move away from family to be here.  Basically work here if you have no other options. If your people skills or business skills are to weak to affect folks, and you are OK not finding anyone special for a few years, and you are OK with really long hours, work here. It is hella good bragging rights to most folks, but once you get high enough in the tech world, it can be a negative.  Actually I should share this as well. the best people at google get poached (startups, other tech companies, etc...) the worst get canned all the people who can fake it stay the people that stay hire other people just like them There are a sea of shitty people growing at Google, beware them, and if one of them is your manager, transfer or leave ASAP, lest you find out the #1 factor of job unhappiness. =)  All in all, if you live in the area, and are just starting your career, please dont let this scare you. This is a great place if you are local, young (22-28), and not interested in finding a mate.  GL out there!","People are not valuable because they know x amount in technology, people are valuable because they believe what you believe.  You are riding out the success of your earlier achievements, and that startup down the street is going to eat your business soon, it is certainly eating your best people.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3894,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Legal Intern,Great company in every way.,"This company is exceptional because it realizes the true value of human capital. Employees are treated well, encouraged to grow in their profession and experience work on projects outside of their normal expertise.  Working at Google is also an exceptional resume item, and regarded very highly by other employees (if you ever decide to leave)","I cannot think of any whatsoever. This company is superlative in every way. If I absolutely had to come up with a con, I would say that the worst part of working at Google is the innate guilt I experience when others talk about their jobs and then ask about mine. It is hard to have to explain to others how amazing a workplace Google provides, and to witness the incredulous looks others give.  (To explain why I am no longer working at Google - I simply left for another opportunity in a different area that Google does have, but I would love to one day return.)","Continue to maintain the learning, growing, employee-first culture that makes Google such an amazing professional environment.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3895,google,none," Apr 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but horrible team","Free food (Breakfast, lunch and dinner), napping pods, volleyball, basketball courts. Outdoor field, company events, free gym, lots of other perks. work-life balance, healthy food and snacks.","I felt that moving around involved a lot of politics. I always felt like my manager was trying to keep me and others from moving up on the chain. This was very horrible. After I got a new lead, it was a little better, but my time there was limited as I had already put in my 2 weeks notice just before I got my new lead.",Encourage your employees to succeed. It makes for better performance and unique tools to be produced.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3896,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 23, 2014",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Huge Freedom and smart people,Huge freedom to pursue the projects I want. Smart people who are information sponges. Free food and excellent work-life balance.,New features need to ensure privacy of the user data is preserved to finest detail thus requiring great engineering effort to build something substantial.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3897,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work for,- lots of smart people - state of the art technology - excellent IT support - never need to worry about your desk equipment,"- too many smart people, hard to stand out - some buildings are overly crowded and noisy, hard to concentrate - easy to get fact with so many free food",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3898,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work, AFTER you advance your career.","Great culture. Great food. Lots of energetic people with a variety of interests. Whatever you're into, you'll find a group of people to do it with at Google, whether it's ports, fitness, music, or racing.","Managers don't seem to be incentivized to help you advance your career. The promotion process is the biggest pain you can imagine, and completely self-propelled. If you're not the type that likes to promote yourself, you'll be stuck at the bottom for a long time.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3899,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,a good company,"Good technology, smart people, can move within company with descent support.",Lots of energy and time wasted on politics. More people than the work needed.,Cross sites interaction is tough.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3900,google,none," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great,Everyone is super nice and its great to create your own work schedule.,There are not enough trees in the offices and the fish tanks get dirty sometimes.,Promote more people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P390.htm
3901,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Simply amazing workplace with incredible opportunities,"We work with some of the smartest, most ambitious, and intelligent people around. The problems that we tackle are have great impact worldwide. The work is incredibly challenging and interesting. We're constantly told to think bigger. We really are trying to change the world.  We have a great amount of resources at our fingertips. With a couple of commands, I can run a service on thousands of machines worldwide. We have access to pretty much what we need to do our job.  Because Google is involved in a large number of industries, there are plenty of opportunities abound to find something that you're interested in. We are highly encouraged to move around the company.  The company really takes care of us professionally and personally. The benefits are incredibly high. My team has been on offsites to Tahoe, Vegas, and Hawaii in the last year. The company creates an environment where you don't really want to leave campus.  Lastly, being on the inside and seeing all of the technology before it launches is really like seeing the future. Some of the unannounced products that we're working on is science fiction.",There are many projects that get rejected or shutdown because they aren't Google-scale. Any of these projects that gets rejected would be really successful if it was created by a startup. This also means that the bar for launch is much higher.  Google is no longer a startup. It is hard to move fast. We try to balance creating innovative products and a consistent user experience that makes it hard to move quickly as you end up spending a lot of time trying to integrate into existing products.  You are working with incredibly intelligent and incredibly ambitious people. This makes the environment a bit competitive and people focused on what gets them ahead.,"L-Team, keep up the good work.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3902,google,none," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,cool project and brilliant coworkers. The freedom is amazing and the compensation good,"Far from san francisco and, event with the shuttles, the commute is hard !",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3903,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Fabulous place to work,"Whip smart people, A meritocracy where smart people are listened to, They are willing to allocate amazing amount of resources to solve problems. Amazing benefits (food, technology, lectures and other extra activities). Great mix of interesting projects to work on.",High expectation to achieve. Sometimes what they say the company's values are and what is actually applied don't completely match.,Keep encouraging employee's creativity,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3904,google,"Celebration, FL"," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - Optimization Specialist,Googlers play hard and work hard,The peopleat Google are amazing to work with. The benefits and perks and overall environment make it a wonderful company to work for.at Google activities are provided to help is your mind or give yourself a break in order to be able to come back to whatever project it is that you are working with a fresh mind. Overall I would say it is one of the best companies I have ever worked for!,You constantly need to be up to date on the latest in ecommerce.,Always try to build up your staff. Encourage them to let the best in them shine.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3905,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 14, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Good personnel management, good environment, great perks, limited ability to have an impact on the company.","Work on interesting and challenging technical problems. Flexible hours and generous ability to take time off and work from home. Food is good, perks are generous, office environment is pleasant, co-workers are smart.","Can be difficult to switch projects. Some of the work can be boring. Engineering-wise, it's hard to experiment publicly -- too many eyes watching, too much need to scale. Can be hard to get good performance feedback until it's too late.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3906,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,working with the best,"extremely helpful colleagues, rapid execution environment. Feels like a startup. Great benefits. Focus on work life balance. Travel around the world.",extremely challenging. peer pressure to always keep building amazing stuff 24 * 7. Too much technology to update yourself with.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3907,google,none," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture and great place to start a career,"Awesome perks, good benefits, smart colleagues, and some really great work being done by the company","Can be hard to move up quickly and often competitive even for internal transfers Lots of really intense type-A individuals, so it can be easy to get caught up in that perfectionist atmosphere HUGE. Just so many people.","Remember to be authentic, transparent, and make decisions that really are best for our users Allow more flexibility in shaping your role or even creating a new one",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3908,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 31, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,The GREATEST company I've ever worked for!,Google has the GREATEST perks in the world!,Google can be very secretive when releasing new products.,More communication with employees.,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3909,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 12, 2014",Current Employee - Mathematics Consultant,"Fantastic environment, great people, great pay!","People are very smart and nice, environment is like a college - promoting learning through work, and the salary is very competitive.","Sometimes I get too wrapped up in my work and neglect other duties, such as going home, but the college-like atmosphere is really great for allowing you to focus on your project and get work done!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3910,google,none," Mar 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place - competitive, good benefits",- high quality coworkers - new challenges - good benefits,- new areas could be ambiguous - some coworkers may not understand the challenges of work life balance with kids even though policy is in place,encourage diversity - otherwise all good,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P391.htm
3911,google,"Park City, UT"," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Janitor,Working at Google,The bpeople working there are the absolute best,Free time leaves lots of options for playing minesweeper,Grow Up,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3912,google,none," Mar 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its all benefits,You are well taken care of with tons of benefits.,You can go elsewhere to get paid more doing the same thing.,More promotions.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3913,google,none," Mar 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Place,Great place to work! Went there several times and the place is just amazing,None. The place is awesome. No cons to report at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3914,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 10, 2014",Former Employee - Compensation Analyst,Positive supportive environment (generally),"Eager, go-getters get noticed, encouraged and rewarded. If you are smart, confident and outgoing, it's a great environment.","If you're not good at self-promotion or awkward in large groups, it can be easy to get lost in the crowd.",Don't forget that even though someone is not in your face bragging about the good work they've done that day doesn't mean that person is not doing an excellent job.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3915,google,none," Mar 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,product marketing manager,dynamic environment great place to grow and network fast pace 24 X 7 efforts,under-par life and work balance politics growing by day,Remove half of middle management,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3916,google,"Miami, FL"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Great company with some great leaders,- Perks - Networking possibilities - Learning possibilities - Speed,- Bureaucracy - Internal systems in constant beta stage - Micromanagement (on Sales) - Little tolerance to failure (on Sales) - Very bad work/life balance (no chance to work from home),none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3917,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Legal Assistant,Invigorating working environment,Coworkers are incredibly smart and driven. Abundant resources are available to get accomplish your goals. Amazing perks. Great mission.,Working in the legal department without a JD creates a glass ceiling in upward mobility (as can be expected from working in any legal environment without a JD),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3918,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Great experience, if you are in the right group",Great work-life balance with adequate opportunity for career development.,"As the company gets larger, it is increasingly difficult to make a difference in the company.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3919,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Full of opportunity,"Wide range of projects, freedom to construct your own workflow (depending on the team).","Getting quite large, tends to make decision making opaque.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3920,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Like nothing else and a lot of opportunities to grow,- You work with amazing people - You learn thousands of things in a very reduced amount of time - Everything is there to make you feel good about your work,- Being clever sometimes slow you down - Priorities between teams are not always on the same page,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P392.htm
3921,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Challenging and fun.,"Work is challenging, fun, touches a lot of people. The scale of what Google does is mind-boggling. It's rewarding to know that your code is being executed millions of times a day when people use Google's products. Perks and pay are awesome. Equity you get in form of restricted stock units are growing in value by leaps and bounds. Lots of flexibility in work/life balance (I work from home one day a week to avoid the SF->Mountain View commute). Google culture is liberal, creative, and welcoming. If you have good ideas, people want to hear them even if you aren't senior.","Commute is terrible if you live in San Francisco and work in Mountain View. May be less fun and rewarding if you aren't on an interesting team/product. In a huge company, some people find they have difficulty feeling like they're making an impact.",Better mentorship for Nooglers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3922,google,none," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,A fancy company and learn new stuff,Somehow may be hard to promotion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3923,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Love the founders, excessive growth and middle management destroyed the culture.","Benefits, Compensation, cash to burn, pockets of innovation remain in the company. The founders are strong and are genuine.","Poor middle management, inexperience and arrogance made life very difficult. Too much time playing and not enough time delivering. Academic prejudice runs deep, politics and back-stabbing is the norm.","Read the Googlegeist and Management feedback carefully, eliminate the Politicians!",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3924,google,none," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful place to grow a career,"Lots of opportunities, really smart people, super fun environment & culture",Lots of other smart people makes it hard to progress,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3925,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome place to work.,Smart people. Interesting work. Good pay/benefits. Flexible schedule.,Big company. There are a lot of people who work here and it's easy to get lost in that.,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3926,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Fun, exciting, and low stress!",Low stress Amazing internal development tools Incomparable compute infrastructure Unbeatable perks Lots of options,Can be difficult to get your ideas into a product.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3927,google,none," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great tech company,"Wonderful products, work / life balance",No cons as of now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3928,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 16, 2014",Former Employee - Relationship Manager,Golden handcuffs,"Great perks, coworkers, flexibility & pretty solid compensation (not the highest but the other bene's make up for it)","Promotions in the Ad Ops team were hard to come by. Incredibly competitive, had to outshine your neighbor and be your own PR person. Lots of BS and busy work. No sense of contributing anything valuable to your team. Micromanagement and ever stringent review process - bar is always being raised.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3929,google,none," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very fun environment, compelling work","Free food, snacks, beverages. Great peers, involvement, and innovations.",A bit hierachical at times.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3930,google,none," Mar 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Lots of talented people and diversity. Great pay.,"Too large, too competitive.",Higher pay,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P393.htm
3931,google,none," Mar 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,this was a great place,there are no cons at all,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3932,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - New Business Development,"awesome role, but still under the thumb of the PM",get to work with PMs who are talented and amazing and you get to have a lot of responsbility,PMs own you and they can tell you what to do - you're basically working for them,make BD more strategic and less of a support role,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3933,google,none," Mar 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Splendid place to work,"It’s big, but there’s not much red tape. They look after you.",My department had a confusing and constantly changing management structure.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3934,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Google is awesome!,"Co-workers are brilliant, work environment is awesome, very good career opportunities (vertically and horizontally, compensation is very good.","Not exactly a con, but Google still operates in a start-up pace, even after 15 years since foundation.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3935,google,"Boulder, CO"," Feb 21, 2014",Former Employee - Inbound Sales Support Specialist,"Best place to work, bar none.",Benefits and culture are the absolute best. Challenging others theories is welcomed and you're graded entirely on performance.,"Can sometimes have the ""big company"" feel where you're individual impact can seem overshadowed.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3936,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 14, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,"Great office, small box...",The perks here are fantastic obviously. Great co-workers (for the most part) and the office is absolutely amazing.,"The work you do has varying levels of impact and again, depending on your role, the chance that your work will change is minimal. You are essentially a cog in the big Google machine. Don't kid yourself into thinking that this is a startup-y kind of place, it's not.","The company is doing a great job getting the most from it's employees, and keeping them happy. They're managing that many employees as best as possible.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3937,google,none," Mar 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google protects bad managers.,"Great benefits, smart people, interesting challenges, great brand.","If you get stuck with a bad manager, in a chain of people who aim to protect that person, good luck.  Low base salary.  Very hard to advance.  Some groups can be very political.","Get serious about insisting on having great managers. Managers who have proven themselves incapable of great management (or even good or neutral management) should be dealt with accordingly, not protected.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3938,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company for engineers,"Very smart co-workers, interesting projects, cutting-edge technology, great benefits and perks.","Career growth/promotions are hard, workcoholic colleagues, work-life balance is difficult",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3939,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 11, 2014",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,"Amazing place to work, but everyone overqualified for their position",Best product vision and execution in the world Top notch technical infrastructure Open and transparent culture Amazing perks Company is extremely generous to employees,"There are so many talented people, there is a huge backlog for promotions and challenging assignments. At this point, most people are overpaid for what they do, so there is not a lot of attrition, making the backlog longer.  It is easy to have a large absolute impact at Google, but the company is so big and successful it is hard to have much relative impact. Even delivering on a $1B business is a drop in the bucket for Google.","Make it easier for employees to rotate between various functions at Google (sales, operations, product, HR, etc.) to keep the challenge and growth up, and to grow leaders who understand multiple facets of the business.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3940,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 23, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazing Place,"People, Perks, Fun, Philanthropic, Users are priority for UI and Privacy.",I don't have any big cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P394.htm
3941,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 26, 2014",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great company,"Great people, lots of opportunity, being creative is highly valued. The products are very interesting to work on and people give good feedback",Big company so it takes time to know who's doing what. Difficult to be the best of the best in a place that's full of great talent.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3942,google,none," Mar 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"All glam, just a cog in another corporate wheel","Great food, smart people, and a healthy work-life balance. Did I mention that the food is really great? Because it is.","Super hierarchical structure, not a meritocracy. At the end of the day, you're just a cog in a big money-making machine, so your work will be not that interesting. There's a ton of bureaucracy to deal with as well.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3943,google,none," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Quick interview and placement. Great access to perks.,It's a temp job so that's the downside.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3944,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Strategist,It was a great experience.,"You work with I highly educated, high achieving, highly motivated bunch of very cultured people.",The expectations to do great things is difficult for a career person who happens to have a family with you children. Time management is a must.,Keep Rocking! The OKRS are very helpful with individual alignment.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3945,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 14, 2014",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Couldn't ask for a better job out of college...,"-great perks (delicious (and healthy) food, nap room, happy hours, latest and greatest devices...) -passionate and talented people -open channels of feedback -companywide transparency into many projects",-certain roles can be monotonous -company is huge so naturally there is some red tape (they are very cognizant of this and always trying to improve),-keep going for those moonshots. you guys are so respected,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3946,google,none," Mar 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Place,"Very Smart people, highly dedicated and willing to all go the extra mile. I was happy to have the chance to be an intern.","Very much a ""drink the Koolaid"" culture. There are some days where I just did not feeling like acting ""googly.""",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3947,google,none," Mar 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cozy,"Good people, good perks, Good salary",long distance to the customer,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3948,google,none," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ambitious goals, strong support -- industry leader",Great alignment from management through org to create industry leading products and client consultants,High goals create high pressure.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3949,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work,Flexibility Perks Working with intelligent people Work like balance,Big organization without long term goals. Chaos in some teams but not all Managers don't take decisions,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3950,google,none," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"No need to fight the traffic in the car, I rode the Google Bus everyday to work. Free food, great people to work with.",Some positions to not allow for much growth or promotion unless you were a manager before coming to Google.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P395.htm
3951,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Google Response Technician,"While working at Google, I felt like my all of my needs were being met.","Tech Stop, On-Site doctors, On-site oil change, free snacks, drinks, and 3 meals per day.","Located in Mountain Spew, not close to public transit, bikes are embarrassing to ride.",Hire contractors within Google who are known to be leaving a project soon.,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3952,google,none," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great company to work for with amazing benefits. Great atmosphere and employee culture. The people are great and fascinating to learn from. Very professional company.,Can't really think of any. Just had great perks and amazing people and experiences. Learned from lots of professional people and got great benefits.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3953,google,none," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great people - employees are well taken care of.,Low visibility in your team.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3954,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 23, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Best Place to Work,"The people here are smart and, for the most part, not arrogant about it. You work on code that a good proportion of the world uses and benefits from. Your computing resources are amazing. The scope of what Google works on is huge, and mobility between projects is pretty easy. Work-life balance is great. Management is technically savvy and treats their staff with proper care and concern.",You won't have a WhatsApp level payout day.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3955,google,none," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Complaints--Everything is Great,Its the best company in the world,Everything is wonderful at Google,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3956,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 28, 2014",Former Employee - Account Executive,"Great company, difficult transition post acquisition","Free food, amazing people, amazing vision - almost everything about this company is a pro. This is an incredible place to work.","Making the transition from a start up to Google was incredibly challenging. Since our product was being moved to the ""stack,"" we had no updates and lost our competitive edge. This made it difficult for our sales teams to succeed, thus eliminating a number of roles.","Keep up the great work, but as you grow through acquisitions, consider how these teams can best fit into the organization",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3957,google,"Austin, TX"," Feb 17, 2014",Current Employee - Contract Sales,Working at Google makes other jobs pale in comparison.,"Great Talent, Great Perks, Great Vision!!! I wake up every morning excited about coming to work. The people are friendly and supportive. The management is hands off and allows for a solid work/life balance.","I cannot think of any cons of working at Google beside the fact that I am not allowed to tell anyone what I do, where I do it, or how long I'll be doing it for. haha",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3958,google,none," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Admn,Engineers have a great time ! Very innovation focused.,Nothing new coming up that will take on the market like search did.,Doing a good job !,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3959,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 6, 2014",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,"Ate lunch with Al Gore, ate lunch on 60 Minutes, worked hard, worked late, missed the ipo.","I was a contractor, and you must know that as a contractor your number one job is to make yourself invaluable to Google for an entire year. Be there early, stay late, do everything your're asked to and three or four times that. Go out with your coworkers, go out with your boss, become a Googler even though you aren't. Yes the pay sucks, but you have an opportunity to get your foot in the door. Introduce yourself to Larry and Sergei, make sure they know who you are. Do your job well, and don't be shy about telling others what you are excited about. It's a collaboration mecca. You can learn a lot while you're here, and you can pick a lot of brains that you may never get to rub elbows with again.  Oh and lunch is free, live bands on Fridays, lots of parties, ski trips, etc. Just sneak in, on or into. No big deal.","Sneaking into company events. Explaining that you're not with adwords but you actually have a meaningful project.  The general disdain most googlers have for the adwords crowd.  No job security, low pay, low respect. For contractors.  If you want to try to get a full time job here, don't have other plans for a year. AT ALL.","Realize that you have talent in your contractor pool. Keep an eye out for folks who want to work hard and learn more, they deserve your attention. Get rid of people who are all play, keep the ones who struggle to party, but have a great time when they do.",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3960,google,"Cleveland, GA"," Feb 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,Google has a great developer editing software. Better than Apple's in my opinion.,A great developing software and great employees.,Takes a lot of time to make an app with this software!?!,Keep up the great work!!!,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P396.htm
3961,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - SWE,My Review,Lots of free food. Lots of cafes. Lots of trees. Lots of fresh air. Lots of buildings. Lots of smart people to work with and hard problems to solve.,Campus is too big need to walk so far. Too many cafes to choose from. Too many buildings to visit.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3962,google,none," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Exciting work, constantly changing and evolving work",Start up life might wear you down,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3963,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Operations Data Center Manager,Not your usual organization,"Very casual, great environment, smart people.","Very little structure, wasteful money, over hire people that are not needed.",Put true managers in management positions.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3964,google,none," Feb 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,Working at Google was a Great experience,I'd argue that there aren't any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3965,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work I have worked at.,"Culture at the company is great! People are supportive of each other, working toward a common goal.","It may be tough at times, as you are competing with very smart people. It feels humbling from time to time!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3966,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 17, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,"Still great, but changing quickly","Smart co-workers, unbeatable perks, innovation, and the feeling that the company will lead the technology world for a long time. Individual talent is usually respected and there is a great deal of transparency and open debate.","Increasing demand to achieve results is taking stress to uncomfortable levels, and some managers are having a hard time handling it. Difficult to move to a role out of your area of expertise.",Pay more attention to feedback about managers,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3967,google,none," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Food, people, campus, problems are interesting",very difficult to advance in the company cult-like,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3968,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Googs,"They treat their staff very well, pay and perks are fantastic. The co-workers were all very smart and you will learn a lot.","No ownership of work, unclear career trajectories, hard to have impact (small fish in big pond syndrome)",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3969,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 6, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,The People are what make Google Google,- You're trusted to solve complex problems with some of the most talented minds - Flexible work environment that grows with you - great resources to assist with continued education and career advancement,"The only con I would site is that it's a highly competitive place, which is to be expected at a company full of Type A personalities.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3970,google,none," Feb 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best place to work at!!,Lots of interesting work. Culture is amazing. Company really takes care of employees,Highly competitive. Ramp up takes a long time. Promotions are a little bit hard to get.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P397.htm
3971,google,none," Feb 5, 2014",Former Employee - Test Engineer,Had a good time at Google lots and lots of things to do and great groups and products,Lots and lots of perks plus salary is really good,You must throw your team mates under the bus to get ahead.,Really Really look at your middle management team.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3972,google,none," Feb 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Smart people work here so its enjoyable,"Too big already, not a startup feel",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3973,google,none," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Food taste really good and is free,Competition can make the work tough,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3974,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 4, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Fantastic Workplace,"You're working for Google, one of the most diverse workplace in the world. They have slides, inside the buildings. Plus the people you work with are fantastic people, you learn a lot from them and their cultures.",there are really no cons to working in Google. Although it can be tiring at times.,Continue what you're doing! :D,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3975,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 22, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Exhausting with no feedback,"Resume building, energy of company perks are so so.,","Arrogant employees, better than thou, work you to exhaustion and are never honest about performance","There are excellent employee ps right under your nose and they bring more to your company than you see but all you care about are trophy degrees from an Ivy league college. If you quit listening to people, you will end up with thise degreed people gunning for your position.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3976,google,none," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience but like everywhere else.,"Excellent benefits ticks all the boxes and some,, forward-thinking, nice people overall, opportunities to learn about numerous products,","unclear paths to advancement, Goals not always articulated, numerous different managers a different one every 6 months, can feel ""cultish"" though it would classify as a nice cult","Upper management is pretty impressive, middle management needs some work, shooting for the stars is great but remember to focus on the customer.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3977,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Team Lead,Great for early 20 something or someone ok without a work/life balance,"Lots of energetic people that work at a different pace. Idea conception, to testing, to production can be as little as a day, in various fields. Great perks (food, massage, games) to keep you energized while you are at the campus.",No telecommuting - pretty much the rule. Some peer reviews can be nasty as people are indexed against each other. Management is always given stretch goals.,"Put in place better support tools for people whose managers can't be ""trusted"" with honest feedback. Truly ask people why they are leaving - you paid a lot to bring talent on board, identify what went wrong.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3978,google,none," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company ever,this company is great for opportunities and chances to grow professionally. working with the team is great and good work balance,i cannot think about downsides,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3979,google,none," Feb 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Kool Aide Central,Great quality of life on campus,"Very cult like, uncomfortable if you don't want to buy in.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3980,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jan 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Excellent employer with many interesting projects.,"The cutting edge tech infrastructure is a playground for any software engineer, and the absolute best stack you could imagine working with. The work environment is very entrepreneurial, and the compensation is easily and quickly adjusted for good performance.  And of course, the food is excellent :)","The culture can be a little inward-looking IMO, also many employees are unprofessional and/or rude on internal communication channels.  The company (and internet advertising in general) seems to get a bad rap from external parties this days, which I believe is undeserved. We seem to do a bad job controlling perception of the Google brand.",Stop talking about products publicly so far from the release date.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P398.htm
3981,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 13, 2014",Former Employee - Product Operations and Support Associate,Great first job out of college with smartest people I've met. Great company for college grads and people with children.,"Got to work with some of the smartest people I've met. Benefits are some of the best in the world. All things considered, workload was manageable and work/life balance was great.",Entry-level support positions have little job mobility and lack the glamour of other Google departments,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3982,google,none," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pm,Great work environment. Great colleagues to work with,No cons. Company is great to work for,Share more knowledge,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3983,google,none," Jan 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and rewarding,"You already know about the perks and remuneration, so I'll talk about the real pros: all-star coworkers, difficult problems to sink your teeth into, and the reward of being able to provide amazing services to people.  We play board games every week, we talk about ACM papers, we diagnose devilish bugs and find creative ways to solve problems, we pair program and hack out experimental prototypes, and we learn together.  That last one is particularly important: on my teams people have had real humility. We recognize failure and learn from it.  I love my coworkers :)","Google's gotten big. Very big. With human nature the way it is, the size leads to the challenges you'd expect -- silos, difficulty coordinating, diffusion of responsibility, culture, etc.  Everyone has to fight against these natural tendencies every day, and it doesn't come easy.  To me, this is the #1 reason why people find it hard to work here. It's a real problem. It can make simple things seem impossible, it can cause arguments, it can seem chafing or even suffocating, and even when people consciously fight these issues, it's not always handled in the best way.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3984,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test III,Best Perks,1. All great environment and facilities to do whatever you like to do 2. All greatest and latest technologies for you to learn and encouraged too. 3. Greatest perks all year round.,"1. Too much peer pressure. 2. Everybody is smart here. Especially some smart no social skill guys really can drive you insane. 3. Things change very fast, you have to keep learning no matter how fast learner you are.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3985,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 29, 2014",Former Employee - Telecom Software Engineer,Experience at Google,"Food, benefits, work-life balance, Flexibility to move teams.","No Ladder growth, many misuse WFH option",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3986,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 28, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Interdisciplinary,I met some of the nicest and smartest people on the planet. Very interdisciplinary and quite the engaging environment.,"As with all companies, sometimes there are issues with managers and coworkers, but we are all adults and know how to deal with such conflict.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3987,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Awesome Company,"Great perks, great people, and really challenging problems to work on. There's a work hard, play hard mentality that makes for a very satisfying career.","Some people don't have a life outside of work and have similar expectations of those around them. Management works to avoid bureaucracy, but as the company grows it's hard to avoid. The rapid pace of hiring has definitely changed the feel of the company.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3988,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Strategist,"great perks, good people, ok job",- they treat their people really well,- the work is not always stimulating or consequential,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3989,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2014","Former Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations",magnificient,"you are free to do whatever you wan't to do at any time :) it was a great experience, i would recommend it to my friends, cousins, anyone!","i see no cons, everything is simple just like the website. everything is just perfect, even the food.",i can't advice managers!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3990,google,none," Jan 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Working at Google, while challenging, is incredibly fulfilling and you can be sure of getting honest feedback","Free everything. Really, everything!!! Free laundry, free car for a day, free food, free massages, heck, they even throw in a free annual medical physical right on campus","Career progression is a key problem at Google. As the company is so young, so many of the initial employees are still working there, which leaves very little opportunity for new hires to climb the ladder",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P399.htm
3991,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Software engineer for 2 and a half years.,"Having a manager who believes in you defining the vision, execution, and testing for a project.",Working on systems where 98% of it is optimized and you are looking for the 2% efficiency improvement.,Force people to switch teams more frequently. Get team mates to sit at another desk at least one day every two weeks.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
3992,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 3, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,Amazing colleagues and the company makes it very comfortable to work there.,"Best in class colleagues, big/interesting problems to solve, great perks, competitive salaries, easy to transfer between roles internally.","I worked at Google for over 6 years and saw a lot of growth during this period. The resulting bureaucracy could be frustrating and certain decisions were nearly impossible to reverse, I often heard statements to the effect of ""we analyzed this a few years ago and our decision was X, so we're not going to revisit it now.""",Make sure you reward people for being team players and not just those who toot their own horns the loudest. I saw a number of promotions (in Sales) go to people who had made the best slides that summarized their achievements versus those who flew under the radar but were actually more critical to the success of their respective teams.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
3993,google,none," Feb 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant Company,"Google provides incredible perks that really boost morale. All of the social events allow employees to meet colleagues from other areas, which truly fosters innovation. I worked with very smart people who are driven, which pushed me to pursue more of my goals.",The amazing benefits and incredibly stimulating work environment makes it difficult to leave.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
3994,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A powerful, forward-thinking large company.","Focused on long-term investments, focused on changing the world (versus creating silly social toy apps like the rest of the Valley)",Massively large scale means slower development,"Think of your team members as human beings, not robots. I see that this happens on other teams. If you aren't a people-person, then don't be a manager. My manager thinks of our team as people, he invests in us, he is dedicated to our career development... This is what makes my manager awesome. If you aren't interested in those things, then why are you a manager or a lead? You would do the company better by being an all-star engineer/designer/salesperson/.../ whatever you were before.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
3995,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Competitive compensations, talented peers, open work environment, flexible work time, easy to change product/service to work on",Relatively slow to get promoted compared to small-sized companies.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
3996,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work for!!,Amazing food and all the amenities. Looks like you are in a resort.,Not enough interesting work. Kind of boring. Google is lacking on innovation.,Up your ante!!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
3997,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 28, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Fantastic career growth experience,- Great work experience - Lots of new things to work on,- Politics and bureaucracy were creeping in by 2009 which made life as a middle manager difficult - Long hiring process made it difficult to build up your team,Remove senior management who aren't Googley and have a problem with being respectfully challenged.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
3998,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - SWE,good company!!,great innovation-- changing the world,very intimidating-- you're surrounded by some of the smartest people,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
3999,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Creative Technologist,One of the best companies to work for.,"Great benefits and compensation, very enjoyable work environment. Open and candid company culture. Opportunities to make big impact. Access to some of the brightest co-workers and a lot to learn from. Upper management still thinking bold and big.","As the company gets bigger the management is becoming more top-down, resulting in a lot of products or teams not getting enough internal traction to make impact.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
4000,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 15, 2014",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Good place to work,"Quality of work/projects/people will depend on what team you land up in, great benefits and perks",Long hours -- people check and send email at all hours of the day!,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P400.htm
4001,google,none," Jan 29, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Representative,Great Experience,The company had great benefits,The company had long hours,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4002,google,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test,"Great culture, great work, huge impact",Great people to work with. Great products to work on. Very good work-life balance.,It has a Fast paced environment.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4003,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 21, 2014",Former Employee - Corporate Operations Engineer,Good place to work but not always the best people to work with.,Great benefits and solid pay. Interesting work. Smart people. Always on the cutting edge of technology.,"Having come over as a junior member on the support team, I was constantly reminded by other teammates that they had worked at Google longer and, therefore, I didn't matter as much. I was astounded by the superiority complex numerous full-time ""Googlers"" had toward the temps, vendors, and contractors Google also employs. This attitude also was exhibited toward employees who came to Google via acquisitions. Google likes to stress the point of working on personal initiatives and projects. This unknowingly resulted in the duplication of efforts between locations. If it was discovered that a person in another location was working on a similar project, there was usually a meeting to compare initiatives. If the projects were similar and your peers had seniority over you, you were forced to stop your work even after having invested months on it. At other times co-workers actively stole project plans and claimed as their own. On another occasion, one of my personal projects was ""taken over"" by a manager who thought my project would benefit their current initiative. I was forced to stop work on my project as it had been transitioned to the manager's team. That said, many of the people are actually quite wonderful. Just keep in mind that as Google grows, there are less ways to be noticed and moving up is more difficult which means many people will try to get ahead any way they can.",Treat all employees equally regardless of team or title,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4004,google,none," Jan 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great employer, great perks",- autonomy - respect - forward thinking company - clearly defined roles - amazing perks,"- pressure to meet data-driven goals sometimes leads to the work feeling a bit redundant. - hanging out with engineers all day, every day, makes for interesting (a)social interaction",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4005,google,none," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is the best place whether employed or a consultant,Its freaking google its amazing literally.,paid less because consultant very part time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4006,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer,"benefits great, but work-life balance isn't",* Perks and compensation * Career opportunities,"* Work-life balance isn't good. * Can be very stressful at times. * Doing too many things, which detract from the quality of products and dwindle resources",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4007,google,"Calif City, CA"," Jan 26, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,"Awesome people, becoming too bureaucratic",Awesome people to work with,Getting too bureaucratic and losing original vision,Allow space for individual ideas to flourish,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4008,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing people, amazing environment, okay salaries.","The obvious pros are the perks, but they extend beyond the well known free food and slides. They do great 401k matching, have great health care, offer a lot of extra-curricular like activities for employees. There is a lot to do and they work to keep employees happy.","The salary is less than you can get at similar companies. If you don't care about or take advantage of the perks, its especially obvious.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4009,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Jan 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Need to be in California to have a Career,Work with very bright people who are passionate about what they do. Google benefits are on a level far above a typical company. The culture is amazing. Google makes you feel like you can do anything.,The company is huge and the bureaucracy has ballooned. It is very hard to get things done. The politics are awful. Many people in the org simply exist to promote themselves. My boss only focuses on how to make himself look good. Definitely a bit company that is still innovating but feeling like Microsoft more and more everyday.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4010,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 8, 2014",Former Employee - DoubleClick Campaign Manager,A great place to work if you are a workaholic,"Great people, exceptional benefits and perks, lovely campuses.","Long hours, employee evaluation system is based on a bell curve, so even a rockstar team has employees ""below expectations"".",Stop requiring managers to grade employees on a curve and pit employee against employee.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P401.htm
4011,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 24, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Analyst,"Great to become world-class at one specific thing, very difficult for non-engineers to transition out of roles","Perks, coworker quality, resources and facilities, access to forward-thinking projects and ideas","Red-tape, red-tape, red-tape, inability to transition out of roles for Ops workers",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4012,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Great,"Brilliant minds, lots of interesting work, nobody is bad at what they do. If you find yourself not on an interesting project, it's not hard to move","There really aren't any. The commute maybe, depending on where you live? But that's goign to be a problem anywhere.",Googlers are users too. Internal feedback is often a good indicator of what external feedback is going to be like.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4013,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Dec 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Google is a great place, but I've had a mixed experience - it's sometimes hard to be a happy person if everyone is great","Work with great people, awesome salary, benefits, the place is chock full of good people. There is a very advanced internal software infrastructure for you to learn about and use, that will be more capable in many ways than any place in the world. And Google has world leader work loads - everyone says that but its true for the big g.","Hard to deal with being average, if you were a super-achiever in your old job (most of the not-great people were weeded at interview time, as well as many other good people).","The company feels like its lacking in career advance possibilities. Advancing requires working with more highly rated people to rate your review, and there are a lot more of them in MTV. The Seattle offices almost certainly have (1) more experienced people than other offices (msft, amzn), (2) lower promotion trajectory, because its more competitive. It's common for recruiters to say, we rejected this person for Seattle, but we'll take them for mtv.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4014,google,none," Jan 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning experience with great people,"Lots of interactions with very smart people who're enthusiastic about their work, great perks, and the impactful project.","There was a bit too nerdy atmosphere, and the company was too basically too big to get to know even what's going on in nearby teams.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4015,google,none," Jan 9, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Strategist,great,great compensation and benefits. great culture,make sure you can deal with ambiguity,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4016,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 10, 2013",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Spent 5+ years in Marketing - it's different from being an engineer at Google,"Awesome people, hands down. Peers and colleagues. Some of the brightest people. Company policies on expenses, perks, family, pets, etc. - all outstanding.","Salary isn't the best on the market. Google knows it can pay less than it has to, because people want to work for it. Google has departments working on formulas meant to pay you as little as possible. Huge fight to get to the top - everyone is in a race. A culture of overachievers, which means you have to sacrifice personal and social life to move up the ranks. I've seen amazing rates of burnout among marketing. Too much. Also, middle management can be incompetent or too busy racing to the top to care about you. Everything is in formulas, and just doing a great job is not enough. You need to shop yourself and shout about your achievements as loud as you can in order to get promoted. Also, the commute from the city sucks. Oh, and the company's product strategy is a laughing stock. Google jumps on every shiny object. It's one thing to reinvent an industry, but to launch clones is just low. Google+ is shoved down everyone's throat. Google Offers was a Groupon clone. And nobody cares about the user, the company is totally evil. Decisions are made based on $$$, and not the user in mind. Don't be fooled.","Stop the cutthroat practices. Force people to leave the office at 7:30 - literally, not just with a lame ""you should go home"". Young people are slaving their lives away for the company where you probably won't work 2 years from now. Help them enjoy themselves, their work, and the friendships they've made.",4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,41,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4017,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Everything it's cracked up to be,"- Brilliant people: I have tremendous respect for my co-workers and management in the organization. - Autonomy: my manager gives me the flexibility to define solutions and operate within my role. This gives the room to be creative, to learn, and have significant responsibility. -Work/Life Balance: while it's up to you to preserve this and it's easy to get sucked into late night emails, you have the flexibility to work whenever and wherever as long as you meet you responsibilities. -Perks: more extensive things have been written on this, so I will briefly and simply say that it's all true. The perks definitely make life easier and make you feel appreciated as an employee.","- It is a large company, so the scale means development will be slower, albeit still proceeding at a much faster pace than at comparably sized company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4018,google,none," Jan 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is awesome,"Work with smart people on projects that are changing the world. Future thinking and innovative, always something that will surprise you. Great benefits and life experiences. Everything you do gets noticed in the press. Fun that family/friends know where you work. Campus is like college, there are activities for every interest and all kinds of interesting people to meet.",Bureaucracy of a large company. Lots of scrutiny in the press on anything Google does.,"Don't hire too quickly because you need workers, lowers quality of company.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4019,google,none," Jan 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,There were great perks but surprised at the lack of data in b2c marketing,"Great people, great perks, great company mission and morale",At least in my department - processes were not very streamlined and created inefficiencies and unnecessary work.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4020,google,none," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good perks, but living in the area is too expensive","The perks, and people will really go out of their way to help you out if you have any request",Living expenses in the bay area,I felt like I was scammed by the recruiter,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P402.htm
4021,google,none," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent work environment but your relationship with your manager will determine your fate,"Brilliant co-workers, excellent perks, collaborative internal culture.",All things hinge on your manager and if they're not very good this will harm you.,More oversight on low-level managers. They can ignore their responsibilities and suffer no consequences. Those consequences are borne by their direct reports.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4022,google,none," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun and challenging place to work.,Lots of opportunity and things to learn,always too much to do,focus on the user and the rest will follow,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4023,google,none," Jan 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Best place to work ever,work/life balance could be hard for some,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4024,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jan 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome place to work,Code is available to all employees and thus no tribalism across teams.,Too much infrastructure to grapple initially,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4025,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Good company for engineers, strong work culture, company getting too big & hierarchical","- Set the standard for employee benefits and perks (cafeteria food options, shuttle, holiday parties, holiday gifts, gym, etc.) - Guest speakers and visitors (my favorite part about the company. People from Condoleezza Rice to David Beckham to Lady Gaga have visited) - Co-workers are all extremely smart, driven, and generally interesting people - If you're an engineer, they have a strong career path ladder for you - Brand recognitions and resume builder. It opens up opportunities for you.","- As a very engineering centric company, not as many other resources go towards the supporting functions. Engineers have a clear career path, yet this can be difficult to navigate if you're in another role. However, there is much internal mobility. - Like any large company, Google is very hierarchical. It's who you know. - Priorities are constantly changing. - Can almost be a utopian society - People have golden handcuffs here. There are brilliant people who are doing jobs that they're not passionate about and that they're overqualified for. However, because of company brand and reputation, they perceive it to be worthwhile.","- Treat all people equally. Place value in full time and contract employees. There is a culture of treating contracted employees as second class citizens, and that's not productive.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4026,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager III,Google still an incredible place to work,"Had to add my own thoughts after seeing so many concerns about work-life balance at Google. I joined Google about a year ago after many years in mid-tier management consulting. For me, it's been a refreshing return to work-life balance. No, that doesn't mean I work 35 hr weeks. I'm often at Google before 7am and sometimes stay past 7pm. I work hard because I want to be the best in my profession, because I believe I should earn all those perks Google is famous for, and because my team, who want to be the best in their professions, are relying on me.  That said, I've never worked into the wee hours of the morning. Every Saturday and Sunday you'll find me outside running or biking, not in the office. I have a wonderful marriage, get 8 hrs sleep every night and am fortunate to be leaving a happy life.  In contrast, my consulting career was full of 70 hr workweeks, travel away from my family, unbelievable levels of stress and piles of politics. Maybe Google is also like this at the VP and SVP level, I'm not sure. But I'm about half way up the so-called corporate ladder and, at least from my perspective, things are refreshingly balanced and authentic. Again, I'm only 1 year in so take my thoughts with a pinch of salt.  The other myth I'd like to debunk (actually, it appears to already be long-before debunked) is that only ivy-grads can get into Google. From what I've heard, this was more true 10 years ago. But, I attended a small undergrad school you've probably never heard of and haven't been back to school since. I think what Google is looking for is the same as any company: people with honest passion for their trade, who don't mind putting in some elbow grease to keep the company growing.","Let's be honest: Google spoils it's employees. We're all fortunate to work here. The thing I worry about most is whether I'm making a real difference. Google has such a legacy, and such infinite resources, that it can be a little overwhelming trying to figure out if you're taking full advantage of the opportunity. For example, I'm guessing that the job posting that started my career here had maybe 100 other applicants. That's 100 people who could have done a better job if I feel like ""taking it easy"" today. I worry about doing well enough here to continue he legacy built before me.",Larry does a great job as far as I can tell. Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4027,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A perfect workplace for tech lover greedy to learn the best technology in industry.,"Less workload, high quality team, extensible webbed set of projects, great opportunities to learn, free 15 pound meals ..... many more ....",None as such which can be specified in particular as the industry is best place to work at in US and anywhere else in the world.,Perfect Place,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4028,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 28, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Fantastic,Great smart engineers with a mission.,Office politics can sometimes suck.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4029,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 24, 2013",Current Employee - Team Lead,Great company,"great benefits, culture, teammates, opportunities","strong bureaucracy, bad promotion system,",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4030,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test II,I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be.,Proactive attitude about preventing the accumulation of technical debt.  Brilliant coworkers.  Interesting and challenging work.,"I have to work in the MTV office, even though I live in SF.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P403.htm
4031,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Big company with many startup like qualities,"Perks, work/life balance, feel valued, little bureacracy",Allow 20% time to actually be used.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4032,google,none," Jan 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting,Challenging navigating through the organized Chaos,Organized Chaos is extremely difficult to navigate,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4033,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 5, 2014",Former Employee - Online Operations Associate,Great first job out of college! Serious disconnect going on within management.,"It's like working and playing at a university campus that happens to be called Google. Awesome perks to appease those in their 20s and 30s. Great for living up your fresh-out-of-college years. The first few years feel new, shiny, and amazing. Google is practically mecca for engineers.","That appeal fades over time, though, and it's very difficult to grow inside the company. You'll wonder what good is your Ivy League degree (or similar) in a place like Google where the company recruits and boasts the ""best and brightest"" simply because it can afford to. You're not able to put your hard work, talent, and aspiration to good use or to anything meaningful. Google is definitely not all that awesome for non-engineers.","Change is the only constant at Google. I get that. But, seriously, stop changing managers all the time. Try to get really good people who are in it for the long haul. Managers that were extensively vetted and hired by Google directly are generally far better than managers that somehow slipped into Google because Google bought the company they used to work for (I find they tend to be less qualified, capable, and professional). I've had two managers who disappeared the next day to pursue greener pastures with barely any notice. I've also experience three managerial changes that were done in an attempt to address ""silos"" and ""operational duplication"" but ultimately put the team through the wringer several times.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4034,google,none," Dec 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Good Benefits, Work Culture, Flexible Timings",No cons about the employer,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4035,google,none," Jan 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good employees and work place,All food made me fat,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4036,google,none," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's been good as of now.,"Smart colleagues, good food, good work environment, opportunities to do what you want through internal transfers.",It has grown too big.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4037,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,The work schedule is pretty flexible.,"Well established, not much opportunities left. The way to evaluate ppl is obscure.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4038,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 1, 2014",Former Employee - Development Associate,"Nice place to start, but maybe not the best place to stay","Strong, not best, benefits/comp, easy work/life balance","Largely mediocre middle management, mediocre projects for 99% of the company, and hierarchical",Re-orgs are fine if they have impact or remove layers,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4039,google,none," Dec 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Absolutely amazing - This is what every company should aspire to be like,"casual and comfortable, free gourmet food, recreational equipment, genuinely friendly people, smart coworkers who work hard and won't give you the ""could you explain __?"" stall tactic (or they're bright enough they're never confused about what you mean) once you're in, Google likes to keep employees and it's easy to move laterally to another position if the one you're in has its project cut or something","very rigid upper management structure and company policies. even if someone can do more, you're limited by your role, access, etc. as typical at large companies, departments are very compartmentalized and there's not too much cross-functional interaction. Google also tends to hire more based on credentials first, personality second, and experience third. I've seen bright people who spend 8 hrs doing something that should take 1 hr due to being fresh out of school and lacking experience.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4040,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Project Manager,great,"Lots of free time and I really got into shape but thats ok, because now I'm a happy person.",I never did go home to much it was a bit difficult to stand the amount of programmers that were not profesional at all.,alright,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P404.htm
4041,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 29, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,Fast paced and loose culture that encourages risk taking. Plenty of perks.,"Great challenges, not a lot of politics in the area I work. Opportunities arise if you are resourceful to go work in start up like environments within a very large company.",Sometimes a bit fragmented in priorities and the pace can be challenging at times as it's pretty relentless,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4042,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 23, 2013",Former Employee - Corporate Counsel,Tough but interesting place to be a lawyer,"The work is cutting edge and career-making. By the contacts you make and the experience you can have, as well as the name on your resume, it is door-opening. You will work with one of the smartest collections of people in the world, with every perk known in employment. One thing I'll say is that shared offices are often seen as a negative but are actually quite a plus for most people.","For the lawyer hired post IPO, the pay is low and the hours are long. I'd prefer better compensation than all the perks - many of which I could not really use because I was working too hard. Things change frequently and working with some of the smartest people comes with a price, which is often a high level of arrogance - even disdain for lawyers. Maybe it's what keeps the Google business more successful. Aside from that, Google legal is now like a big law firm - that many lawyers. Lots of layers of management.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4043,google,none," Dec 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very unique place to work...,The people. The environment. The technology. Working at Google is really a unique experience that makes you grow.,The growing speed of such organization might generate some management problems if not properly handled.,"Be careful when you recruit new people, don't just hire them because they have done something crazy in their previous job but think if they could be a perfect fit for your team.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4044,google,none," Dec 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, great people.","Benefits, perks, and the people. Everyone around you is smart and tend to get along well with one another. The benefits are great and I only pay roughly 250/mo for a large family.","Stress from being over worked, long hours at times, some people don't work well with others, and meetings are aplenty.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4045,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,amazing place to work at.,The best part about working at google is the culture. Everyone is friendly and amazingly smart which has inspired me to be innovative in the way I approach projects.,The only downside for working at Google is being surrounded by delicious free food which i always want to eat. I've gained some weight while working here but at least they have gyms to help you burn it off.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4046,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Expect to work like donkey or you will be kicked out,"1. Free food, this is the best part in Google. 2. Talented people around you, and you will learn in day to day activities.","1. Long working hours, no work-life balance. 2. If you work only for 40hours, you won't get promoted and you will be sacked.",Care for your employees.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4047,google,"Austin, TX"," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Strategist,"Google was a great place to work, but at the end of the day it was just a job.","Great pay, amazing benefits, great perks, and stock options.","No work life balance even though they talk about it a lot. 85% of my team were single, and they worked 70+ hours a week. If you wanted to put out the same amount of work, and meet the expectations of your manager you had to do the same.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4048,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 17, 2013",Former Employee - User Analyst,Great company (but employees who needs structure beware),"The people at Google are amazing and great to work with. Pay, perks, and benefits are excellent. There is some new challenge to solve each day and the impact that you can have is monumental.","--Unless you're above a certain level, it can be tough to move internally despite what any recruiter might say to you. --Google changes every day which is great from a product perspective but can be frustrating as an employee who wants to have a consistent manager.",Really focus on finding ways to create more movement within the company.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4049,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - Visual Designer,"Amazing, Amazing. Love my work!","Good work/life balance. I get to work with incredibly talented and driven people— no driftwood! Google is always working on a thousand different things, so there's always opportunities to try something new.  Amazing MTV campus facilities and staff, free food, and incredible compensation. I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather work.","Because there's always so much going on, many projects get cancelled or re-assigned, which means there can be some shuffling around. However, for me, this resolved with me moving into a much better position on a great team.",Keep driving innovation - things are going well.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4050,google,none," Dec 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,everything was pretty much great,pay was not up to industry standards,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P405.htm
4051,google,none," Dec 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,everything was pretty much great,pay was not up to industry standards,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4052,google,none," Dec 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Working at Google was refreshing but also shows that your life is suppose to be dedicated to work. They offer almost any amenity that you will possibly need so as to keep you working. All in all that isn't a bad thing but have a balance of work and life is paramount if you don't want to burn out. My position was transitionary so I did not experience the full intensity of the work life, but I was around it and could see the affects.But, there too are great perks and I did experience those!","Google lives to the hype in everything but transparency. The food is excellent and free, its fun, but your managers will not tell you if you need to move or if your not performing well. You can lose your job quickly if you aren't aware of what they think about you.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4053,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 4, 2013",Former Employee - Internal Technology Resident,"Fun, friendly, and fast paced work environment.",Great perks and benefits. Peers can start to become like family when a bond is formed. International travel opportunity. Hands on experience with new products and technology.,"Too many overqualified employees are considered during performance reviews, making promotion difficult. Entry level pay is subpar compared to other huge technology companies. Management may be hard to budge when new ideas are presented.",Recruiting and retaining diverse talent is still lacking and should be a higher priority. Ask more behavioral questions during interviews and try not to dwell on trivial knowledge that will rarely be used in the role that is being applied for.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4054,google,none," Dec 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with great products.,Youthful culture. Relative lack of politics,Lots of smart people means a lot of people are underutilized.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4055,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - SRE,Google is awesome,"Challenging everyday work. Opportunities for professional growth (really, lots of tech talks, people like Sanjay Ghemawat, Rop Pike, etc that you can talk every day in the hallway, invited guests (like Joel Spolsky, Guido van Rossum)), tons of great trainings, interesting projects). Awesome perks. Again, great people working with you. Again, people who are really enthusiastic about work they are doing (e.g. we have weekly whisky meetings where we share and discuss work challenges, news and achievements while having glass of good whisky) We organize white paper read clubs and discussions, and so forth. Sergey and Larry entertaining you every Thursday discussing what's happening in the company and answering your questions. 20% projects (they are not dead, you can always come up with creative and useful stuff and people welcome it). Strong nerdy/engineering culture.",Google is a big company now. It's not a startup and you won't be making $millions (but you will be comfortable). Sometimes management have product decisions that even most of Googlers do not approve.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4056,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 10, 2013",Current Employee - Network Engineer,network engineer,"Good company, management lets you do your work, very flexible","It almost feels like a social club, good for some though",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4057,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 4, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,An amazing place to work,Amazing career opportunities and a great place to jumpstart your career. There is a good amount of lateral mobility within the company which is great if you want to make a job change without switching companies.,As Google is getting bigger it is getting more difficult to have your opinion heard and to move quickly within the organization. Promotions can be hard to come by and take much longer here than at other companies.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4058,google,none," Dec 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,decent company to work for,great team work spirits and communication,not that effective in innovation,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4059,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 11, 2013",Former Employee - Legal Assistant,Best company I've ever worked for.,"Working at a company where amazing things are made, the people are smart and the food is amazing.","Engineers rule. If you aren't one, you may feel slighted. Also, school snobbery may keep your department from being able to hire talented people, and force you to accept other candidates who are less desirable but went to a top tier schoo.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4060,google,none," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Good company, Good People, Great Place","Long hours, Long Commute, Lots of programming",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P406.htm
4061,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Believe the hype,"Google is really a fantastic place to work. You get to engage with challenging, exciting problems at the height of your intelligence, in a community of passionate, brilliant peers.","Google is a huge multinational corporation, so -- while they do make an admirable attempt at shielding individual employees from all the bureaucracy and inertia that entails -- those downsides are not entirely avoidable.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4062,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 16, 2013",Current Employee - Data Scientist,"Data Scientist, Big Data Analysis",Everything is wonderful here! I'm very satisfied with my job and see a very successful future. The culture is wonderful.,Sometimes management can be problematic but there is very little I can sat that's negative about Google. People who work here understand it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4063,google,none," Nov 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,"Free food, everyone is extremely nice and Googlely, bikes everywhere, massage chairs",Similar problems to every big corporation,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4064,google,none," Nov 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best IT Company on earth,Excellent environment and brilliant engineers. Plenty of free food. Enjoy a lot of perks in Bay area. The gLearn system allow you keep studying after college.,Not really. It is too large sometimes feel lost.,Focus on detail,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4065,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,What you've heard is true...,"As far as big companies go, I'm convinced that Google is the best place to work. You simply cannot beat the quality of your coworkers, the perks, the benefits... Google is a company that truly cares for their employees.","It *is* a big company now. I happened to start in 2007, when my team was small and scrappy, which was challenging, but super fun at the same time. The company is certainly much bigger now, and that fun, small, scrappy feeling is fading.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4066,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,"Lots of smart people, fantastic perks. I learned more here than I have anywhere else in my professional history. The older teams, such as infrastructure and apps have people that can teach you more in an hour than you learn many places in your entire tenure.","most of the technology is inhouse, and google faces problems no one else does, so what you learn is non-transferable. Offices outside of Mountain View are treated very poorly.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4067,google,"Milwaukee, WI"," Nov 7, 2013",Former Employee - Engineer,loved it,work environment was very fantastic,i didnt have any to report,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4068,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 21, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Great,"Great engineers, teaches best practices. Great perks, very comfortable.","Hard to acquire breadth of knowledge if you haven't worked for a while. It's hard to learn how to ""do things"" that apply to outside of Google if you work at Google.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4069,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Nov 18, 2013",Former Employee - Test Engineer,"Company is so big, feel like a number....",Benefits are unmatched by other employers! Office environment is over the top.,"After being acquired, I went from being recognized for my contributions to being a number. Hated the review process and rating peers. Some peers would rate you and not have any direct contact with you. Didn't seem fair!",Simplify the review process. The current evaluation process with ratings from people who don't work directly with you isn't fair.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4070,google,none," Nov 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful,"Amazing environment, full of energy and a positive attitude","Interview was not that difficult, overall experience was great.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P407.htm
4071,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 4, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome place to work,"Love the work, I have a great team, I love the companies mission statement and I believe in their leadership. The perks are awesome. The job is low pressure and fun.","I have no complaints. I can't think of a single other company that I would want to work for. Great perks, great salary, great work, great team, great leadership.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4072,google,none," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Program Manager,Amazing place to work Great food Cool culture,Too much infusion of Apple culture,Check on Apple culture infusion and influence,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4073,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 17, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,"A nice place, but in the South Bay","- Great benefits, reputation - Coworkers were wonderful, intelligent people - Many learning opportunities - Middle management was actually quite intelligent and effective","- Commuting to the South Bay every day - Products continue to worsen, as design and usability take a backseat to quality - Android - Work/life balance was quite terrible",Let more folks work out of the SF office full-time!!,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4074,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Love working there,"Great benefits, perks, compensation, work/life balance. Company invests in the very long term.",Compensation not strongly tied to performance.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4075,google,none," Nov 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfactory,You get to work on exciting and challenging problems.,"It has become really slow moving of late. It takes enormous amount of time for getting an idea implemented, which is kind of frustrating.",Try speed up things. I feel google is spreading too thin across multiple areas.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4076,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 25, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great place, innovative environment with smart people!","You get exposed to so many areas of technology, and through the eyes of a company leading the charge to these spaces. Always at the forefront of what's going on and what's changing the world.","It's a large company now, sometimes not as nimble as smaller competitors. Also promotion is very challenging.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4077,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome people. Awesome problems.,"Great coworkers, great food, amazing tools. Really the best place for an engineer.",You have to fight for the good projects. Everyone around you is smart. (This is a good thing though.),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4078,google,none," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great engineers working on boring code.,"Most people are smart, lots of vacation days, lots of perks, good food, many interesting distractions like guest speakers, nap pods, good culture. Pay is decent, but not as good as elsewhere.","I'm used to startup culture, and I had a serious culture shock coming to Google. Maybe it varies somewhat by team, but from my vantage point, engineering seemed very bloated and bureaucratic. There is an obscenely long and restrictive ""style guide"" of programming rules that must be followed and company-wide banned language features that makes coding much less productive than I'm used to. Code reviews sometimes become bickerfests and can drag on for weeks or months. The allocation of engineers to teams is awful - my recruiter basically lied about what I would be working on, when I arrived I was assigned to a team and project that I had no interest in whatsoever, and there was nothing I could do about it except suck it up until I could leave. My coworkers were extremely risk-averse and were far more concerned about breaking something that already worked than about making progress. Also the culture is biased towards ""perfect"" engineering solutions, and just hacking to get something done is highly frowned upon. This isn't always bad, and you can learn good programming practices and discipline, but unfortunately it just isn't always practical in the real world of deadlines and needing to make progress.  The worst part of all is that I never felt like my work mattered anyway to the success of the company. I worked on various projects that my manager assigned (there wasn't much discretion in choosing things to work on, and the vaunted 20% time is just hype), and my manager had a lot of ""pet projects"" that he wanted done but didn't really have any great justification for why they should be done at all.  Anyway Google is a big company and managers and teams vary in quality. I'm sure there are plenty of people who are much happier than me, but I also think my situation is hardly unique.","Don't assign engineers to projects before their start date and assume that the employee will be happy with whatever crappy project they are assigned to. Give ""nooglers"" a change to sample several different teams for the first month or so and then give them some leeway to choose a project that matters personally to them. Engaged employees are happier and more productive.",2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4079,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,Happy Googler - Works a lot,"Great people, treated well with surprises every day","too much work, never stops. lots of weekends + nights",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4080,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Overall a great company,Fooood. More than 20 cafes is simply amazing.,It's now a huge company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P408.htm
4081,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome,It's a baller place to work.,There's none i can think of,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4082,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 27, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Lots of opportunities for groweth,Great people that will push you and give you opportunities to see things in a new way.,"It's a big company now. It often takes a lot of effort to start new projects and there are plenty of distracting or disassociated programs. It's controlled, fast chaos at times.","Make sure that you have the best people managers possible, they really seem to make the difference between a team you join and a team you avoid.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4083,google,none," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"I build things, and it's fun!","+ Larry wants us to keep the soul of a startup, even though we no longer are one. In some teams, like the ones I've been on, this has been possible - going from an idea to millions of users on a new product in < 2 years. Twice. + Product areas work on complex problems with awesome technical infrastructure set up already! + Smart peers, awesome project, if you get lucky or a particular team wants you.","+ Not-as-smart peers if you are not lucky, and possibly less-exciting projects, too. In this case you need to pay your dues on that project for 12-18 months, before being able to transfer.",Enough with Google+ corrupting every single product in the name of Google+ success - I don't want a +Page for my YouTube account!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4084,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 25, 2013",Current Employee - CSSI,Google CSSI,It was a nice working environment,There wasn't any cons for Google!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4085,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A great company,You can change the world while working in Google,"Company gets bigger, more internal competition",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4086,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 4, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to get you spoiled on perks but culture is getting very corporate.,"High salary. Many perks. Great breakfast and lunch. Working with some very smart people. Learning all the Google technology. Free phone or tablet once a year. If you worked on a cool product and post on social media, you would probably have many followers. Company encourages employees to move around within the company. Free shuttle service to work.",Working with some very smart people can also turn into a bad thing because some smart people are real a** hole sometimes. Company is getting big and corporate. 20% project is available only when 100% is done. Performance review is still a mystery to me. I had gotten bad rating for working my butt off and good rating for not doing much.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4087,google,none," Oct 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good food, good salary, good people.",too many people around the world.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4088,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,the very best,all the things we know,processes tend to be heavy sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4089,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 24, 2013",Current Employee - Designer,Amazing place to work,An innovative company with many things to do. You can get massages and many other things to keep an employ busy.,"They have high expectations, and there is a lot of work. There is nothing else wrong about it besides what I have previously said.",Work hard to get in it,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4090,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Google Review,Google is an awesome place to work with many great perks available to all employees,The Con I generally have personally is that I have more awesome ideas than I have spare cycles to work on. There just isn't enough time in the day :),none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P409.htm
4091,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,perfect company,1 work with smart people 2 fun,1 to many people 2 traffic is annoying,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4092,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,"The best company I've worked for, by a mile","Great culture, awesome products, wall-to-wall smart people.",Hyperactive organisation can be exhausting.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4093,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,The best company that I ever worked for.,"Great and fun place to work. Still start-up atmosphere, but stable and strong business foundation. Happy to work with talented colleagues. Good foods!",Watch out your weight! You can gain your weight very easily due to too good food.,Great leaderships and technical visions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4094,google,none," Oct 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Freedom to work on projects that really interest you.,"As Google grows, it is becoming a little more bureaucratic and harder to just do cool stuff.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4095,google,none," Oct 20, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test Engineer,"Excellent compensation, benefits, and work environment.",Could handle employee acquisitions better.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4096,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Great place to work, with smart people","Awesome challenges, great environment, great benefits",Odd people at times (too nerdy/awkward).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4097,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 9, 2013",Former Employee - Account Executive,Fantastic career starter!,"people, free food, thought leadership, impactful / world changing work, great learning bed","company has gotten too big for a ton of growth opportunities, hard to leave bc spoiled by the benefits",continue. to empower. your team! They are smart - get creative on how to engage & encourage them!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4098,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 29, 2013",Former Employee - Site Reliability Engineer III,"Great place, if you fit the mold.","The benefits are great, the culture is great, and the technical challenges can only be found at a handful of places on earth.","There's a very deep org tree, and half of the people between you and the top are not managers first. There's also an annoying culture of entitlement, especially among some of the people who were recruited straight out of college and take the perks for granted, but it's easy to avoid.","More training for low-level managers. It's clear that the training works, but there are many things that experienced managers do to help their reports that don't occur to someone who just stepped up because their group got large enough to need a split and additional managers.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4099,google,none," Oct 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful Company,- Comfortable environment - Amazing product and world class service,- Too competitive - Parallel growth opportunities,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4100,google,none," Oct 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,There is a Dark Side,Everyone knows about the great perks and salaries are good.,"As a long time Googler (more than 10 years), it pains me to write this, but it has gotten so bad that I feel compelled. Google used to be a place driven by a culture of collaboration, innovation, and, well, Googleyness. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. The culture has descended into one where employees are pitted against each other by a rating system that forces managers to choose their best team members, no matter what. Got a team of all-stars? Too bad, some of them are still going to get bad reviews. Want everyone on your team to work together for a common goal? Sorry, everyone feels like they need to keep their best ideas protected because it’s survival of the fittest. As a result, I have seen great employees forced out, moral destroyed, and careers ruined as the system chews employees up and spits them out. It has taken me a long time to get to this place, as I forced myself for years to see the Google I once loved and not the Google that now exists. It is all very sad.  I know many ex-Googlers from the early days who despise what Google has become. It pains me to say that the company I once loved and admired has become what it says it never would be, evil.",The culture is not what you think it is. Overhaul the employee review system.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P410.htm
4101,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Great benefits and compensation. Open culture. Interesting projects.,Some managers are not entirely competent. Expectation is very high. Limited growth opportunities.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4102,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 6, 2013",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Great Company, Lots of Opportunity","Lots of resources, great managers","Big, hard to get things done.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4103,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Sep 30, 2013",Former Employee - Visual Data Evaluator,Working at Google was awesome,"The best reason to work at Google is to experience the pinnacle of tech companies. The culture there shows that they value their employees. From the free lunches, to recreational spaces, in depth training and a beautiful campus, it was a great experience during my time there working on a contract project.",One of the downsides during my employment at Google was the temporary nature of the project I was working on. I only wish that there was an opportunity for a permanent position on the project.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4104,google,none," Oct 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staff quality engineer,Work environment is great here than,Not as such cons which i find,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4105,google,"New York, NY"," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazing,Everything about Google is amazing,Nothing about Google is bad.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4106,google,none," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Lots of free food. I've never gone hungry here.,The coffee tastes terrible. Sometimes there aren't enough snacks.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4107,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Good perks & benefits,"Needless to say - great perks - food, facilities, gym, shuttles, medical benefits etc. Decent compensation. Good brand on your resume","I doubt if the hiring bar is the same outside of engineering - specifically staffing. Most of the leadership have no idea about managing teams. For all the talk of Google being a metrics driven company...staffing seems ridiculously off - they talk in terms of numbers yes but most of the time the leadership barely even knows what targets staffing is chasing. Seniority is rarely rewarded and rather than giving opportunities to top performers for people to grow, politics & smooth talking is rewarded. The problem with Google is that it lulls you into a comfort zone, so you keep doing your job which has decent compensation & perks. But if you are looking to build a career- be prepared to navigate through the red tape & much snubbing- unless of course you can smooth talk your way through. This is not a phenomenon exclusive to Google, though I have seen it to be much more prevalent at Google than elsewhere- mind you that I have worked with several larger global organizations in the past.",Google is just a big company - its does not have a start-up environment despite what the top brass says. So stop kidding yourself and do something to reduce the bureaucracy - processes are meant to facilitate work rather than restrict people. Middle management needs to be good at people management - rather than turf-marking. And yeah work life balance is non existent.,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4108,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 27, 2013","Former Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations",Operations Manager,Challenging projects. Autonomy. Fast moving in small teams,Many egos at odds. Red tape and politics,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4109,google,none," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Everyone knows about the perks and unconventional culture.,No comment on this topic.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4110,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Offers smart teammates, great compensation, and tons of perks",Managers that are invested in your growth/professional development.,Sometimes it can be hard to get things done due to too many cooks in the kitchen,Keep your reports in the loop on decisions as much as you can,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P411.htm
4111,google,none," Sep 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,They care about their people,"Insanely smart people everywhere (not just eng/prod). Looking for game changing ways to approach every problem. The food and shuttles are great benefits. You can end up working a lot but it's generally because you want to, not because you have to.","Has lost the start-up culture. It's big, it's political and it's expected. It's a gigantic company and compared to overall revenues and growth the company has managed to stay as ""un political"" as possible.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4112,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Security Engineer,"Large company, brilliant colleagues, amazing perks.","You work with some of the best and brightest in the world. Whichever field you're in there'll be at least one and probably several of the field's most renown luminaries working at Google. The perks are amazing, it's a great environment to get things done.",Google is a giant company with more structure and inertia than I expected. There is a lot of duplication of effort and it is really difficult to have a company wide impact.,Make sure that the hiring bar does not drop as Google continues to grow.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4113,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Working with great people on exciting products, very satisfied.","Casual but fast-paced work environment, mobility, concern for work-life balance.","Many technologies are Google-specific, would not necessarily translate well to another employer.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4114,google,none," Sep 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google was an amazing place to work at,"Google offers an environment that allows you to focus on your work. They take care of your three meals if need be, offer classes of all sorts, provide you with the space to rest, and etc. Even if your work is demanding, it is very easy to relax and take a break.",I would have liked more opportunities to meet different people. In general I think it is a quiet office where people work a lot.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4115,google,none," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environment,Friendly people and excellent working environment,Every thing is good enough,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4116,google,none," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Perks are cool, but co-workers are better","Best and brightest engineers I've ever worked with, very forgiving atmosphere, easy to change teams if something interesting comes along, lots of opportunity to visit offices in other cities and countries.","Self-induced pressure to ""keep up"" with the best of the engineers, a few ""difficult"" personalities.","The increasing number of ""siloed"" projects is not Googley.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4117,google,none," Oct 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good overall environment, but dealing with HR is annoying","Great people, cool work, fun environment",HR is not as transparent as they say and switching between roles and getting promoted is not as easy as they claim.,Be upfront with the process instead of always making things sound great.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4118,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 26, 2013",Current Employee - Staffing,Great Perks,"Awesome place to work if you are a software engineer, are under 30 and thrive in an intense metric-based environment. Lots of smart people, lots of incredible perks.","Engineering is king so if you are working in some of the other departments, like HR/staffing, you may not feel as ""special"". The conversion process to go from contractor to FTE is flawed and they string you out to the end of your contract. Ideal candidates are 2-3 years out of a top-tier university, staffing experience not required. Experienced recruiters and sourcers are better off going elsewhere as Google doesn't appear to value seasoned professionals.","Youth looks good on paper, you can hire 2 recent grads for the compensation required of an experience professional and groom them as you like but Google should place more value on maturity and experience.",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4119,google,none," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to spend ~2 years,"One of the best places to learn exceptional client services. Typically very fun teams and co-workers. There are some exceptional leaders in the company to emulate and learn from. Free, healthy food, gym re-imbursement, massage etc are all great to have","The company has gotten to a size that it is very large. Lots of internal politics and incredibly difficult to elevate your career. Because of the size of the company, the process of quarterly evaluations and performance scores is incredibly competitive, cut throat and sadly...now fosters an environment of team mates meanly pitting themselves against each other. It's incredibly sad to see. You can bust your chops for years and have your score move up .1% The company is also very young, so if you're over 35 you'll be faced with a lot of Gen Y individuals who believe they deserve everything and it should be handed straight over to them. Management is also young so be ready for your boss to have much less experience than you do. It's great to have the company on your resume and people used to stay forever but the average turn over is now 2-3 years.  Mobility between departments is also very difficulty (e.g. if you are in sales and want to move to product). Unless you are in NYC or Mountainview, you will never be considered.","Figure out how to deal with the quarterly performance reviews. Someone shouldn't ""have to get"" a ""occasionally misses expectations"" to balance out a bell curve (it's true). Develop more opportunities/departments with all of your offices and not just NYC/CA. Better balance feedback and getting work done - too much time making Gen Y's feel ""special"" when they are not.  Before you make these massive re-orgs (the last one in 2012 has been a nightmare) make sure you are truly understanding the impact on your employees. Margo, you are now spending $$ and time fixing the re-org you made without consulting the biggest functional group in the company who warned you about the impact.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4120,google,"Bothell, WA"," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Visual Data Specialist,Decent place for a contract employee,"The environment for short-term contract employees was far more respectful, dynamic, and downright fun than any other I've experienced.","Short-term contracts inevitably mean high turnover and high loss of tribal knowledge, although this was mitigated to some degree by reasonable training and team structure.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P412.htm
4121,google,none," Sep 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,great company to work a lot of smart people,"too big, hard to communicate sometime",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4122,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work at,"Too many smart people are working around on great products, free food, great working environment makes this place heaven for workers.",Can't think about any. May be in future I'll update some.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4123,google,none," Sep 23, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,web search engineer,Great opportunity to work with great people.,I did not found yet.,I did not found yet.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4124,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,Great people to work with Great work culture,Can be too big in number of employees,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4125,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 12, 2013",Current Employee - Community Manager,Almost Perfect,"The culture and employees are as amazing as all the books say. Every person I met was enthusiastic, intellectual and supportive. Google has done an amazing job to create a community of ranging diversity with similar goals. Work hard and play hard is the common motto. I loved that I could work from any global office if approved and or from home on occasion.","Don't let the sparkles blind you, the typical corporate bureaucracy is still alive within the company. Keep your eyes out and head up.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4126,google,none," Sep 26, 2013",Former Employee - Biz Dev,"Good, but if you are remote, you don't fit in","Great perks, great pay, neat to see what is coming down the road and an open culture.","If you don't live close to an office, you can be superman and not stay on.",Consider the offsite people if they are performing well.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4127,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 27, 2013",Former Employee - SWE,Bait and switch,It pays well and it has a lot of resources to support big projects. Many of your coworkers will be smart. A few will be brilliant.,"Most of what you hear about working at Google is just hype. The reality doesn't live up to it.  Shitty passive-aggressive middle management.  Systematically rewards only short term results, which leads to exponential compounding of code cruft. I mean they give explicit instructions for calibration and promo to consider only demonstrable benefits of the last 6 months of work, and nothing earlier than that which had a delayed benefit. So the rank and file are forced to be like shitty mutual fund managers obsessed with quarterly results, in contrast to the upper management's supposed long term focus.  When you start they flip a coin and if it comes up tails you are stuck in ads for years against your will.  20% time is a lie. 20% time is essentially unpaid overtime and if god forbid your 20% time takes a risk and fails you will be calibrated as if you had spent that time doing nothing.  Every creative idea is shot down in favor of the same old safe but inefficient crap. All the projects come from the top down. There is no bottom-up innovation in ads because they try to keep everyone 110% busy with top down mandates. The company hasn't really innovated much in years. All their fast growing products are acquisitions or ""me too"" and the ads infrastructure is bloated and ossified.  There's a lot of witness-tampering when it comes to peer reviews and stack ranks. You aren't allowed to rate your experience working with a person. You're supposed to somehow rate their entire accomplishment including stuff that you had nothing to do with. And if your stack ranks differ greatly from your manager's opinion of the latter they will passive aggressively hint that it will be a reason for firing you.  Valve has a much better stack ranking system where people just rate their own experience working with a person and all feedback is anonymous. Also unlike Valve, Google has no freedom of association with whatever projects you want to do. It's all top-down mandates and selfish horse-trading by psychopathic middle managers.  I've read about the toxic culture that killed Microsoft and it sounds very similar to Google in my experience. A lot of the managers were hired from outside the company and tracked their shitty culture in with them. Perhaps that explains it.",Fix the incentive structures to reward behavior that furthers the long term interests of the company and the employees. Fire managers that get bad Googlegeist results and promote from within. Make all peer reviews anonymous. Abolish calibration or force the cabal to write a justification for each score. Don't take avoiding conflict to the extreme of being passive-aggressive and failing to communicate.,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4128,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 12, 2013",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great place to work if you're willing to be proactive about your own career,"The company sincerely works toward its mission to make the worlds information universally accessible and useful. It's big enough that there is bound to be a job that you like, if you're willing to put in the effort of searching it out. People are generally friendly, smart and fun to work with.","The company can sometimes seem inflexible, and not all parts of the company are as ""Googley"" as others. It's not easy to move around to different jobs or different divisions within the company - one must be very persistent to do so.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4129,google,none," Aug 30, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If I had a dollar for every superstar wasting away their career at Google, I could by myself a fairly nice BMW 328i.","Google is the only place I can think of whose majority of employees have a love/hate relationship with it. In a recent survey, most employees said that they were dissatisfied with their career direction/growth and that they were generally unhappy with the scope of their work. At the same time, the vast majority of employees believe in the direction the company is going and believe in senior leadership and would strongly recommend Google as a place to work. Smart enough to know they are capable of so much more and happy enough to not care? Let the good times roll!  If you were a fan of 90210, you are almost too old to work there but just young enough to appreciate the 'perks.'  Some really super cool people who will hopefully find another really cool place to work and do something great with their lives.  BBQ and the other food is ok too  For the few who get to work on really cool things that matter, life is good.  Highly competitive games of simple conversation.","Amazingly smart people doing amazing mundane work with limited impact and contribution whilst being fattened up to potentially waste away a great career.  Highly competitive atmosphere whereby much of the time creativity is sacrificed.  Paraphrasing Page, ""We don't need people who can think of new and cool ideas. We have that already. What we need is people who can execute on the ideas we already have.""  Somehow the hiring process, great as it may be, ends up selecting for a disproportionate number of extremely egotistical a**holes.  Low empathy Engineers that border on inhuman ""android"" like beings not too unfamiliar to those found in a Philip Dick novel where it is asked if they dream of electric sheep. Some do, most do not. But they do dream of self driving, all electric, BMW's.  Restricted Areas: not all Google employees are treated equally around campus anymore and access is limited based on what you do for the company and what group you work in.  The culture is changing (see Restricted Areas): Google has hired roughly 8-10K people per year for the past ~4 years. I can't think of a company that has a better culture to hold on to but, from what I have seen, they are loosing the battle.  Most managers and high potential employees look like they just stepped off the set of 90210.",There is nothing you don't already think you know...,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4130,google,none," Sep 20, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start,Great team atmosphere. Solid perks.,dead locked in your own job. competitive.,Ask your employees what they want.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P413.htm
4131,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 7, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Google is the best place I have ever worked.,"The people at Google are phenomenal - the smartest and most capable people I have worked with. And they're friendly and easy to work with too - very few jerks - everybody there is generally trying to do the right thing. Also, once you're in, it's relatively easy to move around - I have had three different jobs within Google","It's a big company - sometimes it is unclear how the different initiatives fit together. Also, because it is an organization filled with smart, competitive people who like to be the best, there is a culture of overwork that is hard to fight.",Don't just say what we're doing - explain why we're doing it and how it all fits together into a coherent strategy.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4132,google,none," Sep 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Should be better,"Great benefits, good atmosphere, good pay and bonus",Too many people that were not well rounded at all,Make personality a hiring criterion for engineers,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4133,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Incredible company to work for but not as good as it was 5 years ago,Amazing work life balance and compensation,Not a lot of growth opportunity in the sales organization,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4134,google,none," Sep 14, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Fun place to work, great team mates, many interesting projects,","A bit too big now, average managers",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4135,google,none," Sep 14, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,High concentration of talent and interesting projects,Tough to rise in the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4136,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 3, 2013",Former Employee - Programmer,Demanding and Exciting Culture,"Just what you would expect- exciting, innovative and creative culture, it is Google people! Perks, pay and people are a plus as well.","At its core Google is just selling ads, which is less glamorous and intellectually stimulating than the other business lines that receive more press.",Focus on innovation.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4137,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Love it!,Huge impact Great culture Smart people Mission driven company Cutting edge of innovation,Need to like change to be happy at G over the long term,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4138,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 4, 2013",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,"Overworked, lack of respect",The well known perks are all there. You are given quite a bit of freedom and autonomy within your project or teams scope. The work is challenging and interesting.,Good luck taking advantage of the perks. I felt like I was sneaking out anytime I walked over to get a coffee or talk a quick walk around the building for a break. Expected to be at work from 8am to 11pm. Was reprimanded for talking advantage of amenities instead of working (an hour out of a 14 hour day),Don't treat people like machines.,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4139,google,none," Sep 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Work life balance, Food, Atmosphere, Smart people","Get spoiled, People consumed by the culture",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4140,google,none," Sep 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company but not enough opportunities outside HQ,"-great, smart people -large impact -exciting company to be a part of -consistent global culture -get to work on products that are used by millions of people and businesses","-big, slow decision making, fewer job opportunities outside of HQ especially on exciting, new projects -not enough training, career development opportunities -promotions don't always reward most qualified",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P414.htm
4141,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Everything you've heard and more,"Great compensation, amazing perks, and incredibly passionate coworkers.  While most companies will claim that people are their number on priority, Google is the only company I've worked at that actually delivers on this.  My wife actually almost cried when she learned about the generous paternity leave policy and the ""death benefit"" provided by the company if anything should ever happen to me. It's overwhelming to see an employer go so far above and beyond just to make their employee's families lives better.  I won't say too much about pay other than that my total compensation this year will be 2.5 times what I received at my previous employer ~2 years ago as a Software Engineer.","Sometimes it's difficult for people who are used to being the ""big fish"" at their previous company to get used to the fact that they're aren't the leader of the pack anymore.  Work/life balance at my old job was slightly better, but only because very few people had any passion for what they did so everyone was out the door as soon as they hit 40 hours and never answered email after hours.","Don't get comfortable, keep pushing the boundaries.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4142,google,"Venice, CA"," Aug 20, 2013",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Google is a great place to work. Even your worst day at Google is better than your worst days at other jobs.,"They treat employees very well. Not just be feeding us, but by giving us some degrees of freedom to work on what we want. They pay a lot of attention to employee feedback and actually make changes based on what we say.  The technology is amazing and the people here are as smart as they come. More than likely, the ""guy who wrote the book on it"" works here.",It isn't as flexible as it used to be. Career advancement can be difficult if you aren't located in the Mountain View Campus.,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4143,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Paralegal,"Great Company, but individual teams may not be so great","benefits, campus, it is Google","lacking organization in some teams. Some managers not well trained, promoted strictly on tenure, rather than skill or knowledge. limited advancement.","Some managers not well trained, promoted strictly on tenure, rather than skill or knowledge.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4144,google,none," Aug 23, 2013",Former Employee - Product Quality Evaluator,It was awesome!,"Excellent benefits: free food, massages, great campus and awesome team mates. Great pay and work ethic. The trips overseas are fun too.",Growth is pretty hard. Managers tend to micro manage and that is one of the few reasons I had left.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4145,google,"Boston, MA"," Aug 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,As good as a big company can get,"awesome benefits, good pay, reasonable company values",Google Boston does not get much interesting work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4146,google,"Venice, CA"," Aug 19, 2013",Current Employee - Policy Specialist,"Incredible company, but don't get too comfortable.","The legendary perks, the smart people, the do-gooding company ethos--it's all true and it's something to be thankful for every day.","Organization Google works in spite of being an unwieldy and oftentimes bureaucratic place. Reason: What it lacks in organization, it makes up for in the pure brain power of its employees. This is a good thing for the company, but can drive employees crazy when it comes to hacking through the weeds standing between you and pushing larger projects through to completion. Google needs to extend it's speedy product development mantra to the micro level of its individual internal workings.  Work-Life Balance As a company, Google is actually pretty good about this. Many individual teams, however, focus on global dependencies, which both slows things down and result in a 24-hour-a-day need to be connected. Emails time-stamped 2am on a Saturday are commonplace. This oftentimes results in frazzled employees and work that isn't as solid or quickly produced as it could/should be.","Be a good people manager, not just managing up. Take your role as a leader seriously and inspire.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4147,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 19, 2013",Former Employee - Server Operations Manager,Google stinks at aqui-hires,"Good salary, Excellent Benefits, Excellent Campus","very slow to get anything done, you work for your OKR's not for your passion. 20% time is a myth :(","the best way to get something done at google is to disregard company policy as much as possible :( The internal social caste system is fairly striated, as well - it's easy to tell the difference between 'haves' and 'have nots' on the campus.",1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4148,google,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2013",Current Employee - Programmer Analyst,Amazing and superb and very very great!,"Great environment, less work pressure and advanced technologies.",None till now. Companies like these have no cons.,"No advices, very god going!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4149,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Account Executive,Okay,"The job is good, food is good, money is okay. It is a great place to start your career since the company is so reputable.","The competition for the job is extremely intense. You will get some very tough interview questions, but as long as you get through those interviews you are okay",The environment is so snobbish...,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4150,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 22, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"amazing culture, good company, compatible work environment and work flexibility. I have loved to work for my company so far. It is a superb company","over time. amazing culture, good company, compatible work environment and work flexibility. I have loved to work for my company so far. It is a superb company",kjhl,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P415.htm
4151,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 5, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Challenging, fun and stimulating experience",Environment that encourages everyone to stretch themselves with well aligned goals.,Unforgiving if achievement isn't at a top level,"Every career has cycles of ups and downs, unrealistic to expect only the upward trajectory without some transitional periods",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4152,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 15, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Strategist (Contract),Great working environment but too much red tape,"As a contractor, I was able to take advantage of free meal benefits and company facilities. Great team.","Lack of ability to really do my job. A lot of waiting, boredom and red tape to do anything productive. Too many meetings.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4153,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Absolutely incredible place to work,- Enjoy coming to work every single day - Do cool stuff that acutally matters - Fun and smart Co-workers - Google really invests in their employees,"- Employee counts exploding, not a ""start up"" anymore. - Lots of middle management now",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4154,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 28, 2013",Current Employee - Designer,"Tons of fun, lots of hard work, occupies most of your life.",Amazingly talented people doing courageous work.,Too big to move fast or do things the right way.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4155,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Ads Quality Senior Strategist,A Lifetime of Operations at a Tech Company,"The roles have been challenging, dynamic, interesting, ambiguous and evolving. The people that I've gotten to work with are great (for the most part)--smart, driven, effective--they're what has kept me around for so long.","Bias towards the new, shiny, sexy projects often leaves Operations teams and other cost centers at a loss for resources and support. The basic conflict of interest between Ads Sales and Ads Quality/anti-fraud teams is a constant source of frustration.","Handle low-performing middle managers more effectively. Understand that everyone knows how poorly a manager scores on their evaluations, so when they're kept around and/or promoted, it reflects poorly on everyone above that's involved.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4156,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 27, 2013",Former Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Perfect for my first job post college,Loved making my own work schedule and hours.,Not much room to move up in the company.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4157,google,"Pryor, OK"," Aug 11, 2013",Former Employee - Logistic Specialist,Great Company,"Lots to learn, job culture is very unique, co-workers are very helpful and engaging","Not that I can think of, unless you are conscious with your weight cause the company feed you really good.",Keep doing what you are doing. I wish that you did not temporarily shut down Oklahoma facility.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4158,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 10, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Recruiter,Finding top talent around the world for a great company.,Job responsibilities doesn't allow room to grow fast.,Allow greater flexibility to try new things.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4159,google,"Lenoir, NC"," Aug 10, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Data Center,"- Entertainment! Yes, there is a workout room, pool tables, ping pong tables, Foosball tables, Xbox 360's, Playstation 3s, Wii !! - FOOD!! Ice Cream freezer, cookies, snacks of all sorts, gourmet and normal beverages free for the taking! Breakfast and Lunch are all homemade from Chefs with nothing ever frozen.","- Entertainment?? Really? ? There isn't any time to take advantage of all the Entertainment mentioned above unless you sacrifice your lunch break or one of the 15 minute morning & afternoon breaks. Sacrifice resting after doing my job??? NO WAY!! See below- - With the amount of sweat and bodily exertion, when lunch comes around, it's all you can do in your 1 hour lunch to eat, drink, and down 2 more Gatorades to keep hydrated! I'm in great shape, but the jobs performed by Operations Associates and Engineers such as myself, require extreme physical exertion in order to keep up. My hands are no longer hands, but machines in need of desperate repair. I have callouses so thick that I cannot feel my fingertips. My hands ache terribly each day and are so mangled it feels like I have an extreme case of rheumatoid arthritis or perhaps I do from all the manual labor! - HOT!! The Data Center is kept at a temperature so hot, about 30 minutes into working, I am wanting to take a break to grab some Vitamin Water or any water for that matter. There are no water fountains and there is only one area which is typically far away in which employees are able to store water that must be in a CamelBack thermos. Every work area is extremely hot unless you're lucky enough to have a desk job. - Employees? It's interesting that the majority of actual work is done by workers who are not true Google employees. Temporary workers outnumber permanent Googlers by far. These individuals are interviewed for an entry level position by Google Management, but are actually employed by a Temp Agency. These poor saps are underpaid, overworked, and all are fighting for a permanent position that most will not obtain. They do the same work as many Operations Associates & Engineers. But receive no promise for their hard work and are unappreciated by management. Management is not allowed to give temporary workers any type of feedback as to their performance and are unable to pull them aside to tell them they are doing a good job, nor room for improvement.","Place water fountains on the DC Floor. Give employees more breaks to prevent bodily injury such as carpel tunnel syndrome. Communicate with your employees more frequently to receive feedback rather than once a month meetings as to our goals. Allow employees to submit anonymous suggestions like this advice text box. Allow temporary employees the same supervisory advice Googlers are given and give them advice on ways to improve. Don't be a jerk! And don't be evil! I love Google, but for lower level employees, it is easy to become burned out both physically and mentally. Take this into consideration and take care of your employees as well as the temporary workers who work just as hard.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4160,google,none," Aug 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok,They do a lot of things with computers,They do not do many things without computers,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P416.htm
4161,google,none," Aug 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, management not so much",Some of the perks. being part of IT history,Management Expectations for the tech staff,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4162,google,none," Aug 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits and People,"Attracts the smartest people, benefits are as good as you read about.",Difficult to move up in career ladder sometimes due to a middle managment bubble.,Be more agressive managing underperformers out.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4163,google,none," Aug 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best big company to work for,everything a big company can offer and what you do changes the world,with limited career growth opportunities,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4164,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked in support services as employee (non-engineer),"Ability to interact with very unique and intelligent co-workers Numerous employee perks (free food, fitness centers, events, massage, etc.)",Ratio of non-engineering to engineering employees not scalable to growth Lack of upper management support for needs of changing employee demographics and work/life balance,"10,000+ employees require a closer and more diverse approach to employee growth, motivation, and happiness Provide more career development, mentoring, and training opportunities for employees, especially management (all levels)",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4165,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic workplace,+ Opportunities to learn new skills + Upper management support of career goals + Free onsite food and gym + Shuttle service to get to work + Top notch benefits,"+ Some roles work with unpleasant content + For engineers if your product isn't the ""hot"" product, difficult to get additional resources",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4166,google,none," Aug 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Work life balance. Great beta tech to play with,All movement is based on tenure.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4167,google,none," Aug 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"life work balance is best here, no too much work","too big company, hard to find good projects, boring",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4168,google,none," Aug 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Culture and perks are great. I can't think of another place I'd rather work.,"None to speak of. The office culture and the pay are good, and the work is good too..",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4169,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 6, 2013",Current Employee - Field Technician,It can't get any better,"Endless perks like: massages, breakfast, lunch, dinner, gyms, trainings, micro kitchens, volleyball, shuttle service",I can't thing of anything that would be considered as a con,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4170,google,none," Aug 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Working with smarts people who work hard and play hard,Can be very stressful at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P417.htm
4171,google,none," Aug 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing workplace,"great benefits, helpful co-workers, good atmosphere, innovative environment full of tech savvy people","hard to get in touch with senior management, limited options for growth, pretty strong hierarchy",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4172,google,none," Aug 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Great culture, great perks. The work is challenging and rewarding",The only downside is the long hours (at times).,Listen to employee feedback and be more transparent about what team they will be working on,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4173,google,none," Jul 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,"Free food is amazing.Great atmosphere, people work together and help each other. No strict rules on hours. Many tech talks that you can attend freely to learn.",Google is too huge that you will only be able to see a small small part of the whole company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4174,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 19, 2013",Current Employee - Enterprise Program Manager,Amazing,"-perks are out of this world -very steep career + pay growth (eg you can move up quickly if you do well) -flatter organization -given lots of opportunity and responsibility -dynamic -mission is fulfilling -amazing people -fun culture, familial","-commute (if you don't live in southbay) -ambiguous career path and grow -lots of product changes, unclear roadmap -big divide between eng and non-eng -more red tap, things take slower to get off ground",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4175,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best company I have worked for,"The job offers the rare opportunity to make big impact to life of millions of people. I work with extremely smart people and everyone is excited to come to work everyday. With all different kinds of project in Google, I can alway find something that interests me.","Google is a big company, so it's different from startup company. There will be process built that you need to follow and organization can be hierarchical. But it's nature of a big company. Still, there are some projects and teams in Google that act like startup.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4176,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 25, 2013",Current Employee - Head of Industry,Best company in the world.,"Perks, products & innovation mixed with a fantastic culture",Long hours and late nights due to everchanging digital media world,Looking to bring back the NYC Culture in the office,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4177,google,none," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible but not quite as bad as financial companies,"One word: money. The compensation, including the stock, is very good, and there aren't many other places that pay so well. The benefits are OK too but you need to be careful: for example, they have good insurance policies but by default they push you towards the bad ones.","Everything else. The offices are placed in the cities. Horrible commute, non-stop parking troubles. The offices themselves are horrible, very densely packed. It's the only place I've seen that has more densely packed offices than the banks. When you sign up, you don't get to know, what group you'll be assigned too. The job itself is incredibly stupid, you're guaranteed to be vastly overqualified for it. The smugness level is amazing, the smug is so thick you can cut it with a knife. There are worse places to work (i.e. banks) but for the technical companies it's a deeply substandard one. No wonder that the people who stay there for a long time are mostly the new grads, who haven't seen anything better.","open some offices in the decent suburb locations, and make the offices less horrible",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4178,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 26, 2013",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"amazing, learned a wealth of information and skills","people: supportive, friendly, smart, helpful","big company: more bureaucratic, slow",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4179,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 3, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company that continues to push boundaries,"The perks are well known by now--not every office is like the one in Mountain View, but you'll find that they all are better than your average work facility.",It's difficult to stand out and be more than just a member on a team. Very noticeable if you were used to being a stand out in your previous job.,Keep doing what you're doing--it's been working great. Don't slow down.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4180,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very hard to land on projects that benefit your career.,Benefits are good. Shuttle transportation can be useful for many people. Occasionally there are interesting talks (but conference rooms are often way too tiny.),"The interviews are really bad for the applicant: you learn nothing from what you will be doing and are interviewed only by people from completely different areas of expertise than yours. If you decide to come here, expect to have 5-6 layers of management above you. Unless your are a big shot or manage to get a strong ally, you often get the promise of leading some significant project, only to be exchanged without notice with more ""experienced"" people. Only a minority of engineers get to do the interesting stuff: Google+, Knowledge Graph, etc. If you are part of the other 99%, things are less exciting and the lower your rank is, the less freedom you have.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P418.htm
4181,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 1, 2013",Former Employee - Human Resource,Good company but not for me,"great resources, perks, good internal opportunities","political, alot of processes, limited career opportunities, competitive coworkers",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4182,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Great For New Grad,"High Reputation, Good Payment, Balance Life","Hard to Promote, Job is not that challenging",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4183,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 14, 2013",Former Employee - Senior IT Business Analyst,Best place to work,Growth opportunity at any level Friendly working atmosphere Lots of facilities for employees and no discrimination for contractors also. Work flexibility Well optimized business processes and policies Diversified culture Moderate pay structure,Hiring process is not well organized. Need better explanation and coordination till interview process and followups.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4184,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Enterprise Order Management Specialist,"Great work culture, great minds and a great company to work for.",Very cool work culture. Open minded leaders,Engineering teams alone seem to get more importance,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4185,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 10, 2013",Current Employee - Google,Enlightening,Perks and awesome projects/experience. Great culture and the ability to work with a lot of smart people.,No a clear structure on process or projects. Very hard to move up.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4186,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 10, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great place to work - great comp,* Great perks * Stable work environment * Fun work environment,"* Engineering has a free pass on everything except writing code. Some great engineers, but occasionally difficult to work with / lacking vision",Great stuff,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4187,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 13, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome and likely to get better,"- extremely smart and firendly peers and managers - open-minded and inclusive culture - working on huge-scale, high-impact products and services - drive to innovate on all levels in areas - big exposure, always in the news - plenty of learning opportunities",Nothing to mention as of yet,"Keep the good work, continue to hire great people, and keep looking for world-class innovations",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4188,google,none," Jul 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Long hours, great perks, great people","Great people, great perks. The work is interesting, and there can be a great 'if it is broke, go fix it' atmosphere.","Long hours, I work with a team overseas - and so my days can sometimes go from 5AM to 6-7, maybe 8 PM. It takes a long time to be promoted, due to having great people around you.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4189,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get ready to compete!,"Great perks (food, trips, holiday gifts, etc), variety of interesting work, get to work with really smart people, chance to dogfood really cool stuff.","Those really smart people are also really competitive and because the perf process is only about personal impact, it discourages teamwork and real collaboration.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4190,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Engineering,- Benefits - Great people - Exposed to awesome ideas,- Overworked - Management can be a nightmare to work with,Listen to employees and offer support to grow.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P419.htm
4191,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant III,Google cares deeply about its employees,"* work with brilliant, motivated, caring people * excellent perks: free food, massages, flexible work schedule, wifi supported commute * extremely fast paced: room for creative problem solving, new challenges","* extremely fast paced: be prepared to keep up and not be discouraged by the amount of knowledge you're expected to absorb * too many interesting things going on: can't attend all the classes, author visits, celebrity interviews, etc. -- need to have excellent time management",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4192,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2013",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Awesome place to work. Very creative. Great perks.,The ability to bring fresh ideas to the table. It's a very creative environment and employees are given broad leeway to implement new things.,The hours - typically 16 hour days - are too much even though the environment is great. That's the only drawback I ever saw at Google.,Just remember the employees on the bottom rung of the ladder. We contribute as well.,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4193,google,none," Jun 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It really is the best place to work,Career development is always top of mind for managers at Google. I love that we can work on a variety of projects.,"Time is always a battle here, there are 19 priority projects that all need to get done in parallel, so you often feel like you're always busy. The feeling is great because you get a sense that you're working on big projects with large impact, but whew, you get tired sometimes.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4194,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It is amazing,its a wonderful place to work and the staff is amazing. I have learned so much from working here and can't wait to presume my career in the software engineering field.,its a compacted place to work and the staff is amazing. I have learned so much from working here and can't wait to presume my career in the software engineering field.,its a wonderful place to work and the staff is amazing. I have learned so much from working here and can't wait to presume my career in the software engineering field.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4195,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Great company | Great people | Great expectations,"Incredible perks, enormously intelligent and motivated people, lots of freedom to do as you want, competent to great managers","Very high expectations and a commute from the city to the suburbs means work/life balance takes a hit. Self-direction is also highly prized, which is reflected in both the flatter structure of the company and the management style of several direct supervisors I've had--perhaps a pro and a con?",Please expand the SF office.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4196,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Tons of smart people. Arguably the most interesting problems in computer science are being tackled on a daily basis -- certainly at an unparalleled scale. Different product areas have different cultures, so it's hard to generalize about the company as a whole, but I don't think any other company offers as good a combination of interesting projects, great benefits and compensation, smart co-workers, and good culture. It is worth noting that your experience can vary a lot depending on your product area and manager.","Company has gone a bit overboard in adding multiple levels of management in recent years, and organization feels more top-down than in the past, but neither aspect is too severe. Be prepared for a long commute if you want to live anywhere affordable or interesting. There is an astonishing lack of diversity in political viewpoints, if your heroes are not Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Paul Krugman, then don't even think about engaging in a political discussion with your peers (in person or on any internal mailing lists).",Break down the silos among different projects and different product areas.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4197,google,none," Jul 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it was good.,"fun experience, it was a blast, golden, a lot of work. work hard, play harder.","Needs help with upper management. notice the little fish. big ideas, etc. corporate.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4198,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Great company,Everyone is friendly and the company is moving in an innovative direction,Sometimes hard to get to know fellow coworkers outside of your team because it's such a large company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4199,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,It's tough to be a senior product managers,"all of the best reasons center around the perks (campus, food, gym, on site haircuts, on site medical doctor, etc.)","Product Managers are rated SOLELY on product launches so if your Eng team can't or won't deliver, you're in trouble. Doesn't matter if your product is good/bad, just launches count. Extremely competitive and cut throat environment.","Revise your performance review process, PLEASE! Promote and encourage product managers to care about the overall customer satisfaction and quality of their products, not just raw quantity!",4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4200,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 19, 2013",Current Employee - User Interface Designer,THE BEST !,"Co-workers are super awesome and friendly, Free meals , High salary",Overtime..overtime..overtime..and overtime. Frequently work on the weekends,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P420.htm
4201,google,none," Jul 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"awesome, but too much high anxiety",they give much to employees (and contractors/temps),they expect much from employees (and contractors/temps),data must be balanced with intuition & compassion,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4202,google,none," Jun 17, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Good place to work if you're willing to work very hard,Never boring. Constantly changing. Pay for performance.,Hard to maintain work/life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4203,google,"Portland, OR"," Jul 3, 2013",Former Employee - Developer Programs Engineer,Experience of a lifetime!,"lots of opportunities to grow, great benefits, awesome free food/drinks :)",Can be confusing/overwhelming for new hires.,None,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4204,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 16, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Good company, intelligent peers, and nearly unlimited ambitious and interesting projects to move between.","Excellent work environment, great perks, great people, changing society and technology, very innovative, trusting workplace. If you get bored with a project, the company has a million other cool and exciting things you can work on instead.","It's a large company, so there is some (fairly minor) bureaucracy. Otherwise no major concerns or qualms with the company.",Keep doing what you're doing. Excellent job.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4205,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Not as good inside as it looks outside,"Free food, great hardware, cool campus, amazing benefits",Unless you are a SWE you should not work at Google. Lots of red tape and a complete lack of regard for dogfooder feedback,"Google promotes the wrong people over and over, while the good managers are not rewarded. very sad.",1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4206,google,none," Jul 4, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The worst job I've ever had,-lunches were provided -the schedule was flexible -incredibly smart people,"-my manager was aggressive -my manager illegally harassed me -HR did nothing about it -I ended up seeking counseling about the problems I was having with my manager -when I told her manager what was going on he told me I should man-up and grow a pair -when I confided in a colleague for advice, that person decided to gossip to the rest of the team about the problem",Sexual harassment is illegal.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4207,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,10 years and great times throughout,Wonderful community of very talented employees and senior management,"Its getting too big and is no longer ""flat"". Politics have entered the tent.","Its getting too big and is no longer ""flat"". Politics have entered the tent.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4208,google,none," Jun 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great learning opportunities","open culture, ample learning, good food, cool workspace","Slow career growth, processes are made more complicated by the day",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4209,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Analyst,"Best company I've worked for, but not perfect","--perks and benefits are the best, all the stories are true --smart, fun people --challenging, interesting work","--they've stopped letting people work out of the office they would like, a huge mistake in my view --not a people managers are great, your quality of work like will still vary dramatically depending on who your manager is","--let people work from where they want, especially if their role is one in which fragging makes sense --if there are bad managers who get bad feedback, don't just pay lip service to the mission of having good managers and send them to classes, fire them, or at least STOP PROMOTING THEM",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4210,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 7, 2013",Current Employee - Legal,Great,No other company jthinkss as big,Always on the cutting edge needs balls,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P421.htm
4211,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Engineers' Heaven,"- great food, awesome amenities, smart coworkers.",1) Salary is OK comparing to increased college new hire. You don't get much increased after hire. 2) Hiring bar is lowering YoY as hiring more people.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4212,google,none," May 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work!,"As other people mentioned before, the perks are amazing (food, shuttle, gym, massages, etc.) but the best at Google is the people. There is no ""blame game"" around. Everyone is working hard to help the company and the products to succeed.",The number of products and projects can be overwhelm. It's not easy to maintain a reasonable work-life balance.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4213,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Operations,Great company but really depends on your manager and team,Amazing vision and really amazing people,Not enough mobility across departments. You get pigeon holed into a role.,Performance is not always based on merit and this needs to be changed.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4214,google,none," Jun 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,- Great salaries - Great career path and opportunities - Good work environment,- Some co-workers are deluded about how awesome they are. - Company has gotten a lot bigger but mistakenly thinks it can still work like a startup.,- Company is getting bigger without enough management. Way too many people making decisions without talking to one another. The culture needs to adjust to more people and it's behind.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4215,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 20, 2013",Current Employee - Inside Sales,building SMB partnerships with Google,"The people I work with are great. From everyone that I talk to, everyone says all the free food in the world can't replace the caliber of people one works with... I totally agree. Onsite massage therapist and all the food you can eat is great but the people I work with are smart, forward thinking, and thinking about what is best for the users and company.","Very fast paced. Reorgs all the time. If you're not proactively bettering your position in the company you can find yourself ""reorg'ed"" out of a position. Google Offers is an internal starup so very volatile.",Great job,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4216,google,none," May 26, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,As good as advertised,"-Free breakfast, lunch, dinner -gyms located all around campus -drinks -awesome, intelligent people -speakers that drive creative thinking outside of your regular path -bowling alley -pool tables everywhere -great looking campus -easily collaborate internally with google apps","-difficult to even get an interview, they screen resumes so at times qualified individuals are easily rejected",-keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4217,google,"San Jose, CA"," May 31, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,"no structure, this is the wild west.",free food... free food. free,people. i am an engineer but i like having diversity and not 99% nerds around me 24/7.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4218,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 10, 2013",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Fascinating Company, but Getting Larger Every Day","- Great talent - Fast Paced - Wonderful culture of innovation  I have met wonderful people at this company who truly inspire. They are smart, efficient, and almost everyone goes the extra mile. It's a company that values kindness as well (Don't Be Evil!) The people who don't fall into this category are so rare that they almost become special in their own right- shooting stars of below-average performance. Most everyone is fantastic.","- Rigid promotion cycle - Visibility is very hard in such a large company  The promotion cycle is very rigid, which isn't well aligned with the type of talent the company recruits (young go-getters who work hard but expect to see a correlation between effort and reward). Promotions do come but they are heavily relient on putting in a good amount of time first and being recognized by the right people. Managers really have to go to bat for their employees to get them promoted.  Also, Google is becoming a much larger company. It prides itself on its start-up roots, but it's becoming more and more hierarchical, with less and less opportunities to move up or sideways in the company.",- Review promotion structures- they are very inflexible - It's a great company! Make sure you continue to stay true to the company values as it gets larger and more external pressures threaten to change the focus away from the users.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4219,google,none," May 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is one of the best company I have ever worked for. You would love working here.,"Technologically challenging projects, excellent co-workers to work with.",Company is becoming too big now & hence little hard to move up the chain.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4220,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 31, 2013",Former Employee - Recruiter,Its All about the Metrics,"Great Perks! Team collaboration, transparency and trust from management to manage your business.",It is all about the Metrics. On top of achieving above your metrics you need to complete additional high profile projects to get exceed expectations on your performance review. This means you do work ALL of the time even on your vacations!! Most folks feel the burn out since you have to do this quarter after quarter. Especially a tough environment when you have a family.,"You are doing a good job!! However, do ensure consistent quota setting across all teams doing similar work. Nothing is more demotivating than to run at 110mph and see another teammate doing similar work with less of a quota and performing at 50% of that speed, quarter after quarter.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P422.htm
4221,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Media Solutions,Life changing and dynamic,smart people amazing perks strong brand that opens a lot of doors still lots of innovation,its grown into a large company (slower movement),none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4222,google,"New York, NY"," May 20, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Unlimited resources to change the world, if you want to be a cog.",Unlimited resources. Leading products. Smart energetic co-workers. Great perks.,Competitive to a fault. The review process is entirely political. There's a echo chamber. Your individual contribution is probably irrelevant to the company as a whole.,Change the review process to acknowledge the importance of more than just code releases.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4223,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 24, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Harassed on the job,- Free food - Shuttles - Smart people - Flexible hours - 20% time,"- Food didn't taste that great - Long hours - Shuttles crowded - Good luck finding those smart people - Good luck getting 20% time  - No freedom to move around to new teams, promotions difficult  - Many employees were extremely weird, even for me  - Dreary, depressing campus where everyone seemed unhappy and worried about being seen as stupid. Literally, the place was filled with insecure people that took every opportunity to make themselves feel smarter than everyone.  I was singled out and harassed everyday for reasons unknown to me. I was followed around, and whenever I tried to work my co-workers would comment on the code I was writing as I wrote it (or whatever else would throw me off and prevent me from being able to concentrate). They also took workplace monitoring to a new extreme, because it seemed as though everyone around me could access my computer, see what I was doing, and cause my computer to lock up.  I was constantly pushed to interact with my co-workers and to ask questions, but each question asked was met with a non-answer and a dismissive attitude as though they were worried I'd use the answer to show them up.  At the end of the day it was just a job as the culture was not as advertised.","Facebook, though fading recently, has implemented your advertised culture better than you.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4224,google,none," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Google Adwords Professional,Esoteric.,"The network, people, community, and the access to information.",I don't think I could share any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4225,google,"Irvine, CA"," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - New Business Development Lead,Great place to work. Watch out if your company is acquired...Layoffs,"Solid management team, good pay, great benefits and perks.",Watch out if your company is acquired...Layoffs,No advice,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4226,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 17, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Google is a Great Place to Work!,"Freedom to pursue self-identified projects, supportive and competent co-workers, and., of course, lots of free food.",More challenging to advance outside of headquarters.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4227,google,none," May 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing mission, people, and benefits","Name recognition, excellent benefits, develop tech skills, internal mobility, additional responsibility, feeling of importance and challenge.","Large company, can seem bureaucratic.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4228,google,"New York, NY"," May 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great culture, great perks, intellectually stimulating work","In order of importance:  1. A strong culture of creativity, innovation and avoiding unnecessary hierarchy, red tape and inertia.  2. Intellectually stimulating work. Even projects that sound boring at first become interesting when dealing with the challenges of doing them at Google scale.  3. Great perks. These make working at Google more fun, but also improve the culture. Free, really good food encourages teams to get away from their desks and eat together instead of just eating a boring, practical lunch at their desks. Various events such as ski trips are clearly designed to encourage people from different parts of the company to get to know each other. Tech talks are designed to create a culture of always learning instead of stagnating and becoming too settled in a small niche.","1. It's a big, established company. It's easy to feel like you're just a cog and will never have a big impact in it.  2. There's no well-defined career path, which doesn't bother me personally but might bother people with different personalities.  3. Language choice for performance critical code mostly limited to C++ or Java.","Mostly, keep up the good work. It would be nice if people working on back-end/infrastructure projects could see their impact more easily.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4229,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 26, 2013",Former Employee - Very Specialized,I left,Great programs and some great people,Soem really entitled folks with a lack of real respect for others. A very political space.,Look at mid to upper managers and see what they are really doing about busting the norm or playing favorites.,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4230,google,none," May 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Support - Google Apps,Awesome people to work with. Good environment.,Horrible management. They are pretty much clueless.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P423.htm
4231,google,"Venice, CA"," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome,"Awesome perks. Tons of fun.  You get to work on projects that have either never been built before, or never been built at this scale before.",So much awesome that not everyone can handle it.  Leadership is an important quality because Googlers have more autonomy than at most companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4232,google,none," May 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best Company I've Ever Worked For, Including My Own","Smart, hard-working, well-rounded people. Interesting, challenging projects. Good compensation & benefits. Get to do work that really maters.",Very steep learning curve to be productive,Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4233,google,none," May 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ad Sales Management,"Great people, great product, great company, great benefits","managers tend to manage up much better than managing down, often looking out for themselves rather than their team.","Promote more from within, from experienced leaders, less from an ivy-league resume with no field experience.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4234,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," May 3, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great place to work for smart, motivated, entrepreneurial product managers",The only place I've ever worked where I've been criticized for not thinking big enough. Really smart people. A great place to incubate ideas. You are constantly pushed. I worked and launched a wide variety of products. Google is also big enough that it's difficult to get bored - there are always interesting projects to get involved with.,"Given that there are so many smart people, there is some intellectual elitism. Occasionally, you will find yourself in an incredibly long email thread where people are debating just to debate. Constant pace can burn people out.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4235,google,"New York, NY"," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Database Administrator,"Good for Starters, Not for Main Course",Great company to work for fresh Graduates who just passed out or people who are looking for entry level jobs.,"For experienced workers, mostly people are looking for greater challenge, more $$$,$$$ and moving up the ladder. This seldom occurs!",Please listen to middle level or experienced employees. They are not looking for Pizza or Brownies or Pool Tables.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4236,google,none," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Perks, Travel, Food, Culture, People","Work Hard, Always On, Continuous Change (but this can be good too - just need to be able to handle)",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4237,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 30, 2013",Former Employee - Security,Security,"Flexibility, free breakfast, lunch, and, dinner. Fun environment. Great working culture. Smart co-workers. Good room for advancement.",Can be somewhat political at times.,Keep the snacks coming!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4238,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 11, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Great company to work for,- Perks/food/offices - Innovation - Leader in the industry. Your design and creation will set the tone.,- Might appear fast moving company but it's a multinational bureaucracy,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4239,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 26, 2013",Current Employee - Corporate Operations Engineer,Great work environment and culture,*Great perks *something new always happening *easy internal mobility *smart coworkers *great benefits *tuition reimbursement,*elitist and privileged attitude not uncommon *proprietary internal technologies can limit the growth of skills useful outside the company,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4240,google,none," May 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fabulous! Great learning experience and fun.,"Perks, co-workers, food, shuttle, hammocks","Crazy schedule, long commute, very busy",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P424.htm
4241,google,none," Apr 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,loved it,pay is absolutely great- my opinion,there is none in my opinion,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4242,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Engineers work quietly and have high expectations,All engineers get to code a lot.,Many 1-person projects. Need to learn many layers of Google-specific technology to get anything done.,Promote best practices for small team success throughout the company.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4243,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 29, 2013",Current Employee - S/W Engineer,Very Good Company to work,Very good total compensation and benefit,"Too much work, lack of respect, bad work/life balance",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4244,google,none," Apr 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Great and fun place to work, health benefits, fun people to work with room to develop.","None, Great and fun place to work, health benefits, fun people to work with room to develop.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4245,google,none," May 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from home,"Work from home, anytime you can, even on weekends.","Low salary, repetitive work sometimes boring.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4246,google,none," Apr 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to grow and have fun,Great culture and people. All the notorious perks make it a comfortable place to work.,"Amazing work is ""normal"" at Google, so it can be hard to move vertically within the company. Workload can taxing.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4247,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excited to come to work,Management is very supportive and projects always involve new and exciting challenges. Great place to work.,need more lanes in the bowling alley,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4248,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Best large tech company to work for,Working at Google is simply awesome. The cultural values are great and I can fully identify myself with the companies visions. The people here are all really smart and always try to push the envelope of what's possible.,"Google is a large company. Even though it does a great job at trying to stay agile and keep a startup culture alive, it does have the feel of a large corporation.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4249,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Sales,"inspiring company, great people","smart and fun people, random perks, lots of resources, personable management, quirky","layers of management, managers who don't help you develop, reorgs every so often",invest in managers to develop their teams,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4250,google,none," Apr 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work with really smart people who like to have fun and continue learning.,Classes on many subjects. Free food.,Bureaucracy. Low hourly rate for the amount of responsibility.,Keep moving fast.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P425.htm
4251,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 29, 2013",Former Employee - Product Marketing,No longer a startup mentality,"I began at Google pre-IPO so my experience is based on the way the company evolved over time from a smallish company of less than 600 employees, to the tens of thousands that work there today. Google is, as expected, an incredible place to work. Your colleagues will be brilliant and the work environment is world-class. The projects are interesting and there is the constant state of wonder you will get when seeing work you completed actually deployed, and used, by people all over the world. On top of that, the company allows for incredible personal development, both professionally and with regards to non-work related interests. Guest speakers and lectures have ranged from celebrity visitors, to heads of state, to famous bloggers with specific domain expertise like ""The Strobist"" whose blog is followed by the photography cognoscenti.","I've since left Google, many of my early-day colleagues have moved to more nimble environments where the work has a deeper impact. The company has gotten very ""heavy"" with many layers of experts, all who bring the complexity they developed from other world-class companies they have worked in. A close friend told me ""there are other companies out there who ARE what Google USED TO BE"" which is to say, very lean and intimate. I love the startup mentality and the opportunity to make huge moves with everything you work on. Google is like a very large ship now, many oars must move in order to effect a turn or feel the ship shift slightly in direction.","If you are bringing your ""best practices"" from your previous org, and implementing them just to prove your value to the company, STOP NOW. Get on the front line, the company was best when it was ""flat"" which is to say, everyone was a builder and not simply administrative. When I started, I was one person removed from the VP of my group (who is now the ""Global VP""). When I left there were SEVEN levels of positions between us. I can say, they were not all necessary.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4252,google,none," Apr 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gotta drink the coolaid and be young,"Profitable, pays well, great benefits.","It's a religion & a cult of youth. If you're not a 20-something, you'll feel out of place. If you've got any grey hair, you're DOA.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4253,google,none," Apr 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Great company to work for,There are no cons here,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4254,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 17, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Sourcer (Recruiting),Great employer if you want to work for a big company,Google has lots of smart people working on many exciting projects. The perks and benefits are unbelievably good. Management is very open with employees about what's going on with the company. Google is one of the most impact-full companies in the world.,"Google is a very large company, it's difficult for an individual to have a big impact. With lots of top employees, it can be difficult to excel. Google is very engineering-focused (great if you're an engineer, less so if you're not).",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4255,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 16, 2013",Former Employee - ITRP,Great company to work for with cutting edge infrastructure technology,"Some of the most brilliant minds have solved many of infrastructure's big woes today. Learning how it's done is quite exciting. Also, free food everywhere, awesome campus, and travel opportunities.",Can be hard to find projects with high impact due to the companies size.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4256,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 30, 2013",Current Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Great for stability. Bad if you have ambitions.,"- Great, great perks. They really make you feel taken care of as an employee and as a person. - Great pride when you realize how the company is changing the world in a positive way and you are part of it. - Really nice people with not many big egos.","- Little career progression. The company likes to think they are flat but in reality they have deep hierarchical leves (There were 10 people between me and the CEO) but there is no clear way to become manager and each manager manages 12 or more people. - Sales is an afterthought completely. The engineers are rightfully the stars but for the sales people the salaries are half what you can earn in other places. - In spite that they say otherwise, pedigree counts a lot. Top salesman globally with no brand name makes half (counting comission, bonuses, stock, etc.) of what another salesman makes as base salary and comes from the ""right"" (Ivy league, big names on resume) background. - If you are not in the right group your day to day work is boring and mundane. - Low engagement of people with their jobs (in the sales org). That makes for very uninteresting meal chats about ski trips and vegas conventions.",Have pride on your sales force. After all they make the money that allow the great engineers to make the great products that are changing the world.,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4257,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Tough challenges and rewarding work. Big Google tries to get rid of bureaucracy,"Never been happier at a company. Lots of challenges everyday, and you work with the brightest people in the world. Unlike a lot of big companies, people are willing to help one another. Big Google also tries to foster meritocracy, and every year they have a company wide survey that helps lower, middle, and upper management know what to improve directly from tens of thousands of Googler feedback.","Some Googlers are self-entitled and not just to non-Googlers but to other Googlers as well. I blame it on poor hiring decisions. There's tremendous growth at Google and sometimes despite their best intentions, poor hiring decisions are made.  In some parts of the business, it's very political. Can be challenging if you don't know how to play the game.  Some managers are too busy to show their reports tough love or real 1:1 mentoring.","On customer service: Care about customer support to a degree that it doesn't make financial sense. Google has some of the best products on the market, and customers expect the same level of 1:1 support. This applies to any customer or partner that is paying for services or products.  On people management: Find out which jobs are being performed that are low impact (usually non-sales metric driven roles) Give bad managers attention as soon as the GoogleGeist results come out. Their reportees may be really suffering.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4258,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - People Operations,Chaotic and magical,"Working on products that have a global impact Changing the world Intelligent and diverse coworkers Amazing internal resources Exciting office spaces They really care about you as a person and want you to succeed, both inside and outside the office",Might be difficult to work remotely Disorganized Not as much of a flat hierarchy as they want People get a sense of entitlement,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4259,google,none," Apr 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Forward looking company with smart people,"Free food/young team, play hard, work hard",Not as flexible as before,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4260,google,"Irvine, CA"," Mar 14, 2013",Former Employee - Analytical Lead,Great company to work for (with the right manager),"The people are the best thing about Google. There is a can-do attitude and when you work for a company where its employees review each other, this will humble even the most egotistical of coworkers. The company perks are definitely top notch, too, though in the end it is the camaraderie that I experiences is what I miss.","Career opportunities are in Mountain View and New York offices only. The Old School cheery Googlers have been replaced with the MBA sharks looking for a feather in their career cap, so come with your Excel and Powerpoint data in hand if you want to succeed. The customer-service came second only to internal posturing which happens with any desirable place to work. It's unfortunate, but when you answer to shareholders, the almighty dollar is all that matters. Google gives you free lunch and a laptop to keep you on the hook - the job hook. When you mature to having a family and need that work-life balance, Google isn't the place to be.","Stop re-structuring the company every year, make your customers priority instead of the bottom line, money flows between trusted relationships, weed out the middle management sharks, stop outsourcing jobs to India, Google was not founded on these values.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P426.htm
4261,google,none," Apr 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,I was an intern here and I had my first experience with real-world delivery of apps. Good stuff,It was a pretty long walk from my desk to the one sundae machine on the floor. Like really. One per floor? Animals,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4262,google,"Boston, MA"," Mar 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"strongly recommend this company, it is worth for working and paying","It is the best for programmer, you can learn a lot from other excellent people. So strongly recommend google. it is worth for working and paying",it is not easy to enter and you must work hard and maybe you have to take much pressure. But it is worth.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4263,google,none," Apr 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great company, immature management- strong 'one horse pony",awesome perks and decent compensation,arbitrary product roadmaps outside the search/ads world,Don't be so capricious,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4264,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best decision I ever made,"Zero politics, awesome products, open and supportive culture. Getting to play with the internal infrastructure is amazing. Many things still happen at a grassroots level so you can really help shape the company and it's products. Employees are encouraged to openly question and debate if the company is doing the right thing. In my group management is almost non existent which I think is a good thing. Getting to work at an engineering center in downtown Manhattan. Perks are as good as everyone says.",There is a massive learning curve and it can takes months to become a contributing member of the team. Working in C++ is slow and painful. Engineers could sometimes explain things better.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4265,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Meaningless work, hypocrisy, politics, bureaucracy, great pay and benefits.","In my experience, Google is an awesome place to work if: - you get intrinsic enjoyment from writing code - even when asked to spend months coding something for reasons that are unclear or less than inspiring (like lack of planning, inter-group politics, inertia, etc.) - you like reading code, doing code reviews, and having access to the entire source code of most google products. - you plan to work here for at least several years and like the idea of spending your first 3 to 6 months getting familiar with the large number of google-only systems, tools, libraries and coding practices that must be known even before doing small internal projects - even though this knowledge will be mostly irrelevant outside of google. - if forced to choose, you would prefer a high salary, incredible benefits and job stability more than working on projects you care about.  There are relatively few Pros that survived my first 2 months here and that I'll miss when I leave. These are: - you are surrounded by smart, interesting people many of whom are new to the area and looking to make friends. - some really awesome internally-built tools for writing code, doing code reviews, building dashboards, etc.","Disclaimer: Google is the most decentralized company I've worked for in the degree to which different groups and projects have their own work intensity, culture, ambitiousness, manager quality, etc. A lot of people I know love working here, feel they are working on interesting/important projects, and are full of respect for their colleagues and leadership.  My experience, unfortunately, has been almost entirely negative: - problems start with the hiring process because they put up vaguely described job openings, don't tell you almost anything about what you'll be working on during the interview, and then don't make any attempt to match you to projects you might care about or have experience with. The implied message is - you made it to Google, so you're smart enough to learn new technology, languages, and skills as needed, and we give you so much that you should be happy working on anything. After working here for several months, my impression was: - self-satisfaction, detachment/cluelessness/apathy and arrogance are prevalent including at the very top. - too many of the company's core slogans frequently don't reflect reality:     - treating employees with respect - actually condescension disguised as benevolence     - caring about users - actually often dismissing them as a nuisance or too stupid to use the product correctly.     - setting goals that are so ambitious that you fail on some - actually often failing on un-ambitious goals for non-respectable reasons     - openness in communicating with employees - actually, most communications end up being empty hype and ass-kissing.     - maximise efficiency and productivity - actually, even simple web front ends requires constant battle against unrelated problems with unreasonably slow or broken internal APIs, overly slow build/test/deploy tools, lack of documentation for how to use internal systems, etc.      - fast-paced entrepreneurial culture - actually, for too many people, the main objective is to look good and score points with their manager - this is true all the way up to the VPs that report to Larry      - hire the best people - almost everybody here is really smart, but the culture often brings out the worst most unprofessional side of people       - taking risks and changing the world - level of risk I see people taking is changing the location of a UI button on an internal tool without talking to the product manager first","From what I saw while working on internal tools, it seems for too many managers, their highest aspiration is to keep employees occupied and to avoid looking bad in front of superiors. Other things besides this don't matter as much - not even user complaints (unless/until superiors start caring). Put another way, I was disappointed by the lack of idealism and purpose, by the excessive careerism and politics and by the us vs. them mentality between different engineering groups and between engineers and users.",2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4266,google,none," Mar 28, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,good job if you have a good manager,"salary, benefit, google van, technology","no training, place you on a team without consulation, not much control of your career, manager driven. if manage is not competent of does not like you things are very bad",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4267,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 28, 2013",Former Employee - Relationship Manager,Great place to learn - then jump to a startup,"Smart, motivated people make it fun to come to work every day. Products that touch many millions of people and make their lives easier. Prestigious employer makes finding your next job very easy - people love seeing Google on your resume ... even after you've been gone for years.",Management is decreasingly transparent. Internal transfers are near-impossible.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4268,google,none," Mar 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, great peers, but disappointed in current leadership and company direction.",A great company with a great history that still allows you to make contributions that can have significant impact. Awesome work culture.,"I used to love this company and thought we contributed a great deal to help the industry and society, and that we could do no harm. Unfortunately, I don't believe this about the company anymore, and I have recently lost a great deal of confidence in the current leadership team. The company has recently become run much more top down than the bottoms up nature of the years past.","I think the current leadership is causing significant harm to the company to advance Google+ in a flawed way. I think both Google and Google+ would both do better without the current leadership's undermining of other company priorities and products to increase traffic to G+. Users are being harmed, trust is being broken, and goodwill lost. The CEO and leadership team is also taking the idea of more wood behind fewer arrows to an unnecessarily unhealthy extreme in my opinion.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4269,google,none," Mar 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life changing,Smart people and on-scale opportunities.,Very competitive environment to work in.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4270,google,none," Mar 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Best company I have ever even heard of, much less worked at","So many activities, not enough time to do actual work",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P427.htm
4271,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Engineer,great company,great things to work on.,too much too do too little time.,don't let cost control wreck the company.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4272,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 24, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,It's different,Easy work schedule. Work/life balance easy. You're doing something you love.,No high pay. Not much room for improvement for the average minded.,None.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4273,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Quantitative Analyst,Great place,"Work at Google, change the world.","Hiring process is pretty convoluted, and some policies are annoying, but ultimately are sensical and tolerated since they typically relate to important core company values.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4274,google,none," Mar 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, exhilarating environment","Never a dull moment, always something new to work on, great camaraderie among co-workers, great perks, meaningful work, room for growth and job diversification","Too many possibilities can make narrowing your options difficult, but worthwhile in the end",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4275,google,none," Mar 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,treats employees well does cool stuff free food and other things pays well,"large company, a little too much red tape for a company that size",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4276,google,"Tampa, FL"," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Computer Programmer,awesome great salary and benefits I just retired yay!!!!!,Everything was spectacular loved it!,There is none best company ever,keep your head in the game!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4277,google,none," Mar 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Good intern program. Nice people.,Not much to say about cons,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4278,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Best in the business,-Challenging -Smartest people to work with -Changing the world,"-Challenging, a bit ambiguous at times, need to be able to manage yourself",-Keep making the big bets,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4279,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fantastic company, leadership, vision","Challenging problems, work/life balance, the people.","Very few downsides. Things move quickly, and for most that's a great thing.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4280,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 23, 2013",Current Employee - Legal Assistant,Fantastic place all around,"Great people, food, and opportunities",It's a very large company. You will not know most people there.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P428.htm
4281,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 23, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer at Google,* perfectly organized to take care of chores including meals and paperwork * you can focus on engineering tasks,* there are many rules you have to follow such as code review,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4282,google,"New York, MO"," Feb 22, 2013","Former Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations",Great company to work for in NY,"great salary and benefits, health insurance for all and the ammenities around the company are suburb, great work life balance","none that I can think of, it is great. they might want to implement a better way to get promoted to help people at the bottom to make moreof a name for themselves","keep up the good work, we love you",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4283,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good at most of time,good at most of time,too crowded for traffic and work / life around,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4284,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Quality Control,Quality Control,The food was the only thing I liked about working here.,"Boring, Long Hours, Early in the morning, micromanaged, Repetitive",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4285,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to start a career.,"Work is hard, and there's lots of it, so it's not what I'd call a ""cushy"" job, but if you're not lazy and have what it takes to pass the legendary interviews, you will likely do well. It still feels like the company is run by engineers, even though that's not really the case anymore. And yeah, there's free food (3 times a day), soda, gym membership, and so on and so forth.",Management quality is clearly below what's required for a company of this size. It's incredibly difficult for someone senior to get up to speed to a degree where they'd feel comfortable.,Hire good middle management or promote internally.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4286,google,"Portland, OR"," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Interesting projects. Always.,"Well, you don't have to work at Software Engineer III, you could work as Sr. Software Engineer and get even more interesting projects and influence on how they go.","You should really love what you do. Google wants you to be active, responsive and productive.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4287,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Community Manager,Community Manager,"Benefits, perks, great people, culture","Busy, often stressful, frequent change,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4288,google,none," Feb 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was excellent experience working in google,People are very friendly here,Transportation are sometimes not good,none,5.0,4.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4289,google,"Austin, TX"," Feb 27, 2013",Current Employee - Google Applications Strategist,Great company to work for,"Great benefits, free food, latitude to create projects that make a difference, environment of trying to change the world in a positive way","Much is expected of your performance, culture is geared towards mainly very young employees",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4290,google,none," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Fantastic people to work with,May have to relocate to NY or MTV,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P429.htm
4291,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fantastic is about all I can say,"Great and fantastic. Nice people, great work experience, overall a great company to work for.",There are no cons as such. There are a lot of great people here. The perks are great as well.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4292,google,none," Feb 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pays bills,young work crowd happy atmosphere like minded people aggressive mentality chance to make it really big,lousy commute expensive rent high cost of living bad life style choices by peers abrasive managers,give more bonus and less advice,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4293,google,none," Feb 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Lots of new challenges everyday.,There is a lot of exciting work and it can overtake your personal life.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4294,google,none," Feb 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Free food, flexibility to travel, work hard play hard mentality, generally smart and considerate coworkers, open communication","nothing's perfect, as each person's experience and what they're looking for can be so different.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4295,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 23, 2013",Former Employee - Corporate Operation Engineer,Corporate Operation Engineer,"Very nice environment for work, great people to work with, and some exciting projects. Also, very good benefits and competitive salary.","The work became too much customer support focused so one couldn't get enough time for project and self development. Besides, one doesn't get enough support from the management.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4296,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 7, 2013",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Amazing Place to Work,I doubt there is a company that treats any of their employees as well as Google does. As an employee you really feel like the company shares wealth among all their employees. The work you do here is high impact and they're very open to letting you figure out new ways to do things.,The company is growing so fast that it is starting to show signs of a more corporate environment that is bridled by bureaucracy.,Continue to share the wealth among your employees.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4297,google,none," Feb 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,one of the best places to work for,"innovative, diverse portfolio, forward-looking, brilliant teammates, dynamic, perks",you'll have to be in Mountain View to fully experience what it's like to work for Google.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4298,google,none," Feb 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer intern,I was a summer intern. I got a challenging project during the summer to accomplish. The working atmosphere is free but tough. Free food is awesome.,There is no fun like working in startups. Working Google is just no more than working in a big company.,.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4299,google,"Venice, CA"," Jan 29, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Fun, challenging, intellectually satisfying work","great treatment of employees, amazing culure, smart/hardworking/dedicated employees, a chance to make a big impact",Some things are becoming more corporate and bureaucratic than they used to be.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4300,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 24, 2013",Former Employee - Programmer Analyst,Engineer,"free food, good pay, good people","free food, bad managers, alot of free time",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P430.htm
4301,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 13, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Long time Googler, taking stock...","Working at scale - you can have a global impact in almost any area. Getting to Think Big - Strong technical peers - highly educated, exceptionally skilled workforce.",Too big to take risks - hard to justify taking major risks with the core offering (search and ads). Partners are threatened by size - hard to get data from partners who are afraid we're going to eventually enter their markets.,"Take more risks, especially in the area of user privacy.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4302,google,none," Jan 29, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place I've ever worked.,Great people and culture. You have the autonomy to follow your interests and build your own career path.,"It's a large company and with that comes bureaucracy. Execs do a good job minimizing it, but there is only so much they can do.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4303,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 29, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Account Manager,My experience at Google has been awesome.,-Work/life balance -Career development opportunities -Support from management to pursue 20% projects,-Promotion process can be really challenging,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4304,google,none," Jan 28, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Senior Account Executive,"Awesome work life balance. Super smart people, great culture. They make the tools you need to success super accessible (info and hardware).","Very competitive, harder to get promoted.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4305,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 26, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Bad programmers,Food. I think I have gained about 15 pounds since I have been here :),People here don't know how to program.,"Purge the ranks. Get people who actually get stuff done, not be whimsical all day working on projects that don't matter to the bottom line.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4306,google,none," Jan 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company and good location, nice internship","Good location, good salary and good food. I like the company and the location. The atmosphere is nice there. The interview is competitive. I do not know how many words to input.",High living cost. The workload is high.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4307,google,none," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to get your feet wet,"Fantastic perks, really smart people, and a great place to get started with a career. Overall, really enjoyed my experiences there and hope the best for the company.","One thing that Google does a bit is hire really smart people and put them into more basic positions. A lot of people that were there when I first joined on my team are now gone, as everyone has either left to another team or left the company as a whole.",Make sure to keep all employees really engaged.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4308,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 4, 2013",Former Employee - LCS AE,Experienced Salespeople Need Not Apply,All of the amenities are great.,"Inability to significantly grow accounts/make money, micro-management",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4309,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 20, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,horrible,nothing good to say about this company. works you to death. too much back stabbing and politics,"too much work, too much stress, politics is growing. hyper competetive know it alls abound in this company. not even the best conpany to work for in bay read",where do i start,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4310,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 31, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager I,- Exciting work/work environment - Exposed to cutting edge technology - Interaction with world class engineers - Great connections within the industry,- Low pay - Slow professional growth - Large company with heavy bureaucratic tendencies,- Understand your reportees' work - Help your reportees with professional growth,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P431.htm
4311,google,none," Jan 18, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Good perks and learning environment,everything that the company provides is great,great mentors and managers,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4312,google,none," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Happy,"Free Food, Young People, Laid back atmosphere, Don't feel like you are being micromanaged.",My job had a lot of turnover. They just hire 1 year contractors and never re-up them. Would have loved to stay.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4313,google,none," Jan 31, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good & bad,"free food, smart people, overall interesting projects, flexible work hours (still long hours) The benefits and salary is very good but comparing to how much you end up working is not that lucrative,",- Managers are too busy to give feedback (only once a month). They are not on the same page with the lead and it's quite confusing what they're looking for sometimes. - They don't really put you in a team that matches your experience/interest. You can get stuck in a team for at least a year when you start working there - Extremely high workload,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4314,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 26, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,You can learn a lot at Google and hack on things easily. There are things to improve though.,"The single most important factor for me is that you can learn a lot here. You can meet many great people, who contributed a lot to CS in general. When you want to improve your skills in particular area, you can join the team that works on that area. Also the codebase is huge with multiple examples of great engineering. Google has some internal learning classes etc. but I didn't find it as useful as people, projects and the codebase.  Another thing is the ""hackability"". With the tools we have it's very simple to start hacking on something and you can focus on solving problems. If you have an idea that you want to try, often you can have something ready within a day or two with no frustrations coming from fighting the tools all the time.","I think that internal mobility could be improved. It's easy to start to work on something as 20%, but when it comes to 100% it's a bit tricky. That means you can get stuck for a while in a project that you don't really like.  Also there is certain degree of bureaucracy. Maybe it's just me, but I hate creating tickets and filling e-forms. Whenever you want to request something, you need to do those things.",Pay more attention to personal interests of employees and fight bureaucracy.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4315,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Sourcing Manager,Great Place to Work,Best place to work 2013,Large employee base makes the company feel less intimate,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4316,google,none," Jan 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Intense, much higher level of challenging environments than other employers in same position","Perks, benefits, bonuses, pay and public perception",Very easy to get burned out when trying to exceed expectations. Mandatory promotions required based on time employed to meet job expectations,Become more aware of clicks and in house cronyism that develops due to competitive nature of environment. There are those who have learned to manipulate the system to get an edge.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4317,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2013",Current Employee - Contract Attorney,"This is a great company to work for, unless you work for my manager.","Google treats it's contractors fairly well, giving them paid holidays (after 520 hours of work), access to the free food and the gyms, along with other great perks. It also fosters a creative, collaborative atmosphere and strives to give employees ownership over tasks and room to learn and grow in their careers.","My team's management is incompetent and strives to build walls between employees and contractors. They suffer from a lack of transparency, a lack of understanding about the specific work that we do, and poor communication skills. The end result is that an entire group of dedicated contractors now harbors a distrust and a dislike for Google.",Fire my team managers. They're a waste of money.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4318,google,none," Jan 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"i like working here, lots of interesting project, friendly and helpful colleagues and free food.","not i am aware of, but i will keep finding them. maybe they should turn the ac on more often",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4319,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 23, 2013",Former Employee - Adwords Associate,Smart people overqualified to do the work they're doing,"great people, great food, good work life balance","not a great place to ""start"" your career - not a lot of upward mobility",pay more attention to the people who are on the frontlines talking to google's advertising base,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4320,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 8, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Strategist,A dynamic and entrepreneurial place that treats their people very well!,"It's a meritocracy of ideas... I had the great fortune of proposing and executing on many rewarding projects. If you have an idea and it makes business sense, you will get the green light here. It's amazing.","Google is not a vey diverse workplace, but I did like most of the people I worked with.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P432.htm
4321,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Nice place to work,"Great culture, openness, many really innovative and challenging projects.","Big company, can be ineffective.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4322,google,none," Jan 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,questions,best job in this place,everything was fine with work,nothing,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4323,google,none," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Lots of smart people to work with.,Google is now a big place.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4324,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 10, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome,"Great people, great projects, great culture",Google is not as startup-y anymore.,Keep doing awesome.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4325,google,none," Jan 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Too many chiefs, not enough braves","Corporate culture is excellent, great benefits and perks","Very flat organization, limited opportunities outside engineering and sales. Sales office becoming more and more faceless -- not at all Googley. Long term client relationships sacrifices for short-term quota gains.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4326,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,By far the best workplace I've known,Great benefit package with lots of free or convenient onsite services.,"Difficult to get in, and even when you are in, it's still competitive.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4327,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Best place to work,"free perks, cool and wide range of projects, freedom, respect, and trust from colleagues and the company.",You get Noogler 15. 15 pounds after joining Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4328,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Best company that I have worked for,Very flat organization. Everyone gets to contribute. Fantastic co-workers and very talented work force. Free meals!,To much food! Not many!,Don't let Google morph into the standard corporate environment. Continue to treat employees well.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4329,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good for new grads,Salary and benefits are some of the best around. Most departments respect work/life balance. Internal mobility is good. Overall skill level of peers is very high.,"Nothing that happens or has ever happened in software engineering is interesting, relevant, or good unless it happened at Google. Prior experience in barbarian companies is considered irrelevant or harmful. Groupthink and NIH syndrome lead to some daft decisions that are considered holy and irrevocable within the company.",Stop trying to be Facebook.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4330,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 28, 2012",Former Employee - Partner Manager,Account Manager,-Flexibility -Independence -Great sense of camaraderie,There's a bit of a disconnect between product (Eng/PM) and operations. Somewhat bureaucratic.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P433.htm
4331,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 29, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,One of the best places to work.,Great collaborative experience. Amazing facilities. Great food.,I have absolutely no cons to share.,No advice.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4332,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 14, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Development Manager,I could work here forever,Great benefits. Smart coworkers. Inspiring company. I left Google for two years to get an MBA and recently rejoined the company. I've had exposure to other companies and they just don't compare.,"Promotions are few and far between and career progression is tough to manage, but when successful, it pays off. You must be a self-starter to succeed.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4333,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 28, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Systems Administrator,Too big and slow,excellent pay smart people great benefits and gadget perks great on a resume great engineering environment,"big and slow, too many silos very distributed, very hard to tell what is going on closed, NIH environment and technology inconsistent and political promotion process","Fire half of your middle management. Ditch the perf system. Focus again on nurturing and developing your employees, not letting them rot and stagnate.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4334,google,"Lenoir, NC"," Dec 14, 2012",Current Employee - Maintenance Tech IV,Maintanence Tech with 20 + years of electrical experiance and 5 years of HVAC,it has being the best job in my life with a great team who are a great support in all areas of my life. The best work experience ever.,there is no negative information that i can come up with at this time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4335,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 23, 2012",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Amazing perks, vibrant community, but limited career progression for non-engineers","The perks are unparalleled. 3 meals a day and unlimited snacks, gym and comprehensive fitness program, laundry machines, bowling alley, intramural and other special interest clubs, full class schedules and speakers",Limited career progression for non-engineers. It's a great place to be if you're a middle aged and settled down with a family. It's become very political and hard to get things done with so many departments and matrices.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4336,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A Good Place to work,Google has a very good culture. Management is very open with employees and information flows from top to bottom continuously. Google has a lot of learning opportunities. A lot of authors and researchers come to present their work and give talks to employees. Benefits are good.,The main campus is very crowded. People share either large cubicles or work in open space so it is very easy to get distracted specially when a group of people have a discussion or someone speaks on the phone. It can also be hard to find a good place make a personal phone call.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4337,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 10, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Frustrating, bureaucratic, impersonal","You have awesome, competent coworkers. The challenges are huge and you have unique opportunities that are only available at Google. The compensation and benefits are excellent.","Blind allocation: Your initial assignment may have nothing to do with your interests or experience, and policy is that you must stay in that assignment for 18 months before you can transfer (though there are exceptions). Google's success makes it difficult to criticize, ""How can we be doing it wrong if we're making this much money?""",Get rid of blind allocation.,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4338,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Best career move so far,"Excellent people, great peers, overall good managers. Plentiful tools, competitive pay, unbeatable benefits and perks.","None that don't exist elsewhere: the occasional bad manager, underperforming employee.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4339,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 19, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,"If you want to work at a large company, Google's the best place to be","Autonomy, trust and flexibility to do you job. The basic philosophy is to hire smart people and let them get stuff done independently. The atmosphere and structure is actually brilliant and with nice cash compensation it's a great place to be.",Getting larger and more political. If you're not working on a project that is clearly important it can be difficult to get noticed by senior management.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4340,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Great so far,Google as a great place to work.,It can be hard to keep track of everything going on.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P434.htm
4341,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing!,"Great benefits, amazing food & really smart people",No cons so far to date,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4342,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 3, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"What can I say, amazing company to work for","Pay/benefits, colleagues, feel of changing the world, not having to explain to mom who I work for, free lunches, dogs at work, career prospects good, smart people","Commute to south bay, some politics, people worrying about things which aren't real problems, getting hassled on LinkedIn, can be difficult to move up, managers variable","Find more, better ways of minimizing meetings and cutting bureaucracy!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4343,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Dec 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,So far so awesome,I feel like I fell asleep and woke up in the future.,None that I've found so far,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4344,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 14, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Writer,"Great pay, great food, great coworkers","People, environment, and pay/perks are great. They really spoil you. Projects are challenging so you really get to grow your skills daily. Coworkers are the smartest, funniest, and most conscientious I have ever worked with.","Pace can be relentless. Not a great place to move up the ladder because there is so much competition. Promotions to management seem pretty political. Your manager may not have any interpersonal and leadership abilities. If that happens, try to move on quickly.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4345,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 9, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Awesome,"Great perks, great environment, great culture. Everybody working here is smart, friendly, and approachable. Plus, there are always awesome events, celebrities or performers coming, writers speaking about their books, etc.","The work can be very monotonous, as a lower level employee, input isn't really valued. As it's a very large company, the scope of what you're expected to do is quite narrow. They like you to specialize in one thing and ultimately, your value will be determined on how well you execute THAT particular function.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4346,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Partner Management,"Engineering Company - Sales, strategy, bus dev types have limited career opp",Workplace is very comfortable. Great brand.,"Huge sense of entitlement. Company is run by engineers, product owners are all ex-engineers who may or may not know what is best for consumers or the marketplace. Company does not know how to fire low performers",Don't be afraid to fire low performers,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4347,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 20, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"For superb software enginerr, superb salary, bonus, and stock",Nothing I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4348,google,"Bothell, WA"," Nov 18, 2012",Current Employee - Visual Data Specialist,Repetitive improvement and fixing of Google Maps in all regions of the world,"Free lunch every work day, game rooms with pool / foosball / ping pong / console gaming, kitchenettes with snack and beverages replenished twice per work day","The ratio of full-time employees to contractors is 1:100 for the Bothell office, There is very little chance at promotion for an astonishing amount of work completed beyond what's required","Take more time to analyze the qualifications and competency of team members, instead of trusting others, before making a decision of who to promote and who to end contract with.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4349,google,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 25, 2012",Current Employee - Account Executive,Fortunate.,"The people, the culture, and the constant innovation - makes coming to work everyday a fun routine.","We've grown too quickly, making it difficult to get things done as quickly as we were able to years ago. We've also focused on hiring elite students and MBA grads, who don't always have the street sense needed in a dynamic and changing sales organization.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4350,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 31, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Staff Engineer,"Good, not great, company","Smart, motivated people. Great tools and build systems. Great infrastructure for building web properties.","Bad mid-level management, without a great way to do career development. Discipline around people management relatively weak. Review model ok, not great.",Career development and management reviews,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P435.htm
4351,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 27, 2012",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Working on strong impact project,"- The company is willing to bet on risky projects - Projects have a worldwide visibility - Fun people, fun environment - Amazingly smart coworkers",Nothing fundamentally bad about the company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4352,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Doing hard time - but paid well for it!,"Absolutely incredible pay + benefits - I'm making more than I ever imagined - #1 reason I haven't left Flexible work environment - not tied to a desk all day - can go outside/work at a Google Cafe, etc. Lack of structure means can define own job & execute on what you think is important Resume builder - Google looks great on your resume","Finance is a 2nd class function (at best) and in general has very limited power within the organization. This can make it difficult to make a difference or even be heard outside of the org. Often, those who succeed in finance are those that can please their business partners in Engineering/Product which can cause incredible conflicts of interest (sure, that acquisition looks fabulous and it's only $100M! I can make an analysis that makes it look great ) - even if not explicit the pressure to please powerful VPs in Eng is intense. This is compounded by the hyper-reliance on 360 feedback and networking which means it can be hard to make a change or stand up if something seems wrong.  Finance is primarily full of investment bankers & consultants, with little folks with actual Corp Finance experience. This causes an amazing amount of inefficiency as folks don't understand how to do basic things like create a budget and expect people to stick to it (seriously - within weeks of budget creation no one knows if budget applies anymore or if we're moving to a monthly forecast view instead). At first, I tried very hard to get more Corp Finance folks in the org but now I actually think IBankers do best as folks with actual CF experience tend to be so shocked by the Google processes (or lack thereof) they simply cannot hang.  Work/life balance is dreadful - since the employee base is generally young and former bankers, most folks don't seem to be upset by late nights stretching past midnight but for those with families (or even those that just enjoy their lives outside of work) this can be painful. Especially since most of the time is spent on projects that go nowhere.  Google elects not to use ERP or other established software in favor of developing their own solutions. Then they don't staff these solutions with adequate Eng resources. Result is an incredible lack of data availability with the expectation that finance be ""scrappy"" to find ways to tease out or completely guess at the data. Upside is that without a data source no one's likely to know if you're completely off base - but this can be unsettling for folks who really want to use reliable info to make business decisions.  There are constant reorgs and reprioritizations at Google - particularly if you don't support the Search / Ads business. Forget about focusing on anything that will take more than 1 Q to achieve.  This is a social/extroverted environment which means that those who are good at networking have an edge over those who don't, even if the folks who don't are doing a superior job. I've taken advantage of it myself but it's not fair.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,50,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4353,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Google offer an amazing work environment, with unbelievable perks. People around you are very smart  Whatever you do in Google, you are probably working on (or supporting) an innovative product and having a quite large impact.  Things move at a very fast pace. The speed is really one of a startup. Organized chaos is how I should describe Google. A chaos that magically works  It is a relatively flat organization. While there is a well defined chain of command in every function, the individual are still empowered to work cross-functionally and take initiative.","It is getting a little bit too political in Google, which I guess is only natural for 40K company.  PMs tend to take a bit too much credit for everything around, Engineering are very isolated (maybe by design) from operation/monetization aspects. Other functions are secondary to PM and Engineering in almost every aspect.  Vision is increasingly a top-down thing with less and less grass root initiatives .......... working on your 20% these days mean your bonus will probably disappear because you need your manager sign-off, which likely has a different agenda, and his own 20%","Most middle managers are extremely overloaded and consequently ineffective in managing their teams. It is ridiculous to have any individual managing more than 10 direct reports, and expect him to be informed on his team progress while spending most of his time in x-functional meetings ............ managers tend to never be available for spontaneous discussion, which slow decision making.  Google should add more layers of management like any other Fortune 500. Hierarchical management when done right is supposed to be a solution for a proactive organization ................. in Google it is more of a problem because of the ideological believe in the flat organization and the extreme reluctance in adding layers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4354,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very good culture,"Open atmosphere, flexible working hours, lots of interesting projects","Almost everyone is smart and hardworking, which creates some pressure. This is healthy for the company and the career, though.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4355,google,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 24, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer Analyst,I love google so much it is the best,Work environment is so amazing,Pay is pretty low right niow,Good job with everyone and outside,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4356,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 13, 2012",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,perfect place to work at,- people are great and smart - work is challenging and independence to choose what to work on - perks,i don't think there are any cons worth mentioning,rock on,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4357,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 16, 2012",Former Employee - Internal Technology Resident,"Good place to work, not a startup anymore.","Fun, free food, awesome other perks, trust, transparency",No longer feels like a startup. Management layer is thick.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4358,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,This is the best company I have worked for.,"Great place to work. Compensations and benefits are very generous. Interesting projects to work on. Easy to change groups, at least in engineering. Easy to relocate to a new office if you find projects related to your interest there. Get to work with some really smart people.",Has become a LARGE company but still tries to act as if it were a nimble startup. Promotion has become more about networking than anything else. Getting harder to get promoted.,- Promotion process is broken and needs fixing.,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4359,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Oct 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place,Great people to work with. Management really cares about team members,Driving aroung LA is not fun,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4360,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 4, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Specialist,Great place to work provided you have a good role and department,"Smart, driven colleagues, near limitless resources, ideal work environment, excellent work/life balance, international work opportunities, opportunities for growth (more intellectual than career)","The vast majority of the people who made Google what it is today have move on and in many cases have been replaced by cookie-cutter MBA types, ex Microsoft employees and management consultants. This combined with Google's massive growth (18k employees in Mountain View alone) has made it less of the agile innovator it once was but rather a techno-advertising behemoth.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P436.htm
4361,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 7, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Nerdvana,"Outstanding technical environment. Lots of talented and super smart contributors. The perks are really nice: food, guest talks. 20% time for engineers to invent what they really care about. The company is trying real hard to do good for society and promote a progressive agenda.","The culture rewards the top performers. It favors young professionals who just graduated and have tons of time to dedicate to work. It is much more difficult for experienced contributors who have constraints outside the office: family, hobbies, etc.","Find ways to recognize the contributions of those who work smarter, not just harder. And find a way to let those who cannot work 80 hrs/wk still feel like they can have a meaningful and recognized contribution.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4362,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 17, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Great Experience...,"Great Perks! Very cool company, name recognition. Pride in working for the good guys. Work with the best and brightest.","Sales org has too many internal processes, structure, best practices... meetings about meetings, politics, ever changing sales org, limited autonomy/flexibility.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4363,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 2, 2012",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great learning from some of the best professionals in industry,Some of industry's best professionals work here and are open to share their knowledge and experience. Best place to sharpen your skills.,Very competitive.. not great if you are unwilling to work hard.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4364,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 12, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Initial team assignment will make or break you,"Pay, benefits, prestige. Could be worth a try.","Company growing too big, still hard to move around regardless.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4365,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 2, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer IV,It's not you're older brother's Google anymore,Good Compensation and Benefits. Most peers were a pleasure to work with.,"Flexibility and openness have taken a nose dive as the company became larger and more compartmentalized.  No one wants you to work on ""the world's most interesting problems"" no matter what their employment ads say.  20% time has become a myth. No one wants you working on their projects, or on your own.","Stop dividing the company, hiding behind locked doors, and touting opportunities which no longer exist",2.0,3.0,2.0,none,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4366,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 18, 2012",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Dream company,"awesome benefits, great salary, options, everyone's nice, intellectual, free food, very casual","Being such a world renown company, each dept is very restrictive of allowing external access. It's a bit difficult to get cross-departmental collaboration in general.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4367,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 31, 2012",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Google cares about their employees,"Lots of perks and great work life balance! Google really cares about their employees and their products and it shows. It's great to be a part of such amazing innovation, and having the opportunity to work with such great minds.","Sometimes you feel like a very small fish in a big sea. Promotion process isn't the best. I've seen a number of people receive promotions who definitely didn't deserve it, while others who do, get passed over.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4368,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 18, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"After working at Google, I can't imagine working anywhere else!","Great work-life balance No two roles are the same, there's so much flexibility in creating the role you want Senior managers are awesome, really open and receptive to ideas",Hard to maintain their unique culture as the company grows bigger,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4369,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,"Opportunity, stability and fun","Great perks/benefits Opportunities to do impactful work, learn a lot and try different things out all the time. Fun, casual work environment. Working alongside super smart people solving problems that effect billions of people worldwide.","Demographic skews young and inexperienced. Can be a little chaotic at times, disorganized approach to product development. Easy to get lost in the sea of work that has to be done.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4370,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 24, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Very good, interesting and great to work for","Great company, awesome work don","Could be Better, overall feel",More food,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P437.htm
4371,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 6, 2012",Former Employee - Recruiter,"Good benefits, very political and ineffective recruiting team supporting global business org","Food Lots of primary colored campuses McKinsey folks around campus ignore all they learned to lead Google (great for ineffective leaders, bad for those that stand for change) PR team is a well oiled machine Google is in its own reality, outside opinions that don't agree are ignored / rebuffed",Ex mcKinsey folks become sheep like here and forget that their insights could be used to affect change at a Recruiting function that is lackluster (take them out of The gplex) they couldnt recruit top talent. Several recruiting leaders from the UK and seem to lack basic strategy skills but excel at their own PR Recruiting is a protracted process that doesn't need to be Hiring Managers take mediocre results and lack ability to sniff good recruiting talent from folks that talk a good game Recruiters cow tow to a team of paper pushers that review Packets to the detriment of great candidates and candidate experience,"40k employees, time to reinvent your recruiting process as Google competes for ""startup"" talent The lens by which recruiters are measured should used for lead recruiters and managers as well You can't expect mediocre recruiting leaders, esp in Nikesh's org to hire top talent Recruiting leaders protecting their turf, not innovating and siphon work they should be doing to jr staff It's embarrassing that Google allows such weak leadership in recruiting, but rarely anywhere else in the organization.  Yes, I was a Recruiter that wasn't treated well but it's clear that I'm not in the minority. I hope Glassdoor is a good vehicle for change in The Global Business Organization's recruiting leadership. It's rather disheartening that it hasn't been addressed and the Director of that team is opposed to hearing potential issues on his team.  Heard of candidate experience? Time to fix it and this time with force. it's beyond broken.",1.0,none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4372,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 9, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome.,The culture is great. Google feeds employees well. A lot of smart people work here.,I think you can become extremely complacent and just not want to leave.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4373,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great people to work with, great benefits","Google has a lot of smart and nice people to work with. People work collaboratively. The company has many great benefits. It just feels like the company has hired the best people to work on all the benefits (401k, fitness, food, etc etc) as well.","Things can move very fast at Google, which means it can be somewhat stressed. It depends on the projects you work on, though.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4374,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing Company,"Comfortable working environment, good culture.","Very Good company, no negative sides.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4375,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Truly magical, but it can be a bit stressful","Incredibly smart, dedicated people working on amazing problems. Out of this world perks (if that excites you). Free food, snacks, dog-friendly, massages, etc you name it. And the opportunity to work with the most powerful data tools in the world!","A bit chaotic with some pockets of unhealthiness. In a tradeoff for simplicity the organization is becoming more top down. You have less freedom to pick projects and transfers are becoming more difficult, and they were hard to beging with. You are measured by a perf cycle every quarter.","Continue on the path to simplification. And not just for external products, but for internal teams.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4376,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,great place to wok and learn,"you can move in dog years at google. it's a great opportunity career wise, and also has alot of challenge to it. if you're okay with a rapidly moving bar of expectations for achievement, then google would likely be your place. stay organized, ask questions, and don't waste time.","it is a big org, and that has its political and speed challenges, but in all its a wonderful place to work.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4377,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Systems Architect,Best Job Ever,Bright people to work with. Competent managers,sometime long hours around project deadlines,keep doing what you do best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4378,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 16, 2012",Former Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager Intern,One of the best places to work,Google is a wonderful place to intern.,No Cons- I was finished with my internship and went back to school,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4379,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Merchandising Manager,Satisfying work. Long hours.,"The perks are clearly a huge win, but the best part of working at google is the autonomy you are given to to real, impactful work that is seen by millions of people.","The relentless pace often means that you have to get things out of the door before they are completely ready, and can do a number on your work/life balance (especially if you work in Android).","Transparency down to lower levels around launches would be helpful. Also, forcing Android to act a little more like the rest of Google (in terms of personal health and well-being being a priority) would be great!",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4380,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Good culture. Innovative. Good benefit.,Big company. Lots of people.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P438.htm
4381,google,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Fantastic company, great career path, company values and work/life balance!","Great crowd, knowledge base, infrastructure, amazing benefits, minimal bureaucracy, transparency, company genuinely cares about their employee's happiness, and the result is a very happy and fun place to work at.","Steep learning curve, be prepared to have to constantly adapt and refactor code. Getting tasks done is a bit harder than usual here as there are a lot more things to take into consideration, such as scale, security, testing, etc. (but granted they also yield a lot better results than in other places). It gets better with time though.",Continue to improve internal tools & libraries and make them as easy and fun to use as the public APIs we provide!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4382,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Brilliant Coworkers, Amazing Benefits, and No Shortage of Challenging Work","Amazing colleagues at the top of their game who are surprisingly unpretentious and approachable. Unfathomable benefits - food, gifts, freedom. A peek ""behind the curtain"" Openness, trust, and a really unique corporate culture","It's hard work! If you're smart enough to get hired and you learn the stack, you'll do fine, but overachieving coworkers make it difficult to stand out.  Listening to coworkers complain about how their scallops weren't cooked properly :)","Maintain the open culture Continue ""not being evil"" Perhaps ease the growth pressure on the SWE ladder? Not everyone aspires to be a tech lead.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4383,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Excellent place to work,"smart peers, value on work life balance, open culture internally, excellent benefits, nice work space","large and sometimes feels like it, need to coordinate with my teams/stakeholders",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4384,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 20, 2012",Current Employee - Intern,An amazing company.,Great flexibility and very friendly work environment.,A lot of inquisitive questions from outsiders about inside work.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4385,google,"Denver, CO"," Aug 22, 2012",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Very pleasing.,The employers were very understandful.,Not one I can see right now.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4386,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Intern,Software Engineering internship at Google,"+ Highest pay around. + Free meals & food, transportation, housing, gym access, car sharing. + Access to the brightest minds in the industry. + Chance to work on real, production code that will be used while you still work there.","Honestly, I have had nothing but a good experience working here.",Keep up the good work! Keep on integrating interns into the core of company life: encourage meetings and access to management.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4387,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 29, 2012",Former Employee - Manager Corporate Development,great big company to work for but very team specific,"great products and benefits, some teams are awesome","too big, very specific to teams - make sure you join a good team with a good manager, there are a lot of bad managers there.",you can get rid of 10-20% of people at any time and the company would not miss a heart beat..do it. institute a 10% firing rule every year,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4388,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Aug 24, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, great product, but too big now.","Great product, great culture. I love the google search, and android system, gmail etc.","Too big now, not as good as before. The google plus is very disappointing, seems too many managment now. However it is common in every big company.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4389,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Account Director,It has been a pleasant experience...,Great company...... Dream company of anyone....,Very hard to get a chance to be in this company...,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4390,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,6 year Googler,"Everyone in engineering is very smart and nice. As a nerd, I feel right at home. Excellent benefits. Amazing infrastructure to do your job. Interesting problems.",Everything is pretty complicated so a lot of work goes into researching potential adverse interactions.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P439.htm
4391,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer,Good place to work but not much work to do,"Free food, Massage centre, heavy facilities.Reputed company.Big company,friendly environment","Not use of one's talent, not much work to do,",Please it is good if you are installing so many facilities in your company for your employees but please use them also to their extend,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4392,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Aug 22, 2012",Current Employee - Advertising Technology Senior Associate,Great company with tons of benefits and a simulating work environment.,"Google not only has amazing benefits including great health care/dental/vision, 401K contribution-matching, free food, gym, etc., but it provides amazing resources for skill-building. The company has an entire organization dedicated to providing in-house classes from everything to excel to presentation skills. The company also promotes its workers to bring their own ideas to the table and execute them no matter their level in the department.","Because there are so many bright people working at Google, it's difficult to stand out and get recognized for a job well done. There is a quota on promotions that can be given out each period, and there is lack of visibility on the criteria involved. There are a lot of lateral movement opportunities but not upward movement within a department.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4393,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 10, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Lean but comfortable environment to get stuff done and change the world,"- Integrated Product, Engineering and UX teams - Focus is on the user and improving product - Incredibly sophisticated software development practices and agility - Transparency of the organization - Really smart leadership team - Very comprehensive benefits & perks - Strong education program",- Limited upside prospects unless you're (a) personally critical to the business and (b) threatening to leave for another company - HR process for internal mobility isn't working well - Opaque resource allocation process,"Pay more attention to director recruitment. Of all the management levels, it is the one where I've observed the most variation in quality.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4394,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2012",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Lots of benefits,The company will take care of you. You will have the best health coverage you can think about and most likely your salary will be above average. You get to work with really smart people.,Very competitive environment some times to much. Some people will not share information to get ahead of you.,They are doing a really good job.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4395,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 27, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,Best company in the world...,Exciting to work for a company who values your ideas. Very smart and talented group of people!,"A bit harder to climb the corporate ladder when you're working in a regional office. Those folks in regional offices, know what I mean.",Keep the doors open.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4396,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Best company to work for, really","Excellent work environment and coworkers. Everyone is really open and sharing and it is a great atmosphere. The company is also very open with everything that is going on,","Really none with the company, but living expenses in the bay area are crazy and although salaries are good they don't make up for the cost of living.",Keep doing what you are doing :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4397,google,"San Mateo, CA"," Aug 16, 2012",Former Employee - Bus Dev,"Great people, dynamic start-up culture.",Artificial Intelligence Scientists were super smart and fun to work with. Learned a ton.,Shifted strategies a couple times. May have been worthwhile to see how certain ones played out before shifting again.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4398,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work for,lots of smart people to work with.,"Sometimes can be confusing, if you're not sure what interest you most.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4399,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 31, 2012",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Most innovative company I know of.,"Too busy, not good work life balance",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4400,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Great place to work, getting a little bogged down with bureaucracy","Fun work environment, challenging, flexible, great pay.","Becoming a ""big company"". Harder to get things done than it used to be",Make sure that innovation isn't slowed down.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P440.htm
4401,google,"Boulder, CO"," Jul 21, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"If you're an engineer, it's pretty sweet.",Excellent salary / benefits / perks. Super smart people. Challenging projects. You learn a TON working here.,"If you're in a remote office (outside MTV), it can be hard to make lateral moves in your career.",Just because someone is fragmented does not mean they aren't productive. There should be some kind of appeal process to keep remote people on teams.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4402,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 31, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to have on your resume,Smart coworkers The best perks in the valley Competitive pay,Culture of secrecy The sense that everyone's expendable No work/life balance or autonomy Immature and/or inexperienced middle managers,"Google's a big company now and it's become more political. Encourage your employees to share candid feedback on their managers, their jobs, policies and processes. Politics are keeping your employees from taking risks and being innovative. You make a lot of money, so keep doing what you're doing and you'll still be rich. But if you value innovation and creativity, promote diversity of thought, make it a safe place to share new ideas and do away with your current recruiting/promotion processes that encourage conformity.",3.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4403,google,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 3, 2012",Current Employee - Director,engineering at Google Inc,Growing company which offer more potential opportunities,Try to do too many things,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4404,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Inspiring,"Intelligent colleagues, opportunity for great impact on life quality of Google users, great benefits.","I can't really think of any. The commute takes some time, but the company provides very frequent shuttles.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4405,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2012",Former Employee - Product Manager,Engineer-driven company looking to change the world,"Lots of autonomy. Lots of product focus. They take focus on the customer seriously. Technology and engineer-driven culture where they aim to solve tough problems, not a lot of gimmiky product work going on. Everyone there is whip-smart and there isn't much politics.",All of the pros mentioned above are getting weaker as the company starts to plateau and tries to squeeze out more revenue. Product managers may be surprised at how little power they have relative to at other companies - at Google it is the engineers that really run things.,The bottoms-up approach worked pretty well for a long time.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4406,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 19, 2012",Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative,"Great place to work, difficult to move up the ranks","You are working with some of the smartest, most cultured people you will ever meet. The lessons you learn from co-workers is invaluable.",They pay really smart people to do so-so jobs at an entry level. This can be frustrating and the path to more meaningful work is often ambiguous.,Be honest about what people can do to move up to the next level.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4407,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 13, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Great,"Free breakfast, lunch dinner, massages, weekly entertainment, free drinks and snacks. Game room. Scooters.",I didn't get the chance to select my own projects. It is mostly handed down to you. If you are new you get the not so good projects.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4408,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still awesome place to work,You can make differences to life of people around the globe. It's a philanthropic company. You can have sense of pride.,Has become a big company. People not working as hard as before.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4409,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A great company to work for,Great benefits. Great products. Great working environment.,Got too big. Too diverse. Duplicate efforts.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4410,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"I love it here, but it may depend on which part of the company you are in",- Stability - Lots of computing resources at your disposal - Mature codebase - Great colleagues - Outstanding remuneration,- Large company so your project might seem small in comparison (even when it impacts millions of users) - Career management is on the onus of the employee (but this might not be a problem once you hit senior which can be the steady state and you are comfortable with the work),* More structured career progression: tailor a career path instead of the ad-hoc / individualized career advancement based on managers,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P441.htm
4411,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,"Exciting and challenging work with a fun, supportive atmosphere.","- Smart coworkers - Unbeatable perks and benefits - Good compensation - Relevant work that's challenging - Very numbers driven and results oriented (encourages getting stuff done, not siting around talking about what needs to be done)","- Sometimes the pace is a little intense and hard to keep up with. - The bar is very high, you might feel like you are an overachiever, but in comparison to your coworkers (who are also overachievers) it's difficult to stand out. - Not everything can be quantified, which can sometimes mean some contributions are under-valued in a numbers driven company.","While performance reviews are important, the amount of time that goes into the whole process seems quite excessive. There's gotta be a better, more stream-lined way that would save everyone valuable time...",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4412,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Excellent company,"Transparent, not greedy, amazing co-workers, great FREE FOOD!","none, absolutely none, believe me",keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4413,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One in a lifetime opportunity,"Smart, driven colleagues People are motivated to do good for the user and for society Treats employees well Lots of opportunities to try new things",Big place that's easy for some people to feel lost Steep learning curve that's hard on newcomers Impatience for results,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4414,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Pretty good,Google has pretty flexible working environment. Google also has free food. That's good.,Work load in google is kind of full. You have work very hard to get good performance/,I don't have advice to management,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4415,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Begrudgingly praised, hard to advance without an MBA",Great environment to experiment with different roles and find out what type of field of work you would like to do more.,Program Managers fresh out of grad school who pretend like they know the product better than you do will shoot down all your ideas or input regardless of your experience. There is no clear direction or priorities set with specific projects.,When someone asks you what the priorities or goals are - you should know them.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4416,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Awesome place to work, but big company issues starting to surface.",Smart coworkers Great office locations Great benefits Interesting projects,All the benefits are designed to get you to work more Large company is starting to forget about the individual,Handle the defragmentation effort with a little bit more sensitivity to employee situations,5.0,none,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4417,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 16, 2012",Former Employee - Global Partnerships Management,Terrible experience,"Google is an amazing company. Innovative, passionate, insisting and investing to stay young, and continuously trying to improve","Google sucks when it comes to bringing on board new talent with a strong and accomplished caliber and assisting its integration into the operations. Instead of making the younger and less experienced work-force absorb the experience and Know-How, Google embraced a weak and overly flat environment which allows the least experienced ones set the tone and fight off external Know-How and experience. That's not really a company that wants to change but rather a company that it suffers from massive turn-over in sales and business operations and instead of fighting it off with a confident infusion of experience operations leader, it created an overly flat and 'fuzzy' environment, where everyone is obsessed with trying to please others and be sweet on the expense of doing the right thing.","All this 'we are all loving each other and having fun together' is good for a young company but it is just not enough for building up a stronger and more mature and experienced caliber that would be able to sustain the company's growth, once it turns gigantic. Overly flat and collaborate corporate environment to the level young and clueless account managers sitting and raising ideas in senior management team meetings is showing weakness to establish a clear and confident reporting and development environment.  No one wants to turn into the new Microsoft but going overly 'flat' won't solve it",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4418,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software,great but stressful,I would say that the quality of my co-workers is very high. My managers have all at least seemed to be concerned with my personal well-being. There is always something new to learn here.,Quarter performance evaluations can be a little wearing. Good communication with the technical leadership on your project is a must for success a Google.,Stop pivoting on social.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4419,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 24, 2012",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Incredible, unique company","Amazing, smart, fun, and quirky colleagues Great brand name on your resume Open and transparent management The food, of course","Google is becoming more hierarchical. You can move up through the ranks, but if you start at entry-level, it will take you 15+ years to get to senior management. Use it as a stepping stone to another job outside the company or move laterally and gain experience in different roles",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4420,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 6, 2012",Former Employee - Online Sales,Awesome company to work for,"Work life balance? Yes, you got it. You can find it at this high tech company! They even have a mother's room for you to feed your little baby. There was on-site washer and dryer. An employee got transferred from NY to MV HQ and didn't got out for a month, just living on Google campus! A lot of young and bright minds to work with, they will absolutely inspire you! The food is awesome and you will gain the infamous Google 15-30 lbs! The problem you are working to solve is instantly used by billions of people. How exciting that is!!!","Very little supervision, some times, new hires do not know what not to do. Maybe that's the way to encourage and cultivate creativity!",Be focus on the main business!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P442.htm
4421,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty awesome!,"Change the world, great people to work with, tremendous perks and respect for employees, lots of opportunity to grow.","Nothing really. Big company now, so more processes than there used to be.",none,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4422,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 10, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Awesome...,You get ur space.. You get to place ur ideas..,The credit of your work goes to someone Else...,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4423,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 1, 2012",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Great company,Great culture Great benefits Great rewards & bonus for high performance,"Becoming too large, no more start up feel",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4424,google,"Boulder, CO"," Apr 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,"Awesome place to work, smart people, amazing technology, great projects.","- Work with the best and brightest -- in over a year I've yet to meet anyone who isn't bright and highly competent. - Open culture and supportive management at all levels. I had some recent challenges in my family life and was told by my manager to take whatever time I needed, even if it was weeks. - Work on projects that seriously have the chance to change the world. - Great perks, including free breakfast and lunch daily, and the food is gourmet-quality. - Wonderful office environment (other than not having private offices). Boulder boasts a climbing wall, fitness center, showers (with towel service!), stage with instruments where employees have impromptu jam sessions, foosball, shuffleboard, pool, video games, relaxation room, massage room... it goes on and on.","- Like most development jobs, the company will take all the hours you want to give (the flip side is that I've never been asked to work more than 40, nor has it been implied I should). - Whatever tools you may have learned elsewhere, you won't use them at Google, because Google has it's own implementations of everything. - A follow-on to the last point, if you leave Google and try to join an employer who is looking for skills in specific tools, they won't be the tools you used at Google. That said, it's hard to think having ""Google"" on your resume won't more than compensate.","Keep on keepin' on. Especially, continue ignoring the stockholders and doing what you think makes sense for Google, for the employees and for humanity.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4425,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 26, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great company, your mileage will vary","TGIF - super exciting stuff going on in the company that you have an inside look at every week. Transparency at the level of the executives. (Note - transparency within your own group depends entirely on your manager/director, and may be completely counter to Google's overall level of transparency) CEO - Larry Page back at the helm has been awesome for the company Smart people, some really good at what they do","High variance in manager competence, including some managers whose only 'skill' appears to have been being lucky enough to join pre-IPO. From my experience - despite massive amounts of 'data', in the form of Googlegeist, employees reaching out to HR to express concerns, and almost universal team dissatisfaction, some really bad managers are simply not dealt with.  Really bloated management structure outside of Eng, which means that many people are doing work that is below their level of skill, simply because there are so many layers of management above them. Think the company would actually benefit from a higher turnover rate.  Bias against any sort of standardization, even though at the current size of the company, some standardization is needed.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4426,google,"New York, NY"," May 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still fun and rewarding place to work,Fun projects Easy to have a big impact on the world,"Things move too slow, despite efforts to improve Can't avoid feeling like a number in certain roles Lots of work to maintain products--crowds out time/energy for step-function innovations",Still have way too many products. Need further focus.,5.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4427,google,"Dallas, TX"," May 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The work environment is fantastic,Great People working with the company,The work hours are somewhat lengthy,Shorter work hours?,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4428,google,"Boulder, CO"," May 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growing pains,- Smart colleagues - Reach: Software you work on is used my millions - Good salary and benefits - Good development environment,"- Lot of politics, especially at higher levels - Lots of redundant work. Many teams seem to be doing the same thing without knowledge of each others work - Too many law suits distracts attention from building good products - Too many ""me too"" products.",none,4.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4429,google,"Omaha, NE"," May 13, 2012",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,good for work,good pay good environment nice projects very beautiful buildings plush gardens projects are fascinating more-and-more people are getting recruited everyday,tough seniors tough work lesser growth salary could be better,keep it up motivate employees pay could be more,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4430,google,"Irvine, CA"," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"The best work place, ever!",The best place to work at.,There are too many snacks.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P443.htm
4431,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome perks, chance to work with the best and brightest","- There are many opportunities within the company - Google has hired some of the best names in software development, and don't be surprised if you get a chance to work with them. - Free food at all offices, at MTV and NY the perks are just incredible - onsite gym, massages, lectures from luminaries in all fields - Depending on your project, you will learn a lot about industrial strength software engineering and deployment.","- Don't work in a small office (< 200 engineers) if you can help it. You will feel disconnected. Culture and connections are Silicon Valley centric. - Many great projects are worked in, many get cancelled for opaque reasons, which can be tough if you are on the team. - It is a big company, even though everyone is smart and trying to do the right thing, there are still big company politics and the feeling of being a small cog in a very big wheel. - Management tries to be transparent, but sometimes when they can't or don't want to, it blows up in their face. - Mountain View employee culture is one of entitlement. In particular, I recall that when a new cafe opened up (the 19th one or so on campus) but was reserved for a group working on a confidential project, that there was open complaining about ""its not fair, why don't we get to go to that cafe?""",Stop using cliches at company meetings and tell us what you really mean.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4432,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 18, 2012",Former Employee - Interaction Designer,Work with your idols,So Many. This is the best place to work if you are motivated. Everyone you work with has so much talent. Lazy people don't exist here.,It's a big corporation so everything is by the book and restrictions are tight.,Keep it up. You guys rock.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4433,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,it was really great to work at google. Really friendly coworkers as well as supervisors made for an enjoyable experience.,Long hours. Lots of work. Often collaborating with other who were not on the same schedule. Different schedule than the rest of the world.,You are all great. Nothing to add. Super job. Wonderful experience. I hope our paths cross again in the near future.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4434,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 21, 2012",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Large scale, competitive workplace with tons of smart people and cool technology",Great technology and processes that are optimized to let you succeed. Tons to learn. Smart people who are generally friendly. Fair amount of autonomy to shape your own destiny.,"You are evaluated on impact, but with the size of Google it is increasingly difficult to make a mark and get the recognition needed to advance. Increased visibility means increased product risk and a higher bar for new releases, making it difficult to get something to market without enlisting executive help to overcome risk aversion (bureaucratic obstacles).",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4435,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 22, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"fun, intellectual, but turning into a huge company","intellectual, interesting things to work on, good pay, respectful colleagues, high prestige, decent work to life balance, managers are technically v. strong.","Not all managers know how to manage humans, search quality is very political, lack of company focus, turning into a hierarchical company.","Managers should focus more on fairness between leaves in the hierarchy, building bridges between teams, and less tensions at the high management (international) level.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4436,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 19, 2012",Former Employee - Paralegal/Administrative,"It was a great company, but it's not for everyone.","Free gourmet food, coffee and beverages, great benefits, decent salary,",The place is a mad house. There are so many people every where. It takes forever to go anywhere and the elevators are paced during lunch hours. Most of the people are walking around in jeans and t-shirts with head phones on. If you like that than you like Google.,They should keep the lunch areas open longer so its not so crowded.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4437,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very good,"Incredible work environment, fast pace, interesting work topics, interesting project, employee involvement, flat management structure, good benefit, incredible free food","Agressive schedule, ad hoc review process, ad hoc communications and organizations, distractive and non focused planning, not goal oriented, not into profit","work hard to involve all employees in the review and the project management, have better smaller project to start with",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4438,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good,"Google has great technology, open culture and good colleagues at work place.","As the company becomes bigger, some random decisions happen.",none,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4439,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best company I ever worked at and hope to stay here for a long time,"Sure, from the outside people always talk about the awesome benefits and perks of Google, and the fact that you are surrounded by one of the smartest people in the world, but it really boils down to one thing: this company really respect its employees and gives ownership to them.  There is an immense transparency at Google I have never seen at other big companies. Employees can voice their opinion on anything at Google and senior management (and boy, we do voice our opinion). The energy, atmosphere, and ownership at Google is really addictive, and I can't see myself working for any other company in the future, even if the pay is better.  I do use my 20% time and actually work on another project I feel passionately about, and when you think that we are already indulged with so many benefits and perks, they just get better and better every year.","Before I joined Google, I was a superstar engineer. Now that I joined and am surrounded by superstars, I am just ""average"". Sigh.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4440,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Mar 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google has become just another big software company.,"Many interesting office locations, you can be a software engineer in Paris, Sydney, New York City, or elsewhere. Good Benefits. Reasonable compensation.",Google has become just another big software company (like Microsoft or Amazon). The Kirkland office feels like Microsoft or Amazon depending on where your Google Director originally was recruited from.,Stop pretending that you're going to make the company feel just like a startup. Share more of your outrageous revenue.,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P444.htm
4441,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 31, 2012",Current Employee - Head of Sales,Exciting and collaborative.,"Benefits, culture, compensation, coworkers, mission, products, resources.","Getting large, more complex, dabbling in a lot of areas, innovators dillema.",Focus.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4442,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Apr 3, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,A chaotic place,"Lots of smart people, and great benefits","Unless you are a superstar individual and knows how to socialize with other super star, the upside for career advancement is not too promising.",Replace Larry Page with Bill Gates,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4443,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good company,"good pay, nice coworkers, friendly atmosphere",far commute a lot of competition,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4444,google,"New York, NY"," Apr 13, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Nothing is ever good enough,"Lots and lots of money thrown around to bring in celebrities and authors to keep you interested, the space is very clean","You are encouraged to work against your ""teammates"" in your fight to the top and talk bad about them, Building a sense of community is discouraged",Stand behind your word: Don't be Evil. Lead by example. Evil is prevalent in the way you make us fight each other.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,5.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4445,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Mar 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work... if you're an Engineer that is,"Benefits package is outstanding, great visibility into future roadmap and plans. Built and operates as an engineering company with a solid future.",Tough place to advance if you're not an Engineer or in an office where there are non-engineer (i.e. MTV) opportunities.,none,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4446,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place,"Great perks (many of which are available for contract workers). Wonderful communication from senior management about issues and new products Fun, with lots going on.",Can become chaotic or disorganized due to quick page and large scale. Just on the border of disrupting work/life balance.,"Build up managers. My manager was awesome, but I've heard about other managers that don't know how to manage properly.",5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4447,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 12, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very fun place to work.,"Free food, lots of fun activities going on the campus. Really awesome tools internally, and also lots of benefits and fun.","Tight competitions, lots of engineers, too many projects going on. Lots of people and thus hard to get a voice up directly.",Need to way to simplify lots of system in Google. Give more feedback to interns and promote host and intern interactions even after the internship ends.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4448,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 10, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Not perfect, but still a lot of fun with high-impact products and very talented people","For lack of a better way to say it, Google is just a fun place to work. There are a lot of different personalities and the attitude of the whole place is very relaxed. The best thing, however, is that this doesn't detract from the drive that individual employees and the company's leadership have to create great products and really make life better for millions (or billions) of people. It's refreshing to go to work every day with people who are very smart but still pretty down-to-earth. Another key benefit is the fact that the company is very open in terms of sharing information with its employees. Top-secret projects are regularly shared company-wide and help employees feel that they're really engaged with the company's mission and accomplishments. Finally, for product managers specifically, the scope of the job at Google is much broader than what you might get with a similar level of experience at other large tech companies, which makes you feel like you're making much more of an impact.","Despite Google's efforts to maintain a startup-like atmosphere, it's still true that big-company hurdles -- like legal issues, regulatory concerns, and just standard VP approval processes for big decisions -- can slow down the process of doing cool things. And although the average talent level is quite high, the discipline and effectiveness of individual engineers can still vary somewhat significantly, so sometimes you'll have to deal with people who just don't work as quickly or independently as you'd like. Finally, in an engineering-centric company like Google, a PM can occasionally feel a little like the ""e-mailer in chief,"" a person who nags other people a lot but doesn't get to do ""real"" work and who doesn't get the same respect as an engineer.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4449,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 22, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,The best place to work.,"Brilliant coworkers, great benefits, good food, flexible schedule.",Terrible commute and overpriced housing nearby. Some big company politics.,none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4450,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 20, 2012",Former Employee - Product Engineer,No focus or direction,Many Cafeterias to chose from,"Management, co-workers, try to directly copy other products, location",Hired skilled managers before trying to build a team,1.0,1.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P445.htm
4451,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,A great place to write software,"Google has a fantastic engineering culture and an incredible practice of software development. Everyone in the company has something valuable to offer, and there's a lot to learn from the people and the organization.","Google is getting to be a quite large company. It's nearly impossible to know about everything that's going on in every organization. Furthermore, the love from the public has waned in recent years which can be a bit of a bummer.","Keep increasing the company's focus on a few excellent products. At the same time, make sure it's possible for the lone employee to build something cool on the Google platform, even if it doesn't fit into one of the major products.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4452,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 21, 2012",Former Employee - Intern In Sales,Good Post Grad Opportunity,"-Great Benefits- food, gym, time off, good hours -Lots of opportunities for interns to sit in on meetings, get contact with higher-ups -Strong intern program in business and engineering -Can be proud to work at Google, your friends and family will recognize your achievement and looks great on a resume -Flexibility to work in different departments after a year or two with the company","-Actual day to day work not as exciting as it seems (lots of Excel, etc) -Lots of gossip inside and outside the company that account managers are just ""glorified telemarketers"" -Does not pay as well as finance internships though Google would like to compete with these sorts of internship programs at elite schools and campuses -Does not seem like a place you stick around too long, a young environment with lots of movement and attrition. -Recruiting process slow, flawed, and disorganized",Improve recruiting and hiring process- it is the first part of the company to which potential employees are exposed!!,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4453,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 6, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,"Amazing place - part-innovation lab, part-college, part-book club","The best working environment I have ever seen. Everyone is generally a team player, everyone is very smart. The leadership will make big bets to try to make things better for the user, the internal transparency is rare and everyone shares information quite freely. The benefits are industry leading and the relative youth of the company keeps it a remarkably fun place to work.",There really isn't much that could be described as a Con. There are some growing pains as the company decides the right balance between more process and maintaining creativity and a slight sense of chaos in the various groups.,Continue to reward merit. Actively and visibly manage out poor performers and those who don't exhibit the cultural values we cherish so much.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4454,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 6, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Unprecedented employee trust, difficult career advancement","More than any other workplace, Google trusts its employees. Each engineer has access to almost the entire codebase and there is very little micromanaging.","It's hard to get promoted. Performance is decided mostly by your peers, which means promotion is essentially a popularity contest.","Most managers at google have 20+ direct reports and are extremely busy, but the ones who take the time to speak to their reports about what they need to do differently to advance their career are the stars.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4455,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Smart people and amazing perks,"Working with smart people daily, amazing gourmet free food, fantastic career growth opportunities within Google. If you don't like the project you're working on, you can transfer to a different project, even to be a different ""type"" of engineer (e.g. frontend/backend/storage). I work with people who've worked on several projects at Google.  Working on projects that you genuinely believe help make the world a better place, helping users connect with each other or give them greater access to information.  I like the direction Larry has taken the company, feels more focused now than before.  Very pro-women, pro-LGBT, pro-minority environment. I'm a female software engineer and have not seen a shred of the sexism or attitude towards women that I've experienced at other workplaces.","While not totally necessary, being on a higher profile project helps with recognition and career advancement. I work on one such project and have since I've been at Google, so I can't really say what it's like if you work on other projects.  Having a good manager (as I do) is definitely important to being promoted and getting put on projects where you can earn recognition. Not all managers are as awesome as mine and their reports suffer for it in terms of career growth and interesting tasks to work on.","Better training for engineering managers. A good manager is crucial to career growth at Google, and not all engineers make good managers.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4456,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 30, 2012",Current Employee - Web Developer,An amazing place to work,- Sets the bar for employee perks - Work with some of the best in the industry - Develop content on projects used globally,- Sometimes a bit too relaxed - Lots of internally developed tools that can only be learned on the job,"Can feel a bit fragmented internally among the various teams, and it is challenging at first to understand the various groups, their roles, and how to get certain tasks done.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4457,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 9, 2012",Current Employee - Recruitment Coordinator,We work hard to play hard!,"Great benefits, working with the most talented individuals, diversity, promotes work life balance and just positive energy!",Very little career growth and personal growth.,Happy employees makes happy managers.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4458,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was a great place to work.,"The people, food, events, culture, and scale of work were all incredible. How many places provide cooking internships for employees?","Middle management was a bit slow. Things are getting more bureaucratic, it can be very hard to get things done.",Be more transparent with your contract workers. Review some of the internal policies you have about promotion. Do more 360 reviews of managers.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4459,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Sourcer/Recruiter,Amazing Experience & What A Great Brand!,Fun culture and people are incredibly smart and passionate about work/life Lots of free food (be careful or you'll gain the Google 15) Flexible schedule (I was able to work from home when I needed to)  Any time I called or emailed a passive candidate I almost always got a response.,"If you get in as a contractor at the wrong time it's impossible to get hire to FTE Not any training, still acts like a start up Too many recruiters--we were sometimes stepping on each other with candidates",Career paths for recruiters,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4460,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great Product, Lousy Management","Started and worked on amazing products, which turned out to be highly successful.","It became way too political, specially with upper management completely lost its way and lacking a vision.",Listen to people who are good at their jobs and delivering results rather than random 'group' managers and directors.,2.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P446.htm
4461,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"I joined Google to innovate and change the world, but found such opportunities to be out of reach.","Perks are second to none. Google provides every employee with free food freshly prepared on site each day by professional chefs. Google also provides free transportation to / from work from many areas where employees live. Google also has health care facilities on-site so that employees don't have to spend time driving to the doctor. Google employees can also pay to have their hair cut, get their oil changed, get their dry cleaning done, even get their bicycle repaired all on-site.","To thrive at Google as a software engineer, at least a Masters degree in computer science or equivalent course of study is needed. A Google employee without a masters degree or Phd will not see the same opportunities for advancement or career development. Some of the technologies used at Google are proprietary, so skills developed in those technologies are not relevant at other tech companies.",none,2.0,4.5,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4462,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 14, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,It was an awesome internship.,"It is the best place for software engineers. You can lean a lot from smart googlers. Also, meals are free.","MTV is in California, which means higher tax rate, higher living cost, etc. However, you may make more money in google than other companies.","In general, they are doing really good. I cannot think of anything bad about them. I like the way Larry Page is leading Google.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4463,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Hard to find a better place to work.,Good infrastructure. Good opportunity to work on interesting problems. Good place to learn how to be a professional software engineer for beginning engineers.,Lack of innovation. The heyday of Google seems to be passed. Things are good but probably not as perfect as you might imagine it because the hey day has passed.,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4464,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 28, 2011",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Truly a unique company,"High concentration of smart + great people. Employees empowered to change the word in the good way. Full compensation package (base salary + bonus + stock + perks) is great and not easy to beat IMO, People who criticize it must have not done the math right and/or are performing poorly.","Career growth is somewhat difficult for non standard profiles (i.e. not Software Engineers or Site Reliability Engineers). Managers need to be good to get their reports promoted. Being on the ""right"" project (aka high impact with high visibility) does affect substantially career growth.",Make sure to focus on career growth at all levels. Train managers well too. Reward well people doing the grunchy work/production/maintenance work.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4465,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 25, 2011",Former Employee - Head of Sales,"Learned a great deal from some smart people, before it got too big","Quality of individual hires, strength of business, free cash flow which funds perks and benefits, less politics than other companies of a similar size","becoming a big company, too many mckinsey types in sales roles, politics starting to grow, easier to come in new to a senior role than be promoted into it","Take the ""act like a small company"" ethos to every level of the company and make sure it is being implemented - it sounds good, but is falling on deaf ears in middle management",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4466,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 14, 2011","Former Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations","Fast paced, lots of work, lots of reward, smart people, great values and respect.","The following is related to sales operations management. You'll work with very smart people, and get a lot of support and feedback around doing your best work. Most senior managers have great knowledge, a lot of advice to offer, and value open, transparent communication. You'll likely work the hardest you've ever worked at Google, but you'll also be greatly rewarded. Also, Google makes it very easy to work your hardest, and that's a huge bonus if you're interested in super-charging your career. Example (day in the life): take free shuttle to work, use available corp vehicles to run daytime errands, grab a hand brewed coffee and gourmet breakfast before starting work, communicate with brightest in your industry during the day, visit a tech-talk and learn something new, workout in the gym w/ a trainer before lunch, have lunch with a colleague at 1 of >15 free themed cafes, grab an espresso shot from the micro-kitchen on way to your desk, collaborate on a new project with someone in a different working group, back to your own work, quick $5 chair massage to rejuvenate, swing by tech-stop on way to grab a new mouse, before your professional desk ergonomic consultation begins, more work, grab gourmet dinner starting at 6:30, woah, it's late - time to go home, grab late (8:30) shuttle home. (I guess i'll have to do my laundry for free at work tomorrow).","Google is changing, and it's experiencing some growing pains. There are new projects and focus areas every week, and the grouping of functions and teams changes constantly. As a result, managers are responsible to new macro functional groups, and new projects or focus areas every month or so. This seems an unnecessary distraction, amounting to 25% superfluous work. The change in org structure has made it hard to maintain the career path of your choice. Instead, you must choose from available Google-centric career paths. These are not always (or often) composed of conventional roles, since Google is both changing rapidly, and unconventional to begin with. Most of the people hired at Google 5+ years ago, don't have the credentials to be hired there today. This complicates internal transfers, even though HR attempts to solve that issue. Those joining Google from acquisitions are rarely hirable at Google in any other way, yet their experience and contributions once onboard are typically at par. This again complicates the internal transfer process.","Be more accommodating to veteran Googlers. The company is changing very fast, and they need active guidance to navigate successfully. Active - not reactive. Be more direct when providing guidance and mentoring to all managers and direct reports. Google is getting a bit too ""careful"", and I've found that more managers these days are reluctant to tell it like it is, for fear of appearing undiplomatic. Diplomacy and tact should make a manager a better communicator, not a constrained one.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,5.0,4.5,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4467,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 21, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Recruiting Process shockingly incompetent,"Amazing perks, benefits and pay Interesting work and smart colleagues (middle managers are the exception). Concern for change is there, empowerment to do so unfortunately isn't given to the recruiting team.","Shocked by the rather incompetent recruiting leadership on the sales team supporting at best a rather mediocre experience for hiring managers and candidates.  Rote, robot like recruiting process which is driven by levels and espouses ""in the box"" thinking.  Middle managers (Staffing Managers) are the epitomy of let's do things to please Larry vs. let's question and innovate.  Google Recruiting is like a big filter. Mediocre Staffing Managers that measure against silly metrics and measure the team on a curve they themselves could never meet.  Everyone is afraid to question the process or make changes. HR is a puppet at best with no strong recruiting leaders pushing innovation.","Bring in a consultant to revamp the entire recruiting philosophy, map the right team based on this revised strategy. Get rid of middle managers more concerned about their upward mobility vs. smarter ways to hire. No one has questioned the hiring process @ Google and yet that's exactly what needs to be done.",1.0,1.0,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4468,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 30, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,"Overall awesome, though I hate managers who brought in Microsoft style bureaucracy","Great pay, great projects, smart people to work with","Now Google is big or even huge, all kinds of people, hate the bureaucracy there, reminds me of IBM or Microsoft pyramid management",Let junior people complain,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4469,google,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company. Team REALLY matters,"Really smart people, great benefits, amazing level of transparency and access, people -especially at the top are really committed to ""getting it right""",Essentially Google has more than a few terrible middle managers. This is mostly because the really great people will often leave for school or more lucrative opportunities (because getting promotions can be very difficult) and often the people who stay are those who bide their time and are solid but not rock start performers. So your Google experience will depend a lot on who your direct manager is...,none,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,4.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4470,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic!,"People, vision, willingness to take risk, open culture",Things change fast! Need to stay on your toes!,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P447.htm
4471,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 5, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,open culture,"open culture, freedom of choosing projects.",over-time work. seems everyone works late on weekends.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4472,google,"South Plainfield, NJ"," Jan 2, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Interesting work but poorly managed,There is a lot of interesting work and customers with challenging problems. The company is a large portfolio of hardware and software solutions to work with.,Poor communications between software development uniits were tolerated by management. Management never communicated its goals leaving engineering and consulting in the dark. Software quality was so poor that customers were dissatisfied and continuously threatening to halt the projects. Payment was withheld leading to more pressure to cut costs and diminished software quality. There was no QA on software prior to installation at the customer site. There were many problems with benefits administration caused by the third party firm hired to manage those items.,Learn how to communicate with your staff. Set some objectives. Take advice from people that understand software development processes. Try to get a grip on project management.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4473,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 2, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,"Big company, but still innovative","- Great perks (free food, shuttle, massage, everything) - Super smart people - Very interesting projects with a lot of reach","It's still a very big company. It's not microsoft yet, but it's getting there. It's a pretty long chain of command.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4474,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Many talented employees to work with.,Google has high quality employees. This makes it a great place to work at because you get to learn from people with all sorts of talents.,"As Google is expanding, it is losing a lot of appeals from the good old days of being a start-up. The transparency between upper management and ordinary employees is not as it is used to be.","Besides meeting deadlines, keep some room for the employees to be creative. The 20% time rule is losing its ground in some groups that I worked at.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4475,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"challenging & fast paced, but a lot of good opportunities",plenty of opportunities cool technology good perks,24/7 job no guidance on your own for growth,more proactive,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4476,google,"Ypsilanti, MI"," Nov 10, 2011",Former Employee - Scanner,Excellent,The company allowed me to achieve growth and a better willingness to learn! I was able to advance from working within groups.,It was under a 2 year (only) temporary contract. It gave little growth for promotion within the company. I would have loved to get hired in.,Keep giving young adults the opportunity to work for a great company. Maybe more promotional moves will be highly appreciated!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4477,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 13, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,Amazing experience with a company that cares and is relevant,-Google Full Timers are very helpful in terms of meeting with interns to give advice. -Information is freely shared and the company is very transparent. -Great recruiting staff that are an awesome support system for interns -Fun perks -Sweet pay -Opportunities to learn and network -Surrounded by intelligent and savvy people,"Hardly any, there are literally no reasons not to intern here.","None, keep up the great work!",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4478,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 17, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Up until 3 years ago amazing. Going public made it far too political, causing many issues with management & leadership","They work hard, but are allowed to play hard. 3 free meals/day + unlimited snacks. Great company sponsored outings!","getting very political, a lot of nepotism. Very negative vibe from employees regarding manager competency.",none,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4479,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 11, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,It's becoming a place where most people are treated like servers -- interchangeable and replaceable.,"In the right Eng group, young engineers will learn a lot. The food is good. The bicycles are handy.","For more senior people, odds are, you're going to be waiting a long time for any kind of promotion. You will also be way older than most of the people you work with, and your manager may or may not understand family commitments. (Google in general does.)  Your manager may or may not care about you. If you get a good manager, great. If you get a lousy one, it may or may not get fixed in any reasonable amount of time, and it can be hard to transfer out if you're having any difficulty with your manager. I had the worst manager of my 30 year career there, and should have just quit after I figured that out.","Emulating the secrecy, siloing and hierarchy of Apple will not result in Google being as good at focus and product as Apple.  Google needs to encourage lightweight experimentation (in a way that 20% time doesn't really do, since it's often ""120% time""). Once there are a bunch of organizations who all want to prevent you from launching quickly and easily, innovation suffers.  Even line engineers, TLMs, and lower level managers are not in fact interchangeable, and the company (or at least the Sales organization) shouldn't re-org every few months.  People get promotions based on politics and who sucks up to whom, not based on merit.",2.0,2.5,none,1.5,3.5,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4480,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 14, 2011",Current Employee - Intern,Good work!,"Smart and driven people, managers open and willing to speak with you.","Party culture, some people seem to be there for the perks.",Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P448.htm
4481,google,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very nice company to work for,Respect engineers in decision making. A lot of mobility in moving into projects Information open to everyone and transparent process World-class peers to work with,The work-life balance is hard to achieve,Keep the openness,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4482,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good experience,A large company with well known and famous mentors. Foods are free and are delicious. Lots of activities.,No particular cons I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4483,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,The people here are super cool. Everyone is so smart. Everyone is so nice. Lots of opportunity,There was nothing wrong there!,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4484,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 12, 2011",Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Overrated!!!,the perks working here are very enticing,no room to really advance. You're just a number.,Listen to your employees!!! Don't be a Hi.P.P.O,2.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4485,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 9, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Smart people enjoying excellent perks, with extremely spotty management.","Everybody who's paying attention knows how great the perks are. Between on-site gyms, massage, a wide selection of health benefits, 401k and stock grants, competitive salary, and of course the free, gourmet meals, it's one of the cushiest jobs in Silicon Valley.  The technical challenges are interesting, and the code base is enormous. Engineers are encouraged to fix any and all problems, on their own teams or completely separate projects. There is a lot of freedom to do anything that interests you, as long as you have time.","Having good management seems to be a non-goal, at least below the highest levels. The only requirements for becoming a manager are having good enough technical skills to reach the correct job level, and expressing interest. Because of this, middle management is extremely hit-or-miss. Employees are often expected to figure out how to grow on their own, with little or no guidance, even for those fresh out of school. Many managers still have technical responsibilities, and let their people-management responsibilities fall by the wayside.  It is unclear so far just how Larry Page taking over as CEO will affect the company as a whole, at least in terms of work environment.","Continue to be transparent about company direction and motives. When you hire the best and brightest, they don't want to feel like they're being lied to.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4486,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 20, 2011",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Great place to work, but the contracting experience makes you feel like an outsider","Great perks, work-life balance, little hierarchy, genuinely friendly coworkers, great place to network and meet future entrepreneurs, diverse workplace, LGBT friendly, open culture, smart coworkers.","As a contractor there is a lack of transparency about the opportunity for conversion to permanent roles. Also, many young colleagues complain that no other company recruits so many bright people to then put them in very low level jobs with remedial tasks.",none,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4487,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 25, 2011",Former Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager Intern,"Great internship experience and responsibility, but it definitely depends on which team you're on",Very open communication from senior management all the way down to interns Vested interest in employees and personal development (GoogleEDU) Smartest / most creative people I've met,Slow recruiting and conversion process Such a large company that it's difficult to be organized (in terms of knowing how to get a certain piece of information or resource),Speed up the recruiting process because you lose valuable candidates when you wait too long to give decisions,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4488,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rough introduction followed by good job.,We are plied with small perks like espresso and organic vegetables.,"The first month was very rough for me. I was given no real introduction to the company, and had to learn by fire. The security restrictions on your personal computer and network get in the way of productivity, and are generally frustrating. I need to have a field tech come to my workstation to install software that doesn't happen to be whitelisted.",Don't take away sudo on linux machines. Make Noogler classes available to contractors.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4489,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 15, 2011",Former Employee - Account Manager,"Quirky, Fun, Supportive","Great benefits, great culture, enthusiastic team","Low pay, interview process is extremely rigorous.",Keep on doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4490,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Sep 23, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Depends on your project and manager, hard to transfer.","See your company and maybe your work in the headlines. Work with some of the best and brightest co-workers in the world. Work with applications that millions of people use and enjoy. Great food, good benefits and bonuses. Information exchange inside the company is quite open, making it easy to find out about opportunities.","Can be hard to transfer to a new project, which can lead to the need to excel at something you don't like in order to earn your way out of it.  The opportunities for 20% time are real, but you may not have enough time and energy to make use of them.  Management is often hands-off and not necessarily helpful/encouraging. Find peers to encourage and support you.",none,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P449.htm
4491,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 3, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Great people, great perks, great environment","Awesome food, great salary, wonderful coworkers. Lots of room for a self-starter to advance. Promotion can be quite rapid if you are determined and this is your goal. None of the cost/benefit approach to IT that you see at a lot of other companies.",Management can be clueless or absent at times. It can take a lot longer to get things done than you expect.,"Remove blocks to rapid development and mandated platform use. Be more open in communication, particularly in explaining the reasons for controversial decisions.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4492,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 15, 2011",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Interesting work and smart people, but very hierarchical","Great benefits, smart people, good connections, looks great on resume, interesting projects, provides transportation if applicable, lots of resources and funding for projects","Hierarchical, lots of levels of management, not a design focused company, ""the more features the better"" perspective, some copying of other startup ideas.",focus on new products are are simple and innovative rather than stuffing every possible feature in each product.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4493,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 12, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,"There are many things to love about working at Google, but the PEOPLE that work here are the best.","Pick a passion and run with it. You make your career at Google, not your manager.",MBA/Mckinsey management takeover has depleted the entrepreneurial spirit in some groups (but not all).,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4494,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 11, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best employer I've ever had,- available food onsite - very competitive salary - good bonuses - variety of projects - clear communication w/ management - smart people working there,"- traffic in the morning around the main campus - no ""start-up"" feeling any more - lot's of people, lot's of projects",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4495,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Waste your life here,Good fame Good money Free food/shuttle etc,"You never have a career path.  You'll need months to figure out how to grad an easy number through the legacy system, needless to mention about the reviews, permissions etc.","Learn from microsoft, cuz you are the microsoft of 2000 now.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4496,google,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,I hate my job at Google,"Nice perk, good compensation. Love the free food.",Little career growth. Bas Middle management,Focus on core business and stop investing into peripheral areas.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4497,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Aug 30, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,good,everything looks fine to me,almost no cons to me,none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4498,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 18, 2011",Former Employee - Designer,Very stimulating environment and great job satisfaction,You will have a chance to work with some of the smartest people in the industry,"No real cons, but you have to be very good and productive to keep the job",Keep it up guys!,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4499,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 17, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company... but not for life,"- Average level of engineers is very high. Not everyone is a superstar, but there are practically no ""dummies"". - Lots of interesting technologies to learn. Many things have been almost a revelation for me. - Management is generally competent and caring, but see below. - High transparency, especially of technology - can easily find and look at any code. Projects are usually well documented, removing unnecessary obstacles for learning. - Free food, shuttle rides to work, pretty generous vacation time.","- Work may be stressful - Promotion opportunities may be limited - You may start to feel strange: highly-qualified, competent... and just one ""number"" among others - Cramped cubicles - Since about a year ago, switching groups became much more difficult.  I've been very happy at Google for the first 2-3 years (see ""Pros""). The work could be demanding, but that was not bad, since demands were coming from other engineers eager to use my stuff and eager to report any problems, cooperate, etc.  However, gradually I started to feel as if the company hires the best and brightest only to put them under a nice, but hard-working manager, whose task is to keep them busy at all times no matter what. That's where most of my work stress eventually started to come from - though maybe it was just my personal ""luck"". I had a feeling that despite creating several successful projects, other achievements and expertise in several areas, I am not officially allowed any time to contemplate what to do next and what may be the best thing for me (and the company). Instead, I just have to generate code and other signs of activity every hour. That was exacerbated by the fact that since summer 2010 engineers lost their privilege to freely switch work groups. You could only go where the upper management thought there is opportunity for the company. Again, that felt like less respect to the very people who, being so bright, are supposed to also sniff where the next useful thing really is.  Eventually, I left for a job at a research lab. So far I am compensated less well overall, but I am much, much more happy (for now at least :-))","Respect engineers - you come from the same background! Give them, at least at certain level and above, more chance to decide themselves what to do (or not to do) and which group to work at. Also think how to improve promotion chances for those who work on less ""sexy"" or well-known projects.",3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4500,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 25, 2011",Current Employee - Recruiter,Furthering my education,"Career development, impact and range.",Compensation and lack of transparency at times.,none,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P450.htm
4501,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 16, 2011",Former Employee - Visitor Greeter,Everybody loves you,"everyone wants to join Google because it is a giant party. Free Food, onsite everything, free seminars, movies and lectures. But you have go to produce. They don't care if you party all week long but when the deadline arrives, you need to deliver.","Engineers rule at Google. Leadership and management are weak, as these geeky guys and gals are more comfortable talking to their keyboard then to subordinates. The lack of leadership is one of the great weaknesses for this organization.","Leadership matters. You can't just throw a bunch of engineers at a problem with little oversight, planning and motivation and hope to have a happy ending.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4502,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Aug 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,great work lot of bucks,no issues at all whatsoever,great work,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4503,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Requires dedication,"It is an evenvironment in which everyone participates and contributes, unlike previous environments that have numerous employees that are just putting in time","Since the environment is one in which everyone must participate, it is difficult to pull back (e.g. girfriend breakup)","Overall, you are doing well and provide a good working environment",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4504,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 2, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun and prestigious,It's a great atmosphere in order to get a lot of interesting work done. Lots of good smart friends around you.,There most certainly is no more glitz and glitter and many feel that Google is turning into a hasbeen compared to the innovation of new startups,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4505,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 4, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good place to work, especially for new graduates.","Free food, good benefits, nice workplace.... Many young people.","Not sure if it is in its peak. It will eventually going down, just like microsoft, cisco.....",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4506,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 27, 2011",Former Employee - Operation Specialist,Good,You had great perks you can not get with any other company. Your treated like a super star at work!,"The company is extremely large, it is hard to get to know your co-workers.",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4507,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 21, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Stimulating work environment but becoming more bureaucratic,- Exciting work - Can see impact of your work fairly quickly - Accomplished colleagues - Great brand recognition,"- Increasing numbers of middle managers who add no value - Focus on ""shiny"" vs. substantive work - you're more rewarded for style than substance, splashy work gets praise",Don't hire middle managers who add no value. Unfortunately I see us hiring and rewarding people who spend more time on Powerpoint presentations than actually doing work. Growing pains of a large company or something we can avoid?,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4508,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Once the novelty sunk in, it's just another nice company to work for in the silicon valley",Save $ on food and transportation,Google values GPA over past work experience on new employees,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4509,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 3, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Pleasant,"Good benefits, good infrastructure, generally reasonable coworkers.",Promotion by committee means it's harder to get recognized for an obscure project or brunt work maintaining important stuff than for working on 'sexy' projects.,Do something to unbreak the promotion system.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4510,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 11, 2011",Former Employee - SWE,Experience,"Had a blast in Google with all the freebies, excellent people to work with. Competitive atmosphere. people are great. opportunities for development",Not much downside. space is a problem with large growth. sometimes group compete with each other. managers are usually cool,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P451.htm
4511,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work as long as your role is fulfilling.,"Amazing culture, great opportunity to learn.",Limited opportunity for vertical career growth.,none,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4512,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2011",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Wow,Great place to work... Great perks and people. Very team oriented. People are smart (see con :-) and friendly. Not political as far as I can tell. Engineering focused which makes it feel like a meritocracy. Again the perks are really amazing... feel like the company really values me.,Hard to stand out as a star when everyone is so smart and pedigreed. Also company is very big. Believe it take long time to really build reputation to be able to move ahead... but in the meantime its a lot of fun.,Wonderful that you are so accessible. Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4513,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience for a recent grad,"good perks, friendly and laid back atmosphere",doesnt seem to be a streamlined process for training new hires,none,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4514,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I am totally satisfied with the work culture,Quality of work is good. You can choose what you want to work.,Challenging envirnorment. Lot of work to be done.,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4515,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lot of Activity - What are we Doing?,"- Perks (cafeterias, massage, wellness programs, commuter shuttles, bowling alley (!) etc. etc.) are amazing - Sharp people - Flexible work environment - Strong teamwork culture","- A lot of concurrent initiatives, but unsure of status/followthrough/reasons for these initiatives - A sense that we are over-hiring - Commitment to ""dogfooding"" is admirable--but sometimes it's OK to use a non-Google application to manage some of our work. - There is a tendency to promote people who need more seasoning. Managing people is not a perk of promotion, and not everyone can be a manager.",- Clearer focus. Where are we going? How are we getting there? - Clearer feedback regarding expectations of managers. - Stronger management development program is needed.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4516,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 6, 2011",Former Employee - Sourcer,Great! Fun!,"Flex hours, great food, easy",not challenging enough. Should have offered a longer contract,nothing,5.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4517,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a pleasure,Best Work Life Balance ever seen,Poor Career Growth Promotion review is dysfunctional,get real!,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4518,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jun 12, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It's good.,"I like the technology, culture and perks in Google. I like the fact that Google has many offices all over the world.","It grows to 30,000 employees by the end of 2011. and It starts to show similar problems as the previous big companies.","They should focus on our main business such as search, ads, mobile and make progress faster. Don't create more intermediate layers in hierarchy.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4519,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad experience,Energy atmosphere High expectations Benefits Package Perks Good place to try out once. Though you have to fight for good work and to be recognized.,Ok food Disrespect from program managers,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4520,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 1, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Satisfactory,"Dynamic, innovative, creative and simplicity","Competitive, demanding, and long hours",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P452.htm
4521,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 2, 2011",Former Employee - Engineering and Sales,Inconsistent managers plague Google,"Perks, food, successful company, some cool products, resume builder","Your time at Google is entirely dependent on the capabilities of your manager.  I worked in MTV for 4.5 years and I've never been at a place with more inconsistent quality of managers. I reported to 6 managers during my time. A few were great, but others were horrifyingly bad. Had enough with my last manager, who was self serving and not well liked by his group, yet the company did NOTHING to remove him. Decided to chart my own course by joining a startup that was more human focused. Have not regretted my decision whatsoever. Much happier now. Too many Google managers are often the victim of their own hubris + lack of real world experience.  In 2005, Google was a place where you could change things and make decisions quickly. Now, it is a place to be a cog in a giant profit machine.",Stop hiring people based on metrics like academic pedigree and grade point average. Focus on human skills and leadership ability. Proactively address cases of poor middle management rather than sticking your head in the sand.,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,4.0,3.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4522,google,"New York, NY"," May 20, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Excellent,"Terrific people, interesting and challenging problems to work on, with amazing collaborators at every level, high impact (huge numbers of users), wonderful work environment (food, space, lack of bureaucracy), awesome to be able to get help with whatever on a mailing list at practically any time of day or night.","C++ can be a pain (coming from lisp). It's good and bad that code changes so quickly that much of what one learns become rapidly obsolete -- and there's a gargantuan amount to learn, so one feels pretty inept for the first few months or more. Then again, it means things get better quickly when broken.",Make clearer the leadership attention paid to concerns raised within the company.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4523,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good atmosphere.,"benefits, atmosphere, decorum, all very strong at google.",advancement opportunities stop after middle management,keep doing it and you will have happy employees,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4524,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A stable and strong growth company,A great place to launch your career. Many talented people are still working at Google although there has been a constant exodus of top talent. A nice to place to network and learn.,The business model has matured so there might not be much fast growth ahead. It has become a mature company just like Ebay and Microsoft. But it is still very respectable company in internet industry. Limited room for career advancement. But it seems that those without much technical skills/degree usually get promoted quickly by just pushing engineers/analysts very hard. Those who do real work get stuck at the bottom of company structure.,It might be useful to re-examine how promotion happens and to evaluate people by the actual work they have done instead of how many emails/meetings they created.,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,2.5,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4525,google,"New York, NY"," May 13, 2011",Current Employee - Product Manager,Fun and still as interesting as it sounds,Opportunity for big impact Fun people Can afford to do anything they decide to -- its not a startup experience,Large and growing size means your team and manager are your destiny more than Google overall Few opportunities to grow into leadership positions Some things take too long to get done now that there are so many people to consult before locking a decision,"Focus -- there are still too many projects, moving parts",5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4526,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 3, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Fantastic,"Google is a great place to work at. Good people, awesome pay and fun culture.",None that I can think of,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4527,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 31, 2011",Former Employee - Associate,factory worker,"free food, gym, perks. big name for recognition.","Company big on branding human resources w/ employees at the top of the hierarchy, and then contractors , and finally temp workers. Badges identify status with the company. Contractors and temps restricted to only work-site building/zone.",value people because every contributes to the empire,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4528,google,"New York, NY"," May 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good pay, great perks",Great perks and pay. You can be proud to tell your mom you work there. Work/Life balance is good. Employees are good people to know now and for the future. Work on great products that hundreds of millions or billions of people will use.,"as much as it does not want to be one, it is a big company and too easy for people/projects to get lost in the mix. NY Office is big, but definitely suffers form not being in Mountain View.",none,4.0,4.5,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4529,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 25, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Recruiter,Recruiting at Google is an experience you must not miss,"The teamwork is wonderful and supportive, though competitive as all get out. Recruiting for the best of the best is an interesting and vital experience at Google. The ATS is wonderful, compared to others out there. The culture is vital, dynamic and engaging.","The up and down sides are there is a lot of change. Google does not get stale, that is for sure. But the processes change a lot which makes it a little less sticky than it ""should"" be, IMHO. There is a lot of social competitiveness that is very intense, but that does drive excellence, even if you do feel like your job could end any minute.",I think the leaders need to lead more and accept the performers that are not excellent but highly functional. That way you can keep people for the long haul.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4530,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 6, 2011",Former Employee - Business Intern,Great place to start your career,"Amazing benefits, amazing people that make you grow, and amazing work. You really feel like what you're doing has an impact on the world.","It's easy to become a ""number"" at Google if you don't put yourself out there. You have to be assertive and willing to throw out new ideas. That said, depending on your job role, often that can be harder than it seems.",I really loved my experience with management. Great mentorship experience and I received a lot of specific feedback about my work and progress.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P453.htm
4531,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 4, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Great food, great people. The people are smart and sharp and it was a joy to work with them everyday","The firm is big, almost too big. it no longer maintains its entreprenurial feel. But they make a good effort",These are top notch people> they are smart and always willing to help. There is not problem approaching them with questions,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4532,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"One of the best places to work as an engineer, period.",A value placed upon moving fast and breaking things. A true meritocracy culture. As egalitarian a workforce as I have ever seen. Probably the best engineering team on the planet. Incredible benefits and pay.,"A few things have slowed down a bit due to growth. A bit more siloed than it used to be. Of all places, the highest praise I can give is that I find very very little to complain about.",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4533,google,"Cambridge, MA"," May 12, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,"Excellent, but Stressful.","Great infrastructure, great technology, great food (bad for keeping fit though).","Slow process from idea to launch, too many hoops to run through. Infrastructure not easily transferable outside of Google.",More efficient ways to go from ideas to launch.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4534,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Apr 22, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Excellent,"Freedom of what to work on, Lots of areas, Engineers are highly respected, Knowledge are shared across company, Great infrastructure to minimize work burden,","Weak management, Sometimes directions are kind of random,",none,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4535,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 25, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Outstanding,Great people to work for,Hard to get big picture,Can do better,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4536,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced.,Always on the leading edge of technology. High pressure workplace but high rewards. Access to all technologies. No limit on hardware.,Not best place to work when balancing home/work/religion. Extreme pressure to complete tasks on-time. Little time to exercise as work consumes all your time.,To stay in the forefront in search and other web technologies Google must continue to push employees. Employees know what they are getting into when they are hired.,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4537,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 28, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, glad to have worked there","Brilliant coworkers. Culture promotes continuous learning. There's a famous author, artist or industry leader giving a talk or performance at the company every week. Amazing perks. 50% match in 401k.","Inexperienced middle managers who are where they are because they were strong individual contributors, and not necessarily strong people managers. Becoming more and more political. Lack of autonomy in your job. Decisions, even the most inconsequential, seem to be made by a few people in each department. Few career advancement opportunities. No work/life balance.","Empower your employees and managers to make more decisions on their own. Allow for more risk taking and autonomy. Hire, promote and value leaders who excel at developing and managing people. Make managing employees a full time job, not something to be done only during review time. Managers who remain hands on end up competing with their own direct reports.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4538,google,"San Jose, CA"," Apr 14, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome,very good work environment and benefits,Heavy work load and research.,None i can offer,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4539,google,"Irvine, CA"," Apr 21, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,awsome,"innovation, creativity, the chance to do anything with the 20 percent time. The chance to work on innovative products along side with some extremely smart people.",It too big. Not like the days of the .com. Their options are worthless. Managers want to protect their butts. benefits suck,"be flexible like the .com days, don't be too greed, let employees have a difference, let there be true innovation, I want to party",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4540,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 31, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Google is a great company to work for,"1. Lots of smart people around. 2. Technology knowledge is abound, and is easily accessible. 3. Job impact on the world is tremendous. 4. Neat perks.","Company is now very large, so it takes a while for things to happen: on the org side, and on the tech side, too.","For new projects that Google starts, think of them more as an investor, not an employer. Ask harder questions about the target audience, go to market strategy, expected returns. This will hopefully help avoid the flops like Wave was which nobody could even explain without demoing it.",5.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P454.htm
4541,google,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It has been a lot of fun,It is a very free environment. I am able to work freely and they give people here a lot of freedom at work. I really am enjoying the experiences.,"I would rather be living in the south where my family is, but that isn't an option with most companies in this industry. Overall, the cons are very few.","I cannot speak on advice to management. As most people know, it is a great company.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4542,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 6, 2011",Current Employee - Localization,"Fantastic people, great perks, huge global impact",Great... ...global impact & scale ...for resume & prof. growth --people ---perks ---culture ----work-life balance ----great training resources,---poor middle mgmt. ---no career growth ---low salary,Fire managers that are incapable of being a good leader.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4543,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Apr 3, 2011",Current Employee - Intern,Great,It is a great experience,There is absolutely no cons,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4544,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Feb 19, 2011",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Pinch me. Is this a dream?,"Three excellent gourmet meals a day (free), and the best food out of all the Google offices I've been to (including fresh-baked cookies during ice cream hour!). Tremendous opportunities for professional and personal growth with several tech talks and classes every week. Every aspect of the organization is cooperatively engineered, peer-reviewed, and open to feedback and iterative improvement. A high level of respect is maintained between peers and managers alike. Consistently high annual bonus. Aggressive 401k and donation matching programs. Salaries are substantially higher since November 2010 when the scale was significantly adjusted upward.","They spoil us. I'm glad I worked elsewhere between college and Google, otherwise I might not realize how great of a place this is to work. I'm on-call for several services for about 48 hours each month, though the pager is relatively calm. Google admittedly makes mistakes in hiring, often turning away good candidates if there's any doubt, as a result, many smart people are bitter about Google because they get turned down--but I encourage them to try again in a year or so. And if you wear Google-branded apparel in public, sometimes weirdos stop you and ask lots of bizarre questions about what it's like to work there.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4545,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 13, 2011",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,phenomenal experience,"yoy learn a lot, creativity is demanded, free hand is given to test your creativity, wonderful work culture, one of the best practises are followed.","too much stress full, always have to work hard, its like working madlly when u work and enjoying madly when u enjoy","clear line of communication is regarded, some formal hierarchy also needed, performance pay has to be more clear, more acceptance of flex time work",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4546,google,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it was a great experience,"well google is a huge company that i always admired like most people do and it looks so simple when you visit the website, yet it is extremely complicated once you realize how big it is and how many projects/products they have at the same time.",nothing at all it was a great experience,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4547,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 2, 2011",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,"Amazing job, Amazing Company","Successful company, smart people, great culture.",Too many smart people at this company make it hard to stand out.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4548,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thrilling and Satisfying,"One of the best experiences in my life, nothing can or probably will come to these few years of my life at Google.","Lack of proper work life balance, deadlines! deadlines! deadlines! Conference calls can be weird times of the day, but overall satisfying.",Schedule conference call at more decent hours of the days Feedback could be better received Pay be made more competitive,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4549,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 15, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good,"good, you can have a lot of fun with a lot of talented guys and gals it's really nice place.","not good some times, but especially when deadline is approaching, it would be really hard to finish everything before the deadline but you","it is a really good place to culvalivte your leadership. You can make a lot of friends there too, and.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4550,google,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It is very tiring,The free food is good.,The working hours are long. The pay is not worth all the time spent at work. Management is not great.,"Less micromanagement and a better review process would be great. Also, consider hiring more people. There's enough money to go around...",3.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P455.htm
4551,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 22, 2011",Former Employee - SWE Intern,Paradise for geeks like me,"Talent people, happy environment, good food",Start to act like a big company,Keep it this way. Grow team with adoption of company culture. Some buildings in main campus may need to improve working conditions.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4552,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 15, 2011",Current Employee - Quantitative Marketing Manager,Great place to work if you want to change the world,"-- one of a handful of companies with big ambitions on changing the world, and does not restrict itself to core competencies. -- startup environment in many teams like Android, Chrome, etc. -- surrounded by very smart people who also care about doing things ""right"" and genuinely want to make the world a better place",-- work/life balance non existent,-- focus and invest heavily in fewer products -- make a bigger effort to get things right the first time,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4553,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 15, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Elitist, Arrogant Managers with low self-awareness","Great food, amenities and good compensation. Excellent location in Chelsea.","#1- Current Recruiting practice has some very strange practices and the rather junior, mediocre recruiting staff are afraid to challenge  #2-Inflexible recruiting practices that hire against a set of ideals vs business needs. At least 1,000 people a day are screened out due to ridiculous ideals that are never questioned  #3-Recruiting practices that do not improve without 18 layers of approvals and weak recruiting leadership.  #4-Strong recruiters leave. Mediocre recruiters stay so that they can provide more convolution to an already convoluted process.","Hire for the business, creativity and potential, not academic credentials or schools. Get rid of the current recruiting leadership.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4554,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Scale! Build innovative products that effect millions.,Size. Google is no longer a start up and inevitably bureaucracy creeps in.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4555,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"unfair, boring place (at least outside of engineering)","delicious food, massages, TGIF/ other nice events, generally smart people (but also many are total weirdos), many engineers truly passionate about products","unfair/ slow promotions process (if you manager really likes you you get promoted, if they sort of like you you're in purgatorium forever, if they don't you're managed out). boring work. red tape. all big company problems and more. many products competing with each other or duplicating effort. chaos in communication between teams. bureaucracy in order to get simple stuff fone. Disrespect for non-eng functions. declining quality of hires.",FIx all the above problems!!,2.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4556,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 18, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great employer, but not for everyone","Great benefits, chill work atmosphere","work-life balance sub-par, to shallow management hierarchy",none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4557,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 20, 2011",Former Employee - Leadership Recruiter,Not the place for good recruiters.,"Like Disneyland, great food, fun environment, fantastic resources and a shuttle! Overall really great environment to be in.","Can't get anything done, so much red tape. As a Recruiter you are really just a paper shuffler and Hiring managers rule the roost so if they are incompetent then your hands are tied and there is no way to be successful. Huge company politics are in play and it is difficult to figure out who to align yourself with. If a process isn't working there is no way to effect any real change.","Hire Recruiters who know what they are doing and let them manage the hiring managers. Split recruiting into three levels, paper pushers for junior roles, mid to senior level recruiters and executive recruiters. Recruiters who are working on mid to executive level positions should be of a high caliber and be viewed as consultants who's expertise is needed and respected. Set them up to be successful and provide an ats system that actually works and make it mandatory to keep data in the system and not on a bunch of spreadsheets.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4558,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 10, 2011",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great place to learn, tough place to grow","Amazing opportunities to learn about technology, product management from some of the best and the brightest. You can instantly work on a high traffic product day one.","Hard to grow in your career. Lots of unattractive projects for new people. If you aren't careful, you can easily get stuck with something you don't want to do.","Raise salaries - they did this recently.  Don't give new people the unattractive work, find a way to distrubute it among current employees and spread the load.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4559,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still a very nice place to work, after all these years","- very nice engineering infrastructure, you can a lot of resources to do things you can never think of in other places","- big and complex, could move faster in some areas",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4560,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 20, 2011",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Dynamic and fast-paced,Great place for fresh grads. Dynamic and full of energy. A lot of independence. A place to network with very capable people. Good for learning cutting-edge engineering and networking.,It seems that there is somewhat shortage of clarify about people's functions over there. Overlap of work is common. But most of people are very bright working there. It seems many people care more about enhancement of PowerPoint rather than company products. Still it is a company with great potential.,"Reduce a lot of mid-layers of management (i.e., those forwarding emails around). Focus on core engineering development. Avoid redundancy in many peripheral functions. Google will remain No. 1 in search for many many years to come.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P456.htm
4561,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jan 4, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great MBA Internship,-Great perks and benefits overall -Smart people -Ever-changing,"-The hiring process is intense -A lot of information - difficult to manage it all (ironic, huh)",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4562,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 6, 2011",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,Its good,Work life balance and the benefits by far,Too Engineer focused and not much thought given to internal infrastructure and operations,Appreciate all functions of the company and not just the engineers,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4563,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 5, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good place to work,"good work-life balance, openness about important company information from the top-down, dedicated to providing feedback and resources to help you develop professionally","pay is okay, work is not easy. lots of internal procedures are always changing and often confusing, not enough hierarchy, difficult to maintain a balance with so many things going on at once,","increase number of interns and managers, increase base pay and reward according to accomplishment , provide more locations to work, don't grow too fast",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4564,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 13, 2010",Former Employee - BOLD Intern,A great place to work but upward mobility seems less than likely,"Still one of the best places to work--amazing perks, a true commitment to work-life balance, incredible openness about important company information from the top-down, dedicated to providing feedback and resources to help you develop professionally, smart/friendly/driven individuals that you interact with every day","Base pay is just okay, work is not easy (very sink or swim), lots of internal procedures are always changing and often confusing, difficult to maintain a balance with so many things going on at once (a diversity/chaos of activity)",Providing opportunities for accelerated upward growth will help reward top talent,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4565,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 25, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing if you're an engineer. Great if you're anything but.,"- Number of unparalleled perks and benefits - Known for its young, intelligent, enthusiastic workforce - Many opportunities for personal growth (classes and talks)","- Easy to feel lost in the crowd - If you're not an engineer, you're not valued as highly - Projects move slowly (huge bureaucracy) - Advancement within the company seems unusually difficult",- Provide more opportunities for advancement within and across the company - Engender greater respect for non-engineers (offer more engineer-like opportunities),5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4566,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 14, 2010",Former Employee - Stff Software Engineer,"Good place to start, but do not stay there for a long","Google is the best place to start for a fresh graduate. You can learn a lot here. I loved working on mapreduce infrastructure, the google implementation is years ahead of any implementation (hadoop etc) and learned a lot. It was incredibly easy to find a job after I left Google, my experience was valued very much by other companies. Until very recent times Google was the best place to work on new innovative projects in any area from information retrieval and natural language processing to large scale distributed system. The infrastructure of datacenters is very impressive, very few companies can give you similar resources. It's up to employee to decide how much time he spends in his office and how much time he works from home. Food is free and many other benefits are available.","Google management is pretty bad. Many cool innovative ideas from engineers were ""killed"" by managers because they were unable to understand their importance. Projects similar to facebook and yelp were made in google long time ago and they did not start and succeed because of management failure. Top management never understood importance of social and local until very recent time. Promotion system is really bad. I was glad to get my promotions but many people are very unhappy. There is no fair system to evaluate quality and amount of your results. Basically, everything depends on your manager, he likes you, you are doing very well, he dislikes you, you are in hell. Recent privacy scandals were very embarrassing for many employees. I did not expect my company to intercept wi-fi traffic.","Start respecting your employees and listening to them. Start respecting privacy laws, so your employees will respect you and your policies",2.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4567,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 2, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,Great place to work,great place to work but need to have more pay for the work they give,More work... not much pay..,Provide more benefits to employees,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4568,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2011",Current Employee - Product Tmanager,taxing,stock is doing well so i am happy,unorganized no focus to individual efforts,get real - stop pursuing pipe dream projects,1.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4569,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 16, 2010",Current Employee - Associate,"Forward-thinking, innovative company with plenty of opportunities to grow","Google has one of the best company environments I've ever worked in. People are friendly, intelligent, honest, and genuinely concerned about the user experience above all else.","As Google grows, it seems like there are hundreds of different projects going on at once. It is a bit overwhelming, but also very exciting to see that Google can foster such an open, start-up environment.","Keep up the incredible work! As Google has grown, the management team has successfully remained focused on the user and the employees.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4570,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 1, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great people, lots of opportunities","(1) Culture - very open, lots of respect for people, not hierarchical (2) People - highly driven, intelligent and very friendly (3) Opportunities - high growth, still at the beginning of the advertising shift online (4) Nature of the work - fast paced, highly innovative","(1) Worklife/balance - very hard working environment. Can be a con for some. Overall the company tries to manage this as best as possible, but the reality of being in a fast-growing highly innovative company is more work than in a slower paced environment (2) Getting large/bureaucratic - for a fast moving company, it has grown up since the mid-2000s and so is more bureaucratic than say a startup but MUCH LESS than other corporates",(1) Keep thinking big but acting small - entrepreneurial/innovative in a much bigger field / company (2) Continue to hire the best - this drives all the pros of working at Google,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P457.htm
4571,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 18, 2010",Current Employee - Account Executive,Best place in the world to work,"Great perks, people, great products and lots of flexibility",Goolge has to win over it's competitors: Apple and Facebook if it is going to continue to grow and still have a stock that keeps going up!,Keep up the great work! Dont acquire Twitter,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4572,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 3, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,27 years old and at a loss for what's next:,"Coming out of college, I think Google provides a huge opportunity to advance quickly, but to a point. You'll be given considerable responsibility, and paid accordingly with some pretty terrific perks.","Google is fighting the 'law of large companies', and is doing pretty well but there's a certain inevitability afoot too: Over the four years I've been there, I've noticed scaling back of perks (and also at times a sickening culture of employee entitlement), a steady rise of red tape to run a scalable service in the production environment, a certain amount of stiff corporate speak and a uptightness over branding, image, and in some cases (though definitely not all) an aversion to risk taking has to some extent dampened my enthusiasm a little bit. Still an amazing place to be though.","Consider more career paths or guidance for senior engineers... I get the impression that this is where careers go to plateau. I'm 27 years old, and at this level I find myself compensated very well, and with more responsibility than I know what to do with, but I get the impression my choices are being an individual contributor for the next decade, or vying for a management spot. Even so, this is I think a problem for software engineering in general, and I think Google does a much better job at making it a liveable and enjoyable situation than any other large company I can imagine. Even so though, I'd think that a bit more effort in this area could have a noticeable impact on improving retention of experienced engineers (which is already at a pretty solid level relative to just about any other silicon valley firm).",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4573,google,"Portland, OR"," Nov 19, 2010",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Google's a great company, but hard to understand","Excellent compensation and benefits, including very generous match for charitable donations.",Needs to be run more tightly and with more focus.,Spend more time and resources getting new employees oriented and productive.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4574,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,Google is a wonderful place to work. New York office is fantastic and I love my team. I encourage everyone to apply.,"The cons of working at Google are that if you are not an engineer, there is not as much flexibility and creativity allowed.",My advice to senior management at Google is to expand their teams beyond looking at what school someone attended or what their GPA is.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4575,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 23, 2010",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Best place to work!,- Relaxed yet professional working set up - Opportunity for learning and professional growth - Excellent food - Good salary and healthy competition - Very helpful colleagues,"- Its is a big organization,thus takes time to understand various departments and areas - Hate to sit in cubical","They are doing great, so far this is the best company I have worked with. I feel lucky about it. I think Google is one of the most professional, honest and clear company who treats their employee fair. I know the Management knows their vision and will maintain their focus. Good luck!",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4576,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 18, 2010",Current Employee - Corporate Operations Engineer,"Great place to work, stay out of Ops","- Peers are sheer geniuses in their realm, very low amount of low performers - Fun - Great Start for college grads - pace is fast, learning is fast - AWESOME annual bonus","- Middle management is very detached from work - Everything is looked from a efficiency standpoint, and sometimes that cannot be done - Indication (in ops groups) that decision is coming from the top down rather than bottom up as was tradition","Re-review all of middle management in Corp Eng. and clean house! We're Google's IT and first line dog-fooders, at the very least empower us to do the right thing",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4577,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 2, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work.,Google is a good place to work.,Google has become a big company.,They should allow incoming people to chose teams.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4578,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 16, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Easy work, lots of random cool projects to work on. Get to multitask on tons of projects at the same time. Good location.",Too few opportunities. Engineers can be extremely weird here. I would recommend against this job for another tech company. Direction is vague and erratic.,Learn to do your jobs better Management is poor and almost powerless. No direction at the company. Most gains seem to be from 'luck',3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4579,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 8, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,"Innovative, unique culture - highly collaborative and relatively transparent community.","The bigger the company gets, the more difficult it is to get things done.",Difficult to navigate career paths across different functions.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4580,google,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineering,I hate myself,"Free Food, Easy work hours",Never get to see my product make it to launch,"Please, please, please pay me 10% more...oh wait, you did",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P458.htm
4581,google,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 24, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Nice position,Great company to work for,too much work and very weird hours!,have a good work life balance,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4582,google,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Already very good and trying to get better,"Google is still a great place to go out and have an impact as an individual engineer and to have a chance to work with other awesome engineers. Management regularly makes it clear how important the individual contributor is to the company, and routinely solicits options and ideas from across the company.  There has been a lot of work on addressing past weakness with career development through more manager training, more developed mentorship programs, and more talks / transparency on the performance review process. This has been part of a trend in the company to stay aware of what issues are concerning employees across the board and attempt to fix them.","The non-confrontational culture of Google, though generally a perk, causes some issues. Under-performance is still often ignored or poorly-addressed. Interpersonal conflicts can become passive-aggressive.","Google is a good place to work and the devotion to continuously improving the workplace is well-known and appreciate. Though some individuals can be annoying, and most have never used the privilege, employees love that they can bring up their concerns openly to upper management.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4583,google,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 11, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Google,It is a very good company to work for. They provide great benefits and treat their employees well.,You must work long hours.,There is no advice.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4584,google,"Sicily Island, LA"," Sep 23, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software,One of the top 10 companies in America to work for according to Fortune magazine. Its one of the best experiences that I have ever had.,This job is sometimes stressful. I cant really say anythign else about this company that is bad. Good company overall.,"They need to however, hire from a wide range of places. They only get graduates form one school.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4585,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 14, 2010",Former Employee - Adwords Associate,"Poor ethics, cult-like atmosphere","great side benefits, free food, nice setting for a corporation. Some of the people were nice to work with, young atmosphere",all benefits at Google are provided so as to keep you at work as long as possible. Serious egotism is a problem.,Google leadership needs to remove themselves from their self created pedestal. The world would not end if Google suddenly no longer existed.,1.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4586,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 10, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great benefits, culture struggling",projects have high visibility & impact work with very intelligent colleagues employees are well catered to,elitism and arrogance are commonplace low promotion rate = highly competitive as company grows individual work becomes less impactful,rebuild the company into crossfunctional business units to regain agility,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4587,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 2, 2010",Former Employee - Developer Advocate,Overworked,"Google takes care of almost all of your needs, from computer and ergo equipment to a ride to work, a rental car when you need it for an errand, and tons of free food. They do a great job at trying to remove any worries about life so you can focus on your job.","The downside is that you'll need to take advantage of all that because you'll be so busy with work. My experience was that doing well at Google took over my life completely while I was there, requiring me to work during the shuttle ride, at work and during lunches, on the shuttle ride home, and most evenings and weekends. When I talked to other folks inside the company, many of them agreed that they had the same experience.","The company seems to be founded on the idea that if you hire smart people, you can run the company with a bottom-up, siloed strategy, and things will go well. But as the company has grown, a more top-down approach, and one that breaks down product silos, is becoming very important in order to take on major initiatives. I haven't seen the company address this growing need adequately yet.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4588,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 12, 2010",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Fun Place To Work,Great community and a great place to work. The benefits are top notch and the managers seem to generally care about the career future of their employees.,"Work is all about self-starting, for good or for bad. If you don't try and create your own projects or find things to do, you will end up doing the things no one wants to do. While this is good for innovation, it makes the first few months on the job suck, as you won't know enough about the baseline to innovate anything.","In finance, automation should be key. The analysts spend too much time doing things that a computer could take care of. Either purchase software to do some of the job or force internal engineering to develop new applications faster.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4589,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 1, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work in spite of long hours.,Abililty to have high impact. Terrific benefits / compensation. Brilliant co-workers.,Long work hours. Lots of young people with no outside obligations to compete with.,The size fits all job descriptions don't work well in all groups.,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4590,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 9, 2010",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Contractor position. I will recommend it for 6 months.,"Google has a good reputation, so it looks good on a resume.",No opportunity whatsoever towards a permanent position.,"Less maths, more humanity.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P459.htm
4591,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 23, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome work environment for flipping burgers,"Great work environment, smart people, unlimited toys and food. Freedom, no nickle-and-dime mentality. Additionally, the word ""Google"" looks REALLY GOOD on a resume.","You might get allocated to a position that is below or mismatched with your skills. Since the majority of their software engineers are PhD's, there are many PhD's doing things you don't need a PhD for -- ""flipping burgers"". Less opportunity for career advancement, managers tend to get hired externally rather than promoted internally.","Consider people's skills, background, and interests, when allocating them. The free food and toys and general awesomeness of work environment eventually don't outweigh dissatisfaction with actual job tasks.",2.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.5,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4592,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 8, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Sales Organization Review,"Brilliant employees that are remarkably able to solve complex problems, especially in engineering. Wonderful perks and healthy work / life balance.","Sales organization is run poorly, as it contains non-sales personnel that are under-compensated. There is a bit of a cult-of-personality at the top levels (i.e. there's only one ""Marissa"" at Google).","Google could benefit from avoiding the 'me too' fad, such as chasing after the next social network product. Google's core competencies are very strong (amazing search), and certain new focuses are working well that are of similar utilitarian purpose: Android, Apps (Gmail, Calendar, etc).",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4593,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 31, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good place, but not fast-moving anymore",amazing opportunities to educate yourself and deal with the leading edge issues of our time,so many ceilings to advancement within google. everyone is relatively young and so there is not a lot of upward mobility.,need better paths upward and more promotions.,5.0,5.0,none,1.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4594,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 31, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not a very good place to work,i worked as a temp position for google and the only good thing was that the hours were consistent and the pay was decent.,the hours were really inflexible and sometimes it was hard to get time off. the working conditions weren't very ideal either.,google should have better hours instead of three set shifts and they should also offer temps free meals too to compensate for the labor requirements.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4595,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 11, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you're going to work, it's the best place to do it. Seriously.","Smart & motivated colleagues, challenging technical problems, working on things millions (and millions) of people use, good culture and company values.","Gaining weight from the great food (I'm +10 lbs, but working it down). Other than that, not much.","Being ambitious is good, but learn to say 'no' more often. Google is doing a lot of things -- many great, many well, and some OK. Skip the OK.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4596,google,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 11, 2010",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Sales manager for the midwest region,"Salary, diversity, job appreciation, culture, and lifestyle.","Work life balance, demanding schedule, and hours",Grow,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4597,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Comments,"Great people, flexible work schedule, and great benefit.",Company not growing as fast anymore.,None,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4598,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 5, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Dead end, But the perks disguise that fact nicely...for a few years","All of the things you've already read about: Food, Dogs, 401k.  Looks great on a resume: When you're ready to move on in your career, having Google on your resume in any context almost guarantees an initial interview just because folks are curious about Google and why you would ever want to leave.","No career development / ladder / useful feedback. If you're not Eng, you're nothing.  FAIR WARNING: When you realize there is more to a career than free food and you start to apply with other companies you will most likely be asked if you know how to behave yourself / act like an adult / perform in a traditional office environment.","You can't hire top tier college attending, 4.0 earning, type A, OCD personalities then expect them to do menial work. Contract it out, or recognize that there are plenty of people in this world who would be THRILLED to do said menial tasks, and get rid of the ridiculous hiring requirements for those positions.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4599,google,"Thornton, CO"," Aug 16, 2010",Current Employee - Video Services Specialist,Weird Culture,The food was great. The place was fun to work. The people are capable and smart.,"The management was too far removed from our group. They really had no idea what we did or how. And they never asked. The would make power plays against each other that would adversely affect the day to day of the people working below them. There was a very strong feeling of working ""for"" them, Not ""With"" them.",lose the OKR's. People just write what you want them to and it is ineffective.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4600,google,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 20, 2010",Current Employee - Junior Engineer,Love this place,Open environment Flexible work hours Good for your career development in the near future,Same work over and over,Great but sometimes need to take care junior engineers!,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P460.htm
4601,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 11, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google staffing,"Great perks, fun atmosphere, access to unlimited resources",Hard to get converted to full-time as a contractor.,More management feedback/mentoring would be helpful,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4602,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 20, 2010",Current Employee - Senior People Programs Specialist,Google IS All That,"Delicious, healthy gourmet meals - for free Intelligent, hard-working co-workers who are all such interesting people with incredible talents beyond their work Great balance - you can learn and play at work and mgmt supports this Lots of career opportunities Good resume builder","Big company means that jobs become very specialized It's a bit chaotic - great if you are good with change and ambiguity - but some people have a hard time Engineering is treated as a golden child so if you are in another part of the company, you are often not treated as respected or treated quite as well - that said, most perks and benefits are company-wide",Stick to the core principles that make Google great and always take the high road Don't operate out of fear (e.g. last year's layoffs) Keep trying to create space for innovation even as processes become solidified,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4603,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 3, 2010",Former Employee - Compliance Specialist,The highs and lows,The people are the best reason to work here. I had yet to meet anyone that I would consider incompetent.,"Career advancement and promotions are vague. Job titles mean nothing -- you can be doing something someone 2 levels higher is doing, but you won't get paid the same.",Create better policies around advancement and promotions. Keep people interested by giving them work that matches their strengths and values.,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4604,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 4, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool internship,"- Great array of internal learning resources. - Great internship program, a lot of interns for all over the world. - Great place to meet other smart people and make new friends. - Great food, and there are many fun events throughout the summer.","- Most tools used are internal-only instead of open-source, so you may not gain a lot of transferrable skills. - Big company, not a lot of transparency and can't make a big impact.",I like the way you take care of your employees.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4605,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 2, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice experience as an intern,It has the most free and relaxing environment among IT companies. Let alone the competitive salary and yummy food.,As a ordinary employee it is difficult to see the whole picture of where your project is going.,I was an intern graduate student there and did not have much experience to answer this question.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4606,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ok, not as great as the main campus in Mountain View","Overall an ok place to work. Good food, smart co workers. Fairly interesting work, though not always. Upper management is very transparent and open.",The Seattle office is definitely more top down and autocratic than most other Google offices. Far less freedom to change projects and work on things that interest you.,stop hiring so fast,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4607,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 29, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,what a heck of experience,highly recommended for college graduates. this is a place you got to work for.,"too much free food, got to watch out of your weight",keep all the good stuff rolling,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4608,google,"Boston, MA"," Jul 4, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Good company and perqs, work itself is often lacking in substance and satisfaction","* World-class, brilliant coworkers * Excellent benefits and physical environment * Above-average total compensation compared to other local companies * Some groups do very cutting-edge work","* Much of the work is not interesting * Mid-level executive leadership is questionable * ""Death march"" schedules and random priority changes becoming more common * No career path from engineer to having substantive influence over what gets worked on * Too many overqualified people forced into work that's beneath their abilities","Eric seems to be on the ball, but I'm less impressed by many of our VPs. I feel like I'm being assigned to projects as a lowest-common-denominator coder, because it's too complicated to keep track of what people are good at in an organization this size. I also feel that any insight I might have is basically unwanted and my job is to shut up and write code to support other people's visions. It's not an inherently very satisfying job, and I think it's going to become harder for Google to continue to attract top people if something doesn't change.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4609,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Staff Engineer,Terrific opportunities for growth and impact,"Having been at Google longer than 9 out of 10 employees, I still feel the business poses me with fresh challenges and terrific learning opportunities virtually every day. I have been able to pursue several distinct ""mini-careers"" at the company, with promotions and transfers available as I hit major project milestones. The career environment is ideal for someone who thrives on complexity, who takes initiative, and who communicates well and constantly with technical collaborators.  I feel that management empowers and facilitates individual contributors. You have a fantastic liberty here to challenge how things are done (whether bureaucratically, technically or in product design). Expect fast and constant change. You can step up and drive that change, too, if you have the chops -- the courage to express a coherent vision, and the stamina and depth of skill to follow through. A high impact project at Google can affect a global user base of hundreds of millions (or is it billions now?), and can shape the course and direction of whole industries. You can provide great benefit to users worldwide. The right answer to a search query can literally save a life, reorient a career, or enrich a relationship. And while search is critically important, we do so much more.  When it works, it is a total jazz. When it doesn't work, well, you fail fast and try something new. Everyone outside tends to ask, ""What company will be the next Google?"", but internally we remain quite ambitious: ""My project at Google will be the next Google!""  The people here are great to work with. Passionate about ideas, compassionate toward others, with many innovative superstars, and a culture that celebrates diversity. Of course, there is some politics, human nature and fallibility -- as you will find anywhere -- but I find the overall environment positive and well intentioned.","Working at Google has a stiff learning curve, and it can be challenging to ramp up and get your footing here -- especially if you have been doing software development 10+ years elsewhere and are accustomed to being a big fish. In you aren't on a very short list of luminaries (e.g. a Vint Cerf), then respect and influence have to be re-earned from scratch based on what you do at the company. Your past merits may have helped you get in the door, but inside they buy you nothing. So, to thrive here you have to grow and sustain some inspiration about what's possible, to keep your head above the daily grind of routine work.  Working at Google can isolate you from the global technology community, as well as sometimes from our users. We have our own technology stack and internal lingo, so systems and methods learned here aren't always transferable. We exist in an extreme media spotlight, in highly competitive markets, dealing with sensitive information, so we are very cautious about sharing anything externally. The culture tends to be inward facing: everything is on campus (the Googleplex) -- meals, entertainment, perk, education, tech talks -- so why engage outside of the bubble? Our approach is to solve everything with automation so that the system works on a global scale, but human-to-human customer service does not ""scale"", and so is sometimes given short shrift.","I find that Google's leadership is willing to make hard choices with integrity. They are an inspiration -- and they are always challenging us to reach further, try harder, think more deeply.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4610,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 14, 2010",Former Employee - Network Engineer,Google is NOT for NONE-Software Engineers,"I think most ppl r proud of working for Google. I was too...at least for the beginning of two months. So, I don't need to repeat the good things about working for Google here. But, remember, all the good things are mostly posted by ""software engineers"". They are like king of the world in Google versus operation engineers (including me) are like slavers of the king.","Google, fortunately, is the worst company I have ever worked for. It attracts so many talent people to work for this company, but in fact, the only give software engineers the special treatment. I've seen so many great engineers in operation team were treated like nothing.  1. management sucks My manager is the root cause that every engineer suffers. He is the best politician I have ever seen in my life. Ever since he promoted to be a manager, he started to play all the dirty games among us. He spent $20 mil per year on some equipments which melt down network connectivity so many times every month. He claimed that the equipments would save Google for 10 millions per year, but in fact, we spent a lot more work hours on trying to solve the problems these junks caused. The main problem is, there is no test base for these junks. Aren't we supposed to test all the equipment before we implement or even purchase them? Not these junks... how does it happen? pick ur guess! How about we go the manger above him. Too bad.. the upper manager is his buddy. There is no complain or any bad thing would ever leak out through these 2 layers of managers. They cover everything up very well. In fact, one of the manager's jobs should ensure the fairness. Well... ""fairness"" is NEVER been seen at this team.  2. politics tricks My manager has this policy: all the engineers under level III can not talk to the engineers above level IV. Well.... before I join google, I thought anyone could talk directly to anyone, even to CEO. But my manager fired a person who asked questions to a level IV. His recently move was - promoted two of his favorites to be managers and directly reported to him. You know what it means? He just promoted himself since there are two managers reporting to him now. That was the exact trick his upper manager did a couple years ago. Now... there are 3 levels of management under one director. How does this director allow this happen?? well.. that's the politics. So, when the new engineer join the team, how many levels above him?? It's IMPOSSIBLE that you get promoted if there is one new layer added. Most likely, you got downgraded every year!!  3. STEALING/CHEATING I've never seen so many cheating cases ever since I graduated from college, but here, at Google. We have two level IV engineers responsible for designing networks with one stealing ideas/credits from the other one's work!! And this cheating is permitted by the upper manager!! How did it happen? well... the managers playing the games. The two (now three) levels managers ensures that none of outside team could work with the talent engineer alone. When they steals, those seniors all lined up and the upper manager would give pressure down to turn in the design and the credits. Whoever on the same side of this level IV engineer would suffer a hard time and have bad reviews from those managers. So, we watched the stealing and cheating happening every day but no one dare to say anything.  <to be continued>","I thought Google was not a place for the politician to play games with every day. When there were so many evil people running this company, how can it not to be evil?",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,50,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P461.htm
4611,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 17, 2010",Current Employee - Intern,"A great place for software engineers, but not researchers","Total compensation is very good. Benefits are good, too. Free food, drinks, and stuff. Very flexible work environment. Flat hierarchy of management. Huge codebases to start with. Good for software engineers to develop skills. Good to put on resume.",Work pressure is big. The company likes code better than research ideas. Research progress is slow due to the constraints on the tools.,Google research can be more dedicated on advancing the state-of-the-art to compete with other industrial research labs such as Microsoft Research and IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4612,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 24, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my headsss,workinng on new products with break thru in tech in all the areas of s/w dev in the feild of comp sc,to greedy company and kills all the other business and is a real hard to manage this huge company al,i dont want to advice anything to them bcoz they know wat they are doing and let them do it,4.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4613,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 14, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,one of the great companies of our time,"There is no finer collection of engineering talent on the planet. Good perks, great free food. Fantastic talks from visiting speakers.",Google doesn't compete on speed -- it competes on quality. In that regard it is a lot like Blizzard. So if you're entrepreneurial and like to attack new markets this is not a good place for you.,"guys, you still think you can attack any market. The reality is: Google's culture produces high quality, high performance products ... slowly. Therefore, don't waste your time and effort competing in rapidly evolving markets like social networks -- concentrate instead on staid and stodgy markets where the dominant design is clear and quality, performance and cost are significant differentiators. Android, Chrome and Chrome OS are good examples, but also, why not kill Oracle, EMC, Cloudera, etc.? As for facebook, wait for social networking to mature, then fight on quality.",4.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4614,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2010",Former Employee - QA Tester,"weak management, no respect for contractors","obvious perks like food, gym, celebrity visits/talks, laundry, dogs on campus, etc","the managers from my experience did not know how to manage. they seemed like former engineers that were just given the title. No leadership, guidance, or followup throughout my year there. Also when it came time to convert me to full time, management failed and ""forgot"" to submit my application. Contractors overall seemed pretty unhappy even with all the awesome company perks. It just seemed like there was just some lack of respect for us.","train your managers better. it's like the blind leading the blind sometimes over there, hence the ""chaos"" everyone is talking about.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4615,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 17, 2010","Former Employee - Online Sales &amp, Operations Account Strategist",Great place to work for young people,"Energetic, passionate talent pool, way above average perks & benefits, fair compensation for young workforce, Having bragging rights about working for the best place in the US","While young employees tended to feel compensated fairly for their work, peers with more experience felt salaries were low and perks were overrated. There was little opportunity for advancement in management for non-MBAs.","Promote from within more frequently. Develop the young workforce, and be sure to recognize individual contributors.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4616,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2010",Former Employee - Sales,Cushy dead end,- great benefits and 401K match - great food - half-naked cuties play beach volleyball on campus - really intelligent coworkers - fascinating industry and company profile,"- managers detached, not aligned with team goals, focus on networking and their next job - chaotic, siloed organization, lots of inefficiency - sales organization is afterthought, mostly exists to patch up bad adwords user experience - so you're there to fix a problem nobody wants to admits exists. not a great career track! - i had two young MBAs as managers who both left me baffled as to what it is they did, or knew how to do. both were promoted! one sat me down in a 1:1 and told me to focus on my family and private life more, because caring too much about my job would only lead to problems because most of the issues in our department were not going to be fixed, and that's not really how you advance in your career anyway. it was good advice and all true, but it tells you something that this is what my soon-to-be-promoted boss told me. - lots of activity that has nothing to do with the company's products or business goals: events, parties, dance classes, on-campus organizations, etc. it's a lot like college that way. it's possible to spend A LOT of your time on tangential activities, keep getting good performance reviews (because the diversity festival or whatever is so great for google), and just hang out and make money and never impact the business. To me, this is really weird and not a plus, but a lot of people of course love it. - I left because basically I realized that if what I had achieved in the last year did not get me a promotion (major overhaul of one aspect of the business), nothing ever would. promotions aren't really about business impact at Google, they are about NOT having too much of an impact and rocking the boat. Having a dog helps a lot.",There's no reason to change anything as long as this much money is being made with the one revenue stream. I expect a big cleanup will take place one that's no longer the case.,2.0,5.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4617,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 5, 2010",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Pockets of greatness in product and engineering. Other functions are secondary and low-profile.,"People are smart and well-intentioned Gourmet food everyday, in lots of different cafes Countless opportunities to take on-campus classes Internally transparent company, even around product development","In finance, non-technical management somewhat helpless in technical environment. IT problems fester because leadership is detached... can't envision and implement solutions. Poorly designed internal processes lead to massive inefficiency in day-to-day operations. Culture of autonomous work is being replaced by corporate, tops-down autocracy. 20% of people in finance provide 80% of the functional value, because the other 80% of people don't have necessary technical skills to contribute.",Invest time and technical resources to support financial operations. Engage senior leadership in solving IT problems. Don't hire people with lots of staid corporate baggage.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4618,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 29, 2010",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good benefits - not a place to advance your career,Good benefits Smart peers Great resume builder Relevant experience,No career track Bad upper management,Think of creative ways to use employees,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4619,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 15, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Life is not as good as you thought, but it's challenging~",1. Work with all kinds of smartest people in the world. 2. Good pay 3. Never get bored. 4. Free food~,"1. Too many smart people. 2. Report structure is too complicated. 3. The cube set up looks weird, no privacy at all.",1. Treat your employee in a better way. 2. More communication with the people working their ass off to help you making profit.,4.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4620,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Staff Software Engineer,Great Place (especially if you are single),-Challenging work everyday. -Great coworkers. -Great benifits. -Good pay. - Nice brand. You get a chance to change the world! - Its google!,"- Too much expectations - Difficult to balance work and personal life. - Expectations too high, instant delivery is expected",Expectations are too high. Standard set is at a very high level for people. Not everyone is same. Need better management.,3.0,3.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P462.htm
4621,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google NY,Great and smart people to work with Good atmosphere Great perks,Committee decisions very large company Too much politics,Take responsibility.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4622,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Great Place To Work,"Google is a great place to work. Free meals, fun offsites, and hands off management.","The base salary is just okay, but annual bonuses make up for it if you're a solid employee (ie., meeting or exceeding expectations).",Try to limit and control middle management bloat.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4623,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 30, 2010",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,"Still a great place to work, despite the growth","You're working with top people in the world, the culture is very very relaxed, flex time, great benefits, free food.",The environment has changed since the early days. This may just be Operations jobs and does not necessarily apply to all Engineering though. Even still it's a great job.,More and more talented people are leaving for new startups or other areas of the company. I don't have a specific solution but the reason is that the place has become too bureaucratic and it is much more difficult to work on fun new projects in Operations.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4624,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 3, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Engineer,"Fantastic opportunities, it's all up to you",Plenty of self-directed time and energy. Great visibility into several core tech markets. World class computing infrastructure.,"Chaotic, lots going on all the time.",Keep focused: actions speak louder than words.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4625,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 4, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contractors are not treated with respect,"free breakfast lunch, dinner, gym membership, social events, and shuttle to work smart and interesting co workers good name recognition",contractors are treated with disrespect. the company makes it unclear what is needed in order to transition from a contractor to a full time employee. contractors are left in the dark.,treat contractors with more trust and be more straightforward in regards to what is required to become full time.,2.0,3.5,none,1.0,1.5,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4626,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Great place to work,"Open, creative atmosphere. Smart people to work with.","Promotions hard to get, process a bit opaque.","Make promo process more transparent, easier.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4627,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 1, 2010",Current Employee - Google Online Sales Strategist,"Great Place to work, however limited growth",- awesome benefits - great 401k match - By far some of the smartest people - Work on interesting issues and projects - Great environment,- You do work pretty hard. - Limited career growth opportunities. Only hire MBAs for manager positions. - Managers aren't than capable and don't understand the job. - Good to stay and learn for 4 years but you will need to leave in order to grow your career.,Don't require MBAs for managers. Our managers aren't great. There are also limited career growth opportunities (especially in OSO).,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4628,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 26, 2010",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,"Smartest people I've worked with, fantastic benefits, but becoming more political","- The smartest people I've ever worked with - Fantastic benefits and access to resources needed - Never stop learning from others - Open culture, people openly share knowledge, very few secrets relative to other companies","- Senior management in the weeds too much - Very silo'd roles, hard to break out of your career ladder vertical - Lack of career paths, and career advice - Becoming more political over time",- Focus on leading the company strategy and not on tactical UI and product decisions - Work hard on ensuring that politics is minimized as the company grows,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4629,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 20, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place if you want to ,"The culture - Google has an amazing culture and is a very engineering centric organization. They pretty much defined how the modern silicon valley company should look like and they still do it very well. The learning opportunities - It's possible to move easily between teams at Google and you can learn a lot of about a lot of things. The perks - Everyone's heard of the perks, and they are awesome. The food is great, the benefits are great, the salaries are competitive with bonuses and stock options.","Sometimes difficult to get recognition for a job well done. Can be a little hectic on some teams, while it can be painfully slow on others. Moving from one team to another hinges on getting well known, and in some instances promoted, yet the promotion process is quite difficult to make it work for you. You may try to get promoted one year and get refused by a committee when another one would have given you the promotion, because the members of that committee were more aware of what you did or who you are.",Senior management should try to do a better job at ensuring that everyone is not getting bored working on a trivial job. There are lots of people at Google who are overqualified for what they are doing.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4630,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 31, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Not such a small company anymore...,"The people are the best reason to work for Google. Everyone is smart and brings their A game. The team culture is great if that's how you like to work, but tough if not. It's a very collaborative environment. It's filled with smart people who have personality (at least in sales).  The food is outrageously good.","It's not a small company anymore and it's easy to feel more like a number than a name. Because the change is so often and rapid, you may find yourself working for someone who did not hire you, which can be an issue.",Utilize employees for their greatest strengths.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P463.htm
4631,google,"New York, NY"," May 24, 2010","Former Employee - Strategist, Rich Media Technical Services",Doubleclick Rich Media services - NY,"Perks, benefits, good name to have on your resume, exposure to cool tech.","Too many people full of themselves, extremely flat company structure with little or no promotion opportunities, depending on the department/product you are working on.",Try to keep the good people,2.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4632,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 21, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Overall positive,- The environment is casual yet competitive. - You get an opportunity to work with smart people and work on great technology,The organization is flat. Which also means that there is little room to grow. Too much free food.. can't be good.,Keep up the good work. Work on creating opportunities for growth for employees. Improving recruitment process will be good too.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4633,google,"New York, NY"," May 20, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Ok place to work, the rapid release cycle made things fairly unorganized.","Smart co-workers, free food, fun work atmosphere",Unorganized compared to other big software companies.,Increase the number of project manager in the company.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4634,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 29, 2010",Current Employee - Quantitative Analyst,Wonderful place to work.,Things move fast. People are competent and are among the best in their areas of expertise. There is a feeling of respect towards all the employees. The benefits are great. The hours are very reasonable.,No con that I know of.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4635,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 27, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great place to work, a few flaws","great environment, recognition, felt great to work with genius",the hiring process is not perfect.,"look into future with responsibility, employees are counting on you.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4636,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 1, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good company to work,"good company, nice coworkers, good food",become middle age and some office politics,"less office politics, reward the good person",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4637,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 26, 2010",Former Employee - MBA Intern,"Fun place to work, smart people, too many meetings","People are smart and very friendly, the perks are unbeatable, the pay is fair for corporate world, and there are always new interesting things going on.","Way too many meetings (can fill half of your daily calendar), sometimes poor internal information management (getting info on an earlier project can only be done by talking to someone who may be gone for weeks, rather than any centralized info mgmt center).","I'm sure many of these things have been improved over the past few years, but I think the toughest thing will be giving people opportunities for growth, especially with such a young management team.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4638,google,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Apr 7, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It generates great product,"High salary, promissing company, work environment is good","pressure is high, tedious job",It is the leader of web search company,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4639,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 15, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Excellent Benefits and Perks, Incredibly Smart People",The perks are just amazing. Their health plan is especially very generous. The people are incredibly smart and excited about their projects.,"The working environment is not very friendly, there is an air of arrogance. The recruiting and HR processes are especially slow and tedious.","Google focuses on hiring the ""right"" (googley) people, but lately this has degenerated into hiring the smartest people who not necessarily pleasant to work with. Steer the focus back on being Googley, possibly by requiring one non-technical/behavioral interview question, such as ""talk about how you handled a conflict with a particularly difficult coworker?"" The interviewer should then drill into the details of the example to make sure it was a true story.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4640,google,"Irvine, CA"," Mar 26, 2010",Former Employee - Software Developer,google,great place to work and co-workers friendly,promotion limitations and long hours,listen to your EEs,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P464.htm
4641,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Mar 10, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people,"Smart people, great infrastructure, cool products, vision clarity. Overal I was satisfied working in the company. People were always helpful and excited about talking on new things.","business decisions are not transparently shared, the 20% is a misnomer, you dont really get that much time, bias towards profit generating products","dont be shy to let people talk about things openly. the company has maintained a great workforce, but let them be what they can be. be open to the world too.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4642,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 25, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A great place to be an engineer!,"Great, engineer-driven company. Groups are all very autonomous, so individual engineers have a lot of control over direction of the group and responsibility for the success of the team. The company assumes you're going to be thinking about more than getting to your current milestone, and expects you to think big and aim for large goals.  I've found the other engineers sharper and more accomplished than anywhere else, everyone has shipped great things before, and they're eager to do it again. It's not surprising to be working with a 24 year old who sold a company, two senior engineers who were VPs at startups, and a well-known researcher in a particular area.","It's a cross between grad school and a hundred little startups. I haven't always gotten guidance from management about what's important or how the teams need to work together. Like grad school, there's times where it does feel all your responsibility. Marketing and bigger vision sometimes comes from the product managers, but it always feels like individual advice rather than a single clear vision of where we should go.  Individual teams have a lot of control over libraries and code they use, so lots of infrastructure projects grow as research projects that succeed only if adopted by significant numbers of other teams.  Although there is a big vision for the company, it isn't as focused or controlled as in other companies, there's really an assumption that the right stuff will bubble up. It's not a place with the razor-focused direction.  Initial titles/ranks and promotions are determined by committees of other engineers. This is great because you're recognized for your engineering work, but bad if you aren't churning out enough code or if you're not having enough impact on the rest of the company. Initial titles get assigned 6-12 months in when you're put in the same pool as existing Googlers who are up for promotion. If you don't match up to them, you go down a slot - no difference in salary, bonuses based on new level, and any mental scars from being judged unworthy. It doesn't really matter, but if you're at Google you're probably not used to failing.  Everyone's driven to succeed. There may not be a lot of external pressure from management to pull long hours, but folks tend to do it anyway because they want to accomplish something great. It's an easy place to feel you're below average, even when you've been tops everywhere else.","Keep helping us focus on the vision of what we need to accomplish. Do a bit more to centralize product launches so we can have a strong, focused vision to give to the outside world.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4643,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 22, 2010",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software developer,"learning,networking,growth,money, perks and other benefits",it is very hectic. need to keep up.,Gud job,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4644,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 3, 2010",Current Employee - Analyst,great place to work,people senior managment career progression pay hours learning curve market leader lots of opportunities to take on more responsibility fun atmosphere young,difficult to move to another group heirarchical needs more training for young people secretive senior management corporate philanthropy worker benefits,Try to offer more training courses to young people entering the company. Work on having mentors for young people out of college.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4645,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 10, 2010",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,"Decent Pay, Relaxed Atmosphere, good work mates good hours","hard work, long hours, sometimes there is a lack of reognition",Pay more attention to good work of employees,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4646,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 11, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still as innovative a company as ever,"- Lot of transparency for a company of its size - Super smart co-workers - Outstanding benefits, at least in the Mountain View office. - Innovation in several areas of technology. Not afraid to stand up to big telecom/government etc. in the interest of the common good.","- Growth within the company is difficult unless you're prepared to sacrifice personal life and sleep, or if you got in the company early enough to manage people who can implement your ideas. - Inconsistencies in pay within grades and across tracks often make me feel my PhD wasn't worth the N years of effort.",Keep up the good work. Pay attention to attrition - it is not hard to find underpaid employees who are working their butts off and are being managed by people who take the lion's share of credit.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4647,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Feb 18, 2010",Current Employee - AdWords,"Decent place to work, could be better","The benefits are nice, though less extravagant in offices that don't have engineers. The people are for the most part bright, friendly, and really willing to help each other. The work is interesting and rarely boring.","The promotion structure is problematic. How you do in your core job is very undervalued in determining promotions. You can be amazing at the main part of your job, but what's prized are all the extra little projects. You'd be better of neglecting your main job to take on 5 little side projects. They also tend to hire way too many people for management positions from outside rather than promoting from within. This means that it's almost impossible to get ahead.",Promote from within.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4648,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 31, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Best food ever as well as a very helpful group of people to work with. They definitely care about how you feel at all times.,Sometimes you can get overwhelmed by work in some departments.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4649,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 5, 2010",Former Employee - Non-engineer,When No One ,"-Great food -Internal transparency when it comes to what projects are being worked on (not transparent on things like promotions) -Lots of stuff going on -Always changing -Fun people -Great location in NYC -Speakers and authors visit Google--great perk! -Concierge team helps arrange discounts, etc. -In-house massage (I will miss that!) -Good for the resume -Great place to meet future start-up partners. Cool techie environment. Learn the latest and greatest in the tech world as it develops.","-Biggest problem at Google = poor managers who lack leadership skills. My manager never once created an annual or quarterly strategic business plan. He (actually *I*) filled in the template given by management, but he never created a plan we could work toward. As a result, people did what they wanted, which was not always most profitable (in part because short term incentives don't align with long term profitability). This created a lot of problems. In 2007, the company created a new layer of middle-manager jobs and hired people internally...without training them to be managers! Disaster. Lots of inefficiency and broken promises. Horrible decision that continues to plague employees. There are some good managers, I just didn't work with any. -No career development. Minimal worthwhile training. You can take a course here and there, but when it comes to moving around the company, watch out. Sales, Engineering, and Enterprise are silos---you can't move between them. *Everyone* complains about this. Smart people have for years been talking about leaving. -They fired most of HR in 2009 (the others have always been contract workers without benefits), what remains of HR is really weak. HR is never helpful anyway. -No one ""owns"" decisions (not even managers or their managers!), but everyone gets a say...so few risks get taken and greatness rarely evolves beyond the idea stage -There's a lot of mediocrity, why improve when improvement might require you or teammates to work a little smarter or harder? Lots of resistance to change that requires more work. -Flat organization is bad for people whose work shows skill beyond job level / area & typical promotion cycles (senior management encouraged national sales team to think of lateral moves as promotions...even though you don't make more money, get better titles--and then must start the promotion journey afresh as if you had never worked there before) -Salary. When Google offered me the job, a well-known, respected web property with a similar job did as well. The latter offered me TWICE as much money as Google. Twice! And all the good benefits. -Salary increases over time. When you're promoted, you don't make all that much more. Bonuses are small (and taxed at 50%). Options are not worth as much as you think. And you don't get as much stock as you think, either. (These are taxed at 50%, too, so you don't really get very much!)  All of this relates to the non-engineering side. I always really liked the engineers and when I worked with their projects found great synergies. Unfortunate the sales side made it so hard to move over!","Teams need better direction. Many managers are very poor leaders who don't make decisions or set clear goals or make teammates accountable to those goals. Just letting everyone do their own thing is a problem...especially when multiple positions have to support multiple people whose own agendas create conflicts of interest (and inefficiencies and tension). You need to give stars more opportunity to grow, they need more than just new projects. You need to actually develop these people. You know that salespeople are not the only stars or potential future leaders. You need to reward and grow more than just the salespeople. Because, let's be honest, many of the salespeople are not the ones growing the revenue. They get the credit, but in the end you lose some of the people most responsible. And they feel resentful and undervalued.",2.0,5.0,none,1.0,3.5,2.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4650,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 30, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Google is great in many, many ways, but has become a big company.","+ Outstanding, A+ engineering talent + Founders really push teams to ""think big"" and change the world + Engineers have great freedom to choose what they work on + Eng SVP's great.. technically and as leaders.. love them all. + Great place for recent grads","- Atmosphere is rather impersonal - Hard to fit in if you are further along in your career - Teams very silo'ed and x-team coordination almost impossible - Stock option packages minimal for people starting after 2006.. so not much upside there (though base/pay bonus are good). - Many old timers (pre-2004) still have lots of influence, but are no longer at top of game.","+ Focus. Despite a very large engineering team, there are so many projects/initiatives, that none are properly staffed to achieve breakthrough. Place fewer, bigger bets and cancel many of the smaller initiatives.  + Clear Out Rest/Vesters. Too many old timers, especially at senior levels, who were rock stars in the early days, but are no longer adding value.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P465.htm
4651,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 17, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Still a good place to work, but there's more and more politics over time","Perks, lots of smart people to work with","More and more politics over time, bad work/life balance",Google's doing so many things now that a lot of projects just don't seem impactful anyone.,4.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4652,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 10, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place,"Great work environment Willing to take risks Failure is not a problem, just don't fail over and over in the same way","Support is limited, if you are a self-starter this will work for you. If you need lots of hands on help and coaching, continue seeking elsewhere","Focus, bring back bottled water. Not everyone flourishes in the open floor plan culture, having a number of offices will allow those who work better in a quiet environment to do that",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4653,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 9, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Excellent Place to Work as an Engineer,My 2 main criteria for working at a company are 1. that there are smart people to work with and 2. that there are interesting things to work on. Google excels at both of these traits and I've been completely satisfied all of the years I've worked there. The free food and abundance of other benefits aren't so bad either.,There's very little that I can think of that would constitute a downside at Google. For those looking for a startup opportunity its as close as a big company can get but still not the same thing (i.e. pitching a project at Google is a lot less stressful than pitching your business plan to a VC).,"If there's one thing I'd like to remind management of, its that the data driven culture at Google is imperative to its continued success. They're very aware of this already which is a very good thing.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4654,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 14, 2010",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Too much hype, too little real value","Many smart people, very challenging problems, good perks, excellent benefits, very good free food, good cash bonuses and engineering ladder promotions for personal achievements","too many good management places taken by old per-2003 guys, no way to move over them even if you are extraordinary, little personal freedom to work on your own idea (it was the other way around 4 years ago), too much protocol,","give more freedom to people, listen to engineer, people who are bellow are not stupid, you did too many mistakes because you do not listen to your people",2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4655,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience as long as it lasts,+Very collegial culture +Awesome perks +Great place to work if you find the right team/manager combination +Lots of flexibility in how you want to design your objectives and do your job,"-Significantly different experience across teams -Very important to have a strong manager who is willing to champion your career progression, etc, often leads to situations where work is ignored if manager is busy pushing personal agenda -Strong disparity in talent at international offices, greatly insecure senior management in some teams who wouldn't mind stepping over their team members and misrepresenting info upwards","Spend some time defining career paths Make internal mobility across teams easier (even if it is to one of the ""sacred"" teams such as the Product Management team) Keep up the good work of designing and launching breakthrough products and technology",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4656,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 31, 2009",Current Employee - Developer Advocate,An awesome place to work,"There are many things said about working for Google, so it makes no sense to reiterate them, but yes the perks are great and the compensation is competitive, and there are very few places that are that much fun to work at!  What makes working for Google special is the projects you're working on, instead of re-implementing old concepts you can spend your time on working on new concepts that haven't been done before, if you're passionate about changing the world this is the place to do it at.  And the people you work with are just as great, incredibly smart and motivated and a real pleasure and inspiration to work with.  In the end, isn't that what's most important? Feeling that you're making a difference and doing something useful, and doing it with people you enjoy working with.","There are a few people who've grown lazy or are waiting for their stock to vest, but fortunately they are a minority and in my daily life it isn't an issue at all .. it depends a bit on the team you're on though.  Also Google is the new favorite target in the press, while a huge amount of what is written is still positive it does sometime require shaking off some wildly speculating headlines and being very careful what you tell the press, if that's a part of your function.","Keep it up! Google is an amazing company, with a very flat, fair and open culture with many of the best people of the sector .. keep doing what you're doing, and make sure that as Google grows we don't loose this magic touch in the process",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4657,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 11, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"what can you say...i luv it here...the food, the fun, the smarts, it's a great place to work and one that all my friends want to join",sometimes a bit too much protocol...why do i need to respond to every little nuance when the company promotes austerity,"play like you preach...so much good here, but we need to keep it going by allowing more autonomy including the ability to work from home.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4658,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 6, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Technical Recruiter,Google has a long way to go.....,"Free Food Perks (Massages, Onsite Laundry, Dry Cleaning Service) Bonus Plan/Compensation Annual Trips Flexibility to work from home Working with some of the smartest people in technology!!",Lack of Communication from Management Promotion/Advancement Process (360 Review plan) Lack of Process for a Company it's size Lack of training for new managers,TRAIN YOUR NEW MANAGERS - Some of the super smart & talented engineers are thrusted into management positions with no training - They need to be trained!,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4659,google,"New York, NY"," Jan 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Used to be much better,"- Great colleagues, very smart people",- Compensation - Promotions are not transparent,- Be more down to earth.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4660,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 5, 2009",Current Employee - Developer,"So far, so good","Yes, the food is great and the 401k match is amazing. The base compensation is not top of market. I'd say it's average at best, but what really makes up for it are the bonuses, bonus multipliers and stock grants, which you get EVERY YEAR. That's right, EVERY YEAR you get more shares, not options, shares of stock which are currently above $550 each. Bonus multipliers when the company does well are nice. Everyone in the company got a bonus last quarter just because the company beat its own expectations.  What has made Google really great are the brilliant minds that work there. Best machine learning people on the planet. Creator of the Python programming language. One of the authors of C. There are so many brilliant people at Google, and yet, the pecking order is pretty flat. When you start, you'll enter your Noogler class and be immediately overwhelmed since your class will have the top guys from Yahoo, IBM, Oracle and so forth with the same title as you - you'll wonder if you belong. Everybody you meet at Google will have been the best, most talented person at their previous organization. Somehow, Google has managed to preserve an open culture where people really aren't arrogant. I don't know where this ""arrogant Google engineer"" stereotype came from, because this is about as far from the truth as it gets. You will learn so many secrets it will blow your mind. The tools you have available are mind blowing. You get to dogfood and have your applications dogfooded internally long before they are released.  20% time exists! In reality it's never as sexy as working on Gmail, but if you have a passion, say, writing a MySQL client in Go, the new language Google released, go for it.  Google engineers can take time to attend classes to improve themselves. Google invests a lot of money in career development for their employees.  There's too much good stuff going on at Google to put down. I'm sure some of the other reviews will cover them.","It could suck for you if you are not a developer. If you are a developer, you never have to worry about things like squeezing out money from your products, but if you're anyone else the pressure is constantly on.  The Mountain View office has the best vibe, and this vibe is missing from the other offices.  Honestly, I don't care about this one but not all the fringe perks are as good as the media makes it out to be. Massages aren't free, you have to earn credits. You get one a year on your birthday and these are often given out as prizes for internal contests. Dry cleaning isn't free. Etc.  You will be too busy to take advantage of all the perks.  Base compensation is not great, but Google rarely lays people off. Google hires people that want to do a good job, so this isn't a place where if you have a bad quarter you are gone. You simply may be passed up for bonus, which will suck.",More strongly encourage mixing between groups. Invest more in classes and letting Googlers actually go to the classes.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P466.htm
4661,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 16, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,I was very satisfied.,"(1) awesome technologiy (2) Wonderful coworkers (3) Very open and encouraging work environment (4) Last but certainly not least, the great food.",Your career growth might not be as quick as you expect.,None,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4662,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 20, 2009",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Google is Overrated,"Great infrastructure, smart senior managers,great benefits","Easy to get lost in the crowd, culture is a bit obsessive",Drop the arrogance!,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4663,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 20, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company,"Great perks, good atmosphere, challenging problems, very employee friendly, peer driven reviews, good food, deadline driven, competitive compensation","higher pressure, deadlines, work life balance off, big company, not much mentoring, need to be hard working, lacks training and tutoring","improve the following - reduce work pressure, imrove work life balance off, keep working to reduce big company problems, imrpvoe training and tutoring",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4664,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 16, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,good for newbie in the industry,"Good name in your resume, but less opportunity since it is a huge companies now. Further, it is up to the team you are working on and the managers. The management structure is kind of mess. But it is full of tenants who you can learn from.",less opportunity since it is a huge companies now.,"good technical leaders, but terrible inter-personal and management skills many times.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4665,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 23, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test,Do not ever join Google as Software Engineer in Test,"You will interact with one of the most brilliant computer science workers Free food, free beer, shuttles, opportunity to shake hands with Obama and all the glitz. Sunny state, beautiful campus, I even do my laundry there some days","You will face Software Engineering like interviews. They will test your ability to code and be excellent at algorithms and will be given utterly shitty job You will regret joining the company unless you are a fresh graduate student who likes to be pampered Pay is shitty as well except few lucky testers who get placed in ""high profile"" or ""high demand"" projects You will feel like a slave There is no getting out of it easily I have a degree from one of the top schools and I am already regretting joining google",provide more opportunities to test engineers and engineers in test they have ambitions too,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,34,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4666,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 23, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start career in Silicon Valley,-Free food is great -Great learning opportunity,-Tough to get new projects started,-Invest in new areas,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4667,google,none," Nov 15, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generally one of the best,"Tons of career development, transparency, benefits, intelligent coworkers, exciting industry to be engaged in. Relaxed, casual and fun atmosphere. Lots of side projects that you can dip your toes in.","Too much ambiguity at times, relatively low pay, promotional structure is opaque and frustrating, engineers can be difficult to work with.",More transparent and clearer promotional structure and guidelines would be incredibly appreciated and helpful. Make sure there is movement in management.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4668,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 17, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place for engineers,"* Great Co-workers. My experience has been overwhelmingly positive in this area. My co-workers are smart, motivated, and trustworthy. I can count on them for design and execution. * Great products. Loving the product you work on is great motivation for getting up in the morning. * Engineer-oriented. Product managers for the most part do not call the shots. Engineering bears most of the responsibility for design, timelines, etc. * Flexible hours. Performance really is king, engineers have a lot of flexibility in deciding when to come in and leave. * Food. Delicious. * Idealism. ""Don't be evil"" isn't just some marketing ploy that insiders scoff at. There's a real culture of accountability. * Stability. I heard of no one in engineering that was worried about their job due to the global economic crisis. * Scale. You're probably working on something millions of people use. There's great job satisfaction in that.","* Limited upside compared to a start-up. You don't come to Google thinking you're going to strike it rich in one fell swoop anymore. This is the price of stability. * Company has grown quite large. There's something intangible that changes with growth, and even getting to know everyone in your extended team can be hard. There are no all-company events anymore. These have been replaced with organization-specific events. * Management quality varies. I have a great manager but I've heard horror stories. * Your initial project is assigned based on expressed preferences and relevant experience. It may take time to get off of it if you don't like it. * Ramp up may take some time, but don't get discouraged as this is expected. The software stack is almost all in-house and so there's indirect transfer to other systerms.","Overall senior management is extremely competent, and product vision is well articulated. Better training for middle management should be a priority. Proposed increase to financial efficiency (e.g., by cutting perks) should be weighed against the impact on employee satisfaction (they've done reasonably well in this area).",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4669,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 1, 2009",Current Employee - Project Manager,constant restructuring,*Perks *Brand Name on CV *Has long-term potential if it can become a real company and not a startup anymore *Some really smart people can be found,Reorgs every 6 months regardless of departmental needs. Getting promoted on merit is near impossible. Zombie projects are the norm. Lots of people trying to steal your ideas and backstab you for advancement opportunities.,"Engineering is out of control. Too many duplicated projects. Quality is not rewarded, only things that ship.",2.0,5.0,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4670,google,none," Nov 1, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,great benefits amazing people to work with wonderful work environment amazing food! innovative work environment,Sometimes decisions are made top down with little to no involvement from middle management. Although they have peer recognition programs in place I don't think management does enough to recognize the efforts of their employees -- especially their managers. The extensive collaboration can at times drag projects out because everyone has to be involved and have their say in the project. As a larger company now -- Google seems to be far more process and structure driven -- partly out of necessity -- but it has changed the overall attitude and work environment.,Recognize the efforts of your managers and involve manager in the decisions especially when it comes to initiatives that impact the people they manage.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P467.htm
4671,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 14, 2009",Former Employee - Risk Operations Associate,"Great perks, boring job","The benefits package is amazing, even if you're just a temp. Fun atmosphere, always a lot of perks, even if the job itself is boring. Coworkers tend to be friendly peers rather than smarmy corporate types, although there's a lot of corporate lingo around.","Long hours, plus I had to work occasional weekends and holidays - didn't have much of a personal life outside of work. Also gained 15 pounds. Great place to get ahead in business, but not if you've got different kinds of career goals.","A little more transparency in decisionmaking, but this is the case in all companies.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4672,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 14, 2009",Former Employee - Sourcer,tons of contractors,"I worked here as a technical sourcer on a 1 year contract. Overall, the company is great - not much to complain about when you're getting fed 3 free awesome meals a day + unlimited sushi/smoothie/snacks inbetween. i loved how they allowed you to bring pet dogs to work. love the on site massage, oil changes, author talks, volleyball, etc.",no room for growth as contractor and management made many empty promises,didn't work close enough with management to provide input here,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4673,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Oct 9, 2009",Former Employee - Online Sales and Operations Associate,Great place to work,-Lots of cool people -Lots of perks -Lots of respect from business schools/grad schools -Really chill place to work !,-You work really hard and don't make much in comparison -Lots of people who graduated from the same school in that office,-Don't let the culture die -Preserve your brand -Make sure that you don't scare your top talent away through instabilty,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,2.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4674,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 16, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Google! What do you expect?,the perks ad name recognition are second to none,It's an engineering company that just happens to need sales people,"great place to work, but more attention needs to be paid to the sales organization.",4.0,4.0,none,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4675,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 8, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Like most companies, Google has both pros and cons",Excellent benefits Exciting company atmosphere. Who doesn't like working for a company that is frequently in media headlines Intelligent colleagues you can learn from,Frequent re-organizations which can cause your career to move more laterally than vertically Many of Google's senior managers are better as individual contributors than team/group leaders,"People management should be a top priority. Some of the leaders that you have hired/promoted are great visionaries, salesmen, individual contributors, but not great leaders. They do not energize the masses to do their best and get behind a common goal. Google needs more great people managers.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4676,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 6, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,How to combine work and fun,"Management follows the model of the open source community, the attitude of everyone is very open. There are many well-known extras. You're working with people at the top of their game.",Some people still whine that they don't have enough extras. The workspace is very hectic and noisy. Sometimes things seem to move too fast in every direction.,Try to work on long-term goals for employees?,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4677,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 19, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so diverse,"Good food, good perks, fun smart people.","They hire too many young overachievers - people who have only ever ""shown aptitude for having aptitude"", as that one writer said. So it feels like half of everyone is angry about learning what being in the workforce is actually like, and shocked that you don't get promoted for working 12 hours a day and having aptitude and a great GPA.","Offer a class to the young employees about this topic: reality. Actually, also make the older employees who have only ever worked at Google take the same class. This includes many in senior management.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4678,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 19, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still doing things impossible anywhere else,"Big problems, big resources, top-notch co-workers.",Why invent one wheel when you can have four for five times the price.,Excellent engineers do not often make excellent mid-level management.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4679,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 20, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work, but not a startup anymore.","- Great perks, from free food from >10 cafes, gym, flexible timings - Amazing people to work with, some of the smartest people i know - Its Google! - Lots of opportunities to learn and increase your skill set","- Not a startup anymore, starting to feel like a corporate environment - Compensation not as high as other companies in the locality - Recognition for your work is sometimes lacking - Can get lost in the sea of people","- More feedback on performance to employees, in addition to the review cycles - Keep all the people involved in setting the direction for new projects",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4680,google,none," Sep 22, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place To Work,Google is a great place for a computer scientist. There are large problems that need to be solved at enormous scale. Engineers are treated with huge amounts of respect and are listened to in regard to improving productivity and removing redtape. Google has great benefits like free food. I've forgotten how to make my own lunch.,"Unfortunately Google is a big company, so there's always red tape. How much you have to deal with it depends on which group you end up in. It can be hard to see how your project fits into the grand scheme of thing given how big the company is now.","Why do I have to offer advice to management? Meh, I can do that internally. Google has plenty of avenues to talk to our bosses.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P468.htm
4681,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 28, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Large Scaled data processing. Front-end tweaks and applications. Search. GMail. AI.,Code base. Data mining. Datacenters. Employee expertise. Openness. Food. flexibility Perks Global position,Mergers and acquisitions not up to par.,"All good, nothing to do here.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4682,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 15, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Java Engineer,Working as a ,"It is much easier to work at Google as a contractor. The interview process was compressed to one phone screen and a 3 one-hour interviews on-site. The team I worked with was very supportive, and gave us a lot of flexibility and discretion in how we completed the tasks.","Again, being a vendor instead of a Googler, is not quite as bad as being a 2nd class citizen, but it was close. I also found the group I was in to be close to complacent and risk averse.",The distinction between Googlers and Vendors should be decreased. It could be handled more like the Intern programs in terms of bringing people on board. One could start by chaning the color of the vendor badges from red to blue or green.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4683,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 28, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Still a great place to work as long as you're dreaming to be suddenly rich,- Smart people - Great technology - Engineering driven - Huge impact on the world - Profitable and financially stable - Perks,"- Base pay average, though bonus is high - low number shares of stock (plus, stock prices are low compared to peak) - Getting big and bureaucratic (e.g., launch process long and painful) - Harder to advance because of stronger peers - Minimal management attention: non-self-starters can get lost",- Pay employees more - Cut the bureaucracy and make things easier,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4684,google,none," Sep 8, 2009",Former Employee - Quality Rater,Quality Rater while in school,Was a remote job. All web based. Nice on the resume. Very few requirements other than languages speaking and search knowledge.,No cons to complain about. The job was simple enough. The pay wasn't high enough to justify any sort of con list. I was a peon!,Had no management. Was all web based with electronic report cards based on how fast you worked and the quality of work performed.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4685,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 11, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Engineering,"Smart people, a comfortable BIG company, lots of perks","The many perks including free gourmet food, snacks galore, cultural events, speakers/authors, lots of smart people from all over the world to meet and work with. Many choices of projects to work on and relative freedom to do so. There is plenty of work to do here from improving existing systems and creating new products. Kid in a candy store if you are eager and driven to make things better. Wide range of technologies - handhelds, operating systems, HTML5, Linux, file systems, compilers.","Lots of smart people, but lots of subpar people somehow managed to get hired as well. 20% time is a myth. I suppose some people get to do that. I don't know any personally as every group I've worked with is stressed and working hard on the project they're on. At Google it was better to be early than good. Being in the wake of a mass exodus of (mostly) young millionaires (many of whose first job was Google) and being handed their mediocre work to fix can really kill your incentive to ""go further"" here, especially when later senior folks are not well compensated equity-wise. Google is a big company that provides a comfy job but none of the burning desire to go that extra mile because they aren't making the effort to take you with them.","Get better at rewarding your post-IPO senior people. We weren't lucky enough to get here early, but we are fixing much of what was left us by a sea of (industry) inexperienced academics. When hiring, try to focus more on real-world skills and industry experience rather than degrees and GPAs.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4686,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 26, 2009",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst from 2007 - 2009,"Innovative products/projects, intelligent people, brand/company recognition, compensation","Flat hierarchy, little room for career advancement",Find other ways to keep employees satisfied,4.0,3.5,none,2.5,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4687,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 13, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Highly recommend it! Entrusted with a lot of responsibility.,Not much to say here :),Keep doing a great job.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4688,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 4, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growing Pains,"The swag, food, and pride of working for a profitable company are definitely worth the problems that the company faces.","Everyone's had the kool-aide! They are having growing pains, too. It is a terrible place to start a career, many would say.",I would say grow up.,2.0,4.5,none,1.0,3.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4689,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 29, 2009",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Great perks, and great for your resume/career","The work and projects are very challenging, Google's products have wide visibility, great food and perks, and working for Google is great for your resume.  Google rewards their top performers well. Base salary tends to run at around the 50th percentile in the industry, but annual bonuses the last few years have been ~25% of salary (it's not uncommon for above average performers to receive bonuses of 25-35% of salary).  Google also matches 401K contributions up to $8,250 for U.S. workers. BTW, 401K matching is something I really wished Glassdoor keeps data on. When comparing overall compensation of two or more companies, you have to account for 401K matching.","The company has grown substantially during the 4+ years I've been here. Management does a good job in trying to limit bureaucracy, but there's definitely more bureaucracy than there was 4 years ago.  Also, base salaries tend to be much lower than competitors. For a company that prides itself on hiring the best, they certainly don't pay the best when it comes to base salary.","The company made an excellent hire with the (relatively) new CFO. Lot's of waste has been eliminated. Let's keep plugging away at inefficiencies, focus the bulk of our staff and resources on products and projects that matter, and stay humble.",5.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4690,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 1, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,Still a great place where you can change the world,"There are few places where your work can have the same impact it will have at Google. Your products touch millions of people, and millions or billions in revenue.",The company is getting really big. Products and infrastructures are huge now. Launching new products is getting really hard. Persuading people to go for a new idea can be an endless round of futile meetings. Getting promoted is harder now as the company is top heavy.,"Focus more on enabling innovation to happen, and planning career paths for your employees.",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P469.htm
4691,google,"New York Mls, MN"," Jul 19, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good placeo to work. No room for advancement,- Good food - Good perk - Smart people - Fun culture - Good reputation. Great to have on a resume,- Very hard to move up in the org - Too many cooks in the kitchen - Too many teams doing parallel work,- Growth is slowing. Need to buy smaller companies that can accelerate growth again. - Change incentive structure. Hard to motivate people when there is little chance of over achievement.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4692,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 4, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,OK place to work but it's a *big* company now,"Google has a bunch of smart people. Also, there is a strong culture from old-timers to question the status quo and make this drastically better. It's also great pedigree for a resume. Pay is pretty good compared to other companies, the perks too. The shuttle service is great if you live in SF.","very arrogant culture. Old-timers may have a sense of entitlement. Not much growth potential anymore unless you are politically connected with stars. Too many cooks in the kitchen. Too bottoms up, makes cross-team work potentially frustrating. Many remote offices are weak. If you work with a remote team, get ready for a bunch of ""C"" players with poor cultural fit.","Thin the ranks of management. Have stronger goals across teams (try reading lencioni's silos, politics and turf wars.) Be careful to reward those who work on thankless jobs and not just the Latitudes and other sexy launches. Reward quality over launching crap (several eng dirs are terrible about this.)",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4693,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 6, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incompetent Management,"Good perks. There's a lot of smart people that work here. If you're a geek like me, then you've found your home.","Although promotions are said to be fair, it is all how you game the system and play the game. Don't expect to be put on amazing projects, those are for the super elite. There is a 3-4 year exit strategy here, and lately it seems its shortened to 1 to 2 years. New employees come in and realize this place isn't all that it's cracked up to be.","Just because someone is highly technical, doesn't mean they can make a good manager. Those managers are destined to fail.",2.0,3.5,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4694,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2009",Former Employee - Associate Product Manager,Disneyland,"Google is like Disneyland for geeks. It's an incredibly great place to work: the food, the people, the projects, the opportunities...",It's extremely disorganized. There's either not enough work or way too much. No feedback. No structure. It's not always clear how to contribute.,One word: divestiture. Google should spin out some of its projects to a separate company so they can be run more efficiently. Management is too decentralize.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4695,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Analyst,"Finance, Human Resources","Google has a tremendous brand equity, incredibly brilliant colleagues, and it has a culture that truly fosters innovation. The work environment is generally fun and challenging environment.","The hours are very long and hard, and work/life balance still needs to be improved. Management says they are doing their best to make this better, though it has not improved.","Management needs to avoid changing things at the last minute for certain functional groups within the organization. Sometimes they make last minute changes to decisions, which causes a pain for the employees down the ladder.",5.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4696,google,none," Jun 28, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google overview,"I like Google for it's transparent culture, free food and other perks (well, but those are baked in the total compensation package anyway).","Relatively flat org means there are few chances for one to advance. It is not uncommon to have a senior manager with 40+ directs. There are lots of smart people. In a way, it is a good thing. The downside is that a lot of them want to play safe, which hampers innovation.",H,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4697,google,none," Jun 10, 2009",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Love the job, love the people, overall great opportunity to work for an 'it' company","Great place to work, cutting edge industry, excellent online marketing training",Job growth could be limited as company gets older. Sometimes job growth gets a bit stale.,Keep paying attention to career development opportunities for Googlers,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4698,google,"Kirkland, WA"," May 29, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,I can't imagine a better job,"Smart co-workers Great food Interesting, high-impact projects Many learning opportunities High pay Good benefits 30 inch monitor Seemingly unlimited computing resources","A sense of entitlement from some employees With so many reports per manager, it is easy to get over looked if you don't speak up Group offices. Sometimes I really want a door and a quiet place to work","The management is doing great. The feeling of trust I get from management at Google helps me to feel committed to my work. Of course, mileage may vary depending on individual managers, but I've been very lucky here. And Eric is the best CEO I've encountered.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4699,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 3, 2009",Former Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Great place to work... period.,"I was amongst some of the most hard driven and motivated co-workers while at Google. I had very little to complain about, being surrounded by some of the brightest and most interesting people I have ever met. The team and the atmosphere made for a great work environment, the perks helped but it was more knowing you were all part of a team and accomplishing great things. Senior management wanted to help you and would give you the tools to succeed.","See review headline - ""Great place to work... """,Senior management wanted to help you and would give you the tools to succeed. They will listen and make 1:1 a priority.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4700,google,"New York, NY"," May 29, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Great company,"Smart people, interesting projects. I have never worked at a place where such open discussions are encouraged. Negative and positive feedback are equally welcomed.",I feel sorry for some of the people who start to work at Google right out of college or academia. They are in for a rude shock when they go to other companies.,Stay the course: don't let other people tell you what you are doing is wrong. It's a great company to work for and we have great products.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P470.htm
4701,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 24, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but it's hard to be noticed in such a huge pond of ridiculously smart people with too much free time,"The perks are great as you probably already know. Who can complain about free gourmet food and lots of freebies. But even over the last few years the company's growth has caused many of these once great perks to go downhill (but don't get me wrong the food is amazing). There are so many smart people at Google so if you want a place to learn and find out anything you've ever wanted to know, this is the place for you. People are typically very willing to give you a helping hand any time you have a question. Google also does wonders on your resume of course.","It's really hard to shine. As the company has grown at an amazing rate, you become a little guy amongst hundreds of strong performers. Even if you're doing well, there's probably somebody else putting in more than the extra effort. By this I mean, so many people work day and night and achieve great things, but for those who have other things going on in their lives it's just hard to compete and be noticed. It's hard to blame managers as they can't reward everybody but it's really hard to maintain a healthy work/life balance.","Don't try so hard to suck all the free time out of everyone's lives. While it's great that some employees love to contribute extra, it's unfair to punish those who just do a great job during the business day.  The hiring process is also horrible. It weeds out thousands of extremely qualified applicants as it focuses strongly on GPA over real industry experience. Often times the smartest and most applied people are the people who didn't do well in school. Many of the great innovators have not appeared to be the most 'book smart'.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4702,google,none," Jun 12, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Great Place to works,ITs a great place to work and expand your knowledge. You will love the people and location is great. Dont hesitate to apply,Sometimes managment has issue with letting people know to stance of the company. You will find more information if you look yourself,Let your employees know where the company stands. Better to hear it from you than on the front page. Thank You,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4703,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,The real Google.,The food is great and Google offers learning opportunities and personal growth.,Senior management lacking the skills / experience to manage.,Hire managers and leaders and not just people that receive high marks on standardized tests.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4704,google,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 1, 2009",Current Employee - Account Coordinator,Googler,The perks at Google are really cool. The free food and Google wear are all good. But the recognition of working at a cool company is a reward itself too,"It is a very disorganized environment. The company still feels chaotic and like a start up. Also, it seems the company takes advantage of people by lowering the salary.","I would advise the leadership to be more structured. Sometimes the environment is too loose and too casual. Perhaps this is to preserve the Google reputation of being a ""cool"" company to work for.",4.0,5.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4705,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 26, 2009",Former Employee - Recruiter,Google is a great place to work!,Google is a place that respects their employees.,little room for upward mobility.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4706,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 5, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Could be hell or heaven or anything in between.,"* Opportunity to work with the smartest people ever. Having collaborated (to varying degrees) with quite a few Googlers, I can certainly say Googlers are ""la creme de la creme"". * Not only they're smart, but they're dedicated 120% to their work. (The 20% is for the weekends...) ""Great is not good enough"" for each and every Googler. * Fantastic development tools (Code Search, the code review tool, the versioning tool, and N others), * Opportunity to work on products that will be used (directly or indirectly) by millions of people * Amazing code base, superbly structured, continuously optimized, all at your fingertips. * Free great food :-)","* Very long hours. At least where I was, people would seriously work 12-14 hours a day (out of which 90% would be ""effective hours"", churning away tons of code). * Peer reviews, while apparently treated seriously, are in fact a half joke. Your manager is your God. You fit with him/her, you're golden, you don't, you're dead meat. Most managers seem at least alright, however, I apparently got very unlucky. * Code reviews. I have heard many a old-time Googler complaining about the pedantry. ""Code review Nazis"" are commonplace. From discussions w/ other Googlers, it seems the transition from ""this doesn't break anything and doesn't embezzle funds"" to state-of-the-art torture has happened over the past couple years. This hurts productivity big time, and given that you're still expected to have completed a ton of work, guess what happens.. yeah, you got it: you'll leave past midnight and work from home during the weekends to barely meet expectations. * The ""transfer to any project any time you want"" is an absolute myth nowadays.  Caution: from informal discussions, it seems that I really got the short end of the stick, and that in other parts of Google things are much smoother. YMMV.","The company is generally headed in the right direction. However: listen to Googlers more, adjust to their needs. Google is not that magic place to work for anymore: pay better, think of the work-life balance (I mean, actually think of it, not just pretend you are).",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4707,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 30, 2009",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Overall good smart people working together in a very open atmosphere where information sharing is highly encouraged and easy to do. Very open communication from management compared to most companies. Best total compensation I've had at any company. Great fringe benefits like the free food, author talks, and political candidates dropping in.",If you like working in a very structured environment then you might not like it here.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4708,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 13, 2009","Former Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations","Still a great company to work for, but understand what is different",Google offers a great environment where you are constantly challenged and pushed do to more with less. The people are brilliant and you can't beat the social environment and the perks. The culture is very open and transparent at all levels within the organization which is a lesson that other companies should learn from. The transparency truly creates an environment where everyone can share and learn.,There is a lack of overall organization so if you like a highly structured environment it may not be the best place for you. The company is very data driven which can be a pro or a con depending on your preferences. Google is a very engineering driven company so if you are not comfortable in that type of environment then the company may not be a good fit for you.,Make sure the organization stays transparent and as the culture shifts from that of a start-up to that of a large company do not lose focus on the elements that made Google successful.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4709,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 11, 2009",Current Employee - Associate Financial Analyst,"Great people, Great intentions, sometimes boring work","Benefits of course. Free food, free transportation, gyms. The people are all great people to work with. They are people I would have chosen as friends - I just didn't have to look far for them.","Mundane work. If you are not an engineer, you are considered back office. Surprisingly the systems have not been developed enough so you end up being the band-aid holding things together.",Pick NEW middle management. Hire professional training companies. Get a career path going. Stop giving MBAs a job that involves copying and pasting.,3.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4710,google,"New York, NY"," May 13, 2009",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Fun place to work! Great people and work/life balance.,- Perks - People - Opportunities,- Bureaucracy - Lack of management,- Put people who are competent in charge,4.0,5.0,none,1.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P471.htm
4711,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 6, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Depends on where you end up.,"The perks, food and transportation being the main ones, but there are lots of things that make it a geek's paradise if you're into that sort of thing - games everywhere, free tickets and shuttles for some movies when they open (Transformers was one), etc. Let's face it, it looks good on your resume. The chance to meet some very bright and interesting people. There are so many opportunities to educate yourself about the world through your employer - everything from tech talks on a variety of technical topics to visits by politicians and public figures. It's cool to be on the inside and learn about new products everyone else will be talking about soon.","My experience was that of an intern so it may not be typical, but I ended up doing work I had absolutely no interest in and didn't envision getting my degree for without much opportunity to do something different. When interns are recruited they don't have much of a say on what type of work they'd like to do, so if you're stuck with something you don't like and want to work on more interesting things, that's what evenings and weekends are for.  If you have a PhD you can do some fascinating things at Google, but if you just have an undergrad degree you might be better off at a smaller company where you will get more opportunities to do different kinds of work that span several job positions at Google.","Products like Lively are released while some others with much more potential have been languishing in development for years. Seriously, what are you thinking?",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,3.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4712,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great company to work for still, but flaws lower morale","- good benefits & good salaries. Google treats its engineers very well, even in these economic times  - very smart people, world class engineers (quality varies from group to group, though) that make very fun co-workers whether to discuss life, politics, or engineering  - big impact. You know the stuff you build can affect, positively or negatively, millions of users","- inconsistent vision. You're never quite sure what senior management is thinking, or whether they have a master plan. In fact after working there for several years you're beginning to think they don't. A lot of decisions are whim decisions. Projects get killed on a whim and resurrected on a whim  - launches & rollouts extremely frustrating. A lot of launch gates & reviews, some are understandable but some are quite ridiculous. Too few people control too many aspects of things.","Stop pretending you're a ""big company with startup culture."" Admit that the ""startup culture"" is gone and it's time to build a new culture based on reality.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4713,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 10, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Big company with pockets of start-up projects,"Your colleagues are smart, motivated, inventive, and helpful. If you work on the right teams, you can pick up a ton of useful knowledge in a short period of time from world-class experts. The company is attacking plenty of exciting technical problems: machine translation, huge distributed systems, creating smooth AJAX UIs, large-scale machine learning in search & ads, creating a mobile phone OS from the ground up. Again, depends on what team you're on, but there's no excuse to be bored with the technical challenges.  Parts of the company (e.g., Chrome, Android, mobile apps like Latitude) are blazing new ground and still feel like a start-up, in those areas, there are opportunities for entrepreneurial engineers to make a big impact (although this can be a struggle).  Food is excellent.","Big company syndrome. We have dozens of VPs and hundreds of directors. Some are good, all have their own agenda. Successfully launching something to our users is a matter of convincing the right set of people, not building a great product.  Hiring bar is lower than it used to be. There are lots of great people coming in, but also plenty of mediocre and some bad hires.  Company is much less transparent than it used to be.","We've heaped on lots of management, there are 5-6 layers between the average employee and the CEO. Make sure your strongest engineers can still make a difference.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4714,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 12, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work if you like large companies.,Great work environment. Especially software engineers are highly enabled and valued within the company. Many different products to work on. Lots of smart people. Great benefits and free food.,Little influence on which area you get assigned to at first. Probably not much of a financial upside at this stage. Takes an extremely long time to get up to speed and feel productive.,Give new hires more control over which area to work in.,4.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4715,google,"Kirkland, WA"," May 1, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A good place to work if you want to learn alot and lead a normal life.,"Great benefits, working at a company everyone respects and says ""wow"" to, getting to help build the products that really are changing the world. The hours are reasonable, you are treated as a human being and respected as an engineer, and the on-site breakfast lunch and dinner are unmatched anywhere. Luckily google makes their billions using only a small fraction of their total workforce, leaving lots of capital available to dedicate resources to other projects that aren't purely motivated by short-term profits (but rather those that help build press for the organization and are theoretically interesting and innovative at the same time). Tech-talks about a whole range of topics not strictly required for you to carry out your job responsibilities but just for your general education are a huge plus. Google employs some of the most innovative thinkers and builders of our time.","Very large organization. Seemed to provide fewer job advancement opportunities than I was looking for. Little project ownership (feature ownership perhaps, but typically the project involves many many people). In my case, the project had three different managers who worked out of two different offices, leading to lots of confusion.",Communicate and coordinate with the other managers to make sure you're presenting a unified vision of the company.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4716,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 15, 2009",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Honest, blunt, this is what you get.",the food is really amazing. i love this place. PIC and Lunchbox are the best cafes at the crittenden campus. a a a a a a a a a a a a a.,"none. the food makes up for everything. the micro kitchen food is going down in quality. many chiefs, not enough indians. our battleship is becoming a bald eagle. we will fly on wings like eagles.",less hierarchy. better pay. quicker promotions. less time in google spreadsheets. get a real CRM system.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4717,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 1, 2009",Former Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,One of the best places in the world to work.,"It's a company with a conscience, and the dilbert-esque moments are rarer than at other companies. Plus the food is *amazing* (at least in the larger offices)","Long hours, high stress. Depending on which part of the organization you are in, expectations can be wildly different for the same job level, and promotion is a very tricky path and done by committee, and decisions from them seem arbitrary and hard to justify. It seems to have become an unwritten rule that not seeking promotion over a 2-3 year period is unacceptable.",The performance review cycle in engineering needs an overhaul.,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4718,google,"Thornton, CO"," May 1, 2009",Current Employee - Ad Sense Sales Manager,"The perks are great, but it stops there.",They have amazing benefits and perks. The culture in some offices is very positive and fun. They allow honor system style time off for sickness as long as it is not abused. They have a large pool of talent and they look great on a resume.,"The top levels of management are arrogant and inattentive. They seem to very self interested and only spout pre rehearsed, scripted answers to important questions. Promotions and reviews are based on your managers mood. The management is so flat that some managers have legions of googlers rolling up into them. This makes it very hard to stand out. The perks are there to put stars in your eyes so you won't see that there is very little opportunity for career advancement of nay note.","Listen to you employees when they say that morale is low. Look at people that are feeling bored and unchallenged a resource, not a menace. they are often your best an brightest.",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4719,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 28, 2009",Current Employee - Account Manager,Still a great place to work.,"Culture - there really are amazing people working at Google and the culture seems to have been deliberately created to make a stimulating, team-oriented environment.  Benefits - the benefits are top notch from free meals, to stocked up snack rooms, to excellent 401k matching and flexibility as far as work-life balance. As the company's matured over the last few years, some of the more extravagant things are getting cut out however.","Ambiguity - it's still a young company and the transition from on-fire web start up to mature company with Q/Q responsibilities to shareholders isn't entirely clear. As a result, you have to be comfortable with an unclear career path.  Management Divide - I don't feel that management involves employees further down the chain in company-level strategic decision making as much as they should.",Listen to your employees more.,4.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4720,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Mar 22, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It could be frustrating after two years.,"Google is leader on web search and has the best web search infrastructure. It is convenient for engineers to work on a single company-wide code base with same coding standard. Company reissues employee stock option to $308 recently. Bigger percentage of annual bonus compare to other companies I know of, $8000 per year 401k match, free meal and other perks. Company has the perception of being an innovative company. Friday TGIF with beer and wine. Engineers’ qualities are general fine. Many satellite offices so people don’t always have to relocate. For the first one or two years, you will be excited to explore the infrastructures, tools, systems and dream about a career path.","Office environment – It could be very noisy and interruptive with 5 to 10 persons sitting in one room. It’s not the best setting for strong and independent engineers to focus and develop solid code. There are such engineers in our office that hardly able to focus and be quiet for more than 30 minutes, always talk loud and flatter each other. I am annoyed and disturbed on an hourly basis.  Project management: poor project management, lack of discipline and launch schedule. It’s very hard to estimate what and by when project will be launched. There is no one to enforce some discipline on code quality and stability. Launch delay quarter after quarter. When accountability finally comes and the project risks of being canceled, I see desperate launch push and poor code quality.  Manager role: Managers and directors usually stay far away from daily project management duties. Manager does not know what individual software engineer is doing so don’t slightly expect such otherwise you will be disappointed. Majority managers are not technically strong and write zero or negligible code. Don’t expect much technical inspirations or lead by example from your manager. You will neither see much career mentoring nor other “soft” help from the manager. I had 1:1 with my previous manager maybe 3~4 times during the whole year period. Despite being the “manager” of our project, all his involvement was showing up a few times in our project meeting and later claims making big impact to the project on his self performance evaluation.  Career growth: Despite the peer review model, the manager’s feedbacks appear to be what really matter. People that are vocal and suck up to their managers are very more likely to be promoted. If you are hard-working engineer that is able to and like to solve hard problems independently without making superficial noises, and expect Google to recognize your contributions, you will be very disappointed. I know some of such solid and senior engineers, about half of them already let Google. This is very counter-intuitive given the perception people have about Google.  Project and team: Google is primarily an advertisement (instead of technology) company. The web search infrastructure is awesome however only need a relatively small number of people work on that. The available projects for most people, especially in satellite offices, are limited and not technically hard-core. If you are a senior and talented engineer, you may not find a local project that allows you to focus and solve hard challenging technical problems. It also becomes harder to find other senior talented engineers that you respect and love to work on, given senior engineers are leaving and junior engineers are joining.  Engineering quality: I am disappointed with the code quality of my current team. Despite Google’s code review standard and practices, too many times people hastily touch existing code or add hacky code with no real testing. Such code checked in and deployed to data center. Overall it requires a lot more unnecessary iterations and bug fixes to stabilize the system. I don’t mind working 60 hours per week at all but it is frustrated to see most time wasted dealing with silly buggy integrated system. There is no engineering process to ensure code quality and stability or make a launch date more predictable. I see a general lack of engineering discipline and experience to implement very solid code from software engineers with no or just a few years experience.",Value more and treat fairly engineers with lots of pre-Google experience. Balance engineer level and management level. Fix the promotion process to be not a popularity or suck up contest.,3.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.5,3.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P472.htm
4721,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 25, 2009",Former Employee - Quality Rater,Great telecommuting opportunity.,"I worked doing QA for Google in a part-time telecommuting position. It was great because the work was interesting and I could work the hours I chose, any time of the day or night. Because I was strictly a telecommuter, I had no added expenses for gas or business work clothing.","For my particular part-time position, the number of hours I could work varied from week to week depending on the amount of work the company had available. Some weeks the number of hours available were pretty low.  The biggest downside for me is that Google will only let you keep this job for one year. I really enjoyed the work and would still be doing it if they would let me.",Improve the communication between telecommuters and their managers.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4722,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work - if that's all you are concerned about.,You work with really smart and down-to-earth technical people on projects that have direct and visible impact to the world.,It has grown so big that it has lost some of its culture. Career advancement is now the slow slough in any big multinational company. And late-comers might envy the people who joined earlier who got more opportunities to advance.,More career advancement focus.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4723,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 28, 2009",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Google: pretty good,"Good coworkers, sane management by and large.","Big company, enormous code base, everything is slow.",Focus on better engineering tools.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4724,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 8, 2009",Current Employee - Account Strategist,The People is what makes Google a top place to work at,"The People. The reason Google is such a great place to work at is because of the people. There are very few places in the professional world where you'll work with people who are all bright, educated, and passionate.","Its a relatively new company, so corporate ladder isn't defined. This is good and bad. You get a chance to develop your own career path, but on the flip side, you kind of have to develop your own career path if you want to get promoted. Internal promotions are slow.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4725,google,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 20, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Kind of like Microsoft in the late 1980's.,"Super smart people. Awesome benefits. Great culture. Massive resources and infrastructure. Having worked at Microsoft and other tech companies, I can say this is the best place I've worked at ever. The relative lack of red tape and ability for small groups of people to make things happen without dealing with too many execs.",Hard to get management experience due to flat structure and now slower company growth. Highest opportunities require you to be down in Mountain View. Title deflation is also an issue since a Product Manager at Google is probably equivalent to a Group Program Manager at Microsoft and a Senior Product Manager is as accomplished as a Director at Microsoft. Most people don't know that outside of Google so it may make the post-Google job harder to land.,"Give people better titles and make sure you continue to compensate for the lack of management opportunities with superior remuneration, benefits.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4726,google,"Boulder, CO"," Apr 18, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A great place to work,"Smart people, challenging problems, large impact. Compensation and benefits are very good. Internal tools and systems are also very good.",There seems to be a lot of overhead to launching even though the company tries to foster small start-up groups. I think many small groups fragments the resource space and in some ways makes for artificial scarcities.,Provide a bit more oversight. There seems to be a bit too many projects trying to accomplish similar things in parallel. While this can select for fitness it can also be frustrating.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4727,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 9, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,not as great as the hype,alot of smart people. Every person I meet in google is smart. Lots of perks. Basically everything you need to live at google (which can be a bad thing).,"since there is alot of smart people, means that it's hard to stand out. Also, as they are smart, it means that many are also arrogant.  it's not that easy to advance your career here. The ""big company"" culture is starting to take hold in this company (e.g. lots of politics and good talent leaving).  Many bad managers that became managers because they were early employees.  Pay is low compared to other silicon valley companies.",Train your managers,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4728,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 20, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best large company for a software engineer,"Working on world-class problems can be incredibly rewarding. The staff is incredibly intelligent and you'll find yourself learning a lot. Even though perks are being cut back, they are still much better than others. Middle managers don't micromanage, so you get to work mostly on your own. This may be a negative or positive, depending on your attitude to work.","Cut backs masked as ""being more green"" or ""complying with Mountain View"". Founders are involved in just about every major launch decision and projects live or die depending on their whims.",Please distribute launch decision making to employees who aren't in the inner circle.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4729,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 23, 2009",Current Employee - Partner Manager,Great place when you are starting out.,Low risk work place and leader in the space. CEO is one of the best and well respected. Great place to start right out of school.,Slower growth means less chance of advancement. No more major paydays here. If you are in sales realize that Google is an engineering company and not a sales focused company.,Where is the focus on mobile?,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4730,google,none," Apr 6, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,notmuch...,food and people are great,food is really great and free,where is my startup spirit ?,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P473.htm
4731,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 30, 2009",Current Employee - Relationship Manager,good company,"environment is good, colleagues are great",low salary compared to industry,be more open,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4732,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 26, 2009",Current Employee - Specialist,"Smart and fun, but a little snobby","This is a casual and smart environment, with a lot of great benefits. There is never an opportunity to be bored, and the company seems to encourage long hours by providing a great workplace with gaming rooms and napping areas, as well as gourmet meals thrice daily.","A lot of people come right out of school, and they expect the world on a silver platter. New college grads got used to fresh blueberries in the morning for breakfast, and now think this is a terrible place to work without those berries, but we still get free meals! It can be a snobby atmosphere, especially in the New York office, with Ivy league grads showing off their college brands. It is somewhat pompous, especially when these bright techies lack social skills.","Stop pretending you're ""different than corporate America"" when the same red tape exists here as anywhere else.",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4733,google,none," Mar 9, 2009",Current Employee - Account Associate,Fun place to work with great individuals.,The people are the best!,The industry changes extremely quickly.,Less micro managing.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4734,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 3, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Leave your toy grad school projects behind and build real systems with serious resources behind them.,"Google is where you can put your academic toy grad school projects behind you and build real systems with serious resources behind them. You work with really sharp coworkers on projects that can impact millions of people all over the world. If you're self-directed and curious, you'll find no end of interesting problems to work on. Compensation seems reasonably aggressive in rewarding high performers.",Office layout can be pretty packed (5 engineers to a office hut at times). Some projects are not as glamorous as other projects. Perks are on the decline due to the economy (but they're still pretty ridiculous relative to other places).,"Spend more time allocating engineers to projects that they want to work on (don't just assign them arbitrarily without their consent)javascript&#58,none(),",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4735,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Feb 5, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,The most fascinating work experience of my life.,"My time at Google was one of the most positive experiences I've had in my career. I was with the company at a time of rapid growth, and the skills I developed in that fast-paced environment are skills that I'll carry with me for the rest of my life. The people that I worked with at Google are some of the brightest and talented individuals I have had the pleasure to meet. I had heard that the compensation and benefit package they offer their employee's was legendary, and when I joined the company it didn't disappoint. Google is doing some very cool things, and will have an immense impact on all of our daily lives for many years to come. They truly are changing the world.","One of the the things that I felt the most was most difficult to deal with at Google was the competition for promotion within the organization. While the talent of the team they have assembled at Google is second to none, it makes standing out amongst your peers that much more difficult, and it was ultimately the reason I decided to leave. Google is not the place to work if you feel like you need constant reassurance about the quality of work you're doing. Feedback from your superiors is not often given out, and a pat on the back for a job well done is simply not part of the culture, unless your accomplishments are astronomical.","Listen to your employees, and provide them with more feedback, not only on their job performance, but what they can do to drive the future direction of the company",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4736,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 14, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Still a good place to work, but not the same place it was in the early years.","Working with and learning from some of the most brilliant engineers in your field. Tech talks, visiting speakers, classes, etc. give you lots of opportunities to learn about a myriad of subjects. Working on some of the most interesting and innovative projects in the world. Excellent senior management.","Long work hours -- 10+ hours/day is typical for many engineers. Middle management is hit and miss. Some managers I've worked with are excellent, others mediocre. Haven't had any managers that I thought were actively out to get me.",More actively eliminate under-performing employees. I know plenty of engineers and managers that my peers would agree aren't worth the salary they're being paid.,4.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4737,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 7, 2009",Former Employee - Recruiter,Great employer,"Google is a great place to work if you want to be surrounded by smart and talented people. Employees have a lot of freedom, and the benefits are great. There's free food , free laundry, and even a gym. Your coworkers will be very intelligent. You are also given good training and the schedule is flexible.  The pay is also very good.","The atmosphere can be stressful, and the culture isn't for everyone. Although being a Gogoler is fun, recruiting is not the most riveting job, and promotins can be arbitrary.  Good for short term, not good as a long-term career prospect.",N/a,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4738,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Mar 12, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Google is a nice place to have on your resume,"Challenging work, perks, enlightened senior management","Hard to get ahead, increasingly bureaucratic","Make it easier to move between projects, provide more training for engineering managers",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4739,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 5, 2009",Current Employee - Sales Engineer,Google is an amazing place to work,"Awesome environment with smart people. Love the campus, the free food, the gym, the bikes, the perks, the massage, the 401k match, the shuttle service, etc... Love the tech talks, author series, children's center. Openness and transparency with the management team is very useful to understand what's going on with the company. Lots of exciting products are being developed and Google is leading the way in which the internet, collaboration, and mobile applications are being used. The Children's Center is an awesome place for the kids and the majority of teachers are very experienced and knowledgeable about how kids learn and develop.","Limited Growth potential since it is a flat organization. Google has very flat hierarchy and thus many senior people come in at a lesser job title. For example, many of my peers might have been Managers, VPs at their previous companies and now they are individual contributors and not managing or leading a team. I think Google could do a better job of improving job titles and also career progression even if it is the management of job titles. As another example, as a Sales Engineer, you could be at a level 4, 5, or 6, and still have the same job title of Sales Engineer... Maybe google should make it Associate Sales Engineer, Sales Engineer, Senior Sales Engineer.",Continue and maintain openness,5.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.5,4.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4740,google,"New York, NY"," Feb 23, 2009",Current Employee - Account Executive,Google is still a great place to work,The people. Internal opportunities to advance. Flexibility.,Growing pains as a result of rapid growth & acquisition!,Be more transparent.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P474.htm
4741,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 3, 2009",Current Employee - Technical Writer,The very best reason to work at Google can be summed up in one word: culture.,"The very best reason to work at Google can be summed up in one word: culture. Since that is a rather vague term, let me elaborate. Google has established and continues to nurture a culture that fosters, high levels of both work satisfaction and contribution from its employees. It does this by recognizing the potential in all employees via established work policies, rather than just through lip service, like many companies. Following are some concrete examples of this:  Promotion and work performances is entirely reliant on peer reviews. In other words, to get ahead at Google and to get a positive performance review, you must get positive reviews from your fellow co-workers. Your manager might love you, but if your co-workers don't like you, you have some work to do. Managers are also required to seek peer review from those they manage. (I have never seen this before in my career.) Senior level employees from other fields are also encouraged to seek peer reviews from people in other departments. For example, engineers need reviews from people other than engineers in order to advance. For this reason, a culture of cooperation is endemic at Google. This is great because the percentage of ""cowboys"" that seems common at other high tech companies is quite low at Google. It also fosters an awareness of the type of contribution made by people outside your department, since everyone reviews people in other fields, and therefore must learn a bit about what others do outside their sphere.  Career tracks fall into either management or individual contributor. This is great for people who might want to try management but later decide that they perform best as an individual contributor, or who just want to take a break from management for a while. In addition, it's not too difficult to switch between tracks. Finally, managers and team leads are also encouraged to solicit leadership-level contribution from the reportees, as a way to encourage career growth and to share the load, so to speak. This whole mechanism results in a very strong sense of independence and high-level of function from everyone, because if there is a problem that you think should be fixed, you can fix it and get genuine recognition for it, both from peers and managers.  You are required to keep a work log, as a means for you to accurately report on your contributions and as a source for your own assessment and of others' assessment of you. In addition, there are other assessment tools that are big part of Google work life, designed to keep you mindful of your work contribution and to help you and others write performance reviews. This sort of sounds tough, but the end result is that you can work to your best and not have to worry about mis-perceptions of your performance: you've written it down. Additionally, if you are spending a LOT of time working on tasks not related to your main project, your log is a way for you to work with your manager in order to change unnecessary demands on your time. I would say that this practice exemplifies one portion of the transparency that is so pervasive at Google.  Ideas and contributions from employees are highly encouraged. This results in some great products for the company, like AdWords, which was an idea from an early Google engineer, and Gmail, which was a 20% project. Googlers also gain a lot of company and community recognition for extra efforts/contributions that they feel passionate about, and this only adds to the environment for everyone. As another example, some employees at Google Mountain View worked hard to create alternative means of fresh drinking water for employees, rather than having the company stock water bottles (which contribute tremendously to landfill waste). This was a big effort. Now we have filtered water stations all over the place--it's not directly tied to ""search"" but it contributed to the company mission to ""do no evil"" and it added to the green image of the company.  I could go on and on about culture at Google, and I've only scratched the surface, but hopefullly this conveys a sense of what I mean by ""culture"" at Google and how important this element is to a great working environment.","From my four years of working at Google, I've seen the following downsides:  * In sales, management level employees tended to be hired from MBA programs rather than be promoted from within. I was not personally affected by this practice, but I witnessed the demoralizing effect this had on a good number of very high performers who would have benefitted from a performance-education program so that their level of effort and seniority would have been recognized. In addition, as is almost always the case from hiring outside management, there was a great deal of frustration from employees because the manager was completely unfamiliar with the culture and process at Google, and this resulted in a feeling of being managed by someone who learned management at Harvard or Yale.  * Google ""over-hires"" people. By this, I mean that Google regularly staffs highly-qualified people in positions that are not suited to their level of education. So, for example, you would see software engineers being hired by support. That's just stupid. I appreciate the high standards that Google has for its employees, but I genuinely think they tend to over-correct in that regard, and this results in people not really being suited for the position into which they are hired. Sometimes it's possible for such people to migrate to other positions within the company to which they are better suited, but often this results in a level of frustration... mostly in this case people find work elsewhere, but in the mean time, this very necessary position must be filled by another hire, which then must also be trained. Not efficient, and not effective. Google also tends to focus hiring assessment on academic scores, which is entirely appropriate for new grads, but they do this even for people with multiple years in the field. That's just silly, and it actually does run contrary to the whole performance process within the company itself, where effort and accomplishments are recognized. Thus, it makes no sense to disregard this type of assessment for new hires whose professional contribution can far outweigh their academic performance by many years.  * Google encourages employee contribution to so many different projects that it is difficult for someone to get ""deep"" into a particular project and focus entirely on that effort. In this, I am speaking from my own personal experience. I feel that volume of contribution is valued at times over quality or depth of contribution. There is a sort of ""check list"" mentality where, the more bullet items you can point to, the more you are seen as a strong contributor. I think there should be more attention paid to contribution to items that are complex in nature and require more focused attention. for me, it's just frustrating, because I cannot live up to my own level of quality in my main project because of other demands from other projects.","See my three downsides: look to hire from within, recognize significant career experience from new hires over academic, and consider the need for ""focus"" on particular projects.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4742,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 25, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Work with some smartest ppl in IT,work with smart people in IT,no rewards to people acutally get the work done,get rid of some over-layers management,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4743,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 12, 2009",Current Employee - IT Engineer,"Google is an excellent employer, definitely it's one of the best place to work",Great working environment. Meeting innovative engineers,Too informal on the way some workers present themselves,Less arrogance on the managers and directors,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4744,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 27, 2009",Former Employee - Product Manager,The best ,"The quality of coworkers is outstanding, though declining over time as we hire more and more MBAs with plain and boring backgrounds.  The perks in terms of facilities are still quite amazing. You can't beat the lunches in Mountain View, the clear weather, and the energy if you're on the main campus (bldg 40-43).  If you're on a key team, there's also ample opportunity to jet around the world and work at your own pace doing things you love.","Gone are the days of a biologist being hired as a senior product manager (Salar). Now Google hires MBAs with 2 years at Proctor and Gamble or 3 years at an investment bank as our typical product hire. People that thrive on bureaucracy and build up the team. When HR is more than a few dozen people and there are both HR and Facilities vice presidents, you know that the company has gotten way too top heavy.","Pare down significantly. Google is way overstaffed in many areas leading to complacency and plain getting slow and fat. We have far too many HR people and other people working on silly ideas like ""Google Unversity"" where poor quality classes are offered to sales and ops people.  Make some major product kills and actually layoff underperforming engineers rather than giving them free reign to travel the world and work 2 hours a week on Google's time.  Thin the sales staff - searching in moma for ""head of"" pulls up a ridiculous amount of title inflation by average employees worldwide. Google have too many cooks in the kitchen and it's gotten rather political and conniving rather than constructive.",3.0,5.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4745,google,none," Jan 31, 2009",Former Employee - Account Manager,Google is still great just with the normal frustrations you'd expect for a large company,"When compared to most companies, Google still delivers on the hype. The benefits (food, 401K, parties, etc) are still outstanding even as the try to cut costs. The culture is still entrepreneurial with a lot of change and innovation being driven from the bottom-up and raised to management at the national level. The brand is unparalleled in the advertising, online media and technology fields and is a brand that opens doors in almost all industries. Although Google is certainly experiencing growing pains as it transitions to a large company and tries to branch out from AdWords, it still earns its reputation as a great place to work.","Google is a large company that desperately wants to behave as a small company. Although trying to preserve many of the values that made the company great to begin with is admirable, it is also a source of headaches. The flipside of change being driven from the bottom-up is that it often seems like the strategic direction of product launches / expansions are a little half baked. The entrepreneurial culture of being quick to respond also results in a lot of chaos. Playing the politics game is also becoming an issue for promotions since there are only so many slots in a flatter organization. This will become increasingly true as the company's growth slows and less opportunities open up from expansion.",Spend more time planning before rolling out internal changes. Don't change things just for the sake of change.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4746,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 29, 2009",Former Employee - Associate Product Manager,"A great place to work, but not for entrepreneurs","The food is great! The people are smart. There aren't a lot of stupid rules. You can wear what you want, come in when you want, hang out with really great people.","Very poorly organized. You're never sure what you should be working on or how you're doing. Everybody seems nice, but you never know what they're thinking and they don't really help you at all.  People goof off a lot, so it's not a place for hard-working, intense people.  My manager took off for 3 weeks a week after I got there, leaving me to figure everything out for myself.",Stop hiring people and organize the ones you have!,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4747,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 11, 2009",Current Employee - Eng Manager,"Understand it's a job, not a life, and you'll be fine","Forget all of the fringe crap like snacks, cafes, massages, etc. That stuff is easy come-easy go (as 2008 has shown), and once the novelty wears off, it doesn't really affect your life much. There are better reasons:  Overall quality of employees is the highest I have ever seen. You won't find yourself having to dumb down your project so that the rest of the team can contribute. Google's size and wealth give you the opportunity to work on global-scale engineering problems that few other companies have.  It's nice to work for a company that at least makes a pretense of not being evil.","The lack of any coherent strategy can be extremely frustrating. The entire company just kind of wanders through the daisies as if at the whim of a couple of billionaires with attention deficit problems. Hmm. Let's buy some wireless spectrum! No, let's make a browser! Wait, let's make a phone! Let's make a wireless phone browser social network thing! That will be awesome!  Be prepared for _enormous_ variance in recognition and compensation, between individuals and between projects. The sexy new project that doesn't make a dime in revenue, and everybody already wanted to work on anyway, will probably get the multi-million dollar awards. Slave away on ads for a few years and, well, you'll get the satisfaction of knowing that you're keeping the lights on for the kids playing foosball.  Similarly, many complain about the ""low-numbered"" employees, which are indeed a problem. Why they stick around, I don't know. Their level of talent runs the full spectrum, but you can usually count on them having egos and titles to match their bank accounts.",Get better at fail-fast on both employees and projects. It typically takes 12-18 months to get rid of a person that doesn't cooperate by quitting. And everybody here can name a half dozen project that have been limping along for years with no significant impact in their market and no revenue to show for it.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4748,google,"The Dalles, OR"," Jan 9, 2009",Current Employee - Datacenter Technician,Google - still geat.,"Amazing people and technical challenges are two of the best reasons to work at Google. I am always astounded at the people that I work with, and the technology that I play with.",We are smart people - we can be more democratic with internal company spending.,Stop growing middle management.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4749,google,none," Jan 6, 2009",Current Employee - Quality Rater,Great Temporary Job from Google!,"The hours are extremely flexible and work is completely online. This job was great because I did not have to spend any money on clothing, food or transportation. The pay is much higher than other online jobs and the work is comparable. Google is a great company and is a company that you can be proud to work for.",Feedback for quality and productivity is not very good and can be downright frustrating. Google does not tell us how we are graded so it is difficult to fix whatever was wrong in the first place. Another problem is that the response time for emails is a bit long.,"Let the raters know how the grading system works. Also, answer emails in a timely matter.",5.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4750,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 8, 2009",Former Employee - Test Engineer,"A different company than probably any you'll work for, but you won't have a life!",A very dynamic place. There was always something going on and they really did try to take care of you.,"Siloed from many perspectives. Most people were *very* unhelpful. I guess they are all so buried in their work, they don't have time to help you. Some of this seems short-sighted since your getting up to speed will allow you to take some of their burden off, but I did not see that happen.  A number of people have pointed out bad management. That is true, but in my opinion the non-existent HR is the bane of Google. I don't mean the HR folks that take care of your 401k's and administrivia, they were good to work with. I mean those who affect your career. About once a year, the director of HR for all of engineering would bring his dog-and-pony show to the googleplex and tell you how the perfs are done. The last couple of times they did these 'info session' with themes like Harry Potter or beach party! Wonderful use of their time! When you need to reach them, you can't because you cannot find a single unblocked slot in their calendar, but they have plenty of time to come up with these useless party schemes!","Some of the senior management is really out for their own advancement. Some, who were genuinely looking out for their group's interests, were let go to bring in bean-counter types.  Additionally, some of the low-numbered employees really need to be let go, much less promoted to still higher positions! Some of them have been the antithesis of 'do no evil', and they have done a great deal of damage to employee morale.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P475.htm
4751,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 11, 2009",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Google could be slipping.,"Lots of smart people. Team atmosphere where it seems like most people are making a difference. Unusual perks that lead to being a member of a family, a team.",Management has spoiled us in order to become the #1 forbes rated company. Now they think we are a bunch of entitled a$$sholes. They created us... now they are unhappy with what they promised us to get to #1.,Don't lose sight of what made Google great. The free perks go a long way towards making people happy and keeping people at a unique work environment. When considering getting rid of free cereal... note that every perk you take away from us the more you'll have to pay in salary to keep me when another company comes knocking...,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4752,google,"New York, NY"," Nov 20, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be wary of joining as a contractor...if that's even an option anymore,"From the moment the opportunity arose, I was thrilled to be a part of the elusive Google empire - all those free meals, riding scooters in the halls, the brightly colored offices, gym classes and casual culture. I was very proud to work for such a respected, prestigious organization - it reflects how people think of you and that never gets old...I'll never forget after telling a new friend I worked for Google he remarked ""well you must be someone pretty special to be working there..."" And I was!","Although my peers made the best efforts to treat me ""as an equal"", the fact that I was a lowly *contractor* was never far from my mind. Yes, I was entitled to all the same physical privileges (massages, food, never ending snacks) but I received no other benefits (medical, 401k), and could not even gain access to internal job postings, because, well, I wasn't really a ""Googler"". I was also not entitled to a share of the sales bonus on ANY of the campaigns I worked on, although all full-time Googlers were. But I wasn't bitter, because I was working towards something, and I had a plan. I went out of my way to prove myself, work late hours, get noticed, and although my manager did make an effort to hire me on full time, it never happened, because it was never truly made a priority.  Another thing that rubbed me the wrong way was the sense of entitlement many Googlers seem to have. Complaints about food choices and other corporate decisions were not out of the norm - I think many people have forgotten what the real world is like...","Google's temp program is broken. Although the training I received during my Google experience was priceless, and the name on my resume has given my career a huge boost, the lack of support and respect made the experience one of the more uncomfortable I've had in my professional life. The expectations were the same, if not higher for me as a contractor, and the rewards were minimal and incomparable to what full-time employees receive. In a word, demoralizing. I understand the need for a temp program, but the current set-up could be greatly improved by providing real HR support and actual medical benefits to temporary workers, as well as a plan to move into a permanent role should the opportunity arise. Why invest so much time and money into training an individual, only to throw them back out on the street?",3.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4753,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 9, 2009",Former Employee - Product Manager,"A great company, but by no means perfect.","The culture, the perks, the brilliance of the people around you. Google gets a glowing reputation, and much of it is justified: yes, there are massage chairs, aquaria, nap pods and free food everywhere. It has an enlightened, ""Star Trek"" sort of feeling with regards to money and advancement: people are expected to be happy working hard on the things they love without regard to title or compensation.","Echoing much of the above: weak middle management, feedback/review, and career growth potential. A young, sometimes immature company. Most of the managers are there because they were there early. And they aren't leaving. And they really don't care, since they've already made their millions.",Focus. Build something else that people will pay for.,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4754,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 2, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great to have on your resume,"Incredible educational opportunities, regular tech talks and other information sessions. Colleagues are some of the brightest people around. There's also a certain prestige attached with working at Google and you may find your next job easier to get just having had worked there, although the culture makes it such that people straight out of college never want to leave since the perks are so good and they are pampered.","Lack of proper management, managers don't really care about employees and seem to have just gotten their jobs because they were there rather than showing any competence at actual managing. Competition between workers sometimes strains work-life balance as most are young twenty-somethings with no family to worry about or take care of - although this may change in the future, most older Googlers tend to leave instead of sticking around that environment.",Buy Netflix.,4.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4755,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,"Fast pace, flat culture - Loved by many, but NOT by all!","1) Bright, motivated colleagues. Willingness to change and try new things. Low barriers to trying new methods. 2) Ave to High Total Compensation, particularly when benchmarked against competitors like msft, cisco, etc. (base+ind bonus_+ co bonus). Low base, balanced by other compensation. 3) Collaborative and at least, striving to be ethical, culture 4) Great perks, free gormet food, low cost massage, excellent heathcare, top 401k match, guest speakers","1) Work-aholics. Motivated employees driven to work long hours (65hrs+ per week) 2) Little opportunity for positional advancement, given flat corp culture 3) Poor managers. Philosophy is to hire great people that don't need mgmt. Need to be comfortable acting without much guidance. Little formal training. 4) Can be difficult for folks that like structure, or can't adapt to be fast paced, ever changing culture, ever changing managers....etc. 5) Helpful to be outgoing, networker...","Need to be give some promotional possibilities for non-exec mgmt. Current system is geared towards when the company was 2000, not 20,000 people. Embrace mgmt oriented culture, given size.",4.0,3.0,none,2.0,5.0,3.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4756,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 24, 2008","Current Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations",Google is the place to work in the Tech space and should continue to be if Sr. Management makes some necessary tweaks.,-- Google employees are very bright (all have Ivy Educations) and enjoy coming to work everyday. The general sense that I get from talking to other employees is that we all feel that we are making the world a better place.,"-- Google is a very flat organization despite its size. As such, you really have to differentiate yourself (amongst almost universally stellar applicants) and be persistent for years before you have an opportunity to grow into an even Junior management role.","As Google becomes more focused on building products for businesses (as opposed to building products primarily for consumers), I think that Sr. Management needs to reconsider its stance on ""controlled chaos"" and instead focused on our newest mantra ""scarcity brings clarity"". In other words, big decisions should be made by Sr. Management and then trickle down to the engineering, product and sales teams.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4757,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 29, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Not as fun as it used to be,"Great benefits, stellar engineers, the ability to work on large, interesting problems. Company has large and usually positive effects on the world.","Flat organization has given way to more hierarchy and middle managers, who are often woefully inept. Company has an inability to deal effectively with low performers. Hard to effect change in a large organization. Lots of people are becoming risk averse and more concerned about personal ass-covering than making good software.  ""Don't be evil"" is not a value shared by all at the company, especially newer hires.","Fire low performers faster, force fewer decisions to require exhaustive processes and signoffs.",3.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4758,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 19, 2009",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,not cool to work here anymore,"hip, people are easy going and the campus is pretty cool","underpaid, interview process takes too long, the work and place is not as cool as it may seem, cutting perks and benefits",please get rid of all the management that have no work to do,1.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4759,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineering,Interesting engineering organization,"It's a fast-paced environment where employees have a good deal of flexibility on projects they want to work on. Everyone was friendly and welcoming. It seemed like there was a good work-life balance throughout the organization. One thing that was clear was that senior management significantly valued their employees and took every step to take care of them. For example, there were free breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. During the summer, we were taken on a beach trip to Santa Cruz. Overall, it was a fun work environment.","Google is a very engineering-driven organization. At times, it seems like there are a multitude of different projects going on with very limited business coordination.",It may be valuable to have more business overview and guidance for the different projects.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4760,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 10, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,It deserves it's ,"Google was founded based on the ideals of having a comfortable work environment, and it shows. Free food and tons and tons of benefits are available. Other examples include free bikes, on-site gyms and massages, free shuttle busses around the bay area, and even free co-op cars for employees who bike to work.  Aside from the benefits, the people at Google are also what makes it stand out: you'll constantly be in close proximity to some of the smartest people (albeit some are weird) around. Of course since there are so many projects, the work quality can vary, but I was extremely happy with my assigned work when I was there as an Intern.","Since there are so make projects going on a Google, you may be hired and work on something not so interesting. Of course there are opportunities to change your team, it may take a while. Similarly, since some projects are just experimental projects, it's possible that your project is shut down and you're moved to something else.  Though not technically a 'downside', the only reason I am not returning to Google is because of the lack of hiring right now. I was interviewed and offered a full-time job, however it wasn't in the type of work that I wanted to do. This is also the case with a handful of other interns that I know.",I didn't deal with Senior management enough to have an opinion.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P476.htm
4761,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,"good place to start a career, not to grow one","the perks are the reason to work at google. the food, the shuttle, the casual culture, working from home, massages, etc.  Typical PMM roles include:  Product launch marketing: You'll ensure that all stakeholders (such as customers and the sales team) are informed about product and feature launches. You'll conduct market research, write communications, and do release planning with engineering, product management, and the sales organization.  Field marketing: You'll devise marketing strategy and provide up-to-date market research to enable a true consultative selling approach for the field sales organization. This involves a lot of interaction with the sales and product management team, creative use and presentation of market research, and the ability to create true marketing solutions for customers.  Consumer product marketing: Working with one of our portfolio of consumer products (such as Froogle or Gmail), you'll devise a plan to improve customer satisfaction or increase customer acquisition. This involves significant amounts of market research, product-usage analyses, positioning, and customer segmentation.",the culture at google makes it pretty hard to advance. the company is pretty bottom heavy and the top is controlled by a small group of lifetime googlers.,"mangement should offer more rounded feedback, and take the 360 more seriously.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4762,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 27, 2008",Current Employee - Training Specialist,It's okay,"Great culture, speakers always come to give great lectures on everything from molecular science to political science. The food is very very good, as are the snacks. I'm sure it doesn't hurt on your resume either. In addition, the management generally does care about your personal life...this is not a company that forces you to work 24/7.","Promotion and career path are not clear at all. The management is not always great, particularly if you're in the Online Sales and Operations organization. The pay is very very low, despite what you may imagine (those that made a lot of money are those that were hired before the IPO)","Pay your employees better and give them promotions faster, otherwise people will feel antsy and leave.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4763,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 26, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Unbelievable lack of respect for employees at shallow-minded, though smart, company.","One of the best reasons to work for Google is the educational opportunities it provides. On any given day, there are multiple educational events happening on campus (tech talks, author talks, poltical appearances, job-related educational seminars, etc.), and many attend while simultaneously working on their laptops. Benefits (insurance, food, on-site services) are excellent, and campus-sponsored events (holiday parties, wine tastings) are added bonuses.","Lack of respect toward other employees, domineering behavior, inappropriate initial placement in the company, extremely poor treatment of employees by management, lack of recognition, barbaric management style, unprofessionalism, sense of entitlement, and generally very poor human behavior. On my first day on the job, I was horrified to find my new manager yelling and treating me in a demeaning way in front of other employees while others simply continued to work. Many employees tend to have a false sense of confidence about their smarts and knowledge base, as evidenced by the smug and arrogant attitudes they seem to have about matters even outside of their fields of expertise. Most employees know only their limited field and role, and do not stop to consider the extent to which life exists outside of their tiny contribution, and Google itself. An extreme emphasis is placed on wealth and material possessions, such that the company culture feels empty, sterile, and mindlessly capitalistic. Chatter around the workplace is vapid and mimics the austere, white-walled atmosphere--this is a company for kids who dare not to dream larger than owning the latest model ipod and roadbike and eventually buying that Tesla and McMansion.","Respect your employees and you won't need to spend millions of dollars on food and massages. Employees who love their jobs and want to contribute great things to the company will want to do so not for an extra serving of lemon panna cotta, but because they are valued for their accomplishments, and never treated in a way that precludes them from doing great work. Belittlement, intimidation, and hostility are not traits that any good manager should have, and should be promptly addressed as problems arise. Be the leader in truly valuing your employees, not in external rewards, and you'll see exponential success.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,42,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4764,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 15, 2008",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Best job I've ever had,"By far the top reason is working with smart, competent people and the opportunity to have a big positive impact on the world. The resources and infrastructure are very nice as well.  In general, Google is an engineering-centric company, and it is a great place to be a software engineer.","The bottom up culture is fun, but sometimes it can feel a bit chaotic with a sense of duplicated effort.  Since everything must function at huge scale, it can sometimes take frustratingly long to get things done.  Working with very talented people can bring on a certain amount of self-inflicted pressure to be productive.",Figure out how to distinguish the top contributors from the bottom.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4765,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 2, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Google is a great place to work,- Great technical talent - Great software engineering practices - Outstanding benefits - Lot of visibility into the inner workings of the company,"- You may land up in a non-important group - Industry experience is not valued, perhaps rightly so - Its hard to get promoted beyond a certain level.","Identity projects worth working on, and make sure resources are not wasted on non-important projects",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4766,google,none," Dec 28, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good experience, don't spend more than a year.","It looks good on your resume. Additionally, everybody you speak with will recognize the company you work for, as it certainly has good name recognition. There are a lot of learning opportunities, and very intelligent people to learn from beyond the provided courses. Taking advantage of all of these resources is what makes working for this company worth doing, at least for a period of time.","All of the perks are designed to keep you at work longer, without additional pay. Additionally, promotion opportunities are generally available to those who kiss the right feet, not necessarily to those whom do the best work (or work the most efficiently).","Learn to spend time working WITH your group, not simply looking down on them from above. 90% of the problems in terms of morale and employee satisfaction at this company would be avoided if management took the time to work with the other employees and see what they dealt with day to day.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4767,google,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2008",Current Employee - Associate Product Manager,Can be a good and bad place to work,"yes most of the people who wanted to work at Google would think about all the perks they will get and yeah that's right. Google's benefits are pretty much the best so far I've ever recieved i.e. insurance, massage, food, etc. The people here are ones of the smartest people I've worked. Google has great products that everyone really enjoys to use.","lots of work, stress, some workers are acting a little too arrogant and look down other new employees. It's ridiculously hard to get hired at Google. They place a premium value on your pedigree (education, GPA, even outside interests) rather than on your skills and ability to contribute on a practical level. A Stanford grad with a 4.0 GPA doesn't automatically make a better employee than a UC grad. Or even (gasp!) someone without a degree at all.  There's no career path, and no career planning. I never had a good manager, much less a mentor, the entire time I was there. The people who got promoted were the ones who kissed up and knew how to play the game.  Low salaries. I know there are a lot of perks to ""make up for it,"" but I'd rather have the money and decide how to spend it myself. Not being a new grad fresh out of college, I didn't care about the perks.","Be open minded! Watch the attitude. That whole ""we're Google, everybody wants to work here"" mindset is getting old. Consider hiring people who aren't rocket scientists.  Invest in your employees! You're great about giving them physical perks, now trying investing in their careers. Have a true performance management system. Really sit down with your employees and figure out their goals and career paths. Give them managers who are mentors and advocates.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4768,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 17, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineering,"Great benefits, the people depend on the group","Everyone knows they have great benefits, but apart from that they also have an amazing amount of resources, excellent process guidelines, and great information sources to improve in your work. The people are really talented, and most are willing to help you. If you land in a good group you'll have a dream job. If not, you'll be stuck in a regular job, but it will still have a lot of great things attached to it, so how is it worse or different than other jobs? The food is as great or better than what people say about it. The weather in Mountain View also helps.","People really do feel entitled. I've seen some of the pettiest, most childish and selfish behavior from Googlers. Of course they're not all like that, but it can get embarrassing to watch. Also, some groups really do behave like a bunch of college freshmen or even pre-schoolers. For people who have a few more years of experience, I doubt they will find this to be a comfortable work environment. Some people really do consider themselves to be superior to others just because they work there.",I didn't experience any problems with management,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4769,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 17, 2008",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"Interesting, Challenging, but Cramped","Interesting, challenging work for something I care about.","Too many people jammed into a cramped, noisy office space.",Use the vast office space that currently sits empty to give people more space.,2.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4770,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 18, 2008",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,Great Company!!,"Great people to work with. interesting problems to solve. I have met some many Googlers with a wide range of interests. People are very creative, driven and have a desire to change the world.",Compensation packages are not the best. There is no formal training. You're expected to stand on your own feet and work on the problems. One needs to be extremely creative to be able to keep up to the standard.,Need to make sure that salary packages are in line with industry standards. I'm considering moving to a smaller start up or consulting or banking industry. I don't feel enough that I'm being recognized for the works that I'm doing.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P477.htm
4771,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 4, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Google, great food, overrated career opportunity","The food and the gym, the perks of valet parking, commuter services, taking your dog to work, oil changes while you work, hair cuts, dental appt., doctor appts, they really do a great job of making sure you are physically taken care of at work","Long hours, demeaning management, egos and elitist mentality run rampant. Because the globalization and product development is largely completed, the ability to get in and build something is mostly over. It's becoming sluggish and difficult to maneuver the sea of overachievers all wanting to be recognized.","Communicate more with your teams, just because you own legacy stock only doesn't make you any smarter. It's all taken so seriously, this need to dominate the world.",3.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4772,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 8, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work - immersive environment.,"Google is a great work environment. Of course, the food is wonderful. In addition, it is such a good opportunity to work with really talented people on interesting and difficult problems. There are team opportunities but also space for individual work. You can't beat the resources and access to data. There are many opportunities to build on work that others have done in order to enhance one's own work. Overall, a very interesting and exciting place to work.","Many people work very long hours, so it feels that you must do likewise in order to be considered a good employee.",It was very difficult to get VPN access due to the extreme busyness of my manager.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4773,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Enterprise Sales Representative,Google: A great spring board to bigger and better career opportunities,"Google is known the world over. It's probably the greatest spring board to your next big career. It's hiring screens are legendary - if you've once worked at Google, its known that you've passed muster at one of the most prestigious companies to work for.","Career advancement and career development at Google is challenging. Google is short on titles, erring to title beneath individual's experience. Navigating internal promotions is very difficult and finding the resources to set one's self up for advancement is realized only by the most political and resourceful.","Make sure that Google remains a place where employees prefer employment with Google over other tech companies they could just as well work for, perhaps for more money - and opportunities for career development.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4774,google,"New York, NY"," Dec 8, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,great people,"Good working environment, good hours, great people.","As a software engineer you have to do many tasks, almost as running your own company within google.",Have a better direction.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4775,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 20, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company to work with, but don't abuse it","Food, message, offsites, endless perks. Great coworkers, interesting products and technologies.",Getting less googley over time.,"Keep it Googley, trim unnecessary products",5.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4776,google,none," Nov 21, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Fantastic place to intern!,"1. Very smart and rational co-workers/managers, most of them (even the superstars) down-to-earth and approachable. 2. Good salary and some benefits (e.g., food/drinks/outings/events), even for interns. 3. The general atmosphere is very vibrant, morale is very upbeat, and both of these contribute to productivity for sure. 4. The ability to make an impact is incredible - there is already a powerful platform with wide reach, so you are sure to have your work get a ""first look"", sustained interest depends upon the usefulness of the contribution though. 5. Especially for interns, it is a great feeling to have your opinions heard and respected, even on critical long-term projects. 6. Diverse engineering crowd, unlike other tech. companies like Cisco and Microsoft which are Asian/Indian heavy - this is good or bad depending on your preference.","1. Because the peer group is so good, expectations run high, as a result many people have to put in long hours. 2. Many engineers do not seem to engage in 20% projects - they can do these only if they find time from their main projects, which, due to point 1 above, is difficult without seriously affecting work/life balance. 3. I hear that career growth within the company is challenging - if you are someone who runs after job titles, this is not the place for you - you might end up having same/similar job titles for many years.","Not in a position to give advice, but I think individual career growth is something that needs to be focused on.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4777,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 6, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,2 cents,flexible time to work and perks,stress some times quite big,higher salary,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4778,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 26, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to work for programmers.,Google offers a very goal-oriented and challenging work environment. The Google name on the resume opens up many doors in the software industry.  I grew as a programmer at Google. The scale of the development work is virtually unmatched in the industry and that needs out-of-the box thinking.  The best part of the job was working with so many smart people. I learned more from my colleagues than I did in college.  I also loved free food:) The informal work culture at Google is something I truly enjoyed.,I did feel burn out at times. I also took work home many times.,Improve work life balance,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4779,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Was a great place to work,"Free Food, shuttle, smart prople, other perks.","There isn't really a lot of room for advancement. When you start at the company, things are great, but after a couple of years you'll realize that you'll probably be stuck in the same job for a long time.","Fix the advancement process, make it more clear when and how employees can advance.",3.0,3.0,none,1.5,2.5,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4780,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 11, 2008",Current Employee - Datacenter Technician,"Great perks, but that's about it.","Google encompasses the dot com environment. The culture is very laid back. The perks such as free meals and snacks is nice, bringing my dog into the office is also nice. The work outings are good as well. And you get to work with some cutting-edge technology. There are a lot of bright people in the company that you can learn a lot from. It feels like working a summer job all year long.","Senior and middle management lack vision on where to steer the group. If engineers are first-class citizens, and sales people are second-class citizens, then the folks in the datacenters are definitely the third class citizens of Google. Very immature and childish personalities. There is pretty much no growth as the career ladders are a joke. While the perks are nice, and the regular benefits are on par with most other large companies, the compensation is again, a joke (almost a slap in the face). Good people leave the group and either move out of operations and into another group within the company, or leave the company altogether as they realize there is no real career to be made there. Hiring smart and talented people and giving them mundane tasks and assignments just makes no sense. There is no real innovation to be created in operations, essentially you are a worker bee to the company.","Operations at Google is the same as operations anyplace else. Good people will leave for better opportunities, and the rest will likely make a career out of it because there are no alternative options. Stop making Googlers think that this is a ""bottom-up"" company, it is not. You can't change the world in operations.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P478.htm
4781,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 30, 2008",Current Employee - Designer,Still a remarkable company,"Google has great respect for its employees and users, while the company makes a great deal of money, most of the people who build the products that people use on a daily basis concentrate much more (much more) on how to do something great and how to provide a service to the world. Google is internally transparent, a responsible citizen, and full of wonderfully talented people and great potential. Google employees offer innumerable benefits to one another, too, with free yoga, art classes, general interest classes, etc. being run constantly. Plus, the food and massage are fantastic.","Maintaining a good work/life balance can be tough, especially if you live in the city and have to make the long commute every day. The company is highly engineering-driven which means that it can be hard to bring up radical ideas, thus the company is surprisingly conservative. There are some THICK processes, in spite of the relatively flat hierarchy of the company. Some executives are untouchable, even if they're not doing a great job. And it can be hard to get traction for good ideas… Google wants the best people doing even the simplest jobs.",Empower more people as decision makers. Help the company focus on fewer but more innovative ideas. Let employees make smaller teams that break through the arduous processes. Take more risks. Provide a clearer vision that unifies everyone at the company.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4782,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 7, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineering,Best place in the world,"Simple a great place to work. There are plenty of videos and articles about how Google is the best place to work, and it's all true.","None, at all. Seriously. If anything they provide such a great work environment that I don't want to leave... ever.",You guys provide a great learning environment that fuels creativity. Keep up the great work...,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4783,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 2, 2008",Current Employee - Analyst,More and more disappointing,"-Benefits (medical, subsidized massage, food) -People (bright, high achievers) -Cool products that employees use and love -Frequent performance feedback (ratings given every quarter, 360 feedback twice a year) -Employee morale varies across teams. Has gotten lower as the company is growing older",Some functions are really un-Googley! No work-life balance. No respect for people unlike themselves (e.g. you're not an ex-consultant? you're an idiot.) Teams under the same VP are not collaborative and do a poor job of sharing information. Poor knowledge management Recognition goes to those who talk the loudest Mismatched job content expectations Hard to transfer internally Hard to grow upward Little career development support,Encourage collaboration within and across teams Be comfortable with CHANGE and new ways of doing things Drive change,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4784,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 25, 2008",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Google is not 'googley' anymore.,Some very smart people and good benefits. All the free food and subsidized massages are good.,The Test Engineering org. is separate from the core engineering org. making it very difficult for the test engineers to make any real impact. Most of the time the test engineering efforts go unrecognized by the executive management team. The Test Engineering organization is filled with a bunch of very incompetent managers who are very solely focused on advancing their own careers.,Merge the test engineering organization with core engineering and scrutinize the hiring and promotion of managers and directors within test engineering.,2.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4785,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Oct 26, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,A dream employer,"The people, the atmosphere, and the food. All 3 of these are unlikely to be duplicated anywhere else. It is an extremely jovial and cooperative atmosphere where there are bound to be experts in any topic you may want to know about. The food is awesome as well, but this is well known.",Can have long hours because you don't want to disappoint high-achieving coworkers.,"Although it is important to keep an eye on the bottom line in these tough economic times, it is also important to keep the things that make Google Google - the camaraderie, the smart people, the food, the technology, and the vision.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4786,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Honeymoon period gets over in first two years.,"I have never met so many brilliant people at one company ever. I have worked for 8 years in industry now. Seriously, there is not a single dumb employee.  -- Perks Google is the best company I have worked for as far as perks are concerned. Name a perk and Google will beat its rival. Food? Massage? Shuttle service? Nap room ? Doctor? Offsites? Beer on campus? What else?","If you join as a Noogler, you will enjoy the perks, free food, massage, infinite offsites, inter-grouplets, events, socials and meeting brilliant people and all that. But the moment you start thinking of promotion or career role change, you will start observing this: -- Extreme preference is given for manager feedback during performance review cycles. Some managers have no clue about the products they are managing, In such cases, employees who are more vocal and are manager suck-ups get preferential treatment during the review cycles. But engineers who make more contributions, are recognized by peers but who are not in “good books” of their direct management or a level above, get penalized. Google should fix this, and fix it NOW, before it continues scaling rapidly thereby scaling this problem with it. So many of its managers are managers just because they happened to be there when Google was 500 people company. -- You will also observe that there is very little or no chance of career path advancement. This is different from a start-up. If you are ambitious and you haven’t discovered what your technical passions are, best advice is to not join Google. Google makes staying and getting stuck in your job very easy. All those perks are hard to leave behind. There is a fat possibility that you are stuck doing a tiny project that has no impact, no direction and you keep working hard day after day just to realize that the project is doomed to be deleted or has no future. Best bet is to get working on projects such as infrastructure, search or ads. -- You have to be in the driver’s seat when it comes to changing projects. This used to be easier in early days. Now managers decide your fate. Manager can essentially lock you down for 18 months before “releasing” you to a different project. Google should never take its employee morale for granted, yes, even if it is the most sought after company. There are many brilliant engineers leaving Google, and these are also people with lot of unvested options. Stock isn’t a carrot anymore.","Fix bad managers. Train them to be managers, monitor their management skills. Managers can make or break employee morales.",3.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.0,3.0,53,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4787,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 16, 2008",Former Employee - Recruiter,"cool products, fun culture, no long-term career path","Google continues to be a leader and innovator, even having become public and hit the 10 year mark. Even though the company has gotten bigger and progressively more bureaucratic (perhaps unavoidable considering its growth), I do think that at heart they really want to continue to push the envelope.  My fellow Google employees were among the smartest and most creative people I've worked with. Probably some of the most enthusiastic too.  Google has a lot of money, and they are able to provide their employees with a lot of perks and benefits that other companies can't afford. Also very philanthropic. (Again, they have the money, so they can afford to be.) They are extremely forward thinking, in terms of trying projects that don't directly relate to business.  It's cool to try out new products that become part of your everyday life. GMail and Google Docs among my favorites.","It's ridiculously hard to get hired at Google. They place a premium value on your pedigree (education, GPA, even outside interests) rather than on your skills and ability to contribute on a practical level. A Stanford grad with a 4.0 GPA doesn't automatically make a better employee than a UC grad. Or even (gasp!) someone without a degree at all.  There's no career path, and no career planning. I never had a good manager, much less a mentor, the entire time I was there. The people who got promoted were the ones who kissed up and knew how to play the game.  Low salaries. I know there are a lot of perks to ""make up for it,"" but I'd rather have the money and decide how to spend it myself. Not being a new grad fresh out of college, I didn't care about the perks.","Watch the attitude. That whole ""we're Google, everybody wants to work here"" mindset is getting old. Consider hiring people who aren't rocket scientists.  Invest in your employees! You're great about giving them physical perks, now trying investing in their careers. Have a true performance management system. Really sit down with your employees and figure out their goals and career paths. Give them managers who are mentors and advocates.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4788,google,none," Oct 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still THE best place to work,"freedom to do things you really interested: in addition to 20% time, it is also easy to change projects, and there is no manager 'manage' you all the time, you are on your own most of the time. good salary, bonus and benefits * great coworkers: very smart and nice people, and you can learn a lot from them. * You can sense that the management really want to treat the employees well, their target is to build a great company and serve the world, not just for profit","somewhat disorganized, so you may not fit if you don't know what to do without somebody telling you grow too fast, not all employees are as high quality as before.","we got enough engineers now, fully use them!",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4789,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2008",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,good place to be if you can commit to a lot of hours,"brand recognition, benefits, entereneurship opportunities","not enough coaching, lack of work life balance, not a good fit for moms with young children, performance review/calliberation is determined by a select group of peers. So, if you don't have a good relationship with such people, you can get dinged...","accomplishments/performance should not only be measured by OKRS. The employee should also be noted for what he has accomplished over a period of time to achieve those OKRs as some OKRS cannot be completed within a quarter. Also, an employee is an individual with strengths and weaknesses that are often undermined by short term goals. In particular, management feedback is not considered seriously. Having a bad manager can seriously jeopardise an employee's career and long term growth.",3.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4790,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 8, 2008",Former Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Great first job for software engineers, frustrating for more senior ones.","First and foremost, smart people. Overall I'm very impressed with the level of intelligence of just about everybody I worked with.  Second, huge datasets, huge scale, huge opportunities. Google is the place to be for working at scale, period. The tools are great and there are limitless computing resources.  Other stuff - it's still a fun environment, flexible work hours, flexible about projects to work on.","Lots of flexibility on what to work on, but the downside is that management controls the launch process. It's likely that your project may not be allowed to launch without several revisions.  Engineers used to own most product decisions, but things have shifted towards product management and upper management. Nobody seems to own broad strategic decisions - there's a strategy vacuum in many product areas.  Compensation is good, but obviously the equity situation doesn't compare to what you'd get at a proper startup. For this reason, entrepreneurs and people with big ideas are advised to look elsewhere if they have an appetite for risk / reward.","Stop hiring engineering middle-managers from outside, and promote more from within. If I had been more strongly pressured to move to management about 2 years ago I'd probably still be a Googler. The engineering ladder sounds like a good idea, but in practice there is a ceiling that cannot be broken unless an engineer happens to be on the right project at the right time. When I realized this I was sorry to have spent several years not being promoted when I could have switched to the management track and learned new skills.  Please communicate a clear and consistent strategic direction, and give us total support to execute on that strategy. Outside of search and ads, there is no agreement among the executives and other stakeholders, and this puts the product and engineering team in an impossible situation.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P479.htm
4791,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 3, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Intern,"Great perks, great projects, great food, long hours if you're not careful.","There's a ton of engineering resources, and everything is pretty open and transparent within the company. Lots of on the job perks, and there are really cool projects all over the company to spend time on.","There is a culture of working long hours there, and 20% time is pretty much a myth now. If anything, it's 120% time. As well, the San Francisco to Mountain View commute is a little grating after a while.","As an intern, I didn't really interact with senior management a whole lot, so I couldn't really say.",5.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4792,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 10, 2008",Former Employee - Director,You can work your 80 hours a week whenever you want.,"Smart creative dedicated colleagues, exciting and innovative work environment, open and frequent communications at every level, excellent compensation","Too much of a good thing. Work-life balance difficult to achieve, although, you can work your 80 hours a week whenever you want.",Time to get rid of some of the fat in your management ranks. Start with the ones that drive unproductive politics.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4793,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 28, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MBA + no experience = better than no MBA and lots of experience.,"The food, the smart co-workers, the overall benefits package.","The salary, the internal politics, the young, clueless, and arrogant MBA managers leading more experienced people and not listening to them.","Hire more seasoned managers, give more experienced people the hope of promotion even if they do not have MBAs, be more aware of internal politics, fiefdom-building, backstabbing, and disrespect to non-managers, and compensate experienced people more. There is currently a huge gulf in salaries between people who have been working for a long time in one particular niche and newly minted MBAs with hardly any work experience. It is insulting and demotivating to work under these conditions.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4794,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 22, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great place to work!,You'll work with some of the smartest and most accomplished people in the industry. People truly believe they can change the way things are done. The ability to have your products make a huge impact on the industry. Constant innovation and change is part of the culture.,"The company is starting to get larger, so while a lot of the entrepreneurial spirit of the original teams is still present, there is starting to be more layers of management and bureaucracy.",The culture is the most important part of the company. How do we keep the company agile and nimble while it grows in size?,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4795,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 20, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Great People, great technology! You work with the best people in the industry and work in some fascinating technologies. Google aspires to be an organization that reflects the globally diverse audience that our search engine and tools serve. We believe that in addition to hiring the best talent, the diversity of perspectives, ideas, and cultures leads to the creation of better products and services. The diversity of our employees and partners serves as the foundation for us to better serve our diverse customers and stakeholders all over the world.","I cant think of any. The salary is not great, but competitive. Recently they are cutting down on perks.",Keep the people happy. They are the biggest assets,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4796,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 9, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but it has its problems","great coworkers, fun and interesting projects, perks and benefits, potential to have a positive effect on many users","disorganized, not many good managers, career path unclear",do fewer things better,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4797,google,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Still a fantastic place to work, especially for new graduates.","Google has plenty of talented engineers, impressive computational infrastructure and resources, and the culture to build products that make big impacts. Working for Google is an ideal start point of young engineers or new graduates. There are plenty of challenging problems to solve, and you have the flexibility to choose the projects that interest you most. I am not saying that you can give up the current project at any time. it is responsible to finish the projects that started, but you are encouraged to switch projects every 1 to 2 years, or at least, you can do the ""fun"" things with your 20% time.","If you want to be prompted sooner than the majority, and you are not lucky enough that work in a highly visible project, then you have to pay much more than usual to beat the performance of others - because others are good too.",Keep focusing in innovation and encouraging Googlers take risks.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4798,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 27, 2008",Former Employee - Associate Quantitative Marketing Manager,everything they say and more,"Amazing resources available onsite. All the perks really are amazing as they say. not only is the food amazing but they also have haircuts, car washes, massages, social events, and more all available without leaving the campus. The people also are really smart and amazing. My group would go to snack (a free warm snack at 3 PM) and do brain teasers/philosophy puzzles.","I did not find all of my work to be necessary. Also, my department was located somewhat far from the main campus so I didn't feel like I got to know as many people as I would have liked.","I think they are doing a great job. TGIF, where all employees can find out about what has happened this week, is excellent.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4799,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 5, 2008",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Great Company, Can learn and grow as much as you like",The Food! Lots of events happening on a daily basis that allow you to disconnect from work. A younger demographic that's great for singles or folks who like to make close friends with their coworkers. You can come up with and run with any ideas you think are worthwhile. Not a huge amount of red tape to change process. Very easy to get international exposure because of Google's large reach across the globe.,"You get spoiled with all of the food and perks etc. There are a lot of folks in management that have excellent academic records but very little experience when it comes to actual business strategy or people management. This can hurt if you're looking to find a mentor with some real experience. Also, it's hard to get rewarded for simply being stellar at your core job. Reward is given to those who simply come up with projects for the sake of coming up with projects, which isn't necessarily best for Google or it's employees.","Get some real seasoned managers at least mixed in with the fresh faced MBAs. Also, give some wiggle room when it comes to hiring. A 4.0 student from Stanford doesn't always make a better hire over someone from a less well known school, if they have the experience to prove it.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4800,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 5, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,nice place to work at,You'll have a chance to work with a lot of talent ppl,limited advancement opportunities .............. it used to be a better place to work but things have change a little now.,management is lacking the leadshiper skills,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P480.htm
4801,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 6, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Nice place to work after 5/10 years,The free food is good and better than what you have heard. It really rocks and I will really miss it. Also the co-workers I met were one of the brightest people (in software) around and it was charm to actually work and see what good coding is really all about. And its not just some stars - there are actually people who are really good and work together and the team as a whole contributes a lot towards the success of a product. Further the software infrastructure is the best among all the places I have seen and I have seen the better ones.,Its very easy to get used to the perks and if you join right after graduation - it keeps you stuck in college. This may not best thing in terms of future career development. You get used to the good stuff and complain for more and it can get very difficult to move on. I think the worst part is having a really good infrastructure to work with stunts your hacking skills which may not be a very good thing in general. I would advise working outside Google fro a few years and then coming back to really enjoy life :-P,Keep doing the good stuff and beware as soon as employees start asking for more,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4802,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 3, 2008",Current Employee - Associate Program Manager,Good company to work for,"free food, for someone coming out of college, could be quite an incentive. not too many meetings, can get things done.",you are nothing if you're not in engineering.,"should be careful when hiring people, need more quality control when doing so. keep it up!",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4803,google,"New York, NY"," Sep 8, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Google is fun, quirky, smart, cool, inspiring. But it can still just be a job.","The prestige. What can I say--it's kinda cool the reaction it stirs when you tell people you work for Google. It's like that first time you used it, and got just the right result on the first try--very satisfying. Free food. It's great not to have to worry about feeding yourself, and the food and snacks are fantastic in New York. Smart people. If you're on the product/engineering side of things you'll work with some of the sharpest people in the industry. Most have stellar academic records and are just plain brilliant. If you're on the sales side, it's a different story, not that there are not plenty of bright, talented sales people. It's just a different kind of intelligence and not as prevalent. Cool products. It's awesome to watch the new products roll out, and to test them while they're in development.","It's become a very large company with a lot of the bureaucratic trappings that come with growth. Google deliberately has a very high failure rate for products, so occasionally you can love an idea or product and not see it come to fruition fully. It seems like the attention span is short, and sometimes products that could be successful are prematurely shut down. Career guidance can be spotty. They purport to be very concerned with career development, but moving to another team can be like pulling teeth. I think there are a lot of arrogant people at Google, but perhaps that's how every big, popular company is or that's how really smart, talented people are. I've heard it's worse at other companies actually which makes me terrified to ever leave Google.","Promote more from within. Be humble, and tone down the self-congratulatory rhetoric especially at the sales conferences. Abolish the peer review system which ends up becoming a popularity contest, and require managers to be objective judges of their employees' contributions and performance. Pay more.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4804,google,"San Bruno, CA"," Sep 10, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Google - world's #1 springboard but ultimately not a nice place to grow old,Responsibility and ability to make impact early in one's career,"Very abysmal senior management. Lack of strategy, frequent changes of strategy, arbitrary success metrics. Many are in the ""billionaires"" club and have checked out without realizing it. While they claim to be nimble, too many have made their orgs top heavy and are not able to cultivate the next level of managers - too few performers are given management responsibility.","Step aside for the next generation. You've had countless failures under your belt such as Checkout, Product Search, Video (not You Tube!) and Display advertising, but rather than admit that you keep a core group of people at the steering wheel who aren't skilled to motivate people nor guide the multitude of products to success",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.5,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4805,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Google is Great,"Perks are phenomenal! Projects are extremely high impact. The company trusts engineers to ""do the right thing"" and prefers to give engineers information so they can make decisions instead of hording information to make the decisions themselves. Engineers get all the best tools (Big monitors, lots of computing resources) and don't have much red-tape getting normal stuff done.","Career progress into management is a little tough, as there's no ""Supervisor"" role, and the Managers usually have >50 people reporting to them. It can be done, but it's easier to stay in the engineer track.","Mangement is doing well, but it's getting harder and harder to keep things Googley as the company grows. They need to focus on this more than they do",5.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4806,google,"Cambridge, MA"," Sep 1, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,As good as I thought it would be,"Good compensation, great benefits, great culture. Also, the fact that after working with Google, you can basically pick where you want to work next. Working on new and exciting projects (Android, etc.). Learning from the best is a great way to enhance your skills and develop professionally.","You gotta put a lot of work in, and working with so many talented people can be intimidating. Some of the people (especially people who were here before the IPO) can be a little full of themselves (but most people are pretty down-to-earth). Also, with so many people working there, sometimes it can be easy to feel a little powerless, and you might not have the same sense of personal accomplishment that you do with a smaller startup.",Keep it up!,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4807,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 19, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,As good as a large company gets,"Competent people. Enough resources to succeed. You have the chance to build products that millions of people will use, rather than worrying if you will be able to build something that anyone gets used. Management is generally in touch and cares--their opinions are sometimes wacky, but the fact that they know about every project and aren't being bamboozled by middle managers is a huge win as compared to most tech companies this size.","Politics have gotten worse. People have gotten more defensive in their decision making -- there's a disappointing lack of trust between employees that didn't exist in the past. We have hired too many people who are only interested in making themselves look good and have lost sight in what's best for the company as a whole, and management hasn't successfully recognized and fixed this in many cases.",Lead by example in trying to keep politics out of the way.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4808,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 10, 2008",Current Employee - Planning Scheduling,There is such a thing as a free lunch after all.,"Free breakfast, lunch and dinner. Google is not a conventional company, and we don’t intend to become one. True, we share attributes with the world’s most successful organizations – a focus on innovation and smart business practices comes to mind – but even as we continue to grow, we’re committed to retaining a small-company feel. At Google, we know that every employee has something important to say, and that every employee is integral to our success. We provide individually-tailored compensation packages that can be comprised of competitive salary, bonus, and equity components, along with the opportunity to earn further financial bonuses and rewards.","Google has offices around the globe, from Bangalore to Zurich, but regardless of where we are, we nurture an invigorating, positive environment by hiring talented, local people who share our commitment to creating search perfection and want to have a great time doing it. Googlers thrive in small, focused teams and high-energy environments, believe in the ability of technology to change the world, and are as passionate about their lives as they are about their work. Lend a helping hand. With millions of visitors every month, Google has become an essential part of everyday life - like a good friend - connecting people with the information they need to live great lives.  Life is beautiful. Being a part of something that matters and working on products in which you can believe is remarkably fulfilling. Appreciation is the best motivation, so we’ve created a fun and inspiring workspace you’ll be glad to be a part of, including on-site doctor and dentist, massage and yoga, professional development opportunities, shoreline running trails, and plenty of snacks to get you through the day. Work and play are not mutually exclusive. It is possible to code and pass the puck at the same time","* Know what interests you about Google and why you've applied.     * Familiarize yourself with Google's products and services here (you may be asked both business related questions). Research our competitors.     * If you are interviewing for a software engineering or technical role, be ready to answer high-level technical questions on data-structures and algorithms. We would like you to code up your answers on boards with our engineers.     * Familiarize yourself with the job description you are interested in.     * If you are interviewing for a software engineering role then you may first want to visit the website www.topcoder.com. Please launch the 'Arena' widget and go to the practice rooms where you can solve problems in the first and second division.     * Ensure you can substantiate anything your CV says - for instance, if you list Java or Haskell as your key programming language, questions about this are fair game and may be asked of you.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4809,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 12, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineering,"Still a good company, but may not be the best anymore","Cutting-edge technology, famous brand, good food. The good weather here in mountain view, ca is also a good reason. If you are tired with the free food here, go get some decent dinners in the Castro street nearby. You can also learn a lot from tech talks, open days, the moma, and the code tree itself. Google's code base may not be the biggest, but its quality is the best in the world.","it is a good place for college graduates but may not be good for ambitious people. The decision to quit is difficult because of the perks, the good food, and the admires from people around you when they know you are a googler. But there is a reason for so many talent people to leave this company ...",Fifty engineers under one manager? No doubt many googlers complaint not getting fair reviews.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4810,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 6, 2008","Former Employee - Associate, Online Sales &amp, Operations",Great place to start your career,"It was a great place to be working for straight out of college. When you start work there they really take the time to make sure that you're trained properly so that you don't feel like a fish out of water like at other companies. Benefits can't be beat. Besides the free lunches, fantastic 401k, etc, you get large bonuses fairly often. Co-workers were intelligent and great to work with for the most part. I also had a great relationship with my manager and thought I was treated fairly, but it can vary widely at Google. All in all, there's few better places to start off for a young college grad.","As a non-engineer, your starting pay is pretty low. It's made up through bonuses and other compensation methods, but when I went to another company, it was harder to negotiate a higher pay due to my low base pay at Google. It's also starting to become a big company, so you have layers of middle management who are just a couple of years out of college and don't have the experience to manage people well. Most were great workers, but many don't understand that there's a large difference between doing your own work well and making sure that others do their work well through your guidance.",Figure out constant new ways to empower employees to take risks.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P481.htm
4811,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 10, 2008",Former Employee - Web Developer,"come for the perks, stay for the challenge","great perks.. the food at the cafeteria kept me up all night long the best and brightest engineers. Most people I am working with are very well-rounded, I feel I could learn a lot from most of them. I can contribute to products which are used by millions of people every day. I enjoy analyzing challenging problems and finding a cost effective solution. Flexible hours and relaxing working environments (including all the perks such as free meals.","When you start work there they really take the time to make sure that you're trained properly so that you don't feel like a fish out of water like at other companies. The free lunches, great 401k, etc, you get large bonuses that can make the difference in a long day",stay active in the life of a project,3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4812,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 7, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Best company I've worked at that hasn't gone under.,"The projects are interesting. There are interesting data sets to explore. There are cool tools to use, along with infrastructure for puttnig together new tools. The people are great--when you meet a ""dud"" at Google, it tends to stick in your memory since the duds are so rare. It's satisfying to work on a service that's helped so many people. The food is great, chefs are treated like rock stars and rightly so. The company has income, this is a pleasant change after working at other software development companies.",The bottom-up management style means that some good ideas with uncharismatic boosters get buried.,Don't screw it up.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4813,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Sep 8, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,stock options underwater,"extraordinary co-employees, some of the most brilliant people on the planet. knowledge is enormous all around you. embraces a keep it simple philosophy in making products instead of a bloated overloaded features product.","no management, no growth, no understanding of what you're working on and how it fits into the big picture, working on minute feature areas, working on features that generate no revenue, having to play the political game to move up the ladder",get back to the days of making a great product for users rather than doing what seems politically advantageous,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4814,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 21, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good place, could be better","It's a great place to work as a programmer. The tasks we work on are mostly interesting and challenging, and the breadth at which your work will be applied is nearly unparalleled, certainly in the online business. The people are fun and smart.","The people are very smart. If you're used to being a hot shot, you may not be any more. If you're looking for the startup atmosphere, well, don't, because it's gone. You will still have more autonomy than a lot of other companies, but you will not have complete control over the project you work on.","Stop with the communism, please. Why is it that you always assume we can do things better than others. Outsource some of our benefits and return the savings to us in salaries.",5.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4815,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Engineer,"the benefits, especially the food and fluid hours, are great. so is the fact that everyone around you is incredibly smart.","i think google is expanding too quickly, and that they are letting in too many people who don't meet the standards. for example, i knew an employee who claimed that they didn't have any code to show for the past several months of work because their computer's hard drives crash, yet everyone knows that no one stores code on their own computer... there are version control repositories.additionally, i know great people who have not been hired for random reasons. such as failing an interview which required coding in C over the phone...",recruiting,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4816,google,"New York, NY"," Aug 19, 2008",Current Employee - AdSense Representative,Google is actually as good as advertised.,"Thanks for setting up this site Glassdoor.  Google is an industry leader in many endeavors and often finds itself listened to by competitors and partners alike. I hope that does not come off as overly confident, it's a wonderful place to work. Our management and product teams are thoughtful about all of our projects.  Google enjoys a solid reputation among consumers, something that is difficult to achieve, and we lead the internet industry in consumer satisfaction. It makes me proud to say I work for a company that is so highly regarded by our partners, competitors and the general public.  We are a company that provides innovative answers to today and tomorrow's questions. Our technology is more powerful than our competition and we continue to add new services to our already robust product suite. We leave the end users satisfied and our partners happy that we're looking out for their best interests.  There are other great reasons to work for Google, yes there is free lunch but that is just one piece to the puzzle. It's generally the overall trust that the company has in it's employees and the respect that the employees show for the company. Management has decided not to put a cap on sick days and trusts that employees want to come to work, which we do. We want to work on the products that will change the way that people access and consume information. We want to speak to clients, collaborate with them and work with them to change the world... that's the attitude I have going into work every day for the last three years and that's a really good feeling. The best part is, Google is enabling this attitude.","As Google has grown larger over the last few years, it has hired tremendous managers, adding new layers to our corporate hierarchy. The company has hired the ""best of breed"" from many industries, allowing Google to take advantage of the extensive networks created by those individuals. These individuals are fantastic - team players, industry visionaries, thought leaders - truly an amazing set up people with whom to surround yourself.  That is how I would describe the average Google employee and what they bring to the table. Not necessarily a downside. The level of mutual respect and admiration is very high here. We are all cooperative (... or should I say cooperatively competitive) as we believe it brings out the best in us and pushes us to succeed. With levels of achievement levels so high, it is difficult to see people who do succeed but who are not the Michael Phelps of their respective field.",The company is well situated to take advantage of future technological advancements and I'm thankful for the opportunity to work for a company that is on the cutting edge of virtually every technology available. Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4817,google,none," Aug 11, 2008",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Google, from inside the tank","Great, intelligent people. Lots of opportunities to work on project..and definitely the work life balance.",Pretty chaotic sometime...super hyper growth without super structure to match.,To recognize individual performance based on merits and not on how many projects or how loud they speak in meetings.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4818,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Google is deteriorating at the edges,"You interact with great developers, original thinkers and interesting people all the time. Unlimited munchies are great, three free meals a day (or two in satellite offices) is great, medical benefits, partial subsidy of fitness membership, subsidy for ongoing education (though in reality you are unlikely to have time to use it) are all pluses. Being on the winning team feels good, especially when winning an uphill battle against an entrenched monopolist.","The days when Google was the coolest place in the world to work are gone. Google is deteriorating at the edges. Many managers at Google got their jobs just by having low employee numbers and are otherwise unqualified. Once entrenched they tend to show little concern for their reports, concerning themselves with ""managing up"" to their own manager. Google is supposed to have a project matrix where tech leads are peers, not managers, but managers commonly flout this and micromanaging is endemic. Moving between projects is limited by complex procedures and is rarely attempted. In satellite offices the selection of projects to work on is limited and to make matters worse it is discouraged for engineers to work on projects not centered in their own offices. Being friends with your manager is a more effective way to get promoted than showing competence. In fact, showing too much competence or initiative is a good way to earn the ire of your manager. Performance evaluation is supposed to be by peer review but in reality, feedback from peers is ignored and only the manager's rating is taken seriously. Political infighting and character assassination are increasingly the norm at Google. Managers turn a blind eye to it, perhaps because they have found such techniques useful in developing their own careers. Google base compensation is on the low side, and is supposed to be more than made up for by incentive bonuses, but these are largely illusionary because few employees receive the necessary ""exceeds expectations"" performance evaluation. Managers at Google tend to consider themselves special people, better than engineers. Few will bother to greet or otherwise acknowledge the existence of anybody other than another manager if they pass them in the hall. Except for the weekly TGIF cross-company sessions where the founders candidly answer questions from all employees, management at Google is increasingly secretive about procedures and plans.","Google engineers tend to be first rate but managed by unqualified, self-obsessed managers who were promoted into their positions just by being in the right place at the right time. This cannot possibly be optimal for Google's long term growth. Listen to all the voices trying to tell you this. Stop listening to the voices of managers telling you what a great job they are doing, because their main skill is self promotion. They don't care about the welfare of the company or their reports, only about themselves. From their point of view the system is working well because they are free to do as they please. The situation has already deteriorated to the point where many of the best engineers plan to leave as soon as their initial stock awards finish vesting. Google is increasingly becoming a great place to be an intern, and that is about it.",2.0,3.0,none,1.5,4.0,5.0,50,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4819,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Google is a great place to work.,"The quality of coworkers is pretty high, nearly everyone is pretty bright and fairly creative. The company is very flexible with its employees -- work matters more than hours and location. There are a number of interesting classes of problems to work on that are difficult to find elsewhere [large scale distributed systems, storage infrastructure, etc]. The potential impact of your work is huge.","There's a culture of working long hours. The company is becoming larger and larger, which results in more processes and less creativity.",Help your engineers with their career growth.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4820,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 9, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,change recruiting,"the benefits, especially the food and fluid hours, are great. so is the fact that everyone around you is incredibly smart.","i think google is expanding too quickly, and that they are letting in too many people who don't meet the standards. for example, i knew an employee who claimed that they didn't have any code to show for the past several months of work because their computer's hard drives crash, yet everyone knows that no one stores code on their own computer... there are version control repositories.  additionally, i know great people who have not been hired for random reasons. such as failing an interview which required coding in C over the phone...",change how recruiting works,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P482.htm
4821,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 11, 2008",Current Employee - Analyst,It's really big nowadays... but still the place to be if you wan't to challenge yourself on really hard problems.,"The work is really challenging and interesting with a high level of independence and self direction. It's a great place for those with the drive and initiative to succeed. Employees are treated very well and the benefits are great. Managers are pretty good at encouraging work life balance and I'm often told to get out of the office if I'm there too late. And of course, the free food is delicious.","It can feel a bit anonymous down in the gears of the giant machine. If you don't work in Engineering, you can sometimes feel like a second class citizen. Career development support for employees is almost non-existent.",Hire better people in HR to figure out a true career development plan for all types of employees.,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4822,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 10, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you get an offer, take it.",Working on the most important website on the Internet.,Personality clashes and cutting back of perks.,Work closely with the middle level managers to better prioritize products.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4823,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 8, 2008",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Google is fun and they will hire you if your parents were rich and sent you to an elite college.,Good Benefits and Smart People,All hiring is based on school status and GPA,All hiring decisions shouldn't be based on GPA and school status alone. Sometimes people who got a 3.3 GPA while they worked through college should be considered for a job.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4824,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 30, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I loved it at Google!,"Great people, great company culture, looked forward to going to work everyday (unbelievable, I know, but it's true).",Google hasn't yet grasped the benefits of telecommuting.,"Become the leader of the pack and encourage telecommuting! Be Green! Telecommuting cuts down on fuel use and cost. Huge benefit: very, very happy and loyal employees! We have all of this great technology, let's use it.  Revamp the hiring process. High GPAs are great, but it would behoove you to hire people with experience, people who are academically and socially well-rounded. Is the candidate capable of thinking on their feet? Has this candidate demonstrated the ability to get the job done? Is this candidate capable of working in a team environment? Can this candidate clearly communicate their ideas?",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4825,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 9, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Time to leave for my own startup?,"My colleagues are great. I've never worked with such a smart group of accomplished people. The perks and food are also very compelling. The technology, rate of innovation and generally positive energy is also very high.",Tremendous growing pains. Not very organized in terms of career development. I've worked for multiple managers that were technical geniuses but devoid of interest in mentoring and personal development. I've gotten tired of commuting from San Francisco after many years. They also hired many managers from outside the company rather than promoting from within. Additionally the size is making the company less efficient as time goes by.,Improve the career path within the company. Otherwise they're doing pretty good.,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4826,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 2, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Great company to work at,"Great pay, work whenever convenient for you. The free food is simply amazing. Lots of perks like massages, micro kitchens, tech talks. The tech stops and hardware depots are great assets, you can go pick up headphones or a new keyboard and mouse for office use. The work place is very open, interaction with other employees is very easy. It is filled with very intelligent and fun people. The company is very open, you can ask questions directly to the CEO or Founders during TGIF question and answer sessions. Interns don't get nearly as much perks and benefits as full time employees, but that's expected. Google probably has one of the highest pays for interns. It is definitely one of the best places to work at.",Promotions don't seem to happen too often due to the fact that there is very short chain of command and little bureaucracy.,Give more incentive and encourage to do longer intern terms so they are not forced to work on small isolated projects most of time with little visibility to the rest of the engineers on the team.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4827,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Unfortunately Google is less and less a cool place for senior software engineers,"more freedom, relevantly less bureaucracy and harassment compare to similar size company. open access to code base, design documents cross all projects. energetic and talented engineers. free meal are very convenient. flexible working hours. core search and ads system have solid code base. solid infrastructures like mapreduce, bigtable, GFS, RPC etc are interesting to build application on. LSE are still positive models for the whole company. distributed offices offer working opportunities for people around the word. MTV main campus is dynamic and vibrate. company still attracts fresh high quality new graduates from top universities. politics is not a huge problem yet.","Company is getting more bureaucratic. While many engineers are super solid, some managers are only good at suck-up or manage-up, they indulge at meetings to show their influence but unable to really be a model and lead by examples. Some senior engineers are leaving as the freedom to work on innovative project is diminishing. more and more new graduate or junior engineers are hired. While politics are still relative small compare to similar size company, they are certainly growing. managers ""promote"" lots of tech lead to manage projects regardless whether they are really technically strong. peer-review process is partially broken as manager's feedback is the one that really matters. project transfer process is heavy and become very dis-encouraging.",Engineer should have more freedom in project transfer. engineers in satellite office should be allowed to work on projects centered in main campus.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4828,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 6, 2008",Current Employee - Account Strategist,It's good to be a Googler!,"1. The people - some of the best and brightest people I've ever met. Young, energetic, and creative people make work enjoyable, and interesting. We've got our share of former Olympic athletes, mad scientist engineers, etc.  2. The work - We're the market leaders in so many different spaces, and it's exciting to be on the cutting edge. You get to work on things that might just change the game, and that's exhilarating.  3. It's Google!","VERY Entrepreneurial. You have to manage your own relationships and career, no one's going to do that for you. This can be challenging, and to some, discouraging. But take it or leave it!","Keep us Googley! Continue to stay visionary, inspiring, strong-willed, and transparent!",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4829,google,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 2, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best job ever,"The developers I work with at Google are the smartest I've ever been around, and as a result, I've improved my own skills more in my 9 months at Google than in both of my previous jobs. The development process runs extremely smoothly, and management doesn't get in the engineers' way of creating great software. We get the best hardware to do our work on, and the non-work-related perks are wonderful... free food, great health benefits, the list goes on!",The only downside for me is that I have an hour-long commute to get to work (but it's worth it!),Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4830,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Google is a great environment for software engineers,"Almost all engineers at Google are extremely talented and a pleasure to work work. There are plenty of opportunities to work on challenging problems. The hardware and resources you can apply to those problems are unmatched anywhere else in the industry. Senior Google engineers get a lot of freedom in choosing what to work on and how to work on it, managers provide leadership and overall direction but micromanagement and design by committee is strongly discouraged. The perks are great too.","Working at Google can be stressful, especially during the first 6 months when you feel like you don't know anything compared to all the folks who have been there longer. The learning curve is long and steep. The environment has lots of distractions, since everyone is in shared offices or cubicles.",Keep doing what you've been doing for the last ten years: grow the company and develop great new products. Don't focus on cutting expenses -- focus on the users.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P483.htm
4831,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Director,great place to work,"great company that treats people incredibly well by and large. The quality of people you work with day to day is just incredible -- everyone you deal with is smart, competent, has some unique skill, and brings a lot of energy to the place. I believe in what the company is doing -- yes we want to be a successful business, but we really do try to make a better consumer experience in everything we do too.  I'm stunned by the openness of the company -- good news and bad news is spread wide through various means.  I really feel extremely lucky to be at Google, as silly as that sounds. I think it's gonna be hard to work anywhere else now.","it's intense -- at senior management level, I don't know many people who don't work crazy hours and still fall further and further behind",more downward communicate,5.0,2.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4832,google,"New York, NY"," Jul 5, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Try to spend a least 2 years at Google - it will really change your ability to move around the industry afterwards.,You work with the best and socialize with the best so when you leave you are now ready to start something really amazing with the best.,Not enough breakthrough work from the inside.,Take more time to look for innovations with in your company. You have hired the best now use them.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4833,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 28, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Google - is the top search result for the best job!! Definitely feeling lucky!,"Smart people, great benefits, company has a can do attitude. The company truly tries to do no evil seen it from the inside. Absolutely the best perks one can imagine. In house doctors, free food (really gourmet food), great technology and truly encourages innovation. People are in general respectful and work well together.","Sometimes bright people will complicate a simple problem and go into unnecessary complexity for speculative imagined reasons. Which is not desirable, makes systems unnecessarily complex. Management needs to put a roadmap before the engineer otherwise the rocket scientist engineer will starts to make the simple piece a complete rocket, which forever will need rocket scientists to maintain. Sometimes people forget the true genius is in embracing complexity only where it is needed.","Sr Management sometimes ends up trying to be too technical and less of a manager. The advice is, you are good technically so you were hired at Google. But dont try to do the engineer's job, instead of doing your own job, learn how to do your job.  Managers are very respectful to the people/team in general.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4834,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 2, 2008",Current Employee - Online Operations Strategist,"Awesome perks and work environment, frustrations around career path","Bright interesting coworkers, the opportunity to take on lots of responsibility and potentially be responsible for large numbers of users or dollars very quickly, free food, health benefits. There are incredible outside speakers who come (Obama, Hillary Clinton). You'll probably only be able to see them on video unless you devote hours of your workday to waiting in line to see them in person, but it's still live and pretty darn cool!  I work in Online Sales and Operations, where pretty much everyone gets a weekly one-on-one meeting with their manager. That is one upside to working in the sales organization as opposed to some other areas of the company. Many engineers have limited facetime with their manager.","Total compensation is good, but your base salary will be low. You'll make up for it in bonus and the cost of not having to buy breakfast and lunch. You won't get the bonus if you're on leave (i.e., medical leave, maternity leave, etc) so you'll end up getting a lower slice of your total compensation than you might at some companies that provide a higher base salary.  There is huge variation among managers in the sales organization. Some have no experience managing people, some have experience but still aren't good managers, and some are great.  People who think up innovative new ideas are recognized and compensated better than people who do all the work to implement those ideas. Depending on where you are on the ""thinking up crazy new ideas"" scale, you this may be a downside for you.  Expectations aren't clearly set in the online sales organization--you can discuss with your manager ad naseum what the expectations are, what projects to complete, etc. but you can never be assured of a particular reward (performance rating, bonus, promotion) for completing everything you discuss. Basically your manager can't promise you anything. This is un-motivating for me personally, you may or may not be motivated by this structure.  Engineering is king at Google--you may develop an inferiority complex if you are not in engineering. They won't even give the same headphones to non-engineers as they will to engineers. I tried requesting them and was denied!  Online Sales and Operations is not very flexible about work-life stuff, such as telecommuting a couple of days a month, arriving late in the morning, etc. It is fine to do it every now and again if you ask permission from your manager in advance and have a valid reason like an appointment. Engineering offers much more flexibility in this area.","Be more transparant about what it takes to get promoted. Offer cool project opportunities to people who are meeting expectations, not just those who are exceeding expectations for multiple quarters. Allow managers to make statements like ""if you complete these five projects to these quality standards, or you bring in this much revenue, you will get this amount of bonus."" That would be motivating to many people.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4835,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,"All in all, still a great place to work","Working with talented, driven people who I can learn from every day Working in a place where I feel I'm making a difference. Working in a place where I feel I can express myself Great for the resume. I feel the experience I've had here will be valuable in the future I have had a string of excellent managers I get to say that I work for one of the most influential companies of our time.","It can be hard to advance from one level to the next Senior management can be very arrogant (I guess it's their prerogative) Everything is numbers driven, except when it's not",Let people do what they do best.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4836,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Work at Google and Change the World.,"The best reasons to work at Google are: 1) You want to make a difference in the world, 2) You love a fast paced environment, 3) You love technology, and would kill to be one of the first to see and play with it.  Yes, the perks are great but at the end of the day if your work impacts billions of people in a positive way, it all pays for any of the free gourmet lunches.  Work at Google and be the envy of all your Friends.","Google is BIG! As much as they do not like admitting it, ""There are POLITICS at Google"" Much of how Google runs is based on favors or who you know. Also, there IS a developing Hierarchy at Google between the Project Managers and everybody else. Elitism is not an uncommon trait of Googlers who joined Google right out of college.","Senior management is doing a great job, but you should re-evaluate your project managers since employee happiness is on your list of priorities. You should also discourage elitism, it's not a pretty trait.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4837,google,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google is probably the best place to work there is.,"Challenging, rewarding work found nowhere else. Without going into detail, Google offers problems found nowhere else in the computer industry, in many different areas. It's also pretty easy to move from one job to another if you find you're not satisfied with what you're doing.","It's now a large company, with the downsides of that. It's growing and experiencing a certain amount of growing pains. Unfortunately, some people seem not to recognize that what works when a company is just a few hundred or a thousand employees doesn't necessarily work when the company grows to the size Google currently is.","I think senior management is actually doing a good job, both managing growth within the company and dealing with the inevitable issues that arise when a company becomes as large as Google. With its growth, Google has become a target. They've dealt with this well, I think. They're also doing well in adapting to the political reality of a large corporation in the United States. _And_ they seem to have managed to retain their ethics while doing so.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4838,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Site Reliability Engineer,"Higher total compensation than competitors, engineering-dominated company, and incredibly bright coworkers.","Higher total compensation than competitors - competitive salaries are augmented by large cash bonuses, equity awards, 401k matching, commuter benefits, and incredible on-campus perks, such as free meals and massages, but also including so much more.  Incredibly bright coworkers. Famous computer scientists from all over the world are working in small teams at Google and the average engineer is able to approach any one of them.  Very thorough annual 360 degree feedback and promotion committees to decide promotions allow individuals to succeed even if there is a disagreement with their direct manager.",Google hires so aggressively that you don't necessarily get to meet your manager and team mates before you start. There are so many new people coming in each week that they literally can't arrange this. That is a big downside compared to other companies where you would meet your potential manager before agreeing to work there.,"I provided feedback to senior management frequently on Fridays by posing questions at the weekly TGIF session. Google faces a number of technological, regulatory, and employee-retention challenges but I am sure senior management is more aware of these issues than I am.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4839,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Google Rocks!,Great people. Great food. Total innovation! I love working at a company that has so many cool projects. A true technology company that is building new technologies to give everyone in the world internet access.  Most impressive management team I've ever worked with. The management team including founders and CEO are aware and care about everything that is going on within the company. They are willing to take risks that keep things interesting.,"Long hours, millionaires can be difficult to work with. People outside of Google think that the company is all fun and games. Google is an aggressive company that will change the world in the next 10 years.",Most impressive management team I've ever worked with. The management team including founders and CEO are aware and care about everything that is going on within the company. They are willing to take risks that keep things interesting.,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4840,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Optimistic, but realistic. Satisfied.","Google is the closest thing to a pure meritocracy that I've seen in this industry, and I've been in the industry a fair bit longer than most Googlers. It doesn't matter what your degree is in or how long you've been at the company -- if you get stuff done and do it well you'll be treated well. And, of course, the coworkers are luminaries, but they tend (in my experience) to be accepting of newcomers without the same background. I've had no trouble digging my fingers into topics from machine learning to the Java virtual machine, learning all the while. The company has some communication silos due to its size, but the walls aren't solid -- I routinely hack on other peoples' code, and they hack back. It's all very open.  They really pull out all the stops to make sure engineers can do their job, whether you need a second workstation, a thousand more machines in a datacenter, or scones. Information flow within the company is still quite free, particularly compared to Microsoft or Apple.  Managers I've interacted with are sharp and encourage good work-life balance, reminding employees to take time off and guarding against burnout. My managers have constantly communicated their expectations and our performance, and have actively worked to help me in my career development and promotions -- or, when a project slips off track, to understand why and help.  And, finally, I think Google's pay is pretty darn good. Microsoft recruiters assure me that it's 30% lower, but I've got friends at MS and those numbers just don't add up. This site should do a good job showing the true situation (and the resulting competition will help us all!).","You are expected to deliver. This doesn't mean 80-hour work weeks (at least in my end of the company), but you are expected to make goals and hold yourself to them -- and ideally deliver something that beats the rest of the industry while you're at it. Do not come to Google expecting a research environment, there's plenty of research going on, but if it's not in your 20% time you'd better have something to ship. I list this as a con only because I suspect this bit some of the people who rated Google negatively.  The company has grown really fast. This has caused some strain, both in terms of infrastructure and in communication. Many of the nooglers are fresh out of college, and the naivety cuts both ways: they're simultaneously over-eager to re-engineer everything in sight, and bitter when perks change or they don't get promoted fast (nevermind that it's still better than the rest of the industry -- they've never been there). With rapid growth comes a lack of focus, as well, with weird projects with no monetization story. (Caveat: I'm in Ads, where money matters.)  I get the impression that we've got our share of bad managers. My manager (and the two immediately above him) are all great -- technically sharp, caring, and happy to get their hands dirty. But I've heard horror stories from other teams, and you can read plenty of them on this site, I'm sure -- preference for low employee numbers, suckups and yes-men, etc. I suspect most of the thoroughly bitter people have gotten a bad manager and not requested a transfer out from under him/her.  On that note, Google does a bad job of handling underperformers. They try hard to help crappy engineers and managers improve, but at some point you've got to cut your losses -- a bad employee, particularly one with a bad attitude, is poison that eats away at morale. I've seen people go through two or more performance improvement plans before finally getting the much-needed axe.  Google also does a fair-to-middling job of handling *overperformers*. I've gotten a few spot bonuses for successful projects (which, to be fair, were tens of times larger than the bonuses I got at similarly-sized companies in the past), but the motivating effect of the Founder's Awards are gone. No matter how many millions of dollars you make the company, if you're not in LSE's pet segments, no Founder's Award for you -- it'll go to some guys in search or something. Google is done making millionaires -- for those of us who got who got here after the IPO, the only way we'll retire is a 401(k). Again, having worked in industry outside of Google, this makes me wistful but not angry. I don't expect other people to make me a millionare.  And, finally, your family will ask you questions about everything Google related. Be prepared to have to explain dozens of times that you don't actually work on Search/Maps/Writely/whatever and can't fix their pet problem. :-)","Focus, focus, focus. AdSense for Drainpipes, or whatever teams are working on this week, is not your core business. Do not fall into the Microsoft trap of competing with anything that breathes. Focus on what you do best, focus on the parts that can actually be profitable. Oh, and you don't *have* to hire every engineer on earth. Seriously.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P484.htm
4841,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Happiest place I've ever worked,* Working on cool technology * Pushing the envelope * Good work life balance as long as you keep your head on your shoulders * Freedom to do amazing things,* Easy to get sucked into working too hard * Grass roots driven efforts are less frequent then before * Bureaucracy is growing * A lot of politics for a supposedly not political space particularly senior management,* Give more power and control to directors and VPs to drive initiatives forward * Better focus on revenue generating opportunities * Expand 20% time and protect it religously,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4842,google,"Burbank, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Geek Paradise,"Getting a chance to work on the world's largest distributed system. Obviously the company is very focused on employee satisfaction. It's a total geek paradise, with everyone trying to out geek each other.","A very flat management structure is a double edged sword, with all the good and bad you can imagine. Google also has a problem getting rid of the people who shouldn't be there, although it is getting better at it. The geek paradise can result in people doing things just to prove they are smart. The biggest complaint I've heard from people are code reviews that get held up because you didn't use some clever idea that some reviewer comes up with at the review.","Honestly, I'm just in awe of how well senior management is executing. They aren't perfect, but I can't think of a company I've been at where they were doing a better job.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4843,google,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company for self guided individuals,"The best reason to work at Google are the benefits. First of all, we receive three delicious meals a day! Secondly, Google goes out of their way to make it a fun place to work. From the beach volleyball court to the swimming pool, there is always something fun going on. I also enjoy the autonomy that engineers receive.","Your career is in your hands. One downside of little management is the fact that no one cares about your professional development. If you can manage this yourself you'll likely do well. If not, you probably won't get promoted.","Create more transparency (like glassdoor creates) into career advancement. Also, removing roadblocks to launching is critical to continuing to launch products quickly.",5.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4844,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,A Great Company Rarely Seen,The company is clearly at the leading edge of the new technologies that will define the high tech industry for the forseeable future.,"Its a geeks heaven, and although all employees are treated well, the engineers are clearly the favored class. I think this makes sense from a strategic perspective (I am not an engineer) but employees in sales, legal, finance etc. often feel slighted because of this. Engineers build the products that drive the success of the company, other functions are essentially support functions. This may not be the case at other companies, such as traditional enterprise software companies, where sales is more important, but that is the way it is at Google.","Be more engaged. Senior management does have the right business strategy and long term view that is critical to building a great company, however they could be more engaged. I don't think they need to be as fanatical as Steve Jobs -- they aren't -- but they could be more involved than they are.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4845,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Lots of interesting problems and chances to grow if you work at it.,You get to work on some of the biggest clusters in the world on some very hard and interesting problems. The people are generally above average and you always have to work to make sure you're doing better. For the most part its a very strong meritocracy.,"You might not get assigned to the groups doing the really cool things. It must be very frustrating to want to do e.g. large scale graph algorithms (think maps) and be stuck doing hr programming or javascript. Though after 18 months you can move to any team you want if they need engineers (and you're performing).  The infrastructure is getting complex enough that there is a huge ramp up time. While that means that it takes a while to launch a project for the first time, if you know what you're doing you can launch a very scalable project quickly.",Trim the fat. Get rid of the non-performers.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4846,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 28, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Great place to learn and meet people, but not the place to stay in longer terms.","You get to work with many smart and skillful people. This helps a lot to move on your project, learn new things, and make global impact. Also I get to work on the largest computer system in the world and I can learn all sorts of practical problems in this area. Third is the free food and perks. Every lunch and dinner is the time to social w/ your friends/coworkers at Google and you have 15+ cafeterias to iterate!","The one frustrates me the most is the (lacking of) promotion opportunities. I don't think anyone who advanced well here has a balanced work-life style and I think the problem is worse for non-Eng jobs. In fact I think many people plan to leave for this reason when revenue starts turning sour and perks start to dis-appear. The second part is we have too many small projects lead by direction-less management or are duplicating efforts. This used to work well and small 20% projects may become core products. But now the company is no-longer a mid-size nor a startup, we need well-planned projects with clear directions that envision the next 3 years, not the next quarter.","Fewer projects, fewer products, and make the rest products really cool. Google.com used to be cool because it finds what I want quickly, and the ads are part of what I am looking for. But it's getting slower and dumber. It's horrifies me that we are becoming the ""online"" Microsoft!  Another important task is to solve this promotion problem, it is demolishing the morale because people don't get recognized for their achievements fairly (not everyone works on search or other EMG favored products so they have some chance for EMG or Founder awards).",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4847,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,"Great for world-shattering innovators, could be better for other indispensable employee roles","Interacting all the time with brilliant colleagues of high integrity and drive, strong push to innovate and change the world, excellent compensation and benefits, high openness and plenty of communication from senior management about all kind of company-strategy related issues, with lots of trust towards each and every employee.","Very hard to get promoted further from senior levels without world-shattering achievements (as there are few rungs on the career ladder), not much recognition for the indispensable jobs of maintenance and keeping things running smoothly (only drastic, revolutionary innovation is truly recognized and amply rewarded), too much love of risk-taking, too little budget control and financial discipline.","Drastically cut the continuous stream of money-wasting, distracting ""bashes"" and events at the Googleplex, more focus on recognizing, rewarding and promoting the crucial work of ""keeping the boat afloat"", not JUST revolutionary innovation (otherwise OF COURSE everybody only wants to work in the most ""greenfield"" areas and indispensable ""maintenance"" jobs are shunned and hard to staff with the best engineers!!!).",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4848,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Group Product Manager,As great as you think,"Huge variety of projects, wonderful people, brilliant minds, awesome perks, fairly easy to move from project to project, real room for independent initiative (management rarely blocks new ideas and rarely interferes with decision making), stock options and shares very valuable.  If you're looking to be immersed in the internet world, become involved with really (really) big business, and see how huge scale matters and how it is handled and developed, there's hardly a better place for this than Google.  Free lunch and free transportation are more than just nifty perks. They make people's lives really easy and support a work environment that's very productive without being oppressive. Nobody is required to work long hours, but a lot of people just do.","It *is* a big company now so prospects for huge monetary windfalls are less substantial than at a great start-up. Promotion competition is stiff in some areas, but working with great people always has that downside.",Keep focusing on retaining the culture and supporting innovation!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4849,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best company to work for,Chance to work with smart people. Perks and benefits,Long working hours. Rapid growth.,Good job.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4850,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Mmm. Tasty desserts.,"Free food, and a good variety, perks, fun and competent teammates. The bonus plan is pretty good.  They have a lot of social events, but unlike some other reviewers I never felt like I was forced to go to them, and I don't think I get labeled as 'ungoogley' because of it.  I feel pretty free to work on what I want to work on, and I don't feel over-managed.","I spend quite a bit of time at work, but really this is mostly because I like what I'm working on, and they have better snacks there than I do at home. It's almost insidious.",I don't know.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P485.htm
4851,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Great company! (although there are risks on the horizon),"The people, the culture, the fun!","Constantly changing business environment leads to very unpredictable long-term vision (e.g. what I focus on today, I know will be dramatically restructured 6 months from now)",Innovate more! Be more forceful about getting rid of poor employees,5.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4852,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Google - dream job for the right kinds of engineers,"Work with many of the brightest people on some of the most challenging problems. See your efforts noticed in the media and in the lives of your friends and family every day. Engineering at Google is, more than ever, a dream job for the right people. Think really really big! There are terrifyingly few limits to what you can do here.","Competing with many of the brightest people can be frustrating. You will not be ""the expert"" on more than one topic no matter how smart you are.  Google is a big globally distributed company and we have not yet solved all the problems that follow from that.",Keep Google nimble and the organization flat. Put more effort into the global teleportation network.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4853,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Great just isn't good enough.,"The total compensation package is generous, with opportunities for earning more through good, hard work. The caliber of colleagues is very high, sometimes daunting even. The company is very transparent - you can get a good look at what is going on with nearly any project, and senior management frequently communicate about the direction and goals for the company. There are an amazing number of really interesting projects to get involved with, and lots of opportunities for education and professional development. Google has big values, big goals, and works to solve big problems. It is an exciting and rewarding place to be.","Google isn't for everyone. Google isn't just a big company, it is (or very recently was) the fastest growing company in history. That growth has created some strain. Some things haven't grown to match. A lot of the finely tuned machinery (effective and appropriate management, consistent methods, best practices) that keep large, modern companies running smoothly haven't had time to develop. Because of this, there is a great deal of variation across Google. Some areas are very much like the near-mythical stories weaved by the likes of Fast Company, and others are more stagnant. This is also mirrored in Google's products - some get a lot of love and others are left to dry up from disinterest.  It is possible to do well and be happy at Google, but you a) have to take the initiative to make that happen and totally own it and b) recognize that Google is a big company with lots of people - there will be friction, politics, and things that drive you crazy.","Take a good, hard look at Google's philosophy, the ""Ten Things We've Found to be True,"" and look at all of the things we're doing and make sure - really make sure - that we are living up to those principles.  If you are really and truly committed to embracing risk and the possibility of failure, communicate that in no uncertain terms to all Googlers, particularly the gatekeepers. Be clear about the level of risk you are willing to tolerate.  Bottom-up is part of the culture, but we could try more top-down in some areas. I think there are some aspects of the business that are crying out for some strong vision and leadership. And that doesn't mean someone to dictate, good people willingly follow a good leader.  Get out of 43 once in a while and stop by for a visit. Charlie's doesn't count.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4854,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good,"Google is a very nice company to work for. The company is very transparent about its policies and directions, and keeps every one up-to-date of latest development.  People have strong ownership of things they do. And I feel that compensation is really good. The bonus is really generous (about 30% of your salary), and the benefits are excellent.","Benefits are excellent, but I think Microsoft's medical coverage is better, and Microsoft matches charitable donation up to 12,000 per year but Google only matches up to 3,000.","I think management is very good in Google. The organization hierarchy is fairly lean. My manager has 30 people reporting to him, so, it's hard for any manager to micro-manage, and that gives people a lot of ownership of their projects.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4855,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Tech Lead/Manager,kicks ass,"great pay, great flexibility. Nobody pampers engineers like Google. Focus is on small teams, self-starting and self-motivating engineers. Much less power politics than I've found elsewhere.","no offices. Excessive focus on engineering means that non-engineering disciplines (finance, HR, legal, marketing) are under-valued. A lot more boring ads work than you would think.","What you valued as a 25 year old Systems grad student is not necesarily what you should value now. In particular, there is more to CS than Systems, and there is more to a company than CS",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4856,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Engineering Project Manager,Still the best experience of my life,"In my opionion, Google is truly the best large company to work for. Why? 1) A common strain of intellectual curiosity among Googlers makes for one of the most stimulating learning environments. No judgment for anything other than ethical errors -- of course, it pays to be smart and make good decisions ,) 2) Family in every part of the world -- i traveled alot for work and everywhere i went, once i stepped into a google office, I felt at home. The people were just as googley, the environment was just as comfortable. I felt part of a big family. 3) A true care for employees -- benefits are benefits, but I see the heart beind it. I have never felt so taken care of by an employer nor felt an employer go out of its way to make work easy for its employees. From the ease of dealing with the tech stop (our version of technical support), to the overhaul of the mini kitchens to keep us healthy. Everything was done with heart. 4) Indiscriminate respect for all levels -- i worked closely with senior management and never once did i feel slighted. all opinions were considered as long as you had the ""balls"" to bring it up. I felt like a member of the team with real value add from the very start. It was a trip overseas and i was asked to lead a meeting with some officials. I was hesitant and stated my inexperience (i was 25!). my eng director at the time said one thing i would never forget: ""Age and experience is not an issue. You're here now and you know what we need accomplished, so i'm sure you'll figure it out"". 5) Autonomy -- I've started multiple projects at google that have now taken root and have either become part of how the company is defined or have affected change in a meaningful way. None were part of my original job scope, and were ideas i took upon myself to get implemented. It truly is an entrepreneurs' playground -- you need to rally support, obtain resources and push through to completion. But if you put your mind to it, Google is a place you can get anything that has true value done.","1) Takes too long to eject incompetent people, so you might have to deal with less capable managers (not often, but sometimes)-- there are some people in the organization whose skills have not scaled with the growth of the organization, even though their responsibilities have. It would be good to have more efficient involuntary attrition.","Keep up the great work, LSE, in terms of setting and communicating the mission of the company.  1) Be more aware of poor leadership within the ranks, and mean it when you want something changed. 2) Make it easier for engineers to get resources when needed, or at least make it possible to obtain it from other sources.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4857,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still one of the best places to work at.,"Working at Google, you have really smart co-workers. In the beginning it struck me that people quickly understood my ideas, something I wasn't used to from college.  Another great advantage at Google is that it is very engineering driven. Generally, engineers are given enough of freedom to work on what they consider to be most important. The role of product managers is to help engineers figure out what that is and to help in communications, but ultimately engineers are making the decision. Being an engineer, I very much enjoy this and I think it makes a lot of sense given that engineers understand the technologies involved best.","A lot of the interesting problems and challenges have already been solved. In particular as a junior software engineer, you'll work on not so exciting tasks. Also, due to the fast growth of the company, the impact an individual makes is not as big as it used to be.",I strongly appreciate the level and depth of technological knowledge most senior managers at Google possess.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4858,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place, but declining morale an issue","The food is, in general, great, and the number of cafeteria options is ridiculous. There's always something interesting going on--it is a treat to see all of the invited authors and politicians that drop by and give talks. As an engineer it is relatively easy to switch projects, at least if you have a manager who is on your side. There are many smart people at Google, and you will learn a lot from them. In general, the engineers at Google are quite nice and easy to work with. You meet the occasional bad apple, though. It is quite gratifying to learn the inner-workings of products used the world over.","As the company has grown bigger, it has become more siloed--groups are segregated off into their own buildings, and inter-group communication lessens. As a result, the diversity of the people I interact with regularly has lessened by the year. The promotion process can seem arbitrary--a secret committee reviews your information and makes a decision. You receive very little feedback about the process and have no opportunity to present your case to the people who make the decision (other than by writing a ""self-assessment"" before the fact). Recently there seem to have been an increasing number of cutbacks in the name of reducing company expenditures, I suspect mostly due to the fact that company growth has exceeded revenue growth in recent years. The company has grown more faceless and bureaucratic as it has gotten bigger. It is easier to feel like a cog in a machine now than it was in the past. Many projects seem overstaffed due to the rapid growth of the company.","Senior management seems to take, at least publicly, a ""there-is-no-problem"" attitude toward employee morale. I have seen a number of indications that employees are growing increasingly dissatisfied, however. When the issue is raised, management generally denies that there is a problem. I would advise senior management to (1) acknowledge that employee morale is increasingly an issue, and (2) do something about it. The company's fate depends on it.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4859,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good benefits, but a lot of things could be improved.","The benefits are the best. Free gourmet food, a great gym, subsidized massages, trips to disneyland, etc. The people you are working with are some of the smartest around.","If you're not a idealistic liberal democrat who is born to buy in to the ""googly"" attitude then you might feel out of place here. Google seems to hire people who fit into that mold, and if you deviate then you are seen as an outsider.",I think the promotion methodology could be improved. Not all engineers work in a small group so that their peers can give them the detailed feedback that is needed in order to get promoted.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4860,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,Google--not quite the golden palace it's perceived to be,"The fringe benefits and work life balance are strong reasons, coupled with competitive total compensation.","The attempt to maintain a flat organizational structure has led to major problems with promotions, recognition, compensation, etc.  There is a very real pressure to maintain the company culture and personality. Individualism is promoted in theory, yet rarely welcomed in practice.","The treatment of various departments within the company as second class citizens is really unfortunate. An employee should feel as if they're a valued asset regardless of their position, yet that is both implicitly and sometimes explicitly shown not to be the case. This has a detrimental impact on motivation.  More attention also needs to spent on creating more clarity in career growth potential within the company. There are a lot of dead-end positions and, depending on the department, Google appears perfectly willing to deal with the expected turnover.",3.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.5,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P486.htm
4861,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 22, 2008",Current Employee - Team Lead,Google is a nice place to work,"There are many things to highlight here: the talented people I work with, the perks (there are really good stuff here, life a awesome health insurance, gym, plenty off food, etc). And why not mention the prestige to work on such famous company. This can really open a lot of door both currently and in the future.",The amount of things we have in our plates. The workload seems to be overwhelming now and then. Sometimes it is difficult to find the balance between you personal and professional life. But the company has been working hard in this issue to.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4862,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer (TL),the best company to work for in the world,"great place to work, great perks, great collegues!",lots of work to do,keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4863,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Google: Don't be evil.,The opportunity to work on projects that are interesting and cutting-edge.,The scope of the non-salary benefits means that salary can be less than optimal.,"Keep it up, pay attention to the remote offices.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4864,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 21, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Google is still a great place to work, flaws and all","Strong culture that treats employees with respect and highly values engineers. Openness of culture that includes access to the majority of the codebase as well as regular TGIF's on fridays where management shares what's going on across the company with all the employees and can include sensitive information. Political candidates all stop at Google for a talk including: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and many others. Author talks with free books.","It's a balance, but sometimes lack of structure and processes is a hindrance to getting things done. Flat-ish organization leaves less room for traditional personal promotion.",Definitely maintain a very high bar on hiring standards. Weaker employees are a drag on more highly productive ones.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4865,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work, but it is still just a company","A very high percentage of people are very qualified for their jobs. Everyone knows that everyone else can be trusted to get work done and this creates a great ""flow"" for projects. This is in contrast to most other places I've been where there are always someone in each team that isn't carrying their weight.  The management is generally light and easy-going (in my experience) and people just do their jobs.  There seems to be a genuine effort to improve employee skills. I have no doubt this is simply for the company's sake and not due to love for the employees, but it's nice nonetheless.","The side-effect of everyone being good (and everyone else knowing it) is that there is a lot of pressure to not disappoint anyone.  The side-effect of less management is that feedback is hard to get and good performance and hard work can go unnoticed and unappreciated.  A focus on technical expertise means that there is less focus on soft skills. Many managers are not good enough at managing people even though they are very good with the technical side of things.  Culture encourages one to give up the rest of his/her life for their job.  Despite the initial utopian feel and propaganda, it's just a really rich company with a lot of smart people. It still IS a company and has the same stupid politics, competitiveness, and issues you find everywhere else.","I've had a few bad experiences, but I don't see how senior management could be doing a better job.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4866,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great engineers, mediocre managers.","The quality of my co-workers is phenomenal. You can be sure that any idea you might have will be thorougly analyzed and considered. People are friendly, intelligent and in the vast majority of cases very easy to get along with.  The infrastructure that Google has built up really frees the programmer from a lot of fundamental worries and allows him or her to concentrate on solving the high-level problem. The available tools make accessing a tremendous amount of computing power very straightforward.  I have always been satisfied with my managers trust me when I say I need to take time off or work from home. It is very liberating to know that your manager supports you when you need this kind of latitude because of things happening outside work.","I believe that the quality of the middle management leaves a lot to be desired. I find the quality of middle managers to be extremely variable. I believe some managers do not actively contribute to a good outcome for the team. Also, I believe that Google is not good at weeding out those managers who do not perform well.  Google's ""slotting"" process is terrible. I know many instances of people who have applied for positions that interest them, only to be ""slotted"" into positions which they do not like. Once you are slotted, it is very difficult to move out of your position. It could take months, maybe even a year or so.  Also, these same middle managers have sole control over your quarterly evaluation. These evaluations feed into your annual bonus, so if you are incorrectly slotted and do not perform to the best of your abilities, then you are triply penalized: your evaluations will be poor, your bonus will go down and it will become harder for you to transfer to another team.",Focus on improving the quality of your middle management. Fix the slotting process.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4867,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - People Operations,There is a reason why Google is rated the top place to work,"You are surrounded by by brilliant people. The executive team truly believes in making the world a better place - and they truly do ""care"" about their employees.  Depending on your actual department - I am pretty sure most people would agree that they learn more here in 1 week - then you would in 1 year elsewhere. Its a very forward thinking organization - that is never satisfied with how things went the last time - there is a constant drive to do things better than the last time - and that culture is great for personal development.",Not many I can think of,Continue to do what you are doing. The company seems to be doing fine as far as I can tell - and shareholders - so who am I to tell them how to run their unbelievably successful company.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4868,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2008",Former Employee - Data Center Technician,Great place to work,"Awesome people: Google definitely has some of the best people to work with as well as to learn from. There are lots of opportunities to learn new things wether it's from tech talks, talking with coworkers or interaction with people from other departments. Everybody is friendly and the work atmosphere is casual and down to earth.  Great Perks: Even working as a contractor, I've had access to free breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as access to the gym and shuttle service.",The only downside for me when working at Google was the long commute. Coming from north of Mountain View down the 101 South is usually congested with traffic. All the hours spent in traffic adds up and does take it's toll on you.,Continue to listen to employees.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4869,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Recruiter,Google is cool but over rated!,"The Googleplex, the free food/drinks/snacks, cool t-shirts and hats, on-site gym & volleyball and the heated toilets. And of course to the entire world it seems like the ""coolest"" place to work on the planet, so it looks good on your resume. You will gain respect from peers because of the perceived difficulty of getting a job at Google... Smartest people in the Bay area in one place...","It is now a huge machine, a very political environment and very low salaries compared to competitors. Also, there are people there from the pre-IPO days who are only nice to their ""inner circle"" and should take their millions and go away!","Get to know your troops jobs and daily challenges and don't always focus on the 30,000 foot view of your teams. Continue to evolve with the industry but always maintain that small company, start-up ""feel"" in the culture.",3.0,4.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4870,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Google is still a great company, but could work on more individual employee attention.","Google's management allows, or rather, encourages engineers to take as much ownership as they like of projects. Product managers are there to work with engineers to direct the product, as their job is to know the customers and the marketplace and come up with a good direction for products. Because a lot of what the marketplace wants is illogical, engineers often argue with product management, and such behavior is part of what makes engineering a great place to be. You can actually have a significant impact on product direction.  Additionally, Google is very fair about how promotions work. The engineers who impress their colleagues get promoted. Those who don't impress their colleagues don't get promoted. Thus, most good engineers will get promoted. I've heard lots of people complain about this process, but usually I hear this from engineers who aren't that impressive. It could be that the explanation for *why* they aren't getting promoted isn't transparent enough...but I don't know.  In almost all situations, you are in control of your own destiny at Google. You set your own goals. You set your own timeline to achieve those goals. Management is there to guide you in setting these goals, but it is your duty to set good goals and strive to achieve them. This is also very empowering, and avoids the micromanagement that occurs at other companies.  Then there's the obvious, which everyone else has already mentioned, like the *great* food, the massages, the really understanding/flexible management when it comes to personal issues, the good benefit package, etc.","Google is big, so your impact often seems tiny with regard to the company as a whole. Things are gradually getting more and more bureaucratic, the pain of being a public company with profits to protect. You gradually feel less and less important to the company as time goes on, as the company grows to many 10s of thousands of employees. Things like the Founder's Awards, which originally were supposed to be motivating factors to great products could end up being demotivating for many. For example, if you are stuck on a project that is in maintenance mode, or if you launch a great product that is overlooked, you might have little motivation to work hard again.","Management probably needs to start looking into what each engineer needs to be his/her best. I've found that management is very hands off, which is mostly good, but I think that some people need more attention than others to be happy and productive.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P487.htm
4871,google,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Network Engineer,Great place to work,"The company is very transparent - you can get a good look at what is going on with nearly any project, and senior management frequently communicate about the direction and goals for the company. There are an amazing number of really interesting projects to get involved with, and lots of opportunities for education and professional development.","Google is big, so your impact often seems tiny with regard to the company as a whole. Things are gradually getting more and more bureaucratic, the pain of being a public company with profits to protect. You gradually feel less and less important to the company as time goes on, as the company grows to many 10s of thousands of employees.","Promote top internal employees instead of hiring outside MBAs for management -- internal employees actually understand the intricacies of the department and have ""filled the shoes"" of their subordinates.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4872,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Fun On the Outside, Many Problems Internally","Google without a doubt hires the best and the brightest. This makes for a stimulating work environment where one is constantly challenged. One of the biggest things that Google has going for it is its legendary benefits...it's hard to tire of free food, personal enrichment classes, and great health insurance. Google also makes for a ""fun"" work environment -- although it's definitely still work, the balance balls, lava lamps, game rooms, and Googley colors surrounding your work environment is definitely unique to the company.","In the sales organization, there is a pervading sense of hopelessness. Almost everyone knows that there is no true hope for career advancement. In fact, there is not even a concrete career path for most in the organization. Management in the sales organization is poor, with an influx of MBA managers coming in and trying to dictate how to run the organization without much background or knowledge of how the department works. Morale is at an all-time low within the sales org, with employees frustrated that they've hit the invisible but definite glass ceiling for promotions. One of the biggest problems in the sales org is that Google hires the best and brightest -- from the Ivies and other name-brand schools -- and gives them a job to do that high school graduates alone could perform. This leaves a bunch of smart and disillusioned employees wondering how they entered the organization in the first place. Finally, but quite importantly, it's crystal clear to all Googlers that the company values the engineering side of the company and treats non-engineering employees like second-class citizens.","Promote top internal employees instead of hiring outside MBAs for management -- internal employees actually understand the intricacies of the department and have ""filled the shoes"" of their subordinates. When hiring, provide transparency and honesty to prospective applicants by being very clear what the actual job will entail. Many employees in the Sales Org feel cheated that they were hired on because they were led to believe that the job would be more important and challenging than it actually has become. Treat the employees who generate the sole revenue of your company as equally important citizens -- they do after all provide the paychecks for those engineers that you so highly value.",3.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4873,google,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Enterprise Sales Engineer,"Great place to work, great resume builder","Google is in the process of changing the world, or more specifically, how the world uses information. It has been a great pleasure to see this process take form and execute over the last 3 years. The career advancement is good and there are plenty of opportunities to showcase you talent. This can be a double edged sword if you trip up but since you have to be pretty good to get in at Google then that shoudl not be a major concern.","There is a sense of intense oversight at Google where every move is analyzed. Plus, if you are not based in Mountain View then you are a second class citizen.",I would hope that Senior Management would adopt a more open forum for what is the next big thing at Google.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4874,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but Google could do a better job handling employees from companies it acquires",Opportunities to make impact on a large scale. And the perks are great.,Think twice before selling your startup to Google.,"When you buy a startup, don't shut it down and force its employees to take paycuts and demotions.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4875,google,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Worth the trouble.,"It's nice to feel like part of something greater than oneself — Google has a whole lot going on at any given time, and there is a strongly intellectually curious atmosphere among the employees. The perks are fantastic, too — there is no easy nor compelling way to argue against free hot meals up to three times a day, and there's always something exciting or interesting or intellectually challenging to work on. The colorful and relatively playful atmosphere are also an excellent change of pace from the standard-issue dreary cubicle existence that plagues most office jobs out there in the US.","Long hours! Not the place for people who want to have a life outside of work, but then they aren't the type who wind up getting hired anyway.",More transparency would be nice!,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4876,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company with Some Growing Pains,Incredibly smart people. The culture of openness. And obviously the perks.,"Inexperienced, low EQ, and inept middle managers. Hubris no doubt fueled by the hype surrounding everything coming out of Google these days. The internal class system (pre-IPO vs. post-IPO, or engineers vs. everyone else)","Stop the pretension that everyone must have a degree from an Ivy, including in some cases Administrative Assistants. Hiring people that are slightly over-qualified for their jobs makes sense, but Google pushes this to the extreme. Morale is suffering.",4.0,5.0,none,1.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4877,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Recruiting Lead,Google's hiring bar is off the mark,"There is a tremendous amount of bright, highly-motivated people at Google and you can learn a lot from most of them. They continually challenge you and make you better at what you do.",The hiring process is completely skewed towards academics so we are limited to the types of people we can hire and too often we end up hiring people with low 'EQ' who just can't function in a coporate environment.,"Hire the most qualifed person for each job based on what they've done the last 5 years in their career, not because of where they went to school.",2.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4878,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Decline to State,Who's in charge?,The food is outstanding. There are good people who have every right to be elitist who are not (not sure how many are left though). If you enjoy building teams and enjoy having the resources to execute on projects then Google is a good place to be. Depending upon how your options are priced Google can lead you to a rich life of spending your time commenting on Google on web sites like this.,"One of the most ""politically"" divisive cultures you will ever work in. If you have ever dreamed of working in a company where you are rarely held accountable for anything, Google is the place to be. The 6 hour days, the inexperienced managers, the joy in reinventing the wheel, the ability to destroy a co-worker by the mere mention of being ""un-Googly"" (In the years I worked at Google I still haven't the slightest idea what ""Googly"" means. I never met one single right-arm leg spin bowler while I was there). The bottom line is that Google is NOT the same company it used to be and yet the myth lives on.","Ditch the ""pedigree"" rubbish, no one is buying it anymore plus you are doing a diservice to a lot of these kids who have this illusion that their grades will still matter when they leave Google. They will sit down in front of their potential employer and scratch their heads trying to explain what they ""did"" while they were at Google. Experience, experience, experience............... Accountability, accountability, accountability........",2.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4879,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,arrogance in the air ....,"Its famous, its been ""best employer"" for 2 years now !","Lots ! 1. We only say that we have free food, and all other crap, how does it help me as a person ? 2. Peers are arrogant, and i have seen its like stanford etc are great .. (ps i am from stanford too though), but the general attitude around is like every other place is bad .. 3. recruitment process is not good, though i did get it due to my background, i dont think they see skillsets, they see only background. 4. An air of arrogance ... 5. Too competitive -- good for people who have nothing better in life except work ! (yes sort of geeks .. and geeks SUCK isnt it ..)",Get down to earth and stop thinking you are GOD !,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,46,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4880,google,"Irvine, CA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Account Coordinator,Brilliant but I wish he really knew what was going on below him.,"Like a new restaurant with a line out the door you want to get in and have dinner. But seriously they do provide some nice perks. (Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, Insurance)","Like many of my peers who have commented in this site, it's elitist. It bothers the hell out of me that someone who could only afford a community college but yet is likely an excellent account executive gets rejected.","EMG! Wake up! Look beyond the millions you have in your bank accounts and re invent, re invent, re invent! Lose the arrogant attitudes about hiring and give your lower management levels the resources they need!",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P488.htm
4881,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 1, 2008",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Google: A New Kind of Employer for A New Century,"I like working at Google as an SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) because it is a job that combines my skills as a professional software engineer and self-taught system administrator. The work I do is quite varied so I don't get bored doing the same thing over and over like I have done at other companies.  Since Google is a well-established corporation they can afford to provide some of the best benefits that other companies can't/don't provide. Unlike startups, you don't have to worry about the company going belly-up nor do you have to work unreasonable hours.  We have free food in the form of many cafes all over the area each with a varied menu of foods. There's even a concern program that allows employees to call certain specialists for free advice -- e.g. you can ask a lawyer for some legal advice or talk to a therapist, amongst other services.  The company even offers up to 3 months of paid medical leave..  Aside from benefits, job security, and exciting projects, everyone there is very intelligent and good peers/team-mates are essential in any corporation.","Large corporations have a certain bureaucracy and more red tape than startups, naturally.  Promotions at Google require either someone to nominate you (rare) or self-nomination during regular performance review cycles.  Performance review cycles are a big pain and context interrupt. Many share this view though it is believed to be a necessary evil.",Not high up enough to have an opinion on this and get involved in company politics. Have only worked here about a year..,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4882,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience,"It's like Jonestown, except without the delicious beverage","It's a very convenient place to work-- not only are the on-site perks helpful, but employees have plenty of opportunities to learn. Unlike many companies, where employee productivity is dependent already having a certain set of skills needed to get the job done, Google encourages (if not expected) employees to spend a majority of their time doing things they don't currently know how to do. In effect, you are getting paid to learn new skills, and due to the ""act now, think later"" Google mindset, it's generally okay to make mistakes as you learn. World-renowned industry experts regularly lecture at Google, giving the campus an even stronger college-like feel. And in terms of the perks, it's surprisingly nice to not have to think about packing a lunch, to be able to borrow a free car to run an errand, and to wash your stinky gym clothes after working out your frustrations in the weight room.","The base salary and lack of promotion opportunities really start to wear down employee morale after the first few years. Unfortunately, there's too many glassy-eyed Google cultists/lifers who are willing to overwork themselves for a 35% (or more) paycut on projects that may not actually go anywhere. Despite claiming to seek openness, management keeps a lot of secrets-- especially around performance reviews (all employees are graded and rank-ordered, but employees don't get to know how well they fared).  In terms of actual productive work, employees are demoralized by having direction constantly changed. I suppose this is known as ""keeping us on our toes."" Further, it's tiring to hear every team say that they're acting as their own startup within Google, and that team members are going to be hand-picked to be involved in such a prestigious project. It's not uncommon for entire teams to be uprooted or replaced in one fell swoop. Put together, this leads to an uneasy feeling about one's job stability.  One final problem: too many Googlers are young, inexperienced, and short-sighted in their understanding of how much power they actually have in developing public-facing products. They don't understand the implications of their actions, and move too quickly to consider them.",Give employees a reason to stay at Google. Those underwater stock options sure aren't cutting it.,2.0,4.0,none,2.5,2.5,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4883,google,"New York, NY"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great experience, but not a perfect workplace","Interesting problems to work on, very nice offices, extremely smart co workers.  If you're very self directed, you can learn quite a bit and have a great time, but you shouldn't expect much help from other people.","Project scheduling was pretty haphazard Inter-team communication was also pretty haphazard You were often working with people all over the world, which sounds fantastic at first until you spend DAYS in video conference meetings Inept, Overworked managers (70 or 80 direct reports for someone who had never managed anyone before was normal) distant, ineffective HR (NYC office had 1 HR person for 1000+ employees in the office and was not authorized to do anything except send problems to Mountain View)",Your managers have no clue what's going on.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4884,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 13, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,"Not quite paradise, but not bad either.","The perks and the people. Everyone knows Google so when you say you work there you don't have to explain what it means. The idea that when I checked in code to production, billions of people would be hitting it the next day - very heady.","I got pretty chubby, but that's my own fault. The brutal interview process means people who work there all think they're hot stuff even if they aren't. Downright obnoxious people work there, there are no standards for managers. Everyone is working on 5 projects so nobody pays attention to everything they need to. Ultra-competitive, passive-aggressive culture.","Get out of China until you can do it right. You shouldn't have grown so fast in '05 and '06, your culture went down the drain.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4885,google,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2008","Former Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations",Sacrifice your life to Google,The benefits and coddling at the company,Politics at the senior management level,Respect your employees and their careers,4.0,1.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4886,google,none," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Operations Team Manager,"Not perfect, but better than most","Great Pay and Benefits, and a very dynamic work environment. You are surrounded by very smart people and you get to work on cutting edge technology. It's a fun place with the look and feel of a college campus. You are constantly challenged due to the fast pace and the intelligence of your co-workers.","Things move very quickly and change so often that you sometimes become weary of it. Lots of growth and associated chaos in middle management in the last 2 years has had a big, mostly negative, effect on the culture. The company is slowly but surely losing it's quirky culture and feels more ""corporate"" each day.",Better training and cultural indoctrination for new middle management hires.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4887,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Former Employee - Business Side,a great place to work if you're self-directed and highly motivated,interesting challenges that change every day. feel good about what you're doing. financial rewards,"lack of management feedback and direction, long hours",look beyond traditional metrics of accomplishment to find employees who are successful by non-traditional standards,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4888,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great, but slowly gravitating toward just good.","Very friendly culture, incredible access to practically all of company information, great people to work with and learn from. With thousands of users every second, almost nothing is trivial, so work tends to never be boring. The work process is very professional. Of course, just getting to build stuff on Google's awesome infrastructure (both hw and sw) might also be considered to be interesting :)","Well, my salary is not particularly high.. Some of the perks listed are just subsidized, and some are not even that. Also, there seems to be a slight trend toward money-oriented decision making, slowly eroding Google's 'Googliness' factor.","Given the inflow of cash, saving a few million bucks should not be a priority over employee satisfaction.",4.0,4.5,none,4.5,2.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4889,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.","The company has name recognition. Also, in engineering at least, you learn a lot about best practices. Most Googlers are pleasant and competent.","The founders often change their minds, causing teams to scramble. They don't seem to care about the damage they cause as a result.","Eric, you're a truly inspiring leader. Can you help curb L & S more?",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4890,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Google, there will never be another company like it in our Lifetime",-My co-workers - working with smart and creative people -Great working environment and benefits -Academic environment promoting continued learning,"-Lack of good managers -Very little promotion from within and internal movement -In more non-engineering focused roles, its more about how much you talk versus your results (I have seen many people who are actually not that great be promoted because they knew how to talk to the right people)",Please improve the management leadership. I know people who have left Google and are on the border of leaving Google because of this very weak point of the company. I personally am being managed by someone who has received very negative feedback from people who have been under this person and is less qualified than the people who this person manages. I have never been so micro-managed in my life and I am not the only person who is shocked this person is a manager. However sadly there is no resolution (and I doubt there will ever be) and if this person were to ever leave Google for another management role there would not be a lot of fans in the industry for this person (word spreads fast and already has negatively for this person).,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P489.htm
4891,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Amazing experience - yes Google is that cool!!!,"Smart people, extremely diverse culture, open environment for creativity... a model for a lot of companies. Technically very advanced - start of the art equipment and the best social activities that make you proud to be there.","It's a monster, flat organization doesn't allow for much advancement.",none... I think as many things that are wrong with Google... there are way too many positives that outweigh.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4892,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,"Perspective from a middle of the pack, both in terms of job level and employee count","The people are pretty fantastic, as are the perks -- food, HR really does have innovative ways of taking care of you, transportation options. Google has been willing to open up offices where its people want to be, which has been great. There is a lot of opportunity to travel, and communicate your vision to a wider audience. I appreciate some of the hard work that has gone into building the culture and Google tries hard to maintain that. There is a sense of legacy and that great things are yet to come. This is not something that is easily sustained, yet there is so much effort here, that it just might work.","Certainly it's a big company. It tries hard to not be. It tries to rekindle some of the old things that made it unique, but it seems like a lost cause for the most part. There is much less opportunity to shoot to the top. There is less and less exposure to people outside your organization and too far above your management chain. There is a lot of work to be done, and Google is pretty cheap about the way that work gets accomplished. It puts added burden on many people including engineers and lower level managers. Getting actual things accomplished and seeing how it fits into the company goals has been hard.",Be more proactive in helping your employees. Make sure they are given the proper tools to succeed. Don't just rely on large swaths of hard working smart people to figure stuff out on their own.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4893,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Quality Manager,Great,LV style Free Meal. Free Shuttle. Campus environment. Salary is so so.  Best 1st job out of college.,Most of the Googlers have only been working for 1 or 2 years in Google. Still very young company.  High turn over after stock option exercised.,provide business travel flight for oversea.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4894,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,"Great place to work, but challenging leadership problems at scale.","Google, even through a period of explosive growth, continues to be a great innovation hub. The engineering culture has managed to attract some of the brightest minds in computer science, with access to vast resources and people with experience and expertise across a broad range of functions. Working at Google is a fantastic way to meet and learn from some of these folks, and to gain exposure to some of the largest distributed computing systems in the world.  And of course, the benefits are best-in-class, included the lauded Google chefs and various on-site amenities. If you can find a way to build some upside, whether that's around compensation, equity, or career advancement, Google is a fantastic place to work.","As the company grows, more and more groups compete for the attention of senior management, which has continued to keep a tight grasp on the operations of the company. It becomes very difficult to operate strategically, as the opportunities for high-level feedback are few and far between. And on those occasions that you do have the opportunity to solicit feedback, it's generally very disruptive and can often times be untimely or driven by subjective factors. To management's credit, this ""sparse micromanagement"" is an acknowledged problem, and more and more senior managers at the director level are taking ownership of large strategic initiatives. As the company starts to transform its leadership culture, there will be interesting changes in the way products are developed, from charter through launch.","Senior management has done an excellent job in focusing on the ""head"" of priorities - web search, advertising, and some of the larger initiatives like Apps. It's time to find a way to bring order to the chaotic array of micro-projects that are competing for resources, and to empower middle managers to prioritize and execute on those projects in a way that inspires confidence and belief in a shared set of priorities across the company.",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4895,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Google is probably the best big company to work for.,"The food, the people, the development infrastructure, the energetic atmosphere, and the large scale problems that do not exist anywhere else.",Google is starting to feel like a big company. The number of times org charts appear in meetings is constantly increasing. There is a growing necessity to deal with politics in order to promote projects and get recognition. It is getting harder to innovate in the core parts of the business.,I think management needs to figure out how to satisfy the hunger of engineers who want to innovate and develop new and possibly better solutions to existing problems. I think parts of the core business are stuck with solutions that started many years ago and now most development revolves around incremental improvements rather than finding new and better approaches.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4896,google,"Irvine, CA"," May 20, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,Feeling Lucky? You are if you work Google.,"No company has ever done more to ensure the happiness and comfort of their employees. It has of course grown more compartmentalized and beaurocratic as it has grown but it remains a rather open playing field. Google also fosters a fertile and receptive breeding ground for homegrown ideas and suggestions, some of which has grown into successful consumer products. I also continue to feel good about working for a company that takes ethics and ""doing the right thing"" so seriously.",Extremely competitive. Incredibly high bar set for performance.,Do everything you can to keep the lines of communication open and active.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4897,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Google, not what you think, at least not any more.....","Stock options, prestige of working for a huge name","In order to excel,you must give up most of your social life to compete with people willing to spend more than 10+ hours a day at work. Its not the fun company it used to be, I may be a little jaded since I was there in the early days, but its become more like Microsoft, and the ""Google culture"" is more of a fable these days. Google buys technology these days, and does not innovate from within.","none, there is no point, they all only care about how they look to upper management. There is always a focus on the flashy, shiny new product, not improvement on existing products, or fixing problems some large customers are bothered by.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4898,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,It's not what it's cracked up to be.,"The reputation of the company is great, and so is the free food.","This is no longer a startup. You can't expect to go to Google these days and become a millionaire. As some reviewers have said, there is basically no room for advancement so it is a deadend job. They do discriminate by schools. Say if you attended Arizona State you would get paid $20k less than the same person graduating from Berkeley or Stanford. It is pretty ridiculous like that.",Stop hiring people and do something new. All your money is from Adsense and that's pathetic.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4899,google,"Denver, CO"," May 22, 2008",Current Employee - Media Delivery Coordinator,Best geek place to work...period...,"They are very concerned with the happiness of their employees. We are treated well and the perks are phenomenal. This is one of the pinnacles for where geeks want to work. The work environment is condusive to working and staying engaged in the projects you are working on. They make sure you have the tools that you need to get your work done. They move VERY fast to get things done. They do a lot of great work with charities and the communities where their offices are. They truly live by their motto, ""Don't be evil.""","Sometimes there is too much work to be done. It would be nice to have some breathing room to be able to do side projects, etc. Sometimes I feel a little lost in the large company.","Truly try to balance the workload so that we can focus on that 10-20% ""fun"" stuff.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4900,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 2, 2008",Former Employee - Technical Sourcer,"Beyond the fantasy, Google is still corporate.","They definitely encourage a good work life balance. When dealing with other areas of life, they ensure that employees are given enough time to take care of everything. The perks are great as well - free food, snacks, and drinks, author talks, artists who perform, game areas - these are all things that relieve stress and enable employees to focus better and be more productive.","Google is still a corporation, and there are some managers who don't fit well within the culture. Since they play down titles, and the organizational structure is flat, micro managers kill morale.","When timelines and quotas are tight - give employees space to breathe instead of breathing down their necks. Everyone at Google is type A, and able to pull their own weight. Just give them the information they need and they will take care of it.",4.0,5.0,none,2.5,2.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P490.htm
4901,google,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Google is a great place to work if you are competent enough.,The benefits are awesome and work hours are very flexible.,It's very competitive and it's getting too big.,I think they are doing great.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4902,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 30, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Awesome culture, bad management","The perks and the culture is not only conductive to thinking and personal growth, but also fun.","While the flat structure aids quick development of ideas, many managers are not people persons and are fairly inexperienced (as managers, while they're great software engineers). For newbies this can be frustrating because of the lack of downwards managerial communication.  On top of that, the lack of clear policies and rules about things like WFH and OOO while make it easier to have a personal life highlight the disparity between well-connected Googlers (who might be friends with their managers) and the others.  Lastly, product/project managers, ubertechs and swengs often fight about silly stuff, leaving innocent bystanders merely confused.","Please work on forming specific policies and training managers to be managers.  The intern program (where software engineers have a direct report for the first time) needs to be overhauled badly. While Google is awesome and all, many interns did not have clear directions, guidance, or feedback from their sponsors/managers.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4903,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"If you can live up to the challenge, its the best place to be. Think twice if you're female, or have family.","Any alien technology, sufficiently advanced, will appear to be magic. Compared to what anyone else is doing what Google has built in its worldwide serving infrastructure is magic. No-one, not even Defense, has the compute power on the scale that Google has. If you can manage to live up to the challenge you are in the very top echelon of engineering talent in the world. There is also a culture of rewarding and supporting us engineers in building and maintaining that infrastructure.","Massive pressure to perform to the level of your peers, to the level of legendary figures who have gone before, and to the levels required to keep the dollar generating machinery running.  Also, Management, communication and other people skills are not favored in Engineering. The results are predictably enough that technically competent engineers who demonstrate good results, get management responsibilities that they fit in between technical work. Those that have the people skills don't get these promotions.  I have not personally suffered from this so this analysis is not sour grapes. I have seen women who are already doing the project management role out of necessity as well as their own technical load, get passed over for promotion even though the projects they are on succeed, because they can't point to high personal metrics due to their unrecognized management load.","Lift the lid on the pressure cooker. Allow people to work to their strengths, and move to different areas to do so. In areas where its hard to hire good engineers, like Site Reliability, once you're in, carrying a pager, you're the backbone of the company and no-one wants to let you go and do project based stuff. When things are going well you get bonuses, but if you screw up you're losing thousands a minute and the pressure is horrible.",4.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4904,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 23, 2008",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Fun at first, frustrating in the long run.","Google has a really strong reputation and is a word leader in internet technology. Working at Google opens a lot of doors for later employment externally and also gives you a lot of insight into what it's like to work for a large company that is still in a growth phase. Google also hires very intelligent, hardworking individuals, so you meet a lot of amazing people and work with them every day. It also provides great benefits (health, dental, etc.), and a lot of really nice perks (free food, gym, special guests/events). It's also a good first place to work in Silicon Valley because you learn a lot very quickly about the Valley's culture from an established organization.","The downsides of working at Google depend largely on the department that you're dealing with. The sales organization is highly disorganized and has a glut of middle management. Management and structure are obviously necessary in all companies, but the sales org at Google has too many managers, many of whom are ill-qualified to be managing other people. There are also a lot of politics surrounding promotions, etc. because of this large middle management structure. It also causes a lot of unnecessary bureaucracy which slows down work and can be extremely frustrating for individuals who are still on the lower rungs of the ladder.  Additionally, at least within the sales org, there appears to be virtually no real career path or hope for development/promotion. Managers are hired from outside (with MBAs being strongly preferred), which is frustrating and demoralizing for employees who have worked for years without being moved up.","The senior management at Google needs to do a better job of unifying the company across functional groups. The engineers, PR, marketing, sales, etc. are all kept very separate which often creates a feeling of competition between the groups. It also creates jealousy and bitterness, especially since the engineering groups are seen as being favored by upper management.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4905,google,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Google is still a fantastic place to work.,"Google is an extraordinary place to work: the perks are second to none, the quality of employees is exceptionally high, and the products are mostly cutting edge and interesting. Google treats its employees very well and believes in leadership from the bottom up, which provides a sense of ownership and personal investment that is unequaled in my experience. Google employees are encouraged to treat each other as respected equals, no matter what the difference in job title might be. Google also encourages the notion that good ideas can come from anywhere, and that the best ideas rarely come from management.  Perhaps most importantly, Google is one of the only places in the world where you can work on products that could potentially be used by hundreds of millions of people. It's very satisfying to share your work with family and friends, and to see people using your products nearly every day.","The larger the company gets, the more the culture becomes dilute. The past year or two has brought extensive change in terms of management hierarchy to certain area of the company. With the hiring or more and more managers from the outside, the company has lost some of its democratic idealism in favor of traditional corporate politics. Google is now a very large company, and it's hard to avoid all of the downsides that accompany such size.  It can also be very difficult to find a career path at Google. Promotions are exceptionally rare. Despite the fact that employees can theoretically excel in both individual contributor and management tracks, there is still a feeling that the only way to climb the corporate ladder is to become a manager. It's also the case that people are often promoted into management roles without the necessary skills and training, leading to poor relationships between teams and leaders.  It also becomes more and more difficult to make fast progress on projects as the company gets larger. Google is still very nimble compared to most large companies, but it's no longer a scrappy startup unencumbered by size.","Google needs to pay more attention to its middle management. In some areas of the company, there is too little, while in others there is way too much. Middle management is a thankless job at Google, as it is at most companies, but many employees feel that it's the only way to succeed.",5.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4906,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 5, 2008",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Google:An Elitist's Playground,"When people think of working for Google, the food and facilities are generally what come to mind first…and those are the best parts. Google fosters a college or academic feel where you never need to leave the campus in order to find sustenance or a respite from the daily grind. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are offered Monday through Friday, and the food is pretty good (keep in mind I'm comparing it to other free food…so how can you really complain?). Google-colored Swiss balls (those bouncy orbs you see freakishly fit people doing sit-ups on in infomercials) invade the office cubicles and give the workspace a much more play-pen sort of feel. To bolster the dorm room ambiance, Google also supplies pinball machines, foosball, ping pong & pool tables, and assorted video games. Foam darts are passed out for 'dart wars' during especially hectic times, and silently encourage the employees to roll away from their ergonomically arranged desks to fling projectiles at unsuspecting coworkers. After a grueling week of work, an employee can look forward to a company-funded bender in the form of microbrew beer (both on tap and in bottles!), wine, and the occasional Jell-O shot. If the alcohol upsets your stomach and a retreat to a bathroom is what you crave, fear not! In addition to having showers in almost every building, Google boasts toilets with heated seats, built-in bidets, and dryers for those who prefer to relieve themselves in a more ""green"" fashion.","If you enjoy your individuality and time alone, Google is not the place for you (keep in mind I’m not an engineer). Google pushes a highly ""googley"" atmosphere, which is something akin to what the Brady Bunch would be like if they lived in communist Russia. Everything from the carpet to the bathroom tiles incorporate the Google colors into its design. People are encouraged to have googley attitudes, wear plastic smiles, and not to question the infallible nature of the executive management group. Marathon hours are the standard because, after all, employees are practically encouraged to bring a cot and sleep there…barracks coming soon (really?! no, not really). If you like feeling awkward during forced group activity, Google is your haven. It isn't exactly ""forced"" (no guns), but if you don't participate you become labeled as ""ungoogley."" Once deemed “ungoogley”, you're practically viewed as a rotten apple that threatens to spoil the bunch. If you can endure and appreciate the googley atmosphere, you might also enjoy Google's uncanny ability to clot information within the hierarchy. Very little is shared throughout the company because from the moment you're hired, secrecy is revered. But to be honest, most of those who read this review won't even be able to get a job there. Whether you're right out of college or are putting your kids through college, your academic standing will be asked about, your transcripts required. If you went to Podunk U, your chances are worse than the rumored 1% of applicants. I'm not saying that high standards aren't important, but Google discriminates against creative and diverse applicants by employing such arbitrary standards. Google (generally) hires the elite who have elitist attitudes…probably not the best way to understand what the masses want.","Stop acting as those you're King Midas…just because you struck it rich with AdWords does not mean whatever you create will be tech gold. For a company that prides itself on innovation, I can't think of any product Google has released since AdWords that has been truly innovative…unless you are calling Google's mergers and acquisitions innovative (just because Google owns YouTube does not mean you can take credit for the innovation). You aren't above traditional marketing, and when the AdWords profits stagnate, you'll change your tune. Google has only touched the tip of the iceberg in terms of users, but seems to focus on a very small niche of the internet market (we're not all open-source users and tech-geeks [don't get me wrong, I love a good tech geek]), it's in the company's best interest to drop the elitist niche/attitude and truly become the people's company.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4907,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 11, 2008",Current Employee - Quantitative Marketing Manager,Great place to work with wonderful benefits but paychecks should be bigger,Smart People Chance to make a big difference to the lives of millions of people Management's desire to be seen as a force for good Fellow Googlers' concern for the environment and heightened awareness of world issues,Long work hours Flat organizational structure Compensation is much lower than competition,Do more to keep top talent,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4908,google,"San Francisco, CA"," May 16, 2008",Current Employee - Regional Sales Manager,Get back to basics.,"Very smart, innovative colleagues. Ground breaking technology. Open door policy to executives. Foster supportive, team environment","Company is not too big. Has lost much of it's small company feel/culture. Much tougher to make decisions and many layers of management. Company hires too many people with same backgrounds - all ivy league MBA, competitive, ego-driven managers that has changed the culture.","Need to reward and recognize mid-level managers who get lost in the shuffle (ie, level 7s) and unmotivated. Need to be more open about the types of people hired to diversify and avoid ego-driven workforce.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4909,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 26, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Lving it but wish I had a real office,"People think better of you if you work at Google. The people you work with are really really smart, because Google sets the bar for hiring so high. There's free breakfast, lunch, and dinner - and it's good. The yearly bonus tends to be even more than the percentage in the offer letter.","We're stuck in cubicles. (Before Google, I worked at Microsoft, and at MSFT everyone gets their own office, or at least, every engineer...) The stock price is variable, so if you join and the stock's at 700, and then the stock goes down to 500, you may end up resenting the people who just got hired and have an option strike price $200 lower than you.",Allow employees to reprice their options to where they would be if they were to quit and get re-hired the next day.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4910,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 23, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google is a great place to work as an engineer - just don't expect a small company environment,"Google is one of the first places I've worked where I feel like I'm surrounded by people that are way smarter than I am. This makes for a really creative environment, where everyone is pushing you to go beyond your limits and make something even better. It also means that you can just trust that everyone around you is really good at what they do.  There's also a huge focus on only launching things when they're ready, which, as an engineer, means when something does launch, you're really proud of it, and don't feel like it's half-assed because you were rushing to a deadline and cut a lot of corners.  Oh, and the free food and benefits rock, but they wouldn't keep me at any job if I didn't enjoy the work and the people. But when you do like the job and the people, they make it that much better:)","Google is getting big. This means a couple things: It's no longer always a ""startup"" feel. There's a lot of teams, and a lot of infrastructure, and there's starting to be a bit of bureaucracy here and there (though management has done a pretty good job killing it on sight whenever they see it).  Also, because we have a lot of users and are always in the limelight, we have to be really careful about launching things, which often means that launching something requires jumping through more hoops to make sure it's scalable and stable, and that all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed, in order to not have a bad press situation or an emergency caused by an overloaded system. This is good for production launches, but can slow down experimentation in the early stages of a product.",Keep doing what you're doing:),5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P491.htm
4911,google,"Mountain View, CA"," May 7, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,:-),The people at google are nice,lack of growth opportunities at google,Give more opportunities,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4912,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 20, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Amazing company culture, products, technology, and employee benefits.","The best part about working at Google is the number of very smart people constantly around you. Great team settings where you can learn and be around the best. There are tons of other employee benefits as well, such as the free food (3 meals a day cooked by excellent chefs) and snacks, game areas (fooseball, volleyball), bicycles, workout center, laundry machines, etc. All of these things cause you to worry about less outside of work.","Because of the large amounts of benefits (such as free foods) there seems to be an unsaid rule that employees are expected to work longer hours. Many people work more than 8 hours a day and then will be on email or work for a couple hours at home, at night as well (or on the weekends). It may be hard to perform extremely well with a good work/life balance.",Give engineers more freedom to use 20% time to work on cool projects without the stress of having to do 120% work.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4913,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 25, 2008",Current Employee - Adwords Associate,Don't work at Google unless you want to corporate climb to nowhere.,"Good benefits, decent pay. Free food, and access to many amenities.","If you aren't technical there is nowhere for you to go professionally. Basically, they hire really smart people and dont' tell them they are putting them in a dead end job. There really isn't much possibility for movement, and the job ends up consuming 90% of your time for average pay. Its kind of a scam.","Its clear that you don't value your sales/advertising staff. You work us really hard, and make it impossible to really get anywhere. People will start leaving really soon unless you make the enivironment more supportive and flexible.",3.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4914,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 17, 2008",Former Employee - Technical Sourcer,Googlicious,"You work with the brightest people in the world who are also very modest and kind. Very fun, enjoyable, flexible atmosphere where you can be yourself. Every day I was there I found another reason to love it. The campus is very well connected and collegial. The food is obviously amazing. They are also always inviting speakers and musicians and finding ways to keep you entertained and learning. I could go on and on, but I was very happy there.",Team Leads were often inexperienced and poor. They were not use to working with so many high achievers and did a poor job managing them. Often had issues of micro management. The salary was average to below average depending on what department you were working for.,Be careful who you promote and what other people think of them,5.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4915,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 18, 2008",Current Employee - Search Specialist,Entrepreneur at Google,"The opportunity to change the world. Every job position has a very strong impact, especially in the emerging Google divisions. For example, Google Enterprise and Google Earth sales groups. Free food. Very open minded and diverse group of people. No one I met at Google is intellectually incompetent. You can bring dogs to work. The people are friendly and overall there is strong sense of belonging to a group of the elite that have the opportunity to change the world. The on site gym, cafes, are nice. Opportunities to see visiting authors and presidential candidates are amazing. You are in the presence of great people who will change/are changing the world.","For entrepreneurial people that want to start their own company, working at Google can become very comfortable and you enjoy a lot of the learning you would as if you were in a tech startup, thus prompting you to stay as an ""employee"" instead of business owner.",no comment. Don't bite the hands that feed you.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4916,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 27, 2008",Current Employee - Web Developer,"Nice place to work, but so are a lot of other places.","If you ever want to leave and go somewhere else, pretty much anyone will hire you if you've worked at Google.",Too much of an approval process. They don't really care much about web standards. They write horrible HTML code.,N/A,3.0,4.5,none,4.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4917,google,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Google PM,Great people Impact Great Benefts,Can't think of any right now,None,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4918,google,"New York, NY"," Mar 28, 2008","Current Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations","An open, collaborative, innovative and flexible place to work.","An amazing spirit of innovation, open collaborative atmosphere, great employee development and career advancement, and exceptional senior management.","Well, this is a young company, so there are lots of internal changes. This is to be expected, but for me it is a negative.",Continue to focus on innovation and a world class product.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4919,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 31, 2008",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Great people to work with, fun environment.","The ""pro"" that comes to mind that I want to mention about the company is that you get the opportunity to learn a lot.","It is very unstructured. No one is teaching you what to do, you have to learn on your own. However, there are tons of smart people to ask who are willing to help.",Make the company more structured.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4920,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 14, 2008",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Perks are fantastic but work is overwhelming and directionless.,The different perks you get at this company are really great and the benefits are pretty great here as well.,A directionless job and also a tremendous amount of work which is sometimes meaningless due to the constant change in direction.,To learn how to plan and stick to a plan. This place seems rudderless in terms of plans we make and what is stuck to.,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P492.htm
4921,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 3, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,Working for Google there is always a massive amount of opportunity to learn.,We are at the forefront of new technology and so we are working with very high tech professionals every day.,No cons at this time.,None.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4922,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 3, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,Google is such a great place to work.,Perks and incentives are a major plus. I work with a lot of smart people and the people are the best part.,No cons to share at this time.,None.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4923,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 28, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Very open communication compared to other employers, self-directed, company empowers people.","Great insurance benefits, free food, equipment is available whenever you want it to be, and there is always whatever you need (monitor, etc.)",The company is growing fast and it is easy to imagine that there will possibly be some growing pains in the future.,None,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4924,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 14, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Instructional Designer,It is a job I enjoy very much.,"What I seem to like best here is the open environment at the company, as well as the transparency on the job.",There is a lot of stress here and I think it is a result of the growth of the company.,Keep the good traditions and prevent typical corporate politics.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4925,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 3, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,It is exciting and rewarding job.,"Great people to work with here, as well as an enjoyable work environment. I love to come to work every day!",No cons at this time.,"They are doing a fabulous job, have no feedback.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4926,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 25, 2008",Current Employee - Project Manager,Dynamic place to work due to diverse cultures.,The variety of different projects and the speed of completion. I am truly very satisfied - pleased there is an endless list of pros.,Sometimes people need to realize when we work with other companies they may not work at the same speed as Google. So their expectations are often skewed.,Keep up good work!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4927,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 28, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test,Very laid-back and flexible environment. Challenging at times.,"As you've probably heard, Google has great benefits (insurance) and flexible hours. If you want to, you can work from home.",One thing that is a negative aspect for me here is that sometimes my job at Google can be repetitive.,None.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4928,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,One of the best jobs of my life because I work with such great people.,"To repeat what I wrote before, the people I work for and work with here are very smart and confident people.",Sometimes being that it is such a big company it is sometimes hard to be heard when you need to voice concerns or comments.,None,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4929,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Work with smart people who are willing to share information.,"People are willing to share knowledge which is not the norm in this industry. This is the first place I have worked where the people are great about that. Also, I get to work on cool projects that no one else in the world works on.","A company like this requires a lot of long hours, so the work and life balance is often hard to come by.",None...but management does solicite advice and they do give feedback so we know they listen.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4930,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 4, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test,"An open and collaborative environment, highly innovative.","Just as most people would expect at a company like Google, there is a lot of opportunity to do great things here.","This seems like not a very big con, but to tell you the truth the parking lot here is always crowded.",None,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P493.htm
4931,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working for Google has been exciting over the last few years but is growing less so over time.,The name recognition that goes along w/ the job and the quality of the engineers is good. It is a relatively flat organization and you can set your own job direction.,It is very difficult to know where management is headed. Over all there is more bureaucracy than there used to be. Not as nimble as I would like,They should consider breaking people down into smaller groups in order to be completely free to do their job.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4932,google,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 5, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Freedom within the company and lots of things to do & learn.,I work w/ a diverse set of people. You have have great people within the company w/o a lot of micromanagement. You have the freedom to do a job w/o contantly being checked on.,Google can be a bit overwhelming w/ the volume of things that you have to learn. It can also be chaotic because you do have freedom but so much is always going on at the same time.,None,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4933,google,none," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Mobile Accessories,I have three years experience in mobile accessories,I like this job and earned so much money,I challenge to doing sale so much,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4934,google,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,Everything you need in a company,No cons at all. It's been good so far,Na Everything is decent,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4935,google,none," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google intern,The free food was good,Corporate culture is not good,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4936,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Staff Software Engineer,Best company to work,Open Culture. Best Technology in the World. There is no other company in the world that you work on the scale at Google.,It's not Perfect. There are teams (minority) which are not pleasant to work.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4937,google,none," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Customer Support,"Good culture, great people, good benefits, visa support.","Entry level jobs are not the most exciting, albeit manageable.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4938,google,none," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Flexibility, Initiative, Creativity, Friendly Environment","None, None, None, None, None",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4939,google,none," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Great company! Amazing perks here and amazing people. I moved onto greener pastures, but if you can get in, it is life changing.",You need to go to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4940,google,none," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great organization,- culture - ambition and future potential,- not many at all to be honest,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P494.htm
4941,google,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great place to work at,No cons because great place to work at,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4942,google,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur,"Good stuff always. Flexible working hours. Tax rebate, learning om the job, expands your mind.","To be sincere, i dont see a con. Well let me say its different from just building stuff. It also xrequires people skills.",none,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4943,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Great company,- Great pay - Amazing colleagues - Lots of learning opportunities,- Too much pressure on sales targets - Salaries in Dublin are really low relative to the US considering cost of living (750-1100€ for a room in a shared apartment),none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4944,google,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work with,New technology can be learnt from others,As of now there is no cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4945,google,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Perfect place to improve profile,No cons as such in Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4946,google,none," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great place to work and nice people,Fast paced work environment that can be tough for beginners.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4947,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Excellent Work Environment,Great work life balance Respectful environment Stimulating peers & jobs Strong internal mobility and good career paths Above average salary & high quality perks (gym/food/massages/health care...),Some teams may be too big and progression may sometimes be very political. High performers are sometimes less rewarded than good story tellers. Certain employees can be over qualifier for the missions they are given.,"Continue cultivating the autonomy of your teams, keep on giving high level directions. Value people that may not be vocal but high performers vs. people who speak a lot but don't do much.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4948,google,none," Dec 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Cool Work Environment No formals required Very helpful and easygoing people,Getting addicted to that cool and sometimes relaxed environment is a downside.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4949,google,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work for,International group of employees working here,Limited scope of work as the organizing is very big.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4950,google,none," Nov 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Great culture. You are made to feel part of the Google family from day 1, get the opportunity to direct your career and contribute significantly to outputs from early on. Fantastic horizontal and geographical mobility, with the ability to work from anywhere in the world",Vertical evolution is an uphill climb. Roles outside of the USA are more skewed towards sales than product.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P495.htm
4951,google,none," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great atmosphere/ work environment,Great learning opportunity and benefit structure.,Stressful and long hours as of most agencies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4952,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Great environment Openness is a big part of culture. Positive,Nothing very particular so far.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4953,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - People Operations,Still a magical place,Sunday is phenomenal. The desire to make it a place of respect and inclusion is authentic even if theyre far from achieving it.,Hasn't figured out compensation for countries in the emerging markets in Asia,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4954,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Fresher,Tester,It management is ok.Working culture is good,Good work need work more to management Really to hard,Working culture need to improve. Good to work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4955,google,none," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work for,good management. good people. good projects. good food. great offices,nothing bad.google is full of fun and work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4956,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Great company to work for,- Good company culture - Good pay,High competition Hard to move up,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4957,google,none," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software,Good culture and amazing office space,None to say to the management,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4958,google,none," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Intern,Very smart people in Google,Long hours in the office,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4959,google,none," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work for obviously,Had a great time there,Wasn't paid enough money there,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4960,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Lives up to the hype! Amazing place to work.,"Genuinely passionate, smart, friendly people. Interesting problems to solve. Extremely collaborative culture. Opportunity to move around the company. Amazing food.",No cons found so far.,Keep the culture!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P496.htm
4961,google,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development,Good Ideology - Flawed at Scale,"Free food, subsidised massage, good benefits are all true benefits. They also do a lot of interesting work in tech. The claimed corporate culture of openness, a flat organisational structure and acceptance of employees’ true selves is a good ideology, though clearly sometimes a failed practice.","Google management are surprisingly penny pinching in allocating sufficient resource to projects by way of staff, office space, and budget. Success here depends on how good your boss is at politicking and how good you are at politicking with your boss, rather than actually being focused on the merits of specific investments - the scale is too large to be accurate when it comes to brass tacks.  I’d rather go without free food and have the resource I need to do my job without working the 60-70 hour work weeks, and the constant travel demanded of me because we don’t have enough staff in Europe. Approvals processes are a broken, inefficient bureaucratic grind that results in nothing but pain.  Blindly and unacceptably American-centric in product execution and in how they devalue remote staff in comparison to those who are willing to immigrate to Mountain View, CA. Titles and salary are both enormously deflated outside of California, while working hours are much longer to accommodate Googlers in HQ who don’t start their work days until 9:30/10:00 after getting in on the Google buses. Add on to that the fact that there is a systematic devaluation of non-engineering roles, and the overall picture turns pretty grim if you’re on the business side of things and outside of the US.  Recent revelations in the public eye surrounding how Google has handled sexual harassment were enormously discouraging and deflating. Before I’d been able to forgive Google a lot of its operational/administrative sins because I thought it was good at heart. Now I fear that there is something rotten in the core of Google’s management and infrastructure and I am not sure I can trust the leadership.","I’m not even sure where to begin, other than to say that you are doing an enormous disservice to your talent outside of the US. Alternative methods of evaluating salary banding other than repeating methods which work at the scale of Mountain View/SFO, but crumble when applied to smaller markets should be adopted. E.g. when you’re hiring for projects which exist at an intersection with non-tech industries, include market data from those industries. Also do a dispassionate evaluation of your job levelling which is sensitive to the extra demands placed on employees in smaller numbers outside of the core project teams in the US. It is easier, and more rewarding, doing the same work at a start up versus Google, and that’s broken.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4962,google,Surat (India)," Nov 17, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Manager,assistant manager at ivenus apple,"helping management , good environment","lack of growth , more people",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4963,google,none," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Good benefits compared with other local companeis,Food offering is not as competitive,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4964,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very very good work environment,"Lots of works, hard to get time for life",Ok,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4965,google,none," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Agency Development Manager,Amazing Benefits and Work Culture,Work changes quickly so you have to be able to adapt very fast,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4966,google,none," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,STEP intern,Best opportunities for the beginning of the career,Not all tasks that interns are working on are really significant,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4967,google,none," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Good workers, great food, nice place",Slow to get work done,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4968,google,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Food. Autonomy. Culture.,Liberals. Societal Peer pressures. Disobedience.,We are lagging behind. Buckle up.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4969,google,Wrocław (Poland)," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Kick Off Your Career,- lots of learning from different areas - good mentoring system - peers - office,- micromanagement - budget cuts - requirement to do too many projects just for promotion,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4970,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Facilities Coordinator,Google,"Amazing working environment, with a pragmatic culture of innovation.",Corporate structure means makes it challenging for progression without qualifications.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P497.htm
4971,google,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,"Nice people, nice pay, nice projects",Nothing I can say here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4972,google,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,fun exciting good rich nice,tiring tough dead quiet great,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4973,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Non Eng is a different company,"Perks, food, offices, international environment, interdisciplinary nature","Bureaucracy, Perf management, non-eng career, Rework",Focus,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4974,google,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Nov 25, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Yeet,Good food and a lot of other stuff,not much to say to be honest,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4975,google,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,Great benefits and free food,"Very competitive, individualism is rewarded more than collaboration among teams",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4976,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All good,Everything you read about and more,None at all(maybe a bit too political colleagues),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4977,google,none," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Relaxed company,Amazing office with great perks,Sometimes senior management undermine staff,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4978,google,none," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,everything's good with google. Very good.,no comment. no dis advantages.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4979,google,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Express driver,Big Company with a lot of money to spend,"No benefits, 401k, social security contributions",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4980,google,none," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great overall,"Great facilities, benefits and bright minds to work with",Nothing I can think of right now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P498.htm
4981,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,Not bad.,Having a Start-up work environment. Free work-time. We can work remote if you ask your manager or boss.,"Product team only have one designer, one back-end engineer and one product manager. It's unreasonable for a normal company.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4982,google,none," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Fun , high paying, healthy environment",Too difficult to get job,Its great to work with google,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4983,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Inside Sales,Inside Sales & Customer Growth,"Google perks, exciting industry, multicultural environment","middle management, career progression,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4984,google,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Company review,Awesome company to work with.,There is nothing bad to mention.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4985,google,none," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,It is a great place to work,I don't think there are any cons about google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4986,google,New Delhi (India)," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - Junior Software Engineer,"It was awesome to work with google,it was more happier place than my house","Company,s area is too big and i don't know to ride bicycle, so i had to walk for a good distance daily","Cafeteria is too near to office, so peaceful environment - it was like heaven for any Employee",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4987,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior New Business,Great experience,Great people and culture. Young and vibrant,Internal politics are at times frustrating. Must manage many stakeholders throughout different organisation,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4988,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Marketing,Digital marketing,Google company is one of the top level company.,I have completed my digital marketing course.I am searching job for digital marketing .,none,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4989,google,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to advance career,"Awesome workforce quality, mind blowing projects","Too big, limited growth opportunities beyond basic management",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4990,google,none," Nov 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good experience, but very corporate and unchallenging experience","Fair treatment, benefits, fun people, work life balance","Slow paced, corporate, too stable and stagnant",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P499.htm
4991,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Industry Manager,great place to work for,cantine breakfast perks for employees games rooms rest room people,no barrier between private and worklife no work / life balance poor management lots of pressure salary not great,look more after employees,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
4992,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very friendly environment,I really enjoyed opportunity to grow here,"Big company, no sense of belonging to one team",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
4993,google,none," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Good working environment @ google,fun people to work with,work can be stressful at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
4994,google,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Very Smart people work here.,As such no cons is there.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
4995,google,none," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A year at Google,Co-workers were very skilled and well trained,Work hours could be long,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
4996,google,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google A Great Place To Work,"Opportunities to travel, move between functions, great learning and development. Always something new to work on to challenge yourself.",No cons at this point. Great experience all round.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
4997,google,none," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good compny,was a good company enjoyed the experience,i couldn work for a company that doesnt pay full tax,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
4998,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Great Company but Has Issues,- One of the tech giants - Cool place to work - Above average compensation compared to industry - Cool perks,- The stereotypical issues of tech giants totally apply here - Management seems to blurt out scandal after scandal - Stock isn't performing as well as competition,Need to be more transparent with employees and public,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
4999,google,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work in,Experience salary I like Google very much,No one I think there is no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
5000,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It's amazing,Employees are friendly & I can do my work with full enjoyment,Yet not faced any problems,They should take steps who harasses others,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P500.htm
5001,google,none," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Benefits, offices, kudos on CV",None that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5002,google,none," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Challenging Pushes you to do your best,Makes you want to work all the time,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5003,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Google Ads Campaign Performance Specialist,Google Ads Campaign Performance Specialist,"Work-life balance, High wages, healthy work culture",No Cons Company is est,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5004,google,none," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to start your career and stay for 3-4 years,"Google can offer very competitive, almost unrealistic salary (you should work hard!), amazing perks, super interesting people around and never-to-forget parties. You work non-stop and enjoy it, running from one busy meeting to massage or to catch up with friends / colleagues. You have everything you need - from food to Gym (with small swimming pool) on campus, laundry services, meditation and music rooms and much more.","Google is a big bubble. Many googlers have no idea of what is happening ""outside"", in the ""real"" world. Middle managers (team leads) are very mediocre, nothing to teach you, only politics. You can be the same level (as an individual contributor) with a team lead and have no say just because you prefer to ""get things done"" and ""contribute"" to the ""team lead job"" which usually includes going to many bla-bla meetings and pretending that you know the everyday job of your reportees (which many dont know at all). I have never seen so many people who have no idea what they were doing being promoted because they were in a right place at a right time and were also good ""friends makers""",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5005,google,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Just about everything is good.,Just about nothing is bad.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5006,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"amazing place to work, really!",Not the best paymasters in the market,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5007,google,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Enablement Manager,"Culture, CEO, Salary, Challenging, Products.",Can feel more corporate at times.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5008,google,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Accountant,I really have respect in Google company because it's give us a huge security at Internet so this I believe in this company,Some time not giving security but so many people r last there life for because of hacking,Henhance security level,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5009,google,none," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best one can have,"One of the best companies one can get into. Enjoyable and relaxed working environment, no sucb pressure of the work.",Really hard to crack their interviews and get a full time job or internship here.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5010,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Good company,You get the chance to work with Great people,Sometimes you can’t handle the stress,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P501.htm
5011,google,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Apps Associate,-Pay - Culture - Location - Benefits - Free food,"- Inexperienced management - Often unfocused, projects change quickly",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5012,google,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Amazing company to be a part of,"none whatsoever amazing company, best ever",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5013,google,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice it was to learn,Great environment to work in,None in my opinion truely,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5014,google,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent culture,"Excellent culture, exciting projects and great people","Huge multinational, can be overwhelming",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5015,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - STEP Intern,STEP Intern Review,- Cutting-edge technologies - Smart and passionate people - Work and life balance - Google perks - Google culture,No cons for me. Everything was above what I expected,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5016,google,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,best place to spend your life,no no no no !!!!!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5017,google,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work for,"Brilliant people, excellent career progression opportunities",Some politics at higher levels,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5018,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to learn and grow,"Good internal training, free food, and chance to work on some of the largest software stacks ever made. Getting hard things done at Google is easy.",Lots of process and politics. Getting easy things done at Google is hard.,It's ok to admit Google is a conventional company now.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5019,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Director,Great place,"Amazing people, very stress light in terms of downward pressure, loads of resource to be able to deliver your work, incredible career opportunities for those willing to battle for them and take sideways moves","Not a huge amount of upward career opportunities. Got a little top heavy with too many highly talented and ambitious people with not much to do. They got bored and began to turn on each other - turf wars! Also, it became unbelievably bureaucratic.",Stop the trixes!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5020,google,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best,best company for everyone.my dream company,nothing cons here.u feel best here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P502.htm
5021,google,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,All is well and a good compqny,No cons in this co,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5022,google,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Program Manager,"Smart people, great culture, Amazing benefits, flexibility",Has become hierarchical and lots of politics.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5023,google,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full Stack Software Engineer,It is a nice place to work at,"Nothing to say about it, it is amazing",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5024,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Digital Marketing Apprentice,Amazing experience,Free food Free gym Amazing employee benefits Ability to branch within different teams Great clientele,As apprentice it’s difficult to find work suited to your interests,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5025,google,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Was Good, 5/7 I guess",Good Food and good times,Not enough chromebooks which was saddening and maddening,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5026,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - YouTube,"Great company, average jobs",The best benefits in the world,Finding a meaningful job long term,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5027,google,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Free food,great work place with really smart people",Nothing it's really good tbh,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5028,google,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Perfect But Still A Very Good Place to Work,"Great benefits, decent pay, nicer offices, flexible work environment, a lot of smart young people to work with","limited career development opportunities, difficult for support function people to move to other job ladders","really care about people, not just saying that you care",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5029,google,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,- Bright & passionate people - Tangible work - Great work environment,- Difference of opinion regarding strategy & approach from Silicon Valley and outside the US - Lacking focus with so many different products/projects & external pressures,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5030,google,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Environment,The environment is very mature,There is some politics around,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P503.htm
5031,google,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,"Free food, free gym, decent salary","Company is too big, Internal politics seem to get out of hands sometimes <- intern experience",N/A,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5032,google,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Generally good employer, good work life balance, remuneration, benefits but some challenges","Good benefits (health insurance, life insurance, meals, perks) and remuneration (salary, bonus, shares). Generally good work life balance but it can skew at times. You can work on global products that impact millions of people Can take advantage of the benefits of a massive company e.g. training, relocation, etc People mostly try to get things done rather than playing politics. Most people are nice.","It can be tiring working in a massive organisation, constantly checking in with other product areas, trying to get alignment. Sometimes it's easier to stick your head in the sand and get stuff done. Working in a remote office is frustrating as projects are constantly shifted back to HQ or deprioritised every 1-2 years, and almost all the senior people are in Mountain View so your impact is less visible unless you travel a lot. It's hard not being in control of your own destiny. If you are ambitious, you should move to Mountain View.  I have been with the company for a long time and the culture is changing, it used to be full of very intelligent people who are all nice and try to do what is right, but now the nice part is going away. The culture is slowly eroding. I have been in a team with a bad fit and it's hard to move (there is less sideways mobility in remote offices) and the company as a whole has lots more politics.",Don't support bad behaviours just because they come from senior people (e.g. Level 6 and above).,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5033,google,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to be if you are techi,Amazing percs and with amazing people,High pressure and demanding environtment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5034,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Internship,great internships,- supportive friendly culture - rich set of resources - you never be hungry,- usually no real responsibility for interns,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5035,google,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategist,"Great Perks and benefits, good comp",Not that focused on innovation anymore,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5036,google,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,great culture in all of the offices,long ramp up time to projects,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5037,google,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very very good company for work.,No cons...if you have potential..it's benefit for you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5038,google,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,- Google embraces a great working environment where people are always supportive and helpful  - Google infrastructure and technology are great and there are a lot of things to learn from,- Google technology is more or less isolated from the outside world (converging though).,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5039,google,none," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for but.....nothing in life comes for free,"- working with some of the most talented and charismatic people in the world - amazing perks, free everything - fantastic offices with loads of brilliant break out spaces to be creative and focus","Nothing in life comes for free, there's a reason that there's sleep pods - lack of work life balance - a lot of pressure - no room to move up the ladder, at least not in the recruitment team",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5040,google,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to work for,Good perks good food good workspace,None that I have faced,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P504.htm
5041,google,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Engineer,Beware of joining acquisitions,Benefits. Experience how a huge company with thousands of engineers provides internal tool to cater for the corporate needs.,"A lot of lip-service to work-life balance, but in practice the way performance is gauged (along with short-staffed teams) causes people to put in long hours and be available even late at night. People leave/switch teams after just 1 year of tenure, teams and management are still stuck on their way to do things from before Google acquired them. This causes unhealthy practices (which are supposedly absent from larger Google) like stack-ranking to still be used. The compensation is not that good, considering that they'll try to hire you at a lower level compared to your prior experience. Some of the perks are also weakened or made useless: attending external conferences can be expensed only for 1/3rd of the cost of the ticket, or 2/3rd of cost of the ticket only if approved by the manager (which in my experience is never granted, unlike what happens with Google's competitors), otherwise you'll also have to use your days off to be able to attend the conference (putting some severe disincentives for you to attend). It's sad to realise that Google does so little for their Engineers' professional development.",People are more unhappy than you think. Look past the numbers if you want to understand those problems.,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5042,google,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality,"Only one word for this company ""Best""",You can never find one!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5043,google,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In transformation,"Working with some of the smartest people around and in cool projects, world-class perks, stellar financial performance and growth, numerous career opportunities inside.","It's a different company now: its size now clearly charges a price in terms of bureaucracy, laggardness and politics. Decisions now tend to be much less aspirational and more focused on the short term or, worse, on the optics that you are doing something impactful (when often people are not). Sense of purpose starts to be missing.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5044,google,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Help Desk Technician,Free,Everything is done always for good outcome,You are your really enemy,More transparent,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5045,google,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,Pays you very well and you get to learn a lot.,There are simply no cons in Google,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5046,google,none," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analytical Lead,"No pros - Bad work, bad environment",Higher management is one of the worst you will meet in your career. Extremely toxic workplace.,Stop Being Evil,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5047,google,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is brave to do any new productz,"innovative, honest, passion for job, high curiosity for new things",not good at the none PC industry,not good at the financial management,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5048,google,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Environment and very nice salary,Stress at the work place,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5049,google,none," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Ton of perks and lot of prestige,Work hours are not very flexible. To much work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5050,google,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Industry Manager,Fantastic,"Everything you think it is, it is.",I think there is often the allowance for underperformance given everyone is so 'googley',none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P505.htm
5051,google,none," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work,Good work environment to learn,Could use some more mentoring.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5052,google,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Good Salary for every one,Do same thing every day,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5053,google,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Good salary. Nice working environment.,Too much work. Hard to get promoted,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5054,google,Rae Bareli (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Its very large and brilliant company,Its give many jobs to unemployment peoples with good salary,I don't know. But i think in this company no any cons are present,To improve it more,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5055,google,none," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AccountManager,Great Culture & capable team member,Promotion is hard to get and there is a lot of ambiguity,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5056,google,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,great yes no me you,badgreat yes no me you,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5057,google,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Every reason to join here. Package to facilities to. Location and holiday leaves, policies.",No cons i can say.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5058,google,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Marketing Specialist,Digital Marketing Student,The best place to learn about digital marketing!,Please jual kopi dan snacks!,Good and cozy place. Im happy to meet new friends here!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5059,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - SWE,Great company,"I came for ""two years"". I'm at Google over seven and counting.  Great peers with a culture that fosters collaboration and learning from others.  Lots of flexibility - working hours, working from home, team and product mobility.  Competitive perks, benefits and compensation.","As the company grows there is more bureaucracy and formality, but still not as much for a company this size",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5060,google,none," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good and honest people work here.,They are not very innovative.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P506.htm
5061,google,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great people, great perks & benefits",Hierarchical and too much politics,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5062,google,none," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great place to work and start,None that I know of.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5063,google,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Admin,I’m a hardworking and dedicated person and i’m willing to learn something new,"Many work to be done, sometimes work under pressure",The management is good. Need to hire some nore workers,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5064,google,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing perks, golden cage",Perks of the company overall,"Politics , a lot of slow and full of bs",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5065,google,none," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company,Best of all among everyone,Nothing to add at all,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5066,google,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems Engineer,Great Work life balance. Good place to be in,Sometimes you feel frustrated working on tech,Treat Indian employees as you treat other employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5067,google,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Web Scraper,Machine Learning Engineer,"Friendly environment, free food and total freedom for developing softwares.",There are no cons to be found at Google.,Recruit developers with skills.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5068,google,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still the best place to work,"Cushy job working with smart people on huge problems with great benefits, a relaxed atmosphere, and great pay... Not to mention free food.","It's become a typically huge corporation and the pace of change has slowed drastically. If you're looking to be comfortable and move carefully, that works. If you want to move fast and break things, you should find someplace smaller.",Take another look at how typically corporate you've become and do some world changing big ideas on how to change that.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5069,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Manager Cloud,Google Cloud is NOT Google,Good salary and perks. Good infrastrutture.,"This review is about the GOOGLE CLOUD division (everything written below applies solely to Cloud. The other divisions are amazing as usual).  Since Google decided to boost Google Cloud Platform in the market, the Company culture is gone: - extreme work pressure, zero work/life balance, no respect for the employees - top management impose a top-down approach: results are expected from everyone without first asking in the field what constraints, challenges and needs are there - managers get attacked on results (assumptions on results are made) and must justify themselves to higher managers who Just joined the Company and do not know the first thing about the context. People are assumed guilty and must defend themselves, instead of being supported in their job. - huge numbers of former Microsoft, IBM, SAP and most traditional companies are being recruited, bringing along the culture of back-stabbing, zero collaboration and old-style attitudes (many don't even manage to use the Internal company tools, resulting in old-style way of working and a lot of time and nerves loss for the other employees). There is NO program to onboard the new old-stylers to the Google culture. - many employees of the former Cloud org have left to other internal divisions or quit Google because they couldn't recognise the Company they used to work for anymore.","If you don't pay attention, you will build another Microsoft , thus losing the Company culture which has always attracted talents and, most importantly, you will loose the strong innovation attitude that has always characterised Google.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5070,google,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campaign Manager,"Great Work Environment and Perks, Deep Product Knowledge on some of the best products available for Online Advertising on Google Networks",Not too much Client Exposure as long as you can,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P507.htm
5071,google,New Delhi (India)," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Delhi,i need a urgent requirement of a job.,This is a best company ..,no negative downsides from this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5072,google,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cloud sales,benefits and more than that,"Envirnment, less flexiblity ,",none,1.0,none,none,1.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5073,google,Georgetown (Guyana)," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,...,nice food and many smart people,bulling managers and fault hiding culture,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5074,google,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Great pay great work, and great benefits",Can be slow at times because it is beaucratic,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5075,google,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Fresher,Discipline,Want to work to know the data management,No words since it is the best place to work,No reason because I don't have any prior experience,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5076,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - YouTube Process,Google jobs,Good opportunity for better career,I have no corns to tell,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5077,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Display Specialist,"Open culture, Innovative, and chilled to know others. Way too much information to absorb.","Amazing people. Can chat with anyone, and just schedule a meeting randomly. Great office culture. Very open. Takes performance reviews very seriously",Way too much information and way too hard to get set up. First month is basically info overload.,Be what you are and more advice on career progression. i.e. how to get promoted in Google.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5078,google,Karnal (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Online Marketing,All type of skill,Qulity of this is best,Too much work for imployes,Give best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5079,google,none," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK if you like corporate culture,work with high performing people,too much pressure and too many abandoned projects,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5080,google,Seoul (South Korea)," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Consultant,consultant,friendly challenging motivative innovative growing,sometimes too competitive to survive,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P508.htm
5081,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Data,Great tool of communication.,Useful for positive communication with users.,Used for abusive communication against users.,"Benevolence is the key word. No user is 100 percent pure of thought. Don't pray on people's negative thought only to destroy them. Remember, you are not perfect either. Don't do onto others what you wouldn't like others do onto you. Keep the negative contents of your head within. Stop.",5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5082,google,none," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales and development,I saw everywhere in my life i needed a google to explore my world thats why i am thinking as i uses google then why not i work with google to help other to explore your world by google.,Feeling bored if challenges aren't,Create Friendly and positive atmosphere around you,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5083,google,Mumbai (India)," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - As400,Nice,Good Environment and good culture,Extra working hours and more than 5 hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5084,google,none," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Engineering & Data Analyst,Here I have a lot of opportunities for learning.,There are no merit systems,Keep on encouraging subordinate then get positive results.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5085,google,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Steadily going downhill,"- Great salary - Great benefits - Generally competent engineers - Culture of helpfulness and quality in many engineering teams. Most engineers will answer your email and give you advice. - Can still find interesting technical work, though there's lots of dull work too, especially if you're more junior.","- PR-speak is widespread. Executives use vague CYA communication style. To me it's like hearing politicians talk. Transparency has been steadily going down for years, you hear about projects when they're announced or leaked. - Several high-level execs seem to have a pretty weak ethical compass. Increasing number of ethical scandals, antitrust fines, etc. Internal explanation often weak and unconvincing around these issues. - Lots of talk of being data driven but what's common is data being used to justify whatever fits data slinger's narrative, including for myopic goal setting that results in adverse second and third order effects (see Goodhart's law). - Increasing attitude of engineers just doing whatever they're told, forget the ""do the right thing"" of old times. - Project and product churn. Google products are often unfinished and buggy, UIs changing all the time. Lots of talk of rewarding product excellence but lots of cynicism about it (I don't buy it, I don't see the products getting better). Product managers compete to launch features, engineers have increasingly less power to make product decisions. - If you're more senior you might get pushed to do management, the old days of having a technical individual career option seems over in many teams, at least if you want to get promoted. - Internal frameworks tend to be overengineered and complex because of many disparate use cases and legacy, easy things take a long time as a result. Critical internal tools can be unstaffed while projects that go nowhere (how many chat apps?) can have massive headcount. - Crowded noisy open floor offices, with little privacy. I heard some folks outside engineering don't even get a fixed desk anymore. - AI seems much more important than privacy. Products and strategy seem aligned with getting Google more and more data. Privacy unfriendly defaults, UIs, etc. Might make you uncomfortable if you work on a consumer product.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5086,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,"Amazing coworker, nice development career, great benefices, flexibility",difficulty to work from home,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5087,google,none," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Everything a wonderful company. Great for work,There are no cons. There is very good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5088,google,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Promotions,"Work life balance is neutral. nice environment,",Hard process. not fair enough.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5089,google,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Designer,"Great colleagues, great inside and outside opportunities","Not that many cons, really depends on a person.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5090,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Great atmosphere, challenging and fun. Fantastic colleagues","Pressure but if you can handle it, it is amazing",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P509.htm
5091,google,none," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,it's all good in that company,nothing is bad in the company,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5092,google,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Jordan,It is an great company and I love its job,It is require a hard work,Support the android more and more,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5093,google,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very demanding,Lovely environment to work in,Sometimes there is too much competition,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5094,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Yes to work,Biggest search engine of the world,They choose an out of the box employees,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5095,google,Mecca (Saudi Arabia)," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Android Developer,android developer,reason becouse is a good company and i'm working on the android studio,i dont know any think about it,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5096,google,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Director,Creative office culture and strong team.,The boss is a nice man. Comfortable working environment and high effective and creative team.,Sometimes we need to stay late to deliver the work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5097,google,none," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Want to have a job in United States,Have associate friend there good company there,Try new experiences good company,Purchasing manager,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5098,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great workplace with some pitfalls,"Rapidly evolving company that has matured into a steady state from the chaos of the early 200s. Enthusiastic, energetic, and fast paced. Many perks like free food, free gym, various subsidized services (like massage). Lots of fun events and paid trips.","Despite throwing around ""work life balance"" there was little place for it in reality at Google in the 2013 era. Quarterly reviews were about as fun and as fair as randomly getting your eyes pecked out by crows.","If you haven't already, fix the quarterly review system, particularly for Global teams/departments.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5099,google,"Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)"," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Digital Marketing Specialist,Google has a great culture because it has a great purpose that is clear and direct,It’s the best way to get a real sense of your chosen industry. You’ll get to speak to employees and ask them questions. You won’t know what it’s like until you get closer to the action.,Best for people who get along well Super productive Loyalty and hard work,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5100,google,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract Admin,Work life balance. Healthy working environment. Happy and respectful people.,None so far. All is good.,Thank you! Everything is well appreciated.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P510.htm
5101,google,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience but is it worth it,"Cv, experience , package , atmosphere, location","Too many hours, Not enough holidays, Pay too low",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5102,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 18, 2018",Former Employee - Computer Programmer,"Great environment, good pay,",Great enenvironment to work encourages entrepreneurial attitudes. Good pay.. good office freebies,Not much really maybe not enough mentorship,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5103,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,Amazing!!!,Everything !!! Work life balance Cafeteria Management Employees Culture & values,None that I can think of!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5104,google,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Such a good experience for me,No cons everything was good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5105,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineering,Software Engineer,Nice people to work with,Easy to replace as the team is full of super stars,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5106,google,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved working here.,Surrounded by smart and driven people.,Would like more ownership on projects.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5107,google,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Great stuff,"Great benefits, awesome co-workers, variety of projects",Career progression can be hard,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5108,google,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for!,"A rewarding, interesting and friendly environment",Quite stressful at times but still rewarding,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5109,google,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Ops,the company benefits are uncomparable,nothing that i can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5110,google,Tindouf (Algeria)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Tindouf Algérie,"Looking forward to a better future by working with your esteemed company, which is flourishing and progressing, which made me offer employment and provide for the financial assistance provided by you","Perhaps the disadvantages of sitting long in front of the computer and on the telephone screens, which reduces the physical capacity to give up some of the family moments can live with them and that's all","You may need to improve the way you ask for work, reduce the formalities, give up some questions, and ask for the opportunity for the largest number of workers",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P511.htm
5111,google,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software intern,best work environment and work ethics,stressful after long periods. good for short stints,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5112,google,"Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Best place to work,"Very good relationship with manager and peers, interesting problems to solve, good compensation.","Management indifference to political intolerance from coworkers, that don't accept people from outside their dogma.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5113,google,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place in the world!,"Absolutely phenomenal in terms of work, life, peers, and balance.",Nothing at all. There's no other place I'd rather be.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5114,google,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,career development,google offers one of the best working environment for its employees.,we have to do alot of analytics,please share some more detail about your vocany through your google home page,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5115,google,Madrid (Spain)," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Google - Best Workplace (or ,* Great culture * Incredibly clever colleagues * Great perks * Free Food :),* Changing priorities / teams all the time,* Keep the good stuff going,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5116,google,"All Stretton, England (UK)"," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Content Writer,Proofread,Because Is more large platform in the world.,Is good place to start with the best,Continue like this,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5117,google,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hey google,Perfect I could enjoy my life,No comment cuz it was perfect,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5118,google,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Management,"Great and conducive environment, support from upper management",Lots of oppurtunities for growth.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5119,google,none," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place,Nice place to work with perfect life,No cons for this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5120,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer L3,Software Engineer,"1) Great comp. 2) Great facilities such as Food, Office Cab 3) Lots of intelligent people to work with 4) Great work life balance",1) Less participation in project decisions.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P512.htm
5121,google,Ţanţā (Egypt)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Java/J2EE Developer,backend java developer,"i want to learn more and more, working in a good place, loving self study of evry thing new,travelling abroad,google is the biggest company in software and development","working far away my family and my country,losing islamic environment because i'm muslim","you must choose the people who like self study and learning about evry thing is new , and choose the people who can work alot of time",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5122,google,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer,Great community. Alot of knowledge in small time.,Communicate with other teams is bit difficult.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5123,google,none," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work at.,"Good place to work and a good experience, plus great benefits.",It's becoming harder to move up at Google.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5124,google,"Kigali, Kigali (Rwanda)"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Expert In UI Graphic Design,Expert in UI Graphic Design,For transforming daily Life For transforming daily Life,GOOD I feel okay GOOD I feel okay,Know truly who supposed to work for you,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5125,google,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,booss,good team mood and culture,huge company mood inside her,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5126,google,none," Aug 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Good,Very good compensation plus challenging work,Nothing I have experienced. Google is so good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5127,google,none," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best job ever,"good pay, good growth opportunities","outsourced, high performance requirements",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5128,google,Cachar (India)," Sep 8, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Online Faculty,Salary Not giving to employees after Full time Job,"work from Home,Eduactional Training ,Online with Go to meeting","Salary cheater,Abusive management,Irregular or sometimes half salary pay al time salary issues Management have little idea of how to tackle good employee No commitement .Misleading activities in all over India .No increment even after working for almost 3 months at a streach.",If you want to grow stop fooling people by luring them fake jobs.Clear all outstanding to salaries in Time.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5129,google,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Experience,Flexibility in the working environment.,There is probably no downside in this company currently. It is a start-up.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5130,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Operations,"Great place to work, but now a big company (i.e. comes with politics, hierarchy, etc)","Benefits, People, Perks, Pension, flexibility","Politics, hierarchy, America-focused, work-life balance,","Decentralize decision making - getting even small things done can take months, and requires multiple layers of approval from managers, Directors, VPs, SVPs. It's really demotivating.  Reduce meeting frequency and length - I spent approximately 60% of my working week in internal meetings. Team meetings, stakeholder meetings, 1:1s, update meetings etc. Which meant I had 40% of my time to do my 100% job. Leaders are so keen to be seen, and be heard, that they each do all-hands. For example, every quarter I would attend my SVP all-hands, my VP all-hands, my Director all-hands, my team all-hands, and my location all-hands. Each was about 2 hours, typically in the early evening for EMEA for most of them. That's 12 hours of content, each giving very similar updates, after I'd already worked 10 hours that day!  Focus on the world outside of America. It felt like every benefit, announcement, product update etc was focused on America. I lost count of the amount of cool things I saw being done that came with the caveat **this is just for North America**.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P513.htm
5131,google,none," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was nice to work with Google.,Great time to work with Google. I have learned a-lot in Google.,No cons found in this company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5132,google,Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Student,Agricultural engineer,I would like to increase my level and I dream to work in Canada,Motivation and an ambition for me to work abroad,In my opinion you must give this opportunies to people for that they help you in these activities,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5133,google,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for if you love technology,"Benefits and perks, schedule flexibility, culture and parties.","High work pressure, high goals, too smart people.",Non,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5134,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Business Consultant,Business consultant,"Work environment , Growth of career, exposure to new work load",Discrimination with third party payroll employee,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5135,google,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Inside Sales Representative - Cloud,Suffocating culture and NOT what ,They have food at the office,"I was hired under the impression that the cloud team I was joining was transparent, and supported by leaders. There is NO flexibility, no work life balance (though it is 'said' that is). When you do something you were asked to, you are then in hot water for not doing something different. Expectations change without warning, and management does not have your back when it comes to the hard work you've done, because they need to focus on how they look rather than how you look to the rest of the upper levels.","Need more work life flexibility, we are the world's enabler for people to work remotely, yet it's 'not ok' for our own employees. Help us feel successful by not acting like new changes have been there all along, and that it's our fault for screwing up in that regard.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5136,google,"Yellowstone, AB (Canada)"," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,GOOGLE,Excellent working environment and work life balance. Brilliant people.,None. Very good. Cool. Such salary such wow.,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5137,google,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategic Account Manager,"Getting work along highly motivated and intelligent employees, free lunch",None that I can think of so far,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5138,google,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Free food and gym and sauna,Cant progress to higher positions,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5139,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, good place for learning","Great people, great technologies, lots of responsibility.","Project selection limited In remote offices. Big company, makes you feel like a small cog sometimes",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5140,google,Mumbai (India)," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Service Desk Technician,Best place to work,Actually this is the first flatform in Internet where we start over knowledge,No idea about it honestly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P514.htm
5141,google,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Content Review Analyst,Great working environment,"Provide free food, provide comfy rest floor, have culture on celebrates special day","Working on support role project, less career development. 7 days operations per/week",Increase allowances on shift support role project employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5142,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Solutions Consultant,I loved it,Many opportunities to learn and develop Work with smart people from around the world Great flexibility and work life balance Work on market leading products,You can end up being very narrowly focused Progression and promotion can be slow,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5143,google,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okey but very stressfull,"Never work weekends, nice location, free coffe and fruit","Stressful hours, not experienced team leaders, snake wage cuz the company makes it impossible to get the bonus",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5144,google,none," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun culture,Worked at Google as a contractor for 2 years and was such a great culture to work in. Great food and even contractors have access to the gym. Team activities is very big here.,"Felt there was a heavy distinction between FTE’s (Full-time employees) and TVC’s (Temps, Vendors and Contractors) a little bit like a ‘them vs us’ culture. Also feel managers don’t push you to expand your repertoire/skills if you’re a contractor. Tried several times to move internally into a perm role and was shut down every time with no real reason. Felt as though they already had a person in mind for the role and if it wasn’t you, don’t even bother.",Encourage your TVC’s more,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5145,google,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google is google,good salary and benefits and healthcare,too many people working on projects,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5146,google,none," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great vision for the future and customer centric approach at ALL times,Keep the pace in staying great in so many different directions can be overwhelming. One needs to develop a sense of focus pretty early,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5147,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Developer Advocate,Google is an amazing place to be working at,"People re very nice to each other and help each other. I feel very little competition. Perks are great, compensation amazing, I couldn't be happier (^_^)","Sometime I still feel, even after multiple years in the company, the impostor syndrome.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5148,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Business Partner,"Amazing perks, cult-culture","Amazing perks, very smart people, creative buzz","Google runs like a cult, no life, no time for family. Once you in, you live for Google.",Simplification simplification simplification,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5149,google,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,good..great place to work,none none none none none,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5150,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Associate Account Strategist,The usual pros and perks,A corporate company now and is not what it used to be.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P515.htm
5151,google,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Amazing company to start off in, insane perks, incredible workforce and network, great salary, huge learning opportunities","Can be afraid to leave, get syphoned off into one vertical, difficult to move around",Try harder to give career change opportunities to employees,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5152,google,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Summer of code,"Gr8 work experience, work at home, good pay,",No cons its just awsome,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5153,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Programmatic Account Strategy,Programmatic Account Strategist,"Free food, gym and other perks","Too big, little value added",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5154,google,none," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Security ANalyst,"Perfect Services and environement , well-maintained",No cons at all,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5155,google,none," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,Fun working environment with great people,Only working on 1 thing,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5156,google,none," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thats Google,Very Comfortable Job. We Enjoy working with Google,There are cons to say actually..,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5157,google,none," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Everything was great and pleasing.,I don't have any cons about this company.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5158,google,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Great people, challenging job, good benefits.",Hard to progress in levels.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5159,google,none," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company to work,it follows all the specific guidelines. it's the best company. it take care of the employees,you could get behind if you don't showcase your work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5160,google,none," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ADVERTISING,Great place to work and learn,Junior staff are not allowed to shine,Create an enabling work environment for junior staff to take charge.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P516.htm
5161,google,Doha (Qatar)," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Electrical Engineer,good,I have good knowledge in EHV cables.I have also worked in testing and commisioning field.,i wont work extra time,nothing like that,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5162,google,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, flexibility, development, internal opportunities, challenging",Flexibility Work Life Balance Good Development Opportunities Easy to move across departments and countries after certain time & good results Challenging in a good way Great Office Environment International Travel Results Orientated Culture,"Salary might not be as high as other similar companies, nevertheless all other attributes such as flexibility, lunch, perks, great office, team environment & Google reputation compensates.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5163,google,Paris (France)," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Creative Program Manager,"Great company, experience varies by management/region",Incredible perks that you don't see anywhere else,"not a lot of upward mobility past a certain point (directors/managers are hired from outside except for in Eng.) Also while some managers are incredible and gifted, others are not and the only option for development is basically to transfer orgs.","promote your own people instead of always hiring from outside. Practice what you preach in terms of ""alternative career paths"" and making opportunities for people who have learned the business from inside Google.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5164,google,none," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life balance is great,Work life balance is really good. Salary is among the best.,Nothing comes to mind for Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5165,google,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Head of Communications,Head of Communications,Live it every day find it extremely tiring and cannot switch off.,Do not spend enough time with my family.................,Get ur work life balance correct..................,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5166,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Staff Engineer,Google Senior Staff,Google has great atmosphere and reliable infrastructure to build new existing products.,"It's not as small as it used to be, so velocity is affected by amount of bureaucracy.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5167,google,none," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"Great Salary, nice amount of leave","To get good salary, have to move to usa",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5168,google,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yes it is good,you got everything here this place is awesome.,"You are attracted by small things like free food etc but after a while you will be bored, so start something by your own like Larry and Sergey did",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5169,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Consultant,Awesome place to work,"Facilities, work life , food, compensation, good work",Nothing much apart for a few undeserving middle management,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5170,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Applications Developer,Application Developer,"Excellent work culture, Good career opportunities","Hectic work, Commute is not provided",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P517.htm
5171,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great if you get put in the right team,It's Google - what more is there to say?,You may be stuck on a dead-end project until you can get transferred away.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5172,google,none," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Amazing people Great benefits Interesting work Opportunities galore,You're forever in meetings The quarterly nature of the business makes it feel like you're on a hamster wheel sometimes if you don't get proactive,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5173,google,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,every thing is very good,o no thing at all,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5174,google,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,consultant,"scope , job, free time, career",very good company culture,keep up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5175,google,Syktyvkar (Russia)," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Online Marketing Manager,Google is the best company I love most,I can settle and I can gain my own pocket Money without basing on parents,For earning money and make Google great and good,I love Google I want to do job in Google as I love I work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5176,google,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great work life balance Brilliant people,I can't think of any right now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5177,google,none," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,a very good place to work on interesting projects,everything was cool. nothing to declare,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5178,google,Coimbatore (India)," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - IT SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING RELATED JOBS,learning,to improve my knowledge in a focus of coding,studying in a college in mechatronics department,to learn something in a focus of technology,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5179,google,New Delhi (India)," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Not a good company to work with,"good salary , good laptop","same people , No Helipad",hire Vidya she is great,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5180,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Director,Director,Lots of intelligent people who are great to work with on average.,"Became too risk averse in the business side of things and there are too many meetings with no meaning, no decisions.","Stop the people who manage against risk getting ahead and further up the ranks. They stop innovation, silence the revolutionary thinkers. This company is becoming another power seeking not honest bunch of corporate soldiers. It used to be very different. You need to change the management at many levels.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P518.htm
5181,google,Mexico City (Mexico)," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Systems Analyst,Place of work,"Excelent work place, great opportunities",Nothing to say about it .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5182,google,none," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"Benefits, flexibility, salary, tech, development","Constantly changing, low predictability, lack of clarity, politics",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5183,google,none," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Free food, flexible hours, good pay, good amount time of vacation","practically burocracy, no homeoffice and take too much time to get promotion.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5184,google,none," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,no,"good company, infrastructure , environment , people",there are no cons for this company it is the best,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5185,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Brilliant,Everything. From manger to team to everybody is brilliant. Products are brilliant. Benefits are awesome.,Low growth rate. Less employee satisfaction in some teams. Smart people doing mediocre work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5186,google,Berlin (Germany)," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Director,Sales,"Colleagues, Technology, Office, Culture, Brand, Values",Career Development should be prioritized,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5187,google,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Business Partner,Work experience depended on the Managers you work for,"-- Work environment is conducive to networking and collaborations -- A lot of opportunities to do more than what your job entails -- Great colleagues, you are surrounded by great minds -- Generous with bonuses, compensation and benefits -- Unmatched learning opportunities from events to talks (with amazing speakers) to training.","Your manager plays a big part in your experience with Google. Some of the company's policies don't get filtered down to middle managers who probably come from very traditional backgrounds like consulting. Your ability to do more also depends on how your manager perceived it, if it has any relevancy to your job. Being an admin, you have to support 3 managers with the understanding that managers are independent with basic things like scheduling. In reality, these managers expect you to do everything a traditional admin does and this is where you are pulled in all directions. It also felt like HR Business Partners only supports the Managers who impacts their performance review, but not the ones in the lower rungs.","The ""transparent"" perf is not as transparent as ultimately the manager is the one whose thoughts matters most. HR Business Partners should not have their perf scores tied to just the dept manager they are supporting but also the ones at the bottom. Admins should not be supporting 3 managers unless expectations are discussed and managed with each managers, there is no way an admin can support 3 giving 100% to each. And it is not fair to let the headcount fall to one manager and not the other two.  Stop promoting mediocre managers who manages up.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5188,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Software Developer,Nice working environment,No cons at all,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5189,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Google is a good place to work.,I don't have any cons to say.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5190,google,none," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall,"Freedom at work, great diversity, great benefits, room for creativity",sometimes the politics are hard,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P519.htm
5191,google,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good pay, facilities, food, amenities",Time management is Soo hectic... Expect quick response,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5192,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 28, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,google review,big salary and many great features,you have to work a lot,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5193,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome company!,Growing rapidly despite its mega size,Hiring process is too slow and painful for candidates,Hope that there could be more software engineering positions open in the Singapore site.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5194,google,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google,space for creativity and inovation,no flexible timimgs and odd working hours,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5195,google,Moscow (Russia)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Strategy and Operations Lead,strategy and operations lead,lots of opportunities to grow and develop career in different functions,slow decision making process,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5196,google,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Smart colleagues, great conditions, good food, flexible work","Work life balance, huge company",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5197,google,Belapur (India)," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good & Excellent Colleges,Nice environment to work and explore your talent,only colleges premises is little bit small,nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5198,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Engineer,Great facilities and very friendly people,Over worked and long hours,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5199,google,none," Jul 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google review,very very very very good,"actually nothing quiet bad, thats ok",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5200,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Strategy Associate,Strategy Associate,Great place to work here,Too many big bets here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P520.htm
5201,google,Warsaw (Poland)," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Design Director,Great place to grow,"Great projects, values, honesty, good culture, travels. Not a bad money either","Cant recall much of it. Its demanding, you have to be good",More interesting projects abroad would be great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5202,google,none," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Programmatic Account Manager,Great Place to Work,Company takes care of its employees really well Great to learn a lot Hight Development,"Overall it is great, highly recommend",na,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5203,google,"Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)"," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Online Data Entry,Data entry,Google is the best company of word,And I don't know what to do,Nice one,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5204,google,Georgetown (Guyana)," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Economist,Economist,Learn new things every day. Lots of research.,Long Working Hours. Can be repetitive.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5205,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PMM,"Salary, Work Life Balance, Food","Promotion, Positive Discrimination, Travel, Long Hours",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5206,google,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Helpfull,It has a network of users,It's hard to get promoted,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5207,google,Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela)," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Part Timer,Good company,Really wide range of work and applications,None worth pointing out in the review,"Keep up the good work, you're awesome!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5208,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Great company great team,"Benefits and perks are the best, clear communication from management, aligned targets and focus","Company has got so big not as lean as before, processes slowing efforts",Keep it lean and clean,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5209,google,none," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its amazing jobs for beginners,its good its amazing jobs for beginners,its pays less salary to us,improve food quality,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5210,google,none," Jun 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Environment,"Great people, Great working conditions, Benefits were good, vacation time was good",Growth can be tricky in large companies.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P521.htm
5211,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Senior Account Manager,"People, Perks, Benefits and tools.",Bad mid management level. You need to bee really focus on shining internally to get promoted. Visibility is the main criteria.,Give more value to the work we do with clients instead of people´s visibility.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5212,google,none," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a company that provides great technology,provide good products across multiple spectrums,a bit pricy for average users,less hierarchy ?,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5213,google,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"Great environment, good people, easy jobs",You need to work hard and be innovative,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5214,google,Hanoi (Vietnam)," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working,"Good time , good money","Good change , good choice",Love all my friends,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5215,google,none," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company for hard working people, but you need to understand politics to progress","Surrounded by smart, talented and hard working people Easy to define your own goals if you have innovative ideas Competitive salary & perks","Getting consensus for all decisions means slower progress on some projects than in smaller companies Very big, it's easy to feel like one of many Politics are part of the work life",Continue promoting work life balance at all levels,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5216,google,none," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good company to work for,not flexible really at all,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5217,google,none," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,- Very organized work load - Efficient management schema to resolve challenges faced in work everyday,- No cons as per my experience,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5218,google,none," Jun 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,Great mix of people. Get to meet some really interesting folks. Great salary and opportunities.,Workload can be crushing at times You had to drink the coolaid to get anywhere.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5219,google,Milano (Italy)," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sales Engineer,Top tech company,It is great to work with such an innovative company. Whatever Google does it's great. The technical bar is very high and my colleague are very smart. The company truly cares about their employees.,Maybe a company car would help to do the job,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5220,google,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SE,Awesome Place location to work here,No cons to describe for the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P522.htm
5221,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Brand Strategist,No longer a startup,- Working with great people - Ability to perform at level you go for - Vision of company - Perks,- Mid-management is fair to weak - Some lifers hold people back,"Show interest and depth of understanding, don't just do what senior management tells you too.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5222,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - LCS Sales Manager,A great company to work for!,"The pool of talents you'll be working with will stimulate you every day. The company takes care of its employees, but aside from mere benefits the people around you will really make the difference.","Work and life balance especially in Dublin can be challenging. due to restrictions on working from home, from remote or from other offices.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5223,google,"Karimnagar, Telangana (India)"," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google is the best company to do job,it is the best company to do,by working in this job we can earn money,develop the company more and more,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5224,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good,Good environment and healthy workplace,No cons very good company to work for,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5225,google,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I think all perfect,This is the one of the best company in the world,One of the best person,"No advice, totally perfect",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5226,google,Paris (France)," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best employer in the world if you're a software engineer,"It's really what it's made out to be. You work at the most relevant company in the world. You make the future. It becomes part of who you are, when you say you work here, people are excited and ask you lots of questions about it. The Paris office is awesome - you get the benefits of living in Europe with the benefits of working for an American company.","Big company. Politics. When you start it's about software. As you go up, it quickly becomes about leading teams and optimizing organizations. Which is not actually a bad thing - it's the natural next step. But I'm marking this here in ""cons"" because some software engineers might just want to care about the code and only the code, forever.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5227,google,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Good vibe, Rewarding benefit, work life balance",Flexible at the core of everything,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5228,google,none," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work on,Best company to work on,Difficult work life balance but good company,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5229,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Operations Analyst,Great company to work for,"Anything you can imagine - free food, onsite gym, doctor, dentist, post office, swimming pool, super intelligent people to work with and learn from, interesting projects at a global scale, loads of internal training available etc","You hit a ceiling at a certain level, need to move to California for more senior jobs. Also no products are being built in Dublin, so if you want to work on a product team, you need to be elsewhere - London, Zurich etc.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5230,google,none," Jun 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,Awesome place to work for. Great and smart peers. Analytically challenging.,Might be a bit intense at times but all in all part of the fun.,Keep doing a great job!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P523.htm
5231,google,none," Jun 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best MNC in the world,Great environment in here at google,i don't know of any,No advice,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5232,google,none," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,project manager,very good and best place to work,excellent in providing more opertunities,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5233,google,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Project Engineer,"I am engineer in the businiss construction, do be the best for company. Skillfull and profesionalism.",Good Company and still studying prosses..,Doing be the best to company,"Profesionalisme,discipline and focus",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5234,google,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Food, gym, personal development, career progression, travelling",Work life balance is not great,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5235,google,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Working with incredibly smart people,Your work/life balance is hard to maintain,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5236,google,none," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good company for beginners and others.,It is very stressful working environment.,Keep doing this. You are awesome.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5237,google,Pune City (India)," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Geo Content Reviewer,VIVEK KAMBLE,NICE WORK PLACE FOREVER,A big platfrom and brand name,Nice work Best of luck forever,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5238,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,great company,"> great company with a great culture, lots of perks, good management > amazing colleagues > lots of challenges and space to learn, grow and develop",> it's getting big and political: changing is getting slow and long > more and more pressure and sales targets more challenging than ever (Google needs to please its investors) > your job can become sometimes a bit repetitive,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5239,google,Curitiba (Brazil)," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Developer,The company has regular payments on a specified date. Good use of a large variety of thecnologies. And it provide all resources for work well.,The company works for the government. And some things take time to happen. We had a heavy use of Windows technologies.,Need to provide more train to manager about how deal people with respect. Would be like an environment for long-term growth.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5240,google,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Big company, great social use",Is not apple but still great,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P524.htm
5241,google,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing employer,"Tons of projects, where everyone can find something interesting to work on. Free and nice food, coffee, perks, etc. Really smart, nice and friendly colleagues.",There are so many interesting things to do that you have to choose which to work on - it won't be possible to work on all of them!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5242,google,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work for,"Great people , dynamic and fast pace workplace","Google is big, so it depends on the team and your manager you work for.",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5243,google,none," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Better life food cab friendly management,No growth low salary high stress,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5244,google,none," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fine employer,"Intelligent, interesting colleagues. Exciting developments across many products and technologies. Well thought-out working environment and benefits.",Can be slow-moving with decisions and product development. Growth in numbers has brought some bureaucratic rigidities.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5245,google,none," May 27, 2018","Current Employee - Security Engineer, Detection",Environment,"Good teammates, engineers and facilities. Great place to work",You might be lost. Becoz they are many people who are well known experts in the particular field. But you may catch up if you are hardworking,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5246,google,Warangal (India)," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Assistant Engineer,Nice,I like this company so much.i was passionate to work at this company,I was near to my native place,Please select who was smarter in working,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5247,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture but money saving in the wrong places (people) can be harmful,"Great culture, great benefits, smart people and variety of career opportunities.","It seems far too difficult to prove the need for people in some teams. This has affected the moral and work life balance of multiple teams. This is even the case where examples of work, data on hours and overtime, etc are provided to upper management.  In my experience, flexibility of work could be better, for example, working from home is accepted but discouraged.  Whilst this seems to be getting better, the performance evaluation and promotion processes are overly complicated, stressful and inefficient.",Don't loose good people by overworking them.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5248,google,none," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative & interesting company but required support for 24/7,"Great compensation package, great office facilities",Working 24/7 to support your team/management,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5249,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Google,Shah Pranay,Shah Pranay Best time,Nice working management response Time,Google management,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5250,google,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CEO,Best ever and every software engineers dream company,No cons as I think,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P525.htm
5251,google,none," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,Nice work life balance there,Not much interesting work to be done,Fine,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5252,google,none," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Intern,Everything from start to finish,End of the internship programme without securing my position for second year,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5253,google,Bhubaneswar (India)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,full time,the best reason is it google office is the world's coolest office ever it is also a big it company in the world,no down words is i want,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5254,google,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Business Development Representative,Great First Job Experience,"Amazing vibe, the office is very cool and you have all the perks they brag about. The culture is very open and people are very friendly. You get to work on solving problems.",Not a lot of work/life balance.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5255,google,none," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Amazing benefits but ........,"free food, gym, good salaries, stock, resources.",Lots of hierarchy. You can guess seniority of a person by how rude they are. No work life balance. Great place for people with no family when you can work at all hours. Product managers in remote office are just busy putting appearances as they are in fear of getting shut down.,Improve the culture of the place. Not everything needs to start and end in USA. There is a world beyond USA.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5256,google,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Good brand. Innovative. Nice colleagues and wiling to lend a hand whenever help is needed.,Silo. Need more collaboration. foster more teamwork and able to focus on career development,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5257,google,Sydney (Australia)," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Excellent workplace,"Very inspiring workplace, fantastic colleagues, mission driven and culturally pretty good for its size",Choice of Office matters for career progression and visibility,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5258,google,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Python Developer,good job opportunity,a good workings place there,to be happy a clients,give some opportunity to developing country students like bangladesh who are interests to work here,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5259,google,none," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,Learn to work on international cross functional teams,Bureaucracy could be hard to manage if you come from a smaller company,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5260,google,none," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great People,I worked with the best people in the world and enjoyed going into work each day,"For as glamorous as Google is, it's still a corporate entity with lots of bureaucracy",Management often thinks about their own career advancement rather than actual business solutions,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P526.htm
5261,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Nice Place to Work,Good Culture and nice people to work with,Highly motivated and intelligent crowd,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5262,google,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Amazing collugues, good benefits, free food",Steep learning curve for products that are continuously changing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5263,google,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company.,The best colleagues - everyone is focused on impact/mission and very few individuals are involved in corporate politics.,Large company - the changing culture of the company is a result of the increase in size.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5264,google,Chennai (India)," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Computer Technician,talent,give me a time for release and discovery new one,to make a new generation,to increase give the technology and decrease the gain,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5265,google,none," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Review,"Interesting work, great colleagues, lots of perks (food, offsites, …)","Promo process is long, tedious, and can seem pretty random/unfair",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5266,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - GIS Analyst,Good,Good platform Friendly environment Tasty flood Cab facility Encourage,Less salary Work pressure People become selfish Arrogance,Easy shifts can learn about the software environment,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5267,google,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Engineer,Opportunity of knowing enterprise scale data centerthings.,"A monotonous job division, not much system administration an operations engineer can do.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5268,google,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Cashier,cashier,something sallary but all time others county I will go,best confidence but your company I know risings,good service management,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5269,google,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great but be ready for a lot of frustration around internal tools,"Great perks, amazing co-workers, lots of locations, good compensation",Internal tools are super frustrating and waste a lot of time that could be used to focus on our jobs,Revisit internal tools - may make sense to buy off the shelf and tailor vs building internally from the ground up,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5270,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account manager,"big company, you can learn a lot.",Big company you are a number and not aperson,"Try to be better not just to show to the people, be yourself!",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P527.htm
5271,google,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,- Great culture - Smart people - Intellectually stimulating,- Becoming a big company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5272,google,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,Great company culture Great people Learn a lot,Hard to move up Micromanagement sometimes Long hours,"Look around you, it isn't the loudest people who work the hardest -",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5273,google,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,Good work place and number projects.,Depends upon individual experience as it is a big MNC,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5274,google,Bengaluru (India)," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good,Working environment is very very good,Very very boring job not interesting,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5275,google,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,marketing intern,"autonomy, free food, smart people with great mindset",hyerarchy can be challenging sometimes. local and central teams are so different,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5276,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I'm totaly new to google, I'm a fresher","It has a different send of job work in google, so I'm quite intrested","I would like to forcast my skills, in a challenging atmosphere","As I'm a fresher, I can't give any advices",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5277,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Site Reliability Engineer,"Smart people, good benefits, lots of interesting work",Can we hard to keep up with the pace of change,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5278,google,Singapore (Singapore)," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Solutions Consultant,Technical Solution Consultant,"Good balance, good pay, excellent culture.",Lack of opportunities for career development,none,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5279,google,none," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great workplace and good salary,I need more pay thanks,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5280,google,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Graphic Designer,Good work environment in the office.,A lot of work to do there.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P528.htm
5281,google,none," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An amazing technicsl culture overall,High salary Great peers And other great benefits,I am afraid i dont know any,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5282,google,Kolkata (India)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,Accounts and Finance,"Good employee benefit , good work enviorment and freedom of thought",Needs to be in divert busniess more from its cora and find new oppotunities to grow,Create opportunities for middle level management,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5283,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 3, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Administrative Executive,Sales admin exec,Great company to work for. Global recognised brand,Very tough work and not for everyone,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5284,google,New Delhi (India)," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Good environment,Provides with good environment and working area. Because employers in India are in need of good environment to enjoy there working profession.,Can't really share about this topic because working in such environment provides with good thoughts. Working with enjoyment gives work an another level.,To provide good lookout for office in India as well. Because employers in India are in need of good environment to enjoy there working profession.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5285,google,none," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,About job,Relaxing job in this job,Good but boring job is this,none,5.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5286,google,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Neutral,Learn from smart people.,"Very Competitive, not suitable for everyone.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5287,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Great experience,Great culture and innovative work,Hard work and limited cooling down periods,Don't forget employees' well-being,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5288,google,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, a good place to work","Smart people, great products and benefits.",It became too large and hard to get things done for me.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5289,google,All Saints (South Africa)," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google one of the most important,It is very important in your life because you search all world,Google search is all world,B.b.c,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5290,google,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer in Test,Good place. Nice people. Very good working condition.,The job is a bit stressful. It is necessary to show good results and write evaluation of your activity periodically.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P529.htm
5291,google,none," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good salary Good salary Good salary Good salary Good salary Good salary,too many iitians so gang up on other non-iitian employees,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5292,google,Wrocław (Poland)," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Strategic Account Manager,account strategist / trainer,"Amazing place to work. Smart co workers, fantastic atmosphere. Great benefits.",It is easy to forget about work life balance once you start working for them.,-,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5293,google,none," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good culture, nice compensation, good offices",Huge organization hence less recognition for individual,Please retain the startup culture,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5294,google,"Clapham, London, England (UK)"," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analayst,"Benefits, opportunities, great compensation, great people",Not many come to mind,Keep going!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5295,google,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Graphic Designer,good environment,good environment and nice workmates,it is not so nice to show the traits of colleagues at work,improve,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5296,google,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great Company to enter in,"1. Great Benefit 2. Salary is good , but you need to add benefit to your package then feel package is competitive","1. Not good for new grade, since in Google promotion is not easy. 2. Big company now , so what you work is a very small portion of the big picture.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5297,google,none," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,All good ....nothing low quality,Nothing ....life is here...will enjoy all benefits..get in iit first,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5298,google,Noida (India)," Apr 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Linguee ERP Software Solution,Lot of things to learn and develop. Nice atmosphere to work with free mind.,"Company is located at the end of F-block, sec-63, Noida.",Increase more employees,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5299,google,none," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Salary perks benefits colleuges food,Big slow hirarchical bearucracy na,none,5.0,none,2.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5300,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google,"great staff, facilities and food","long hours, burn out high",n./a,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P530.htm
5301,google,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Despite its large size Google still is a great company to work for.,"Pace of career growth has slowed down, mainly due to the size of the company.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5302,google,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TechnicalSupport,Good work enivronment Lot of learning Easy going,Less perks No direct hiring No cab Less perks for night shifts,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5303,google,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,"some of the brightest minds to work with, incredible opportunities in multiple functions and across the globe. You work on projects that affect billions of people and have huge scale","As it is such a large company, it can sometimes be slow to get through the bureaucracy",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5304,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Associate Account Strategist,"Good environment, great learning curve, internal opportunities to grow","Hierarchical, not great management and hight rotation",Work on keeping ad growing talent,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5305,google,none," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work at google,best place to work and learn,none as of yet in google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5306,google,none," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its best searching tools.,Best learning & cooperation to all,To manage different people to all sections,Minimum stress,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5307,google,none," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing work environment, great people, albeit a little spoiled","Fantastic talent, incredible resources, great work environment and culture","Attrition is so low that career development is very constrained, Compensation and work conditions are so favourable that a number of people are now just coasting and lack drive",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5308,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Sales,Sales,An amazing company that invests in its people more than any place I've ever worked. Principled leadership and brilliant people.,"There can be a lot of bureaucracy, inefficiency and swirl. Some of this is due to the company growing very quickly and not completely figuring out its processes and some of it is intentional (by the time they figure it out the business has changed).",Trust in your smart employees to do the right thing and empower them to make more decisions. They won't let you down and you'll be more nimble.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5309,google,New Delhi (India)," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Strategist,Google in India,"Great people, good opportunities, impact driven",Everything is US centric and it's quite political,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5310,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Internship,internship,"nice, sweet, home, deligtede for this sumemer","negative , but also very hard work to do",good work,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P531.htm
5311,google,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,goal,it is very good company,working hours are too long,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5312,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Adwords Associate,AdWords Team Member,Best work environment and common facilities,work life balance is difficult to manage,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5313,google,none," Apr 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best environment to learn.,Teaches handling responsibilities very well. Helps cope with work stress. Excellent work environment,Well the food is really good and that is distracting :P,Keep up the good work management.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5314,google,none," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,developer,good exposure to new skills,challenging job experience in this modern era.,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5315,google,none," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SMB India Sales Manager,"Great work culture, respect and opportunity to work with some of the most intelligent people",No specific growth ladder exists,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5316,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Analyst,Great Dynamic company,"very challenging, stress free, nice environment,good place to work",salaries are less at starting (in non technical),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5317,google,none," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice workplace and nice pupil,google rocks because it makes life easier,google collects information which maybe ..,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5318,google,none," Apr 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits and challenging work,Google genuinely cares about its employee's wellbeing and the work was varied and challenging.,"Work life balance would sometimes need improving, but was generally good.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5319,google,Chennai (India)," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Director,"my current job is rocking but due to my parnts got transfer, i need to find job at delhi",decision making authorities is allotted to employees with some responsibility,"no cons , job is perfect",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5320,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awful place to work,I can't think of any pro of working in this company..they hire sub standard people and bar to get inside this company is very low...for some reasons I still have given it a 5 start rating,"lot of work pressure, the top management has no vision...people end up doing random things with no clear direction",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P532.htm
5321,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Data Scientist,"Good experience, you are surrounded by clever people and that drags you up","Good team and framework, challenging goals. You have the feeling that you do something important. You always learn from a project and your teammates.","It could be challenging to meet the requirements, but you learn a lot in the same time and it is the most important.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5322,google,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Its good very very good,Long work hours for god sake,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5323,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Experience,Energetic and vibrating work environment.,Much work load and less liberty,Liberty,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5324,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,HR,Not many pros at all.,"Management treat you terrible, staff are only a number in their eyes.",Treat your staff as if they were your children.,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5325,google,none," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,nice pay and many benifits,not much to list here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5326,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 31, 2018",Former Employee - Online Operations Analyst,Best place to work,"great benefits, career development, swimming ppol","sometimes boring, not enough work to do",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5327,google,none," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Engineer,Engineer,Best company. Loads of benefits,None I can think of,None,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5328,google,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, highly recommend it","Great people, opportunities to learn every day Open and inclusive culture Amazing benefits: extensive healthcare, free food, drinks & snacks, gym, pool, etc.",Promotion and performance evaluation process is cumbersome and sometimes feels unfair Total comp package is not always top of market Internal politics,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5329,google,none," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience overall,Scale and impact is huge. Great benefits.,Very political. I saw many co-workers burn out. Depending on the area you work in - work life balance can be very challenging.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5330,google,Germ (France)," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The future,I like to work there because I like google,The work is very good,Workgroup is the backbone for progress,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P533.htm
5331,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Good people working on cool problems.,- They care a lot about the well-being of their employees. - Good salary. - Lots of interesting projects at Google and the flexibility to move between teams every year or so. - Lots of room to learn from veterans in the field and bullet-proof infrastructure.,- Can sometimes feel like a small piece of a big puzzle. - Some teams can have boring projects. - Sometimes work can feel slow-paced (compared to working in a smaller company or start-up).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5332,google,none," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be better if more focus on technology rather than business,"Salary, cutting edge technology that however is never deployed to broader public. even not in google cloud",Management only reacts to things..,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5333,google,Mumbai (India)," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Google Applications Deployment Engineer,good but i rreally dont kniow about that,i think its may be even better than any other company but i still confused about that now,hmmmm i think all the downsides working at except some of this,their is only one advice to the management that is ......,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5334,google,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Channel program manager,Provide cab facility and of course the food is awesome here!,Too process driven but totally depends on team.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5335,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Marketing,social media marketing,"creating engaging social media strategies and execution plans that cultivated , increased web presence and enhanced brand awareness",monitoring the success of social media campaigns through media analytics and dashboards,assisting the company's business development team in developing proposals within the digital marketing segment,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5336,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 18, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work. Slow moving elephant.,"Great food, colleagues and amazing offices.","Obviously not a startup anymore, so moves super slow.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5337,google,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Excellent benefits, flexibility and working culture.",It's competitive and very difficult to get hired.,Keep trying to diversify away from ads.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5338,google,none," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development Manager,"benefits, good pay and bonuses. overall, nice and smart colleagues",very political. not very meritocratic environment. promotion is based more on popularity than actual results,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5339,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,"Good, could be great!","Benefits, free food, gym, bright and friendly colleagues. Mostly respectful culture regardless of seniority. Good managers Flexibility around working schedule","Vps constantly changing entire division's focus, this can be exhausting and demoralising when you've worked so hard towards goals that suddenly become irrelevant or stale. Often you find out about these changes via rumours or side conversations.  Takes experience to balance work/life balance with promotion goals. Very easy to get sucked into patterns of long hours.",Stop with the constant reorgs. Or at least reflect on why a previous reorg didn't work. My team has gone from a to b to c then back to a twice in the last few years. Complete waste of work and not good for the customer.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5340,google,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,Good experience pay and food,Hard to get into google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P534.htm
5341,google,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Really great employer, come with lots of passion and energy!","Even though Google is huge, even newbies can have impact. I've loved how easy it is to speak up and change things when something isn't working right. It's also energizing to be working with so many smart, motivated, passionate people. Plus, the pay and benefits are excellent.","Google, and I expect many other companies in the industry invest a lot in their employees, and also expect their employees to invest a huge amount of their energy into Google. For someone who is super motivated by career, this is great. If you have many other areas of your life that need to take precedence, it can also be very draining and unsustainable over time. Google is a great place for superstars, but if you are ""merely"" really good at your job and then want to go home at the end of the day and think about other things, it can be hard to feel like you're keeping up.","I'd like to see Google find a place for solid ""B"" players... those employees who are dependably great, even though they are not going to be the next Larry Page.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5342,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,Google will take over your life,"The perks and salary are very competitive, you are able to afford a high standard of life for the country you're in, go on lavish vacations, and have a nice business casual wardrobe.  The rest depends on the team you are in. Some people are genuinely kind, smart and friendly, some teams genuinely work well together, but overall it is a stressful and competitive environment, which affects people's dynamics in adverse ways.","While Google staff is made up of many interesting individual personalities, you often get the feeling that you need to think, feel, and breathe Google culture.  Your individuality basically gets subsumed into this giant business machine, and good luck to you if your opinions, tastes, and interests don't match the corporate culture. Basically, you need to be into the following things: yoga, inspirational quotes, American left-wing liberalism, going to the gym, new techie gadgets, office fashion, blockbusters, Netflix, travelling, bragging about your accomplishments, money. You need not be into the following things: literature, art, academic pursuits, creative writing, alternative viewpoints, having friends outsie of work, aspiring to anything other than middle management at a huge corporation.  All your time with your work friends - the only friends you'll have time to make and keep - will be spent conversing about metrics, meetings with your boss, and how best to make yourself look good for your next performance review. Your mind will be filled with these things all day long, don't kid yourself that you can have brain space for anything else if you want that promotion (and you will, just to get ahead of your office plankton job).  The open plan workspace is hugely distracting and exhausting for anyone trying to do some quality work, yet is sold as ""teambuilding"" (in reality, it is simply the cheapest way to house 1000s of employees)","You want specific kinds of people, who fit into the team culture, have the same opinions, and aspire to the same things. Anyone else will just be demotivated in this environment. So encouraging diversity, while politically correct, is erroneous and counter-productive.  Alternatively, give the people who are truly creative and ""different"" a chance, by rating creative projects highly in performance reviews. Otherwise, you are encouraging a kind of money-oriented corporate drone culture, instead of rewarding your lightning-in-a-bottle creative talent, who are the main contributors to that start-up environment Google still claims to have, but is far from. (They also tend to be the first to jump ship for a more truly diverse work environment)",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,none,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5343,google,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Traveling across Europe Decent salary for a recent graduate,No career progression after 2 years if your a contractor,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5344,google,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,account manager,"brilliant minds, good food, great facilities","too much work pressure, dirty politics",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5345,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful experience.,Good pay and very supportive colleagues. Nice environment. I like it very much. The benefits are a lot and I suggest people to work here.,None at the moment. Google is a big and good company. It is my pleasure to work at one of the biggest company in the world.,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5346,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Developer,great company,great place to learn and improve your knowledge,nothing much according to me specifically,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5347,google,Warsaw (Poland)," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Was great a couple of years ago, still pretty good now","Very flexible working hours. Very respectful atmoshpere at work, both with coworkers and management. Codebase and in-house tools for developers - best I've seen in the industry, I haven't been so productive anywhere else.","Week-long 24/7 oncall shifts every couple of weeks required for most engineers. Broken promotion rules that incentivize creating new products over improving existing ones. Overall feeling that the best days of this company are over and some aspects of the unique workplace culture are deteriorating, even at the current stage it is way above average though.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5348,google,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good Pay, Good Community, Friendly","Little/ No Progression, Middle Management",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5349,google,none," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Benefits are extremely good if not the best,Competition is sometimes felt in the workplace,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5350,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Google is Google,"Perks, salary, workplace, colleagues and future career opportunities. The work that you do is empowering and you are given a great deal of responsibility early in your career. Many opportunities to transfer internally especially to other offices/countries. The work that you do is challenging but also rewarding.","Limited career progression opportunities in some sales teams. Dublin office seen as 'support' while decisions and strategy happen in the 'local' offices. Path towards promotion can be difficult due to certain visibility requirements. Also, a manager who lacks authority or a certain amount of influence, or with whom you don't particularly get along very well can severely hinder your chances of success.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P535.htm
5351,google,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Computer Engineering,Google help a lot,I also want to make people know more about the ultimate teacher google,Most time in my area we got problem with our network I mean bad service and moreover no enough subscription,Google should help people understand online business a lot for them to earn a good life,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5352,google,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,"all pros, amazing place1! amazing!","no cons, all is perfect",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5353,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer III (L4),Great place to work,"A great line in the CV, opportunity to relocate to countries with strict visa policy, opportunity to work on a product used by billions, great culture, opportunity to learn from the very best software engineers, occasional difficult problems to solve, protective manner of the employer (like free food, gym, doctor, massage, washing machine and everything else in the office). Google has a strong security team which really makes you feel safe even in the most dangerous situations.","The salary is average, it could be larger.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5354,google,Lucknow (India)," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - PHP Developer,Best Development IT Company in Lucknow,Best working Environment and Good Administrator behave for all Employee.,Working timing is fixed not extra expend your time.,Provided good knowledge,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5355,google,none," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Was a great company, good food and people",Feels like nowhere else to go,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5356,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Marketing Strategist,"Excellent Perks, work better at higher management, not at ground level","Perks (Food, Benefits, Stock, Brand, Diversity)",Ground level work very manual and tactical,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5357,google,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - MBA Finance,office manager,"self-confidence, determination, endurance, ability to deal with people and respect for others.",I take to heart all that is happening and the opinion of people around me,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5358,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Sales,Disappointed,"Flexible working hours, on-site food is free of charge, gym/pool etc all on site. Diverse. salary is above average and a great brand to have on your CV","Political, lots of backstabbing at Management level, becoming solely focused on revenue and ignoring client. Hitting targets and kpis are more important than giving the customer a good experience. The company is becoming less trusted by both its employees and its customers. Promotion is based on perception rather than performance, your regularly told to ‘play the game’",Screen your Managers/Directors properly and make HR channels for reporting bad behavior secure. Think customer first don’t just say it.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5359,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 14, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Not good, if you want to learn, good if you want to retire","- money - free breakfast, lunch, dinner","- slow working - you do not grow by being good, but by staying long in the company - ceo who is calling other people to be cockroaches - some people (minority, but still double digit) seems to thinking to be better than others only because they work at Google - Googliness is very relative to the place where you work. There are no consistent rules.",Let people work fast.,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5360,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Amazing but huge company,Cleverest people I worked with Amazing tools you can use Great benefits,Too big company You are a little pond in an huge sometimes too political company,Don't trust the managers trust the team,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P536.htm
5361,google,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,a nice company to work for,right now nothing bad I have observe,-,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5362,google,none," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top company out there,always on innovate new things,Have not being able to find a con yet,Employee and customer feedback is very important,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5363,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,Nice culture,"Freedom to organise your work Free (and good) food Possibility to work from pretty much anywhere 20% time dedicated to side projects with other teams, a great way to network Lots of trainings possible on various topics",Difficult to move from a team to another HR sometimes feels like robot (not super human),none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5364,google,none," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Good company with great environment,Any special inconvenient through my experience,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5365,google,none," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Systems Analyst,Great Pantry,the pantry was the best thing,most people who work there are over qualified,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5366,google,none," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Exciting projects, great people, great food.","Too big, less career opportunities than startups",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5367,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Best place to work, the company focus on the happiness of the employee",When you get senior is hard to grow in one team,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5368,google,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Solution Specialist,- Work life balance - Work environment,- Career opportunity - Impact,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5369,google,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Place, Great People to work with",1. Invested management 2. attractive compensation 3. Encourage individual creativity and innovation.,Not anything I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5370,google,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,The salary is very high!,I do not have something to say.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P537.htm
5371,google,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Sales Associate,Awesome company to work with.,No cons who doesn't like Google.,No advises from my side.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5372,google,none," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Had a great time. Ten years well spent,Good career opportunities Very diverse tasks Loads of responsibility Amazing benefits Great training opportunities Global mobility,"As the company grew, office politics got toxic (compared to 10 years earlier). The ""Meritocracy"" culture pitted employees against each other. Performance management system overly complicated and geared towards scoring employees rather than helping them grow.",Just scrap the old perf system and start over.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5373,google,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Product Marketing Manager,Great atmosphere within the team and lots of opportunities for growth,Can be very political sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5374,google,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company,Very open culture and built on trust,"Big company , so there can be bureaucracy",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5375,google,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company,Very good treatment of employees.,None so far. Great company!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5376,google,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Head of Business Development,"Great global company, can improve depending on location","- Top class people, most of the countries where it is dominant - Cutting edge of knowledge and mindset for employees",- Operates very much like a huge machinery and becoming less personal - At countries where it is not dominant resources and culture will not be representative of actual company culture and experience,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5377,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Mar 10, 2018",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Wouldn’t recommend even though you’ll still take it,"It’s google, the name, the perks, the doors it opens. They all get boring after a couple of months but they are nice.","It’s not as it used to be The people that have stayed are political masterminds that don’t care about doing a good job, but keeping their position and creating a(fake) image of how amazing initiatives they’ve come up with.",Start measuring more thoroughly and pay attention to you attribution model that is just lacking accuracy,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5378,google,none," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,The community is the best one I've ever worked in.,There aren't any cons that are worth mentioning.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5379,google,none," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Very good place to work,None at all to say,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5380,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Account Strategist,its cool =),Great company culture and many opportunities to evolve within the company,a lot of internal competition and it is not easy to get promoted,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P538.htm
5381,google,none," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have 2years working in Ethiopian airlins,"It will not take much time, more power and it will upgrade my knowledge of using internet. Since I am working in day time I am free at night, so it is helpful to use my part-time.","Having less speedy network since I am leaving in Ethiopia, here in my country network speed is so slow this affect me.",Good place,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5382,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Network Engineer,Awsome work culture,Everything is superb and awesome,none till now but sometime politics,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5383,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,most amazing job in the world,amazing pay and really care about the employees.,the work is quite difficult and stressful.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5384,google,none," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Friendly, Responsive, Interactive, Energetic, Domain Selective",NA NA NA NA NA,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5385,google,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"Benefits, salary, peers, interesting work","Hard work, high employee turn over",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5386,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Algorithm Engineer,Algorithm Engineer,A very good company to work,lots of stress and work,try to work more with the workers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5387,google,none," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Interpreter/Translator,Testing,I need it and I want to render services because of many people have great talent and i am one of them.,"Meeting up with delivery. Doing the task and doing the right thing to the satisfaction of the customers, clients. It is not always easy but never give up.",More guidance to the upcoming workers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5388,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Industry Manager,Golden Handcuffs,- Clever people - Great benefits - Quirky surprises every so often,- Took a massive paycut initially - Sales teams are very cut throat - Some real bad managers who get promoted because of office politics,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5389,google,none," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TSC Job Review,It's great working here actually,Nothing to complain about in the company. All good.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5390,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 9, 2018","Current Employee - Inside Sales, Google Cloud","Inside Sales, Google Cloud",- Culture - Colleagues - Great products - Opportunity to Grow,- Core job can be repetetive,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P539.htm
5391,google,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"As a tech, very interesting","Access to industry-leading tools for work, with coworkers who want to get the job done.","Working inside a bit of a bubble, it can be easy to lose skills in more well known technologies.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5392,google,"Yaba, Lagos (Nigeria)"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Digital Manager,Digital Media Manager,"Great environment , friendly coworkers. Felt like a family, where everyone was free to give their opinion. Office was cool and lunch was provided which is rare.","Location, Irregular work schedules,",Focus on Sales,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5393,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Account Strategist,- Wonderful culture - Beautiful offices - Brilliant peers - Great growth opportunities - Work autonomy - Great benefits,- Huge company - Slow movement,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5394,google,none," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,data analyst,great pay and great management in branch,"workload , no work-life balance",pay more attention to staff,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5395,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 23, 2018","Former Employee - Trust &amp, Safety Analyst",Increasingly political,"Great benefits, nice coworkers, great diversity of online reach and access to great tech and (for the most part) relaxed culture.",Recent years have seen (what felt like) an exponencial increase in middle and senior levels of management which have derailed some parts of the organization away from what would be its very worthwhile mission. Increasingly political company.,"Better screening for Managers and re-evaluate the fairness and efficiency of ""whistleblowing"" channels.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5396,google,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,People and culture. everyone's nice.,Demands can be high. you need to deliver.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5397,google,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Longest I've been at a company,The perks - really does take the stress away from choosing what to eat.,To have presence and be seem by senior leaders requires you to know how to craft a nice story rather than actual customer impact.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5398,google,none," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place to work,Lots of autonomy to do things the way it suits you,Can easily get all consumed in work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5399,google,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best,Got experience moreover it's a platform to solve the world upcoming problems and give the best version of myself to the world,My love is to serve the Google,Nothing All Good,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5400,google,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,work culture there is good,there is not a lot of benefits,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P540.htm
5401,google,none," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Best experience I ever had,I do not have any real complaints,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5402,google,Mumbai (India)," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Diploma Electrical Engineer,Good company,Best company ever because after all it is google,Least jobs opportunity if you are lucky u get a job.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5403,google,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,best place,The working environment is absolutely awesome.,Very hard to get promoted or get a bonus salary.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5404,google,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant Experience,The culture is all it is cracked up to be! Brilliant place to experience.,No real cons aside from disparity between Googlers and TVCs.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5405,google,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product,"Great benefits but a bit low basic salary. Campus is great and depending on your team, your manager and team can be great. In general colleagues are friendly .","If you are to progress, you need to master the game of politics. So if you are only a top performer that doesnt always play the cards.  In some teams, if you are unlucky, leadership can be a bit biased and is not as strong and focus as other teams. However, Sundar's leadership is what gives employees confidence, inspiration and motivation!","Be less bureaucratic, less biased (there are clear personal type of bias - favouritism) & recognise hard work more than politics.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5406,google,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Nice culture, lots of perks, good vibe. Hr is good... ppl r good chill environment good good good very good very good very very very good",Less growth laid back too much pampering nothing bad ppl r chilled out but growth options are less very few,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5407,google,Peshāwar (Pakistan)," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,don't know,"easy , accessible, reasonable payment, best fit.","no specification, time consuming, not full time.",none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5408,google,Wrocław (Poland)," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,typical corporation with great budget,- great budget - is investing in employees development - free food,- a rat race - bad work-life balance - not for someone who has already a family,- try to be more transparent,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5409,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"good working environment ,culture .",nothing to say for cons .,go for job,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5410,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,When a company gets too big.,Amazing People Good Benefits Amazing opportunities after Google,"Recruitment is horrible, they forget you, and only care about their own job. People are too educated for their positions. It's very structured compared to what they wish to be. Innovation happens by acquiring start-ups. Internal transfers to other countries can be a lot more difficult than they say.",Do something about recruitment.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P541.htm
5411,google,none," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Marketing Strategist,"Great benefits and perks, amazing people, great place to learn and develop yourself.","Heavy work load, high pressure environment, awarded like a child sometime , Performance evaluation unclear.",N/A,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5412,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Nice Place to work,Awesome working place to work,sleepless nights. countless meetings to attend,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5413,google,Chennai (India)," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,Google truly stands out when it comes to benefits and perks,i am an normal student studying in panimalar engineering college (chennai)1 year (ece group),"Googlers do well for themselves. On Glassdoor, employees rate compensation and benefits a whopping 36.3% above average. By comparison, employees of Apple rate overall compensation and benefits 24.4% above average.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5414,google,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,good projects and good people,high pressure from some projects,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5415,google,New Delhi (India)," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Nice experience,Best in the market Good experience Learnt a lot Being the leader it will surely enhance the resume. One will get to learn a lot,Pressurised a little Too far in gurgaon Can be hectic for some as its a target based work and can build pressure,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5416,google,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Business Development,Great company,"Lots of freedom, office perks, free hardware and potential for impact.",Google is becoming a big and bureucreatic company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5417,google,none," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist (HR Specialist),Fantastic work environment,Great teammates to work with Strong career opportunities Great perks and benefits,Frequent change. Nothing else to note.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5418,google,none," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recommended,"Thrilling environment, good salaries, great benefits.",Lack of organization in some internal processes.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5419,google,none," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Usually engineers can pursue doing the technically right things.,A little bit shift from bottom-up to top-down culture.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5420,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Programmer Analyst,Business Analyst,"good salary, perks, and environment",Limited career growth Very Competitive Highly Contagious,Keep doing the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P542.htm
5421,google,none," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,human resource,ı worked at school environment,ı did not receive salary,ı so volunteer to work in europe,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5422,google,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software tester,its really fun working here and the working environment is very very much comforting,no cons just they pay extra lol Everythings is good and yes come here and join our work with us,no advice as i said earlier everything is good and perfect and shouldn't be changed,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5423,google,none," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work for,"Money, perks, work environment very nice",no cons as of now,Very good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5424,google,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Google fosters an excellent inclusive culture while working alongside great people. The business is constantly expanding and evolving beyond Search advertising which gives opportunities across new and exciting areas of the business.,"With very talented people it can be difficult to rise in the company as you may find elsewhere. Google pays industry average, so you will not be on top pay here.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5425,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Community Manager,Fun and active,"Active and developing environment, onsite perks and flexibility in working hours","Hierarchy and bureaucracy, hard to grow quickly on the career ladder",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5426,google,Kochi (India)," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to Work,Work Balance Value for Employee 5 Days work,Decision taking time is too much,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5427,google,none," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,environment friendly cordial intelligent seniors  good work great team,no cons  work here good management great wow,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5428,google,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recuiter,"good perks, food, office location, technology and tools available. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah","the culture makes the place feel like a bit of a cult, lunches are always taken together and everything feels rather forced",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5429,google,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,"Great culture, good perks, smart people to work with",The company is getting too big,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5430,google,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Profitous GSoC,Good environment of work and good conditions,I did not get anything bad from the experience,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P543.htm
5431,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Excellent place to work,"on site perks, amazing food, health insurance, flexible parental leave, career development and a very encouraging and friendly workplace",the perf system can put a lot of pressure on employees,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5432,google,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Analyst,"Happy and educated workspace, management is friendly.",No development if you work on vendor basis. (outsourcing contract),Increase Salaries to contractors like glballogic and hire on roles more.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5433,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - RECRUITERS,Great,Work life balance is awesome,There is none from my experience,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5434,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Diversity, Training, Opportunities, Top Markets packages, Benefits",Worklife balance can sometime be hard to get right due to the constant demands on your time,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5435,google,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth the time,"awesome, nice salary, good community","Boring, time, consuming, workaholic, algorithmic",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5436,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good,Good working place ever !!!,No things and no things,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5437,google,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SPD,Relaxed work culture and great benefits,"Not innovative enough, admin stuff",Meet your customers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5438,google,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Amazing workplace, culture and people.",Honestly none I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5439,google,Lahore (Pakistan)," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Survays,Google,I am a student and and i read college and i am working part-time with google company.ThankYou,yes I am a cons of work.,"Please give me the job the manager of google,",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5440,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 27, 2018","Current Employee - Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering",Cool engineering & great work life balance and perks,"Huge scale and impact. Cool engineering. Growth opportunities. Perks (gym, pool, free food) and trips, company travels. Pay follows performance. Lots of freedom and independence.",Sometimes things are going slowly - it's a big company. Not much negotiation regarding salary. Heavy promo process.,Make promo process easier.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P544.htm
5441,google,none," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's awesome working here. Great place to make your career if you love coding.,Awesome colleagues and team members.,"A little bit work pressure, but manageable.",Great work management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5442,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,Analyst,"Good company, cool offices and great colleagues.","Bit Big, and hierarchical as well.",Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5443,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Cleaner,Monkey,"Best in google because there is very clean time table , afternoon shifts, salaries, weekends, near my place I like this","I really enjoy this work, I always do clean , I earn money very easily in google for this work so","To follow time table, speak very cool way, do work neatly, always smile on face, thinking in positive way soo",5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5444,google,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome company,"great working environment, food and cab provided",there are no cons as such,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5445,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Excellent company but can be political,"Great colleagues, atmosphere and high investment in employees and well being.",Highly political often times which can be challenging. Difficult to advance quickly.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5446,google,"Mayfair, England (UK)"," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Front Desk Receptionist,Good for your CV,I cannot really find one,"Toxic work environment, no manager around training or monitoring the staff, rota not done properly: one day you are too many, other day you are short-staffed, cheap uniforms, changing rooms are smelly, dirty and overly crowded, meals on duty are a disgrace, we were served raw food several times, there is no staff canteen (they told me during interview it was temporary, it has actually been like that for the last 2 years).",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5447,google,none," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too big to function properly,Incredibly bright people who work very hard with high delivery expectations,"Giant tankard that can't be steered. Too big, too slow and too many layers",Simplify the structure. Remove the deadweight directors at the top. The company right now feels like a feudal system with directors getting everything and all L3-6 as their slaves.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5448,google,none," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very rewarding great staff and community,Great co workers Fun environment They care about you Great management,Your office space can be too small,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5449,google,Warsaw (Poland)," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Warsaw office is good for senior engineers,Salary for senior engineers (level L5 and above) is very competitive,Requires travel to US and participation in (video)conferences across timezones.,Keep up the good work :),4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5450,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company if you work hard,"Exceptional people - smart, motivated. Interesting & challenging work. Opportunity to learn a lot",Politics / egos at very senior levels,Spend more focus on customers & industry than internal meetings & reporting & managing up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P545.htm
5451,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company review of Google,It was a great company,I do not have any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5452,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Customer service /sales management,Nothing i love work and i control 20 customer on same time.i'm a hard worker. and i love work.any people get me job than i think he wil grow quickly,challenging is so interest. ant its grow any business i'm a hard worker. and i love work.any people get me job than i think he wil grow quickly,nothing only work hardly,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5453,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to learn software engineering,"Perks, smart people, you'll learn a lot","Not many interesting projects, especially outside Mountain View",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5454,google,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Learning culture, great salary, flexi- hours, really smart and talented people all around",None really. Slight downside is that most of the work is for non-India products with the critical parts developed by US / Europe Teams.,Try getting more Core product management work to india team .,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5455,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,super,full of enjoyment and chill,no till date. super environment,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5456,google,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account sales,"Good growth opportunities, not a lot of sales pressure. Team was excellent",Little more flexibility in the work timings would have been nice.,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5457,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Account Manager,"Benefits, fabulous free food for breakfast and lunch. Flexible working hours. Generous benefits package. Great people to work with.",It takes time to evolve in such big company. Your work progressively tends to be specialised and segmented without big perspective to grow,Need improvement in the coaching and career building,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5458,google,none," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Front End Developer,good opportunities for promotion and development,too big for decision process,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5459,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Benefits Specialist,Benefits,"Great people, operational machine, good projects","Too big. Slow, can’t move",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5460,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Scaled Customer Support,The best company I worked for,a lot of work very competitive environment,possibility to travel projects outside of job spec COLLEAGUES are friendly big impact,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P546.htm
5461,google,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Partner Manager, Cloud","It's google of course. Great food, interesting projects, open","arrogant, political, re-org after re-org",put a strategy and follow through 100%,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5462,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Lack of Leadership,"Good Benefits, many like-minded people, great learning opportunities.",Too focused on US side of business significantly undermining EMEA operations. Had 6 managers within 2 years and at some point had no manager. This results in no support and no consistent performance review. This leads to lower career opportunities and feeling of stagnation on the role.,Be there for your employees,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5463,google,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yes it's done differently here!,"The food, the bennies, the shuttle, nap pod, and everything else.","Over time, it's lost its innovative streak which tends to happen with any company that goes from startup stage to a 60k+",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5464,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Head of Editorial,"Great company, but limited opportunities in content","Compensation, benefits, training and opportunities are all great. There are many opportunities available to you if you're a program manager, in marketing, engineering or UX.",If you work in content or are a creative writer there aren't that many internal opportunities for progression.,"Pay closer attention to smaller teams, management ratings, etc. Sometimes the culture and values of the wider company don't always translate to smaller teams.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5465,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Support Engineer,Senior Product Support Engineer,Good process and friendly environment,Less hike and more pressure,Should improve employee engaging programs,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5466,google,none," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company to work for, specially if you are young","Really smart people around, benefits","Work life balance, long hours",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5467,google,none," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place to be in,The flexibility of work makes it easy to work,You need to stretch out the hours when required,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5468,google,none," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mid Level Managers,"culture, people, opportunities to move between positipns","hard promotion system, cost cutting, poor mid-level management",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5469,google,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Google,A very solid package. Food provided. Insurance and etc,"Good work life balance is only possible if you are ok with absence of growth. And even if you fully committed to work and do extra mile, promotion is not guaranteed. Because at Google you never good enough",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5470,google,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,na,Gorgeous UI Great place to work awesome infrastructure great work environment awesome management,Noise in the Stream Circles Is Slick,na,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P547.htm
5471,google,none," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job if placed with handsome salary,good pay and nice work life balance,greater work load and abcde,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5472,google,Santiago (Chile)," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Analyst,Great place to work for full-time employees,"You have access to every thing that you may need to maximize your productivity, you share projects with great people and work in a very friendly, inspirational and challenging enviroment.","I had a temporary contract, and that kind of hiring make so several differences between you and a full-time googler. Those differences reminds you that you very often that you are not part of the company.  Benefits also are extremely different between a googler and a temp. But both spend the same time a day in the company and give everything to make Google a better brand.","Try to get better the hiring process in Latin America. One of your mains caractheristics is ""diversity"", but in spanish speaking countries, many times english excelence (that is a must to be part of Google) is an skill that not everyone can afford, so you might be loosing many good talents because of that. On the other side, try to integrate more the temp employees, it doesn't feel good to spend a lot of hours a day in a placer where you don't feel always welcome.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5473,google,none," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The nicest big corporation is still a big corporation,"- Top notch facilities, great perks and lots of flexibility once you reach certain level of seniority.  - If you're a top performer, compensation will be top of market and you will work on interesting projects with very good people.  - Management really does listen. They've cut down on the cost cutting and pointless metrics collection after backlash. I believe that leadership genuinely cares about the company and employees.  - Dogs at the office. Dogs are the best.","- The incentive system and promotions favor visibility and salesmanship over actual work. This leads to silly situations where everyone and their dog are a ""lead"" so they can be promoted, and actual work gets sidelined.  - Google doesn't push out low performers - instead they tend to stay in their role forever while others move on, leading to departments where the levels of excellence you'd expect of Google are not met.  - There is some amount of pointless process and bureaucracy, like at other big companies, but at Google it's somehow more infuriating. Partly, it's frustrating because it's applied arbitrarily and unevenly. More importantly, though, the pin counters and process writers undermine the culture of personal responsibility and creativity, which makes the top performers leave for places where they're more trusted to get on with it.","Be more aggressive about pushing out badly performing employees. Don't add more process and bureaucracy - instead double down on a culture of ownership and personal responsibility. Cut costs where it counts, not 50 bucks on TGIF beer - how is that even worth your time?",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5474,google,none," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good environment,"good working environment, all staff helpfull.",no cons all is well,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5475,google,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company if you work hard,"Exceptional people - smart, motivated. Interesting & challenging work. Opportunity to learn a lot",Politics / egos at very senior levels,Spend more focus on customers & industry than internal meetings & reporting & managing up,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5476,google,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Perfect and more to learn,Nothing exists in this best company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5477,google,none," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"competitive, opportunities, as-is,","fast learning, build up management skills",too much stress kill your life,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5478,google,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work for an engineer,"good pay , interesting and your kept busy","hard work , lots of people all the time",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5479,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Web Applications Developer,Web Developer,Best company to work for with ample work life balance.,No cons. Can improve management.,Can imrpove and be bigger players,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5480,google,none," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,google is good company for software,very good company to work with,the workplace environment is slightly toxic,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P548.htm
5481,google,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,Great company to work for.,None that I could think of.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5482,google,Greater Noida (India)," Jan 4, 2018","Current Employee - Head Sales &amp, Marketing In Greater Noida",,"Best Learning Opportunity , Best Learning Environment",Very Rare depends upon your attitude,Nope,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5483,google,none," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is overall a good employer,"Environment is comfortable, payed good",Company is too large and lot's of rules.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5484,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Comfortable place to make sales tools,"You will be very comfortable there, as long as your career is not something you care about.",You will most likely work on something quite boring related to Ads.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5485,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Associate account strategist,"food, flexible hours, social coworkers - much fun!","bureaucracy, slow career progression, the company is way too big now",Less micro-management,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5486,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Engineer,Good,Good perks and great culture. However you need to be lucky to get a job there ...,Nothing really. Can't complain of my job.,Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5487,google,none," Dec 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applicatoin Programmer,It a good company to work with,No cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5488,google,none," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior software engineer,good work/life balance and life perks,various quality of project management depends on the teams,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5489,google,none," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits and atmosphere,"Benefits Smart people Open, relaxed culture Great food","Getting too big, so roles become quite specialised",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5490,google,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work for,* Diverse fields to work on. * Lots of smart people.,* Very large company. * Possibly already reached it's full potential.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P549.htm
5491,google,none," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Eng,- Modern Work/Study Balance - Creative Freedom,- Lack of structure can be daunting. You could be working on a project for a year then suddenly it would get scratched. - Very little opportunity for promotion .,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5492,google,none," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,what you see is what you get,"food, salary, goodies, food and food",stress and life work balance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5493,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 12, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Executive,Marketing Apprentice,"- free food, gym, massages and more - great environment - great people - opportunity to grow and learn",- you might end up spending all your time at work because you have everything you need & only going home to see family and change clothes!!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5494,google,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work for,1) Best thing - Awesome food 2) Employer-friendly culture 3) You are surrounded by most smart and talented people 4) Massage service 5) Chances to learn on edge cutting tool,Some people doesn't carry good attitude and play politics,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5495,google,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,"The people you work with are amazing - humble, helpful and super smart!",It's extremely hard to find a downside.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5496,google,none," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"Fun, Cooperative, Creative, Great , Wonderful",Too hierarchical but great managers,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5497,google,none," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,very nice environment and good place,not much to do there in the location,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5498,google,Liffol-le-Grand (France)," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Architecte Logiciel,Mutual understanding and forgiveness,It is a job that allow me to progress further than with anyone else.,This company requires Strength both Psychological and Physical. I will let you to decide whether you have received the email positively or not.,I would appreciate a meeting with everyone.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5499,google,none," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company for new freshers also,good campany for all job profile,i did not find any cons here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5500,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company in the world to work for?,Very progressive company to work at that cares very much about career development and work life balance. What else could you ask for?,"Hard to leave work, too many perks!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P550.htm
5501,google,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great benefits,"Flexible working hours, 90% of health insurance paid for, 12 weeks paid parental leave as a secondary care giver, free breakfast/lunch/dinner, working on great products with many users","imposter syndrome, limited impact in such a large company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5502,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"Great environment, extremely capable colleagues, world class offices, amazing benefits, exciting projects, big focus on diversity and inclusion","Wrestling with how to maintain culture whilst growing as a business, more process being implemented as company scales meaning loss of agility.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5503,google,none," Dec 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Very good company culture,Working hours can be harsh,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5504,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,good to work,"awesome and cool, i am working from 10 years",no such bad about company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5505,google,none," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PROGRAMMER,"So many work here, and must deleverd on time",Best company to work here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5506,google,none," Dec 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,VP Product,"Awesome challenges, Nice workplace, and Great perks.","Crazy politics, Limited Growth, and Ceiling Effect.",Open up.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5507,google,Chennai (India)," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - SEO Analyst,A good plce to boost career for freshers,A place to learn a lot as a fresher and encourages in every step.Friendly environment to work.Providing more opportunities for employee.Finally it's an employee friendly company as well as providing quality services to customers.,No negative comments from my side,Increase the staff,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5508,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Best Place,"Awesome culture, great colleagues and extremely good incentives",Career path in India limited,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5509,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,The best,Super interesting. Smart people. Excellent work-life balance. Good pay.,Super huge corporation (can be a plus too).,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5510,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,working with a leading firm,"great work culture, amazing people, ability to connect",agency dependency on work times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P551.htm
5511,google,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Very nice very nice very,Not all but I am not accept liability,Books by the way I can,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5512,google,none," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,Great working atmosphere Lots to learn from your peers,None Actually Seriously a great place to work at,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5513,google,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still great, but becoming more corporate",+ Smart coworkers + Lots of development opportunities + Autonomy and flexibility,"- Becoming more corporate, with more bureaucracy and overhead - Feels like it's growing too fast in the bay area",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5514,google,"Mīrpur, Azad Kashmir (Pakistan)"," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Legal Assistant,Fun and exciting work place,"Amazing food Aside from offering free meals (i.e. breakfast, lunch, and dinner), Google also has 25+ cafes and micro kitchens every 100ft.  Working with Cool Gadgets Conference rooms are wired with everything employees need to make work life easy.  Relaxing break time Googlers can relax after a long day by braving the rock climbing wall, playing billiards, or just relaxing in a self-controlled massage chair.  They Promote healthy living Employees can work out or exercise in the gym during their break time.  Better work-life balance Google researches and conducts experiments internally to determine how to best make employees as healthy, happy, and productive as possible.  Google may be a well-established company but it’s not perfect. However, if working in that big and colorful place is your dream you have to make sure you stand out. Have the best job hunt tools that will show you in the best light possible. Browse through our archives for top-quality resume and cover letter template to be one step closer to achieving your goal.","[Almost] everybody is overqualified for their jobs Google has a very strong brand position. That’s why they have to pick the brightest candidates even for low-level positions.  It’s hard to get promoted If you’re already overqualified for your post, you can expect that people with higher posts have even “better” education and stronger work ethic.  Too many egotistic people Everyone is territorial. They’re not interested in the opinion of others, unless those people are important.  Not enough employee diversity They used to hire people with similar backgrounds, same worldviews from the same 10 schools with the same interests.  Your expectations for your next job will be harder to meet After being a Google employee, your standards will almost be impossible to match. You’ll always look for the same benefits you got from your previous employer.",Google must give opportunities to fresh graduates . Because fresh people bring up fresh ideas .,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5515,google,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great effort to support under-represented group to thrive in the company,"There is a good focus recently on diversity and inclusion and as a result, there are more awareness in the company around the key challenges under-represented group such as female leadership, LGBTQ, black/hispanic in the U.S face.",The company is getting bigger and things can get more silo at time. Decision making take longer.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5516,google,none," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,None,Fast paced and easy to get along with everyone,Management can at times be demanding,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5517,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Associated Lead,Employment at its best,Top management teams are encouraging and thought-provoking,"Nothing has come up, which is negative",Stay the way you are..!! Keep the enthusiasm alive,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5518,google,none," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What I Like?,The people and the technology. The laptops they give you are amazing and quick. It’s a real treat to work that this company.,I used to have a car and now it is broken so I take public transport to get to work,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5519,google,none," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,very good benefits but smart people everywhere,I need to work hard to catch up,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5520,google,none," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT´s cool,"get money, a fare amount i think",to far away from home,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P552.htm
5521,google,Istanbul (Turkey)," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Real Estate Agent,majd,good time management and friendly,long hours of working environment,there's always a room for improvement,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5522,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,Best company I have ever worked for,"- amazing people - open culture - perks (food, gym, pool, health insurance ...) - lots of trainings, role unrelated and related - flexibility (work from different offices/home) - great management - despite size fast moving - lots of opportunities to get involved in projects outside your core role - being part of a company that is shaping the world we live in",- it's a big company so expect a little bit of admin work - visibility is very important in the promotion process,Don't let bureaucracy creep in too much.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5523,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Web Solutions Engineer,Awesome place to work,"Awesome culture, awesome benefits, awesome total compensation.",Becoming a really big corporation with all the problems derived from it.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5524,google,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,good salary and benefit nice culture,no cons,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5525,google,none," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,salary at google is high,It is tough to handle work,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5526,google,none," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spectacular,"Very flexible, friendly, high salary","Huge workload, lots of deadlines",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5527,google,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Choose wisely on which division you join,You already know about them.,"Politics, Visibility, Narcissism, Ageism, Not so business savvy, Constant reorgs.",Focus more.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5528,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Program Expert,"Loved working for Google, but don't recommend to stay at the job too long!",Free food Really cares about their workers Competitive salary Nice and smart co workers,Change is slow Very difficult to be promoted Too many re-orgs,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5529,google,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Smart and interesting people. They have a strict hiring policy.,Heavy process to move up the ladder.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5530,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,People genuinely care,"You feel like you're at a company that is actively shaping what the world will be like in the future. And with people who genuinely care about you as a person, and not just another employee.","Not every job here is shaping the future, and as the company has grown, it's fallen into common large corporate company pitfalls: useless admin, more entrenched hierarchy, less consumer focus.",Shake things up. Non engineering side of the business doesn't move anywhere near as quick as it should.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P553.htm
5531,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,"fun tech and great scale, but not all roses","Working with some very smart, driven and effective colleagues is very engaging.  The scale of work (big) is very motivating. Most clients or campaigns or businesses partners are the tops in their respective industries. As such you're more likely than not to work with big budgets, large user figures, and hot technology.  Corporate benefits are everything you've read -- top-notch health, pension and perks. Pay can tend to be at or slightly below market though.","In the Ads professional services department the work can be downright uninspiring. There are plenty of segments like this within Google which offer nothing special from any other company in the industry. For instance, if you don't work in something hot like Deepmind, Hardware or, say, Maps, you may find it very difficult to get excited about the work.  There is no shortage of over-qualified people sitting in positions which under-utilise their skills.  The company purports to be data-driven, but compared to say Amazon -- in the Ads professional services department -- it is not.","Even post Alphabet/Google split the company still feels very big and, increasingly, bureaucratic and difficult to navigate. My advice to management is that they should put more emphasis on building smaller departments and within those departments to strive for excellence. Those departments also need an identity more specific than just Google [department name]. Nest is a good example of this. Wildfire was a good example. Some parts of Google Shopping were.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5532,google,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life is awesome here..,Friendly Environment & Fair of Talent people. Google also takes care of his employee with better facilities. I just love google.,"Actually personally I've no complain about Google. It's like a heaven. But Google wants output. If you can't provide better skill,then you'll be eliminated.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5533,google,none," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,Plenty of very smart people all around you.,It is getting too burocratic.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5534,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Specialist,HR Specialist,"Great environment, free food, nice office space",People chasing promotions can be rootless,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5535,google,New Delhi (India)," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Google Ads Quality Rater,Awesome it is,Unlimited access to globe and Provides good quality Of Services,Presence of mind is must and At Work One Must Be attentive,Going great..! No need To advise this company,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5536,google,Paris (France)," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Good,great products to sell when you are in sales,less agility than i thought,be more creative,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5537,google,none," Dec 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Good work culture, awesome people around.",Nothing to share much about this,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5538,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great work environment,"All necessities for working were provided. The people who designed the infrastructure, seriously have productivity in mind, but also have kept in mind the needs of the people. Coffee was available at any part of the building through little snack bars. A game center, perfect for when you need a break, but also a gym which most people tend to not use but is there if you wish.",Not much space for improvement,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5539,google,none," Nov 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,good food and challenging environment,"very competitive, gorwth path can take year to fully develop, very linear,",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5540,google,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - IT Engineer,hurry to learn,make program on any of problem statement,can not work in pressure,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P554.htm
5541,google,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network SRE,1] Independence to work on projects. 2] Making a difference. 3] Tangible career/knowledge growth in right areas.,"As with all other companies, politics then collides with coherence.But , maybe a necessary evil.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5542,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Possition review,can work from home most of the time,"low salary, outdated technologies used",none,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5543,google,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"OK, but look beyond the hype","Many perks (free food, gym, etc.), and best coworkers ever. Looks good in your CV.","Work-life balance is not great, and you'll probably get paid more almost anywhere else.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5544,google,none," Nov 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Good,It Has High Salary. And Good Bussiness People,It's Some Times Hard Workibg At Google,It's Awesome Good Job Guys!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5545,google,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,culture of innovation freedom of expression,slightly bureaucratic as it grows in size,reduce layers of heirarchy,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5546,google,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Senior Asset analyst with 5 years of experience,Very Good to work in a environment and it's added advantage in working with all together with lots of happiness and joys across,Nothing to say about it but specifically if I need to mention here is I can say better need to be free employee,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5547,google,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Perks and compensation are amazing,Work Life Balance can be difficult when working with different timezones around the world,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5548,google,Chennai (India)," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - C E O,ceo,nice man innovative hardworker good campus asy works,work stress.high salary.luxurious life style.,take care of your health,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5549,google,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to Work For,Great work life balance Great appreciation of work Chance to take initiative Fast growth Many perks Google takes care of you Opportunities for global travel,"Some hires are overqualified, might get dissatisfied at current job. It is up to the employee at times to find the project they are passionate about and chase it",Have a higher studies sabbatical program to ensure talent who leave for higher studies will get retained,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5550,google,none," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great company with lots of opportunity for growth,Some people might find it too large of a company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P555.htm
5551,google,none," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"Amazing people, food, a lot of social events",Have to be lucky to get an interesting project,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5552,google,Kolkata (India)," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,Company Review,"Best place to learn, get more oppertunity","Lower Salary, no work life balance",Be more employee centric,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5553,google,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice company to work for,"benefits are awesome, work is good too",I did not find anything as such,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5554,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Google Work Experience,Great salary and good benefits.,There are no cons to working at google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5555,google,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Performance,Nice and friendly environment to work. Flexible working hours .,Big name #expectations are more from the very first day. I think they deserve that.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5556,google,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, dynamic and creative",great benefits great projects ability to deliver/launch projects within a short time frame collaborative/fast faced working athmosphere,"sometimes things happen so fast, managers easily loose focus on long term vision and prioritise short-term tactical deliveries company is more vertical than they'd claim, still hierarchical and decisions sometimes take a long time to get approved",spend more time thinking long-term spend more time looking after/incentivising/inspiring own team and not just caring about senior management,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5557,google,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,"Repas, Gym, Transparency, Feedback, Bottom-up","Process, Admin, Middle Management, Workload",ok,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5558,google,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,To be with and learn / work with talent,Lots of clever people and great opportunities to learn and move within Google,"Hard to feel impact of own contribution in such a large company. Can be a power struggle to go from one level to the next , but not unusual in most companies, you are just playing W amongst the best","Keep up the good work, great diversification of portfolio into hardware and moonshots",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5559,google,Joura (India)," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Computer Oprater,Computer oprater for my time,Part time job for work,Work for exle word any type work for computer,Mor managemant for company time,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5560,google,Mexico City (Mexico)," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great people","Constant learning, knowledgable supervisors, flexible hours, food, sports, great work environment, professional growth, possibility to move and work from any office.",As Google grows they have to adapt to the market so it gets difficult to get on top of all new processes.,Keep up! You have antes amazing company!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P556.htm
5561,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,Great employer,- perks & benefits - colleagues - company mission & vision - employer brand,- can easily feel like a small cog in a big wheel - risk of getting too comfortable & entitled,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5562,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I was overqualified for the role,"Great benefits, offices, tools, food, you name it! A lot of gifted and excited people in the company.",Google Ireland felt like a continuum to a college: very junior people who enjoyed the expat bubble and parties – not much experience around. The company has a reputation for hiring overqualified people to mundane roles and that's what happened to me. There was no way to change the role and nobody in the management admitted the problem so my experience in the company was unhappy and quite short.,Listen to your people and stop hiring overqualified people.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5563,google,none," Nov 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Absolutely amazing,Working here doesn't give you headache. Total peace of mind.,There are no cons working here. It is calm and funny environment.,Just do your best. All the best!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5564,google,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Analyst,human resoucers,"diversity of peoples , salarys, opottunits of developement","i dont know exist, i wont never left this employer",Not aplicattion,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5565,google,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to Work,"Salary and perks, work environment and scale of projects","Ultra competitive. Some managers are too comfortable, lazy and take it for granted.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5566,google,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome com to work in,very good package money and it,not bad after all no cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5567,google,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Great benefits including healthcare and a competitive salary,Backstabbing and ultra-competitive environment which rewards great acting skills,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5568,google,"Mountain Ash, Wales (UK)"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A behemoth company that is trying to control everything on the internet! Beware!,There really are None if you know what is really going on within this company.,Using AI in order to subvert independent media truth reports. Using AI to quantitatively collect as much personal and bio data as it can from every human being on Earth! --- which will be soon used against humanity. Sundar Pichai is a megalomanical greed monger who is essentially a traitor to humanity.,Get out while you're still fully human.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5569,google,Peshāwar (Pakistan)," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Online Edit,online edit,google is important for life reserch,i am work in google is very easy,google mangment is very strong and god,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5570,google,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Still amazing people and good compensation,Getting too big and slow,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P557.htm
5571,google,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,good work culture  good people  good management  good leads  good food,no growth no time no balance no free time no games,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5572,google,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,student intern,great company environment to work at,busy work environment and also competitive,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5573,google,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software egineer,"Wonderful place to work, even for newcomers.",Must put all the efforts in all tasks,keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5574,google,New Delhi (India)," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Great Place to work,Smart people Flexibility at work Side projects available,Very fast changing org structure- may not be suitable for everyone,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5575,google,none," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Fun work culture to work,Hours can be too long,Work life balance,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5576,google,none," Nov 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,weres,good benefits for the employes,no cons for my time there,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5577,google,none," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Great environment and flexible hours.,"Low salary, a lot of subconctracting",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5578,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,* tech talks * smart and insightful people * knowledge * impact * good benefits * flexibility (time and career choices),* low compensation (in UK) * political * lack of documentation * burnouts * teamplay is penalized in favor of individual contributions * mistakes are a big no-no,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5579,google,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great work environment,"Great secondary benefits, good salary, positive work environment",If a person doesn't perform on target the pressure is very high,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5580,google,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Compensation, upbeat culture, clever colleagues, big projects","Too much bureaucracy, departments have conflicting aims at times",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P558.htm
5581,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Junior Python Developer,Junior Python Developer,4 days work great Organization Great environment,Hard Work Lack of Recognition Restrictions to do more,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5582,google,"Bogotá, Bogota (Colombia)"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Pod Lead,Pod Lead,A lot of autonomy to define your work Tons of innovation in Cloud,"Not enough resources, is hard to compete with 2 or 3 team members against AWS or Microsoft",If you want to grow your cloud business you need to hire faster,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5583,google,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Public Policy Analyst,It's is as great from the inside as it looks like from the outside.,"1. Extremely talented people around you every day. A perfect opportunity to learn every moment, be it a meeting, a dinner or a coffee break. 2. Impact - every day you contribute to a project or a product which will bring value to users, clients, or public institutions.",It's difficult to adopt to the world around after leaving the company. Keeping work/life balance and having a clear long-term career plan is paramount at this point.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5584,google,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,"International offices and scope to transfer, salary, people are amazing","Progression can be challenging, a lot of people are leveled incorrectly on entry and come in too low",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5585,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Booster,Be prepared for change!,"Diversity, Incentives, Laid Back, Understanding and Free Food!","Poor training, high staff turn-over, unrealistic targets.","Training needs to be done gradually and properly, as the mistakes are piling up.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5586,google,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FAAD COMPANY,Everything is best in the company,there are less girls than boys,hire more girls,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5587,google,none," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OS,good compensation & benefits. work & life balance,career development is relatively slow.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5588,google,Dibrugarh (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Surveyor,Best company & knowledge & history centre.,I think best for my way.,Never always best & best company.,Take care & always check aap.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5589,google,Taguig (Philippines)," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Specialist,G Suite Generalist,"Free surfing, free food, accommodation is awesome and never pressures employee. Tools comes in handy.",No increase in salary and office is always have to walk 15 minutes away from all routes of public utility vehicles.,"Best company to work with in terms of being pro-employee, the culture and values.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5590,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good pay, tough environment.","Good pay, perks, and benefits.","Strategy, resources and leadership are overly US-leaning.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P559.htm
5591,google,none," Nov 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern at google,"atmosphere, people, flexible,support and teamwork",project itself was not related to my background,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5592,google,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work,Its Google. Its sums Up everything,None. for a person who loves to learn and grow.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5593,google,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager,Consumer Marketing,"Their really care about your well-being and growth of their employees careers. You will find amazing people in this place who will be useful for your life and career, no matter what area you work on.","Sometimes, the engineering and marketing areas seems very distant from each other and this generate crappy products such as G+ or Duo.",Make marketing more relevant in early phases of product development.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5594,google,Visakhapatnam (India)," Oct 25, 2017","Current Employee - DTP Operator, Web Designer (Wordpress)",very good search Engine,best reason for joining in this is .. its very easy and work at our comfortable time.,some times it time taking,Good opportunity for unemployed computer literates,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5595,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Field Operations Associate,Great place to work,"Great benefits, smart people, nice environment.",For contractors is very hard to get a permanent position.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5596,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Programmierer,Programmer,Very good in providing the opportunities. DEdicated team,not yet any Not find any. Some times projects are same.,Good Management,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5597,google,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,temporary work,great work space and people,better salary would have been appreciated.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5598,google,none," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,salary is very very good,there are no cons i assume,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5599,google,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,flexible working time space for creatives competitive salary good reputation,long time working time high pressure office politics high revenue pressure high peer pressure,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5600,google,Karāchi (Pakistan)," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Online Typing,Online,Like it i love it,Intresting and unique thing i have ever seen,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P560.htm
5601,google,none," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Would recommend,"Challenging, good offices, nice colleagues","Nothing, everything great. Check Pros",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5602,google,Noida (India)," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,For ur information,"Outlook, nice interiors, good looking building, good aquarium, beautiful Director HR","Unmanaged, unprofessional,unreliable, self centred managementnreliable, self centred management, bad HR and hR policies",Clarity of objective is essential rather than blaming working squad,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5603,google,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Google is an awesome place.,They pay less compared to Tower and other companies.,Faad.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5604,google,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,good company but so far away from SF,too much food makes you super fat,Keep on rocking,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5605,google,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Food benefits Health benefits are good,Diversed culture Working hours are not good,Be happy,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5606,google,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Junior Engineer,Good salary and good opportunities for development.,"Socially strict, not able to speak your mind.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5607,google,none," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work/life balance,google has a nice culture,there aren't many cons tbh,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5608,google,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brief review,not that bad as it is google,salaries are way too low,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5609,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,"Great company, great experience","For a big company, Google is remarkable well-run, agile, and responsive to employees. It's remarkable to me that even at Google's size the founders and leadership still get up in front of the company most weeks to answer employee questions.","It's a big company. There are some bad managers, bureaucracy, and sometimes-limited career choices that come from working at a big company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5610,google,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunity,"A mix of a few different things among which: Smart people, Great culture, Impactful projects, Empowering managers, Supportive team-mates","The company is now gigantic which of course slows down processes, approvals, overall messaging and impact.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P561.htm
5611,google,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Operations Manager,"Diversity, challenging, great benefits. multicultural environment",less opportunities to growth compared to smaller offices,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5612,google,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I've been part of!,Benefits and facilities are world class.,I can't really complain about anything.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5613,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - CM Manager,CM Manager,The culture is very open and valuing respect and self-motivated. The company takes good care of the employees in general so that the employees can focus on work.,"The interview process and promotion policy is designed for a software company, which is the mainstream of the company. However, the organization that I worked is hardware related, I felt the process and policy didn't fit well for a hardware organization.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5614,google,"Taiz, Ta'izz (Yemen)"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Electrician Tecnichal,Yemen,Honest smile to any one and make asucess with friends my job and without Selfishness,Electric power and mantenance refrigretor and air condioner,"""You now must work with your staff to achieve your department and your organizational goals. Your role is to work with others, to help them be productive and effective."" Stone offers these tips for first-time managers: Identify your department's goals, and determine the resources needed to achieve them.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5615,google,New Delhi (India)," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Business Operations Associate,Highly recommend - no surprises here!,"Great perks, accomplished peers -- you meet people with diverse skills, comprehensive learning and upskilling programs",Performance evaluation cycles are very lengthy and can get excessively competitive.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5616,google,none," Oct 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Innovation , cloud and transformation technology",Perhaps google growth to fast and now is a sow bib company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5617,google,none," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to learn,Challenges Environment Co-workers Perks Salary Peace,Some times you need to work at home as well (it depends),Keep going,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5618,google,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing,"Google has many great things such as the free buffet and the games room, nap room and the fact that you don't have to work at desks or cubicles as long as you get your work done.","The FEW bad things about Google is that during lunch no one really talks they just sit on their laptops and you NEED a keycard to get anywhere, even the merch cupboard!",???? ??? ? ? ? ???? ? ? ?? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ?,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5619,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Analyst,Good co to work with,None No issues to report,Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5620,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,analyst,Good for growth and learning,Work life balance not good,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P562.htm
5621,google,Rāwalpindi (Pakistan)," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Surveys,I have got very good experience there.I am proud to be a part of google.It pays me more,The challenges of working here is to worksharder to get pay.And achieve our goals.,Increase income,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5622,google,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Very Good,There are a lot of smart people and a lot of perks.,Sometimes I do not have anything to work on.,none,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5623,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Recruiter,Excellent company,"People are amazing, culture, benefits and perks and opportunities. It has been an incredible experience and would recommend to anyone but be prepared to be top of your game at all times.",Work life balance doesn't exist and very poor flexibility of working hours especially for parents.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5624,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, tonnes of perks, interesting work.",Good food Flexible working hours Interesting projects,Too many smart people working on less interesting projects,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5625,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Rather Good Experience, Amazing on CV","Good Pay Amazing people Nice benefits: Freebies such as bags, hoodies, sometimes laptops etc.","Staff are worked like dogs sometimes Not much room for promotions Game of Thrones-esque politics between departments- if you don't hit off with the right people, you won't make it far",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5626,google,none," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great projects to work on.,Slow paced projects make work seem long at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5627,google,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rate to a company,"Its great professional work environment and day to day new innovative idea's attract me to work here, for personal and professional growth i would like to work here. As Their size benefits consumers. They are cost-effective. They can create jobs and wealth.  They adhere to the best brand standards. They help other companies. They help improve standard of living.",They might unfavorably dominate the market. They mighty take advantage of consumer expense. They can push local firms out of business. They are willing to gain ridiculous profits at any cost. They a great environmental threat.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5628,google,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,lovely people and really want to develop career,there is nothing that I would change,keep doing what youre doing,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5629,google,Ben Arous (Tunisia)," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Search Quality Raters,famous professional serious need neew challenges,no inconvenients for the moment i need to word to know and giving my point of view,fast,5.0,none,1.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5630,google,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"free food, work life balance","competitive, lots of very smart people and you have to stand out amongst them.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P563.htm
5631,google,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,Great culture and work experience,"None, everything was great n",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5632,google,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great culture!,The company's culture encourage employees to always do the right thing,Nothing major but sometimes politics could limit your growth,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5633,google,none," Oct 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Industry amanger,"Great benefits, great external recognition, when things are going well it is a massively positive working environment with lots of brilliant people.",Increasing corporate nature was dehumanising the culture.,Don't become another big corp with your culture.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5634,google,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Grad job at google Dublin,amazing working atmosphere and environment,Culture of not taking any time off,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5635,google,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work For,It's a great place to work for and a chance to work with some of the smartest people.,Office Politics and attitude plays a negative role in the Indian Office,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5636,google,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Peers that push you + Incredible perks,"Perks, Benfits, Peer group, Opportunities","Poor work life balance, Highly competitive",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5637,google,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a great company for graduate,The interview won't be harder than those famous IB quant position.,The salary is not as competitive as the salary offered by hedge funds.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5638,google,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Great coming to work for,Not a good ok as C rgo shrsty your career,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5639,google,none," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best,V e r y g o o d c o m p a n y t o w o r k,N o r t h i n g to s a y a n y c o n s .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5640,google,none," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best tech related company to work for!!!,It is the best company,It has no downsides/cons or whatever you wanna call it,No advice to them just wanna say keep it up!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P564.htm
5641,google,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,The Google model remains the best,"Benefits & perks. Work life balance (at least on the Sales & Services side). Exceedingly smart employees, and great engagement from everyone (no passengers here). Focus on people, fairness and inclusion. Company future (growth, big bets).","Like everywhere else, but overall no deal-breaker : internal politics, some orgs seem better treated than other (high vs low budgets), company culture & values can feel heavy at times...","Nurture the startup/entrepreneurial vibe. Don't let all the KPI's take your focus away from customer, user and employee experience.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5642,google,Wrocław (Poland)," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Associate Account Strategist,"Great people, professional work environment, great perks, great office and the food is awesome! Especially when you don't have cooking skills ,)","Working hours (officially 9am-6pm but very often till 6.30 or 7pm), sometimes the work can be very stressful and you have to handle difficult customers",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5643,google,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FullStack Developer,"Nice Company, very very nice","nothing at all, great company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5644,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Competition,You have a lot of opportunity’s to career,Simple spice in the best time,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5645,google,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Work culture Awwwwsome,"Good Salary, hike, culture, location, etc.",NA na na na na,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5646,google,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent experience,Leading the way in IT standards,There are so many amazing things to work on and it hards to pick one.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5647,google,none," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Test Engineer,Great place to work,"Chilled out place to work, great socials and opportunity to innovate. Best company intranet so far. Gtech is the coolest.",Not many but maybe internal comms.,Improve internal comms employee to employee. Try change the rules of the game if you can.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5648,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,I love Google,"Good company, peers and perks.",You need to always prove the work you have been done.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5649,google,none," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,worker,pay and environment is perfect,very time consuming at google,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5650,google,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to be,Amazing people and great everyday products for people,Culture shift and need to focus on core products instead of competing with everyone,Need to be inclusive,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P565.htm
5651,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Field Operations Associate,Field operation associate,"A lot of travel, you have a chance to visit many place and met different customers",Sometime the travel time take over 75% of the total time,"Needs to plan ahead better,sometime they change plans last minute and you have to change working area and or country rapidly",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5652,google,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice company,good company for new grads,bad food for ppl in company,please take care of your employee's food,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5653,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Land of opportunities, great perks, amazing package but zero work life balance","I work in Sales at the EU HQ. There's plenty of pros to call out: - great learning and development opportunities, 1st class training - on the big scale: diverse culture and and an environment that's thriving on that - salary, bonuses and all other perks like free food - events, both professional and fun","- Work is never ending. Literally, you can't finish anything as the pace is so fast by the time you get something done surely there's 3 other things waiting on your to do list. - Hence, long hrs and really bad work life balance. Everyone is super competitive at Google so if you don't want to be left behind you need to match the pace and that means constantly going above and beyond. Management just says you shouldn't be working outside hrs and prioritize but they don't want to go into the reality of it and go with a head-down approach.... In addition when it comes to recognition and promotion obviously they build on this type of performance as benchmark so you are screwed if you try to actually have a life. - Flexibility is a myth... some teams are better than other's but most cases you either don't have time to enjoy perks like going to the gym, getting a massage or you are frowned upon if you do. Not to mention work hr flexibility or working from home, big no no's.","Really dig deep into your employee's well being (not just scratch the surface) and do what's right, set common standards and help employees be more productive by having a better work life balance.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5654,google,none," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,Brilliant company to work for,Not any negatives really to say,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5655,google,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,It was a good experience for me,Time went way too fast for them,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5656,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Global management aim to change the world. Compensation modele is so crear and fair,"Unfortunately, Google has been changed hierarchical organisation from 2003.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5657,google,none," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategic Partner Manager,The best company culture and benefits!,Over crowded. Too many people trying to do similar things,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5658,google,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cleaner,"Cool experience, excellent colleagues, comfortable office.",Hard to keep work-live balance because of incisive tasks.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5659,google,Nairobi (Kenya)," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Good place to grow,Work with very brilliant people.,Wavering strategy for Africa where I am based.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5660,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Platform Support Specialist,Amazing Company to work,Smart people Very interesting project to work in,"No cons so far, everything is fine.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P566.htm
5661,google,none," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Amazing cool witty wild fun,None of the things were a con,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5662,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Great place to work,Great work life balance Fun team with lots of social events Not micro managed Good benefits,Hard to add real impact in such a big company,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5663,google,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,one of the most worse company in bangalore,there is pros in this company,"every thing is cons,from management to working environment.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5664,google,Lviv (Ukraine)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Google, LA","Good salary, dream work, great prospects, work in the best IT company in the world, work in the most developed country.","In my opinion, the work in Google is no disadvantages, because there is a good salary, there are many opportunities and prospects.","For managers, I want to advise you to take me to work in Google in the future, I will not let you down.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5665,google,none," Sep 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google review - senior consutant pa,very good place to work,no cons really.everything is awesome,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5666,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great compensation and culture,"* Compensation * Free food and perks * All the interest groups: frisbee, hockey, board games * Great colleagues","* I don't trust the upper management. They don't have my respect * Our team doesn't function as a team, it's just individuals sitting together. * I expected higher code quality from such a respected company.",I don't trust the upper management. They don't have my respect,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5667,google,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,Good place to work Learn lot of things,Quite hectic and not enough time,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5668,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Sr. Account Manager,Great place to work. They take real good care of employees.,Small office. Lesser career move opportunities.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5669,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Technical Solutions Consultant,Best company to work for,Google is the best big company to work for on the planet. Period. The culture and openness standout for me more than the free food and drinks. You'll learn a lot from some amazing people from all walks of life. Great work life balance usually but also quite competitive.,Big company. You feel like you're not making so much of an impact at times. It isn't want it used to be. Director to VP levels can get quite political.,Try and keep the small company vibe so people can feel impactful in their own way.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5670,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Consultant,Great Company,"1, Perks 2. Smart people around",Work life balance could be improved in the India office,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P567.htm
5671,google,none," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad not good,"yeah nice and all, close to my house","salary, climate and some other things",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5672,google,none," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,can really learn a lot here,soft environment and good condition,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5673,google,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eat like a kimg,Good and free food there,"Fast moving environment, political colleagues",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5674,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Strategist,Best Company in the World,Insanely creative and smart people around you.,Becoming more and more of a corporate,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5675,google,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Great company and, dynamic people.",Pressure can be very high.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5676,google,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Used to be great, now just a normal corporate. Not a place for work life balance.",Pay standard is still good. Good benefits and perks. Management's efforts for transparency is still better than most companies. People are still better than most companies.,"When I joined Google 7 years ago, I used to be amazed at people and culture every day. Over the time as the company grows to a large corporate with more hierarchy and corporate politics and most of founding management left, it's now just a normal company with corporate double talks and lack of transparency from management. People and culture are still better than most companies but not amazing any longer. Also company wide issue is detaching from work. Over many years here, I've never seen a college doing well without doing overtime (might be possible in a large operational team though). People may leave the office early but will dial back in to work at night. It was okay when I was single but not when I need family time with 2 small kids. Burn outs are quite common as the performance evaluation is based on comparison to your peers who are bright talents and work 24/7.",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5677,google,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Can grow in the company and have a big opportunity to grow,Lots of politics which slows down the work you're trying to finish,Decrease politics and make it faster to finish the job,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5678,google,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work at,Well payed and working environment is good as well.,No big disadvantages you should know of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5679,google,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work perks!,Free food and Employee benefits,Work life balance and lack of good execution,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5680,google,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Interesting job, great culture and work conditions","Lots of internal specific infrastructure, long ramp-up period",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P568.htm
5681,google,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good company,Lots of money and holiday,No money or holiday yet,More money,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5682,google,none," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay, benefits","Excellent equity compensation, perks, free food",Much smaller and not as many opportunities as HQ in the US,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5683,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A good experience,Its name and and popularity amaong the people,Its a pleasure to me that I work at google,A new software from our side,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5684,google,none," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Waistress,"Waitress 1, Cashier 1 and half years",Work Friends all them good and friendly easy funny and 15 minutes from my place One of direct she very kind and always helpful,"Lack of justice Employee assessments ,they never support anything staff had ever care something talking with customer like rude people",If it's possible need work in my area coz haven't no car,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5685,google,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still one of the top companies to work in,"Perks, co-workers, opportunities for internal transfers.",Large company problems: you likely end up either a small contributor in an impacful project or a large contributor in a small project,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5686,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Agency Development Manager,Great innovative company,"A lot of great perks for everyone. Really friendly colleagues ready to help you. Fast moving company, you don't really have time for being in your confort zone. Can be sometimes difficult but it helps to grow. Good salary.","Always asking to do more , sometimes it's not possible to stretch to infinite.",Do not promote only people who are branding themself to top management. Some are doing back but important work. Do not ask to always justify about your impact when you already know all the work delivered.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5687,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Great place to work and learn !,Lots of opportunities to learn and grow. Working with amazing people is part of them. Good work life balance and perks.,"It seems like the company is no longer sticking to the original values that made me wanna work for them, such as ""put the user first and everything else will follow"". Also I felt like there were weak support from HR and middle management to support my career plan.",Keep the values that made this company's identity at the beginning.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5688,google,Wrocław (Poland)," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Account Associate,Too Hyped,"Free Food, Great People, Stock Options.","Studied a Master , funded my own company, several years of experience managing at an entrepreneurial level. Nothing matters for google, you will be placed on customer service getting calls with no innovation whatsoever unless you are an engineer.",Be truthful during the interview what the job is about.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5689,google,New Delhi (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good one,nice place to work at google,very tough to be seleccted,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5690,google,SanFrancisco (Venezuela)," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Candy,Awesome working conditions and a wonderful staff.,Their is none as they have a healthy working environment.,Healthy discussions along with good working conditions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P569.htm
5691,google,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great culture. Smart people. Varied opportunities,Could take a while for you to find the opportunity that suits your skillset,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5692,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Strategy and Operations Manager,Growing fast...getting more bureaucratic,"Smart colleagues who challenge you daily Lots of opportunities to make a difference Perks such as comprehensive insurance, free meals, fitness facilities (inc. pool in Dublin)",The organization is becoming increasingly bureaucratic Low transparency for performance appraisals and criteria for promotions Lack of actionable feedback False sense of superiority in some of the managers (just because they joined in the earlier days),Embody the principle of being humble both internally and externally (with clients),4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5693,google,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,The food is very good,there are no cons as i can see it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5694,google,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great working culture and environment, multiple career shift opportunities, plenty of learning tools","It became too big as a company, so too many stakeholders. Sometime, the core job tend to be stakeholder managements.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5695,google,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Ambassador,- Good working environment - Good communication,- Work in retail store - Part-Time position only,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5696,google,none," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so great place to work,best thing about google was the salary,cons was the organization structure,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5697,google,none," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,it is very good organisation,no negatives in this organisation,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5698,google,none," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I'm technically work at Google,A lot of cool stuff. A lot of cool people.,A lot of pressure perhaps?,Nice work!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5699,google,none," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Data Scientist,data scientist,very nice environment to work in,it is probably the best company to work for,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5700,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,- Good work culture - Perks,Change management and frequent re-org's,none to disclose,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P570.htm
5701,google,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Project Engineer,its a good company and very friendly environment,good work life balance and nice benefits,politics and internal conflicts will be more,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5702,google,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"good salary, good benefits, cool enviroment, incredible culture",people are not that nice,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5703,google,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very gratifying work,"Status, colleagues, food, culture, offices",Pretty gard to get promoted,Pay me more,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5704,google,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to work,"very good, best place to work","nothing, e t h i n g",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5705,google,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Advertising Operations,Advertising operaitons associate,"the culture, the perks, the work life balance, the free food","it is only sales work, it cna get very repetitive and not that interesting",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5706,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing, but has cons just like anywhere else","salary, people, perks, training, development, food!",they expect the world and more... each and every day you need to be the best you can be.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5707,google,none," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best,If you love coding then this company is for you salary is also good and at last it is Google man,You should be able to ask questions and it is important to learn new technology everyday,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5708,google,Dombivli (India)," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Data Entry,Data entry,Google is the best company for onlinr job,There is no any demarites of the google company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5709,google,none," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging from day one, tons of responsibilities.","Challenges, responsibilities, people listen to you. If you make name for yourself, you can become a rockstar in no time.",Hard to stand out with so many smart people around you who are ready to work hard. Losing key people for projects can be tough.,Keep it up.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5710,google,none," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience,"Great people inside. culture, benefits, free food is pros.",nothing to mention . Small issues in big org are normal.,Keep it up..,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P571.htm
5711,google,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic work environment,Learning and growth is comparatively more than any one else. Smart people around!,You get fat very easily,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5712,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Google Software Engineer,Best review,"Excellent working experience ,best infrastructure .Here u can learn new things and can do project as well...",There is nothing con about Google I think....it might be challenging for a guy to get into the Google rather than service based companies ....,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5713,google,Lonavala (India)," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Student,Its Dream Company to work.,All things are going very smoothly.,improvemnt of speed contct detILA,improvemnt of contet,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5714,google,none," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company,good environment and good pay salary.,no cons it is good company for work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5715,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work for,- Great colleagues - Great office with tasty food (free of charge!) - Products that affect millions and billions of people,- Easy to develop imposter syndrome,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5716,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anti-abuse Analyst,"Fantastic company, though everything has its cons","- lots of comfort at work - great people (not everyone of course, but the majority is great)","- hard to find great opportunities for professional development - middle management is very poor, demotivating",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5717,google,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - IT Project Manager,job`,good job and a nice place to work,nice job but it can be more better,good,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5718,google,none," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FPGA Engineer,Many extra perks over the paycheck,Too many working hours. Sometimes stressful.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5719,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Content Engineering Analyst,I have been working at Google full-time (More than a year),"Culture, Perks, Smart People, Employee happiness","work load are very highCulture, Perks, Smart People, Employee happiness",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5720,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - SMB Sales Manager,SMB Sales,Great exposure to a different type of sales.,You have to be at the top your game. There is no room for slacking.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P572.htm
5721,google,none," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Free food and drinks Smart colleagues Strong teamworks because of the management With hope and future if you join a right team/department,"Free food and drinks because of your hard works. Long hours for some teams. No way to change anything even you know the directions on wrong track. The management might scream at the meeting or in front of other employees. The management wouldn't keep their words and all faults caused by the junior, not their directions Unreasonable timeline sometimes",Think before ahead. Keep your words and be humble to your employees. Do not blaming people in front of other teams Remember to bring wallet for every single dinners/ lunches if you want to do a team building,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5722,google,none," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"crazy benefits, like massage services and dog walking",a lot of smart people and hence more challenging to advance your career,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5723,google,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"People, technology, impact, scale, money.","Growing inertia, mono culture that you'd better learn to love.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5724,google,none," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Very exciting and extremely busy place.,A lot of international hangouout meetings. Work life balance was bad.,Increase staff,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5725,google,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Perks Salary Location Travel People,Bureaucracies Swollen Less Scalable Less People Focused than before,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5726,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bestt,Google is the best for jobs.,If we worh here it is presitious one,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5727,google,none," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Optimizer,Following Pros: Work Culture Work life balance,None to be honest with you,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5728,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smartest, kindest people","Smart people, Friendly colleagues, Good managers",slowing down due to larger size of org,be bold!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5729,google,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development,Google review,best place to work and get experiance,i dont see any cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5730,google,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,It's a amazing place to work here.I would like to be here,How to accept the changes of the technology day by day,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P573.htm
5731,google,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work at. Great experience. Extraordinary people. Interesting challenges and new things to learn every day.,"Numerous advantages such as: wonderful people you get to meet, work environment., projects, challenges, general atmosphere, opportunities, events, personal development.",There are no cons. Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5732,google,none," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,high expectations and less mobility than you think,decent pay and good benefits. Lot's of young and like minded people,"internal politics, misaligned performance metrics and high expectations make it a difficult environment to get used to.  My impression was that internal mobility is a rather quick and easy process but it's something that can take 6months or more after you hit your 1 year mark to find an opportunity that is a step up from what you're currently doing. This greatly depends on the organisation you are a part of.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5733,google,none," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brief,Benefits Scope and opportunity for growth/internal mobility,FTEs who are ambitious and competitive to the point of disrupting progress. Work/life balance is challenging.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5734,google,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"It's Google, and it's better than the reputation.",Where else can you work at this scale?,"If you're not in California, there are somewhat fewer opportunities. Not you can take all the opportunities that show up anyway.",Spread the company out more... Silicon Valley is a risk factor because there are too many eggs in that one basket.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5735,google,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant,Staff lovely great to work with,Can be a bit hectic in office,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5736,google,none," Aug 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A dream company,Really good work atmosphere and work load,Really high competition to get into the industry,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5737,google,none," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with great philosophy,can work with the best people in the world,"nothing to mention except one thing, a bit limited oppty for promotion",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5738,google,none," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing company, but getting big and a bit bureaucratic over time","Amazing culture, perks, growth mindset, most employees are very capable","Company has reached a size and a complexity where most roles even at senior level are rather narrow in scope, and there is a lot of ""work about work"" - Agreeing who does what, defining processes - One can grow impatient and weary","Streamline the business, simplify the organization, create more autonomous units with clearer accountability",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5739,google,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly good,"Awesome, smart team mates Great benefits and perks",Inter-departmental collaboration is difficult and slightly politicized.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5740,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,Awesome Place to Work within.,To be honest I found None.,"You are already doing great, lets do even better.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P574.htm
5741,google,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Adwords,Great people to work with,Quite a repetitive job really,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5742,google,none," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,There are many pros to working at google. Office environment work life.,Lots of work and lots of smart people to make you feel dumb,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5743,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,best experience and glass dore was very helpful,it have very open environment to work,work load are very high,there were two rounds first was coding with normal aptitude and second round was technical face to face after that there are hr round total one day process and i was informed after two day that i got selected.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5744,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - International Sales,Company us great although the culture has changed....micro management is problematic.,"Innovative, international opportunities , Google leads the way. Multicultural environment, several perks. Google is a place where you can build a career.","Process heavy , patronizing, the company is big and people management sometimes is lacking , especially when it comes to personal development.",Show more flexibility,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5745,google,none," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dream come true..,"Google office is the reason, where I always dreamed of working.","I become it's employee recently so my attention is on my work and rejoicing where I am and how far I come. With time passing, we became acquainted so maybe I will be able to write pros and cons then.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5746,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,great place to work,fun environment and potential for growth,long working hours but rewarded for,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5747,google,Thrissur (India)," Aug 6, 2017","Current Employee - Photographer &amp, Designer",my eyes can feel the nature's magic,"I don't like to work with Google but love the job in Google, it isn't a work for me it's my life",I like work with your company,I can give you the magic of my blood,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5748,google,Taichung (Taiwan)," Aug 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but the scale is too big to control every offices outside USA.,It's a pretty innovative and open-minded company with amazingly great benefits. You'll never regret being as a part of it.,"Its scale is too big so the outer USA branch will be not fully ""Googley"".",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5749,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Product Lead,Greatest place to work,"People to work with, scope of jobs and career opportunities, autonomy and trust, perks",High internal and external competition for the same jobs,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5750,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - AdWords Account Strategist,Best Company to work,"Culture, Perks, Smart People, Employee happiness",The work itself can get monotonous so one needs to continuously look out for learning opportunities.,Most of the work done is specific to the org. Up skill and train employees on value adding skills based on market requirement so they can contribute effectively when they leave the org.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P575.htm
5751,google,"Lakshmīpur, Chittagong (Bangladesh)"," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Account Support Associate,Overall Rating,"Account,managment,payment,support mangment.. paymnet site. and accounted","Google adversaries google works in outsite, and field work. etc",Account managment.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5752,google,none," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Transparent, talented team, good perks",Disorganized product management procedures. Office politics,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5753,google,none," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Thoroughly enjoyed my time there, looks good on CV",No cons that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5754,google,"Kozhikode, Kerala (India)"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,My parents,My parents best ambitious is me working in Google,For my parents happiness and my future,Give all opportunity to all people,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5755,google,Hamburg (Germany)," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Executive,Sales Manager,"great work environment, colleagues and work conditions",have to organize yourself well because you work independently,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5756,google,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company and nice people,free food friendly and helpful employees TGIF,Everything changes so often (also a positive tho),none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5757,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst experience,The business idea and team co-ordination was good. I can say best employer to work with.The work nature and culture was wonderful.,The only downside i faced is my profile was not apt to my field of study.,can reduce the targets for night shift employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5758,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Analyst,A bit overrated and very corporate/political,"The obvious flashy perks are nice, but they're pretty standard at most tech companies these days. There are a lot of structured learning opportunities and a diversity of roles that you can transfer to. The people are generally friendly and very smart.","Tends to be very political and many are not keen to help you unless it benefits them personally (i.e. performance reviews). Perks are nice, but I'd give them up for better basics - health, pension, etc.  Work flexibility is a farce - at least in my office/team - and there are a lot of barriers to even getting an afternoon approved to work from home, much less multiple days. To me this illustrates a lack of trust in their employees.  I don't know -- I've been generally unhappy since I've joined due to lowered work/life balance, lack of flexibility (so much for those extra vacation days), lack of colleagues' willingness to help with questions/projects, poorer basic benefits, etc.... but I've been compelled to stay since ""it's Google"" and to give it a fair chance.","Although many people would dream to work at Google, don't use your high demand to disregard those you already hired! There are many opportunities to improve basic employee well-being and long-term retention.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5759,google,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Hands-down best company to work for,"- Amazing coworkers (super-smart, super-smart, and super-interesting) - Really interesting technical challenges - Working on products that impact billions of users around the world - Great salaries - Great benefits - Who doesn't want to say they work for Google? ,)","- More limited room for growth and project availability in satellite offices, especially if they're on the smaller side. But this is likely an issue in any distributed company.",Stay Googley!,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5760,google,"Kozhikode, Kerala (India)"," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Nothing,Accounting,The google network has some cool features that should concern its competition,One drawback is there are no inventory level guaranteed,Most popular management in around,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P576.htm
5761,google,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources Management,It would be a great experience to work for the biggest company in the world.,Every company and every job has their pros and cons. I don't know what would be the cons for thiscompany.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5762,google,"Tijuana, Baja California (Mexico)"," Jul 31, 2017","Current Employee - 3D Artist, Graphic Design,",5,Google second-largest company in the United States in terms of market capitalization science google 1 of most well know technology company in the world we need google for everything with out google there is nothing,"Employees who job share often cite ""quality of life ""issues as the main reason they only want to work part time. After weighing the amount of time they spent at work vs. the amount of time they were able to spend on leisure activities, they opted to work less so they could enjoy life more.",google is all !,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5763,google,none," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,One of the best company,There are no cons for Google,Keep doing it,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5764,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Strategist,"Stressful but manageable, good manager is key",Huge range of developing opportunities Great perks Amazing people,should be very ambitious to fit in stressful at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5765,google,none," Jul 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales engineer,Fun to be working here,None I can think of,None,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5766,google,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for,"Great people, always collaborative Amazing work infrastructure (facilities, equipment, etc...)",Unclear goals at mid level positions,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5767,google,Priština (Serbia)," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Web Publisher,Good,It makes fun games to test And still earn money,You lose much time mancham and finds nothing,You should deal with the management to find bugs or fails on the game,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5768,google,Cairo (Egypt)," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Android Developer,"Developer, problem solver","Working at google is a dream since i was 17, cause i think this company helps the world a lot and i wanna be part of this.",There is no downsides of working at google at all.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5769,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,excellent freedom within role and superb benefits,Unfortunately moving away from its initial startup culture so roles can become quite restrictive.,Carry on what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5770,google,none," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ads quality rater,Job at home saves time and money,depends on the connection of internet,operating 24H/24,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P577.htm
5771,google,none," Jul 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Emgineer,Best place to work great atmosphere can do spirit,Can be hard at times a constant flowjng work load,Keep it up more holidays plesse,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5772,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 22, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,INDUSTRY,The environment in last industry is good.,Nothing to say about cons in my last company.,nothing to say about it because they are going to calculate about the environment in regular intervals.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5773,google,none," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work with,"Culture, Perks, Smart People, Employee happiness",The work itself can get monotonous so one needs to continuously look out for learning opportunities.,Most of the work done is specific to the org. Up skill and train employees on value adding skills based on market requirement so they can contribute effectively when they leave the org.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5774,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,Not what it used to be be. Don't believe the company PR.,"Benefits (Food, Facilities, Stock etc)","People are disposable. Opaque performance review process, subjective and based on politics. Too many middle managers shouting to be heard.",Half the number of managers.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5775,google,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"good working env ,normal life","I didn't find anything,its fine",no,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5776,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 29, 2017",Former Employee - Local Data Operator,Local Data,"Breakfast, Snacks, Decent Trait, nice building, Holidays Flexibility","Most monotous job you can experience in your life Mexican MArket is a mess people on the european markets earn the same than people that make the effort on markets like mexico, or brasil",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5777,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Strategist,"Super Team, Good Location, Nice Office","Low salary, No motivation if they close the project.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5778,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Just awesome place to work,"One should feel proud to work with the google. this is because,the google not only allows you to learn new things but support your new ideas and implementations.",Google have to maintain lots of privacy. They do not allow you to access everything easily.,Management is doing well according to Company's prospective.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5779,google,none," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,Best Company to work for. Lots of Global exposure. Good salary over a period of time.,Lots of politics. All projects are ambiguous. Not sure whats being attributed to performance.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5780,google,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Representative,Good workplace,Free food and cool recreation place.,repetitive food and crowded computers,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P578.htm
5781,google,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was a great opportunity,it was a chance to try something new,it didnt last very long,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5782,google,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company.,I found Google a very enjoyable company. It is tough work but also extremely rewarding. The location was great also.,"However, the work involved was very tough and difficult. You have to put in a lot of extra work to do well.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5783,google,none," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales,on site gym and swimming pool free food interesting people from all around the world,"management is distant from reality and does not understand what employees are actually doing and it becomes worse every year. completely nontransparent promotion policy with a lot of politics involved instead working people are concentrated on ""visibility"" and ""presence"" to impress management. concentration on short success and fake numbers that have no correlation with the real business world and customer needs low salaries compared to competitors",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5784,google,none," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's what you make of it,Progressive. Encouraging environment. Always inspiring. Forever changing.,Easy to get complacent after a while.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5785,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,"Quite intense, but interesting","Tangible outcome, c-level interaction, travel, fast changing environment, great brand to sell, learning opportunities, opportunities for internal projects and transfers","Internal tools are far from perfection --> time lost on admin, big organization - big bureaucracy, in-work benefits go down due to cost cuts","- Don't save money on employees events, make them big and top quality - Bring rotations program back",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5786,google,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Awesome food Treat you as a King,No Pressure in sales from managers but it gets inbuilt,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5787,google,none," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Kinda OK,"Lots of perks, lots of flexibility",Lots of stress and pressure,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5788,google,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Head of Enterprise Partners,Regional Sales Manager,"Exposure to top notch professionals, training and prominent senior end user executives.",Continuous re-structuring and unstable work environment.,Assist empolyees in feeling safe and stable at their current position.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5789,google,New Delhi (India)," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Analyst,Good Place to work,"Best Employer, Good facilities, Free Transport","Nothing to comment, Firm takes care of its employees",Provide opportunities to deserving employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5790,google,none," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Google is wonderful and fantastic company where you can learn a lot of things.,"Challenge, Challenge, Challenge, Challenge, Challenge,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P579.htm
5791,google,Mumbai (India)," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good work for brain,join the company for money,shut up no cons no problem,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5792,google,none," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Great,I really liked working there.,It has very long working hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5793,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Golden Cage,"Great benefits: Great remuneration package, free food, paid insurance, generous share and bonus scheme, maternity/paternity leave etc. In general, you'll find amazingly talented pool of people to work with, flat organisational structure, collaborative environment. Geographical moves are easy and also encouraged within the company.","Highly competitive, overly metric driven, constant reorganisations and management changes making career development difficult. Career progression can be an issue if your manager is unsupportive, and may be limited depending on the location you're working in. Smaller offices have less career development opportunities. In sales, there is a strong 'me, myself and I' culture where you will need to position your achievements strategically to get ahead which can be tedious and tiresome.",Eat your own dogfood and support your team during tough times. Management frequently passes the buck when the going gets tough. Get your hands dirty!!,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5794,google,none," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"I assemble google adwords, analytics, adsense tools. They are so cool in this industry,",thiere is no cons according to me.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5795,google,New Delhi (India)," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales or Customer,This company gives their employees a chance to learn and get what they want,i don't think so there is something downside at working in this company,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5796,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,My Time at Google was Amazing,Organic growth can be a bit hectic since they have more than 60K employees now,Amazing people and even more amazing environment,keep pushing,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5797,google,none," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment,Good environment to learn and develop,Large hierarchy difficult to own projects,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5798,google,none," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Great culture, people are fun to work with",Can be a lot of work sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5799,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome company,cultre salary people food offcie,nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing,---,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5800,google,none," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,great team environment. fun and demanding,less innovation and more dull than expected,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P580.htm
5801,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,fun but hard,"Free food, free gym, smart people, flexi time","tough work life balance, hard work",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5802,google,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Nice experience for a field work,Contract based and under an agency,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5803,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Disappointing,Pay. Benefits. Work location in Europe. Good promotional system. Good on CV (reason to leave),Horrible management. Bad team team spirit visible in poor code quality. Lack of motivation. All offices managed from MTV.,Hire management that actually address the issues of the teams when we bring them up instead of showing pretty graphs and pictures of phones.,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5804,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dublin - mostly back office but decent office,- Good office campus and food! - Swimming pool in office!,"- Low wages relative to competitors - Dublin operation is mostly call centre - Low travel budgets, rarely able to fly business class long haul",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5805,google,none," Jul 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A former Junior Software Engineer,"Great people, interesting projects, amazing campus and opportunities",Can be very long hours depending on the project,Don't micromanage so much,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5806,google,none," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, questionnable perspectives","Good salary, good benefits, mostly good colleagues",Random and often incompeten management by people caring about their careers more than about anything else,Be more careful when hiring external people for management positions,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5807,google,none," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Account Strategist,AAS,good place to work for,middle management is awful and dangerous,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5808,google,none," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Gooood company ,ha ha ha ha",Work load is more than u can handle,.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5809,google,none," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Programmatic Specialist,Working @Google,"Flexibility, salary, people, projects, perks","Politics, egos, visibility obsession, processes, too much data analysis",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5810,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Good company,Scale of work - millions of customers,Slow and conservative in some areas,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P581.htm
5811,google,none," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Had a great time working here,Sometimes didn't have a great time working here,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5812,google,none," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Innovation company that likes to hire smart people all the time and continuous growth. I reallly enjoy it's working st the company every day,Not much to say about cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5813,google,none," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but a lot of work","great working Environment with many smart People, very international, great Spirit, freedom to implement own intended Projects","Lot of work and pressure, also a lot of annoying projects, it is about working, working and working",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5814,google,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job. Great Environment.,You will find everyone to be very smart and intelligent the very moment you step on Google. And that is what I like about Google.,I can't find anything Cons because Google is a storehouse of Pros.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5815,google,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Flexible work culture and good learning culture,"Less pay, lesser than the average salary in the city","Increase pay, reduce the number of non-billed resources",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5816,google,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Logistic Services,Logistic services,Highly skilled team of experts for Logistics Services.,No issues.Flexible and Reliable solution,Logistic services,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5817,google,none," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too bad,"There are good perks, and a solid support system.","It's a huge company, there's little freedom to move around and work around what you want to work on.",Trust your engineers more.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5818,google,none," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Everything is fine in this company,Nothing. The best company i ever seen,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5819,google,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Graduate analyst,"Great people, food and offices","Sucky working hours, no freedom",none,4.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5820,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Cloud Sales,"The perks of the company, the overall brand experience. The company allows you the opportunity to work on projects and initiatives that are broad, that exposes you to other teams","The Cloud team does not have the same culture as the rest of the company. Very top down, no focus on employee happiness and well being, lack of respect from management for other employees","Focus on employee well being more, show willingness to listen and address feedback, reward measurable behavior and outcome, increase transperancy",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P582.htm
5821,google,none," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Oodles of google.,"Lots of free muesli, brunch, working from home which is handy if you live on Mars.","I don't like muesli, and the less I see of Mars the better. Its not all its cracked up to be, a bit cold and dry and no atmosphere.",Terraform Mars as quickly as you can to make it livable. Something like an intentential greenhouse effect should do it.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5822,google,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Sales Engineer,Great Place to Work...Most of the Time,"Fantastic work environment for staff at various main offices, great people, great pay, amazing benefits, always on the leading edge of just about everything","Way to much travel, lots of HR overhead, 20% time is really 120%","You appear to have a winning recipe. Unfortunately, over time, the ""Don't be evil"" motto has morphed into ""Don't be evil most of the time"". Moving back to that a little more would probably help in the long run.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5823,google,none," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great perks. Great people. Most people are very smart and helpful. Learned a lot in this job.,Turning into a very big company. Not really bottom-up anymore.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5824,google,none," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place to work,Surrounded by colleagues at the top of their game. Felt that it was quite clear what was expected of me.,"There is a relentless push for promotion, and while I appreciate the upward mobility in the company, I found it frustrating that ultimately I'd be pushed towards people management roles, when this was not my strength.","If you have an employee telling you that they love their current role, don't keep pushing for them to progress further up the ladder, if that means they are going to lose the elements of their role that they enjoyed in the first place.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5825,google,none," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,So much opportunity,"Wonderful people, fast paced, multi cultural",More rewards for visibility and politics than results,More accountability,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5826,google,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be the best Version of Yourself... at Google!,- great people - great opportunities,- working across different time zones,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5827,google,none," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The place to be,Very special culture. I had exposure to different technologies and innovative projects.,None that i can think of.,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5828,google,none," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Account strategist,"Good perks, very flexible, quite relaxed atmosphere. Good for first job experience as you get paid quite well compared to other companies.","Very repetitive, not very challenging work, small room for promotion. Usually take 1.5 years to get a promotion but you are still doing the same job. No real change and very difficult to move to other teams.",Give me room for taking more responsibility and getting promotion,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5829,google,none," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Russian Research and Data Entry Specialist,"Flexible working hours (it was a freelance position) I could work at any time, I was only required to complete 35 to 40 hours per week, working not longer than 10 hours per any single day","Routine work, monotonous and boring",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5830,google,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to learn and develop,people are smart and always ready for help,no special comments for cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P583.htm
5831,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 8, 2017","Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist, Global Customer Services",Associate Account Strategist,- I work with a wide range of people from across EMEA,- Far from home - Homesick,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5832,google,none," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to Work!,"At Google , the employees can have free food during lunch . So we can get to know our coworkers more. We have a very friendly work environment at google . Google has its own implementations of everything. It's a highly competitive environment.","The reward system is strongly biased toward ""launches."" There's a lot of peer pressure to spend a lot of time at the office because everyone else is spending time at the office. It's becoming harder to move up at Google. Supervision is minimal—but that cuts both ways. Google's remote-office experience is pretty lame. Pay is good—for engineers. Software engineers make more than $100,000 on average.  But startups are trying to steal engineers away from Google, and while they can't always match pay, they can offer more upside in their stock packages.  And if you're not an engineer, chances are your pay package won't be nearly as competitive","Pay is good—for engineers. Software engineers make more than $100,000 on average.  But startups are trying to steal engineers away from Google, and while they can't always match pay, they can offer more upside in their stock packages.  And if you're not an engineer, chances are your pay package won't be nearly as competitive When you get three type-A, hypertalented individuals in a room, you'll get six opinions on anything. Or 200.  The same is true at Google, where many employees have big personalities. There will be some clashing in Mountain View—so have a thick skin. Just remember to keep it about the ideas. Googlers aren't supposed to take it personally.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5833,google,none," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer solutions engineer,"Great people , vitality, dynamic environment, food","Salary, travel,can't think of",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5834,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Good work experience at Google,A lot to do there,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5835,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Adwords Analyst,"best experience in life. atleast you know where you stand in a large crowd. thank you thnk you, thank you",underlooked every contract employeeeeeeeeeeeeee. as 2nd class traveller in the organization.,pls take care of lowest cadre in your office. you might get the best out of it,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5836,google,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Was of great culture,"Awesome benefits and good multi national multi cultural colleagues, i am asian and they actually thought that every asian knows martial arts!! LOL.",Too much unneccessary legal process that slows down work and orders. getting in too many Politicial Managers.... less real work done.,"Stop favoritism, don't be in too hurry to recruit...it spoils the great culture you used to have...",5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5837,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Engineer,Top notch,"The culture is fantastic, the quality of coworkers is high, benefits are amazing, there is plenty of opportunity for personal growth","Highly distributed company, majority of decisions and conversations cross several timezone boundaries, although APAC can feel quite lonely.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5838,google,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Very innovative and dynamic. Excellent people to work with.,Nothing really that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5839,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,Very well looked after. Google goes above and beyond to look after employees,Could do with more tech savvy leaders in Finance department,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5840,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Country Manager,Country Manager - Google for Work,"Fantastic culture, great opportunity to move around the organisation","Company size is becoming very large, and it is becoming more corporate and less innovative on the ground.","Maintain the startup culture, keep it alive.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P584.htm
5841,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Analyst,Nice people and nice place to work.,"Nothing bad, all is positive.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5842,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Really smart people and nice culture,Temp role with an end date,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5843,google,none," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,-Surrounded by great professionals for an excellent personalized training -A real work-life balance -Broad types of mission,As many consulting companies I would say that it could be difficult to work if the individual is used to work with processes-type corporations.,Nothing else to say. It is really a family friendly consulting company keep it like that.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5844,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Agency Development Manager,Agency Development Manager,"* Job opportunities internal * Perks that take worries away (food, gym, insurance, doctors onsite, parental leave, annual leave) * Overall pretty smart people","* Snake pit in terms of internal politics and promotions * Business is growing so fast organic, individual impact unclear (=unsatisfying) * Almost nobody actually cares about the job they were hired for, mostly focused on getting promotions, visibility project, impressing management","Dive into the 'successes' and 'wins' of your sales people, 99% of the time they're actually just organic and no driven by good sales behaviours. People are spending their time on finding and writing success stories instead of actual working.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5845,google,none," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,very very intellectual setting. great benefits,there are none except complex work and OT.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5846,google,none," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,-fantastic perks and flexibility,"Not enough challenges, very strong hierarchy",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5847,google,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company ever,"Very nice benefits like free laundry, lunch, etc.","Workload can be tough, need a very good time management",-,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5848,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Adwords Associate,"Discriminated, tortured, and forced to resign, story of a Kashmiri Muslim.",it is not good and intolerance..,"This is a story of a Kashmiri Muslim who worked at a Google India Site and was victimized, tortured, discriminated and forced to resign from his work on the basis of just being who he is, a ‘Kashmiri Muslim’.  The story gets more haunting and terrifying after his forced resignation, when he approached different Indian National Media to bring this case under limelight so that it may not happen again with anybody else. Not only did the national media turn him down, the alternate media also didn’t pay any heed to his suffering even when he had all the proof of what he had gone through.  Below is the email, untouched and unedited, that he has sent to numerous media organizations but to no benefit. Read on:  This is to bring to your attention a ‘matter’ that has victimized me as a vendor employee of Google India hired by Google’s valued Ad-words partners in India (Serco Global Services) to provide services to Google Ad-words customers at Google’s data centre in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.i",not good,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5849,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great company for new grads, but you are ","- Smart people, great culture - All the benefits: free lunch, great office, free gym and swimming pool - Exposure to big clients and big challenges - Quick learning curve and personal growth in first 1-2 years in Google. - Great Company name is the resume.","- Fast-paced environments actually means organizational changes every 6 months, and results in uncertainty and anxiety for personel  - Lot of internal pressure for promotion : each next level unlocks better salary and more interesting jobs within the company + people judge you based on a ""level"" you achieved. Yet, promotion process is not transparent, and visibility and politics plays a bigger role than performance itself.  - You might find yourself ""locked"" in a position you don't like, doing jobs that are below your expertise. Yet you wouldn't be able to move higher if you didn't got a promotion. This leads to burnout and loss of interest to the job.  - Don't be fooled, Google is a corporation now. All cons of corporation, including omnipresent politics, non-payed extra working hours, internal bureaucracy, management prefer to look at numbers and not to speak with people, and the Google Bubble, where one is loosing the connection with a rest of the world...","- More transparent promotion process, especially in Sales organization. - Take a leap of faith in people: in many cases, management would wait a year to hire a Level N+2 to do a job that is meanwhile done by Level N. Except, Level N would never got this job, cause they don't have a Level N+2. - This advice is valid for many other situations. Google would prefer to hire externally, rather than promote their own people.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5850,google,"Semarang, Central Java (Indonesia)"," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Freelancer,"Software engineer, website builder, event organizer.","Great salary, cozy atmosphere, famous, absurd question to hiring","absurd idea, difficult for apply, competition for the whole world,","You can try 1 - 3 month for job applicants to work at google. If apropriate criteria you can hiring if not fired. So, job applicants can feel work at google.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P585.htm
5851,google,Sydney (Australia)," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,"Google provides competitive compensation and perks, flexible work life balance options and the culture is great","Google has become a large corporation, climbing the hierarchic ladder can now be perceived as a rather long process",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5852,google,none," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tec,"Googlers can relax after a long day by braving the rock climbing wall, playing billiards, or just relaxing in a self-controlled massage chair.","Everyone is territorial. They’re not interested in the opinion of others, unless those people are important.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5853,google,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place To Work,"Interesting exposure to business, clients and problems. Amazing culture that enables a better lifestyle.","You need to say 'no', work/life balance can be challenging",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5854,google,none," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer,"Great place to work, endless opportunities and great perks.",Such a large organisation it is often hard to see a real impact in the work that you do or to make changes,"Try and break down some of the red tape, particularly in the less established products and verticals.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5855,google,Alwarpet (India)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Online Data Entry,Very very good,Good and excellent reputed job offer for part time job seekers and for making income and benefits bonus fee etc,Excellent reputation job offer for both part time and full time job for freshers making income and benefits bonus fee,Good I refer,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5856,google,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Has issues, but can't complain!","Everything you see in the media: food, generous health insurance, the works!  Opportunities for development as a manager and a programmer are much better than made out to be.",Forgotten how to cook. Too much good food on campus!,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5857,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Intern Experience,Intern community Inclusion from your team,Could be given more challenging tasks sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5858,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,"Stress free environment, challenging as well",Very challenging and innovative atmosphere. Learning and skill development is highly encouraged. Management is supportive of work-life balance.,Perks grown on to you. It could be difficult to find other jobs that match the Google culture. It is easy to get lost in such a huge setup.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5859,google,New Delhi (India)," Jun 4, 2017",Former Employee - MTech Cyber Security,Great,Nice office Nice facilities Nice and Simple Neat facilities Supeeb people Nice management,Salary is less Needs better people Its good but there is always room for improvement,Management is perfect no need of any advice. Seriously,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5860,google,none," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for,"Fun place to work, small teams, work that impacts a lot of people. Huge range of benefits and ability to work temporarily from any office all over the world.","Pay is not competitive, very difficult to ascend.","Keep the teams involved in the recruitment process, less freedom to HR folk.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P586.htm
5861,google,none," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome job,"Free food , great salary and great working environment",lot of work but good job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5862,google,none," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Economist,"Nice place to work, learn a lot, great environment.","High pressure, long hours, competitive environment.","Good CV, top skills, demanding place for top-notch applicants",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5863,google,none," Jun 3, 2017",Former Employee - Industry Leader,Industry Leader,You work with the most talented people in the world.,Please be aware that you personal skill set gets not further developed and that you will never make a real career @ Google. Managers are usually hired externally.,"Concentrate on people development instead of hiring best class people and misuse them as ""slaves"".",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5864,google,none," May 18, 2017",Former Employee - Engineer,Excellent place to work,"interesting work, well paid, good perks",Large corporation - difficult to distinguish yourself,nil,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5865,google,Paris (France)," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Google is great, the Paris office a bit less","Flexibility of the hours allowing a good Work/Life balance Smart and fun colleagues High salaries, Amazing perks (food, gym, ...) Excellent travel conditions Exciting place to work","Quality of medium management varies greatly from awful to awesome Paris office's culture is very ""French Parisian"" in the negative sense of it",Focus more on reviewing your people managers to ensure they don't impact negatively the performance of your employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5866,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Associate Account Strategist,"Amazing benefits ranging from onsite gyms, a pool, massages to generous salary packages. The best upside is the people.","The company is steering in a very dangerous direction in the sales dep. 100% focus on short term success, leaving customers frustrated and employees stressed. Work-Life-Balance is horrendous (even with all the benefits).","Focus more on sustainable growth and take feedback onboard instead of just looking at profits, the warning signs are clear.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5867,google,none," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,"Good environment, culture, company infra-structure, colleagues always willing to help",Too demanding and always a lot of things to do and not enough recognition,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5868,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Strategic Account Manager,Great place to work,- Smart people - Great perks - Good culture - Personal development courses and guidance,- Limited advancement or lateral movement available in Canada - Management seems to favor external hires for more senior roles rather than promoting within,Continue expanding personal development opportunities and help current employees fill vacancies,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5869,google,none," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Awesome!,People are nice and welcoming.,Sometimes we need to work overtime.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5870,google,New Delhi (India)," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Accountant,best oppurtunity work with google,best nature for job in google with best salary,accountant related job in google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P587.htm
5871,google,Gurganwamustkil (India)," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Excellent place for freshers,Best company to start up with,Till now there are no negative points,Balnace between worklife,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5872,google,none," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company in the world,- Free food all day long - Free Gym - Gym Classes - Library - Full of very clever people,- They work you hard - Have to be strict with yourself,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5873,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Video Advertising,Be careful,Good salary and good atmospher of work,Hard working hours and a lot of discrimination.  Jokes all day long,Can start make compliments and give advices.  Give better perks as well,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5874,google,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,systems specialist,Really great group of smart and motivated people around without too much politics involved.,"As the organization is growing bigger, everything slows down and decisions are more bureaucratic.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5875,google,none," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a great company but do your research before jumping in,* All the little perks and benefits * Wickedly smart people * Excellent internal resources such as IT * Great brand,"* Increasingly a passive/aggressive culture. As company size increases, number of 'bad apples' has increased. * Teams differ greatly in terms of quality & culture. Do your research. * Mid-life careers can die here. Little opportunity for growth when you become more senior so know when to get out. Too many people clinging on for dear life and too scared to explore things outside of Google because of the 'golden handcuffs'. * Work/life balance can be atrocious in some senior positions. A lot of lip-service paid to making this better. High compensation essentially becomes hazard pay. * Junior people are often too overqualified for their entry-level roles. It's a great place for them to start but know that you should consider leaving after 3-4 years if new opportunities are not opening up for you. Too many don't do this and become miserable.",Hold your VPs accountable on culture. Rein in the excessive compensation.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5876,google,Castleblayney (Ireland)," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Supervisor,Supervisor,You can learn all the time,"Too much stress, believe me",It was very busy job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5877,google,Sydney (Australia)," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staffing,Global Exposure Best systems and tools Flexibilities,None. An excellent organisation to work and grow,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5878,google,South West (India)," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Sales,Customer service executive,"Personal improvements and growth ,grooming ,Business etiquettes,career opportunities ,life balance , cultures and values.",Well I don't see any downside working at Google .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5879,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development,"Even after 7 years still very happy. The quality and calibre of colleagues, the informal work environment, benefits and flexibility offered are incredible.","Having grown so much bureaucracy has started to creep in. Google is no longer a start-up and while it tries hard, it's gotten slower over the years.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5880,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Best company in the world,- Amazing work culture - Amazing people you end up working with - Amazing perks,So tough to find anything like this company once you leave,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P588.htm
5881,google,none," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Great place to work and good pay, great environment",Difficult work that has hard work to life balance,Some advice to management would be to add more benefits to employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5882,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Automation QA Engineer,Good,Always the best.No need to say again the benefits,No cons so far.Still there are some places where they can improve,Please keep up the good work and continue like this,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5883,google,Hamburg (Germany)," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager,Great place to work for high performers,"great products / campaigns, lovely and inspiring colleagues, challenging",work-life-balance can be an issue,"keep up the good work, respect each others time",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5884,google,none," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have been working at Google full-time (More than a year),It's a great company for software engineer without doubt,There are no cons about google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5885,google,none," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,One of the best companies to work for!! Great international travel opportunities if you are in the right team.,Performance evaluation system is not robust!,None!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5886,google,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As you've heard,Great company environment. Great pay Great team,Sometimes I get bored. It's difficult to really innovate and stand out,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5887,google,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing IT company,nice workplace and salary and friendly colleagues,quite difficult to promote among such an excellent company,provide more opportunities for internships,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5888,google,none," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Google Inc,1. Good work Culture 2. Challenging work everyday,1. Very high expectations 2. Less personal life,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5889,google,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a great company for new grads,people here are willing to help you,"In my opinion,there is no cons.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5890,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Ad Solutions Consultant,Ad Solutions Consultant,"Development, Travel Opportunities, Managing Large Scale Businesses",Promotion cycle is very competitive. Constantly restructioning.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P589.htm
5891,google,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,erras,great work ethic and food it ws lit,non applica ble but could be better,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5892,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Amazing company!,* Amazing technology * Working atmosphere * Colleagues * Compensation,It is really hard to find any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5893,google,none," Apr 30, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,great company,I loved it very much,there wasnt enough free food,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5894,google,none," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Business Analyst,It is a good company to work for.,No Cons as such. The atmosphere is good as well.,Keep moving,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5895,google,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google is the best.,everything is perfect in google.,almost nothing negative i can find.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5896,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Chairman,Working at Google Sucks. Never Work at Google,The Pros was Good Canteen Food,"The cons was non payment of my dues of Rupees 3.69 crore, bad management and cheating of customers.",I advice that CEO of Alphabet Inc should resign and Eric Schmidt should take joint responsibility.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5897,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Awesome,"Food, management, employee friendly.. only for googlers , ambience is nice, people are good and knowledgeable.. fun environment , very good pay..","Third party payroll employees are not eligible for benifits which is kind of weird decision by google, coz they are working for them then why not equality..",They should give proper training time to time to non employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5898,google,Noida (India)," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Web Development,Awesome,"Google has everything that an employee would expect. Google offers some of the best paid parental leave for new parents. Google also offers a global education leave program, which enables employees to take leave of absence to pursue further education.",Google is supposed to be of the best place in the world to work. Its a career heaven .Googlers have some of the best perks and they are among the highest paid in the industry.,Time management between the manager and the maker,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5899,google,none," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,just be yourself go ahead,good benefits good salary nice working environment,working environment too stressful and long working hour,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5900,google,none," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account manager,"Great benefits, 1 year full payed paternity leave (including bonuses)",Too few to meet the market demands,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P590.htm
5901,google,none," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Territory Manager,"Great Perks, great events and diversity","Fail to live up to the expectation of the Smart People. Employing too many former Oracle, AWS staff... employment judgement base on Talk Only.. making the environment political...","As a growing start up conpany, the Singapore office is losing creditability with the new hires that is abusing the culture. Be humble and",1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5902,google,none," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Venture spirits,"Great food supply, many employees need to be careful about their weight gain, flexible working style, very efficient softwares for internal works.",Google is already too big company and it sounds like some or most employees do not have venture spirits anymore.,Many things do not make sense so it's good to find them to improve the organization.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5903,google,Singapore (Singapore)," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Comfortable Working Environment,"The working environment is very comfortable. Most people are smart, friendly, and love the company. The total salary package is well over the market rates.","As the company grows bigger, it's becoming more and more political. If you're not an engineer then getting good performance ratings and promotion takes a bit of skills.",Be transparent about performance assessment and promote people based on the impact they make.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5904,google,Melbourne (Australia)," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Awesome place to work,Great team Great Boss Work when I want Feel like i'm part of a team.,none at all it is great working with friends,give me a raise,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5905,google,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Director,World's no.1 company to work for,"People, people, people Free food and ALL the other perks Amazing, world changing technology Fast pace of change - embracing disruption","hectic, frantic transitioning from an Ads business to 'something else'",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5906,google,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Google,"Great team, culture, learning experience","Hard work, long hours, limited travel",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5907,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data Scientist,"Interesting work, supportive environment and a lot of trust and autonomy.",It's a big company and things can change fast at a high-level.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5908,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,manger,great place to work in,nothing to write about google,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5909,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Excellent workplace,"Smart co-workers, Friendly atmosphere, Great perks and benefits",Company growing at fast pace and it has too many layers Can be a bit political,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5910,google,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Stovepipe progression and poor project allocation,"Great coffee and food, smart people. Lots of support, and learning opportunities.",Most of the projects are uninteresting. The choice of languages and technology is often uninspired.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P591.htm
5911,google,none," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Manager in Global Marketing Solutions,"- Great colleagues: friendly, knowledgeable, ambitious. - Great products that have impact on millions of users - Great facilities and offices across many countries","- Very dynamic atmosphere: no time to 'get comfortable' in your role because change happens very often: sometimes positive, sometimes negative change - High competition due to very qualified and skilled colleagues, long promotion process",Don't let 'Wall Street' take over and preserve the 'Googley' atmosphere.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5912,google,Varanasi (India)," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Srl Diagnostics,help for people,country improved and more then then vacancy and company development i work in .,i am join google company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5913,google,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Student,Amazing culture and experience,Everyone was very welcoming and very willing to help. I remember one time when I was eating with another intern during lunch and we were discussing how certain Google things work and then suddenly this kind full-time Googler said sorry that he overheard our conversation and would like to tell us how things actually operate. Turns out he was a high ranking Google employee and it was very surprising to be casually around such people and for them to be so willing to help.,"I heard company politics are a bit of a pain, but then all big companies have that. If you want to get promoted quickly you have to work on new and cool things instead of maintaining old products and maintaining old products. It's very normal cons for a big company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5914,google,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Amazing work environment,Great tech Perfect work life balance Amazing peers,Relatively slow development cycle (Necessary to ensure quality),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5915,google,none," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Strategic Account Manager,Google Account Manager,"The people, the stretch opportunities and potential for Growth.",No cons that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5916,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing Manager,"Benefits, salary and the physical office environment are hard to beat. If you fit in the opportunities for advancement are there.",I didn't like the atmosphere or the way people treated each other. It was extremely competitive and socially I felt like I was back in school (in a bad way!).  The 9 - 6 day is too long (9 - 5.30 would be fair) and after hours work is frequently expected of you.,The quarterly reviews - I don't think people should be graded against their peers as it's a disincentive to work as a team.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5917,google,none," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Cloud Sales Management,Google is an amazing company. It's a place where one can make a significant impact. You always feel challenged and have the opportunity to contribute. I really enjoy getting up for work everyday!,"Director/VP level sales management within Google Cloud is somewhat weak based on region. Due to a recent reorg, it's become more of a top-down culture. My hope is that this is temporary.","Please, please take a close look at your Director/VP level sale management team in Google Cloud. We've lost some amazing leaders recently and have kept the mediocre talent. I am concerned.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5918,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Google gives lots of opportunities,"Good, nice place, enjoyed very much, lots of things to learn, lots of perks",no cons no cons no cons no cons no cons no cons,"You are doing great, please continue",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5919,google,none," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My internship experience,- Diversity - Dynamic and helpful teams - Great workplace design to increase productivity,- sometimes you have short time to socialise with a big group,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5920,google,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn ....,You can work on stable system and will have more technologies to build new product ....,Too much politics and hard to make any significant impact.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P592.htm
5921,google,none," Apr 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good to work company usefhsjf jawbdjksab,nothing much to talk about the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5922,google,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome work experience,Innovation at its best. Good working environment. Great learning experience. Your ideas and inputs are always appreciated.,Bad work life balance. The flexibilty of working hours is there but still the after job mail handling and other stuff are a drag.,None really. They are doing a pretty fine job. Although the salaries and bonuses have got to increase because the peer pressure and workload.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5923,google,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Work culture is the best,Salary is the biggest advantage,Give importance to the employees,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5924,google,none," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Massive impact in everything you work on.,A lot of smart people concentrated in one place. Someone's got to do the dirty work even though everyone is probably massively over qualified,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5925,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,"Great benefits, nice culture and awesome team","Free Canteen for breakfast lunch and dinner. Treats, Parties, Guest speakers, Gym, inspiring leaders. Cool work spaces with a mostly relaxed attitude",Conversion interviews - being interviewed by people who don't know you for a job in a team yoi areally currently in,TVC allowances being different from that of other offices.,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5926,google,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,I enjoyed working at google,Quite far from my house but that doesn't matter,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5927,google,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Experience,"Diversity, Opportunities, competitive salary, benefits, amazing team members, good environment",bay area is too expensive to live.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5928,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 15, 2017",Former Employee - Industry Analyst,"Dynamic workplace, but overly competitive and too much focus on flashy projects over actual value","Fantastic range of perks and benefits A broad range of very talented colleagues from different backgrounds - great networking potential Opportunity to learn, and to move into one or more of many diverse fields Very robust learning and development programs, covering both professional and personal areas","Analytical roles within Sales are badly managed - data analysts managed by non-technical stakeholders Very competitive calibration and performance review process, with too much focus on ""big"" projects regardless of the actual value delivered Overly bureaucratic systems and organisations, very difficult to find the correct person or team that can action what you need, constant requirement to fill out various shared collaborative spreadsheets that serve no long-term function Constant rotation of staff (average role turnover time: 1 - 1.5 years) means clients aren't really getting the best quality account and sales management","Try to encourage staff to stay in roles for longer - clients are incredibly frustrated by constant turnover of personnel learning on the job. Take a lead from traditional advertising: long-term client relationships work for a reason. UK data analyst roles absolutely NEED to be managed by data-oriented stakeholders. I knew this while I worked there and it has become 1,000x more obvious to me since moving to actual Business Intelligence departments at other organisations and being managed by extremely talented data analysts. For a data-centric organisation, Google UK's data expertise in Sales is sorely lacking and it is purely due to Industry Analysts effectively training and managing themselves.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5929,google,none," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google summer of code student,good money and interesting work,"no work place, stressfull environment",none,3.0,2.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5930,google,none," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Public Policy Manager,Great company,- good people - great career options - good pay,- none I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P593.htm
5931,google,none," Apr 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best working environment,"Excellent working environment , flexible working hours, good pay , opportunities for career growth , bonuses and very good incentives","Company has excellent infrastructure , can't see any negative aspect. However , some roles are more challenging and demanding , but it gives you chance to be more creative",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5932,google,none," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software enginner,working conditions and meeting new people,google do not have cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5933,google,none," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place Overall,"Friendly, intelligent people. Great working environment, wonderful subsidised massage programme, free gym & classes, food, snacks and a most helpful facilities team. The benefits are great but it's the people that really make it & the opportunities to get involved with huge impactful projects.",Very fast paced and you don't always get chance to take advantage of all the benefits provided. As with all companies there are some characters to work with (and around). It's not supposed to be hierarchical but it has become that way and red-tape is ever-increasing at is grows.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5934,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great people","Exciting company, tons of opportunities, amazing people.",Can become overwhelming at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5935,google,none," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experiences in Google,"Strong culture - which is nice, open and friendly. Clear goal - OKR is a great approach to manage performance for both company and individual. Plenty career opportunities.",Getting bigger and bigger now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5936,google,Samut Prakan (Thailand)," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Strategic Partner Development Manager,Audit,Great benefits. Daily learning environment. Top of Technology. Great partnership​s. A very focused organization with great employee as.,No pay. Very vachious. Make promises they know will not be filled. Hard to understand who's in charge. Cancelled all of my orders after I worked for them. Also not a dollar from anyone yet.,Understand your employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5937,google,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Intern,Best internship program,"Best Colleagues , Good work environment , Friendly","No cons really, all is well.",No advice keep up the good job,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5938,google,none," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Student Ambassador,Great experience to understand how google works,One does not get benefits from Google,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5939,google,Sydney (Australia)," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Lead,"Yes, it's a good as you think","Surrounded by hard working, smart, professionals. Fairly flat structure. Excellent work-life balance. Room for growth. Pay is sometimes way above industry standards when bonuses and shares are taken into account. Pay increases considerably year to year for good performance. Of course, all the usual perks we know about.","It's a big company, so naturally there will be red tape to deal with. I sometimes wish I could be nimble.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5940,google,none," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Internship,"Great team, great work environment with a strong incentive on self-evaluation and performance reviews. It is a very demanding place to work at but you learn a lot!",Very competitive environment with all its advantages and inconvenients.,"There is nothing special to advise, great corporate culture and internal tools.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P594.htm
5941,google,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Bad,Good salary brand value career Opportunities Culture and Values,over time work work / life balance,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5942,google,none," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account manager,"Best people best place to work with. Amazing work environment, always encourages people to learn more about different teams in the company","Nothing as such to mention, great place and great experience to work so there are no cons at all to mention here.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5943,google,"Sakai, Osaka (Japan)"," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ad Rater,"remote part-time work, bilingual work","inadiuate tasks, no advice, late responce",none,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5944,google,none," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best enviorment,great enviorment as well as friendly collegues and heads and always advanced working. supportive and target based projects and faster work great perks.,irritating sometimes and less hourly rates for overtime work but friendly and supportive enviorment always being maintained throughout the training periods.,nothing to advice as company holds first for someone's bright future and great working environment and target based work is always encouraging.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5945,google,none," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, some smoke and mirrors","Philosophy, core products, culture, brand",Reliance on brand strenghts to solve many challenges,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5946,google,none," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,"Lots of responsibility, as much as you can handle. Working on things with a potential for worldwide impact.","As the company got bigger and bigger, it became harder to do things of sufficient size - it takes so much effort and coordination to do anything. Despite being a very non- bureaucratic company, Google's overhead and complexity grew to a point that it feels very corporate.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5947,google,Thessaloníki (Greece)," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Business Consultant,google community,google is the biggest multi-tool in the world,working at google can expose yourself in great danger,working at google may help you to express your innovations,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5948,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Business Development Consultant,Exciting but be careful with New Business Sales (NBS) for Ads products,"Google brand and innovation. Super smart colleagues, young, collaborative, and very fast-paced. Powerful sales tools at your disposal to sell ads. Benefits: free 5 star food, high spec gym, free massage, incredible offices, and personal benefits too. You really feel part of a bigger cause at Google and a sense of pride.",Lack of work-life balance in new business for Ads. Aggressive numbers-oriented sales environment. EMEA New business for ads is churn and burn environment. Sales policies that stop you from selling. Saturated market.,Be patient. Hire external managers. Sort out the ramping period for newbies.,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5949,google,New Delhi (India)," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Becoming just like another internet organization,- Work culture - Learning opportunities - Employee benefits,- Increasing pressure on a daily basis - Too many Old useless employees just sitting and doing nothing - Highest level of internal Office politics,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5950,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Free lunch, coffee, etc. Flexible work hours. Gym, pool, etc","Very hard workload, you don't really have an impact on the company or even a service with your contribution unless you're a VP, middle management is politically talented, a few of my colleagues think they are the cream of the crop since they work at Google","Hire more diversity, not only super talented PhD candidates from around the world. Some of my most wise and smartest friends aren't getting into Google while they understand some of our services better than I do.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P595.htm
5951,google,none," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but pay is reducing and politics rising","Free food, massage benefits, good education reimbursement, challenging work.",Moving internally is near impossible unless you specifically fit the bill. Travel is very tightly managed. Pay is no longer competitive with other companies in the industry. Work life balance near non-existent. Politics run high.,"When restructuring look at the individual's performance and impact, not the level.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5952,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Best company to work for,"Brilliant people, best facilities, tools and food, a lot of challenges good leadershio",promotions take too long to happen,Align better career expectations with employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5953,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,All that glitters is not gold - overqualified people in a huge competition,"It looks great in your CV You can learn a lot about online marketing International work environment Free Food, Gym etc.","Huge competition Almost everyone is overqualified for ther work Google is far from a StartUp, everything is political, not the best people get promoted but the best in politics Living costs in Dublin are extremly high compared, the salary is low especially after the taxes Work/Life Balance is a myth  In the end you are a small part in a huge machinery where no noe really cares. At the beginning you think it is great, but in the end, you are way better of at other companies","-hire divers people -make the work more challenging itself, not just increasing targets -set motivations -better development opportunities -fight the promotion with a lot of presence instead of impact",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5954,google,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,How is google,Great company because of the variety of different people who work there. The employees are incredible people,There is nothings bad in this awesome company,Great Job,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5955,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good working environment,good working environment. good salary. evrything is pros.,i whing there is no any cons.,no,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5956,google,none," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love google,"Good time management, smart, hardworking and excellent team working skills.",Tired after long hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5957,google,Ahmedabad (India)," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Sales and Marketing Executive,ok ok company,Freedom! Good on the basis of increment but when you reach ahead of 20K then be ready do get fired as they do not need guys working above 20K,No growth in the company,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5958,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Great place to work,- Great benefits - Smart people - Opportunity to travel with business,- Fewer opportunities internally now that the company has matured,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5959,google,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Internship,SWE Intern,Dream company in my case,No cons at present :P,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5960,google,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Goodrastr,"Environment, Value pairs, equal opportunity. Can capitalise. Need this support for employees to realize and implement. Implementing the cage methodologies.","Heirarchy, infrastructure, working in niche markets the professionals get invisible. Employees need to go the extra mile to connect and network.",Keep walking,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P596.htm
5961,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good culture, great start for freshers",Opportunities limited in India offices,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5962,google,Budapest (Hungary)," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - IT Systems Analyst,IT Systems Analyst0,"nice compensation package with caffeteria benefits and great people around. Multicultural environment which is nice to have. free coffee , open office",no cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. reallyno cons. really,nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5963,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 10, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Operations Manager,Great place to work overall,Peers are really diverse and interesting people,The company can do a better job at disclosing all the great things they do,Don't be afraid to talk about the positives,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5964,google,none," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Software Engineer,"Great perks, food, gym, great people.","Corporate baggage (review processes, layers of management, etc.)",Glassdoor is a career community that depends on everyone being able to share an inside look at a company they know.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5965,google,none," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"Every good you can think of, is Google's pro.","No cons as such, in love with this place.No intention to leave it.","You guys are awesome, keep up the good work and live logn and prosper.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5966,google,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Great Company to Work For At Early or Late Stage Career,Good pay Outstanding perks Side projects High level of responsibility Good working hours,Slow progression Limited transitions into other departments Hard to move vertically or horizontally Managers are poorly trained Limited exit options,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5967,google,none," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambitious and driven by values,Inspiring ambition from the founders. People of the highest calibre genuinely attempting to do their best. Accommodating and collaborative environment. Largely a happy place!,Large organization now making it harder to maintain culture. The impact of organizational politics is also growing.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5968,google,none," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Grand.,"Smart people, good food. Great office",Can be a highly political environment.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5969,google,none," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working place,Offer a plenty of benefits for you and your family. Challenging but reasonable workload.,Becoming bureaucracy when team is growing,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5970,google,none," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,great opportunities for one to explore,Too big to feel you have an impact sometimes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P597.htm
5971,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Operations Manager,The golden days are over,Very smart people around (though that creates unhealthy competition and most people are way too overqualified for their roles). Ok perks ( though not too impressive specifically in Dublin) Overall comp during the first 4 years is very competitive while the initial stock vests,"The golden days are over - the company has grown too much and has become way too political. It is a huge ad selling machine though employees are constantly brainwashed about it being the saver of the world. Google is more a sect than a grown up company and expect to be always online and connected mentally to work as this is what all the ""perks"" are really about even though your manager might sell you a different story. There is this continuous chase for excelling at everything and coming up with new projects and initiatives all the time so that your manager gets promoted quickly as new projects are sexiest. So be ready to work your bums if 12+ hrs a day if you're hired into L5+.","Make Google great again - as the company matures you need to make it a better ecosystem for mature people not millennial teenagers! Remove all the unnecessary middle management political layers. Some of the company's L8-9 are shameful, especially in Dublin. Loads of people, especially externally hired folks, who have close to zero impact while earning 1M+, this is hugely demotivating.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5972,google,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Very Creative and driven people,Not much cons here at Google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5973,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Ad Solution Consultant,'gTech Ads' - Google's most structured teams,"My review is focused on the gTech Org, which is a ~5,000 people Org in Google that works on ad integration, helps Sales & Customers with troubleshooting, supports publishers and agencies. The roles in gTech are for example Ad Solution Consultant, Support Specialist, Technical Account Manager, etc.  + Although your Org (gTech) is quite boring, you still have the Google brand and all the Google perks (insurance, food, gym, travel allowance, etc.) + Stock price and great stock package + Smart and interesting people","- gTech has small travel budget (e.g. I've never travelled to Mountain View in over 2 years to meet my teammates in person) - Your job performance is measured with hard 'call-center-like' KPIs (# Customer Contacts, Time for resolution, etc.) - Big Org where everybody wants to get promoted ASAP to move to other teams, thus very difficult to get promoted within 2 years. - Decision making process is very slow (expect to take months and months to get approvals for the simplest projects) - Project time has to be done in addition to your core work & metrics - They hire people who are too smart & talented for their role. E.g. you are a full-stack Engineer, but do technical support. - Mid-Management and VPs in gTech do not show leadership and do not follow through on their words (e.g. preach 'take ownership' but force everybody to follow processes and meet certain support metrics) - The core compensation (Base + Bonus) is relative low, but Google's high stock price is balancing the total comp.",- Give people more freedom and trust your teams that they will deliver value. You hire really smart people,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5974,google,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategic Account Manager,"Great people, amazing perks, and flexibility",The company is getting very big and becoming heretical so good for people who like structure and layers.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5975,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Partner Marketing Manager,One of the best companies in the world!,"Culture- sharing culture where everyone in different departments will work collaboratively People- excellent, bright, ambitious individuals to work with Salary - good high salary Benefits- this includes food, medical, dental, travel expenses, stock Product(s) - exceptional products being rolled out continuosly. Reputation- within Tech sector it is within the top 5 best companies to work for and work with",Difficult to move up in the company as there are so many talented individuals who work alongside you. Many talented people at one level and senior people brought in externally to do less senior roles.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5976,google,none," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,"Supportive, incredibly adult place to work. Focus on being your best self, innovative managers, allows me to be ambitious in my goals. Just an all round great place to work.",Sometimes tricky to find a great role in a particular country. Mountain View is a dump.,"Keep on going. Keep on listening, Keep on getting better.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5977,google,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good company,"Free food, okay career progression, well compensated financially","Politics (as to be expected), unorganised at times, culture of complacency",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5978,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Not Specified,Great Company to work with,None found during my tenure,None,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5979,google,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"work culture, people, salary, employee benefits, infrastructure",None that i have seen so far,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5980,google,none," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manger,"Best perks a company can give. Collaborate with great and intelligent colleagues in a very fast-pace environment, with a wide variety of global career opportunities.",Since the last years more policy and red tapping is happening as it became harder for the company to retain its open and free culture.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P598.htm
5981,google,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Fun, Challenging, great place for innovation","Frequent org changes, projects close often",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5982,google,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with,"Great Food, Great, Infrastructure, Great people Good reputation",Cant think of anything,You are doing good,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5983,google,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Super smart people, great culture, great developer tools.",Mountain View is really dull. There are few social interactions outside of work as everything is so far away,The campus needs bars.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5984,google,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Great Place to work at !,Nothing that i can think of,Continue the excellent work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5985,google,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best employer an employee could hope for.,"Company genuinely seems to care and serious about about employee welfare - or at least, they've decided it's essential for business.",It's getting too big - scope of work is getting too processy and minute. You're a small cog in a massive machine. Tough to get promoted.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5986,google,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,software engineer,google is a good for technology learner,increase the leave for employeers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5987,google,none," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Free foods and drinks :D,The office is sometimes noisy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5988,google,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Benefits, work life balance, management.","Everything is managed by process, which makes the movements fair, but processes are more valued than people.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5989,google,none," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is no longer the same,"Great people, incredible talents. You work knowing that you have an impact and that your job really matters.","In the last year Google has lost a lot in its culture and priorities. Nowadays Google depends a lot on wall-street. It keeps on cutting projects, costs, benefits. It's hard to dream big and to risk, difficult to innovate when you have no budget. The salaries have never been big in Google, people were choosing it for benefits and a special culture. And the last two are demolishing on our eyes.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5990,google,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Job Ever,Clearly the best pay and greatest work that I can do. Love my colleagues and enjoy their teaching and helping.,Too comfortable sometimes. Probably not challenging enough to keep you active all the time.,Keep becoming the greatest company in the world! Love this!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P599.htm
5991,google,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fascinating company. Ambitious, but still maturing as enterprise B2B tech vendor",Lots of fascinating stuff happening all around you. Strive to be a great workplace. Lots of brand cache.,"In Google Cloud, many times enterprise requirements did not get high priority compared with free consumer user requirements.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
5992,google,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting experience,Flexible hours and smart coworkers.,Limited projects for intern in the office,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
5993,google,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Great.,Friendly superiors. Straightforward tasks that vary often.,Often stressful at some times.,"Management are rather great, friendly to all workers - regardless of position.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
5994,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Worth to work for,Self-management Friendly culture Fair opportunities Trust employees Care what your are interesting,"Too free, sometime you may lost yourself Colleagues are too smart, may feel pressure implicitly.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
5995,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Research Analyst,Research Analyst,Good organization to work with healthy environment. Helpful leads. Good hierarchy. Good facilities for the employees.,No cons as it is a good place to work.,No such advice as they are best at their work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
5996,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,👌👍,Great colleagues and challenging work. Do cool things that matter.,You will not be the smartest person there. Imposter syndrome is hard to overcome.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
5997,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Strategist,Awesome company to work for,Amazing growth Transparent Culture Great peers Great perks,Difficult to enhance your skills if you are not into Software Engg.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
5998,google,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can't complain,"- The best benefits I know of in Australia. - Great colleagues (for the most part). - Big, genuine emphasis on diversity and bringing your whole self to work. - Mostly good work life balance, though this does depend on the team and function you work in.",- With a lot of type A high achievers it gets very competitive as everyone wants to climb up. - Many functions work globally which means meetings at all hours of the day.,Remember the ultimate Google value of putting the user first instead of focusing on short term deliverables and OKRs. I see a lot of competition between the different teams where everyone just wants to shine instead of doing what's right for the overall company and it's customers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
5999,google,none," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work place and culture,"Amazing learning experience, Awesome working environment, Cooperative colleagues, and Friendly environment",You to be in the right team to move up.,Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
6000,google,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Perks, smart colleagues, heaps of cash, products with huge impact","Big corporation, slow to change or create new stuff, general sense of disillusionment",Make coding fun again.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P600.htm
6001,google,none," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty amazing place to work,Food gym people are great,A couple of things but not that many,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6002,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good,"You get really good paid and its fun to work here you have alot of free time also, you can work whenever you like",Coding and the time because there is so much stuff to play with you just can't let them go. Time with family may be less so yeah.,Never give up,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6003,google,none," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average,Good pay and work conditions,"Overworked, occasionally feel very underappreciated",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6004,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Consistently Meets Expectations,Flexible in what you are doing with the ability to move between teams and regions.,Given the scale of the company it's harder to make an impact as it would be in smaller companies.,Try to decentralize and not to put all the projects in Mountain View.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6005,google,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for fresher level,Alot of learning opportunities if work hard and be in short term opportunities,cost cutting is going on. Not much benefits provided for employers. Salary hikes and rating vary according to bonding with manager.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6006,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist - SMB Sales,"Amazing company, the best start as a fresh grad","- Extremely steep learning curve as a fresh grad - Great responsibility right from the first month in a smaller market, where you can have a lot of ownership - Empowerment and no micromanagement - Of course PERKS - food, gym, travel, office, etc",- After a certain level it is difficult to get promoted - Aggressive sales quotas (but doable),Keep it up :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6007,google,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business D,It was a good company.,Good. I suggest to everyone who wants to develop a career,Yes,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6008,google,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM at Google,I have never been bored!,Occasionally frustrating getting consensus from so many stakeholders,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6009,google,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,good place to work,google is a good for technology learner not for money earner,increase the leave for employeers,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6010,google,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worse manager in my life,"Good perks, cool company and poducts","Too much work, it's very competitive and unfair how they give promotions. They say they really care about employees but i had a manager who harrassed people, had awful management skills and wasn't even good at her job. She's based in Mexico in the marketing team. Even though she has several cases opened against he in Human Resources Google didn't do a thing to move her. She was openly discriminatory towards women, people who where not Mexican . The company is very cool but management is awful. She is just one of many really bad managers",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P601.htm
6011,google,none," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Work Place & Culture,Food to Gym to Flexible Work timings it has everything.,I didn't find any cons as such.,none,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6012,google,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Place to work,Good atmosphere encouraging individuality building confidence best at services good friends you could make,TIme of work Coding Pantry,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6013,google,none," Feb 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Great and fun environment at work,Lots of pressure to hit targets,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6014,google,Algiers (Algeria)," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"payment on time ,with a lot of facilitate","strict rules about advertising,and chaging all the time",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6015,google,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Really good company culture, encouraged lots of collaboration and learning. Set up so people would actually get work down.","Sometimes work life balance is a struggle, since it feels like you are expected to spend a lot of your day at the office","Keep doing what you're doing, be productive and accurate, would definitely come back to work here again",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6016,google,none," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,"Work environment, brilliant colleagues, interesting projects and products. Company culture and management style are very pleasant, helping every single employee improving continuously.","Work-life balance can be a bit challenging. The company is also moving very fast, which means re-organizations impacting divers teams are kind of constantly expected.",Senior Management should sometimes be a bit more humble and remember where they came from. Reaching senior leadership positions does not mean you know it all and everybody always has more to learn.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6017,google,none," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for fresh Grad,"Depends on the team you get hired for. In some teams the learning curve is steep, but levels out after 12-18 months. After that you have to proactively look for new projects and learnings.",The job becomes monotonous. Especially if you are in a small market you will find yourself never to be a 'priority',"Provide clearer objectives for teams, give more development opportunities to employees.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6018,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Business Systems Integrator,Its all good unless you are a contractor,"- Amazing office space, free food and drinks, gym and pool benefits, nice work environment. - You will make some great friends just based on the sheer amount of people you will meet - Good salary if you are employed directly by google as a full timer. - Targets are easy to achieve. - You dont have to sit by your desk all the time you can work from different places in the office.",-A LOT of politics going on between vendor contracters who do the same job for less salary compared to full time googlers. They treat the contractors like a ugly duckling. -low salary for contractors. - contractors become googles experimental rabbits. They hire great people to do great job and when they see that the project is going well they fire all of the contractors. They then advertise that google is looking for new staff. Instead of hire the hard working contractors to full time who already knows the products well they look for brand new people with no experience. -Lies to teams about re org saying that everyone will have a job when truly the whole team gets fired. - The google bubble of their own little world can be blinding,Lose the attitude for hard working contractors. Dont get rid of hard working people who was a great asset to the teams,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6019,google,Berlin (Germany)," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,"energetic, innovative, creative, different, good salary, friendly atmosphere, good food, encouraging employees to learn more, flexible, diversity","I have not experienced anything bad. All works very well. If something goes bad, there is always a way to make such things better in a short time.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6020,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Workplace,I think goole is a best place to works (for me).,Nothing is bad i think in this jobs.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P602.htm
6021,google,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing - though not always perfect - place to work,Excellent benefits/perks/work environment. Work with amazingly smart people in a fun environment.,"Not always the most organized / efficient, thought that also adds to the creative/startup culture.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6022,google,none," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Agent,"The underlings get nothing, and that's noticeable.","I worked on behalf of Google at one of their call centres, receiving inbound customer calls. The pros I could really think of are:  - Decent monthly bonuses. - Friendly staff - Relaxed work environment. - Phones are banned, and must be switched off if carried, so no getting any possible emergency phone calls!",- Call centre was run down and neglected - Shifts were unstable and constantly changing - Underpaid for the sector / company - Large number of senior staff had no technological background - 0 company benefits. Literally nothing - Almost 0 chance of progression.,- Make the staff feel more wanted. Little perks of the job would go a long way! - Check the average pay for the technical support call centre pay and see that we're getting a fair bit lower than average. - Get technically knowledgeable management. - Spruce up the work environment. A refit would be a huge morale boost! (Please note I haven't worked at the company in the last few months. I am unsure if any of this has been changed).,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6023,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Great school as long as you have career growth oppertuinties,"Fun work place ,great food, great people, great benefits and preks.","Bad on employees mobility​, less innovative culture. Outside MTV lack of growth oppertuinties. Sallery is not high very much the same as in other companies.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6024,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Google HYD- Account Strategiest,"Amazing learning experience. A job for freshers looking to grow in areas such as sales/ marketing / management. Get to learn in and out of a few Google products such as AdWords, Analytics etc","It's an entry level job. Look to learn as much as you can and then move to a better role, but no cons as such",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6025,google,none," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vice president,Good company to work with,None to list actually here,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6026,google,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,NA,Good working environment Cooperative Helping Friendly,No quality of food Finding Place is difficult,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6027,google,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Team Manager, Customer Experience","Great culture, good learning opportunities",Depends on your priorities really,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6028,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great place to work,"Perks, people, work life balance, great pay, travel to good places, challenging work, learning opportunities, entrepreneurial. Really awesome place to work.","Little opportunity for career growth, experience is definitely dependent on team, manager and org. Growth is king, if you're not in a growth org it's hard to stay motivated.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6029,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Buying,Google life,"Open, transparent, fun, success, fast","Long hours, size, teams, large, diverse",More career progression,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6030,google,Paris (France)," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Developer Relations Community Manager,Nice place to work :),"All employee have access to Free food, Gym coaches and other advantages I had the chance to work with awesome co-workers !","As a Temp, you have limitation, even to do your own job (silly sometimes)",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P603.htm
6031,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Quality Analyst,2,Amazing Environment and smart co workers.,Politics and upper level should know at ground level employee.,Keep lookin to level,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6032,google,Hamburg (Germany)," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Industry Manager,"Nice colleagues, bad management",To work with bright and inspiring colleagues can be absolutely amazing - but also be challenging as everyone wants to be the greatest ...,"Management is not valuing the contribution from single sales representative if he/she 1st is not ""loud"" enough, 2nd had luck to get one of the customers with the highest visibility. In case of gender equality now it's a clear disadvantage if you are a male when it comes to performance ratings and promotions",Don't give up to challenge the local upper and middle management to stick to the google values and culture.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6033,google,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Enterprise Sales Manager,Google....,Great company with lots of opportunities,"Becoming a big company, even culture wise","Keep listening to users and customers. Work towards One Google, instead of 4 departments dealing with the same customer",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6034,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,One of the best,"Work life balance, technology, learning, and career growth","Long working hours sometimes, otherwise its perfect.",Focus more on new technologies.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6035,google,none," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Great colleagues, work culture, lots of different job option and opportunities to move around","getting more political, seems like you need to be a certain type of person to progress your career",go back to diversity in personality and appreciate different work styles,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6036,google,none," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Business Intern,Business Intern,Friendly environment Career growth Big industry name,Becoming a corporate company Greater leeway for promotion,Stay unique and vibrant Don't become a corporate,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6037,google,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,awesome company. lots of perks. good work life balance. flexibility to change teams. also opportunities to change to SRE if interested.,no cons i can mention of. overall a really good company to work for. just need to write some words here to complete the minimum word limit.,no advice i can mention of. overall a really good company and good leaders to work for. just need to write some words here to complete the minimum word limit.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6038,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Account Strategist,Great Food Brilliant Perks Good Opportunity to change roles internally,Your Google experience depends completely on your Manager(atleast for Non-Eng roles),Hire your senior Managers better. The team will be more motivated to work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6039,google,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,an amazing bubble,"network, great people, benefits, comp","work life balance, career opportunities, company centric, competition doesn't exist (?)",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6040,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2017",Former Employee - Business Operations Associate,Awesome,"free food, awesome work environment , global teams, exciting work, did I mention the free food?, massages,",the salary is quite limiting and if you want higher salaries it takes a long time. You are always over qualified for the post you currently hold.,increase the pay a bit. Keep up the good work. Try and decrease politics in the company. That is one of the main pain points I felt during my time working there.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P604.htm
6041,google,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Interesting, good company","Easily accessible, most people love it, multicultural, nice way of viewing the world","not specific workload, sometimes hard to get through to head office because so many people working there.",Would love to see more face to face with the management and more opportunities to grow in the company,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6042,google,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Free food, facilities, excellent work environment",the work is of insignificant impact to the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6043,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best job,Good perks. Awesome work culture. Good salary,There are no such cons. Its the best company to work with,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6044,google,none," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"smart people, great benefits, interesting work.","company is large, so sometimes difficult to navigate",upward feedback gives the pulse on the front line and will likely contain great insight onto what can be improved.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6045,google,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but room for improvement,A place where people can speak their minds and expect to be heard. People assume the best about co-workers and generally the trust is well-placed. Generally very smart people to work with. Expect to be challenged. Expect to grow.,Working in smaller google offices and on projects that are not tied to the core of google's product portfolio can come with a lot of uncertainty because of the possibility that projects can be shut downor absorbed into other companies. Nonetheless the huge appeal of those projects is the ability to work on transformative and emerging products and technologies,Google needs to have a better strategies for EMEA or it will loose key positioning to Facebook and other competitors there.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6046,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,Amazing working environment and benefits,Teams often form a clique,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6047,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business analyst / scrum master,awesome place to work. friendly and fun loving people. good facilities. great employee,no CONS as such. everything about google is awesome,-,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6048,google,none," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,- Smart ppl - Free food - Clear responsibilites - Free shuttles,No cons No cons No cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6049,google,none," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support,all the usual Google stuff,Hours expected far too long No allowance for settling in time What they sell externally is not what happens internally Popularity Contest in some of the roles not based on your experience Unprofessional approach to internal correspondence,"Listen to what you preach ""bring your whole self to work""",2.0,1.0,2.0,none,none,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6050,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Intern,Internship,"Good food, good projects. We get to learn a lot. A lot of freedom to decide the direction of the projects. It was a good experience. It was a good experience. It was a good experience. It was a good experience. It was a good experience.",The salary is a little. But I guess that's okay. It is what it is. This is what Dalinar would say wouldn't he? I suppose he would.,Keep it up. Because you're doing a great job. I really like the ability of the Google management to manage its employees. They're really very skilled at management of Google employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P605.htm
6051,google,Moscow (Russia)," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Sales Manager,Business Development Executive,"Innovation, people, values, potential, diversity.",There are no cons while working with Google. Especially for anyone open to change.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6052,google,none," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Great Company,"Meritocracy, Responsibility, Googlyness, Data driven, Communication",Getting bigger in terms of company size which lose start-up atmosphere,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6053,google,East London (South Africa)," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,good for millenials,"many : wage, atmosphere, flexibility, smart people","for senior managers, hard to progress, work in silot non efficient for creativity",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6054,google,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Android Developer,awesome place to work at,"Google is the largest tech company in the world. As an android developer, it will be get more experience and get expert in android field at google work place.",no cons no cons no cons no cons no cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6055,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,Lots of support and good comradery.,Too busy at times and lack of clear leadership from above.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6056,google,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Good money, great work life",Not really much to say.,Carry on what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6057,google,Paris (France)," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Great place to work at,"At Google you can be sure that most of your colleagues are smart. As a mathematician I learnt a lot there, and I also had the chance to discover a bunch of great tools. Like playing with their knowledge graph to build machine learning models. Also you have a weekly conference on Friday from Larry Page and Sergey Brin, which makes the whole thing even better.","Google is now a big company. Even though they try to remain a start up, the spirit can't be the same after so many years and hires. There are some long processes to get access to data or tools, and what you work on may not have a very big impact. Being surrounded by smart people every where makes it not that easy to highlight your skills.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6058,google,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"- Dynamic, fast-paced, never a dull moment. - People are highly motivated, dedicated and friendly. - Strong appreciation for data and technology. - Plenty of opportunities for career mobility across teams and offices.","- At senior levels, number of opportunities for progression can be limited in regional offices. - Culture of a startup is a challenge to maintain as the company grows and matures.",- Strive to maintain the culture and innovation of a start-up as the company grows. - Continue to be an uncoventional company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6059,google,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to have the experience,-great environment. -great lunch and kitchen service -great benefits and office perks,"terrible salaries, much less than a market average",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6060,google,none," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience at Google Shanghai,"Good working environment, good food.",The company is too big.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P606.htm
6061,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Product Owner,Great Place to work,The company nearly adopt you,"not much of impact making role, so you wonder Google is great, we all know that. But what am I contributing to its greatness",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6062,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,hard work,my skills and company rules and regulations,nothing to share any words to down side,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6063,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good company to work and develop career,No cons as of now,--,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6064,google,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Strategist,"A fantastic place to work, lots of perks",Difficult to move cross division / internally,Make this process easier,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6065,google,none," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer intern,"A great company to work for, right from the bat you hit the ground running and start to get your hand dirty in meanigful dev projects","The work life balance is not to great, expect to do a lot of over time which can be the major pitfall",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6066,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google that company,Good place to work. Friendly people and lots of benefits,Cant think of any. There isn't anything wrong with google other than the fact they need to consider people from other backgrounds,Need to hire people with different backgrounds other than just computing. I have met students with loads of computing experience but turned down due to their degree.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6067,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Manager,New job challenges and glassdoor office,Free lunch and snack and other benefits,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6068,google,none," Jan 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,L&D Manager,"Great pay, benefits, office, travel opportunities and opportunities to progress and try completely different careers under the same roof.","The glass ceiling hit after 9 years, 2 promotions and 1 international transfer. As an entry level female it was very easy to progress up to a certain point. Then as you enter middle management there is major politics at play. I refused to believe the sort of behaviour existed in Google until it happened to me.","Keep an eye on the politics. Don't lose sight of putting the user first, that is what made the company great. Too much naval gazing can cause blindness!",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6069,google,none," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing director,Great culture and smart people,Very large and us centric,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6070,google,New Delhi (India)," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Project Manager,Software project development,I am enjoying by doing software project development,All is fine...nothing is wrong,Get best talented people who gives you the best result,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P607.htm
6071,google,Mombasa (Kenya)," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Chief Accountant,Excellent and world class working environment with immense learning opportunities.,Exciting and challenging working environment offering continuous growth.,Language barrier and culture shock,Keep up the innovation pace,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6072,google,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Intern,Great Experience,- Supportive teams and management - Growth inside the company - Great level of autonomy,- Few junior opportunities in Marketing department,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6073,google,none," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lives up to its employee-friendly reputation,Love the work life balance,Cog in a large machine feeling,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6074,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,It was very good experiance,i have learned a lot,There is no cons in google,Nothing... All is going fantastic,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6075,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Director Google Cloud,great company with very professional peers challenging but rewarding environment,too many organisation and go to market strategy changes short vs long term cloud strategy high pressure on sales teams,long vs short term planning new management takes the right decisions,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6076,google,none," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Great place to work, culture and people",Needs more structure and competitive pay,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6077,google,Seoul (South Korea)," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Programmer,I am really proud of my comp.,"Working surroundings, Salaries, Welfare.are the pros of google.",Pursues efficeincy and effectiveness always. Can be choking to some people.,Our manager's overall appreciation is relatively higher than other comps.,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6078,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Cool,Best friendly free cab cool no target,Timing too long little work pressure limited training,Good,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6079,google,Madrid (Spain)," Dec 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Impressive people to work with,Is difficult to be hired,Keep doing the same,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6080,google,none," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great point of equilibrium between a large company with a diversity of interests and the agility feeling of a start-up,"Food is great, people are awesome, pay is beautiful. Overall, the ambient is very suitable for a high productivity level, which includes flexible hours, good stuff on micro-kitchens, comfortable work desks and so on.","Some projects are terminated too soon, since the company changes its focus a lot. Most of the times, it is interesting to move away from money sinks, but sometimes it is frustrating to see projects that seemed to have great potential be terminated.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P608.htm
6081,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid unless you are 23 and dazzled by free food,Benefits and the Disneyland brand will impress your friends,"The reality is Google is an ultra-political place where everyone is overqualified so they try to tear others down as their are limited places for advancement. The other problem is you eat breathe and die Google 24/7 and lose touch with reality. Those in leadership positions exploit middle management and force others to slave away while they do little Bosses in Asia get by by outright bullying and favouritism, Plus everything that could be done is already done so the work is far from creative and inspiring Contractors are officially second class citizens and have less privilege and respect","Remember to be humble, stop exploiting others and go back to your original mission to not be evil",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6082,google,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hr,Great...people were fantastic and good benefits,None..long hours and thought I lived there,Stay calm,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6083,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"Worth the experience, can get you spoiled","Great place to work. If you have a good manager (and most of the SRE managers in Zurich ARE good), you'll always find a way to remain engaged ad grow.","it's a big company requires process- and people-oriented skills, more than just results-oriented enthusiasm to succeed. As an SRE, you use mostly home grown tools and technologies: it's easy to loose touch with the rest of the world. Working at Google is a tradeoff between tactical skills and strategic experience.","Google is very US-centric, which makes it less innovative than it could be and less able to penetrate various sectors internationally . Listen and empower your international staff to make more product suggestions and decisions, in particular non-engineers in local offices who are more in touch with their local environments.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6084,google,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,ANALYTICAL,goood company car good communication lovely dinner good people good management excellent management system good company benefit,none - everything was good to be honest,very good. keep going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6085,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Learn how to keep your business relevant and nimble. Very process and efficient driven which is a good skill to learn. Best for someone who has 2 to 3 years experience already. Dont make it your first or last job.,"Can get a little stale or boring after 2 years, however you can of course change within the company. The company is very middle management heavy, and in Dublin managers key role is people managing and driving processes. they lose touch with the outside world and the products.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6086,google,none," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"+ good compensation + decent work hours + free food on certain days of week + interesting projects + intelligent co-workers, diligent and hardworking","The management can be vague at times regarding their requirements. It is not clear what is asked for, especially from project managers. There could be more collaborative efforts early on before evaluations.","Keep the company growing in new areas where people are needed, without cutting down on older departments where knowledgeable staff have great value added. The newer generation knows the new tools, but the older generation is still learning too.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6087,google,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Finance,One of the big company and good growth In a organisation,Really good opinion in employees,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6088,google,none," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,"best working atmosphere, best packages",no cons. best company ever,best management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6089,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Awesome,Best place to work. Good work culture,There are no cons here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6090,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Web Developer,Swiss High Tech,Great company culture and good salary.,The hours can stretch if you don't watch out.,More product areas based in Zurich,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P609.htm
6091,google,none," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Working Culture,Innovation at its very best and truly inspiring for yougsters,Highly stressful environment which always brings undefined situations.,Employee engagement needs to be improved,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6092,google,none," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,free food gym benefits etc,you can only go down after this,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6093,google,none," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"it has good Atmosphere, good benefits and interesting work, so i would recommend this employer to anyone looking for these aspects","workforce can be very young and entrepreneurial, which sometimes makes things feel like they are not structured and there is no clear leadership. this can be experienced as a good thing as well",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6094,google,Cairo (Egypt)," Dec 11, 2016",Former Employee - Junior Software Developer,Junior. Net developer,Because it is a great company,"ASP.net, mvc, jquery, Javascript, Ajax, Entity frame work, MVC 5,HTML 5,sql, c#",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6095,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Dec 10, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Engineer Intern,"Good equipment, nice food, free working style.",The projects for intern are not challenging as expected.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6096,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 10, 2016",Former Employee - Google Analyst,Google Analyst,great people and work ethic,none really good place to work,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6097,google,none," Dec 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,The place is full of amazing like minded individuals,Some of the downsides are that it can just because really boring,Keep up the good work and keep working towards those goals,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6098,google,none," Dec 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice but hard,"Nice place and perks. Smart people, great chances to learn. Mostly easy going people but keep up, don't stop learning and studying","Overwhelming environment, hard to keep up at times, you can't stop learning and studying and suggest you to not. Not easy to advance","The usual, start promoting good engineers instead of leaders, it would be much more easy to keep growing and keeping good coders",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6099,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mast place h,good one company and welcome,no cons here come and stay,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6100,google,none," Dec 22, 2016",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Lead,It all depends on your manager and team,"The people without a doubt. Work life balance is usually great, the meals and generally how they realise that a fun environment is inspiring. I learned amazing things that I believe are unique to Google. I love the 'everyone is an owner' culture which drives ppl to be responsible and motivates employees to do over perform.","Managers can make or break ones career at Google. You can't get ahead without senior sponsorship and if your manager is terrible, there is really not much you can do. It's also a very biased place and a place where one can experience discrimination (perhaps very specific to the office and team I was in). Finally, although you would think the opposite, job security is low as they are big fans of reorgs which can often leave you without a position for a while or in need of finding a new one internally. There is very limited HR support in these instances. I returned from maternity leave and with my new manager who had severe issues with women and maternity I suffered badly and decided to leave.",Don't give managers (especially junior ones or first time managers) so much freedom. They can do some serious damage. I feel that I became one of these cases (as an exceeding expectations performer) since landing a new team and manager as a result of a reorg. Very disappointed with the last year at Google.,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P610.htm
6101,google,none," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as seen in movies,"Good perks: free food, stock options","Disorganized transitions and re-orgs, tough targets, since it gets bigger, becomes more burocratic. Meeting expectations is not enough to get promotions or a salary increase.",Be more transparent in promotions,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6102,google,none," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aggressively innovating company in manageable chaos,Google is full of smart people and smart ideas. You need to keep leaning to catch up. Things are changing so quickly that people might feel lost. You need to push hard to find your way.,Some smart people might disagree with you. Some might take things aways from you. Sometimes huge projects could fail.,"Keep the motto ""don't do evil"". Put value before profit to achieve long term development. Lead the trend to high quality products",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6103,google,"Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)"," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Work with the best professionals, learning and big salaries.","Too much pressure, especially if you work in a remote office.",Find a way to allow managees give honest feedback to their managers.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6104,google,none," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Very good mentorship in provided by Google Summer of Code organizations.,Not anything that comes to my mind.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6105,google,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Vice President,Good,Good job satisfactory pay work life balance,No work searching for job,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6106,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager,Great company,- Great perks - Super smart colleagues - Lots of growth or change opportunities,- Becoming too big - Life in a bubble mentality - Mid management needs more experience,"Maintain culture and values or update them to reflect the new one, former and current aren't the same.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6107,google,none," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full time SWE,"Free food, open culture, ability to learn new things",Some managers lack people skills.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6108,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,#1 Company in the World and still growing,"+ You are your own limit - The more you put in the more you can get out + Culture + People + Growth (>20% YoY) = lots of opportunities + Products + Internal Tools and infrastructure i + Inclusive and open Company + Perks (Free Food, Gym, Health Care, Insurance, Christmas Gifts, Parties, ...) + Scale","- Hard to switch companies - Relative US-centric (Mountain View, California) company - Not a very fast company, people tend to slow down - More and more structure and process focused (Big Corporate)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6109,google,none," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like working for NASA - just check if your not the janitor,"Amazing, culture, great perks, and feel like you are making the future","Becoming corporate, and process driven in parts of the company",Free people up to make their own desicsions rather than holding them back through process,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6110,google,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Specialist,"Perks, Benefits, Culture, People, Products","Salary, some managers lack of managerial skills.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P611.htm
6111,google,none," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,You will find here super smart and nice people to work with. The company provides great benefits for its employees,As the company grows it becomes hard to maintain the start-up culture and mentality in some parts of the business,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6112,google,none," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company I have ever worked at,"The people, the environment, the work itself, the offices, I just love coming to work and doing my job. I also love the diversity initiatives that allow you to really be yourself.",Google has become a huge company and it is becoming harder to maintain the Googley spirit. But it still there and the company is still the best I have worked at. I don't want to be anywhere else.,Be always aware of the talents you have on your team. Millennials are impatient and if you are not close to them they will leave.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6113,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Wonderful work experience,Wonderful work environment was really happy,Nothing no comments to make,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6114,google,none," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good conditions,"Good atmosphere, can learn a lot from working there and enjoying the experience","Quite tedious work, I would say even pretty boring, Although its Google, its still similiat to customer service job","Not much, maybe work on promotion opportunities better",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6115,google,Mumbai (India)," Dec 11, 2016",Former Employee - Product Tester,Shaped my mind,"Helpful seniors, Exposure to large resources , incredible office .",Nothing I can think so. Just a little improvement to have open areas in officers like they have in USA,Give freshers some time to settle down,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6116,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Program managerGre,Great perks and amazing people to work with,Not many growth opportunities if not in HQ (Dublin or California),none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6117,google,Warsaw (Poland)," Nov 24, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,NA,"Google is awesome, food was great, and the teams were great.","Warsaw had pretty bad salary, but that's because the cost of living is","NA, really nothing to say.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6118,google,none," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,work experience,lived a helth life Support the love ones Finantial suport,i was just been fired,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6119,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Developer,Great place to work,really enjoyed the free lunch,alot of people doing who knows what,more end goal,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6120,google,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Swe,Senior SWE,every thing is good! work/life/city every thing.,nothing really. Maybe just being a remote office has its own issues.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P612.htm
6121,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,Great company to work for,"Really good benefits, smart and collaborative colleagues, lots of perks","Becoming too big, some degree of politics emerging at middle management level and hierarchical structure",Reduce internal politics and streamline management layer,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6122,google,none," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place to work,Amazing culture and calibre of talent,"Very few - but if you like a small scrappy start up vibe, you might struggle with driving large change at scale at the pace you are used to.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6123,google,"Ealing, England (UK)"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager,Fun enviorment,"So much to learn, alot of room for progression",Just another number amongst hundreads. Long hours required,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6124,google,none," Nov 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"a lot of flexibilities, culture is quite good,",Google is getting too big,career development and promotion decision should be improved,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6125,google,none," Nov 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Open and collaborative people, great perks, growing industry","Promotions hard to get and few, over qualified people sometimes hired at junior levels (lower pay), so negotiate well when joining!",Be more fair on promotions and levels!,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6126,google,none," Nov 18, 2016",Current Employee - Strategic Account Manager,great company,"great companey, best company for smart and nice people!",nothing really. It would be hard to move to other company because its too great!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6127,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales office deviates from core Google culture,"- competitive pay - good benefits, generous perks - work with smart people","- really competitive and extremely political - the best people don't necessarily get ahead and some people get ahead doing things outside of their jobs, without doing their actual jobs - work life balance is hard",be more accepting of employees working from home occasionally,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6128,google,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,The People Work life balance,There were no cons for me,None,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6129,google,none," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Very good place to work,Nothing much everything good,Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6130,google,none," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bsuiness Intern,Great culture and opportunities for exploring different areas.,Fast paced company that requires complex set of skills. Not suit for everybody,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P613.htm
6131,google,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google,"Good people, good culture, challenging problems, good pay.",being a small actor of a very big system can make a person feel unimportant.,No advice to management whatsoever but I need to fill this.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6132,google,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Working Environment,Always Learn new things and meet new amazing people,Will never forget about that experience,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6133,google,none," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWESOME,"Every day brings new learning, skills, and experience",Pay may use some adjusting :),Keep on doing what you're doing :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6134,google,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Proud to work here,"- Lots of interesting work and teams - Focus on diversity, new ideas, learning and development - Best benefits - Usually pretty flexible about working from home, travel - Great culture","- Easy to work long hours. Everyone likes to achieve, which is good and bad - As company gets bigger, can definitely feel more bureaucracy, loss of ""Googleyness""","- Continue to invest in people, make teams feel small to maintain culture - Consider the effect of re-orgs on teams and morale",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6135,google,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great Flexibility to the maximum,Very flat structure to the minimum,Hire more grads for fantastic experience,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6136,google,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a great place to work as an engineer,"Work with talented people. Culture is generally friendly to introverts. Good food, lots of other benefits.","Sort of an identity crisis due to size and success - what to do now? Lots of people there who have never worked anywhere else, a bit insular at times.","Figure out how to stop doing things with high opportunity cost. The culture still has an innovation-first, only-new-things-matter aspect which was fine in the heavy growth stage but is now causing problems.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6137,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 6, 2016","Former Employee - Associate, AdWords",Awesome place to work,Transparent and talent oriented firm.Rewards good performance.Its a fun place to work and after all its Google so you have all the goodies of working with Google,as the size increases so does complexities.typical issues of a big oranisation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6138,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer - Software Engineer,^_^,"* Great (friendly, smart and experienced) co-workers. * Big scale and thus interesting challenges. * Perks and benefits. * Somewhat bigger transparency in its internal politics. You can publicly criticize decision made even at high level. * Moving between teams is easy including into offices in other countries and cities.","* It is a corporation, so while it’s better than many, don’t expect rainbows without some rain. * If you don’t watch out, you can get sucked in and sacrifice work/life balance. You typically won’t be asked to do that though.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6139,google,none," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,"The Culture, transparency, and perks at Google are incomparable. The people in your team make it a great place to work. The company culture is open fostering transparency of work.",Sometimes it feels like it is a bit too transparent. But one has to learn and unlearn a lot from their previous companies.,This is a great place to work and let's keep it that way. It has been tha. t way since it started 18yrs ago,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6140,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Floor Controller,Floor Controller,New Challenges Team Culture great benefits,Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing,Great,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P614.htm
6141,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Amazing benefits (you've all heard about the free food, health-cover, stocks, etc). You'll get to work with really ambitious and smart people which will push you to improve and grow professionally.","Way too much focus on checking boxes that will make management happy even if it is not providing your clients with any additional value. If you're an Account Manager you'll quickly learn that you need to certain not so valuable things just go keep your manager happy, and then once that's done you can do the things that actually matters for your clients.","Stop rewarding unnecessary ""visibility"". It encourages account managers to do things that only takes up the time of others without providing any actual value. It becomes a ridiculous brag show.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6142,google,none," Nov 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategy and Operations,"Wonderfully, smart, motivated people who encourage a balanced work/life.",Very political. No 360 feedback for managers.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6143,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Trust and Safety Strategist,Trust and Safety Strategist,-Working with some of the smartest and driven people -Working on cutting edge technologies and products that millions of users use -Culture -Perks -Great career options,-Working in a high performing and fast paced environment is not everyone's cup of tea -It can be stressful at times,-Keep up the good work -Ensure the Indian counterparts are given their due both in terms of compensation and recognition,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6144,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Analyst,Looking for a job,"Google attracts and keeps talents with its competitive salaries.Apparently, working at Google is the best part about working at Google. Makes sense.","Despite its image as a company of innovation, the size and establishment of Google means that employees have a hard time innovating. As such, any entrepreneurial thoughts are squashed.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6145,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great people, great products, poor managers","Your peers are one of the smartest people ever. They will help you whenever you need, and the company culture is awesome.","In the sales team the company culture is always suffering because of the quota. Every time our Director is behind quota we ""lose"" a lit bit of Google's way of doing things.","Get your managers, team leaders and directors more prepared to managed people, otherwise they will your worst propaganda.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6146,google,none," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, challenging chaos","Work-life balance, nice office space, great peers, great compensation, wide-open access to tons of interesting things, even if what you are working on isn't at the moment exciting.","Constant shifting priorities, projects, organization structure -- but this is also an opportunity and the company isn't afraid to kill good ideas that have gone badly.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6147,google,none," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"There is room to pursue international experience, as well as vertical and horizontal growth. The team is high level and there is fast pace and constant challenge to grow further.","Reorganizations happen very often, and are disruptive for career management.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6148,google,Moscow (Russia)," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Industry Manager,Re Google,"Benefits (travels, food, global medical insurance), remuneration structure, culture, work life balance, opportunity to learn, receive trainings, great colleagues - smart, friendly. Vision for the future","Too hard to influence decision making, endless meetings culture, unclear career opportunities (especially for Russia as a quickly developing market)","Be more open to local country needs,",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6149,google,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,NIce,"Good ambiance,with many intelligent people around you. The environment for scaling up in your life is very high","Lots of work tension,few people(higher authorities) are generally envious of your achievements and success of your career. That doesnt matter as long as your are consolidated..",Nothing much good management and admin.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6150,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Nov 2, 2016","Current Employee - Consultant, Market Research",Work as a contractor in Google Taipei,"Awesome colleagues, can express your ideas, can learn a lot",Didn't feel anything bad until now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P615.htm
6151,google,none," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is very nice,"Google is huge, lots of fun, everyone is easy going and helpful",It is difficult to find your way up like any other huge corporation,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6152,google,none," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Amazing colleagues, big challenges and fast growing environment",Decision making too centralized in the US and limited autonomy in EMEA for certain functions,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6153,google,none," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Work life balance, and awesome restaurants",You feel like a tiny cog.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6154,google,none," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"good work& life balance, nice people","not the best salary, management",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6155,google,none," Oct 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,"Excellent benefits, great people, good pay, very stable and strong company.",I am not sure whether this is the best place for professional development and learning new things. Many of the technologies used are inside-only and will not help you outside.,Keep up what you're doing. The management in this company is great as far as I've seen.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6156,google,none," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place but not as much as responsibility,great working culture and access to the world of Google,"Google ends up hiring highly motivated candidates and doesn't give them as much responsibility as they can handle. Because of this, the role becomes unchallenging and boring",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6157,google,none," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Lots of perks Great co-workers with best educational credentials. Lot to learn.,Google has customized all the infra which means less open source code is used. If you move out you will have to relearn the syntax though concepts will be same. Work life balance Difficult promotions,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6158,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Definitely NOT a meritocracy,"- Amazing office space, free food and drinks, benefits, very nice work environment - You will make some great friends just based on the sheer amount of people you will meet - Good salary for a first job (not so much later on) - Targets are easy to achieve and you can have a great WLB if you know what you are doing - Easy to hide in such a big company, no problem to run off for a few hours and go for a nap or play PlayStation (as long as you are performing well no one cares) - Very interesting product with many layers of complexity. You can learn relevant product knowledge if you want to bootstrap something later on.","- Promotions solely based on something they like to call VISIBILITY. Useless projects get started all the time just to be cc'd on emails to Director-level and above. Those projects in most cases lead to nothing and don't produce ANY results at all, it is solely done for the purpose of being able to mention one's ""great"" initiative in the next performance review cycle. Another factor they promote on are several ""soft attributes"" which is a way for management to promote on subjectivity. - You are always told the company is a meritocracy eventho it is clearly not. This incongruent messaging compared to reality is extremely frustrating. It does not matter at all if you reach 100% of your target or 200%, what matters in the end is the above mentioned visibility. Another proof is that I heard managers say ""Oh, he has been here already for 2.5 years, we have to promote him now"" which is a joke and demotivating for high performing folks. - The metrics you are measured on in an Account Management role are only indirectly linked to revenue and are manipulated by the vast majority of reps once they have been on the job for a quarter and know the drill. Management knows this but does not care since they look good in front of their own bosses if the numbers look good. The best of the manipulators do not have to work at all to reach their targets. - Many of the middle managers are incompetent and have been stuck in their role for sometimes nearly a decade. There is no real willingness to achieve something great and make progress, but those people are just happy where they are in their career and spend their whole day wasting everyone's time in meetings or sending out useless emails. Very limited learning opportunity if you have a manager like this and very demotivating because no one wants to end up like them. However, there is the rare exception of a great manager. - Leadership cult, people of levels of director and above are worshipped through the entire organization and are treated like god's gift to everything. Some of them are admittedly great, some of them aren't. - Learning curve will be non-existent at the latest after 6 months and you will be doing the same day in day out. You can learn by yourself some new stuff with the great online training database, but the main thing you are doing gets old quite soon. - A lot of people drink the kool aid. There are quite a few critical people like myself in the organization, but a majority of people think they are on top of the world because they work in one of the least respected role of a prestigious company. People are not ""super smart"" everywhere, they hire basically everyone and it is just luck getting through the interview process. 90%+ of hires come from personal referrals since their CVs wouldn't go through the official channel. Level of entitled and incompetent people can be extremely high in certain teams.","Get rid of some of the terrible sales team managers. Rethink the entire system of productivity metrics (Apollo made it easier for smart people to manipulate everything, it is a complete joke and demotivating to honest reps. The idea behind it is good, but the execution couldn't have been worse, no matter how much it has been promoted as a great thing by the leadership). Promote on performance (once the metrics actually mean something) and not on visibility. Increase hiring bar. Link pay stronger to incremental revenue and not on useless metrics that can and will be manipulated.",2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6159,google,none," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"nice, friendly, always learning something new","a lot of work, very structured,",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6160,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great perks,Great perks and work life balance,Limited career growth at remote site,Not applicable,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P616.htm
6161,google,none," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Overview,"Great people. good work-life balance, good perks: food, gym etc.",It can be like a bubble,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6162,google,none," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,great,"great people and great culture, amazing benefits 8food, gym, healthcare) onsite doctors, bank etc interesting projects opportunity to visit other offices worldwide","hard to get promoted because of the hierarchies that are emerging in the past years pay is only ok, but great benefits people spend a lot of time with each other outside of work, can get exhausting",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6163,google,none," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,short review,"exciting projects, great benifits, smart coworkers","very large corporation, tedious processes",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6164,google,none," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Analytical Consultant,Analytical Consultant,International company with many possibilities,Competitive environment with many hard working (friendly) colleagues,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6165,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Best place to work, open culture, friendly people. Open platform to experiment and juggle between projects. The company really cares for its employees in every possible way, which makes it easy to extend working hours and contribute more.","Google shouldn't be your first job as the benefits can be taken for granted. The longer you work, the more difficult to leave the comfort zone. Long term growth opportunities are limited but the overall benefits keep you attached.",Need better career opportunities for tenured employees. Multiple successful projects move the employee level but work done across levels is similar. Maybe introduce higher challenges as the level grows.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6166,google,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pre Good,Pre good with fun activities,Could've been better in terms of Salary wise,Not making us RUSH as much,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6167,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - SWE,Most amazing company in the world,"Google is just an amazing place to work at. The salary and the perks are great, but the most amazing thing about Google is the pepole. Everyone are super smart - you can always learn from others, but they are also nice, always willing to help and happy about their job. In addition there is always the feeling that you do things that matter, and an atmosphere of ""we want to and we can change the word"". There are tons of career opportunities and options to grow. Management encourages innovations and pushing your own ideas.","The Tel Aviv office is still quite small so there are not a lot of options. Managers are engineers that were tested for their engineering abilities, not pepole management, sometimes they are laking management skills.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6168,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Sourcer,Technical Sourcer,"Really value people for their achievements, they took the risk many Tech companies do not want to take : trained agency Recruiters from the ground up and got me where I am today. Very grateful, extremely pleasant experience.","Most people put on weight over there, this is the only down side I can think of.",The salary is not great for the role.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6169,google,Milan (Italy)," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - BOLD Intern,Incredible experience,"Interning at Google was among the best experiences I've ever had. You are valued as a full-time employee from day one, and are given great responsibilities (for which you are directly accountable). Learning opportunities are beyond anything I could imagine",It can be overwhelming for some. You are often thrown directly in the water and need to figure out how to swim.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6170,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Intern,good,its a multicultural environment or working,the expect the highest result from you,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P617.htm
6171,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A mixed bag,"Great people, great pay.",Lots of politics. Overhires and underchallenges people.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6172,google,none," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best of the best,Dream work. The Office is so good that does not feel like one.,"No cons, its Google the best in the universe",Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6173,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,Great experience,Learning opportunities Business Responsibilities -ownership Client facing opportunities Dynamic environment,Step up in career progression may take a while and everybody is very ambitious so can be frustrating sometimes,Share more with reportees long term goals,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6174,google,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Team Lead, Operations",- Fast pace environment - People & Culture,"- Pay versus responsability, expected to perform at a higher level as a norm - Work / life balance",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6175,google,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intership,Its great to work at google,There are no cons in working at google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6176,google,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Java Developer,Very friendly staff that is committed to work hard,"Best place to work, open culture, friendly people. Open platform to experiment and juggle between projects. The company really cares for its employees in every possible way, which makes it easy to extend working hours and contribute more.",Google shouldn't be your first job as the benefits can be taken for granted.,Need better career opportunities for tenured employees. Multiple successful projects move the employee level but work done across levels is similar.,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6177,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern Google,"Marketing and Advertising Intern at Gordon Google House. Such a beautiful company, great atmosfere and encourageable environment",It is very difficult to find work as an intern in google because the selection and interviews are really complex,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6178,google,Warsaw (Poland)," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Couldn't be better!,- good money - work/life balance - interesting people,- risk of earthquakes & volcano eruptions,proceed this way,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6179,google,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resource Manager-recruitment,hr manager,"Google focused on providing the best user experience possible.Google has everything that an employee would expect from like incentives,travel insurance,death benefits,Google offers its employees one of the most innovative work environment cultures. Google cares so much about innovation.so,i think google is the best platform to perform.","One drawback is there are no inventory level guarantees. This is true of any network, but with Google it can get even more difficult as you can’t reserve inventory (expensive home page buyouts aside).Another drawback is your campaigns can’t run creative off your banner servers, so you must run multiple tracking platforms or use click tracking with your preinstalled banner-serving platform, then manually bring the reports together.",About ads,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6180,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Great Peers but not very great management,"- Great training when you start off to help understand the product - Fantastic and extremely intelligent peer group - Great facilities - food, gym, free transport etc - work with a bunch of different geos",- current management isn't great and they're very ops focused though you're supposed to be sales focused - Work life balance isn't great as you have to take late night calls weekly - hiring from the top b-schools for a role that any undergraduate with basic common sense can figure out with the training imparted,Focus more on bringing value to the customer than focusing more on countless and useless metrics.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P618.htm
6181,google,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing at Google,"Collaborative, Fun, Smart People, Perks, Big Impact","Long Hours, Changeable Strategy, Competitive to get promoted",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6182,google,none," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Lead,Free Food Lots of Responsibility Opportunity to Progress Quickly,No investment in contracted staff Long Hours Poor Pay No real Structure Poor Management,Treat contracted staff as equals,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6183,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting place to work,Various perks are available to staff,Might be tooo fast paced for some,Be on top of things,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6184,google,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"Google has a great culture, awesome perks and cool offices. The food and offices are great. Hours of work are pretty flexible.","Google is a really big company with lots of employees, which makes it more difficult to feel like you are making an impact.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6185,google,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,hi,"stable, good, good salary, good employees","stress,´technical. a lot of new information",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6186,google,none," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Very good place to work for. Great and smart people,Not sure I have any at this point...,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6187,google,Santiago (Chile)," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CFO,Help the community. Transports people on a dayly basis,Difficulies in the financial side,Continioud the effort,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6188,google,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,I liked working for this company. It was a great company with lots of benefits and good perks,Not too many cons. Some of the free cafeteria food they give out is not the best. They should improve the quality of the food they serve,Managements is good at managing. Not real advice to give to them. Keep up the good work you are doing.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6189,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Loved the atmosphere, although a few simply dampened it",Great workplace as must be unanimous. Google knows how to take care of its people.,"Some of my subordinates felt I was trying to one - up them when I was in fact sending in my reports 2 days late (?!) . However, the antidote to this was my awesome manager!  The basketball/ football tournaments are taken far too seriously by some!  The HR was just not ready to take my exit interview as I had some clear words to say about my team! He ended up just rejecting my calls while I was waiting for him for hours together on my last day!",You need more dynamic Senior management in HR.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6190,google,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google,It was an amazing experience in there! I met a lot of amazing people over there and I want to work for them.,The competities are really intensive and everybody are hardworking and don't have too much time to relax.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P619.htm
6191,google,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,"Everything was very cool, best place for interns.","Couldn't come with fair cons, don't want make up them to fill this field.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6192,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Project Manager,Unfair Treatment,"Technical opportunities are there if you seek out the opportunities to prove yourself, despite what you may be hired to do. Hard work toward technical results can be showcased if you continue to build your own professional network within the company. Although Dublin is removed from Engineering, you may be lucky enough to get a 20% project with MTV. You will meet people from all different cultures and background, although they are typically single, young, and unexperienced, which doesn't fully equate to a diverse workplace.","Politics overshadow work and managers and co-workers are empowered to cut each other down to compete for projects and promotions. There is an unfair treatment of technical women with families, where co-workers and managers are empowered to question your abilities based on family obligations even though it's unrelated to work. You will be expected to walk in the door a technical expert and you won't be given adequate time to complete work. You will spend the majority of your time playing politics to management on down to entry level staff. Senior managers and human resources don't have any empathy for building teams, rather their focus is on maintaining a facade of efficiencies.","Invest in leadership and processes to support your staff to break up the hierarchy within teams. Employees who have given up so much to work for the tech giant need fair employment that includes no retaliation, equal access to training and on-boarding, right to speak up and right to contribute.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6193,google,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for if you're mature enough to handle pressure,"- Fantastic environment - Great colleagues, super smart - Continuous learning opportunities - Competitive perks and benefits (swimming pool, health insurance, free food all day long...)","- Super competitive environment, meritocracy - Can be hard to have a good work life balance, not speaking in terms of hours but your brains never really disconnects","- Please stop sending emails at 2am, no one will update you on project status at this hour - Be genuinely interested in your employees career plan, if they tell you they plan on working in e-commerce at some stage, don't offer them to work internally on a global training to increase ""their visibility""",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6194,google,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good company to work on,Good work environment Nice place to work Talent is appreciated Paid vacation free food And lot more,I dont find any cons Every thing is good,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6195,google,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's amazing,It's high tech and amazing,i think it has not any problem,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6196,google,none," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant people in a big company,"smart colleagues, perks and benefits, competitive salary","takes time to make products, since everything needs to be perfectly synchronized",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6197,google,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Great company, lots of opportunities to learn and nice people.","Google is already a large company: more processes, more hierarchy. Which isn't bad but you need to acknowledge it.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6198,google,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Business Intern,Best place to work!,Great Environment Learning Culture Benefits Supportive management Chance to participate in great projects with the biggest companies,I don't think there are any cons. Google is a great place to work and grow and the team's I have came across have a great sentiment of taking care of each other and their clients.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6199,google,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer,Absolutely great environment to work. Fantastic team mates. An environment that is conducive to growth and curiosity. Encouragement and support from all directions.,None than I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6200,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - People Operations Specialist,HR Operations Specialist,"Competitive compensation, great perks, flexibility on working hours. Working spacing is really nice as well. Great managers. Possibility to communicate ideas as junior team member","Becoming really big and hence unavoidable bureaucracy, limited career growth opportunity (hard and slow to get promoted), jobs are mostly mundane grinding work.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P620.htm
6201,google,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Web Developer,Good Search Engine,Too good for searching the internet stuff.,No cons to say about the management,All are good in here,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6202,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Data Analyst,"Awesome place to work with, good environment and facilities","On vendor management, payscale is less and growth options are less",Improve salary structure and growth opportunities for Vendor payroll,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6203,google,none," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent,good environment to work for freshers,nothing to say about cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6204,google,New Delhi (India)," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Very good,excellent working environment with world class facilities,too much salary is given no time to spend this much money,I was undercover.. worked for your business competitiors,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6205,google,Erbil (Iraq)," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Accountant,Good accounting and marketing too,"Great pleace, Salary, learning more and more...and there have opportunity for get better life...and i like Google group, Everyone wanna work there","I would be have some challenges at work, like growth job part which i work in, and make friendly groups between employers",Just honest and great connection between employees,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6206,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work. Go Google!,I really like Google. It's a place where you get a chance to stretch yourself to full capacity. You work with extremely smart people.,"Don't really have a lot of cons to add here. Company vision of ""making the world a better place"" can be a bit corny at times but perhaps that is because I watch too much Silicon Valley :)","Keep doing what you do. Hire the best engineers, and give them enough autonomy and space to create value.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6207,google,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Strategist,"A lot of fun, great people","Work-life balance is bad, mediocre management",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6208,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - User Experience/UI Designer,Just great place to work in!,"One of the best place to work in. Perks are in general excellent and give to the worker a lot of independence and trust. Management is great, and there is plenty of grow opportunities all over the world","It is difficult to see cons in this company, only maybe that if you are not careful enough your work/life balance can quickly became off balance.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6209,google,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - Ads Quality Evaluator,Ads Quality Evaluator,"Working in a very chill workplace, you have plenty of free food provided, the manager is so easy going and beautiful","Its a routine job, you basically have to do the same tasks every single day which is kinda boring and not challenging enough","The overall task was fun, but task should be more challenging since you just have to think the inside the given frame.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6210,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Product Support Specialist,My experience at work was economically very good,"The salary and the food provided was very, very good",I didn't like the fact that Google didn't help me at all in finding an accommodation as I went to work for BigG from abroad,"Please, do not be so slave of the money God, enjoy yourselves and live your lives with your families. They exist too !!!",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P621.htm
6211,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best people to work with and culture,"Google's stringent hiring standards has created a company with excellent employees and a great environment to work in. Colleagues are extremely intelligent, driven, diverse, and accepting.","The only downside about the culture is that most people at Google are ""type A"" personalities which makes internal competition extremely high.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6212,google,none," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and Cons - Just Like Any Other Big Company,"Amazing people who are really talented and bright, loads of employee benefits",Career development is virtually impossible if you come into the company at senior level. Far too Mountain View centric in recent years - need a more global perspective. Difficult to grow careers after middle management unless you are prepared to move to HQ in the US,"#1 Promote internal senior people into senior roles - don't make the development process so difficult that it becomes a disincentive for hiring managers to develop their senior people. It shouldn't be easier to hire senior people in from outside! You are losing amazing senior leaders. #2 Create opportunities for staff outside of Mountain View. Hire from your regions - i.e. Leaders with EMEA experience in EMEA, leaders with APAC experience in APAC. Please stop putting random British/American guys into senior leadership roles around the world when they lack the cultural and language skills - grow your local talent. #3 Understand that people leadership is much more important that functional expertise in senior roles. There are too many 'experts' in senior roles who lack EQ, people management skills and compassion. #Need more effort to dismantle the 'boys club'",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6213,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Google Applications Program Manager,Amazing place,"Great place to work, really enjoyed my time there. Gt to work on some really cool projects and integrate with different teams. The food is good too",Hard to convert to full time status,Give contractors more of a chance,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6214,google,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Software Engineer Intern,"The projects are Challenging...and great Environment & Food,",Very expensive housing in the mountain view area,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6215,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company that truly cares about their people,"-They do everything they can to help you be happy, productive, equal etc. -The perks really help you run your life smoothly -The people you get to work with are mostly amazing.","-It's too easy to be online 24.7 - they don't do enough to help people detach from work in evenings. -There are small pockets of ""bad"" people in the company who don't seem to fit the company values. -Hard to get promoted with many people becoming ""stuck"" in current roles.",Take back ownership of creating Google's magical culture - its starting to drain away slowly.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6216,google,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great cool place,"- really smart people, great work environment",work / life balance difficult to manage,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6217,google,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Developer Programs Engineer,Super Experience,Best company that I have worked so far.,"There's no time for your personal life, have to adjust your work schedule based on manager.",Thanks for providing opportunity.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6218,google,none," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Woww google yes it is what an organisation really impressed now i am full rich,A lot of work projects no time no chill outs every time studying what not full boring,Please select students from srm they are brilliant and they take the company to other range,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6219,google,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Good open work environment. Really friendly staff.,Very busy schedule. lot's of work to do.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6220,google,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Good employeer,Smart people. Doing the right thing.,Large company. Some politics and middle management problems.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P622.htm
6221,google,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - HTML Developer,Google,Good reputed company in the world. Enjoying working here.,Management behavior is not well.,Improve behavior with juniors,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6222,google,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment for entry-level programmers,"- Benefits of Google employee can be found anywhere. - Learn new things, make new stff",- Work-life balance is not good,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6223,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,Perfect place for fresh grads,"Great perks, good options to move to different teams and locations",Work life balance hard to achieve,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6224,google,none," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,"Good place to work. Nice Culture, balanced hours. Cool perks, not much pressure.",Limited challenging problems to tackle.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6225,google,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working at Google,"Google really makes you feel that they really care about you. Everything is well organized, people are really friendly. You will also get a lot of opportunities to grow your career.","Most of the technologies are built on top of Google's own infrastructure, so the learning curve is steep for a new joiner.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6226,google,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"* If you're a software engineer, you're among the kings of the hill at Google. It's an engineer-driven company without a doubt (that *is* changing, but it's still very engineer-focused). * The perks are amazing. Yes, free breakfast, lunch, an dinner every weekday. Aaaaaamazing holiday parties (at Waldorf Astoria, NY Public Library, MoMA, etc.), overnight ski trips to Vermont, overnight nature trips to the Poconos","* It *is* becoming larger, and with it comes growing pains: bureaucracy, slow to respond to market threats, bloated teams, cross-divisional tension (though nothing remotely approaching that of Microsoft's internal tension).",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6227,google,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work environment!,"- good salaries, good environment to work at - fully coopertaive team, working in the us, competitive people",the work there may stressful for some people as there is much work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6228,google,Chennai (India)," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Structural Steel Detailing,STRUCTURAL STEEL DETAILING,Learn tot of things in our platform.,Good environment to work and learn a lot of things.,Please do not give work hard for the labours.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6229,google,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Great, Changing, Global, Food, Learning",I don't have a negative comment,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6230,google,"Waterloo, ON (Canada)"," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Developer,Developer,"Challenging workplace that keeps you sharp. Inspiring environment to get/keep your creative juices flowing. A great culture that works best as a cohesive unit, rather than individuals.",The office is always low on coffee (makes sense). Communication between management outside of the office is rarely a challenge.* More lunch on Friday's.,Never stop communicating.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P623.htm
6231,google,New Delhi (India)," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Summer of Code,Got to learn awesome stuff.,no cons in general just the communication between mentor and student is less.,Worth trying and experience is awesome.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6232,google,none," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience at Google Beijing,"Great people, great environment and great food, everyone is very warm to help me with my work. Lots of great party after work.","Some extra thing such as ""foreigner teacher's language class"" is not available to Intern, but it is totally reasonably.","I don't know, maybe a few more offices and a few more job positions at China, since China is a pretty big market.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6233,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Best company ever,Highly intelligent and friendly colleagues and managers. Senior management trusts about employees and often takes time to share business insights.,Too much inhouse facilities and food that keep employees in the office. Can be stressful if you are unwilling to work hard because colleagues are bright and highly engaged.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6234,google,Mumbai (India)," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Maharashtra,Salary,Firstly the annual stock bonus is Awesome also the paid holidays and the unpaid one's are the perfect match for us a base salary of $150k and signing bonus of 50k adds up to the fortune for the total compensation.,No cons but to get a job here is too hard.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6235,google,none," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Experienced mentors, excellent pay, world class projects",Nothing. Just awesome it is,You all are awesome,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6236,google,none," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic,Great people and leadership Fantastic perks and office,The offices are really spread out over London Compensation not as great in UK compared to other locations,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6237,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Generally good,"Perks and benefits, good vacation and bonus. Paid maternity and paternity leave",Poor work life balance. Late meetings with US. Unclear promotion process,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6238,google,Karāchi (Pakistan)," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - SWE Intern,An amazing place to work,"Food, Massage, Environment, Learning opportunities",None that I can see,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6239,google,Istanbul (Turkey)," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Analytical Lead,Analytical Lead,"Work life balance, innovative, culture",huge organisation may feel part of a too big,keep the lower level of hierarchy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6240,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - SRE,Your typical Google review,It's Google:   - The teams I worked with were pretty strong   - The infrastructure is interesting to work with   - The benefits are great (in Zurich),"It's Google:   - The company is big, so there is bureaucracy   - Things may move slowly   - May be difficult to find an interesting project to work on after a while especially in satellite offices","Maybe it I could find an interesting project, I would've stayed - and I heard the same sentiment from other people too.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P624.htm
6241,google,"Paki, Kano (Nigeria)"," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Analyst,Good company,Very Good company to work in.,salary compensation is not upto the mark,Hire new talent from good colleges,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6242,google,none," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Many benefits, meals, gym, full health coverage, multicultural and interesting. Many company events and personal development path. You have the chance to meet talented people from all over the world.",Career path relatively slow. Min 2 years before any promotion. Management is inexperienced and interview process very tiring and mainly handled by inexperienced non management employees.,A lot of improvement required.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6243,google,Paris (France)," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Process, process, process - No evolution","- Free food, perks, working for the leader","- Hire always the same profile on the sell side (Consulting firms) - No possible evolution. If you don't start as a manager, you have 95% chance of not being one at Google in the futures - Company got too big. We do not understand anymore the aded value of our job . - Process and reorgs kills the spirit and the atmosphere of Google - Internal moves are getting really difficult to obtain",Do not forget about the people. a great company is not just about perks and business. People needs a chance to touch all part of business and enjoy their tasks,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6244,google,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Account Strategist,"The best about working at Google is the people that work there. The environment is incredibly friendly, everyone is willing to help you, your manager cares about your personal careers goals... Really, the food, the massages and the relax rooms are something secondary.",Not major cons for working at Google,Internal communication should be improved,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6245,google,none," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,big company,big platform and great company,"no freedom, hard to be promoted",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6246,google,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still on top!,"Awesome colleagues, free food, office space & core values",The big corporate environment might create some pressure,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6247,google,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,best benefits including free lunch and delicious snacks. work-life balance.,cannot improve personal skills fast.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6248,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Evaluation,"It is a great company. There are a lot of opportunities for internal transfer. Free food, free gym. Very qualified co-workers",The expectation is to high. They hire over-qualified people for the roles.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6249,google,none," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,all good,Great benefits and great compensation,Too large and lots of big company problems,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6250,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Administrative Business Partner,Exceptional!,"It's a place where each and every person is valued for their contribution to the company. For so long, being an EA has felt like an inferior position to many but at Google, you are considered as one of the team. Working somewhere with minimal hierarchy is a breath of fresh air - the benefits and food are also out of this world! Dream job and company","For me, there aren't any cons. I guess if my waistline was writing this review it would have to say the snack drawers are an evil temptation with the winter months just around the corner!","Keep the culture as it is - strong, passionate, inspiring, rewarding and challenging!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P625.htm
6251,google,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great company to work for,"myriad of opportunities, open culture","None, base pay that you take home is not that great.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6252,google,none," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you get a job offer from Google you should accept it,Incredible offices Outstanding benefits Good salary Fantastic colleagues and culture Best company you could have on your resume Lost of internal movement. After a year you can apply to pretty much any other role internally and globally I would recommend working for Google to anyone. If you get a job offer you should accept it,Career progression is difficult and slow More and more politics and bureaucracy Limited space for innovation Difficult to move from sales to engineer Technical skills in sales won't get you far Make sure you are in a role that is critical for the organisation you work for,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6253,google,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Very good work,life food.great projects care and fun.i love it here.","difficult work,lot of creativity required and hardwork. no promotions and no fun.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6254,google,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Gig,Best environment for fostering creativity. Allowed for good team bonding and stent strategic partnerships amongst colleagues. Overall a great experience. Highly recommend.,Lots of over time work. Expected to delivery projects on short time lines. Lots of ideas going on at one time. Management focused on results at times vs. Process or accuracy.,Keep doing what your are doing and listen to the front line workers more often. Many good ideas will come from those who gave the problems head on. I think they will continue to grow and succeed.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6255,google,Lübeck (Germany)," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA Engineer,- nice work environment - good life - work balance - CEO and employees were passionate about their product and photography in general,- not many opportunities for development,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6256,google,none," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,They really care about your wellbeing,"You get free food! They have the best facilities and conference rooms, which really inspire and encourage creativity. Good pay.",Not really sure. I guess it's a fairly small building compared to other google facilities.,Keep up the good work. Keep everyone happy still.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6257,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,it was ok the staff were good and the timings were okay,nothing much to say except.the transport,treat employees with respect,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6258,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Overall good Company,"-Free food, drinks, snacks -Great offices with lots of fun to be had -Surrounded by bright people -You'll be heard","-Office politics (internal mail threads longer than the orient express) -Promotions often based on ''visibility'' projects (with no real outcomes) -Many outside managers coming in, hard to progress to team lead positions","-Promote more from within -Promote on skills, not visibility & politics",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6259,google,New Delhi (India)," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working Experience,Extremely freindly environment. Good competition and learn a lot.,Lot of work to do.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6260,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Recruiter,Great candidates and friendly hiring managers. Everything is decided according to data so it takes the issues out of making decisions and allows for the best decision to be surfaced.,"Hiring managers can't hire who they want or need, but have to rely on a quality focussed, but somewhat removed process.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P626.htm
6261,google,none," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"Really good working environment, friendly co-workers.",The project is really boring and non-impressive.,I think managers (or hosts) are very nice.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6262,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Awesome place to work,"Great minds all around, awesome free food, great office, lots to learn",Sometimes people might get too relaxed there.,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6263,google,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"best job ever, i just cant explain how good this job is...such a good times in the office..we we`re always free to share our ideas",A little over pressuring,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6264,google,none," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Project Manager,Great benefits and work life balance!,None that I have encountered.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6265,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Product Quality Operations,4 managers in 2 years is a bit too much,"Perks. Lots of food, vacations, discounts. The company treats you like Royalty.",Products are saturated. Difficult to bring around change in processes. Re-orgs are the worst. Frequent change of leadership. Training/On-boarding programs not very structured.,Please stop hiring from MuSigma and ZS. Folks from these companies are used to slog and set unrealistic expectations for the rest. Spoils the culture greatly.,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6266,google,none," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great!!!!,Great culture  amazing perks  great food !!!!!,bored of work  as of nothing else,your doing a great job solving some real life problems,3.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6267,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Engineering Internship,Awesome facilities and treatment. Interaction with experienced and brilliant employees.,Slow development cycle might affect your internship project's pace.,HRs need to be cooperative and prompt.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6268,google,none," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Great culture, benefits and coworkers. If you like working with challenging technical problems I can't think of a better place than Google.",Long commute for those who live in the GTA and cannot/will not relocate to KW area.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6269,google,none," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"It's a Google office, that's all you should need to know.","While the office is definitely nice, the environment is definitely Jessa l less interesting and work less diverse than in the big centers in mountain view or even Zurich",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6270,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,Wipro as a vendor,The best working environment to work with and can working here is a day to day development for ua mind and career as well,Salary is way less than what we work and have no transparency,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P627.htm
6271,google,"Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good but better to work in another country,"It's Google, many interesting things to do there. Many opportunities to grow. Many perks and good smart colleagues.",The company culture is different from that of other countries. They are less relaxed and less centralized and some teams are very toxic.,Make sure that you make people feel part of the big Google. It's good to keep a local atmosphere but people have expectations when they join and you might disappoint them.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6272,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Analyst,Great experience :),Freedom to practice your hobby alongside work :),Work pressure is a bit high ...,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6273,google,none," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Growing company,lot of scope to grow","Tough to get in,become a bit linient",Become less strict,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6274,google,Kolkata (India)," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Executive,Do you wanna good job... Then face it,"Best opportunities to get your Carrier settled, looks very professional and very resourcefull, find some new skills to gain more. This company is very resourcefulness for the Bachelor candidate.",Try to gain some challenge's. But trust me I don't have faced any challenges yet. Just moving on to go forward to get some challenge's.,Try to gain more job offers,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6275,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Analyst,Quality Analyst,Good Company for the starters,Should concentrate more on employees for their benefits,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6276,google,none," Aug 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"great place to work at ,very much recommended","none,great place to work at",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6277,google,Beirut (Lebanon)," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineering,Amazing,Best company you will ever work with,Nothing everything is so good there,Facilitate the job seeker's applications,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6278,google,none," Aug 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Very good company to work for. Good managment,Nothing to mention. No cons to think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6279,google,Noida (India)," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Google is the best place to work. The timings are flexible and the salaries are good,too much work pressure. deadlines are hard. not as good as they portray on media,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6280,google,none," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Operations,Overall,"Innovative environment, no bureaucracy , fast decisions",lack of process due to rapid growth,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P628.htm
6281,google,none," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Engineer,Sales Engineer,"Salary, environment, work/life balance, learning and growing opportunities",Sometimes the hiring process is too long,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6282,google,none," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"good company, good people,great experience","bad payment,bad management, to much of stress, fully one man management",respect people,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6283,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great :),"It's as good as what everyone says - great people, great perks, great work.",We're now a big organization - not the nimble cute start up that people often think we are. Expect a level of politics and chaos that comes with being big.,"Find ways to keep people excited and motivated, so they don't feel like a cog in a giant organization",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6284,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to Grow and Gain!,"Friendly, transparent and honest company to grow with and to gain tons of experience. You'll come out a very confident and content person.",Perks are always way higher than Pay. Hiring process can be extra complicated! Growth is completely dependent on merit.,"Continue to hire great folks and uphold all the great values, Google stands for! Keep up all the good work :)",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6285,google,Paris (France)," Aug 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you work in Mountain View,No need to describe the pros for Google.,It's a very large company - in most cases your impact will be invisible. Working in any other location than Mountain View means you're likely not going to be involved in any exciting/high-impact projects (despite the hype).,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6286,google,none," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legal Intern,"Interesting issues, best workplace, good colleagues",Practically nothing worth to mention.,The only problem is that after the internship is very difficult to be confirmed in the legal sector.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6287,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Benefits, Perks, Salary, Peer Bonuses,","Work Life Balance, US Centralized",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6288,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Interesting work and great culture,"Interesting problems at Google scale. Great, smart work colleges. My team is small and focused. Great benefits.",Google is a large company and occasionally the bureaucracy that comes with this seeps through to my work.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6289,google,none," Jul 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,@tealswan,""" If something is wrong with you and you believe in a higher power, then you'd have to believe that the higher power makes mistakes. Do you? """,""" Thought is energy that is organized into a specific frequency. That frequency is then organized by the brain into chemicals and signals which tell the body how to interact with the rest of the physical world. The brain is organizing the thought into physical ""perception"". It is a translator rather than the originator of thoughts. Thought does not originate. Let's pretend it is like clay with no beginning. The clay is not created by the sculptor, but the sculptor organizes the clay into meaning. The thought is thinking. Thought and thinker are one in the same. I agree with I think therefore I am. Because the only point at which one knows that one ""is"", is the point at which they think that they are.... and so , they are! PS - Thought is non matter and also matter. Physical matter is a thought that has been thought enough that it begins to take on ""static properties"". """,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6290,google,none," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"great place to work ,nice culture",pay is not as good,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P629.htm
6291,google,Chennai (India)," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Research Engineer,Senior financial analyst,Google is top most esteemed company in world. I Am very proud and want to be part of it.,I never heard downstairs of the company,Kindly give a chance to prove myself,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6292,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,myrev,"fun,interesting, excting, good salary, wonderful people","work hard, long hour, intense, too much colaboration",keep on,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6293,google,none," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still great,"Great technology, great people. It really is motivating and fun to work here if you like technology.","Large company, on occasion it can be hard to navigate / find your way to getting things done: takes time to learn the processes / teams / stakeholders.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6294,google,none," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,I suggest it is very good company,I have no any cons about companny,No,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6295,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - IT Analyst,IT Analyst,"Great working environment. Free Food, Cab Facility",I could not find any cons as yet,I don't think I am even eligible to give any advice to the Management.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6296,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Good to Work in Google,There is no Cons in Google,Excellent,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6297,google,none," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,Great work environment. Smart people. Everyone is passionate.,You're part of something way bigger than yourself. Don't really feel like you're making a huge change.,Google has some of the the greatest management and people I have ever had the pleasure of working with.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6298,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Amazing jumpstart for young and ambitious,- Coworkers - Challenges - Dynamic Environment - Amazing personal and professional growth,- Slowly getting a bit bureaucratic - Politics,"Focus on your employee happiness & their ability to grow the business by working closely with clients, not on internal metrics.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6299,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 16, 2016",Former Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist,The culture is something that I really appreciate at Google,Decisions are made very quickly sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6300,google,none," Jul 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environment and collegues,- Great working environment - good atmosphere - cross functional collobration,- Can be more work-life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P630.htm
6301,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Great benefits, but job is unsatisfying","Typical of tech firms: great perks that you not gonna get to use much anyway (gym, ping pong, snack...)","I can only speak for the team I'm with though (Customer Experience): the biggest cons is probably that they over hire while tasking people with very specific job so that at the end of day, you are not learning anything, and yet because of the great perks and depreciation of your skills (since you're not learning much compared to the similar young guys/gals at more nimble firms), you are reluctant to or cannot move anywhere. Think of the frog in the boiling pot tale.  Politics is big big as well (more than the company wiling to acknowledge)",Please do not hire overqualified people for the job and make them do very monotonous tasks,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6302,google,none," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Interesting place to work, let down by politics",Smart people. Free food. Lots of interesting work.,Politics! Politic! politics! and er Smart people. Free food. Lots of interesting work.,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6303,google,Athens (Greece)," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"flexibility, compensation, culture, balance, colleagues","structure, size, repetitive work, information, rigidity",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6304,google,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing TVC,Marketing TVC,Work at a top company with great culture.,TVC's don't have as many privileges as Googlers do.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6305,google,none," Jul 23, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Growing (too?) fast,"Besides the compensation package as a whole (perks, remuneration, stocks), which is good, the company culture is great. You meet great and bright people and get to work with some of them.","Depending on your role, you might (frequently) miss out on all the various perks. Depending on your team's size you might be limited in your professional development, ie. not getting the chance to actually sign up for/attend technical/soft skill trainings when the team is small or missing out on career development feedback when the team is too large.","Despite the fast pace and growth (which is a good thing!) try to keep good track of how roles and teams are evolving. Growing fast is great, taking some time to reflect at times on top is even better.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6306,google,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great in the US, not so in Europe","You will work with some of the smartest people in your field, and always have opportunity to learn new things.  For the US it has a quite good corporate culture with much individual freedom. Compared to the Nordic countries in Europe, it's about par for the course compared to startups and smaller companies.  Compensation is good, but is also geared towards keeping you at the office more (food benefits and various services etc).  Privacy concerns are taken seriously, access to personal data is, contrary to popular belief, very hard to get. You will be able to play with aggregated, anonymized data.","You're expected to work hard and much. The ""20% time for your own projects"" is a myth, more like 120% time. If you're outside the US, count on there being late night and early morning Hangout meetings with US/India several times during the weekdays.  If you're working in engineering but not as a software engineer, you will have a hard time getting good performance reviews, as all teams will value their own higher than outsiders.  Compared to other companies in more forward-thinking countries, Google is about par for the course compared to individual freedom, but you still have have the US-styled meddling micro-managing bosses.  There is great inertia in making things happen at foreign offices, things that were implemented in the US took 1-3 years to happen in Europe. If there was a tax deductable benefit that was available in your country but not in the US, it could take even longer to get it set up. The really good benefits never make it outside Mountain View.  The workplace in most offices is really crappy, the norm is small desks (hope you're not sitting opposite someone with long legs), crappy chairs, people bunched up together.  Unless you work in ads, you should be expecting your project could be shut down at any minute. If you work in ads, you'll be under pressure to make more money to the company. Even if you implement a change that increases company revenue by millions of dollars, don't expect that it will affect your bonus or salary more than an extra $10k or so - you've proven your worth, but if they pay you too much, you might leave to pursue other interests.","Pretty much all managers I met at Google seemed great at the surface, and few of them did anything really bad towards employees. However, few of them seemed to do much good either! It seemed they were always in some battle of resources with another team or office, which meant they had little time to help with career development, coaching and similar things.  Allow a certain annuum that people can invest in their workplace environment, I could easily get 2x 30"" monitors valued at $1500 each, but it was impossible to get a new chair or standing table for $500 without a doctors note that my back was ruined.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6307,google,none," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,As good as they say,"Google is a great company, the take care of their emplyees and make them feel appreciated. The pay is very good and the benefits are awesome. Working environment is great and you feel like your work is actually doing something for other people.","There is no marketing there, they have people looking for opportunities of companies to sell advertising to, and they arrange meetings to tell people what Google do, but that's it, at least in South America there is no marketing and that is what I like and I'm good at.",Since Google is such a great company and everybody in this world knows about them it will be good to let people who come with a backgrownd in marketing that their work will have nothing to do with real marketing jobs..,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6308,google,none," Jul 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,It is good company for learning,nothing to specify about cons..,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6309,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Associate account strategist,- Great people - Great culture - Great products - Innovative spirit  Overall the company is focussed on success of the product and also of the people. There is good coaching program where the goal is really to move the people forward.,- Politics - Some projects are done just for visibility - Micromanagement - Lots of metrics - Big company approach - what is working on big market should also work on small,"Do not be afraid to challenge not only subsidiaries, but also management, which is sometimes bringing ideas which are not helping the everyday job at all.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6310,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - SRE,don't drink the koolaid.,"interesting work. ""free"" lunch. (also sometimes breakfast and dinner depending on the office.) toys and gimmicks include gym, pool tables, . SRE and SWE teams are treated very well.",huge discrepancy in how different departments are treated. work life balance is poor to medium (depending on department). there's no such thing as a free lunch.,"if you are one of the managers of one of the privileged teams who cares, please notice how badly other departments are managed. i've been treated very well for the last few years in SRE. i was treated worse than a dog in the position before that.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P631.htm
6311,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great team!,Great place and team environment,Can be very high targets!,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6312,google,"Nanaimo, BC (Canada)"," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Volunteer,Great,Good volunteer opportunities for a young person,"Repetitive work delivering water, trash bags",More responsibilities.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6313,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good to work. lot to learn,tough to make your way up,no,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6314,google,none," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Associate,"A lot of impact, Interesting People","Very little Guidance, Impression to work for the positioning of the Director instead of the benefits of Google",Assign Interns to Leadership-Experienced Employees,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6315,google,none," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Service Delivery,It depends !!,"A Fantastic place to work, good benefits & get to work with the latest technology. Good vision for growth & of course the 'Google Experience""","Service Delivery Senior Management are an absolute joke, bullying, nepotism, lying & chaos. The most un Googley department in the whole company.","A great place to work, but something needs to change in this department. Some of the blame has to be on Google because they are turning a blind eye to this. Extreme bullying, verbal bashing & general do as I say, not as I do attitude. I was very lucky that a good offer came along & that was my way out !!",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6316,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,good,good company good money not bad pay,hierarchy too much autonomy really,give autonomy,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6317,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Once you go...,"Smart people, great environment, nice perks (pool, gaming, music, gym, etc) great industry, reputation of the company - just awesome","getting used to such great experiences that working in any other company (unless of course it's a startup) will feel like a downgrade. Most opportunities are in the larger countries like UK, FR, DE or EMEA HQ in Dublin or USA. Other than that, in smaller markets there aren't many career opportunities as the offices are small",keep going! I think that management in Google is great so I don't think there's any advice needed! Maybe focusing more in self-development and in retention as there are plenty of millennials in the company,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6318,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Amazing,itt is an amazing company good. very very good.,nothing everything is amazing at google even its name.,everythings good but hire more people,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6319,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Head of Business Development,Phenomenal place,"Entrepreneurial fun, full of smart, ambitious, open minded people. Healthy chaos, healthy disrespect for experience.","The biggest battle for Google is to remain Google and continue growing. Finding self motivation and top level mandate for middle managers to go beyond the incremental, to break new grounds in a company as large and successful as Google.",Find a way to retain the culture and zeal in Alphabet that Google originally grew up with ! :-),5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6320,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,k,"Free Food Free cab ,Full Fun",NO growth. same money no increment,none,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P632.htm
6321,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Search Quality Strategist,Great companyto work for!,- Great environment - cordial and brilliant Co workers,- work can feel too monotonous after some time,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6322,google,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Content Review Analyst,Work Experience,Good opportunity for first job after graduated.,The position does not match my education background.,Put the right man in the right job.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6323,google,none," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I work in Google,It is fun working in Google. Work culture is amazing. Very competitive atmosphere. Talented people to work with.,There are hardly any cons. The company is amazing and it is well known to everyone.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6324,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,entry level,good and fun working with them,no cons with them,nice,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6325,google,none," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Google is a company with pretty good culture. You will get a really good salary and a lot of amazing benefits.,"As a giant, Google is growing rapidly. However, currently most of Google's revenues are coming from Ads. There are many small projects which makes no money and is actually a little boring. So you may have to consider the team carefully.",I think Google's management is pretty good.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6326,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,good salary,There is a Good salary Good environment Great colleagues Comfortable,A bit boring after a while Too promotion focused,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6327,google,none," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its is awesome,Its is better than good. Android lover and dream to work at Google. Its really a good experience to work at Google.,I didn't found any of con's.. Coz there is no such con's for Google. Its just that the increments are not easy.,Nothing.. It us good,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6328,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Strategist,Strategist,"Amazing place for collaboration and learning to work with a team, ability to question the rationale for any decision being made, pampered to the next level with all the perks",Pace of execution is slow,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6329,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Team Manager,Team Manager,"Fantastic team members, lots of benefits, fast paced and challenging.","Management was more concerned about their next move up the ladder, than taking care of their team and provide good results.","Do a good job where you are now, not for the position you could have in the future.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6330,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Culture,"Work Culture is great and Managers are good human beings. Place is chilled out and people are fun. Free food, travel will help you save more",Work might seem not so challenging. Many roles have glorified names with not so great work Be sure about what you are signing up for,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P633.htm
6331,google,none," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best!,Fast paced and amazing working environment. It is truly a learning experience like no other! If you want a career in tech then this is the place to be,"If you are not used to being pushed to the brink of hard work then this is not the role for you, google is looking for the best and that is going to require you to work the hardest.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6332,google,none," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Best infrastructure in the world. You can learn a lot.,Low workload. People didn't move fast.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6333,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Product Quality Analyst,"Former SQE/PQO, Current Trust and Safety @Google Ireland","Amazing people, huge automation expertise, operational excellence","Same tasks over and over, high expectations","More transparency, clarified career ladders",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6334,google,none," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD,nice place to work in google,Everything is ok but some time managments are very strict,notinh,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6335,google,none," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is better than any other company,Culture and better understanding of the employment,Google is the place where we can have food for free and we can eat anything that we want,try just try - don't complain !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6336,google,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Amazing Culture,"Smart people, awesome perks, flexibility and work life balance",People are over qualified for their positions,Give more space for people to be challenged,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6337,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2016",Former Employee - Programmer Analyst,"awsome work culture, no politics, everything is fine there u can join","food, enjoyment, colleagues, super facility cabs, meetings fun session","nothing all i sawsome, noo need to worry",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6338,google,none," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,- Nice perks - Nice enviroment,"- Promotions not very fair, specially in BR",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6339,google,none," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google programmer,Great food and relaxed environment,Unsocial environment where it is difficult to get promoted due to company politics,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6340,google,Bengaluru (India)," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,Great place with lots of extra perks and benefits.,Big company structure. Lots of documentation required for everything,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P634.htm
6341,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 18, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Good salary and benefits, but no opportunities for growth unless you are in the US.","Salary, offices, massage, benefits, people. Google looks after you, from food to flexible working hours. If you are geek that loves tech this is a place for you.","Mediocre middle level managers, with no experience. Impossible to move files internally as the majority of roles are already taken before they are even advertised.","Review employees skills, don't let people with too much experience to be left carrying boxes and creating email templates.",3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6342,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Sourcer,Great company,"Great company to work for, they look after you and you are surrounded by super smart entrepreneurial people.",They only hire the best but the job itself is just like a job in any other company so sometimes you feel like your smarts / skillset are being wasted.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6343,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 28, 2016",Former Employee - Held- Analyst,Associate,Best Organization ever to work for,No employee growth for contract employees,To offer chances to contract employees as well,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6344,google,Pune (India)," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,SALARY,Work balance is good. Team members are helpful,Not connected to City Salary hike is below average Not enough onsite oppportunities,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6345,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Outsourcing Project Manager,Outsourcing Project Manager,"* Overall flexibility (hours, working remotely/office) * Good initial compensation structure * Strong and skilled people in technical areas",* Overly focused on internal structures and not with scalable solutions that will lead to processes or product improvements * Performance evaluation structure is very dependent on direct manager and how they can perform on calibration sessions * Over time compensation stops becoming attractive with equity grants no longer having a dramatic impact in total compensation,Focus on taking care of your tenured and top performing people. In the business organization positions stop becoming interesting and challenges are normally seen as top-down instead of self-initiated.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6346,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Java Developer,Good,good pay if you put in the work you can earn extra money. this way money stacks up. Annual reviews with pay upgrades but no downgrades.,there is really nothing to complain about. Good company. If you put in extra work you get promoted faster and get bonuses.,Please stay the way you are. Your bonus program is great and the people there are nice to work with. Good company overall.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6347,google,Sydney (Australia)," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,"Great place to work as expected, but also very much a cooporate",Awesome culture as you would expect. People are smart and easy to get along with.,"At times the company felt slow moving and very corporate with lots of top-down decision making that feels detached from the engineers on the group.  You never feel like you are working on the coolest Google product, there are so many.  Although culture is friendly it doesn't feel like a family.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6348,google,Paris (France)," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience but set your personal objectives,"Difficult to beat Google! Best perks and benefits in the industry....Amazing opportunities to work on side projects, to travel, to meet fantastic people. This is actually valued & encouraged even if it means less time on your core job - but you need to show you can manage your time well.","Don't expect you will climb up the ladder! No evolution (besides money obviously, which is the only way they will try to keep you and make you happy). Before starting working there you should set your own personal objectives in terms of what you want to achieve, learn, experience etc. The sky is the limit! But don't expect you will become a VP. Also highly political and the only way to climb the ladder is to play well. Careful: money can be dangerous and you can end up feeling like in a golden jail. It's hard to quit Google and recruiters will laugh at your face when they will hear your salary expectations once you have Google on your resume.",Learn how to manage...I don't think management is valued enough and I only had poor managers while at Google. But people should not rely on their managers to do interesting things.,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6349,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Average,perks are awesome. Flexible work timings. No micro managing. Competitive salary and bonus.,Grungy work. No work at times. Too much legacy code. Review cycles take too long. Code check in happens seldom.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6350,google,none," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Free food, lot's of interesting and clever people and exciting work to collaborate on.","Sometimes it feels like it can be a competition to be the best, since there's a lot of clever people. Also sometimes it feels like you're under-utilized.","Keep doing what you're doing, it's an exciting fun place to work but maybe try to make sure the workers always feel they're being utilized.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P635.htm
6351,google,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Manager,"big name, learning environment, grogressive carrer",too busy a lot of work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6352,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer,Diverse,Good work/life balance Office space is very nice Good location - very central You're always working beside a great group of people,Workload can be high so hours can extend on longer than intended. Not as bad as it seems because the work is enjoyable.,None.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6353,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Too much Politics and Bad Management,"Google is a great company and I feel its values and its mission is still what it makes such a great company. You feel that the work that you do really have an impact on people, that's the most beautiful thing about working at Google.","Too much politics especially in the Dublin office. The management is so bad that people leave out of desperation, frustration, and so so much disappointment. Stress and anxiety are very common among Googlers, where everyone wants to excel. It is you against them and you are pushed to work harder and harder and harder every day.  Google knew no competition till a few years ago, but things are changing and management need to understand that it is not through pushing their employees to the extreme that they are going to bring more revenue in, eventually people will leave and talents will go to the competition.. is it really worth it?","Change your mentality! Do not push everyone to their limits and really focus on retaining your talents, you are not doing this!",1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6354,google,Bengaluru (India)," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineering,Best place to work,Google has highly talented engineers and great work culture. The food is also very good. One can learn a lot from colleagues.,Nothing major that stands out,Interview process can be made little faster.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6355,google,none," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Manager,"Trying their best to keep us, but...","Google does have a strong focus on keeping us happy. And compared to a lot of of places, I have to say that they are doing great. Competitive salary, diverse roles, great culture with inspiring people around you. Work/life balance is a focus as well.","Despite their efforts, they run into the classical hierarchical challenge: keeping their talents when the ""top"" gets cramped. Also they began hiring x-mckinsey which means that business processes have been streamlined without taking cultural differences into account. This could damage the motivation that drives a-players.","Remember what Google did the first 10 years. Then use your internal data to scale that. Dare to challenge your hierarchical structure even more, and motivate that culture that made people take chances.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6356,google,none," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big company,"Workstyle is so flexible, not the 9 to 5 regulation.",Sales performance is tracked in the micro way by internal system. Take time to be accountable.,Keep showing us the big picture and mission.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6357,google,Sydney (Australia)," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still an amazing company to work for,"Amazing perks, amazing co-workers, unique ability to influence the world.",There is no getting around the fact that Google is a big company now.,Continue to foster internal competition - Google is too big to allow only one team to tackle each space.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6358,google,Tokyo (Japan)," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Industry Head,Head of industry,Very fair culture and advanced technologies to compete strongly against IT giants. Good and positive culture combined with excellent working environment.,Not well organized that we call 'ambiguity'. The local offices should follow the global strategy based on centralized decision structure.,Nothing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6359,google,Champs-Sur-Marne (France)," Jun 8, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,SWE Intern,"Fun to learn & work, Great perks, Nice offices","A lot of internal infrastructure, Frustrating intern conversion process",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6360,google,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior QA Analyst,"Good work environment. Keeping on learning new technology, Independent work. Flexible working hours",I couldn't find any cons at google,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P636.htm
6361,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Great employer in great city,Perks Great colleagues Easy commute to the office Great city to live in,Late night meetings with headquarters in California,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6362,google,none," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing workplace,"Just like what you probably saw on TV/YouTube, the work environment is laid back and you get to work with so many smart and hard-working co-workers. Free breakfast/lunch/dinner are awesome of course!","I really didn't have much to complain about working at Google. If you want the best perks (food, gym, other goodies), you might want to join MTV headquarters.","Please keep up the good work environment. Not sure if it has changed, but maybe reduce the amount of work required to finish perf?",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6363,google,none," May 7, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Amazing place to be as a new grad. You learn valuable best practices, are surrounded by smart people. The learning opportunities are endless.","As you grow inside the company, you get exposed to more and more politics. Also, you need to get lucky in terms of the team/project you end up on if you want to ve going anywhere.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6364,google,Tokyo (Japan)," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,"Good colleagues, fun work environmernt, and solid management. Great autonomy when you work for the local office.","Promotion is slow, and as a consequence, salary increase is slow. The org is too large and bureaucratic esp on business side",Align promo cycle to competitors,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6365,google,none," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good internship,Free swags and grub. Clipper card,No work/life balance Less impact Pasta code,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6366,google,none," May 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,It i a very pretigious company and it offers great benefits and it has good compensations and oportunities for growth,"The atmosphere is soemtimes competitive, and you might feel intimidated by the talent that you are workign amongst",You should try to eliminate any bureucracy and establish a more fraternal and egalitarian atmosphere.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6367,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Local Data Evaluator,Learning a lot from them,too much pressure and unfair bonus process,Improve internal tool to measure performance,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6368,google,none," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still great experience,"Culture of collaboration and non-hierachical structure remain strong. Great perks of course, food still great! Exciting projects still available.",Politics - particularly between departments can be extremely high. And can negatively impact products and progress. Appears to be on the up too.,"Cut the silos, empower those with fresh ideas and the strength to work cross functionally. Review the entire rewards and promotion process. As strong candidates often growing unrewarded and frustrated.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6369,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account strategist,"No beating around the Bush. You do well, you're recognized and compensated well. You cannot portray something that you didn't do.","You need to brand yourself. Sometimes people will over brand themselves. Lots of fossils which may demotivate you. However, some experienced people are the smartest ones around.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6370,google,Bucharest (Romania)," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Event Manager,-,"stability, salary, central location, work","balance between family and work, weekends work",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P637.htm
6371,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Operations,People & Operations Managment,"Diversity, culture, past paced environment, wide range of projects & entrepreneurial, on-site gym, cafes, free food and chill out areas",you need to a person who can deal with change,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6372,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,PMM,"Great place to be working at. Smart people, great projects.","Large company, becoming very hierarchical.","Split in smaller units, promote faster, fire faster.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6373,google,none," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google can be boring,"Great co-workers, nice benefits/salary.",Boring work (>90% of the employees). Many people complain of bad/inexperienced direct managers.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6374,google,none," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Selected for GSoC 2016,Adds value to your skillset and experience. You learn. Huge stipend !!,Should send at least two t-shirts and more google goodies,keep up the work. You are doing a great job organizing such events.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6375,google,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast, Innovative, Challenging. What you need.","It is easy to roll eyes when people from Facebook say how open their culture is, but it's true, it's more open than any other place I've worked at. In such a great company, secret projects, public incidents, important non-public business metrics and the like are all openly discussed.",It is very hard to make a difference. Also it is really hard to follow the pace at first.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6376,google,Singapore (Singapore)," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Summer MBA Associate,Great place to learn,"Really enjoyed the team, super smart people, cool offices. Offers great exposure to a growing field as well as fantastic perks ranging from massages to delicious food.",Don't really have much to complain about here,Don't really have much to say here,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6377,google,none," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great food. Excellent Employee Satisfaction.,Nothing. But writing five words.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6378,google,Bengaluru (India)," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Junior Front End Developer,Good place to work,Great environment and good place to learn. All the employees are nice to each other.,There is nothing bad about google. Great company for starting career,Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6379,google,none," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Lots of interesting things to work on,Large company and things move quickly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6380,google,Singapore (Singapore)," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Google,Everything about Google is fantastic!,Very little downside in joining Google!,One Google,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P638.htm
6381,google,none," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,- Good CEO - Positive Aura - Free massage,"No cons guys here, try it.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6382,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,APAC Customer care,"Excellent company benefits & perks (free gyms, peer bonuses, 3x five start hotel's free meals, lots of fresh fruits, snacks and free drinks). Love the office environment esp enjoy working with smart and talented people who drive the proactive working culture, sharp & analytical data based discussions, human respect and endless positive things about the company.","Company culture : a copy of Standford college culture, very open yet a few childish and selfish ppl still exist (not office politics, but just a few backstabbers whom like to point out your mistakes to your manager while acting nice in front of you).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6383,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," May 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,To be a part in a great team,The salary is not good enough,Too many work to do every day,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6384,google,none," May 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MBA summer intern,great experience. high engagement with different departments. high access to content and training. people overall very friendly and happy.,"no roadmap for conversion. restriction to some systems. complex hierarchical navigation. the london office is not the most diverse office, comparing for instance with the dublin office. the environment is a bit more formal and dominated by locals than i would expect, making it harder to build relationships outside of work.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6385,google,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great in overall.,"Everything's great, nice, good cooperation between colleagues. Plenty of food so you won't starve. Low daily expense. Great global network.","Not so nice to vendors. Very strict when it comes to vendors rules and privilege, looks like they don't want to take responsibility, nor want to admit vendors are one of them.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6386,google,none," Apr 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,I love to have good job opportunities and I love working :) and also the workers there are great people,Might be a little hard for some people working with the computers and stuff like that but eventually with the great workers there you will get the hang of things.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6387,google,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategist,Great Work culture Amazing freedom to work on your projects,Lack of mentors for someone who is experienced in the company.,Dont give up on the folks who have invested in your success,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6388,google,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,materials scientist,Any one has to work for his/her life and family. Work is also one of element to be social.,Could get tired. Have to obey some rules set by the company.,work hard to get better life.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6389,google,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"People, supportive hr interesting work","Pay disparity, dependant on your team",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6390,google,none," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,awesome Technologies going to be upgraded in market,cooperative and outstanding work culture,All are good either management or onsite management,no advice,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P639.htm
6391,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Communications Manager,Great employer,Great breadth of experience and impact.,Working with the best of the best can make it difficult to advance quickly.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6392,google,none," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,past employee,free food and snacks health insurance employee discounts job training,poor management workaholics no balance no bonuses or comission,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6393,google,none," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall,Good well known world wide tech company pays a good salary and good and benefits,Depending on your role it is hard to try o achieve other jobs positions.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6394,google,none," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Great colleagues, friendly office, growth and development opportunities.","Life/work balance is a challenge, bubble environment, long promotion cycles.",Keep the mind open.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6395,google,none," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company to work for, but it's not without its flaws","Great work environment, flexibility around your work location and hours (depending your role and manager of course), amazing teammates, and good compensation.",Promotion and internal mobility are extremely difficult. It's very restrictive system attempts to preserve the integrity of a honest performance reviews but ends up ranking employees in what sometimes could end up in an unfair evaluation. Think of it like a curved grading system in high school or college.,"I believe the current performance review and promotions system could be improved so that we get talented people in the right place at the right time. I feel that our ""Superb"" to ""Needs Improvement"" scale does not do a good job reflecting the the work quality of an employee in comparison to his/her teammates. Every individual on the team could be doing an excellent job, but the fact that each cycle needs to have its 1-2 people rated as ""Needs Improvement"" is not fair.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6396,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legal Assistant,"Taking great care of their employees, amazing perks and benefits, lovely and like minded co-workers.",It's not fair to give any substantial criticism to an amazing company like Google.,--,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6397,google,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," May 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Strategist,Nice working environment. Smart colleagues. Systematic.,Benefits of Contractor is not good. Not easy to convert to Full Time.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6398,google,none," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome experience,"I was an intern in 2015 and I learned so much, the staff was friendly and salary good.",it's a huge company but well organised. the only cons i can speak of are that managing such company is hard and it could be felt,"i hated the interview, white teble coding doesnt really make sense",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6399,google,Indore (India)," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,good for interns,it's the best place to be for interns.you get good salary and great work culture,nothing as such.Everything is fine,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6400,google,none," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Good Experience,Very good environment every thing is very good after all its Google.,Its Google so no cons,no advice,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P640.htm
6401,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great Place to work!,"Great Place to work, cares about its employee.",Nothing that come to my mind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6402,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 19, 2016","Former Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations","Used to be great, unfortunately became mediocre","- Great benefits (healthy, free food, gym, great health insurance) - Contact with bleeding edge technology - Fantastic opportunities to learn about all aspects of business - Great internal tools - Competitive salary - Great colleagues - very nice and intelligent people","Unfortunately, the management style has degraded over the last 2-4 years. New managers (mostly coming from consultancy companies) think too small and worry about short term achievements, failing and not interested in the mid-long term consequences of their decisions. Although they say and behave as they cared about employees, many of them are only looking after promoting themselves. Working long hours used to be an exception, but it is now the norm. There are massive disparities on how different teams treat their employees. Some areas are amazing, they help employees thrive and grow, while others just suck as much as they can until the employee is burned out and inevitably leaves the team or the company. Top-down management used to be reserved for big and very strategic decisions, lately is has become the norm for small changes.  It is really a pity to see what used to be such a great environment (5+ years ago), were people used to be motivated by values, become a mediocre company, were people are motivated by fear.","Listen to the lower levels of the organization - they are the ones doing the job and know what matters. ""Flat Organization"" doesn't mean less layers, it means that lower levels (specialists) can talk freely with higher levels (directors, VPs) without being scrutinised by all the managers in the middle. Before calling you a 'leader' - understand what it means: ""Manager"" is a title given by the organization, ""leader"" is a title given by followers (if you call yourself a leader - you have already failed). Relearn to take risks - Google used to be scrappy. Spending 100+ hours creating presentations, business cases, getting buy-ins, approvals and whatnot to pilot a small project is counter productive and vey demotivating. Let people make mistakes, those are the biggest teachers.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6403,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Great internship experience,I got a lot of freedom on my project. My host was very helpful and cared for my success.,"It's a big workplace. You'll meet many employees you won't like. It's a very safe job, which makes some employees get a bit too comfortable in my opinion.","Nothing to add, keep up the great work. It was an incredible experience. I wish I could do conversion but you don't have an office in Bergen, Norway. You should open up one.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6404,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,Poisitve revew,- Good working culture - Working with super smart and positive colleagues,- No balance with private life and working hours,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6405,google,none," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Food, People, Transparency, Cutting-Edge, culture","Overqualified people, boring jobs, too big, easy to get stuck",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6406,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Account Manager,Interesting roles. Good on-boarding process. Easy to change teams and location. Attractive compensation.,Middle management can be mediocre. Immature competition - especially during promotion cycles. Core Revenue Stream is AdWords - Sales roles are mainly around AdWords.,Too much top down. Too US centric. Engineering and sales sit in silos.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6407,google,none," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Perks get old, but good if you like to get comfortable",Lots of perks. Good leadership. Useful products that impact a lot of people. Genuninely on a good mission to improve information access throughout the world.,"Too many colleagues were there for the perks and so a lot of them became complacent at work, which did not make for a motivating work environment.","I dunno, take away some of the ridiculous perks? Don't allow the employees to get so comfortable and complacent, somehow? Is that possible?",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6408,google,none," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place, getting big","The people are great. Smart, caring , hard working. The offices are fab. Excellent showers, gym, canteen, etc. The benefits are good. The work is interesting and varied.","The brand lustre has faded a little. People now associate it as much with Tax issues as with solving the world's problems. Its getting really big, which inevitably makes getting things done fast a challenge.",Devolve autonomy.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6409,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Adwords Sales Manager,"Be expertise digital advertisement and top level salary,the other compensation and benefit. Work environment is also excellence.",Top down decision making driven in real situation than imagine from the out side of Google. Rapid growth require hard work but sometimes very autonomy.,Suggest to have broader topic conversation with your team member to help design of future life,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6410,google,none," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, smart colleagues",Good food and great colleagues,Will update on this later.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P641.htm
6411,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Strategist,Loads of info. Access to the whole advertising market. Tons of networking.,It works as a media bureau - shallow analysis needed to get as many pitches out as possible. Work tends to get repetitive and boring.,Rotate people more often when in repetitive functions.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6412,google,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great workplace,"Free food, Great people, Good work life balance.",I must enter six words for cons.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6413,google,none," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Advertising online Strategist,"Great work environment, great team. Chances to work with various type of SMBs businesses",long hours and not very flexible,to invest more in scalable support,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6414,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 7, 2016","Current Employee - Trust &amp, Safety Analyst",Trust & Safety Analyst,Good company to learn new products & innovate.,"The company brings best minds together, challenging environment.",Good work on benefits & compensation. Retaining good employees remains a challenge.,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6415,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Easy but boring,"The pay is good, you can get away with doing very little if that's your thing, the food is great.","People aren't that motivated, lots of politics, too many internal tools and languages that are nothing like the real world ie your experience there isn't that useful outside.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6416,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Online Sales Account Manager,Online Sales Account Manager,"Very dynamic environment with amazing opportunities to learn and develop. Google is one of the best employers in the world, for a good reason.","There is so much possibilities that you just need to choose the right ones, other way, you'll burn out.",Keep on great work and continue to behave like it's a small company. Make it easier for temps to convert.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6417,google,none," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,nice place to work i would recommend some one definetly,no cons as for now,nope nope nope nope nope,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6418,google,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great, but becoming more bureaucratic",- Smart people - All the perks you'd expect,- Not as innovative as it used to be - Bureaucratic,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6419,google,none," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to start and learn lots,The company is made up of small teams and they are able to make most of the decisions on how to implement something,"The managers micromanage more than they should and this causes the people to just keep their mouths shut, their head down and just work. Sometimes moral is low and the managers do not realize it",Stop micromanaging,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6420,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Smart people, Good culture, perfect personal-work life balance.",Hard to get to work on good projects.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P642.htm
6421,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global process manager,High salary and benefits. You are part of top brand.,You have to dedicate your life to the job. Work life balance totally unbalanced. You are expected to work about 10 hours per day. Some managers bully on employees.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6422,google,none," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced Environment,"Great work culture, swift environment, your work speaks for you","political, too little coordination, location not your choice",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6423,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 29, 2016","Current Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp,Amp, Operations",Sale Manager,Great work atmosphere Location and fod,Low salaries Middle Managers too young,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6424,google,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Google,"You get to work with the most talented people in the world and this is amazing. Besides, the company takes care of almost everything for you and it makes life easier for employees.","Compared with start-ups, I think that the flexibility is not as good. For most of the time, you can only do a small piece of work for many time and sometimes it gets bored.","I think employees should be given more flexibility in choosing what to do and given more chances of shifting. Moreover, the salary should get more attractive compared to start-ups.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6425,google,Bhilwara (India)," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,engineer,Good to work here Health work environment,No cons as such Should provide more incentive,Good management Good projects Helping nature,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6426,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Marketing Manager,Excellent company values and great work life balance,Way too much focus on building presence and personal brand management,better career management of the people you hire.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6427,google,none," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Challenging, great work-life balance.",Surrounded by people who are just leagues above you in terms of intelligence. This can be intimidating sometimes.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6428,google,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Android Developer,"Besides truly gorgeous office spaces, Google provides its workers with a lot of perks, and some former Googlers","There are those, however, that believe Google Instant can waste much time as it saves.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6429,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,C++ Developer,"Nice Working Environment, Great Facilities","Long Hours , Pay rate could be better",N/A,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6430,google,none," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Experience,"Great benefits, friendly atmosphere. Management were helpful with what ever problems I had. Lots of opportunities for promotion",No negative comments to make,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P643.htm
6431,google,none," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Good salary, good benefits, great career opportunities",The workload was very intense,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6432,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place for software engineers,"Amazing work culture, cutting edge work, flexibility and independence, awesome food",Your growth in the company directly depends on the efforts you put in and results you produce. So always need to be on your toes and continue to work towards challenging goals.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,203,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6433,google,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Industry Manager,Inspiring culture with smart peers,Google is already big company with 60k employees. I could meet various types of innovators. I could learn many things from my peers.,Feel huge delta between general recognition and personal,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6434,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Remarkable company, corporate structures sucked","Some amazing people, of course the most amazing internet product ever created.",Company is already a corporate behemoth and management structures mean it's hard to get anything done.,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6435,google,none," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Competitive Workplace,All the benefits that everyone already knows,Not everyone's cup of tea,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6436,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Local Data Quality Evaluator,Great experience,Great opportunity for developing as a professional. Great benefits available to all employees such as provided food and snacks on site and at all times.,Very easy to get too comfortable in any position with the company. Progression within the company can be an extremely long process and my discourage from attempting.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6437,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,Glass ceiling unless you have political allegiances in there,"Comfortable office, free food, discounted massage, fun quarterly parties, good business trips and offsites abroad if you are lucky. Great as a starter job in your 20s.","Lots of people in there stuck at L4 and below roles. Core work very boring, repetitive and unchallenging. Expected to create projects for no reason that are often ignored and not implemented unless you go through many internal stakeholders and they all like you! Lots of brown-nosing required to get promoted. Google forces a competitive environment in terms of its bell curve performance review practices which means even if you work extremely hard, if it's regarded as a smidgen less than a colleague you could end up at the bottom of the pile and on a written warning. Having a work laptop is a major con as its implicit you should almost always be working, thinking, breathing Google at all times. Since going to a smaller company I can see how demanding and stressful Google were for many years and how I should have left sooner.",Don't overload employees with boring monotonous work. Listen to feedback about how to improve platforms. Develop a proper crm system so employees don't have to remember everything themselves about clients. Think further than a quarter ahead. Remember that work life balance is important and you can't just drive people to burnout by waving the carrot of possible promotion over their heads. Stop suggesting people do pointless projects that don't ever get anywhere just to puff out performance reviews of employees.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6438,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place to Work,They really take care of their people and there are endless opportunities to get involved in the long run,"Have to work very hard, otherwise you´re left unnoticed",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6439,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great employer,"Competitive Salary, Great work atmosphere, High Quality of employees, Challenging but in a positive way","Too many cooks, no clear decision structure, can be bureaucratic sometimes",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6440,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good,"Benefits, culture, salary, facilities, leadership, passion, work/life balance",it makes me write something so I'll say fast growth makes finding great people difficult,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P644.htm
6441,google,none," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great culture and opportunities to grow. Work with some of the smartest people,Can't think of any now,Keep up the great work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6442,google,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Exciting projects and excellent people,None. I really enjoy working there,Keep up the good work,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6443,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great company where you can make a difference,"- great culture, focuses on doing the right thing for the customer and the user - small teams, expected that you drive change and innovation - amazing co-workers - amazing facilities and manager support vs any company I worked for","- can be always on - reward the best people, can be exhausting to always over perform - out of reality job experience for people for whom it's their first job",Rely on your people - help them being self aware with constant feedback,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6444,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good,great place to work with,really stressful work more time hours,limit hours of work to minimum,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6445,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Corporate Operations Engineer,"Good company, but too much bureaucracy and hard promotions",- Open minded work environment - In general pretty efficient work environment,- Looooooooooots of bureaucracy appeared as the company grew - Promotions are becoming extremely political and limited,Relax?,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6446,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Good Culture & Salary, Boring Jobs","Good Culture and Salary, amazing perks and offices",Jobs can be done by every average high school graduate and do not require a Master's degree,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6447,google,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Manager,"Good perks, free food, culture, work with so many different types of people, bike to work scheme, gym, shares in company if FTE","Long hours, dont get to spend too much time enjoying the perks as working so hard, free snacks are diet only mainly",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6448,google,none," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review on Google',"Outstanding organisation, meritocratic environment, great role.",Not enough slides. Maybe the career opportunities....at a push,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6449,google,none," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Internship,"Great perks, free food, relaxed atmosphere, great people. Very much a great place for an internship. Learnt a lot.","Some projects are really interesting, but others are pretty boring. Would try to lean towards android etc and stay away from ads.","I know it's hard, but try to make people feel that their view is being understood by the higher ups. Software Engineering is interesting in that a relatively inexperienced person can be right more often than an experienced person.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6450,google,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,it is a good company i m interested in this,good company it is better otherthan,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P645.htm
6451,google,none," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Always something new to learn and develop,"Large Company, need to work hard to be seen",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6452,google,none," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google,"it was so great, good pay package, friendly people. I loved it","there were no cons, I just got bored easy",no advise.,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6453,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Graphic Designer,Graphic Designer,Content look appealing to the client’s audience.,"Working with words, type, illustrations and images.",-,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6454,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Freedom to work Various benefits Nice culture,No till now Some amount of pressure,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6455,google,none," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience at all,Nice work-life balance and food.,"Nothing big, really small things to do.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6456,google,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunities and best school to learn!,"I joined Google after my master and one year experience in a big corporation. After a year I still feel like going to school thanks to all the opportunities to learn offered by the company. Overall the company provides great perks and benefits, decent wage and a great respect to their employees. It is also great to work in such a diverse environment with a lot of talent around, most of the time it is empowering to work together as people try to find solutions to problems rather than problem to solutions",I would say the fast pace environment can be stressful sometimes.,Keep empowering people!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6457,google,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,High pay compared to other local companies. Good work lift balance here in Kitchener New office is good.,Life is quite flat in a small town like Kitchener. Promotion is slower than in HQ.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6458,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Auditor Assistant,good firm to learn the things,good company to learn the things,no review there is no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6459,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great benefits but you're on your own,"Well payed, no micro management, responsibility, meals, reputation.",Nobody takes responsibility for anything. Difficult to get things done. Quality of code differs strongly with teams. Doing the right thing is not easy when all your features get punted because nobody takes responsibility to get things done.,"Continue to secure the quality of products across Google. Some large projects are very badly maintained which is clearly visible in performance, code quality and team dynamics",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6460,google,Paris (France)," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager Intern,Great company,"A lot of responsability, exciting projects and awesome team","Google is not a start up anymore, you can experience huge process",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P646.htm
6461,google,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,industry analyst,"Innovation, flexible, continuous learning, self-growth, work life balance","only very talented people, strong competition, pressure, quantitative results",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6462,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content Quality Manager,"Environment, food, people, products, culture","Workload/compensation, job progression, internal organization, politics",retention will be an increasing issue,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6463,google,Indore (India)," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Executive,Very good experience from a Long Time,Every person have He work with a Reputed Company & His Work Use full & helpful For A those Compny who Allready very Large against Compititor,Yes Becouse Of now I am work in Plastic Industry & here's Working style is Diffrent Between Google But I am a Sales Officer after Few Days my Mind is set in there Working Style,Sales Officeres are Most important Part for Every Company so please Don't Avoid to Him,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6464,google,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Great people with amazing ideas, a lot of opportunities to learn and develop your carrer.","Long hours, stressful at times.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6465,google,Colombo (Sri Lanka)," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Good atmosphere and getting to work with new technologies which unleashes the adaptability in an employee which is the most important aspect in being a software engineer,Hard work should be a must,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6466,google,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As good as it gets for such a big company,The benefits and compensation are great. The company encourages investing in further professional development. The working hours are flexible and the people are great. You can also work on side projects,The rapid growth means that the company feels more and more like a corporation. The fact that there are plenty of young ambitious people means a lot of folks work crazy hours and it makes it hard for those who want a good work-life balance.,"Focus on the people and you will get a good ROI. Also, support the young parents in your company to help them find a way to strike a good balance between work and children and keep them motivated.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6467,google,"Tehran, Tehran (Iran)"," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - Internship,Pros and Cons,It is a well known company and It provides you lots of opportunities to grow and gain new skills,Some time work is with other offices which requires much more time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6468,google,Madrid (Spain)," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Industry Head,"Great people, great compensation",Not the place for entrepreneurs today Difficult to buy into fiscal policy of not paying taxes locally,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6469,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Lead,"Great culture, great company, very good salary and benefits. Exciting projects",It is easy to get too comfortable given the friendly culture and the many side projects (although these side projects can be a very good thing),Help young recuits to navigate the complexity and understand the company as a whole,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6470,google,none," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Bottom Up Company, great benefits (free food and Drinks, a Barrista, and much more), great help to get started in ireland, great people, great team and lots more!",I was unfortunate in what Management changes were in progress and what the state of the team was when I joined. In the end it did not work out for me.,"Be more clear about what the job will be like in the hiring process already, although this is slightly hard for that Job description.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P647.htm
6471,google,Colombo (Sri Lanka)," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Photography,Google,I like google... I like to work there,Enough time and lots of works,none,2.0,none,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6472,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great opportunity,Good benefits such as dental and health. Great job and good atmosphere especially for people with little to no experience. Easily settled in by colleagues.,Work is very tedious as a graduate engineer as you are not giving a very taxing level of work to do.,Harder jobs for new graduates but other than that nothing much needs to be changed as I think that management does a pretty good job.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6473,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great as a first experience, bad mid-stage career move","Free food and great compensation policy.  Travel policy is enlightened.  Smart colleagues, but not the highest density of smarts I've worked with.","Feels like a huge company, can see 150+ devs in my open plan area. Feels like if you keeled over at the keyboard another would take your place without blinking. Find the large open plan office inhibiting and less likely to spawn conversation than you're own office or group area.  Working hard without trying to appear to be doing so is the norm. Quite a few 20% projects conducted on personal time and only revealed if they have some promise. Internally people say 20% time is dead anyway.  No whiteboards in work area. What? After that whiteboard based interview?  Sit-stand desks held out during recruiting, but not actually available. External assessor report ""you need one with that injury, but they've become too stingy about buying them"". So now stuck on a list of 80+ others. All of whom lose their desk with every seating re-shuffle.  Your first year is supposed to be your best. Personally I work with a team in a different continent who are very tight and the interactions are pretty challenging. Have no professional connection beyond the two people next to me. Feels incredibly isolated.  You lose a lot of involvement coming to google, you won't interview in your first year or have build sheriff responsibilities.  You can change jobs in select windows and not without manager permission.","Rather than simply enticing people with promises of a technically interesting job and great career, invest in helping new folk get orientated. Mentors should not be on the same team so you are free to speak and question. After Noogler orientation you're left in a void - no follow up from your recruiter, no efforts to help you forge connections. It's just down to you and I've found that pretty hard due to working with few people in the local office.  Vision is an undesirable property in the company. Sure there's a high level vision, but not a lot beyond that.  Senior managers visit London and wise crack over beers. Feels like a frat club populated by folks in their mid-thirties who are insanely happy with what the company has done for them.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6474,google,none," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Intern Business Development,Best company in the world,- gehalt - sozialbenefits - atmosphere - culture - people,sometimes projects are done just to get visble in the company without concrete goal,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6475,google,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very well paid very good working environment very good hours,The size of the office,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6476,google,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,Pros are: Smart people yet humble Great work ethics Very good perks and they always surprise you over and over again . A lot of High impacting projects for a large scale company like Google.,"Google has so many intelligent people, it's hard to prove your skills And so intelligent that not many people want to listen other opinion, except for those who are in higher position than them Google took us a lots of time",i love working at google and it always seems like i am important so i dont really have any advice for management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6477,google,none," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer Review,Outstanding Offices and a lot of support shown by the employs and management.,I haven't come across any major cons yet.,Keep ways the way they are!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6478,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Google Analyst,Google GIS process,Best food and best facilities,Not for long term career,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6479,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Potential to work on products used by millions / billions of people. Smart, friendly, fun co-workers. Good compensation & benefits. Fantastic internal development tools and learning opportunities.","It's huge, so on some projects you can be a small cog in a big machine. Nearly everyone is an over-achiever so there can be pressure to work long hours. The biggest office is in Mountain View, where you either have to spend a fortune on rent and/or commute for over an hour. Most of the high impact projects are centralized in Mountain View.",Recognize that not everyone wants to live in the Bay Area.,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6480,google,none," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Working on important projects, great working conditions, smart people.",Does not offer free housing in Europe.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P648.htm
6481,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Amazing company,- Interesting projects - Outstanding perks - Great support when you are just beginning,- People come late to the office in UK,Keep ways the way they are!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6482,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,It's a great environment to work and lot's of opportunities to grow professionally,Too much opportunities making hard to focus,keep the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6483,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Best place to work,"It's Dreamland, need to be extremely lucky to get there.","You cannot survive elsewhere, so don't make that mistake.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6484,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Awesome environment, interesting job, many benefits","Nothing in particular, sometimes not really strategical task are asked to be performed",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6485,google,none," Feb 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Best software company ot there,Too many smart people in the team,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6486,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Online Specialist AdWords,Great Company but is not the only great company in the World AdWords,Good compensations good benefits you learn all about several products from Google. Good environment Good team,You are not informed about changes in the product or tools. That could affect your productivity and your numbers.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6487,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Lots of perks: free food, nice office which looks like an amusement park, massage on-site, gym on-site, clever co-workers, interesting tasks.",Somewhat few responsibility because of the size of the company.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6488,google,none," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Practicum Intern,"Best summer I have ever had. Wonderful team, smart tutor, friendly colleague, nice working space, lots of things have leant, also big progress.",The food is too nice to help me gain weight,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6489,google,New Delhi (India)," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Glad Working Experience,"If you're a software engineer, you're among the kings of the hill at Google. It's an engineer-driven company without a doubt (that *is* changing, but it's still very engineer-focused). * The perks are amazing. Yes, free breakfast, lunch, an dinner every weekday. Aaaaaamazing holiday parties (at Waldorf Astoria, NY Public Library, MoMA, etc.), overnight ski trips to Vermont, overnight nature trips to the Poconos","* It *is* becoming larger, and with it comes growing pains: bureaucracy, slow to respond to market threats, bloated teams, cross-divisional tension (though nothing remotely approaching that of Microsoft's internal tension).",Advancement within a technical capacity is slow. Technical training is limited. Some communications applications are out dated and need retired.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6490,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent,Pros and Pros every where.... not to seen this type of company very good cultural,Nothing the Cons in whole company all seniors are very intelligence and very helpful,Excellent Management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P649.htm
6491,google,Londo (Democratic Republic of Congo)," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Advisor,Nice atmosphere. Fringe benefits.,None. None. None. None. None.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6492,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,general,great perk and good mobility,"inflexible, at times limiting career development structrue",...,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6493,google,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Sr Industry Manager,"Wonderful experience, very good work life balance.","Great personal development options in training, coaching, etc. Stock option plan is nice. Colleagues are very friendly, no nasty backstabbing culture, and smart! Food!","In the commercial teams you are a 'free' consultant, who's really standing at the side line with advertisers. In the end I missed the action advertiser side.","Rotate more at director level, the org is pretty set in stone once you get higher in the food chain.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6494,google,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"fantastics, good payment, intersting culture free snacks",less life-work balance less health care,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6495,google,none," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,it was a great environment,it can get a bit monotonous,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6496,google,none," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fabulos company to join!,"Free lunch and overtime dinner, Excellent culture, Stock options and grants","Lack of new challenges in digital world like if you want to experience more about digital and social marketing, Google couldn't help you too much.",Cancel China Office.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6497,google,Germa (Nigeria)," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Goog job goid money,I work here because tre is a lot s if jobs for me every day,Its too hard to work here you should be very strong for working here,Dont work too hard huys,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6498,google,New Delhi (India)," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Industry Head,Amazing place to work,"Smartest people, aggressive culture, good pay and amazing benefits = Google!","Slow decision making, too many policies and people trying to slow down work due to ""guidelines"" and ""policies"" - too Microsoft-like in that aspect",Return to being more of a startup!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6499,google,none," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant Position,- excellent work environment - work-life balance - no micromanagment,"-none! ,) -none! ,) -none! ,) -none! ,) -none! ,)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6500,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Other,"Google is great, but don't stick for too long if you ambitious","good salary, fantastic perks that are hard to match, unique work environment, people working at Google are fantastic, working on new exciting products","slow promotion, promotion is often visibility rather than result driven, growing bureaucracy, slow decision making throughout the company, promotion to management level based on seniority rather than on ""people skills"".","Eliminate team lead (low management level), it's needed for many roles. Create a flat structure based on knowledge experts rather than management. It'll bring some fresh energy to the company and prevent the high turnover.",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P650.htm
6501,google,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"interesting work, free food, great teams!",none that I can think of. its a great place to work,keep it simple,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6502,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Business Operations Associate,Great,"Work, Benefits, Colleagues, Location, Company Reputation","Hierarchy, Big company these days, slow progression",Remember the start up mentality,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6503,google,none," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Good work-life balance, and competitive salary.",Getting hierarchical - more and more ppl managers nowadays.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6504,google,none," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Excellent working conditions.give you the opportunity to work with the brightest people from all over the world,"Although new ideas are expected, it's really hard to get them through at times",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6505,google,none," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Great work life balance and opportunities.,"Flat structure, can get lost in the corporatism.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6506,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but don't buy into the myth,"You will work some very smart people, nearly all of whom are passionate, driven and focused on the customer. The collaborative team culture is amazing. People here will go out of their way to help each other, even if they don't know each other. ""Yes and"" rather than ""no but"" is far more common and there is an infectious positivity everywhere. Clearly some great perks with the food which is amazing in London and San Francisco, pretty good in Dublin and passable in Mountain View. The work-life balance is exceptional and managers will often go out of their way to support you in your personal choices and career aspirations. The separation of Google under Alphabet was necessary from a business point of view and now makes it very clear what the business side of the organisation is and does: it is a huge branding and advertising agency designed to make as much money as possible from it's ecosystem. If you are not happy facilitating this mission statement as your day to day function, then it's best to learn to code and join some of the other areas in the business so you can focus on the user rather than the customer. That being said, money is made with a smile, mostly through looking after the best interests of the customer and there have been some genuine drives to put longer term customer success (for the bigger SMEs and large customers) as a benchmark for success alongside revenue.","It feels like there is a trend of weak leadership in many areas of the business. The company is now a bit of a retirement home for ex-Mckinsey consultants, all of whom are exceptional problem solvers, very nice and collaborate well, but are not used to driving implementation or coaching and leading others. Given the global nature of the company, senior managers are often geographically separated from their mid-level reports, which contributes to a lack of strong mentorship and development of individuals. Corporate culture is now firmly entrenched. This is not a cool, funky start-up. Competition is fierce at the higher levels and there is the usual smattering of office politics and promotion hungry execs pushing their teams to meet their targets and protecting their empires. People seem to be hired at a level lower than they would probably occupy in another company and salaries are not that competitive - they will offer you as little as they can get away with so do not be afraid to negotiate - it does work.","Put mentorship, coaching and development of your staff and really implement it as a permanent change to the company, don't just run another 'GoogleGeist initiative' that slowly fades away over time.",3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6507,google,none," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Development Rep - Contractor,Great benefits and atmosphere. The people are generally great and you will make great friends there. Free food and drinks is a big plus.,Contractor are excluded from certain activities. At first it doesn't bother you but it really creates a wedge in the teams. People in permanent positions often get promoted to early and have too much power too soon.,Just because someone is good at sales does not mean that this will translate into management. It takes a different skill set and it does not seem that this is the way they make their decisions.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6508,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Business Intern,Business Intern,"The great people, atmosphere, benefits (free food and gym) were the best part of Google. The culture is very 'Googley': nice and friendly. Helping where possible.",The fulltime job (50%) was not challenging and repetitive. The projects (50%) on contrary were amazing! Another con is the location Dublin. Don't go to Dublin for the weather.,"Hire less external managers, more internal. Let the managers be involved with their team instead of with their higher management (by using related KPI's).",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6509,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment!,A place where people come together and produce great ideas,Needs more people to execute at times,Hire more do-ers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6510,google,none," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Very friendly atmosphere. Easy to change projects,No cons. But food could be a little bit better.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P651.htm
6511,google,none," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Online Advertising Specialist,"Awesome people, great benefits and loads of opportunities",It is not the best place to get promoted fast,Nil,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6512,google,Secunderabad (India)," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to work,"dedicated team, good work culture,provides good facilities","less career opportunities, less hikes,less package",no,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6513,google,none," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Africa,"Travel, Innovative, smart and diverse team,",Expat non-understanding of local situation,Increased reliance of local talent,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6514,google,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Very open company! I love the job!,You don't have a huge impact.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6515,google,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Analyst,Great place to work,"Fantastic, fast-paced environment where you're surrounded by some of the smartest people in the world. Inspiring founders and leaders at all levels of the company. Amazing perks from free food, to amazing gyms and onsite massage therapists.",Work-life balance can often be a struggle given the pressure to over perform and over deliver on a regular basis.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6516,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,"Channels Sales Lead, Google for Work, India","Amazing people, passion for cutting-edge technology, start-up kind of environment",Largely a search company with a new focus on cloud-computing (this will be a good thing in the long run),Keep things the way they are! Just need to maintain the start-up like feel and passion.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6517,google,none," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best in the world,"Google is one of the best company in the world, Best pro is its environment and culture.",Best company so there's no cons,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6518,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Agency Strategist,Associate Account Strategist,"- Amazing team and work culture in a young and international hub - Great work-life balance - Empowered to work with your own projects, develop strategies, etc.. - Little to no micro management - A city of its own in the office (Dublin HQ location) with gym, doctor, dentist, pool, café, game rooms...etc.",- Dublin is a small city that might not be suitable for everyone - High turnover of people,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6519,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Advertising,advertising on google maps,Dis is my dream nothing else,I felt Der is no down sides,When i entered the outlet then i can give a advice now i need no many tings so sorry,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6520,google,none," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, excellent perks","Great place to work, excellent perks",too far from residential cities,keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P652.htm
6521,google,none," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,amazing 401k. Has 50% match and great list of funds (vanguard). eligible for HSA as well.,"none so far, (still pretty new)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6522,google,none," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work with some cons,- a lot of autonomy - you definitely learn about the online industry and your updated on all the news if you are a technology fan - still quite flexible when it comes to internal opportunities even if this is starting to decrease slowly,"- most of the people grew within the company, so it's hard to learn anything new - for the same reason senior management is not 100% knowledgeable and the company sometimes lacks strategy and vision that it's good to get from the outside",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6523,google,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,"smart colleagues, great transparent culture","extremely competitive, harder to advance given the size of the company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6524,google,Durban (South Africa)," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Researchers,Good,"It all good find anything support of all and service is great, would suggest it to friends family and the whole world","System could be done easier and less complicated, sometimes management is hard, but always thanked, repeat all and also hacking to be cleared",To have easy find system,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6525,google,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Free food, great perks, Golf",none everything is great at the place,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6526,google,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Salary,"Best Company in the world, It is google montreal",Hahah nothing common it google,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6527,google,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Geat,"Food, drinks, people , option and toys",Reasly can see any down sides,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6528,google,none," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meaningful work,Good work environment. Very advanced performance evaluation system.,Problems with work-life balance. Very competitive environment.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6529,google,none," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Its the best place to work. free food, exciting work opportunities. best place to work in america","Lots of pressure to deliver, little sleep,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6530,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - GIS Analyst,gis analyst,"very good, trustworthy,easy work life,awesome atmosphere and free food. very informative approach to work and also hardworking HR guys.","nothing i could find, but the timings changed very frequently, sometimes morning and sometimes afternoon. but, not much difficulty faced overall a very good company.",nothing,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P653.htm
6531,google,none," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for future career in tech industry,Best place to work with smart people,Some parts are not well structurized,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6532,google,"Lingfield, England (UK)"," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Writer,Google - Utopian or Dystopian? Just Another Big Company,"It’s pretty well documented that Google has a unique culture. It’s not the typical corporate culture. In fact, just by looking at pictures inside many of Google’s premises, you can see that they look more like adult playgrounds, not places to work.  Google provides an amazing work environment, excellent pay and benefits, brilliant people, and some of the biggest internet services in the world. Google has people who’s sole job is to keep employees happy and maintain productivity.","Yet, for all the pros, I was relatively unproductive and dissatisfied.   One of the positive aspects of being a contractor is you can usually isolate yourself from office politics. But, one of the things I learnt about being a contractor at Google was that office politics takes up a big part of your day.  From the perspective of a contractor at Google, a lot of contractors seem to spend a lot of their time trying to outdo, sabotage and stab fellow contractors in the back, in the hope of wining the coveted prize of becoming a full time Goggler. This seems to run counter intuitively to the Google culture. It seems you need to do a lot of “ungoogliness"" to get anywhere - sometimes to even complete your work.  The contractors who get ahead at Google these days, at least outside of Core Engineering, are those who are the best politicians. I left when I realised that these were skills that I didn't particularly want to develop, they just detracted me from the real work.  Saying that, I feel proud that I was given the opportunity to work there. Maybe my expectations were too high.",Keep your ears to the ground - things aren't always what they seem. Reward those who diligently plough on with their work.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6533,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 30, 2016",Former Employee - Chrome Product Specialist,Good ST Experience,Special Access to Chromebook products and training by Google Team Lead Very large google Office and very friendly colleagues,Cons is lack of management interference,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6534,google,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Time on Google Comms Team,"Great, dynamic innovative company. Certainly will be on the cutting edge of technology for the long-term. Very smart people, engaged professionals on the team.",A bit of a cliquey culture in PR. The Comms Team in particular promoted favorites and women employees faster than men. Often a ceiling for long-term PR folks who were not favorites - most men in particular had to be content with remaining a step-behind regardless of results. Growth opportunities in PR limited.,Bring a more transparent criteria for promotions within the PR team. Provide real opportunities for career growth instead of just offering limited movement in return for increased salary.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6535,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,Amazing!,Good work ethics Perks Fun projects! Lots of friendly staff,Hard to rise up the ranks Time consuming,Let people take a break sometimes,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6536,google,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google SWE 2 TLV,"best environment, great food, colleagues are helping each other","lots of stress, cannot change teams easily, hard interviews.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6537,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Singapore,Good experiences but don't get into all perks,"- Work with all smart people - Flex hour including working from home - Great perks and benefits, including medical etc - Good name in the industry - Potential to learn a lot of things, including language","- Your work becomes very functional once the company has grown so fast - Politics and networking are very important. Working hard and results may not help you to get promote or moving up in your careers - If this is your first job, you can get spoiled from all the perks. You may find it harder to leave the company - More and more competitions within the industry","How can you motivate and inspire people within the company, especially when the company is very big now.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6538,google,Mar Menor (Spain)," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Community Manager,Community Manager,Best boss ever Very good payment and social benefits Really nice start-up work enviroment,Not any one that comes to my mind,Keep doing the good work! Really enjoying my time here,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6539,google,Satara (India)," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Network Engineer,fresher,"I have the ability to prove my knowledge, and taking efforts as per any conditions.",to always being a straight forward and easily trust someone. i do not like to much talk,Handle with care,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6540,google,none," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Communications,"Dynamic, fast-moving global projects with high calibre, motivated and efficient people from across the world...Opportunities for regular travel and good perks like health insurance, food and travel allowance, etc.","Depends on your department, but can be a demanding pace and high expectations from internal and external partners. Smaller local team means not always as energized and bigger offices like London, San Fran etc.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P654.htm
6541,google,none," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,The working environment is very good with a good talent in the offices.,the pressure to perform is very high and thus one can crumble under such pressure,the working environment should be more flexible and oppurtunities given to everyone,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6542,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place I have ever worked at,"Great pay, perks and team",Most decisions get made in Mountain View. Senior folks (outside the sales team) in the regional offices are amazing but usually are very frustrated as the real decisions are made by medium level management in the US which is super US centric. Most experienced folks are overqualified for what they are hired to do.,"Travel more to regional offices (not only London), give regional product teams the credit, they may know what they are doing even if they are not based in MTV.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6543,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Java Developer,Great People to work with,Hard Work and long hours,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6544,google,none," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great,The culture is really amazing,I won't specify the cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6545,google,none," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Country manager,"It is a prestigious company, you get access to best people in your country.",You have no time left for yourself and forget about any lifestyle. Useless travels all the time.,Be strong and positive. This is just a carrier step.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6546,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Industry Manager,-,"People, culture, opportunities, salary and beneftis",flat organization with somewhat limited promotion opportunities,-,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6547,google,none," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,EMEA Business Associate Program,"High quality mentoring, great people to meet!",Not always a door opener for FTE,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6548,google,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to work,google is best place to work,there are no cons really. its great working here,management is great i dont think they need any advice,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6549,google,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Jan 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Amazing conditions and salaries, great atmosphere","So far, can not say about any cons",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6550,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Game-changing company,"The people, the culture, the innovation, the resource and, of course, the perks.",Became hierarchical and rather McKinsey-like.,Reward those who diligently plough on with their work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P655.htm
6551,google,none," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good company good employees and employers very good workforce and safety and ergonomic equipment,Time consuming hard work stressing long hours hard very very very very very very hard,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6552,google,none," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life,"Startup mentality, perks, salary and great people.",systems sometimes not caught up with the execute and deliver fast mentality,Don't forget the systems,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6553,google,none," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,"Great salary, great perks. Hired people used to be great till 2011.","No innovation, bureaucracy, internal politics.","Rethink about the whole structure, no motivation at all.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6554,google,none," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,a lot of outstanding employees,chance to make a major career move,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6555,google,none," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Great company to work for, culture, top level people, at the vanguard, informal attitude, many opportunities to move across teams, geographies, etc.","Too large, bureaucratic at times, large cashflow makes people focus on the wrong things sometimes. It used to hire just the best of the best, but given its size, this is not always the case anymore.","It's necessary to stay nimble, and not become a fat old company that's too big too move. So far so good, but I wouldn't like to see Google become the GE of the Internet... although perhaps it's already too late for that.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6556,google,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great atmosphere,People are awesome and there is fun stuff to do,Pay was weak compared to other offers,More responsibility for interns,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6557,google,none," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company Horrible Management.,- great benefits -great peers - great educational programs.,"Poorly trained management team, seriously, they promoted in the past sales people to management, and they aren't good with people skills.","Invest in your people, don't give out false expectations. The core job is mechanic and they don't don't share this with the people being interviewed.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6558,google,none," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Awesome Great Stunning Helpful Learnt a lot,Not much cons. Many interns.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6559,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 27, 2015",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Development Manager,Overall a mediocre experience,Great work environment Great management Reasonable benefits You get a parking space in downtown Toronto You get unlimited food at the cafe inside,"Strict hours Better benefits have been offered by other companies Salary was unreasonable for the amount of work expected You are expected to work in a tiny cubicle, lack of promotions throughout the company.",Please be nicer to staff,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6560,google,none," Dec 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Web developer,This company is much creative.,In negar future i going to create a good web site,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P656.htm
6561,google,none," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Great career prospects, company welfare/compensation/benefits. Easy to switch around different roles and markets.",Google is constantly growing and restructuring. It started as a start-up and now a massive multi-billion dollar business. This transition has raised concerns on preserving the culture and Googleyness amidst the need to grow.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6562,google,none," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Google,Really nice food. I mean really nice food. There was always snacks nearby incase you wanted a munch and the environment was very sophisticated. Generally the dream workplace.,"Nothing really. Everybody employed is very nice and polite, its a great change from the average office cubicle job.","Keep an eye on your subordinates, many people were lazy and didn't do anything.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6563,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Top employer, but nothing is perfect!","Great perks, benefits, offices. Surrounded by smart people who are willing to do the right thing. Salary and benefits are competitive, although more companies are catching up on this front. Flexibility on time and location (i.e. work from home occasionally), depending on job and department.","Big egos, lots of brilliant technical guys who happen to be sucky managers, little regard for accomplishments outside the company (i.e. industry certifications), good people management in Engineering is still taboo (managers not interested in good people mgmt practices). Such a dynamic environment that feels like walking on quicksand, change fatigue quite common.","No matter how great a company is, the direct manager is always the primary source of happiness or misery of an employee.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6564,google,none," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great working place,great company to work for,"long hours, not for everybody",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6565,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Vendor Sales Lead,Star company,Top of the class benefits and training opportunities,"Google has grown a lot and in the business side, it is not the scrappy risk averse start up it used to be. With growth strict processes have obviously been put in place, which means that it's harder now to try out new things.","Focus as much as possible in mentoring your reportees, they will need to to progress at Google and your experience will be very valuable to them in the future. Google is a great management school.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6566,google,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work!,there are very smart people around you. working on a very interesting projects and have great the benefits. nice atmospeatre,"very flat hierarchy, harder to grow inside the company. not many option for non swe other than that is perfect",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6567,google,none," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Applications Developer,Pros and cons,Has really great and innovative team.,Google does not consider the people from third world,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6568,google,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Dec 28, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,My Experience at Google as SWE Intern,"- Working environment is great. - You meet there and work with a lot of really smart people. - You can travel and work from any of Google offices after taking permission from your mentor. - As an intern you are working like a full-time employee no difference between you and the full time employee, except in some of the code permissions if you are not working on open source project.","Most of the cons i think was very specific for me and I don't think that they are general cases. - Once I started there was no project for me, and I choose my project with my mentor when we were taking a walk after a fake fire alarm in the building :) - I was working alone in my project with my mentor. So I missed working a team there! - I didn't take any training at the beginning and I started in the project my mentor and I chose.","Try to have an intern for the team not for one mentor. and yes one mentor can be supervising the intern's work. I think by this way all the interns will have the chance to work with all the team members, and will learn more faster and will increase their productivity.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6569,google,none," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a great time,New starter / learning programmes are very good,Completely inflexible approach put a lot of stress on me and my family. Terrible communications from HR department.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6570,google,New Delhi (India)," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Communication Specialist,Amazing Company to work for,Good food - nice culture - learning opportunities,Work load - Professional No friends culture,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P657.htm
6571,google,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - STEP Intern,Great Company,"Amazing, friendly, super helpful people. All highly intelligent but don't hold it over anyone's heads. Fantastic offices that aide in making every day at work a pleasure (but still promoting healthy work-life balance!)",The only con that I can think of is that I'm only an intern-- can't wait for the opportunity to become a full timer!,"Bring me on as a full timer! Apart from that-- build a gym and/or extend the offices, they're all amazing!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6572,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 24, 2015",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Stop with the Middle manager,"- Access to a lot of tools, informations - Great people","- Multiplication of ""Middle manager"" - People's development politics tend to decline",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6573,google,none," Dec 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,"really good job, super smart people, great culture, lots of learning, room for growth, would definitely go back in a more senior role","a bit stifled as far as involvement for lower level employees, would like to have more opportunities to contribute strategically and on different projects","try to make the culture less hierarchal, open employees to cross disciplinary roles, or move people around in the company if they are interested in other work",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6574,google,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work in the world,"good working environment, nice peers and superiors.",Good place to develop your self.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6575,google,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Dec 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great place to work, but limited career options",-culture -breadth of solutions & projects to work in -fast decision making -perks,"-it's a corporate, so quite some top-down management -less career opportunities in small office",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6576,google,none," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,best in the world.tough competition.best working environment,none .,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6577,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great but big,"Great people, good opportunities, very transparent and participatory management styles, fantastic perks and very nice office.",At the mid level there can be lots of politics and some less competent people seem to be able to hang around mid-level positions forever. Can feel quite corporate there.,Hold people in mid-level roles more accountable.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6578,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 18, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,Amazing working environment! Some really fantastic people,Can't think of many to be honest,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6579,google,none," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work at,"Absolutely love working for google, been my dream for a young age. Food is great, people are great, the work is challenging and the pay is very good",Nothing really to think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6580,google,none," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AdWords Account Associate,You might have a chance to develop your career and experience wide variety of job if you think you will spend your entire career at Google.,You need to review porn pictures and words for 8 hours every day. You can only develop super domain specific knowledge.,Need more transparency. Consider more seriously about their direct's career. Give them more money.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P658.htm
6581,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Recruiting Specialist,amazing,"best employer in the world... if they don't have it, you really don't need it!",nothing I can think of.,keep on doing it!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6582,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Operational Manager,data analyst,great team brilliance with in-depth knowledge about cloud-computing,long project to finish sometimes,fire incompetent middle management,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6583,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Hyderabad,Learning Opportunities Culture Innovative work environment Fairly Flat Hierachy,Lack of focus in core business area Way too many reorgs at senior level Employee benefits starting to diminish in quality,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6584,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Dec 14, 2015","Current Employee - G&amp,A","Great for Engineers, less so for other areas of the business","Great pay, exciting products, fun offices, free food, travel","Massive amounts of entitlement, lack of diversity, ambiguous objectives, highly political & competitive, long hours. Working in a distributed offices offers less career development until you move to MTV, NYC or LON. Quality of managers varies greatly.",Put more checks and balances in place for remote management. Pay more attention to G&A functions as these roles are also critical to company culture. Bigger is not better.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6585,google,New Delhi (India)," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Great work environment and perks. Smart co-workers. Great brand value.,Career prospect depends on mid-management which at times can be a bottle neck,Managers need to be scrutinized as much as their teams are.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6586,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Data Specialist,data specialist,it was a great exposure,nothing much technical.Anyone good with using their API tools can do it.,you made things too much simple to your people.Complicate it a little more,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6587,google,none," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google company is the best place work.,"It's good work at Google company. Because they have Free breakfast, lunch and dinner every weekday . And a lot of amazing holiday parties and so on. And also they summer picnics at Chelsea pier and nature trips to the Poconos. And many more. And they treat good the workers and everyone's",Google company is a good company and you will on you huge diversity of work managing from defining independent journalism worldwide. Best machine learning experts project. And as you can see it like in maps. Try it. Thank you,Keeps up the good work. Honesty is best policy.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6588,google,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome!,* Peer quality is good,* Remote office as Bangalore is only cone,Keep doing awesome work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6589,google,none," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Employer,Best employer in India. Amazing Perks.,Indian employees are not treated the same as USemployees,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6590,google,none," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Great place to work always,Difficult to adjust to other company's culture,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P659.htm
6591,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,Great people and great environment,Poor Performance Review System (and I am doing well within it so not bitter),Improve performance review,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6592,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AdWords Strategist,1. Awesome work environment. 2. Intelligent co-workers who challenge you constantly,1. Long work hours (though flexible) 2. Few career paths in India 3. Every few years work-model is repeated,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6593,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Account Executive,Google is a great place to work,- Culture - Extremely important to have. - People - Office design - Dublin offices are amazing! - Projects and Products you can get into. - Career development - specially when you are a recent graduate.,- Large organization - makes it hard to see the impact of what you do on a daily basis.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6594,google,none," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,"Worked at Google for 5+ years. Saw the company grow up across Asia and loved every moment of it. Very start up feel, strong talent calibre, and great culture that the management seeks to maintain.",If you start junior it's very hard to get significant steps up in salary without getting counter offers from competitors. It was one of these counter offers that caused me to leave Google. As Google has matured there's been too much emphasis on sales operations to lead the charge.,Great job!,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6595,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development EMEA - Presales,as imagined !,"great place to work, great people, great benefits and great experiences !","Have nothing special to say, really. Maybe the difference between badges...",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6596,google,Mexico City (Mexico)," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,"Really nice and collaborative environment, challenging and interesting job, good compensation and benefits compared with other companies in the mexican market.",It's a lot of hard work for clients,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6597,google,New Delhi (India)," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,ABC,"I am working with Google tools like Adwords,webmaster,analytics and they are quite cool.",need a proper guidance for work with,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6598,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,People around are talent and creative. The working environment is great.,"Care about good ideas, but didn't pay much attention to the delivery. Local branch is not as open as headquarter.","Management team in local is too young and lack of the leadership attitude, experience and capability",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6599,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Google !!,Collaborative work environment. Great perks. Very friendly top management. World class infrastructure. Great exit options.,Not that great work profiles. Non-transferable skill sets. Adwords focused jobs. Really hectic work.,You guys have grown too big.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6600,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 27, 2015",Former Employee - Product Quality Analyst,Org Review,"Good food, no micromanagement, great people to work with.",career growth is limited if not an engineer.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P660.htm
6601,google,none," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Superb,Best Place to Work in the world,All are good no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6602,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Enterprise Sales Manager, Google",The culture and smart people you get to work with,The people are smarter than you,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6603,google,none," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of Consumer Marketing,Best place to work for,"Google will let you balance your life, but unless you're really good, expectations are high and a lot of overtime will be needed to reach up the ladder. Google won't force you, but it is still a meritocracy.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6604,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Very friendly people. Amazing work environment.,The work as an intern is not the greatest.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6605,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Best best,"Lot of freedom, people are great, it's amazing",Difficult to expedite your growth trajectory as you are working with smartest people,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6606,google,Moscow (Russia)," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Business Associate Intern,Business Associate Intern review,"Dynamic atmosphere, you learn a lot. You can achieve high results, share expirience with top management.",Not always your work is recognized and as a consequense you have a chance to lost your further opportunities after the internship.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6607,google,none," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Great pay, great people. Fun time!",The tacos give you gas.,"Keep pushing for innovative ideas, as you always have been doing and et cetera.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6608,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Perks and Good eats,"Great food, Great perks, good people.",Salary low compared to other global offices but still competetive for Ireland,Become more competitive with Salaries for other local Tech giants.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6609,google,none," Nov 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,Great environment to develop yourself and work in a pleasant atmosphere. Also space for personal development.,For me the location was not ideal anymore.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6610,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - New Business Sales,Fantastic culture,"Amazing colleagues, supportive and challenging environment, great perks and benefits. Highly recommend Google as a solid place to work.",You can become a little spoilt at a place like this. I imagine it's hard to work anywhere else once you've become accustomed to the culture.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P661.htm
6611,google,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Everything it says on the packing,I can't think of any,Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6612,google,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Nov 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,SE,big company. good place to start,maybe some boring work? just maybe,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6613,google,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best employer ever,Great opportunities to grow without necessarily becoming a manager. Employees control their own career path.,If I ever lost my job I would not be able to find anything else as good in Montreal.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6614,google,none," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"One of the best places to work, as it is already known to be!","The work life is incredible, with the employees being allowed most, or all of the benefits that the company has to offer, all this coupled with the good pay-grade, makes it a dream job for any employee!","The interviews are quite tough, and most of the time, employees are working their minds off. But yes, obviously to achieve something great! Not too many cons to offer!","The management at the company should be more lenient to potential employees at the time of interviewing, with respect to their grades. Sure, grades are important, but reality does cause a toll on the grades of many people around the world. People whom are capable in the field of work they wish to pursue, and not necessarily everything else! The world would honestly a better, and kinder place if grades weren't a big deal, but performance where it matters was the only big deal.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6615,google,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Free and great food and great brand to work for.,It is becoming too big and too much on the process rather than the results. Too much politics in the MENA office this is why they are loosing great people.,Train manager to be less political.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6616,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Google is the nicest BIG company to work for.,"- In Switzerland, the money is good. - Contrary to earlier reviews, work/life balance has actually been fixed and is fine now. - Likewise, middle management has been fixed and is generally pretty good now. - You will work with a lot of really, really smart people and you will learn so, so much. - People in engineering get a lot of freedom to work on their own side-projects, travel, publish, work on opensource, and so on. - Everyone MEANS well pretty much all the time. It is rare for people to be underhanded or obviously self-serving.","- Most people are super smart, but many of them lack even basic social skills and they WILL drive you up the wall. - Google is a really good large company, but it is a large company. Creeping bureaucracy and attempts at making everything more corporate are a daily theme and, if left unchecked, will eventually destroy the culture. - People retention measured in decades has its downsides. Because Google has been so successful, the old-timers see little reason to adopt engineering practices of the 21st century, and Google is slowly but surely slipping further and further behind the industry in tools and programming practices. - GOD DAMNED OPEN OFFICE PLANS. The scourge of tech companies. Google is one of the worst offenders.","- PLEASE, for goodness's sake, let people use stuff invented after 1990. Otherwise, Google will become one of the companies we laugh at that still write COBOL in 2015. - No, Go doesn't count: it's basically a nicer C.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6617,google,none," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work and life balance,Good place to learn stuffs,Might be too big for fast career development.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6618,google,none," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,The place has a great supportive environment with friendly employees and management. You're constantly challenged and encouraged to pursue projects that you're interested in. Great facilities too.,"Not a whole lot of downsides though I suppose people who have been there a while might feel greater pressure to pull longer hours etc. Work can become your life a bit, often just because you let it.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6619,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Analyst,Analyst at Google Maps,Very nice work balance. Very good experience. Good employee satisfaction overall. Very competitive atmosphere. Used to have team building events every other week.,Sometimes the shifts used to have crazy times. And the shift rotations are very abrupt. Workload can be a little more efficiently managed though.,Google has extremely well organized team management techniques. Keep it up. Love the whole vibrant and enthusiastic atmosphere they have.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6620,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It's Google....,"Great work environment, good pay, great people and oppurtunities.",Competing with so many talented people.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P662.htm
6621,google,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,"amazing company , amazing people, freedom and flexibility",work from home it is not always easy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6622,google,none," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,Great work environment and oppurtunities to learn,Getting selected post intern also involves interviews,- Being one of the most prestigious software companies more benefits should be shared with interns.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6623,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Excellent employer!,"Dynamic environment, growth and development heavily encouraged, cutting edge products and technologies.",Very large and complex business so it can be hard to identify the right stakeholders and to communicate effectively.,Establish better communications with clients that are involved across the organization (e.g. customers utilizing products from different department).,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6624,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Nothing better out there,"Great company to work for and all the pros are true, while a lot of the comms are overstated and come from disgruntled Xooglers.","Yes, there are a lot of fish in the tank and you will maybe start a level below where you would start in another company and yes you may do jobs that you feel overqualified for, but ultimately, if you are good, you will succeed.","I think Google has among the most innovative senior management in the world and Larry is a visionary. Keep going for the big shots, but I would reiterate that Ads is the cash cow and make employees there feel valued more.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6625,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Industry Manager,"Food, company profile and status in the industry, competitive salary","ruthless corporate culture, unrealistic growth targets, arrogance",You were nicer when you were just a search company,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6626,google,none," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SEO Algorithm Designer,good resources are available for all type of learning and development,too much politics which is frustrating,trust employees,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6627,google,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Losing its culture,Some great initiatives being worked on and they also provide some amazing benefits.,"Growing larger and larger and quickly losing its start up feel, family culture and time to work on other projects.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6628,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,Strategic Partner Manager,"Great and best company to work for, they treat you with care and respect",You need to always ready to accepting new 10X challenge every quarter in Sales and BD.,"Great, keep doing it",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6629,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,The average salary,It has a suitable Salry that will able you to afford your Life,I think you need to work too long to have a high salary,I think you'd better still work on New and creative ideas,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6630,google,none," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Large diverse working staff, plenty of cool people with new ideas. Chances of long career",Salary not in relation to level of work expected. Nearly too much equal opportunity,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P663.htm
6631,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Great work-life balance,"Lots of free perks such as gym, food, etc. They really care about your work life balance Very nice atmosphere in the work place Lots of responsibility Very friendly co-workers","You have your work cut out for you, but not overwhelmingly The responsibility might be too much for some people",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6632,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Nice Company to work for,Nice Company to work for,None that I see working here,None,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6633,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great Place to Work in BR,- Awesome Culture - Benefits and Compensation - On-site perks - Overall Work-life balance,"- None so far, the company has been a great place to work and I cannot complain about any aspect of my work at the moment.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6634,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company Great Culture,"Great mentorship from host who was very smart yet patient with me, especially when I was having some trouble understanding the concepts and technologies needed for the project. The culture is chill and inclusive in general. Everyone was friendly and approachable. The food was great.",Much smaller engineering team compared to the headquarter. The range of projects is narrow and most of the team meetings involve Hangout meetings with engineers in Mountain View.,"Create a more vibrant and encouraging atmosphere at office to encourage more innovation and creative thinking, perhaps through developing side projects or having more peer-to-peer teaching.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6635,google,New Delhi (India)," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fresher jobs,To LEARN and for EARN.,dont ever work till now.,Firstly need to see environment.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6636,google,none," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Nice culture, nice people, and nice office","Simple work, not much exciting career opportunity, your experience varies based on the office/ position you take",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6637,google,none," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer,"Great culture, nice colleagues, opportunity to grow",Some lower level managers are not as good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6638,google,none," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creator,Deep technological company with high standards of code.,So many projects you can be involved in.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6639,google,Colombo (Sri Lanka)," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Project Specialist,Great Publishing Solution Company,"Great Management Team, Great benefits, Very Entrepreneurial, Collegian, Smart People, Care about Customers Alot...",Everything is Goooooood with this company..,Great Management Team,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6640,google,none," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but needs a few changes,There's an exceptional work force and people. The facilities and benefits are great. And the CEO is extraordinary.,"You have to work over time a lot, plus you have really extensive projects. Your life overall can decrease and will spend most time at work.",Offer better hours for your employees and have more connection with them. Maybe bigger offices for the software engineers.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P664.htm
6641,google,none," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineering intern,"company culture, salary, free food, and a lot of things",sometimes to much work to do,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6642,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Coordinator,Marketing Coordinator,It is the best dream ever...,difficult to get out of the dream,learning from employees around the world,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6643,google,none," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,- Perks and benefits - Work life balance,- It's getting quite bureaucratic in some teams,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6644,google,none," Oct 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Good, internment was too good",not good for professional experience,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6645,google,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Highly Depends on Team,"I've managed to be on one of the ""sexier"" products at Google where they promote fast and hand out equity/bonuses like they're candy. Coworkers are all smart and genuine people, healthy expense policy with travel to really great locations. Good and supportive management and lots of room for growth.","HR is a pain to work with and even after two years the internal ""level system"" is still a black box to most people who work at the company. Recruiters are some of the worst as they lie and try to screw you out of compensation when you're initially hired. Even as a full-time Googler who interviews ~2/3 candidates a month, recruiters are still difficult to work with as they oftentimes don't understand the role you're trying to fill.",HR needs to be a lot more transparent (and nicer). I constantly feel like they're not on my side and they're on the side of saving the company money while trying to nickel and dime employees.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6646,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Business Associate Intern,Incredible internship,"Awesome environment, great pay incredible perks.","Entry-levels are uninteresting with little learning opportunities,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6647,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Tech Company changing the world - choose your role carefully,"- best work culture ever - interesting and stimulating people left and right - access to infinite resources - everyone at the company accessible - of course, all the free perks","- know exactly what role you are changing. If you think you will be designing/marketing Google glass 2.0 or the driver-less car, think again",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6648,google,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company that gives you the opportunity to grow,Lots of people who are passionate about the work they do.,"Definitely becoming much more big and ""corporate"" than it used to be.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6649,google,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good work,nice place to work for it field,nothing bed about this for it worker,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6650,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Great perks, exciting projects, great people to work with","Sometimes slow to take decisions, convincing upper management on tech development can be challenging.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P665.htm
6651,google,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Experience,One will never hate his job / even get bored !,None ! Only Pros for any job you do here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6652,google,none," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to intern,"Great team, great food, cool projects. A lot of offsite activities, most of which are awesome",The hours are long ...,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6653,google,Moscow (Russia)," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Industry Analyst Intern,Amazing to start and to continue,-cool non-conflict people -flexibility in projects -food in canteen 3 times a day -decent salary -opportunities to travel abroad,"beauracracy in terms of filling all these forms and documents, plenty of meetings eat a lot of workday time","I was lucky to come into a very good team, where the manager has become more like my elder friend who taught me, than like a person who evaluated me",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6654,google,Istanbul (Turkey)," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,kinda disillusioned,"Good benefits, ok-ish pay. Great work environment.",Easy to lose track of work life balance.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6655,google,none," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer Intern,"They really make the effort to make you feel part of the team. Welcome events are amazing! Throughout my 12 weeks there, I was given access to all of their internals.","I felt that interns should be given projects with a little bit more direction. To be honest, as a second year computer science student, I did not know too much about Google's internal architectures, so expecting me to clarify my assignments was a tall order, I would have been able to contribute more with a little bit more direction.","I had an amazing time there. Try to make intern projects a little bit more specific. All in all, a good experience. Keep up the good work!",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6656,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Cool environment, sometimes weak leadership at lower levels","Very open and people oriented environment, with a feeling that managers and colleagues truly care about you. Great perks and openness to discuss whatever issue you might have.","Lower level leadership si weak, not working to develop business but more on creating redundant process, to stuck with their own metrics to moving things for the good.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6657,google,none," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Quality Operations,"Working with lots of young people, dynamic multi cultural environment",lack of transferable skills,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6658,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,great,amazing environment great place to work best minds in there,none i could think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6659,google,none," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart co-workers,"Smart co-workers, good people, good benefits, international locations","Sometimes too many people work on the same, small feature",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6660,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Local Data Operator,Data Administration Role in Google Maps,"good environment, relaxed, opportunity to grow into different positions,good training","Low salaries, pay determined by bonus scheme",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P666.htm
6661,google,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inside Sales,Good working environment n smart people around,"boring job sometime, not very creative and bit traditional way of business handling",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6662,google,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,"Really fun place to work, challenging environment, great people around you and a company with a grand mission, plus the free food - what else do you want?",Sometimes it gets really competitive and since you have highly qualified and ambitious people all around you it can be a bit tough to stand out.,Flatten and simplify the company hierarchy and structure. There are by far too many low- and mid- level managers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6663,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best,very good and dynamic. Culture is very awesome,No cons as if till now. Sometime you will feel inferior in front of others,all fine,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6664,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager/Strategist,Strategist,"Good Learning, dynamic environment, awesome culture!",Cut throat competition making it difficult to grow vertically,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6665,google,"Indi, Karnataka (India)"," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Live it to believe it ! The most amazing company I have ever worked at,"wow where do I start ! The amazing office and campus, most delicious 5 star food everyday, the mini kitchens snd cafes, great comp benefits and mostly importantly - the outstandingly smart people. Coming to work here is amazing!! There is so much to learn from each Googler. Inspiring ideas and creativity all round. loved it!",no cons except it is very competitive and the hiring bar is very high but i am someone who loves a competitive environment since I believe it pushes you to do better!  Maintain the awesome culture of thriving intelligence and efficiency,Thanks Larry & Sergey for creating A dream company that benefits millions of people. Wishing you success for Alphabet and excited to see more inspiring companies like google!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6666,google,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall the best place to start the career,"10x or moonshot approach, ambitious, great brand, various amazing free consumer products, benefits and perks, internal mobility & geo transfers","google getting bigger and bigger, and individuals having less and less sense of impact. Some people (esp. from consulting) believe google culture does not teach juniors in a structured manner",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6667,google,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Intern,Best company ever,"One of the best companies to learn and have fun at the same time, while having your own independency working!","Teams are quite small, and sometimes you dont really work as a team due to he fact thta functions are divided","Keep this coporate culture, and keep taking care of your employees as you are doing.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6668,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Good Benefits, Smart Collegues, Best work environment","Too many changes at some point, lack of career discussions","Career coaching,",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6669,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,"Great perks, fun work, too much politics","Good pay and benefits Work with smart people, opportunities for mentorship Great learning opportunity Own your career, own your ideas and projects","Very political, very competitive Messy org, every team is doing their own thing, lots of redundancy. Lack of work life balance. Some managers pretend to be supportive, others dont even try to pretend",Dont burn out your people,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6670,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,"people at work, team environment.",competition. Strong sales targets not focusing on clients.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P667.htm
6671,google,none," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,smart people around to discuss and learn from them.,"The system is big and it is hard to change things. Also, you feel your impact small.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6672,google,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place, excellent package, good people","The best company in the world if you are interested in technology, with huge resources and a fantastic working environment. A highly competitive package.",People find it hard to leave as the salary and other benefits are relatively better than elsewhere. There's also a highly competitive streak amongst some leaders.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6673,google,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,I love google! Very nice company and lots of money!,Very hard working conditions! Making us sort arrays all day!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6674,google,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Network Engineer,"Google, Network Engineer, SYD","Travel opportunities, great career development, good benefits, good pay",Mountain View focused and difficult to get opportunities in SYD,"Give targeted career direction and mentoring, and understand the talent is not only in the USA, but outside too.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6675,google,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google's Review,Great to Work you'll enjoy,Big corporate so you may not get proper attention,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6676,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Balanced place,"Great environment, facilities, bonuses and perks, real focus on recruiting process","High pressure, lack of organization","Put people with real sales experience to drive the business, not metrics maniacs",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6677,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - SRE,"Lots of perks, great coworkers, good culture, but declining","Smart coworkers, good total salary, lots of travels.","Google values are gone, this has become a giant money making machine which still attracts interesting people, but for how long? Bureaucracy and politics are growing strong like in any big corp, and much people think about their career first, innovation second (if at all). Hard to feel productive and useful.","Cut own on the levels of management, reduce the number of eng levels, incentivize improvements rather than fake product launchs.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6678,google,none," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Excellent company to work with,No Cons I found yet.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6679,google,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Smart People","Excellent Benefits, you get to wrk with very smart people. They allow you to work on other projects of interest if you fufill your core role up to standards.",Very difficult to move out of a sales role. Not alot of lateral movement under 3 year mark. Very political.,I would say that some of the best managers I had did not have MBAs but more practical experience and had been at the company longer. MBA does not equal good manager.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6680,google,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Has a good work life balance.,Free food keeps adding weight.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P668.htm
6681,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Player,Best incentives to encourage productivity and great compensation when you look at total rewards.,being attached to work and hard to have good work life balance,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6682,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineering intern,+ good food + the company has great impact and uses great technologies,- the review process seems to be quite slow to me and it takes time to submit code - intern don't have that many permission and usually there are many problems with that,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6683,google,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Having a good manager makes a huge difference,Good Salary and great people to work with,Everyone is overqualified. Projects you work on are not suited with your experiences,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6684,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google: Pro's and Con's,"Constantly changing environment, innovation, friendly, collaboration, there are also many perks to the job such as the gym, pool and food. They treat their employees very well.",One of the biggest cons is the recruitment process. I didn't feel that I was being taken care of there. I didn't feel like some of the recruiters even cared who I was. There's also a big distinction in treatment between FTE's and contractors/temps/vendors.,"Try to blur the difference between the temps/vendors and contractors and ""Googlers"". Sometimes the distinction between the two is very evident in the treatment some of us have gotten by staff.",4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6685,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"So many complacent, untalented people","Good work culture, free food, travel","This mentality that Google is the place to ""end up."" The sales floor is full of unmotivated, uninspiring, untalented people who are perfectly happy coasting by as they can never get fired. As a young grad who wants to learn and make an impact, it was disappointing. Also lots of people get ahead by ""playing the game"" and SO MUCH POLITICS. It was truly sad to see untalented (some even downright stupid) people get ahead.","Get rid of regional CSI, restructure your sales force.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6686,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Great work culture and you get to work with some of the brightest people. There is good work-life balance and amazing perks.,None that I can think of!,Make Google better and better :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6687,google,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great smart people, passion, professional, and nice and kind","not bold, not aggressive, not bold, not aggressive,","great, smart,passion, professional, and nice and kind",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6688,google,Mexico City (Mexico)," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Great company, seriously smart people. Awesome new productos and tools that simplifies the day to day work",Very time consuming and demanding,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6689,google,none," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at google,"good work environment, good career progression","Large company, less personal more team focussed",focus more on individual,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6690,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Employer of choice!,"Free food Free gym Free health care (gp, dentist, nutritionist) Loads of perks (massage, hairdresser, dry cleaner)",There are certain rules for developement and other things that have to be followed. Due to the size there is more corporate restrictive behaviour and due to the massive hiring the mindset of new hires does not always align to the company.,Go for it,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P669.htm
6691,google,none," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant community,"It has the best and brightest software developers whom you can bounce ideas off, allowing you to the develop your ideas.","Not exactly the best pay for the calibre of developers whom they employ, most of their employees could earn a higher salary elsewhere.",Increase the salary.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6692,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,Awesome,"Awesome place to work,learning Career growth",Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing................ Nothing.....................Nothing,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6693,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Intern - Monthly,intern,"free food, supporting seniors, interesting projects",no cons as such. google is perfect.,keep up the google magic,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6694,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Local Data Evaluator,Local Data Evaluator,"Easy job, opportunities to get promoted, great title to add to your CV, relaxed working environment, good pay for an entry level job, multicultural environment, vendors (your boss) are supportive","Not much to learn unless you get promoted, management (Google staff that run the project) is a bit condescending at times, repetitive nature of the job, contracts are never renewed and getting hired is impossible, software is slow which is a problem when you are trying to hit a target",Treat operators as equal. Listening to the team and saying hello to operators when you pass them by is simple and make people feel appreciated.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6695,google,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Team-Lead,"Great place to work, smart people but suffers from the big-company issues",- Amazing peers - Loads of freedom and latitude - Ability to grow and transfer internally - Internal performance and feedback system is quite healthy,"- Big company = not as transparent as it used to be - Getting things done sometimes takes forever because of legal / privacy - Politics in middle management, as everywhere","Really think about putting users or partners first - don't just say it, do it",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6696,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Happy company with lots talents and opportunities!,A bit slow on the product release and decision making!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6697,google,none," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok,"Nice working environment, friendly co workers and efficient team management","As for cons, nothing comes to mind now!",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6698,google,Warsaw (Poland)," Aug 23, 2015","Current Employee - Account Associate, On the Assignment of Harvey Nash Technology",Good,"Very good team, creative environment, addtional benefits, food and drinks, possibility to work out on a gym, play station,game room and a pet","Too much work, to less free time, too many clients, too many statistics, too many team events, too much woring time","Be more employee oriented, have less stats and measure emplyee's satiscaftion, not onlu the one of the customer, it is good that we have creative environment, keep up with that",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6699,google,none," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,THE place to work in the tech world,The people are second to none The benefits are 360 degree Culture Innovation Office space,Slow promotions cycle Large company Maturing Easy to get lost,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6700,google,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Manager at Google,- Great people - Great infrastructure to work with - Food,- Poor promotion prospects at higher levels outside Mountain View,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P670.htm
6701,google,Uiwang (South Korea)," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Program Coordinator,Great,mostly great to work at Google,contract could not be extended,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6702,google,none," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Student Ambassador,Google Student Ambassador,Google is good place to work,nothing can be said in cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6703,google,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"great people, flat management, attractive compensate,",nothing that I can think of right now,you are doing great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6704,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategist,Free Food Infrastructure is good Policies are employee friendly Brand is a huge plus,Sub-standard boring manual work. Zero work satisfaction.  Do not join Google India if you are being hired as a campaign manager or Strategist. The work in these roles is absolutely rubbish which would be suicidal to your career.  Many people have fallen victim to the brand and money they offer only to end up doing manual mundane and boring work which a 10th Std passout can do.,Do not hire over qualified people to do under qualified jobs. Bring some good work to India offices.,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6705,google,Mexico City (Mexico)," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Bilingual Web Content Analyst,Great opportunities,They are very good at keeping a team going.,They terminated my contract because of my pregnancy.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6706,google,none," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Internship Review,"- Interns work as part of real engineering teams - Interns are actually treated as full-time employees (with access to the latest internal news, etc.) - Great development environment - Great company culture as a whole (transparent, trusting, ambitious, etc.)",- The size of the company can be overwhelming for some people - The overall experience depends on how committed your host engineer is to you  Can't really think of anything else.,Continue finding ways to make the size of the company less intimidating to new employees.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6707,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,I met and worked with some really amazing people. Benefits were excellent.,Middle management was variable in terms of effectiveness,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6708,google,none," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,What's not to like,"The much talked about benefits/ salary/ perks, the fast-paced, innovative and challenging environment with diverse, competitive colleagues. Self starters will find opportunities can be found or made and there can be a lot of autonomy. Scope to move location. Ample internal training provided.",None if you're willing to work hard.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6709,google,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Industry Manager,industry manager,"good, good, good, good, good",work life balance life work balance,transparent,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6710,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Best Company To Work With,It is the best company to work with. Employee centric company which give best to their people.,Should increase staffing within the organization.,Nothing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P671.htm
6711,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Industry Manager,Industry Manager,Perks Cutting edge Bigger picture Skillsets  Overall a company with a real mission that I feel proud to be a part of,"Scrappy company Bad PR on occasion Advertising world based on experience, not skills, at times",Sort a strong graduate path where employees can progress whilst trying different roles,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6712,google,none," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Great culture, great perks. The company is transparent and good at communicating to employees.","It has become a huge company and if you are working in smaller offices and in non-product related teams, you feel almost dispensable. Sad but true.",Focus more on GBO.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6713,google,none," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Work with consistently motivated people to make a significant difference to the lives of many.,"Information overload can lead to distraction, ongoing struggle to scale.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6714,google,none," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Title is good,It helps to make some new networks.,It's not organized and at some points dishonesty and hierarchy can be noticed.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6715,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent culture, opportunities and benefits",Great culture and great people. great opportunities to grow and develop. Great benefit package.,Work/Life balance may suffer at times.,"Keep a meritocratic environment, but make sure internal competition doesn't impact morale and team spirit.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6716,google,none," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company with limitless potential,"awesome food, awesome people, great benefits and culture. once you get in, your next job (if ever) hunt will be a breeze",everything revolves around Mountain View. hard to get career opportunities if you are working outside of mountain view.  Promotions are a touchy subject.,Decentralize work and projects to other regions. Though it makes sense for everything to revolve around Googleplex in Mountain View.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6717,google,none," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Friendly atmosphere good people and so on,Lack of parking spots and not so cheap,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6718,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,programmer,"this is the best company to work for on this blue planet, just enjoy what you love","no cons at all mate, not even a single con, literally not even a single one",you guys are awesome just keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6719,google,none," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for,"Great culture,smart people, good work",Upward mobility for talented individuals can be a problem - some people enter the company at the wrong level and get stuck.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6720,google,none," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful workplace,"The best place I have ever worked. The job was interesting, and the office was luxurious. I enjoyed going to work every day.","The only downside was that as a contractor, I had to leave when my contract expired without finishing the project.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P672.htm
6721,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company - small scope,Benefits and people are great. Work life balance is respected and you feel like you are taking part in something that is changing the world.,small scope: Regardless of where you are coming from your scope will significantly shrink at Google and this is a result of a company that is gigantic.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6722,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Some of the nicest and worst moments in my life,"very open not unnecessarily formal or official quite a lot of possibilities of small ways of appreciation (massage points, peer bonuses, spot bonuses etc.) a lot of opportunities to learn, when you get some time finally","work-life balance (it is possible if you want to be stuck all the time on the same level, without any promotion, however, to get other opportunities within the company or to get finally some decent pay raise, you need the promo, which also your over-ambitious colleagues without any social life or family commitments go for, and thus a competition from hell unleashes of who can manage to sleep the least time possible) promotion very, very hard because of promotion quota a big mess with processes - they want you to excel at something that was launched a week ago and does not work properly yet at all, and your personal rating depends on that contradictory requests on every step of the way","you probably are doing everything how you wish it to be - squeezing the maximum of the people even during their free time, and then throwing them away",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6723,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A big cohort of highly skilled and talented people doing mundane and repetitive back-office work,"* Perks (Good Food and Snacks - Can easily gain 20 kgs in 6 months, Transport, Medical and stock benefits) * Brand Name * You are surrounded by highly smart and qualified peers (all doing the same job irrespective of job levels)",* Niche job roles (Non-transferable skill sets). No industry standard processes or tools are used. A proprietary tool for every need is already in place * Your fate in the organization is completely decided by 1 person - your immediate boss * Poor performance evaluation methods - Name sake panel and committee (No transparency),"No one cares about how funky the office looks or how many varieties in today's lunch menu or why thai massage needs prior appointment. People care about job satisfaction, growth and work life balance (in that order). Decentralize the performance evaluation from the hold of one individual. An employee's stakeholders/peers should rate and the management should only validate",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6724,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,Good comapnay to work,Good salary good team everything is good there,"Nothing much, every one know about it..",NO need,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6725,google,none," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,The best place I have worked in ever,can't thing about real cons!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6726,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - International Key Account Manager Sales,Fantastic,famous worldwide Family-oriented High tech successful wellknown communication Long Story Reliability sakes target oriented,far away employees not well-known Translation Tools Need to be impoved Ranking too more pics,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6727,google,none," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great workplace,there's is a great culture at google. the atmosphere is relaxed and driven and at least my people manager was good at challenging and rewarding me,it is a numbers driven company anything that can't be measured has no place there. that sometimes makes it frustrating to plan and execute projects with an undetermineable outcome.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6728,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Learn from the best,Great chance to learn from the best people out there.,Google is becoming an adult - here's to hoping it never loser its inner creative child.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6729,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Research Assistant,research assistant,The job is really good,There are actually no cons,Keep your good work going,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6730,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,Great products being developed. Interesting mix of people. Lots to learn.,Google is run as a business. When the interests of employees and the company diverge the outcome is not always deemed satisfactory by some. Sometimes this results in good people leaving the company despite them liking their existing role / location.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P673.htm
6731,google,none," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company thay gives you all you need to focus in ur job,It has a good lifestyle and simply awesome,A lot of employees so creativity is not easily achieved,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6732,google,none," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Good learning experience. Dynamic work schedule. If you're looking for building skills, then they're helpful and provide good guidance.",None in particular as witnessed in my personal opinion/tenure. Maybe a bit pay raise would be good in my opinion.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6733,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,AM,"Perks, compensation, culture, social, upskilling","Job diversity, differing internal initiatives",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6734,google,Pyrmont (Australia)," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Google - Software Engineer (Sydney),"Very nice office environment- pool tables, games rooms, libraries, yoga & gym Free food! Very friendly development tools. Very relaxed office hours (depends on team)",They don't pay interns as much as one would expect compared to their standards. I've got to fill in this stuff.,"Really, they are doing a great job. I have to fill in this space. So I'll just fill it with random words.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6735,google,none," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Great company overall, good environment and colleagues. Benefits package excellent, great colleagues very prepared and dedicated, valuable resources access and learning opportunities, career development","Large organization, high workload with picks, could tend to become not very personal given the large amount of employees worldwide","Employees retention could be developed more and career development over time might be an area of focus, overall great company and opportunities",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6736,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful,"Benifets , very big pacegh , best working environment ..","Very big, a hole chain of manegmant",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6737,google,none," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overqualified people for most positions,"Flexibility, management coaching and perks",The requirements for entry positions are too high which results in people being overqualified for their jobs.,"Do not belong to the syatem, think outside the spreadsheets and frameworks suggested by upper management.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6738,google,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"multicultural environment, diversity, horizontal move relatively easy","too much bureaucracy, politics, lack of career options, poor mid management",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6739,google,none," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Really a good company to work for! Everyone is kind and sweet to each other. In my opinion it's the best company ever!,There are a lot of people who wants to work for Google. It can be very though to get a job in this company.,Give a chance to younger people with less experience. I think they could really help to get in the younger market.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6740,google,none," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Excellent environment , invigorating and Good Perfect Wonderful Environment","Nothing really , all is perfect",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P674.htm
6741,google,none," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Statistician,Benefits/perks. Free 24:7 gym access (on MTV campus). Free (self service) laundry (washer/dryer) available. Bowling alley. Volley ball pit. Custom-built and exclusive employee use only outdoor sport park,"Work/life balance. What balance? All those perks and benefits are an illusion. They keep you at work and they help you to be more productive. I've never met anybody at Google who actually time off on weekends or on vacations. You may not hear management say, ""You have to work on weekends/vacations"" but, they set the culture by doing so - and it inevitably trickles down.","Don't dismiss emotional intelligence and adaptive leadership. They're not just catch phases. You need great managers and leaders in order to build great companies and develop great employees. The people who may be brilliant at solving technical issues may not be (and are most often, not) the best candidates for management. 2) Do something about that work-ife balance.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6742,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Team Lead,Amazing place to work,"Great perks, great people, food is among the best anywhere, many locations across the world, treat you like royalty","Bureaucracy steadily increasing, roles becoming increasingly specialized which limit the amount of possible growth for individuals.","Make it easier for employees to transfer internally, or you will continue to lose them to other companies",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6743,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough Business,"Very fast paced workplace, lots to do and often times it was exciting with lots of ever changing challenges","Difficult workload, unsupportive management, along with technical equipment that malfunctioned and wasn't replaced as there wasn't any funds","Hire more cooperative on board staff, a wo",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6744,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Great Place,Great Place to work full time,sometimes can get a bit much,Great Place,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6745,google,none," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Staff Software Engineer,Really great place to work,"Work with some of the smarter people in the world, get excellent compensation, and a lot of benefits.","It is a big company. Probably the best one in history, but still a big company.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6746,google,none," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sr engineer,everyone knows google..dont expect more frome.,for every company cons are normal.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6747,google,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Assistant Marketing Manager,SEPCO1 Electric Power Construction Corporation review,It's in the power sector. So the salary is not bad.,Everything you do has to be under strict scrutiny of your superviser and has to gain his approval. Not much space for your self to call the shot and learn from failure. Bad motivation mechanism.,Better motivation mechanism. Those who work harder should be duely rewarded.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6748,google,Nairobi (Kenya)," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Senior Technical Solutions Consultant,"Google does not disappoint. It is a great company. You will be surrounded by amazing peers, working on exciting projects and most likely have great managers.","You can feel like a small cog in a huge wheel, and Google is known to hire overly qualified people for most tasks and positions",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6749,google,none," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Product Quality Analyst,product quality analyst,"good growth, new techs, good team","boring job, repetitive trends, not intersting",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6750,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Great People and Environment,The people inside are very friendly and you feel that the company taking good care of you. Lots of opportunities to learn and interact with people working in different divisions,You'll find it difficult to move to other companies after getting these perks,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P675.htm
6751,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Team Manager,Team Manager Global Customer Experience,"Great company to work for, amazing perks, colleagues",bureaucracy in different processes and sometimes the products which are launched have some faults,keep up good work - very encouraging people,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6752,google,Nairobi (Kenya)," Jul 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Brings out the best in one dealing with issues from first princples,Very challenging and could be intimidating or difficult to handle,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6753,google,none," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,- Great people to work with - Great benefits - Lots of projects to work on,- Intense and sometimes stressful to work at,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6754,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Product Manager,great learning opportunity,"good comp, travel, positive work life balance and fun team mates","bureaucracy, politics, scale. Diminishing returns to role and content knowledge unless you can really push aside a lot of the operational/executional work and find the right project positioning",simplify,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6755,google,none," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Student Ambassador,best work place nice work culture good salary,less flexibility no work from home,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6756,google,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Employee,It's a great place to meet new people who have new and interesting ideas. Mostly everybody gets on very well so it feels more like a community rather than just a workplace.,"Because there are so many talented people working at Google, it is possible that you will not get the kind of work you were initially looking for.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6757,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Brilliant Company, getting a bit 'bottom heavy' & political",-Intelligent people -Transparent organisational structure -Transparent communication -Great perks -Good bonuses & equity -General consideration for colleagues -Good global internal moveability,"-Harder and harder to get promoted -('bottom heaviness' will make many smart people seem normal performers) -Internal visibility is main focus of many employees (rather than business impact) -Same goes for many mid-managers (some very, some absolutely not, yet seems not to matter) -General 'positive' attitude can be contagious & expected - stifling questioning & actual thinking -20% 'own project' time more often and often dedicated by being a cod mid-manager projects (flavours of the month) - (more and more 'yes man' behaviour) as trying & failing might get you negative attention","-Focus on long term sustainability of projects rather than short term visibility -Keep innovation alive by rewarding 'out there' projects even if they fail -Have better promotion paths (hard this one, if you want to keep the hierarchy low)",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6758,google,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,My coworkers at Google were very talented.,There were lots of conflicting projects,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6759,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Staff Site Reliability Engineer,"Good place, very different from the early days",Amazing people Big challenges and opportunies No shortage of money or people if you have a good idea,"Slower growth makes new opportunities harder to find Lots of very senior, smart people you need to convince to let you try new stuff",There are many burnouts. We should have holiday homes for them.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6760,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - YouTube Partner Manager,Great place to work,"Great coworkers, amazing perks and a transparent inclusive corporate culture. Loads of international career opportunities. Very diverse and empowering environment.","Like many other tech companies growing larger, Google is now a big corporation and from time to time it may seem more hierarchal than it should be.",Keep on empowering people to innovate and come up with high-impact projects. Keep on developing skills and help employees grow in their career ambitions.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P676.htm
6761,google,Warsaw (Poland)," Jul 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Language Engineering Ops Coordinator,- social package - people - great culture and attitude,- too much everything - never better anywhere after google (you feel disapoointed),Stick to people. The rest will pan out.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6762,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Google work,"The working env. is amazing. The infra is awesome. No strict deadlines. No timings. Work from anywhere, whenever you want. But try to be punctual in long run.",Work is difficult sometimes. Codebase will take time to understand.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6763,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Looks like a dream company but it's not always the case,"All the benefits and the possibility to learn new things, also outside the current role/project.","Management hardly has people management skills, they don't treat their reportees as humans but as tools to reach their own goals. Very stressful environment, too much pressure, no work life balance.",Please remember that you're managing human beings.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6764,google,none," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall good experience,"good environment, colleagues over all good atmosphere","working hours are some how unmanagable, easy to be overloaded",keep up the good work. work life balance,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6765,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Great Peers, Good perks but moderate work life balance","- You work with some of the best minds and always get to learn a lot from them. - Pay grade, although not the best in the market, is good. - Office space is fun and happening","- Being a remote site has its disadvantages, which is reflected in late night meetings - Less option on the site. New projects get taken away. Hard to convince management for an idea. - Work life balance in hyderabad is not too great.","Spend more time in innovative projects, and starting projects from the site. Put Hyderabad on the map.",5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6766,google,none," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,I get paid a lot of money I get a lot of benifits 40 hor work week,still not enough money still to much work not enough benefits pay me more pls,i like my manager very proffesional i like who he is best manager,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6767,google,Pune (India)," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Its a nice company,"Good work culture,maintained work life balance",Revenue is quite low as compared to the pressure,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6768,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,Great Brand Good perks Growing Opportunities Working with great people Flexibility,Bureaucracy creeping in Some parts particularly on Business side more top down Compensation less compared to other companies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6769,google,none," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning @ Google,Better place to learn and have fun. Get to learn more about the Products and People around as well.,So far i have not found anything to comment on.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6770,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 11, 2015",Former Employee - Display Optimization Specialist,Great place to start you career,"Google is a great place to start your career, the surrounding and people can be inspiring. Great perks with the job, cool offices. Having Google on your CV definitely helps later in your career.","The role itself is extremely repetitive. It's a factory process that Google are refining down to a fine art. Adwords, Adwords, Adwords. Maybe if I was in another department things would have been different but let's not forget where the majority of Googles roles are, Adwords is their cash cow. So that's business.","There are managers in Google that are great project manages not great people managers, during my time there 2 out of the 3 managers I had were not great people managers.",3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P677.htm
6771,google,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Head of Communications,Head of Communications,"Great company - smart and motivated people, big challenges",Not a lot I can think of,Avoid bureaucracy,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6772,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Information,The pros for this company are well documented by a very good marketing department.,Be prepared for a bumpy ride with lots of opportunities.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6773,google,none," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product manager,Your encouraged to grow and discover new things they feed you information so you never feel underfed and you are always gaining experience,Haven't found any yet fairly new to the company when I find something I'm not happy with then I will come back and right some cons but haven't been with google long enough to make a comment,"It would be good to see some bonus of some kind passed down to the not so high up ones so we feel we are not getting left behind, the 3 meals a day is great I'm always hungry lol",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6774,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Intern,Very helpful team. Collaboration is indeed a key to the success in the company. People are very humble. It was the best summer I could ever wish for. Food is delicious.,"There is lots of ambiguity. Even despite the fact that I love challenging situations and trying to figure out ways on my own, at Google you have to do almost everything by yourself.",Do not change. I really do not have any advice as work at Google was beyond my expectations. Everyone was helpful. Management is very busy but it is ok.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6775,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,best work environment and perks,best work environment great perks lively creative work stations best in class facilities get to learn from the top engineers,there are no cons,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6776,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Data Analyst,Great Experience,Great work environment. It is a great place to be proactive and make good things happen. Great opportunities. Helpful environment. Safe cab facilities.,There is no clear definition of how bonus is distributed Management were not very clear about policies. Salary hike was not done in appropriate way. Delay in giving answers for query asked.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6777,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - SMB Sales,Great company culture very remote jobs and growth opportunities,"Great corporate culture, everyone is ridiculously smart and kind. Great benefits. It's Google","No useful feedback from middle management Middle-management often of very limited cognitive abilities Targets are everything, feels very mechanic and absolutely repetitive","Thick middle management layer (of sometimes limited and unmeritorious individuals) provides huge lack of transparency, I loved my entire team and my entire team severely disliked their manager, creating excessive - unnecessary - friction and somewhat reckless performance.",3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6778,google,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome experience,Working in Google is on of the best experience in my life.,Google in my five years of experience became very big for me,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6779,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Partner Success Manager,I wish I still worked there!,"Super fun work environment, great meals.",Roller skates at work weren't necessarily encouraged.,Hire me back!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6780,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Brilliant culture, people & perks, but becoming ungainly","- Incredibly smart people - Great perks (free food, gadgets) - Incredibly efficient: while bureacracy does exist and in some areas is increasing, there is vastly less than most companies. Organising a meeting with 20 people in different countries with rooms for everyone just takes a few minutes.",- often poor product discipline outside of the cash cows sometimes leading to whimsical shut-downs - harder and harder to get promoted - more and more scrutiny on expenses,More careful about office shut-downs: it's hard to convey the sense of loss of job security for everyone when entire engineering offices producing great products are shut down for reasons that are unclear.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P678.htm
6781,google,none," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Account Manager,opportunity to know some of the smartest people in this planet,"systems not built for client's greatest interest, unrealistic target, etc",n/a,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6782,google,none," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Strategist,"Amazing opportunity to step in digital advertising with a multi product approach (display, search, youtube)",It s hard to focus on a,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6783,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great benefits in office and beyond, food and healthy snacks, great collaborative spaces, lively culture , smart peers to work with",Compensation is not the best while Google aspires to hire the best talent in the market. The hr team tries to reason but sitting outside country does not help,"Better comp and getting hr folks to be in country to understand the ground reality of the market, to ensure that the right talent is acquired and retained",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6784,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,One of the coolest places to work at,Visibility of work Pay work culture environment lot of smart people around you to learn from,cant' complain much about the place,"most of the managers are fine, but usual issues that a large organization faces still persists here",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6785,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Account Strategist,1. Swanky office 2. Work life balance,1. Bad management : managers change almost every 2 quarters 2. Politics,Hire better managers,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6786,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Development Manager,Amazin,Best company ever. Really smart people. Great managers.,It´s becoming very big and slow,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6787,google,none," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great peers. Poor middle management.,Best and brightest coworkers. Great benefits.,Got to be a big company now. Hierarchical org structure.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6788,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Strategist,Associate Account Strategist,-people are amazing - perks are competitive -culture is a must to learn,"-middle management does only execution, no strategy at all",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6789,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing,Best ever,Plenty to think and challenge yourself,None at all. It's google,Keep it up,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6790,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Project Lead,Project Lead,Best facilities but no time to use them.,Management not invested in employee career development. Favoritism,Reduce bias,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P679.htm
6791,google,none," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Middle Management is horrible,"Great Perks, lots of talented and well connected people who inevitably leave after two years- so it's a great network to have.","Middle Management here is horrible, petty, and not at the same level of many of the people they manage. If you get a manager that likes you you can get promoted and be granted an actual chance at transferring within the company- if not, well, good luck to you","Sack Middle Management in GCE, implement Holocracy.",3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6792,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,adwords co ordinator,"great company to work with,growth opportunity",i want to work from home because full time employment is not an option at home front.,none,5.0,none,1.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6793,google,none," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good comp to work,very good work environment to work,highly competitive atmosphere sometimes creates stress,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6794,google,Abha (Saudi Arabia)," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Receptionist,Frontline consulting service,I want be depend my self,Im happy to work them as a perfect worker,Best company,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6795,google,Seoul (South Korea)," Jun 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best and the best company I've worked for,Culture and people. Learn a lot from any people working with,shining yourself is very hard as surrounded by talents. 24/7 work would be necessary to be shined from others,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6796,google,none," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked at Google full-time,"Culture, benefits, career opportunities and overall work environment are pretty well-balanced and stimulating. Engineers have a pivot influence on the products.",With time it becomes more like a large company with inertia and all the stuff that is associated with it.,Work life balance can be a challenge,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6797,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and open to shape the role,"the culture it has, the amazing people you work with, its strong values","for being such a big corporation with so many strenghts, sometimes career growth can be slow",keep looking at people and at products so we can sell happily,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6798,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 17, 2015","Former Employee - Product &amp, Solution Specialist",Unclear goals,Fun and exciting at first (2008).,"Huge company, lots of politics.",Make goals more clear and promote the right people.,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6799,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,hrbp,"Culture, autonomy, benefits, vision, business model and growth","Hierarchy and politics in sales, risk adverse local management, project vs impact focus",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6800,google,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review Title,"Good perks, good salary, some interesting technologies","Too dependent on US so many evening video calls. As a large company, there are many teams and the quality of work and management varies between the teams.",Work out better ways to make London less dependent on MTV.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P680.htm
6801,google,Bengaluru (India)," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Good,It's good. It's Google. It have to be Good.,"nothing as such, just that they didn't ask us to chose team in my year, now they ask, so problem resolved.",nothing as such.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6802,google,none," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Great team atmosphere, healthy working environment, all the equipment you need to do your job. Highly skilled co workers and great communications.","No cons to working with Google. There is a valuable culture that all companies could learn from, not just internet companies.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6803,google,none," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"great company, great people, good learn opportunity","too many staffs, the location",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6804,google,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jun 12, 2015",Former Employee - Analyst,Analyst,a lot of chance for young people and a lot of challenges working there,the benefit package is not very attractive,should be more professional in the filed and in management,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6805,google,Binyamina (Israel)," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,"Great place, but becoming a corporate",- Great benefits - The best people I have ever worked with. - Get to work on things that literally change the world.,"- Marching towards big corporate culture. - Very centralized, hard to show impact from a remote office. - Management is becoming deeper and deeper.",Resist the urge to grow at all cost. Remember what made Google great - it was amazingly good at avoiding opportunity cost. Nowadays the chance of successfully working on something groundbreaking that came from the bottom is close to zero.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6806,google,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wow,"Great energy & the ""do no evil mantra of our founders"" is a reality behind the scenes across all levels and in the DNA & framework.",Pace can sometimes be frenetic,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6807,google,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google was interesting,Great work life balance with adequate opportunity for career development and fun a a a a a a a,"Getting more corporate and political, a lot more red tape. Getting better though, I feel. Tends to employ overqualified people, quite often have to work overtime although work/life balance is important for them.","Keep up the great work, I feel secure in my position with your excellent support and guidance.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6808,google,none," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good perks, Freedom of expression",The HR team needs to work on communication. There should be clarity in their talks. Not helpful for ex Googlers who want to join back.,Heard it has become like a local call center now. Please get back to the old style of management.,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6809,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Excellent company to work,Excellent Peers Decisions are data driven - Even the promotion process,Usually important projects are concentrated in Mountain View.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6810,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looked after,"Good work environment, on site food, help you get settled into area and transport to site. Good travel opportunities. Very flexible and gender equal.","Long hours, tight deadline. Interview process is ununnecessarily drawn out and painful, was rejected after interview twice before being called back a third time and offered position!","Keep up the great work, I feel secure in my position with your excellent support and guidance.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P681.htm
6811,google,none," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sourcer,work with some of the best recruiters in the world,can become a bit too specialised,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6812,google,none," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Best company In the world,Learn Lots new things and new Technologies.,Their are no cons to specify in google,Keep it up...you doing very well,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6813,google,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,There are many work to my like this some good people our help me,Some challenging work like more than enmities and I like my job,Good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6814,google,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, not so great career progression","Amazing people, perks and products to work on.","Tends to employ overqualified people, quite often have to work overtime although work/life balance is important for them.  Lets you change jobs within company after a year but it's difficult to move up the ladder.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6815,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Exceptional learning experience, Cutting edge technology, You get a chance to apply actual problem solving skills in action.",No cons specificaly. Just one is that It's contact.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6816,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales internship,The best company to work in,Hard to get a full time position also if you are very good its a matter of headcounts,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6817,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Looked After,"Benefits are amazing: GP, Dentist, Nurse, Restaurants, Massage and Nails on site in Dublin campus. Work space is gorgeous: open plan, colourful office plans with loads of high spec meeting rooms. Technology: Personal technology for work, E.g. laptops and phones are top notch and upgraded regularly. Software and systems are always newest version. Culture: There is still a fairly young workforce in Dublin office with loads of bright and really interesting people with a lot to offer. A team centric culture is very much endorsed and Googlers are still happy to jump in and help where possible. Travel: There is huge opportunity to travel and or relocate as Google has offices just about everywhere in the world.",Workload: With the culture of ambition and innovation comes high workloads. Complexity: Organisations and internal processes can be highly complex and difficult to navigate. Promotion: the organisation is still very flat and promotion is very competitive.,Please standardise management remit. Ensure all managers are fully trained and have a proven capacity and very sincere aspiration to people manage.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6818,google,none," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work environment,"Great Environmentwork with Google products, tools, PC - perks (free snacks for the fastest people in canteen) - pension&health insurance (after completion of 6 months of probationary period) - quaterly bonus (max. 4% of salary) based on performance",Many work hours dilettante management (especially Operation Leads) who is constantly demotivating employees - non-transparent system of promotion (better jobs are for ''very close friends'' of TeamLeaders/Operations Lead only),none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6819,google,Sydney (Australia)," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Eng Manager,"People are great, benefits are flexible, and there is room for growth.","Work/life balance is not addressed, some ""hero culture"" is still damaging to teams.",Reward the people who prevent and do grungy work. Make sure you have a rounded team that doesn't all think the same.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6820,google,none," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company. Great Environment to work with innovative minds.,"Free Gym, good food- Free food eat whatever you like, Free laundry, Free health/fitness assessment.",I didn't find anything that I don't like except you have to work a lot.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P682.htm
6821,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best Company to work for,- Take care of its employees.,- No cons as such.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6822,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"great atmosphere, good people and just a great place to work. I would even go as far as saying the best company in the world to work for.","I don't have many cons about Google but software engineering i do. For one, deadlines they are very stressful to meet. secondly the amount of hours is huge.",my advise is just stick to the same style as now because the employees have huge morale and as i said earlier a great place to work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6823,google,none," May 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing work environment,"Google is very organized and innovative, takes care of the employers and offers a lot of trainings and learning opportunities. People are usually very collaborative and interesting, professional and inspirational.",Like most of the big companies it is very easy to get stuck in a job function and a role for a long time.,"Learn from your employers, it's very important to get to know what they do and help them the best you can",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6824,google,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google AM Salary,"Compensated very well, with amazing perks and benefits.","Difficult to have a good work/life balance, and have to be very willing to play internal political games in order to succeed at the company",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6825,google,none," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,B2B Marketing,"Great culture, best people, great brand","Highly political, leadership positions static",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6826,google,none," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"big nice company, and a big brand. one to admire and to enjoy working","messy process, some messy employees and experience",simplification,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6827,google,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Former Employee,"Great, but nepotistic company","Great environment, supportive colleagues, lots of learning, great use of technology, fast paced and never boring.","No matter how hard you work, if you're a contractor they give you the feeling.. And no matter how great you are, if you're applying for a permanent job within the company, for which a family member of Google employee is applying too, there's no chance for you. Been there.. Experienced it.. Totally nepotistic, yet will lie in your face, stutter and blush when you tell them you know why the other person was hired instead of you.",Appreciate and prioritise those who have showed you a great hard work already instead of prioritising external candidates who haven't showed anything yet..,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6828,google,"Montaïn, Midi-Pyrenees (France)"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engeener,- Good peeple - Big company - Best salary - great space,- Actually ther's no downsides at working in Google,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6829,google,Chennai (India)," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Developer,Good company,Salary technology Agile Compensation' leave,Tight Schedule transport food culture colleagues,better recruitment policy need good hr policy,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6830,google,Bengaluru (India)," May 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,company review,good work ethics good working culture,"lot of competition,lack of personal projects",good,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P683.htm
6831,google,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior User Experience,"Great company, but not if you are based in Europe",Great perks Lots of available resources to perform job,"Getting too big, too slow to execute.. Very US centric limited opportunities in Europe with lots of re-orgs",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6832,google,none," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,!) Challenging work. 2) Good managers. 3) Good opportunities.,Nothing much. Some teams arent as efficient as others.,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6833,google,none," Apr 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience the overwhelm,"Its a very fast and smart work environment. With many supportive friend, many good senior, and good facility, including the superb cafetaria","Its very overwhelming at first, people have to prepare their self very good, so they can keep up the fast paced people in google.",Keep up the good pace,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6834,google,Singapore (Singapore)," May 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"amazing team, good and open culture",complacency can creep in if you don't keep yourself updated.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6835,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Game of Thrones,"Excellent benefits, great working environment, fun people and good fun","Jobs can be mudane, ensure you enter at the right level. Google is like the care bears on the outside - the game of thrones on the inside.","Hire the right people, not over qualified employees for lower level roles",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6836,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly great place,"There are a lot of great benefits and it's usually a pretty flexible place to work, depending on the team.","With size comes a lot of bureacracy, and many things are too centralised in Mountain View",Give individuals as well as separate teams more independence. Make the internal transfer process easier as it's almost impossible to switch teams.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6837,google,none," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good and good :),good culture and team members,too many tasks per day,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6838,google,none," Apr 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,work life balance,benefits are very good. good company,lack of work life balance,Do something that about work life balance,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6839,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategist,"- Perks + Benefits, good compensation - Casual Working culture and still relative flat hirarchy - Colleagues and Teams - Work cross-functionally and globally","- Strong Performance Pressure with quarterly reviews, ratings that measure performance numerically and meticulously, and the need to over-perform for three consecutive quarters to even be considered for a promotion. Can lead to very slow career progression. - Lots of leg work and operations, often you manage chaos and company politics rather than make things happen - Lots of launches means a lot of overtime - Very ambitious and very competitive colleagues and shift culture towards having to put in a lot of extra hours and extra effort - Lack of diversity (everyone is an over-achiever coming from similar personal and professional backgrounds, both in business and on the engineering side)","Stay true to your roots, hires from management consultancies and big band names are changing the culture currently. They should adopt to Google, not the other way round. Hire more diverse talent from different backgrounds, hire for talent and attitude. Focus on better work-life balance.",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6840,google,none," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Avoid gTech,"Great perks, excellent salary, smart people.","gTech basically a help-desk, smart people doing menial jobs.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P684.htm
6841,google,none," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategist,Great Coworkers Experimental Projects Work Life Balance Information Access,Excessive resources and created dependencies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6842,google,none," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,account strategist,good food fun and nice career opportubity,lots of pressure and too much politics,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6843,google,Kraków (Poland)," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Happy days at distributed office,"Great people, great on-site perks","Very HQ-centric, hard to develop a career in a distributed office.",Stop being MTV-centric :),5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6844,google,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, intense work and life changing experience",Great Friends for life Culture is amazing Exposure to different industries Great Brand to have in your CV Constant Training,Competitive environment No professional growth Hard to get promoted Senior management can be different throughout regions Silos sometimes,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6845,google,none," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Policy,"- Fantastic perks, - Interesting colleagues - Potentially very interesting work","- By now very large, - Hence more bureaucratic, - Moves slowly.","- Focus on competence before anything, - Be global, not an American company operating globally.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6846,google,none," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Product Management Director,Best company ever,"Still operates much like a start up, with the resources & impact of a large company Work with awesome people","Too much work - not caused by top down pressure, just by the fact that everyone is super strong & motivated to have an impact, so puts in a lot of hours",Move the needle a little (not too much) towards fewer hours per week,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6847,google,none," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Strategist,The Culture is amazing and pushes you to grow,Expected to work in a scrappy way and can be difficult to assimilate information at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6848,google,none," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"It was an interesting and inspiring experience, I had an opportunity to work on Google open source projects and was involved in various processes of project release management.","The grading system is very strange, my contribution during my internship did not count as much as after-internship interview results.","On the whole, company performs very well, single employee experience does not affect the company's status.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6849,google,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company,",Smart people and great benefits.,Bad management decisions and increasing bureaucracy.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6850,google,none," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analytics,great culture great offices excellent benifits people are fun and friendly,sometimes you just dont know where to go to get things done interview process was extremely long and drawn out,think about the little people aswell as the the people with the high power roles.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P685.htm
6851,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Campaign Manager,None at the moment which can be shared.,"Free Food, Amazing Culture, Work from home",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6852,google,none," Apr 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company ever,Never had a better work life balance or perks,Very competitive and you compete with the best,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6853,google,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Industry Head,Industry Head,good benefit transparent management good team members,market competition limited career growth opportunities,no,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6854,google,none," Apr 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect goals company,great company with specific goals,It will conquer the market in the next few years,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6855,google,none," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Techstop Connect Technician,"Overall fantastic everything. Management, colleagues, other employees - all great.","Benefits, compensation, atmosphere, constantly working on new technology","Base pay is a little low, but that is due to the compensation package, such as free food (breakfast, lunch, dinner Monday through Friday), and many more perks.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6856,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior consultant for packaged software solutions,Good opportunities in a big company,extensive traveling causes a difficult work life balance,Open more dialog with senior management and ground level employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6857,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,intern,"nice food, good place to word","very motivated, in the middle of the city",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6858,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist - SMB Sales,Amazing company with the best job of my life,"The job itself (SMB Sales) is great, challenging and the best start for a fresh grad. The company is and all the perks are just unbelievable. I love the people around me and of course I am in love with the products what we offer. This is a dream coming true.",Job can get repetitive sometimes and the promotion is quite difficult to get as everybody is very ambitious.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6859,google,Sydney (Australia)," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Industry Head,Great people and a focus on culture makes for a unique experience,"Great people, they can attract and retain top talent which makes for a very engaging experience","As the company matures and acquires it's difficult to maintain a culture, new people from outside dilute the original work force",Do not undervalue your sales force,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6860,google,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 5, 2015","Current Employee - Manager, Software Engineering",Google over the last 9 years,"The people are brilliant, motivated, and interesting. Some of the projects being thought up at Google are so ambitious and unique, it adds a big part to the 'special sauce' of why people want to work here. For the most part, employees feel like their feedback makes a difference.","A lot of growth means a lot of growing pains. Lots of rough patches with employee dissatisfaction about one thing or another. A regression towards the mean, as you hire 50,000+ people, it will start to feel like a big company with big company problems.","Keep listening to feedback and keep being transparent and honest about decisions. Some of the more unpopular decisions in the past year had to be made. Googlers are mature and capable enough to accept the trade-offs, but trying to avoid controversy by not being open about those decisions is going to backfire.",4.0,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P686.htm
6861,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,The company can be Good,there is Nothing bad as such,Nothing to say for the management,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6862,google,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,I had six months internship experience in Google Beijing Office as business analyst. And converted to full time employee,"Good benefit, open and nice company culture.",sensitive to your words of religion and culture,Talk with teammates as often as possible to gain knowledge,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6863,google,none," Mar 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great culture.","Great organization, very bright people. Great food and very rewarding work. Everyone wants you to succeed.","No real downsides at working at this company, everyone is great and the culture is great. Not able to think of anything not great about the company.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6864,google,none," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic work experience.,"People, food, benefits, gym, resources. Promotions and leadership seem to work well, though it's true that I work on a smaller self contained research team.","work/life balance, large company. It's difficult to find where resources are sometimes. The company is so large it's hard to get a synoptic view and understand where you are.",Managers could be a little better about discussing personal growth an encouraging time off. Compensation and benefits work well though.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6865,google,none," Mar 21, 2015",Former Employee - Global Busiiness Org,"Google is a teenager now, with all the growing pains that implies","Excellent pay and benefits, amazing workplace environment and topnotch colleagues. It's still the best large corporate to work for in my book. If, that is, you want to work in a large corporate. If you're in the right org or product area within the company it is possible to get to work on some fantastic projects and for your career to progress - a rising tide lifts all boats as they say. However...",".... if you are in the wrong org, one that is not growing or has poor leadership or mid-management, get out fast! You are on a dead end track and nothing you can do will change that.  The company has grown so large so quickly and you can really see it is wrestling with all the problems of adolescence, with bureaucracy and politics exploding in the years I was there.  Performance management is broken and the best people do not always get the rewards they deserve. Adept upward management rather than doing the best job has become the surest way to rapid career advanceent. This is a real shame and needs to be nipped in the bud asap. It is not clear that the senior management are really aware of this or have the means or desire to get to grips with it.","Firstly, fix perf. Remove direct managers from involvement in who gets promoted and when through better use of real-time 360 degree feedback tools. Either make Levels truly fungible across orgs or better still bin them all together. Reward people for doing their actual jobs well rather than for side projects of questionable added-value which are undertaken, normally just before a perf cycle, to show 'Innovation' and 'Googleyness'.  Secondly SVPs and VPs need to get out on to the frontlines and see what the footsoldiers see and experience, Undercover Boss style. What they hear from their management teams one or two wrungs below them is glossed over veneer, it is not the real picture. The best political operators in the middle-management ranks are adept at crafting the story they want to tell you. They will select only those data points which support their case and willfully omit all others.  You would learn a lot more from unnannounced visits to offices and teams than you do now from the stage managed state visits which have become de rigour.  Find a way for lower-level employees to give you their honest feedback and concerns without the fear of reprisal from their line managers. People don't speak out when they believe they undermine their own career prospects by doing so.  The current feedback mechanisms (GG primarily) don't ask the right questions in the right way and so never fully capture the jaded sentiments expressed in hushed tones on many office floors.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6866,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great,Awesome! and nice. Nice environment and fantastic workplace,"as of now, long hours, complex technologies",Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6867,google,none," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My dream job,"Simply, because it's Google, best company in the world, if you leave it, then you can work in any company in the universe.","Difficult to find a job there, somehow impossible, you may need someone works there to get in.",Recruit a variety of people from different cultures,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6868,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Executive,Marketing,"Motivation, team Work, coordination, could learn with no limits and the list of things goes on .proud to say that i got a best platform to tweak my skills",I really have no much cons while i worked in the organisation other than we need to struggle to make other employees understand our ideas. and the house keeping was horrible.,we need resources to complete the task. no one man army performance,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6869,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Strategist,great cmpny to work for,gr8 culture to work for,everything is good here !,ppl need to b grounded,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6870,google,none," Feb 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Be prepared to be challenged, pushed and work v hard","Amazing benefits, travel, food (which is phenomenal), opportunities - placements, working on different projects across the company, being constantly challenged, needing to think - constructively, properly and sometimes really quickly, amazing colleagues who are similarly extremely smart, fast and challenging","You need to be prepared to work hard - your bonus, standing, salary etc are all predicated on you working hard and continuing to improve. You need to show you are a team player as well as an individual, so be prepared to take on extra work to make the grade. It's a large company, so you have to find ways to stand out. Don't expect much of a home life at times - when you're up against it, it's expected you'll stay there all hours.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P687.htm
6871,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Accpunt Manager,"Great place to be, but lots of politics and pay isn't competitive","Great place, amazing benefits, good perks, strong company culture. You work with very smart people, which makes it an amazing place to learn the basics of the media industry","Extra competition, people are very smart and may use their brains to get ahead of you. Pay is too low for junior levels, impossible to live well with that salary in London.","Stop being politicians, in the UK promotions are only based on internal visibility rather than good client work.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6872,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Community Manager,Good,"Company Values, Work Ethic, Policies","NA, Personal Growth, More openness",Office Culture,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6873,google,none," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,A great place to work,Change is always good for growth.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6874,google,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 25, 2015",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Google is awesome. You hear about how awesome it is, but when you start working there, you'd still be surprised.","The food is amazing. Management team is mostly rational, competent and nice to work with.","Long hiring process. This can also cause issues further down the track. ie if a team is understaffed, filling the headcount can take quite some time",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6875,google,Sofia (Bulgaria)," Mar 10, 2015",Former Employee - Google Applications Support,"Good company, bad senior management. Would recommend.","Good company, lots of opportunities",Can't think of any cons atm.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6876,google,none," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,awesome work ethics and people,lots of work to do at all the time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6877,google,Moscow (Russia)," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Engineering Recruiter,A good place to work but there are things to keep in mind,+ office is just great + people are awesome + compensations and benefits are amazing + tasks are interesting and challenging,"- you have several people who can manage you and set your tasks - your manager, your team leader, engineering managers who you are collaborating with - too much bureaucracy - if you like problems to be solved immediately you should not start working at Google because sometimes it takes ages to get what you want - management overloads staff - it's hard to be promoted - you are assessed against other people in your team, even if you do 120% of your plan you are looser because there's always someone who does 121%",Too much political games with your staff and management is not good.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6878,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - DM Program Manager,DM Program Manager,"Perks are really good + benefits, Insurance + food + gym + pension. Compensation is also at a really good level.  You can have all the support you want. Good environment of work","It may be more difficult to communicate with senior managers and other teams managers sometimes. I don't see a lot of cons in working in this company. If you're an entrepreneurs then maybe you won't be that attracted to it,","The Dublin office culture is amazing, i wish it was the same in other offices (Paris, London etc) Company values are always great and benefits are also very attractive.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6879,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 21, 2015",Former Employee - MBA Intern,Great employer (Was an MBA intern),- Intrapreneurial - Ability to make a terrific impact in a short amount of time - Exposure to one of the best technologies - Treated fairly well and almost equal as employees,- Sometimes you may have to do projects that are not necessarily innovative or make the best use of your skills - Access to data that is needed for your job is hard to come by. It is always a constant struggle to convince the right folks to grant you access,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6880,google,none," Mar 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to be,Bright people all around you,Too much focus on some individuals,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P688.htm
6881,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 12, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Google has lost it's magic,"Salary, Benefits, nice chairs and desks.","Red Tape, Bureaucracy, Giant Corporation, meaningless perks, cut throat working environment, no work-life balance, no life outside Google","I'm not sure if there is anyway back to the glory days, but Google has just turned into another Giant Corporation with nicely decorated offices.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6882,google,none," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it used to be,"Benefits, salary, that's about it","Red tape, aggressively competitive, giant corporation, lacks interest in individuals, no work life balance",Really don't know,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6883,google,Sydney (Australia)," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"The tales of comfort and joy are true, but the work isn't always ground-breaking",* Glorious work environment. There are talented people for whom their full time job is just to make you happy. * Great benefits * Lots of smart people to learn from * Pretty good at being a meritocracy (for a corporation) * Your workplace is endlessly discussed on the internet,"* Sometimes your job is just to shuffle data from one format to another * Sydney is an idiotically expensive city to live in. Despite the amazing compensation, I'd be more wealthy working for some small dev shop in another city. * People in remote offices sometimes live in fear of that office closing. Sydney seems pretty safe, though. * Your workplace is endlessly discussed on the internet",Listen to dogfood feedback! Stop only having offices in expensive places to live! Give people in REWS a pay rise!,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6884,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Experience to date,The opportunities to develop your skills into other areas outside of your comfort zone and working with some of the brightest minds in the industry.,"None that I would consider cons, if you are interested in progressing your career and enjoyed a fast paced working environment then I would encourage you to try Google",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6885,google,Kraków (Poland)," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software,Very satisfied,"salary, benefits, interesting projects, the best people",sometimes hard to tackle with maintenance/new stuff challenges,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6886,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Developer,good company,"Nice city, arround the lake, everyone's super nice",Not much to say about it,good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6887,google,none," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,A very good company in IT,no cons here as it is very good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6888,google,none," Mar 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for!,"Free Environment, Productive, Huge Money",Not many -Some Good People -Avoid Cafeteria discussions,GodSpeed! Best Management you ever will have! They are invisible.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6889,google,none," Feb 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent company, great experiences",- Super smart people (co - workers)  - Great work life balace  - Ability to make a huge impact  - High momentum and quick decisions,- not all teams/dept/locations are treated the same  - experience dependent on manager and their ability,- more effort needed to training managers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6890,google,none," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing, great environment, able to test new things",You can make a difference,Can be very demanding if you are not up to it.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P689.htm
6891,google,none," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,unfortunately the worst place to work,"great benefits, smart people, great work life balance",zero growth and hence zero challenges. breeds mediocrity,churn the talent and push them to take up challenges,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6892,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Director,Amazing company but getting to big in the past couple of years. Great perks and very good salary.,"Perks, compensation, smart colleagues, free food and amazing prodiucts",Career opportunities and promotions are very tough. Company is build for growth not sure how things will change if growth stalls,You need to continue to hire the best people,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6893,google,Saint Petersburg (Russia)," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best employer in the city,"Creative space, interesting projects, great location",Far from big officies where the most interesting things happening,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6894,google,none," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cult of growth,Competent and mostly helpful colleagues. Extreme amount of information accessible. Very powerful tools. Huge infrastructure for experimenting. Memegen.,"Cult of growth. Everything is measured, quantified and evaluated in terms of growth and impact. Exponential growth is expected in every single metric: number of projects, number of users, lines of code, impact, whatever. If something stops growing, it usually gets killed. Do you remember Google Reader? It stopped growing. Look out for your own stats, and get transferred quickly if you stop growing at your current place.  Lack of focus. Hyperactive and very disruptive development in most areas, with user experience neglected. It is starting to hit back (as of 2014-2015). Unfortunately, I can't go into details on the consequences of this one, due to confidentiality.  Chaos. There is no stable point, everything changes all the time. All documentation is unfinished and/or outdated. Very few people have the 'big picture' and they don't have time to share it, because they have to chase their own growth. Reorganization is continually happening. People come and go, teams come and go, products come and go. Usually we move 3-4 times a year. Noogler onboarding is often forgotten. There's a story about a noogler haunting the buildings for 2 months before finding out whom he reported to. I'm not sure if that ever happened, but I've seen people wandering around for several days. (Now I have the routine to spot them and help finding their team.)  Long working hours and stress. This is most prevalent in SRE, but many development teams experience it, too.  Cult vocabulary. There are hundreds of words for common things. On top of that, all projects have their internal codenames, and sometimes 3-4 different names refer to the same thing. You can speak whole sentences with words that only googlers understand. Willpower, Ikea, magnet, batman, etc.: those words do not mean what you think they mean.  Location-specific issues. The company is centered around Mountain View, and you are almost certainly required to move there if you become important. Other sites (especially non-US sites) provide significantly less perks and choices. Mountain View is extremely crowded, and facilities can't keep up with the growth. Property prices are crazily inflated by googlers, and traffic is bad for the same reason. London still has some office space, but it pays much less than other sites, while living costs are the same or higher. The company sets the salaries based purely on industry average, not on living costs. The London benchmark seems to be flawed. You can't afford to rent any decent flat near the office, and commute is awful during peak times. Offices are open plan everywhere. Waiting for male toilets is very common at most sites. With regards to quality of life, the Zurich site is the most livable in Europe, and maybe New York in the US (until Eric Schmidt applies his stupid crowdedness-makes-you-creative theory).","Allow people to focus on one thing, even if it slows growth down. It results in better quality and less fixing later.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6895,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 15, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,fabulous place,"brilliant people, great systems & processes",has become too large & bureaucratic now,reduce process inefficiencies & bureaucracy,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6896,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Product Quality Analyst,Product quality operation,"Breakfast is very good, you can not get a better breakfast anywhere else.","Engineer driving company, other functions are relatively in the low area.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6897,google,none," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I've ever worked for,"Benefits, peers, mentors, smart people, great ideas, a constant challenge, fun, perks, remuneration package, environment.","super demanding, competitive, highly political, many roles could be seen as 'cog in a wheel' - hard to understand impact. work life balance.",Becoming quite hierarchical. Getting slower. Harder to change things. Over reporting.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6898,google,none," Feb 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I think the compsny offer opportunities for to grown. Now i feel happy in this place,My leader is a great person. I have a balance live and a good team work.,Its a good place for to job. The company offer diferents position. But the distance between my home and the factory is far.,I dont have advice,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6899,google,none," Feb 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfying,Very Good company I suggest,No Cons at all really,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6900,google,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company overview,"flexibility, employee friendly and empowerment",NA...the company is doing great,na,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P690.htm
6901,google,none," Feb 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,culture benefits people around you,very big company strong competition internally,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6902,google,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,"Very good overall  - great management  - amazing perks (food, gym, insurance)  -good work-life balance  You realize how great is Google once you don't work anymore there",Compensation for sales roles can be low vs. industry and some client-facing jobs can be dumb (SMB sales or services).,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6903,google,none," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"perks, benefits, gym, food",big companies with the defaults it has,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6904,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Feb 21, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Good internship experience that helps me learned a lot!,1. Good work environment and atmosphere. 2. Flexible working time. 3. Nice and smart colleagues.,Not much. Some problems that big companies always have.,More communication between interns and the whole team.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6905,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,The best company to work for by far. Excellent focus on employee welfare as well as end customer needs.,Excellent benefits and perks. Extremely intelligent colleagues. Relaxed work environment. Great personal and career development opportunities. Extremely transparent and approachable management,Much more challenging to be the outperformer if everyone around you is just as smart and competent. Highly competitive environment at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6906,google,"Piracicaba, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Operational Analyst,former.,"An optimal company provides a personal and professional growth very satisfactory , besides the esperiencia field .","The company only operates in the domestic market ( Brazil ) , she was a multinational could provide me more knowledge and opportunities.","The main lesson is the sharing of information and experiences that have been provided in all these years , the company mainly is always open-minded to new changes .",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6907,google,none," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Culture, people are great and benefits excellent","Long hours, difficult jobs and demanding management",Stop diversifying so much,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6908,google,none," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ceo,"Amazing , friendly environment Good commuting High motivated team Big challenges ahead In contact with huge tech leaders",Still small company Need more strategic planning visibility to all the company Marketing in a very early stage Dependence on Mobile Carrier but going to open internet,Change office space More international presence Stock option program More emphasis on Technical career,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6909,google,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Heaven for engineers,"Engineer heaven, your voice is heard, lots of impact, most advanced big data tools","A big corporate, many projects are not that interesting, little or no research",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6910,google,none," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Thrilling, challenging, rewarding","Working with exceptionally talented and intelligent Type A personalities and being involved in something huge. On the sales side, everyone wants to hear from you, rather than having to do a hard sell. It's great to work for a company with such a great (and well-deserved) reputation, since people naturally want to partner with you.","Being pulled in a million different directions at once and being at the mercy of every-changing corporate initiatives. Also, after some time, the tidal wave of corporate reporting has a tendency to get in the way of actually getting your job done.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P691.htm
6911,google,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best years of my career,"Great people, incredible culture",I can't think of any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6912,google,none," Feb 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review for my former company,good company to work with,time deadlines are tough leads to increased pressure on employees,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6913,google,"Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)"," Feb 10, 2015",Former Employee - IT Director,"Fast moving, extraordinary!","Be all you can be, service the customer and you will always be right...","Getting too big and complex to manage, from 0 to 100 on locks and unthought procedures","Its still a great place to work, learn and build a career, McNamaras culture class is still needed and it needs to be supported and encouraged by his team, Flex is a great company, but as it grows it needs to remember that it also all about our people so that it can go back and be all about results..., bare in mind that not everything can be run offshore...",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6914,google,none," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Benefits, freedom, great coworkers, meritocracy",Not much but hiring bar is high and you need to keep performing,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6915,google,none," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Maps- Geo-content Lead,Great Place to work at! Promotion opportunites iif you are willing to work hard. Great perks and incentives.,Low pay in India. The work-life balance is challenging if you are at the middle management level,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6916,google,none," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's no wonder...,Great culture and career opportunities (not to mention THE canteen!),Not many... A bit too hierarchical,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6917,google,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to be,All is good,No cons at all for this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6918,google,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Product Quality Analyst,Google has a very open culture and people are very friendly.,-many perks -open culture -liberal vacation policy,- pay is lesser than the market for non-eng roles. -it is getting little hierarchial,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6919,google,none," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"it was good and healthy work environment ,perks facility were there that help a lot to any person",there is nothing that goes against the google.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6920,google,none," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,15 years working on it. Now I am managing the sales of 11 stores of a car dealer,"Informal, good relations, innovation, good values","Limited to grow, few opportunities, low salaries and benefits",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P692.htm
6921,google,none," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Credit Analysr,The best company to work for,A lot of stress and responsibility,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6922,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Great company with some pretty crappy jobs,"Company culture, geo mobility opportunities after a few years, great colleagues, work-life balance, exciting tech future.","Mediocre senior managers, uncompetitive base salaries compared to companies with which Google competes for talent, extremely vague/frustrating promotion process compared to other companies,",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6923,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 11, 2015",Former Employee - Analyst,Great place to work. 3 years full of fun and learning.,"Openness, food and other perks, colleagues.  Learning and Work: You can learn a lot at Google, you get access to lot of materials on some of the best technologies and you get to work on things that impact billions of people.  Work-life balance and fun: You can have well balanced life and have fun utilising the perks that you get as a Googler. Some of the thins that you do other than work are team offsets, playing in game tournaments, travelling to attending conferences and for work to other country offices/places, Christmas/New Year gifts (like Latest phone, tablet, smart watch, ...) from Google that you get almost every year.","Though it is one of the best places to work, management of some of the teams in India is not to the level of rest of the teams at Google. Some corporate politics happen in these teams. But even then, working in these teams is better than working in most other companies.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6924,google,"London, ON (Canada)"," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great people, big corporation","The people are definitely the most talented I've ever worked with. The culture is friendly and laid back, and they do a lot to foster awareness about topical issues like diversity in STEM and privacy issues. I've learned a lot of technical and soft skills.","It is no longer a start-up. You are one of many stars, all competing to outshine each other. Recognition is hard to obtain, unless you work on one of the very few shiny projects. It is very Calfornia-centric, with the commensurate decrease in life quality doing late evening meetings a lot. Stack ranking is a big demotivator.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6925,google,none," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ups and Downs. Overall good,"Caring for employees, Culture Lots of great in-house tools and programs,","Issues common to big companies, communication cost very high.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6926,google,none," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SRE experience,"Good environment, smart management. Lots of perks.","Too much legacy code, the internal codebase is unhealthy. Salary could be better.",none,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6927,google,none," Jan 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wasted opportunity,It's google fun culture great salaries great benefits It really looks good on your CV Some chances of advancement,nepotism too many working hours you have to carry the weight of many genius slackers company doesn't really help to keep up with current techologies,none,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6928,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jan 11, 2015",Former Employee - AdWords Account Strategist,Great company to work for!,Friendly Staff Great amenities are provided at office. Lots of opportunities to work with global teams.,Hierarchical level of management. Managers can be a bit biased.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6929,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 10, 2015",Former Employee - Abuse Analyst,Abuse Analyst,Fantastic colleagues. Great experience. Smartest folks to be with. We had cool problems to solve and it was fun working with all the folks.,"Nothing in particular. The experience was awesome. Sometimes collaboration with so many teams was challenging especially across time zones, but on the whole great experience",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6930,google,none," Jan 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,profit driven,Good company to work with.,Work culture is good with balanced work life,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P693.htm
6931,google,none," Jan 2, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Best job ever,Literally everything The facilities are incredible and thanks google for helping me! Love android!,Nothing to be honest Really nothing at all Everything is great Nothing,Good enough thanks!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6932,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 21, 2015",Former Employee - Strategist,Google India - Not a software engineering role,"Food, great people (friendly, nice colleagues+ intelligent colleagues)","The business org/subdivision that I worked for - had a lot of politics, hiring practices were not fair to employees, extremely smart people doing dumb things and getting paid at that low level too.",You want to hire great people - but don't hire overqualified individuals for a particular role. The type of people YOU hire: the ambitious/highly qualified would not like work that is not challenging. They'll probably do it for a while but that's not sustainable for a company in the long run. You're going to be facing attrition or really disgruntled employees - neither of which are good.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6933,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 4, 2015",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"Tons of learning, great people",The environment is extremely stimulating for learning. Benefits are world-renowned. Technology is unique and would be hard to find elsewhere.,Stack takes time to get used to.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6934,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Manager (Media Research),Manager (Media Research),India's first media insights engine,Need to explore other verticals in media capacity,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6935,google,Māri Indus (Pakistan)," Jan 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,My review as a soft ware,I got the best stuff.,I was bullied ut it was funny,Be nice to us...eh!,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6936,google,Coimbatore (India)," Dec 29, 2014",Current Employee - Systems,"great seaching site, wonderful & amazing",its good corprate cpmpany i love that company,nothing to tell all is perfect,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6937,google,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Dec 25, 2014",Former Employee - Intern,Paradise for programmers,"Open, friendly, free, warm atmosphere Smart , helpful colleagues delicious food","maybe too many distractions,but it depends",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6938,google,none," Jan 8, 2015",Former Employee - Head of Industry,Head of Industry,- Fast-paced company with very smart and talented people. - Endless possibility to stretch and learn. - Amazing pay & benefits.,- Poor people management with unclear performance review and promotion process. - Lots of reorgs with unclear communication and transition plans. - Internal mobility is unclear and hard.,Work on a people development program and promotion process that is more focused on performance and less on appearances.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6939,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Account Manager,"Flexibility, Work life balance, Incentives","Monotony after a while, ability to not grow beyond a level.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6940,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Dec 13, 2014",Current Employee - Department Head,The best there is the people you work with,"Culture of collaboration is embedded in the company's DNA. People around you are really willing to help if you ask. Nice perks all over the place, from good food (b/fast, lunch and snacks), on-site gym and massage to pretty decent health care plan and very aggressive pension plan contribution match.","The cons depend on one's style. Compared to the ""average"" reference in the market: - Very aggressive objetives and targets, sometimes unrealistic. - Frequent re-orgs (if you think this is a bad thing) - Usually long hours (if you demand a clear separation between ""work"" and ""personal"" life, this is not the place for you) - No career plan whatsoever (you own your career path and have to pursue your 'next thing' yourself)","Being a very dynamic company, it's natural that changes in the org chart are frequent, but not always these changes are clearly communicated to the people being reorg'd. Keep in mind they will follow if they understand why the change is needed.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P694.htm
6941,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Best place I have ever worked,The best aspect of Google is my team. I have talented and ambitious colleagues and good management. I am always being pushed to grow and be better.,My role can be repetitive and targets can be disheartening. Promotions involve a lot of internal politics.,Sometimes it seems like achievement in the core role isn't key to getting promoted even though we are tole the opposite.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6942,google,none," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Partnership Manager,Head of business development and partnership for YouTube.,"fast, fun, desirable, new, fast pacing","far from HQ, low salary, but not much cons overall.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6943,google,none," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - New Business Sales,"Great Company, little inside impact","Google is a company that is changing the world. The perks, people, ambiance & facilities are the best by far. It is a huge star up.",Google has overqualified people for the role they are in. It fells huge and your impact is very small within Google.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6944,google,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place,"Good Place to work at. Nice environment with bunch of smart people. Excellent food, benefits and other perks.","Poor HR team which plays a big role in deciding your first posting and hence, in a way decides what you'll do initially at Google.",Please try to bring some benefits to India office also.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6945,google,none," Dec 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Fantastic Culture Good Pay Training Great Career Opportunity,Could do with more perks,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6946,google,Bangkok (Thailand)," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Area Sales Executive,Area Sales,"The best Benefit , team work , balance work and life","very good team work, smooth work and manage",good team work and management,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6947,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Great place to work!,"Great company with many opportunities and very nice colleagues. A lot of freedom to make your own plans and strategy, take independent decisions.","Very strict privacy and document sharing policy, that can be clearly explained by specifics of the business. Very little time remains to go home due to great facilities offered by Google.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6948,google,none," Dec 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software enginner,"very smart company, help people to be creative","I don't know really, i should be a little thing",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6949,google,none," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Wonderful work culture , talented people, nice environment, Growth may be slow due to good competition, overall a good c","Good leadership, easily approachable managers, c-operative work envornment, caring company, wonderful perks and benefits..easily one of the best companies to work for.",extreme competition can hinder the growth,Keep up the innovative spirit,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6950,google,none," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Google program manager work review. It is truely the best company to work for, ever!! Regret leaving my first job!","Ownership, entrepreneurial culture in a big firm, fun, free food, lots of travel, high budgets, parties, growth, good prospects","big company, need to prove yourself to succeed, too much ownership so it's bad if you are used to being told what to do, how to do things rather than finding your way on your own.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P695.htm
6951,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 29, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Great perks,"The perks of working at Google are exceptional. The people are experienced, very sharp and command great authority in the market",No President's club - doesn't offer high incentives for over 100% achievement,Provide a better balance between the different business units,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6952,google,none," Dec 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is very good company for SWEs.,"Free food, googley people, good tools.","Way too complicated systems, small impact on the whole project.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6953,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Fast learning,"Google has a very positive and accepting environment, a tremendous amount of resources, and significant employee freedom. Great benefits and opportunities to learn from your colleagues.","Google prides itself on a startup culture that has long since gone. It is extremely corporate in the American style, which can be tiresome. There's a very big visibility culture where being loud and 'present' is very beneficial.","More attention to detail and actual figures, less attention to all talk",5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6954,google,none," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fraud fighter,good work environment and perks,not much money and compensation,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6955,google,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 26, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Was a software engineering intern,Open culture Great environment Awesome perks Challenging work,Very little hand holding provided There should be more structured bootcamp provided,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6956,google,none," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Cutting edge work, stellar peers and great compensation",- Industry leading technology to work on - Some of the smartest people as peers - Great opportunities to grow - Nice compensation,- Intense work culture - Work hours can get long (but our mostly fun) - The company is much bigger now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6957,google,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Good enviroment and good people,Too few people and not borring XD,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6958,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 16, 2014",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Horrible HR and way too many reorgs,"Good benefits, free food, awesome trips organised by Google etc - mazing training resources such as ""Googler to Googler"" side project where you can teach what you know and sign up for classes where other googlers will teach you what they are good at.","Every 8 months a reorg will happen and you will have to rush to find another role. Hr will be absolutely useless and will not help in any way. If you like not having a job every six months, then you are in for a threat.","Value people who work hard, not those who are your friends in a personal level.",2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6959,google,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 26, 2014",Former Employee - User Operation Strategist,Best company to work for straight out of college,"Great company that offers many benefits and perks that really takes care of its employees. Always a fun enjoyable environment with smart, capable people. Many opportunities to explore and develop your skills.","Hard to develop your career further if you're hired into an entry level role, very difficult to move across job functions and ladders.  Competitive and hard to get promoted.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6960,google,none," Nov 29, 2014",Current Employee - Research Scientist,A balanced working environment,"There is a lot of professionalism, but the atmosphere is largely relaxed and most people are friendly and easy going. You are embedded in a sparkling, round-the-clock and round-the-world engineering effort to keep making innovative, useful products. The range of interests of the company is growing by the day, making it a very stimulating environment to work. A lot of perks, but a lot of people already wrote about them. The company really strives to do good and not to be evil while sill making a profit.","Being a largish company, individual contributions can get a little bit washed away. The criteria on which career advancement is based may be a little bit unfair for people who are not working on user facing or critical internal services. Internal communication and information is good but could be improved. The ""geeky"" and ""cool"" aspects of the company culture can be cheesy and annoying if you are not a kid.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P696.htm
6961,google,none," Dec 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok,Everyone was very friendly and inviting and they had a good company atmosphere and work environment. Good bonuses and social responsibility within the community as well.,Not enough on the job training. Also they don't give many flexible hours to work so you had to make 7am to 6pm regardless and you couldn't argue this point with them at all.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6962,google,none," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Administrative,the good the bad,nice staff nice pay nice environment very very big and spacious office,long hours poor mangement attitude slow carrer management,learn to retain talents and have consistent discussion with staff regarding working life and leisure balance,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6963,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Dec 16, 2014",Former Employee - Intern,Good place to work,"Good benifits , smart people and challenging work",Tasks could be very stressful sometimes,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6964,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freedom in a very competitive environment,great freedom to thrive for own and company development.,"highly competitive environment , work life balance is a challenge",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6965,google,none," Nov 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good compensation at personal cost,enjoyed access to lots of resources,hard to feel like you make an impact,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6966,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Bad managers in SMB, terrible management all around","Food, tools, the deegre of being a Googler, etc","SMB is a joke, the managers don't even know how to use an excel spreadsheet or do a power point. Some of them might not even know the difference from CPA or CPM. Why they are managers? Simple as that, there are two heads that control everything and they promote people who praises them. One is ex photographer assistant who practices nepotism all the time and the other is a socialist. And why Google keep them there? Because you Dont need good people to do the work asked. Even monkeys could work in SMB Brazil. Google hiring bar has decreased a lot in the last few years, HR is doing a terrible job lately, skilled people Dont wanna work there. Why? Its not a good place to be anymore, the money is terrible and they try to sell you a glamour thing. Who lives on Glamour nowadays? Google Brazil and SMB are totally overrated. If you are a kid that wanna show off as the coolest hipster person in a fratty party, that's the place for you. If you aren't, its a trap.","Make a test, ask your team leads and managers to do an excel formula (HLookup, etc), ask also how much is the ecomnerce segment in USD in Brazil. I guarantee you, of you use this as firing bar, you will have to replace 95% of your leading team. Why do you think the turn over is terrible in SMB? BECAUSE YOU HAVE BAD MANAGERS!  Word in the street is that Googlers in Brazil are a joke. Kids on diapers with no sense of anything.",5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6967,google,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Content Editing,"A good working atmosphere, welfare more humane.","Good working atmosphere, good communication between colleagues, corporate welfare is good, one day aunt fake girls every month, and every month 200 bus subsidy policy, reliable.","At present the company in business, work six days a week.","Back on track as soon as possible, to achieve double cease.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6968,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Personal Assistant,Good experience,"Really great Office culture, good people",Compensation needs to be more aligned,perks,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6969,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 23, 2014",Former Employee - Emma Sales Manager,best experience ever,pace of the business & intelligence of the strategy intelligence of the management risk taking of the leadership amazing condition of work,"large company , we may loose the sense of understanding what we want to achieve may not feel the ability to create impact. I used to call it the golden jail as many employees stayed there because it's comfy.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6970,google,none," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everyone knows its awesome!,Best peers in the world!,None that I can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P697.htm
6971,google,none," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Dublin Account Strategist,- Perks - Colleagues - Innovation - transparency - Mobility,Overqualified for the job Terrible mid managers,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6972,google,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 5, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place to Work!,- Working with some of the smartest people in the world. Learning continuously - Develop some very good coding and design practices. - Opportunities to work on many kinds of problems. - Easy to move around to new teams/locations. - Amazing benefits,"I think many of these cons are location specific, but for a remote office like India - Work-life balance goes down the drain - Most work is Mountain View centered, so offices with a big time zone difference feel cut-off, don't get the best projects. - Very speedy delivery expected. You can't move ahead if you can't work fast.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6973,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 15, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Company,"Amazing management, great benefits, great perks","a little too performance orientated, counter intuitive to trying to achieve great things.",change your performance system,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6974,google,none," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Operations Manager,sales,"bunch of foods, great people and culture",start up on your own,great,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6975,google,none," Dec 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good company to work for. it gives you plenty of opportunity to build up an excellent career. good work environment,it is the best work environment,it is geographically limited to italy,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6976,google,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent Company but not for all,"Great for learning, Very great for work. Fantastic pay and benefits. Easy access to your seniors. Management is very good.","Mobility within department is hard. People usually struggle to survive but live their life somehow. so, not for all people.",Keep going,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6977,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Strategic Partner Development Manager,"Great company, getting too big",- perks - fun - ability to be build great products,- its getting to big - things are slower,Promote your best people quicker - give them incentive to stay.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6978,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Awesome place to work - get ready to be overwhelmed with a high dose of everything!,"With the kind of projects Google is involved in and the kind of mission, you get motivated to get to office every morning irrespective of what your role is",Middle Management might not be the best and there is a virtual ceiling on the kind of jobs available in India,Consolidating the various functions and Reducing overlap between Job families might be the next key thing Google has to address to stay quick & nimble,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6979,google,none," Nov 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company Ever,"All the people, all the fun problems, all the benefits.",Nothing that I can think of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6980,google,none," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place, slowly becoming a big Corp",Training Promotions are mostly fair Personal growth is good if you take ownership,Bureaucracy creeping in big corp incapable middle management,Listen more to employees and pay people in India what they should be paid. Indians get paid peanuts for all the work they do,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P698.htm
6981,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Online Media Associate,Online media associate,"Great salary, benefits, colleagues and job environment",Job becomes repetitive at some point,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6982,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,"Culture, smart people, rewarding, super nice office and you get a lot of nice trips!","In Brazil there is not so many growth opportunities, takes a long time to get promoted.",Be more result oriented and recognize the good ones.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6983,google,Moscow (Russia)," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - Key Account Manager,"Fantastic place, only when you are working in google office not for there vendor.","You have all conditions to work, to relax, to feel good during the working hours. No one control you, you have only plan and deadline! You must complete it, but you can do your things while working!",The working in google is a big big challenge. Every day is smth new and challenging.,More control vendor companies. The atmosphere in it is terrible. Relation to company drops down.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6984,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Challenging, fun and rewarding","Career-wise this is a great place to work - there are opportunities for anyone who is willing to build a reputation. The work itself, the smart people and the perks: a Japanese restaurant serving up Asian food every day for free!",I would say the main downside is that people work such long hours. Perhaps this is because the environment is so competitive. I also don't think the salary in London is competitive with the main alternative employers - investment banks.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6985,google,Paris (France)," Nov 1, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager,Fantastic company on so many levels...,"Incredible people around the office, amazing benefits, evolution possibilities are various depending on what you are interested in, work/life balance and we get to work on impactful projects.",It can be hard to fit in such a chaos organization. Also it sometimes leads to duplicates in the projects that people are working on.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6986,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Nov 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SMB full time,The working environment is amazing!,Not a great place for business students,The working environment is great,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6987,google,none," Nov 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,"good place to work , career growth , good people","work pressure,good place to work , career growth , good people",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6988,google,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 4, 2014",Former Employee - Interaction Designer,Good values and learning,* Great people to work with * Amazing resources * Great values and principles,* Loosing focus over the years * Lots of politics creeping in,* Go back to basics,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6989,google,Any-Martin-Rieux (France)," Nov 1, 2014",Current Employee - Youtube Partner,youtube ad sense,work whenever I want to,"no training, gotta grow the channel yourself.",not much management,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6990,google,none," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"They are expanding their office right now, its been a great experience!","Work life balanced, very flexible, lots of team building activities","You have to learn a lot, fast paced and need to be 100% committed all the time",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P699.htm
6991,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,"Great working culture, autonomy, openness, flatter relative to other orgs, good perks, good work life balance",Growth in finance is tough...company is getting top heavy,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
6992,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Business Acquisition Manager,One of the best places to work and build your career,"- Career Opportunities. Shifting from one team to another, one vertical to another is highly encouraged. It helps in your overall development also and the company is really vested in that. - The coworkers/peers are really smart and helpful people which again helps in the over all growth of a person. - The perks and office spaces area really attractive.","- Salary isnt upto the market stds. - It has now become a very big company, hence there are chances you might get lost.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
6993,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2014",Former Employee - AdWords Account Manager,Great place to learn and grow,Work-life balance challenge opportunities within a specific area,Didn't feel driven Cross functional opportunities,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
6994,google,none," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it looks like,- smart people - free food - you learn a lot - opens all doors - nice and eductational atmosphere - you can leave the office whenever you feel like having a break,"- bad mid management - even worse team-leads. Either they are super good or super bad. - trainings are all internal and with G-products, so conveying certain skills to other non-Google related are difficult",Before promoting someone to team lead check if they are 'really' qualified,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
6995,google,none," Oct 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's all about the Impact,The company has a very positive environment and work culture. Employees are evaluated on the basis of the impact they bring in the society through their innovations.,I didn't find any cons personally.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
6996,google,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,You would love your job,"Free meals, reasonable salary, flexible working hours",sometimes you have to deal with difficult stuff,management is good here,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
6997,google,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Nov 10, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Manager,"Great benefits, mediocre salary, really bad managers.","Great place to work, not so good work life balance.","Really crapy managers, all is management by numbers and win win philosophy is not applicable here.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
6998,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Advertising Sales,Amazing company but very corporate and pressured now,"Great people, always stimulating - talks, guest speakers and interesting things going on -connected to your work and unrelated, amazing benefits. Fast paced, still seems on the cutting edge despite there being lots of younger exciting tech/media companies about now. A company to feel proud of. Lots of opportunities to learn and push yourself. Above average pay.","Very different from the early start up or even mid sized company days (understandably). Corporate, crowded- there is constant pressure and competition to stand out from the crowd. All employees are intelligent and motivated and striving to impress so it's easy to become a 'mediocre performer' if you aren't constantly upping your game. Can be challenging if you have significant responsibilities outside work but is the best place to work if you are young, energetic and relatively 'free' to dedicate most of your life to it.",Keep focusing on flexibility and diversity to ensure you retain talent. Make internal transfers/exposure to new roles and business areas easier.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
6999,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Quick Google review,By and large the quality of colleagues is incredible and is the single largest reason I have remained with the company. The culture respects work / life balance if you are in the right team and the room to grow or move within the company is extensive.,Becoming bigger and more unwieldy and the layer of consultant management just below or at executive level and reducing the scope for innovation,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
7000,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Environment, too much power to inexperienced people managers","Perks, Food, Offices, Great People on average, good benefits, great products, innovation everywhere you look,","Bad managers can ruin your experience (as it's the case everywhere). People management initial layer is often chosen by wrong reasons. Thus these folks can't effective lead, and teams end up avoiding taking risks and innovating.",Promotion mechanisms are rewarding non-Googley behavior and threatening a great culture.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P700.htm
7001,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,Learn. Grow. Innovate,"Perks and compensation are two things which the company stands second to none. But even better is the peer group, you get to work with some of the smartest minds and more importantly learn from them. You need to be nimble to survive and grow in the company. Work culture is great and people openly criticize and compliment, you learn things about yourself - personal development. Company values every effort and innovation is respected.",You tend to get complacent with all the luxury around you. Most roles have skills which are not transferable.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7002,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Manager,SALES AND OPERATIONS AT GOOGLE,lots of smart people. ability to meet a lot of clients from all industries great reputation benefits are fantastic ability to travel to various google offices,The company towards the last part of my tenure has been way too political for my taste. The other issue is that the company was sometimes too slow to react to certain threats (eg social) which was disappointing,Figure out ways to make the company less political Hire less people with consulting background.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7003,google,"San Francisco, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Place is overrated,Lots of outstanding colleagues. Food is great,Management sucks. Lots of medicore managers waiting to get their stock options. Lack of direction. Lots office politics. Salary is average,Fire underperforming managers. Raise salary.,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7004,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overwhelming environment and enthusiastic people.,Everyone there are always excite about there work. The work is interesting with lots of other benefits. Great place to work with lot of learning.,Sine the environment is so fast paced and everyone there are so talented that people there with low skills feel little backward and sometimes do not show up properly.,The only advice to management is that make people more comfortable and do right placement of candidates in right teams.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7005,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Amazing company, great benefits and lots of responsibility from day 1 on!",- Incredible perks - Amazing people - Competitive salary - Worldwide locations- - Being part of creating the future,"- Sometime there is the ""big company syndrome"" that everyone is trying to overcome at Google",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7006,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,"Great place to work! Great atmosphere, ultimate benefits","Great opportunities to jump in working life after graduating. The best benefits in the business, most amazing collegues and option to work abroad. Lots of options to expand your knowledge by doing extra courses (on- or offline).","Lots of people with great potential, all looking for promotion. You might not get the opportinities to grow as soon as you think you deserve them",Be open about the options of in company growth right from the start,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7007,google,none," Oct 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is great but work done in India is not necessary 'Googley'.,Free Food Top Leadership (i.e. Directors & Above) is inspirational.  Everything else is similar to any other MNCs.,Job Description and Actual Work can be diametrically opposite :) Significant number of Googlers are kind of pretentious. Google hires over-qualified candidates. ( because they can :P ) Moving out of a role / office is very difficult. (You need to excel in your current role i.e. atleast get promoted once) Primary an Engg company. Anyone other than Engg. is an expendable resource.,"Management is doing just fine. Primary reason, google have a presences in India is because it makes economic sense.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7008,google,none," Oct 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Smart folks and great stuff to do.,"long hours, pay is okay and could be higher",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7009,google,none," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Strategist,Work Life balance pay freebies culture and TGIF is great.. very open to feedback,Too much competition Lack of variety in terms of work Started to act like a big organization,Create challenges for eople,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7010,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,"Great place to work, but surpassingly VERY unorganised",Everyone are so brilliantly internally connected,As a contractor you're completely ignored,Talk to everyone equally - stop discriminating!,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P701.htm
7011,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Fast moving, lots of trust, amazing colleagues","Everyone is amazing, so it's difficult to stand out, can be competitive",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7012,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Outstanding,There is always a new challenge,Quality of more recent hires not as good as it used to be,Continue to learn from mistakes,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7013,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"Excellent place to work, tackling growing pains","large autonomy, ability to have huge impact. I can choose what projects I want to work on, and how I want to solve things. I have the ability to make changes that have a huge impact on my team, Google as a whole, and the word if I so choose.","lack of transferable skills. Many tools and technologies are Google-only, and I feel that my skills from the real world have atrophied significantly.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7014,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 27, 2014",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Outstanding employer image is absolutely justified!,"Benefits and perks for sure. However, its the people, the spirit, the respect and the amazing diversity that makes Google an outstanding employer. I am in the company for less than 3 months and already got an approval to learn a new language out of personal interest! And my manager does everything to support my personal and professional development, however leaves me space to settle and familiarize with the new environment.","You are in a competitive environment and suddenly you're not one of the smartest of your peers anymore (like you were in college) but are really challenged to go above and beyond to stand out. And some teams are really competitive, especially those who get performance bonus. There is a LOT to learn and it is quite overwhelming and seems a little fuzzy in the beginning, but pretty soon there is this point where the puzzle suddenly starts to make sense!","Sometimes, focus more on the team as an entity than on individuals!",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7015,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - User Operations,"Amazing environment, but too limited job specs for those that want to grow","Perks, salary and in general pension plan Management culture","Highly specialised for each job role, there isn't much you can do outside your job description Low mobility, caused by said high specialisation, if you want to slightly change the type of area you work on, it's going to take you maybe years","Don't stick too much to the CV, think of the person first!",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7016,google,none," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Smart co workers, solid reliable infrastructure.",There is no much use of open source.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7017,google,none," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,"Great place to work, but dealing with big company problems","The people are generally great, the environment is amazing and there are tons of opportunities to move around if so inclined.",Google is struggling with big company problems. Lots of layers slow things down and can disenfranchise one a bit.,"As best you can, minimize the layers and let the people you hired, who are generally extremely bright, create.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7018,google,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Google for employee lot of paise,"Good for people , lot of money",no cons as such good place,Love it that's all I have to say,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7019,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 13, 2014",Former Employee - Search Quality Associate,Search Quality Associate,"It was my first job after Undergrad. So, it was totally cool. - Company is really really fantastic. - Smart engineering practices - lots of food and pampering",I joined this role thinking that the job can lead me to Engineer position. The managers in this position are not really smart. They cannot understand your career plan. - They just make you feel worthless - Will be stuck in the position unless you impress your current manager - One will learn nothing in these type of positions. - This position is for people who just want to relax and not bothered about what they are learning.,"Top management is fantastic. But, local managers are dumb and cannot visualize the outcome of efforts. They just do people management.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7020,google,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing,One of the best companies to work for... The compensation is good... The work is good... It is interesting and of the highest quality...,"Difficult to get into the company... Promotion will take a lot of hard work, more than what is required in other average companies...",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P702.htm
7021,google,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Review,Compensation Compensation Compensation Compensation Compensation,Work life balance Work life balance,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7022,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 10, 2014",Former Employee - Recruiting Specialist,Very fast paced environment - you work hard for those amazing perks,"Great team. Lots of opportunities to get involved on projects outside the core role. Amazing perks. Learnt a lot. Fantastic hiring managers and teams, everyone that you work with is so dynamic, intelligent and passionate about what try do. Yummy food.",Very rigid recruitment process which makes it difficult to manage candidates. Expectations are super high so expect long hours and to be overloaded. Most recruiters do not get extended after the 11 month contract.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7023,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Local Data Evaluator,Local data Evaluator,free food international easy work internal promotions frree food,-Horrible managment -repeating work -long hours -stupid rules,hire people that have actual experience or a degree,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7024,google,none," Oct 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Gd perks and great colleagues, fun loving and hard working",Good perks and great colleagues,Night calls all the time,Check Asia time,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7025,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 9, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,Great place but not for entrepreneurs,"Food is amazing, the people you meet will help you grow as an individual. Google is a really fun environment.","Moving up is hard, sometimes politics play a role in promotions etc... Moving to another office as not as easy as they make it seem.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7026,google,none," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome experience but happy to leave,"everything they say is true: great perks, work/life balance, decent salary, stocks, food, etc. etc. all amazing.",too big and corporate these days,promote more people from within rather than hiring externally.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7027,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Adwords Associate,A great and stress free platform !,"There are alot of benefits for the googler's which none of the company provides , all it depends on your performance.",have not come across cons yet !,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7028,google,none," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Google: willing to work at a constant fast pace, can be rewarded",The people. Life long friends. Friendly culture that has not changes with massive growth. Collaboration.,"Always changing, fast paced, performance focused environment. Might prove testing for people who don't manage their work/life balance well.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7029,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,"Great company to kickstart your career: global culture, coworkers and perks will make you want to never leave it.",As fairly noted in numerous other reviews: -Great culture aimed at bringing the best in employees -Perks range from the famous free food and billiard tables to covering two-thirds of your education -Global satisfaction survey results are really acted upon by global and local management -Competitive Salary and bonus packages -If you are motivated to learn you will learn a lot and from the best teachers and sources -You get to test new cool stuff often before it is even announced to the public,"-Over the past few years became a huge corporation, slowing down promotions and internal movements, reducing time for extracurricular projects and skyrocketing targets. -Average management is often very average -New hires with extensive experience in the field are often too overqualified for the basic work they are doing in sales or support","-Hire appropriate people for appropriate jobs, especially entry-level.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7030,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 28, 2014",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Enjoyable!,-good food and TGIFs rock! -great people -work-life balance -The games room will keep you busy for a while :P,-Job profile is not challenging especially for people looking to work up the ladder. -The work tends to get monotonous and after a period of time 'burnout' becomes inevitable.,-career advancement,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P703.htm
7031,google,none," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Community Manager,Community Manager,"+Great perks, benefits and work environment +Great opportunities and impact +Great products",- Middle management - Too large,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7032,google,none," Sep 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great experience, but all consuming","I'll miss my team and the people the most, Google has done a great job in hiring over the years. The fast pace (for such a large company) is very exciting, and the autonomy (once you have proven yourself) is great for people who relish that. Also the values are strong and the ability to innovate and really push for new developments and advances in your role and function are really well supported","For people outside the US, increasingly becoming too US (well Valley) centric - aside from regional roles most of the interesting senior roles are based there, beware if you are in Europe or elsewhere globally. Drain of people moving there as the only means to further their careers. Also politics (as with any big company) is rife and silo's strong. Finally don't expect to have much of a life outside of the company","Long term, need to build a more inclusive global strategy as concentrating in the Valley is an introspective approach for a major global player",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7033,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Great 3 years with full of fun and nice experience,"Great company culture, working with smart people, as an organization open to new ideas, feedback mechanism where everyone can be assessed no matter what their position is.","Salaries are not that satisfying, getting promotion does not only depend on how well you do your job but you need some show off to be visible at management level.","Encouraging people to get involved in side projects is good whereas it sometimes make people feel that they have to do it just to get promotion. That causes people waste their times working on useless projects just to show they are in ""a project"".",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7034,google,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - Web Developer,Good work for hard-working people,Rewards for performance rather than according to position. Excellent learning possibilities internally as well externally even if not related to a role.,Working with lots of experienced professionals is a challenge itself. Be sure to be ready to work with competitive(in good way) people that challenge the status quo.,Wide range of possibilities in taking time off of any kind. Constant emphasis on self development. If you want to be heard you will be heard.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7035,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,You might travel around the world even for a software engineer.,"If the project involved is across different Google office, you are in a very high chance to travel around !","It is not as relax as other's like Oracle, but I think for early new grad, it totally worth it to work hard and learn the experience.","Adjust the branch office benefit, avoid hiring all the people in MTV...",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7036,google,none," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart People,"You get to work with very smart people. Very good food. Good work life balance. Very beautiful, large campus in Mountain View.",At times can be overhead working on a large code base. Need to ensure your changes do not break anything.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7037,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer,God,Salary is god Life in is cool Big The location is ok,dificult to do the job Some diferent of my others jobs Low Cost of region is espensive Personal growth,Like your job,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7038,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great,"VEry helpful, learn to be leader",payroll was not satisfactory need to improve it,need to improve,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7039,google,none," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Operations Manager,Good but with latest terrible manager,Company has great working environment and perks,Sometimes working with people that pretend to be all geniuses has its drawbavks,"Do not promote people as managers who do not have experience managing people, that was the case of my last boss",3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7040,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Great job, hard to navigate career or transfer internally.",Perks Stable job Great people Flexibility in hour Office Resources,Commute sucks if you are in SF Compensation not competitive if you are outside of MTV Internal transfer is way too hard Difficult to navigate career path Internal politic can get a bit much Performance management are difficult for people outside of SWE ladder,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P704.htm
7041,google,none," Aug 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great leaning ride,"Lot of learning, A great work culture",Very High expectations. But they vary from the roles you take up.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7042,google,none," Sep 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent company, but not for everyone",Great for learning. Fast-paced. Learn how to get things done. Fantastic pay & benefits. Easy access to senior folks. The higher management are full of visionaries and serve as an inspiration for the rest of the company.,"Internal mobility is quite hard. Sometimes, even good people struggle to survive in the company due to very high expectations. Here, you are either continuously moving forward or you get out of the way - you cannot remain at the same level of performance for a long time.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7043,google,Mumbai (India)," Aug 29, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,Nice company to work for,Nice company to work for,No cons can be found,No cons can be found,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7044,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Good employer, job is like all other online marketing jobs","Very good benefits, leadership in every job you do and is also asked for. Managers are not really good, but you have to manage yourself anyways.","Job is not satisfying, but that is the same in all other companies. There are little possibilites to grow in the company, at least before a two year tenure",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7045,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 21, 2014",Former Employee - Associate Account Strategist,Working as an Account Manager at Google Dublin,"Awesome benefits. Great perks. The food is amazing, the people even more so.",Te actual day to day job is not rocket science. It gets very operational and it will probably not be your calling in life.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7046,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,The best experience in my carreer,"Great projects and culture, plenty of nice and interesting people to work with, easy to get involved in whatever interests you. Also plenty of resources and supportive management which allows to be ambitious and still succeed. Perks are also great.",I can't imagine working somewhere else even for much more money.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7047,google,"Waterloo, ON (Canada)"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome place to work,"As a leader in software industry, this company gives you achievement and makes you excited about the things you are doing. It provides you with various kinds of training. You have a chance to learn skills in different fields, which is very helpful for your development.",I don't see there are any obvious drawbacks. This company has a good work/life balance and provides learning opportunities internally. Maybe a pity is that time is too short to consume what the company provides you with every day.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7048,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 3, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,Senior Account Manager,People: gives you the chance to work among smart and like-minded people Office Company culture Great perks Good place to network Always good on a CV,Middle management from Very good to Very Bad Way too political Core Job very boring below L5 Salary lower than many places in the Industry HR Department in Dublin purely clueless Good for entry level work,Accelerate promotions cycle,3.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7049,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 29, 2014",Current Employee - Business Acquisition Manager,normal company but great brand to have on your cv.,"Good brand on your cv. Everybody will have a positive prejudice on you, assuming that you are smart because you worked or you are working at google.",I found some of the most hypocrite and unauthentic people I ever met in my life. Very manipulative environment.,"middle management pretty under qualified in terms of people and leadership skills, very un authentic.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7050,google,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome,"good environment, great challenges, compensation is also good.","perks are low, but consistent",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P705.htm
7051,google,Madrid (Spain)," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Industry Analyst,Really a great place to work for,"Google is what it sells: an amazing place to work for. People are generally active, open and extroverted. The working environment couldn't be better. The wage is above average for the industry. Office perks are great. The best thing about working for Google is that you are given full responsibility for your duties. Not often will you find a micromanager. They put real effort in giving everyone their space and responsibilities.","In cases, the person is overqualified for the job. Google has enough influence and attractiveness to bring on people that are too qualified for their jobs. Google rightly prides itself in having an amazing workforce, but it sometimes comes at the underutilization of people's abilities.","Don't spend your life at Google. It needs to be a place with constant refreshing, and managers that don't move to other places don't leave space for the future generations, on which Google thrives. Google is getting older and so is its management. Google is an amazing place to develop a career, but people get old, thus so do ideas, methods and practices.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7052,google,"Pau, Aquitaine (France)"," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,a nice place to work for senior consultants,"good pay, good environment , work life balance",always need to be innovative,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7053,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 1, 2014",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Phenomenal place to work, amazing employer, below average level of work and pay","Outstanding company, great brand value and tag to have, an opportunity to feel like you're part of a company changing the way the world live, plays and works, super offices, some very smart people, great perks","It never feels like you're doing work worth doing, Google always hires smarter people than necessary to get work done and they know that they're Google and hence pay less than what you will get at other companies.","Teach employees skills that will be useful in the real world and not just in the mythical world that is the internet, be honest about the level and nature of work before hiring, stop hiring smarter people than necessary to get the job done.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7054,google,none," Aug 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product mgr,What else do you need when you work at number one branded company in world. Pros are Brand Culture Team Agile Food Perks,Pay Zero process Crappy interview process Cowboy projects Repetitive projects,"Interview process needs to be relooked at big time, missing out on good talent and bar is getting unevenly set.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7055,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Speech Data Evaluator,Speech Data Evaluator,"friendly environment, good salary, excellent facilities & food","mechanic work, no challenges, no transparency",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7056,google,none," Aug 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One AWesome Place!,What is not to love!!! This place has it all!,Never a dull moment!,Keep up the great work - continue to be the best!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7057,google,Tokyo (Japan)," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Google Tokyo,"Smart people everywhere. Work in Tokyo, but without the bureaucracy of a typical Japanese company (no timecards! no fax machines!). Salary very high for a Tokyo-based job. Work at a Google, but without all the commuting of the main HQ. Make things people actually use.","Smart people everywhere. Getting overcrowded. Perks, kitchens are worse than in other Googles. Office essentially segregates the engineers from the non-engineers (different floors), gives it a weird feeling. Harder to get promoted higher than senior in a non-MTV office.","Expand your international offices, they're a competitive advantage against the other silicon valley giants.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7058,google,none," Aug 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place with awesome people,The smartest co-workers one could imagine. Great career opportunities. A positive environment. Great compensation. The best free food ever.,"It's easy to lose track of what time it is. Make a point to leave earlier than you'd want, it'll help you in the long run.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7059,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Could be worse,"Good compensation package, flexible hours, some very smart people to work with, interesting projects at large scale if you are lucky.",Google is a large multinational company with all the bureaucracy and inertia that implies. If you get a decent manager and an interesting job it's alright. If you get a bad manager that could make your life very hard.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7060,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,outstanding place,"Best place to work! Yes, Best place to work! Lot of good things",nothing as far i have seen.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P706.htm
7061,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Enterprise,"Lots of change, very dynamic, benefits..","Targets way too high, stressful, account management in local countries not on line with inside sales (juniors) which creates a mess in communication",be flexible and reasonable in terms of targets.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7062,google,none," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Good work life balance. Plenty of room to grow.,"Salary not too attractive. That said, benefits are great",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7063,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 18, 2014","Current Employee - Strategist, Product Quality Analyst",I am feeling lucky... While working at Google,Work culture Awesome Food Global exposure Benefits/perks Gives you an entrepreneurship platform,The company puts you in a comfort zone and makes it difficult to get out of it.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7064,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"Great place to work, but...","Great place to work. Free food, free gym, plenty of autonomy and perks. Interesting speakers come into talk and we can generally set our own times and get our work done to our own rhythms.","Interesting projects are hard to come by outside the US hub. There is a hierarchy even if they claim there isn't. Decisions take forever - everyone's opinion is valid, yet there are too many decision makers and no decisions. Promotion is more about who you know that what you did. You will work long hours - usually till 7pm.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7065,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 31, 2014",Former Employee - Team Lead,An amazing 7 years,- Great people - Fantastic benefits - Amazing office and office facilities - Great culture and values,- Highly competitive - So big now that progress is hard no matter how good you are - Innovation from the ground up can be hard - Performance management curves,Google is a well oiled machine now so don't be afraid to take some risks in how things get done.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7066,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Team Lead,Great experience in Google as a company to start,Huge learning in the company,very competitive - Salaries are not as competitive as other competitors,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7067,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Well paid, great benefits, smart people, political environment","The office is full of young, smart & passionate people. There's lots of focus on career development and training. You're looked after very well in terms of benefits and comp.","The Sydney office has become increasingly corporate and there's plenty of office politics. It's great place for someone who is early in their career, however unless you love media sales it's a challenge to find the right role for those who are more advanced in their career.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7068,google,none," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"great food, great perks, free trips, good work environment, fun, good working hours, good colleagues, many events and celebrations","too big to make an impact, little scope for promotion and growth, the work is not that great for a newbie",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7069,google,none," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"You can learn whatever you want , you can do whatever you want and ofcourse Unlimited Food .","Nothing as such , Unless until you dont work .",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7070,google,none," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place!,"Best place to work! Yes, Best place to work! Lot of good things.",Nothing as such as we see here.,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P707.htm
7071,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 21, 2014",Former Employee - Adwords Associate,Account Optimization at Google,"Exciting, friendly place to work. Really great team members. Lots of learning and training. It's like attending an University. I'm glad I started work here. Great memories.",It's hard to move up the ladder.,"I was a happy employee and loved folks at Management. My advice to Management is to let us in on the bigger, strategic level goals/numbers so that we're motivated to see how our work is contributing to it in a more concrete way. Also, it would help to have the career path a little more defined.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7072,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 16, 2014",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Awesome people awesome company,"Perks, Culture, People, Management which cant get any better- all under one roof","Promotions, career opportunities may take a while, but worth it.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7073,google,none," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Analyst,Google work,Everything are wonderful and very nice workplace,Organization is big and lots of organization,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7074,google,none," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Permanent staff has great benefits and perks onsite.,"Contractors are not being treated well in the outsourced places (Google maps Dublin). That's probably the agencies fault, but still, I left after 6 months because of it.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7075,google,none," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company as any other,"in the edge of technology, super perks.","immature environment, sometimes lack of professionalism. kids in diapers that thing they know it all.","put some order there, meritocracy needs to be the prime path for growth, not politics, back-stabbing or ""friends of friends""  learn to be global, Mountain View is not the center of the world or the pinnacle of talent pool.",3.0,4.0,2.0,none,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7076,google,none," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,System administrator,Friendly atmosphere with good bonus,High competition for the same job,Hike the salary of the staff,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7077,google,none," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic learning experience,Fantastic benefits and amazing physical facilities. Lots of openness once you get on the inside and senior management has a fantastic vision for the company that motivates from top to bottom.,Internal mobility can be hard but the options out there are fantastic. Much will hinge on how well Google handles growing pains in the coming few years.,Googles works so hard and spends so much money to hire the best people for the job as possible. Lets trust those smart and talented employees to do the right thing rather than to guide them all the same way.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7078,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great people,Tons of very smart people to work with. Lots of things to learn. Great for your resume.,Peer pressure. You need to prove yourself all the time.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7079,google,none," Jul 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Maps,"Very good experience, good environment",just 23 months contract not extendable.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7080,google,none," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very superb,Attractive Salary is given as,Boring work is done in it,Enjoyment activitie,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P708.htm
7081,google,none," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Place,The place is nice to work but no work life balance,Work life balance could be surely improved.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7082,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 18, 2014",Current Employee - Consultant,Great company going places,This company is going places and one day will i think be a major brand name that everyone has heard of,The buildings that they are located in have funny furniture. too cool for school,Keep going but hire some better interior designers,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7083,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 15, 2014",Former Employee - Adwords Associate,So many opportunities,"Great graduate position A foot in the door at a large multinational Amazing talented people to work with Lots of perks - free food, nap pods...all that stuff is true",Difficult to stand out in an environment of over-achievers,"Pay attention to your high performers, make the most of their skills, and promote them accordingly. Try not to get lost in red tape!",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7084,google,none," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing if you don't want a personal life,This is the only large company where everyone is competent. Your colleagues are definitely the best part of the job.,"Work/life balance simply does not exist at all. I believe the company cares and wants to fix this, but they have so far failed. Working in an open-plan office can be hard and stressful.","If you want to continue to attract the best in the industry, you should try and offer a reasonable workplace. Perks and food are great, but don't help address the fact that there are simply too many people crammed into a tiny space.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7085,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Account Optimizer,The best second job one could have in the Advertising/Sales job ladder,"Excellent colleagues and teammates to work with Great perks that everyone raves about. It's all true! The ability to bring your whole self to work, warts and all. Opportunities to speak up and hold the leadership accountable for change/fixing real issues.","For folks for whom this company is the first job, there's very little genuine understanding of the value that this company provides. Everyone focuses on the perks but it takes them a while to understand the ethos / culture truly. No matter what the review say, at the end of the day to succeed one has to work smartly and put in their 110% to see results.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7086,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Long-Time Google Employee, Changes Over Time","Fantastic people, work-culture, work-life balance, perks, and transparency top down. There are lots of opportunities to share feedback both to management and to peers. Managers are constantly trained and developed so you mostly get to work with good people who get the culture.","Growth is extremely fast and we are beginning to see large-company issues and difficulty in moving roles internally due to changed expectations of experience which long time employees are often not exposed to. Also, poor performers are not dealt with correctly. There's a lot of leniency and sometimes, this can affect the entire team.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7087,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Student Ambassador,Lots of benefits and experienced gained.,"Great environment, plenty of colour around the office. Great company culture. No uniform required. Fast paced environment which helps to deliver good challenges.  You also get opportunity to do what you want without too much supervision. This is something great about Google because you won't feel confronting at all.",It is better than being at home. Sometimes I'd consider it too good.,"Nothing, keep the culture going. It is brilliant.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7088,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analyst,"Working at Google leaves a good experience ,but comparatively not helpful for other jobs.","Its a cool place to work at , people there are friendly and supportive.Good work culture.","Working with Google Maps ,is not atall a gud fetching oppurtunity when to want to change your job.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7089,google,none," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Administrative Assistant,"It's excellent to work with people who are smart, intelligent, and friendly.",Not many that I can think of so far ......,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7090,google,Pune (India)," Jun 26, 2014",Current Employee - Travels,my three years experience,hard work its my challenge,fast work & big man its my dreams,no,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P709.htm
7091,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Google Student Ambassador,I was the Google student ambassador at Google India,"Had an amazing experience of being associated with Google .Learning, sharing and creating an impact were the key few roles. Doing impactfull events ,dealing with huge crowds and of course enjoying the opportunities provided by Google.",Have to balance both college and events equally. Creating a proper impact .targeting correct set of audience.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7092,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Overall good,It is a fun place to work. Everybody is willing to teach you something new.,The company is a bit overwhelming,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7093,google,none," Jun 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good perks, Good on your CV but not all as rosey as it seems","Great opportunity in terms of adding value to your CV, given the highly acclaimed perceptions of working at Google.  Great project opportunities.","Management is generally appalling, I literally have never encountered people with less ability to lead and motivate people and just understand the basic dynamics of people. Contractors are treated as second class citizens. Even though they are participating highly both in terms of operations and projects. Managers make false underhanded promises about being kept on to many contractors in the hope that this will motivate people to work even harder. But people talk and such strategies become transparent. It is embarrassing spending so much money on parties/off-sites etc. while the contractors slave away and then are told there is no budget to keep them on. (Many of them are far more intelligent than the FTEs and working much harder, and it feels like they know that and are just using them for as much as they can) Googlers have a tendency to become entitled and egotistical. Yes, the physical workplace is great, but it is too much of a bubble and actually the environment is stressful and not really all that friendly. Even the Kitchen staff seem miserable. The expectation of excellence is fraught in the air, which often results in an underhanded competitiveness between team members and long, long working hours. Ya those pool tables are nice, but I never really had time to play them. Googlers are too mono, there is no diversity in thought, age, race etc. Which is a huge criticism really when you think of the values they hide behind and the people they should be considering. If you strip away the benefits and the incredible value of having Google on your CV, this would have been one of the worst employment experiences in my life. I think the difficulty is getting to grips with the frustration of how they are perceived, and how they actually operate. Many of the FTEs have worked nowhere but Google and think they are uber fantastic for having landed a job there and what they are doing is the most important thing in the world but there lack of life experience shows massively in how they handle their work and many of them feel like they are part of a cult.","Get over yourself and drop that ego. There are doctors, teachers, nurses...all sorts of people in the real world doing amazing things. We are just serving those people so take a slice of that humble pie. Step back, stress is not productive, trust your team to get things done. Learn about people, care about people...at the very least the people on your team who are working incredibly hard. If you told some managers that your whole family was just killed in car crash, I don't think they would even have a fundamental human capacity of acknowledging that. (Actually they would probably just see you as a lower return commodity.) Engage again with humanity and step outside the entitled bubble of the big G.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7094,google,none," May 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company I worked for in my entire career,"World-changing work, making the world a better place. Best crowd of people you can find. Never a dull moment. Always on the cutting edge.","Chaotic environment, not for the faint of heart.","Different parts of the org are slowly evolving vastly different cultural values. This is most visible in who gets promoted and why, creating *very* visible disparities. Good example of this : equivalent level folks on the PM and eng. ladder have very different actual seniority and impact.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7095,google,none," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to work for....,"Cool management, No Work pressure, Unlimited benefits, World class infra, No 1 Brand",Had to try hard for Onsite....,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7096,google,none," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,y,"Great food, great people & exciting work",long work hours & constant goals,y,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7097,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still one of the best companies to work for,"Great work culture, amazing colleagues, excellent benefits and most importantly, really challenging work","After a while, you get too much pigeon-holed in to a specific role, Only x% of the people still do get to work on awesome open source stuff - everyone else works on a gaint, pretty much closed ecosystem, platform and tech stack wise. Also, the company is getting too big, a little outside of everyone's comfort zone, almost 0% work-life balance,","while taking on more work looks good on your appraisal, a ton of actually doing it ends up on your team - just be aware of that.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7098,google,none," Jun 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Great perks, training and compensation. Management structure can be good at times.",Progression can be arbitrary.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7099,google,none," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good perks, very long career development processes","Good perks, interesting people to work with","No room for career development, many people work on weekends in order to manage the workload",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7100,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 8, 2014",Former Employee - Analytical Linguist,A wonderful learning experience,"Great people, great office, great food and a good work culture",Not a lot of interesting project outside (and even in) Moutain View,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P710.htm
7101,google,Bengaluru (India)," May 21, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good,"good company to work for, great salary - much higher then market salaries, awesome food (but, that everybody knows i guess), lots of perks, extremely smart co-workers, I like it here.",you will become really fat & lazy,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7102,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 21, 2014",Former Employee - Industry Analyst,Great people - great products,Great people to work with and challenge you to become better.,Middle management is full with people who were recruited very early and not up to current Google standards.,Listen more to the people who are actually driving the company success. Base your decision making and promotion options on peer reviews and Google Geist.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7103,google,none," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,awesome,"smart people, great opportunities, awesome food.",nothing as of now. lets see in the future.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7104,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 26, 2014",Former Employee - Analyst,The best office culture and friendly environment ever seen.,"Relaxing job, Stressing handling job, Can have a break when ever feel a bit stressed, Do have stress busters games.",A bit of annoying arguments between the employees of different vendors. But healthy comversations,Perks and Increments from the vendors are not satisfactory. But would be appreciated if can b increased more.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7105,google,none," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to work for,Open culture and great people to work for,sometime the work life balance is hard to maintain,Work life managemnt,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7106,google,none," May 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great place to work for,Some of the senior management could be non googley,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7107,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Great fun, good learning experience.",Perks and friends. You learn all the time.,"Bureaucratic, at times not transparent enough.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7108,google,none," May 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"yes, the best part of working at google is the culture","work-life balance, too much work, not limited",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7109,google,none," Apr 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A nice place you can work for whole life,"High pay, great benefits, food provided everyday",Not everybody is smart enough,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7110,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 30, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Engineer,good company to work for,"great culture, you will meet loads of really bright people from all walks of life",very hard to get noticed or promoted,open you eyes a bit more,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P711.htm
7111,google,none," Apr 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fans you and unforgettable,"The office environment, the perks, the culture, the experience, the management and creative people everywhere","Salaries are relatively low, though I would say that the benefits more than make up for it. Not sure how many opportunities for promotion there are.","Keep it up,",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7112,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,They care about employees,Amazing culture Learning opportunities Work-life balance Great managers (most of the times),Too few teams in remote locations,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7113,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 7, 2014",Former Employee - Enterprise Lead Generation Associate,Amazing,Great team and environment Amazing benefits Lots of smart people,"Almost no place for growth within the same role, and you become overqualified for the role fairly quickly",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7114,google,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 14, 2014",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Marketing manager,"The office is great. You get free meals/snacks, massages in the office, and a great work environment. There are also a lot of educational opportunities and trainings so you feel like you're always learning and growing as an employee.","Expectations are very high and people can be very competitive depending on your field. It can be stressful. In addition, it seems most people work round the clock and I found myself on email nights/weekends, not because I had to be, but I felt that it was the norm. It can take over your life a bit.",I would recommend more fairly giving perf. It seems that the calibrations for people's final perf scores are based mainly on hitting a certain average for each team which can be very unfair.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7115,google,none," Mar 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great mission, great company","Worked at GOOG for 5 years, and best by far was the sense of purpose and mission the whole company has. When people talk about ""values"", it is usually meaningless, but at Google, people have real discussions about the values the company exhibits and espouses (including the much ballyhooed ""don't be evil""). The dialog is incredibly open and any argument for/against a course of action based on those values is immediately respected and seriously considered. People are brilliant, structure and compensation is excellent.","The benefits entitlement can be chaffing. How many times I have heard people complain about the lines to get free stuff or the lack of ""offsites"" (fun days when you get paid but don't do any work) in the past 3 months.  Internal politics can be difficult as some are incredibly good operators and some are allergic to politics and pander, so it often feels like an uneven playing feel. In engineering particularly, there are as many allergic managers so the effect is less, but in other functions, you often have to fight your corner.","Don't compromise integrity for profit by revisiting good decisions and inching them toward bad ones, just keep looking for greenfield innovation and focus on that.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7116,google,none," Mar 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Work on cutting edge technologies. Salary is very good. People are very skilled and intelligent. Flexible working hours.,"Work pressure is high, especially during project deadlines. Very few opportunities for recreation like games.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7117,google,none," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,“A wonderful experience working with Google.”,Work atmosphere is pleasant . All associates and Managers behave like freinds but at work times they are official .,For working in Google the main criteria is that you need to have good communication skills to interact with business delegates. When we handle our responsibilities and total effort then we are also been rewarded with incentives.You find a growing career in the organisation.,Even the management need to reviewed by other officials as their ideas are been implemented on us and they need to be right to decision.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7118,google,none," Apr 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,well paid and good people,"no any cons, i like it",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7119,google,none," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Google,"Trust, love, treat people well, provide as much benefits",Sales in some specific markets became harder and harder.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7120,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Invaluable experience and transportable skills,- 5 years spent in Google are equivalent to 10 years working anywhere else when it comes to experience - fantastic colleagues - great opportunities for job and geographic mobility - exceptional social activities,- the size of the company and the ability to make an impact - junior managers with very little experience,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P712.htm
7121,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Industry Analyst,Good company to work for,"Good place to be yourself, to be able to perform at your best!",Company business is not complicated enough to give challenging work to most of the employees.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7122,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Partnerships,Triple A,"Challenging projects, great staff, good benefits","Slowly growing into a massive, more bureaucratic company",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7123,google,none," Mar 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"1. Google takes amazing care of its employees - be it trainings for work, education program support, or free massages :) 2. Good people 3. Lots of exposure possible - different products, people, skill sets, locations. It's a world on its own.","If you are not a self-starter, you may get complacent easily, and stop the learning process completely. Only the people who are very motivated can make the best use of Google culture.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7124,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 13, 2014",Former Employee - Release Engineer,One of the most intense learning experiences of my career,Lots of very smart and knowledgeable people to feed your mind Highly collaborative Lots of opportunity for movement and growth — very easy to get involved in projects outside your direct purveyance,It's hard to have a life separate from work — the entire ecosystem is designed to make it more comfortable and compelling than home! Everyone I know who left tries to reinvent various versions of the internal tech they have.,"Now the ""small, less interesting project"" purge seems to be over, maybe let people start to experiment with their ideas in 20% time, again?",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7125,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 8, 2014",Current Employee - Process Associate,A wonderful experience working with Google.,Work atmosphere is pleasant . All associates and Managers behave like freinds but at work times they are official .,For working in Google the main criteria is that you need to have good communication skills to interact with business delegates. When we handle our responsibilities and total effort then we are also been rewarded with incentives.You find a growing career in the organisation.,Even the management need to reviewed by other officials as their ideas are been implemented on us and they need to be right to decision.,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7126,google,none," Mar 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,they care about their employees,it is too big for one to make a difference,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7127,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good,Great company with lots of perks,Political decisions based on visibility,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7128,google,none," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,Google has Good working environment,Process Management can be improved better,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7129,google,none," Mar 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,The job was pretty interesting and I liked the things I did.,The problem is that it became a litle bit boring after a couple of years.,"Keep people motivated, maybe changing roles.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7130,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Fantastic!,Professional and personal development. Access to latest research in the industry.,Can't think of working else where :(,Bust more bureaucracy!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P713.htm
7131,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Analyst,pretty good,"good benefits, good people to work with","not much, except it's competitive",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7132,google,none," Feb 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality company,Quality company with great prospects for future market innovation.,No great cons - Large company now,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7133,google,none," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inspiring work place,"Great benefits, good work-life balance. Everybody is extremely friendly and helpful. You will find a lot of smart and interesting people, seems like everybody has a cool story to tell. I liked the companies approach for projects and creativity: If you have an idea you will be encouraged to work on it and make things happen.","Lack of transparency...sometimes I was shocked how little people knew about other departments / products / worklfows, considering how essential it is to be aware of the bigger picture.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7134,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best place to work in the industry right now, amazing people and brilliant culture","Very cool culture, amazing people, offices to die for, some of the most innovative projects anywhere on the planet, flat organisation, leaders who understand the challenges facing the organisation, honesty, openness, trust, low turnover of people and a very active can do environment.",High growth challenges as the fast agile historic environment tries to deal with a growing workforce. Internal systems need attention and investment.,"Maintain the startup atmosphere and keep busting bureaucracy, and don't let Google turn into IBM. Fix internal systems that slow us down and carry on the amazing work.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7135,google,"Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)"," Feb 14, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Much slower and bureaucratic than what I expected.,"- Excellent benefits and perks. - Excellent work environment. - Extremely honest company, strictly follows the laws and regulations. - Extremely capable people. - Awesome infrastructure (servers, network, developer tools).","- It feels like a big company, with all disadvantages of that. - A small remote office does not have as much flexibility or options as the headquarters. - 20% projects? They are most likely 100% + 20%. - Infrastructure sometimes slow you down (infrastructure is the cause and the solution of all engineering problems).",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7136,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Adwords Associate,Great company but competition may stifle opportunities for promotion,"Work-Life balance, preponderance of talent in every part of the company, office culture is open and inviting.",Base salary not competitive. It seems like a large chunk of that is funneled into providing the great perks.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7137,google,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Consultant,Best job in the world,Get a chance to change the way brands do marketing in today's always on world,You get to work with the best and smartest people in the world who can always find a fault with anything and everything.,Keep on doing the magic!,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7138,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 29, 2014",Former Employee - Regional Sales Manager,"Great experiences, colleagues and learnings","Work culture Products Peers and colleagues Transparency (although some say it's limited these days due to the size of the company) Lateral approach to problem solving Focus on people and values Recognizes ex employees via alumni network - once a Googler, always a Googler- it's a great feeling.",Getting bureaucratic but that is to be expected due to the size of the company,Keep up the great work and continue bringing amazing products and technology to the world!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7139,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 31, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,It's a balanced company with an overall positive atmosphere and great perks. Some bureaucracy and politics are there to,"Overall, I believe it's one of the best employers out there. Teams consist of great international people, fantastic personalities. Company's HR really makes an effort to create positive working atmosphere. Generally, there's a good push for life/work balance. I guess you all have heard about perks - it's not a myth either. Despite some cons, I highly recommend working there.","As with all large corporations, there's a growing layer of middle management. This means bureaucracy, politics and the need to promote the so called ""personal brand"". Some managers need more education on how to motivate people. Proposals may go through a lengthy approval process. Recruitment is rather slow as I remember it.",Constantly train middle management on people management skills and general human psychology. Create robust career development schemes.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7140,google,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Feb 7, 2014",Current Employee - Advertising Operations Associate,Advertising Operations Associate (Customer Service) SMB,Awsome perks and great people. Google is really focused on giving a great customer service.,"Low salary (Latam), curve evaluation for promotion, Long hours. BA program (a sort of young professionals program) makes you unable to transfer for 2 years.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P714.htm
7141,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Account Strategist,a great learning experience,"great work atmosphere, cool managers, work timing flexibility",work gets mundane after a point of time.,encourage employee motivation and career development,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7142,google,none," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience from pre-IPO to post-IPO,"For ad products, they are releasing new features every 2-3 weeks to globally. If you are in domestic or traditional company, you will not be able to enjoy the experience.","One of the Google's uniqueness is ""flat"" organization. However, by growing the company and having more people, organization became kind of bureaucratic and have more hierarchies.","In terms of global (=HQ), I think it is going well. But for local, personally recommend not to hire so many people. I went to the office sometimes after left the company but I didn't understand what they are doing.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7143,google,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Account Strategist,ok ok short off,Great brand name and hence its good,Nothing as such as the brand name is too good,Do as much innovation as you can,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7144,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 5, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great innovation, but understaffed/overworked=no work-life balance and easy burn-out.","- Innovation and the user is the top priority. - A high impact job, where you get to influence millions. - Good compensation and benefits: High salary, stock plan, and vacation days. Also good healthcare package. - Great Perks: Free food, free gym, free pool, free snacks.","- Very long hours 9-10 hour days not uncommon. (very short break). This is partly due to the fact that many languages are understaffed and overworked. Google is making billions but somehow justifies that hiring more people is too costly and difficult. - Stressful work, with loads of bureaucracy and processes that needs to be followed. - People tend to work weekends as well. On my team people often work while on vacation. - No clear career path, most people leave the Dublin office, after 2 years because they either burn-out or can't progress anywhere in the organization. - Too much middle-management.","- Clear out some of the middle management layers, make career progressions and employee retention cornerstones of your HR policy. - Cut back on the work-hours, and establish a better work-life balance. - Let us earn the love of our users, by hiring more people, we spread ourselves to thin.",4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7145,google,none," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest Company I've ever worked for,Great colleagues! Great Perks! Great atmosphere and work climate! Great opportunities! Getting the chance to work on something meaningful and possibly changing the world.,You can get addicted to work. You might gain weight because of all the food. You might get used to a great environment and spoiled for life.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7146,google,Burgas (Bulgaria)," Jan 23, 2014",Former Employee - Google Street View Data Collector,"Greatest company in the world. I loved working for them. Benefits, bonuses, huge salary and so on.",Best employer in the world. Gave us googlemobiles. Hotel stays at 5 star hotels. Paying for dinners at hotels. Huge salary. Freedom of working hours.,None. There are no cons. Google is the best employer in the world. Can't get any better. Google is the dream employer.,No advice. Perfect management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7147,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 21, 2014",Former Employee - AdWords Strategist,great,"culture, benefits, perks, facilities, opportunity",Not a typical corporate set up so you will face trouble dealing with work culture at other places if you ever decide to move out. This also leads to stagnation at some point in cases where direction is a little unclear,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7148,google,none," Feb 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software intern,very interesting to work with,good enough to work in,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7149,google,none," Jan 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Account,Everything above the bar of excellence,Google cannot have anything less than the best,none,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7150,google,none," Jan 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Jobs at google other than software engineer doesnt have any growth..totally useless jobs,Work culture and benefits are good,No job satisfaction. Any one would maximum work for 1 year,none,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P715.htm
7151,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best job so far.,Crazy perks. Relaxed atmosphere. Smart people.,Not invented here for pretty much all technology.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7152,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place, but suffering from becoming a large company","Mostly everyone in engineering is as smart as the common perception is. I didn't experience any egomaniacs or prima donnas, but there is a definite air of entitlement around. The whole technology stack is mostly built in-house and very mature, and supporting infrastructure is awesome.","As Google has grown out of being a startup in the last 5 years, the bureaucracy followed. It gets harder and harder to just Get Things Done, since now there are endless reviews and committees that need to sign off. Promotions are less data-driven and more horse-trading, since there are caps on numbers and justification ends up needing alliances between managers. Salary is below market, the justification being that all the (mostly intangible) benefits make up for the shortfall, and increases have been barely inflation-beating over the past few years (I'm not a low performer). Your job progression is rather limited, since you won't make a lot of impact unless you are the rockstar amongst all the rest of the 1%, and you definitely need to have a lot of ambition to fight to move upwards.","Listen more to the feet on the ground, do more to address Googlegeist shortfalls (which haven't changed all that much in the past few years), don't let Bureaucracy Busters be just a side project -- prioritise it appropriately!",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7153,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Account Strategist,account stretegist,- great colleagues - great perks - nice bonus,- hard to be promoted - work-life balance,less focus on visibility,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7154,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 10, 2014",Former Employee - Adsense Publisher,Awesome love the work with Google Adsense,"The Google Network has some cool features that should concern its competition. For starters, it can disclose the sites you run ads on and report performance on a site-by-site basis. This enables you to focus buys on those sites (inventory allowing). An inability to see where your ads appear has always been a barrier for some advertisers.","One drawback is there are no inventory level guarantees. This is true of any network, but with Google it can get even more difficult as you can't reserve inventory (expensive home page buyouts aside). A bidder can bump you out of certain placements by bidding higher and raising his maximum CPM.","Like any other online marketer, I have a certain amount of anxiety about Google getting into new areas and potentially dominating every facet of online marketing. It can be a little scary. No one wants to be beholden to one organization. But for firms like mine, which tightly integrate search and online media, Google Network's potential is pretty great. Since we already manage our clients' AdWords accounts, we're the most likely candidate to manage all campaigns running through Google's platform.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7155,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 18, 2014",Former Employee - Online Media Associate,"Amazing colleagues, great employer",- Perks and atmosphere are great - Your colleagues are the best people in the world,- Overqualified people for almost every position - Difficult to keep separation between work and life.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7156,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Everything is good - work culture,environment and salary.",None.The brand name hides if are any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7157,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Disappointing,Great Office Smart Coworkers Company Values Easy access to VP Level,Middle Management below expectations Core job quite boring Constant brainwashing,Hire better Sales Manager,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7158,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,Excellent company to work and develop within,- motivating business values - good benefits - pleasant working environment - exceptional colleagues,- long hours in sales,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7159,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Developer,very good,exellent work enviornment good people to work with low work load,no as such cons i discovered yet in my experience,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7160,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 4, 2014",Current Employee - Team Lead,"6 years of background as Team Lead with hands on experience in team management, management reports","It is a Dynamic organization, project planning, time management, and has multi-tasking abilities.","Nothing as such, Google has the best working culture",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P716.htm
7161,google,none," Jan 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Comapany,"Good Benifits,comensation package and work balance",nothing to say about it yaar,no,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7162,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 2, 2014",Former Employee - Agency Team Lead,Fantastic company to work for.,"Successful company doing very inspiring work. Very strong, vibrant, exciting culture. Great colleagues.",It's now quite a bit company and with that comes more structure and less of an entrepreneurial feel.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7163,google,none," Dec 27, 2013",Current Employee - Interaction Designer,It's amazing to be able to work with other amazing people.,Have a comfortable work space.,There isn't anything that has been bothering me.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7164,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 5, 2014",Former Employee - Analyst,Very exciting place to work with some of the smartest people in tech,"Some of the smartest people out there to work with, great benefits, interesting work for the most part",There were very few women in senior management. Lack of mentoring for those in more junior roles.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7165,google,Moscow (Russia)," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Awesome company to work for,I am working with some of the brightest people. Its very interesting too learn from the inside how Google thinks and acts. Definitely one of the very few companies out there at the market that actually creates the future and writes rules of the game.,"Increasing bureaucracy, work/life balance is bad",Stay true to company values,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7166,google,none," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company. Excellent work environment.,Free food. Excellent office location. Smart & motivated colleagues.,"Long days, working for global company means multiple timezone meeting times.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7167,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,Awesome,"Facility are very Good,but I can't Compromise with this with salary offering.",Working on Contract Based whi,Salary is the Main Concern.,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7168,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 2, 2014",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Life changing,Ability to make a diiference,Falling into the pattern of any other large company,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7169,google,none," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,you learn a lot but get burnt quickly,loads of things to learn,"stuck-up people, think they are the best and brightest but they are just ivy league students with no idea about the real world",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7170,google,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Vendor Operations Lead,A great learning experience and career oportunity,Google is a great place to learn and grow. You will meet great people and be challenged most of the time.,"Google is growing as a company so it's loosing that start up, you can do anything feel. It's becoming more and more corporate and bureaucratic.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P717.htm
7171,google,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Programmer Analyst,Good,super food sooper cool high pay etc,nothing that i can think of,cool management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7172,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 3, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,Very good,Indeed a very good place to set your foot in. Gold dust on your CV so to say that could springboard you anywhere,Not as agile as before in terms of decision making and getting through with your ideas,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7173,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 8, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Working for Google was the best career choice of my life so far,"People, benefits, career opportunities, drive","Located in Dublin, race for promotions is detrimental for performance especially at more junior levels.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7174,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 4, 2013",Former Employee - Analyst,Great company,"Flexible and healthy work environment, amazing personal development opportunities. Possibility to have flexible working hours and internal transfers",None that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7175,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 13, 2013",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Great experience, not great growth propsects","Fun atmosphere, super smart minds, loads to learn",Too big an organisation so no room to be creative - you have to follow a set defined process and only have room to move within defined guidelines.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7176,google,Hamburg (South Africa)," Nov 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,the best employer I ever worked for,"fantastic people, great products, best perks","very fast paced, becoming more corporate (bureaucratic)",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7177,google,none," Dec 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Open culture, lots of perks, very transparent, dynamic industry",Not as much impact at an individual level as one would like,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7178,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 22, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,"great expirence , ambience is really awesome","good environment, challenging profile. exposure is awesome, pay is the best among the industry,",no negative points about the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7179,google,none," Dec 5, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,"Nice people,nice food and environment","Useless management , too many policies changes",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7180,google,Mumbai (India)," Dec 4, 2013",Current Employee - Analyst,Analyst,Smart Company to work for,Seeing a down turn...over innovative,Introspect,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P718.htm
7181,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 1, 2013",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account manager for small and medium business,"Great salary & benefits, fun, young, international work environment, amazing work culture","Despite the work culture, Google still is a corporation and does act like one of them in pactice. Meaning that when it comes to, e.g., internal re-Orgs or cuts on people, they don't consider the actual impact on employees, who, like myself, can be shifted from the role they were hired for to another role they would have never considered. During the reorg back in 2012 I didn't have any chance but to accept a new role which I never felt motivated for. Also, because of the huge competition, gaining visibility was more important than actual quality of work, in order to pursue career development.",Focus more on the employee's skills and career developement,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7182,google,none," Nov 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company where you can work on world-changing challenges,"Surrounded by incredible people, working on some of the coolest problems in the world. The company is a rocket ship and, early in your career, you really get way more responsibility than you probably should.","Definitely not a startup anymore and you can start to feel the bureaucracy creeping in. Also, opportunities to really move up quickly are tougher to come by.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7183,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 8, 2013",Current Employee - Head of Enterprise Services,Awesome company!,"- Amazingly smart colleagues, great senior managers - Great cultures (openness, transparency, innovation) - Loosely hierarchical - Great benefits",- Everything changes at a crazy pace (if your fine with that you will enjoy it),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7184,google,none," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, exciting projects. Great colleagues, great team culture, great food, great pay.","Fun, exciting projects. Great colleagues, great team culture, great food, great pay.",Too many smart people around to push you to your boundary.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7185,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 13, 2013","Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist, Global Customer Services","Metrics oriented Company, with bad measurement/promotion system","The offices are very nice in Dublin, many people from all over the world (46 spoken languages) and the social atmosphere is great! If you love meeting new people, making international friends and travel - this place is for you!  For a short run (a year or 2) its a great company. For more than that, it can be stressful and frustrating (see ""cons"" section).","1, For this position, there is no (or very little) time to really enjoy the perks, and also very little flexibility with time/place (meaning, you have to be logged to your phone exactly on time, can't be a minute late even, and you can't work away from your desk). 2. Working extra hours becomes a must if you wish to just stay on your targets, and if you want to exceed them and get promoted - you either have to wait a long time (there is a queue..) or work even harder, or cheat (usually its a combination of all 3). 3. As the way that performance is being measured is far from being accurate, people do anything to get ahead, and that includes ""playing"" with the numbers to serve their needs. A Shame that this hasn't changed in the recent years and seems like it wont change in the future. 4. As targets and revenue goals are getting higher and harder - its easy to forget that there are actual people behind those numbers. But this is a hard task for Google, at least in this role. 5. sometimes the role changes as time goes by, and if that change is not something you like or enjoy doing, if you wont adopt - it will affect your career/promotion (meaning, you are forced to do things you did not sign up for initially, and then being criticized for not doing well at them).  All those things contribute to the demoralization of employees, and Google does that very well.","Focus on the Googler (not just the metrics, for a change), and the rest will follow (you will have motivated people who actually and genuinely would want to work)",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7186,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 8, 2013",Former Employee - Sales,They really look after their employees,"Great culture, very friendly, good money, exciting to be working for a company that pushes the boundaries","career progression is hard because no one leaves, most people are over qualified for their role. There is also a certain amount of intellectual arrogance",Keep pushing boundaries and don't let politics get in the way of innovation,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7187,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 22, 2013",Current Employee - Demand Management Representative,One of the best working place,Very good platform for skill development,You always want to grow old with the same company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7188,google,Mumbai (India)," Oct 18, 2013",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Dream coming true,No time pressure if doing quality job,you need to be active to do things,Pay bonus each month,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7189,google,Wrocław (Poland)," Oct 9, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Account Manager,Associate Account Strategist,"Atmosphere: the work atmosphere is great, you have fun with your colleagues and it's up to you to build the right atmosphere in your team. Learning: you can learn a lot, especially about the products (AdWords, Analytics, YouTube) and develop your soft skills like time management, productivity, wok under stress. Responsibility: you can take several roles aside from your core job.","Stressful: everything is about metrics, how much you do, how well you do it. You are compared to your teammates when it comes to performance review and you are told if you performed better than your team, average or below the rest of your team. The core job is repetitive and if you want to work on other roles you mostly have to do it extra hours, the teams are often stretched and you'll be on the phone 6-7 hours a day.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7190,google,none," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Deep tecnology expertise, shallow marketing",Workplace energy and ease of business due to brand strength in ecosystem,Opaque performance appraisal and wrongly skilled people-roles,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P719.htm
7191,google,Seoul (South Korea)," Oct 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Great internship at Google,Great benefits and work culture.,Increasing hierarchy and structure limit freedom.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7192,google,none," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,Awesome company to work for.,Everyone here is smart and talented!,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7193,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 13, 2013",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great place to work if you like the kind of work you're doing.,"Good environment, smart people. Lots of perks.",org hierarchy goes through a lot re-structuring. promotions can be very political.,don't make the 'boss' solely responsible for an employee's ratings & progress. make calibration fairer.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7194,google,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 29, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Truly is one of the best places to work,The Sydney office exemplifies the Google culture of friendliness and hard working.,"If you're not in Mountain View, career progression can be limited.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7195,google,none," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,"MONEY, QUALITY OF COWORKERS, TRAVEL",A LOT OF WORK AND PRESSURE,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7196,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 10, 2013",Current Employee - Product Specialist,It's changed a lot,"Great co-workers, great perks, great offices, great benefits. The company keeps evolving and has some excellent prospects ahead of it in new, unexpected business areas.","People management can be pretty brutal, especially in the way performance is managed. It leaves too much space for favouritism and can be hugely demoralising.",The current performance management system has two effects: 1) sticky middle management who aren't fundamentally accountable 2) People don't necessarily want career at Google. You want the experience and then you want to go somewhere where you feel you're genuinely appreciated.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7197,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 9, 2013",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Google,"Colleagues, challenges, business prospects, collaboration and innovation are great at Google. The perks and work environment are great too.","In certain areas, Google is getting slower and slower, political, process-heavy and quite hierarchical. Nothing compared to most companies, but not as fast as you'd wish. As a result, career progression can be slow.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7198,google,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 29, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,It's great,You work with very clever people on interesting projects. Everything is set up for you to be incredibly productive. The perks are also ridiculous.,There are pretty much no cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7199,google,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Recruiter,Inspiring,"The people. Google hires some of the best talent in the world and as a result of working with such high achievers and high potential people, you find everyone raises their game every day and achieves far more than they thought possible","For the UK, it is only possible to work in London and while that makes sense for the business, I wouldn't be able to work for them again now I have moved away :-(",Keep up the strong leadership and inspiring ways of working,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7200,google,none," Sep 26, 2013",Current Employee - Google Student Ambassador,Google Student Ambassador,Great start-up experience. Great networking. Great People!!,haven't came across yet... :),Keep up the Brilliant work.. Google is God for me....,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P720.htm
7201,google,Varanasi (India)," Aug 28, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,Cool,"It is one of the most companies, which work for the development of open-source organisation.","It should give much better facilities to developer, and give full access to its upcoming technology.",It hope work would be more wonderful in the coming years.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7202,google,none," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Golden handcuffs,"great total compensation great perks (free food, ski trips, etc) stable well-paid employment flexibility around working hours, easy to combine with family life global working environment probably easier to navigate than other corporations, cons listed are simply part of working in a company of this size","little creativity allowed micro-management, tight control over processes hard to get promoted bureaucracy and general slowness the whole system of performance reviews promotes mediocrity and following procedures rather than innovation lots of talk, little action is a popular approach to work among employees (=lots of low performers that never get noticed)",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7203,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 18, 2013",Current Employee - SMB Account Manager,Great place to work,Work with the best and most dynamic people A lot of learning and development. Great management Awesome work conditions: free food and gym,Career progression slow Can be very invasive if you socialise extensively with your colleagues Dublin office opportunities lesser than local office opportunities,Continue building great career paths.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7204,google,none," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"College-like life with getting paid , paid well. Opportunities if you have an eye for them.","Culture , Peers , Food , Exposure and Office",Some part of the management,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7205,google,none," Aug 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Services associate,Managment is very detail focused. Metrics are clear. The role is changing frequently which makes to work interesting over time.,"Metrics are increasing quarterly, sometimes quite beyond the team capabilities, but because the team is stromd they are usually met.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7206,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2013",Current Employee - Analyst,I had very good and friendly environment at the campus.Apart from this i also learnt many new things working there.,The best reasons i can say working with company are its got the most friendly environment and we all learn many things in the work culture implemented there.I can also say the doors are always open for growth opportunities within the organisation.,"I can say there are not lot many downsides for the company but, as there is very close competition between employee to employee the growth opportunities may be very few not reaching most of the employees which inturn reflecting the hikes.",I am not so experienced to advice.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7207,google,none," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Account Manager,Good place to work for. Good culture.,Senior management. Too much politics.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7208,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Best company I have ever worked for, by far","Your manager is there he is there to support you not to control you. When you need something to work better, just ask. Plenty of great people to work with.","Free food made me slightly fat and I am too lazy to use the free gym. Many great things happen in US, this make it difficult to get involved in them when working outside US. I am still working on great stuff, but have less choice.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7209,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Everyday at work is something I look forward to.,"openness, ability to work on your projects, peer driven, working with people better than yourself",No attention given to emerging markets,Involve lower level engineers in company direction.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7210,google,none," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good work place,"good technologies, many projects, and transfer in 18months","bigger and bigger, the benefit and composition is not so attractive than before.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P722.htm
7211,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Account Strategist,I've just one word: ,"it's very flexible in terms of work timings, and mostly transparent.","so far, none worthy to be considered a con.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7212,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best place i have Worked,"Great Place to Work,Best Employee Friendly",Nothing Nothing Nothing and Nothing,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7213,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 19, 2013",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great company,"Informal, very little politics, great products, trustable",Could allow offices outside MtView to adapt strategy to local needs,Keep focused,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7214,google,none," Aug 2, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Enriching.,"Good food, Nice people, Great work environment.",Lack of pre placement information.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7215,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 12, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Awesome place to work, never want to leave","Great culture, free food, free gym, decent pay, intelligent and fun people. One of the most forward thinking cutting edge companies to work for in terms of the product side of things.",Little opportunity to gain management experience early on if you have no prior experience as a manager.,Too man re-orgs. Perf process is too subjective. Need to provide more opportunities to train up current staff into management and promote from within rather than hiring external management from other industries who know nothing about the online advertising industry.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7216,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,"An innovative, fast paced, collaborative work environment facing big company challenges with dreams of 'old google' ways","People, innovation, products, benefits, brand","People, ability to influence the business, career path","Promote from within, solve your scaling problems (operations), career path needs fixing",4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7217,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 30, 2013",Former Employee - Account Manager,"best period of my life, unfortunately no future","great job, great colleagues, amazing work life balance","lack of challenges, no career opportunities, bad management","keep the bad job, you cant improve.",4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7218,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,In the plex :),cutting edge technology uncovering business opportunities across markets collaborative culture with access to senior decision makers amazing on-site perks,company is getting bigger and more bureacratic 100% focus on product and making product the king,"Larry re-united product people, Chief business officer needs to re-unite all different business functions.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7219,google,none," Jul 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Publisher,"You can work at home, you can have all the time in the world. You have no boss but yourself","You have to reach $100 to receive a payment. Your job is not stable, no regularization. So it really depends on your website",none,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7220,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 7, 2013",Former Employee - Head of Risk Management,Head of Risk Management,"Care people, very good food and welfare benifit. Always encourage innovation and people are willing to help to resolve problems. You can feel you are working with a group of people with all kinds of talents.","For some teams, the structure is too flat so that the efficiency is not very good. Risk management is still very new to all the teams and still need lots of education efforts",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P723.htm
7221,google,none," Jul 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Mostly good,"The usual: compensation, interesting projects, good food, company cares about employees ... (see below) ...","... as long as productivity is there. Work life balance is possible, but you won't get promoted if you work ""only"" 40 hours a week.",See cons.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7222,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 25, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Nice leaning with Fun there.,High Learning Curve. Latest Technologies. Free Snacks. Free Lunch talented Colleagues.,No Work Life balance. Work on weekends. Salary is not up to the mark.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7223,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 21, 2013",Former Employee - Local Data Quality Evaluator - Geo EMEA,Local Data Quality Evaluator - Geo EMEA,Good opportunities to move on new and higher position,Lack of communication between management and employees,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7224,google,none," Jul 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excelent,Friendly environment with helpful people and a great experience from interns to permanent members,Long hours with many long tasks that may not release your creativity but overall good,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7225,google,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 29, 2013",Current Employee - Analyst,The best company to work for,- Extremely people oriented  - Great perks  - Big focus on developing talent  - Amazing people to work with,- Could get slightly bureaucratic,- Focus on keeping the organization nimble and cut out the fat,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7226,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Solutions Engineer,It's all about the people...and the food,"Fantastic people. Apart from being super smart, most people have at least one hidden talent or speak >1 language. Executive leadership you truly believe in. Great culture, working environment and benefits. Free food tends to be better than most restaurants. Working with customers and products that change the world.",Very smart team/people makes it hard to really stand out. Ever increasing company size leading to more middle management.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7227,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jul 1, 2013",Current Employee - Adwords Associate,Great company to work with,-great culture - employees are given importance - freedom to pursue what you want - no calling people sirs /maams. You can call Larry Larry !,- work may not be that great (India operations ) - like any other organization a great deal depends on the kind of manager you get,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7228,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 10, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,Great technology company,"innovation, autonomy, entrepreneurship, diversity, great fun culture, respect for new thoughts, internal mobility cross teams and locations, visionary,","very fast paced, constant change, too many opportunities sometimes confuse the employees, usually need to work in virtual teams which might be difficult for someone who is not used to video conferences",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7229,google,none," Jun 16, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great peers, extremely challenging environment, work and play go hand in hand","No cons really, the challenge is to keep the culture intact",Good job,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7230,google,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jun 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I have been working at Google,"good study place for student, high pay and passionate job, lots of opporunity","hard work, huge workload and sometimes too challenge, maybe be overlooked",pay more attention to inferior's thought,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P724.htm
7231,google,none," Jun 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting and with great impact,"Great impact, great engineers, great technology, very open",I do not think there are any cons compared to other medium-big companies.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7232,google,Sydney (Australia)," May 2, 2013",Current Employee - Corporate Operations Engineer,"Getting a little bloated, but still a brilliant company.","Google has structured itself well to resist becoming 'evil' as it grows. That's not to say it doesn't - but it takes hold a lot slower than at other companies our size. There's a lot of importance placed on transparency, accountability, and technical acumen by the average employee.","While everyone is allowed to question the company's decisions, senior management are getting better at dodging them. Making a career for yourself can be very difficult unless you are exceedingly brilliant. There are a lot of very, very smart people here.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7233,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 2, 2013",Current Employee - Search Quality Associate,Incredible working environment.,"Google gives high flexibility, all the resources available in order for employee to succeed. Google culture: openness, fairness, innovation, doing the right thing.","No retention at Google. Google is a performance driven company and if you don't perform or cannot catch up with others, you'll likely to be kept in the icebox.",They should think more about rewarding the right person in order to attract talents with them.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7234,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 26, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,Awesome Place to Work,Great people Good food Flexible work No pressure,Nothing as of now as I haven't completed atleast a year,Just keep doing great things that matter,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7235,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 19, 2013",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"There are smart people all around, I'm learning a lot and working on impactful projects.",- Smart people - Very advanced internal technos - Data matters more than politics,- You acquire a lot of non-transferable skills,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7236,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Still great,"For a big company, it hardly gets better. There's a lot of freedom, learning opportunities, lots of great colleagues, perks&benefits.","It's getting into ""big corporation"" mode. Although company wants to fight it, there is some red-tape. Also, on lower levels of organization, one can get lost in insignificant little things - working for manager who works for manager who works for manager ... etc, has it's toll.",Fight all instances of politics. Never forget the motto - Focus on the user and all else follows.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7237,google,none," Jun 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Poor top management very competitive, no work life balance","Great people, great products, fantastic on site amenities","poor career development, pulled to too many directions, poor middle management, very competitive if you want to get promoted, forget about work life balance.",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7238,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 24, 2013",Former Employee - Associate Manager,Amazing,"You work with very talented people. Everyone at Google shares the ""do no harm"" value, everyone works really hard but know how to have fun. It's a performance driven company, where your skills matter more than your experience.","None, as it's all relative and really depends on how you decide to take things.",Continue doing what you're doing and expanding into more countries!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7239,google,none," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Not the best company to work for,+ nice office + many benefits + great engineers,"- remote offices (ie. in Europe) are only sources for MTV to get Engineers from, they never get somewhat interesting or promising projects - remote offices live their own life and are not Google as it should be - so many cultural issues! - all workers are being discriminated by the colour of their badges - if you have a red one you will not be allowed to a Friday meeting and dishes and will never get any benefits as new year presents, massage, trips to Disneyland and even bonuses and kudos - very political organization - if you are not playing rude political games and just working hard forget about career at Google - if you've accomplished 120% of your targets you are a loser because the guy from other office did 121% - there's no work/life balance as you are tied to the office. You even do not have an opportunity to have your lunch outside because there are cafes and food points in the office. No personal life, only ambitious plans of your managers!",Please open your eyes!,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7240,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 10, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Operations Specialist for Ad Review Operatioins,Work is extremely fast paced with flexibility to implement ones own solutions to problems. Resources are limited but could be worked around with the management.,No organized approach to problems. No standardization in writing code. There is nothing as writing code as a team. Too much dependability on person for a tool. No collaboration among team members.,Take some time out and organize the procedure,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P725.htm
7241,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 20, 2013",Current Employee - Analyst,Far better than any other company i know.,"The atmosphere is striking and you don't feel like its a ""corporate"" office. End of the day you will not feel tired after the day's work.",High competition and takes alot of time for you to get recognized.,Nothing as of now.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7242,google,none," May 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,User Experience Researcher - Zurich,"Freed food, nice amenities, and world class talent whom you get to work alongside each day. All combined to help you build products that are used by millions of people around the world. What's not to like!","There's still a glass ceiling for user experience and there may always be at Google. Data rules all decisions, no matter how auspicious it's origin. Also, like in distributed offices still feels remote and looks to be only be consolidating towards Mountain View. And work / life balance? No such thing.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7243,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 9, 2013",Current Employee - Analytical Lead,a very competitive and political atmosphere,"- very international team - nice office with good benefits (free food and lunch, gym)","- very high volume of work - very political, - talended people are not rewarded, - no careers opportunities - no life/balance (you need to go out every week to be promoted)",- be human and fair,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7244,google,none," May 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great food, great pay","Great food, strong rewards and great coworkers.",Sometimes working long hours can be a bit of a hassle,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7245,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 24, 2013",Current Employee - University Recruiter,Great Employer,Great Work Culture exists in Google,I am unable to recall any cons with this firm,NA,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7246,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 4, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Awesome so far!,"The quality of people you get to work with, exposure to cutting-edge technology and the perks of being a Googler","Career growth is dicey, not too sure about the long-term. I've not been here long enough to comment on office politics though.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7247,google,none," May 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good environment to work,very good environment to work,I have not found any cons,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7248,google,none," May 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work and have fun,"benefits, food, office space, travels, etc",living in Ireland and that's it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7249,google,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,The best company to work for. Period.,"Excellent work culture, free food",You feel like a small cog in a big machine,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7250,google,none," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent place,"excellent work culture,good management",there are no cons at Google,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P726.htm
7251,google,none," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Creative team, flexible work arrangements, encouraged to think outside of the box",Is there Work Life balance?,How are you attracting & retaining new talent?,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7252,google,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Apr 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,All I ever wanted,"My coworkers are extremely knowledgeable, helpful and cool. The projects we're working on are all very inspiring. The company has a long term vision I can actually subscribe to, personally. The company exists to do good.",Everybody wants to know what you're working on (secret). People ask personal google favors of you.,Don't stop working for the good of humanity.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7253,google,none," Apr 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Review,Employee friendly environment and good work ethics,Hectic Schedule and maximum work load,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7254,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 28, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,Good perks and benefits for employees,Not very structured for growth,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7255,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Sales,Great company - getting crowded though.,"Great perks, great people. They know how to treat their employees and there are so many opportunities in the company. Not only in your home office but also abroad.","A lot of segregation amongst teams - maybe it's just me but it feels a bit too 'college-y' at times but I suppose that's a pro/con based on your individual tastes. Promotion routes can be a bit vague. Hard to maintain 'Work/Life Balance' but that's sales, right...",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7256,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,good one,no commitments. You are at your own pace to win your race,long term stay is a question due to office politics,good,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7257,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 21, 2013",Former Employee - Sales,Great company,"AMAzing hours, Good working conditions, nice people",can be very busy sometimes,continue the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7258,google,Nairobi (Kenya)," Apr 18, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Awesome place to work hard and play hard,Free food and tranport :Awesome place to work hard and play hard,No place for faint hearted,Improve on Part Time terms,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7259,google,none," Apr 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing, great place to work","Work Culture, Management, Teams, international exposure","Payscale, regional movement, horizontal movement",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7260,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,One of the best company to work for,Values people. Has a clear mission statement,Internally competitive as most of the employees are smart,Keep doing the great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P727.htm
7261,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 12, 2013",Current Employee - Local Data Evaluator - Pod Lead,Various. A lot of fun in the site. Good targets and bonus,"Best place to start in a big company. Benefits, free foods!","No permanent contract, vendors do have the leadership on site",Follow much more the Google worldwide spirit,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7262,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 22, 2013",Current Employee - Developer Advocate,"Great workplace with great coworkers, projects and perks",Great workplace Great coworkers Interesting projects Good perks Job satisfaction Knowing you are working for a company that can make the world a better place.,Sometimes management decisions and their motivations are not optimally clear. This could also be due to the rapid growth of the company and the number of projects.,Focus more on career development. The career direction of employees is sometimes lost in the noise of project objectives and result expectations.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7263,google,none," Apr 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Good way of testing big picture,Very discrete & hypothetical questions,none,3.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7264,google,"Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)"," Mar 9, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,One of the best places to work in Brazil but far from the real Google,"- Best compensation and benefits (compared to Brazilian average) - In touch with Google's technologies - If you survive the first two years, it can be a good job.","- Office is too small. It is like working for a family-owned business, so include all the cons of that. - Many people quit or are laid-off in their first or second year. So think about that before moving your life to that city. There is no other relevant software company there. - Many extra hours. - Micro management. It was the only job I ever had that my manager came to my desk and complained that I was not typing. - Not much going on. Since the office is small, you don't have many projects to choose, if you could choose. - No mobility. It is the only Google office in Brazil to have software engineer positions. - Forget about 20% projects, unless you use your ""free"" time for that.",Try to apply Google's core values and principles.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7265,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 15, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Feel appreciated.,Lots of benefits that really make you feel appreciated as an employee. The free food and freedom you get as an employee to take training etc. is really amazing.,I don't really know of a con of working at Google. The only thing I can think of is that it is interesting to see how it is really run as an American company in a sense that there are some strict policy rules to uphold.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7266,google,Chittagong (Bangladesh)," Mar 17, 2013",Current Employee - Map Maker,Google the best site of whole world,I am Happy to work on Google Map Maker about 1year and Then I am feeling better because I want to promotion by Google after some year ...So I am waiting for little time and See so far.....,Nothing Can Say about Google...,I Can't say anything about Google because It's the site in the world...,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7267,google,none," Mar 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and grow,You get to work with the smartest and nicest people!,Some people tend to get lost in work.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7268,google,none," Apr 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Open, Outthinking, freedom to try, Dynamic",Balancing work life is a challenge. Looking for a cushy job this is not the place to be,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7269,google,none," Mar 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Industry analyst intern,Best place to co-work and friendly mood,it does not have any defects,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7270,google,none," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with super opportunities,Opportunity to work on impactful projects Coworkers are very bright and will go the extra mile Amazing food and benefits are very god,Sometimes a bit political and can be a lot of travelling. Working long hours and work/life balance can be sometimes tricky,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P728.htm
7271,google,none," Mar 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Great job in keeping people cheerful,Big big place.. you may get ignored,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7272,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Flexibility Creativity Innovative Great opportunity of development International Great benefits,Very competitive environment Slow promotion cycles Information overload,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7273,google,none," Mar 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Great company to work for,None that comes to the mind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7274,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 16, 2013",Current Employee - Intern,"Good Work environment, but they projects are not interesting","Good Food, perks, everything is perfect, except the work","If you don't have a phd, you would be writing naive code (its true)",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7275,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 15, 2013",Former Employee - Search Quality Strategist,"Life changing, culturally rich",All the freedom and opportunities you get on working in exciting projects and meeting new people.,Sometimes you might not get recognised for your efforts mainly if the management in charge doesn't understand very well the mechanics of the workflow,Keep the management layers to a minimum. More layers means more bureaucracy,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7276,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very satisfied,it is the best company ever,"I'm very satisfied with Career Opportunities, Compensation & Benefits, Work/Life Balance, Culture & Values",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7277,google,none," Mar 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,best place to work in world,worst idea to leave the place,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7278,google,Seoul (South Korea)," Mar 4, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Great company to work for,Treats employees with respect. Much room for career growth and overseas relocation.,Compensation for the non-engineering staff is below market standard.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7279,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - Adops Media Manager,"Great company to work for, but difficult to move around internally & more politics than expected.",Fantastic culture Great vision for the future Very bottom-led so great opportunities for growth and to lead Minimal micro-management Freedom to pursue projects you feel are worthwhile Great internal comms - very included in the company and the goings-on,"Difficult to move internally, harder than expected Promotional cycles are more political than expected and tricky to navigate More politics in general than expected In the Sales Org side, too many managers are 'old-school' ad/media types which makes them very much an 'old boys club' and this doesn't mesh well with the Google culture itself.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7280,google,none," Feb 20, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok,"You can work with probably the best colleagues in the world, work hard and learn a lot. Also the food is a big advantage than other small companies.","well, working in a big and good company, it is very stressed to work on challenging problems. And since it is also hard to be promoted since a single person is not very important to a big company.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P729.htm
7281,google,none," Mar 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but many dead bodies at certain offices",Super fun gig with great benefits,Serious dead bodies at certain offices. Some managers kind to older timers and allow harracement as long as you perform.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7282,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 23, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Google,It is very good to work here because of all the perks and salary we get. People are treated with respect and the office looks amazing.,The problem is that most people in Dublin are far from home since this is the european HQ. The weather in Dublin doesn't help at all :),none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7283,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for neo-grads,Great school for your first job Great people Great culture,Weak management Difficult to maintain work-life balance Too US-centric,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7284,google,none," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful company but might eat you alive,great colleagues your employer changes the world competitive salary good perks,work-life balance not existent if you don't watch out due to few hierarchy levels career development is tough,stop increasing the internal reporting,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7285,google,none," Feb 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very fun and nice work. Innovative work,No cons. You need to google it to know cons :),none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7286,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 2, 2013",Former Employee - Search Quality Evaluator,great professional kick start,"awesome coworkers, great offices, everyday perks","lobotomizing work (why hie ivy league graduates for monkey jobs ????). extremely heavy hierarchy, hidden under a country club coating. low pay.",stop considering your non-engineer staff as cattle.,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7287,google,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,good interesting with a bit of fun and struggle both at the same time,interesting work  good interesting with a bit of fun and struggle both at the same time,not so good team members,get good managers and have daily pizza party,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7288,google,none," Feb 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing.,"Always fun, exciting projects on a global scale.",None at the time I was there. Very positive organizational culture.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7289,google,none," Feb 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work!,Great Place to work! Been here for more than 5 years.,Nothing in particular. I have been working here for more than 5 years.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7290,google,none," Feb 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The best company to work with overall. Great learning curve, extremely driven peers, and great benefits of course !!",Thrust on learning. Great benefits. Competent senior management.,Work-life balance could be better. Sometimes extreme competition takes a toll on you.,Training to enable cross-country hiring can be further improved in order to increase global mobility.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P730.htm
7291,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazing Workplace,Great People Awesome benefits Beautiful Office Interesting Work Great Opportunities,Competitive Sometimes difficult to get promoted,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7292,google,none," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer Advocate,Exposure to cutting edge technology Good environment to work in.,No career path Lack of opportunities outside Mountain View Lower salary compared to SWE and SWET,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7293,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good international experience for early stages careers,- Great International young atmosphere with colleagues from all over the world. - Company culture and relaxed atmosphere. - Good working life balance. - Top class perks and benefits. - Working in a fast paced environment.,- Slow career progression: it is more and more difficult to progress the career within the company as it becomes bigger. - Repetitive job: job may become repetitive after a short time.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7294,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Comfortable dead end,"About 5% of employees can hope for a ""promotion"" - to a special point of contact related to internal issues/mentor. That can help your future career (it did help me and some other ppl I know). They pay is not bad and if you are smart enough you can easily hit the highest bonus.","The Google Maps project cannot be compared to the actual Google company. Employees are hired through agencies and there is no contract extension after 2 years (no exceptions). The food provided is limited though better than in other companies. I feel like the company uses your talents (leadership/attention to detail etc), gives you additional projects (=hope to get an extension, a lot of attention) and than lets you go without even blinking, replacing you with anybody else. This can be frustrating. Another con is the lack of flexibility reg. time management-you can never work back even 15 minutes.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7295,google,New Delhi (India)," Jan 21, 2013",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Account Strategist,One of the best companies to work with - impressed with the transparency and integrity in values!,Confined career ladder makes it difficult to think ahead.,Open more opportunities to shape careers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7296,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 21, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Strategist,Great Company to work for,"Great people, company values and free lunch",Company is starting to loose it's start up roots. Starting to feel very corporate.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7297,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 14, 2013","Former Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations",Sales Operations Analyst,Great people Great place to work Great compensation Opportunity for travel and rotation,Work life balance Promotion takes a long time,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7298,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work,- Work life balance - Benefits and perks - You are in charge of your career,- Getting harder to be in remote office with less oppurtunities,Focus a bit on people career opportunities for remote offices.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7299,google,none," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great benefits, salary, and work environment.","Difficult interview process, competitive environment.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7300,google,none," Jan 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to work for,1. Good work life balance. 2. Good technologies. 3. Get to learn a lot.,1. Technologies used not applicable outside company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P731.htm
7301,google,none," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Loving every moment, looking to go to work daily.Infact dont want to come home.","NO Cons to say,it is awesome",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7302,google,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 21, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great benefits, good people, limited career opportunities in satellite offices","Amazing, smart, driven and fun people to work with, usually pretty stimulating work, working autonomously, fantastic benefits.","Very limited career opportunity in satellite offices, which however is not acknowledged by management.","Don't hire so many managers from external, they ruin our culture.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7303,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Still an awesome employeer and tight-nit community feel,"Most intelligent coworkers you could ever imagine. Wonderful feeling of camaraderie. Employees are trusted, respected and treated like adults to get on with their work. Very flat management structure means you're not left feeling powerless. Everyone is empowered to make a difference and to be heard. Amazing benefits.","Most intelligent coworkers you could ever imagine can lead to impostor syndrome. You need to be careful to balance your work and personal life, but the drive to sometimes work too hard comes from within when you work at Google, it's not something that's pushed on you by the company or colleagues.",We miss Eric.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7304,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 13, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Account Strategist,"Lot of freedom, open atmosphere","great work culture/ atmosphere, food, work space, smart and interesting people.",Not much I can think of.,Create more scope for growth.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7305,google,none," Dec 29, 2012",Current Employee - Legal Counsel,A great place to work,Smart people. Being on the cutting edge of the action in Silicon Valley. An ambitious company.,"Becoming more bureaucratic as it grows larger. Cost cutting really seems to be targeted at the ""little people"", rather than execs who still seem to do what they want.",Stratification and hierarchy are increasing. This is a bad trend.f,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7306,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Wonderful,"Get to work with great people, Flexible hours, Make a difference everyday. Getting to experience such a wonderful work environment is such a pleasure everyday.","Google is honestly such a wonderful company, it will be hard to ever consider leaving. I'd advise Graduates who want to see more of the industry to learn their trade somewhere else, then work for the best!",Wonderful people,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7307,google,none," Dec 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google has great benefits and work hours. No one babysits you.,"I am empowered to do my best and help make teams more efficient and better. My manager doesn't babysit me, in fact, no one does, because Google hires the best and expects all employees to be motivated and productive.",Humility goes a long way at Google but there are still those that use traditional methods of advancement by trying to be the loudest voice or most long-winded in a room. I think this probably goes for most large companies no matter where you are.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7308,google,"Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)"," Jan 8, 2013",Current Employee - Industry Analyst,It's very cool I like it,It's very cool I like it,It's a mess sometimes ... lack of,It's very cool I like it,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7309,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 18, 2012",Former Employee - AdWords Representative,"If you thought Google was good, it's better than that.","Best food ever, friendly and intelligent colleagues who could become close friends, Beautiful office, cabs to pick you up and drop you, opportunity to apply for IJPs often.",Monotonous work initially. Very little learning from the initial work. You need to get a new role before you can start learning more.,No advice.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7310,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Wonderful 5 years working at Google, stagnant since the last 2 years","Great company, awesome products, Wonderful culture, great work life balance,","Questionable compensation strategy, poor individual org management",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P732.htm
7311,google,New Delhi (India)," Jan 9, 2013",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Working at Google,Great opportunities for career development,"None, I had a great time at Google","None,",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7312,google,none," Dec 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,World-class co-workers.,"Google is the most fun and rewarding place I've ever worked. There are cool problems to solve and you're encouraged to solve them. Engineers get tons of freedom to do the right thing and the tools and infrastructure to support you are second to none.  Beyond that, Google generally seems interested in keeping their employees happy and healthy -- for the most part, work hours and workload are sane. It's easy to eat healthy food. There are on-site gyms in most locations, or at least subsidized health club memberships.","As at any big company, there are political battles. Sometimes grungy engineering work gets ignored in the face of shinier/sexier stuff (but I would say that is well-known, hard to fix, and actively being worked on).",Keep trusting your employees and keep pushing the bounds of what's possible.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7313,google,none," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Well paid, moderate work","Great perks, great exposure to a business lifestyle",Very corporate. Work is often unfulfilling,Utilize skills from these exceptionally talented workers,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7314,google,none," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Peers, impact, technology, infrastructure, compensation",You get lots of questions about working at Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7315,google,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 17, 2012",Former Employee - Account Manager,Truly the best employer to work for,Working Culture is great Talent Peer Healthy competition,Process oriented Little scope to experiment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7316,google,none," Dec 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,some opt a b c,good perks and good working environment,long hours may affect work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7317,google,Milan (Italy)," Dec 26, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great environment, innovative products","You get to work with cool innovative products, in a great environment (especially in terms of positive, friendly and skilled colleagues). The brand is well known. You have a lot of freedom in customer interaction and in planning your projects.","There are not many opportunities for technical roles in this office, but this depends on specific offices. The base salary is not exciting, compared to other offers you can get from competitors.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7318,google,none," Jan 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporate Victims,Bring innovation to the table,They've become puppets of the corporate culture of the bottom line mentality at cost to their clients. All they do now is fight legal battles and gouge clients budgets. Sad. Lots of turnover there. If you don't do what they want-they let you go-even if it's unethical.,It's too late to save these guys-they've been swallowed up by the greed.,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7319,google,none," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent employer,"Exciting work, great salarygreat culture",Need to put a lot of hours if you want to get promoted fast,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7320,google,none," Dec 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer at Google hyderabad,High salary Good employees Good ambience Support from HRs Transportation facility,Very difficult to get job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P733.htm
7321,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 6, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great company - but getting too big.,"- Great company culture - A healthy work/life balance is stimulated by management - Very smart people to work with, the strict interviews due pay off. - Good benefits - best in the industry",- Company is getting big and this is stifling innovation. - Too many metrics in place to measure success,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7322,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 20, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Amazing place to have your first job, but two years is probably long enough","Amazing smart colleagues, fun work environment, lots of responsibility right away, great perks (food, travel, bonuses), opportunity to direct your own career/work on what you choose, lots of international travel and team events","Unclear career progression, huge firm so little chance of rising through the ranks, employees pitted against each other, questionable hiring decisions (especially at management level), unclear policies, competitive atmosphere, middle management brought in (usually) from outside Google and don't always understand/fit the culture",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7323,google,none," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google is a great place to work,Work ambiance Opportunities Smart people Great product Great perks,Promotion process quite unfair Bureaucracy Politics Lack of design spirit,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7324,google,none," Dec 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for!,"+ Great colleagues: young, well-educated + Competitive compensation + Challenging work with a good work-life balance","- None, I am absolutely satisfied!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7325,google,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place,* Great perks and compensation * Good growth opportunities,* Not many projects to choose from * Hard to grow after reaching a certain level,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7326,google,none," Dec 17, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great at the beginning, nightmare towards the end","Great working environment, sometimes challenging atmosphere and smart colleagues.","Environment was great when I joined in early 2007, although everything changed with time. Management stop listening. Coworkers started backstabbing. I felt like I was producing fried air.",You should listen and get some knowledge of what you are actually working on.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7327,google,none," Nov 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Google treats its software engineers very well, and has very good facilities, so it is very enjoyable to work there","I wish the salary was slightly higher, but overall, I very much enjoy working at Google.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7328,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 20, 2012",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Working with massive-scale computing among brilliant people.,Many brilliant colleagues. Massive-scale computing infrastructure. Open attitude within the company.,It can sometimes get very busy and there is not enough resources to work on everything that needs to be done.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7329,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 7, 2012",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Google Engineering,"perks, career opportunities, no blame culture","work-life balance, hierarchy, inconsistent leadership",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7330,google,none," Dec 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"high caliber people, creative freedom",innovation jungle which is good and bad,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P734.htm
7331,google,none," Dec 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Intern,"Great team, very supportive, I had many of my questions answered about google products",Too short of an internship to comment.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7332,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 23, 2012",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Best company to work for in the world. I'm blessed to be working for Google.,"Perks, opportunities, work environment. I'm extremely fortunate to be working for Google. The company's value system is highly appreciated across. It's an equal opportunity employer.","Slow growth in terms of roles, It's hard to fill in this space with 20 words as there are not many cons. career development is the only area where I feel they should make some changes.",There should better ways of managing talent and growing individuals.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7333,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 22, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Google remains an outstanding employer,Very competitive - can be hard for career progression Engineering outside the US can be challenging,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7334,google,none," Dec 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, slow career, except outside after a few years.","The food is free and always fresh, the tech is cool. You can get free tech every year. You learn quite a bit about the general Online business.","Career management is non-existent. Expect to have reviews where - despite having surpassed all set targets - you get told that you didn't do enough to best the best guy in the team, and therefore you can wait a bit before you can receive promotions.",Stop adverstising how quickly one can move up.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7335,google,none," Nov 21, 2012",Current Employee - Attorney,awesome place to work,really consistently demonstrate they care for their employees and their well-being,"some functions can be bureaucratic, but overall still a very nimble co given its size",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7336,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 20, 2012",Former Employee - Account Strategist,One year of learning and fun at the most exciting workplace in India,Great culture Great people Exciting work Outstanding perks Great learning Entrepreneurial environment Amazing perks Free conveyance Global travel Steep learning curve,"Once people enter Google, after entering straight out of undergraduate college, they believe that they have achieved a big feat and get high on attitude and relax too much and messes up the culture a bit, but that's okay.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7337,google,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 3, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Accounts Manager,"Work darn hard, but it's very rewarding on many levels","Incredibly talented teammates, great camaraderie and passion to excel. Fantastic work environment (food, massages, games, etc.). Powerful products.","Not for those who aren't willing to give it 110% and work hard for it. Work-life balance isn't impossible, but you have to be extremely efficient and effective in order to achieve some degree of balance.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7338,google,none," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,I get to do a lot of interesting work. The work environment is very conducive to innovation. The perks are great and the hours are flexible,Can not think of many cons. Location maybe as I prefered other city. I find less scope for research oriented work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7339,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 27, 2012",Current Employee - Adwords Associate,AdWords employee,"Great company to work for, good compensation",Very hard to get promoted.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7340,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Great if you're an engineer, not so great if you're in UX or not in Mountain View","Lots of freedom, cool projects and great colleagues. You have to find the right project though, where the team does appreciate UX as that's not always the case. Manage that and you'll have a blast. Also great benefits (good pension, medical insurance plus things like gym membership, and of course free food) and a very decent salary.","Google doesn't really seem to understand UX. Design decisions are often made by committee and based on technology or what the VP likes. The UX designer then gets the job of painting the pixels. There's also little understanding of the different roles within UX (visual designer, interaction designer, researcher). I find the work very simple and repetitive do miss the more interesting bits of UX design (conceptual, strategical work)",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P735.htm
7341,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 29, 2012",Former Employee - Account Manager,Alright Alright Alright Alright,Money Funds Salary People Effort,Bureaucracy Government Like Innovation Shrinking,Sell Stock Soon,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7342,google,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2012",Current Employee - Product Specialist,"Google! is Google, You have got to love a job at Google",Work Culture Perks Career growth opportunities,Bureaucracy creeping in with the big size you have to be really good to really stand out coz everyone is good,Bust the bureaucracy. Get lower level management to become accountable,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7343,google,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 25, 2012",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Awesome,"Great job satisfation, opportunity to learn employee friendly policies, global exposure.",Beyond a point in time there is stagnation in career as vertical movement is less.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7344,google,none," Nov 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inspiring company to work for,"Wonderful culture of society centered innovation, outstanding colleagues, belief in ideals beyond money. Technical excellence.","Can be chaotic, but often in a generative way. Its superb internal expertise can make it slightly arrogent in its views to the outside world.",Carry on :),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7345,google,none," Nov 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Google is Awesome!,"Great people, great work culture",No Cons :) Its been absolutely amazing!!,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7346,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Overall a great place to work,"Good money, smart people, free food","Death by Powerpoint, somewhat slow moving. As the company has been on a crest of a wave it feels sometimes that there is not really much point to the work. The best things about the company are also the worst things about it, in that there is a lot of waste of time and money.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7347,google,none," Nov 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it was superb.....,"it was gud.. related with DS,C++ and OS",nothing... do well with simple coding skills,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7348,google,"Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)"," Nov 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nicest work enviroment. But has became less ,"Compensation and work ethics there are awesome. You will be working in on of the few companies that are are truly doing cutting-edge stuff in computer science, from a engineering and scientific point of view.","If you work in a remote location and end up in a project that is not a fit for you, there is not many oportunities to move to another project.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7349,google,none," Nov 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google,to know the culture of MNC,No proper salary hikes and promotions there is no growthy in career,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7350,google,none," Nov 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning opportunity & awesome culture!,"Culture, Technology, Smart people, International, Learning opportunities","Work & Life balance, office locations",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P736.htm
7351,google,none," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only for the comfort seeking,"Food, brand name, work culture, plush offices (all the superficial things)","No career track, slow career advancement, wrong person for the wrong job",I now understand why the Google stock price is dropping. You hire incredibly over qualified people for the job and pay 2x wages for it. You would rather hire the right person for the right job and pay the right wages for it. Having a lot of cash does not mean throwing it away. Employees will only be happy to an extent on the fancy perks thrown but largely will look for meaningful roles (most employees do not say it but they are unhappy with the role they are in since it does not justify their potential),2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7352,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,"Life changing experience, fabulous products, but you don't want to work in Sales",- International environment - Smart people - Great products - Disruptive innovation - Unparalleled benefits and perks - Charity initiatives,"- Sales is cock-up - Management is appalling, with few exceptions - They manage to make every job in Sales unnecessarily boring and stressful - Career and promotion feel like gambling - Professional growth is very difficult, since your manager is usually not very clever",Rethink the organization from a human perspective,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7353,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 29, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazing Company inspires the World,"Lots of opportunities within the company - globally. Stay flexible and you find your ways. Lots of smaller ""teams/companies"" within one big company. You can choose the size you like to work with. Perks (!!) Amazing customers you can learn + grow with.","Pro + Con: sometimes levels needed for Career, sometimes not. Big company has always the challenge to make you just a one of many.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7354,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 7, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good company for out of college grads,Great environment to work and people are friendly,Too much red tape and political games,raise your voice,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7355,google,none," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Intelligent people Interesting Work Always looking after you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,An excessive email culture - so many emails!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7356,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 26, 2012",Former Employee - Sales,Great Place to Work. Amazing opportunities to develop your business Ideas!,"Google is a place that makes the difference. Loads of opportunity to growth within different departments. Salary increase if you exceed management expectations. Great benefits (pension scheme, health insurance, ) and inhouse benefits such us canteen, and free lunch and dinner!. A lot of fun too",some manager don't fit for the role. Weak Management style.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7357,google,"Tongzhou, Beijing (China)"," Oct 24, 2012",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"It's a good company, very good option for entry level student to learn. The sales team is very flexible, and got a lot of opporunity to work with customer","people work inefficient, since the company is too big, you will find you are very small. And there is some office politics there. make you feel depressed.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7358,google,"Kitchener, ON (Canada)"," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great food, awesome people, global projects",Comfortable office spaces built with humans in mind. Lots of freedom in choosing what to work on. Projects with global impact. Generous budgeting. Opportunities to travel. Managers that know the tech side of the projects.,With all the smart people around it's not that easy to get promoted.,Keep the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7359,google,none," Oct 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, excellent perks (but its not all fun and games)","Amazing benefits, more flexible schedule/working location, smart and talented people, perks like shuttlebus, free meals, etc.","You're never really off the clock - I get emails past midnight and can't get away with not checking email at night or on the weekends.  It's also becoming more hierarchical and top down. There is far less of that start-up spirit than when the company was younger.  Size - with so many employees, it's easy to feel like one of the many minions.","Be careful that as you mature as a company, you don't let bureaucracy take over. As much as I love my coworkers and the work environment, I find myself growing more disenchanted with the Google leadership the longer I stay.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7360,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 5, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"People, culture, great benefits, constant learning and fast progressions.",Not many opportunities except in headquarter offices.,keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P737.htm
7361,google,none," Oct 3, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great employer, had a very happy time there","Amazing colleagues, rewarding and challenging work",Hard to juggle work with a family,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7362,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 27, 2012",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Working at Google - Once in a lifetime experience,- Google is at the cutting edge of everything from technology to HR practices to work-life balance - Google encourages innovation more than other places I have worked at. - Google takes Care of it's employees,"- When you work at the topmost company that is already successful, you miss the chance to work in a start-up environment",- Be brave and separate the divisions that are not really interlinked.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7363,google,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Experience of a lifetime,Has the best employee environment and gives the best facilities to them. A family like atmosphere inside company without bounds makes you enjoy your work.,It actually has none as far as I could find. You name anything and Google had already thought of it and worked upon it.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7364,google,none," Sep 28, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,"Open culture , challenging work, great colleagues",I did not feel there were any,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7365,google,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best company I've ever worked for!,"Challenging work environment, you get to learn a lot, especially in the beginning, huge scale of the projects, incredibly smart people, cool office space, perks (stock option and bonuses) and (healthy and yummy!) food. Variety of domains and products, you can always find something for yourself if you decide to change the project.","Difficult to get a promotion (you may get frustrated after a while), often have to work late, working from home is rarely an option, not so many career opportunities outside Mountain View, the most interesting projects are focused there.",Reward long term and experienced employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7366,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 13, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Fun, relaxing place to work","Free food, indoor games, no pressure of work",Cant think of any right now,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7367,google,none," Oct 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best large companies to work for in the world.,- amazing quality food and lots of it - supportive of growing their employees - generous benefits and amenities,"- the warm and friendly corporate culture has dwindled to resemble the more typical corporate culture with underhanded politics and favoritism being the keys to success - work / life balance could be better. a lot of times there is peer pressure to be constantly working or give off the perception that one is always on the clock. the company does provide a laptop, cell phone and pay for your home internet (which is obviously great) but it is also to enable this sort of mentality",- close the distance between managers and reportees. often managers are assigned a larger number of reportees than they can effectively manage which makes for the aforementioned underhanded politics and subsequent favoritisms taking play,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7368,google,none," Sep 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still an amazing place to work,"- Opportunity to work with extremely intelligent people - Employee-centric, loose culture - Very good compensation & benefits - Company leadership fosters strong sense of social responsibility - Corporate culture that values innovation & creativity - Relatively flat management structure","- Like any large company, there's some degree of bureaucracy - It can be a bit more difficult to impact the organization when working outside of Mountain View",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7369,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 8, 2012",Current Employee - Team Lead,Good company to work for,"Good ethics, work life balance, good career development prospects",Changes too fast. culture fading away. Dublin no longer the hub for the sales team,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7370,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Review Google,Work Culture is the best,Most of the Workforce is very young,They need to hire more Lateral hires,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P738.htm
7371,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Adwords Associate,Great career start and lots of opportunities within and outside the company,"in my relatively short experience so far, I have to say it's been a wonderful experience of working in a highly dynamic company with very smart and dedicated people. Google employment is literally what you make of it. I especially appreciate the possibility to rotate on positions within the compay and to take your projects in addition to your core joy.","the process of performance review might be more transparent. It is also highly dependent on your manager, which can be a positive and negative aspect at the same time. Role of an AdWords associate is prone to routine after certain period of time.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7372,google,Banjarbaru (Indonesia)," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google in my head,I Think is the best job to used it,"I am not sure, because this company strong",Forward continues to develop ideas and creativity,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7373,google,Thiruvananthapuram (India)," Oct 15, 2012",Current Employee - Blogger,"It indexes billions of web pages, so that users can search for the information they desire, through the use of keywords.","Google has been estimated to run over one million servers in data centers around the world, and process over one billion search requests and about twenty-four petabytes of user-generated data every day.","Misuse and Manipulation of search results, Privacy, Copyright, and Censorship.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7374,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Account Strategist,Great Place to work in,"Fantastic Work Culture and Reasonable work life balance, not to mention heavenly perks.",Not too many really to Say,Stay the same!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7375,google,none," Sep 28, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Fun, learned a lot",At Google there is free food and smart people. The company was large enough that the benefit plans were good.,"I thought the culture was a little alpha-male dominant and could edge out the quieter types. Depending on your manager there could be very little interest in your promotions, etc.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7376,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Associate Data Analyst,Life at Google,Brilliant work environment and very cordial managers.,Monotonous work process. The process in itself is not very dynamic.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7377,google,none," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Culture,"Amazing people, great place to work.","Too many freebies, one get too used to it :)",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7378,google,none," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best large tech company,"Perks and colleagues are amazing, after a few years of success you can work on some of the best problems in the world.",Easy to get caught up in bureaucracy. Not being based in California can be an issue.,"Focus on problems where advantages in computer science will produce a market advantages (search & ads) not UX (social networks, games)",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7379,google,none," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"First job, great job","Culture is great, perks are great, pay is solid, work varies but is often game-changing","People tend to stay here for many hours of the week, since there are so many reasons to stay",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7380,google,none," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Definitely cannot complain!,"Great people, culture, mission, and perks.","Getting too big, lots of politics, and limited career paths for non-technical or non-engineering folks.",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P739.htm
7381,google,none," Sep 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Loved coming to work everyday. Very few people can say that.,Honestly can't think of any..,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7382,google,none," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unbelievable,"So many to list, I love everything about working there! The people, the atmosphere, the flexibility of working hours, free meals, free massages, etc!","In my experience, I haven't come across any cons as Google really do take care of their employees. The work can be hard sometimes but I like challenges!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7383,google,none," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Bright, inspired people and great support","Having an internal network of brilliant people is an amazing resource to tap into. Impossible ideas become possible and the company is built with so many tools to collaborate, connect, and execute on those ideas that you'd be foolish not to take full advantage of them.  I've learned that they really care about the people, taking many opportunities to gauge feedback and actually acting to improve things that move people ahead. There is internal career development and educational resources like you can't imagine. There's also an unbelievable amount of benefits regarding health that gives me no excuse not to eat better and get in great shape.  Pride is something that can't quite be measured, but I feel it here. Being a part of Google is extremely fulfilling and it makes you proud to share about with friends & family.  This box isn't big enough for all the things I could go on about.","You process over 10x as much email as you otherwise would with another company. I view this as a pretty fun challenge but I know it can bury some people. It isn't unheard of to have ~5-10K+ unread emails in a box...all somehow seeming urgent.  With 50K+ employees, it can be tough to navigate the structure when seeking an answer. People rotate through teams often and this means you have to be very resourceful and sharp to solve challenges in cross-product-team scenarios.  Thought it's fun and exciting to work here, you may find yourself looking at the clock to notice that you've been at work for 12 hours. I suppose this says something good about the desire to be there without counting the hours away, but takes its toll on your social & personal life schedule if you're not careful to balance it well.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7384,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 29, 2012",Former Employee - Account Manager,great place,"great products, great colleagueas, great culture, great customers. You really feel part of a family who is changing the world. As account manager I had very good daily job, it was challenging and interesting for sure.",only sales career unless you have engineering degree too much burocracy very poor middle management too much internal politics,"call customers, study online advertising, become expert in google's business, be business people, be more entrepreneurial. Sales teams management is absolutely crap, it s unbelievable how stupid they behave (they are not). They're never brave, never inspirational, just a bunch of useless burocrats who build a couple of reports per week about sales random fluctuations. Never seen such a bunch of clever people (they are) wasting their days doing useless and boring tasks or playing internal politics. I could never be a sales manager or even a team lead there, never.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7385,google,none," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Lots of smart people, great benefits, engineering dominated culture, as an engineer, you can literally do whatever you want, but you have to want something to begin with (see cons).","Company is too successful, people get complacent, increasingly engineers that need to be told what to do.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7386,google,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,A rollercoaster ride of a company that's starting to grow up and act more like a mature corporation,"You get to meet an amazing network of great people, people are loyal and hard working, make lots of great new friends, work with super smart people","Turning into a larger, more mature organisation, some less important or smaller projects are often cancelled, harder to start up new innovative projects.",Product Managers should be allowed to be more hands on with the infrastructure.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7387,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2012",Former Employee - Analyst,Data analyst,good environment to work in good place to learn stuff good in terms of growth better access to the tools available able to apply to other teams in the office,differentiation between the full timers and part timers salary compensation breaking structure not so rewarding politics between the employers and favoritism towards certain employees needs to be minimised,keep growing with the same motive..good going,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7388,google,"Kitchener, ON (Canada)"," Aug 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Unparalleled,Freedom to work and motivate one self. There is no micro-managing and you're given the freedom to work the way you want as long as it drives results. They also understand the importance of life balance and have helped me instill balance in my life.,"I really can't think of anything. There may be times where you feel the work isn't right for you, but it's big enough that you're able to move to a project and location that suits you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7389,google,none," Aug 23, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aamazing workplace really takes care of its employees,"Great work environment , u can really do what u want and there is room for creativity. Free perks are added advantage","Too much of a stress on technology, non tech guys might feel dissapointed.. it is a tech company, so non tech jobs may feel a bit unvalued for at times.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7390,google,none," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The best place I've worked, full stop!","No bureaucracy, smart teammates, best in class hardware, challenging work, and excellent benefits. The review and interview process allows for narrative evaluations instead of just the opinion of your boss.","Smart teammates can be intimidating, the company has grown quite large and it's difficult to communicate across the org, transferring teams is much more difficult than it used to be.",Keep funding programs like education reimbursement and health benefits.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P740.htm
7391,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great company to work for, very dynamic and fast changing","Lots of perks like free food, massage, gym. Management is very supportive in your career development and cares about you as a person.",Peer pressure as promotion cycle is extremely regulated and you get quarterly ratings based on performance.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7392,google,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,A very good place to work for,Great minds around Importance to innovation Great perks,Frequent re-organizations Not much importance to remote offices,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7393,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 1, 2012",Current Employee - AdWords Representative,Nice place to while away time but no real career growth,Apart from the brand the bouquet of perks. A nice peer group and global exposure,Overqualified for very basic jobs. They act fussy about recruitment but still don't provide anything challenging to entry level employees in the sales and adwords department at least in the Indian office. Also the perks don't make up for the poor take home salary.,Recruit university graduates for some serious work and provide with real career advancement opportunities.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7394,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Working at Google,"Great benefits, great people, great culture. Superb Food.","A lot of great people around you. The company has grown quite big by now. So you have to work really hard for promotions. If it can be considered a con, the overwhelming variety of great food around you makes it very tough to control westline :)",Continue with the disruptive innovations.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7395,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Adwords API Review Specialist,Satisfaction guaranteed!,"The facilities for transport, food, spiritual, recreation etc are top class! I can't think of another company who provides so much to their employees (atleast in India, there are none!)",Work can get stressful sometimes and you have to slog it out inorder to get a promotion/bonus.,"It's an ideal company to work in. The management has employee welfare as it's top priority, what else can anyone ask for?",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7396,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place to work,Best Salary in the industry,Too many product closure. Less Visibility,Focus more on future products and learn from the past mistakes,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7397,google,none," Aug 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing experience, great scope, awesome pay","- Great compensation, best in class - Great variety of opportunities - Very flexible",Nothing that I can think off.,Ensure we dont become too hierarchical.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7398,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 9, 2012",Former Employee - Senior AdWords Representative,Great place to work,"Great place to work, the most amazing perks, amazing casual and friendly culture, some of the most decent and bright minds to work with, flexibility in terms of moving around internally, not having to do overtime or weekend work, no micromanagement most of the time, no time-cards","ppl have sometimes complained a bit abt the management, or about the salaries (AdWords salaries) or about","Just pay more attention to your lower and mid-level management personnel, make sure their teams like them, and provide more career opportunities for your staff. In some cases salary increases might help as well. Its an amazing firm otherwise.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7399,google,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 5, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Killer place to work!,Culture and people are the essence of Google. This culture fosters great innovation.,"Change is constant at Google. We hire people who are flexible, but not all react well to change.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7400,google,none," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Googley,"Incredibly smart, talented, driven group of people.","Small fish, big pond, maturing company.",Don't overlook the value of institutional knowledge and tightly knit XFN teams.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P741.htm
7401,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 4, 2012",Current Employee - Account Strategist,Work-life Balance,Excellent employee benefits. Very satisfied.,Absolutely no work life balance. Deteriorating health conditions thereafter.,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7402,google,none," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"People, Perks, Career growth, Challenging environment, work life balance",Always need to be on top of your game Can never slack,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7403,google,none," Aug 7, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The premier Internet technology company,"The best people, the best technology , the best resources, enormous amounts of money.","Overweening arrogance, pervasive not-invented-here syndrome, limited range of positions.","Not everyone in the world outside Google is an idiot, despite Google's experience competing with Yahoo and Microsoft, which may have admittedly biased them in favor of this view.  The company's missteps have mostly been through arrogance, which could have been avoided or corrected with even a moderate amount of caution in public, governmental, and partner relations.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7404,google,none," Aug 6, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working expereince in the company,Amazing work culture. best perks,None that I can think of right now,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7405,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Possibly the best large company to work for - but still a large company,"Great benefits, great compensation, many intelligent, motivated colleagues, reliable business model, well-known brand, mostly great management, free food, many opportunities to work on world-changing products, able to learn a wide variety of skills and have great experiences that will make you far more valuable elsewhere. Come to learn or to earn.","Mostly natural consequences of being in a large company. There's lots of politics, processes and bureaucracy. Different groups manage in different ways - be sure you know and are comfortable with the metrics used in the group you're talking to. If you don't agree with them, you probably won't enjoy being here.","Less management by optimising individual functional metrics, more understanding of ecosystems and businesses. Currently, the lack of general managers causes functional managers to build empires and locally optimise at the expense of the overall business. Product managers are not senior enough to lead cross-functionally.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7406,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 23, 2012",Former Employee - AdWords Representative,Great place to work for!,"The best reasons to work for Google are: Number 1 place to work for in India, Great environment, Free food, Transport, Games, Christmas gifts.",There are no cons in specific.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7407,google,Pune (India)," Aug 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,exposure,it gives you exposure to the global market.offers you a really good package with regular promotion and increment in salary,you really need to work hard to sustain.and you must be thorough with your engineering skills.very competitive enviornment.,keep up the good work.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7408,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 14, 2012",Former Employee - AdWords Policy Specialist,Working at Google Ireland,"Tons of benefits such as heath plans, retirement contributions, free bike, you apparently bring your dog to work now in Dublin, snacks everywhere Lots of smart people to work with and learn from. Plus most people are very nice and have engaging interests. Free gifts e.g. phone every year for the past four years Chance of travel in Europe as well as the States and possibly other locations with a good stipend for expenses for the most part Free food and it's routinely great",No paid overtime work life balance can be difficult to maintain Advancement is very arbitrary depending on manager,Don't overload your staff with projects if you don't want them to burn out.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7409,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 24, 2012",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Learned a lot, amazing colleagues, fantastic workplace. Truly the best place to work.","Perks, Colleagues, Travel, Reputation, Offices","Large company mars innovation, sales teams far from engineering teams",Flatter hierarchy,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7410,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 7, 2012",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Great benefits and good money if you are willing to work hard and long,"Amazing benefits including free food all day long, health and dental care, 5 weeks of holidays, bonuses... Good company culture that gives you the flexibility and responsibility to complete tasks the way you think is best.","The job contents is very much routine driven and as such can get very boring after a while (as somebody else already stated, Dublin is a glorified call centre). Targets improve every quarter resulting in a constant sales pressure.  Given that Google is the absolute market leader by miles, they don't really care about their customers (except if you are a very big one like Coca Cola). For people in customer-facing roles this is very frustrating. If Google would treat its customers only half as good as their employees, it would already be a massive improvement.  You need to be very flexible since there are constant reorganisations. Changing desk locations, teams or team leaders multiple teams per quarter is no exception.  A lot of people are very career driven and only focused on achieving targets, resulting in a tense atmosphere (co-workers are often seen as competitors for promotion instead of colleagues).",Don't be so picky when recruiting people for the AdWords Customer Service (why do people need a Masters degree to answer phones all day long??).,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P742.htm
7411,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 12, 2012",Former Employee - Data Evaluator,"overall not too bad, though a fairly pressurized work envorinment","friendly co workers, people from all over the world more or less","not too good IT, high targets one must fullfill in order to get a decent salary",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7412,google,none," Aug 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company,Friendly and open work environment which promotes trust,Job profile is not great,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7413,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"A nice place to stay in, it's hard to find similar ones in Taiwan.",Great teams and smart people,Not easy to develop one's career in remote offices. Remote offices are very restricted recently.,Should try to learn how to manage remote teams.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7414,google,none," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just like all the rumors,It was a pretty good place to work. the culture is just like everyone talks about,becoming too big and corporation like. there is not as much innovation as before.,embrace a startup culture. encourage innvocation,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7415,google,none," Jul 10, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Brilliant people, Great workplace, great career opportunities",little mobility between the different offices,keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7416,google,none," Aug 5, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Interesting, fun place to work, never a dull moment","Lots of freedom to be creative and try new things. Best benefits on the planet. It's just like being in college, but without those pesky deadlines. Very stable job. Work/life balance is a viable option.","Frustrating because everything must be created from scratch. Experience is often seen as a handicap, because everyone at Google is smarter than everyone else on Earth and therefore whatever was done before is inferior.",Control is not a bad thing.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7417,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,India's best Employer for 3 times in a row,Get to collaborate and work with people all over the world.You impact is also at a levellevel. Benefits and facilities are great.,"Basic compensation is poor.Compensation goes by Industry benchmarking, which isn't a great metric to judge simply because the online industry doesn't have a wider market yet",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7418,google,none," Aug 2, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times","I worked at Google for five years and in that time saw several changes. The people are the best part of the job although it's very dependent on WHO those people are. Unfortunately, a lot of the really good people have moved on. Some of the smartest folks I ever worked with but also the most selfish and self-serving. Over time Google's original message has been lost, it's no longer hiring the best and brightest but those who can bring in the $$$.  - Free food - Friendships for life - Co-operative colleagues - Good hardware - Easy to move between offices","- Cult-like mentality - Regional offices get little recognition / respect - Overseas offices are disconnected from HQ which can create toxic, ""clannish"" environments - Calibre of overseas employees is generally weaker - Promotion is difficult to come by and relies on self-branding - Weak middle and upper management - more managers care about advancing themselves versus advancing their team members - Few career opportunities","- More emphasis on career pathing and mentoring - Encourage ""step-up"" meetings more frequently, where an employee can speak on a regular basis with his/her manager's manager. Not all managers are looking out for their employees! - Improve firing process for low performing Googlers",4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7419,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Accounts Manager,Best Company to work for,Employee friendly Great exposure & People,Low chances of growth after a point,Great going on the products Keep the innovations coming,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7420,google,none," Jul 18, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Extraordinary,"Work Culture, Colleagues, Bonuses, Foreign Travel, Exposure","Stiff Competition, slow growth and flat hierarchy.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P743.htm
7421,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 16, 2012",Current Employee - Business Development,Best place to work for,"Culture, people, Innovation, Fast growing business.","Challenging career development, challenging business goals.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7422,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 30, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,nice experience,Very talented people and good culture.,"Remote office, less opportunity to work on next big thing.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7423,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jul 25, 2012",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Google Gurgaon, India - Kind Of the Best Place To Work","If you're looking for unlimited food, no hassle travelling, massage parlor at work and some really GOOD first hand knowledge of SEM this is your place to be.","But then...if you're looking to grow beyond a point, and not be invlovled in crazy office politics or want salaries that are up to the mark according to industry standards...you shouldn't be here. Yes, they pamper you. So much so that you forget that professionally you're probably not doing much at all. But that only lasts, 2..3...or even 4 years. Before you realize what is really happening.",Management needs to buck up. Get solid reasoning behind why a particular manager is inclined to give a low=performance rating to someone. There needs to be a 360 degree evaluation. Don't leave a person's career at the hands of one single person.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7424,google,none," Jul 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Best place to work for a software engineer,"Getting bigger, and move slower",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7425,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 9, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Support,awesome place to work...greater responsibility and greater values are delivered always...its like a second home..lovd :),"lovely ambiance and atmosphere, ppl r freindly, job satisfaction, greater technology access. Everything at your feet.",Sometimes a limited access to operations and no compatibility between teams I feel..which are interconnected in a project.,Nothing. Doing great as of now. Keep going :),5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,none,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7426,google,none," Jul 25, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor Management,"The company overall is awesome to work for. Great benefits, good pay, and awesome perks.","Extremely poor management structure. Years ago, managers would work with you to further your career, and encourage professional growth. Now, you can barely get a ""meet expectations"", when you don't even know what those expectations are, since they are constantly changing, often without the employee knowing. Absolutely no guidance, mentoring, or pro active advice ... almost feels like they want you to fail, and do what they can to facilitate it. Also, far, far too much nepotism in upper management...it's like they are in the ""Cool kids Club"", and those not in management are outcasts, especially those who have been there much longer than they have.","Completely review upper management, and how you can revitalize your employees passion for Google...look back 4, 5 years ago...when ideas were encouraged, and not buried or looked at as insignificant. You have amazingly smart people working for you...it is what built Google...bring it back.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7427,google,none," Jul 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,great place very innovative full of great people,long hours urban jungle type feel can get overwhelming,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7428,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 19, 2012",Current Employee - Inside Sales Representative,good but hard to climb past a stage,"google is a really global company they send you around the world to california, your business partners are global, you operate across time zones using the latest technologies and you have a pretty good idea of what it is to work in the future","constant reorganizations create high stress levels, also, there is a lot of red tape and double think going on so heightens the need to be politically aware.",The company is so fantastically successful and profitable and profit margins so high that the middle management forgets basic things about motivating talent and letting go of people who don't pull their weight.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7429,google,none," Jul 18, 2012",Former Employee - Associate,Google - Incapable Indian Management.,"Good food, fun environment, employee friendly for the managers and their preferred candidates (read yes men/women) and holiday gifts.","An Indian management which believes in following diktats from California and does not have the guts to challenge them, an appraisal system which is opaque and biased towards yes men and women and based on everything else apart from performance. An HR system which gives more credence to brand than to talent and where only one talent rules - communication skills.",Start appreciating people who challenge you and your strategies than feeling threatened by these individuals. Make the appraisal system transparent and performance based than keeping it shrouded in mystery and making it a fiefdom of the Manager. Focus on innovation that makes sense and not just a quarterly target - it does not lead anywhere.,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7430,google,none," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good package and good environment.,Work with many excellent colleges and pursue for excellence. Good welfare for living.,The potential of grow in Google is limited since the progress is tend to slow recently.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P744.htm
7431,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jul 11, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer Analyst,Great Experience,Great Environment No Stress Cool Culture Flexible work timings,None Everything is good But still can work on vendor management,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7432,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"If you have career aspiration to become a great techie with lots of salaries and benefits, this is your place","1. Rapid career growth atleast 3/4 levels. 2. Lots of cutting edge technologies (today it might be Google's internal one, but it will have industry wise visibility). 3. Lots of smart people around. 4. Lots of fun and facility in office. No other company can match half of that for sure.","1. Everybody is very very career focused, they mostly dont have any other aspiration in life. So they spent a lot of hour in office. And it creates tremendous peer pressure. 2. 80% of the current employee are college hires in last 1/2/3 years. Also there are lots of food and facilities in office, so they spent days and nights in office, even weekends. 3. If you want a stable work pressure, with stable work life balance, and other interest than the job, this is not your place for sure. 4. If you have 5-10 years of experience, and want to join Google, as your career pick, it will be hard to sustain it, coz if you think you will spend stable work hours, and dont need promotion etc, you will be odd man out, and your feedbacks will be bad. 5. Middle management is not that efficient, they all hired/get promoted because they are all great developers, now managing different people, getting most out of them, etc are not their cup of tea.","As the org is growing now, you need to accept the fact like all the employees joining will not be super men, there will be a mix, you need to adjust the work culture accordingly. Also try to improve work life balance, and other career aspirations for them. Middle management needs to be more trained on people management part.",5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7433,google,Karāchi (Pakistan)," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Quantitative Marketing Manager,Amazing.,Good Atmosphere. Love the democratic way of leadership that they adopt.,They might neglect you sometimes because of work load.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7434,google,none," Jul 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good place to be employed, bad place to work.","Google has a lot of perks, financial incentives, and other benefits that make being a Googler enjoyable. If/when I leave, I'll definitely miss the ways that my life is easier because of them.  One of the things I enjoy most is listening to the founders (Larry Page and Sergey Brin) talk at large meetings (especially David Drummond, when he shares news). They're both funny and intelligent, and I think their reputations as visionaries are probably mostly accurate.","My experience here is limited, but most of the people I know who started around the same time as me have identical complaints: Google doesn't want thinkers for the majority of their engineers, they want short-order cooks and yes-men. In all my career, the only place I've worked that was even comparable to Google was Wells Fargo (which was a ridiculously unfulfilling place to work as an engineer).  Additionally, the culture at Google is very snobby compared to other places I've worked. Managers love to reiterate lines like ""we hire the smartest people in the world"", and a lot of people seem to eat it up. One could argue that this is harmless placating, but the level of groupthink present all over the organization is appalling. Many even consider ""not invented here"" a legitimate reason to build something from scratch, even when there's more robust free software out there (I've been pressured into doing this several times, since the approval process for 3rd party code is so painstakingly bureaucratic).  Lastly, I don't feel valued, respected, or even acknowledged by managers. I end up working nights and weekends every week because of clear organizational mistakes being made by managers or other teams. I have been told personally by a manager that a reason for me being pigeonholed into a role I hated was because I didn't go to a top tier school (since another placation they often throw around is that Google is way harder to get into than an Ivy League school, this does once again seem irrelevant). The worst part is that most people don't listen about these things, the times I've told people that we are underorganized and it's going to cause problems later, the general response is to ignore it and/or not be proactive.","Your processes are broken. Try asking about that more often and see how many people tell you so. True innovation comes from admitting something is wrong and then fixing it, not blindly running in one direction as fast as you can. Groupthink is the worst possible condition for an ""innovating"" company to have, and if you don't recognize it soon, nobody will want to work with you. Every passionate person you have that's not in a senior position is being demoralized into not caring, and you're the only one to blame.",3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7435,google,New Delhi (India)," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Engineer,why to join google,"It provides you good salary,better working condition,and best of all it provides you job in your hometown.",you have to work very hard.It is very hard to find out spare time for yourself.,Put less work pressure on employees.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7436,google,Mumbai (India)," Jun 25, 2012",Current Employee - Regional Sales Manager,Amazing Workplace,1. Culture 2. People 3. Freedom not just in Engineering but all other depts,1. Slowing moving towards bureaucracy 2. In India Indian managers are after all Indian so Google US/EU/AUS is much better than India.,Create a better work life balance for folks in India or at least at par with people in other countries. Bring back the agility in taking decisions.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7437,google,none," Jul 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love my job!,It's a place that encourages free flow of ideas and creativity! Love to be a part of this company! It's my dream come true..,Sometimes too much work pressure..,Management should respond a little quickly!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7438,google,none," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but getting less so","Very clever people, exciting, working on products that can really change the world.  Global, quite good for mobility - I've worked in a number of offices.",Hard to get promoted. Getting a bit more hierarchical and less of the great atmosphere it used to have.,Focus on the talent more - give them wide options and encourage movement,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7439,google,none," Jun 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work environment,best work environment any one could actually ask for,slow growth is the only con,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7440,google,none," Jun 14, 2012",Former Employee - Account Associate,Great company..great values..immense opportunities..transparent work environment.,Amazing work culture Great environment Exciting opportunities Immense scope for creativity and growth..both professionally and personally,Compensation could be better at initial levels,-,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P745.htm
7441,google,none," Jun 17, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AdWords Strategist,"Awesome culture, great work/life balance",Still need more transparency in the system,be open and frank,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7442,google,none," Jun 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to Work For !!,"Great culture, flat and transparent, great growth opportunity, geo-flexibility.",Not any that I know of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7443,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 25, 2012",Former Employee - Strategist,"It was undoubtedly, the best place to work at, could've been even better if some checks were taken in time.",Employee satisfaction oriented. Good paymasters. Fantastic work/life balance.,Do not take action timely and corrective action against management.,Recognise manager pitfalls and do not penalise subordinates for their error in judgement and management.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7444,google,Chennai (India)," Jun 16, 2012",Current Employee - Adsense Publisher,Awesome,No. 1 search engine in the world!!,very hard to earn some pennies,improve accessibility,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7445,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 21, 2012",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Repetitive,"Great Leadership at higher level, Inspirational at times, great benefits, exceptional peers. Great food, locations, career prospects for the corporate types.","Working in Google for 80% of the time felt like working in a factory, churning out the same work day after day, being programmed in to what to say or do and not using always putting the long term thoughts of clients/relationship with clients at the heart. Short term targets do not always win (in my opinion).","Although Google is growing and it is almost impossible to avoid a corporate like structure, as a workplace it is loosing it's charm which I believed was a large corporate with the outlook of a small company i.e innovative, entrepreneurship, motivational. However working in Google for 80% of the time felt like working in a factory, churning out the same work day after day, being programmed in to what to say or do and not using always putting the long term thoughts of clients/relationship with clients at the heart. Short term targets do not always win (in my opinion). 20% of the time it was full of great benefits, motivational higher level management and a company that we were proud to be part off, unfortunately for me this 20% did not outweigh the 80% I didn't enjoy.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7446,google,none," May 30, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work, but the reward system is flawed","great perks, paid well, smart coworkers","The reward system is strongly biased toward 'launches', i.e. new features, new products. You can't get promoted by doing incremental improvements. But there is only so much new features/products really worth doing...So if you are the kind of person who likes to fix bugs, refactor bad code instead of inventing useless new features, this may not be the best place for you.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7447,google,none," Jun 10, 2012","Current Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations",Great place to work in!,Work culture Compensation and overall benefits Innovation,"extremely competitive environment, not for the faint hearted",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7448,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jun 8, 2012",Current Employee - Account Strategist,One of the most absorbing and creative place to work!,- Great work culture - Empowers you with creativity and independence,- The frills can spoil you! One should try to maintain a balance while availing them.,Expansion in India should be properly paced at strategic locations/cities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7449,google,none," May 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty much all that I could ask for in a job,Lots of freedom to work on projects and ideas of your own choosing. World changing projects - help improve products for millions of people. Great compensation packages,Google might not be the right place for you if you don't know how to navigate ambiguity and get things done with minimal oversight. Need to be able to influence across functions.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7450,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 10, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Technical Project Manager,Openness and freedom of execution,Lot of de-frag in remote sites,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P746.htm
7451,google,none," Jun 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company to work for, however very hard to get promoted",Great colleagues and onsite benefits,Hard to progress further within the company. Work is repetitive and biased ratings. Poor middle management. Too much pressure resulting in bad work/life balance.,Re-evaluate middle Management and choose managers on their skills instead of their years within Google.,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7452,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 16, 2012",Former Employee - Adwords Associate,"Amazing culture, great experience","Perks, benefits and of course, the culture. Constant innovation and working with the brightest minds.",Indian setup is looked as a BPO/KPO,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7453,google,New Delhi (India)," Jun 14, 2012",Former Employee - AdWords Representative,Great place to have fun but no job satisfaction,"Great networking, fun place, good perks",the work is not very satisfying. No job satisfaction. The brain gets jammed from not working.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7454,google,none," May 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Definitely the dream company for IT guys.,"Easy working condition, free snacks and nice pay.",The interviews focus on algorithms so you need to spend a lot of time preparing for that.,Get well prepared with algorithms,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7455,google,none," Jun 11, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service,Great Work Environment,"Great work environment, with great people","Starting salary is low, but increases over time",Nothing,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7456,google,none," Jun 11, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Strategist,Poor place to go via acquisition,If you want a job where you want to coast this is the place to work for. It has exceptional benefits and there are lots of extra curricular activities to get involved with.,The product that we were working on at our startup was shutdown. Assimilated to other parts of the firm where it definitely felt like a big corporation with little ownership and plenty of politics.,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7457,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 3, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great people, but if you want a career, you have to move to Mountain View",You get to work with some of the greatest people in the software industry. It was amazing place to network. Google had an excellent culture that they worked hard to build and I hope they never lose.,Google has a hard time delegating responsibility to remote offices. Projects started abroad would consistently be pulled into Mountain View as soon as they showed signs of success. This did not work well for remote employees who were left marginalised and unrewarded for their efforts.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7458,google,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 10, 2012",Former Employee - Sever Administrator,awesome with lots of elevances,comfortable working nature with good environment,timings are very ackword and irritating,nothing special however please maintain a certain timing for employers,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7459,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jun 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing work-culture & people,- work life balance - conducive environment - employee friendly,- compensation - growth - evaluation - rewards,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7460,google,none," May 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible Company,Free food! Awesome people! This company just knows what it is doing. No other explanation than that. From the top down you will feel like you are part of something great and ground-breaking.,Sometimes a little TOO fun at work.,N/A,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P747.htm
7461,google,none," Jun 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its getting better n better...,its a reputed company n hopefully workng wid it will b vry intrsng n challenging..,too much of unnecessary options..,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7462,google,none," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great coworkers, interesting work, great benefits","great coworkers, interesting work, great benefits","very distributed teams, very high standards",n/a,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7463,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 17, 2012",Former Employee - Account Planner,"Best place to work, immense growth and learning opportunities, great work life balance","work life balance great benefits lots of respect, openness and fairness loads of learning and personal growth",sometimes monotonous makes you unfit for other organizations. lots of benefits,Interview response time is a bit too long even for ex employees.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7464,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Incredible, though not perfect - what a place.","Free food, open culture, smart people, travel potential, challenging work, career development, company pride, package pretty good, fun times and occasional massages.","too much email, perhaps over competitiveness, invisible middle management (for me), too much hierarchy (in some areas), international offices not prioritised","keep great focus on culture and hiring smart people. think about reducing management hierarchy, get top leaders out to offices more.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7465,google,none," May 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, learn and meet amazing people","You'll work, meet with and listen to some of the most talented, inspiring and friendly people that you will ever see. Clear and open culture of feedback, performance recognition and cooperation. ""One Team"" feeling. You are limited not by the things that you want to do, but the things that you can do given there is only so much time in a work week. THE most valuable internship I have experienced and heard of.",Its run like a start up so it can be chaotic at times. Departments are spread way too thin as we had to cancel really nice projects because the workload would become unacceptably high (for Google norms).,"Management at this overseas location in Europe are often busy with hands-on projects and short-term goals. This makes it blurry how high-level long-term visions are translated into projects that make sense given the external opportunities/threats and what the focus areas are. Improve here and you'll get more out of your Googlers, products and users. And as was said above, hire more people!",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7466,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 18, 2012",Current Employee - Adwords Associate,Great place,Fun place to work Great benefits Really nice people,Career progression can be tough to get Some cocky coworkers who think they are the best Work can be repetitive and not particularly challenging,Don't make people have to fight to be visible in order to be promoted...promote the ones doing a good job.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7467,google,none," May 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Google and you will not hate your job,Google is a dream company to work for! Perfect work-life balance.,I cannot think of any cons over the top of my head at the moment but there have been very few moments where something didn't go/happen as I expected. The cross all your expectations most of the time. Employee satisfation is very important to them,none,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7468,google,none," May 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,-A very ethical company to work for. - The benefits are world class - Challenging environment that gives plenty of opportunity to prove oneself. - Dynamic organization that rewards its employees for their innovativeness,"Eventhough they try very hard to allow for geographical movements for employees, it is not always easy to get a posting out of your country. It is more true for employees working in the Asia region, to move to Europe. Sometimes you need a strong manager to recommend you and enable you to take up a role you covet.",- The company should try and pay more attention when an employee leaves the organization. they need to put in some work on their retention strategies.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7469,google,none," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,A great place to work but with caveats for people in roles other than software engineering,Excellent compensation and benefits including free food (virtually all meals) Genuinely earnest and caring company culture The smartest people I have ever worked with Large company with a lot of projects to choose from Opportunities to relocate to other offices (including overseas) Company is not afraid to spend money for employee needs or project benefits Very good technical/material support for employees. Example: A fantastic tech support system where we can get almost immediate attention for IT problems. Easy to order necessary equipment,"Some parts of the company have a frantic work pace to the extent of being permanently stressful Engineering driven company, which is a con in that other job roles need to define and figure out how they fit in the development process User experience especially research is not uniformly baked in the process. I feel I have spent a lot of time explaining to people what I can do for them","The top company value is ""focus on the user."" One of the best ways to do that is to give a seat at the table to people whose entire professions are dedicated to studying, interpreting, and translating user behavior.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,4.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7470,google,none," May 6, 2012",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Good,"Good benefits, varied work, good colleagues.","It's a large company, not a startup.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P748.htm
7471,google,none," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,google is a very relaxed environment,Sometimes a lot of work,keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7472,google,none," May 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gap between temp and permanent,Especially in HR department but there are so many temp employees and it's not easy to convert to FTE position.,"Brand name company, learning opportunity from colleagues they are all very smart and talented, great working environment. good company in general.",none,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7473,google,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 22, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer - Intern,Great place to work,Google has a very open culture with fun people. Managers are understanding and supportive. The work is interesting.,No real cons that I can point out. Large projects mean you can feel like an insignificant cog in the machine.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7474,google,Hyderabad (India)," May 2, 2012",Current Employee - Online Ad Trafficker,Awesome Place to Work,"Food, Environment, Employee relations, Fun Time, Job responsibilites,Friday Party","Management, Salary Compensation, vendor contractors,","They want us to work in friendly manner, However the Management level needs to be more concerned how the employees need to be treated when the work situation gets worse.  Either you change your Fun culture in the office or trained the management level to help the employees working in worse or stress full situation.  Larry Page is the best.",5.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7475,google,none," May 10, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"You can grow at the pace you are comfortable at. Stress on personal growth, and flexibility. Great place to work as there is a good work and personal life balance. Management sensitive to employees.",Politics are too much in some groups. Some people in the management form an opinion about some members of the team without knowing them.,Create a more transparent atmosphere we sharing of information is more friendly. Create an atmosphere were politics play a smaller role.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7476,google,none," Apr 24, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic,Provide meals for free for lunch.,Too big to be flexible,Try to get internship in the summer and study algorithm and data structure.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7477,google,none," May 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Too big, full of politics!","Good brand, great products, good compensation, still innovating though at a lesser pace than 3 years back. Like the fact that Google is always willing to take big risks and make big bets.","Since Larry became CEO, things have changed. Things have become more and more top-down and even the SVPs have assumed ""dictatorial"" role. Starting anything new requires approval, distributed offices are treated like filth.",Don't go paranoid about G+ & social. Take good care of distributed offices.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7478,google,none," Apr 21, 2012",Former Employee - Intern,I learnt a lot working with Google,1) Perks 2) Great Learning Environment,1) Too huge a company.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7479,google,none," May 4, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer Analystlyst,good,flexibility to work in the office,time mainly shift timing starting,no,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7480,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best place to work, global, dynamic, youthful","We have great perks, people are young, dynamic, creative and willing to take risks. There's an open communication between teams and managers, and overall it's a super fun place to work at. I won't even get started with the benefits and perks that Google offers as those are well documented already.",Progressing in the career may be a lengthy process. Sometimes you're better off leaving to another company to get work experience and try to return later to Google to get hired into a higher position.,"Leadership at Google is open, transparent and are always willing to receive feedback. Although the interaction between Googlers and Leadership is not as much as I'd like it to be, you can always know what's going on in your and other offices.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P749.htm
7481,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great perks and culture, but poor middle management","Google has an amazing work environment. Free food, massages, gym etc. All amazing. I've also gained very valuable experience working with large clients. The salary and whole benefits package is way better than anywhere else that I've worked.","I think there are so many layers of middle management that it's impossible to feel connected to the top. Especially if you aren't in the US, which is where most the exciting stuff happens. There is constant restructuring and it's not clear how the goals of management trickle down. They claim to be a flat company but I'm not convinced.",Awesome products and great work environment! Would love to see more leadership from middle management and how goals roll up to the top or how they roll down the bottom.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7482,google,none," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great environment, and unbelievably smart people.",Laid back work environment Benefits Talented people,"Lack or order Everything decided essentially by ""committee vote"" over email",none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7483,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,satisfying.,"Health, onsite, monetary benefits that the company offers Responsibilities given in the teams Young Employee, dynamic environment On-going learnings and trainings",high competitive environment Up to down decisions and organisation structure Expectation of success on these up to down decisions without localizing them.,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7484,google,none," May 2, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,bad,nice people nice company slogan,sucky management. blundering planning processes fell apart. lots of finger pointing,get real,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7485,google,none," Apr 30, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for new grads,Brand name on resume Compensation Perks (kids looove them) Low pressure culture,Outdated propriety stack NIH syndrom No customer focus Lack of accountability,none,2.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7486,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 19, 2012",Former Employee - Strategist,Bitter-sweet,"- Great work environment, - Great company to start a career, - Hard-working and like-minded co-workers + quite a good bunch of really talented people, - Competitive compensation package, - Glamorous company to work at, - Great products, so that makes you a natural advocate for the company, - Working cross-functionally.","- No career prospects unless you're already at a very senior role or you want to follow the ""managerial path"" -- not all people are tailored (or want) to be people's managers (only 34% of my former managers were), hence the bad reputation around middle-management, - Increasing workload as you progress in the role... ... which makes it hard to keep a work-life balance, specially when you're working across different time zones, - Given the extra hours you need to put in to do all the work, not so competitive compensation package after all... - Not so glamorous work for most people (Dublin is mostly a glorified call center), - Insane workload every couple of quarters, around each review cycle, - Too many unhealthy snacks around...","Focus on:  1 - preventing the loss of talent due to the lack of career prospects,  2 - improving the recruiting process:  a) better HR people, b) more experienced interviewers, c) to lower the candidate requirements bar for some roles that are not that specialized -- I've seen people with PHDs being recruited to rate sites!  3 - fixing what's broken with the products rather than coming up with new glamorous features all the time.",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7487,google,"Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Apr 21, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Dynamic, challenging, fast-paced but fun environment. At the cutting edge of technology, nice offices and staff care but don't expect to relax.","Highly stressful environment, long hours",none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7488,google,none," Apr 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,"The environment was great, everybody is very supportive",Interview process could be better,.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7489,google,none," Apr 18, 2012",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Cool place to work,"Excellent Benefits, Smart and intelligent people, high energy and focus","Lower growth potential, lack of work life balance",Weaker middle management and lack of focus leads to long hours and disillusioned employee morale and work life balance,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7490,google,none," Apr 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yay free food!,"Good food, fun environment, smart people, fun events, free t shirts,","Long hours, not very structured",Be more supportive,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P750.htm
7491,google,none," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unprofessional. Poor leadership. Lots of talented people. No career growth.,Lots of talented people. Nice chairs.,Unprofessional. Poor leadership. No career growth. Poor planning. Unstructured. No rewards or acknowledgment for doing good work.,"Treat your employee's with respect. Reward them for the work they do. Provide feedback. Hire professional managers. Create a structure for employee's to grow and prosper. Appreciate your employee's. Use professional business practices when creating your organization, and hire people who know how to manage people.",1.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7492,google,none," Apr 9, 2012",Current Employee - Data Center Tech,Can't Say Much,Food is good (Really) Pay and Benefits. These are about the best things I can say right now.,"Clicks!! A bunch of geeks who have no idea how to handle ""Real Life"" issues. Procedures are very monotonous. My day consist of filling out the same form 5 different ways which takes up about 3/4 of my 8 hour shift. Never have I seen such inexperienced management get paid for doing nothing.","The Management in Thornton are an inept group of petty people. Again, Their lack of knowledge is beyond me. Get a Clue upper mgmt, your outer offices are giving Google a pretty bad rep.",2.0,1.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7493,google,none," Apr 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,positive good place to work,"good coworkers, innovation is essence","very competitive, there are some free riders from early years",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7494,google,none," Apr 8, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A well paying job!,"Some of the best reasons to work at Google are because of compensation, growth, locations(s), and much much more.",Some of the downsides to working at Google are that it's not as exciting as a job as one might think.,Stay more competitive with benefits and addd company benefits that make it an enjoyable atmosphere.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7495,google,none," Mar 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,1) Great working environment. 2) Free and Healthy Food. 3) Super flexible working hours 4) Freedom to change teams. 5) Your work has huge impact on people and world. 6) Great respect for Engineers.,It is a 30K people company now. Hiring too fast.,Reduce the hiring speed.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7496,google,none," Apr 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,The people & perks are great,Some managers are better than others,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7497,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 20, 2012",Former Employee - Youtube Specialist,Fantastic,Level playing field. Everyone is given a fair chance to present his or his views.,very brand conscious. They go only to the so called best schools/colleges thus missing out on some real geeks out there in the open,Conduct more sessions and open interviews to get the possible talents.. There are many in the not so great colleges also,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7498,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 30, 2012",Current Employee - Regional Sales Manager,"Becoming more bureaucratic and political, loss of start up mentality.","Great brand, Free food, Good perks, Working with some of the smartest people in the world. Good place to start your career.","More political environment Additional bureaucratic processes, loss of start up mentality. Only focus on revenue Lack of career development High employee churn",Stop micromanagement,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7499,google,none," Mar 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing!,"friendly work atmosphere, good ambient, growth opportunity, work life balance, there is lot of oppurtunity to show your skill set and talents, the boss helps and guides you!",long work hours and tough dead lines!,none,4.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7500,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Mar 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome!,"Food is great, hours are flexible and the project is very interesting. It's really great to work with many extremely smart and highly skilled people.","Well, we have some first world problems. I don't see mountains from my window. And sometimes there is no flavorless cottage cheese and I need to eat onion one, which I don't like.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P751.htm
7501,google,none," Mar 22, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Helps appreciate vast scale,"Perks, compensation, benefits, shares, pride","Favouritism, politics, scale, not a startup anymore",You too will get kicked,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7502,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 17, 2012",Former Employee - Demand Generation Associate,Surprising,Great benefits and perks. Nice and smart people.,"In my case, lack of recognition of the results obtained",More consideration towords temporary employees,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7503,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 6, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Sourcer,Very good experience,- great work environment - a lot to learn - access to a lot of benefits - clear targets and goals,- career progression opportunities are close to zero - some people that started there many years ago just hold on to their roles and it's hard for the newcomers to prove they are potentially better,none,4.0,5.0,none,1.5,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7504,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 12, 2012",Current Employee - GTL for Mpas,GTL google boring job,good salary not stressed job nice atmosphere young people,boring job impossible have a carrier treat as second level google employee,none,2.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7505,google,none," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - AdWords Representative,Google is a good company.,"Good environment, good food, you can focus on technologies, and the pay is ok. You will work together with many start persons.","Too many smart people, so it's hard to get promoted, especially in remote offices. It's hard, really hard, and challenging.","Focus on result, focus on result, focus on result, focus on result. Focus to users. Try to make everything fair, it's hard, but worth to try.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7506,google,none," Mar 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Humbling and unsatisfying,"The benefits, perks, and culture are great. Teams and projects require entrepreneurial approaches. There is a lot of freedom in our work.",Can be unappreciated at times. The lack of processes can be frustrating at times.,- empower the team,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7507,google,none," Feb 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome place,"google has managed to still stay a very good place to work even though it has grown a lot in the past few years. work life balance, culture, and professional/career growth are still top notch.","getting a bit bit which means more and more restrictions are in place for movement and growth, but still not as bad as other places.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7508,google,none," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to intern and work.,"Very transparent management, able to speak your own opinion and have a lot of freedom in the projects assigned to you.",Hearing from them takes forever.,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7509,google,none," Feb 8, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Mixed bag,The fact that Google is such a strong company name definitely helps build your resume. The experience gained in the staffing organization is still very valuable.,The staffing organization does not feel like it's part of the rest of the campus. The company is too large to really feel like your contributions are noticed. Processes are already set in place so there isn't really much room for any creative approach to recruiting.,"Please try to incorporate Google staffing into the rest of the company. At many times, it felt like it was run as an entirely different organization.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7510,google,none," Jan 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Be very sure of what you will be doing, don't just buy the brand!","Amazing people to work with and constant learning and information sharing Good perks Great brand to work for Looks great in your CV Possibility to work on projects on top of your core job (if management allows) Fun! Learning the meaning of ""think big""","I have seen really bad examples of middle management… great contrast with the potential in younger people Politics are more important than work… you would not expect it in this company (only me?) Innovation? depending on what you do… Your progress depends on favoritism, that reflects in your ratings, that make it possible for you to progress… you can have great ratings if your manager likes you, even if your performance is not that good If you are not in the right project, you get no visibility Growing size leads to difficulty in taking quick decisions Performance ratings are not always fair. For example, if you get a promotion you definitely can't get a good rating next quarter There is not an impartial HR representative in case you have problems with your manager Very often over qualified people for basic positions, and lack of possibilities to change - make sure you know what you will do before joining! Work/life balance depending on your manager - was not able to play fussball in months (yes, I am motivated, but don't want to work on weekends to get a promotion) Managers find metrics that make no sense and measure the team on a curve they themselves could never meet. New learning for me: not only pro-motion but de-motion as well exists Referral system not clear: referred bright people that could not get hired","To Middle Management: Constant change is not a strategy + Favoritism is not a good filter, make work interesting and challenging for your employees To Senior Management: take care of what is being done at lower levels, keep the open and fair culture",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P752.htm
7511,google,none," Jan 18, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"An exciting place to work, but slowly becoming a big corporation.",Excellent benefits Fun place Extremely Intelligent co-workers,Slowly becoming a corporation like Microsoft.,Bring back the old Google culture which is slowly rotting.,5.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7512,google,none," Feb 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google a big small company,"Great values, great perks, great career move",Internal communication between teams can be challenging,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7513,google,none," Feb 3, 2012",Current Employee - Intern,great,amazing co workers. great benefits with everything,long hours. can be draining at times,amazing co workers. great benefits with everything,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7514,google,none," Jan 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Amazing people to work with. Some of the smartest people I have met in my 20+ years in the software industry.,Bias towards quick and dirty solutions. Lack of understanding that the target user is not a software engineer at google.,Revise strategy for innovation. Need to reward long-term projects and revise the bias towards constant starting of new projects. Improve transparency.,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7515,google,none," Feb 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cult-like atmosphere..,good on resume free food and that's about it. Salary is not as high as I'd expected,"you cannot focus on the actual work cos reorgs are happening all the time, everything is so disorganized and chaotic.","stop acting like a child, recognize those who actually do the job...",1.0,1.0,none,2.5,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7516,google,none," Jan 26, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A challenging work enviorment.,"Most well-known Internet company, many opportunities",Things get done kind of slowly.,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7517,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Industry Analyst,Like no other company,Free food and great working environment,The management und processes sometimes seem to be a unstructured. The promotion process is usually very formal and inflexible.,don´t be too political when making HR decisions,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7518,google,none," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,- Relatively flexible in trying new ideas - Smart colleagues - Relatively easier to move (to another job/role) within Google,There are frequent organizational and/or structural changes within the organization.,none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7519,google,none," Jan 18, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Not Bad,"Free food, intelligent colleagues, Compensation is fairly good.","Work is myopic for the talent level they demand, very political environment. Not the company it was n 2005",none,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7520,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outstanding,Big problems to deal with,Hard work if you are not based in MTV (this may not be the case if you are not in engineering),none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P753.htm
7521,google,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Developer,develop new and cool search application,high pay and passionate and challenge job.,huge workload and the boos sometimes overlook empolyee's feeling,pay more attention to inferior's thought,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7522,google,none," Dec 20, 2011",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"A culture of continuous improvement, at breakneck speed","Culture actually means something in Google, it's something management depend on, and everyone believes in. It ensures most of the time we are all going in roughly the same direction, even if no one seems to have the time to verify it's the right direction  If a mistake is made, large or small, it's acknowledged, fixed, and people move on.  There is an honest believe that if there is a right way to do something, it will be done that way, even if it's a huge amount of effort initially.  You can depend on the fact that when you work with someone, they aren't an idiot, so any disagreement can be resolved sensibly.  Every company gets the odd manager who is not suited for their position occasionally. In Google, anyone can report a problem, so a manager gets help or a more suitable role.","The rate of change can upset people, nothing is constant. If you think you are making progress on your project, it's time to receive an email about deprecating an old database API or requiring every product to integrate the latest greatest security technology.  Because the company has shown it can completely change direction very quickly, many people desire such changes, even when they may not be needed.  Hiring relies on strongly on non-biased interviewing (the worst predictor of future performance). A desire to keep things 'fair' means people hoping to work in Google can often get a poor experience. I don't like referring people to work here - even though I know they'll kick ass at the job, my opinion is deemed too subjective to be useful.","Resist the desire to grow exponentially, our culture our most valuable asset. Diluting it terrifies me. I love Larry's desire to focus - we need that now, more than ever. Decide what the core projects are, staff them well, while keeping 10% of R&D for crazy blue-sky projects.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7523,google,none," Dec 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best employers,Open culture and treat employees nicely. High respect and freedom to engineers. Encourage innovation and taking risks. Well rounded employer.,Company is growing bigger and bigger and getting problems of a big company - complicated and segmented processes preventing fast movement.,"Keep the open culture, foster innovation and risk-taking, increase opportunities for career growth, be more aggressive in exploring new markets.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7524,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 15, 2011",Former Employee - IT Field Technician II,"If in doubt, refuse the offer.","Access to internal knowledge bases, opportunity to work with some major engineering celebs, bleeding edge infrastructure, a lot to learn from the experience.",If you care about your professional relationships more than computing then go work somewhere else because many people you'll meet there are brainwashed beyond recovery and in the long run it's hard to put up with. Career opportunities are a myth.,none,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7525,google,none," Dec 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Difficult to get into but rewarding to work in.,The benefits are the most pro and also the salary.,Difficult to get in as it is very competitive.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7526,google,none," Dec 12, 2011",Current Employee - Smb Acquisition Manager,Fantastic,"Flat hierarchy within the company, level of responsibility relatively high, cross team work supported, internal movement very well done as you could move pretty easily","the promotion system is truncated as the metrics used are not performance based, this is a shame for a company that promotes performance",Work for your employees and not for yourself - Continue sharing as you do which is fantastic as this empowers employees,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7527,google,none," Dec 7, 2011",Current Employee - Programmer,A good learning experience,quality of work - very innovative work.. also time alloted to do your own projects timings - extremely flexible timings. work from home. pay - ok to above average ambiance - very nice work environment,career stagnation is a possibility no growth vertically,no opinion,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7528,google,none," Dec 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pretty good place to work,"good perks, smart coworkers, decent work/life balance","company is big, communication sucks",none,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7529,google,none," Dec 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, especially for engineers","great perks, great comp and great colleagues","the company is becoming too big, and middle management is not as good as top",none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7530,google,none," Nov 27, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Job, But Can't Shake the Frat Mode","top of line computer equipment/software. free breakfast, lunch, dinner, real focus on group/team building. people work well together. respectful as long as you don't have a life outside the company.",many fresh-out-of-college kids who think they know more than they do. geeks without any edge. little room for growth.,none,4.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P754.htm
7531,google,none," Nov 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,best company to work for,none thqt i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7532,google,none," Nov 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"the benefits are amazing, management understand the importance of giving employees the freedom and autonomy to work on what interests them and what they are good at","there are almost no downsides, except that it is now a big company so there are a lot of processes and procedures that need to be followed at time, although management try really hard to make these as efficient and painless as possible",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7533,google,none," Nov 12, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Operations Project Manager,"I really like working for google, benefits and work are great but the work is intense and you're given a lot of responsi","interesting work people benefits  overall, google is great to work for",work life balance. they work you very hard,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7534,google,none," Nov 15, 2011",Current Employee - NONE,Google offers ground breaking innovation.,Innovation is key here. They want you to be yourself,there is nothing negative at google. Just everybody is pretty smart,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7535,google,none," Nov 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Wonderful, you can do your interests, and balance the work and family life.","There're several reasons: 1) exciting projects serving billions of users, 2) Good working environment, 3) Smart colleagues, and 4) fantastic food!","If you really want to have some downsides, there are 1) large company, the system is mature, you rarely have chance to play an important role in rebuilding the system, 2) hard to be promoted after senior, like a rest point","Keep moving fast! It's better to combine all the products under a big platform (search, knowledge, or social networks)",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7536,google,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 3, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Systems Administrator,"Awesome, dream company",Nice place to work for. Excellent work culture Free food Ability to switch areas facilities and perks pay package brand name,There are if you think but it's best (not one of) company to work for need to be competitive & think ahead as there are best brains you are competing with.,Good work. Keep it going and we will see google as number 1 for most number of years to come.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7537,google,none," Nov 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWESOME,COMPUTERS are really really fast,lots of traffic to arrive,keep doing what you're doing,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7538,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 29, 2011",Current Employee - Support Engineer,An amazing experience,- Very intelligent co-workers. - Many perks. - Many learning opportunities.,- Sometimes a bit chaotic.,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7539,google,none," Oct 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fantastic,good place to work with different genius people. always full of challenges. and the working environment is good. good pay.,everyday there is different problems to solve. need good skills on problem solving,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7540,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work but middle level sales management is quite poor.,"Good Package You will have fun while working Very friendly colleagues Lots of opportunities to travel abroad Lots of free goodies like free transport, meals and stock options offered",Salary is sometimes not that competitive Promotion takes time as its a huge company now If you are in direct sales and you love interacting with clients on an every day basis then your job role will be quite interesting! In Online sales job responsibilities are not that exciting at times.,Google takes good care in employing good people to manage teams. But certain people who might not have a degree in management and they became managers because of years served in company. They need to be more effectively trained to handle human resource well. Otherwise the senior management in Google is one of the best to work with.,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P755.htm
7541,google,none," Oct 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good if it's your cup of tea, ie sales, marketing, engineering, finance. Other roles very generic","Fast paced Smart colleagues reduce petty frustrations you might have in other companies Flexible (wfh opportunities) Package focuses on work/life balance Great in-office support - laptop problems, food requests, facilities Supportive of (Google-based) training International environment Great CFO leadership","Some very pushy, self important individuals Getting more formal and corporate in outlook, particularly London office Very little informal game playing or fun etc, too competitive for people to take a break Will take up all your time if you let it Hires externally at the higher levels - a lot of unsatisfied people at the middle levels who will never rise any further Leaves you quite untrained / unqualified for roles outside the internet ads industry - unsupportive of recognized professional qualifications outside of MBAs",Prepare people who don't want to be there forever Prioritize hiring from within Drop academic snobbery - request lower qualifications for junior jobs,4.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7542,google,none," Oct 6, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very good I enjoy working there very much.,Google pays me very well. The staff is very very nice they make you feel welcome. You also get a free lunch.,It isn't very organized or clean. There aren't very many bathrooms and the bathrooms they do have are always full or being used.,Manage your building better. Higher a better maintenance crew. In future buildings add more bathrooms so everyone can use one of them.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7543,google,none," Oct 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, Challenging, large office complex in MTV",Great working experience Obtain insights into how search actually works Lots of resources to do many things Fun environment,Large employee base Hard to standout and get promoted,Continue to do what Google does best...Search. Being focused on core products and services is critical,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7544,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The best company you can work for, middle management in the sales department is poor.","-Benefits are second to none. -Senior leadership is out of this world (Larry, Sergey...at that level). -The new CEO Larry is very inspirational in his new role. -You come to work every day thinking I am so proud to be here. -An ethical company that truly believes in it's motto, 'do no evil.' -You just don't want to leave the company because you are so much in awe of senior leadership and the direction in which the company is headed.","-Middle management in the sales side of things needs a major revamp. Absolutely no regard for career development, work-life balance. Faulty and biased performance appraisal. Extremely non-Googley. The middle management lacks in people development skills and are too busy trying to push themselves up to bother about their reports. No recognition for rewards in the sales teams and as long as you are in the favored circle of the manager, your career is made.  -While senior leadership in MV is extremely supportive of feedback, speak out to your local leaderhsip and you ring the death knell of your career at Google.  -The sales side is turning into a nightmare with the sales HR in turn unable to turn things around or raise critical employee issues and thus resort to delivering lip service to employees. The senior leadership in MV needs to take a serious look into this.","Managers/HR in the operations side are way better, more humane, genuinely caring towards their reports. The sales managers and sales HR need to learn from the operations managers/HR.  People are sticking to the company because they love the company, its senior leadership (aka Larry, Sergey etc) not the middle management. This needs to be understood.",4.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7545,google,none," Oct 6, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great,it teaches you a lot..great place and it teaches you a lot of new things and all..excellent place...cant get better,Very difficult to work with all the geniuses around you...algorithms have to be on your fingertips...lots of competition,it teaches you a lot..great place and it teaches you a lot of new things and all..excellent places...loved it,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7546,google,none," Sep 22, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good Place - Lots of New Projects,We work on a lot of really great stuff that is leading the Internet Revolution. We have a lot of autonomy to work on different projects and make our own decisions.,Management is sometimes a little disconnected and the bi-coastal structure sometimes makes it hard to collaborate effectively and move forwards with projects.,Keep doing what you are doing. Best company in the bay Area. Don't lose sight of your roots and always be thinking of your employees,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7547,google,none," Sep 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience was great but I wished I had another manager.,Google provides great perks and benefits to their employees! You are surrounded by bright and competent people.,"If you're not an engineer, there are much fewer career advancement opportunities. It is really easy to gain weight with all the delicious food.",Please continue to provide additional career development and management classes/training.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7548,google,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,greatest company to work for,none that are worth publicly complaining about,Keep going,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7549,google,none," Sep 14, 2011",Former Employee - Adwords Associate,for a first job - best place to be!,"Amazing culture, trust in employees, no work pressure!",need to be more transparent,nope,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7550,google,"City of London, England (UK)"," Sep 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,- Relaxed environment - Considerate to personal needs - Great benefits - Growing business,- Poor on boarding - In experienced work colleagues - Poor management - too many meetings,-,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P756.htm
7551,google,none," Aug 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Good,"work like balance salary culture and overall quality of management If you have a chance to work at Google in Mountain View, do it. The campus there is amazing. Access to services for personal use as well as tools to develop professionally, abound. Also, the food.","rudderless career management too many focus area constant re-org Can feel a little overwhelming at times. If you're someone that doesn't enjoy being a part of a large group or if you prefer working in very small, intimate teams, then Google may not be your best choice.","maintain the culture, continue sharing the profits with employees and focus on career development. decrease hiring and focus getting more out of existing people",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7552,google,none," Sep 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Google was great,"great working place, lots of things to do around work place","not many cons, they make it hard to leave work, huge place to work",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7553,google,none," Sep 5, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,wonderful experience,"international corporation, very driven and bright envinroment.","too much time spent on work, sometimes too much time thinking of work even when you're out.","everything is good, compared with other companies.",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7554,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,OKish,"needless to say - very very smart, innovative people. techies - who love their work! Encouraging people and very competitive environment.",Work culture is very different from the US offices where you have a lot of flexibility in work. Bad work-life balance.,none,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7555,google,none," Aug 19, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice place to get some good experience, but don't stay too long...","- Google management works hard to build a collaborative, friendly culture - It is possible to get a large amount of responsibility fast - If you work really hard and are able to make a lot of noise about your accomplishments, you can get recognized (clearly there is a flipside here.. see cons) - Engineers are mostly competent and have great infrastructure to help them accomplish tasks that no other company today can even begin to address","- Many engineers have little interest in or don't understand business issues. They'd rather work on tough technical issues than solve real problems. Senior leadership doesn't seem to mind. - Many product managers are totally incompetent (especially those fresh out of school) and often do more harm than good. - Unless you work in PM or Eng, you are basically invisible. - Non-Eng/PM Google is not a meritocracy: Unless you are really good at marketing yourself, you will get promoted on the same timeline as everyone else (about once every two years), regardless of how good or bad your work is. However, masters of self-promotion can advance fast w/o accomplishing anything meaningful.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7556,google,none," Aug 29, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, but not great.",-Excellent benefits -Work among amazing and intelligent people -Fun events to get everyone together -Free food,-Lack of quality managers -Little recognition,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7557,google,none," Aug 18, 2011",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Great experience among team loaded with talented people.,"If you have a chance to work at Google in Mountain View, do it. The campus there is amazing. Access to services for personal use as well as tools to develop professionally, abound. Also, the food.","Can feel a little overwhelming at times. If you're someone that doesn't enjoy being a part of a large group or if you prefer working in very small, intimate teams, then Google may not be your best choice.",Pretty software is not the enemy. Listen to designers more!,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7558,google,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2011",Current Employee - Account Manager,na,"Good food, great perks, great working culture","Middle order managers, not enough scope to move teams",Middle order managers need do much better.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7559,google,none," Aug 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Growth, Satisfaction, Work life balance","Hectic, Schedule, lucrative salary, but slow",greT,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7560,google,none," Aug 8, 2011",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Great,Its a fun environment there.,Too little order at Google.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P757.htm
7561,google,none," Aug 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,work like balance salary culture and overall quality of management,rudderless career management too many focus area constant re-org,"maintain the culture, continue sharing the profits with employees and focus on career development. decrease hiring and focus getting more out of existing people",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7562,google,none," Jul 17, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Once the Ultimate Place to Work evolving into the Ultimate Stepping Stone?,"Company still growing (and that's a bit of an understatement), both in its core businesses as well as in other businesses in which it is trying to become a major player. Sideways mobility between software engineering groups. The scale of its operations are amazing. For its size, it is still one of the best companies to work for. It is very well run. Perks. A culture that doesn't prohibit fun, and in some sense encourages it.","Long hours: It depends on the individual, but it's easy to feel that you need to produce more and ending up selling yourself short. The work involves a lot of time wasting ""archaeology"" - sifting through wikis, code labs and other people's code figuring out what is the latest recommended way to do something that sounds boiler-plate and obvious, so it's easy to feel unproductive at times. Also, the availability of free food, gym, etc. on campus and the plenty of fun distractions on its corp network make it easy to spend more time there.  Hard to be visible and make an impact. Visibility and Impact are the economy by which software engineers are measured, and they are becoming harder to come by. I feel that most joining now are likely to end up being just a number: average (in Google standards) impact and zero visibility, irrespective of how much of a rock star they were in their previous jobs.  It's becoming more and more the target of lawsuits, which basically means that legal fees will continue to cut a larger share of its revenues. In general, operating margins have been decreasing, although they are still amazing. I'm not saying that legal fees are the reason for decreasing operating margins. Google is investing heavily (in new hires, acquisitions, etc) and any benefits from this spike in investment will take some time to catch up with the costs, and there is no guarantee that they ever will.  I am a relatively recent (post-recession) hire, and after way over a year on the job I still feel that I am evaluating Google and wondering whether I can have a career here, which is not a good sign. Compared to previous jobs, I feel less recognized, having to work more, less proud of my work, and being more conscious on the effect that specific projects will have on my career instead of just doing what is right for the users/company. It is not that I am less smart/capable/experienced than others, it's just that the opportunities are less compared to someone who joined earlier. The work is not the most interesting I ever done, but it is OK and gives me the opportunity to expand my technical breadth. If this is all Google needs from me, then I am likely to move on, more sooner than later, and if this is a common experience of the relatively recent hires then the smartest and the brightest will not be flocking to Google anymore. Nothing particularly wrong with Google, I assume that's part of a company's normal progression from start-up to behemoth, and I still recommend giving Google a try, especially for new grads as it can be a good place to jump-start an engineering career. Just keep an eye on what you're getting out of your work and don't let the perks distract you from the bigger picture.",none,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7563,google,none," Jul 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,I really do like Everything,I believe there are None,Awesome,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7564,google,none," Jul 18, 2011",Current Employee - IT Director,Best,Best company to work for!,None found in my experience,None found in my experience,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7565,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 3, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best company to work for,"Defo the people that are there : They are all bright minded, clever and extreme various background which makes a very brain challenging environment.",Well Google is attracting all the A level people so be ready to cpmpete harshly in order to get a promotion and a decent job.,"Be friendly but not too much, be diplomatic but don't hide too much the reality",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7566,google,Mumbai (India)," Jul 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Its been amazing workina at Google,"The Google Community has been very supportive, they encourage ideas & are very supportive at every stage of the process.",The process of recruitment goes through various stages and can be very tedious and frustrating at times. They need to make it more clear.,Google rocks and keep it rocking. & please open up more branches in India especially Mumbai where most of the talent is unearthed from the country.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7567,google,none," Jul 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,still good place to work at.,"it's getting old, but with larry page becoming ceo ago, things will change, hopefully. The company does have many new directions now.",too many ppl now. some of the teams move slowly. many star engineers leave the company already compensation is just ok for strong swes.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7568,google,none," Jul 9, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good first gob,Great company name and benefits,Large corporation so sometimes feel like just a number,Continuity is key for some employees,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7569,google,none," Jun 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a good place to learn and work.,The people are very nice. The food is excellent. I like the environment very much. There are a lot of tech seminars.,The mountian view didn't give enough support to Google Beijing. The policy and culture of Google limit its growth in China.,Give more control to local people. The managers need to know the culture and customers in China in order to succeed.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7570,google,none," Jun 22, 2011",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Like nothing else in the world.,The line about working with systems at internet scale is absolutely true. You will work with more compute and network resources than anywhere else. Extremely talented and passionate colleagues.,"Working on outside fun projects outside Google can be difficult due to the fact that the company's research interests are all over the map, causing things you do in your own time to potentially be subject to the company's copyright even if you never relied upon resources from work to accomplish them.","Listen to more to employees. We come from a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, and sometimes know our users better than you think you do when driving product management decisions top-down.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P758.htm
7571,google,none," Jun 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smoke and mirrors,"benefits are top rate amenities - food, gym, free events with celebrities discounts prestige","evaluation process management HR all about covering Google, not supporting employee",give true heads up as to what evaluation really means,2.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7572,google,none," Jun 2, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Google was the highlight of my life.,"The absolute best reason to work at Google was the community, you're surrounded by intelligent people who are very competent and eager to accomplish team goals as well as their own. You would be hard pressed to find another company with a similar environment, culture, perks, and benefits.","There are two moderately negative aspects of working at Google, one being that the work tends to become your life! You will often find yourself working until long after you were to have been off the clock, however this is normally due to the love of the job. Another nitpick is that when they're done with a position or location, options become very limited at an unfavorable rate if you aren't in a California site.",It would be a great idea to occasionally contact laid-off Googlers if similar positions or projects become available. It's alarming how many employers become intimidated by ex-Googlers and pass them off as overqualified.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7573,google,none," Jun 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy and satisfied in the first 3 years but recognition and opportunities are now limited,"Pretty satisfied with some of the indirect benefits (company/team outings, onsite perks). Most peers and coworkers made work more enjoyable. Also great to work with some of the smartest people in technology.","Too many overachievers and ""type A"" personalities all fighting for the next big thing. The company has grown so much that competition is greater thus limiting advancement. Lots of very junior and inexperienced managers who were great individual contributors that got promoted to be managers. Also not much support from upper management to grow.","The constant manager changes are not conducive to anyone's progress. I found myself to be constantly proving myself over and over again. I've had more than 5 managers in the last 4 years. I found myself building new rapports and relationships more than having a chance to proceed with my career. With all the changes, no one manager knew me well enough to provide advocacy or support.",3.0,4.5,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7574,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 18, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Nice,- Work is challenging and non trivial - Colleagues are smart - Working at Google is fun - Exposure to real users,"Salary is lesser than what i want it to be. Even with recent salary hikes, i feel that working in remote offices is not beneficial.",Need to bring back the quality in hiring and products that they used to have 5 years back. Quality is what makes Google stand out.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7575,google,Sydney (Australia)," May 25, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Great Place to Work,A lot of resources and great people to learn from.,"Becoming a ""Big Corporation"". Slow production speed.",Doing great job.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7576,google,none," Jun 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,"Great people, great benefits, great food, great fun, good offsites, nice work environment, good intranet and communication, family feel, respectful, company with a vision.",entry level jobs lack responsibility but all in all a good place to work. Pay could be increased but great benefits make up.,Need to be more transparent on promotions and evaluations. The tangible feedback is good but may not result in promotions..,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7577,google,none," Jun 4, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,good,"creative environment, good people, challenge",location placement was not to my preference,good job,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7578,google,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," May 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work!,- Perks - Transparency - Pretty smart people - Larry Page back as Google CEO - A great place to learn and get a great resume.,- Middle Managament - A lot of smart people - It´s too big. - Few career advancement opportunities. - Too much stress full,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7579,google,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," May 12, 2011",Former Employee - Head Wireless Business,"excellent,","Great work environment, great projects to work for, total freedom in work to pursue own goals and time flexibility. A place to learn how to run a company at its best both for employees and the employer","Getting increasingly bureaucratic, regional teams are not empowered as much as the headquarters in terms of decision making, therefore roles at regional levels have limited in scope.",Need more empowerment at regional levels.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7580,google,none," May 31, 2011",Current Employee - Industry Marketing Manager,Great,"Space to grow, exposure and opportunities",Lots of jobs on offer. Important to choose the right profile,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P759.htm
7581,google,none," May 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great food and great people.,Middle management is huge and intrusive.,cut down management levels.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7582,google,none," May 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great experience.",Good communication of objectives by supervisors. Good resources given to employees. Innovation and creativity are encouraged. Good reputation and program. Good future within the company or even elsewhere when you have worked for Google.,"I did not have many negative factors affect my work at Google. My pay was maybe as little lower than with other companies, but that's me maybe being greedy.","Competition is definitely mounting up. Stay strong, stay commited to our objectives. Keep bringing strong people into this organization and the future will look bright.",5.0,5.0,none,3.0,2.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7583,google,none," May 4, 2011",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Excellent,Google is the place to learn grow and make a lot of money. You are surrounded by extremely intelligent community,"While at google I noticed that the company is becoming just like any other big company, it used to be ran like a university where people worked together and learned from each other.",I am very happy that Larry took over and considering coming back to google. I believe it will bring it back to its glory days,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7584,google,none," Apr 26, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best ever,"Very great food and very supporting colleagues, the best place to work period.","Not much to say, very great environment",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7585,google,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 30, 2011",Current Employee - Country Manager,"Google is a great brand to work for, great people, if you dont have aa good manager then it is not good at all","Great brand, great people, great products","It is all about who is your manager, and as Google now loosing great people to facebook they are dont have as agreat people as they used to which creats so much politics that you cant believe.",Hire better managers,2.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7586,google,none," Apr 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"innovative and challenging - management works for the career development of the employees, compensation packages are good, and best office locations in town","very fast paced environment, loads of projects running simultaneously, product is develped very quickly, sometimes the field sales teams hear about a new feature in the field from a client.",I think the managment team is doing a good job in terms of building the overall strategy and being very innovative.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7587,google,none," Apr 27, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,rigorous but compensated well,"great resources, talented colleagues, good pay","tradeoffs with personal life, backstabbing for promotions",stop censoring,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7588,google,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 29, 2011",Former Employee - AdWords Senior Account Manager,"Great company and products, spoiled employees",Great perks and laid back culture. Google excels at information sharing internally and you can be proud of most products you see in the company. Extensive international opportunities.,"Employees are spoiled children, more concerned about whether they are getting cupcakes in the afternoon than with career development or receiving useful feedback. Middle managers in Sales are useless: no decision power, no direct business involvement. Promotions have ground to a halt at Google. Curve-based calibration of employees' performance assures nobody is ever rewarded for good performance. Most new employees can expect ""Meet expectations' feedback for at least a year. Low-performers are never punished and outlast good performers. Company is losing talent fast.","Fight for your team. Take a stand and earn the respect of your employees. Stop complaining about how ""the company is like this and will not change"", good managers make changes happen.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7589,google,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 19, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was an Awesome Experience,innovative and creative work culture. Amazing opportunity to learn from peers. A huge asset on your CV. Well paid better than industry standards,You end up working on some internal projects which might be very challenging but do not let you satisfy the startup spark in you,"An amazing experience at Google. Very focussed with rich work culture and ethics. Though its a huge organization, yet their ability to maintain that culture is quite surprising.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7590,google,none," Apr 10, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,There was a lot of food always there to be eaten. They also treat the employees very well and pay their employees high salaries.,You begin to feel like a big fish in a small pond because there are so many people that work at this company. It is hard to do your own thing and make a big impact.,Allow your employees to grow more from under you without imposing your will upon them. Free thinking is the best way to go about it.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P760.htm
7591,google,none," Apr 12, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity to work with some of the most talented individuals in the Silicon Valley,Perks and reputation in the space,Non-competitive salaries depending on the department,Did not have an opinion one way or another,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7592,google,none," Mar 21, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google was great at recognizing and rewarding employees and providing a good flow of information.,"Openness, bonuses, flexibility, creativity, consensus building","A degree of management naiveté, restrictive hiring practices",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7593,google,none," Mar 19, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,GREAT!,"GOOD SALARY, GOOD EXPERIENCE, GOOD ENVIRONMENT, sometime you will find life time opportunity over there, so it is very good","Company policy, not that fun when you working, pressure, dead line, pushing, sometime you have to give up some life for the work","try to practice as much as possible, try to learn something all the time, try to stay alert, and try to smart",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7594,google,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 20, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,It's COOL!,Google is one of the most famous companies in China. I'm proud of working at Google.,The work is always not important enough.,none,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7595,google,none," Mar 29, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience was really good,Inovation is paramount in this compnay,lot of beracracy in this env,need a startup like environment,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7596,google,none," Mar 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Lots of learning opportunities depending on your interests.,Too large to actually accomplish significant things depending on your role.,none,4.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7597,google,none," Mar 21, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,Software Engineer Intern,"Awesome perks, really smart people, working with huge data, great hacker culture, good free food, get to work with a lot of cool technologies",The company is not very agile and it takes a lot to get features rolled out as soon as possible.,Try to get it so that people work in terms of subcompanies and make the organization a little bit more flat,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7598,google,none," Mar 21, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"OK, easy to feel lost","Free food, casual work environment, gym, bikes, a lot of the people can be very smart and accomplished in life","easy to feel lost, no work life balance, people are too cocky because they work there, no room for advancement","act like real people instead of worker drones who just use tech buzz words all day long, that was really annoying",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7599,google,none," Mar 21, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"Free food, nice smart people, somewhat collaborative environment","Under paid, over worked, hard to move up on the business side without an MBA",Stop hiring MBAs and promote more from within,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,1.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7600,google,none," Mar 10, 2011",Current Employee - Intern,I feel very exciting.,Google is a company with diversity. You can meet a lot of people and learn a lot of valuable experience that can not be learn in school.,"It is a big company and therefore, everybody does very detailed work and the work is just a little piece of the whole project. Learning things is slow than in a small company.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P761.htm
7601,google,none," Mar 15, 2011",Former Employee - Trademark Assistant,A good experience but not for everyone.,"Great and smart people to work with, unbelievable benefits, great place for professional development if you seek those opportunities out","Not much guidance in terms of professional development, so the incentive is upon the individual to seek out mentors and guidance on his or her own.","The executive management does a great job in promoting open communication within the company. However, managerial training can do a better job in teaching managers how to manage a team more effectively and to promote team cohesiveness.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7602,google,none," Feb 24, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I can't imagine working anywhere else.,"Working at Google has been an amazing experience so far. Less than a year after finishing my degree, I find myself working on interesting, challenging projects and even taking on the leadership role for a piece of critical infrastructure. Certainly, I am rapidly developing as an engineer.  Mostly, I have been impressed by the caliber of people I'm working with. Virtually every person I collaborate with is not only smart, but helpful and well-dispositioned .","My job here is definitely an intense commitment. My average work week is probably around 60 hours, and is occasionally longer still. That being said, nobody here is pressuring me to work this hard. Results get respect around here, though, so be prepared to achieve them one way or another.",Eric has been an incredible leader. I hope Larry will continue to work closely with him in the coming years.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7603,google,none," Mar 8, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrific experience.,I would like to work for Google again. Very good culture. Very high bar to get in. Lots of interesting projects.,Expected to work very hard (poor work/life balance).,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7604,google,none," Feb 21, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,It is a very great experience,"Gourmet food!!!, great people to work with, and an amazing workplace environment. I look forward to coming to work on a daily basis.",At times the hours are very stressful,THey are doing a great job in leading this company. I see where they are at and their vision for the future. Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7605,google,none," Mar 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for...,"Smart people, employees treated very well.",The feeling that the company is working on too many things.,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7606,google,none," Mar 3, 2011",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,A place where you can learn a lot as a new grad,You can learn a lot as your first job as a new grad. Best opportunity for somebody who is fresh from school. Working with smart people and best technology.,Give engineers more capability to influence product development and product marketing. Middle management is really redundant. It seems that a lot of directors ' main function is to serve as costly email routers. Hope that Google can be lean again!,Reduce middle-level management to speed up product roll-out to market and response to competitors.,3.0,1.5,none,1.0,1.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7607,google,none," Feb 25, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,great place to work,"They provide free food. Google is a great place to work. Snacks, drinks, friendly environment. Wonderful place for engineers to work.","Google is already a big company, mature. If you join at this moment. you may not get too many stock options.",Eric is good. The founders are good. The team is very solid and experienced. They generally did a good job.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7608,google,none," Feb 13, 2011",Former Employee - Manager,Great place to be from,- Great pool of smart people - Great onsite benefits - Lots of interesting projects - Cool company - Great Public awareness and charitable attitudes.,"- Too many promoted for how they promote themselves not for what they do or add. - A focus on cutting the bottom 5% ""just because"" - Hiring at a level above the actual job requirements which means people are working below their capabilities. - Lots of lazy people who can do so because they have been there long enough -","- Stop listening too those who talk the loudest, spend time in the field listening to those who do the job. - Look at the performance of the teams and attribute it to the team. - Stop making decisions based on the majority rule. Empower your team members to make decisions and carry them out. - Go back to having fun.",3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7609,google,none," Feb 16, 2011",Former Employee - Test Engineering Lead,"Fast pace, tons of coding, great colleagues, innovating products","the smartest brightest people work here, excellent executive staff, fun projects that suites your interests, and excellent bonuses.","handful of our middle managers, not enough recognition, poor feedback, job can be repetitive.",middle managers needs an audit on performance and education on leadership.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7610,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 30, 2011",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Great,"The best things are the free exchange of ideas, the informal working environment, the opportunity to pursue your own projects",There's a very strong focus on visibility on a team. Sometimes you could find yourself doing something for the sake of visibility - not it's usefulness.,"As the company grows, bureaucracy and formality are taking their toll. For example when I started managers didn't have PA - now they all do...",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P762.htm
7611,google,none," Feb 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"awesome people, nice weather, on the leading edge of technology","too intellectual community, peer pressure",none,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7612,google,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Jan 28, 2011",Former Employee - Account Strategist,"Good experience, lots of learning, but after 3/4 years you don't learn new things and get stuck.","Great people, very open and caring. Also VERY smart. It's your co-workers what makes it great going to work every morning. Great benefits (food, gym, healthcare). Great info sharing (transparency) from management and great access to info all across the company.","Horrible work-life balance. People inside the company tend to say its up to one person to have a balance. However true, there's lots of pressure and workload and its tough to handle.  After 3-4 years you don't learn anything new and the job is routine-like.  The company is getting bigger and promotions are very hard to obtain, specially as most people in the company are top performers.",none,4.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7613,google,none," Jan 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Place to Launch a Career,"Coming from a startup background, Google provides amazing opportunities for working in small, focused teams on influential products. Overall I have been very satisfied with my ability to move around within the company.","While well run, Google is still an enormous company. While bureaucracy is kept at a minimum, Google is definitely no longer what it used to be in terms of a startup-like environment.",The 15% pay increase and the perk's a strong way for the company to show its support and confidence in its employees.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7614,google,none," Jan 30, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good if you are not too keen in career advancement,"Folks are generally smart and friendly, easy to achieve work-life balance if you are not too keen in getting promoted, open culture.","As the size grows, policities start to kick in. There are people (thankfully, only a few) who talk the talk but not walk the walk that are fast-track in the promotion.","Fix the performance evaluation system, the existing system rewards people in high profile projects but not too much on boiling maintenance tasks.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7615,google,none," Jan 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"process analysis, reporting and analytics, BI system","good compensation, nice place with a lot of goodies.","heavy work pressure. A lot of expectations from manager, peer, and subordinates.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7616,google,none," Jan 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, exciting",Best place for a software engineer. Superb infrastructure. Relatively fast development cycle. Great perks. Good food. Flexible work hours,Limited freedom. 20% time is nonsense because it is not implemented. Middle management is inefficient. This is getting worse as the organization is growing in size.,Cut down middle management or at least get better product managers. Give more freedom to developers. Implement 20% time strictly. Reward innovation at every level.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7617,google,none," Jan 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,awesome people awesome work environment nice projects to work on good food managers are talented and good at management skill managers are nice,too much pressure need to work over time benefit is not as good as before cancel some projects since they are not promising,reduce the workload increase the salary reduce the pressure hiring more people to work on the project give employee more private space,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7618,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good place to work, but turning corporate","great respect for employees, amazing colleagues, good work environment. Generally, a lot happens and once you gained credibility, you can change and move within the company to pursue new opportunities.",Sometimes it can take too long to be promoted or get where you want to go. Company is also turning more corporate away from the start up mentality. Very centralized decision making makes it difficult to get things done locally.,"decentralize decision making back to local entities, shake things up a bit in the top. allow decision making even if not based on consensus. allow for more engineering support where necessary.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7619,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 26, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Great experience,Prestigious place to work in as an intern. Great opportunity to join a real project and actually launch your own code to millions of people around the world. Relaxed atmosphere and plenty of food.,The intern-ship programme could be a bit more organised. Also it takes ages for Google HR to react to anything esp. the recruiting process takes too long.,Be a bit more organised and focused. Know what you want to achieve because you have a lot of really gifted people getting upset because you suddenly change your decision about their project.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7620,google,none," Dec 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The dream work environment,"Brilliant minds, college atmosphere, interesting projects","At the end of the day it is a corporation, even on smaller projects there is red tape.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P763.htm
7621,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 23, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Google is a very dynamic environment, it's all about the people and it is an incredibly exciting place to work",Google is very set in it's ways about a few things making it hard to do certain things which can be frustrating.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7622,google,none," Dec 5, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of Google,Google offers an open environment that encourages creativity and fosters growth.,Google has very high expectations and hours.,I would advise Google to continue investing in their employees as it raises morale and in turn raises productivity.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7623,google,none," Nov 10, 2010",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Awesome company with awesome managers,"People are smart, technology is innovative, food is the best. lots of other perks including gym, unlimited food, lots of great invited speakers.",There's a ton of folks trying to climb up the corporate ladder and you tend to get frustrated if you dont get promoted during the promotion cycle.,"interviews are tough. food is great. salary is great, bonuses are excellent. lots of room for growth. fun projects and people",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7624,google,none," Nov 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, with limited financial upside",- Great place to work - Competent people - Infrastructure - Good salary - Food,- Promotion system - Jerks tolerated by management - Work/life balance,- Fix promotion system,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7625,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Food, Gym, People, Office, Internet","Long work hours, poor middle management",retain top talents in the company.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7626,google,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 2, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,Work with some of the smartest people on the planet. Opportunities to work on new problems and cutting edge technologies. Opportunities to innovate.,Lack of structure and direction can cause stress. The freedom can work to your disadvantage. Constantly need to reinvent yourself.,Stronger support for long term projects.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7627,google,none," Nov 14, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you are willing to be the best at what you do,Rewards top performers Great benefits Great brand to put in your resume. Very well respected around the world. The company keeps innovating.,If you work very hard but are not among the top 10% then it is very difficult for you to get promoted. It is getting more and more bureaucratic.,Promote the people that deserve to be promoted. Beware of those who play with politics to get it to the top. Examples like this make people go to other companies.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7628,google,none," Nov 22, 2010",Former Employee - Something,Google,"Great engineers, good products, free food and all expense paid trips to ski resorts and what not. Not to mention the free t-shirts.",Too many managers from Microsoft who brought their own culture to the company. Too many mid level managers who have now more or less made the top management inaccessible,Stop hiring managers from Microsoft. Promote qualified candidates from within.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7629,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 5, 2010",Current Employee - Account Associate,...,Great company to work for,"decision making process, promotions, internal mobility and availability of job positions in the US headquarter in Mountain View",I have nothing to advise to a higher management of Google at the moment.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7630,google,none," Nov 18, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful,Wonderful work environment that lends itself to great innovation and freedom to develop great products and services. I enjoyed working at this company.,"The main negative that I noticed, which probably just simply depends on your goals is that although it's a positive to be at such a giant company, that can also serve to be difficult for advancement.",I think the company is doing a great job. Obviously it's important to maintain competitiveness at all times and continually innovate.,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P764.htm
7631,google,none," Nov 2, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,proud to be a googler,"Google was a great place to work with colleagues, and grow my career. I am forever grateful to being lucky enough to be a part of Google.",It was hard to keep up with the over achieving personalities and keep up with the fast pace of the new hires.,Continue to focus on growing the search business- don't lose sight of what made Google 'Google' and keep employee retention as a focus.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7632,google,none," Oct 29, 2010",Current Employee - Developer,good place to work,"good place to work. nice food, nice computer, nice space. nice people good place to write code, there is no interrupt during my work",not sure what I should do each day. Just guess what I need to do I have to consider market,Need plan to our work Need to have know technology,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7633,google,none," Sep 21, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Used to be Paradise, now just a parking lot","Brilliant, funny co-workers. Most of the time, if you make it through the hiring process in Mountain View you're a mensch. I cannot overstate how wonderful most of the people are. Insider access to technology that will drop your jaw on a daily basis. The ability, for good or bad, to help change the world. Spectacular bonuses that bring up the low salaries to a nice level.  Google is a good place to join if you are brilliant, good at promoting your work to other engineers, and willing to work 70-hour weeks.  The food is pretty darn good. The gyms in Mountain View are extraordinary, I don't know about other sites. They don't want you ever to have to step offcampus, and you pretty much don't.","Severe caste system: be an engineer or be nobody, and there are ranks within engineering. Quarterly semi-secret stack-ranking system, goal of getting rid of the bottom 5% every year. (Sound like Microsoft? Yup.) Bi-annual self- and peer evaluations. In short, the promotion and evaluation process is exhausting, neverending, and notoriously unfair. If you work in a ""distributed office"" (outside Mountain View) prepare to be seriously out of the loop and to have limited access to the cool projects and the ones that can build your career. The company used to be just as adorable as its publicity. Now it is so big that it can't be.  By this point (2010) Sergey and Larry are completely clueless about actual life at the company and the open-questions meetings consist of somebody asking a serious question, Sergey making a joke, and the question dangling unanswered. When you hear someone bring up a serious personnel problem, it's either too confidential to discuss or it couldn't really have happened.  The famous ""20% project"" where you get one day a week to work on projects you dream up yourself is openly admitted by senior executives to mean ""work you do on the weekend"", not ""work you do on Friday"".  Do NOT depend on the legendary day-care program. Last I heard there was at least a year's waiting list. There used to be a three-year waiting list, but they solved that problem by raising the fees so high that most Googlers couldn't afford it. (Seriously. It was out-and-out explained that the oversubscribed daycare was an economic problem, and higher prices would resolve it.)  Come to Google for technological challenge, come for brilliant co-workers. But don't come for a kinder, gentler software company, at this scale, there's no such thing.","Pay less attention to survey results and more attention to people. Do a random sampling of employees and have lunch with them in person, by VC if necessary. Down at the ground level there's a lot of fear and rage you either don't know about or don't want to know about.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,5.0,4.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7634,google,none," Oct 14, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,n/a,"Google is a good place to work for not because of all the talented people around you, but also the free culture.",The learning curve for a particular technology could be high since there are so many technologies are used here at Google.,Most management teams have done excellent jobs in the past. Employees should be rewarded more according to their performance. Thanks.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7635,google,none," Oct 11, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google,"Extremely open culture, extremely smart people to work with",Too many duplicate parallel products/efforts,More cash awards would help,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7636,google,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 30, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work and share ideas,"Amazing people, a great culture with good knowledge sharing and timely communication, great workplace with prepared food, relaxing surroundings and competent management.","High expectations of staff to self manage and self-motivate may be difficult for some. Feedback must be sought, rather than expected.","Focus less on blue-skies projects like Wave, and take into consideration what features are missing from existing products that users are clamouring for.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7637,google,none," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Datacenter Technician,Looks good on your CV and that's about it,You will be able to work in some of the most advanced datacenters in the world. Good exposure to a lot interesting technologies,"Google is the only company I've ever worked for where I've had to put up with an endless supply of childish and disrespectful behavior coming from coworkers. It's also the only workplace I've been to where my manager behaves like a 12 year old.  The amount of hypocrisy is appalling as well. You have people who have been brainwashed into the ""Googley"" way and then the hypocrites who piss on the company's core values while expecting the rest to be nice and googley all they long.  Google prides itself in having a peer review system which means hard work is recognized and high performers get promoted. Really far from the truth, if your manager doesn't like you, for whatever reason, you will be left there to rot while other get promoted in front of you, no matter how high your performance review scores are.",Stop behaving like a 12 year old and start acting professionally. Stop alienating hard working people and driving them away just because you don't like them. Don't be surprise about the high attrition level when it's all your fault.,1.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7638,google,none," Oct 2, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great projects at Google,I have been on multiple projects in past few years and have recieved great exposure to the technical aspects.,Has employees from different counties and aspects. Also casual and frendly atmosphere in the company. Great food keeps energy up.,Should have proper security for confidential products. Also should make it easier for people tork if they are in same project and same cou ntry,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7639,google,none," Sep 24, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good one,The office is a really great place to work It is a decent job with good security Salary is high,There are too many people working so sometimes you get lost The timiings aren't that great you have to be working alot,They should be a bit more strict with their job interviews as only 7 levels for a google job is too easy,5.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7640,google,none," Sep 12, 2010",Former Employee - Quality Rater,The job was interesting and full marks to Google for that.,"Worklife was great. First and foremost - No micromanagement at Google. Planning was done very well by the PM, and ample energy was spent in doing quality work. Teams worked from all around the globe and that made the job interesting. Timings were flexi",No direct access to other teams. Feels like working in a vacuum. Quit after 4 months.,Invest more in the resources to get more quality work done.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P765.htm
7641,google,none," Sep 9, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's still about the job,"great benefits: food, massages, pets, technology, shuttles to work, cool discounts, collaborative culture. depending on the group, work lifestyle balance may differ. jobs in corporate finance are generally cyclical and predictable with the planning cycle. offices all over the world and developing markets, with new products so creates lots of opportunity, but difficult to navigate.",Uncertain career progression and development. Promotion processes can be opaque. In the end this is still an engineering company. Next comes sales...and everyone else is expendable. 20% time only applies to engineers. Culture progressively changing to be more corporate. Not easy to move or rotate internally.,"Would be nice if they supported people getting MBAs and returning to firm, but education money only goes to engineers.",3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7642,google,none," Sep 10, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern review,Google is a great place to work. The culture is strong despite a large company. There is still a startup mentality.,"I was only there for a few months, so I did not really find any cons. Probably if any would be commute between buildings.","I was only there for a few months, so I can't really comment on this. Perhaps the management should reach out more.",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7643,google,none," Sep 9, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,- quickly can lead your own projects. - very flexible hours. - engineer driven company. - work with a lot of smart people.,- it's hard to leave because it's very comfortable. - people are settled into current roles. - does not feel like a start up.,- pay should more proportional to impact. the company has lost a lot of great ads engineers by not paying more.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7644,google,none," Sep 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,4 out of 5,Google is an exellent employeer and highly recommend anyone to al least try to employ thier. Google is fair and u get to change the web in which alot of people around the world get to look at.,not as exciting as an active job. Even though you spend alot of time sitting on the job there isnt much to do on the computer instead of working.,keep up the good management at your company. i believe that you are know exactly what you are doing and that you should stay at the top for much longer.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7645,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 5, 2010",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good place to work,"compensation package is very strong, bonus structure is very strong and also very fair, good team atmosphere and team environment.","as the company is scaling in a very large way, getting promoted is now a very long process and can be quite frustrating",it's important to continue to maintain clear communication with employees to ensure satisfaction and help them to understand that they're work is valued.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7646,google,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 5, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome place - not sure I should have left ,)","The work environment and the benefits are legendary and are really as good as everyone says. The *free* food is phenomenal, although I must have put on a stone and a half in my time there! The culture is exciting, the work interesting, and you really do impact millions of people around the world. Many events and theme days make going to work fun and it's really much more than your average company. Still proud to say I worked there","An expectation that you will work all hours of the day - breakfast, lunch and dinner is provided for a reason. Not the best salary in the world, but everything else that's great about the place makes up for that. There's a bit of ""that's not out remit"" discussion between departments, which can lead to things not being picked up.",Don't really have any I'm afraid,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7647,google,none," Sep 4, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Side Projects,"Employees are allowed to work on side projects that can improve your department, or the company, with minimal managment oversite.","The company has become large and slowed down. Once you have a nice side project, it's challenging to get it to grow.","Structure the company as smaller, more manageable business units with more autonomy and more upside for those employees in each unit.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7648,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 9, 2010",Former Employee - Account Strategist,Google Dublin great place to work,"great place to work and awesome benefits. It makes you proud to work for such a company. all your international colleague's will be your friends. They organize a lot of trainings, entertainment and speakers. Great place to master the online media landscape","salary is medium, but benefits (free food, healtyhcare, bike plan) will counter that seems the growth and the opportunities are a little bit stretched","Give smart people the right things to do. A lot of smart minds are present, but that doesn't necessarily mean that all work is high level. Thanks you for the great experience I had there!",5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7649,google,none," Aug 9, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Extremely smart people working on some of the toughest technical challenges. Wide range of products that you can potentially switch to if something strikes your fancy.,Company is slowly getting bloated in terms of # of people and pace. No longer is as agile and fast paced as it used to be.,"Though it is important to provide job security etc for your employees, you shouldn't be afraid to cut the bottom of your employee pool in order to maintain maximum efficiency.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7650,google,none," Aug 21, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good large company with satellite office drawbacks,Interesting software development projects and quality engineers.,Smaller office can be rife with cronyism and local management more concerned about their relationship with their superiors rather than their reports.,Make performance review rating more transparent.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P766.htm
7651,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 11, 2010",Current Employee - AdWords Account Associate,Make sure you know what you are going to,"Nice offices. Free breakfast, free lunch, free snacks. Also free beer on Fridays. If enrolled in a pension plan Google with add an amount equal to your contribution up to 7% of salary. Easy access to gym.","Extremely bureaucratic. As part of a sales force I spend less than 10% of time talking to clients, about 60% of time reporting, the rest is meetings. Slow decision making processes due to bureaucracy. Very poor middle management - middle management is just people who happened to join Google early and stayed. Unclear career paths. Reportomania. Micromanagement. Poor salary, even when perks are taken into consideration. Environment with many initiatives that only serve to increase internal visibility towards managers but does not create any real value. If you work here, make sure you understand how your work is measured and do not spend any time on anything else, even if those metrics are clearly hilarious. Leadership by spreadsheets and not by people skills.","Realize that counting money is not in itself the same as making money. Reduce introduce streamlined work flows and stick to them, rather than clumsy unclear work flows that change each quarter.",2.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7652,google,none," Aug 5, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,"While it's a competitive workplace, most people collaborate and have fun. Not to mention the free food provided at Google.",Working in a highly competitive field means that you have to be on your toes all the time to stay ahead.,Android is growing in market share. Google should continue to improve the user experience of the OS to be competitive with iOS,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7653,google,none," Aug 14, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun...,Lots of tech & flexibility Good place to learn & try new things,"Pay If you can't participate in the culture, it's not as fun","Treat perks and real perk, not compensation.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7654,google,none," Aug 13, 2010",Former Employee - Lead,Enter at your own Risk,"Great food, exciting environment, lots of cool perks. Smart people, lots of energy.","Hiring process sucks. It is an elitist organization who only values GPA and not actual experience. Plus the process for process sake and thousands of spreadsheets is cumbersome. You spend more time updating and submitting reports rather than doing your job, just to justify why you are there. Management by data and metrics, if that is your thing, you will excel here. Otherwise, run to the nearest exit.","Better process on recruiting. Trust your management teams to make decision, and make decisions more quickly. Stop the ridiculous offer review committee, Empower your GMs and their directors to make hires.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7655,google,none," Aug 7, 2010",Current Employee - Quantitative Analyst,limited career growth,"work with smart people, very creative workplace. good benefits considering the total package.","engineering-driven project development, limited career growth for non-eng, doesn't provide career development assistance, doesn't value experience much from other industry",reward employee more in terms of career development to help retention.,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7656,google,none," Aug 9, 2010",Former Employee - Account Manager,very good culture and work environment,casual dynamic and motivational rewarding,highly innovative high competition sometimes stressfull,provide more training,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7657,google,none," Jul 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place To Work,Very open to new ideas.,Sometimes difficult to get to another position.,There are other offices besides Mt. View.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7658,google,none," Aug 7, 2010",Current Employee - Somewhere In the Organization,anonymous,The food - kind of overboard actually.,Poor management by team leads and next few layers. Received conflicting instructions. Supervisor's and management are not willing to stand up for their people or rock the boat for what is right. Easier to say they will take care of something and not do it than to do it.,You've taken your eye off the ball and let a lot of management get hired that should not have. They are only interested in their own growth and will do anything to protect it. You'd better keep a better observation of this or it will hurt your reputation at some point. Not much value add and not progressive in their thinking.,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7659,google,none," Aug 25, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Web Developer,Working for about 5 years at Google,Famous place to work with the latest technology,Not happy with current boss. No free drink anymore. Less benefit,Hope they will hire more professional people,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7660,google,none," Jul 22, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"good on resume nice perks great environment and good weather great people to work with engineers are respected, unlike many other places","there are little opportunities for growth perks are nice, but it'd be better to be compensated as such work is not that interesting","projects need to be more specific and focused, and the evaluation of employees are more or less esoteric. promotion could be more clearly defined",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P767.htm
7661,google,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 27, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google,The working environment and the opportunities in google is very good.In terms of the career advancement google is the best place.,the downside is that the work load at the google is very high and you should work hard to achieve the target.,The leadership is very good at google. The leadership is very supportive to the employees and may be one of the best leadership is present at google.,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7662,google,none," Jul 5, 2010",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Good place to start,"Google is a good place to start work. There are many Opportunities to develop your skills, especially in the selling department.",Sometimes the management loses focus about the priorities and puts the wrong people forward for the wrong jobs. Having cool star trek names is not the only thing which makes a work place 'tick',Google needs to have more people who look into the conceptual side of things rather than all focussed on the 'doing' side of things.,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7663,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 30, 2010",Former Employee - Accounts Payable Administrator,Fantastic Place To Work,"Great management and group of people to work for Free food with a gym also X Boxs, playstations and pool tables on every floor Great salary got promotion within 2 months",maybe try take on more permanent roles instead of temps,little bit more communication to new entrants on job specs,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7664,google,Bengaluru (India)," May 26, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Life vs Work,1. You get to work with smart people 2. You get to work on products that affect lot of people 3. You get a lot of things off the shelf available within google 4. Competetive pay packages & bonuses,1. Nothing that you learn at google can be reused 2. Lot of sucking up. You get tired of it. 3. Peers are arrogant,I think they are doing a really good job. They never pisses of the really good employees who stay at google and keep on producing amazing products.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7665,google,none," May 21, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great minds, food and tech, bad growth potential, hidden politics","Amazingly smart co-workers Incredible free perks (gourmet food, transportation, fitness facilties, campus) Bleeding edge tech with a culture of innovation",Egos Fiefdom building Not flat Little to no headroom if you have neither a PhD nor an MBA from an ivy league school Salaries,Stop hiring freshly minted MBAs with no life experience and pay attention to people who understand their area of expertise.,3.0,2.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7666,google,none," May 16, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A great place to work with a lot of perks,Treats employees really well. The Google brand name evokes respect. Learn from one of the most trafficked sites in the world. A big player in the Internet world,- Organizations are slow to move. - Promotion policies are bizarre,"Needs to stick to a plan, sometimes too many things going on at once.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7667,google,none," May 13, 2010",Former Employee - Sales Analyst,"Google is a great place to work, but quickly becoming very corporate","Great, smart people. Fast paced, interesting problems Big impact.",It is becoming very corporate.,Put less emphasis on pedigree when hiring.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7668,google,none," May 12, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,1) Creative work environment 2) Smart persons around you 3) Open communication 4) Easy sharing with colleagues within internal development network,"the company is going down the hill since 2008, and the compensation for the new employees is not impressive compared to competitors","Management is good so far, while changes in management are needed as the company has been expanding quickly since the inception.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7669,google,none," Apr 24, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Impact few others can match!,"- Impact, impact, impact! Imagine what 'translate' alone can do for humanity - Does an amazing job of recruiting capable, motivated, and genuinely nice people (as painful as the process is) which results in a strong culture, the backbone of great companies - Strong operating principles and values",- Controlled chaos is sometimes not controlled - No meaningful people management or development (looks like things are changing now) - Functions outside of eng and prod have considerably less influence,"- Now that equity upside is limited, have clear career paths to motivate people - Don't scale back on the perks and quirks -- they make Google a special place, savings can and will be found elsewhere (Really need that Moffett campus? How about killing resource draining non strategic products?)",5.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7670,google,none," Apr 12, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Google Luster Has Faded,"Google has amazing scale for most of their operations, both in the technical and non-technical domains. There are opportunities to reach millions of people all over the world.","Unfortunately, the culture of the company has changed as the company has grown and it's obviously much harder for any given individual to make a significant impact. Furthermore, a lot of product decisions and strategies are still tightly controlled from the top, which is no longer scalable with an engineering force of more than 10,000. This leads to a large number of engineers working leisurely on products not essential to the core company strategy.","Performance and impact-based management is essential at this point. People need to be compensated and praised for working hard on impactful projects, but, conversely, under-performers who have been dragging down the work ethic and quality of engineering need to be aggressively managed.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P768.htm
7671,google,none," Apr 5, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Google!,Great place to work for eng and PM and ability to create something amazing,lots of work but limited upside as compared to starting a company,focus on the stock price,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7672,google,none," Mar 22, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"Co-workers are really smart. Overall folks are young, active, innovative, entrepreneurial, and very aggressive. The lunches, trips, dinner, massages, and shuttles only add to the overall quality of the experience.",Google is a larger company now and it's a bit harder to make an impact than it was when Google was just a start up.,I think Google is doing a great job overall in leading the company and they've shrewdly bought companies at the right time and brought their products to market in innovative ways.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7673,google,none," Mar 30, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Google Job experience,Great products with high impact. Great employee benefits Smart people to work with Stable and established company Lots of interesting projects,Large company comes with some politics and harder to make huge impact. Not much more in the cons area. Google is a great place to work.,Give employees more feedback. More managers so the team is not spread so thin. Encourage more innovation by letting people explore their ideas.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7674,google,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 18, 2010",Former Employee - Account Associate,Good place to start work and transit to other jobs. No career growth & no support from senior management towards this.,"Great place to start work - I moved to Google straight from college, and it is a great place to start work. Helps you get associated with a work environment. Management is quite clear in its communication, and decisions are made keeping in mind the business needs.","Managers - Anyone who has worked at Google will agree that the managers are below par. I wouldn't admit is is true in all cases. However, the average manager at Google, just doesn't have the leadership skills required.  Lack of transparency from mid management - While the top management is quite clear/transparent with it communications/plans, it is totally absent from mid-management. Again, the issue is with managers. Most managers are busy driving their personal agenda, and they often neglect others' growth in the company. Promotion criteria is totally biased towards 'favourable employees' being more favoured.  Career prospects - Google isn't a place for long term career planning. After a point in time you are stuck, and your role leads you no where, and some of the operational-role based teams aren't sure about the direction of the team. Discussing this with your manager is of no help because the manger simply doesn't have the time for such career enhancement talks.  Overall, Google is headed towards being any other big organization with bureaucracy ranging from lunch table to promotions to reviews.","Senior management is highly competitive, and is focused on building the company. Keep up the good work. However, please ensure the career goals of those working at the company are met. And yeah, did I say improve the quality of managers.",2.0,1.0,none,1.5,1.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7675,google,none," Mar 29, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work for.,"Countless opportunities. Great benefits, play an important role from day one. Ability to change things, work with some of the best in the field.",Things are moving slower. People are feeling the pressure of the economy. Bad balance between work and personal life.,The management should find an efficient way of communicating or expressing ideas or decisions across all levels of employees. There is also a need for direction into the future.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7676,google,none," Mar 13, 2010",Current Employee - Account Associate,AdWords Account Associate,-smart people -best work place ever,-very low salary -low growth potential,"If you hire talent, use that talent and reward that talent. Don't just use the talent, let it go and then search for another one.",5.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7677,google,none," Mar 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture - industry leader,"Great culture and perks (17 gourmet cafes - all free!) Innovative, fun, industry-leader","Depending on what department you are in, your experience will vary a lot. In Online Sales and Operations, career paths are limited. Google tends to hire bright, young, over-qualified Ivy League grads into jobs that may not be the best use of their talent. Therefore, turnover is high, and many OSO positions are a good place to spend 2-3 years at most.",Create more upward career paths or increase movement between departments,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7678,google,none," Mar 13, 2010",Former Employee - Quality Rater,Great telecommute position,"This was a telecommute position, so I didn't get to experience the perks of working in Mountain View. However it was an interesting and extremely flexible job. Probably one of the best work at home jobs a person could have.",They only let you do this job for two years. Feedback was sometimes lacking or confusing.,Allow people to stay in this job for more than two years.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7679,google,none," Mar 5, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to experience hungry candidates, horrific place for experienced people with 8+ years experience.","perks location flexibility in working remotely, at least before 2/2009","- Immature or no leadership and middle management - subtly arrogant in some cases, very arrogant - extremely competitive so there's little trust among employees - non confrontational culture, so issues are not resolved - management means that they let issues get resolved or fought at the employees level or tucked     under the rug - too much hype and not enough thought to what they do",- gain emotional intelligence - wisen up and put some really great people managers and leaders in place - the hiring committee concept is good but unrealistic - change your philosophy around your hiring practices with the right pedigree and academic   achievements,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7680,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 4, 2010","Former Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations","was once nice, now not vibrant enough","the package is not bad, the experience is quite good",very corporate as opposed what people think managers have little headroom to grow since its a flat org,"embrace entrepreneurship again, leave ego's at the door, change hiring policy: doesnt work anymore",2.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.5,1.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P769.htm
7681,google,none," Mar 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Google: Looks great from the outside, but many flaws inside the walls.","Great benefits and perks, a brand that can sell itself, world leader","Poor management, terrible and untrustworthy HR department, little to no advancement opportunities, low pay/salary structure compared to the marketplace.","Don't be contradictory to the company's mission statement, recognize good talent, pay based on performance, don't be disingenuous.",2.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7682,google,none," Feb 15, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Benefits, Alpha/Beta testing products before they hit the market, working across multiple teams in multiple locations through video conferencing, youthful, young","Inexperienced management, cult-like internal 'droid' type mentality amongst workers, limited career growth, beware: 99% of job descriptions posted by Google are VERY misleading, take Ivy league and top 25 graduates and place in generic customer satisfactions roles on phones, absurd work hours (60 hr per week), too many people believe the corporate spin - remember - Money & other magazines give the top spot to whoever slips the most under the counter. Misleading motto: ""Don't Be Evil""","Offer more job opportunities to the entire company and not just based on division, give up on 'don't be evil' motto and act like the normal corporation you are, and don't sell horribly misleading job titles to top talent",2.0,2.5,none,1.5,2.0,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7683,google,none," Jan 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,great company to work. Great enviroment. talented people. free lunch. can learn a lot of new things. work with talented people.,"project is too complex, do not have own time for the research. pay is not high compared to other companies.",improve the project management and hiring process. improve the reseearch exposure to the research communcity by publushing the paper in the different areas.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7684,google,none," Jan 24, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place for new grads to start off, limited for more senior folks","+ You'll work with smart, hard-working people who care about products and the world + Build a great network of people who will eventually leave to start great companies + Work on challenging problems and cool products","+ Flat org structure makes it hard to move into team lead roles + You have to promote yourself and your work well to get ahead + Not as entreprenuerial of a working environment as a few years ago, more process now",Reward people who truly make a difference to the company,3.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.5,4.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7685,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 15, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Spent 3 years there, fantastic atmosphere, great people and great leadership. Only problem was slight lack of work-life balance. All in all very good.","Work life balance was not always respected by management, plans would sometimes have to change with no warning. This was rare thought.",Keep up the good work,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7686,google,none," Jan 3, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great to have on resume, law of diminishing returns on career development sets in over time","- tremendous brand value - some top-notch co-workers - perks and onsite amenities - while salary may be lower than industry average, equity makes overall comp competitive",- at times consensus driven culture paralyzes teams and action - flat organization means little opportunities for career advancement promotion after a certain point -- there just aren't enough senior manager / head / director roles available,- make people managers accountable for how well they develop and motivate employees - people management is something that's earned and should be revoked if people managers consistently underperform - give employees safe haven to give candid 360 feedback on people managers not meeting the cut,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7687,google,none," Jan 10, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,the another employer review,a very interesting company with all the exciting new ideas to explore and people working together with you are also very nice.,very busy life and you have to work long hours and therefore you will be lack of personal life and exercise,be more thoughtful with the employee and give them more flexibility to create new stuffs. provide an encouraging environment to work in,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7688,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 25, 2009",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Very competitive, but a great place to work","Google pays well, the benefits are remarkably good, there is a good work/life balance and the calibre of the employees is absolutely 1st class. Employees are treated very fairly, management decisions communicated well, and decision made is a collaborative, consensus driven way. The company's brand is also so strong that it is very easy to build up a great network of contacts in other company's - pretty much nobody will refuse a call from someone at Google it seems.","Google is rammed with absolutely top class people...which means it is very difficult to stand out, make promotion & get the best projects. This can be frustrating to people who have come from smaller, less well-staffed companies (who are most likely used to being the big-star) as they can end up feeling unappreciated. Googlers are also a fairly arrogant bunch...which means that it can be difficult to lead, as everyone is convinced of their own rightness, and the overly democratic method of decision making means things can move more slowly than you would hope.",Ratchet up the retention incentives for long-term employees...at the moment there is a huge attrition rate at 4 years as share options tend to mature then.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7689,google,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 5, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Frankly, I can't imagine myself working anywhere else, now that I know this place.","First of all: I have an infinite respect for the founders, their ethics, the kind of culture they infused in the company and the continuous (positive) influence that they have on how it's operated. I also admire deeply Eric Schmidt, both as a motivator and as the provider of a very strong vision and leadership. The openness, the infinite possibilities for feedback, and the attitude to listening to that feedback and try to convert it in meliorative actions is something that makes me think I wouldn't work anywhere else. Of course no company is perfect, but frankly I have a hard time trying to imagine a company working better than this one, at least for what concerns employee lifestyle, work-life balance, career possibilities, open communication, etc.","Sometimes it seems that the company loses sight of some of its activities, which results in duplication and scarce integration of efforts. Also, not everything is ""interesting cutting edge technological work"", at Google: sometimes very smart people have to do very boring jobs, because the areas that bring the higher income are also the most established, less innovative and most ""traditional"", in terms of what kind of work activities they need.",Sometimes a part of the engineering management seems more interested in low-value formal things (such as enforcing readability and code conventions) than to provide a great unifying vision for our products.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7690,google,none," Jan 4, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work but with little carrer expectations,Great perks Great place to work if you find the right team Lots of flexibility in how you want to design your objectives and do your job,deadlines need to be hard working lacks training and tutoring political and incompetent management who are more interested in promoting their own agendas than working in the best interest of the company,Spend some time defining career paths reduce pressure at work improve work life balance keep working to reduce company problems,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P770.htm
7691,google,none," Dec 15, 2009",Current Employee - Director,chaotic and political environment with lack of accountability and leadership,- beautiful campus in mountain view - free food and drinks - nice perks and company organized activities (assuming you have time to attend) - young and vibrant culture - many smart and fun people - competitive total compensation package - excellent company name recognition,"- ""managed chaos"" is a joke, it is out of control - high tech company running on intensively manual or haphazard processes - constant change and restructuring of organizations driven by poor decisions - excessive meetings with no clear decisions or execution path, lack of single decision maker - laissez-faire attitude resulting in inconsistent and/or incoherent practices across the company - political and incompetent management who are more interested in promoting their own agendas than working in the best interest of the company","take a hard look at your performance measures and incentive structure, and assess the competency of management beyond the facade and talk. morale is low and people are generally unhappy with their jobs at google. implement sound structure and consider best practices for the long-term viability of the company. there are some good people who are working very hard in the best interest of google, unfortunately there are also very weak and incompetent management at the top in many organizations that are driving the good people out.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7692,google,none," Dec 23, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,google schmoogle,shuttles to work have a job,disorganized environment low pay poor management structure free for all,cut out the deadweight and make managers accountable for their actions,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7693,google,none," Dec 13, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what the media makes it out to be.,"Great raw talent in the troops. If you land in an innovative tam, lots of room for innovation. people think you are cool when you work there.","Political, political political. Promotions are not based on merit, rather based on who you suck up to. Not fun anymore.","Need to stick to the advertised values of being a meritocracy. Wean yourselves from search, stop playing lip service to innovation and pay attention to your other assets.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7694,google,none," Dec 13, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"MTV is great, Hyderabad isn't.","- Insights into building top class products - Best engineering practices - Insights into optimizing performance, improving scalability etc. - Focus on user.","- Bureaucracy (not sure if there is any company that escapes this) - Innovation (despite great products, there is a lot of scope to innovate) - Deadlines (not sure if my manager understands running fast makes you finish late)","MTV might be great, but Hyderabad sucks. Focus on culture and people. Rest all will fall in place. Remember the ground reality - Google is as big as it is today because the founders took care of the culture.",2.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7695,google,none," Dec 10, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,Google has a great environment. The employees are very knowledgeable and kind. Great perks as well if you are an employee.,"Google is a very young company still, so not all of it's infrastructure seems to be in place just yet.",Make sure you get to know the new members of Google and that you ensure that google maintains its culture.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7696,google,none," Nov 12, 2009",Former Employee - Intern,"Good stamp, but hardly fun","great compensation, travel, amenities great food information / knowledge sharing lot of interesting opportunities, however one needs to be lucky to get them...",no fun and culture as compared to google in other countries no appreciation and encouragement less transperency than expected from google,"internships are meant for learning, making mistakes and mentorship, and one really needs to be appreciated for ghardwork, and guided when gone wrong",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7697,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 13, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for fresh grads!,- Very flexible working hours - having a good life/work balance is encouraged - internal exposure to projects/products that can have a huge impact globally - working with very talented and diverse teams,- Not blabbing a lot about what you do means that you're not doing much. - Can be too competitive in some teams. - A lot of monkey business in Sales..,Don't try to innovate just for the sake of innovating!,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7698,google,none," Sep 22, 2009",Current Employee - Visual Designer,Great benefits that spoil the spoiled rotten.,"The benefits at Google are amazing. The free 5-star catering for lunch. The decent breakfast and dinner options. We even have a sushi-chef on-site in the NYC office. The entire company and all of its employees enjoy learning and it is very respected when you take internal training courses and/or share industry information with your peers. You are expected to be brilliant. You are expected to output great, creative, innovative work. You are expected to be the best of the best. And they only hire the best candidates out of top-tier private schools with applicable research, industry or work experience.",The downside of working at Google is getting lost among all the other brilliant people. The loudest and most talkative employees are the ones that get the most recognition. The people who complain the most get the most attention.,You are doing a good job in recent years in trying to balance how promotions and recognition is distributed during review season. Thank you.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7699,google,none," Nov 12, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not all it's cracked up to be,"Many colleagues are good people and good at their job, it's exciting to work at somewhere so influential, it's good on the resume, great food","Neverending workload and hours, constant firedrill - change for change's sake, lack of recognition, very limited career opportunities for many (all of whom are used to being high achievers), highly political, company rests on its laurels regarding its reputation as a great employer","Too many leaders who contradict the company ""values"" every day are promoted and recognized - sets a bad example to the rest of the organization",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7700,google,none," Oct 29, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Basically happy, though not a startup any more",- Technical resources - Benefits and Perks - Huge number of interesting projects - Smart coworkers - Freedom to manage your own work,"Google is now a very big company, and decisions involve a lot of people -- some times it's hard to get things done even if they seem simple.",More focus on products that will actually make a difference in the marketplace would help the company continue to grow.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P771.htm
7701,google,none," Oct 26, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not too bad, but overrated","The benefits are unparalleled and I really enjoyed the causal work atmosphere. Also, the people were among the smartest I've ever worked with","Google definitely has a work-life balance problem. Also, some of the people had a very entitled and arrogant attitude, which was quite off-putting.","I think that you need to remember you motto of ""don't be evil."" Sometimes Google's shady business practices make me wonder if you've forgotten...",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,5.0,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7702,google,none," Nov 7, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Smart peers, good benefits, interesting work",no work life balance support,better balance work life balance,4.0,2.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7703,google,none," Sep 21, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you want to extend your university life, go to Google. If you want to build a good career, look elsewhere.","Amazing benefits, very qualified people (overqualified actually), relaxed work environment, very hard to get fired, always work in a global environment, lots of cross-team collaboration, lots of social events.","No career advancement, no insight into how your individual work ties into higher level strategy, lack of professionalism, strategic and organizational changes are executed slowly and ineffectively.","At the moment Google is a stepping stone for many career builders. Combine the amazing work environment at Google with the possibility to advance in your career. At the moment very qualified people are doing very elementary tasks, especially in sales.",2.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.5,2.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7704,google,none," Aug 18, 2009",Former Employee - Staffing,Great place to work,- excellent perks - good management - no micro managing - lots of interesting projects - great coworkers - flexibility about telecommuting,- sometimes long hours - too many projects going on at once - too much emphasis on GPA's,N/A,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7705,google,none," Sep 2, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contractor for a year at Google,"-Amazing perks....free gym, food is the best. -Young and fun co workers.","-No room for growth. -If you are a contractor and didn't go to a top tier school, you will not become permanent. -GPA is more important than job performance for movement within. -Work isn't challenging as you are just another person sitting behind a computer.",Get rid of the top tier university/gpa requirement for permanent employees.,3.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7706,google,none," Sep 4, 2009",Current Employee - Technical Support Analyst,It's alright at Google,Good Benefits and Good good,Too Many meetings too much paper work,Too many meetings.,4.0,4.0,none,1.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7707,google,none," Aug 21, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,Great Atmosphere and people working there,Expectations are high. Expect to work a lot of hours,More positive feedback,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7708,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 20, 2009",Current Employee - Intern,Google,-Free food  -Very young management and college-like atmosphere  -Google's market dominance and absence of significant competitors  -Potential for high salaries at the higher management levels  -Very smart people,"-Low compensation for the lower positions  -Limited promotion opportunities  -Most people here are over qualified for the type of work they do, resulting in lack of challenge.  -Becoming increasingly bureaucratic as it grows, which means more budget approvals and red tape.  -Hard to diffirentiate yourself amongst all the smart people, making it harder to advance.  -The lower pay in Google is supposed to be balanced out by all the 'perks' provided to you in the office, however unless you think that someone else knows better your consumption habits, you would probably want to have the cash instead!",Be more open to new ideas and encourage cross-team collaboration.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7709,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 23, 2009",Current Employee - Associate Product Marketing Manager Intern,"Great internship, but some flaws","I believe that Google offers one of the best internships available to students. They not only issue students a great deal of responsibility, they also cater a great deal socially, organising many events (from mini-festivals, to international internship expos, to sea safari's in Dublin).  During the internship, I had many 1:1 meetings with my manager who offered good advice and feedback about the project I was given.  Great brand name on the CV.","For my first week, I was given the task of working in the ""AdWords Approval Bin"" - a place where all automatically disapproved ads are kept and individually screened by Google employees. Many interns were given this for a week or two. Some people apparently spent half their internship doing it. Its not challenging nor stimulating - its very repetitive.  Although they do give interns big projects, from my experience very few of the projects (especially if they are focused on AdWords) will be implemented. This is due to the fact that most changes to AdWords are typically incremental and only seem to tweak what has already proved itself to be a very succesful product.","From what I heard from other interns, most had secured their position through a referral. This makes it very difficult for anyone without a referral to get into Google, and is unfair.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7710,google,none," Jul 31, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's hit or miss depending where you land,"Free food, cool perks, 30"" screen, smart people. Great positive environment if you are in one of the few projects with an excellent manager. Brand name: it will help a lot to have Google on your resumé when you'll run away.","Most managers are jokes and if you are not their pet employee will barely know you exist. This mean that on quarterly and annual review your manager will inflate the work done by his favorite employees and strongly back their deserving for a bonus, promotion etc, while having little to say to the committees about the value of your work. If promotions are rare and reserved for a select few, raises are almost non-existent and far below inflation.  20% time mean you have to sleep less and work more during the week and forget about weekends. The running joke is that 20% percent means you work 20% more time than the current 140% time you spend on a fictional 40h work week.  Taking vacation lower your performance ratings resulting in lower bonus and less chance for a promotion or raise. Same goes for sick days, parental leave, or even for being unreachable on a weekend (while not on call).  Some of my coworkers had to complain to HR about their managers and got little support. HR would not recognize any wrongdoing and downplay issues as personality mismatch and misunderstandings. I've witnessed situations unblock with HR only after a VP was contacted for help by the employee.","Get back in touch with the grumpy people, they are saying out loud what the majority is thinking silently. Of course you'll have old timers that are in a niche and know the right people to love how they are being treated, also you have the happy newbies that are not disappointed yet of not being recognized after a full year of hard working. Grumpiness is usually dismissed as 'entitlement' from some employees, but these same employees accepted lower salaries to join Google in exchange for working in Lala Land, of course they are grumpy when they wake up.  Make the career development efforts real, making bigger promisees without actually delivering real results will just frustrate the employees more. Develop and facilitate exchange programs between roles, but not limited to 10-20 people, that's not how you satisfy 10000 unsatisfied employees. Requiring that you be a top top performer in your current role is ridiculous, if the employees want to try something else it's probably because they not so happy in their current role and not performing at their full potential.  One way to improve career development and work life balance is to have *strong* incentives for managers to truly support *all* their employees to do 20% time, career development, work life balance. Also force the manager to take their vacation days, instead of setting the benchmark of working all the time. A manager that lose several his direct reports in a few months and unable to hiring replacements should be harshly sanctioned, not promoted.  Conduct surveys more often, one Googlegeist per year does not seem to help that much when it takes so much time to react and see the results. Open the committees to silent attendants, so employees can see how the process truly works, instead of hearsay and the 'official' guidelines. Create incentives for work/life balance, it's fine to reward the workaholics but too much of it, as it is now, destroys team morale.  React *now*, it will be too late after mid-september when I predict a massive exodus of under-appreciated talented people. Remember they are amongst the best in the industry and will easily find a place at your competitors even with the bad economy.",2.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P772.htm
7711,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Jul 20, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,One of the best companies to work for,"Great transparency within the company where you can learn a lot. Abundance of great, intelligent people in the company. Lots of exciting opportunities within Google. Great benefits and perks. Employees are well respected by company.","Too Mountain View centric. Most key persons are in HQ and most important decisions are made there. It's a pain for offices to collaborate across timezones. For example, it's impossible for JAPAC, EMEA, and the US to meet together.","Think of ways to make ""remote"" offices work better.",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7712,google,none," Jul 20, 2009",Current Employee - Account Manager,Satisfaction at Google depends on the department you're in.,"Google is a great place to start your career. They're one of the few companies that was willing to train new college grads and let them join a fun, youthful team of smart people. Plus, the food and benefits can't be beat.","It really depends on what department you're in. Often times, you can feel like just a number, even though Google really prides themselves on having a start up culture. Google is a large corporation, and that is starting to show more and more due to the economy.","Be careful not to cut too many corners - the quality of work will decrease, and Google will lose it's credibility.",3.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7713,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 2, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great before, future uncertain","Google is a company of constant change, and opportunities abound for the hungry. Management are eager to spot talent and bring them forward.","However, unless you are careful, you might find yourself digging a hole with no way out. It is no longer as easy to climb as it used to be within the organisation.","Keep going strong, and look for new avenues of revenue. With a smart and world-class work force, you can stay as flexible as you like",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7714,google,none," May 16, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yeah,Benefits are the cool dude.,Nothing is wrong with google.,Cool,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7715,google,"London, England (UK)"," May 28, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very happy,"The food, the quality of your co-workers","Long hours sometimes, not being able to talk about what you are working on outside the company",Keep visiting the London office. It's good to have you around.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7716,google,none," May 28, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best company I worked,"flexiable and creative job.  very special data centre design, advanced clound computing and server system",too busy and too many meetings,cut some boring meetings,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7717,google,none," May 10, 2009",Former Employee - Accountant,Great place,"I've also heard about how Google's stack ranking-based review system is obsolete and is an unfair way to rate employees. I suspect that most of the people who complain fall on the low end of the review scale. Personally, I have never paid much attention to the review process, and I have never felt unfairly treated by it. I am also one of those people who delights in knowing that there is always someone smarter than me at Google that I can learn from. Since I'm always learning from someone, I'm always improving, and always holding my own in the stack rankings. Google does not and should not reward complacency. While I'm sure the review process can be improved, I've also witnessed that it has been slowly evolving for years so I'm content that people are working to improve the process.","A few years ago during the internet boom we all received fat raises so our salaries would keep pace with the booming silicon valley. Well, those days are over, and look how well most of those start-ups with their extravagant compensation packages did. You want a fatter paycheck? Create some revolutionary product that raises profits: your paycheck is tied to Google's bottom line. A long time ago people came to Google because they wanted to work for a company that was changing the world, not because Google offered the fattest paycheck. Google compensates well, but if what you're looking for is a new Porsche every year then look somewhere else. I want to work with people who are excited to work on great software, not those who are obsessed with counting pennies.","Is Google a utopian work envionment that dishes out exorbitant salaries to anyone who walks in the door? Of course not. Can it improve in how it reviews and compensates employees? Of course. All of us who work there have an obligation to take responsibility and ensure that the company continuously improves in everything it does. It's not an ""us vs them"" world, we're all part of the same ecosystem.  To those employees who don't think they're getting a good deal at Google: be part of the solution or leave. All of you fall into two camps. Either you are a valuable asset to Google and they will listen to your issues, or you think you do better work than you actually do and Google would be better off without you.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7718,google,none," May 15, 2009",Former Employee - Quality Rater,"Horribly Unsatisfying Communication, Enjoyable Work","My story is a little different than most others because I was a temp worker for Google, testing search results for a year. I enjoyed the work a great deal, there were always new interesting things to test, and I got to see things like Maps and Timelines long before they were released to the public and help make them better. The pay was reasonable - $15/hour working from home - and there were good bonuses after a certain number of hours had been completed, or occasionally given for working on specific projects.","There were two major downsides of doing temp work from home for Google. One was the astonishing lack of communication. This shifted a little while I was working there, they began developing a sort of report card system so that we could see how our rating work scored compared to previous months and how we were doing overall. But while I was there, that system only worked for a small fraction of the projects I was working on, so it wasn't particularly helpful.  More to the point, there was no positive feedback given to anyone at all, and communication between employees seemed to be discouraged - two classic characteristics of a dysfunctional work environment. Occasionally if a rating was very far off of what they were looking for - usually due to a typo or misclick - they would send it back with a warning saying so, but that represented the sum total of feedback given. Personally, I found it very difficult to work with no input about whether they wished I were going faster, whether I was going faster than my peers, whether I was doing a great job, or - most of all - any input about how to improve in general. Sure, it's a year-long temp job, but one which can potentially be repeated after another year has passed - and besides, who doesn't want to receive positive feedback and learn how to improve and receive more? I guess more importantly, who doesn't want to know what the expectations for their work are??  The one saving grace for me was that I found a forum for people working from home where some other folks who were doing temp work for Google could get together and chat a little - without breaking any confidentiality agreements - about what we struggled with, how much we were able to do in a day, and what we thought the expectations for us were, based on all of our experiences.  The other major downside was that the temp agency they used, WorkForceLogic, was just TERRIBLE - specifically at handling payroll, which is a terrible thing to be terrible at. There were many times that I didn't get paid, got a bonus deducted from my check instead of added to it, et cetera - and it was always a different mistake from all the ones they had made before, and it always took them a while to figure out what had gone wrong, track down whoever needed to fix it, wait for them to get back from lunch or an appointment or come back to work the next day or.... And they were no better at communication, really, I had hoped that once this assignment was up I would be able to get more assignments through WFL, but no matter how many phone calls I made, nobody could ever figure out who I should be talking to or find anyone who would return calls.","From what I have heard, communication and job satisfaction are a growing problem everywhere in Google, and as with any large corporation this has the largest effect at the bottom of the totem pole. I'd recommend getting an expert in organizational development to go through the whole company, and listening to their feedback.",2.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7719,google,none," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Great place to work at,"fast paced environment, opportunities to learn, super smart and nice coworkers, free food","getting increasingly political, some benefits are getting cut off",Engineering is much more spoiled than Sales - make it even :),5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7720,google,Bengaluru (India)," May 23, 2009",Former Employee - Product Manager,Google: change is needed to avoid complacency & loss of competitive edge,"2 types of people that will find a great place to work: (1) recent college or B-school graduates looking for a first job where they can learn a lot, and (2) more senior corporate executives with many years of experience who aren't overly ambitious and are looking for a role where they can put life on auto-pilot and glide through their day-to-day activities.","There is no clear career progression, and management is arrogant.",Reward employees based on achievements as opposed to favoritism by one's direct line manager. Ensure that rewards / bonuses / promotions are not entirely up to one person (ie the specific team manager),1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P773.htm
7721,google,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, this is a great place but nowhere is perfect","Your colleagues. More than anything else, I really enjoy working somewhere where I can rely on not just the competence but as importantly the friendliness and general willingness to pitch in, of my colleagues.  It is also lovely to work somewhere that genuinely does seem to try and do the right thing. (That sounds like schmaltz but it is true).","It feels like it's tending to become more bureaucratic. Nothing like on the scale of my last job, but still not what I expected when I joined.  ""Gut feel"" and intuition are far outweighed by numbers. That's not necessarily a downside, but it does mean you are restricted to only making certain kinds of arguments if you wish your recommendations to be taken seriously, and this style doesn't necessarily suit everyone.","Overall, I admire Google's senior management, I think they're smart, they try to do the right thing and more than at any other company I've worked for they put the company's interests first.  That said, there seems to be quite an unhealthy management style brewing among some at some senior levels (eg: flying off the handle at people just because you're stressed). Even when it's understandable it's not nice, and I'm not convinced is always helpful. My advice to senior management would be to put in place mechanisms for upward feedback, because I think you might learn a lot that would help you to become even more effective.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7722,google,none," Apr 15, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great place to work, though challenging in mostly good and some not-so-good ways.","Google is a place with amazing learning opportunities - lots of very smart, skilled people to learn from.","Advancement is difficult, as there are a lot of talented people competing for a relatively small number of promotion slots.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7723,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 11, 2009",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Great perks, mediocre career opportunities","Great benefits, this is the main reason people site for working at Google. My colleagues were fantastic and make my daily life at Google much happier.","Your job is generally dreadfully boring, so the good perks are the only thing you can really look for to. Once these are taken away I'm not really sure why someone would want to work there, usually perhaps you are an engineer. There is no real career growth at Google, because no one wants to leave, this forces the best talent to leave the firm prematurely while the good old boys keep their well paid jobs.",Improve career prospects if you want people to stick around longer.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7724,google,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 2, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Great place to work but below par salary.,Google engineers are some of the best I've ever worked with.,The perks are pretty good. But the salary is way below par. You could earn twice as much working in the financial services sector for the same hours. The rationale that you are working for Google so you should be happy with your salary is bogus.,"Try to bring in and encourage more in-house projects that are interesting. The lack of interesting projects, coupled with a below par salary is not encouraging people to stay.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7725,google,none," Jan 21, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great comany (in China) for new grad,- Pay - Culture - Reputation,"A little chaos. I only joined this comany for months, so no more opionions.","I only joined this comany for months, so no more opionions.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7726,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 11, 2009",Current Employee - Search Quality,"great place to work as an engineer, not so great for other functions","relaxed work sphere, friendly people","non engineers are treated differently, it is slowly becoming a rigid organization, so getting a promotion becomes difficult (depends on your department and how old it is).","better salary, clearer career planning and make sure people you hire are not overqualified (the standards are high, but if they are too high, the people you hired will get demotivated quickly)",3.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7727,google,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 26, 2008",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Fantastic and infuriating at once: like some of the best love affairs...,"The quality of the people and the ambitiousness of what we're doing is quite something. I've seen a lot of other companies from the outside, as a former strategy consultant, and Google's more extraordinary than a lot of those on the inside realise. The culture's very transparent (though that may reflect function / geography) and impressively flat. Which isn't to say there aren't title and salary differences, but that fantastic people with lowly titles are given the space and encouragement to do fantastic things.","As the organisation grows, the 'flatness' of it makes it pretty exhausting: there are too many other people and functions to deal with, and very little opportunity to delegate responsibility. A corollary of is that you're valued and recognised in proportion to how you're viewed by those many other people, which favours those who're noisiest. Self-promotion and internal marketing for yourself and your projects is (usually) something you need to take time over if you're going to do well here, and that's a pity because it's mostly unproductive - in the sense that the company or the projects don't improve much for you shouting about them.","There's been a lot of work, this calendar year, on improving internal mobility between roles and functions and that's admirable. Now that horizontal mobility's being addressed properly, it's time for a fresh look at vertical mobility. It's not an easy problem: it's very difficult to combine what's best about the culture (that it's flat and that people are not micro-managed, at least in Marketing / Product / Eng) with highly-objective and insightful reviews by managers: those managers just don't have enough data to go on. But it still feels like there's improvement potential here. Another, unrelated suggestion: the free-wheeling, bottom-up approach to product strategy and prioritisation we have isn't cutting it any more. There are fundamental issues with a lot of the products we're hoping to make money out of or drive adoption for, and those issues are being addressed too slowly. We're betting too generously on too many products, as well.  For all the whingeing, though, senior management are very impressive and really care about making it a good place. They're also smart and open-minded enough to make changes fast in the face of data telling them something's not working here.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7728,google,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 23, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,What's it like to be a Google engineer.,No problem is too large to tackle. You get a chance to work on things not possible elsewhere because of the scale of the resources you have available. You also work with very smart and capable people.,"You're given the opportunity to work on your own ideas, but you often find that someone else is working on exactly the same thing. It's hard to find an interesting piece of work that you can call your own. Also projects are getting more and more siloed into the different offices, so you will only be able to work on specific projects.","Talk to your engineers more, and solicit their ideas. The company is becoming more and more top down, with what we work on being dictated from above. Google used to be a much more bottom up company, with engineers coming up with the ideas and deciding what to work on.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7729,google,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 23, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Great place to be, but not to great to stay.",Perks. Free food and other facilities. You'll work on something that is used by millions of people. Opportunity to work with some of the best people in country.,"As it has grown big, Google has become miserably stagnant when it comes to giving proper recognition to employees, during perf-cycles and promotion. They manage to suck the top brains from fresh college grads (from IITs, IISc) at a low package and yet quoting an attractive package which differs from CTC by at least 12000$ (yearly). Needless to say, these include the cost of ""perks"" shown at a exaggerated rate and some components which are never realized. Whereas in off-campus recruitment they make reasonably good offer (often more than double, triple the amount offered to college hires of same level) to get a candidate, even if it maybe for test-engineer position.  Work is often monotonous, and rarely helps to your career growth. Even after working for years on so-called ""cool"" products, but that hardly sells outside google. And if you think you're going to spend your entire career in Google until retirement, it's going to be a sure-shot peril to your technical career. So, ret rid of the pride of working in the ""best company"" and look for a better career for yourself.","Instead of pulling ""great"" people from outside at overpaid compensation, invest on retaining the great people you already have working in your organization.",1.0,4.5,none,1.0,3.5,4.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7730,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 14, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,In your 20's looking for a headline for your resume? Go for it. Otherwise think very very carefully,"The free food is fantastic, Google grabs attention on your C.V.","Where do I start? If you have completed more than 5 years work in your career, don't even consider joining this glorified telesales centre. It is mind-numbing work, filled with smart people bored out of their heads and quitely killing time to get the 2 year stint onto their CV. The place is full of politics. My line manager did not address me for more than one sentence at a time for the first FOUR MONTHS I worked there there. It simply was not going to bring her any benefit or kudos to be seen fraternising with an inferior. The arrogance of the place is pretty astounding too. 'You should be honoured to be working there'. My peers were great people, but it's the kind of place you have to be sure you are going to fit in, because if you don't (in my team about 20% of us) you will not last more than a year before slowly losing the will to live. If fussball, free food and a great social life is high on your agenda, go for it. If self-development, career progression, nurturing and supportive environment and understanding management are important to you, look elsewhere","Show some respect to your team - they are not drones in a hive, but smart educated people looking to develop their career",1.0,4.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P774.htm
7731,google,none," Sep 19, 2008",Current Employee - Account Strategist,"Great place to start a career, but not necessarily to advance a career.","Brilliant, friendly co-workers, relaxed environment, and free food are all big plusses. Also, having Google on your resume opens a lot of doors and enhances your personal branding.","Limited opportunities for advancement, arbitrary compensation system, lack for feedback/professional development.","Build up opportunities for career development through mentoring, job rotations, and the establishment of clear advancement paths. Also, address the inequalities of the compensation system so that it produces fair and consistent results.",2.0,4.5,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7732,google,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 10, 2008","Current Employee - Manager, Online Sales &amp, Operations",Great place but can be made the best.,The work atmosphere is great and the company makes effort in taking care of the employees.,Google needs to do a much better of matching the skillset of employee and the role being offered.The,The management should always remember that managing people is very critical apart from managing business.,4.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7733,google,New Delhi (India)," Aug 20, 2008",Current Employee - Content Writer,Fair place to work for some.,"The scopes are good for future developments. This is a place which offers great opportunities to move forward in life. i get commendable help from my managers and other senors in case if i face any problem with my work. the work environment is fun filled and motivates me to work well and complete tasks within the deadlines. The pay is quite high. Moreover, this company offers very attractive benefit packages to all its employees and also many vacations. Added to this is the fairness in offering us promotions and rewards for delivering good performance. The name Google India is a good break to have been added on our resumes indeed!","Some of the drawbacks of the this compny is that the management is very unorganized out there. They are very mechanical in their approach and miss out on the personal touch. With the changing ways and methodologies of various operations of the company, I'm facing great problems to cope up with and carry on with my work like I used to do previously.",They should be more organized and arrange for more training sessions for the new employees to ensure goor performance.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7734,google,none," Jul 24, 2008",Current Employee - Associate Program Manager,"Fun if you are single, not so fun once you get past the surface.",The food is the best reason.,"Work life balance. You have to force yourself to take advantages of the perks. If your position requires you to constantly travel you may never get to enjoy these perks. On top of this, Google expects you to extend them a credit line of up to 2x your monthly salary sometimes while traveling. They take their sweet time to reimburse you.",Focus more on employee happiness.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7735,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"Great place to work, unless you have children.","If you are an engineer, it's wonderful. The place is built by engineers, for engineers. The company's rules, structure and processes usually make sense, and when when they don't, anyone can fix them, if they can get enough people to reach a consensus. Promotions sometimes seem very difficult - but well earned, and very fair.","They don't suffer fools. If you move into an area that is not your strength, you can be penalised - a move from engineering to project management might take someone six months to get up to speed. In that time, they may be given only ""adequate"" performance reviews. All companies have 'dull jobs' that are hard to automate. Google only hire 'best and brightest', which means some people can be really bored.","Get real about parents who have a life outside work. Unsociable meeting hours, an informal ban on telecommuting and no part-time working policy mean that many parents feel they have to leave. And it will only get worse, as the work-force matures.",5.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7736,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Adwords Associate,Best place to work for if you are under 28 years old.,"Free Food !!! Great people. It feels like staying in college if you are a bottom employee (foosball tournament, PS3, Wii...). You can learn so much from the company and others because everybody is talented. Very fast moving environment. It is a meritocracy, if you are good, you will be recognized and remunerated. You will work in the most international environment possible with colleagues from all around the globe.","You will not have any career opportunities within the company. The task for the new graduates are pretty boring on the long term. It is almost impossible to move from an office to another, so don't expect to come back to your country if you are an expatriate. You will only meet graduates from the best schools because Google only hire in some colleges, no real background diversity.",None,5.0,4.0,none,2.5,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7737,google,Taipei (Taiwan)," Jun 26, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Sales Director,Best Company,Smart & passion. That's great company.,too yuang company need too speed up for business growth,need have strategy thinking,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7738,google,none," Jun 13, 2008",Former Employee - Technical Solutions Engineer,"If you have the will, Google has the way.","The potential opportunity to work on something great that millions of people will use. You can learn a lot while working along with a group of very smart people. The benefits package is quite strong. On the whole, google treats its employees very well.","The company is growing rapidly and sometimes it is hard to stand out in the crowd. A lot of the technology is grown in house so while you may be able to enhance your general skills, you can't put 'X' on your resume as Google doesn't use it while everyone else does. Individual experience and satisfaction varies greatly by department and manager.",Get middle and first-level management fixed. Some people were forced into management due to rapid growth where they do not perform well. Either train them (for the ones who want to do the job) or let them go back to what they love doing and hire more proven managers.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7739,google,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Development Manager,Google: change is needed to avoid complacency & loss of competitive edge,"2 types of people that will find a great place to work: (1) recent college or B-school graduates looking for a first job where they can learn a lot, and (2) more senior corporate executives with many years of experience who aren't overly ambitious and are looking for a role where they can put life on auto-pilot and glide through their day-to-day activities.","There is no clear career progression, and senior management is arrogant.","Reward employees based on achievements as opposed to favoritism by one's direct line manager. Ensure that rewards / bonuses / promotions are not entirely up to one person (ie the specific team manager), and instead need to factor in feedback and opinions that the direct line manager cannot overrule.",1.0,4.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7740,google,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Controller,Travailler dans un esprit de famille avec une culture riche ou il est possible de grandir à l'international et il s'agit d'un endroit avec une conciliation travaille famille importante,Il s'agit d'une entreprise avec beaucoup trop d'échelon ce qui peut causer des lenteurs dans la résolution de problèmes.,L'équipe de gestion est présente et tu peux contacter n'importe lequel des niveaux hiérarchiques et il est facile d'obtenir des conseils.,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P775.htm
7741,google,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Développeur,Parfait!,"Tres acceuillant, salaire interressant, collègues tres sympa, l'entreprise est a la hauteur de sa réputation, rien a reprocher je suis ravi de mon poste!","Rien a signaler tout est nickel, j'aime mon poste et je ne le cederais pour rien au monde. Entierement satisfait, c'est tout ce que je voulais!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7742,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Entwickler,"Geld, Bonus Massstab, schwierige Probleme Gute Kollegen","Politics (viel), reports-driven-development, man soll nur die glänzende Dinge machen um Karriere zu machen.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7743,google,Paris (France)," Nov 24, 2018",Former Employee - Partner Manager,Un parmi beaucoup,"Bon niveau de technologie, des collègues intéressant","Noté dans la masse, peu de liberté d'innover car la stratégie vient de Mountain View",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7744,google,none," Nov 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hält was es verspricht !,"Mindset, Attraktivität der Projekte, Ownership für Kunden",Die geforderte lokale Flexibilität ist sehr hoch,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7745,google,none," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Open, innovatief, salaris, cultuur en collegas","Jong, lange uren, soms meer feedback",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7746,google,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data reviewer,"Freundlich, Team-building, gehalt, spaß, zeit","schichten, ansonsten keinen großartigen nachteile",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7747,google,Anderlues (Belgium)," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Gérant de restaurant,Hôreca,"Travailler à son nom, comprendre notre équipe que nous fondons, voir sa clientèle s’epanouir, ..",Très dure d’etre Indépendant avec la vie actuelle (administratif),none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7748,google,none," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Entreprise sympathique,Respect Patiente Écoute Restaurant d'entreprise,"Usine vetuste, se concentrer sur son travail et rien d'autres",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7749,google,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SharitaD,Dat ik geld wil maken En ik wil graag voor Google werken En ik wil ze ook helpen En ik woon in Suriname,Dat ik niet elke dag ga kunnen werken want ik zit in een examen klas,Dat u me in diens kan nemen,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7750,google,"Saint-Ghislain, Hainaut (Belgium)"," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Technicien,conditons,aucun avantages interesant a voir,aucun inconvenients a déclarer bonne entreprise,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P776.htm
7751,google,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interessanter Arbeitgeber mit einigen Vorteilen,Sehr schnell sehr großes Netzwerk,Commitment für das neue Unternehmen,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7752,google,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sehr guter Arbeitgeber,Viele Möglichkeiten zur Weiterentwicklung und Fortbildung.,Teilweise Bürokratie und lange Wege für ein vergleichbar modernes Unternehmen.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7753,google,Paris (France)," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Industry Manager,Industry Manager,"De superbes équipes, des gens brillants avec qui il est agréable d'évoluer","Dans certains cas, un manque de connaissance ""métier"" des secteurs d'activités adressés",Renforcer la connaissance métier des secteurs adressés,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7754,google,none," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Belle entreprise dans l'ensemble, beaucoup trop de politique","Tous les perks, les collègues, l'environnement, Work Hard Play Hard, la culture de l'entreprise lorsqu'elle est respectée, les possibilités d'évolution quand on y entre tôt plus difficile ensuite, possibilité d'évolution à l'étranger, l'accès à la formation, etc.","Culture pas toujours respectée, beaucoup de politiques en interne bien plus récompensée que la méritocratie, RH, fuite de certains des meilleurs éléments en externe car manque de reconnaissance ou de possibilité d'évolution et l'entreprise ne cherche pas à les retenir. Organisation de plus en plus pyramidale avec management recruté en externe, ce qui est frustrant pour beaucoup de salariés. Parfois, mauvais équilibre ou répartition des tâches, certains éléments sont sous pression et vont droit au burn out, tandis que d'autres sont en vitesse de croisière - - et obtiennent promotion et honneurs... Ce qui doit être commun à toute entreprise mais s'avère décevant pour celle-ci qui semble très soucieuse de son image RH.",Adapter la culture ou s'assurer que celle-ci soit pérenne. Ne pas hésiter à se débarasser des éléments néfastes à l'entreprise et à certaines équipes (harcèlement par ex ou autre). Réduire la politique. Promouvoir les employés ayant des vélléites de management et qui en prouvent les capactités.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7755,google,none," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Coole Erfahrung,Sehr gutes Arbeitsklima Freundliche Mitarbeiter Super Arbeitsplatz,Hab nichts Negatives zu sagen,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7756,google,Paris (France)," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Client Partner,Google Paris: administratif et politique,"Un bon niveau de salaire, une bonne situation géographique en plein coeur de Paris, une position de leader.","Les lourdeurs administratives perturbent le travail au quotidien, on passe la plupart de son temps à faire du reporting. Une entreprise très politique: Pour évoluer, il est plus important de ""briller"" en interne que de bien faire son travail avec ses clients.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7757,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Guter Arbeitgeber,Flexible Arbeitszeiten Gute Manager Gutes Essen Fokus auf Mitarbeiter,Arbeit über mehrere Zeitzonen hinweg,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7758,google,Paris (France)," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sales Manager,"très bon employeur, très bonne ambiance, mais... un trop de politique.","Collègues très smart, ambiance collaborative, respect des autres, salaires attractifs, beaucoup d'avantages autres que le salaire.","Pour évoluer il faut faire beaucoup (trop) de politique. La méritocratie n'est pas toujours au rendez-vous, plus particulièrement en ce qui concerne les roles commerciaux.","Management trop orienté sur l'interne (reporting, contrôle, process...) et pas assez sur le monde externe. Exposition trop importante au micro-management.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7759,google,Zürich (Switzerland)," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Sachbearbeiter,Gut aber gibt besseres,Man hat gute verdienst Möglichkeiten,Management ist sehr unorganisiert und es interessiert keinen was die Mitarbeiter machen,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7760,google,none," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Traumhaftes Unternehmen mit hervorragender Kultur,Am Puls der Zeit. Sehr spannende Aufgaben.,Kann ich keine nennen.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P777.htm
7761,google,België (South Africa)," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,assistent,geld verdienen het is leuk,moet vroe opstaan je hebt veel stress,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7762,google,none," Mar 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tres bien travail et bonne place pour travailler,Tres bien travail et bonne place pour travailler,Rien de Inconvénients que place calme,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7763,google,Paris (France)," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Cool attitude et belles personnes,La meilleure entreprise du monde,Ne pas travailler plus dans les beaux locaux de Paris,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7764,google,Paris (France)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - ingénieur avant-vente,Startup Mondialisée,Googlers Culture d'entreprise Conditions de travail Mesure de la performance à 360,Equilibre Pro/Perso Charge de travail Changement d'objectifs contants,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7765,google,none," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mehr Schein als Sein,"Kostenlose Vollverpflegung, sehr nette Kollegen, sehr gute IT Ausstattung.","Management ist sehr unerfahren. Der Mensch wir eigentlich wenig wertgeschätzt. Alles ist sehr hektisch und planlos. Worklife Balance. Management erwartet unermüdlichen Einsatz. Es wird immer so getan, dass man sehr viel mit den Mitarbeitern reden würde. Aber leider sieht das in der Realität nicht so aus.",Bitte den Mitarbeiter nicht als Maschine sehen und mehr den Mensch in den Mittelpunkt des täglichen Arbeitens setzen.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7766,google,Paris (France)," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,Une organisation désastreuse,Convivialité des locaux Free food,"Mauvaise organisation, la communication interne laisse a désirer",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7767,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Manager - France,Business Development manager - France,"autonomie, impact, voyage, diversité des missions","grosse boite, difficulté de la mobilité interne, politique importante",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7768,google,Paris (France)," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Rich Media Technical Specialist,Une superbe expérience dans un cadre stimulant,- Culture Googley - Accès aux produits en beta - Un grand compte qui lutte pour conserver son esprit Startup - Grande confiance accordée aux salariés dés le début,"- Tendance à la Mono-culture, restez ouvert",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7769,google,none," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Très sympa,On mange bien et tout!,Pas d'inconvénient à mon avis ! Travail un peu difficile peut-être.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7770,google,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Toller Arbeitgeber,Super Benefits und toller Arbeitsplatz.,"Wenn man die Zeit hätte, sie zu nutzen..","Ich finde es unglaublich, dass Google keine Steuern in Deutschland und anderen Ländern bezahlt. Das ist nicht wirklich ""Googley""..",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P778.htm
7771,google,Paris (France)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Un très bonne expérience pour mon premier poste.,"Le salaire est compétitif. Les équipes sont jeunes, compétentes, internationales et motivées. L'environnement de travail est confortable. La formation interne est de grande qualité.",Les équipes françaises sont parfois isolées du cœur américain de l'entreprise. Les ingénieurs sont poussés vers l'indépendance mais peu vers le management.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7772,google,none," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Un avis pour un accès,Bon boulot tout le monde,Je n'en vois pas du tout,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7773,google,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super boite,nettoyer l'historique pour bien en profiter sinon c'est dommage,surveillance renforcée sans contrepartie sur la garantie des libertés individuelles,Continuer comme ça mais faites attention aux nombreux piratages qui menacent,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7774,google,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Moyen,"Esprit cool, jeune et dynamique",Vous êtes la propriété de google,Changer les rh,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7775,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Strategist,- Grote impact op samenleving - Veel mogelijkheden op carrièreprogressie en rollen met verantwoordelijkheid - Erg goede omkadering,"Hoge werkdruk, eigen aan de natuur van de organisatie.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7776,google,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Arbeitserfahrung die man bei Google macht,Super Team Man lernt zu arbeiten,Kein Einfluss auf Strategie und Gewinn,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7777,google,Paris (France)," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mission that matters,"Cadre de travail, rapidité, épanouissement",Manque parfois de structure dans l'execution,make it happen with Google Cloud,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7778,google,Paris (France)," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,Bon vivre,"Avantages , argent, bonheur, vie, entreprise",Sollicitation des autres entreprises constantes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7779,google,Paris (France)," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Apprantice,Google,Primes importantes pour certains mois,salaire de base parfois faible,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7780,google,none," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Viel Freiheit, arbeiten an grossen Projekten",Beförderung wird exponentiell schwieriger je höher man kommt,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P779.htm
7781,google,none," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top Arbeitgeber - nicht für jeden zu empfehlen.,"Gehalt, Produkte, Internationalität, Zusammenhalt, Perks!","Schwierige Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten, Qualitätsmessung könnte verbessert werden bei Perf Ratings","Sehr lange auf ihren Positionen, Leadership bildet hier keine Leader, sondern eher Follower aus. Auch gut, aber nicht wenn es iwann um Aufstieg gehen soll.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7782,google,Paris (France)," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Developpeur,developpeur,bon salaire et bonne ambiance,"grosse charge de travail parfois, trop importante",aucuns,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7783,google,Paris (France)," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,faut bien choisir le job et le manager,"trés bon salaires et benefits, collegues trés smart, brand enviable","les jobs plus ""mainstream"" sont pas aussi sexy qu'il semblent - c´est souvent 99% de l'execution avec un minimum de reflexion strategique. le management n'est pas toujour trés inspiré.",investir plus dans le talent development,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7784,google,"Elsene, Brussels (Belgium)"," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Head of Marketing,Grosse expérience professionnelle,"Tout est pensés pour le travailleur, axés travailleur et son bien etre. L'esprit d'équipe est bien présent, Et on ne peut rien reprocher à ses collègues.","On mange, respire, rêve Google. C'est extrêmement prenant, on ne compte plus ses heures et son dévouement. À éviter si on veut une vie de famille","Continuez comme ça, vous faites fort !",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7785,google,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Strategist,geweldig bedrijf om voor te werken met heel veel mogelijkheden. tijd om te groeien en door te ontwikkelen als mens en professioneel. Zeker aan te raden om het mee te maken.,"het blijft een groot bedrijf dus je kan je snel ook bedreigd daarin voelen als je dat niet gewend bent, maar het geeft je ook wel perspectief.",altijd carriere pad van medewerkers in acht nemen en waar nodig helpen met verder ontwikkelen. Zowel soft als hard skills,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7786,google,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,evolution professionnelle,C'était une expérience très enregissante,Je suis parti car je me suis trouvé face au plafond de verre,écouter les salariés et non seulement les managers,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7787,google,none," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bonne société,Cadre de travail très agréable On rencontre des collègues du monde entier Le salaire plus que raisonnable,Rares possibilités de CDI pour les intérimaires Pas d'autres inconvénients,/,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7788,google,Paris (France)," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Intern Marketing,Moonshot,"Avoir un réel impact, être écouté, participer à des projets de grande envergure","Difficulté de saisir l'immensité de l'entreprise et de ses services, son organisation",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7789,google,none," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Belle société,Bieres gratuites et mars à volonté,Pas de bières lights et pas de mars glacés,Pensez à développer un peu mieux,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7790,google,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Leuk interview, heel verzorgend","Ze nemen je mee in alles wat je doet. je wordt goed voorereid, en krijgt alles te zien wat ze mogelijk aan je gaan vragen. Dit maakt het heel rustgevend en transparant.","Je moet naar Dublin voor het interview. Als student zijnde maakte dat niet heel veel uit, maar ik kan me voorstellen dat het iets lastiger wordt zodra je een ban hebt.","Behoud die transparantie, dat ontzorgt mensen",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P780.htm
7791,google,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assez cool,"-Challenges -Bonne restauration -Bons contacts -Bonne organisation, esprit d'équipe, management",-Beaucoup de pression -Equilibre vie pro/privée quasi inexistant -Peu de promotions/evolutions de carrière possibles,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7792,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 18, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Account Manager,Account Manager,Top Arbeitgeber. Tolle Konditionen und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten.,"EU Standort in Dublin. Zu großer Fokus auf Beförderung. Demotiviert die ganze Belegschaft nach einer gewissen Zeit, falls es bei noch so guten Kandidaten nicht klappt.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7793,google,none," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bonne planque,"Salaire. Rythme de travail, pression inexistante. Perks/environnement.",Boring. Pas de challenge. Pas d'impact véritable.,Keep up the good work.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7794,google,Jarabacoa (Dominican Republic)," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - traduction,Je peux vous aidé a traduire de espagnol a creole,Pour aidé à ma famille dans le plan matériel parce que je ne travaille pas et je veux aidé la communauté,Je n'ai pas d'inconvénient parce que je sais bien mais traduire vous faire une examen pour voir et en plus j'ai travaillé dans ça,S'il vous plait aidé moi parce que je suis dans le besoin,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7795,google,none," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super Unternehmenskultur,"Großartige Kollegen, Benefits, schöne und gemütliche Büros, tolle Kultur","Matrixstruktur, alle reden mit und keiner weiß wer die letzte Entscheidung treffen kann.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7796,google,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Super Arbeitgeber, Erfahrung variiert je nach Team u. Manager","Google bietet sehr viele extra Vorteile, die sonst keine andere. Tägliches Essen, Fitness Studio, Teil Finanzierung von Weiterbildung","Starke Konkurrenz, langsamer Aufstieg, sehr definierte Rollen.","In non-Eng performance is too dependent on the evaluation of a set of attributes, which can be subjective.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7797,google,Hamburg (Germany)," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Product Consultant,Von Google können viele Firmen lernen,"Selbstständige Arbeit, viel Austausch mit Kollegen, sehr international, Benefits, tolle Kollegen, viele Trainings und Weiterbildung, bestes Essen und kostenlos, bunte Büros, wird nie langweilig, Mitarbeiterentwicklung, Teilzeit möglich","Zu viele Mails, sehr schnelles Tempo bei Neuerungen und Produktentwicklung, hohe Anforderungen, hohes Arbeitstempo, mehr fällt mir echt nicht sein",Good enough should at least sometimes be good enough,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7798,google,"London, ON (Canada)"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer In Test,Software Engineer in Test,"+ Zeer ervaren collega's om veel van te leren + Full catering, ontbijt, lunch en avond eten. + Zeer geavanceerde infrastructuur om op te werken",- Lange dagen als je ontbijt en avond eten wou gebruiken werd je geforceerd 10 uur op kantoor te verblijven,Keep it up!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7799,google,Basse-Goulaine (France)," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory,Super,L'argent est avantageux cependant j'aime les relations entres les personnes qui s'installent au sein de cette boîte de travail c'est s,"Les heures longues du fait que ce travail est à temps complet et ainsi, c'est difficile pour une personne comme moi de tenir",Continuez !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7800,google,"Caracas, Capital District (Venezuela)"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Licenciado en Computacion,"Compromiso, dedicación, esfuerzo, aventura y desarrollo","Tiempo, objetivos, talento, beneficios y condiciones de trabajo",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P781.htm
7801,google,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Software Research Engineer,Tolle Arbeitsklima,"Tolle Mitarbeiter, Lage und natürlich Google-Perks",Sehr motivierte Mitarbeiter machen Aufstieg in Geschäftshierarchie nicht einfach.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7802,google,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellente entreprise,"Projets et produits innovants, à la pointe. Employeur qui soigne ses employés, plein d'avantages, batiments et infrastructures incroyable. Le talent est aussi incroyable: les collègues sont très compétents, le processus de sélection est très efficace",C'est un avantage et un inconvenient: le talent. Afin de progresser il faut entrer en compétition avec des personnes d'un talent incroyable.,Je ne suis pas sur que je sois à même de donner des conseils à la direction de Google..,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7803,google,Paris (France)," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Chercheur scientifique,Bien,"Bon salaire , bonne ambiance , cadre plaisant grande compagnie , ambiance de travail idéale permettant de s'épanouir pleinement , horaire convenable","Demande beaucoup d investissement personnel car beaucoup de concurrence tout de même , assez dur d y rentrer et perspective d'évolution lente",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7804,google,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Android Tester,Tolle Firma,Macht Spass dort im technischen Bereich ist allerdings viel zu arbeiten . man hat tolle Mitarbeiter und Chefs jedoch darf man es sich mit keinem verderben,Lage ist ein wenig angespannt also mehr entspammungs möglichkeiten wären gut bzw herrvoragend dementsprechend eine gute Kantine nötig an Sonaten ist nichts weiter anzumerken,Mehr Entspannung reinbringen,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7805,google,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - ICT,Apple,Goede verdiende baan. Leuke mensen. Goed nagedacht over hoe mensen goed kunnen werken alleen om met een groep.,Moeilijk een baan te krijgen. Je moet al een goeie opleiding of carriere hebben .,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7806,google,none," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of freedom,- Best and free lunch! - Nice colleagues - creative atmosphere - Cool office with a bed (!) for those who want to take a break from work. - lovely roof terrace,I can't find any cons about working at Google.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7807,google,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sehr guter Arbeitgeber,"Kollegen, Gehalt, Perks, man lernt immer wieder was Neues","Enges Korsett, sehr motivierte Kollegen machen eine schnelle Karriere schwierig",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7808,google,Hamburg (Germany)," Nov 14, 2015",Former Employee - HR Manager,Der Ruf ist besser als die Realität,"Kreatives Umfeld, gute Teamstruktur, gutes Image",Verdienstmöglichkeiten zu gering für den aufgewendeten Einsatz (work-life-balance),Work-life-Balance sollte dem Ruf entsprechend umgesetzt werden,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7809,google,Lille (France)," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - agent polyvalent,agent polyvalent,Très bonne performance pour les employés,Travail de bonne heure,Une très bonne entreprise ne regrette pas de travailler chez vous,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7810,google,none," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Très bonne entreprise,Bonne ambiance bonne collaboration J'ai beaucoup apprécié travailler dans cette entreprise,nb d'heure de travial C'était dur de gérer vie privée et vie professionnelle.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P782.htm
7811,google,Berlin (Germany)," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Praktikant,"gute atmosphäre, angenehmes klima, tolles team",nicht genug fördermittel vorhanden hier,weiter so,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P783.htm
7812,google,none," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,geht so aber es kann besser sein,zu wenig Essen Gehalt nich hoch genug,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P783.htm
7813,google,Hamburg (Germany)," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Industry Manager,Sehr motivierte Kollegen! Guter Arbeitgeber,"- Kollegen - Perks, Office Location - Internationalität","- Hierarchie des Unternehmens - Schnelle Entscheidung, nie Pausen. Etwas weniger agile Mitarbeiter bleiben auf der Strecke",Weniger Hierarchie - wieso braucht man 10 Stufen nach oben?,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P783.htm
7814,google,none," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bonne société,Réputation et cadre de travail,Bcp de travail demandé malgré les apparences,Aucun conseil à donner,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P783.htm
7815,google,Paris (France)," May 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mitigé,"Evolutivité du poste, qualité de la restauration, intérêt des projets","Charge de travail lourde, equilibre vie pro/vie privée difficile, managers pas toujours à l'écoute",Plus d'attention et d'empathie,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P783.htm
7816,google,none," Mar 26, 2015",Former Employee - Industry Manager,"Tolle Brand und innovative Firma, aber ...","Junges Team, tolle Büros, kostenloses Essen und viele Benefits","Die ""Helden"" bei Google sind die Programmierer, Sales u Marketing ein ""übel"", was man benötigt, um das Geld zu verdienen, um tolle Produkte zu bauen.  Im Sales sehr viele extrem eingebildete Persönlichkeiten, da jeder eine sehr gute Ausbildung vorher genossen hat, zig Sprachen spricht, im Ausland war und am besten noch Jugend forscht oder im Olympiateam gewonnen hat (überspitzt).  Salesdruck hat über die Jahre sehr zugenommen ...","Beförderungen werden oft nicht nach objektiven Maßstäben vorgenommen, sondern man hat entweder einen Förderer (Head oder Leader) und/oder ist am besten eine Frau (Diversity wird gerade extrem gepusht)",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P783.htm
7817,google,none," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bof.,Zéro pression. Beaucoup de perks.,"Zéro stimulation intellectuelle, rewards aléatoires.",Embaucher moins de consultants.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P784.htm
7818,google,Hamburg (Germany)," Jan 16, 2015",Former Employee - Industry Analyst,Bester Arbeitgeber,"Dynamisch, offen für Vorschläge und Initiative, flache Hierarchien, smarte Mitarbeiter...","Manchmal wird man unter dem bisherigen Niveau eingestellt. Gut nachfragen, was jedes Niveau für Erfahrung und Erwartungen entspricht.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P784.htm
7819,google,none," Dec 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,esprit d'entreprise,"Les employés sont responsabilisés, c'est bien","Pression, c'est dur dur",Lachez la pression,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079_P784.htm
7820,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ",None,Current Employee - Software Development Manager,An Amazing Place to Work,"I've been at Amazon for a month now, and I've seen none of the horror stories being communicated to the public, although Amazon is a large enough company that I'm sure there are good pockets and bad pockets. Everyone here is really smart, and wants to succeed both personally, and as a company. People collaborate and help each other, focus on data, and truly focus on the customer. Every company I've ever worked for talks about how important the customer is, but on day 2, they're forgotten. Amazon seems to genuinely focus on what's best for the customer, and it's awesome to be in meetings where people actually bring that up, and make decisions focused on long-term customer satisfaction.  The opportunities to learn here are literally unlimited, and the opportunity to take on new responsibility is as well. I honestly believe you can be as awesome as you want here.","No cons, so far - seriously. Like I said, I'm sure Amazon has some bad pockets in it here and there, but this is an amazing job, an amazing opportunity, and the biggest thing I have to complain about is that it's a little chilly in our building. I can live with that.  Does Amazon demand high quality, measurable results? Yes! Is it hard work? Yes! Is it rewarding? Yes! So I'm not calling that a 'con'. Work/life balance seems comparable to other places I've worked - not worse.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,580,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7821,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 10, 2018","Current Employee - Manager, Software Development &amp, Engineering",Software Development Engineering Manager,"Work hard, have fun, make history. Be proud of our self, the job we are doing.","RUS grand each year related to last year's stock performance as well. The more the stock goes up, the less you get for refresh, not a bad problem, but....",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7822,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You Get What You Put In,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.","You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.",More on-boarding training before new employees are thrown in the fire. The first couple of weeks can be very confusing on where to find the information you need that pertains to your job.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1759,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7823,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,"Exciting Work, Abusive Culture","Jeff Bezos and his ""S-Team"" are brilliant and continue to make great decisions for long-term growth.  You work with smart people, you work on exciting projects, you are pushed to your limits...which can be rewarding when you accomplish great things. The diversity of the potential work and innovation can be very alluring. I've often called Amazon my ""Sexy Mistress...she's emotionally abusive, but she's so sexy that I go back for more punishment.""","The management process is abusive, and I'm currently a manager. I've seen too much ""behind the wall"" and hate how our individual performers can be treated. You are forced to ride people and stack rank employees...I've been forced to give good employees bad overall ratings because of politics and stack ranking.","Don't pretend that the recent NY Times article was all about ""isolated incidents"". The culture IS abusive and it WILL backfire once stock value starts to drop. I'm an 8 year veteran and I no longer recommend former peers to interview with Amazon.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1404,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7824,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Can be amazing for some people, horrible for others","Amazon is doing lot's of cool stuff...but lots of boring stuff too. There are really well run teams...and very badly run teams. The experience for software managers and engineers is all over the board, from really run low operational load teams to teams where people burn out after a year.   - Amazon is built, quite deliberately, to be Darwinian. You can generally expect that anyone who's been here for more than 2 years is competent and motivated or they wouldn't have survived. You can count on them as long as your priorities are aligned. There aren't many slackers here, and they don't survive long.   - We work on so much stuff that there's always an opportunity to find amazing cool stuff to work on (note that it's an 'opportunity', one that you have to pursue)   - A chance to make a huge difference   - A place where you can learn a lot about all kinds of things, both technical and about yourself   - Amazon encourages high mobility - even your manager can't prevent you from moving to another team within 6 weeks (normally, more than a few months under unusual conditions).   - Your friends and family have actually heard of the place you work and have at least a vague notion of what Amazon does without you having to explain","- You're responsible for your own career progression and finding the places and teams that are doing the stuff you want to do. No one is going to take you by the hand and help you with that. - Amazon is built, quite deliberately, to be Darwinian. The strong survive and the weak perish (metaphorically speaking) and the 'bar' is constantly increasing. The level of performance that would have been acceptable five years ago will get you canned today. It's a kind of crucible that'll help you develop a harder edge, if you can survive, that can serve you well in your career and in life, but it's often not a pleasant experience.  I wouldn't recommend it as a place to work for just anyone.","Stack ranking is a horrible practice since it's rife with favoritism. It's also not Amazonian in that it's not data based (arbitrarily designating a certain percentage of employees that must be put on performance management isn't a data driven criterion) and it's not frugal (effectively forcing an individual out of the company in one division who would make the grade in another is either retaining someone who doesn't meet the bar or a waste of talent). The goal is to force managers to actually make the hard decisions about how their team members compare with each other (not everyone can be exceptional), but it has more defects than virtues. Replace it with a common comparison of each person against the bar for their position, based on data. The percentages that are assigned to each performance category will turn out how they turn out, but there will be an evaluation mechanism that's fair and frugal.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1275,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7825,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,We are now in a world where we are condescended to by our inferiors,This company gets A list performance from C list employees. The culture is quick and hard charging. You are always working in relevant and meaningful projects.,"Maybe because the company recruits C listers who have neither merit (intelligence, strategic vision) nor pedigree (academic or professional accomplishments), most of those who become successful do so in treacherous, low cunning ways.  Imagine the Lannisters in Game of Thrones attacking the Starks in Game of Thrones, or Rawls and Burrell attacking McNulty and Daniels in The Wire, or Barrow and O'Brien attacking Mr Bates in Downton Abbey. This is every day leadership behavior at Amazon. The culture at Amazon is so infested with these middling talent weasels who have juked the stats and schemed their way to positions of power that new employees coming in actually start thinking that this behavior is normal and expected if you want to ""manage people.""  The work itself was stimulating and fulfilling, but the sneering condescension of the d bags that cheated and skated their way through high school and party colleges, then just converted their winky nod nod good 'ol boy shenanigans into a ""ask no questions, have no introspection"" company culture have made manifest some of the worst criticisms of capitalism. Any left leaning political aspirant would look at this business organism and immediately have content to lash out against the corruption that can come in free enterprise where hard work is not rewarded, and the connected, incestuous, privileged class lounge their way to wealth while treating their employees and customers like some kind of filth their shoe picked up on the street.","Bezos you bought the Washington Post and hired Jay Carney to be your PR head. There is nothing I can write here that you would deign listen to, because you are a hack. You must be mad that Expedia beat you to the punch and hired Chelsea Clinton to serve on their board of directors.  For those grasping Weasels that have squirmed and back stabbed your way to success, you know who you are. You won't care what is written here because ""You got yours, Eff them.""  For those truly diligent and hard working employees that don't want to believe the story from NY times that called Amazon a ""Snake Pit"" because you don't want to think you actually are involved in such a dystopian landscape of anti-business ethics: ""Always yell with the crowd. It is the only means to be safe.""",4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,409,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7826,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Tier I Warehouse Associate,"Warehouse associate, full time for over two years","Great starting pay and the ability to get raises very quickly. Full training in all areas are offered and if your willing to work hard and sweat everyday for 10 hours a day, 4 days a week, then this is the job for you. The 4 day weeks go by quick, it can be exhausting so proper rest and a healthy lifestyle will help you stay strong within this company. Beat benefits as well once you are a hired on as a full time employee.","After 3 years of working with the company you ""cap out"" at $15.75, meaning you can no longer make any more money than that as a tier 1 associate. Your expected to want to move up in the company and that is the only way to make a better hourly wage, by advancing into management and operations management positions if there are any openings.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,257,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7827,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"Great place to learn, churn n burn culture in finance","- super smart people, the best of the best from schools - if you get hired here, you will be hirable anywhere, recruiting process is tough - the pay is above average, probably 1.5 times elsewhere (but the expected results are 150% of elsewhere too) - lots of opportunities to work on new, innovative projects - cool SLU campus, lots of options for food and drinks after work","- frugality is taken to the extreme, only 2 weeks vacation, parking takes a year or more to get, zero perks (not even free Prime), no fitness allowance, poor 401k - your peers will stab you in the back, your manager will blame you for their errors, you can't trust anyone - people who throw others under the bus and take credit for other people's work get promoted - expectations 60 -70 hours a week, some teams expect Sunday to be an ""in the office day"", headcount never gets filled, teams are always short a few people but the work keeps piling on.","The culture and reputation of amazon will never change unless you want it to and set the tone from the top. Try using some customer obsession with employees- as management, employees are YOUR customers. Making great products or margins is fine, but if you have a reputation/brand for treating people awful, then are you really a success? Also, there is visible lack of women or minorities in any leadership role compared to pretty much every other large company in Seattle. Seems like you have to try really hard in a city as diverse as this to be so undiverse.",4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,245,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7828,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Sr. Product manager,Smartest people I’ve ever worked with. The ability to always have a way to push forward. Infinite number of opportunities.,"Not a con, just hard work. But hard rewarding work. I don’t think after having been here for 2 years I could work anywhere else.","Reconsider the base salary cap and lack of base increase. When the 4 years of stock vesting are up you either get promoted (which gets exponentially harder if you’re a 6), or you leave.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7829,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Central operations,"Weekly pay, great pay,flexible shifts","Fighting for hours, unorganized and bad training",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1.htm
7830,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Sortation Associate,Warehouse Sortation Associate,- Company works like a well oiled machine - Management works hard and does a good job - Pay is great for the job,- A lot of the workers don't really care and have to be pushed into doing their job. This leads to the good workers having to make up for them.,"Don't just hire everyone, put a bit more effort into screening.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7831,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,On road driver assistant,Decent pay. Challenging work. Great co workers,I work 4 days 10 hour shifts.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7832,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard and you’ll go far,Great people and room to show your skills on a high level,"Work/life balance, pay for the amount of work",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7833,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior TPM,I love working here,"Pay, work life balance, employee morale, employee attitude, good manager","I had a manager I didn’t like for a couple months, glad that’s over",Find ways to reduce internal transfers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7834,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Vendor Manager,"Competitive pay, great benefits, and resources.",Experience can vary depending on the team culture. Ensure the team is a good fit to the employee's personality.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7835,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Datacenter Technician,Datacenter Technician,Pay to responsibility ratio is good,work on-call shifts that restrict travel,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7836,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior PM,Sr. PM,"On the whole, people are smart Tons of flexibility to move around and try new things If you earn the trust of your team and management, promotion is possible (but far from guaranteed) For the most part, Amazon really is customer obsessed","New businesses quickly become chaotic, much more so than you would imagine at a company of this size and reputation Middle management caliber is mixed",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7837,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is a challenging workspace with very smart people,"Amazon is where it is now because of it's vision, and understands both it's immediate market needs, and consistently recalibrate for future demand. Most departments align to this principle and employee will be rewarded in both challenging issues and career development.","The cutting/bleeding edge departments could be stressful at times with aggressive product launch deadline. That said, I believe this is applicable in all companies. Commuting to SLU could be challenging with terrible public transportation choices.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7838,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Overall positive experience,-Decent pay -Quality work -Latest tech -Work life balance - a choice,"-Appraisal system is broken. Instead of candidate's merit, it depends in how the manager is portraying the candidate's work. An incompetent SDM can easily screw-up the candidate's career.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7839,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Company to Work For,Provides great opportunities to grow and develop. A lot of great coworkers and a fun place to be.,Benefits not on par with rest of industry,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2.htm
7840,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Worker,Good base pay Got a raise,Raise at cost of benefits,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7841,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Amazon,"Great pay, work from home, equipment provided , terrific management","High call volume, many things to learn, strict attendance policy",Think about those employees with disabilities. Do not make them jump through hoop to get accomodation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7842,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,You are owner and you will be given full credit if you deliver. LPs are great and they are taken seriously.,If you like tech Amazon give you full opportunity but there is high probability that you might end up compromising your work life balance.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7843,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Senior Finance Manager,You can still get 3 people in a room and make a decision to try something. that's pretty cool.,"poor performers used to get weeded out quickly, sometimes they last too long now",as we have grown it's hard to keep the bar high - we need to stay vigilant,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7844,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A job that expects a lot and also gives a lot,"Pay/benefits are great! Plenty of insurance options and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) give you plenty of reason to stick around  It's Amazon! Feels good to work for a company that's changing the world.  Amazon isn't afraid to change processes that aren't working. ""That's the way we've always done it"" is never a valid reason, so we're always trying to change our processes for the better  If you're in management, you'll learn a lot about leadership in a short amount of time","Definitely high-stress, especially during peak season (Black Friday to Christmas)  Sometimes you'll have to come in for overtime if you're a salaried manager","If you're new, try to learn a little about the process each day. Also take time to introduce yourselves to your associates and show them you care about their well-being! If you learn your area and get the trust and buy-in of your workers, you'll go far!",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7845,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,A place of lots of opportunity,"The pay is pretty decent and I love the insurance. They will pay for school, they offer vocational classes in CDL. They pay for a lot of different schooling, and vocational classes. They give the employee's a lot of time off. HR is extremely helpful in almost every aspect. I definitely believe Jeff Bezos is a very smart business man. If you show up for work on scheduled time, make expected rate and not have a lot of time off task, then you have potential of opportunity in growing with amazon. Great place! Wish I had began working for Amazon a long time ago. One last thing, veterans are looked upon highly in the company.","The managers change quite often. Everyone is looking for the best idea to get the best outcome and it's encouraged to be the one with the next greatest idea in management. There is a lot of change in the air all the time, so if you're not flexible, you might not happy there.","When an employee is struggling in one area, get in there and get involved. Find out the obstacles for their employee, not just look at numbers, give warning and right ups. That stuff is very important of course, but interaction will go a long way.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7846,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Agile and keep leraning,The company is agile. People here keep learning new stuff. So good for people who want to learn new stuff and are ready to make changes.,"However, the company sometimes will keep you busy even when you are off work. For example, if you are on call, then you almost cannot go out during that day or that week.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7847,amazon,"Staten Island, NY"," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistant,"You can grow with amazon if you’re willing to work hard, fantastic insurance",Took away monthly bonues,Consider rewarding level 1 & 3 employees a little more,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7848,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Stow,Awesome Company,Management Cares Tuition Reimbursement Good Work/Play Balance,Sometimes can be hard to get promotion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7849,amazon,"Holliston, MA"," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,clerk at grocery store,I am hard worker and respect my job.,"lack motivation, communicating with others,",be honest to your employees all the time.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P3.htm
7850,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer,Great Place to Work,Awesome ability to learn and take ownership.,"Growing very quickly, a lot of re-organization.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7851,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with,Growth opportunities are very good,work life balance could be better,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7852,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,My honest take (8+ years),"+ Strongly customer driven + Utilize the best in class technology to build solutions, with keeping a keen eye on timelines and agility + Work with the best of talent on the planet or increasingly diverse and hard problems + High pace of innovation and delivery, so as to meet customer needs the fastest + Excellent opportunities to work independently, have huge impact and drive your career growth + Good amount of internal mobility","- Amazon deals with a lot of baggage that is mainly driven by external perceptions. Amazon is a large company and therefore not perfect. In fact I do not believe perfect exists. But nevertheless, if you cut through all the noise, we are running a successful business that continuously provides immense customer value. We work hard to attain that trust and it can be hard. But we all share the vision and help each other to get there.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7853,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Great pay and work shifts,Standing Long periods of time,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7854,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,It was a great place to work just physically demanding,Great pay great benefits almost perfect hours,Physically demanding long hours crazy expectations,Be easier on your employees some cant keep up with the crazy rates.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7855,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Diversity in the Reliability and Maintenance Engineering (RME) Senior Leadership.,Seems the company is doing more to get “diverse” yet not enough,Company must work more to make their work force more diverse. Fact there are 37 filled Senior Manager L7/L8 roles in the RME team 29 of those or 78% are occupied by White Male AND the RME team continues to hire more White Males to those roles. Sad...,"Do better for your work force...loyal employees get tired too of BS. Have an open discussion about this, protecting your people. Everyone knows what’s going on yet no one says a word...this needs to come from top to bottom.",5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7856,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfilment Associate,"Very flexible, you get to make your own schedule. very competitive start pay. If you are not lazy, the work is not any hard work","Struggle to pick schedule, the fact that the schedule is very flexible, you don't get a fixed schedule. It is posted online and it's a first come, first served basis, shifts can go in under 10 seconds.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7857,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,Amazon seems to be a good company to work for. Hoping once I am there over 30 days I will be able to come on full time. Not a bad pay to start out at.,To new to have cons.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7858,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,System Development Engineer,"Fast personal growth, easy to change teams","Bad work life balance, small PM ratio",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7859,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Associate,Seasonal associate,On top of breaks and sometimes yhey bring in food for the crew. Great pay good hours and oppurtuniies to move up,Most of my managers are cool and friendly and like you. Some of them are literally idiots who make you question if they graduated highschool. For example i was mot paid for three weeks straight after speakig to 4 managers. Eventually get the right one and another manager passes my issues off to him.,Learn your job. Had one manager tell me no electronics on the floor because i was playing music for all my coworkers and we were having a good time working hard but then i see him walking around on his cell phone like an idiot. When i ask him to help me he doesnt know its like they hired him because they had to meet a quota.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P4.htm
7860,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Overall good,Salaries and benefits are great,Really hardworking involved Such hardwork should be minimized hazardous work environment,Such hardwork should be minimized,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7861,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place for career growth,"Dynamic and challenging environment, work with talented and bright minds, great vision and growth",More aggressive work culture compared to other companies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7862,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,It is what it is,Amazon is such a large company that much of what was asked of you by customers was already pre-scripted by Amazon and there were many resources available to handle concerns.,"It was hard to get in contact with the company and I felt a little isolated (I worked remotely.) Amazon also sent me a bunch of weird promotional stuff in the mail. Not necessarily a cruel thing, but enough to remind you that your precious hours on this Earth are being ticked away in service to a global behemoth.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7863,amazon,"Ashland, VA"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is good depending on who micromanages the site,Benefits! I love that I can take time off work or pick up more shifts when available. Peak season is when the money comes in.,"They are stiff on breaks, the 15 mins they give include the time you walk to and from your station. There is obvious favoritism and if you are friends with someone in a position, just ask and they'll give it to you (reason why our HR is so incompetent). When it is off-season, shifts can be shortened and sometimes employees will be asked to volunteer to go home.",Stop promoting your friends. There are far more qualified employees who have the education and relevant background that you just don't know about because they can't apply to anything since nothing is posted.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7864,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to earn extra money,you're in charge of your hours friendly staff team oriented they seem to genuinely care about you and listen to you,"not enough hours, even during peak season",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7865,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Management,Great place to work and great pay.,Long work hours. Never a dull moment,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7866,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A good place to work,Good pay Benefits Low barrier to entry,Long hours Minimum rates Physically demanding Cog in the machine,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7867,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Decent place to work,"Company cares about employees' happiness in regards what is made available to all at lunch, breaks, etc. - foosball, air hockey tables, PlayStations, break room - they recently gave everyone a pay raise as of 11/1/2018. Really liked graveyard Shift Managers",Too many new employees just stopped showing up after a few days due to shift time/amount of work.,Better employee vetting process - add more employees per shift to handle workload.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7868,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,I have been a full associate at the Edison nj for 9months now. The mangers and my coworkers have been great. Work is very tedious and long but you get used to it. The pay is decent and health benefits at $81 a month for full coverage is great. Compared to $700 on my own. The job is what you make of it . As long you make your rate your good,"Breaks are short, mangers constantly reminding your of your rates every hour,",Longer breaks for the 12hr shifts,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7869,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist II,large impact projects high visibility company has great vision,busy less good life work balance,I am satisfied with my current role and management style,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P5.htm
7870,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Great company to work for!,"Different team has different culture, most run like a complete startup that owns and manages their own services. Not too much politics and process. Great for growth. Many tools to use.","Frugality is sometimes regarded as ""being cheap"".",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7871,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,This company is alright cool stuff to work on,Some times the leadership make silly decisions,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7872,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"You only work four days a week. The pay is decent, but the benefits are great. The harder you work and the more enthusiastic you are the quicker you will be considered for a promotion","You work 10 hour shifts, and it goes up to 11 hrs during Peak season. If you don't stand out you will not move up in the company.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7873,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,good for developing skills and good salary,policy? I have no idea for this,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7874,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick,Plenty of hours and Flexible scheduling,Lots of walking and High demand,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7875,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA,The Amazon,great benefits great training diverse culture Great insight,making rate transferring to another Amazon ( waiting period),stay connected to staff,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7876,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great colleagues and tons of learning opportunities,"-Working with many smart people that excel in their specific field and expertise -Ongoing opportunities to learn new tools, processes, programs -Opportunities to grow into other job family or transfer to similar roles on a different teams within the company",-Job can be demanding and require long hours and working some weekends -Promotion can be tricky depending on the role and team,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7877,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazing company and the most driven and smartest of the people,"- You can learn a lot very quickly in a very short time - Surrounded with nothing but incredibly smart and driven individuals. - Compensation is well beyond my expectations, and more than suitable. - Exciting projects all across the company that keep you interested and focused. - Amazon is changing the world","- Can be overwhelming, very steep learning curve - Can be difficult to keep up if you are not self motivated",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7878,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Excellent part seasonal job, and job enviroment",Shifts times are really difficult sometimes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7879,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - CORE Associate,Amazon associate,"Flexible hours, work load wasn't bad.",Paying for parking nothing else really.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P6.htm
7880,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse,Wharehouse,The enjoyment of staff,The walking and physical labor,Great staff,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7881,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life at Amazon,Flexible Hours and Shifts. As long as you understand the process and procedures it can be a stress free job. Good Team building in the beginning.,Only Part time hours availble at this location. Poor wages $10 an hour but many gave quit because of low wages and no raise after being with company for over 2 years. Just increased wages overall to $15. Turn over is high because of management and not appreciating good employees and lots of favoritism.,"Make all employees feel important not. just a,select few",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7882,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short title,Great place you’ll love the flexibility,They’re forcing me to write something,none,5.0,5.0,none,1.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7883,amazon,"San Leandro, CA"," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Shuttle Bus Driver,Excellent,"Flexible, close to home no commute and very nice environment",Taking on a day by my self with out a coworker,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7884,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Driving projects from concept to execution.,Nothing is set in stone. Ownership of your work is a must in this role.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7885,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Incredible Fast Paced Environment,"Fast Paced, own your own development. Work with high-energy, intelligent people solving problems realtime.",Work-Life Balance lacking. Pay is not as attractive as before,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7886,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warning to potential new hires!,"Good pay, smart coworkers, good insurance",HR is out to protect the company and not the employees. Be careful of Restricted Stock Units awarded as a % and not an exact number.,"Many of your employment contracts state for Restricted Stock Units “x% vest on the 15th of the month of your 1 year anniversary”. However, what you do not make apparent is that when the % inevitably includes partial shares, those shares round down. For example, if you are awarded 150 RSUs like I was, on year 1, your 5% vested amount is 7.5. This is then rounded down to 7 and then taxes, fees, and commissions are taken from that. I can imagine this has a bigger impact for those new hires who get a lower RSU allocation. For me, at the time of vesting, this 0.5 of a share was valued at $1,100 and was not a minor oversight. The feedback from HR was that “this is how it’s always been done”. There was nothing in the contract allowing for this, and thus my employment contract was breached. I am still working for Amazon, but can say I’m very unhappy with the way it was handled by HR and would expect better from such a large company with many lawyers. It became apparent to me that HR was more concerned about the implications of what correct this for me would be, as they have likely done this to many employees.  MANAGEMENT: all your new hire contracts should state exact number of vesting shares, and not a percentage.  NEW HIRES: require that your employment contract lists the exact number of vesting shares and not a %. This will avoid all surprises. I work in the Seattle office, so I can’t guarantee what employee contracts look like in other offices, but all potential new hires should be aware.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7887,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,One of the best workplaces you can be a part of!,"Great benefits from day one, decent level of time off available, plenty of opportunities to move up, open to training you wherever your interests lie, attentive managers, as long as you work hard you will reap the benefits.",Can be unpredictable volume- wise but that's as to be expected with this industry as it is based on customer demands,The sort center I work for does an amazing job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7888,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Out Bound Ship Dock,out bound ship dock,I like working for Amazon. The pay is great. and the work isn't hard at all. Just got to have comfortable working shoes and stand up for 10 hours. Amazon loves their nursing moms. And have no problem with me going to do my motherly job. you can pretty much work at your on pace. Great environment. Great opportunities.,Long hours of standing. Must wear comfortable shoes,Great work,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7889,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Stressful sometimes, but you can learn a lot","Stable company, great people, be part of company that is changing the world","Depending on the org you join, you might face different levels of bureaucracy",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P7.htm
7890,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Capture Manager south america,Amazon is an amazing company is the most innovate company in the world the people is great and you have a lot of opportunities to learn and a lot of areas to work,"As a startup abroad of USA there is a lot of challenges in the administrative areas like expenses reimbursement, IT etc and you expend a lot of time trying to fix it.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7891,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Developer Support Engineer,Good company to work for overall,"- motivated co workers and teams - good infrastructure, decent development tools, good processes - good benefits","You need to be motivated to progress your career, no hand holding. 401 k company contribution could be better Commute is long and not enough buses during day time back from SLU to other parts of Seattle.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7892,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"If you want to learn about about warehousing(not Databases) and logistics this is the place to be. You have the opportunity to get involved in each facet of the operation. My direct supervisors are awesome. Career growth is possible, you have to have an Idea and plan for where you want to go.","Just remember you are always being tracked, watch your conduct. Management needs to really get to know the staff to place them in the right positions to streamline operations. Too many chiefs and no Indians. Team leads lack social skills.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7893,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a great part time job,Good pay and flexible hours,Job is difficult during peak season,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7894,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Good environment for innovation and challenge.,Too many career opportunities - hard to figure out where to grow.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7895,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Business Development Manager,Great technology and management. Enabling culture.,Somewhat disorganized from communication perspective.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7896,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Finance,Caring people and solid work experiences,Operations finance analyst can sometimes be alone,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7897,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,"1 month in, no complaints",Great opportunity for a great company,10 hours on your feet every day,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7898,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at!,Great place to be working at.,No free food like other major companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7899,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Alot of benefits and bonus,Alot of work and its hard The have good shift,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P8.htm
7900,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sde 2,Great company. Good pay.,Limited benefits. Everything has to be done with salary.,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7901,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSR,Great company! Relaxed atmosphere. Lots of opportunity to change departments,"No OT available, hard to get hured with them",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7902,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Groundskeeper,Groundskeeker,The hours are good,The pay is not that good but it's a job,Invest in your employees because when you do the employees will invest in you,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7903,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal,Great pay with holiday over time,You’re in constant solitary it feels like,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7904,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Good place to work minus the politics,The total compensation and benefits are great,Internal politics and numerous reorganizations,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7905,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad!,Good hours and pay is good,Hiring process is a mess,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7906,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Benefits , pay, stocks, growth, paid breaks","Short lunch, environment, long shifts, no phones",More engagement,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7907,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wild company,Learn a lot of things. Move fast.,You have to be really aggressive. The fittest survives. Very bad benefits.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7908,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Director,Director,"Work hard, work hard, work hard. May be make history.",Little regards to people and their well being.,Success at all cost may not be a long term thinking!,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7909,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Bie,BIE,"There are lots of business in Amazon. It is very easy to change team inside Amazon. I like this ""available changing team/role"" culture inside Amazon. You can always have the chance to try and work on a new business or a new role without leaving the company. Business teams inside Amazon are very independent. There are 4 times a year promotion windows. If you do your job pretty well in your new position, it is also possible you can get your next promotion in 6 months in your new team. And a clear and fair performance evaluation system is also another very important valuable point I find in Amazon.",No free beverage or snakes in the office. No gym benefit. Limitation in teeth insurance coverage. 401K company matching is low.,Increase 401K company matching. Add some other retirement benefit choices.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P9.htm
7910,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager - AWS,"Great office, great team, great technologies to learn: Cloud, Big Data Analytics, IoT and hundreds more  Benefits 1. Joining Bonus Year 1: $XY,000 2. Joining Bonus Year 2: $XZ,000 3. Stock Joining Bonus: 35 x $AMZN 4. Cell Phone Bill paid 5. Commute: Gas, Toll, Parking paid","Not yet so far, will update if I have any",Keep the bar high in hiring,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7911,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Program Manager,Challenging work environment which promotes great growth/development opportunities.,No cons to note from my experience,Drive additional opportunities for remote employment. Would have stayed with company if opportunity was there.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7912,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"GREAT, GREAT, GREAT",You know exactly what is expected of you and all you have to do is keep your work ethic at 100% and you cant go wrong.,Can't think of any at the moment,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7913,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Awesome Company,Great place for free thinking and contribution to innovation. Great benefits and compensation.,Long hours standing on feet in warehouse positions,Work hard at developing people for career growth,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7914,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Great benefits, long term employment opportunities",Long shifts (up to 11 hours) during peak season,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7915,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Toxic Environment,"Good pay, good benefits. They'll work w/ you & possibly pay for some of your schooling.","Long hours, unfair treatment. Poor management, a lot of drama. A backwards system. Very demanding.","Anyone that's going to be manager there should try to learn about the warehouse beforehand. They should also acknowledge the associates there, treat them fairly and be respectful towards them. Treat them like they matter.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7916,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and Inspiring Work Environment,"Amazon has provided me a space to grow my skills set, to learn from incredibly smart individuals that love seeing positive change through their work, challenge the status quo in case there may be a better way to accomplish a goal, innovate on behalf of customers.","The pace of work can differ from team to team, but if fast-paced, time critical, environments are not something that interest you, then I would reassess if this company would be the right fit. You also need to be comfortable getting real-time feedback on your work, sometimes that can be uncomfortable but the result is that you can usually find project resolutions more quickly.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7917,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Wokrer,Good Pay Nice Facilities Parking is free,Management can be bad/inefficient Bad coworkers,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7918,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,good work life balance and flexibility in timing,limit growth opportunities for many,none,5.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7919,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Escalations,BEST JOB EVER,Benefits Management colleges EVERYTHING,there are no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P10.htm
7920,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Advisory Consultant,"Best company I have ever worked for (and at my age and experience level, that is saying something).","Amazonians actually believe in and apply Amazon Leadership Principles on a daily basis in everything we do #CustomerObsession #DeliverResults - Values experience - Invests in staff (training, coaching and mentoring) - Talented, dedicated colleagues - Does not encourage working weekends and long hours",- Employees must manage workload to avoid burnout,Keep doing everything that you are doing. Find ways to hire more great employees faster.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7921,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ehh it’s ok,Paid weekly Discount Benefits You also get frequent breaks,Managers don’t care about you,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7922,amazon,"Manassas, VA"," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Datacenter,Datacenter Technician,Great pay and benefits Great teams Great environment Lots of opportunities to advance,Training is essentially done by other members of your team (there is no defined training plan) so it's really on you as a New Hire to train yourself,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7923,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior program manager,a lot of passionate people,lack of work and life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7924,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Nov 25, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time Package Handler,BNA Fulfillment Center,"Good working environment Gloves, vest, etc always available Great pep talks before shift begins by team leads Offered VTO on slow days Short shifts",There are not any cons,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7925,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but it's hard work,Money is good People are nice and helpful,Unrealistic expectations Long hours on your feet and body gets sore. Always feel rushed on breaks and lunch,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7926,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE 2,take a lot of challenging projects,too much stress and overtime,none,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7927,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA and Picker,I had great experience EWR4 everyone there are great. Sorry I had to transfer,"Benefits, pay, no one bother you as long you do your work, And you can leave work anytime as long you have PTO or UPT.",when you pulled ANDON no one come right away usually they take there time to get in station plus take there time to fix it. My Rate go down they doesn’t care wish they move faster.,Please keep on eye on some associates not working hard. Amnesty need to move faster when you pulled ANDON,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7928,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse shopper,Good pay and good hours,Can be grueling at times. Didn't get trained properly so I've had to learn a lot on my own.,Better training please!,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7929,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Part Time Package Handler,Amazon,You get to wear what ever you want.,It gets cold sometimes depending on where you live. HR arent to reliable and will fire you ASAP. Cafeteria dont have much food.,Be around more its hard to find a manager at times and take consideration of the employees.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P11.htm
7930,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,- Great Benefits - Competitive Salary - Most you'll ever get out of an operations job - Work 4 days and then 3 days off (depends on your schedule) - You own your own development. No one will hold your hand,"Amazon is a great company and you'll get LOTS of experience. However, working in management and leadership here can get VERY stressful. It honestly all depends on the Fullfillment center you're working in and how the culture is.  If you want solid operations experience at the cost of being stressed a lot, then this is for you. If you cannot take stress well, then consider being an Area Manager at Amazon.","Try to set standard work on warehouse culture. We care about our associates, but we need to set a standard on making sure our managers are also taken care of. This not only stems from associates, but also to leadership too.",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7931,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to learn,Good place to gain experience for new grads. You will learn how to develop and operate extremely efficient software systems.,Long working hours. A ton of politics. Not the most friendly work environment.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7932,amazon,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Knowledge Engineer,"Best first job out of grad, at the forefront of AI",- High standards - High impact - Fantastic culture - Solid leadership principles,- Long hours - Communication breakdowns within or between large organizations,The best ideas and meetings happen when everyone is physically in the same room together aligning on common aspirational goals. Nurture an environment where we want to go out of our way to meet face-to-face with those we work with regularly.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7933,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Shopper,Amazon shopper,"Great enviornment, fun job, get to pick your own hours",Schedule. Not many hours are given.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7934,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation,The employees were great and super kind,The company had a high goal to meet every night,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7935,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great People Average Job,Pay is good. People are nice. Work can be physically challenging in a good way.,"Monotonous, boring, work. Irregular schedule during peak season. Unrealistic expectations with faulty systems.",Stop relying on data and look at the reality of the situation.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7936,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Finance,Leading Company with many career paths to explore,"Great culture, relaxed dress code, great reputation in the Market, challenging and you feel valued as a professional.","Compensation is average, somehow complicated if you do not build an strong network",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7937,amazon,"El Monte, CA"," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Mail Sorter,sorter,pay is great team work happy employees. work is not to hard really get a work out.i dont understand all the bad comments they give. on the job application you have a right to choose or not choose your rece/ethinicity.you are notlooked down at.you are allowed bathroom breaks.along with breaks and lunchs you do get them.i dont under stand why people have to demote a company .some people are not cut out for certain jobs so you have the opprtunity to explore dont be negative because that wasnt the right job for you.ps some people are afraid to break a little sweat. i love it!!!!,none what you put into it you shall get out of it.,none they are great the ones we have resonable accomidating.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7938,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador,Everything is good with the company,Nothing is bad going on rt now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7939,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineering,"Good challenging opportunities, great peers to motivate and learn from each other. Work on new technical frontiers.",Parking in downtown seattle is very expensive (if you drive to work) and big pain to find one.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P12.htm
7940,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,was fun to work here!,couldn't really find any cons. quit because of non-work related factors,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7941,amazon,"Ashburn, VA"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,DCO Tech III,"- Money. You can make a lot if you are willing to put the time in and take as much OT as you can handle.  - Good environment to network in. With the heavy turnover rake, you are very likely to know one, if not multiple people at your next position. Be willing to use this to your advantage when you start looking.  - Looks good on a resume, for now.","- You aren't going to learn much because it's being taken out of your hands. With various automation ""tools"" are taking the actual work out of your hands.  - Don't expect to last too long. AWS burns people out quickly.  - With the number of good people leaving Amazon, word is getting out that it's not the best place to farm talent from.","Numbers don't show the whole picture. If you've got to setup special projects to fix issues that could have easily been taken care of years ago before they grew too big, then you've got a problem with how things are managed and not with the people that want to fix them. Maintenance isn't a dirty word and shouldn't be shunned until it's too late.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7942,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad experience,Good benefits and people who work together are nice,Working and earning is not match,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7943,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior product manager,massive responsibility early in carrier,the company now is big. political alignment is necessary,take your connections score seriously,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7944,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tough Hours, Decent Pay",Decent pay for high school graduates,Long shifts (10 hours) Work is very physically demanding,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7945,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The work was easy,The pay was very good for a warehouse position.,The managerial staff was terrible.,Find Better managers.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7946,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - RSP Process Assistant (Supervisor/Lead),Demanding but good job,"Excellent benefits, expected to meet quota, good exercise, lots of perks and trainings even for outside the company (theyll pay for you to be a phlebotomist is thats what you want) Room to grow (unless you start on the bottom then you're stuck)","No meant for everyone, very demanding. Very physical even managers walk 25k steps a day. Get ready to move.","SR leaders need to Communicate better to the bottom. Such as, Don't set a higher expectation to keep our floors clean while simultaneously taking aways the brooms because they're not esthetically appealing.",3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7947,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"Good for people who need part time work. (students, transitioning from one job to another)",It's a warehouse role. The highest non-management position an associate can achieve would probably be the learning ambassador role (training and orienting new hires)  Some associates are offered only seasonal work. Work ends when peak season ends.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7948,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Stowing in the fulfillment center,"Benefits from day one, you can sign up for dental and go to the dentist the following day, 48 hours of personal time and 40 hours of vacation, plus paid holiday!","Be prepared to work your butt off literally, I lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks, would be good if I had weight to spare! They rob of your breaks! I don’t understand how this is legal!! You have 2 30 minutes breaks that start from the time you leave your station and you are expected to be back in exactly 30 minutes but it takes 5-8 minutes to get to the break room and even more to get to your car, don’t even think about leaving the parking lot because there is absolutely no time","Give employees a 30 minute break and a hour lunch, we are working super hard to get that merchandise where it needs to go!",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7949,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - L7 SDM,advice to SDE's from former L7 SDM,"Great place to start your career, if you get an L4 SDE offer out of college take it! you will learn a ton and it will be a great platform to find your next job (ideally 1 year after being promoted to L5)  Principal Engineers - (L7+ SDE's) are untouchable in the company culture, if you get a Principal offer, take it - $$$$$$$ a year with stock increase is not uncommon after a couple years.  Stock price keeps on going up (even with recent dip)","Do not take an L5 SDE position, it is a broken level with people from 2-9 years of experience being judged together in reviews. If you were just promoted to L5 and do not get mid-top marks in your next review (or two) - move on.  Anger and yelling is rewarded in some groups  As a Sr. Manager, managing someone's career was not rewarded",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P13.htm
7950,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Programmer/Writer,Amazon Web Services - AWS Docs,"Engaging projects, ability to transfer to gain experience, really great teamwork, work life balance.","Some times of the year can be hectic. For AWS, it's November, for retail, it's December.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7951,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Runner,Warehouse,Amazing benefits package for employees.,There were not any cons.,Na,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7952,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Accounts Manager,Account Manager,Company brand recognition in the market. Some really brilliant people plucked out of every good company out there.,"AWS does not know how to work with enterprise accounts. No sales strategy, lot of internal politics no upside for career. If your customer is not billing millions of dollars a year, your account gets no love and completely ignored. Did I mention flat structure? Customers will never see Andy unless they are pushing 100m yearly or lighthouse customer. Some really brilliant people plucked out of every good company out there and put to dead end jobs. Don’t join unless you are jobless.",Stop over selling roles to candidates. Bringing in senior and accomplished sales VPs and dumping them into accounts that are terrified to do business with Amazon and paired with Solition Architect who only knows tidbits of AWS services is recipe for failure.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7953,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Network Engineer,Management Review,Great technical experience and convenient perks.,"Terrible management. Management is not organized. Also, the management team would benefit from a course about sexism in the workplace. There was a particular manager who was verbally abusive in private, and covertly manipulative. I was the only female in the department, and he tried intimidation and bullying tactics towards myself, everyday.",Provide a course on sexism and intimidation/bullying in the workplace.,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7954,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Advertising,"Smart People, Fast growing, lots of opportunity to learn and grow professionally.","Internal processes can be a headache, Frugality Leadership Principle can be annoying at times",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7955,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-2,Software Development Engineer-2,Engineers are given full ownership. A good place to start your career because you can learn a lot.,The Engineering bar is declining.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7956,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate 1 pack side AFE,Good money. Base pay ($15) + differential ($3.50) = $18.50 per hour. I work part time only Saturday and Sunday for 20 hrs total. Easy to get hired. No requirements.,Job is incredibly monotonous and boring. HIGH turnover even the managers. I think it is very stressful for managers here. Constant talk about 'RATE'. Sometimes rate is unreasonable.,None. They won't listen so why bother.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7957,amazon,"Bellmawr, NJ"," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Rough work,Get to work alone Good pay Good Benefits Management is at least kind,"Very unorganized facility Inexperienced and incompetent management Poor on the the road support team Complete lack of a dispatch team Expect you to move at the speed of light and obey road laws at the same time Hardly enough time to complete entire route, take all breaks, and get home on time","Take more time to prepare for the holiday season 2019 cause you all messed up this year. When you open up a new delivery facility, bring in experienced workers that can actually answer simple questions, and make sure you have a parking lot capable of supporting the amount of drivers you hire, rather than having them loading their trucks in the street right next to busy traffic. The load up process every morning is an absolute nightmare and I'm not surprised at the amount of drivers quitting by the week. Despite the pay hike, no one is going to put up with poor working conditions.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7958,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Client Lead Recruiter,Sr. Client Leqd/Recruiter,"Ownership, innovative company, diversity of the company business lines, Career growth.",Homegrown programs inside that sometimes take a bit of time to hone in on cutting edge for recruiting.,Keep doing an awesome job giving people growth and further career advancement opportunities.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7959,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,Principal Product Manager,Amazon’s a great company for builders. Everyone here is a leader with very sharp IQ. Managers empower teams to make independent decisions and execute plans fast. Overall compensation and benefits are competitive.,"This place is not for everyone, if you can’t work hard, long and fast then it’ll be overwhelming for you to keep up with others.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P14.htm
7960,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Client Lead Recruiter,Sr. Client Leqd/Recruiter,"Ownership, innovative company, diversity of the company business lines, Career growth.",Homegrown programs inside that sometimes take a bit of time to hone in on cutting edge for recruiting.,Keep doing an awesome job giving people growth and further career advancement opportunities.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7961,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,Principal Product Manager,Amazon’s a great company for builders. Everyone here is a leader with very sharp IQ. Managers empower teams to make independent decisions and execute plans fast. Overall compensation and benefits are competitive.,"This place is not for everyone, if you can’t work hard, long and fast then it’ll be overwhelming for you to keep up with others.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7962,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Friendly, not strict, flexible, fun",Hours depend on volume within the building,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7963,amazon,"Little Rock, AR"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - VCS II,The Truth About Amazon,"I have finally found a company that thinks about the thing that makes a business successful, the investors that invest everyday but don't get a salary or stock bonus.",I haven't found one yet. I have admired the company for years and of course shopped at Amazon since 2000 and when the expectations fell short with product or shipping the customer service and doing what was best for me is why I still shop here.,My one piece of advice would be a software and hardware suggestion. It works well and was thought out perfectly just a few tweaks here and there. I am a little bit of a power user.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7964,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I enjoy working at Amazon,I enjoy working at Amazon,We should get free lunch,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7965,amazon,"Rancho Bernardo, CA"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Delivery Driver,It was a great experience,I felt comfortable accepting a job either hem because they understood my priorities,None were a down side,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7966,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great pay and benefits!,"Great benefits, great wages, great culture.","If you’re ready to work hard, there shouldn’t be any cons!",Keep it up!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7967,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Culture and a lot of projects to work on.,I have none due to current team is great.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7968,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Customer Service,Was able to work from home. Decent management relationship. Great Maternity benefits,Overseas reps were held to a lower standard and US reps had to pick up the slack.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7969,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short term disability,Fast with paper work,Nothing really to say about it,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P15.htm
7970,amazon,"Moreno, Riverside, CA"," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Package Handler,Great Pay for Weekend/Graveyard shift,Great pay rates for Weekend & graveyard shifts. The staff is very friendly. Management is willing to listen for advice/improvements.,Lacks proper training. Expects staff to extend job duties beyond the job description.,Improve training,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7971,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate I,"Flexible schedule, easy to get hired, good minimum pay for all positions ($15/hr), casual work environment",Not enough hours for temporary employees,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7972,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,"Fun, Fast paced and enjoyable","Tiring, Sometimes long hours and slow",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7973,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,"Big company , good environment",You can’t get enough hours. It is good as a second job.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7974,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Pallet Recieve,Mixed feelings,"Benefits, availabilty of work, Voluntary time off","Mamagement doesn't consider advice on how to work better, if you're not at 100% or higher four rate, you're coached, when you are first hired you're given 10 hours of Unpaid time off. Sometimes a shift is longer than that.","Work on the rating system. I get told daily that they appreciate my hardwork and my effort. I got a reward for being a top performer one day last week, but last night I was verbally coached for productivity. I don't feel like things are adding up.  Inspire employees to work together to meet goals, rather than compete for the best rate. Lift eachother up.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7975,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,AM,"Mgt is friendly and willing to help. Associates work hard, Great Benefits. 3 days off.",There is no formal training for MGT should be structured for those who come in outside of the company. Long hours and lots of standing and walking. Very grueling on the the body. If you don't like supporting your work with math this is not for you.,none,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7976,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Rental Sales Associate Condos and Offices,Customer service,Very strong people skills. Others follow what i suggest. Ive sent alit of clients to retailers i follow.,Try to sale and more. Return less.,People are always first in opinions of items are others. Be humble make and keep customer happy. Word of mouth can destroy a business.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7977,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Associate,"High energy, lots of teamwork, enthusiastic workers, good pay, plenty of room for learning (you need to show interest) good exercise, new friends, just fun place, good management at my facility. Very helpful.",Hired too many people. Sometimes not enough work. Too much VTO offered.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7978,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Manager of Product Management,Not a place for the weak hearted...,"I’ve worked at many different places, I’d say amazon is the one where I’ve grown the most professionally. Is it a lot of work? Yes. Do you learn a lot? Yes. For the complainers out here, this is not a good place for them. But for most of us, we can’t think of leaving in the foreseeable future.",Potentially long hours Middle management that’s new to the company could be misconstruing our leadership principles,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7979,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - SDS Agent,SDS Agent,Flexible hours and decent pay,Very overworked and mandatory overtime,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P16.htm
7980,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Warehouse Associate,"Warehouse Team Member (Seasonal, Part-Time, Full-Time, Flexible Hours)",-You get paid to exercise. -Great introductory pay for warehouse. -Strong company with brand recognition.,"-Off-site parking. -You are just a number or letters in the system. -May be difficult to move up (I have only been here two weeks and have heard a lot of complaints about how management has been the same.) -Not always the most logical thinking, a lot of wasted time and energy. -Poor communication. -Not easy to call in if unable to make it to work or accidentally schedule a shift at the wrong time. -Misleading job posts ( I thought I was getting an 11-5:30 shift Wednesday-Friday, but that was only training. I have to wait until the post their Flex schedule and log in and claim work days before others snatch them all up. I don't mind doing that, but I thought and the other 20 people in new orientation with me thought we were getting a part time shift, 11-5:30.) Little to no direction for day to day activities. I understand the business needs change from day to day, but when one manager says to do one thing and another manager tells you to do a totally different thing or they look confused as to why the first manager told you to talk to them about what they needed you to do, it makes me think there is little to no organization or communication involved between managers. -Did I mention off-site parking? Taking the bus to get from their off-site parking to work takes extra time out of your day.","-Get better organized. -Communicate with each other and then the employees. -Expand your parking!!! -Have a way for employees to actually call in, the number you provide only tells us to contact the Manager or HR, which is the only one that actually responds and helps.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7981,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning Ambassador,Money is good and you don’t have to wear dress code,They work you like a slave,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7982,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Bad,"Good part-time job, time off is pretty convenient once you're a blue badge. Management is pretty bad but there are many other people to mix and mingle with as for the most part you just scan boxes.",Management wasn't the best. There were too many constant changes.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7983,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,The pay was nice .,Small breaks . The bathroom and cafeteria was far away so you spend half your break getting there.,Try not to be on certain people's backs because of a rate,4.0,none,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7984,amazon,"Jefferson, GA"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Growing company more offices opening up,Not enough hours for the week,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7985,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,UX Designer,"No micromanagement, new buildings' interiors are beautiful, good pay.","Dry, scrappy, boring corporate projects. UX is essentially considered as UI in many departments at Amazon. Emphasis on getting things done fast, rather than well. In general, people don't want to bond and it's a very individualistic culture. Not much diversity. The tools you'll use are all internal tools, so they won't be useful in your next job.",Start hiring UX Designers that focus on UX and not UI. Start hiring Visual Designers that focus on UI and not UX.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7986,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Case prep,The pay rate is good,It is a easy job and they pay good the only thing i don’t like is only seasonal,Work hard,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7987,amazon,"Saint Louis, MO"," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Wearhouse Associate,Wearhouse associate,Easy job and nice pay,Leadership can be confusing lots of people who don't do there jobs don't have to work as hard because of favoritism,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7988,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Grow Like Crazy,Huge opportunities to learn and grow and contribute to new solutions to big problems. If you like sharp tools and hard problems then this is the place to be. Everyone is empowered to take on anything they think they want to take on which means your career growth is entirely in your hands to find opportunities and chase them!,"As I said for 'pros' they will let you take on as much as you can handle, some people over burden themselves and burn out.",Continue to empower employees to think big!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7989,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Physical Work","Good Pay, Good people, Good benefits",Very physical job do not work here if you cannot take it,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P17.htm
7990,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package handler,"Fun, flexible, overtime, meeting good people",Short Breaks Mild Hot conditions in the warehouse,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
7991,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Driver,Amazon Flex driver..Has ups and downs but mostly ups,The pay is amazing as long as you get a block. Getting a block is competitive. The app has a good flow.,"Use of gas and wear and tear on car.The navigation is pretty bad sometimes. Customer service is hard to understand and not helpful. If something goes wrong they always blame the employee. Trying to explain a situation to support was like talking to a brick wall. Overall though, i enjoy the work. I think it's fun. And again.. Pay is great.",Get customer service folks that can speak better English. For no other reason except they're hard to understand. Be more personalized. Take into account the pay when you work over the block time. Fix the navigation system. It sucks.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
7992,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior HRA,Sr. HRA,"Positive work culture, potential growth","Work load, long working hours",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
7993,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Gain valuable logistics and supply chain experience. Opportunity for growth is infinite,The work life balance is not optimal.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
7994,amazon,"Champaign, IL"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,I Love It Here!,"Great team, great managers, great work, great part-time benefits, and great starting pay. I look forward to moving into a higher role in the future.","None. I've worked for other corporations and cooperatives at multiple levels of both organizations. This is my favorite place I've ever worked. If you don't like to work hard or fast then this is probably not the place for you, but I love both of those things so it's perfect.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
7995,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,If You Want to Know the Truth 100%,"There aren't many pros about working for Amazon, however, I will say the best part about this position is the impact you have on so many people in a positive way. Learn to lead by example and not fall into the Amazon culture. A lot of people above you will try to drive their own principles upon you and blame you for their poor decisions. Don't change for Amazon, lead your team the right way and they will work harder for YOU.","This company performs at such a low level of integrity that everyone questions if Amazon even knows what it means. There is zero teamwork and the toxic culture pushes people to lose their honesty and moral principles. Everyone points fingers rather than actually trying to fix the issue. As a leader, your leadership style should not be ""lets see who can be the bigger bully"" especially if you're a ""leader of leaders"". Incompetency seems to be quite common in the FC's. Amazon definitely hires a lot of managers and not enough leaders. Aside from that, you are expected to work long hours. You will never see a 10 hour shift even though that's what was sold to you. Expect 12 hours on a good day. If you actually do your job, you'll easily hit 25k steps on a daily basis and sometimes have no time to fuel your body.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
7996,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Universal Recieve,There's Amazon and then there's ,"If you meet standard requirements, show some initiative and an eagerness to learn you will be provided the tools to succeed within the company. After 30 plus years in other fields that never required punching a clock, I was hesitant to begin a new career as an associate in the fulfillment center at Amazon. It has been an incredible 4 months in which I've learned 5-6 different specialties within the FC. I don't know from one shift to the next what I will be assigned to do. It's never boring and the majority of my associates work hard. While having several specialties means nothing in terms of pay, It does make me a more valued employee if ever there need to be lay-offs. And it brings me closer to an advance to the next pay tier.","As my Title states, There's the AMAZON in Seattle with free lunch, an arborium lobby, dogs at work etc...Then there's the AMAZON that I know with things like half working scanners and work areas held together by packing tape. We could use a little more Seattle in New Jersey.",We walk out through a metal detector to prevent theft. But anyone with an employee badge can walk right onto the main floor with any weapon they want because there are no metal detectors on the way in. One could perceive that they value the merchandise more than the employees. Make us feel safer.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
7997,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Associate,Great Environment and benefits for employees,Difficult to move up in this position,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
7998,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,Line leader,I have been working at Amazon more than 3 years great pay. Some people are nasty but most of them are really nice.,Some people are really mean.,They should make educated person as a PA.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
7999,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,IT Support Technician reveiw,"Hands on experience with hardware, software and troubleshooting",limited permission for networking management,Have 2 different tiers for technicians jr and sr,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P18.htm
8000,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Experience,Good pay and friendly Environment,The standing for 10 to 12 Hours is Horrible on anybody’s feet or back,Learn to listen to your staff,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8001,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Package Handler,The work is relatively simple and easy from a physical standpoint.,"The work is extremely monotonous, and employees need to stay on their feet for hours on end.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8002,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Packer/Picker,Amazon review,Benefits Hourly pay 4 day work week,Managers Favoritism Hot during summer Cold during winter Not long enough breaks for 10 hr shift,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8003,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"great pay, accommodating, benefits day one","bad work hours, long hard days, takes a toll on your body",8hr days,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8004,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Ambassador,Not as bad as most people think,decent pay for starter job  buildings are climate controlled,bosses play favorites  other employees make it feel like high school again ( a lot of drama),none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8005,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Sr. Recruiter,"Ability to own your career. Big company that feels like a start up. Great opportunity to move around the company, they really encourage if you aren't happy in your role to explore other roles in Amazon.","Depending on the organization the work life balance can be challenging, with long work hours and unmanageable workload at times. Very Fast moving company so we are constantly pivoting, so standard work isnt always practices or found. We tend to be very ""scrappy""",Continue to invest in talent and help those looking for new roles to explore Amazon so we can keep talent internal!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8006,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound,Great environment friendly and flexible,Drive was really far in Monee Illinois but I got used to it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8007,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solving the most interesting challenges in the world,Solving the most interesting challenges in the world,"Hostile atmosphere, little employee perks",Invest more in employee retention,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8008,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,Good benefits for part-time employees and set schedule,Need to be in decent shape to do the job well.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8009,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Great job.,$15 per hour pay. Four 10 hour days. 11 hour days during peak. So three day weekends are nice. Great benefits. Room to move up or around in the company.,"Working around some lazy people. Honestly, that's about it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P19.htm
8010,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,"Time off, people, stocks, n/a","Peak session, short breaks, high rates,",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8011,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Relatively good pay, If you're willing to put in the work",Good pay consistent hours mostly friendly people good for losing weight,long shifts short breaks hard to make rate sometimes lifting very heavy boxes,Do a better job of fixing and replacing defective equipment,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8012,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Easy job, albeit physically demanding","Good pay, regular VTO, good management","Physically demanding, irritating coworkers, loud and high stress enviornment",N/A,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8013,amazon,"Jackson, TN"," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Delivery Driver,Correctional officer,Deal with all attitude in work place,A different work place to enjoy,Transportation of inmates,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8014,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pay,Good pay and good benefits,Mandatory overtime and long hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8015,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation,Transportation Operations Management,Education of transportation and logistics if allowed to advance.,No career advancement without college degree and extreme homophobia which is treated with a blind eye.,Listen and see what is really going on here and treat people the way you would like to be treated or your family would be. You keep people where you want them with no advancement opurtunities.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8016,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,Challenging fast paced work environment,Very poor work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8017,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Great experience but just a stepping stone,"Learn a lot of great leadership skills, how to develop projects and take ownership",Work life balance is not great and the company is frugal.,Focus on supporting your team and building team moral,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8018,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,VCS/SDS,"flexibility, virtual work, pay increase","poor management, not leadership support",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8019,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,They don’t allow us to pick shifts,Flexible schedule and flexible shift,"Just 5 shifts per week or 22h per week, but they always have new hiring","Open more shifts for gold status, it’s not fair we can’t pick shift but you have new hiring every month",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P20.htm
8020,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Sortation,"Easy, but soul sucking","They recently increased the pay to $15/hr, which is really the main reason why and I so many others applied. You don't interview at all. Just pass a drug test and background check and you are hired. You are allowed to pick the schedule that works in your favor and the work is crazy easy. The people are all super friendly and helpful as well. I never once felt intimidated or nervous. You also can have any sort of look there, no restrictions on that. I worked in the sortation warehouse where all we did was take the packages off the line and put them in pallets to match their zip codes. Pretty much mastered it on the first day.","You feel like cattle being herded to slaughter. They ship you all in at once and you clock in and mindlessly stack boxes for hours with a really sad excuse for a break in between. I honestly only worked one full day before getting another job offer. I am about to send in my resignation right now. You just feel like a drone working in a windowless warehouse all day. It may be easy, but it is very draining. I also feel like I am back in high school with how some of the coworkers act. If you are looking for an easy, okay paying gig then this is for you, but expect to get burned out FAST.",Management was super nice and helpful. I really liked them tbh. No problems on that end.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8021,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Must be a Self Starter,"You are given a lot of freedom to dictate the way that you want to work, at least on my team. As long as the job gets done, and you keep your team informed, then things will go well for you.","This same freedom can be a hinderance to some folks. If you are not a self starter, don't know how to manage your own calendar and don't know how to ask for help, you will not do well.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8022,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Architect,Solutions Architect,Opportunity to learn and innovate in the area of Machine Learning,To keep up with rapid innovation in AWS Services requires rigorous time management,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8023,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Leader,Amazon only hires Type A players and thus the reliability of team work is at its maximum potential. The results are proof.,Not a good place to work if one does not believe in joint/individual contribution and associated rewards. Not a place for people without any drive or conviction.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8024,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Worldwide Startup,"Amazon is definitely the fastest growing billion dollars company. The business is always changes and this gives employees always new ways of improving and challenging themselves either via new technologies, new teams or new locations. The company still works as a startup where everybody is enabled to create and propose innovative ideas, as we always say: Invent and Simplify.",The company still has the characteristic of a startup in terms of un-mature and un-consolidated processes. There are a lot of improvement areas still to work on. The frugality approach sometimes wins over less affordable but more efficient solutions.,Management should invest more on growing internal candidates for higher roles since they have a better understanding of the business. This requires more soft skills trainings,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8025,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Vice President,Great Experience,"Solid leadership. Smart people. Growth opportunities. Positive encouragement. Challenging, not boring.",Takes a while to learn your way around.,You can never over-communicate.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8026,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company good work experience,this was a great company to work for,There are no cons I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8027,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation fulfillment,Money Time Fast paced Growth opportunities Supportive,Not enough hours Standing Too many workers,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8028,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,High salary for entry programmer,Unhappy teamates with a lot of stress,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8029,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Too many hours, very stressful","They offer decent pay, plenty breaks","Long hours, hard to manage breaktime",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P21.htm
8030,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC associate,"Pay , a nice amount of overtime","Extreme Productivity goals, short breaks , career advancement politics","Spend more time developing associates, have career paths in indirect positions also , burning out good associates is working backwards",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8031,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fullfillment,"Weekly pay, Easy apply, plenty of hours during Holidays","taxing and repetitive physical labor, little regard for employee safety versus productivity shown, Messy break room and nasty bathrooms.",Employee morale can be improved by improving the working conditions and eliminating the terrible idea of labeling each package by hand.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8032,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Now Associate,The managers and employees are friendly,The aisles in the warehouse can be a bit cramped,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8033,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,"Great company, but don't expect to slack off","There is plenty of good things to say about Amazon. Plenty of workers would be happy with the insurance alone. The lowest end of payscale is $15/hour. As IT Support Engineer I am getting $21.15/hour, above expectations for the area. Amazon does really value their leadership principles and it shows in their management.","There is something called ""Amazon pace."" No matter what role you are at Amazon, you won't be lacking on finding something to do! Not a bad thing for those on the move, but if you expect things to be easy, not the place for you!","From what I read, Amazon, like most companies doesn't reward loyalty when it comes to promotions, lucky, it seems some management fights for their workers.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8034,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Enjoy the crazy ride at Amazon.com,Get to learn more and do more in a shorter time than I've ever been Quality compensation Flexible work from home opportunties,High pressure environment Political middle management,"Be more aggressive in removing low quality management, they are running high quality talent away.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8035,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,Good company culture that rewards hard work.,Management may not train effectively you on all roles when you begin.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8036,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"An innovative, exciting company with an amazing culture","Amazon is really an exciting place to work, you should never have a shortage of engaging work here. I expect that almost every possible type of job can be found here, if it isn't, it could be created. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), where I work, you would be hard-pressed to find more interesting, challenging, and future-thinking technology. One of my favorite things about working at Amazon in general is the inclusion--Amazon proudly employs, and vocally supports, minorities, LGBTQ+ individuals (including transgender persons), veterans, and people with disabilities. My entire management hierarchy, including myself, is made up of women (until reaching the CEO, Andy Jassy, who is male). As a young employee, I feel like my opinions are valued, and that I'm not looked down on due to my age or tenure. If you're hard-working, tenacious, and incredulous, you can find a place at Amazon.","Amazon is an extremely fast-moving workplace, which is exciting, but it can also be exhausting if you don't know how to manage the pace. It is critical to set a work/life balance for yourself (or as Jeff Bezos says, work/life harmony). Management also plays a huge part in how much people enjoy working at Amazon. I have heard of people having night and day experiences on two similar teams, or even the same team, due to a change in management. The process to be promoted can also extremely vary across organizations, and there is a lack of inconsistency in who is promoted, after what time period. You need to be an advocate for yourself when you work at Amazon (but I've found many mentors who helped me grow this skill, personally and professionally, during my time here).",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8037,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager Intern,Amazing hands-on experience in a Warehouse,Long working hours even for interns,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8038,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fast Work,Kept active so it kept me in shape,Intensive work and long hours at times.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8039,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Company was great,The environment was fun and exciting each day. Coworkers were typically nice. Management seemed to actually care about me and would give positive feedback while good constructive criticism.,Strict schedules. Customers could get pretty irate and it was hard to deal with sometimes.,If there’s any way to make schedules a little more flexible that would be great.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P22.htm
8040,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard countless hours,experience and great networking,endless hours of working and commitment,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8041,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Delivery associate,On your own time,It can be very busy some days.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8042,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Worker,Decent salary for what you do,"Not very good benefits, boring work, stressful at times",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8043,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Warehouse Associate,Benefits and competitive pay for industry and position. Training provided.,The lack of work schedule flexibility,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8044,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Inbound stow,"Where to I begin. Let's start with immediate insurance as soon as your badge is in your hand. Many ways to take time off. Paid, unpaid, voluntary, vacation. Increase in both hourly pay and night shift differential. 4 day work week. Holiday pay (6). Swagbucks, gets you free items just for working. Advancement opportunities. Career path stock option. Great employee discounts. Many different shifts. So much more...","Nothing just do your job and work when you suppose too. It's not hard, yes it's physical. Yes you leave tired. But it's what you make of it. Only hard thing is is getting use to a two week check. Lol after that minor adjustment, SMOOTH SAILING....",Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8045,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A place where you make real impact.,I am very happy with Amazon's alive enviroment. You never need to think what you are doing or what's your impact. You can just go with the flow.,"Payroll is good, but side benefist are not as great as other tech giants.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8046,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,great pay and options for growth,very clickish......they will vote you off the island fast,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8047,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,The pay is good and if you become a permanent employee the benefits are good as well. I also had a lot of flexibility in choosing my schedule though I did not mind the weekend requirement for part time seasonal employees.,Most positions will start you as seasonal and working in the facilities where they already have enough permanent workers means needing to look for a new job after the two months.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8048,amazon,"Chesapeake, VA"," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Great workplace,"-Workout and get paid - payrate -great for college students - vision and dental, and other benefits -good to climb the ranks",-no medical benefits - Sometimes get less than 2 hours of work a day,None,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8049,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,"It’s a good job , pays good !",To much hard labor for $15,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P23.htm
8050,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opporunities don't come to you here and yo need to go to them!,"- Fast paced and constant changes so you will learn how to adapt to different changes, you need to find opportunities and present your ideas, you drive your career. Great place to learn and innovate!","low pay and very less benefits, Very few holidays including US holidays.",Please be more employee friendly!,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8051,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - VCS Associate,VCS Customer Service Associate,"Working from home, you save time on traveling to one of the sites",The conection to the INternet might be afected,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8052,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is amazing to work with,"Flexible, Motivator, Chance to innovate",Nothing that I can think of,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8053,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Delivery Driver,4 days work schedule Pto Overtime Get paid for full shift even if your done early,Long days sometimes Early shifts,None,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8054,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Decent company hard work,Solid company with excellent benefits,Be ready to work,"Very attentive to needs, keep offering opportunities for expansion.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8055,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,The people and great benefits,Long hours on your feet.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8056,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Package Sorter,Experience at Amazon Delivery Center,Workout while you work. Good pay per hour. They feed you at times.,Sometimes get sent home early.,No ATM,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8057,amazon,"Chino, CA"," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal,New Hired Sortation Professional,It all comes down to the opportunity that Amazon provides. If you show up on time and do your job and complete you tasks and even try to excel you will be awarded in terms of financial benefits as well as the ability to move up in the company!!!,The work opportunity is not for babies...if you are just trying to slide by and do the minimal job tasks then don't work here. This organization is looking for superstars.,Continue to provide the environment for team members to achieve excellence and please listen to the employees suggestions and recommendations that can make the company grow and become a better profitable and fun place to work and have a fruitful career.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8058,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,I can’t wait to be fulltime,I love the pay rate and the weekly pay.,They start you off part time.,Keep helping and motivating the Employees,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8059,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - PM,Toxic is an understatement.,-Ability to work on projects that impact a lot of customers.,"-Extremely toxic work environment where managers don't care about advancement of employees. -You are usually referred to as what level you are, not your name. -Managers often have zero real ""management"" experience and have no idea what they are doing. -People will take credit for your work and you can't do a single thing about it. -No opportunities for upward feedback. -Politics control everything. People will smile in front of your face then backstab you when they aren't. -The infamous NY Times article is still spot on with how awful the company culture is.","-Show that you actually care about employees - don't just state it. Your words are vapid, actions are all that matter. -Show that you care about more than just the top line. You have no idea how much your direct reports get away with when you aren't looking.",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P24.htm
8060,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Worst job ever,Salary is good and easy hire process without interview,"Training, comunication, short on paycheck, had to work when your co workers constantly in bad mood",Need better training and efficiency with payroll,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8061,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 25, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Noone is appreciated ever,They offer a benefits package.,Some of the policy practices tend to get good employees terminated for extremely stupid (for lack of a better word)reasons.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8062,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Company culture is a big deal. You live by the leadership principles and understand where you have them as stregnths and ones you need to work on a little.,The stock increases at annual review time are sometimes lower than expected.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8063,amazon,"West Valley City, UT"," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SEASONAL SORTATION ASSOCIATE- DELIVERY STATION,The job is extremely easy.,"Everyone in the building is scheduled four hour shifts without breaks, but if you opt in for an eight hour shift of what they refer to as VET (Voluntary Extra Time), you're then subjected to an eight hour shift without breaks.  Hiring process is long and drawn out with a dozen email and text message correspondences.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8064,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Nov 10, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse,Warehouse,Friendly employees and managers. Flexibility in the schedule.,Some of the work could be considered repetitive,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8065,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr product manager,A good tech company to work for career growth,There are not much cons,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8066,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team lead,"Good culture.,growth opportunity, challenging task","Manager was not good, he always listen one side story",Please make sure if your employee is leaving. Kindly do exit interview.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8067,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Engineer,Burnout,"Opportunities for growth, pretty campus, lots of food options, name prestige, high salary, learning potential, smart coworkers","Cutthroat culture, not much guidance, focus on results, low retention, poor work life balance",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8068,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Good opportunity for learning new skill and forging anti-pressure capability.,Sometimes crazy deadline happens. You have to work hard to catch the deadline,The ETA of project should come from engineers who develop it. Management should provide some buffer for it.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8069,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,VCS Customer Service Associate,"Work from home ,flexible schedules","low pay, long time for advancement",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P25.htm
8070,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,VCS Customer Service Associate,"Work from home ,flexible schedules","low pay, long time for advancement",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8071,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good money hard job,"Good benefits, anyways hours & overtime available, Good pay","Crazy amount of work expected of you, 10 hour shifts on your feet,",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8072,amazon,"Knoxville, TN"," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service,Work from home. Able to schedule hours to suit your needs. Supportive co-workers and extensive paid training.,Isolated. Not very much leeway in absences or time off. Incredibly corporate structured.,Give new employees more training time with management. Help to decrease stress that way and will keep people from dropping out during the training process.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8073,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast Onboarding, Friendly Culture, Endless Work",Everyone has been incredibly nice. Most of my coworkers show enthusiasm for the job.,Be prepared to work hard and you'll do great.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8074,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Management,"Run, don't walk, to Join The Team","Success breeds success. Amazing culture with near-zero politics, intellectual honesty, great pay/benefits, and a global mission that touches millions of small businesses in a positive way.",No complaints. It might be nice to have more comfortable chairs in The Spheres.,Don't change a thing! Keep the standards/expectations relentlessly high. Never let us get to Day 2. Keep embracing disruptive ideas!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8075,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Create company for new graduate,1. You can learn a lot as new graduates and you can work with a lot of talent people. 2. A lot of different teams to explore and you can always find one interest you.,"1. For some teams, on call are a headache. 2. After 4 years, you salary base will drop a lot due to poor stock refresh and little base increase.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8076,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Junior Software Engineer,Great Place to Start but overworked and under appreciated,"Brilliant people to work around, and opportunities to network and grow knowledge base","Overworked. Sexism is prevalent. As a women, I feel my opinion not appreciated or not even heard.","Empower women in the workplace. Plan team bonding events, and days where employee don't have to work the whole day.",4.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8077,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work can be tiring,At the time it was a higher pay than most jobs in the area,This work is definitely physically demanding.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8078,amazon,"Rockville, MD"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Love my job,"$15 per hour pay minimum. Friendly work environment. Opportunities for advancement. Constant work barely any time to think or slack off, employees all work as a team.",My back and feet hurt by the end of my shift. Short break or no break all day. Constant flow of packages means theres a lot to do.,Youre doing great as far as I can tell. Things run pretty smoothly.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8079,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZON,its a nice place to work atleast you dont need to pay for Gym because you daily work is full body GYM itself....and there payment and incentives are very high compare to other like companies,needs extra coordination and care for staffs,not bad,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P26.htm
8080,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough place to work,The money and people are great,The hours and culture can be crushing,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8081,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Client Lead,"Ability to learn and grow, working with amazing people.","None, I've had an amazing experience.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8082,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fun place to work.,Good Management and employee-customer oriented.,Requires frequent updation of knowledge to stay in the hunt.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8083,amazon,"Chatsworth, CA"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter,great,great co workers easy work,strict on attendance and breaks,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8084,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Quietly Crunching,"Good salary, good benefits. Management culture for lower-level managers seems pretty focused on making sure the team can get their work done without distraction.","* ""Work hard / play hard"" culture usually just means work hard / work hard. * Oncall rotations for most developers * Often multiple vacancies on a team, so teams are constantly understaffed. * The above two points combine to mean there are going to be long periods of crunch, in addition to round-the-clock oncall schedules.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8085,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Quick, steady money, good benefits",Work you to death,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8086,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,FC Area Manager - One Month In,"Amazon's work is very rewarding and stable and has great opportunity, if you expect to perform well. Amazon expects superior performers from the bottom to the top and Amazon does an amazing job of clearly setting performance expectations. If you do not want to work hard, don't join to Amazon.","At Fulfillment Centers (""FCs""), employees stand for long hours, but nothing the average person cannot handle, wear decent athletic shoes that aren't worn out.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8087,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,"AWS: Great place to work, but not for everybody",1. Exposure to cutting edge technology 2. Experimenting is encouraged 3. Flexible schedule (work from home) - except when on business trips,"For the most part, you do not get specific assignments - it is up to you to find your specialization, technical challenges to work on, solutions that will benefit customers - in short, you have to be a self-starter! If you like a more structured environment when your manager decides what you do and sets the goals - Amazon AWS is not for you. We also do about 20% of travel - if you cannot accommodate travel, position at Amazon AWS might not be for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8088,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Support engineer,Great company to work for,The culture is alot different than most tech companies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8089,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Shipping,Dock Worker,"Learn a lot of skills, experience with how a warehouse flows.","Not a lot of room for advancement, likely you will be working the same position for years.  Lots of favoritism.",none,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P27.htm
8090,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Hours,-Upperward mobility -Opportunities to learn beyond your standard skillset -Excellent performance is rewarded,-Long hours -No work/life balance -High pressure,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8091,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough place to work,The money and people are great,The hours and culture can be crushing,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8092,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,I have been working at Amazon for 2 years.,"Good place to work, can learn something new.","Low wage, not enough hours for part time.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8093,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"Great pay, benefits and room to grow",Long hours on my feet,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8094,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Working with nationalities. Learn different aspects of the company.,Crazy schedule. Management very rude.,To be attentive with employees,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8095,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Experience was good, good pay","A lot of overtime, long hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8096,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Very organized and efficient management,Long hours and not very many breaks,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8097,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. HR Assistant,Good Management and supportive HR team,Long hours and a heavy work load,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8098,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Fun but tough,"- Great people in the org I supported, made a lot of friends - Really smart people, you'll learn a lot - You'll never be bored - High visibility projects, it's cool to see something you're working on reported in the news daily - Good pay - Great executive leadership","- Some people were difficult to get along with on my team - Your manager can make or break you - Ambiguous promotion and development process - Can get lost in the weeds and ""fighting fires"" - Bad benefits - Odd vesting schedule for Restricted Stock Units",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8099,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - OMR,Amazon support role,"Great pay, very little stress",Set schedule that includes 1 weekend day/night,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P28.htm
8100,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Process Assistant,The hourly pay is good especially in NY and if you do overnight + weekends,The mandatory overtime is a huge inconvenience especially if you work another job however they can make exceptions for people in school if the times clash.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8101,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience Really Based on Manager,"There's always a clearly defined method promo path, and also lateral movement where needed.","That defined promo path isn't always entirely feasible, and can sometimes be in the hands of those who can't truly assess your work.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8102,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Associate,"Really easy, nice people to work with","Physically demanding, advancement process is somewhat arduous",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8103,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Developer,Never ending challenges helps you grow,Too much bureaucracy sometimes limits fun.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8104,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon warehouse workrt,Pay Hours Amcare Nice Management Hard work,They favor people Can’t chose were you want to be,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8105,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Assoc,Good company to work for,Very hard to move up,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8106,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Sourcing Recruiter,Great company,Everyone I work with is amazing.,Being remote can sometimes be hard,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8107,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Not the Same Company Jeff Bezos Describes,"Amazon.com is a strong business fueled by a virtuous cycle. Sales growth drives increased network density which improves cost per package fueling more sales growth. AWS is Amazon’s profit engine while growing rapidly and losing leadership to Azure. Alexa is strong as well although also looking vulnerable to Google. With growth comes opportunity.  The workforce is young and high energy. You’ll find sharp folks in all organizations. Decisions are made quickly especially when reversible. Jeff is obsessed with delighting customers and long term in his thinking. Peers tend to be sharp, but a step down from the other tech firms I’ve worked for.  Pay is fine- comparable to other top tech companies but lower after adjusting for cost of living. Benefits are somewhat typical with the exception of vacation and sick days. Both lag behind top tech peers.  The Seattle campus is beautiful and modern. There are plenty of food choices including a good food truck scene. The buildings are dog friendly which keeps things cheery.","I joined Amazon because I found that Jeff’s leadership principles and vision resonated with me. I find those principles poorly lived at Amazon, My impression is that the company grew too quickly and failed to maintain standards in doing so.  For some context, I’ve worked in high tech since 2000 and have worked for three tech titans, all number one in their fields. Amazon has lower standards than all three. I’ve seen the worst tech of my career at Amazon. I’ve seen the worst data, data management, and systems at Amazon. The comparisons are quite stark. Entire tech teams here would have been summarily fired at prior employers. At Amazon, they linger despite low standards and repeated failures.  While Jeff is quite long term in focus, business unit heads can be very short term. Emphasis is placed on the number of projects completed in a given year. (Congratulations on busy!). However, very little planning is done beyond the current year and next to nothing is discussed on long term vision. Tech teams design to the current years’ projects which may not be aligned with the long term. Much of the tech work is wasted year over year.  Rapid growth has led to a very inconsistent culture. It’s unusual to work with anyone who has been at Amazon more than a couple of years. What is valued becomes subjective with little in the way of common standards for employee assessment. Managers have nearly unilateral control over performance reviews which creates a culture of manager pleasing. This leads to bad decisions as employees do not challenge their hierarchy.  Hubris is the Achilles heel of any successful company. Amazon is no exception. Folks expect newcomers to be awed. I was, but not in a good way. I find the company does little to study and adopt external best practices.  The company practice of raising the bar with each external hire can mean you can find less capable folks at more senior grade levels. Don’t expect your grade level to change as a result. You can only be promoted within your current role. If your boss is not interested in having you as a peer, you’ll have to take a lateral and then earn your promo there.  Some managers do consistently push their teams to their physical limits. Health and marital problems are commonplace as a result. I’m the longest tenured team member at one year due to this. The following three longest in seniority are all looking for other jobs.  Amazon doesn’t seem to see high turnover as wasteful. Nothing seems to be done with managers who have 100% turnover every year.  Low standards leave little to learn from. If you’re driven by intellectual curiosity and personal growth, you may need to look elsewhere.","There are far too many managers that are not capable of getting into the detail of the work (diving deep). When a manager can’t understand the work being done, they hinder as often as they help. They struggle to discern good work from bad and often exhibit poor judgment as they lack context.  Amazon should consider collecting feedback from employees on how well their manager understands their work. A good barometer is whether employees indicate the manager could perform the role if needed. Managers with a high ratio of “no’s” should be under scrutiny. Amazon should consider moving them to roles that align with their strengths.  Amazon should ask employees which leadership principles their teams exemplify and which they struggle with. They should ask the same questions to employees of their managers. Teams should also be graded by partner groups.  Managers should be assessed on how much they can teach or help their employees. A manager who cannot help their employees grow can do little to help Amazon’s growth.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8108,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don’t settle,A great company to text out what works for you. If you don’t like the role you are in there are ways to transfer so you are happy in the right role! Great benefits and pay is highly competitive.,Long hours for salaried employees. Expectation is high during peak hours without any addition compensation.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8109,amazon,"Oakland, CA"," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,A great place to grow,Fast paced environment. A great place to grow project management skills Great teams!,Advancement structure within the IT organization leaves much to be desired. Pay scales are lower than industry norms.,"Listen carefully to your IT colleagues and employees. Visit your teams, let them know you aren't just a bot.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P29.htm
8110,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard,its great and great pay,long hours and three breaks,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8111,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK for a small warehouse,"easy work, can work in team",may not get full hours,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8112,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,High pay. Dynamic work environment. High standards.,Horrible organizational culture. Horrible work life balance. Leadership by numbers.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8113,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,I love Amazon.,The Culture is conducive to an employees growth. I have felt valued as an Employee and a person throughout my tenure with this wonderful company. Look forward to all the possibilities.,I honestly don't feel there are any cons.,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8114,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Representative,Senior Account Representative,"You get to work with some of the smartest in the industry. Also, pay is fantastic and mobility within the organization is encouraged. Fantastic people, great work culture, and a truly inspiring place to work. This is the first place I have worked where I see myself growing a true career for years to come.","A lot of people are not always held to their metrics like they should be. Also, a lot of bizarre hires that do not fit company standards.  People need to be held more accountable, particularly in a sales organization.","When you have several roles to fill, do not lower standards to fill them.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8115,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE,"Flexible work schedules, good work-life balance, access to lots of training resources, plenty of growth opportunities",On-call requirements can be tougher on some teams,Improve quality of internal tools,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8116,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant Salary,"work culture, stock incentive, ownership","size of organization, leadership involvement",none,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8117,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,"High paced, challenging, meaningful career as an Area Manager",Great pay for entry level manager. Ability to start projects that influence your department/team or facility. Open door policy with top management means that managers are always in check. Comprehensive daily grading system for all managers that get rated by their direct reports which ensures that all managers are always trying to improve and learn. Able to drive meaningful results. Management really does try improving the experience for area managers.,"Job is very high paced and very demanding which may lead to managers freaking out and quitting, understandable but one should push themselves to take on this huge challenge instead of running from it.  Depending on how well your site runs you should be regularly NOT doing overtime (except for 1 week and 1 month in a year (prime day, Peak season)). Expect 40-45 hour work weeks with up to 60 hours during peak and prime. This will be different for launch buildings","Keep on maintaining the mindset that you are not the perfect employer, keep on trying to improve, this will lead to bettering the experiences for all of your new hires.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8118,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place to innovate and create!,"I've learned so much working at Amazon. I had autonomy to design, develop, launch, and globally scale a program and gather metrics - from beginning to end. As long as the metrics show success, there is a great deal of opportunity to bring your expertise and create new things. The other thing is the Leadership Principles - people really do live them and that's refreshing!","I sometimes felt stretched with fewer-than-needed administrative support persons, but this varies with different teams.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8119,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"Incredible company growth, stock, very bright teams",Insane workload / no real work - life balance / incompetent middle - management,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P30.htm
8120,amazon,"Carlsbad, CA"," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Sorter,Ok Starter Job,"Predictable schedule, No big curveballs",When change happens it tends to throw everybody off,Listen to workers opinions more,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8121,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Packer,"If you want to be treated well, don’t work in an Amazon Warehouse",Generous Benefits. Reasonably priced insurance coverage.,They expect you to be at 70% of your target goal you first day of packing boxes. Lack of technical support by supervisors. I was told “You are the bottom of the barrel” my first day packing boxes. Nope.,Your supervisors need to be trained in people skills and to treat new hires better.,2.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8122,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,process assistant,"no day is the same, learning new things every day","long days, lots of walking",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8123,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great Benefits,Great salary and stock benefits!,"Can be a very demanding job in terms of hours,",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8124,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,A lot of opportunities and great projects to work on.,Not very good culture in general.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8125,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Student Associate,Seasonal Student Associate (pickup points),"The environment is extremely chill, no pressure.","They will ask you to leave if the flow of customers starts to die down, even if your shift hasn't ended and you don't get paid.",Respect your student workers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8126,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Good team to work in,Lots of smart people and chance to create real world impact,Compensation growth is slow for people hired after 2014,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8127,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Advisor - Amazon Business,Competitive pay and a lot of opportunity for growth.,"Want sales teams in the office at all times, even when the rep doesn't sell to that particular territory.","Be more flexible in work location and remote opportunities, especially when it has been demonstrated by the rep that they can work successfully from home.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8128,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Typical warehouse job,Indoors / AC Fair paced job,Inconsistent hours due to flexing up / down Hygiene of some coworkers is terrible,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8129,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations manager,"Internal opportunities, benefits, fast paced","Work life balance, constant change",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P31.htm
8130,amazon,"Sparrows Point, MD"," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Package Handler,"Unprofessional environment, managers are not trained well, very dirty building","Easy job to get, they hire anyone","Unsafe environment to work, very ghetto atmosphere.","Drug test everyone again, and start inforcing the rules better.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8131,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FBA,"None really, but this is only on FBA org. There are plenty of teams that are amazing, this is not one of them.","Micromanagement - This was huge, if i was a min late from my break or to work i had to explain why, yes not exaggeration one minute  Management in general - The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. If I would put in a request for time off, which was sent to the entire team some multiple would email me several times to confirm. Moral is super low, and we're expected to hit our numbers 100% everyday. I get that numbers need to be hit, but even a 99% was considered bad.  Career opportunists - Next to zero, you can become an AA or a Sr. investigation specialist but it really is the same job","Trust your employees, and tone down the micromanagement. You might actually get people to stay more than 2 years.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8132,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Weird Politics,"Interesting technology and products. Was given a lot of autonomy and influence. Once you get a hang of their internal tools, some of them are really nice.","Wasn't uncommon for design review comments to turn into personal attacks, and there were a number of coworkers who lacked the interpersonal skills to treat their fellow employee as a human being. Surprising number of people looking to make themselves look better at the expense of the team/product, and a disturbing lack of control by management.  Company is also frugal to a fault way too often.",Actually manage?,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8133,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - P A,You will find no career here.,The beneifits are wonderful and they start on day one if you aren't a temp.,"The pay, you are paid as if you work in a department store not a warehouse that way they keep wages down. Their production rate of 100% everyday. You are looking at a write up at 99.9%. Here they only care about the numbers not you at all.",No advice to area management they are under the some pressure as the associate. In two years I had 5 area mangers. I stayed in the same dept.,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8134,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place to work,Tools and Process which work at the scale of Amazon,Their performance measurement criteria is very subjective and thus gives managers a very easy way to fire people as and when they want to,Re-visit performance evaluation process.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8135,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,great place to work,great money to be made. room to move up and grow in the company. great health care and dental care is amazing. they give shares into the company. and good bonuses when good jobs are done.,the parking is insane during the peak season. takes to much time to get into the building and out during lunch breaks due to security screenings.,there needs to be more management because there are to many workers for what is there.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8136,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Corporate Counsel,"Corporate Counsel - 2+ years in, and it's hard but fascinating","Being an attorney for Amazon always offers opportunities to work on interesting problems. From day 1, I owned my own matters, made independent decisions, and worked frontline with new clients and customers. It's a lot more responsibility than my law firm associate role, and has more opportunities to speak up and lead. The issues we work through might be operationally difficult, involve high dollar value transactions, or have customer-facing implications (or all three) but each attorney works independently and within the team to solve them.  I get excellent mentorship and training benefits. There are more levels between you and leadership than at a firm, but there are also good opportunities to work with senior leaders on specific deals, project work (for process improvement, scaling etc), and as an escalation point. My career got a big jump start by being at Amazon, and my manager is actively coaching me to achieve my goals. I feel that Amazon has invested in me, and that makes me more willing to invest in Amazon.  Everyone I work with is super smart and has high expectations. They all went to excellent law schools, and worked at top tier law firms and in house roles before joining Amazon. You get to work with, and be trained by, the best here.  The leadership principles are very real - your hiring, performance, and promotion, are all tracked against them. Team members and leaders give feedback framed in the leadership principles, and it creates a common language in a huge company, which I've found helpful.","I generally work law firm hours still. Some weeks are better than others, but this isn't a normal in house role.  It takes time to adjust to this work style and approach. I love it but definitely needed to stick out the first 6-9 months to get into the swing of things. Amazon attorneys are serious about their jobs and the leadership principles, and there's a lot of ""project work"" for business improvement, so you're always balancing your main work (transactional or advisory etc) with projects that fix broader problems.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8137,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,"So so, needs operational improvement",Pay Benefits Experience Repetitive task oriented work Easy if you pay attention,"•Supervisors/ambassadors (young, inexperienced in management, condescending, argumentative) •Scheduling-hard to get a good schedule if you start seasonally •Differentiating training on daily tasks regardless of how the full group is instructed by upper management. •cut hours frequently •poor training if trained at all","***I’m working PT as a second income and I have management and HR experience. I’m going to be as objective as Possible but this is also based on my experience at one warehouse, others could be run differently.***  Be aware of your team and train your ambassadors so they are able to properly train the team to do things consistently, accurately and with minimal downtime. Be mindful of unproductive people and address the issues. I’m in a warehouse that ships around 30,000 packages a night but if people were trained when hired and things were done productively, it could be accomplished with a third less staff in the same time. There’s 2 hours minimum on-boarding training videos you have to do before you start (Unpaid) that could EASILY include training on how to pick, pack, stow and load a van so people could be ready on day one and already know the basics. That is, if they didn’t give a completely different training on how to do things based on who’s there. (Very frustrating for someone who’s been a trainer). They could EASILY create an interactive training course on familiarizing yourself with how to read the labels etc, the post office does this before you’re even hired to be sure you understand what you’ll need to be able to do. Be mindful that “ambassador” is a supervisory role, and should be earned by people who are at minimum knowledgeable and experienced in the work and managing people.  All that being said, having an HR background I’ve seen enough to qualify for a hostile work environment case before I hit a month in. (Again, this is one location) Some management figures can be great and some seem to be too immature for the position (argumentative, bad mouthing corporate on day 1, unwilling to conform to upper management training procedures). Others have a lot of unnecessary back and forth with employees ultimately running them off for no reason.  Overall it’s an “easy” job (you can work up a sweat) that pays good money for what it is. Just block out the nonsense and get your work done. I gave it 3 stars because of the pay and benefits and ease of the job, it’s the same everyday. But those 2 stars down are based on management and lack of proper training.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8138,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Difficult environment,"Benefits, salary, employees, VTO opportunities","Management, long hours, repetitive jobs, hard to advance",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8139,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Great job to work dor,None it was great job,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P32.htm
8140,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Many snakes in the grass,Good pay and excellent benefits,It’s hard to move forward if you’re not in the buddy buddy group. You really have to politic here.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8141,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Receive Problem Solver,Receive,"Get time off work, school accommodation program",None at all. I had a great time with amazon,Professional management and willing to help everyone,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8142,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigations Specialist,good benefit and work environment,hard to move up or promote,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8143,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worth The Hype?,they snacks some times lol sometimes,"10 hour shifts!!! beware that you will be on your feet and slave you for 10 hours!! Lunch and breaks don't reflect that of a 10 hour shift or when it's close to the holidays the company not only adds a extra day from 4 to 5 a week but the make them 12 hour shifts and shifts are as followed 15 min break, a half hour lunch and last break it's 20 mins..... it's nice that you guys give holiday pay for a day you close the center but why is it that your giving every one 8 hours when we normally work a 10 hour shift?!...... Something is fishy about that one......","get to know the other managers on other shifts so that we can all work as one not where day shift,night shift, back half and front half all do the same things in the same fashion! Unity!!! Promote with in!! speak with your PA's so when you give a learning ambassadors privilege you give it not only to someone who can hold the position to a high standard BUT ACTUALLY know and is seasoned in the area that they will be training our new hires.( it's like the blind leading the blind!!!) Give credit for those who have busted their tails to give you NUMBERS over THEIR OWN SAFE WELL BEING!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8144,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Get to work with the latest and the greatest technologies,"Depending on the team, might have a poor Work/Life balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8145,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Training Manager,"Amazon wants their customers, external as well as internal to have the best experience possible!",Amazon really does allow you to help the customer and provides the tools and support to do your best!,Upper level of management can experience being a target if you don't agree with the the majority. Backbone is not appreciated in the customer service call centers.,"Build relationships, but remember you are judged yearly against your peers. This can lead to sabotage and backstabbing. Documentation is key.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8146,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - PACKAGE HANDLER/SORTER,Sorter,"Shifts are no longer than 6hr, opportunities to work more shifts, free exercise, VTO options & weekly pay!",Every work place has their favorite by the time you start working so you really have no option of moving up with the company. But it is good money while it last!,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8147,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,It is a fast growing company.,It is very very corporate,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8148,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Whole Foods Shopper,whole foods shopper,the job is easy and you get to pick your own days,management is terrible .,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8149,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,"So so, needs operational improvement",Pay Benefits Experience Repetitive task oriented work Easy if you pay attention,"•Supervisors/ambassadors (young, inexperienced in management, condescending, argumentative) •Scheduling-hard to get a good schedule if you start seasonally •Differentiating training on daily tasks regardless of how the full group is instructed by upper management. •cut hours frequently •poor training if trained at all","***I’m working PT as a second income and I have management and HR experience. I’m going to be as objective as Possible but this is also based on my experience at one warehouse, others could be run differently.***  Be aware of your team and train your ambassadors so they are able to properly train the team to do things consistently, accurately and with minimal downtime. Be mindful of unproductive people and address the issues. I’m in a warehouse that ships around 30,000 packages a night but if people were trained when hired and things were done productively, it could be accomplished with a third less staff in the same time. There’s 2 hours minimum on-boarding training videos you have to do before you start (Unpaid) that could EASILY include training on how to pick, pack, stow and load a van so people could be ready on day one and already know the basics. That is, if they didn’t give a completely different training on how to do things based on who’s there. (Very frustrating for someone who’s been a trainer). They could EASILY create an interactive training course on familiarizing yourself with how to read the labels etc, the post office does this before you’re even hired to be sure you understand what you’ll need to be able to do. Be mindful that “ambassador” is a supervisory role, and should be earned by people who are at minimum knowledgeable and experienced in the work and managing people.  All that being said, having an HR background I’ve seen enough to qualify for a hostile work environment case before I hit a month in. (Again, this is one location) Some management figures can be great and some seem to be too immature for the position (argumentative, bad mouthing corporate on day 1, unwilling to conform to upper management training procedures). Others have a lot of unnecessary back and forth with employees ultimately running them off for no reason.  Overall it’s an “easy” job (you can work up a sweat) that pays good money for what it is. Just block out the nonsense and get your work done. I gave it 3 stars because of the pay and benefits and ease of the job, it’s the same everyday. But those 2 stars down are based on management and lack of proper training.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P33.htm
8150,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Professional Services Consultant,Great Leadership and Many Opportunities,"There are tons of career opportunities in Amazon and the leadership is great. Wherever you want to work, whatever you like doing, there will always be a way to get it.",The benefits and compensation are not up to the others top IT companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8151,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Software Development Engineer Intern,Very smart people working on very cool projects.,Leadership principals are kinda weird.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8152,amazon,"Euclid, OH"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Assistant Shift Manager,Quick changing entrepreneurial spirits,On the fly thinking and flexibility required for people who like dynamic workplaces.,"You never know what your day will be like, things change all the time.",Reward innovativation and teamwork.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8153,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Fast Paced environment Competitive Salary and Benefits,Horrific culture Zero value placed in employees,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8154,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Worst Culture and full of politics,1. You get ample joining bonus in shares. 2. You get to see bureaucrats and then you know how to avoid them in next job search. 3. No dress code,"1. Specially the retail software division are highly engaged in politics. If you want to join then only join aws, kindle, fire tv. 2. The management in retail is highly political. The high bar set upon them makes them compete between orgs and you may be dragged into it. 3. low salary 4. The management in retail has a target to put certain % of people on pip. They always choose SDE-2's for this. You would be surprised at the feedbacks in pips. Your manager will say it's not in their control, its company policy of rank and yank, etc etc. 5. Lots of micromanagement. In fact the manager keeps on documenting your daily activities. They do not know who will be put on PIP the next year, so they are always ready with the proofs.",Actually other companies should stop hiring managers from Amazon. They bring their toxic culture every where.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8155,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"You get paid a decent amount of money for the rural areas, the training is hands-on, the benefits are good.","No work life balance, minimum 12 hour days, work from home (more work), asked you to come in on days off and do more work. Pay not competitive for Northern California, the Bay area is right there and everyone is making more money than you. You are a glorified babysitter being squeezed dry all the time",To many things to fix....,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8156,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sweatshop,The Stocks that are offered after 2 years of employment.,"Leadership will twist your words and they treat disabled employees horrible. Also, their company doesn’t allow employees to develop growth.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8157,amazon,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Decent short term job, hard work for medium pay",$15 / hour and no interview makes it easy to start up quickly Safe and clean place to work,It's hard work and the only thing they are interested in is productivity,Let people choose their role coming in.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8158,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Territory Sales Manager,Culture People and high bar of entry Company Growth Personal Development Customers Benefits Pay and Stock,Ambiguous Leveling Process Onboarding outside people managers,AWS needs better onboarding for outside people managers. Outsiders disrupt team culture and performance for 6 months or greater until they learn how to operate in the culture.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8159,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Feedback from a TAM,"Fun, flexible, not a lot of corporate red tape",growing faster than we can keep up with hiring,n/a,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P34.htm
8160,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Former Amazon Order Picker,Horrible experience,15hrly. Good benefits. Indoors. Breakroom has food.,Inadequate training. Very poor communication.,"Stop being dismissive of your employees when they give feedback about their job performance. Training period should be at least 3 wks, not a day and a half!!!! Make sure ALL equipment is in working order!!! Fully disclose and explain on the online application what job the employee will actually be doing in day one!!!",1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8161,amazon,"Staten Island, NY"," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Micromanagement,Compensation. There’s nothing really else that’s a pro.,"If you like to be tracked of every little thing, then by all means. Managers constantly reminding associates that they’re plate is full and don’t have time to babysit but that’s all they do...labor track. No sitting for 12 hours and benefits truly suck. Impossible to work 2 jobs, they threaten to fire you if you have a second job.",To get respect is to give respect. Trust your employees more and play some music. 12 hrs of standing can be quite boring without hearing a simple song.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8162,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Dangerous Job,Managers in the warehouse made it bearable and understood that the job sucked. They'd try to be good about giving us extra hours when needed and provided food. That felt like a one off at the warehouse I worked at though.,"Lack of safety training, no screening on who was hired and occasionally we would have people with serious anger issues managing packages and endangering others, Job was so physically exhausting that keeping a life outside of Amazon felt impossible. Company throws bodies at a problem rather than look for a solution and endangers employees in the process.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8163,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long Hours,"Great benefits, stock going up","Long hours, high turnover of hourly staff, constant process changes, too many projects",Reduce the churn,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8164,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistant,Flexible work environment to be in,People are very underpaid here,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8165,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,boribg,you have lots of friends,it’s ok sometimes when buy us food very rare,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8166,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great work environment,"Friendly coworkers, 4 day work week, great benefits.",Lots of standing and/or walking,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8167,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfilment center,"good benefits, nice co workers and management","long hours, alot of heavy lifting",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8168,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Good people, fast paced environment",Long hours and busy during holidays,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8169,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome scope of work... the rest is not so good.,"Some of the work we get to do is very interesting.  The ""customer obsession"" cliché is actually true, most of the time.  Easy internal mobility, and lots of different projects to work on.",They promote developers into managers with minimum training.  HORRIBLE work/life balance.  Mediocre benefits.  Extremely competitive environment. Not for everyone (at least not me).  Too many re-orgs and attrition results in graveyard teams - they own dozens of services without documentation or anyone who knows the source code in any way.,Don't turn devs into managers. Most don't have the skill set or experience to do a good job. Focus on documentation. Be realistic about your goals.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P35.htm
8170,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to learn,- Fast paced environment - Tough problems to solve -Great peers,"- Now full of politics, hire and fire culture - Poor work life balance - Not much training given to employees",Invest in employees,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8171,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Good Pay with very good benefits,Long hours and rigid schedule,Having a more flexible schedule,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8172,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,area manager,4 days a week start,long hours on the day of the job,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8173,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Developer,Amazon is a global company,More work but love that,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8174,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review at Amazon,"Good work experience, Strong work passion",Intense commitment and dedicated work deadline,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8175,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Old Fashioned Corporate Culture for Men Only,"Decent pay, can't think of anything else.","Amazon does not care about any employee who is not an engineer or a man. They'll tell you that culture ""depends on the group,"" but what they don't tell you is the vast majority of groups are exactly the same: mediocre teams releasing mediocre software really quickly while running roughshod over anyone who dares to question them.  Nobody helps each other and most people are just focused on getting promoted. I've been in meetings that were more like tournaments with angry engineers yelling over each other - and these were meetings discussing employee promotions.  The experience of working at Amazon is just one long mental endurance test. But hey if you're a male engineer, go for it.  For a company that professes to be so forward thinking, it sure acts like a manufacturing company from the 60's.",Quit.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8176,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, love it","Flexible hours, benefits for part time workers, advancement, light work",can't really think of any,none really,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8177,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Campus Associate,Great company,"great wages, time off, flexibility","requires hard work, managing multiple tasks at once",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8178,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Delivery Station,Many associates really like what they do and want to move up,The environment at amazon is pretty stressful,"Value your associates, they do the hard work, and keep this company moving without them you would not be successful in your position.",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8179,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great share package (bonus) but very poor work environment.,"* Very strong product management discipline, and a strong focus on customer obsession. * Stock packages are very good. capitalize on Amazon stock. Oppo","* Low base salary (Amazon make up with shares). * Very poor work environment, there is not a long-term perspective on employees.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P36.htm
8180,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area manager,New goals daily. Ability to learn a lot in a short time. Being able to implement change.,Political environment with frat boy culture.,Promote qualified people rather than your friends,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8181,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you can handle long days and little time for anything else,Consistent work and usually 4 days in a work week,"Turn over rate, short breaks, Leave of Absence Company is horrible",Get a 3rd party Leave of Absence company that actually does some work,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8182,amazon,"Norfolk, VA"," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Great for initial experience,"Good pay and benefits, ability to work from home, many different OUs to work in","lack of promotion opportunities (they encourage more lateral moves), upper management asks for input but never uses the data collected, lack of commitment to developing its people","Develop the people you have, promote the hard workers, and LISTEN to your managers when they submit ideas that have data to back it up.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8183,amazon,"Thornton, CO"," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Problem Solver Associate,"Diversity and inclusion vibe, High Trained Leaders, Growth opportunities, best payment for an entry associate.","The schedule includes weekends, 10 hours, associates are easily replaceable,",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8184,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon does as it pleases,"Easy work, and it's nice to have three days off.",You can't move up in the company. Your stuck at your spot and they do shadie things to their employees...,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8185,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,account manager,ability to present new ideas and work across teams,"very large corporate culture, repetitive work",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8186,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Pay,"Starting pay is great, highest paying job for people with little to no experience",Only hiring part-time. Have to wait 90 days until you can become full time.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8187,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Best Company to work for!!,Best Brand Rub Shoulders with the smartest people on planet work on most complex problems Best Office- In the middle of Seattle,Nothing Yet But if something comes up then i will update,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8188,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Earth's most effective company,"We do things with a purpose. We do things for customers first. We do things with customers in mind, even when customers can't see us.","Low base salary and high stock rewards can create challenges for some employees, especially those earlier in their careers (ex: trying to buy a house).",I'd like to see work-from-home more widely adopted for roles that can support a flexible work environment.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8189,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,Large Company with Nice Career Opportunities,Amazon is a large company with different teams that work on vastly different topics. Your experience might significantly differ from team to team. Usually you will find yourself switching teams in the first year to find the team that better fits you. One nice aspect of Amazon is that they emphasize on making real products or services and making money out of it. This gives a clear direction to the projects.,Some teams have very heavy workload. Compensation is also not competitive with other tech companies.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P37.htm
8190,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,Large Company with Nice Career Opportunities,Amazon is a large company with different teams that work on vastly different topics. Your experience might significantly differ from team to team. Usually you will find yourself switching teams in the first year to find the team that better fits you. One nice aspect of Amazon is that they emphasize on making real products or services and making money out of it. This gives a clear direction to the projects.,Some teams have very heavy workload. Compensation is also not competitive with other tech companies.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8191,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,a lot of work and chance to show your ability,"so far so good, nothing to complaint about",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8192,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Job expectations,"Familiar with amazon for 2yrs, driven amazon flex for 1 yr and a half and 3rd party for 7 mths. I've worked from Minnesota to Houston TX and k kow what it takes to manage and make a driving force efficient.",The aptitude of hiring employees that just care about a pay check. Most drivers want to finish early to rescue another to make more money when it's about customer service and doing the job. Most drivers don't work for Amazon they work for them selves and I can and will fix that if given the chance. I have 20 yrs of delivery under my belt yet no one has given me the chance to prove it. That is what I see as a con.,Trust in those who know the job and stop hiring those that are politically stricken buy giving their friends easy jobs and the ones who really do the work suffer by comparing them to those who do the job.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8193,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon Area Manager Review,Pay Promotional opportunities Transfer opportunities Benefits stock and sign on bonuses,Work/Life Balance 14 hours + workdays Mandatory Overtime that is no compensated Work on holidays,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8194,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Delivery Driver,Not the best but alright for a side job,You choose when you want to work.,Sometimes you have to deliver to VERY far places. Little to no compensation for overtime.,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8195,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 25, 2018","Former Employee - Sales Associate Part Time, Seasonal",Warehouse/Shopper Team Member,Good with flexibility and good pay for part-time,During the summer time it would be kinda hot inside because there was no air conditioning,Breaks should be a little longer than 15 minutes,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8196,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Pay is good now with the raise,Hours are long so your life is consumed by work,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8197,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Big company, sometimes slow, but still challenging","You get to work on products that people actually use, sometimes used by a lot of people.","You won't move as fast as working on a small company with new systems, almost always you will find existing systems developed by people that might not be around anymore.  There are some limitations as per the technologies you can employ, it's mostly Java.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8198,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great opportunities, atrociously bad 401k compared to competitors","-Great overall pay -Lots of opportunities for learning -Minimal micromanagement -Great for driven individuals. If you have an idea, you can pursue it -Good maternity (14 weeks)/parental leave (6 weeks) policies -Flexible work schedule","-The 401k is an embarrassment compared to other large companies. It's essentially a 2% match that vests over 3 years. We also fail the IRS 401k NDT, so if you are mid-level or above, you will get a taxable refund of some of your contribution. I've never seen or heard of such a poor plan from a large, successful company. -The way we do compensation means you will make a lot of money when the stock goes up, but that the success of the company will also ""penalize"" you in future years, as your future compensation is calculated to include the unvested value of your shares. This means your annual review will go something like ""You did an amazing job. Here are 3 RSUs that vest in 2 years to replace the 20 that you vested this year.""","Fix the 401k by some combination of 1) Increasing the match %, particularly for non-HCE employees 2) Increase the base cap so that over time HCEs will contribute a lower % of their income. 3) Cover the NDT failure % so that the employees don't foot the bill.  You should be prioritizing your employees' retirement goals instead of working against them.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8199,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only okay if you really need money,"Cool break room, nice co workers","Long hours, very short/few breaks, only 30 min lunch",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P38.htm
8200,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work environment,"Great pace, if you like a fast pace environment. Lots of talented people.","Broken hiring process - they hire a fresh college graduate and someone who has 10yrs experience on the same team/same level. Like they say, if you don't know how to play the corporate game, you will be tossed out even before you know what hit you.   Managers can block you to move on to other roles and make your life a living hell, if they do not like you.  Overall, a very toxic environment.",Please do not hire candidates of varied experience levels on the same team/same level. It creates unnecessary animosity which leads to a toxic environment.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8201,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Needs Stronger Focus on People,"-Learn a lot, fast -Compensation, benefits, etc. -Smart, talented coworkers",-Lack of support across departments -Impossible to achieve a day's work in a day -Unwarranted disrespect from associates,"Too much focus on metrics, not enough focus on the people. I understand that every individual department and function has its own goals to hit, but these goals should be at the cost of engagement and being a nice person. When you have strong senior management and a caring direct manager, this job can be wonderful. But barriers are everywhere, and having average or poor management makes doing the job nearly impossible.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8202,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Self Empolyed Delivery Driver,Sales,Big growing industry and still too much to expand,Promt timings making things available for everyone,They are took smart,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8203,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - SDE-II,Good pay. Little to no benefits.,Stocks soaring making most employees over compensated.,Benefits are frugal. What you see on your offer letter is what you get. Expected to work 40+ hours a week.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8204,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,Opportunity to build your resume. They were very flexible working around my college schedule as long as it was within reason.,"Don't expect health benefits or raises, and they'll add responsibilities way before they add pay, which is the trade-off with being able to build your resume.",Have heart.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8205,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate account executive,Great job if you love room for growth within the company,Expected to make sales off cold calls. Misleading on what the day to day duties entail,none,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8206,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Dec 2, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Worst company to work for.,"The pay is manageable, but the stress is worth more than the pay.",Human rights violation is what is going on at Amazon. Working 10-12 hours on your feet. Working like 🤖.,Reduce hours to maybe 4-5 hours pay day and change shifts. High turnover because the job is too physically demanding.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8207,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Onsite medical representative [OMR],Quite the opportunity to advance and compensation is phenomenal.,Always changing process' and they're facing out omr's at sort sites.,"Encourage omr's to work on effective changes and increase the quality of care for associates. At 6months, start cross training them in EHS Specialist.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8208,amazon,"Henrico, VA"," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Assistant Shift Manager,Don't Do It,"Learned computer skills from fellow, younger employees.",The company literally sucks the life out of you.,Where to begin.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8209,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift manager,You get a lot of amazon props for free.,"Overworked, underpaid, health issues",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P39.htm
8210,amazon,"Lancaster, NY"," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Setup To Fail,"Good pay, clean, and state of the art.","Unsafe, dishonest hiring practices, and poor management.","Listen to your worker's concerns, unlock all the bathrooms during shifts, communicate with each other, fix your scheduling errors, and do something about the weak wifi in the back so scanners don't disconnect from the server so often.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8211,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Very Poor Experience,They will fly you out for the interview.,Amazon hit me up thru my campus email about twice before I applied and they flew me out to New Orleans for the interview. I figured they would atleast pay what I currently get paid but they seriously undervalued.  I dont know why everyone saying they pay well because base salary is under 50k.  Talked to them and they told me how I should take it for my growth and not make base salary my concern. Yeah right. She really tried to convince me to leave my job and come for the less pay and work more hours at Amazon.  Definitely wasted my time with Amazon. They are taking advantage of new graduates.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8212,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ouch,Benefits and starting pay,Long hours and treated like a robot,Treat employees like humans. Build people up and stop worrying about just the numbers and your bonuses,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8213,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Engineering Manager,Move Fast Make an Impact Good Learning,Bar getting diluted as we want to move fast,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8214,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company most of the time,innovation pace is the best part of working at Amazon,"stressful scenarios are not handled, period.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8215,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Oct 28, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA Associate,ICQA Associate,Great Benefits and Pay. Lots of overtime during peak.. Cant be the money,If you dont like to work hard you wont make it.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8216,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worth getting a foot in the door.,Lots of opportunities to transition horizontally.,Not the most passion-filled work. Can be boring and long hours.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8217,amazon,"Smyrna, GA"," Nov 11, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Meh,Easy work for able bodied people,Workload can vary depending on the areas you work in the warehouse. Sometimes the load for one aisle takes 2~4people,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8218,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looks good on a resume,It’s a good place to start your career where you will gain exponential experience working projects and learning the business.,"No work life balance, shift rotation, favoritism",Treat tenured employees as such.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8219,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the best place to work,The only pros to working for Amazon was the pay rate.,"There are multiple downsides. They have a lot of rules and regulations that don’t promote employee happiness.  To them the employees are just machines.  They don’t want you to talk and they’ll hire you and tell you that you’re working from a certain time to a certain time but lie and change your times as soon as you start working.  Break time is horrible because by the time you walk to clock out 10 minutes of your break time has passed. Then everyone fights to get their food or use the microwaves for another 5/10 minutes. Then you also have to make sure you get to the clock on time so that you don’t get penalized for clocking in late. So essentially it’s like your break time is really 10 minutes at most. They always promote people out of favoritism and never out of who can actually do the job.  A lot of times, managers stood around doing nothing and just delegating when it would have been better all around if they actually helped.",DO BETTER and treat others how you would like to be treated.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P40.htm
8220,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the best place to work,The only pros to working for Amazon was the pay rate.,"There are multiple downsides. They have a lot of rules and regulations that don’t promote employee happiness.  To them the employees are just machines.  They don’t want you to talk and they’ll hire you and tell you that you’re working from a certain time to a certain time but lie and change your times as soon as you start working.  Break time is horrible because by the time you walk to clock out 10 minutes of your break time has passed. Then everyone fights to get their food or use the microwaves for another 5/10 minutes. Then you also have to make sure you get to the clock on time so that you don’t get penalized for clocking in late. So essentially it’s like your break time is really 10 minutes at most. They always promote people out of favoritism and never out of who can actually do the job.  A lot of times, managers stood around doing nothing and just delegating when it would have been better all around if they actually helped.",DO BETTER and treat others how you would like to be treated.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8221,amazon,"Sussex, WI"," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Good 2nd job, various shifts to choose from, good pay",Distance of work locations seem far,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8222,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,lack of work,relaxed atmosphere outside of peak times.,lack of work outside of peak times.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8223,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Stock prices jumped up in the recent years rapidly,Constant pressure on launch deadlines Income is not competitive with other companies,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8224,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent learning opportunity,"Everyday is a new problem to solve, customer perspectives help you think like a customer making you a better architect.",Steep learning curve with almost no time to ramp up due to the high demand for the services.,Set expectations early with customer to use AWS as a Cloud Service Provider and less as their SysAdmins and Engineers.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8225,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Financial benefits and the community are awesome,Mandatory treatment of non-management. Dishonesty of expectations and metric tailoring is a requirement for management of hourly workers,"Metrics are good, but so is not having a rotating hourly workforce. It would reduce training time and increase productivity",3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8226,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dock,"Flexible, lots of time off, great medical","Hard work, not for a person that is not use to standing.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8227,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Nov 10, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Decent job if you need a job fast,"Guaranteed hours, decent pay, 3 days off, great health care","Standing for long periods of time, no motivation to move up, short breaks",Hour lunch!,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8228,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Good experience Good work Excellent benefits and pay,Team was boring They didn’t let me move around much.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8229,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,"Great benefits, nice people to work with.","You work every minute, No sitting, no leaning. Best suited for younger folks, but doable for older folks. You are nothing but a number.","lol, stop hiring 20 year old college graduates with no job experience. It's hilarious to watch them struggle.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P41.htm
8230,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for!!,This is an amazing company to work for.,I wish they paid for you to obtain your degree. Not just a certificate.,Listen to your PAs more often.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8231,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company!,"WORK CULTURE, FUN, good pay",nothing at all..you'll love AMAZON,No advice. Just keep it going.,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8232,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations manager,great no complaints at all,great place to work at,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8233,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't do it,Nice people Free Coffee Nice pay,Mandatory overtime Standing constantly for 12 hours at a time .,Give chairs to people that work in close or tight areas that don't require much movement like stowers.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8234,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Awesome place to work when you are ready for a no nonsense place to work the pays accordingly,"They treat their engineers with respect, Pay them well, Give them plenty of freedom, First and foremost they care about their customers, they aren't obsessed with being the ""cool"" tech company.  Their only expectation is that you perform to the level to which you are compensated.","Some people get very passionate about their work which can lead to unnecessary friction at times You really are a saleried employee, they expect your best and you to work till the job is done... Which means don't over promise or you will be working overtime.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8235,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work and experience,Cross-team collaboration Drive program to finish Provide insight on new innovation,Need more pay Need more involvement on senior leadership conversations,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8236,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Bad at All....,Great company if you're looking for a place to move up the ranks. They higher from within so there is great opportunity for growth.,The opportunity for advancement within the company leads to a lot of brown nosing.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8237,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Financial benefits and the community are awesome,Mandatory treatment of non-management. Dishonesty of expectations and metric tailoring is a requirement for management of hourly workers,"Metrics are good, but so is not having a rotating hourly workforce. It would reduce training time and increase productivity",3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8238,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Working environment,Nice start up and flexible work culture,Too much work Less benefits,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8239,amazon,"Euclid, OH"," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Delivery Driver,Driver Associate,Working alone. Get your route and drive without supervision,Working long days no family life if you sign up for this job.,Were not robots..,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P42.htm
8240,amazon,"Staten Island, NY"," Nov 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE,I have nothing good to say. It's like working as a robot in a factory.,"You are told your schedule when hired ( work 4 days / off 3 days). And they also tell you that you can be ""mandated"" to work one of your days off. But once you work for a few weeks, they start saying that you can be mandated to work 60 hours. If you can't work, you must take time away from your PTO or unpaid time off. But you only get enough hours for 1 day at the beginning so once you run out of time, you are fired.  The 15 minute breaks each morning and afternoon are a joke. You have to log out, go to bathroom or make a call and log back in within that timeframe. If you log back 1 minute late, they take 1 hour of time away.  You are constantly pushed to do more and more. They even try to hide this fact by holding ""contests to see who can be the best.""  I would NOT recommend working at Amazon to anyone. You have no life and they will fire you for any little thing. They don't care about the person - just how much they can get out of you. So many have either quit or got fired already because it's too demanding and stressful.",Don't force anyone to work 6 days a week. That leaves no time for family time. Not everyone has a babysitter all the time. Some have sick parents that need to be looked after. You have no heart. It should be voluntary not mandatory.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8241,amazon,"West Sacramento, CA"," Nov 30, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Not Enough Employee Parking in West Sacramento,Easy really liked it until my third day.,Not enough parking for all the employees required to show up to work. You could end up with your car towed while working.,Tell employees before hand that Amazon has insufficient parking for all employees.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8242,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Nov 30, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate,Racist/Human resources,Getting in your car and going home.,"Human resources helps the bullies get away with bullying you till you fight back and they think its your fault. Supervisors two face back stabbers, they tell you to vent and talk to them, once you vent they use your own words against you. I hope donald trump shuts you down for trying to rip off the post office.",I hope you guys shut down,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8243,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Good money, if you want it.",A lot of hours. And a lot of pressure,Be better to your employees,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8244,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full time worker,"Pay is great, benefits, you meet new people","Long hours , hard labor",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8245,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,Senior Business Manager,Good Health and stock benefits,Poor management treatment. Inhumane and bullish treatment by some managers Work too many hours affecting quality of life and health,Treat employees better and consider life balance,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8246,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,"Good pay, good benefits, and nice break rooms.","You have to meet your rate no matter what or you will get written up until you get fired. It doesn't matter if your sick or injured...they don't care. Bathroom breaks or water fountain breaks count as time off task. If you accumulate 30 minutes of TOT=write up, 1 hour=final written warning. They treat their workers like they are robots and will push you to your physical limits.",Treat workers like people and not robots. Stop saying you care about your workers when you really don't because you just view them as number and don't care if they get sick or injured.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8247,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Easy job, just not enough hours","The job is relatively simple, if not tedious Management is nice Weekly pay Usually listens to worker complaints/issues",Not enough hours Always changing the warehouse around even if procedure is working well,Just let us work more hours,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8248,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too bad,You stay busy during shift,On the feet for along time! Short breaks,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8249,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,Repetitive work with your hands.,None to speak of as of yet.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P43.htm
8250,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Newbie on the dock.,Pay is OK for part time work. 11pm till 3am shift is fine. All workers are part time. Associates and workers are very friendly and helpful. Mostly moving gaylords to the designated locations. But when that is done it's end of shift. I have yet to work my full 4 hour shift. Usually 3 hours or less. Great exercise. Lost 5 pounds walking mile and a half per shift.,"Definitely need a PA system or buzzer so you can hear any announcements. Having one person yelling end of shift which he relays to others throughout the building is not professional. Need more hands on training for bar code scanners. Sometimes they work, sometimes go off line.",Proper training for trainees is needed. Watching a video on how to use scanner when you don't have one is terrible. Having to find a person with the right color badge or safety vest is time consuming. And then all they do is push a few buttons and your on your way. No explanation.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8251,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"Pay Well, Breaks, Flexible Hours","No personality, don't care about Employees, always pushing quotas",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8252,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA,Icqa,Nice staff and work hard plus better communication,Long hours and too competitive,Don't give up,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8253,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Scanner/lead,Good atmosphere Opportunity for growth Considerate of workers Benefits,Mandatory overtime Walking distances Scanning rates No music Loud,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8254,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,No drama. Great benefits. You control your destiny. Great company,Little favoritism on pick paths,Reward the hard workers better,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8255,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,The environment The opportunities Access to resources The pay Feedback oriented so it will always help you improve,Some of the people aren't always nice but that's with every company I believe,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8256,amazon,"Lisle, IL"," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Wasted my time,Pay was ok but human resources department sucked.,They try and make you work a schedule you didn't sign up for. I worked a second job I wanted to work Monday and Tuesday Wednesdaybut they put me on a schedule for Wednesday Thursday Friday that didn't work for me and just wasted my time going through all of the headache and management didn't care to helpl you.,Learn how to help your employees and treat them the way you want people to treat you or your family members.,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8257,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Need a Job,job until things get better,a lot of B S for the money,more training before tell someone how to do their job,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8258,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard labor but pay well,-Decent pay for the job and my experience,-Hours -Little room to move -,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8259,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Excellent people and environment to work with.,"Many, many long hours take away from home life",Value the people a bit more.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P44.htm
8260,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Developer and now Software Manager,"Work with some of the smartest people and get to focus on delivering great things for customers. Rapid pace is still there but especially in AWS we are a maturing software company and take the time to do things the right way. Management supports the developers that invent, find better ways of doing something and make the team better. Good culture on most AWS teams at least from my experience. People actually embrace the leadership principles in a good way, not just becuase they are there. If you need tools or resources you will get them. Hiring always a challenge in this market, but retention has been good on the teams I work with.","Amazon expects everyone to meet a high bar, and generally management is very supportive of everyone that works hard and has skills. That said, the wrong team can be very stressful so do your homework and ask about Operational load, team turnover, 2-3 year vision for the team and culture, especially if you can ask individual team members. Not quite as many perks as some of the other top tech companies like Google and Facebook, but the overall compensation is still great.","Keep the focus on the customer, and keep treating the employees that are delivering for you well.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8261,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time Package Handler,It was ok,"The work was easy, pay was good, we got a break.","I worked nights and I was pregnant so it was hard for me, but I'd go back in a heartbeat.",I don't appreciate having to wait a year before I can reapply.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8262,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Learning Enviroment on the job is great,lots of hours worked during the week,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8263,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Picker and Packer,Warehouse Accociate,Everything about it are the pros of the buisness. Amazon is a great place to work.,Walking 13 miles minimum and picking each order in 3 minutes in a huge building like Amazon.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8264,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced and Fun,"Super inventive, high speed, low drag environment, where autonomous and driven people can be very successful.","Roles and responsibilities can be a little ambiguous at times, which is not for everyone. Definitely not a ""check the box"" place, if that is what you are looking for.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8265,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Seller,Seller,"Good Platform to sell, to learn business.",Hopeless seller support. They are technically and businesswise challenged. I often wonder what they are doing on amazon.,Rome!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8266,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Procurement Analyst,"Don't get lured in by the pay, it's a trap.","1. Above average salary (at the expense of work/life balance, stress, and workload). 2. Sign on bonus - (*caution* you have to pay back if you leave the company under 2 years) 3. Relocation assistance - (*caution* you have to pay back if you leave the company under 2 years)","1. You get paid above market average but get worked twice or three times the amount (i.e. you get paid 67k but in actuality get worked so much you basically get paid $21/hour).  2. Non-Existent work/life balance. Working hour expectation... at best a typical work week was Monday to Friday from 6 am to 6:30 pm during the busy season was Monday to Sunday 5:00 am to 10:30 pm (this can go consecutively for 3 months straight).  3. Sink or Swim - Zero job training, you will gain experience but no grow in job knowledge unless you had it to begin with. Multiple reoccurring mandatory safety, security, training that will be penalize if you don't complete it 1 week after it was assigned ( which you need to complete outside working hours or you will get behind)  4. Tenure means nothing in this company.  Do not accept offers unless you desperately need the money and be prepared to give up the next 2 years of your life oryou will get trapped by the bonus and relocation which you will have to pay back.","Most of the people here get burned out (turnover rate is very high). There are some good, team oriented people here but for the most part... about 90% only cares about the next promotion, pushing other people aside or play politics as they try to achieve it. This is not just your fellow co-workers or managers but also the general managers and above. The company is growing so quickly the good culture could not keep up with the pace leaving only self satisfying employees.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8267,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Center,okay for students or anyone wanting earn cash,"poor breaks, poor benefits, long tiring hard work hours, associate RATE NUMBERS KING or you are fired",treat Associates as humans not robots,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8268,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - EHS Manager,If you're going into EHS - think twice,They have great stock options,"The building you get assigned to work in will make or break your career and ability to move forward. Its a lot about kissing up to people instead of doing what right. You don't get enough one-on-one training from the beginning, then they throw you in the fire, they will expect you to survive with no cuts or bruises despite voicing that you're struggling, and will come full circle with hell on you when you aren't performing to their standards.",Learn how to treat the people you hire with more respect and understanding. Someone's job title shouldn't determine what level of decency they are owed when having a conversation.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8269,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not for everyone,Benefits Yearly bonuses Stock options Training opportunities,Long hours (12+) Your job is in the hands of those you manage. You're in competition with other managers to meet metrics and could me terminated if you're in the bottom 5-10% (regardless if you're hitting goals or not).,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P45.htm
8270,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Great for Customers, garbage for employees",Amazon is a great company towards its customers--they genuinely believe in customer obsession,"Below standard pay, benefits are weak, perks are non-existent The company culture is leaned heavily toward executives--almost all of the higher ups frankly have zero personality and everything they do is dependent on data. The company has a very cold and sterile disposition across the company. Leaders love to stack rank and provide feedback but are retaliatory when they are given feedback",Get a pulse,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8271,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Associate Software Development Engineer,"Smart engineers, technical challenges, good pay, high growth, amazing internal mobility","Career progression seems a bit stiff/scheduled, easy to get lost as a cog in a big machine, many engineers are working on maintenance or boring problems, and there's no incentive for them to stay on a team because you can just bounce around, some engineers are way overqualified for their problem spaces and you'll have 10+ top engineers working on a tiny widget",Create incentives for people to feel like their work is important even if it isn't super high visibility like Alexa,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8272,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Security Engineer,Good if you like to work,"You will never be bored, you are unlikely to be the smartest person in the room","If you don't manage your time, Amazon will take all of it.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8273,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA,It was pretty good experience working as ICQA.,1)Very well manage environment. 2) leaders were very supportive. 3) They pay very well.,i don't have any cones to write,None,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8274,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Associate,Seasonal associate,Pay is great and opportunities to meet new people.,You get one day of on-site training then you're on your own.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8275,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,great pay and benefits. positive environment,labor intensive and can be quite draining,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8276,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Account Manager,Principal Account Executive,"- High performance sales culture with smart co-workers - Best product + huge market = great sales potential (customers LOVE AWS) - Long term customer focus, even if it means sacrificing revenue in the short term. Rare to find in most sales cultures. Management actually encourage sales people to right-size/optimize customer usage of the platform. - Robust partner ecosystem to assist with deals","- Depends on the team, but if you're field based the office can feel a bit lonely. Not many direct co-workers. - Company seems to prefer hiring management from outside vs. promoting from within - Hyperscale growth means frequent management changes","Amazon's culture is one of it's strongest benefits. As the company continues scaling please promote more from within, or subject new managers to much stronger training on Amazon's peculiar culture.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8277,amazon,"Greer, SC"," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Growing Career Postion,Exciting growing company with room for growth,"Never a bad day, I really enjoy coming to work each day",Not enough time to learn all the new and exciting opportunities,Have a Christmas party,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8278,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,"Autonomy, responsibility, and high standards","Smart knowledgeabke colleagues, interesting projects, compensation",40-80 hours per week,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8279,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An awesome company to work for,"* Opportunities to work on wide variety of areas * No dearth of encouragement or support * Good compensation, at par with market standards * Cordial work environment * Flexibility at work",* Stocks make up a major chunk of compensation * Lack of perks like no free prime membership for EMployees,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P46.htm
8280,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Inside Sales Account Manager,AWS is my favorite role at Amazon,Amazon is a great place to work if you truly buy into and practice the 14 leadership principles. The people here treat their business unit and customers like an owner of a small business would.,"Due to the fast growth, there is often growing pains with keeping up on who does what and what teams can best help support your customers.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8281,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"I love working here! Have your ideas heard and launched, if you take initiative","Anyone can have a good idea here that gets launched. I've worked for tech companies of a similar size to Amazon in the past, and I was relieved that the culture here, and the way success is defined, are merit-based as opposed to time-based. As a young person working here, I felt like the sky was the limit so long as I put the work in I could gain approval and resourcing to launch even my biggest ideas. This is a great place for curious people, and operates more like a collection of incubators than a corporation.","Success at Amazon is Manager dependent. This may sound like a ""duh"" statement, but here your Manager can make or break a promotion. Even if you've done the work to get it, actually getting the promotion approved is highly dependent on how your Managers presents your work and advocates for you. Also, how independently you can operate is based on your Manager as well.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8282,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Reach Scientist,A great place to work,"Works are exciting, all smart people around you, tons of opportunity to learn. Great pay in Seattle. People are nice and the company cares your future career.",Sometimes there are too many meeting.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8283,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Professional Services Manager,Amazing company and colleagues,"This is the best job I've had in 25 years (yep, I'm that old). The culture is so strong, the company is well led, and my colleagues are leaning in to make this enterprise a success on a daily basis. Good comp, flexible work environment too","There are some minor growing pains: Some managers get hired in without the necessary cultural fit, and some employees prove to be choleric. To the company's credit, they are either coached, or managed out. Also, the work-environment can be very hectic, and there are often overlap between functions.","Keep the culture strong, and don't think that a senior manager coming in from the outside will know how to manage in accordance with our LPs.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8284,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer I,Team is supportive to get you up to the mark.,lot of stuff to go through in a little time.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8285,amazon,"Rockville, MD"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sorting process for the diverting package. Work as a team,"Can meet a lot of different people with diverse culture, and see the cooperation in diversity.","Hard work, like a sport because it is very physical: standing, moving, carrying, pushing and lifting boxes of different sizes to different locations.",none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8286,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunity After Opportunity,Never the same day twice. I love the opportunity for continual improvement.,"Depending on your manager, transparency is available on a team-by-team basis.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8287,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Absolutely amazing !! Loved the working environment fast pace hands on training great pay.,Has decent overtime hours available,Requires long periods of standing,None,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8288,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Best place to work and learn faster,Little fast pace so work pressure is there,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8289,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DDA3 is Bad,Work is easy and pay is good.,"The work to pay ratio starts getting bad when you account for all the ambassadors that are A holes and power trip. You must follow their rules to the T, they will not leave you alone and let you work. If you think you have found a better way to do anything and your way isn’t exactly their way, best just to not do it. Keep to yourself, do exactly as they say, keep your mouth shut, it’s alright. Oh except when their technology doesn’t work. Or when you have to pick up after everyone else because it’s always someone else’s job. Folks don’t know how to hit the toilet when they take a leak. The “voice of the associates” board that your supposed to complain on doesn’t have markers so you have to go on a hunt for markers. I think it’s a tactic to not get people complaining about hints that need fixing. They’ll flex you up in a heartbeat too, which wouldn’t be bad if you didn’t have an outside life or they let you know at the beginning of your shift, but it never fails halfway through they’ll shift you up.","Y’all need to do better except for a select few. If you can’t figure out who those are, see which of your ambassadors has a good relationship with everyone else shouldn’t be hard to figure out the few good from the many bad. Also, amazon is a huge company. They definitely have the money to get working equipment so get working equipment. Amazon claims to push independent thinking and finding better ways to do things. Management sends the opposite signal. Figure it out.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P47.htm
8290,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),Software Engineering Intern,Moves fast and get to learn a lot from awesome people,"Not a great return process for interns, no location placement until 90 days before you start full time",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8291,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Run away!!,I can't think of one positive.,Run you to the ground! Felt like I was in a cattle drive.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8292,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Growth and Opportunity. Scheduling (4 on 3 off), company has a mission to be the best at everything, support staff (HR, Facilities, Safety). Work is challenging and fast pace. Metric driven job.","Physically demanding job at all levels. If you are used to a desk job it will take some adjusting. Not a con necessarily, but the fast pace leaves little time for development of self and associates, everything done on “the fly”. No one will hold your hand to train you. Resources are abundant, but no formal training plans exist.",Rate of growth will stretch talent thin. Suggest a formal focus on development and succession planning for long term success.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8293,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supervisor,Good Benefits Interesting Work Fast-paced Flexible days off Good co-workers,Difficulties in Promotion Managers can be unprofessional,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8294,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Highly depends on the team. Good management,Again some teams might suck more than others,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8295,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Receiving Associate,Receiving Associate,Excellent benefits Great atmosphere Overall amazing job,Shifts cut in to your day if you work overnight (starts 6pm) Receiving slows down drastically after black friday,"Management (Direct) was excellent, no issues there",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8296,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Packing,"Great benefits, good company but very physically demanding.","Good benefits, discount, prizes, 4 day workweek","Long hours, lots of physical labor.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8297,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer Intern in AWS,Well paid. Seattle was great in summer. Pretty flexible working style.,Manager seems to be too busy and cares little about me.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8298,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Warehouse Packer,Good money if you don’t have a degree or any experience.,"Hours and work can be boring, very physically demanding and exhausting.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8299,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Contracts Manager,Not what I expected,Ability to work independently on a day to day basis. Ability to work from home when necessary. Most co-workers were amazing. Ability to work on international projects. Salary was reasonable.,"I worked in the legal department and they were still using Word to create contracts (and for contracts totaling sometimes less than $1,000). The busy work was overwhelming with no change in site (after two years). Very political with promotions going to people not based on merit. They had a bell curve that they would force a certain amount of employees to be rated poorly. Most people were working 60 hours due to inefficiencies. Very few promotion opportunities. Felt very 'good ol' boy' in the office (beer kegs, nerf guns, etc.).",Walk the walk instead of just talking the talk. Amazon preaches that it wants you to be an owner but doesn't give you the authority to act.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P48.htm
8300,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Contracts Manager,Not what I expected,Ability to work independently on a day to day basis. Ability to work from home when necessary. Most co-workers were amazing. Ability to work on international projects. Salary was reasonable.,"I worked in the legal department and they were still using Word to create contracts (and for contracts totaling sometimes less than $1,000). The busy work was overwhelming with no change in site (after two years). Very political with promotions going to people not based on merit. They had a bell curve that they would force a certain amount of employees to be rated poorly. Most people were working 60 hours due to inefficiencies. Very few promotion opportunities. Felt very 'good ol' boy' in the office (beer kegs, nerf guns, etc.).",Walk the walk instead of just talking the talk. Amazon preaches that it wants you to be an owner but doesn't give you the authority to act.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8301,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,Big community and nice compensation.,Poor work-life balance and little help source,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8302,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,finance manager,good company to work for,too much work and work life balance,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8303,amazon,"Theodore, AL"," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,I love Amazon,You can work when you want.,I don't have any cons about Amazon.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8304,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Basic warehouse work,People don't breathe down your neck constantly.,"Hurts your feet, and you're only part time.",Feed the warehouse workers more!,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8305,amazon,"Groveport, OH"," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Pay check and benefits with vacation,"The training for Inbound putaways is terrible. They only give one day of training. They put you on your own next day. We make multiple of errors they dont like. They are always rushing you to do more and more. When you are putting away items , you look for the locations the scanner dont tell you where to go. You have to go down each isle to find a location to put it away but the scan gun will say improper location so you spend time looking to put it away , it affects your quota they want 100 percent. They are others I know are over riding the scan gun to put items away. I know thats how they are getting these big numbers. The Ambassador are suppose to train you correctly but it only maybe a 2 hours cause they others to train also. If you are picker you will do great the scan gun tells you where and what location and bin number. They should have the same for Inbound putaways but they dont. They set you up to fail on this job position. You ask a manger for help they forget about you. They are always finding ways to write you up. They are way to strict for what they are. Employees are rude esp one that been there we ask for help from one of them that does well on numbers he just laugh ask how he does it...that so wrong when you are suppose to be a team. Amazon says were a team. The 15 min breaks are joke cause you dont it by the time you park your picker it take 5 mins to get to break room so they count once you park your picker not fair I do believe. You might get 8 mins of break if you are late they write you up. The supervisor tells you to eat on your picker. You aren't allow to do that. We get to the break room I know others already been there before we were , we leave before them , the supervisor got on us. Stay away from Amazon. All they worry about is numbers not employees",Train alot better. You want these crazy numbers if you are putting away you have to find space to putaway that take time to...never meet your quota,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8306,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Sr. Human Resources Assistant,Only stocks and the experience. You do a lot of things everyday that you'd do once in awhile in the traditional setting.,"Bluntly stated - the job sucks, lol. HRBPs are incompetent and create more stress than solves, though they are ""hand-picked"" as Behavioral Champions. Lots and lots of bureaucracy. Underpaid for the scale/scope of work you do. ER is out the door when it comes to upper management. Senior Leaders are extremely disrespectful with no leash due to HRBP/HRMs attempting to preserve relationships. Lots of opportunity, just not a feasible/reasonable possibility in securing those opportunities. Internal recruiting process is extremely flawed. This is a crap work role. Most HRAs leave the company/organization and honestly do not promote. You'll enjoy your work for a maximum of 1 year.","You will eventually run out of excuses to combat the ""rumors"" in the media. Look inward, performance managers out that need to be performanced and restructure your methods of doing what you do. Managers will be the death of this company.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8307,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Ambassador,Favoritism Rules Hard Workers Lose,Decent pay. Good place if you prove yourself. Good experience from driving PIT.,"Favoritism is rampant. Most of management are involved in relationships with each other. The Process Assistants also dated and/Or get into relationships with regular tier1 employees and if you date a Tier 3 or become best friends by hanging out outside the workplace you'll get ahead. If you work hard you don't get anything extra, if you tell your AM you are good at computers and solving complex problems they will act like they are interested and turn around and give it to one of the favorites. At RIC1 inbound back half has a fratenizing problem. As all the ambassadors are dating each other or a PA. I was a record breaker and they kept me away from the task I broke the record in.",Clamp down on the workplace relationships. This causes friction between coworkers and the creation of unnecessary alliances. Also if a person is good at something keep them there.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8308,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picked/Packer,"You get all the hours you want, overtime",Your breaks sum out to 5-8 minutes,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8309,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shopper,"Flexible, pick your own shifts, a lot of walking.",Not enough shifts available - thats pretty much it.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P49.htm
8310,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not accommodating and no work/life balance,"Pay, benefits, perks, competitive environment and career progression.","Management is all about numbers and doesn't really care about your well-being. HR, New Hire Orientation and Training were unorganized. Employees who've been with the company for 3 weeks will train you. Work-life balance who? 3 x 12 or 4 x 10 plus mandatory OT where you have to use your time if you don't want to work that day. A hostile work environment where people are cussing and fussing all the time! I recently asked for schedule accommodation or schedule shift but they told me that I have to wait until January after the peak season. I resigned and they decided to let me go than work a schedule that would be mutually beneficial. I hope the company would treat employees as HUMANS than NUMBERS and I hope these practices will be exploited soon.  My perspective of Amazon as a customer and as a former employee entirely change after this experience.",Goodluck!,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8311,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Great benefits, but mediocre starting pay.","Terrible hours, and there is too much competition.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8312,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon is amazing to work at,Working here is all about constant learning and constant growth,"The environment is highly competitive, you need to be constantly upping your game here",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8313,amazon,"West Sacramento, CA"," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,I been working for Amazon for a month roughly currently as a Warehouse Associate.,"As a seasonal employee, there is slight coverage such as medical and sick leave. Coworkers are nice and helpful. Ambassadors are really helpful when you don’t know how to do a specific job because you are learning multiple key jobs as a warehouse associate. Pay rate is good, for the starting. Just gotta keep working hard and aim for management. You get what you put in overall. Try to take as much VET as possible and put in the effort because management looks at the work you put even when you don’t think so.","No unpaid time off yet, and feet hurts after awhile of doing physical labor. A lot of employees quit because of the labor but people come and go and there is always a lot of new hires.","Stand up motivation morale is low, I recommend key incentives for employees such as food or something. Currently from my management, their giving us pizza next week because of our hard work which is very appreciated.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8314,amazon,"San Leandro, CA"," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Any Which IS Suitable for Me,Good one and like it,Its is one of the world best brand so it is like dream come true to be a member of amazon team and i will to give my best if i get a chance to be its member,May be time management or fix schedule but i can take out solution for them too,Hope i got chance to be its member and get a chance to work here,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8315,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Returns Processor and Grader,Great company,Great pay and great benefits. Multiple shifts to choose from. Great training program. Contests and games to make the job more fun. Amazon offers a lot of perks and benefits .  The company truly cares about their employees and their families.,I can't really think of any downsides,I'm not sure about all Amazon facilities but the Hebron Returns facilities is a great place to work. Im proud to be an Amazonian and feel blessed to have the opportunity to work there,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8316,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Web Development Engineer,Peculiar culture indeed,"* Great benefits * Insanely intelligent people around you * Anything you can think of, Amazon is probably doing it * Fast paced work environment * New offices are extremely nice","* Non-health benefits are pretty ""frugal"" * Archaic internal tools for developers * Takes a while for the company to change negatively impacting things (like job description rewrites, more widely supported industry standards, etc) * Work life balance has become the exception not the rule * To ""survive"" at Amazon, you either need to be perfect, or you need to fly under the radar * Old timers say the best way to ""succeed long term"" at Amazon is to not trust your manager and fly under the radar until it suits you and you know it won't come back on you","* Don't secretly stack rank your employees and ask your managers to ""cull the herd"" as part of your yearly reviews for them, just be open and honest about it and you wouldn't have to worry about people suing you * Be honest about the ""Dev List"" and tell employees that they can move teams ONLY if they are not trying to move due to a toxic team environment (managers can keep you from moving to other teams, so you'd better have a good manager and a perfect relationship with them) * Invest in coaching your managers to be better managers and not just insist that the ""problem areas"" are the non-management only",2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8317,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Great pay, MANY shift options and the hours/shifts stay the same. You ick the schedule that works best for you!",The on-boarding process sucks. It takes 3-4 hours and unprepared people makes the process longer,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8318,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2018",Former Employee - Wireless Sales,Horrible Worse Company I ever worked for,"Co-Workers,benefits,stock,random dumb gifts with Amazon branding.","Too much o erturn,new managers knew less than regular employees,small pay raise, write ups for dumb reasons. They fired bottom 10%perfermorers based on survey responses from customers even when the answer were based on things we could not control or had no way to fix since it's not our fault they were not approved for service by the provider. No work life balance. No life,work all holidays. Customers are very entitled.",Care more about your employees. Maybe stop letting them die in warehouses and have no time off during holidays ever.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8319,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Hours Pay Benefits are nice and helpful,Constant Movement Lack of care at times,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P50.htm
8320,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,Kiva Amnesty job was very cool,The hours assinged felt suffocating.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8321,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excessive Work/Hours, Horrible Pay",Great benefits Full Time No more pros,Too many hours Not enough time to break Heavy work load for ok pay,none,3.0,none,none,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8322,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,FC - Full Time Associate,I haven’t come up with one.,"Long hours and safety standards are not adhered to by management, yet expected to be adhered to by associates. Hired for one schedule and then hours and days are shifted without notice. Training is a joke and you have untrained people carelessly driving around heavy machinery. Frankly, the place is dangerous and one of the reasons I left. I was there two days and heard about two different dangerous accidents that could have been avoided with more thorough training. People are herded like cattle and promised permanent employment after the holiday rush. I didn’t actually stay around long enough to see whether that is true, but at this point, I have my doubts.",Train your people and stop treating them as animals. You might see a decrease in your turnover rates and an improvement in your safety rating.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8323,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - SDE1,SDE,A big and fast growing company.,"Does not care about it's employees. An employee don't have a good way to report the bad performance of a manager. And the manager always blames the engineers in his team when there's a problem although the problem was caused by his lack of professional attitude when managing the team. Horrible politics, make people can not feel happy when working for this company.",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8324,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,"Ownership and strong responsibility, interesting challenge",Fast moving and cut throat,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8325,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support,Great Office,"Worked in a great team and loved that I got almost 2 months of training. I felt prepared when I started taking calls from angry sellers. I was encouraged early on to apply for more leadership roles, however due to my moving to another city I did not take advantage of that.","Not able to work remotely permanently at the time, however I think they have since resolved this limitation.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8326,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Expertise, dynanmic",Challenging  Career Growth Good Compensation scale Work friendly environment Learning,Workaholic lifestyle No growth in further desired department No encouragement to apply further more career growth Leave policy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8327,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Awful,Good pay Cheap benefits Climate controlled environment,Long hours Unrealistic rates Random mandatory overtime during peak No sitting except for 30 min breaks Little room for promotion,Lower hourly rates to realistic standards,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8328,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Okay-ish,"competitive work culture okay-ish pay compared to google, fb, tableau in the area",2% 401k match no free food no snacks stocks vesting period paternity leave promotions depend entirely on your manager very frugal,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8329,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier I,Benefits Pay Time off( vacation and PTO),Management is either really good or really bad. Issues with favoritism,none,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P51.htm
8330,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was okay. What you would expect working in a warehouse.,Least stressful job I ever had. Nice people to work with.,"Not climate controlled. Extremely hot in the summers, extremely cold in the winters.",Raise wages even higher.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8331,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,I found my career!,The pay is competitive with similar jobs in the area. The atmosphere is very positive! There is many opportunities for advancement!,Long hours on your feet. Work most holidays.,Trust your employees who have proved themselves.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8332,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Investigation Specialist,"Great pay, benefits, 401k, work from home, inspiring supportive people, internal mobility encouraged, amazing culture","Time off is average for hourly employees, hard to move up in some orgs",N/A,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8333,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer service agent,Get to work at home have flexibility schedule,Did not have any problems with amazon,none,5.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8334,amazon,"Memphis, TN"," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Flex Customer Service,They ,"Better pay now since the minimum salary increased. You are able to use unpaid time off at your discretion. Training was from home and you work from home. They provide the equipment, laptop and headphones. The hours are mediocre.","When you apply you think you will be working 29 to 31 hours a week, right? Wrong. You are trained to assist with helping drivers on the road. They may need a package scanned or assistance locating a customer. No problem. Then they say you will be taking a few customer calls. Haha. That is reversed. You will get 98% of customer calls and 2% off driver calls. Every customer thinks they are entitled to complain about having and paying for prime to have 2 day shipping. I guess someone left out that they are paying for other stuff too like prime video, music, free books monthly, etc. They need to get off their high horses and get real. The first schedule they give you those hours I guess so that you can get acclimated and settled in. Then the schedule after the initial schedule the hours are increased. From 29-31 hours a week to 32-35, and up to 37-39hours. Working all these hours would qualify me for full time but according to amazon since we are part time flex they have the right to have you work all those hours according to the business needs. My needs were for part time hours not full time. I haven't even had much time to spend with my family which was the reason for me getting the job in the first place. So BEWARE! On the other hand some agents loved the increased hours. Just an FYI. Also they will add mandatory over time to your schedule if not enough agents have signed up. I don't know about you guys but I like to be able to choose if I want to work more, and also see if I can fit it into my schedule. Amazon's customers are always angry. Why? Because they didn't get their packages in 2 days. Amazon needs to figure a way for the shipping and delivery team to gain more insight as to what happened to packages because we are pretty much telling the customer what the retail agent told them after they are transferred over to us. Like we have so much more info to give. Crazy. The flex drivers should pay more attention to where they are delivering because that's the cause of most issues. They should be trained better. We are the ones that get the brute off their misdeliveries.","Omg, half of supervisors were decent. Some just had a bad attitude. Like, do you really still work for amazon and have they not been listening to your calls? Rude.....",1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8335,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and Bad,Plenty of work. Many chances to change things.,Favoritism. Can be difficult to get other shifts to buy in. Lack of accountability for management.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8336,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They discriminate against older employees,Nice office space and some good workers.,Discriminate against older employees and never hire the best candidate.,"Hire the most qualified instead of the person that fits your ethnic need or political viewpoint. Also, older employees are sometimes better then their younger counterparts.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8337,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great company to grow in, but not to stay in","Success is considered holistically, efficiency, adoption, retention, revenue, etc. Continually seeking improvement, raising the bar on deliverables and performance. High value on iteration and incremental improvements.","Innovation is minimally rewarded, and appropriate accreditation for new ideas or successes are quickly misplaced.","SVP & VPs, don't under estimate your impact on company culture (for good or bad). Exhibit more transparency and humility.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8338,amazon,"Palmetto, FL"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Interesting and Fast-paced,Ever changing environment and variety of coworkers,Management of people lacks empathy,"Team building, incentives, cohesive directives across shifts",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8339,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Sorting Associate,Seasonal Sorting Associate DLA4,- Good people associates - Teamwork mentality - They have a calendar of free snacks or sweets. -,- Favoritism - Work is repetitive - Workers are like cattles that needed to be herded -  -,"Advice to management is to implement a better plan of action on how to retain people. It starts with management and your processes on how you manage your people.  Amazon warehouse has an open door employment. Anyone can just get a job in the Amazon warehouse as long as they pass the drug test - which everyone takes at the orientation.  There are certain shift assistants who don't have great people skills, that makes working FOR them unbearable.  It's micro-managed to a tee, so be prepare to be herded to your next destination every 10 minutes or so.  When they assigned tasks, it's usually influenced by favoritism.  There are some task that are easier than others, such as scanning for packages -you're sitting down the whole time, and associates who usually get this task for the shift are usually favored by the shift assistant.  This type of management and operational style makes you want to quit, which they won't care, since Amazon's HR is flooding them with new employees every month, anyway.  People come and go here, it's a revolving door of people ""learning"" and then leaving once they'd had enough, or see that favoritism is so prevalent that it impedes them from moving up.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P52.htm
8340,amazon,"Fremont, CA"," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager Intern,Leadership Experience Opportunity to do a project,Crazy hours Well over 40 a week A lot of walking/manual labor,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8341,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Time goes by quickly in warehouse,Long hours Limited work life balance Night shifts/working on weekends,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8342,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Best Company I Have Ever Worked For,"Competitive Pay, Schedule (4 days on, 3 days off), BENEFITS are unbelievable (Doctors' offices are dumbfounded when they see my deductible)",I really cannot think of any,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8343,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Fast paced, fun, cutting edge work!",Long hours and often work on the weekends.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8344,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great experience,"Easy hiring process, great benefits, great work environment",Hard to move up and management doesn't work with employees for improvement,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8345,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Stow,"It is a good job to start out in life, they work with your school schedule and give you over 3 months of maternity leave","Great benefits,schedules and you have many opportunities to move up in the company.","Being on your feet, but you get used to it. Its repetitive work to.",You guys are great! Thank you for thinking of your workers!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8346,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Work Life Balance whatsoever,"compensation is decent, 4 day schedule (when you actually have it)","You're told you'll have a 4 day schedule but based on needs of business, that is rarely actually the case. If you leave before 1 year, you have to pay back signing bonus AND relocation money",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8347,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,"Work from home, flexible schedules",Not enough training to prepare you for customer calls,Better training,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8348,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good place to work,"Growth structured environment, productive & functional",Micro-management but comparable to other work environments,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8349,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience Very Dependent on Team,"Good Comp, Challenging Work, Good Team support","If you get placed on a team that you don't like, you will not have a good time. This sound pretty obvious for any company, but this is especially true at Amazon. I was fortunate enough to be placed in a team that I absolutely loved (AWS S3), but I met some people who had a very difficult time because of the team they were placed in (and it was usually a team that they did not request for). Of course, this is only from my experience based on conversations that I've held with my peers and does not reflect the entire company.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P53.htm
8350,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Great Place to work hard to move up.,"Interesting and exciting work, easy to get things done.","Hard to move up, Pay could be more competitive.",Pay more in base salary.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8351,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Specialist,there are a Breadth of opportunities,amazon is a very Large company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8352,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Station Operations Manager,Station Operations Manager,"So much to learn all of the time, very fast paced, and given latitude to think on your feet.","Literally on call 24/7 and work a tremendous amount of hours, the good idea fairy does not die....ever, and back to work life balance...it is very difficult and I have a great team.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8353,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics Admin,Lots of opportunities to move up if your area has a lot of fulfillment centers opening up.,Not a lot of hours for part time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8354,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate,Looking for HR career,Learning all areas of operation.,Hiring management primarily from recent University graduates,"Hire more experienced people as advertised, e.g.-military background, management background, people skills, warehouse experience, etc.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8355,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,Not as labor intensive as other departments. Leniency on TOT,Can get very boring at times. Looked down upon by other departments,Listen to what works best for the employees and not what you think is best since they are the ones actually out on the floor.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8356,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pay,- heavy stock bonuses but takes a long time to vest,- low base - no company morale - extremely frugal,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8357,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Senior Recruiter,"Amazing, talented and passionate people to work with every day Awesome collaborative culture that is consistently welcoming Ambiguity is embraced and employees are encouraged to make their own decisions. I work remotely from home - no commute and no traffic!",Remote working can get lonely at times...but there's no commute and no traffic!,Bring back Calendly or another scheduling tool that will make scheduling interviews faster!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8358,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Analyst,first hand experience,"Heaven for go getters. No bureaucracy, freedom to all aspect of work.",blazing pace of iteration to bring out new features,take it easy,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8359,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Overrated Company,"At the time, the job provided an income.","Fainted on my first night of training due to extreme heat on the upper level of the warehouse which the lead told everyone that I was okay and did nothing. Fortunately, the EMT was walking by and provided me medical attention. The company blamed me in the end of it although I had only been on the floor less than 2 hours time. On my last night, a lead came in with bronchitis and so our whole team got ill. I was being threatened by my supervisor that night about my job when I was clearly ill. The company offered to accommodate my needs but they push employees to do the work and they sit back and do nothing instead of taking care of their employees. Employees aren’t valued. Hostile work environment. Same experience with heat for one of their delivery companies which I was told to quit.","Value your employees. Treat them like human beings and not cattle. Own up to your faults on all management levels and make changes. If your internal customers (employees) aren’t happy, valued and respected-eventually your external customers won’t be either. Wouldn’t invest as a shareholder either because I wouldn’t want to become part owner of a company that doesn’t consider its employees as the most important asset and treated as such.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P54.htm
8360,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in fulfillment center,Some company benefits start at day 1,"Not allowed to have cell phones onto work floor and there is not music allowed on the work floor, which makes getting through a 10-hr shift tough.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8361,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Pay Benefits PTO UPT Clean bathrooms and free tampons!,"Long hours. Young, unprofessional unqualified HR/ Management. Favoritism from management is high. They treat you like animals",Need new qualified HR / MANAGEMENT,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8362,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Raises the bar on your career,"Amazon will push you like no other company. It's not just the velocity, but also the density - rigor, detail, thoroughness, follow up. I've never been this sharp, crisp, or quick on my feet. Moreover, I've never felt like my leadership has demanded anything unreasonable of me. The challenge is to ruthlessly prioritize and push back to ensure you have work-life balance. But this is achievable.","The decentralized nature of Amazon fosters a lot of fragmentation and redundancies, but the model tends to work in the long-term. Also, I've noticed that a pre-occupation with data can sometimes hinder product imagination, particularly in the lower-level product teams. Still, the good ideas tend to get bubbled up.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8363,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good pay intense work culture,good pay with stock options,"intense work culture, no personal life",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8364,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse,"Same schedule every week. You can change it, if you want.",The amount of hours per week depend on volume,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8365,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for dynamic minds,"If you like to be challenged daily and work in an environment where there is no ""guidebook"" - Amazon is for you.",Constant movement of personnel (amazon encourages employees to rotate roles ever 2 yrs) can sometimes lead to chaos,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8366,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay place,Benefits were good for new parents,Pay was too low for amazon pace,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8367,amazon,"Miami Gardens, FL"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Hell,Fast paced and fellow employees are great.,HR never shows. Will never get in touch with you. There's no way to reach them by phone. Only email which they don't respond to.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8368,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good benefits but very minimal pay for the job that is required plus more,"Benefits are better than most companies, 11$/hr during training, 1 hour lunch, game room (site specific), lots of free food is given throughout the year, lot of chances for OT","Not enough pay, poor management, hard to get time-off even if it's unpaid, you are censored unless you're a liberal, spiteful HR agents can get you fired","Give lower associates opportunities to explain themselves to HR when going to get fired. Also, switch regular associates into management positions when seen fit. Revise the good standing policies.",3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8369,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,The pay was really good.,"Too much lifting. Other than that, it was fine.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P55.htm
8370,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Research Scientist,Hope your manager is competent,Lots of resources and autonomy if you're in a good group.,"Since it's so flat a lot depends on who your direct and skip-level manager is. One of the frequent changes (restructure, people leaving) can land you with a person who is incompetent or cruel (or both).","If you're a manager or managers, check in with their subordinates. Make sure that you don't have someone incompetent/cruel a level or two down.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8371,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yard Specialist,"Paid time off, Vaction, And Unpaid Time , Stocks","Long shifts, and the job is easy but the people/managers make it difficult to work sometimes. Lack of respect",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8372,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Traffic Manager,"Easy going, nice culture, flexibility, discounts",Vacation + PTO are not great,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8373,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Job, Good Money","Simple work, easy money, good people",I did not see any,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8374,amazon,"Lubbock, TX"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Campus Associate,Campus Asssociate,Great co workers. Innovative Plenty of opportunities for advancement,"Very statistical company, Boss only cared about meeting metrics.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8375,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,One of the best places I have worked,- Motivated employees - Driven management - Minimal Red Tape and strong bias for action - Great quality gates and structure in place to ensure quality is not compromised for speed - Customer Obsession is very strong at every level - Feel a great sense of pride and accomplishment for the work you do - Management focuses on getting work done not on actual time spent at work - Management rewards high performers,- Very less ramp up time given to new employees. But if you want to make a difference as soon as possible this is the place to be - Need to work on setting time consciously for self-improvement and educating yourself,- Improve the mentorship program at Amazon,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8376,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Patent Engineer,A company that walks the talk,"Vibrant culture, energetic, intensely customer obsessed, GREAT people","Like any huge (and growing) company, bureaucracy can slow us down",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8377,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place with many opportunities,People move around teams fairly often and you can do so too. This will help you learn more skills and expose yourself to new tech/biz dynamics,"No free stuff, frugality haha",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8378,amazon,"Louise, TX"," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Job,Good Benefits and keeps your busy,Really don’t have any problem with it,Ready to work ASAP,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8379,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"The hours are flexible, the managers are hands-on.",On your feet entire time on the floor,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P56.htm
8380,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Now Shopper,"Great work environment, thorough training, and friendly and competent management members.",Difficult to obtain work shifts each week.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8381,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Order Management Specialist,Great on People,You will be trained well in every aspect of the job. The staff are professionals.,There is a work on Saturday and Sunday.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8382,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"learn a lot, great team spirit, very smart people",Salary is very low compare to other companies,"Offer better salary, less micromanagement",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8383,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Friendly environment great pay and lots of ot,Short breaks not enough time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8384,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wharehouse,Pay is pretty good here,Load can be s big overwhelming,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8385,amazon,"Fairfield, OH"," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Background Check?,Nationwide Recognition for growth in industry.,Can’t get a background check done? Friend applied and never received notice of start or orientation but received benefits information?,Organize yourself.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8386,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so fantastic,"Good pay, and stocks are on the sky",Oncall rotation is hard and health damaging,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8387,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Safety Specialist,Working with Amazon,"Good salary, Young people also",Work life balance sucks working warehouse schedule shifts,Stop being a constant hawk and analyzing the employee's every move,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8388,amazon,"Waldwick, NJ"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazing company,Good pay! Amazing people! Room for growth,Nothing bad to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8389,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad job,"Fun, cool coworkers, 4 hour shifts, relaxed","Far drive, Noisy, Boring, gets you sleepy on the early shifts",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P57.htm
8390,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-time Sortation Associate,Good pay for a small part of your day.,Management needs to be retrained.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8391,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Internship,"Great benefits, great environment, wonderful community.",So many employees that sometimes you were left to do nothing.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8392,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Packer,Benefits and Pay is great,Hard on body and hard to keep up speed when working 5days 12hrs,Headphones while packing,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8393,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Flexable time, great for college part time","Very fast pace, need more workers",Please let us listen to some music,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8394,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Discrimination of religion,You can work overtime and get insurance day1.,If they find out if you go to a Baptist church they will ostracize and mess with your schedule. If you preach at your church they'll fire you and put you on a do jot rehire list. They don't care about your experience and longevity of a stable work history. They are looking to bend people to accept their demeaning culture in the work place.,There is a reason Amazon has a very high turn over rate.,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8395,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Pack Singles,Fulfillment center,Learning new skills and meeting new people along the way.,Short breaks during long hours,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8396,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Was A Yard Driver,Yard driver at CVS 5,It's good money if you like always switching managers make Amazon your last resort to work for they don't care about good employees,You are a dime a dozen at Amazon they do not care about your work they just care about turnout,I was fired by a Tom team boss at cvg5 he said I was speeding 2 miles over the limit the cameras in the trucks are not right our lot was full of pot holes which makes it hard to go 15 miles or under sometimes plus they want you to wear a seatbelt it's almost impossible to back in a dock door with a seatbelt on Amazon is a shift he company I moved 100 plus trailers a day with no breaks ever no it takes 3 drivers to do the job to many safety rules to deal with safety is no joke but give a little Lee way folks and quit using cameras that 3rd world country watch and then sent input to the company I ts pretty bad your dad commits suicide you get your 3 days to morn you go back to work and work your shift with no breaks at the end of your shift you get fired for they say safety violations and then they refuse to pay unemployment I guess that's because I am American and we are shot at Amazon to diverse of a company don't work there you will be disapointed,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8397,amazon,"Cranbury, NJ"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Sorting Associate,"You can choose to work full, part-time, or 15 hs a week, day or night shift.",You work until you are drained,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8398,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard worm,Amazing benefits for medical/ dental,Long days can take a toll,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8399,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,High Expectations,"Awesome office, good compensation, decent pto.","High output demand, no fitness benefits.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P58.htm
8400,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,have been working at Amazon full-time (Less than a year),"Amazon is a large enough company that I'm sure there are good pockets and bad pockets. Everyone here is really smart, and wants to succeed both personally, and as a company.","No cons, so far - seriously. Like I said, I'm sure Amazon has some bad pockets in it here and there, but this is an amazing job.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8401,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer internship,Learn a lot from many smart people. People are in general helpful.,The company is too big so it doesn't feel like you are contributing to something. Also depends on team.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8402,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Universal Receiver,Wrongful Termination,"Great pay, easy work, good people to work with","Little work to do, affects rates and productivity","Don't just throw anything on the lines, if you set a goal make sure there is work, no misships, overages, or nonprepped unscannable items.",3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8403,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Meh,"Work from home, pay, benefits, employee discount","Long hours, mandatory overtime, not much work life balance, hard to move up, metrics based",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8404,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 3, 2018","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Operations Analysis","Working Hard, Having Fun, and Truly Making History","Amazon recognizes the contributions of it's employees, and offers tremendous growth opportunities for Top performers. I have been fortunate to be surrounded by an amazing team and strong leaders, enabling me to promote 3 times in four years, and branch out from an Operations Leadership Track to a Business Intelligence Support Track with no issue. I've also come to know several Tier 1 associates who have also grown substantially in their career to become operations leaders.  I've also been humbled by Amazon's Think Big Program, and how open leadership is to new ideas. I'm proud to have been part of the launch of Prime Now, and to have submitted the idea of Release Night Delivery which leveraged the Prime Now platform to deliver Call of Duty Black Ops 2, and the newest Harry Potter Book, among others.","Be prepared for short deadlines in some cases, as well as high visibility to your performance. There is no expectation to work long hours, but you have to get your job done, or you will be stagnant in your career.  Amazon's culture is one of self learning. You are expected to seek out information that may not be handed to you on a silver platter. You control your own growth. If you choose not to seek out new opportunities, it's rare for someone to come find you for them.","Amazon's rating system is designed to identify top and bottom performers. Top performers are rewarded, bottom performers are coached and developed, but the middle is often omitted, and not given enough coaching to become a top performer in some cases. Management should look for new ways to develop the steady middle of the road performers. Also, look to promote more from within, vs. hire from the outside. We tend to hold internal candidates to our high hiring bar vs. our internal promotion bar which allows for growth since we know our internal candidate already fits Amazon's culture.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8405,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Store Associate,Good,Great benefits. Great colleagues,No cons. Just work hard,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8406,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Decent pay and stock options.,Poor work life balance. Upper management will smile in your face and stab you in the back.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8407,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great company with some good benefits. Tech promos extremely difficult.,Benefits are not the best,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8408,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,- Work on projects and features truly delight customers - Fast pace innovation,- Heavy workload with 24 hour oncall  - Priorities shift quickly,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8409,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment,"Good environment , safe, nice management",Their are no cons here.,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P59.htm
8410,amazon,"Mundelein, IL"," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter,Hell Would Be Better,$15 an hour isn't terrible for part-time work.,"The work. It's terrible. As a sorter, you are required to sort 250 items an hour or one per 13 seconds. They look for ways to give you points, points are bad. The hours are terrible, start at midnight, the people are people you don't see in society for a reason. Everyone, where I work at, seems to have been there for less than a month no one is consistent. On my second day, a package was sent to me incorrectly, I asked what to do and did it, then had someone else tell me that I did it wrong and if I did that again, I would be fired. The training is a joke consisting of some videos we have to watch on our free time, they claim to pay you, but they failed to pay me the amount promised, then we got a tour from a mumbler who skimmed through a book for less than 45 minutes and we started. Day two, the ""trainer"" watches you try to do your job then lectures you about everything you are doing wrong and tells you it will all get you fired. If I have questions, it seems like a burden to get answers. I have never felt so much like a drone in my life, just a cog with no meaning who could be replaced by anyone off the street tomorrow. I suggest you go anywhere else unless you enjoy having your soul crushed. Thank god I only have to do this a few more times and I am out. This job is not worth $15 and hour. They should double that salary for what they put you through. I suggest going anywhere else.","Get your act together. Get consistent, train better, care about your people, train better, treat people like humans.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8411,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,"If you want to move up, start making connections within the company.",Unmatched benefits and flexible schedule options,Management does not care about warehouse workers,Be more engaged to associates,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8412,amazon,"Fairfield, OH"," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,No permanent employment,"Good pay, fair and nice supervisors","Just found out unless I get ssi or assistance or fall into one of there tax credit areas I won’t be hired on permanently. So basically reverse discrimination. I was wondering why a lot of employers ask those questions , go figure.","Hire based on good work ethic not based on tax credits. Amazon is about the bottom dollar,, nothing else. Does not value all employees , only ones that get them tax credits.",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8413,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Human Resources assistant,Looks great on a resume. And mobility to move around the country.,Everyone plays favorites and you'll get nowhere unless you're liked. Constantly fighting against operations to do what's right rather than focusing solely on productivity.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8414,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Pathways Operations Manager,Excellent,"High standards, excellent team members, the company lives by its leadership principles.",Too much fun. I don’t have any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8415,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Unlimited resources for learning. Very open to diversity and does not tolerate discrimination at any setting.,"Overworked and feeling underpaid. My manager uses the phrase ""this will help you get promoted to the next level"" in order to make me take on more work.",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8416,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal,Straight forward work but unorganized and rude seniority staff members,simple work decent pay vet opportunity,No parking /condescending ambassadors /horrible training/ faulty computers radios that never work/ “them vs us “ treatment from veteran staff members towards new staff/ way too much micro management different managers delegate conflicting job duties. Brand Ambassadors act like new employees should “know” what to do without proper training or decent materials to actually explain each position.,"Treat your seasonal Associates with appreciation, we’re here to help out your operations. Train your ambassadors to be more courteous and eager to train than to have a superiority complex towards new staff. Breaks should be delegated in groups. Have at least one veteran staff member present at particular positions instead of scheduling new hires to operate programs they have no clearance or authorization to perform tasks to assist in work flow.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8417,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,SDE Intern,"Big company, every intern gets their own mentor.","No free lunch/dinner, irresponsible mentor.",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8418,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Stow,"Lots of Hours, competitive pay and nice managers","I just hated working in a ware house. I felt like a robot doing the same thing for 10 hours straight. I can’t do that, my position was super boring.",Nothing. I didn’t like it for personal reasons,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8419,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,The pay went up and schedule is great,10 hour shift with 30 minutes lunch,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P60.htm
8420,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great place to learn and grow as a junior developer!,Not many negative things to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8421,amazon,"Anniston, AL"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Data Entry,Great,I heard amazon is doing lot of hiring for data entry work at home jobs. Just what I'm looking for right now. And to work my own part time hours.,I think all of the jobs here are pretty much great.,I have worked at my current job since 2005 to present. I am currently in school for Office Administration and will be graduating 2019. I really would love working for Amazon. I look forward to working in the future full time .,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8422,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Unorganized,Pay was good. Flexible hours,No one communicates in upper management.,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8423,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,Good job but need improvement,"Great flexibility, easy job, sometimes there’s down time so you get to relax a bit before the next order comes in",You have one minute to pick each item so if a customer orders one item from produce and one item from the health section you have less then a minute to get to the end of the store and scan it. It’s just impossible to also scan items in a minute,We should be given more time to complete these orders instead of having us run through the store which are full of actual customers shopping,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8424,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Packer/Forklift Driver,PIT Driver,salary and benefits are good,a numbers only company...extremely fast paced with tight overseeing ...is definitely not a people oriented company..,do not expect an 80 yr old to run the 100yd dash as fast as a 18yr old....there are positions that will benefit both sides when older workers are given the chance,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8425,amazon,"National City, CA"," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,over worked and under employees,"at face value the starting pay is great and you can pick your hours/days, shift goes by fairly quickly if you are a stower, you have the option of never interacting with your co- workers so there is very little drama","you pretty much are asked to do the work of 3 to 4 employees that amazon refuses to hire due to benefit pay outs, you will get over loaded and you may or may not get help, when you are caught up on your work your co-workers will steal the little work you have to boost their own points/levels/scores or whatever management calls it these days to evaluate your performance. it is scorching hot on the one side and freezing cold on the other of the building so bring a parka and shorts to cover your bases because you don't know what side you work on til after you get to work, management has absolutely no idea what they are doing but expect you to complete your job to the highest level set by corporate, if you are single and have no bills maybe live in your parent's basement or perhaps you a constant freeloader off your friends this job is for you. 80% of your new hire group will quit within the first week so the people you actually got comfortable with leave you in a lurch, the blue badge program was not thought out very well you have to be a temp for 30 days before you can apply for a regular employee (not full-time) position but they only do those hiring every 90 days so if you are one day short you will have to wait till the next draft to apply and it is open to everyone so even if you are doing well and close to the top you may not even get in due to what i am sure is a quota they need to fill so as a while male you are pretty much at the bottom no matter what you do. good luck",hire more people,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8426,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Burnout City,"Salary, stock and bonuses are great as long as you are ready to be stressed all the time",If you keep having managerial changes good luck getting promoted and the burnout is beyond anything you could ever imagine.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8427,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazonian,People are nice and the dress code is pretty comfortable,Workload can be crazy during pick season,Allow at least 10 minutes break time,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8428,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good job atmosphere very personable people.,High salary and short work hours.,Peak season is very straneous.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8429,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse,Warehouse Sorter,Peak season hire. Extra money,Location I was given is too far. Amazon Fulfillment Center SAT5 is more convenient for my second job.,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P61.htm
8430,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hiring process,Easy and fast process with no errors,There are no cons at the moment,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8431,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fin,Smart people. Challenging. Not bad hours.,Not great culture. Boring at times.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8432,amazon,"Buffalo, NY"," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,"Okay at the beginning, downhill as time went on",Good initial work environment New experiences Easy to learn system of things,"Toxic seasonal people who don't want to work Work didn't add up to pay Part time, hard to achieve full time status",Don't separate the people who know what they're doing from each other. Learn to get the lazy ones to work and actually get stuff done.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8433,amazon,"Livonia, MI"," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Helpful, Team spirit","Salary, Team spirit, Great Benefits, easy commute","Working Pit machines, Better training, Breaks need to be longer,Managers are not people driven,",Better training,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8434,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work.,"Good pay, benefits, and time off options.",Long days and strict rates.,"More leniancy towards rates, at least for new people.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8435,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Long hours, clean desk with own headset","If you can’t get to the Dr, you’re done","Morning sickness is a thing when your pregnant, work with expectant mothers,",1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8436,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service,Great Benefits and oppurtunites to grow within,Not the best schedules and can get chaotic at times.,Reach out and help build rapport with agents.,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8437,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon inflate number of employees but less hours to work,If lucky you can get maximum 14 hours a week to work,"hiring extremely new employees reducing hours of work,","CEO used Amazon employees to showing that company has a certain amount of employees, but in reality, is difficult to get working hours, higher number of new employees, versus less hours to work.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8438,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Pay is right, benefits for seasonal employees.","Mandatory overtime, 10 hour shifts only. No shorter shifts, no balance of personal life.",none,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8439,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Burnout City,"Salary, stock and bonuses are great as long as you are ready to be stressed all the time",If you keep having managerial changes good luck getting promoted and the burnout is beyond anything you could ever imagine.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P62.htm
8440,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Pay, Benefits, Paid time off and un paid time off","Long hours, Location, Peak Season, Break Time",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8441,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,Leadership Principles Variety of projects Efficient processes Few meetings Large Scale,No free food On-call rotation Managers change frequently,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8442,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Asisstant,a big pro is the pay,only con is overall management,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8443,amazon,"Opa-locka, FL"," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,Not to bad,"Pay has increased, make lots of friends","Long hours, boring work sometimes",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8444,amazon,"De Land, FL"," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations manager,pay is great. room to grow is there as well,hard to balance work and life- job is very demanding,management is great although different managers have different expectations. Should be more alligned,4.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8445,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Maintenance Tech,Great pay and lots of opportunities,Long hours and filthy breakrooms,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8446,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,Lots of people to meet,"Rate, rate, rate is what they want",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8447,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Amazing place to work,Pay was low at the time,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8448,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer II,"You might enjoy Amazon, but don't join as a Web Development Engineer (WDE)","- Work-life balance isn't as bad as critics say. It depends where you land. Know that it's *your* responsibility to find the right team and switch teams if necessary. - Really interesting projects: experimental ""moonshots"" and apps with billions in revenue. Millions of people will benefit from your code. You can easily move among teams to gain varied experience. - Smart co-workers. You will learn a ton. - With Amazon on your resumé, you can get an interview with pretty much any other company - There is a new front-end engineer (FEE) role aimed at modernizing front-end development at Amazon. The WDE role is being phased out. It is VITAL that you apply for FEE and not WDE. Do not accept a WDE offer because it comes with significantly lower comp., and it is being phased out.","- Frontend developers are second-class citizens. You will not receive the same respect, opportunities or compensation as backend developers at Amazon. There are efforts to change this, but changing culture takes time. - On-call can be hellish depending on your team. Ask about operational load when you're considering different teams. - Pay is great relative to non-tech jobs, but weak compared to other top tech companies like Google, Facebook and Airbnb. I nearly doubled my salary by moving to Airbnb.","Don't apply ""frugality"" to engineers' salaries. Continue working to change the culture so that front-end developers are not second-class citizens.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8449,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Close to home, good training team, sometimes free pizza","highschool environment, pay was bad, better now",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P63.htm
8450,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Bezos doesn't care about fulfillment centers,"Opportunity to run a warehouse at one of the most successful e-commerce companies Fast growth and learning (especially for college hires) Decent money for college hires ~60k entry, 70k after 1 year","Culture in the fulfillment centers is garbage (1 'social' event a year, Senior team pushes everything downhill, horrible communication across shifts) There's always leadership gaps, which requires everyone to wear 2-3 hats for 6 months at a time Constant turnover leads to constant training of new external hires rather than just promoting from within Corporate is treated 100x better than anyone in the fulfillment centers Work life balance is nonexistent (Bezos likes to call it work-life harmony, but unless you have $150b, there's no such thing) Stock vesting takes 4 years (first 2 years you get 10% of your stocks, the last 2 years you get the remaning 90% but most people are burned out by then)","Focus on your people, the numbers will always follow. Get their buy-in, commands are useless. Every site leader that focused on people led the most successful buildings, every site leader that focused on numbers is now in charge of running the worst buildings.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8451,amazon,"Akron, OH"," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - CSA,No Raise for Cross Training,Amazon customers are absolutely amazing!,There is no pay raise for cross training into a different department. I have worked for 2 other very large companies and was considered a very valuable employee since I was able to quickly be moved around where I was needed. Not at Amazon! I trained in 5 different departments and still made $10.00 an hour.,Pay your employees what their worth!,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8452,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slave work,It’s a job and doesn’t take much Brian work,Your a slave . They work you like an animal for trash pay and make you RUN to your breaks,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8453,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Stressful hard work, good pay",good pay day 1 benefits four day work week,long hours physically taxing work no job security,none,4.0,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8454,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good job,The benefits are great and the people you meet there are awesome.,Very long hours for a 10 hour shift. Sore body but you will get used to it.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8455,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pay,$15.00 starting in November + .50 nite differential.,Not much cons about company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8456,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Universal Receiving,Night shift managers were very good had great people skills. Job very boring tho,Amazon has awesome benefits inexpensive health coverage,10.5 hours a night standing up. When it gets slow you want to leave,Keep on keepin on,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8457,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not that bad,Options for extra hours regularly,"Almost all communication is through e-mail, very impersonal",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8458,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AVP - Operations,"Good work, growth, salary, lean organizational culture","Organizational fit, PTO, supervisory, change management",More visibility,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8459,amazon,"North East, MD"," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Amazon fulfillment,Great benefits and motivated supervisors,Unreasonable expectations on productivity,Give workers better pay and reduce minimum production quotas in order to keep employee turnover low.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P64.htm
8460,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,No good,No pros other than it is a job,"Too many cons, specially with the payment and vacations",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8461,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, poor culture","Cool projects, smart people, big brand name","Not a young company, and really not any cohesive culture.",Try to focus less on rapidly expanding and more on giving back to your current employees,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8462,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sds csa flex,"Flexibility of schedule, you pick when you work",Unknown worked hours at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8463,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from home agent with Amazon,The pay and management helps,The hours are very long.,Continue to support agents,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8464,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Amazon machine learning team - great place to be,"Great learning opportunities, flexible schedule, wonderful colleagues",Not a place for academic research,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8465,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager Intern,It was a great experience and they always treat their interns well,The relocation process was troublesome at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8466,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Opportunity,"Fast paced company, great benefits, great compensation, always challenging",Promotion process is a little daunting and cumbersome.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8467,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Change Management,Great leap to Amazon!,Great experience so far. The people have been amazing and my team is very supportive.,I don't have any yet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8468,amazon,"East Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Architect,"Walk the Talk, an Ocean to dive deep and discover gems every hour of the Day!","Amazingly insane and intensive environment, fast paced with cutting edge and bleeding edge latest technologies, most of those truly game changing.  I have been with AWS as a Sr Data Architect, Big Data, IoT, AI and Analytics for 7 months. Every hour of those 7 months at work and off work while learning or training has been a privilege. For months after joining Amazon, I wondered how come comes a week-end after Friday? There is so much to learn and so little time, you feel like standing in front of the ocean all the time, and wonder how would you ever be able to swim through the vastness..  All the leadership principles of Amazon, 'Customer Obsession, Working Backwards, Frugality, Work Hard- Make History- Have Fun, Raising the Bar with every new hire, Invent and Simplify, Bias for Action, Insist on Highest Standards, Leads are Right a Lot, Vocally Self Critical, Ownership (no such thing as That's not my job), Think Big, Have Backbone-Disagree and Commit, Deliver Results, Earn Trust of Others and Your Customer, Dive Deep...  All practiced in real time, in my past 7 months here at Amazon.  Have been in the industry for 18 years, have been privileged to work with the best and the brightest all over the US. But Amazon is above all and by far the best place to learn, work and contribute. It changes you as a person, fundamentally. When you practice these principles day in and day out, your perspective in life completely transforms.  Above all, I feel extremely humbled with every passing day to have the opportunity to work for Amazon.","None so far. No cons I have noticed so far. 98% of the time, folks and team members I have had the opportunity to work with, have been amazed with sheer quality. That leaves 2% shy from a perfect 100%. But then, it is an individual's perspective. Some times those 2% are more valuable elsewhere and so are justified to be in the team.",Keep Rolling!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8469,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work,great peers but no pide or arrogance,pressure insane work deadlines mm,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P65.htm
8470,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Sr. Support Engineer,Work culture Type of problems you get to solve Scale is truly astronomical People are the smartest of the bunch,"Not for everyone, things can get too intense at times.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8471,amazon,"Rochester, MI"," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Prime Now Personal Shopper,Amazon Prime Now Personal Shopper,"Nice working conditions, our work station is in a corner of a Whole Foods and it's clean. People are nice. 10% discount online. Decent wage of $15 USD and a somewhat flexible* schedule.","*Scheduling is unfair and unpredictable, new shifts are posted 3 times a week at a certain time. They are ALL taken within a minute or less. I haven't had an opportunity to work in 3 weeks because of this. You literally have to sit on your computer or phone hoping your browser loads faster than everyone else, considering you are competing with 50+ people for 10 shifts or so. Very poor communication with management and a useless 1-800 number to some call center in India only to tell you to talk to your manager. Glassdoor is the closest thing I can find for Amazon Prime Now feedback and I hope somebody reads this.  Besides the scheduling issues, I genuinely enjoy this job. I just wish I'd get hours.","Make the online shift scheduling fair! I haven't worked in weeks, all shifts are taken within minutes and I don't have much or any chance to pick one up. It could be the same dozen people getting those shifts consistently meanwhile I and others get nothing.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8472,amazon,"Sparrows Point, MD"," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,"Micromanage breaks, but no supervisors to be found on the floor during production.",Benefit package is outstanding! Very affordable.,"Too much favoritism, which impedes upward growth despite your hard work ethic. If you're not in the ""in crowd"" you're screwed. Supervisors are harder to find then a winning lottery ticket.","Stop all the glad handing and get some people with REAL management/supervisory skills running the show. People that are too young have little or no life lessons or work history to draw upon. ""Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely."" Lastly, not everyone should be paid the same. That's kind of a no-brainer don't you think?",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8473,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Weak on Employee Treatment","Perks, benefits, I mean come on, it's Amazon!","Long work hours. Tedious, mundane tasks. Too harsh on body. Company did not move quick enough to keep good employees. retention is low, new people are always in demand.",Move quicker when employees speak. Because good people have left because of the lack of care--more about the numbers than the employee's well-being. One supports the other...MASTER THIS!,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8474,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Associate,"Flexible hours, helpful management and staff, open to listening to and taking their employees thoughts, ideas and concerns regarding overall organizational improvement into consideration.","Mandatory overtime, can't think of any other cons",Keep up the great work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8475,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good pay Amazing and cheap benefits bonuses stock RSU,little to none it is mostly good but like any job there is some not so good parts,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8476,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great company, still can improve","The RSUs are very attractive and definitely encourage you to stay four years. You get a lot of autonomy and your success depends on how much work you put in rather than others. I also think that the Account Management team is one of the better teams within Amazon. Although not encouraged, teams often find creative ways to reduce the stress from allowing pets to free coffee to at times providing free food and happy hours.","Due to the autonomy it can be a high stress environment as you do not want to fall behind. Additionally, as Amazon tries to be a dynamic company in a competitive marketplace, they silo teams away from each other. Sometimes this creates duplication of work and disconnection between teams in which teams are often internally competing.","Centralize certain teams (like enforcement) in order to make the best decision rather than the quickest. Additionally, I hope that there would be more competitive perks similar to that of other tech companies whether it's free food or higher salary.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8477,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Associate/Cashier,part time workers,"The owner is very good.and, very supportive.","He is not paying good.Also, he not increase my salary.",help to find a get one good job.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8478,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good company to work for,Fast-paced environment Always new ideas/ projects,"Relatively individualistic culture Flat structure, meaning few opportunities for promotion",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8479,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,"I love it, not for everyone",You really get to own things! Really fluid to move around internally Great focus on development/training/conferences Never boring/fast-pace Great colleagues,Heavy workload Fast-pace (if that doesn't work for you) Pressure of Responsibility Not all teams maintain the same high bar for performance,Please obsess over staff like we do customers! It would be the right thing to give the same amount of sick days/public holidays no matter what state we live in!,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P66.htm
8480,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Work Hard, have fun and make history","the sacrifices that come with work hard, have fun, and make history. If you have kids, be willing to only see them 1 hour per day.",Foster collaboration in a cut throat environment.,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8481,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Intern,Customer Service Intern,Loved the people and the atmosphere,Have to be willing to work hard!,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8482,amazon,"Waukegan, IL"," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Decent Place,Lots of overtime opportunities available,-Short notice overtime -Long work days -No more VCP,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8483,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - OB Pack Associate,OB Pack at Amazon,Amazon is growing all the time you don’t have to worry about them shutting down anytime soon.,There is no reward for being a hard worker. You can go above and beyond daily and they just add more to your workload. You will work beyond your pay level for nothing on a regular basis. Your reward is more work.,Stick up for your people. I really like all the supervisors and I have had a lot of different ones. The Amazon way needs challenged once in awhile. Having one person do the work of 3 people while others can just show up and make rate. Not exactly a good deal for the hard working tier ones.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8484,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sds csa flex,"Flexibility of schedule, you pick when you work",Unknown worked hours at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8485,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Toxic environment,Salary was good and benefits were decent,Dog eat dog environment. No coaching. No room for growth!,walk the walk and talk the talk.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8486,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Awesome if you love independence and hate bureaucracy,Freedom to take your ideas from inception to execution. Not confined by roles/titles. Very bottom-up culture with decisions driven from recommendations collected from team members. Ever dreamt of running your own business without worrying about funding yourself? - Amazon can offer you that kind of freedom if you manage to convince others with your ideas. You are surrounded by really smart and really nice (most) people that you can learn from.,Not for someone who can't go beyond their role definition. Do it yourself culture that can be frustrating in the beginning .,More investment in diversity recruiting and inclusion programs.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8487,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager (AWS),"The scale and impact of your work is amazing, people are incredibly intelligent, and you will never be bored. Finding another company with so much opportunity in terms of learning, impact and variety of work will be very difficult.","You have to be comfortable deprioritizing a lot of work and helping develop resource plans or you'll easily burn out trying to handle everything. Promotions are really really hard. I haven't had a raise in over three years. First line managers can be very good, or very bad - pick your team wisely.",Reward your existing employees with base pay increases.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8488,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a good job,"You make easy money, paid training included.",They have taken away some of the benefits they onced offered.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8489,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Learn a lot about the company, great opportunities for growth, and travel","Forget about having a personal life, and get a good chiropractor",none,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P67.htm
8490,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Oct 4, 2018","Current Employee - Water Spider, Problem Solver, Stow, Receive and VRC",Multiple jobs,"They try to make it a positive environment. You meet a lot of cool different types of people. They gave me a lot of opportunities. I started at stow. I am now usually problem solving and water spidering everyday, and hardly ever stow. Ive also done receiving. Problem solving job is nice because you use youre brain, it's not as hard on your body as water spidering and not as boring as stow. Problem solving is a lot to take in at first but afterwards its nice.",Stow and receive has rates and if youre not fast enough you get written up. Sometimes the wip is the reason u cant get a fast rate and managers tend not to take that into consideration but Once you prove youself in stow they will let you try other job duties.,"Show more, show you know how our job by helping or that you know what comes along with it. give useful advice. instead of just saying we did it wrong.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8491,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Amazing ownership of the entire stack,A little chaotic for day to day work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8492,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great company with solid vision and values,"Really appreciated the strong focus on the leadership principles. People actually lived them, which was very helpful for decision making in ambiguous situations.",Hours can sometimes be abit much,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8493,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Research Analyst,Great place to work!,"Competitive compensation, great benefits, fast-paced work environment, intellectually stimulating workplace with some seriously smart people.",Competition can be brutal sometimes with internal politics being the key decision factor than pure performance - not much different from other large employers.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8494,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time ware house associate,"Pay was good, benefits excellent. Made a few friends.","Standing for 10 hours a day, feet would be sore for days. Managers aren’t consistent. They are only worried about themselves. Should hire from within instead of new graduates with no experience.","Get to know the associates that work under you. Some of you are fresh out of college so instead of yelling at employees to “go faster” after working 10 hours straight, you get on the line and see what it’s like. I’m sure you wouldn’t yell after that.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8495,amazon,"Sparrows Point, MD"," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Absolutely no work life balance.,"Great people, wonderful vision from the top of the company.","No work life balance, long hours and just a tough place to get motivated",Could use some “human” in the HR field.,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8496,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace,"Money, benefits, nice job if you need one.","Works you too hard, very long hours.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8497,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulliment Associate,Great managers and company culture.,Can be stressful at times.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8498,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love Amazon,"Great pay, great for first job seekers",I have no cons for Amazon at all.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8499,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Network Engineer,Network Development Engineer III,Smart people and unique problems,Poor documentation and changing priorities,Maintain focus on current projects,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P68.htm
8500,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very fast paced,Pay is great in NJ,"Autonomous, not for people who loves to do different things",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8501,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,$15 min. wage is legit at amazon.,pay increase and benefits. a chance to further your education or get a skilled trade.,some work too hard for not enough money while most do just enough to keep their job. too many feel that they are the boss and dont have to do anything,"need better comunication, recognize the hard workers, and stop babying the lazy workers so they can get their way! its a job and most need to read the job description again and study it!!!",4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8502,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Manager,"People, Ownership culture, Impact, Stock growth.","Increasing red tape and politics, too big, hiring bar being watered down due to growth.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8503,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate (DDA1),"Fast-paced workplace, hard work gets rewarded, and recognized. Plenty of work opportunities with VET (Voluntary Extra Time). After you obtain your blue-badge (~3 months of work, apply for it), you get unpaid time off as opposed to attendance points.","Frequent changes to protocols to become more efficient, ends up making people less efficient due to confusion. Hard to remove employees who are inefficient, as a result, creates more work for hard-working employees.","Announce protocol changes at stand-up time to ease confusion among employees. Stop making shift changes that are counter-productive. I.E, if all of the volume needs to go out at 6 either way, why are we creating a 12:15-4:45 shift?",4.0,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8504,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time Sortation Associate,They are willing to give responsibility to basically anyone that shows the willingness to do what's needed.,"Late hours, little opportunities for advancement, and hours are subject to change based off business needs",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8505,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Excellent work culture and people. Lots of opportunities to learn and enhance your skills,The growth path is not always clear.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8506,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"challenges are everyday life, so it is a good place to sharp yourself up","challenges are good and if goes a long time without being handled well, itself becomes a challenge",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8507,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"If you're creative, skilled, or gifted... there's opportunities to prove it at Amazon","Input is desired. Continuous change for the sake of improvement is constant, and mandatory. Great ideas, and the support to implement them, come from every level. You are rarely if ever denied the tools, training, or support to improve the experience for a customer. You can start anywhere and your skills are noticed if you are dedicated, tenacious, and persistent. Talent is recognized. Hard work, and smart work, is rewarded. Working amidst great minds is the norm.","It is not a place to punch a clock. Status quo is unacceptable. You're either moving forward in supporting operations, and progressing in your career, or you're falling behind, and moving backwards. There's little room in management for treading water at Amazon. At times you will need to take full responsibility for your own growth, training, and path. Mentoring is alive and well, but with rampant growth, there's only so much support from above to go around. Own your path and push for where you want to make an impact or look for a slower-growth employer.","Communicate clearly, often, and transparently. And, paint the most illustrative picture of your need as possible. Leaders give you everything when they know and support the mission and vision behind your direction.  trylital",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8508,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Be Careful If You Join Mid-Career,"Great, sharp, smart people - most of whom are willing to be helpful, have energy, work hard and are full of team spirit.","Back-stabbing, internal politics, very little people manager opportunities, jack-of-all-trades approach means you spend lots of time doing menial and unfulfilling tasks you probably did much earlier in your career. Very poorly defined career paths. The most popular level position is filled with tons and tons of people with a huge range of years of experience. Lack of levels and poorly defined positions/roles. If you are early in your career and join, you will probably like it and be energized by culture and work. If you are coming from years at other companies, beware to feel like you've taken a huge step down in your role / nature of day to day work, may find it demeaning and the lack of structure frustrating.",You will not be able to keep more seasoned people who join if you don't give them responsibilities and respect they deserve and have earned working 20-plus years elsewhere.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8509,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate - Order Picker,I can't think of any at this time. The co-workers are good.,There is no adherence to safety. Most people complain about political correctness I had to tell people not to tell me about their personal lives.,"UPDATE: Three days after this email was sent to HR, I was let go from a seasonal position at Amazon. So I decided to go public. I am sure there is going to be some mud slinging but I am not going to let anyone get hurt. On the other hand, it might make them clarify their position so that the people at BF7 or Sumner, WA are safe.  Please read it all before making a comment To whom it may concern,  There are a few safety concerns here at Amazon that I feel should be addressed before someone is injured.  1) Mech lifts (100 pounds or more) are being performed by one person in order to make rates (even with a tip and slide when the package is on the floor the slammers still have to lift it enough to put it on their pallet.) When an employee asks for help they are made to feel like they are bothering someone.  2) Team lifts are completely ignored. If the employee is expected to lift a package on their own it should be stated ahead of your hiring practice so someone can decide not to work at a bulk facility.  3) Stop signs on the floor are faded and starting to come apart. They need to be replaced. The Stowers also like to park items on top of them.  4) Your rates for pickers are too high and unsafe. If they ask for help every time they follow the supposed safety rules they would not make rates.  5) Your Stowers are building pallets too high and they are causing near misses.  6) The stats should not be a moving target. Managers telling employees that they are expected to double their rates from 24 to 40 or 50 is dangerous and promotes bad habits.  7) Leaving one person to work the floor while all the other employees are in standup across the building is unsafe and will delay emergency response times.  8) When employees ask about company policies the management says they don't know the answer.  9) Trainers are contradicting their safety standards. I was told by one trainer that you could not extend your forks and drive forward while picking. Another trainer said you could. Pickers are pulling out of a pallet and moving to their next pick with the forks on H level and lowering it as they drive through the warehouse.  10) The product is being stacked so high in the bulk area that they are starting to compress and lean in such a manner that it is unsafe to be around them and in some cases pick them.  11) Pickers are expected to climb into bins to pull an order. The product is forced into bins causing pickers to have to pull everything in it in order to find the right order.  12) Competition is good but trash talking other shifts and individual employees is unprofessional and demeaning. When done by associates it can be bad however when it is done by the people in charge it is unacceptable. It encourages unsafe competition and retaliation.  We need to know that safety standards are real and not just lip service.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P69.htm
8510,amazon,"Elgin, IL"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - TSC Engagement Senior Coordinator,TSC Engagement Sr. Coordinator,Company growth and stock options,"No work life balance. This company requires you to work 10-12 hours a day 6 days a week and travel over 75 miles each day to various locations. This was not what was presented to me when I accepted the job. I was told Monday thru Friday 8-5. Guess it’s their way to get people to work these types of roles. When I questioned how this happened I was told by a Sr. HR Manager that this is the Amazon way, sink or swim and not meant for most people. I would agree since most people want to have some time away from work, not live at work and be treated with respect. Oh and you get a whole 5 days vacation for a year. Not sure when you can use it if your working 6 days a week.","Get a reality check to what is going on in your local fulfillment/distribution centers. Your employees are expected to work themselves to death , have no time at home and be treated poorly. I would like to see management work under these conditions making an entry level salary.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8511,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,"Career platform, fascinating work, and non-political, innovative culture","--Great culture is pervasive in each of the three teams I've worked in --Can go to ANY team any time with a simple process, can work internationally - a great opportunity to be leveraged like a career platform for growth --Work is fascinating depending on what team you're with --Opportunities to improve and build new things - highly encouraged in this culture --Most people are pretty interesting and humble, not a lot of arrogance","--Moves very quickly and things change on a dime --Internal tools, especially with hiring severely hold recruitment efforts back",Double down on top-notch recruiting tools and standards,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8512,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistant,"Affordable healthcare, 401k match, great time off","Cap on raises at three years, hard to get internal promotions",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8513,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just okay,The pay is great for those with no college education,"Too long of shifts, aren’t allowed to sit down, not enough breaks",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8514,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Competitive Pay and Beneifits are generous,Does not care about mental health,Care about the mental health of employees,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8515,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Supervisor,"Good benefits, salary, safety enviroment","Fast enviroment, a lot pressure, detailed",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8516,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Associate,Benefits package is good. Good mobility upwards,Sales and numbers to hit can become stressful,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8517,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior BI Manager,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History","I started at Amazon as a skeptic, but 2.5 years in now, I'm a full convert. Amazon is full of opportunities both in terms of career growth and business impact. It's also a company chock full of talented people who will challenge you and help you to become a better version of yourself. I am happy to be part of such an innovative and fast moving company and look forward to contributing for years to come.","Like any large company, there are good and bad parts, good and bad managers, good and bad businesses. With that said, the good far outweighs the bad across the board, otherwise you wouldn't see so much success. If you're looking for a place where someone will hold your hand, spoon feed you requirements and coddle you all along the way, Amazon isn't the place for you. If you're willing to grow, be challenged, take risks and innovate, then you'll be very happy.","Stay close to the Leadership Principles and the company's vision of being the most customer-centric company on earth, and all will be right.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8518,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wolf culture that can burn out people easily,The strongest survive and shine,Teamwork is not valued at the company,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8519,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Director,Lots of opportunities for mobility,"Very toxic culture. People spend way too much time trying to find fault in other people's work. People try to find fault and then go to managers directly to complain. Many people 2-4 layers below Bezos simply don't care and it shows. Bad behavior and bullying is supported and encouraged. It's called being Amazonian. Ego is big and is a very big issue as well. Also, collaboration is very rare and plagiarism is rampant. Very miserable place.",Do what's right for the company and don't just try to pass the time till more stocks vest.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P70.htm
8520,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Reliability Maintenance Technician III,The greatest place in the universe to work.,"Growth, expansion, upward mobility, incredible opportunities, work anywhere in the world, and the most money I have ever made as an industrial maintenance technician.",I work one weekend day per week.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8521,amazon,"Romulus, MI"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse fullfillment,Good pay and benefits,10 to 12 hours Long shifts,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8522,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,"Good work life balance if you get good customers, flexible schedule. Opportunities to learn and get certified.",Hard to get any type of compensation increases year over year.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8523,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Most fun, Andy the most stress","Always learning, innovating pay is great",Does t always have a clear direction,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8524,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Learning Coordinator,Great Company,Love my job! Love Amazons culture of innovation,"Turn over of managers, its ridiculous","Listen to your team, they can provide you with all the information you need to run a successful shift",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8525,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Stow Department,Pretty set schedule sun-wed Thursday being overtime day,Pay increases don't exist after 2 years and it's very easy to get a write up and after 3 your fired,Actually look into your systems I got write ups after 5 years of working in the same department I started getting write ups for errors during a time they knew the system wasn't working properly and it was creating errors while we put items away instead of them understanding it's not the associates fault they say all well,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8526,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,"4 day work week (5 during peak season), relaxed dress code.","Management often plays favorites when letting associates learn different roles and/or move to different departments. If you're great at your job, they try to not let you off of their team because it can negatively effect their productivity numbers.","None for management, they're more or less just going with the pressure of having to keep their numbers up due to how Amazon tries to do so much with the minimum amount of people and paying the same.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8527,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data tech,Fair work hours. The job isn’t too difficult.,Can be stressful at times.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8528,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistant,"Affordable healthcare, 401k match, great time off","Cap on raises at three years, hard to get internal promotions",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8529,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work!,Remote work options Competitive compensation Challenging work,"The pace takes some getting used to but if you're up for it and learn, you can find success",Keep doing what you're doing. My management team rocks and the Exec team keeps growing the company,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P71.htm
8530,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Wages just increased Pick your own schedule,At our facility hours can be competitive,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8531,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Forklift Driver,Forklift driver,Because of the innovative strategies and great ways to keep customers coming back,No downside in my experience,To keep up the good work and never settle for 2nd best always shoot for number one,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8532,amazon,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,AMAZON SUCKS!!!!,The pay is up to $15,Worst company to work for!! Short breaks!!! Your feet will ache so bad you will be walking on the sides of your shoes!!! The discounts are total crap because they add the money back some kind of way its really not even a discount!!! If you quit working for them all of a sudden most if not all of your packages will be delayed and not even sent out to you!!! I didn’t receive 2 packages and when i called the original facility she was studdering and didn’t even have an explanation as to why I didn’t get my packages so I asked if she could send it back out but instead they told me to buy it again but they would take off shipping. I shouldnt have to spend anymore money on this crappy site if yall already took my money the first time why would I spend anymore money????,Hire people who have common sense and who can correctly scan and send out a package to the right person!!!! Fresno California facility sucked with my order!!!!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8533,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,"Boring, and rates are often unattainable",The only thing I can think of would be the health benefits are actually affordable,"Long hours, very little human interaction so you work in silence all day, expect 50-60 hrs a week and you can't call out, in a 10 HR shift on hard floors practically running to get your items and make rate, you only get a half hour break for lunch that you clock out for","Allow music, fix your rate system so that we can get from a to b safely in the time given, a little longer for lunch so that people have the time to eat",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8534,amazon,"Lancaster, NY"," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon Warehouse Associate (Lancaster, NY)",Quick to bait people at job fairs,Not living up to many expectations/ very unprofessional employee services.,"I was not able to continue with my employment with the Amazon warehouse position due to the companies incompetencies. Initially, when I applied and landed the job, I came in for the drug and background check, which went through fine. I waited for the “confirmation email” to be sent to me after everything cleared. I waited till the “projected orientation date” (10/29/18) to call Candidate Support, they informed me that my drug and background checks came back fine, but had to push orientation back to the 5th of November. I called the 5th, to notify them that I did not receive the “orientation email” and told me to call back 11/8/18. I call on the 8th, only for them to tell me that the specific shift I applied for will no longer be applicapable and that they will have to reschedule my orientation once again. After a long back and forth with “candidate support”, they notify me that the warehouse I was to work at, was “under construction “. I asked why i wasnt informed and was given the run around. The candidate support system is a joke. The call center does not help at all, i begged and pleaded for a more direct form of contacting the location I would be working for but they insisted that they had no way to get in contact with them. As big of a corporation as Amazon, I am left completely disappointed and rather offended at the professionalism displayed in the last couple weeks. Technically, I was employed by Amazon once the clearances passed, and to not have access to proper communication with the building i was to work in is completely stupid. I cannot get a hold of HR to explain my situation. I dont understand why a company wont allow their employees access to any vital information for their job. I could continue with my review, But I will stop here and say that they are a joke and I will do what I can to let people know how they handle their employees until they get their situation under control.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8535,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Logistics Specialist,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Brand recognition on your resume.","Bullies thrive and are rewarded. Extreme hours and horrible work-life balance . Management isn't always on the same page. They also make frequent changes to things that can confuse people, especially when communication site-wide is missing. Only care about obtaining results at the expense of their employees safety. Management can be a hit or miss depending on the site. High turnover rate most people don’t last more than a year.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8536,amazon,"Greenville, SC"," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Flex,Seriously?,Scheduling - can pick shifts,NEVER getting a shift - seriously? Why did I bother? NO SHIFTS available. Fix scheduling.,"Make the shifts fair.One week after being cleared to work, and NOTHING. No offers on the app.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8537,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Amazon is a lot of fun with great benefits and alot of opportunity. Everyone is usually happy and helpful.,The benefits are great and great family /work balance,The building is huge and sometimes tough to walk so much through the day.,Keep up the positive work and continue to accept our feedback.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8538,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning experience,Great learning experiences High growth company,Cut throat competition No work-life balance,Think long term gains instead of short term opportunities.,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8539,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Stress stress stress,Meeting new people everyday day,Work you like a dog,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P72.htm
8540,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair Compensation For Amount Worked,New base pay of $15. Friendly people. Good benefits. Helps me stay fit and active.,401k match isn't great. Long hours with lots of heavy lifting. Can be kind of lonely in certain positions.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8541,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,It's a churn and burn world,"Smart people. Day 1 attitude. Fast pace, risk taking, customer obsession, corporate spaces are cush and modern. Seattle is a fun town.","Not a lot of people love. Work hard to get rewarded but no perks that other companies this size have, ESPP, discounts on hardware and other items. Pace of work is constant and heavy. If you're not truly happy in your work the culture will bring you down.","Focus on the long picture, grow people, and don't always rate bias for action over truly good instincts and behavior.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8542,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Innovative, flat, global, inclusive, and technical in all job families.",Less importance to non technical roles.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8543,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Shift Manager,Shift Manager point of view,It is a very fair company you get back what you put in. Easy to prompt. Great Stock options. Benefits day1 Amazing coworkers,Long hours! Dont expect to get any time off from October to January,Go in with an open mind learn form your team. Dont be afraid to get down and dirty and do the work your aa's do at least once a day. Seek all the feed back you can for everyone.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8544,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Manager,Transportation Area Manager,"Absolute ownership by everyone, regardless of position. Management has some of the smartest people employed I've ever met. If you are a hard worker, expect to earn more and more while getting promoted.",You will work long...something I never prided myself on doing. Smart - yes. Hard - yes. But there is an expectation as a manager to work 50 hours a week.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8545,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,I love the team I work with. I received amazing training and great support.,Sometimes it's hard to get the time to train for advancement.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8546,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse worker,Stocks vcp. Great environment. Diversity,Mangers changing often. Rate is hard to meet.,Get to kn new workers,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8547,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Shared Services,Amazon is the best for you to work and earn your monthly income,Work with amazon and make money,You don't have any problems or issues with us once you're honest and loyal,Amazon is the best company ever,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8548,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,disposable,"none, none, none, none, and none",they are constantly looking for reasons to terminate your employment,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8549,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Amazing Executive Assistant Experience,"This was by far my favorite job I ever had. I only left because I couldn't take the commute, and that's Seattle's fault, not Amazon. I felt like a valued member of my team, I was trusted to work autonomously, and set my own schedule, as long as the job got done. You're surrounded by some of the most ambitious and smartest people in the world, and everyone is working toward the same goal. I left on great terms, and it's great o know I have made lasting connections there. The EA community is the best I've ever worked with, and I loved my directors and VP. I always made it point to interact and be nice to the support staff (receptionists, security, janitors, etc.) because while they work on campus, they aren't employed by Amazon directly and don't get the fun perks. And dogs are super cool!","Listening to developers, who wander in sometime around 11 or 12, complain about how late they have to work, like almost to 8 o'clock! That's eight hours, you privileged snots. That's really the biggest con. You're surrounded by people who've never worked a service job in their life, thinking that they're sooooooooo oppressed because they don't get free food. And there is the occasional dog owner who like having a dog at work, but don't like the responsibility of owning one. The amount of tickets I had to submit for poop cleanup was ridiculous (another reason to be nice to the janitors)","I know you'd have a full-blown riot on your hands if you revisited the dogs at work policy, but maybe it's time.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P73.htm
8550,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Amazing Executive Assistant Experience,"This was by far my favorite job I ever had. I only left because I couldn't take the commute, and that's Seattle's fault, not Amazon. I felt like a valued member of my team, I was trusted to work autonomously, and set my own schedule, as long as the job got done. You're surrounded by some of the most ambitious and smartest people in the world, and everyone is working toward the same goal. I left on great terms, and it's great o know I have made lasting connections there. The EA community is the best I've ever worked with, and I loved my directors and VP. I always made it point to interact and be nice to the support staff (receptionists, security, janitors, etc.) because while they work on campus, they aren't employed by Amazon directly and don't get the fun perks. And dogs are super cool!","Listening to developers, who wander in sometime around 11 or 12, complain about how late they have to work, like almost to 8 o'clock! That's eight hours, you privileged snots. That's really the biggest con. You're surrounded by people who've never worked a service job in their life, thinking that they're sooooooooo oppressed because they don't get free food. And there is the occasional dog owner who like having a dog at work, but don't like the responsibility of owning one. The amount of tickets I had to submit for poop cleanup was ridiculous (another reason to be nice to the janitors)","I know you'd have a full-blown riot on your hands if you revisited the dogs at work policy, but maybe it's time.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8551,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Miserable,"Great benefits, good people","Long hours, physically demanding, stressful",See your people as people and not machines,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8552,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Work is easy to do,This place offered me one amount and then decreased it. The actual human resources department is not available. They say they will call within hours and then make you wait much longer. I ask management to fix thing things and then they do not. For a big company they are not organized.,Do your job.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8553,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Favoritism runs rampant,Job security. Overtime if you want it.,Micro management. Brutal rates. Management doesn't care about you.,Treat your employees like they aren't just a number to you.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8554,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average warehouse expectations,"benefits are nice, a lot of discounts too","Some operations staff tend to think of you as ""hours of labor""",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8555,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slave work,The company pays out weekly,"Amazon needs to use machines to work the factory and sorting because they are not paying the employees enough and get harassed to move faster. The company doesn't care about their employees. They only care about getting the packages to the customers on time. But half the time the company equipment doesn't even work in order to perform the duties accurately. Many managers have no idea what is going on or if they are even old enough to be in those positions. Everyone has bad attitudes and are very disrespectful. The company only looks at numbers so no matter how hard you work, upper management will never know if your numbers are not high. The management targets employees and speaks to them as if they are children. You will be more happier and have more respect working at a fast food restaurant. At least it will make since why children are in upper management. If you do not want to be pissed and annoyed all the time, I suggest looking elsewhere. This company is a step away from slavery. Worst company ever!",Learn morals and respect for other human beings.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8556,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Senior Software Development Manager,Amazon is a great company to work for. You will be able to change the world and constantly work on cutting-edge technology building great systems that are important to customers.,"The operational load can be quite high. AWS believes fully in DevOps, which is generally great, but comes with the downside of periodically working long days and even nights when there are operational events.","Aggressively work to fight operational load. I know management does this, but sometimes loses focus compared to developing features and new capabilities needed by customers. While we generally want to be doing new cool features, when operational tickets are frequently firing, it impacts people's personal lives.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8557,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work and gain more knowledge.,Will experience good Work Life Balance,Nothing much to be mentioned about.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8558,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Challenging in a good way,Cutting edge technology and innovation opportunities,Very fast paced and can be stressful long term,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8559,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,regular part time pay flexible hours,you get paid for the work you put in,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P74.htm
8560,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not terrible, low pay for internal promotions","Rapid growth, good culture in most buildings.",Over worked and under paid.,Pay your exempt managers equally.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8561,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,Breaks and lunches were consistent.,"Low pay, benefits not what we were promised, micromanaged, pushed to work beyond our physical abilities.","Work with us, dont just tell us how to do the job with only a few weeks experience.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8562,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Extremely high caliber teammates. Leadership principles are real and feel good to practice.,Work hours. Work/life balance.,Let employees know it's okay to sleep sometimes.,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8563,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Challenging & Rewarding place to work. #AWSome,"I've been at Amazon for almost six months and when I tell people they ask me about the horror stories they have read or heard about internal challenges and people crying. I personally have not experienced any of that nor have I seen or heard anything either, I’m sure that there are good and bad teams or managers, but I have not seen it.  What I have seen is that everyone here is really smart and wants you to succeed in your role and as a company overall. AWS provides the tools and training to help you become successful. It is up to you to apply what you learn and already know to solve the problems discovered in talking with the Customer.  The collaboration individually as well as part of a team is like nothing I’ve experienced. People genuinely want to help each other out and focus on the Customer, their issues we are working (backwards) to solve.  In today’s world, we always hear about how important the Customer is, but at AWS it occurs every day and is not just some marketing tag line. Sitting in a meeting with CxO’s and hearing first hand how truly focused we are on them (the Customer) really instills trust and a long-term relationship. To me working here is AWSome and everyday I come into work ready to take on the next challenge.  If you are looking for a company where you are challenged daily and love to learn, then you will not go wrong in accepting a role with AWS. There is literally unlimited opportunities to learn, grow and take on new responsibilities.  You are the only limitation in where you want to grow and become AWSome.","No cons, thus so far - honestly. While it is true that there are most likely challenging managers and roles, I’d rather be challenged intellectually and know that what I am doing is solving complex problems than sitting at my desk bored wondering what’s for lunch. (not a Con)  Getting into AWS is very challenging and demands high quality work once you are hired. It doesn’t end after you are hired, it only starts… (not a Con)  Is it hard to work for AWS? Yes, that is why I wanted to come work here. (not a Con)  Is it rewarding? Of course.  I have not experienced any issues or problems with work / life balances.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8564,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Great Place to Work,"Extremely comprehensive training process, great compensation, ability to think freely, flexible work environment","On-call requirements interfere with weekends, evenings",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8565,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,Lots of opportunity to learn and grow! EAs are treated as business partners more so than assistants.,Your work/life balance can differ greatly based on the team you support.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8566,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Business Operations Manager,Startup Culture - It's always Day 1,Ability to have global impact 2-way doors Business agility and speed Company really lives by Leadership Principles,Culture is not for everyone. You need to be hungry and thrive in a high ambiguous work environment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8567,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovation and hardwork equal Amazon,A huge canvas for your career at every level. The limits to your opportunities are your own ambition. Well known company with the resources to back it's strategies. Socially conscious and environmentally responsible.,You will work hard and be held accountable.,"Keep the company values intact, they work and make for a great place to have a career. Listen to your own values and not the media's.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8568,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Rewarding, Interesting, Challenging, Impactful, Fast Paced","The days & hours go by very quickly, yet the work never ends 24/7",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8569,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Finally have great pay. Medical, dental, and vision are great.","Unsafe work environment, long hours, NOT an equal opportunity employer",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P75.htm
8570,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NEVER AGAIN!,Informational training was beneficial. Working at home was a plus.,Little to no flexibility with work schedule. Little to no management interface.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8571,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,It’s okay.,The pay and benefits are great! Overtime offered almost every week.,"If you’re having trouble making production in one department, they won’t allow you to switch to another department until your write ups are cleared.  80 hours in a calendar year is not enough time to get doctor appointments, dentist appointments, et cetra done.","Allow employees to request days off rather than using UPT, PTO, or Vacation.  Allow employees to use Vacation time during black out periods.",2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8572,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,Fun environment and friendly people,Some people are extremely lazy,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8573,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reserves,Work hours at your convenience,All team leaders are not leaders some more managerial,Be a leader at all times...lead by example,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8574,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EHS Specialist,"Benefits, Opportunities for advancement, stock","Workload, bias managers, favoritism, pay, schedule",Look for the best in everyone and not just who you like from a personal point of view.,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8575,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound Problem Solver,Amazons way of life,There are great benefits working for Amazon.,It’s hard work. Many people start thinking it’s going to be an easy job and quickly realize it’s not. Which is the reason for such a high turn over rate. The pay off is worth the hard work.,I don’t really have any advice for the managers.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8576,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get used to it or get out,decent pay with good benefits good management,"standing up for 10+ hours a day long commute with traffic almost every day each department has its own job, there are about 20% easy ones and the other 80% are the ones people quit from",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8577,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Safety,"Friendly management, awesome benefits and safety team cares. I got injured last week and without hesitation, Michael Gray and the team took very good care of me. The process was smooth and I feel so much better mentally and physically. It makes a difference when the company cares about the employees safety.",Nothing at the moment,Train with a little more time.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8578,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Company,"Pay, leadership opportunities, ability to re-locate","Work-life balance does not exist, required to have email on phone, average week 60 hours, productivity metrics exceed ability of many associates and young managers to balance",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8579,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Only work two days a week. Easy job for good pay.,Can't do more than 29 hours a week.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P76.htm
8580,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great people, good pay, hard work","* Some of the smartest people I've ever worked with and probably will ever work with * The opportunity to work with big budgets and the newest and coolest technologies * Really fun products to work on, if you get on the right team","* The most fun and impactful products come with high visibility, a lot of pressure, and a ton of work load * Some teams are stuck with a lot of legacy code from Amazon's earlier days - avoid old teams",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8581,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Pick Up Associate,Discount and cool coworkers because most of them were college students,"Didn’t get schedule until the day before the week began, didn’t get paid enough, went home exhausted from running around getting picks and lifting heavy packages.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8582,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Flex Shopper,Frustrating at best,hourly pay is awesome @$15 an hour. Decent environment,"I haven't been able to pick up a shift in 6 weeks. Nothing shows on my ""Moment"" screen despite constant refreshing. Tried to get help from ERC...totally useless. Condescending at best from pretty much anyone I spoke with including my site manager. Obviously I'm doing something wrong, would be nice if someone...ANYONE acted like they gave a crap.","Remote management is a joke. You have great shoppers who feel like they're not cared about. There are real people working and looking for direction. Skype and emails are ok if you like the non human connection. You know, Team building, moral and stuff. It may work for some but I'd say you'd get better results if you cared a little more. After all, these are the folks doing the labor end.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8583,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Great projects to work on. A lot of teams to choose.,Salary so much lower than competitors. Benefits are a joke. No clear guidance or bar on promotion. Horrible work life balance.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8584,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Intelligence Engineer,Review,"Many opportunities to try things, great access to data if that’s your thing.","You can get a bad egg of a manager, and there aren’t always appropriate protections in place.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8585,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Sds,hhh,Great place to work Excellent culture,Nothing to mention for now,Keep up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8586,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Easy job, part time 4-5 hrs at Sort Center",Nothing bad to say about company. My time there was great,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8587,amazon,"Boardman, OR"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Data Cebter Technician,"Ive never worked in a place in which they treat you with such respect as a person and a female. At my previous jobs being a woman in the work force was tough so i was nervous to start here but ive never felt so comfortable in a job. They treat you with great respect and care about your well being too. Everyone works as a team and is willing to sacrifice their time to help you succeed too. They dont care about your race, background, whether youre male or female, if you work hard, you will move up fast. I 100% want to retire with this company.",i believe that there are no cons here.,Keep doing what youre doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8588,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to work and learn,"Strongly culture-driven company Tons of opportunities to learn and grow Really smart, talented and driven co-workers Stock is sky rocketing, and for good reasons",Work can get stressful at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8589,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Research Scientist,Bezos morals drove me out,"Big company, tools that scale.",What really made me question working at Amazon Research was when I found out Bezos took defense money for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract. This is something Google and Microsoft listened to their employees about and stood up for their principles.,"The company is all about Bezos, so his (lack of) morals have a chilling effect.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P77.htm
8590,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Buyers be ware!,Surrounded by a lot of smart people.,"Bate and switch. Company attracts you with the promise of big stock payouts. But in the end, they pit you against each other such that over 70% of new hires bail out before their first year. And the big stock distributions don't happen until the second year!",Not for a faint of heart! You will be pressed and squeezed with more than you can bear! Work-Life balance does not exist. They have no consideration for your personal time at all.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8591,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Experience Consultant,Sure,I enjoy working here it's fun.,It's ok but I feel like I can't advance,Invest in your internal employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8592,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Great place to learn,Great place to learn for new graduates.,The company is too large to keep a standard culture and bar. The bars and cultures are different from team to team.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8593,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,It's a great place to work.,"Political, lots of middle managers are beyond incompetent.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8594,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Manager, Software Development",Good technical problems to solve. Stock Price has grown well so equity grants are doing very well.,"Promotion processes can be harsh on Employee's with random decisions at times. Technical bar of employees across the company is on the downward trend. Not the best compensation & perks. Companies like Google, Facebook and M$ provide much better compensation & employee benefits.",Make compensation competitive to Google and Facebook.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8595,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's what you make of it,"Good healthcare plan, can bring a dog to work, drinking at work is not only tolerated but encouraged.","It's true - people do, in fact, cry at their desks. Everything depends on your direct manager. Some are amazing, some are petty sociopaths, some may mean well but treat their employees the same way Dwight Schrute would.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8596,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment accociate,"Easy hire, takes a few weeks",Barely a 15 minute break Pay wasn’t enough for the work that was put out,"Be honest with the people If you say we leave at a certain time, then we leave. Don’t force us to stay",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8597,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picking Associate,"It's laid back. Managers aren't looking over your shoulder. You clock in, have a 3-5 minute start-up meeting and then you're left alone to work. You shouldn't have any problems making your numbers if you work at a steady pace. And let's face it, Amazon continues to stay ahead of the competition. Amazon is a great company to move up in and the opportunities are there.",Pay is regional. I was making $2 more up North than down south to start.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8598,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE Intern,Great work environment and coworkers!,I wish I could've been there longer!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8599,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Amazon Fulfillment Center,Great Company Benefits Competitive Pay Associates Voice Matters Ample Opportunity for Career Growth Stocks on Day 1,None that I can think of at the most possibly long hours.,No matter what your skill set is ensure that you take time to always listen and provide respect to any associate you may engage with. By having strong and trusting relationships with your associates you can guarantee success in not just your future but theirs as well.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P78.htm
8600,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,A great place to grow your skills. Just don’t stay there too long.,"Fast paced environment, incredible growth potential. The company is always growing and can’t fill positions fast enough.","They will burn you you out. Unless you’re happy with 50 hour weeks being the normal thing for you, you will eventually start to feel overworked and underpaid.","There is a constant erosion of work/life balance the longer someone stays here. But the compensation never feels like it rises at the same rate the responsibilities do. To retain talent, either link pay to responsibilities - not job title, or respect the work/life balance that the current pay justifies.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8601,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Reduced-time Warehouse Associate,"Work is not that hard, don’t believe the promises from management though.",Competitive pay and good benefits,"Long shifts, management promises promotions to keep people motivated even though the promotions never come","Be honest with your employees, we aren’t all dumb",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8602,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,"Pretty easy job, self explanatory.",Can get really hot upstairs,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8603,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Schedule people time pay and hire.,Heavy too heavy hurt back heavy.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8604,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"All in all, 90% great with a 10% chance of falling under poor leadership (stats not accurate to scale).","As with most companies, it's the people you work with that make all the difference. With the exception of a few bad apples, working here is great! The culture at AWS is fantastic for moderate to over achievers, and opportunities to grow are moderately available. People are a pleasure to be around.",Felt some shifts in the criteria of the position and some poor leadership choices/leadership in general can make things difficult for those with a positive attitude. There are a few bad apples that have no business in leadership positions.,Reevaluate your current lower/middle management.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8605,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Flexible hours and they worked with your hours,Weekends and holidays were a must,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8606,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,great resources to learn from,"reorg happens to often, change manager to ofter",make employee stay,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8607,amazon,"San Pedro, CA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Laundry Attendant,Work from home with amazon,amazon wants to pay you,Working from home with amazon,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8608,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Great Company,"Team environment, great management, self reliant, competitive pay.",Hard to grow within the company as an Onsite Medical Representative. No direct paths besides a lateral transfer to safety specialist for same pay rate.,Providing college assistance to grow your employees within the company can help employees feel more appreciated and give them an avenue to promote. Career choice is only useful for employees seeking employee outside of Amazon.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8609,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker/Packer,The money is good here,You need to work fast,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P79.htm
8610,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Best company to work for,Not found any so far,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8611,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,Prime Now Associate,"The flexibility in schedule, friendly environment, and lots of exercise.",I have no comments on this.,Keep hiring good worker and lots of training for better performance.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8612,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OMR,Pay and benefits were great.,"You do not get to care for anyone, boring job and long hours. If you have nothing to do they make you work on the floor as an associate.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8613,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Leadership principles and Self Service culture,"Amazon, is one of the few companies that walk the talk. The 14 leadership principles are key to your career at Amazon. I have been here only for a few months. But I have seen plenty of opportunities for learning and growth. If you are a go getter and believe in the leadership principles, the sky is the limit for growth. As a solutions architect, my job is very challenging (which I love), you get 100% job satisfaction. There is good work life balance. Flexible hours or work from home though depend on manager's discretion, are frequently approved. New hires are given 2-3 months on boarding time to let them settle in. Most managers allow this to ensure you have all the tools, understand the company and the team.","Amazon, unlike a lot of companies is peculiar. They have a self-service culture. Don't expect for an IT guy to parachute in when you have a problem. You read a wiki or some other documentation to figure out the problem and fix it yourself. This is not a con for me. But I have seen quite a few new hires struggle in the beginning.  401k matching a bit lower than other companies.  Be prepared to learn and organize your information. Most engineers will not have a problem, But some business related professionals may struggle to keep up with the pace of innovation and changes to products and services.",None.  PS: I heard about 14 leadership principles during pre-interview prep. I have made these part of my DNA. Thank you. I wish other companies show the same passion to internalize their vision.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8614,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Writer,AWS Tech Writer - No place I'd rather be,"The pros to working at Amazon Web Services are that you: * Feel like you can make a difference for customers * OWN your deliverables and are encouraged to question whether a feature is best for the customer * Work with brilliant, driven, customer-centric people * Have the ability to work from home regularly * Generally work about 40-45 hours/week, even on salary (some exceptions, like re:Invent) * Pay is good, but time off is below the industry average * Stock has done very well, so stock bonues are great * Will get lots of help because EVERYONE is willing to lend a hand, as long as you're doing the best thing for the customer * Should have a good mentor to guide you in your new position * End-of-year review process is now transparent  NOTES: Ignore the older comments about the stack ranking. That ended in 2016. Also ignore the ""C-list"" review. We are constantly raising the bar with our hiring processes. At best, that person had a terrible manager. At worst, they're just lying. And the people blaming Bezos for their personal failures are just unable to take responsiblity for their own careers. Bezos has little to no effect on most of our jobs. It's your manager and their manager that matter most.","* You don't have a cubical. You have a desk and a rolling cart with a dozen other people in a cubical. Invest in some good headphones. * Seattle is expensive and the locals hate Amazon for driving up rent prices * Sales tax is 10.9% * Commute is terrible if you live outside of downtown or SLU. The city raised sales tax to pay for more buses a couple of years ago, and are now cutting routes. Amazon does buy a monthly bus pass for all employees. * Benefits: Below-average time off, only 6 holidays, 10% Amazon.com discount is capped at $100, which is now less than a Prime membership, and the 401k match is 50% up to 2% of your income. * Be ready to learn new internal tools and processes, and be flexible when they change. * Your experience is directly related to your management team. So pay attention when you interview. Choose a position with a great manager and coworkers. * You need to be intelligent, ambitious, and hard-working. You won't last long if you just do the bare minimum. * The workload ebbs and flows and it's up to you to stay ahead of it so that you're not rushing at the last minute before a release. Though sometimes, there's nothing you can do (re:Invent).  I can't stress enough how important your manager is.","Set the bar higher for placing someone in a management position. Poor leadership will sink a department or an entire area. If you see a lot of people leaving an area, investigate. I've watched good people leave a service team left and right.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8615,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General warehouse associate,"Benefits, pay, time off, leaves, stocks","Long work hours, usually 4 days in a row, peak (mto)",Don't play favorites,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8616,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I recommend,Environment is very energetic with positive vibes,Hours are limited to 29 a week.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8617,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fraud Analyst,"The name adds to your resume, Kind of Work you do everyday,Pay","Worklife balance, Growth, saturation, Work Pressure",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8618,amazon,"Everett, WA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Logistic Ambassador Associate,Ambassador,RTS Shift 5-10 PM is the most chill shift I have ever worked. So much better than the night time shift. Don't work night time if you can!  I love my bosses and my co workers. They are easy going!,Same thing almost everyday Lots of walking!!! Good shoes are required!,Give more feedbacks!!,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8619,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Overall good,Lots of opportunity. Easy to transfer between teams.,PrimeDay and Black Friday will be tough if you work for retail,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P80.htm
8620,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointing,"Money, some benefits, not much else","Work environment, health, community, heavy stress, no time off, poor co-workers",Have to be friends with someone,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8621,amazon,"Eagan, MN"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Look Elsewhere,"If you're desprate to work, and happen to have felonies, bad DMV, or whatever. They will hire you. Good luck.....","Low pay, (for the work and many hours you will put in. See for yourself, that's all I'm going to say about this.","I don't think they will listen, anyway.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8622,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Leadership principles and Self Service culture,"Amazon, is one of the few companies that walk the talk. The 14 leadership principles are key to your career at Amazon. I have been here only for a few months. But I have seen plenty of opportunities for learning and growth. If you are a go getter and believe in the leadership principles, the sky is the limit for growth. As a solutions architect, my job is very challenging (which I love), you get 100% job satisfaction. There is good work life balance. Flexible hours or work from home though depend on manager's discretion, are frequently approved. New hires are given 2-3 months on boarding time to let them settle in. Most managers allow this to ensure you have all the tools, understand the company and the team.","Amazon, unlike a lot of companies is peculiar. They have a self-service culture. Don't expect for an IT guy to parachute in when you have a problem. You read a wiki or some other documentation to figure out the problem and fix it yourself. This is not a con for me. But I have seen quite a few new hires struggle in the beginning.  401k matching a bit lower than other companies.  Be prepared to learn and organize your information. Most engineers will not have a problem, But some business related professionals may struggle to keep up with the pace of innovation and changes to products and services.",None.  PS: I heard about 14 leadership principles during pre-interview prep. I have made these part of my DNA. Thank you. I wish other companies show the same passion to internalize their vision.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8623,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Great potential wasted,"Career expansion and opportunities, very easy to stay put Pitt move around, whatever you want to do",Site specific leaders are toxic and discriminate towards military,Give subordinates the guidance to succeed instead of getting upset they can't read minds.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8624,amazon,"Racine, WI"," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Substitute Teacher,Searching,Excellent and Immediate Insurance  Generous Breaks and Lunches,"Concerned more about $$$, not the individual workers.","Slow down, and smell the roses",3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8625,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for College Students,"Benefits , Salary, Pays for 95% tuition for School","Short breaks, long hours, standing throughout shift",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8626,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon work from home,"Good pay, ability to sign up for time off in 30 minute increments in case of emergency or sickness",Hard to get help sometimes,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8627,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Best place to work,Management of the company as not as other companies like Google and Microsoft,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8628,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a company that cares,they are always concerned about your safety. Had training videos before I even got in their vans,very physical large workloads long hours,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8629,amazon,"Sussex, WI"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,BAIT and Switch--NO Human Resources to contact,IDK $15.50 per hour plus OT and differential on weekends,"Just Quit tonight. They hired me for a FLEX shift 9pm to 3am at the warehouse in Sussex WI. First night, last night 10-31-18, was told to be there at 11:15. NO Human Resources to contact. Second night--What time? I came in at 9pm because that was the shift I was hired 9 to 3 Wed/Thur/Fri. I was told to go home and come back at 11:15. Came back at 11:15 and was told tonight-and other people were told as well that WE ALL must have misunderstood the shift is 11:15 to 3:15 or 7:45. Mandatory OT, again tonight. I did not sign up to work 4 hour shifts/5 times a week. Manager was unwilling and uncaring as a line of 6 or 7 people expressed their issues-some which had been ongoing for weeks. I turned over my badge immediately after they handed it to me. I don't want special treatment. If the job offer was 6 hours 3 days a week FLEX you log in to get your shifts, I expect that is what I would get. Do what you say/Say what you do! (They also failed to pay me for the OT from last night as well.) The supervisor wrote my hours on a post it note. TOTALLY UNORGANIZED they had 2 weeks to have a name badge/punch card ready! They couldn't figure out where to put all the new employees because they had not been told the quantity of employees starting. EDITED: Logged in the next day and a HR employee confirmed my hire times (first thing I asked--what time was I supposed to be at work/my start time?) were 9pm to 3am per chat. He told me to call HR and gave me a number -- when I called that number I got the run around and they will call me back in 1 to 3 business days. Not expecting much.",Treat people like HUMANS. We are not garbage. You treat your people well/they in return respect your company and work hard for you. Bait and switch scams make AMAZON look bad. ADVICE: Do what you say. Say what you do. Its called ETHICS. You hired 30 people with no interviews and baited and switched to hours they now have to try to conform to. Watch the turnover happen for yourself! There is not one Human Resource Person to contact to ask what happened to the jobs we ALL were offered! ANGRY and a waste of 2 weeks of my time for a 5 hour shift that I will only get paid 4 hours for. ALSO--no schedule--perhaps that might work online in time. I didn't know where or when I needed to come in-my shift did not exist on the Amazon web site. No communication between HR/Management departments-badly organized.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P81.htm
8630,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Database Engineer,"Growing rapidly, Lots of opportunities",Frugal to employees: Pay as less as possible,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8631,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Gain a ton of information on shopping behavior and digital advertising.,Very fast paced. Management doesn't communicate changes well and many have minimal knowledge about the day to day responsibilities for the role they are managing.,"Have managers work in the role before being a manager of that role. Transferring from an entirely different org can lead to complexity, confusion and poor measurement of performance.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8632,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager Intern,"Upbeat employees, fast paced",Lack of communication within the company,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8633,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Electrical engineer,Nice place to work and learned a lot.,Too much work and not enough peoples.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8634,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Get to meet new people and get a discount,Total discount is maxed out at $100/yr  Hours are insane... 10 hour shift with one 30min lunch and it takes 5-7 minutes to walk to the break room.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8635,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Engineer,Good work environment Lot of opportunities to learn,Poor work life balance Less benefits,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8636,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent benefits lots of time off,Great benefits lots of time off,Very hard physical work non stop,Make it easier for Amazon employees to move up the ladder,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8637,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,The pay is great and the culture is awesome,Turn over rate is extremely high,Follow all policies to the T.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8638,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,EHS Specialist,"Work/life balance, team setting","They do not care about their employees, they will work you to death, you are constantly on your feet with no desk. HR gets enjoyment out of firing people. Seen a lot of great people get fired for nothing.",none,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8639,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok,benefits weren't too bad considering,work/home life wasn't that great,Open your ears to complains,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P82.htm
8640,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog associate,Balanced hours Fair pay Co workers are supportive Outings,Few managers micromanage Traffic is bad to reach office,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8641,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Water Spider,Amazon Warehouse,"Fast paced, Good pay, friendly, Good referrence","Occasional system outages, slow time of season.",Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8642,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Quality Assurance Engineer,Amazing opportunities and innovative products,"I really love the technologies and the products that the company is coming up with. There is lot of room for growth and learning technology-wise. Great leadership principles, where customers are always valued so much and it shows in every product we develop. Love the office-space and the facilities here.",Work life balance could be better and the company should be a little more employee-centric.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8643,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,"It is certainly enjoyable and Flexible, as there is a lot to learn however growth opportunities seem minimal.",The culture is very flexible and enjoyable. You get to meet a lot of interesting people and learn about core operations.,Sometimes they seem to have unrealistic expectations and the growth chance seem minimal also.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8644,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The backing of Amazon helps,Amazon approaches everything with a long game mentality that lets you know they take games seriously and are in it to win.,Lot's of adherence to Amazon bureaucracy that has worked well for other parts of the company but not as well for a game studio.,All of the long-term plans are solid but allow for some short to mid-term decisions that will help get games out the door and build trust and confidence with players.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8645,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Multi Site Safety Manager,Constantly changing,Great pay- room for advancement,Constantly changing environment— very fast paced,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8646,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,"Pay, stable, growth opp, vaca","Hours, no growth, work environment",None,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8647,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Land of Opportunity,"Large company with many opportunities to explore your interests. You have the freedom to pursue projects you identify as long as you communicate your plans to management. The workforce is very diverse, which leads to a great pool of talent to learn from.","No tuition reimbursement program outside of the fulfillment centers. Only get six paid holidays in the US. Outside of Seattle, employees don't get paid sick leave, it's deducted from PTO.",Ensure communication of major changes and explain why.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8648,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Amazing Place to Work,"Smart peers, ambiguous environment, customer focus, requirement for all levels to get in the details, fast paced, constantly evolving culture (for the better), opportunity to work in many different roles/industries without changing employers, open and communicative culture","Amazon doesn't hire people that aren't driven or move slow. So if a role requires patience or a business is moving slowly, employee happiness declines.",Keep evolving as you have been. Its working on all fronts!,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8649,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Great Place to work,"Very exciting place to work. Lots of innovation, growth. Professionally engaging and great team environment.",None at this time for me.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P83.htm
8650,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Fun, flexible work. Great people to work with. No timecard. Great pay. Lots of time off. No one but you sets your work/life balance.","No end to the work, there is always more to be done. 10 things need to be done, management knows you can only do 5 so they will ask for you to do 6. No one but you sets your work life balance. (yes this is a pro and a con)","Communication is always a challenge for a global company. I know its difficult, but you must try harder.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8651,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Learn and Be Curious at its best,1. Provide you the platform to innovate. 2. Still startup culture that allows you to innovate. 3. Pressure to innovate but not to keep doing manual tasks. 4. Work hour flexibility.,"I am privileged to work with some of the best leadership in my career so I do not have any cons. Only cons I can think of is that as there are so many custom tools and processes, it gets harder for a new hire to understand eco-system easily.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8652,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse,Warehouse worker,"Excellent health benefits, good pay. Work hard and your rewarded.",I wish lunch was longer.,be more personable,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8653,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start your career,"Great employees, networking. Working at amazon will challenge you. Management so far has been great. Team is great","Your experience working at Amazon is highly dependent on what team you get placed on. I was an intern on another team, and I was more stressed out during that time period than I currently am at my full time position.",Great so far!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8654,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Business Intelligence Engineer,Got to work with latest technology/tools and most talented people in the industry.,It's a very fast pace working environment,none,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8655,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good company with challenging problems,Over complication of some problems,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8656,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Don’t work for Amazon,Maybe the okay reason to work at Amazon is their benefits,"They don’t care about their people it’s like a revolving door, you get into trouble for any little thing. And don’t get hurt cause you will have to jump thru hoops",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8657,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gets old FAST,$15/hr is not all that bad for a warehouse position however the monthly bonuses being cut is something that I will miss.,"Very political environment with an INSANELY high turnover rate. After that new job feeling wears off, clocking in will feel like going to hell and back. On your feet at all times, with a lot being asked of you from your managers. If you’re not into being totally social other associates and managers may label you as a bad cookie.",none,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8658,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,Applied Scientist,Good Package. Good environment. Good team. Good top.,Little benefits comparing to other companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8659,amazon,"Allen, TX"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Job Shopper,Job shopper,I started in Allen loctaion as a Job Shopper .its a good experience.in this job you shop for other.we have been assigned iphone and they have order and randomly orders will be assign to us and we will start shopping and complete the order.,This location is far from my home.,Start at other Wholefood.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P84.htm
8660,amazon,"Knoxville, TN"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - SDS Customer Service Advocate,Shockingly disappointed,You can work from home,Poor training and too fast to retain the information to properly handle your job. A lot of technical issues and failures. It's sink or swim.,Reorganize your training methods. There are a lot better methods out there so your customers aren't left disappointed,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8661,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Human Resource Assistant,Plenty of hours to work. Make a ton of money.,"You never eat or sleep, you rarely see your family.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8662,amazon,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Fullfillment Associate to Picker?,You get to meet new employees every week.,"White over40. Need not apply! Out of a job in 30 days. Management could not explain ""Amazon Culture""!! If you do something wrong or do not meet quality expectations you are left out in the ""Amazon"" to survive! Letting many people go to justify 15.00 pay raise? Job not for ""everyone""!","Article read about ""Trust"" builds a consumer relationship with business. How about trust and respect towards fellow associates? This would lead to the endless loop of meeting new hired employees every week!",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8663,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My past Experience at Amazon,Flexible Part time hours if you need extra money.,"The Pay, Slave Work, hard physical labor, walking back and forth. (unless you work at HR or logistics) Shift change request take way too long to approve.",Keep up the good work.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8664,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Amazing technology not a good place to work,"Amazing technology, tons of things to learn","Revolving door culture, very political.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8665,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistant,Great benefits great people,"Long hours, speed bumps in parking lot are ridiculous",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8666,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Sep 24, 2018","Current Employee - Shift Manager, Logistics","Shift Manager, Logistics",Great work culture at Amazon,Less pay for a level 4 position,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8667,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - FBA Investigation Specialist,From the New Kid,"Full Time, Work From Home Comprehensive Benefits Reasonable Hours of Operation to choose your shift in.",Repetitive Ticket Work Numbers Oriented Puzzles to solve,Keep being awesome.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8668,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Long Hours, Good Experience","If you want to grow, learn and be pushed to be better this is a great place!","If you hope to get promoted, it probably won’t happen. I had years of top notch reviews and high ratings yet was perpetually prevented from growth. They would always hire from outside.",Do a better job of promoting from within.,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8669,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Great work environment, laid back, but on task and hard working.","Developer operations, if something breaks it must be fixed even if its at 3am.",N/A,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P85.htm
8670,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Ambassador,Less manual work More of a teacher,No difference in pay Easy to get stuck,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8671,amazon,"Cranbury, NJ"," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,"Nerve-wracking. I was grateful for the work, but this isn't a place you'd want to stay long term.","Decent Pay, Comfortable break room, decent training. Manages were wonderful","Expected to meet unattainable numbers, Time between scans is heavily monitored, every minute needs to be accounted for. 3 minutes to use the restroom and you might be reprimanded. They advise you to use the restroom during one of 2, 8 minute breaks (on a standard 10 hour shift) but we're all adults here. When you need to go, you gotta go. This highlights a certain disregard for the needs and satisfaction of Amazon employees. The work is tedious, the environment is soul crushing. It's just not a place designed with the individual in mind, Amazon knows this. This isn't a position you'd like to hold long term. It's a place holder for those that do not have another option. It's a paycheck you'll suffer for.","Remove the 'wall of shame' of the anonymous employees that have been terminated for various offenses. This seems blatantly cruel, a clear attempt to instill fear and unease on your already anxious employees. Poor judgement call. Workers that feel respected are better employees.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8672,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok job,Set schedule. Flexible and fun environment at times,Hard labor. Warehouse gets very hot,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8673,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Organization,Friendly environment and opportunities for over-time.,Little to no room for career advancement.,Dealership as a whole could work more cohesively with one another.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8674,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager level 4,Competitive pay and stock that vest sooner. Working with a diverse group of people. Associates will treat you well if you treat them well. You can have a life if you set boundaries. Lots of room for growth.,"Most managers are fresh out of college with no experience. Hours run from a 12-15 hour day. Management culture shifts per what shift you are working. Most salaried managers work well over 60 hours, by choice, and think its normal. They may except the same from you.","Boundaries and balance. You don't have to work yourself into the ground. Work smart, learn your LBD plan, and respect those you manage.",3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8675,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok,"Simple job for decent pay, not much expected and not much to be expected.","Very tedious, mundane work. Will get bored easily. Doesn't require too much thought.",Quit pushing your employees and give them more breaks/holidays off.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8676,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, don't read what's in the media.",The sortation center I work at is nothing like the media says it is. It's part time and there's room for promotion if you're willing to work hard.,Job is sometimes physically draining.,Help employees move up in the company.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8677,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Architect,Most rewarding experience if you buy into the culture,"I am an Amazonian and love it. I’ve learned more in 3 years here than I did in my previous 10 and am doing big things. Working at Amazon, you make customers happy, have full ownership over the initiative that you’re working, and a lot of resources and support to back you up. Work for Amazon if you want to do big things","The culture at Amazon can be consuming. Most of us love what we do so it can be very intensely obsessive, so it can be a challenge to balance this with life outside work, but certainly can be done if you prioritize well and can have the backbone to say no","Don’t fall into the traps of traditional enterprises. Some recent hires, such a Short Sandy Carter, have us pushing tehnologies instead of customer driven outcomes and that is a direction that could poison the culture if we’re not careful",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8678,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sales Manager,Amazon - Work Autonomously & Own Your Success,Fast-paced. Flat organization with high autonomy. Ability to start and contribute to exciting and high-impact projects. Results-oriented. Test and Learn Environment. Innovative. High-Caliber colleagues. Not particularly political.,Day 1 (ish) - Amazon has gotten big enough that bureaucracy can be frustrating. It now takes longer to get things done than it used to. Autonomous culture means your employment experience is highly dependent on your Direct Manager & General Manager.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8679,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Endless Opportunities,Amazon is a company where invention is continuously encouraged and career growth opportunity is endless.,Along with career growth potential comes challenges associated with a high pace growth company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P86.htm
8680,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bezos Drone,"Lots of fresh air, open office space and great snacks.",Once had to work 28 weeks straight.,Keep up the global domination!,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8681,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon...,"""Working three days a week"" (Working more than that would make me slit my wrists","Constant threats about scan rates...regardless of circumstances (ie No boxes to scan) you are written up by someone who is very happy to do so. Hard work is not seen or appreciated by any manager. African employees are the favorites and treated as such. They are not sanctioned by any company policy (wearing pants low and showing their behinds, calling baby daddy while on the sorting floor etc.) or wrote up about their scan rates, showing up at work high on spice and nobody says a word.      They act like having day off without pay is a benefit. Time and a half after 40 hours is taunted like a benefit when its a federal law","Equal pay for equal work, enforce the rules including drug policy, Stop the constant threats.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8682,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,You have to want to be there.,"Good work environment, good people, responsive","Lots of people, constantly change","Try to take account of part-time employees. We know it's difficult to learn names, but people are leaving all the time because they have no ties to the workplace, don't enjoy it, or are focusing on self-development rather than team building.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8683,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - HRBP Manager,HRBP,"Benefits, Pay, Stocks, relocation assistance","Little development is done, company hires externally more often than promotes internally to the SR HR levels",none,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8684,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer Engineer Intern,Software Developer Engineering Intern,- You will learn a lot in a short amount of time - Everyone there is smart and offers diverse perspectives to draw from,- I personally had to work fairly long hours compared to others - Very hit or miss with team culture,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8685,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - EHS Specialist,EHS Specialist,"Safety Culture, Leadership, Management, Work days",Hard to advance within the company,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8686,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part Time Sorting Center,Work is not difficult. Lots of opportunity to interact sociably with coworkers. Good mood.,"Unsteady hours (business needs might dictate a ""flex"", so your four hour shift is often actually three or five hours)",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8687,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Starting salary and comp package,work life balance was not a consideration,...,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8688,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It’s okay,Same schedule every week. VTO outside of peak season,"Rate, quality errors, write ups overall in the stow are",Move a struggling employee to a different area if that are continually getting write ups instead of letting them get fired.,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8689,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Sortation Associate,Good work environment. Opportunity for advancement. Good benefits.,Not a lot of flexibility in changing your schedule or taking time off.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P87.htm
8690,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Responsible,Being in a social environment!,Dealing with the bad city traffic.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8691,amazon,"Memphis, TN"," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation,Lack of Organization,The pay is descent overall,I’ve been hired over a month and have yet to start work. They allow you to pick and sign up for your shift and then afterwards they wants to give a shift thats IMPOSSIBLE for you to work.,Organization and Communication wouldn’t hurt,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8692,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Scanner,Ability to get overtime pay,Just a number. No management,Get to know your employees,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8693,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Great place to work,None I can think of,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8694,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Recruiter,Tech recruiter,"Travel, innovation, company stock, smart people","Political, power issues, promotion confusion, lack of real genuine caring and support for anything other than work",Promoting at Amazon is a unreal challenge that is either too complicated for management to follow or they are chickenshits. It’s a political promo process at best and once stock vests - people are ready for a new job. Average life cycle at AMZN? Faces of amazon.net?,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8695,amazon,"Duluth, GA"," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Fresh Warehouse Associate,It’s all about quantity and not quality,Flexible schedule and decent pay for part-time job.,Management sets unrealistic rate goals and often appear annoyed when asked a question. Managers do not stow or pick and it’s unclear how the pick rates are established.,The management is solely focused on rates. Focus on keeping good workers instead of praises those with high rates that recklessly throw items on the shelves . You will have lower turn over rates.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8696,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Speech and Language Annotator/Data Associate,Data associate / Speech and Language Annotator,Working from home. Great colleagues. Helping make Alexa smarter. All I can say.,"Very low pay. Pay DAs what they deserve, especially the bilingual ones. Training was disorganized. Some DAs wore too many hats and did not get paid well. Too many opinions and people who claim to be experts.",Hire the right team. Instructional designers and trainers are not the same thing.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8697,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - 3P Seller,3P Seller on Amazon,Set your own schedule. Have some control of the day to day business operations.,"Amazon takes up to 18% of every sale. Amazon is overrun with restrictive policies toward sellers. It is nearly impossible to sell a custom product without using Amazon Sponsored Ads, which now cost as much per click as Google Ads. It is very difficult to make a profit. It is very easy to lose money. Tons of counterfeit sellers. Tons of sellers paying for fake reviews to cheat the Amazon search algorithm. Seller support consists of scripted responses that do not help in most cases. Amazon will randomly destroy your search ranking with no warning and no explanation. If you do not have a ""hot"" product or ""brand name"" product (that they grant you permission to sell - good luck on that) and sell at a ridiculously low margin - with perfect shipping results - and complete customer satisfaction - you will not do well. Also, more and more customers are scamming sellers. The only one really making money on Amazon is Amazon. That is why Bezos is now the richest human on the planet.",You lost your way Bezos. Your platform is now a cut throat shark tank of what it once was. You have managed to squeeze the bread and butter of what made Amazon work - 3P Sellers. Karma is coming.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8698,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,"Benefits, pay, hours, overtime","There policy sucks they terminated people for time off task then say that they are not eligible to be rehired. I don’t think that’s fare at all because if you ain’t get terminated for fighting, stealing, or assault I think you should still be able to be rehire",Think about your good employees and be fare,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8699,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good times,Made some great friends there,Very rigorous and has a huge turn over rate,none,2.0,none,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P88.htm
8700,amazon,"Charleston, SC"," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Creative Services Coordinator,Great company but not for everybody,Gained amazing leadership experience and expanded my professional skills dramatically. Great benefits and time off. Great culture,"Things change very fast, you have to be prepared to keep up and see the bigger picture. Not a work environment for everybody. Can be a bit micromanaging depending on your role and your manager. Amazon is a very metrics-driven company which can be a great thing, but the system they use to measure productivity can sometimes pin teammates against each other and make it competitive for the wrong reasons.",Listen to your employees feedback on their managers.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8701,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Lots of mobility, hard on your body","Great company, good benefits, lots of opportunities to advance or change careers or locations, offers challenges and ability to try a variety of solutions.","Long hours, especially during peak, if you're in a warehouse it's hard on your body and can possibly be on night shift and destroy your social life.","Dont forget about the people, try to make it fun. A lot of managers try to but give up, dont give up.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8702,amazon,"Norco, CA"," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Night shift Amazon Warehouse Experience,Good working conditions. Good people. Nice facility. Good benefits.,Poor communication. Unpredictable job assignments. Food is terrible.,More transparency and communication when it comes to shift assignments,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8703,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Learning opportunities Working with smart people Good salary Stock options,Long working hours Oncall is stressful Benefits isn't as good as competitors,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8704,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Grader,Grader,Benefits . ten hour bays,Management always changing not consistent,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8705,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Feel like a robot,"Benefits, sweat, competition, overtime, sometimes fun, 3 days off.","Pay tops out at warehouse normal, long days, stressful peak, forced overtime managers that only care about hitting their numbers","Listen to your associates, build your team better instead of only caring about yourself, fight for your teams success",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8706,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Transportation Specialist,A great place to work,"Great co-workers, friendly atmosphere, Lots of room for advancement",Only a 30min lunch and a long drive from where I live,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8707,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AFM Kiva support,Great benefits and flexible schedule.,Not many at this time,n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8708,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Prime Shopper,Cool job,"Good benefits, fast work, easy work",Not that many hours,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8709,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Great place to work,"Great work environment, great peers, challenging work, stocks","Bad 401k plan, no free swag, pretty frugal.",Please improve your benefits,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P89.htm
8710,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Amazon,The Benefits are really good,A lot on your body,Nothing to say to management,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8711,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Cool product, smart people to work with",No free food or other compension,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8712,amazon,"Mundelein, IL"," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon sortation,"Multiple shifts, the pay is ok but definitely feel it should be more Multiple locations Coworker Are helpful",We don’t have an HR department that is there at all times we have to call a number Lack of appreciation shown to those who do a great job and if something is said it’s not fully sincere,Show your employees that they are appreciated more. Do not feel the need to reward us when we aren’t doing everything at 5 stars due to staffing issues. We work very hard and over night at that many of us staying over to help when work is not finished. Better pay and better perks and a bigger amazon discount,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8713,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Room for advancement and friendly environment,There is a glass ceiling,Stop playing favoritism,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8714,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Stow,Terrible,Good benefits nice people free coffee,Long hours short breaks no chance for mistakes,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8715,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Great culture & Fantastic People,No Cons I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8716,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great company to work for,"It amazed me to see such a large company giving their employees major benefits from day one. From what I have seen, management is amazing. They support teamwork and try to encourage employees rather than treating us like a number, which others have claimed in their reviews. I see it as a good place to work and I am glad for the opportunity. I consider Amazon to be a wonderful employer that provides so many benefits that most other employers would not even consider. I am going to stick with it, because it is refreshing to feel appreciation through the many ways Amazon takes care of it's employees.",None that I have seen.,"I can honestly say I have not seen anything but what you would expect from a great management team. Seems like a great place that I am proud to work for. I just wanted others to hear the good, because it really is a great company to work for.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8717,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fast paced environment with friendly people. Breaks are short but you'll get the hang of it.,The money The benefits Pretty safe Fast paced,The breaks are short but you'll get the hang of it.,You're doing a great job.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8718,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,SDE at Amazon,"My skills, network, career and compensation have never stopped growing at Amazon. I’ve achieved great work-life harmony.","Your manager is 90% of what matters at Amazon. I’ve seen more than one person get completely screwed when a re-org gave them a bad manager. I’ve seen people I look up to driven out of the company, when less than a year before they were given the highest possible rating by a different manager. Amazon does have a system that lets people appeal manager decisions, but it’s sort of a coin toss.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8719,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Horrible. Amazon flex, fmxpress, any delivery company of amazon I really recommend do not work here",The only pro is that you do not have to deal with a boss thru out the day and you can listen to music,"Paid late every payday, lied to about it. Perks are taken away no matter how long or how hard you work there, management does not care about the employees only the company itself, they don’t care if you have restrictions they will disregard them and not care about what you have to say about it. The device you use while delivering is always broken, cracked screen, delays, misinformation, glitches out, amazon support can never figure out the problem and you can be on the phone with support up to 30-45 mins sometimes",Resign,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P90.htm
8720,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Product Support Analyst,Product Support Analyst,Great opportunity to build skills and experience.,Expectations can be grey and ever changing. Path to promotion unclear and political. Not paid enough for the scope of work.,More transparency and clear expectation. Assign the appropriate job code to given role.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8721,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and learn,"Moves fast, interesting problems, commensurate pay",Sometimes builds the wrong things,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8722,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Great team, smart people, lots of experience in many areas quickly. Good perks for full time staff.",Contractors are left out on a lot of team building experiences. Aren't really given much credit for the success of the team.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8723,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"Fairly independent, management not really all over you.",Close to zero employee morale,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8724,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,I loved working at Amazon because of the environment. They are proud of their company and push everyone to meet goals. There are also great opportunities for one to grow.,As a warehouse associate the hours were rough. shifts started between 1-5 am in tg morning. All of the morning or mid day shifted were taken so those overnight shifts were rough and the work was very mundane.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8725,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work for gain,Free tuition (associates) New Pay Raise,"Hard on your body, constant walking, very little time for yourself during your schedule and poor management",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8726,amazon,"Albany, GA"," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,VCS Virtual Customer Service Agent..EXCELLENT WFH position,"-Learning new things everyday -Leadership is always there to help, is friendly, encouraging, and wants to see you succeed. -pay is good for a Work From Home position -Amazon sends all the equipment and training needed to effectively carry out your job -fun and lively atmosphere to work in -receives recognition for your work on a constant basis -able to proceed up through the company internally -peers are always available to help when needed. - will work with disabled, and people attending school to succeed - great benefits and bonus's -creatively able to troubleshoot and handle problems that are faced by customer. I love my job at Amazon!!! I was a quality engineer for 22 years and went into early retirement. I got bored and decided to apply. I'm so happy I did! This is one of the most fun and gratifying positions that I ever had.","-compensation could be better considering the work but its still ok -fast paced environment that is constantly changing -if you need your hand held this is NOT the position for you -sometimes the systems can go wonky making it a hard day -this is a metrics based position and you have to work hard to keep them up if you want to succeed, and sometimes no matter how hard you try you will fail because its basically up to the customer to grade you.","-less micromanaging, bring in the changes before we are faced with them. Re-construct the metric system to be on a more fair basis",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8727,amazon,"Stockton, CA"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Just started,"Benefits, wage, break room, time off","Nothing yet, just started...will come back if have to",N/A,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8728,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Great company if you're a cultural fit,- fast passed company - high emphasis on culture - extremely intelligent co-workers - work life balance possible,- on boarding is not great - limited communication across company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8729,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Nice people there at alazob,None I can’t think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P91.htm
8730,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation Manager,Great team and awesome benefits. A lot of ambiguity and fast paced environment.,It is a big company but still a part of a team.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8731,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Best company in my entire career!,"Work ethics Strong leadership principles Great pay Data driven and not driven by percentions Can move to any team and any domain within Amazon International exposure, can move internally to any country anywhere Amazon has an office",Can be a bit hard to adjust in the begining and then becomes addictive and hard to leave :-) People are direct and on your face. I like it that way!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8732,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,na. moment,"Whole foods grocery store is clean, nice to work in and for.",the na.moment app should be more user friendly,"The Na. moment app not USER friendly at all. Everybody using the app at the same time, no shifts available, no one seem to care that has been in the job field since June.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8733,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation associate,"Straightforward, 4 hour shifts, 24 hours.",A lot of walking. Breaks should be a little longer.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8734,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Core Campus Associate,Attention to Employees Could Be Better,"Great work atmosphere, good culture.","Not much upward mobility, employees could be treated better.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8735,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,It’s definitely not for everyone.,"No interview, cheap benefits, lots of time off, decent pay.","Ten hours on your feet, strict production rates, favoritism, a lot of weirdos...like, a whole lot. Too tired to make dinner when you get home. Two of your three days off are just recovering from work. Feeling like they own you. Quickly becoming dead inside.","They don’t care about advice, only productivity.",3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8736,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Ultimate Place to Work - If you are cut for it.,Very Rewarding Fast and Furious Lots of learning Job Satisfaction Stocks :) No Power-points,Not Cut for Everyone You must be thick skin to take criticism constructively No Hand holding Long On-boarding Lack of standardized process - Due to super fast delivery No Powerpoints,Improve on-boarding process for new hires. Provide quick feedback on performances Manager need more training towards people management More personalized management then process oriented management for Human employees :).,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8737,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources,Great place to work,Great work culture Growth is encouraged Dog friendly offices Fun place to work Flexible hours,Work can be challenging - but that’s also a good thing!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8738,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Financial Analyst,"Super-cool projects, extremely customer focused, tons of great talent.",The pace can be a grind.,Prioritize better and focus on a few essential facets of a program or project.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8739,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazing company with wicked smart people.,"- This is the first time in my career when I'm surrounded with nothing but incredibly smart and focused individuals. - Compensation is well beyond my expectations, and more than suitable. - Exciting projects all across the company that keep you interested and focused. - Ability to reach customers all across the world with unbelievable new technologies. - Ability to focus on the customer without worrying about what the other companies in the same field are doing. - Company not worried about failing, know that you can learn from your mistakes and still come out on top.","- Some people are too afraid not to meet deadlines, which at times makes you sacrifice quality for delivery. - Depending on which team you're on, culture might be a huge impact on your day to day job. - Some managers remain, even though they drive away great employees from their teams just because they deliver results. - Proper access to upper management is sometimes not available, and causes problems to the people making things happen day to day. - If you don't keep track of your own schedule, you can be working 100 hour weeks without even noticing.","- Focus on the people, make sure that managers are treating their employees with respect and not just using them as ""replaceable tools"" to throw out once they're burned out. - Simplify the promotion process, when someone deserves to be promoted, it should not be a 9 month process, it should be easy to prove that someone deserves it.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P92.htm
8740,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Developer Advocate,It's not what I expected,- The Pay rate - The People - Dogs - Downtown Seattle - SO MANY Company events that are helpful and also fun,"- It takes 6 months to adjust to everything - Once your here, you will get some perfunctory training, but if you want more you have to seek it yourself - ""Onboarding"" is confusing and frustrating, so you have to go out of your way to ask where to go and what to do","The first week of life at Amazon is spent setting up your permissions, getting your email accounts... basically the same as every tech company. But why is there no training on internal tools? Why is there no training on how and where to catch the shuttles, or the expressions lab... I mean... there's a thousand things happening all the time and we're just dropped into it like a raindrop in the ocean.  Generally speaking the people who choose to work here tend to be ""go-getters"" but honestly this is an efficiency issue...",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8741,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,Dream Job,"There are so many opportunities and they have set up the work environment to help you find the best fit possible. My first team was a good fit, but my next team is an awesome fit for me. You are encouraged to grow professionally and personally. Work/Life balance is a focus. I don't feel the need to work 100+ hours a week. There are those who do so, but they do so voluntarily. I have not received pressure to do so. I love my job!","There is a heavy emphasis on metrics and business writing. If you are not a good writer, it can affect your growth. But there are many resources to get help and learn how to write better. There is even a volunteer group of Amazonians called the ""Doc Ninjas"" who help review documents and make suggestions to improve the writing. Very cool!","Frugality is a real thing here, but it can be over done. Be careful frugality doesn't become fru-stupidity.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8742,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Peculiar culture,"Fast paced, long term driven, customer obsessed. Very smart people.",Your work/life balance depends on the team you are in. Some people will work from 9-5 and be able to work from home when needed. Other people will work crazy hours and will have to go to the office everyday no matter what.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8743,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,full fillment,great company helps people get a job not a long process to get a job,training should be at the location u work for,management is great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8744,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,I've been happy for 8 years working at Amazon,"Great people, challenging projects, fast-paced environment.",It's hard to get in. We often turn away good people who are left with no clear idea why they didn't make it.,We are not great at hiring and need to get better.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8745,amazon,"Bethpage, NY"," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Good Job Terrible Hours,"The work isn't bad, sorting the packages for all of long island. Getting the trucks together at the end of shift was a little fun.","The hours, for someone who has a daytime job... are terrible. You cant leave until you finish your work no matter what.",n/a i'm sure theres nothing they can do about the hours.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8746,amazon,"Romulus, MI"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Nightmare in Hiring,"Pay is okay, benefits not bad, easy to get hired","Hiring process is a botched mess of incompetence, hundreds of emails and texts, appointments randomly and frequently cancelled and changed, total chaos","Hire an HR staff that actually knows what they're doing, de-automate the process so that prospective employees actually interact with a human rather than an automated (and totally defective) computer system, and fix the enormous mess of that system so that prospects like myself do not go through SIX WEEKS waiting to start a new position and have their orientation cancelled and rescheduled 8 times in by that system for no apparent reason.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8747,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Advancement and raises are mirages.,"Great culture, interesting work, located on major commuter transit lines.","If you know where you want your career to go, it doesn’t matter whether you tell anyone or not. They won’t listen. Wages are low and raises are minuscule. Amazon would rather hire from without than promote from within, but they will tell you the opposite, and suggest that you, too, can achieve a promotion.","Pay your workers a decent wage. They have rent and bills to pay, and don’t need the stress of living paycheck to paycheck. Also, don’t make advancement in your career so difficult. But if you can’t promise any future to your employees, at least be upfront about it.",2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8748,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Warehouse worker- Only work as last resort and nothing else,Good part is that you are paid weekly Time goes by quickly in work,"High turnover with this company. Job security is less. You are treated as number. If you are not meeting production number, your job is not secure. They fail to mention this to new hires.  You get pain in your feet and back from working",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8749,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Flexible staff. Fluid workflow.,Favortism. Consistently need to check up on request made via management.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P93.htm
8750,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Scanner,Overall good company,Part time and benefits,Too many people working at one line,Keep up good work,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8751,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good,Good Pay and a lot of challenge work,"not sure , maybe work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8752,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Great stock, benefits, and great schedule. Always growing, full of great minds.",No work life balance. Promotions hold more bias than from where the company was a few years back.,Site leaders at last mile sites need better training. Many unable to actually manage.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8753,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,My opinion about Amazon,Amazon provides really good Benefits,"Schedule is 4 day, 10 hours every day",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8754,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfillment Associate,"Potential to learn a great deal about the operations of one of the largest companies in the world. Some great people to work with, although your mileage may vary.","Unpaid leave and PTO is too restrictive, does not allow for any unforseen circumstances in life that may prevent you from making it to work (kids, wreck, etc). Extremely fast paced and exhausting work. You will be expected to hold pace and be productive non-stop and you will be held accountable for every second while on the clock. Very limited growth potential. PA and leadership positions within the FC are kept at a minimum, and upper management will stay in their positions forever. In order to climb, transferring locations to other FC's (many times across the country) are more or less a requirement.",Most of my managers were great understanding people.  I think the issues lie at the top of the foodchain and with operations. Allow the grunt workers who are in the trenches day in and day out to have some leeway with their time off. Burnout and exhaustion are too rampant.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8755,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A.f.e,"Good pay, good co-workers. Nice overtime during peak","Noise, hours, no real manager.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8756,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Medium,Restricted Stock Units and Thanksgiving Meal,Voluntary Time Off is not always voluntary,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8757,amazon,"Brooklyn, NY"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Video Editor,Video Editor,"High pay, consistent work and income.",team disbanded abruptly without notice.,Give notice,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8758,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Specialist,Vendor specialist,Strong Autonomy within your role. Amazing team members,"Leveling is dependent of internal relationships. No structure but if you like building something from nothing, this is great for you. Scrutiny",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8759,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Ultimate Place to Work - If you are cut for it.,Very Rewarding Fast and Furious Lots of learning Job Satisfaction Stocks :) No Power-points,Not Cut for Everyone You must be thick skin to take criticism constructively No Hand holding Long On-boarding Lack of standardized process - Due to super fast delivery No Powerpoints,Improve on-boarding process for new hires. Provide quick feedback on performances Manager need more training towards people management More personalized management then process oriented management for Human employees :).,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P94.htm
8760,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Benefits are really good, meet nice people",Long hours and short lunch,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8761,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Great company to work for,Vending machines in the break rooms Great culture with lots of interesting people,10 hour shifts expected to hit rates,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8762,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - FC - Operations Associate,Day one..... Everyday,"The environment. Work Hard, Have Fun, & Make History is more than words, it's a mantra that is upheld every minute of every day.",If your not good with a fast pace or change and just like status quo or decision by debate or deliberation this is not the place for you.,Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8763,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,"Always busy and learning, and never bored",Sometimes (depending on team) there was a stress and env pressure,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8764,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Director,Pay is good ... as stock keeps growing,Work life balance is horrible,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8765,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,"Stocks, pay is decent, good experience for development","Stressful and demanding, politics in being promoted , perception is everything and work 22 extra hours during end of year and get no extra money or incentive but a catered mealn once a week",Learn to see who's actually doing their job and cares about their employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8766,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Dog eat dog and puppy eat dog,Customer focus and high salaries,Corporate version of the hunger games.,"You can fool all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but not all of the people all of the time",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8767,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awful,the pay of course if you’re looking for something temporary,"short breaks, long hours, micromanaged",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8768,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start.,"The first place I've worked at. Great team, seniors encourage learning and there's plenty of guidance. You're never kept idle because there's so much happening.",Internal tools are a pain - they're really slow.  Dev onboarding process for freshers needs a lot of improvement. It takes ages to familiarize yourself with all internal tools - especially if this is your first job.  Sometimes there's too much operational/testing workload on someone whose time is perhaps best used for development alone.,"Maybe pause growth for a while and focus on improving internal tools. Improve the onboarding process for developers. I was practically useless for the first few months.  Reduce operational painpoints for all developers (sorry about this vague statement, there's too much to elaborate here).",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8769,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Sep 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Pay well and the assistant manager is nice,"They monitor every single thing you do! You can barely go to the bath room, it’s hot, they want you to move extremely fast if you don’t youll get a warning! You only get 3 once you get the 3rd one your fired with. I’ve had about 8 managers in the past year.",Be more caring,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P95.htm
8770,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Sep 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Pay well and the assistant manager is nice,"They monitor every single thing you do! You can barely go to the bath room, it’s hot, they want you to move extremely fast if you don’t youll get a warning! You only get 3 once you get the 3rd one your fired with. I’ve had about 8 managers in the past year.",Be more caring,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8771,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,No reward endless slavery you are a number,Everything they treat their employees terrible until your not needed then your gone,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8772,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy money,Stable shift and hours. Over time. Good pay,Meeting rate. Breaks need to be longer,Longer breaks.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8773,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,The best environment to advance in your career.,"Nothing much, some people work overtime",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8774,amazon,"Smyrna, GA"," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Job is good and easy. Just hate the days I picked I have overnight on the weekends 11:15-4:45.,Weekly pay Easy job Cool staff,The days they have available Peak season mandatory stuff Need air conditioning Better with new hires,Allow cell phones or headphones when there is absolutely nothing to do .,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8775,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Manual Labor,"simple work, opportunities to be promoted","Warehouse labor, one short breaks",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8776,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,"Good Job for Inbetweeners, Students, Bored Parents","Great dental & vision plans After 30 days you get 5 days off every 3 months to use whenever you want, they stack up to 20 days. Short shifts Some of the managers or PAs are fine.","Safety is something they say is a concern, but really isn't. PAs are never on the same page. Pays less than competitors. Can't request time off, once you're out of hours even if it's planned in advance, you're fired. Can't get time off for family medical emergencies. When I first started, there was always free food and snacks to congratulate us for doing well, after the newest manager took over, this stopped. There is no upward mobility.",Pay more. Listen to your employees. This job is very strenuous and I think management is clueless as to what the employees go through.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8777,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Good pay and benefits plus 3 days off,Long hours you get sweaty,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8778,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,Best and brightest people to work with,Sometimes there is lot of work pressure,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8779,amazon,"Rochester, MI"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Personal Shopper,Poorly structured,"Shopping at Whole Foods in Rochester. Nice atmosphere, other employees for Amazon and Whole Foods are nice. Low pressure job, no micromanaging. You are guaranteed paid training, 3 days training plus 2 hours at home online paid training. You are guaranteed 1 shift to work because during the training they show you how, and have you go online and choose your first shift.","No management at all! Worked there almost a month, never met my manager.. never!Apparently she manages 3 or 4 stores. Scheduling shifts is a farce. You wait for shifts to be announced 3 times a week at 7:30 pm. You go on a web site and the shifts are posted. Well, ALL shoppers are competing for the same shifts at the same time. If you're not extremely quick, you DO NOT get a shift. Also, they are supposed to post at7:30 pm well, they were 15 minutes late posting on Sunday, they posted 2 hours early on Tuesday, and an hour and a half late on Thursday. After the first week of work, I was only able to pick up 1 shift in 3 weeks... not without trying...sheer luck of the draw. Amazon promotes this job saying its flexible and you can choose your own shift, well yes, if they are not all gone within the nanosecond it takes them to post snd you to view. And you can definitely not work choose more than one shift because once the first one you chose is confirmed, the rest are all taken. Once you do get a shift, you wait in a cold but clean room at Whole Foods. And you wait and you wait for a grocery order to come in. I've gotten 9 item orders and I've gotten 52 item orders. But they come in few and far between. There is nothing else to do but shop. If no order, you stand and wait.","Fix the way you schedule shifts. Offer your employees real work. It's a great job other than only being able to work one shift a month! You take the time, effort and money to train good people who want to work, then you dont follow through and offer them a concrete and consistent shift to work. And, follow through with your work if you say shifts are posted at 7:30pm, then post them at 7:30 pm!!!!",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P96.htm
8780,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Curriculum Developer,Misled by the Hype,I had heard all the hype about Amazon being a 'burn 'n churn' environment where people only lasted 2 years at most. I was told that Amazon would take every moment of my life and use me up. NOT TRUE! The majority of my teammates have been with Amazon over that 2-year mark. I have found the environment encouraging and everyone has gone out of their way to help me ramp up and do great work.,You will be working with the best so you will need to perform. I have always been at the top of my game until working here. I actually find it refreshing to be surounded by so many amazingly smart people.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8781,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions architect,"Highly agile, very smart coworkers, truly customer centric, no nonsense, learn from best",Not for someone who would like to get a steady job,Hire the best and do not compromise,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8782,amazon,"East Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A fast growing big company,"-- Fast growing -- Work with talents -- Learning towards action, easy to get things done",-- Some politics although inevitable in big companies. -- No free meals,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8783,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great opportunity for a hard worker,Opportunity to move between roles easily,Need for knowledge/process sharing amongst some teams must improve,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8784,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applied scientist,Very good Business ownership for ic,Have Limited technical growths opportunities,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8785,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Good Benefits, Flexible schedules and great time off package","Power hungry Managers, feel like your in jail",Be more helpful when someone is struggling,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8786,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receiver/stower,"Benefits, amount of steps a day","YOU HAVE TO MEET A 'RATE'for the specific to task/job you're doing if constantly not able to make it you'll get fired or hopefully management will ask you your barriers, Pay, no way to progress, long days, no social life, way too much work for the pay, never appreciated for going above and beyond.","Get your shiz together, appreciate the people who work for you, and interact with employees past the usual questions of 'how are you doing'?",3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8787,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Ability to get ideas heard,Lack of focus on employee engagement in FCs,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8788,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Starting Place,Great place to start and learn,No work life balance at all,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8789,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job for someone right out of highschool or in-between jobs,Optional overtime Easy job Stocks 4 day work week,"Some people can't keep up with a specific job, and they're unable to transfer a job they're able to do due to write ups. Then they get fired New manager ever 3-5 months Boring They take away incentives and demand more work Even if you're performing at 115% and drop down to 110% for the day they will question your productivity even though you're above the goal",Don't leave every couple months and help the employees move up,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P97.htm
8790,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Product Manager,Growth by going through the gauntlet.,"I work in AWS, and this is a place where you can grow tremendously, contingent you put in the work that is demanded of you. You will learn a LOT:  1) Customer engagement (obsession). 2) Gathering pertinent requirements. 3) Translating requirements into actionable milestones for engineering. 4) Collaborating with engineering to ship a product/service or feature. 5) Constantly measure and analyze your product/service for business success. 6) Dive deeply into customer feedback about areas of improvement. 7) Write thorough documents defining roadmap, business logic, and financial viability for product/service. 8) Take product from concept to launch, operationalize, and localize your service for international deployment and new market entry. 9) Cross-collaborate with marketing, finance, account management, business development, engineering, PR, and legal on a regular basis. 9) Run your own product/service as if you were the CEO who owns the business.  If you work super hard, you end up realizing every moment you spend is an investment in your own skills and capabilities, even if it is occasionally overwhelming and brutal to be a PM on a high-exposure product/service.","Be prepared to be grilled or queried by management at any time about any report or product status - technical or business. These questions, while arguably fair, are often designed to instill a sense of insecurity on the employee to ensure that you are on your toes. So you better you know your job inside and out. The major downside to this is actually the disruption to your daily workflow, since you have to halt everything and respond to leadership emails. Over time, this becomes inefficient and a serious impediment when you have to deal with urgent customer matters as well.  Long work hours - not very good pay compared to market. Mediocre benefits.  Many managers don't have a concept of boundaries and will ping you on the weekend.  Everything is considered urgent - you will inevitably fail to meet some deadlines, so there's additional overhead in managing deliverable expectations.  Management will ask you why you're product/service isn't growing fast enough, even if it's growing at a very strong pace.  If you and a colleague disagree over a process/decision, you invoke a tie-breaker who is higher in the hierarchy. And then that's it. Just commit even if you disagree.","Employees are human beings, too.",5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8791,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Security Architect,"Great culture, Good benefits, Great comp","I joined AWS 3 months ago. Nothing but good things to say about the company. Coming from 25 years of experience in corporate world (Wallstreet, Retail, Business Consulting) Amazon is the place to be.  Customer is always at the forefront of the business. Working backwards works, those concepts stimulate the culture in a unique, very appealing, way.",Workload. The business is expanding and there are never enough people to get the job done,Keep going. Something must have been done right to move from a single book store to what Amazon is today :),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8792,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Perks, medical, dental, vision, raffles.","Nearly impossible daily requirements, get written up for going to the bathroom, breaks start when you are deep in the warehouse and you only have 10 minutes to try to get to a bathroom or your locker and back to your spot. Hr is a joke.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8793,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA - Internal Streaming,They payed for my metro card,They had no concept of what they wanted or how to achieve it.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8794,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support Technician,-long weekends -benefits from day one,-10 hr shifts -horrible work environment -forced to work all shifts including nights and holidays,respect your associates,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8795,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Curriculum Developer,Misled by the Hype,I had heard all the hype about Amazon being a 'burn 'n churn' environment where people only lasted 2 years at most. I was told that Amazon would take every moment of my life and use me up. NOT TRUE! The majority of my teammates have been with Amazon over that 2-year mark. I have found the environment encouraging and everyone has gone out of their way to help me ramp up and do great work.,You will be working with the best so you will need to perform. I have always been at the top of my game until working here. I actually find it refreshing to be surounded by so many amazingly smart people.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8796,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions architect,"Highly agile, very smart coworkers, truly customer centric, no nonsense, learn from best",Not for someone who would like to get a steady job,Hire the best and do not compromise,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8797,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Operarions Manager,Operations Manager,Unlimited potential for hard work and long hours. Can not beat RSU option.,Very political. You must be in the clicks or you will not move on or up.,Transparent promotional process. Limit favortism.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8798,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start,If you are a hard worker you can move up the ladder very quickly.,Managers can sometimes be hard to deal with.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8799,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,People left after 1-2 years,You will get the opportunity to work on projects with great impact.,Not everyone can get the opportunity to work on the fun projects. You need to play politics to get the good project to work on.,Stop playing favoritism.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P98.htm
8800,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Benefits, salary, bonus, stock, travel",Non are there at TV his time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8801,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Order Picker,Great work out and fun work environment.,No opportunity for advancement or growth outside of department.,none,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8802,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,Amazon prime now,Pick your own schedule. Easy work,Management keeps pushing pick rates that are unrealistic unless you grab and go,Instead of just focusing on items pull per hr let’s also focus on making sure we pick best and right items for customers.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8803,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon picker,Plenty of time off,Can get exhausting at times,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8804,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde,good work in cutting tech,too much work for a human,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8805,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Specialist,One of the employees friendly company,There is no growth technically,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8806,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research carefully before joining the ranks.,The people. I made some great friends at Amazon. Mostly bonding over how messed up the place is. Don’t be fooled. The NY Times article is spot on.,"They get you for as little $ as possible, sucker you into a messed up overall comp scheme (watch out for the cliff in year three), and then they will work you into the ground, all with the intention of burning you out.  And if you are female, over the age of 30, and have children, this is NOT the place for you.","Treat your employees better. Period. They are thrilled to work for Amazon. They genuinely want to work there. Do yourself a favor and appreciate them and reward & value them accordingly. Also, stop dangling the carrot... pay to inspire, not to trap.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8807,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,CVG1 Amazon Outbound,"Stock benefit, 401K, good health insurance, VCP pay, 4 day workweek.","Long commute, 10 hour days, little advancement, must make rates.",Actually work with your employees on the floor!,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8808,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation Specialist,The company has great benefits and great stock options,The downfall is their promoting within is not the greatest.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8809,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,,"You will be well paid and rewarded with a lot of stock that could be very valuable if you stay 4 years. If this is your first job out of college and you are willing to work 60-80hrs to week, you will get something out of it.","The culture is terrible, and I personally experienced some of the backstabbing reported by the NYT years later. (The company has not learned.) More broadly, people there are so busy and so low on EQ, it is not a pleasant place to work.  The work is mind numbingly abusive. The caliber of projects I was given were on the level of things I did 5 or 10 years ago, and the volume of work was 2-3x what is reasonable if you don't want someone to work until 11pm every night. If you have any level of senior management experience, do not expect to develop and evolve your skill set, expect to be taken advantage of via over-work on basic projects.  They don't offer any management training or understand what good mid-level management looks like. Whether you want to develop as a manager or be managed well, odds are stacked against you. I've never seen so many bad managers in one company.  Beware the smoke and mirrors. There is an extraordinary PR narrative around the company due to it's stock price and Bezos' wealth. Behind the curtain, the company is not as good at data as it pretends to be, and their ""customer obsession"" is a thinly veiled metaphor for profit-seeking. (They do not understand or value real customer insights nor do they have they evolved much beyond their 1990's playbook of how personalization should work.) All the innovation is also top-down, often from people who have been at Amazon so long, they are out of touch. It's uninspiring.  Myself and countless others I have talked to that are either current of former employees have all noted working for Amazon turns them into someone they don't like. We/They are overworked and/or under-engaged, and they become angry, snap at their spouse/kids, and forget what it is like to work in a state of flow v. a state of fear.","If you truly believe in long-term value, learn what managing people for long-term development means.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P99.htm
8810,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,,"You will be well paid and rewarded with a lot of stock that could be very valuable if you stay 4 years. If this is your first job out of college and you are willing to work 60-80hrs to week, you will get something out of it.","The culture is terrible, and I personally experienced some of the backstabbing reported by the NYT years later. (The company has not learned.) More broadly, people there are so busy and so low on EQ, it is not a pleasant place to work.  The work is mind numbingly abusive. The caliber of projects I was given were on the level of things I did 5 or 10 years ago, and the volume of work was 2-3x what is reasonable if you don't want someone to work until 11pm every night. If you have any level of senior management experience, do not expect to develop and evolve your skill set, expect to be taken advantage of via over-work on basic projects.  They don't offer any management training or understand what good mid-level management looks like. Whether you want to develop as a manager or be managed well, odds are stacked against you. I've never seen so many bad managers in one company.  Beware the smoke and mirrors. There is an extraordinary PR narrative around the company due to it's stock price and Bezos' wealth. Behind the curtain, the company is not as good at data as it pretends to be, and their ""customer obsession"" is a thinly veiled metaphor for profit-seeking. (They do not understand or value real customer insights nor do they have they evolved much beyond their 1990's playbook of how personalization should work.) All the innovation is also top-down, often from people who have been at Amazon so long, they are out of touch. It's uninspiring.  Myself and countless others I have talked to that are either current of former employees have all noted working for Amazon turns them into someone they don't like. We/They are overworked and/or under-engaged, and they become angry, snap at their spouse/kids, and forget what it is like to work in a state of flow v. a state of fear.","If you truly believe in long-term value, learn what managing people for long-term development means.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8811,amazon,"Forest, LA"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Class A Truck Driver,Delivery driver,I think it's a great future job It's a job that keeps you moving that's what I like,Dont really know any,Ready to see what kind of future amazon has to offer far as job wise and future employment opportunities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8812,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Cloud Support,"Good Compensation, alot of other perks",None. Could improve on promotion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8813,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-Paced and Flexible,"I've been really happy at AWS. It's a steep learning curve, but most everyone is excited and willing to help. I've been most pleased with my flexibility. Yes, the job is fast-paced, but the flexibility I have makes it totally worth it.","You're expected to do a lot. Do an amazing job, reach for the stars, and always be learning and growing. While there is a support system to help you achieve these things, you have to initiate and drive the process.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8814,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,smoke and mirrors,"they have good medical, they give you 2 stocks.","they work you like a dog with 'competitive' pay which is still 3$ under what normal warehouses start out at. If you get injured they don't help you, if they do its only a little then make you do the rest on your own,",raise the pay,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8815,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wouldn’t recommend,Good pay Nice coworkers Transportation accessibility Prizes Vto,Management Long hours Short breaks Heat Overtime,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8816,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Tier 1 associate,A team work environment that is supportive of associates needs,Very difficult to move up,Improve communication between shifts and departmemts,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8817,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Extremely Diverse,"A great company for anyone to start work. Starting pay is pretty good. Benefits, sick time and vacation time from day 1.",Unfair recognization policies.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8818,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 1,Great leadership principles and progress,Not all organizations are built equal. Stay away from low quality ones,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8819,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Corporate Counsel,AWS Legal,"Smart people, strong work ethic, close integration with business partners, casual atmosphere, new things happen every day.","Inequitable expectations & work pressure, over-reliance on stock price growth, arbitrariness disguised as frugality.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P100.htm
8820,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Sales,Your work can make noticeable impact in the world.,"Ever wonder if your work is making an impact to better lives of others? Working for Amazon gives you a chance to change the world for the better. It is a place for innovators and hard working people to get out there and build something. There is no bureaucracy, no red tape, no BS.","If you are looking to coast or looking for a cushy job, its not for you.",Keep it Day 1.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8821,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - BDM,Transformative,"At AWS you get to be a part of real transformative change – the kind that helps companies do things never before possible. As our economy shifts from an industrial age to an information age many companies will struggle to find there place. At AWS, through healthy and consistent principles (e.g. Customer Obsession, Earn Trust, and Dive Deep) the Amazon culture is applied and shared with customers to help them survive and thrive in this digital era. Beyond this, being a part of hard working teams focused primarily on customer outcomes, having a strong and unified culture, and the opportunity to build a better future make AWS a wonderful place to work - Truly a peculiar place.","AWS is not for the faint of heart. With great opportunity comes great effort. One executive likened it to “training to win the Olympics”. At times it can seem like a daunting task, but you just need to push through and learn to focus on what matters the most. There will never be enough time to finish everything. Another challenge is lack of information. When you are building something new you don’t have the luxury of existing data to pull from or predefined processes. Often times you will need to build these yourself. While these two points are strengths and opportunities, at other times they can be challenges. Finally, fast growth and decoupled teams can bring a communication challenge across certain parts of the business (who’s who, who knows what). Learning to overcome this takes some time. Be prepared to work hard to make a difference, and if you do, all these ""Cons"" become strengths / Pros as you'll be a stronger, better person for having done it.","Seek ways to improve transparency and visibility of information and mechanisms. Seek ways to further automate reporting. Keep your standards high (as they are), but work to re:Invent the tools that help teams communicate, collaborate, and learn in a Digitally Transformed organization.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8822,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Sr. Manager,Amazon allows you to grow your knowledge and leverage your strengths. There are many options in the company to pursue your passions.,The environment is fast paced. Prepare yourself or you will feel overwhelmed.,Continue to hire diverse leaders.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8823,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you think like an Amazonian, there’s no better place","Tenure does not impact your voice in meetings, a good idea is a good idea. Ability to test and fail in a safe environment. Management focuses on developing the individual. Freedom to experiment and discover, it’s up to you. Feedback is everywhere. The leadership principles are referenced in every decision.","If you don’t align with the leadership principles and don’t like to work hard, this is not the place for you.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8824,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to Start your Career,You can shape your own career and there are tons of opportunities within Amazon.,there are no major downsides to Amazon.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8825,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,"High Pace, High Energy, High Stress","Amazon is an incredibly-fast moving company. My first week on the job, my boss promised me that no matter what, I would ""never be bored"" and 3.5 years in, that's held true.  Working in the team responsible for installing new fulfillment centers (warehouses), I am given high responsibility of budgets of dozens of millions of dollars and high levels of autonomy. I have exposure to network-wide issues and have the opportunity to travel extensively domestically with occasional international assignments.  The position has also been a huge learning source, and I feel like I am still learning something new every day.","The pace isn't for everyone, and specifically for my team, neither is the travel. Many people hear horror stories during ""peak"" - the busy holiday season - and while I've seldom been unhappy, I have worked 80/90+ hour weeks from time to time during our busy season. Again, this is the exception rather than the rule. My standard week is much more like 50-60 hours.  People who are successful at Amazon also need to be flexible and adaptable - ""the only constant is change,"" as I hear often.  I can't speak to other groups or the corporate environment.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8826,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amnesty -fufillment center,Pay hours benefits ot holiday pay,None yet check back soon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8827,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Bountiful Opportunities and High Integrity,"Amazon wants their employees to work on projects where they can use their best strengths.  Because Amazon has so many teams working on so many different products, you can find a great fit for your combination of strengths.  Most people who work here are bright, hardworking and of good character.","Most people who work here have high standards, especially of themselves, so people feel a lot of pressure from within. This can lead to people being a bit negative.  In a large organization and at the huge scale of Amazon, it is difficult to take a big idea from conception to deployment. It is hard to know who owns what, how to navigate the organization and inject a new idea into an existing budgeted and approved roadmap.",My managers have been great at advocating for me and going out of their way to try to alleviate the internal pressure people feel.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8828,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-III,SDE3,Fantastic opportunity to work with smart people on cutting edge technologies Fast paced and challenging (in a good way) work environment Very little or no overhead and freedom to innovate,"Auxiliary employee benefits (gym membership, etc.) and other side perks could be better Only two weeks of vacation in the first year",Consider increasing vacation time based on length of employment and also granting 3 weeks of vacation during the first. Several companies offer 4+ weeks of vacation after say 5 years of service.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8829,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best place to get opportunities to learn new technologies,"* New cloud technologies * Opportunity to experiment and design highly scalable systems. * Depending on location, pets are allowed * Internal training and conferences to grow and explore careers",* High priority or large issues may disturb work life balance for a day or so. * Internal tool experience may not be useful outside amazon.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P101.htm
8830,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Assistant Retail Experience Manager (AREM),Great Work Environment,I love working here at Amazon. They make you feel like that you are the owner of your workplace. Management listens to ideas and always give you feedback. Love the straight forward approach with everyone.,No cons as I know what I signed up for.,Only advice to management will be to streamline operations.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8831,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Business intelligence Engineer,Great company with super flexibility,"None as of now, no cons.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8832,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,I love the work environment,"Good salaries, nice sign on bonus and stock bonus",Not much cash bonuses yearly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8833,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - CSA,CSA,Great place to work loved helping the customers and the work environment was wonderful,There were none they literally were willing to work with you,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8834,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Review,"Guaranteed hours, plenty of time off","Mechanical environment, workers are not valued",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8835,amazon,"El Monte, CA"," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Warehouse Employee for Flex,"Job is simple, no interview, consistent part-time hours, unpaid hours, paid weekly","Very poor management, some very lazy coworkers that get away with it, favoritism with job duties, no advancement even after working there for an extended period of time, too many safety issues to list, did not want to provide us with water during the heatwave while we working outside for hours, lack of coverage with dealing with drivers because company wants to save money, and the company could care less about you and cutting your hours.","They need to take care of their employees a lot more, since at least 30% of the starting team quit over the past year, don't play favoritism, be realistic and logical, be more organized ahead of time.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8836,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Money good when you need bills paid,"Everything is terrible here, Get out!",Haha ha ha management is a joke.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8837,amazon,"Shawnee, KS"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Sales Supervisor,Great Company,They help you grow in the company,Long hours during peak. Schedule never changes,Always hire and develop the best,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8838,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Awesome company to work part time,Good pay and easy job to do,Not a lot of hours,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8839,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,Great project and smart coleages,Have the opportunities to work on some of the most exciting projects and work with smart people as well.,Tight deadlines and fast-moving pace.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P102.htm
8840,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Area Manager II,Lots of growth opportunities. Flexibility to move around the company. Travel. Great place to learn and develop.,Work life balance. High associate driven engagement culture sometimes gets in the way of making tough decisions,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8841,amazon,"Springfield, VA"," Sep 22, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Associate,Logistics Associate,Good company name to have on your resume,The late night shift can be very stressful,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8842,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Amazon Fulfillment Centers,"Great Pay, innovative company, smart people","Brutal hours, constant change with no time to actually implement before the next new thing, smart people",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8843,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"Grate Schedule, easy work, etc",Too much noise in the warehouse,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8844,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"A very fast pace atmosphere that allows for creative and collaborative efforts from team members.  The ambiguity allows for you to develop problem solving skills.  You work with a large body of people, which unlocks interpersonal skills.  Leadership development is a skill you attain while in this position.",No balance in life and work.  High volume hourly goals  Stagnant and under valued position,Allow for career development for all who show a interest in growth.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8845,amazon,"Essex, MD"," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Amazon was the easiest job and I was surrounded by cool people.,"Fun, easy, positive energy, surrounded by cool people,",Long hours but you’ll get used to it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8846,amazon,"Jurupa Valley, CA"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Show up ready to work,Fantastic Management Plenty of time-off options Good benefits on day one Excellent HR department steady workflow Climate controlled warehouse plenty of parking 4-10 schedule,The hourly pay could be greatly improved Depending on your job it can get monotonous quickly,"I am grateful to work with some of the best managers I have ever had the privilege to work with. They take the time to get to know you, work with you, and help you succeed as long as you show up and are willing to work.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8847,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,Benefits are good. Associates are friendly,Low pay. Work you to death,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8848,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse,Warehouse worker,Decent pay and benefits but not the greatest. You can pay $15 an hour but it is not worth the pain and headache!,"Horrible management, overworked to death, ERC/HR IS CRAP! They don’t care about you or your money or what goes on, they’ll work you down til you are no longer functional. All they think about is cutting money, and making more money for themselves.","Stop treating people like disposable numbers, ERC needs major work when people are effected outside of work who lost out on wages they are fighting for that they aren’t even responsible for.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8849,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Have lot to learn from!,The company has best engineers around to learn from.,There's sometimes just too much pressure for coming up with a short term solution.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P103.htm
8850,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience so far,"- Good experience with colleagues and managers - Good benefits: medical, commuting, etc. - Flexible work hours.",- No snacks... - Pay is a little lower than other tech companies.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8851,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Plenty of paid time off and vaction,Too many chiefs for the amount of indians,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8852,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - Ops Administrative,"GREAT pay, terrible environment","Great pay and benefits, along with the chance to work with highly skilled people. Amazon's vetting process for management is insane, ensuring they only get top tier folks.","Not chance whatsoever for work life balance. The demands will inevitably run you into the ground. Like other reviews have already explained, this will only work if you do not have a family and want to be married to work. Work follows you home and invades your nightmares.","Transparency with floor employees is avoided like the plague. When they finally crack from stress (or find out difficult truths), they attack the actual humans working in management who have been forced to lie to them. Stop this trend of secrecy that keeps alienating and frustrating people.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8853,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Amazon has allowed me to move from an entry level warehouse associate to a manager in just over 3yrs. There are lot of opportunities and many kinds of operations within the umbrella of Amazon. I have worked in 3 different networks and have held 5 different positions in only 6 years. If you are motivated and want to make a difference, then this is the place for you.","The biggest draw back with Amazon is your work week life balance. The hours are long and exhausting which leaves little time or energy outside of the work week. Although the work week is only 4 days, it can at times be a little much.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8854,amazon,"Twinsburg, OH"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Great place to work,Set your own schedule Easy hiring process Ability to move up in company Great atmosphere,You’ll have to deal with some coworkers who aren’t team players,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8855,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Giant software company with lots of arms and legs,"- first-class software organization - peculiar leadership principles, and the employees do breathe and live with them. They are really and frequently used in assessing strategies, products, processes, and people. - senior leaders are often right a lot and dive deep - lots of internal transfer opportunities and different career choices - contrary to a lot external articles, there are a lot of care and support from management, HR, and company level. the benefits are decent.","Extreme frugality: you need to spend time to get lunch outside the office, the coffee in the office is extremely light, workspace is a bit crowded, the IT equipments are pretty basic. Admittedly this is also why Amazon is so successful in keeping the price low.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8856,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,There is so much exciting work within the company.,It is not for everyone. You find out quickly if you have what it takes to stay.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8857,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018","Current Employee - Manager, Solution Architect","Manager, Solutions Architect","A few things stand out to me: 1. The thing most Amazonians I know like the most is the Ownership culture. Individual contributors are authorized, expected and encouraged to come up with ideas, launch them and see them through to the end. Ownership is a way to disperse decision making authority downwards so that decisions can be made much faster not as a way for managers to cover themselves for mistakes made. 2. Along with the Ownership culture, Amazonians are given the opportunity to define their roles and activities to a remarkable extent. Of course every team is different but my experience is that at least towards the senior levels of the SA community individuals have the ability to act with a lot of autonomy making choices on what to focus on and how to achieve their goals. 3. Change is a constant. Within AWS, the market and field of cloud computing is growing and changing so fast that there is always a new challenge to take on. Successful Amazonians tend to be people who like to tackle challenges and then move on to new ones.",Two of the common complaints I've heard in my time at AWS: 1. The downside of the Ownership culture is that people who don't thrive in somewhat ambiguous environments can find it hard to find their footing. Management at AWS is a little different than it is in other places and some employees may feel that they aren't getting the direction they are used to. 2. The pace of the environment is fast and can be overwhelming to new employees. The field of Enterprise Cloud Computing is fairly new and the platform is expanding at an amazing rate which drives constant change. If you aren't the kind of person who can adapt and learn quickly it can be a tough environment to thrive in.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8858,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Prime Now Associate,Weekly Pay and Business is Slow thus far,"Unorganized, too many quotas which are sometime unreasonable based off the orders, location or software limitations",More Managers on Site,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8859,amazon,"Ocala, FL"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Reserves,"They have a lot of support, via supervisors or peers or knowledge database","They have one question surveys that all of your work if based off from, if everyone answers ""no"" you get wrote up",Have a more dynamic way to measure productivity,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P104.htm
8860,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Great working with associates who enjoy their jobs. Room for your ideas to be heard and executed.,"With a plant running 24/7, it's difficult for your changes to be translated across all shifts.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8861,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Receiving,Well.......,"The benefits right off the bat are excellent. Day one you get health, dental, vision, and 401k.","Be prepared to work, it's 10 hours days",Treat people like people and not like a number.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8862,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalogue Associate,Excellent place to work and friendly environment.,i didnt find any difficulties,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8863,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Regional IT Manager,Challenging & Exciting,"New technology, change, fast paced, exciting, challenging",Moves fast and changes more than any other company I've ever worked for,Invest in your field IT teams,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8864,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - AWS Sales Operations,Fast paced and dynamic environment,The Amazon Leadership Principals allow everyone to be empowered and move with speed and purpose. There are unlimited opportunities for career growth if you are comfortable and successful working within the system.,Fast paced and lots of change requires people to always push themselves to grow and develop new capabilities or risk being left behind.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8865,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great had fun,Super great benefits great friends,Long hours poor management etc,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8866,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,They give Good pay for beginners,Don’t care about employees,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8867,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Desperate Times,Pay/benefits are above most other entry-level positions,"Extremely poor work-life balance Overbearing and unrealistic productivity/quality goals with a poor learning curve Extremely physically demanding, standing for ~10hrs with only minimal breaks","Give people more than a week to respond to productivity/quality feedback. New employees should not be written up for quality/productivity for at least the first few weeks of their employment, to give them a chance to acclimate. No one should be afraid of getting fired within a month after being hired due to lower-than-average productivity or from making more than the average amount of quality mistakes.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8868,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Growth, meeting people from all over the world, development of BIG ideas that impact customers in a positive way and learning awesome leadership skills from awesome people.  Been with amazon for 8+ years, started out as a temporary associate and worked my way up, I've seen it all and been to many FC's in NA. If you put in the effort you will be rewarded.",None that I can think of at the moment.,Keep it real.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8869,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment to learn and grow,Great environment to learn and grow,work-life balance is a struggle to maintain with the business demands,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P105.htm
8870,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good first job,"Decent pay, benefits, flexible hours, holiday pay","Physically demanding, blackout periods, short lunches",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8871,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Engineer,You can learn real time experience of handling large system.,"Huge system, distributed management. Different standards in each team.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8872,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Tier One,Good place to start a working career,"Good place for young adults to start learning how to work. Good place for older adults to finish their working careers if all they truly need is benefits. Young aggressive adults will be promoted. Benefits are good. Time off is generous. 10 hour 4 day work week is a benefit to most employees. Amazon offers to pay for college and technical training. Coaching for resumes and interviews. Starting wages are fair and there are quick raises. Many other internal benefits such as training in new departments or processes and training in PIT (Powered Industrial Trucks). Associates, for the most part, are friendly to each other. Bathrooms are clean. Generally the Operations Manager holds an all hands meeting once a month and they generally do a good job engaging the employees. Peak times Amazon tries to create an atmosphere of fun and games. They also raffle off many great prizes during Peak times. Amazon has a very good program offering company stocks to full time employees. Each year around February, Amazon offers employees to quit with a severance pay that pays into the thousands depending on the number of ""peaks"" you successfully worked through.","Older adults, for the most part will not be promoted because management is usually young and they tend to overlook the value of experienced employees. Many tier one associates will be trained on the Kiva floor where they are expected to work in a dangerous environment without the benefit of extra pay. Long distances in these large warehouses means you have to move fast to get to break rooms for 15 minute breaks where most breaks will last you only 7 to 8 minutes.","Management needs to engage their employees more at their stations. This will help the managers to know what employees are thinking. Help employees become better performers without constant threats. Promote older workers who want to be promoted if they meet standards for promotion. After a year, Process Assistance or PA's should be moved to other departments for several reasons. Two reasons are (1) they learn the processes of the warehouse and then they become promotable if they meet the standards for promotion to Area Manager (AM). (2) Most PA's will have there favorites and those favorite employees will get the most new training in other processes and promotions due to the PA's recommendations. If they are in this position too long this scenario becomes worse for for the whole team.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8873,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Good place to work,Overall good place to work,Lower pay than industry. They place too much value on their Stock option.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8874,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sortation,working in a fun and relaxe environment,working in the warehouse was bad,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8875,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Scientist,the company seems growing very fast,not very good compensation overall,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8876,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Inventory Control Quality Assurance,Epitomy of Mindless Jobs,"Three day weekends, good benefits, fixed schedule. They're good about working around a school schedule. You get access to the internal job listings of Amazon. They'll give you an Orca card if you want one.","Possibly the most boring, repetitive job I've ever had. You stand in place 10 hours a day doing the same thing over and over again. It became hard to stomach after a short period of time. Most of the employees just didn't want to be there, and there was a fairly high turnover. The pay is also pretty weak compared to other similar jobs in the area.",Find any way you possibly can to make the work more engaging. I found it difficult to care much after too long due to how maddeningly bored I was.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8877,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant II,Executive Assistant II,"You'll learn more in a year here than you will in 2-3 elsewhere. In most teams, EAs are considered business partners rather than secretaries. You'll be able to learn about the business from a high level.",The hours can be long and the job is very demanding. Burnout is a very real risk here.,"My management has been great so far in my experience, but I would suggest recognizing EA burnout in the same way that you might recognize SDE burnout.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8878,amazon,"Eugene, OR"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - CSNA VCS Team Manager,Amazon Team Manager - Best Job Ever!,"Innovation, Respect, Fun, Autonomy, Teamwork, Work-From-Home!",Work-From-Home is not for everyone.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8879,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,* Strong devs to work with * Upto the team to decide what technology they want to use for the products * Salary is pretty competitive in the market * Good stock options upon joining * Easy to switch teams if you dont like your current one,* No freebies compared to other tech companies * Lots of chopping and replacing in the management level which leads to uncertainity among devs(atleast in my org) * Not enough stock options given out each year,Please stop so much of chopping at the management level. I have had 8 managers in the past 1 year.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P106.htm
8880,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Wild Company,"If you are aspiring and can drive yourself, Amazon is the best place. Amazon provides lot of opportunities to own, lead and deliver. Even low level engineers are expected to lead projects and issues",Amazon benefits and compensation are not the best in the industry. The compensation concern is taken care by stock growth in last few years but still long it will feel like pie in the sky,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8881,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,sortation associate.,The process was easy and pain free and fun.,aches and pains. you will be sore. Take care of yourself.,Keep being awesome.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8882,amazon,"Gardena, CA"," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,One of my favorite jobs.,They had good hours and a cool staff that i worked around that made the job site more fun tho we all took our jobs serious.....,Some of the supervisors we're very unprofessional and thats a small irritation for any work area. Overwhelming us wit more packages then our vans could fit sometime.,"Im a very good worker, hard working, prompt, team player, and ready for the next step.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8883,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CVG1 TOM Team Yard Specialist,I am learning how the transportation side of Amazon works and it fascinates me by how specific and delicate this process truly is. Its helping me build a better career while learning a new process.,"This job requires you to be outside about Eighty percent of the time, so you just have to really be prepared for any type of fluctuation throughout your shift.","If an associate is coming to TOM team from being a tier 1 I suggest to try and give that associate some guidance on the computer system beforehand, for example setting up there amazon email, chime just basic knowledge needed throughout the company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8884,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,growth is very likely within this company,pay can be more but who knows,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8885,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,AWS marketing manager,"Nice people, genuine effort to put substance over style, supportive colleagues, true customer obsession, passion for ideas and innovation, sense of mission, visionary leadership","Not a friendly environment and no welcome (besides orientation) for new employees. Once you're hired, you're on your own. AWS, although huge, still runs like a startup, with lots of chaos and few established, reliable processes. And there are some key senior people with limited experience and don't know what they don't know.","Stop saying, ""no politics here."" There are politics at Amazon, just like any other company. Be more curious. Yes, there are amazing things happening at Amazon, but there's plenty to learn from other organizations. Ask more questions of your experienced employees who have arrived from other companies.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8886,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate Tier I,It’s work you get out what you put in (some of the time),Main pro is the stocks but you have to last 2 years to actually use them... it’s alright if you can establish yourself as a hard worker and build rep with the pa’s and am’s  4 days on and 3 off  There’s events that recognize you for doing a good job,It’s work... depending on your area you can get have a smooth time or get hustled while your co workers chill and talk  They’re expanding at a rate where there’s not enough work for the amount of workers and when that happens they will find physical busy work that you may or may not like to push you out for the day to retain hours  Miscommunication on a regular basis between departments  If it’s peak they will hustle you back from your lunch  It can get cliquey and work politics is a thing just because you work hard doesn’t mean you’ll get that promotion a few people I know were getting groomed for higher positions and got snubbed because of transfers ... and then they got to teach the new pa’s and am’s,Better training of associates the pa we had when I started struggled because they essentially said results results results with little training  Also on that note I got let go on a technicality (literally the only mistake I’ve ever made... no prior write ups in fact I interviewed the week before to move up) because it was deemed a “safety issue” that is in fact not a situation covered via training (if an employee doesn’t know EXACTLY what to look for you’re setting them up for failure),2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8887,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment Associate,Competitive and great pay. They do a yearly evaluation to compete with cost of living and adjust everyone's pay accordingly. Can advance quickly I believe within 30 days of working there.,Its hard to stay employed here because they are so strict with numbers and quality. Working fast and not making mistakes do not go hand in hand which makes it especially hard to meet the quotas set for everyone. People get written up constantly for not meeting quotas and after the third write up you are let go. They are things that prevent meeting quota sometimes that cannot be controlled like computer problems but manager might still write you up.,Focus on employees and well being the same way you focus on quotas. Do not try to scare employees into meeting quotas by writing them up especially if it is not their fault or out of their control like computer problems.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8888,amazon,"Fresno, CA"," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Merch Flow Associate,Modern Day Slavedrivers,Nice break rooms. Friendly managers. High security.,"The break rooms are not worth the walks it takes to reach them. The managers are nice, but either incredibly naive, or horribly condescending when it came to telling you how to do your job. Their expectations are unreasonable, and I doubt most of the managers could hit 300 UPH even if they tried. Not with palette after palette of food processors and 12 pack cans of cat food. Carpal tunnel hits even the most careful stower.","Adjust the rates more to account for item size and pod availability. Fix the issues where only 18.5"" pods would arrive for 14"" items, but not accept them. That slows productivity tremendously. Be less condescending to your workers. They're trying. They don't need your tips on how to go faster if they've been there a month. Bad days happen. Pod problems happen. Cat food happens. Lay off.",1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8889,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,"Everything moves so fast at Amazon, it's very exciting. The job changes every day. Learning opportunities are endless. Opportunities to transfer within departments/worldwide locations.","Tight deadlines, but it makes it exciting",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P107.htm
8890,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Awesome People, Great entrepreneurial environment","You build your career here - the opportunities are endless No pigeon holing in a role, in fact you are encouraged to learn Decisions are data based and move quickly","Not a good environment for someone that wants structure, be directed what to do Compensation is tied to stock (this has been a great thing, however, could change)","Communicate with your teams, understand their skills and leverage them. Provide guidance when stuck.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8891,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a job,Co-workers and managers very nice and helpful,Not much pay for the back breaking work,none,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8892,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,No pros that I can see,Low Pay Long Hours Young Managers,At least act like you care about your workers,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8893,amazon,"Hazelwood, MO"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter/Scanner,Sortation,"COMMUNICATION, BENEFITS, GROWTH, LEARNING, CASUAL","Steady hours, BREAKS, CASUAL Wear, Friendly, Locker",Keep up the great Work on Communication,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8894,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,"Great place to work, but it's not for the faint of heart","* You will be challenged to learn new things and grow as a person. * Everyone is expected to be an owner and to act accordingly. * The company has a genuine dedication to finding and solving problems, both within the organization and in the outside world. * You'll get to do cool new things all the time. * Moving around within the company is encouraged!","* You'll be given way more than you can handle from the get-go. * People accustomed to working with direction and in an orderly environment will get lost easily. * It can be really hard to get your footing in this place. * You'll sometimes get flak from randos about working here because you're working at a large company some people have told ""horror stores"" about. Some of the stories are sort of true, but they're made to sound much worse than they really are.","The work-life balance is easily the worst thing about working at Amazon. It's part of the culture, but something really needs to be done to remind people that time away from work doing things you love with people you love is at least as important as the work you do. People who have worked here for a while get this and do better about maintaining a work/life balance and maintaining a healthy workload, but the first year or so can be really hard on people. Some advice and encouragement from the top down would do a lot to help here.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8895,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Inbound Fulfillment Associate,"BENEFITS!! Benefits start on day one(vs 30-90 days for other companies). Accrued vacation/Paid Time Off, Quarterly Unpaid Time Off, Stocks, performance and attendance bonuses, training opportunities, schedule(I currently work 4 nights a week). Lateral transfers are fairly easy.","Depending on your building, it can be hard to move up. Management can be a pain & VERY incompetent. They care way too much about numbers and sometimes not the well being of associates. Hours can be very long during peak season(think six 12hr shifts). Pay is insanely low for the amount of work that’s required.",Most FC Associates are definitely not being paid livable wages. We can pay bills with the stocks and benefits that’s offered so please don’t take that into account when determining whether the building in question will get a raise.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8896,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,salaried operations manager,"good benefits, work is fun. Very fast paced enviroment.  stock options","Long hours, stressful work. Poor communcation from leadership.",be fair and consistent,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8897,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing for work,"Fast paced, hard to pound down, hold the head tight and turn it just right as my father said. Amazon is a great company as I described above.",She isn't my manager. But i wish I could manage her.,Please be more aware about broken water fountain stations.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8898,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Friendly managers, work from home.",No cons at the time,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8899,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Very helpful people, patient, willing to teach. The company moves quickly in so many different directions so there are always new and interesting projects coming up and teams forming.","Compared to other big tech companies (Google, Facebook, etc.) there aren't nearly as many benefits like free food, as one of the core principles is frugality. The pace is high, which makes it exciting but may stress certain types of people out.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P108.htm
8900,amazon,"Cleveland, OH"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Ops Administrative Human Resources,Ops OA,"Amazon has many perks too many to name but my favorite is the work week set-up. I love working 4-10 hour shifts as it gives you work/life balance. The pay is great and the options for a monthly bonus opportunity is a great incentive for making sure that you do your best and work all of your scheduled shifts. The benefits are some of the best that I have had and I have worked in various industries, so I have something to compare. There is so many growth opportunities and chances to travel and relocate. I could go on and on, but these are some of my favorite",I don't have any cons at this time. I am completely satisfied with what I have experienced thus far,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8901,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - RAS,Regional Accommodation Specialist,"Great location, Good team work and Excellent Team management support.",No parking spaces must park in public sites,Covered parking spaces,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8902,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018","Current Employee - Inbound Stow &amp, Problem Solve",Amazon Review,Benefits. Pay. Stock. Meeting great people and learning a lot within the company.,Working 10-12hrs everyday doing the same thing sometimes gets boring.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8903,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - District Sales Manager,Amazon Web Services Sales,"I've been at AWS for about six years all in Sales. In that time I've received promotions, chances to change roles, and it's never been boring. I've kept to working 40 hours per week and use up all my vacation. It's a high growth company and management supports movement across departments. There's an intensity here that I think comes from a high bar from hiring. However, I haven't felt the pressure from the executive team to deviate from the work/life balance I want to protect.",The flow of information can be overwhelming. There are so many services and they go so deep. There are often key roles missing because of our high hiring bar and the economics of the job market.,We should acknowledge the cost of having open positions for extended periods of time year after year and bite the bullet on dealing with it. That may mean heavier investment internally for training or paying above market to attract the top talent.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8904,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Entry Level Inbound Associate,P.A.,Opportunity with amazing benefits and great culture. Wonderful people who are caring. Probably the world's best company. Can't say enough positive things to say.,Not many. Holidays are mandatory. Not phones allowed in building. It's very to list cons with such a great place to work. 10hr shifts aren't as bad but tuff at times.,Remove all expectations of speed for new hires. Everyone learns at a different pace. Keep in mind of the contradictory mindset created by pushing pace & also quality together.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8905,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,A place for leaders!!,"I have been here for 5 years and still feels fresh! Work on a team, deliver products for customers and switch to next team once you have been there enough. This keeps me fresh and excited!",It's difficult to grow after L6.,More roles and growth opportunities for higher levels. Keep up with customer obsession and stay away from bureaucracy.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8906,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,All Politics so play the Game,Good Pay and Benefits. Work hard to get noticed for advancement opportunities.,"Alot of Butt kissing, so make to rub shoulders with the right Senior Leaders",HIRE AND DEVELOP THE BEST not just the YES mans.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8907,amazon,"Hamden, CT"," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Scanner,People are friendly. And kind all but some of the managers,Poor working conditions and low pay and I think they can talk to any which way they want it just sucks,No because they have their favorites,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8908,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging but rewarding,"Amazon will provide you with many chances to show your leadership ability. It is a great place to work if you are considering a career in either management, logistics, or even just leadership.","The hours are very long, sometimes you'll work 60 hours in 5 days during peak.","Take responsibility for your actions, and be more open to criticism.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8909,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Innovative company with good opportunities for employees,Not a lot of vertical transparency,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P109.htm
8910,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Innovative company with good opportunities for employees,Not a lot of vertical transparency,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8911,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Development Engineer,"Exciting, technically challenging, wonderful team mates, great manager.",Sometimes too many TPMs feeding projects to the engineers.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8912,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awful,you can get extra hours as needed,everything treat you like your 3 even on a good day your still treated like younger than a teenanger,if your put into a new job train the person communicate better or you have any employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8913,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Loved it,"Flexible hours, great starting pay and great management and coworkers",Managers need to be more safety focused and advocate for warehouse safety.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8914,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Create Your Own Job, Work It, Then Get It",Opportunities to advance. Ability to create your own role.,"Have worked in current position for a year and a half, and still haven't been fully promoted.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8915,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,"Amazing company, great benefits, fast pace work",not a great work/life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8916,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Warehouse Worker,Very Cool job and nice atmosphere,None everyone is very nice,none,4.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8917,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate I,Fulfillment Center,"Good salary, excellent benefits and they treat you like you matter.",I hate to complain but Peak. It’s a long and stressful time.,A little more flexibility,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8918,amazon,"Chesterfield, VA"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Nike,"Good pay, only work 4 days a week at nights so I’m always available in the day time other then my off days where I’m available all day, great people, best manager i ever had with a job, and reasonable job performances.","Walking all day for 10 hours and 30 minutes , only two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch.",N/A,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8919,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Good learning environment, very talented engineers","Can be high pressure. Not forgiving of mistakes, some really bad middle managers.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P110.htm
8920,amazon,"Waukegan, IL"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Good Benefits and plenty of OT,"A lot of favoritism played, Racists Managers, low pay, long hours",Learn how to communicate with all races,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8921,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Good Cardio,Convenient because you can set your weekly schedule.,You feel like you're in elementary school. Managers scold and lecture you if you aren't meeting scanning quotas - which at times can seem impossible.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8922,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,"Stock, work life balance, a lot of room to advance.",I can not think of any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8923,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Business Generalist,Work from Home,Awesome flexible schedule. Great pay. Awarded with unpaid time off 4 times a year to use at your discretion. Time and a half on worked holidays.,There are no cons that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8924,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to work,Great career growth & bendfits,poor 401k and other benefits,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8925,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work for,Amazon is continuously innovating on behalf of customers. It is a great place to be as an inventor and builder of new things.,"Amazon is not the best place for everyone. Read the leadership principles and decide how you exemplify them. If you don't ""get it"" - it might not be the best fit for you.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8926,amazon,"Seattle Heights, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Say goodbye to your life outside work,Contribute from day 1 Looks great on resume Stock growing like crazy,High pressure to work long hours Ramp up process is more like hitting a wall High turnover means that several people might be being trained by the one person on the team who has been there more than a few months Ridiculous amount of tribal knowledge: nothing is documented,"Stop pressuring people to move every year, it makes operations a nightmare",2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8927,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Returns,Retures,Some people are nice,Management PA don't listen don't care,They only wants a lazy the ones that are dumb and will do whatever they say like jump they don't want some of that works hard and make sure the job gets done the correct way,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8928,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Opportunities Abound to Learn and be Challenged,"Amazon affords many benefits—pay, stock, generous PTO and maternity/paternity, parking allowances and transit passes—but the most exciting benefit is less tangible: the opportunity to grow and learn in one of the most innovative companies on the planet. At Amazon, you're working with amazingly talented people who constantly challenge your assumptions. The mandate to create well-written narrative documents when proposing an idea to leadership means that you're under pressure to think through your ideas and find a way to crystallize them. The result is that each product and service receives significant scrutiny long before resources are invested.","Amazon feels a bit like a bunch of small startups conglomerated into a large entity, and as a result, there's often ambiguity in the job. No on is going to tell you what to do—you have to figure it out. For some, that's a benefit, but it can also be daunting at times.","Spend more time on the ground with employees. Find opportunities at team events or through office hours to connect with the lower level employees, and have an open dialog with them about their frustrations. We're a customer obsessed company, but in some respects, managers' customers are the employees that report to them. Be obsessed with understanding what your employees' pain points are, and help them overcome them.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8929,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Auditor,"Good salary and benefits, regular hours, central location, Monday-Friday schedule.","Travel on the job, office politics, bad management, outdated systems.",They won't listen.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P111.htm
8930,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Auditor,"Good salary and benefits, regular hours, central location, Monday-Friday schedule.","Travel on the job, office politics, bad management, outdated systems.",They won't listen.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8931,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Don't work here,Benefits are great. Always overtime,No work life balance and your just a number,Don't stress about numbers so much,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8932,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay, excellent technical challenges, and learning opportunities, but overworked and difficult environment","Start up environment that allows flexibility on taking multiple roles, offers growth on responsibilities, and great pay.","Extreme high expectations with no room for error, or mistakes. Management and internal customers expect everything on time with no wiggle room for negotiating quality, time, or cost. Frugal value is taken all the way to have miserable budgets. Ultra demanding environment that spills over in personal life (no work balance whatsoever).","It's great to aim for high standards, but management needs to celebrate intermediate gains, and expect reasonable employee deliverables.",1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8933,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Customer Obsessed,"The motto is ""Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History."" That's exactly what we do here. Imagine the fastest job you've ever worked and then multiple that by 100. You still wouldn't believe how quickly things move here. The key is that we hire people who thrive in this environment. There's no such thing as ""that's not my job"". The Leadership Principles are what we operate by and that drives accountability from every Amazonian. To put it simply, we get it done. And we always start with the customer. Being that I was a customer before an employee, it's something that is very commendable and in my opinion the best way to provide quality customer service. We always are seeking ways to innovate and improve. It's a great space to be in. I've never felt more supported in my career growth than at Amazon. There is a TON of internal mobility and you're encouraged to always explore ""what else"" or ""what's next"" for you. I enjoy working from home most days as I sit on a team that has many remote teammates. We hire the best talent regardless of location (when it makes sense for the role). You're trusted to get your work done and never feel like you're on an island.","Amazon doesn't have as many perks as other companies. However, I have more work life balance than I ever have had before. Who needs perks if you get to log out and enjoy your life after work :)",Keep Hiring and Developing the Best!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8934,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - 3PL Operations Liaison,Internal Customer Obsession,"Amazon supplies their associates with outstanding benefits such as RSUs, multiple options for leave of absences, and time off options to ensure employees are off when needed. Amazon truly cares about their expecting families, IN SEVERAL ASPECTS. Amazon assists with pregnancies involving Amazon employees (leaves for mothers AND fathers), Amazon has ADOPTION ASSISTANCE, and just because the mother of your child MAY NOT work for Amazon there may still be benefits for the mother - JUST because YOU work for Amazon.  Amazon is customer obsessed - not only externally, but internally as well and I would recommend ANYONE I know to come work for Amazon.  There are constant doors open to move up in the company - whether you have a college degree OR you're a 19 year old looking for a job with decent money to support your family.","Most of the time, the hours are extremely long - BUT the 40 hour are guarantee and associates typically do have 3 days off. Pay caps for entry level jobs may need to be looked into, so that employees are not swayed to move to other companies.","Look into increasing the entry level jobs, so that hard workers stay with the company after they've extended several years. Continue to promote from within, the best leaders are the ones that have gone through the hardships with the company, and ensure the associates that are promoted have a desire to help the company continue to improve.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8935,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Global Sales Manager,Global Manager,"Amazon is a fantastic environment for Type-A players. The quality of people and teams all across Amazon is significantly higher than anywhere else, and that is what shows in our engagements with our customers in any capacity. Amazon is a difficult place to get hired into, but a very easy place to stay once you are in, as the company goes above and beyond to take care of its employees.","The only downside I see is that it becomes hard to go anywhere else or even think of any other company to work for after being at Amazon, since nowhere else would be or could be this good.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8936,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Great Company foster learning, professional development and work life harmony","Extremely Talented people to work with Great Benefits and Competitive Compensation Stocks keeps going up, so does your salary as you are partly paid in RSUs",Bad Press (Thank you Senator Bernie),"Keep doing what you are doing and don't listen to Bernie or Trump. They are both Washington rats running on assumptions, lies and bitterness.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8937,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Awesome people and culture!,"Amazon's culture won't be for everyone. If you'd rather do the same thing everyday and not change, then Amazon is not the place for you. If you looking to be innovative and use your creative genius then check them out. Also, check out their leadership principles.  The pay is great (complimented with stock) - benefits are good as well. Lot's of freedom to experiment.","The company is moving so fast it's hard to keep up, this is especially true in the AWS org. Also, in every company there are bad apples, don't expect everyone at Amazon to be a unicorn.",Keep hiring smart people and give them the freedom to innovate.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8938,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS is Awesome (for me),"Good benefits, good management (at least in my org). I've worked a lot of places where management doesn't want to hear contradictory opinions, this is the opposite. Even our interns jump in the fray. Management listens, and expects us to hold to the highest standards . First place I've ever worked where the guiding principles are actually referenced more often than during employee training and, in fact, are talked about in almost every.single.meeting. Probably one of the few places I've worked where I can give my opinion freely (backed by data, of course) and be praised for it instead of criticized for not being nice enough / political enough / tactful enough (I'm a woman). My org (AWS Platform) is very female/minority friendly, at from my experience. WFH policy is logical (do it when you need it, don't abuse it, get the job done). PTO seems very reasonable, although not crazy generous (I came from gov't, which was practically european if you'd been there 15 years) ... it is better than a lot of other large companies.","I've worked in both Seattle and Herndon, and commutes may suck if you aren't close to the office. That said, they do everything they can in Seattle to help out - I love the Amazon bus service because I can start working from the bus (they have wifi). Also, this culture isn't for everyone, and you have to pick your org carefully. A lot comes down to management - it's a big company. And, the culture here is pretty aggressive and expects you to be a self-starter. If you are very shy, don't like to speak up, and need clear guidelines and expectations ... it may not be the best fit.",Keep to the leadership principles. Some orgs are getting too big/unwieldy/almost governmental. Figure out how to get them back into start-up mode and out of taking two fiscal cycles to actually implement a project.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8939,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Fantastic company,"Very efficient interview process, excellent experience. Great team and managers, surrounded by smart and driven people.",Medical premiums could be a bit cheaper.,No advice to management at the moment.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P112.htm
8940,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I Pick Ambassador/Amnesty Tech,"So far , so good","I personally like picking on a station and not having to worry about anyone looking over my shoulder as long as I make rare. Nice people very motivational. Some jobs are tougher than others. And i was able to get amnesty tech spot. As far as how to get a non critical role. Stay away from vto, be on time, little tot , keep your rate and quality up and talk to your AM. Make it your goal to get to know everyone. Get to know ams from other teams make friends with current amnesty techs and let them be your biggest promoters. But you can’t forget the opertunity amazon also gives all associates for schooling etc",If you go negative upt you risk losing your job . Job rotation isn’t always able to be done.,more team building. And if they’re gonna give 30 minute lunches they should provide a way to obtain a hot lunch even if we still have to pay for it.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8941,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Opportunities for advancement and training. Lots of exciting change management for growth.,"Very fast pace, what’s here today can be obsolete tomorrow.",Consistent communication with associates across all levels so everyone is on the same page working toward the same goals.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8942,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Transportation Specialist,school accommodation The health insurance is great,If you're not willing to relocate there is a lack of advancement opportunities,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8943,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways Operations Manager,A very fast paced and customer focused company,Not a very employee friendly company,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8944,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Shipping Clerk,Not Bad,"Advancement opportunities, minimal mandatory OT, 4 day work weeks","Stressful, minimal downtime, labor tracked to the minute",none,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8945,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"Prestige, Learning Opportunities, Sometimes fun project","Intense Pressure, Harsh Culture, Poor Management",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8946,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can be fun but it is not easy,decent pay time goes by fast,a lot of work and very demanding,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8947,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud Support Associate,Very good company with fast paced environment got to learn lot.,n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8948,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Good job, but hard work",10 hour days/ 4 days a week They start off good hourly wages,"In my opinion not enough training for the amount of work they have us do, I had a good 26 hours of training then I was set out to ride a PIT or powered industrial truck",Take your time when it comes to training your employees,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8949,amazon,"Fairview, TX"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Prime Shopper,prime shopper,nice job to have if you could work,Can never get a shift. Shifts are gone before ever posting on my phone. The employees who are fortunate to get shift postings go down line and click on every shift. Then drop shifts at a later date but you never know when if your not on your phone 24/7. When first applied was told 15- 20 hrs a week was the most but when started actual shift mananger told everyone they could work up to 40 hrs a week. Total lie from beginning. Mass hirings . Way more people then required for work.,allow everybody to work at least 16 hrs a week. you can tell who's not getting to work.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P113.htm
8950,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Part Time Flex SDS Agent,Seasonal flex sds work at home,The mgr was nice but can’t think of anything else.,"The training consist of reading and looking at videos for 4 weeks. No hands on training when taking live calls. You’re pretty much on your own. Long hours for little pay You bid on your schedule but by the time it’s your turn, there is nothing left and you’re having to work all weekend long. If you have another job or a family, this will not be a great fit for you.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8951,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Harsh condition,"Good pay, benefit, supervisors friendly,co workers friendly, lots of food to purchase in the lunch room",Lots of expectations and have to go through airport style security to go lunch room and outside.,None,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8952,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,"Benefit is good, well work environment","a lot of rules , management, work life balance",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8953,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Scanner,Sort Center,The pay and hours are exceptional.,Everything but the pay and hours. Anyone over Tier 1 got their spot from kissing the right you know what. Management is horrible and should be replaced ALL OF MANAGEMENT. Would be the best place to work if you didn’t have to watch all of the butt kissing then watch the kisser get an ambassador or PA spot without any knowledge of the actual job. Smh.Beware though because management will take advantage of you if you’re a great employee but will not promote you at all.,All of you should QUIT!,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8954,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent at customer service,friendly team managers great staff,abusive customers and no overtime pay,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8955,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Technical Program Management,- customer focused working culture - standardized processes and structure,- too much focus on being frugal which may or may not work in all the scenarios,continue the growth - Amazon is doing a wonderful job in all fronts.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8956,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I love Amazon, but I'm convinced it's not for everyone",Great learning and development experience Great culture of high standards Great at forcing all decisions to be data-based and avoid paralysis for analysis,"Very demanding job You will always have more on your plate that you can possibly execute (if you're a good planner, this isn't an issue) You need to know very well how to handle stress",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8957,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Limitless growth opportunity if you are willing to move or change roles. Awesome peers. Great, open leadership. Great compensation and benefits",Leadership constantly changing can make it difficult to establish relationships. Fortunately most leaders are of the highest quality. Annual raises are very small even for top performers. The only way to make a significant increase in salary is to get promoted,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8958,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Growth, Easy to make an impact, Fast pace, Great People to work with: associated, peers, leadership team",Lots of task to complete...If you want to stay ahead you'll have to work on projects on your day off.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8959,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Sep 2, 2018",Former Employee - Process Guide,Good place to work,Amazon has really great benefits,The pay isn't great and caps out,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P114.htm
8960,amazon,"Theodore, AL"," Sep 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Good benefits, set schedule, fast advancement","Set schedule, have to put in bids and see if they will approve your schedule changes At the time , it was only part time work They will not work with other schedules It was a new facility and the hours were constantly changing",Have more respect for your employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8961,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager II,Learning new things every day,Working 60+ hours in FC. Even worse during peak. Way too much politics and nonsense going on. No work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8962,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I Pick Ambassador/Amnesty Tech,"So far , so good","I personally like picking on a station and not having to worry about anyone looking over my shoulder as long as I make rare. Nice people very motivational. Some jobs are tougher than others. And i was able to get amnesty tech spot. As far as how to get a non critical role. Stay away from vto, be on time, little tot , keep your rate and quality up and talk to your AM. Make it your goal to get to know everyone. Get to know ams from other teams make friends with current amnesty techs and let them be your biggest promoters. But you can’t forget the opertunity amazon also gives all associates for schooling etc",If you go negative upt you risk losing your job . Job rotation isn’t always able to be done.,more team building. And if they’re gonna give 30 minute lunches they should provide a way to obtain a hot lunch even if we still have to pay for it.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8963,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Opportunities for advancement and training. Lots of exciting change management for growth.,"Very fast pace, what’s here today can be obsolete tomorrow.",Consistent communication with associates across all levels so everyone is on the same page working toward the same goals.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8964,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Rewarding work but terrible benefits, no perks, and subpar work life balance",Some really good people work here and the projects and ownership is substantial. Can be as challenging as you wish and very rewarding. There is a high bar and you are challenged to raise it even higher.,"Very poor benefits and perks package. There are are extremely few holidays. And frugality is definitely hurting teams' morale. Everything is about shaving money off their cost. New buildings are pretty much business only, very few spaces in the office buildings for non-working things. There are many features but all of them are pretty small and un-used. Benefits are bare minimum and there are no perks, just very tiny amount of discounts. Work life balance can be really bad depending on the team. 24 hour on-call rotations can be frequent and highly stressful depending on your team. Your manager has very little power to improve team morale because the money is extremely tight if it isn't spent on direct profit generation mechanisms.",More perks and better benefits. At least have a gym or a cafeteria or a stocked kitchen. Only thing that's free is coffee and bananas.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8965,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Tax Analyst,It’s a good place to build your resume.,"Great people, lots of energy, and exciting.","Long hours, stress, micromanagement, fear",The people feel like they are overworked,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8966,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,The startup company,"Challenging problems, amazing coworkers, and frontier technology.","The work-life balance is awful, and there is a lack of documentation and the one available happens to be outdated making it useless. The learning curve becomes a problem if you are on a new project.","I know the importance of the bias for action principle but rushing projects and having incomplete documentation, workbooks, and runbooks combined with people leaving all the time makes it a death sentence during the oncall week. You can't keep on tolerating sacrificing long-term goals to accomplish short-term milestones.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8967,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,"Good Salary, Moderately Interesting Work, Transportation provided.","Insane work timings, endless night shifts, impossible targets, weekend shifts the worst.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8968,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"cutting edge technology, well paid, promising future","difficult to get promotion, work life balance",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8969,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Business Partner,HR Business Partner,"I've been at Amazon for almost 4 years. I get to work with some of the smartest and innovative people on the planet. Amazon has made me better in everything I do. I came to Amazon looking for an opportunity to stretch and that has happened in every way. As an HR professional, I have to be open and objective. But, Amazon has stretched those skills, too. No problem or idea is too big or too small at Amazon. We're encouraged to think of better and more efficient ways to do everything. Nothing is off limits. Amazon is an environment for people who want to work hard and who want to do their best. I've had the chance to do that here.  Some describe Amazon's environment as tough and work hours intensive. I would challenge that and describe Amazon as an honest environment with open and frequent feedback. The number of hours you work at Amazon can be intense, but we play hard, too. I also think the number of hours we work is sometimes self imposed. When my friends and family ask me about whether or not Amazon would be a good fit for them, I balance my answer by what I know about them and not Amazon. If I know them to be hard workers with high standards and someone who consistently stretches themselves (raises the bar), I tell them they should come to Amazon tomorrow. If, however, I know them to like do things the easy way or to settle for ""okay"" in the things they do, I tell them that Amazon may not be a good fit for them.","Amazon is a large place and it's easy to get lost. You'll have to actively work to get to know people outside of your team. Amazon has a lot of Connections groups to help with this, but you have to make the time to do it. Amazon's Seattle location leaves a lot to be desired where diversity in ethnicity is concerned. The Seattle area has a very small population of people of color. So, living in the area can be a bit isolating.  The cost of living in Seattle can also be a shock. Be sure to do your research.  Amazon, and other large companies in the area, don't seem to be doing enough to help with the homeless population in Seattle. This responsibility probably shouldn't fall to private companies, but their growth is what drives the cost of living, which drives homelessness. The homeless population also affects Amazon employees who aren't from areas with large homeless populations. I've been here for almost 4 years and I'm still uncomfortable with the tent camps, solicitation in the downtown area, and the fact that people are in need.","My only advice is around the compensation model for a weird reason. Our shares have outperformed what any of us could have guessed. This leads to employees not getting increases because their share value has doubled or quadrupled. This is the toughest thing to explain to employees who are doing a wonderful job.  It's a good problem to have, but employees don't always get it and still want more even when they are earning way more than originally planned.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P115.htm
8970,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Business Partner,HR Business Partner,"I've been at Amazon for almost 4 years. I get to work with some of the smartest and innovative people on the planet. Amazon has made me better in everything I do. I came to Amazon looking for an opportunity to stretch and that has happened in every way. As an HR professional, I have to be open and objective. But, Amazon has stretched those skills, too. No problem or idea is too big or too small at Amazon. We're encouraged to think of better and more efficient ways to do everything. Nothing is off limits. Amazon is an environment for people who want to work hard and who want to do their best. I've had the chance to do that here.  Some describe Amazon's environment as tough and work hours intensive. I would challenge that and describe Amazon as an honest environment with open and frequent feedback. The number of hours you work at Amazon can be intense, but we play hard, too. I also think the number of hours we work is sometimes self imposed. When my friends and family ask me about whether or not Amazon would be a good fit for them, I balance my answer by what I know about them and not Amazon. If I know them to be hard workers with high standards and someone who consistently stretches themselves (raises the bar), I tell them they should come to Amazon tomorrow. If, however, I know them to like do things the easy way or to settle for ""okay"" in the things they do, I tell them that Amazon may not be a good fit for them.","Amazon is a large place and it's easy to get lost. You'll have to actively work to get to know people outside of your team. Amazon has a lot of Connections groups to help with this, but you have to make the time to do it. Amazon's Seattle location leaves a lot to be desired where diversity in ethnicity is concerned. The Seattle area has a very small population of people of color. So, living in the area can be a bit isolating.  The cost of living in Seattle can also be a shock. Be sure to do your research.  Amazon, and other large companies in the area, don't seem to be doing enough to help with the homeless population in Seattle. This responsibility probably shouldn't fall to private companies, but their growth is what drives the cost of living, which drives homelessness. The homeless population also affects Amazon employees who aren't from areas with large homeless populations. I've been here for almost 4 years and I'm still uncomfortable with the tent camps, solicitation in the downtown area, and the fact that people are in need.","My only advice is around the compensation model for a weird reason. Our shares have outperformed what any of us could have guessed. This leads to employees not getting increases because their share value has doubled or quadrupled. This is the toughest thing to explain to employees who are doing a wonderful job.  It's a good problem to have, but employees don't always get it and still want more even when they are earning way more than originally planned.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8971,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery driver,You are able to pick any shift to work. The pay is great. There's a lot of flexibility.,"The shifts are hard to aquire, very scarce.",Incorporate an initial first day orientation for smooth transition and easier acclimation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8972,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Good job,"Benefits, Schedule, Time off, 4 day work week",None- it's a job where they expect you to work,hourly pay could be better,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8973,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Staffing Lead,Why would you not want to work for Amazon,"-Best culture I’ve ever been apart of. Work in staffing and so I have to work with all departments (Ops, HR, Training, etc). The Staffinf department is super supportive and always helpful when there is a question or concern. You can reach out to anyone at any point in time during the day for help or support. -Amazon is the most innovative and impressive company I’ve ever worked for! It’s so insane how quickly such a large company like Amazon can pivot and change directions when something is identified as a defect or something that doesn’t work. Simply incredible! Best company to work for and so many opportunities to grow!","No cons, seriously! What is there to complain about?!?! I work in staffing and am responsible for staffing tier 1 warehouse associates and pay and work is incredibly competitive and better than most surrounding companies. I worked at a staffing firm the prior 5 years to working at Amazon and BY FAR amazons pay, benefits, accommodations, and work conditions are better then the surrounding companies. But I guess people don’t like to work hard now-a-days so when amazon expects a certain level or productivity people then get mad and think Amazon is the worst. Amazon in Minnesota pays $15.50/hr, accepts prayer breaks, and even has part-time health benefits....no other company around would even imagine offering all of those.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8974,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Variety of projects provide opportunities,Sometimes quick to release product,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8975,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,A Good First Or Parttime Job,"(MKE5 part time)  In spite of what you hear on the news, they're not a bad company to work for. They expect a fair bit from you, but as long as you take your job seriously the managers will pretty much leave you alone.  It's definitely ""a job"" but it's also a pretty good stepping stone.","The environment can be loud, managers oftentimes underestimate how long a process will take, pay is a bit low.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8976,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its ok because of RSU,Stock and pay are great...hard to find anywhere that will comp as much strictly due to stock appreciation -> not targeted comp,Somewhat hard to gauge performance...company is intentionally opaque on feedback,Let people know how they are doing compared to their peers and how much they actually are targeted to make,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8977,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great Company, could be better in certain ways","1. I have exceptionally smart coworkers that I get to work with and its a privilege that I don't think I would get everywhere.  2. I get to work on new technologies. And multiple programming languages Objective C, Swift, Scala ....  3. I get to work on interesting, high impact projects that add true value to our customers.  4. My team is pretty process light and while agile and very little of the ceremony of Scrum.","1. Amazon leaderships make more tactical decisions than strategic, leading to less than ideal technical debt, designs and long term planning and product decisions.  2. Amazon is filled with type A personalities and is kind of bruising at times. You have to develop a thick skin or you would very soon start hating your jobs.  3. Leveling criteria becomes exponentially harder as you progress. A lot of senior technical talent feel either under appreciated and are often not given promotions when they deserve it.",1. Prioritize good long term decision making that produces the best possible product for the customer instead of producing half baked solutions that consistently burn both us and our customers.  2. Recognize talent early on and promote them when they deserve it. Create more levels if necessary.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8978,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work/Life Balance,"Fulfilling customer orders, fast paced environment, growth of company, transfer opportunities everywhere.","Terrible work/life balance, Initial Stock grant considered in YoY overall compensation review, Toxic culture depending on FC.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8979,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Program Specialist,Building the Car While Driving It,"I am surrounded by smart people, truly. And the tag line of customer obsession isn't just spin, like 'make sure we make money so we can keep prices down as a secondary benefit to our profits,' as I've experienced at other companies. We actually do work backwards from the customer and move ~mountains to try and make things happen for the customer benefit.","We really are building the car as we're driving it, and that can be very, very frustrating when everything seems to go wrong simultaneously...",Don't launch something when a LARGE change is made the last afternoon of testing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P116.htm
8980,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Amazon HQ employee review,"Great salary, great benefits, Seattle is awesome.",Traffic in Seattle is terrible.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8981,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Love My Job,- Innovative company - Good Life/Work balance - Overall Flexible Management - Great Training Provided,"Not really cons, but if we could have food like Google at all times, that would be cool :D However, we do get team lunches occasionally.",Wish managers were a little more personable.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8982,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Prep Problem Solver and Ambassador,My Personal Amazon Prep Life,I have worked at Amazon for about 2 years now. You get to meet all kinds of people. There are so many ways to talk to leadership. If you have an idea you can share it. The managers are awesome. You can ask almost anyone for help and rarely will someone tell you no. Managers tend to let you do your job without interfering to much.,It can be difficult when you are working hard and see other people slacking and they want to blame management. With the amount of people here it is hard to watch everyone every second. The dress code could certainly be enforced more.,Keep doing what you are doing. You are all doing great. I understand it is hard to watch 200 people at once. I don't expect perfection. Specially when people should be able to do their jobs without being watched all the time. Thank you for all you do to make this place a little more fun.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8983,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Awesome Company, Great Job","Compensation is tied to the company stock, which brings a huge windfall when the stock is doing well (which it has been forever). Great management with clear vision, compassion, and focus. Many areas are run like startups, with very high levels of empowerment.","Can be long on red tape and complex processes for certain things. You better be ready to bring your A game. You may or may not necessarily have long hours, but high production is expected.",Let's keep rolling!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8984,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery driver,You are able to pick any shift to work. The pay is great. There's a lot of flexibility.,"The shifts are hard to aquire, very scarce.",Incorporate an initial first day orientation for smooth transition and easier acclimation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8985,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Why the turn over is high,"It’s local, it pays more than fast food or grocery","Management condescending to new hires, low pay for the amount of work involved.","I am 48 years old and I’ve worked every day with few exceptions since I was 16. The shortest period of time I’ve worked in my entire life before amazon was five years. The only reason I left after 5 years was because I moved across the country. At no point at any job I’ve ever had, with the exception of when I washed dishes at 16 for a perpetually angry old man, have I ever been talked to or treated as poorly as I have by management at Amazon. If you ask a valid question they huff and become angry. If your scan gun glitches, they become frustrated at you, even though you had zero to do with it. The most frustrating thing about working at amazon is being talked down to because of something completely out of your control. Management acts like this because they CAN. There is nobody above them that is going to remprimand them for it and they know it.",1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8986,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation,"12hr, simple tasks, some good people","Favoritism among the ambassadors and their friends, takes away VTO when you do double shifts and dont clock out between them,","Would really take peoples reports seriously because if you ignore your employees, they will leave.",2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8987,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehousing,"Decent pay, Medical, 401K (they will match up to 2% of your pay), Paid breaks, Offer bonus","Long Shifts, Hard on body, Constant lifting, expected to meet high speed demands (175/1hr picking Min) Standing long periods of time","Management sit around even while working, employees don't. If employees are expected to stand for long periods of time management should as well. (They take longer breaks, sit as often as they can) Management likes to get in big groups and talk and joke while everyone else is working hard expecting to meet high quota.",1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8988,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Specialist,Amazon it’s hard work but worth it!,"Good pay If identifying data trends is your talent then this is your place to be. Everyday is ‘Day one’ can be good or cumbersome it depends Your input as a employee is valuable Work life balance  Amazon has been that company I have admired the FC ‘make it happen’ teams. And I am apart of a company with great people. I love it here! Amazon truly invest and value their employees and it does matter if you’re super smart (which there’s a lot of them here, lol) or just a consistent hard worker. As a Amazonian your input is valued! Because it’s the coolest company on the planet! Keep up the good work Amazonians and let’s keep pushing the bar of excellence! #makinghistorywhilehavingfun!",Day one the cumbersome side. Workload constantly changing. So be prepared to work hard and efficiently.,Work on bridging the communication gap and provide concrete metrics on teams overall performance (this is easier said than done) but it’s important for team members to identify what is required.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8989,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a Good Place to Grow,Amazon does a really good job of teaching you how to get started. You can get a good amount of experience.,That leads me into the issue. They do not pay you enough for the work you do.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P117.htm
8990,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical support,they have a lot of flexibility,you get tired need to walk around for 10 hours,every one very honest,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
8991,amazon,"Twinsburg, OH"," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Associate,Seasonal worker,They are clear on what to expect hours-wise and there are plenty of shifts to pick up if you care to,"Gigantic warehouse and the majority of your break will be spent walking all the way to the employee breakroom. Training is not very thorough on what you'll actually be doing, and unless you find a 'permanent' employee willing to take you under their wing and show you around, you'll be a little lost.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
8992,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 warehouse assosicate,"The pay above minimum wage, the job is pretty easy, for the most part the managers are pretty chill.","you can get pigeonholed into a position, if you are reall good at it, or not your area managers favorite.",look around at your pools of talent and really evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. and dont put all your eggs in one basket.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
8993,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Great company would work for again if I ever left,"Good benefits, stock, and co workers","Heavy work loads, very upbeat and busy","Focus on workers as well, you fail to listen to them sometimes",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
8994,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"being able to Work from HOme,",Pay could be more. $10 /hr is the standard pay,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
8995,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Services Problem-Solver,Problem Solver,Helping others. No rate. Got to be tech savvy.,Some managers had favoritism for who got to problem solve.,Stop with the favoritism .,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
8996,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Wonderful people, wonderful job, wonderful company",Fellow Amazonians - Some of the brightest and best people I have ever worked with. The work - Very rewarding to help customers on their journey to the cloud. The compensation - incredibly good perks with the job. They make sure to take care of you in many ways other than base salary and stock options.,"I have only worked here for 6 months, but none so far!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
8997,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Problem Solve PA,Problem solve PA,"Good benefits, Great balance between family and work, Fair base salary based on your Area.","Nothing really, just that promotions should be also based on how well you do at work and not just on your interview skills.","Keep the good work, The only one thing i would suggest to upper management/recruiters is to look more into how an employee performs on their jobs vs just on how good the interview went for promotions.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
8998,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Management Manager,Work life balance is great (depending on what team you are on.) I was given the ability to WFH if needed and take time off. They really give you the ability to improve processes and listen to ideas.,"Promotion process is not very clear. Unlike other companies that give you at least somewhat of an idea of what you need to do, it is much more ambiguous at Amazon. It seems to be more of a culture of who you know rather than what you are doing.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
8999,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior product manager,"Get to work some amazing, passionate, driven and really smart people. New ideas are supported and encouraged.",Very hierarchical. Too many organization changes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P118.htm
9000,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Regional Manager,New to Amazon Manager,This company really lives it's values and that's refreshing. You get to work with a lot of very smart and dedicated people.,It's very fast paced and things change rapidly--this could also be a pro if you like that sort of environment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9001,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Express way of your career,"Switch team easily, good pay, can learn a lot, a lot of opportunities to get promotion. And my team is amazing.","Teams are very different, you have to be very careful when you choose the team. Some of them are really good, but you may also disappoint of some other teams. Anyway, you can find a team good for you.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9002,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Work with smart people and a lot of interesting and challenging projects. Most of people are willing to put more hours at work and the schedule are very flexible.,I have not seen major cons yet.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9003,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thankful Everyday,"Always an opportunity to learn Great benefits Brilliant, level headed people","Nothing notable. As long as you're okay with working hard, where you're needed most.",Prepare for purposeful conversations with your teams. Be inspirational.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9004,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job I have ever had,"Competitive Wages, Career Growth, Innovation, Strong & Fun Culture, People, Leadership, Flexibility.",Navigating a very complex & fast growing organization,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9005,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Total compensation is highly competitive Yes base wage is competitive but amazon has really amazing benefits that I think no other company can compete with Growth Opportunities - Career progression can happen pretty fast if your doing the right things,If you are a seasoned professional or anybody else for that matter your initial adjustment to Amazon'svery unique culture can be challenging,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9006,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWSome!,"- One of the most innovative companies I've worked for - Smart people with great ideas - Fast paced environment - Good work life balance (i.e., flexible working hours depending on which team you work for) - Ton of online resources to grow in your field of work",Frequent reorgs lead to change in project priorities which sometimes creates frustration,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9007,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,So Far So Good!,"I'm only a few weeks into working at Amazon, so admittedly these are only first impressions. But here are some of things I've seen so far.  1. Incredible recruiting experience - Throughout my entire time recruiting things were communicated very well, there was no guesswork with what to expect, when to expect it. Amazon was completely transparent about what would be coming, and then HELD TO THEIR WORD. I can't stress enough how refreshing it was to actually experience what I was told was coming. It really felt like my recruiters were working for me, not just Amazon. All my interviewers made it into a conversation, not a stressful barrage of questions. And you could tell that each one was engaged and interested, giving insightful responses and follow ups to the things I would say.  2. Relocation was simple. I moved across the country to start my new job, and Amazon hired great vendors to help with the relo and made sure every step of the process was covered. This includes working closely with me when my needs diverged from what their usual plan was, I wasn't ever told something couldn't be done.  3. Management is collaborative. So many companies talk about flat structures and how you don't really have a boss. It's never true. Amazon does a great job of having minimal hierarchy, but acknowledging where that hierarchy exists and ensuring expectations at every level are laid out. Then leveraging the expected skillsets to work in both directions. My management has already been open about expectations but consistently available to ensure I have what is needed. And thats not just with me as a new joiner, it is visible everywhere around me.  4. My work hours are flexible. My team is nice. Everyone is intelligent and hardworking. The IT support (really essential when you're onboarding anywhere I think) is very useful and responds to needs quickly.","Honestly, my cons are pretty banal. But for the sake of fair comparison here are my thoughts.  1. It took me a couple days to understand all the internal websites. I didn't feel like there was any great home navigation to find all the other internal endpoints that are needed on a daily basis. Thankfully, though, I had some friends already here who compiled a great startup email to point me in the right direction anyways. 2. Ok, an obvious ""Big tech company comparison"" would point out that at Google they have in building Gyms, free lunch, and zen gardens. And I actually haven't been to Amazon HQ in seattle so I don't know all the amenities there. But ultimately, a job is a job. When I saw those things in the Google office it felt like gilding rather than something that would actually make me happier at work, but that could be different for other people. 3. This is my one real con. Amazon doesn't do yearly bonuses, and gives out RSUs instead, which vest on a 4 year schedule that is heavily weighted to the tail end of that time. So you are always leaving money on the table when you leave. Mind you, having equity at Amazon is a really good thing, so at least right now, seems worth the wait.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9008,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Highly innovative environment working with the smartest people. Fast paced and decision making setting which is a pro for me (may not be for others). Competitive compensation, good health insurance and stock compensation",Sometimes the senior leaders just want things to be done and dont think about the consequences. Bad 401k match,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9009,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - EHS Specialist,EHS Specialist,-Assist Operations Leaders and associates on Safety -Improvement opportunities and turn-over rate is low,-Must be motivated and active in the field to improve,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P119.htm
9010,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics,Outstanding Family!,Unlimited opportunity/ ongoing training / able to make independent decisions / management team is caring / the entire world is on our teams/ speak with fellow employees on all continents / I can go on forever about the pros,I can't learn fast enough!,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9011,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,All Star Team,"Fast Paced, unique, scale, variation, freedom, employees. It's an all-star team here, you will be challenged.","Mistakes are accepted, but magnified due to scale","Keep Day 1 mentality, as we grow, leadership needs to maintain and push Day 1 ideals.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9012,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"A career in Amazon Operations is a great place to work alongside some extremely bright and driven professionals. Whether or not it’s a great fit for you depends on your personality type and what you what in your career. If you want the opportunity to be challenged, take ownership/responsibility, stretch your skills, lead and implement process improvements and push your own development then Amazon is a great place for you. It's a fast paced environment with continuous improvements so expects constant change.",Base pay is average. However overall compensation is very competitive when you factor in RSU's.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9013,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"A lot of room for growth, Great mentors, Full stack projects","Very fast paced, not a ton of benefits other than normal health care.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9014,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - RME Tech III,Great management and buisness structure make this enjoyable to come to work,"Working here the last 5 yrs. , I have seen a lot of change. Mostly good. I'm in the maintenance Dept. and our voices are heard to make the building run better, increase productivity, and help the associates do their job more safely and efficiently. Management is always looking out for their direct customer, which in turn has a direct reflection to the end customer receiving the product.","Scope of work has diminished since hiring, and much of my work has been given to Contractors","You know your Techs abilities. Where they are proficient, where they need work .... Trust the proficient and work towards the lacking skills needed to be proficient at a task",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9015,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Operations Lead,AWS Sales Operations,"Great compensation. Strong innovation culture. Fun, fast-pace environment. Career growth opportunity. Fast growing company. very good benefits package.","Things move so fast, often feel behind. Vesting of stock feels slow.",Management should continue to work hard to not dilute the Amazon culture as growth continues.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9016,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Upward move for my career,Amazing work (comiXology) Awesome Work Location (Times Square NYC) High Base Salary Large Signing Bonus Year 1 Large Signing Bonus Year 2 RSU's of Amazon 401K Matching,"You need to adapt to the Amazon way and throw away a lot of conventional wisdom, which feels a bit abnormal at first 401k takes 3 years to vest",Thus far things seem to be managed very well at Amazon,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9017,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far so good!,I'm really loving my experience at Amazon so far. I have gotten great support from my manager and extended team. I love the self service attitude here.,"These aren't cons for me, but if you need your manager checking in with you every day to see if you need anything, or giving you praise for completing trivial tasks then this might not be the place for you.","We are doing so many great things for the community, but I feel like those don't get covered a lot. I would make sure we are being vocal about all the philanthropic work being done, since there seems to be some negative press driven from political motives lately.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9018,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The innovator's dream job,"The sky is the limit if you are an entrepreneur that can get things done. So much opportunity and when/if you get bored, there are many other areas within the company for you to go try out. If you can envision an area you want to be in, chances are good that area exists and is looking for talented people.","It is a big company and with any big company come policies and practices you have to follow, unlike start ups. Additionally, with big companies, you have a lots of people and with lots of people you will have some bad leaders. The good news is that they are the exception and as an employee, you're allowed to switch teams, which also helps put a spot light on these managers.",Keep pushing invention and day one mentality.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9019,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr HRA,This is real HR. You work to develop employees and remove barriers to success. I thoroughly enjoy the challenge.,Fulfillment centers operate nearly 24/7 365. That means odd shifts. I worked nights my first year. I have worked every single Saturday for nearly the last two years.,Management is great! Continue to Hire and Develop the best!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P120.htm
9020,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Learning and Talent Development Specialist,There is not a single company in the world that I would rather work for!,"The Amazon corporate culture/values are the best in the world. We obsess over customers. Some companies claim to care about customers, but from my experience working in retail management for other companies what they do does not even come close to what Amazon does.  We pioneer, innovate, and value the opinions of employees and customers at all levels . We truly listen to both customers and employees. I have personally worked on many initiatives to put Associate feedback into action. Some of the best ideas come from our front line employees. We listen to their feedback about barriers they face and improvements that can be made to make their job easier or better and we take action to improve those things quickly! This includes anything from adding more food options in the breakroom to making multi-million dollar investments into new technology, equipment, process improvements, etc.  The career opportunities are virtually limitless. While I was a leader in Operations within the Fulfillment Centers I personally reviewed resumes, helped with interview prep, provided opportunities for Associates to take on new and challenging roles, and personally promoted over 30 well deserving Associates from front line employees into Management positions in a span of only about 2-3 years.  Within my own career I have had an opportunity to run a department/area within a Fulfillment Center as an Area Manager where I was able to directly support, train, and mentor a large team of Associates.  I was then able to transition into an ACES Continuous Improvement Manager role where I received expert level training, development, and experience on Lean Six Sigma process improvement strategies equivalent to that of a Black Belt.  I got promoted into a Operations Manager role where I was managing other Operations Area Managers and leading a very large team of Associates in a Fulfillment Center.  I was even able to participate in an innovative new rotational program where my only job was to listen to the needs of both Associates and Managers and ensure that their feedback for improvements got put into action as quickly as possible. We call this Voices in Action. This included anything from adding better flavors of creamer for the free coffee, to adding more fans for better airflow in specific hot spots in the FC, to providing career skills training to Associates wanting to promote and grow in their careers, to providing mentorship and development training to new managers still learning how to be great leaders. The fact that Amazon would invest so much into supporting its employees speaks volumes to the culture of the company and that they are not just talking the talk they are walking the walk.  Through my experiences within Operations I wanted to make a bigger impact on the way the we onboard, train, and continuously develop employees at all levels of the organization. So I was able to transfer into a new role where I am now a part of the North American Learning and Talent Development Team that continues relentlessly to improve every aspect of how we setup new and existing Amazonians for success in their career. I am empowered and encouraged to try new ideas, solve problems, collaborate with other teams, innovate on behalf of both internal and external customers and I love what I do!  I also get the opportunity to work with some of the most intelligent, talented, and motivated people on the planet with a huge amount of diversity, which just further adds to the quality of work that we do as a team and how well we are able to serve our customers and fellow Amazonians.  I even helped a member of my family get a job here through a job recommendation because I knew he would love it too!","We provide stock to all Amazon employees at all job levels. The stock was somewhere around $340 a share when I joined about 4 years ago. Now it is almost $2,000 a share and just keeps going up! The only hard thing about that is not know when or if you should ever sell it. Amazon wants all of its employees to feel personally invested in the success of the company and they do this by making everyone an Owner both figuratively and literally with stock. It feels great to know that the value we add to the company through our everyday work also gets rewarded through out ownership in Amazon stock.","If you ever find yourself in a role that does not feel like the right long-term fit you can always look for other opportunities within Amazon through internal transfers. I know a lot of people that have very successfully made changes in their career path from Operations, to HR, or Continuous Improvement, or Learning/Training and Development, or Finance, or Safety, or Maintenance Engineering, etc. The opportunities at Amazon to continue to grow, learn new skills, and explore new opportunities are very common, and the options are virtually limitless.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9021,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Place to Learn, Grow & Earn","Its a truly great environment to continue learning as a professional. There is a sense of a start up culture, but with the benefits of a fortune 500. The principles of Amazon's culture are extremely clear for its employees and there is very little micro managing. Very strong compensation & strong products to sell.","There is sometimes over-exposure to information and tasks that can overwhelm even the most talented people. There is little micro managing which is good, but sometimes its hard to find the answer to simple things.",Continue to simplify the non-job specific tasks for your employees (like HR) so we can spend more time inventing and growing.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9022,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Great place to develop as an intern,"Learned a lot on a really good team, was never worked too hard.","The team is fairly quiet, not a ton of energy in the office.","Keep being servant leaders, you have a lot of intelligent people working for you.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9023,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Incredible Place to Work,- Surrounded by lots of great engineers. - Strong culture of building quality products. - Lots of growth opportunities and ability to move around within company. - Leadership Principles are not hollow words by upper management but are practiced every day at all levels.,Many of the developer tools for internal services are out of date. Amazon can be slow to adopt industry standards/best practices where it would be beneficial to do so.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9024,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Amazon Austin,The Austin office has a much more laid back culture than the Seattle HQ  Comp is awesome compared to other Austin companies and the cost of living  Fast paced work environment with very capable coworkers,Most senior management is back in Seattle which leads to a lot of remote meetings and more flying to Seattle than I would like  Missing most of the crazy benefits of other big tech companies  The company cafeteria isn't very good,As we continue to grow in Austin don't lose the things that make this office unique,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9025,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Delivers value,"Obsessed towards the Customer Need. Trying to solve towards a real problem the Customer has avoids the pitfall of building great products and features that no-one adopts. Additionally, unlike the Moonshot approach, and failing big, the Lean Approach is emphasized - to scale gradually, learn from failures and succeed big, or fail small.","Often, can be a bit impersonal, they are trying to correct for that internally. Who you are to some extent matters only to the extent what you want to do with it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9026,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Doesn't live up to the hype,"Amazon doesn't live up to the hype that they are slave driving maniacs. They do not change their mind every other day or week about what is important. They operate off of a very solid foundation. Yes they are dynamic and change quickly and expect you to be part of the solution, but it is not chaos and the senior leaders are top notch in every respect. Most people I see that do not like Amazon or the culture don't like a fast paced environment or working hard.",Amazon is very focused on a positive associate experience and has a low level of accountability for the work force. This is not always bad but it presents certain challenges in achieving success,"Compared to other companies I have worked for and know of, this is the absolute best run company. Keep the day 1 mind set!",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9027,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Logistics Specialist,Great sense of team. Relaxed atmosphere. A real sense of accomplishment as docks clear at end of dispatch.,Changes happen fast and communication doesn't always keep up. Also you have to switch between multiple tasks on a timetable outside your control.,"Have more of a dialogue regarding changes, seek to include people at the ground level in discussions regarding work processes.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9028,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support,It Support Tech,"Different Schedule, Bonuses, Team work, AA matters.",i don't see any Cons,Management is doing good job already.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9029,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Order Filler,when I started I could make my own schedule but they don't do that anymore. You can cross train and learn different aspects of the job.,"the pay, working in the freezer, can't keep good managers, they don't give raises. Many worked 1-2.5 yrs. without a raise and they were very loyal and hard working. Amazon makes way too much money to treat their employees like this!",Listen to the employees! Give us our due raises every 6 months!,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P121.htm
9030,amazon,"London, CA"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Data Entry Clerk,"Awful company,working against customers and workers",Nothing to be positive .,"Working against everyone,lie to people, million terms and conditions against people,steal money from customers,lock accounts and balances,awful delivery services. Afwul customer support,Aware!Avoid to deal with them.Most reach company and most worst.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9031,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Pick/Packer,Stay away from Amazon Warehouse SDF8 and all others,"none, the whole work environment was terrible",Everything. Its basically like being in purgatory.,"Stop overworking your employees like cattle. During peak you never even see the sun if you work day shift and on your days off, you're too tired to do anything.",1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9032,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Increase fifteen dollar minimum wage,Increases te minimum wage,Bad for employees because we lose the bonus that we can use to buy Christmas gifts,Amazon increases the minimum wage but takes away the 4% bonus and the stock. If we want to buy one share it would take us 2 years to buy just one,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9033,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Acount Manager,Remote work 50% of the time,"No clear direction, no proper training, not a good team",Hire professionals you current TAMs are horrible in SoCal,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9034,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineering,Positive Experience,"Great people in the organization, some of the smartest and most dedicated folks I've run across were at Amazon.  Compensation depends on how the stock does, and the stock is doing extremely well.","Not too many, but I had a really good manager.","Allow more transparency: my manager was not allowed to communicate news, even positive news, until certain dates.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9035,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,Senior HR Manager,Amazon has a great culture of innovation that is great for long-term career growth. The opportunities to do something interesting and challenging are everywhere.,"For a technology company, the HR systems are inadequate or non-existent. There is so much potential to do cool and fun work, but it's hard to make time for it because of the bandwidth going towards administrative processes.",Extend customer obsession to employees. We are customers too.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9036,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Former Associate,Away Team experience is amazing,Management turnover is very high,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9037,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Strap in and lets go!,"Walking the talk regarding the leadership principles. Innovation, freedom, high performing group of folks.",Lack of standardization of HR processes.,Ensure managers are Amazonian or receive the training needed to support the organizational culture.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9038,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,You work with people from all walks of life. You create a bond with your time and the job is fast paced for the most part.,Amazon should pay more.,Hold associates responsible and set standards plus follow-through.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9039,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is okay,Good for someone who needs a decent job,You will quickly realize you won't be able to make much more money than what you start out with,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P122.htm
9040,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE at Amazon,Can take dogs to work and colleagues have strong technique skills.,heavy on-call and bad work balance.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9041,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant- AMG,"I have been here two months and its been a great environment to work in, not only supportive bosses, but supportive team. I have learned so much in the past two months and I cannot wait for whats to come.",None at this point.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9042,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make History.,"You're surrounded by smart, hard working people, who are willing to try new ideas.","Loads of e-mail, much more than a normal office environment.",Keep your standards high.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9043,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Shipping,GREAT JOB TO HAVE,"Benefits, Fair Raises, No Uniforms, Shares of Stock, Benefits",On Your Feet All Day,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9044,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tax Senior Manager,Exciting place to work and great coworkers on my team and throughout various business teams.,The pace and volume of work can be overwhelming.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9045,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,Systems Engineer II -- AWS,Strong growth opportunity. Never a dull moment. Excellent coworkers. Plenty of ways to make a positive impact.,Legacy systems. Tribal knowledge. Poor documentation. Can be overwhelming.,"Encourage better documentation and information sharing, it's sometimes incredibly difficult to track down information from another service or team.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9046,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager I,Intern experience rolls into full-time roll,"Fast-paced, youthful, high-impact, and tech focused","Selling your ideas to leadership is draining, many things are duplicated internally, process improvement is gradual",Keep it Day 1,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9047,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Awesome place to work,Cutting edge to work with. Less red tape and ownership to the level where you are deemed as product owner which makes day to day easy.,too many things to deal with it and sometimes easy thing takes long time but I personally enjoy the process as I get to know lot of things along the way,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9048,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Advisor,"Tons of freedom, great leadership, stretching skills for growth and plenty of career options",Not a lot of cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9049,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,"Working as a Software Developer at Amazon for 12 years (started out of college), love it","I love working with such talented coworkers with such a diverse skill set. I learn a ton from others. Over my 12 years at Amazon I've worked on tons of teams from on the amazon.com website to AWS. Each team brings new challenges and keeps me interested. The culture is great, and I enjoy the cycle of busy-to-relaxed depending on the time of year and what part of development my projects are in. I love the culture of ownership, even being on call to make sure we build high quality systems. I've grown a lot at Amazon, starting as an entry-level software developer out of college.","Amazon asks a lot of managers, so they're often stretched somewhat thin. And with people switching teams, it's common to have a different manager every year or so. This just makes it important to occasionally write down what you've been working on to hand context to your next managers(s). But this is a useful exercise for reflecting on your recent work, so it's not that big of a deal.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P123.htm
9050,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,"great culture, great people, really care about the customer, always learning, intellectually stimulating, independence, flexibility, great benefits",hard to think of any true negatives,"Continue hiring talented, can-do, down-to-earth people",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9051,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Happy with my Recent Transition,> Great to be part of a company that is growing and thriving again > Very competitive pay and benefits > Good flexibility and work/life balance > Exciting new and challenging projects > Fast-paced yet strategic environment > Great team dynamics,> Somewhat unclear development/growth path > Limited access to local lunch venues,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9052,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Amazon Web Services is the best if you love massive scale,"Awesome technology Lots of smart, hardworking people Interesting challenges Massive scale",Good internal tools that don't always work well together Not great 401k matching,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9053,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Sr.Technical Program Manager,Great focus on personal career! Visibility to leadership! Data driven decision making!,Too many initiatives are considered for execution.,Provide visibility about leadership changes to employees at all levels.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9054,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software Development Engineer,great career opportunities and fast paced environment where you can grow quickluy,some orgs are highly political,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9055,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development,Don't buy the negative hype,"Good pay, lots of autonomy, lots of responsibility, not restricted by bureaucracy. If you see something broken, fix it. Don't wait for someone else to do it. I had read lots of reviews saying it was cutthroat, but that just isn't what I am experiencing. It is really fun to work with super smart, ambitious people. The leadership principles matter. Everyone I have encountered lives the leadership principles","Few really. You will work hard, but you will be well rewarded for it. I have no work life balance issues. Just not a place to be if you are not into giving it your best. Don't come here expecting a well laid out career path. Your career path is what you make it. You really need to ""un-learn"" corporate behavior if this is not your first job. The adjustment to the ""Amazon way"" takes some effort, and you have to be willing to step outside your comfort zone. These aren't cons, but if you expect to come here and have it be like your old job, its not.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9056,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,The best place to work.,None I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9057,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate Vendor Manager,Sr. Associate Vendor Manager,"Love my job, love my team, love what we do! The opportunity to be creative is endless. Most of my peers are amazing with super powers who I learn from regularly and leaders within our org who have a true and genuine care for engaging with their teams.","Sometimes, it just seems to good to be true....",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9058,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Trainer,Amazon is a job to have,"I've made many friends since starting here over a year ago. This job really thrives on promoting from within and have moved to a position that I have wanted to be in since I started. Lots of hard work and asking the right questions gets you there. They offer great pay, amazing bonus package and the insurance is out of this world.",When I find one I will let you know.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9059,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Ups and Downs,"- Really genuine and one-of-a-kind Director and above leaders  - Diversity and strive for diversity within the workplace and overall culture  - Casual workplace, come as you are approach  - ""What you see if is what you get"" - mentality: no free perks/gimmicks of any kind, low/moderate base pay, and simple benefits but it all comes back to what you're looking for in a workplace and what you value.","- Inconsistent bar for recruiting team: I work with some impressive, smart individuals and also not-so-smart people who have no understanding how to hold themselves in a professional setting.  - Mid-level to Sr. Leadership is hit or miss: Managers move around the most here, you might have 6-8 different managers within a year so regardless of your contributions, your success is mostly dependent on your manager.  - The company recruiting culture has changed with it's growth and drive for scalability. It's hard as a recruiter to strive to continue to promote the best candidate experience and yet still be within the mandated ""procedures"" of pushing candidates through the process like cattle.  - Systems: Where there should be automation, there is not. Where there IS automation, candidates and data fall through the cracks. New systems are continually introduced but fail/crash and instead of the multiple platforms communicating, they end up to be just add-ons to the other repetitive half-baked CRM tools.","To some people they might be turned-off by Amazon because of reasons you may see when comparing other large top-tech companies. The people that stay long term are here for the culture and what the company is capable of delivering -- surprising and awe-ing the world. As recruiters, we are the front line to people that want to join the company and share our goals and see what WE see. Management, I would continue to refocus and remember the tenants that make this company successful, remember to scale and work SMARTER but also BE smarter. And lastly, to be honest with yourself as a leader and transparent to your team/stakeholders. Even when it's hard admit oversight or shortcomings, it is better to have the respect and support of your team.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P124.htm
9060,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for learning,Leadership principles and customer focus,"Benefits, employee support and psychological safety","Start treating your employees as assets, not with disdain",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9061,amazon,"Manassas, VA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Center Security Manager,"The total compensation package is good and theirs plenty of overtime. Fast-paced company with the opportunity to grow. Good benefits, flexible schedule.",Work-life balance is not good. Total compensation should be a salary and not structured the way it is.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9062,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Great Pay and Amazing Brand,"No BS environment, making history, competitive pay, flexible work environment","work/life balance, consistent high bar expectation",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9063,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company,"Excellent salary, stocks, and team to work with.",Very competitive place to work,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9064,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Director,"Director, Software Development","You'll learn how to operate at massive scale You will be pushed by others to improve your writing and communication skills You'll learn how to use data to drive your decision making You'll become a better professional and a better person because you'll get direct feedback from your supervisors, peers, and executives You'll learn how to develop and hire the best people in the world","You'll work hard sometimes, but it's not brutal You'll get direct feedback sometimes - you may get your feelings hurt",Keep hiring excellent people,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9065,amazon,"Ashburn, VA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Chief Engineer,Amazon Data Centers,"Schedule, project selection, engaging environment and great people to work with.",Compensation as compared to other companies. The speed of growth (Pro and con).,Trust your people more. Don't discount their feedback.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9066,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Have chances to participant in interesting projects,"package is not that competitive with other companies poor benefits (e.g., no food provided)",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9067,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Associate,"Easy, simple, and a positive work environment","Low pay, no career advancement, etc",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9068,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Challenging Opportunity to Work with Very Smart People,High earning potential and mobility across the entire Amazon organization for career growth.,Intense pace and workload lead to work/life balance issues.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9069,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business intelligence engineer,Every decision is data driven,"Like all places, politics is prevelant.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P125.htm
9070,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great first career,"Compensation, leadership, personal development, and colleagues","For a college graduate who isn’t use to hard work, a lot of fun and making history - it isn’t for you!",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9071,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,best place to work @ in the whole world disregard the poor pay rate!,i am enjoying the flexibility,best place to work @ in the whole world disregard the poor pay rate!,"most of them are selfish, careless",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9072,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Account Health Support,DO NOT FALL FOR THIS ROLE..... !!! Its THE WORST!,Benefits 1 hour lunch Community involvement Employee outtings,"Everything! - the worse team in my history of employment - no internal process they practically make everyone up as they go ad leadership cant even get the job right or the policies or the rules. - sexual harrassment and physical threat policy violations are ignored - personal life families school second jobs arent taken into consideration at all. They dont care - ALOT of legal issues, making you do things that can be against moral values ethics the law against religion - they constantly tell you to find a new job which currently they work on mass firing and giving anyone a reason for write ups with no legal proof - no structure -promotions are based on favoritism - dead end role - no growth opportunities - they demean you no praise you - they care about numbers bot about you as a person - NO accountability in leaderships role, they place blame on everyone right below them. - they dont practice or preach their own leadership principles - dont go above and beyond for leadership they take full advantage of you in every way possible without promotions - there are no legal tools and resources for you to effectively do your job and the quality auditing process is horrific then there is no accountability within leadership - nooooo consistency! - they will place blame of the team environment on the seniors before taking it for themselves - everyone wants to quit this teams creation and outcome is the exact opposite - the upskills are garbage, they dont offer tools resources or enough training to help you do anything right, you are taught to get out there and fail, in every way including the quality audits - dont fall for their tricks, they dont care what you have to say about anything. You have NO voice, you have no influence, no cares in the world are given by leadership in regards to anything. So good luck to the rest of the fools that apply for this role.",None. The worst department ive ever worked for and you wonder why so many people cant stand amazon... the leadership thats hired only get where they are by being a pet.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9073,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fufillment Associate,"clear instruction, clear management and goals",hours are unrealistic and changing constantly,correct incredibly high turnover rate,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9074,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part Time Sortation Associate,good pay great managers easy work,sometimes not enough hours always on your feet,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9075,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,An okay place to work for some decent pay.,"Fixed hours, easy work, weekly pay (if you're seasonal).","The easy work can become repetitive very quickly. The equipment always seems to be broken and with as much money as Amazon has coming in, there's no excuse for it.",Please replace your equipment more often.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9076,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment,Flexible schedule good people to work with,No comment on the cons......yet,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9077,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Challenging tasks and fast pace environment,Long hours and can improve on benefits,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9078,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for learning,Leadership principles and customer focus,"Benefits, employee support and psychological safety","Start treating your employees as assets, not with disdain",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9079,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,packaging,"fast paced, a lot of hours during peak","off season is slow, management not good",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P126.htm
9080,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,packaging,"fast paced, a lot of hours during peak","off season is slow, management not good",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9081,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Scientist,- Working backward from customers - High impact projects,- Politics - Overlapping agendas - Top Tier Talent management,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9082,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Great company to work for,Nothing to complain so far,Supportive Management. Set up for success,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9083,amazon,"South Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Shopper,Great online shopping experience for good merchandise,Many items are not advertised in detail or pictures show lesser of the item,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9084,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager - Technical,Employees are friendly and go out of their way to help others. Engineering talent is excellent. Approach to product management is unique and it works.,"Since it is a large company, getting to know what is happening across the company is challenging.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9085,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,Stay away from Global IT!!,"- you get to work for Amazon which is kind of cool especially in Seattle. All of the major product teams are here. - pay is pretty good, I’ve had a hard time finding a company that will beat my current pay (I have now though) - stocks are through the roof (that’s if you get any) - if you are working to become a software engineer there are plenty of openings but be prepared to learn new skills to level up and out of your role.","- bad company culture around career growth, career growth is 100% employee driven and don’t expect support or guidance from management. It’s everyone for themselves. - it’s almost too big of a company be prepared to be a insignificant number, you can easily disappear in a hole somewhere doing mediocre work that matters to no one. - Global IT / Customer Engagement is a complete mess and total sh** show. Lots of people leaving the org after all of management was essentially replaced and new leadership have no idea how to run IT and are completely disconnected from the average tech. I’m writing this review to hopefully save someone from jumping onboard this sinking ship. We’ve had the lowest employee satisfaction scores in years.",Take a step back and realize that you were wrong. It’s ok to make mistakes but don’t just dig your heels and make our lives a living hell. It seems like every decision you’ve made in the last year has been to make us all hate our jobs so much that we leave or move to AWS,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9086,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack Luster,ok benefits and stock options,"Abysmal infrastructure, horrid management, low pay grade, constant threat of outsourcing",Hire better managers.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9087,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Great Comany,Nice to learn in the comany,too much work pressure on married people,ease out please please please,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9088,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Not Recommended for a Career,Good health benefits and fast response of the LOA (Leave of Absence) team.,"Long hours, Physically Intense, Mentally Draining, 30 minute lunches, less than 10 minute breaks.",Better treatment of employees.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9089,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,They don't care if you have experience or education. Amazon will use your body mercilessly to fill their agenda for stuff delivery. They care about those who pay Amazon. Not those who work for it.,Look for another job. If you can avoid working at the fulfillment center -avoid by all means.,"Stop lying to the public about great conditions of work. Also, start paying $15 /hr at least.",1.0,none,none,none,none,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P127.htm
9090,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,"Better Than Gamestop, but most things are...",That stock... Most of corp team is understanding of big picture,Still learning how to balance Retail with Relationships with customers. It appears sometimes accountability is limited. Leadership principles are not always followed.,ask for more out of the people you are paying top notch for,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9091,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Regular hours, people, decent pay",Lots if overtime through holiday season,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9092,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time warehouse worker,"Friendly environment, easy job, opportunities to experience the blue badge status: Request days off, decent raise, etc.","Milwaukee warehouse(DML1)no longer intact. Amazon DML2 is located in Sussex, WI",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9093,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced Company,"Decent pay, usually some overtime available. Decent benefits. Fun environment. Lost 50lbs in the first 8 months working there from constant running around for 40+ hours a week on my feet.","If for whatever reason you can not reach your rates, you will be let go. Should be able to reach your rates though if you are diligent with your time management. Very very physically demanding, I enjoyed it but I am young and very able bodied.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9094,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,"flexible scheduling, lots of exercise, fun","unpredictable and inconsistent hours, management is a bit erratic",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9095,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,System Analyst,Exciting work Tons of career opportunities,Can be too fast paced,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9096,amazon,"Teterboro, NJ"," Sep 8, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Warehouse,They paid on time and they supplied gloves and locks for lockers.,No flexibility in regards to change in scheduling. Pay wasn't very good. There was not much time to eat and not much room for growth. I felt like a number rather than an employee.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9097,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK to work for,"Benefits, insurance, mostly good people","don't get hurt, not tolerant of injuries",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9098,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager II,Get to own your business end to end,Very stressful and political work environment at times,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9099,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Operations,Operations,Benefits are good for the job,Work hours are long and not flexible,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P128.htm
9100,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Fantastic people and support for growth,"Call center environment, must enjoy that type of work",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9101,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,You get benefits from day 1,None at alll! Love it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9102,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great work environment,fast pace work high levels of ownership impactful work smart colleagues,not much socialization among employees,Work environment looks individualistic. Some common areas and activities should be designed such that people can get to know each other,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9103,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Terrible Work Experience,The benefits you receive are good.,The work environment and management team is absolutely terrible! The management team has no consideration or respect for its employees and the goals that you are expected to achieve every day are unrealistic and you are set up for failure. The amount of hard labor you are performing is extremely too much for what they are paying. I have been working here for 4 years and can honestly say this is the worst work environment I have ever experienced. If you are looking for a Secure reliable job this is not it.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9104,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,This review is freely given in return.. for nothing provided by the company in question.,"I've had great management throughout my career here. I feel that my management does a good job at setting me up to get promoted( nothing yet though.. but it looks promising), as well as being supported when I've had problems to work around ( both personal and professional). I've had my opinions respected and given the option of what projects I want to work on. It's been a continual process of learning new skills and technologies, as well as learning more about effective writing and personal skills. I don't feel overworked and my management has never told me that they feel I need to work more. There are a lot of opportunities to grow and learn new things. If you get tired of your team or your job and you want to try something else, cross team transfers happen reasonably often, and I've seen co-workers try out the management track and succeed, or decide it's not for them and move back to tech.  Despite being a larger company, there is a lot less bureaucracy than you would expect. You need a small number of machines to test something, typically approval is automatic. ( as you need more bureaucracy creeps back in with budgets and hardware planning).  Promotion's are progressively becoming a show x skills/abilities, get to next level , as opposed to a more get x people to vouch for you process, at least at the lower levels, which makes it fairly clear on what you need to work on to get promoted.  There is always a new shiny thing being rolled out to make service development better ( faster, cheaper , more operationally stable), but it also takes time to ramp up on it.","Constant learning is occasionally stressful.  You are surrounded by very competent smart people and if you focus too much on judging yourself against them, instead of just focusing on how you can learn and grow, It's easy to feel inadequate.  It's easy to feel like you can't take break to watch some internal educational videos and learn new things. But you just have to consciously make time for such things.  Now that I've been here long enough,my vests aren't granted as far into the future, so even if the stock keeps on growing, I'm not going to earn as much from the vests unless I hold onto them :(.  The OP1/OP2 planning process has meant in the past that if you want to get something done that's non trivial and it's not on a teams roadmap, unless you can justify that it's more important that what they are doing, it can take a while ( next planning cycle + when planned in that cycle).  So much of internal tech is using AWS that If I ever left amazon, I'd probably be best suited to be an AWS consultant.",I would suggest encouraging employees to take advantage of the internal learning opportunites.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9105,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Tier One,Amazon workforce,Several programs are in place for employees to take advantage of for the betterment of their future and career.,Strict policies for time and you are expected to maintain a high rate of production or there will be referalls for the inability to do so,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9106,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"Great benefits, decent pay good working environment",There is not a lot of opportunity to move forward when we don't have barely any work they increase rate and find reason to fire people.,Experience a full day working as picker to better understand what we go through on a daily basis.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9107,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Ops Administrative,Hire in to the position you want,"Salaried positions pay well, with good stock awards, when you hire in to the position externally. It is entirely possible to begin as a seasonal employee and promote into senior operational management at a fulfillment center","If you are hired internally (i.e. promoted), you are paid less and receive fewer stock awards than external hires  Long hours, and few opportunities to sit.",Treat your associates who hire internally the same as those hired externally. Reward loyalty.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9108,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Not bad.,Easy and fast job to get. Working in distribution center.,Very long hours and limited break time.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9109,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Proper Management skills severely lacking,It’s a job that pays minimal,Non professional management... riddled with favoritism and no people skills,Don’t mistake bullying for leadership skills,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P129.htm
9110,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Highly skilled and capable team members,Very minimal work life balance,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9111,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Memorial Hermann medical center,Decent pay and lots of hours. Great opportunity for advancement if given the right timing and bugging management.,Management switching and shifts lack of coordination can make the job a nightmare and create metrics dependent catch up dysfunctional job routine,agree to disagree and work on applicable solutions that will help your entire team instead of trying to look good on paper by yourself,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9112,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Associate I,Great for young single people,Great pay if you have little experience. Can advance with no degree.,lots of hours in the winter time. takes a year plus to actually advance.,"develop some more, most management is very new.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9113,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"challenging, smart people, data driven","its a tough culture, fast paced",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9114,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My thoughts after two years,"-New HR system, Connections, is creating a better work environment -Buildings in Seattle are very modern, enjoyable spaces to work in -Incredibly talented, hardworking workforce -Pay is competitive, benefits are good -Amazon sponsored events with big name celebrities, musicians -Lots of fun interesting events and opportunities to learn around the Seattle campus -Super dog friendly -Unlimited opportunities, you will never be bored, and if you are a high performer you can move throughout the company quite freely","-Always intense, the downside of hiring tons of superstars -Some bad leaders stick around longer than they should, leadership at the very top needs to watch Connection results and act accordingly -Salary is low and paid once a month (as long as stock price keeps going up not an issue) -Sometimes doc writing is overkill and teams spend more time talking and writing about the past while the future is passing them by","Approach senior leaders with poor Connection results and have a mechanism in place to remove leaders where results are consistently poor. Be careful how much time is spent writing about and discussing the past or we may miss the mark in the future. Think long term, always. Finance Connections by selling it to other corporations.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9115,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Packer,Don’t care about hard workers,"Benefits, co- workers, breaks, decent pay, VTO","Managers are horrible, heat, want you to be a robot",Worry about person being a hard worker and not so much about consistent rate,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9116,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Outbound Orders,associate,Worked with some really wonderful hardworker!! Will miss them.,"Having to push the number can be daunting , managers need a bit more compassion!",The whole new Ideal of changing the manager's every few month is really going to bomb! Sorry Sally! Oh Maybe have some that are over the age of 25.,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9117,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,Has good benefits and people,"Work to death, not much wage increase",Rotation,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9118,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Yard Specialist,Works as an associate in the yard for the trucks at amazon,"Doesn’t deal with operations, less stressful.","Inclement weather doesn’t matter, you still have to get the job done regardless if it’s snowing or raining.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9119,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Sep 8, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Fulfillment Associate,Physically demanding,"The pay can be good, but you have to work","Performance review of everything, short brakes, lots of walking and standing for ten hours.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P130.htm
9120,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for some,"Emphasis on innovation, good pay and benefits","Experience varies wildly depending on your team manager, difficult to get the support necessary to excel",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9121,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - HRBP,great so far,Really supportive managers work here,Work Life Balance could be better,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9122,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,Easy job and customer service,Crap pay and can’t move up as easy as they preach,Help communication,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9123,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Contracts Manager,Hiring process and Orientation at Amazon,"Tons of Opportunity for advancement, on-going educational opportunities, ability to work in almost an unlimited number of areas, great compensation package, work with incredibly bright people in an international environment, the company truly lives and stand behind the leadership principles, Day 1 culture means everyone's opinion is respected and everyone is expected to participate in meetings, even if its your first day (no one is too new or too ""junior"" - your opinions count!","Health benefits are okay, but not great, Very little downtime - this is not necessarily a draw-back, but if you are used to having lots of free time during the working hours, you are going to get a rude-awakening at Amazon. If you (really) like being busy and thrive under pressure, this is the place for you!",More females in senior leadership roles!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9124,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Intellectually Stimulating. Keeps you on your toes,None that i can think of,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9125,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ups and Downs,Learn a lot from the strategic operations perspective,There is always a fire to put out,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9126,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great flexibility,Flexible schedule and friendly management.,"Heavy lifting .boxes weighs over 50 pounds,low wages not enough help and breaks last on 6 minutes.very big Warehouse lot of walking.",Need wages increase alot of physical work for little pay.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9127,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow (for Two Months),OAK4 Stow Sucks (We Are Not Robots),Working at OAK6 Amazon Fresh. Best Job ever until it shut dow (Relocated).,"*Working at an AR site sucks. OAK4 *Micromanaged throughout the shift *Productivity Rates are too high. (Just by using the restroom will bring your Rate down) *A lot of Favoritism *A Lot of Cherry pickers (The only way to make rate) *Quality writeups (for every quality mistake you must stow 1,200 units otherwise you'll get a write up. It's very easy to make an honest mistake) *Three writeups and you're Terminated * Short breaks. Two 10 minute breaks in a 10 hour shift. One 30 minute lunch break. *Not enough restrooms nearby. (or at least have more stalls in each restroom in the mezzanine)",Be more lenient on the writeups. Stowing Large items all day will not help our rates. The only way to make rate is by having smaller items all day. Look at your top stowers. They hit rate because they are cherry picking and stowing smalls not heavy bulky items.  WriteUps for 90% - 97% need to stop. Seriously!,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9128,amazon,"Moreno, Riverside, CA"," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Ambassador,Great Company if you like to work,"Team members, laid back, pay, benefits",Short breaks long walk to get to break room,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9129,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,A lot of emphasis on failing fast and learning from it,Too big to the point where things get in the way,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P131.htm
9130,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,work life balance is wonderful,too many benefits can be a problem,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9131,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Great Company,There is great growth opportunity and cross training.,Policy changes are too frequent,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9132,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,Investigations Specialist,- Globally Recognized - Decent Insurance,"Dated processes and tools....Seriously. You'd think a trillion dollar company would do better. Expect low pay and frequent turnover, understandably. Expect to endure boot camp like training your first couple weeks with a wild amount of information to digest (they want the most out of you before you quit). Expect to work with more-than-necessary ""tools"" because Amazon won't fix their OWN (There's that good ole ""Frugality"" you'll find out about). Expect a slooow amount of accrual for time off, because they don't want to you to take any. Expect constant change, because making processes easier and more efficient just doesn't seem like the logical thing to do (sarcasm). Expect to be micromanaged, because they want every last drop of your time and energy to save them money! Expect to be treated like a number, because you really are. Lastly, expect to be disappointed. You've been warned.","If you aren't lifting the burdens, you're likely adding to them. Thanks!",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9133,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Lost of responsibilities quickly, good pay, great networking",Not a lot of work/life balance,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9134,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good intern experience,"Fun internship, seattle in the summer was amazing","Very silo-ed, tough to communicate with other teams not on your org.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9135,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Offer some benefits for part time,No paid raise for part time staff,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9136,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Good Benefits, mentally and physically trying.",Best benefits you will find for healthcare and plentiful amounts of time off.,Poorly trained and inexperienced management. Little stability. Some jobs are very physically demanding. Stressful. You will have a hard time ever becoming more than an employee number. Highly rate driven. 99 percent is not good enough.,"Stop hiring managers with no experience, stop shifting managers around. Same with supervisors. Give your employees a chance to prove themselves. Help them get around their barriers and understand them instead of writing them up and firing them.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9137,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer/Slam operator,"Bonuses, pay is decent during the holidays","working environment, you're just a number to them",Care more about the people doing all of the hard work that get you your hefty bonus,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9138,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average Engineering Culture,"At Amazon, you get to work on cool things",The engineering culture is all about ops. Things constantly breaking yet no one has the time to re-arch,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9139,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,Guaranteed 40 hrs a week,"unfair rates, rapidly expanding company, poor management, noncompetitive pay",take care of your associates,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P132.htm
9140,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It can be stressful.,"Flexible time off, safe environment","Stressful, physically demanding, long hours",Be more supportive/understanding toward associates.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9141,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A very flexible company to work for.,The people are very friendly and the incentives they include with the benefits are great. The work is very easy and there is room for advancement.,Making sure you make your rate daily and weekly.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9142,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great benefits and very easy work! Great people to work with as well!! Pay increases quarterly and plenty of opportunities to move up in the company!,Expect to walk...alot!! Miles a day!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9143,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Promote Up or Burn Out,Fantastic benefit package... provided you stay around long enough for your stock to vest.,"Extremely high turnover rate, no additional pay or even recognition for doing anything more then the barest minimum in path, no additional benefits for indirect roles (read: harder work or more responsibility), extremely high daily performance targets, dirty faculties, physically unsafe working environment, corporate culture focused on speed at the cost of quality and safety.","Allocate additional budget to repair and clean your fulfillment centers. When your associates perform a leadership roll on the floor, pay them for the extra responsibilities they are shouldering. Raise the base pay, we are retail warehousing, not retail... our pay should not be competitive against Walmart Super Center greeters.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9144,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Health Care Benefits 41K Stock Options Great job opportunities,Not a job for those who value their social life.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9145,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on Lifestyle,Great teamwork and management and the perks or benefits is awesome as well,Most of all your day is spent on the computer or on call so if you have a family and want time with them then this might not be the job for you,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9146,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Exciting business and company but be prepared to really work hard.,Interesting work and you're surrounded by top talent all the time. Corporate culture is very strong and employees follow the leadership principles.,"If your manager is not effective, your workload could become unwieldy very quickly. Work life balance suffers easily.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9147,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Simple job and very easy,If a lot of employees are absent work gets annoying,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9148,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"No horror stories, but not the greatest",Can advance fairly quickly if you do well and hit your performance marks.,It's not easy work. Indoor climate can be a problem. Easy to get lost in the shuffle.,Pay your workers.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9149,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good 1st time Job,Benefits starting from the 1st day,"Stress, you have to meet the required work rate",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P133.htm
9150,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good 1st time Job,Benefits starting from the 1st day,"Stress, you have to meet the required work rate",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9151,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort Associate,Flexible Timings Good part time pay Good managers,Small vacation period A little of physical work,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9152,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Benefits good but pay not good enough,Long work hours is stressful,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9153,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Good Hours and good benefits,Can't stop working for more than 5mins,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9154,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Bad management, great co-workers",Good opportunities to learn. Talented co-workers. There are opportunities to move to other teams which is helpful.,"The managers can do anything when it comes to reviews. Peer reviews doesn't matter, your rating is decided in this closed-door meeting with other senior managers that you might have never known of and they always try o bring the rating down if the product quality is not upto expectations. People who get good reviews or promoted are these ones who worship such managers. I have not seen this bad of a culture in any other company. The company says it has improved this process, but didn't. I think it went the other way. Poor benefits. 401k match is the lowest. Annual pay increase is well around zero (or negative) if you consider inflation.",Please try to improve review process by not just solely relying on what the manager says. Consider feedback from other peers and change this abusive culture.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9155,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not a Fair Trade Off,You do get insurance and stock all on day one which is a blessing,"Pay is not enough for a family or single parent. in order to really see a good check you have to work at least 20 hrs overtime. HR is no help if you need their assistance with an issue about threats or harassment from other employees. If you report a threat from a coworker they do an ""investigation"" and the person that was threatened ends up getting fired. Not a good company to work for.",Do a better job of resolving problems. Pick management that actually have worked in the position or know something about the department that they are going to manage,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9156,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent. I would reccomend,Easy money. 4-5hrs a day,"At the fulfilment I work at...You aren't ever really ""heard"" unless you press an issue or speak to the right person. Connections are everything.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9157,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,"Working with amazing people. Constant change of pace, work, while building on your ability to think on your feet, problem solve, and to teach.",the communication between shifts and department is near nonexistent.,start communicating with eachother,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9158,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2018","Current Employee - Manager, Product Management","Amazon is a giant start-up still, but it may not be that forever","Fast Paced, Smart co-workers, great planning and implementation/launch timelines, strong management, continuous learning and full ownership",All the above except for strong management are deteriorating at company due to recent re-org and HC reduction.,Have a solid mechanisms to develop and grow the internal talent through promotions,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9159,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer II,Do not start in Hourly position - Will take time to upgrade - Internal promotion hard,"Overall the company is solid to work for, however, upgrading is very hard. If you have any kind of desired to move up, do not get hired as a hourly employee. The ability to move from hourly to salary depends on the department and it could take a long time for the department to even have open salary positions. Moving from department to department can be difficult as well unless you are good at selling yourself and being very bright and shiny. If you are just extremely good at working, but not really advocating for yourself, then this is not the type of company for you. The stock options are good, but are much better if you can get hired on as salary. Management positions are compensated well from everything that has been talked about. However, it seems management only does X amount of the actual work and more or less are in meetings day in and day out.","Work life balance can be hard if you want to promote within the company. Those who are not as knowledgeable, but more willing to advocate for themselves, will move up. If you are hired in as an hourly, you are going to have a hard time moving up the levels. Company is always pushing equality above quality. You are part of a machine that is moving at a blazing speed, if you can't keep up you will burn out. If you don't agree with your manager, you have the ability to say something, but not the ability to make them listen. Even if you have a large number of other employees saying the same thing.",Start thinking about retention of good employees and less about public appearance. Remove the restraints on internal employees jumping levels. Start working on internal relationships and retention. Get management on the same page: Stop trying to out due everyone so you can get promoted and start working with your teams to make a real difference.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P134.htm
9160,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Employee,3 days off was a plus,repetitive work was a negative,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9161,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,- The compensation is great - Plenty of opportunities,"Too much work, not enough resources to do it!",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9162,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great advancement potential for aspiring employees,Tough work environment. The culture is geared toward driven individuals.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9163,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Coordinator,"Some cool people, flexible work schedule, stock options, sign on bonus, and work from home","Being a Recruiting Coordinator is EXTREMELY stressful! The amount of pressure you are under everyday is not worth the salary. You are expected to make magic happen EVERYDAY and when the magic doesn't happen for one minute you hear about it. Most thankless job I've ever had. Still recovering from PTSD of Bar Raisers cancelling last minute, rooms being double booked, and candidates taking out their ""no hire"" decision in the post interview surveys. Poor management, group think mentality, and you need to suck up in order to move up.",When on recruiting trips please don't act like a teenager and make younger more wholesome employees feel uncomfortable with your irresponsible and immature actions actions.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9164,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting place to work,Fantastic and really smart people to work with. The innovation that is coming out of Amazon is amazing. The flexibility and casual work environment is a huge plus.,"If you're in senior leadership role, there is a lot of writing of white papers that is required. NO POWERPOINTS",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9165,amazon,"Charlestown, IN"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Packer/Picker,Lots of chances to earn extra money,There is a lot of voluntary overtime. Plus if you don't miss any days in a month you earn 4% bonus.,There is a lot of INvoluntary overtime. During the holidays you will be working over time.Then during the whole month of December you'll be working 6 days a week.,most are very friendly.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9166,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Best Place to work at,"Exponential Growth, Learning curve. Great Culture","Tight Deadlines, Always be on Toes",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9167,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,Working with the best talent and leadership,"Best people to work with - extremely smart, humble, strong grit and perseverance Very challenging environment Need for keen attention to detail Awesome leadership","Due to large teams and orgs, accountability is low and passing the buck is easier and decision making is delayed Talent pool is diluted due to continuous hiring and very high bar for selection of talent",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9168,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"Great Pay Benefits VET VTO UPT Holiday Pay Management Great Part time job. Good starting pay, good job for college. Management is good and helpful,",Breaks Little more hours would be helpful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9169,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Agent,Possibility of bonuses and travel,Stressful work with no standardization in level of support offered by managers. Metrics driven to the point of insanity,Make management standards that include being supportive of the people doing the bulk of the work. When someone needs time off the phone to pee or even just to breathe let them have it.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P135.htm
9170,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,"Friendly staff, pretty alright hours.","Alot of package handling, sometimes can be a bit overboard.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9171,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager Technical,"Good for launching career, not good long term","High ownership, ability to invent and take action on them","little perks, no gym, no snacks",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9172,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager I,Great company to work for if you find the right team,Culture Working with some of the smartest people Health benefits,"Scaling - not enough staff to support growth, which leads to employees being burnt out","Focus on employee's career growth as well, not just the company's.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9173,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Management,Patience,Power of internet in the world,To work in deeper area,Try to do work in rural area also so that everybody feels like own thing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9174,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,They have great benefits and pay,It’s hard work and demanding of time,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9175,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,packer,"benefits from the first day, stock options and paid time off","Hard physical labor, stand in one spot, lift up to 50lbs for most of shift",Ease up on the employees. Most of them are already working as fast as they can.,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9176,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full time fulfillment associate,Pay and Bonuses were ok,Hr did not listen to anything,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9177,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Maintenance Technician,"Clean facility, clean work, safe environment",Minimum over time opportunities in maintenance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9178,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer Intern,Got to see how big companies operate and learn some coding techniques that were largely applied. Many internal sessions to learn new things.,No snacks and meals. The working environment can be negative.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9179,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Worst company to work for,There are very few teams in the company where the managers are helpful of employees and have good work culture. However these teams are so rare in such a big company and hard to find that I chose to consider this company has a toxic work culture with no work-life balance.,"1. Useless review tool - One of the several decision taken after the NYT article was to change the annual review process and use a new review tool. However, last year stack ranking of employees was done (and compensation was adjusted accordingly) even before this tool was open. Your stack rank and compensation are completely reliant on manager despite what they publicize. There is no way for employees to formally provide/get feedback anytime they want. 2. Many organizations were not supposed to hire SDE 1s. However, ""Hiring and developing the best"" is still a criteria for your annual performance review. The only way you can get a data point for this is to mentor an intern and with the hiring freeze across multiple organizations, this was an unachievable goal for most SDE 1s. 3. Worst employee benefits I have seen for such a big company. When asked, their usual response is that the company gives out the best compensation instead, so the employee can choose whatever the benefit they want for themselves. However, this company doesn't compare to its competitors in terms of compensation (and the competitors have better benefits too). The past couple of years may be an exception due to the increase in stock price, but that soon is going to change. 4. They take frugality to the extreme in areas they shouldn't. It takes at least 2 months for you to get any desk accessories and longer if you want a standup desk. If employee productivity is not their highest priority, I wonder what is. They expect you to do on-call work, but you have to purchase your own accessories like batteries for pager, Display port adapter to extend your laptop etc. 5. Speaking of work environment, their high density seating is the worst to focus on work. All the people I know (including myself) stay in the office only for meetings and work from home in the evenings to actually do work. They won't even provide noise cancelling headphones. Some teams are lucky because their managers reimburse for the headphones, but this is up to the team. 6. They started a tool that asks you a question everyday to collect regular feedback from employees (and possibly profile them). However, there is no transparency in what the collected feedback is or what kind of decisions they take based on it. The individual results are supposed to be confidential, but I have heard of instances where HR met with employees based on their feedback. 7. They say that they hire the best of people who raise the bar for the entire company, but if you want to transfer internally, you have to go through interviews again with the new team. Also, the moment you apply for a new team in the internal job portal, your manager will be notified of it. Hence many people go through informal interviews before applying formally in the job portal in fear of their managers giving negative feedback for all the bad stuff in their team.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P136.htm
9180,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,its a cool job,meet a lot of new people and the peak prizes,long hours so you need to have a understanding partner,not much honestly,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9181,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,fullfilment associate,great benefits and easy access to hr,"it is a sink or swim job, high quota rates",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9182,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Higher Pay and Skills/Experience Earned As Trade for More Stress and Time (Amazon Web Services),"- You will be surrounded by incredibly skilled engineers - You will likely learn more while working at Amazon than at previous companies - Highly rewarding - Helped relocate me when it came to moving my stuff across the country, scheduling tours of apartments, etc.","- I worked more hours each week than I had in any job previous to working at Amazon Web Services, though this was expected due to the pay and the opportunity compared to my previous jobs - My team had a high amount of services supported, to where it felt like a cluster of one-person teams with isolated tribal knowledge",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9183,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support,Great pay mangers food truck,Long hours short breaks stairs,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9184,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Stower,Associate,Great job if you need one and you just left prison for murder or just need a throwaway job between better things.,"Bad for humans, great for robots. On-the-job injuries will be reclassified as pre-existing conditions.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9185,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,distribution clerk,"good pay, short shifts, easy job to do","hot warehouse, night shift, distance to drive",give emplyees shorter work weeks like 3 days rather than 4,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9186,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company but not for everybody,"* Amazon is doing every business these days so there are opportunities to learn and build anything you'd like. The kinds of problems I work on are very unique and hard to find anywhere else. * People working here are usually super smart and creative. * Stock is doing great, which is why a lot of folks are still here and why the company has been able to hire at such an amazing rate over the last few years. * Contrary to what I read in a lot of forums, in my experience work-life balance has been great. I work my own hours and my managers have been supportive of everyone's schedule. Amazon is a really big place so YMMV.","* Amazon doesn't have as many perks as other top companies. * PTO policies are my main complaint. They take 6 holidays that are official at many other companies and give them back to you as floating personal days. Together with vacation days you get 21 days time of plus a few federal holidays (Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years, etc.). * Oncall rotation and operating the software you build is not for everybody but the learnings are very rewarding. It has made me a better engineer.",Focus on retention. I feel Amazon loses a lot of mid-level engineers to companies with better pay/perks after putting all the effort to train them. The path to Senior/Principal engineer is better now but needs to keep improving.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9187,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"Great for book lovers, an overall easy going work environment. There's no sales quota just need to have a good work ethic and customer service. Lots of room to move up and encourages transfer nationwide.",It could get a bit repetitive.,Need better tools for scheduling purposes.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9188,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just be aware of what you’re getting in to,Extremely smart coworkers Feeling of being on the cutting edge of technology Resume strength,Bullheadedness and arrogance prevails and gets promotions,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9189,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PRogram Manager,Great Work to be done,No cons to speak of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P137.htm
9190,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Procurement Operations Analyst,Huge responsibility over seeing the non-inventory packaging supplies side of the warehouse and managing the suppliers.,Requires a lot of time and are on call 24/7 in case operations needs something or your help is required.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9191,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Current Employee - Anonymous,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.","You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.",None so far.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9192,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,worse job.ever.modern slavery,"good benefits,givin free food sometimes during break,vto.sometimes,swag store","everything high rates short breaks,long walks 2 get bathrooms always harassed if leave station",ease off employees we arent robotd,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9193,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Order Picker,Awesome benefits. One of the best in the whole wide world,"Lack of opportunity for growth. Your outstanding performance will lead to your downfall. Using myself as an example. I had great qualifications, skills and experience but I started from level 1 believing that my performance will quickly afford me the position that suits my level of education and experience. But that was the starting of my nightmare. I had write up every month, which completely stop me from accessing the internal job upgrade and other growth links. The employ managers that are completely novice. All the are trained is to look at the system and see who is picking fast and who is not but what about the intellectual requirements. My skills, experience and performance put them on the edge as the were scared that i am more advanced than them and next i got sacked. And what was the reason, that i had time of task of one hour. Really. This is someone has performance rate of 8 percent every month, which is the highest allowed and picked 400 an hour as to targeted 300.  Personally, if you want to last there do not showcase your skills or try apply strategies that will help the company grow if not the will come after you in full force until the had you destroyed.  I only feel for Bezos who does not know how is company is managed.  Call me for more information on this issue. Nine zero eight three five six nine three five nine.","Please, do not envy people for their God's giving talent rather use it for the development of the company if you truly have passion for the company and want it to grow. And recruit the talented rather than look for novice who will make no impact in the company",1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9194,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - AA(Amazon Associate),Biggest waste of time,cafateria took managment over a year to install fans so now its not 100 degress on 4th floor,training was horrible written up on my 5th day management lies consistantly employees tell you real day-day life,"just all qui, please for the love of god all quit",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9195,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Abused Hunger Games Style Performance Review Every Year,Brand Name and Stock Price.,Managers and HRs abuse Hunger Games Style type of performance review to eliminate employees every year. Employees are tagged as low performers even if there are no actual comparison performance attributes followed.,Monitor the performance of managers and HRs.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9196,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sortation associate,the work it self is not hard but can get stressful or dull at times.,main cons would be on your feet all day and the managers would put you in the same role every shift if they can.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9197,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Aug 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dock Worker,"Lots of hours, clear goals, fun coworkers, plenty of parking, wide array of schedules, easy opportunity to become full time with full benefits","lots of hours, constantly monitored, different positions do not get paid differently despite different workload (loading/unloading trucks gets paid same as people packing boxes), season workers don't get full benefits",none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9198,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,needs some improvement,"decent work-life balance, solid benefits","Favoritism, work politics, most managers need to work on employee communications",Work on bettering yourselves before you try and coach others,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9199,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,"Work hard, be yelled at by customers, work harder, get minimum wage.","Work from home, quarterly merit based bonuses","Customers can treat you horribly, everything is merit based, don't get paid enough to be screamed at, nothing changes in procedures.","Make it easier on your agents to hand off belligerent customers. We don't get paid enough to be screamed at, called names, and berated, and then be expected to do it with a smile.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P138.htm
9200,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Perception,"Great name, moving ahead,keeping pace with advancement","Immobility,too confined to make career outside the company",Pl be committed to work life-family life balance of employees,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9201,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse,great place to work at.,The pay could be better.,Pay more,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9202,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Associate,good,GOOD APPLYING PROGRAM that helps you realize,TAKES A LITTLE LONG to do,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9203,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Product Engineer,I have no experience just trying to help out users and from home users.,I'm a user and would love to improve quality and reviews,"I have a full time job , but I need money to pay bills .","I take my job seriously , my help here will be according to a a professional standard",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9204,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Specialty Team Member,You can do better,"WFM used to be such a cool place - every single person who applied and got hired felt the same way: this is a company we believe in, with values that reflect our own.","I’m not even sure what WFM actually values any longer. One thing is for sure - it’s not team members or team leadership. Turnover for team leaders is at an all-time high. Order To Shelf is an absolute travesty and has only intensified what was already a convoluted and disorganized business structure. Amazon has done nothing but cut prices and labor and turn us into an extension of their website. Whole Foods needed real help digging themselves out of the mess they made of their business structure, and Bezos sees nothing but dollar signs - he could care less about the people actually running the show in the stores. Leadership has been cut in half in an attempt to save labor - meaning less people are expected to do twice the work and still hold the team to an unreachable standard.","Please just accept that OTS is a failure. Stop driving long-standing and qualified leadership out the door. Treat people like.. people, not work horses. Realize that sales increase when there are sufficient, properly trained and happy people around to produce and sell the products. Do away with integrated teams - give team leaders their ATLs back! Either go back to a culture of excellence and team member happiness or just hand it over to Bezos all together and let us go.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9205,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"Customer-obsessed culture, good pay, and great benefits. Great onboarding and training process.",Self-service approach for a lot of employee learning and information.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9206,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Tough environment but worth it.,A pure (business) metrics-driven process has helped them stand out and weather most market issues and beat all competition.,Feels like sometimes we lose sight of long-term benefits or it is difficult to plan long-term projects.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9207,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Career Opportunity to help to grow in the future with learning,Bad Management that will blame their faults on the employee when they dont have a clear goal,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9208,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - TCSA,Stagnant,"Health Benefits are decent, good time off, ok starting wage, come as you are attitude regarding wardrobe.","Little to no pay increases, stagnant growth process, metrics metrics metrics you are treated as just another number. Very cliquish atmosphere and behaviors. Constant policy changes and updates reducing your ability to achieve goals yet never reevaluating these goals.",Don't just listen to your employees but show a backbone and defend your employees. Just because it has always been done one way does not mean it reflects what is currently happening.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9209,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Complicated,Great Medical benefits! Stocks were great After you stick around for at least 2 years while they vest.,Frequent Changing of schedules was really difficult with a toddler. Bad work and life balance.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P139.htm
9210,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery,"Constant work, not a hard job to do",Not worth the pay,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9211,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Plenty of overtime at all centers.,"None really, it’s a decent job with decent pay.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9212,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Content Developer,Content Developer - A not-so-Amazon experience,"- Most of your coworkers are on your side as long as you're helping them achieve their goals. - Awesome benefits. - Possibility of upward mobility, even for remote workers.","- Help (internal and external documentation) styling and presentation is stuck in the dark ages. - Information architecture teams are more concerned with maintaining old systems and incremental updates than moving to systems that put the customer and the author first. - Content strategists are a mixed bag. Some are more interested in their own career (and how you could affect it), and only pretend to care about yours. Others are excellent, but lack the confidence to support you when your decisions differ from the norm. - Obsession over frugality continues to reduce the amount of resources available to authors and strategists. When good people leave, they aren't normally replaced. Ultimately, you're left without the hands to do all the work you need to. Reorganizing teams won't change that. - Localization and publishing partner teams tend to see content authors as the enemy. They meticulously comb through your content looking for mistakes, and if they find any, they publicly shame you for it. Over time, I lost confidence in my authoring skills because I spent so much time double-checking my work. - Things can get competitive. People might pretend to be your ""work friend,"" but they're ready to throw you under the bus if it makes them look better. - Most people are too busy to take Jeff B.'s words to heart. The leadership principles are rarely spoken of, unless we/you screw up. - Promotions aren't based on skill and potential, they're based on whether you're liked or not. - Product teams don't care that you know more about supporting the customer, they want it their way.","Get to know your employees. Spend some money and have a summit where everyone can get loose together and stop looking at each other like mortal enemies.  Don't start a massive reorg without warning and expect things to go well. I know agility is important, but not at the expense of your team's mental health.  Focus on being a leader in the customer support industry instead of a follower. Do it quickly and support your employees thoughtfully during the process.  Disclaimer: My review pertains to the experience I had as a Support Experience content developer at Amazon. The feelings expressed in this review DO NOT reflect my overall view of Amazon.com. Regardless of my experience as a content dev, I still think Amazon is a terrific place to work.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9213,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Great benefits but...,great medical benefits that start on your first day,don't pay their employees what they deserve,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9214,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Customer focus and results-driven culture,The high-paced environment can often cause burnout.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9215,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Hours, ability to move up quickly in company, benefits,","Pay raises, cap out salaries are low.","Listen but also notice people’s body language , if you stop and pay attention it will help you keep the employees happy bc they can see you care about them",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9216,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Not Warehouse,WAS a great place to work,Many people are smart and willing to listen and work as a team. I have met some real genuine people.,Many more people have huge egos and are there to build their career on the backs of others. Pushing others to the brink of frustration is sweat shop tactics and doesn't belong in a modern tech company.,Get a plan and stick to it. Too many changes to plans and pushing people too hard is going to lead to a decline in business. Money and benefits should not be used as leverage to push people beyond reasonable limits.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9217,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Worst Job I've Ever Had,Good benefits Easy to get the job,You are treated like a number instead of a person. Don't report anything to HR or you're fired. Rate is impossible to hit so you will receive write-ups until you're fired Pay is low,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9218,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very poor culture,Extremely smart people. Projects are very interesting. It is inspiring to work at a company that is changing the world.,Extremely poor culture. No empathy from management. Constant pressure. No recognition. Stack rank employees. High turnover. People are unhappy. Mainly stay up until they can vest all their RSUs and find a place with a better culture that appreciate people. Good for the resume. Not for a long term career. Unless for cold hearted overly ambitious people who want to only climb the silver ladder at all costs. Not a place for everyone. And not for the ones that expect somehow of a work life balance. Top down approach pressuring people and never recognizing their efforts. High level of arrogance. No real benefits,You hire humans. Not machines. It is ok to be nice and respectful. Be humble.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9219,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - General Warehouse Associate,Amazon fulfillment center,"Paid time off, vacation, upt, career choice, 4 10hour shifts, 3 days off","It gets miserable , mentally draining, solitary confinement,",Reconsider music it helps with motivating and keeping your mind from wondering.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P140.htm
9220,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,No Work Life Balance,Dress code and 4-10 work schedule,"Work life balance is non exsistant, Interal promotions rarely happen. This company burns you into the ground and then releases you",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9221,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Inbound Stow,"Decent wage, lax supervision, can wear normal clothes to work/ no uniform","Management is abysmal. No clear lines of communication or chain of command. Goals that are set are unrealistic, and everyone is so afraid of not making rate that they won't fudge numbers or cook the books, they'll ATOMIZE them. Unless you're desperate and have ZERO other alternatives, don't work for these crooks! They'll work you until you drop!","Try and retain people, not force them out. Reward those who stick by you, instead of trying to buy their silence and get them to leave before they complain to your newest stooges. Have clear and concise communication lines, and promote employee agency and self-direction.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9222,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - FC Packer,Very Labor Intensive,Good Benefits and Healthcare options.,"Where do I start? First, pay your workers a living wage. Very labor intensive. Management hears your complaints and does nothing or tells you ""it is what it is."" Workers under stress to make rate. They hire anyone! Was surrounded by young adults who slacked off and didn't know what they were doing, hence they wouldn't complain when management gave them very difficult tasks. Takes time to move up.","You talk about open door policy, and you do listen but do nothing. Please improve workers conditions and pay your employees a living wage. For the work I was doing, I should have at least been getting paid $15 an hour. Very stressful on your body and stress level to keep up rate. Wasn't worth it.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9223,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 12, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good benefits,"Best benefits in medical, dental, and vision. Monthly bonus and plenty of overtime oppurtunties.",Some mandatory overtime. Peak season is good money but manditory 60’s.,More one on one for good employees,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9224,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Awesome benefits and time off.,"If you don't like doing physical labor all day , don't apply . The work didn't bother me as much as the upper management did . I get it though , its Amazon and the beast doesn't sleep.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9225,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,flexible,Good pay flexible team work Good management Consistent reliable fun fast pace,Not enough hours HR needs training longer breaks More food variety Longer vacation time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9226,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Tier III,I love my job but hate the FC that I work at,"Stock, vcp, good benefits, great co-workers, close to home",No room for advancement and there's a lot of favoritism,Give your Tier 3 employees a chance to move up instead of hiring someone off the street,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9227,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pays,Ok pay for the job,Long hours on a shift you cant choose,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9228,amazon,"Doral, FL"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Receiving Associate,Amazon,"Really chilled environment , nice break room, water stations,","Very car dependant areas, not very any hours, a bit inflexible with scheduling",It'd be great if you had more resources for single parents,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9229,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,millinial-based easy location transfer easy work nice staff organized,long days may get repetitive hurt legs boring nothing else,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P141.htm
9230,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great and innovative culture.,Everything is around the customer!,Nothing I can think about.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9231,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate Picker,Stepping Stone,"Career Choice Program, job security.","Peak seasons, dealing with PA's that have Zero respect for employees",none,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9232,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Great , it’s just bout how you like it there","The people ,the pay , the management",10 hour shifts some people are a little dumb,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9233,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,!,Plenty of opportunities to grow.,The working conditions can be uncomfortable if you don’t properly prepare yourself everyday.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9234,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,At least you have a job,"On holiday's you work 11 hours, but only get 8 hours of holiday pay.",Give holiday pay for entire time worked on those holidays.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9235,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Senior Human Resources Assistant - Know What You're Getting Yourself Into,"- Pay wasn't amazing, especially the fact they pay the same for this position no matter what geographical area you're in, but base pay + signing bonus was on par with similar entry level jobs' base pay. - Looks great on a resume. - You will get really good experience which your other friends in HR will likely not be doing in their first job- interviewing, terminations, conducting ER investigations (sexual harassment, theft, etc.). - Generally young co-workers. - Very casual dress-code- jeans, sneakers, leggings, whatever is generally fine.","- For a company the size of Amazon, the career development opportunities are horrible. There is no clear path to promotion or even a lateral transfer. No one knows how you get promoted here - and the answer to that question changes every day. They do have an internal job site, however, I applied to a multitude of jobs and got no response. - The attrition out of this place is terrible, which becomes very discouraging. In the 1 year I worked there, I had multiple of my managers and teammates leave the company, and not to mention the turnover in Operations as well. Senior management gives a very ""oh well"" attitude to attrition - because it is so common. I guess at a company like Amazon, the immense cost of losing your employees simply does not matter. - In the FC, HR ends up doing the random jobs that no one wants to do - taking notes in general meetings, planning random events, etc. A lot of things that end up becoming ""HR owned"", would have nothing to do with HR in other companies. - The FC tends to be very ""scrappy"" and it's not for everyone. You will likely not have your own desk, employees will scream at you, etc. It is MUCH different from corporate HR. - Work-life balance is poor. - Schedules are pretty bad- unless you like working nights, weekends, and holidays... - This is a non-exempt position. Good because you get paid overtime, bad because you're really not doing non-exempt-level work. This is a true HR Generalist position and title/exemption status should reflect to show that. - Being told you're doing a ""great job"" and then receiving a 1% increase makes no sense.... when the inflation rate is 2.2%, a 1% yearly increase is a decrease..... How is this difficult for a company like Amazon to understand? - No performance bonuses - guess they don't agree with pay for performance, they just do claw-back signing bonuses & RSUs to keep you there :)  I ended up leaving Amazon for a better career opportunity because I was simply too unhappy there. I don't regret the year I spent here - it was all good experience.","Learn why your people are leaving, listen to them, work to fix their issues. There is no point of an ""open door policy"" if you don't care to make the changes.",2.0,none,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9236,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Facilities Manager,Facilities Manager,Clean work environment and climate controlled.,Seriously one of the worst companies I have worked for. I have worked for a few large scale companies and they all have problems and unnecessary rules but this place takes the cake. Since they so many chiefs compared to Indians they dont have enough to do so they pick apart the most trivial things. They also baby the employees to the point that there is really no structure. Any employee can just leave or refuse to do their job because they are to hot or cold. Again this is a climate controlled building!!! So in turn they treat management bad and baby employees which makes it hard on the good employees that are just trying to do a good job.,If you trust someone enough to be a manager let them actually manage their people and a lot of problems will work themselves out. its not rocket science you don't make anything. You are really just putting stuff in a box.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9237,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad culture,"Good pay and worked with some quality people. Bonuses were nice, but kind of odd compensation strategy.",Terrible culture and clueless management. 50 or 60 hour weeks with an expectation to put the job over everything else.,Holdover from years past makes for bad leadership. There is a bad culture problem on teams that requires systemic changes.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9238,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Depends on your priorities,"Pay is good, I think it depends on the area your in so you get paid enough to live comfortably off of. Great benefits, paid time off, unpaid time, and vacation, holiday pay, made some friends with my co-workers.","Job security can waver based on how long you’ve been there and if your working up the later, and you must meet Quality and Productivity every week.","Definitely need to chill on Productivity just a little, I mean I’ve been written up for Productivity because I was at 99.7%, I almost lost my job. Also managers that get hired on from the outside and have no idea how to help us out.",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9239,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love for the work balances the lack of upward career movement,Culture - customer-centric Benefits - very generous Flexible schedule Great co-workers Exciting projects Compensation,Position leveling creates issues for career movement Across org movement is stagnant Hire and RETAIN the best - I've seen handfuls of great people leave due to lack of opportunity to move up,"There is so much focus on attracting great people, which is very important, yet just as important is keeping the great people. A lack of focus on keeping them here. Attrition is tough to tackle when that isn't taken into consideration.",3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P142.htm
9240,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service,Customer service,Stable work flow and good hours.,Unstable and unreliable managerial staff.,Hire from within more for management.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9241,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,The benefits and time off are worth it.,The hours are hard to work around.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9242,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Amazon!,Great Work life balance in Amazon! Awesome Culture,None as of now here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9243,amazon,"Seattle Heights, WA"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE1 at Amazon Inc - Great work Life balance,"Great learning cure, Work-life balance. Part of the best tech company",No cons according to me,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9244,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Good pay, stocks after two years of employment.",It is a legalized sweat shop.,"Stay in one position, so that you can get to know your crew. I had over 10 managers in 3 years.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9245,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Good salary. Innovative stuff to do,"Big organization, no easy to be promoted",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9246,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Alexa PM teams,"Dynamic, start-up like. For those willing to put in the works, highly rewarding to see the amount you can achieve in relatively short period of time.",Choosing the right role gets important. You could easily get into a habit of putting in more hours than you'd like.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9247,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,Good PPO and unpaid time off.,"On your feet all day, long hallways. Quick lunch",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9248,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,"pay, time off, part time","manual labor, metrics, under values workers",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9249,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Process Guide,Good company to work for,Very good benefits and you get nice discounts,Long hours of work and sometimes you get stuck on one spot the whole shift,People need to rotate more because that way you learn better,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P143.htm
9250,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,"Good opportunities and pay, bad experience",Amazon offers very high compensation and excellent advancement opportunities,"The company is consistently pushing the boundaries of what is possible, which gets pushed down through management. Most people seem exhausted and unhappy with their jobs, but are masochistically tied to their excellent stock packages. It’s a great place for people that are willing to sacrifice all of their comforts and balance in life, but it is relentless and only gets harder as the expectations continually increase, and the stock only pays out hugely after two years. Most don’t make it one year. I work 12-14 hours a day, and I’m regularly asked to come in on my days off.","Management is endlessly pushy to the point where positive feedback sounds forced and disingenuous. More positive recognition would be nice, but Amazon’s culture is unique and I don’t expect it to change much because it’s worked quite well for the company so far.",3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9251,amazon,"Milford, MA"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unhappy,Fast paced awesome managers great pay,No fast action when things go wrong in their computer systems,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9252,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Company, job is ok",Good Company and good people,Less technical and more grunt work,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9253,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Meh.,"Good benefits, people are good.","Rules only apply when they need them to. Revolving door of leadership. No room to advance as everyones hired out of college, changes how we do things (even tho they have never performed the tasks) and then moves to another site.",Promote from within AND spread those folks across different shifts...not just the shifts of senior leadership.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9254,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Supportengineer III,Fantastic payand benefitsvery good managers,Uber competitive environment and no scope for mistakes,Be a little understanding that we are also humans and we are your biggest assets,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9255,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Practice Manager,Challenging and Inspiring,"Ability to engage across all teams at all levels, Constantly learning and growing knowledge, Customer Obsession",the Day One mentality has many processes in a developmental state. We tend to redo things just to test the current way of doing things (this can be a pro as well),"Stay supportive of your teams, Keep raising the bar and challenging us in a positive way",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9256,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,AMAZING,Great place to work. Everything has been amazing and people make me happy.,"Nothing, I just love being here.",Great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9257,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager AWS,- Great really smart workforce - Latitude to be customer obsessed - Actually lives the values (leadership principles) - A lot of opportunities for growth,- A lot of services for AWS means a quick ramp up,Keep the standards high on hiring. Don't let all the growth lower the bar. Get ahead of the negative press with fulfillment centers. It hurts the brand.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9258,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - EHS Specialist,Awesome employer,"Great benefits, great culture, and great people",This seems silly that I have to enter something here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9259,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Center,Depending where you are in life its great. You get up to 30 hours per week with weekly pay. You have dental and vision.,This is everyone 2nd job or there vary 1st job. You cant pay rent on the hourly pay.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P144.htm
9260,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Financial Analyst,Flexibility to join in other teams .,Work pressure and employee benefits .,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9261,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warhouse worker,"good management, good pay, good benefits","hard work, long shift, physical work",good management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9262,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Only here for the insurance job,"Insurance, some friendly coworkers, bistro food","Area Managers and PA's (processing assistants) put their favorites in positions (process guides) so that when peak rolls around they have the best chance at the seasonal role. If you decide to speak or complain to HR or the connections line (that is supposed to be confidential) they will report back to your supervisors what the conversation was about and the retaliation starts. They will remove you from any indirect role you may have done in the past and then the write-ups start appearing. A lot of the people that have gotten promoted have been because they have sucked up to management and become besties with them. They don't leave much room for Tier 1's to move up because they continuously rotate the Tier 3's in different positions or roles. They have some areas where the Tier 3's get to even sit at a desk, must be hard on your feet being on facebook all day. Jeff Besoz's needs to visit this location and see how incompetent management really is and how FILTHY the facility is on a daily basis. Favoritism, rude coworkers, inexperienced management, dusty, dirty, filthy warehouse, extremely hot inside the warehouse, no opportunity at all to advance unless your friends with Management, short breaks, dirty drinking water, and CRAZY employees everywhere.",LEARN HOW TO MANAGE AND PUT THE PROPER PEOPLE IN THE PROPER POSITIONS BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND NOT WHO YOU LIKE. STOP RETALIATING AGAINST EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY COME TO YOU ABOUT PROBLEMS IN THE DEPARTMENT.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9263,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Good pay, lousy Management","Great pay, good benefits, provides bussing to some areas","Does not utilize your strengths, focuses more on your weaknesses to set you up for failure","Once you see you have a good, dedicated employee that performs exceptionally well in one area but not so well in another area, utilize that employee where they'd benefit the company most. You all like to focus on one's weakness and when production levels are not met in that area, you continuously write them up setting them up for failure rather than placing the employee in a position in which you know they perform well in",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9264,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work here.,They sing in a circle or whatever.,They gave me a $3 deduction in my wages and moved my place of business an extra hour away without consulting me. Still expected me to show up to work.,Get a clue.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9265,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Store Manager,Retail Experience Consultant,"Fun environment, fast pace, big company","Low level of growth opportunities, communication",Improve communication. Less of a start up mentality in current department.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9266,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Having a 4 day work week. Time off.,Very few bonuses. Short breaks. Standing for hours,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9267,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Not Bad,"Money, Schedule Flexibility, Ability to move up",Actual job is terrible and repetitive.,Stop micromanagement,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9268,amazon,"Remote, OR"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,work at home,the job is flexible and work at home,survey not worth to determine a job,part time flex need to be in right category to get their benefits,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9269,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Field Technician,Amazon Smart Home Services,At first we felt like the company was invested in us. They gave us all the tools and training we needed to take care of customers.,"- No raises in over a year. Still none in sight. - No vertical growth. - Laughable employee discount. - No stock plan, only RSUs that don’t vest fast enough. - No team outings or events. - There’s a No Tipping policy. - Forced to find a gas station for bathrooms. - Theres a hiring freeze. Our market needs double the staff. - Managers worry too much about conference calls and metrics instead of focusing on their people. - Tools such as company cards that we used to buy supplies and travel accommodations with were taken away. - We have to buy our own supplies. - New policies every week. - Management will change schedules with little or no notice. We’ve been through 5 schedule changes in a year. None of them have been fair. - Employees have to perform irrelevant/repetitive tasks, such as taking surveys, that do not help the customer or anyone. - Lots and lots of mileage put on your car. Drive rout logistics are not considered by management and they will make you drive across town when another technician was already nearby. - Only mileage reimbursement. No insurance assistance. - Uniform is uncomfortable. Still no jackets for the winter. - Internal app and software is out of touch for the job. - Expected to work when off the clock.","Focus on your people. Take care of your employee and they will take care of the customers. Stop focusing so much on metrics, especially when it does nothing to improve customer experience. No more surveys. No more redeculing because you forgot to do a survey or didn’t start an appointment on time.",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P145.htm
9270,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Field Technician,Amazon Smart Home Services,At first we felt like the company was invested in us. They gave us all the tools and training we needed to take care of customers.,"- No raises in over a year. Still none in sight. - No vertical growth. - Laughable employee discount. - No stock plan, only RSUs that don’t vest fast enough. - No team outings or events. - There’s a No Tipping policy. - Forced to find a gas station for bathrooms. - Theres a hiring freeze. Our market needs double the staff. - Managers worry too much about conference calls and metrics instead of focusing on their people. - Tools such as company cards that we used to buy supplies and travel accommodations with were taken away. - We have to buy our own supplies. - New policies every week. - Management will change schedules with little or no notice. We’ve been through 5 schedule changes in a year. None of them have been fair. - Employees have to perform irrelevant/repetitive tasks, such as taking surveys, that do not help the customer or anyone. - Lots and lots of mileage put on your car. Drive rout logistics are not considered by management and they will make you drive across town when another technician was already nearby. - Only mileage reimbursement. No insurance assistance. - Uniform is uncomfortable. Still no jackets for the winter. - Internal app and software is out of touch for the job. - Expected to work when off the clock.","Focus on your people. Take care of your employee and they will take care of the customers. Stop focusing so much on metrics, especially when it does nothing to improve customer experience. No more surveys. No more redeculing because you forgot to do a survey or didn’t start an appointment on time.",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9271,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Problem Solver,A Different Kind of Experience,Plenty of Job Opportunities and Movement. Transparent Management. Encouragement to Pursue Education & Bigger Things.,Odd Scheduling. Hours System is Unforgiving. People can be extremely Unprofessional and Dramatic.,Thankfully on the shift I work I've been given amazing AM's and PA's that listen to our suggestions and encourage positive improvement in themselves and us.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9272,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,worst time of my life,"good benefits, three days off a week","horrible work conditions bad pay, inept HR, say that they promote from within, but they hire young drones straight out of collage to supervise people who have been doing the job for years",practice what you preach,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9273,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Side Hustle,Great way to supplement your income.,The more hours the better.,Try not to hire 100 people for 10 positions!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9274,amazon,"Cranbury, NJ"," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Good benefits 4 days work week,Physically exhausting strenuous work. Too depending on individual rates,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9275,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Great working environment and lots of intelligent motivated people,Much of the company is no longer a nimble innovative tech company. They now have a great deal of bureaucracy.,Understand and get back to day one.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9276,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great Company,"Great team, excellent software tools, a lot of opportunity to grow and easy to relocate to a different city/state","Schedule, work life balance ideal for single people, work area not the best and a lot of opportunity with HR team, could help a lot more","Improve communication, do benchmark on HR departments in other companies, work on doing employee evaluations based on data.",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9277,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Excellent benefits and easy to learn,You are a rate as soon as you walk in the door,Be fair,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9278,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overnight Stower,"Ok pay, meet new people, work around school schedule, set schedule","Very boring, management seems to get more and more strict, really get on you about rate, a lot of young employees so can get very high schoolish",Chill out,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9279,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Agent (PT-Flex),Virtual Customer Service Agent (PT-Flex),- Choose your hours every 3 weeks (however the hours available are based on the projected demand of customers)  - You have a Unpaid Time Off bank that refills every quarter with 20Hrs (you can use those hours as you please EXCEPT during Prime week)  - Some managers are great and really try to help you the best they can,"- At the end of the day... it's customer service so you're dealing with the general public.. and they can be ungrateful, rude, and/or not happy with what you can provide  - It is also retail so your hours are not stable and they change A LOT (which can also be a pro)  - Even though you're a virtual agent.. you still have to deal with co-workers that don't know what they're doing and makes promises they can't keep.. you have to go and clean up behind them if the cx calls back  - Your performance is graded on a metric HMD (How's my driving) scale that's sent out to customers after they contact you.. which isn't terrible but it is aggressively held against you if you don't meet the desired percentage... which is usually around 84%  - Team leaders can be backwards... I've had virtual team leaders (they are called DART) tell me one thing... but when a cx asks to speak directly with a team leader/manager they tell them something else... becomes VERY annoying  - Pay could be better  - You might think ""Oh this is a great place for me to get my foot in the door with Amazon""... that's a 50/50 chance... if you fail security or constantly don't meet goal... you are put on probation for a certain amount of weeks/months... which means you cannot apply to any other positions in Amazon until that probation period is over",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P146.htm
9280,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looking ahead,"Overall, company has great growth opportunities",Your manager/supervisor will ultimately determine your overall experience.,Seek to involve frontline staff in the decision making process.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9281,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Choose your team wisely,"Depending on your team, you will be working on things that will have an impact. If you're someone that likes such an achievement, this will be great. Most systems are designed to be scalable and that can help especially junior engineers to learn how to better design a system.","Some teams may have deadlines that drives the entire management to squeeze productivity out of the engineers. When engineers work extra to help out on the situation, managers may take it for granted and squeeze even more out of the engineers.","Properly recognize achievements and work of the employees, and have more realistic expectations.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9282,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Photography Manager,Great company,Blaze your own trail at Amazon.,You HAVE TO pac yourself or you can work yourself into exhaustion. The company will take as much energy as you give it and still ask for more.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9283,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Experience Consultant,Great job for good pay,Hours get cut in the summer,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9284,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Investigator - AWS Variable Fraud,Risk Investigator AWS Variable Fraud,The accounts we are asked to review are simple to understand and straight forward  Nice work area with plenty of shops around  Good health benefits,"Metrics are always changing and can be very difficult to meet  If you voice your concerns with management, they will listen for a little (if at all) and ultimately disregard your concerns. They will then tell you to follow Amazon's leadership principle of ""Disagree and Commit"" which basically is saying you can disagree to management's decision, but you ultimately have to disregard your original concern and do what they say.","Have metrics be more realistic. If we're unable to meet them for a certain amount of time (3 months) then consider to lower the metrics to allow us to meet them, then slowly increase them to the way you originally wanted it to be.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9285,amazon,"Eagan, MN"," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Manager Asst,Casual dress and 4 day work week.,Lack of leadership. Disrespect of team members. Managers were told to wear fit bits so upper leadership could make sure they weren't spending too much time on their computers. Promotional opportunities given to unqualified based on their culture. Good old boy mentality.,Treat your onsite leadership team with respect.,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,none,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9286,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,A glimpse at what it's like working for Amazon,"Every day is different, you'll never be bored, there's always opportunities to learn new skills. Leadership principles come into action as tie breakers in discussions - the most often used one is ""what is the best outcome for our customer?"". You are encouraged to look around corners, and engage into vigorous debate as long as you have data to support it.","Lots of ambiguity, which I personally love since it allows me to add my own personal touch, however may not suit everyone. Frugality can be a blocker especially when you're trying to attend conferences.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9287,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Excellent benefits and great work from home opportunities,Not enough manager to employee support,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9288,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Worth it for the young and ambitious,Great compensation and Benefits. Room for growth.,"Long hours, large goals, and high turnover","Amazon is improving on the work/life balance as it grows, but still have room to grow.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9289,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,It has been an awesome experience,The benefits that come with the job,"I don’t have any, it has been a very good experience",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P147.htm
9290,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate I,Great benefits. Proper breaks and management is very professional.,Management was not approachable. Treated like the bottom of the food chain. Not the best environment for a female worked with inappropriate co workers. Doesn’t work with school schedule so I had to quit unexpectedly. Treats workers as disposable. Tech employees egos need to be taken down a couple notches.,Be clear about certain locations and the ability to change schedule for school. Was misinformed that I’d be able to change my schedule for school but because I was working at a specific location I wasn’t able to.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9291,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Focus is on non-exempt engagement and no value for exempt leaders,You will work with some of the smartest and hard working Leaders in your career who care deeply and are passionate about the work they do. The stock is also a phenomenal bonus.,"Lack of work-life harmony for anyone that is not a warehouse employee. There is a culture of worshiping the non-exempt employees, while there is no engagement or value for the exempt leaders.","Pay your internals more, especially those that have been there before the stock sky-rocketed - they are the ones that are committed to your company.",1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9292,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sortation associate,you get to work independently or with partners,managers let people that have been there longer walk around and do nothing for hours but if you're new they will write you up if you don't meet your rates.,pay attention to your workers and treat them equally. better communication,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9293,amazon,"Miami Beach, FL"," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Hotel Front Desk Manager,Spanish Fluent - Work From Home Customer Service Associate,Amazon secure jobs opportunity,none find any downside so far,none advice to management so far,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9294,amazon,"France, ID"," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent company,Salary and managers are awesome and very excellent atmosphere,"Nothing bad to mention, hope it continues like that",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9295,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Bias,"You only have 1 thing to do the only rule is to get it done, that’s what i like about it you didn’t have 10 other tasks to get done just 1. I also loved that you didn’t have to speak if you didn’t want to just go there and work and leave. Break room was nice","Favoritism environment. Couldn’t move up in the work force unless you kissed butt. If you get written up in the department that you work in you can’t switch to another for afew months and that doesn’t make sence to me, if I’m struggling in an area or if there’s conflict between you and the manager/lead of a department they should get you out of that environment so you can excel somewhere else not keep you there to fail. They make it hard for you to go to the bathroom what i mean by that is you can go to the bathroom as much as you have to but it’ll pull your productivity score down and the metrics there are all off. They cater to temps before full time permanent employees. They don’t do right by your UPT and PTO.",Do better,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9296,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Pass,"Great Stock Bonus, Ability to relocate","Terrible culture, work life balance, mediocre salary for mid-level",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9297,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Easy to get hired,"This job was easy to get. No interviews. Just a drug test and background check. The work was repetitive for a while, but they will train you to do different tasks eventually.","Standing for 10 hours a day, working 60 hours a week during peak season, and they hire anybody so no surprise I encountered a lot of creeps here. No one did anything when I complained about harassment. Felt like actual slavery at times",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9298,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging but interesting,"Large scale systems, high volume consumers",Long working hours and too much coordination,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9299,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support En,Great Culture and People with lots of Positives!,The people aka Teams and Managers around you. Types and number of systems in use. Flexibility to pursue interests/projects,Sudden Org changes Job role changes Communication delivery Progress paths not defined,Working on change management process vs overnight major re-works should be considered. Ensuring that org/job role changes take into account how it will affect the employees personal alignment/level of purpose fulfilled during the change(s) and afterwards.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P148.htm
9300,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Fast pace, will help develop warehouse skills",15 minute break for a 5 hour shift,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9301,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall exciting place to work for young engineers.,AWS is fantastic to work in.,Very very very less perks.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9302,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Hard,"Flexible, autonomous, nice co-workers, good pay, easy","Treated like robots, under appreciated",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9303,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Don’t apply if you don’t want to work,The benefits and pays is good,They work you like a slave and no one cares... they will fire you for anything. They will write you up your first week there.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9304,amazon,"Hazelwood, MO"," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It’s ok,$12.50/hr Set your own schedule,No benefits No hours Warehouse job,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9305,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stower,great benefits - poor management,Benefits! Benefits! Benefits... Benefits... Benefits!,newly graduated kids no idea about anything manages (!) you according what they had read on books :(( very poor management!,"overall almost a perfect company, every details has been thought carefully but stop putting kids on managerial positions!!!!!",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9306,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Good if you thrive in chaos,Lots of flexibility to move to different roles.,Speed at which the business moves is detrimental to financial and accounting controllership.,Give bonuses to non-SDE roles. The growth of the stock price should not preclude employees from receiving bonuses or getting raises. This does not create financial incentive to stay.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9307,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hostler,Schedule and paid time off are good,Pay needs to be better,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9308,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Good place if you're young,Engaging work enviroment Opportunity for advancement Guaranteed 40 hour weeks,"Hard to build relationships with management, constantly switching people around Tier 1 work is repetitive, if you don't make rate you'll be fired.","If an associate isn't making rate, dedicate resources into their success instead of ignoring the issue until the rate system forces termination. Lots of good people were sacked because production goals were a higher priority than keeping productive workers.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9309,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Know what you're choosing,"It's a household name, looks great on a resume, and there are a lot of smart people working there.","Amazon can be very stressful, depending on your position, your level, your direct manager, and your team/department. As with anything, stress is manageable but you need to know what you're choosing. Ask a lot of questions during the hiring process. Really dig.  Culture really varies by team. Some teams aren't particularly social because they have busy lives with children and families. Other teams make a point to build a social bond amongst members. Ask about this in your interview, depending on your needs.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P149.htm
9310,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,Pay and a lot of opportunities,Work long hours and tight schedule,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9311,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,GREAT! GOOD COMPENSATION and STOCKS! GROWTH OPS! GREAT PEERS and TEAMS GREAT WORK CULTURE,"None, Amazon is pretty awesome",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9312,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Stressful but great!,The people . The pay,Standing for too long and lifting heavy packages,Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9313,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,Amazon Restaurants,Great sales team & direct managers,Upper management makes the job miserable and more challenging than it needs to be,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9314,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Try to avoid this place,"-The starting pay is a little over minimum wage but it should definitely be more. -If you have little to no job experience, then its a okay starter job but definitely work on whats your next plan to further yourself. -Provides stock that you can access after 2 years. -A vast majority of people are helpful if you have issues. -Have a lot of dedicated people who work hard at their job. -Give out raffles for prizes and have competitions for working hard to also earn prizes. -Makes safety a big priority for workers. -You have water stations close to where you work at all times. -Trying to advance and take on other responsibilities is possible but i wouldn't want to here. -Will pay up to 95% of tuition towards a Associates Degree for associates but only if they work for a full year at amazon. -You receive a certain amount of Personal time-off(PTO), Unpaid time-off(UPT), and vacation time every so weeks but PTO and UPT is not infinitely given throughout the year unlike vacation time. -Voluntary time off and voluntary extra time are available sometimes.","-You will be standing for pretty much 10 hours a day for 4 days a week or 12 hours a day for 3 days a week which becomes a huge strain on your feet if you're not prepared. It's also literally mindless work where you just scan items for that whole work day. Doesn't make me feel motivated about the work i do, it doesn't challenge my mind, it's almost slave like. -You have to meet/exceed a rate percentage each week (100% or higher) or you will either get a verbal coaching or a write up which can potentially lead to termination. It does not matter if you are at a 99.99% at the end of the week, it still counts as a negative rate. -You sometimes/often receive work that is hard to stow which can negatively affect your rate for the week. This is why people steal good work in order to increase their rate for the week which just goes to show that something is wrong with the rate system and should be changed so that workers do not have to worry about there rates as much. -The building can get very hot. They provide personal fans for stations but it doesn't help if there aren't enough fans for each station. I have to make sure i get a fan for my station before the shift starts or i'll be hot all day. They are trying to add literal cylinder fans to the ceilings but i don't feel like they work. -The prize system isn't very fair. In order to win prizes, you have to stow faster than other people. It becomes a problem because not everyone is going to have the same type of work as you which puts people at a disadvantage. They also only give prizes to one winner rather than having runner up prizes for people who come in 3rd or 5th place. -Breaks are 15mins long which means you basically have 10mins of relax time because it usually takes 2:30mins to walk to the break room and 2:30mins to walk back to your station. If you're a min late, you will get written up. If you don't want to walk to the break room then you can stay at your station but managers don't want you sitting at your station so you pretty much have to stand up at your station if you don't want to walk to the break room which i find ridicules since its my time to rest and i want to rest my feet for as much as i can.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9315,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager II,Area Manager II,"I got hired right out of college. I would recommend any college graduate to start their career with Amazon because it will teach you the work ethic you need to survive in the real world. This work ethic will carry with you for the rest of your life and anything you do after Amazon will be very easy to you. You will work with very smart young leaders. My GM was not even 30 and he had moved every couple years for a promotion opportunity. There is a lot of growth if you are willing to come in everyday and work hard. Work week in the Operations department is 4 days but I would say that I only worked 4 days 50% of the time I was at Amazon. During Peak, prime you are working 5 days. In my building a lot of managers were leaving, either getting promoted or quitting the company so most work week were 5-6 days 12 hours. Amazon also gives you a lot of flexibility on how to manage your people. You get about 200 associates to manage and you can really set those relationships early on so that your shift can produce. Overall I had a good experience working for amazon. I left because I found a better opportunity else where in terms of work/life balance.",Work/Life balance - Average work weeks are 50-60 hours and weekends are the busiest as it is with any retail sector.  Culture - Everyone is a number to them. From your associates to managers. Turnover is so high that anyone can be replaced. After one year in my building I was the oldest manager.  Intense Work - You are constantly on your feet while you are at work. Majority of the times I wouldn't even have time to eat lunch. Your Ops Mgr's wouldn't remind you to take lunch because they couldn't afford to lose you off the floor for even 5 minutes.  Leadership - Your site lead / GM changes every 6 months so everything that you have been working goes to trash once the new GM comes. Usually the GM doesn't know what they are doing so you go through a rough patch whenever their is change in leadership.  Promotions - If your building is doing bad as far as productivity goes you will never get promoted. It took me over two years to get promoted from Mgr I to Mgr II even though my peers which weren't good as me got promoted earlier in their careers because their building was doing good.,none,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9316,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Fast paced projects, quick iteration to meet customer needs. Amazon has a very open work culture that encourages dedication and ownership.",Very few remote work opportunities.,"Allow remote work opportunities, especially in Seattle where the commute is harsh and time consuming.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9317,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"my team colleagues are very nice, the technology used is modern. work-life balance is good","there is no free lunch, have to oncall every two month",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9318,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,This was a good company to have her first job with. Offer great benefits!,This job is hard labor which requires long-standing hours on your feet! Must be able to work overtime during the holidays!,"My advice to management at PHL4 would be not to play favoritism among their employees. Treat everyone with respect and like human beings. Show more appreciation for the job your employees. In addition, they should treat every employee with respect no matter where they come from and what nationality they are. They should enforce and follow the equal employment act closely and stop the silent discrimination.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9319,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,"Great benefits, but no future",Benefits start day 1. Some positions are interesting and keep you active. Lots of schedules to choose from.,"Huge facility, some roles will walk up to 15 miles each night. Takes a toll on your body. High turnover. Low pay",Pay Frontline employees better and have better food options on site,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P150.htm
9320,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great on Paper,"Decent pay, stable hours, and benefit package.","Mundane work that is the same day after day. Changing shifts can be confusing snd takes way to long. Department managers are easy enough to find, but upper management has changed hands multiple times within a couple of years.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9321,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to build new career,Fun environment. Especially around the holidays.,Long hours. Constantly changing schedule,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9322,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Warehouse Sortation Associate,Pretty much a set schedule. Safety is paramount. Opportunities to pick up more working hours.,Very boring repetitive work. It can be very labor intensive. Warehouse can get very hot.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9323,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,"Good pay, perks, help with school, safe, good stepping stone for career","Long hours, heavy lifting, short breaks, long walks, high rates to meet.",Communication,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9324,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Focus on managers,Fast paced. You’re never bored. Challenging problems that are fun to solve.,It all comes down to your manager.,Focus on developing good managers.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9325,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible Company to work for,Benefits are good Easy to commute even without car,They expect a bit too much for the pay they give.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9326,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,H.R. stinks and no help to get you back to work after injury. I fianlly had to quit trying to attempt going back,none. none. none. none. none,"I had an off work injury and had to take time off. After I the clear date set by my doctor, I called their main H.R. and was told I should've been contacted by a rep. I asked if I was cleared by Amazon to come back and was told I should've been back already by a very rude and did-not-want-to-help clerk. I went to the site and was told by the front desk H.R ""we cannot help you."" I called the main number back and was told to talk to another department. I was told by the other department that they couldn't help me and to talk to the original department I talked to. Still got no where. I was told a rep would call me back within 48 hours, no call. I called back and was told I need to talk to the rep to get the all-clear, my rep was not available and I would receive a callback. No call. Amazon is very difficult to deal with and no one I spoke to could care less about helping and wouldn't lift a finger to even do their basic job function. No rep ever contacted me and all the clerks kept promising a call back or telling me bad information. After I gave up, I received an email, AN EMAIL that informed me if I wasn't interested in coming back, they would be forced to fire me for not showing up. AN EMAIL with no reply. I would NEVER recommend anyone work for this heartless and ZERO accountability company.",Care.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9327,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Fast-Paced Developments for Customer Value,"I joined Amazon with a Master's degree with 1 year of experience. I have had so many opportunities for system designs, delivering values to end-customers, and project management. I have been a people manager for more than a year now. I love the products that we have been building at Amazon. If you have passion and want to get a sense of accomplishment, working for Amazon is a great choice.","Anecdotally, the compensation when you are in lower levels may be a disadvantage, comparing to other tier-1 companies. With Amazon's stock raising as a hockey stick, and the simplification on the promotion process, I don't believe the current salary would matter, when looking back cumulatively after couple years.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9328,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Love the welcoming atmosphere. The hours are great and staff are awesome,Ratings I hate that we go off rating it makes you feel stressed and overwhelmed,We are all a team and we should all be treated equally.and for the ones that treat everyone the same keep it ip,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9329,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development,Sharp people and consistent challenges,"If you can't operate in ambiguous environments, could be taxing",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P151.htm
9330,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Site Manager,"Great work life balance, 4 days on 3 days off. The compensation package is extremely competitive.",Work hours can be a bit long. The operational hours begin as early as 4am and end as late as midnight.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9331,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Universal Receive,Good Company,Great people for the most part. My location is a cross dock which I like because it's small.,Management really needs to get their acts together,When rules are made management needs to enforce them,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9332,amazon,"Durham, NC"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Solid place to work,"Casual culture Lots of opportunities Fun, fast-paced atmosphere",Emphasis on hiring in talent externally,Limited guidance on career development is a problem (turnover means managers tend to cling to good workers rather than help develop them),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9333,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Really great place coming from a small company.,"Feels good having all the freedom to manage my own time, work and personal development. Great colleagues, My colleagues have been really friendly and helpful! Great environment, Seattle Sphere's a nice place to do self paced tutorials. Pretty OK ergonomic equipments. Free transport card.  Really customer focused. Really great to be their customer, and staff.","No free food, we get free bananas instead.  Benefits didn't really suit my needs. Everything is still expensive with the discounts applied (apart from the Amazon.com employee discount). My frugal self still saves more without using the other benefits.  Really the main downside for me would be free food. That'd save me at least 200 dollars a month.",Management in my team is good so I've been lucky.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9334,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEII,lots of new area you can learn from,all AWS employees should be ready on on-call duty,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9335,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poorly Managed,"- Good benefits and decent pay. - you have the option to manage your time off, and are given very nice paid time off hours and hours that you can use if you want to leave sick or have to take off work , that you don’t get paid for but are not in trouble for taking. -Free sports drinks, and coffee. -Clean warehouse.  The job itself is easy, but the management is terrible.","The employees at this location are extremely miserable. Within just a couple of days , I had been verbally lashed out several times. The training team is terrible. The “ambassador” that trained me, chose to badmouth other employees and share personal details about everyone’s lives , rather than properly training me. Which caused me to not really know how to do my position properly. Leading to getting a very rude warning from the manager , the very first time I had ever met with him face to face. If you decide to work there, make sure you keep a notebook and pen to write down every single move you make. If you are sick to your stomach and have to use the bathroom for 10 minutes, and it takes you another 10 minutes to get back to your work space, and then heaven forbid get sick again within your 10.5 hour shift- you are at risk for being fired for time off task. My advice? Go to a different location at work at Amazon.","Adjust your attitude , and only allow employees to be ambassadors if they’re actually going to train the employees.",1.0,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9336,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,dont do it,"relatively easy work, raffles during holidays","management doesn't care if you have previous experience, abysmal pay for warehouse work, cliquish high school environment, make it seem like you have a lot of opportunities but really you're just a cog in the machine.",take into account when someone has experience in a certain field or with operation of certain equipment as opposed to training new hires with no experience while the experienced individuals stand at a conveyor belt scanning boxes,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9337,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker,"Benefits, different shifts to choose from",Labor like being on your feet 10-12 hrs walking around,Terminating people due to medical with documentation is rediculous.,1.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9338,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Picker,"Good benefits, Know what to expect daily.",Refuse to remove restraints. Expect you to increase your output without regard to safety standards and rules only count when you have an accident . Want you to use RR only on break. Having an upset stomach can cause a write up for TOT,Treat people like adults. Show compassion. Care about safety more than productivity,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9339,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Tier I,Worst experience,I liked how they provided a shuttle service for workers that didn’t have reliable transportation,"Management has little to no experience, hiring kids that don’t have a degree in management or background in management. Also, trying to meet impossible rates.",Find new careers,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P152.htm
9340,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Ok work,"Tons of benefits,fair pay. Opportunites",Long hours. Lack of tome outside of work,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9341,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,A lot of opportunities to learn from others. Bring dogs to work.,"oncall load is high, bureaucracy",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9342,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Rate of Pay Benefits Availability of overtime,Hard Work Some disorganization amongst young managers,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9343,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Automation Engineer,Rewarding for the survivors,"You can make bank and go anywhere! Literally, just about anywhere. I have also never seen better benefits that start on day 1. There were times I hated it and there were times I loved it. And above all, I don't regret working there for several years.",You have to be tough and not get offended when other you don't like are promoted before you.,Seek out the people who have been around for years. They would very likely be of great help to you to make you systems run properly.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9344,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great money for well fit people,"high pay, guaranteed 40 hours weekly. Easiest way to get into a corporate warehouse job after highschool.",overworking and exhaustion with low amount of vacation,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9345,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound.,Benefits. PTO. VTO. VET. UPT,Managements is childish with little to no people experience. Most manager's are right out of college,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9346,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Voluntary over time, voluntary time off",10+ hour days on your feet.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9347,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,"Working 4 consecutive days in a row, 3 days off.","Long hours, no work life balance",Treating employees how they would want to be treated,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9348,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from Home Customer Service,I enjoyed the fact that it was work from home.,The pay could be better. You're constantly taking calls and it can be kind of stressful.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9349,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Id rather die,part time is paid $18/hr,"i worked at amazon for a year part time, literally 2 days a week, and wanted to die. there’s no reason someone should dread working 2 days a week. their productivity standards are ridiculous, god forbid you stop working for a minute to drink some water or go to the bathroom, you aren’t even allowed to sit down! you could pay me all the money in the world and i still would never work there again :) you get 2 15 minute breaks, which includes walking from one side of the warehouse to the other side. apparently a doctors note is not acceptable to them, if you get sick you literally just have to come to work. they give you 2 days of unpaid time every 3 months. that’s it. no paid time at all when you’re part time.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P153.htm
9350,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,All the ,You get to work a LOT of hours.,"Work life balance is extremely bad. Work here if you plan to be unhappy and miserable, and be crying at your desk everyday - there is no exaggeration! Amazon will squeeze every drop of life out of you.",Hopeless,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9351,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,"great growth opportunity, competitive environment, a good resource to learn new skills, meet a lot of people here, exciting new products","not very competitive compensation, high turnover",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9352,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing,Interesting work challenges that rewards bad behavior,"Smart people, interesting challenges, and great access to data","Amazon continues with forced ranking of employees, where I've seen high quality employees deprioritized due to frequent office intrigue. The company still promotes based on people who often turn a blind eye (or actively undermine fellow employees.","With Amazon's growth ambitions, they need to start valuing employees vs as cattle. Otherwise, they will scare away the brightest talent to Google, MSFT and FB.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9353,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"75% of the people are amazing, intelligent, hard working, people of integrity. The Seattle offices are generally nice, although do not have the free food and gym memberships offered by other companies. The company is doing exciting work that is often industry changing.","25% of the people at Amazon are incompetent, politically motivated people who do not have a shred of integrity. Management innovated by creating teams working at cross purposes. Workers at Amazon are viewed as disposable commodities. While the company is metrics driven for customer interaction, the internal operations for employees is byzantine with a bureaucracy that is ineffective and horribly inefficient. The company is still operated as large Seattle company, failing to adopt management techniques of a larger company.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9354,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Accounting,"Compensation is competitive, and rotation opportunities are readily available","Politics are rampant within Accounting, seems to be worse than other orgs","Frugality is not everything. Hiring bar should be higher, and people development should be emphasized on.",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9355,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Deejjensdhe,-Lots of OT -Easy job,-Lots of work little play -Work weekends,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9356,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Ok work,"Tons of benefits,fair pay. Opportunites",Long hours. Lack of tome outside of work,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9357,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Get what you give.,"If you have good work ethics, than you'll be fine. Great medical plans, stock options, 401k, maternity and paternity leave. 3 days off per week most of the year. Paid vacation and personal time.","No prime membership. Work life balance is hard on 10-12 hour shifts, when you get off work the last thing you want to do is cook or go to the gym. If you're a picker, it can take weeks to get used to the walking and the effects it'll have on your body. Pay for Tier 3 (the next level up) is not competitive, and fairly insulting considering the amount of responsibility one takes on in that position. The CEO is now the richest man ever to exist, no one working for his company should be struggling to raise a family.","Try to get to know your workers, especially if you are upper management.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9358,amazon,"Hawthorne, CA"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Okay short-term,"Weekly pay, nice co-workers, variety of schedules to choose from.","Physically demanding. Employees are disposable, and there is a high turnover. There are a lot of slackers but just as many conscientious workers who unfortunately will not stay long. Hawthorne facility needs more bathrooms.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9359,amazon,"Bethpage, NY"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Sortation Associate,Good part time gig,"Physical in nature, Good supplemental income, fairly flexible hours.","Tight deadlines, a lot of bending down which will hurt your back, management don't care much about your physical well being. Sometimes you can't leave on time due to extra workload.",Hire more people instead of pushing a small number of people to their limits.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P154.htm
9360,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound.,Benefits. PTO. VTO. VET. UPT,Managements is childish with little to no people experience. Most manager's are right out of college,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9361,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Lead,Exciting place to work.,Work you to the bone. Chaotic management.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9362,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Associate,I really enjoyed the people I got to work with at an Amazon warehouse. The management was friendly and the job was simple enough if you can handle standing for long periods of time.,The shift hours are either very early in the morning or very late at night. It's hard to find an in-between. Not as flexible as I'd thought.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9363,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,No comment lol it was good pay,No comment gotta work hard,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9364,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate I,"Easy hours, the location i was at, was pretty laid back.","Management/HR took forever, and legal threatening to settle my workers-comp case.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9365,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The top is great, but Bring a map, you’ll need it.","Large company allows you to move around and chase your own interests and ambitions  Good compensation  Good work/life balance. Oppportunity to WFH, flex hours around if need be.","Hard to navigate the machine, in terms of promotion. You can get lost if you don’t advocate and have an advocate  Many “who’s on first” “ too many cooks in the kitchen” moments because of heavily matrices, ever changing orgs",Create a path to promotion that is transparent and fairly standardized by org or job code.  Create a program for L4 - L6 HiPo / HiPer,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9366,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,"Easy work, yes, physically difficult, frankly a good workout. If you become an ambassador they train you on everything",Coworkers complain all the time about things not running smoothly. Some managers get mad at you if you can't stay late. Coworkers think you are flirting with them if you talk to them.,Appreciate when employees come on their day off or stay late. Take all accounts of sexual harrassment seriously and dont clearly be on the accused side when reported.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9367,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay company to work at,"great opportunity, work environment, and coworkers",little room to move up,appreciate your employees more,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9368,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Very fun and learned a lot,"Sometimes boring, got redundant at times",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9369,amazon,"Glen Mills, PA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Whole Foods Shopper,Whole Foods Shopper,"Flexible, tech-driven and health conscious",This is an Amazon scam,"Upon hire, allow Shoppers to work at the Whole Foods that is close to where they live. Otherwise, the low pay that you provide gets eaten up by the cost of transportation and food.  With regards to food, why not allow the Shoppers a meal allowance or discount? This is why scam seems befitting to this situation. If I am working on my feet all day, quite naturally I will become hungry. What then will I do? Buy something from Whole Foods—there goes my paycheck!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P155.htm
9370,amazon,"Eastvale, PA"," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate Tier 1,"Easy work, not back breaking. Insurance the first day you start.","Very boring job if you don’t like doing the same thing everyday. No chance of advancement within the company for new people. It’s easier to move up when the company barely opens a new location. Raises are only .25 every 6 months and they max out. If you work as a counter they don’t care about you. They care about rate so they only care about the pickers, packers and loaders. You can’t access your company stock after 2 years. You get write ups without them telling you until you’re basically about to get fired.",You’re running amazon employees like they’re slaves. Easy work but you like to push people to they’re limit. AMCARE is a joke. Managers shouldn’t be hired based on degree only. They should be hired from people who have worked at amazon before. Outside managers are clueless and read off the book all the time.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9371,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Is alright,The pay and stocks are great,Management is young and don't really know what they are doing or how to talk to people. Alot of passing the buck. You are worked like a mule very replaceable and expected to perform like a robot,The computers aren't always right,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9372,amazon,"Granite City, IL"," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Manageement,Co workers Kitchen Distance to my house,"Manageement, manageement manageement manageement manageement","Before punishing an employee for a mistake, make sure they were the ones that made the mistakes. I was wrote up for a mistake that happened when I wasn't even there.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9373,amazon,"Santa Clara, CA"," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development,Recent Hire - pleasantly surprised,"* Culture - fellow Amazonians are genuinely interested to help you (and Amazon) succeed * Processes - Amazon is best-in-class for inventing and instituting processes intended to optimize efficiency and reduce redundancy * Leadership - Long-term strategic visionary CEO supported by strong staff of senior leaders * Job mobility - once you are in, it's relatively easy to move around to different roles for continuous development and career advancement * Work / Life balance - contrary to all the negative press from 2015 timeframe, it's actually quite a balanced workload (it's really up to the employee and manager to figure out what works fore you) * Stock - if you are fortunate enough to get a role that offers RSUs, Amazon provides employees an opportunity to grow their wealth along with the company's stock price * Personal Development - Amazon offers many avenues for personal development ranging from online courses to mentorships to rotational roles in new areas",* Salary is lower than peer companies however that gap is typically offset by total comp including sign-on bonus plus stock (if role is eligable) * 401k match less generous than peer companies (Amazon matches $0.50 for every $1 of employee contribution up to a certain point) * No charitable matching (Amazon does not match employee charitable donations) * No sabbatical program,"* Keep up the inspirational leadership with long-term strategic thinking and innovative, swing for the fences risk-taking * Recognize and reward the good work of standout employees - provide them with opportunities for increased responsibility",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9374,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant L3,"Hard working, Fast learner, Work great with others and can train any person to work any position",No college background but went and graduated culinary school with associates degree,"While being a Manager all of your workers look to you for advice and the knowledge you possess with the company to give them answers to questions, concerns, and problems they have.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9375,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,long hours,"good pay, good benefits. Good vacation accumulation","poor management , Short lunch, need more shift options",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9376,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn new things everyday,Work with smart people solve complicated problems at a humongous scale,Workload can get heavy in peak times.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9377,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Production level projects, highly competitive atmosphere","Global stakes, production level projects, latest technologies, great working environment","Oncall schedules, employment benefits, long working hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9378,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,Opportunities to learn and grow within your field,"Very little work-life balance, and managers can be a bit egotistical",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9379,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Learning and Talent Development,"Hard work, but worth it!",- Fast Developmental Growth - Exposure to a Huge Processional Network - Technical Knowledge Capability Building - Benefits and Pay (STOCK) - Autonomy and Freedom to Invent and Simplify - Brand Reputation is Gold on Resumes - Minimal “politics” compared to other companies. - You are encouraged to take on new challenges and build your “internal resume” by trying different roles,"- Hard Work- if you truly embrace getting as much as you can out of your time here, then you have a ton opportunity to grow. But, it can overwhelm you if you can’t self manage your acceptable limits.  - You need to come in with a strong backbone and the ability to own your career.  - A lot of the systems are “self service” which can be difficult for people leaving companies or positions where admin assistants do a lot of that for you.  - While pay and benefits are good, the “discount” sucks. Just don’t expect some sort of insider discount that blows your mind.",- Be bold - Be fast - Be open - Be flexible,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P156.htm
9380,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,Opportunities to learn and grow within your field,"Very little work-life balance, and managers can be a bit egotistical",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9381,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Stable and will keep you busy.,Really demanding physical work for the whole shift,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9382,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,OK place but losing competitive edge as far as salaries.,Casual dress code. Many nice people to work with. Very flexible time off policies (without pay).,Pay isn't that great considering all the records we keep breaking. Feels like people are disposable there. Lots of heavy lifting (if you are doing your job). Many slackers that avoid hard work at all costs.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9383,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Process Guide,Warehouse associate,"Leadership opportunities, Training, Transfer opportunities in the node.","Pay is hidden in the ""Total compensation"". HR",Hold support role associates accounable and recognize them on the same level as those in the process path.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9384,amazon,"Commerce, CA"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package Handler,"It was a fast pace environment, co workers were fun, and every once in a while management provided free lunch and gave away gift cards. Holidays were paid.",Management picked favorites at times. The job came with some drama between co-workers.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9385,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sdm,Great Company to Learn At,"Constantly challenged, you grow through introspection, and develop mechanisms to scale.",Amazon is literally a startup of startups. You often have to build mechanisms you think would be well oiled already.,Provide more opportunity for visibility.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9386,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA PA,PA ICQA,I learn more than work by working. Great place to work at.,"Fun Fun Fun, great ppl and unlimited knowledge","Keep doing the great job, it is fun working and learning.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9387,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 18, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon fulfillment centers are unethical environments,benefits package.that is the only pro,"Sweat shop,long hours,low pay,bathroom breaks are monitored,the safety of employees are compromised causing high workplace injuries and even after employees are injured, they are forced to work through their injuries!! and I've watched employees faint requiring medical attention from the cause of heat exhaustion due to poorly ventilated warehouses which Amazon is negligent about. Working here most employees quit in 3 months to a year. I witnessed this all as a former trainer","For all of the hard work, long hours and dedication that the warehouse employees are putting into the success of Amazon, there should be a much greater amount of respect shown. This company proudly boasts about the billions of dollars being made but heavily neglects care or concern about what's happening to their hardest working employees in their fulfillment centers",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9388,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Sortation Associate,The pro's of this job are that you are able to have a flexible schedule.,"1.) Shifts can be anywhere from 3 hours to 5 hours. This is an issue for those trying to make a decent amount of money. 2.) Human Resources will send out ""Voluntary Time Off"" requests to the phone of every employee to save money. This makes it more difficult for employees to work during shifts since they will lose a good portion of the labor force. 3.) Then, there's the Process Assistants constantly checking for every Associates scanning package rate. This is an issue due to the fact that some employees will just grab small packages and create a mess on pallets. Then, it also causes safety hazards since Associates then feel pressured to do more work.","1.) Remove the scan checks being done by process assistants. In fact, maybe the process assistants should be monitored just as harshly as the associates. All this does is make the warehouse an unsafe and unpleasant environment when people are rushing to get the work done. I mean when someone is 50-60 years old scanning packages and being told to ""move faster""... that's where I draw the line. 2.) Human resources needs to realize that the more ""Voluntary Time Off"" given... the harder the labor is for the employees staying to do their job. Take some responsibility and realize why employees are constantly leaving especially when some employees can literally VTO for 2-3 months without being noticed.",2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9389,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EHS Specialist,Great medical benefits and promotional opportunities,Poor work life balance and your schedule can change from week to week,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P157.htm
9390,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Good salary and good infrastructure,No food and poor benefits,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9391,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Tech,"Pay, a lot of overtime, fastpaced work environment,","Poor management, lack of communication.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9392,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lawyer,"Focus, training and drive are all top notch, can really rub off on everyone in a good way","Impersonal, makes employees feel like commodities at times",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9393,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathway ops manager,Great growth potential and everyone works very hard,"Stressed work environment, long working hours",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9394,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool,cool company but glassdoor has gotten very annoying,glassdoor basically forces you to say stuff.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9395,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Sort Associate,Worst Company,"NONE, basically a sweatshop. Pay is decent","15 min lunch for part-time, long time for advancement, no acknowledgment","Learn to be organized and not lose important files, I was working at the lowest level and the way you treat some people reflects on you as a company....",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9396,amazon,"Wood Dale, IL"," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Fulfillment Center Associate,Jeff Bezos Must Think we're Robots,"Full time benefits- PTO (Paid Time Off), Vacation time, health insurance coverage","Too much emphasis on pick rate, not enough on safety There was too much focus on pick rate. I get that we have to pick 120 units per hour in order to get the orders out on time, but do you have to remind me every time my rate is low? Just leave me alone and let me do my job. Damn. And every time my rate was low, I always got mad at myself which made me focus on that rather than the task at hand. Also, I didn't like that they started ranking us from the picker with the highest rate to the picker with the lowest rate. Is this a competition?  TOT TOT stands for Time Off Task. They calculate TOT from the time you finish a pick to the next time you finish a pick, so if, for instance, you use the washroom. This will not only affect your rate, but your TOT, also. I get it. The less time you spend picking, the less productive you are. I didn't like that everything was timed. Maybe I'm a little salty because ultimately, TOT was what got me fired, but who's to know?  Short Lunch Break Another thing I didn't like was that the lunch break was too short. As a full timer you get a full 30 minute lunch break. FULL 30 MINUTES. Had to make sure the people in the back heard me. By the time I've used the washroom, checked my blood sugar and made my lunch, I have a FULL 15 MINUTES to eat and relax. I know that blood sugar part was personal, but still not enough time for a break. Bottom line, I think the break could've at least been 45 minutes.  Long Hours As a full timer, I worked from 5a.m. - 4:30p.m., with the exception of two 15 minute breaks, and a 30 minute break in which we had to clock in and out of. So, all in all I worked 10.5 hours. As you'd imagine, at the end of the day I'm exhausted and my feet hurt.  Physically Demanding This is a very physically demanding job. Depending on your schedule, you're on your feet for 5-10 hours. Plus, you have to bend, ascend and descend a latter (as as a full timer who's only 5'2"", I was on a ladder at least 50 times a day), push a cart and sometimes lift heavy grocery bags. As a picker, you have to move pretty fast. Combine that with being in ambient (it's 70 degrees in there) and you'd swear you're in a cardio class. I'd be sweating bullets in there. It was not pretty.  Having to Work in Different Temperatures Amazon fresh has three different picking areas: Chilled, Ambient and Frozen, however they combine these areas to make mixed batches: there's Chilled Ambient, Frozen Chilled and Frozen Ambient. This means that you might have to go from the freezing cold to room temperature in a matter of 30 minutes. I've gotten sick several times from having to do this.","Specifically have someone prepare carts and dry ice toppers. Fix carts with yellow handles. They swivel too much. Give full timers a 45 minute break. 30 minutes is not enough. Fix yellow dividers between bins. There are several on the ground and that are broken. Tell inbound managers to tell stowers not to put different items of the same brand in the same bin. Be real. Don't make me think I'm doing busy work when I'm not (i.e. stowing). Let me know in advance that if I'm stowing all day I have a rate and TOT. Finally, all management should be fired.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9397,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Systems Engineer,"great work/life balance, great benefits, great chances for dev work",none at the moment that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9398,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"Good culture, flexible , Good exposure","Work pressure sometimes ,",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9399,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,"Learn all u can, & get the experience to be able to grow within the company.","Always be aware of how u carry urself around , its important because you're always being observed.",Treat your employees the way you want to be treated in order to have a positive work environment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P158.htm
9400,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dream Company for a High Functioning Nerd,"- Brilliant People - Non-stop pipeline of great ideas, only a few of which we have the bandwidth to chase. Great process (PRFAQ) for making sure the best ideas go in front of senior leadership - High energy combined with quiet reflection. A high-functioning nerd's dream. Meetings begin with silent reading and then you compete to refine an idea or proposal to its best possible self. - Continued business success, with much more in sight - Seattle!","- Promotions tend to follow a set schedule of time in seat. Surprising for a company that works to be so meritocratic. - Long work hours depending on which group you join. Large variability between teams - Sub-par internal processes and tech, since most of focus is on customer. This is more than made up for by great people.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9401,amazon,"Hartford, CT"," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Temporary Law Clerk,Temporary Law Clerk position,good instructions love of the atmosphere,very little room for advancement,hire more,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9402,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Fast paced environment,"Easy job, management i work under are cool people, bonuses every month, flexible schedules.","short breaks, mind numbing tasks at times.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9403,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Opportunity to work on diverse challenges.,Work Life balance may suffer at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9404,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Success Manager,- Competitive salary & Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) compensation,- Work/Life Balance - Limited tops-down transparency,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9405,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 17, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,I loved it amazing fast pace and hard working,All the opportunities there are,Trying to keep up with rate,Keep doing an amazing job !,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9406,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,"Opportunities, but bad work life balance",Great experience Lots to learn,bad work life balance stressful job,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9407,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Various roles,Great drive and focus to the keep the customer number one. Clear direction and I enjoyed the fast pace.,Continue to communicate even during times of ambiguity.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9408,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Innovation, complexity, speed, career growth, intelligent talent","Frugal, political, pressure, ambiguity, location restriction",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9409,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation associate,great place to work and great people,tough physical work. can not be a wimp. great work-out,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P159.htm
9410,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Buyer,buyer,Great place to work at,there really isnt any at all,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9411,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Working Environment,"Good team, managers are friendly","Long working times, high workload",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9412,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dock worker,good pay meet good people good bosses.,a lito pushing and telling you to hurry up,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9413,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Great work environment. They don't run you into the ground.,Its really big and everything goes slowly.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9414,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistant,Medical plan is very good,Salary is bad for the work that we do.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9415,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Pay, benefits, schedule, pays tuition, offers classes","long hours, no employee appreciation, doesn't care for employees , weak system",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9416,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sweat Shop,Full benefits and free food at Thanksgiving,"Long hour, micromanaged, and unreachable rates",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9417,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2018",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Virtual Customer Service Rep,"Good company, nice Managers, helpful tech help",Bid their hours and can get shifts you dont want,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9418,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - IT Technician,Great place to advance your career,Plenty of opportunities to advance in your career Lots of resources to attain knowledge and learn,entry level pay could be better,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9419,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,The benefits are pretty good,The pay should be higher,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P160.htm
9420,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation Specialist,"Great benefits, diverse workforce. Flexible time off.",Very little promotion from within. Lack of Training for promoted leaders.,Be accountable. Be fair.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9421,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,You have to love what you do,"Competitive pay, advancement opportunities","Required 60 hr weeks during holidays, make one mistake and your gone.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9422,amazon,"Umatilla, OR"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Data Center Technician,Amazon Data Technician,"Work on your own, Friendly environment, Weekly Pay","Lacks leadership communication, self-motivation needed, lots of walking","better communication with junior techs, specially when starting. More training time, expect techs to learn faster than other employers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9423,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,later,good place to work. you can make things happen. and the impact you generate is huge.,"now amazon is a really big big company. need to spend much more time to make things happen,",mix bottom up and top down. listen more to employee.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9424,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA Process Assistant,Great Company,"Easy to move up if you work hard, great benefits.","Night shifts can be tough on families, and to keep moving up you will be on nights at some point",None,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9425,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work at,Interesting problems Fast Pace Easy to transfer teams,Lack of free food during lunch time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9426,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Decent Job,You can work from home.,No cons that wouldn't also be true at other companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9427,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BEST COMPANY,Excellent company to start your career and grow in the world of work,Very good corporate culture based on flawless customer service,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9428,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Rules,I love working at Amazon! There are so many amazing people to work with and room for job growth.,I have zero complaints while working at Amazon.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9429,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"Fast paced, high tech, smart people",Nothing bad to say at all,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P161.htm
9430,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You’re just a worker ant in their colony,It’s amazon so that’s a plus,"Tough work, not very fulfilling",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9431,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound Problem Solver,Good Benefits. Four days of the week off.,Hard on the body. Too much nepotism. Unrealistic goals set for you to accomplish.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9432,amazon,"Port Of Kennewick, WA"," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Do you have a degree/experience/ambition? AVOID Kennewick WA call center,Great starting job for someone who just recently graduated from high school,"People with degrees and experience hoping to move up Amazon’s ladder run away, run far away from the Kennewick WA call center.  All they care about is your ability to paradoxically be subservient while at the same time displaying leadership qualities. There is no rhyme or reason to management. Expectations vary widely from Team Manager to Team Manager. They will preach and preach “Hire and Develop the Best” which is one of Amazon’s business pillars, but that is never practiced in reality. It is a nepotists wet dream at the PSC Kennewick location, with brown-nosers or people who are in bed with other people getting promoted over individuals who are actually qualified for the positions they apply for.  Additionally there is a HUGE disconnect between Amazon Customer Service and Amazon Corporate. If you begin with Amazon Customer Service you have zero chance of getting promoted beyond L2 (L = Level) or L3, especially if you are trying to get promoted into Amazon Corporate because Amazon Corporate L4 is like Amazon Customer Service L6 or L7. You have to get approval from your Team Manager if you apply for any positions higher than yours so if you are not buddy-buddy with your Team Manager he/she can immediately send negative feedback about you to the hiring manager and shoot down any chance of you being hired. You are also limited to applying to 4 jobs at a time, so you actually have a better chance at getting hired with Amazon Corporate if you don’t work for Amazon.  There is a curious pattern of hiring from outside of Amazon directly into leadership as well, so lower level agents really have no chance at getting promoted unless they’ve got a really brown nose or other connections within the leadership to help promote them.",Actually develop the best as the culture of Amazon promises!,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9433,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction risk management team,"A lot of exposure to different teams and different functions, tons of learning opportunities.",Company is too big and it is sometimes difficult to move forward with projects.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9434,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Great stepping stone. Bad Career,Benefits are excellent Accumulating PTO and Vacation Time every other week Meeting people from different backgrounds,"Pay- starting associates way underpaid Too much servaillance makes you feel like your in prison, and horrible cell phone policy (would say reminds me of high school but it’s worse than high school) Bad Management, but have seen worse Short breaks -walking from certain areas of warehouse can take up to 6-7 minutes including getting thru security before getting outside to check cell phone or to break room. That’s half your break already because you have to walk back as well.","Be more organized, (there shouldn’t be lines without at least 4 indirect roles (2 downstackers, 1 takeaway, 1 bringer). There was one time i was the only downstacker for 5 hours lifting “team lift” boxes by myself before a PA later told me they “weren’t aware” of it and followed up by trying to give me 2 assignments for the second half of the day instead of giving me one to focus on like usual. There is more than enough employees to cover every position. Also allow more freedom for associates, you should be able to listen to your favorite music while standing in one place processing for 10 hours straight, it will lead to greater WANT and excitement to come to work therefore leading to higher quality and efficiency. Treat every case individually, not all associates are the same. Be able to pick out your sharper more in-tuned workers and treat them accordingly.  If you have any self-made, entrepreneurship ambitions this is not the place for you, it will greatly consume your time, and everyday will remind you of what peon you really are when you walk thru the security turnstyle gate. Almost every person with a vest on who’s been there long enough will inevitably ‘feel like’ and some will ‘treat you like’ their more important than you. But if you’re looking for a job or stepping stone that can get you started quickly and also have great benefits while you go to school or pursue other endeavors this is a great place to work. Most people you meet there are very friendly and depending on the kind of person you are you can very well make tons of new friends. Security takes there job way too serious, someone walked in and took (literally) one step across the “security line” in plain sight before realizing they had their cell phone in their pocket and immediately turned back around to take it back outside and security made them stop, walk thru the metal detectors and file a report and they were late clocking in to work. Very aggravating to witness.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9435,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Network Technician II,AWS Network Technician,Ability to cross-train and change teams,"Difficult to promote, and constant policy changes that make it difficult to be efficient.",Ensure lower level concerns reach upper level management.,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9436,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Pick Associate,Use it for free school!,"After one year they will pay up to $5,000 towards tuition of certain programs. I used it to get my CDL. I then took their severance package of $2,000 and agreed to never work for Amazon again. Okay pay for unskilled work.",Hard work is not encouraged. Zero promotions from within.,Employees notice when a company says one thing yet does another.,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9437,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Easy job and set schedule,Very repetitive and sometimes you get loaded with tasks just because you’re a good worker while others don’t do much and still get paid the same as you.,Learn all the processes not just one,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9438,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,You get to say you work for Amazon.,"-no work/life balance at all -upper management doesn't care about middle management -process over people -high turnover -no interview process of associates so you don't know what you're getting -they don't accept shift preference, you get what you get regardless of whether someone has a family and someone else is willing to switch them -sometimes they make you work extra hours just so they have a safety net when they're questioned on productivity -toxic culture",care about your people more,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9439,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,AWS,"Great work life balance, great employees, great products","pay is meh, dont like stock program being so back loaded",Nothing. You guys are great,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P162.htm
9440,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome experience,I thought that working at Amazon really helped me develop as a young professional looking to enter the world of professionalism. I thought that it helped me learn how an exceptional company operates and prepared me well for exit opportunities.,I thought that the break room was severely underprepared for my arrival. There was a dire shortage of snacks and refreshments available that severely inhibited my ability to work productively.,I would recommend the management at Amazon goes through and does a full restocking of the break rooms to ensure that each and every worker down to the factory workers in the warehouses are well fed at all times during the day.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9441,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great culture, good pay and benefits",Sometimes a bit overly political,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9442,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Human Resources, Operations Admin.","Engaging associate experience. Creative encouragement by leadership. Results-based, able to own process. Limitless opportunities for training, learning, and position growth. Multiple areas of potential promotion. Independent work culture, self-starters encouraged. Attention to detail is appreciated.",Non-effective associates can periodically excel on your work. Accountability escapes certain managers or departments. Level/promotion structure...you have to go through tiers even if you have credentials & experience. Hourly pay :(,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9443,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not good with promises,Short hours. Job was not that demanding,Lack of communication with employees. Lack of empathy for mental health issues.,"Listening to employees. Actually follow through with being understanding to those who suffer from mental issues when time is needed. Following through for those who have lack of transportation,yet , still try there best to make a 7 mile walk in time for work.",2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9444,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great money, abusive work culture","Great money, stock options, benefits, bonuses","Hostile, competitive work environment with low morale",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9445,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Not What I Expected --> BETTER,"Flexible working schedule/locations, positive atmosphere, open for new ideas",Can be a challenging environment due to fast pace and information is not well shared among organizations,Add recognition (monetary) for achievements,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9446,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Manager,"Very strong business, impact on large projects, smart co-workers","Long hours, salary less than comparable large tech",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9447,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"SDE at Amazon, Seattle","You get to work on complex problems, come up with a solution that's efficient and scales. If you enjoy software engineery stuff, I think Amazon is a great place to be. There are tons of internal tooling and smart people to help you along the way. Bonus points: Seattle is a great city and Amazon pays really well.","For me the only cons have been you don't get a lot of free food, so you have to take care of it yourself. I have been here for only two months, and I don't see anything that I would say is con, but then it depends a lot on the team.",Management tries to be as transparent as possible and try to include everyone in decision making.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9448,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Fixed Schedule, Only HS Diploma Needed,",Expectation of work rate is very high.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9449,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Outboud PA,"Great Benefits, Environemnt not so much...","Benefits, benefits, benefits. I've never worked for a company that has offered as many benefits, even to entry level position associates, as Amazon does. From a mothers room, to LOAs beyond the minimum, to education on site and at colleges for little to no cost, Amazon has definitely gotten it right in terms of the benefits package it offers. If you're looking for way to go back to school with a flexible work schedule, gain excellent health coverage, or just advance professionally for your dream job, this is where you want to be.","While the benefits are great, the environment and pay suffer. Moving into leadership roles includes hostile work environments that freely allow harassment laterally between team members, extreme goals and benchmarks (some impossible such as increasing rates from all associates by 15 units, across all shifts, in 30 days or less), and contradictory values from senior to area leadership members. Pay suffers significantly in lower level leadership roles due to the benefits and stock packages. Multiple peers have left to find other positions with the same job duties that increased salary by 30-40%.","Apply the same principles that you do to associates to your leadership. Ask, listen, improve, and build based on the development of the whole team, instead of the few.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P163.htm
9450,amazon,"Gouldsboro, PA"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Jeff Bezos is too rich,"It pays well, everyone gets trained on a machine. Plus you can get by hardly talking to anyone or talking with everyone, up to you. Your starting pay is better than most other jobs, but it makes sense, considering work hazards and what's expected of you.","Warehouse is full of dust, everything is heavy so the potential for injury is high, machines aren't for everyone, soul-crushing at times, you'll possibly get a forced partner every day depending on your job/department",Bless you for trying to keep things safe. Let people work by themselves if they want.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9451,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good at the beginning after that is soo bad,no difficult requirement no discrimination,"you will not get any experiences that will benefit you if you want to move to other job , and it is really physically demand .",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9452,amazon,"Smyrna, GA"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,There's worse companies,"It's a good workout, and it's normally a consistent schedule.","Not enough time off, no room to grow Working hard will get you no where in this company. I have been here a year, and I have only seen certain genders and races get promoted. They were the laziest, worst workers you could imagine, and they get promoted to higher statuses. I only see females being promoted, and while that is not a bad thing, these females cannot do their job. Best advice at this job, be lazy and you will possibly get promoted if you're the right race or gender. Their ""Management"" here, pretty much twerks on their shifts (I have seen it multiple times), and cannot act like an actual professional, and that is why they cannot get even the simplest of tasks done at this facility.",Hire professional people who take their job seriously. These people are literally scrapped off the streets it seems in their professionalism.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9453,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Salary,"Good pay, friendly staff, everyday is different",A lot of work with no work life balance,keep pushing,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9454,amazon,"Cecil Manor, MD"," Sep 3, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Favorites .... ect.,Good starting pay and stock options if you stay long enough.,"Amazon have shady Management. I work very hard and some work very slow, and jive around but get good score - this is a lot of bull crap. I was fired for not meeting production goals. Amazon is not honest enough to tell me the real reason for my termination.",Management need not to believed rumors they need to get the facts straight - stop being unrealistic and shady.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9455,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS Bigdata,Environment..Quite challenging and growth oriented.,Nothing as of yet..Hope there isn't any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9456,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not a Prime place to work,Affordable insurance & benefit options,"Very low pay, low morale,",Take better care of your employees,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9457,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment specialist,Flexible schedule and easy job.,They wanted you to do TOO much for no pay !,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9458,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting,World class brand. Stock options if you stay long enough to vest.,Uneven culture. Challenging work/life balance.,Need to learn to scale growth more effectively and ensure all are treated with dignity and respect.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9459,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound Stow,The pay is better than some other places.,breaks are too short because you need to walk so far.,people in charge dont know what they are doing,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P164.htm
9460,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Human Resources Assistant,"Good Benefits,decent working conditions, the work is not difficult","No work life balance, no respect in company",Dont be so political- work to retain your talent,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9461,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Unemployed,Warehouse Associate,Great team to work with and great hours.,Every personal activity needed approval through online.,No advice. Great management team.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9462,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great opportunities, bogged down by process",Cool projects and innovation happen frequently Many intelligent coworkers Great guiding principles,"Principles don't always inform actual decisions (e.g. lofty ambitions, grittier reality) Shifting upper level priorities can cause a lot of churn on average developer effort",Re-evaluate how many meetings we actually need. More bias for action and customer obsession.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9463,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Hard but fulfilling,"Working at Amazon is hard, your challenged with complex problems that no other company has successfully solved. Your co-workers are smart and and competitive and your management is experienced and has high expectations but you will learn so much. You will grow professionally and personally and your prospective of ""impossible"" will change. As a lower level employee, you will not find a company that gives you this level of ownership and responsibility, its up to you to decided whether that is a good or bad thing.",If you are not passionate about the work you are doing then it will feel like they are sucking the life out of you. If you love what you are doing - remember its on you to set boundaries between work and personal life because otherwise they will still drain you.,"The company has such a ""just do it"" approach to solving problems but often management doesn't understand how much effort and time ""just doing it"" takes. A lot of their employees care about their work and their teams and so the suck it up and work round the clock because otherwise someone else will. Middle management needs to better communicate upward the sacrifices that their teams will need to make to complete a certain task.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9464,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,FC is Not the Place for Experienced HR,Competitive pay and health benefits. Fast development model. Look to hire the best for roles higher than tier I.,"Company doesn’t screen applicants for FC besides basic background and drug screen. So many associates come in and just don’t want to come to work. FC HR ends up having to deal with basic employee relations and attendance management majority of time. Benefits administration, LOA, many other functions are decentralized so not truly the spot for a HR Generalist.",So much focus on associate engagement and retention that support roles are forgotten. Don’t forget the constant beating that support roles have to endure because management will send all problems to support’s way to deal with. Many support roles in the FC are not given the same consideration as associates and other leadership.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9465,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Yard Worker,"If you stick it out and work hard, you can climb the ladder",It's possible to start as a picker or a packer and end up in a higher position fairly quickly if you work hard. The benefits are also pretty good.,Peak season can be pretty rough.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9466,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon - The Story of how God Created Hell,There are no pros: Most places offer benefits if your full time. Amazon offers benefits but I’ve had better. My co-pay is ridiculous ! The vision option still requires that you pay an exorbitant amount for glasses. I went to get an eye exam and walked out without glasses. (I’ve never experienced this before.),"1. I am a picker. Our pick rate is 380 items in one hour. I have to consistently pick 380 items in one hour. (You do realize that even the Kiva Robots break down. I’m human, it’s not possible for me to pick this much consistently)  2. Due to their pick rate being so high, my feet ended up experiencing numbness. It was so bad that I asked to go to AMCARE. AMCARE is the glorified nurses office but they have no nurses and the people have no formal training. Amazon, you realize you have Licenses CNAs on staff, right ? You hired a formal NFL player but does he have formal training ? Anyways, I was treated like trash. How ? “You could have come in to “ice” your foot.” I was questioned in an office rather than being allowed to leave to go to the hospital. I ended up needing new shoes with protective insoles. They don’t care about your safety or well-being, they care about their numbers.  3. Management in fulfillment center is uneducated as in they don’t have degrees or formal training. A lot of management sleeps with employees. Like, this is a low key brothel.",Really evaluate the type of people you are.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9467,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the company it was a decade ago,"Cool projects, smart and motivated coworkers, happy customers","Amazon now hires and promotes micromanagers in all departments. True leaders leave the company or being put in positions where they no longer can encourage and support people who care. Productive people are being put on PIPs and forced out, and slackers are given freedom to play the system. Amazon wasn’t like this before, but the growth of the company cannot resist the inflow of bad hires who didn’t succeed elsewhere. All they care about is making their superiors happy. Customers is the least of their concern.",Pay attention to growth of the micromanagement before you lost your best and brightest to the competition.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9468,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Vendor Manager,Many opportunities within the company.,"Egos, arrogance, and lack of people management skills in some managers. A lot of people who have a very difficult time interacting with people although they manage some.",Consider personnel management capabilities within those who have subordinates.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9469,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company with decent amount of operation load,Opportunity to involve in group meetings and cross-team discussions,Parking is the most annoying thing,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P165.htm
9470,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place I’ve Worked Yet,"Shorter work week, more days off",Longer shifts are included with the shorter work week,Follow up with feedback to ensure people know you heard them,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9471,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,I really expected more...,"Working at home ""Met"" some nice people","Work life balance is a joke - constant OT required due to increased sales in speciality department I've had 6 managers in less than a year and a half, consistent leadership would be nice Training is a joke and nothing like taking real calls Terrible computer system - lots of problems w/down time or things that do not work properly Low pay, hard to get any raises, hard to understand bonus program If you are good at what you do, good luck at getting another position, if you apply (yes, this is true!)",Consistency in everything would make this a much better position Better training Better pay - Mr Bezos you need to pay your virtual workers more for all that they do for Amazon's customers Less moving employees from one team to another,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9472,amazon,"Wilmington, NC"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,BEWARE OF UNEDUCATED MANAGERS,"Benefits, Work-Life Balance, Paid Holidays","Management, Flexibility, Unprofessional, Unorganized,",Treat your employees with more respect. Communication is key to ensure everyone is on the same page. Please also don’t just promote managers just because they have a college degree. I’ve seen some of the worst managers in my life work for Amazon. If you don’t have a good environment for employees to work in this will be one of the downfalls to this company. Offer better training and direction. Stop playing favorites amoung coworkers. It’s extremely bad in my department SWA (Shipping with Amazon) UK. Hopefully the American side have better managers. If you don’t treat your employees right continue to expect huge turn over rates.,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9473,amazon,"Smyrna, GA"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst company will work with ever,Nothing at all. You will hate it.,HR from another world. It will not proceed for your application ever. They will forget you and your application and lier everyday say another thing.,Change HR team,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9474,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,I am not being overdramatic when I say this is the worst job I have ever had.,"The benefits are okay, but high deductible. 3 day weekend. However, at my previous job that I left due to a 1,000 mile move, I didn't even have off 2 days in a row, and if I could I would go back,","Standing all day doesn't seem too bad, it's not really, but you are tracked the whole time you are there. The other week I was actually called over by my manager for using the bathroom for too long. It is very boring and very tedious. About a month ago they closed for a ""family fun day"", we were not paid when we were forced off the clock and they did not offer us any way to make up the time, whether you went to the ""family fun day"" or not. This is after our senior operations managers had a meeting stating we will always be offered 40 hours per week. Management is rude, incompetent and one doesn't even look at you when he's speaking and sometimes just walks away. Keep in mind, I am considered a top performer. Breaks are short, I hardly have time to eat and the food they offer is overpriced and very gross. Example: soggy wrap, stuffed with mayo and some ""chicken"" pieces, around $4. Employees have brought up getting different food options, using a different vendor, but things never change. When people try to defend Amazon, it is always the same thing, ""Well, (insert another fulfillment location here) was worse"" or ""I heard other warehouses are worse"". This is no excuse. This is a horrible place to work.","There is no changing this place. However, Bezos, stop sending me emails asking me to leave good reviews on glassdoor.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9475,amazon,"Charlestown, IN"," Sep 2, 2018",Former Employee - Sorter,management sucks,There were zero pros there,everything was a con at amazon,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9476,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Good place to works for Benefits,Long hours Some immature employees,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9477,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer Review,1. Get to work on challenging (in terms of scalability and/or technology and/or business driven requirements) problems 2. Access to suit of amazing internal tools which helps in faster development and deployment 3. Good medical benefits 4. Access to vast amount of knowledge internally which is acquired over the years building retail and AWS,"1. Depending upon team, work life balance varies",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9478,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Avoid Finance Roles,Moves fast and places bets quickly. Opportunities to work in different groups. Leader in multiple markets. Energetic peers. Outside of finance there are some good opportunities.,"Employees are not valued at Amazon and there is no emphasis on making it a desirable place to work, with finance at very bottom of corporate totem pole. If in finance you will spend most of your time chasing bad data and fixing manual processes, and and almost no time on analysis or strategy. Finance roles seen as data aggregation roles, not as analysts or business influencers. Poor finance tools, bad data scattered across groups, hard to get access, ad hoc manual processes. Long hours and high stress. Fast growth has led to hiring whoever is available so if you are unemployed you can get a job at Amazon, but be prepared to work in a dysfunctional group with bad managers where employees are seen as consumable resources, not assets. Weak managers, low job satisfaction, high turnover so constantly doing multiple jobs to cover open heads, long unsatisfying hours. Met many in finance in different Amazon businesses and across the board finance jobs had low satisfaction. High levels of frustration and stress - the faster growing the group the greater the stress. Many folks hired in who don't realize what they are getting into as Amazon desperate to hire then alters roles. Outside of finance, also demanding but met various people who liked their work, but not any within finance. Weekly reporting cycle is also a grind that detracts from value add work (in contrast to monthly reporting in most companies). If you are going to work at Amazon, live in Seattle within walking distance as traffic on city streets has become extremely congested. Stock is minimal until after two years. No comp increases after first year of employment. If stock rises, then no additional stock awards for future years. Talk to actual current employees and not just your interview loop.",Add 'value employees' or 'desirable place to work' to the many company leadership principles. Invest in financial reporting systems. Reward good people managers and move poor people managers to non-manager roles.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9479,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,"Good benefits, time off, good people","Hard work, under appreciated, left hand doesn't know what right hand is doing.",Get your noses out of your laptops & notice what is going on around you!,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P166.htm
9480,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Avoid Finance Roles,Moves fast and places bets quickly. Opportunities to work in different groups. Leader in multiple markets. Energetic peers. Outside of finance there are some good opportunities.,"Employees are not valued at Amazon and there is no emphasis on making it a desirable place to work, with finance at very bottom of corporate totem pole. If in finance you will spend most of your time chasing bad data and fixing manual processes, and and almost no time on analysis or strategy. Finance roles seen as data aggregation roles, not as analysts or business influencers. Poor finance tools, bad data scattered across groups, hard to get access, ad hoc manual processes. Long hours and high stress. Fast growth has led to hiring whoever is available so if you are unemployed you can get a job at Amazon, but be prepared to work in a dysfunctional group with bad managers where employees are seen as consumable resources, not assets. Weak managers, low job satisfaction, high turnover so constantly doing multiple jobs to cover open heads, long unsatisfying hours. Met many in finance in different Amazon businesses and across the board finance jobs had low satisfaction. High levels of frustration and stress - the faster growing the group the greater the stress. Many folks hired in who don't realize what they are getting into as Amazon desperate to hire then alters roles. Outside of finance, also demanding but met various people who liked their work, but not any within finance. Weekly reporting cycle is also a grind that detracts from value add work (in contrast to monthly reporting in most companies). If you are going to work at Amazon, live in Seattle within walking distance as traffic on city streets has become extremely congested. Stock is minimal until after two years. No comp increases after first year of employment. If stock rises, then no additional stock awards for future years. Talk to actual current employees and not just your interview loop.",Add 'value employees' or 'desirable place to work' to the many company leadership principles. Invest in financial reporting systems. Reward good people managers and move poor people managers to non-manager roles.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9481,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,"Good benefits, time off, good people","Hard work, under appreciated, left hand doesn't know what right hand is doing.",Get your noses out of your laptops & notice what is going on around you!,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9482,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,Great culture and opportunity to own a business.,If you are not strong willed or mentally tough this is not the place for you.,Continue to hire and develop within,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9483,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse,4 day work week some overtime,"quota , high presure to keep up rate",promote whithin company whith no college degree required very few or any jobs in the warehouse need that level of education,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9484,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This job is terrible.,Lots of opportunity to try change teams and try something new.,"The managers are poorly trained, and are rarely just people managers. We are always understaffed. Working 60-70 hour weeks are nomal.","Develop your leaders, and learn to manage people before taking on a management role.",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9485,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"It’s great for benefits, work environment, management is great at least for me, but good job stability.","Good job security, great benefits, stable income for a full time associate. Get free stocks after two years, college funds after 1 year.","Very repetitive daily tasks-(gets to be so boring). breathe in more dust than the Sahara desert(which makes a lot of mucus). Pay caps at like $15.00 something unless your a manager or higher, not sure how much higher it goes.","Nothing I can think of, I liked my management team, no manager is perfect.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9486,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I had a great experience at Amazon,People are really friendly and they really care of the employees,Pay could be a little better,Management was great,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9487,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Part Time Associate,Amazon Part Time,"Great Company, Good Benefits, Flexible Schedule","Heavy work, Be prepared to walk a lot",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9488,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Customer Obsession can be a good thing for customer,"Customer Obsession can be a bad thing for employee, 14 leadership principle make conflicts, dive deep vs deliver result L0L","wont advice, cuz AZ is too big to change",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9489,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I loved it although I was fired wrongfully I loved my job.,Great teammates to work with.,Learning the tools u use fot everyday work.,"Plz make sure when firing someome for medical leave, it was something u couldn't get around not term I'll Nate before your allowed time. This was mý only income with 3 little kids.",3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P167.htm
9490,amazon,"Durham, NC"," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Team work, Good schedule for students","3hrs of work maximum a day and no more than 28 hours allowed in a week. Unpaid vacations, barely any benefits",Stop hiring every week and offer more hours + benefits,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9491,amazon,"Teterboro, NJ"," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate - Warehouse Worker Level1,Excellent Vision insurance and good dental policy for part time workers.,"Easter does not count as a holiday. You are watched coming back from break and can get written up if you are 15 seconds late. They can flex your hours up or down, We had to work Thanksgiving and the warehouse flexed down to two hours. Managers walk around on the upper level making sure everyone is working hard -like in a prison. Favoritism is rampant. The first promotion you can get is to Ambassador however there is no pay increase yet more responsibilities,, Massive turnover, no paid vacation days,","Learn employees names and treat them with at least a modicum of respect,",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9492,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ignore the NYT Article,"great culture, emphasis on ownership, a lot of autonomy",good work life balance if you make it a priority but the onus is on you to make it a priority because management won't. Also really depends on the team / manager you have,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9493,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,AMAZING,a fantastic and challenging place to work,wish base salary was a little better,Always focus on your employee's development,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9494,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,get a good boss,if you fit the culture you'll love it,if your boss sucks transfer or quit,"keep the culture, don't let outsiders water it down. the culture is what makes the company great.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9495,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Great company,Keep growth. RSU has potentials,No free lunch. Less work freedom.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9496,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only if You Need Money,"Full time, decent pay, cool coworkers","Awful work conditions, rated job functions so hopefully you don't need to pee.",Invest in your people,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9497,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Returns Center Associate,Work here if you want to kill your back,It's a throw away job. They want you gone before you even start and you want to be gone on day one. In fact a lot of people never come back after their first day.,"Over worked. They have all the manpower they need but run on a skeleton crew just for the hell of it.  Working conditions too hot. Got headaches and diziness daily and that was while downing an 18oz water bottle every hour. And that was only when work allowed me to.  Demands are unrealistic. Either you get yelled at for being too slow or you break your back meeting expectations.  Fast food pays more. I literally just quit to work for chick-fil-a because it's closer to my house and pays more.  Lots of sexism. I was talked down to as a woman more times than I want to count.  Some good, but mostly shirty people  Way under paid. Standard pay for warehousea in this area is 15-16 (starting pay) we start at 12 and max out at 15.50. Isnt the CEO the richest man in the world? Can't he afford to start people off at a living wage for fulltime employees?  Full on lies about benefits. Ex: they wont pay for 97% of your tuition. They'll pay for 3000 a year for select 2 yr degrees and still demand you work 10hr days to do it. Everyone I know who did do it said don't. It's suicide.  Also, they want to replace you with new hires so quick that they'll pay you to quit ($1000+ to leave and never come back to anything Amazon owns). If they really hire only the best why do they try so hard to get rid of the best?  Also they steal time from your breaks. My warehouse was small and I was expected to give up 8 mins of my 15 min break to walk back and forth from the break room. When we complained we were told that other warehouses were bigger and that most people had to walk farther to get to the break room. This only makes things worse. When you work 10hrs a day on your feet, you need every second of that break to rest, yet I spent more time walking to and from the break room than resting. Glad Amazon cares about my well being.","Try caring about your people. I was suffering from heat stress every freaking day while working my butt off and when my PA tried to bring out fans to regulate the temperature a bit the idiots at safety told her no because stuff might fly up get in peoples eyes. So the small chance of dirt getting into peoples eyes is more important than me fainting from heat stroke?  The only way people make rate is by not adhering to safety rules and by not opening boxes. After about the 3rd box, you feel stupid asking for help lifting that stupid 70pd box on the conveyer. And everytime you ask for help you make someone elses rate go down ever so slowly because they have to stop and help you move the damn thing. And if you're a waterspider like me, expect to be lifting and fliping 100+ pound boxes daily.  Also, listen to your people. The idiots in charge of TUS1 like to make grand plans for how things are going to be while the rest of just snicker because we, who are doing the job, know that's not going to work out. But heaven forbid someone tell mike he doesnt know what he's doing.   Also you cant demand that one section of the warehouse pretty much runs as a warehouse to itself and then not allow enough people to run it. 50+ pound boxes require aid to lift and to meet your requirements for a low indirect (those who dont process boxes) staff we have 1 person on the end of line to lift 50+ (more often than not 70+) by themselves. How on earth is that safe? The waterspider (the one who moves pallets of finished work) is generally working 2+ lines by themselves and cant help. The PGs are useless most of the time or people with back/knee problems that can't do much. You want rates to go up, allow for enough indirects so that your workers don't kill themselves trying to keep up.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9498,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,"Sort associate, avoid level 1 employment at Amazon",Interesting no day is the same even though you do the same thing every day,"Harsh conditions. Hot with no AC. Incredibly dirty air filled with exhaust, enough exhaust to set off fire alarms many times. Not a job for people who care about physical comfort.",24 hour cycle nonstop day after day everyday is insane just to deliver non essential stuff faster. Especially with a 1 dollar an hour pay differential for grave yard.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9499,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,Warehouse Fulfillment - Picker,Loads of hours to pick up,Conditions are terrible Very little breaks for the amount of tough work,MORE BREAKS 1 HOUR LUNCH LONGER PICK TIMES,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P168.htm
9500,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as fast paced as you think,* Pay * Coworkers * Ability to transfer teams,* DIY career management * Perks are not what you'd expect for a large tech company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9501,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tester,Very good company to work for,No cons because very good,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9502,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Talent Acquisition Manager,Talent Acquisition Manager,working with some of the smartest HR/Recruiting people in the world,salary low compared to other tech companies,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9503,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,End of line,The only pro is received paid time off every 2 weeks even then it's only 3 hrs.,Management unfair and HR will not do anything about it,Replace management.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9504,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EOT II,Nice entry lvl coming from military,Communication is severely lacking. Internal promotions are laughable,Stop knee jerk reactions,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9505,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Returns Associate,good benefits if you last,healthcare easy work decent benefits,rarely overtime advancement or recognition,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9506,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - EHS Specialist,EHS Specialist,"Health insurance, other than that nothing.","everything, you are not allowed to have bad days, you are not allowed to make mistakes without putting your job in jeopardy. Becareful with who you trust, everyone is out for themselves and once HR gets involved you are basically on you way out.",Not everyone is out for your job so relax and do yours correctly.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9507,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Above average,"PTO,Vacation, benefits, stock options, laid back","Can be too laid back,only a few managers actually seem to care, too many crap employees that make it harder on those who actually do their jobs","Learn from mistakes in order to grow. treat ALLL employees as equals, without us you wouldnt exist",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9508,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift manager,"Stocks, growing company, being able to make changes.",A lot of hours per day,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9509,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,REcruiter,Great Growth opportunity over here,Hard work is a fundamental here,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P169.htm
9510,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Fun atmosphere! Cool people.,Certain managers could be a little more kind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9511,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Engineer,Very good at what they do.,Poor communication as regards to assignments,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9512,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Watch your back, no one will do it for you",Decent pay for the area,Be ready for a physically demanding job. All about numbers.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9513,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lort!!!!,There are no pros to work here,It is only cons working here,You dont have to work the employees like youre running a slave ship,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9514,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Senator Sanders is right and accurate,"Your dog can come to work with you, free coffee, Stock keeps going up","The company culture is hostile on purpose and nothing can get done because no one responses to emails no matter how many times you follow up. Truly no one cares about anyone else and are only out to make themselves look like they are better so they can get leveled up and get more stock. The company culture requires you to hold hour long meetings with 15+ ""stake holders"" where instead of discussing your project, you write a 5 page doc and everyone sits on the phone to read. then everyone argues about how the doc was written and Its a huge waste of time and nothing gets done. If you like sitting in long meetings with people yelling at each other this is the place for you.",There is no hope,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9515,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning Trainer,Experience in every part of the building Good Benefits,"No room for growth Favoritism A lot of blaming, no ownership",Change everything,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9516,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I,Amazon review,"Health benefits, career choice and stocks.",Overworked and underpaid. Running lean and expecting staff to do twice the work. Management does not care and tries to sweep things under the rug. Increasing the expectation to unfair levels that causes unnecessary stress and putting too much stress on the body that leads to tons of injuries. Refusing to hire more employees and fixing the broken equipment because it's not in the budget. Lack of communication involving policy changes and a eagerness to fire employees.,To actually care about the employees and stop treating us as dispensable labor that can be replace at the drop of a hat. Communicate policy changes more and stop running lean.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9517,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great place to work,"Fast-paced, different every day, opportunities for growth, supportive environment, diverse","Physically difficult, lots of worker apathy, lack of associate accountability",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9518,amazon,"Memphis, TN"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - CSA | CAP | VCC,My Experience at Amazon as a work from home (virtual) customer service agent,"Large company with outstanding benefits Open door policy’s Potential for advancement if you are willing Working from home is great Team Members, Team Leaders, General Managers and Operational Managers work closely and well together Amazon supplies laptop for virtual customer service agents Mentoring programs Ongoing education/training",Shifts are not family friendly Pay is low for responsibilities given Difficult to advance in such a large company even with advanced training,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9519,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible on body,"Benefits, pto, career development, fun working environment and you get paid to workout.",Terrible on your entire body in the long run,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P170.htm
9520,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy to get hired !,they will help you pay for school.,15 min break includes the long walk it takes to get out of the door,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9521,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,Great benefits good for people who like to work in fast paced environment,Low pay gets repetitive must stand for 10 hrs per day,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9522,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Lots of work and get overtime during the holidays. It's okay if you don't mind belts like assembly lines.,"Labor intensive, 15 minute breaks are really 10 minutes. You need to be in good shape to perform the tasks required.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9523,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Above average,"PTO,Vacation, benefits, stock options, laid back","Can be too laid back,only a few managers actually seem to care, too many crap employees that make it harder on those who actually do their jobs","Learn from mistakes in order to grow. treat ALLL employees as equals, without us you wouldnt exist",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9524,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,they have a great team atmosphere with amazing benefits,"they encourage personal growth, if you hate growth this company is not for you",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9525,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Good place to work at.,None that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9526,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Onsite Medical Representative,"Pay, benefits, culture, core values are all very impressive.","Hard work. If you don't like to work hard, or are looking for an easy ride, this isn't for you. Not really a ""Con"" but it may be for some.",Better communication with teams.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9527,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Engineer,Good,"growth, Challenging, and Nice pay","Huge work,Huge work, Huge work, Huge work",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9528,amazon,"Loma Linda, CA"," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Hated it,Getting paid weekly was okay,"It’s hot, the management team was awful, the company doesn’t really care if you work there or not because they’ll just replace you.",Get a union.,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9529,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresh Associate,"You get benefits like health, vision, and dental insurance the day you sign up. You work with a lot of great people and that's what help you get through the day",Shifts are too long and physically demanding for the length of shift. Low pay for the work that you do.,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P171.htm
9530,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior operations manager,Amazon offers competitive and attractive pay,Amazon has a culture of up or out and does not offer much support,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9531,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,brand value if someone looking for,"less work, more people mgmt. no benefits",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9532,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Involuntary Separation,"Interesting work, no travel, flexible hours","Very difficult culture, poor leadership, hard to get things done, disrespectful of knowledge, ignore talent, no career path",Truly walk the talk. Tell the truth. Actually care about the people that work for you.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9533,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 21, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Driver,Conducive environments and reliability to work,I don't have any downside I can recollect,Their services are ok and reliable,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9534,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Great Company,"Fantastic benefits...they start on day 1. Fast paced environment, fun and energetic.",Competency level of tier I associates. Managemnet has little power to hold associates accountable for not performing job functions up to par.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9535,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation,Amazing opportunities for growth,Short breaks after standing on feet for so long,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9536,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Independent contractor,Schedule flexibility. High pay rates.,Route itineraries are often distant.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9537,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,transport specialist,built up my experience,working at all times of the day,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9538,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,Challenging environment to work in,Limited brakes security is tight,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9539,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Amazon Warehouse,- great benefits - get to workout - pay is fine - management is nice and helpful for me,- long hours - short breaks - commute time is a lot from where I live,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P172.htm
9540,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Great pay, straight forward expectations, org willing to spend money on things needed to complete mission","Some obscene number of leadership principles, makes for an awkward, unmanagable and unrealistic culture",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9541,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,Challenging in a good way. Great culture.,Tech debt pains. Not true for all teams though.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9542,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Part Time Sales Associate,Amazonian experience,hours are pretty good pay is decent,It is a lot of work,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9543,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,Decent Pay Decent Hours,Heavy Work Little to no Breaks Little to no awards to workers,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9544,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,Good way to gain high level insight into the business. Gain lots of skills and knowledge.,"Redundant work, very detail oriented requirements, bad team culture",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9545,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for Students,"Flexible plans for students. Great working conditions,",Sometime you have have to lift heavy objects.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9546,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AFE 1 pack induct sort,Great pay. No dress code . PT and PTO,Always hot .. some ppl took the job too serious,None I looked my mangers ! Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9547,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved the convienence,"Choose your own hours, wonderful customer service opportunities, worked from home.",Based in Seattle so it was 3 hours behind me,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9548,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,Break every two hours. Helpful coworkers.,This work can be very tiresome.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9549,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Brutal Culture,You get lot of challenges and constructive criticism every day to help you improve,Unrealisticly high expectations Cut throat culture Employees Use all gimmics to survive,Consider employee well being,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P173.htm
9550,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Great time off hours that you can use,Alot of wear and tear on your feet and legs,Allow employess to do picking half the day and the rest with something not as tiresome,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9551,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Strategic Account Manager,Strategic Account Manager,"Exciting technology and programs, if it's new or emerging Amazon seems to be a part of or a leader of emerging tech.","Someone needs to call the EPA and report Amazon for the massive amount of paper we use. Management seems to love printing 12-24 page reports that get shredded almost right after the meeting.  If you have a good manager you'll love working for Amazon, a lousy manager makes it a living hell.","While narrative writing is valuable, sharing the docs online would be more environmentally friendly.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9552,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great experience,Good pay and good management,Short breaks and long hours,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9553,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Great for people who don't care if their work is meaningful,My co workers are amazing people. Management is kind and approachable.,"The upper management doesn't think of employees as human beings, only percentages.",Don't give up on your life goals and stay at Amazon too long.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9554,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Great place to work at,The work was very hectic,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9555,amazon,"East Saint Louis, IL"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Great!,"Benefits , average pay, Robots","Rate , favoritism’s , bad communication",Learn to better communicate with the workers,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9556,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Really great place to work,Nothing to report at the moment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9557,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Problem Solver,great company,"benefits, able to work overtime, flexible schedule, breaks and lunch time","weird hours like 4pm - 2am, always on your feet, have to be always in a move",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9558,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love this job,They give you benefits and things starting day one,Alot of manual labour if your not used to it then it can get tiring,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9559,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for Students,"Flexible plans for students. Great working conditions,",Sometime you have have to lift heavy objects.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P174.htm
9560,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem Solver,Not a terrible job while you’re in school,"Long hours, gets boring, and poor management",Be more considerate to your employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9561,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Opportunity to grow within the company,Management not always proper evaluate their associates,Do a better job at recognizing the talent pool,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9562,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,Scale of projects are incredible.,Not the friendliest culture. Dogs.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9563,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,packer,lots of opportunities to grow and move up,"pressure about rates, its all about numbers",more fun will help,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9564,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Curriculum Developer,Not what I thought it would be...,Good salary on par with most tech companies.  Smart engineers,"Stock is back ended, so you won't see any money unless you stay with company 3+ years.  Lots of former Microsoft employees. They get canned at MS, move over to Amazon and bring all of their buddies in.  Seattle. The city sucks 7-8 months out of the year. Very depressing.  Politics. Good ole boys club. Very cut throat environment.  Long hours.",None. I did not enjoy my time at Amazon. Found many segments of the org to be very insular. Very discriminatory. Lots of gossiping and back biting. Especially in the learning and development and training org. Everybody knows everybody's business which makes it very difficult to switch teams. I regret the time that i spent with Amazon.,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9565,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Learning Ambassador,Amazon is an okay place to work as an L1/Packer,Always guaranteed to work 40 hours a week,No room for professional growth when starting as an L1.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9566,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Scanner,Okay Job as Scanner at Sort Center,"Good managers that are generally positive, easy to change schedule at sort centers, easy work just building pallets, they attempt to motivate you, regular breaks same time everyday, HR is helpful once you go to them, they're willing to accommodate you if you actually talk to HR about disabilities and limitations, at my center they don't get on to you much about your scan rates you just stay later if everyone does bad, good work/life balance, shifts in just about every part of day, can work four to six days a week and up to 60 hours during peak times. They're willing to train you if you want to try different roles. If you're trans they'll make sure your treated well and you can report to HR if you have any problems at all and get it taken care of, they want to make sure you're comfortable.","Boring as hell, repetitive as hell, people don't build pallets well, they barely talk to new hires about attendance policies to the point where people have almost gotten fired because we don't know what they are in depth, you can only miss four days every three months, if you pass six attendance points they fire you within like 24 hours, only can have one medical excuse per year for absence, scanners don't work a lot sometimes I have to go through three different scanners before one works, the managers system for motivation only works if you care about company swag but I don't, peak times you can flex up an hour, not a great variety of roles you can do, training only lasts two days and is very brief and barely touches on stuff, four hours seem to stretch on forever. Rates go down if you have to use restroom or get a drink of water. They move you around a lot throughout the day. Some lanes are really crowded and hard to move around on. Short training can lead to injuries from people sorting items and storing them incorrectly. I'm not looking to stay any longer, will leave as soon as I find another job.","Find better motivation because not all of us care about company gear, do proper amount of stretches consistently, don't be as condescending when you do actually talk to people about rates and such, make sure scanners are working, outline attendance policies in depth since it's something relevant to every employee, and generally try to motivate people a little better universally since it's such a boring and repetitive job. Try to motivate people to stay with the company better, to reduce turnover. Do better training. Maybe vet the people you are hiring more thoroughly so that the job is done more effectively and efficiently.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9567,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fullfilment,"Good benefits, if you take the night shift the payment is better","Never stop, its really hard",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9568,amazon,"Fresno, CA"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Review,Love working for amazon it’s a. fast pace job there’s always work. And the atmosphere is always positive. Benefits start from day 1.,I don’t have any con to give this review,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9569,amazon,"Wood Dale, IL"," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Fresh Associate,You do too much work for what you get,"Knowing that you work for one on the biggest company in the world.  Good first job, they pretty much accept anybody that apply and theres no interview that you have to worry about. Just pass the background check and you're good.  Pays above minimum wage.","Manager puts you in the freezer when the gloves can't keep your fingers from getting frostbites. They are all about safety, but they constantly harassed me on why my pick rate is so slow when I'm trying to prevent my fingers from getting frostbites.  The manager always talk about how he can help inprove pick rate since he used to have a high pick rate himself, but things have changed. There aren't workers there to help prep your cart and prep your ice, now you have to do all by yourself and they expect us to do it all in under 4 minutes. Prepping all of that takes around 10 minutes. I doubt the managers can even prep it under 4 minutes. Plus having to get the dry ice yourself, so you're pushing a 200 lbs box full of dry ice across the building expecting that to not affect pick rate that much. I'm always the one who have to take the bullet and get the dry ice since my co workers are worried about their rates.  The pick rate they expect you to pick at is too high. They want you to pick at 130 units per hour, but a year ago they expected you to pick at 70 units per hour. That's almost 2 times fastet, yet they haven't increased the hourly wage by a single penny.  Managers are always giving out VTO (Voluntary Time Off) like it's candy whenever it's not busy. You don't have to take it, but they want you to take it because they're stingy like that. Some of the weeks I've worked were 5 hours when I'm supposed to work 15-20 hours. During peak time is pretty much the only time where your hours are consistent, and they offer OT regularly.","Increase the hourly wage if you're going to be working your employees this hard. At least make it you pay the people on the dock and inbound people the regular amount, but pay pickers extra since we go through way more work than those positions.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P175.htm
9570,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Digital Marketing Manager,"Great working facilities, dog friendly, work with very smart, ambitious colleagues.","It's a survivor of the fittest environment, zero empathy from leadership. Company policy to remove the weakest, not necessarily the worst performers. There is definitely cruelty in how management treats employees.","You are here today because of your employees, treat them fairly with care. Don't let your employees jump off your own buildings like you did. Shame on you!",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9571,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Oh boy,Good pay and nice co workers,Sexist and bad work to life balance,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9572,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Great place to learn and develop while earning $$$,"Salary, tools available, interesting challenges. Really enjoy working with my team. Doing some very cool analytics with a well developed data warehousing team. Lots of tools to help you succeed, and good support to help you learn.","High pressure on occasion, work life balance can be tricky",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9573,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Jul 22, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Sortation Associate,It's Just A Part-Time Job,"Part Time, Weekly Pay, 4 HR Shifts, Non-Customer contact, a nice job to have to supplement your income.",You are expected to be on your feet for an extended period of time. There's no sitting down for this job you're constantly moving until it's time for your 15 min break.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9574,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,Good benefits good pay lol,Stressful you got to be on fit for long hours,Very nice company,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9575,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior TPM,Sr. TPM at Amazon Go,Pay is pretty good. Good quality people.,"Quality is 100% team dependent. You can work on garbage, and learn nothing with tons of stress, or have a pretty chill life with high caliber people. It's luck of the draw.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9576,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overworked, Underpaid, Unappreciated",A Four day Work week,"No room for advancement unless you're a suck up, Time off task for going to the bathroom, Very easy to miss you're weekly goals unless you work like a robot.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9577,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Hra,"Good culture, fun environment",Peak season is tough! Long hours,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9578,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,"fast pace, competitive pay rate",some co workers are not great to work with,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9579,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Been at Amazon a year it's not bad. Had worse.,Better pay than anywhere else here.,Too much to list. Seriously. Too much.,Get new management.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P176.htm
9580,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Been at Amazon a year it's not bad. Had worse.,Better pay than anywhere else here.,Too much to list. Seriously. Too much.,Get new management.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9581,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. HRA,"Great coworkers, good benefits, good pay","Long shifts, lots of responsibility",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9582,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - DCEO,DCEO,Learning: it is a lot of thing going on in AWS and you have to keep up with change.,work and life balance is not good.,too fast!!! slow down and planned.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9583,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Fresh Associate,Low pay,"Job is pretty easy, don't have any problems with the job itself. There is staff that will help if you ask them to. You get paid every Friday. Also you can check a day before to see your paycheck.","Low pay, rude people, hr staff act like you are bothering them, when you ask them questions. They threaten to fire you if your numbers ain't up days after you started. Can't your phone in the building, you need your I'D to leave the building, so you are locked in if you lose your ID.","Pay your employees more, train your Hr staff better.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9584,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AM,"Money, and the compensation I received.",Everything else the abuse and horrible management.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9585,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Generous vacation and time off package,Shifts are too long and the pay is not enough to deal with the work culture,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9586,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Intellectual Property Attorney,Amazon employees steal intellectual property,The best reasons are that you can steal intellectual property from celebrities like Sean Diddy Combs and ordinary people as well.,Not enough pay and they need a better benefits package,Make sure that when we steal intellectual property it doesn't lead back to us,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9587,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Bad,"If you get converted, mostly the PTO (Paid Time Off) and if you work for more than a year they help pay for your school.","-They are always on top of you if your rate is low even if THERE IS NO WORK on the line -They start counting Time Off Task (TOT) after 5 minutes of not scanning an item. -Sometimes they don’t even labor track you and TOT racks up when there’s no work and if you complain they say “there’s work coming in” -HR is no help -Only 2 medical waivers per year as if we can control when and how frequently we get sick -Honestly they give out write ups non stop and if you try to fight it they don’t listen or even try to make it seem like it was your fault. -They cherry pick who they convert -Overall the pay is little when they’re workers who get injured backs, sprained wrists, overheated and such. -don’t work for amazon because unless you’re a Process Assistant, Operations Manager it HR you’ll eat trampled over.",Fix EVERYTHING,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9588,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Reduced time warehouse associate,"Decent pay, you get hours but they’re long","Not enough breaks, the rate was hard to reach, long hours",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9589,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Highly depends on team,$ money but you work so much the hourly pay is crap anyways .,Cried in bathroom on weekly basis Terrible and horrific people managers Insane hours,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P177.htm
9590,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,always had work and trained new employees,always overtime if wanted it,"don't have any,job hard enough",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9591,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Warehouse,Paycheck was very good. Got paid every other week.,Long hours. Mandatory overtime. Only cared about employees making rate.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9592,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDM,Very strong talent to work with. Opportunity to continually learn and grow your career.,"Amazon will continually give you as much responsibility as you can handle, and then will give you more. It's 100% on you to manage work-life balance.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9593,amazon,"North East, MD"," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I Associate - Fulfillment Center,Tier 1 Associate - Fulfillment Center,"Decent pay, immediate medical/dental/vision benefits, decent work/life balance. College benefits and on-site courses. Would recommend for Temp/Holiday work, but it's not for everyone when it comes to Full-Time.","Vaction/Paid Time-Off/ Unpaid Time-Off system, physically demanding, boring work, messy management and HR system","Sufficient cross-training across ALL departments. Advice to Amazon Corporate: Eliminate VCP and boost base pay, make Time-Off system more like typical companies by eliminating incremental earnings of hours. Get rid of Swag Bucks and just pay us more.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9594,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,it’s not THAT bad!,"good benefits, and perks .",shift is long hours. During peak you will work even more. depending on what department you work you have to make rate.,promote within your department. train management better.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9595,amazon,"Mira Loma, CA"," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Started as a Tier 1 Assosciate,"Stocks, medical benefits. LOA options, some management is great. Opportunity for growth in other departments is greater than my current one.","Most people are out for themselves. Not often is there management that wants you to succeed as much as they do. Not much room for growth within my current role but looking harder. Work life balance is awful. 10hour nights 4 nights a week, seems more like 5 nights with2 off.",Communication and people skills need better implementation. many complaints about communication.,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9596,amazon,"Buena Park, CA"," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Warehouse Associate,Good company but needs some work,Employees are given free food and there are activities to do on certain days of the month.,"Management doesn't listen and it takes a while for procedures to change. Supervision is spread too thin and that lets people slack off. Some supervisors do not do their part in tracking your labor hours by taking you on or off the clock. People are not vetted, they are just pulled off the street for the sort center. Some of those people are good people that work hard, others are not. There was no interview for Amazon's hiring at the sort center, this allows in no way to gauge personalities. Which causes the variable quality in work ethic among the new hires. Tighten those control but give chances to those who show promise.","Don't just run the business by the numbers, you'll run it into the ground that way. Take care of your people and they'll take care of you. Hire for fit and train for skill, when I was there we got a lot of people who would care only of themselves and not the team. This meant that the work was done in a sloppy way that needed to be redone by someone later. Provide employees with training workshops so they can develop that skill as well.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9597,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Research Scientist,"Enjoyable work, great culture","Super collaborative ecosystem - everyone's working on a common goal, and therefore you can seek out people working on completely different parts of the product and discuss their work and / or collaborate. Speaking of my team, they are the nicest bunch of talented scientists.",Would like to spend less time in meetings,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9598,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"So far, Amazon is the best company I've worked for","It's been #1 in Shopping but Amazon has been expanding beyond and growing fast in AWS, Alexa, etc. A truly innovative company that knows how to provide the best experiences to the customers in the right way. Amazon keeps breaking records!  Amazon has a unique culture based on Leadership Principles that encourage employees to be the true owners of whatever you develop for the customers. This is a very solid foundation behind the growth.","People perceive Amazon as a place people are pushed too hard on their work. This is because Amazon has the best talents working across the globe. If you are really passionate to work with great talents and you keep up to the high quality standards, you can find out that this perception was wrong.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9599,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"Lots of benefits day 1,medical dental vision etc...., Personal paid time off 10 hours when you start and 10 hours unpaid. 4 days on 3 off over nights and weekends give 1$ an hour more 50 cent for one or the other.","no phones at all in building security very strict, metal detectors and getting searched",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P178.htm
9600,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do not work here,Friendly management and coworkers. We work 10 hour shifts so we get 3 day weekends. The work is not stressful.,"10 hour shifts, Management pressures you to work way above your goal for zero benefit to you, Certain managers seems to think everyone below them is mentally retarded, outside of management every job is mindbogglingly simple and boring, Horrible 401k, All stocks you ""receive"" are 3 year vested, Turn over is massive, Even management quits as soon as their stocks vest.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9601,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Would not recommend working at Amazon,Pay is pretty good if it’s your first job plus you receive part of their stock,Management treats people like numbers not actually human beings. Amazon standard of how they conduct work is unhumane and stupid. They hire manager based off young students out of college who dont know nothing about how to work in the field in which they are too manage,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9602,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - CS Associate,Great company depending on your position,You get great benefits. The pay is pretty good. You can grow and get better positions quickly and easily. My station has great friendly employees ( I have heard horror stories about other stations though) If you become friends with the right people you get a lot more opportunities.,"Not as organized as you think a big company would. I started as a Warehouse Associate which led me to become an Ambassador of the station. Then I was hired into the new Delivery Station Liaison role which is in station Customer Service. The idea of the position was great and it was tested out beforehand but when I came into this full time position, it was not ready to be launched at all. It took us a month until we were kind of able to to anything. Whether it was permission issues or computer, I was basically doing nothing for a month and a half.","Station management is great, my station is in the top 5 in the nation but for my Customer Service role, my team is the lowest rating. There's a lot more confusion than there is answers, I wont blame it all on my manager though, she has over 20 stations and twice the amount of employees to handle.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9603,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Center Technician,-Great people -learning opportunities -Competitive pay -Overtime pay?,"-Expectations for workload completion is high -Little down time -Lunch? If you like to eat, it may not happen everyday. -Management seems to be trending towards micro managing it's employees",Please stop trying to be overly frugal as it places to much burden on current employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9604,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Good job as long as you work,Easy work Good management Amazing people,People don't care about safety as much as they should Your voice can feel unheard,Care more about safety,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9605,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Ops Admin,The company is growing lots of opportunity. Great benefits,"long hours, you are on your feet the whole time,",Someone from outside the FC should be making the hiring decisions,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9606,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Coordinator,Marketing Coordinator,"Dogs in the office, friendly coworkers","Long hours, hot headed management, org changes frequently",Treat your employees well,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9607,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good When in Between Jobs,Flex pay at Amazon allows you to increase take home pay easily,work is boring and physically demanding,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9608,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,proud Amazonian,"Great people, a great work culture","Hard hours, be prepared to work hard",Don't forget is the people that make the company,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9609,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn and grow,"Agile, self driven work environment. Amazon provides right tools and mechanisms for every employee to control their growth. Figure out how to use it. There are many teams that are people/employee driven where you could hit the perfect work life balance.","Since many teams and orgs are independent, the culture might vary depending upon the leadership. Identify the right leadership to work for if you are interested in a long term career.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P179.htm
9610,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse employee,Benefits with health and disability,Very large company to work for,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9611,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,"good compensation, reputation, innovative, challenging,","no work life balance, not friendly environment, extremely competitive",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9612,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,Not any pros at Amazon,"Work life balance, upper management",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9613,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Yahoo, let's do this.","Great pay, benefits and truly talented peers.",It's not a place for routine work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9614,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,work hard,easy to mive up in the company. great pay great benefits all in day 1. pay for your school after a year,they have long hours for shifts,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9615,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Bonuses, people, fun, company picnic, pays good","Hard work, rate, not much air",Give us better breaks,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9616,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Smart people on the team.,Employee turnover rate is too high.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9617,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not for everybody,Obtaining an entry level position is not difficult,"The entry level positions can be very demanding. Your must make rate. Breaks are practically non existent, especially for the amount of work you must put in to keep your job.","My management team is very positive, they encourage some, but not all I would say be fair and the same to all.",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9618,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Amazon is an Incredible Company to Work for!,-Positive Company Culture -Competitive Compensation/Benefits -Opportunities for internal promotions and career development,"-High expectations (you have to work hard! I actually find this to be positive for my career development, as I am consistently challenged by upper management to be a bar raiser!)",Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9619,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - General Warehouse Associate,Amazon gave me a chance,I was asking for employment and they gave me a chance,I don't have any down sides,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P180.htm
9620,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,lmao this mcfreakin sucked my dudes,good pay i guess man,they treat their employees like crap,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9621,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product manager,not much to mention as a pro,a lot of things can be improved,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9622,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long Hard Hours,Amazon pays management very well,"Work Holidays, work long hours, work on days off",Treat people better to retain talent,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9623,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Maintenance Manager,"Fun At Times, Mostly Not","Good pay, stock is always going up.","Hostile work environment, bullying, targeting, if you get on the bad side of human resources you will find yourself out of employment quickly.",Stop putting so much power in the local HR team's hands. Sometimes those team can become corrupted and work in a silo.,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9624,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Team,You are going to learn a whole lot here.,"Strange hours, sometimes long periods of downtime.",Keep up the good work!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9625,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,A large work environment with something for most people,Ambiguity can mean a lot of opportunity. Amazon is a great place for people who are self driven and self motivated. There is a real effort to increase diversity and to listen to diverse perspectives-- but it's a long road. There is good intent behind a lot of our initiatives but you can still stumble in to pockets that feel like a tech stereotype of tech bros and happy hours. The nice thing about Amazon is that it's such a large place that you can find the community and team you're looking for-- it just might take a few iterations.,"Transparent communication is sometimes hard to find. Restructuring and reorging can take an emotional toll on teams and the ambiguity that creates opportunity also creates uncertainty. I would also love to see a greater public investment in to the Seattle community. Regardless of why or how, Amazon had dramatically changed the landscape of a city I adore and I don't think we're great at owning that change and ensuring that we are publicly working to help the local community. Amazon contributes to a lot, but we don't tell anyone and we don't show it. If you aren't able to be visible within your team, your chances of promotion or advancement are fairly limited. Work should speak for itself, but if other people don't know that you've contributed you'll have a hard time moving up.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9626,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service amazon,"Work from home, stocks, bonus","Pay, rude customers, impossible opportunities",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9627,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,Very safety conscious and good at on-the-job training.,"Virtually no time off at all. They expect maximum work out of employees without returning the favor in terms of bonuses, raises, or promotions. Very bad about nitpicking output rates.",Stop micromanaging employees and allow them to do the work without the constant fear of messing up. Look at overall output numbers of a shift.,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9628,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service,Good work environment and multicultural.,no cons to mention as far as i know,nothing,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9629,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good good good good good,Good it’s good I like it,None really but my feet be hurtin lol,Pay us by production y’all,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P181.htm
9630,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 2,Great work here and good scope to grow.,Nothing that I know of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9631,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,You own your destiny. Great compensation. Work with very smart people.,"Too much work! Too reliant on email, that culture needs to shift.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9632,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,HR Leadership,"Good opportunity in HR for those that do not have prior HR experience, especially if you willingly and without question drink the koolaid. Amazon prefers to train inexperienced people their way because Amazon is always right (legal or not).","Horrible culture in the traditional non-sort facilities (I can’t speak for the other building types). You must know the right people to be successful, and you must be prepared to step on anyone in your way. If you value ethics and integrity, I do not recommend Amazon.",It is great that Amazon is “a great place to work” as far as the public knows (they just don’t know this only pertains to Seattle) but it might be time to check out what happens inside the facility.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9633,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech,"Benefits are very good, insurance, 401K, stock is ok, but since it's so high now, RSU stock is chincy, and even the career choice that is offered. Is really nice. Most of the people who actually do their job, and try to stay positive.","At RIC 1 Noone is held accountable, there are more""incidents"" involving powered industrial equipment, and the ""fix"" is a slap on the wrist, a shift of retraining, and maybe a drug test. Bullying is huge by those who have a higher level position and no one seems to see exactly what the scope of bullying consists of. Safety is non-existent. The associates have a 3 minute window that they get statistics, information and a safety contact, usually a ""nose over toes""... they are in an industrial environment with industrial equipment, and have no clue about what safety really is. HR is for the company not the employee.","Safety is not an OPTION, it's a way of life. People ARE part of the process, hold everyone equally accountable. It's not fair that this associate is held to more strict guidelines than that one...",1.0,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9634,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Benefits almost right away. Nice,Place is fake and deceitful.,Management is fine! HR is deceitful and their safety people are fake.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9635,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anonymous,It pays well and is simple work,Its strenuous theres 1 break and they don't care about employees,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9636,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Customer Service,good,good hours good people and good money,phone money hours work,keep up the good work,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9637,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Rep,"Virtual position, being able to work from home","Not a lot of room for growth, working your own pace not able to speak to management right away if you have questions",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9638,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - EHS Manager,EHS Manager AR Sort,"Overall great company to work with, strong EHS team. Wide variety of item to focus on and still have room to make a contribution that will have a positive impact for the networks.","Many programs and policies to manage with room for improvements, which can be a positive thing.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9639,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Boring, dry corporate projects. Bad for UX pros",Dense problem sets Some intelligent colleagues Plenty of internal conferences to learn various tools and trades Fun campus events,"Everyone’s idea of the role of UX is completely different. UX turns into UI design, making things pretty, design for “delight”, and copywriting. Boring corporate problem sets. Org leadership is out of touch with modern digital product development practices, out of touch business people leading “innovative” products. Beaurocracy gets in the way of innovation. Groggy management adds no value to team process or product strategy. Weak project management has everyone confused most of the time. I feel like I have literally gone backwards in my career path.",Enforce higher standards with your project / product / program managers. These roles are integral to developing and executing a product and project. Designers and engineers can’t maange everything. Give better visibility to strategy,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P182.htm
9640,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Picker/packer,"You stay busy, your benefits start immediately as soon as you start working there, and there are discounts in various things because You are with Amazon.","Dont look for a raise, but expect more, and more responsibilities. You are just a number to make their numbers, to get Amazon more money, but nothing more you do adds to your income, except overtime. Which isn't offered much except as mandated at their busy times, like Christmas.","If you want more from your employees, meet them on it, do them right, offer them a raise or financial promotion to encourage them to do the more you want.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9641,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Delivery Associate,- Co-Workers are helpful when need be - Pay is Decent,-Management has no control at times - Hours were ridiculously long,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9642,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Executive,Global Sales,Truly inspiring place to be. Big and growing fast with a work culture for experienced self -starters who know how to make things happen.,Cant think of any right now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9643,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Amazon Corporate,"Work From Home is definitely a plus, but it is not available for all positions...","Not too personal, until you put in your time you are part of the machinery of the coperation",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9644,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter,Sorter,I love it.. I love the small shifts and great pay and benefits.,None really 2 upt hour should not be taken for coming in 1 hour and 1 min late maybe 1/2 hours for less then 5 mins.,Keep Paying attention to your excellent workers... You guys do ..keep up the good work .,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9645,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Fast paced, challenging, and rewarding","Many opportunities for advancement, and a challenging yet rewarding job experience.",Work life balance can be stressful to those new to fulfillment roles.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9646,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Great opportunity to build experience in warehouse,"Growth in each associate to become great, and move up in promotions",Communicate with associates more often,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9647,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Laborer,Warehouse,Pay benefits are good for you,Management has to get retraining,Treat employees with respect please,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9648,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most unfair organization,None. Wish I could give 0 star.,"Everything. I was hired and relocated. I uprooted my life. I got caught up in internal politics. People whom I worked some felt threatened by my experience/background. They threw me under the bus every chance they got. I was finally put on performance improvement plan which was a joke. I knew from the get go, I would not pass. Which is what happened and I was terminated. I am now stuck moving back to my original home on my own.",Look deeper with people’s ability.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9649,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Poor work life balance,"Competitive salary, some teams are good.","Poor work-life balance, disrespectful teammates, stress ful environment.",Work towards promoting work-life balance,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P183.htm
9650,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA Process Assistant,Ok,"VTO, 1st day benefits, climate controlled",Management could take some lessons in managing,Treat people like human beings not robots!,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9651,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment,Great maternity leave Plenty of paid time off and vacation,Too many changes of managers Little consideration for employees,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9652,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Experience Consultant,Great experience for your resume,Great experience to learn about the company's culture and get your foot in the door to start your career. Fun environment to work in and they offer good benefits for both full-time and part-time employees,New program so many things were not set in stone in terms of the work and what needed to be done,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9653,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Flexible schedules, mostly good work environment, growth opportunities","They don't motivate the agents anymore, there is a lot of instability, constant counterproductive changes, they don't value their workers like they used to.","Motivate your agents a bit more, the Customer Service Agents are very important, they are the ones representing the company directly for the customers. Also, avoid counterproductive changes, it is really an akward experience to be moved from a team to another several times in a short time, I was moved from a team to another like for over 3 times in a month, is annoying, I had to abandon some projects I had with the former team. Be more organized with the channels, for example if someone is in emails, it shouldn't be moved to phones or chat, and vice versa because if the workflow team was trully organized, this sudden changes wouldn't be needed. Make sure that the work level is the same for everybody, we used to joke that there were some people with a ""slavery skill"" and some others with the ""laziness skill"", because some people had a lot of work all the time, and some other people had a lot of ""green"", that shows a bad organization from the workflow team. Moreover, you still provide good work environment and growth opportunities, wich is great.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9654,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Growth, development, career foundation. You will learn , do, grow, and contribute more in this role than any other ""entry level"" job.","You will work more than 40 hours a week, and may end up on a night shift . Closer to 50-55 hrs/wk. non-peak and 65 during peak. If you are ok with that, it is not really a con. Not the same as working in Seattle. No fun perks or events. Stocks are great, but cause people that do not like their job to stick around just to collect them.","More honesty and transparency. Be more respectful of the time of your salaried managers, especially those with families waiting on them at home.",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9655,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Good brand name, sincere management, middle managers are less than ordinary","Great pay, great brand, good offices","Middle managers, race to get promotions at the cost of short term hacks",Give more power to employees than people managers,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9656,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,You work with a lot of smart people. Decisions are made quickly with very little red tape. Leadership Principles are actually super helpful(you will use them everyday).,Be prepared to work harder than ever before. The hours are long and intense. Promotions do not happen often and are not always merit based.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9657,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"Work with best and the brightest, always improving, will really challenge you","Very demanding, perform now mentality.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9658,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Flexible work schedule Nice People Safe place to work,Very Physical Salary rate could be better,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9659,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible job and management is worst,Discount and close to good area.,Management is a joke and favoritism no room to grow,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P184.htm
9660,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,"Can be great for higher-ranking employees, not so much for associates",They pay a little higher than minimum.,"There is a culture of overwork, barely legal paid time off, very short and incommensurate breaks and a lot of cost cutting that makes their employees hate their jobs.","They need to take better care of their employees, or it will show up in their performance.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9661,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great if you have boundless energy and enthusiasm.,"Good pay and benefits, immediate hire","Physically demanding, micromanagement, crowded conditions, difficulty getting days off, low morale, enforced break times","Better employee morale is needed. An employee should at least be allowed to use the restroom whenever they need to. If a supervisor sees you walking out of the restroom even a minute after the allotted 15 minute break, they will write you up. I think that's a little harsh and I never experienced this kind of management at my other jobs. You are treated less like a valued employee and more like a prisoner. Still job searching, but it's difficult in today's economy, as I've learned from firsthand experience. Some of my co-workers are senior citizens who should be happily retired right now, not laboring at a job like this.",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9662,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,Easy and fast to apply and get job.,The Customer service program is not user friendly.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9663,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It’s okay,Lucky if you have cool coworkers to pass the time,Not enough money for what you have to do physically,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9664,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. HRA,You learn A LOT but it's what you make of it. Duties can be very repetitive and can require little thinking if you don't ask the right questions,Your experience is all based on the leaders. I had great leaders at one location and terrible leaders at another,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9665,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Culture of aggressive business and technical risk taking, many smart and motivated employees, company has a lot of momentum currently","The leadership principles are applied unevenly, appearing to adhere to the LPs matters more than any individual authenticity","The current org leadership review practices are not going to produce the leaders the company will need in the future. For example Pivot is not going to fix gaps in performance management, particularly for Director and above.",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9666,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK place if you like hard work,"Ok, love the people.",Attendance is rather rigid. Work is hard. you must make rate,Listen,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9667,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Fulfillment Center Associate,Very fast paced environment so you always have something to do. They also offer overtime a decent amount of the time.,"Not a lot of flexibility in shifts. I would've like to work like Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, but that wasn't one of their preset options so couldn't do it.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9668,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Associates,Free stuff and bonuses every two weeks,Long hours on your feet & rude management,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9669,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Jul 29, 2018",Former Employee - Shipdock,Absolutely Exhausting Job,"Great Pay, Nice Employees, Benefits are okay  Everybody I worked with was extremely nice(I worked on shipdock) My boss was fantastic and she really helped on the front lines with the rest of us.","Long hours, Rubbish Schedule(Especially nights), Excessively tough work, Not accommodating when it comes to injuries.  Due to prime week I became hospitalized from dehydration and malnutrition, I experienced seizures and had to spend a bit in the ER because of it. I was fired because my UPT fell below zero even though they reached out to me to find out what was wrong, they never responded to my replies, and fired me.","Get your supervisors on the front lines and working individually with your employees. During my time employed at Amazon, the supervisors always seem out of touch with how we all felt and seem to not care very much. They were more worried about statistics and numbers.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P185.htm
9670,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 14, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Order selector,Stocks best HR team ever,Management too young and play too much,"more professional management, HR dept rocks",4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9671,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesome Benefits,Plenty of opportunities to move up in the company.,Hard on your body from manual labor in most departments.,Structure is key,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9672,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Pay, there's room for growth","Hours, the allotted unpaid time off",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9673,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Life at the empire if Amazon.,"Management team really takes notice of your value, even when you dont think they do.",No cons really to add.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9674,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great company to work for,"Great company culture, leadership principal makes company growing fast.",Life work balance is challenge,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9675,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative-Reserves Team,This job has been a Godsend,Flexible scheduling with only a 4 hour per week minimum Talking to customers from all over the country Helpful coworkers Working from home,Training was done too quickly Frequent management shifts with little to no notice,Training should be longer and much more in depth. When you're first released to take calls it feels a but like drowning.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9676,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE-II at amazon for 3 years,"Decent Pay, lot of options to move within the company for diff role.","Depends on team, but can expect high work pressure",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9677,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Part- Time Class Q Associate,Flexible,The pay is fair & hours are good,No Full Time positions available,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9678,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Good place to start,"Great Benefits, tons of potential for future opportunities, Huge company brand recognition worldwide","In a company this big you essentially are just a number and their internal promotion policy is extremely flawed leaving those with experiences outside of Amazon completely looked over for promotions with anything less than 2 years Amazon experience. There is no compensation for learning more roles and there's often a lot of politics and favoritism within teams. If you're not on 1st shift, the hours for 3rd shift stink",I'm all for promoting from within but your best candidates aren't just those with 2 years of service,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9679,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,Easy job love amazons benefits !,Benefits & 2nd lunch break if free (30 minutes),Not enough credit for the hard workers !,"Show equality, be more humble to others no matter the situation & no harassing please.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P186.htm
9680,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receive Clerk,"Amazon provides very good benefits, such as rsu's and medical insurance. Amazon provides a fair amount of training to get you well versed in a number of warehouse processes with very well done streamlined training. It is also probably the safest workplace environment when it comes to a warehouse job.","While the benefits are very nice, the actual hourly wage isn't as competitive as they make it seem and you cap out fairly quickly and wont make much money after being there a few years unless you move up to a level 3 position or higher. The problem with moving up in the company is that it is based on a somewhat strict meaningless interview process with no regards to your resume, work ethic, time with the company, or any of your accomplishments with the company.",Change how you move up within the company from a flawed interview process and start rewarding those who work hard and perform well.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9681,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Sorter,Managers approachable. Working environment pleasant.,Corporate changes schedule to downsize.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9682,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,Warehouse Associate,The benefits are great. They pay decent wages.,No tuition assistance for undergraduate or graduate programs.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9683,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Pay, there's room for growth","Hours, the allotted unpaid time off",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9684,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lole,Pretty good I believe is great,Bad management for the most part,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9685,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,process assistant,stow and pick and ambassador,good people and good job at amazon i like to help people,good attendance and alot of friends,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9686,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging For Recent Grad,1. Talented engineers 2. Large scale projects 3. Variety of projects,1. Inconsistent onboarding 2. Poor work-life balance 3. Lack of guidance,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9687,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow and Problem Solver,Sweat shop,None. There are no pros for this position.,Minimal to no breaks. Not enough time off. Managers treat you like you don’t matter. HR department gets annoyed when you ask for ANYTHING. No one cares if your upset or need to voice your opinion. The point system for taking time off is not fair.,"Maybe if you treated your employees like they mattered and not like your cattle , people would actually enjoy working with you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9688,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Technician L4,Data Center Technician Level 4,"Working with the latest technology. After about 2 years you can transfer to something else, because Amazon does so much there are many opportunities.","Technicians are praised for the amount of tickets they can resolve, nothing is based on the amount of work actually completed. This causes some to do far less work than others at the same pay. Technicians are also required to use a certain amount of parts per week. To meet this requirement technicians will unnecessarily replace parts. This only lowers employee stock and raises company cost. When Prime Day or black Friday comes you can look around and see who has been doing actual work based on how tired they look. Yearly reviews never net more than a $1.00 per hour raise.","Your system is broken, fix it.",1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9689,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"high paid, the chance for internal transfer","old system, not aggressively re-factory",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P187.htm
9690,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,The environment is great,Nothing that I can think of,Raise the minimum wage,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9691,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Pay for No Work,"The pay for Amazon's warehouse associates is by far the best thing about this place but it also offers great healthcare and an excellent stock program to boot. I've been with Amazon a little over a year and it's a nice break from the customer facing positions I've had. With integrity and diligence, Amazon does promote and train within. I'm trained in most paths within the warehouse and could easily move up if I wanted so having the opportunity for growth is great.  Sidenote: You are going to be so tired and sore from working you may not have time to spend your money. Yeahhh~","Get used to walking 10+ miles a day if you work at Amazon. You have to meet a rate within the warehouse in most paths and Amazon is very strict on this. There is no real opportunity to take emergency time off. Amazon offers Vacation, Paid Time, and a bucket of time called Unpaid Time Off, but Vacation accrues every other week(making it often difficult to save time or have time when necessary), Paid Time Off caps at 48 hours a year(which is not a lot when you work 50-60 hour weeks during peak seasons...) and Unpaid Time caps at 80 hours a year. Overall, at roughly 160 hours off a year, there's not much flexibility or room for error with taking time off. Go negative in Unpaid Time and you may be terminated. This by far is and will be my biggest grip about Amazon. =/ For anyone who works at Amazon pass it on:  #SWAG=UPT  SideNote: Good luck having a life. The 10 hour shifts are killer and I often find I have little to no time for anything with my schedule. Scheduling doctor appointments is crazy difficult, trying to go to school is not easy(even though they encourage you out the butt to attend school and work!!! ) and due to Amazon's very strict attendance policy and hours allotted(even when in 50-60 hour weeks), I rarely can plan any vacations or family time.",#SWAG=UPT,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9692,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Learning Coordinator,"GREAT benefits, quick to terminate, selective enforcement of policy","Great benefits, good pay, fairly easy job. Somewhat accommodating for personal life events in terms of schedule/shift change requests, etc.",I was terminated without warning for a safety violation after having been in my position for 2+ years while other Associates and managers were actually promoted after having committed similar violations.,"Enforce policy across the board, be a bit more objective in policy enforcement. After conducting an audit, I raised 17 policy/safety violations to leadership, none of which were addressed in the manner that policy dictates.",3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9693,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA,ICQA,"Fast paced, exciting. Many different jobs.",All company cares about are customers not employees,Can't use set rules in every instance.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9694,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Manager,Do not be fooled by the name,None whatsoever the company has shown only negative aspects.,"Exhausting, treat everyone like crap, talk about an attrition goal rather than retention. There’s no values regarding the actual employees. They bombard you constantly and you aren’t able to have any time off. HR is just as ruthless. I’m surprised employees aren’t unionizing. Bezos seems to be a modern day sadistic tycoon. No concern for the employees not a charitable company or person.",I don’t think they care about getting advice on how to treat people better.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9695,amazon,"Mountain House, CA"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,So Far So Good,"So far the benefits, the and and off time options are great. So far Management seem awesome especially Karim. It seem fair here.",The Heat. Jeez it can get so hot some times.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9696,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great place to work!,-Good workout -Great Benefits -Plenty of opportunity to rise up,-Long Hours -Very physically inclined work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9697,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Not happy working there,You can move up in the company,Standing in one spot for 10 hours,Some good managers and some of the managers shouldn't be qualified to be in management,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9698,amazon,"Erie, PA"," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Tax Preparer,Preparer people's taxes,Great pay - Great hours,It's only seasonal work. From Dec through April.,Make opportunities for those interested in year round work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9699,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Candidate Experience,Very timely. Recruiters have a SLA to respond within 48 hours.,You are treated like a piece of data. They schedule back to back interviews with all candidates and group tours of the sort center.,Balance human interaction and data metrics. It’s unbalanced - only focus is data.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P188.htm
9700,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wharehouse worker,Distribution center. Easy to get hired.,Wharehouse is not climate controlled. Was so hot sweat was pouring off me. They do not value their employees. You are given points and if you clock in 1-5 minutes late you get a 1/3 point or point after 5 I think you are fired. I was driving from 50 miles away do this was unrealistic and intimidating to think about. They work you like a machine. You have a quota and you’re really not allowed to talk or have any fun while working. People looked very sad there. I left during my orientation which was a walk around. I could clearly see that it wasn’t the job for me.,Pay for a climate vonttolled wharehouse. Get some A/c for crying out loud!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9701,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Smart People, strong product ownership.",School hires have zero visibility during team match.,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9702,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No recognition,Free food And t-shirts during prime,Management Hard work for no advancement,Learn to apperciate your coworkers even when they are not making the highest rate. Learn better communication and leadership skills. Every manage I had failed at showing concern for my work safety and health. It felt as if everyone had no emotions or empathy for real voiced out concerned. Did not know how to address far to face problems.,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9703,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cabin Fever,Work from home Met great people over the phone,Training was a confusing. Metrics was horrible,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9704,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 26, 2018","Former Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management","Great company for customers and shareholders, not employees","- Above market pay - You get to see how a 400K+ people organization set itself up to move at decent speed - You will learn some new useful management processes that you will take with you for later (they are called mechanisms at Amazon) - relatively manageable office politics and a highly results oriented culture - If you are ""talented"", working at Amazon is pretty easy on your work life balance","- Micro management from above (they call it attention to detail and congratulate themselves, but are pretty bad at figuring out which details to pay attention to) - You will not learn from those around you. Talent at Amazon is shockingly week - If you have an entrepreneurial and get-it-done mindset, the pace at Amazon and the focus on avoiding criticism from random people gets in the way of building stuff - Poor resource and budget allocations get in the way and if you are unlucky, you will spend 80% of your time dealing with it - Lots of ""gotcha""s in how pay, RSUs, relocation assistance are structured. For instance, my role is very different from what was promised in the job offer, but Amazon still wants me to pay back the money spent moving for the role.","Retail is just coasting today on the ""flywheel"" that got set up a long time ago. Don't kid yourself into thinking you are killing it as a company now based on current financial results.",2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9705,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just terrible,"Benefits, stocks, paid time off & vacation (you only get so much)",I've been with Amazon for over two years. Nothing gets better. They work you like a slave and have unrealistic expectations from you.,Jeff Bezos: treat your warehouse employees better.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9706,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Not the place to work, extremely underpaid and overworked",There's no real pros to working here besides health insurance,"They do not want their employees to last, they rather make you quit than fix anything within the company. The workload only increases without any raises.","Hire better managers, treat your employees right, hire more people instead of giving more load to the already overworked employees.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9707,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,The pay is good. People are nice. You get to make your own schedule pretty much.,"Late hours, unorganized and lunch breaks are few and far between.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9708,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work but worth it,I picked the days I worked,Very fast pace you must keep up,none,4.0,2.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9709,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Review,"Excellent benefits, good pay, and many opportunities for career growth.",High turn over rate and standing for long periods of time.,Consider adding a workers union to Amazon,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P189.htm
9710,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Fun until it is not,Some work is better then no work.,Peak is a monster have fun drink coffee.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9711,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,ICQA,Great pay and benefits 401K,"Poor management, expectations, and hours",Treat employees like people not robots,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9712,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Accountant,"Great pay and benefits, unbalanced work load","The pay is above market, and the health benefits are wonderful","Success is not often rewarded, and the payoff is no work life balance as they try to utilize successful employees beyond capacity, while letting the non contributing employees skate by without consequence.",I believe this is mainly an accounting departmental issue as I speak with other Amazon employees. Management should take the time to understand the needs of lower level accountants as the current work load is not scalable at the current growth rate.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9713,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern Social Worker,An excellent working experience for new graduates.,It is not a non-profit organization,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9714,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Remote Customer Service Representative,Pretty meh.,- You work from home (remote position) - Shift bidding can work in your favor - Employee Discount,"-When you need help, sometimes NO ONE is there to answer -The irate customers that call with a bad attitude are responsible for rating your performance (if they don't like your options, guess what? they can rate based on that) - Pay is kinda on the low end with all the stuff you have to deal with",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9715,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty decent pay and benefits,"Pay, time off. Amazon shares.",a lot of favoritism. I got sick and was out too long and they terminated me.,"give everyone a chance, even the quiet people.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9716,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,Awesome opportunity to develop soft skills.,It's hard to make happy everyone.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9717,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Tier I,Amazon,"Benefits, full time job, 4 day work week","Short breaks, 10 hour shifts,",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9718,amazon,"Rockville, MD"," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,"You get paid weekly, they have a listening board for things inside and deal directly with warehouse issues, other than that you're short","Not paid enough for the work they ask you to do, the managers do not help when it's understaffed and the volume is high. They like to dictate. HIGHLY UNORGANIZED. If you have kids that are sick, don't bother bringing an excuse because it isn't accepted, they only excuse personal illness. Not direct contact number. High turn over!!!","Treat your employees better, consider getting the FC a working phone.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9719,amazon,"Shawnee, KS"," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery driver for amazon flex,"Flexible work schedule, available shift",A lot of driving,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P190.htm
9720,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal associate,Easy work for time being there Guaranteed at least 30 hours if work isn’t available.,Can flex up or down depending on the volume for the day.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9721,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fullfillment specialist,variety of tasks each shift,break room is sometime too hot or too cold,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9722,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Pay was good for a college student,Long hours Your feet are in pain most of the time,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9723,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - P2 Retail Prime Now Customer Service Representative,Best Customer Service Job in 25 Year Career!,"Flexibility, focus on one call resolution, caring management, encourage out of box thinking, employee discount","Minimal advancement opportunity for part time associates, can be high volume, always changing atmosphere","Part time associates want opportunity for advancement, too. Not everyone can work a full time schedule. Sadly, many talents are wasted by under utilizing the part time CSRs. Take the advice given by experienced reps, and find ways to avoid duplication of efforts. Also, if CSRs see a trend, please give us the benefit of knowing what we are talking about. Continue making the W@H reps feel like part of the team! Knowing we aren't alone makes all the difference on rough days.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9724,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leveling vs qualifications,Good benefits lots of extracurricular/educational options with fellow employees.,Poor leveling and under appreciation for qualifications,I have an MBA but I'm stuck in a low level position/job. I was hoping to move up within the company but every position I apply for leads nowhere because there is a negative perception for people at low leveling looking to jump levels. I have brought this up with management and our HR contact but the indication is that that is just how things are and one just need to keep applying until one day luck changes. Amazon should have a way to locate/identify people with extensive experience or qualifications and be presented with opportunities to move up and build their careers.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9725,amazon,"South Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Global Security Manager,Employee Feedback,"Not Many- love the fast pace, innovation but cons surly outweigh the pros",Review structure is horrible- if your manager doesn’t like you for any reason they can cut your career legs off... it’s a sea of ambiguity swimming with sharks,Take a good look at your “leaders”.... to disagree and commit is a critical failure in our Leadership Principles- as your manager can destroy your career with a swipe of his/her pen,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9726,amazon,"Hazelwood, MO"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador,The hours are good if you need something mid day.,I have lots of cons. To many to comment.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9727,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very Toxic Culture,market pay good stock price if you could get it,poor benefit toxic culture no life work balance,There is no advice to management.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9728,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Been working for 3 months,"Great pay, great people, understanding management",Rate... some weeks rates are unattainable because of certain circumstances... expectations are set too high for some new hires.,Try to make the onboarding clearer and give a little more time for people to get the ball rolling when it comes to expectations,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9729,amazon,"Hutchins, TX"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Pretty Good,Good pay and days off,I didn't experience much of any negatives,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P191.htm
9730,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Shift Lead,Decent,"Good people, with great personalities. Some managers can be great and caring.",Expects people to do more with being compensated,Pay people more if you're going to ask for more work.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9731,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Moving fast Working with smart and hard-working people,A lot of tech debts Not much innovative work ongoing,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9732,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,SDEII,"Not bad compensation, good work/life balance (depends on team though)",Few career choices if you are in a more specialized SDE/Scientist role (CV/Machine learning/Data science/3D rendering),Don't hire specialized people you don't really need on your team and then ask them to do work that has nothing to do with their specialization,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9733,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee Experience,Excellent pay rate. I make almost twice as much.,Amazon offers less vacation days than my previous company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9734,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Associate,Carefully selected employees mean you're working with people with strong characters and diligent work experience,No real cons. Just keep a positive attitude. This job can be tiring since you're always on your feet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9735,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Last Resort Job,Good starting wage Easy application process,Lots of physical labor Poor management,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9736,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Quality,It's a job. It pays.,Soul sucking. Everything is numbers.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9737,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery driver,Flexible hours and extra cash,I don’t know one and ready for new experience,none,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9738,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,...,Opportunities for experience and learning new skills.,"Promotion politics, frequent changing of managers exacerbates this issue.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9739,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Your safety is very important to them they supply everything you need to do your job and nice people to work with,"Problem in communication about what’s going sometimes and always have a issue about your time if you take a vto they take 1 hour upt,but hr is always helpful to fixed the mistake",Good communication to your associates,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P192.htm
9740,amazon,"Chandler, AZ"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,why am I here?,"Pay is every week, steady hours",No air conditioning - here in arizona - the temperatures are hellish- no concern for workers,are you serious? a warehouse can be air conditioned - shopping malls are all the time- This is a reason why people leave,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9741,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Area Manager,3 day weekend. PTO. Stock. Health benefits.,Blackout during peak. Long hours.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9742,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant,Wonderful people including managers and co workers.,"Not enough hours, this not enough pay.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9743,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Packing,"Hours, pay, fast paced so time goes by sort of quickly, don't have to go to someone to get a day off or wait for it to get approved as long as you have UPT, vacation or PTO it is all up to you how you want to use it all, tons of different ways on how you can voice your opinion","seems like all they want to do is write people up, you tell management your troubles but seems like nothing gets done about it, the rate you have to get everyday is ridiculous, breaks are too short because by the time you do your last scan and walk to the break room, its time to walk back so you can scan something by a certain time and dont get in trouble for being a min late from break",none,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9744,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Low pay,Garunteed work. Sometimes you meet cool people.,"Low pay, favoritism, long hours.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9745,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Benefits are great and the compensation is better than competition.,"Work-life balance is terrible, long hours and physically intensive.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9746,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Never again,Medical insurance from day 1. 3 days off,Dehumanizing. 10 hour days on your feet. Very fast paced. Quotas are unrealistic. Constantly driven to go faster. Management is a joke. And human resources make all the decisions. No solutions to life/work issues,Keep in mind we're not robots. Even thru break down,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9747,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMERICAN SWEAT SHOP,Offers health insurance soon as you start.,"Modern day slavery with low pay, they expect you to work like a human robot under very stressful conditions and expectations.",3 words - VALUE YOUR EMPLOYEES,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9748,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,1,"They offer school accommodations, great benefits, they promote inside, stock options, match 401k, career choice, paid time off, unpaid time off , paid vacation time","long hours, rate expectations, hourly cap out pay",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9749,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative /Shipping and Delivery Support,Working from home is convenient,You're just a number to them,"When you have excellent employees, try to accommodate their schedules instead of forcing them to quit because they can't work the hours you reassign them to.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P193.htm
9750,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start,"Good Pay, Smart People, Lots of freedom","Difficult projects, Hard to be noticed",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9751,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Tier One Associate,Manager selection improvement,The benefits are the only thing good but Glassdoor wanted five words.,The culture for a company this big I understand is hard but the managers need more authority and the tier 1 associates needs less power. This causes amazon to go through multiple managers in a short amount of time. Teams aren’t built with revolving doors.,If you cannot handle management don’t apply. To many people who want to boss their team instead of leading it. The people they choose for management has favoritism baked in nicely. Overall everyone I know family and friends need to money and stay. The Meaningless mind numbing work is one thing but I have seen people yelled at and disrespect by management and associates.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9752,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Guru,Amazing individuals and places you get to travel for work,Work Life Balance doesn't happen at corporate.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9753,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,VERY LGBTQ+ friendly,"as a trans guy, it's GREAT to find a workplace that stresses the importance of using my right name and pronouns and a certain level of respect for everyone there. much of the management is friendly and hr seems to be pretty great. they will also make accommodations for anyone with a disability, provided you and your doctors can provide the proper documentation.","The day shift is more high stress and I had more issues with coworkers being lazy on days than I did on nights, while at the same time being under much more pressure to perform at a higher level than nights. not so bad if you work well in high pressure situations. Also, (for packing) the benchmark rates are ever-changing.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9754,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Dental Assistant,Dental assistant,"Helping people, office setting is perfect. People I work with staff is awesome",Not enough hours no benefits,Hard working but need hours and benefits,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9755,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,It’s not for everybody,"It has its full benefits and guaranteed 40 hours. Plus a good base pay. If you need money it’s a good place to work at, but if you don’t like labor and long hours then this is not for you.",Long hours and short breaks,Lengthen the breaks and play music. It gets robotically boring,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9756,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,Great people to work with,Scanners are very old,New scanners,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9757,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good company and nice benefits,No major cons.like it personally,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9758,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS,Cutting edge fast paced work environment,Long hours hard to get promoted,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9759,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Do not be a business intelligence engineer under a non-engineer,"You'll have a chance to do huge things. If you have the right manager and team, you will learn a lot fast and have a great time.","First off, if you are an external hire, make sure you ask about the job level. This will determine your fate. If you have a masters or multiple years of experience, do not accept anything below a level 5. It will screw you if you come in as a 4. Also check what peak will be like. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas for some teams it is hell. 80 hours a week does happen and really screws you up.  The setting of the Pros is rare. You will likely be under a non-technical manager who thinks they understand data, but doesn't. You will likely be a data monkey generating reports and data for people who do not know how to use it. They will take credit for your work. You won't be able to get promoted because you won't get growth opportunities. Amazon tends to hire overqualified people for the BIE role. Amazon claims to be a data driven company, people most people don't know how to use it. The company compensates with BIEs be program manager's personal calculator. It sounds like an exaggeration, but it is the fate most BIEs face.  If you are set on taking a BIE position, make sure the manager is a BIE or data engineer. Also make it clear that you will not be happy writing SQL all day.",Do not let non-technical people manage BIEs Compensate extra for those who work peak,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P194.htm
9760,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Do not be a business intelligence engineer under a non-engineer,"You'll have a chance to do huge things. If you have the right manager and team, you will learn a lot fast and have a great time.","First off, if you are an external hire, make sure you ask about the job level. This will determine your fate. If you have a masters or multiple years of experience, do not accept anything below a level 5. It will screw you if you come in as a 4. Also check what peak will be like. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas for some teams it is hell. 80 hours a week does happen and really screws you up.  The setting of the Pros is rare. You will likely be under a non-technical manager who thinks they understand data, but doesn't. You will likely be a data monkey generating reports and data for people who do not know how to use it. They will take credit for your work. You won't be able to get promoted because you won't get growth opportunities. Amazon tends to hire overqualified people for the BIE role. Amazon claims to be a data driven company, people most people don't know how to use it. The company compensates with BIEs be program manager's personal calculator. It sounds like an exaggeration, but it is the fate most BIEs face.  If you are set on taking a BIE position, make sure the manager is a BIE or data engineer. Also make it clear that you will not be happy writing SQL all day.",Do not let non-technical people manage BIEs Compensate extra for those who work peak,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9761,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,"Bland, uninspired, bureaucratic","Why two stars when there are almost too many pros to list? Amazon is absolutely worth working for, if only for at least 18 months (less than that just isn't a full dose), because you'll likely never find an environment with this much intensity, rigor, and diligence. And the people--smart. Unfailingly smart, at every level. Few companies think bigger, too, this is a vital part of the culture, and one of the best. You'll always have a chance to think more expansively and imaginatively, and while it may not go anywhere people do appreciate it.","Sadly, for designers, I can only recommend Amazon as a stepping stone. It's a great place to come to if you've never worked for any of the other FANG companies or unicorn startups. Just don't stay too long, use it for some added credibility and some seriously intense experience, and then move on. Why is this?  First off, Amazon has no taste when it comes to design and little interest in fostering a really full, complete understanding of what it takes to design a product and a great experience. You've seen the site, and you've seen how things like FireTV and Kindle are at best at-parity with similar competitive products. There's no daring in the design here. Good enough is well more than enough.  And in AWS, which badly needs intelligent and exceptional design, there are limitless opportunities but an unlimited amount of increasingly cumbersome bureaucracy to hack through. It's miserable and discouraging and soul-crushing. You'll get bogged down in menial, tactical micro-details, and you will be micromanaged, before you really can get a sense of how valuable (or not) the service you're working on is.",Pay attention to the creative people you've got. Just because the stock is flying now doesn't mean it always will be.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9762,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legal,I enjoy the banana stand in the mornings.,Read the New York Times article.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9763,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,horrible,weekly pay free hot chocolate and 15 minute break,management sucks long standing and they write you up for not doing the job corrently a job for beginners,improve on management skills be more proactive,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9764,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Flexibility, compensation, the incredibly smart people you work with, and the ability to switch roles if you want to move on","Promotions are dependent on your manager - not all managers are great at any company. Plus your stock awards are generally smaller every year after your initial award, so your total compensation essentially decreases with tenure unless you have been promoted.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9765,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,safety specialist,"pay, 4 day work week",communication with corporate management limited,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9766,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Management,Good Work Culture and friendly managers,Nothing specific for now .,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9767,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 20, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,picker,one pro would be the money,one con would be the work environment,be considerant of your employees and help them to succeed not wish them to fail,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9768,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Area Operations Manager,It is what you make it,"Compensation is higher then comparable companies Strong ""Team"" mentality, you will depend on your hourly associates and their success is also yours. Fairly good amount of RSUs (Stocks), however as others said the vesting period takes a while (only 5% vested after year 1)","LONG days, 12+ easy Some associates really try to doge working, and force others to pick up their slack. They have learned how to game the system in regards to scans and metrics (especially in Amazon Fresh). Can be slightly disorganized, with unrealistic goals. Working at a Fresh location can be difficult, especially with the changing temperature zones (-35 in frozen goods!) and constant obstacles on the floor.","Fresh is a good idea in theory, and probably helps many who are unable to leave their homes to buy food. However, its hard to imagine that the location I worked actually made a profit. The amount of wasted food and items was unimaginable. We probably donated more to the local food bank then the rest of the area combined.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9769,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Starting pay,Excellent pay when most MARYLAND JOBS START AT 10.10 NOW AS OF 07/18,Everyone starting pay is not the same when at entry level or different shifts,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P195.htm
9770,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"Love the extra overtime, as well as the holiday pay. Love how they give us 3 option on how we want our days off if we dont want to go in on our schedule shifts, for example they have Unpaid Time Off (UPT: which they give you 10 hours to start off with when your hired on and 20 more upt every 3 months, Pay Time Off (PTO: everyone will start off with 10 PTO and you get 3.** hours added on every pay period which is every 2 weeks) and Voluntary Time Off (VTO: they will send you notification to see if you want to stay home on the day your off or if you want to go home early but it wont effect you at all). I love the great benefit they provide and I love the pay. Its not that great but its better then the other company around my area.","It can get really hot sometime, even though they claimed that they have the place at 75 degrees it doesnt feel like that. They give you 5 weeks to meet there rates if you dont meet it then they will keep writing you up until you reach 3 write up then your fired.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9771,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Affiliate for Amazon,Easy to add sales to my website. Easy to navigate through the sales and promotions.,Having to be patient when waiting on people to buy the products I list,More commission for sales.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9772,amazon,"Wilmington, NC"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - VCS CSNA Retail KTR D2 Echo,Hands Down Best Company - We Have the Best,"Flexibility in work arrangements. Opportunity for personal career growth and development. Learning options are limitless. Work culture and environment fosters global engagement and fun place to work. Striving for company improvement is achieved by using the employee to provide feedback and process improvements. Provides individual contribution and ownership accounting for a general sense of pride in the work done, with additional recognition to continue the motivation!",I have no negative feedback on my employment experience at this time!,"Decrease in overtime availability impacts me in comparison to last year. Also extra benefits seemed to be within the Seattle Area and we have agents in other states that might like some of those numerous extra benefit offerings! ,-)",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9773,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"I work with amazing friendly people, and I learn something new every day. Horizontal communication structure. Fast paced, great exercise, and weight loss. Good benefits, Career Choice development program after 1 year, and own company shares after 2 years. Free Leadership training course. Upward movement can take a minimum of 1 year.","Seniority is valued, but not pushed to apply themselves. Some hard workers are overlooked. Associates are put in places where there are business needs versus understanding the associate's strengths. Old machinery, and dusty environment. Schedule transfers can take a month to over a year.","Seniority is valued, but not pushed to apply themselves to become leaders. Some hard workers are overlooked. Associates are put in places where there are business needs versus understanding the associate's strengths (example a leg handicap would work better in Singles than in AFE). Machinery is getting old, and someone needs to vacuum under the tape machines. Teamwork needs improvement. Schedule transfers should not take more than a year to be approved.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9774,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Full time. Good pay.,Physically demanding standing all today,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9775,amazon,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Package Sorter,Sorter,Great benefits wonderful Co workers great opportunities,It's part time seasonal work and very physical,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9776,amazon,"Brookshire, TX"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Pack,"Great benefits, btw, they start on day one. Only work 4 days a week. Fun and fast paced",I can’t think of anything,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9777,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2018",Former Employee - Supply Chain Manager,Money isnt everything,"You work with very bright smart people. The pay is good, the happy hours are fun, the ability to bring your dog to work is a big positive.","The politics of the company is atrocious. You can be the perfect employee, but if you do not fit into the mold exactly , you will be forced out. Though you are not expected to work more than the the given 40 our week, because certain employees do, there is a pressure to work the extra time even if its not asked of you. The review process is also very political, its not based on performance but how other associates perceive you. A quiet cerebral type of person will not do well at Amazon. You must be willing to stand on your co-workers back to get ahead, able to defend yourself at all times , subscribe to the leadership principles which contradict each other all the while, smiling.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9778,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible Work Place,Team is united in a shared goal of being better than everyone else.,"Overly competitive workplace Lack of workplace efficiency apps (no slack or IM?) Culture doesn't care about employees, only outputs. Low growth opportunities.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9779,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,Good working life balance so far,need more vacation time rather than work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P196.htm
9780,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Place to work for, but pay isnt so good internal employes.",If you are hired as an l4 or above you will be given a great starting wage and RSUs.,"If you start as an L1 and then work your way up, you will not make as much as a new hire.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9781,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Associate I,Has the Benefits Offers 401 K Gives personal hours and offers career classes,Mto is Mandatory Overtime Their work volume would slow down but had people working there still,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9782,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Diverse problems to work on, hiring bar is lowered","* Improved work life balance in recent years * More diverse problems to work: e-commerce, voice assistant, distributed systems, cloud scale * Access to smart and senior talent * Opportunities to change career for engineers to management, technical program management etc. * Stock growth has been amazing, which is also the only reason why so many people continue to be with the company.","* Very few experienced managers who know how to deal with other people * Experience is very much team dependent and peers. Some groups have too much politics and engineers to backbiting to make them superior. * Bar has been lowered in recent years and it is difficult to have smart conversation with peers. * Due to high attrition, too much time is wasted in ramping up other engineers, mentoring, brown bag sessions, etc. * Due to too much hiring in last 2 years, good projects are diluted and most engineers are not getting good work. * Promotion bar is very inconsistent and significantly lowered for senior and below level, which cause frustration among engineers and many people leave outside.",* Talk more often to engineers to understand the issues within the team. * Focus on adding value rather than focusing on just hiring more people,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9783,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job if you are unskilled,"flexible hours, easy work, lots of benefits","no music, boring, lots of red tape",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9784,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Experience, mediocre corporate environment",Experience Resume builder Employee stock Internal mobility,Corporate culture Cost of living (Seattle),none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9785,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Good places for new people to get started on their career,Leadership can vary depending on location,Listen to employees,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9786,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA Associate,"Great Job, Terrible Management","Good pay, excellent co-workers, benefits","Unreasonable quotas, rude management, security was a pain on your 15 minute breaks",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9787,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Instock Manager,get to work on strategic projects,lots of defect reporting. long hours,They need to tell you when you do a good jon,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9788,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Great benefits for Full-time employees. 4 days a week.,10 hour shifts standing on your feet.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9789,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Benefits are amazing Positive Attitude Multiple ways to progress,Work is long and tedious! Very repetitive actions constantly Slightly underpaid for amount of work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P197.htm
9790,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,They pay better than certain places.,"They treat their employees like slave workers, no recognition is given when doing well. Management doesn’t really acknowledge you.",none,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9791,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Changing Times,"Great benefits, competitive pay, word.",Have taken an Us vs Them mentality with lower level associates lately.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9792,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Picker,"Benefits day one! Medical, dental, vison, 401k, vacation, holiday and personal paid time from day 1! Great fun people",Hard fast work. Takes your body time to build up muscle and endurance.,Keep up the hiring!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9793,amazon,"Jacksonville, NC"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Virtual Customer Service,"You get to work from home, so there’s no commute. Management to HR are amazing people.","Low pay, hours you work can be terrible, customers are entitled, no room for promotion/advancement, pay raises are a joke.","Team managers and group managers and even HR are fantastic and truly care about you, however whomever decides pay needs to seriously re-evaluate. Most all of us don’t make a livable wage and that’s a joke. A lot of us come with many many years of experience and should be paid appropriately.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9794,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Long hours,Benefits Pay Ability to relocate easily,No work life balance Management takes sides of the associates too often,Talk with your managers about what’s bothering them. Could be an easy fix to change the culture of their building.,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9795,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,area manager,"competitive salary, great benefits, pay for relocation","work life balance, crazy hours, no recognition, long days 13-14 hours",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9796,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Development Engineer,Development Engineer,"Savvy mgt, good people, relevant technologies & work.","Coffee shop office culture is doomed. WAY too distracting for highly productive, professional engineers. It's a huge barrier to hiring the best people who HATE distractions. It's also very wa$$teful of intellectual productivity and a massive hit in time to market and quality. There are days in the ""office"" (coffee shop) that amount to ZERO productivity because everyone is ""collaborating"" so much.","Get serious and be grown ups about creating adequate offices for productive, highly skilled professionals to work in. You're not ""misunderstood""... You're just ""wrong"" about this and it's been proved decades ago.",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9797,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon worker,They do their best to keep they employees,That they can do it better,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9798,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Environment, pace, frequency of change, and culture.",Compensation could be more competitive.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9799,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Business Data Analyst,GOOD work culture,friendly ambience. Flat hierarchy makes us employees comfortable,sometimes flat hierarchy makes more problems,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P198.htm
9800,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Stuff,"Innovative, Top Talent, RSU, Ownership","Long hours, politics, low base, no cash comp",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9801,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate/ Teaching Ambassador Lead,"Benefits 3 Days Off a Week Good work out Everything is simple and straightforward, so easy to learn",Low Pay Management coming down on Tier 1 associates while being on Facebook or Twitter on their Laptops Environment can be very demoralizing very quickly Turn around rate is awful There are times that the numbers in certain areas are made unfair in order for an associate to be set up to fail,"Reevaluate your ""efficiency"" methods, of course a business only runs well when it is efficient, however if efficiency means that the Tier 1 associates are miserable, then perhaps there needs to be another approach that needs to be pursued. Also, perhaps consider monitoring your Area Managers and Op Managers more and how they are treating the Tier 1's under them. They fail to understand the work from the Tier 1's perspective.",2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9802,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Not the best job.,"Great starting pay and the ability to get raises very quickly. Full training in all areas are offered and if your willing to work hard and sweat everyday for 10 hours a day, 4 days a week, then this is the job for you.","After 3 years of working with the company you ""cap out"" at $15.75, meaning you can no longer make any more money than that as a tier 1 associate.",I would suggest encouraging employees to take advantage of the internal learning opportunites.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9803,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,......,"Benefits, above minimum wage","Short breaks, hard on the body",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9804,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible Work-Life balance,Amazon stock shares. Networking. Ability to own your operations,Overworked. 70 hours a week. 80 during peak. Poor leadership structure. On cal 24/7 365 days a year.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9805,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,deliver,"I've been at Amazon for a month now, and I've seen none of the horror stories being communicated to the public, although Amazon is a large enough company that I'm sure there are good pockets and bad pockets. Everyone here is really smart, and wants to succeed both personally, and as a company. People collaborate and help each other, focus on data, and truly focus on the customer. Every company I've ever worked for …","No cons, so far - seriously. Like I said, I'm sure Amazon has some bad pockets in it here and there, but this is an amazing job, an amazing opportunity, and the biggest thing I have to complain about is that it's a little chilly in our building. I can live with that. Does Amazon demand high quality, measurable results? Yes! Is it hard work? Yes! Is it rewarding? Yes! So I'm not calling that a 'con'. Work/life",sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9806,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Solid pay and good environment,Very hard work and long hours,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9807,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Specialist,"Great learning experience, a lot of ownership, develops skills","Lots of stakeholders and churn, poor managers who don't have people management skills",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9808,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,"Great tools, cool impact, challenging problems","Crazy intense, no w/l balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9809,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,Very flexible hours and scheduling,Almost everyone gets paid the same despite performance,Reward those who work hard,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P199.htm
9810,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,easy quick way to make money as a college student.,strict rules and unfair management practices at times,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9811,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,general,"not much really, ha ha",some teams are extremely busy and needed to OT a lot while the others are kind of lay-back  benefits were not that great,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9812,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,warehouse worker,"good pay, good benefits, lots of pto and upt",long hours short break. time of task,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9813,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Fast paced,Lots of time off with pay Insurance on day 1,Hot in areas must make production not rewarded for over achieving.,"Take care of your good employees, do 125% all the time and slackers get rewarded by not doing as much. Dont move good people if tgey like where they are. move tge slackers",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9814,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Management,Fast Paced. Always Changing,Always Sprinting and never a time to rest,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9815,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Investigation Specialist,Staying alive in the jungle,"Opportunity to learn a lot, looks good on resume","Minimal perks, bureaucratic, some overzealous competition",Devise intelligent metrics for employee performance and consider them critically,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9816,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Team Manager,Love working here,"Very flexible, work from home leadership position. Lots of communication and ability to engage. Wonderful culture and can do attitudes.","Difficult to advance, more people that are eligible for advancement than there are open positions. Roadblocks to the next level are abundant. Once one is overcome a new one is identified. Creates bad morale - stagnant performance when movement is desired, and there is no place to go.",Continue to motivate and develop. Identify other roles that may also be good fits for leaders that could help drive development and career advancement.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9817,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Analyst,Tempe's NOC/ROC (AZA1),"Great benefits. Lots of employee engagement. Lunches, activities, ways to provide positive feedback. Regular review cycle and pay increases. Lots of opportunities to transfer teams.","It's hard to figure out where certain issues belong. People come to you for help, but it isn't something you do, and you have no idea where to tell them to go. Lots of ambiguity in job scope. Documentation gets outdated quickly. It seems to be difficult to promote from L4 Hourly to L4 Salary. Every year there is a re-organization that changes which teams report where. It causes some confusion about what direction the cart is being pulled. A re-org caused a hiring freeze, when the positions were still very much needed.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9818,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you are dedicated.,"If you work hard, you will do fine. They allow you to think outside the box and work on projects/ideas if they will be beneficial.",Changes happen frequently (promotions/team moves) so you won't always be working on a stable team.,More focus on team building/keeping teams together.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9819,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,A place to have an impact,"As a Software development manager at Amazon, I enjoy coming to work everyday knowing that my team's efforts are having a significant impact on the world's largest e-commerce site. I am talking in the xxx million dollar per year range. There is a lot of latitude in choosing how to work and the direction of your product. Every person I have met so far is quite bright and enjoyable to work with. Compensation is great especially compared to the broader, more legacy IT companies.",Rapid/frequent organization change. Some engineers are promotion driven instead of customer obsessed.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P200.htm
9820,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great company to work for interesting challenge,"WLB is pretty bad,. You have to pick a great team.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9821,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Positive place to work,Great place full of really smart people,large complex org that takes time to learn,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9822,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior solution architect,Everyone has a to do attitude and creates an awesome vibe. Management is not involved in day to day decisions and you are encouraged to take ownership.,Coffee is free and that is pretty much it :). Cafes are not on par with Microsoft or Google.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9823,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is Great!,- Flexible work schedule to get work done - Dogs - Great people,- Seattle is expensive - Not many work perks,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9824,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assitant,Very friendly managers that are willing to help you grow in or outside the company,Many fast paced sometimes stressful situations. Not as much to consider this a stressful job.,Keep up the hard work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9825,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Fulfillment Associate,Amazon fulfillment associate.,"It's fast paced. Pay isn't amazing but it better than most. Well, based on my past experience at least.",No cons for me. Work is work .,Stay fair and stay honest.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9826,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Specialist,Customer Output Specialist,Competitive wage Free bus cards Controlled temperature system,"I was an employee of amazon for 8 very long months. It is a very physically demanding job. The repetitive movements doing the same actions 4000+ times a day takes a toll on joints and specific muscles. At the end, I had been going to an acupuncturist and chiropractor to help elevate pressure / pain which was costing a significant amount with high deductible insurance. I now also have shin splints.  The continued pressure to move faster makes a person feel inferior no matter how you try. Monthly Productivity bonus is per entire warehouse percentage and not given on individual bases.  The atmosphere is depressing in general.  You can go days without communication with management or other staff. When you are able to speak to your manager it is rushed.  I had 5 managers in 8 months. There is a big inconsistency between management because of this and overall direction is not clear.  The training group I started with had over 30 people at the start of peak 2017. When I left amazon there were 3 left of that group but most left about 3 months after start.",Customers are amazons top priority. Which is great but your staff are also your customers. Treat them with the respect they deserve.  I am no longer an amazon employee nor a customer.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9827,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not 1st choice,You might meet a good boss.,It is too hard to list all of them,This is a problem.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9828,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fc associate,The employees are great people. Most with try work together to be more efficient to care.,Slave work with no chance for advancement.,Listen to employees and stop playing favoritism.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9829,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Shipping Manager,Good corporate-level but poor local level training,Did a great job of corporate orientation with several days in one of their newest sites.,"Local leadership in my assigned site didn't offer much localized training. Expected new leaders to ""muddle through"" self-learning without focused orientation - sort of a sink-or-swim training program.","Identify the potential second position of experienced incoming leaders and start to focus toward that ""next"" position for them.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P201.htm
9830,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"work is efficient, easy to do","long hours, call you for overtime always",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9831,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Management cares about their people.,Low amount of hours weekly,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9832,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Amazon Review,"People are smart, hardworkers, and a competitive environment.",People can be too serious about work,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9833,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Boring Company,"Decent Salary, Great Place to Work (if you like Amazon build system, and culture)","Boring AF, Toxic Culture for growth, No Perks",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9834,amazon,"Corona, CA"," Jul 1, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Packer,Benefits and 401k are great and pay rate also and great people to work with all day long and different departments and all team leaders,The work side of working at Amazon is everything is on my time limit and the idea of going up and down stairs to get to different departments can be very dangerous,I have many years of experience and shipping UPS FedEx LTL that would be about over 15 to 20 years of experience from small items to large items truckloads],5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9835,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Jul 1, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Csr,"Good pay, no dress code, fun work environment","Long hours, expected to make certain numbers",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9836,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jul 15, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Poor leadership,Great Pay & benefits were great but the stock option wont be paid out as they find a way to not let you vest,"toxic culture within management, good ol' boy club alive and well.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9837,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,The benefits are great if you can stick it out for a year you can use them. Four 10hr days is a unique schedule and works well with this job. Easy work.,"Starting pay is 12hr. Can be extremely repetitive, pay raises are 25 cents every 6 months. And caps out at $15.75 as a tier 1 associate. Not much room to move up. Though there is some. Management seems to not care much to help you learn new thing or train to move up.",Mentor your associates. Give them the motivation to want to grow in this company.,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9838,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Uneven Experience,Three days off Good benefits Easy work,Childish management Dirty working conditions Long Shifts,Assume that any of your workers can hear you at all times. Don't talk about them like you're auditioning for a part in Mean Girls.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9839,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They treat you like robots.,PTO starts on day one. Insurance starts day one.,Very fast past. No room for error. Move like a robot for 10 hrs a day.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P202.htm
9840,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A lot of favoritism,"Good starting salary, great benefits, paid vacations, paid personal time.","Poor training experience. They do not have trainers, they send a regular worker to teach you instead of having a certified trainer to guide you throught the whole learning process",none,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9841,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,SDM,They pay well. There are a lot of opportunities. There is a lot to learn and get experience from,You can find bad managers.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9842,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with a sick and immature management culture,Fast moving work culture with a lot of technology and products. Team collaboration with smart and hard working people from all backgrounds. Good pay and reasonably good benefits.,"Bad management practices with bad politics all around. A lot of managers do not trust their employees and try to rule them by intimidation and coercing, rather than inspiring and motivating to work. Leadership is trying to improve work environment with a lot of new tools and practices, however old timer managers are constantly preventing such changes and thus creating hostile environments in many groups. Too much turnover within 1 or 2 years of joining. Constant changes impacting productivity and morale. This may be one of the 'best desired places to work' but definitely NOT the best place to work as publicized outside.","Rate a manager's performance based on employee feedback, identify and fire those old timer leaders/managers who are still sticking to their old ways of managing, leading to attrition of good employees.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9843,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reserves Customer Service Associate,Choosing own hours and working from home,Strict procedures. Poor pay. Hard to get hours,Raise pay,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9844,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Not the best place,Moving fast Cannot think of other good points,No work-life balance and always 'frugal' when it comes to employees.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9845,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Work Experience,Amazon is a nice environment. There are a lot of opportunities to grow. It’s a great in-between job.,Labor intensive and brainless activity,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9846,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"The benefits are one of the best. They start day one. The health, dental, and vision is really good while the cost of them isn't high at all. You get a lot of time off options as well. The people I worked with were all really friendly and helpful.","Breaks are way too short. You get two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch over the 10 hour shift. 5 minutes is spent walking to the break room so you really only have two 10 minute breaks. You spend about 5 minutes walking to the front of the build, you clock out, and spent another 1-5 minutes getting your food, finding a seat, etc. so you really only get a 20-25 minute lunch break before you have to go back. The physical labor is ridiculous. The rates they push are crazy if you aren't used to physical labor. I had downstack and wrap 6 pallets an hour. On my second day there, I was told I was going under rate when I was doing 4 pallets an hour(which is want I needed to do to keep my job, 6 is to make the building profit). On my second week, I injured myself while working, the next day I came in I was able to leave early on VTO because my manager saw me physically in pain and struggling. I tried to return the next day and after the pain started again, the manager in charge wouldn't let me leave early. I had to go to the medic about 3 times before the medic said I was free to leave if I followed up with a doctor. I ended up having to go to the medic to be able to leave to see a doctor without losing my job. The work is not worth the pay you receive and the physical labor you have to go through.","Give employees their full breaks and offer shorter shifts. 10 hour shifts are ridiculous with such short breaks for the work we have to do. Either offer us more breaks, reduce the rates you push, or give us the option to start with less hours so we're able to adapt.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9847,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,stow,"decent money, discounts, paid holidays","long hours, hard work, micro managed",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9848,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick,They pay was somewhat decent.,Very Long days of walking,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9849,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,dont do it,the pay . get your money go home,can only work 29 hours a week standing in one spot for the whole shift get pointed for everything no room to grow in the company,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P203.htm
9850,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistant,Good benefits and ok pay,Bad managment and HR department,Get better training for management,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9851,amazon,"Brandon, FL"," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZON FLEX!,"It was a great environment, fantastic management.","only 20 hours a week at the amazon flex in brandon fl, do 8 hours of work in 4 or 5 hours a day depending on your shift",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9852,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,They do have great benefits,"No room for advancing caree, a lot of favortism",none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9853,amazon,"Glendale, CA"," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Field Technician,Field technician,In the beginning it was amazing to be a part of this great team but everything became really numbers driven where they really did not care about the employee experience.,The driving for this company is insane. They need to have company vehicles for the employees and they also need to have some kind of business insurance for driving your own personal car. Don’t expect to get raises in this role it’s been two years and they still have not given a single field technician a raise.,Learn to treat everybody equally and stop always blaming people before finding out the whole story. Have respect for their employees that worked underneath you and do not talk badly about other employees with other employees on the same team.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9854,amazon,"Hesperia, CA"," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Inbound stow,Jobs functions are not that hard,your Timed for everything you do,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9855,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Security engineer,"Great benefits, big brand name & high Stock values.","No Emphasis on personal development, too much bureaucracy.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9856,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Good Place,It's new so it is still good,You'll find any type of people anywhere... Just focus in your work and if u want more or change your role speak up otherwise they will not care,"Rotate more, and train better the new hires",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9857,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon is a company I am proud to work for.,"I transitioned from the military to corporate America two years ago when my son was born, and to be honest I really missed the culture of brotherhood in the military.  THEN I came to Amazon and it feels like being home. The work is challenging but I have never felt that I am in it alone because my brothers and sisters (peers) are always there to help. My GM and Senior OPS team have set an amazing culture and I am truly looking forward to Working Hard, Having Fun, and Making History with Amazon for the years to come.","If you don’t believe in service to others before service to yourself, you may not be happy in the world’s most customer focused organization.",Keep on raising the bar!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9858,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,"Great opportunity. No mater what level you can have an impact. Good pay, benefits, stock grants.","Day 1 Company, Type A personalities, FAST pace, can burn you out.",Promote form within. The promotion process is not always fair or consistent.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9859,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good benefits very professional with future,Good pay. You get stock,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P204.htm
9860,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The fast food of warehouse jobs,Lot's of benefits and decent pay for those without college education,Their is a rate you must meet or you are fired. The fear of not making rate is always hanging over your head. Amazon tries to ignore rate being the cause of so much stress among employees by trying to force fun but people don't care about games they care about working hard all week and still being just under rate so they are endanger of losing their source of income and support.  Then their is the pay which is capped after 3 -5 years. There are people who have been working at Amazon for almost 10 years making less than a new hire that lucked out at a similar job that started off at 17 an hour.  They track your sick days and your can easily get fired for it. At most jobs if you miss a day or two here and there no big deal. If you miss more than as long as you bring a doctor's note you are fine but at amazon if you miss even a literal minute they charge you for missing an hour... That is one hour closer to being fired.  Mandatory overtime is annoncounced usually the day before so if you had plans then you will have to change them at your own cost or risk losing those hours... which gets you closer to being fired. Or you can use your saved up sick leave time which again you only have so much given to you.,Most of the management show very little empathy to employees because Amazon like all fast food companies rely on the revolving door method. They know that everyone is replaceable so they don't care if a good worker can't will get fired for not being able to produce the numbers,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9861,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Teir I,"Set Schedule, Vacation Time, Paid Time Off and Good Benefits","Mandatory OT, Poor Management, Micro Management, Climate Controlled buildings",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9862,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a very tiring job. The pay that we receive Is low compared to the amount of work we do. An the managers are alw,"The health benefits, 3 days off instead of 2","Low pay, Management always on your case, You're just a number to them",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9863,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Warehouse Associate,Amazing Seasonal Employment Experience,"I worked at the fulfillment center for the summer, and it was a great experience. Working in the outbound department, I had very friendly and understanding team members, leaders, and management. Since they're set up as Four days off, three days off, I never felt overwehlmed when working there. After 90 days, they offered to hire me as a regular associate rather than just a seasonal employee, and subsequently that's when you're eligible to recieve an amazing benefit package. I personally loved the company culture there, in a way I looked forward to stand-up at the beginning of shifts and after lunch becasue everyone was always so upbeat and friendly. They definitely expect a lot out of you, but my team was very understanding and looked to correct my mistakes, rather than condone them. The only reason I left was because school started again, while they were open and willing to work around my class schedule, I ultimately turned it down because my courseload was too much for me to handle. While I can't speak for other locations, I personally had a great experience and highly recommend working for Amazon.","While I personally didn't find this to be an issue, the ten-hour work days can be taxing. The position I was in required me to work quickly and correctly- basically they track your speed and quality, meaning you had to be highly self motivated and work was very fast paced. It was a warehouse, so expectations must be kept in check, but some days the ten-hour shifts could become very grueling and monotonous. While I had a great experience with management working there, I had heard from other employees that it hadn't always been like that, so your experience may vary. Lastly, the point system implemented there made it very easy to be fired if you racked up enough points, while this wasn't a problem for me, if showing up on time, staying the full shift, and not missing any shifts is a problem, I would look elsewhere for employment.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9864,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Awesomeness,Good work. Good vision. Good people.,pressure on delivery. Long discussions.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9865,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Over all great paying job.,To much walking on hard surface.,More timely breaks in between,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9866,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of walking,Great benefits but soooo much walking.,Walking 15 miles a day,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9867,amazon,"Lisle, IL"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good atmosphere,-Positive atmosphere and encouraging management -Good pay -Paid-Time off and Volunteered-Time off options,"-High expectations, heavy workload -Hard to move up -Disconnect between upper management and lower level employees because of the sheer volume of people",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9868,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,it was alright,alright pay for a 10 hour shift,"very physical job, lots of lifting and bending down",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9869,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Associate,"Pretty good pay, pretty good time off policy","Favoritism, hard to move up, can randomly be switched to a different department even if you are perfect at your job",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P205.htm
9870,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,"Large company, room for growth, relocation opportunities",To big and too focused on growth,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9871,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Poor management,"Great benefits, stock, and two half hour breaks,","Horrible Management (Area Managers), very dirty warehouse","Stop the Area Managers from placing associates who can't make rate in direct functions. Such as Stow, Pick, Pack & Receiving.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9872,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018","Former Employee - Shift Manager, Logistics","Corrupt, Nepotistic, and too much politics","good pay, nice bonus first 2 years 4 days on 3 days off (except peak when they staff you even though it is unnecessary so long as each manager can do their job and handle their business. )","HR - will side with associates over management regardless the issue, management is always the bad guy Nepotism - depending on your general manager there can be ridiculous amounts of favoritism and only promoting those loyal to you regardless of the ability to do the job Political - Their principles Ownership and have a backbone are just words on a wall, nobody takes ownership rather its the blame game and sucking up to the right people, and having a backbone will get you X'd real quick because upper management HATES to be proven wrong or even simply questioned","L7s - need to have some actual clue as to what is going on in their warehouses and actually manage their managers L6 - Actually teach and hold your L5s/L4s accountable that do nothing, too many managers get away with the bare minimum while their counterparts do 2x workload and get reprimanded if they question the status quo. L5s - learn to actually work all shifts so you can comprehend the entire operation and teach and develop L4s, many once promoted to this level think its time to chill and get lazy L4s - just focus on doing your actual job and cut the hs gossip and politics",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9873,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Great employees, good hours good managers",Not enough long lunch,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9874,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon is a company I am proud to work for.,"I transitioned from the military to corporate America two years ago when my son was born, and to be honest I really missed the culture of brotherhood in the military.  THEN I came to Amazon and it feels like being home. The work is challenging but I have never felt that I am in it alone because my brothers and sisters (peers) are always there to help. My GM and Senior OPS team have set an amazing culture and I am truly looking forward to Working Hard, Having Fun, and Making History with Amazon for the years to come.","If you don’t believe in service to others before service to yourself, you may not be happy in the world’s most customer focused organization.",Keep on raising the bar!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9875,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Worst Conditions in Warehouse,Pay Excess hours Nothing Making me write words,Working conditions 12 hour days Short lunches Short breaks Micromanagement Unachievable goals Unable to use bathroom,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9876,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 9, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager II,Senior Leaders Are The Problem!,"-Pay for a recent college graduate was very nice -Nice health insurance benefits -Nice start for recent college graduates to gain some leadership experience -Many great fellow area managers and smart, motivated people in Seattle (will meet them if you get the opportunity to work on major projects)","-Senior Leadership in building was not in tune with managers needs and made managers feel ignored - the lack of diversity awareness and training was very evident in the interactions with senior leadership - most managers came from different backgrounds and different skills outside of supply chain but senior leadership never offered development to support those skills or future ambitions -building was notorious for tackling ""flavor of the month"" issues instead of planning sustainable resolutions which confused managers and burned them out faster","Corporate needs to track the turnover and morale of managers better. Managers see lots of efforts being made to make associates feel better about their jobs and make them happy but nothing was done for managers while I was there. This caused managers to have low morale which trickled down to associates. Also, managers need another source to discuss any workplace issues outside of HR. HR team at my building was very ""tight-knit"" with the senior leadership team and there were times I personally spoke to them about an issue and it was reported back to my boss. Lastly, please, please, PLEASE improve your diversity training with your senior leadership! Females and people of color are leaving these positions rapidly due to an uncomfortable work enviroment!",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9877,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for experience,Looks great on your resume for future endeavors,They work you to the bone. Don’t pay enough. Communication is terrible.  Injury’s happen left and right,Unless you’re working corporate in Seattle be repaired to be taken advantage of for hard work,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9878,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Product Manager,Innovative and agile. Never a dull moment,"Culture has changed a lot in last 5 years. Hiring bar is lower now, reflected by the talent",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9879,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dock worker,Only real positive is a 4 day work week so I can spend the most time with my kid while still working full time,There are too many to list,We need better staffing on the dock so you don't end up with pallet pile up from shift to shift,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P206.htm
9880,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Company, Ineffective Management","Solid hours, with plenty opportunity for overtime/extra time. Good help and leadership from peers, NOT managers.","Incompetent management, hot working conditions. Any time a complaint was made to management, all they could do was pass the buck to HR. I couldn't even get an employment verification done on site.","Learn how to do something, ANYTHING, for yourselves without contacting HR. It's ridiculous that any time I wanted any little thing to change, I had to send an email or call a number. There should be some things you are able to do on site without HR getting involved.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9881,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,For the money,"Pay, 2 day work days. Get paid every week.","Managers push numbers, your day will either go good or bad depending on your pallets. Get some comfortable shoes because standing 10 hours to work are no joke.",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9882,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Money is good, 3 day schedule",Long tiring 12 hours,none,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9883,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a job,"Benefits, several schedules to choose from if you like night shifts",It's just a job. Not a lot of room to move up.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9884,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A mixed bag,"Very competent, customer-focused company that does a lot of things right. Quite fast-paced, which can be exciting.","Can be very stressful. The flip side of being obsessed with customers is being not obsessed about employee happiness. Burn-out is very common. You never really feel that the company actually cares about you, but instead you feel that you are expendable.","Take a step back and move a bit slower technically in order to avoid technical debt. Prioritize retention instead of assuming those who leave are ""not Amazon material"". There are only so many developers in the world, so retaining the ones you have is important.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9885,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS Talent Acquisition,Business is rapidly growing globally with lots of hiring needs,Hiring practices are bias and not inclusive to diverse communities. expect to work long hours with no of limited resources and cut throat leadership,"The diversity goals are a joke, AWS TA leaders just want to meet a goal with bogus data rather than addressing biases in hiring. Just like Amazon is customer obsessed, it needs to be employee obsessed to attract and retain an diverse and inclusive workforce.",3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9886,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,Amazonian,"Night Shift, 4 ten hr shifts, stocks, benefits","Rate, mandatory overtime, 5th day mandatory during peak","Dont be so quick to write up employees for not making rate, give them time to catch up to speed. It would be a happier work environment.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9887,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product manager II,Great opportunity to develop well rounded skills,Bad work and life balance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9888,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative Company,Learn a lot and get exposure to various different fields,Management is very aggressive and politics like any other job.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9889,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,A lot of freedom in the decision when you can leave work if you have need some personal time or have an emergency and the benefits are awesome.,"It's physically exhausting, management doesn't always make the best calls.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P207.htm
9890,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative Company,Learn a lot and get exposure to various different fields,Management is very aggressive and politics like any other job.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9891,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Apprentice,"Company is great...MVP apprentice program is lacking direction, organization, integrity, accountability and fair wages.","The company and culture is great, pay is a little lower than competitors (regular employees). Bring your dog, Nerf gun, and beer to work.","MVP apprentice program is a terrible mess. Everyone's hands are tied to fix it, pay is extremely low for the area (even with clearance and experience). You must adhere to company core values that aren't reciprocated by the program.",Management of the MVP cannot take advice.... Somehow they aren't in charge of their own program... Or just hiring military veterans to meet a quota and publicity.,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9892,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Maintenance Technician Ll,"easy job, with good pay..easy on your body",Schedules are 4 days per week with 10 hour days. My night schedule allows me to have 4 days off per week,they give minimal annual raise increases,take the time to get to know your people,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9893,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,"Company is great, Leaders aren't",*Competitive pay and good benefits *Growing company open to change and innovation *Inclusive,"*Lack of development from above. They say ""own your own development"" but that is such a cop out for managers to not be invested in your growth. *Operations is not a fun place to work. Leadership is so stressed all the time and thinking of themselves and how they are going to look good. *Peak season (from Thanksgiving - Christmas day) prepare for overtime. Lot's of overtime.","If you are going to advertise that this company is a great place to work and grow, please follow through. Great talent is lost YoY due to unclear or unrealistic or even nonexistent career development goals. There are so many jobs within Amazon, help the bees pollinate by spreading their talent instead of strapping them down until they leave the company.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9894,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery Driver,"Four day work schedule, okay pay for flex and delivery service provider drivers.","Amazon's dictatorship like control over the job. You are outsourced and easily fired for anything. Again Amazon! Even-though you are not employed directly by Amazon, they have complete control of the job. You work at an Amazon hub, you wear Amazon uniforms, and by all means you are told what to do by Amazon. But! Amazon gets the added benefit of not actually having to employ you directly. The thing is though, Amazon still can easily fire you. Other cons? High turnover of drivers, using rental vans to deliver packages that can go flying once you hit the gas or brakes. The management of the delivery service provider will vary greatly depending on the company you actually work for. The hub I work at has three DSPs and flex drivers. Amazon will randomly change procedures or rules and in the process make the job worse than it was before.",Maybe hire drivers directly.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9895,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon - Best Company to Start Your Career,"Independence, you learn how to deal with ambiguity, there are endless opportunities for self-development, strong emphasis on leadership principles, focus on objective data can make any employee regardless of level be heard, great overall compensation","Managers are solely hired based on IC performance (lack leadership skills), the company has little to no interest in employee well-being, very limited contributions to society, very hierarchical (escalations can turn over well-planned roadmaps), CEO does not understand the balance between directing teams towards problems and making them sick and churn from stressful escalations",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9896,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok temporarily,"Good health insurance and pto/vacation, raise every six months, you get stocks after 2 years",Constantly hiking rates up and expecting people to produce more and more for the same amount of pay. Pay raises end once you've been there three years. No real rewards for their long term employees. Promotions only given out to their favorite employees,Treat your employees like people instead of a number. We aren't robots. Dont expect us to work like one,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9897,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,The conditions are rough,The managers try to ask you how you're doing,Conditions are pretty horrendous and hours are long.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9898,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Associate,-Diverse -Decent pay -Many company events -Good work experience,-Management does not put in 100% -Broken promises -Favorites played heavily,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9899,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Ugh,Benefits and some more words since I couldnt submit it without extra stuff,"Long hours, boring, loud, hot, not worth the pay",none,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P208.htm
9900,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DS Associate,"Fast paced, shifts go quickly. Room for growth/advancement.",Very physical. Full medical package only available to full time associates.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9901,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,Fast paced environment. Plenty of opportunity to find a team and org that works for you. Multiple managers have allowed me to dedicate time towards projects specifically aimed at career growth and advancement.,Projects have grown increasingly top-down and VP-driven causing timelines to shrink and quality to decrease as a result.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9902,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working atAmazon Web Servces,Fast pace environment Room to grow,Frugal in most area Company does little to boost camaraderie,More liberal and look to at how other high-tech companies treat their employees with perks and benefits.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9903,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Category Manager,"there is opportunity for ownership, invent, scale",no work life balance aggressive goals,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9904,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,If you can stick it out it's worth it,"Work with very smart folks, has a startup feel for the teams I worked with. The pay is great if you are willing to stay for 2-4 years and realize your full sign on bonus and stock grants.","Management is not great. Lots of pressure for individual performance so managers do not support their teams. It is very hard to advance, unless you move to another position.",Invest in your teams. Managers are not very supportive.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9905,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sales Associate,Few hours working Easy job,Hours constantly change Can’t get a schedule change,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9906,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you're willing to work hard,"Lots of opportunity to advance, great pay/benefits",Long hours and little work/life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9907,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Really bad,I liked the people I worked,"Working conditions were awful, so much turnover, not enough time for breaks.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9908,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"I’ve been at Amazon for 2 years, 11 months, and 30 days (or so Phone Tool tells me) and it has been amazing. Amazon has been a great fit for me after transitioning from the military. I’m on my third role after switching business units to help launch a new building. Amazon isn’t for everyone but neither is Facebook, Google, Microsoft, the military or any other company.  I get to wear shorts to work.  Total compensation rocks.  work hard. have fun. make history.",Promotion system pretends to promote the best and the smartest… really it just promotes the best connected. If I had one share of Amazon stock for every time I heard we need to get your name out there... we need to get you on some network projects for visibility!,Why do we hire smart people and tell them what to do? We should let them tell us what to do. – Steve Jobs,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9909,amazon,"Eagan, MN"," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Station Liaison,Great place. Always ask questions.,Awesome benefits package and competitive pay.,Ask every question you can think of before moving around in the company.,Be more transparent in compensation and expectations.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P209.htm
9910,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for lazy people,"Benefits, stocks, will pay for college, and other perks",It's hard work and long shifts,Longer breaks for 12 hour shifts,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9911,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great second job or part time while in school.,"Flexible hours, fair pay, meet good people, managers are friendly.",Can be chaotic sometimes. Some things can be annoying.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9912,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Warehouse Lead/Process Assistant,Hourly compensation for leads with generous time off options if balanced correctly. Good entry level leadership experience for people with no educational background.,"Where to begin. One of amazon's core leadership principles is ""hire and develop the best,"" however, nothing could be further from the truth. Amazon likes to dangle a carrot on a stick over hourly associates with empty promises of growing with in the company. I wont lie, at first I drank the Kool-Aid, but empty promises are nothing more but empty. Amazon will consistently hire fresh out of college managers, who possess no leadership experience to be nothing more but glorified mascots. For every 1 successful external hire there are 10 unsuccessful managers that ruin the already poor experience, which is surprisingly possible. All of the cons to hear on other reviews are TRUE. Work life balance is poor, there is no development, there is no training, associates are nothing more than numbers, operations managers cheat to artificially boost performance (throughput.) And finally when a few internal leads are promoted into leadership the offer is disrespectfully pathetic ($47,500 salary to work 14-16 hours a day up to 6 days a week during peak) which is about 10-20% lower than external hires. They feed you the total compensation Kool-Aid by showing you the 8 shares you receive after 2 years which if they don't work you to the bone first you'll actually manage to vest. Amazon is a JOB not a Career for most entry level associates and managers.The only way to change this is to stop accepting these pathetic offers from a company that netted 177 billion in 2017.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9913,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hourly,Insurance. You get it on day one but make sure you understand the package you are signing up for. It can cost you big if you don't.,"Everything else. If you are a woman over 40, walk away. Regadlesss of your education, past experience, and training you will not be promoted. You will see some of the laziest slackers get training and promotions while you are overlooked. I have seen people woken up while sleeping on the job and put in amnesty and ambassador training! And HR is a joke. There are 3 people who are actually educated in human resources while the rest of the ""HR team"" is just regular employees who got chosen for a different colored vest. They are not only rude but worthless on top of it. There is no courage in leadership. Managers will not correct negative, or even dangerous, behavior because it might hurt someone's feelings. I will never understand how Bezos has gotten so far after working in one of the warehouses. Worst job you could ever have.",Grow a backbone. Promote the right people and not just the young ones.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9914,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - AWS Product Manager,"Great pay, fun","Pay is great Fun collegial atmosphere Encouragement to be thoughtful, build your own role, invent Work life balance Merit-based promotions","Major decision making inertia as a result of being so big Not everyone is up for loosely defined roles, and this causes a ton of politics Over processized, too many product and program managers doing the same thing",Over hiring may be somewhat inevitable in a big company but creating more roles and responsibilities clarity may be helpful to reduce redundancies,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9915,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer - recent grad,Good place to work in,I dont see any cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9916,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good company, experience may vary with team","Innovative company, fast-growing, and interesting work",Experience will vary based on manager/team Promoting Dev managers from engineers leads to inconsistent management results,Be more thoughtful about who pursues the manager track and find managers who can effectively develop the careers of their employees,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9917,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for the inexperienced,You get a monthly bonus for showing up.,You are responsible for others even though you do not have the authority to make changes.,"Structure , consistency , and set standards should be implemented.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9918,amazon,"Dundalk, MD"," Jul 28, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,AMAZON US THE WORST JOB EVER!!!,There aren't any pros to working at Amazon... It all sucks!!!,"Slave labor, not enough pay for the work expected, they took out money for benefits I cancelled and are giving me the run-around about my reimbursement... A multi-billion dollar company giving the little man a hassle about returning $200 is disgusting!!!",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9919,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not recommended,incredible innovation and company growth,"environment is stressful, isolating, non-connected",stay more dialed in to the little people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P210.htm
9920,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Working in Recruiting,"*Extremely flexible schedule *Get to work from home anytime *Great team *Good atmosphere to be in *Collaborative environment, open to new ideas","*Not always aware of outside opportunities *Growth is very self driven, not a lot of help from managers *Feels like a startup sometimes, seems to be a bit behind on a lot of processes",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9921,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Warehouse Associate,Amazonians,Good company with great people.,Only seasonal but not enough hours.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9922,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,motivate yourself,"good working environment, great benefits",the training is not hands on enough to apply for the real phone call settings. learn from the mistakes.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9923,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Jun 23, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great place to work,It was fast paced environment.,Management was too hands on.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9924,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 1,good career and learning opportunities,bad world life balance job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9925,amazon,"Corona, CA"," Jul 7, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA,ICQA,people are nice and good environment,supervisors and management are terrible. Never treated fair and forced to do nearly everything even though there's other people who are just as capable to get the job done and expect you to be perfect.,management needs to stop getting into things that they don't know anything about,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9926,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Selector,Will hire you immediately. Offers benefits.,"Low pay, very demanding work, unorganized and very stressful.",Improve pay for workers and have the same standards for everyone.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9927,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pay and benefit was good,"benefits were good. medical, dental, vision. pay pto prizes contest","having to met 300-400 items per hr.( depending on where you work, its higher) them getting mad if you stop to break or go to the bathroom. since it was new, management had no clue what was going on or how to do it. if cross trained in other areas, it's done so you understood how to do and that its. not getting a whole break.","when opening a new place, get someone who knows the ropes. throughly train those who are being crossed-trained in more then one area. let people pee. the more water they drink, they more they're going have to go to the bathroom.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9928,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced and a peculiar work place,"Peculiar is the word. Amazon's culture takes time to sink in, but once it does, nothing beats it.",Fast paced environment comes with its own share of compromises.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9929,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Love it, everyone is happy. Nobody yells or causes intimidation, the environment is quite the opposite. Starting pay is $11.75. Training is pretty straight forward and nobody fails. I've never seen a job before where they put an employee's needs first. I do enjoy showing up for work everyday. Most of the time you get to work alone so work gossip doesn't really exist. Piercings, visible tattoos, and colored hair is accepted.",15 minutes breaks - most of the time it takes 3 minutes to walk to the break room and another 3 minutes to walk back to your work station. So that's an automatic 6 minutes of your break time that you lose.,I have a good manager.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P211.htm
9930,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Love it, everyone is happy. Nobody yells or causes intimidation, the environment is quite the opposite. Starting pay is $11.75. Training is pretty straight forward and nobody fails. I've never seen a job before where they put an employee's needs first. I do enjoy showing up for work everyday. Most of the time you get to work alone so work gossip doesn't really exist. Piercings, visible tattoos, and colored hair is accepted.",15 minutes breaks - most of the time it takes 3 minutes to walk to the break room and another 3 minutes to walk back to your work station. So that's an automatic 6 minutes of your break time that you lose.,I have a good manager.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9931,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Easy to get someone fired if you don't like them,Schedule works for people - decent days off,HR services suck If someone doesn't like a person they can make false accusations and HR doesn't fully research before terminating the person. They do some b.s. crap.,Stop catering to your favorites. Don't believe everything you hear - some people really value their jobs and you play with their livelihood by firing them over heresay. You suck!!!,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9932,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Ambassador,Introvert Drezm Job,"Good pay, medical benefits, additional money and gift cards","No life/work balance, mandatory overtime",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9933,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Big Data Architect,senior big data consultant,Best Company to show case talents and Completely customer obssessed,it is basically in employees hands where they want to be in their career or within the organization,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9934,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Great work/life balance - a lot different than what many people think!,No cons over here - a lot of improvements!,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9935,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great place to work to gain experience,There are intelligent people everywhere you look which you can learn from. By taking on projects you can gain experience outside of your normal job function. Great to have on a resume for future opportunities outside the company.,"Benefits are subpar (i.e. time off, 401k, holidays, gym, food) compared to other tech companies in the area.",none,3.0,2.0,none,5.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9936,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Interesting work with varied co-workers,"Scale, products, innovation. People do love thinking big",The number of teams. Everyone is new and it's hard to find people who know how their services work..,"I find that some orgs have gotten bloated. Just because something is super critical, throwing more people at it doesn't solve it. Rather, more specialized folks may do the job with higher quality and lower complexity.",3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9937,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound (Nights),"Overworked, underpaid labor intensive work",Discounts on Amazon products Active lifestyle,Management Long hours Solitary work environment Temperature not well controlled,Treat employees with fairness and leniency,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9938,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not what you know but who you know.,It's a fast moving company. Technical problems are challenging and exciting.,"You need to know what the right team is, if you are a minority amongst minorities then you are in trouble. I was approached by an external team and they wanted me to switch but received strong push back from my manager to switch teams. I spoke with other coworkers and they experienced similar push back. So, if you want to switch teams it's easier and better to find a job outside of Amazon.",Allow employees make contributions on what they are more skilled at and where the need is rather than focusing on mandating managers keep a minimum head count.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9939,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh place,"Great benefits, guarantee 40 hrs per week.",Very long hours and no work life balance,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P212.htm
9940,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Good pay and good benefits,They stop giving time in the middle of the year so u have use ur time wisely.,Explain more about the hours and how to use them,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9941,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse/Associate,"If you fall behind while working in stow department, the Good! Thing is they have assigned worker's to go around and assist other employees in catching up.",Extremely fast pace and way too much walking.,They really should stop playing and talking loud so much. They use profanity freely and do not coach employee's when their out of line.,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9942,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Delivering stress and more daily,"They are ""innovative"". I'll give Amazon delivery that much.","The job description is only 1/50th of what you will need to do on a daily basis. Be prepared to be required to go above and beyond for each and every little initiative they push toward the sortation network as they will be constantly creating new programs and tools with little to no testing done prior for immediate mandatory. This would not be a bad thing, if these programs went through some sort of internal QA but they rarely do, resulting in late dispatches for months until things are repaired. Add to that the repetitive reports due, in some cases, multiple times per day, the new restrictions on what can/can not be used and utilized within the facility, the upper-upper management making decisions in the worst interests of those below, and every internal system being set up against each other and it's a wonder a package gets delivered at all some days.","If you really wanted to save money and guarantee customer experience, you would do the following. One, get rid of at least 60% of the antagonistic natures between the various divisions. It does not help as much as you may think it does and has actively delayed packages from getting out on time. Two, stop wasting time with new programs literally every month. All these new tools that are being developed are not saving money. Perhaps, instead, have these people fix the long standing issues that have been noted in the system for 2+ years first before deciding to push out another broken tool. Finally, three, trust the eyes on the ground before going by the numbers on the monitor. I understand that in a perfect world, the planned perfect cubic volume of each incoming and outgoing package could be properly planned in advance, but we are not in a perfect world. If we see that we have over 8000 pieces of volume over the normally loaded volume of the scheduled loads, and most of that volume is large and oversized boxes, a request for 3 to 4 extra loads to cover that volume should not require a multi hour discussion around how there are already enough planned loads for the projected outbound volume.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9943,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Central Flow Tempe AZ,"Great Pay, Autonomy, Flexible Schedules, Easy promotions from within after 6-12 months",Lack of enforced standards between CF and FCs at times,ENFORCE STANDARDS with FCs and defend your flow leads better when they are making right decisions and questioned/met with lack of cooperation by FC outbound management,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9944,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to have fun and learn,Good place to have fun and learn,Work can be demanding sometimes,Keep up the fun and learn,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9945,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Manager, Software Development","Like being in a startup that is stable and amazing: you have total ownership of your services, you are running fast, lots of smart people around you, you solve tough problems every hour, most of which have never been solved, you focus on customers more than anything else and you go home feeling your personal contribution actually helped those customers value your company better.","Some teams might be better than other for one's own taste and preferences (work-life balance, direct customer contact, engineering led vs. PM led etc.). It is easy to transfer once in the company, so to be frank you just need to pick the team that fits your criteria, apply and get accepted.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9946,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"All pros, there are no cons","No cons, everything is good",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9947,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresh Sortation Associate,"I have been working for this company for three weeks. The Most of people seem to be very friendly and nice. According to when I have experiences. Among the working, whenever I have questions and any problems, I just asked my co-workers to many different questions . how to use to the scanner , which items do these put .. . they always can help me out nicely . The security guiders are helpful to give me direction , open the entrance door and locker for me when I was struggling with losing.","The HR should be improve working effectively and helpfulness. I have been entering to the Amazon for three weeks , I do not know what is the problem I can't clock in log in and log out and ever I can't use get in and out. I had told to my my supervisor of my issue. Every day, she responded The HR are working on it. However, it had not had any progress. Nevertheless, the worst thing today is paid day. Mine is zero dollar.",Amazon should give orientation for news people how to use the scanners. Improve the  HR service and speed to solve the system problem,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9948,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Tier 3 to Area Manager,"Fast pace, opportunity to develop and promote.",Associate retention. Un-kind way of communication from superior,Balance relationship with associates and leadership,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9949,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRBP,"Pay, Benefits, and co-workers were very talented",Long shifts and poor communication across operation,Better comminication and shift rotations,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P213.htm
9950,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,Part-time allows for a lot of flexiblity,Hours for Flexible shifts are unpredictable,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9951,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,okay,"benefits, they could work with your school schedule",the fulfillment centers are physically demanding,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9952,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Programmer Writer,Frugal is not the same as Cheap,"Interesting projects, pretty good pay, decent healthcare, flexible hours, ability to work from home.",Bezos is a cheapskate who is penny wise and pound foolish. You can’t get all the tools you need. No tuition benefit for furthering your skills. Poor career development.,Learn the difference between not spending innecesssrily and chasing good folks for being a tightwad.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9953,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hit or Miss,"Benefits, Decent pay, Time off",The worst management I've ever had to deal with.,Listen to your employees!,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9954,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Salary,"It's a good company to work. They value their employees. Good benefits, lot more scope for promotions","Long hours , need self motivation, no one will push you up.",Need more clear guideline regarding policies,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9955,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Super intelligent colleagues. Fast paced culture. Great learning opps,Bottleneck at certain ranks makes it tough to get promoted,NA,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9956,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"I love my team, I get to be creative, and am able to work from home when needed","I think teams make your job, some teams are not as great to work with",Don't assume people know what you mean,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9957,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Workforce Management Analyst,Workforce Management Analyst,"Always growing, great benefits and work hours.",Limited Work From Ome Positions,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9958,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Great pay and great benefits,No job security. Long hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9959,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still Day 1 at Amazon,Great work place. No targets. A friendly work environment,I never found a flaw with the organization,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P214.htm
9960,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Associate,Seasonal Associate Review,"Get paid to become more physically fit, AMZL managers, for the most part, at least seemed to appreciate employees as there were numerous pizza and treat opportunities, at least on the shifts I worked on, can pick shifts that work best for you.","Can be very physically demanding, especially for people not used to working in a warehouse environment, the people working in HR seem to have more power than even the managers you work with day to day, and most of them are just not that friendly to the warehouse employees. There was really only a couple that treated people consistently with some respect, the majority were just unnecessarily rude. Though AMZL was not evaluating employees on their scanning rate, it could be difficult to get even your 16 hours in due to being sent home early during slow weeks and so it becomes necessary to try to pick up hours on the scanning side, where it can be extremely difficult to meet their high scan rate demands. Managers on the scanning/ sort side generally don't know people by name since there's just too many coming and going, so it tends to be much less of a team environment than AMZL. Conversions to 'blue badge"" (regular part-time) positions only happen a couple times per year- after the Christmas peak in late January, then again whenever HR decides, which will likely happen before they begin hiring for the next peak season in the fall, so if you miss out on it the first time as I did, it's almost better to quit and try to get re-hired as a blue badge rather than be strung along by HR telling you that conversions ""will happen again soon""--they won't. At least that way you can earn the 12.75 that you did during the holiday season, and not bust your butt working for 11.50, which is what they set your pay at come Jan. 1st if you are seasonal. I say most of this to help those who may be going in as a seasonal person so they will know not to buy into anything HR says about seasonal employees once the rush is done. They will not just terminate you into any ""alumni program""- there is no such thing. Just convert to a blue badge at the first opportunity- they will not make this clear to new people, so if you even think you want/need to be working there beyond January, just go to a blue badge. Otherwise, you could find yourself working with new co-workers who never worked a peak season that already have blue badges and make more money than you.","Please put the ""human"" back in your human resources department by hiring people who actually like serving customers (i.e., the warehouse employees). Be more up front with seasonal people about the whole blue badge conversion and what that means right from the beginning. Don't send them emails right after Christmas telling them they will soon be terminated and placed into a non-existent alumni program that will ""fast-track"" them through the re-hiring process should they decide to come back. It's just wrong and misleading---and not good business. At least treat the people who helped you get through your busiest time fairly. Should also not penalize seasonal employees when they take on other jobs by forcing them to request the minimal time off they are given in no less than 2-hr increments. If someone has another job that makes them less than an hour late, they shouldn't have to request a full 2 hour block of time. Of the 20 hours I was given as a seasonal employee, I probably actually used only 10--you don't get what's left of the 2 hrs if you only need 30 or 40 minutes of it. That was something else that was never told to me by HR until most of my time had been eaten away.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9961,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Great comapany,"Smart people, cool tech and great pay",Planning can be a large drag,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9962,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,Set shifts Managers are awesome,Same thing everyday kind of hers boring,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9963,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packet and Sorter,"Provide jobs, at a fair wage",10 to 12 hour shift vs 8 hour shifts,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9964,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"good hours,environment safe,helpful associates,benefits,good pay","hard to move up in position,hr problems,",Be more resoureful,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9965,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Great excercise,"Decent pay, fast paced, 4 day work week.",Long hours. 10 hour shifts.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9966,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Receive Associate,Great overall,The atmosphere is almost always good and the people are so much fun to work with!,"Easy to get lost in the mix of the thousands of people, must really push to stand out but it is possible.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9967,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Inventory control,Amazon has lots of opportunity outside of the company,the management could care less about you,be better,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9968,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,They offer great benefits. They pay for education.,They work is very physical.,Too much about the numbers,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9969,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked as a Fulfillment Associate Packer,Good benefits especially health insurance.,"Poor remuneration, pay can't pay your bills.",Improve pay package,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P215.htm
9970,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,I could work overtime if I wanted to. I was off three days a week. You get one big break and two small breaks.,I hated just being a number and a log in name. I didn't like walking for 10 hours straight. If I had to run use the restroom they were right on me asking why I was time off task for that amount of time.,It would be nice if the management knew us other than by a number or a log in name and if we are struggling in an area then find out what they can do to help.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9971,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast-paced, energetic, entrepreneurial. Challenging and fun place to grow.","Surrounded by smart, driven people all with strong problem solving capabilities and ""get it done"" approach.","A lot of autonomy out of the gate, by design. If you need a lot of structure and direction, you must create it and learn on the fly. Folks not comfortable with this entrepreneurial ""self service"" environment will struggle.",Keep raising the bar!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9972,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Vendor Manager I,Name a better organization,-Smart people -Direct influence on your business -Relevance and opportunity,"-Promotion cycle can be multiple years -Paranoia/fire drill mentality is pervasive sometimes -Highly intelligent, low EQ management in some positions",-Train L6+/L7 in EQ/building relationships -Offer compensation package in 0-100% equity,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9973,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Business Development,Great innovative company,Provide a great platform for growth and autonomy. A lot of smart and passionate individuals really wanted to make a difference.,"Typical growing pain. you need to find your own way around for everything., lack of structure and center of excellence.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9974,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,"infrastructure, smart coworkers, up to date tech",has some long hours occasionally,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9975,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company obviously!,It’s AMAZON! What else do you need to know?,Not too many perks besides free snacks often,Neutral,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9976,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Work, Low Pay",* End to end ownership,* Low pay * Bad WLB,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9977,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Shipper/Receiver,Unknown,Its a very laid back place to work with room for growth.,Lunch time is to short not enough space for all employees to enjoy lunch room.,When people work hard for the company some one should have there back.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9978,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon stocker,"The pay was decent, good training, and was fairly easy",A little too fast paced and short breaks,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9979,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,OB back half nights,"No real interview to get hired. Walk in fill out I-9 and background check drug test and if you pass those you are hired. Onboarding was ok but it bit confusing. The ""Trainers"" on the second night need to be more positive and up beat. Over all the ""HR"" team did great, just need to look at the trainers and their skill sets","If you are not in shape you are going to feel the burn badly the first week. Do the stretches before shift at stand ups and do them at home on your days off, super important. Ask lots of questions when you can it will help make your job easier.","Do some real interviews, you are missing diamonds in the rough by throwing them onto the floor their first night.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P216.htm
9980,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Good pay and some fun employees,No work life balance. You are in an operations environment.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9981,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,They offer great benefits. They pay for education.,They work is very physical.,Too much about the numbers,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9982,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Challenging and Rewarding Work Environment,Fast-paced learning environment Challenging Great Compensation Rewarding Management Experience,Long-Hours Night Shifts High-turnover Training is minimum Relocation,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9983,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Benifits, starting pay, always work to be done, easy interview","Fast paced, competitive if you want to move up",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9984,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,"Actually really cooperative management, good teamwork.",Sometimes stuff is stacked too high.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9985,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Best company in Seattle,"Smart people around, very interesting projects",Not many perks like food.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9986,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loss Prevention Manager,"Challenging atmosphere, bar is high amongst management, encouraged to be curious and to learn in a fast paced environment. Dress code!",Warehouse atmosphere is not for everyone.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9987,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Good company to work for,There are no down fall to working for Amazon,Would like to move up to a Management position,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9988,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS CSA,Culture Opportunity Growth Good Pay,There are none as its an Awesome Company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9989,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Nde,Network Development Engineer,+ Working with advanced networking technologies + Open code to give input on anything you believe can increase efficiency + Good automation opportunities + Good wages +Good work-life balance in contrast to a lot of -ve comments on the net +Ability to move to different roles,At times internal processes may become cumbersome but that is for the best of customers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P217.htm
9990,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunities for Career Growth,Teams with different technical focus to choose from.,People don't know how to effectively transfer out of a team if there is a bad fit.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
9991,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Good pay , raise after 3 months","No set schedule, amount of volume",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
9992,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Overtime flexible schedule cool paid break,Walking 15 miles a day through wearhouse,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
9993,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Boring,Weekly Pay Coworkers friendly Management very helpful,Only 15 breaks but they’re more like 10 Very Tedious,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
9994,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Singles Packer,Just terrible,"The money was good, you only work four days straight and then have four days off consecutively.","12 hr shifts were the worst, no music, it was boring tedious work, you have to meet your quota or they let you go.",Care more about your employees and not just your stupid quota!,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
9995,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast pace, adapt!",Benefits are pretty good for your work!,"People will not hold your hand, must take initiative.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
9996,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long term employee >9 years,"great bias for action, lot of options and freedom to move around functions","bureaucracy and internal politics has increased, as the organisation has grown in size",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
9997,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 1, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Warehouse Associate,Seasonal Warehouse Associate - Moreno Valley,"Very informal place to work. If you are there long enough, they offer tuition assistance to learn a career.","First, they weren't truthful about the pay. We were told at orientation that you would be paid an extra 50 cents an hour if you took a night shift, and an extra 50 an hour if you worked a weekend shift. This is not true. When you ask a supervisor/manager/HR about it, they have no idea what you are talking about. next, It's a boring job. The place is extremely disorganized, but the employees are micro-managed to death. It's a huge (1 million sq. ft.), 3 floor, facility and the only set of restrooms are on the bottom floor. So depending on where you are working that day, sometimes you can't get to the restrooms before you have to turn around and start walking back to avoid being late back from break. If you catch yourself making a mistake, there is no way to correct it. You just have to let it go through and realize you might be written up/fired for it. This is especially bad, because there is no learning curve for the job, and new employees are held to higher accuracy quotas than permanent employees. Permanent employees have to work faster though, which leads to the problem of you trying to stock shelves where someone has dumped a cart full of random objects, packed them in with their foot, then scanned them and run off Obviously, it's hot and dusty (it's a warehouse).","No point, management has no interest.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
9998,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Don’t Work Here, You’ll Regret It.",Good Paid Time Off Though.,They Fire For The Smallest Stuff. Too Much Drama With Older Folks As That.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
9999,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Slam Operator,Ugh...,"The benefits are great, and they'll hire anyone, they say you can't have any felonies and you have to have a GED or diploma but they don't check. Trust me...","I heard they recently gave a raise because so many people we're quitting when I work there was only 10:50 an hour and they worked me like a dog I literally almost passed out numerous times. And from the moment you walk in you are rushing rushing rushing there are so many penalties it's crazy! People will literally be running in there, it's enough to cause anxiety if you don't have it already! And for the work that they expect from you you should be getting paid a lot more! It gets pretty ridiculous!","the breaks are not adequate, in order not to be penalized you have to use part of your break to get back to your station on time or you get penalized for not being at your station on time it's ridiculous!",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P218.htm
10000,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Team Lead,Not All Departments Buy-In to the Amazon Culture,"Great pay, Relaxed Environment, Fun events.","Poor Leadership, Hard to advance, Leadership would punish you for living Leadership Principles.",Make sure that the people you hire in leadership positions are willing to carry out the Amazon vision. Individuals can ruin an organization.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10001,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Prime,No communication and unclear direction,“Get to” work for Amazon.,"There is no clear direction by management and so hard to reach out to or even find phone numbers for area managers. If you have any problems (There are a lot of problems with the company’s internal schedule system), it takes days for a manger to get back to you, if they do respond to emails at all.",Give direct contact information to managers and require them to respond within at least within 24 hours. Better communicate expectations with employees and get new software for tracking schedules. There have been too many problems with the current system.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10002,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Only Shop, Never Work at Amazon","Great starting pay, full benefits day 1, forklift on the job training","Overworked, Unrealistic Quotas, No real room for advancement unless you are in with the 'clique' .","When people apply for new positions realize they are interested in learning new things. After a while doing the same task for over six months (picking through the holidays) can get very boring. Also, lessen the restrictions on switching to days from night shift. I realize that every person can't be transferred but people with consistent, proven work ethics should have more eligibility. Also, work on company / associate moral. It was very low when I worked there (except during PEAK / Holiday season). It was a literal slow death march to the next ""team"" meeting. Just because we work together doesn't make random people a team. A true team supports each other does not pit each other against one another with quotas and favoritism. Lastly a true break starts once you get to the ""BREAK ROOM"" and should not include the 10 mins it takes to park the PIT, and walk through the metal detectors leaving really a 5 min break.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10003,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved the position,"Flexibility, schedule, benefits 1st day",There are no cons at this time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10004,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick PA,Great leadership experience with a great supporting team,Helping manage upwards of 114 pickers at times by yourself.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10005,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Nice challenging work environment, lots of opportunities to innovate, full job responsibility and ownership of project, product feature, code.","Lots of working hours, on call rotation schedule, make work life balance very challenging",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10006,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Alexa Video Team,"- High profile products - Smart and fun coworker - Interesting tech and customer experience problems - Nice office and equipment (laptop, standing desk, snack) - Good salary and signing bonus","- Poor work-life balance - Poor transparency and communication from leadership. - Big oncall load - Lots of panic and release blocking bugs with no time to fix - Only code business logic in Java, no database or frontend ui work or time or build other skills - No time to attend workshops or conferences or play session - Bad stock vesting schedule, no raise before 2 years policy, bad 401k match",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10007,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Scanner,Scanner,"Very Flexible, pick your own schedule, some friendly people.",Management doesn't really communicate. I like a couple of supervisors but most are real dismissive,Treat people like you appreciate them,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10008,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Hard work,Lots of authority to make decisions and make a difference Fantastic amount of opportunities,Ridiculous work load with never ending requests,Ask less - ensure people are supported to deliver more rather than just asking for it,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10009,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Work hard make rate or your history,Great time off policy... mandatory overtime during Christmas,Being managed by people with zero management experience,Promote more from within instead of hiring outside the company,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P219.htm
10010,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Lead,Fast Paced and Competative,-Large company with opportunity to grow -Competitive pay with stock options -Opens a lot of doors for networking,"-Big transitions happening right now, easy to get lost in the sea of faces -If you're not cutthroat you will not advance -For the world's wealthiest company under the world's wealthiest man, they could stand to take better care of their employees (401k, actual raises after positive reviews, fostering some kind of positive work environment etc...)",Care about your people.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10011,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,"Like to work,team environment,overtime,location and pay","Short breaks, demanding,climate,break area, time off",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10012,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresh Associate,Days off and benefits are decent,None yet just started the job,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10013,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Brainless automatons,"Health benefits , commuter benefits, front end training so job is not difficult after first couple months",Treated like a mindless robot drone so you’ll need those benefits. Career path and department organization tends to change all the time if there even is one,"Somehow both a severely corporate bureaucracy and also a clicky high school replica which hinders creativity, inspiration and normally motivated employees. Much needs to change",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10014,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Engineering Manager,Ship things customers want.,Lots to ship and only so much time.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10015,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Shipping and Receiving,ship dock,"Good benefits. Unpaid time off, paid time off and vacation. Able to take personal leaves with no explanation. Gift cards during peak and some shifts get pay raises. Part time work has a shift differential for pay. Free coffee. Diversity. Lax dress code. Don't have to deal with costumers. AC. AM Care for injuries. Breast feeding room. Quiet room/prayer room",Cannot sit at any time while on the floor. No phones. Most positions keep track of rates which can be really high. Most positions keeps track of time off task. Few bathrooms that are very far away. Lots of walking and using stairs. A lot of positions lack the ability to socialize. Doing the same thing for ten hours. 15 minute breaks start Immediately no matter where you are in the building and you must be back and scan first item exactly after 15 minutes. Break rooms can be hot and humid. Always push for speed.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10016,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,3 year Tier 1 review about Amazon,Medical insurance benefits. Stocks after 2 years of employment.,"The pay is garbage, the management is hit or miss, Stress levels are high,","Yes the stocks are nice but reasonable pay is better I think being in the ""average"" rate of pay is counter intuitive to Amazon's views. Because your employees are also your customers. You should at least be at or higher than the highest paying company doing a similar jobs in the areas that you have buildings. Managers should spend at least a month actually doing the job they're being paid to manage. Also you shouldn't cap out on yearly pay increases.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10017,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jun 28, 2018",Former Employee - TPM,Technical Program Manager,"The cutting edge technology and the ecosystem that uses AWS is second to none. The leadership principles are powerful if used well with the right people leaders. The RSUs are incredible, the pay okay but not great.","Ownership or as I called it ""over-ownership"" of things at AWS was regularly missed used. People can walk all over each-others if leaders allow it and don't set a precedent to support their people. The culture is very manipulative and challenging if you don't have patience (I did patience but it ate away at me after about 2 years). Senior leadership doesn't pay attention to their people unless there's an important escalation, which gives a bad rap to the people that work very hard with little resources - Getting noticed by leadership isn't something our team enjoyed because it always meant their was a problem to deal with rather than an informal conversation getting to know eachother.","I get it's a big company but walk around and get to know you're people. Empower them and show your support of them once every couple of weeks and your people will take care of you and the business....because they love their leader. This was always a problem in my 2 years and it was something that shouldn't be forced through ""breakfast with X leader"" invites. It should be that leader walking around and getting to know the teams that work/roll-up to them, personally. Also, start promoting people that deserve it in a more timely manner. I know 5+ people that were significantly under-leveled and it took 1-2 years longer than it should for them to get promoted. It created an sense of resentment, then teams start to fall apart and become discouraged.....and it almost looks like senior leadership does it by-design.",3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10018,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"Schedule, benefits, employees and location",Hard to move up with in.,Take advantage of good employees and try to help advance them.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10019,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 28, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Had its hicups, but not a bad place to work.","Employee shops for food, though a bit pricey. Free ice, coffee and hot chocolate. Tends to be a lot of give aways for doing your job. Your voice has weight if you are willing to put in the footwork even as a new employee. Amcare...first aid services on sight.",Safety concerns that arise frequently due to the rapidly evolving nature of Amazon. A problem at hr level to me and several others for years being told we would be getting a higher pay than the actual pay during the recruitment process.,Fight the machines. Help employees be proactive with rates by helping them make rate. Having one person do heavy boxes all week can really kill productivity...try to spread the load.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P220.htm
10020,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Pick Up Point,The flexible schedule and close proximity to where I used to live were good.,"The pay was a letdown. Our site leader and assistant site leader showed favoritism and were disorganized most of the time. A coworker did not get along with almost everybody in the team, he only thought of number one.",Avoid favoritism. Correct someone in private and with basic respect. Be more organized. Be able to take feedback without planning to get even. Be more level-headed and mature.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10021,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,warehouse,"rsu stocks, benefits, college paid at almost 100%",the management hr and etc are never on the same page. Trying to get problems or inaccuracies fixed is a joke!,Amazon has a high turn over because management sucks you have dedicated workers being put through the ringer because the college kids brought in as managers just having fun or whatever reason.,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10022,amazon,"Richmond, CA"," Jul 20, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,Good hours. They give you free coffee and tea.,"During the interview process they tell you that if you take the midnight shift you will be paid a dollar more. So that means you’ll get $14.50. That is not true at all, you have to wait a month before even getting that salary plus you cap out at $15.75. When I finally got the job which took a month for them to get back to me, the guy who trained my group was completely lazy and didn’t care one bit about us new people. He didn’t show us certain things which caused all of us receive 2 points before even being there for a week. It was a complete nightmare. People are for themselves and when your new they treat you differently . I know everyone has a different experience. Then to top it off I was sexually harassed by some loser who didn’t know when to leave me alone so I quit after being there for a short. I filed a complaint but still no word. SMH",You guys need more stability and organization. Stop the favoritism!!!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10023,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2018","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Vendor Management",The most transformative experience of my professional life,You are challenged every day to bring your “A game.”,"If you don’t want to constantly challenged, this is not a good fit for you",Spend a little more time to coordinate communication and messaging to employees in times of change.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10024,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Network Engineer,It's ok,"Competitive salary, just enough perks",Google and Facebook are more fun,Could care about employees a bit more,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10025,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"18 months in, still loving it!",Love my team. High-impact and challenging resume-building projects.,"Worse WLB than at Microsoft, but work was much less meaningful working there.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10026,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager Ll,Product Manager ll,Lots of opportunity to innovate. Encouraged to take ownership. Greater mentoring by senior leadership. Great team culture.,Pace of working can be overwhelming.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10027,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Fast paced, job opportunity, new technology, great experience","long hours, manager changeover, work-life balance","Great place to work. Cannot find an opportunity like this from any other company. Hours are long at first but put in your time and you will get rewarded. This job is not for everyone, only for those looking to succeed on a day to day basis.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10028,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Payed time off is good,Other employees are not great,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10029,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexibility is great.,1. Option to choose a flexible schedule 2. Great managers 3. Constant training 4. Great values,No cons in particular. You really need to enjoy helping people though in order to be successful.,Keep striving to improve everyday to make Amazon the greatest company on earth.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P221.htm
10030,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Wow,"benefits, own your own time",no no no no no,keep up the good work,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10031,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Good,"Good benefits, health, dental, vision",Management needs work. PA need more training.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10032,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,must be willing to work hard,"pay, free lunch/snacks sometimes, great coworkers","short breaks, hard work if you’re not used to it, temperature of building (hot in summer, cold in winter)",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10033,amazon,"Monee, IL"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not as bad as people say,"Besides the managers that in my experience have been difficult to work under, Amazon is a great place to work for. Most people will complain about the things they signed up for. Yes, it does get hot. Wear thin, breathable clothing. Shorts and tank tops are allowed. Get a water bottle and fill it with ice. They have ice machines in the break rooms and water coolers every where. Yes, you’re standing for 10-12 hrs. Get you a pair of new balance shoes or invest in some really good inserts for your shoes. You get a break every four hours. Two 30 min and one 15 min. It takes me two min to walk to break room, not ten like people say. If you haven the worked a labor job before I wouldn’t recommend it. But mostly everything people comeolain about is written out before you even apply. It’s literally in the description of the job. Things like mandatory overtime during peak season from November-January. Everyone has to comeback in 5 days a week until peak is over. That’s 60hrs a week which sucks, but honestly during Christmas, a check every two weeks saying $1,400 isn’t bad. Plus you can win gift cards, TVs, PlayStations and other things just for attendance and or meeting rate.  Benefits are great. I pay $16 for having both medical and vision for blue cross. I get discounts for pet insurance with nationwide, discounts with sketchers, wineries, cruises, Disney, Apple and a lot of other places. When you make a year at Amazon they offer to pay 95% of your tuition for any high demand career.",Some of the area managers seem to only care about rate rather than their workers personal barriers and or well being. In my experience they seem to have put the job first rather than act as a leader and help their workers through whatever issue their having and seeing what they can do to fix it. Most problems go unresolved.,"The way certain managers speak to their employees, it can come off a bit arrogant and make some people feel insignificant. Not all area managers are like this, some are really great to work with... but the few that are need training in people skills or something along those lines. Rate shouldn’t be everything, but to some it is.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10034,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Know What You're In For,"Benefits from Day 1, Four day work week, Work a schedule that fits your lifestyle, A lot of opportunity to grow, Online employee hub that makes everyone's life easier","On your feet/being active for 9 and a half hours a day, soreness and aches, many zero tolerance rules, a lack of personal connections with both co-workers and direct reports.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10035,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fc associate,Room and opportunity for advancement for those willing to put in the ground work.,Max favoritism’s and managers are always stressed,Pay attention to those who are truly trying to advance in the company and push them in the right direction!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10036,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Nice time off. Good benefits,"Racism, discrimination, manager pupplies, Always Worry about quality , rate, time off task.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10037,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field quality engineer,great people and environment with creatvity,none actually maybe less salary compared to same level of company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10038,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,able to work from home,the pay scale is horrible,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10039,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Tier 1 Associate,4 days on. 3 days off Reasonable pay for what you are doing. Fun times Benefits and perks,Take some getting use to 1st the beginning. Sometimes management can be pushy for rates Discount sucks,Know how to communicate with employees without talking to them like kids (some instances),4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P222.htm
10040,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics are necessary to get ahead,Working with exceptionally bright people who get things done.,No work life balance. There are people who do considerably less than others who know how to play the game and get ahead. Using frugality as an excuse to avoid giving employees perks. You’re encouraged to perform high so the stock value increases but then awarded less and less because of all the hard work.,"Manage down, too much managing up lacks clear perspective on how bad things truly are.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10041,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jun 28, 2018",Former Employee - Courier,It was a wonderful job that taught me different level of organizational skill,It was a stable job that wasn’t going anywhere,"Delivery is a new thing for amazon so honestly , they did not know what they were doing .",I believe they tried their best.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10042,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter,Horrible working conditions,You meet cool Tier 1 and Tier 3 associates,"Management only cares about production, you’re just a number, if you can’t be %100 every shift workin at a fast rate, you’ll be written up, working as a “sorter” you’ll be left at station for hours with no bathroom breaks. Favoritism is out of control, tier 1 associates start at 13.25 per hour, the owner claims he pays %30 percent more than other retailers, when you work in an FC facility you’re doing warehouse work not retail sales work, it’s labor from start to finish and again you have to be fast or they’ll write you up to get rid of you quickly,","Employees are aware you’re only for your numbers, no gettin around it, not enough to just have a two minute pep talk at stand up.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10043,amazon,"Garland, TX"," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Working at the warehouse was a good experience,Management was professional and treated employees fairly.  Managers listened to feedback from employees.  Lots of opportunities to train others and be a leader.  Something new always happens everyday.  Culture was laid back.,No medical leave.  Can be physically taxing if you have bad lifting posture.,Perhaps try to update the scanning devices. The android operating system is outdated on those devices.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10044,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Great Place to Work,"Smart People, high standards, flexible time and work places, exciting projects, openness and ability to speak up. Plus always a strong focus on customer service.",Depending on the group and season--it is very busy! You will never be bored.,Remember it's good to have fun while working hard.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10045,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations analyst,"Super easy work, friendly coworkers.","Pay is terrible, although easy work.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10046,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great benefits Stock Good Culture Knowledgeable management,Gets very busy at peak times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10047,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-II,SDE II,I love the get it done culture and the opportunity to work with some of the most wonderful and talented people.,Takes a little bit to get used to the speed and culture.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10048,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Facilities Coordinator,Amazon- Facilities,Great company - Great Wages- Awesome Benefits- Awesome culture,Can't think of one after almost 4 years..,Keep up the great leadership and engagement!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10049,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Analyst,I'm drinking the Cool-aid HARD!,Meaningful project Job autonomy Engaging work Flexible Hours Great Benefits Generous compensation,"Comute No real snacks or fun perks 10% discount on Amazon purchases up to the first $1,0000. (should be more or better perks, like free amazon prime account)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P223.htm
10050,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem solver,Stock give for each year are employed.,Worries place to work so do work for them.,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10051,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,CSA,I love the ability to work from home. The hours are convenient and flexible.,"It is not fair when switching workgroups and you have VTO on your schedule, for the vto to be removed. It forces employees to use their own time and feels like a punishment when going to a new OU.",I think it would be awesome to start hosting people in the same area for meet and greets. It would help create more camaraderie,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10052,amazon,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Amazon talks-the-talk & walks-the-walk for customer obsession, personal growth, & making history. Amazon is very forward-thinking, supportive, exciting, and genuinely cares for its employee while focusing on customer obsession. Not once has Amazon denied the needs of my personal life. Amazon is concerned for the whole person & understands a motivated & loyal employee provides the best success for our customers. Amazon understands people and therefore understands business.","Due to our continued high level of success in e-commerce, the nature of our work entails greater than average work hours, especially during Prime week & Peak month. Be prepared to provide outstanding customer support throughout the year and especially during these high demand time periods.",Continue to drive personal development & flexibility to salary needs. Continue to espouse & operate with a Day 1 mentality.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10053,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support Technician,"Cutting edge technology, always learn something new","Last minute changes , management communication",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10054,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work!,Work from home was great,Had mostly irate customers calling,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10055,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,What you expect...,Plenty of opportunity for lateral movement,"If your manager is weak, good luck moving laterally.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10056,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,na,good benefits and career opportunities,really bad management,favoritism,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10057,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Assistant,good pay for a seasonal job,"Extremely fast paced, 15 minute lunch break but it takes 5+ minutes to get to the breakroom, so you only have about 5 minutes to finish your lunch",-,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10058,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics are necessary to get ahead,Working with exceptionally bright people who get things done.,No work life balance. There are people who do considerably less than others who know how to play the game and get ahead. Using frugality as an excuse to avoid giving employees perks. You’re encouraged to perform high so the stock value increases but then awarded less and less because of all the hard work.,"Manage down, too much managing up lacks clear perspective on how bad things truly are.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10059,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEII,people can learn a lot of things,"work-load might be high, depends on which team you are in",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P224.htm
10060,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Assistant,good pay for a seasonal job,"Extremely fast paced, 15 minute lunch break but it takes 5+ minutes to get to the breakroom, so you only have about 5 minutes to finish your lunch",-,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10061,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEII,people can learn a lot of things,"work-load might be high, depends on which team you are in",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10062,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anonoymous,"Benefits, time off, work-life balance","Advancement, micromanaging, if you are not in a little clique you will not last.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10063,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,Ok pay. Bezos has great vision.,Expanding too fast. Management is not well prepared,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10064,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA,They will cut corners until theres none left to cut,"Its typical warehouse work (dont expect typical warehouse pay though shoot for 4-6$ below that norm) 40-60 hours a week, 4-5 days on and 2-3 days off. They have AC. They have a parking lot. Its a job if you need one so desperately.","I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder near the end of my time with them (over a year). I had my first panic attack in their building and was told by AMCARE that it must have been something I ate LOL alright. They tell pregnant women to stay on their feet and keep picking NO exceptions. They will hire old people with canes and expect them to pick. If you have a medical concern they put you out of work INDEFINITELY so you just have to keep that to yourself if you need that job. I ended up taking their buy out which is one week in the beginning of the year.  If youre hardcore you might duke it out for over a year like myself, but the majority of the workers are like water, come and go. Do not think this is the last job you'll apply to, no matter how hard you work its not enough for them.  PAY: MAJOR ISSUES HERE!!! When I started I was called and given $12.00 an hour, I still recieve calls from them offering now a lower $11.00 an hour even though the CEO is the richest piece of scum ... Why the pay decrease if the company is oh so wonderful ?  If youre at Amazon for college money its called a grant, or a scholarship, get one. Their career choice program is garbage only paying 95% UP TO $3,000 and you must major in something thats on their list (nothing good unless you want to be a truck driver or an HVAC guy)  You guys have been warned. PS Target pays $13-$15 and treats you like a human being.",You guys dont understand what the workers issues are because you're either fresh out of college with no real work experience or you're hiding in the classrooms with the lights off. Either way you're usually no help at all to anyone. You only are seen when its time for the bottom 10% to get their write ups. My mom who was -forced- to pick on bad knees got that write up (thank you) she was supposed to be in packing that night. Even when someone hurts themself for the company and for their paycheck they'll still catch a write up and absolutely no appreciation at all. GET IT TOGETHER. Vice News is leaking all the truths about the company if you need more elaboration.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10065,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,Benefits and the amount of possible overtime and time off is amazing,Night Shift and 10 hour days are hard on a family,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10066,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best job I've ever had...and I've held many positions throughout my career.,"I get to work with robots! How cool is that :) The people I interact with on a daily basis are amazing, they're family. The work atmosphere is upbeat, energetic, positive, driven and definitely innovative! I look forward to each and every day at Amazon. Life here is good, very good!","The commute can be rough, but Amazon Robotics does provide shuttle service.",Don't lose the Kiva culture.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10067,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,Salary is good pay for the work,It's hard work for the good pay,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10068,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Photographer,Rewarding if your up to the challenge,"Amazon has provided me with a wonderful opportunity to grow and develop. I have never been apart of a team that truly promoted each others growth as much as I have here. Ideas are taken seriously, ambitions are heard, and goals are in reach.","Self reflection is important in development, and this is not an environment that will reward you for meeting expectations. If you can rise to the occasion to exceed expectations you will be successful, but you must be a driven personality type.","I am lucky to have a SOLID management team as far up as I can see, but I have witnessed other teams that are not as lucky. Managers, truly believe your team, and seek to understand their challenges so you can speak to them rather than make excuses for them.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10069,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Named Account Manager,Incredible solution set. Wonderfully customer centric approach. Built into every we do in the account management team.,"Incredibly wide and deep cloud and partner portfolio. As an account manager, need to be 100% aligned with the customer in order to educate, enable, and support the right services and partners for the customer.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P225.htm
10070,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,virtual Customer Service Associate,"Super flexible, great for moms",Hard to meet some of the performance targets for promotion or raise,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10071,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Burnout Machine,"Idk, experience? brand name on your resume?","Burnout machine, poor management, don't care about employees at all just bottom line",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10072,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,icqa,full time job and benefits,goodbye to life and your body,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10073,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Respectful leadership and easy work.,Benefits and good career opportunities,"Competitive, easy to get lost among the crowd",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10074,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Performance is closely monitored on a weekly basis,The main pro about the reserve customer service associates is the flexibility and the ability to make your own schedule as well as to work from your home.,"As a customer service associate you take phone calls via computer. You are monitored by the response you receive from the callers as to whether you helped them or not. Sometimes there is nothing you can do to affect this. It can be a company policy that you are the messenger of, and the customer is not happy and grades you harshly. You can lose your job if you get a low Positive Response rate.",none,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10075,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Level I Sortation Associate,DONT DO IT,ZERO Honestly absolutely nothing.,"Managment, co workers, work, work environment, all of it","Clean house, the AM's are for the most part terrible. 92% of your level 1 associates are not doing ANYTHING for three hours",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10076,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,"AWS - Hard work, freedom to shine","1) Risk taking and new ideas are strongly encouraged. 2) Treated like an adult, freedom to do you job as you know how, not micro-managed. You are given reins to excel. 3) Stock incentives and sign-on bonuses fantastic (but salary only so-so) 4) Everyone here is outstanding -- helpful, engaged, whip smart. You will think to yourself ""How did they let me in here?"" 5) Very strong focus on customers and making their businesses better. It is a winning formula, as evidenced by tremendous growth of AWS. 6) Strong culture of the Leadership Principles (Google it). They are lived every day. If you want to win a debate/discussion with other employees, remind them how their position is not in keeping with a specific LP. Works almost every time. 7) Huge career opportunities. AWS is growing so fast, we have hundreds of openings. Moving around is supported.","1) Salary is so-so. At some point you will max out (but at least for me, the stock incentives and sign-on bonuses -- think multiples of a year's salary -- more than make up for not getting an extra 5-10% in the paycheck). 2) You will work hard, very hard. You can take PTO and vacations, but you have to protect them and not get caught in a trap of 24x7. If you remind them you need a break, managers will support you being away. 3) All your friends will ask you for discounts on Amazon goods. Little do they know employees barely get any.",Keep the culture!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10077,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,It was great ! Benefits were great but it is very easy to mess up.,"Decent pay and hours , benefits.",Easy to get fired and very fast pace,Idc,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10078,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Very good company to work with!,-Challenging projects -Very smart people -Flexible,-Sometimes too much work -A few holidays,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10079,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process guide,"Great associates, plenty of work.","Depending on where your location is Amazon has some strict and sometimes outlandish rules, rates, rates,RATES!! Amazon culture is not family friendly more concerned with business not employees personal concerns about the operation","Treat employees as humans and not robots, you can kill the morale of the best associates and burn out your best",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P226.htm
10080,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Not for everyone,"Great benefits, 401k, and time off.","Work/life balance, pay scale, promotional development",Pay your people what they are worth,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10081,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company but can be better,- Most coworkers are passionate and energetic - Exposed to new technologies,"- Work-life balance - Depends on the team, you might need to deal with legacy systems - Sometimes it is hard to be exposed to projects with large impact, because there are so many employees of Amazon",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10082,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound CVG1,-competitive pay -fun work environment -amazing health insurance,-policies may change without associates being made aware -management randomly cracks down on different policies,Respect employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10083,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid place to work,Great work and awesome pay,not too many benefits of working here,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10084,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"The technology infrastructure is absolutely fantastic! The build, deploy, collaborate, monitor and operate tools are just the best! The heart and soul of what makes AWS is at the tip of your fingertips --- fully visible, hackable and readable.  I like to think of Amazon as being the smallest big company. The org structure is highly decentralized to the point where variance in team processes, culture and even budget for lunch is different everywhere.  But underneath it all is the exact same leadership principles that guide everybody. Even to the point where other companies in the world have in one way or another straight out copied Amazon's leadership principles! Why wouldn't they! It's the best way to run a company.","Pretty much whatever makes a big company terrible place to work at. It's easy to get into a ""hive mindset"" and sometimes feel like you're just the cog in the machine. It is darwinian in the sense that someone generally does lose when someone else wins. But hey AMZN stock is doing so maddeningly well that they can just pay people six figure salaries just to keep the on-call rotation 1 week per quarter for eachSDE can just get away with it.",Normalize the budget and scope of technical projects for each SDE. Some people here are just mooching off of the others.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10085,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Generalist,Amazon is a great place to work!,Pros: good benefits lots of resources mobility great opportunities for career growth flexible work schedule and ability to work from home (depending on role) you are trusted to do your work working with advanced technologies working with brilliant people and top industry leaders,"Cons: work can be hectic, stressful, and challenging",None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10086,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Associate,A great part time job,Work can be hectic on weekends,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10087,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Dock Captain,Excellent work ethics,"Excellent experience on the ship dock, was appointed dock captain for amazon in edison fast learner and cross trainer.","The animosity or gossip that goes around in the workspace, creates an uncertain complication that affects everyone in the workplace.",Please watch out for the gossip and conflict arising in the workplace and also to a point those in charge that deserve there correct roles.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10088,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter - WW Operations,"Stock, Health Insurance, and looks good on your resume.","Time off, stock vesting, and pay is not as good as the other big players in the market. Most stay to get their stock vesting and then bolt. Most managers are miserable and take it out on others.  The once quick and nimble environment has changed. Too many Microsoft employees being hired - bringing in their slow, layered approach to leadership.  Beware of WW Operations Recruitment - literally paper pushing at it's best. The HR4HR Recruiting Leader has ran everyone off her team and is a bully - wanting to move up the ladder no matter what cost.",Quit hiring Microsoft employees - you are losing quick nimble approach to innovation. The layers that are being created are slowing down creativity and it will be evident in a few years.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10089,amazon,"Milford, MA"," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Sorter,sorter,Good work good place to work,Not good people to work with,Check your personnell pay attention to who you hire make sure the people don't have their own agenda and can be respectful of other people.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P227.htm
10090,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Trainer,Avoid Amazon Web Services,"-They pay you. Not well, but they have never missed a paycheck.","-Managers have no idea what is going on under them, and rarely communicate with one another. -The ""Frugality"" leadership principal is often weaponized to deny compensation. -Effectively a cult. If you don't drink the kool-aid you are ostracized. -95% of the training organization are alcoholics. -Employees treated like cattle. If you aren't overworking yourself, you are fired.","-The LPs should be virtues, not weapons to be used against your employees. -Develop the employees you already have rather than spinning the revolving door.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10091,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Sourcer,Sourcing Recruiter,"Independent, fast paced, you own your growth, surrounded by really smart folks, always learning, flexible all around.","Too many meetings, will keep putting things on your plate unless you say no.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10092,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,The Perfect Home,"I'm a mother of 3 boys so my schedule is kinda hectic. But Amazon allows a flexible work schedule so I can make sure I am always available for my children. Amazon is my home away from home. If I'm not ""Home with my children"", I'm ""Home with Amazon"". I love the fun and interactive ways to help people whether its helping them find the perfect dress for that special night out, or helping someone who doesn't know how to shop online place their first order. Every day is a learning experience and I LOVE that!",You must have patience and people skills.,"A smile will always shine through, even on the phone. If you can't tell their smiling, then clouds are in their way!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10093,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Technical Sourcer,"Everyone at Amazon (from my experience) is encouraged to be an owner. I have had the opportunity to drive highly impactful projects in recruiting, participate in experiments, create new processes, facilitate trainings, etc. There is so much to get involved in! Management encourages taking risks - if you have a good idea and can back it up with data, go for it! If it fails, fail fast and move onto the next big idea.","Less free stuff than other companies (Google, Facebook, etc.) but I'm cool with it because the work is so interesting.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10094,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Security Program Manager,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make His","There is a ton of Autonomy. You will be able to influence policy, standard, process, etc. It is always Day 1 so ""it has always been done that way"" does not handcuff you from making real change.","There is no mistake, you will have to work hard to be successful here. You don't get to have fun and make history without the hard work. “You can work long, hard, or smart, but at Amazon.com you can’t choose two out of three.”",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10095,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Learning Coordinator,Delivering smiles is my life,Getting to work with some of the smartest and most talented people I've ever met. Making lifelong friends with my team. Being challenged daily to be the best I can be. Working on a wide variety of tasks. Excellent pay and benefits. Sense of pride working for a company I believe is making the world better.,"Really, the only downside I see is having to hear and read all the negative press Amazon gets. When you're on the top, everyone wants to drag you down and it does get to you after a while when your company is constantly being attacked. It's hard not to take it personally when you care about your company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10096,amazon,"Savannah, GA"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Overall Great,Good pay Great health benefits Good time off/vacation policy Flexibility,Sometimes you have to deal with really rude customers,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10097,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Get flexibility and great enivornment,Bad hours but convenient if you have another job.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10098,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Associate,Decent pay for the work.,Flex time. So they can tell you to come in an hour earlier or stay an hour later than your original shift hours.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10099,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great work/people at Amazon AWS, low on growth",1. Great Software development work at AWS. 2. Intelligent teammates.,"1. Slow career growth. 2. Unclear career growth path. 3. Workload is high, more than often.",Focus on setting clear career growth path. Make it more objective than subjective. Increase salaries/benefits.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P228.htm
10100,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,site lead,great compensation with stock RSU's,the expectation is to work a lot of hours,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10101,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,"Good money, good benefits, good food choices for catering during lunch.","Stressful environment, Rushed work. Short breaks, by the time you get to where your going, five minutes has already passed. The place is huge and takes forever to walk!","Work on communication with all employees, not just your favorites.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10102,amazon,"Fresno, CA"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I Shipdock Outbound,Stay away from amazon,Decent benefits and cool coworkers.,"(This is for shipdock outbound. Idk about other positions) Horrible management. 1 person doing 3 trucks when it’s busy asf. Tier 3’s and managers just talking to each other and staring at computer doing nothing. They yell at you if 1 of your 3 truck is backed up. But they don’t wanna help. I mean if we leave this truck to do the other truck, this one will be backed up in a couple seconds too so can’t really do much about it when y’all only put 1 person to do 3 trucks and then y’all come back to yell at us cause there’s a blue light at the truck we just left. Bs. They expect you to do 3 people’s worth of work under the same time. Their motto about employees safety comes first is a load of crap. It should be putting boxes into the truck comes first. There is a lot of favoritism too. If they like you, they’ll put you on the easy jobs like spirals where you just scan. But if they don’t like you, say goodbye to your body cause you’ll be on trucks and other hard labor positions. They’ll let you do tdr training and and become learning ambassadors if they like you and you get to know them. They select not based on performance but based on how close employees are to them.",Have more employees in trucks. Stop playing favoritism and actually work with the tier 1’s in the trucks instead of just bossing people around while y’all stay comfortably on the ergo mats.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10103,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good culture Long Hours,Autonomy good feedback good managers,10 hour shifts odd daily schedules,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10104,amazon,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - SDS CS Associate,Awesome Company!!,"Work from home, flexible schedule, time off, benefits, manager and team support, culture and management principles, ownership, innovative, tools and resources at fingertips",None!! Awesome company!! Love the culture!!,"Continue being awesome and innovative!! Continue offering flexible schedule, schedule changes, time off, benefits, and support!!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10105,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Good benefits. Good pay.,Just a cog in the company. You are not significant unless your a top worker,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10106,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Once in lifetime experience,Amazon hires leaders who think/act like owners. If you are ambitious and have high degree of ownership Amazon is the place for you. Every team runs like startups and most of the decisions are made by the team members. Basically bottomup management.,If you are looking for a job for just paycheck this is not your place.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10107,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Development Manager,"Cutting edge technology, Smart people to work, exposure to large scale distributed technologies, fun place to work",Too much doc writing and lengthy OP1 process,"Bezos is awesome, Managers should continue to focus on making Day 1 experience.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10108,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Lab126 Software Engineer,"Customer Focussed, Ownership, One of the best salary in the industry.",Huge organization might lead to teams working towards same solutions oblivious of the other team's solutions. Large umber of products sometimes puts extra pressure on engineers and launch teams.,Keep up the customer focus and maintain the mentality of not being short term market impact of the hard decisions.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10109,amazon,"Hill AFB, UT"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Reviewer,Amazon is great and easy to use.,Best of both worlds and all at home,Not ant yet still new,Keep open communication,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P229.htm
10110,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - DCEO Facility Manager,Great Place to Work and Have Fun,"If you are a motivated self-starter that thrives in a fast paced, fast change, innovative environment, this is a great place to pursue a career. There are vast resources to support your professional growth and career development. If you are a military veteran, there are targeted programs for hiring and career advancement. Lastly and equally important, there are vast resources for social networking, creating fun both at and away from work.",No cons working for Amazon in Data Center Engineering Operations.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10111,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Non Inventory Receiver,Best. Job. Ever.,"My number one reason for working for Amazon is the benefits. Not just the killer health, vision, and dental. Oh, no, no no no. The stocks, the 401K, the paid time off, the vacation time, all the employee resources, the career and personal development. Not to mention the amazing people you're going to meet along the way. Plus you get to be a part of a company that does so much for technological development, as well as local and global communities. It's something to be proud of. :)","I don't see this as a con, but it's something I warn people about when they first come in- you will be expected to work, and sometimes really hard. FC jobs can be very physical and it's a dog eat dog world.",Associates know when you're new. Listen to them. And wear comfortable shoes. :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10112,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Manager (HR),Couldn't work elsewhere,"I love working here because of the people. I feel like a different person every 90 days because of the personal and professional growth working at this company. The leadership principles tie everyone across the company together. They are used in emails, meetings, papers, etc. and its the secret sauce that allows Amazon to be successful in multiple industries, AWS, TV/Movies, fulfillment, customer service etc.","Not going to lie, do I wish we had all the perks of free food, gyms, icecream... yes. But then again, I grew up in a household where mom and dad said put on a sweater when home gets cold. There's not culture of excess here and I love that.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10113,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"Amazon is a fast paced environment that challenges you to think outside of the box and challenge the status quo. Dealing with ambiguity and bias for action are two of the most important leadership strengths that will allow you to be successful. Amazon also allows you the opportunity to switch career paths to further your individual development. Overall, Amazon is an amazing company to work for and you truly can see your impact on a day to day basis.",Working at Amazon requires you to work with a speed is life mentality which at times can be a bit stressful. One area Amazon could improve on is slowing down before they speed up. At times this can cause communication issues/misses but if you are able to deal with ambiguity and can think logically in tough situations you will excel.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10114,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Market Research",Great environment,Very smart people all around me Fun environment Openness to trying new methods and tools Flexible hours as long as you get your work done Free snacks and beverages (didn't get that at prior CPG companies!) Management trusts us,Can be intense at time especially right before trade shows,Just keep letting us do our thing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10115,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"I mean, it's Amazon. :D","I'm working with smart people all the time, every day.",Commute in Seattle is BRUTAL,"Adopt a liberal approach to WFH opportunities, I spend 15 hours a week commuting. working from home twice a week would reduce that by 6 hours!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10116,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - AFE Associate,Amazon fulfillment center in Lexington,"Great benefits, monthly incentive bonuses.","Long hours, on your feet a lot",Maybe don’t be so uptight,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10117,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,"Great pay and benefits, exciting stuff","Amazon is truly a cutting edge place to be. It's exciting to be in on all the newest, amazing things Amazon is doing, testing things no one else can even know exist, being a part of a great American company that puts small businesses on the map. It feels good.",TERRIBLE culture. No trust. Trust is key to every relationship. Including professional ones. There is none here. No one has your back. So much backstabbing. Like. SO MUCH backstabbing! Everyone just wants to get ahead and they don't care if they run over their own mothers to do it. It's really sad to see so much deceit and manipulation in a place that you dreamed would be so great.,"Know your people. A good leader knows what's going on. Stop looking at the surface and the numbers, and actually pay attention to what the human beings are doing to each other.",3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10118,amazon,"Fresno, CA"," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Stowe,The co workers there are super nice. Fast pace work place.,There's a goal to meet,Keep up the good work,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10119,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 24, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Decent checks & easy job,-Hard to balance a social life with 10 hour shifts. -Constantly being pushed to work faster. -Breaks being cut in order to make it back to station on time - Hour system for time off could be done better. - No sympathy if you go negative on hours (heard of a co-worker going negative on hours because his brother had been shot and he was still sadly let go from Amazon),Stop treating your employees like robots.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P230.htm
10120,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alright,Job is easy as it gets and simple,Low pay and doesn't seem like anyone cares about you,Up the pay please,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10121,amazon,"East Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - SDE3,I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy (AWS RDS),"- RSUs (part of the salary is in stock, backdated 2 years) - smart people","- smart people who are jerks - literally no perks ($100 off Amazon, that's all) - unbelievable pressure, no support from management or HR -- they are just here to get the most out of you. Managers will interfere with you at all times, even though they are supposed to be non-technical. - no work life balance, nobody cares about you - insane on-call schedule: 8-12 hour shifts, night or day, once a week. No extra pay. You have 10 minutes to answer the pager and 30 mins to solve the problem or heads roll. Great for customers but insane for you! Expect to be busy the entire 8-12 hours. - culture is shockingly disempowering, innovation is a myth. It's all about getting things out as fast as possible. No project ever lasts a long time so there is only so much you can accomplish. Don't bother asking people questions -- that is extremely frowned upon - completely siloed teams. Every team reinvents the wheel. No infrastructure or tools team. - Extremely hierarchical system. Being a PE gives you power over everyone below you and is a huge advantage. In 2 years, 200+ people team, nobody got promoted to PE. 2 people got promoted to SDE3 working 100 hour weeks. Is it really worth it?? - everything runs by the 'leadership principles'. Everything. Read them closely. There is nothing there about caring for your employees, caring for your coworkers. The only recurring message in there is bending over backwards for customers. That's all that's important to this company.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10122,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Great company,"Work from home, great team, good benefits and bonuses",The scheduling system is not fair or accurate. Bad work hours,Management only tells you what you want to hear and doesn't stand up for the employee.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10123,amazon,"Gouldsboro, PA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Every day is Different,"Associates, stocks, hours, skills, experience","Miscommunications, misguided leadership, stress, follow through","Become more hands on. Other departments, the managers get their hands dirty with the tier 1s and share the load of the work. Stepping up and stepping in a bit more will go a long way for team morale.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10124,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,the stock is doing well,amazon deposits money into my bank account every month,quality of hires has gone down recently,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10125,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Account Executive,Lots of growth opportunities within the company,Absolutely no cons about the position. I love what I do.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10126,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Lack of Strong Design Culture or Understanding,Amazon offers the ability to switch teams pretty much at will so if you get bored you can find a new challenge.,"Design culture is nascent at best and design focuses solely on visuals. The company has no focus on design whatsoever and the culture around design has worsened over the last few years as more and more designers that lack the appropriate skills have entered into the upper levels of design who lack UX skills, but easily get by at Amazon due to a general lack of understanding of design and product throughout Amazon.  Engineers are very talented, but Amazon lacks strong front-end engineers (the role is literally just now being created) and has not prioritized UI developers at all. This makes it even more difficult to partner with engineering - who runs most of Amazon - as none of the engineers share a similar viewpoint since the majority of them do not have front-end skills. Product Management is similar as the majority of PMs at Amazon are glorified business analysts who are tasked with writing documents. Strategy is always secondary at Amazon as wefollow a shoot, fire, aim methodology and just hope that all of the random things we do add up to something we can sell.  If you're a design, PM, front-end engineer, or anyone looking to grow a career in product, I'd suggest working elsewhere. A few team (HCD, EDG, and maybe one or 2 others) have a stronger product culture, but it is incredibly rare to land on a team where product matters in the slightest.",Invest in designers with strategic skills. Actually make data-driven decisions. Hire legitimate product leaders to rethink product at Amazon.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10127,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Outbound Associate/Rebin,You are an expendable resource making a dime off Bezo's dollar profits while physically breaking yourself.,"Benefits, competitive entry level pay, location","Unrealistic metric goals, false sincerity from everyone in upper management to human resource, labor intensive, expendable associate culture, indoctrination of customer obsession, non supportive enviroment. Orthopedic nightmare from tasks without ergonomic support.","Stop promoting based off favoritism, listen to your associates concerns and recognize that they are the backbone of the entire operation and are what retains your consumer base. Keep passing promising employees over and you will lose more than just an associate for we are customers with families as well.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10128,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,don't drink the kool aid.,"the pay is nice in the beginning, while they actually honor it before they start deciding not to count hours that you work.","it's an uncomfortable cult-like vibe. fake smiles and brainwashing material everywhere from the second you step into the warehouse until you get to your work space. it is also a microcosmic modern version of george orwell's 1984. There's always someone watching your every single move. Have to go to the bathroom in the middle of your shift? Go ahead! but now we're going to dock you an hour or pay for 'time-of-task."" At times it's as though they're straight up thought police. When you go in, your just one of a million, and they make sure you don't forget that.",its not lower level managements fault. they drank jeff bezos's kool aid.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10129,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I work as self-employed person (delivery),"very good people, positive, help you job done",there is nothing i can complain,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P231.htm
10130,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Fulfillment Centers are no joke,"If you're not currently in the best shape of your life, one of two things will happen. 1. You will soon be in the best shape of your life 2. Your body will explain daily how this may not be the job for you  The leadership is always friendly and the company is AMAZING to work for, but come prepared to work!","Can you Zumba for 10 hrs a day? Are you prepared to push yourself to the limits each and every day? If so, this is the job for you. A con for some, but what I say is, ""Most people pay to work out, I get paid to work out!""","Please stop doing ""Beat the manager"" competitions, it's really a slap in the face to already exhausted employees to have a ""fresh"" manager come in and make it seem easy for a 1/2 hr. While we're 3/4 through a shift, already paced ourselves to make rate ALL DAY, and they walk in fresh wanting to ""play"". Most employees I've spoken to laugh at the competition as ""Coming in on the 4th lap of the mile and beating everyone to the finish line"".",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10131,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Fulfillment Associate (Full Time, Over 1 Year)","Health insurance and benefits, 401k, and a stable work schedule (excluding July, and October to December) If you want a steady job, and are okay with extremely repetitive tasks, this is a good position.","1. For as large as Amazon is, the lack of communication is ridiculous. The flow of information from OPS managers, to Area managers, to Tier 1 employees is nonexistent.  2. You are not an employee, you are a number, a statistic. There is so much pressure placed on everyone, from the top down, that no one sees a larger picture. Managers refuse to give indirect roles (people that work to supply product, clear garbage, allow stowers/pickers to work non-stop for 10 hours a day) the help that they need because they need every single stower available to increase their numbers. That leaves each indirect doing the physically demanding work of three people. Management ignores the stress that this puts on employees in direct and indirect roles.  3. ATTENTION DEGREE HOLDERS. Do not believe that your degree means anything here. Unless you are specifically hired as management or higher, you will not be considered for promotions. Promotions are given strictly on seniority. You will have to work here for 2-3 years before they will call you in for an 'interview'. It does not matter what degree you hold, how much experience you hold in the position, or how qualified you are. They do not care unless you have been there the longest.  4. There is no loyalty. Management only listens to what they want to hear. One manager came to our floor and asked the 16 of us that were working there 'what would motivate us to do our jobs better'. 15 of us said a livable wage. 1 person said being able to listen to music. You can guess what we got. We are told that our $12.25/hr is competitive because we are compared to Walmart and Target. Not other warehouses and other fulfillment centers that pay between $17.50 and $19.00.  5. While managers are given Peak (Christmas) bonuses, all we received was a t-shirt. Really?","Give your employees the resources they need to do the job effectively. Management is strictly reactive, never proactive. Consistently, they will wait for an emergency to happen rather than take the simple steps to prevent the emergency. Stop caring about numbers, and realize that if you didn't put so much pressure on your employees, they would absolutely perform better. It's shocking how much productivity improves when people aren't fearing for their jobs, and indirects are not physically exhausted.  Finally, suck it up and pay your employees a livable wage. Currently, we are too close to being able to afford food stamps when we are working 40 hours a week. Stop trying to manipulate everything to avoid paying us.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10132,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nothing special but not bad,"was alright tbh, nothing too bad","wasnt great, didnt inspire or anything",keep on truckin tbh,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10133,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Political,There is potential of company growth,Inside has become very political.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10134,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,"Part-time, work from home was pretty nice. Make your own shift. Take off when you need if you have the hours to take. I got 20 hours every 3 months to take off whenever I needed. No calling in. Plus, there was plenty of VTO posted every week, so you can take those hours if they're posted and not have to work.","Very unforgiving disciplinary system. Your customers are you judge and jury, so if they're having a bad day to begin with, not much can stop them from giving you a ""No"", which to Amazon is the bottom line.","CSAs get recorder. Let CSAs protest the ""No""s and have a team leader review it and take it away if it's not the CSA's fault.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10135,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Sr. Product Manager,"* Smart people, especially on the front lines and in line management * Cool problems * Relatively high level of autonomy, transparency * Values scrappiness, data savvy * Relatively less organizational politics than places of similar size * Great place to be a woman in early career, I am assessed based on my capabilities far more than my gender. This may not be as true in the FCs as it is in corporate HQ. * Jeff B, for all his lack of empathy on Twitter, is a brilliant business leader and refuses to let the organization get complacent or over-bureaucratic. That's a tendency of large organizations and he checks it and pushes Jeff W to correct for it much faster than other leaders. I fundamentally deeply trust his ability to keep us on track.","* Currently going through one of those ""we hired too fast, now we need to de-bureaucratize our selves"" periods. * I'm not confident that senior leadership values diversity enough, and that can mean that good ideas from women, people of color, and people who understand poorer communities get heard don't get the traction they deserve. * Especially in the US Retail business, many leaders were promoted based on what made us successful ~5 years ago and haven't been able to adjust their leadership styles to new realities.",Deal with upper management performance problems faster Work on communicating that you're aware of problems and what you're doing to fix them at a company level faster,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10136,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Easy to switch teams and high level of ownership,"Super smart people, great campus, good extracurricular activities/speakers, lots of ownership, always learning, easy to switch teams","Hard to get promoted/advance your career, not a lot of women in leadership roles, work/life balance can be really difficult depending on your team, the risk of getting a bad manager, too many meetings, too much process",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10137,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,A different company,"A lot of things work differently in Amazon compared to other companies. You are encouraged to ask hard questions, push back with leadership and not tow the line. Easy to change roles and teams. Innovation and ideas are respected. You learn everybody, due to the smart group of people you interact with.","You end up working 24X7 unless you consciously start prioritizing only what can get done and pushing back on what can't. Compensation is not the best in the industry, although the sky rocketing stocks make that a non-issue.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10138,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA,They don't care about you,They have great benefits and coverage including vision and dental that you pay very little for,"Be prepared to freeze in colder areas and have them not care..layer up!!!! It's all about their numbers, you are just another person to be replaced at any moment and they treat you as such",Care more about your employees and they'll work harder to reach goals,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10139,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A place where builders can build… against all odds,"* Smart people, if you choose the right team. So don't go by ""sexy"" tech, just a good manager, good engineers and good business team.  * Decent pay. Less than other big companies, but more than smaller ones, especially considering the stock part (you have to be patient to get it)  * Interesting technology. The scale of the systems is astonishing, and the design patterns and practices for distributed systems an engineer can learn are invaluable. But don't expect it on the lower levels of the software (see cons).  * There are opportunities to learn business side of things, soft skills etc, if you are up for it and have a good team. You kind of need to understand the business and the customer to be competent in what you are building. Less so for tech stuff (see cons)","* Software Development Managers are hit and miss. Only some people are truly great and iconic (I am lucky to work for one, but that's last 3 years out of 7). Amazon figured out how to hire engineers well, but they seem to not do such a good job with managers. They do get the training, so over time some get better. If they want to.  * Despite the number of truly smart engineers and hackers in the best sense of the word, there are a lot of folks who got CS degree & basic experience but require oversight, mentoring and time to grow. This ratio is not favorable for more experienced SDE2/3 engineers (there are teams who are exceptions to this).  * Business management is hit or miss. Predominantly male and bro (I am male too), often falling into alpha-male mode of decision making, occasionally attracting poor actors who throw an entire organization into a doomsday project for a couple of years, claim the delivery, get their bonus, and then move to, say, AWS with no consequences when the product quietly flops and dies 1-2 years later.  Don't get me wrong, I understand the idea of ""failing fast"" and trying new things, but it pains me to see when potentially good ideas are implemented haphazardly, without proper UX upfront work, without talking to prospective end customers, using a ton of cowboy coders and poor design (both UX and technical). Sometimes Amazon gets so lucky that the customers like their product despite the poor initial quality, giving the company enough time to improve it. It shows from the customer perspective, Amazon seems to be perpetually in the niche of ""this is not Apple, but convenient enough for me to use it until somebody else makes a better version of this product"".  * Software is pretty poor on the low level. There are a few brilliantly designed systems, but the rest is a mess of startup-like code, half of which is deprecated and is written to meet short term business goals. SOA architecture but interactions between services are not thought through. Not many engineers know the big picture from tech and business standpoint. There is a constant pressure on the business (which directly translates to engineers) to take shortcuts and ship fast, because everyone else does.  To give credit to Amazon, they tend to go through multi-year phases of chaotic expanding and then cleaning up, but it comes at the cost of engineers surviving through supporting (oncall) the crappy systems and having no resources (or knowledge) to fix them after the business finally says ""ok, now we are truly losing money and people on this, let's fix it up please?""  I am oncall this week and I was up till 5AM fixing things on Saturday night, only to hit the wall when another system didn't do what I expected. Neither of 3 other people from other related systems and respective support teams which I contacted knew which action need to be taken and whose system should be responsible for fixing the issue. As I said, in my experience only few engineers have deep understanding of the systems they own. The rest are struggling with crappy code, poor/no documentation (Amazon SDE/SDMs are kind of perversely proud of not documenting things) and passing the buck until they hit the person who knows the answer expected from them.  * Lots of internal software which is built poorly where an open-source system would be better. ""Not invented here"" syndrome. There is no excuse for that, because improving / scaling up the open-source systems would be less costly than building poor internal clones. And better for the rest of the world.  Bottom line - if you come to work here, you need to have integrity as an SDE or SDM. You need to be a self-starter and probably a bit workaholic. You need to be opinionated and confident enough to voice concerns and propose ideas, but also a good listener and open to ideas of others. You need to own your projects and be willing to drive them, be the squeaky wheel and demand that things are done in a long-term sustainable way. If you get a good and supportive manager, and smart business people, you will make things better. If you are an experienced engineer and plan on only following what you are told to do by your boss, please go somewhere else.  If you are a beginner SDE - you will learn, but be prepared to take ownership for advancing your career, putting extra time outside of work to learn new things and not rely on your manager for it (because chances are, your manager won't do it very well).  Be prepared to understand the agreements you sign, especially the part which says that Amazon can claim anything you code, design or ideate, even outside of workplace.","Invest in UX designers and processes and you will save a lot of pain to your customers. Any product I use - Alexa app, Amazon mobile app, retail website has a constant trail of sub-par quality and problems, which should be glaringly obvious to a good UX and IX designer. Create mechanisms to ensure your business PMs utilize market and UX research more, before spending money on building random ideas and seeing what sticks. Focus more on internationalization of the product catalog, supporting long-tail items and accessibility of the website and apps.  Raise the hiring bar on SDMs or provide them training and time to become better. Keep the team sizes small, with team areas of responsibility clearly defined. Make SDM university or something, just don't drop them into work unprepared - it really kills their subordinates' experience.  Fix incentives for business teams to think short-term: ""how to we grow our business X% next year"". Create incentives to invest enough in the long-term initiatives, take risks, but make them know and use the UX talent for goodness sake.  You waste a ton of money due to: open seating and ""high density seating"", lack of meeting rooms (esp. dedicated ones), poor conferencing tools, using Outlook and a naive expectation that every employee will do a good job re-inventing a system of self-time management.  Oh yeah, and fix the 401k problems.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P232.htm
10140,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,That is Real Funny,i cant think of any,Everything. The main thing is that the managers are always checking your scan rate and if your scan rate is not good then you get coached.,Learn People Skills-The managers get a bonus so that is why they are always jumping on the associates for their scan.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10141,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Culture is amazing and very unique to rest of the industry. Dynamism which creates room for continuous innovation and new opportunities to cease. Truly a customer-eccentric company which challenges one to maintain high performance bar.,Compensation competitiveness is not very great.,"Focus on redefining the compensation structure to make it more favorable for employees. Also, heavily focus on ""Diversity and Inclusion"" to continue to elevate company's bar over customer experience and for building a world-class culture.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10142,amazon,"Braselton, GA"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - General Manager Assistant,General Manager Assistant,Comfortable attire and fun fast pace place to work. Innovative and always changing!,Once you get in the company they don't do much to keep great talent when it comes to annual pay increases and stocks.,"Pay for performance. There should never be a time where you have a top forming individual contributor that gets a minimal raise and others around them get the maximum. The term, "" You get what you pay for"" rings true in people compensation as well.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10143,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,I am a stower,It's a great company to grow.,They offer too much VTO,Reach out those employees with professional experience to be promoted,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10144,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Sollution Architect,"Continuous Learning as culture, Opportunity to make big impact and Very nimble culture.",While I don't think its con...some do... things do move relatively fast here...,Ownership is great. Teamwork is important too. Need put more emphasis on better collaboration.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10145,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Good pay, great time off system",Hard work long hours short breaks,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10146,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,"It’s not for everyone, I didn’t have a good experience.","Its a job, easy to get hired on when you need something fast. Amazing benefits.","1. Incompetent management. 2. The first few weeks while your under that learning curve security blanket management & assistants are there for you and super supportive but once that’s two weeks is up they throw you to the wolves and it’s every man for himself. 3. Unrealistic expectations. 4. While they expect you to be a team and work together they discourage casual conversation with your co-workers on the floor and crack the whip to constantly meet rates that are ever increasing. No time for talk just work. 5. Be prepared for a lot of disappointment if you want to reach out for training or development opportunities. Even if you bust your butt, put in the work, meet rate or go over it’s never good enough.","After the learning curve don’t stop supporting your team. If rates aren’t being met or there’s a spike in quality errors don’t push the team harder. Get to the root of them problem, even if that means getting on the floor with us.",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10147,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,WOW,Good pay Great benefits Spacious Very Diverse fun place to work very understanding people willing to help with any situation,They allow certain amount of people get away with a lot of things. Always Cherry-picking have to meet a daily/weekly goal.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10148,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Stable and secure Good management team Friendly environment,Fast-paced and need to meet tight deadlines,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10149,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"Great Pay, 12 an hour in this state is not that bad","Physical Job, It may look like it but handling package for long shift can be awful",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P233.htm
10150,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Corporate Recruiter,"Great Company, Great Culture!","I absolutely love that you can pretty much create your own career path here. You are never tied down to one specific role or any specific lane. Your peers are truly partners and everyone helps each other when needed.  The work/life/balance is fantastic. You get a ton of PTO and the benefits are amazing.  The culture here is very much a work hard, play harder type of environment. The managers are always making things fun and it really makes work enjoyable.  Not to mention that it is very much an ""open door"" type environment. It doesn't matter if you have worked here for one week or 5 years, you can go directly to the Director's office and ask questions or just chat.",I would say that he only con would be not being more involved in activities that happen in Seattle. Working remotely does limit those options.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10151,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter Review,"Amazon provides an abundance of self-development opportunities. On a weekly basis, whether you are new or experienced in your role, you are able to participate in voluntary learning sessions that build your skillset.  Continuous innovation exists at all levels. Ideas are heard and implemented. In my tenure, I have never seen a stagnant organization or department. Process are constantly improved and innovated.",Workload can be unbalanced during seasonal peaks.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10152,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Security,It is all about your team!,"Highly intelligent coworkers, the Amazon Way of communicating and strategy, interesting projects and people who have passion for their work, animals, and their coworkers",If you can't manage boundaries - you will work yourself to the ground.,"Continue to grow leaders and managers to focus on the people. Resources are always lacking, and knowing the teams challenges and reiterating back is helpful.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10153,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing,Great place to create your own destiny,Smart people Lots of opportunity Supportive culture,Self-service nature is not for everyone Need to be comfortable with ambiguity,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10154,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,NewHire & OnBoarding,Amazon is the most efficient large company I've seen (through 20 years of my career). It's more then impressive to see how to make sure that ever employee can spend their time focusing on their role and being a success rather then administrative or overhead tasks.,"No cons, loving the AWS team at Amazon!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10155,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Lots of Ownership Lots of impactful work Lots of autonomy Smart people Plenty of work life balance for me Manager and leader is great My voice is heard and respected Learning a ton and open to my suggestions on how I want to grow,- The ambiguity isn’t a problem but at amazons scale slows down processes at times  - approach to certain things aren’t as great as they should be  - central teams are a drag when they underperform,"Hold central teams accountable and hold them to the same standards as a normal team Tuition reimbursement would be great (hard to do with over TONS of employees so not sure what’s possible) Overall I only have minor gripes, and really enjoying my time at amazon thus far.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10156,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Training Program Manager,Training Program Manager,You work with the best and brightest employees at all levels. People are ambitious and are always thinking ahead of the curve. Being innovative but for the right reasons is how things progress and working in a collaborative an inclusive environment make it fun!,Doing more with less is a challenge and with little direction. It's not the perfect place for everyone unless you like the challenge.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10157,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Amazon offers so many great benefits.,Amazon offers many growth opportunities. They have amazing benefits. Amazon has a unique culture that is easy to fall in love with. Amazon is very diverse. Amazon offers career choice.,You have to work most holidays.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10158,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - General Manager,Great Opportunities to Grow...Quickly!,-Growth opportunities -Focus on leadership -Strong culture of innovation -Values integrity and customer obsession,Challenging leadership environment. You get the opportunity to lead large teams to tackle big problems. It can be overwhelming to some people.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10159,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,Talented co-workers & exciting projects,"Amazing and talented co-workers, very warm environment, exciting projects, supportive management that really want you to be successful.","organized chaos within the office. Like any new company, structure and guidelines are a work in progress, so that will change soon. It's all a WIP!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P234.htm
10160,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Staffing Coordinator,Work Hard,"Travel, benefits, work with bright people, stock, challenging projects","Tons of hours, delay/lack of communication",Even more focus on career progression/ eliminate hourly L4 role,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10161,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,I love working here,"Very smart people, great products, great company culture","Very fast paced environment. While having smart people a lot of smart people is a plus, the pace of innovation can be intimidating and challenging.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10162,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Innovators thrive,Amazon is a great place for innovators. We are always pushing the boundaries of what is possible and we value employees who are able to help chart the course of the future. Amazon is also filled with high performers who continually raise the bar. People who like being challenged to learn and grow will love Amazon.,"Amazon moves at a fast pace and we are often working in an ambiguous space as we build new features or businesses for our customers. This can be uncomfortable for people who prefer established processes. We often move forward with incomplete information when speed is critical and the decision is a ""two way door"". Many people thrive in this type of environment, but this can be a challenge for others.","Create lightweight mechanisms to inspect team results to avoid over indexing on looking backwards. Innovators get energy from building and we need to be intentional about learning enough from history to inform the future, without burdening the team with excessive reporting.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10163,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Talent Supply Chain Solutions Lead,HR Specialist,"affordable Health benefits and great equity package -fast paced and challenging but rewarding environment -very diverse management workforce -plenty of autonomy -non traditional work environment. (laid back, no strict dress code) -plenty of opportunities for career development",-Amazon's flexible and ever changing business model may frustrate those used to a more structured work environment,communicate change more effectively to direct reports,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10164,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Not for everyon but excellent for some!,"Amazon can be a challenging environment and is not for everyone, especially if you do not want to work hard and be all in. If you are willing to put in the effort, Amazon is extremely rewarding and allows one to do far bigger things here than you could anywhere else in the same fields!","The drive can be aggressive and sometimes seems unfriendly and tough. Again, if you work hard and want to drive hard yourself, this is not terrible.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10165,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Limitless growth and opportunity available,"The amount of ambition internally here is striking. Amazon is not afraid of having long term vision and taking huge bets.  You have a lot of responsibility, but with it comes a tremendous amount of opportunity and ownership.","Amazon is a massive, complex company with a lot of parallel initiatives. With that there's a ton of information to absorb, which can be pretty overwhelming for new hires.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10166,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Amazing Company that promotes from within,-Promotions even if you have not been here that long -Fun activities throughout the year...not just during peak,-Hours can get long and tedious,Keep up the great work!!!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10167,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,shift manager,mobility. jobs are located all over,it is not equal opportunity for women,its not what you know its who you know,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10168,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Open office breeds introverts,Employees are well compensated and the offices are new,The open office set up is proven to make people more introverted. Approaching anyone is difficult in the wide open offices. Training is non existent Open office may work for some but I don’t think the majority,Make even low level managers more approachable and supportive,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10169,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,Really Nothing to share :V,Everything is so terrible :V,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P235.htm
10170,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,shift manager,mobility. jobs are located all over,it is not equal opportunity for women,its not what you know its who you know,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10171,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Open office breeds introverts,Employees are well compensated and the offices are new,The open office set up is proven to make people more introverted. Approaching anyone is difficult in the wide open offices. Training is non existent Open office may work for some but I don’t think the majority,Make even low level managers more approachable and supportive,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10172,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,Really Nothing to share :V,Everything is so terrible :V,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10173,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Great place to work for ... smart people ...,Hard to get promotion from L6 to L7,Doing a great job already,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10174,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"The work is okay, however the people are hard to deal with","Most of the associates are hard working and just want to be recognized for their efforts. It is a factory, more than a warehouse for a lot of locations and the work can be monotonous and tedious.  The 4-day work schedule is great. The health insurance is affordable as well as the vision and dental. Access to 401k with matching. Stocks are awarded annually but have a long vesting schedule. Small monthly bonuses are given for people who take no time off of work.  After a year, Tier 1 associates can get part of college tuition paid for a select group of majors.  My fellow Process Assistants have been some of the best people I have ever worked with in my 25+ years of working experience. Sure we have our personal differences of whom we like and dislike, but I have never seen that get in our way of getting the business of getting customers their deliveries.","After working at two different warehouses, it's run by 20-year olds fresh out of college that are mostly the ""know it all"" types. And, when I say ""run by"" I mean the Area Managers and Operations Managers. In my experience, this is the worst part of the company, and the hardest part to deal with. These 20-year olds are gossipy, play favorites, and have very little in the way of actual leadership skills because this is their first job out of college. In my experience, the Tier 1s are a lot more mature than the AMs and OMs.  It's so hard to come to work every day and push the Tier 1s to get faster and faster at their factory job while still pushing them to keep quality errors at a minimum. The Tier 1s get sick of hearing about rates, and feel like they are constantly being told negative things.",The Process Assistants are some of the best assets you have. Why don't you promote more from within the company and not hire fresh out of college to people with no actual leadership skills nor work experiences.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10175,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"If you are a self-starter and know what you want to do with your career, this is the place for you. Any go-getter will find this place tremendously innovative and exciting. There is always something new around the corner.","Elitist attitudes and clique-ishness are heavily prevalent in some business areas. This is fine if you are found to be ""one of us"", but if you are not included it can be a real bummer. Having the highest standards should not translate to ""better than thou"". The whole org could use more training on inclusivity and unconscious bias.","I can see that sourcing one's inner circle for hiring can be a great way to find excellent trustworthy talent. I think, however, that hiring friends (especially close ones) to work for the team you manage defeats the purpose of seeking diverse perspectives and working to disconfirm one's beliefs. Seems like a conflict of interest that could negatively affect those who are not part of the inner circle, but working on the team.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10176,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,"Great place to work, depending on the team",-Working with intelligent and driven people -Exposure to interesting work/challenges -Lots of room to grow as a professional -Ability to maneuver between different teams/orgs -Compensation is good,-Lack of transparency from the top down -Work/life balance (depending on the team) -High turnover,Be more transparent with employees and work to keep teams from working in silos.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10177,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best challenge of my career!,"Challenges, ownership, the opportunity to roll out brand new technology","CHALLENGES-- not for the faint of heart, but if you're up for it, Amazon can be incredibly gratifying",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10178,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company, but up to you for success",1- There are COUNTLESS opportunities available to you. 2- Every Associate has exposure to diverse workforce in both skills and backgrounds. 3- Data/fact driven to make sure that decisions are logically justified and sound. 4- The company is growing like a weed with no signs of slowing down anytime soon!,"1- While there are a lot of opportunities, there are also several more other eager and competitive candidates pursuing each and every one. It is very difficult to stand out amongst the competition. 3- While the doc culture surfaces some great insights and decisions, it requires an impractical amount of time to create a proper doc, limiting the available time to actually ""get things done."" 4- The company (intentionally or otherwise) encourages a competitive culture where every Associate needs to exceed their peers. It delivers great results, but also can generate burnout trying to ""be better than everyone else."" 5- Work/life balance management is a non-stop juggling act between deliverables, outshining peers, and trying not to burnout personal relationships outside of work. 6- The ""total compensation"" structure is not ideal (""great performance"" yields no annual raise in lieu of stocks 3yrs from now and the growth of my previously awarded stocks impact my current reward?!)","In one on one discussions, Management is very insightful and inspirational. However, it's nearly impossible to have those discussions and Management's true vision is unclear or only partially disseminated/understood by the Associates ""doing the work.""",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10179,amazon,"Gouldsboro, PA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,My experience so far,"stocks, benefits , job experience , values , skills",it can be stressful at times but working through and realizing your not the only who might have an off day will and can help you see that your human and the importance of team support. help lift each other up.,"For my particular site i would say the communication, sometimes things fall through the cracks or aren't explained in a manner that we can understand. lol it's hit and miss but we strive to make improvements so we can have a flourishing work environment . For more advice to the higher uppers try to have balance , being a boss is great and all but leaders strive to build a strong foundation with the crew they have and don't mind getting their hands dirty. WE A TEAM, WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE ANOTHER BACKS. AMAZON FAMILY BRUH!",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P236.htm
10180,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Writer,Great company,"Well run company, serious about diversity, minimal politics.","High growth/high turnover. Compensation is great coming in the door, not so great a few years later.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10181,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,My fellow coworkers make it easier as the day goes by. There is room for growth within the company. They have other things like Career Choice if you want to obtain a career outside of Amazon. The health insurance is AMAZING 4 day work week.,Sometimes management doesn't communicate changes quickly. Sometimes the newly hired managers don't know how to talk to associates.,"I wish I could see more managers who started off as tier 1 employees. Currently in my building, I think there's only 3 managers who started off as tier 1.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10182,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You own your career @ Amazon,"Opportunities abound! Like most large companies, Amazon encourages the movement of employees- laterally and vertically. Lower level positions need only apply to open positions to get offers for lateral movement without even an interview! We have access to all open positions around the globe as well as access to the self paced training materials to help prepare us for the opportunities. The benefits are good, the environment is too and we have plenty of opportunities to voice our opinions.","It's such a large company that many good people who do not like to take credit for their good work, are easily overlooked by the workers who demand the attention.",Stop paying so much attention to the squeaky wheels and focus more on the grease that keeps things moving quietly.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10183,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Sourcing Recruiter,Great Place to work,Great community of colleagues Smart People Fun- Hard working Environment,"Metrics are far-fetched for recruiting but, nothing that isn't possible if you organize your time.",Rotational Programs,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10184,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA,"fun working culture, and the pay was average",workload was a lot to handle at first,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10185,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Manager,"Company is a goliath in society and always a step ahead. It feels good to contribute in such a powerhouse. You will meet some very bright people. Pending where you are, but most likely, you WILL wear many hats. 3 day weekends. Stocks! They will pay for just about everything and really help you.","Growth is dictated on where you are and who is above you. Simple as that. If you don't have a good manager above you, it will only hurt you. Politics are involved on a site by site measure. It really just depends on the site you land at. For the most part, you will be understaffed. Pending your site, the work/life balance is horrible. 3 day weekends, but you will be exhausted to truly enjoy them. No holidays off except for Christmas Day unless you're corporate or your site manager decided to close for others.",Seek to understand before pointing fingers or implementing anything new.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10186,amazon,"South San Francisco, CA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Good,pay is more than minimum wage,the work is physically demanding,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10187,amazon,"Fresno, CA"," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Great pay, but!!!","Great pay, Four day work week",They treat you like you are cattle at work. They have a high workers injury rate due to the rate that they require (Work comp Doctor says that when they got the contract for injuries their caseload skyrocketed. They have an ageism atmosphere as well.,Remember that outside customers are not the only customers. You need to remember that you actually have interior customers as well. Take better care of your employees.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10188,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Doesn't Always Appear Fair,"Stock, Variable Compensation, Personal Tme","Advancement from outside, Seniority and Experience not always factored.",More hiring and recognition from within,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10189,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon ASSOCIATE,"benefits, bonuses, only work 4 days a week. indirect roles available, and they pay for up to an associates degree",turnover rate is very high and long shifts,Don't treat employees like a number,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P237.htm
10190,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working With Amazon,Good Pay and interesting work,Stale culture and a bit stressful at times,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10191,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's work from home,"Great team, Work from home opportunities","Metrics seem unfair, You get yelled at a lot.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10192,amazon,"Lancaster, OH"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Architect,AWS Professional Services Cloud Infrastructure Architect,"Customer obsession and leadership principles are real and used in daily decision making. Amazing people to work with and learn from on projects. Interesting, relevant and in-demand cloud services. Opportunity to work with customers that I would never have had outside of AWS. Internal growth and career development opportunities are as broad and extensive as I have seen anywhere. Encouraged to explore, learn and build new solutions. Part of something growing, innovating and important to customers.","Organization and information base is huge and de-centralized. It can be challenging to find specific people or skills or information. Difficult to keep up with all of the innovations and changes, though there are many internal mechanisms to help.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10193,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very peculiar, indeed!","I get to work with the smartest people on the planet which can only serve to help me better myself. I am constantly learning everyday! This is like no other company in the world, we always start with the customer and work backwards. I am constantly amazed when given a choice, Amazon seems to always make the right long term decision that favors customers and employees vs making the typical business decision geared toward short term gains to satisfy shareholders.","This company is not for everyone, there is a very high bar that must be met and unless you are ready to work hard, have fun and make history everyday you could get burned out quickly","Remember it is always Day 1, don't change. We cannot afford to become a Day 2 company....",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10194,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Administrator,Amazon Corporate,Can bring my dog to work. Everyone is friendly. Lots of food options. Amazon is so fast paced everyone is constantly working but then out of the blew someone comes out with a tiki hat and music!,Having to travel downtown can be difficult if working in corporate. You have to be able to work with sometimes little direction on a project.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10195,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Program Manager,Great place to do BIG things,Amazon treats you like an adult and you are trusted to do your job and given the freedom to take it as far as you want. The playing field feels more level with processes like sharing docs in meetings in lieu of powerpoint and backing all ideas up with data and experimentation.,"You get the responsibility you ask for and at first this can feel overwhelming and stressful. Since we are doing new things all the time you will deal with a lot of ambiguity and navigate processes that don't feel like a large, more mature organization.",Continue the culture of trusting your employees and pushing them to question and experiment. Be patient with new staff as it can be hard to navigate initially.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10196,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,The world's most customer-centric company is great for designers,Customer obsession and the leadership principles aren't just corporate fluff - Amazonians use these everyday.,Amazon is a fast-paced work environment where people expect direct-talk and ownership,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10197,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,HR Business Partner,Innovative and safe place to introduce new ideas.,The lack of integration between HR tools.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10198,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Non-Inventory Specialist,Best Job I've Ever Had!,Plenty of room for advancement for anyone who is willing to work for what they want.,Can become monotonous if morale falls low.,Learn as much as you can about your employees. It will help boost their spirits knowing that their manager wants to learn more about their AA's.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10199,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Sr Product Manager,"Culture of innovation and objectivity, fast-paced, data-driven, flexible/family-friendly. Bring your Kids to Work Day rocks!",It can be hard to prioritize personal time against work you want to accomplish. You need to set your own goals for how you want to achieve work/life harmony.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P238.htm
10200,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loving it so far....,"Agile for a large company, humble - they are willing to change based on feedback, Leadership Principles aren't just a poster, they are lived everyday at every level of the organization.","with the more complex internal processes, it is tough to find the right person that owns it to help move it along or change it...",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10201,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Great place to work,"You drive your own success at Amazon.  Amazon provides an open environment for employees to get involved with just about anything they are interested in internally. There is plenty of opportunity for internal movement between different departments, which provides great career development options for employees.","Satellite offices aren't quite the same as HQ, but they are working on getting there.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10202,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,Fast paced data driven work environment Several opportunities to learn and contribute positively,Poor work life balance on some ocassions,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10203,amazon,"Cheboygan, MI"," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Vcc-CSA,"Average pay, helpful and friendly co- workers and supervisors. Works with you when an emergency happens.","If you don't get converted, you are let go....and have to wait at least 90 days to re apply.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10204,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Well rounded engineering experience,"I believe working for Amazon has made me a better engineer. There is a lot of wisdom in decision making processes and business practices guided by the companies leadership principles, which are actually used on a daily basis and not just a poster on the wall. The focus on operations and customer value are something I had not experience in past roles. I can see myself retiring in Amazon, but even if I leave, I think my experience here would help me significantly in thriving elsewhere.","Frugality is one of the leadership principles, so some folks could be disappointed by the lack of some perks offered by other leading companies e.g. good catering, business class travel, conference attendance, etc.","Keep it up, but don't forget to leave time to taste the coffee.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10205,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon - Best place and company to work for,Amazon's ambiance and work-space Helpful people Food fest and canteen,Not any but need to be committed towards work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10206,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Stable and secure Good management team Friendly environment,Fast-paced and need to meet tight deadlines,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10207,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"Great Pay, 12 an hour in this state is not that bad","Physical Job, It may look like it but handling package for long shift can be awful",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10208,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Shipping Clerk,Shipping Clerk,"Amazon when it first opened up was an amazing place to work, Management was friendly and everyone worked hard and together to get daily and weekly goals met while still having time to work on projects that would further improve the company hence why I'm giving them 2 stars instead of 1.","Over the years, things started to change. Managers began to practice heavy in favoritism and upper management began asking for more and more as they should in an ever growing company like Amazon. However, they would demand and no manager would ever show backbone(one of the company standards) and state that certain things where necessary before productivity increased. They would agree to increase the burden on their corresponding departments try to survive for a year or half because that's all they had to last before they were transferred or promoted, leaving the mess they left to lower management(process assistants, shipping clerks, even the oncoming area manager sent to replace them). I witnessed an entire department fall in my years there and become notorious. I showed backbone not because I was fighting back, but because I was passionate about my job and just wanted to see my department succeed. I don't believe a company can be evil, but my latter time at Amazon was some of the most frustrating and horrendous years of my life and it bothers me to this day still how people are treated in the building known as Ont2.",Amazon is a huge company and work ethnics need to be improved. Please stop mistreating and bullying your employees.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10209,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,AWS CloudFormation,"You will get chances to know every AWS resource. Great distributed system. Engineers are very friendly, talented and hardworking here.","Work life balance sucks. CFN team management is (one of) the worst in AWS, with little employee benefit and super slow promotion track. Management layer is so over powered that opinions from engineers cannot be heard or respected enough (to some extent).",Keep hiring new employees will not stop people from leaving. Figure your problems out.,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P239.htm
10210,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,AWS CloudFormation,"You will get chances to know every AWS resource. Great distributed system. Engineers are very friendly, talented and hardworking here.","Work life balance sucks. CFN team management is (one of) the worst in AWS, with little employee benefit and super slow promotion track. Management layer is so over powered that opinions from engineers cannot be heard or respected enough (to some extent).",Keep hiring new employees will not stop people from leaving. Figure your problems out.,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10211,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,time off is good for job,management is not fully trained,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10212,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Director,The place for entrepreneurial high tech employees,"Entrepreneurial environment with lots of ability to innovate. Smart and dedicated people. Will root out low performers. Well rounded engineers. Organized like small businesses - not functionally organized i.e. engineering org, product org -etc.",For self directed people - not for those who can't figure out how to deal with ambiguous situations. Experience can run hot or cold based on the manager. Look for managers that have been with amazon at least 3 years.,Stop incenting good ICs to become managers. Keep a closer eye on new Orgs that import lots of external FTEs. Be cautious that the new annual review doesn't water down the need to live up to leadership principles.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10213,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"It's a very fast-paced environment, there are always new ideas, projects, initiatives to work on. My job changes fairly quickly- it's dictated by what programs need to be started or focused on at the time and I love that (but I know it's not for everyone.) They let you run with ideas if you prove value to the customers. The customer obsession is real. If you thrive on that service mindset, it's THE place to work. They live and breath the core values, it's not just lip service. The people are great- it tends to attract people who have high intellect but even higher passion and that's infectious to be around.","The pace can run you in to the ground if you don't set (and stick to) boundaries. It's hard to ramp up and navigate because it's a massive organization that has tons of disparate teams and processes. They claim the ""start-up mentality"" and in some ways it's true, but not for the best. There's not a lot of rigor around processes and since everything is always changing there is an issue with gaining efficiency and knowledge sharing.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10214,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - OpsTech IT,OpsTech IT,Get to learn the ins and outs about the company.,"If you're in production, it can be very demanding at some areas, as well as doing the same thing day in and day out.","Keep it fresh, keep it new, and help the ones who want to advance within the company.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10215,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Client Lead,Client Lead Recruiter,You are the true owner of your career here. Even if you were not placed in a level you may have expected. You always have the opportunity to take steps in getting yourself there.,The company is very large but they do a great job of breaking that down into smaller orgs. One highlight I can make is the seating/ working environment style. More openness to working from home or open work environments rather than assigned seats.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10216,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Procurement,"Great benefits, every day is different and great people to work with",The work amount is heavy but part of being in a large company.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10217,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources,Not What I Expected (... better!),"- Respectful culture - Great work environment (clean, spacious) - Everybody is held to the same high standards - Excellent pay and benefits - transportation benefits were a surprise - Many development opportunities - Creativity is encouraged - Treated as an adult - Diverse -",- Lots of systems that don't talk to each other - There is a lot of Microsoft Word documents and a lot of emailing / printing docs (it's time to go tech!) - The promotion process is complex and not streamlined - Working fast and being held to such high standards can be exhausting during peak periods,- Simplify processes - especially the promotions process - Remove roles that are not necessary and use that headcount to expand necessary functions,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10218,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Great place to work, but room for improvement on work life harmony","Customer obsession, Innovation, large scale, freedom to try new things, and acceptance (and celebration) of mistakes","Compensation structure, # of PTO days, high stress, difficult to promote",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10219,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Area Manager,Very fast paced and never a dull moment. Tons of learning experiences and opportunity to advance your career.,Long hours and can be stressful during peak times. Peak hours are very long.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P240.htm
10220,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEI,Project ownership Cool projects Strong future for company,No perks Rainy city Housing is expensive,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10221,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Laborer,10 hour days. No micro managing. Paid a fair wage for the work. Great benefits if you were to stay a long time.,Lonely. Management barely knows your name. No relationships between employees. Seems like you are just a number. Standing on concrete for your entire shift.,Get to know your employees so they will be motivated to work hard. There are some people that are general laborers that would be great in a management position.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10222,amazon,"Saint Marys, GA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Specialist,Customer Service Representative,Great Company to work For,No con's great company to work for,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10223,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Central Operations,Associate,Diversity of people and opportunities.,Some work schedules are not set so it changes by the week.,More set work schedules.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10224,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FA,It is a challenging workplace with lots of opportunity,It is a very large company and more difficult to stand out,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10225,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - 3D Artist,Great place to work,"No micromanagement. Great people. Work is fun, and management is always open to ways to make things better. No complaints!",Important to work at a fast pace,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10226,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Work Life Balance. I miss my family,"Great stock, Great benefits, Brilliant motivated people","Work-life balance is non-existent, Deadlines are always tight, lots of bureaucracy. Low morale.","Focus on happy employees, they are customers too.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10227,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service representative,Work from home was good.,Schedules are bad and never consistent.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10228,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Recruiting Manager,"Intelligent and hardworking employees who are passionate about the work they do. Culture is creative and inspiring. Lots of flexibility with schedule - you have the opportunity to own your career and make decisions that you feel will impact the company in the most positive manner. Many opportunities for networking and career development. Great benefits, and not just health benefits. The company often brings musicians and authors onsite for employees to be introduced to at no cost.",It's a huge company which can leave an employee feeling like a small cog in a big wheel. It can be hard to make as much of an impact as one might be able to at a company of smaller size. Management is ok - there's room for improvement. The company could put more time into leadership training/development.,"While stack ranking is probably something that will continue, leaders should stick to the facts/data rather than opinions when assessing talent across the org/company.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10229,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Great team Work at home No travel,No cons seriously good job,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P241.htm
10230,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Ability to work automatically on big projects,Work life balance and employee benefits,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10231,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Economist,Senior Economist,Amazon remains an exceptionally fast moving for a company of its size. It has a very large network of talented people.,"Despite hiring a lot in analytics, they are decades behinds the financial sectors in actually integrating and leveraging it.","Stay more focused on profitability in some areas, and establish better controls and financial discipline.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10232,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service PM,Customer Service PM,The pay is good. The hours are flexible. Most peers are decent enough people.,Management is atrocious. Leadership is absent. There are never enough resources to accomplish anything planned. Competing projects are never effectively prioritized.,"Get a project planning/prioritization system in place, OP1 and OP2 are a joke and do not set up business for success. Weed out toxic employees. Actually lead. Stop weaponizing leadership principles.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10233,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mediocre experience,Work with some of the best minds in the industry,Work Pressure to deliver on time. No learning curve after few months as much of the time is devoted on operations,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10234,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,Amazon is a great place to work! It’s really not that hard. If you come in to do work you will have no problems.  Tons of time off  Great benefits,"No ways to advance with out being a baby sitter. Some people are cut out for different thing, they need a Better way of utilizing there talent.  Tend to put the lazy people in roles with out rates. Leaving the hard workers becoming bitter.  Too many of the area managers are arrogant.  They put a lot of focus on the workers not making rate and cast aside those who excel.",Focus on both the great employees and those who need to improve. If those who excel in rated roles are cast aside it won’t helps those who are struggling even want to excel. Utilize your talent as well. Maybe a PA role isn’t the path for everyone but an employee’s talent can shine else where.,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10235,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr TPM,Can choose whatever you want,"Too much work. If you don’t know how to manage your own work and time, you will burnout quickly",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10236,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Director,"Substance, Stamina and Smarts are the Key to Success","I've worked in the Tech industry for over 10 years, both in Silicon Valley and Seattle. I can honestly say Amazon is the most innovative place I've ever seen. People here are the some of the smartest on the planet, and they want to make big things happen. People who do well here absolutely have passion for what they do, and a relentless drive to do better. They're not afraid of hard work and rolling up your sleeves to get the job done. It's a scrappy, fast-paced environment, and I love that we are not afraid to try something new every day.","The pace at which things happen is mind blowing at times, and can be hard to keep up. It's fun and exciting, but you really have to know how to pace yourself or you can easily burn out. This also isn't an environment where you'll feel pampered. It's real, and substance matters more than style. The best idea, no matter where it comes from, is all that matters. Personal accountability is key, and sometimes you feel like you're failing more than you're succeeding. You have to have stamina and grit to get through some of the challenges when you're trying to do something that no one else has before.","More two-way communications from senior executives would be nice. There's almost no messaging from our senior leaders, and they don't spend enough time inspiring people about where we're going.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10237,amazon,"Flossmoor, IL"," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Terrible,Good pay 4 days off,Work conditions Expectations Mandatory overtime Inconsiderate of time Time off/vacation system,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10238,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Returns,Vendor Returns - LAS2,"PTO, VTO, VET, MTO (rarely, but it happens), Vacation, UPT, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Stock Options, Tuition Reimbursement","If you are a picker, you will walk 10 to 15 miles per shift. Swollen feet and blisters will become normal to you. Not enough carts for the number of pickers we have, so sometimes you have to use incorrect carts, which slow you down and hurt your rate. Old scanners that cause you to go into TOT, due to kicking you out of the system at random or just not wanting to work correctly.","Throw away EVERY single scanner and get new ones. Same goes for the carts. Fix the Wi-Fi, so pickers don't lose Wi-Fi when picking in the R aisles. I understand that quality is huge, I get it, but there needs to be a buffer window there, no one is 100% perfect and does once in a blue moon make a mistake. Every member of management should have to earn their place by starting at the bottom, not just some of them. You can't truly manage something that you have never physically done.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10239,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Producer for Amazon Fashion,Producer,"Amazon was a fast paced and fun working environment, where I was surrounded by a lot of talented people.",I often thought there were too many meetings and ultimately Amazon is still very corporate.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P242.htm
10240,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Operations Manager,"- Big scope of responsibility - Faced paced, exciting",- No work/life balance - Long hours,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10241,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Come to Compete,"Engaging, challenging, impactful work. If you choose your group wisely you will work on things that are high-impact high-value",Big Company politics (less than in other places),none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10242,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work experience,Best talent in tech industry,Too much work. Work life balance sucks,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10243,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service representative,Work from home was good.,Schedules are bad and never consistent.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10244,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA Assistance/Kiva,good benefits 3 days off in a row,no part-time options mandatory overtime Peak season was slave labor,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10245,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mediocre,Great opportunities to work hard and grow,Not a sustainable place to work,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10246,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Product Manager in HR,Pay and getting to work all Amazon organizations,The organization lacks the regular PM thought process and this makes innovation and agility problematic,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10247,amazon,"Orange, CA"," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Social Media Manager,Sephora,"Brand knowledge , free products with training.","No set schedules, never English staff.",Taking care of your cast,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10248,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Office can be a ballpark or living hell or up to your manager and his/her managers,"- Freedom to choose projects to work on as well as move between teams - Great colleagues, smart people (again this one depends on the team you're on, but collectively speaking, you get more chance of working with smart people than idiots here.)",Leadership can change their minds and roadmaps like people change their clothes everyday.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10249,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good one,Good leaves policy and work balance,No growth even after hardwork,Please do not do politics,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P243.htm
10250,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Great Company to work for,Thinking Big on new ideas and products. Exciting work and projects keep you interested Great benefits keep you feeling well paid Stocks are skyrocketing,Intense work environment with high velocity delivery expectations,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10251,amazon,"Waukegan, IL"," Jul 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible environment,You can wear almost anything,Horrible management. They literally look for ways to fire you unless you become friends with managers and HR. Most managers are condescending young and immature. LP is always trying to fire people.,Talk to the workers not area managers,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10252,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay work,Flexible schedule Good people Chill,Sends you home to early,Stop over hiring,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10253,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon experiences,nice projects and cutting edge technologies,not nice environment for individual growth,be nice to employees,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10254,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Life’s pretty good,"$$, Smart people, brand (opens doors when you have amazon as experience on your LinkedIn)","Somewhat bad WLB, Lots of ops work pretty much everywhere, good teams just don’t get pages that often but that also means they put in more effort upfront for ops best practices.  Promos are pretty hard (esp. L5 to 6).  Some managers employ churn and burn strategies but they get caught out in tech surveys and such so if youre on the outside but have a buddy who works for amazon, ask them to check out the results for you.","NA, L6+ at Amazon are pretty smart and know what they’re doing.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10255,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place if you have the right manager and the right team,"Really smart people, lots of opportunities to innovate, fast-paced","High volume, lots of work sometimes for little recognition",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10256,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Stow2er Counter,stower,decent money and hrs very helpful and nice people,very hot and loud not very understanding with family matters,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10257,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Lots of opportunity,There are some amazing teams at Amazon and lots of internal movement so you have the chance to try different things.,Amazon has gotten so big and as a result doesn’t have the support in place to hose being promoted into management internally. Individual contributors feel that the only movement forward is to manage which results in people getting into leadership who probably shouldn’t.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10258,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Massive disappointment.,It's ok as a temporary job.,"This company is just begging for a union to come knocking at its door. They'll hire anybody that applies, and fire them just as quickly. Huge turnover rate.  If you have a job, don't quit to work for amazon. I made the mistake of quitting a decent job, because i heard amazon was a good company to work for. So far, I've been disappointed with it. I've seen countless people fired, including managers.  I only recommend it as a temporary place to work.",Management are pawns... They're hired to do what the computer tells them to do.,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10259,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Learning Coordinator,Learning Coordinator,"Flexible schedule, great health benefits, stock options.","Warehouse, tight security, open 24 hours.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P244.htm
10260,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Learning Coordinator,Learning Coordinator,"Benefits, promotion, pay, and the people.",No cons to speak of,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10261,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Great Benefits and Amazing 401k plan.,Not too much bad to say about the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10262,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jul 7, 2018",Former Employee - Fresh Associate,Hated this place,1) Decent pay for a high schooler during the summer,"Everything about it sucks. Atmosphere was so dead, everyone working there hated there job. Coworkers would be working 13 hours nonstop on their feet, with 2 15 min breaks as well as a 30 min lunch break. No room for fun.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10263,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Development Manager,Making history and having fun!,"Right out of the gate, Amazon pays well. Really well. With the addition of stock as part of the total compensation package, it's the gift that keeps on giving. It's also really nice that they pay my bus fare and allow me to bring my dog to work every day.  A lot of companies are trying to emulate the atmosphere of working at Amazon by letting employees play games, drink beer, and wear their pajamas to work. That's all cool, but it misses the mark. The Amazon culture is based around the 14 Leadership Principles. Every employee embraces the LPs and works hard to exhibit them in everything they do. They really are the heart and soul of the company.",The company has grown more and more politically active recently. I would prefer they focus on their customer and less on the political topic of the week.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10264,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Android Developer,"English speaking colleagues, ownership, smart people","cut throat culture, structure and documentation",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10265,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift manager,Good benefits Great analytical experience Intelligent peers,Long hours Constant change in processes,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10266,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Great benefits, no dress code, flexible shift with lots of time off. If you are having a bad day and have enough paid or unpaid time off to cover it you can literally walk out and go home for the day with zero penalty.","Poor airflow in their warehouses, be prepared to walk about 10-20 miles a day. High expectations, low pay despite the good benefits, and many departments have extreme cases of favoritism an treatment of workers that is not equal.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10267,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Generous amount of stocks. Amazing benefits. 4 days on, 3 days off.",Lots of overtime during our peak season,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10268,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Great Company,Entrepreneurial environment to work in.,Exhausting environment to work in.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10269,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,An awesome place for people who want to do big things,"Super smart people that raise my standards in many areas. Great investment in big ideas and the freedom to propose big ideas. If you have a role that isn't great, you can always transfer and go to other teams- chances are there's a team here that is aligned with your career passions.","The pace and amount of work can get the best of you if you don't keep good control of it. You can control it, but that means saying no and learning what is/is not important. Time management skills are essential here.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P245.htm
10270,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Labor,"Good pay Amazing coworkers Good hours, lots of overtime.",Night shift is tough hard part about it is trying to stay awake.,More water breaks,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10271,amazon,"Seattle Heights, WA"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Best place to start your career.,Location is great and flexibility to switch teams,Compensation is low compare to top companies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10272,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Fullfillment Associate- BDL2 Windsor CT,"Steady work with good benefits, pay a few dollars above minimum.","Management pushes you to make daily work quota .If not, you get written warnings that can lead to dismissal.You can barely be able to keep work quota pace,then go home exhausted and sore all over. Many people just quit after a short time there.","If you are going to push people to their physical and mental limits in a poor work environment, you should pay us accordingly.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10273,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible,I mean pay is good when they give you a good job to do,They fire you over dumb things. They don’t care for their employees. It is a terrible company.,Start caring more about your employees,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10274,amazon,"Sea Girt, NJ"," Jun 1, 2018",Former Employee - Manager of Prime,great place,fun environment that is very dynamiv,much is expected of you and whatnot,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10275,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,Benefits on day 1. Good opportunities for growing in the company.,Treat employees too much like robots. Walk over 10 miles a day as a picker. I can already begin to see Amazon preparing their warehouses for robots to take over.,"Treat employees more like humans instead of robots. Everything is about rate, rate, and more rate.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10276,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation specialist,Decently flexible scheduling and training is good,Pay is low yet expectations are high,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10277,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,supply chain,great place to work and culture,team dependent and can be stressful,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10278,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,UX designer review,There is a high bar so you're surrounded by a bunch of smart people,Some orgs (like Alexa) are constantly re-orging which is disruptive and makes work more difficult.,Design processes will save you a LOT of time and effort in the future.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10279,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,blogger/surveyor,"hours are what you make them, you do as many or as few jobs you want, get to meet different people","sometimes the payment doesn't add equally with the job description, few jobs with high paymet",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P246.htm
10280,amazon,"Charleston, WV"," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,"Not the best job, but not the worst.",-Good work environment for a call center -Great co-workers,- Performance based scheduling - Not a lot of room for advancement - Did not work around school or daycare schedule,Work around people's social lives. They do have lives outside of working.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10281,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lot of work lot of hours not so good conditions,"-hours , was given a lot -over time -simple enough system",-they beat you like a dead horse to make quote when an associate -the ones who wear blue vests were not always the most knowledgable and were lazy -hardest workers simply get pats on the back -virtually no bathroom breaks or you lose quota,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10282,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Sortation,"Easy to learn, teamwork, meeting people","Tough, repetitive. Sometimes you have to stay longer than scheduled.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10283,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Work life,Pay Slightly time off - but that sucked in the end.,Seriously everything else Really everything sucked donkey balls,AA’s bring extra empty bottles to work to pee in so they don’t make a mess....think about that for a second. AA’s are urinating in bottles and trash cans to avoid punishment....I believe this is a problem. But that’s just me.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10284,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,They don't care about you at Amazon you are just a Number,"good people, the only upside",Everything you see in the media is true the culture is completely toxic. They throw money at problems constantly and don't care how it will effect the lives of others. Just do some google searches.,The interview process is completely bias so good luck....,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10285,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Tier I Associate,The worst company for which I ever worked,There is nothing good about working for Amazon.,"Daily threats of discipline or firing. Terrible, unsafe, unsanitary, and unhealthy work conditions. Low pay. Management that fostered an atmosphere of sexual harassment. Management retaliation for making complaints to ethics hotline. No positive feedback, ever. Constant negative feedback.",Quit. Find a new job. This is a terrible company.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10286,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Health and other benefits from day one,"10-hour shifts on your feet with little control over your job assignment (you can be “labor-shared” to other units with no warning), heavy emphasis on production quotas and constant pressure to meet those numbers, micromanaging supervisory team who ride you to work more quickly, disconnect between stated company values and the warehouse floor: this company is only about the numbers","If you’re really “customer obsessed”, put a greater emphasis on quality in outbound shipments. Back off slave-driving your workers. Your so-called “fulfillment centers” are just 21st century sweatshops. Many of the workers in the US are immigrants with no one to speak for them. Stop candy-coating what is a terribly stressful work environment for many people.",1.0,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10287,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulffillment associate,"good pay, management at least tried",everything.. literally like a prison,make it more social and friendly,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10288,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Not very many good things,"low pay, cannot move up",pay raises,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10289,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Processor Waterspider,"Processor,Eol,Waterspider,broken glass",Life insurance health insurance short term disability dental,Long hours but worth it You can't always chose what you! Working together as a team can be challening,I love working for Amazon @ Cvg 2 My boss Angela Kelly she is Great a wonderful boss. What I respect about her is she is a boss not a friend! Meaning we need a leader and she is in fact a Leader not a friend. She is not afraid to get her hands dirty she will get right on the line and work side by side with us. Angela when she coaches us she does itin a positive way I respect her. I feel whatever she is getting paid itshould be more Angela Kelly is wonderful Leader Boss!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P247.htm
10290,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate Tier I,Good money for College students,It’s good money while at school. Opportunities and benefits are great though.,The pay isn’t that great when living in a very expensive city.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10291,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Good pay and benefits,"School Tuition after a year,maternity and Parental leave up to 4 months","Require physical strength, have to be able to lift up to 50 lbs",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10292,amazon,none," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation Associate,Good Pay Good Benefits (for permanent employees) Smooth workday when management is on the same page,Can be very boring depending on shift Points system can be counter intuitive Long probation period Can get stuck cleaning up another shift's mess,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10293,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,Good or bad really depends on your manager,"Great people, somewhat cool product","Experience varies (a lot) from team to team, manager to manager. Company provides some career growth coaching, but you take your own wheel completely. e.g. change team and product group that works best for you. Swim or sink culture.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10294,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,Great technology - People are last,* Best technology * Allowed to experiment and learn,"* SDEs are promoted to SDM with 0 management skills * Promotion is driven by the manager, good people won't get promoted, bad people get promoted","* Do Promotions with an impartial neutral board, like pivot * Do realize that all those people leaving are going to the competition * A successful team is not just fast coders, they form a culture and efficient by learning each other strengths. * Do not demand employee commitment if you are not committed to them",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10295,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Short hiring process with minimal requirements,Sortation/Fulfillment center feels almost like cranking out license plates or breaking rocks in prison,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10296,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,Learning is good at the company,Work life balance is bad,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10297,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Work Environment,On sight medical. HR is very helpful. Amazon does value their associates health and wellness.,You can’t choose the path that you will be working in. You can’t change paths if you’re not cut out for the one you’re in.,Allow associates who struggle in a path to meet rates to be able to change paths instead of letting them go due to performance. It’s heartbreaking to see people who love their job be let go because they can not physically do a strenuous job but would be great in another path.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10298,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,I love the people and the experience. The pay is great for what the job is. Overall job keeps you busy for most of your shift.,"Horrible work- life balance, total lack of upper management, no training just learn as you go, no meetings.",Communicate more and have the shift assistance’s rotate to their stations to get a chance to see how other stations run since there is no formal training you provode for this role.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10299,amazon,"Home, PA"," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - VCS Agent,"It was very misleading and unorganized, they play with employees time and expectations.",I really don't see any except callers were generally nice.,No regards for employees needs.,"You run a big company and want almost unreal results, at least for VCS, provide better systems or allow people to use their own, have the tools ready and going when the agents need them, and if they're not, then don't demand them of such results, it puts a bad experience for employees and customers alike. And please do not play with your employees expectations (that you previously set), time and emotional health.",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P248.htm
10300,amazon,"Santa Clara, CA"," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Analyst,Great place to work and have fun,Great people to work with,Too much work at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10301,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Long Hours But Very Easy,Decent Pay Easy Job Good People,Long Days Need to Work Quickly,Keep up the good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10302,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Opportunity For Some,"If you're forward thinking, have a strong work ethic, AND impress your site leadership, you can develop your career with Amazon. Career choice is a wonderful program for anyone that has an interest in going to school. Wonderful coworkers (some), Outstanding benefits, and decent compensation make Amazon a wonderful employer for people like myself looking to further their career. I have managed to find moderate success with Amazon, and I've actually had a few managers that I respect. A fast paced workplace for a person looking for a middle step job with benefits.","FAVORITISM, INCONSISTENT HOURS, 60 HOURS DURING HOLIDAY MONTHS, MICRO-MANAGING, ETC... If you hate the thought of working with a supervisor looking over your shoulder, BEWARE! Amazon enforces a strict micro management culture with ridiculous ""rules"" and ""protocol"". If you want to feel valued by your leadership team, BEWARE! Amazon is not a place to work if you want to feel valued and respected. You are just a number, a disposable asset. For anyone else looking for work, Amazon is not the place for you.","This section is meaningless because Amazon was built with a unique workplace culture this world hasn't seen, and not for the better. However, if I did have an open ear, I would say the following: Treat your employees with the respect they deserve, stop enforcing a degrading work place culture, and actually give us some profit sharing.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10303,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound,They offer Good hours to employees,Its standing on your feet,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10304,amazon,none," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to start with,"Good payments, health insurance, paid holiday and time off, flexible schedule and time off, paid for college tuition after one year.","Standing all the time, too loud.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10305,amazon,"Austin, TX"," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Amazon warehouse job,"Easy apply, you can choose shift, management treats good with employees","Hard job, some time you even don't have 20 hr/week",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10306,amazon,"Greenwood, IN"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Flex,YOYO,"its a steady check - good health insurance, stock options, just about any schedule you could desire to work.",Every day is day one! From the first day you walk in you become a pawn. If you like being in one place long this not the job for you. They treat you like a number and define you as a YOYO. Flexibility is must. The word favor is used like I love you and has a double meaning its all one sided. Weak minds and strong backs are all they want.,For them to remember we are human too and not just a number to generate other numbers. We have bad days too.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10307,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Eh it was good pay,10 hour shifts were killer,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10308,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Fast paced and opportunity to wear multiple hats,"Very poor HR Policies, Very poor Management, Very Poor team cooperation. I wouldn't recommend anyone to work for a company with a bad culture such as this.",Open your eyes to how you treat your employees.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10309,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,They gave various amount of benefits.,Training was not very pleasing to my ears.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P249.htm
10310,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An alright place to work temporarily,Great benefits and people are good.,"You are treated like a number, long shifts, hard work",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10311,amazon,"Union City, GA"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Learning and Development Specialist,Learning Trainer,"Great benefits, decent pay, convience in travel","Bad communication, unfair treatment, lack of respect between management and staff",Create more of an atmosphere where an employee can be respected,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10312,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jul 1, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Picker.,Quick Paycheck without extensive interview process.,"Being a picker was the hardest job I've ever had. Hot stuffy working environment where you are isolated for 10 hours with robots. Bathroom breaks were very strongly discouraged because it takes away from your rate which is ridiculous, picking an item every 8 seconds for 10 hours a day everyday is incredibly inhumane and I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Huge fulfilment center that took so much time to get to break I'd either just stay at my station or sit in the stairway. You only a few minutes for lunch by clocking out for 30 minutes because after walking to the break room and clocking out and have to walk back for stand-up . I've never felt more physically exhausted than after a 10 shift picking.",Lower the rate and treat workers like human beings. People will still use amazon .,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10313,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Decent Pay and Benefits Easy Work,Repetitive brain dead work High turnover,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10314,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Develelopment Engineer II,Big company with startup culture,Caring employee improvement Flexible move to other teams Various opportunities Aggressive attitude toward success No blame on failure,Relatively hard to coordinate with other teams.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10315,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receiver,To many people in one area,Great place to work and make extra money,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10316,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Applications Engineer,Overall good company and pay,I have been with Amazon in the Seattle office for about half year and have had a very good experience. - I like my manager and enjoy everyone on my team. Because Amazon is such a big company with so many teams that your experience will most likely vary from mine because I have personally heard things that happen at other teams that don't happen at mine. - Amazon has a great rotational program so you can stay with the company for long and never get bored. Lots of smart people with many technologies so you will be able to work on many cutting-edge innovations. - Pay is great overall. Salary is not high but you're able to make up more than enough with signing bonus and RSU.,I don't really have too many bad things to say. The only one that I noticed is that some teams are so busy that it's hard to get their time. You sometimes have to go up the chain to make sure you get the attention you need from the other teams.,I wish there is free lunch which from my experience with previous tech company I worked for that it's really a time saver and brings the team together. I'm a big coffee drinker so personally I'd like for us to have better free coffee in the office.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10317,amazon,"King of Prussia, PA"," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,"Great place to work, but expect to do work.",Can meet some really great people. Get to see what is put into making on-time deliveries. Easy to advance. A great work environment overall.,Heavy labor - lots of moving and lifting.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10318,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive Environment,A pretty competitive where you constantly feel challenged to improve yourself,HR and Comp policies are pretty vague and evolving so it can be a challenge to work your way around them,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10319,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,"Easy, Flexible",The schedule is very flexible and you have several options for what shifts you work.,"Only part-time hours, no room for advancement",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P250.htm
10320,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Good pay, exercise, no bs, easy, fullfilling","Physically demanding, rough on body, long days, unfriendly, dark environment",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10321,amazon,none," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Benefits, schedule, teamwork, growth, pay, learning, challenge","Employees that do not have appropriate work ethic are sometimes favored by management and are not expected to meet goals. Working with employees who do not understand what the definition of work and respect are. The contract service ""integrity"" has very lax standards. need more descriptions on what all the initials for titles of positions stand for and what different color best mean","Hold PA's responsible for their position, do not allow them to show favoritism. Lead and PG positions should have expectations that are adhered to.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10322,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Horticultural Apprentice,"Great work-environment, Poor treatment by upper-management.","Amazing people, Flexible shifts, ability to move around.","Mundane & redundant tasks, poor attitude portrayed by management",Smile more :),3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10323,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Pathways Ops Manager,Amazon pathways ops manager,Tons of experience. Fast paced,Night shift work without any plans for rotation,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10324,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So-So in the Fulfillment Center,"Fast-paced, opportunity to learn a lot, if well liked can grow with the company. Large footprint so opportunity to move around and be mobile.",Demanding hours and FC environment wears on you. Lots of politics when it comes to promotions. There were times I would sit in the parking lot and cry because I just knew I wasn't going to feel valued when I walked in the door.,"The hiring bar has seemed to have been lowered making a job at Amazon not seem all that exclusive. Many of the new initiatives surrounding diversity, inclusion, etc. seem to be very reactive. It's sad that after over 20 years these are just now becoming conversations.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10325,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Software Engineer - II,"So much to learn, Always Growing, Scalability",It has Less Perks and Benefits,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10326,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,It’s a good job if you want to quickly get on your feet.,"It’s a killer on your body, they treat you like a robot, constantly remind you that you are replaceable, they do not value hard work. It’s hot, it’s boring, and unreasonable.",Remember that you are just as replaceable and the people that work for you,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10327,amazon,"Lawrenceville, GA"," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,"Basic warehouse work, picking orders, stowing inventory","Flexible schedule, easy work, same daily routine","No consistency with standard work processes, poor communication, lazy employees, most of the workforce can’t read and have a sense of entitlement, job is too easy and there is no excuse for all of the work errors",The true power is not with the on-site management team. Lazy managers who don’t care about the work or employees shouldn’t be allowed to keep their jobs.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10328,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Company,"Benefits, 40 hours, pay, supervisors are great, break room, overtime!!","constantly hearing employees complaining, long tiring hours,","Keep up the good work, don't forget that warehouse jobs are physically draining and should give great opportunity for chiropractors or such to refresh employees. Just something. I personally love labor work but everyone needs a break.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10329,amazon,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Learning, development, compensation, scope, flexibility as long as you deliver results.","Political, overstaffed areas, operates like the very large company it is, bar for hiring and promotions is becoming lower,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P251.htm
10330,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 28, 2018",Former Employee - Stower/Pit Driver,Forklift/pit driver/reciever/stower/picker/icqa/packing/dock worker/pallet stow/,Great people love the job great bosses,Just picking and packing high rate impossible to make sometimes,None great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10331,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,It's a job,"The benefits are amazing, and the job keeps you in shape.","The managers do not care about the employee's, if you're a hard worker they will use you untill they break you or you hate working there. The system Amazom uses is setup to make the employee fail. Example I worked there for 7 months and out of the 20 people I was hired with after the first three months I was the only one left. I quit this job because I was promised advancement and the managment kept making excuses.",Care about your employees more.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10332,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Pay is ok. Everyone works as a team to get things done.,Pay is not great. Very fast pace environment with little to no downtime.,Better breaks and better pay for your full time employees.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10333,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," May 28, 2018",Former Employee - Packer/Part Time,I have been a packer with Amazon,One of the best companies to work for,"Probably making daily changes, the incentive",Remember we r humans just like them,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10334,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,Not as bad like people say,It is physical and time passes,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10335,amazon,"Englewood, CO"," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Processes are well defined. One of the safest companies.,Management environment is a little political. Favourism is in the root now.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10336,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Advertising,advertising,benefits nice campus and work space,tools on the job some are very stuck up because they are working for amazon,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10337,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Good but not great,Lots of opportunity and impact,Not a lot of demand for excellence.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10338,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,Experiences vary heavily from team to team,"Compensation is great, and you have the opportunity to design your own career path through internal movement as your work goals change",A lot of project time gets thrown aside due to an escalation on one customer issue. Decentralized structure leads to duplicate efforts across the company. Many leaders don't put much care or time into employee support or development.,What you're doing is working great for Amazon's stock price and reputation so it's hard to argue with it but the overall employee experience could use some work. Frugality sometimes is pushed too far.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10339,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Network Engineer,NDE,"Competitive salary, benefits and maternity/paternity",Poot management and no real long term thinking,Think long term,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P252.htm
10340,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok,"Good pay, set hours, PTO, VTO and vacation.",The physical work isn't for everyone.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10341,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Should improve,- easy job - free coffee and tea - good for those who study,- it’s very tiring because you’ll do a lot of physical work,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10342,amazon,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freelance hair/makeup artist,Great experiences and great pay.,Not always working enough jobs,Need more work permanently,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10343,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," May 27, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good,Everything was great except of the breaks,(2) 15 min breaks more like 10 because it takes a while to walk to break room. Practically have to run but they won’t allow you to do that. Everything else was great!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10344,amazon,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellet Opportunities for Self-motivated Workers,Meritocratic- started as tier 1 warehouse employee and promoted to Process Assistant then Area Manager in <2 years.,Lots of overtime during peak season.,Keep internally promoting those who put in work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10345,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Management,Great,"Great place and culture, lazy people quit in the first 2 weeks",None that I see at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10346,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"4 yrs, learned alot about business mechanisms - but at a cost.","Learning - I've learned twice as fast, compared to any other company. Infrastructure - The caliber of the people is high, so there's lots of smart people to work with and deliver great things.","Happiness - I talked to alot of people at Amazon, and the vast majority are not happy or satisfied in their current roles. It's a trade-off with the pro's but at some point this should matter the most. Pressure - It's business unit dependent, but most of the areas i have been in are high stress at every level.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10347,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,It is a job that'll work if you are a student and are on summer vacation and need to be able to pay rent.,"Management is horrendous. I didn't even know who my supervisor was. I talked to about 2 people who said they were my supervisor, but that was only a couple of times. The rest of the time I was talking to this completely other dude. It was very confusing. To top it off, their training is so unclear on what exactly it is you do and how to do it effectively so you can make rate (their rate expectations are crazy by the way). When I brought issues that prevented me from doing the job as best I can, they dismissed them and gave some weak excuse like ""if you have a problem during your shift, go talk to (insert name) and they'll fix it for you"" yet to go to those people and they did not help. I feel like I was setup for failure. I should've known going into it because of their employee turnover, but I needed money for the summer to keep a roof over my head.","Treat your employees like people, rather than numbers. You'll be surprised how much stronger a team of motivated workers is than ones who are in constant fear of either being fired because of not making rate, or being fired for bringing up problems that prevent them from making rate.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10348,amazon,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation Analyst,good condition and good people,"long work time, low payment",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10349,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,SDEI Persepctive,Total ownership of your product means you are free to do what needs to be done to make your product the best it can be.,"Each team has someone that is on call for your system, if stuff goes wrong it can lead to a horrible time for the developer (e.g., 2 am pages for a system that went down).",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P253.htm
10350,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Jun 9, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Diary of an Unhappy Associate,"Good benefits, most coworkers are amazing, interesting work experience. Easy hiring process.","Favoritism. There are so many hard-working employees who really try to love their job and move up and be loyal to the company, but none of that is recognized by management. They pick their ""favorites"" who get the ""easy"" jobs, that are not rated, priority training, and groomed to move up, when people who actually deserve to move up get passed over. Employees are expected to move at a ridiculously high pace, doing the same repetetive task for 10-12 hours a day in the heat, on concrete floors, without getting switched, while the ""favorites"" get to pick what job they want to do. Getting written up is such a normal part of day-to-day, that whenever someone new is upset about getting written up, the general response is, ""don't worry, it happens to everyone"". During peak, in some functions, it is impossible to make rate, which will earn employees a write-up every week, and 3 will get an associate fired. Managers have the ability to ""overlook"" the write-up and prevent associates from getting more, but will only do so if the employee is one of the ""favorites"". They say safety is their number one priority, but safety rules go out the window and managers will overlook safety violations to make rate, as long as the safety team is not watching. Because of this, almost all associates dislike their jobs and cannot wait to leave. Also, almost no member managment has actually been an associate, because they are hired young and straight out of college, which would be great, but they don't understand, nor do they care about employees barriers. Management moves around so much thay in the 2 years that I was there, my direct manager changed 6 times and my ops managers changed 4. So, essentially, it is impossible to build any type of professional rapport with management. HR is only there to make the employees feel like there is a support system when things are happening that are wrong, but they don't really do anything unless they feel that the company is at immediate risk of a lawsuit if no action is taken. There had been managers that had HUNDREDS of complaints against them by multiple people for unfair treatment, sexual harrasment, along with various other issues, and nothing was ever done until there was concret proof that they were a liability to the company. Company values are just words, nothing more. Management loves to hear them in interviews, but they are never actually utilized. All in all, I believe that the company has awesome potential, and it does great things for the community, but unless multiple changes are made, I would never recommend it to anyone.","Such a high turn around rate is NOT normal, nor is it cost-effective. Recognize those hard workers, and treat them well, because many are intelligent, potentially loyal and would be great assets to the company. Employees know what works and what doesn't. Really listen to them, not just pretend that things are going to change just to appease them in the moment. Recognize that not everyone is going to be great at everything, but they will be great at something. Train people on what they wish to be trained on and try to have them in positions that they enjoy and are good at. If they are happy, they are much more valuable to the company.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10351,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service rep,Steady work and good benefits,Horrible culture and atmosphere.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10352,amazon,"Kent, WA"," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Cool job, defective systems, lots of waste","Easy schedule, liberal dress code, easygoing attitudes, decent pay.","This is at the Amazon Fresh warehouse in Kent, WA. Inventory system has serious deficiencies...throws overage codes without warning, decides shipments don't exist, decides items don't exist or unilaterally decides that large amounts of otherwise perfectly good items need to be thrown away. No one seems to appreciate this as a serious impediment to productivity. Bringing this to the attention of management results in statements like, ""Well, that's just how the system is,"" or ""Yeah, it does that all the time.""  Basically no one cares that significant amounts of food go bad or are thrown out on a routine basis. Either this is not considered a serious profit margin problem or it just hasn't been brought to the attention of management at the proper level yet.",Fix your terrible inventory system and wasteful supply chain!,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10353,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon SEO,I am happy 😊 with work amz,I have experience 6 years on Amazon work... l love ❤️ this work,"Amz only best site ,I was working Walmart. eBay and alibaba",Easy to earn safe,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10354,amazon,none," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great place to work love it,No cons i can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10355,amazon,none," May 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, culture , tense",Always room for advancement vs working at a union,To much favoritism instead of looking atthe hard works,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10356,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Season Associate - Distribution Center,Peak Seasonal,Overtime is the only positive thing about the seasonal work.,"Little training, favouritism, hours, work pace, berating leadership, work/life balance. The list goes on...","The way workers are treated isn't sustainable. As soon as unions get organized, everyone of the whole distribution centers management will be in a panic.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10357,amazon,none," May 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior manager,exciting business and smart colleagues,"tough culture, not for everyone",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10358,amazon,none," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is an awesomeesome place to work.,Co workers are fun to work with.,Don't have anything to say.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10359,amazon,none," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Great opportunities to gain knowledge. Co-workers are talented and hard-working. Promotions are achievable through hard work and appropriately allocated.,I think one of the downsides of working at Amazon is the amount of work that constantly needs to be done results in a strenuous environment.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P254.htm
10360,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Okay job but many flaws that need to be worked on.,VTO PTO Good benefits Clean Break rooms Fun and respectful managers. Coworkers seem friendly (sometimes) Swag bucks ($5 rewards for rate and productivity),"Obsession over rate Time off Task in unreasonable Standing and walking for 10 hours Hard on the body No enough Unpaid Time Off for emergencies Very boring and repetitive Lack of cross training HR Department is unfriendly, sometimes rude and incompetent.","Orientation & training could be much better. A lot of very important things were not explained to incoming employees and we had to research on our own or get info from random coworkers. Encourage cross training in other departments for employees so we can do something different more often. Train you HR department better, they are constantly giving out the wrong information and are very unhelpful. Warn employees before you write them up, these write ups sometimes come out of nowhere. Time off task needs to be taken into consideration especially if the employee is sick or not feeling well, or stuck at problem solve.",3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10361,amazon,none," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Stuff,"Full time, benefits, Paid time off, tons of growth opportunity, set schedule","Long hoirs, redundant work, short breaks, tons of competition,",Make sure you continue to value and promote the associates who worl hard for you.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10362,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,What you would expect of a warehouse job,"Stable work, up to 48 hours a year of paid time off and you get to accrue vacation time as well. Good benefits, and plenty of voluntary time off when it gets slow, you meet some great people but others may try to throw you under the bus. Opportunity to learn depending in which area you are in. They may work with your schedule depending on your situation.","You're just a body to the company, people get fired all the time and it takes them a very long time to replace people, meanwhile all the work gets piled onto the people left behind. You are worked very hard for what is basically minimum wager for a warehouse job. Management is terrible, many of the higher ups in management have bloated salaries to just walk around and talk but dont actually do much of anything. Internal transfers take at least a month and that's only if it gets approved. Most of the people in HR are little to no help, often their information is wrong as well. Communicating information needs a lot of work, you honestly learn more from the flyers in the restrooms than you do from your managers. The raises are a joke. They have a very roundabout way of moving up in the company which often leads to unqualified people in higher positions. They higher people straight out of college with little to no management experience into management positions.","Allow your people to move around more, pay your employees better, they are worked hard enough to deserve better pay. Allow more flexibility with the work schedules. Communication, Communication, Communication, will go a long way. Base promotions on how hard you work, not by how well you can interview.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10363,amazon,"Austin, TX"," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Great place to stay.,Challenging role and responsibilities. You can take up more than you are entitled for if you want to contribute more. Good pay and stock options.,Not a great place for laid back people. Less perks compared to other companies of same stature.,Keep up the day one culture!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10364,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,It's okay,"Great benefits, consistent work schedule","Long hours, short, unpaid breaks",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10365,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Assurance,"Great beneifts, great management, alot of room to grow.",Job is a very repetitive and a little boring,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10366,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal,Same shifts and hours,Hard work Peak season Lots of movement and walking,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10367,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Nothing good about this place,100% turnover and sweat shop environment,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10368,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Great environment for challenges, learning, and growth",I love the flexibility being a Solutions Architect. I love dealing with new challenges and helping customers develop their next big ideas on AWS. My manager and colleagues are very supportive and are always ready to assist when I need help with a challenging problem.,"So much to learn, sometimes it's hard to keep up. But if you're passionate about what you do, you won't have an issue finding ways to keep abreast of the latest AWS services.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10369,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent job,Good pay and good hours,Standing on concrete floors for hours sucked,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P255.htm
10370,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,It's a good job but it's exhausting and not for everyone,"Paid time off, unpaid time off, and vacation. Leave of absence with no pay is given. A lot of overtime given if needed. Stock is given upon employment",Long hours and exhausting. Life outside of work is difficult. Can be difficult to move up in the company. Short time for breaks.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10371,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent job,Good pay and good hours,Standing on concrete floors for hours sucked,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10372,amazon,"North Sacramento, CA"," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Good company but the work circumstances make me so tired,it is a good company but I need to work in my career,I don't like working associate in fulfillment because it is not related to my career,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10373,amazon,none," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDS Associate,Quick training great benefits and time off opportunities.,Unable to reduce hours or rearrange schedule,Keep managers with their team longer than a month,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10374,amazon,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love my job,I really like the culture at Amazon,I've been here 6yrs and only moved up once.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10375,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Some good, more bad.","Diverse culture, fantastic benefits, a few great managers, easy, if physical, work, decent pay, ""opportunities"" to move up, and they hire just about anyone.","A few great managers - Most of them have little experience managing, or it is their first management position, usually from an internal promotion. The few good managers do a fantastic job, everyone else, not so much.  ""Opportunities"" to move up - a, and I mean one, position might open up occasionally that someone in their entry level might be able to apply for and qualify, but usually it's either pre-filled with whatever manager is hiring's favorite for the spot, or you compete with 3000+ other local, and an unknowable amount of remote, applicants trying to get it.  The work is brutal - Plain and simple, it's warehouse work. It's safer than other warehouses, sure, but it will still burn you out in a year or two, if not months, unless you can get one of the elusive upper positions. 10-12 hours on your feet, every day, all day, doing repetitive, meaningless tasks. Oh, gotta hit those numbers, too!  Easily replaceable - You are just a cog to them. Unless you make yourself incredibly valuable (I.E. number one at your job in the building), when you get hurt, when you get sick, when you're late, etc. they do not really care. You run out of personal time off, unpaid time off, and vacation hours, you get the boot, someone else takes your place.","Please, assess who you hire to management positions more thoroughly. Surely there are some signs that people would make better or worse managers than others.",3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10376,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Anonymous,"Smartest people in the world work here, There is opportunity everywhere and so many cool things going on. The scale is massive, like no where else in the world.","Limited focus on people / development and what is in place is underdeveloped and often dis-genuine. People are too often seen as disposable batteries who get used full force, when burn out is near, they are tossed aside and replace with new. Most Directors and up have lost track of what the front line employee is doing, being more concerned about resource grabbing and empire building.","Spend some time on the ground, work backwards from the employee. Employees drive your customer obsession, make it a reality or don't.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10377,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Process Engineer,Smart people but lacking strong leadership,Driven peers that all are relatively smart. Recognizable brand and projects that show worldwide impact. Happy hours and team events pretty regularly.,Leadership is lacking. Many leaders spending time on the “who did this” rather than “how can we fix it?” Many people put on development plans or forced out due to stacked ranking system.  Processes are all very fluid and turnover is so high that usually you’re working with people who don’t understand the process or know their own job. Lots of priority on meeting a deadline rather than doing it the right way.,Take the time to really solve problems rather than sticking bandaids on everything. Quality will win in the long run.,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10378,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Amazon,Stock Medical benefits 401-K Work Life balance,No consistent development system Issues Management not familiar with what is needed Low pay scale,Develope,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10379,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Analyst,Competitive and Good Pay with opportunities,Operations is not well managed,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P256.htm
10380,amazon,"Naperville, IL"," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Associate,Decent benefits. Warehouse was located not far from my house.,"'Sweatshop'. Unsafe, unhealthy, unfriendly environment. They will give you less then a half of what they promised at the time of hiring. Most managers are recent college graduates or have no education at all. They are ambitious and arrogant. I caught managers braking safety rules multiple times. Majority of them have little or no previous managerial experience. They don't want to take any responsibilities, and they are not able to resolve simplest issue. Very poor communications. There is huge labor force flow among the laborers and managers as well. Most of the people stay with the company about six months in avarege. I had a new direct manager every 3-4 months.",Start to listen yor employees. Stop treating your employees as the slaves or robots. Improve communication between managers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10381,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Learn and be stretched, your VP org makes a big difference","Learn! -Operational excellence - Rigorous thinking - Deep analysis - Defend positions and proposal under intense scrutiny - Work on really big initiatives with big dollars ($BB - with 2 Bs) - Smart people who, in my experience, have been great teammates - Build and optimize - Report on performance under a microscope - Learn how to influence across all levels, how to get stuff done without owning or managing most of the resources","-Getting slow- larger and large, so more and more bureaucracy. -Decisions by committee. Not uncommon to be on version 40 of your proposal and a VP gives you back his copy and he literally corrected a comma vs semi-colon usage - Law of large numbers. Used to be $1B oppty was enough, now it's like <$10B and who cares - The VP org matters. In one VP org, 70-80 work weeks is common, in another, a pretty standard 40-50 hours (same pay, so you do you the math on the hourly rate...)  - Centralization of teams - so it can become a never ending battle of fighting for resources, to get on some team's roadmap - In many roles, A LOT of manual effort","- Re-think PR/FAQ- I think it is getting in the way. No uncommon for the PR/FAQ review to stretch into months and months. Honestly, one time, 6 months of effort and all I was a strategy doc. Now that is one expensive doc! - ""Speed in business matters"" - we're getting slow and the Connections Data shows this, big time - ""Customer obsession"" - I feel leadership can by hypocritical here. Who the heck made the decision to remove the YouTub partnership? Basically made Echo Show useless, a very expensive speaker - Shopping behavior doesn't necessarily mean we know our customer. I actually think we don't know our customer very well at all. Our personalization widgets have grown stale, very stale",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10382,amazon,"Kansas City, MO"," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Control,Quality Control,Great benefits from the day you start,standing 12 hours a day constantly,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10383,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work with,"* Great technology, strong leadership values","* work-life balance, work pressure",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10384,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to make a place for yourself - but be prepared to invest effort!,"Boundless opportunities: what you put in is what you get out. Corporate staff are very professional and are focused on success, while staying human and approachable.  Excellent health benefits.",Takes significant time and effort to become productive at the corporate level.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10385,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr product manager,cool projects and good pay,long hours and endless due dates,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10386,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay management,"Got monthly bonus of up to 8%, the managers are always there to help if its needed, they training is well put together.",None that i can think of.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10387,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It gets some bills paid,"Amazon offers time off such as PTO and UPT (paid time, unpaid time) and vacation hours.  Benefits  This could be a pro or con depending on your personal preference - some shifts offered are 4 10 hour shifts so you will have 3 days off every week.  Overtime is offered depending on the needs of the company  Holiday Pay on some holidays (con- it's 8 hours of pay so your check will be short)","Too much mandatory overtime. 100 hours (120 hours is optional) minimum per pay period takes a toll on you after doing it for a few months.  Loud work environment.  You get a 30 minute lunch break with an extremely crowded break room. You waste way too much time trying to get a microwave or looking for a table before they are taken. They hire like crazy but will not add any microwaves or tables which results in a terrible lunch experience.  You get 2 10 minute breaks but they are short because the break room is very far. Some employees will stay in their work area for their break because to them it isn't worth the walk.  It's difficult to find time to use the rest room because if you need to go during the work day and you leave your area you will automatically start being tracked for ""time off task"" in certain functions. If you happen to come to work and have diarrhea you are better off going home so you don't get on trouble for using the restroom and getting ""time off task""  Amazon has successfully lowered warehouse job wages around the country. (low pay for the work)  Amazon doesn't do interviews. I thought this was okay at first. Once you start you will wish they had some kind of interview. Because of this a majority of the employees are very low quality. Their work ethic, productivity, attitude and much more makes the workplace very miserable.  Some people at Amazon will literally just walk around the warehouse all day and just talk to their friends.  Almost no one will follow their assigned task for the day. They will sign in as whatever function they feel like and then go hang out with their friends while ""working""  If you have a professional attitude this job is definitely not for you.  Basically only a handful of employees actually do their work properly and even less follow the rules that are meant to help everyone out.",Every morning and after lunch the management team will gather all of the employees and go over information and then remind us to please follow the rules.  My advice to the management team is to please enforce the rules you say not to break. It does no good just asking nicely to follow them. There needs to be some kind of disciplinary action.  The management team likes to say they always listen to us and what issues we are having daily but it seems like they only listen to the things they want.  If there is nothing you can do about the issues we are encountering it would be nice to get a follow up. We are often left wondering.  Overall the management is just ok on some shifts. Nothing special.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10388,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Don't accept a position below your level and expect to get promoted quickly,- Mature tech environment with tools that don't exist at other companies - Good payout if you can handle staying 4+ years - Easy to transfer to other Amazon teams (people frequently move around the company),"- You're limited to learning and using Amazon's build tools, which are often slow and painful to debug - If you're an acquired company running non-compliant legacy code, you will spend most of your time fixing bugs and working to maintain compliance with Amazon's strict security standards - Equity is worthless if you don't know that you'll stay 4+ years - Promotion process is the worst I've ever seen, and requires a combination of luck, timing, and a manager on your side for you to get the right projects to satisfy the requirements - It takes ages to get even small features released because of strict requirements on testing and documentation (good for customers sometimes, bad for developer sense of accomplishment)",Make sure that the employee is very clear about what and how long it takes to get promoted if you are bringing them in at a level below what they interviewed for.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10389,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good job if you don't mind being on the phone,"-3 minutes in between calls to write up and send follow up emails -You get to take emails also, a lot of emails on slow days -Pretty easy once you get the hang of it -Less stressful than most call center jobs -Paid Time Off, Unpaid Time Off and Vacation Time -Good pay for call center -Good benefits",-Taking calls all day -No weekend or late night shift differentials,Training doesn't prepare you for a lot of important things you should know before you start the job. Management lacks clear communication of important information to associates. Dishonest managers that will lie just so that they won't get in trouble. Management will try to bully you into doing what they want you do.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P257.htm
10390,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good Pay, Toxic Culture","The pay is good, at a level where you can survive in Seattle","Diversity is non-existent in non-tech sphere, highly bureaucratic and dictatorial, not actually data driven, promotions given on basis of favoritism rather than achievement, internal non-tech transfers are slim pickings and usually already full when they're posted","Hire women for higher management roles rather than low-level roles, invest in developing current employees toward leadership roles rather than simply importing them from outside Amazon or from other parts of Amazon,",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10391,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,No chances,You are in control of your growth. There is a supportive managment team.,Watch what you inquire about and be careful about your topics of discussion. Human Resources is not on the side of the team member. It protects the company first. Don’t expect them to choose sides because the team member will always loose.,There needs to be an appeal process put in place to allow for mediation. Especially when an employee’s tenure is without occurrences.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10392,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth the pay,Peak season overtime pay and bonus is worth it.,Keeping up with rate is unrealistic.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10393,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Culture and work is easy,None this place is great,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10394,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,My Review,-Higher than minimum wage -Annual Raises -Stock -401k -Time off -Opportunity for advancement,-Can be stressful at times with the workload -,Do not be too strict on employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10395,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quick Points,"smart people, interesting work, fast paced, challenging, clear feedback","Seattle is terrible, political, bad culture, pompous",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10396,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth working for,"Not many pros, meet alot of people because of the turnover rate.","long hours, Work/life balance is horrid, they don't treat T1 employees like people",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10397,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Good for a student or beginning warehouse work,"Pay, work/life balance, benefits, advancement opportunities","Favoritism, easy to advance even for people who just got hired, high turn-over rate.","Have your favorite employees, but don't make it so obvious",4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10398,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent job,Stable work chance to move up great benefits,Managers seem impersonal hard to stand out,Listen to your employers. They know more than you think,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10399,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a hard job,Shifts are short and flexible. Paid sick time,Physically demanding and high turn over,Be more organized,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P258.htm
10400,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Problem Solve/Ambassador,Takes a toll,"Great benefits that start day 1, easy work","Just like high school, can be very physically demanding",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10401,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer III,Don't stay for more than 3-4 years,* You get to work with a lot of brilliant people. * There's a lot of opportunity to effect change across the company. * Often you get to come up with your own projects. * Dogs * Flexible work environment.,"* Re-orgs can really set your career back. * No clear path on lateral promotions/Career changes. * No clear path on promotions that can occur in the same level. * They don't care as much about retention. After a few years, they can hire someone for the same position starting out making more than you. You basically have to boomerang to get what you're worth. (Leave the company and come back.) * Culture seems to be fading away. * Too many internal products come and go instead of just making a new version. * Moving to any other team means you will still get the same money you made, no raises even if it is a different job family. You might possibly get a bump if you transfer to SF or NYC. * Sometimes managers tell you exactly what you need to deliver to get a promo and then doesn't do it. (Or even try!)","If you want to keep your employees long term, have clearer paths for promotions or career changes. And most importantly, keep paying your employees what they're worth if you want to keep them! If you would pay someone more for the same role, adjust the other employees' pay if they've been there a while!",4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10402,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal AMZL Sortation Associate,Seasonal AMZL Sortation Associate,Fast paced environment so the shift goes by fast. No time for shenanigans. Everyone is too busy doing their job so don’t come here thinking you have time for office politics. We are paid every Friday. This helps tremendously between bi-weekly paychecks at my 2nd job. Plenty of VET opportunities weekly. Open interviews was helpful in getting me in the door pretty quickly. I met my supervisors and they were welcoming.,Not much onboard training. I shadowed one person in one area on day 1 but have worked several areas since then. It was a little stuffy one day but I know they’re working on ventation to all areas of the building.,It would be helpful if management could schedule a trainer for a few days your 1st week so you can train in several different areas & have a better understanding of your work environment.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10403,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"I Worked with many intelligent colleagues , it was a active working environment, I learned alot about factory working, the employers were very social","I heard paid vacation time was denied to a friend of mine, there are many employees working for the company,",No advice at all they run the factory accordingly,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10404,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Many opportunities to move up in the company. Amazon also provides very good benefits on day one hiring.,Management in all departments and facilities need to communicate better.,communicate,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10405,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Not good stocks,Good for growing when you start your career.,Not good compensation and stocks.,none,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10406,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2018","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Great Place to Work,Customer obsessed and fast-moving for a large company. Great overall culture and good managers on most teams. Feels good to be part of something that is redesigning the customer retail experience on a daily basis.,"As the company gets larger, it can be more difficult to get things done quickly. However, still much less bureaucracy than companies of comparable size.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10407,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,a lot of work but pays off,Pays well. Rigorous performance review systems ensure that you don't get an abusive manager or lousy teammate. Your work will have a high impact as Amazon has a huge customer base.,Amazon's customer obsession drives employees to be over achievers. So the workload can get heavy from time to time.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10408,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Common Grunt,Ugh,So anyways boys and girls here's the best part of this sould-endearing-soul-sucking job. For the most part the best part is food.,People are generally good. The upper management types are ever so terrible and completely incompetent due to them getting jobs by pulling strings.,"If you sometimes managed to get your face out of your superior's buttocks maybe some of the ""projects"" and vast majority of shipments would be delivered on time.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10409,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Customer focus is real, troubling internal competition",Work with really smart folks who enjoy delivering customer value.,The team comcept is secondary to inciting competition which undermines buiding cohesion and working well together.,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P259.htm
10410,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Procurement Manager,Good benefits if you're on the region,No work and life balance for This company,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10411,amazon,"Easton, PA"," Jun 5, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Only good if you need healthcare,4 day workweek. Bi-weekly pay. manatory overtime during holidays if you need extra Christmas money.,"management solely focused on meeting numbers. hr doesn’t do anything. If you are actually competent at the job management expects you to work extra to make up for bad coworkers, even when making the same low wage. Not much opportunity for advancement. Bosses neglect safety to meet demand. bad morale.",Treat your employees like human beings. A lot of benefits kick in after 12 months and majority of employees don’t last that long.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10412,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive Enviroment,Great company culture with rewards,Feedback by associates not being implemented for months.,Tunnel vision at times. listen to your employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10413,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Data Engineer,A growing company and more oppotunities.,A little stressful to work there.,Help team growing.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10414,amazon,"Alexandria, VA"," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Review,Flexible hours. Extra pay for overnight shift. Incentives during holiday season.,Warehouse temperature. Tedious work.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10415,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You get out what you put in,Smart People Open to new ideas Constantly evolving Fast Pace Opportunity to learn a lot,"Limited stability in some departments Near zero training for new employees Constantly shifting priorities keeps thing from getting stale, but also creates tons of wasted time and frustration",Everyone wants to move fast in business. Amazon is the king of speed. But take 2 extra seconds to make sure an idea isn't going to change in two quarters.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10416,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Good job,Benefits are really good for full time employees,Long hours during peak season,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10417,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its an overall flexible part-time job if you're going to college or have a second job.,"Fun co-workers, good unpaid time off and sick time, decent dental/vision benefits.","Managers can be impolite and domineering towards meeting deadlines on time. Work is repetitive. If management likes you, you will move up. If they don't, you're just another employee collecting a check from them.",Please be polite to employees and focus more on safety rather than speed and production. Please be open to offer growth opportunities to those who work hard and not based entirely on likability.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10418,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Transportation Operations Manager,It was OKAY,Easy to pick up A lot of down time after peek every year good for part time,Depending on the position work could be mind numbing Full time is probably not worth it,Higher Pay and be more willing to promote within.,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10419,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Company with small company problems,"Easy, Fast-paced, Easy Interview, Quick Turnaround, Fun","NonFlexiable, Steep Learning Curve, Fast-paced, Hard, No Growth",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P260.htm
10420,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - BNA2 Packer,Amazon Review,Good wages You'll meet lots of good coworkers,Horrible hours Management expects a lot from employees,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10421,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Receiver,Great Good to work for and at,This is the best company,The parking lot get too full,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10422,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful Awful Awful Management,"Money is good, benefits are amazing. Literally the only reason I stayed as long as I did.","Management sucks! The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing 90 percent of the time! They treat you like robots. Always pushing you harder. Nothing is ever good enough. Water Spiders have it freaking rough! It's a one man show half the time trying to get work to people, fill the buffer, empty and fill the VRC and sled it out. They seem to think one person can work a whole side by themselves, running and sledding all three days. If you sign up to water spider you will never get a break. Better off stowing. I wouldn't go back even if it was $30 an hour! When I first started I was all on my own. Had to learn the rules the hard way, had to figure out how to make rate the hard way. They don't teach squat! The whole process is going in blind! HR is AWFUL! I'm a computer tech and the people who run HR make me cringe. It's just the 'easy' job for them to do compared to the rest of the workers, so they really don't give a crap about whatever problems you are having. You work so hard for 12 hours three days a week that you come home and don't want to do anything because you're so sore and stressed out. Terrible, life draining, careless, unorganized environment. Best thing I ever did was leave.","Make some rules, teach the rules and stick to it. Learn how to treat people like people and not machines.",1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10423,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A,"Great benefits,able to take time off",Bad management ask to much for rate,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10424,amazon,"Etna, OH"," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Singles,Amazon tier one associate,works not to hard opportunities to grow,days can be long sometimes poor management,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10425,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," May 20, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,Working from home.. Set schedule,.Getting a no from customers because they don't agree with Amazon policy..,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10426,amazon,none," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, but tiring","Good place for experience, good benefits, fair pay","Promotions can take time, some dehumanization, very labor intensive",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10427,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Order picker,Benefits pay vacation time and unpaid time,Long 10 hour days work alot during holidays,Be more open and communicate,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10428,amazon,none," May 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced,"Lots of incentives, always busy, great benefits package. Lots of overtime","Lots of Mandatory Overtime. 10 hours shifts and your standing the entire time. Very Fast Paced. The rules change alot ""it's always day 1"". Management team was fresh graduates that never actually held my position but insisted that their way of doing my job was better... until they tried to show me how to do it and couldn't do it.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10429,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great opportunities, unique working environment",Incredible opportunities to work on cutting edge stuff.,Culture that makes you feel like you're never doing enough.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P261.htm
10430,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,The pay and vacation is great,You work a lot of overtime,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10431,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 3, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Great job for the right people,Calm environment with reasonable productivity goals Reliable scheduling,"Pure emptiness for 10-11 hours, very little mental involvement Physically demanding, walking in excess of 10-12 miles a day",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10432,amazon,"Gilbert, AZ"," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Lots of Physical Work - Good Benefits,Fantastic break room Easy to move up Cool management Good money Easy work During peak (winter) you can win lots of cool prizes- including TV’s and tablets,Lots of physical work Management doesn’t listen very well sometimes Management is ALWAYS changing and moving around Music too loud Employees make messes/are terrible at their jobs and it never gets fixed,"Start managing your employees better. When you say you’re going to make a change, actually go through with it. Start paying more attention to and fire the people who come in drunk.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10433,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Welcome to Corporate Game of Thrones!!!,Compensation is decent if stock is doing well,** Toxic management ** Incompetent drive the competent out ** Rampant favoritism- have witnessed lowest performers being promoted over and over ** No career advancement if you don't win the manager lottery,"You need to purge all the socios in management, only the Lannisters & - Littlefingers rise to the top- Corporate Game of Thrones here. Working at Amazon was the the most psychotic experience of my entire career and advise anyone with an offer to decline and get a job elsewhere. If you would like a mental breakdown, by all means- go work at Amazon.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10434,amazon,none," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,"There is something about working here that leaves me both exhausted and grateful every day. I have learned a lot about myself and work ethic through Amazon, it is difficult at times if you don't adjust to change well. Amazon is all about adapting and innovating, and that is what makes this company so great to work for. The Leadership is sometimes questionable but ever-changing, and the processes change all of the time. You will learn a lot, and make decent money doing so if you have the strength to resist Voluntary Time Off.","Everything I think of that could be a con, also has a bright upside.",Can't wait to join you soon.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10435,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,The interview process was long and intensive. Really makes me feel like I earned employment.,"Great environment, friendly and smart people all focused on creating cool innovative technology and experiences. Pay and Benefits are extremely generous.",Early in the interview process I was in contact with three recruiters which caused some confusion around communication. One to two recruiters are enough.,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10436,amazon,none," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,an amazing place to work,fast paced lots of learning opportunities great people,can sometimes be repetitive and boring.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10437,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,- Nice coworkers - okay starting job and something part time,"- Bad management, do things by trial and error - low pay for work being done",- Learn how to manage a team of hard workers and reward them for it - provide more lunch - be more efficient - know what you're doing,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10438,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad middlemanagement,Okay pay Campus location is downtown Seattle so lots to do,Middlemanagement is a chaos Compensation is below Microsoft,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10439,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer I,Fast growing and learning environment,Too much competitive environment and politics,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P262.htm
10440,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineers experience,"Office location in Seattle downtown is pretty nice, walkable to Westlake and pike market, lots of things you can do in there, the transportation is also very convenient.","Engineers were treated like the worker on the assembly line, the managers were more on politics than actually doing some real work and help get things done. Many managers only care about the status and reporting.","Too much management, the culture wasn't very great to work for engineers that just want to do awesome work. The working env can be dramatically improved.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10441,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bait & Switch,It's fun when you drink the koolaid,"They say ""disagree and commit"" but when you do you end up laid off for ""confidential business reasons.""",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10442,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Microsoft Platform Sales Lead,Microsoft Platform Sales Lead,Amazon Web Services presents an environment of constant learning. There is never a dull day as there is so much happening in the public cloud space and AWS is leading the way. Keeping pace with the innovation is a challenge but extremely rewarding. I've never been surrounded by a group of co-workers that were so invested in each other's success. Very refreshing!,The AWS team continues to grow and locating the proper resources can be a challenge. You need to be a go-getter to survive and be willing to do it yourself in order to get things done.,Keep setting the pace for the field sales force through continuous innovation of the platform. It makes our job so much easier and more exciting!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10443,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Data Analyst,Full of challenge and growth opportunities.,There are too many politics and bureaucracy across due to job security.,Leadership needs to provide transparency across all BUs and Functional Teams,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10444,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,Off 3 days a week.,The workload is so tiring. They expect a lot a exhausting movement for 10 and a half hours.,I don’t even know,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10445,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,The emloyees make a great community.,Cogs in a machine...very replaceable.,Titles are not promotions... Your employees deserve a reasonable wage.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10446,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I,Tier 1,Insurance 401k work overtime acknowledged,"Training, write ups overtime Volunteer Time Off",Don’t play favoritism train train train make sure everyone knows how to do different jobs and are flexible,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10447,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Fair benefits compares with others company,"They demand to much for what they pay bad management's not enough training the employee who been there for long time just want to go to the next position so they don't care to much who going to be in their old position so they just pick random employees so they can move on to the next level,expecting the person who they choose to learn everything in one day if you make a mistake you get fired that simple.As ridiculous it sounds that's one of the reason why Amazon constantly keep hiring people every day because 10 going out of the door but 20 coming in the door.",Be more productive with the training more organized and more importantly have more humanity because I am sure you guys are not robots you are human and sometimes you makes your employees feel like robots and not like humans with all the demand.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10448,amazon,"Kent, WA"," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Good part time job, with frustrations",- Good pay for part time work - Warehouse work is straightforward - Good exercise - Requires little critical thought or human interaction - Coworkers are pretty nice - Free coffee and water,"- Recruiters will lie to you, conveniently leaving out the fact that the ""ambient"" area of the warehouse means ""not air conditioned"" and apparently gets extremely hot in the summer. - Frequently defective scanner devices - System tells you that you have an overage or that you need to move a quantity to the damage bin, AFTER you've already wasted time putting 12 or 24 or maybe 48 items on the shelf. Thanks, system. - This works better if you estimate how many you can fit and tell the scanner you've already stocked it to make sure the system won't stab you in the back. Then, put it on the shelf. - Management will tell you not to do the above, but they're not the ones pulling 48 jars of pesto off the shelf when the scanner didn't tell you about an overage ahead of time.","- Get a better system. - Penalize suppliers for sending overage or ""not on shipment"" or whatever other nonsense happens. This will reduce problem solving and also increase efficiency. - Ask recruiters to be up front about the fact that the place gets hot during the summer.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10449,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Excellent company to work for (if you get the right team),"Team autonomy , work-life balance, salary, benefits",Experience will vary depending on the team you work with,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P263.htm
10450,amazon,"East Point, GA"," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunities,Endless opportunities as it grows even bigger.,No clear path as to how to get those jobs.,Focus on students that are working in the warehouses.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10451,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigations Specialist,Great skills to use later on,Difficult content to learn in training,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10452,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good pay good hours for overnight,Only part time nice to be full time option,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10453,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound Picker,"Easy, predictable, voluntary time off,tuition reimbursement, great benefits",Constant rotation of managers Low morale Very customer based company,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10454,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Merchant handler,Great place to be working for,There’s no cons at all,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10455,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager L4,Intense. Satisfying. Lucrative. Resume Builder. Interesting.,Intense. Competitive. Work life balance.,Meet your employees.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10456,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very Very Driven,This is the place where employees can make things happen and affect outcomes. The culture allows you to as high as required to solve your problems as long as you have data. Most of the work is highly critical and VP level visibility is common,"It is a very Darwinian work place, there is constant change and resetting of direction to the extent that real progress is slowed down, everybody is always in ""every man for himself"" fight mode. You need to develop a militant mindset to thrive here.",Add collaboration to your leadership principles - you are not getting to your destination alone,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10457,amazon,"Washington, DC"," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Security Manager,Data Center Security Manager,"Everything , Career Opportunities, Compensations & Benefits, & Work/Life Balance.","I don't have any ""cons"" at this time.","The on-boarding process could be a little more formalized. That being sitting through a couple of days with HR to go over benefits, make elections, and having to opportunity to ask them questions in person as things are gone over.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10458,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Laid back startup feel at a big company,"As a software engineer, on-call can be demanding",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10459,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Uprooted my life to come to an abusive environment,"* Lots of possibilities to move from department to department. * If you find the right team, you can learn a lot and advance in your career.","** Cons are based on my own experience, on a specific team. YMMV **  * Old school orgs in a tech environment don't mix. If you're going to form teams of non-tech industry professionals, make sure they are able to embrace the casual environment of a tech company. Dress pants, perfectly lacquered presentation even with colleagues, the past rules of the workplace do not apply.  * Don't use the Amazon principles as rationale to be rude, mean, and just plain aggressive. Yes, disagree and commit, but do it if you genuinely disagree, not to passive aggressively undercut your colleagues, who are supposed to be on the same team.  * I was literally told, ""we want to set you up for success"" during offer negotiation. But it wasn't until six months into the job that I was made aware of a major performance benchmark I was to meet by review time--giving me only a few months to meet the benchmark. Needless to say, but I didn't make it. Say what you mean, mean what you say. Don't ""neglect"" to explicitly tell your employees what is expected from their performance.  * If you witness inappropriate treatment and say nothing to intervene or provide support, then you are perpetuating the problem.","HR - Investigate the teams that have high turnover. Understand why it's happening and do something about it. Require more leadership training, take every piece of feedback from exit interviews and PIP meetings seriously and investigate. You have a responsibility to the professionals you are essentially uprooting who only want to do a job that they really want to do.  Managers - You have even more of a responsibility to the professionals who leave everything behind to come work on your teams. Be a present manager. Be an advocate for their success. Check in and ask how they are adapting to the culture and take the feedback seriously.  Overall, everyone at Amazon need to take a stand against behavior that promote an oppressive work environment. You'd have a lot less turnover and happier, engaged employees.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P264.htm
10460,amazon,"Monee, IL"," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Love it,"Four 10 hour shifts, and benefits day one. I have been there for 6 months and I love it.",Make you do a million job for the same pay.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10461,amazon,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Picket,Work,Four day work week. Fast paced!,Some management show favoritism.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10462,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - AMZL Learning Coordinator,AMZL Logistcs,Benefits Pay Stock Vacation Pay Work life balance,Sometimes stretched outside your role not all information or tools need to train others,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10463,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Great pay, lots of opportunity","Commute, strict management, lots of competition",None,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10464,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager II,Area Manager Level 5,"Compensation - Competitive Salary + Signing Bonus + RSU’s Fast-Paced environment - always on the go 4-day work weeks (outside of Peak/Prime Day week/OT weeks) Good hiring decisions - most managers are smart, driven, fun people. Tons of promotional opportunities due to network expansion. Constantly changing/improving (can be seen as a con to those who don’t adapt well to change)","Work-Life Balance (No surprise since Bezos doesn’t consider it something that exists). Super high standards - nothing ever seems good enough. No night shift differential for nights managers - what??? Long shifts - associates have 10 hour shifts, but managers realistically put in 13-15 hour shifts. Area Managers are, at times, viewed as free labor in order to save on the bottom line. Low-performing managers are not managed out well, causing more strain and demand to average and high-performing counterparts.","Night shift management should receive some type of compensation for nights, rather than same structure as day shift - it definitely takes a toll on your mental and physical health (currently writing this at 3:50am). Managers who are not getting the job done should be performance managed out with the same focus that is put on the associate population. Keeping low-performing managers in the business for too long only puts more pressure and strain on your high-performing managers in an already high-demand position.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10465,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,"Good health benefits , easy to leave early",Been working at Amazon since Nov. All the mgrs. care about is quota they will write you up if you can't meet th.e quota no matter how hard you work. They say safety is #1 that's a lie. Been promised for the last 2 months or so to be trained for different position in depth but keep getting running around and you get PTO that stops accumulatingafter 5 months they don't take in consideration for working 60hrs week during peak which is mandatory overtime,To keep good workers start treating them like people not robots not everyone can hit those STUPID QUOTAS,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10466,amazon,none," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could easily be better.,Decent pay and benefits. Lot's of time off offered. Some freedom of you are a stower.,Exhausting. Long hours. Demanding quotas. Little room for mistakes. You can easily get black listed from working for Amazon or affiliates. They treat you like a robot.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10467,amazon,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,"Hard work, Good Benefits","Benefits, Co-workers, Opportunities and Growth, Support","Long Hours, Occasional hot headed manager, HR is 50/50- either helpful or they suck, All about numbers",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10468,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing work place environment,Possibility for career advancement  Bonuses  Great exercise Have rest of week to unwind with family,Not enough extra hours to pick up,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10469,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment associate/training ambassador,Ten hour shifts Great people Ability to show how hard you work,Lots of physical work Standing up all shift,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P265.htm
10470,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full-time Ware House Associate (Picker),- Benefits are great - Room for transfers within the company - Pay is fair,There are no cons with working at Amazon. Its either you like it or you don't,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10471,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate I,"Empoye Beware, Favoritism Ahead!","Unfortunately, I have none to give.","If you like kissing butt to get ahead you'll love working for Amazon, everyone else stay clear!  The amount of favoritism in this company is sicking, and HR is useless.",I can't give my advice here or this post would get taken down.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10472,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good not Great.,It's a good part-time job that is fairly flexible.,Only part-time and no health insurance.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10473,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,A good place to work,"Autonomy, fast moving, strong leadership support. Overall, depending on the area of the business, you can find a productive and fulfilling role at Amazon.","The company is outgrowing it's own pants, too fast, and the push for process in all areas of the business is slowing innovation.",focus on compensation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10474,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador/ supervisor,Great benefits. Good opportunities,I can't find a downside. All good,Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10475,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Assocaite i,Decent Pay Less Demanding Rate,Standing on hard concrete some days,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10476,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazong work space. Got to meet so many smart people,WOrk environment is insane. Better than microsoft,sometimes you have to work over 12 hours a day,N/A,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10477,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Smart people, always have projects to work on","long hours, poor team cohesion depending on managers, lots of movements which could be hard to follow good leadership",better perks!,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10478,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,they don't tell you about the production rates affecting your job.,good pay and they feed their employees,they are sneaky. lack communication skills. the managers are young and do not know how to speak to people.,none,1.0,none,none,1.0,3.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10479,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,One of the best jobs in my life,"Corporate Culture, Learning, Team, Career opportunities, Line of Business, Fair hiring process",two big too know everything so getting the right answer could take some time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P266.htm
10480,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Great Place to work depending on building type and leadership team,Peak time requires long hours but only for a month or two out of the year,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10481,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Planner,Planner,Amazon is a good place to work,do not have any cons of working at amazon,n/a,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10482,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Aws Sysde,Sysde,Amazon is world leader in cloud computing. It is useful to learn how things are built.,There were some great people managers but overall the situation is getting worse overtime. Management is very demanding and not efficiently using employees skills. Motivation skills are very poor. Stick is overused compared to the carrot.,Get some training how to make employees happy and performing. Do. Other use them as slaves.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10483,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Harsh culture, pushy and unappreciative","Product quality and vision is good, cutting edge technology",Culture is harsh just read nytimes you know what it is like.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10484,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Pay , benefits, 6 mo raises","Hours , work load",none,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10485,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Short-term Disability, etc). So far, the Medical benefit cannot be compared to any I have seen. Benefits start on day 1 Stocks are given to the employees upon hiring Paid Time Off Vacation Time Off Unpaid Time Off 3 days off Good cultural environment Associates are very good to work with, always suggesting and asking when in doubt. They were the best people I ever had.","Most Managers need to undergo training for Interpersonal Communication Skills(including those just coming out of college). They need to understand employees' feelings. Some people had a rough day at home, but Managers care less to know. Instead, they want to write them off, sometimes without verbal coaching. Internal promotion from a Tier III upward is difficult (I might say in some buildings from experience). Some Tier III associates have been in that position for more than 3 years, have degrees coupled with experience, but are usually denied to move up. Thus, they rather resign and then reply externally to be hired upward.","Managers, leave your ""self-gratification"" right at the front door before entering the warehouse. You have people of different cultures and origins to work along with, let that spirit flow through you all the time. Leaders, give attention to employees' feelings and concerns. The rate is not all that matters. When you have a stable mind and a kind heart for another, the rate will fall into place. Make promotion from within a priority as long the candidate is qualified for the position. Forget about picking and choosing Leaderships' favorite associates so that you cannot damage the unique image of AMAZON",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10486,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources,Human Resources,"Great Culture, Challenges, Dynamic Environment, Career Progression, Continuous Learning, Flexibility and Mobility","Long Hours, work life balance",Stay close to the work life balance aspect,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10487,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Starting pay is good, Culture is laid back","Monotonous tasks, Time drags, Very little opportunity for moving up",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10488,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Treats you well if you work hard.,Flexibility and opportunities for growth.,Slow to act on change. Bad on communciating changes down the chain.,Pay attention and act quicker on more associate concerns,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10489,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Editor,I've worked a total of 24 years in tech--this is the best work experience I've had so far,"The company has principles that it believes in and uses to guide daily business decisions. These are not the usual nonsense ""values"" or ""competencies"" most companies have but never use. WE USE THEM.  Customers come first. Everything we do (not joking) is based on, ""Is this best for our customers?""  You own your work. What you accomplish is based on what you accomplish. No living year to year by blaming others strategically. Get things done. Period.  We are more than fairly compensated. We work a lot of hours and sacrifice some nights and weekends, but at least we are paid well.","There is no way to work here and work a 40-hour or 45-hour week. A great commitment is required, and sometimes, your family and friends don't understand it.  As with all companies, some managers can be real dicks. Par for the course.  People who work from home are often viewed with suspicion and preyed upon. Again, not unlike a lot of companies.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P267.htm
10490,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Outbound Problem Solver,Great path to move up in the company because you work with the managers. You also get to understand most systems giving you an advantage over others that are applying for higher positions,"Share the stress of managers and Pa's, but not getting paid the same.",Pick better problem solvers in other shifts and come up with a standard procedure for most process so that when you come in the last shift doesn't leave you a mess.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10491,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Leadership Principles,"The LPs, the tenets and the culture make Amazon an amazing place to work. If you are action-oriented and personally value the customer and look to earn the trust of both your peers and the customer, you'll do well here. You have to have similar personal values and principles as the Amazon LPs.","Expectations are high, ie: the Amazon leadership insists on the highest standards. And, you are consistently challenged with raising the bar or falling below the bar.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10492,amazon,"India, TN"," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate,Quality Assurance Engineering,"The Work Culture & Values, Compensations & Benefits",Basic level of Salary for the Testing,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10493,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 27, 2018",Former Employee - Wharehouse Associate,Okay if you need a job,Always hiring because people always leaving,"Magement, no work life balance if you want to make a decent income",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10494,amazon,none," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Setup for Success,"Medical and vision ins. and flex card, 401k, stock option, and opportunities to advance.",Pay could be better Increased rates,The struggle is real and keep up the good work.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10495,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Avoid Working Here if You Can,"Simple, but physically demanding work Set schedule every week","The HR is useless, and are the center reason for people losing their jobs 15 Minute breaks are actually about 8 minutes (including the walk to the nearest break room) considering they start when the managers call it out at the front of the warehouse and you can't hear them VTO program is stupendously bad ATO program is stupendously bad If you are injured, management will force you into signing a form stating it isn't a work related accident Do not accept doctor's notes, funeral home letters, etc. If you are hired during peak, you WILL be fired after peak.... which is less than a month of employment A horrible attendance policy Heard the blue badge (basically guaranteed a job) application was going to open up in 60 days. I worked there for six months and nothing happened. Personal Memo: I gave them over a MONTH'S NOTICE that I would need a new weekly schedule and it took them ANOTHER month to finally change it, long past when I needed it changed, hence why I'm a former employee. It's sad, because they claim to have flexible hours and it's HR's fault because they wanted to delay my request for as long as they possibly could","Start taking accountability when your employees faint or get injured GET BETTER HR TEAM MEMBERS Understand that life does happen, people get sick, hospitalized, and have family members that pass away. You're broken ATO system does no favors for anyone Give white badges more opportunities if you aren't going to open up the blue badges Just strip out your old system entirely and rebuild it",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10496,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Challenging, Exiciting, and rewarding, but strenuous and high pressure.","Good pay, industry leading company, great technology and innovation","rapid change, high pressure at times can be difficult to navigate",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10497,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work,"Nice pay, good benefits, great working environments",None that i could think of,Keep doing your job,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10498,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"It's an ok job, with everyone working hard to fulfill the demands of the job.","VTO, benefits, decent pay, good co workers, HR and other great personnel available when needed.","Consistently on your feet all day if you don't take VTO. A lot of moment with the body (walking, twisting, bending), have to walk through multiple sets of stairs to get to the break room which the breaks and lunches are short (roughly 15-20 mins) (only 2 breaks in a 10+- hr day)",A fully operating cafeteria with cafeteria workers and a full half hour lunch would be great. That way associates don't have to pack food for work everyday.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10499,amazon,none," May 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,Flexible hours and shifts available,Labor a little hard and they work the younger people a little harder of course.,Connect more with the staff,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P268.htm
10500,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Depends on what you do...,I love my co-workers. I work at a distribution center and the people I work with are great. The benefits are decent even as a tier 1 employee.,Favoritism is the driving force for advancement in the company. Management turnover is also very high. I have worked here for about 8 months and have had 4 managers on my team. 10 and a half hour days on your feet are exhausting so by the end of the week you're very tired.,Don't play favorites.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10501,amazon,"Winchester, VA"," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA,Icqa. Or picking,Use work there last year people were vood work for and hours,Wasok working there wirh people,Could be alot better if could find supervisor when needed,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10502,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,everything is great at amazon,i have zero cons about amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10503,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, cool work",Smart people and amazing IP.,Depend on the strengths of your manager.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10504,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador,Great people and fast paced work environment,The hours were sometimes difficult.,"Just because people may look dumb, doesn't mean we are. And if we were, we would likely still be able to tell what you think. It may be hard, but try to be friendly and understanding.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10505,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse job,"Good pay Good benefits such as Health care insurance, 401k",No flexible hours Standing for 10 to 12 hours,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10506,amazon,none," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Youve read the reports,Flexible and loose scheduling if you have the time bank,Everything you have read is true,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10507,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technician,Technician,Playing with cool toys and new equipment.,"Rate and promote employee by quanity, production rate.",Pay attention to lower employee.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10508,amazon,"Houston, TX"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,A great place to work for,"Benefits, lots of overtime, great leadership",Lack of integrity from certain unsupervised employees.,"Get team leaders to focus on a leadership style whether it be Authoritative, Participative or Delagative...choose one and develop on it. A college degree under your belt does not automatically make you a good leader. Amazon has an enormous amount of younger employees that will benefit from a good leader that knows how the lead a team successfully.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10509,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Excellent company and always customer focused,"Clear goals and targets from the leaders, Always customers focused and put great effort to solve customer needs and think backward, Very high competent teams and friendly env. Good salary payment with competitive bonus and stock options for all. Process focused to solve issues quickly,",Now a high organization with multiple branches. May end with slow decision making and un-proficient in some areas.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P269.htm
10510,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great company, requires extreme dedication",Lots of opportunity to grow and find the “right” space for you in the company. Good benefits.,A career at Amazon can take over your life if you let it,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10511,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture changed,Cutting edge innovation and large scale,Too much of politics and ranks climbing,Keep Day 1 culture,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10512,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Assocate,Good for students and permanent labourers,"They don't seem to value education and experience.The ranks are weird, somebody from school could be a manager with only a bachelor's degree while an experienced employee with a master's degree or even PhD with 20 years of experience could be an associate","It doesn't matter, it wouldn't change anything.",1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10513,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse job,"Good pay Good benefits such as Health care insurance, 401k",No flexible hours Standing for 10 to 12 hours,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10514,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,Great company to work for. Get rewarded for beung a hard worker.,The pay does not reflect your work,none,5.0,none,1.0,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10515,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,They teach you everything you’ll need to know. So zero experience needed,You’ll have to work really hard to keep up with the fast pace,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10516,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Fast-paced Very smart co-workers Culture of innovation and process improvements,Work/life Balance can be hard sometimes,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10517,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Multi-task,Lots of overtime and different types of work,To much employee turnaround causes repeating training,Look for employee work equality,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10518,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Interesting work, good people",Can be intense at times,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10519,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Challenging, and lots to learn from peers. Growing at a fast pace","Appears too operational at times, especially with non-AWS teams",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P270.htm
10520,amazon,"Aurora, IL"," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Process Guide,Easiest position,Easiest position in all fc,Very clicky and can make it break your work environment.,Don't procrastinate on giving promotions,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10521,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good Pay and benefits,"Starting pay was $12 an hour, with benefit enrollment available from day one.","The job can be incredibly boring and repetitive. I count inventory all day long, ten hours a day.",Don't hire people so quickly only to pressure them to take time off day in and day out every week.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10522,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - AI2 Associate,Great Company to learn and grow!,"-Endless possibilities to learn -Great culture -Good management, pretty flat organization -Decent Compensation -Endless opportunity to move into new roles","-Compensation could be better, they offer lower base pay and try to entice you with more stock which doesn't vest for 4 typically -401k match is a joke -No tuition reimbursement unless you work in a fulfillment center","-Revamp the 401k match -Get a tuition reimbursement program going to entice people to learn, grow, and stay -Offer more teleworking flexibility",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10523,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Tier III PA,Amazon Associate,"Can take time off whenever you want, if you have the time. Prizes during peak season.",Hours are long. Wear and tear on your body. Poor management. Everything is disorganized,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10524,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Product Manager,Great company if you’re up to managing your own career,Innovation Challenging Flexibility I work with extremely smart people! Everyday I learn something new. I appreciate that I get to solve problems,"Some old school management philosophy Not enough diversity. Like hires like even with the bar raiser program. If you’re not up to managing your career, you can get stuck",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10525,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound,"Fast paced, paid and unpaid hours","Buildings are hot, once you top out in pay that's it,",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10526,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tax Analyst II,"Fast Paced Environment, ability to work on meaningful projects with high visibility, and plenty of opportunity to move up.","Work life balance is treated as an important issue, but the amount of work assigned and the deadlines do not lend well to having a good work-life balance.",Continue to focus on work life balance of employees and create more performance metrics when analyzing individual performance and promotions.,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10527,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Pay is ok","Good pay, fast pace, excellent training in how to solve problems.","Culture can be difficult, generally an unfriendly place.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10528,amazon,"North East, MD"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,It could be better,"At amazon they have pretty good Benefits ,and it’s a somewhat easy job if u don’t work hard then ur great!",If you are a hard worker and passionate about amazon they will work you till you can’t move and the PAY! is not worth it thy could definitely give us more money and we get a raise but it’s 25cent ! What are we doing with that after 6 months and a year. Also the personal time they give it to u so early and that don’t give u enough u are working 10 hours a day and they give u a max of 3 days off for the whole year and that’s not in the beginning u gotta earn that over time . And vacation time takes forever to come so don’t even bother with that.,Give employees better pay . They work extremely hard. And better the personal time and the amount of vacation time .,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10529,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pay,Different tasks daily positive work environment,No hours boring work,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P271.htm
10530,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"if you leave out the benefits, its crap and unorganized",great benefits package. you dont have to wait 30-90 days like most companies do. benefits start the 1st day. pay is decent if it's your 1st job. you get VCP (free money if productivity and attendance are met for the FC as a whole which can range from 2% to 10% added onto your paycheck. Peak season is when this usually happens) also you are given RSU (restricted stock units) within the company to invest in. Also you are given the option of opening up a 401k provided by amazon. The PA's (Process Assistants) are fun and easy going people for the most part. other tier 1 co-workers can be decent somewhat to a point. just dont think everyone is your friend.,"poor management teams. the way they hire new managers at BWI2 is poorly done. Human Resources at times can make errors as well as team mangers and senior ops mangers. I've seen the best of employees get fired for no reason. i myself got fired because of a so called ""system error"" done by Human resources. So please be careful before you think of going into BWI2. most things when it comes to being promoted at BWI2 is a popularity contest.",think of a better way not to get employees fired by mistake and come up with a better process when it comes to hiring new managers PLEASE. Stop making things a popularity contest and hire managers fairly.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10531,amazon,"Kent, WA"," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company if you want a temporary job,"Great culture that serves the costumer. Huge variety of people who work at Amazon, made many permanent friends here. Scholarship program!!","No chance to grow within the company at all. I thought I was moving up, I first was an Ambassador, then moved on to become a full-time Process Assistant for almost a full year until I was demoted back to a tier 1 associate. There's so many people who work here, you can be easily replaced.",Work in the environment yourself before making changes that effect other people's lives,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10532,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. PMT,"Fast pace, autonomy, flexibility, growth","Hierarchical, aggressive, lack of training",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10533,amazon,none," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Operations Manager, Northeast Region FC","Amazon will challenge every skill you thought you were good at and discover some new ones that you didn't know you had. You will be challenged hourly to work with team-mates that want to work with you or work against you. Operations is a true test of patience, time-management and fortitude, even those that find this challenge too much, will admit the lessons they learned.  Overall, Amazon offers incredible ""at the door"" incentives. I am sure you can read them in other reviews, but the life and professional experience is worth the blood, sweat and tears you will shed within an Amazon FC.","Fulfillment is not for everyone, warehouse work is not for everyone and Amazon is not for everyone. Amazon Operations is very fast paced and unforgiving when it comes with meeting our promise to our customers to get their shipments out on time, every time. It is test the mettle of many people and many people will go on to do other things. Work-life balance is an on-going challenge, but is indeed part of operations. It is unfortunate, but this is the nature of fulfillment, regardless of the name on the building. Orders must go out and those orders do not stop.","Support your leaders, support your teams, support your managers. They will decide if your building wins or loses. They will train the new leaders, so help them mold the leaders that you had when you came up through the Operations ladder. No team is always happy, no team always wins, but every team needs a leader that is supportive, present and above all else....be visible.  Amazon teams forgive easily, but they want to see you where they work, they want to see you where they sweat. Meet them there and show them you care about them and not just the work they do for you. Talk to them, learn their names, learn their children's names and they will remember how you treated them when you ask for 10, 25 or 50% more effort during peak. Your teams are made of people that are willing to push hard for a leader that shows they care. So care about your teams.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10534,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Receiving Associate,"Good benefits, not great for family",Good health 401 k life insurance benefits,"Cap out on income, mandatory overtime and could careless about family",Treat employees more like people instead of a number would be awesome place to work,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10535,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,"Great experience, great company to work for",n/a there is no cons to write,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10536,amazon,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Easy job. Low KEy. Relaxing,You dont get to choose what job you do in the warehouse,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10537,amazon,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great company to work for and awesome benefits,None as I have no complaints,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10538,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Not for the weak,"Great pay, Meeting new people every night during peak season","Very short breaks, Rude managers during peak season, Not enough time for bathroom breaks",Don't put unqualified people in charge during peak season,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10539,amazon,"Indian Trail, NC"," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,I love Amazon,"Flexible, inspiring, informative and cx obsessed",None at all for me!,Stay cool!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P272.htm
10540,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,My job at Amazon,Wonderful employee interaction. Excellent opportunities to advance.,Too much emphasis on rate quotas. This causes a bit of paranoia while working.,more psitive feedback on overall work history of employee and not just on weekly rate numbers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10541,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Regional EHS Manager,Work/Life Balance,"Great Pay and Benefits, Compensation Package including stock","No work/life balance, always demanding more",Keep great processes rather than re-inventing the wheel for the sake of not being labeled innovative.,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10542,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get foot inserts,You get stock in the company after 2 years.,The work is very hard on your body,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10543,amazon,"New Haven, CT"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Associate I,Bunch of wack a Do's,12.50 an hour 20 hrs week.,"Providing photo graphic evidence of a PRIOR contentment you have before taking the job so you may have your points against you waived is ridiculous. I was told during training just give us notice and we wont hold it against you, That was a lie. I am surprise packages survive the transport they are literally thrown on the conveyor belts. Watch the movie Elysium, and you get a hint on how it is to work at Amazon. Very shameful.","If a line is backed up instead of pointing a box and say move it GRAB it your self, and lead by example. NOT A JOB for people who have family comes first.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10544,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Definitely not worth it,The pay isn’t too bad,The work is bad and not worth the pay,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10545,amazon,"West Hartford, CT"," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Experience Consultant,Fun place to work,Exciting new Avenue for Amazon,I will let you know if I find any !,Keep the products we sell a little fresher,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10546,amazon,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Would Go Again,"A competitive atmosphere, focused on productivity.",You can feel like a cog in a very big machine.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10547,amazon,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,Work with the best people in the business,lots of pressure high expectations,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10548,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - SFA,Its Day 1 literally!,"Great energy, fast learning curve, self-starter culture","Hectic, work life balance, easy to burn out",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10549,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer-II,Nerds solving problems,"Strong talent, Big dreams, Supportive teammates",Hard to institute change unless you are working on a leaf team,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P273.htm
10550,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Shipping Clerk,Shipping Clerk,"Great benifits, Lots of opportunity, many different shifts to suit you life","Stric enforcement of policy, Holidays are the busy season",Always motivate and appreciate your crew,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10551,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Great Company!,Greatly fosters a teamwork environment. 95% of the Area Managers basically are there to help you succeed.,"FC - is loud, can be warm at times, especially in areas where the air doesn't circulate. Some Area Managers should follow up with associates more timely.","Listen, strive for more timely responses back to associates.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10552,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," May 20, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,"Easy, repetitive job that anyone can do with weekly pay. Hard Labor.",Weekly pay. Voluntary time off (VTO) and voluntary extra time (VET) opportunities. Work equipment provided for free. Flexible for school purposes.,Hard labor on the body. They depend on scan rates of 150 packages or higher or your out of the job / penalized. Unsafe environment with packages being stacked incorrectly on pallets. 10 minute break. Not paid enough for the work required. No paid bereavement time off unless your a blue badge employee ( permanent).,Eliminate scan rates entirely and just focus on the idle time to spot employees who aren't working when they are supposed to. Not everyone is Superman out there.,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10553,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Picking/Packing,"Getting to clock out whenever you want, this is the ONLY job I've ever had that let you just leave whenever you like. You get paid-time off, unpaid-time off, and vacations. Every now and then they offer voluntary time off for days they don't have enough work but it's maybe 15% of the time over one year. A board to write your concerns down if you feel that your opinion would actually make a difference (personally I don't).","Poor response to any real concerns, a poor and outdated system is used just about everywhere. The scan-guns could be upgraded to wrist/finger ones, so you could actually not have to juggle your scanner and pick an item thus increasing productivity and profit.. which is something I could say about another 20 ways they do things. Leadership I feel is the biggest downfall here, and while you can't really blame them (as they work long, hard hours), there really needs to be some character to these people. Not just a response on your scanner every now and then, or only coming to see you when you've done something wrong (which by the way even if you accidentally forget your cell phone in your pocket, you'll be written up). Write ups ARE the warnings for them, and they just keep stacking up for anything you do out of the ordinary. Getting one thing wrong a week is all you're allowed before a write up is involved, and a good picker gets over 4,000 items a week.","Say hi without handing out write-ups every now and then, whenever my manager comes over to say hi it actually boosted my productivity rate solely based on the fact I was treated like a person and not just another rusty cog in the machine.",3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10554,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Decent pay poor workplace experience,Quick job when you need one. Set schedule ( can be more depending on workload). Multiple paid breaks throughout shift.,Workplace politics make work difficult. Constant rising expectations can be difficult to meet. Poor human rescources.,Experience should be favored over a degree for management experience. People are hired in with no management experience and preform poorly and lower the morale in the workplace.,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10555,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,Great pay. One month of training before starting in position. Managers are very supportive and helpful.,"Very strict on time. If you are even one second back from a break, you will be written up. Hardly any employee perks for being one of the largest companies in the world.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10556,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Data Center Technician,Data Center Operations,"Good compensation, initially, with shift differential.  Knowledgeable team members and good support from immediate managers.  Large datacenter environment allows exposure to multiple different hardware types.","Compensation does not scale-up well, year-over-year. They prefer to use vested stock options as raises, but they don't vest for another two years after the award.  Ticket resolve metrics are the only driver for management. Extracurriculars taken-on by techs are generally not supported or rewarded.  Internal ticketing system has migrated to a micro-managing, tracking system akin to fulfillment centers that burdens simple hardware break/fix with unnecessary ""paperwork"".  Compartmentalization of responsibility leads to compartmentalization of knowledge. Makes it more difficult to build experience with the whole environment or reach out to other teams.","Listen to people at the ground-level. Maintain and support your current fleet against new issues discovered in new fleet deployments, instead of trying to fill-in lost capacity due to these issues by building more data centers. You just spread the issue out and increase your ticketing queues.  The people on the ground-level know what the problems are. They need support from higher-up to get ANY sort of traction, because their permissions, holistic knowledge, and influence are limited by compartmentalization.  Numbers of resolves DO NOT equal increased capacity. If you incentivize closing tickets instead of fixing the issue, then you create a culture where it is JUST about resolving tickets, not fixing the issue. Foisting the MyDay system on them only makes things worse. Nobody wanted it and it only hinders communication and makes individual workflow more tedious.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10557,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Great,they have really great paying and stocks benefits,Manager put lots of pressure on associates,please stop cutting supports from associates and put your self on associates position and think before cutting all those hours.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10558,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Interview process is easy and straighforward, the stock price is keep increasing so even if you didn't get a big pkg during the interview you will still get enough money","amazon didn't have a good hr system, you will be fired anytime with any reason, be prepared to be the best in your team or you will be in danger.","Overall it is a good company, but you need to know if you are really fit this company. The profit is not very good",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10559,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not worth it.,All the hours you could want.,Low pay for the rate you need to make.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P274.htm
10560,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Engineering Meritocracy in WW Ads,"I learn something new every day, and I work with really smart people. My org (WW Advertising) has engineers all the way up to SVP. It is a meritocracy, and decisions are based on facts and correctness. It is also a fun, and challenging, place to work.","Amazon does not throw money around, if you want lobster dinner delivered to your desk look elsewhere. You will always be 'understaffed', it is a natural limiting factor so you only work on the most important stuff.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10561,amazon,none," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience from my internship,Impactful business and customer focused teams,Very large organization with a lot of vertical management,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10562,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Challenging work environment. Lots of stuff to learn,Nothing much. Can improve some benefits,keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10563,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,"Great experience, great company to work for",n/a there is no cons to write,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10564,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Back to the Hunger Games,"The projects and scope of work are unlike anywhere else in the world. I love that I can easily switch teams and try a variety of products that use different technology and target different customers. There are also many very smart, driven, and creative people that make this a workplace where you will learn a ton, no matter what your background. The pay is also very competitive, thanks to the growing stock price.","After The NY Times article, Amazon tried to improve its culture. This effort lasted about a year. Now we are back to the “hunger games,” with leaders randomly getting pushed out, bottom 10% team cuts, and a general fear around job security. The result is a an anxiety-ridden culture, with employees eager to step on each other to achieve favor. Teamwork is non-existent— you’ll notice it isn’t listed anywhere in company values.",Change your focus towards a collaborative culture that brings out the best in people.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10565,amazon,"Lawrenceville, GA"," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Prime Now Associate,Neutral,Easy to do just keep your rates up mistakes are fixable,Boring and a lot of alone time same thing every day no versatility,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10566,amazon,"Monee, IL"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Supremacy is shown,Benefits on day one  VTO  Three days off weekly  Paid Holidays  Benefits on day 1,"Little opportunities for jobs without quotas for Blacks & Hispanics.  Too many white people walking around doing little to nothing.  People of color doing all the work.  Very Low Pay, not competitive at all  Restricted Stock Units only if employed for 2 years, otherwise, you loose it.  10 hours work days",I'm sure it's no surprise that there are no people of color doing problem solved or lack of supervisors that represents the workers at your FC. We have observed the white privilege that goes on since day one. Needs to be more diversity at your facility!,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10567,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Run Away!,Absolutely no existing pro what so ever,"Grossly underpaid, toxic environment, no real benefits. However, the worst part of the job is my boss. She has clothing retail management experience and she is the most incompetent boss I have ever had and I don't even know how she got the job since I know she lied about speaking French and other European languages. She forces our team into useless and embarrassing activities just because she takes pleasure in that. She doesn't speak the language so she should not manage me and our team, I don't know how she got the job honestly, she must have been interviewed by someone who also didn't speak the language. She puts each team member against each other and she constantly scold us like we are toddlers. She is really horrible.","Please do not hire obnoxious spoiled brats who pretend to speak multiple languages and only have management experience from chain selling boho-chic womens wear. It has nothing to do with natural language understanding, voice recognition technology, artificial intelligence and data management.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10568,amazon,"New York, NY"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,"Great company to work at, especially for the first 2 to 3 years",You will learn a LOT! You will get an MBA in the Cloud technologies. You will work with great people who were selected on their merit and knowledge. There's always someone to learn from.,"After the first 2 to 3 years your salary takes a hit and you will start looking to move on to another company. Amazon, for some strange reason, doesn't seem to care much about retaining professionals after that time frame.",Make data-driven decisions (which most of you do).,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10569,amazon,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Decent Warehouse Job,"Easy tasks to complete, very achievable productivity minimums, flexible managers",Repetitive and not much diversity of tasks in FC,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P275.htm
10570,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,amazon review,It is a great company full of smart ambitions people.,You are usually work in ambiguous environment and most of the teams are understaffed.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10571,amazon,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Benefits aren't bad, there is stock options",Tons of hours during holidays,Give your employees room to grow,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10572,amazon,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker packer,"keeps you in shape and busy, all the time theres something to do.",human resource is not too helpful with employees,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10573,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,6 months at Amazon,"Paid time off, unpaid time off, and benefits as well  Also after a year you will be able to take free college classes.",I work night shift it is not a bad job. It is a easy job you just have to be on your feet a lot.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10574,amazon,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EHS coordinator,Great environment and good vibes,Sometimes hard and very boring,They are good,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10575,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources,Great for staring career. Do not stay long,Good name for resume. Could be fun depending on your team. Decent pay with sign on bonus and company stock.,"Amazon offered generous stock option, but required to be with them for 4 years. If you went out on leave (except maternity leave), stock will be put on hold. So it will take longer to earn those stock. Long hours. Start to work at 5 or 6 am and might not done until 6 or 7 pm (all salaries positions, including HR and any support staff). If you are salaried employee, prepare to work to death. Maybe even on day off. Most salaries employees work at least one day on the weekend. As HR, I have seen senior manager discuss with each other how some people doesn’t work long hour and doesn’t not want to check email on their day off. Those are the one will never be promoted, because they are not available all the times. This is not happened only during peak. I have tried to change this mind set from some senior manager. Unfortunately, hr doesn’t have much voice when decide who to promote. Not all senior manager are the same. However, 4 years with amazon, I only met 1 senior manager that truly care for his employees work life balance. Also if you have small children, this will not be the job for you. You will never have time for family. On top of that, pregnant women definitely won’t get a chance at promotion. Although amazon rolled out nee maternity leave, but taking full advance of the leave comes with consequences. I have seen a manager, who was 37 weeks pregnant, worked 14 hours a day. Go home and still answer email at 2 am. It’s not requirement to answer email at 2 am, but if she didn’t, she got a dirty look why it was not done. When she came back from maternity leave, she applied for the ramp back program which provided her with less work schedule (50 %of full-time schedule ). She was in that schedule for a week. She was a burden at the facility. The ramp back schedule just doesn’t work for salaried employee, who is on call 24/7. Again it was not a requirement that written down, but it was an unspoken expectation (especially if you want to be promoted). That was the amazon culture that I got used to. Being hourly employees were little better. Since most hourly employees need to clock in and out at the center, they were not expected to work at home or after they clocked out. There is none recognition for HR or salaried manager. We are expected to drive recognition, but get none. I have seen Regional Manager yelled and cursed at his teams during conference meetings, because they didn’t meet number. Regional HR manager was also in the meeting but could not do anything. Nothing happened to him. He might get a warning and got transferred to different region. Nothing changed. Corporate HR looked at field HR with different point of view. Very hard to move from field HR (working at the fulfillment center) to corporate hr. During one of my interview for a position at corporate, they mentioned to me that since I worked mostly in the field, I might not fit with corporate culture. So all my previous experiences working in corporate environment with different companies were gone. Not even being consider. The same person also made an expression that field hr was easier. I don’t think that person ever been in a fulfillment center. During a meeting between field hr and Employee Resource Center Manager, he was surprised when we mentioned that our center had 2000 employees. His comment: “you guys have 2000 employees at this place.” The meeting was done off side. Employee resource center worked either in corporate or in India. They answer employee questions via phone or tickets. They have no ideas about certain policies. Everything is refer to site HR. So pretty much useless.",Fulfillment center is the core business for amazon. Focus on driving engagement that actually work. Set realistic goals. Not everything is a number.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10576,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1associate,Solid company and a marketing culture that ensures future success in an ever changing economy.,Internal promotions difficult. Promotion philosophy not consistent with old school tried and true methodology.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10577,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,i worked part time,pay is good and sufficient,very fast paced and hard,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10578,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Pay isn't too bad for being an associate.,Very tedious and mundane work. There's also a ton of turnover especially in management.,Realize that everyone comes from a different situation in their lives to work at amazon so don't talk down to your peers because they may actually be more qualified than you.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10579,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Cut throat job,"Benefits,paid time vac net al.","Stressful place to work,too much favoritism",Cut down target rate.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P276.htm
10580,amazon,none," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Blah,Three days off a week,working eleven hour shifts and being allowed to rest your feet,You are not God,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10581,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Best working experience I've ever had,Lots of learning opportunities Lots of professional opportunities Growing company Salary/Benefits are good,If you don't manage your work/life balance you can get drowned.,Most of the management come from technical background are are not necessarily experienced with people management. My advice is that they invest more in people management skills.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10582,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,AWS Review,"Working on AWS as a Software Development Engineer has given me the tools to understand the complexity of a running and supporting a cloud service. These tools have made me a better professional, my available resources are abundant, and there's still room for improvement.","Operational burden is huge, some teams have very rigid roadmaps, sometimes features are prioritized instead of fixing underlying architecture problems.",Don't neglect tech debt.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10583,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time Package Handler,"Not the worst job, but could be a lot better","-friendly work atmosphere, most of the time the management was very nice and my coworkers were easy to get along with -pay is decent","-VERY inflexible schedule, good luck trying to get days off or getting a different shift, not a job for students -Get sent home half the time after just two or three hours of work -sometimes you will get stuck with the hard jobs that are very labor intensive -employee resource department is a complete joke, might as well not even be there","Just give us more flexible schedules, never before have I seen a company with such inflexible schedules",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10584,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Principal HRBP,Principal HRBP,"Work/life balance, autonomy, limited politics, merit based promotions, tons of opportunities","Hire people in to more junior roles than their capability, over-engineered processes",Challenge people earlier on- easy to get bored when hired into too junior of a position,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10585,amazon,none," May 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,-Employee discounts -Management is fairly productive and knows how to get everyone moving at a good pace -Kinda fun to have a look at all the different items that everyone orders,"Not recommended as a first job, 120 unit per hour pace is hard to achieve if you've never worked in a warehouse before","If there's someone underperforming that you don't think will improve their quota before their deadline, please advise them to consider searching for other forms of employment instead of suprising them with a layoff and blacklist.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10586,amazon,none," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Job security, set hours, 3 days off, big break rooms, friendly managers","Rates, hard work, long hours, Mandatory Overtime, 80° warehouse with no fans, easy to get written up",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10587,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Part-Time Sortation Associate,Part-Time Sortation Associate,Flexible Hours and Free Pizza when it's overtime. Good Paid.,Overtime is so often and required. Some people working at wrapper are so lazy,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10588,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,"Overall, design is not highly regarded at Amazon.","Amazon offers competitive compensation, especially as the stock price is going up.  They're always exploring new areas to grow in and show little to no fear in trying out new business directions.  The Seattle area is growing more lively with all the development that is happening from Amazon expanding. (However it is also raising housing prices, which is only good if you bought property years ago.)  Because product and engineering have a long history at Amazon, working in those disciplines have their own unique Amazon cultural quirks that have succeeded in driving the company to where it is now.","Besides two teams (digital devices group and HCD), design is in an overall bad situation at Amazon. The design standards and processes at the company-level are really, really far behind the other big tech companies.  If you research, you'll find that despite attracting designers with nice compensation packages and holding design fairs to demonstrate how parts of Amazon are doing design well, very few designers who have worked at companies with good design standards stay at Amazon for longer than about a year. Only a handful of teams do design well amongst the hundreds of teams Amazon has and those are the ones that get paraded at design fairs for outsiders to see.  Because of this, most designers that have stayed longer have set the bar very low. Engineering and product teams rarely hire good design leaders so they don't get understand how design can be integrated into product and development practices properly. Designers from other companies in the area whose design bar have never been very high (Expedia, Zillow, Smartsheet, Concur, RealNetworks, to name a few) are the ones who stick around and they're not setting a good example for how to execute on good design. If you care about good quality design, you'll be disappointed by how low the bar is.",Your products' success is mainly due to price. If your designs were better you could differentiate even more and build a loyal following for reasons besides price. In order to do that you need to take design seriously at higher levels of leadership and change the company culture from being so exclusively engineering and product focused.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10589,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,It’s really cool,"I definitely agree that this job isn’t for everyone however, it is a warehouse job and that does mean physical labor. The turnover rate is high because a lot of new hires see early on it isn’t for them and that shouldn’t reflect negatively on Amazon, if anything I find it great that they hire in bulk, they seem to give everyone a chance which I know a lot of us need. It boggles my mind over these negative reviews, your employer created the rules...follow them or quit? It’s really that simple. Benefits rock, atmosphere is great, you do feel valued despite reading that we are just a “badge number,” in reality the badge numbers are crucial because if your family calls in for an emergency they NEED to know where you are to connect you as soon as possible. They only require 24 hour notice for vacation, you can take pto if you feel like leaving, break rooms are fantastic and a wide variety of food/drinks/etc. I would definitely encourage everyone to apply, you won’t know if you like it until you try. If you excel at your job you are noticed right away, even on the first day.","Breaks could be longer 10-hour shifts are hard on your feet but honestly, stretch and get good shoes.","Try to have your ambassador’s on the same page when training new hires, it was tough to figure out which guidance to listen to when being taught.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P277.htm
10590,amazon,none," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always changing.,"If you're a hard worker and have a positive attitude, there are tons of opportunities to learn new processes. I love working at Amazon. The high volume atmosphere and the constant rush creates an extremely competitive environment but in a fun way! One team, one dream. I love being able to work together as a group and being able to challenge each other while having a good time. Work hard, have fun, make history!",The pressure of your workload can be stressful. No one takes ownership of their area and there is a serious lack of communication between departments. Our building is slowly degrading and it's sad. But this is just my building. The company overall is amazing.,Take care of your people! Get to know them and they'll respect you more. A happy employee is a productive one. Recognition and appreciation is the quickest way to make your team members work harder for you.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10591,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I,Amazon FC,"Full benefits day 1, stocks, monthly bonus, 4 day work week, guaranteed 40 hours a week","Long days on your feet doing the same motion, high turn over, different manager every 6 months, 3000+ people working in your building leaves little room for advancement","Keep your promises, make sure to develop a relationship with your associates.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10592,amazon,none," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good first job,"good pay , easy","hard work , long hours",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10593,amazon,none," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always Day 1,"Innovation, cares about the community",All the best benefits to working at Amazon are in the corporate setting. You don't get to experience all innovations and creativity in the fulfillment center.,Develop your team.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10594,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Returns Processor,Returns processor,The benefits are good and worth the price,"Discriminate, A LOT of favoritism, people do not do their job and get promoted, never get a straight answer on ANYTHING. People act like children",Try listening to your employees. Don't be employee's friend,1.0,none,none,none,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10595,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-II,Nice work. Depends on the team though,"Work life balance is in your hands. If you dont take control of it, amazon will milk all your time.","Decisions on organizational structure are obfuscated away from you. If you want to know why changes are being made, good luck getting a straight answer",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10596,amazon,"Des Moines, IA"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Collections Specialist,MARKETPLACE,"$2,000 in Amazon Visa Gift Cards in your account every day",Sometime the Gift Cards are shipped to your home,Add 9999 usdollar deposit to all accounts receivable,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10597,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Like everything, there are pros and cons.","Starting pay for overnight weekend shifts is 14.00 per hour, 401k, health benefits starting day 1, opportunities for advancement, friendly managerial staff, lots of ways to voice your opinion within the warehouse location, re-training available at any time during your employment","Long hours, being on your feet for extended periods of time, not having hardly any human interaction during your shift, repetitive work day in and day out, having to meet certain rates per hour so soon in employment, not really any opportunities to engage with coworkers/meet new people/make friends","A little more on boarding training for new hires, maybe not be so strict on units per hour rates the first two weeks - some people take longer to catch on than others, have more teamwork positions available, more options for shift schedules",2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10598,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,A lot of work for the low pay,Work from home Employee discount Work/life balance,Very low pay Manager never available Having to deal with irate customers and emails at the same time Get surveyed by customer which can affect your job,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10599,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,Opens different opportunities to advance in the company,"Lousy management , people are lazy and unmotivated",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P278.htm
10600,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Process Assistant,Atl6,"Great benefits, flexible schedule, weekly to bi weekly pay.",Turn over company hard to move up. Most people don't last long.,Better communication can benefit to process of the warehouse. Don't pick and choose what's more important I think all aspects are equally important you just need to find a way to balance it all so nothing gets missed.,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10601,amazon,"Boston, MA"," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sort Associate,500 year healthcare pay (AFTER CONVERTION TO Part time permanant) Discount of UPTO 100 dollar only 10% at a time on amazon products only 6 paid holidays after convertion as Required by law  You can give feed back on managers But what is done with it is unknown,"They will cut your pay suddendly and HR will say that they ""Do Not need to provide you with information as to why.""  you will be over worked for the same rate of pay you are expected to scan 150 packages an hour and if you get below you will get written up  following the rules as you have been told does not excuse system faulures they will blaim you even after finding the error was due to system falure  There are no hand books for procedures to learn from but you are expected to learn as you go  training is limited and tends to only cover the basic motions but not what is expected of you  Getting promotions is very difficult and Not based on schooling  Dispite having a set calander with chances to win raffles they Never Get done.  Management will allow others to do less work and require more from hard worker and even belittle you if you are not going above and beyond  THERE IS NO ON SITE HR all calls are directed out of state then brought round to regonal HR and they often Ignore emails and if you have pay issues they attempt to underpay",follow what you were told by Amazon to do as far as raffles  Make sure all are doing work do not over look associates  Do not allow personanal feeling to restrict empolees from progressing  Make sure employees get paid even if they missed a punch knowing ly refusing to pay is against the law  The managers are NOT above the law and should not be coddled by HR  HR Should be un BIAS,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10602,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its okay,It goes by fast and you get time off.,Long hours and the bosses do not really check up on you.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10603,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Please reconsider before accepting!,"Amazon is an amazing company, doing innovative things... at the corporate level that is. Proud to work for Amazon overall. Utterly disillusioned by Amazon working at the FC level.","Dear Newly Graduated Students,  Please read this review before you accept the job. You are smart, capable, and ambitious people who are about to enter the work force. DO NOT take this job solely due to the name of Amazon. It is not a data-driven, desk job in which you get to make important decisions. Instead, you have to manage a bunch of children. It's exhausting and not rewarding.  If you want to work for Amazon, GO CORPORATE!!! I cannot stress this point enough. Please, I beg you, run far far away from FC operations. Amazon corporate is the way to go!!  I understand the compensation looks amazing: $55k - $60k base, $16k - $20k first year signing bonus, a second year signing bonus, $5k relocation expenses, and oh my all the shares!!  But those shares vest in FOUR years for good reason. Most of you will not see past one year, let alone four years. One month feels long here so I cannot imagine what four years feel like. Moreover, average tenure for an L4 Area Manager at Amazon is about 7 - 8 months, which means you will have to pay back thousands of dollars since the prorated signing bonus and relocation expenses must be repaid due to either voluntary resignation or termination.  Think about it... why not give a higher base such as $70k instead of a shiny, huge signing bonus? Because a higher base you don't have to pay back when you leave before your one year is up whereas a signing bonus, you do. And trust me, very few make it past one year. The recruiters for this position are quite smart in how they developed the compensation package. Amazon is just protecting itself from having to pay out a lot for area managers who will realize a few months into the job just how crappy it is.  Your job consists of babysitting associates who have no desire to be there. Matter of fact, no managers even want to be there! The morale and positivism is low in the buildings you will be working at. The company says you can transfer internally to any department/position within Amazon but in truth, it is near impossible to do so! Amazon renders the internal transfer process very difficult.  There is a lot of bull crap you will have to deal with from the top and from the bottom. L4/L5 Area Managers take cr*p from their bosses and their employees, with no place for them to voice how they feel/their concerns. The nature of the work is quite boring as well. People want things to change but nothing ever really changes. We talk about the same stupid issues every week and month with no progress or difference. You are doing the same thing day in and day out. Absolutely no variety at all. That is the reason why managers and associates alike transfer buildings all the time, the reason why they go on away teams to get away from the monotony of the job. Case in point? I have had 8 different managers in the past 10 months. What the hell is that? It is truly horrific working in FC operations at Amazon.  Promotion?? Yeah... so the way to promotion is murky and not clearly defined. You have to have one person high up who takes a liking to you, mentors you, and fights for your promotion (basically butt kissing at its finest). If you don't have that, NO AMOUNT of high performance in your job or your associates liking you as a manager will get you promoted. No one will even take the time to consider you.  Amazon does not care about how it treats managers. The company will take every drop of blood and sweat from you, run you ragged until you can't function anymore, and then not even blink an eye when they lose you/will not care if they lose you. You will constantly feel underappreciated and undervalued.  College graduates, you are too intelligent to be doing this job. The job is so easy in terms of the level of mental cognition required that even associates without any higher education can do it (specifically in regards to associates being promoted to process assistants and then area managers).  Engineering major? Business major? Math major? DO NOT TAKE THIS JOB! You can get a much more exciting and mentally stimulating, just as well paying job, that will actually capitalize on skills acquired during your time at college. Look at engineering roles, analyst roles, etc. at Amazon corporate. That's the way to go. Plus corporate jobs pay about 15% more for each level. For example, at L4 Area Manager makes $55k while an L4 Analyst at corporate will make about $64k in base alone.  Please stay far away from this pain.","Honestly, management is a mixed bag. Some good ones and some bad ones.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10604,amazon,"South Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,sde intern,good collaborators to learn a lot,no free snacks like other companies,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10605,amazon,"Spokane, WA"," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Team Leader,Great options even though not great,Poor hours even though hours,Flexible,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10606,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Director,Focused on developing great tech,"Often aggressive schedule, limited resources",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10607,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great place, just not enough hours.","Not enough hours, could pay more.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10608,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its Work,working 4 days a week. lots of work with people,can drag your down. each warehouse has its own culture.,Don't overwork employees,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10609,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Benefits and pto were great and vacation time,"Mandatory over time, working on weekends",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P279.htm
10610,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Customer Service Rep.,decent pay flexibility good perks slow if you work the late shift,I felt like we were rushed through training and had little to no support when we started taking calls.,"I understand the need to get new agents on the phones, but when working from home with little access to support, i feel the training needs to be much more in depth and thorough.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10611,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like Being In A Cult,"Pays well, but there you are left with high insurance premiums.",Long hours. Lots of backstabbing. Cutthroat. Medical and PTO is awful.,Stop with the condescension. Stop ramming Amazon principles down people’s throats. I literally felt like I was being indoctrinated into a cult.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10612,amazon,none," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,A lot of schedule,"Money, benefit, vacation, tuition, and more...",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10613,amazon,"Aurora, IL"," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Unexpected Opprotunity,"Fast paced, daily challenges. Raise and break through the highest standards",High standards can be a dampener to newcomers and tire out people very fast.,Don't forget the individual that came in the door. Engage and support associates.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10614,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,Great challenge,Lots of opportunities and challenges to address. Possibility of international relocation. Large scale. Lots of amazing people.,High operational work and on-call. Not at lot of vacation time.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10615,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Don't Join Amazon if you have a Family or want a Good Work / Life Balance,"Some of the people I worked with are the smartest out there. As a HR Professional you will learn so much and gain many skills. You will be challenged to think, be creative and resolve issues every day. If this place is not for you, at least you will take with you the recognition of working for Amazon and plenty of knowledge along the way.","There is absolutely no work / life balance. It does not matter if you work for Corporate in Seattle or at a Fulfillment Center. I did see people cry at their desks and I even cried myself due to the stress and non-stop workload that you will face all day, every day of the week. This is specially worse if you work in the night shift as you will get calls during the day while you are asleep or enjoying your time off.  Vacation at Amazon means you have to bring your laptop with you and run daily reports. Also, they will call you while you are off and ask you to work remotely. Be ready to work holidays including July 4th and Thanksgiving. The only Holiday that my Fulfillment Center was closed was on Christmas Day.  I met plenty of Area Managers who were counting the days until they could resign since they received Sign-In Bonuses or they received Relocation Assistance. This is how Amazon puts handcuffs on you to stay with the company.  I only recommend working for Amazon if you are a recent college grad or someone in their 20s with no significant other nor children. If you are a single mother, this is not the place for you since Amazon demands schedule flexibility. One day you may come in at 1pm and leave at 1am, another day you may need to come in at 3pm and leave 2am or come in at 9am after working until midnight the night prior. I only saw my kids on the weekends and even then I would gets calls from Amazon to do some work.","I don't have any Advice to Management but I do want to advise others to join Amazon only for 2 or 3 years for the experience and to build your resume. After this timeframe you will want to get out due to burnout and exhaustion.  Do not join Amazon thinking that people like me are exaggerating on the lack of work/ life balance. I thought people were over the top when I read similar comments about it but once I joined I realized these comments were true. If you have a child, you better have a stay at home parent. Otherwise, it will not work at all for you. I can guarantee you will neglect your kids after starting a full time role at Amazon. They will never win an award for ""Great place for Working Parents / Mothers"".  If you see someone on LinkedIn praising Amazon, most likely that's because they have to in order to feel better about themselves, but on the inside they are very miserable. I used to be one of those people praising Amazon on social media (LinkedIn) but on the inside I couldn't wait to quit. I know others still there doing the same, saying how awesome it is to work there but they hate it.",2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10616,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Organizational Change,It is a great place to learn. It is a very fast paced environment.,"Due to structural changes in the org, my position was eliminated and I was given two months to find a new position within amazon. This happened without any prior notice or information and caught me off gaurd. I did not expect such a thing to happen with an organization like amazon.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10617,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Good work, ok pay, 3 days off",Very physical and demanding environment,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10618,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"good benefits, vacation, personal holidays, ok pay, many locations to work, varied jobs available. Job advancement to various levels within the company",treat all loyal employees unfairly. new management has no clue what they are doing. need to quit changing things that work use their rules when it suits them.,Listen to employees when they say they are being miss treated by supervisors,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10619,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,"Fast paced, cutting edge (in some areas), creating trends-not following them, lots of responsibility very fast if you can manage the timelines and pressure","Relentless pace, project teams are purposely built to minimize dependencies and cost of coordination. Results in a lot of duplication of effort","Continue to obsess over customers to set benchmark in expectations, but build in the capability to meet them.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P280.htm
10620,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,I am not recommending fulfillment center on night shift,"they make people robotic. no thinking... if you wanna learn how they work, apply !!!",no resting... people sleep stand by on night shift,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10621,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Remote Customer Service Agent,"Work From Home, Great Pay, Flexible Hours","Training is Horrible. There is no adequate training, you basically are rushed to finish modules, and then threw on the phones to take calls, so weird. I have never experienced that type of training for a Professional Customer Service position ever. I take pride in providing ""Outstanding Customer Service"" and if I am not given the proper training how does one expect me to be quick and knowledgeable about what I am to do. Learning your system takes time, so it would be nice to have a person teach, duh!! This was the most frustrating training process I have ever had to endure in all my work from home customer service working experience.","I was so excited about the position and work, but your training system stinks, and it is upsetting to me that I had to quit. Provide a more adequate training process. Give people time to learn the job instead of rushing people. There are companies that pay less than you, however, they make sure that new employees are able to learn the job, and not just throw them in and not having a teacher, and if you are not gonna have a teacher, then give people time to learn at their own pace with at least a 6 week training period, the training you are now providing, so fast is not going to produce "" White Glove Reps."" Even independent contractors provide adequate training, being an employee of Amazon, one would think that Training and Work Systems would be top notch, I hear to tell you, it is not. Amazon is clueless to work from home customer service training and work environment. Stop being all about the numbers, and people are not numbers or robots. Only my opinion, nothing I say is law, and thanks for listening.",2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10622,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Good beneftis. They also offer vto, pto and upt which come in handy","Pay is low compared to other companies, could do better.",Stop picking favorites,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10623,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay for now,"Benefits are really good, starting day one.",The long work hours are difficult to manage a continued level of productivity.,Quit hiring fresh out of college kids for management.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10624,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Workaholic and no life!,* AWS is the N1 of web services * Seattle is a nice city,"* Everyone here is a workaholic. No balance between work and life. * They hire a lot and then, they fired","Pays attention to your team, not all the member have the same necessity.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10625,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,The culture and coworkers and stock,The pay after 4 year package,Take care of veteran Amazonians,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10626,amazon,"Hartford, CT"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound/stow,"Great benefits, pto,upt,stock,offer medical leave,","Long hours on your feet, low pay for the type of work we do,poor management,allow harassment on there employees without HR helping,I been with Amazon over three years and it just gets worse. They can't seems to keep emoyee to stays bad turn around and they have a bad rep of being a sweat shop","Stop favoritism,need to talk and visit there employees more often and see how there doing,",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10627,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Jun 1, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good for a pay check,You get a paycheck and you get to meet a lot of people with different backgrounds.,"Machines break down constantly, computers are not accurate with productivity rates. They want you to stay busy and come in when they have no work for you to do. Lack of communication. On your feet for close to 12 hours. On peak season you can easily burn out. High turn over rates. VERY repetition work, over and over the same things. Lack of growth. They hire anyone with college degree over some with experience.",Treat employees as a human and not just a number and give full break stop counting the 5 minute walk to and from the clock within our breaks.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10628,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sales Operations Manager,Amazon is a great company to work,"1. Customer Obsessed 2. Agile and Innovative Company 3. Lots of Growth and New Product Capabilities 3. Entrepreneurial (write up an idea and get approved, get headcount, deliver) 4. Cross functional teams such as working with economist, data scientist, dev, analyst which in other companies you have different queues to get access to these types of resources",1. Very distributed makes it difficult to roll out big changes at scale. A good thing as changes are delivered in an agile way with approval from business owners. 2. Be comfortable with people disagreeing or pushing back on ideas or taking time to get on board with a new idea based on data 3. Due to big growth some of the internal tool and processes need some work. Get comfortable with we don't have the report yet but it is a top priority in our backlog but here is read only access to our DW have at it.,Invest in standard infrastructure and tools to help scale and drive productivity but don't lose the innovative small team approaches.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10629,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Package Handler,Good company,"Good benefits, good pay, good schedule hours.",Just hiring anyone that can read or write,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P281.htm
10630,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Package Handler,Good company,"Good benefits, good pay, good schedule hours.",Just hiring anyone that can read or write,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10631,amazon,none," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior financial analyst,You will be working with smart people and learning from them everyday. You will be encouraged to take ownership and risks on day one to make positive impact to improve customer and seller experience.,"While the total compensation is comparable to other big tech firms, your near term cash flow situation is not good.","I wish the management could care a little more about their employees, just like how much they care about our customers.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10632,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"They pay well, but money only goes so far",-) The stock keeps going up! -) Great Health benefits,"-) Poor department management - lack of accountability -) egos run wild! -) super political - everyone just tries to cover their you know what read the infamous New York Times article, there's some exaggeration, but it's not that far off -) Has the highest churn of any company I've seen -- people don't last that long...and it's no wonder why -) If you're not a Type-A personality, you won't last a year -) worst company I've ever worked for. They really don't care about their employees","Amazon is all about Customer Obsession....it should be employee obsessed too! There's a lot of other competitors nipping at your heals, you can ill afford to continue to bleed employees like this.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10633,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard Work, Great Insurance, Inconsistency","Consistent schedule, 3 days off in a row, Great Insurance","Grueling and monotonous, very short breaks for a 10 hour shift, Inconsistent protocol from day to day. Different supervisors insist things are to be done in different ways. Not as easy to get on day shift as promised.",Offer more consistency when it comes to what's to be done.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10634,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,Amazing place filled with opportunity,There are tons of cool teams with interesting projects to choose from.,Be sure to pick the right team with reasonable ops load. It's easy to get stuck on a team with a work dynamic that doesn't fit with your ideal.,Ensure teams with high ops loads have other projects to work on too for balance.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10635,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,good work culture,"great culture, laid back, no business attire needed","long hours, culture can be a bit competitive",more empathy,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10636,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Problem Solver,"Free to wear whatever made you comfortable, Fast pace, nice environment, Incentives","Management has the power to create disciplinary acts if they ""don't like you"". If you are favored then a lot of things would be over looked.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10637,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate/Contractor,-Fun environment -Some GREAT managers -Tons of opportunity for advancement -lots of career development.,"Very stressful work environment, it's why they try to keep people engaged with fun activities. ""Political"" barriers to advancement. Internal friction between branches of operation. Some positional advancement is extremely competitive which can lead to unfulfilled promises made by management.",Focus less on punishment and more on development. The use of metrics and constant monitoring of work creates a perception of hostility between workers and their managers.,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10638,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation,Guaranteed pay and shift choice,"Hard to move up, higher risk of injury the longer u work and very repetitive",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10639,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ughhh,Good salary & bonus if you stay a year. great benefits,"Long work hrs that you're not compensated for due to it being a ""salary"" job. Sweat shop environment. no work life balance",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P282.htm
10640,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Truth,"Easy work, don't have to think hard",On your feet for 10 hours a day.,Better start pay,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10641,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Business- Advisor,-Innovating industry -Amazing work environment -Helpful Teammates and management -Company transforming how business is done online,-Very fast pace and sometimes difficult to keep up. -Self-Service actions for employees is challenging.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10642,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Assoxiate,Best cpmpany goox team,None at all lovs it,Love it,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10643,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Great people and management is amazing,Couldn't spend enough time at work!,Keep on keeping on!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10644,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looking for work,They have an outstanding warehouse and employees,Some don't last long at the job,You should give people more chances to perform the task and don't just fire them asap,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10645,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,The people are all quite smart. Interesting distributed systems problems to solve.,"Difficult work/life balance. Amazon will take as much as you're willing to give - for people who are project-oriented, this can mean a lot of time invested.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10646,amazon,"Lancaster, TX"," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador,Management was friendly and helpful in every aspect of the job.,From my 6 months there with the company I personally did not have any negative experiences.,Keep up the GREAT work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10647,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,happy,interesting work - never bored,fast paced - hard to keep up,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10648,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,They don't really care about their workers,Pay and benefits are the only real things to look forward to at this job,"Hours, breaks, and HR sucks",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10649,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations leadership internship,"Great pay for an internship, and they take you too seattle for a few days which is a blast",Not a lot of structure and the work days are 12 hours plus,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P283.htm
10650,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Fast paced,"A job with positive challenges, and allows you to have personal growth",Long hours especially during peak times,"Set your own pace, and find one project to improve on",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10651,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Front Counter,Counter,Pays good and benefits are awesome,To demanding and to stressful,They need to train people longer than 2 days,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10652,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good tech positions in Japan,"Well paid overall, flexible working time which is really good in Japan.",Don't have much interesting project,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10653,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice Managers, but difficult bureaucracy",Managers are nice and want you to succeed,"It's difficult to get some permissions, as your manager has to request them from the higher-ups, and that can take weeks or even months.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10654,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Delivery Station,Great work enviroment to work in,Not a good work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10655,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Awesome benefits and events that are carried out at various throughout the country. I love that Amazon is currently the best brand in America at the moment. The stock value is definitely a plus.,Depending on your manager and site the work can be very brutal! The better your manager and support staff the easier and more feasible your workload will be.,Motivate your people and give them the autonomy to run their own departments. Micromanaging is an area of opportunity. Don't let weak managers do whatever they want. That's terrible. Nepotism can be an issue in the FCs.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10656,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Intern,HR,Great team and technology stack using HR analytics.,Work life balance could be improved.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10657,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,data entry,"you are able to set your own hours, they make it easy to be a parent and become a full time worker",you have to put in time,they are understanding,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10658,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Owner,Independence and flexibility. You'll have more freedom and independence working for yourself. You're the one in control and the be your own boss thing is pretty great.,"Losing money is one of the biggest risks of owning a business. There are start-up costs for materials and business establishment, as well as monthly obligations",Seeking a sales or management position within a growing dynamic company.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10659,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources,Amazon Corporate,"Amazon treats me like a customer! I feel it is an honor to work here. I love working for a company that is creative, innovative, and full of pioneers.",I do not see or feel any downsides working for Amazon.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P284.htm
10660,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Flexible schedules. Easy to work with hr,"Hard work, physically denanding.",Worry a little more about peoples happiness at work and a little less about rates,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10661,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Nice place to work Good chance to learn,I didn't face any difficulty,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10662,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,amazon,"fun, good people, part time","bad management , pay low",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10663,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy job,"The jobs here are very easy. Sometimes things can get repetitive, but if you show initiative, you can do other roles within the company.",Career growth is what you make of it. It's really hard to move up because everything is equal opportunity.,More career growth,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10664,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 13, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Fulfillment Associate,"Benefits with the company, great co-workers,","Not enough money for the amount of work you put into the job, value rate quotas rather over anything else",none,3.0,2.0,none,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10665,amazon,"Mobile, AL"," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Yard Specialist,Yard Specialist,"100.00 Discount, that is it 2 Shares of stock for full time employees, can't cash them in for 2 years (I think its 2, it might be 1) Decent health insurance, not good dental, never used vision Low Pay and they expect the world out of you. Fuss about overtime to much.  About the best thing with Amazon is after 1 year they will pay for 95% of your education. Which is rarely took advantage of",Not enough opportunity. They are more likely to give a promotion to an outsider rather than someone within the company,Promote from within and maybe your employees will stay with you.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10666,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solutions Architect,New technologies to learn and work on.,This is really nothing to mention!,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10667,amazon,"Livonia, MI"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Inbound stew,They don't care about you as a person at all? Worked there 5 yrs and they keep raising rates well telling everybody to get higher rates so they can raise rates agaim,Basically slave labor find any other jobs and you will not make more but you will not hate ur life,Stop doing wright ups fro rates.. tot is to make sure we are working.. we can't control wheather we get big or small items for rate,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10668,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,medical,good people close good hours,bad direction management changes quickly,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10669,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A huge diverse high tech company with all sorts of stuff,"Disclaimer: My opinions reflect that of an SDE in Amazon. Seems like some operational job functions are very tough.  I have read through some of the other Amazon reviews and it seems to me that everyone has a very different experience! This is so true. Within the same team, you can have both workaholics and slackers coexisting and coworking together. I think I am more of the balanced type as I try to stay sane. The Amazon experience is basically the entire spectrum and it is what you make it out to be.  Pros in Amazon certainly excludes great benefits, but compensation is competitive. Free food means average quality free coffee, once in a while free pizza for lunch where it is a working lunch, and free beer and finger food in special events. We get a free Orca card to take any bus in the Seattle area for free. $160 per month subsidy for office parking, which is better than nothing. Downtown monthly parking goes for about $200 per month. 401K contribution is 50% of what you put in, where you can put in max 4% of your salary. Not so great. Staff cafeteria food is average and not at all cheaper than outside food, or could be even more expensive. It is hard not to complain about the cafeteria. Vacation days are ok but note that there are no sick leaves. They count as part of your 5 personal days per year. Listing the benefits of Amazon is like listing the cons and not the pros.  Work life balance seems to be ok for the most part, and seems to be individually-driven. No one will tell you that you have to come in at what time and stay till what time. I have team mates working every night and weekend, and others getting in at 10am and leaving at 5pm, all in the same team. Managers will focus on your project deliveries instead of how much time you spend working. If you work 40-hour weeks productively, you can definitely outperform someone who works 60-hour weeks but don't deliver stuff. Working less than 40 hours per week is somewhat common, but I can't say how many people are working how long. The view on work life balance is a bit skewed. All it comes down to are the managers and what they think. Projects are always never-ending but I have found that deadlines are very realistic and reasonable, without counting your nights and weekends. Getting some slack time once in a while is probably a sign of a healthy work environment. Everyone needs a break.  On-call really really sucks. Basically all it comes down to is having SDEs double-duty as support operations engineers. Note that on-call does not improve the code quality of any team in any way. The on-call experience is particularly bad because you are using services from some other team, and their code is of low quality and fails for the wrong reasons. If the managers had given more time to up the quality, there would not be so many problems. Software is usually delivered with a tough deadline with code that meets the minimum quality bar and never gets improved for the next few years. The code review process does not seem to help improve the code but it really obstructs developers from making great changes as unconventional things will not pass code review in clumsy minds. Innovation and excellence are not the name of the game in Amazon. Searching through the Amazon code base is usually not going to turn up quality code that you can actually reuse.  Integration is the name of the game in Amazon. You will need to spend a lot of time to figure out how to integrate your code with another team's services. Whether these other people are cooperative is a hit-or-miss. I have found that most people are responsive and helpful, but there are also quite a number of jerks who are out to make trouble for everybody. It is not easy to work across teams but the experience is mostly positive.  Amazon is a huge behemoth and is hiring people like there is no tomorrow. This reflects well on a good growth momentum but also is worrying that the company is not turning much profit. If the company does not make money, where is our bonus going to come from? You can see new faces around the Amazon building almost everyday! Downside is that we are taking in a lot of average to above-average engineers and being an Amazonian SDE certainly does not share the same reputation as the top names. Amazon is a huge mixed bag of some very talented people and some very dumb people. I think the world is not turning up enough SDEs and the only way is for quality to go downhill.  As an SDE, expect to spend most of your time talking, writing emails and documents, and maybe around 20-30% of your time coding. In most of the teams, you can work on interesting projects, but probably not revolutionary ones. Note that Amazon is a very down-to-earth company and the work is very down-to-earth as well. You will work on real things that people have actually requested for, and that people will start using as soon as you are done. Work is challenging but not to expect highly technically complex stuff. Most of the work has to do with solving everyday problems. To me, this seems to make sense because I have ever tried working on experimental projects before elsewhere and I did not feel it was a good use of my time.  Internal mobility is a key strength of Amazon, and I am not sure which company has done better than Amazon in this aspect. Internal moves are easy. You only need to stay in your team for a year before moving to a different team. There is no easy way to tell which team is a good team to move to because they all have their different pros and cons and people and coming and leaving all the time!  Seattle is by much rumour an easier place to live than the Bay area.  Overall Amazon is a tough but yet sane place to work. The flexibility of this company is really its core strength. You have the freedom to excel as much as you want and also to slack as much as you want. Bummer. You shouldn't be slacking!","Beware of bad managers and horrible team mates. They are not specific to Amazon but they do exist in Amazon.  I have to admit that Monday is usually a blue day at Amazon and it is very tough to look forward to getting into office. I don't know anyone in Amazon who looks forward to getting in on Mondays.  Be realistic about SDE requirements. Coding skills are good to have but they are not the most important part of your job. I think we are hearing the same thing from every company.  Medical coverage is average or below average. Expect to pay about $60 per month for singles and about $240 per month for families. $240 per month for families gives you $3000 in medical fees before you have to pay (more) anything out-of-pocket.  SDE advancement is unreal difficult. They have about 6 levels total, SDE 1-4, then Senior Principal Engineer, and finally Distinguished Engineer. The number of SDE 1s and 2s are huge. Trying to get to SDE 3 seems to be all-of-a-sudden extremely difficult, but not impossible. So this essentially means that if you come to Amazon as a fresh grad SDE, expect to get about only one or two promotions in your entire career, which obviously is quite a lame expectation and reality. You will probably do much better in your career advancement anywhere else.  Employee retention is horrible. I am not sure why the philosophy seems to be trying to undercut existing employees and then hire from external sources. Management all say that they are trying to retain people, but actions don't seem to suggest anything better. Rumour has it that annual pay raises are horrible. This basically mean that either you are a superstar in the company before they will try to retain you, or if you are smart you should not stay in Amazon for too long.",The thing about thinking long-term is getting more and more worrying as the company has not turned a tidy profit and is trying to conquer the world with its lofty expansion strategies. I don't know what kind of secret recipe management is cooking but seeing the company not making much money never feels comfortable.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,494,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P285.htm
10670,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Associate,"benefits, constant work, every two weeks pay","PTO time, hard to move up, raise cap, 2 year experience needed to move up, hard to switch shifts",promote from within,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10671,amazon,none," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud Support Associate,"You have the opportunity to learn new technologies and influence some of the new tech being introduced to the industry. The environment fosters your ability to be a free thinker, and embraces the philosophy of ownership, learning, and creativity.","There is not much diversity. Management focuses on only giving you the positive, and avoids anything negative, which could leave you wondering what areas you may need to improve on to advance. Advancing is a very difficult process.","A much more diverse population is needed as it may leave some feeling alienated. Arm employees with the good and the bad, so that they may cultivate this information to improve on weaknesses and continue to hone in on strengths.",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10672,amazon,"Houston, TX"," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Prime Fulfillment,Amazon Prime,"Superb teamwork, we help the other person out when their deadline will quickly close.",Unrealistic metrics  Upper echelon never on battlefield.. Clueless,Get off of computer modeling Talk to field team to experience reality,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10673,amazon,none," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Very fun and great! Lots of room to grow.,Base salary is capped. Not too much diversity on tech teams.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10674,amazon,"Patapsco, MD"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal Associate,Just the money and that you get paid weekly,"The work they put you through it totally not worth it. They are running this building so wrong. All they care about are those stupid boxes and their numbers. No one is really helping you learn and get into your grove. And there is no accountability, if one person messes up they take it out on the whole shift. I’ve worked at different warehouse before, this paid more than them but it was ran so much smoother and I actually liked to work. It’s just so much wrong with this building. I’m in Patapsco MD at the delivery station Amazon DBA1","Please come and see how your company is being ran, walk around and ask your employees how they feel about the work. I worked the night shift. Come and you will see. I will never recommend someone to work for amazon, or at least at the one I was employed",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10675,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Unknown,Working at Amazon,This company values its employees and lives by their 14 leadership principles.,The work environment is very competitive and could seem contentious and feel like friendly fire at times.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10676,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Procurement Operations Analyst,Fighting for Leftovers,Fast-paced environment Driven leadership Unparalleled value for customers,"Support functions like IT, Procurement, and sometimes HR are looked at as outsiders in the fulfillment centers. The senior leaders in the FC will promote a 23-year-old with one year of experience at Amazon, before a support staff professional with 5-10 years of experience.  As support staff, you're truly fighting for crumbs, and you're often left with nothing. To be given fair raises and praise, you have to move into Operations.","Understand that most people in the FC are working hard for the customer... not just Operations. If support staff team members are performing well, they deserve praise too. In promotion meetings, Area Managers shouldn't automatically get leveled up over their support staff peers.",3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10677,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing,Sr. marketing manager,"Inventing the future, awesome product innovation, easy to move around company and experience many different businesses","Arrogant leadership, forced rating curve results in good people being thrown under the bus","Analyze the cost of so much internal movement, the constant shifts in managers makes it hard to fairly rate performance when one only has a few months of consistent priorities",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10678,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Not worth the pay but work from home is nice,Ability to take time off as needed Nice manager Work from home in your pajamas! No commute,Long hours Low pay High expectations for the amount you are paid Rude customers/drivers,Increase pay,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10679,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development,Deep analytical thinking with big ideas,Little oversight for management. Company is growing so fast there is no coaching available to managers,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P286.htm
10680,amazon,"Bangor, ME"," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Worker,good if you have time,"Work whenever you like. You have to get the scripts to see the ratings of institutions sending in work. Must work up to 500 hits, and 1000hits, to get the better paying tasks.",Takes time to get your hit numbers up to a level where you can work on better paying hits. Don't get many rejections or hits will be closed to you.,More rating information.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10681,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Picker,Good money and some nice snacks,Hard work and you work alone alot,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10682,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,pay is in the top bracket.,managers are usually weak and you will get a lot of them,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10683,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Great place to work,"great people (when you are on a good team), flexible work schedule, challenging work, new things happening all the time, you won't be bored since there is so much to do",Not like other tech companies that pay for everything. You won't get free lunch here :). Not as many perks as other places. Seattle is expensive. Sometimes workload is huge. Base pay isn't competitive,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10684,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Not for the feint of heart...,"Growth Opportunities, Salary, Challenging Work, Customer Devotion. These are all of the things that Amazon has to offer. Plus, you can work pretty much wherever you want to across the globe.","Unrealistic Expectations. There are a ton of silos, particularly in the fulfillment and operations world. However, having the right people around you can help with this.","Don't be so caught up in the way things are, be open to new possibilities. There are a lot of great ideas out there if you would only just listen to the people that you represent. After all, that's what made Amazon so great in the first place.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10685,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Long Days, Worth it",Fast paced work environment. Opportunity to promote. Awesome teams and teamwork.,Work life balance. Demanding hours during peak seasons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10686,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Amazon is a great place to work!,- Great Benefits. - Work Schedule Flexibility. - Professional Growth. -Learning Path. - Beautiful office.,- You need to be willing to work hard :).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10687,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Prod Manager,Sr Prod Manager,"Fast paced, innovative, lot of learning. If you want to learn handling large scale volumes this is the place. There is a lot of innovation too, due to this. Focus is on automation. Start up focus resonates across the company.",Due to fast pace it is some times chaotic. Too much focus on documents. You will end up writing a lot of documents.,None,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10688,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Test Automation Engineer,Great company to work for.,"Very smart engineers, work on products that are adopted world wide within months, decent work life balance",Level promotions are hard to achieve,Keep up the good work. Quarterly promotions are inspiring change. Weed out the few managers who are basic paper pushers and not hands on. Keep adding more transperancy to development process,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10689,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working as an Amazon associate,Very flexible schedules to work,Too many people get overlooked since the company is huge,Pay more attention to your top performers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P287.htm
10690,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,none,"Good pay , good environment",easy to make errors,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10691,amazon,"Grand Prairie, TX"," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Operation manager,"Good place to work ,friendly colleague and good pay. Customer focus job and detail oriented place too. Promotion are based on hard works.","No established growth pathway ,works most weekend ,safety is not a top priority here. Seeking for higher position outside of the company .","Safety precaution ,open door policy and more training for development .",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10692,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - SDE2,ok,great bonus and compensation,on call every month for a week,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10693,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Full of work. Pick your team.,No Work life balance.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10694,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Picking,Great benefits Good pay commensurate with job and responsibilities,Physically demanding Human resource team is nearly worthless,"Reduce the amount personnel in the human resource team, most stand around doing nothing, or just direct you to the website or a phone number.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10695,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best job ever,great place to work love the atmosphere,I do not have any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10696,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Business Partner,Loving it at Amazon!,If you like working with really smart people and being challenged every day then this is the place for you. Compensation is excellent and the work itself has given me a lot of growth opportunities. I love the people I work with and my manager really cares about me and my development.,401k is not the best and could be improved.,Continue to listen to the employees and ensure they are heard. Take action when you get feedback. I see this heading in the right direction and want it to continue.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10697,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Onsite medical representative,Work hard have fun make history,Long hours and hard work,Understand the work life balance for he employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10698,amazon,"Corona, CA"," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,"Big Workplace, Busy and Organized.","Managers are very responsive and nice, everything is well placed and busy or chill depending on your position. A lot of break-rooms, positions, and floors.  Interesting items to look at as you work!  Vending machines give a lot of choices in Break-rooms  Huge parking lot across the street.","Leaking packages are a pain, a lot of walking and standing, some safety precautions are ridiculous and overrated.  Main break-room on first floor is separated from bathrooms for security measures.","More like I need more advice from my Management, they know a lot.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10699,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,People are generally really interested in you when they find out you work for Amazon.com,"Here's my disclaimer, I had worked at Amazon prior to taking the Area Manager role. I was a shift manager for a temp agency for 2 peaks, I knew what I was getting myself into, or at least I thought I did.  With that said this was absolutely the worst experience of my life. The position of Area Manager is the worst in the company, from the lowest employee all the way up to Uncle Jeff himself will agree. It requires long hours, and by long hours I was consistently hitting 90-110 hour work weeks. It can be assumed working so much will drastically and negatively affect you life. Within 3 months my significant other had left me, I went 6 months without seeing my friends and family, and I missed out on every holiday. I even went weeks without seeing my own roommates.  Absolute worst benefits for any company I have ever even researched. Everything from your offer letter to the engagement rewards was a fallacy. Don't be fooled by those large numbers, do your research, and realize the days of the stock price doubling year over year are over.  Ultimately find something that is rewarding. You will not find a purpose at Amazon, and for those who think they did you are only convincing your self. With the qualifications required to work at that level there are way better career paths out there. I left, found meaningful work producing a product in the aerospace industry that is saving our boys lives over seas, work 40 hours a week, and took a considerable pay increase.  My advice, do what is right for you, don't drink the koolaide.",Good Luck! I feel bad for you guys.,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P288.htm
10700,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great company for customers but terrible employer,Innovation is great in customer facing business. Decent salary though very frugal with benefits.,It depends from team to team but if you are stuck in a political org then there is favoritism and red tape that makes it difficult to get things done. It doesn't take long for people to throw you under the bus and stab you in the back with people not having the guts to sometime deals with conflict head on. I have heard other organizations are better but I encountered the worst politics and empire building you can imagine even at the ground level. Reorgs are common place and have had multiple managers. The downside is that the new manager may not get along with you and will either dislike you or you will end up moving out. Tech sucks -They make terrible products (my experience is with internal product). I do understand that customer facing experience is great. Tech need reasons to not do any work and are adept at creating roadblocks and blaming product when they don't want to work.,Reduce red tape and use organizational flexibility to make it easier to get things done than to build empires,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10701,amazon,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"You get free gloves and a vest, kidding aside, this is character building work",Need to pay people more for grinding day in and day out.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10702,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Vice President,vice president of human resources,"meh, not too many pros",not a good environment to work in,be fair with your executives,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10703,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Job stability, great benefits, fast paced enviornment",High turnerover rate. Breaks are short.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10704,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Programmer Writer,"Surprisingly reasonable hours, good health benefits fora reasonable cost.",Stuck in Amazonia. Soulless pleasantville.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10705,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-----,Good workplace to learn new cloud technologies and thrive,Nothing that would really affect.,Great work!,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10706,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager II,"Great Company, excellent place for demonstrating ownership and Innovation. lot of learning opportunities and internal portability. Always around smartest people",Still have a start up culture and could get into politics,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10707,amazon,"Concord, NC"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Warehouse employee,"Great work environment, easy going management, plenty of room to grow.","Hours low, wages are fairly low, a lot of times there is not much work to do outside of holiday season",I would hope you manage employee hours better and offer better compensation for those who have to stay late because of poor decision making by management,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10708,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Great starting salary. Stock options are very nice, given the growth of the company. Some of the most creative people you will ever meet.",There are often Darwinistic-style management practices.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10709,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse work,"lots of work to do, Air conditioned warehouse, Big","Hard to change shifts, repetitive actions for work, parking is a mess no time between two shifts, have to meet performance time (i.e. rate and tak time).","try to make it easier to switch shifts, have a 20 to 30 minute break between shifts so parking is easier.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P289.htm
10710,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"Great benefits, pay, culture, free food and happy hours","Lack of advancement, politics, slow processes,","Get it together guys, listen and stop talking so much about what can be done and focus on what will",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10711,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Great Co-workers, growth and opportunity",HR Team was very unpleasant and unprofessional and unhelpful.,"Be kind, understanding, and actually do your job and fix start date problems.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10712,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Sort Center Associate,"Part time job offer a large amount of flexibility. Job is not particularly hard (for a college student), but it is physical.","Not too much room for advancement, although there is some. Work can be repetitive.","It works well, I have nothing more to add.",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10713,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - EHS Specialist,EHS Specialist,"Fun exciting, top of line technology innovating the industry in every single department.",work hard! part of the Amazon motto,"develop internally & be respectful to all. Don't ""fake it till you make it"" if you are young and or inexperienced. Own both your successes and your failures to improve yourself and the company.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10714,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too little communication from supervisor,Free arcade game in break room,"Too many speed bumps, too few parking spaces & UPC scanners, & I never met nor heard from my ""supervisor.""",Correct the problems that I mentioned above.,2.0,none,2.0,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10715,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics,Work from home is a plus,Company needs to start paying us,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10716,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Tier I,Fine Company to Work For,"Easy to get hired, job is not difficult, great benefits.","Monotonous, little-to-no human interaction, long hours.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10717,amazon,"Danville, KY"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Good job if you can work from home,You get to work from home,"Pay is low Call volume is very high Computer must be plugged into a modem, WiFi won’t work anymore",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10718,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is the best Customer Friendly Company,this company cares about their employees and make sure its a relaxed environment to work in,This is a great company to work for,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10719,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,"Surrounded by driven individuals. Nobody thinks their work is unimportant, no matter the scope of their work.","Oftentimes expectations do not promote a great work-life balance. Turnover can be high, which can result in a environment where a large proportion of individuals (sometimes a majority) have yet to find their footing.","Respect those with knowledge, as they can be hard to come by. Be suspect of those with a tendency to over-promise.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P290.htm
10720,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Fresh Sortation Associate,Great part-time job,"Flexible hours- during orientation you get to pick which days and hours work best for you. Great pay- weekly pay checks Excellent benefits- insurance, 401k, tuition assistance and more","The point system is ruthless. You get 6 points to start with, every time you're absent 1.5 is deducted. If you're late 1 is deducted. So four absences and you're out. Six lates and you're out. But you get more points every quarter.","Instead of working your hard-working workers more, push/ challenge your slower workers to step their game up. It's only fair.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10721,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Fast paced ever changing environment,"Amazon gives you the opportunity to think outside of the box, never bounding you to predetermined decisions. Managers have the freedom to solve problems independently but have a team of managers to turn to when in need of second opinions. No two days are the same which creates excitement and new learnings every day.",Working for one of the most popular countries in the world comes with sacrifice. In Amazon fulfillment you can work 100 hours in a week and nobody will give it a thought. Time management is a necessary skill in order to create work life balance,Take care of your people,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10722,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,Hours and benefits with the company,Pay and the move up in the company,Listen to employees,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10723,amazon,"Pleasant Prairie, WI"," May 28, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Horrible Experience,Short workdays sometimes Holiday pay Wear what you want Free water bottle No interview,"No flexibility in schedule, horrible condescending environment, poor work conditions, few short breaks, surprise overtime with no heads up",Do better or continue losing people after a day,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10724,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Needs better middle management in Finance,Great growth company. Involved in so many different businesses. Can hop between various business fairly easily.,"Because you can jump between various business easily. No one wants to stay in retail finance, causing turnover ... there is reason why most people stay less than 2 years at Amazon",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10725,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Manager - Network Engineering,Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History.,"Opportunity to move around, good pay, challenging work and really smart engineers. You own your career.","Like anywhere, finding good mentors and career development is hit or miss. More opportunities at non-leadership levels. Heads down culture, so not necessarily the friendliest or most engaging, especially amongst leaders.",How do we improve the candidate experience so there is less ambiguity of what role the individual will work and provide more transparency on the role they are applying for?,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10726,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation,Great Warehouse Job,-They care for their associates -They have great benefits -You get most of your benefits from day 1 -You own stock shares since day 1 -You get plenty of time off -If ever pregnant you cant get up to 5months of full pay leave if u been here a yr -They wanna see you grow at the company -They help you get your career going -Plenty of opportunity's to grow in the company,-Some managers are not great leaders,-Listen more and communicate better with your team and have a better attitude with them.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10727,amazon,"New York, NY"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,My 6 months experience at AWS,"It has been a great ride so far.  Amazon really cares about their customers. After being a customer for over 15 years and now sitting on the other side of the fence, everything makes sense. As long as a member of the AWS team, I continue to look for the best interest for our customers, I will continue to have a successful career here.  I enjoy the great working environment and it has been immensely gratifying assisting customers with their issues and their journey to the cloud.  This position is allowing me to dedicate time to better myself and learn more about cloud products. In a short period of time, it has allowed me to establish great relationships with some of the smartest people I have ever met.","Currently, I have not experienced any cons. Too early to say.",The current formula seems to work very well. Keep up the good work and continue to provide direction and outlook so that the work force can continue to fine tune deliverables.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10728,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bin Meister,"Unlimited potential, abundance of job positions in major cities around the world","Long hours at busy times of the year...i.e. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Peak, Prime Week, etc.",Stay friendly with the associates. We all have an important job to do but associates really value being treated fairly and with respect.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10729,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud Support Associate,Super smart people to work with Great working environment Equal distribution of work load Sufficient time and guidance for personal development,Can use some more money :D,None ... Great management :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P291.htm
10730,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Pick Associate,Amazon Fulltime Pick Associate,"Great Benefits 4, 10 hour shifts decent pay.",Breaks are too short. Amazon is to overly obsessed with firing people HR sucks at their jobs.,Retrain HR and ERC workers.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10731,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,Great team and work culture for career advancement.,Must work on shifts on business demands,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10732,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,Investigation Specialist,"-First two weeks of training provided great experiences into the fraud department or TRMS deparment at Amazon. It gets you pumped up about catching fraudulent activities and protecting AWS customers. -Team members are always willing to help and teach you better ways of going about your work -A lot of data analysis and data mining to draw a conculsion. Can be hard to pick up in the beginning, but after 6 months, you should be a pro. -Learning to deal with customers as well as financial institutions","-The work is not for everyone. It is extremely repetitive in the sense that you are receiving accounts to review everyday. This can be upwards of 150 - 200 accounts per day.  -Metric is insane. As one of the mantras at Amazon is constantly raising the bar by hiring smarter people, well they constantly raise the bar of metrics as well. From initially 13-15 accounts per hour, they raised it to roughly 16-18 accounts per hour when I left. To give some perspective, if 1 single account takes you 15 minutes to resolve, you're already screwed. Sometimes, it may even take 30 minutes if you're dealing with some nasty situation. If you can't keep up with the pace, management comes down on you.  -When i left, they implemented a call center system which tracks every single second and minute of what you do. They tracked when you go to the bathroom, when you take your breaks, and when you take your lunch. You have to record your time. One of the more ridiculous ""metrics"" they measure to view how productive we are as employees. I completely understand that at some point, you have to measure not only effectiveness of the employee but also the work they do, but when this system rolled out, let's just say it added some unnecessary pressure on top of metrics.  -Management only cares about promoting themselves and what they can squeeze out of the employees, hence if the metrics is above and beyond, that means management is doing a good job, not you.  -This role is a level 3 which opportunities to role into a level 4 senior investigation specialist. Now if you happen to decide that you want to apply for level 4 roles in the department, you have jump through multiple loops and get signature from managers and directors. They make the process of growing your career as hard as possible because they don't want you to leave a level 3 role. You can jump to other level 3 roles if you want to but you have to look around. If you want to jump outside of the department for other level 4 roles, other managers may not be as receptive even if you've reached out to them because you're a level 3. I had only 1 manager respond to me and she was a level 6. The job growth process at Amazon is a bit broken.","Provide a career and not a grind. Provide opportunities and projects that can help employees grow instead of burning them out. I can't say for future managers in the department, but the way I was treated left a permanent scar.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10733,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Lack of collaboration. Engineering focused. Poor design standards outside of main orgs. Poor quality of life.,"As a company, in many ways, Amazon is quite amazing. They've had success in multiple verticals and are continuously expanding into others. If you're working in one of those new verticals, it's exciting to see what will come out of it.  People are getting more excited about Amazon because they are taking bigger swings (Whole Foods, online pharmacy, Twitch, etc.) from which they have a compelling foundation to build off of (e-commerce) which is different than other big tech companies. The stock has been soaring and general sentiment of financial analysts have been good. The company is continually expanding within Seattle, is opening a second HQ, and continues to grow internationally. Overall, there's always a feeling while working at Amazon that something crazy new or exciting is happening somewhere.","People, teams, and organizations work in silos. This is common at large companies, but the degree in which it happens at Amazon is extreme. I can count numerous examples from the different teams I've been on and worked together with in which people on the same team are completely unaware of what each other were doing. The worst example of this was two different product managers on the same team getting two different sets of engineers to accomplish the same exact large scale task. This is so engrained into the Amazon culture, that people will see situations like this, laugh it off, and accept it as normal. Many people still save design source files and Word/Excel documents to their computer and share them out via email if you know to ask. To compound this problem, Amazon is so freaking cheap that they give all employees 1 GB of email storage, which is less than basically every free email service provider in the world. Cloud-based and collaborative work processes are still foreign concepts to many in Amazon.  Engineering is clearly more powerful than product and design, and a lot of time on both product and design teams are wasted because engineering has final says on almost everything. A lot of the existing internal tools and infrastructure at Amazon are created and designed by engineers without the end user in mind. This has been normal at Amazon for over 20 years and isn’t changing without some kind of high-level intervention. Because of that, the only teams with decent design teams and designs are in the most successful consumer facing products: the e-commerce site, devices/Lab126, Amazon Video, and Amazon Music. Don’t even bother joining other design teams if you care about making good designs. Amazon's strength is e-commerce, so they have a poor foundation for serving up digital services (communication, social, productivity, etc.) like the ones Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, etc. have. Many digital services and products that aren't tied to the e-commerce site are inferior in engineering, product, and design.  The quality of life at Amazon is poor compared to other companies you can work at. I haven’t seen instances as bad as the New York Times article where people are crying at their desks or screaming at each other, but there are definitely many people who are grumpy or frustrated. You are expected to bootstrap and be self-reliant. It really comes across as an excuse to do the bare minimum to support employees. Company training for new employees is half a day long, and then it all depends on what your organization and team have set up for you. If they set nothing up for you, well... you’re on your own. This would be more acceptable if more IT, support, and security staff were more helpful. Many (not all) are disgruntled with a poor attitude. However these employees are also just given the bare minimum to accomplish their jobs, so they have some right to be moody. The bootstrapping mindset, the lack of resources and support, the focus on doing more with less, and the overabundance of work has led to a culture where people don’t actively help or collaborate with one another because they have too much to deal with. Some people are genuinely nice and want to be helpful and collaborative, but they can’t because they’re too busy. Then you’re left with the jerks who don’t want to be either and don't care if they set up giant roadblocks in your way to get anything done.  The leadership principles are celebrated by employees, but are easy to be interpreted in multiple conflicting ways, like any other cult or religion. What is deemed ""right"" usage of leadership principles is mostly from those most charismatic, most experienced, or most masculine. Most of Amazon's leadership posts are held by men who've been at Amazon long, so the leadership principles skew heavily toward masculine values and mindsets. Uber’s former cultural values and former CEO were heavily influenced by Amazon’s, and you can see where that got them. The frugality leadership principle gets ridiculous to a point where they will save a couple bucks, even if it means giving employees more headaches. An easy example of this is not stocking certain cables with IT or even basic supplies in the office supply rooms. Sure you might save dollars on not buying them, but if your designer, product manager, or engineer need to leave the office to buy some, you’re actually losing money. Oh and that dumb 1 GB of email storage. IT tells you to essentially adopt an OCD email management approach in order to fit into the 1 GB limit. Are you freaking kidding me?","The culture needs to become more collaborative. Other companies are running circles around us in digital product, engineering, and design quality because we can't work together more collaboratively and more smarter in an agile manner.  If you're serious about design being important, there needs to be a high-level Amazon leader intervening to make design known as being important across the whole company. Otherwise engineering will continue to dictate the product and design direction and the quality will stay mediocre.  Adjust the leadership principles and loosen up on the frugality. The company just hit a market cap of $700 billion. Frugality is good but you can afford to support employees more than you do now.  Stop hiring people straight out of MBA programs into an L6 product role. There are literally 23-year old punks with zero full-time tech industry experience getting paid and having more sway than an engineer or designer with 5-10 years of experience, just because they got a 1-year MBA right after undergrad and they BS'd their way through interviews because you got aroused at how their BS reminded you of our leadership principles.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10734,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Employee Disatisfation,"I enjoyed working with the other employees, and the tier 3 supervisors. Making others smile or laugh was the vest part of MY job",The downside of working at Amazon Fulfillment Center was not putting there employees on the job description of production that would meet up with the employees performance.,"Look more towards the worker that pushes themselves above and beyond, instead if findings their faults and possibly help to place them in the correct position when not meeting the production requirements.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10735,amazon,none," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse picker,paid on a weekly basis thru a temp agency,"the shifts are physically demanding, and the warehouse can get really hot. Often was a hostile working environment (e.g., harassment)",Need better training and mechanisms to report harassment,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10736,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,slave labor,good people need more good people,need longer breaks better pay,your mistreatment of workers,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10737,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,They walk the talk,"Most companies have leadership principles displayed that are used when they interview and during yearly reviews. Not Amazon, they live by their leadership principles. They are used daily as a guide.",There can be a disconnect if you do not work in Seattle.,"Work to prevent ""work silos""",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10738,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company with the best work culture,Work culture Principles Good learning curve good work life balance,Slow personal growth should have more career opportunities within the company,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10739,amazon,"Vacaville, CA"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Ware house operations,"Fun, easy jobs, very physical, lose weight.",No interview process so work with bad seeds sometimes.,Have co worker standards of conduct and be less tolerant of unacceptable behavior. Raise the standard pay for blue badge employees and provide paid vacation!,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P292.htm
10740,amazon,"Vacaville, CA"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Ware house operations,"Fun, easy jobs, very physical, lose weight.",No interview process so work with bad seeds sometimes.,Have co worker standards of conduct and be less tolerant of unacceptable behavior. Raise the standard pay for blue badge employees and provide paid vacation!,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10741,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent benefits,The benefits are absolutely fantastic!,The rates can seem unattainable at times.,N/A,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10742,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Amazon tier 1 review emphasis,Hard work with job security.,Serious lack of executive oversight.,CEO must visit facility often.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10743,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Dispatcher,Epitome of a glass ceiling company,"Company perks, some of the people","Glass ceiling, not a company that supports women in any way, scheduling, layoffs",Look beyond your asian male stereotype. You've got females with bachelor degrees losing out to underage asian male college kids left and right.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10744,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Apr 22, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,Pay Benefits health insurance PTO work different areas,hard on your body,none great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10745,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"Great pay, not much hard of work. A lot of great benefits!!",Some long hours but you will eventually get used to it!!,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10746,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Experience,"I love the internal tools for software development and the knowledge you can get about distributed systems. Also, the culture is great, is really nice how the managers try to push you to meet your goals aligned to leadership principles. I really love work here.","As all huge companies, it's really difficult get attention from other people when you need help and is harder when you need information from external teams, people is always busy.","Sadly, even if one of the leadership principles talk about ownership and look for the long term solutions, managers and business always want the solutions for yesterday. I think, this is an inconsistency with Ownership and Insist on the highest standards.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10747,amazon,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is amazon,"smart people, thoughtful analysis, fast pace of work. Challenging problems to solve.","The people and culture are very hard to tolerate. If you thrive on conflict and success at the expense of others, Amazon is the place for you.",No advice. The dye is cast at Amazon,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10748,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Overworked with Minimum Compensation,Great Benefits and high safety standards,"Minimum compensation, blackout months, rotating door of employees",Should realize your warehouse employees are the front line of making your customers happy,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10749,amazon,none," May 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible place to work. I was put in the hospital and fired for it.,Three days off if no overtime,"Long shifts, high rates expected, pay is not that great",Take care of employees better. Listen to them when they need help. Employees are more than just numbers.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P293.htm
10750,amazon,"Cranbury, NJ"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Packing,Packing,Good benefits and hours,The pay is not great and over worked and very hard labor work,It's not the management it's how CEO runs his business. The CEO only cares about how much he makes and doesn't care how hard his employees works. For his Company and also it's not a union as well so the CEO can do wat ever he want and treat his employees like slaves wit under paying job for hard working employees,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10751,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,- Easy work schedule - Shift goes by fast - Opportunities to work different jobs,- Shift times - Might flex up hours because of the shift before yours,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10752,amazon,"Vacaville, CA"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortatation Associate,Can just come in not really talk to anyone and go home When permanent you get Unpaid Time off (upt) 80 hrs max can also miss up to 3 shifts at a time. As seasonal you can get voluntary time off (VTO) where you dont have to come in or can leave early Some decent discounts (permanent only) Flexible on schedule for school Possible for advancement within the company,Managers can be sticklers about you meeting scan rates Temp inside is controlled in Seattle If you're seasonal you can only miss 3 shifts (VTO doesn't count) You have to work Someone said there isn't a number to call in an emergency there is (wasn't initially be given out in training but you can ask HR) You arent supposed to have your phone on you (Just don't be on it on the floor and they dont care if it's on your pocket Your shift is 4 hours it can (and does a lot) flex up or down up to an hour Understaffed in roles Can have to pick up a lot of big boxes 10 min breaks with (2 1/2 mins to get there and back),"Clearly explain the flex, VTO and points for seasonal associates Train more people in non direct roles Stop harping on scan rates when obvious reasons are preventing this",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10753,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,Hours are at awkward points of your day.,Atmosphere is positive where everyone works together to achieve a common goal.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10754,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Head of User Experience,Amazon is huge,"We are a very open company that actually lives our leadership principles. I am often amazed at how dedicated people are to their users and customers. There are many options for staying part of the company, yet working in a different business unit. We have made it easy to move between groups for your next challenge.","Amazon is a really large company. Many groups are more focused on engineering capacity instead of business value. They lose sight of being Customer Obsessed when pressed. This makes advancement in non-engineering and non-product management roles very difficult at Principal, Director, and VP levels.","Groom your employees for advancement. Set them up to understand the next level if they want to get there. If you don't know how, find them someone who does and make them a priority.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10755,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Good pay and outstanding benefits!,Good Pay Amazon Stock Healthcare Plan (w/ Vision and Dental) 401k Plan Variable Compensation Pay Time-Off Options Amazon Employee Discount 4-day Work Week (Full-Time) Miscellaneous benefits such as carpooling and giveaways VTO,"Physically Intensive/Demanding High Expectations for Productivity Long 10-hour Shifts Almost Too Fast-Paced If managed improperly, not a lot of time-off",Lower the expected rate for workers that depend on it. It allows labor-tracked people to slack off by not giving them a rate as well.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10756,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 21, 2018",Former Employee - Janitor,amazing comapny to work for,We are innovating a lot,There is lots of work to be done,LESS WORK,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10757,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,the way they treat employees,Some time rating system becomes headache,arrange transportation for employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10758,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," May 6, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Receive,Great for someone just entering the workforce,"Paid time off, Voluntary time off (w/o pay), stock (if you can last 2 years)","very bad work environment, highly stressful, always worried you are going to walk in and your badge is not going to work",I really think Amazon needs to investigate how employees are treated and make some changes. We are not a third world country and shouldn't be treated as such.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10759,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation,"Good Benefits plus stocks, good options when it comes to shift schedules",they care more about degree's than experience.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P294.htm
10760,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Technician,For the extremely dedicated & extremely loyal because they are extremely customer obsessed and fail to recognize talent,"Pay, Keeps you busy, Relocation, Always a new project, Diverse","Everyday is day 1 which means nothing ever gets finished, unorganized, minimal teamwork, must become a salesman or cut throats to get ahead, leadership principles are used religiously","Listen to the employees, if you don't, they will leave",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10761,amazon,none," May 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer/ problem solver,Benefits and pay,No work/personal life balance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10762,amazon,none," May 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sorting Associate,Competitive pay and flexible hours.,Work at the facility seemed rushed and careless.,Get rid of the minimum scan rate system. It encourages quantity over quality.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10763,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits,"The benefits are great, supervisors are amazing",Salary's are rather low in the beginnjng,Pay more,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10764,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great place to launch your career and work on meaningful projects!,You get out of Amazon what you put into it. I've been extremely fortunate to work with a great team that is supportive and is highly collaborative. My boss has allowed me to work on projects that I'm passionate about and works on my areas of opportunity.,"People get promoted and change positions based on business needs. That can create churn on the teams, but mostly the changes are positive.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10765,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Brand name. Work with some decent people.,"- Technological wise, Amazon is still in the 1990s. The infrastructure and the software development tools are too painful to use.  - The productivity is super low comparing to anywhere else I have worked before, not because of bad people. We have some decent engineers, but the Amazon process and tools are super terrible. It kills people.  - If you work for Amazon more than 3 years, you are out of touch with the industry and become cocky, arrogant and ignorant at the same time.","Nothing can be done, because the company is huge. Hard to turn it around.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10766,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area manager,Fast paced work environment. Opportunity to promote. Awesome teams and teamwork.,Work life balance . Demanding hours during peak seasons,Stay ahead of the curve. Work hard and ask for help when needed and you will go far.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10767,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Challenging environment and you work with really intelligent people!,Everything is good about this company! don't have any cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10768,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA engineer,Great career opportunities. Learning opportunities and career development,Teams are too big. Oncall is hard,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10769,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Apr 20, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Associate,basic warehouse,"the benefits are good, their schooling payment program covers 95 percent and easy to navigate, all the work is straight forward and easy to understand and do.","long hours, huge company and it's easy to be just another number in the sea of employees, rate driven and little forgiveness if you can not keep up",just a bit of recognition and general respect to an individual goes a long way. fallowing through with request and giving everyone the oppertunity to learn new positions goes a long way to keeping people.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P295.htm
10770,amazon,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as suck as rumor,"fast developing, well formatted org",Oncall is too tired and COE is really annoying,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10771,amazon,none," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Growing company to work for with a fast pace environment. Growing in the company is fast and good. The stocks are great and they are all over the country.,Amazon really needs to improve on how they treat their teams and leaders. They are growing so fast they have forgotten about the people.,"Ensure your teams have a home/work life balance. Also, trust your leaders and do work OT just to work OT.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10772,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Amazon Warehouse,They pay is great .You can learn different roles in the warehouse.,Working in the picking department and the break rooms are so far.The distance is not good at all.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10773,amazon,"Monee, IL"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Amazon,Good pay Great benefits Great time off options,Can be difficult to make rate,Be reasonable about the rate in AFE,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10774,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Amazon is slave labor.,"Fun employee atmosphere, decent benefits,",Raise rates without raising pay. they dont have competitive wages. Paid slave labor,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10775,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not a bad starting place to work or fall back on,"I worked for the Hazelton, PA Fulfillment center. They pay is fair with decent raises every 6 months. The have bonuses, PTO and Vacation time to use as soon as you start working there. Lots of overtime opportunity in the peak season.","There is defiantly some favoritism going on here. There is a ""roaster"" of the job each employee is assigned to everyday and some managers would let some employees sneak out of the no so desirable tasks such as ""receiving"" or ""sorting"" and let them work in the ""B Building"" or ""Water Spider"".",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10776,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the Company,"Challenging (in a good way), awesome smart people, company is always doing something really cool and innovative (which is awesome to be part of even if you weren't on the direct team).","Can be really fast paced (which can be tough on work life balance), this can also lead to a little bit of leaving behind some individuals.","The Seattle-centricity is really tough. Seattle is saturated and really tough to manage work and life there, especially with kids. There also isn't much opportunity for advancement outside of Seattle (especially outside of Operations).",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10777,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Hardware Development Engineer,Building things lean,"You are surrounded with tough problems and brilliant people.  The work place is dynamic and personable.  The problems are unique, interesting, and new.  The company isn't afraid of loss leading/risk so projects are stable.  The impact that each team member has is much larger than typical.","The equipment is Scrappy, limited to bare essentials.  Staffing is really light so everyone has more work then time.  Amazon struggles to fit good learnings in the software process to hardware design",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10778,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Full Time Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Fast-paced, great pay, room to advance. Amazon is a stable place to work and to be able to provide for a single person as well as a familybwith the benefits they give.","Its not for everyone. The long hours tend to make a lot of people tired which is a given after working hard all day. But at the end of the day, you meet amazing people and feel accomplished.",You guys are great. My goal is to be one of you one day. I have learned a lot already from the management as well as other employees in the pittle time i have beeb there. Keep it up guys.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10779,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hud Auditor,"Great benefits, 40 hours guarantee, Overtime",the amount of money is not good regarding the amount of work you do.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P296.htm
10780,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Site safey mananer,Well there isnlots and there is little. I lm not sure what is better. The experience or not. Hm ket me tbink,Im still workinf in gettinf all the informatjon to out on here. It depends becauee it needs a total.number of workds dang. It did not work. Ler me try again,So there is so much more out there ti make changes. Do not thibk you are the only one. Cause there is so mamy,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10781,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Auditor,Disappointing Warehouse Job,You can meet some very interesting people. Good potential for strength building in correct positions.,Managers seem to ignore any advice they don't like. Was frequently strung along with hollow promises of advancement.,Stop lying to the people that you want to work for you and be honest about company situations when asked.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10782,amazon,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon-Good for thick skinned, strong & young workers","Good benefits-(medical/dental) start immediately, ok pay","Very physically demanding jobs, long hours-not enough break time, only 2 paid holidays that business is closed, only 4 other pd holidays-but expected to work them, poor & often negative communication from management, Mandatory Overtime during “Peak” (Oct-December) Not enough time off",Focus on People-Strengths & positives-Much more & on rates etc Much less. Help employees develop & succeed! Definitely Communicate All policies and issues affecting employees Before they are negatively impacted by them. More PTO,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10783,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Amazon should be ashamed! Safety is not Amazon concern, all about maintaining a Rate!",Weekly pay and a colorful break room.,I received less than three days of training before being thrown out into the warehouse. Never worked for a company that only emphasizes maintaining a rate! I Can barely go to the bathroom without being told by management that I Only have 6 mins before I get marked for using my time unproductively. Crazy work envand safety seems to be on the bottom of the list. Amazon does not provide adequate training for new hires. Like working in a sweatshop or even worse a prison.!!! Amazon should be ashamed!!!! Very disappointed.,Don’t expect new hires to learn the “Amazon way” when you’ve only trained them for less than 2 days before being thrown into the wilder! Amazon should be ashamed!!! Stop pushing rates and 6 minutes bathroom breaks or your marked unproductive. Make people feel valued and you’ll get better results and won’t have such a high turnover rate.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10784,amazon,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,scanner,you can win some cool grand prizes,"everything else, the managers, work is boring",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10785,amazon,"Bethpage, NY"," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Amazon,"Great work an environment, loved the job and coworkers",Sometimes hard for those on public transportation,Have a dedicated shuttle from nearby public transportation to sites on every shift.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10786,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Apr 20, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Associate,basic warehouse,"the benefits are good, their schooling payment program covers 95 percent and easy to navigate, all the work is straight forward and easy to understand and do.","long hours, huge company and it's easy to be just another number in the sea of employees, rate driven and little forgiveness if you can not keep up",just a bit of recognition and general respect to an individual goes a long way. fallowing through with request and giving everyone the oppertunity to learn new positions goes a long way to keeping people.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10787,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Challenging work,"Base Pay is decent for tech. 2-year signing bonus and RSUs are very attractive especially at the current value of Amazon's stock. You learn a lot and will be stretched to the limit at work, but once you get accomplish something it's a great feeling to have.","Only get paid once a month which can make the month at work feel very long. Some teams have no sense of ownership which can be frustrating when you have no choice, but to work with them.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10788,amazon,"Kirkland, WA"," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,"High pay, fast pace, good benefits","terrible work environment, brutal conditions",be more involved,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10789,amazon,"Richmond, CA"," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Somewhat great job,Good discounts when you get hired,They will replace you in heart beat or not.,Train your staff right,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P297.htm
10790,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1,-Friendly managers and employee -Variety in work -company benefits -pick up and drop off options from various Transist Stations -Overtime options,-work load varies from time to time -can sometimes be mentally exhausting,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10791,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager II,Operations Manage II,"Challenging work, good team and great pay.",Peer managers are young and just there for the pay and steeping stool. Little to no accountability at the L4 level. L6 and especially L7s rarely listen the managers barriers.,Senior Ops and Ops managers should listen to there Area Managers.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10792,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Site Manager for Pickup Locations,The company is always changing and adapting. There are so many things that keep it challenging and allow you to truly tackle challenges.,There are still some processes that are not entirely put together. It still has some opportunities for growth in that aspect.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10793,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Yard Driver,Yard Speacialist,GreAt Pay and safety,To many jobs for one position,Separate yard jockey and guard shack positions,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10794,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Fast paced with great opportunity to learn daily.,The speed of the job responsibility is to quick with good training,Training needs to be standardized,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10795,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,warehouse,"Fun environment, fast pace ,multiple parking lots",standing up the whole time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10796,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great stepping stone for future leadership positions.,"Great time off options, amazing benefits.",Payrate compared to other jobs is pretty low,Give your leaders more training and time instead of just dropping them in to fend for themselves.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10797,amazon,"Lancaster, NY"," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Laborer,Anonymous,Managers constantly walk floor to address issues or give compliments on work. You get discounts on various business sites from phones to computer to cruises,They do not offer full time,Offer more than 6. - 4 hour shifts and more people would stay,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10798,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Go to Google,Good comp. Some nice peers. Many career growth opportunity,Some bad engineers. Bad managers. No perks. Absurd RSU vesting schedule,Hire some smart people to replace the current management,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10799,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent,challenging tasks i enjoy my work,more time spent with customers,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P298.htm
10800,amazon,"Tedder, FL"," Apr 17, 2018","Current Employee - Teacher, Elementary School",Customer Relations,"Understanding and learning more of the customer relations skills, developing skills to use in the world improving things such as: communication skills, patience, and making more funds.",Dealing with an uneasy customer but I'm a ppl person who love to solve issues. 😁,"I love the way things are being managed at Amazon. You guys could hire me if interested in growing business more efficient, that's all.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10801,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,A great company to work for.,I loved how they treated their employees.,On feet most of the time.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10802,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow,"Challenging, meaningful work and a culture of learning and objective decision making",Pressure to deliver results can hinder work/life balance,Promote people when they deserve it,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10803,amazon,"Richmond, CA"," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,I am a part time sortation employee as well as an ambassador,Good pay Great learning opportunities Meet new people everyday Great exercise,Gets really cold in warehouse Gets really hot Overwhelming amount of boxes to sort sometimes,Keep doing a great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10804,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Easy job to get,This job is easy to get and they will give you hours right away. Also you can sign up for extra shifts.,Have to be able to be flexible and work long hours. They can also change your shift schedule without warning and you must be able to work or else let go.,Treat employees better and give them better training,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10805,amazon,"East Point, GA"," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Package Sorter,bs,"weekly pay,easy work,make your schedule",fired me for forgetting to clock out no warning never had a write up or anything,treat ur employess with respect,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10806,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Abusive culture,Stock growth getting you bigger paycheck than you anticipated.,"Abusive, extreme politics, extreme darwinian culture.","Success in the long term looks much different than short term, stock growth wont keep up at this pace, you wish you cared about your people at that point.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10807,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Center Associate,"There are several tasks within the Fulfillment Center Associate Positions. Some are compulsory, for example sort, picking, carts, bags. Others that deals with customer and computer interactions are optional. You can ask your manager to put you in these other positions as both of you see fit. Your manager will facilitate having you trained for these other positions.",You have to stand for a long time. You need to make sure you eat and have energy. It is a physical workout. You need people skills to keep yourself and your associate mindful while on the job. If you do not have these skills you can learn them.,The Amazon Road is still new. With time only learning opportunities will be observed.,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10808,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Good company. Good environment. Good people.,Very hectic schedule. No work life balance.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10809,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Program Manager,"Flexibility to work from home, bringing dogs to work, medical insurance coverage is great, encouragement of open and direct communication with peers and manager, fast pace decision making (don’t spend hours in unnecessary meetings), love the people I work","Crappy employee discount policy. Not a fit culturally for everyone given the pace and crazy high expectation of results. There are times when things get pretty stressful, a lot of high pressure from above and tensions can run high on the team especially leading up to launch. Regularly being forced to launch half baked products because leadership wants us to not because it’s what’s best for the customer.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P299.htm
10810,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow/Problem Solver,Amazon stay away,The insurance is pretty good as a second insurance,Very high turnover rate terrible people who do not know what they are doing poor management like a prison just an overall miserable place no life your life will be amazon and unpredictable mandatory overtime and do not voice your opinion you will be fired for having a voice,Quit because you do not know what you are doing,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10811,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Benefits are good also Stocks after you have been there two years.,It's all about rate with them know matter how hard you try it's never good enough for them.,Please treat your worker like human beings. It show not have to be a comparison everyday you come to work.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10812,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Accountant,Amazon is a top company to work for! I'm proud to be an Amazonian!,"Challenging, fast-paced, fun, environment. Very passionate people and constantly new business launches and geo expansions. Amazonians live and breathe the leadership principles! It's really cool to see these aren't just words on a piece of paper, they truly shape the company culture.","Must be comfortable with ambiguity, and constant change. It can have a start-up feel with all the new business expansions.","Be as transparent as possible, and push for consistency across teams. The team you're on can really make or break the experience, however, Amazon encourages rotations and there are endless opportunities!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10813,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior HRA,Love my job,"Literally the best decision I ever made was accepting my job at Amazon. If you work hard, you will truly see the fruits.",Only negatives I can think of is the working hours. Obviously working in a warehouse that is open 24/7 you can’t be M-F. But I knew that when accepting the job. Only con.,Managers are amazing. Always encouraging growth and development. They consistently seek out feedback and ask how they can make improvements.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10814,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Good working environment, nice teamwork experience",not very easy to transfer between departments,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10815,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,"- work with smart, passionate, diverse people - huge company, be up close to so much innovation - decent benefits, good pay","- high stress - work culture can be cliquey - Amazon tends to attract and reward Super Type A people who can sometimes be too intense, bullying, or who otherwise make work unnecessarily stressful",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10816,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for people looking for in-between jobs.,"Great benefits (healthcare, vision, dental eligible from day one). They'll hire you off the street if you don't test positive for meth. Easy work if you can handle the repetition. Lots of paid time off.","Company couldn't care less about workers. You're expected to show up, rain, sleet, snow, or hail. If you don't make rate (and a lot of things are out of your control, so sooner or later you won't make it), they'll fire you.",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10817,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Engineer,"Focus on Customer brings out the best innovation. Fast paced for the size of the company , less processes f to bother about. New ideas and experiments.","As the company grew, the talent level started dwindling. The average of talent is abysmally low for its reputation. In a rush to hire , lots of IC's were promoted to middle management without any gauging their managements skills. Lot of managers were hired who are not accustomed with the 14 leadership principles of the company which are the pillars of success of amazon. There is no attempt to run a orientation for these managers to align themselves with the leadership principles. Candid feedbacks results in backlash instead of verifying the feedback.",Please reads the cons.,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10818,amazon,none," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sorter,"it was close to hone so easy to get to , regular hours usually set schedule . got 15 min break after the first 45 min . but shift only last 4 hours -_-","Alot of physical labor , little pay and little hours. I had early hours 4am -8am if your late 3 times your fired which is stupid . because u can be late 10 min and it will be considered a late .",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10819,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time seasonal sortation associate,"NIGHT SHIFT. EMOTIONAL LABOR. NO DIRECTION,","Tyrannical management, no structure, create your own hierarchy","You've been given the work of multiple people, share responsibility.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P300.htm
10820,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager NACF,Sr Mgr NACF,Outstanding Brand- exceptional stock performance,Very difficult to work for- Demanding,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10821,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,What do I think about Amazon,Decent place to work pretty mellow,Long hours not for everybody,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10822,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Fresh Associate,Amazon Fresh Associate,Easy application process. Great brand name,Very monotonous job and no team involvement.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10823,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation Associate MKE5,"Good pay, flexible, easy job to get into.",Very boring in my position,"Act like you care more, help out more, don't act better than your employees.",3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10824,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great scope, lacking communication",Great opportunity to work on projects with a global scope.,"Lack of communication, clear goals.",Be better.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10825,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow/Problem Solver,Amazon stay away,The insurance is pretty good as a second insurance,Very high turnover rate terrible people who do not know what they are doing poor management like a prison just an overall miserable place no life your life will be amazon and unpredictable mandatory overtime and do not voice your opinion you will be fired for having a voice,Quit because you do not know what you are doing,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10826,amazon,"Arlington, WA"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Pilot,Wonderful place to work!,Great pay! I love the atmosphere of the work environment. Everyone I have met have been kind and helpful. This is a great company to invest your time in.,"Work hours can be long, but I can’t think of anything else right now! So far all of my experiences have been very encouraging and helpful.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10827,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Work hard, get stuff done","There is a strong culture of getting things done, and reduced appetite for employees or management that doesn't. Like any company, not every worker or management lives up to it, but rather than people stay in their roles for years accomplishing little, the cycle time is much less (6-18mo). And if you don't like the group you're in or work you're doing, it's easy to move to something else inside the company.","Compensation may not be as immediately competitive as other firms. But if you are a top performer, you'll be compensated. And the company is growing like crazy, which shows in the stock price.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10828,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Working at the warehouse as a receiver,"14 an hour if you work overnight, only work 4 days a week, meet great people, building is well kept, job is easy, fun seeing product coming in, friendly, helpful and understanding managers, complementary water all over the building, you are allowed to wear Apple Watch which will help you feel connected at all times since you can’t have your phone on the floor for 10 hours","Lunch break is very short at 30 minutes, 10.5 hour shifts, no phones on the floor, can’t pick what area you want to work right off the bat, strict goals need to be filled every day, not a lot of paid time off, your feet will hurt very very bad almost every day","Honestly love the company and love my job, all I would change at my location would be longer lunch break or maybe one more 15 minute break or something to break up the long night but I really can’t complain :)",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10829,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,I enjoy the Amazon culture and the people I work with.,Your time is constantly tracked by the minute. We worry about time off task constantly.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P301.htm
10830,amazon,"Aurora, IL"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate (Going for PA),Warehouse Associate,"Fair pay, fast paced, longer weekends (shorter weekend) and positive feedback FREQUENTLY when deserved.","Long work days, strict coaching and feedback process when struggling.","Management at Amazon can be hit or miss, some push you to the best of your abilities, others can be lazy and make you hate the job.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10831,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not thhe best tech company for software engineers,company is growing and hiring,compensation and perk does not justify hard work expected,Retain people instead of keep hiring,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10832,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. HR Assistant,Amazon has great benefits and company culture.,There are no cons for Amazon in my eyes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10833,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awful compensation and co-workers,"Easiest job to get, there is literally no interview. Time off system is easy to understand and you can take days with very short notice. Small monthly bonus based on attendance, easiest money to make as long as you just manage your time like any responsible person would.","Management does not demand even the slightest amount of discipline and decency from employees, resulting in a work environment full of crude folks with terrible work ethics and manners. Work schedule is four 10-hour days, and the likelihood of getting a shift transfer even as somebody with two years of experience is incredibly low. Compensation is severely lacking. While the rest of the world is getting a raise in response to job market changes, we're told our total compensation package is overall better than theirs (it's not) and then they proceed to cut back on the stock plan.","Actually coach and write up associates for bad attitude and behavior. Our ""peculiar"" culture is nothing more than adult childishness. Discipline associates for things like defacing equipment with stickers, coming to work against dress code, and using obscene language. If you don't make respect for the workplace environment mandatory, employees will not have it.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10834,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,Benefits good warehouse experience,The people that's in charge,Don't try to hard,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10835,amazon,"Madison, WI"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Campus Associate,Campus Associate - Amazon Campus Pickup Point,"Flexible hours, fun co-workers, awesome management, always moving/doing something",Every move you make represents the great reputation of a fantastic company like Amazon,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10836,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Kentucky,Amazon Fulfilment Center,Great Management and opportunities to work your way up,Could pay more for some of the more labor intensive jobs,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10837,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,AWSome place to learn,"Good learning, cutting edge products, technologies, agile, good amount of responsibility, fast paced environment. Overall the best place to learn.",Compensation is not good. Very less hike. Requirements change like hell. Operational load is unmanageable in AWS. Feels like ops guy sometimes,Please improve the salaries. You have been losing amazing candidates,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10838,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Economist,Ex amazon employee,"very good salary, good extra benefits.",so much extra working ours,be more people oriented,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10839,amazon,"North Houston, TX"," Apr 28, 2018",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Ok necessity,"Benefits, plenty of hours, decent pay, decent opportunities to advance in the company if given the chance, cafeteria has plenty of options and plenty of tvs","some time slots are very inflexible with hours, too much micromanagement, bad working conditions (legal gray areas), too much pressure to perform to metrics, management does not work together, nobody takes responsibility for mistakes, issues only patched and not fixed, Cafeteria has overpriced fresh food, monotony and unnatural repetitive movement can take a toll on the body",Do not promote people that have no notion of proper employee relations or people that clearly behave differently with regular employees. Do not promote overworking people for the sake of metrics Establish a deeper understanding of your employee base and characters to prevent turnover Try to establish a sense of belonging for the employees and make them feel needed Slowly explain the state of affairs to key employees to achieve greater coworker cohesion and maximize teamwork Promote a team environment and try to mean it or be honest enough about it,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P302.htm
10840,amazon,"Kent, WA"," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Great job for the younger crowd. Dicks burgers pays more.,"Great benefits, PTO and vacation from day one","Very repetitive, very young and inexperienced managers, pay is not adequate for the work, robot work, rate is very enforced.",Promote from the bottom up and don't hire people straight out of college with no leadership skills and work ethic.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10841,amazon,"Crete, IL"," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Over worked,The pay and the benefits,They treat people as if there are slaves and not humans. Sloppy management.,Actually care,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10842,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good but at the same time dreadful,keep you on your feet and good pay and good benefits,management / hr and breaking the law (IE not allowing mental accommodations (Saying they don't accommodate people with mental issues such as autism),get better management,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10843,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Find another job,Can pick your own shifts,Everything. You won't be able to pick up shifts because they get taken. I got paid $50 last paycheck because i only got 1 shift.,Please stop hiring people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10844,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound,Inbound,Not a single pro I could ever think of!,Horrible management! They work you unbelievably hard! Use you up and dump you off no matter how hard you work!,Value your hard workers!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10845,amazon,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal Equipment Coordinator,Always new things to learn,"As a Seasonal Equipment Coordinator, I am always learning and encountering new challenges. This help build my skills and see IT in a new whole perspective of understanding the field work. Lots of information to help build someone's skills up from the ground with great many challenges.","Information can also be obsolete, vague, or not categorized to department. Lot's of gray area to create possible mistakes.","Mentorship and coaching would be a great help to learn from each other and clarify obsolete, vague, and non-categorized information of each department.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10846,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced and engaging,"Smart people, engaging, with an acceptable level of tension in meetings to drive the best decision for the customer.","Growing too quickly, getting a bit bureaucratic.",Remove barriers for teams so they can continue to drive improvements,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10847,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations manager,great benefits good pay,the vesting of the stocks,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10848,amazon,"Clarksville, IN"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,Dark Truths of Amazon (Funny),"- Immediate and Excellent Benefits, Amazon wants you to know you are it's money and you are well taken care of 'health wise' so you can keep working. (Awesome work amazon!)  - If you are a Burger Lad or Dominos Dandy the pay here at Amazon MIXED with the benefits will have you feeling truly like a 'Burger King' instead. ($12.50 starting off and it increases up to 3x at $1 a hour i'm to understand.)  - At higher ""Tiers"" you make more money, regardless of the type of job you do at Amazon. Amazon is an AMAZING place to be a slacker since if you work 400% efficiency or 100% you get the same benefits AND pay. So the longer you stay at amazon by doing less and keeping your head down, the more Paid time off/money/benefits you get. (Note: I don't answer for the questionable ethics to be learned from this.)  - Pickers at Amazon are subscribed to one of the most incredible work out programs in the world for leg fitness, you'll be exposed to amazoning personalities that regularly endure the rigors of olympian level marathon hustling. They will train you well.  - You will develop 'much' faster hand/eye coordination and reaction time based on Brand/Size/Color/Label, even if you are color blind.  - The workers and 'good PAs/Managers' are often very cool down to earth people with a wide spectrum of life experiences and beliefs, which can be really awesome.  - The Core Ethics and Moral principles of Amazon are profound and inspiring and on every break room wall.  - You get awesome pay during official holidays. (Thanksgiving and Christmas.) Especially if you do overtime. I earned nearly $30 an hour during peak time on holidays with overtime. ""Thats"" where the gravy is.  - Free Coffee in the Break Rooms. This will aid you in your quest to make it through 10-12 hour shifts. It is dangerous to go alone, drink this!  - People often write hilarious things on the totes. (But management fights this and covers the totes.)  - Some managers can be really funny and cool people.  - SDF8 has Smash Bros. 'and' Guitar Hero in the break room, with all their DLC.  - Supposedly Dogs check the facility for and eradicate 'all' the dust mites. According to our management at SDF8. (Note: We've never seen said dogs, and CERN/DARPA are curious as to these 0-Dust Environments despite warehouse settings, as scientists have yet to achieve this in labs.)  - If you are not an American Citizen you can get away with most anything at Amazon, as long as they can't talk with you. They'll generally not enforce it and ""go out of their way"" to avoid getting you deported home because 'that is mean'. ... Hurray...?  - Amazon is accepting of culture, almost dangerously so. I masqueraded as a ""Jedi Knight"" for months in various jedi robes and due to Islamic people rocking Burkas I was unharassed for it and even praised for my dedication to the Jedi Way.  - You will find some of the most ridiculous and hilarious products you have ever seen. Also, you'll know 'everything' society buys and how often.  - If you're on top of your life, your life situation, your bills, and everything is golden in your life. Amazon can be a great place to work, because then $12.50 an hour + benefits and little time/room to grow but plenty of opportunites for random VTO/PTO/UPT is right up your alley!! Because fortunately across the year there's many opportunities for 'free time off', a rare commodity at jobs.  PRO'S Closing: Would I recommend this to a friend? Yes! For the long term? No!! Amazon is the kind of business where I feel Jeff expects the worker to be business savvy/smart and play their cards at ""His"" table. Jeff/Amazon offers workers help with moving/homes and education and his Health benefits are 'incredible' speaking as someone denied them at most lower end jobs. Come to Amazon expecting to: Capitalize as much as possible on Health benefits/Peak Seasons and then if you're able to get a easier going job the rest of the year until peak areas roll back around. Don't be a Winter Soldier like myself and hustle it the entire year unless you find you love it, and it works for you.  Disclaimer: AMAZON IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, it is a very hard job, but if you're a young hard worker and you don't want to flip patties and you are in a dark place -- I'd definitely throw Jeff and Amazon your way before I would any fast food place. Even with this full report. But i'm sending you towards them honest, don't go expecting a easy ride.","- You will likely start as a PICKER, the grunts/backbone of Amazon itself, they walk between 9-12 miles a night (Average rates) to between 12-20 miles a night. On foot. (200-300% rate.) The latter figure of 20 is extremely hard/rare, but we've had some absurd workers in the past.  - Do not bother trying to get Pickers/Packers/Stowers/Throwers/Floor Blowers/Wall spiders/anything more money. Amazons' Management don't see a +250% efficiency for 50% more pay that day as a ""Lucrative exchange"". Despite the math being there. Amazon as mentioned in the Pro's is fortunately great for slacking, but if you're a hard worker like myself you don't get any true recognition or reward for it.  - Hard workers get promoted less due to being 'Too valuable' in the work horse positions.  - If you work night-shift your only compensation 'most of the year' is a 0.50 cent pay differential with is a minor pittance considering EVERYTHING IS CLOSED during the night, so on your days off (nights) you can't do anything besides Wal-mart and Walgreens. Really this should be more a $2-3 differential, I can't even take a date to a not-tacobell place unless I am staying up to what would be 4:15 AM for most people.  - You will realize you can never afford most of the crazy products you're collecting often times, and especially not the $475 tuxedo for 4 month old babies or $125 ""Her Secret"" man thong or any of the various crazy products.  - You'll be drug tested up to every four months. I do no drugs so this wasn't an issue beyond it being extremely unethical, a total invasion of peoples' privacy, and frankly none of the companys' business unless I was involved in some form of violation or accident. They also don't drug test management/corporate, cute huh? (Which is generous to say if you know the law, because even 'then' it isn't their business what you do outside of work.)  - No drinks on the floor, even if it's a twist/seal container? You may have water, but chances are you don't want 10-12 hours of Water. Pee-breaks can also get you fired if you forget to take note of them and have proof they were infact for bodily functions and not 'shenanigans'.  - The rate is argued to be 'very hard' for most people, being a ectomorph myself I find it easy to maintain. But my frame/build/muscle tone are all ideal for this job, so that's a rigged standard.  - Not enough time on breaks to really bother with the video games in the one break room, and you may not even be at a area close enough to 'go to that room'.  - Working harder gets you... nothing. Absolutely nothing, you won't get priority for Voluntary Time Off, Increased Raises, Promotions, Shift Changes, Shift Transfers, or anything. You won't even get more voice in meetings and may be stuck listening to old people worry how Amazon might protect them from Rhinos or mad Gunmen rather than work situations and human rights infringements.  - Worst pay in my area for warehouses, despite being owned by the World's Richest Man. (12.50 an hour versus many here being 16+, and YES, it makes it that much worse my boss has so much money that he could make our lives golden.)  - Management has poor Legal Knowledge.    - This leads to many violations you shouldn't have, and high-school bully esque      reactions to workers who would exercise their human rights to say ""Sir you      can't do X due to Y law/policy."" Sometimes people aren't being sassy, they're      being matter-of-fact and are well within their rights.    - Management has a habit of dishonesty.        - This tends to be in the lower management and corporate seems unaware, but           the effects vary from misquoting rules/laws/policies, to bouncing people           between HR and area heads long enough to get them fired, to stating things           that are impossible like ""Amazon has no dust or dust mites because we bring           in dogs.""         - This perpetuates a concern/feeling in workers that the managers believe            they're unable to figure out 3rd grade level science facts or basic math in            other instances.  - In Indiana at least, some locations deny electronics up to and including any music and/or phones. This can be problematic if you have to take care of anyone or live in a rough neighborhood where you're ""always"" an emergency number, or if you have a side job with anything of note and have to be able to be notified if there's some manner of emergency alert. But y'know, you're at 12.50 amazon, you can't risk their important profits with someones' life, right?  - Workers are treated like criminals, and management will even openly admit the intent and reasoning is just that, the managements' reasons at SDF8 in Indiana for metal detectors and air-port level security was ""We are concerned workers may be taking photographs or footage of working conditions."" with other colorful statements like, ""We often have workers steal products from the facility and we wish to minimize that."" (Despite metal detectors not helping with clothes their #1 product at said place?)  - You will bottom out in pay increases at Tier 3, it doesn't matter how much you know, don't know, train, or don't train -- your pay will be relatively X at that time and won't raise again. Note, this is technically good too, but capping at roughly 15.50 isn't exactly shooting for the stars.  - Many holidays aren't ""considered holidays"" at Amazon, despite increased work load and adverse treatment for those days.  - For your birthday round table they'll mostly want free Safety Engineering advice and they'll give you a cookie that has more cheap frosting than one of those Wal-mart cakes. So if you were expecting them to 'really' care about those ideas you spent all year formulating and perfecting, they don't. They want free Safety Engineering Advice or Management Tips so they don't get fired.  - Management can be flawed in human ways, and may have achieved that position through the ""Good Ol' Boy"" system we don't see much post 2010ish. Normally I wouldn't mention this as a issue, but AMAZON is so computer automated that if you spend even 2-3 months there you will understand when I say ""A Robot could be our overlord."", being able to say this i'm content in saying we'd prefer a Robotic Overlord that's neutral and impartial to our feelings and just wants good results than a tyrant that passes prejudicial and personally charged rules that are mentally unsound. It is 2017 and it begs to reason a manager should be able to let a person with 250% Efficiency Rating have music if they want.  - Less pay or Respect than other warehouses. The first, being I make 12.50 an hour is easy to understand, the latter takes a bit more finesse and understanding the job/routine. The stand up's consist of being reminded safety rules you'd expect to be hear preached daily to toddlers not so much grown adults with pearls such as, ""Don't drop 90 lbs boxes on your head."", ""Don't drink the Purrell from the Bottles."", ""Don't fall down the stairs or leap over the 2nd, 3rd, 4th floor balconies."", and one of my favorites ""Don't try to ride your push cart down the steps."" I understand some one must of done some of these, but you insult people when you bring something it took an oaf to do and ask the majority not to do it.  - They won't give you your full 15 minute break, rather they expect you to only use 15 minutes total. This sounds reasonable until you recall the SDF8 mantra they proudly chant of ""WE'RE BIGGER THAN 28 FOOTBALL FIELDS!!!"" Yeah, if you're in a corner it can take up to 5-6 minutes at Athletic Power Walking speeds to get there, that's possibly only 4 minutes to sit if you get 'sent back' to that same area. And you might not even know where you get sent, so good luck timing that. (P.S - This can get you fired.)  - Management and HR 'do not' communicate. HR themselves will tell you this. On the surface it sounds unrealistic until we recall this is a several thousand person 24/7 warehouse that never sleeps. It ""cant"" communicate that well because it's a hulking monster in size. This leads to more head aches for the little guys than it 'ever' could for bosses. Sometimes HR will try to avoid their job and send you to 'your manager' who assuming they're working will 'Send you to HR' who will then ask you to verify with your manager again... And it bears pointing out these people HAVE radios for each other.  - Amazon is by default a Hostile Work Environment legally going by the fact so many Visa Workers CAN NOT COMMUNICATE. Anyone wanting to doubt this? I'll let you guess how many 3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10x lingual people Amazon can or would afford to employ, and now guess how many are on my Night shift. Yeah. that's right, people who speak 3+ languages with some being exotic and rare DONT WORK for places like Amazon just to translate for a $4.50 an hour worker, the nice/professional way to put this is your rights get violated because Amazon wants to save some cash. And believe me, many English workers get fired over ""Time off Task"" on the chaos/confusion/blockades these immigrants cause.  - Management won't punish the people they can't speak with, and sometimes have no one on any shift to do it and they'll just let it sit until the ""Case goes Cold"". This isn't accusing racism/discrimination persay so much as saying 'Guys given they're all from X foreign country, this looks REALLY bad that it's only them and a similar group getting exemption.' Again, this isn't saying they're being unfair intentionally -- but expect it to happen, because imagine yourself in the managers' shoes... It's messy.  - Power Hour rewards often are VERY poor, with first place being $10, less than you make in an hour to exhaust yourself. And it's in the form of a vending machine voucher. And they probably forgot you won or announced it a week late and you're getting nothing. Congratulations.   - I was banned from the Discord Global Fitness channel for allegedly impossible feats of strength in terms of my daily walk rates across my time working for Amazon. They accused me of trolling. I am still banned. I did not lie.  - Despite many efforts Amazon realized determination doesn't cure colorblindness, but even so expect them to try with you if you are by sending you to the color coded jewelry section. Where they'll arrive within a few hours to ask why you are incompetent.  - Does not live up to or reinforce fulfillment of it's Core Ethics and Moral Principles.  - Denies most holidays are infact holidays, meaning you don't get holiday pay for them despite it obviously being a national if not global event.  - Has some of the most dangerous step ladders you will ever encounter. This is due to it being so many people using them so often, so much, with little/no maintenance on them so you end up with mal-folding death machines.  - Jeff Bezos is either criminally negligent of the disparity in earnings between his shareholders/owners/workers and his management/self/company or he just doesn't care. This is a problem because men as great/powerful as him need to help the world get better, not make it worse. Jeff doesn't realize he has more than enough money and he just won't pay his workers more.","- Begin hiring people with a proper legal understanding of FLSA, OSHA, and human rights as Managers/Assistant Managers/Area Heads. It only takes a 3 hour lecture video.  - Get rid of the step-ladders and any bin that ""Requires"" a step ladder for it. You'll save the money lost on inventory space in insurance costs/claims/efficiency increase and you'll even be able to recoup the lost space value if you just resort to vacuum draining/packing all the clothing products. Normally that advice costs companies $200,000+. Why you're not paying me more, I don't know. Pay me more to do your job, you'd look better.  - Do not lie to Grunts. I cannot stress enough if you are a leader you DO NOT lie to your grunts, because that shows not only weakness and inability to lead but a lack of confidence in yourself and what you are doing. They're not corporate peers, they're not able to just steal your job at the drop of a hat, they're not able to harshly judge/tease you either as you are their boss. Act like it.  - Stop hiring managers who believe they have rights beyond their job. Your job is to achieve an efficient work location, how you feel doesn't matter. Restricting Music, Phones, Or other out of the way policies to avoid 'exposure for bad activities' are easily fixed by *NOT DOING BAD ACTIVITIES.*  - ""Power Hours"" don't help your workers if the announcements regularly happen on other shifts or a week after the contest, that's bad business practices and a really underhanded way to exploit honest hard working people. And for what? To cheat the winners out of maybe a total of $25 between them all 'only usable at the break rooms'. Read that a few times if you manage at Amazon, it's as bad and in poor taste as it sounds as you're reading and worth 'really' learning that.  - OSHA Dictates it's a 15 minute break Sitting Down, it's again worth repeating you guys are paid enough to learn what your job really is, knowing management. Failure to follow this might give minimal 'efficiency' increases but is largely why you have a 70% or higher turn over rate at the Indiana location I work at and why you pay that much more training new workers who have horribly lower rates.  - If you're going to labor track workers all the time even if they try to use the rest room, consider making a sticker for badges they can scan to identify 'bath room in' and 'bath room out' while this sounds inhumane on the surface it gives the workers a better way to identify those points without ""every single one owning a notepad"". It's also easier to identify people who have 14-30 pee breaks a day and are really just talking to people with them.  - Don't hire managers with an IQ or EQ 20 points under the average, I understand this sounds extremely callous and cruel, but these people are easy to spot and lack an even above 5th grade level of education. DO NOT employ them as managers, you have to recall you are putting these people in charge of 'Other adults' who are often times as smart or even more intelligent than yourself. (I study Quantum Physics myself as a hobby.) So if the manager is dull minded and poorly educated it not only serves often times to cause a lot of legal issues due to ignorant recklessness on their part, they're just literally not intelligent enough for the position. For those reading NOT aware: Your IQ and EQ score fluctate through-out life measured with age versus knowledge, so it begs to reason if you're keeping up intellectual fitness you'll maintain a 95-110 VERY easily.  - Stop hiring so many Visa Workers, I do not say this because I dislike your money saved with the paying them 4.50 or so while the government covers the rest. I say this because when you have 4000 people in a building with a good 500 from 3rd/4th world countries then you have a hostile work environment due to a lack of education and proper fair enforcement of rules. ""How"" can I state this as a fact? Simple, because I know the facility lacks a Pentalingual or even Quadralingual individual and I have counted at least 7 languages.  - Stop refusing to fire said Visa Workers when they break rules or their rates are abysmally low. Many a time have I witnessed this and inquired/reported about them to management on various levels only to find ""We don't fire them because then they'd be deported."" which unfortunately creates a discriminatory precedence where being an immigrant means you get extra breaks (Slacking off), immunity to a stringent hard work pace, immunity to kissing/hugging rules (Observed regularly), and they're also the only workers at certain indiana locations besides management who get away with having electronic devices. Management see's it as ""Avoiding a 'tough situation'"" as a guy who likes legal terms I see it as ""Racist/Nationalist Discrimination"" at worst and ""Unlevel/unethical work policies"" at best. This sort of thing really needs correcting. Note: It's worth adding America is in a 'hard' place still and recovering from a recent depression. It is also the ONLY nation I can readily think of that takes in ware-house level imported workers (not citizens to be) for starter/backbone jobs that citizens need for getting started. Even moreso with outsourcing being SUCH an issue.  - Stop openly admitting you're installing air-port level security ""Because you're concerned workers are bringing in Cell phones"". Again I am bringing up the law, but your workers have a right to their phones in the form of being an emergency contact for their families and others, you're ""just"" a warehouse. Learn that. If the worker has poor rates, it'll be evident through your RATE TRACKING SYSTEM. Wow, it's like this problem solved itself without infringing on human rights.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10849,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,CSR,10% discount. Can meet people globally working virtually. Amazon is a global brand. Having it on your resume is a plus.,Management is not engaging. Training is self lead. You learn on the job with real life situations. Pay is very low.,Better training. Be willing to help in career advancement.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P303.htm
10850,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Develop Engineer,Not the best but decent pay.,No refresher bonus when the fair market value of stock price goes up.,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10851,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exceptional!,The staff was easy to communicate with. Made all the processes easy to go thru and the help they provided was unparalleled.,I didn’t have any cons with Amazon. Everyone was so helpful and made work their seem easy and enjoyable. Would recommend to anybody.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10852,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr Program Mgr,Surrounded by motivated and intelligent people,Really varies team to team,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10853,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work is amazing,My place my schedule.,Farther away than I like.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10854,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cater to Hispanics,Made $16.00 an hour for 10 hours a day Saturday & Sunday only,"How they do the breaks, management shows favoritism to Hispanic friends and family",Move out of the way and let real leaders lead,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10855,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Technical Program Manager,"Collaborative environment. No bureaucracy. Focus on business priority. Annual Performance focuses on one's super powers, unlike other major employers Great WiKi and ""office hour"" cultures makes learning about other teams' platform and work easy Every orgs and teams in Amazon is different. If you don't like your current teams, you can always find another team that fit your interests and culture preferences.","1) High attrition in business driven orgs. 2) People manager who either don't care about their people or have no clue about people management. Individual contributors are put in manager role for the wrong reason. This is common in other companies, but Amazon seems to have more. 3) Moving fast means not necessarily building the right technology platform, ending up with technical debts, 4) Near impossible to promote to principle level, comparing to other major employers in the area. People ending up giving up and staying in the company mainly because of stocks doing well. You must pay for parking -- minimal subsidy comparing to other major employers in the greater Seattle area. I never used to pay for parking at work until I went to Amazon.","Managers must recognize that people are your number one assets. If you don't take good care of them, or don't care for their career and interest, they can always go somewhere else that appreciate them. Fringe benefits such as free lunches and snack do matter, more than having a luxury greenhouse that looks nice. Some employees ask why Amazon spend billions to build the Sphere instead of spending that money to increase employee benefits (such as subsidize or free lunch, snacks, or more restaurant discounts, and better base pay.) I get the compensation model and not wanting tenure employees to get complacent and to keep people thinking like an owner. However, the current salary cap is still too low and in bad need of adjustment -- especially since living cost in Seattle has skyrocketed due to Amazon. Time to adjust salary range.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10856,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Data Entry Clerk,"Packing,Data","Skill window Excel,Words,PowerPoint and Handlers,Forflift","I never see those :Cons"" before",Best,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10857,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,grunt,There are no real pros to talk about,as whats stated elsewhere they want to fire you at every turn,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10858,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work for this company!!,The only pros are the pay and benefits.,Management Hours Hard Work Unorganized They treat you like kids,You guys need to be more organized and nicer to your employees.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10859,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Bad training,Good pay and have a company vehicle.,"The training videos where terrible. A lot of them cut out. They only give you one ride along as a driver and even then you won't get trained properly. The guy I did my ride along with didn't even take a 30 minute lunch which you don't get paid for, and made it seem like it was ok to leave the truck on while making home deliveries as it should only take about a min or so to drop off the package and go to your next stop. Unfortunately for me on my first normal full route a vehicle with two people in it which I assumed where following me stole my truck. Keep in mind I usually kept a good eye on the vehicle or my surroundings and saw no people on the street or cars and wasn't even able to walk 10 feet with the packages to knock on the door and here my truck and another car speeding off down the street. Apparently no one turns the truck off when deliveing to houses and that was just how I was trained so I thought it was ok. They let me go because of this. It was definitely planned and I explained had I even had the keys and truck locked something still was likely to happen given the scenario. I wished I would have been taught the right way to do things long story short. Good luck anyone going for this kind of job apparently people don't believe in the importance of training people the right way and only care about getting things done as quickly as possible.",Train your employees better. Give more than just one day to try and learn the job instead of throwing people out like that for messed up situations to possibly come about the lack of your poor training methods and fix your training videos a lot of them cut out mid video or sentence. Treat your employees like you care if they succeed.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P304.htm
10860,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,"Good benefits, flexible hours, holiday pay.",Routine work. Amazon Fresh department was not the best when employees had to go from room temperature environments to sub zero temperatures (winter gear was provided but it was still cold),More creativity in the workplace.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10861,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - L4 Manager,Competitive Business,"Pay, time off options, incentives, flexibility, career advancement opportunities","HR, politics, lots of competition",Be more self critical,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10862,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Experience,Best place to work at,there are different shift times,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10863,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst at Amazon,"Many different teams to explore, motivating coworkers, plenty of opportunities for growth","Long hours, stressful deadlines, work days can be isolating",n/a,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10864,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hire anyone with a pulse,"Benefits, flexibility, accommodation for school schedules.","Just another number, too many other employees who just do not care, lack of action on under achievers.",Promote and recognize consistent top performers or you'll keep losing talent.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10865,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Lead,Very Uneven,Your teammates are great and very helpful. Safety is always ensured.,Managers bounce between micromanaging and not being around.,More mentoring for new managers.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10866,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A lot of exciting projects but...,Can work on exciting projects with huge impacts to customers and be surrounded by smart people.,Very intensive work culture. Pay is not so good compared to other tech companies.,Please make compensation more transparent so that people don't need to freak out...,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10867,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Center Engineering Operations Manager,AWS,Company is growing and growing and growing .,Diversity in tech engineering segments.,Listen to the feedback from anonymous surveys.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10868,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Electrical Maintenance Technician,Electrical maintenance Technician,Great benefits and stock option,I believe there is to much management,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10869,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics Specialist,Great learning opportunities about the industry.,Not so much room to move up,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P305.htm
10870,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,"One of the most innovative companies on earth! This is an exciting place to work, always something new and challenging. The pay is highly competitive, the talent I work with on a daily basis is astounding, and the culture is outstanding. Very customer focused!","There are not alot of ""pay grades"" at Amazon, so this isn't the place for people who are looking to get promoted every year. Titles here tend to be modest in comparison to the level of responsibility. But the amount of opportunity, and the pay within each pay grade, more than makes up for that gap.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10871,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,Ship clerk,"Great benefits, good hrs, great enviroment",Communication through the ranks is highly lacking.,Communication is key to running any business. Do not forget to communicate to the whole team the slightest changes.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10872,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Amazon,Good exposure to work at large scale,lot of work and stress work which is expected,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10873,amazon,"Covington, KY"," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Smart people, a lot of hustle. You can make a different and really change the operations floor.",Mandatory overtime is forced from end of october to december with no additional pay. I was at a crossdock facility which means meant everything was much messier and dirty compared to a fulfillment center. You have to give feedback to 120+ direct reports weekly and it just feels impersonal and pointless when up to 10 people are turning over every week.,Give better feedback and support to area managers.,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10874,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon Review by Employee,Constant learning and growth. Being challenged to learn more and thus grow. Being independent yet accountable for your actions and projects. Freedom to take on new challenges and co-workers' willingness to share information.,A lot of information to learn at a fast pace.,"Provide courses to new employees who do not have experience in using some softwares that are used a lot on a daily basis, for example: excel courses.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10875,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 26, 2018","Current Employee - Manager II, Operations","Manager II, Operations","Compensation, experience in a fast and consistently changing environment","Unresponsive HR team, dilution of talent, leadership",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10876,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a pay check,VTO pick your schedule short work week,Managers need take managerial courses ..and longer breaks,It's ok to be human and show empathy.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10877,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound stow,They pay you to work.,"They fired me on my birthday and a month before my baby was born. I talked and signed a waiver and still let me go. They say we're a family. But will kick your butt to the curb. The man who approved my firing was rude and racist. I could have stayed, the HR people tried to help. But I was put to the side because of my race.",Stop hiring anti-immigrant and racist people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10878,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Benefits,Work Schedule,Time off, Vacations","Pay is not good, Management is always on you about metrics, Bathroom breaks are frowned upon. You get 15 minutes of Time Off Clock per 10 hour shift. Bathrooms are 3 to 5 minutes away from work stations",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10879,amazon,"Milford, MA"," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,"PAYING INTO PLAN. HOWEVER, RECEIVED NO INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACCESS AND USE",None at this time. Maybe will provide info later,See above title. None at this time,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P306.htm
10880,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound stow,They pay you to work.,"They fired me on my birthday and a month before my baby was born. I talked and signed a waiver and still let me go. They say we're a family. But will kick your butt to the curb. The man who approved my firing was rude and racist. I could have stayed, the HR people tried to help. But I was put to the side because of my race.",Stop hiring anti-immigrant and racist people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10881,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Benefits,Work Schedule,Time off, Vacations","Pay is not good, Management is always on you about metrics, Bathroom breaks are frowned upon. You get 15 minutes of Time Off Clock per 10 hour shift. Bathrooms are 3 to 5 minutes away from work stations",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10882,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what everyone says it is,"alot of hard work, great benefits, decent wages, set schedule",long shifts during the holiday season,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10883,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,Icqa,"Benefits are great, being able to take off work when need if time off is managed well is awesome when you're a mother and you have school.","Management is awful, the culture of pushing out and outcasting the old and others they don't like is beyond brutal.",Appréciations and understanding goes a long way. emotional intelligence is a needed skill!,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10884,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Returns,No one standing over your shoulder as long as productivity goals are met. Opportunity to learn multiple functions.,Not many opportunities to advance if you’re a female (specific locations),none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10885,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bin con,"Great benefits, had employee work incentives and drawings","Managers are untrained teenagers, no restroom breaks. They track your every move",Trust your employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10886,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Awesome,Very easy to work with people. Like the involvement of all team work workers who lift you up to build ur confidence.,Just keeping up with the workers and not able to make my quarter is very disappointing but I like working for Amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10887,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,"Amazon is a great company to work for in that they provide competitive pay, great benefits, and entice associates with the ability to own a portion of the company.",Some individuals may view a position with Amazon as chaotic as one is always faced with a different task each hour of every day.,"Show more appreciation to associates during large volume seasons. (peak, prime day, etc.)",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10888,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Always taken care of,Sometimes strange hours and called in randomly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10889,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service,"I believe in Amazon, because of its loyalty to customers. Customers come first. This is true of m6 experience as a customer of Amazon for years. I like the business strategy and it’s growth oriented mission.",Need for company to talk to customers person to person.,Customer service is a Good thing!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P307.htm
10890,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning Amabossodor,Very exciting to learn with other associates,Poor Communication in telling Associates what to do. I am prepared for work everyday I work.,Please communicate with associates. When there is poor communication there is a gap in the work place.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10891,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Flex Driver,Amazon Driver (over 2500 packages delivered),Be your own boss....kinda (you aren't paid like one),"Wear and tear on car and no compensation for that. Sketchy neighborhoods (truth: I would NOT let my daughter do this job), sketchy people (do rapists and criminals order packages, ABSOLUTELY, the risk is real). App navigation is so bad and is a COMPLETE waste of gas if you follow it's instruction, I have picture proof of this. YOU MUST be on time, amazon DOESN’T have to be, in fact waiting for amazon 10-15 mins for your pickup to be ready is sadly common. Here is the worst part....During your days off you MUST repeatedly refresh your app (tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap several hours of the day just to find work!! Google “ways to get amazon flex blocks”. You’ll hear how people build and sell bots in order to get work. Or tap phone all day long Welcome to your New Tap Life. Dead serious! Sad but true.... this must change.","Treat drivers better in general. Have support give actual feedback, NOT robo-answers (either robots field questions, or people who are hired are incompetent and give the same replies posing as different senders). Pay rate should reflect block hours + miles driven, NOT lottery method to balance that out. You get paid the same for 10 miles vs 110 (yes one day I drove that far on a block, NOT because of where I live). Improve APP navigation, its wasteful, but you don't care, its not your gas being wasted, its ours... the dime/dozen driver. Sincerely, Long-Time Driver with Exceptional Reliability (and good feedback - not a robot)",1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10892,amazon,"Berkeley, CA"," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,prime now,"Its a job, but that's it, they run you to the ground and then hire more people so you can't get hours.",no stable hours have to be moving non stop or get in trouble low pay management don't care about anything other than numbers,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10893,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,4 star experience,It is an excellent experience to get a fill for a large company.,Having to stay discipline to deal with class work.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10894,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,I worked in EC2 so it's tough and challenging but good for me.,Busy all the time. Sometimes have to deal with office politics from manager.,......,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10895,amazon,"Easton, PA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Not a relaxed environment,"Exercise, benefits, flexibility, stock, 401K, pay increases every 6 months, HR on hand, and so much more. Easy to move up with this monster of a company.","Physically demanding to a point where it's painful. I know rates are important, but so is safety. Demanding speed increase on associates also increases injuries.","Associates are people too. When someone isn't doing their job, reprimand the person, not the whole department.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10896,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,the balance of hours for work and days off.,"better organization, management, better operations.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10897,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Sort Center,"Above minimum wage Pay raise if you become permanent(which is easy to do) Different duties & ""positions"" Flexible scheduling HR emailing and phone services Easy to learn tasks Keeps you physically active no matter the position","If you want to be trained on a new position, good luck Continuous heavy lifting(depending on position) Not everybody will put in effort Physically demanding job, but only a 10 minute break Constant change of procedures, rules, & scheduling Hours get cut daily",Give people chances to do different things instead of your personal favorites. We have hundreds of associates and the same 30 do the same positions everyday. Specially since there are associates who get stuck in critical roles who are tired of doing them.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10898,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Specialist II,"Stock continues to beat expectations, which has made total comp Y/Y beat plans. Lots of spaces to learn new things.","Can be difficult to get a promotion in certain organizations, unfortunate the experience varies from one org to another.","Build strategies to improve work/life balance, not only by encouraging reasonable hours worked but also quality of life at office (reducing cadence of ""fire drills"".",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10899,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,I found there is a Good culture within the company. Most of the employees are happy to work here for this company.,For me I didn’t really see many cons working for this company. I am still working here and still haven’t really had a bad word to say,Na,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P308.htm
10900,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I,Eh,You get company stocks. Different Benefits that are offered are great,Company is growing too fast for management to perform their duties in a timely manner,Focus more on quality and not quantity,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10901,amazon,"New York, NY"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Snr Financial Analyst,"Quality leaders! Useful harmony in teams, even though there is pushing of each other to be their best and express their value-add in many ways, using their 'super-strengths' Ability to maintain work-life balance, while doing really interesting, world-changing work Can straddle multiple disciplines in technology, strategy, finance, and design within a single role. Can get a good view of the organization from many angles",Internal communications can be overwhelming (email fatigue),"Identify your top talent through 360 feedback, and then embolden and empower them. Direct reporting chain is linear, which usually leads to a manager-specific experience of the company and work done, which can really suck the brains and talent out of a quality organization primed to grow",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10902,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company - Be Prepared To WORK Your Behind Off!,"- Fast paced environment - minimal down time. It is ""go, go, go!"" in an extremely upbeat and team focused environment - Site, project, team, and personal goals and metrics are clearly explained what they are, how to achieve them, and how what areas we can work on to reach (and more often than not over achieve) those goals. - Performance reviews are on a weekly to bi-weekly bases to ensure all employees are achieving their personal goals as well as project, site and company goals - Management backs employee decisions. I really appreciated the ability to make more than snap decisions and really be able to dig into issues to resolve them without needing management approval. 100% of the time, as long as it wasn't infringing on my ability to do my primary job, management appreciated their employees working with other teams to help improve internal processes. - Communication between management, coworkers and other internal teams was some of the best I have personally ever encountered - Pay, benefits and schedules are second to none",- Metrics are focused a bit too much for my taste on the least controllable aspect of employee performance.,"I would only recommend a shift in focus of quality and performance reviews to areas that employees can actually control. Placing such an extreme focus on customer satisfaction surveys is dangerous in my opinion - employees stop following company policies simply to get a positive review as opposed to educating our customers why the policy is in place, how it helps them in the long run",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10903,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I,If you want to work there’s work,Time off is good. Use it whenever you want,Lots of lazy people know how to cheat the system,Handle lazy people better,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10904,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Manager,Good Start.,Plenty of new things to learn.,Middle management isn't great at professional growth.,Don't wait until a person leaves to give them feedback.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10905,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior ProServe Consultant,Great Company to work for,1) very fast interview/hiring process - I received written offer 5 days after on-site interview. Amazing. 2) Extensive technical training program to bring new employees up to speed. 3) Great potential to develop profession career,"Some of the 6 on-site interview people appeared to be selected randomly without much knowledge of job description, skill requirement, etc",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10906,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome workplace!,"Lots to learn, great people to work with. The day goes by really fast because there is lots to do.",Hours are sometimes a lot. The culture could be improved. Maybe more team events to help in that area. I think that could really do the trick,Keep improving culture. Focus on keeping employees stimulated and happy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10907,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So much potential yet disappointing,"Lots of ability to innovate, drive ideas to implementation, increase your scope, push yourself to do things that most companies could never support. Amazing leadership principles to refer to on a daily basis.","Terrible management across the board, many with huge egos and purely incompetent. After 5 years and 5+ managers, it is clear this is the biggest detriment to Amazon’s culture. If you are considering coming here, spend time with your future manager and make sure they like you and ask a lot of questions. They have full ownership of your career and there are very little mechanisms to prevent unfair treatment to employees. Escalate to HR and you’ll pay for it it, with your job sometimes. Being here for 5 years and changing management this often, the promo clock resets each time a new manager comes in and that happens very often.  If you insist on high standards and care, it is very difficult to find work/life balance.","Find ways to hold managers accountable and create additional anonymous processes to gather employee feedback. encourage skip level meetings. Raise the hiring bar for manager roles, implement training, ensure employees have a platform to showcase their ability for growth and potential promotions.",2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10908,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Deliver and Get Fired,1/ Pay is competitive 2/ Looks good on a resume 3/ You can move around internally after 1 year 4/ Lots of smart people work at Amazon 5/ Dogs are allowed 6/ Good for engineers out-of-school,"1/ No work life balance 2/ Hostile environment rewards bullies 3/ Limited development or advancement options for older employees 4/ Managers have no checks and balances 5/ You can get terminated for ""made up"" reasons (at-will employment), likely before your RSUs vest 6/ HR supports managers, not employees",People are not disposable.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10909,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Apr 1, 2018","Current Employee - Ambassador, Stower, Picker",Be ready to work for your numbers.,"Benefits are great, specially if you don’t have any degree yet. They’ll give you your 40hrs and in most departments allow you to work over time. You get paid vacation, paid personal time off and unpaid personal time off. As well as pay for up to a 2 year degree and get 3 reserved stock units.","They squeeze every little bit out of you so you really do work for those benefits. Numbers are everything, specially if you are working in a Fulfillment Center. As long as you are making your numbers, you’ll be left alone for the entire shift, but once you start dropping your numbers, they’ll be on you like sharks. They don’t see you as a person. You are just another associate that does the same thing as hundreds of others do in the same building and can be easily replaced. So if you are ready to stand for 10hrs, 4 days per week, in fast paced environment doing the SAME thing every day, then this job is for you.","Reconsider hiring people with PRIOR management experience instead of all the students fresh out of school that have never been in a management/leadership position before. The management team, specially tiers 4, DO NOT NEED to be 4 year degrees graduates. Anyone with common sense and a week of training can do that job.",4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P309.htm
10910,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Great company to grow with,"Full benefits, lots of room for advancement.","Strict, unrealistic rate system.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10911,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Global Account Manager,Global Account Manager,"Amazon allows candidates to easily switch between different roles, thus allowing a lot of flexibility You are encouraged to take strategic focus as against technical bit","Being a part of a large organization, you are sometimes a small part of the big opportunity",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10912,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,very lenient place to work,no benefits for part time,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10913,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Maintenance Tech,We are #1 for a reason.,"Plenty of room for advancement, Training, Training, Training. They will help you get an education your CDL the possibilities are endless. The people who work there are driven and polite there is no room for ignorance or hate. Day one (great) benefits, good pay and 3 days off is also a plus",so far i have not found any cons,"work hard, have fun, make history",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10914,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,"Good Intense Experience, things move fast",Gradually becoming like other big companies,"Leadership principles are great - please measure it's adoption in daily work, by all.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10915,amazon,"Gatesville, TX"," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Problem solver,"Benefits include stocks in the company, great vacation plan and of course 401k and life insurance",Mandatory overtime during holidays... No time for family.,Trust that workers will do a good job instead of assuming that they won't.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10916,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - SRC,Get it together,"Stock , paid time off and unpaid time off","Quality and standard should be more looked at closely. I’m a counter and I’ve gotten wrote up because of building issues , meaning I’m told to move a lot , I’m stuck searching for workable equipment. I’m opening up problems due someone else’s errors and I get reprimanded. My supervisor loves to write people up but never ever post rates or even concerned enough to let you know how you are doing . I’ve seen good works termed and bad workers still there .",Train supervisors how to do something else but write people up.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10917,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great if you like to work.,Benefits are decent. Opportunity to grow seems abundant.,Lazy people get the same pay as hard working people.,Either appropriately punish those that don't do their share of the work or pay the good employees what they deserve for picking up the slack EVERYDAY.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10918,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Apr 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous,Good,Room for growth. Excellent system.,Could be stressful as times.,N/a,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10919,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate 1,Great benefits. Great Supervisors. Company is willing to work with you on your schedule.,The pay could be higher.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P310.htm
10920,amazon,"Arlington, VA"," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Executive Assistant,Senior Executive Assistant to VP,"Innovative, always learning something new, great colleagues. Very helpful staff to help with onboarding, good pay, some travel. Flex/Telework is awesome!",I wish I could have more training time. There is A LOT to learn so it feels a bit like information overload.,"More training, maybe perhaps offer more bonuses/incentives for your employees?",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10921,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Rating,Benefits are great Health Ins is BCBS,Pay is not Feels like your working in a prison Always on you about TOT,Careful with your employees that work on the induction lines. Train your floor managers on restroom break protocol for induct employees. I see a lawsuit in your future.,2.0,1.0,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10922,amazon,none," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,DO NOT WORK HERE,Low hour count if you need a really wide open schedule,EVerything about the job is terrible. overworked and underpaid.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10923,amazon,none," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the greatest,"Benefits are good, time off could be better.","Time off, also they don't give you the 30 days to improve it's a week! It's all about production, heaven forbid you get sick or anything.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10924,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,"Level of responsibility, trust, ownership","Vastly different expectations, management can be great or awful depending on your manager.",Level expectations from manager to manager and team to team.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10925,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Afe Packing,AFE packing,The people are great fun environment to work at,Mostly working fast around people could be a little safety problem,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10926,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,80% Good,"All the pros of a big company Good insurance(Not super cheap, but accepted everywhere) Benefits for non-married couple partners Cutting-edge technology Working with Smart people A lot to learn Good pay(you don't have to be #1 to be good) A clear leader in many Tech areas You can have huge impact",Long hours Some teams can really lack american culture For some reason employees don't trust the confidential surveys so they either don't do them or artificially always say things are going well management will lose out on good feedback Large teams have large team politics Despite having many good people working together there can still be massive gaps in ability which can cause issues,Try to cut out as much politics as possible. If you can see people are having trouble despite what they say try to help them out. There can be a lot of pressure for people to tell you what you want to hear. Demand the truth instead.,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10927,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service representative,"I love working from home with amazon. They set you up for success and it’s easy, good work.",Could always pay more but the convenience is priceless,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10928,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,I love working for Amazon.,No real cons so far.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10929,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,A company where smart people get things done,"Great systems, smart co-workers, great pay","Could use more perks (snacks, fun)",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P311.htm
10930,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Sr. HR Assistant,"HRBP's, and HR Managers tend to be very smart and try to help you grow as much as you can. I've learned a lot more in 3 months here than I did during college. It's a fast-paced environment and most likely different from anything you're used to as a recent college grad. You will be working in a warehouse assisting a diverse background of associates with a very wide range of problems. It can be challenging, but if you're really motivated then it's well worth it.  For an entry-level HR job out of college, the compensation is pretty good. $25 an hour (52k a year), plus 10k sign-on bonus, 5k relocation package, and 25k in stock (vested over 4 years). It's also Amazon, so it will look good on your resume and you will learn a lot about a wide variety of HR-related issues. Because your experience with HR is so diverse, not just focused on benefits or recruiting, it will help you transition into a wider variety of roles within Amazon or elsewhere if you choose to leave.  The HR ladder is pretty clear within the FC's. It goes from Ops Admins to HRA's, Sr. HRA's, HRBP, Sr. HRBP, HRM, Sr. HRM, and upward. After 18 months as a Sr. HRA, you are interviewed for a possible HRBP/Sr. HRBP role. The possibility of moving up depends on how good you are at your job and business need.  Diversity. Amazon is very good about hiring a diverse population of associates and managers/leadership. You'll work with people in all sorts of roles from all walks of life here and that's invaluable.  3 day weekends. Majority of shifts are either Sun-Wed or Wed-Sat.","Partnering with Ops and Area Managers can be frustrating and difficult at times. Make sure you build a solid relationship with them as early as possible. You will be in constant contact with them.  Associates will hit you with all sorts of different questions/problems that no amount of training can really prepare you for. Some problems are as simple as ""I can't hit ctrl+alt+delete"" and some are very complex and can even take an emotional toll on you (i.e. an associate being run over and killed in the parking lot by another associate). Be prepared for anything.  As with many HR positions, the vast majority of employees are women. I don't perceive this as a bad thing, but if you are a straight white male, be prepared to be the only one in your entire team.  High attrition. This is to be expected with entry-level associate positions, but very rarely will you find people who have worked there for longer than 2 years, including leadership. Attrition within HR university hires isn't as bad as Area Manager university hires, but it is something to be mindful of.  401k plan is awful. Amazon will only match 2%.",Stop hiring recent college grads as Area Managers. The #1 complaint we get is from older associates complaining that some 22 year old is giving them orders without having any experience/knowledge in leading large amounts of people.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10931,amazon,"Winston-Salem, NC"," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Work from home Customer Service,*Working from home and ability to work any where. *They provide you a laptop you can use *You just need to submit a ticket if you want to take some time off * Some team managers are flexible and nice *You are given the authority to do what you can to help the customer,"*$10/hr you get a raise of $0.25 cents every 6 months upon review if your metrics and performance is good. *Amazon Outage policy sucks, if their own device fails and you cant sign in to work, you just gotta deal with it and be broke or use your vacation time to cover it. *They keep realligning you to different group and team managers every 6 months *Your growth in the company is impossible because they keep your managers every 6 months. *Survey is your lifeline in the company and they base your metric with how many response you get,if a customer gives you a NO it ruins your bonus and you dont have a way to appeal or remove it *Managers are into Micro managing *Higher level managers dont care on the agent they just run statistics and just keep changing policies to mimize staff benefits *They offer you to resign with compensation so that the company isnt required to pay unemployment.",take care of your agents and let them higher managers take phone calls and understand what it feels to be yelled at.And start raising the pay rate.,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10932,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Principal TPM,Principal TPM,"Diversity of areas to move into, tech vs. non-tech, US-based or international, sheer scale/magnitude of core business is really fun to be around.","It can be a little tough to find the right group that suits your work style, communication skills, etc. I switched teams after a year. Take your time when considering an offer and ask questions.",spend more time/money/resources on legacy platforms or you will hit a wall very soon. Pay now or pay later as they say.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10933,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,"It's a job, Good Benefits, Lot's of room for growth.",Hard work life balance. Breaks down your body.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10934,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Apr 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Employee Benefits Monthly Bonus Holiday Overtime Daily VTO,Redundant Pay rate is OK Advancement,Allow music to be played for employee motivation,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10935,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"Good pay, work with great people",Too many hours way more than 12,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10936,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regarding Amazon,"-Great benefits. Amazon looks to take good care of employees that can meet their expectations, including insurance & a 401k plan. -Semi-casual workplace environment. Generally speaking, Amazon has a lax dress code, focused more on workplace safety than on aesthetics. Casual attire is allowed and expected, so most anything you'd wear to a public outing you could come into work wearing. -LGBT-friendly. Amazon will not base decisions regarding employment or promotion on your sexuality or gender, and also have programs in place to support the social and financial aspects of a person looking to Transition.","-Sharp focus on speed and accuracy. Amazon leans heavily on its employees in terms of maintaining speed and accuracy for extended periods of time, which can be more difficult for some people than others. If you have troubles maintaining a fast pace or are prone to minor mistakes, I recommend you look into a different set of opportunities. -Work/Life balance. One of the biggest struggling points for Amazon is how difficult it can be to maintain a life outside of work. For full-time employees, the average day runs about 10 consecutive hours, often forcing you to schedule around it. At the busiest time of year for Amazon, one's social life can become so non-existent that it can severely impact both an employee's work ethic and an employee's sense of autonomy. -Termination policy. Amazon follows a 3 strikes policy, often on the basis of if a person falls into the bottom 10% of the warehouses' associates. This would be perfectly fair, save for how it takes at least a 2 month period for a strike to no longer count against you, and additional strikes can extend that period. Having a bad day can put you on thin ice, and their policies regarding how long it counts against you make it easier to rack up strikes than it does clearing the time it counts against you.","I would recommend you make sure to explain the Appeal policy thoroughly to new hires, as I had never heard of the Appeals policy until after my third strike. Knowing it's possible to overturn write-ups based in extenuating circumstances can make a major difference, especially in the cases of associates prone to having problems affecting their performance.",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10937,amazon,"Morrisville, NC"," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - TAM,Tilte,Great learning and technical opportunities,very intense and hard work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10938,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Processor,Fun and Fast Paced,Overload of work because they send tons of people home early daily putting added pressure on the workers that stay!,Ease up on the Vto,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10939,amazon,"Arlington, VA"," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Development Representative,Lead Development Representative,Amazon Web Services is a company that develops its employees and helps everyone to progress in their careers.,You will be a workaholic while working for Amazon Web Services.,You need to set boundaries to have a work-life balance.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P312.htm
10940,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - AFM,You are a cog in the machine,"Benefits off the bat, options for time off.","-micromangimg -long work hours -hard goals to miss and write up a for errors  I do a indirect work role which is easier to handle. If you are on ""path"" (pick, count, stow) you are not expected to work for Amazon for more than two years. If you're a tier 1 associate still you will never get anywhere in this company. You are expendable, you don't matter as a person you are only there to meet your numbers and that is it. Nobody cares about you in amazon you will be lucky to get an Area Manager that is a decent human and not a number oriented robot. If you make one error you will get a 30 day writte up, the a 60 day then a 90 day which means you can't make one more error or you're fired in those days. Every human makes errors it is impossible for Amazon to think otherwise. They will use you and discard you and do it to another poor soul that thinks they are getting a decent job. Do not work here if you value your sanity. Do not buy into the nonsense that they put all over the walls ""develop the best"" ""work hard, have fun, make history"" these are all lies they will do anything for the illusion of care. They will hire kids fresh our of college wirh no experience who are clueless but because they babe a degree in a useless field they are better then people with experience. This company makes me sick.",Treat your employees like humans. Amazon won't do this you won't even read this. Jeff is making billions while us expendable workers will be replaced. I hope your empire crashes around you and you're forced to live in poverty like us.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10941,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,part-time associate,good management and positive team environment.,needs better benefits for part-time associates.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10942,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 7, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Bittersweet,I worked as a fulfillment associate at the Amazon warehouse twice now and it's good for people who are young because it typically starts at $13/hr. You are guaranteed 40 hours/a week and it's only a 4 day work week so you have 3 days to rest.,"Even though you get a 3 day weekend, you actually need that rest because eventually you feel as though you are overworked. Long 10 hour shifts start to wear on your body because breaks do not make a difference as you are on your feet all day non-stop. Managers constantly nag you about numbers to increase production which is expected but they'll threaten your job if you do not produce at rates that they expect. And for $13 I'll find a job elsewhere doing less work for the same amount of money (which I did).",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10943,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It’s a mans world,Benefits are amazing because they hope that will keep you there.,Being a woman there is curse,Equality in advancement for women,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10944,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,Get to see all types of items,The 10 hrs shift without sitting down,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10945,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Hard working people Good money 4 day work week,Long hours and communication could be improved upon.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10946,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Loved It!!!,"Excellent benefits, cool and respectable ppl, nice breakrooms/free coffee, hours are reasonable.",If you dont like repetitive work you probably wont like it.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10947,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,great work good atmosphere I like it,nothing to say so I like it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10948,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RS,Great growth opportunities and learning experience,Work-life balance depends on the team,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10949,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Counter,Conuter,Awesome place to work on the basis of equal employment opportunity and diversity. cool benefits.,Too physical demanding and unrealistic expectations from employee..These are humans and not robots.,Stop treating people like robots.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P313.htm
10950,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Okayish,"The pay is $12.00 & you can learn new things. There's differents parts in thr warehouse like problme solve, TDR, inbound & outbound",MANAGERS!!!!! The managers at Amazon are liars!,Hire managers with actually experience in being a manager or with common sense.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10951,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation,Great company to work for!!!,They take forever and a day to set your new hiring orientation.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10952,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Sr. Product Manager,The pay is way above average for the area.,Most managers are actively engaged in empire building rather than performing their jobs.,More Collaboration,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10953,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorting Associate,"Plenty of employee incentives, encouraged safety in the warehouse",Overhired for the xmas 2017. Management would end shifts early due to there not being enough work.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10954,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer,Web Development Engineer,"Urban campus, grow company, rising stock price, enthusiastic coworkers, diversity in teams and types of work performed","Management style and tactics can be overbearing. Legacy tools, systems and code impair productivity and lessen the quality of the final product.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10955,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Induct/ warehouse,Benefits are good after a year but after peak season the job gets harder to stay at after then it’s easy at first,It gets hard after peak season,Relax on the rates,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10956,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, burn out, recover, and do it again","You get to work on interesting projects, feel like you make an impact, and you will never be bored. If you are a type A personality you will thrive at Amazon","Looong hours with deadlines that seem near impossible to do. High stress and high burn out with virtually no breaks in between deadlines. If you dont know how to push back, you will get run over. If you do know how to push back, you will still leave exhausted.","If you want to push work life balance, you need to set clear expectations on hours and accept deadlines will slip from the aggressive pace currently set. It will be worth it to keep good talent and improve your reputation.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10957,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"flexible shifts, health insurance, pay weekly","hard, cold, low wages, difficult",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10958,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It’s a mans world,Benefits are amazing because they hope that will keep you there.,Being a woman there is curse,Equality in advancement for women,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10959,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Under staffed with large promises,"Innovation, latest tech, smart people","Understaffed, lower pay, long vesting.","Increase the salaries, 4 years to fully vest is far too long.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P314.htm
10960,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 3, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Experienced,great work experience and skills learned,high turn over rate in short duration,well training,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10961,amazon,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - IT Support,Death trap,"Company culture is ok Colleagues are okay, except few level 3","management is not competent, micromanagement at it's edge. cannot take criticism properly, no backbone at all . Oh yeah IT Dept. is switching to a call/chat support center. there is an ongoing plan to offshore the IT dept. to india","Can't advice, it is a career trap",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10962,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Easy warehouse job,"Easy,hard to get fired,",Hard to deal with all th different managers,Communication,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10963,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Coordinator,They are constantly looking to refine processes and open to suggestions and improvements from employees. A lot of people you support are very passionate about getting good talent in the door and appreciate what you do. You will learn a lot about recruiting and being organized and accurate.,"Interviewers are overloaded and a dedicated few carry the most burden, leading to burnout and frustration that is taken out on the RC. RCs are told to work faster while take on more, and not let “no” be a part of their vocabulary, whereas other employees are encouraged to Have Backbone. You should not trust anyone and always keep a document trail because people look for opportunities to throw others under the bus if it protects them. You should also just accept that most people are assuming you are incapable and stupid. If you can be aware of that and just accept it, you’ll be okay.","We may not be as “high-value” as the types of candidates we are helping bring in the door but we still should be able and expected to aspire to the leadership principles and not seen as just a high turnover, disposable resource.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10964,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reduced Time Warehouse worker,Real Easy to get hired,Seems like a really rigid company,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10965,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation is what it is!,"I liked the fast pace, felt like going to the gym, enjoyed meeting lots of different people","It gets hot in the summer time, and some people don't pull their weight",Make sure that all employees are fully trained - some people are clearly not listening during training and they mis-sort things and don't care,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10966,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Amnesty Trainer,Trainer,"Great Benefits, decent wage, will try their best to accommodate the employee","Longer hours, high expectations, too much variation in the process",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10967,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Fulltime Warehouse Associate,Fulltime Warehouse Associate,"Lunch room is cheap and has a large assortment of items, the benefits are great, many discounts are offered,","Lack of professionalism, managers are at many times sub-par","Some of the draw backs were the operating system. Many times the operating system would momentarily fail and cause errors on my behalf. Even with video and testimonial evidence the error stained my record and put me on 30 day probation. Continuing off of that the draw back is how other employees mistakes may cause you to fail. If a ""water spider"", the worker which provides you with the product to stow, were to be slow it can negatively affect your rate. Managers and'or PA's (Personal Assistants) rarely cared for ""andon's"" (digital messages which relay an error on the production line). It is rather infuriating.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10968,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,"Great co-workers, good benefits, good perks","Physically demanding, poor management.",Listen to employees who actually do the work for ideas versus someone merely staring at a laptop.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10969,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Good culture and good people,Large and fun company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P315.htm
10970,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The dream to work at Amazon,It is real. You can organize your agenda to work and explores your best. The flexible time and home office work in your daily routine. You have channels to learn and improve your understanding about the company.,The departments are really segregated so you have few opportunities to be involved in the whole process. The promotions are not so easy to achieve.,To develop more chances to promotion.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10971,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Good culture and good people,Large and fun company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10972,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Corporate Counsel,Great place for inhouse counsel,"Work on cutting edge opportunities. Clients are smart, respectful and appreciative.","It's a large organization, but a meritocracy that insists on high standards. Not the place for those who just want to coast.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10973,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer II,Great company,Awesome benefits and great sign on bonus. Tons of runway to move up in the company,Moves quick. Not a strong connection for me but could be for some.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10974,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is awesome,Great place to have a lot of impact,Empire building sometimes runs amuck,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10975,amazon,"Brownstown Township, MI"," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Part Time Package Handler,Problem solve is great,You really get to have fun at work,Full time is 10 hours instead of 8,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10976,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2018","Current Employee - Manager, AWS Solutions Architecture","Amazon is not for everyone, but a trhilling ride for the right person","You are surrounded by high standards, fast pace, lots of freedom to innovate, and very smart colleagues.","If you don't set boundaries, the work can easily consume a lot of your time. In most cases though, this is not because you have to work, but because it is interesting and you just want to do more. Nevertheless, it may create unsustainable situation - so it is YOUR job to set the boundaries and communicate them to your stakeholders.",Keep the bar high and the pace of innovation even higher - this is the only company that I worked for that maintains startup agility despite its size.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10977,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,The most exciting place to work for,1. Fast pace - both in terms of decision making and execution. The company does realize the concept of reversibility for certain decisions 2. Clearly defined and operational guiding principles - Amazon's leadership principles provide clear guidance on how we make decisions everyday. There are discussions and brainstorming but one knows what is valuable e.g. customer obsession 3. Exciting work - the type of work is super exciting. You can directly see a global impact of the work you're doing which is incredibly motivating,At times figuring out when to stop is the hardest thing. There's so much one can do about the work one is doing but it's upto a person to decide when to call it off a day and take some time out for personal life. Balancing work-life is the art that is difficult for those who haven't figured out.,None. I think management is actively listening and adapting to the changes.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10978,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Great work place very fast paced and physical,Good pay Not very hard just fast paced Weekly pay Short hours if part time and long hours in full time,Very physical Short break times They have High expectations Can be very sore after work nights If others aren’t working as hard they come to you to clean up their work,You’re employees work as hard as they can but need to be taught ways to work smarter so they can work faster,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10979,amazon,"West Carteret, NJ"," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Stower,"Great hourly pay, a lot of hours and overtime","Management treats workers unfairly and like robots, they want you to scan over 350 items an hour, breaks are pointless because by the time you walk to the exit it's 5 minutes into your 15 minutes break and it takes 5 mins to get back to your work station so your only getting a 5 min break instead of 15. I had a write up that I was unaware of in 2017 management told everyone that any write ups in 2017 will be removed in 2018 . I was called into the office to be fired for a write up that existed in 2017. I worked super hard to please them I skip out on water and bathroom breaks just so that I won't fall behind. I check my productivity at the end of each day and it's over 97% and they claim that my write up was caused by my productivity. I should have filed a complaint because the allegations were false but I was to hurt and in tears after hearing I was being let go.",Stop firing people without proper cause! Someone is gonna expose Amazon's dirty laundry one day and I'm taking this to better business bureau.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P316.htm
10980,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Workforce Manager,- Growth and fast pace environment - Good facilities - Free Food - Flexible work hours,Amazon subsidiaries are not aligned to most of Amazon practices.,- Gain trust & be transparent - Groom the middle management - Define job roles & leveling right people,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10981,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Its alot of work working there you’ll lose weight and stay busy,"Gets you in shape , they have good pay can move up easily, free coffee lol, always something going on win prizes","Point system add up quick so you can easily get fired, also its alot of favorites at previous Amazons most of the people who worked over you were young pretty girls who openly messing with the managers",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10982,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior HRA,Amazon is great place to work with a lot of growth potential!,"GREAT benefits, good pay, good atmosphere and growth potential. They really push employees to work hard for their next step so you never feel like you are standing still or stuck in a position.",If you are looking for an office atmosphere don't work in a FC. Must be willing to work longer hours around holidays/prime week.,Very possible if you work hard and have a clear goal in mind. Also very possible if you are very to re-locate.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10983,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a horrible place for part time work,"Set schedule, normal pay, easy work",no benefits for part time,dont talk down to level 1 employees. remember who does the work for your job to look like its getting done.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10984,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Stow,Revolving door job,“Benefits” and not a bad commute for me since I live in the East Bay.,"Day 1 “Orientation”, we weren’t even told what position we will be receiving and that we would find out on our very first day of work. Come day one, we find out our job will be “stowing”. Our ambassador or “trainer” teaches us how the stowing process works. So basically it’s putting away random items in a storage bin driven by robots called Kiva’s. Each item is varied by size and have appropriate bins by size (6, 9, 12, 16 and 18 inch) cubbies. A Kiva is called up to your station and you don’t know what size bin that will pull up. So it’s up to your judgment where items are stored. Sometimes there is not enough space to put away items or you get a line of small sized bins but all you have is large items (Like animal food, appliances and heavy items). So your work is judged by your UPH (Units per hour) and Tact time (Your average time putting an item away). They stress that fact that “quality” is very important (Like not making mistakes and putting items effeciently) but it obviously they stress you more on working faster. For me personally the faster you go, the chances of making mistakes is higher. For breaks, your producticity time is effected even on our 10 minute breaks as well as our 30 minute lunch break. They say that essentially it’s a 15 minute break because 1.5 minutes to walk from your station to the break room or car, your 10 minute break and 1.5 minutes to walk back to your station. If you are not stowing by the time your 15 minute break is over, it effects your productivity level as you “took a longer break” and not currently working. As a newbie, we have 2 training sessions a week called “Lunar Landing”. This session pretty much tells you how fast you should be working as weeks go on. So essentially they want you to work like a machine and not mistakes. Lastly they stress you on signing up for benefits. These training sessions are useless and repetitive. This job is great for people that have absolutely no work experience or quick money. I personally wouldn’t recommend anyone this job as I will be putting in my two weeks and go back to my old job. This place definitely makes you feel like you’re just a number and replacing you will be no problem.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10985,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"Peculiar, wear shorts to work and 5 o'clock shadow is common",As an external hire you have to scramble to keep up.. your development is on you not much mentoring Turnover due to promotion is high,develop your talent,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10986,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Specialist,Depends on management,Endless opportunities in all sorts of fields. Rapidly growing company with no signs of slowing down. Taking over the world.,"Depending on what site you work at, management can be fickle. Certain sites, managers really care about your growth, other sites will leave you in the dust the moment they can. Unfortunately, I was at the latter.",Don't tell people they have all the potential in the world and not develop them into that potential.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10987,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,,ERROR: UNABLE TO RETURN RESULTS AS THEY DON'T EXIST,"This place will work you into the GROUND. I was written up 3 times in the 4 months I was here - my last writeup, before I left, was for getting a 99% RATE, I AM NOT KIDDING. They do not give a single **** about you as a human being, as a simple Google search will return countless results such as ""Amazon employees collapse in heat,"" or ""being homeless is better than working for Amazon,"" or, my favorite, ""I Was A Warehouse Wage Slave."" Amazon knows the people coming for jobs are as desperate as possible, which is why they can easily be any freshly graduated high schooler's first job - because you as a human don't matter, your productivity does. Also, the idea of ""breaks"" at Amazon are essentially non existent - you get 2 10-minute breaks, except, depending on where you are in the warehouse, you might need anywhere from 2-5 minutes JUST TO GET TO THE BREAK ROOM, and no, I don't mean both ways. Yes, I had had times where I left to break, only to find that I only had ONE MINUTE before I had to get back. Amazon is the sort of place that makes me laugh because they pretend to care so much, when, in reality, you either make rate or you get out. And in case you're wondering how difficult rate can be to make, let's just say you need to be sweating at all times or you're screwed. This is the most disgusting corporation I have ever seen. Yes, I would, quite literally, wager that Wal-Mart is better than working here. If you got an acceptance letter on your application and are sure you're going to work here, all I can possibly say is I wish you the best of luck - you WILL need it.",Get help.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10988,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Security Engineer,Security Engineer,"Smart people, big opportunities for growth and accomplishment, decent compensation. I'm enjoying the impactful work I get to do.","Fast moving competitive workplace, requires independence, motivation, an ability to learn quickly, and the ability to be vocal about your ideas to be successful. I get the sense employees are always expected to be moving up, so if you're the type of person that wants to punch the clock and put in your 40 hrs, with no desire to grow and advance you may have a difficult time depending on your team culture and management.","The current promotion system is employee driven. I find that the employees who are promoted, are not necessarily the best, but sometimes those that forgo daily work and prioritize the promotion process, I wish this could be more balanced.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10989,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,"Solid hours for part timers, good exercise, good environment and interactions with others. You'll develop new skills while on the job and learn many new things. Great for students and set schedules as a part time.",Have 1 hour prepared before and after your shifts during holidays. You need to have a flexible schedule of at least 4 days in a row. You need to adapt as soon as you can. Some managers can be harsh and has lack of understanding. You need to voice out your concerns and complaints if you want anything to change. This is not a place for shy people.,The workers are also humans not slaves.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P317.htm
10990,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Star rating,Amazing place to work and nice benefits,Not applicable. Nothing to report.,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
10991,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Operations Manager II,"Upward mobility, technical application of skills, fast pace and team-oriented environment",Work Life Balance and turnover.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
10992,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon life,Best benefits package in the present market.,"Long walks, short breaks, restroom too far.",Better opportunity for the employee,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
10993,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Picker packer,Good benefits and good bonuses,The raise is very bad,N/a,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
10994,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,Easy to follow processes and procedures,Some workers don't do their fair share. Easy to get over.,Fix and clean restrooms.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
10995,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - EHS Specialist,Working for the roller coaster that is Amazon.,I enjoy the constant challenges and their inability to stay satisfied with the status quo. We constantly strive to be the best at what we do.,"Most of the time, the work is tedious and it feels that too much time is spent trying to split hairs. Internal promotion candidates are often offered way less financial benefits than that of externals. They keep people down by making them chase the carrot rather than rewarding them for hard work.","Recognize and reward your internal talent. Just because you already have us, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t appreciate our value. Goals for advancement should be more clear. For example: If top performers are classified by the network level impact they have, that information needs to be shared upfront and not during annual review time. Someone who excels in their work should feel appreciated and be given opportunity to take on more responsibility and also be fairly compensated for it.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
10996,amazon,"Kansas City, MO"," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Product Handler,merchandise handler,"Some pros are #1,4 day wok week,#2 fair pay,#3 good benefits and incentives,#4 matching 401-k plan,#5 you have an endless opportunity for advancement,and #6 stress free work.","Some cons of the job are #1 In most cases it is a long commute,#2 being promoted often is hinged on computer skills,#3 It is physically taxing work because you are on your feet for long periods of time.",Have a program to train employees computer skills so they can advance in the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
10997,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Mentor/Problem Solver,Amazon Fulfillment center,Good pay Great benefits Paid time off When your shifts over you stop working Amenities in the warehouse Multiple job opportunities Good exercise,"Long hours You must understand this is a warehouse, it's big. Really big. Amazon gets orders that have to be fulfilled, they promise those orders in a certain time, so naturally the job is fast paced. You don't have to push yourself management sees that your trying and not hanging out nothing happens to you. The people who talk bad about Amazon are the same people standing around talking and not doing their job, and are mad when they get in trouble.","Not to have favorites when it comes to picking people to do jobs, just because someone has been there longer doesn't mean they are a better worker",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
10998,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate(ICQA),Not a good work experience at Amazon Warehouse.,"Good benefits, pay,and consistent hours.",Long hours with short breaks. Standing in one area for entire shift. Very repetitive boring work and terrible management.,Managment expects for you to work fast like robots without making any mistakes which is almost impossible. If you make too many errors you will get a write up and eventually fired. I feel like Amazon is such a huge and busy company that they only care about the numbers and if you don't meet them you will get fired. Even if you are sick or in pain they will still make you work so keep that in mind if you are thinking of working here.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
10999,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager II,Area Manager II,Stock Compensation and ample opportunity to change rolls,"Very poor work life balance, upwards of 16 hour days, no flexibility in working hours",Stress work life balance to not burn out current employees and attempt to end the cycle of high employee turnover.,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P318.htm
11000,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Apr 14, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Amazon ...,"Good pay, Reasonable benefits package","Near Christmas, you will feel like you live there. Overtime up to 60 hours (total) a week. Management has no clue.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11001,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hard work for minimum wages.,Anyone can apply and receive employment easily.,Dust build up from cardboard items and warehouse environment. Must work for company a long time to earn raises and perks. Company culture not put into action.,Listen to employees when we are asked for our opinions. I have voiced my concern for item sent to customers. No raises after other big corporations across country that gave employees raises or crumbs from result of tax reform.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11002,amazon,"Houston, TX"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Worst Company Ever!!!! As an employee standpoint,None. You pick a schedule and it changes a month into employment,"Constantly changing job assignment during shift , No benefits at all only a paycheck, no tuition reimbursement, while ups offers this plus insurance. High turnover rates even for management no one works here for more than three months. They change your schedule regularly and if you cant make it your out of a job. No chances for job advancement.",Listen to employees and you might can keep them longer.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11003,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience and fast paced,The people are incredibly smart and dedicated,I cannot think of any,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11004,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Apr 13, 2018","Current Employee - Pack, Dock, Quality",Searching for a better job,"Physical Job keeps a person in shape, 4 day work week 10 hr shifts, stretching twice a day, positive team energy, no significant drama, somewhat flexible attendance policy. Great HR. Good Managers.","After every peak season they raise the rate, continuous improvement model. However this is demoralizing because they remove support workers and pressure workers who were meeting rate and doing a great job to work harder, or even do two jobs at once. If the rates are met the managers get a bonus. More pressure should be on line design improvements, and slow downs in the computer process, and less on the lowest paid hardest working team members. The encouragement from managers feels somewhat hollow as it is more about the above and less about recognizing excellence. There has not been a pay raise in 9 years while the cost of living in Reno has at least doubled. This is a low paying job now, equivalent to the pay at In and Out Burger. A very hardworking smart and dedicated full time worker with a family has a struggle. My income went down 1,000 a month after peak, due to loss of overtime and the bonuses that become unattainable due to significant rate ceiling raise. Most hiring is done at peak. By Feb reality sets in. It isn’t fun to go to the foodbank or borrow money to get by. It isn’t great to let family members down by being unable to provide basics while working full time. Thank You","Walk your talk. Reward excellent employees financially. This will help offset the huge turnover. As a company, know the distinction between success and greed. Success is shared.",2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11005,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,The Sky is the limit,You can make a lot of money quickly if you work very hard. Amazon is very quickly to spot talent and will develop you and promote you quickly if they see that you are willing to put in a lot of hard work. The work is challenging so you are constantly growing.,They will take any time you give them. It can be very difficult to find a good work/life balance if you are obsessive about doing a good job. They will always put just a little more on your plate than you think you can handle. You will be surprised at how quickly you grow with these challenges but it takes a toll on your outside work life.,Find ways to encourage growth without asking so much.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11006,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It’s good,The managements ok and the work is pretty good,Some employees drink on their linches and there’s employees getting high in the parking lot. Need some kind of security to check up on that kind of stuff. They or other employees can get hurt.,Make sure people aren’t coming in high or drunk please,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11007,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,a great and fast growing company overall,some teams may have more pressure.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11008,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon experience,"Pay, benefits, team building, positive work place","Long walks , other than that nothing is bad",I love my manager,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11009,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Fast growing company with good benefits,Most of employes are rude and disrespectful,I have nothing to advice them,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P319.htm
11010,amazon,"Arlington, VA"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Amazon is Alright,"-Work from Home -Create schedules around other jobs/school -Supply equipment -Benefits are generous for the role -Despite popular belief, there is lateral and upward mobility options  The good thing about working from home for Amazon essentially boils down to it being a work from home position with flexible positioning.","-Hours, once assigned, are largely inflexible -Vacation and time off accrues very slowly in comparison to other full time jobs -Benefits are good, but geared towards singles, not families  There are several negatives to working at Amazon that should be noted, particularly the pay, which is dismal when you consider how much money they make off of your work. You'll be making $10 with minimal bonuses around the holidays and very competitive and difficult to achieve quarterly bonuses for high performance. You will not receive a raise of more than $0.25/hr every year unless you are promoted to a higher position.  Customer service is a mixed bag, some days will fly by and all be easy calls, other days there is a technical error on the site and you will be on back to back contacts from when you clock in until you clock out.  The performance metrics used at Amazon are often unfair and controversial, and consequently have gone through multiple changes over time, but have stayed largely the same. There should absolutely be more freedom for a CSA to suppress their HMDs in situations where it is appropriate but sadly I understand their reasoning as to why this is not allowed as it would be the cause of widespread abuse (I'm sure that suppressing HMDs is already abused at this point anyway in its current state). You are able to maintain consistently high numbers, but if you work 40+ hours a week you will have weeks where no matter what you do you will not reach performance numbers, thankfully most supervisors in my experience have been chill about it.  A lot of reviews talk about training being poor and while it isn't amazing they do give you plenty of time to land on your feet, allowing you several weeks of poor performance metrics before expecting you to get used to it.  The Job itself cannot possibly be your primary source of income at this level. I am only working here during school so I can pay for some bills, and it is barely sufficient enough for me. As supplementary income it would never work, so I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone looking to pay the rent with it.","Not really much management can do honestly. At the end of the day there are gonna be jobs that you just need a ton of boots on the ground for and this is one of them. Reality is some jobs aren't going to pay well or be fun, or result in a long term career path. If you need to make some money on the side and work from home while you do something else , this may be the job for you.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11011,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon- Commerce,weekly pay easy work some people are cool,ambassadors that are big headed,get off your butts (profanity) and do something,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11012,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,-Management was pretty cool for the most part -They were about safety -Opportunities for overtime and voluntary time off -Coworkers make it fun,-Pay -Not really an option for part time,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11013,amazon,"Bethpage, NY"," Apr 14, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Distribution Center (Warehouse),"Pretty straightforward work Can be easy and tough at the same time Provides work equipment for free (gloves, vests, etc.) Dental and medical insurance","No set work hours (You leave when you're finished, even if it's not your ""scheduled"" time yet)  Can feel like you're doing way more than you get paid to do.  It's a warehouse so work conditions aren't the best. (In the summer you will be dripping sweat, in the winter you will be freezing cold)  They'll either have too many employees, forcing you to leave early, or WAY too little, making you have 2-3x the regular amount of work.  No paid vacation for part-time employees. Ask about your benefits before you start.  No union, so you can be fired for a stupid reason, a manager will definitely keep their job over yours, even if they were wrong.  No direct way to actually get in contact with the warehouse/people you work with.",Have some way for employees to get in contact with warehouse supervisors or managers!!!,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11014,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,awesome place to work,A good place for career development,The benefits are not as good as other big tech companies.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11015,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation,Salary compensation and incentives is well worth the work entailed,Hard...Hard Work...very short breaks...can flex up or down for increased production output,More interaction with their assigned employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11016,amazon,"Shawnee, KS"," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Amazon Sorting,Pay every week and you get to wear whatever you want,The Trainning was a joke and not very helpful,Get better Trainers,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11017,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Can't find a good reason to work there.,"They work you to death. During Christmas can take 1/2 hour to park and another 1/2 hour or more to go through metal detectors to leave when your shift is done. If you have any metal in you.....artificial knee, etc.....you will need to be double scanned everytime you leave the building for break or when you leave after your shift. This can take half hour, but you have to clock out first. They need to find a better way!",Think more about your employees......we are not machines.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11018,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a good company,"Smart people, good work environment, get to dress how you want",new leadership is sometimes not so great because they don't know how to lead only know how to make demands,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11019,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics specialist,Incentives with amazon are great,Work to life balance can be difficult,none,4.0,2.0,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P320.htm
11020,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Mar 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package delivery / driver,Briely talking to the customers making sure the packages were in a safe place on their property.,Attempting to accept more appointments by the use of app in. i. e. traffic. and not being able to make it.,Being considerate of your employees as you expect them to be of your customers.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11021,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Mar 29, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,"Great atmosphere, modern warehouse, very easy work, VTO (Voluntary Time Off) and VET (Voluntary extra time) offered frequently (mostly VTO in non-""peak"" time of year.","Hours could be between 3-5 hours, meaning if you drive far you might only get three hours in one day. No music, very monotonous, no central P.A. system, and HR department is not very good (nobody ever responds to phone #). Also, no central boss to report to. Various managers and some of them don't know what to do at times.","Add music to warehouse, add a P.A. system so ALL parts of the warehouse can hear announcements, and work on H.R. department.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11022,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Lots of over time if you want it,No room for mistakes but constantly being rushed,None,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11023,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Good benefits, vacation time/PTO and 401K",Sometimes long hours and sometimes management.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11024,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,lots of talent people work here,not so friendly to people who have children,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11025,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,"Awesome atmosphere, relaxed work environment",Constant peer competition and worry of performing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11026,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,My experience is amazing with Amazon,Being able to go with the flow of working different places in the warehouse takes you out of comfort zone. Management is great,"people standing around while others are working with a purpose and management doesn't seem to mind. Management not always as honest when it comes to what's going on with the shift, amount of work...","Have conversation with employees and act on the advice given. Communication on a daily with employees good ,bad or indifferent . More incentives for hard working employees",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11027,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AM,Great opportunities Surround yourself with people on the rise,Hours can be quite demanding during peak,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11028,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,good for what it is,set schedule. Good pay for no experience required. Management can be on you but they don't yell or stress too much.,On feet all day. lots of lifting.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11029,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,The benefits are pretty decent.,"Worked til your body is broken for low pay, not enough to survive on your own.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P321.htm
11030,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Dont work here,Benifiets are very good and monthly bonus,"Job is only secure during peak, after peak, amazon will find any reason to write you up and fire you. Write ups that are given are for productivity and quality, witch are normally out of your control and is their fault (slow robots, station jamming, missing items in pods)",STOP WRITING PEOPLE UP FOR REASONS THAT ARE NOT THEIR FAULT,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11031,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,It was amazing to work here,Could have been more courteous,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11032,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good culture,Good company great employees good benefits,Long hours more time off,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11033,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA,Your support system is amazing and is always there to help you,You bid on shifts every 3 weeks and if you don't preform well you get a crummy shift,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11034,amazon,"Livonia, MI"," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Tier III,Underpaid,Tons of locations to transfer to around the world. Full benefits on your first day of employment. Relaxed dress code,"The pay for tier 3 is too low. They only pay their supervisor $2 more than the associates that they supervisor. Supervisors run the shifts and don’t get paid fairly for the responsibility that they have. Tier 3 pay is to close to tier 1 pay and to far away from tier 4 pay. Amazon should really look into increasing the pay rate for their tier 3 position. This is the reason amazon has a high turn over rate , they don’t pay their staff in critical roles enough to deal with task and stress they have to deal with.",Have a bigger gap between tier 1 and tier 3 pay. Your best tier 1 associates don’t want to be tier 3 because the pay difference isn’t worth the stress,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11035,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technician,"A company that profits so much, yet the wealth does not trickle down.","Things are fast paced, always growing, and there’s always another project for you to take on. Middle-management and above jump around from department to department, heavily stifling growth opportunities for individuals in technical roles.",Going on my second year with no base compensation increases. The technical rolls at the bottom of the food chain get tossed a stock or 2 that vest in years. No help against the ever-growing inflation,"Value your underlings And provide growth opportunities from bottom to top, not just from the middle up.",1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11036,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Creative Content Specialist,Great job and team,I love my job and I love that I'm encouraged to pursue my ideas and projects that interest me. There's no end to the possibilities at Amazon.,"Lot's of people want to climb the ladder and it can be very intense. Though not in our group, Amazon has a reputation for expecting employees to put job over personal life. This can also be seasonally dependent.",Encourage career development,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11037,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping and Receiving,"Great space, fast paced easy money","Sometimes too fast paced, often times confusing",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11038,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"A Fun, But Hard Working Experience","The teamwork, benefits, and staff morale was great.",I think they should provide full-time positions.,Take any staff complaints seriously.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11039,amazon,"Penn, PA"," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Warehouse associate,It offers Good pay great flexibility it is a good place to practice Teamwork,Can be exhausting and hectic work,hear your associates more,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P322.htm
11040,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Onsite Medical Represenatative,"Decent pay, very nice sign on bonus if hiring as an outsider (day one), 10 hr shifts 4 days/week. Good benefits.","It is 5% First Aid and 95 % case management (I'm not good on a keyboard). Some facilities require driving 1 hr to get to warehouse one way each shift. No room to advance unless you venture into Safety, LP, or Area Manager on the floor (Fulfillment Centers). Annual merit based wage increase don't even cover COL but they supplement with a couple of shares that do not vest for two additional years. You will be working mostly with the younger generation.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11041,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Dont work here,Benifiets are very good and monthly bonus,"Job is only secure during peak, after peak, amazon will find any reason to write you up and fire you. Write ups that are given are for productivity and quality, witch are normally out of your control and is their fault (slow robots, station jamming, missing items in pods)",STOP WRITING PEOPLE UP FOR REASONS THAT ARE NOT THEIR FAULT,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11042,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,"Warehouse, Order Filler",It was A Great Experience for me.,"Being on time and Working Safely In Warehouse Environment, And Work Hard With Your Teamwork’s",Making Sure You Respect Your Employee You Get More Out Of Them. Stay Calm And Respectful.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11043,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Great place to build a career,Many opportunities to stretch beyond you immediate role and team. Competitive compensation packages,"Many teams working on similar things, it gets difficult to partner together.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11044,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Product Management,The best Company I have worked for.,"Great company. Awesome people. Great and impactful work. Can get a lot done with minimum bureaucracy. Fast paced environment. Great compensation, thanks to the stock.",I have really no complaints. Middle management hired from outside of Amazon can slow down things and make the environment bureaucratic.,"Inspiration CEO. Talented and tough leaders. I cannot say enough good things about the leadership. Don't loose your focus, discipline and keep the Day 1 mentality going.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11045,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,-Top notch talent in almost every field. Most of my coworkers are brilliant. -Career growth is merit based,"-Pace is very fast, which is in my mind a good thing. But, that can feel a bit disorganized at times.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11046,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Ugh,"- Great benefits, including dental and vision, at a reasonable price. - Plenty of opportunity for voluntary time off during the slower months. - Literally ANYONE can get a job here.","- Back-breaking work weeks during Peak Season (November-December) and in the lead-up to Prime week (June/July). - Little opportunity for advancement. - While some coworkers are decent people, the vast majority of Amazon's workforce is comprised of the absolute dregs of society. Expect to interact with junkies and criminals on a daily basis. - Ridiculous rules that have no bearing on job performance. - Complete lack of empathy from middle management. - Bait and switch ""incentives"" like the Variable Compensation Program that rarely deliver what recruiters advertise.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11047,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ship dock,"good ben, good co workers",times and luch time,stay hype and happy.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11048,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazing opportunities and awesome pay.,"Incredible benefits and schedule accommodation. Break is provided each 2 and 1/2 hours. Friendly staff. Pay day is each 2 weeks, which it makes it easy to save money.","Night shifts are really hard for us students. You are mainly walking and standing all night. When you first land in Amazon it’s hard to change your schedule, but to get into Amazon you have to accept any shift available.",Listen to everyone.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11049,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Hard work,"Benefits, competitive pay, advancement opportunities","Long hours, tough work, advancement opportunities, difficult to transfer","If the employee wants to transfer to a different shift, let them",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P323.htm
11050,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Hard work,"Benefits, competitive pay, advancement opportunities","Long hours, tough work, advancement opportunities, difficult to transfer","If the employee wants to transfer to a different shift, let them",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11051,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Challenging, engaging work culture, good people","High expectations, long hours, Q4 on the retail side is brutal",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11052,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Front End Associate,The work week is 3 on four off and then 4 on 3 off.,The work day is 11 hours and you are on your feet the entire time with no downtime.,Improve your training in all departments.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11053,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not that much to say,Benefits start day one. Some people are hard workers.,"Hire and fire. Reward diversity, not hard work. Let some people get away with whatever they want, punish everyone else.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11054,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"great people, interesting work, large cool factor associated with working at Amazon","long hours, slow promotion velocity",create additional opportunity for level increases,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11055,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Good pay Nice people Job was straightforward,Short breaks Always changing positions for stuff you never asked for,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11056,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Aream Manager,Quick growth opportunities. Hardworking teammates,"inept leadership, no directions, poor development of mid-level managers","look a little closer, trust your station managers, but verify.",4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11057,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Working in Finance at Amazon,"Work with smart people, culture of innovation, ability to influence results, customer focused","Fast paced, working with challenging personalities, dealing with ambiguity",Keep innovating on behalf of customers,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11058,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS: Stimulating but stressful,"Fast-paced, off-the-cuff development strategy. All ideas are open to discussion and even trial runs. Short release cycles and updates in response to customer feedback. Adequate compensation and stock rewards. High-caliber people in most positions.","Too fast-paced and off-the-cuff to assure the quality of software customers see, leading to a lot of fire drills and panic work. Need better software engineering principles instead of just the Wild West approach. Sub-par health benefits. A company that ""cheaps out"" on most/all quality-of-life and work-life investments and is proud of it. Feels like working at a startup without the promise of getting wealthy. Long hours, ""always at work"" feeling. Upper-middle management can be inept jerks.","Respect the individual strengths and expertise/ specialties of your frontline workers and try to place them in the best position to leverage them. If another team complains, give your own people the benefit of the doubt and a fair hearing instead of only hearing one side of the story.",2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11059,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Exciting and fast changing. Never a boring minute.,Management is scared of lower level management knowing more then them. Long hours expected.,Listen to all levels of management and don't worry about your job.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P324.htm
11060,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good place to work,You can quit anytime you want,"Low pay , no raises for 5 years",Grow a set of balls,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11061,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Sory,Work by yourself for the most part.,No way to get ahold of someone at the warehouse if you need to. Your children's school will not be able to get a hold of you in the event of an emergency,Too much to place here.,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11062,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - BI Engineer,Business Intelligence Engineer,Competitive environment with extremely smart peers challenging one to constantly update oneself and constantly changing business providing new and interesting problems to solve.,Work and culture is very team specific and could be challenging to understand every teams unique work style,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11063,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the Company,"4 days on and 3 days off, room to grow for the right person.",Base pay is very low for hourly.,"TPA1 had some great managers, they listened and provide feedback.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11064,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,Good management team and flexible hours for those that are in college,Pay rate can be a little higher due to amount of work done,More consistent raises,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11065,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,It was ok,"Great benefits, good pay, time off from the get go, easy to get in shape",lot of walking and very mundane boring work.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11066,amazon,"Topeka, KS"," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Remote Customer Service,Working from home Working from home Working from home Pay is fair for remote position Health benefits for Part Time/Competitive rate CEO is innovative in his vision,Too many management changes Too many last minute changes Not enough training No pathway to advance Last minute training Inconsistent policies per manager No compensation increase unless Full Time Moving to different departments with NO PAY INCREASE,Listen to your employees that are front line with the customers Implement more team building activities amongst peers that aren't regulated by manager involvement Give employees a pathway for advance,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11067,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do Not Work Here After College.,They will take the best years of your life & cut you before the stock kicks in.,"Amazon consumed the best years of my adult sibling's twenties, as a manager, it demanded they work nights, an unreasonable number of hours which then applied to his salary equaled the hourly wage of the employees they managed, I watched them suffer. Their entire life, them as a person, as they doggedly worked for a stock-compensation package he was promised & then deprived of when Amazon fired them a year short of the requirement. They fired them when a day manager refused to take responsibility for communicating requirements to his night staff & instead of adjusting his behavior and compromising with others, blamed the problem on my family member. The person who sacrificed a normal routine, years of their life and a decent salary for a promise one of the world's biggest companies refused to honor. A week before my college graduation. Now they can't make it, to celebrate with me one of life's great milestones because they have to focus their savings while looking for another job. I'm okay with that, I'm okay with my family being robbed of this celebration because their absence will speak so much louder than anything else that day. I can deal with that. What I can't stand, what I now hate Amazon for is how much they took and gave so little in return. What they baited them with the promise of and then ripped away.  Do not throw away the best years of your life in an unreasonably demanding work place which will not honor its promises to you. Which will uproot you from your friends and family in a strange city, leaving you without the time or energy for relationships outside of work, and then cut you off as you get nearer to the stock compensation award date.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11068,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Indirect Tax Manager,Indirect,"Good benefits, generous time off, free coffee, open management, diverse work place, fair expectations, I would recommend following a career path as opposed to general tier one associate.","Long days, physical exertion required, bonuses for lower level associates impossible to acquire despite effort, goals for bonuses exceed mathematical probability.",Use equitable solutions with employees to insure good process,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11069,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer/Picker,"Pay Package, Choosing your shift, location, questions answered quickly, and some of the people.",Teamwork between associates needs some work and the internet speeds needs to be much more faster the it is when accessing your HUB at Amazon Facilities.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P325.htm
11070,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great Place for Growth,Growing company which allows for growth both informally and formally through promotions. One of the few places that focuses more on the results an employee delivers without letting their age get in the way of opportunities earned.,Lack of structure and organization for such a large company. They do not pay for furthering education on a graduate degree level.,Offer more benefits for furthering education on a graduate degree level to invest further in your employees and provide incentives to stay at the company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11071,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Apr 7, 2018",Former Employee - I Did Everything,HR Sucks,the peak pay 21$ hourly and 25$ day bonus plus won TV,"hr sucks, I was a very hard dedicated employee and I could of disappeared but I was raised better then that but HR would rather have people just wondering why they do what they do bc they could care less",take your time to help people that want to further their knowledge so you can get the persons job you really want take your job,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11072,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Stow,Stow,-Voluntary time off. - Paid time off -,"-very long work days -must maintain rate/quality or you will get written up -sometimes low rate is not your fault, yet you will still be written up -Mangers have favoritism -you will be putting items away for 8-10 hours a day 4D/10H or 5D/8H - hard to move up",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11073,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Picker,-stable schedule -40 hours a week -above minimum wage pay,-physical discomfort and exhaustion from labor -disorganization in leadership -mundane work tasks - work rate system is ridiculous and straining - blatant favoritism - vulgarity - you will start to slowly go crazy from 10 hours over walking back and forth between identical rows,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11074,amazon,"South Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,SDM,+ Brightest people + Freedom to innovate,- Bad managers - Promotion driven by your manager,"Technical achievement is not enough to make an SDE an SDM. SDM success should be measured by the success of the project AND the team. If SDMs keep losing people then they cant manage people, get over that ...",2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11075,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager- Run far away!,pay looks alright but for hours not worth it,"was told that i would have occassional nights and occasional weekends, and a trip to seattle paid every year. No trip to seattle for AMs and i was on Sunday-wednesday night shift. 14 hour days sometimes makes the salary divide into an hourly wage less than the associates during peak you just feel taken advantage of. Mom got sick and I had to move back home- they were unable to transfer me so told me they would forgive my starting bonus and relocation payback after almost a year of working for them. I get a call that they want almost $7000 back and will take legal action a few months later, they force me to pay it back. This company does not care about its people it expects you to enforce dumb rules on your 100 person teams and become like a robot, ridiculous hours, working over holidays, starting bonus and relocation have to be repaid if you leave before 2 years, which almost no one makes it to. lost 8 managers in 3 months in our building.","value your people, change your repayment policy, give opportunity to be bonused based on building production, allow people to put a shift preference and go to 8 hour shifts instead of 12.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11076,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,This company is not to be taken seriously,The work/life schedule is pretty okay.,"You don't get paid enough for the stress that every single position will have you under. They dumb the job down to the point where it makes warehouse work frustrating(you literally can't lift an empty wooden pallet by your self or you will get written up...yeah, I know). The managers are all clueless about your role but will stress you out about your numbers even though they know the job gets held up by all the defective bar codes from all of the fake products they sell people from china. Amazon lies to their customers. Most of that stuff is bough on auction by amazon and sold to you, they can never guarantee legitimacy of the things they sell.",Be more truthful with the planet and pay taxes. This is not retail marketing at all.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11077,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fancy sweat shop,Your benefits start the first day you start,They think your a robot and can move at the same exact pace for 10 to 12 hours,none,1.0,5.0,none,1.0,1.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11078,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador,Hi every one I need to know the am are names for sna7 please.,Just need to know as mares associates Names.,None,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11079,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Apr 28, 2018",Former Employee - Stocker,Stocker - Hard Job with not much help or appreciation from supervisors,"Great pay, numerous hours to work, etc.","Some coworkers were very immature and acted like teenagers, hiding from supervisors and talking with other coworkers but blaming others if work was not done. A lot of 'cherry-picking' of merchandise that was easier to put away on shelves. Supervisors acted supportive on first and second days with new employees but began to become somewhat hostile if employee was not meeting their quota.",Please stop having supervisors carrying around their laptops and constantly watching employees that actually work. Have the supervisors spend more time on watching other employees who are talking to each other and are hiding from their work. Give hardworking employees time to meet their quota without drilling them on ridiculous questions that have no benefit to their work.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P326.htm
11080,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start your career as a software development engineer,"Amazon has an amazing infrastructure and platform, which can facilitate the development process and make your life easier. You can work with a lot of people who have strong technical background. People here like to share their ideas. Also, Amazon provides a lot of opportunities and facilities for employees to learn. If you are an engineer and you want to choose a company as the start of your career, Amazon is a good choice.","Amazon lacks mechanism of ""managing upward"", that is, your manager can fully control your career path (if they want to) and they have much more information than you do. So sometimes learning how to make your manager like you is even more important than delivering results.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11081,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Part-Time Sortation Associate,"It could be fine in the short-term, if you need something fast","The pay is okay for the work. You can do your work and leave without thinking about it anymore, assuming you aren't injured on the job. Plenty of opportunities for extra shifts, before the 30 hour point.","The pay is not okay for the work. Breaks are 1 per shift, 15 minutes long, including five minutes walking there, five minutes walking back. Effectively a five minute break. The work pace is hard/impossible if you're actually trying to move packages effectively. Management fosters zero positive relations. Concerns are brushed off. HR doesn't handle anything in a substantial way, and may even lose your resignation form. Using the bathroom is discouraged. To keep sortation lines clear, you must move boxes quickly, but you cannot meet the required scanning rate unless you consistently ignore boxes and only scan jiffies/envelopes. Very few people care about building safe pallets. You are reduced to your rate numbers. You mean nothing to a manager. You are only a number. They very clear want to automate your role as soon as possible.","Give actual change in response to issues written on the concern board. Make sure workers know their supervisor. Have supervisors perform actual work, rather than only criticize. Do not discourage bathroom breaks. Encourage safety by not discouraging safe pallets. Saying you want safe pallets is not enough when you go around during the shift criticizing people for good pallets because their rate suffers. Lengthen breaks to an adequate time. Pay attention to your workers. Have actually positive employee-manager relations. Please, just treat your workers like people.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11082,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Data Center Security Manager,Data Center Security Manager,"Good people, great team, good benefits. Lots of opportunity if you are willing to relocate to other parts of the country. Work can be flexible and some managers are very good at supporting their people.","Stocks take 4 years to vest, career progression is non existent in certain areas, pay is below market in high cost of living areas. Very hostile culture from the top down. No loyalty to employees, and leadership principles are not followed by all of the management. Does not attempt to retain employees. Teams are not in harmony when working with each other. Processes are terrible and heavily managed from corporate.","Trust your employees, trust their experience. Stop micro-managing your professional workforce. Allow people to grow and develop professionally. Stop exporting talent with your 0 defects mentality culture. Learn from your security professionals and let them influence and improve the processes.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11083,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Leaders not appreciated,Great employees. Great facility and technology.,Leadership team is overworked.,Get to you know your leadership team and support them.,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11084,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Just my Opinion,good benefits and many locations for employment,"work drivers are not solely based on your performance,",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11085,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,No Recognition,"Pay, stock benefits (except it takes 2 years to get it)","Absolutely zero recognition for doing anything well, ever. Not a single pat on the back to anyone.",Don't be so cold.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11086,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stower,Stower,The medical benefits and stock that you receive after your initial two years are the only good things about this job.,You have to make rate and quality every week no matter the barriers. This job his hard on your body.,Pay your employees more offer incentive pay.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11087,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA Lead,"Provides a full complement of benefits, will cover domestic partnerships. Expectations are continuously conveyed, opportunity for rapid upward growth. Casual dress code. Lucrative time off policy.","It's a factory setting, there are expected minimum rates. Breaks are a set time so no working through them. YOU manage your time off bucket, if you run out there are consequences. They are constantly seeking to be better which means CHANGING, sometimes the changes can be difficult to understand.",Explain the changes and WHY it's needed.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11088,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent entry level work,"Solid benefits, 4 day work weeks","Long hours, inconsistent policy enforcement, lazy coworkers",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11089,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work great culture,competitive pay for the work you do If you are full time then you get full benefit package No need to explain if you need to take a day off,"10 hour work days Work can be repetitive, but in any time of logistic, ware house work is repetitive so you can be mad",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P327.htm
11090,amazon,"Woodbridge, NJ"," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Maintenance Technician,Maintenance Technician,good eviorment to work in,Consistant with protocol and safety,have good people skills,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11091,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn new businesses,Great experience in terms of learning new businesses,Work-life balance is not optimal for folks with families,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11092,amazon,"Durham, NC"," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Tier One FC Associate,Great way to make decent money,Decent pay Okay hours Great people Warehouse experience,Hard labor Hard management Impossible standards,"Calm down, not everyone will meet the same expectations as others. We’re people, not machines.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11093,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Investigator,"Work Culture, Flexibility to work in various shifts.",Food in Cafeteria was not great.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11094,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,No Place Like Amazon,I love the company and what I get to do each day from my own home! The opportunities here are really endless. I can't imagine working anywhere else. It is life changing and so rewarding to be apart of something so amazing. LOVE MY JOB :),There are none. I have no issues or anything negative to say.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Avoid SCOT (Supply Chain Optimization Technologies) Team,"Amazon is a huge tech company that is revolutionizing different businesses and pretty much redefining those. E.g. shopping (Amazon Go), delivery (Amazon Flex), Cloud Computing (AWS) etc.",This is only based on experience in SCOT (Supply Chain Optimization Technologies) organization. -> Extremely hierarchical organization with too many reporting layers. -> Managers are almost untouchable and your personal development and career is extremely limited (if not screwed up) when having a bad or inexperienced manager. Only option is trying to change org or leave Amazon entirely. -> Unclear performance review and evaluation. -> Too many uncompleted (not fully automated) projects resulting in lots of maintenance work and frustration.,Hire better and more experienced people managers. Make sure leaders and project/program managers have technical know-how and not just a background in business. Lack of technical depth and understanding results in poorly automated solutions.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11096,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Look elsewhere for haopiness,It's fun to say that you work for Amazon and there are a lot of great people that work for this company. Management has a good vacation and personal time bank.,"The pay structure is terrible. They use rising stock prices as a way to get out of proper salary increases. They expect a lot of work to be put in, a lot of people work 50-60 hour weeks on salary. In the virtual environment I have had a new manager about every 2-3 months, which makes it hard to get anyone to advocate for you. My schedule changes frequently so it's hard to plan anything long term.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11097,amazon,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,"Good Environment, but Very Physically Demanding","I've only worked here for a bit over a week, so I can't comment on much. But so far, most employees and the management are all very friendly and helpful, and that counts for a lot. I am generally given the option to leave early if I need to, and on the flip side have the option to stay for a bit longer to do additional work near the end of each shift (changes things by about an hour plus or minus). The environment is definitely what I would call the strongest point.","The work is physically demanding. You are basically exerting yourself for hours on end, though you do get a 30 minute (unpaid) lunch break and also potentially a 10-15 minute (paid) break if you work for more than 5 hours. It's fast-paced, and while you can go very slowly, if you are actually trying to do a good job you're basically looking at working 3-4 times harder than most minimum-wage positions requiring manual labor. For your effort, you get perhaps 50% more pay than minimum wage, though this probably varies a bit. I look at this as a means to get in shape though, but for others this could be a deal-breaker.  There was no formal interview process, and half of the people who show up for the first day of work (there are screenings and such) didn't show up for the second due to the difficult nature of the work.  Lastly, there's very little good documentation and information made available on how you're supposed to advance. I'm hoping to pick this up as I go, but while the assumption is that long-term prospects with the company probably will require me to go into management, I'm not focused on that starting out.","If you're going to have safety rules, you need to enforce them. People break them fairly often in order to boost their ""numbers."" Given that we're compared in many ways to our coworkers based on our numbers, and promotions or advancement could be linked to our performance, seeing many long-term employees routinely breaking the rules in order to benefit their ""numbers"" is frustrating to say the least.  Then again, the ones I see doing so as long-time employees are still working the entry-level positions, so perhaps there is something being done behind the scenes.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11098,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Wouldn’t work here,There’s nothing I can really say that’s positive,The way they treat there employees,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11099,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - AFE Associate,Great place to work if you need money,"Decent pay, excellent benefits, most coworkers are friendly and helpful. Benefits start the first day. Easy work for most positions","Long work shifts, minimal breaks, stand in the same place all night. People smoking inside even though its not permitted",Have real incentives and realize people have families,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P328.htm
11100,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nicer place to work,Clear training and advancement opportunities.,Advancement based on open positions. Larger departments sometimes overstaffed.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11101,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand specialist,Diverse array of positions and opportunity for career growth,"Big company, lacking cohesive communication internally at times",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11102,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Be aware when taking this job,"The pay is decent if you don’t have major responsibilities, but I believe it should be higher due to the 10 hour shifts. The people are friendly and if you like working on your own this is a great job for you.",The QUOTA is constantly being raised which means that the majority of the 10 hours you’re working you will be moving fast. The managers also are constantly looking and reminding you of your rates which is stressful even if you’re above the quota. You are allowed to make few mistakes 1 per every thousand units you stow ( which I find ridiculous) I also take public transportation and at the moment I work from 6pm to 4:30am. There is no shuttle service although the 48 bus starts running at 5:30am but there are vans that come to the center and charge 5-7 dollars a ride. Amazon should provide a shuttle service because they make enough money and it would also be considerate.,Treat the employees better by lowering the quota and get a shuttle service that drops employees off to Newark since that’s where most of the people who take the bus go.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11103,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place for entry or expert level, not for others",entry level grows faster by hard pushing and with more than expected responsibilities. Easy to have large impact you are a hard-worker or mail generator or nonsense speaker.,Not proper for most of the mid level people. Hard-working engineers but lazy managers. The worst thing is that managers generally need not worry about job security but engineers need.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11104,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing place to work and make decent pay,Co-workers and benefits paid time off,Hot temperatures cold temps in winter,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11105,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Technician,Great company to work for,"A big company, hard to stand out",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11106,amazon,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Associate - Inbound Lead,"Incredible place to work, changed my life","I am in better physical shape than I have been in years. If you work hard and are willing to learn all aspects of the facility, Amazon will work hard for you. Career Choice program- after 1 year of service, Amazon will pay for 95% of tuition and 95% of textbook costs for a degree of certification in industry related fields. (Pretty much anything as long as you stay with the company.) Management listens when you have a concise, though out plan. I recommend this job to any and everyone if they are willing to work hard.",Not for the faint of heart. Hard work- if you are willing to stay late and go the distance- the more rewarding your experience will be. It is strictly part time- which kinda bites. On my days off- I have no idea what to do with myself. I just truly enjoy working there.,"Give Latoya, Howard, Kyra and Cody raises! :D",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11107,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Reliable Job, Potential for Career Advancement",Pay is good. You get in what you put in. Plenty of opportunity for advancement. Leadership is enthusiastic and helpful.  Work enough hours and you get benefits.,Hours are long. Work can be monotonous.,None.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11108,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Startup Culture with Enterprise background,Working with Smart Developers and cutting edge technology. Unique Leadership quality help to become entrepreneur in future.,Constant changes and less visibility as being a remote team.,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11109,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Well Organized, Efficient, and Respectable",The warehouse that I worked in was well organized. It was climate-controlled. The equipment was in good condition. The pay was good compared to many other jobs.,Some of my coworkers thought that Amazon is a slave driver. But I am used to hard work so it did not bother me.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P329.htm
11110,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great place to work on challenging problems,Work / life balance can be difficult,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11111,amazon,"Livonia, MI"," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Awesome experience,Fast paced environment. Has to work long shifts . Ultimately all the hard work going to pay off for sure.,Get frustrated with higher goals. Always had to deal with associates who don’t need to work in such a fast environment,Comiunication,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11112,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Center- Prepare to WORK OVERLOAD,"-Better pay, if you're looking to move past minimum wage -Will hire immediately -No interview -Good Place to Move Forward if you are Starting at bottom, without qualifications",-10+ hour shifts -Managers really hassle you on keeping a rate that is only achievable if you are consistently working.. meaning.. you hardly have time to get a break during work,"You have thousands of workers, be more reasonable with goals. we are not robots yet we work really hard",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11113,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough culture,"+ Opportunity to get experience managing people early on, even if you're new to the team + Solid, smart coworkers + Very fair pay, especially when you factor in the stock-based compensation + On my team, my hours were pretty manageable + Great opportunities outside of Amazon when you leave","- Culture of public shaming for mistakes on my team, which made people afraid to take risks and sometimes try to hide mistakes - It seems like the model is to get as much as you can out of people without much consideration for their happiness - Really aggressive culture with no sugar coating - you'll need very thick skin to survive here - The compensation structure essentially traps you for 2+ years because you need to pay Amazon back the unvested portion of your signing and relocation bonus if you leave before then - Leadership doesn't place much value in social responsibility and sustainability, especially compared to other tech CEOs who are using part of their fortunes to give back to society","Take better care of your people on a personal level, and don't stand for public shaming when you see it. There's a difference between holding people accountable and making people feel disempowered and bad about their work.",2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11114,amazon,"North Sea, NY"," Apr 5, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Good on resume, that is all","Good salary, great on resume, famous company","Heavy environment, too much pressure, lost middle management",Stop pressuring devs,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11115,amazon,"Ruskin, MO"," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Overworked under paid,Great insurance at a reasonable rate,"Low pay for the work you do. It's all about numbers, if you don't get them your fired.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11116,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Discriminates women,Lots of mandatory overtime if thats what you are looking for.,"You get written for using bathroom, will make you work in extreme heat even if you pass out, management does not address concerns unless you are male.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11117,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Fufilment,Fulfilment,coworkers were nice and supportive,"unreasonable expectations tough work they didnt play music didnt allow for transfers, had to wait a few months",listen to employees,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11118,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Mar 17, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Great pay, great investment in growth and development, lost of projects and teams.","Internal stack is unlike tools used by open source community/smaller companies, UX tends to be gauche.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11119,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Home Customer Service,"setting your own schedule, mangers are friendly",no room for pay changes as of now,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P330.htm
11120,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,Flexible hours - you choose your hours when you're hired Easy work - scanning boxes is mindless and no one is breathing down your neck,Not a job for people who don't like to walk/aren't active.,none,4.0,5.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11121,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,"Nice job, but very zombie-like","Very fast paced and really great pay for unskilled labor. No interviews, just a general meeting with a recruiter. Lots of available shifts and overtime is almost guaranteed.","They take in anyone, meaning you'll be working with a lot of lazy people and in turn become one of them once you realize your hard work is overlooked.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11122,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Be aware when taking this job,"The pay is decent if you don’t have major responsibilities, but I believe it should be higher due to the 10 hour shifts. The people are friendly and if you like working on your own this is a great job for you.",The QUOTA is constantly being raised which means that the majority of the 10 hours you’re working you will be moving fast. The managers also are constantly looking and reminding you of your rates which is stressful even if you’re above the quota. You are allowed to make few mistakes 1 per every thousand units you stow ( which I find ridiculous) I also take public transportation and at the moment I work from 6pm to 4:30am. There is no shuttle service although the 48 bus starts running at 5:30am but there are vans that come to the center and charge 5-7 dollars a ride. Amazon should provide a shuttle service because they make enough money and it would also be considerate.,Treat the employees better by lowering the quota and get a shuttle service that drops employees off to Newark since that’s where most of the people who take the bus go.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11123,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Can be something if you work hard,"The benefits, 401k, health insurance, dental, vision, RSU after 1 year of employment to cash out on Paid time, vacation time is occurred of week of the entire year and paid time off is offered quarterly. Also there is the opportunity for advancement if you get to know people above you in numerous depts","Long, physical, tiring work days. A lot of people will say 10 and half hours is fine, but when your doing a job with such physical rept. movement, new aches and pains are discovered all day. Deff invest in a good pair of sneakers. Peak season will literally be the worst, 60+ hour work weeks, the pay was fabulous with paid holidays off, but you were drained. Managers and supervisors are super threatening on pushing to meat the goal for the day. Sometimes its just impossible with the amount of people that are working at a FC.","Understand where the weakness is and attempt to work with associate on how to fix it, dont give up, cry to your boss and than fire somebody. We are all good at something the chance has to be given. Maybe take into consideration the amount of people you hire throughout the year, which is great, but the turn over rate is awful. We can literally be fired for anything and somebody else can be brought in like that. These are peoples source of income and we should all be given a chance at something.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11124,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice people,Great place to work while they take over the retail industry,You get diluted with too many teams,provide more competitive compensation,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11125,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worn out Warehouse Worker,"Competitive pay, flexible schedules, overtime.","Warehouse work, big company issues, only two official days off a year, weather is never going to stop the functioning of the job.",Listen to your employees!,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11126,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Good Place to Work,"Decent pay, benefits, attendance bonus, opportunity to cross train in other departments.",Long hours on your feet.,"Pay attention to those that verbally trash the company on a regular basis. Less favoritism partucularly to those that work with stand up that now feel ""entitled"".",4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11127,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,flexible hours at every shift,work is hectic and fast moving,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11128,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work,Good Career opportunity and good benifits,Work Life Balance is not good,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11129,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Awful work life balance,Can’t beat the stock. Stock price has more than doubled in less than two years and amazon is generous with stock options for management which makes it harder to leave before your vesting period is up.,"Working with Fresh, management is barely able to actually manage. There is no way to come close to achieving goals without being in process for the entire shift and associate attrition is awful, so it’s next to impossible to keep good team members. No trainers, no support teams. All responsibilities fall on operations.",Provide support to those running the business. Don’t take away critical roles and expect better results.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P331.htm
11130,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,you can try your luck,"Growing business, lots of opportunities if you can survive.","No value for employee, political environment, fast pace will impact your personal life and health.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11131,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amnesty Robotics Associate,Training was very thorough. Safety is a value.,Doesn't treat employees well when it comes to breaks and day offs.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11132,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Career development is very positive,Associates lose their focus easily.,Listen to the associates. Temper the rules with compassion.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11133,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have learned alot in this company,"-Take time off when ever you want, you manage you own paid and unpaid time -when hired you have full benefits -Help you with tuition if you want to go to school -Great place to work -Competitive salary's",-You need to be self motivated -Managers do not show up to deliver feed back that often,-Need to be more assertive when changing standard work -Deliver more positive and often feed back,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11134,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Thanks for a job doing nothing I want,Strong business. Decent benefits. World-class technical infrastructure. Orca pass (Seattle).,Bureaucracy deeply steeped in most processes. Corporate hierarchy and general detachment of recruiting and management from employees.,Take more time to invest in on-boarding employees and matching new hires into roles of interest and assessing team fit.,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11135,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Easy come, easy go","- Very easy to get hired, as there is no actual interview involved. If you can pass an oral drug test and background check you can get the job. - Lots of different scheduling options/set schedule - Casual dress code - Offers reimbursement for education","- Your rate (how quickly you accomplish whatever task you're doing) will never, ever be good enough. - Hot warehouse conditions/mind-numbing physical labor - Maybe not a con necessarily, as the company even openly says this, but this isn't anything to make a career out of - it's just a job that can get you by with decent pay for the meantime.","- Pay more attention to your team, and make some effort to acknowledge those who are going above and beyond to achieve the numbers that make you look good. - Punish those who are slacking off and still pulling the same paycheck. - Practice what you preach when it comes to safety in the facility. - Promote from within and develop pathways to leadership positions.",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11136,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse,Good pay and good benefits,Physical and mental stress on self.,Give longer breaks,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11137,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too much freedom here.,Build production services on AWS.,"Not too much time allowed for learning, employees are expected to deliver all the time.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11138,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Easy and rewarding work. Decent pay.,Terrible hours. Little to no room for advancement,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11139,amazon,"Cranbury, NJ"," Apr 3, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,"Ok pay, No teamwork .",Stock options Good benefits Ok pay VTO time 10% off Amazon website,"Managers and the organization are more focused on production rates than employees .  Amazon preaches a team environment , however the actual tone is push people out of the way so you can make your numbers, which creates a very hostile environment among the employees ( at least the case with order pickers , I do not know about the other functions.  Long hours , especially in peak season","Amazon is potentially a great place to work , but if teamwork is lacking things will eventually fall apart . Please take better care of your employees .   Most of the time( at least most days I worked there) the people with good pick rates , were the ones who would push people out of the way to get them , or leave all their empty boxes for someone else to pick them up ect .. and they would get rewarded because it is a number based system , it just seems flawed and really needs to be fixed .",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P332.htm
11140,amazon,"Cranbury, NJ"," Apr 3, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,"Ok pay, No teamwork .",Stock options Good benefits Ok pay VTO time 10% off Amazon website,"Managers and the organization are more focused on production rates than employees .  Amazon preaches a team environment , however the actual tone is push people out of the way so you can make your numbers, which creates a very hostile environment among the employees ( at least the case with order pickers , I do not know about the other functions.  Long hours , especially in peak season","Amazon is potentially a great place to work , but if teamwork is lacking things will eventually fall apart . Please take better care of your employees .   Most of the time( at least most days I worked there) the people with good pick rates , were the ones who would push people out of the way to get them , or leave all their empty boxes for someone else to pick them up ect .. and they would get rewarded because it is a number based system , it just seems flawed and really needs to be fixed .",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11141,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Central Operations,Good working environment for employees,"Not having enough hours, only 12 hours a week",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11142,amazon,"Smyrna, GA"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,Picker,Alot of room for advancement...great benefits,Not enough room. Vans get in the way.,"Start cutting the fat. Get rid of the lazy people, people who talk more than work, people who take break at 9:15am and return to work at 10am, just to restock bags, and if they can't fulfill the lifting requirements, let them go. They are slowing down other workers down, because they are lazy, and want other workers to do their work. Sort Team need to stop over stuffing the bags. I had a bag that was 102 pounds, and the weight requirement is 49 pounds. Someone can get seriously injured. But I love my staff, besides some bad apples,and the ambassadors are really nice. I plan on being at Amazon for a really long time!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11143,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Decent job if you're willing to deal with,"Starting pay for full time $11.25  Seasonal or Temp is $15  Heath insurance is cheap, $30 a month for complete package  Technical skill training fully paid after one year of continuest employment  Advancement opportunity","If you're willing to work 10 hour days then Amazon is ok.  Wednesday - Saturday (6:30 am to 5:00pm) depending on department  High turnover rate due to people not enjoying working  Personally I don't have a issue with this but most Amazon fulfilment centers hire a lot of non English speakers. I seen workers get frustrated due to the lack of communication and language barrier. Prepare to be surrounded by a large group of people speaking a different language.  They clam to have great advancement but that another lie by recruitment. The requirements for any management role by Amazon is insane but understandable.  Most managers are retired military, police or from another industry. They don't like to promote within due to possibility of favoritism with co-workers.  They also track you by timing, people been fired because of using the restroom. A fulfilment center are big so it takes 3 minutes to reach a restroom if it's not being cleaned. It's called time of task.",Really nothing they can do besides protecting their job.,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11144,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Manager,Strong core values and culture from top down,"Very heavy work load, difficult to manage work/life",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11145,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great culture at Amazon AWS in Cambridge/Boston,Great leadership and corporate strategy. Local culture is exceptional.,No cons at this time.,Keep looking at the big picture and customer obsession.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11146,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics Division Associate,"Flexible hours, clean facilities, accommodating employee policy",None - incredibly positive and enriching experience,Continue policies currently set in place,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11147,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Enough room to grow for the talent ones.,Unproductive people find more stressful to work at.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11148,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,well.....,i dont see any at this time,dont get me wrong its a good job. i as a working mom to 2 small children it could be way better. ive been with them for almost a year moved to a new warehouse which i would have never done if i had known i was going to start all over i was with the kiva tech team came to my new warehouse to learn that my talents were not needed in anything that i have been taught or excelled at in the last year. the hours are long and unforgiving and its the same thing over and over again ie why ive learned so much because i couldnt do the same thing every dang day. the main reason why ive stuck around is the health insurance thats the only thing hionestly i just wish that with as customer friendly as they are they would treat their employees the same. not to mention they think 12 an hr is just fine pay for people who bend over backwards to try to get ahead,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11149,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,The pay welswas great for entry level,Every thing else. The management The hours The unrealistic expectations The quanity over quality A money hungry company who dont care about poo it their cuatomers and definitely not their employee's,Hire a better management team,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P333.htm
11150,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunity,"Working with a wonderful team, the offices, traveling, health insurance, and etc",No set schedule and not able to work remotely,Please trust your employees and stop trying to micromanage,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11151,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Technical Program Manager,Principal TPM,"Smart people, fast paced environment, wide breadth of products","Super high expectations, different interpretations to the TPM role",TPMs should be given more powers,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11152,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Flexible hours pretty much just have to ask off in advance and you can get off whenever. Free food depending on your operator how much free food.,"Long hours and hard working must be versatile at many jobs but don’t get paid more for what you know, only get paid for job title",Longer breaks please,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11153,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate in Amazon Fulfillment Center,Good benefits Good People A lot of opportunities for promotions,10hr shifts Be ready for a workout,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11154,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,Great company to work for,Tedious work like writing extensive tests,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11155,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Good company,Very clear strategy and direction,"more top down decision making, some team is extremely slow bc of AMZ legacy",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11156,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,Pay is very competitive,Employer treat you as recyclable.,Put better care into customers.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11157,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for some....not for me,Lots of different departments to transfer to. Good job for someone who has never worked before.,You are only as good as your last moment worked.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11158,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,"Full Benefits, More than Minimum wage....Barely. Dress extreamly casual, no real need to for any education plus the ability to count to 100 and read at the 3rd grade level.",The FC associate position is best for the young or physically fit. The only requirement to maintain or advance is the ability to move fast. If you are 40+ and not use to the demand of 10 hours+ on your feet moving fast think twice....then again. Much like field positions before 1865 the better you perform the more is expected.,"None, AMZN is the behemouth that ate Retail America, who am I to advise the 100 billion Dollar Man",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11159,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun!,"Good training, decent pay, and advancement.",Poor communication at times. No,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P334.htm
11160,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun!,"Good training, decent pay, and advancement.",Poor communication at times. No,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11161,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it until,When help is availible they are great Work from home Over time during holidays The good team leaders really make it.,"Outdated system Metric system reflecting strict foreign call center Lack of over time Expected to fill multiple rolls for extreamly low pay Previous work experience skillset not recognized Innovative suggestions shunned Help isn't always available, very stressful when not familiar with an area and then left to wing it. A bad team leader/team can make the job unbearable Micromanagement by bad team lead stressful",Recognize your valuable team leaders. Weed out the team leaders who aren't being leaders at all. Recognize your associates strengths and build on them. Stop shunning people for pointing out system flaws/innovative ideas/troubleshooting. Have helpline availible 24/7 . Offer realistic metrics based off of work done outside soft phone as well as on. Be truly flexible.,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11162,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Apr 22, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,"Terrible, they wish humans were robots",Paid time off so milk it.....,"Write ups mandatory it seems. It’s all about rates, doesn’t matter if your sick or injured, they’ll still work you to the max. Depressing/oppressive environment where management will harp on you every hour about your rate or something else. They want people to be robots, don’t act or be human, just shut up and make that rate, they even got signs with robot as an acronym, and drill that into your head.",Treat people as humans and listen to what they say.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11163,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,I don't know what you're talking about but there are none there is no room for advancement management does not know how to perform their leadership roles and there's always one who thinks he runs the whole show,Pay is ridiculous go work from McDonald's instead you make more and work less harder. $10.75 will not cut the mustard in today's world.,Define your rolls more adequately so that they have actual leadership skills and address some of the issues employees have there always on each other's back because they don't know what role they should be performing.,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11164,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Campus Associate,Great work for great people,The company cares for those even at the lowest level. I am currently an L1 and have had opportunities that I would not have imagined with people higher up in the company. I am grateful for everything that Amazon has sent my way.,I'm part time and cannot work more than 20 hours a week.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11165,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,The only pros I could think of at the moment is benefits,Work hours Management Break times Management,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11166,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,robot,"great PTO,UPT and they help students for their career.",working like a robot is not nice. i was making about 800 package every day(80 pack per hour) if i do less than 700 package in one day manager becomes so angry and they come to talk with you.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11167,amazon,"Merriam, KS"," Apr 21, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Associate of a slave company,"4 days a week/10 your days, there really isn’t any other pro to this job aside from its “incredible benefits”, such as 401k and health/dental/vision(big deal). Oh, forgot to mention the STOCKS they give you, that you don’t have access to unless you work there for over a year.","The way people treat each other is trash. I have nothing else to say, this company is a joke and has high and ridiculous expectations for the average employee.",Quit sugarcoating everything,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11168,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Specialist,Loss Prevention,"Extremely focused on goals, pay, schedule, strong support partners.",Push back from operations due to extreme pressure to get product out of the building.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11169,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Good growth oppotunities,"Growing business: the company has $150 bn in revenue and still grows 20% a year - many small companies struggle to grow at that rate, but the behemoth Amazon does. This means Amazon is in constantly hiring and promoting its employees, besides there are tons of rotation opportunities (a practice that is encourage by the way).  I like the work life balance. I have never witnessed anything absurd like the media reports, though it is a 500,000 employee company so anything can happen beyond what I can see. That said, my work is pretty much ok, I arrive at 9, leave at 6 and I can easily get personal time off if needed.","No perks compared to other technology peers: ""frugality"" is one of Amazon's core principles, which means you won't get perks like free food like you do at Google, for example. That said that is pretty much like any non-technology company in America and elsewhere, and I'd rather have the perks converted in higher compensation.  The company is not very profitable: don't let the stock price fool you. As a retailer, it operates at razor thin margin, and Amazon never made profits outside the north america segment and AWS. This means the company is exposed to layoffs and sharp stock depreciation in a macroeconomic downturn, which should happen sooner or later.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P335.htm
11170,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Amazing place to work,"Where to start....this is the most inspiring company I've ever worked for. Working here ensures that your work has a sense of purpose (serving your customers). The morale at Amazon is high. Walking through the lobbies and hallways you see people chatting, grabbing coffee, smiling, laughing, and eating. Our constant releases of cool products and services combined with a high hiring bar creates a winning atmosphere. I have amazing worklife balance and management here is very trusting as long as you get your work done. Amazing work from home flexibility. Pay/health benefits are solid.",Lack of perks. Jeff Bezos is literally the richest man on earth and it would be nice if he kicked back some of that money to employees with some perks to compete with the other Big 4 companies. This would help with attrition.,Keep up the amazing work. You've created an inspiring work culture rooted in customer obsession and invention. Some free lunches every once in a while would be cool though :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11171,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Best Company to Work,Learn tons of new things Great work environment Hard work = promotion High pay with good benefits,Long work hours No food given,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11172,amazon,"Mira Loma, CA"," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon,"Friendly management, consistent hours, easy to take time off if you have the hours, good medical insurance","No work life balance, low pay, bad human resources",None,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11173,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2018",Former Employee - Shipper/Receiver,Review,Work as a team but independently Paid Weekly,Location is to far for traveling Only care about rate,The overnight crew needs longer breaks,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11174,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Great Place to work!,"Good benefits, opportunity to move up, no discrimination, they let you actually speak your mind","long hours, mandatory overtime, some people still play favorites","Listen to your Tier 1 associates, often times they have great ideas and want to be heard",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11175,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Seasonal,No chances of becoming a manager,The benefits and you can become a personal assistant starting pay $14.95,"Personal assistant only makes $14.95 , Amazon rarely promotes there associates to be a manager, they would rather hire kids out of college....",Personal assistant need to start off at least $16 and amazon need to start promoting more personal assistant to manager we actually deserve it....,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11176,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, friendly atmosphere","Friendly managers, great benefits, competitive pay.",Long hours during Christmas season.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11177,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,"lots to learn, healthy competition",had to start with unknown technology,please allocate people to their interest,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11178,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Great place to work for,pay and Benefits are good,No cons at all !!!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11179,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Six years at Amazon!,"Amazon is one of those rare companies where you can work and produce products that everybody uses, knows about and respects. As an individual, you're empowered and encouraged to work backwards from the customer to make the best possible experience for the end customer (which we often are too). I've enjoyed doing this with the Amazon Prime Video group and now with Alexa. I'm currently hiring, if you're interesting in doing cool stuff in Alexa, PM me :)","Very hardworking and full on, it's a face paced environment and you have to work hard to carve out the right work / life balance.","Despite the Amazon LP's, a few managers end up breaking trust with their teams, we should spot these cases earlier.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P336.htm
11180,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Love the entrepreneurial spirit of AWS! Like working in a very well funded start up. Super proud of the customer obsession.,Still forming in many ways.,Maintain your focus on agility and continuously evolving to meet the customers needs.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11181,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Amazon,World wide opportunities if you are willing to evolve.,Salary is really low. Vacation and PTO are also low.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11182,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Leave Management-HR,It's definitely for the fresh out of college crowd,Pay and benefits were excellent.,"Where to start. I bought into the hype. I thought the culture at Amazon would be amazing. And the salary, benefits and bonus structure sucked me in. It's absolutely amazing what they are accomplishing. Unfortunately, its all a facade. Employees truly are nothing but numbers. The interview process is grueling. (FIVE!!) And once you are on board you are literally on your own. Management is all in the 20-30 age range and many have never managed before and have ZERO people skills. This is what Amazon wants. They want robots to fill the orders and hit the numbers. Everything at Amazon is driven by numbers. They do not care at all about you or your life balance. Eventually they will burn through their talent pool. Average tenure is 2 years and they seem proud of that. Long term career success is not their goal. They will squeeze all they can out of you then set you on your way.",Get out while you can. Or before Amazon breaks you. Not all companies function this way and if this is your first job you are going to think you can go anywhere and act the way you do here. You cant. Those are actual people you are managing. Not robots. Speak to them. Develop them.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11183,amazon,"New York, NY"," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Be ready to slog with Minimum returns,Good salary . That is the only pro.,"Be ready to slog , sometimes with not many learnings just beacuse you are always running behind deadlines",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11184,amazon,"Saint Cloud, MN"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's alright,No dress code Easy work Lax environment,Easy work Menial Not much room Days can be a slog,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11185,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,I suggest working here if you have the opportunity,- Work with / learn from very talented people - Exciting products that get picked up by media and have public knowledge very quickly - Great pay - Boosts resume (I have recruiters reaching out constantly),"- Projects are often rushed to release, rarely time to work through proper processes - Amazon's frugality tenet means fewer perks than other companies in the Bay - Dogs aren't allowed at offices in Bay area :(","If we agree being customer centric is important, let's spend more time (and have more staff) on user experience research and design to make sure we're building the best possible products that our users will love.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11186,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Hourly rate for relatively unskilled work is almost double what the minimum wage is in my state. Managers work to make the repetitive nature of the work bearable. Fabulous benefit package. Work goals are clear and not applied arbitrarily or with favoritism. Coaching given when needed.,"The HR side of the business lacks the attention given to integrating the product and customer side. Understanding benefits, transferring between shifts and locations, applications for other positions, for etc., requires too many needless hands-on interventions. No year-end bonus.",There are too many daily mandatory meetings among managers to allow for help and supervision when needed. Hours can go by when you cannot find a manager to help with a sticky problem.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11187,amazon,"South San Francisco, CA"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,sortation,the hours are great and the staff and managers,only if daily work is a slow and ask to take VTO.,no advice. they all do a great job at my location area.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11188,amazon,"Cal-Ida, CA"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Document Reviewer,can't complain about working here,"working here is solid, i enjoy it","lots of work hours, sometimes stressful",none for now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11189,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,The leadership principles were great guidelines for making decisions in the workplace,You were judged solely based on leadership principles which can be abstract at times.,A clearer method for appraisals would be appriciated,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P337.htm
11190,amazon,"Union City, GA"," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Positive Feed Back,Great place to work at. Always open to promote. Awesome benefits!,It would be great for amazon to pay more attention to the work environment at specific warehouses because some of them are great and other are very toxic with mischievous and poor HR staff and Management team in which creates a horrible work environment.,Do the right thing.,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11191,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,logistics,"benefits are good , insurance is good",hourly wage is way down,"show your employees their important and not just a number, pay them better",2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11192,amazon,"Chandler, AZ"," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Sorting Associate,Sorting Associate,"Streamlined hiring and training process, plenty of opportunities for overtime and rewards go to those who work the hardest instead of simply by seniority","very physically demanding, a lot people quit because of this, leaving the same quotas on fewer shoulders increased the risk of more abandonment","Attrition is high. The physical limitations of a potential employee should be an important screening tool for which jobs they are best suited for. It seemed that young people flooded the work site in the summer, and then left in droves at the start of the school year.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11193,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Head of Division,Head,bias for action in getting stuff done,bureaucracy it takes too long,synergy - should work between departments,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11194,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,good benefits and environment,"Physical fatigue, 10 hours daily",caring for talent employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11195,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"They offer a lot of personal time off as well as VTO (voluntary time off) so you can potentially take a lot of time off work if you want. No one bothers you, work basically by yourself. The App they have to managed overtime or time off work is excellent.","you spend your whole shift alone for the most part as a picker, the people you see in the warehouse have a production rate to meet just like you. Breaks aren't the full 15 mins that they say they are, they honestly are closer to 7-12 mins due to you having to be working by the 15th min... or you get repremanded or terminated due to ""time off task"". You can't afford to live off of 13$/hour. no real opportunity's to move up in the company.","management does there best when they can afford to, its the policy they are forced to enforce that need to be changed.",3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11196,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - FC Packer,Great place to work if you actually want to work,"The benefits are great and half the price of my husband's who works for a large ambulance company. All the supervisors are kind, helpful, understanding and compassionate. I started working for a brand new center at its opening and add long as you paid attention the work is simple to understand. I got ill and had to take a leave of absence. HR was very helpful in explaining how to do it and what I was entitled to before calling. I ended up needing surgery and easily turned my personal leave into a medical leave with a phone call. I filled out the paperwork and my doctor faxed it back. I had no problems returning to work when my leave was over. They give you a bonus every month you don't use your unpaid time.",During peak season you will work 60 hours a week at the time you most want to spend with your family. The work is very physically demanding and you cannot sit for 10 hours unless you are on break so makesure you invest in a great pairof sneakers (I suggest new balance but that's just me).,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11197,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Analyst,Amazing company,They take care of you. They do a lot for their employees. Plenty of opportunity to grow with the company.,The only thing I can think of that would be a con for this company is that if you don’t like to work 40 hrs then it won’t be good for you.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11198,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate RSR Department,"You get monthly bonuses if we reach the building goal, i.e. 100-105% to plan. The hours are consistent.","Pay is inadequate. Lunch is unpaid. On your feet during your whole shift. They work you way too hard, cracking the whip on time off task/productivity.",Increase pay and allow individuals to have some time to sit down as they work. All this standing is bad for your legs.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11199,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not an easy place to work at,Allows relatively easy movement across teams or even geographies.,"Bogged down by bureaucracy and silo'd work culture. Too many hires in the last couple of years, so there seems to be a push from HR and management to ease people out by blocking career growth.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P338.htm
11200,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,Everyone is pretty intelligent and it's a top company to work for,Extremely bureaucratic environment and it really depends what team you're on. Hard to get promoted,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11201,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad experience,"Salary, flexible shifts , benifts",Some of them are not professional.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11202,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Challenging work and good work life balance,Sometimes pressure is high and people have to write a lot of narratives.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11203,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,Ability to learn and grow in a fast paced environment is awesome. The other cool thing is you work for Amazon. They're doing a lot of great things and really raising the bar when it comes to overall CX,It's a very fast paced environment and you're expected to improve yourself and raise the bar. The bar is always going up and if you want to stay competitive you need to put the work in. It's a fun exciting environment that moves a million miles an hour.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11204,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Package Sorter,seasonal sorter,"fast paced, scanning package sorting and palliating . good people , fun job. i would go back.",often 4 hour shifts were cut to 2 or 3 during the day shifts . Because of trucks not coming in until later. So if you were scheduled on a later shift you could be flexed (shift hours being adjusted up or down) up and hour so a 5 hour shift and the shift before yours was down 2 hours. So pay was not consistent.,this is not a management issue. They did there best to keep people longer during short shifts and get people out as soon as they could on the long one.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11205,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Amazon is constantly expanding and innovating. It's really great to be around like minded individuals all working towards the same goal!,I have no cons I can think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11206,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Just another warehouse worker.,"Great medical benefits. Steady work, overtime offered on a regular basis. Career choice program will pay for some additional training / school. Non-discrimination towards gender, race, sexual orientation, accepting of trans-gender persons. Advancement is possible for those who move fast enough, put in the highest effort.","Everything has a rate, sometimes it can be very hard to make rate. Fast pace, stressful environment, many positions are physically demanding. Positions are designed so each worker can be replaced easily and quickly. Few holidays, mostly work on those days anyway. Sad to see long term employees getting ""ground down.""","Yes, you are the most ""customer centric company"" but the price for that is that your employees are cheap, replaceable cogs in a wheel.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11207,amazon,"Pecan Park, FL"," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Job,Money is good and benefits are great,"long hours. and short breaks,",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11208,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,ICQA,It's not all the same one process you get to learn 3 different counts and there are more chances for you to learn something different!,For CC count it gets very annoying when you scan everything but then the last item has a problem with it and you have to pull an andon which messes up your prductivity.,Work on better quality rates I feel like too many things can happen to the bin that I just counted that goes to another counter which will mess up my rate.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11209,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 Stow,Flexible time if you know how to manage it,There is a lot of turnover,"Know who your stars are, and make sure they are happy",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P339.htm
11210,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 Stow,Flexible time if you know how to manage it,There is a lot of turnover,"Know who your stars are, and make sure they are happy",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11211,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Maintenance Manager,Stressful and Unpleasant,"First and foremost, thank you Amazon for the opportunity. I had fun the first 1 1/2 year. Pay is better than most.","Been here six years in September. Company loves to hire people with type A personality, all others non-type A suffer. Other managers always seem to be in a bad mood and stressed. Breaks are short and hard to sit down and take one without being interrupted. The company has the ability to turn good people into nasty one's. Was forced to unjustly terminate an excellent performer that didn't deserve it just to meet numbers. The company has a dirty way of releasing people they don't want around. I've survived nearly six years but I plan to leave the company within couple of weeks to a place where people matter more than the numbers.","Chill out. Give the people a longer lunch. Get rid of the PIP which is a lose, lose situation for nearly all.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11212,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"You can use hours to take time off, many health benefits.","Very repetitive, and it gets old very quick.","I couldn't say, I was treated very well and nothing against me was ever done.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11213,amazon,"New York, NY"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Making history with AWS,"Have Fun, Work Hard and MAKE HISTORY really sums it up. Helping customers acheive their outcomes is priority #1. I love the way we work with customers to be their business partner and not their vendor. I have seen and worked for many companies that have a US vs THEM mentality about customers - our job is to pick their pocket and then pick it again - this is 100% NOT THE CASE here. We work with our customers to ensure we are delivering great value and features for them (not for us) You have to appreciate this thinking to do well here - please don't come over thinking its about quotas and bragging rights. We celebrate customer successes and our come when our customers are successful. If you can align to this thinking then this is a great place for you.","Start up mentality, not right for people that need structure and want to do one thing for a career. You need to be scrappy and resourceful, ready to do whatever it takes for your customer.",continue to keep the bar high and don't let the culture get diluted by over pivoting on competitive recruiting. Many people come from traditional companies and have traditional company values - they need to embrace the Amazon ways and not try to bring the old stoic and stovepiped management mental models here,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11214,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Active working environment Supportive management,Long standing hours strains the legs,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11215,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Representative,"Sales Representative (focused accounts, AWS)",Signing bonus (to be negotiated- mine was $100k to be paid over two years) and very enticing stock options (180 RSUs that are vested over 4 year years).,"Very flat organization, had to go from manager to IC. No company lunches, very lean organization",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11216,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Infrastructure Operations,The Harvard of Corporate America,"I have never worked with a smarter, more competent and driven group of people than at AWS. Everyone lives and breathes the Amazon leadership principles and there is never a dull moment. It's exciting to have a work an environment that feels like a start-up but has the resources of a blue chip company behind it.","It's easy to burn out if you're not careful, or to fail in attempting to achieve a work-life-balance, because there are so many cool projects and committees to volunteer on and so many rabbit holes to go down. You're pretty much in charge of designing your own career path, which can be both thrilling and daunting.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11217,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA/Receive/Dock/Pick/Stow,I would not recommend working here,"You do get the opportunity to take a personal leave with no questions asked. If you last 2 years, you get stock. You get plenty of exercise and lose lots of weight if you want. It is great if you are young or absolutely desperate for a job. After you work here and make it, you can survive anything. The insurance is ok.","It is not a place to work if you are educated, older, a female, or a minority. There is little opportunity to advance. You have to have a doctor's note to use the restroom at times other than lunch and breaks. You are locked in with others and sometimes given aisle assignments. There is a high rate of depression and anxiety among workers there because of that. There are productivity rates that are super high, and management is unable to explain the logarithm or goal to hit much of the time. It will wear your body out due to repetitive movements and high rate expectations. The pay is not a livable wage, even with bonuses. Your pay tops out. It is known that employees who make it to 2 years to get stock options will be terminated for whatever reason soon after. This keeps employees on edge. A small fraction of employees are able to escalate to tier 3 pay or into management. They tell you consistently they want you to move on to other companies, this creates a shaky atmosphere to work in. They do not listen to employees who consistently deal with being groped by dirty old men at work. There were multiple women who reported behavior of one employee, and nothing was done. I know and witnessed one young man who was sexually harassed by another male manager. Like I said, I would not recommend it, and I do not buy from Amazon or affiliates now.",Realize that we are your customers too. Realize we are your best asset. Realize that I and many do not buy from Amazon or affiliates after working there.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11218,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Stow,Ive dune mult jobs in the amazon warehouse. Its okay pay and paid vacation/time off,Rate is stupid when work is slow they should lower rate. Alot of hard workers have been fired over stupid rate! Also dont care for you or family.,Stop the rate crap its really stupid! And stop doing dumb things like example easter egg hunt for easter but yet when people who actually have children try to include them like yall do for Halloween and not just the workers egg hunt!,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11219,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - AFE,WARNING,"The break room. The benefits such as medical, dental and vision. Tuition assistance after one year of employment.","All job areas are beyond work that is expected of human beings, long hours, not enough breaks, short break times, impossible quota's to meet, competing with robots. The company will not work with people with disabilities.",Please get rid of all quota's and just encourage the employees to work at a decent pace that is within reason. Be understanding to those who have medical problems and be able to work with disabilities that people have. People are not slaves and should be treated with more dignity.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P340.htm
11220,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesome Company,Great benefits and pay is fair.,"Work can be hard on the body, but that depends on the individual.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11221,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business analyst -II,You decide how much impact you make to your team,"There are very few but everything is fast paced and usually there is not much material for onboarding, you are dependent on a more veteran employee who might not always have time to help/train.",Management needs to spend more time talking the employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11222,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Provides great opportunity to grow,Very large company can cause you to get lost in red tape,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11223,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer in Test,Good benefits Great talent to work with Good infrastructure Great place for learning,"Not easy to change your title The perks are not great crazy hours of work too much about frugality, even about the snacks at work",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11224,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - MaintenanceTech III,MaintenanceTech 3,Good company helpful co- wokers great maintenance team,Fast pace high turn over for maintenancemanagers,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11225,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Great place to work!!,"Flexible scheduling, good benefits, nice coworkers, clean environment and its relaxing.","Not enough hours, keep changing leadership, they hire more people and it caused parking to be limited.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11226,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Physically demanding, but a great job","Great workout, Great pay, good logistics system and fast paced","Tough on joints, line goes very fast, need a high UPH (UNIT PER HOUR)",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11227,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mediocre,- Room for advancement - Work from home - Communication with your Manager/Team,- Very low pay for what we do.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11228,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay job,40 hour work weeeks guaranteed,Competitive and having to stand in the same spot for 10 hours a day,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11229,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Seattle is a very nice city.,Assigned an irresponsible mentor and a inconsistent manager in the team.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P341.htm
11230,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Entry Level in Amazon,1. Lots of opportunities to change career path. 2. Great start point if you want to become an IT people,1. Hard to keep the balance between work and life. 2. The compensations and benefits are poor.,May need to raise the bar of the leadership and put more efforts on the improvement of employee's benefits.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11231,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Area Supervisor,No life,Pays well. Software is good.,"Complete lack of humanity from an organizational standpoint. Managers backstab and lie often to get what they want. No one cares about or recognizes success. All they care about is highlighting failure, normally on meaningless metrics.",Get your 4 years done and get out.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11232,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Dock,Inbound Dock,MOST of the people are friendly. If you have tattoos on your face or pierced eyelids. You can still get a decent job at Amazon Fulfillment.,"""SAFETY!!!"" They've coddled their employees to the point of uselessness. ""VTO!"" Voluntary Time Off isn't as Voluntary as it seems. PHL5 Has been ""Voluntarily"" letting people go home. When that wasn't enough they started enforcing ""Safety"" rules and getting rid of people left and right.",LOL Like giving them feedback ever did anything but make the place less tolerable.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11233,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,"Great company, people, and stock!",401K match is ok but not great,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11234,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,"Room for growth, agile ideas.","Long hours, small increases in pay.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11235,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Stower/ICQA,Loved it and I'm trying to go back!,It's like you are your own boss,Long hours during peak. But it's not to bad.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11236,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Investigation Specialist,Not much to say here that hasn't already been said,"Pay is very modest, the work itself is boring/monotonous/repetitive, not a position for the career oriented person, robots will be doing this job very soon.",Senior management needs to trim the fat within middle management.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11237,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Job to Date,"Good benefits, labor work not too demanding, many opportunities for advancement","Minimal opportunities for suggesting big changes, due to ease of employment there are not too many opportunities for VCP",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11238,amazon,"Paramus, NJ"," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - IML,Inventory Lead Manager,Great benefits. Exciting growth potential. Every day is exciting.,Long time to resolve issues with corporate.,Keep up the good work!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11239,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Very diverse company and the culture was great.,"The breaks are entirely too short, compared to the walking distance to actually take a break.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P342.htm
11240,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Vendor Manager,Great leadership principles and high work ethics,Lot of tactical work. individual contribution culture,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11241,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Doing Review,Good for learning when you are at the career beginning,Nothing specifically bad with the initial years,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11242,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Full Time Associate,Good for inbetween jobs or school,Decent benefits compared to similar paying jobs Management is approachable and usually helpful Opportunity to make a fair amount of money during Peak season Frequently awards PTO Emphasis on employee safety They will hire literally anyone,Not much room for promotion if you don't have a 4 year degree Very average pay Long and demanding hours They will hire literally anyone,Be more consistent and allow employees to multitask if they are able to.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11243,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound pick,Varieties of time off VTO,"Extremely physical, but can get by with right shoes and proper bending",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11244,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketplace,Customer Obsession and long-term goals,The benefits are not competitive.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11245,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Inbound Stow/Problem Solver,"The health insurance Benefits are amazing, Diverse work place. Hiring process is easy when fulfillment center opens. They hire anybody as long as you can pass the drug and background test.","Long Hours and not enough pay for the work load. Management is unqualified. They are hired right of college and have no experience managing 20 people. No transfer opportunities, they tell you when your hired you can transfer after 6 months if you are in good standing with no write-ups. That is a lie exspecially if you are on the RT shift (reduced time). warehouse job was very physically demanding, you are on feet for a whole 12 hour shift. Breaks are short. Not a good place to advanced your career. They only promote under performing employees. That way the over performing employees stay in that role to help with their numbers and make the rate, etc.",Treat your employees with more respect. Completely do away with on-site HR they are useless and unhelpful.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11246,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,A great opportunity,Plenty of opportunities for advancement.,Long hours. The work schedules are not conventional.,Focus more on the people and not data.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11247,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Culfillment,Discounts. Benefits. Giveaways. Time off. Pay,Long hours. Short breaks.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11248,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's okay job for now,"great insurance, bonuses and paid time off",work is monotonous and leadership lacks quality leaders.,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11249,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 11, 2018","Former Employee - Senior Fp&amp,A Analyst",Great place to work,Amazing People and culture in this place.,Time. Never enough Time at Amazon,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P343.htm
11250,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,1.5 yrs in non-tech role at Amazon,Amazon is full of smart people that are all very motivated to succeed... it also looks good on a resume.,Very ineffective Director and VP level leadership... they are very smart and analytical people that have been promoted by being thought leaders and not because they have any leadership or people management soft skills whatsoever. Its a shame because the Day 2 culture is very embedded at this point and the inefficiencies and paralyzation that comes with it is rampant.,Train leaders to be leaders. Take L7 managers and let them just be managers of people... not everyone has to have an output. A leader/managers output is maintaining morale of a group of people... this is an important function at any large company.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11251,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Lucrative for an entry level position,Work life balance is non existent if on the wrong team,better balance,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11252,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The fulfillment center is not that bad but not that great either,-Benefits. -Decent pay. -College program. -Work isn't that hard. -Can be fun at times.,"-Uncertain hours that change throughout the year. -Not much room for advancement when you're competing against 1000's of other employee's from within the company around the world and they prefer to hire management direct out of college, rather than hire from within. -College program does not allow you to advance into management. -Poor pay increases. No merit increases and once you cap out at your current level, that is it.","I understand that you have a tough job in leadership, having been one of you myself. But actually LEARN the department you are in charge of from the bottom up other than the numbers you are focusing on inside that computer. The employee's KNOW the department better than you since they are the one's actually making it run. How can they accept criticism from someone who has never DONE what they are doing?",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11253,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Mar 25, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,not to bad,"It was fast pace, they gave me options to move around. I started out in stow but once I showed interest in doing indirect roles (like waterspidering and PGing and ambassadoring) they were willing to train me on them.","There was a shortage of waterspidering and so many times I felt that my abilities (I was a strong problem solver) fell to the wayside. As is the situation in any job, if you dont fit in well with your managers (or PAs) then options will be limited.","Keep a better eye on your indirect roles. If they feel taken for granted or mistreated they will leave, or just go back to the direct role and then you are stuck in a cycle of mistreating your indirects.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11254,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a job,Nice overtime bonuses during holiday season. Work is often easy to learn some innovations,Can get brutal especially during holiday seaason. Rates often borders on inhuman. Policies are often unclear or arbitrary appearing for a large company.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11255,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 10, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,I love this job,Awsome benefits an overtime love it,Good place to make carrer,Awsome job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11256,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Now Associate,"Flexible schedule, choose whenever I want to work",Heavy pace when busy load,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11257,amazon,"Wood Dale, IL"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Do not work here,"No pros, set schedule but they will even add hours",Constant Change Favoritism Timed breaks / bathroom breaks/ everything is computerized They favorite lazy people They dont want to pay you benefit If youre disliked they will find a way to make you quit or fire you,This job is absolutely awful. This is the only job I've ever had where a company loves lazy and clueless people and will make hard workers do the worst duties while lazy and uneducated people get promoted. Management has no idea what theyre doing. Everything is timed and youre watched on camera from the minute you walk into the building. They really need to give management a test before they hire them. They hire anyone. There is no interview you just come watch a video take a drug test that doesnt work because everyone 60% of people come into work high on something. Save yourself time and health and dont work here. Also if they dislike you they will throw your butt in the -10 degrees freezer and make you work there for hours.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11258,amazon,"Lancaster, NY"," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Company does not have good policies for employees,Consistent schedule learn warehouse process.,UPT is not reasonable as if you have a legitimate reason for being absent it is still held against you and you loose your job. My days were Medically excused and yet I was let go due to I got negative upt.  They say they are for their employees and i was let go for reasons that any real company would have considered.,You need to be reasonable when accessing someones absences. I had perfect attendance and they got ill and let go. i was sick for a week and the doctor excused it. Yet I was let go. I am researching if this is legal.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11259,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 14, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Don’t,There was really nothing good about this job. People don’t care and your teated like a slave. It’s literally a slave camp,"They treat you like slaves, you get a 2 breaks one 30 mins lunch and you work ten hour days",Actually care about your workers,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P344.htm
11260,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Apr 14, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Nightmare,Good pay lots of work,"Long hours, poor training and support ridiculous goals and quotas",none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11261,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company,Office is in downtown and there’s a really good food truck scene around there. Teams follow Amazon’s leadership principles very seriously.,RSU vesting schedule is boring.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11262,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Program Manager,Ok if nothing in your personal life goes wrong. Bad for working mothers,"Stock, lots of career opportunities, interesting projects. If you want to create and build your career Amazon welcomes you. Best for young singles or if one parent stays home.","Very low humanity. Hundreds of narcissistic managers, very much like the Hunger Games. Will push you out if you’re sick or have family crisis.",Not worth my breath,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11263,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Most Customer Centric but not Employee-Centric,Amazon truly allows you to assist your customers and gives you the ability to make a difference in someones day. They also allow you to work from home which is always a plus.,Amazon will switch your department and schedule at a moments notice without giving you the option to decline. They will also disregard your personal needs and scheduling needs if they have a greater need.,"Start caring about your employees, you make it seem like your in our corner and then when we cant comply you penalize us.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11264,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Take the bad with the good,"Good benefits, lots of work, pay is ok","Treat you like a robot or ""just a number,"" bad work/life ratio",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11265,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time Package Handler,Amazon Package Handler,You receive a paycheck every week.,Very demanding high performance job. You better have high stamina.,They need to treat employees like working him and not working robots.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11266,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,High Pay for high performers,"Too much work, 24/7 job",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11267,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,An ok place to work,Vcp bonus at the end of the month,Breaks are like 10 minutes,If employees had separate lunches common sense within that your company would be way more productive,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11268,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,okay,"Great location, lifestyle, and so forth",Oncall is tough. Work is slow.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11269,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment Associate,Benefits starts immediately such as Medical dental 401k,High turn over rate,Be more supportive to your valued hardworking employee's and it dont hurt to use the ideas that come from the people working in the position,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P345.htm
11270,amazon,"Green Bay, WI"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Accelerate your career,Fast-moving. Feels like working in a startup. People are trusted to do their job,"You need to own your own path. If you need someone to tell you what to do, you might want to consider working somewhere else. Frugality is real",Consider building a virtual engineering force.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11271,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Sr. Software Development Engineer,"Your success at the company is entirely dependent on your own work and skillset. You are very much set up to succeed. The work environment is vastly improved from years ago, it is a pleasure to work here. The company is going to continue to grow, any RSUs you get are worth their weight in gold.","Not a bunch of perks as far as snacks, lunches, or drinks.","Keep up the good work, this company is always evolving and growing in great ways.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11272,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Process Guide,Decent place to work,"Great Pay, Easy to move up in the company, very relaxed place to work, very safe place to work as well.","Micromanaged, tons of dumb people, short shifts, can get very loud, constant changes to policies and procedures which creates confusion.",Overall great job. Would prefer to be a little harsher on people who don't work and stand around on their phones the whole shift.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11273,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS,"casual, high standards, good co workers","lower pay, high expectations, constantly changing policies",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11274,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,The hours,"The 10hr shifts go by fast if you stay positive and don’t watch the clock, if your a picker.",If you do watch the clock on your screen you will get irritated and time will move slow.,Incentives help motivate the workers not contest.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11275,amazon,"Richmond, CA"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Sortation Associate,"Good workout, simple tasks, part time work, be quick on your feet, easy if everybody does what they need to do.","Long periods of standing, only early morning or overnight shifts, carrying heavy boxes",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11276,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Reduced-Time Warehouse Associate - Packing (Multis),Reduced Time Warehouse Associate,Plenty of opportunities for extra hours or unpaid time off and full benefits,12.5 shifts are quite long for repetitively doing one job,Offer cross-training to new employees immediately after their first 30 days which may reduce the high turnover rate,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11277,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Excellent first job, mileage varies beyond that",- Full ownership of products makes it easy to ship customer-impacting code - Excellent in-house toolkit for building and deploying services - Teams are very individualized and it's easy to move between them,"- Lower base salary than other tech companies, compensation highly volatile due to stock inclusion - Few quality-of-life benefits: no free food/drink, rare team outings - Abysmal 401(k) match - Dev hardware is cheaper and less performant than other companies - Teams are very individualized so it's difficult to assess beforehand how well they fit an employee","- Invest more in office ""life benefits"": food/drink, relaxation - Identify everything that bothers devs more than the projects they're actually working on, and work to alleviate them",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11278,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Not Sure,Runner,Super flexible work day hours,fast pace. sometimes to fast,I need a raise,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11279,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Safety Specialist,Pay is good for starting out,Management is terrible and does not like change,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P346.htm
11280,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,100 review,"Alot of overtime possibilities , very diverse , and good first job. Great benefits",Limited opportunity for advancement and also can be distracting. Hard to balance work/life.,More opportunity to advancement coming in the company as a warehouse worker.,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11281,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Run by sociopaths,Sometimes there is pizza. Sometimes.,No training opportunities Management is bad,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11282,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Good environment they also have great insurance,Low pay rate it’s too much drama in the building,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11283,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Its a growing company. It has a lots of different positions.,Physically demanding. Outside candidates are given higher tier jobs a lot of the time over current employees.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11284,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse fulfillment,"good pay, raise every 6 months,good benefits","getting tired working 10 hour shifts sometimes, just have to keep your rate up",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11285,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service/Return Desk Associate,Crets TUS1,"Very organized, open discussion,benefits,accrued time,stock, and very ethical in my opinion","Breaks are short for such a large building,but you get used to it very quickly",Tell people to stop sitting on the tables we have to have our lunches and breaks. Also their feet should not be on the tables and chairs in the break areas and break room,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11286,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,"Career growth, constant learning, clear expectations","High expectations, on-call with so many customers",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11287,amazon,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Virtual Customer Service Rep,"Flexibiity , structure, an amazing culture, great people,",There are no cons.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11288,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough job but rewarding,"If you are successful they tend not to micro-manage, which can't be said at a lot of companies.",Constant changes in management make it difficult to get consistent expectations. The managers are very diverse and have wildly different expectations and tactics.,Have a more personal relationship with employees. Don't change managers shift and location every six months so a team can get better at working together long term.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11289,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead,Can work in many different areas throughout the warehouse. Not always assigned to the same location. They offer food and full meal on Thanksgiving!,"Not many hours available. Can be very dull at times. Bathrooms always crowded, warehouse can get crowded at times when shift change.",My advice to management is to hire more management in General. Theres not enough of you to notice the hard work in many employees which is not fair.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P347.htm
11290,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Sales Associate,Do it if you need the experience,"Stable pay if you show up for your shifts, great opportunity to move up in the company if your well educated, and driven.","Long hours, if you’re not physically in shape this job won’t be for you. Drama , poor communication skills, some of the leads have horrible attitudes . Not trans educated in some locations.",Have everyone on the same page when scheduling MOT.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11291,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Big company, lots of room for advancement",Most have degree. Very competitive,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11292,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon Review,Give fresh engineers a good chance to get into the industry,More pressure than other companies,"Management is great, the company culture is like that",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11293,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Forclift Oparetor,foreclift operator,i like it. be nice & professional job .,i don't see any. its simple.,be friendly all job makes great .,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11294,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA Engineer,A lot of frameworks to learn about,work/life balance should be learnt in the beginning or you can be consumed totally.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11295,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon Fulfillment Center,"Great benefits, lots of opportunity for career advancement, above average pay, generally positive work environment.","Work schedules are not for everybody, required productivity standards can be tough to meet/exceed, as management moves up the ladder, they can become detached from the day to day operation and the ground level associates.",It is imperative to establish a relationship based on trust and respect with associates working under you. Obtaining/having knowledge of processes goes a long way.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11296,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Amazon is challenging, fulfilling, exciting and innovative.",Relocation was required. Seattle is a tough city to get accustomed to.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11297,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Amazing Company to work!,Backed by a strong tech industry (Amazon web services) Young Culture Principle driven Business model Excellent leadership Excellent opportunities to grow Multifaceted industries,Too many employees leading to peer pressure Snail pace in moving up,Can work on improving the transparency with leadership,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11298,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Amazon,Great benefits that start day one.,Long hours and short breaks.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11299,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2018",Former Employee - Consumables,Seattle bubble filled with spoiled children,"The money. The money. The money. And other people's dogs, so you don't need your own.","Clueless, narcissistic management who surround themselves with sycophants instead of talent. Privileged Ivy-educated embryos who disdain experience, in favor of hubris. Changes of direction and strategy take place day by day, making it virtually impossible to actually accomplish any goal. The passive aggressive, highly political atmosphere is toxic, and leads to many people doubting their sanity. Finally, Seattle is a horrid place to live. The weather, people, and food are awful, there's no culture, the traffic is worse than any big east coast city (thanks, Jeff, for sponsoring public transport! not.), and the cost of living is insanely expensive. Other than that, the money's good.","Hire people with POSITIVE experience in the areas you want to grow, and focus on these select areas. Stop flopping around all over the place (space programs? healthcare? you have a hard time delivering Prime in 2 days), moving the goal posts on in-flight programs and chasing every shiny object. Offer training and career paths to employees. If none of this is done, you'll continue to have a bunch of children working only for the money and leaving in 2 - 4 years, with no investment in the organization's long-term success.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P348.htm
11300,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Area Operations Manager,Toxic Work Environment,"Decent pay, great health benefits/dental/vision","Long hours 13 hour days w/ 60-70 hour work weeks during peek (October-January (site specific)), 10% discount up to $100 dollars a year, worst 401k policy equating to .50 cents per dollar up to 4% well under industry standard, 4 year vesting on stock, 3 year vesting on 401k. Average employee tenure at company is <1 year across most roles hence you never see 401k or Stock benefits just a lackluster base pay. Unless you can be miserable for 4 whole years you will recoup your initial investment","Anyone out of college or starting a career would be thrilled to get an offer from Amazon. Remember and realize that pay and benefits come at a cost of next to no work-life balance. The bonus is to lock you into that first year of work. Hence, the bonus is paid as a lump sum (you will likely repay student debt or overall debt). In the event you chose to leave the company you are required to payback the portion of the first year you did not complete (stay six months= owe six months/50% of bonus back) Stock is granted again to make your jaw drop with a 4 YEAR vesting period. The first entire year of service you receive 5% the second full year 15% and then every six months there after 20% until you reach 100% at your four year mark. Your 401k at this company is one of the worst in the industry. 0.50 cents per dollar up to 4% equaling a realistic 100% at 2% which is about 3% below the industry standard. This job is cut-throat you will not work with peers yet work against them. You will constantly issue corrective action to poor performing employees who will quickly resent you and drive down your overall ""connection scores"" (how managers are viewed by their employees). Safety works extremely hard to verify there job (after all they exist only to satisfy OSHA requirements). They constantly review footage and watch from a distance in an attempt to issue paperwork/terminations to employees and managers for failing to adhere to safety standards. This sounds like I am being over dramatic I am not. Training is non-existent Amazon runs a feed them to the dogs mentality in hopes you learn the job on your own as fast as possible. Turnover for Area Managers is average under two years/ safety specialists under 1 year/ and associates under 6 months. Join ""Earth's most customer centric"" company and I do hope you succeed. Just don't be surprised when everything you read here comes to light and you realize the sacrifice you have made in taking the job.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11301,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Assistant,operation assistant,"flex schedule, room for asvancemnet","poor management, lack of communication",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11302,amazon,"Everett, WA"," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time Package Handler,Package handler,"Decent pay, nice facilities, good hours",Packaging to loading of vehicles chaotic.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11303,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,Amazing benefits Great paid time off,Always on you for numbers,Need better managers,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11304,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Life at Amazon,"Health benefits are amazing and affordable, bonuses for meeting production and attending work, fast paced and non redundant","Your quality of work means nothing to the higher management team, to much favoritism and non legitimate means to move up. Management changes to frequently and never is comfortable",None,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11305,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,Great place to work on awesome projects.,Upper management usually is very bad,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11306,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,It’s eazy and fun to drive around and make money,Traffic time is bad and new areas where the gps can direct you,Should always friendly,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11307,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Workforce Analyst,Sr Workforce Analyst,"flexibility, culture, diversity, learning opportunity, employee development and benefits",How Amazon fits you into a role much smaller for your experience.,We may not be empowering the right people to be driving actions.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11308,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,one of the best places of employment,"Flexible, Understanding, Great Teams, Great Managers",None that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11309,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Great work environment with limitless opportunities,The pay and incentives are great but most importantly the work atmosphere is amazing. I never see negativity and there are many opportunities for self development within the company.,I really have not seen any cons.,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P349.htm
11310,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,The burnout is real,"getting to work on cool projects, doing work that everyone in the world knows","being constantly lied to by management, no career-pathing or development, huge amount of ""busywork""","If your employees are actually reaching out to you with problems, actually try to fix them rather than just listening.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11311,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon is a ok place,growth in the business,the pay was not good,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11312,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,"Amazon Sortation Associate, A Mistake",Weekly Pay Website system to call off (certain amount of time quarterly),They work you like a modern day slave. They care more about the business than welfare of people  Don’t work this job unless it’s temporary,Treat employees better,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11313,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Fast growing company, Ability to be a real time change agent, Learn alot! Fun place to be if you make it that!","Horrific Culture, Military style operations, lack of support from senior leadership team",Get rid of the current company culture and start all over in Fulfillment Centers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11314,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"After working for 3 other tech companies, Amazon is by far the best","Work in Softlines Tech after positions at AT&T, Zynga, and a tech startup and the main pain points I had in previous positions are resolved here:  - Overall good morale and positive internal view of leadership due to the company's rapid growth and amazing new areas/products - No bureaucracy (free to spin up the AWS hardware and services needed to do my job) - Best management I've worked for (3 levels up are all former engineers themselves who respect engineers and trust us to do our job without micromanaging) - High hiring bar = great teammates - The most clear and objective method for promotion of any company I've been in - As a new dad, work/life balance is incredibly good working regular 9-5 hours, work from home Wednesdays, and management being super flexible about random family needs that come up.","- Not as many perks as Facebook or Google but seriously, after having worked at Zynga where we had as many perks as you could want, it really isn't as important as the pros I mentioned above and seriously heard more complaints from coworkers at Zynga about the perks than appreciation.","As often as possible, keep hiring managers who have done the work of those they are managing. The respect and understanding they have for those they manage as a result is hugely important.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11315,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,pretty good experience,Decent pay Good benefits Friendly HR lots of opportunities for time off,Long hours Peak season (11 hours) Not guaranteed to be in your position ( you might be put where they want you even if you're trained for something else),none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11316,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,The stock bonuses are a huge plus and relocation is always available. Promotions come quick as long as you don't mind putting in the hours.,Work life balance is not well observed. The expectation is 60+ hours a week in order to be successful.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11317,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment FC,good environment and great benfits,hard work and long shift time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11318,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Lots of room for growth. Do not have to dress up for work. Work 4 days a week.,"Expect to work 12-15 hours per day. Always feels like you accomplish everything and nothing every day. No travel. Yes, you get paid a lot to be straight out of college but the hours that you put in aren't worth it.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11319,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In general good to work here,"big name on resume, cool stuff to do, fast pace","perks, brutal culture, lack of employee care",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P350.htm
11320,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In general good to work here,"big name on resume, cool stuff to do, fast pace","perks, brutal culture, lack of employee care",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11321,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Amazon was a very good experience however it was a lot of hard work.a lot of overtime and you had to work on holidays .t,This company has great benefits and bonus every month. A lot of offers for promotions,This job was very hard fir what the pay is. It was long hours,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11322,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is not bad,Good places to start after graduation,No work like balance. Oncall schedule is bad,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11323,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Custom Contrat Specialist,"things move fast, a lot to learn, great opportunities regarding career growth and skill development","Some manager are so new, lack of management skill, work volume is so high","Not only think about business, but also the people",3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11324,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No better place to be,"Amazon is always inventing, always looking for new ways to remove waste from a service, or industry. You can change entire careers without finding a new employer.","It's no place to ""retire"" early with a cush gig. You take have to bring it every day here. There aren't any dummies, and everyone is encouraged to challenge each other and hold each other to high standards. It can be easy to burn out if you don't self regulate somehow.",none,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11325,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Love it!,"-Culture: everyone here is very laid back, but smart. -Pay is great -Flexible scheduling -Autonomy -Stock",-Time off -Work life balance (it's better on some teams than others),"Think about how you're going to support your employees as you scale. As you're hiring more talent, these individuals ramp up faster, look for more growth opportunities, and feel stagnant when you make promises you can't keep. There are a lot of people who are bound to be disappointed when promotions come around. Just a thought!  Everything else is great.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11326,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"Fun atmosphere, interesting projects, lots of smart people. Great pay (as long as the stock keeps going up).","Lots of bureaucracy and red tape. Inevitable in such a large organization, but the company can always be looking for ways to streamline.",Look at more ways to make Amazon a good citizen in Seattle!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11327,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Challenging Environment, Lot of opportunity for growth","No free food, beware of bad teams",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11328,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics Associate,Solid work schedule and energetic managers.,heavy lifting but other than that nothing too bad.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11329,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company with inspiring leadership,Very challenging work Smart people to work with,Benefits are lagging behind competitors (just 2% 401k match),none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P351.htm
11330,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Cutting edge technology at scale with an entrepreneur culture,"I'm in AWS, not Amazon Retail, so can only speak for the AWS side of the company. + Working with very smart people. + Working with cutting edge technology. + Chance to bring your ideas to large audiences, leadership will support you if you have good ideas. + Working at scale, everything we do is at scale so it forces you to think bigger.","You'll be working a lot, but you'll learn a lot and will likely enjoy the growth.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11331,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,"Former Full-timer, now Part-timer.",Part Time shift Decent Pay Younger managers can be friendly Problem Solve Positions,"Unexpected Mandatory Over Time for full timers Older Managers who belittle you They care only about rates and do a horrible PR spin to tell you otherwise Standing in the same spot for 10 hours, 11 or 12 depending on your shift type. Repetitive motion that cause extreme pain Lack opportunities for part-timers, expect monotony Some co-associates think they hold authority over you because they've been there longer.  In conclusion, I am approaching 2 years of employment and I have never felt more like a tool than a member of the team. If you need quick cash, work at this place for less than a year and get out before you hate yourself.",Train part timers for different roles instead of making them do one role.,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11332,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate,Good environment. Great company. Lots of benefits.,Continuously promotes new managers and changes the way things are run.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11333,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime now associate,You can pick your own hours,There are none that I can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11334,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,solid,"good people, decent pay, easy work","too many people, highly stressful",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11335,amazon,"Jersey City, NJ"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - invento,OK,"RSU's, innovative company, decent pay",Turnover is high. Work life balance is minimal,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11336,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse fullfillment,"Steady work, good benefits, and consistent pay","on your feet all day, can be terminated easily, long work hours, short breaks, very long time clock lines, stuffy warehouse, and lots of supervisors watching over employees daily","have more time clocks, have progressive discipline, more breaks",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11337,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Sorter,Fun Times,The works not hard and you will have fun,There is not a lot of opportunities to move up in the company.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11338,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MEH...,Benefits Career Choice Options- Help with tuition for high demand job fields.,Long Hours- 30 minute lunch is too short for the amount of hours worked. Compensation High Turnover Rate,"Get to know employees jobs yourselves before criticizing and being quick to write people up. Don't only show your face when an employee messes up, take the time to thank and appreciate your employees daily.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11339,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time Warehouse Associate,Good pay but long hours,You get paid every week on a Friday and the amount is pretty good for a college student. That’s about it.,"Some of the team leaders liked to mess with the workers out of spite (lying about letting you leaving early, making false promises) They don’t care how hard they’re working you So many rude coworkers Extremely short breaks Long hours Having to sacrifice your weekends Very stressful environment if working with certain team leaders and coworkers",Stop pushing out the amazing team leaders and replacing them with corrupted ones.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P352.htm
11340,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time Warehouse Associate,Good pay but long hours,You get paid every week on a Friday and the amount is pretty good for a college student. That’s about it.,"Some of the team leaders liked to mess with the workers out of spite (lying about letting you leaving early, making false promises) They don’t care how hard they’re working you So many rude coworkers Extremely short breaks Long hours Having to sacrifice your weekends Very stressful environment if working with certain team leaders and coworkers",Stop pushing out the amazing team leaders and replacing them with corrupted ones.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11341,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 8, 2018",Former Employee - CSA,All that Glitters is NOT Gold,"Working from Home and the insurance benefits (that is, until they cancel it while your on FMLA)","Appears you have to be either gay or a ""cheerleader"" to move up in the company. Poor management, Complete lack of business ethics.","Fire at least 94% of the management staff and hire a new, qualified staff to replace them. Stop acting out of hate and revenge on employees that actually perform better than you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11342,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,Great benefits and salary. Highly recommend employment with Amazon in any capacity.,"Work schedules can be long, but if you get your tasks or assignments done you are free to work as needed.",Keep the culture alive! Amazon’s unique and peculiar culture is amazing.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11343,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picking manager,Fair pay Benefits Never a dull moment,Very fast paced Lacked team work Cut throat,Treat people fairly,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11344,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Dont do it,Health medical and dental are good... Youknow u have good insurance when you dentist looks at you and says wow... I wish I had your insurance... But I also pay a high deductible,The work will wear you body down fast and that is why they have good medical but the tjrn over ratw is super high and they pacify you with comany picnic once a year... They eealy sont care and if u really look at whats going in inside its nothing but a modern-day plantation down to the shape of the building i. Had high risk pregnancy and lost all of my tenure... Even though i have been there for 3 years going on 4 they treat me like i have only been there a week and took my position. The only reason I still work here is because I am in search of a new job,It wouldnt matter because they wouldn't. Change a thing,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11345,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Worth it if you have a good manager,"Great salary, okay benefits, great working culture, full of nice people. Plenty of opportunities to move around. Once you're inside Amazon, it's not that hard to reach out to internal hiring managers and have a chat. They take the Leadership Principles very seriously. The company has a clear vision. Follow these principles and you'll be fine. In 50%+ of the departments that I have been, there is no b.s. politics.","Compensation is a tricky topic at Amazon. The stocks only start to kick in at your 2nd anniversary. Also, if the stocks are up, they give you little to no raise in annual reviews, unless you perform extraordinarily well. I kind of understand that the total compensation matters, but Facebook and Google gives you a raise regardless of the stock price.  While Amazon values meritocracy (a lot), some people are way overdue for promotion. If you have a bad manager, you'll be in big trouble. There is no system to ensure the managers don't abuse their employees. There is a daily survey called ""Connections"", but I have not seen any actions taken from the feedback. Do your due diligence before joining a team. Some teams exist essentially to make their business partners happy. In a past experience that I had, I supported an AWS team on the finance side. In that particular role, I was measured on how happy I made my business partners, not necessarily how much controllership I offered.","Look at the ""Connections"" reviews more carefully. Bad managers should get training and be educated. Having skip-manager 1:1's help.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11346,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Mar 4, 2018",Former Employee - Packing,good,"benefits are great, breaks are great, onsite Hr is great",they fire people left to right,treat employees better,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11347,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Warehouse Associate,"Benefits! Excellent insurance starting day 1, time off starts immediately, everything is done online (time off request, time clock, LOA, etc.) 10-hour shifts, so work 4 days, 3 off.","PAY. Micromanaged. Watch how long you are in the bathroom, if you are sick you should just go ahead and call out instead of risking being fired for too much time off task.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11348,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it here,"Great benefits, stock, sign on bonus, opportunity for growth, cares about family time",Some people do not know their job,Listen to suggestions more,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11349,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Design engineer,the company is going up,too frugal to its employee,think more about your employees,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P353.htm
11350,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,yard spec,great place to work and advance,pay could be adjusted to compensate,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11351,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Mar 18, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Trade Off,"Generous attendance policy, very good benefits","Physically demanding, Not willing to accommodate even with doctor's direction, A LOT of favoritism",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11352,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 7, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,"Dirty, Smelly, Noisy, Repeat Zombie Work and Plenty of It",Good workout if you don’t mind walking on bone crushing concrete that will break your limbs over time. That’s pretty much it but GD requires 20 words to move this review forward.,"Picker at Christmas time. Exposed to several sick prople who clearly should not have been working fulfilling orders and got very sick from being there. Plant is hot, dirty, smelly, and noisy - and this is a NEW facility. Concrete flooring with no cover. The rate at which you pick is approximately one half second per item. All items are crammed in together in cardboard bins so you just follow the hand gun around all night telling you what and where to pick. You can leave your brain in the car along with your cell phone and everything else that makes you feel human. Great work for fast zombies. I used to shop a lot through Amazon, but I shut down my account after working there. If I can’t get what I need elsewhere, I will do without. It’s not worth it to me to make zombies out of my fellow humans.","Put some effort and cash into building warehouses that aren’t so 19th century Draconian. But then again, you didn’t become the richest man in the world by caring about your people, did you?",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11353,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Work experience at Amazon,High opportunity for growth in all domains,"Sometimes work life balance may go for a toss, buts its your life, you could always manage well.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11354,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon is by far the best company I’ve ever worked for!,"The culture is very competitive, but if you’re a go-getter who thrives in a fast paced and demanding environment, you will love it. Most of the people who work here (at least in tech roles) are much better at their jobs than the average individual at other companies, so it’s great to work with such a talented group of individuals. As such, innovative solutions are being created everyday and there is never a problem too big to tackle at Amazon.  Flexible work schedule, WFH, no dress code, bring your dog to work, beautiful office, and no restriction on having a drink in the office (as long as you’re not getting drunk).","If you’re not competitive and don’t like working in a fast paced environment, this job is definitely not for you.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11355,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Manager,Challenging and Fast Paced,Amazon has been a very challenging company to work for. If you are doing it right you should never be bored. Once you are in the middle to higher levels within the company the amount of movement and the variety of projects to undertake are enough to always keep your mind interested.  Growth has been essential while working at Amazon. As the company has grown so has most of it's staff with it. The opportunities for promotion and movement between teams are numerous. I have seen individuals move quickly up the organization or laterally until they have found the job that was right for them.  Additionally the compensation is competitive with most other employers in it's class. Knowing that you are receiving a fair benefits and compensation package allows you to focus on delivering for the customer.,Amazon is very much an ownership based company and you will often have to determine if certain asks placed upon you are really within the scope of your role. You will often have to save face by tracking down the team that should own a project or request and ensuring a good hand-off. Amazon has also grown very large and as such it has a difficult time managing the growth of it's bureaucracy. Often the left foot doesn't always know what the right foot is doing. This at times creates redundant efforts and competing solutions to the same problems.  If you do not reside on the main Amazon campus do not plan on having or experiencing many of the amenities afforded in Seattle. Inside Seattle you will find many of the offerings and accommodations afforded most Silicon Valley tech giants. Outside of the main campus however you'll find yourself in a typical office environment with some vending machines and a small break room.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11356,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The shadiest business practices of any company I've ever worked for,"They have growth opportunities, besides that there are none.",I was part of the mass hiring at a new facility. I was hired to work the overnight Thursday Friday Saturday shift and at the orientation they told us we would be able to transfer to the morning shift after 90 days and I'm still here 8 months later and am unable to transfer to mornings. I went to the orientation for two different positions so this is not a case of one employee being misinformed it's a case of Amazon telling their hiring staff to lie to employees that normally would not accept the weekend overnight position in order to fill Amazon needs. I gave up a 9 to 6 Monday through Friday position at my prior job because I thought it would be a wonderful opportunity and I would just have to work weekend overnight for 90 days. I have joint custody of my son and I get him on weekends so I never would have accepted this position had I've been told the truth out right. Also when I started in August it was right before Amazon peak season so they knew it was no way I would be able to transfer in 90 days because Amazon does not allow you to transfer in their peak season which ranges from September till after Christmas. I originally started as a counter then they moved me to count which I was told was only temporary and that in January they would move me back to Counting. Well it's now April and that has not happened but what has happened is Amazon has fired 90% of their overnight staff without replacing a single person. My team originally started with about 25 people now there's only five people and they're finding reasons to fire the remaining 5 people. This company Mass hire prior to the holidays and tells you whatever lie they need to secure you as an employee then once the New Year rolls around and they don't need you anymore they find any excuse to fire you this is the most Shady practice I've seen at any job.,Stop lying to potential employees to lure them away from other jobs because you never know how that lie can affect a person's life. In my case this was a life-changing lie that I would compare to someone telling you a baby is yours that isn't or bearing false witness to get someone locked up. This lie has forever changed my life and my son's life to where now I'm struggling trying to find a job that's Monday through Friday so I can go back to my joint custody of my son. With the schedule not allowing me to care for my son I actually had to take leave in order to be a father and had to see a therapist because of the effect it has had on my mental state.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11357,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Delivery Manager,Solutions Delivery Manager,Great company and great stock benefits and extremely intelligent and driven workforce. Many place claim to have all of this but few will ever rise to the level that Amazon had,Lots of work much more than anyone would ever be able to accomplish. You have to be a master of juggling and making sure that you are only ever working on the highest priority items.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11358,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse Associate,Team player that is always focus to achieve company aims and ogjectives,"Laziness,lacklustre,irresponsibility, lack of safety consciousness and focus",Time is money,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11359,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full time associate,Benefits stocks and discounts Work location,Long hours and open door policies,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P354.htm
11360,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Ops Manager,Life at amazon,The benefits are not bad.,there is no work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11361,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,You get out what you put in,-Excellent benefits -Advancement opportunities -Management treats you like a person -Decent pay -Opportunity to travel all across the US,--Hard to stand out in some departments -Very physical -Management sometimes displays favoritism -Long shifts -High turnover,Promote more from within and focus on developing the great employees you have. Base labor more on actual situations rather than projected numbers. Stop dropping everything onto your strong employees rather than improving your weak ones.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11362,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Decent pay Decent benefits Decent RSU’s Ability to work by yourself Ability to (sometimes) learn new things Clean facilities ..,"Pay not high enough for amount of work Not reimbursed for travel time as a personal vehicle commuter Management is full of young college graduates who think they are entitled and are better than most With that being said, none of them know how to properly lead people. They do not know how to engage people and motivate them Absolutely no follow-through or follow-up to any questions. You can ask to be cross-trained till you’re blue in the face, but they don’t really care what you like and don’t like. Most are in it for themselves even though they preach being a team-player. Unrealistic rates You are only confronted on the floor if you do something wrong most of the time. No activities during non-peak times. We are only offered vendor bucks, but there’s not a whole lot of incentive for us to want to stay during the day",Tell associates when they are doing a good job—more than you are doing. Motivate,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11363,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The management sucks,the people i work with is awesome,management sucks big time i hate it,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11364,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,Very interesting work. Good people.,Horrible work life balance. Too much scope for many groups,Ensure trade offs are really adhered to,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11365,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,EA II,"Pace at Amazon is incredible. We live by our LP's, many associates are very talented and work to better their mentees/teams. Stock price.","Frugal to a fault, internal systems are beta band aids. Many do work 80-100 hours per week, not many perks, the office space is old style- no collaborative spaces, no free space, old style thinking of an office environment, could do better. Some teams have slowly adopted work from home policies due to commute issues in Seattle and an attempt at a balance of work and life.","Reduce politics. Remember what we do is to take care of the customer, not build your empire.",4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11366,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,yep,it's a job where u make money,you make avergae money oh no,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11367,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Management,"Great place to work, but intense","Customer focus, huge scale innovation, incredible opportunities to learn and grow","Very intense culture, not for the faint of heart. Must be very quantitatively inclined.",Stay focused on employee experience,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11368,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,"Easy work, great people, overtime pay was nice","Long hours, strict on bathroom breaks",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11369,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter/Puller,Amazon is a joke to work for,"I like the hours, I get to be home with my kids all day and work here at night. THATS IT!","1. Management is horrible. They never talk to each other and they will tell you all different things. One will tell you to do something and the other will tell you to stop. They also blame you for dock errors, shipping errors, equipment errors, any error that is there fault you will be blamed. They do not care at all. It’s so frustrating. Also if you do not kiss there you know what, you are messed with even more. Where I work they have so many amazing employees that want to stay here but we’re all treated so bad that people quit every single day. Bad management to any company is cancer! It’s only a matter of time.  2. Pay is horrible, I would make more flipping burgers. But unfortunately burger places don’t have these hours. They raise the work load and leave the pay the same. $12.75 an hour. No raise in sight for anyone that has been there a year or more.  3. “Making rate” they expect you to make a rate of 185. But tell you to take your time, work at a “safe pace”, no rushing, no running, no boxes on the floor, one box at a time. Safety first!! When you don’t make rate they write you up, when asked why your not moving fast enough and you tell them I can only take one box at a time and safety, they blame you for being to slow. I was written up for not going fast enough, the manager informed me I would be retrained. I was “observed” by an ambassador, when she was done “observing” me she said you do everything you are suppose to do. “She said I don’t get why I’m doing this?” She then told me I need to stack boxes and put them at the end of the isle on the floor to get a fast rate, I said were not allowed to do that. She said “that’s true, that dang new rule” I said yeah. Then she told me to carry more than one box at a time, I again said not allowed. She agreed, she then said she will ask if I will be allowed to carry more than one box at a time. But I “passed” my retrain and had zero negative feed back. The thing with this place is, if you follow what they say you will fail, if you go against what they say you will succeed. They set you up for failure, they expect you to run around like a crazy person for 12.75 an hour for 5 straight hours with a 10min beak after 3 hours of intense very physical work. Sorry amazon you get what you pay for. You want people to work harder and faster pay better! This is the most physically demanding job I have ever had and it’s also the lowest paying job I have ever had. luckily I am a stay at home mom for now, who likes a little extra money in our home and also be at home with my babies during the day. So like I said the hours are perfect. I do not have to continue to work here, but a lot of people that need this job and there treated horribly until they just quit. No matter what the reason is for someone to work anywhere in this world. Everyone should be treated with respect and understanding.  4. The working contains are horrible, leaking roofs, puddles of water everywhere when it rains they put cat litter and powdered soap down to soap up water. Like what!? The insulation is failing from the ceiling. The bags we put boxes in are all broken and the metal part stabs you daily and rips holes in your clothing and scratches your skin, they have little to no janitorial service so the bathrooms are disgusting, people have broken there wrists, cut there heads open, fallen over boxes all to try, back problems, heat exhaustion, hurt feet from boxes dropping on them the list goes on and on and I have only worked here for 6 months and the reason people get hurt is because the people who need this job work really fast to try and make rate they get hurt.  5. Anyone who says working at amazon is a good job has not worked in a amazon warehouse. If you work in a plush office just stop talking. You have no idea what goes on in These warehouses. They have the highest turn over rate because of all these issues. How does upper management not see why so many people leave this place!","Stop playing favorites, stop treating people like there scum, stop setting people up for failure, learn how to get all managers on the same page, stop acting like this business is black and white there is a huge gray area, fight for your employees, stop harassing your employees and just do better! It’s not hard to treat people good.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P355.htm
11370,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,I really love working at Amazon (AWS),"Low BS ratio. I am surrounded by smart and friendly people. Most of my co-workers are pretty happy in their jobs, that makes them generally happy. 14 Principles of a Leader are great guidelines. One of those is to ""Have a backbone, disagree and commit"" which basically means if stuff is being done wrong, you are within your rights to stand up for your position, and engage the other parties to come to a consensus that you can all commit to. This is great for problem resolution in the workplace. Stock options are actually worth something. It is generally easy to move around the organization once you are employed, and your current manager cannot stop you from moving to another team.","Except for salary, benefits are okay but not premium.","Keep it up, best company I ever worked for.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11371,amazon,"Akron, OH"," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - SAHM,Customer Service Associate from Home.,Work from the comfort of your home.,Can’t get much help from your manager.,Make sure managers/ team leaders know what’s going before having them attempt to train new employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11372,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,An opportunity I'm glad I didn't miss.,"Great people, benefits, scheduling, culture, and work life balance.","Unorganized at times, and the workload can be strenuous and tedious depending on how you look at it.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11373,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Really depends on what you prefer,"Considering most positions are unskilled (and incredibly easy) labor jobs, the pay is pretty good, and the benefits are even better.  Though I've seen others say differently, the management at my facility was great.(KC, KS)","With the easiness of the work comes a dullness. In my position I performed the same 5 second task, over and over, for 11 hours. Of course other positions vary, but not by much in terms of repetition. If that doesn't sound too terrible to you then you have next to nothing to worry about.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11374,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Ware House Associate,ware house associate,"great place to work, treat employees well",very hi pace job functions,good job keep inovating,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11375,amazon,"Cranbury, NJ"," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I,Tier 1,"It is the case that you can advance in the company. However, if you have no work experience or college degree it will be a slow go. There seems to be a sense of who you know for advancement. The hours are very much set for any given shifts. If you are one that wants time off and do not need the money, there is plenty of opportunity for VTO which you do not get paid for. However, during the peak season this will not be offered.","If you work hard, do not expect to receive special treatment. Amazon will utilize this and will not give you acknowledgement for you hard work. However, they will give you more work! You really have to show that you want to learn more and not be complacent. Keep learning new things as soon as you can to move up. The breaks are short. I feel that Amazon is focused on the metrics of the business and not on the individual. Simply put, you may get a truck today that has freight that is easy to process, but tomorrow you may spend hours fixing problems that make you look bad. And simply for the fact that Amazon does not take that i to consideration. You will have to be there in order to understand. Things change from day to day.","For one, pay attention to your hard workers. If you have someone that seems to be a winner then you should consider moving them up the ranks.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11376,amazon,"Livonia, MI"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Field Transportation Lead,Field Transportation Lead,"Schedule is fixed. You get to work overtime frequently. Awesome benefits, nice brand new FC to work in. Amazon, supplies you with everything you need to do a first class job.",They can take a long time to fill job openings.,Let the Managers on site fill the job openings. HR in Arizona takes forever to give our FC quality candidates to interview.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11377,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Great company!,"Was able to work from home, had a flexible schedule and pay was better than minimum wage.",Hard to reach HR in the virtual environment,Keep doing good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11378,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,"Good benefits, Good training process.",Nosie working environment.Evaluation Performance is not in proper way!,"Try to understand your team, also be fair with your evaluation.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11379,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,count,good pay and good people,standing a lot in the warehouse,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P356.htm
11380,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud Support Specialist,"Very rewarding, culture, atmosphere",When your in L4 hard to get promoted. Also Healthcare sucks,No,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11381,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Dock Worker,The pay sucks,Four day work week is the BEST!,"The pay could be better seriously working for 10 hours a day for 12 an hour is really a downside for this company 15 an hour would be appropriate everyday we are getting push to move faster and the leadership is SOO unappreciated while you’re busting your butt to get the CPTS out on time the team work SUCKS Deep down I know amazon can do better by their employees .. first off I want to say I was super excited to work for Amazon and on day 1 we was told a lot of things about our benefits, pto, vto, vet and much more but one thing that stood out was getting a .50 cent rise ever 6 months once I reached my first 6 months the rise was on .25 cent I DONT KNOW... 🤷🏽‍♀️ You could image how many people was at hr. Trying to figure out what happen to the other .25 cent so now I’m at 12.25",You see how hard we work at Amazon I know I’m not the one feeling this way we deserve to be paid more for what we do everyday we’re being pushed,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11382,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT,name recognition of company for employment,long hours and benefits package,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11383,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,They keep the bar raised for hiring. Open to employee feedback. Strict adherence to the culture and leadership principles.,"The ""work"" can become boring at times (not everything is exciting). Leadership comes from your peers more often then from above. Limited staffing requires lots of hats to be worn to cover for duties that would normally be delegated.",More headcount would allow for better customer obsession.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11384,amazon,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Work From Home Customer Service Representative,Misrepresented the job i applied for,Great manager good benefits supplied equipment,had to talk to delivery drivers some of which who were foreign and were hard to understand. did not tell us we would not be doing customer support until we were in training. Long hours.,Make the job descriptions more descriptive for potential employees so we know exactly what we are applying for. if its not a customer support position put that in the job description.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11385,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Decent pay, great benfits, and a very laxed work/life schedule. Four day work weeks with three days off. Consistent schedule and plenty of opportunities to move up.","The pay is, like I said, decent. However, many of the associates are frustrated that the worth of Amazon continues to balloon while the associates get paid less than other warehouse associates in other companies.","A lot of the management seems to be young college graduates where this seems to be their first job. With that being said, there needs some more room for growth in their development and managing style.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11386,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Agent,Stocks benefits and working from home,Schedule can not be changed until the next bid,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11387,amazon,"Chesapeake, VA"," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Worker,working as a part-time logistics worker,"the hrs, light work load, easy jobs","fast pace, working in a warehouse, working in the elements",treat everyone fairly,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11388,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy Money with Great Benefits,"Great medical benefits, company offers stocks, and the work isn't as physically demanding as most traditional factory jobs. Fun to see the process of how Amazon orders are fulfilled from start to finish.","Only positions that provide advancement in the company are IT, or management positions. Other positions tap out at $14.00.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11389,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Fast paced Upper mobility Recognition for achievement Consistent performance feedback,External candidates make considerable more Pay women and men equally,Find balance with pay amongst equal roles,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P357.htm
11390,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Good part time job. Perfect to have as a second job or if you're a student.,"It's just hard physical work sometimes, but what do you expect it's a warehouse.",To be more mindful on regular associates and experience on what it's like to be in our shoes on the day to day basis. Sometimes I feel the managers don't know what we go through as workers. Some of their expectations is unrealistic.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11391,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Engineer,A great decade,"I love the smart people I've gotten to work with regularly. The customer obsessed cultural is inspiring, and the leadership principles we strive towards are a deep guiding light for successful productivity in any job role. The stock's long-term trajectory (nearly 30% YoY since inception) has been very lucrative for those who have stuck it out. The performance culture is stressful if you're struggling, but generally means you will routinely only be working with highly effective and motivated people. As I've grown in my career, I've always had bigger and broader opportunities presented to me, and have enjoyed the same overall growth that the company has enjoyed.","The benefits are inferior to most major tech companies. The 401k, for example, has a lowly 2% match. It routinely fails non-discrimination challenges (due to no default enrollment across the company, and low participation of FC workers). Even if we try to contribute the maximum ($18,500 in 2018), then we get a mandatory withdrawal and refund check (of~$3,400 in 2017), and of course this negatively impacts our taxes. It also does not allow after-tax contributions as is possible at a Microsoft or a Google. These gaps can be seen across the entire benefit package. Given that the HCE refunds have happened for over ten years, it's clear the company has no interest in fixing root causes of enrollment gaps to pass the discrimination tests.","Address the benefit gap between major tech companies, fix the Highly-Compensated-Employee failures of the 401k",3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11392,amazon,"Livonia, MI"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Field Transportation Lead,Field Transportation Lead,"Schedule is fixed. You get to work overtime frequently. Awesome benefits, nice brand new FC to work in. Amazon, supplies you with everything you need to do a first class job.",They can take a long time to fill job openings.,Let the Managers on site fill the job openings. HR in Arizona takes forever to give our FC quality candidates to interview.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11393,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,Team work and flexibility. Good pay for what it is.,Not very personal with higher ups.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11394,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Architect,Great place to learn,Amazon is a great place to learn. You will work with the brightest in the industry and will learn more than you can imagine. Amazon is also a great place to grow your career as they are very accommodating on career goals. They will also provide you with as much training as you're willing to take.,Management layer is a little underdeveloped.,"Mature your management layer so you can compete better in the enterprise. Right now it's your technology that's leading the way, but the management will have to catch up eventually.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11395,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Product Management,Learning Experience,You get to work on massive scale projects with clear consumer impact,Employee perks can certainly improve.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11396,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service,GREAT PLACE TO WORK,"good pay, good people. Great atmosphere",had to work long hours,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11397,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,Lots of hours and overtime,You feel insignificant Too many people You could quit and Amazon wouldn't even know it for months,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11398,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good challenge in a growing space,Great challenges and work ethic,"Can be slow, frantic, and managerial",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11399,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,It is What You Make It,"Amazon is a place that is what you make it. I've been working here for more than 3 years and definitely had roles that I didn't love or feel challenged, but I've also had roles where I love coming to work. I have always felt valued and if you're not happy, you can change it!  Good benefits - health, vacation, excellent maternity/paternity benefits, flexible working arrangement. RSUs and stock price is great.  Very self-service - if you are a self-starter you can do a lot here.","The environment isn't for everyone. If you need more structure, less ambiguity, or want a more top-down approach to your tasks, this might not be the place for you.  I know they are working on the promotion process, that would be my biggest con. Promotions are super time consuming for managers and so can be a pain, which can be a deterrent toward giving an employee a promotion.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P358.htm
11400,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,It is What You Make It,"Amazon is a place that is what you make it. I've been working here for more than 3 years and definitely had roles that I didn't love or feel challenged, but I've also had roles where I love coming to work. I have always felt valued and if you're not happy, you can change it!  Good benefits - health, vacation, excellent maternity/paternity benefits, flexible working arrangement. RSUs and stock price is great.  Very self-service - if you are a self-starter you can do a lot here.","The environment isn't for everyone. If you need more structure, less ambiguity, or want a more top-down approach to your tasks, this might not be the place for you.  I know they are working on the promotion process, that would be my biggest con. Promotions are super time consuming for managers and so can be a pain, which can be a deterrent toward giving an employee a promotion.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11401,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-TIme Sortation Associate,-flexibility in shift days/times -paid holidays -free dental insurance -hours to take off without penalty -straightforward/easy labor -ability to learn more and advance,-hot in the warehouse -high turnover,recognize top performers more often. always remember your station wouldn't be a success without hourly employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11402,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Promotion,Availability to move up quickly.,Limited metric know to be promoted.,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11403,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They expect you to last less than 2 years,"Benefits are excellent, wide variety of areas that you can work in. Hours used to be flexible, location isn't bad.","Management changed policy without warning or reason, taking away flexibility that was previously available for more than a year. HR is very unhelpful when it comes to matters involving disability.",Let your employees work in areas they can excel. Don't force burnout. Provide more support for skilled employees with physical disabilities.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11404,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,A good part time job,Very flexible with hours of youre just an associate and going to school. Nice benefits and awards through out.,Once you get on someone’s bad side on management it’s impossible to grow into a higher position,Needs improvement on motivating employers and production,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11405,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At least they were hiring,Always hiring for the season,The mandatory overtime and the lack of equivalent pay,Ease up okay we are exhausted we can't run at 100% for 10 hours straight,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11406,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Ware House Worker,"Benefits and decent salary, education reimbursement","Constant work, and they fire like 80% of new hires in 3 months.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11407,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Challenging but rewarding,"May be the best professional growth opportunity you could get. You will be challenged by a dynamic environment, working with very motivated and intelligent individuals and leaders. It is a company that leads in several different market segments through innovation and is changing the world. An ever rising stock price helps too.","If you don't like a challenge, look elsewhere. But if you want to see how far you can go, definitely consider Amazon.","Balance constant challenge with requisite training, and ensure that work life balance continues to be maintained.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11408,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Associate,"Considering the lack of education or experience required for the position, the pay is respectable. There are many opportunities to take time off or pick up hours. Dental and vision insurance is provided.","This can be a physically demanding job, and occasionally other associates may be difficult to deal with.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11409,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning coordinator,Most amazing company in the world.,There are no cons - the company is simply incredible.,I do not currently have any advice to management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P359.htm
11410,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-Time Sort,"Flexible , Great Environment, Easy Work",Keeping your punches great when your shifts are back to back,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11411,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Factory Worker,Great benefits,"4-10hr days are nice, and leaves you with 3 days off. Managers are helpful. Peak sucks working 6 days a week.","Got boring after awhile. Just like any other factory jobs, very repetitive.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11412,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 3, 2018",Former Employee - Picking,MODERN SLAVERY,"None, seriously. I cant think of any","Poor pay for all the work and commitment you put in. They are always watching you, timing you on everything you do. Even if your doing your best they never motivate you or tell you positive things. They only tell you what ur doing wrong. 3 consecutive hour working and then a 15 min break (i had to walk around 8 min to get to the nearest bathroom so i was always late to my station, without having the time to eat something) so that resulted in me passing out after an hour for extreme pressure and very tiring. I was only there for 2 days...After that i decided to just quit. PLEASE DONT WORK HERE. Im traumatized, tired, stressed... this full time thing is not Normal. 11 hours almost an entire day and just for 130 dollars a day is a JOKE.!!!!! Poor managment , no one helps you if you get stuck on something on your first days on the station. Please get yourself a decent job... unless you wanna b treated like cattle","B more humane, kind, and alert of your employees. You just care about your own job. There is no compassion.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11413,amazon,"Seattle Heights, WA"," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Company is always innovating and it encourages big thinking.,One needs to be a self-starter to survive here.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11414,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Onsite Medical Representative,Excellent benefits - growth opportunity,"ERC is terrible, Don't expect to be pat on the back for doing good things -",Embrace the Principles - don't just preach them. Numbers don't matter if the workforce is miserable.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11415,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,atmosphere,Pretty straight forward tasks. Easy to get along or follow a particular work flow,"fast pace environment, employees are not synced with the same pace",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11416,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dispatcher Associate,"Fun place to work, well paid","slow on managed things, competitive",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11417,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager 1,Amazon has great benefits for their managers. Stock options are worth it if you stay and do your time. Manager outings are fun when your allowed to have them,HR doesn’t support managers as they should. Many managers have lost their jobs due to a false associate complaint or disagreements. Senior managers and Operations Managers do play favorites and will hold you back from progressing to ensure their operations stays successful,If you are able to endure the culture and the hours you will be successful. You have to have a backbone and know your rights as manager. Connection scores are important to HR and your prejudge based on those scores. So make sure you build a well engaged team.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11418,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Decent benefits and some opportunities for advancement.,Strict guidelines for both entry level and middle management positions.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11419,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,"Good for motivated people, easy to burn out.",-Good hourly pay with steady raises every six months. -Easy enough job if you meet rate and can keep focused. -Meeting interesting people all day from all walks of life. -Opportunity for upward mobility.,"-Random mandatory overtime, get ready to cancel on friends and family for about four months out of the year. -Brutal scheduling in general. -Extremely hot or cold warehousing, depending on which facility you're in. -Very very corporate mindset in middle management.",It's okay to be human and care about your employees as people. Try it sometime.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P360.htm
11420,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation,OK pay. I have heard some locations are better.,Weird shift hours. Back breaking work. Most people in my section were on work release,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11421,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Professional Services Practice Manager,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History","Amazon lives by it's mantra of working hard, having fun, and making history. To have a company of this size truly operate not as a company of 500K employees, but instead 50K companies with 10 employees is amazing to see. Quick decisions and empowerment driven towards customer obsession guide the day - and results are undeniable.",Better be prepared to live by the Amazon leadership principles or you won't fit in.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11422,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great place to work and grow.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11423,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate Position,Great pay Good benefits Happy atmosphere Trains you on everything you need to know,Strange management techniques Management can be demeaning at times,Treat your employees like you want them to stay,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11424,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager in Central Recruiting,"Opportunity to work on large scale projects that have a global impact. Amazon constantly innovates and looks for ways to improve on what we are already doing. Work with smart people (which everyone always says in the tech industry) and have the freedom to make real changes. Fast pace, never a shortage of things to do. Pay is competitive but unique to our culture",We move fast but teams don't always talk to each other about what they're doing. This can cause multiple teams solving the same problems.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11425,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,"hard work, low pay","you get bonuses based on overall warehouse performance but it doesn't make up for low wages and hard, tedious work","10 hour days, 60 hrs mandatory at Christmas, dirty, loud, tedious, low life people, low wages, hard on your body. standing 10 hrs a day. management always on you about performance.",quit letting the lazy people get the jobs where they do nothing,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11426,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,AMAZON DOESN'T CARE.......BEWARE!!,"insurance, free legal advice, other benefits, time off, stock,","constant scheduling, policy,and management changes","Try to keep the schedule the same, constant changes cause sleep disorders and mental health issues. The changes also affect your life in general. My department has the worst schedule and has been changes three times in a year. We will go in when it's light and come home when it's light now that spring is here. We work from 8 pm- 6:30 am. No one else in the building has a schedule like ours! It is not a workable schedule....it is also Monday- Thursday so you have no time to do anything during the week. You pretty much sleep away your week. So when you're told you have a three-day weekend, think about how much of each day one actually has when you make these ridiculous hours. Also, you don't just change our hours, you also have changed the days we work!",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11427,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,csa II,"I was able to talk and help a lot of people every day, and had some very fun moments with the customers and with some of my work associates.","There were many times per day that I wished my team manager would have taken the time to personally review one of my calls and contacted me with the praise I was expecting from him. The first team manager was hardly ever available, when she was, she had her favorite lead speak for her. It was unfair regarding salary review, and very very cliquey regarding group gatherings. Many of the leads were unprofessional and treated retail csa's rudely but were never called on it. Everybody could audit everyone, and the gossip was out of control. Management spied on csa's and discussed them freely, and of course it went back to the csa, ... so so very unprofessional. So so sorry I worked there for three and a half years. I never received a raise, I should have gotten three, I never received credit for the great calls help and work I did. My metrics were awesome, yet I never got a rate per hour increase or a helping hand in submitting a change of position within the company to training or management. I could have done so much MORE for them, but after the treatment myself and several others on the start up team received, I lost all interest in working there.","Audit the managers. Listen to the calls. LISTEN to the employees when one on one meeting happen, and make sure that the manager, actually SPEAKS and LISTENS to the concerns of each team member. Do not ""buffer"" yourself with a lead working for you .... and do not delegate things to the leads to free your time up... distancing yourself even futher from the hardest working employees at AMAZON, the minions, the little old CSA's that take all the calls, hear all the complaints and de escalate FOR you! Come on, Amazon managers. Wake up and smell the cappucino ... Oh, we are over it!",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11428,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,The pay is good and you get two shares of Amazon stock,Hours are the absolute worst. 10 hour shifts sometimes standing in the same place your whole shift,"Nothing, Amazon is doing incredibly well business wise",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11429,amazon,"Pecan Park, FL"," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Amazon is a trap.,Getting off work and not going back. Quit.,"It's ok if you don't mind being made into a computer. Nothing you do will ever be good enough. If you make above their goal in numbers they will expect that and more. don't get sick, they do there best NOT to pay you workmans comp. when you get back from a no pay injury, you will be fired. they hire old people then fire them after peak season. They steal your break time",Stop treating people like trash,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P361.htm
11430,amazon,"Pecan Park, FL"," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Amazon is a trap.,Getting off work and not going back. Quit.,"It's ok if you don't mind being made into a computer. Nothing you do will ever be good enough. If you make above their goal in numbers they will expect that and more. don't get sick, they do there best NOT to pay you workmans comp. when you get back from a no pay injury, you will be fired. they hire old people then fire them after peak season. They steal your break time",Stop treating people like trash,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11431,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Worst Company,The process by which you can utilize your PTO and UPT Time.,Everything else about the job,Stop nit picking team members,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11432,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Business Analyst,Tough environment with good people,"I had an incredible onboarding experience - I was given the tools to navigate through the Amazon systems and a dedicated buddy who was a life line.  Supportive managers and team members throughout my career, challenging business teams to work with.  Benefits package was awesome  Lots of events to attend if were in Seattle area, community volunteer opportunities.","Performance reviews and promotion process - felt like a one up each other to be promoted .  In my group - the absence of senior leadership was like being on an airplane without the pilot. Once a visible leader, when things got tough, it was like a shift to autopilot then the co-pilots (IE directors) took over. It left me feeling like a stranded tourist in a foreign nation without any support.","Regardless of the environment, be transparent in communication to the front line. Don't leave us to assume, guess and cause more chaos when our business unit leader goes radio silent.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11433,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Good name to move elsewhere,It's a strong name to transition to pretty much any company you desire after and is highly desirable on a resume. Dogs at work is also life changing if you have fur babies and the medical insurance is great.,"If you enjoy the sun the transition to Seattle is tough not to mention the people of Amazon and Seattle as you can imagine are not the most social bunch so socially it can be tough for yourself and your partner if you like humans. Second, Amazon knows how desirable the name of Amazon is so they underpay you. Be strong and DO NOT MOVE HERE UNLESS YOU RECEIVE fair compensation because once you are here they are not likely to do what is right to keep you around. You work here not for the morale, pay, or culture you move to Amazon to understand how the machine works and you move on to greener pastures. On the point of morale, reach out to team members and get insight before you take a role. The differences in morale and culture are substantial from team to team and in the time here I have seen the worst with unhappy and sometimes suicidal peers and at the same time the best with strong teams with strong bonds and a positive outlook. If you have tough skin and know your that your own worth CANNOT be broken by others you will survive.  *Work life balance rating is highly dependent on team and management *Senior Management is also highly dependent on organization but Jeff gets a 4.5","You hire the best of the best, perfectionists, overachievers, doers and entrepreneurs. Understand you are and will continue to lose valuable personnel if you don't do what is right for the employee and that means listening when there are HR complaints about a team culture, improve the promotion process, don't over promise to get people in the door, and pay people for the killer job they are doing to make the engine run. While you are perhaps happy about the turnover recently understand it is becoming noticeable by top sellers/vendors and everyone internally who isn't you.",2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11434,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Mar 10, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,associate,very set schedule decently good pay,"managers didn't have people skills terrible ""sick day"" policy",be more personable and understanding,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11435,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Great benefits and good pay,Picking rate expected is too high,Take more time to train new employees,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11436,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Communications,Amazon Communications,-Great leadership principles -Customer obsessed company -Work with so many intelligent people -Solid stock package -It has its fun moments -great professional experiences,"They say they appreciate you, but at a certain point it just becomes lip service. I represent the company publicly and have done so for years. From community and media engagement, to spokesperson responsibilities, to creating messaging, I have done it all for many comms teams. I believe in Amazon, its culture and its vision. That’s why I take great pride in working for the company. However things have changed recently and it has been very discouraging. I have reported to several managers in my time with the company. My managers have seen with their own eyes my day-to-day work ethic, my hustle, my creativity, my sweat and tears...all for the company and to push the brand I fell in love with. Seeing my work ethic with their own eyes, my managers put me up for promotion. However, my fate was delivered to me via a panel of individuals who seldom worked with me during my career at Amazon - I wasnt awarded my promotion. This was extremely discouraging and disappointing because I was on the verge of believing that hard work pays off at Amazon, but that hasn’t been true for me. Amazon was the first time in my life that I wasn’t promoted when recognized by own managers. The system needs to be fixed, as I don’t think leadership sees the damage that this can do to one’s psyche. If you can’t promote, don’t give your employees hope. Like all organizations, I am sure org structure, budget and other variables must be taken into consideration when promoting someone. Yet, when the company is performing at its all time best and stock is at the highest it has ever been, it’s a hard pill to swallow. I love Amazon and will continue to push the brand because I believe in our mission and leadership principles. However, I encourage you, Amazon not to forget the ones that have push so hard to make you great every day, especially in the public’s eyes. Your employees are your customers. I ask that you take a moment to remember what makes this company so great -the amazing people that work here. Forget “standard processes and procedure” and make that human connection with your employees when they deserve recognition. I hope things change. I miss the old Amazon and being shown -through action -what recognition is. Help your employees grow professionally. I can still say that Amazon is still the best company I have worked for, but it hurts to experience things that run contrary to company goals.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11437,amazon,"Brisbane, CA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,Free coffee and big break room.,Little break time 15 min is really 8-10 which is not ok. They score you based on how much you pick. Some people can walk or speed walk in the aisle. Sucks when there are 3 pickers in the same aisle. The produce aisle is always slippery and never cleaned up.,"Give more break time, and stop basing everything with score. It’s crazy to fill one bin in 15 min?? Unrealistic numbers Amazon.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11438,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - AWS SOC Analyst,Excellent hiring process - beyond impressed after starting,"1) Professionalism: I had a good job while looking for other jobs - a luxury, I know: I could afford to be picky. My interview with Amazon Web Services was done at the same time as two other large companies, but Amazon blew me away with their respect for my time, the time they took to get to know me as a candidate, and the quality of questions they asked of me.  2) In a league of their own: The professionalism I saw during the interview process transferred into the workplace. Everyone I have met as come from a highly qualified place and brings to the table serious skills.  3) Work-life balance: In my first half year, I have had a pretty good work-life balance. Things are picking up, but there is still some balance. I don't mind working the extra time as I am well compensated and this is the big leagues.","Creation out of chaos? It takes a long time to learn who is who at the company, and what org does what. By the time you know the place, it get's reorganized. Other teams may try to do what you do, so you have to be the best. Abstractly, this could yield a very darwinian process where the best teams survive, but organizationally (and from a resources point of view) it seems very inefficient.",A little too much chaos - resources for new hires beyond the hiring document are a mess. Inside Amazon yields too many irrelevant results and teams share docs via all sorts of different methods. Surprised the use of S3 buckets for storage is not mandated.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11439,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Solution Architect,Associate Solution Architect,"Awesome manager, good work life balance.",sometimes you are overwhelmed with the information.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P362.htm
11440,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great Environment and Leadership in the Company,I don't think any cons exist,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11441,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon part time job,"It is so cool, and actually I can enjoy this job from 'my wage and my friendly co-workers. That's a nice job.",I think there is no cons in this company.,"More option can make us choose, and more funny can let us enjoy. That's all.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11442,amazon,"Urbana, IL"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Great Upper Management,"I've been at a Campus Pickup Point for 1.5 years now, and I have had great experiences with upper management. They really want you to succeed and are willing to help where they can. They push for moving up in the company.",I really don't have any cons. I have had an incredibly positive experience working for this company and am hoping to stay and move up.,Keep supporting your staff the way you've done for me. I have nothing but great things to say.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11443,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I buy everything in Amazon and I think it's very convenient and very helpful to people,I'm a leader that leads by a positive experience positive influence and positive attitude an extremely hard worker,Most employers won't give me the overtime that I need I like to work 6 days a week as much overtime as possible,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11444,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,There is always work to be done.,no cons to report at this time.,keep closer eye on workers make sure they are well taken care of.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11445,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Mar 31, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,A WASTE OF A CAREER,Free donuts and pizza rewards,Pizza and donuts cost you,"Amazon is best for young pre - college people who are interested in scholarships through Amazon. Hard to advance, low company moral due to continuous increased productivity expectations. Low numbers in long term employment. Would not recommend as good job other than entry level for beginners wanting work experience for future resumes. Looks clean at first appearance, but very dirty and dusty place. Storage bins in and atop on all floors have years of accumulated dirt that blows into face while working. Piles of friction caused black rubber dust under many miles of conveyor belts, some left unswept for days resulting in airborne mixing with accumulated dust that is inhaled. Many bins at floor level on first floor TECHO have accumulated spills mixed with dirt. Products are stored side by side in bins weather be pesticides, herbicides, baby food, tools, candy. Many transfer totes have wet and or sticky residue from leaking products. Lots of favoritism and bias. Rule enforcement changes seasonally based on company needs at time from workers and though management is very present this company is very impersonal and you are just a number. Aggravation cause by cherry picking, unopen boxes, faulty carts, TOT (time off task)and Quota write-ups, UPT(unpaid time), negative UPT is just cause for automatic dismissal. Would not recommend to anyone!",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11446,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick,"Benefits, training . Company picnic is good. Pto, and overtime opportunities",Can be intellectually draining and repetitive. Distance to breakrooms.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11447,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,The work and tasks are easily achievable and the pay is reasonable,Easy to do your job decent pay insurance is insanely good variable compensation pay 0-8% 0-16% in peak stocks personal time vaction time unpaid time VOLUNTARY TIME OFF <3,"its hard to move up in the company if you don't fill out a lot of applications and tedious things that require time. MANDATORY OVERTIME IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY, I have had years were i work 4-6 months of 50 hour weeks against my will.","get rid of mandatory overtime, spend more time with individuals and try to grow their careers. Spend time in job roles more often to experience what individuals go through on a daily basis and expose yourself to the barriers they encounter.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11448,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,meh,"good benefits, nice facilities, okay people",I barely slept my first year,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11449,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Knowledge Engineer,Knowledge Engineer,You put the capacity to do anything with and openness and change together and great things happen.,The level requirements are too strict.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P363.htm
11450,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gooy demandingd place to work,"No pressure, 4 day work week","Can be physically demanding, discount could be better",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11451,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Mar 10, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Innovative Company,Ability to work on projects that truly have a big impact on major industries. Program Managers are given great responsibilities and the empowerment to execute.,Promotions are more of a popularity contest than anything else. TONS of meetings. Difficult to truly disconnect when off work.,Allow middle managers to properly reward and compensate their employees. Make promotion criteria more transparent,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11452,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,IB Ops,Paid a lot. Can move up quick,Job is a grind. Long hours. Stressful work environment.,care more about people,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11453,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great company to learn things,- Fast moving company - Plenty of opportunities to learn,- Very demanding - Always on toes,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11454,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"New friends , vacation , difrrent positions","Long hours, shirt breaks, No music",Yup,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11455,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA-counter,my time at AMAZON!!!,great benefits..meet nice and good people..holidsy pay..overtime was $18 an hour.pay was a good amount,"lack of communication..lack of other postion oppourtunities..ver VERy short ,unch brreak for a 10 to 12 hour shfit.PTO and VTO was absolute hell.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11456,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Awful place to work,Benefits and pay safe clean,"I am a picker. Pick,stow and count. You are set up for failure. They train you. After 3 days your on your own. If you don't make your quota. You get a verbal within one week. If you don't make your quota the second week. You get wrote up. If you don't make your quota the third week. You get fired. You never have a chance to get better.",Just think! If you train your employees. Give them a real chance to build up speed and quality. Do you realize within 3 months. You will have a dedicated committed employee. Instead of hiring and firing one hundred people a day???Human Resources?? It's like uneducated people working at the unemployment office. They look at you like your stupid. And they never have an answer for anything??? Managers are just as stupid because they don't try to make changes. Just this endless cycle of firing and hiring people. Amazon SUCKS! and they treat there employees like crap! Within a prison like environment.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11457,amazon,"Mira Loma, CA"," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Good for some,Great benefits and decent pay,Leadership comes and goes too often. You are just a number,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11458,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Extremely physically tasking,"Experience in a warehouse scenario and general outlook in shipping/ packaging departments within amazon’s supply chain network. If motivated enough, can be rewarding moving up the ladder","Very very very tiring and unbearable at times especially when you worked a desk job before. If not use to physically being active and moving, can cause discomfort in your legs from standing 10 hrs continuously. Just very demanding job.",none,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11459,amazon,"Knoxville, TN"," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,"I used to like Amazon, Now I love Amazon","Flexible hours, helpful and friendly management, freedom of choice and understanding. Opportunity to move up and grow, just communicate your goals.",None that I can see.,Keep being there for us and we’ll keep being there for you! Thank you for all you do to make this such an amazing work experience.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P364.htm
11460,amazon,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Knowledge Engineer,Solid culture and pay,"Amazon provides good pay and benefits, not to mention very profitable stock options. There is a surprising lack of office politics and red tape despite the size of the organization.","They forgo many of the office perks that other technology companies provide (food, generous work remote flexibility and PTO, equipment, travel perks, etc).",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11461,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Mar 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,prepare you for any other job or interview ever,long hours most likely never see the sun if you are a tier one,all young kids some its their first job ever,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11462,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,It's pretty good to work for amazon.,not very generous to employees.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11463,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Sales Manager,"Speed of innovation, transparency, culture of experimentation and fail fast, true customer obsession",Self-service environment can be challenging for new hires,Continue to keep the hiring Bar high!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11464,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazing company to work for,Its very fast moving and challenging environment. I learned a lot in last 1 year compared to probably 2 to 3 years in my previous companies. I am glad I choose Amazon over others.,Getting promoted in a managerial role is an uphill battle compared to other companies as far as I heard.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11465,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Head of Marketing,"Peculiar culture, wide open potential!","Huge aspirations, absolute rejection of barriers, and a constant desire to do better!","Trying to do so many things at once that many things get under-resourced, focus on documentation culture sometimes gets in the way of doing the real work.","Keep focusing on addressing organizational blind spots, build institutional learning and consider narrowing focus - let's do fewer things, better.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11466,amazon,"Corona, CA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Field Representative,Great experience,Everything was awesome. Great communication.,Nothing disappointed. This was a great experience.,Stay epic,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11467,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Manager,Great place to work!,"I work around some of the smartest people in the tech industry who are truly customer obsessed. Other companies talk about customer obsession, but Amazon (AWS) really delivers. Overall, I would describe AWS as a big company that moves like a high-growth start-up.","It's a ""do your job"" culture, so awards and praise are not frequently handed out. I personally like this approach, but those looking for participation trophies will be sorely disappointed. There are also very few internal promotions at AWS so choose your first job wisely!","Keep growing, innovating, and limit the internal layers.",5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11468,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Lots to learn, lot of initiatives, your colleagues are really smart","Have to be self-driven, and motivated",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11469,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Regional Loss Prevention Manager,"Be part of tomorrow's invovation, work hard! have fun! and make history",Always evolving! The company has a very fast paced environment. Owners mentality is a must for success! Growth opportunities are very abundant.,You have to manage you time appropriately at all times. This may be a challenge for some.,"Stay connected with your teams, explaining the why's and provide consistent and timely feedback along the way.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P365.htm
11470,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Front End Web Developer,Excellent and practical organization,You will be working on cutting edge technologies along with super talented people. At the same time you learn to balance between need to and must to things in life.,As life its almost everyday challenging.,Slowly start thinking how could we become more mature as can't be always a kid.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11471,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast Paced, Challenging and Exciting!!!","You get the opportunity to work on the next thing that moves the world forward. Kindle, Alexa and Fire tablets were once just ideas/concepts that people started working on with a long term vision in mind. Those have proved to be game changers and you have the opportunity to be involved in similar high impact/customer obsessed projects.","It is a huge company with a start-up mentality, with individual teams operating at a fast pace and constant changes that require quick responses.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11472,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,schedule competitive pay lots of time off,go hours without interacting with anyone,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11473,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Great people to work with,There is a lot of walking,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11474,amazon,"East Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Lead,Excellent Work Environment and Innovation at its best,"You get to work around a pool of very dedicated, customer obsessed people who primarily focus on making End user experience better. I have a really good work life balance I get exposure to the latest tech talks, technology and get an opportunity to learn about each and every business within Amazon",I am honestly going to say in the 9 months i have been here i haven't had a day where i have regretted my decision to accept my offer here. Just like any other big company Amazon also probably has some things the employees do not appreciate but i haven't come across that except for 1 which is not having a cafe on site,Please get us a cafe on site :-),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11475,amazon,"Grapevine, TX"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Experience Consultant,"Love my job, love my company","Great benefits, amazing company, very well paying, room for growth","Schedule is not very consistent, otherwise everything is great",Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11476,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great environment and great people,None - loved everything about it,Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11477,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manaer,"Great benefits, great compensation, and overall a great company to work for. Every day is a challenge, in a good way. I am always tasked with finding solutions and my opinion is values.",Lot's of daily calls and meetings that takes away from time in the process.,Less calls and from,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11478,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,- Working with tons of smart yet approachable standards - Being a part of the creation of new and emerging technologies - A strong emphasis on personal ownership of your work / delegating decision making authority down as low as possible,- Decentralized decision making approach can make it difficult to coordinate and execute cross-team and cross-organization projects,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11479,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,about unko,feel comfortable for the environment,smells bad and looks bad,you should clean up,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P366.htm
11480,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Sr. Human Resources Assistant- Don't do it unless you know what you are signing up for,Everyone is going through the same thing and you make decent money.,"All in all, I completely regret working for Amazon in a fulfillment center setting. I read all of these articles about how great it is to work at Amazon and I am upset because I, like many others in management, were treated poorly and basically tricked into taking this job. I was recruited out of college and waited for several months to find out my location. I was contacted by my future HRBP on LinkedIn telling me that I was placed on his team (rather than the recruiter who was supposed to tell me officially through email). I was placed into one of the largest and high-volume FC's in the US. First of all, the location was remote and though they offered re-location, there was not suitable housing around the FC. I received little to no training, and had to follow around other Sr. HRAs and figure it out as best I could. After the week or so of horrible training on day-shift, I was given a Back-half nights shift. That is Wed-Sat 5pm-3:30am. I was extremely distressed by this, not only because I obviously did not think I would get this shift, but also because my entire team was made up of other members who had literally just graduated as well. Also, BHN is notorious for having the craziest FC workers (we are talking about drunk people on the floor, mental breaks, you name it.) I indicated to my management that I was not happy on this shift and it was effecting my happiness. They told me that they would try to get me on a different shift ASAP. I was also dispealsed to find out that vacation, and personal time were tracked like FC associates. There was basically no flexibility and even if I wanted to use my time, I had to go through my manager first because we were so short-staffed in HR. After 4 months or so, they brought on several new team members and gave them more desirable shifts. I was given excuses that contradicted everything I was told previously on how they determine shifts. I attempted to apply to other shifts through formal methods and to other FC's, but was blocked by my manager because they ""did not want to lose me on my shift."" After 6 months I realized that I just could not do it anymore, and that my health and happiness were more important than the Amazon name. I quickly found a new job and am so happy to leave the FC behind. My advice- ask questions and don't be fooled by the Amazon name. If it is in a Fulfillment Center you probably do not want the job. Corporate is most likely a different story.","Everything in a Fulfillment Center is focused on the Associate. Management positions like HR, Ops and LP need way more attention. HR does everything to help the Associates, like change their schedules for various reasons or fix their timecards because they don't know how to do it themselves- but HR doesn't have anyone to stand up and be their proponent.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11481,amazon,"Port St Lucie, FL"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,rate amazon a d-,its a job that pays slightly higher then $10/hr,"they could care less about anything other then making money, quality of life, zero, management should be fired, Bezos has lost control",if you have 60 minutes I can help,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11482,amazon,"Se Ree, KY"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Supervisor,Pay is the best thing about the company,Work Life Balance is not something looked at.,Listen to your staff....,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11483,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Great place to learn and grow,"Opportunities to learn new technologies- AWS, Service Oriented Architecture etc. Usual tasks involve all the phases of Software Development Lifecycle, including designing, iterative development and testing. Developers are expected to take complete ownership of the projects they are woking on. Good perks and health benefits.",Aggressive timelines sometimes lead to work-life balance gets afftected.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11484,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-II,SDE II,"- Fast paced growth, Small teams and Developer Autonomy - Growing and expanding business - Cutting edge leader and technology. Good Pay and Stocks. More customer focused than most other peers",- Not a lot of perks when compared to other companies,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11485,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,depends on the team,- Good Compensation for the Seattle area,- Very political. Get a good mentor and hopefully have a good direct manager to fight for you in the OLRs,- keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11486,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,Lots of autonomy and ability to run your teams as you see best.,"Top -down driving of SVP Goals leads to misalignment among teams and no clear ownership (when shared) which leads to a lot of churn and wasted sense of urgency.  Everyone working on a goal because it's an ""STEAM"" or ""SVP"" goal - not because it's necessarily the ""right"" goal..",Let the teams that know their customers drive change.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11487,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Prime Now Associate,"Fast paced, great people.",The managers and co-workers were helpful and kind.,Parking situation was a tad bit iffy at times.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11488,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Get 40 hrs a week and 3 days off,Low pay and high expectations,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11489,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,Management,"Benefits are awesome, Flexible, The Time they give you","No one is never on the same level, Pay sucks, No Motivation from Management, HR don’t know how to talk to people and claim they are for you but actually against you.",Learn how to treat your Employees and go the back for them when you know the whole situation that is brought about is wrong. Don’t just ignore Just because your trying to get a higher position. Facts...,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P367.htm
11490,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management,Team members make it fun,"Very stressful , managers always yelling about goals","Be nice, were humans not robots",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11491,amazon,"Tucson, AZ"," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Tech Support,Okay Place to Work,"Ability to work remotely, responsive training team","Very metric driven, not particularly responsive to system shortcomings and suggestions from front line employees","Especially when launching new products, please be open to implementing changes based on front line workers feedback and suggestions",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11492,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,User Experience Designer,"exciting projects, culture within the design group is very friendly, great location and office space, talented people, autonomy","large corporate structure, at times there are growing pains from growing and moving very quickly, but sometimes not as efficiently as desired",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11493,amazon,"Gouldsboro, PA"," Mar 29, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfilment Associate,Not worth it,Stocks is the only pro with this job,Everything else. No exaggeration. Not recommended,Grow up,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11494,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Chief Executive Officer,Tom Team,"Good Team Work, Good People",Loud atmosphere for conversing to exchange ideas,Meetings with team members to exchange ideas,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11495,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Don't be scared about work life balance,Smart and humble coworkers Managers want you to succeed Compensation Company wants to win Work life balance is great. My biggest fear coming to Amazon was the lame NYT story. From my experience it has no basis in truth.,You have to badge in every door. It gets annoying. If that is my bigfest con then you know its good.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11496,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,Stock has gone up a ridiculous amount,"The culture is incredibly difficult, it's a place where smart and talented people come to languish",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11497,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Plenty of hours and good pay,Heavy lifting and hard labor,Find capable employees and don't give favoritism,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11498,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Finance Meat Grinder,"Learn a ton, be surrounded by some of the brightest people in the industry, have an easy time interviewing for your next (higher paid, lower hours) job, truly have a seat at the table, have more responsibilities and accountability than you could possibly imagine as an FA","Unfortunately it all comes down to your manager. If you win the manager lottery, it can be a rewarding place to start your career. Otherwise, expect to work at least 60 high-stress hours a week. The reports about crying at your desk are unfortunately pretty accurate. Please consider how much you value work-life balance before you join. Expect to work a good number of weekends, even if your manager says it should be ""highly uncommon."" Amazon has so much potential to be a great place to work, but unfortunately management can totally ruin that. YMMV.","Senior management tends to be pretty solid. First-line managers, however, can be completely toxic. If you are a horrible people manager but meet your deliverables then Amazon won't fire you, even if your direct reports constantly leave the company. Amazon needs to find a better way to evaluate first-line managers if they want to continue to grow at such an impressive clip.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11499,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Summer Job,"Good amount of hours, good pay","Job gets monotonous fast, hard to get time off",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P368.htm
11500,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Easy Work and good people,long hours and promotions are given based on friendships rather than experience,Better promotion practices,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11501,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Order Picker,"Same schedule every week, only work 4 days off.",Heavy lifting and a lot of walking,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11502,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Stock options, Great co-workers, Dogs at work","Management is driven by politics, promotions are political and hard to come by, Most gender biased place I have ever worked.",Focus less on your personal motivations and more on supporting your staff.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11503,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Amazon Review,"Great Benefits, Advancement, Fun atmosphere","Long hours, Management can be a pain",It's not what you know but who you know.,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11504,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Seasonal Warehouse Associate,Flexible schedule. Get to meet a lot of new people.,Scanning gets annoying. Some days shift end early. Most days the shift is extended by an hour.,Get organize,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11505,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador - Trainer - Safety Committee - Forklift Operator - TDR - Palletizer - Artist,"Great people to work for, Great empolyees to work with.",Managers change every 4 to 6 months from area to area.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11506,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Amnesty Technician,Amazon is a peculiar place!,"Great benefits, health, vision, dental. Lots of time off. 4 days on, 3 days off work week.",Very demanding. Long shifts. Lots of walking.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11507,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Health benefits are very good. Also each employee is given shares of restricted stocks.,Amazon is driven by rates and numbers and if employees do not achieve these rates set by Company policies you are gone. They don't care about the employees.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11508,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Stock options are great especially at the current values.,Expect to have no work life balance. The culture is very cut throat with Senior Leaders having vested interest in your success. Whether you advance or not is completely up to the supervisor you are given. If you get a good one you will be successful if not you won't last.,Support your teams with clear direction and helpful timely feedback.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11509,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"good hours, decent pay, flexible times","unorganized, faulty equipment, lazy workers",make sure the day is planned out before shift starts,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P369.htm
11510,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"good hours, decent pay, flexible times","unorganized, faulty equipment, lazy workers",make sure the day is planned out before shift starts,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11511,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Good pay and benefits, extra pay for nights and weekend shifts",Training was pretty much nonexistent/insufficient and I got sent around to different departments (AFE is hell on earth). The problem solvers at my fulfillment center spent most of their time talking and flirting with girls instead of actually doing anything. They don't care about you at Amazon they just care that you are making rate. The benefits and pay are good but it's really not worth it. I could go on forever about how much I disliked working here.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11512,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Great opportunities for programmers and business people -- not great for business intelligence engineers or analysts,"There are many exciting opportunities at Amazon, and it is possible to make a career at Amazon through a combination of lateral and upward moves. I have been on 3 teams in under two years, and the flexibility to transfer has allowed me to get a good sense of the general challenges, expectations, and best practices for someone in my role in a way that I could not if I had spent the whole time with one team.  Amazon is truly customer obsessed, and for anyone who is interested in how the business runs and how Amazon is able to maintain such high approval ratings from its customers, it is a fascinating place to work.  Amazon has a lot of data, and learning how a company of this size stores, retrieves, analyzes, and safeguards its data is a great preparation for wherever else you might work as a business intelligence professional / data scientist. You have the opportunity to get a lot of analysis experience here.  You will get the opportunity to work with AWS. A lot.","The required skills for the business intelligence roles at Amazon have been, until recently, poorly differentiated. As a result, the skill sets of adjacent roles (e.g. data engineer to business intelligence engineer, business intelligence engineer to data analyst or data scientist) have had a great deal of overlap, which has made it difficult for business-specific roles to know which role to request in order to get someone with a desired skill set. The lack of distinction between duties of business intelligence roles has meant that managers often hire someone as one data role and expect them to do the work of another role (e.g. business analyst being asked to perform the duties of a data engineer by building and tuning Redshift tables and views). The resulting mismatch in expectations makes it easier to move laterally if you have been doing the work of another role, but makes it more difficult to get promoted, since your probability of successfully being promoted depends on adequately performing the duties of your role at the level you are in while also performing some of the duties for your role at the next level for the role.  The mismatch in expectations is also a factor in attrition, because it becomes highly possible to do what was asked of you, at a high level, but to not get promoted because of the misalignment between what you were asked to do and what is expected of someone with your title.  Much of the misunderstanding is not any manager's fault, but is almost to be expected when your manager fundamentally doesn't understand what you do. It is customary for Software Development Engineers (SDE) at Amazon to work under more-experienced SDEs who participate in code reviews and can provide mentoring in how to advance as an SDE at Amazon. Business Intelligence Engineers and Analysts more often work directly for business managers or customers who have hired them precisely because they can't perform the function themselves at the level need to operate their corner of the business. As a result, an SDE may have the opportunity to work for someone who is better than she is at estimating how long a piece of code will take to write, whereas a business intelligence professional might work for someone who doesn't even know what language they program in or how long it takes to produce a simple snippet of code in it. It is not in the business manager's role description to have to learn how the business intelligence engineer does her job-- only to be able to gauge how ""accurate"" the results are-- but it means that business intelligence roles have to drive their careers and proactively find their community to get better at their job here. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is something of which you should be aware before you come here.  Another disappointing reality of being a business intelligence person at Amazon is that you are largely expected to be a data vending machine-- the product managers or executives need data for decision making and come to you in a panic to produce some data under a deadline that gives them scant time to give you the context you need to understand the request. You are often placed in a situation where you have to cajole the context out of them in a series of curt or cursory email exchanges only to have them take what you have produced and make decisions based on it in a meeting that you are not allowed to attend. From time to time you meet with a requester who is willing to work collaboratively with you so you both gain something from the exchange, but any person can revert back to a vending machine customer based on the deadlines he or she is facing. The result is that the data professional often can't gain a complete view of what makes the business side so special unless switches to working on the business side either entirely or temporarily. Making such a switch can be beneficial if you aren't sure what you want to do, but frustrating if you already know you want to be a data professional.  I mentioned that the poor role definition often contributed to attrition, and with attrition comes inherited code-- which is one of the worst parts of being a data professional at Amazon. Most of the time when you start on a team you inherit someone else's Frankensteined code-- pasted together from working snippets that have been handed down over generations of people who have inhabited your role. The output of this code has invariably been incorporated into some essential business function or weekly meeting, so if you choose to stay in the role despite the mismatch in what you have been asked to do and what is in the description for your role, you will need to find in between your regular duties to seamlessly fix the code you inherited and replace it with more efficient code without disrupting the processes that depend upon it.  If you have the patience to deal with these problems, at the end of it you will be seasoned, but it is worth setting goals ahead of time as to what you would like to learn so that you can determine when you have had enough, because you are going to lose a level or two in the exchange. Amazon sets your incoming job level based on the assumption that a data role is harder here than a similar role at a smaller company. They are largely correct, but the added difficulty of your role at Amazon is often not due to complexity that is constructive to growth should you leave Amazon, but due to the yoke of proprietary systems that were built to accommodate operational scale, but are useless at a smaller company. Levels largely don't matter, but if you come in at too low a level, you might get stuck doing data vending machine work when you are capable of doing more, even though you can't prove you are ready to do more complex analyses if all you do is vending machine work. It is a bit of a Catch 22: if you slot someone in a role that lower than their skill level, they are precluded from the opportunity to demonstrate they can perform at a higher level.","You may not be getting the most out of your data people. Decentralized/embedded data people should have central resources and the ability to work in job functions aligned to their skills and aspirations. It is a difficult job to do at Amazon because of the legacy systems that exist only at Amazon, and it requires the assistance of others in the same role, but the promotion process does not provide an incentive to help others.",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11513,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Kpo,Breakneck pace...,Fast paced. Make your own career. Industry leader. Lateral/vertical movement options.,Too fast paced. Too many changes.,We are getting top heavy.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11514,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AM Review,Good pay with the addition of stocks and bonuses,Difficult to hold people accountable when your associates answer questions about you that determine your future with the company,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11515,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Focused Company,Smart people working on products which reach millions of consumers. The leadership principles are useful in creating a very focused and effective work environment.,"It's not a ""fun"" company with lots of events and free snacks everywhere.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11516,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2018","Current Employee - Manager, Program Management",Some benefits but tough culture..,"Leadership Principles are not just trotted out once a year, they are deeply ingrained and part of the everyday rhetoric. Customer experience is obsessed over. Informal Opportunities for advancement Good medical benefits","Tough culture to work in - work/life balance is poor, lot of churn, unreasonable expectations from mgmt. at times, unclear roles and responsibilities Document driven culture - if you don't like writing white papers, this is not the company for you. Not a lot of employee perks or benefits in the name of frugality, low on vacation time/holidays Compensation practices can cause some employees to really be underpaid for the work that they do, others benefit greatly from it, its very inconsistent Terrible cross group coordination, everyone does what they want to do without understanding the impact they will have on other groups.",Give employees more vacation time and time off on local holidays so they can refresh and recharge. Revamp the compensation structure. Make sure you have the right programs in place to grow and support new people managers. Drive clearer roles and responsibilities and work on improving cross group coordination.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11517,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Logistic center,"great if you need a job ASAP and like warehouse work. no micromanaging in the logistic centers, and work isn't the hardest.","they flex you up when they want which means they can make you stay past your scheduled shift. meaningless work, since there isnt managers working closely with your work is reflected on a computer system, which is extremely faulty and falsely gives you errors which lead to write ups. sometimes expected to do 2-3 people work of work when its busy.","upgrade scanner system, get more involved and actually train new employees instead of just throwing them in and expecting them to find there way. ""quality over quantity"" is something that should be followed and not just preached. you should not only focus on hitting numbers. packages get mistreated and items arrive broken because everything is being done in a race. or hire more people because what you save in staff salary you spend in replacing broken product which is counter productive in my opinion.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11518,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Low pay, but easy job.",Versatile work-from-home job. Positive environment if you have a good manager.,Low pay. No job security.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11519,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I received a job offer received but no start date,None. Horrible unorganized company. Their recruiters need to fix their recruitment plan. Never have I interacted with such a disorganized company.,I received a job offer and it has now been four months and they have not given me a start date. This company is so unorganized they overstaff their warehouses and then make people wait months before letting them start their job,Only hire people when you need them don’t hire too many and make them wait. Awful recruitment process.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P370.htm
11520,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"""Sky is the Limit!"" - Amazon is a fantastic growing company with unlimited advancements into all types of logistics, technical or quality aspects.","There are limited downsides to a one of the Top 100 companies, which is trying to pick what job role fits you best for the work/life balance everyone seeks.","NACF Fulfillment is a demanding based on customer demands (which are continuously exceeding the previous year. If strive for change and improvements, FCs are the pathway to go!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11521,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Great environment and company culture.,I have no cons to reference.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11522,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Health and Safety Manager of the Americas,Great benefits and compensation package,overworked with no work life balance. Most in my department were either male or female without children. Felt very discriminated against. Was very liked by my internal facing customers but my own team was not happy with my success and felt threatened.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11523,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,"Health benefits are amazing, and if you get a good team you make some really good friends to suffer with you.","11+ hour work days, hardly a break in sight. People are like zombies. They are actually called amazombies, because your social life is gone. You'll spend your days off sleeping and preparing for your next shift.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11524,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,Take your professionalism and skillset to the next level.,"Ever moving goal posts, type A employee bias.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11525,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible,A way to make some money with no experience,Work conditions short breaks heavy lifting,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11526,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Love the innovation at Amazon,Awesome and talented people. Opportunities to learn new things Customer focused vision Agile environment with focus on execution. Growth oriented approach to employee's personal and professional development,Occasionally high work load Less perks than other companies,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11527,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Filled with smart people and access to latest technology.,Too many process and hierarchy levels,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11528,amazon,"Cal Poly SLO, CA"," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good Place to work!,Cool people! Good coffee and Fun teams!,Long hours! Work you to death,Take a vacation!,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11529,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full Warehouse Review,Great pay Great benefits 4 day week,"Long hours, short breaks, very repetitive work",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P371.htm
11530,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Decent Pay, Virtual Hub , Sick Days Personal days Vacation","Hard Labor, Bad Schedules , Short Breaks","Raise pay More, Spread 4 Day shift within the week. 4 consecutive days of 10 hour shifts can be taxing",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11531,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Must Like Hard Work,"Fast paced, fun, and competitive","Long hours on your feet, competitive when trying to move up",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11532,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its alright,it has good benefits and pay,it is very physically demanding.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11533,amazon,"Jefferson, GA"," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Become Nobody at Amazon,"Umm... It shouldn't be this hard to think of SOMETHING. I guess the hire process is easier than anything I've ever experienced. You aren't interviewed. You go online to set up a time to go in for them to get your pertinent info, do a drug test, and get your consent to do a background check. You are hired solely based on that. As long as you pass the drug test and background is satisfactory, you're good to go. The benefits are good too.","Awful pay. Leadership is completely detached. Employee evaluation is based exclusively on a flawed system of quantity, which is extremely vulnerable to abuse by lazy employees and is incapable of recognizing outstanding effort. Long story short, don't try to over-achieve here. It will absolutely not be recognized. Also, advancement is almost impossible. At least where I was. The best chance is being open to transfer elsewhere, which is unrealistic for most people.",Take time to actually familiarize yourself with the employees. These warehouses are already too large for an employee to feel like they matter without management having an open neglect for any attempt to acknowledge the people that work hard for you.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11534,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Unfriendly,The work isn't that hard,Some managers don't know how to be managers.,Stop picking on people because of what they look like.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11535,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Place to Work,"Autonomy, Innovation, Strong belief and adherence to leadership principles",Too many exciting projects to work on!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11536,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Fiber Deployment Engineer,AWS Review - New Employee,"Work with the best, have fun, make history. Amazon does things on a scale I've never seen before - it's a lot of fun to be a part of it.","This isn't so much a complaint for me but something that takes some getting used to - you more or less need to figure out the process yourself. Any process, really. Your team will help but it's expected that you use the internal wiki and tools to figure it out yourself first before asking questions. There's a lot to take it in and a lot of new hires so it's a process everyone goes through.",Keep it up! I like the pace and the work load. Not for everyone bu tworks for me.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11537,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazing work space. great weather in seattle，good company culture,"Good company culture. Beautiful work space. 401K great match. Manager is very friendly to employee, promising product in Alexa and AWS",No free lunch. However I don't think the free meal in Google is delicious. I could not come up with other cons. Pretty good compared with my previous employer.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11538,amazon,"Brookshire, TX"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Texas,Tylond Robertson,I'm a good team player Vary accountable I'm someone you can rely on I'm helping if see some that's struggling I'm not going to let them struggle I'm whiling to help,Standing up for awhile,Thank you for giving me the opportunity when no one else wood,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11539,amazon,"Vacaville, CA"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR has problems keeping accurate records,Good for college students or a second job. Management is mostly friendly. Easy work if you're physically fit. If you're not physically fit keep at it and you will be. Skip the gym membership and work in an Amazon warehouse.,"HR has issues keeping accurate records of employee hours worked. Upper management has had to change dates HR messed up my attendance record saying I was absent when that was not the case. Also it doesn't matter how hard you work you are not rewarded. If you give 120% one day they expect that of you from then on. I was hired as a sortation associate and worked hard and did a lot of heavy lifting of boxes and helped others in their tasks without being asked or assigned to help coworkers. I did this for the first few months of my employment here. I even signed up double shifts during Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Because of my efforts I was assigned other duties in addition of my original duties but never received a raise. I've done inbound, sorting and scanning packages, water spider, staging, and cleanup sometimes all in the same day. I was given more to do and improved my work performance but was never given a raise so I stopped being great and just did the bare minimum of my job description which is to sort packages. Lesson learned, Amazon will pay employees the same if they are mediocre or great so don't waste energy trying to be great at Amazon. I have another job that rewards me for my extra efforts so I put my extra energy at my second job not at Amazon. The loss is Amazon's. In summary working for Amazon is a dead end job and it's not really worth it. Amazon pays warehouse employees on par what other companies pay their janitors in the area. I'm actively looking for employment elsewhere to take Amazon's spot on my work schedule and as soon as I'm hired by another company I'm gone.","Hire people in the HR department who know how to use computers. Don't waste the time and talent of your employees who are willing to go the extra mile, promote them because if you won't other companies will.",2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P372.htm
11540,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The worst employer I have ever worked at,Company Leadership Principals are emphasized from Bezos down,"Leadership Principals can be used against yet solely based on your manager choice of what to hit you with. If you ""Dive Deep"" they will criticize you for ""Bias for Action""",Management won't listen to my advice on changing the culture as long as their stock is sky high.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11541,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love Amazon!,One of the most exciting companies in the world.,"Things move at a rapid pace, so if you aren't adaptable this probably isn't the place for you.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11542,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool Place,It's a great packaged deal and challenging. Good people and good benefits,-Work live balance -Little holiday -Strange culture,Listen and beat around the bush. The truth is respected.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11543,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Associate I,Good learning experience.,Stable full time job. Room to advance. Good benefits. Stock options. Meet many different people from different positions. Easy tasks.,Miscommunication throughout leadership. HR has different answers for the same questions. Short breaks. No incentives for working hard. Micromanaging daily.,Be on the same page as all leadership,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11544,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Recieve,inbound team,great training good amount of work,managers take sides when it comes to promotions,promote hard workers,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11545,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Top tier company in the world, challenge work, have great technical depth/width, have a lot to learn","compensation and perks are not ideal, need to work really hard to survive in the company, not a ideal working place with good work life balance","improve compensation strategy, keep good people in the company and don't lower the bar to bring in bad people to the company",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11546,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Good for Your Resume But Manager and VP are Very Important,The company is doing some amazing work and is very innovative. There are also a lot of very intelligent people who work to put the customer first.,"Amazon is incredibly data driven and document heavy. Although those are not inherently bad things and can be good, they often keep the organization from seeing the big picture and balancing strategy with short-term numbers and reactions.","There are good ways to operate other than what is the ""Amazon"" way and what has been done for the last 20 years. Hire people who have different backgrounds and different opinions to enhance the culture and add diversity of thought.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11547,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Health insurance and paid time off . Four 10 hour days,They demanded to pack 230 items per hour. Impossible with all of the broken equipment and work arounds.,Get a life,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11548,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"many hours, good money wise",you are just a number not a person,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11549,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slave work,Good pay Good hours if you are willing to work your butt off,Hard work!!!! No motivation from supervisors,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P373.htm
11550,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slave work,Good pay Good hours if you are willing to work your butt off,Hard work!!!! No motivation from supervisors,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11551,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Freedom to create and innovate,Easy to create alot of debt in work never accomplished due to massive workload,Managers need clear HR processes and procedures communicated ahead of time,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11552,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Development Manager,Great company,great company. Team I worked with was nice and highly competitive. Engineers really helped each other and encourage one to learn and growth.,Lots of new managers who do not get the leadership principles and instead use them for their own selfish purposes.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11553,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SMF5,Great for experience but not a career at SMF5. If you're looking for a career go to a different site,Support staff is severely underpaid so site manmanager can get her bonus,"Only work here if you are going to to be an associate, they don't treat management fair.",3.0,4.0,none,none,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11554,amazon,"Franklin, TN"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazon Web Services - Fulfilling Career,Working with the most talented IT professionals in the business.,no cons involved with working at AWS,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11555,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Network Development Senior Engineer,Network Development Engineer III,- Biggest network ever! - Automation opportunities - Constant innovation,- Need to draw a line to keep work/life balance - Hard ramp-up,- Be less frugal,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11556,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Instock Manager,"Fast paced role, predicated on the ability to problem solve and develop solutions based on data. New challenges every day.","Upward mobility. Large company environment focused on hiring new talent into roles, making it harder to move up from within.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11557,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical support lead,It was good when I got hired and went down hill quickly.,"No advancement, managers don't know what they are doing, immature leadership, young company that is unorganized and has software that seems to be in the dinosaur ages when it could be more advanced. Timesheets are done using excel spreadsheets. No time clock and mazon wastes money on employees who never show up to work and they still get paid (falsifying time). Management is oblivious.",Hire qualified individuals and don't keep those who are qualified from advancing.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11558,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"competitive compensation, manageable work hours","Sink or swim atmosphere, very transactional company culture, if you join as an MBA hire you are signing up for a black box (since you cannot influence where you will end up)","management doesn't care about developing people (or is simply bad at it), the good people leave for Google, Facebook and startups",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11559,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Developer,Lots of opportunities to learn Amazon is growing at a rapid pace so you will find many interesting and complex problems to splve,Sometimes you have to face politics which I think exists in every company,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P374.htm
11560,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very physical,Great if you love lifting weights,"Points can stress you out especially when its not fault. You really have yo pay attn to that. if not, youre done.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11561,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Overall great company to work for. There’s a lot of really smart leaders and the environment allows you to be exposed to many different styles of leadership.,The fulfillment side of the business has been growing so rapidly that standards are often very hard to maintain. It can feel like a sprint juggling between maintaining standards while at the same time insisting on the highest standards and pursuing continuous improvement.,"Often revisits back to the basics are a necessity when the growth has been as fast as it has. Even with next generation innovation in the pipeline, there needs to be some mechanism to sustain the current operation performing at its highest capacity.",4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11562,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Mar 4, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,decent job,"Exercise, Stable, Structured,PTO,UPO, and Vacation, Decent benefits.",Warehouse work - 10 hour shifts Mandatory overtime can happen without more than a half shift notice Peak = 6 - 10 hour shifts in a row The management isn't flexible,More flexiblity More career development,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11563,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Sortation Associate,Very easy work and fun,May be boring and repetitive,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11564,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - AWS Consultant,It's always Day 1,- Transparent Work Culture - Competitive Compensation,- No cons as of now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11565,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Come to Atlanta!,Great city good job brilliant colleagues,Long work weeks at times.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11566,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Receiving Department,warehouse worker,great benefits and fast growing company,lack of management it seems they are afraid to walk down the production line I have seen 2 people in my first 90 days walk down an aisle.,the works leave 5 minutes early and come back 5 minutes late for both break this is 66 hours stolen from company every shift if 200 people did this its 86k in lost money 200is a pipe dream about 90% do this the place could be so productive if management would be on the floor and manage the lines of work,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11567,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Strict and uncaring,Decent workout PS4 air conditioning,Overbearing managers and unfair packaging situations,Don’t be so strict and mistakes shouldn’t be covered by 800 packages,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11568,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Scan boxes, put boxes in conveyer belt, closing pallets, TDR, pit driving, switch station to station","$14 for part time, benefits, certain connections with people you enjoy talking. Snack and break area and a whiteboard to voice your opinion on something","Very, extremely overwhelming, PAs that bad mouths another PA, bad working environment and lazy people who don’t want to put work in, lifting heavy and extremely long boxes. Dealing with people with bad attitudes and bad hiring process.",This job is too easy to get. They need to put restrictions on the hiring process and have people who truly care working here,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11569,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,I've enjoyed my time so far at Amazon,The compensation from Amazon is very fair. Vacation and personal time is pretty standard.,Depending on your level within the company & your location the work/life balance of Amazon can vary. If you're not happy with your current situation consider taking action to relocate to a different area that may have different hours or different opportunities.,Please continue to be proactive and develop your teams based on their opportunities. I recommend the introduction of reading assignments to broaden the views of those within leadership.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P375.htm
11570,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect Specialist,"Amazing culture, amazing people, and tremendous opportunity!","I have been at Amazon < 1yr but I can firmly say that the company invests so much in its people from day-one, and everyone at the company is extremely friendly, intelligent and on top of their game. Contrary to other reports that Amazon exhibits a poor work-life balance , so far I have seen a sincere effort to maintain a good work-life balance. Amazonians truly do live and breathe the 14 leadership principles in their day-to-day decisions. Finally, I would say Amazon is a place where you build a career not hold a ""job"".","The mac laptop that Solutions Architects get is too small, and my windows laptop could be a bit more feature-rich while still being frugal. :)","Keep fostering a culture in which the leadership principles are extremely pronounced in day-to-day decisions and in everything that we do - from the smallest to the biggest. Also, keep hiring the best!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11571,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Amazon,"+ Opportunity to obtain management experience through manual labor. You work hard, show you're interested, everything else writes itself.  + Work is mind numbingly easy, and remains that way as you climb up. The standards are nowhere near as high as Amazon claims they are.","- Attempts to flatten Amazons bureaucratic hierarchy are laughable. With leaders always asking ""what can I do for you,"" and saying, ""you're the boss, you're the one who did everything."" Yet ultimately they still call the shots, make a higher wage, and treat the headcount as assets.  - Innovation is severely stagnated due to the bureaucracy. With every idea and decision needing to pass through a single Senior Ops Manager, which could take months.  - Cheapness over quality, disguised as ""frugality.""  - HR reps are deluded into believing their ideas, views, and arguments are nothing more than mere ""personal feelings.""  - You can cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars through poor transportation planning, and cannot be fired. This is exemplified by a facility (ONT8) in Moreno Valley, CA. They're notorious for costing Amazon so much money, due to the high DPMO-rate, poor scheduling of freight shipping, poor money investment, and most importantly, the abysmal logistics planning. ONT8 is not at all equipped to handle the amount of freight that is received, yet leadership insists it is.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11572,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Great benefits. Overall great employer,A lot of difficult physical labor,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11573,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Operations Administrative Assistant,Spirit of Amazon,I enjoy the diversity and the opportunity to transfer globally.,"Ever changing management, I find it is difficult to establish stability.",Get to know your team first to understand where the strong and weak areas are in your assigned department before implementing a change process.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11574,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,Great Atmosphere friendly people to work with,uncontrolled climate sometimes it gets really hot,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11575,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Not the best not the worst.,"Decent customers, work was ok, new things happen a lot. The name looks great on a resume. There really aren’t too many.","Lots of social politics and backstabbing. DONT TRUST anyone you work with. They say there is a work life balance but 45 hours is normal on the floor, then another 10-15 at home and then during ‘peak’ 6 or 7 days a week & 80 hours a week is the norm. Right after that the demoted tons of managers and cut part time people’s hours basically as a thank you.  No discounts or anything.","Be more honest, have clearer guidelines, don’t listen to yelp or all customer reviews they aren’t all true, someone should double check on the HR department they don’t follow up on everything they should",3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11576,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not too bad,benefits and work place is nice,expectations + principals bit too much,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11577,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Quality Assurance,Amazon fulfilment center,Pay was decent for a warehouse job. Paid time off and unpaid time off,Lot of work to be done. 10 hour shifts. Mandatory overtime,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11578,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EOT,"Good work schedule 4-on, 4-off, 3-on 3-off. For the amount of work you do the pay is very well.","Upward promotion is very limited, and it's a lot harder to move around within the company than they lead you to believe. During my interviews I expressed interest in other teams and told that you had many options available. Once hired I learned this is not at all the case.","I have meet several managers that have flat out told their team they are not there to help them succeed, you are on your own. This is a poor leadership style and leads to distrust among the team.",5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11579,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Technical Program Manager,Love Amazon!,"Global scope and impact. Numerous learning, mentoring and career growth opportunities. Ability to lead autonomously in an entrepreneurial and results driven environment. Great cross-group collaboration, commitment to goals, and no drama! Well-respected by customers, sellers, vendors, competitors and employees. Strong community and philanthropic involvement and leadership. Customer obsession and other leadership principles are ingrained in the culture and in every decision.","If you're not self-motivated and if you don't have the ability to deliver results by influencing others with facts, evidence and data, then this is not the place for you. If you want to be an order-taker and be told what needs to get done, then this is not the place for you.",Prioritize and focus on investments that have measurable business value vs. cool technology that may not accrue to the customer or marketplace. I love the time and attention paid to developing SMART goals and leading through these in every aspect of the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P376.htm
11580,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS Solutions Architect,- Amazing Culture - Super helping team mates - Liberty of working new techs and things interest you - Flexible work hours,- Little traveling is required since we are #1 cloud provider across the universe,- Nothing,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11581,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Media Group Associate Account Executive,"Great place to work, awesome newer office in Chicago!","great work environment, love my team and the Chicago office. there are a ton of great resources and it is a fun place to work","the training is more intense because there is so much information, I personally love constantly learning, but if you're not that type of person, then it might not be a fit",keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11582,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE II,Innovation and fast paced work. Freedom to switch teams or organizations if you don't feel you fit there. People are very very helpful here. Work life balance is in your hands.,Sometimes things move so fast that it is hard to keep up. But it is also fun. Salary benefits are probably not as good as Google/Facebook.,Value and probably pay your engineers more.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11583,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,Love my job,we love our customers and employees,employees don't stay on job to long,YOU HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE ON YOUR TEAM Promote them we love what we do but we deserve a Promotion..,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11584,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Almost 6 years in and still loving it,"+ I feel free at AWS. It's 100% true that if you write a good PR-FAQ and 6-pager, you can get your ideas turned into the next service. + We do crazy things to keep our team culture alive, and that's always cool provided you deliver results. + If you do a good job and have the right metrics in place to measure the impact of your work, you are rewarded. I have found the system transparent and fair, and have been promoted twice. + At AWS anyway, the startup culture is definitely alive and well.. but you get the benefits of a large enterprise. Don't like your job? There are thousands of openings. A good percentage of my team came through inbound transfers.","A performance-based culture in a rapidly growing business means that if you do a good job, you inevitably get more responsibilities. There is never a break.",Keep it weird.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11585,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Work and life balance, Tech update fast. Co-workers are willing to help you in the work. And the work environment is so nice.",WA didn't have many holidays as CA.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11586,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2018","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Business Development","Senior Manager, Business Development","Smart people everywhere who care about the customer, the company, and you. Flexible work life balance. Good resources to get the job done.",No cons that don't exist elsewhere.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11587,amazon,"Bloomington, IN"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Director of Operations,Wonderful place.,I love this place. I have no plans of going anywhere.,"We need more money, so we need to hire a development director.",Ride more bikes.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11588,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2018","Current Employee - Manager, User Experience Research",Great Place to work...if you're made of the right stuff,"No One here holds your hand. You're expected to come knowing how to do what you do, and if you don't, you go figure it out. No one will tell you ""This is how we do it here"" (except maybe legal). If you don't like where you are, you can absolutely change it--and that is great.","This kind of environment can be difficult if you need someone to tell you what to do every step of the way, or if you are not comfortable dealing with ambiguity. You have to be comfortable setting boundaries in terms of balance and sticking to them.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11589,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Great place to work!,"Great software platform/tools to develop! ( I had extensive experience in Silicon valley, haven't found a better platform)  think of the impact you can make,  Great Leadership principles to live by even if you don't work here,",It can be sometimes hard to make a big enough difference since so many things are going right,measure engagement (sometimes only some people seem to feel belonged),5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P377.htm
11590,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment,great area to work,benefits first day the environment great great people and great manager. i been here for 3 weeks.,hands will get tired if your package. stretch your hands more.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11591,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,love the energy and is a very positive place to work,the heavy workload is really daunting,reduce workload,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11592,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great for my resume, not so great for my life","Everyone knows Amazon. After working there, when I talk to almost any employer, they are interested in me because I have Amazon on my resume. I had plenty of things to work on, so plenty to impress employers with during interviews. Things tend to move fast, which is refreshing to some who've worked in an environment they found too slow.","Things move fast because management pushes people to get work done very quickly. This often comes at the cost of having free nights and (sometimes) weekends. Most managers don't have the capacity or interest in helping with their reports being overworked because they are also being overworked. Of course this also means the quality of what is being built isn't as high as it would be if built as a more manageable pace. People are definitely driven to prove they are better, smarter, and more capable than their peers. This often results in a lack of interest in helping each other and childish gossip. Management is trying to improve this through things like changing the annual review process to focus on personal individual strengths, but it will take a long time to actually change the existing culture.","Management in Amazon Music: When someone under you isn't performing as well as you'd like, try asking ""what motivates you?"" so that you can work together with them to be self-motivated rather than assuming they are lazy and telling them to work harder. For people like me, this only drives my personal motivation further down.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11593,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Best Job You Will Ever Have,"Smart people, Freedom to be creative and innovative, Fantastic growth opportunities (across various businesses), Supportive co-workers, Engaged and adept managers, Resources and support to do your job, Interesting Work, Exciting environment, and Dogs at work!","Amazon gets a bad rap. I read the reviews before I started and was nervous about its reputation for having a tough culture. There is not question, this place moves fast and if you can't keep up or adjust, it is not the right place for you. Still, if you are committed to challenging yourself and professional growth, I don't think there is a better company to work for. I am not Pollyanna, I have worked for other companies and the best and smartest managers I have come across work here.",Onsite gym facilities.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11594,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,"Looks good in the beginning, but shocking terrible culture","Learn new things, Challenging, Big company, Good equipment A lot of online resources to learn and try hands on. Review system seems good for career development.","Abusive culture, unbelievable overtime (heard that one of the colleagues work over 24 hours contentiously) Your colleague will yell at you leave earlier than him.",Really don’t allow the abusive culture exist here,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11595,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,The Benefits were pretty good.,"Low pay for the work, managers, short breaks",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11596,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible!,Job is pretty easy and straight foward.,"NO HOURS, IN 3 MNS ALL SHIFTS ARE GONE",Better schedule system,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11597,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Challenging and Fun,Good work culture More independence to choose work Talented peers Good pay,"Benefits are less compared to other top companies like microsoft, google etc Some managers can be bad",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11598,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much Reorg & confusion,Opportunity to work on exciting projects having huge impact & visibility Downtown lively working environment,I understand reorg is a part of life in big corporations but it happens more than usual in Amazon. There is so much churn you lose track of what you are doing,Please be a bit more considerate towards your employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11599,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,OK Pay Excellent Time Off Management,Some jobs are boring. No cell phones allowed,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P378.htm
11600,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,OK Pay Excellent Time Off Management,Some jobs are boring. No cell phones allowed,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11601,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Its an alright job.,"The benefits are so cheap and almost everyone in the warehouse is so nice. Some managers are cool and nice. Here in smf1, we are going to start a potluck every thursday because why not.","The bad part is that some managers are mean and they dont care about you. Also some people arent that nice, but tbh i really dont care about them.","Some advice for the area managers, go check on your employees like every week or every other week, becuse we (well i) like it when you talk to us about our scores and tips on how to get faster. ( :",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11602,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Good place to work,Great Benefits. and Good Compensation,Long Work Hours. typically work 4 twelve hour shifts,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11603,amazon,"Rockville, MD"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Assistant Shift Manager,Shift Assistant,Great company growth opportunities Easy work responsibilities Great work environment,Competition is fierce Not enough Amazon logistics in every state,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11604,amazon,"Teterboro, NJ"," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,not bad,"Good starting pay, great people",sometimes you could get swamped with work but not too bad,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11605,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Tier I Associate,Ins and Outs of MKC4,"These are not all pros, but more general knowledge you should know when starting at MKC4 (Amazon location in Edgerton, KS). This information is for blue-badge members who are full-time.  1: Starting pay is higher than most general education jobs (almost double the current minimum wage) which starts at $13.00/hr. Pay increases ever 6 months  2. On your official start day (and if you have never worked a job that requires you to be on your feet 90% of the time), prepare for this. Tennis shoes are affordable, but will not fend well on your feet for the first month while you adjust. An investment in Timberland work shoes (around $90-120) are worth the expense, and I found them to be durable, and last at least a year.  3. Understand your benefits: First and foremost, understand that your schedule is like a contract, meaning the hours that you are schedules must be worked, or supplemented with your benefit hours. Personal Time Off (PTO), UPT (unpaid time), VTO (voluntary time off), MyLeave and Vacation are all ways you can make up hours that you may need to miss due to whatever reason.  -PTO: 48/hrs per year, granted with 10/hrs on the first paycheck of employment or first paycheck of the new year, followed by 3.58/hours for 10 pay periods to follow, with 1.1/hrs on the 12th pay period. These hours can be used at any time. Amazon suggest that you save PTO hours to use during PEAK season (Oct-Dec), as sales are increased, resulting in longer work days and mandatory overtime. -UPT: 80/hr per year. UPT is granted in 20/hour increments at the start of each quarter (Jan 1, April 1, July 1, Oct 1). UPT is meant for emergency purposes, but can be used as needed. (If an associate used UPT, that will negatively affect their VCP, which will be covered later). -VTO: is offered by upper management when the labor cost due to lack of orders needs to be reduced. AA's (Amazon Associates) are able to sign up for VTO at the start (or prior day if offered through the HUB, which is Amazon's online employee portal) in which they will be able to leave mid-shift (or whatever time upper management deems fit) without the need to use UPT, PTO. -MyLeave: is a resource that can be used if AAs need to be absent from work for long periods of time. They must be approved before hand. -Vacation time: 48/hrs a year. Full-time employees receive 1.53/hrs of vacation time per pay period. Vacation time must be approved by upper management, and cannot be used at any given moment like UPT or PTO.  ***Note: Amazon is firm on the policy of attendance. If you cannot make a shift, it MUST be covered either by PTO, UPT, VTO, or vacation if approved. If an AA goes negative on their UPT, it is an automatic dismissal. Be very cautious about our hours. I know it may seem acceptable to use hours that are available to you, but do not risk your employment due to going negative. Save save save your hours.  4: The days are extremely long. Most shifts are 10 hours long per day, with 4 days a week (during regular season, peak season is 60 hours per week). Amazon gives it's AAs (2) 15 minute paid breaks (actually 10 minutes with 5 minute walking time to and from your location). Example of my shift:  0730 - 1000 - Work 1000-1015 - Break 1015-1230- Work 1230 - 1300 - Lunch 1300-1530- Work 1530-1545- Break 1545-1800 - Work  5: Departments: A break down of each department:  Pick - this is a department to be in if you are comfortable driving PIT (vehicle in which to retrieve items). Mind you PIT can mean going 100+ft in the air to retrieve an item, so if you are not good with heights do not do Pick.  IC/QA: If you are an introvert and do not mind driving PIT, this is for you. Like pick IC/QA using PIT to tally inventory throughout the FC (fulfillment center). It's a slower paced position, best for those who are not super speedy.  Dock - Very physical department. Mostly being aTetris player by putting boxes into Trucks so they will fit and maximize space.  Inbound: This department receives items into the FC. They drive PIT, separate items to be stored, and other task. Like IC/QA, this department runs a bit slower.  Outbound/Pack department: This department is to place items to be shipped into boxes. This is the fastest department in the whole FC, and requires a rate of 70 unites boxed per hour. Department is good for those who like a fast-paced environment.  5: VCP: Variable Compensation Package is a bonus plan Amazon gives AAs who show up for their shifts and do not use UPT, and if the FC is meeting it's goals more than expected: -Attendance: if you show up to all your shifts(or covered them with vacation or PTO) and do not use UPT, you will receive a 4% bonus for the month. Example: You work 100 hours in the month, took no UPT, and make $13.00/hr, you would receive an addition $52.00. -Building Too Plan: If an FC is functions 105%+ to plan (meeting it's goals by 5% or more than expected), AAs will receive an additional 4% bonus. Mind you UPT is not calculated for Building Too Plan, so if you use UPT but the building does 105%+ for the month, you will receive this bonus. ***During Peak Season, VCP moves from a potential 8% to 16%.  6: If you like a longer 'weekend', choose either front half or back half shifts when selecting. These shifts run 4 days straight with 3 days off (during regular hours(non-peak). Donut shift is for those who like a little break in between, which shift will run Mon/Tue/Thur/Fri at work, with Wed/Sat/Sun off during regular hours (non-peak)  I wish you the best of luck with Amazon.",I was not able to manage (as a single male with no children) a work/life balance with donut shift. Working 10-12 hour days with a commute left no time to accomplish anything in the morning or night. Also the task can be dreary with repeating the same task over and over day after day.,"Notice the employee's who thrive, as they may go unnoticed and leave, just as I did.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11606,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Tier I,If you want to make a career out of it... be prepared to move three or four times.,"Time off, Benefits, Easy work...  They offer a ton of paid and unpaid time off. Benefits are affordable and comprehensive. The learning curve isn't very steep regardless of department.","No opportunity for advancement. Unless you're willing to continuously move to new facilities. I think it's frustrating for any employee who wants to stay at a company long-term, but is faced with the reality that the company intentionally runs at close to a 95% turnover rate. this prevents HR from enacting policies designed to increase employee retention and enhance the workplace environment.","Quit hiring outside talent for tier 4 and tier 5 positions. Be upfront with employees about upward mobility within the company. The reality is if you managed to advance yourself to even a tier 3 position, the only realistic way to ever advance to a tier 4 or 5 position would be to quit and reapply at a newly opening facility.",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11607,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Life,Free Industrial Truck training and certification,"No Work-Life Balance, Unrealistic expectations of employees, No assistance for work hours during or after injury at the work place",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11608,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good times,Fun work environment for post college individuals,Warehouse work can be dirty and extreme temperatures,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11609,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"A lot of hours offer to associate, Friendly management, good for part time job/ college student.",There is not really any con for this job,There is no much to say to the management. They doing a great job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P379.htm
11610,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Eh,Cool stuff for you to do,"They worked you overtime, not cool",Show more interest in your workers,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11611,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Architect,Amazon - a 7 month perspective,- Amazing culture - Inspiring people - our people raise the bar - Structured onboarding process - Great benefits (very comparable to other fortune 500s I have been at) - Amazing tech - Growth opportunity is limitless,- Growth pains - too many open reqs - Growth pains - managers sometimes have 15+ reports (not sustainable) - Growth pains - your manager might change every 9 months,"- Add a ""people first"" aspect to our leadership principles (above and beyond Hire and Develop the best). We need to be intentional about our focus on people - in removing undifferentiated heavy lifting, career growth, development, balanced workloads etc - this is being done, but we need to state it vocally and often",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11612,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Computer Programmer,good job,good salary great workplace nothing is wrong,not diversed enough it takes a long time to get promoted.,best company to work for,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11613,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,The Most Customer-Centric Company On Planet Earth,"Flexible Schedule, Family Oriented, Comprehensive Training, Good Benefits, Opportunity for Upward Mobility, Good Work/Life Balance Is Expected And Encouraged","Peak Mandatory Overtime, Holiday Blackouts",Base pay should be increased to $16/hr. That would improve the caliber of candidates we receive and retain.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11614,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon isn't for the weak,"Weekly pay, somewhat of a flexible schedule and you meet alot of people.",Management is very hard on employees. Management could be more inclusive on workplace culture.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11615,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great workers,"benefits, environment, fellow employees are there to help you","confusing structure, hours can take a toll on you",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11616,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,good company to work for,"no bonuses, raises or promotions",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11617,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Happy to work there,Great people to work with,Hard to keep up with stats,Make it easier to keep up with stats,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11618,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Tier I Associate,Ins and Outs of MKC4,"These are not all pros, but more general knowledge you should know when starting at MKC4 (Amazon location in Edgerton, KS). This information is for blue-badge members who are full-time.  1: Starting pay is higher than most general education jobs (almost double the current minimum wage) which starts at $13.00/hr. Pay increases ever 6 months  2. On your official start day (and if you have never worked a job that requires you to be on your feet 90% of the time), prepare for this. Tennis shoes are affordable, but will not fend well on your feet for the first month while you adjust. An investment in Timberland work shoes (around $90-120) are worth the expense, and I found them to be durable, and last at least a year.  3. Understand your benefits: First and foremost, understand that your schedule is like a contract, meaning the hours that you are schedules must be worked, or supplemented with your benefit hours. Personal Time Off (PTO), UPT (unpaid time), VTO (voluntary time off), MyLeave and Vacation are all ways you can make up hours that you may need to miss due to whatever reason.  -PTO: 48/hrs per year, granted with 10/hrs on the first paycheck of employment or first paycheck of the new year, followed by 3.58/hours for 10 pay periods to follow, with 1.1/hrs on the 12th pay period. These hours can be used at any time. Amazon suggest that you save PTO hours to use during PEAK season (Oct-Dec), as sales are increased, resulting in longer work days and mandatory overtime. -UPT: 80/hr per year. UPT is granted in 20/hour increments at the start of each quarter (Jan 1, April 1, July 1, Oct 1). UPT is meant for emergency purposes, but can be used as needed. (If an associate used UPT, that will negatively affect their VCP, which will be covered later). -VTO: is offered by upper management when the labor cost due to lack of orders needs to be reduced. AA's (Amazon Associates) are able to sign up for VTO at the start (or prior day if offered through the HUB, which is Amazon's online employee portal) in which they will be able to leave mid-shift (or whatever time upper management deems fit) without the need to use UPT, PTO. -MyLeave: is a resource that can be used if AAs need to be absent from work for long periods of time. They must be approved before hand. -Vacation time: 48/hrs a year. Full-time employees receive 1.53/hrs of vacation time per pay period. Vacation time must be approved by upper management, and cannot be used at any given moment like UPT or PTO.  ***Note: Amazon is firm on the policy of attendance. If you cannot make a shift, it MUST be covered either by PTO, UPT, VTO, or vacation if approved. If an AA goes negative on their UPT, it is an automatic dismissal. Be very cautious about our hours. I know it may seem acceptable to use hours that are available to you, but do not risk your employment due to going negative. Save save save your hours.  4: The days are extremely long. Most shifts are 10 hours long per day, with 4 days a week (during regular season, peak season is 60 hours per week). Amazon gives it's AAs (2) 15 minute paid breaks (actually 10 minutes with 5 minute walking time to and from your location). Example of my shift:  0730 - 1000 - Work 1000-1015 - Break 1015-1230- Work 1230 - 1300 - Lunch 1300-1530- Work 1530-1545- Break 1545-1800 - Work  5: Departments: A break down of each department:  Pick - this is a department to be in if you are comfortable driving PIT (vehicle in which to retrieve items). Mind you PIT can mean going 100+ft in the air to retrieve an item, so if you are not good with heights do not do Pick.  IC/QA: If you are an introvert and do not mind driving PIT, this is for you. Like pick IC/QA using PIT to tally inventory throughout the FC (fulfillment center). It's a slower paced position, best for those who are not super speedy.  Dock - Very physical department. Mostly being aTetris player by putting boxes into Trucks so they will fit and maximize space.  Inbound: This department receives items into the FC. They drive PIT, separate items to be stored, and other task. Like IC/QA, this department runs a bit slower.  Outbound/Pack department: This department is to place items to be shipped into boxes. This is the fastest department in the whole FC, and requires a rate of 70 unites boxed per hour. Department is good for those who like a fast-paced environment.  5: VCP: Variable Compensation Package is a bonus plan Amazon gives AAs who show up for their shifts and do not use UPT, and if the FC is meeting it's goals more than expected: -Attendance: if you show up to all your shifts(or covered them with vacation or PTO) and do not use UPT, you will receive a 4% bonus for the month. Example: You work 100 hours in the month, took no UPT, and make $13.00/hr, you would receive an addition $52.00. -Building Too Plan: If an FC is functions 105%+ to plan (meeting it's goals by 5% or more than expected), AAs will receive an additional 4% bonus. Mind you UPT is not calculated for Building Too Plan, so if you use UPT but the building does 105%+ for the month, you will receive this bonus. ***During Peak Season, VCP moves from a potential 8% to 16%.  6: If you like a longer 'weekend', choose either front half or back half shifts when selecting. These shifts run 4 days straight with 3 days off (during regular hours(non-peak). Donut shift is for those who like a little break in between, which shift will run Mon/Tue/Thur/Fri at work, with Wed/Sat/Sun off during regular hours (non-peak)  I wish you the best of luck with Amazon.",I was not able to manage (as a single male with no children) a work/life balance with donut shift. Working 10-12 hour days with a commute left no time to accomplish anything in the morning or night. Also the task can be dreary with repeating the same task over and over day after day.,"Notice the employee's who thrive, as they may go unnoticed and leave, just as I did.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11619,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,For tech it's just ok,Pay is good and cost of living is lower than the bay area,Very corporate feel without a lot of wiggle room,More perks would be nice,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P380.htm
11620,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,For tech it's just ok,Pay is good and cost of living is lower than the bay area,Very corporate feel without a lot of wiggle room,More perks would be nice,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11621,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - EOL,"Negative experience, was picked on for being Autistic",The benefits are by far the best I've come across in my work experience.,"Management ignores concerns, employees are rude and standoffish, the Amazon culture isn't inclusive for those with developmental disabilities.","Stop sweeping incidents under the table. I made a report about stolen items and faced work place retaliation by management and employees, was ostracized for my medical condition and was belittled by a fellow employee who called me a not so nice word for mentally challenged people. I was terminated for calling out that employee, stating that I would report him. I was told nothing was going to happen as there eight other similar incidents, however I was fired while undergoing accommodations for Autism. I am going through with a lawsuit.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11622,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great,Great company to work for,None off the top of my head,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11623,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TPM,It always be moving Fast,Stress is everywhere and anytime,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11624,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Working for Amazon.,"The first day you start working you receive benefits, good pay, fast-paced environment.","There is no sitting at all, keeping up with your upt, and pto.",Plan more meet and greets with employees and management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11625,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,"Great colleagues, motivating environment","Lot of opportunities, refined systems, highest development standards. Can transfer between teams very easily. Good compensation.","A bigger company, bunch of homegrown technologies, ramp up takes longer than normal. Team scope and responsibility is often times fairly limited.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11626,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - On-Site Medical Representative,"I'm new, but this company already seems amazing","Day 1 you are offered benefits. As an EMT, you will struggle to find the pay offered by Amazon. Plus you are given a bonus and stocks that are going up steadily.",None that I have seen so far,Keep up the great work. The relaxed environment makes this a great place to work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11627,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Stower at amazon,Benefits start from day one. Pay is 12 hourly starting out. Better part time job.,Lack of communication in company. Insane rate standard. Earned time off. NO JOB SECURITY.,Have more all hands meetings. More job security would be nice.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11628,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Part Time Package Handler,Sortation,"Easy work to do, a real no brainier. Easy for anyone","Not enough information about the managers, everything is out of order.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11629,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Run screaming. Do not work here,"Honestly, the only pros were that I made some really good friends here.","Alright, let’s get into the cons. Buckle your seatbelts, and hold on to the nearest object. It’s about to get messy... I worked for amazon (returns center) for close to six months. Normally, that’s not a long time to be employed somewhere, but at amazon that’s more than most. During my employment, I witnessed: 1. Extreme amounts of favoritism ( I.e. not being trained/advanced due to not being close with management 2. Lots of people fired for time off task ( any time that you’re not scanning something. bathroom breaks included) 3. Genuine lack for employee concerns by management/company 4. Grueling schedule ( I worked nights, then transferred to days. Both were really long, monotonous shifts) 5. Extraordinarily short breaks ( two 15 minute paid, 30 minute unpaid lunch. Also, you can’t leave your station until the bell rings. Meaning, you don’t get your full break by the time you get the the break room. Being late for break( even by a literal second) means 45 time off task. Basically, you’re fired. All of this would be tolerable if it weren’t for the simple fact that you could make more money at flippin’ Walmart.",Give amazonians a f-n raise,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P381.htm
11630,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst company ever. The board only cares about the profit.,Getting yelled at in front of several hundred people—check Treated as if you are in jail—check Breaks federal and state laws—check,Leadership NO way...Day three of employment getting yelled at because you had more than five minutes of down time. And that person got promoted!!,Your model of treating your staff like crap may have worked great when you first started—but you need to change that model to fit the current need.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11631,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. HRA,relaxed work environment and ability to use bias,"Coming into the company, guaranteed to get night shift.",more work life balance,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11632,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good not great,Lots of freedom and autonomy to solve decisions on your own and great opportunity for professional growth,"Long days, rotating schedule, difficult to establish a good work, life balance",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11633,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good place to work at the start of your career.,Too much frugal. Nothing on the name of employee benefits.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11634,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems Analyst Intern,Amazon is a really great place for motivated and driven individuals to progress their career,The company is extremely frugal and the benefits can vary based on location,Try to allocate more time to one on ones,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11635,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Fix able time to work,Nothing for now so far,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11636,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,CEO should work a day at Amazon,I love my schedule because it works with my family life and commitments. Coworkers are friendly and give you tips to improve performance. Managers encourage employee feedback on how to improve working conditions.,"Pay could be better for the ""rate"" that is expected, we are not machines. Music being allowed would go far in motivating employee performance. Repetive work and short breaks.","Seriously consider speaking to higher ups about the pressure of making rate. Take into consideration we are trying our best to keep up with demands. Look at overall performace of employee, we are not just a number.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11637,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Amazon Fresh Associates,"Great benefits, friendly manager, and big warehouse",Always working in cold place,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11638,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,BIE Review,Fast moving world but really dependent on teams. The company is big on data,The job gets boring after a while,Try to reduce redundancies of projects,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11639,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Good management. people friendly. Well maintained work environment,More of internal politics in the team,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P382.htm
11640,amazon,"Prague, OK"," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - HRA,Amazon HR Admin,Great place to start and learn,The salaries are under average,Do more for the employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11641,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation Associate,Really great co-workers at this sort center. Managers are decent people as well. They play music in the warehouse often which makes the time fly by and creates a fun atmosphere.,"Look, it's tough work but you know that going into it.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11642,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon is a great company that actually cares about its employees.,"All ages are welcome to work, job is easy, pay is good, everyone gets along with a great work atmosphere.","Sometimes job is so easy it's boring, other than that the job really doesn't have any cons about it sooooo.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11643,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Unfair treatment of hard workers.,"Steady job, health benefits, friendly co-workers.",Zero chance to move up to better positions if you work hard. They keep you in the same position to you quit or get fired. Senior management is terrible they protect the lazy workers by removing write up and letting them stay and slowing down productivity.,Stop promoting your friends and give the hard workers a chance. Stop making it a race issue and make it equal opportunity. Stop protecting those who do nothing and cry when you tell them they did something wrong. Reward the ones who come in on time and work hard. Stop giving the same lazy people what they want and make them work.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11644,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresh Associate,"+Exercise, although feet hurt after 6 hours","-Maintain and surpass a rate of 120 units per hour (Pretty sure the rate they tell you is fabricated to motivate you to do bettter) -Have to use a headset that is tiring to speak into it for 4 hours, for 11 hours is tough and hurts your ear.","Boost morale via recognizing people's accomplishments Switch terminology from ""pickers"" to something else, make them feel like they are doing a service for someone, and not just working at a job throwing product into bags. ""Pickers"" feels degrading",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11645,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Excellent company for developing leaders at all levels,Feedback rich environment High standards and expectation to deliver high quality work Unlimited opportunities to grow in your role and expand into new areas,Its not for everyone. Feedback is very direct and measurable results are expected. We work very hard but I feel we are well compensated for our efforts and there are no limits to the personal and professional growth that we can attain. Leaders are responsible to manage their work/life harmony.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11646,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Absolutely love it,"Amazon is a place where you will work hard but the opportunity is endless. You won't find another company with the growth and ability to make a large impact on the Operation. It's a results-driven, non-political environment that is focused on leadership, results, and thinking outside the box.","If the possibility of working night-shift is a problem for you, Operations may not be a good fit.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11647,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very good company for you to grow as a well-rounded engineer,Full of smart and proactive people. Good pay and benefit. Skyrocketing stocks. Various learning opportunities in many different areas. Good work/life balance. Great work culture.,"As an engineer, you would be coding a lot less than you would at other smaller companies. Sometimes too many meetings even for engineers. Not many system design opportunities in many teams.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11648,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing,Fine,Fine time spent there at Amazon,Would be nice to of had more free time,Fine,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11649,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Floor Associate,Flexible For Students,"Very flexible work schedule, you can change your schedule whenever you want if you're a student.",Work is repetitive every single day.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P383.htm
11650,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer II,Cloud Support Engineer II,"-Relaxed work culture (e.g. no dress code) -Fast paced days -Cutting edge technologies -Management up the ladder is all around intelligent, focused, customer obsessed, and interested in your career development -When you work hard and deliver results for the company and the customers you will receive promotions with pay increases","-Not the most competitive pay -Reserve Stock Units (RSUs) pay well but you wont see any major benefits from them for about 2.5 years -always in need of more hard working, intelligent individuals.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11651,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,It has many benefits.,.There is limited room for promotion . It has low employee retention history .Favouritism is becoming the salient feature,". Work on employee satisfaction as equally as the attention you give for productivity and quality, .Amazon needs to work on devising a clear road map of promotion with a hard work, .Some managers are corrupted and show direct or indirect favouritism. Amazon need to work on to ensure its rules! There is poewer abuse!",4.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11652,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"pay is good, people are friendly",too much work to be done,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11653,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Position,Good Pay and 3 work days a week,They changed the pay and scheduled shift on us adding an extra 30 mins,Pay more to hold people,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11654,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior product manager,Lots of good opportunities and some good people worth working for.,Too much negative competition and politics.,Listen to the employee feedback.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11655,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior HRA,"If you love a fast paced environment, you will love Amazon!","Amazon provides so many opportunities for growth and development. It is a constantly evolving company and if you can learn, evolve, and adapt to change, you will do very well here!","Because Amazon is growing so fast, I had a shortened training time and didn't have the best experience, however, in the long run, having to jump in and learn as I went, made me stronger and better at my job!","Always explain the ""whys"" behind associate's tasks and responsibilities. If we don't know why we are doing something, it is hard to put the puzzle pieces together.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11656,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,Amazing Company!,I love how Amazon is not afraid of doing things differently than most companies. I've been impressed with how they take typical processes and do them differently than what I've seen at other companies.,I've been with Amazon for about 6 months and don't have many negatives to list. The pros definitely outweigh the cons. I guess it would be nice if we had gyms on site. It would make it easier to stay active while keeping the work life balance.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11657,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow/Amazon Floor Amnesty,Inbound Stow/Amazon Floor Amnesty,Flexible work schedules very good in understanding situations mangers very easy to talk to. You get benefits that are very good,Some employees don't pull there own weight an are lazy but the company still keep them around.,Helped in maintaining clear traffic routes for robotic drives once in awhile reset them an maintaining them.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11658,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Its fun to work at,A lot of change you have to deal with,none,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11659,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work place,4 day work week and great work atmosphere,Insurance has a somewhat high out of pockets.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P384.htm
11660,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,Amazon,Meeting people and becoming a permanent blue badge Amazon and good pay,We have short break,I would love to stay and work there you meet a lot of new people,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11661,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT manager,Great Company to work at,Hours to much to work,Work harder,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11662,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Disorganized Mess,"Smart, driven coworkers Minimal corporate b.s. Solve real scaling problems. Good pay.","Everything is always on fire. There is absolutely no quality control. There is no real management. You will not have time to write actual software. There are a large number of checked out, incompetent or otherwise harmful senior devs camping on stock bonuses. If you want it done right, you will have to do it yourself to the tune of 80+ hours a week.","Fire people aggressively if they aren't doing their jobs. If you don't have the data to do that, hire more managers. The ratio of managers (in all positions) to devs should be much higher than 1:10",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11663,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Recruiter,"Exciting Products and Services, Pushing the Envelope, Inventing and Reinventing, Employee's are survey daily. Stock growing fast!","Company Value's disagreement, which leads to disunity. Team work is not at forefront of work, independent success supersedes team work and team success. Feedback is utilize as a mode of correcting work behaviors, successes are not emphasized.","Focus on Team Work and Respect with innovation, you'll get the same results with a lot happier employees.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11664,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Not everyone's cup of tea,"interesting problem spaces, dynamic environment, excellent focus on customers","aggressive environment, bad work-life balance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11665,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Qa engineer,Reputation maybe? Pay is OK but high cost of living in Seattle.,A lot of colleagues are very toxic. Amazon is very frugal and full of lies. Hiring lot of immigrants but treat them like ashes. People confront your way of working and attack or bully you psychologically.,Focusing on clients is good but on employees as well.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11666,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,toxic environment toxic mentor toxic teammate,toxic people toxic manager toxic hR,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11667,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Field Technician,Amazing Company,"I work for a new division of Amazon. Amazon has proven to be very flexible and helpful during the launch of our division. Work is fulfilling and benefits are excellent. The work environment is very welcoming and exciting, while remaining professional and work-oriented.","As is normal with a startup department, a lot of ambiguity at first. That has since improved.","Focus just a bit more on employee development. My direct manager does a good job of that, but I've heard that various markets do not have that same attention.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11668,amazon,"Highland, CA"," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Trainer,Salary,"401 K benefits, stocks, good culture",too much work to do,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11669,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist,At Amazon you work with really talented people that will help excel your development and open new doors in the future. It is a fast moving company that works off quick educated decision making. If you are a competitive person who wants to constantly learn then Amazon is an excellent place to work. There is plenty of opportunity to grow in your career here and move jobs every 1.5 years or so.,"With the competition that is a part of Amazon, comes high expectations and an aggressive workload. Some people cannot handle the expectations making it a tough fit.","Continue to develop employees by focusing on next steps and how your current job plays into your future career goals. Developing talent is important and Amazon focuses on that, but important not to lose sight of it.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P385.htm
11670,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Investigation Specialist,Sr. Investigation Specialist,"Great benefit packages, stock options, and 401k. Amazon generally promotes within which is nice, but depends on your manager. They make it easy to change positions within the company which is nice because it allows you to become a very well rounded employee.",Many managers are unfortunately hired externally and with no experience in the industry.,"Make sure you are trying to promote your employees that are your directs, because after managing them you will want them to grow, don't undercut your directs like many Amazon managers do.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11671,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Start,"Fast paced environment, room to grow, and a great collection of people that will support you in and outside the office.",Compensation isn't much for the work being done.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11672,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Good pay if you can handle the stress,"Solid pay if $AMZN vest schedule is long and stock is up, otherwise comparable to Seattle market. Great new paternity policy.","Long hours, constantly shifting priorities. It seems like everyone is on a 6-12 month rotation...people leaving and coming pretty much every month",Finance leadership stability please - no more musical chairs on who is in charge,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11673,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Pogram Manager,Lot of opportunity to learn,New managers with no experience or leadership qualities.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11674,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Center,Nice pay for the work required.,Standing or walking the entire shifts.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11675,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Associate,Great Company,"Great working environment, high safety and security",Long working hours and little break time,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11676,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to learn and be impactful,You got to deliver products that impacts thousands of customers and generates millions of dollars,Can be tough and bloody from time to time,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11677,amazon,"Aurora, IL"," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Picker,Benefits day 1. Relatively inexpensive. Voluntary Time Off. Paid Time Off,"Unrealistic expectations after ineffective and non existent training on a 9000 lb machine. Unrealistic picking rate for everyone, my first day I was called to speak with 2 people about why my numbers are low and why do you have too much time between picks. It was my first full day in this position. 1 hr of driving training only because I pushed for it otherwise it was not offered. From day 1 training in this position, they were disorganized. This job is laborious and should be done by people that are in great physical shape. 15 minutes for a break which includes walk time to and from great distances back to work area, it’s really an 8 minute break. Same with lunch time. Long hours, standing and doing tedious work.","Amazon is to blame, not management. It’s company wide unrealistic expectations. Training needs major overhaul, pay needs to be higher for tougher physical demands. Recommend 5 day week 8 hours a day",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11678,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower Trainer,"They do have good medical benefits,",college degree to move up,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11679,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics Manager,Dynamic Sticks to its Company Principles Casual Innovative Creative,Over-extended resources No support resources Burn-out Politics Cut-throat Lack of work-life balance Deprioritization of family and personal life,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P386.htm
11680,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Designer,You can bring your dog to work with you.,Traffic is horrible leaving out of there,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11681,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Scanner,Hours are flexible & good job to have if you need some extra funds,HR is not friendly or helpful,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11682,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,A decent job,"Can move up fairly easily, pay increases every 6 months, great benefits",Favoritism and peak times can be rough with the overtime,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11683,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fine employer but very monotonous,"Good pay, bonuses every month, good time off",Boring job could be done by a machine,communicate better,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11684,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Lots of work to be done,Repetitive Boring Standing in place work,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11685,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not Recommended,Plenty of overtime opportunities Getting paid weekly,Long shifts Bad atmosphere No room for growth,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11686,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Good selection of benefits, competitive wages, casual work environment and fun coworkers","Short breaks with 5 min of break dedicated to walking back and forth from break room, lack of support from management, production quotas consistently increasing can burn people out",Would appreciate management taking more time to invest in us to help us achieve promotional opportunities,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11687,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior PM,Amazon is very unique,"Before joining Amazon, I have 14 years working experience in marketing. I thought I might know everything in my area. It's such a shock to learn so much again. At here, you always have something can learn (I mean you can make your own choice to learn it or not.) Smart people around you definitely. Not only smart, since I think there are smart people anywhere, but also use their brain and heart to solve questions. That's not always (seldom) happen in my previous company - another big one as well.","Pressure - Maybe from peer, working with smart people is very challenging as well, Also from company culture. I am still surprised how this company can be managed like this: stock price is doubled in recent year, but almost everyone (79% of people I talked with) is still worry about losing job/PIP. Most of them perform like super shinning stars!","As said in the cons, do leaders care about the company reputation, employee loyalty etc.? I know the idea of growing the best, but the business results are generated by all people here. Right now this is a good strategy for investor since it can make the company grow faster, in long term, I do not know how that likes.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11688,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Seasonal Virtual Work from Home TOC driver support,"work from home, flexibility, team support","pay could be better, training needs significant improvement","be more involved with your team, answer their questions when they have a difficult situation on the line",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11689,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Amazonian Culture,"Unique culture, trust in employees, transparency, great teams",short on F-2-F assistance when needed. Amazon is all about self help but sometimes the tools are cumbersome and difficult to grasp.,Leadership needs to better communicate with the teams and involve employees (esp. EAs) in meetings and overall operation so that they can understand and contribute to the department's mission and yearly goals.  Provide bonuses to employees for outstanding job performance throughout the year.  Provide additional Amazon discounts.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P387.htm
11690,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Area Operations Manager,"I've worked hard, had fun, & made history","Great salary and benefits package, lots of potential job opportunities, great resume booster, excellent personal development with a variety of tough situations, ability to think-outside-the-box, relocation ability with compensation, 3 day weekends","Weeks of overtime during non-peak times, lack of managerial development, stack-ranking system, high stress, on feet for 12+ hours/day","Invest more time in teaching subordinate managers. We spend countless hours on developing associates, but it is essential that the training for newer external hire managers is also a top priority. These initial months at an FC are crucial for setting up managers for success. Of course, these managers must own their development and seek out help, but upper management must plan and set aside time consistently. This will enable us to create and establish a prolific, thriving culture that makes us the best place on the planet for our associates.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11691,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Administrative Assistant,Executive Assistant II,"Great team environment. Lots of opportunities to learn, grow and advance in your career.",Cost of Parking. Commuter Shuttle service is lacking for surrounding areas.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11692,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment,Great job that can turn into a career,Lots of walking but it isn't that bad when you get used to it,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11693,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Brilliant mentorship systems and clear business goals,Work life balance and salary,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11694,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,The supervisor was great and eviroment was awesome.,The upper management wasn't that great.,The management should be more understanding and willing to work with employees.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11695,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support,IT Support engineer.,"Opportunity to learn a lot when launching new sites, doing migrations and building launches.","Is very hard to get promoted, and if you are lucky enough, they will give you only a 10% pay increase maximum.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11696,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Designer,Design technician/drafter II,Very motivated and dynamic company. Good to grow fast and diving deep into many situations.,Sometimes no work life balance and manager will not let you work overtime,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11697,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Associate,"Great environment, great company, great values.",Not the best hours.,Listen to Associates,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11698,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Best Company I have ever worked for,I have 27 years of industry experience and have worked at other large companies like Microsoft as well as at startup and I love my experience here at Amazon. After 3 years here there isn't a day when I'm not excited about going to work. As a Principal Engineer I get to set directions and best practices for a wide group of engineers. All my peers and colleagues are very professional and our Leadership Principles are a great guiding tools for all of us to resolve conflict in a coherent and respectful way.,"travel policy is that we travel economy, even to Europe or India, so that sucks",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11699,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Great place to work,Lots of smart people and fun problems to solve. Everyone wants to help you succeed. I just moved to a new building and it’s a great facility.,"Sometimes there is a lot of pressure to increase capacity for delivery, frequently deadlines feel arbitrary and artificial. Parking is hard to get and the location is right downtown so good luck if you need to drive. Company is really young which is great but if you have a family you might be one of few on your team.","Provide more clarity about prioritization, more clear feedback about promotion readiness and performance in general.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P388.htm
11700,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,The work atmosphere was very positive and the management was awesome.,The biggest downside to working at Amazon was all the walking. The warehouses are huge!! The other downside to working at Amazon was how boring it is.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11701,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,eh,Great pay and great benefits,You are worked like a dog,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11702,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Have fun? True. Work Hard? True. Make History? True.,"Mid pay, longish hours, physically demanding.",Take the Amazon Leadership Principles seriously.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11703,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,All that I expected!,There are too many good things about Amazon. Management is attentive and will address any issues an employee may have. Benefits are decent.,"Because the facility is new, some of the managers are just beginning. But in the section I regularly work in, even though I have witnessed mild power struggles, it all works out.",We Are The Champions of the World!,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11704,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Willing to work hard, this is a good job for you.","Good benefits, medical, paid time off and Stock options.",The continual hard work may not be for some.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11705,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Software Development Engineer,There is a steep learning curve while working for this company.,It has competitive compensation but the benefits are very less when compared to other competitors,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11706,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,No work and life balance,Nice people to work with who all work hard and are appreciated by my good work and experience,14 to 17 hour days too much and no work life balance st all. Constantly needing to be on call 24/7,Too much MGHD time required to do so not able to explore other jobs and teams.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11707,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Sweatshop,Easy job to get and benefits from day 1. I have met some amazing co-workers.,"Rate, rate, rate even at the expense of safety. It is nothing short of a miracle that more accidents don't happen as the rates are continually raised and people take every possible shortcut and risk to make it. The managers are so immature and inexperienced it makes you cringe when hearing them speaking. It is very clear that everyone is just a number and the only thing you will be judged on is making rate. There is zero opportunity to advance so if you want to do these jobs forever - you are in the right place as long as you make rate and don't expect pay rises after 36 months as there is a cap. You are required to stand for hours while the PAs sit on their backsides tapping away at their rolling desks (ala Sean Spicer!)","Retain your good employees and offer them possible advancement and potential earnings. Otherwise it is just another meat grinder, only with the Amazon moniker attached.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11708,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Security Architect,Greatest Firm Yet,"Amazon is the greatest firm I have ever had the pleasure of working for. This includes Microsoft, DoD, Walmart, and more. +Smartest most driven people +Not for the faint hearted +Limitless opportunity to change and grow in any technology or field",-Smartest most driven people -Not for the faint-hearted -Self-starters only -Sink or Swim,"Keep doing what you are doing, watch out for the culture creep when hiring from so many of your stagnant competitors.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11709,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Enterprise Service Manager,Amazon a great place to work!,Very focused on the customer and bias for action. Really enjoy the freedom I have to do the right thing.,Given it's growing so fast - can seem to be chaotic at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P389.htm
11710,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Senior Software Development Engineer,Empowered for success,"- From engineering standpoint, you've got all the tools and resources at your fingertips to be as successful as you want - It's a pretty sophisticated company in terms of state of the art technologies you have a chance to use on your daily basis - Culture is very entrepreneurial - You can have intelligent conversations with any coworker - Everyone has super-powers - Innovation is highly rewarded","- It's not only Amazon, but health insurance could be better in terms of coverage and out of the pocket limits",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11711,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,"*Inclusive environment *Busy *Flexible work hours, locations *Wonderful team *Awesome pay",*The commute. :) But I now have Audible and starting to even enjoy that!!!,I am amazed at how effectively you changed the culture of Amazon since the New York Times letter. Everyone on my team is super focused and remarkably happy!! Keep up your great diligence!!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11712,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior FAE,Very exciting place to work,"There is exciting products, technical and a great spirit of innovation always at Amazon.",Some people will find the pace overwhelming.e,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11713,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,"The work at amazon is very fun and easy to learn, and their are many benefits to working that job.",the only downside to amazon is the work time of 6:30 to 7:00 am is a little absurd.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11714,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,Are able to work on ur own,Alot of walking but alot of exercise,More frequent breaks,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11715,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Operation Manager,Fantastic experience,This company does a fantastic job in driving innovation and inspiring people to have a bias for action. This leadership principle is critical to the companies success.,"You get out what you put into it. If a person is not willing to work hard, then, it should not come as to a surprise that the results don’t match their expectations.",None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11716,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,"Work Hard, Get Rewarded","Compensation, Benefits, Work/Life Balance, Opportunity for Advancement",Don't love the office location in Dallas. The Galleria is pretty much engulfed in traffic during commute times.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11717,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,The opportunity that you should not miss if given,1) great exposure to the best practices 2) get a chance to work with very experienced people and expand the skill set,1) oncall sometimes gives you hard time but it usually comes once every 3 months so it's not that bad,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11718,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"Amazon is a great company to be an Executive Assistant. You are a true business partner with your Executive and part of the leadership team. You are part of making history. As an Executive Assistant at Amazon, you are never bored and can shape your role how you want it to be.",Getting promoted is challenging even when performing as a top tier and maintaining the leveling guidelines.,Evaluate your employees performance because personalities are subjective.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11719,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,I like the size of the company.,A lot. The interview works and people aren't great.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P390.htm
11720,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome opportunity to learn cloud services,"AWS is commonly used:      For storing public or private data,     For hosting a static/dynamic website,     For supporting online student programs,     For processing scientific and business data, and     For managing peak loads.  Over the years, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has permanently imprinted its name on the cloud computing world, backing up over 800 government agencies, 10,000 non-profit organizations and 3,000 .edus. Amazon Web Services caters to a spectrum of clients (individuals and organizations) by providing on-demand cloud computing assets and aids with pay-as-you-go method. This means that you can build and manage your websites and apps on AWS.","Except security concern, I have not seen any flaws with AWS services.","No advice needed, all looks good at least from my point of view.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11721,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Recruiting Manager,The company that wants you to behave as a owner,"Its a big company , sometime you could feel a little lost",Keep developing and giving big opportunities to your good performers,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11722,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,1. Exciting work 2. Great learning opportunity,1. No free food 2. 401K not comparable to other tech giants,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11723,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer III,Good place with minor downsides,Knowledgeable management High technical bar Diverse work Easy to transition between teams,Urban campus can cause commute difficulties Compensation is not as much as at some other companies,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11724,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not a good choice for a long term career,Work and pay is consistant,"You are not treated as a valued employee, rather, an expendable part of a machine.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11725,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Shipping,working at their FC'S,"the pay is good , nice work flow some nice managers","the only way to move up at their FC'S is to kiss butts and know the right people some Area Managers are nice and reward hard work but don't get use to them because they'll get over to another department , they force u to cross train in other departments ie: shipping and picking",keep the good manager that reward they hard workers in their own department you would keep a lot of hard workers in said department ie: shipping,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11726,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Pretty Agile, lot of responsibility",Too much focus on leadership principles,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11727,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,They are very professional and honest,"Amazon makes you feel important. Comparing them to Ebay, is like comparing apples and oranges. It’s a company that’s grown and continues to grow. That’s a company that I would like to work for.","There aren’t any cons. If I were to see any, it would be that they should have built their site in Ruskin, Fl. a long time ago but I’m happy that they’re here, better late than never.",To continue there management style,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11728,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,Well-defined job responsibilities Good exposure to Online retail selling pipeline Enables in-depth understanding of online retail back-end processes Ideal profile for a fresher to understand the functioning of online retail,Scope of resolution is limited to catalog discrepancies Involves average decision making Workflow is mostly preplanned allowing limited room to improvisations,While the management imbibes the leadership principles and the importance of a customer into each employer. it should insist more on bringing up process improvements that will reduce the repetitions involved in the process.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11729,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contractor,Great company to work for,You will not want to change jobs,They will support your education and goals,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P391.htm
11730,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,heavy bulky centers are little better,"most people drive pit equipment so less walking , productivity bonuses, stock options,","long hours , you do the same thing everyday all day,",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11731,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn!,Amazon is a great place to stretch yourself and learn! The learning curve shoots up exponentially the minute you join this place.,"Amazon is a demanding workplace at times and if you want a 9 to 5 job, it is not for you.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11732,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Good company,"Friendly coworkers, good management, fast paced work",Could use more hours each shift,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11733,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Pays well but they own you.,The pay is good . You may get to work on new and exciting initiatives that are transforming an industry.,You have to work long hours just to keep up with expectations. The doc process really slows down decision making.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11734,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package sortment,As many hours as you want,low pay older crowd of people,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11735,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very long hours.,The pay is great with a sweet signing bonus. The benefits are great too and you work 4 days/week.,very long hours. Little time for socializing. The work can get difficult because a lot of pressure is put on you and many times this job would get stressful.,Be more involved on the floor.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11736,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Amazon was great when I first started but is slowly going down the tubes each year.,Will hire just about anyone. Benefits are okay.,"Managers, Hr, favoritism, conflict of interest in CVG","Amazon would be a great company if it had better higher rank managers and HR that ""care"" are not afraid to take down managers that abuse amazon's policies. Work hard, make history, no fun.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11737,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad corporate,Pizza some days but rarely any,Changing our click ins times daily then punishing us for it. Flu outbreak but they fire you for missing even with DrAppt slips. Cutting hours. Nothing works and no new equipment gets ordered or fixed. A nightmare of corporate crapola.,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11738,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,-Pay and benefits are outstanding -Amazon really respects military and experience in other backgrounds -Work with some great people from all walks of life -4 days on/3 days off -Managers move up extremely quick -Managers are rated more off results versus company politics like most other places,"-Peak (usually November through Christmas) is hard on the body and if you have a family since it takes up large amounts of your time. But this is retail life so hard to complain. -HR can sometimes be more of a hassle than help -Associates can abuse the system (injuries, PTO/UPT, etc)",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11739,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Fantastic Company,"Amazon has really turned around their culture with respecting work-life balance and celebrating wins. Some people may not understand that this is a place where there's no ""hand-holding"". If you want to go for a job in another department, you tell your manager, network with others, and gain the skills through stretch projects to make it happen. This is a place where you can make a difference and see the impact in the big picture.",The commute to work can really weigh on you if you live in North Everett. It would be nice if they integrated more jobs to become full time remote to help cut down transportation issues.,Help guide employees to understand that they need to drive their own careers.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P392.htm
11740,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Sr. Program Manager,Not a fun place to work,compensation & benefits are at market . Nice offices and the ability to bring your dog to work.,"I knew going in that Amazon didn't have the best reputation as an employer, but I felt I did my homework (talked to current and former employees), read online reviews and even the infamous New York times article about the culture. But I accepted the offer after meeting my immediate team members and they seemed professional and nice. So I thought I'd give it a try, what's the worse that could happen? If I hate it, I would just leave.  It wasn't until about 6 months into my role, did I realize how realistic that article was in portraying the toxic culture. I've seen peers and senior leaders in meetings making their colleagues cry and/or made them feel stupid. I've also personally experienced a VP talking down to me in the most unprofessional manner. It felt like she got joy making me feel uncomfortable and enjoyed bullying me.  I told my boss about the experience and she basically shrugged and said that's how she is and that she's tough on everyone.Then she told me that VP made another colleague cry, so not to take it personally.I have tough skin, but I was so disappointed by the lack of concern or tolerance to bullying behavior. What's also really sad, we're in human resources! Our jobs in HR is to ensure everyone feels safe and respected.  Anyway, I regretted my decision of leaving my former organization, so I left immediately after my 1st year.","Word of advice Mr. Bezos, I'd recommend adding respect, empathy and humility as new leadership principles.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11741,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse assoicated,there are no pros working here,everything was a con from the first day,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11742,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not very good,"Huge company that sells everything, financially stable.",My experience here was awful. I tried to get a new position with the company and the HR dept. worked against me at every step. It’s impossible to get a new job here once you are hired. I’m disappointed that Jeff Bezos is overseeing such a terrible place to work.,Listen to your hard working employees at every level,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11743,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Trainer,Senior Trainer,Innovative and passionate people.,Some long hours and multiple projects.,Educational reimbursement for all employees.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11744,amazon,"Lancaster, TX"," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Was very busy, lots of people.","big building, not very convient",Be more informative to workers,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11745,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Advancement opportunities Great benefits Amazing people,Long hours Constantly on feet Not enough time for lunches and breaks,Work out a better break system,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11746,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Friendly staff and clean area,No teamwork between associates and managers,Be a better team,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11747,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"challenging, get to work with intelligent people",work life balance is non existent,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11748,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,worst employer ever,"well if you can keep the job , the pay is decent.",equipment doesn't work and you will be blamed for it,get working equipment,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11749,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,IT Support Technician,- Excellent learning experience - Challenging - Career opportunities,- Lack of communication - Online interviews,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P393.htm
11750,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,"No dress code, good location, lots of new things to learn every day, pretty nice colleagues.","You need to belong to a certain group of people to be able to grow, in other words, you need to be friends with people in management positions.","Consider other competent people for higher positions, not only those who are your friends or belong to your circle.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11751,amazon,"Tacoma, WA"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Package Handler,Package handler,Am hard working and am a team player,I have recomendatio s from friends,I will make sure i put the companies priolity to weight,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11752,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,Great Pay Easy Adaptability with Management,Odd shift times not enough hours,none,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11753,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Very professional staff, alot of learning",Compensation at Amazon is not great for recruiters.,"Employees should be treated equally, no matter what role they are working as.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11754,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Excellent and flexible working hours.,Work on your own time Excellent rate Friendly staff,Don't have a specific working hours. Sometimes you don't have a supervisor telling you what to do and how to do your work.,Try to establish to smaller island to promote employment for college students.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11755,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Process Assistant-TierIII,Amazon has great benefits and with the company opening up centers the chance to move around the world and country are great.,The pay for workers especially Tier III is well below the national average. For the amount of work we put in I believe we should be compensated more.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11756,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Fullifment Associate,Warehouse a part time gig,Paid weekly . You can choose your hours for part time and also sometimes there is options to voluntary your schedule time off.,Communication skills are lacking with higher management. Co workers like to gossip more than work.,Pay attention more to changing the things that are negatively happening. Remove a lot of lazy people that come to work to chitchat rather than work.,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11757,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I want to be done working at Amazon,"Amazon provides access to good health insurance plans, 401k and stock. They do try hard to keep people motivated.",The work days are long and very hard on you physically - lots of aches and pains due to overuse and repetitive use - and the work is monotonous.,Remember that people are not robots.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11758,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,It’s a great opportunity for me,Working long hours also it’s a long drive,Keep doing your job,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11759,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Best media sales job I've ever had!,Fast growing meritocratic environment Great ad products Innovative solutions Learn something new all the time More than just media sales. Great ecommerce/retail experience Opportunity to rise through the ranks quickly for smart hungry employees,"Humongous company Lots of processes Bureaucractic at times limited resources scrappy ""roll up your sleeves"" culture","Your experience will all vary depending on manager, division, location, vertical.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P394.htm
11760,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Best media sales job I've ever had!,Fast growing meritocratic environment Great ad products Innovative solutions Learn something new all the time More than just media sales. Great ecommerce/retail experience Opportunity to rise through the ranks quickly for smart hungry employees,"Humongous company Lots of processes Bureaucractic at times limited resources scrappy ""roll up your sleeves"" culture","Your experience will all vary depending on manager, division, location, vertical.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11761,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Work Hard, Have Fun!","1. Work is generally very challenging and impactful. You will have the opportunity to work with a lot of great senior and principal engineers who have a lot of experience designing large scale systems and services.  2. The culture is that you will have pretty tight deadlines driven by business needs and you will have to balance your operational load with your feature work to maintain the deadlines. But all the work will have great visibility among senior leadership leading to great growth opportunities.  3. The company has a great history of building robust, scalable and highly durable businesses and business models. Bezos's S-Team is supremely experienced and has managed to build a great work culture and robust businesses.  4. Completely Urban Campus! Regular Happy Hours! Free cereal and snacks! Monthly Phone and Parking reimbursement! You also get swag a lot more often than you think! ,-)",1. Tight deadlines and sometimes opeartional responsibilities can get heavy because of the scale at which Amazon operates.  2. You won't have the great perks that some of the other companies have like free food and all - but you have great food trucks and free cereal and snacks to compensate for that!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11762,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2018","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Solution, Architecture",Nowhere has ever challenged or sharpened my skills like AWS,"AWS has been an amazing place to try new things and grow skills, in 5 years I have held 3 different roles and 2 countries, all my choice, each has helped me grow to a new level in my career. In the last 5 years I have done and learned more than the 10 before that, working with the very best in the business pays off. The health care and benefits packages, and total compensation model are simply unbeatable in the technology industry.","High density seating kind of sucks, intermittently we end up sitting on top of each other, it's not the end of the world since AWS is very open to working from home frequently.","Keep focused on customers, don't get distracted from Amazon's core values, it's served us well for 20 years.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11763,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - City Manager,World class employer but only if you work at headquarters,Smart colleagues and management. Get to work on innovative services. Entrepreneurial work environment. Customer obsession ethos is for real and admirable.,Lack of job security for employees who work in field locations. I witnessed the company go on a hiring spree then let everyone go less than a year later due to cost issues. Very few job opportunities exist outside of headquarters requiring employees move to Seattle if their job is eliminated.,Be more thoughtful about hiring decisions.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11764,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you want to be fit work for Amazon is a good place to work nice people great PA,Good pay amazing benefits a lot off vto pay vacations and PTO good bonus for ratings,Short breaks. For the Water spider now you have 10 stations,Jeff calm down stop pushing your employer to the limited,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11765,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better Place to start full-time job,"Very Good Benefits, safe work place","High productivity rate, long hours of work.",Must increase wage. It's hard to maintain productivity and quality.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11766,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Decent compensation, strong talent, interesting work",Harsh culture based solely on merit,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11767,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,Very fast paced and will keep you busy. Tons of opportunity to learn and develop.,Advancement seems to rely on office politics.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11768,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Easy job,Freedom of space. Very easy work.,"They don’t treat you as a person, it’s more so about just having bodies to do the work",Be more caring,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11769,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Student Worker,Good pay but tiring work,"Simple job, don't need to use your brain that much. Decent pay for the work",Very tiring work since it is manual labor.,Fix your system of grading overall quality.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P395.htm
11770,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work place,Very agile and independent engineers. We have some really good engineers to work with,At management it sometimes feels like just any other company with incompetent managers and not able to handle and delegate appropriate work,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11771,amazon,"Taylors, SC"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great Work from Home,"Work from Home, 40 hrs a week. Plenty of paid training. Great benefits","NOT flexible, limited vacation, $10/hr.",Keep up the support! Great leadership!,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11772,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Functional Analyst,Be your own Boss,"Be your own boss, take responsibility and ownership of the work you do",I can not think of as of now. As you always can manager your work and get full support from leadership,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11773,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Category Merchant Manager at Amazon,Employment here is like an intense boot camp. You learn a lot and have to stay on point to deliver on your goals.,"Competitive environment, which may be tough to some employees.",none,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11774,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Great Company,"-Fast Paced, Innovative Environment -People are excited to try experiments -Value driven culture is very strong -Changing roles is encouraged","-Not everyone enjoys the fast pace, and as a trade-off prioritization of tasks can be challenging -Career development pathways are unclear",Management could do better at cultivating employees for growth based on individual strengths.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11775,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambaasador,"Great Pay , Avaiable hours","Horrible work environment , annoying management",Control the people,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11776,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Benefits and pay. Interview process was fun.,Employment at will. HR is not helpful. Not protected from retaliation.,Give ongoing feedback. Support subordinates with their needs and guide/coach them through difficult situations. Listen if they have concerns. Foster growth and development,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11777,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Besides the BS it is a job,Benefits Transfers to any site in US,Terrible pay for the workload expected to perform  Have to suck up hard to management to move up if even possible (usually 2-3 years or more),LISTEN TO EMPLOYEES NO MATTER IF TIER 1 OR NOT! You really challenge the intelligence of your new employees like they have never worked any other jobs in their life! Some are more expierenced in logistics than some of those kids you put leadership vests on that came straight out of college and have never worked a day in their life!  Stop making changes that no one understands without training employees first!  No one cares about your stupid survey for raises! Who is a third party company to tell us what we deserve to get paid? The cost of living in the area keeps going up but our pay doesn't!!!!!!!  Bezos rakes in billions and we have to go to food pantries to feed our families because the wages barely are enough for rent bills etc.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11778,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Dynamic, Innovative, Continuously innovative culture. 2 years here will allow you to learn much much more than probably 5 years in other companies.Individual as well as Team contributions are appreciated.",Sometimes too many things happen in parallel .,"Keep this culture innovate, and competitive.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11779,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate I,FC Associate I,Great communication. Wonderful employee's.,Introducing systems too early,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P396.htm
11780,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,Nice people keeps you busy pays the bills,lots of walking depending where working,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11781,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee Friendly,work place environment is very positive,sometimes we may have problems with the targets,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11782,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,"Challenging but Rewarding, Negiotiate Well, Seattle Traffic is BAD",+ Great culture for growth and development if you take charge and do it yourself. + Good healthcare benefits + Plenty of room to move into a new career and/or a new location w/ Amazon + Decent time off policy,"- Pay could be better, you need to negotiate hard to get what you want. With ""Frugality"" being one of the Leadership Principles here they will try to get you down to the lowest salary you will accept and sell their ""but you have a bonus and stocks"" stuff. Take it from me a higher base Salary >>>> stock & bonuses any day.  - They claim they avoid the bureaucracy of a ""departmentalized"" company but they really don't. You will constantly have to pitch your ideas to every single person on your team to get feedback and adjust. It's very annoying. Hire an expert and stay out of their way.  - Your satisfaction at work will depend highly on your hiring manager. If you get lucky than you're fine, otherwise prepare to dread the barrage of 1-1 meetings and ""coaching"" sessions that ask you to bend your back even further to reach the next level in <x> leadership principle.  - Traffic is just horrendous, seriously it is. Seattle's public transportation network really sucks, so if you want to drive, prepare to wait for huge amounts of time in traffic, or be a bus/train commuter and sit in the traffic on them too!  - Honestly Seattle is a modern day Coal Town. You will most likely end up paying a ridiculous amount of money (in rent) to a housing company partially owned or owned by Amazon/Tech Industry/You catch my drift.","- Hire experts and stay out of their way.  - Pay your employees a better wage and stop having your recruiters shove stock options down their throats. No one wants to wait 4 years for a payoff that will be cannibalized by taxes and a high cost of living.  - Have a better 401k matching policy, seriously.  - HR needs to get their @(!# together, I can't tell you how many issues I've had from ""Day 1"".",3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11783,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Its okay,"quick easy money, peak incentives",Managers don't know how to run the building. We have new management every month. If you are getting bullied at work they just shrug their shoulders. They hire anyone that applies ( even if they don't know any English) Life is miserable working there.,Please teach people how to run things better. Every PA I worked with runs the shift different than the others.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11784,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It wasn't the greatest place to work.,"I worked 4 days a week, 10 hours a day, and was making $12.50hr working overnight. My coworkers in my area (sorting) were some of the nicest people I've ever meet. Also the holiday pay was great,",Their leave is horrible. I got sick (due to a fellow coworker sneezing near me) i had to go to the emergency room for the flu. I went on the 6th and the doctor told me I can go back to work on the 12th. I faxed the papers to Amazon MyLeave and they told me I had to go to a regular doctor to get a release date. So I did. But it took me about 4 days because there is a flu outbreak and its hard as hell to find a doctor. they told me I had 4 more days on my leave or I would be fired. So I said peace and found a better a job.,Stop talking to people like they are children. Treat people with respect,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11785,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag,"For managers, the compensation is good compared to other companies/positions","Work/life balance suffers, time that should be available as part of the normal work week to work on projects beneficial to the company gets sucked up by the latest ""emergency"" on the production floor",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11786,amazon,"Lockport, IL"," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Potential,"benefits, all be it, pretty crappy ones, but they are available.","very poorly managed, was one of the first people to be trained at MDW5, very disorganized in both training and post training after the trainers had left and the operations staffers had taken over. Either they had very little operations knowledge and got the job on a whim, or they had there head in there butt during memo's from there bosses.",proper training is needed,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11787,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Meh,Weight loss. Hard working. Easy work. Anyone can do it.,"Sub par benefits, bad management, okay at best work environment.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11788,amazon,"Buena Park, CA"," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Coordinator,Logistics Amabassador,Weekly pay Get to meet new people,Terrible hours On your feet the whole time,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11789,amazon,"West Sacramento, CA"," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,Great co-workers. Everyone came from different backgrounds and it was nice to have conversation in between the fast-paced workload.,"People are lazy. Not just co-workers, but ambassadors/supervisors. I guess it depends on what shift you are working. Some ambassadors are anal about people talking, while the other ones are actually talking to the workers and not doing their jobs. It must be a power trip.","Step up and be what your title says. If things get too crazy, offer real help instead of walking away and ignoring the issues.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P397.htm
11790,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Flexible schedule , good benefits, okay pay","Long work days , horrible management",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11791,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Benefits Work with groups of very diverse co-workers A couple of free drinks from the machines,"Physically demanding, breaks should be longer and not timed, Timed everything. Rate sucks. Long hours. The work shift you initially choose should be the one you get. No real breaks, since they time you to and from the work station to the break room.",Treat your employees like people. We're not there to be treated like robots. Take out the rate. Have a better working environment. The work shift you initially choose should be the one you get.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11792,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart people and exploding innovation,Smartest people who will push you to bring your A game. Stock value Great challenges for Engineers in terms of innovation and technical problems to solve.,"All focus on customers, employees are neglected. Long working hours without a slow down period leading to quick burn out. Change of managers, randomization and projects changing in shape and form really quickly.",Focus on your employees. They are your strength. Eventually the pool of people will dry out as other companies offer same type of work but amazing employee benefits.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11793,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Fulfillment Center Associate,Good pay. Great benefits for both part time and full time.,Work is slave labor. Hard on the back and feet.,Treat employees better,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11794,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"High salary, demanding workplace",The job offers a high salary for managers.,12+ Hours on my feet as a manager. Hard on your knees for sure.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11795,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Love working at Amazon as a PM,"- flexibility to work on whatever you want as long as you can tie back value for the company, and have proven yourself to leadership/team",- harder to move around the company than expected,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11796,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Great Benefits and Great pay,"Long hours, in a packing position, really hard on your body.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11797,amazon,"Kansas City, MO"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon process assistant,Highest promotion velocity for any job you can find with out a degree,Learning curve is steep and you need to learn how to play the game with managers,Be vocally self critical and realize that occasionally the issue isn't with the base process but the leadership,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11798,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,A whole lot of nope,"Flexible set schedule (schedule is set but there are 4 different shifts to choose from), health benefits are okay but I've seen better.","There is no communication between management and team members or between departments, management is very unprofessional, ageism is a thing here as no member of management seems to be above the age of 30 at all, HR is completely useless and I have yet to see what purpose they actually serve since they are either not able to help or ask me to use the web portal to resolve the issue, nepotism runs rampant here, it seems like the job is designed for employees to fail.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11799,amazon,"Mira Loma, CA"," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Military structure,"The benefits are very good. Low cost medical and you get it right when you start. There's also a good amount of time off given when you first start, which you'll need. You'll meet some good employees that you'll get close to because you work such long shifts.","They started making the warehouse into a military structure. No bathroom time, and the time off task only being five to seven minutes was insane. If you are stowing items and there is no room in a pod and you're desperately trying to find space, that would be time off task which can lead to a write up. The warehouse also had favoritism, pallets of good freight was given to the girl who was dating one of the supervisors. We all struggled while they made sure she was comfortable. The excessive overtime wore out the associates to the point of many of us breaking down in tears.","Stop the favoritism, let associates use the bathroom, use real logic.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P398.htm
11800,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good, nice people to work with. The job itself is extremely easy.",Not enough hours at part-time sort center,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11801,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok Job,"Allot of hours and overtime Good benefits. It's amazon, allot of job opportunities.",Long hours on feet Feels like your best is never enough.,Maybe consider your employee's intelligence when saying some stuff.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11802,amazon,"New Brunswick, NJ"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Fulfilment,"Good benefits, fast pace friendly work environment.",Better overall training for different work processes.,Paid attention to detail and good performance employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11803,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Accounts Manager,You will be in a completely different work culture and space is the limit. You will be sharpened into the best knife in your field.,"Look up the article on New York Times ""wrestling big ideas in a bruising workplace"". You will get the perfect picture",Please start looking into abuse from employees related to ethnicity and religion. In the name of team spirit a lot of abuse is unreported by site leads and managers. Micromanagement is used on employees as a form of disapproval and as punishment.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11804,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Sales/Marketing,Your money or your life,"Really hip and cool environment architecturally and superficial-socially, inside and out. Great benefits and perks. In a great city.","High-school'ish in-group thinking fundamentally interwoven into the ""Amazon Leadership Principles"", it's actually scary! Zero work/life balance!","Support, talk, and listen to your teams outside of their manager's influence. Chastise backstabbing behavior. Directly support career growth.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11805,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Full Time,Give and Take,Great health insurance and lots of time off options- unpaid which works because I need to work full time but I'm also a student.,"The corporate culture, rampant favoritism and a lack of communication with employees",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11806,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its ok,"Fast paced environment, set schedule",Hard to move up and receive training to move up,Train individuals who are willing and wanting to excel with Amazon,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11807,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Casual dress, location of facility","Lack of flexible shifts, unreasonable amount of time to show improvement",Train your first-line team leaders on proper management techniques.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11808,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Absolutely TOXIC working environment,"Encouragement for growth, downtown Seattle offices, collaboration work spaces, and access to unique neighborhood/walkable work area experience. World travel and global appeal for travel opportunities and collaboration with co-workers.  Paid relocation and signing bonus were generous packages. *but watchout for repayment clause*  Opportunity for innovation if you can show business value.","I have quite a bit of a story to tell but to avoid getting sued for violations of the ridiculous non-disclosure agreement i'll limit what i say as not to be identifiable.  I'm in my mid 50s, i've worked in the technology Industry for most of my life after college. I had 2 patents from the late 90s and many more trade secret developments from my career in VLSI (silicon design) and software engineering and application architecture. I'm no engineering slouch and definitely can keep up with a fast pace.  Started my two year tenure with a relocation to Seattle paid for by the company and a bonus to help with the loss on my home. My first monday of work started pretty standard corporate song and dance i've heard before. Thats when it was different, it seemed more like a religious teaching then a 21st century working environment when we were introduced to the articles of faith. I was later quizzed on them and expected to repeat them verbatim!  The first few weeks of my employment consisted of lots of nice introductory meetings but quite quickly things decayed into what felt like a hostage crisis for me. I was flooded with after hours calls to my personal phone, SMS, and work emails. My manager called a meeting to discuss my responsiveness to the team on monday morning after Thankgiving about events that occurred on thankgiving. I knew right there, just a couple months into my career at Amazon this wasn't the right place for me. But not only was it not the right place for me its not the right place for anyone else.  I stayed the two full years to avoid repayment of my relocation and bonus agreement only to be constantly ridiculed for my age and even one time for being bald! I made it thru an Organization Level Review to see people treated inhumanely it made me want to cry. It also made me realize this company is utterly doomed to fall off the deep end.  I didn't give notice when i left, i made sure leave my equipment at my desk and badge and leave a hand written note that its not worth it anymore. Just the day before i got berated about referring to customers vs users in a email. How petty!","""never settle"" has its limits and becomes ruthless brutality upon your own employees. Propaganda and lies about people put into the Anytime rumors tool are brutal upon honest people. If i had to say one thing to get rid of its the Rumors and backstabbing.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11809,amazon,"Grand Rapids, MI"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,I Love the culture of ,"The Hard work we do is extremely fulfilling. I see the results of my labor directly in the network and I can see how it improved the customers experience. Its fun, I work with the greatest teams in the industry and we have a lot of fun. Finally, we are making history. I am proud to be an Amazonian.","It is hard work, can be odd hours. But the culture is real and the leadership works very hard to care for their team and manage life balance. My team lead asks every week, ""how are you and how is your family"". He cares. So basically the Con is only if you don't like hard work that is fulfilling.",Never stop caring! Never loose site that it is Day 1 every day!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P399.htm
11810,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Amazon Business,- Great profit sharing model keeps employees invested in continual improvement - True customer focus makes setting priorities consistent - Amazing brand recognition and mentality of customer obsession provides unity for teams,"- Base pay is generally less competitive (but total comp makes up for it) - Business processes are VERY rigorous, requiring a substantial amount of time writing ""docs"", justifying cases with ""1-pagers"", and waiting for a decision.","- Loosen the reigns a bit on process control, allowing your managers and employees the opportunity to affect change without major time investments in continuous justification. - Invest in the tools needed to provide effective B2B customer support.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11811,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer I,You get to learn a lot while working here. The culture is pretty cool here and the work is challenging enough to grow your professional experience.,I can not think of any at the moment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11812,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Corporate Recruiter,Great Company,"Best company in the world. The bar is high, but feel motivated to be part of a wonderful team.",They want you to work - :-),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11813,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Business Devlopment Roles at Amazon (specifically AWS),"- Fast paced environment working with lots of smart people. - Once you show you are capable, you are given a high degree of responsibility. - There is abundant opportunity to grow personally and professionally. - Quick decision making allows the company to operate like a startup.","Most things are “self service” meaning you are expected to “figure it out” so, if you are not self-motivated, you will struggle.","Keep the bar high, even as there is pressure to grow the company. Keeping the bozo factor low to nonexistent will help retain good people.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11814,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Controls Engineer,Great Place to Work.,"Great work environment, a very organized organization structure, you know what is your next step to be promoted, your managers will help you to get your goals and the company is growing very fast. Excellent benefits and they care about life quality.","Working on the floor at a lower level can be very hard and stressful, but if you are willing to grow in the company you can easily.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11815,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,Amazon is an innovative company with lots of opportunity.,"Amazon focuses a lot on innovation and thinking big. Also once you are in, its easy to move around and find the best team for you.",Less frills than other companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11816,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,Friendly work environment. Interesting project. Lots of benefit.,No Lunch (otherwise nothing I think),"Nothing :) (if can provide lunch, it will be great (but will never happen))",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11817,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience at Amazon,"The pros include the diverse atmosphere, getting an opportunity to meet so many different people and being able to help people when it is warranted. I love the company and how it takes care of it's employees as well.",I really don't have any cons I have heard several from others and their experience but for me I can't complain.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11818,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Fast paced, lots of cross team communication and integrations, lots to learn","Too much information to gain initially, it takes time to get hold of what people are talking about in the meetings, but that comes with big organizations anyways!!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11819,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technician,Great place to work here,None that i cant think of,Keep.doing,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P400.htm
11820,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Shipping and Receiving Associate,Excellent summer job,"Great work environment, solid management, great hours",It can be somewhat impersonal,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11821,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associates,"friendly workplace, very highly demanding and professional,","very fast pace, management sometimes have too much pressure.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11822,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job for a good star.,management is organized and friendly. people get along with everyone,really don't have any aside from not a lot of hours offered.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11823,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Work hard, have fun, make history.","It's all in the tag line above. Amazon is an amazing place to work, but you will work your butt off.  - Stock RSUs - Surrounded by A Players - Always interesting projects",- RSUs take years to mature - golden handcuffs - Not conducive to having free time - Seattle is dreary,Bezos has invented a culture that will live on beyond his tenure.,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11824,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,"No place is perfect, but I love it here. Full stop.",Amazing opportunities for personal and professional growth like no other company I've encountered in my long career.  This is definitely an intense environment to work in BUT I've never encountered a company that provides more support and help for employees. The culture here is like none other.,"This is very definitely an intense environment to work in. The bar is set very high, and you are expected to produce at a high level at all times.",Avoid frupidity (frugality + stupidity). Sometimes adding headcount or getting people good equipment are investments that pay off big.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11825,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Its Okay,"Meeting a lot of great people, and always knowing you have work to do.","Its basically just going into the warehouse and moving boxes, its not going to stimulate you and its going to get old. But finding some friends to work with makes the time better.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11826,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Representative,Business Development,Great Career Opportunities and Flexibility to move withing the company.,Work/Life Balance. High uncertainty towards your role.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11827,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Development Engineer,"Innovative projects, Amazing tech, Customer-focused, Career-focused company","For customers' benefit, I need to work hard. It pays off though.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11828,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"good salary, good teammate, easy bar","bad environment, do not like seattle",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11829,amazon,"Milford, MA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - General Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associates,Busy team working environment but not very clean,Benefits no good supervisors are rude,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P401.htm
11830,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic company,"Smart people, beuracracy levels are impressively low for such a large organization, many training and coaching resources, everyone wants to be helpful, practically everyone is energized and owns their work.","Takes time to learn to navigate such a huge corporation. Two or three systems exist for some things and not always clear what system should be used. Too many meetings, especially for managers.",Reduce the number of meetings and try to follow your own day 1 mentality that you are trying to instill into your workforce.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11831,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Innovative, faced paced and challenging work space!",It takes effort to ensure your work and your life remain balanced.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11832,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Lots of things to learn,"- Lot of things to learn, innovative work. - Opportunities to develop skills in the multiple areas i.e. technical and leadership. - Easy to move around domains or teams if you are bored or dissatisfied.",- Promotion does not come by easily. - Work-life balance is not bad but can be improved. - Perks,"Along with being customer-centric, can we also be employee-centric? A happy employee would mean a happy customer too!",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11833,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,Work from home Incentives for bring metrics up or down,"Customer Obsession was left behind in policy changes months ago It’s all about metrics, you have 12 minutes to talk to the customer, find the issue, resolve it and wrap up the call Transferring to other departments is almost impossible, even if the call needs to transferred most departments especially supervisors won’t answer, refuse the transfer or hang up We are just trained seals there to perform tricks for the customers so they are happy. The on boarding (training) is a whole 2 weeks then your threw to the lions Be prepared to be cussed, called stupid, and screamed at and this is just by customers not to speak of the management if you get a manager that even knows your on their team. I have been on a team in the past that I never spoke to my team manager. I made attempts but he would be out of the office or just leaving ask a team mate Your told to not go to Dart about things you need lead approval for, why have the department if we aren’t suppose to use them?","Be a manager who is there and present for your shift. Especially if your over a team that everyone works from home. Don’t hand your responsibility down to others on that team that just suck up to you more than others, especially if they have less than 1 year experience. Switching teams, you can be moved to another team in a moments notice. In my time so far with amazon I’ve had 9 different team managers. Every manager is different in how they do things and by the time you get use to one manager your moved and starting over again with a different team. So your not just learning how to work with a new manager but also a whole different team. It’s a nightmare honestly constant fear and anxiety about your metrics because you just never know what’s next. And opportunities to move up are there but you have to talk to your manager and get their approval, so if you’ve had a few non existent ones like I have these chances are gone before you can talk to your manager",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11834,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,A nice backup,"Set schedule, good work for bachelors without families","Outside of peak season, you better budget well",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11835,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Recruiting at Amazon,-Constantly trying to innovate w/finding the best new talent,"-Management needs to take much better care of the employees, offering better perks/benefits",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11836,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Content Developer,The benefits/downsides of a huge company,"Great benefits, deliberate and well-intentioned human resources, strong initiatives to invent and hire the best talent. Amazon boasts a vastly diverse workforce that continually cultivates innovation and opportunity.","Large number of organizations within company creates unnecessary red tape/bureaucracy, certain groups encourage stress-inducing around-the-clock coverage, overly complicated solutions for otherwise simplistic issues.","Continue to evaluate Amazon's impact on its immediate environment, and continue to look for opportunities to be accommodating of to a diverse workforce.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11837,amazon,"Waukegan, IL"," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Slave labor,The pay was decent that’s all. There’s nothing really positive except for he benefits but it isn’t worth it. Don’t do it,Long hours mechanical monotonous and tedious soul crushing their cafeteria is overpriced and the work conditions are awful. You will regret it immediately. They will fire you for any reason and screw you ofer. They don’t have the best interest of their employees in mind. Ever.,Stop,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11838,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Order picker,The pay is great and the environment is friendly.,Being an order picker involves a lot of walking and climbing stairs.,"I don't really have anything to say here, I thought the management at CHA1 was spectacular.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11839,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Steady, Guaranteed Job","Guaranteed 40 hours every week. Occasional Mandatory Overtime, benefits from day one.","Worked too hard, Manual Labor, On your feet for 10 hour shifts.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P402.htm
11840,amazon,"Buena Park, CA"," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon heaven or hell,"Get to meet some really cool people, if you like to stand nonstop then this is the place for you",Limited to moving up. Sometimes hours flex down because not enough work/volume,"More work hours, better managers/shift leads running the place. Give everybody an opportunity to learn and move up.",5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11841,amazon,"Aurora, IL"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mehh,"Pay can be great when they are not offering VTO. Monthly bonus based on building performance and your attendance. Stock after 90 days, that you have to allow to rest for two years aka you can't sale it until 2 year. The stock is yours after 90 days if you claim it, yes even if you quit or are fired. Again you can't sale it though, you have to wait two years. Health, vision, and dental are all very cheap. Easy to apply to another department or facility as long as you don't have write ups. They will pay 95 percent of your college tuition up to a certain dollar amount. Jeff Bezos seems to care. They are always asking the opinion of the employees.","Management in ICQA at MDW9 is terrible. Theh are never around for night shift and will write you up quickly. Almost everyone has been written up, about 10 out of 15 people. They like to rush you through training and proceed to complain about OP accidents. Literally trained for about 30 minutes and was thrown on a machine and was on my own. They don't take you through the building to show you how things work you have to figure it out or get yelled at for doing something you were never told not to do. Hectic during peak. There were days were we had no OP's because there were too many people. They don't wash the harnesses. We are in them for 10 hrs per shift and the building is 24 hrs so they are unbelievably dirty and they think it's appropriate to not wash them. ICQA is the ""let me wipe your you know what"" department. You literally just go around fixing other people's mistakes and if you make a mistake you get fired for it. Mind you you're trying to fix the mistake while you have a picker or stower behind you rushing you out of their way. If you did your job properly I wouldn't have to spend 30 minutes taking everything out of the bin just to count it or reorganize it so that a heavy box isnton top of a small fragile light weight box. They trow you into a department without asking your preference. If you don't like heights or swaying back and forth whilst being 30ft in the air don't apply. You're so tired after working four 10 hr days, five 12 hrs days during peak, that it's hard to make extra money on your days off unless the job is sitting on your bottom.",If safety is truly important spend more time training people. Allow those that truly don't like hieghts stick to packing or the loading docks.,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11842,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,They really don't have traditional product managers at Amazon,"Creative company, Smart people, Very Political",lack of funding. lack of clarity of roles - many product managers don't have dev team . lack of visibility from management about org restructures,Clarify when you are hiring that it is not for product if it is not a product role.,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11843,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Easy job, better pay than most retail or grocery jobs","If there is no work, they offer VTO (Voluntary time off) either before the day, at the start of the day, during the day. You don't get paid but you don't lose the vacation or paid hours they give you as benefit. Great if you are a student or you have personal errands to do.  I get $2500-$3000/yr from Morgan stanley stock share.","Like any other job, it could be boring, and exhausting.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11844,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fresh Associate,"Friendly people, and somewhat easy work with excellent benefits","Long shifts (about 11 1/2 hours) night shift always has more work but I am more of a morning person so i get to work and there is not a lot to do for a couple hours, there are rates you are supposed to hit otherwise youll get warnings and youll potientially be fired if you dont hit their expectations. everything is monitored systematically","None, i have a wonderful manager and all the leadership people are great too",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11845,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you like boring,"Decent pay, Full time hours","Long hours, boring, no music, tons of repetition","Allow some sort of music, or something to make the day pass faster and more conveniently",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11846,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Amazon is a good place to work,"Great benefits, Really care about the customers.","low pay, high work load",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11847,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Kiva Stow,Not so Amazoning,"Good benefits, clean, mostly safe, lots of nice co workers, paid in time","Grueling ,mind numbing ,repetitive work, Designed to promote failure",Wake up.... work rules will invite unionization,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11848,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC,Great place to work. You pick the shift that you desire,Standing for a long time but you will get use to it,Keep up the good work!!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11849,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction eisk investigator,Best place to work. awesome work culture,Shifts are not flexible.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P403.htm
11850,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Manager Software Development,Pace of innovation and customer obsession. Ability to make an impact. Willingness to try and fail. Smart and talented teams. Culture,Long hours. All in all the time. Work life can be balanced but you need to work at it.,Keep it Day 1.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11851,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Director,Head of Engineering,Excellent work culture and pace of execution,"Lot of internal dependencies, difficult to navigate",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11852,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation Staff,"You know what is expected from you everyday. Always constant high energy and success stories. I come from the restaurant industry, so the standing and walking doesn't bother me. It's a physical job that will keep you in shape. This company is booming and it is a great time to become part of the team.",I haven't ran into any cons thus far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11853,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Ambassador,Fantastic Company!,"Work 5 days a week, get paid for 18 hours! I work the wrapdown shift only right now and our team is amazing. The shift is supposed to be 12-4am but we finish by 2am almost everyday. As an ambassador, im usually kept behind for a bit, but still only average about 13 hours a week! With perfect attendance for the week, Amazon pays for 18 hours no matter how much we work, so essentially im getting paid for 5 hours I didnt actually work. Doing the math, for me, it comes out to about $20/hr!","Working the same shift can get monotonous, but it's all about the team and we like to make work fun!",Attention to detail needs improvement as well as overall organization.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11854,amazon,"Tampa Palms, FL"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Dreary,I received a paycheck,Short breaks Treated like number Horrible work life balance,Put qualified people in management,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11855,amazon,"Gardner, KS"," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Patry Associate,pantry associate,"benefits , pay is ok. people are friendly",crappy job. everyone is miserable and a lot of people get injured.,stick to doing 1 thing great intead of many things not great. give longer breaks especially for 12 hour shifts,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11856,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,associate,Has good benefits and compensation plans. The pay is comparable to those other companies in the area.,"Long shift. A lot of walking on concrete, management show too much one sided favoritism . Also at times its a hostel work environment.",Be firm but fair with the employees. Show that you care but is not a push over.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11857,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Specialty Customer Service Representative,Great Company,"$10/hr Up to 20 Hrs Of OT a Week And Paid Personal Time & Breaks Flexible... offered a lot of UPT, PTO & Voluntary Time Off Chose my schedule Only had 1 Manager (worked for 9 months) & She was really efficient Ability to communicate with coworkers & managers easily.. There’s literally a search engine for anything you would need LOTS of gift cards for great work ethics (prr, Working a lot of overtime, etc)  Crosstrained in multiple departments (could be a con if you don’t like the variety or the dept) Team meetings are entertaining & helpful Holiday pay",Training is quick. It was fine for me & You had many tools & resources to help So it wasn’t bad..  Certain policies and things out of our control can make it a bit hard to keep every customer satisfied. Positive positioning is key...,"Management isn’t always on the same page. They also make frequent changes to things that can confuse people, especially when communication site wide is missing..",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11858,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - TCSS,Tecnhical Support Specialist,"Great Benefits, Opportunities to make a careeer out of anything once you adbide to the LPs","Over worked, poor salary for entry level if you live in Seattle. Pay seems high, but the living cost does not match the salary.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11859,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon, an ok place",plenty of teams to choose from with top level developers,easy to feel lost in the crowd and get shafted on grunt work,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P404.htm
11860,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon, an ok place",plenty of teams to choose from with top level developers,easy to feel lost in the crowd and get shafted on grunt work,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11861,amazon,"Teterboro, NJ"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Closer,Amazon fulfillment center,"Modern facility, a sense of community, anybody could work here.",Not a lot of hours per shift.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11862,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - 3D Artist,Amazon Games Studios is not a good place for artists or creating games.,Pay is better than games industry standard. Central location downtown is vibrant and accessible via transit. The buildings and facilities are generally pretty nice.,"Not a creative place to work. I’ve seen senior leadership drive multiple promising projects into the ground. Recent layoffs of full-time art staff and new focus on outsourcing art shows that the organization does not care to develop artists, or create artistically interesting projects.  The content tools are infuriating. Features we depend on are broken and deprecated before adequate replacements are developed. Tools QA and UI is not good. However, recently the tools team has become more responsive.  There was a lot of potential here when I started. I was excited about my job and the possibilities of what we could do. Over the last few years, I haven’t seen much positive come out of this org, and good people are leaving.","Becoming a successful AAA game development studio takes decades, not years. Have more patience. Don’t be such slaves to your tenants. Allow games that employees pitched to be developed. Use your capital to develop truly interesting projects using our talented art and design staff. Delight our customers with fun and unique experiences, then figure out revenue streams, not the other way around.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11863,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Amazon Culture,Tough work. Tough culture.,Nice people. Work is challenging,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11864,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Manager,Great Place To Work,-Cares about your development. -Provides many challenges. -Great culture.,-There are a lot of ambiguity that can be difficult when coming from certain positions.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11865,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate,Amazon FC Associate,"Team environment, flexible schedule, excellent benefits, advancement opportunities, extracaricular advancement availabilities.","Physically demanding, long commute for me personally.",More effective communication,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11866,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Department Supervisor,Great place to develope professional skills and work ethic,Friendly competitive environment. The overall culture when comming into work make you feel like you’re not really at work. Most of the leadership is what builds the culture occasionally approaching you and simply converse with you. Really building a manager associate relationship.,Expectation can be way too high on occasions sometimes makes associates work ethic decline as they are given a goal that’s near impossible to reach.,Make sure the type in freight in building corresponds to realistic eos goal,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11867,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Develop tools are pretty well designed,"No free food, drinks or snacks",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11868,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very low pay for so much job done or asked to meet the requirement numbers as makers, towers, picking.",New company that looks to have a great future shopping generation.,Goog workers won't last long as soon they find out the pay.,It's great to treat equally but in work and knowledge experience is not fear to pay every single employe the same.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11869,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate worker review,Great benefits and great scheduling!,Really repetitive work and overall morale working there is low.,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P405.htm
11870,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,Fantastic!,"I work in the Sustainability org. Very cool people, super fulfilling work. People's mileage may vary based on their team but I personally have a very good work/life balance and enjoy coming in every day.","The parking situation is bad, and you dont get garage access until well past the first year. They give you an unlimited bus ticket but its a long walk to my nearest bus stop.",Check out the Sustainability org. Do what they do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11871,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Strategic Account Manager,Favorite Place I've Ever Worked,"Incredible people, exciting projects, much better work life balance than Amazon gets credit for.",Large corporations can be challenging to navigate and Amazon is no exception. Internal tools can be challengin,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11872,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Aws Account Manager,Amazon Web Services Account Manager,"Culture fits like a glove, feels like home. Super smart dedicated teams.",Self Serve culture is not for everyone.,Keep rolling like it's day 1,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11873,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Ownership - You get to own your projects. Design, build and maintain your feature in a product. Freedom- To experiment. It's ok to fail, but there is a huge learning curve. Co-workers: Team and management are very positive.",You get nothing for free. It would have been great if the kitchen is stocked with some basic items.,It would have been great if the kitchen is stocked with some basic items.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11874,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love working for AWS,Variety of problems to solve daily.,Very competitive environment to work in,No comments,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11875,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist SVS,Brand Specialist SVS,"Great exposure, given a lot of responsibility","Reactive, short-term focused business - often feels like a wash, rinse, repeat/laundry list type of job",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11876,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE at Amazon,"Company has a ton of opportunities, stock is doing great, love of freedom to move around, smart people to work with","on call rotations, work life balance, limited base salary increase, only rewarded with restricted stock units, rewarded less when the stock price increases a lot",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11877,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort Associate,Very laid back and easy,Managers showed a lot of favoritism,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11878,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work at!,"Lot of employee benefits, too much fun","Amazon has slow growth for its employees, less IJP's",More IJP's needed,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11879,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,"Challenging work, opportunity to learn new technology, Growth opportunities, heavy focus on innovation. Quarterly promo cycles.",Operational load can be challenging depending on the team. Few people may not like high density work environment in seattle downtown.,Please provide parking facility to everyone. Provide framework for better rewards and recognition. Provide stock purchase plan to employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P406.htm
11880,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort Associate,Very laid back and easy,Managers showed a lot of favoritism,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11881,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work at!,"Lot of employee benefits, too much fun","Amazon has slow growth for its employees, less IJP's",More IJP's needed,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11882,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,"Challenging work, opportunity to learn new technology, Growth opportunities, heavy focus on innovation. Quarterly promo cycles.",Operational load can be challenging depending on the team. Few people may not like high density work environment in seattle downtown.,Please provide parking facility to everyone. Provide framework for better rewards and recognition. Provide stock purchase plan to employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11883,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,It depends on which org/team you work at.,A lot of things are happening at Amazon. Great opportunity to move around different teams.,It depends on which org/team you work at.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11884,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal part time,"they offer benefits for full time, nothing for part-time availability for over-time","super hard work (lifting, standing and walking) with no pay,no one will appreciate what are you doing, very short lunch break",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11885,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow associate,"Fun co-workers, fun managers, and 4-day work weeks","10+ hour days, terrible communication with employees, managers can be bad, other co-workers get bossy, terrible discount",Communication is key,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11886,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Learn and work for the best company in the field (by a mile) with the brightest people in the world.,Punishing job to your social life as you will probably spend most of your life there.,Maintain a social/work life balance and not just preach it.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11887,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Happy go lucky environment. HR is super friendly and had the employee's back and full support. They give away free diets and amazon gear often during peak season. Friendly mangers and everyone's always willing to help. Hard work can pay off of your really motivated and a fast learner.,"You can get fired for the smallest of things, like not meeting packing rates, getting written up for not using safety practices when lifting boxes, or anything that is in safe. Cameras ate everywhere, you are tracked everywhere via your badge. They go through employees like nothing.",Nothing your doing a great job.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11888,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Flexible hours so i could do other things,Phisicaly work but overall good job,Keep up good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11889,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,"Great employees, great atmosphere,",Time consuming to move up (promotions),Assist your employees & promote from within,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P407.htm
11890,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,The quotas are ridiculous after peak season,Ability to take pto during shifts as long as you have the hours available if you can't make it 10 hrd,"Short Breaks, excessive work quotas, work life balance is poor and dull and repetitive, employees are expendable no job security","Stop having people work like machines. You feel like your hitting your rate only to be told your doing less than what your thought. Fulfillment associates should be allowed to see their rates at their workstation than the ambassadors or line leads coming around every couple hours to say what yor rate is. If rates were available for employees to see, then you would know to pick up your pace or remain steady so you don't overwork yourself. Also, stop treating employees so expendable so you'll have more motivated people working.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11891,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Experience,Fair wages and steady hours,Sometimes too strict on situations you could not control,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11892,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good place for junior level engineer,Amazon's stock price You will have chances to learn new technologies,Not showing respect to SDE1. Like SDE1 at Amazon is a temporary job.,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11893,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average Pay & Amazing Benefits,"Let's face it, the reason we drag ourselves out of bed in the morning is to keep the lights on and keep food in the fridge. You won't starve at Amazon and you also won't pay much for medical services. Experience here is applicable in almost any industry, and their Career Choice program will actually help you get into a different field if you wish (restrictions apply). Also as the company's outlook is very positive, job security and promotion potential are at comfortable levels.","Pay is, as mentioned above, average at best, something I found surprising when you work for the wealthiest man in the world. Some people may view the competitive environment and high workloads as a con, which is why I put them here, but I view those things as opportunities to develop skills to move up (or on) in your career. I don't have any major gripes with Amazon, it isn't a bad place to work at all.","Review your compensation strategy, aiming for average pay and expecting to attract and keep the best employees doesn't work on paper or in the warehouse. Also it would be nice to get more face time with management, but that's just a consequence of a workplace with lots of computers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11894,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work.,"Decent pay and benefits, paid sick time and unpaid time off,","Can be labor intensive depending on where you're put to work. Repetitive work place. Wear comfortable sneakers or you'll be sorry,",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11895,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Director, Amazon","Smart people, highly evolved corporate values, willingness to invest and try new things","Can be a cold/inhuman working environoment, little concern for work/life balance",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11896,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - QAE,QAE at Amazon Music,Lot of opportunities for career growth if in the right org.,"Less transparent about leveling, during hiring process. Be sure to ask around about the level offered before accepting an offer.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11897,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for with great opportunities,A great thing about amazon is working from home,Not being able to change your shift after being hired so make sure its a shift that you love,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11898,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Field Transportation Specialist,Field Transportation Specialist,Benefits are excellent and you receive discounts on several things.,"The base pay sucks. They claim to pay a competitive wage, but several warehouses in the area start they're employees off 2-3 dollars for doing the same job. Most of management are college students who've never had a job before let alone being in charge of anything.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11899,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Love,"Pay, relaxation, the culture, free food",Everything is always great with amazon,Get it together,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P408.htm
11900,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's not good for new graduate,You can learn a lot for aws,it doesn't have good ramp up for newbees,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11901,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 12, 2018","Current Employee - Ambassedor of Learning, Advance P I T Driver, South Dock Worker",Great way to start and learn amazon,great training program but can be improved,questionable off-time (HUB & VTO) but works very well maintained and easily accessible,Needs leadership in class training courses on teamwork all as one one as all(FTW1) Dallas,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11902,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,process assitant,"Guaranteed 40 hours weeks , 3 days off unless OT is called","long hours, on feet all day , only quarter raises every 6 months for 3 years then you max out on raises",always adapt,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11903,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor work/life balance,Great benefits package that starts on day one,Long hours & inexperienced management.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11904,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,"Great coworkers and nice perks, but micromanagement is a problem",Coworkers are great and make it fun to come to work every day. Free food and team building activities are a plus.,Micromanagement is a problem. So many case annotations are required that it is bothersome. It's also very difficult to advance in the company and out of Seller Support.,"Allow employees to breathe a bit without feeling watched all the time, support career growth",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11905,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager - Technical,Lots to learn and grow,1) Customer obsessed 2)Work on cutting edge and new products to delight customers 3) Learn from highly talented and driven employees,"Long hours, but typical of the tech industry",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11906,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,"If you're a self starter, this is the place to be.","I get to work with the best and brightest, guide our product development and deliver outstanding experiences for our customers.","Work load can be quite variable depending on the time of year, though i know tjis is the case at many/ most companies.",None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11907,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Awesome atmosphere and great people to work with,It's a great place to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11908,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,My experiences with Amazon Fulfillment Center was overall very good.,The great benefits and many PTO options. The pay rate is great. The jobs were easy and harmless.,Too many mandatory overtime between the summer & winter seasons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11909,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Lots of time off opportunity. No politics. Just go to work do your job and your good.,Walking 15 miles almost a day,none,5.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P409.htm
11910,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer Intern,Good micro management. Flexible office hours.,Not much choice given to pick up a team.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11911,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Great part time job and long lasting as long aa you do a great job.,Hard to get extra hours due to limitation of four hour shifts.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11912,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Bad management,Badhr bad management about there employee,Shame shameless company that is disastrous with there employee,The need to grow up with management about there employee,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11913,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transporation Specialist,"Great company to work for, always growing, opportunity to set your goals higher. Never fails to know that there is always a reason to want to learn something new even after being with the company for over 5 years.","Only the commute but that is not Amazon's fault, i commute 2 hrs per day but it is worth it.","Keep up the great work, communicate more often so people know what is going on with upper management.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11914,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience,You learn a lot working at Amazon.,I can be demanding at times.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11915,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work-life balance a struggle,- Pay is highly competitive - Coworkers are all brilliant people - Amazon campus is beautiful and full of amenities,- Seattle housing IS very expensive -- be warned - Very little free time due to job - Supervisors could be very impatient,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11916,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Instock Manager,Great work place for young,There are many data to analyze. Speedy and dynamic.,Less work life balance. Too much things to do.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11917,amazon,"Duluth, GA"," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The work environment was very good as well as the benefits, but the pay is substandard.",The people I work with and the medical insurance are great. I do like working four day weeks sometimes. Plus getting stock is a huge bonus.,The days can be physically gruelling. The pay isn't competitive to comparable jobs in my area. There isn't a ton of opportunity to move up unless you're willing to relocate.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11918,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort team/ one man team,Loved the work model of having different jobs. Made sure you never got tired of your job.,When given a leadership role like auditing rebin carts there was no vest color change showing your role status. Caused a lot of issues.,If you give a leadership role to someone make sure to give a meeting explaining why the auditing team is being called in and that they are there to help catch error not get people written up.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11919,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,You are able to work on important things immediately.,The organization is structured such that it can be difficult to move forward on projects.,Focus on rewarding high performers rather than standardizing benefits.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P410.htm
11920,amazon,"Union City, CA"," Feb 10, 2018",Former Employee - Cherry Picker,Horrible Policies,Fast paced and the comparadarie was excellent!,Demanded way too much for so little pay. Many of the associates were fearful of losing their jobs due to the draconian demands of day to day productivity. Management was disorganized. High turnover rate.. Low morale.,Please show more understanding of your employees. Stop treating them like they are numbers.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11921,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,driver,i made my own schedule,"low income , long drives and no productive for me","i have 4+ years od experience as office manager, secretary and clerk . with a great costumers services . bilingual.",5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11922,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Its ok depending on the building and the position.,"The benefits are excellent. Many opportunities for higher positions if you put in the effort. Its a perfect way to learn logistics. You don't have to be at work if you have the time to cover it. With that being said if you don't come to work, you don't have answer any questions or really call out. Your time, your responsibility. Saying you work for Amazon really does get you far outside of work....","The work can be crazy and sometimes overwhelming during peak times of the year. Your hardwork can sometimes be overlooked or misused. No communication between different shifts that can be potentially detrimental to the building. There are signs of favouritism between associates in different tiers. It sometimes takes many times for you to apply for you to get a position, no matter how qualified you may be.",Less favouritism. Give everyone an opportunity to be great. Recognize the underdogs who really keep the gears going such as certain departments. A thank you goes a very long way.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11923,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,Benefits Pay Dress Code Schedule City,Long hours short breaks and lunch nasty people building unorganized,Listen to suggestions,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11924,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Selller Support associate,Nice people to work with,work timings keep changing every 3 months.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11925,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Delivery,Not enough shifts were available.,Great hrly pay was offered.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11926,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,Good pay and benefits,A lot of work to be done,Raise the pay,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11927,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Receiving Associate,SDF 4,The managers made you feel like a family is SDF 4.,There was a lot of favoritism in the HR department,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11928,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Very fun to work at,Meet a lot of people and basically get paid to work out,I like coffee cars and planes,Idk have fun and stuff,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11929,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,If you like Working For Free!,The robots are fast...keep the work flow going and going if you can keep up.,101 WAYS TO BE TOLD THIS IS HOW TO GET FIRED! Clock in one min early get fire and lose a hour. don't lock up phone get fired ..........,"Been working for a month not been pad! HR is a joke..was told three different things buy five different people. I just walked out the office after watching HR trying to contact HR. HR phone told me two checks were set to HR Amazon ""NOT"" then was told they are in the mail, then told only one was sent to bank then was told two was sent to bank....after I was told did not setup a bank with them then was told bank sent them back..... LA, LA, LA, I new it was going to be bad when HR online told me start time was 6:30 but HR at Amazon told me 7:30 and the person at Orientation told us ""I don't know don't blame me wait till someone else from Amazon HR come in here and talk to you"". Waiting go lawyer to call me back maybe then I'll get paid!!",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P411.htm
11930,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Happy Amazonian!,I am on a great team with awesome manager who focuses on career development. We have large goals that we work towards each year and find unique ways for accomplishing those goals. It is a fast pace environment but I really enjoy the challenge. I am motivated to come to work every day.,"Amazon is very fast pace which leads to some ambiguity. If you need lots of structure and process, then Amazon is probably not the right fit for you. A lot of times we are figuring out how to do something while execute it.",I would suggest on focusing more on talent development for strong performers specifically with women and minorities.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11931,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Excellent working environment,"A fast growing company, a lot of things you can discover and learn here. The schedule is based on team, my team is great, not that stressful as other people said. Colleagues are super smart and helpful. Competitive salary and benefits, nice office location. Can't complain.",Haven't found any cons now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11932,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Operations Manager,Awesome Company with a ton of perks! Get ready to deliver results!,+Growth Potential +Exposure +Dynamic Day to Day,-Ambiguity  (Work life balance is what you make of it),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11933,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,It's a big company.,"I really like the people I work with. It's a bunch of college grads that are new to the city, so we go bowling every week, sometimes skiing during the weekends, and have a ps4 in our team area where we would sometimes take breaks. In terms of work, we all cooperate, and nobody works alone. If there is a guy left behind, there is always a mentor who helps. You also get paid a lot more than it looks like based on your stock.  Thought I should give a positive review out since I like my job.",Being in a big company means you may not have the same experience as I do. Being in a big company also means you are more tied into business decisions from management rather than your own software decisions.,Protect us from upper management requirements?,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11934,amazon,"Augusta, GA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Social Media Evaluator,Customer Service,The best worldwide global network marketing on earth!,It's all computerized automated technology in control.,CHARLES E.KELLY & COMPANY GLOBAL NETWORK MARKETING AMAZON COLLABORATION FOR HIRE!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11935,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Infrastructure Architect,Bes beaurocracy t job I have ever had (after 24 years of work)!,"I have never been in a place where so many intelligent, easy to work with employees worked. There is no red tape or bureaucracy. Everything works like a well oiled machine. If you ever have an opportunity to work here, JUMP ON IT!","High volume of travel in my consulting role, which might pose a problem for some, but they were clear about it up front.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11936,amazon,"Buffalo, NY"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment,Associate,Flexible shifts. Great managers and supervisors. Lot of fun. HR always there on the site ready to help.,Salary could be higher.,More selective when hire people.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11937,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Maintenance Technician,Really good place to work,"Love the work schedule, safe environment, clean work, good people and management and good opportunity to grow professionally",Not to much to do around amazon if you plan to move to Ruskin area.,"I recommend to Validate the new hires technical knowledge in the field, Read SOP and get train in the field with MRE manager and a Tech 3. That way we can get a standard in the repairs. I used to get train like that in Pharmaceutical and works pretty good.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11938,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager Review,"Get to run a business everyday, meet great employees and get to connect with them, amazing benefits, can get promoted quickly if you perform well",Long hours (not a con if you can handle it). Hard for some people to maintain work life balance.,The building culture starts with the GM and the seniors. How they operate will trickle down to AMs. Keep this in mind when making impactful decisions.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11939,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Ok for short term work,Benefits from 1st day of employment,"Physically demanding, long shifts, high productivity quotas",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P412.htm
11940,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager Review,"Get to run a business everyday, meet great employees and get to connect with them, amazing benefits, can get promoted quickly if you perform well",Long hours (not a con if you can handle it). Hard for some people to maintain work life balance.,The building culture starts with the GM and the seniors. How they operate will trickle down to AMs. Keep this in mind when making impactful decisions.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11941,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Ok for short term work,Benefits from 1st day of employment,"Physically demanding, long shifts, high productivity quotas",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11942,amazon,"Bethpage, NY"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Skilled Amazonian trying to move up in company,Company really cares for it's employees,Very physical workplace where you can make great friends,Reward great employees more often,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11943,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Awesome place to work,Plenty of opportunities for career growth Can work with really smart and intelligent people around Light and tension free work culture,"nothing except they don't provide food, breakfast at work place","With customers, take little bit more care about employees as well :)",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11944,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Receiving,Amazon warehouse,Good starting pay and benitfits available the first day of work.,Shifts are to long and not enough time for lunch or breaks,Go to a standard 8 hour shift.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11945,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Engineer,You can find start up like working environment here with lots of opportunities. The decision making here is really fast.,Not so many fancy perks as other companies do,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11946,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"AWS: Great Company, bad work environment",Decent pay. Lots of responsibilities. Ability to provide feedback that influences outcomes. Relaxed corporate culture. Ample opportunities to advance skills through paid training.,"Hypocrisy regarding interactions and rules when working with other teams. For example, other teams laying blame on one team, then not taking responsibility for their failures. Overbearing processes that hamper fast turnaround times. Rampant backstabbing and efforts to make others look bad for selfish purposes. Many leaderships teams in the middle levels make knee jerk reactions with out thinking through the end results.",Don't treat your employees as a threat. There are certain aspects of AWS that make it near impossible to do your job with out harassment and/or headaches from certain vendor teams and the unrealistic policies they follow.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11947,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Now Associate,"Great people to work with, ruffle rewards and higher pay during holidays, flexible schedule.","Barely to get maximum hours, and no benifits",Good people to work with,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11948,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Customer Service Representative,Being able to work from home.,"First, the pay suck compared to a lot of other work from home positions. $10 is nothing compared to progressive who pays $15 to $19 an hour. When you get a temporary position and a shift differential, you are ALWAYS ramped back down after 3 months with your differential taken away. Nothing is permanent. I’ve held like 4 positions in almost 3 years and I cannot land a permanent one. A 25 cent raise every six months and that’s if you are in good standing. You can have 4 months of great work and then 1 week of awfulness and you are written up which means no raise for you because you are not in good standing. Your bad 1 week outweigh all the good you do at Amazon.",Raise pay. Offer permanent positions. Get rid of the dumb restricted stock and give me my money throughout the year. Don’t let 1 bad thing outweigh all the good you have done for the company.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11949,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,* Receive benefits as soon as you start * Flexible schedule if you are recently in school * Career choice program,* Long hours on your feet * Physically demanding,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P413.htm
11950,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Vendor Manager,"Can get experience in many roles, great way to build a resume.",Constantly shifting employees means you can get saddled with a bad manager or team very quickly.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11951,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter,"It’s not what you know, but who you know",Amazon is a wonderful company to work for. Great organization structure in management. They are doing their best to be innovative and forward thinking.,"Well, what do you get when you have an accountant, a real estate agent, a nurse, a biologist and a business man? Amazon warehouse leadership. Their skills and makes sense when you realize they have no understanding in warehouse management. Safety is neglected. Appointed leaders are those who appeal to their peers but not their knowledge. The majority of the leadership is from another town and surround themselves with the locals.",There are some in your circle who are not understanding in the industry of Logistics management Warehousing. The gate keepers you have as supervisors and area managers are naive and unsure. They are promoting those that are friendly rather than knowledgeable. We can all see it.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11952,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Fulfillment Specialist,Pay Bonuses Generous time off Co-workers Opportunity Recognition for producing,Lazy people that aren't grateful for the awesome job they have Sometimes long weeks due to overtime High rates Long shifts Attitudes,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11953,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Great company to work for,If you don't work hard don't apply,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11954,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,great benefits and consistent hours,mandatory seasonal overtime combined with physical labor is difficult for some people,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11955,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pathways Manager,Amazon's leadership support. Great Benefits,"Long Hours, and Lower Tier Employees who didn't want to work and meet production requirements.",Better management of people with ailments who require standing for long hours --,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11956,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good salary, get a chance to work on products that add value to peoples lives.","On call, located in Seattle so you won't see a lot of sun.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11957,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive Ack,It's fast pace and up to date with the real world problems. Introducing cutting edge technologies is a great way of learning new things.,Lots of stress for delivering projects on time,Nothing! just be like you are right now :),5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11958,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome great place to work.,"Comp, Differential pay for nights and weekends. Benefits PTO, vacation, medical dental and vision. Nice hard-working community.","There are no cons, that I have noticed as of yet.",Orientation dates seem to take way longer than normal to plan and recieve invite.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11959,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful!!,Benefits are not too bad.,"In the fulfillment center if you are working with filling orders (which is practically everyone) management pushes you hourly to keep up your quotas. That is what they are all about, just keeping your numbers up. And if you don't, they will give you a write up for lacking productivity. Also your name & numbers gets announced to everyone over the intercom. Talk about stressful.",See your employees not just NUMBERS.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P414.htm
11960,amazon,"Illinoi, IN"," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Environment encourages innovation and process ownership to improve standard work, lean six sigma, and the associate experience. Compensation program is amazing. Great Health Benefits.",Better suited to self motivated managers who operate without guided structure. Possibility of being on night shift as well as changing shifts periodically,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11961,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Slave to Rates,"- You will work harder than you ever have in your life. But only for the 4 days a week you work - Company is good about promoting people who work hard (1 yr for L4>L5, 2 more for L5>L6 is standard) - Given a lot of power/responsibility at a name-brand company. Looks good for resume. - Cancel the gym membership lol. Red bull becomes water and Cliff bars are your entire diet. - Good amounts of vacation time - but ""work so hard, forgot how to vacation"" is super relevant - Not too bad except for Peak, which is kind of really bad but also only like 1.5 months - Come in humble and without an agenda or be hated - Super competitive job, but that’s the fun part.","- You will probably breakdown in the bathroom during Peak and then do a motivational speech 2 minutes later - 80+ hour weeks during Peak (6 days a wk @ 13.5 hrs/day), 50 hour weeks usually (4@13) - Probably won’t use your fancy degree at all - Basically come up with creative ways to tell people to work faster - You will probably simultaneously hate your life but love your team - Need to be a people person for many departments or you will sink. You’ll know - no exaggeration- almost 1000 peoples names, what they’re trained in, and their average rates. - If you stay for longer than a year, 99.999% chance of working nights at some time.",none,3.0,1.0,none,5.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11962,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Benefits are good and pay is great.,Lots of walking and on your feet the whole time,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11963,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Representative,Customer Service,Amazon has been a good employer. The benefits are awesome.,The only downside is working for managers that don't know what they're doing. I've known more about my position than most of the managers I've worked for.,Provide more opportunities for people who know what they're doing not just people that talk a good game in the interview.,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11964,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - PR Manager,Great place to learn and experiment,"Lots of ownership - no micromanagement, great benefits (heath care, parental leave), everyone is passionate and engaged","Company has grown fast, and HR team and practices hasn't scaled to be able to effectively support, lots of entitled employees",Train employees how to be good people managers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11965,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate I,Good job decent pay good benifits,Many chances to move up can become ambassador then move on to PA or other level three jobs which are 18.95 per hour pay,Stowing is very boring and repetitive me still things are also wearing and tear on the body managers always don't know what they want not understanding if you work in dock then two for one day ask you why you don't meet the stow rate which showers have a week to hit but you have to hit even if you still once,Make it easier for employees to move up and continue growing the company,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11966,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,applied scientist,explore all kinds of possible opportunities,Manager is with too much power.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11967,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Disappointed,Amazon is on of the fastest growing companies. They have excellent benefits and PTO.,You work very hard. Its ran like the military. Managers write employees up for various issues without notifying the employee. When you are written up you are not shown the write up. It's done electronically. Its then placed in your file with out your signature or review. Some people say they had been written up with no knowledge of it. Something needs to be done about this!!!!,Sit down with employees when you write them up. Allow them to review the write up and sign it if they wish.,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11968,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loadout,I enjoyed how it was from 6am to 10am,Would make you take a lunch for only 5 hrs of work,Stop hiring people who can't work by themselves,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11969,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,If you’re looking for a job to support yourself and don’t mind hard work it’s a good job.,"The benefits, Amazon takes care of their own. Lots of opportunities to move around and learn new things. The people there are some of the best people you will ever meet","This job hurts your body, 10 hours a day walking and standing. You are held to a rate for everything, turn over is very high",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P415.htm
11970,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Set schedule, school accommodations, stock, time off","Repetitive, rude managers, favoritism, long hours",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11971,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Not pleased,Good company to work for in general,"Managers suck, need more breaks, shouldbe able to listen to music on floor",Need to care more about employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11972,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Workflow Analyst,Great Learning and Growth Opportunities,You'll always get to try new things. Never a dull moment.,"No cons, only good deltas.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11973,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Yard Specialist,Bad management,None that I seen directly,Very poor management and low pay,Dont bait and switch people on their pay,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11974,amazon,"Eastvale, PA"," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,Great benefits and okay pay,Can get fired very quickly and can get hurt quickly too,Work hard and the work is a very fast pace so keep up as best as you can,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11975,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reserves CSA,"-The flexibility is outstanding, allowing me to create my schedule and decide when and IF I want to work any particular day, or hours. -Equipment is provided. -Opportunities for advancements.","The pay is pretty low, but in the work from home csa field, that's to be expected. Scheduling sucks! It takes forever to get my hours for the week.","It would be nice to increase the hourly pay. Also, the opportunity to have additional training when/if needed. There are times that I would love to just have time to study new materials longer than the time we have in between calls.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11976,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for fast money,Make your own hours and easy.,Not alot of hours constant clicking on app,Give more hours,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11977,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Fulfilment Associate,"Good management, camaraderie, benefits. Employees are treated with respect",Sometimes there is poor communication of rules and policies.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11978,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"Average pay, good benefits, stock rewards, mostly fun culture, employee discount","Management doesn't listen to new ideas, they manage by numbers and not the situation, lots of OT during Christmas season but after December work slows down and people get sent home a lot voluntarily (could be a plus), parking is bad during OT.",Listen to new ideas. Don't always use math to assess a situation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11979,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,A good career booster,"Lots of learning, moves fast, people are sharp. City campus is great.","can be stressful, work over time is normal, no perks:(",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P416.htm
11980,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great health benefits and flexibility if you have the time off available,From my experience the main reasons you want to work at Amazon are for the benefits and networking potential. You earn knowledge communicating with others and the job keeps you physically active.,"Long days on your feet, 10-12 hour days 4 days a week. Mandatory overtime during peak season which can last some time, 60 hours a week on your feet with very short limited breaks. You spend 10 minutes of your 15 minute break walking.  The required performance levels of an entry level associate are proactive and very demanding. This means if the top 75% of all performers hit a certain quota number, everyone else is required to fill these numbers. This in turn lowers the workforce, creating stress on your mind and body for VERY little pay relative to today's standards in society regarding supporting a family financially.","Give more to your employees in terms of acknowledgement for other achievements, not just your production rate %.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11981,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,customer obsession and is good place to learn,on call is not happy,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11982,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Fun to work at and great people,Long days and a lot of walking,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11983,amazon,"Hialeah, FL"," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It was ok,"At amazon there are very Nice people there so i’d say thats a pro for the company, and the managers are super nice.",The hours were fluctuating so i couldn’t get to work the amount i really wanted to and during the peak season it seemed as if the day time workers had a way harder time than the night time ones.,Keep up the good work,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11984,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Specialist,Customer Service,They'll take about anyone.,"Exhausting work, burnout is high among employees who last more than a couple years. If you can't move up in a position after three years you're pretty much expected to leave.",Stop trying to squeeze every iota of efficiency out of your employees. They're not a consumable resource for you to burn up and throw away,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11985,amazon,"Hazelwood, MO"," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Enjoyable work,"The orientation, paperwork, and all of the not-so-fun stuff can easily be done online in the comfort of your own home. Before work, we would all stretch, which I think is very important. Our team leaders were really nice, helpful, and easy to talk to. The work could get pretty fast-paced but it wasn't too difficult and I left feeling like I had a nice work-out. The company provided us with catered food for holidays, snacks from time to time, and also gift card giveaways. The pay was average. Overall I really enjoyed working here!",The downside is that you have to wait a very long time after your interview to get to your start date. It was exactly 2 months after my interview that I started my first day. And this was very common for most of the employees. I applied for full-time and was expecting a full-time position. I specifically said that I did not want to work midnights but was open to every other shift. To my surprise I was put on midnights and was only offered 20 hours a week. I decided to take the position and I most definitely still would have been there to this day if I didn't have to work midnights part-time.,"Management was amazing, I can't think of anything that I would change about them. They went above and beyond to make us feel appreciated. As far as the interview process I wish they would be much more upfront and honest about the job hours and the wait time for your start date. I wanted so badly to work for Amazon because of the incredible benefits and enjoyable work, but was very let down when I was only offered part-time on midnight shifts. I would undoubtedly go back to work for Amazon if they offered me full-time hours.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11986,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, if you are in the right team",Extremely smart people to work with,"If you land in the wrong team, this is a bummer for both your career path and your career goals",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11987,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation Specialists,good pay great benefits day one,not reliable job it not for long term they can let u go for little things is to replace u with 500 billions others who work for them and good parking place gotta get there 1 hour early to find parking,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11988,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Salary at amazon,Flexible schedule. Great managers. Work benefits.,Sometimes it take forever to get hired on,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11989,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Recruiter,Awesome Company,"Fast paced, innovative, with strong leadership","Can be overwhelming, but I am fortunate to work for a team that is focused on work life balance.",Keep doing what you are doing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P417.htm
11990,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate I,Welcoming,"This company has a great culture about it and was a joy to work for, would recommend.",The hours can be bad and sometimes the other employees are annoying but during peak the worst thing is if you are donut shift (MT ThF) you have to park off site and take a bus.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
11991,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon: Overall Great Place to Work,"Great benefits: insurance, stock options, paternity/maternity leave, etc.  Time off: Accrued vacation time, paid time off, and unpaid time off, depending on number of regular and overtime hours worked.  Excellent training program: Two weeks of fun and informative paid training before hitting the floor.  Extras: Lots of free Amazon gear, volunteer opportunities, occasional fun programs such as themed trivia days, grill-outs, catered meals every day during the busy months.","While metrics/goals for Seller Support seemed to be fair at first, much of it is beyond control. For example, if a customer didn't get what they wanted (as per policy), they could give you a negative review.  Standards are not held equally at each site. The minimum metrics at one site (Grand Forks) were much higher than at headquarters in Seattle.",A little more transparency would go a long way.  Communication between middle management and headquarters needs to improve.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
11992,amazon,"Seattle Heights, WA"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,okay,"bring dog to work, fun enviroment, great working place, innovative ideas","long hours, hard on newbies",be more approachable,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
11993,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,RC,It's nice working downtown in a cool area.,Parking is expensive. Culture on certain teams is very poor. RCs are talked down to and this position has very little potential to advance.,"Practice what you preach, Amazon is a self proclaimed meritocracy which I have not witnessed. Intensive manager training before promo. Manager quality is very poor.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
11994,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Lifestyle,Quite amazing what goes on there,Management shows little interest in the workers,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
11995,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,"Good company, but too focused on numbers.",They give you hours with decent pay Their benefits are pretty good They have snacks and microwaves and TVs and games in the break room,"If you get stuck in a role you hate, too bad. They don’t accept doctors notes (???) 10 hour shifts are wayyyy too long if you’re in a boring department like ICQA.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
11996,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to learn,"Amazon has pushed me outside my comfort zone as result, I have expanded my skill set and become more capable.",If you are not good at setting boundaries your work-life balance will suffer.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
11997,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Central Flow Lead,Excellent position from which to learn the workings of Amazon's fulfillment centers. Great starting position in operations with a great company.,"No real cons observed. Work is hard and hours are not what anyone would consider perfect. That being said, it is a great company to work for an a wonderful opportunity to learn and skill build.",Continue to focus on leader development. Continue to prioritize associate development and engagement. Leaders should all demonstrate their understanding and support of the Amazon leadership values.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
11998,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Self motivation is key with the limitless room for advancement.,"Great and affordable healthcare options that start on day one, Generous time off options and worthwhile bonuses that will keep you motivated.",On your feet for 10–11 hours so proper rest and time management cannot be stressed enough.,"Not much, managers are typically very dependable, Especially if they see you are a hard worker.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
11999,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jan 22, 2018","Current Employee - Principal, Business Development",People Make the Difference,"- Amazonians are simply amazing. So many intelligent and creative people who, while confident, remain humble, friendly, and helpful. - Depending on your role and experience with AWS, it can take a long time to get up to speed, but that is calculated for new hires with a considerable amount of training and time given to reach the potential that was seen during the interviews. - The AWS platform is the most technologically advanced of the CSPs, so learning and gaining experience on it greatly contributes to technical development. - The company's culture is customer obsessed for the long-term. Leaders don't make poor decisions for short-term gains, they make decisions based on what's best for the customer (even if it causes short-term loses). - The Leadership Principles aren't just posters on walls, they are internalized by everyone and they influence every decision and action. It should be the lead case study for an MBA organizational leadership course. - Having a bias for action is encouraged - if you see a need, you are empowered to find and lead a solution. If you accidentally ""step on someone's toes"", it is met with understanding and encouragement for your actions rather than a negative turf battle.",- Some teams who have overlapping areas but distributed organizational lanes occasionally become out of sync - It can take a while to get up to speed when first starting.,The management team I've met and interacted with have been phenomenal! I don't have any real advice other than hire more great people to support our growth.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P418.htm
12000,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,Great company to work with benifits.,No cons enjoyed being Amazon employee.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12001,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Fun and rewarding place to work,"On-boarding experience, Salary, Benefits, Bonus structure are all fantastic. The facility, campus, location, are amazing with lots of shops and restaurants near by. I love my view!.",Commuting from the suburbs takes a lot of time out of my day,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12002,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,area manager,great place to work and get promoted.,none I can think of,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12003,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Specialist,Great place to work,Unlimited Growth potential and an incredible culture in a corporate office,High stress and you never feel like you can get to everything that needs to be done,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12004,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,I enjoyed my time there everybody was great in helping each other out,"The hours and pay was good and Mangement was great, good location because it was close to home , people were very friendly and supportive of one another. I enjoyed my time there but it was seasonal part time work I wanted to stay but there no available positions","A lot of lifting of heavy packages but eventually got used to it , they often switched people from station to different stations when slow",Some benefits would be nice,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12005,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Awesome company and work goes by fast,Standing on your feet for long periods of time,"Teach, teach, teach",5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12006,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Don't pay any attention to the newscast stories about the company is growing by leaps and bounds,"Managers try to make the job easier when they can, but the ""code writers"" haven't a clue how to manage work flow on the warehouse floor, and still miss label product on the scanners despite cut and paste run rampant at HQ.","Employees are thieves, working on another team we found empty boxes of stolen items every week. Personally, I have lost a $100 polar fleece vest (it's cold in the warehouse) and a $40 flash light. I arrive early to obtain and setup a scanner, stolen three times in 6 days, I also try to use the limited knee pads for my sore knees, stolen off of my cart 3 times. We are sent home early half of the time so don't count on cashing in on your scheduled hours.","Add more cameras and use them. Pay your top half performers more than the chaff at the bottom of the production matrix, someone doing half the work earns the same as the hard workers who make the company actually work as well as it does.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12007,amazon,"Lockport, IL"," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Amazon is a fun and energetic place to work.,It’s a stress free environment with lots of perks and friendly staff. The shifts start with loud music and a short workout to get you motivated. It’s a fast paced job that makes time fly.,Some of the work can get very repetitive and monotonous. Also the shifts are sometimes cut short by an hour and it offers only part time.,Get to know your employees by name so they feel like you care about them.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12008,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prestigious and Not Worth It,"- Good benefits - Amazing coworkers: Really the best reason to work here. - Close to the T (Red Line) - Some managers are are really special and good. Not all of them, but some of them. - Prestigious name for your resume - Technically a job","- If you are a salaried employee, expect to be working minimum 50 hours a week. I know some people who work over 60. It's not healthy. It's only worth working here as an hourly employee, when you are capped at 40 hours per week. - Little upward mobility, rigorous and competitive promotion process - Inconsistent amount of work week-to-week: Some weeks there's over 40 hours of work to do and some weeks there's maybe 20 hours worth. - ""Frugality"" is honestly an evil leadership principle that justifies not paying overworked people enough - No one knows what they're doing, they're just making stuff up as they go - Unwilling to take action when people when they don't do their job or actively make more work for other people - There are only 6 paid holidays If you want a day off between New Year's and Memorial Day (January and late May) you have to dip into your own small pool of personal days - Lack of diversity - Sexism in workplace, men (most often white men) are offered more opportunities than women or POC - People avoid being direct at all costs. Complete lack of transparency. - Boring and repetitive work. - Everyone you know will ask you if you can get them Prime for free. You can't even yourself Prime for free. - ""Job levels"": Amazon doesn't see anyone at lower than a level 4 as a person. They are mistreated and not invited to many corporate opportunities.","- You need to address the lack of diversity in the workplace. - You need to address the sexism in the workplace. - Spread the wealth, Bezos. Your employees aren't paid living wages. - Give more paid holidays. - Unhappy and overworked employees are not good employees. - Switch to using Slack, oh my GOD - Some of the best people I've ever met work here and they deserve the world. You need to show them that before they leave for better opportunities. - Why are the doors always broken? We work for the richest man in the world. Can't he fix this?",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12009,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Robotlike metrics,Benefits and paid time off,Unrealistic expectations jail like atmosphere,Don’t be afraid to challenge upper management requests,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P419.htm
12010,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Devs are amazing. Leadership is not.,Pays well and the stock is a plus. The people are fantastic.,Teams were fully staffed based on loose ideas and art pieces. All the original projects have struggled because of poor leadership and a constantly changing mandate from the top.,Reevaluate the leadership team. Those in charge have either no experience in games or are coming in from EA circa 2006.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12011,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 18, 2018","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Senior Manager,Career mobility and exciting new businesses,Many team dependencies to get things done,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12012,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fast paced and learning a lot.,"Fast paced. Lots of motivated and intelligent coworkers. Culture is customer and data driven, rather than “PM driven” like other companies that hire software engineers.  Good management will make sure you’re spending time on meaningful projects.","Work is interesting, and you can easily get sucked into putting a lot of time at work at the sacrifice of outside life and relationships. You’ll usually get rewarded for it, though.  The culture here is more straightforward than others in the area. Shy, anxious, neurotic people will have a hard time.  Bad management can suck the life out of you, so you have to be quick to identify a bad situation and move on.","Managers make or break their teams, and the long term life of a project. Keep the good folks, and quickly weed out the toxic ones.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12013,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Entry level makes good money, at lot opportunities for advancement","Long hours, over night shifts",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12014,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,not too much pressure and working environment is good,not too much money to be paid,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12015,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Great benefits, fun people",Don’t expect holiday pay as seasonal.,"Don’t lie to seasonal workers and say we can tranfer over, don’t aay we get holiday pay when we don’tz",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12016,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,IXD Midwest,Fun people to work with. Short work weeks. Approachable leadership.,"Little communication. Leadership too worried about public appeal ""connection scores"".",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12017,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,Consistency and bonuses are good. Excellent facilities management is generally friendly and supportive and the career choice program helps a lot to further your career,Limited progression without academic background some managers are not supportive and unduly rude. More training is also required for associates and the skills class is held only on seattle,Less bias,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12018,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Ship Clerk,Ship Clerk,Decent pay. Fast paced environment.,"Managers who do not care about the customer, the associates or the process.","Know your role. It isn't just about the head count, the % to plan or connections questions score. Understand what the people you are asking to meet those numbers are going through. It is HARD to pick, pack, problemsolve, stow, or load a truck for 10 hours. Don't hide labor hours, leave the transparency in the process so it can be fixed, because while on paper it looks like you are hitting the numbers it is the associates who suffer. The leadership principals and processes work if we let them.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12019,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Risk Analyst,Very good bonus for overtime.,Stressful monotonous work and not very flexible.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P420.htm
12020,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company - Depends on Team,"- Pretty good compensation, but not willing to negotiate - Very good opportunities within the company","- Lots of office politics - Some teams crowded with very poor employees from dinosaur companies, who protect each other",Improve your recruiting.,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12021,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,I'm happy. Will keep working.,Pay is low. It should be increased.,Listen to the associates,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12022,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place if you want to build stuff and move fast - but might be getting overcrowded,"Extremely data driven - the culture and process forces people to make smart decisions  Management recognizes and rewards true contribution vs. showboating or office politics.  Culture of fixing things instead of assigning blame. Management tolerates well-intentioned mistakes.  Most people are good at their job, and some are truly exceptional  Great compensation - esp. if you have stock, which is tearing through all records",isn't as scrappy and start-uppy as I had hoped. Maybe it has finally grown too big to be nimble.,Try to keep that start-up speed alive,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12023,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Dev Engineer II,Challenging but stressful,- Challenging problems to solve - Flexible to work from home - Good medical benefits. - Bring your dog to work.,"- stressful amount of work load - on call rotation required for all engineers - perks are not great for food, facilities, etc.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12024,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Fast paced, energetic workplace with an innovative culture.",Extremely physically demanding. Twelve hour shifts with near constant walking.,Improve vertices lines of communication.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12025,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Shipping,Shipping,Laid back atmosphere. The people are friendly.,"heavy workload, no time for out of work activities.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12026,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tough company, but rewarding opportunity","Infinite learning possibilities, cutting-edge technology, decent pay and benefits",Your work can easily consume you. Tough promotion structure.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12027,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thay dont keep people,You get paid every week,Its only good aound christmas,Dont no,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12028,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to learn, not for long term","The Retail part of Amazon is fast-pace and has teams made of some of the smartest people I have worked with. You will learn and ramp up quite fast, and are true owners of your scope, on a day-to-day basis, there is not much politics involved and one is meant to take one’s own decisions by oneself. Within your own team, you will be considered as a true leader for your category, owning your part of the P&L. Awesome place to deliver results and get the best ecommerce training.","The biggest issue about Amazon is that it is not meant to build a long term carrier. Beyond recruiting and pure administrative tasks, there is no proper Human Resources management (with the excuse that one should manage one’s own career, so why should they care?), and you should not expect a fast evolution or even pay increase. Don’t come in unhapppy with your terms with the idea they will improve over time, they won’t. Beyond your immediate team there are lots of politics and administrative hussle.","Start caring about your employees. HR communication actions are nice, but they don’t solve the root cause that make so many employees leave after a couple of years.",3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12029,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Allows you to work from home,"Doesn’t fully follow its own policies, changes policies and titles without letting the employees know well in advance",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P421.htm
12030,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Program Management,Dream Job,"I love the culture, the drive to think outside the box and the ability to help create something amazing! Taking everything I have learned in my industry and using those experiences to be part of one of the most respected names in the world is amazing.",With such fast paced growth sometimes it's difficult to communicate changes within such a large company but we get better each day.,Continue to listen to those people that are subject matter experts!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12031,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head,Big name and good benefit,low income and too busy,you guys are very good!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12032,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!,"Work isn't so hard, I guess.. Benefits (that I never used), Paid time/holidays, 50 cent raises every 6 months (until you reach the maximum, which I can't remember right now), they'll pay tuition after 2 yrs (I think), pay for your CDL after 1 yr, stocks after 2 yrs. And they offer you a buyout if you want to leave the company (have to be there a yr & you'd get $1,000 for each yr you've worked). But listen to me... BENEFITS ARE EVERYWHERE!!!! Don't let this job fool you into thinking that you can't find the SAME STUFF elsewhere! You definitely can!! I've seen so many young people go there right after high school and end up there long afterwards, it's just so sad. A lot of people who've been there for years have COLLEGE DEGREES... Don't get caught up!","EVERYTHING ABOUT THE JOB. No sitting, anywhere. Hard floors to walk on for 10-12 hrs. Mandatory overtime is horrible. No space. LOTS of discrimination and I've seen EVERY rule get broken. People complain over (black) women's clothing, meanwhile, white women get away with the same stuff!! If you got to HR about someone, they tell that person on you! Managers showed favoritism. They disrespect your seniority! I'd been there 2 years, and was training NEW people (which was NEVER my job) to do jobs that I couldn't do, because they REFUSED to move me to other tasks! I even trained a manager! They were keeping me in one place, with no explanation, though I'd ben there for years.. That's why I left! Don't fall for the money, make it elsewhere! They don't pay you more to drive any of the power equipment, they don't pay you more to be an ambassador. GO elsewhere!!!!I started off making 11.25 ..... after I left, I worked as a cashier and made 11.62! STARTING! Lol. See what I mean??? Instead of long hour/hard labor, you can do something as EASY as retail & make more! AMAZON IS NOT WORTH IT! DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!","You should ACTUALLY support your employees, DON'T discriminate, and allow room for advancement! HR shouldn't be sharing 'confidential' information with their favorite employees either!",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12033,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life,"Full time,40hrs+, great benefits, made new friends, great management","No real breaks, long days, on your feet all day",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12034,amazon,"North Sacramento, CA"," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,Good people good work place,"can't say, I don't know at this time",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12035,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Operations,"Company manages talent globally, lots of flexibility to move locations for similar work",Limited differentiation in operations roles and unclear advancement paths beyond limited scope of FC operations,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12036,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,experience depends on what team you're on,you can get things done quickly once leadership signs off,too much process and focus on document writing,trust your people in the trenches,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12037,amazon,"Wood Dale, IL"," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Fresh Associate/Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Former Fresh and Fulfillment,Flexible work hours Water always available,Unrealistic work parameters Salary Unsanitary PPE for freezer Climbing ladders to retrieve ANYTHING Narrow isles High shelves No gloves warm enough to handle dry ice for hours,Give out water bottles during orientation. Clean your shared PPE. Flu season hello! Use that tax break to increase starting pay to 16.95. Share with employees . Eliminate shelf A in grocery and make it a pull out step use less ladders.,2.0,none,none,1.0,1.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12038,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Pay more,Good benefits and ok if your willing to put in a lot of hours,Alot of work but not pay,Pay more,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12039,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Pace and Innovative,"The talent at amazon is amazing. People are hardworking and intelligent, they do whatever it takes to do get something done. There is always something to work on and they are forward looking and have all employees contribute to that culture","It is extremely competitive environment. People will do anything to get ahead. The work life balance is terrible. The vacation time is limited, and during peak do not expect to see your family. The healthcare is pricey for what you pay. Salary doesn't match expected performance",If an employee asks to be reassigned to another project because it doesn't align to their skill set make ever effort to find one. Don't force them into something they are not happy with.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P422.htm
12040,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Good benifits and schedule, fantastic facilities, and good retirement plan. Offer school accommodations and assistance as well as national and international transfer opportunities.","The Hou2 location is severely lacking in the management department, almost none of the assistant managers recently promoted have management experience and it shows. Work environment needs improvement because of the aforementioned.","Train indirect paths that influence production, re-evaluate the promotion requirements, and make information for success more easily available",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12041,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Specialist,Loss Prevention Specialist,There are awesome opportunities for growth and promotion with a flexible schedule. Input on how to improve the business is very well received.,There isn't much formal training at the lower levels.,Provide some form of formal training to new hires in the loss prevention field to better serve the organization.,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12042,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,AWS Account Executive,"Customer Obsession, it is refreshing to work at a company that cares so much about the satisfaction of the customer, and doing what is right for the customer. 14 Leadership Principals - it's not just for marketing, or fluffy company slogan, the company really does believe, and operate against these principals. Professional growth opportunities, excited workforce, innovative products and services... just a fun, exciting place to work.","rapidly growing, and some procedures and policies are yet to be ironed out - although this doesn't really impact my ability to be successful.","With all of the growth comes rapid influx of new employees - please do not let the Amazonian culture be disrupted by this, other large enterprises have bad habits that do not align with our leadership principals, please keep our customer obsessed culture safe!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12043,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Web Applications Developer,Working with the best,Complex problems. Smart coworkers. Passionate managers. Data driven decisions.,"Difficult deadlines, but they can be managed with good communication and data.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12044,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architecture,"AWS - A refeshing culture, passionate people, and constant innovation","Customers are doing amazing things with technology. It's exciting to see the many ways that customers leverage cloud technologies, and to be part of the future of technology innovation.  People across the organization are generally helpful, welcoming, and available.  There is a serious respect for knowledge, constant learning/curiosity, and training. With an abundance of internal training available, there is ample opportunity to learn about technologies, the many cloud services, and applying this knowledge to help customers drive their business.  As the business is growing, things are dynamic, always changing (a pro to me), and there are many opportunities for growth.","With growth, comes some challenges. Ramping up in this fast paced environment isn't always clear cut or easy. There are so many internal locations for information, it can sometimes feel like a treasure hunt. This makes it important to network, get to know people, and be proactive in reaching out in many different directions.  While overall the benefits are reasonable, the PTO for experienced hires may seem limited. My experience in my first year was a little rough, as I had previously had 6 weeks of PTO. Although it increases in year two, it's still lower than what I would expect, or what may be available from other employers.  While there are many opportunities for growth, the path from A to B is not as clear as people may suggest, or as easy as implied. You'll have to work hard, be a bit crafty, play the game, and figure out the path on your own (take with a grain of salt, there is support).","AWS is a different business from other Amazon companies. Applying the same patterns and mechanisms to AWS as applied to .com may not always be appropriate. AWS is more like other innovative technology companies than other parts of the business, and the those types of norms and expectations should be kept in consideration.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12045,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Learn how to be a great leader.,"Leadership principles, Job Satisfaction & New challenges.",No Slow Down Phase ever.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12046,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Video Systems Engineer,Switching to Amazon has turned out great for me.,"Very data-driven Passion for customer Lots of career growth opportunity Freedom to innovate Minimum amount of process to deliver high-quality results quickly Nimble, able to move fast Builder mindset Clear thinking around business decisions using the ""document"" process Solid design thinking Non-contributors don't last. I've seen several L7 Principals get moved out because they were ""coasting"" Awesome stock progress Leadership principles very solid. They are actually followed in hiring, promotion, & daily work I've seen execs change for the positive based on system feedback ""Continuously improve"" mentality in all aspects of the company Opportunity for career advancement is strong. Fairly clear path for promotion that is employee-driven. ""Customer first"" principle also filters into how HR, IT, and other areas of the company serve the employees.","High intensity/pressure at times As a senior dev, I experienced difficulty transferring teams. This was supposedly corrected in 2016. Health care is still fairly expensive (up to $10K out of pocket maximum per year) 401K match is poor (only $0.50/dollar and up to 2%/4% of salary). No 401K match for stock. You get a 4 year deal of stock. In year #5 you take a pretty big reduction in compensation since recently the stock has gone up far faster than the 15% predicted by the corporate compensation model. But anyone would want to trade places with me based on the nice run we've had :-).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12047,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Organization,Partner Sales Manager,"Modern company that expects excellence, and respects employees. Innovators dream company.",Hyper growth companies are hard for some people to feel comfortable ...but the alternative of working for a company struggling to lead their industry is worse.,The operational resources that were added to help grow the company recently makes a difference. Invest in more operational excellence.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12048,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,An 'Old farts' take on Amazon,- Culture for getting things done. - Passionate engineers. - Early on stress for Operations & Products. - Great place for product innovators.,- No free food :( - Not enough indoor games @ offices,"- Free food might be a good perk to many people. - More vacations ,) (although to be fair in my 'old fart' time @ AMZN - I have never run out of vacations & I do take quite a lot of vacations :D )",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12049,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Operations Program Manager,Operations Program Manager,"Amazing people Very supportive Leadership Innovative and fast paced Family friendly work environment Amazing Peers Mature workforce Balance approach to worklife .  I have been working for 14+ years in my life and Amazon lab126 is one of the best employers that I consider myself fortunate enough to be working for. I love the people and the culture here. I have never seen so much cohorence to their ""leadership principles"". I have been able to create some major impacts in the company without a problem. If you have a good idea and would like to contribute to its culture and diversity you are highly valued here. The people... the people are you work with are simply amazing. Always ready to deliver, fast paced and fully committed to get it done attitude. I love amazon lab126 and would highly highly recommend anyone to work here.",Perks are not the best Can be overwhelming at times Traveling constantly,Think about Employees and Employee benefits more than before. Have Empathy in your management approach. Create a balanced work culture to encourage people with diverse background to be accommodated from all aspects,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P423.htm
12050,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Operations Program Manager,Operations Program Manager,"Amazing people Very supportive Leadership Innovative and fast paced Family friendly work environment Amazing Peers Mature workforce Balance approach to worklife .  I have been working for 14+ years in my life and Amazon lab126 is one of the best employers that I consider myself fortunate enough to be working for. I love the people and the culture here. I have never seen so much cohorence to their ""leadership principles"". I have been able to create some major impacts in the company without a problem. If you have a good idea and would like to contribute to its culture and diversity you are highly valued here. The people... the people are you work with are simply amazing. Always ready to deliver, fast paced and fully committed to get it done attitude. I love amazon lab126 and would highly highly recommend anyone to work here.",Perks are not the best Can be overwhelming at times Traveling constantly,Think about Employees and Employee benefits more than before. Have Empathy in your management approach. Create a balanced work culture to encourage people with diverse background to be accommodated from all aspects,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12051,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,AWS is a great place to work,"Been working at AWS as a Solutions Architect for over three years now, it's been great experience for me so far. I work hard, like to learn new things, and care about my customers, those align very well with Amazon's leadership principles. I get to work with talented people at AWS and companies of various sizes(from the largest Fortune 500 to small startups) and use the latest greatest technologies in Big Data and AI/ML.","No free lunch (probably not a bad thing, and good pay and stock performance more than offset this)","Keep up the good work - always Day 1, keep innovating and run the company like a startup",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12052,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Great Pay, Unenjoyable, Intolerable","Pay is excellent, Amazon discounts, other benefits","Very boring, slow and repetitive, no cell phones or headphones allowed so you cannot listen to music, very strict on any mistakes made, even after first day, you have no say in where you would like to be, VTO is a pain to claim","Allow employees there own music, so they are not bored out of there mind, don't play same repetitive music over loudspeaker as it is very annoying and unproductive",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12053,amazon,"Reston, VA"," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Legal Counsel,Legal Counsel,"Stock keeps going up, good experience for employees that you can take to a more employee friendly company, interesting products","No work-life balance, not near market for salary, vacation time, not friendly to parents, slave labor mentality from exec management",Treat your employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12054,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Great place to work,"Respect for diversity, merit-based promotions, strong employee affinity groups, exciting culture of innovation, feeling of making a difference in the world.",Frustrating traffic congestion in Seattle,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12055,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Easy job,It’s rewarding and has incentives to working hard. There are also paid holidays in addition to getting time off. They offer extra shifts when other shifts need extra people,The volume of work varies. Some of the management doesn’t communicate well to the associates. Associates aren’t always motivated and don’t work consistently.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12056,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Contracts Manager,Amazon,Legal team is amazing. Brilliant co-workers.,"Business teams can be ""fun"" to deal with.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12057,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,a lot of good techs to learn from. Work life balance is not bad (this depends on what team you are in).,"money (compared to G**gle, Faceb**k).",N/A.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12058,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,process assistant,"reliable work, lots of overtime during peak",no real development plan for tier 3 employees,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12059,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,"Benefits, co-workers, days and hours","Pay, uto, no where to advance without a bachelor's degree",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P424.htm
12060,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Fast pace, lots of opportunities",No free lunch or workout benefits,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12061,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Distribution Center Scanner,Get paid every week and the schedule is very flexible,You can't listen to music while scanning (Would make the job alot more enjoyable,Allow music,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12062,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Solutions Architect,Hard work worth doing well,Good teams working on big problems,Lots of responsibility to get things right,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12063,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Great worker,Great place to work here,I don't have no reason,Great job that y'all do for us,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12064,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Vendor Manager,"Fast paced work, exciting company",A few teams may not have a great internal culture.,Keep forging ahead and changing the world,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12065,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Associate,"Straight forward management, flexible, not too complicated.","Pay, but this is the average so you know what you're getting into",Jump in and get your hands dirty from time to time,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12066,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,One of the best companies to work for,"Supportive coworkers, creative atmosphere, positive work environment","Strict time-off allotments. If you run out of paid/unpaid time off and miss work due to a medical emergency, you're at risk of losing your job. There are no exceptions for emergencies.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12067,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer - Pack Singles,"- Weekday managers were pretty cool - Shift premium for overnights was $1.00 on top of the base $12.25/hr, so I ended up with about $800 a paycheck, which is great college money - Optional health benefits (didn't use them myself, but others told me they were good enough that they kept that awful job) - Lots of opportunity for job rotation and learning new roles, kept things semi-interesting - Excellent break room and plenty of snacks to buy, plus game systems to play on during break - You can quit same-day on-the-spot by walking into HR and filling out a form, and Amazon will still hire you back if you do this, since they consider it ""reasonable notice"" (not that I'd want to ever go back)","- Absolutely awful working conditions - Left the job because I had developed an overuse injury in my wrist from the demanding pace of 86 units/hr (some people can do upwards of 150/hr but not everyone is cut out for that) - The nurse seems paid to be skeptical of everyone that walks into her office with an injury (apparently enough people actually fake injuries just to get out of this terrible job for a day, or at least that's what my manager told me) - I never thought so, but lots of people complain that the warehouse is too hot - It's common for there to be at least one work-related injury per month (not surprising since roles are either fast-paced, highly physical, or both, and all involve standing for long periods of time) - I know 3 people who sustained serious injuries requiring surgery during the 3 months I worked there - Some people swear they love their jobs and that people who complain are just ungrateful and lazy, which is the kind of mindset I tend to find with the people who work there and have no lucrative skill sets that can get them a better job. Be wary of the people who like this job, as they probably had no better options, but make sure you do","I understand there's not much you can do since senior operations managers all give you your orders, and there's a militaristic pecking order and work culture at Amazon, but all I can say is one thing that made Amazon bearable was having a manager that cared about his people and went out of his way to stick up for them when it counted. Just do the right thing. People notice in a workplace like this.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12068,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Where fun goes to die,Amazingly talented people to work with Scale of problems to solve,"Frugality before everything Horrible work-life balance (you only have time for work) Unrealistic deadlines and pressure to meet these deadlines No career growth. If you're stuck in level 5 Software Engineer, there is no way out. I feel like 90% IC software engineers are in level 5 Horrible coffee and even that you have to prepare yourself","Treat Employees with respect and try not to be too frugal with basic perks. Have well defined career path (the current attempt is not sufficient) Please get a good coffee machine, I am not even asking for fancy one, just the basic one which will have coffee prepared and I won't have to wait 10 minutes.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12069,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,worst employment experience of my life,you get paid on time,scrutinized every minute of every day,"not everyone can move at blinding speed. you establish rules but don't make everyone follow those rules. use your eyes instead of computers to know who's following protocol to make ""rate"".",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P425.htm
12070,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Poor pay, nice perks and decent human resources","Dental for blue badge and Amazon discount. Human resources are professional, available but ultimately serve Managment.",Pay is not competitive for warehouse work in Metro Denver. Amazon Fresh is even worse.,Pay your workers a living wage and maybe you wouldn't have to spend so much on marketing the positions.,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12071,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter,They try to motivate and show appreciation to all employees. They keep the energy positive.,Easy job task and if you try something new they don't hold it against you if you mess up.,The points system is really strict. Want to know if and how u can restore my 6 points. Some wasn't completely my fault.,Give chances to earn your points that were deducted due to leaving a little early and arriving under 10 minutes late. Something's are beyond our control.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12072,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Jan 26, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Employee,Too large and impersonal,"A positive atmosphere. Lots of incentives offered in the form of gift cards, all equipment needed such as vests, gloves, box cutters, clips, even aspirin, Advil, allergy, stomach medications are dispensed free. The shifts are divided into 4 hour segments. (9:30 a to 1:30 p : 3:30 - 7:30p: 8:30p - 12:30a: 1:00 - 5:00a) with an hour in between each new shift. You’re allowed to pick your own hours. No interview, you’re just hired as a group. Opportunities to work extra shifts. You work as a team. Various jobs available to do so it doesn’t get boring.","I didn’t know who my manager was until a week before I was terminated. You just show up when your scheduled, check the board for where to report and just start working. Everyone goes on break at the same time, so 15 minutes goes by quickly waiting in line for the bathroom or to buy a drink or food. I only worked 2 complete 4 hour shifts, the average shift worked was 2 & 1/2 hours. If they need you to stay over then you’re expected to work 30 to 60 minutes over, regardless if you have another job to get to. If you tell a team leader that you can’t stay and they tell you it’s okay to leave, it’s counted against you as leaving early, even though your 4 hour shift was worked. The attendance policy is not explained. It works on a 6 point system, if you’re late 1 minute to 30 minutes that’s .5, for every half hour after that it’s another half point. if you take a VTO day (voluntary time off) that’s .5. If you’re sick with a doctors note that’s 1 point. You get no notifications that you are in danger of being let go because of attendance. When you hit 6 points you get an email that states your termination will be processed in 24 hours due to attendance. The only way to make money is to keep accepting other shifts, but if you live an hour away, you have to wait around for 2 and 1/2 hours for the next shift to start.","Managers should send an email to new employees introducing themselves, telling them what is expected of them, a brief attendance explanation. If an employee has 2 points send an email warning them that 6 points is the maximum points allowed during that time frame. All these functions can be automated so there is no reason to not do it. If Amazon is committed to building a superior work force, then help the employees get there. It makes no sense to ask people to leave early, and later in the same shift, ask people to work over. If the shifts are supposed to be 4 hours then they should go at least 3 & 1/2 hours.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12073,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon Warehouse Worker,Guaranteed hours. Cheap insurance. gives unpaid/paid time off. your pay comes on times. your manager may help depending what he sees you as.,The beginning tier (Tier 1) is very repetitive and basic to the point of boredom. people around you may not be as nice as you might think. management is not a reliable source. HR is very pro Management and will only help things they are given permission by their managers. if wanting to get to the next level (tier 3) you must be bend over as much as you cna so they can see you as their reliable. very rampant favoritism,Please talk to your employees. remember they are humans not rates for your future bonus/raises!,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12074,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"Pay, education programs,social life, meet new people",No wiggle room for speed and I feel like a # not a person to magaement.,Actually have concerns for what your coaching to employees not just a script of what u have to say...,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12075,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - ICQA,Amazon Associate,I appreciate the opportunity and benefits provided by Amazon.,Shifts are too long for jobs that are very tedious. Though it's fairly easy to move up through the ranks if you try. I find it hard to stay focused on one monotonous task for 10 hours a day.,Find a way to make the job more involved. Most associate positions are tedious repetitive tasks.,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12076,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,Benefits are truly some of the best in the area,"hard, laborish, back breaking work","Promote from with in, not out side the FC",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12077,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but not Great,"Full time employment, benefits, consistent hours","poor employee discount, lack of management knowledge",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12078,amazon,"Lisle, IL"," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good place to work if you are Same Day part time,- Breaks are paid - Great co-workers - Overall good enviromemt,- No music allowed.. like seriously? 8 hours of just clearing packages? - Really tedious and repitive work,Allow music and try to make things a little less tedious,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12079,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE1,Amazon is very big and a lot of tools and opportunities.,You will see a lot of bad manager or greasy teammates.,Hire the best!,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P426.htm
12080,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cherry picker,"Great employees, great hours , always work","Hot at times , cold at times, break to short,",Love u guys,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12081,amazon,"Union City, GA"," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Cool,"Its Fun, Safe, Benefits, Cool people and Quick.",No cons in my opinion,Great,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12082,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Analyst,Always Something New,"*Fast-paced environment *Always changing and improving processes, never boring! *Great managers to work for *Exciting to work for a company that is doing so much, get to work on cool projects *Access to continuous learning, both hard and soft skills *Office HQ in lively city center *Flexible office hours (depending on team/manager)","*Hours are long sometimes, but you set the standard for your availability *Long process for promotions: have to work at the next level before you actually ARE at the next level (compensation and role-wise)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12083,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good environment to work in.,Crappy management that doesn't have a clue how to manage their department,Actually have knowledge about how the floor is. More working instead of supervisingsupervisin.,5.0,3.0,1.0,none,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12084,amazon,"Buffalo, NY"," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Representative,Logistics Representative,"This job had no positive aspects. From the start of the on-boarding process, I was blatantly deceived.","Horrible work life balance. You should be prepared to dedicate your life to Amazon. The job description I was given was inaccurate to the actual job and I talked to general recruiters. When I asked about hours , they said "" it was up to your hiring manager."" (warning sign #1). Several things were wrong from the start:  1.) Buffalo location tried to open too fast. They had to fly people in from other locations to open the Buffalo fulfillment. They haven't been home for a month. 2.) I didn't get a paycheck for a month. what if I was a single mother???? 3.) didn't have a chair for my 10 hour shifts. 4.) Schedule is inflexible. There will be a black-out period from November to January where you cannot take any days off or you'll get fired. 5.) I was not properly trained: normal protocol would be to send me to another fully operational location and shadow someone for a month. I only received about 3 weeks of training at the home site that they rushed to open. After 3 weeks, the ""out of town"" operators had to leave. Total responsibility would be on me if I made a mistake. 6.) To HR and senior management, you are just a number.",Create a healthy work-life balance for employees who aren't floor associates. treat your job candidates with respect and be honest during the interview and on-boarding process.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12085,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hard job...but good job,Steady pay. Good benefits. Kept me physically fit.,Must be able to work hard every day.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12086,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Working at Amazon,Fast paced and challenging work environment. You will work with a lot of interesting and friendly people. Very competitive rates of pay. Excellent benefits.,Little time to relax. Warehouse location can be remote and difficult to get to. Very little access to public transportation. May not notify you of job termination. Management seems inexperienced and under trained.,"Train Managers properly. During my one year of employment, I was assigned to six different managers, half of which didn't seem to know how to do their jobs.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12087,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Device Associate work,"You will get to work on some of the new products, which is yet to be launched.",The work get monotonous and boring after a point.,"Some of the teams had bureaucracy, I think that is with every company.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12088,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem Solver,"Stable employment, opportunities for growth and tuition assistance, benefits. Great full-time job for someone young with little work experience and in reasonable shape.","Even when expectations are exceeded push to do even more, and where hard work is rewarded with more hard work. Frequent changes in management. Warehouses sometimes uncomfortably warm.","When associates are being pushed to their physical limits and meeting expectations, be a little reasonable when pushing them to do more, be respectful and appreciative of hard work and effort.",4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12089,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer - II,Great place to work. Fast moving.,Fast pace working environment. Work on latest new technologies. Many different fields are available to find work in. Provide great working environment.,Need to work under pressure for match up with the fast pace working environment. No finance provided for further studies like MBA etc.,Provide break and encourage to further study. (MBA etc.),4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P427.htm
12090,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Not enough Hours for me,"Decent job, no two days are the same, meet new different people every day",Too far away from my home to come to work for only 2-4hrs. Barely ever stayed for the full 4hrs.,Need better contact and communication with management. Need better hours!,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12091,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,great benefits great benefits and 401k,"no work life balance, can move up in the company will have to ove around to different states to do so",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12092,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,None there is nothing good about working in this death trap,"Dangerous place to work, things hang over from bins, people get hurt all the time, ERC doesn't care about employees Amcare doesn't care about employees,",SNA7/8 are the worst people in the world,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12093,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - FulfillmentAssociate,The longer the better it seems,"Benefits are excellent. While the work is challenging, there are ample opportunities for upward mobility.","The culture can allow for very aggressive management. Numbers rule and as a result, respect can not be presumed but must be a personal principle where one both extends it and demands it in return.","Excellence should not and does not require the abandonment of kindness. I have witnessed associates being intimidated, disrespected and bullied. I have also witnessed associates being treated with kindness and respect. The former should not be tolerated and the latter should be rewarded.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12094,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Inbound/stower,"Benefits , management , communication, opportunities,","Long drive, no overtime",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12095,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,Excellent benefits that start day one. Company match 401K. Polite and helpful management. Friendly Human Resources department.,It’s hard work and fifteen minute breaks do not last fifteen minutes because you have to walk to and from your station to start and finish your break.,Keep engaging employees and reward high performing employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12096,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Forecasting Manager,Forecasting Manager,"it's good to be in the company, encourage for learning new things, bias for action, customer obsession",not really any cons but need to get promoted sometimes in the future,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12097,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stower,It’s a good job for the money and benefits but harsh,"It was fast paced, and the benefits were really good. Not to mention 14.50 an hour is a score the cafeteria was big and had lots of space for everyone to put their thing sin the fridges. It was a fun environment",They expect to much out of you they preach about being safe and working safe and being careful so you don’t mess up. But then they are always after you about productivity. I could keep up and I had already got 2 write ups for productivity within 2 weeks of each other and they weren’t suppose to give me a second one till after 30 days.,None,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12098,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,-Good Environment - New buildings - People who work there,- No Growth - No Career advice - You are on your own,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12099,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only apply if you have nothing else.,Weekly pay. Work is simple and doesn't require a brain. Extremely easy to get hired.,Management sucks. They don't care about their employees and play favoritism towards the ones that suck up to them.,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P428.htm
12100,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Strategic Alliance Manager,Fantastic!,"Incredible energy. Smart People. Ownership of anything you want. Chance to constantly build a business, and make an impact.","Workload can be daunting. Culture is either a fit with your personality, or it isn't. And if it is not, it's a difficult place to work.",Hire more quickly!,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12101,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process guide,"Possible three day weekend, great benefits, amazing co-workers","Very hard work, expected to keep a fast and steady pace, alot of mandatory overtime called",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12102,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice place to start,"big opportunities, lots to learn",not very employee - flexible. strict policies.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12103,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - L5 Area Manager,Work Hard... No Joke!,"Fantastic benefits, laid-back culture, minimal dress code and top-notch technology.","Eat, sleep, work. That's it. Amazon will become the forefront of your life and demand your constant waking attention.",Minimize the amount of schedule alterations you make to your managers. We all try to facilitate a work-life balance with activities outside of the warehouse. Moving a manager from Sun-Wed days to Wed-Sat nights is difficult and needs to be a last resort.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12104,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CEO,Nice website and free prime.,Work more hours than expected,Stop trapping people with free food,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12105,amazon,"Buena Park, CA"," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort Center,"Easy work, Fast Pace, Under 5 hours a shift",It was only seasonal work,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12106,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate/Stower,Only work 4 days out of the week. Consistent schedule. Not having to work late at night.,Work 10hr shifts instead of 8hr shifts. Work saturdays. Repetitiveness is taxing at times.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12107,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker at amazon FC,good exercise because you walk all over the place the whole day,literally mindless work. just walk and pick walk and pick,make advancements within the company more apparent,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12108,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked at Amazon for a short time as a temp,They provided an in depth training process,You could tell that there was a lot of turnover. I don’t know if it was the level of position it was.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12109,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company in the world,The best part about the job is being apart of the best company in the world. Being apart of the process is an incredible feeling and one that is hard to match.,Location was far from my home.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P429.htm
12110,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,very good to work here,very busy have to work hard,great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12111,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Great place to work and great people,The rate is high and hard to maintain,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12112,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate I,"AMAZON EWR5, AVENEL, NJ","I love working for Amazon EWR5 of Avenel, NJ for the work environment, professional coworkers, personalized care for each package and customer, flexible hours and the BEST CEO @JEFF BEZOS in the AMAZONOSPHERE",The pay should start at $15.00 per hour,Please increase the Minimum Wage to $15.00 per hour and also add $2.00 more for Wrap Up and Night Time Differential shifts like 11:30pm -3:30pm,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12113,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Sr. HRA,Fast pace and energetic team members make this a fun place to work. Taking risks and trying some new is encouraged.,"Promotions are few and far between. (Unless you are in FC Operations) You are asked to demonstrate you are working at the next level, with no guarantee your unpaid extra work will be rewarded.",Make sure that ALL departments are promoting their top talent quarterly. The message that Amazon promotes quarterly is not making in happen. Employees need to see that folks are being recognized for their contributions if you want to stop the yearly exodus once folks have finished their year one. Be open to talent from other divisions. There are many talent employees that would be great in another business.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12114,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Flex and Logistics Delivery Driver,Flex and logistics delivery driver,"Autonomy, no boss looking over your shoulder, direct deposit twice a week, customer service is highest priority.",Customer service is first priority. Employees (or contractors) are just a means to the end.  Employees are a dime a dozen. Attitude is “Go ahead and quit.... there are 100 in the hiring pipeline behind you”  Minimal scheduled hours. Picking up hours to work is like a slot machine.... you keep pulling the handle and every blue moon you bring home some winnings.,There wouldn’t be as many videos online of drivers throwing packages over gates or up on porches if they felt some ownership or had a stake in the game so to speak to instill pride in their work.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12115,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I would not recommend this job to anyone,the only pros to this job is the maternity leave policy. Also overtime opportunities though you won't even want to no matter how much you may need the extra money,Impossible expectations/overworking employees Favoritism to employees Management doesn't care about its employees sometimes you may not even know who it is. They expect you to make a rate that continues to go up often which is sometimes so bad people pass out or worst.,"Be more attentive to your employees and listen to their concerns. At least pretend you care, we are very aware how expendable we are to you no matter how hard we work.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12116,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Product Manager Technial,"Fast pace, innovation and a lot of resources to use.","Highly rely on document, too many different orgs.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12117,amazon,"Long Beach, CA"," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time Associate,Part-Time Associate,"Busy work pace, efficient, and coworkers all had positive mental attitude.",Sometimes I'd get massive amounts of work done quickly and be left with nothing to do towards end of shift.,Try to plan shifts and how many of staff members are onsite slightly better and adaptive to the situation.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12118,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Sort Center,Great company overall,"lots of benefits, really take care of you, HR has lots of fun themes and chances to win prizes on every shift. Great atmosphere",Job is tough on the body.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12119,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can be wonderful or horrible,"Large amount of responsibilities, good amount of autonomy, good pay",Quality of life highly dependent on management. Can easily become micromanagement,Listen and communicate with your managers. Don't ignore your night-shifts.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P430.htm
12120,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate Concord NC,Flexible hours  You know what you're getting into. A lot of walking and lifting boxes but I enjoy the workout. Great upper management,Applying for next level is not recommend if you are off color. They put P.A. who are lazy verses hard working person of color. I've witnessed it on 3 occasions since I've been employed. I wouldn't get my own hopes up so I never applied. However there are more people of color in the highest position than any job I've ever had. So I'm assuming that applied for them directly and not moving up into their position,Treat all internal applicants fairly. Base it on performance not on looks.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12121,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work as a second job,The best part of working at Amazon's sortation facilities as a part time associate is the steady hours at a variety of flexible times that let you work there in addition to another job.,"It is an incredibly boring workplace, with little to nothing to distract you from the tedium of scanning and stacking packages.",Let employees listen to music or podcasts while working.,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12122,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picking ambassador,Wage Hours Benefits Growth within company People Wage People fjfdadgbv xjfsx,Mandatory overtime Lack wage Management team High expectations Timing,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12123,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Yard Jockey,Yard Jockey,Easy job and great pay.,Very boring and management treats part-time employees badly compared to full-time employees.,N/A,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12124,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employees are under paid,Train your warehouse leaders better,So called mangers should not put people dont like in freezer and cooler for a long time.,Pay employees in your warehouse Georgia good salary not $10 an hour,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12125,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,Amazon is a good place to work if you are looking for career development and the benefits are good as well.,It would be great if there was better work-life balance.,N/A,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12126,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Java Programmer,"Working at Amazon/AWS from the perspective of someone who started at the bottom, and has risen through the ranks.","Amazon enables you to make/execute decisions without having to vie for approvals from middle management (which itself, is mostly non-existent in the classical sense). Every job that I have worked at Amazon has been incredible challenging, which I enjoy, it is great to work for a company where I feel like I am learning something new and developing myself personally each day. It also advocates strongly for using new technologies within the industry, and allows for a ""fail fast, fail often"" environment that fosters innovation.","The workload expectations on employees is pretty high. If you are a person that is very good at setting your own personal limits on hours worked, scope of role, etc.. then you will probably be fine. For myself personally though, these are areas that I've struggled with, and at times have probably caused myself a lot of unneeded stress that wasn't necessary.","I have worked in 5 different roles across the company (3 in one org, and then 2 in 2 other organizations). I don't think that there is any single advice I would give that would span all of these roles. Each manager I have had has displayed their own nuances to managing, most aspects I have really enjoyed, a few I would have been happier without, but I think that this is the case with any manager at any company. I have enjoyed my managers the most, when I was able to connect with them personally and felt like they knew about me as a person, and not just as a professional.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12127,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"Benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits",There are lots of inexperienced managers,"Work hard, have fun, make history",5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12128,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate,It's a Job,They pay.  Not a real job but lots of real people.,"Long trek to break rooms.  No idea where you're going to be assigned for the day until you walk in to your shift.  They expect numbers that don't take into account what kind of inventory you get stuck with.  Strict lunch time breaks, I'm scrambling to down my food every day before getting back to work.  Being such a huge company, there's way too much bureaucracy and red tape to get anything done that isn't going in to your scheduled shift.",Ease up. With everything.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12129,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Don't work here if you like to use your brain,"Decent pay, great insurance packages, 4 days on 3 days off schedule","Constant leadership change, dirty, ruins clothes/shoes fast, boring work, too many employees. Your brain feels like it's dying from lack of use.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P431.htm
12130,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible,Great benefits quick raises!,"Management plays favoritism badly, punishes people dor using there given time, unrealistic expectations",Stop playing favoritism,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12131,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unknowledgeable operation managers,"Medical, and above NJ minimum wages","The facility is run by managers who treat employees as comadaties and over work employees and have a plantation mentality. There are a few managers who know what they are doing Zach,Madison,Josh the higher ups treat employees like they are cattle.",Stop thinking you can ask workers to do more and more for $13.35 an hour stop making people do 10 different hard manual labor function while you sit around on your laptop,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12132,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,"Work from home, good insurance","Very low wages, computer system does not work well, bonus is based off of a bad customer review system and bonuses are frequently paid later than what the employees have been promised",Pay the cs workers more. They cannot live on the current wage system. I would have liked to have stayed but the company didn’t pay enough to cover basic cost of living. The computer system in use is always broken and makes it difficult to please our customers.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12133,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,"Amazing experience, great managers, great company to work for if you’re a hard worker","Great benefits, good pay, easy to move up in the company, love the culture, everything is basically done online from the interview, to calling in sick/coming late so you never need an excuse","On your feet all day, long hours during peak season, not the best place to work if you’re not a hard worker",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12134,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Needs work,Great pay Benefit package Thanked for hard nights doing large amounts of volume We’ll recognition from public when you say where you work,"Associate blue badge part time warehouse employees are told by differing managers what all of their benefits are. To where it’s hard to tell what is factual and what isn’t. Even checking require Corporate Laptop normally only given to Ambassador rank.  ERC (Employee Resource Center) is a complete joke, they are a unreliable customer service and managers often direct attention associates there but a lot of what they tell you over the phone cannot be believed. Part of the time I feel like they are making it up and other times I feel they are not sure and guessing. None of the associates will use it that have tried in the past for long and even managers and L3s or shift managers at times give them a lot of credibility.  Ambassadors are taught more and given more responsibilities yet they are refused to receive any stipend for their well earned training and duty’s other than more extra days to work.",Re do ERC to where they can be reliable Allow associates easier ability to access their benefits,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12135,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Great co workers and manager will help you succeed in this environment.,If you have bad manangement TRANFER!,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12136,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 26, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,"Great company, underwhelming group",- Inspiring to be part of such an innovated company - Exponential potential for AMG to provide the market with an undeniable solution,"- AMG has no tech. - They hire ""18 months a head of a role"", meaning they hire candidates for what they hope the role will evolve into. This does the hire a disservice because they are often vastly overqualified almost ensuring that they are not challenged or happy in the role. This does AMG a huge disservice as well because it creates a much hire rate of attrition. - Minimal exposure to thought leaders or senior executives. - Majority of management does not have experience in advertising, so there is a disconnect between what the market needs and what we are providing. - CST managers do not have people management experience.","- Hire more junior level AMs/CMs and inspire them to grow with the role. This will mitigate high rates of attrition, creating more stability in roles. - Stop putting people with no people management experience in management roles without ensuring they have the resource to develop those skills. - Hire people with ad tech or digital ad experience instead of promoting people that fit the Amazon model, but cannot navigate the industry.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12137,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Human Resources Assistant,The creativeness and brilliance of the teams keeps my mind refreshed daily.,"It is difficult to be promoted, often without adequate information or feedback, while others less qualified and less experience seem to be promoted. Being promoted within will yield less compensation than being hired straight from college.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12138,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE2,One can gain good experience working on different domains and technologies,"Pay is not the best, vesting stocks affect your increments, poor work life balance",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12139,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Center Associate,"This review is for Amazon, but not for the Amazon that most users of Glassdoor might think of, the master-of-the-world Amazon where digital overlords rule the realm of consumer goods from cubicle keyboards. I am talking about working at the warehouses, known as fulfilment centers. Like me, you never planned to find yourself at such a job, but there are benefits.  First let me say that that I don’t consider my job at an Amazon FC as a career, but as I am working here after a long hiatus from the professional life, I found myself needing to make the most of the job. Pride, Pleasure, Purpose. For each of these components of happiness, you will need to create your own narratives since, frankly, the company does a below average job providing you any.  The work is physically hard and productivity is closely monitored, but, depending on your motivational needs at the moment, you can either consider this either the cheapest (that is, you are getting paid) or the most expensive (when considering the opportunity costs) ten hour aerobic workout you can ever get. Get the most out of the sweat. All of those gym classes in those fancy gyms have nothing on the workout you can get at a warehouse.","It is said that workplace stress originates from a lack of autonomy. It may be more accurate to say that stress comes when your level of autonomy does not meet your expectations. Luckily, as a low-level grunt in the trenches, you cannot expect much autonomy as any job function is broken down in its most fundamental components (a combination of Taylor and Gilbreth) which you will perform continuously. The pressure to maintain rates is relentless, but, on the good side, political shenanigans are on a petty level.  The other workers are a strange mix that you may not be accustomed to seeing. Many are less educated or very young and are just getting started, some are professionals needing a bridge job. Some work hard, some don’t. Some are always willing to help, some, not so much. So this is so very much like any working environment.  In summary, you get out of this job what you put into it, but other than muscles long forgotten, do not expect to gain marketable skills. Revel in the freedom of your mind and the pain in your muscles. Take the time to look at things in a new way, and if possible you may be able to help some young-un to get started in life.","Please note that my comments above come from a strange perspective of one who, quite frankly, has never worked a physically hard day, period. I also realize that the name of the game in a Fulfillment Center is to maximize productivity for the minimum cost. There is no autonomy available to spread among the employees. However, my advice would be to translate the corporate values and vision, now written in abstract terms such as ""customer obsession"", to be brought down to the concrete level.  Please I had a difficult time in determining the ratings below -- should they be from the perspective of a professional in a bridge job or from the perspective of one who is looking for a career at such an environment.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P432.htm
12140,amazon,"Buena Park, CA"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Sort Center Associate,Not bad so far...,"Pretty relaxing environment. It's still solid hard work, though. They offer cool perks here and there, especially during the holiday season. Seems like there are potential opportunities for growth also.","With so many employees, often times can feel like just a number. Also, there aren't too many opportunities to connect with other associates.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12141,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Support Engineer,"Amazon get's a bad rap, but it can be good",You get to work with very smart people on immensely important projects. The benefits are great. The pay is satisfactory.,"AWS can be somewhat cold, but that works well for some people.",Try to add a little warmth to the workplace by caring about and knowing your people.,4.0,2.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12142,amazon,"Kansas City, MO"," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Data Entry Clerk,Function Junction,Great family owned operation. Wonderful staff.,I can't think of any.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12143,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - HRBP,HR Business Partner,The opportunity to work for the greatest company in the world. Adequate benefits. Plenty of opportunity to advance if you are dedicated.,"As any other place I have ever worked, there are some challenges pertaining to consistency, fairness, and the culture.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12144,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Admin,actively learning new skills and facing daily challenges,Can become repetitive and excessive administrator work at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12145,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon Area Manager position is a challenge,"Worked with some of the smartest and determined peers who work very hard to get where they want to be. My peers were the best part of the job and the unity of the Area Managers is unmatched. You will learn a lot and learn it very fast. This job is a crash course in every difficult situation you can go through as a manager. This job definitely made me a stronger manager. You will push yourself for this job mentally and physically, but the positive is you learn what you want in your career.",Extreme hours and horrible work-life balance. Be prepared to work a minimum of 12 hours everyday and up to 15-16 hours for months on end. Upper management doesn't respect your work life balance and mandatory overtime is a constant thing. Don't calculate your hourly rate because it is just depressing. The companies leadership principle of frugality means far more to them then their associates or managers. You will also be standing 90 percent of your 12 hour day. You will also have no say what schedule you work and it will most likely be weekends or nights (or both). Unfortunately the university recruitment program isn't honest with you before you accept the offer about all these details. The contract is designed where if you leave before a year you have to pay back that bonus they use to bait you in. Stocks do not vest until you hit your 4 year mark. Senior management will put immense pressure on you to exceed their expectations in every metric. Not for those that can't handle a high stress environment.,"Fix the university recruitment program. They do not accurately depict this position or the contract. Be frugal, but not so frugal your associates can barely do their job and your managers have to make cuts that hurt the team. Your business is a 24/7 business. Adjust the shift structure to this. The bad attrition is directly caused by burning people out by over working them. This company would be amazing if the work-life balance wasn't so terrible!",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12146,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Sr. Operations Manager,"Constantly evolving! It is a company that is not afraid of change and trying new things. The position itself is fast paced, a lot of face time with associates, and never dull. Advancement is there for those who want it. You can relocate anywhere you want, Amazon is everywhere.","You need to have a strong work ethic, if you do not have one, don't apply. You will be working in a world of ambiguity, if you can't handle that and are not the type of person that can come up with solutions without much direction, this isn't the place for you. If you have thin skin and can't take constructive feedback, this isn't the place for you. Amazon is the kind of place where you are surrounded by all ""A team"" players. There is a saying, Amazon is where overachievers go to work to feel mediocre. It is hard work.",Be able to work hard. Be able to work long hours. It will pay off in the end.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12147,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Efficiency to the max - employee moral goes to the wayside.,"Learn a lot about current management techniques - 6 Sigma, 5 S, and Lean Strategies... looks good on a resume",Employees are judged strictly by their numbers. Team building and creativity are diminished. Not a good place to work if you are a basic warehouse worker.,"Treat your employees better. Remember, you see them more often than you do your own family.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12148,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great medical benefits for you.,Long Hours five days a week.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12149,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great work but cut-throat environment,",Extremely high ownership very quickly in your career Ability to move and learn new functions across the firm (although that's changed with the recent hiring freeze in the Retail divisions) Innovation + Automation,"The company is not employee centric - retention over the past few years has been a result of the high stock price, which is likely to flatten out next year. Cut-throat top-down feedback environment, where management cares only about results, and doesn't shield you. Lots of attrition - over the past 4 years, I have had over 15 managers.","We have a performance review process called the OLR, where each level of management determines annual performance of employees below them. During this process each January, 7% of our employees are put on a performance improvement plan and managed out of the company each year (fired).  However, our peer review and feedback loops happen in February / March.... This is indicative of our top-down environment - Amazon managers hire and fire their direct reports without first receiving peer-based performance feedback .",3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P433.htm
12150,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Cotton picking in the 21st century,Instant benefits. Stock issue of 2 Amazon shares (2 years to vest). Easy online access to all personal information.,"Low pay. Low pay. Low pay. Long, mundane, boring work. Really boring.","Amazon is a Trillion dollar company. Bezos has a net worth of almost a Trillion. I know you can afford to pay your fulfillment center associates more than $12. Please,",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12151,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate,"Simple, mental tasks. If you like physical work.","Hard work puts a lot stress on body (joints, back, knees, wrists, shoulders, etc).",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12152,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area manager,"The benefits, stock options, career advancement, innovation, ability to change your processes, located throughout the country and ability to relocate if you desire",Company is very political and the politics change in every building. The company owns you during the months of November and December. Don’t expect to do anything but eat sleep and work.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12153,amazon,"South Bend, IN"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Sales assistant,To build my career and imrove the company,I have not worked at amazon,Great work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12154,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,A refreshing change of pace,"Everyday provides new challenges or problems to solve for our customers. I have never once felt board or that my skills were not being used. There is freedom to stretch out and put your skills to use while learning new ones at the same time. The ability to work next to people who have the same motivations and passion that I do has been a breath of fresh air. Seeing everyone embody and use our Leadership Principles everyday is amazing. The last part I will add is the same thing I tell people before I will refer them for positions. Make sure you embody all of our leadership principles because if you don't it might not be a good fit. We use them everyday and in all of our decision making. So, if you embody our principles and are looking for challenge and want to be part of history then Amazon might be the place for you.","I will not argue that it can be stressful here and that there has been long hours and some weekend work, but the stress that I have dealt with has been a different kind of stress. In previous jobs there was the stress of not liking my job or work, stress of missing deadlines or the stress of a micromanaging boss. While I have experienced stress from deadlines its not so much related to getting the task/work done, the stress has been around making sure that it's the best I can do and focuses on meaningful change. So for me, this has been a more positive stress and motivation then anything else, but stress none the less.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12155,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,Great company to learn and grow.,"Most companies have some leadership principles. Amazon has its own version too. However, unlike many companies, I see it being valued and put to work in every aspect of the business.  This is a company where the following are valued (in my opinion): * thinking it through before jumping in (it's okay to say 'I'll get back to you with the data'), * pace of delivering results in the face of uncertainty (a.k.a. a good mix of resourcefulness and hustle), * seeking guidance from mentors and getting feedback from peers and experts (having an ego can be detrimental) * thinking big (a.k.a. scaling up, be it a service, or number of customers) * having a data-backed opinion (providing recommendations and improving processes/technologies are encouraged)","It's not a company for everyone. A quote from Jeff Bezos summarizes it beautifully: ""You can work long, hard, or smart, but at Amazon.com you can’t choose two out of three.""",Need more men's room in the older buildings. They are always full. :),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12156,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazing Growth Potential,Opportunity for growth Competitive pay Open door policy,Long work hour's during holidays,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12157,amazon,"Jersey City, NJ"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Definitely recommend working here,- Incredibly talented and experienced people working here - Great growth and innovation culture - Tremendous opportunities for personal development,"Not really a con, but Amazon is frugal. Instead of free lunches, you'll see a drive towards charity and giving back to the community.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12158,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Place to work,"I have worked in Seattle for Amazon the past 2 years. I have really liked my time thus far. Working at Amazon has stretched me and allowed me to flex muscles i haven't had the opportunity to use in previous company. There is plenty of opportunity and most exciting is that it is up to you to seek those opportunities and make them happen. + fast paced work environment that will push you + smart and engaging co-workers + the things i work on are exciting to me + Amazon's approach to trying new things, experiementing, investing in businesses etc. Working here, you take similar approaches and investments + Constant opportunity - there is no restrictions on internal transfers and if your ideas are good enough, it is possible to build your own role + the pay, especially Amazon stock which every employee receives + location, buildings, amenities are all great","- workload and stress are not a con IMO but true to all companies they both increase or decrease due to patters, it is cyclical. when the workload is high it can be really high but usually doesn't last too long - constant changes can be tough. It is easy to feel like once you get comfortable another change comes a long. - it is easy to think that we move fast but feel like we move slowly. a few reasons for this include, beauracracy which i would call the number of approvals required on difficult decisions, pre-work in analysis and doc-writing (which is also a pro, the doc writing culture is awesome and i don't think i could work in another environment), and large cumbersome org structure can get in the way of knowing who you need input from.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12159,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Love working on Amazon Alexa!,"Smart, hard working, motivated colleagues Fast paced Challenging, interesting work Great offices No bureaucracy Lots of diversity","The ""self serve"" culture can be challenging. No hand-holding here. Have to figure out what you need to be successful and then seek it out.",Keep doing what you are doing. Let employees know what they need to do to be successful and have them figure it out. Stay lean.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P434.htm
12160,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Pretty Good !,Reasonable hours. Good pay. Office in the city. Overwhelmingly competent coworkers. Straightforward career progression.,"Corporate. Lots of protocols, standard operating procedures, internal tools, blah blah blah. Your experience can vary immensely due to company size + horizontal structure. The corporate culture can be cheesy.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12161,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ggreat,all good very understanding company,none at all its all good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12162,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Flexible scheduling, positive atmosphere, fair supervisors","""flex up"" or ""flex down"" could be seen as a pro if you don't mind staying an extra hour (more money always a good thing, but a lot of people don't like not knowing before-hand if they are staying an hour later than posted)",None that I can think of at the moment. Good Job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12163,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - CS,"Wonderful company, leadership lacking",great coworkers and nothing else,hours and the lacking of leadership from sups,try giving realistic and consistant instructions for a change,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12164,amazon,"Waterbury, CT"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Sr. Technical Account Manager,Super flexible. Constant learning and improvement. The bar is set pretty high which I really like. You are encouraged to make noise on behalf of your customers.,401k match a bit soft compared to prior employers. So many things going on its sometimes hard to pick one to dive deep. You need good intuition and prioritization skills to avoid drowning.,Andy.... Jeff..... keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12165,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Keep learning!,"Good work culture, you keep learning throughout your work. Very exciting!","Processes are not yet well defined, more like a startup.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12166,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Great culture- Have Fun. Work Hard. Make History. Never gets boring. Always new changes at a fast pace. Customer obsessed- you feel like you are making a real meaningful impact.,Can be challenging to keep up with constant change and evolution. No clear definition of responsibilities can lead to over work. Easy to burn out.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12167,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Computer Vision Scientist,Amazon review,"Amazon is a very dynamic company. Though its turnover rate is high, it offers opportunity for people who are new and willing to work hard. And there is fewer politics problem compared with other companies, like Microsoft or Google that I have worked for before",Too few public holidays. The oncall load is very heavy in some teams.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12168,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job,I can't say anything bad.,Nothing I can think of.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12169,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Pros and Cons may vary from team to team.,Pros and Cons may vary from team to team. Great work environment Flexible Schedule Many opportunities to learn Great team culture,Pros and Cons may vary from team to team.,try to encourage people to think critically and invest new ideas. Do not impose decisions on others Ideas should ALSO come from below and not just above. Again Pros and Cons may vary from team to team.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P435.htm
12170,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Pros and Cons may vary from team to team.,Pros and Cons may vary from team to team. Great work environment Flexible Schedule Many opportunities to learn Great team culture,Pros and Cons may vary from team to team.,try to encourage people to think critically and invest new ideas. Do not impose decisions on others Ideas should ALSO come from below and not just above. Again Pros and Cons may vary from team to team.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12171,amazon,"Albuquerque, NM"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - VCS-SDS,VCS-SDS,love working from home and helping drivers and customers,Its only a seasonal job,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12172,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate fullfilment Center,one of the biggest Multinational company,Not a full time job and do not have benefits opportunity,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12173,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Administrator,Senior Human Resources Assistant,"Coming from a background outside of Human Resources, I learned more about this career field in a few short months than I would have learned at another company in years. It really helped me grow and develop my strengths, along with help me find areas I could improve.  Coworkers are amazing. They are intelligent, hard workers, and supportive of you and the team (at least mine were). The thing I miss most about that job was the friendships I made at work. The medical insurance benefits are terrific, and the compensation is really good for one's field.  Three day weekends were incredible! It gave me time to go out and explore the city and do things on my own that I wouldn't have the opportunity to do otherwise.  There are so many free perks! Gift cards and prizes during peak season and employee appreciation lunches. If you want to get your SHRM certificate, they even have courses you can take to learn. Mentoring opportunities are endless, and they have week-long corporate trainings to meet other coworkers in your same field from across the U.S. and Canada.","If you are a person who struggles with uncertainty and desires a need for consistency/stability, this is not the job for you. The minute I felt I had a grasp on how to do something in my job, that task would change or be modified. I have struggled with anxiety and OCD my whole life, and this job made me consider getting medication and counseling for it. Every day towards the end I dreaded going to my job because of the amount of workload, demands, and the feeling that I not contributing anything and that my work was not appreciated.  The environment is truly survival of the fittest. If you can't keep up with the pace, you will be weeded out. People higher up can be very cut-throat to ensure that they hold on to their places of power or leadership. Employee issues can be very demanding and overwhelming. Not only do you have to juggle completely daily required reports, but also be the first responder to tough issues such as sexual harassment, employees drunk on the job, verbal aggression, payroll issues, etc. It is hard to put your job on the shelf when going home, especially when some of your employees deal with some really hard home lives.  One-on-ones with managers and online training courses are required to be completed every other week. Although I am completely all for growing and developing, the quick turnaround was not beneficial and seemed more like a chore/something to check off. I gained little from them.  I worked night shift, and I was left alone for three months to run my shift while my manager was out on leave. I hadn't even worked five months yet in my role, and I had to make executive decisions for an entire management team at times when I was still learning the ropes of my department and the company culture. The pressure was too much for me. You truly don't get the same treatment/support on night shift than you do on dayshift, and then managers wonder why you're not growing. I was originally told I would have the opportunity to switch to days after six months in my role, but I was basically lied to. They told me they didn't have an opening anytime soon. Night shift means a lack of a social life. If you live alone, you can get very lonely and depressed at times. Make sure you have a strong support system.",Everyone learns in different ways. Just because your employee does not learn the same way you do does not mean you can be demeaning or act as if they do not contribute to the company. An employee shouldn't have to change who they are and fake a certain personality in order to move up in the ranks at this company.  I was honestly amazed at the manipulation and dishonesty that took place at this company. A company that was once my dream job made me realize I never want to work for a large corporate business like this again.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12174,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good place to work,"Work from home, consistent work, regular on-time pay.","Low pay, lack of flexibility, no work/home/family balance, no performance incentives. They offer a bonus but it's nearly impossible to qualify for the quarterly bonus without violating any policies or genuinely assisting the customers. Also, no matter where you live, the work schedule is based on Pacific time zone, which can cause some terrible scheduling conflicts for people in other time zones.",Offer more incentives to agents who work hard and perform well. Be more mindful of employees' family needs and obligations.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12175,amazon,"Hawthorne, CA"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,amazon distribution,"easy job, good for students",favoritism and some employees do not work making others do there work,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12176,amazon,"Keller, TX"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Not bad but wouldn’t recommend,"Health insurance is bomb to be honest (since day 1), 401K, bonus (is called VCP and when the peak comes you get a good one!)","What you get paid for what you do is not enough to be honest, $12 per hour for the first 6 months is not that bad but when you’re working 10 hours daily standing up doing the same thing over and over again...it’s not fun. We have it easier that other warehouses that’s the honest true but that doesn’t means that it’s well paid. The hr team is a nightmare. And if you’re thinking that you can get a chance to growth there you’re wrong...they will hire people with diplomas instead of people with the knowledge (kinda unfair) because we know the process better than a person with a bachelor (personal opinion) some of them are pretty young and not prepared to manage a group of 40 people with much more experience than them (not to be hating we all deserve chances).","Hire from the inside, $15 per hour should be the wage. HR management needs some HUMAN SENSE.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12177,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,View from the bottom.,Amazon has one of the best benefit packages I've received other than military.,"Most people I know that complain about the physical work, prefer sit down jobs.",Stop micro-managing.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12178,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse,Warehouse job,"Is a excellent company ,, they have good opportunities .",Nothing bad ! To me all is fine !! No cons for me !!,"Nothing , they are working fine , is a excelente company ,, for the excelente management !!!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12179,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Advertising org is a great environment,"People in the advertising org are nice, smart, and great to work with. The ad group is growing really quickly so it's an exciting time to be here. There's a lot of room to carve out your own niche and experiment. Pay (salary, signing bonus, stock) and benefits are very good. There aren't any crazy hours and most teams are flexible about working remotely. I haven't seen any evidence of the negative stereotypes about the company. I definitely see myself here for the long term.","The process to get promoted is not very transparent - it's hard to tell what is needed to really advance here. Considering how good pay/benefits are in general, it's disappointing that we only get 6 holidays off (although PTO is decent) and there are no gyms in the offices or gym reimbursements.",More transparency throughout the org/company.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P436.htm
12180,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,NA,Great company. lots of opportunities to move internally,Frugal place. HR is not best,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12181,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Universal receiver,4 day work week with benefits,10 hour shifts at minimum,More relaxed breaks,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12182,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,E commerce,1st class all the way.,"They are EXTREMELY PICKY to the point where it's stressful. Especially if you rely on them as ""THE"" channel/platform of making your living!!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12183,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,These reviews surprise me. Amazon has been wonderful,They treat EAs as important partners. Very understanding of those who have families and need time off. Work life balance has been great,The pay is not competitive with other large tech companies any longer,I am reading all of these reviews and am disheartened that others experience has been COMPLETELY opposite mine. My teams have treated me with complete respect. They respect my hours and my time at home. I love Amazon so much I have passed offers for other large companies offering me more pay. I would like to see Amazon be more competitive with base salaries. There is quite a large gap.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12184,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible management,The floor workers make the job worth staying.,Management is terrible. They do not listen to any suggestions. It is obvious that most have know idea what they are doing. They micro manage everything in turn making workers nervous.,LISTEN TO YOUR WORKERS. Learn how to do your job. You are not above anyone that works on the floor. Stop acting all high and mighty.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12185,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate 1,free cofee and Ice for workers,"only having the options of 10 or 12 hour shifts, unsafe water to drink, a 30 minute lunch break that takes you 5 minutes to get to to punch out and 5 minutes to start back at your station, documenting a coaching on an employee who just started in a new position that day or the day before, rude management, just not a good company",quit,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12186,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,Better than expected,"Open work environment, Challenging tasks, Never boring, interesting projects","Amazon's size, Custom tools can be confusing, Tribal knowledge, Disorganized documentation",The SDE role has a very well built and documented onboarding process. The SysEng is lacking in this. Develop a better onboarding program for systems engineers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12187,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Expectations Met,All of my research regarding the position I was recruited for matches the work I'm doing. I'm been with Amazon close to a year now and thoroughly enjoy my work. I'm constantly challenged and I'm always learning.,"This work isn't for everyone. I work in a fulfillment center and everything we do is driven by data, numbers and standards. We work long hours are constantly moving. Make sure you understand this, otherwise you will be miserable. If you thrive on this...you'll love every minute of it!",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12188,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Photo Studio Associate,"Great daily pay rate, friendly atmosphere","Poor communication, unreliable work schedule",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12189,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Recruiter,Solid Company if the culture is right for you.....,"Decent pay, reasonable benefits.",The work pace is intense and not work everyone.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P437.htm
12190,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay place to work,People are nice and friendly,Unreasonable pace expectations and workers aren't really cared for,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12191,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard,You’re not micromanaged if you meet your rates,A lot of walking. Mindless work. Only good for short term,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12192,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Benefits, Coworkers, Experience is great.","Work life balance, amount of work, and 6 day work weeks.",Let your employees have their second break. Also stop trying to pinch and much from everyone for as little as you can.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12193,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Test Engineer,Amazon: Seriously we don't bite,"Great culture, awesome stock price =)",Slow quality culture / tooling / investment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12194,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Best UX job in the OC?,"Great work/life balance. I recently had a baby, & my Manager & Director regularly stop by to tell me to take off any time I need for bonding, doctor's appointments, or just to help out at home.  Great compensation & benefits. I can't speak for every person in every role, but I'd be hard-pressed to find another employer with better compensation & benefits in Orange County.  Interesting projects. I truly enjoy & believe in the products I work on. I'm afforded opportunities to mold & change them in positive ways. And I can tell that my teammates feel the same way.","Career progression. It's on you, as an employee, to progress your own career here. While I see pros & cons to this, I wasn't wholly impressed with my own process of working toward a promotion. However, I have seen positive changes made since then.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12195,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Package Handler,Water spider,Good job and everyone is nice,Bad management and the food was not good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12196,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Good experience with the company,-You're in control of your time off -Good Management -Overtime opportunities -Opportunities for performing different roles and growth in company -Extra money around the holidays,-Constant pressure to make rate -Mandatory overtime sometimes (especially during peak) -No vacation during peak,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12197,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,The Place Where Smart People Go to Feel Bad About Themselves,"Young energy, customer obsession (in theory), compensation, some really talented, smart, and creative coworkers among the entry level corporate ranks. Dogs everywhere, especially golden retrievers and corgis. There are some good managers, good groups, creative thinkers who care about quality. Pretty LGBTQ-friendly, more trans-friendly than some.","Mid-level managers (L6) with no demonstrated competence are propped up and promoted up, often take credit for their direct reports' wins. No work-life balance, expected to work on vacation, postpone health care based on company schedule, underhanded management practices of competent, high-performing employees managed out or blocking an internal transfer, ostensibly for performance issues, but usually for political or personal issues. Bullies thrive and are rewarded, promotions are given to people taking credit for lower level employees' work. HR is never on your side and can provoke retaliation if activated and your manager gets wind of it. Subtle overt/covert racist and misogynistic undercurrents. VP board reporting to CEO is 11 white males and 1 white female.","Need a serious examination of corporate culture that disdains ""social cohesion."" Studies on EQ/EI and perception of competence have demonstrated that perception of being ""nice"" decreases perception of competence, even in the face of data and metrics to the contrary. Cuddy, Amy. ""Just Because I'm Nice, Don't Assume I'm Dumb."" Breakthrough Ideas of 2009. Harvard Business Review 87, no. 2 (February 2009).",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12198,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - AFE Outbound,Horrible!!,None at all don't ever apply!,This company is modern day slavery & Jeff Bezos is nothing more than a slave master. This is the absolute WORST company to work for!,If anybody could see the conditions humans are put in by working here you'd never buy anything from Amazon again!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12199,amazon,"Ontario, CA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - IT Technician,IT Technician,Stress free environment. Skillful workforce. Fine organization at every aspect of all operations.,No freedom to be creative as far as troubleshooting. All a technician has to do is to follow steps refereed on documentation. It may be perceived as a perk since one takes less responsibilities over their shoulders but on the other hand it might limit their skills.,None.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P438.htm
12200,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hr,Benefits are amazing and start on your first day of hire,Every day changes are made. Work Life Balance can be difficult.,Better training,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12201,amazon,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Part time,Positive work environment with quality management.,Very difficult to advance or get full time employment.,You are doing well.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12202,amazon,"Clearbrook, VA"," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Review,great pay treatment was well,long hours. legs felt like jelly after shift,N/A,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12203,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,A highly demanding job that rewards a lot based on the effort you put in.,Opportunities a plenty. Warehouses all over the world and a lot of different career paths to pursue. Help with schooling and schedules and lots of associate recognition,Demanding hours and physical toll Very political and not much care towards managers No work life balance. Very vague guidelines for promotion,Work life balance is very important and leads to high turnover,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12204,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Associate,This is a great place to work.,A lot of improper uses of management styles.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12205,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Well known company, opportunity for growth once you have done your time","Labor intensive, physically demanding, hours are not always guaranteed",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12206,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,The learning at Amazon is never-ending and there is always opportunity for growth,There is very little work-life balance so be prepared to be fully commited to your job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12207,amazon,"Apple Valley, CA"," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Great benefits, but you’re worked like a slave and given the bare minimum.","Great health insurance when full time, amazing start out pay, paid time off, vacation time, and co workers are always friendly and helpful.","You’re only given two ten minute breaks, though it takes an average of 3-4 minutes to walk to the break room from your station. You get write ups if your rate falls even if it was another co workers fault (no one ever does their job like they were trained to do and are careless), they don’t turn the AC on even if you have heat stroke (yes this happened to my co worker and they ended up in the hospital), and you’re not allowed to sit for any reason (this includes being injured, dizzy, or nauseas)",Crack down on laziness in certain stations-especially stowers,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12208,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"They are always hiring, so that's great.",They rarely have not enough hours.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12209,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,Not Bad,"Good pay, overtime opportunities, pto, vto, vacation, benefits, 401k, life insurance, etc.","Little to no contact with coworkers for hours at a time because of rates and time off task (as a picker), unable to have phone on you, which is fine, but I'm going crazy with my own thoughts in this place. Many reasons to easily get fired for if you're not careful. Example: rates are too low or inconsistent, too much time off task (don't even think about taking a long bathroom break), use all of the allotted unpaid time off for the year, etc.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P439.htm
12210,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Benefits start on day one,Scan rate expectation too high,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12211,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,best job ive had,"its laid back, no dress code, dont have to worry about crazy color hair.",managers can be rude but other then that a great place to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12212,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Challenging yet amazing,The leadership principles are your beacon here at Amazon. Don't overlook their significance. Challenges are significant and pace is blistering.,Not all teams are created equal.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12213,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,It is fun nice people,Long exhausting tiring hours but worth it,Don't be so hard on ur employees,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12214,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulliment,It is very flexible and quick pace.,You have to keep an eye on the hour post because it goes quickly.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12215,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Amnesty,Amnesty,"Paid time off, Productivity bonus, Chances to move inside Amazon",Lots of walking required. Physical job.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12216,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Designer,Didn't realize how bad it was until I left after 6 years (working on multiple teams),Stocks are generous. Work with smart people.,Many people there are very driven and will do whatever it takes to get ahead including stomping on others. Averaged 2-3 different managers per year. Amazon does not invest in it's people. People are never penalized for being outright jerks as no leadership principle pertains to that. Not a healthy work environment. No good work/life balance,You should add a leadership principle about being civil and showing respect to your colleagues. Invest back in your employees if you want them to remain cutting edge and inspired.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12217,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,you're a cog,good location plenty of snacks opportunities for job growth,"if you're below L4, don't expect to get treated with much respect. Amazon isn't keen on helping you succeed. They have many policies and rules in place to keep you at the pay scale you start at. I knew plenty of people who had to quit and reenter as a ""new hire"" in order to move up the scale.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12218,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,easy interview but stupid culture,salary is still all good,micro management makes you sick,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12219,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Aquired Taste,Overtime opportunity Frequent Raises Paid Time Off,Fast Pace Independent No individuality,Retention rate would be lower if more was put into valuing the employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P440.htm
12220,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Aquired Taste,Overtime opportunity Frequent Raises Paid Time Off,Fast Pace Independent No individuality,Retention rate would be lower if more was put into valuing the employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12221,amazon,"Middletown, NJ"," Jan 14, 2018",Former Employee - AFE Associate,"Good Benefits, breaks your body",Excellent benefits from day one,Extremely bad working conditions. Worked 108 hours the week before Christmas. If you get injured they immediately treat you like the enemy.,Treat people with respect and like human beings,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12222,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Reserves,Reserves,I would making my own schedule. I also like being home for family. Not sure the perks of being paid to breast pump for your baby will last. I love that aspect. Customers who are nice make my day!,Very stressful a lot of customers are verbally abusive. Trainings have a deadline so it a lot to absorb. Policies constantly changing so you have to keep up on your reading. My manager changed 4 times for one year I been here. Metrics can be brutal to keep up.,The pay should be higher for workers like me who have many years of work experience. Full time position should be offer so access to health care benefits and paid maternity leave. CSA should not be penalize if there internet goes out as long as they have proof from their internet company. Bathroom breaks should be extended when CSA is pregnant.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12223,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard Work and Great Benefits,The healthcare benefits are amazing. Less than $350 / month for your entire family. Hebron is a great location. No city traffic to deal with. Prime Pantry is not affected by Peak season very much. People are usually only fired for using all their time off and then some.,"Sometimes the work load is overwhelming. If you stop to pick up trash off the floor, you are actually increasing you time off task. Sounds petty, but it's true.",Many level one employees are well educated and looking for new opportunity. We are definitely talked down to at meetings.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12224,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Being an Amazonian is what you make of it.,"Fast pace, easy to pick up, DAY 1 insurance!!! Peak is daunting, 60hours a week required but compensation is decent!",Starting your Amazon life will be a little on your own feeling. You need to ask questions from actual managers. Don’t allow the rumor mill or an associate who thinks they know what is going on give you advice. It’s usually at least partially wrong.,More attention to onboarding new hires. Ambassadors are very spotty in information that they give.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12225,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,It's ok,Freebies are always given and managers are nice .,Not enough hours to go around .,None really,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12226,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Challenging but incredibly rewarding,Influence how entire industries approach IT Incredibly smart peers Compassionate management who spend time sharing tricks for balancing work and life High intra-company job mobility,Heavy workload - sometimes hard to say no,Partner team management is exceptional,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12227,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Lots of Money,"You get a lot of money for doing a beautiful job. The Location was also really good, in a very lively location, and Amazon has a lot of events keeping our lives interesting.","Hard to say, but I guess you could say its a difficult job and expectations are high",Manage,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12228,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Trainer,Magic carpet ride,"Benefits, benefits, benefits. All from day 1. Lots of diversity, plenty of career paths to choose from.",Certain jobs are more strenuous than others. Some downright exhausting.,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12229,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,No hours!,"There's really good people there, but that's it. Good managers & fun environment. Love my managers.",Good luck getting hours. Ridiculous phone app to get hours & they drop them like a pinata. If you're not by your phone when they drop... Start looking for another job. No guarantee for 20 hours a week. They hire too many people all at once. Not good job stability.,"For Human resources: LEARN TO CONTROL YOUR LABOR AND MAKE BETTER SCHEDULES. You complain about low fill rates, but you also hire slow people not physically capable!",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P441.htm
12230,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,No hours!,"There's really good people there, but that's it. Good managers & fun environment. Love my managers.",Good luck getting hours. Ridiculous phone app to get hours & they drop them like a pinata. If you're not by your phone when they drop... Start looking for another job. No guarantee for 20 hours a week. They hire too many people all at once. Not good job stability.,"For Human resources: LEARN TO CONTROL YOUR LABOR AND MAKE BETTER SCHEDULES. You complain about low fill rates, but you also hire slow people not physically capable!",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12231,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Money is good, company culture is not","* Money is good, company RSUs are pretty lucrative (in the past couple of years anyways). * Wide range of technologies to use. * Wide range of talent to work with.","* Company culture is very selfish: Its ""all hands on deck"" ""drop what you're doing"" when your service is breaking someone else's, but when their service breaks yours, its ""We'll get to it when we have the bandwidth"" which is who knows when - when everything is broken and a high severity issue, then nothing is. * The Amazon's leadership principals (LPs) are utter B.S. I've worked, seen, interacted with people (at a Sr level no less) that don't even meet basic qualifications, or display any LPs - What I mean to say is the ""Hire and develop the best"" isn't followed very well. * On the flip side, I've been in interview loops where candidates exceeded the technical bar, but were turned down because there were a couple of ""Red flags"" on some of their LPs. * A lot of re-inventing the wheel, Amazon prides themselves on building their own in-house or custom implementation of tools or services, but trying to get any 3rd party tool or application to work internally is an utter pain.","* When hiring, look at a candidates LP's holistically, don't let a couple of red flags exclude a candidate. * Stop the drama of cutting high severity issues over non-high severity problems (Read and follow the impact definitions), its very easy to become ""deft"" to the noise of high severity problems and loose interest in providing a great experience to your internal customers. * Hire a dedicated support staff for your service, placing a single developer as the ""On Call"" person isn't enough to handle operations load.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12232,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Beware of Consumer Electronics,I met some amazing people,"Consumer Electronics is a terrible place to work, particularly marketing. It's like a turn of the century sweat shop, I was working 70 hour weeks and it was never enough. Management tries to sell this image that they have changed since the infamous NY Times article, but they haven't. Centralized marketing management would sell their mother if it advanced their career.","Spend more time managing, less time politicking.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12233,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Production Data Analyst,Training Not a Strong Suit for Amazon,"The Pros to Amazon are the Benefits that you get first day, VCP ,it's like extra money on your check for the building being productive and also that Entry Level associates can move up in Company (easier if willing to relocate).","The Cons to Amazon are the training program, the childlike management, the lack of care for associates, and a horrible work life balance. Training was the biggest issue during my time at Amazon. I experienced lack of training at every level (from temp to production data analyst) and would have to just figure it out to do my job effectively. Management is not the most useful when it comes to handling associate concerns. It may be because of the predominately young management that Amazon loves to employ. Turnover is High at Amazon. I am told the reason is because Amazon doesn't really like keeping employees for longer than two years and having to pay benefits out. From the inside looking out...I can see it.","Management unfortunately also suffers from NOT being properly trained for their roles and are thrown into sink or swim situations all the time. Managers can also be childish and unprofessional. It's true that you can find this everywhere but its centrally located at Amazon, there are a lot of them in the company",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12234,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Quality Control Associate,What it's like working at Amazon,You take breaks in between your shift. You meet alot of people. There are plenty different jobs there.,Concrete floors on the 1st floor. They expect for you to work like a robot/machine. (No errors & work super fast). It's really huge so you waste your entire break getting to break rooms or your vehicle. It's dust every where. Management.,Don't be so selfish & inconsiderate.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12235,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Technologies,Being in the core business sector,No clear path for career development,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12236,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Love it at Amazon,Great company -- exciting place to be. Unique culture. Great leadership principles,High expectations. If you can't produce at a high level don't come here.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12237,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Have Your Cake & Eat It Too!,Unique work culture that includes direct contact with individuals who dabble in genius. Some of the best people I've met I get to work with every day. Great work like balance with a unicorn sense of fulfillment. Why aren't you working here yet?,"Handwork, dedication and vision is not optional. Getting comfortable with not knowing everything and learning something new everyday can be unnerving. Amazon is a ""learn how to fish"" atmosphere. I had to get comfortable with learning the basics all over again in a new way.",I work in CS so our leaders are very hands on when it comes in welcoming new ideas and thanking the team for inputs. Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12238,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,I feel empowered working at Amazon and I have a great work life balance.,Somewhat difficult to get promoted depending on your team.,Continue to promote from within.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12239,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Human Resources Assistant,"Great company to work for. Great benefits, time off package is very generous, people there were great.",Work schedule was always changing. Seemed like every week I was working a different schedule.,Some sort of training would help get used to systems and processes instead of figuring it out by yourself.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P442.htm
12240,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Pay rate is the only justification to staying here,"- Good pay, considering it's not minimum wage. - Plenty of time off options. As long as you have the hours to take the day off, they don't care. - 3 days off (unless overtime is called).","- LONG hours. You work 10/11 hour shifts every day. Well technically 12 hours when you add the commute, so work basically takes up half your day! - LONG distances to break rooms and restrooms. - Also, personally for me, communication between other associates doesn't get developed. In my department we work in our own little stations so you can't really interact or make friends with other associates. You feel secluded sometimes. Team communication is lacking. - Also, some managers, ambassadors, or any other higher-level positions tend to look down on regular associates. Sometimes, they just walk around and look at you like you're lesser than them. - Lastly, special schedule changes are proposed unexpectedly. I was hired around November (so during the middle of Holiday season) and for my first 2 weeks we all had to work a schedule DIFFERENT to what we signed up for. It's ridiculous because us new associates signed up for a set schedule that worked best for us, and they did not even comply with it.","- Listen to associates, and apply their suggestions to make work better - Let associates know that their work is valued and appreciated",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12241,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Alot of paid time off and unpaid time off opportunities,Warehouse jobs are very exaughsting. Alot of standing and walking for 10 hours straight.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12242,amazon,"Moreno, Riverside, CA"," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Control Systems Specialist,Control System Specialist,"Very good benefits, good training easy to get prommted always room for improvement.",They hired a lot of technician that has no experience a no clue regarding their job descriptions.,Hired most technical applicant that has more experience in the maintenance environment.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12243,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not bad if you like to be on your feet all day,Decent pay. Plenty of breaks,Constantly on your feet. Not enough time for breaks when you have to walk clear across the warehouse to get to your locker for lunch,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12244,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Believe the Hype and RUN Away,Great pay and bonuses your first 2 years.,"Unimaginably bad. Please - believe the press and the horror stories - they are 100% true, and this is the case for every org within the company. Corporate culture is toxic, unnecessarily brutal and tone deaf. You are forced to enact unethical policies that harm your fellow employees. You are treated like you are expendable. Accomplishments are completely ignored while shortcomings are amplified. I was expecting to be working alongside some of the best and brightest, but I have never witnessed more incompetent management - truly stunning levels of ignorance, under-performance and vengeance. Work and stress levels are through the roof - which would be fine if the work was valuable and beneficial to career growth. Unfortunately that's not the case here. I have seen employees work through serious illness, miss family funerals, sob or sleep at their desks - it's unlike anything I've ever seen. And this is at corporate! The warehouse employees suffer beyond compare. It's inhumane. I cannot express this enough - do not work here.",You all are beyond advice or repair. Shame on this company and the way it treats it's employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12245,amazon,"North Sacramento, CA"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good company to work with,"Flexibility in form of UPT, VTO and vacations. Health benefits plus stock market shares and bonuses during peak time.","Fast paced work, PA’s are always watching you like you are doing something wrong. Favoritism by managers sometimes. Unwanted mandatory overtime during peak.",Less Recognition of hard work and sometimes a bad manager can ruin the whole team and cause hardworkers to quit.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12246,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Love it here!,Constantly learning culture Smart people Big dreams can be realized Thinking Big is encouraged Writing culture - encouraging one to think through ideas,Too many choices can create confusion. Wiki for everything - self learning culture can be hard initially.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12247,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good easy pace,"flexible, caring, opportunities, fun, innovating","hectic, long hours, demanding, challenging, dry",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12248,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2018","Current Employee - Recruiter, Human Resources",I love it here!!,I love working at Amazon. My organization and team is extremely supportive in allowing me to pursue projects I am passionate about. As a new grad I have had a lot of guidance and support from organization leaders and can go to them with any ideas or concerns that I have. I feel like the decisions I make and the inputs I express matter to leaders.,The commute into work is probably the only thing I have issues with.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12249,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Exciting Opportunities, Strong Concert of Coworkers, Tough Onboarding","Work life balance, and freedom to handle schedule is great. Easy to connect with more experienced co-workers / leaders. Flexible career paths + the ability to tailor career plans to personal interests / desires. Once onboard with Amazon, there are plenty of opportunities make internal moves / work on exciting projects",Onboarding with such a large company is time consuming / can be stressful. Designing / implementing projects that depend on other team's work can be difficult,"For teams that own company wide tools, push them to support / maintain project documentation.  Provide ways to make remote office locations feel more connected to HQ",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P443.htm
12250,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company though not for everyone,Lives its leadership principles in all decisions. Requires critical thinking in all that you do Brutally honest feedback reduces the need for politics Brilliant coworkers,"Receiving negative feedback is difficult for some employees to handle Management sometimes wastes time perfecting writing rather than making decisions The culture at Amazon is what it is - and I love it. Though its not for everyone. If you don't get into the details, are not reflective about where you missed, or are not able to use objective data to support opportunities you identify or solutions, you will not likely be successful at Amazon.",Continue to focus on hiring the best and act quickly to help employees that are not fitting in with Amazon to adapt or move on.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12251,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Enagagement Manager,"Excellent Company, extremely smart and helpful people.",Collaborative engineers and management. Everyone takes a personal sense of ownership.,"Still has a start-up culture, which essentially is not a con but a little more structure will help.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12252,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Dock Associate,Dock,Good people and amazing environment to work in,No downsides everything to me was great felt safe in my area,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12253,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,Well organized Professional Best time management,There are no cons really,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12254,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Great place to work,"This company really believes and follows it's values (the Leadership Principles) and they're good, practical, real, and substantial guidelines for how to do business - not the typical nonsensical, useless-aphorism-laden corporate values that most large companies have.  Amazon is incredibly nimble and autonomous. It's not hard to start something here.  The people here are incredibly smart - the caliber of my coworkers is inspiring.  At least on my team, work / life balance is easy to achieve and encouraged. No one is working under crazy stressful conditions or long hours. Everyone leaves at a reasonable hour, works reasonable hours, doesn't work the weekend, takes vacation. My coworkers are all really respectful, polite, and encouraging.  Unlike some other tech companies, everything Amazon does is grounded in a real, substantial, solid retail business. We sell real stuff - not advertising or attention or eyeballs - so the decisions the company makes are grounded in that reality, and I think it helps keep folks from drifting off into outer space too often.  Amazon is incredibly flexible. You can easily switch to other departments, job roles, etc. It's the best place to grow your career.","Amazon is incredibly autonomous, which means unfortunately there are probably five teams working on any single idea at once. The upside is that there's a lot of ability to cross-pollinate, the downside is you might not find out about the other four teams until you've been working on the same thing for months.  Amazon is huge. While it's the best giant company I've ever seen, it's still a giant company and has some giant company pain points.  Amazon is ""frugal"" to the point of being cheap compared to other tech companies. It has limited vacation and basically no perks. They pay employees very well, but beyond salary, stock, and typical insurance benefits, there are no additional perks - no tuition reimbursement, no free audible accounts, etc.",Give employees the option to take more vacation over increases to salary or stock.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12255,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Associate/Cashier,Stop taking over other companies,"I have no pros of this company. If it is up to me, I would reverse every thing they have done in Seattle.",Importing Chinese and Indians while locals are potheads on the street,I work for one of these companies that Amazon took over. The quality of crews that were hired since then is far below any expectations. They are very good in hanging around and form their ring of allies which sooner or later is going to take the recent acquisition of Amazon down hill. I do not really know much about any career opportunities in Amazon. I also do know much about their compensation and benefits. I only see Amazon effect in the form overwhelming the company with new hires which I believe that it will backfire in the next few months. I really do not like the new hire. Stop importing workers.,2.0,none,none,1.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12256,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Great company to work for,Great environment to learn and grow as a person. Entry level through upper management have great benefits and a path to move up in the company.,"Work life balance can take a hit as the business need fluctuates. They make this extremely clear when you first enter the company, it can still make it tough for some associates however.",Value your direct reports opinions and suggestions. This is critical in developing your team as well as yourself throughout your career.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12257,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,Good working environment. You get to work with a lot of driven and smart people,You wear too many hats,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12258,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great,"Amazing, talented people who genuinely want to win","work life balance is tough. Long hours, nights and weekends.",Continue to drive a better work life balance,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12259,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Workers Compensation Manager,"Tons of opportunities, growing red-tape.","Amazon provides its employees with great opportunities to work in various parts of the country on a variety of teams. Very good leadership from the top down. Pretty good benefit package, including restricted stock units. Your level of engagement helps drive your success.",As the company grows there seems to be more and more red-tape to go through for simple or commonplace tasks. No tuition reimbursement for salaried employees. Promotions require you to move heaven and earth and requires a lot of red tape. Not enough support given to growing teams.,Try and find ways to make amazon as nimble as it used to be. Remove red-tape whenever possible. Revise promotion process to make it easier for managers to develop and promote their direct reports.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P444.htm
12260,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal,a lot of biz growth opportunity,culture of teams in different parts of org vary significantly,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12261,amazon,"Grapevine, TX"," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,I wish I could think of one.,"They let you choose your schedule and location before you get hired on (which is great) except...THEY made a mistake on my schedule and then said if I didn't agree to work on Saturday, I would have to leave immediately. (This was on Sunday morning-my first day) I got escorted out of the building because I was not willing to work on their messed up schedule for religious reasons.","Double check the schedule input into the system and don't let intelligent, educated people be escorted out and let go because of religious conflicts with your scheduling errors.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12262,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,Lots of cool products to work on,Work load is quite high,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12263,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Ex employee,"The pay is great,good work environment. Loved working for the company",Management could be more approachable. Some were pretty approachable as well and easy to communicate with,Give the seasonal people more opportunity to convert.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12264,amazon,"Chesapeake, VA"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter,Love working here!,"Though I work third shift here, they’re flexible. You have plenty of break time, and just about everyone is friendly.",I’d love to have a sort shift during the day or afternoon instead of starting at 2:30am. Maybe two sort shifts to choose from?,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12265,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internal Auditor,"Great company to work for, great atmosphere and friendly staff, managers are sharp and very friendly","There is nothing any disadvantages that I can mention here,",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12266,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Exciting work, say goodbye to your life","Work with really smart people Work with exciting technologies - AWS, ML, etc Fast pace , you'll never get bored.",No work / life balance. Amazon is your life Amazon transfers the risk from them to you. You are on the hook for relocation expenses and return expenses if things go South. Pay is not competitive for Seattle area. The cost of buying leasing home and maintaining a vehicle are prohibitive. Amazon does not take that into consideration when making you an offer. Job deteriorates after the 2 months on-boarding runway. It's like falling from top of the ladder to deep end of the pool. Training is a joke. You should already know everything or be ready to learn what you need for your job your own time.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12267,amazon,"Ringgold, GA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Machine Operator,Great benefits treated terrible,The benefits are amazing here,Everything else. They work employees to hard and treat them awful.,Treat your employees better especially during peak and be more understanding,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12268,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Sorter,"Garbage management, Bad Co-workers","Flexible hours, Short Shifts, Holiday OT pay","Everything else, management, co-workers, air filtration","Learn how to manager the time, give employees a break at the 2 hour mark, Give full 4 hours shifts.",1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12269,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Srower,The pay and insurance was great,They didn't tell you where your mistakes were,Tell them where they are making mistakes and stop having it checked by the last person in the shelves or drawers.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P445.htm
12270,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,"Great Environment, great people that work there.","Too large, ideas get lost and process improvement is tough",Work towards process improvement from an organic level with the Associates.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12271,amazon,"North East, MD"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Productive, fast-paced environment. Good benefits. Pay could certainly be better. Limited opportunities for advancement.","Good benefits, easy to work with Human Resources and Management. College course tuition assistant programs are in place to help students.",Pay is too low given the job's high physical demands and possibility of injury. $13.00 per hour is not even enough money to make use of the health benefits that are offered.,"I. Please look into opportunities for advancement for your fellow employees, inform them and encourage them to take these on. The average independent adult working here NEEDS to get to a point where they're making more than $15-$20 per hour ASAP in order to provide for their own needs. II. Provide better oversight of people in management, ambassadorial and Human Resources positions. Identify assistant managers/managers who are abusive of employees below them, strongly discipline them, or remove them from these positions. Identify Ambassadors/Trainers who are not patient enough with their trainees, coach them, or remove them from these positions. Some jobs with Amazon involve the operation of potentially dangerous equipment and vehicles. The training processes involved with these CANNOT be rushed. Identify Human Resources workers who are unfriendly to other workers, are unhelpful to fellow employees' needs/questions, or are obstructive. Coach them, discipline them, or remove them from these positions. The Human Resources Workers absolutely need to be non-confrontational with their fellow employees and guide them through whatever their needs or concerns might be. Amazon Stock NEEDS to split in the future in order for young investors and people of lower incomes to be able to be a part of its market. Allowing Aamazon's stock price to shoot past $1,300 per share effectively seals off an entire portion of the population from participating with the company. In the long run, this is a detrimental business practice. This will hurt the company's image, as people will begin to view Amazon stock as strictly an exclusive buy-in for the Upper Class and Wall Street Elite. I urge Amazon to reconsider this strategy. They are one of best performing companies in the world, and are setting this precedent right now. Other companies are following Amazon's example and letting their own stock prices skyrocket out of reach of young/lower income investors. This will turn into a bubble in a matter of years and make stock investments even riskier than investing in cryptocurrencies. Just wait until Amazon stock reaches $2,000 per share (or more) and then crashes in a market correction. $2,000 is a major investment for anyone. Who would want to take that kind of risk? Amazon and the Stock Market as a whole must reconsider this potentially self-destructive strategy.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12272,amazon,"Dinwiddie, VA"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Management,Decent but never escape favoritism,"Pay, hours, benefits, system, opportunities.",Constant favoritism ultimately leading in my resignation,STOP THE FAVORITISM,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12273,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA,Friends and workplace balance,The people you meet there can help you push through the long days.The friends I met there become more of family because I spend more time with them than my family.,The work life balance is horrible amazon is a company That’s is great for the customers but horrible for the employees. It is definitely not a place I would recommend long term. Especially with the amount of moving you will find out you have body pains you didn’t even know you had.,More training for new employees,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12274,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,great benefits for the employees,"long hard working hours, and you stand on your feet alot",love to promote within,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12275,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Hardware Dev Engineer,Hardware Dev Engineer,Decent Pay. Alright Benefits. good sign on bonus.,No proper work-life balance.Base pay too low.,Make career opportunities across continents accessible.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12276,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Culture,The people I work with are super down to Earth and the hard work pays off.,Long hours and night shifts.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12277,amazon,"Brooklyn, NY"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Stylist,Amazing experience,"Good benefits, very good work environment",Some communication problems within the different teams,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12278,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Best College Job,- better pay than minimum wage - time-off options -set schedule - company morale - shift options,-young leadership -limited personal pay raise opportunities,Better communicate with associates wanting to move up in the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12279,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inexperienced Management,"Benefits, good schedule, stock options",Highly inexperienced management. Networking is more important than getting the job done.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P446.htm
12280,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Don't believe all the negative hype,- No politics - Great managers - Surrounded by smart people - Feel challenged every day - Lots of perks - Work/life balance - Satisfaction in what I'm doing - Family oriented environment,"- Chances might be that you are leveled incorrectly when hired (either too high or too low) which can impact your success. - Due to ambiguous products, your role might change when you are hired.",Promote more females to VP/SVP,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12281,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alot of favortism at Amazon and leadership do not set you up for success.,The pros about Amazon is that you get 3 days off and during peak you can win prizes. They also provide thanksgiving meal for associates .,"Amazon has a high turn over rate. Managers are untrustworthy and there is hardly room for growth. You get a new manager every couple months and wont even know it , so when you have a issue and need to talk to your manager you wont even know who to talk to because new managers never introduce themselves to you.",none,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12282,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was nice.,"Able to get a discount while working there, and schedule was not bad.","Hours were really short, and there would be new employees every single day.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12283,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good warehouse job,Good benefits Good people to work with,Peak season is hectic Different ways to do do things by different people,"When having an issue, have one consistent way to solve the problem instead of many different answers provided by different managers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12284,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Journeyman Electrician,Great culture and team a people that you can learn from.,working long hours and don't have a great work/life balance.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12285,amazon,"Commerce, CA"," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Fresh Associate,"Great Company, Stupid Management","Great hours, ethical company",Idiots they hire to manage subordinates! You have to be cut throat to get to a management position.,"Listen to your people, they will tell you how to get it done effectively!! Stop reinventing the wheel.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12286,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not everyone's cup of tea,Colleagues are very bright and intelligent,Leadership principles are misinterpreted a lot.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12287,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Lot of opportunities to expand your career and impact free lunch in some subsidiaries very open culture,Very competitive You have to be comfortable with fast pace as things move very fast,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12288,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Amazon EA,"big company comes with perks--lots of resources, movement within company, growth opportunities hard-working, smart, creative peers respectful work environment, direct communication","Not a great deal of flexibility (though it's still within reason) Takes a long time to ""level-up"" (get promoted)",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12289,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Career Investment,"Flexible on work hours and location, lots of opportunity for career advancement, ability to transfer at any time to different teams or areas of interest, restricted stock unit options given with competitive total comp package, new annual review process is extremely positive and strengths based process, ability to pitch new ideas and make them a reality (you can create your own role if you find something that aligns with Amazon's LPs and can add value to the company), lots of current focus on growing individuals from within company paired with individual/team goals and career advancement plans.",Some bad managers in a sea of very talented people,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P447.htm
12290,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate.,"Fun, productive, safe fast paced.","Far, incovienent bad for gas.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12291,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Certain types of people might succeed,"Growth potential, Amazon brand name, and the opportunity to communicate with other Amazon employees","High pressure, inconsistent treatment of teams and leaders, high risk of termination if they don't like you","Develop your people instead of pushing them out. If they succeed in one role but not another, consider the potential to move them to something else.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12292,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,UTX3 - No Opportunity for Advancement (despite qualifications),Flexibility Wages a bit more than minimum Simple tasks,"Unsupportive leadership No fixed schedules ""Hunger Games"" - type shift availability /selection process  When leadership, including on-site HR becomes aware of an employee seeking out and applying for advancement opportunities within the organization, problems tend to arise for said employee. Multiple current employees have applied for posted jobs that they are adequately qualified for, yet leadership at UTX3 tends to block those opportunities, by any means necessary. For example, an employee seeking a higher role within Amazon had no disciplinary issues or actions prior to applying for a potential advancement position. This employee had taken all appropriate steps to work shifts, complete tasks assigned, seek out new tasks, thereby asking to learn new assignments, processes and procedures, however, after mastering as much knowledge allowed by current leadership, suddenly disciplinary actions disguised as ""coaching"" are presented to said employee. An instance occurred regarding attendance that went a little something like this... supervisor approached said employee, indicating there was an issue with some shifts missed. The employee knew that any shifts missed were handled according to the instruction provided by HR, and had proof of taking appropriate action to avoid any attendance problems. Upon presenting leadership with the documented action taken by the employee, the attendance issue was corrected and resolved, as excused and therefore no disciplinary action regarding attendance. Second instance of UTX3 leadership blocking attempts to advance within Amazon was a petty ""coaching"" action regarding stowing an item on a large shelf (bigs) as opposed to an ambient shelf, 2 full weeks prior to receiving the disciplinary action disguised as ""coaching"", this action taken suddenly, after knowledge of the employee applying for the advancement opportunity. Turns out that ""coaching"" is considered a disciplinary action that is attached to an employee file for 90 days, thereby negating any chance for seeking further job opportunities within the organization. To be clear, this employee has not experienced any disciplinary actions ever, prior to the aforementioned scenarios. I am not the only employee that has experienced this leadership blocking mechanism and will not be the last. It is unfortunate that UTX3 leadership is prohibitive to employees seeking advancement opportunities.","Encourage employee advancement Support employee advancement Refrain from favoritism Refrain from petty disciplinary action disguised as ""coaching""",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12293,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - FC Area Manager,FC Area Manager,"+ The compensation is outstanding. Highest pay, benefit, stock, vacation package in my area. + You will learn a great deal about the distribution industry. + Looks great on a resume + You will work with an educated, smart, and hard working peer group.","- As an Area Manager, your day will be 13-14 hours long. During December, you will work 5 days a week, 14-16 hours hours. You will have to check email/computer on your days off. Not much work-life balance. - Very high turnover: Average hourly worker tenure is 9 months. Average manager tenure is 18-24 months before leaving. -","Amazon extols the virtue of standard work, then runs each building independently. Standardize the standards......",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12294,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough Place to Work,- Fast paced environment - Cheap lunch options - Easy clocking in and out,- most people quit within 2 years - people form cutthroat cliques to survive,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12295,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Teir I Fulfillment Center Employee,Okay short term work,"Better pay than most jobs in the area. Random perks (meals,merchandise,etc.) Easy",Boring Long Shifts Rate must be met or you are fired.,I am ending my emplyment here due to an injury that occured outside of work that the company refuses to excuse for the reason that I haven't worked there for a year. I have met the standard the entire time I have worked here and am a decent employee and these things have no impact on excusing my absence regardless of the fact people rarely make it 6 months here before leaving. This is corrupt and I am not okay with working for a company that cares so little for it's employees regarding an injury.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12296,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Data Associate,Please Treat Your Employees Better,"1. The people at Amazon are amazing, the culture among the lower level staff is great. Almost everyone is incredibly friendly, very helpful, and very hardworking. There are a lot of people who are stars, they can do any task no matter how complex, and they are always willing to help you out or share their knowledge.  2. Many of the people managers are also wonderful, they care deeply about their employees and their development, although they are limited by Amazon's organizational structure.","1. Amazon's organizational structure is incredibly frustrating. The DA position was created with no upward mobility in mind and as such it is almost impossible (and always time consuming) to move up in the company. Amazon makes employees interview multiple times in order to move beyond a certain level instead of just taking into account the strengths and skills of worthy people and promoting them. There are also so few positions available to so many talented people that almost no one who deserves a higher position gets one.  2. Amazon cares little for its Data Associates. DAs are grossly underpaid for the work that they do, especially when compared to other similar positions in any other company in the surrounding area. Amazon counts on their brand recognition to draw in workers instead of maintaining any kind of competitive compensation or benefits. The organization also promised very flexible hours when I first started but when I left they had done a complete 180 and cracked down on time sheets, instituting a very inflexible set hours structure. Employees were given no other benefits to compensate for the loss of flexibility.  3. Others are treated visibly better. DAs working in the same building as SDEs (or even seeing communications from other sites) can see how vastly inferior they are treated. SDEs are often provided catered lunch at events, larger salaries, and are treated with much more respect. DAs are often offered the leftovers from SDE events but cannot expect the same level of catering at their own events. They are made to obsessively time track to account for every single second of their day, whereas the SDEs are free to do as they wish.  4. The role of DA has changed dramatically overtime but no changes in pay, benefits, opportunity, or recognition have reflected this. The DA position was originally created to be a glorified button pusher, just entering in data with little critical thought. Now a high performing DA is expected to specialize in various complex work flows, organize small-to-mid level projects, communicate cross-site, be able to train others on various workflows, and develop new and up and coming projects. The wage has remained the same since the DA position was created though the position has become more of a workflow specialist or coordinator position. Upper level management seems to neither understand nor care for this, as the same compensation is still being offered, the job description remains the same, and DAs continue to be undervalued and underdeveloped.","You are wasting talent and you are losing out on opportunities to nurture success stories. You have many extremely talented individuals at your lower levels who would become amazing managers, project managers, coordinators, and trainers. Lower level management does a good job of advocating for their people and work their hardest to provide DAs with worthwhile resources, but upper level management (and indeed corporate management) ignore the needs of their employees.  Amazon's treatment of its Data Associates stands in the face of their so-called ""leadership principles.""  You want to ""hire and develop the best?"" Provide competitive wages to drawn in the best. Provide career opportunities for good performers and keep informed on the work people are doing and the way in which positions have changed so you can fill them appropriately. Remove the bureaucratic road blocks that stand in the way of upward mobility within the company.  You want to ""earn trust?"" Earn the trust of your employees by developing and maintaining a cogent and adaptable organizational structure, treating your employees with equal opportunity and respect no matter their job title, and investing in their futures at the company.  You want to ""think big?"" Think about your company in the long term. It might be ""frugal"" to shuffle people in and out of the DA position in the short term but you are losing out on smart and talented people. Retaining your best DAs means retaining workflow expertise leading to more accurate results, more mentorship support for others which allows them to develop more quickly, and higher employee satisfaction which in turn will attract even more talented players. If you aren't going to do it for the people--even though that should be enough--at least do it for the company image and success.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12297,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible employer - don't ruin your life by working here,Name recognition is literally the only thing they have going for them. Worst place I have ever worked.,"Discrimination, back stabbing, retaliation, the list goes on forever. Over-leveling the white males, under leveling women and all people of color. I've even seen the legal department try to PIP and fire women for simply taking their maternity leave.",Clear out all of the incompetence by getting rid of the people who have been there for years and make it a terrible place to work. Stop discriminating.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12298,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,A really great work environment,"I wanted to wait a year to write this review, as I was so happy working here my first few months that I wanted to have a fuller perspective to write this. After a year in, I have to say I enjoy working here as much as I did the day I started. Amazon is a unique place to work. After having worked at so many tech companies that are run like dictatorships, it's nice to be somewhere where everyone's input is not only listened to, but encouraged. Amazon has an amazing hiring bar and because of this they expect everyone to be contributing to advancing their product. The high hiring bar also means that you will always work with amazingly smart people. You'll never have to pick up the slack for a team mate who just doesn't get it. Everyone is skilled and driven. Managers work constantly with their team to focus on career goals. You let your manager know where you want to be in 1/3/5 years and a clear path is written up on how to get there. Then focus is given to make sure tasks are made available to you to get there, or you find those tasks yourself and take some ""bias for action"" and just do them.","Depending on your department or your role, it might be hard to fit your tasks in to a 40 hour week. I had this issue, and brought it up to my manager who worked hard to find ways to ensure I was able to get my work back to 40 hours a week. The effort was there on his part, and I was told that I was allowed to cut myself off at 40 hours, however, I think most people at Amazon are not willing to let their work go like that, myself included. In the end, we did find a way to reduce the workload, but it took some time. Another con may be that Amazon pays less than comparable positions in the area. However, having worked at places where I dreaded going to work everyday, I would much rather be somewhere that I enjoy working while earning a salary that meets my needs nicely. Stock grants make up for any variance. :)",Keep doing what you're doing. Thanks!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12299,amazon,"Oregon, OH"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Care - Specialty In RCR,Amazing Company,"*Supportive Team Leads and colleagues *Opportunity to move up *Freedom to make decisions on each call /chat *This company genuinely cares about its customers and employees *Opportunities for Voluntary Time Off , Unpaid Time Off, Paid Time Off, Vaca Time, etc, to maintain a healthy work/home life. *Very flexible schedule options *Overtime opportunities in 30 minute sign up slots, rewarded 1 hour of Unpaid Time Off after signing up for 4 OT hours within a pay period *So many opportunities to keep learning , *Interaction with your team and team lead / manager at all times via ""chat room"" I could go on and on ! :-)","*$10 hr as seasonal employee, no raise after conversion to regular employee status , received special invitation to be moved up to a specialty team,which requires work on holidays, even Xmas day - no pay raise .* trained in multiple departments, still no pay change yet.  *The survey after a contact . Customer receives a survey ""Did I resolve your issue for you?' Yes or No - This is very important to your metrics. But it needs to be worded differently . It asks the customer if the issue was resolved, and if the customer demanded a crazy amount of credit they will choose No. This reflects on you poorly even though you did your job according to policy. A customer might be super happy with you , but choose No because they wanted their package to be cancelled while in transit , or the fulfillment process sped up , etc. Things that we cannot do, and so they answer no . Reflects poorly on your numbers when again, you did nothing wrong, and the customer was even happy with you . It should read something like "" Were you happy with your customer service today ?' If it is going to reflect on us the way it does. Very big concern among employees. We are given some positive positioning for these types of contacts to try to get the cx mind frame in a place where they will answer Yes , but it still makes no sense the question asked vs the way it is viewed in our metric reports . I get very little no answers but still , one were based on my performance, work ethic, or whether I did. My job to the best of my ability or not .",Thank you all for being so supportive !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P448.htm
12300,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from Home CSR,"work from home, equipment provided",team leads cannot keep up with work,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12301,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Great benefits Never the same day twice, it's always ""Day 1"" Challenge yourself every day","Long hours-typical 16 hour day during peak Metrics/Data driven company, Not a people comes first place If your looking for recognition for a job well done look elsewhere","Managers are people too, and should be considered when making decisions. High turnover of Area managers are a direct reflection of upper managements lack of concern for their people.",4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12302,amazon,"India, TX"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Assistance from Recruitment.,Good hiring. Good filtering. Excellent rounds to test one's ability.,Recruitment team should respond to the employees and the candidates. Recruitment should help us to know current openings in amazon as this helps us to refer our friends.,Hiring team should maintain the relation between the employees and also assist them accordingly.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12303,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior HR Business Partner,"Great opportunity to develop others, especially college hires","No life, no respect, immature leaders",Need leadership development for every level of manager,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12304,amazon,"Hialeah, FL"," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery,I think it's a good job opportunity and to have a good salary. grasias,I really have the best experience and for me it was the best opportunity I had ever experienced something like that. and the truth was that you were there and being the best.,considered that they are the best and without doubt the most efficient. The best experience and opportunity I've had has been that.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12305,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Yard Specialist,Yard specialist,Great work environment and people,Pay and great benefits for you,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12306,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a great place to work if your a hustler.,Loved the energy there. Fast paced environment,Don't go negative in unpaid time off. You will get fired.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12307,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Buyer,The rumors are true...horrible experience. Grocery team is a nightmare!,Stock value (for now) and opportunity to cross orgs,"Horrible, brutal environment where quality employees are treated like commodities. Managers forced to have 10% ""un-regretted attrition"" which is code for firing 10% of your people every year. The Grocery team is particularly bad- I've never witnessed so much turnover, poor morale, and ambivalence by senior leaders and HR. The money isn't worth it! Stay away!","You have excellent people in the ranks- stop treating them so badly. Make ""encourages others and brings out their best"" a key leadership principle. You're on track for another NY Times article or worse if you don't fix this massive problem.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12308,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Please avoid,Good coworkers. Provided snacks and coffee.,"Horrible management culture as a result of their leadership principles. Leads to arrogant, stubborn managers that will train new hires with incorrect information because they refuse to think they are wrong. ""We are right. A lot."" But lack the integrity to learn and grow. Will refuse to accept facts when presented. They hate to hear when issues are brought up, even significant safety or regulatory ones. They want results. Heck, results without communication will be great for them.  Micromanage time through their systems, which leads to employees doubling their time on said systems, just to make sure their days are accounted for. Demand lists and audits they never even look at.  Not sure what impact CEO Andy Jassy has on this company. Seems like Jeff Bezos is actually the one in control.  AWS doesn't seem to look at others in the industry to find out what works and what doesn't. Not lessons learn from industry failures. Thus AWS will replicate those same failures, despite being eliminated in the industry 10+ years ago.  Have a system that can do QA/QC, since most of their systems are AWS/Amazon proprietary, but it doesn't. Instead it falls on the lowest ranks for ensuring 100% accuracy, which is a goal that is never met.  Failure to realize their employees are human and capable of misjudgments.  Rewards cutthroat and throwing peers under the bus. Heavy pressure from management to lower ranks. If that doesn't work, pressure your peers to pressure you.  Management will deceive and lie to get they want. Not surprising when the leadership principles comes off as a path to narcissism.","Realize your employees could be right, and you could be wrong. Toys and fancy events don't erase the abuse and negligence.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12309,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Great pay, decent people",Time management and distance,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P449.htm
12310,amazon,"Chandler, AZ"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Field Quality Assurance On Road,Every day is day one,Opportunity to grow and develop and earn a livable wage,Work life balance can be better balanced. Especially during peak season. Treat seasonal employees better.,Communication can be improved between departments,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12311,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great part time,hours and lunch were great,it can get very hot,stop being friends with employee,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12312,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Charity Support Associate,Feels Good to help nonprofits,Some disorganization like every company experiences,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12313,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,"Flexible, Decent pay, Fast days.","Different management every month/ Managers don't know a lot, always changing management",Promote inside employees.,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12314,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Process Manager,Assistant Mangers,Good overtime great self esteem booster,Company seems to be not fair,Apply all of the leadership skills all the time not when it matters,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12315,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Dock Worker,Proceed with Caution,time off regular incentives regular schedule and dependable environment,"horrible time management from managers very little notice of mandatory overtime constant fast pace days and a constant ""not-good-enough"" attitude overall","I know the company is growing at an alarming rate, but Amazon PLEASE train your higher ups better so that the whole machine works well.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12316,amazon,"Springfield, VA"," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,The people in the trenches understand the work at hand and will develop a familial respect toward you or anyone that does what we do every night.,"Jeff Bezos just gave $33 million to the DACA people. I know many Amazonians that are struggling to put food in their mouths. We earn every single penny. The managers more and more are starting to come from the outside. With respect to the warehouse, all management should come from the bottom. How are we supposed to respect someone that has never lifted a box?","Appreciate the ones that do the work and reward appropriately. I just heard that Walmart gave their employees $1,000 bonus and better pay. Jeff just went over $100 billion. What does that tell you?",2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12317,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,No room to grow,"Free thanksgiving dinner, overtime, prizes during holidays","sometimes overworked, small pay and management can be a little interesting",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12318,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Interesting problems and room to learn and grow,"Employees treated poorly, particular w.r.t. benefits.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12319,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Good work environment, nice people","Too much hours, it gets boring for a while",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P450.htm
12320,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not too bad,"Good pay, fixed days/hours with minimal worry of schedule changes","Very intense, possible injuries if not careful, no possibility to change name tags to preferred name",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12321,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,It is a good company.,Good to work there on daily basis.,None.No cons to share so far.,Excellent,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12322,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Dec 31, 2017","Current Employee - Picker, Rebin, Water Spider, Ambassador",Would highly recommend.,"Amazing benefits. Health, dental, and vision insurance less than $50 every two weeks. Insurance begins immediately upon hire. Upon getting hired you start with Vacation time, Unpaid time, and personal paid time off. Excellent management and HR team on back half 3rd shift at Cha2. Outbound pick department is easy to learn. Very fast paced work which makes the night go by quicker. VTO (voluntary time off) offered if it gets slow, but you can stay if you like. 4 days/10 hour shifts. 3 days off. I have been working there for 1 year 7 months and love it.",A lot of hours (55 to 60) per week during peak season. Hard to contact HR via phone.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12323,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon bwi2,"good pay, voluntary overtime, and 40 hour weeks","stressful, overworked, only 10 hour shifts , mandatory ot",They expect you to be robots and will fire you in a heart beat,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12324,amazon,"Everett, WA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Ugly Stepchild of Amazon,Literally the easiest job to get hired for. No resume needed. Anyone can work here.  Most co-workers are great working on the battlefield together. Most Flex drivers are good too.,"Leaders who don't understand what it means to lead. Leading by example is a foreign concept. Twenty-year-old leaders like to brag about how they've been with the company for a year or so and act like it's a huge milestone. Instead of addressing issues head-on with the offending parties, they would rather lecture the whole crew about bad behavior. They spend time sitting in front of their computers instead of walking around the warehouse to see what's going on.  Decisions are made on-the-spot instead of being thought out.  Leaders will often say, ""We're all adults here"" and then proceed to treat workers like they were children.  Rules change daily - one day you're told to do one thing, the next it's the opposite. They tell you to do a task without telling you why so there is little understanding what the full task is. If you ask why we do what we do, they look at you like you're from another planet.  Virtually no training whatsoever.  Favorite sayings are: ""That's a grey area,"" ""You'll learn by osmosis,"" ""I don't care about the drivers' feelings""  Everyone is paid the same, but some do little of the work and get away with it.  Ambassadors get more responsibility and get chewed out more often for no more pay. Some are unqualified to do the job while other more-qualified workers are ignored.  Favoritism.  Older workers are talked down to as if they ""don't get it.""",Offer real training. Pick people with more life skills to lead. Threats do not motivate workers to work harder. Purchase a small covered building for those who have to stand in the rain. There is more to leading people than just shouting orders at them.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12325,amazon,"New York, NY"," Dec 27, 2017","Current Employee - Analytics &amp, Media Manager",Analytics & Media Manager,"Amazon in general is an innovative company and the opportunities for professional growth are unlimited - both within and beyond your current role. My current team members are supportive, intelligent, and motivated. The work-life balance is also outstanding.","You need to be a self-starter here and an independent learner to succeed. Also, if you're on a new team, the expectations might not be clearly defined yet, so you will need to be comfortable working in a start-up mode. This is not a con for me at all and I actually prefer this type of work environment, but I know that it's not for everyone.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12326,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Management Pay Fun place Constantly on my feet,Shifts People That’s all I can really think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12327,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Reverse Logistics Tech,Amazon Life,Like the people I work with! I like working 4 with three off!,We need more innovation in our work tech. and processes...I say this with experience as a Mechanical Engineer...,Please continue to innovate !,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12328,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,great place to work . good workers,bad senior executives to work with,"improve on overall employee satisfaction , work life balance improvement is a must",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12329,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Exciting and challenging environment,"Working at Amazon has been a terrific experience, co-workers are always helpful and there is a strong collaborative environment where we all help each other. You are expected to bring your A-game every day, which is refreshing since you are always high caliber and with like minded people. Lateral career movement is very flexible and management is supportive of changing roles that will develop your career. Work-life balance is great, and managers respect time off. Amazon is the type of company you can be proud to work for, since they are always pushing you to be better.","The promotion process is VERY long and drawn out, although it's needed to maintain a high bar. There have been some recent improvements to the promotion frequency but it's still difficult, which can be frustrating for those used to moving fast. The good news is that once you are promoted, you will be ready for it for probably a year at least so it's not going to be a big change when you get more responsibility.",Keep doing what you're doing. But please consider building gyms instead of coffee shops in the Amazon buildings. Exercise refreshes the body and mind!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P451.htm
12330,amazon,"India, TX"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Compliance Associate,working with Amazon is just the place which is I dreamed before. It is my luck to work with Amazonian,Nothing there is to improve ....,First I want to say thanks for giving me chance to work as Amazonian. It is a gentle request kindly give chance to referral candidates on top priority they are also very needy and without giving chance they can't prove their ability.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12331,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Opportunity to innovation,"We innovate on behalf of customers. Being pioneers in our space, we are trendsetter and technology creator that everyone else follows.",Highly competitive environment. Workspace is an open concept.,Frugality is good but sometimes we need to evolve like the industry around us.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12332,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Interesting work, frustrating experience",The subject matter to work on at the company is extremely interesting and you have the opportunity to try innovative solutions to problems if you can back them up with data.,"Working at Amazon is all about the dates. Once the dates are set, management is willing to cut any corner in order to meet them, which leads to technical debt and lots of legacy code and tribal knowledge about shortcuts taken. Also, you must take personal responsibility for your work life balance. You will always have too much work to do to have a reasonable balance, so set your own boundaries with management or 50 hour weeks quickly become 60.",Set reasonable and transparent dates for projects to get better engineer buy in and hopefully reduce technical debt and shortcuts at the end of projects. Work with engineers on work life balance to reduce engineer turnover and amount of time spent getting new team members up to speed.,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12333,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Dec 23, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate Tier I,Warehouse Associate,A Very Customer oriented company with enthusiastic leadership. There are many opportunities for advancement if you are willing to work hard. Benefits and perks are second to none at this level.,"Time Clock management is lacking. Can't punch sooner than 5 minutes till, but if your 6 minutes late you get docked an hour of UPT which you can replace with the actual time late with PTO.",Improve communication between leadership and towards the associates.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12334,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Productive and meritocratic workforce,- Dogs are allowed - Urban campus - High salaries and benefits - Amazon makes your boss and managers have promotions and hires approved by external people who are brought to identify biases,"- High pressure work force - Full accountability for your actions - As a result of the above it can be a very political place, however there is a push to be as meritocratic as possible",Improve the onboarding training,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12335,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Maintenance Technician III,Treated Terribly,The compensation is very competitive in the field. You just never know when your number will come up & you will be discharged.,Very little recognition or appreciation. Never seem to retain people that are actually a asset to maintenance & operation goals,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12336,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 27, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,System Engineer,"Very smart talented people. Do your Home work and reap the benefits. You can speak your mind, provide honest feedback and not feel like you have to be a yes man.","No on-boarding, expected to go zero to 60 in a few days/weeks. The review process is just as horrible as the press makes it out to be. One manager expected a minimum 6 page document to be turned in prior to review 1:1 meeting. Manager shared that you did not want to be the team member that wrote the least.","Improve HR’s role with in the teams and culture. When you have a problem, not clear where to go for help.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12337,amazon,"Brooklyn, NY"," Dec 30, 2017",Former Employee - Bookkeeper,Warehouse Associate,"I was able to stack packages after scan on the pilot, wrap, forklift to delivery ready, sort packages, and get along with the team (co workers). This was Amazon in Arvenel, New Jersey","Seasonal, and late arrival due to heavy traffic coming from NYC to NJ",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12338,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,Its a fast pace job. Around alot of people and have to play as a team.,Managers are not always availablewhen you need them. Alot of favoritism,Treat everyone as you want to be treated,4.0,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12339,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not worth the pay amount,"Everyone works together, Free snacks once a week, holiday pay",Made us carry heavy boxes by ourselves and move them quickly even if it was labeled as Heavy/Teamwork. Managers would snap their fingers at us to make us work faster,Hire managers who are respectful,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P452.htm
12340,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 29, 2017",Former Employee - Transportation Specialist,I great place to work,"Great team, funny environment, fast, the drive to push you, comfy, in the loop of Chicago, company outings, and being apart of one of the greatest companies in the world.","In the loop of Chicago, getting to and from is hard, parking is pricey, sometimes you have to deal with unruly customers and works, and work can be stressful at times",I guess make it a little easier to return for previous employees but the team is great there and so are the management.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12341,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Amazon Web Services DFW,"Good Managers in this site Intensive training Flexible style of work Promotions are as fast as the Employee's pace Perks - My personal interest is ""stocks"" :p",Compensation can be higher :p I didn't find anything wrong till now. I am in love with my company :D,"Leaves are very limited, no shutdown, like other companies does. Could be more flexible with PTOs and loss of pay leaves, when an employee need them for a genuine reason.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12342,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,World's Largest Startup,"Innovative culture, countless opportunities for growth, competitive salary, casual work environment, competitive (not cutthroat) culture, flat organizational structure. You work with some of the brightest and most innovative minds in the world at Amazon, making every day fun, exciting and a new opportunity to learn and grow.","You must be self-motivated to succeed, the Amazon culture is not for everyone. If you need constant hand-holding and support, this company is not for you. As Amazon continues to grow at a rapid pace, the company is continuously redefining its management structure and philosophy, therefore, there are pockets of bad management. However, this is an issue for any company, and Amazon allows employees to rotate out of poor management if necessary.",Focus more on culture fit during the hiring process.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12343,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Excellent place to work at!,Very stimulating environment with a lot of very smart folks. Work/life balance is surprisingly good. Lots of opportunities for growth and exposure to some awesome new technologies and platforms.,"Not a con, but the day to day flow is very fast paced with frequently shifting priorities. You have to be able and prepared to deal with a lot of ambiguity in your projects. Don't expect things to be handed to you on a platter - you will need to dig in constantly to get the most out of everything you do, and to deliver your tasks on time.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12344,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,All the opportunity,"merit-based hierarchy (no promotions based on tenure), unlimited opportunities to challenge yourself and learn new skills, dogs at work, resources (technical and non) readily available.... overall I love working here. I am constantly challenged and pushed to my academic and professional limits. If you want to succeed and are willing to put in the effort, you will thrive here. All the resources and support you need to thrive are available -- including work/life balance.","It is an independent work environment. Nobody will hold your hand and teach you how to do your job. You must be self-sufficient. People are always willing to help and teach, but you have to make the first move to ask for what you need. If you need more time, ask. If you need more resources, ask. Many fail here by not communicating with their managers about their needs, professional and personal. The environment will allow you to succeed with ease, but you have to want it and take initiative. Every project will get progressively more challenging, if you're doing it right -- so this is not the place for the person who wants to do the same thing day in and out and leave everyday at 5 no matter what. You are in charge of managing your own workload. There will always be a never ending list of things to get done, it is up to the individual to prioritize that.",More specific leveling guidelines,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12345,amazon,"South Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Great company to work for!,"Great work environment, team, location, vision, and principles. Every day you get to learn something new from few of the most talented people I have come across.",No major concerns I can think of. There is a little bit of bureaucracy we run into at times but I guess that's common in most big companies.,Keep up the vision and principles! You are doing a great job in steering Amazon to success. Go Amazon!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12346,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,"Benefits, holiday pay, pro, vacation, school","Overtime, hr, untruthful, don't follow policy, numbers",Follow the pokicy,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12347,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,No pros that I can think of.,They set you up to fail. No training.,"When you have good employees, train them.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12348,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Run amuck management,"Good Pay, Stock and nice facility",Clueless Management that lets HR make decisions,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12349,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,"Pretty, pretty good","Innovation in products and process, Leadership Principles are way of life, not platitudes on a wall, No sacred cows, People really want to help","Lots of duplicated efforts (well intentioned), Like it's namesake, this place is big and can be hard to navigate","Find ways to help teams communicate cross functionally, If you want to hire 1 million people, figure out how to adapt your peculiar ways to let people in...don't lower the hiring bar, just get better at figuring out what deficits can be coached...there is no such thing as a perfect candidate.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P453.htm
12350,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Marathon Not a Sprint,"You get out what you put in. There is no shortage of more work to take on, ideas to share and initiatives to start. If you are a creative mind, enjoy your days never being the same and can thrive in an environment with little direction and an exceptionally high bar- You can do anything at Amazon.",It is easy to get lost in the shuffle of an incredibly competitive environment and ruthless prioritization. People struggle with respecting other’s time. Many meetings and last minute cancellations.,Inconsistent leadership. Many are strong and have respect and inspire the team/org. Others do not have these qualities - inconsistency in leadership and often feels like the bar is not equally high across leadership talent.,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12351,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Order picker,Pay is ok and there is room for growth. Amazon is becoming one of the biggest companies so you have a chance to grow.,The use of temp labor in the building. They promise full time jobs in the end but in reality only a few get hired on.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12352,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Forklift pick truck and warehouse worker,They paid great money to make the ads for employment sound great,Money doesn't match the hard labor and disrespect to employees,Respect the employees and deal with each with an open heart and a closed mouth,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12353,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,"Flexible schedule, great job for stay at home parent",difficult to move into other positions,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12354,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Review,It is a customer friendly company,It is not employee friendly company,Be customer as well as employee obsessed,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12355,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,great culture amazing people to work with,no cons everything is great,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12356,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Great Opportunity,Always room to advance once employed.,No complaints. May need to start from the bottom and work your way up but get your foot in the door regardless.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12357,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,they provide unpaid time off t every 3 month,required me to switch to overnight shift with no warning,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12358,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,"This job is nothing like you expect it to be, but it is 10x more rewarding than you expect it to be.",The most fantastic and supportive people you'll ever work with. Everyone wants to help you do better and learn.,We do a lot more work than we're hired to do beyond our job description but our pay does not reflect this.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12359,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's A Pretty Good Job,"I've been with Amazon just over 60 days. The work is not as difficult, at least at my facility, as I had heard and read about. This is a brand new facility and there has been plenty of issues but I would guess that is to be expected. Amazon has done quite a bit to engage with the employees...games, contests, raffles, etc. A free pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving and a Turkey dinner a few days before Christmas. We were paid for Thanksgiving and Christmas and will be paid for New Year's Day. There is VCP (variable compensation pay) that you get every month if your facility meets it's goal and you show up for work everyday and use none of your UPT (unpaid time off). It can be a nice chunk of money. You have the opportunity to sign up for Medical, Vision and Dental on day 1 and the monthly charge for those is cheap. They have more comprehensive medical coverage but expect to pay more. 401k is available and you are to shares of Amazon stock which you have access to after 2 years with the company. Check the price for Amazon stock and you'll see that it's quite a bit of money. Vacation accrues with every pay period and you start with 10 hours of PTO (personal time off) which also accrues every pay period. UPT starts with 10 hours and is replenished quarterly. UPT is used in hourly increments so if you are late 15 minutes, and you don,t have any PTO to use, It will cost you 1 hour of UPT. If you run out of PTO and UPT and your late that's pretty much it for you. The opportunity for advancement is there if you want to work for it but it is not going to be given to you. Show up for work everyday on time and do your work, be flexible for the needs of Amazon. It will work out good for you",Any place that employs hundreds of workers will have it's cliques. Favoritism will and does happen. Sometimes the work seems endless but that's the business. The right training is necessary for you to be effective. If you are unclear on something you must ask for it to be clarified. There many more Pros than Cons.,Quality Training,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P454.htm
12360,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Customer Service Associate,-Work from home based opportunity -Wide selection of available shifts to choose from -Decent pay and overtime shift opportunities available -Ability to swap shifts with another co-worker -2 breaks during each shift and an hour lunch break,-Time off comes is dependent on a restricted number of hours from a time bank -The amount of hours employees are awarded in the time bank are not enough for a full day -Employees are made to stay over hours on a shift to help customers if a phone call falls outside of their scheduled shift,"When giving seasonal employees a day off for holidays I feel as though the company should ask employees whether or not they would like to elect out of a holiday instead of entering it in the system as though the employee elected to take that day off. Seasonal employees were given the 4th of July off but it was entered in the system as if the employee chose to take the holiday off, I suppose this was done so the company would not have to pay us at the holiday rate for working. On Prime day later in the week employees were required to work longer shifts several days of the week to make up for a shortage of employees available to work against the higher volume of calls. In addition, management officials were often times rude and insulting to my intelligence.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12361,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Mail Sorter,Sorter,Pay is $4 more than minimum wage in the state of WI. They have made schedules more diverse. The job itself is pretty easy. They offer free dental and vision insurance for part time employees.,"Bad lower management, too many lazy people, shifts were cut to 3 hours almost every day during the holidays.",Value your hard workers instead of playing besties with the lazy people.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12362,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,There is really good Pay,The management is horrible. They do not care about anything other than your picking rate.,Be more understanding and realistic,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12363,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Decent pay and diverse enviroment,Hard work and long nights. Ran out of work to do far before the night was over.,Quit overstaffing shifts.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12364,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great benefits,The benefit package is great here.,Management are to power hungry.,Get a grip,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12365,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,line worker,rewards and raffles and flexible schedules,Terrible management. only 3.5 to 4 hour work days.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12366,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay Away,Experience on work resume looks good.,"Soul and life sucking, you cannot get time back.",Rehaul systemic poor management.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12367,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Associate,"Plenty of hours, lots of overtime, always busy throughout the day",sometimes not enough notice when working mandatory overtime,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12368,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company to Work For, Highly Recommended","Pay, Work Load, Advancement, Technology, Management, Career Outlook, Stock Bonus, Benefits",Hours Amount of People Micromanagement from Site Leaders,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12369,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,I love working for amazon,Associates that work there are nice,A lot of overtime in peak,Love it,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P455.htm
12370,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,HR unprofessional towards part-time workers,Decent pay for part time work Managers put forth effort,HR unwilling to change your schedule even months into the job HR disconnected with management on the floor 10 minute breaks Not enough parking spaces and the alternate parking lot is over a mile away(which you will be punished for when it causes you to be late) Grunt work,MCI5 HR needs to improve. Please either provide enough parking spaces for your workers or don't punish them when it causes them to be late. One shuttle bus that doesn't have designated pick up/drop off times to a location over a mile away isn't enough.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12371,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Worst Company to work for.,"Below average, redundant work. Paid vending machines. Biased mediocre managers.","Everything you have heard about Amazon is very true.  The team is filled with mediocre employees who have worked in random companies with bad work cultures. Amazon hires them and destroy it's own work culture. Amazon hires these bozos because the work is absolutely pathetic and only these kind of people will tolerate the toxic work culture for such tasks. Majority of the teams at Amazon has below average work, so you need to be lucky to get any good work.  No smart guy will stay at Amazon. Amazon has tons of bozos and random managers. Amazon has grown a lot and because of this, random bozos with zero management experience/background are being promoted to Managers. These kind of people simply bring their favoritism and personal biases to management. These people destroy the work culture and generate office politics.  Overall, Amazon is a very difficult place to work.",Learn to properly train your Managers. A bunch of knet training videos won't turn some biased bozo into Manager overnight.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12372,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Procurement Category Manager,Its all about the Leadership Principles!,- Ownership  - No micromanagement - The ability to make an impact irrespective of how long you have been here - Team members are very respectful and motivated,- The fast paced environment does not provide you enough time to focus on strategic activities.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12373,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Challenging, but worth it","I get to work with a lot of really smart people on problems with scale and complexity that are hard to find almost anywhere else. I interview with other companies every other year or so, and they almost always are trying to solve a problem that a group at Amazon has either already solved, or is trying to solve at a larger scale, and who I can just go and join when I'm really interested in that problem.","You need to advocate for your own work/life balance.  One of the impacts of Amazon's ""Frugality"" leadership principle is that there is always more work to do. The annual planning process, OP1, lets front-line teams and leadership prioritize what projects are important and what gets funded, but for most teams it's common to see more than half of potential projects not rise above the ""funded"" line, just because there is so much that can be done, including what other teams might want from you. So even when you're a rockstar and finish a project early and under budget, the next project is always ready to go.  Beyond that, I often see new Amazonians ramping up into 50-60 hour weeks on their own. Sometimes this is because they think they need to prove something, but more often it's new college hires who don't yet know how to communicate delays or un-achievable dates. They're used to college courses with pre-validated and reasonable work, and usually still need to learn how to tell a manager that a project is underestimated or a new requirement will cause the date to slip.  In order to achieve a happy work/life balance, you have to practice and get good at saying ""no"": no to your manager when asked if a date can be hit, and no to yourself when confronted with a project that you want to (or feel like you should) work on at the expense of your night or weekend. It can be done, and with enough practice it's easy, but you usually have to advocate for your work/life balance yourself.",How about some expectant mother parking?,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12374,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Stower/Scanner Inbound,Benefits and wages available from day one,Company terminates employees after 3 quality write ups. Company will not let an employee transfer to another department ( to try to save your job) if you've been wrote up in your department,"Need more training and more caring about it's employees, a chance to succeed in another department of facility.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12375,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-II,Worst place to work for,"1. Free Banana 2. Good initial compensation 3. Very easy to get hired. You may impress bar-raiser by solving FooBar, and can get hired. Sometime they even hire you by just a single hackerrank round. 4. It's good only if you have plan to leave within a year.","1. Very easy to get fired. 2. Bad promotion process. Lucky ones get promotion within a year, unlucky ones get 4+ years 3. 0-5% increment. Almost discouraging for you. 4. Leadership leaves team very frequently, and so SDEs effort get waisted. 5. You will always hear that this is VP level project, you work 7-8 months on the project, and suddenly project gets de-prioritized. 6. Worst hiring practices followed. Leaders don't know how to hire people, they always compromise quality to accomplish their goal and latter fire. 7. I would say, it's kind of ego issue with Amazon. they have completely forgotten their value and now not innovating anything rather than just doing useless thing to remain in the market. 8. Amazon will disappear in the coming decade, so not good for long term.","Understand the value of SDEs. Your team/org/company may run without HR/PM/TPMs but can't run without SDEs. Focus more on SDEs. Never fire any SDEs as they are least paid and contributes most. SDEs literally works 14 hrs a day, and still they don't get noticed just because they lack in presenting themselves to you. Though they still understand your systems in-depth and are definitely have better understanding of E-2-E systems.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12376,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Change at Internet Speed,"Nearly unlimited career growth potential, both vertically and horizontally. If you work smart AND hard you'll find yourself with a lot of cool projects, launches, and new roles. The people around you are super smart and communication is very open -- you'll find yourself working out problems with people in different groups and countries. Lots of emphasis on finding root causes of problems & addressing them vs. covering them up like other companies. Overall benefits package is very good.","Be prepared for constant, frequent changes sometimes with very little notice. New ideas spring to life very quickly so you'll find yourself working with scrappy tools. If you're someone who just likes to work hard, do your job, and go home you might not fit in with the culture that is always demanding innovation and thinking outside of the box. This can require some networking and politicking to be successful. Work/life balance can vary dramatically by team.","Amazon preaches frugality as a leadership principle, but I often think we measure that vs. other large tech firms and not necessarily the retailers we are competing with. There is a definite opportunity to scrutinize costs a little more to prevent (well intentioned) waste.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12377,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Dec 23, 2017",Current Employee - Reliability Maintenance Engineer Technician II,Reliability Maintenance Engineer Technician II,Great place to work and the R.M.E team are great supporters as well can guide you at the right direction.,"Ops can be a little too much and other managers can get hectic at times but it is a fast pace company that need answers when things get sour, so be prepared.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12378,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great place to develop and grow!,My team is constantly evolving and changing. We are extremely nimble - almost like a startup,"We try to accomplish more, with less. This means fewer resources, and you have to get scrappy to get things done.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12379,amazon,"Kirkland, WA"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Flexible schedule, very busy work","No benefits, no chance to work full time","Keep everyone informed, be open to feedback",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P456.htm
12380,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation Associate - ONT5,"-Flexible schedules for students while working, just submit school schedule to HR on site.  -They offered many verified time off opportunities (VTO) and verified extra time (VET) opportunities (without penalty), even during peak season.  -During school finals I was able to VTO all week and not have to worry about coming in for work.  -If your regular work schedule is to work at least 5 days per week and you VTO all week, then you have ""guaranteed pay"" for 10 hours. So you still get paid for 10 hours without having to come in that week.  -They acknowledge, thank, and reward hard-workers, especially during peak season. They gave gift cards, TVs, game consoles, game tickets, etc to random clock-ins, high-rate scanners, and hard-workers.  -Easy to job to get. No interview, apply online, schedule information session and take drug test, Pass drug test and background check, Schedule another appointment for orientation plus first day of training. Training will be a total of 3 days on site, expect to stand and walk a full 4 hours, no sitting at all during the session.","-Strictly part-time at ONT5, 4 hours/shift, max 5 hours/shift.  -Can flex (work extra hours) even if you're a minute away from clocking out. The slower employees scan, the more likely it is to flex.  -Friday nights are the hardest to VTO  -They acknowledge hard-workers. They see the people who are really grinding, so they'll always pick on you to work hard or to do extra work or warehouse duties. If you always give it 150%, they'll expect you to always give it 150% . If you're having a so-so day, say you're sick, they'll still call attention to you. They're not very demanding or hard on the average workers or workers doing the bare minimum. They are especially lenient during night shift, tons of employees standing around gossiping or complaining about ""working hard"" the full 4-5 hours while the few hard-workers are being put to do multiple duties.  -They care a lot about scan rates. First month as a new hire, scan rate was 60/hour on the regular lines. Couple months after that 120/hour. A couple after that, 180-200 per hour. Changed without notice. You only have to worry about the scan rate if you're in the lower 10%. You're still held accountable during low volume days. Say only 10 packages are coming down the line and there's about 15 people waiting for a package to come down from the belt, there's always that one person who wants to grab all 10 packages to keep their scan rate high and while everyone else's scan rates suffer and still get penalized for low scan rates.  -Some managers and blue badges (permanent workers) are not nice and feel very entitled. There was a particular manager that would talk to people like they were dogs.  -A lot of blue badges (permanent workers) and managers talk bad about the white badges (temps/seasonal). So expect them to find any little reason to criticize you or your work if you're seasonal/temp. Managers are very lenient to blue badges. Some of blue badges think they own certain lines and don't care to look at the roster to see where they've been placed to work for the day and will ask you to leave if you been placed in ""their"" line or tell the manager to move you.  -Shift starts at a certain time but you're allowed to clock in up to 5 minutes before or after without penalty (i.e. shift start at 12:30, but can clock in at 12:25 or at 12:35). But they implicitly expect people to clock in at 12:25, so if you clock in at 12:28 and make it to stand-up at 12:30 they'll notice and most probably send you to inbound/outbound (load or unload trucks) even if you're hired as a sorter/scanner (if you don't mind, this might not be con for you).  -Discount is only 10% off on amazon.com approved purchases not exceeding a total of $100 per year. But discount does not apply to seasonal/temps. No benefits whatsoever for temps.  -Will change shift times for peak season. Got hired for certain shift times and worked school around that schedule. They said expect to work it until the end of peak season. Couple weeks in, they changed hours for peak and had to re-accommodate school and work hours.  -Operate on a point system. If you get 5-5.5 points total, you get a write up, 6 points total, termination, 0.5 points if late less than an hour, 1.0 point if late more than an hour, 1.5 points if you miss your shift, points reset to 0 after 90 days from accrual date.  Overall, working here wasn't hard if you do what you're supposed to do and it happened to work okay with school for me. There happens to be a lot of lazy people who don't want to put in the time and effort to work at a job *they* sought and applied to. If everyone did there job, I feel that it would be more fair for everyone. At the end of the day though, it is a warehouse.",Stop being so lenient on lazy workers and blue badges.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12381,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,You will need a second job,"The only good thing about this Company is Stocks and the opportunity to get half of your school tuition paid after being with the Company for a year. Also, you do get some sort of benefits which are Dental and Vision and that's about it.","The bad thing about this Company is some days you will flex up or down. Some of the Supervisor's at my location don't know how to talk to people which can cause some issues within the Company. Plus, they do a lot of VTO which is somewhat an issue because you do double the work with less amount of people. You will literally go to other people lines to get their package scan down and then you're line will get back up. I don't know if all Amazon are like this but from my experience it's not worth two something every two weeks.",It should be some kind of training to help Supervisor understand a better way to communicate with their employees in a kindly manner. Stop with all the VTO's when you know you need all the extra help you can get.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12382,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Great group of peer leaders,"75% of the time is stressful, constantly going 150 miles an hour, promotions do not take into account personal needs","Diversify leadership talent pool, listen to leaders on the floor",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12383,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Center Associate,Pay is good for entry level. Lots of shifts to choose from. Easy fast paced work.,Some jobs are done alone that shouldn't be. Hours too limited. Mid-day schedule makes a 2nd job nearly impossible.,A better system for schedule requests. Splitter and Pickoff should have 2 people working it because the flow isn't any slower than it was at peak even if the volume is. Have more variety in tasks. It seems like new waterspiders were picked at random and no one else ever got a chance.,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12384,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Yard Jockey,Love My Job!,Amazon is Diverse. I love the fact that I started as a scanner but was never denied an opportunity to try other departments. I have since been trained and certified as a Yard Jockey! The Company also encourages feedback from it's Associates for improvement. We also have monthly celebrations. Leadership is open minded and recognizes you for your hard work. You can make your own schedule..,Starting with a set schedule that includes working every weekend.,Keep up the Good Work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12385,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,People were easy to get along with the work was easy I learn a lot at every station,Walking a mile to the restroom and lunch room never had time to go to both,Quit being lazy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12386,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Do you like the reward of solving challenging problems by working with the brightest teams?,"The smartest people around take great joy in creating solutions to some of the most challenging situations that face Amazon as it serves such a wide variety of customers, and works with third-parties like the merchants who sell and fulfill their goods using Amazon's services.","Sometimes there are some long hours as you work on launches, etc.","Help the teams drive alignment with internal stakeholders - in the end, we are all serving the customer!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12387,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Money is really great and helpful,Advancement is sometimes hard to achieve while working here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12388,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager II,You are surrounded by incredibly intelligent people. This company is full of the worlds brightest and I feel that I am positively challenged each and every day.,"It is a very competitive environment - there is always room to be better. If you don't have the right personality, this can wear you down.",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12389,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,Decent pay and tons overtime,If you get hurt they would rather fight you in court then keep you,Be more human,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P457.htm
12390,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Fulfillment,"Fast paced environment, four days work three days off","Discrimination, bullying, bad management , they knew and they don’t do anything. I went to HR to report bullying and because discrimination of race I get fired.","Co workers, manager, supervisors and HR new about the discrimination and bullying and they fired me. Wanted them to see the cámaras and didn’t give me option. Just get fired So unfair,",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12391,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Specialist,Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History.,"I absolutely love this company.  If you're seeking a fast pace, growing, changing, challenging environment, this place is for you. When they say work hard have fun make history, they mean it. I have had some amazing opportunities with this company. Never have I felt that I ""fit in"" at a company but I feel that here. I used to hop jobs every two years because I got bored but that's not the case at Amazon. I learn something new everyday, I have the ability to impact a company of this size and to me, that's life changing. I have never been more proud to work for a company.  If you're more driven by compensation and benefits, Amazon has amazing benefits. I feel their compensation is fair in comparison to the rest of the market.","This isn't even a ""con"" but more so of a wish, I wish Amazon branded clothing was easier to come by.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12392,amazon,"College Park, MD"," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Part Time Campus Associate,Great Place to Work,Pay is well above minimum wage. It is easy to tell whether or not you are working to the standards that Amazon has set for the team. The team themselves and Management within store is very friendly and has a lot of positive energy.,The senior management does not communicate what is expected of the store. Often difficult to manage customer experience and senior leadership expectations.,Give employees clearer picture as to why they are doing what they are doing.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12393,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Overall a good place to work.,Steady work Great benefits There is always opportunities to pick up overtime hours if desired Performance based bonuses at the end of the month,"There are not many chances to move up within the company, they usually recruit candidates from outside of the company",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12394,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Sort Employee,Felt like I was lied to,"Flexible hrs , good for Lazy people",Was promised 90 days of employment only worked 60 and then they let u go without any warning.,Don’t lie about the time frame of work,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12395,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Change is not always good,"Cutting edge company, rapid software development","Employees obsessed with level, won't listen to anyone under their level","Get rid of levels, break down barriers",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12396,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work but good pay,The company pays good. And you get great benefits that start day one of employment. They also give you restricted stock options.,They don't care about employees they look at them as robots not people.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12397,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Worker,Good Pay and you keep busy all the time,Very short breaks and constant pressure of meeting quota,Be more aware of your employees even though you have a lot to look after,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12398,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Hard working and Interesting problems,"One of the best things about working at Amazon (especially AWS) is that the scale creates really interesting problems for software engineers, it's very motivating to see academic problems in daily basis. There are really smart people around and culture is very open and encouraging people to learn from each other. Every AWS product is an art of engineering, it's an excellent chance to get to know behind the scene. Teams are independent and can iterate really fast, every engineer partakes the decision of what to do next. There's almost zero bureaucracy. It's great to be responsible for operations of the software, being oncall adds another dimension to software engineers.","Sometimes work/life balance becomes all work/no life imbalance especially when time is getting closer to big events (like Black Friday or AWS Re-invent), but I don't think there's any tech company out there promising good work/life balance throughout the year. There are no shiny perks like free lunch etc. Internal developer tools are too centric, hard to use and hard to learn.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12399,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Dec 23, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Mixed. They expect but can't ensure solid workflow and then penalize workers for not meeting rate.,They really try hard but culture is now PC like most places. Worked rush and peak at Christmas time and not once heard any holiday music at all throughout the facility.,Too many numbers and they are arbitrary at best. For example can be out one or two months yet their learning curve keeps advancing so when worker returns they are not even told what their expectant rate is. And then they write the individual up who when they left had to produce at one rate and now God only know what the new number is or maybe. They Will not make any changes for rate or quality under any circumstances. We had a Veteran who is over 75 percent disabled who is expected to match an 18 year old. No chairs anywhere at workstations. So that is 10-12 hours of standing. Quality is not enforced to some groups at all. There is a lot not right with the way they figure or do times for quality. Lots of manipulation of numbers by some groups.,They really should have a better training program with regards to equipment at stations. The number of Sku machines and dunnage issues are amazing and once you stop to fix them it counts against you. Put on an Andon or go into problem solve and try and correct that single T-shirt they want you to put in a box that could hold a hundred when it easily fits in an AD box.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P458.htm
12400,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Explore yourself.,Continuous Learning. Lot of growth opportunities. Space to excel your skills. Easy team change opportunity.,Sometime have to work little longer than the working hour but its very rare.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12401,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A positive learning experince,"Fun work environment! As long as you have the willingness to be put to work, and have the desire to grow, mostly all management will work with you in achieving your goal. At least that has been my experience so far.","Very fast paced. Amazon has a lot of deadlines that must be met at a specific time, everyday. Customer obsessed!",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12402,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HOU2,"Very attentive with issues being addressed, great hours, and great benefits... Since I been there I have seen more progress within the management team.","Favoritism of course, and not showing everyone the same respect they would show an CEO. Everyone deserves to feel like their apart of a team, even if you don't feel like their the best worker. Some people are actually there for more then just a pay check and deserves, patience, positive/negative feedback and proper training. One team one dream.","Keep it up, communication is the key...and great training goes very long ways!!!!",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12403,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Global Account Manager,Global Account Manager,"What is so core to Amazon is Our Leadership Principles. I've worked at 3 other Fortune 500 Companies and none embraced their values, their tenants, their principles like Amazon. Our Leadership Principals are truly part of our DNA. My favorite - like so many here at Amazon - is Customer Obsession. We don't just talk about the customer as the guiding light or doing what is right by the customer, we start with the customer and work backward. We work on behalf of our customers to improve our services, our products, our customer experience. It is part of what makes working here so much fun!","It's hard for me to come up with a con as the hardest thing for me to do is to keep up with the pace of innovation. What an awesome problem to have!  I should address work / life balance as many have this concern. What is key here is doing something that you really enjoy. If you don't enjoy what you do, it will pull you down. If you enjoy what you do, it will inspire & energize you. There are so many opportunities across Amazon, find something that will inspire you!","Please continue the Amazon Training Talks. They are of such great value because they review the technology, the vision & the business implications. Gives me what I need to know our products & services, & to bring them forward in an informed & empowered way to my customers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12404,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Recruiter,Elevate Your Game at Amazon,If you want to work alongside some incredibly smart people who are open to sharing and mentoring this is the place for you. Amazon just makes you better at whatever it is that you do. You have the ability to drive your own career at Amazon by constantly pushing the envelope and scrutinizing data to figure out a better way to do things. Comp is competitive and benefits are solid. You work hard but the hours are reasonable and you can actually have work/life balance.,"This is a self-driven environment. You have to get in here and aggressively go after the information you need to succeed. There are very few levels so if titles are a big deal to you, don't come to Amazon.",Better engagement of remote locations from onboarding through continued engagement.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12405,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Customer obsession and innnovation,The best part of working at Amazon is the strong culture of innovation and customer obsession. The working backwards process is a great way to align with leadership and other key stakeholders on any new idea you have. It is the largest startup in the world.,"Due to the fast paced culture, there is sometimes ambiguity around what you should be specifically working on. People who are able to roll with the punches and figure things out will be the most successful here.",Keep culture of innovation,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12406,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Creative environment with nerdy people who work hard, make history Plenty of opportunities to learn and grow Opportunities to contribute to the startup culture by pitching business ideas",Work can sometime be more than office hours.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12407,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics Manager,Innovative culture and unlimited opportunities.,Many opportunities and leadership always there to support you.,You need to find your own way no one is there to do that for you.,"Upper management tries to help the individual in their personal growth but they should keep closer track of it. Especially, how it is being taken care by lower management.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12408,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It’s been tough working there. The management is very poor and Human Resources is even worse.,There are great coworkers and plenty of new people to meet. There is always overtime opportunities. Ability to learn new things throughout the workplace.,Pay is poor. Management is poor. HR is poor. Long work days and very short breaks. All break rooms are far from the stations and get yelled at when even a few minutes late.,Work with your employees more. Try to understand what’s going on with them before just firing people.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12409,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - CSL,Amazon Company Policy,"Clean, friendly people, benefits, hours","Management, selective policy enforcement and see no evil attitude","Stop the free for all on the Amazon surveillance system allowing anyone viewing and downloading access, it violates your police and the law.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P459.htm
12410,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,"Incredible health benefits, great HR team","Takes two years for shares to vest, no partial vesting schedule Favoritism from managers",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12411,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expecting premium work but paying for the basic package,The benefits are great. $17 a check for insurance is great. Guaranteed hours. 4-day week. Free Advil. Good personal time deal.,"I expected more overtime which I need to make ends meet. I feel like I’m worth more to my job than what they pay me for. I’m always covered in bruises, I have to perform poorly to not be in an area I’m uncomfortable in.","Evaluate what your team is really worth, not what “the market” says they’re worth.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12412,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Amazon,Large company with a lot of room to move,Aggressive culture. No training. Developed only if you get a good manager (I got one after transferring 3 times and he left shortly after.,"Be more intuitive to your employees. They are not numbers, they are people.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12413,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Floor health,There's always an opportunity to move up in the company.,There's a lot of politics,"Have fun ,work hard, make history, so they say.",1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12414,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR lies,Work is easy. Nothing else good,-Pay is LOW. Not enough hours. -HR Lies. -Favortism -Feedback from employees are ignored.,"Consider feedback and fix HR, They screw up your attendance.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12415,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Fast Paced Environment where you learn a lot,"The upward mobility, fast paced, growth and technology adoption is unparalleled. You have the ability to learn something new every day. Managers are responsible for and expected to drive ownership of their teams. The company provides a lot of resources to develop leaders.",Amazon is the gift that takes. Ensure you have strict boundaries in how much of yourself you are willing to give as it is very easy to get sucked into the spiral of poor work life balance. Leaders often don't get the opportunity to slow down and take advantage of the resources to develop themselves outside of the daily operational tasks.,Allow your leaders in the fulfillment centers more time to develop themselves and in turn this will have a positive impact on the business and manager attrition.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12416,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Maintenance Technician,Two Years and Counting,"Benefits, growing company, and development","Really hard work, long hours","A lot of just out of college managers, unrealistic expectations",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12417,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I feel stuck.,Working from home and having everything provided that you need to work is very convenient. Good benefits and multiple health care plans to choose from.,They tell you there are a lot of opportunities to be promoted but there aren't. I'm in the same level position for almost four years.,"Help your level 2 employees advance within the company. Stop hiring from outside and promote those who know the culture and have worked on the front line helping customers everyday. A good team leader is someone who has held the position they are coaching and trying to improve contacts. A team lead or manager that hasn't ever talked to a customer don't understand the position and frustration. Stop outsourcing so much, it makes customers angry, they are already calling in because there's a problem, it gets worse if they can't understand the person talking that is supposed to help them. Let level 2 CSA's move to trouble ticket teams, knowledge management, etc. Honor US holidays and give all employees even specialty teams those days off. It's not right that other countries get a week or month off because their country has laws about not working holidays. Treat all countries equally. There are transfer forms for a reason and why not utilize them so we can actually have the work/life balance that we say is offered.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12418,amazon,"Hawthorne, CA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping and Receiving Associate,Amazon,"Flexible schedule,understanding supervisors, really easy to pick up on and learn. Everyday is different so every time I come in there is always something for me to do.",I wish it was full time but you're allowed to pick up hours but that's usually around the holidays. Some days it gets really hectic and can become a little overwhelming.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12419,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Dec 24, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,My Amazon Review,"Fantastic Benefits, Great Base Pay","Long Hours, Too Many People per Shift",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P460.htm
12420,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,currant employee(3 years),"great health benefits, first day of hire.","All about rates and numbers, as a human being, the company is so large and management turn over is so frequent, your never really known by anything more than numbers",they don't last long enough to give any advise.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12421,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,Amazon takes risks and tries new things Leadership principles are fantastic,Deadlines are always very aggressive Too much politics at senior management level,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12422,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,temp,people were nice and helped out alot,hr did not help when asked for help,none,3.0,2.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12423,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,too much changes,Work has great impact Challenges People with sharing minds,Operations changes all the time Reorging all the time People stay around very shortly Operations load Requirements changes all the time,"Less talkers' talk, let builders build More holidays",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12424,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Dec 23, 2017",Current Employee - Employee,Scan returned item,Good pay and great benifits and we'll maintained very nice people and a great company to work and retire from,The drive is the only down fall but other than that's it's a great place and very friendly and the breaks don't seem like you get enough time,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12425,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Lots of responsibility with high number of direct reports,"Long hours, overtime not called in advance",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12426,amazon,"Arlington, TX"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - AFE Associate,I work in the packaging department of the fulfillment center,You get 40 hrs of paid time off per yer along with vacation and also insurance benefits for day one. AND after a year of employment they offer 95% tuition refund on certain degrees.,Promotion in a place like this seems impossible for an average joe. Management here seem very disingenuous and fake. The ticket is either a college degree or a lot of sucking up to your superiors. Definitely seems like a dead end job.,My advice is to promote from within more often. Many people here have great ambition but it seems to fade from the perpetual monotonous work.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12427,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Slave-labor.,"Technology interesting and process operation. Tuition reimbursement, “career skills.’ Not really sure if you can survive or not from physical exhaustion.","They work u to death, all about production who cares about the employee. You stand for10 hours barely having time to pee. Slave-labor. Day 4 my fingers are swollen inevery joint, including my knuckles and wrists, my fingertips got small cuts and look cellulitic and are bruised. Every single minute accounted for and your “breaks” ha! By the time you walk down all the stairs to a break room ur time is up. They dock you an hour if ur late even one minute.They want every minute of productivity",Break time is break time on clock not scan to scan. Leaders should work just as hard if not harder than rest.,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12428,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"You get paid weekly, never see the same faces and you can wear whatever you want.","Long shifts, short breaks,short lunch,rude employees/managers",Stop worrying about rate and start worrying about the actual workers and their security,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12429,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Oriented,Only having to concentrate on the customer!! Not having to sell them some thing else before getting off of the phone!,Shift bids based on your PRR that is based on customers replys,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P461.htm
12430,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,"Easy job, cool people, good pay",can get boring and repetitive,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12431,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company To Work For!,"A lot of learning opportunities, plenty of smart people, interesting projects, and the ability to make a difference on your team or in the whole company.","Holiday and vacation days are a lot less than I had when I worked in the public sector. However, this is the case for most of the private companies so I cannot complain.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12432,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Devops Engineer,So far great,Work culture Customer focused Fast paced environment,Paging system will bring you nightmares,Keep doing good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12433,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to grow and learn,"Great pay & benefits, and I love that Amazon is invested in their employees and encourages them to move around within the company. I have experienced flexible hours and a great work/life balance, and I like that I have the opportunity to work with some really smart and successful people on a daily basis.","Managers have high standards and projects can be very ambiguous. Things are changing so quickly that you may have to drop something you've been working hard on to focus on updated deadlines or a change in priorities from leadership, but I don't mind that - it keeps me on my toes and teaches you to be flexible.  Also, I know that each organization has its own culture, and so some managers or teams may be more demanding than others. I had a really difficult manager but ended up moving teams and haven't had a problem after that -- 4 years later.  Also, one small thing but something I don't love is that external folks constantly assume that Amazon employees received way more perks than we actually do. No free or discounted prime membership (which people are shocked to hear), a minimal discount on items from Amazon, and free coffee but that's about it. There are a variety of discounts on other items like cell phone and local Seattle gyms, but thinking through what employees would actually find valuable would go a long way to making us feel recognized and special.","Please continue recognizing your employees for how hard they are working and recommend top-performers for new opportunities as they emerge. I've been approached for new jobs directly based on performance and potential, and that has contributed to making me a loyal employee.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12434,amazon,"South Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Team is amazing,"I LOVE my team. My managers ensure that I am not overworked. They ask me if my job meets all my career goals, and if it doesn't they give me opportunities to meet those goals.",The product I'm working on is very iconic so it's hard to make interesting changes to it. I wish they offered free lunch.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12435,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, make difference",Plenty of opportunities for entry to mid level employees to pitch big ideas and make difference. Great compensation for people who can make it past 2 years.,"Poor work/life balance, very fast pace",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12436,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Competitive pay, great benefits, laid back enviromment.",The work life balance at times can be less than great.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12437,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - AFE II/Induct,Great Company to work for,Very good benefits Hours are good Work is steady,High school environment Breaks Peak is stressful but you will get through it,STAY WOKE,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12438,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Bilingual Customer Service Representative,Very low pay. Very stressful,Work from home. Discounts. Paid holidays. Double pay for OT.,"Training is very short, and nobody, including managers, really know what's going on. So you're being thrown to the wolves after 4 - 5 days of training, and have to start taking real calls. Customers are always angry and want free stuff. You will lose all your teeth and hair from being so stressed out. Not worth it.","Start your CSR's at $12 an hour. Hire managers who can read, write, and properly coach employees.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12439,amazon,"Gainesville, FL"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Horrible!,- gift cards - great co-workers,"Lack of communication seems to be the epitome of Amazon. Being a customer they're great but they forget that their employees are also their customers. I will never work for this company again and would not recommend to anyone, not even my dog. The amount of work they require from you is not worth the amount they pay. They expect you to answer every single email, every single call and bend over backwards for nothing. Amazon sucks when you're an employee.",Stop being so complacent and give the CSA's a break. You're so customer obsessed that you tend to forget about the people working for you.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P462.htm
12440,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Great Place to Work,"- Tons of opportunity for advancement, you can apply for new positions or be promoted after 90 days. - Benefits and pay are good - Great team atmosphere, everyone generally gets along very well","- Communication between management in the office and out on the floor is lacking, leaves a lot of confusion, especially during peak. - Long hours, difficult to have a positive work/life balance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12441,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Warehouse Associate,Very good insurance and other benefits are comparable. Strong diversity.,"Constant, intense pressure to perform. Very little or no room for variables in performance.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12442,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast growing but need more culture building,"Fast growing, good place to learn something new",The managers get incredibly high authority some times.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12443,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,"Okay Compensation, Opportunity Galore, Broken Promotion System",Lots of opportunities to work on different interesting projects and teams. Relatively good emphasis on best engineering practices and bar. New teams constantly cropping up and looking for engineers.,"Compensation is sub-par compared to Facebook, Google and other Triple-A Companies. (Vesting Schedule and Compensation Band is a joke)  “Transparent” & “Self-Driven” Promotion Document and Process is laughable as it only adds more bureaucratic obstacles (aka B.S) before one can even get considered for promotion - In the end, still requires manager to fight for your promotion (and whether your perceived projects have enough impact and fills all Engineering “Trackers”)  Oncall duties can range from annoying to overwhelming depending on the team.","Try again with the promotion criteria. The process is hardly “self-driven”, the 7 major “trackers” are subject to incredibly “subjective” objective review by reviewers AND still needs managers to drive the process. Often engineers exceeding at their roles are held back from promotion due to not hitting ALL trackers (which is hard to fulfill based on the random projects that one receives)  Compensation Band and Vesting: If you want employees to feel invested in the companies from a “startup” perspective, don’t cap compensation growth and benefits when stocks perform well - its defies the point of startup mentality (high risk high gain, not high risk capped gains). The annual 5, 15, 40 40 Vesting Schedule is already sad compared to other companies (monthly Vesting) - Limiting promised vests is not a great way to reward good employees.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12444,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Extremely Poorly Organized,"-Easy hiring process. -The opportunities for employee feedback seemed promising. Did not see many implemented. -Voluntary time off offered. -Starting rate was decent for the area, especially with a benefits package offered. -Vacation time/unpaid time was readily available from day 1 to be used when needed. -Casual dress code.","-Get placed in a random department upon hire with no preference offered. Must wait 90 day period to request department change. -Little to no manager oversight. -Little to no practical training. -Conflicting instructions about how to handle any given situation. -Constant mechanical issues interrupted work flow. -Rates that employees were expected to accomplish were unrealistic. -Necessary resources (boxes, tape, etc.) not readily available at the start of each shift. -Restrooms a mile away from work stations in certain areas. -Shifts were changed arbitrarily with very little notice, sometimes less than 24 hrs. -Mandatory overtime could result in 60+ hr work weeks, including 12 hr days. -Break scheduling was extremely strict, if late (even by a minute) time off was automatically deducted by the hour. -No headphones allowed on the work floor. -Work extremely repetitive and mundane, with little opportunity for advancement or recognition. -Almost constant issues with punch times being recorded incorrectly. -HR was not very helpful or organized. -Lunch room and smoking areas are too small to accommodate the amount of employees that go to break simultaneously. -Too few clock in machines to realistically support workforce punching in at the same time. -Lockers are tiny, hardly big enough for the average purse. -Parking lot was a nightmare.","Properly hire, train, and supply management. Stick to a schedule for employees that is realistic. Make sure employees are properly trained and have adequate supplies for each shift. Obtain the proper amount of resources (lunch rooms, rest rooms, water fountains, clock in stations, etc.) to support the large amount of staff hired.",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12445,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - L4 Area Manager,Start in January,Huge company that has expanded to so many markets and areas and the potential for growth is massive and would like to stay with this company as they take over the world,There are long hours. For area managers the normal shifts are 4 days/week 12-13 hr shifts either Sun-Wed or Wed-Sat,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12446,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier Opportunity,"Bright, hardworking, and kind people. Big projects. True to principles.",Easy to fall into a work/life balance arms race. Promotion process a bit political/creates some misaligned incentives.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12447,amazon,"Port Orchard, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,EXCELLENT workplace!,"Encouraged to take ownership of personal workload, co-workers are top notch. The ability to grow a career or further a career. Amazon has something for everyone!!",I have yet to find a downside.,Management is as involved as you want them to be involved. I have yet to have a negative experience with anyone in management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12448,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Whirlwind Experience,"The number one pro of working at Amazon are the benefits. You won't find another company that has better benefits than Amazon does. They are plentiful, and you will spend your first few months ""uncovering"" benefits you weren't initially told about. The culture here is well above par from what I expected coming in. It puts the culture at most of my past jobs to shame.","A very fast paced environment. Amazon is a freight train barreling down the tracks to the intended destination of ""Successville"". Please fasten your seatbelts, and keep all hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times.","Keep up the good work. It's always day one around here, don't forget the ones responsible for getting those packages out the door.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12449,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Amazon can bring out skill sets you haven't discovered.,"Work Life Balance Supportive leadership, who are willing to help create/direct the roadway for your future career goals. Everyday presents new challenges","Like any major top company, everyone is striving to be the best. Although at times it may feel uncomfortable, working around others will strong work ethics and high standards, help make you grow. You need to come in with mentality, of working hard and not ever getting content. If so, you will lose out on opportunities.",Continue putting value in career development programs and resources.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P463.htm
12450,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,"You can thrive here, if you are self-directed and own it","One of the first pieces of advice I read here before joining was that you have to be ""self-directed"", in that work here can be very uncertain and you have to figure out a lot of things on your own. Some people see this as a negative. However, I believe that the unpredictability and the pressure to uniquely find a solution no one else has found can be quite empowering. One of the leadership principles here is Ownership, and it is one that can guide you to a very fulfilling career, where you learn new stuff every day for many years. Sure, it can be intimidating and overwhelming for even very experienced technologists. But if you are clear on your purpose and career goals, and the impact you can make on others, you can be energized every day by these challenges. It's a very unique culture, and it is by no means ideal or perfect, but in the world of inventors, it's not supposed to be.","It is a large organization, and the systems of control (what some people loosely refer to as bureaucracy) will be there as in any other large company, specially one that's part of the FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google). How else can you responsibly manage growth? There are positives of being largely federated (that is, teams are quite independent), and there are negatives (there can never be enough communication to have ideal coordination and avoid duplicity and optimal efficiency), but with such scale and federated independence comes the ability to experiment and solve very large problems. Also, ambitious people can oftentimes get distracted by the wrong goals (obsessing about leveling up), but that can happen in companies large and small. Key team leadership is critical, and although not all leaders are super efficient, there's plenty of excellent leadership that is of world-class caliber. Not everyone can stomach these large-scale problems, and most people don't have the time discipline to not burn out in these circumstances, but if you work with awareness of these aspects of the environment, you can certainly thrive here.","As with any large organization, you have to constantly reinvent (no pun intended) yourself as leaders - this is a place that can only succeed if you continue to evolve leadership best practices. Stay true to the LPs, push for more agility and the least amount of complacency, and constantly review your leadership as you review the data for most other personnel or project decisions - in many cases, traditional leadership processes will not be good enough here. Continuing to grow the most adaptable leaders will ensure the evolution continues to work as it should.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12451,amazon,"Panama City, FL"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Sds,SDS CSNA,"Great Benefits, always feel valued, fun environment, work from home,",Things change quickly so you must be able to adapt quickly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12452,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Writer,Senior Programmer-Writer,Always learning something new Management lets me do my job Coworkers are smart-as-hell We eat our own dog food,Not enough time to everything you want Constant pressure to improve,Keep it going Listen more than talk,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12453,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Do not think twice! This is the place..,"> Amazon, the name speaks for itself. I was a die-hard Amazon shopper, a big fan & now a proud employee. > Scope for building new & innovative softwares is just unlimited. The company is willing to shed money & time - if you prove your idea is worth it.",> Not a fast paced environment since the company is really big > Very limited perks when you compare it with what you get from the other big 4s,Keep up the good work. Try to match with the perks that other competitors provide to their employees!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12454,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Great company to work for,"Use the Leadership Principles daily! The culture is great plus all the dogs are so fun and cute within the buildings. At Amazon there is a great balance on challenging work, team building, and personal life.",Document writing can be a little overkill,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12455,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great company, not for everyone","Employees are empowered to make decisions and influence the work they do. A lot of super smart people working around you. Never a boring day in the office. Company promotes internal mobility, very easy to move between departments and change country.","Benefits are not great and require co-sharing of insurance premiums. International transfer means you will have to deal with tax on your RSUs on your own (company doesn't cover that). Work-life balance could be a challenge - a lot is in your hands but the fast pace is quite addictive and you may not realize you are working long hours not because your manager requires you to, but because you keep getting involved in too much.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12456,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,People stay and leave for the same reasons,At Amazon you are given autonomy to innovate and experiment. It is a great culture for individuals who enjoy solving problems and creating things from scratch. Your career is truly in your own hands.,"Difficult environment for those who require a lot of structure. Your role and job description changes regularly depending on the needs of the business. Training and onboarding has been identified as an area of opportunity, but it is definitely a focus now.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12457,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,"Limitless opportunities, intelligent senior management, zero bureaucracy, fact-based actionable feedback","limitless opportunity to learn and make an impact - you are never held back from moving forward with new ideas all senior management and VPs I have met are highly technical, humble, and trustworthy any feedback given and received is fact-based, and actionable business and travel expense process is super smooth and seamless great guest speakers, outside-of-work activities (picnics, parties)","since many teams operate with a great deal of autonomy, not all teams are the same as others and many are growing very fast. working with long-term experienced managers may be a good first choice.",the employee growth in the past few years is quite dramatic find ways to maintain the startup culture and prevent bureaucracy from developing stay focused on customer obsession,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12458,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,Nice!,"Atmosphere, Pay, Food, Culture, PAY","Management, Hectic management, Location, not much mobility",Less chaotic,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12459,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Safety,Seasonal Safety,"Stock option, Sick Time, Vacation, Friendly environment, Great work schedule, Awesome Management team , Caring HR, Paid Holiday and many more. Number one growing company in the industry.",Not enough cross training available during slow times for lead employees.,Go easier on your A employee' s and show a little more love.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P464.htm
12460,amazon,"Rosemead, CA"," Dec 27, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Be Careful What you Sign Up for,"The best part of the job is the people. It's a great mix of ages, races, beliefs and backgrounds. Really cool people who helped each other out. Had some great times and met good people","First and foremost no one in management seems to know what they are doing. When you have an HR question or you have to get something answered you call an 800 number which is out of the country. No one seems to understand how to get questions answered or how to get things done.  You are also told to sign a paper that allows management to NOT have you get paid for a lunch hour. Be wary of what you sign up for. It is a very strenuous job which requires lifting, moving at all times and working your buns off. You get a brief 15 minute break and they are always posting paperwork on how much you scan. It gets old after always being told that you could be ""let go"" at anytime if your scanning numbers are not falling into a range that they find acceptable. I initially signed up to work Thursdays through Sundays - then got hours added, then taken away, then my days switched. Management said that they didn't know how that happened - when I called the 800 number they said that management did it.. so basically you are at the mercy of the company. You are not trained. You show up and they get another co-worker to show you how things are done.. so if you pick up any bad habits or are not fully trained it can really mess you up.","There are ""ambassadors"" who basically were there to pick up on other co-workers which is very unprofessional. If you are an older worker they pretty much ignore you - but if you are a young girl who wears yoga pants you pretty much get to do what you want there. Its also very sad that young females who are in management feel the need to have to yell, be condescending in their tone and attitude and basically make it miserable for everyone else. There were a few managers who actually stepped in and worked their tails off .. there were others who just sat in front of a computer the whole night. It really changes the vice of the work place and makes you feel unappreciated if you have managers who don't care about the people who are working there. At the end of the day Amazon is terribly cheap and not good to their employees. Pay, days and time of work were changed and everyone would act like they didn't know how that happened ... but the reality is that people need to work so they put up with it.  It was a good experience - but I would not recommend this company to anyone.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12461,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,"Amazon, Where 99% Just Isn’t Good Enough",Great benefits Team environment Good schedule,"I got fired and walked out for what they call “not meeting productivity” at 99% This is a ridiculous policy. I understand that productivity is necessary to meet the goals they set and a standard is needed, but for actual humans to be 100% or more all the time is unrealistic.",none,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12462,amazon,"Fresno, CA"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Tech I,China stuff,Managers are very sad thanks,Jeff is not good for the company,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12463,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,seasonal stower,decent starting pay great co workers,mandatory overtime unreasonable goals poor comunication,"communicate better with employees, don't treat people like robots",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12464,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Fast paced, lots of opportunity. Very easy to move up in warehouse operations. Promotional opportunities come around multiple times a year.","Work life balance can get out of wack (even with shift work of 4 days on, 3 days off). Leadership can be poor depending on the culture created by your GM and Senior leaders.",Make sure that your senior leadership takes cares of the mid-managers. Coercive leadership is not uncommon.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12465,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Overall a great place to work,"Lots of fun perks. I bring my dog to work regularly, get to see lots of cool stuff before it's released to the public, food and drinks regularly provided on my current team.","Your experience really depends on your manager, though that's common across any large company.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12466,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Staffing Coordinator,Prepare To Think,"Amazon is not for those who simply want a job. You are required to think, pivot, create, invent and go beyond what you thought you could do--which is what I like about it. If you bore easily at a regular job due to not being challenged, this is for you.",Amazon is growing at such a rapid pace that sometimes there is a level of frustration due to lack of training and the high level of performance expected.,"The culture at Amazon is to constantly invent. I believe that all Amazonians who manage others should be required to take training on allowing those under them to make mistakes as long as they learn from their mistakes. This should be emphasized more as a part of the culture at Amazon, therefore, more ideas would be generated, it would reduce stress among every level of employee and benefit Amazon as a whole.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12467,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good place to work,Autonomy. Challenging. Full of opportunities of growth.,"Huge load of information, it takes more than only a few months to learn how to handle data.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12468,amazon,"Topeka, KS"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,"Family friendly, great benefits, being able to work from home, management that cares, friendly teammates, paid and unpaid time off in addition to vacation time accrual","Pay is above minimum wage in my area, but still not a living wage (same with most companies though)",Pay raises to make the wage a living one.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12469,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Decent company,Get better pay here as a EMT then most paramedics in the stateq,Really only do first aid care,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P465.htm
12470,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pa,Steady hours always know what day you have off,Not the best work life balance,Be more involved,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12471,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Should’ve just stayed with my other job.,Pay was pretty decent. And they always gave incentives and free stuff to try and make you think you were working in a good environment,"HR is absolutely horrible, if you have a school schedule forget working here. You won’t be able to get a hold of anyone in HR. Little to no training Bad management",Don’t be so rude to your employees and train them better.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12472,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Leave for college,Pay is very good to many long hours.,Back pan short body standing a long time.,Hard working person love to work.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12473,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"Good benefits, full time, a lot of people you can become friends with.","Long work days, standing the entire shift, not the best pay for what you're being asked to do.",Place people in the appropriate settings.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12474,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Good hours and lots of overtime,Bad management short breaks and bad scheduling,Listen to associates more,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12475,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Packer,Packer,I enjoyed the money and opportunities,"But they can take your job anytime they want And make it personal, they don't treat you fair",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12476,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,hire and develop the best,health benefits performance based bonus upward mobility possible,seems to be competitiveness amongst the shifts,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12477,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"AWS is where history being made, don't come for the perks though...","- amazing people, great hiring process that keeps raising the bar - innovation, feels sometimes like working in a startup, no idea is dismissed - flat, you can talk to anyone in the company - resources - you can get any resource you need if it serves the purpose - self service, self driven, you manage your time, no micro management - very little politics, at least in my view - AWS is the leader in its category and will stay this way for a while - They pay well - You learn A LOT",- forget about perks :) - you drink from a firehose in terms of learning new things,ADD PERKS! FREE FOOD MATTERS! MORE VACATION DAYS MATTER! HAVING A HOLIDAY PARTY MATTERS!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12478,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"This place truly is AMZN, but not for the 'faint of heart'","At Amazon you can truly leap! You are encouraged to THINK BIG, LEARN & BE CURIOUS, grow, exercise BIAS FOR ACTION and have real OWNERSHIP in work that is 'mission critical' and genuinely 'making history'. The LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES (which can be found online) are earnestly employed and integral to day-to-day thinking, practices and processes. The environment at Amazon holds a palpable energy and excitement that comes from a fervent commitment to HIRE AND DEVELOP THE BEST. Being among the best-of-the-best, folks who ARE RIGHT, A LOT, and being brought together to collaborate and contribute is incredibly stimulating and rewarding. Senior management and company tenants impressively INSIST ON HIGHEST STANDARDS, and CUSTOMER OBSESSION is a real and seriously held litmus test for all activity! This EARNS TRUST and is a huge ""pro"" in my book. Honestly, there have been some VERY dark days that have demanded I call upon personal and internal fortitude to navigate forward, and I am pretty sure there may be more of them in the future. However, the personal and professional lessons learned within those times are invaluable, and I am incredibly thankful for them. The philosophy of Amazon is incredibly energizing. I cannot think of another company that is innovating at the scope and scale that Amazon is. It is thrilling and a sincere honor to be able to make history, to feel accomplishment for your hard work and I really do have fun while doing so. 2 days out of 10, I am regrouping to fortify my resolve and get to work, but the other 8... I am 'Tap Dancing into Work!'","The scope and scale of Amazon demands that you DELIVER RESULTS - fast! The ambiguity of the ever adjusting and evolving environment can make it very difficult to DIVE DEEP, and resources must be prepared to HAVE BACKBONE and speak up when things seem to be going off of the rails. Unfortunately, this does not always go well with middle management and this seems to be where MANY MANY resources get chewed up and spit out. The mid-stream environment can be very political, with your immediate manager holding your growth and development - a process with a lot of ambiguity - firmly in their hand. This is highly concerning, especially if you have excised your 'backbone' (as is expected), and then had to 'DISAGREE AND COMMIT'. Many managers at the midpoint have a very difficult time not letting this activity impact their opinion of resources, especially if the manager is new to Amazon, which is all too frequently the case. This can indisputably derail your growth and promotion opportunities within the company. This 'power' results in a lot of favoritism, biases and deflating activity by middle management that undoubtedly skews development and promotion opportunities. A middle manager can make or break your career path based on their fondness of you. This means that in order to be successful you have to acknowledge the ambiguity within the process, be resilient and push past road blocks. It requires strong personal fortitude and a great attribute, but can take its toll on morale and enthusiasm, all too often yielding counter-productive results. Not all teams are created equal, and some teams celebrate diversity in thought, while others double-down on being likeminded and cast alternative thought as 'maligned', 'wrong-fit' or 'just not on the same page'. This can be soul crushing if you are supported by data, but constantly feel like the 'odd man out'. The same amazing approach and willingness to constantly innovate can lead to stressful periods when unproven processes are employed. Think 'high density' and 'open concept' seating. Smart and FRUGAL business practices may support the approach, but the stress on the employee who has become the 'test monkey' can really take its toll.","Do not lose your EQ in your drive to DELIVER RESULTS. Embrace Kaizen in your development with your team and do not become rigid in your approaches to 'what works'. Apply, and embrace, ALL of the leadership principles as they are defined, not your personal interpretation of them. Help grow and develop resources with equality, the provision of coaching, same levels of support and a fluid road map, even if you do not 'get' the resource. The ability to 'draw out' Super Powers in every individual, not just those folks that are relate-able, is the sign of a genuine leader.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12479,amazon,"Nashua, NH"," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Excellent Company,"Excellent Company, Excellent Benefits, Great motivation. Great management. Great coworkers.",None none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P466.htm
12480,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for!,Amazon has been a great company to work for and has allowed me the flexibility to try new jobs and explore my career goals.,"It is easy to get excited and caught up in the work that we do, which leads to working more than I should.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12481,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Great place to work with,"The speed at which work is done is phenomenal, challenging environment which helps you grow professionally. A lot of value is given to new ideas, and doesn't matter which level or what designation you are at. Very customer obsessed and extremely good level of work ethics for the buyer at large.","Could work on better technology internally, in some of the teams. It definitely would help better productivity and utilization.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12482,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer I,"Good hours, good team, good pay.","Lots of coming/leaving teams, some stability would be nice.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12483,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and grow your career,"You are surrounded by smart, hard working, humble and caring people. Working with incredibly talented group of people raises your own performance bar. You actually focus on work and not worry about politics. Leadership principles are more than slogans. People live and breathe the leadership. principles. Lots of career opportunities and good compensation.","Fast paced. It's not for all, which is not a bad thing. You have to be self-motivated.",With growth ensure the leadership principles and culture isn't lost.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12484,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,SDE 3,"Great pay, Contrary to common belief, there is excellent work-life balance. Of course, you can take on more responsibility and work long hours if you want to grow fast, but you can have a fulfilling career with great work-life balance.",There are fewer perks than some other companies. Your may have to be part of a oncall schedule.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12485,amazon,"Norfolk, VA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Team Manager,"Time off, benefits, stock, work from home!","Slow advancement, political, and inconsistent expectations.",Focus more on the people who are consistently producing rather than promoting and developing the people who spend the most time telling you how awesome they are without the production metrics to prove it.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12486,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Train the Managers Better Please,"Fast paced, meet cool people","horrible managers, no work place guidance",Be trained to actually help,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12487,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - Stow,Stowing,I had to make sure I was stowing at all time,Staying on a fast track,To work on a better way to get the stowing done,5.0,none,none,none,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12488,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Packer,Amazon associate,"You get three days off ,you can take leave of absence to get away from work but you dont get payed",Amazon doesnt care about their employees if they are sick they will still make them work if you have a fever they will still make you work the equipment is crap you can't pick the days you want to work easily you don't get many pay raises unless you move up which is almost impossible the amount of work and lifting heavy objects and standing all day is not worth the pay I would not recommend this job to anyone,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12489,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Associate,I came in as a seasonal worker and was converted into full employment at my 3 month mark. Keep in mind you have to exceed in your Call metrics to be converted early. Working from home is a plus. They offer VTO all the time to let you have as much of a break as you want. No it’s not paid . Once you are permanent you are paid for holidays if you work on that day or not and if you do work on a paid holiday you get holiday pay on top of your hrs work with time and a half added also so that is a big PLUS . All of your colleagues help eachother our on a daily bases I’m the chat rooms. Everybody is super nice. It is so easy to move up. You have a chance to choose your times that you want to work when you first start but just keep in mind no matter where you are located in the US it is on PST so make sure you choose the exact time you want pertaining to your time zone that’s where I messed up at lol. But overall best place to work Amazon really love their employees.,Sometimes there are a bunch of technical issues that messes with your ability to work.. there are also a lot of changes that happens all the time. The only thing that I don’t really like is jumping from team manager to team manager I’ve had 3 since I started and I’ve only been here 3 months. I really like my last TM I feel like he cared wh more than my new TM but besides that this is an anwespme job to be at.,We should be given the option to stay with our current TM or given options for a new one.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P467.htm
12490,amazon,"College Park, MD"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Campus Associate,Campus Associate,"Manager is fantastic, coworkers are people I would want to hang out with, work is very autonomous and they are flexible with my class schedule and time off whenever I need it. Amazon NEXT program gives me internship and job opportunities in the future.","No merit-based or tenure-based pay raises. I am one of the only ones that has been with the company since the store opened and I believe I deserve a pay raise. Also, countlessly bothered by technical issues and Amazon is so big a company that corporate doesn't care until we literally can't function as a store because of the issue. Dealing with a lot of rude and angry customers is also rough.",Institute merit-based raises for employees and be more responsive to store managers needs.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12491,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting,-Transparency throughout the org. - Managers who promote work/life balance - A lot of room for growth from current role. -Supportive managers and peers who want you to succeed,"- You will sometimes have long hours during parts of the year but are often rewarded at other times of the year. - Internal jobs seem saturated with other employees trying to work their way up. On one hand it's awesome to be surrounded by so many talented people, on the other hand its often overwhelming and disheartening when looking to make the next career move.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12492,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Advisor,Fun and rapidly changing environment!,"Amazon is a great company and it's obviously not going away any time soon. The company is so huge that you can find a job doing anything you want. Put your time in, apply yourself in your current role, and share with your manager where you want to go. You'll get there.","The busiest time of year for Amazon is October - January. It's tough to get time off work to spend with your family during the holidays. However, that should be at least somewhat expected when you apply at Amazon.",Listen to your employees. Each one is a human that has their own strengths and weaknesses. Each one has a vision of where they want to go. Help them get there and let them know about other opportunities they may not be aware of.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12493,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Bie,Your experience is determined by your manager and team,"Coworkers are driven, professional, and helpful. Constantly learning in a fast-paced environment. Can easily change teams if you don't enjoy your current work.",Be prepared to put in long hours. Teams work in silos. Project churn. Team attrition. Seattle.,Need more diversity on teams to have a variety of perspectives during meetings.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12494,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, great place to work!","-You get to work for a fast-moving, super recognizable and relevant company. -The other people, in general, are some of the smartest and most talented folks you'll ever work with. -Great training and development. There's a lot of emphasis on this, and there are tons of options available. -Good technology (software and hardware) and people who know how to train you/ use it. -Overall, great mid-level management, who are motivated and caring. -Where other companies often do what they think a company should do, Amazon does what makes the most sense (like dressing in business casual nowadays). There's plenty of room to change processes if they aren't working or test a more efficient way of doing things.","-Very little vacation time to start and holiday shut-down/ company days off for employees in the U.S. -There are some cutthroat, not nice people in the mix. -Everyone is always very busy, and sometimes it creates bottlenecks that makes getting your job done easy. -You feel like you're forced to keep track of your efforts (in writing or reporting) more often than you are actually doing them at some points. -Lots of travel can be just a part of the job if you don't live in Seattle. -Lots of turnover, both for within Amazon roles and leaving.","Maybe review your vacations and company wide holidays. At the least, give us the day after Thanksgiving off. Also, don't reward negative employees who are constantly ""mean"" to their teammates, superiors and others--even if they hit their goals. It is bad for morale.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12495,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Positive, with very minor difficulties","Work is hard but simple. You may be cross-trained or labor shared to another department but still expected to perform n your main roll. If you feel unable to remain productive AND help out in other departments, speak to you supervisor. They are usually not aware of the circumstances negatively affecting your performance and will most likely take steps to help you out.","Managers and other associates above you don't hold your hand. If something is wrong or is cause for concern, speak up.",Keep tier 1 associates better-apprised of their status and say-so in their path if they feel in danger of termination because of mismanagement or poor communication out of their control.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12496,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Channel Marketing Manager,We are committed to being the most customer-centric company on earth.,"Work with smart, driven people on exciting, innovative new initiatives.",Waiting months/years to tell your friends and family about the cool stuff you are working on.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12497,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not for the feint of heart, but if you've got the mojo it can be amazing","They are not wedded to any process. Show why what they have is broke or what you see is better and you have amazing latitude to invent something better. And there is much less stigma to failing fast than any other place I have worded.  For anyone steeped in strategic marketing what they don't know is stupefying, but they only have to be shown it once. Amazon leaders are whip smart and can spot a good new idea...but don't wait for anyone to say ""thank you."" However, you can bring your dog to work and Fido is always grateful.","Processes have often grown ""organically"" - read chaotically. This is the downside of all of that opportunity to invent mentioned above.  Everything you want to know is on a Wiki somewhere,, that you might get access to someday...maybe. Read: your informal network will be crucial to successful onboarding. They won't say thank you to your face, but they won't say nasty things behind your back either, which is a huge plus.",Try saying thank you.. it doesn't hurt.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12498,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to learn, but a tough environment",Working with some truly interesting technology and passionate people.,"Everything is employee driven, including the promotion process.",Find ways to keep your employees happy.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12499,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,If you need extra funds or just to be employed. It's the place to work.,Really none. if you don't like to work or move. This is not the job for you.,Keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P468.htm
12500,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,If you need extra funds or just to be employed. It's the place to work.,Really none. if you don't like to work or move. This is not the job for you.,Keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12501,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Circus,Pay is better than minimum wage to start,"As far as HR concerns and things, and some other stuff in general, everything is always up in the air, nobody knows what is ever really going on, you ask someone to answer a question and they send you to another person that says to ask the original person that you asked. It feels like a lot of stuff is hearsay and you usually have to go very far and deep in the ranks if you need help with something. As far as on the job things, it is usually straight forward but logistically, nobody knows anything.","Honestly, I can't really give any advice because the issues that I had while with the company, I don't think management can do anything about. I think since Amazon is such a massive entity, I assume at a certain point once a company gets so big, it just can't take care of it's smaller employees. Everything is just ""kind words"" that are empty and meaningless because nobody actually has any information. It just isn't business savvy to have someone keep everyone informed and be a liaison between departments that never communicate with each other and everyone just goes in circles and spins their wheels for no reason.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12502,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,The Real Truth,"Awesome benefits, workers appreciation rewards",over worked and under appreciated. It's hard to get the company to believe when harassment situations,Please listen to female employees whom are being harassed. It needs to be stopped,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12503,amazon,"Chesapeake, VA"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Easy job, but *very* little formal training","Little responsibility, good pay, good exercise. The job itself is very low stress, and high energy. I enjoyed it, overall.","Very little accountability. If somebody on your shift does something wrong, everybody has to hear about it. I had about 5 people above me on each shift, and communication was lacking. One supervisor would tell you to do something, and somebody would come a long to tell you it needs to be done a different way. Seasonal associates get very close to ZERO formal training. You would literally get thrown into jobs having no idea what to do with a 5 minute crash course on procedure. It could be really stressful.","If you’re going to put associates on dispatch and yard marshal, they need that training. Evaluate management more often. Try and encourage shift managers to work more cohesively. They may work on different days, but they’re supervising the same team, so unity and cohesion is important.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12504,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid job.,"Great pay. Raffles and rewards. Always makes sure to make you feel motivated. Perhaps tries a bit too hard. Get Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years off.","It's a warehouse, so expect repetition to the 9th degree. Mandatory overtime. 6 day workweek between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Frequent nagging over meeting your daily and weekly quotas. Inconsistent information from ""interview"" to employee manual to orientation to first day of work.",Cut some slack off the quotas. Problems with carts and heavy items slow down work process.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12505,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You'll need two jobs,"Consistent work, very organized, flexible",Low pay for warehouse employees,"Pay workers more money. Owner is a billionaire, his warehouse employees can barely afford shelter and transportation.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12506,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer,Amazon is okay,"Compensation, reputation, professional networking opportunities",Company culture may not be suitable to everyone. A lot of politics. Sometimes stressful.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12507,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Sucks avoid at cost,Sexual harassment is swept under the rug ambassador vest are handed out for the hell of it and stand around for 10 hours and do nothing and get paid for it and get rewarded with swag bucks.,Everything hard work does not pay off and keeping a good lawyer in case some day you may need one.,Learn to be a manager before you become one,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12508,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,No work life balance,Good benefits. No other pros,Scheduling sucks. No work life balance. Pay to be desired.,Rethink scheduling efforts,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12509,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst at Amazon,opportunity to work on challenging projects,BA work is mainly pulling the data and not lot of data analysis,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P469.htm
12510,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation,They hire fast. You can grow.,Real manual hard labor. The pay is trash! Breaks are only 30 minutes after you’ve worked so hard and are tried,none,1.0,none,none,none,1.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12511,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - TPM,Excellent place to work and grow your career,"Tons of opportunity for advancement, learning new things, and working in different parts of the company.  Challenging work  Never the same day twice (even though technically it's always day one)","There are some questionable leaders in every org, but you will find that at any fortune 100 company  Workload can be overwhelming if you are not willing to stand up for yourself and tell your manager when you have too much on your plate",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12512,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Cloud Architect,AWS Professional Services Technical Consultant,Dynamic work environment and exciting technology. Very structured and metrics driven performance evaluation process. Quarterly promotional cycles and plenty of career advancement and lateral move opportunities.,Keeping up with constant and fast technology changes. Pressure from working with some of the very smart and hardworking co-workers at AWS as well as from trying to meet high customer expectations.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12513,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Communications Manager,Intense but full of opportunities to learn and grow,"I've the other Fortune 100 companies I've worked with, I've never seen one at this size have as strong an entrepreneurial spirit. There are so many things about how the culture and processes in the company that have helped maintain elements of what made the company a success from it's early days. I find many of the people I work with to be interesting and fun. Having worked in other industries, I found the pay to be higher for communications. The benefits package is solid, although I think there's room for creativity.","For an organization this large, the lack of defined processes can be overwhelming, but there's so much appetite for help in defining what those should be. As long as you look at it as an opportunity to create & build what doesn't exist, it can make it less scary. There is a culture around giving feedback for any & everything. Feedback in any context can sometimes be challenging to process, so I always suggest people look at it less as ""trying to get people on the bus, and seeing feedback as slowing you down,"" but to instead see it as ""everyone's already on the bus, and their feedback is trying to help you make the bus better.""",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12514,amazon,none," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE II,Stocks Diversity of work available Leadership principles,Misuse of Leadership principles when grading,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12515,amazon,none," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware of Burnout,"Innovating, fast paced, place to work","Often struggles with growing faster than management can handle, and lower leveled workers are overworked.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12516,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Dec 29, 2017",Former Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador,The 3 day weekend was great. Voluntary overtime was always a plus. Most managers treated all employees with respect.,They would put you on mandatory overtime and cancel it at the last second leaving you with no time to make plans or screw up your plans if you already rearranged your schedule.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12517,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Legal Assistant,It all depends on your team,"Amazon is full of opportunity. It can be an exciting, dynamic place to work where you learn a lot every day. Many teams at Amazon are flexible and provide supportive work environments with ample opportunities for career development and growth.","Your experience at Amazon depends entirely on your team. My team has an intense culture with an expectation of long working hours done at your desk, after-hours social event attendance, and low opportunity for career development. Ask a lot of questions in your interview about team hours, team culture, work from home policy within the team, and opportunities for growth. Also, hourly employees at corporate headquarters get half the amount of vacation as salaried employees.","More training and support for managers. More sick time so people don't come to work sick and share germs. Better vacation time, especially for hourly employees.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12518,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,perks,"working at amazon was pretty good for the most part, it was sometimes fun, benefits were great","a lot of guys trying to flirt, harassing at times, they over work you. if you fall back they don’t care about you. if you have a medical leave they sometimes take it but they sometimes don’t. 12 hour shift were hell. it’s only a 30 minute lunch! sometimes you don’t have time to eat! a lot of drama",don’t over work people,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12519,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping Associate,Shipping Associate,Good pay and the benefits,An inexperienced young management team,have some time to associate with your associates more than staying updating on the statistics on the computer.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P470.htm
12520,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,Its great working with the people there.,The pros to working here is that every three months you get 20 hours of unpaid time. Also the managers there and nice and helpful. Well the ones I've gotten there they have.,The challenges of working here would be that you can't make 3 mistakes because you can get a written and after the third one you will get fired.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12521,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon is only for those willing to work hard.,"Great pay  Amazing benefits  Stock plan  401k  very generous time off options(40h/year paid, 80h vacation/ year paid, 80h/year unpaid)+ medical/personal/military/maternity leave options  School accommodations (proof of enrollment required)  Career choice rogram  Great opportunity for advancement.  Guaranteed hours.","Work is ridiculously hard  Rates are adjusted for the average 75th percentile.  inventory is stowed chaotically  Very volatile schedule  frugality is taken to the extreme  no job security for outbound oriented work for direct path workers(rate garnering processes IE: picking, sort, Pack. etc..  Pick path algorithms not the most efficient often leading to unfair/unchangeable write ups up to termination.  The bureaucracy is sometimes overly excessive.","While being frugal can help to save a business money, it can, if taken to extremes, end up costing you more in the long run IE: repairing/replacing bins because you opted for cheaper corrugated bins rather than proper metal or strong plastic bins. cause less drift meaning you will have fewer virtual and physical mismatches meaning fewer ICQA hours wasted meaning more hours used to bring items in and put items out.  Work on associate relations. treating your associates correctly fosters a more positive and productive attitude. be more available and be in the mods more often. If the only time im ever gong to see you is at standup and when im in trouble, then my opinion of you will be far more negative and i'll be less likely to want to work hard or go out of my way for you.  Also one last thing, we are really, really bored on the floor. a small speaker system playing peppy music at moderately low volume would work wonders. better still a feature to allow us to request songs too. it would be a very significant boost to morale.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12522,amazon,"Moreno, Riverside, CA"," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound picker,"Open door policy, great break rooms and fast paced.",Management not very accessible & have more drinking fountains available on all 3 levels.,Have the training more universal.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12523,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Challenging work, flexibility to rotate roles",High stock component based pay,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12524,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Best Team to work with.,Excellent guidance by the seniors and very around is always willing to help. It is always fun to be here.,can’t think of any. Maybe more parties should be organized by the management and sometimes work from home too that it for now.,More parties maybe.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12525,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Order picker and pit driver,encouraged to try different tasks management and hr are approachable Acknowledged job preformce,15 minute breaks are not long enough.feel rushed.,"none, they have been trained well.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12526,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overwhelming,If you want a lot of hours during peak season you can get plenty.,This job was mind numbing. If you didn't reach 100 percent on certain job functions then it's a fast way out of the door. Long shifts.,I would have a longer lunch break.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12527,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Returns Associate,Returns Full Time Associate,"Pay is decent, Bonuses, benefits In returns, if you're lucky enough to avoid team and mech, the job is rather easy","Standing 8+ hours a day, the job is very repetitive and surprisingly exhausting. Management picks favorite and often picks on those they don't like, sexual harassment is unfortunately pretty common among coworkers, brown nosers excel here, rules don't apply to everyone.",Stop picking favorites. Actually do things fairly and don't approach one or two employees about the rules they break and blatantly walk past others while they're doing the same thing.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12528,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazing,You get paid every week,It is very bad on your feet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12529,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics Ambassador,Great environment to around.,work conditions could be better,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P471.htm
12530,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to start,You will learn so much,"High pressure environment, but it depends a lot on the team.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12531,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Provides Jobs,"This was a solid and consistent seasonal job I was able to get. You start immediately and get paid weekly! The pay is better than many other jobs, and there's no nonsense with having to deal with this personality and that personality. You go in there and do what you've got to do, and boom– you're out. I like that.","Can be hard on your feet. It takes a 1-3 weeks to get used to. But the pay helps you forget the workout you're having. And another thing, you're active! Being active should actually be a pro, but I put it here because this can be concerning for some, who aren't able to be as active I was. But it does help you be healthier. But I recommend getting good shoes and have a good breakfast and snacks and an energy sustaining lunch meal. Breaks could be longer.","Breaks and lunch time needs to be a bit longer. Obviously it shouldn't last forever, but it would be nice if I had an hour instead of 30 minutes. I'm fine with the breaktimes being 15 minutes though. Also, there need to be more prizes! Those are great for morale.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12532,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,It’s okay I guess,Interesting people to work with - you always get a good workout. You don’t even have to speak if you don’t want to haha,"Managers will never know who you are - HR is basically nonexistent and when they are, they are rude. No room for climbing that ladder. Such lazy coworkers.",It’s a warehouse job so they are doing what they can with hundreds of employees to manage.,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12533,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time Seasonal Sortation Associate,Part Time Seasonal Sortation Associate,- Super flexible schedule outside of holidays - Weekly pay,- Holidays are nuts - Flex schedule,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12534,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Reserves Customer Serive Associate,Able to set your own work hours. Work From Home (No Commute) Amazon provides computer/equipment. Able to work up to 60 hours a week. $10/Hourly. Great benefits for full time. Amazon discounts. They send you free stuff throughout your time there.,Have to schedule your own break. Team leads sometimes are unhelpful. Not really any help during training,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12535,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon is only for those willing to work hard.,"Great pay  Amazing benefits  Stock plan  401k  very generous time off options(40h/year paid, 80h vacation/ year paid, 80h/year unpaid)+ medical/personal/military/maternity leave options  School accommodations (proof of enrollment required)  Career choice rogram  Great opportunity for advancement.  Guaranteed hours.","Work is ridiculously hard  Rates are adjusted for the average 75th percentile.  inventory is stowed chaotically  Very volatile schedule  frugality is taken to the extreme  no job security for outbound oriented work for direct path workers(rate garnering processes IE: picking, sort, Pack. etc..  Pick path algorithms not the most efficient often leading to unfair/unchangeable write ups up to termination.  The bureaucracy is sometimes overly excessive.","While being frugal can help to save a business money, it can, if taken to extremes, end up costing you more in the long run IE: repairing/replacing bins because you opted for cheaper corrugated bins rather than proper metal or strong plastic bins. cause less drift meaning you will have fewer virtual and physical mismatches meaning fewer ICQA hours wasted meaning more hours used to bring items in and put items out.  Work on associate relations. treating your associates correctly fosters a more positive and productive attitude. be more available and be in the mods more often. If the only time im ever gong to see you is at standup and when im in trouble, then my opinion of you will be far more negative and i'll be less likely to want to work hard or go out of my way for you.  Also one last thing, we are really, really bored on the floor. a small speaker system playing peppy music at moderately low volume would work wonders. better still a feature to allow us to request songs too. it would be a very significant boost to morale.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12536,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Excellent Employer,"Allot of hours available to work, allot of opportunities to advance and to learn new skills.",Breaks are too short and watched too closely.,To have a more person to person level of relationship vs just a number feeling.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12537,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,Excellent benefits Great people Good pay,"During Peak, the hours can be tough but not terrible.",Stay grounded,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12538,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Amazon fc pay,Good benefits and great pay,Working in one spot for 10 hours,Step it up,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12539,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place for young go-getters.,"If you get a rush out of accomplishing things and having an impact, and have a naturally proactive and dominant personality, this is the company for you.","People who are less prone to take initiative, who require more guidance and direction on day to day stuff, or in general if you appreciate having hands on help where someone will ""teach you the ropes"", you will really struggle at Amazon. It's a jungle, and you eat what you kill.","The promotion process at your company is not what you envision it to be - the number one blocker for a high performer to get promoted is the aptitude of their manager in wiriting docs and pushing the process forward. You need to find ways to fix this, you're losing a measurable, sizable chunk of people to competitor companies because your process still doesn't factor that piece out effectively enough. Start asking some survey questions about this, get to the bottom of the data, and act.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P472.htm
12540,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place for young go-getters.,"If you get a rush out of accomplishing things and having an impact, and have a naturally proactive and dominant personality, this is the company for you.","People who are less prone to take initiative, who require more guidance and direction on day to day stuff, or in general if you appreciate having hands on help where someone will ""teach you the ropes"", you will really struggle at Amazon. It's a jungle, and you eat what you kill.","The promotion process at your company is not what you envision it to be - the number one blocker for a high performer to get promoted is the aptitude of their manager in wiriting docs and pushing the process forward. You need to find ways to fix this, you're losing a measurable, sizable chunk of people to competitor companies because your process still doesn't factor that piece out effectively enough. Start asking some survey questions about this, get to the bottom of the data, and act.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12541,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping and Receiving,Shipping & receiving,I like to work cause it batter to have your on and working handling your business,Downside of working is if you don't get enough sleep or eat you well be tired at work and if I don't have a ride that mean missing work and that's never good to miss work,"I love to work I work hard at a fast paced , good with employees always have a smile on my face and I take all over time",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12542,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,It is what it is!!,Most Flexible scheduling I have ever seen!,"No benefits, not much room for promotion or pay raise","Develop employees , and give them a monetary rewards to grow. Set up a pay raise system.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12543,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Scope of work, empowerment to make an impact","High pressure work environment, work-life balance is not great",Be more employee friendly,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12544,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"Fun place, nice benefits, seem to care for employees","Have to be fast, quality and quantity.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12545,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Physical Work Environment, It’s What You Make It","10 hour work days on your feet and a huge facility, mean if you’re looking to lose some weight, you will. Opportunity to advance fairly quickly for those that work hard. Four 10 hour days mean a good work/life balance. Pretty good work culture. Able to be exposed to a lot of product.","Depending on your assigned job, the work can be demanding or extremely monotonous. A lot of people work at the facility generally, so sometimes you’re made to feel like just a number, but the company does an okay job trying to alleviate that. Leadership could be more diverse.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12546,amazon,"Meriden, CT"," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Employee,"Great hourly pay, and weekly pay. Great to work in a diversified position with opportunities for overtime and the possibility of being hired full-time m","Long hours, and being informed that it be mandatory overtime. The online application was tedious with confusing emails to follow and not a direct person to assist with getting assistance to resolve.","I would suggest to management to streamline the online application form. And, to provide additional forms to complete at the hiring process where the pictures are taken, drug test is submitted. It must have taken at least half of both sessions for HR reps to assist those who had incomplete online applications during both orientation sessions. There should be 3 HR reps, one to present and 2 to assist individuals with applications. And, to ensure that there are timely day and night training schedules to accommodate everyone, including those with another job to prevent ant conflict.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12547,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,work and life balance are good.,someone will get PIPed even he or she worked here for less then one year,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12548,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Pay, bad work life bal",Pay is Good in industry,Long time work. And benefit is not so good.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12549,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Data center,"Company offers you pay in direct deposited money, not LEGO’s or rainbows.","Poor management, Base pay is not worth the travel, no knowledge of weather you’re going to be working at “your” location. Overall attitude is, “if you’re content with a company that doesn’t care about its employees, good luck”.","Find out what your dco techs even do for the company, give a raise for the trash they deal with, fire all management that hasn’t been a tech.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P473.htm
12550,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Writer,Thoughts of a writer about Amazon,Spread your name around the market.,Very little pay. Readers can access your books through the Amazon library checkout system. Advantageous to Amazon but puts writers into chains.,"Treat writers better, especially those that reach your Best Seller List.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12551,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Great health benefits , great managers",HR is not supportive of health needs,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12552,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,It was a great job while it lasted! A lot of overtime so I was compensated very well!,There really was not any!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12553,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - S Manager,"As advertised, great company, and you'll work hard","Uniformly bright people everywhere, focused on getting things done.",Fast pace and high expectations aren't for everyone.,Keep it up -- nothing succeeds like success.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12554,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Field Quality Engineer II,Awesome place to work!,"Excellent growth potential, good pay, excellent benefits, reasonably challenging, empowered to make decisions, good work/life balance.","Lack of consistency between many teams, overwhelming when you first join.","Better on-boarding experience, less reliance wikis! Better oversight of L7 managers from above. Clear advancement paths, uniform against all teams.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12555,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Last resort only,Decent pay for hours worked,Biased supervisors and uneven work load,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12556,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Fun job,The majority of the people were nice. I learned of new products. The day flew by as I was always busy. They offer voluntary time off in addition to sick days. There was opportunity for overtime. Peak season came with rewards and give aways.,You left really tired. Youth was favored especially in management. There was obvious favoritism. Building pallets was boring. Mandatory overtime. Training needs improvement for problem solvers.,There has to be equal rotation of individuals to strenuous jobs. Pushing rates higher leads to injuries. There has to be an acceptable safe level.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12557,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,rs life,"knowledgeable and helpful colleague, fast professional growth","fast pace, hard to balance life and work, average benefits",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12558,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fired,Give great hours. Some nice people employed. Some are rude.,They will fire you for any reason they fill fit. They don't give second chances. They have no control over night shift the Ambassadors also PA's that are threw the company do not help on any lines. No matter how backed up the lines are. The people who run the warehouse are the worst on the night shift and they hire any and every body. Even felons. They also take things people say to serious.,You should talk to people before you fire them. You should talk to the people involved in a verbal conversation together before you let one go. Instead of lieing to people saying your investigating and your not. Everyone is not out to harm or hurt people. Some times people just get ticked off fast due to Amazon not doing there job.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12559,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Mixed review,Convenient scheduling. Short sort shifts which are relatively easy. Work is not hard at all. A lot of efficiency at the sort center.,"HR department is not equipped to deal with the volume of employees they hire. Disorganized training & if you have any issues it is almost impossible to reach someone who can help you. Most HR issues are routed to call centers where it's difficult to understand because English is not first language & they often tell you the complete opposite information than what is given by contact people at the sites. I worked there 3 years ago and now and I can say things were way more organized and people were a lot more approachable in the past, There seems to be a downfall of management, especially at the HR level. Workers are sometimes rude & ignorant. Managers seem to focus more on the e people who work hard most of the time and have one mistake or down moment. Sometimes it seems they are afraid to address staff who are chronically lazy, loud or rude. I have seen managers address staff for being 1 minute late back from break on the farthest lane only to walk by several more employees after the fact walking in way later with no consequence. I have also encountered managers standing around chatting and complaining about staff being ""stupid"" and talking about how much they want to go home. I would have reported it to HR however they were standing right at the desk & didn't raise an eyebrow so I didn't figure it mattered. It is not motivating to see that.","Perhaps a weekly meeting with management team (this probably does happen) but it just seems that no one is ever on the same page. You can ask 6 different managers a question and get 6 widely different answers,",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P474.htm
12560,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Representative,World Class Company,Excellent people to work with. Fast paced.,Training can be a bit more focused.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12561,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Collaborative yet independent environment, cares about employees",High demands can be stressful to some,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12562,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,One of the Best Places I've Ever Worked,"You'll work in a collaborative environment. Leadership allows you to be creative and highly encourage it! Leadership principles is more than a mission, it's Amazon's lifestyle!!! Major room to grow and navigate to other positions throughout the company.","Very fast pace environment. Not your traditional 9 to 5, due to having to engage people who may be in other parts of the world.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12563,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Web Services,"Vast field of subject areas to be curious and learn, flexibility and access to learn and contribute, talented peer group",Very large organization with multi group initiatives for single cause,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12564,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best place to work,learn & grow","-Best minds to work with -Leadership Principles - Breath, live and work with these principles - Extremely helpful to work as a one big team -You own your career progression & growth","Nothing comes to mind as con's but people perceive the Peer pressure as a Con. Because you have best talents in every team, everyone keeps raising the bar and there is always peer pressure to stay up with the team. Don't get it wrong, the team members are always willing to help you as long as you are willing to learn & grow - That's what our Leadership Principle (Earn Trust) suggests as well.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12565,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager - Supply Chain,"1. High impact of your work to customers and to financials. 2. Good work environment: My team and the other teams that I have worked with have friendly people an people willing to support and help. In Amazon, you need to be able to be self-sufficient and don't depend too much on being hand hold. However, if you have questions or issues, your manager and colleagues seems to always be willing to help 3. Just the feeling of being part of one of the best companies in the world is great.","1. It is complicated organization due to its size, complicated, not very user friendly systems, and very decentralized nature of the organization 2. Usually there are multiple teams charged to perform similar work which might create unnecessary competition and lot of waste. Despite being a frugal company, we can do better in aligning teams and missions 3. There are very few dashboards and cubes. Amazon depends too heavily on people creating and running their own SQLs (instead of a self-serve cube) and static PDF reports.","Ensure that the teams are more aligned and improve the BI strategy to make it more self-serve, less BIE dependent, and less data redundancies (there are duplicated DBs everywhere)",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12566,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Associate,Amazon is an awesome place to work at.,"The amenities are amazing. The break room is awesome, and training is great.",Unfortunately its seasonal and sometimes they dont hire very many people.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12567,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Translation Specialist,Translation Specialist,"Many opportunities for professional development and growth, great training resources, outstanding benefits",I have not experienced any cons yet.,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12568,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,"Experienced a lot of growth, change, and endless opportunities.","Always a lot of movement, adapting, skill building, and ability to use your best judgement to alleviate complex issues and barriers.","Depending upon the level of management you’re in it can be difficult to find someone to help you grow and become focused on development that is fitting for you, not them.",Be more open to the ideas of those around you. Always keep in touch with those you’ve worked with throughout the years.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12569,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company in the world,"Excellent training sessions, you feel like you are back in college. Great support from managers and coworkers. Culture . Diverse workforce. Flexible schedules. Commute options/ free bus rides, carpool via scoop. You can bring your dog to work. Appearance is important in most company, that does not apply to Amazon. People can dress up casual and comfortable. No more trips to the dry cleaner.!!",Parking spaces are limited Paid parking pass takes a few months to get it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P475.htm
12570,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Lousy Training,Benefits on day 1. Coworkers were cool.,Terrible training. Inconsistent information from management on policy and procedures. Tools given to do your job don’t function. You are still responsible to troubleshoot Sellers issues while pretending you know what you are talking about. Terrible Seattle commute to top it all off. No work life balance and you are micromanaged.,"Be willing to dive deep when the associates ask you questions, instead of saying “I don’t know. Ask another AA.”",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12571,amazon,"New York, NY"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,"A company where literally the sky is the limit. It does anything and everything and allows to internally transfer and try out new things. The leadership principles are as real as it gets and the company measures everything against them, which makes what's expected of you as an employee much more clear. Customers are truly the center of everything. The best school for that.","Possibly getting too big, and it's getting harder to make a real difference.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12572,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Prepare to be leveled down, and have a one-way relationship with leadership","Off the top, if you stand your ground from day one you'll be taken care of and (1) earn what you're worth, (2) get the projects that will make your name.","Expect an interview bait and switch. Interview you at L7, offer you L6, for instance. Frugal = corporate low balling. The good news is that manager/employee tenure is so low you'll end up in an endless cycle of ""prove you can perform"" to a new manager and end up in ""promotion/compensation jail"". The corporate artifacts and culture are propped up to be unique--Amazon has the same politics and problems everyone else has.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12573,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - CSA Work From Home,CSA work from home,Working from home. Flexible Schedule. Great Management. Support is always there and questions are always answered.,None that I can think of.,Your doing Awesome!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12574,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Some hate it, most love it","Benefits, fast-paced, promote from within, perks during busy times of year, incentives to excel.","Long hours, repetitive work, little to no training.","Move people around in each department every period to offset the mundane, train new employees instead of letting them sink or swim, acknowledge employees that go above and beyond more often.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12575,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is good if you care about customers and your impacts,"Best Technology Company to work for if you are passionate about helping customers directly and quickly. Dev to Customer distance is short, very short. Your individual impact can be seen at real time.",Back-stabbing culture still exists among many old timer employees due to the infamous PIP policy. Not sure it's gone yet. Always a nightmare hovering above many folks.,"Listen directly and deeply into frontline fighter employees, squeeze the middle layers of managers.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12576,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics Coordinator,Day to day.,Good company for someone who is open minded and driven. Multicultural work environment. A different problem to solve weekly if not daily.,Pace can be a little challenging. Not a place for people that need to take a minute to reflect before doing.,You need to slow down to keep a head and listen to the customer both internal and external.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12577,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Analyst,"Work culture, benefits, salary, activities",mandatory hours during the peak season,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12578,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Good working environment for me.,No free food. We pay our lunch.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12579,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company but work too hard,definitely a good company. you work with smart people.,kind of feel overwhelmed everyday.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P476.htm
12580,amazon,"Farmers Branch, TX"," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Part Time Package Handler,BEST!,"Paid weekly! VERY COOL work environment, and laid back.",There are zero cons. Its a great place!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12581,amazon,"Remote, OR"," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Mixed,"Nice culture, very friendly people","Policies are strict, micromanagement",Be more flexible,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12582,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - IOL DWELL MANAGEMENT PROBLEM SOLVE,"Super simple just for most just the scheduling can be a bit blah,",Awesome and completely affordable health benefits,Peak Time mandatory overtime schedules,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12583,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Amazon picker,"- pays more than minimum wage - outside of mandatory overtime, you'll work 10 hours a day for 4 days a week, meaning you theoretically get three days off per week","- punishing quotas - physically grueling, 10 to 20 miles of walking every day on concrete floors - every process is so automated and impersonal that you have to be a little bit of a robot yourself if you want to meet expectations - high turnover, everyone is disposable",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12584,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Ads,ok,"well known company, very educational",overworked and huge expectations for position,manage loads,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12585,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Great pay during the holidays.,Long hours I currently work 10 hrs a day.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12586,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,so far so good,"fast pacing, no politics, great innovations",so far so good. no complains.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12587,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place to develop and grow,- Able to lead large national/global activities - Management leads by example - Clear guidance when needed by leaders,- Industry best practices are sometimes not followed,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12588,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Fufillment Associate,Good job,I made a decent amount of money,I had to wake up at 4 am,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12589,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Great Culture,"Extremely customer focused, high technical bar.","Growing too fast, 80% of employees have less than 2 years in the company.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P477.htm
12590,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Jan 14, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Wrongful Termination/Write Ups - Amazon Uses People For Peak Season,Good At Making You Feel As If The Job IS Secure When In Truth It Is Not,"Not A Secure Job With Career Advancement & Wrongful Termination/Write Ups For Low Productivity Which Amazon Is At Fault For (i.e. Bad Freight, Packed Pods, Bad Mixture Of Products)",Don't Use People & Don't Wrongfully Terminate Or Write Someone Up For Something Which Is Clearly Related To Amazon Not The Employee Which Effects Their Rates & Productivity,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12591,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,DONT DO IT,"VTO. If their isn’t enough work, you can just leave.","Everything. You get treated like garbage, work like a slave, starting pay is barely enough to make ends meet. You expect to go in for 5hrs a shift, you get told to go home in 3.",Fire mngmnt. Start from the top. Some awful human beings.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12592,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,CSA,None to give at this time,"Micromanging even need to log if you have an itch in your throat , go to bathroom etc in 4 different places.  Way underpaid  Overkill with all the messaging and forums and 50 step logins and 3 company phone huddles daily  Tech issues galore that impeed training process yet you get infractions if running late  Horrible hours, I had a better work life balance working outside home  They need to take a lesson from Google and care for employees as much as their customers or it is going downhill really fast. Plus a happy and cared for employee is happier on phone, provides better cs, etc. It will help your company and your pocket to Jeff, so think of it that way. Since that is all you really care about.","Speak up to higher ups to improve process, I am in training and spoke up, it will make life better for all down the line.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12593,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Legal Assistant,Legal Assistant,"Competitive Salary, decent health benefits","inconsistencies throughout various policies, poor communication, unreliable leadership, and ego","You've mastered customer obsession but lost the importance of treating your employees with respect. take ownership of this mistake and develop new methods to have decent retention within the company instead of a revolving door of new hires. I have been consistently disappointed with the lack of respect shown throughout the company. Leadership is unreliable and selfish. The ability to grow within the company is completely dependent on management and when management doesn't care to understand your interests it makes this difficult. Not everyone is fit to be a manager, be more cautious of who you put in such positions.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12594,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair,Fun sometimes and good for beginning,Engineering management does care about employees,none,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12595,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,If you have a family - RUN AWAY,"A lot to learn, money is good, and Seattle is a beautiful place to live.","Work life balance. If you have children this is not a company for you. An example of the child-like culture is they have a ""bring your parents to work day"". My family was having medical issues and management wouldn't budge on working with me and my schedule. In fact, they pushed me harder for deliverables despite the fact I had issues at home that were obviously a priority. Ultimately you will be made to feel you should choose between family and the job. I also found that due to the culture mindset a lot of other companies do not like or shy away from hiring people from Amazon. So while Amazon might seem sexy short term, long term, maybe not so much.",None. Obviously what you're doing is working for you. Best of luck.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12596,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Client Manager,Best job I've ever had,Autonomy Brilliant colleagues Constant forward momentum Heavily resourced,Removed leadership no hand holding ramps can be vague,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12597,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation Associate,"Good company to work for, available overtime!",High Turnover Rate... Need to offer more training.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12598,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Senior Technical Program Manager,"Intelligent colleagues, cutting-edge technologies, good compensation.",Stressful. Inefficient at times. Poor organization.,"Set some time aside to grow your people. I don't think middle management gets it,",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12599,amazon,"Santa Clarita, CA"," Dec 25, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Just too big,"A very ambitious company, with brilliant colleges and of course very good paid. It’s huge to play a role in a main department","Too big to feel self importance , but is very common among these big comps. And sometimes work overtime is beyond my tolerance",Just listen more,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P478.htm
12600,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,learning ambasador,alot lot of enthusiasm fuplace to workn,stanging on feet all day,none,3.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12601,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 27, 2017",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Great pay for the work / Don't appreciate employees,They pay you wonderfully for the job that you'll be doing,"They forget that their employees are humans and have accidents and have things happen in their life, then penalize them for missing days if a family member died or was sick. They won't work with military families.","Appreciate your employees more, and maybe then maybe employees wont leave and you'll have a better turn around rate.",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12602,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,An amazing team of individuals and they truly strive to be the best for each other,Minimal support from other departments within Amazon,Provide better communication and allow more collaboration and cooperation from other essential departments,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12603,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,Great benefits and flexible schedule.,Age bias for management positions.,Be better listeners and promote your best and brightest.,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12604,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Worst place to work as SWE. If you get their offer, just run away.",- Talented co-workers - Good Tech stack,Way too many cons - Zero work life balance - Employees are treated like disposable items - Micromanagement all the time - Managers shows no respect to employees,"Realize that some of us have family and kids and work isn't everything, otherwise it will be impossible for you to attract good talents. Stop hiring people are your level so you can outperform them and get promoted.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12605,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Okay place to work unless you have an emergency without time left,Decent pay with increases for night shift and weekends 4 Day work weeks Easy Job Employee Discount at 10% off first $1000 worth of purchases on items sold by Amazon,Mandatory overtime pushes you from 40 hour weeks to 60 hours HR will fire you if you are negative time off even if its only an hour because of a family emergency,Cut your employees some slack with their time off and cut down the overtime unless you want more people to fall asleep behind the wheel of a car,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12606,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Product Manager,"Challenging problems to solve, and a rewarding experience.","Innovation and ownership is highly valued. Amazon is solving some challenging problems, so there’s a great opportunity to learn in almost any team.","Sometimes the work life balance might suffer, especially around deliverable deadlines, product launches, etc. Other than that, I think it’s fun working for Amazon.","Keep on doing the great work. As an improvement, I’d like to see more emphasis being put on work life balance.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12607,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Good people to work with,Friendly environment with good schedule,I don't have any yet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12608,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,Benefits need improvement,"Fast pace, learn skills that are valued by other tech companies. Pay is good if the stock value keeps going up and you got the stocks few years ago.","Location. Hard to commute into Seattle downtown or SLU. SLU has no proper public transit that would not require changing of bus. Parking is limited and you have to pay 150 dollars per month for parking. That's a lot. Management strongly discourages working from home even though that would help solve the commute problem or at least make it less miserable.  Managers also want everyone to work regular hours so that you commute during the worst rush hour. No flexible hours.  401k match almost non-existent.  ""Holiday"" season is not something to look forward. You will be working like crazy and on call.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12609,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Biz Dev for AWS,"Leading company in our space (cloud), lots of excitement. Working with super sharp people.","Although I manage my own schedule, there are times that the high tempo can be tiring. Still, I'd prefer this hands-down to the opposite, lack of business.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P479.htm
12610,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Biz Dev for AWS,"Leading company in our space (cloud), lots of excitement. Working with super sharp people.","Although I manage my own schedule, there are times that the high tempo can be tiring. Still, I'd prefer this hands-down to the opposite, lack of business.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12611,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Program Manager,I like the level of end-to-end Ownership,Culture experience varies widely by org,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12612,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked there for 6 months,"Able to change projects freely, opinions respected, great managers",None that I can think of.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12613,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's okay,"Benefits on day one, the work isn't too hard, and the pay is pretty good.",It gets hot. Some favoritism depending on the manager.,Actually listen to what the associates say.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12614,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good pay but not challenging in the right way,Pay and benefits are pretty good Work from home is useful,Review process very one-sided Pager duty kills work/life balance Work often turns into mindless paperwork Strong emphasis on looking busy,"Take employee feedback better into account, make changing teams easier",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12615,amazon,"Milwaukee, WI"," Dec 9, 2017",Former Employee - Director of Operations,Direct of Operations,Fast paced cutting edge environment. Opportunity to build and lead large teams. Surrounded by incredible talent and desire to deliver results.,Top down driven company. Opportunity to independently operate and create ideas was growing limited towards the end of my employment. Very demanding career and environment. Quality of life often suffered.,Listen more to the operators at the FC level. Give them more autonomy. Respect quality of life more.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12616,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Area Maintenance Manager,Good place to work,Great pay and benefits climate controlled,long hours fast paced very demanding,Recognize talent focus on retention,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12617,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon's a great place to work!,"Opportunity to learn and grow is immense. If you want to learn about various aspects of a business, here's the place you want to be!",Work-life balance - It's up to you to manage this!,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12618,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,TBD,Reasonable process of hw development. Value innovations,"Retention of good engineers, ranking of the employees.",Value the experiences of engineers,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12619,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Amazing amazonian spirit and team environment,very over crowded work space,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P480.htm
12620,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast moving, great for self motivated people who don't mind a little chaos","Green field, opportunity to solve complex problems that have never been dealt with before. Self driven people will find ample opportunity to grow, movement within the company is supported. Challenging and fast moving... automation, automation, automation, it's the only way to keep up.","If you like a lot of process and are task driven, you may find this environment frustration.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12621,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Where not to work.,"Hire anybody, no skills needed.","Excessive walking/almost running to break room, bathroom, lunch, time clocks and back to work stations. Jobs are labor intensive and long hours--minimum 10 hours",Managers do not know how to manage personnel.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12622,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,DMI2 - waste of time!,You get tiny a paycheck. Sort of a fixed schedule. They may change it (and they will) at any point.,"DMI2 is overstaffed of sortation associates, so much that they are going to send you home early frequently, not completing your minimum 20hrs/week. Extra hours / over-time? forget it!  They will not show you how you use their equipment, you have to figure it out yourself. You would expect at least to shadow someone.  Their attendance point system is useless, you will get hit with points against you even if they “requested a ticket”.  Not enough parking.  High turnover","Stop hiring people if you don't need them! Shut down the place, it’s a complete mess. You should know better Amazon..",1.0,none,none,none,1.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12623,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,inventory Associate,"Benefits, free coffee and hot chocolate","Too many to list, dirty, they do not care about people or safety",Keep pursuing the almighty dollar,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12624,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Very associate driven. Goal oriented. Will work with you to acheiver goals and progress quickly. Prefers to promote within.,No cons to disclose at this time.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12625,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Dec 23, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Fulifillment,"Good pay, benefits are low cost for employees. Holiday pay, time off, vacation, employee discounts, nice coworkers, school accommodation, employee's get company stock after 1 year","Work is hard sometimes, you have short breaks and you have to walk 10 minutes to get back to standup before you start back work.",Don't do long term employees bogus. everybody falls of focus give people second chances.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12626,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Good people and direct superiors to work with, good benefits too.",HR is painful to work with. Takes weeks to get anything done. Communication between local and corporate HR is a joke.,HR needs an overhaul.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12627,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Support Engineer,Great career exposure and experience,No cons really if you're starting at entry level,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12628,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,the job is very awesome,there are no cons to this job really,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12629,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Trainer,I love my job,Everyone is willing to teach you new things,I wish we could go in earlier and get out earlier,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P481.htm
12630,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pay,Good for the amount of work you do,Need soft shoes so your feet wont cramp,More punctuation on attendance policies would be helpful.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12631,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Wear House Worker,Great place to work,On 4 days off 3 days are awsome. They are wonderful. Management is great and very friendly/ Benefits are great too Most coworkers are really good people with great personalities.,pay sucks. A billion dollar company could afford to pay its workers a little better than 12.25 per hour. Some coworkers are lazy. Some are complete jerks.,Keep doing what your doing,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12632,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Sorter,Fun,"Not long shifts though, so if you need extra cash in addition to a FT it is good to go!","Hard work, no always very organized, but it is a busy place.",Be better prepared when your employees come ready to work for the day or night shift.\,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12633,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Pay is good, get benefits on day one, stock, retirement, health, vision.","Far drive, HR was a mess that year. You work 10 hours in a day. Then during November to Janurary it gradually goes up to 60 hours a week.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12634,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,"Waste of time, not worth it..",Easy job and weekly pay.,"Lack of communication, pay rate, distance,was unable to work a full schedule due to"" business needs""","To much favoritism, learn to communicate more directly, Be more open and honest withb employees",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12635,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Ops Administrative,Great place to work - as long as you are a hard worker!,"They really do like to have fun! Also, excellent benefits, stock units, company discount online - and monthly bonuses are great! If you like to work, this is the place for you. Hard work is appreciated, expected, and rewarded. TONS of learning opportunities. Upward mobility for those who aim for it. Break rooms have lots of great, affordable options.","If you can't be on time, don't bother applying. You have to be dedicated. I really don't have any cons. When reading reviews, take into consideration the tone in which they are written. The majority of the ""con"" issues I have read is from disgruntled associates who can't manage their time or goof off at work and wonder why their managers call them out on it.","Keep rewarding good workers. Also, hold people accountable when they aren't doing their work.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12636,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Dec 9, 2017",Former Employee - ICQA and Packer,Amusement Park,"Loved the people, the hours I could pick, fun job for me, something always going on from totes above your head going one place or another, reminded me of a roller coaster, always something going on, great benefits.","neatness in packing didn't matter, styressful demands on time limits",Get rid of some of the lazy full timers that abuse their time management and stand around doing nothing,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12637,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Tech I RME,Awesome Company,"Good pay Good benefits, Clean environment",Communication of standards and expectations needs improvement.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12638,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its a job,The pay is okay for the work,Have not worked long enough to find cons,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12639,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Pathways,Pathways Operations Manager,Signing bonus and relocation allowance.,Everything you hear is true.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P482.htm
12640,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Sorter,worked 20 hrs a week.,"Easy simple work, friendly managers, occasinal giveaways during the season.","Not a lot of advancement, short hours, $ 10/hr and working 4 hrs a day was not enough",Create longer shifts for employees.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12641,amazon,"Fargo, ND"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - SDS Associate,"Great for me, not for everyone","Great benefits and flexibility, great coworkers, you are responsible for your own advancement/performance.","The job is not for everyone. The training and nesting process are fast-paced, and inherently designed to weed out those that wont' survive in production. It sounds harsh, but it takes a certain personality/ wherewithal to do the job well, progress, and enjoy it day to day. The biggest con is the fact that this is not presented up-front when people get hired. There is not a lot of hand-holding once you're out of the few weeks of training. You need to be tech-savvy, quick-thinking, and have good problem-solving abilities to flourish in the SDS department.","Work harder to provide support to new hires. I have spent time working with several new hire classes, and have seen many people with great potential submit their resignations because they just didn't get enough support from management during those crucial first few weeks. Work harder to ensure that new hires are supported and their concerns/questions addressed to avoid losing good people.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12642,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Warehouse Associate,It's not bad.,"Great pay, never short on hours, good benefits, most of the staff is chill, fast paced, time flies, lots of exercise, simple jobs.","Train improperly (almost to set you up for failure). Have to meet a quota, very tight work space.","Find better trainers. My trainer set us up for failure. She told us we could fix missing, hazardous, damaged, etc...codes ourselves, she told us to scan our POO while it is on the role, she said it didn't matter how we put the POO on the box. She didn't tell us how to place the boxes on the belt. She misinformed a few of us in the group of the location to meet before shift. She seemed to have a problem with anyone that had a question or concern. Luckily, I'm a fast learner and watching the more experienced workers around me helped.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12643,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEII,"New adventure, smart people, culture","Work-life balance, working condition, management",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12644,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Your team defines experience, but great company to work for!","Lots of mobility, opportunity to excel and you'll be pushed to improve and better yourself.","Can be a little cutthroat, people who are shy can get lost or left behind.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12645,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,"Health benefits, PTO, UPT and paid vacation.","Subpar management, way too much favoritism","Try doing your jobs and to the best of your abilities, considering how much work you demand of everyone else.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12646,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Dec 23, 2017",Former Employee - I C Q A,amazon fulfillment,"the pro's working or this company is the rate o pay, the benefits, and the opportunity to get lots o overtime.","the cons is no compassion for the worker, you are only a number and thus means expendable very shaky structure for employer employee relationship","petition the actual headquarters, to take into consideration o all its employees and their individual needs. do away with the extreme rate system, or at least review it and compose a change in workers moral.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12647,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"great benefits, good pay, consistent, room for growth, stocks","high school drama, based on favoritism",hire within the company,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12648,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great company Transparent management Career encouragement Personal and Professional growth,It can be hard to communicate with other team management and departments outside of your own.,Keep up the great work! Availability or open dialogue with other employees from different teams and departments would be great especially for those who want to grow under the company's umbrella.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12649,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,"Working with great people, making great things!","If you find the right team, everything can fall into place. I have great coworkers, we work on interesting challenges, my work/life balance can be whatever I want it to be. My career growth opportunities are tied to my performance, not tenure like at my previous company. My job function is respected and I have been able to become an expert in my field.","I've been on other teams where I didn't feel as empowered about my career, what I was working on, and the work load was no manageable.",Keep in mind that internal attrition says something too.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P483.htm
12650,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,"Working with great people, making great things!","If you find the right team, everything can fall into place. I have great coworkers, we work on interesting challenges, my work/life balance can be whatever I want it to be. My career growth opportunities are tied to my performance, not tenure like at my previous company. My job function is respected and I have been able to become an expert in my field.","I've been on other teams where I didn't feel as empowered about my career, what I was working on, and the work load was no manageable.",Keep in mind that internal attrition says something too.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12651,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Great benefits. Awesome pay. Good schedules.,Hot warehouse needs more ventilation.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12652,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,7+ years and more to go,1) Smart people.  2) Learning growth  3) Flexibility in moving between teams/orgs.,One side effect of having really really smart people is the team is that the environment becomes really competitive.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12653,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard and make history is there motto.,The discounts are garbage but they put alot of effort to employee development. They have a learning path to help you achieve you goals,Very fast pace during peak season. You standing up for 10 to 12 hours a day or walking around for that whole time,Show more flexibility in the hard job we all have,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12654,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,always allow for room to grow,when it comes to the flex program not always available.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12655,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Pantry Associate,No!,"Depends on who is reading this. They will hire anyone. You have medical insurance on day one though, as long as you are a full-time employee.","Everything else. The culture there is pathetic. The pay sucks considering the bull you have to put up with. Expect to hear your rates every hour (which seems to increase constantly). Rates, that's all they care about. Your a robot, not a human being. I have not been there but 5 months, but most people leave after a month (if they don't leave after the first week). I was told they have a 300%turnover rate? Not sure if that is correct, but I can see how it could be true.",Care about anything other than yourself.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12656,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Inbound,Very toxic workplace,Hours and pay are reliable.,Workers find ways to sneak and be constant bullies to make themselves comfortable at work.,Don't slack off or join any toxic situations.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12657,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst place,None that I caN think of,Management no room for advancement,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12658,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,The Most Customer centric company in the world!,"Whats not to like about amazon, we are solving some of the best problems in the world, going above and beyond for customers, working with the smartest of the bunch and working on cutting edge technology",Career development can sometime be slow and not the best perks in the world,"Employers are customers as well, embrace that more.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12659,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A good place to learn and grow, not for everyone.","-Solid Leadership Principles. -Once you're in, plenty of opportunities to learn and grow doing different things throughout the company, across teams and countries. -Solid income and stock. -Attracts a lot of cool people.","-The company is huge and continues to grow, so it can be difficult to make quick progress, even on ""agile"" teams. -I have actually cried (not at my desk, but in a locker room), due to a combination of systemic failings and poor leadership. At the time, I didn't feel empowered to get help from the right teammates in order to address the root cause of the problem, and I felt both helpless and like I let my team down. Not every team is like that one, perhaps these bad situations are inevitable in a big company. -Some managers can be stingy about time off or work travel expenses, which makes employees who value frugality (like myself) feel guilty.","-Managers should be given more time and incentive to ensure they're regularly meeting and engaging with direct reports, and accessible to reports further down the chain. -Management should give employees more consistent recognition (some managers do this, some don't) in front of their co-workers and skip levels (in my current org, our director devotes several minutes to positive callouts from managers about individual team members and their progress, which is great). -There should be more systematic incentive and cultural encouragement to work cross-functionally and across orgs to prevent teams from working in silos. There are so many missed opportunities and chances to be creative, but leaders get too focused on success in their own areas. -HR could use more love. I know it's a big company, but--it would be worth it to make the seemingly small body of HR partners more accessible to employees.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P484.htm
12660,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,customer service rep/ large items rep,"3 days off, easy, loved my co-workers and managers, flexible schedule and a ton of pt and upt","they change things a lot, other than that nothing",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12661,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Central Flow Lead,Can be great for younger people,Good once you get past tier 1 or out of a warehouse. Good benefits from day 1 as a regular employee. Tuition Assistance after 1st year. Pay a little higher than same job at other companies for general labor.,Does not hire to abilities for older job seekers. Brings in college graduates to manage people who have no people skills A LOT. HR responds to employees is generally negative or when you ask for help they might begrudgingly do it. Older employees have to work harder for advancement. BLACKOUT for holiday season from Black Friday to Christmas Day. No pay increase for learning new skills in same level. No true standard of work.,Actually LISTEN to employees when they have concerns. Help all employees on advancement process. Utilize skills of experienced employees.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12662,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Work hard and it pays off.,Easy to move up the chain. Don’t be scared to work hard to get where u want to get. They notice the people who put work into the company.,Hard on your body when your the low man on the totem pole. Breaks could be a little longer not scan to scan.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12663,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Truly an environment for hard workers!,extra hours during peak season hard work is rewarded! slackers are unappreciated :),"Not really a con for me, but you need to have the initiative to learn.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12664,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,process guide,3 day work week for back half nights 4 days off 36 hours 72 bi weekly,poor management nobody knows what the standards are and if you have a question they never know the answer or tell you to ask HR and then HR Tells you to ask your management.,get trained,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12665,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Inventory Control Associate,You are only a body in a sea of bodies.,"The pay is better than working at Walmart, but till you start you do not realize you will earn every penny. You can roll out of bed and come to work in your pj's. You can pick the area you would like to work at daily.","I took this position as a bandaid while I was interviewing for a professional position. But that being said I went in with every desire to do my very best, and hopefully move up in the company... it's Amazon! Well, that dream was quickly crushed. After four days of ""training"", I was put on the floor of the brand new CVG 9 sort facility. Because of my skill set and computer experience I was advised to go to ICQA. My first full week I was shocked, I had no idea how ANYONE ever actually received a package from Amazon. I went in every day and was told no.... we're not doing it that way today. When I would question that insane changes from day to day.... they told me ""Welcome to Amazon"". I worked there for over three and half months. PA's and Managers never bother to learn your name, because you may not be there tomorrow, so why bother. You are nothing but a body. Even though I worked extremely hard and honestly wanted to do my best I was never once thanked, praised, or appreciated. Not once. I think I was so shocked because I have always had professional positions, I expected because of the pay that the respect and appreciation would be there. It was a truly humbling experience and I'm so sad for everyone that has to go there each day so Jeff Bezos can have a few more billion dollars. The paycheck hits your bank account every week, but that's it. Revolving Door is what you will find here.","You need some serious human experience training. Stop treating ""associates"" like bodies. Most people find an area they feel comfortable in and stay there. I worked in ICQA for the entire time I was there. No one learned my name, said thank you, great job. I never once met my ""supervisor"" One of the most saddest points of my life was working for you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12666,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT,"good pay, stock, benefits, opportunities",hidden HR policy enable mistreating employee too much politics utilizing foreign (indian) workers to leverage sweatshop mentality,support the communities and have transparent HR policies,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12667,amazon,"Warrenton, VA"," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Don't believe the scare stories!!! I love it!,"Work at Home, Schedule flexibility, Independence, Computer/phone/headset provided, Plenty of Overtime and Time-off opportunities, Endless ways to find help with with any issue.",The anxious feeling from that first phone call!,"None, what-so-ever! Every company has management with different personalities. I really lucked out and got a wonderful manager!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12668,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Work with true Cloud Experts,- Great learning environment - Team Flexibility - Great Corporate Culture,- Ramp up is steep depending on your background,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12669,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Abassador,"Great management, rapid promotion ability. If you're full time the benefits are awesome.",All corporate issues and requests for days off are routed through a call center across the world meaning the connections are bad and spend an hour repeating yourself every day. The staff is a mixed bag some people are awesome friends for life some people threaten to shoot you.,Not much the management sees all and are constantly working to make the place better for everyone.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P485.htm
12670,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Accountant Executive,Account Executive Advertising,"A lot of smart people, unlimited opportunities to learn and grow. Competitive pay and benefits.",It's huge and growing. Can feel a bit anonymous and one is a large crowd. Competitive environment.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12671,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Development role review,* Surrounded by hard working and smart people. * A lot to grow and learn * Hey bring your dogs,* Teams can be entirely different from each other so figure out what you sign up to is important. * Some teams can have really heavy oncall load,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12672,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Fast pace, innovative, young, opportunities.","Young management with low tenure, career growth challenging, work/life harmony.",Invest in current workforce by developing and mentoring through career planning and advancement.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12673,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Amazon's culture fosters innovation,"The culture at Amazon is amazing. I've never known a company so focused on doing the right thing for the customer as Amazon. Amazon seems to hire with a strong onus towards ownership, which ensures its employees never say ""that's not my job."" Amazon's environment promotes innovation and fosters creativity with a culture that embraces failure and learns from it.","Strong Ownership can lead to teams taking on more work than they can handle, leading to pressure to perform and over-work. This means it's imperative to know when to say ""No.""","Ensure you understand your team's capacity, and utilize tools/people (like TPMs) to help guide your roadmap without over-committing.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12674,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Indirect f2f employer,The managers help you learn your job well,It's physically demanding and long hours,Keep being hands on,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12675,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,All Day Standing.,"Great benefits, Friendly people. Fun atmosphere","4 stories high in most cases, and to clock out for lunch you have to walk to the ground floor. Then either to eat lunch you had break rooms on the ground floor or the 2nd & 4th floors had a sitting area to eat.","If some people need to use the elevator to get up and down from floor to floor to walk easier..and perhaps extra padding at the workstation. Possible to let them stand barefooted at their working stations, From time to time (Shoes on if you leave your station)",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12676,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Normal,Good pay and nice hours,"Boring at times, especially in the warehouse","Add some incentives when it comes to work, this way employees work to something besides their paycheck",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12677,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Smartest people I know who just get stuff done without politics,speed of doing stuff lack of bureaucracy career growth insanely smart people no BS environment. No politics,"See above - re: Smartest people. Always have to bring your ""a"" game or someone will call you out on it. but that is actually good. different teams have different cultures so make sure you know which team you will be on",Pay us more - google and facebook are always knocking on my door and throwing money at me,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12678,amazon,"Hawthorne, CA"," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Part Time,Seasonal warehouse associate,Part time guarantee if you show up and need to work there,They try to make you believe they appreciate you buying food or gift cards but no knows what's going on,Really appreciate the hard worker not the kiss up to get that ambassador or beyond jobs the owner should show up once a year to see what going on and take advice from the lower staff,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12679,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Treat you like garbage,Nothing great about the company,They work you to death. They also don't care if you already had another job. They will change your schedule and not care that you got this job as a part time job for extra income. 5 day shifts 4 hours a shift. Just doesn't make sense.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P486.htm
12680,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Order Picker Operator,"Great work environment, pays well with and plenty of of overtime if needed.",I have No comments or cons,None,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12681,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everybody,Extremely smart people. Plenty of autonomy. Ability to grow and take on a lot of responsibility.,They have no idea how to treat employees,Apply just 20% of your customer focus to your employees and you'd save millions in turnover costs,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12682,amazon,"Jackson, MS"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Driver Support,Good So Far,I get to work from home and most of the time it is actually fun.,As part of the support team technical difficulties can be frustrating.,"Some situations are complex, so they can need a lot more time for after call work.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12683,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,"An extremely easy job. Seriously, nobody can mess this up.","A lot of walking to burn calories. If you're one of the rare hard working employees, your work is appreciated. When they say ""Good job,"" they will actually mean it. Everyone's work is over-rated, so if you're mediocre, management will tell you that you're good. If you're good, you'll be told that you're great. Nice for the ego, I guess, and it also means that it doesn't take much effort to get recognition and feel secure in your job. There are people of all shapes and sizes and ages, and they're all getting by, so there's no need to worry if you think you can't do it because you're too old/too fat/no experience/etc. You can definitely do it. I've met multiple 70+ year old women, and they all get the job done! I'd personally prefer the job to be more grueling because of my weight-loss goals, but I'm still losing weight, so I can't complain too much. You can choose your shifts, and you'll get those shifts every week with no boss telling you, ""you have to come in this Saturday."" If it turns out that the shifts you chose are no good for you anymore, you can get on your computer, select a new set of shifts, and after a couple weeks, your schedule will change. You don't even need to talk to anyone or explain yourself. Extremely easy to get time off (unpaid, of course). You don't need to call in or let anyone know if you can't work. You can literally walk out any time you want before the shift ends if you need to be somewhere. It just comes out of your Unpaid Time, which always seems to have way more hours than necessary for a normal human being (especially considering how easy it is to customize your shift choices). I mean seriously, if you're using all of your UPT, then why do you even bother showing up at all? Paid Time Off accumulates more slowly, but it's still there, and it's nice to have.","A large segment of employees are hyper sensitive snowflakes who will cry if you tell them they did something wrong or fail to smile at them while they're in their safe spaces. Think of it as a warehouse job for [another word for cat]. It's the culmination of the ""everyone gets a trophy"" generation now being old enough to join the adult workforce. If you're accustomed to a place like UPS, you will not like it here (other than the fact that this is MUCH easier than UPS, but some of us prefer that level of intensity!). Another large segment of employees are just plain lazy. Since nobody holds employees accountable for mistakes (probably to avoid the tears), the lazy people can skate by, barely doing anything, spending more time at the water cooler and the restroom than actually working. Back when I actually cared about this thing, I would see one particular girl stroll around with an envelope in her hand, try to start conversations with anyone within ten feet of her, eventually scan the envelope, stroll to the water cooler, sip water for a couple minutes, and then repeat the process, occasionally asking someone if they want to go to the restroom with her. This same girl also started crying when a manager told her not to take a pallet jack from a water spider because it was the only jack on the lane. Her response was, ""but [sniff] I was told [sob] that I have permission!"" Needless to say, she isn't going anywhere. The above situation causes people with actual work ethic to stop caring. I used to care about pallet build quality, and would try to help people choose better places for packages, and even fix pallets to make them safer and able to hold more packages. Now I leave them as is, just like everyone else. I still do my job well, but nothing extra. Some of the other employees I talk to who actually try are starting to go the same route. I've had some of them rant to me about some of the things that they do to try to make the lane run better, and instead of commiserating, I now just tell them not to worry about it. It's futile. Selfishness is the way to survive. If you need equipment (tape, boxes, pallets, etc), go to the next lane and steal it. Again, no accountability, and no support. Management has somehow tricked these people into believing that ""three and out"" is a good thing. People actually start cheering when we leave after three hours. Seriously, if four hours of work is too much for you, then quit so the rest of us can keep to our weekly budgets and get the hours we signed up for. No health insurance, other than the bare minimum ""healthy savings account"" that I can't even seem to access.","If I knew that management had my back, I would gladly help them make the other employees better at their jobs. They don't care, so neither do I. I'm not gonna supervise my co-workers, because I'm not a supervisor. Heck, the actual supervisors won't even do so! What you don't realize is that, if I'm one of the best at every job you put me on, then what do you think is going to happen when I learn the rules of the game? I'm going to be the best at that, too! The last thing you want is people who are extremely good at gaming you, but that is the environment that you are creating by refusing to hold people accountable for their performance, or at least holding them accountable to stay on task for more than three minutes at a time! There is another review here saying that the best employees will quit, and the worst employees will be fired, leaving you with only the sneakiest employees who know how to beat the system. It's mostly true, except that some of the worst employees will remain employed as long they can cry on command, which seems to be a common trick among this generation. You get enough crafty people among your workforce, and it's only a matter of time before the U-word starts getting mentioned again. It's only a matter of time. Despite the cons, I enjoy the job now that I've learned to stop caring what everyone else is doing and focus on making myself proud and simply being the best that I can be. The best compliment for me is when I walk over to lane at the start of the shift, and people are saying, ""oh, thank God you're on this lane!""",3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12684,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,Be Willing to Build Obsession,"You will be challenged to drive your own experience with this company. Opportunity will be handed to you, but how you balance expectations and perception, frame your mindset, charge the tasks, grow personally and professionally, and deliver the opportunity is on your shoulders. For some, this is free reign to fly, for others this is debilitating. THIS is ambiguity, it takes a healthy balance of creativity and practicality. You must seek feedback and be self reflective.","If you need structure and external validation, you will not be set up for success here. Everyone, overachievers included, will be deeply humbled and need to constantly seek growth. If you do not grow, you will be left behind.",Always ask yourself if you are truly setting your team up for success and bettering them. Perception matters.,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12685,amazon,"Springfield, VA"," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Shift Manager,"A great workout, and room for growth","The delivery stations are a lot easier to work at than the FCs, which have super high work standards. I’ve done every single (associate) job in the warehouse, and nothing is too unrealistic. As long as you’re able-bodied, and are prepared to bust a sweat, it’s a great job with good starting pay. I regularly get 14,000+ steps at work, every day. I call it getting paid to workout.","Even with temperature control, the warehouse gets extremely hot during the summer, and extremely cold during the winter. And sometimes, there’s no time to take off/put on layers. Dress accordingly. The managers are pressured to write people up for not working up to company standard, but as long as you do your job correctly, you should have nothing to worry about.","More training before expecting people to work on their own. Although this is a job that you have to be immersed in, to learn... the first week or two can be a little overwhelming. I recommend having new hires shadow the experienced workers for the entire first week, in order for them to feel confident working alone.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12686,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - Package Handler,Package Handler,"Okay pay, Good amount of breaks","Long days, Constant Management changes. Very liberal/communist",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12687,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty reasonable work experience as intern,"Engaging environment, smart people, and good pay",Honestly there is not enough perks in comparison to a SV internship,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12688,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,It keeps you going motivated and you're always doing something you're never bored or busy,My job is hard but yet easy it is an obstacle to overcome is motivating yet hard-working you're never not doing something you're always busy you're never bored,none,4.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12689,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great People to work with! Some Managers are not so much,Fellow associates were great to work with. Everyone gets along. Job is fairly easy if you communicate with your peers. Lots of overtime during peak holiday season.,Hours can be just a little iffy if its not holiday season. Some associate managers can be rude and demanding. People can tend to not care whether they are placing packaged items on the pallets correctly which then creates more work and a mess for everyone else. Scan guns always needed batteries.,If you see some lines lacking don't just tell them they need to do better or work faster. Move people around or let the line lead know that they can move people around. 2 line leads was always better than just one.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P487.htm
12690,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,"An Attempt to be Unbiased: There is good and bad, but the scales are tipped toward the bad.","Keep in mind that I don't work at HQ in Seattle. I work in the fulfillment network and that seems to be a very different environment from HQ.  -Smart People: I work with genuinely intelligent people daily. They bring new perspectives and information. I can honestly say that I've grown professionally.  -Never a Dull Moment: The work is always changing. I've struggled with monotony in past jobs, but not at Amazon. There is always a new puzzle, project, or question that can be addressed. It makes the day go by fast.  -Opportunity: Amazon is always growing and hiring. New opportunities in almost any role are available.  -Compensation: The pay here is above average. Stock awards are large if you last (most don't).  -Benefits: The health insurance is very good. Additional commentary on benefit sin the Cons section.  -Overall: this is a good place to use as a stepping stone. There is opportunity but you'll shed your fair share of blood and sweat to make the most of it. Like all things, some people genuinely love it while others hate it, and people have views that fall everywhere between these two extremes.","-Workload/Long Hours: The work is always changing and never ending. There is no Work/Life balance. This is especially true during the peak season (late Oct through Christmas). Amazon has frugality as a leadership principal and it takes it to the extreme. They always try to do more with less (i.e., less people) and that means they expect you to make up the difference.  -""Ambiguity"" used as an Excuse: Management likes to say that the job is ambiguous, and that is true. However, regional management uses this term to cover their mistakes when they provide direction and then make 180 degree pivots two or more times before settling on final instructions. All the while the deadlines loom. Another fun instance of ""Ambiguity"" is when they provide general instructions (with some additional details in questions answered) but then proceed to give feedback using entirely different criteria.  -Lack of Integrity: Amazon has over a dozen leadership principles and none of them are ""Integrity."" You've probably read other reviews that talk about people backstabbing others. It's true. The culture is dog eat dog. I personally believe that it is due to the annual review process that was in place for years that was a classic rack and stack where the bottom x% of employees were terminated regardless of how well they performed the responsibilities in their job description. It's kind of like that joke: ""I don't need to outrun the bear. I just need to outrun you."" This sort of mentality leads to throwing other people under the bus and I've heard ""I don't care about them, I care about my (insert noun here)"" more times than I care for. Don't take me the wrong way. You can find good people here, but it is difficult to find those you can trust.  -No Training: the onboarding process at Amazon is a joke. I received absolutely zero training and many others I've spoken with experienced the same. Often, it is difficult to find any answers at all.  -Chaos: Imagine you need information on something like associate attendance in the warehouse. There are multiple groups who want the same thing and each one has it's own report. The problem? None of the reports agree. Which one you use just depends on which one your manager likes (if they like any of them and don't tell you to make one yourself). All information is like this. It is difficult to find any information want/need. I've asked regional and local site managers with over a decade on the job simple policy or procedure questions that are supposed to be regularly recurring and they had no idea where to find the information.  -Benefits: This is an offshoot of the ""Frugality"" leadership tenant. Many other companies provide for education benefits, specifically tuition reimbursement. Amazon does not provide this type of education benefits for it's salaried employees. To be fair, they provide a multitude of training options to employees at HQ in Seattle. Working in the field, resources are a little more sparse and you don't have access to those benefits. Amazon recently started a partnership with Lynda.com to provide access to training on a variety of topics, but you'll (of course) need to do this on your own time. 401(k) match is pathetic. They cap their match at 2%.  -General Culture: Upper management in Operations tend to be jerks. I've sat through scores of meetings and heard tongue lashing after tongue lashing. My experience with senior management in other areas is the opposite of this.","Salaried employees in the fulfillment centers are stretched too thin. Invest in your people more (genuinely, not with lip service) and work to make them value teamwork. Competition is good, but not when it is at the expense of your workplace culture. Creating a culture that values team building and all that it can accomplish (and I mean viewing the entire company as a team) would yield enormous benefits that would positively impact your customer base.",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12691,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Sorter,Sort,"They pay you Bi-Weekly and timely, however, you must process your ADP Card within the first 24 hours or later you cannot use that card and you will go round and round before they say or by the way you must get a new ADP Card!",They work you are a high rate of activity... Fast pace... 2 hours straight in the Peak Season... Keep Up or find another place to work...,"It we all can't keep up... can we get a slower paced job if we speak English as our first language... too many non-English speaking persons. ""What did they just say?!""",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12692,amazon,none," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Nice people, low pay.","Good people, nice benefits, flexible hours.","Low pay, no raise, no advancement, little to no appreciation for hard work.",Quality over quantity. Don't treat people like metrics.,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12693,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Great company overall! You get what you put in, and hopefully have a boss that values work/life balance too",-Growth potential is incredible -Fantastic ability to relocate just about anywhere -It's a company that is fun to work for since you know they want to win and do great things for their customers. It's fun to be a part of.,-401k Vest Time-the longest in peer group -401k match %,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12694,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,Great job make great friends and work hard,Long hrs and a lot of work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12695,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great job,Overtime Medical benefits Pay Great atmosphere,"Physically demanding, long hours, same task gets redundant.",More raffles,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12696,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Processor,Processing assistant,Great hours and room to grow,"Lots of work, and resposability",N/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12697,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Center is brutal,some good benefits and lots of opportunities to move up,its mentally exhausting and management is extremely inconsistent with managers either switching departments or with a promotion,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12698,amazon,none," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was okay,"Everything, pay, bonus, time off, and health insurance.",Management don't know how to manage.,Stop hiring people fresh out of college just because they have a 4 year degree doesn't make them management material.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12699,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Pay is not bad, great benefits, most people are friendly","Long shifts, rigid time clock issues, unrealistic expectations for new hires and very little training",Properly train new hires for their specific jobs.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P488.htm
12700,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Order Picker,Come on amazon,Time off so as you as you get hired,Go go go and Your nothing but a badge numbet,Care about your people,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12701,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,"Imperfect, But Always Trying to Improve","Casual work environment, internal job opportunities for career growth, leadership principles are generally closely adhered to, always learning opportunities online and in person, able to set personal work life balance boundaries, teams usually hold frequent team events to network and create a healthy group environment, asking for help is welcomed, hiring is taken very seriously and the interview process is imperative to company success, career growth and learning opportunities cancel out the low compensation as a negative issue, when a manager is good they’re really good and tend to be successful/stick around, people respect good ideas and are willing to try new projects and programs, company has locations around the world allowing for not just career growth but also personal growth/pursuit of locale dreams and travel, occasional free swag, employees often get to test beta programs prior to public reveal.","Management isn’t always great. When a manager isn’t good or even is potentially corrupt or treating an employee poorly, it’s incredibly difficult to do anything about it. This is especially true because Amazon, frankly, suffers from a serious case of cronyism. My advice to anyone on this note is to network, network, network. Networking is always a positive thing, but at Amazon I would venture to say it’s required to succeed. Don’t burn bridges. As a caveat, I will add that upper management generally seems very solid. They care about the company and employees. Lower level management can often be questionable in decisions, transparency, and motives. Last con - base compensation is pretty low comparatively.","Cronyism is a major issue. It’s imperative to listen to employees and your direct reports. While every opinion should be taken with a grain of salt, low level employees have access to the day to day functions within the company, knowledge which is necessary to have in order to resolve root issues within the company like system failures, program difficulties, poor management, high turnover. It’s hugely important to listen to your employees, be transparent with them, and respect their thoughts and opinions. I don’t think this always occurs under specific management within the company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12702,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - ICQA,Great place to work,Very good and inexpensive insurance. Guaranteed 40 hrs a week.,Standing all day. Your 15 minute breaks are really 10 due to having to be back at your station right at the 15 minute mark.,Be more open to ideas and understanding when it comes to rate.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12703,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Amazing work culture and good for freshers.,Cons - No Complaints at all.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12704,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn and grow,- Very fast moving - Very talented co-workers - Great place to learn a lot of new skills,- Very few employee perks,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12705,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but Bad training.,You got to pick up overtime if it was available.,The training was horrible and the superiors weren't much of a help at all. More critical than helping. My instructor was awesome but pas that it was not that great.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12706,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - General Warehouse Worker,Warehouse worker/scanner,The income and the hours,Fast pace with no space,Better Training,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12707,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Counter,No communication,Good job if you can withstand long hours on your feet,Too long hours communication is not very good some management does not have enough knowledge for thr position,More communication within management,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12708,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - AFE Packer,AFE Packer,The Amazon Hub Benefits Friendly People Free PB&J sandwiches in break room,A lot of people but its a big area.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12709,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Operations Technician,Great Company and Great Career Growth,"Great career growth, great opportunities and they really take care of their employees.",Need to work on better communication from managers,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P489.htm
12710,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud Support Associate,Amazing work culture. Everyone around is very humble.,Not much I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12711,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Opportunity if you can stomach their curve balls,Guaranteed hours Steady pay Opportunity Benefits,Leadership talks down to you Open door policy can seem closed in a lot of areas of conversation “not company policy” being the only explanation.,Open more doors to growing the experience with workers in topics such as wage and productivity.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12712,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Driver Support,Run as fast as you can. Burger King will treat you better,I work from home. I get to work with some amazing delivery drivers.,"Training was abysmal at best. Our trainer was never available. Questions went unasnswered and then they threw us into production a week early. With the same useless trainer! Being one to call out laziness I went over the supervisors head. Now I get the crappies calls. My numbers are down and the have reduced the tools that we need to do our job (driver support). Not only is the pay equal to wal mart with the tease of becoming permanent employees, they treat their drivers like garbage. I leave daily so frustrated that I am simply a receptionist whose job it is to give the driver a bull crap speech, just to get them off the phones. I was cheated out of two hours of time off, and they used some Houdini mathematics to make me think that I was in the wrong. After speaking to the upper echelon, I honestly thought something would change. They expressed an interest in feed back, how to improve things, now... You can’t get anyone to say “f-off” to you.  The computer system they sent has had to be replaced once already, now this one is giving “chrome out of memory” on a daily basis. Tech support is as useless as a space heater in hell. My department is the dumping grounds for every call. Even customers get transferred to us, just so we can tell them they’ll have to call back because we can’t access customer files. Getting any sort of feedback on performance or ways to improve is impossible. The while burn and churn cycle at its best. It took me over an hour to get enough supervisor involvement to file an accident report. This was a rollover accident involving packages. The system rejected the report, even when a co worker tried to submit it. Even reaching out to a “DART LEAD” they had me filling out a form to get the driver terminated for physical violence. Payroll department will not read a message. Only rejects or closes the case based on what mood their in! No ability to call or reach out to other departments. Off road “driver pay/scheduling/ etc, doesn’t answer to anyone. Their metric system disables drivers for late orders that prime department assigns to drivers already late.","Listen to your employees, they are on the front lines. Just because your check is bigger, doesn’t mean you know more about what’s going on.",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12713,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Representative II - Hardlines - Loving it at Amazon!!!,"Amazing company culture. Positive environment, great work / life balance in the sales realm of the business. I work about 45 - 50 hours per week, but, you have a lot of control over your schedule and leadership provides a lot of latitude in decision making. For being such a large company, it is amazing how much each employee is unleashed and how quickly decisions are made. In many ways, Amazon operates like a small company in this way. Surprisingly, there is very little to no “company politics” that is common with most large companies (at least not where I work). Marketplace team in Hardlines has a competitive sales focus with regular sales competitions to make things fun and an awesome team environment. Happy hour and team lunches to celebrate birthdays, anniversary’s, successes etc.. is the norm. Company picnics and events are a blast. They even have a bring your kids to work day where they spend who knows how much turning the South Lake Union area of Seattle into an entertaining / fun zone for your kids for a day. Oh ya... and we get to work for Amazon... how cool is that!","I know when making the decision to work for Amazon, some of the negative employee reviews caused me to take pause. I have been blown away personally be a better then could be expected company culture, that cares about its employees and where you truly feel you are making a difference. The job interview process is tough. It took me six months from initial phone screen until my start date. I was fortunately gainfully employed and doing well where I was at so it was not a big deal to me. That said, the interview process and time involved was well worth it. Loving it at Amazon!","Keep up the great work, especially in Marketplace Hardlines Sales!!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12714,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Material Handler,Great Benefits and decent pay.,"Too short of breaks, especially when you have to walk sooo far to get to the break rooms or your car. It takes up at least 6 minutes or so of your break time. They expect you to reach their rate first week on the floors otherwise you get wrote up. Leaderships and supervisors never get back to you on anything.","Rate is ridiculous, especially for new people. You should give them at least a month or so before writing them up over not reaching rate. Train the Leaderships and Suoervisors to be more responsive in situations and more helpful.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12715,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Position,Great hours and flexible schedule great people to work with.,Nothing at all except no paid time off.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12716,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Good place,"Benefits, pro , vacation , school","Unrealistic productivity rates , lie to unemployment",Stop firing people for no reason,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12717,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,RSP,The people on my team were great. We sometimes did outings together.,It felt like a sweat shop.,Lay off of people.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12718,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal,Decent pay for part time employment,Do not appreciate their employees,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12719,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Trapped in the Amazon,Stable job with decent pay and benefits,Peak season was 60 hour weeks,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P490.htm
12720,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Everything I expected,Work-life balance is great Transparency at every level Minimum politics,Huge operation hard to navigate sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12721,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Part time sortation associate,Decent pay. Easy hire. Positive environment,Hiring process unpredictable in length. You are a number.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12722,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Eh,Pay (of course) Relaxed dress code Most coworkers are very cool,Pressure from management Working conditions No room for career growth Harassment from different area managers,I stow and let it be known that stowing is at the bottom of the totem pole in terms of departments at amazon. I wish they would let people move to different departments and bare with us when our productivity isn't the best. Stowing is almost never dependent on how fast WE are going but what is given to us to work with in terms of product and what the pods look like that day. I've come to the conclusion that management doesn't give a flying flip about us and WANTS us to fail so we can get fired and they can just replace us.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12723,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brutal,There is nothing about this company that I would consider a pro,"Poor management, poor co-workers, terrible talent drvelopemo",Hire better people and develop that talent,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12724,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Community,"Easy Job, team work and people are friendly","standing job, lunch time is only 10 mins",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12725,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Amazon take care of their employees with fast pace advancement and great benefits.,"Pay could be a little better but not horrible. They should offer some type of employee child care, this would decrease the turnover rate.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12726,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Lead warehouse associate,Good pay and benefits with multiple jobs within the building and the experience is great on a resume,Travel time and constant management changes can lead to problems they need to do more internal hires fire upper positions,Be as skilled at the job as you want your employees to be,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12727,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,I don’t yet...,"Great starting pay and benefits from day 1, opportunity for career growth if you are motivated","Lack of consistent information, very lax employment process, inconsistent disciplinary action (some get written up, some get by with everything), unclear goals","If you are an able bodied person who can pass and drug and background test you’re hired. It’s literally that easy, too easy. I have been told the exact opposite information from the same management team. It’s hard to know what is expected of you when information isn’t consistent.",3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12728,amazon,"Curl Tex Colonia, TX"," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,warehouse associated,Paid holiday/job security/pay check/Travel development /friendly,Meat marketing personal/computer working. Standard not right or accurate,Stop the good old boy/respect all persons with regard to age and disability,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12729,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,Flexible work schedule. Great culture. Good stepping stone to further and explore other career opportunities in Amazon.,There can be a bit of ambiguity that can affect your effectiveness at work.,"Grow your RC's effectively, not only on business needs.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P491.htm
12730,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Where the process actually makes sense,- Building cool things fast while learning a lot - Great strong people to work with - Freedom to move between teams and disciplines - Good work life harmony (if you know how to say no :)),- Compensation model doesn't drive excellence - Very intense days,Change the compensation model.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12731,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Nice,"VCP, VTO, Time off vacations",learning enjyable fun hestory and more,you are best manager keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12732,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Warm, sharp, and hard-working team members","Since I started engaging with HR about a systems engineering job I noticed a special warmth about the people at Amazon Lab126. The in-person interview with the boss of my boss went very well and the next step was the on-site full-day interview. The people at the full-day interview were kind, caring, interested in my background, and how I have solved problems for customers. I talked to both managers and engineers and I was very favorably impressed by all the people. After the full-day interview I felt well about the prospects and got a job offer that I gladly accepted. Now after almost five months on the job and I very happy to be at Amazon Lab126. I have already traveled to have a face-to-face meeting with a remote team in Europe that I work with every week and everything went very well. All the people there were warmth and interested in what I have done and what I am doing now. The work is very interesting, clearly relevant to my background, and I am supported by management and co-workers in items that I am learning as part of my work.",Nothing that I can think of so far!,Keep the warmth going! It is rare to find strong technical people and excellent managers that are also kind people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12733,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Worst employer in America,"Stocks, vacation, lots of days off","No loyalty to employees while they expect employees to be loyal, terrible managers, will fire you in a heartbeat no matter how good of employee you are, they will create barriers that make doing your job correctly impossible and blame employee, once you get to max pay your days are numbered.","Value good employees, quit the rotating manager system",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12734,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,very disappointing,"exciting company, great pay and sign on bonus",absolutely no work/life balance. unrealistic and unhealthy expectations.,invest in more leaders in your fulfillment centers to allow 2 days off per week and under 12 hours per day to prevent turnover and burn out,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12735,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Order Puller,Puller,good pay and decent benifets,ridiculas!!!!! so much walking everywhere and the amount of cards they give u to put on ur i.d necklace for u to memorize is ridiculas,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12736,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Great benefits, interesting work, nice atmosphere, good compensation, amazing coworkers, nice office and nice location in Bratislava.","High pressure, high expectations, sometimes might can be stressful",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12737,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,Good benefits and acceptable compensation,"The work is very linear, there isn't much to do.",Create more positivity and let the employees interact with each other.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12738,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Part Time Associate,Job Review,Easy work and very flexible schedule. Not bad pay either.,Can be kind of mind numbing. Lots of turnover. Not very personal.,Show a little more interest in what your employees are good at and let them do those jobs instead of just grouping everyone together.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12739,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alright,Decent salary. Pretty flexible schedules. Many opportunities to pick up extra shifts.,The warehouse is very hot. They hire so many people that it's disorganized and management cannot keep track.,Be reasonable and understanding of people.,3.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P492.htm
12740,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager Technical Products,An awesome place to work opportunities- and personal development-wise,"All thoughts are just my understanding. There are many positives:  1. Significant growth in almost every direction (of which are hundreds) the company goes to, which means: - that Amazon becomes one of the best places to ""design"" your own career path without leaving the company. Actually, the company encourages employees to move horizontally, as they are interested in us staying and finding what we want to do for life inside the company. Ads, finance, operations, fintech, hardware, cloud - these are just a couple of things you can choose from if you want to work in Amazon. - Easier career growth. - ""Winner"" brand in your resume if you decide to move on later down the road.  2. Very smart people with diverse backgrounds around you, which are all interested in developing each other and directly give feedback. Especially if you have an access to VP+ level meetings, you have absolutely incredible learning opportunities, as the senior management (people I interacted with) is outstandingly knowledgeable and experienced.  3. From what I heard (have no actual data to support it), less politics than in other companies. I feel like people are super busy implementing improvements (as there are so many of them) and thus ""expanding the pie"" instead of dividing a small pie they have now. My feeling is that everyone understands that expanding the pie is much more rewarding in the long term.  4. Leadership Principles, which create a very good framework/guidance for all these absolutely different diverse initiatives (Amazon is like a set of many startups) to operate and interact with each other. Because of that, the whole structure is very well managed without micromanaging.","Just a disclaimer here that I work in AWS and do not experience anything like horrors described in the famous NYT article. My team and even the whole org is awesome and full of nice people. So these cons may be all biased to my experience only...  I feel like:  1. It's hard to predict what your experience will be work-life balance-wise (and I think in other areas too) without actually starting to work. And it's not even an org-, but more like team-granularity.  2. Promotion from post-MBA level to the next one is pretty challenging, as there's no intermediate level like in some other companies.  3. Without promotion, it's hard to get any significant bump in compensation regardless of performance, but it may be flat across all the tech companies.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12741,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent job but not long term,Pay is decent for fairly easy work. Easy to get hired.,Certain departments are harder than others and deserve higher pay rates but amazon doesn't pay more for more work.,"Stop having certain ""picks""",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12742,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,You get an amazing amount of experience and to work with gifted individuals.,Work life balance can be stressed occasionally.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12743,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Ambassador,Management is the only issue,Employees are great to work with.,Never enough equipment. Management doesn't really care about the employees only themselves and if they look good to the big boss. You are just a number and they make sure you feel that way.,Treat employees like human beings.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12744,amazon,"Langhorne, PA"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Seasonal sortation associate,The work will go by quick. There is always something to do. You will burn many calories throughout the shift.,Some people do massive amounts of work while others can skate by.,Train your team members.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12745,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,A fantastic place to work.,-A team environment -Snacks in break room occasionally -A great way to sweat out calories if picking -Friendly assistant managers! Most moved up so they understand your positions. -Co-Workers are great! You have your few bad seeds but what company doesn't. It makes the environment diverse. -You're working fast pace to easy work so the hours flies by! -You make your own hours so you work when you want.,- 1 15 min break,-Atleast 2 10 min breaks instead of just 1 15 min break. Feets does hurts after 1 hour of picking. -More strategies to keep employees upbeat throughout shifts not just start of shift.,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,none,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12746,amazon,"Hazelwood, MO"," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Not a bad place to start out,"Decent pay, Decent Hours, Fulfilling work","Hard strenuous manual labor, NA",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12747,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part Time Fulfillment Associate,Great pay and overtime opportunities,Awkward shifts: 3-4 days a week with 10+ hour days,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12748,amazon,"Twinsburg, OH"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Part Time Package Handler,Scanner,Benefits are good and the company is flexible,Not really able to get cross trained as quickly and can boost up the pay,Offer for people to learn to do other tasks and help grow in the company,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12749,amazon,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Part time-Seasonal,"Easy hiring process, big break area cafeteria with food and drinks you can buy, security personnel on site. Some of the people were cool. Hours were perfect and would work around anyone's schedule. Water stations and good workout on the job.","No real help when you need it, lots of ""figure it out on your own"". Other employees seem annoyed when you ask them questions about your job.","The pay could have been better. And tell your permanent employees to stop rolling their eyes at someone who has a question on their second day. Other than that, my experience was good.",3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P493.htm
12750,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Growth and learning a lot. Stock is OK.,Work intense and depends on teams.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12751,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"good management experience, diverse workforce, fun/casual work environment","no work life balance, sites vary and culture depends highly on upper management","invest more in the people, less in the numbers",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12752,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,They offer great pay and benefits,You will be physically drained after each shift,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12753,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Area Managers,Decent pay. Good benefits. Flexible schedule.,Area managers can be a pain to deal with. Boring Very repetetive work environment,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12754,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Process Guide,Process Guide,"Pay, benefits, promotion opportunities, insurance.",No face to face interviews,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12755,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Curriculum Developer,Turn Here for a Great Future,"I work for Amazon Web Services (AWS) for less than a year, and am I so glad that I am where I am. AWS is a great place to work at the moment. My team is the best, very professional and smart people, kind and willing to help out whenever. You can feel the warmth as everyone is looking out for everyone. My manager is very humble and friendly, always looking to challenge me and make me grow professionally. I can't say enough good things about my work. My work/life balance is perfect.","The only thing that I can think about is some of the perks of working in a big company are not there, for example, tuition reimbursement is something that goes a long way, but most of Amazon subsidiaries do not offer it.","Keep doing what you're doing, always looking out for your employees.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12756,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Principal,Good place to work,Runs like a startup - cool environment,Has processes like a startup i.e. none,Keep investing in new ideas,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12757,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Everyone seams to be nice and helpful.,"Nothing yet, but will keep you posted.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12758,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HONEST REVIEW,Good pay plus insurance 401k and full time hours.,10 hour work days and expected rates are horrible .,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12759,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,"Good benefits, lots of time off.","Long hours, management tends to treat lower level employees poorly",Management should learn to treat employees as people rather than a number,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P494.htm
12760,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - CSR-1,Customer service rep from home,"Work from home. How can you beat a job that lets you choose your own hours, you can work in your pjs and no commute?",Pay is barely above minimum wage.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12761,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Campaign Management,Working with smart and talented people,Lots of manual administrative work. Stressful but not challenging.,"Realize talent within your current employees. Promote employees based on hard-work, peer-feedback, customer satisfaction, amount of revenue-managed, and merit, not forcing people to work on mundane projects just to gain visibility with upper management.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12762,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Worker,"Really great people to work with, enjoyed learning picking. Benefits are great! With in to learn something new. Never worked in a warehouse before.","They don't advertise before you're hired or tell you when you're hired that there is a rating system, and you must get 100% everyday or you get fired. Though you get 90 days to prove yourself, they don't tell you after your first three weeks of training you can get a write up, or that once you get your first write up, you have 30 days before it falls off, if you get a second write up before your first one ends, you have to wait two months before that one falls off. Not informing people until it happens is very stressful, during and even after training. Though there are good benefits, you're fired before you can actually take advantage of them. High turnover, mostly in picking, and management. This compromises safety when one is fighting to keep their job, and safety is suppose to be there number one goal at all times.","Be forthcoming with what one should expect when they start working here. People are out of work, and really need a job when they get it. They work hard when they work for you for 10 hours straight, with only 2 ten minute breaks and a half an hour lunch. People over time come in happy and leave miserable. Really feel a big let down, and deceived. If customers knew what went on in the background, they probably wouldn't mind getting two day shipment instead of one day. The rate rule needs to be changed or attainable. People who follow Amazon has much respect but loses it after they work in the Warehouse. I really wanted to work here.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12763,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Season Associate,Good Job If You Are Ready,-always something to do so you don't get bored - really simple job/ hard to mess up -clean facility - safe enough enviroment - will lose weight due to constant walking back and forth -pretty good pay $11.75-12.25 ish range -lots of work hours -friendly coworkers who will help you learn correctly,"-really leg intensive work, your legs WILL feel terrible after walking/standing while sorting boxes for hours on end -one 15 min break and one 30 min break for an 8 hour shift -Managers could be rude -you MUST be prepared for the physical side of this job if you aren't able to adjust to hard physical labor this isn't the job for you. -it's a warehouse job so it is hard to advance your career - For some people this job is soul crushing brainless work because same task for 7-8 hours nonstop - I quit after a week because i couldn't handle the physical requirements for the job",throw in another 10 min break somewhere it would really help a lot of people's legs,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12764,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation,Good peoples to work out with,"Long Hours, Low Pays, Bad Management","Upper Management is a joke, college kids straight out of college not knowing what to do.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12765,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Outbound Packer,Unfair,The pay was ok and the long hours were good.,"No recognition for your hard work, only way your getting sent home if your sick is if you leave in an ambulance, if you have an unexpected emergency if you dont have the time for it than your getting fired, unfair staff,",Recognize your employees. Watch for the good as much as you watch for the bad.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12766,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE-Amazon,"fast paced, impactful and meaningful work, can learn new technologies(in-house and open sourced ones)","needs to be on-call, sometimes can affect your personal life if you are in an operation heavy team",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12767,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,Great company and excellent products,There are no cons that I can think of right now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12768,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Part Time Package Handler,Great place to work,"Great people, great job, good outlook on career advancement",Not guaranteed to work your full shift,Management needs to come together and be on one page instead of everybody else doing their own thing,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12769,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Worker,"Good pay, flexible hours, easy work, many opportunities to advance.",Work shifts are first come first serve (Prime Now).,Keep doing a great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P495.htm
12770,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Part Time Package Handler,Great place to work,"Great people, great job, good outlook on career advancement",Not guaranteed to work your full shift,Management needs to come together and be on one page instead of everybody else doing their own thing,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12771,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Worker,"Good pay, flexible hours, easy work, many opportunities to advance.",Work shifts are first come first serve (Prime Now).,Keep doing a great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12772,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Filfillment Ambassador,Great Opportunities,Working at Amazon Fresh is a great opportunity to work in a different division of Amazon. Amazon offers many great opportunities to contribute to the team's daily goals in many ways.,The odd and long hours do take some of the weekends but you get used to it and learn to adjust and make some changes to your personal life.,More direct communication and open to feed back from the view of the associates.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12773,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - QAE,QAE,Best place to work and grow career.,So for happy with company. No cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12774,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Sr. Technical Program Manager,I've been with Amazon Alexa team for about 3 months now and am having a very positive experience! Work: Engaging with lots of learning and so much potential now and in the future. Best way for me to feel part of the team was to get a project/work where I could contribute. It was great I got to work on an initiative which did not need Amazon Alexa knowledge in depth but leveraged my experience to streamline and optimize a process improvement in my team. People: Brilliant yet humble and helpful. Most everyone goes out of their way to help you get on-boarded and make you feel part of a team Management: Leadership is very clear with their expectations. They give new comers enough time to get accustomed to the Amazon was and also explaining why things are done the way they are. They give teams enough independence to operate and execute without teams going willy-nilly. They also hold teams accountable with relevant metrics and status meetings. For working parents there is ample Work Life Balance opportunities and never left stressed about family while I've been here.,No a con per say but something to know... Alexa is growing rapids and learning curve is steep so be prepared to work smart and hard with brilliant people!,Keep up the positive work atmosphere and the high bar in recruiting which helps make Amazon a good and smart place to work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12775,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,1. Good place to learn from work 2. You can realize your idea,1. Work load 2. No free lunch,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12776,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Superb Work Culture,, Great learning curve","Hectic Schedules, disoriented hierarchy, pay is ok",Please reduce the work load,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12777,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Fun and active work environment,Daily quotas to meet in each department,Keep it up!!!,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12778,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,Scope of role is hard to match. Get to solve intrinsically interesting problems and have broad authority to execute new idea's even at low levels within the organization.,Schedule can be punishing. You are surrounded by type A personalities so you need to approach the job with your own regulator because nobody at Amazon will say 'no' on your behalf.,"Don't punish intelligent risk taking when an experiment doesn't work out, instead use the data to make intelligent decisions about how to proceed. Some leaders understand this, but many don't.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12779,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Experience, but not worth it","At Amazon it is nearly impossible to define the experience you will get. Some facilities are slow, easy to maintain and you will not develop much. Other facilities are fast paced, full of issues and you will learn a lot. A big phrase at Amazon is Learn by Doing, which holds true. You really will not find any guides, training or much useful information for 99% of the problems you come across.  The one part of Amazon that I enjoy is most of the time, it is customer oriented. We do give associates great opportunities and positions, but a lot of the time it is for the lucky few who get caught up in it. There is so little organization many people will miss out on great opportunities.","Recognition, fun and work life balance all suck. I have been with Amazon for nearly two years and there has not been anything I particularly enjoy. I have fired thousands, hired dozens, and learned a lot. Is it worth it ? Probably, would I recommend this role to others? Probably not.  Amazon is so fast moving that by the time you figure out what you want to learn and develop, your manager already has a promo/transfer locked in and will not provide you with attention and guidance.  No one stays where they are and it creates an illusion of change in a good way. Half the time people quit or transfer from their site to realize its just as bad many other places.  Amazon does not have their stuff together, it feels like a walking liability but somehow they trudge through.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P496.htm
12780,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Customer Serivce UPs and Downs,good discounts gift cards work from home good pay you have a team that can help you hour lunch paid breaks 2 15min breaks,You can literally get wrote up for anything You can not I repeat have any sound any your background or you will get wrote up they want you to work in a very quit environment There system is always messing up like going in and out so sometimes you cant press lunch or break on the csc so it will show up in your daily attendance and they try to get mad at you for that when there system really sucks. oh and do not get a power outage because you will get wrote up for that to even though its out of your control. they tell you to save you upt time for things like that and let me tell you you UPT mean unpaid time off you only get those little extra hours when you do over time and they only give you two hours.,Stop writing people up for the smallest things that are out of our controll that makes it really easy to be without a job .you guys should fix your system.Try working on the geo editor because you tell us to use it to locate the driver and direct them to the house but how can we ??when we have to load the page up after they stop driving to see there location .You really should fix your rules about contacting the customers for the driver to because you guys know those drivers are angry and in a rush and you want us to keep clicking over from the customer to them to give direction instead of telling the customer that the driver is going to reach out for direction will you answer the phone,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12781,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Busy,"Always on the go, never really an opportunity to be bored with what you are doing. Good staff to work with.",No cons of working here. It is an amazing company to work with. Again no cons of working here. 👍,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12782,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"exciting, fastpaced, empowered, ownership, opportunity","aggressive, ruthless, heartless, skyhighbar, worklifebalance","treat your teams as humans not machines, work hard play hard is dead, hire directors from within or your culture will erode",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12783,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Toxic work environment,Decent schedule. Nice to know the back system of comping customers.,No way of choosing your own schedules or flexible hours,Weed out the management who plays favouritism,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12784,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Dream company,"-Great pay and benefits, including RSUs -Flexible work environment -Many opportunities for job exploration and changing position and role -Most companies have a mission statement that doesn't mean much, but we truly live by our leadership principles to help make a difference in our customers' lives.","-Honestly, no cons. Some might view the work/life balance to be a little imbalanced, but you want to work hard when you feel you're making a difference.",Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12785,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort associate,"Amazon was Very flexible with schedule and had no problem giving me the hours I needs, great employees work here",I have yet to find any downsides,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12786,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Sourcing Oorinaor,Working at Amazon,"Excellent program for advancing and having more than job, but having a career.","Lots of hours during Peak, however, you learn more about your job for the next Peak.",They normally listen to their employees.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12787,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker/packer,Valued employees and customers the same,Nothing that comes to mind,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12788,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SW,Good for beginner just graduate,Not good for group meeting,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12789,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Great working environment,Friendly people Awesome projects Good learning experience Good pay,People changing teams frequently Re-orgs can make it difficult to finish projects,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P497.htm
12790,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,improvement,More Benefit for Employee Career,Less Salary needs increment for employees while doing their best,there should be some review on employee base salary,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12791,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Talent Acquisition Manager,Great company to work for!,"Fast paced, constantly challenged professionally, leadership principles are real and used, pushes you to new limits, growth opportunities boundary-less","competitive (which is fine for me, but not everyone likes that), super aggressive, no lack of work",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12792,amazon,"Turlock, CA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Supportive, innovative and the sky is the limit!","Pay and financial package, opportunities to grow and relocate. Unlimited roles and locations to work. High tech company that is growing immensely.",Very few - similar to any other company work for our pay. Often pathways hires lack experience and in role technical expertise and emotional IQ. Some locations are isolated and lack big city advantages.,Use less emotion and bias to identify talent.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12793,amazon,"Apex, NC"," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,One of the top in the nation....but the employees are miserable.,"Good money, available overtime hours especially during peak season. Part-time associates who always work hard and it’s a pleasure to work with them.","Mandatory overtime during peak, frequent drastic changes in standard of work and scheduling, very few of those in management speak or act respectfully toward lower level employees, there’s NO COMMUNICATION, rules are consistently broken with no consequences while others are harshly punished or fired for their transgressions, the floor plan is disorganized and makes no sense, I see new faces everyday, it’s a stressful and poisonous environment to work in.","Worry less about getting the best numbers at all costs and pay more attention to your employees happiness. Specific tasks should apply to specific job titles. There’s no excuse for not staffing part-time associates because full-time employees from a different department can do the job for free since they have to be there anyway. Also breaks are mandatory, the rushed method of 15 minutes for seasonal and part time associates including walking the entire length of the building twice, isn’t enough. These people are killing them selves. There’s excellence and then there’s extreme.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12794,amazon,"Downingtown, PA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Best Job I have ever had,"I am focused on helping people. We are judged by the good that we do and what are customers are able to accomplish. I feel that everyone in my org can do my job, from my boss all the way up my management chain. Folks understand what I deal with every day so I encounter very few blockers to getting things done. We are customer obsessed so its easy to navigate among choices.",Its very easy to get burnt out. 6 months at Amazon feels like years. You have to be conscious about how you spend your time because you can easily burn out. Its very important to stick to the leadership principles in your work or you can end up doing things that lead to problems. Amazon is worlds apart in how market segments are for employees.,"There should be an online class about the leadership principles that is required for all new employees. There are almost too many tools, too many ways of doing things.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12795,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - SDE-II,SDE II,Amazing work and career growth opportunities.,Work Life balance could have been better.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12796,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Pros is the energy is awesome the fast pace of work is amazing because it keeps you motivated,The managers went from being like a big team and family to just making us feel like we're numbers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12797,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"No Pros, do not work there unless you really need a job.","Managers show favoritism, place stinks, hard job, 15 min break but say under law we are only required to give you 10. Place is very loud and stations are far apart so you are lonesome for 10-12 hr shifts.",Should not flirt with associates for Voluntary Time Off,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12798,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yard Specialist,Great place to work and learn about amazon. Great culture.,Amazon needs to focus in hiring managers with some management education. Lots of managers don't have bachelor degree. Amazon is pretty cheap in terms of hiring and giving employees compensation as opposed to their contribution,Invest in management education of supervisors and managers. Managers are focused on numbers and not on people.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12799,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fc associate,"Fast pace environment,lots of opportunity to grow",low-pay and high turn over with fc associates,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P498.htm
12800,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Human Resources Assistant,Learn a lot in a short period,Work life balance is hard,none,4.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12801,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,"This was a wonderful job out of college. I worked with very large datasets, had fairly free reign over what my responsibilities were, and produced work that provided a sense of accomplishment. For example, I developed Excel dashboards that every member of my team would refer to, and the data would be updated automatically on a daily basis.","The department I ultimately ended up working in (Human Resources) was a drag to be in- very boring and totally out of line with the rest of Amazon in that regard. My colleagues were often committed to keeping terrible, outdated policies in place simply to make it seem as if there were meaningful work to be done. Additionally, the HR systems were painfully clunky and often completely unusable. Meetings were terrible as well - often times there was no point to the meeting and much of the time would be spent discussing movies or television shows (30 minutes out of an hour long meeting, for example). With that in mind, I would recommend any ambitious analyst avoid a position in the HR department but that Amazon on the whole is a very good opportunity in general.","Gut the HR department, or at least the division I worked in. There is incredible waste there and many of the ""projects"" I worked on were clear wastes of time. An unscrupulous consultant could confirm these observations and identify individuals responsible for such waste, but my main takeaway from this position was that the HR department suffered from a blatant dearth of work ethic or purpose.",4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12802,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is alright,"Good benefits, good pay, nice area.","Lacking in perks, always another deadline to hit",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12803,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard Work will pay off just brace for peak.,The Employees are one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Both Managers and Co- Workers really care about both you and your work ethic they will help you along the way and make sure you are okay. Benefits are amazing with it being the fact that you receive them on DAY ONE. Pay could be a little higher especially with the amount of work put in.,I will admit working the long hours at this company (warehouse) is very gruesome (especially during peak). You will also get a feeling of repetitiveness and dread of feeling like youve worked there foreverrrr. But that does not mean its a bad company. Being a very labor intensive job its all about finding your nitch and what your strengths are and how they can be applied to the company. Stay Strong!!!! remember why you are there and keep working.,reorganize Peak hours that way people arent too exhausted when it comes time for major holidays.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12804,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Picker,"Great benefits, PTO NONPTO, vacation time, 401k","Repetitive duties, managers need training",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12805,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Business Anlayst,"- lots internal transfer opportunities to different business, different countries. - very flexible work style","- SDE everywhere, not so many discussion about big perspective of the industry or new things",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12806,amazon,"Ashburn, VA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - PT Sales Associate,Part time shipping and receiving associate,"easy interview, great starting pay(12.50) + additional if you work weekend or overnights",hard to communicate with the management,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12807,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Pays well for work done Plenty of overtime available Fast paced work environment Expectations clearly defined,Work is physically demanding On feet for 10 hours per day Not very forgiving to associates not meeting expectations,There is a bit of a learning curve to the job be more forgiving to new hires.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12808,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Dec 9, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's Like High School All Over Again,Benefits Laid back atmosphere Incentives,Long hours Poor training Repetitive A lot of rude people,"Some didn't make it 90 days. Perhaps if someone is doing poorly in a job position , they could have an opp sooner to find a position that better suits them. You could cut your turn around rate down that way. Better training: I appreciate the need for safety in that environment it is crucial. I didn't feel prepared when I started my position as far as how to do the job. A manual would have made me feel more secure with what I was doing. HR as well as PAs and managers could do better as far as those with disabilities. Some are not as understanding as one would hope in this day and age.",2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12809,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound- pick,"Benefits day 1 Work is brutal but if you can survive you’ll be in better shape before you know it Work is pretty simplified, be on time, work hard, follow instructions and you’ll thrive.","The work life balance doesn’t exist. I worked nights and I would come home and pass out immediately only to wake up with enough time to get ready for next shift. Managers are young and only concerned with daily quotas, they fail to manage individual strengths of associates to better serve the team. Everything is based on rate and time off task (ToT), the FCs are run like a manufacturer and you’re their production robots. Bathroom breaks and any personal issues that need to be addressed during a work day need to be strategically planned so your daily rate isn’t effected. Speaking of HR none of the purple vests at my facility seemed to know their own policies.",Avoid turnover by keeping consistent performers and cross train the whole shift on indirect roles to allow more flexibility with labor planning.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P499.htm
12810,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,Competitive salary Great people to work with,Hours required andHigh stress environment,Rely on your support roles,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12811,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,Great benefits and easy hiring process,Does not care about employees. It's all profit driven with high expectation form employees.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12812,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Customer Service,Work at home. Keeps you busy. Paid training. Supplied equipment.,Intense at times. Some technology issues. Communication at the individual level could be better.,Provide actual call training. Most don't resemble the calls in the training modules.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12813,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Engineer,Innovation and think big is one of the greatest thing you can see everywhere around you,No Work life balance. You have to work at least 10 hours daily,No real advices. Great management and a real team work environment,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12814,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazing company,"Great benefits, great support, great pay",Frugality means working more hours. But it’s worth it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12815,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager (Jess),Operations Manager,"Very talented and hard working team, have fun and work hard on every sort, good compensation and benefits, and feel that I’ve accomplished something important by ensuring every customer is satisfied every day.","Work/life balance is tough during peak, but the personal pride and stability far outweigh a few weeks of challenging schedules",Be patient with folks trying hard to learn the systems and who really want to be with Amazon and do a good job. Effort and heart to do well go a very long way.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12816,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Great company to work for.,Latest technologies and cutting edge projects Amazon really cares about security Great compensation Managers are often very flexible with time off Managers listen to senior engineers (and junior too for the most part) Everyone is super nice Switching teams is very easy and encouraged,On call sucks for the most part (but that depends on the team) Some periods are more stressful than others Some products are sub-par. But in that case you can just switch teams! People leave all the time (mostly moving internally),"Work on retaining employees. A lot of good work has been done in the past years, but we're still not there yet.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12817,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Sort Center Fulfillment Associate,I like my job,"I think the best things about working here is the shift times ,the wage and the fact that you can request to work any schedule to suit your needs. I work three doubles and am off 4 days. Shifts here are 4hr and being p\t I can only work up to 6 shifts a week. I was originally a p\t seasonal employee but when conversion to blue badge was offered,I was only 2days past my 90 and was sitting on 4 attendance points . Conversion was only open for 1 week,I put in for it and was hired. My wage went up and I have better benefits. My job is a fulfillment associate 1 in the sort center. I basically put boxes and packages on pallets that will be sent to various post offices for delivery. It is hard work and you are walking ,walking, walking . You do have a quota and you will slim down and firm up.","Working your bottom off while a lot of the young people barely work and talk the whole shift. Another con is some of the people who think they have more authority than they do and can be very rude.There is way too many passive aggressive people here,it can get on your nerves. Another thing that irritates me is when they call VTO ,people leave and then the rest of us get a longer shift","Separate these ""teams"" that seem to be on every line together, and let people do things the way they are comfortable with Amazon is all about speed if an associate finds a way to do something fast why make a big production about doing it the way the PA says is the only way",4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12818,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Do not work here unless you want to be a wage slave.,"Pay, large break room and food trucks.","No life/work balance, favoritism, get berated for getting hurt on the job, high turnover, hr have a condescending attitude to associates, 2 day hit and miss training program, threats of being treated like children from the management. You won't make rate even when getting water, waiting for boxes, waiting for work, or heaven forbid waiting for help from a pa. It would be a great company to work for it they got their act together but it's not likely.","Employees are humans and have lives, longer breaks, realistic rates that are easy to keep up with and stop playing favorites.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12819,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok if you really like to code 24/7,"Friendly and hardworking people full of knowledge, challenging projects","Bad project management cycle, overwork to get promoted",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P500.htm
12820,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Ship Clerk,Good if your desperate,"Good benefits If you are desperate for some liveable money, work here",It’s a 10 hour workout Incompetent management “Mandatory” overtime Draconian rules No work/life balance Impossible to get out of working at least 1 weekend day Night shift rate only 0.50/hr more,"Don’t hire morons fresh out of college, they have no common sense!!! Worked there for nearly 5 years so far, I have got lots of experience yet you will not use someone like me to fill a management position, instead you hire people with no work experience at all and they make decisions that hurt the process and the company.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12821,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDM,The Day 1 mindset.,"At the outset, I want to put a disclaimer that in case you find this outrageously positive in the tone of the feedback, it is actually and I might sound like I am obsessed with Amazon, because, well I might be. I will also take the opportunity to say that this feedback is purely my personal opinion and does not represent the company in any way. I am doing this voluntarily because I want to. I can only tell what I learnt newly and in spite of being in the industry for many years, I felt I have learnt so many things and maybe, for the first time, actually got to see how institutionalized certain things are, though they seem to be not really alien in concepts in other companies as well. To start with, metrics as a way to define, both the problem and the solution. The concept is certainly not new to most companies, but not in the form I have observed and learnt at Amazon. It actually becomes part of your DNA where you habitually do it and not as a top down mandate. This takes us to the next logical step where we define goals for yourself and the team. I have not seen where this is not the case. But again, its in the way it is done at Amazon. The way metrics are used to define these probably make a world of difference. Next comes the leadership principles that Amazon has so effectively come to represent. Come to think of it, why would we want to hire anyone who doesn’t already have these imbibed in himself or herself. The focus on strong technical knowledge along with testing a person in terms of their leadership skills during an interview itself makes people proud of themselves. This pride multiplies as we become interviewers ourselves. Again, typical of Amazon, you don’t qualify to become an interviewer yourself because you are now in Amazon. You go through a process called Making Great Hiring Decisions and for every interview, you have some one called a Bar Raiser who will ensure we are setting a relentlessly high standard in hiring. Again, no company will want to make poor hiring decisions, but not many have such a well defined mechanism to ensure so. And again, this ties back to what Jeff Bezos always maintained, ‘Good intentions don’t always work. Good mechanisms do’. The last thing is the quality of people you work with. You work with a lot of intelligent people around you and, the best thing about Amazon is the number of highly tenured employees you get to meet. Nobody is above details and expectedly so. It helps you be on your toes all the time. When people always talk in terms of the leadership principles, it seemed pretty odd to me initially, but, not unsurprisingly, became a habit with me too as these principles really form the foundation of Amazon. I haven’t talked a lot about the Amazon leadership principles in particular because this is about my experience and not really something that can easily be Googled for.","Amazon can be very easily very overwhelming. The place hit me and I seemed lost for quite some time when I joined. For someone like a fresh college graduate coming in as a Software Development Engineer, it might not be very obvious because they don’t come with a baggage of things to unlearn. There are some very good processes for on boarding a new hire. But, seemed seldom used and people struggle a bit. Another con I have seen with Amazon is, again, not unique to Amazon is that people tend to misuse the system sometimes. The company has grown so big that the bar is not consistent across all teams.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12822,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"1. 👍🏻, proactive corporate approach/interplay with employees. 2. Benefits, day one. (WAY cool. 😜) 3. MANDATORY OT during 'Peak Period' (11/01-->12/26). Extra $$$ is NEVER a bad thing. Even if I have to earn it.  4. Amazon has a VERY modern, cutting-edge, eclectic approach to mgmt style, to its HR approach/interplay. But productivity is productivity is productivity.","1. Mgmt hasn't been too forthcoming re: my performance on the '6-Point System.' I don't know how well/poorly I'm doing, but I haven't asked Mgmt re: '6-Point System' or my performance thereupon.","N/A. I'm still too new (+/-30 days), & I may not know what the hell I'm 'talking about' (typing about, really).",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12823,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Full time employee,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.","You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.",More on-boarding training before new employees are thrown in the fire. The first couple of weeks can be very confusing on where to find the information you need that pertains to your job.,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12824,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRBP,Good Nice Great Wow Awesome,more work life balance required,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12825,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Transportation Lead,"Fun, fast paced work environment.","Very stressful at times, overly demanding.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12826,amazon,"Remote, OR"," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Not as dreamy as you think,"Great co-workers and amazing lower level management. Mid and high management will be in the cons section. Great for showing off on your resume. Benefits are okay, but seem to discourage families, as they are only affordable for single people with no one else to support.","Expensive benefits for families Poor rate of pay (not commensurate with merit or expertise) Promotions are NOT merit based. Hire some really unqualified people and when they can’t “get it,” it reflects poorly on the trainers and training managers.  Everything is about the customer, which seems great, except that it’s often at the expense of the employee. Training for your role is a joke. It’s pathetic and everything you actually learn will be from being thrown to the wolves and having to figure it out yourself. They have a saying, “it’s Day One.” Basically you are asked to treat everyday like it’s your first because they WILL change your job overnight, no notice, no adequate training, no compensation, no clue what you’re doing. And don’t even worry about how great you appear in their ridiculous metrics. You can be an ace and it doesn’t matter. You will not advance, even if you’re overqualified for your role. Advancement is for those who get cozy with the mid and high level managers, who couldn’t possibly care less about the people doing the actual work. I LOVED my job for the first few months, but then it took a turn. They literally changed my entire job in the middle of a workday to something I was not trained for due to “business need.” Twice. I didn’t even get an email, my profile just suddenly changed. Everything awful that they do (which is abusive) is due to “business need,” and it’s like managers are just robots repeating that phrase incessantly. Managers often just don’t show up at all and entire teams are left winging it. There’s no accountability past level 4 and they just do whatever. But 2&3 are monitored like viruses in a Petri dish. Trainers are the same level as new hires and are only in the role temporarily, but because managers don’t actually know how to do the jobs they are managing, the trainers get locked into guiding new hires for months at a time.","Treat your employees as well as you do your customers. In fact, we ARE customers. This is a miserable environment and horribly abusive to the people acting as the face of the company. And it shows.",3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12827,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound,Not bad.,They hire anyone and its very easy.,More than happy to crosstrain but dont believe in raises.. Never worked any where before that doesn't compensate you for taking on more responsibility.,Quit being so cheap.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12828,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Center,"Good benefits, some perks, independence",Physically challenging work Disorganized Lack of attention,"Don't focus all of your attention on the area that is making the 'numbers' you have to report and treat the support staff like nothing. Contests and rewards were all focused on the receivers, while those providing the receivers with product weren't even noticed. When I left my manager didn't even notice for two days.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12829,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Good base pay, stocks, and medical benefits. Cool environment and fun associates","No sense of work/life balance. Long hours, tough work.",Listen to the employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P501.htm
12830,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Limited work hours available,Easy to get employment for seasonal part time and late night shifts available,They barely have enough work for a full four hour shift and let people out early if you’re part time,More shadowing and process assistants for safety and quality control,3.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12831,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,Good pay High quality work Genuinely make a difference for customers,Political Can get lost in a large large place,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12832,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Great Company,You get to do you own thing and have options to work across different roles.,Regular management politics. Less transparency.,Improve OLR process to make it more transparent and data driven,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12833,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It depends on the team,"This is absolutely the best team I have ever been part of in my career. I love working with these people. And the projects are interesting too. :)  BUT it really depends on the team at Amazon, I hear horror stories from other people, and it is kind of hard to believe I work at the same company sometimes. :)  That being said I do feel very appreciated working here. The regular events are pretty amazing. Bring your parent to work day was probably my favorite so far. :)  - good pay - decent benefits - nice work environment - flexible work hours and WFH arrangement - work life balance - my colleagues - great managers - adjustable standing desks - nice portable laptops (even if I'm not a mac fan. :D) - good tools and build system that are constantly being improved - leadership principles - customer obession - clear career and promotion process - mentoring program - learning talks","- health benefits could be a bit better, but I'm just used to better health care in my home country. ,) - sometimes people in Seattle are a bit angry at Amazon... - I've had slightly better 401k matching at other companies before. - time off can be a bit short at the start, but normal for the US.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12834,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Its day 1,"There is so much to learn while working at Amazon. Every day, I was presented with different challenges that makes me think out-of-the box to solve it differently. The community support is excellent for several types of challenges and mentorship is the officially supported method to yield long-term benefits.   I grew from SDE to SDM at Amazon and I have worked in two different countries myself and collaborated with teams around the globe. The vast variety of data poses several key challenges and keeps you on your toes always. The teams have great potential, people, work culture and enormous problems to solve.",One could easily burnout if they do not balance their work-life or ask for help! There are several teams or managers who would expect far more than one could achieve. Finding a right balance is the key for success at Amazon.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12835,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not a great place to work,"Okay pay, pto, upt, vacation, etc.","-Lots of VTO throughout the year due to no work -Horrible Management/HR: HR was non existent until multiple complaints from employees. Leaders could really care less what goes on, as long as they're to plan for the day. If you go to them with issues, if you can find one anyways, such as water spiders literally standing around and talking (P.G.'s, Problem Solve, and other people in indirect roles also), cherry picking, etc. They do absolutely nothing. Your rate will be impacted due to other people not bringing you skids of product, totes, etc or PG' s ignoring your andon or just straight up disappearing. They're not held accountable even tho it impacts everyone. You'll get wrote up tho for being literally 1% below rate for the week! Trust me if you're lazy, this is the perfect place for you! -Hard work isn't recognized/ rewarded. Brown nosing is. Top producers are treated terribly and they're lucky to have the very few they still have. -30 minute lunch break isn't enough. Not even enough microwaves. -Slowly taking incentives. Prefect attendance gift cards, amazollars, etc. -No room for advancement without a degree. No matter how long you've been there someone with a degree but no experience will be picked over you. Then cap employee pay! -Ugly attitudes from leadership, op's, and co workers are rude and negative. Especially to new hires. -You're told you can use your time with no questions asked. But are questioned about it anytime you use it. -Don' t bother trying to ask for an accommodation. They'll do everything in their power to deny it. People out of work for months all over asking not to use certain equipment for legit health conditions. -Voice of associate board is a huge waste of time. People won't leave logins out of fear of retaliation/ being fired. Also, they do absolutely nothing to improve that place. The rules change literally almost everyday without notice. Management is just plain horrible. If anyone wants more info, Google amazon scandals, Reddit threads from employees, and also the faces of amazon website.","Having a degree doesn't make you good at management! People quit management not jobs! You guys struggle to keep people for a reason! But according to someone working in leadership, HR says to let things slide due to the high turn over. What kind of business theory is that? You get sued left and right by customers and employees for unethical practices, discrimination, not paying your employees, having to pay back millions of dollars to customers for fraudulent charges on their cards, selling faulty solar eclipse glasses, the list goes on and on. It's also pretty bad when college degree employees at Seattle HQ has nothing good to say. So, doesn't sound like the best place to work in my opinion.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12836,amazon,"Redondo Beach, CA"," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,Very limited work,-Very flexible you pick up shifts on your phone -Easiest work you will ever do -No interview for job,-Hours capped at 24 per week -4 hour shifts per day only -Limited amount of shifts spread out between too many people so you might not end up working all week if you aren't quick enough to pick up shifts when they drop,none,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12837,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hard work but some rewards,The 3 days in a row off. Voluntary time off can be quite often during slow times Benefits are good. Many positions opening constantly to. Move up or just do something different.,Very fast turnover rate which can lead to you working with all very inexperienced people sometimes. Can be moved to a different job and shift at any notice. If you end up doing a very physical task that day those 10 hour of repetitive physical Work can break you.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12838,amazon,"Milwaukee, WI"," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Agent - SDS,Customer Service - Virtual Agent (Seasonal),Convenience of working from home,"Options for scheduled hours were limited and what was available was awful. The training was intense, we lost so many members of our team before training was even completed. Management is more self aware than ""team focused"" - well my team lead at least. No encouragement or ways to connect with new employees. The pay was 10.00 per hour.","Encourage new hires, find ways to connect with them to make them feel more welcome. Offer personal guidance and feedback - I feel if you do that - you will get what you're focused on - which is new hire metrics and goals. Employees that are happy and feel a part of a team will be more motivated in their work - increasing metrics and the quality of service.",3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12839,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Express Courier Driver,The companies level of prestige,The Labor versus the pay rate.,Include more incentives for the volume in labor.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P502.htm
12840,amazon,"Shawnee, KS"," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Flex,It’s fine for what it is,Good pay Easy to use app Overall good people available shifts Flexible hours/shifts More shifts during the busy season Select shifts for larger cars,Too many packages to deliver at time App glitches Staff working at the warehouse can be rude at times Warehouse can get crowded,Improvements to the app,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12841,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Center,"Good benefits, some perks, independence",Physically challenging work Disorganized Lack of attention,"Don't focus all of your attention on the area that is making the 'numbers' you have to report and treat the support staff like nothing. Contests and rewards were all focused on the receivers, while those providing the receivers with product weren't even noticed. When I left my manager didn't even notice for two days.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12842,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,Not a bad place to work for! Long hours but fun work!,"You get a set schedule with amazing benefits from day one. But The people you work with are very interesting and you see a lot of interesting items that people sell on Amazon. It's pretty fun working here! As long as you hit your rate and you don't use all your UPT then it's a great job to work for. After one year of employment it's I believe 90% tuition reimbursement for certain associates degrees. They do random opportunities throughout the year to encourage employees to work hard and stay on task. occasionally they will do bingo for prizes, basketball shoot out for prizes, and ping-pong tournaments for prizes all during the lunch break. they also have power hour where you work as fast as you can for one hour in your department and the highest rated person gets rewarded with sometimes gift cards, swag bucks to purchase Amazon swag at HR, and plenty of other opportunities to be rewarded for your work.","Long hours and sometimes working mandatory overtime, the pay is not the best but it's OK. A lot of favoritism goes on and if you ask to get opportunities to move up usually excuses or lies are made. Usually the lazy people at work tend to get promoted. While the hard workers gets pushed aside and lied to.",start acknowledging the people that are working their tails off and trying to get ahead in the company instead of letting it favoritism play a role in promotions.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12843,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great culture, great benefits, great sense of purpose.",Lots of hours during the holidays.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12844,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - CSA @ PSC/Kaizen Representative/Training Assistant,CSA @ PSC /Kaizen Representative/Training Assistant,"Terrific work environment, excellent management and site leadership/support, lots of opportunities to grow and develop. People here do an excellent job of upholding the 14 Leadership Principles and working to be true to the Amazon vision. I can't speak for other sites, but I love working at PSC in Washington State!","I honestly think the only con about working for Amazon is that I didn't start sooner. No company is going to be perfect and there are always going to be opportunities to improve, but compared to past jobs/management I've had, Amazon truly strives to be better than they were the day before.",Advice to management at PSC is keep giving agents opportunities to grow and develop. Keep representing the Leadership Principles the way you are and keep making PSC the standard for where to work at Amazon! Advice to Amazon as a whole is to take a look at PSC and what they're doing and be like us. :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12845,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,Pros and cons,"Small teams, tons of responsibility. Huge impact. Best company in the world.","Lack of management and leadership skills among middle management (VP level and down). People are smart, but lack training. A fair deal of micro management. Cheap PCs only for non-developers. Work/life balance pretty good (contrary to common belief).",Focus on leadership development and management training. Buy decent computers also to non-developers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12846,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A brief and biased Amazonian perspective,This is the place for people who want ownership and the ability to create impact at scale.,It's not for everyone.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12847,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 24, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great experience at amazon. It’s perfect,U get quick money better benefit. And better shift. It’s a lovely place to work in. Easy interview and easy to get in,Hard to get up into management level. People come and go just easily. They just need to improve on longer breaks lol,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12848,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Picker/Packer/Rebin,Great place to work,It’s great Work with amazon that allows me to get benefits,To much veto time don’t know if it helps me to work more than go home,Keep the great work up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12849,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business analyst,"great culture, fast paced and learning environment",nothing to be concerned about,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P503.htm
12850,amazon,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Shift Manager,Logistics Shift Manager,Many opportunities for grow.,Operations are always changing in Amazon.,"This is a great company to get your feet in. There are always promotions for further growth, and relocation is always optional.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12851,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,"Love it, every day is day one!","My manager and team mates trust me and empower me to do my best every day in support of customers. Constant flow of new features and services, endless firehose of learning.","Sometimes the firehose of learning is overwhelming, but it's never boring here!",Less is more - reduce the number of organizational all hands meetings.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12852,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager II,Good job but challenging.,"Pay and benefits are good. You are asked to do a lot in a short amount of time, however you have some freedom to impact your own results.","There is a lot of time at work, more than expected. It can be difficult on the family, do not attempt this job without knowing you and your spouse's own limitations.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12853,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,The pay and the immediate appointment,The long hours from day to day,I never really knew who my management was so no advice,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12854,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Initially tough but also fun,"I have enjoyed the team work, learning and exciting experience. The team was quite supportive as I was ramping up. Finally, now that I am successfully contributing value to the team, I really enjoy the autonomy and ""start-up"" feel to decision making. I really like that you don't have to join management to advance your career. Amazon really values engineering skills.",The ramp up in the first couple of months is intense. You need to come in ready to learn and put your pride away for a for months. Still it is worth it to be making a real impact at work.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12855,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Work for work's sake,"Good hours, emotionally stable management, hands-on training, 1-on-1 open door policy, little supervision, computer generated coaching's, high turnover associates, low-class workforce, full benefits / stock plan / 401K, Voice of Associate board, many work locations for transfer","Computer-illiterate managers, passive-aggressive leaders, glass-ceiling upper mobility, widespread nepotism, plagued with lack of ambition / expectations, procrastination across management, little social engagement, lack of goal-setting / associate assessment, lack of software utilization, mentor program severely lacking, little vacation, no versatile associate training, incompetent HR / resume screeners, lack of vision among Operations, highly prejudice recruitment","There is more to managing than the bottom 10% Follow-through with your projects Talk to your associates and set goals to raise ambition Be out on the workfloor, where the real character shines Understand your productivity ratings and what each metric means Focus on those who are focused on Amazon profit / reputation",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12856,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The sky's the limit,"Extremely smart people and a lot of opportunity for growth...the sky's the limit at Amazon. I've been a full-time employee for almost 3 years and I just love the culture. Competitive salary and benefits. 100% self motivating work environment, if you are not a self starter Amazon might not be the right company for you. Internal transfers to other roles and other organizations are encouraged.","No one will hold your hands the moment a project/account is handed off to you, you are on your own. Every single day is literally DAY ONE. You have to be self motivated and if you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12857,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Nov 19, 2017",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Driver,The pros are the pay and how flexible the hours are. I worked 3 days one week and 4 days every other week.,there is no room for growth in this business. No vacation time and no health benefits.,need to be more organized.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12858,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Place to work- Full Time Amazon Fulfillment,A lot of overtime and management are very respectful.,"You have to manage your time, your rates and your work quality very well if not you will fire yourself.",Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12859,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,overall a good place to work in,nothing major is bad in this job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P504.htm
12860,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Scanner/Waterspider,lots of work to do and it can get stressfull,many of the coworkers are immature,stop using staffing agencies they hire anyone,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12861,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"pay, food, machines ,benefits ,cool",modern day slavery. everybody is a boss here,either pay more or loosen up,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12862,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My salary,Good enough salary and you meet new people.,Not the salary that you would want.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12863,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good place to work and learn,None none none none none,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12864,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Worst experience,I loved Amazon before I worked there and after working there...I do not feel the same about the company. Absolutely no pros to working there.,"-Terrible pay -Forced to work overtime when business needs require it -Terrible schedule -No benefits -Little support from peers and management -Training is not effective and does not cover nearly enough -Dealing with the worst customers all day who have been made to be entitled by Amazon's policies -No work life balance -""Business needs"" is a phrase that you will grow to immensely dislike. I was trained on phone support and then forced to start taking e-mail chats with no training. Then I was forced to take live chats with no training. Business needs also required me to work 20 more hours a week when they needed me to, didn't matter that I was still in school and did not need to work 60 hours a week while I was a full time student.",Stop sacrificing employees for business needs. There needs to be a balance and making employees fend for themselves against entitled customers is not the balance.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12865,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Work environment motivates you constantly,"Plenty of opportunities for career growth, you are surrounded by strong motivated community.","Although, environment is bit Competitive, some level of competition is good to keep up the talent growth inside the organzation",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12866,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Might Be For You,"Work From Home, Equipment provided, Discount","Fast Paced, Below par training",Be more professional,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12867,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,"It was easy, but exhausting.","Would keep you moving, great excerise, stretch breaks, and an enjoyable work environment.","Management wasn't very organized, super fast work environment, repetitive.",Become better organized.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12868,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Staffing Specialist,Staffing Specialist,"compensation package, job security, growing","work life balance, inconsistency, glass ceiling",think critically,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12869,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,It's a pretty decent job and atmosphere if you stay close.,They have great opportunities to earn extra money. Most of the staff are nice and friendly and very helpful when you run into a problem.,Hours too short. They offer alot of VTO not enough VET. Work between 2-4 hrs,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P505.htm
12870,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,good and bad,"learn a lot here, work with smart people, mobility","work/life is really bad, no one cares",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12871,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sort associate,It is challenging with fun co workers,14 an hour and you work hard,Make the pay match rivals,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12872,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,"Great opportunity to face many challenges, boost yourself to find you can do more than you expected.","Salaries are fairly modest, sometimes you will find some as.... that they don't have any manners but they are bosses",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12873,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too bad,Good overtime opportunities and benefits,Have 5 different bosses directing,Nothing,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12874,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Loved it,When they hired me in November for full time I did not know I had to work 6 days a week 10 hrs a day. I just could not do it. But will try to get rehired in January. Wish I could have done it. Pay was good n 300 dollar bonus at the end n could win all kinds of stuff n benefits.,On your feet 10 hrs days 4 days straight,You guys were great. Everyone was so nice. Most all the people I worked with were nice n helpful n I was only there a short time. Wish I could have two 10 hrs dates have a day off n another two 10 hrs days. A day in between would make everyone work better.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12875,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Get out what you put in, be prepared to be intellectually tested and challenged outside of your comfort zone in a good way.","hard work , is just that, hard",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12876,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Part Time,Schedule Flexibility Active fast paced workplace.,I feel there may be a small lack of opportunity for getting promoted in the warehouse environment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12877,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Generalist,Great place to work,Benefits start day one. All benefits you could need or want. Not many places for this.,"If you work production floor and cannot keep up, you will struggle. But it is very easy and fun to do.",Listen to your team.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12878,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Fresh Associate,Cons outweigh pros,"Set hours, weekly pay, overtime offered","poor management, poor communication, little to no break time, back breaking labor for little pay",learn organization,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12879,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,packer,"lots of perks, decent pay.","10 hour shifts, make you come into work then tell you they don't need you that day. fire you if you are late more than 6 minutes.","instead of firing people and hiring new ones every day, train the ones you have better. They have no training techniques.",1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P506.htm
12880,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Very grateful to have found Amazon Web Services,"Out of every ten employees I have to work with 7-9 of them are brilliant in their own right (former Startup CEOs, rocket scientists from NASA, scholars, former pro athletes, academia stars, etc). I've been drinking from the firehose for three years and counting and honestly don't see that slowing down. If you like to learn and really want to propel yourself in your career and industry, coming to a company like Amazon (or google facebook, or MS, really any of the top tech companies.,..) is a GREAT career move. I honestly don't see how i'd go back to a middle of the pack company again....so many people leave here at middle level positions, and go on to be higher level directors at middle of the pack companies. Its like the difference between playing at a D2/D3 college and going Division 1.  Compared to other companies in the Washington DC area, the pay is better and/or on par. Because of the stock that you get in addition to the salary, most of us are faring much better than any other position that you'd have around here in a comparable org/role.  Amazon's way more progressive than most DC area companies - dressing up is frowned upon, people have tattoos/pink hair/etc,...basically come as you are within reason. This removes a layer of stress associated with having to get ready for work, that people really don't realize has a great value. We have pretty good benefits too.  You can get hired on and changed roles internally easily. No manager can stop you from transferring. I think this has made managers a bit more nice, as they can lose you easily if they get out of line.  Amazon is pretty progressive when it comes to skills - they don't care as much about certs and degrees as your abilities. I'm on a team where I'm the only degreed individual, and yet, i do believe that one person, is probably top ten experts in their field in the world, and another person to be exceptional in their skillset as well. The third person has over 30 years of experience and they literally begged them not to retire. That said, we also have many phDs and exceptional academics here,..but the key takeaway is be exceptional at making and/or doing. Alphabet soup credentials are not impressive here. Curing cancer is.  So many internal programs to develop technical skills and change career paths. You can come here as an hourly employee and eventually train your way into engineering if you do the work.","The pace is incredible,...some teams not as bad as others, but that can wear on you, especially if you're a yes person and don't have the strategic thinking to say yes to the right things, and no to most things. People do burn out here. We have a term for people who leave due to burn out (generally) and then come back - boomerangs.  Amazon teeters the line between frugal and frupid (another term used internally). Often have to work with not enough or no money, and understaffed. I imagine how amazing some of our projects would have been, had we had an extra set of hands or some money to work with and not hacking together solutions.  Amazon attracts a lot of Type A personalities. I thought I was one until i got here...then i realized i'm not.  There are the typical problems here too - some people are jerks, politics, drama. Out of five companies I've worked for between internships and full time employment, this has been the best environment though.","Lets get a bit more progressive with leadership. Just because someone works in a field for 15 years, doesn't mean they are automatically ready to manage people. Lets get better at recognizing that people management, leadership, and expertise are not conflatable skills or terms.  We need a more formal and intense manager development program. Other companies do this. The data shows that people quit their managers not their company - use this as a catalyst to develop better people developers, which is what a manager should be.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12881,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Channel Marketing Manager,New HIre @ Amazon,"Amazon is a rare company that truly ""lives and breathes"" their Leadership Principles which drives the innovative & collaborative culture. I can see this displayed in the first week I joined Amazon and excited to be part of the largest ""Startup"" company in the world where every day is Day 1.",The hiring process can be long and is different - but it seems to be an effective way to recruit the right individuals that will thrive at Amazon,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12882,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Right place for anyone looking for work with a purpose,"If you are looking for an unadulterated purpose behind your work, a razor-focus on creating the best products that will change the way we live our lives, this the place.","Given the size of the company, it is fair to say not all teams are run the same way. It might not be easy knowing the work culture within the team before you join. If you get stuck doing something you don't like, you won't enjoy it as much for that duration of your work.","Keep raising the bar, especially for top leadership.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12883,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Amazing Growth Potential,"You'll work with the most talented, intelligent individuals in the industry. You'll be challenged daily, but empowered to make changes to impact your business. The growth potential and financial stability that Amazon offers is bar NONE!","Things change quickly, and many processes are still being refined, so if you crave ""black and white SOPS"" this is probably not the place for you.",Focus on future planning vs bridging past results all the time.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12884,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - SDM,SDM,Getting best technology to work with,Too fast at certain times. Documentation kills.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12885,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Opportunities to find a position in various areas.,Losing entrepreneurial spirit in customer service. Overmanaged,Let your managers manage and do their thing,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12886,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Intelligence Engineer,Sr Business Intelligence Engineer,"Great work environment, learns multiple skill","Long term projects, gets stuck for long in a single project at times.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12887,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"- Lots of challenging problems - Smart, driven people - Collaborative environment",- Work life balance - No perks like big companies,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12888,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Economist,a lot of support in the team,Long hours from time to time,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12889,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not so bad,VCP payouts every month that you use minimal amounts of UPT Works with school hours (have to work minimal of 30/wk),The physical amount of work can be hard for some May start in one department and get moved to another randomly,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P507.htm
12890,amazon,"Olathe, KS"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Package Handler,Package handler,The pay is not bad compared to the type of job. Easy to get the job,"The schedule is not flexible like they tell you. Once you set your schedule ate the beginning, it is difficult to change it.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12891,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Forklift Operator,"The good, bad, and ugly","Nice employees, huge facility, and easy work","bad pay, management is not satisfactory, and more work than they pay you for","more rotation between departments, better wages, and better monitored truck scheduling",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12892,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Horabile place to work ever,Beverages no cost tome off when system fails,Cannot sit down only when in break room,Very little experence most do not know how to maniger,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12893,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Data-Driven Ideas Win,"After previously being at Fortune 500 company, the single biggest thing that stands out is how empowered you are - right from the beginning. Things move incredibly fast. With the growing size and reach, you have the opportunity to move most anywhere in the world.  Additionally I left Amazon after two years to work on a project outside the company. After a year away and standing up what I'd left for, I came back to Amazon and have continued to stretch myself and feel honored to be able to do so.","The ability to ruthlessly prioritize and communicate expectations is critical. Without it, you could feel overwhelmed. I often tell people that, ""Amazon will never tell you, 'you're good for the day, head home - good job!'"". Frankly, I like it that way because it creates an environment where focused and driven people and run free without bureaucracy and red tape. But it isn't for everyone ...and that's ok!","Continuously communicate vision and strategic decision making (when possible) to organizations and teams. It will help everyone ""see the forest through the trees"".",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12894,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Sort Associate,Good place to work,Flexible and easy to learn,"sometimes you have to stay over an hour, however I wouldn't look at that as con if you are looking for extra income",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12895,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything is as expected,"Great chance for advancement, great management teams, definitely and awesome place to work",None really its actually hard to even point out something bad about the company,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12896,amazon,"North Houston, TX"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Ship Dock,"Benefits, pay, set schedule. I like the 10hour shift for 4 days a week and 3 days off. You get to meet a lot of great people.","They don’t care about you. They treat people like robots. Management doesn’t know how to deal with different situations and conflicts, they are hired directly from college with absolutely no people skills.",none,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12897,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Production,production worker,it a wonderful place to work I just love being in the public eye and interact with people,not much i say about that,they are doing a wonderful job,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12898,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Some colleagues are smart, some teams are good",You can find a good team to work in if you are driven enough and make a good case for yourself I like the leadership principals even more after leaving Amazon. They should be adhered to more.,"If you are stuck in a bad position, things will be bad",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12899,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Ok place to work but they make you work very long hours,Good work environment....Amazon is pretty good about treating their employees well with food and good health benefits and prizes every now and then,10hrs a day and 11hrs during peak up to 60hrs per week during peak...it’s exhausting to work this much...also not a place to make good money,Pay employees better and don’t make us work so many hours,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P508.htm
12900,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 23, 2017",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Research Scientists given stupid chores all the time,None at all. Not even one.,"Stupid MBA's with an oversized ego, political posturing, lack of respect and ultimately bad resource management, prioritization and decision making.","Eat up your egos and learn to be a leader, and not a cribbing actor at the work place",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12901,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick,Benefits get full time hours,Treat employees terrible. Seem to not want good workers to stay long term,Its bigger than management,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12902,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You need stamina and a positive attitude.,Benefits start day one. Decent pay if you have no skills or are starting over and it is easy to be hired.,Very little breaks for such a demanding job.,Longer breaks. I would stay a half hour extra if it meant I got an hour lunch.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12903,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Dec 24, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,"Order Picker at Amazon (a.k.a. Slave Laborer) in Shakopee, MN",- A job. - Met some nice people enduring the same experience as me.,"- Throws new employees into 12-hour, physically demanding shifts. - Training done by people who can barely speak English. - Prison-like environment ... forget about windows or clocks. - Systematic torture.","- Ease employees into that kind of job. Good grief. Maybe a couple half days, then standard full time (8 hours) for a week or two. THEN maybe work up to 10-hour / 12-hour days. I might still be working there if they'd just done something that simple. It's not boot camp, for crying out loud. - Explain what the job entails at the hiring location ... show them. Tell them that it's pretty grueling and that they will be working 12-hour days (rather than the 10 hours originally stated in the job description). - Have orientations and training done by people who can actually speak English. Wow. I maybe understood 30% of what my initial training ""ambassador"" said. I had just had to assume the rest using my imagination. - Have Jeff Bezos complete a couple weeks as a picker and see how he likes being treated like something you'd scrape off your shoe.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12904,amazon,"Durham, NC"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,It Is What It Is,"Perhaps the difference is that I'm approaching this from late in life. I was thrilled to be hired at 62 and am by far not the oldest. It's hard work and it beats me up almost every night but I feel accomplished. Also, I chose to work and do not have to worry about making rent. The pay is way above minimum and management is firm, but fair. Every workplace has drama, but on Night Sort we all do all of the jobs and are on more/less equal footing. It surprises me that I like it. After a lifetime of job stress in the ""cube farm"" it's a pleasure to show up, put in the effort, clock out and go home without taking it with me. There are small perks they don't have to do: pizza, candy, Swagbucks, time off at will, T-shirts, gift cards. And you will get in shape.",It IS physical labor with nowhere to sit down. The packages seem to never stop coming down the belt. It helps to be in a good mental place. Co-workers who are not supervisors will try to supervise you. Decisions are made for the good of the business and not the good of the humans. Just accept this and keep going.,"I appreciate the opportunity and would not change much. It would be helpful if more attention were paid to the upkeep of equipment, i.e. scanners, printers, wrap poles, etc.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12905,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Procurement Manager,"Good, but challenging company to work for",RSU compensation has been great for long term employees. Company is truly customer obsessed and very dynamic environment to work within,It can be a very hard driving culture with high levels of expectations. Not everyone is a fit for this company if you are not good in dealing with highly ambiguous and dynamic work environments,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12906,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Good place to start your career but not for everyone,"1. You meet a lot of super smart and hard-working people here. You'll become a competent coder, designer, and architect in no time. Engineers are usually nice and willing to help. 2. The pay is great especially if it is your first full-time job. 3. You can work from home if you do not have any meetings scheduled. 4. Because the work you do is usually very challenging, you develop a genuine camaraderie with your teammates. 5. Amazon is a great resume booster. You can go anywhere you'd like after working here.","1. Ridiculous amount of pressure. It's definitely not for everyone. 2. Depending on your luck, you may have to work with a product manager that loves to micro-manage. They ask for target completion dates, and proceed to track your progress on a daily basis. It can get very suffocating from time to time. 3. The downside of having a tight deadline is that you do not get that much opportunity to experiment with new technologies. Oftentimes you need to stick with the safer, less innovative approach. 4. There are not enough dev resources to carry out the vision of the management team. As a result, everyone puts in insane numbers of hours each week. Don't be surprised if you find yourself working 60 to 80 hours a week. If your teammates do it, you'll have to do it. Otherwise, you'll be considered an underperformer. 5. Perks are not as good as Facebook or Google. There's no free food or free drinks here.","Amazon is growing at a tremendous pace no doubt. Perks like free food and drinks are now super common among tech giants. We don't mind working hard but if you'd like us to work hard and be happy, please also take care of your engineers. I've been with the company for 2 years and still do not understand why we have to track the deadline of each and every project down to the day.",4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12907,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"Executive Assistant Team, Always challenged with new projects, Lots of event management opportunities, Great Manager, Great Team, Fast-Paced Work Environment, Bring Dogs to Work, Plenty of Amazing extra benefits, Flexible hours","A lot of work: I regularly work 60+ weeks and work on the weekend finishing projects (HOWEVER, This is my choice- It is never required to be working more than 40 hours. I prefer to organize my calendar and work with outside vendors on the weekend so I can have less to work on during the week.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12908,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Amazon new hird employee,"Good pay, excellent benefits. Everyone is pretty nice at Amazon. You have great opportunities at Amazon. I love that they want more for their employees.",Too fast of a pace just to try and make rate. By the time you get to the break room for 15 min break you literally take like 5 mins and especially if your on the third floor. Get more oraganized with the products. You should put all same products in the bins it'll be easier for pickers especially if you are literally sprinting from line 600 to line 500 just to get one item and then you have to go back to 600 when you was just there it gets a bit tiring having to constantly do that. The rates should be lowered.,"Have more ambassadors on the floors, for the new employees because we are always getting lost and never could find no one on the floor. There is an employee who always looks for me because that employee needs help and I'm a new employee helping out another new employee ( which I don't mind, but the employee is always looking for help and that slows me down). Over all when you do get help they are always nice.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12909,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,good job,"Wages, benefits, meet new people, too, the smarter/harder you work the more job security.",Walking and/or standing several hours but you will get used to it after a couple of months.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P509.htm
12910,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place for new grads,Great people to work with here.,do not have a lot of benefits.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12911,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,"Very friendly work atmosphere Work is competitive and not monotonous Lots of events that happen regularly, great fun!","No performance management system in place, so no feedback for development is available regularly The manager I worked with was short tempered and had really bad mood swings","Better performance management system, developmental feedback",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12912,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review to unlock the stuff,nice people good place to be,sometimes bad people bad place,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12913,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"Upper management such as HR are very attentive, and always available. Great hours to choose from all the time. I love that it is fast paced.","I believe ""favoritism"" plays a big part in most companies, so it is not shocking. They dont train properly, so if you are a fast learner and can pick up fast then you will be okay. Some shifts are very unorganized, people just scattered everywhere it is rediculous. They have several levels of managers with with no experience and poor training.",Train all members of management properly so that they can better train the new associates. It is a big busy business so the focus should not solely be on the quantity of employees but the quality each can bring to the company. One team one dream.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12914,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,Amnesty,Most fellow employees sre good people Good work out everyday,Where to start the management team are a bunch of kids straight out of college with no real life experience. The upper management team acts like you dont matter and just a number/badge or a machine who is very replaceable no matter how hard you work. The hr team is a absolutely a joke and cant answer the most simple questions with some being rude when questions are asked.,Treat employees like humans and stop pandering toward certain minorities groups. Keep your promises to the employees,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12915,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Warehouse Associate,they are ,"-Pays pretty decently because of all the overtime and whatnot -It's a new warehouse and its pretty nice inside, everything is easily reachable during break etc. -Mostly everyone is pretty nice","Most of my complaints are centred around the management:  -Managers all suck, they break health and safety rules on numerous occasions, i can personally recall three different managers breaking three different health and safety rules, two of which would of led to a regular employee getting instantly terminated. -Managers would not switch my position even though i told them i struggle to do it physically and am unable to meet quotas -Carpark is a mess after work, huge big mess!  Everyone outside of management seems completely fine and competent.  And one additional thing, i was promised before employment that there would be a shuttle service to the facility but upon employment i found out that there isn't one, pretty deceitful or maybe miscommunication on their part.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12916,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Prime Now Associate,Fullfillment Associate,Good physical activity and flexible hours,"Add Very little value to hard working employees -no hours at times, sending home early, no raises",VALUE YOUR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12917,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Fresh Associate,Fresh associate,Good benefits Only work 7 out of every 14 days,"Bad manager to employee communication, some managers seem to just be going throw the motions","Better communication,",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12918,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation Associates,"Amazon is a solid company, depending on who and where you work. The company has great organization methods in place and offers solid benefits.",This position is very very simple and offers no challenge at all. Employees are treated like children at Jax5 and most seem to value their own positions and pay more than any hope for advancement. It appeared as though many were planning to do this warehouse work until they retire or get fired.,"Stop telling your employees ""This job isn't hard. You're only moving boxes. If this job is hard, then you're lazy and don't want to work."" This belittlement only strengthens the notion that they are mindless factory workers and this job will not offer any challenge or reward.",3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12919,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Business Operations Manager,Global Business Ops. Manager,"Ownership, autonomy, fast moving and room to advance (depends on team). I honestly feel, it is what you make it!","It feels like a combination between a large company pretending to be a start up. This can also be ""pro.""",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P510.htm
12920,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Employee Friendly - Process Driven,An established company that isn't in danger of folding overnight.,Process Driven. Employees aren't valued and should be labeled with numbers rather than names. Policy works only in favor of the company and not the least supportive of the associate. Wages are low for workload and expectation. Alot of favoritism.,Be more supportive of the employees. They are more than numbers.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12921,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Center Worker,Nothing about this job is positive.,The cons are just as bad as the positive nothing good to say. Worst job ever,Stop bullying employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12922,amazon,"New Brunswick, NJ"," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound,Benefits,Great benefits when you start,Different ins companies to choose from that offer same thing,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12923,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Stower/Picker,Benefits are really nice!,Specially if you don’t have any college degree or other type of experience. 40 hours per week plus voluntary over time every time for those that need the extra hours.,Working in a 4x6 area for 10hrs straight by yourself makes the day go by really slow.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12924,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Environment,Amazon has so many excellent internal tools help people develop fast,So team is too huge,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12925,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Switching teams is easy, managers are supportive.","It's a large company, experiences can be variable.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12926,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Very flexible and great hours.,Location of employee areas and restrooms could have been planned better in relation to work areas.,There are efficient ways to get certain packages to pallets by shortening the distance employees carry packages rather than letting them clog up the line to be staged on a limited amount of pallets at the end of the lines. Some areas should be assigned to those with more experience.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12927,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good Part Time job,Great environment Friendly co-workers Freedom to express yourself,Short breaks. Sometimes no break at all.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12928,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Amazon new hird employee,"Good pay, excellent benefits. Everyone is pretty nice at Amazon. You have great opportunities at Amazon. I love that they want more for their employees.",Too fast of a pace just to try and make rate. By the time you get to the break room for 15 min break you literally take like 5 mins and especially if your on the third floor. Get more oraganized with the products. You should put all same products in the bins it'll be easier for pickers especially if you are literally sprinting from line 600 to line 500 just to get one item and then you have to go back to 600 when you was just there it gets a bit tiring having to constantly do that. The rates should be lowered.,"Have more ambassadors on the floors, for the new employees because we are always getting lost and never could find no one on the floor. There is an employee who always looks for me because that employee needs help and I'm a new employee helping out another new employee ( which I don't mind, but the employee is always looking for help and that slows me down). Over all when you do get help they are always nice.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12929,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Intense workplace with lots of difficult technical challenges,"Amazon's set of technical challenges are unique to just a handful of companies. Thanks to the high hiring bar, you'll truly find yourself working with some of the smartest individuals you'll ever meet. You will be given opportunities to grow your skill set, and your career, and even if you choose to leave the company, you will find your experience in very high demand with other employers in the area.  Teams generally run themselves independently - this includes defining projects, their priorities, and technical decisions. In that sense, it would be accurate to think of Amazon as a collection of loosely affiliated startups, which sometime overlap in scope, with a shared goal of doing right by our customers.","All the cons associated with working at Amazon ultimately tie back to our leadership principle of Frugality. The company simply doesn't care about the wellbeing of its employees, even if it results in hurting overall productivity and morale.  Computer equipment is the first example: while the company has improved somewhat over the years in terms of giving engineers a choice between a Mac and a PC, as well as the right to having two monitors, employees still don't have any say in truly choosing the equipment that will make them successful (don't expect to receive a yearly hardware budget like what other tech companies offer). Need a standup desk? Not until you complete multiple ergonomic assessments with months-long waitlists before seeing a specialist. Many will counter that you have the option to get around company policies by expensing the equipment you need through your manager, but this unfortunately turns into a case-by-case situation, and a manager facing budget pressures may be less willing to accommodate employees in this way.  Space is another example: while company policies claim that corporate employees are entitled to a cubicle or shared office, the reality is that almost every individual contributor works in a high-density environment where co-workers are seated incredibly close to one another. To compensate for the noise and distractions associated with this setup, the company provides a DISCOUNT on Bose headphones, which some employees take advantage of. Though we are told that the space issues are caused by Amazon's fast pace of hiring, the problem has been getting worse for the last several years, and most new buildings that come up in Seattle don't even bother installing a reasonable number of offices and cubicles, opting instead for completely open space seating with minimal numbers of low partitions between team areas. Amazon also fails to provide free parking to its employees, though it is possible to get on a year-long waiting list for paid monthly parking, which recently increased in price to $150/month.  The last example is compensation. Base salaries at Amazon are incredibly low when compared to the rest of the tech industry. No one in the company makes more than $170K per year in base salary, with most engineers receiving from $100K to $150K. To be fair, the company does provide RSUs, which have a vesting period of 2 years. What has been frustrating about being paid mostly in RSUs is that the shares you take home one year are really the result of your performance review from 2 years prior, that they are not liquid due to the requirement that employees only trade these securities during short quarterly windows, and that their value is entirely dependent on investors' perceived worth of the company. Recently, Amazon shares have been skyrocketing in value, and as such, employees have been cashing in more income than the company previously predicted. Instead of being happy about this, Amazon has been shrinking the number of RSUs being rewarded to high performing employees during their annual reviews, to the point where the dollar amount (not just # of shares) associated with grants is lower every year after the next, even when employees get promoted. Managers have been very well trained to explain that the company is predicting a higher rate of growth than in previous years and that overall compensation is still expected to rise. Though I have certainly benefited from RSUs vesting at higher target prices over the years, I also realize that this pattern is not sustainable, just like any other company, our stock price is not guaranteed to see double-digit growth every year for the rest of eternity, and something will need to be done to prevent an exodus if share prices begin to drop and employees find themselves with reduced compensation compared to previous years.","Making an investment in working conditions and giving employees a small budget to choose the right equipment would go a long way towards improving morale and productivity. The space situation is especially frustrating with current policies being blatantly ignored across the management chains resulting in most employees working in very high density environments.  Though Amazon's compensation scheme has worked well so far, the company needs to recognize the risk of an exodus when share prices drop (or even fail to increase to the predicted levels) - the bottom line is that employees will start to leave if their W2 wages drop from one year to the next - the company should be proactive about preventing such a situation from happening.",2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P511.htm
12930,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Okay Company,Great location and people work hard.,Top pay for associate is $15.75,Find better ways to improve working conditions.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12931,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Sortation,Seasonal sortation,Good hours pay is ok but was promised more then I receive,Unsure of job status after seasonal no benefits till permanent or full time,Keep doing what you do,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12932,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Associate,Friendly people. Easy job. Good while it last,"Unorganized, Favorism, Graveyard Shift, Repetitive",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12933,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager in HR,Great work culture. Fast Paced. Always evolving. Mostly honest feedbacks. Great leadership principles. Smart co-workers. Being part of impactful things. High growth company. Good pay and esops. Challenging work environment,Complex and slow promotion process. Downleveling of people when they come into Amazon. Poor workplace benefits.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12934,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Global Sales Leader,Global Sales Leader,"The Leadership Principles are alive in everything we do. It is not easy, but it does make working at Amazon one of the best jobs I have ever had. Customer Obsession and Earning Trust (with our customers and each other) provides the foundation for impactful work!",I have never worked harder and been less tired! :),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12935,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Amazon surprised me,"Amazing culture and values. Employees are given autonomy and responsibility quickly with lots of opportunity to advance soley based on your merits and not time at the company or seniority. The team works hard, has fun, and makes a difference.",At times can be hard to navigate given how much autonomy teams have. You will be given more work until you find your work/life harmony.,Do not be afraid to support unified tools cross the company be it internal or third party. It is a hard balance to give autonomy and try to keep consistency in how we ship.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12936,amazon,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazing Software Development Environment,"Software engineers are really empowered at Amazon, with a strong voice in determining the direction of their product/project. I am also fortunate to work with a wonderful group of people on my team. These factors, a great company culture and a great team, make Amazon a fabulous place to work for me.","It's a big company, and there is some red tape to hack through from time to time. Not a lot, but it is a factor.",Keep tackling big problems.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12937,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Amazon is a great place to work!,"Amazon work groups have great autonomy to work independently and provide superior results. We are empowered via the Amazon leadership principles to place big bets and take calculated risks. Amazon is a technology company. As a technologist, I can think of no greater company to work for. Living and working in Seattle at Amazon headquarters is an invigorating experience on many levels: technical challenges, technical autonomy, decision making clear down to the engineering level, freedom to do the right thing, no dress code, and downtown Seattle culture including restaurants, activities, the Pacific Ocean, and a view of stunning mountain ranges.","Because it's always Day One at Amazon, there is a lot of chaos. One must recognize this and learn to thrive in the midst of the chaos.",Continue to refine the Amazon leadership principles. Continue to empower and inspire Amazonians to dare to do great things.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12938,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Post Production,Working for Amazon,"For the first time in my career I feel in control of how I work. I love how Amazon asks the question ""how can we work better?"" and then allows me to make the changes I feel make my work better. Everything is new and exciting. Very much how it was when I started my career in production.",Office is in Santa Monica!,I would like more exposure to other departments.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12939,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Surprisingly Better!,1. Challenging work and hence you learn a lot. 2. Not that stressful as I had heard about. But it depends on the team.,1. A lot less official holidays,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P512.htm
12940,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Solution Architect,Amazing company which loves Builders and Innovators like no other Bay Area Company,Keep learning at any age You are at the cutting edge of technology Innovating and Building Working with the Brightest and Smartest Professionals,You have to keep reading and improving yourself to keep up with the fast pace of Innovation Long hours that will test your Commitment and Passion to address Customer Issues,Need to have a better process to identify folks like us who are not vocal and political to get rewards. Please encourage management to value past experiences for better roles.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12941,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Great company,"Managers are great, they are always willing to work with you","No music, no headphones, too much time to think",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12942,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Customer Service Representative,I have an amazing work - life balance,Great work life balance. Dont take work home Rarely am I asked to work extra and most times I take on more because I have the capacity too. Walking distance from my house We have dogs to hang out with on lunch and breaks,"Open office environment can be a little distracting, but we have quiet rooms and conference rooms and many offices to go work at. Shift changes every 6 months.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12943,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazingly rewarding and very hard work. If you don't want to get paid to basically work out for ten hours.. don't come.,Benefits day 1. I pay $16 for medical dental and vision just for one person. The trainer I had was awesome and the atmosphere is awesome. Right off the bat you get personal time (10hrs) which you can use all at once or use it bits at a time.,Parking and getting out when everyone gets out at the same time is a disaster. Long walks to stations when we only get 3 minutes to get there.,Be more lenient to people about trying to hit hourly rates. Sometimes it can be very challenging.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12944,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Engineer,you would always work on real and impactful business problems,i haven't seen any cons yet,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12945,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best jobs,"fast and easy money, fast-paced, easy to learn","long hours, rude employees and managers",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12946,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,A rewarding learning experience,1. Learn a lot 2. Diversity,Holidays and vacations are limited Social events almost doesn't exist,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12947,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,Best job I've ever had. NY Times article totally not what I experience,"-2 weeks of vacation first year -3 weeks of vacation after first year -smart colleagues and supervisors with can-do attitude -excellent compensation and benefits package -people are very nice and collaborative, rather than competitive. strong feeling of team-ness -leadership has incentive to push you forward so your manager is on your side when it comes time to promotion -there's a formal mentorship program that everyone is encouraged to participate -people do fun stuff outside of work together such as play soccer in a company team -flexible work hours -can bring dog to work -free gym -free parking -free snacks","-do not get long Christmas-New Year vacation, or Thanksgiving, or most ""normal"" holidays like Veterans day so your time off doesn't automatically coincides with non-Amazonians -software, data storage, etc. unorganized. this makes the learning curve steep when starting the job -it's a big company and working with teams across the country or the world can be challenging at times. You're expected to make it work--no excuses. It's good and bad, obviously",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12948,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Interview for CSA position,"I interviewed for a CSA position 2 years ago. I have never seen a company focus on individual growth as much as Amazon does. In the last 2 years, I have been promoted twice. Even though the company is huge, the culture here is like that of a startup. Everyone gets recognized for their work. This company is a fire hose of knowledge and is the best place for anyone who is curious to learn something new every day.",I don't see a downside of working here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12949,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Very stressful,Work from home. Great benefit and some benefits start at the 1st day.,Lots of angry customers. Not enough pay for the stress getting from this kind of work.,Pay people more,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P513.htm
12950,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Home Service Consultant,Glad I'm JUST an Amazon CUSTOMER again...,"Great pay in most positions about level 3, many great people to work with, room for growth, stock share(s), South Lake Union views and buildings, and a big discount of $10 off prime services?","Management is overrated and under qualified in many cases, recognition never was directed towards the team just the one who orders things around, jobs being taken from third party contractors who have worked with Amazon for years, corporate cards were misused in routine, micromanagement for reviews (basically an interrogation for any star review lower than 5 of course).","Warehouses need more recognition and raise pay, but Bezos is a very rich and successful man so to be honest at the end of the day he is like all CEO's, fish in the sea, and I would have to compare his company to the Whale Shark.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12951,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Management,good pay for mindless tasks,"poor do as told leadership, inefficient workflow, too much red tape,",re-evaluate leaders that have high employee turnovers,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12952,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Safety Specialist,Awesome environment to work in,I really enjoy the fast pace environment. I am never bored at work and my days fly by. My team is awesome and great to work with. Great first job out of college!,"No matter how prepared you think you are, peak will still be a nightmare.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12953,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate I,Great opportunities,"When employees learn in a faster way and demonstrate interest in their job, ther have the opportunity to get promoted in this company.","My experience was good, nothing wrong there.",Continue working with a positive attitude.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12954,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA engineere,Worked with very talented people. The most complex build system I've ever seen. Pays well,Seems like everybody there was walking around with overflowing plates. They definitely wring you dry.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12955,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Software Development Engineer Referral,"- Lots of money - Looks great on resume - Challenging, fast paced environment - Job security - Insurance benefits are great",- Little to no perks - Can be kind of stressful,Please focus more on code quality instead of deadlines.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12956,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Senior Operations Manager,"Pay and benefits are unparalleled, and upward mobility is fantastic for those who are willing to put in the sweat equity and work for it.",Work life balance is non existent for a majority of the year and stress levels are high.,"The company places a large emphasis on retaining hourly associates, however, there seems to be little regard for the retention and work/life balance of salaried leaders.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12957,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Line Lead,Part time line lead,"Unbelievably easy to perform like a rockstar. The longer I am with this company the more insight I gain in regards to all the negative reviews. Now I could be a little too hard on people but I mean really scanning boxes at a rate of 120 per hour seemed hard and unattainable to me until I realized what I was doin wrong like focusing too much on big boxes and wasting too much time fixing messy pallets to fit a box in, not doing enough jiffy’s. Amazon is a pretty cool place to work for but only if u actually work and strive to be the best. Great learning opportunities. Great way to really beef up ur resume. Wrapping and top wrapping pallets is so much fun! The hilarious things that accidentally break loose from boxes.",Brown nosing is definitely in ones best interest (it may feel degrading but it’s like an added layer of security and a bigger group of superiors that both know ur name and “fight” other managers to have u on their line. The hours r not set in stone we either flex up or down an hour or less. Even as ambassadors I still would only be tier 2 (I’m tier 1 right) And no pay difference.,Try your hardest to melt with kindness when dealing with difficult people situations and disciplinary actions regardless of whether the person deserves it or not. Dumbasses are still people too and while they may not have the brain power to be amazing they are still trying even if it’s only minimal in your eyes that may just be the hardest they’ve ever worked and there’s nothing wrong with that we all do things differently,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12958,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Just started, and it's peak season","Lots of hours and opportunities for extra time, good benefits","Managers ride us hard, mandatory 12 hour shifts with little notice and no flexibility, pay scaling is poor.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12959,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unorganized when it comes to paying its employees,Great work environment and friendly staff.,For my first check I only got paid for 3 out of 5 days of work.,Pay your employees right for the amount of hard work they put in.....,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P514.htm
12960,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Friendly,"You get a 10% discount on ""fulfilled by Amazon"" orders on amazon. They train you to operate equipment such as forklifts, turrets, electric pallet jacks. Very friendly environment.","Not really a con...but where I work the week starts on Sunday (non night-shift) and ends on Thursday. This means you only get Friday and Saturday off, less time to spend the weekend with friends and family.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12961,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Central Operations Associate,* Great co-workers * Love the atmosphere of going to work each day,* Early hours * Communicating with difficult fulfillment centers,None.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12962,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Customer service,"Relaxing, stable, easy, remote, can help ppl solve problems which is satisfying","Poor salary, repetitive, do not care about flex drivers at all, feel horrible to repeatedly telling drivers email an off-road address",Stop asking others for help,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12963,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far so good,Great pay. Full time means 10hr shifts four times a week. That means 3 consecutive days off.,Peek is coming! Mandatory overtime 12 hr shifts 5 days a week. I guess this is a pro or con depending on your opinion.,Management is overall pretty cool and motivating.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12964,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,transportation,"good school, learn a lot",management not rewarding for hard work,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12965,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 3,OK pay for the job,Work trancends the reasonable limits of employment,treat people better,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12966,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,Great experience and lot of ownership,Long working hours and criticism of the work,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12967,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Line Lead,Part time line lead,"Unbelievably easy to perform like a rockstar. The longer I am with this company the more insight I gain in regards to all the negative reviews. Now I could be a little too hard on people but I mean really scanning boxes at a rate of 120 per hour seemed hard and unattainable to me until I realized what I was doin wrong like focusing too much on big boxes and wasting too much time fixing messy pallets to fit a box in, not doing enough jiffy’s. Amazon is a pretty cool place to work for but only if u actually work and strive to be the best. Great learning opportunities. Great way to really beef up ur resume. Wrapping and top wrapping pallets is so much fun! The hilarious things that accidentally break loose from boxes.",Brown nosing is definitely in ones best interest (it may feel degrading but it’s like an added layer of security and a bigger group of superiors that both know ur name and “fight” other managers to have u on their line. The hours r not set in stone we either flex up or down an hour or less. Even as ambassadors I still would only be tier 2 (I’m tier 1 right) And no pay difference.,Try your hardest to melt with kindness when dealing with difficult people situations and disciplinary actions regardless of whether the person deserves it or not. Dumbasses are still people too and while they may not have the brain power to be amazing they are still trying even if it’s only minimal in your eyes that may just be the hardest they’ve ever worked and there’s nothing wrong with that we all do things differently,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12968,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Ups and downs,"Great pay and great employees, everybody is friendly","Painful feet, not enough break time",Just give longer break times,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12969,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,You’ll be surrounded by incredibly smart people who will help up your game.,You’re just a replaceable cog in a giant machine.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P515.htm
12970,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent if you're ok with all the lifting,"Flexible schedules, easy to find extra hours.",The lines can often get very disorganized in the warehouse on busy shifts.,More ambassador presence on lane.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12971,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,Women: Beware!,Amazon looks good on your resume,"Female vs Male pay upholds the 20% variance the U.S. quotes in unequal pay for equal work. Women must meet 120% of job requirements when applying to internal jobs, men only need about 50% of the required skills or experience. Management will actively promote men over women regardless of experience or ability to deliver results. Divisions are actively competing against one another rather than encouraged to collaborate (which would save the company money in the long-term). If you happen to be the single woman at the L10 or L8 level you'll receive more scrutiny than your male counterparts. If you are a woman, you will need to ""fall in line"" while you see men with less experience get praise and promotion. Women: Beware!","Working at Amazon is like being in a relationship with an abusive spouse. The golden handcuffs are not as shiny as the male counterparts. The inclusion index is very poor. If you are seeking change then address these problems. If you are fine with status quo, then you will continue to experience mass exits. The attrition rate is astounding yet attitude and leadership style from L10 and below are not changing.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12972,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Design Manager,Great company for self-starters,Anyone who has a drive and a will to succeed can read the Amazon Leadership Principles to understand how to excel in the work environment there. You're surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry. There are great opportunities to mentor and be mentored.,"Lack of repeatable, streamlined processes, very siloed environment, fiefdoms galore with competing goals and agendas. The last two are common with any large company. The first one is unique to Amazon, in my experience. ""It's always Day 1"" doesn't scale when you use it as an excuse not to implement lightweight process.","Understand that the software developers - while incredibly important to the success of Amazon - are not the only employees there. The culture revolves around the male-dominated SDEs. If you manage only SDEs, or are an SDE, please take some time to get to know people in other roles better, empathize and partner better with them.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12973,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Associate,Good work Environment Lots to learn,Work hours difficult interview process here,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12974,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Global Account Manager,Never been happier in my career,"Awesome, customer-centric culture. A hiring process that weeds out slackers and people who don't share our passion for customers and fast, effective execution. Excellent resources to help a sales person be successful.","Very few cons. Some internal functions are become slower and more bureaucratic as the company grows, and a lot of work falls on the sales team other than the normal day-to-day functions.",Keep our great culture alive. Don't let us become a Day 2 sales organization that becomes mired in inwardly-focused tasks instead of obsessing over our customers. Our superpowers come from our execution and responsiveness.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12975,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Nov 15, 2017","Current Employee - Bartender, Warehouse Sorter",Heard about working here,"Good pay, great company, good benefits",None except only seasonal availability,Great company I heard to work at.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12976,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon,Opportunity for great experience and to work with very smart people.,Organizational shifting happens often and can impact your career growth,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12977,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good place to work,Good pay and great management Good location,"Long hours, the work is hard Not many paid vacations",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12978,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Seasonal to permanent,"Great environment, easy work, recognition, pay during peak.",Peak. Peak. Peak. Pay is somewhat low. Cross training can be limited or slow going because of the number of employees.,Make sure to establish and continue mentoring programs for employees that show initiative. Follow through with your comments.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12979,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,A good company to work for,The health and stock benefits are nice. The match on the 401k isn't too bad either. Every day is a new experience and every experience can be an opportunity to learn.,Working overnight affects your internal clock. There's not as much efficiency in my building as I'd like there to be. Communication from management to employees could be better at times.,The morale can be really low at times. Finding some way to boost it on a daily basis would benefit everyone.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P516.htm
12980,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,The pay rate that starts at 12.25/hr,The managerment sucks and they say it’s only 4hour shifts but on your first day of work you’ll learn that you can flex up or down an hour. Only get 15min break each but they start rushing you back to work after 10mins and wrote people up if they’re just 1min late.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12981,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Don't do it!,Get a decent pay and benefits.,Everything else! You are not allowed to sit even when there's no work. The management doesn't make you feel welcomed and hr is a joke,Stop drinking the kool-aid,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12982,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Pay, benefits, easy job.","Long hours, favoritism with managers, strict",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12983,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Part Time Sales Associate,Just started,The team managers are amazing,Part time doesn’t get many perks,Partime should have to option to either go full time to get better benefits or have options for better benefits after a certain amount of time.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12984,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,This is not for me! I am doing this seasonal. The staff is very unprofessional and unorganized.,Flexible hours if you work a full-time and looking for a part-time but must work one day out of the weekend!,Unorganized management in sortation facility is ghetto uneducated and have poor management skills. I can only speak about the Sortation facility as I never worked in their other facilities. If you have a problem that is HR related good luck you will have to speak to someone in India who knows nothing smdh!,"Hire professionals to manage the sortation facility. Also, there should be an on-site person to help you with HR issues I was told to email someone in HR to help me with my questions or concerns and no one got back to me.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12985,amazon,"Clear Brook, VA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Extremely hard work,The starting pay is decent and you'll have plenty of overtime.,Only 1 day off a week. Work at least a 10 hour shift every day. Extremely physically demanding job. So exhausted when you get off work that you have no energy to have an outside life. Breaks are supposedly 15 minutes BUT your break begins as soon as you last scan an item and your walk time to the breakroom is part of your break so you end up only having a 7 minute break because of the size of the warehouse and amount of time it takes to walk to and from the break room.,Actually give full 15 minute breaks. Your associates work hard and need that full 15 minutes to relax. The pay should be better for the physical demands of the job. Make sure everyone is properly trained because it cuts into pickers numbers when they have to spend extra time looking for a stepstool because stoers are sitting on them and won't let pickers use them or get to the items we need to pick when pickers have the right of way.,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12986,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sortation associate,It's a paycheck every week.,They work you like a slave,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12987,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Area Operations Manager,Good. Great team and growth opportunity if you are opened to relocation.,Pay and benefits are top class. learned a lot about the industry.,"cut throat competition ,work life balance is not the best.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12988,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Haven't been able to move up in level in 3 years with the company.,"Great benefits, many different teams to cater to everyone's interests",Very hard to move up within the company. I started in 2014 and have performed well outside of my level and yet after sharing with my manager many times my interest in promotion and asking what I need to do to move up and yet it never has gone anywhere.,Be transparent and help your employees move up. That is what we are here to do and want to perform and do better than where we are now. We require your help to do so in the process.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12989,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2017","Former Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development",It's Still Day 1,"Work here is challenging and fast paced. Get on the right team and you can go far. Expectations are high so work can be stressful. However, it's not as bad as people say. Most managers care about you and your well being. So far work/life balance is not an issue","Company moves too fast sometimes. Amazon culture prevents enterprise standards and data governance, and favors quick moving individual solutions. It's time to balance startup culture with proven tactics.","Keep the customer first, and we will continue to be successful.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P517.htm
12990,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,amazon,"great place to work at, managment is very respectful",none as of right now,Keep doing great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
12991,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,High turnover rate for a reason!,"Decent pay to start out, company stocks when hired, acquire paid time off over time","Supervisors play favorites, very hard on the body, expect you to keep a high rate (which can be impossible sometimes), unfair length of breaks",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,none,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
12992,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Don't do it!,Get a decent pay and benefits.,Everything else! You are not allowed to sit even when there's no work. The management doesn't make you feel welcomed and hr is a joke,Stop drinking the kool-aid,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
12993,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Maintenance Technician,Great Place to work,There is room to move up and the people are great.,"The 10 hr days can be a little long, but you have three days off a week.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
12994,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,I LOVE working at Amazon,+ Surrounded by talented and fun people + Great work life balance + Very competitive pay and benefits + Innovative company,"- Challenging interview process - Have to ask for feedback, not given on a regular basis (for my position) - Difficult to get promoted - Everyone I know sends me their resume and asks me to get them a job ,)","Continue the disruption, protect the Amazon brand value at all costs - continue to give people many reasons to Love Amazon.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
12995,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Over view,Lots of movement to advance if your patient,too much change at once,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
12996,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Decent Pay ...time-off Is flexible...,"Long hours , very physical standing all shift.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
12997,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,"If you can survive your first 90 days, its great!",You only have to work at Amazon for 90 days and you can be promoted to the next level if you want. The benefit package is wonderful. There is a lot of time off.,You are on your feet for 10 hours or more so wear great shoes. Short breaks. Moving up can be hard when you're competing with hundreds of internal employees.,"I know they want to move senior level management around for experience, but if a great manager comes along, you should leave them in place instead of rotating them out every 6 months or so.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
12998,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Sorter,High speed and impersonal,"Short shifts, which is great becuase it is very physical work.","All facets of the job are highly physical. Job is designed for a younger person. As a new seasonal employee, I have spent most of my time asking questions or performing inefficient tasks. Our facility has only been open for a month, so not many employees know the process. The overall persepctive of an employee is just through with your shift and go home. Only the top management of the shift seems to care or understand the goal of the specific shift or goal of the company. I'm usually just trying to work hard to help pass the time faster. Why I'm doing what I'm doing becomes of little concern, which is not a good long term plan, but no one wants to explain the system....no time supposedly.","Maybe a 1 hour class to explain the overalll system and opportunity to employees. I'd like to feel invested, not just a minion.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
12999,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Higher ups know less/Demand more,Very fair wage to start Stock option and bonuses even for PT upon hire Multiple breaks/even paid,Long hours Unrealistic quotas No sympathy for ANY reasons you may have to complain No one dept. has all the answers for their very dept. You are an extra body and nothing more,"When you promote ppl maybe try to make sure they know more about things than new hires. Management either has 0 extra knowledge about common questions or policies or they intentionally give ""I don't know"" answers to avoid looking in and to keep you working.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P518.htm
13000,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits/Communication Barriers,"Vision/LTD/STD, Employees are given stock, Generous time off, Paid Holidays","Horrible Communication between departments, Vision for building has changed at least 3 times in the past year, fav oritism, career growth is not easy, pay is lacking","Better Communication between departments, dont overwork your veteran workers, sent hourly wage higher, set a better way to advance career growth for all associates",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13001,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,great entry job. benefits. stocks.,management is not on the same page,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13002,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Great company but stressful work environments,Benefits are great and it is easily to move up in the company.,Job can be stressful and there is a high turn over rate. Seniority doesn't mean anything to this company.,Stop micromanaging and stressing out your employees.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13003,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PROS AND CONS OF AMAZON,"Lots of overtime offered for the christmas season, short shifts, and they throw in an extra 4 hours of holiday pay plus time and half when you work on the holidays. Lots of raffle prizes given out during the christmas season.","If the company needs you to stay longer than your scheduled shift, and you decide to leave, there will be consequences. Kind of like blackmail. Managers do nothing but walk around and get paid more while you do all of the heavy lifting and sweating.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13004,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Writer,A great place for Technical Writers/Programming Writers,- A growing team - as Amazon adds new web services they add new writers. They don't just throw the new work on our existing writers' plates. - A strong editorial support staff - a really good ratio between writers and editors ensures that the technically oriented writers produce good text. - An active tools team - they are always working to automate more of the process and improve our tooling to allow us to focus on what really matters: describing complex technology for our customers. - Flexibility - we can work from home one or more days each week as long as we get the job done. We also can pretty much set our own hours as either early birds or night owls.,"- ""Frugal"" core principal - writers are in open bay areas (like most other employees) sometimes making concentrating while in the office a challenge. Most use headphones to help compensate. - Treated as ""second class"" to programmers - new 34"" wide hi-res monitors that would make writing easier are only available to those with ""programmer"" in their job title. - Amazon provides a MAXIMUM of 3 weeks vacation a year","Frugal should not mean ""cheap"". Sure, don't waste money, but don't be so draconian when it would mean a significant productivity improvement.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13005,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Central operations,The company created a very comfortable and relaxed work environment. Everything is pretty straight forward and easy to do. There is also slot of overtime available.,The learning process to procedures was for extensive. Procedures were also always changing so things could get very confusing fast.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13006,amazon,"Everett, MA"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,If you are driven and self-motivated you will thrive in this environment.,"Hours are good... Pay is good. As long as you do your job, you won't have anyone constantly looking over your shoulder.",If you are late you get time deducted from your unpaid time off (UPT)... Or if they flex end time by an hour and you can't stay you lose some of your UPT. There is a lot of turnaround and many times there is flex time added to the shift. If you have another job that starts closely after your shift at Amazon this may become a problem for you. It takes awhile to earn enough sick time to cover a day off if you are going to be out sick.,There should be more support given to new hires as not everyone is able to adapt and learn as quickly as others.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13007,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with many opportunities to become something everyone benefits from or enjoys to express themselves.,It grows strong characteristics in life of individuals that are ready for self reliance work and mentality.,"Making sure you are ready to push yourself for better lifestyle and leaving your other one in the past to become that better, stronger person.",Optimistic is the key to success.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13008,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Account Representative,Great place to work!,"Great pay, fun atmosphere, get to customers every day lives. The leadership principles are no BS and guide pretty much every decision.","Long hours (like 45-50, and I get paid overtime) and only 1 week paid vacation. which is honestly OK considering my pay.",connect with other departments more.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13009,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn PM skills!,Get hardcore and authentic product management experience here.,"Fast paced work environment, not much time to catch up with colleagues on outside work topics",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P519.htm
13010,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Driven Company with Clear Leadership Principles,"I love that the company has a set of principles that really drive how they think and operate. They're part of everything that we do. If you read them (published as Amazon.com's Leadership Principles) and aren't inspired, this may not be the best place for you.",There's more duplication of efforts than I like sometimes. Everyone wants to show and maintain strong ownership and centrally managing something can sometimes make sense. Getting those ideas approved and funded can be challenging.,Don't lose sight to the importance of maintaining our culture as the company continues to grow at an incredible pace. If we lose the culture we die.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13011,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,vested in 3 years Garbage,Good stock growth so far,too much manager run instead of engineers,none,2.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13012,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Communication,"Easy to get hired. Lenient about time off when you need it. You can manage your own personal time. Four day work week, so three days off is a plus.","Very disorganized. Communication is terrible. Nobody really seems to know what is going on. They have too many people and not enough places for them to work so they often send people home with no pay. That's not mandatory, so you don't have to leave with no pay, but if you choose to stay they'll find some busy work for you to do, and that sometimes makes for long dreadful days.","Try to get a better handle on what's happening day-to-day. Plan better, figure out the workforce and have something meaningful for everyone to do each day.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13013,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Warehouse (Fulfilment Center),Flexible work schedule. Decent hourly pay. Great benefits for a part time job.,"Until you become a full time associate, expect to have a second job to make ends meet. Part time is typically 4 hour shifts five days per week. (20 Hrs)",It's surprising that employees don't receive a free Amazon Prime membership while employed.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13014,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Its a roller coaster ride,"Great place to be in if you like your work to be kind of a roller coaster ride, with lot of twists and turns and sometimes a surprising lull too. Amazon is practically now so many different companies that you could be here for 20 years without your job feeling redundant. Lot of passionate and smart people looking to do great work, makes you push yourself to achieve more.","A lot of the teams still operate like a startup or small company with few processes and learning on the go, creating redundant processes and loosely defined roles. Though it provides lot of exposure, it sometimes leads to inefficiencies","Now that some of the businesses have become so big, need to create a well defined org structure, more refined and focused leadership, defined roles and responsibilities.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13015,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Good company,Weekly pay is great to receive.,Boring job and lack of personal development.,Smile,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13016,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History,Opportunity to lead a team.,none that I can think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13017,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate at Amazon in Chester Va,"Great place, fast paced, overtime","Unorganized, people steal, management unprofessional",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13018,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,The pay for the period of time you work is worth the wait.,"Cons are the hard concrete floor you stand and walk on for 10-12, three to four days a week can become painful.",Management is very well structured. Leveled tiers are the supervision that look over each department in a facility warehouse of Amazon.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13019,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Area,Area Manager,Great Pay Diverse benefits Limitless advancement Ability to relocate,Work life balance during peak,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P520.htm
13020,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Vendor Manager II,Vendor Manager II,Love the fast pace and autonomy you have to make an impact. I also really like the people overall. My team has a great culture of helping each other out. Access to learning and training is amazing.,There is always more to do than you have time for.,Better employee discount:) More transparency around review and promotion process.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13021,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PIT driver,"Good money, and driving the vehicles you never pushing yourself too hard but still busy.",Overtime days and depending on your shift you may not get any of the weekend off,none,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13022,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer I,"fast-paced, engineering culture, passionate, friendly collegues","too busy when projects due, pip",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13023,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Product Associate,Picking a schedule means fighting for a schedule,Great training. Very patient and detailed,At 10 pm CST you must log onto the website and try to claim hours. Three weeks in a row I have been successful to claim 4 hours. They push the idea of your get pick your hours. Reality is they have way to many employees fighting for any shift.,Having much more employee supply than company demand is great for corporate. You promote transparency with the employee complaint board. But the ad for the job said I could work up to 20 hours a week. I have never gotten close to that. I know it work for the bottom line but it doesn't work for employees who trust your claims.,1.0,none,none,1.0,2.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13024,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,not too sure yet honestly,You have 15 min break every 4 hours. but its very strict so you get maybe 5 min because you have to use break to walk to front of warehouse and be back scanning before 16 minutes hits. mindless work. cant listen to music. lonely work. Horrible hours,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13025,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a ,"Yes they pay a lot, give you decent vacation, and stock",The culture is not good.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13026,amazon,"Garland, TX"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,You only work about 4 hours a day.,"You only work 4 hours a day. :( , They make you stay later with no notice, have a really bad fire and hire rate.",Should pay more for the work done,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13027,amazon,"Remote, OR"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service,Fun Job!,Paid training. Benefits available. Lunches and breaks and evenly spaced.,Tough matrix is meet. Long Shifts.,Communication,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13028,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,"There is always jobs available. Easy work, no qualifications other than pass a drug test. Don’t have to worry about the company closing its doors.",The work sucked. Feels like a prison. Nobody will really help you if you have a question. It’s like a bunch of human robots just working.,It is what it is,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13029,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,Favoritism,"Work schedule, benefits and pay incentives.","Favoritism, lazy Ambassadors and parking lot traffic caused by people directing traffic. Waiting a half an hour to get out! They have zero clue on how to direct!",Make sure those advanced to Ambassadors know what they're doing and that they WORK! Seems favoritism gets you moving ahead... other than hard work.,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P521.htm
13030,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Great work experience and exposure, fast paced, highly motivated/driven co-workers, performance based culture, cross-functional/ matrixed org structure","Work-life balance can be hard to maintain,",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13031,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,VCC Reserves,Work-life balance is as good as it gets.,Opportunities to advance aren't great.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13032,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist,Amazon - Not as bad as they say,"- Great benefits, especially parental leave - Stock keeps going up - When you can get into an Amazon garage (long waitlist) parking is very reasonable for downtown Seattle - Ability to move around within the company. You are able to do many different things without having to move to a new company. - I have always been on teams that are very flexible regarding PTO, needing to WFH and arrive late/leave early.","- While it is getting better, there are lot of managers who need additional training. and a bad manager can tank you. - Pay is still not great for most things outside of tech. Especially if you are promoting within. - Promotion process is still very outdated and frankly not fair. - Lots of boomerang employees because it is easier to leave for a year or two and then come back for more money/stock.",Move forward! This isn't the Amazon of the past. Let go of your old ways and embrace the changes the company is trying to make in management. It is the only way to keep growing and attracting/developing talent.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13033,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Driven and HR Governed,"High Pay but it's promissory - i.e., restricted stock units that begin to vest at month 25 when the sign-on bonus is about to expire. Carrot on a stick tactic to make it difficult to want to leave (if you're predominately motivated by money)","Detrimental to quality of life outside of work. High rate of burnout. Leverage veterans only to exploit their proven track record of high performance. High rate of attrition. People are easily expendable and college yearly recruitment is high. Operations driven. Development and hiring the best does not occur. PIPs leveraged to frighten employees. HR governs behind the scenes, but has no understanding of operations and only works M-F daylight hours.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13034,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Worker,Leading packing lines at Amazon looks good on a resume and interview for better jobs,Job itself is completely dead with no room to move up into other positions compared to similar warehouses,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13035,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Amazon is great if you can handle it,"Managers are great, their operation is great, facility is great, pay is 13.85",Workload is heavy... It's not for everyone,Do physical tests during the hiring process and be able to inform a potential employee if the workload would be too much for them,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13036,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,new pt warehouse associate,"not micromanaged, friendly coworkers, and you can choose your break time","unorganized and hard time being able to get login info to select shifts, so I am unable to work because mangers keep giving me and a lot of others wrong login info",none,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13037,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,You meet a lot of people,It’s not a place to work at,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13038,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Great people, great work, don't chug the kool-aid","Most days are pretty great, honestly. I am constantly pushed to think bigger Employees are competent, smart, and interesting. I have had limited interactions with people who were nasty, childish, or rude. Ability to own projects, and create initiatives even at entry level Management wants to hear your ideas, and encourages invention Good work life balance","*Not a con necessarily* but the idea of your typical Tech ""Playground office"" a la Google/Facebook with the snack kitchens, and massage therapist on staff is not here. Amazon is all about frugality, so there aren't many handouts, and the Holiday party is not going to be a lavish affair.  The Promotions process is a massive challenge Annual increases are small and there is no negotiation The way comp is structured, you will dip in your 4th year unless you move roles or are promoted. Contentment is un-Amazonian. Amazon will get you a vacuum cleaner within a day, but can't seem to figure out how to shorten the recruiting process.",More transparency in the promotion process Compensation could be better,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13039,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Great medical benefits, monthly bonuses, stock incentive, casual work environment, diverse people. Pretty cool place to work, freebies for performers. And did I mention the cool people! 3 day weekends, overtime available.. easy interview process. Pass the screening online and if you're asked to come for and interview you got the job as long as you pass the mouth swab drug test and background check. Regarding background just be honest on in your app, they are pretty flexible. Someone will call you to verify and then you're good!","Pay could be higher. Long work days- sometimes 10-12 hours, average day 10 hrs. Depending on department- sometimes it's very boring and repetitive or very exhausting and very physical. Still worth it","Increase pay, reward top performers with individual productivity bonuses instead of blanket site productivity (VCP).",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P522.htm
13040,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Great medical benefits, monthly bonuses, stock incentive, casual work environment, diverse people. Pretty cool place to work, freebies for performers. And did I mention the cool people! 3 day weekends, overtime available.. easy interview process. Pass the screening online and if you're asked to come for and interview you got the job as long as you pass the mouth swab drug test and background check. Regarding background just be honest on in your app, they are pretty flexible. Someone will call you to verify and then you're good!","Pay could be higher. Long work days- sometimes 10-12 hours, average day 10 hrs. Depending on department- sometimes it's very boring and repetitive or very exhausting and very physical. Still worth it","Increase pay, reward top performers with individual productivity bonuses instead of blanket site productivity (VCP).",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13041,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development internship,It's lit I liked the money,Too much work and projects,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13042,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great pay and innovative company,"Poor work/life balance, they expect alot.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13043,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"lot of growth, good culture",relocation sometimes is needed for progression,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13044,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Nov 23, 2017",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"good workout, great opportunity for growth if you kiss tail","constantly blamed for managers mistakes, under appreciated, constantly pinned against peers, some say it is competitive but honestly it's a mixture of managers and ops managers pushing you to push your peers past any work load they themselves would consider doing for the amount of money or appreciation, amazon concentrates on a ""leader"" atmosphere and how we are supposed to be along side our peers and associates but, in all actuality majority of the ""leaders"" could care less because when associates are forced to work 6 days of 12 hour shifts ""forced"" if not they will be fired the area managers sit home cozy while they have people to cover for them with zero consequence. all in all we as l3s and below are grossly under paid and appreciated.","listen to your people and give more time off, you may think its all about ph and building performance, but when you associates form a union you'll be in a world of hurt.",2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13045,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,IT Support Technician,Opportunities to travel with competitive benefits.,"Work is too repetitive, and non very technical related.",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13046,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is what it is. Second job only,"Worked with school schedule, met some great people.",Do not like to pay you what you deserve even if they move you to another job assignment,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13047,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard labor.,"-Benefits -3 days off -Chances to win prizes, like tvs and game consoles.","-Very physically demanding -Long hours, plus mandatory overtime -Not enough pay for work done","Treat your employees like human beings not robots. Fulfilling customer orders is important but we are only human, running around constantly for 10 or more hours a day is demanding.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13048,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reduced full time associate,"Great benefits! 401k, incredible health insurance price plans, stock options fully vested after 3 years. PTO, VTO, VOT, MOT. If you work hard and are good to them, It pays off and will pay you off.  Good work and life balance",Long work hours 12hrs reduces full time associate but I love it. Soo.. cons?..,Honestly my location just opened and we are killing it. Keep killing it!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13049,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Solution Architect - Tech Leader,Amazing place to work - Incredible talent and exciting growth,Great place to learn and grow and improve your skills. The culture is amazing. You are free to provide feedback to anyone in an attempt to continuously improve our client facing skills and deliverables. You are free to fail as well.,"Immature enterprise client knowledge, but this is changing as we hire more talented industry experts.","Don't compromise the Amazon culture just to meet hiring goals. If we can't maintain the top talent, then we should not hire.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P523.htm
13050,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Transportation,National Operations Center (NOC),Great communication on training and great atmosphere in the work place.,No cons they work with you in all types of situations and help you resolve they do not just tell you do it this way or that way they walk you through the problem,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13051,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Unique company with outstanding message,"in Amazon Web Services unlimited Innovation, very good benefits and pay compared to similar companies, awesome culture and respect, consistent message across all business unites and departments.",sometimes hard to catch up on innovation and technology,"non so far, just keep doing what you are doing",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13052,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Develomenet Engineer,Excellent place to work,"Excellent project management, smart colleagues to work with, nice company culture and values",Employee medical benefit needs improvement.,Technical management efficiency needs improvement,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13053,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for,"Great career opportunities and work life balance (due to internal tools to ease Operations workload) Great compensation, benefits and perks Talented and hardworking peers. Multi phased wetting interview process to make sure people with right skills and commitment make it to the teams. Very customer focused and your decisions in day to day life impacts the customers directly.",You may have to move to Seattle. Cost of living and real-estate in Seattle is high.,Do not sacrifice long term values for short term benefits,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13054,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Field Engineer,Field Engineer,"This is a great place to work! Colleagues are very nice, managers care a lot about us and encourage us to take trainings to develop ourselves.","Workload can be high sometimes, and need to work under pressure.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13055,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EHS,"Paid Holidays, Health Care, Dental, 401K",Warehouse grows old after awhile,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13056,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great workplace to learn and grow,"Great place to learn, talented workforce",Work Pressure and may affect work life balance,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13057,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Great Experience and Great Teams,"Diversity, Ability to Grow, Benefits and Compensation","Fast-Paced, Must be Active to perform all roles within Amazon",Communication lines can be distorted.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13058,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Researcher,"Highly motivated individuals. Strong culture and process. Work is focused on substance, not fluff.","Sometimes it can feel like no one owns the product - instead the process is control, so it can be hard to bring your vision to life if you feel strongly about what the product can/should be.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13059,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Best job I have ever had...AWS,"Flexible, innovative, surrounded by smart people, constantly challenged","Seattle Parking (Amazon provides parking, but not in building),",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P524.htm
13060,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Researcher,"Highly motivated individuals. Strong culture and process. Work is focused on substance, not fluff.","Sometimes it can feel like no one owns the product - instead the process is control, so it can be hard to bring your vision to life if you feel strongly about what the product can/should be.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13061,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Best job I have ever had...AWS,"Flexible, innovative, surrounded by smart people, constantly challenged","Seattle Parking (Amazon provides parking, but not in building),",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13062,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Procurement Manager,Like to invent - Amazon is your place.,"- Amazing talent around you to learn from as well as keeps you at your toes - Great work life balance (Just get your task completed and keep inventing new ways to complete projects more efficiently) - Massive company so there is something for everyone - Feels like working for a startup with money (Though frugality is a bloodline) - Be part of the future - Culture - Fewer Layers in leadership - Food Medical, Dental and Vision - Stock Compensation",- Is a con for some and pro for some (Short timelines on execution) - Internal growth especially into other teams is a no go unless one progresses in their current role.,- Though the organization is flat one hardly ever meets their VP or above (Lack of town halls hosted by VPs) - Directors are pretty much the rockstars of the company (Not an advise but a good thing).,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13063,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker,the hours and benefits are good.,no management walk 15 plus miles a night in 12 hours.,learn management skills,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13064,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor work conditions,Good pay was at top of reasons. 16$/hr,Environment too fast pace. Too hard to grasp idea of job description,"Should be more hands on, on the job trainers teaching.",1.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13065,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Dock Employee,No life,"Overtime Pay, Benefits, Fun Co Workers","Overworked, uncompensated, minimal training, high disregard for personal life","Allow your employees to live. If you give them a peak season, let them work their peak season. Dont force them to bleed into another department's peak season because MANAGEMENT fired over half their emoloyees for nonsensical reasons, and then not even train them to fill those positions and have the same expectations. Its absurd, mentally and physically draining and disorderly.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13066,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Work with the best and brightest,Every single person on my team is incredibly smart. It creates a culture unlike any other. People do live the leadership principles at work which is a framework that enables us to do the right thing.,I work longer hours than any previous company. You also have to get used to tough love. There will be times where your judgement will be questioned. There are also a lot of quick changes or 'pivots' as new information arises.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13067,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker/Loader,Great job with decent pay for unskilled positions and job security as well as growth,There will be times when you don't know what time you will get off. Non experienced management,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13068,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,VCS,I love the company they are great,Training is exhausting and tedious,none,4.0,2.0,none,5.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13069,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Inventory Control, Sorter, Packer",Benefits day one if hired directly by amazon,Workload too heavy /stressful for what kind of work it is,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P525.htm
13070,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Fast pace. Goes by quick.,Minimal training and horrible work/life balance.,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13071,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,Voluntary time off allows for some schedule flexibility,Limited break and lunch times considering the 10-11 hour work days,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13072,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,It’s ok,Paid time off and unpaid time off available from day one. Benefits are ok.,My only con is the amount of time involved in a shift.,Perhaps you should recommend specific shoes and play music.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13073,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a bad place to work,semi-good basic training for a junior tech person,Brutal attitudes They'll work you to death They're frugal It's a cult They make people cry,"Customers don't come first, employees come first.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13074,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Great benefits, great pay, they help pay for your education as well",I don’t have any cons,Would love to work for them again!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13075,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Learned a lot, enjoyable",Smarts engineers and working on latest technologies,"Can be stressful sometimes, that's it.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13076,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reduced full time associate,"Great benefits! 401k, incredible health insurance price plans, stock options fully vested after 3 years. PTO, VTO, VOT, MOT. If you work hard and are good to them, It pays off and will pay you off.  Good work and life balance",Long work hours 12hrs reduces full time associate but I love it. Soo.. cons?..,Honestly my location just opened and we are killing it. Keep killing it!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13077,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,VTO & VTE No boss over your back,SUPER BORING no phones music anything bathroom always smells bad,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13078,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,packer,The company has great benefits.,You have to work 10 long hours.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13079,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,Mixed experience over time and between teams,Definitely large scaling. A lot stuff to learn when you deal with large volume of customer based. Most teams have good culture and open to discuss professionally.,"It depends on the team, some teams may have extra ops load involved. Oncall can be painful some time.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P526.htm
13080,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to start off,"Work Culture, Ease of communication with the hierarchy, well defined goals, open to cross functional process knowledge.","immature Pay structure Favoritism Certain new hire managers tend to forget the work culture of amazon, end of expecting BPO type standards.",Better hiring of leadership personal. Pay structure,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13081,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not interesting,"big company, famous, good stock share","average salary, too little to do",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13082,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Great benefits great work environment,Not enough time devoted to training.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13083,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Driver,"I know my work ethic, would be a plus with team work knowledge and time management.","Hard to work with non- positive people, I can understand most things but if a person doesn't want help from you, that's bad for business right?",Must be able to help co-workers with any and all situations,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13084,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017","Current Employee - Sales Associate Part Time, Seasonal","Awesome, boring because no music bit other than that it wasn't that bad.","It was easy work, not hard to do really anything, fast and you do get a 15 minute break so that's a plus, they have a wait room with games and food, and drinks and everyone is friendly and willing to work as a team","Very boring, no music, and everything cost money, besides the basic gear you start with, a lot of heavy lifting and a lot of walking, but you do get water free, but don't stay away from working for to long.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13085,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - SDE-II,SDE II,Good work environment and best leadership ever,"Food is not fancy , no free coke ,(",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13086,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation,"fun,fast paced, pretty easy","keeps you busy, fast growing company, lots of opportunities. schedules are set for first 90 days, but appears to be adjustable after.","everyone's so new sometimes tough to get trained. kinda sorry I picked the schedule I did, 1-5am they won't let me change it, but that's on me",maybe more thorough training for leaders,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13087,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,great company,- lots of autonomy and freedom - you get to work with truly cutting edge tech - smart people,- its easy to overwork yourself - a single bad manager can ruin your experience - many teams are not exciting,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13088,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,DON'T KNOW OF ANY BECAUSE NEVER GIVEN THE CHANCE,"For Months you have sent me emails saying "" I am hired and to hold on. Well for months, I am still waiting. ""","I am retired but had a lot to offer and was looking for a great new opportunity. Your emails have been constant and the one phone call I got six weeks ago wanting me to come in the next day was short lived. Less than fifteen minutes later I was called and said my second background had just expired. Four weeks later, I get another email telling me to hold on. I think your are too BIG to really see whats going on. Oh well, I know I am just a number but my former employer thought much differently. I'd like to see your CUSTOMER SERVICE goals reflect in your HIRING PROCESS.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13089,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,Good company. Nice new building. Hr lady lyed like a cheap rug.,They expect you to work a 5 hour shift and all you get is a 10 min break !! Also they expect you to sort 180 packages an hour. Or 3 a minute. Seasonal job. Quit after 3 days.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P527.htm
13090,amazon,"Ashland, VA"," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Part time,"Friendly coworkers, nice new building","Management only cares about self, part time only",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13091,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Scanner,Great Company,"Benefits are good. They offer overtime which is great. This is a new location so, so far so good. They provide you with training. Training is fast so you must be a fast learner. You get trained on everything within the building. During peak you are allow a certain amount of over time.","I think the only issue I have had is, they dont tell you in the beginning that you are only guarantee 3 hours instead of 4. Let people know that up front so the won't be surprise when you send them home only with 3hours.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13092,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Inv,Amazon is great People are nice Tons of opportunities etc,Not as well payed as in other countries,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13093,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Not a bad place to work,"Work from home, support of team and managers, supplied laptop and headset, easy job with lots of training.","Long hours, rude customers, lack of flexibility when time off it needed/wanted.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13094,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good place to work,Opportunities to move to new roles,Old employees make less money,Growth discussions,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Tons of growth and learning at a fast pace,"* Full control over your world- lots of responsibility but also authority * Amazing people to work with * Great technology stack * Tons of growth opportunity * Working at scale, building highly-available and resilient software","* Top-leveling culture was insidious (recently Amazon moved away from this, however) * Lots of pressure, you really need to learn how to manage Amazon or get used to not having an outside life. This can be done, but it is difficult. * Since everybody is pushed at a very fast pace, you can find yourself working for a manager who is struggling (which impacts *everything*)","Keep your culture awesome, get past the years of top-leveling (focus on collaboration rather than competition)",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13096,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE @ Amazon Review,"We work on problems that are dictated by our customers, which is really fun. We scale very quickly, it's not unusual to go from not making any revenue to millions in a year. Great working environment. Good comp.",Frugal. It's a basic corporate environment. There's free tea and coffee but that's generally it. Lots of reorganizations.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13097,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime,Experience and a lot of friendly faces. Great benefits,Pay isn’t that good starting off,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13098,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good company but experience varies hugly team by team,"Lots of smart people. Good pay, able to work on big projects.","As amazon company gets from big to huge, the established businesses, mainly .com, value less and less on performance and results, but more on office politics and favoritism of management. So don’t get expect promoted from good work alone. U have to play games heavily that doesn’t add value to the company. So if u have good social skills and willing to suck up who u reporting to, come and join the company. U will do well by riding the past success of Jeff Bezos and fellow coworkers.","All company will end one day. Typically as big company becomes more and more like a government. Innovation and hardworking is being disencouraged by the system. So unless the brilliant Jeff can keep coming up with new business to subsidize the staggering system. all will end quickly. So please flatten the hierarchy, reevaluate your managment, cut off the redundant teams.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13099,amazon,"Cleveland, TN"," Nov 23, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Fulfillment,"Easy work, a zombie could work here or someone completely brain dead. Easiest job I have ever had and my manager was great.","Pay is very bad, you start at $11.50 an hour and in three years you are topped out at $13.50. No challenge at all and no advancement.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P528.htm
13100,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,"No work life balance, Its always work for these guys",Good benefits and smart people around,Management sucks. They hire using these LP's which is very easy to crack. Managers push you to over work and put tremendous pressure on you to satisfy their ever incraesing work load. No career growth due to the work load.,Plan properly and scale properly your resources to meet the work load. There is no work life balance in premium support especially for the big-data queue. The salaries in big-data queue do not even come close to what other companies pay for the same work.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13101,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Overall exceptional opportunities, with some concerns.",Leadership principals are good guidelines for life (IMO) on top of work. Lots of opportunity for those who work hard and have good self-awareness. The ability to prioritize and know when to say no are useful to your career success.,"It is easy to get burnt out by the demands of work, especially if you're driven, or a pleaser who wants to do good work. Have had several biased bosses (e.g. sexist).",Offer better opportunities for advancement for the people who are hungry for it. Watch your managers for bias.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13102,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Tax Manager,Senior Tax Manager,Interesting company where no day is the same.,Everyone (EVERYONE) is Type A.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13103,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced,Very fast-paced but people really care about their work and its contagious,The coffee is very bad,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13104,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation,It's decent pay. $12.50 an hour is pretty decent. You don't really have to worry about your hours changing on you. Break room offers alot of food and drinks.,"Some of the management there is absolutely ruthless and sometimes mean. We don't get the respect and appreciation we deserve. Your chances of promotion is based off data, not actual employee observance. Very short breaks. When a break ends, the management gets angry if you aren't back on the floor and threaten you with punishment of you're even a SECOND late. Sometimes we have to do what is called ""Three and Out"" where we have to work until we finish, with NO break. This all happens at the Jax 5 location.","Treat us with respect. We're the reason you're successful. Stop the ""three and out."" Rate our performance based off our physical hard work, not just data.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13105,amazon,"Dedham, MA"," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,The truth about amazon,Good consistent hours and benifits,There is a point system you are not aware of untill you are up for termination...if you clock in 10mins early you get a point or clock out late u get a point its basicly the reason amazon has a high employee turn over rate,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13106,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great company! Need to hold yourself accountable to be succesfful,"Fast paced environment, where things are constantly changing. If you liked being outside of your comfort zone and learning new skill sets on a daily basis than this is the place for you. I have had multiple days when leaving work where I can honestly tell that I have gotten smarter because of how many great people are thinking big!",There is always so many things going on that if you are not able to focus or set boundaries you can easily become overwhelmed. But knowing your limits is something you own.,More accountability and single threaded strategic initiative owners,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13107,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual CSA Retail,"There is so much growth opportunity, that it makes 10/hr worth it. I have been given opportunities to move around within Amazon and I have only been with them going on 6 months.",10/hr doesn't cover the customer abuse you have to endure. Any type of phone support based job is not for you if you can't handle the non-stop verbal abuse from upset/livid customers.,Better and more hands on training would really benefit the company. the training is not sufficient enough and that is why employees end up quitting so early on,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13108,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"Nice environment ,and good organization.",Low pay and hard work.,"All treat associate with respect,simplify the process and make it easy for every employee to climb the later for promotion,eliminate or increase the hours of upt,so that associate can be able to keep their job .",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13109,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company Overall,4 days on 3 days off,Breaks are not long enough,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P529.htm
13110,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Sales Representative,Position allowed for a lot of autonomy.,"No real downsides, was a great company!",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13111,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,it's worth it,"* mostly great people (friendly, intelligent, etc) * leadership principles guide most conversations and decisions * emphasis on data * emphasis on consensus building * impact people globally",* incredibly competitive * most people leave after 1.5 years * can be analysis paralysis at times * not very diverse,"Leadership principles are sound, but can be abused.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13112,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,good benefit and environment for fulltime SDE,on call from time to time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13113,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Packages are more important than employees,"Decent pay, varying shifts, ability to lose weight","Where do I start... -poor leadership skills -inefficient equipment (I.E. scanners and rabbit -safety concerns or issues regarding improving safety are often ignored -very limited training, if any real training at all -promoting up doesn't come with pay raises or any other incentives, it's voluntary -logic is hardly ever used to increase efficiency and reduce congestion on the floor -very high attrition rate",The sortation facility would be much more efficient and may actually ret as in employees if everyone in the gallery didn't run around like a headless chicken. So many things can be done to help worth better flow of the warehouse,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13114,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great opportunity to make an impact but poor work life balance,Lots of opportunity to make an impact on the business. In many jobs you can see the impact you are making in customers,"High stress and poor work life balance. Even when I can manage to go home at a decent hour, it’s hard to stop thinking about work and engage in anything else when I am not at work",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13115,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,"Great benefits, fun co-workers, informal atmosphere.","Little room for local advancement, low wage compared to similar roles, work life balance isnt great.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13116,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Benefits, paid time-off, different cultures","Pay, short breaks, strict enforcement of keeping your numbers up",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13117,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Benefits, slave work",full paid medical from day one,"Metrics driven. managers arent managers, they are Production Monitors.",Get some people persons to deal with workers,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13118,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,lots of growths opportunity,long hours big hours $$,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13119,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Process,Tier I processer,Make rate and they let you cross-train in areas. I have been in the Las Vegas location since August and have been cross trained in for other areas. So I am not just stuck at processing all week.,If you process all week it can get pretty boring. Time goes by slow processing 40 units an hour for 10 hour.,Make things fun. Encourage races between lanes. Not just individual power hours. If your in the back you have no chance.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P530.htm
13120,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Process,Tier I processer,Make rate and they let you cross-train in areas. I have been in the Las Vegas location since August and have been cross trained in for other areas. So I am not just stuck at processing all week.,If you process all week it can get pretty boring. Time goes by slow processing 40 units an hour for 10 hour.,Make things fun. Encourage races between lanes. Not just individual power hours. If your in the back you have no chance.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13121,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Great workplace for great workers,"Contract only, not permanent opportunity",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13122,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,no work/home balance,Good pay and quick immediate hire,no work to life balance. no matter how hard you work you will be expected to work harder. Management changes often . Loads of favoritism.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13123,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate: STOW,Paid time off and vacation time added to bank every pay period.  Well known company (for those who care about recognition and reputation).  Liberal dress code.,Being FORCED to work 60 hour workweeks around peak.  Lack of compassion from management.  Not getting full breaks.  Unrealistic performance quotas.,There’s a few changes that can be made to the Amazon Policy that would better attend to customers,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13124,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Receiver,Receiver,Some of the floor managers looked out for me and helped protect me from the toxic environment of favoritism that was rampant.,Too many trannies and minorities being favored over white heterosexual people.,Stop promoting mob rules mentality and stop promoting the NWO mentality that jeff bezos is pushing.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13125,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, not so much work/life balance",Great company focused on its customers.,Work/life balance is terrible if not in the right position. Many people moving around and you should be prepared to as well.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13126,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working environment,"Very organized,respectful,peaceful,neat and lively. Good pay Nice management. Flexible timing",Too fast paced especially at peak periods.,Dont give random write ups,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13127,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Finance Manager,"Innovative company, growing like crazy still.",HR is playing catch up with the fast growth,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13128,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Robotocs Fulfillment Center Sorter,Warehouse sorter,$$$. benefits start on first day. Mandatory OT lots of hours during holidays. 40 hrs in four days,On ur feet all day. Stationary position only. Bending twisting lifting. Expect high accountabilrt for mistakes. Random swab testing for all emps once every year .,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13129,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,i like amazon has a good benefit good pay,"you have to work hard ,and 10 hours too longue",amazon should reduce time work from 1Ohours to 8hours,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P531.htm
13130,amazon,"Renton, WA"," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,"Be Warned, Amazon Is Not For The Faint Of Heart","I cannot point to the pay, benefits or working conditions as pro's because they are all pretty terrible, recruiting lies to and misleads people in order to get fresh faces in the door to offset one of the highest turnover rates of any company. If I had to point to one pro, it would probably be the availability of part time shifts that work well for those who are going to college full time as well as the fact that the pay is at the top of the scale, when compared to other part time jobs like fast food or coffee shops. It is the bonds I have formed with my coworkers as well as all the wonderful people I have met, that have made the job tolerable and keep me excited to come back. I highly suggest starting as a part time employee, if you like it there are plenty of chances to move to full time or increase your hours.","Imagine the worse manifestations of every negative aspect you have ever encountered at work and that is your day to day reality working at Amazon. In less than one month at the new DSE5 plant in Renton, I have witnessed promotions being granted based on favoritism, hostile work environments, I have had a driver attempt to fight me by getting in my face and I have been consistently threatened by management. It is clear that in a market which is being constantly flooded with desperate entry level workers from abroad, Amazon views their workers as glorified slaves. If you are not capable of meeting rigorous time demands or unwilling to tow the line in an increasingly difficult and hostile work environment, then you will become another nameless statistic and nobody will ever even notice that your gone.","Amazon has built a merciless culture of complete dominance and submission. All of the management starting at Level 5's and moving upwards, is beyond any type of redemption and are doing what they do intentionally and vindictively. Any sort of attempt to hand out advice to a group of autocratic sociopaths, would be a moot point. I believe a warning would be better than any sort of advice, a warning that if they continue to intentionally pit various elements of the company against each other or continue to leverage work loads against rest periods it is only a matter of time before that lawsuit is going to drop and set them back in their seats. The employees don't need empathy from their superiors, only compliance and by compliance I mean compliance to L&I and OSHA regulations.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13131,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Great place to work I liked it,Hectic at times it was ok,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13132,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trainer,"4 Day Work weeks, 3 days off.",Long hours during holidays season,"Promote internally, rather than hire straight out of college.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13133,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great if you like standing endlessly like a mindeless slave,"Good hours, friendly managers, lots of people to meet","Standing long hours, bounded like a slave",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13134,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,The compensation and benefits are very competitive.,"- frugality is taken to the extreme, only 2 weeks vacation, parking takes a year or more to get, zero perks (not even free Prime), no fitness allowance, poor 401k - your peers will stab you in the back, your manager will blame you for their errors, you can't trust anyone - people who throw others under the bus and take credit for other people's work get promoted",Take a hard look at the culture the senior manager is creating in the Detroit market. Very Toxic.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13135,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Full Time Employee,Eh...,"Pay, benefits and somewhat you meet cool people.","Micro Management, Peak season, Overtime days, Majority of the Employees. Work/Life Balance",So many managers that have terrible people skills. They don't know how to talk to folks here. It's completely trash.,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13136,amazon,"New York, NY"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Engineer,"Health benefits are ok. Stocks are good (especially if you got hired 3-4 years ago, for new hires its wors as will give only a few since the price is too high). And you can transfer everywhere in the US.","Managment is terrible. When you get promoted will rise only 10k, meantime a new hire will get automatically 20-30% more than you. The environment is terrible, high pressure on projects and ticket metrics all the time. Once you get in, they will squeeze you and then let you go.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13137,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Great benefits and peoples,None to really answer,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13138,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehosue Associate,Fast and fun work environment,"Tedious at times, mind numbing",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13139,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 employment,"Good pay, good benefits, promised hours","Long hours, strict standards and managment",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P532.htm
13140,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Take it with a grain of salt,"I've been with Amazon for 3 years before I finally resigned. I started directly out of college as an Area Manager and promoted once a year to Operation Manager, and was starting to get tapped for Senior Operations Manager. The progression at this company is unbelievable and growth potential is nearly limitless. You get to work with a highly dedicated team that strives to raise the bar. Don't get me wrong, you may come across individuals who also do the minimum and cut corners to ""get results"", but that is the case anywhere. I was able to lead teams of up to +700 associates, and indirectly oversee +1500 associates during the holiday season, all at the age of 25. I was able to influence shift wide, department wide, building wide, and even region wide procedures/processes/decisions for the company.","My only con was the work life balance. I was put on nights my entire time with Amazon in order to continue to help the lower performing shifts, and this would lead to having a daily schedule of: Wake up, go straight to work (usually forget to eat), leave after 14 hours, go to the gym, eat (maybe), sleep, wake up after 4-5 hours. Do it again.  Based on location, your leadership team's culture may vary drastically. In California I had an extremely supportive senior and general manager team. Once I came to New Jersey, the senior team was pretty blind to their own operation. Super focused on creating reports/continuous innovation projects in excel sheets....versus just letting us go out there and do the actual improvements. There was an extremely slow uptake on ""just do it"" recommendations, and it was highly evident that this mentality was built into the department as well. So again, take it with a grain of salt.","Cali - keep it up, you have culture nailed Jersey - This is amazon, you can't raise the bar at amazon without actually being innovating and taking big steps to change things up.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13141,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon deliver driver,Easiest job you can get with alright pay.,They dont care about you at all,Get better management,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13142,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Nov 19, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,picker,hours overtime graveyard pay weekly pay,a lot of walking breaks get lost,listen to your temps too,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13143,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Facilities Maintenance Technician,A very civilized place to work!,"The building is climate controlled and quite clean. Every body gets along, some folks are more friendly than others but nobody is a problem.","You'll work hours similar to a retail environment. The holiday season brings lots of overtime, weekends, holidays that are mandatory.",Practice your core values!,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13144,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,You have a lot of autonomy and opportunity to show your worth.,There really are NO amenities.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13145,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-Time Receiving and Shipping Associate,- The people are nice and friendly - Fast Paced environment - Good pay,- The work can seem very repetitive and mundane after a while,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13146,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Fufillment,Its awesome place to work,"Great pay, great benefits, great discounts for employees, and super awesome bosses. You get paid hours build up and you can use them when you want.",The shifts are very long and your on your standing on your feet the whole time. Do the same thing every day.,Fun friday,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13147,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Level I Warehouse Associate,Great hands on experience!,"Plenty of opportunities for advancement and training in all areas of the warehouse. Management works closely with employees which creates a great working relationship. Hard but easy work, be prepared to stand on feet for 5 hours a day. 15 minute paid break. The pay is decent for the work that's being done.","Only part time available 5 hours a day for 4 days a week. Body will be sore from sorting packages, Standing on feet for 5 hours a day.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13148,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,the best that amazon has to offer,Fast paced and friendly environment,Long hours and average pay,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13149,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay Away,It CAN be a good side job if you’re that desperate for money. Even better if you’re also in shape because you will be expected to move quickly.,"None. You think the pay is good until you actually start your first day and realize it’s not really worth the $12 an hour breaking your back 4 days a week. Overnight shifts are worse as it’s always freezing. Favoritism with “ambassadors”. Ambassadors will get to do the easy jobs even though most of them don’t even have to sort. All they do is walk around. Instead of switching people to different stations to see how they fare, they fire you for not making the stupid rate.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P533.htm
13150,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Work at Amazon,You get to work with talented and driven people. You work on amazing initiatives that inspire you to come to work everyday. There is flexibility in the work schedule. You can move between teams to ensure you find your best fit.,"You need to ""elbow"" people out of the way as everyone is striving to be a leader and drive your initiatives. Politics and bureaucracy are creeping in as the company is growing. There are also ""too many cooks in the kitchen"". This results in a healthy dose of micro-management and miscommunication.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13151,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,It was good at the begining,Great benefits and great co-workers,You are a number on a screen,"Let up, not everybody is as physically able as others",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13152,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Packer,Some men are very rude to me.,The pay is good the hours are long. But is nice place to work or is very caring.,Men are rude and can be aggressive when ask something simple.,I am an top packer and feel I should always be in back to keep people from getting upset with me because I am packing at such an fast pace.,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13153,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Great job for a student or someone with a busy personal life,"Great job for a student,  Solid pay for how little you are asked of,  Lot's of overtime available,  Decent exercise,  Extremely friendly co-workers for the most part  Tons of time off  Music over the sound system. Not always my choice, but varied, so overall enjoyable.","Warehouse temperature varies A LOT,  Hours vary based on volume: Some days they are looking to send people home after about an hour of work, other days they are asking for people to stay 8+ hours.  Totally unvalued. You want to call off work? Don't bother. Just don't show up and the computer will handle taking your vacation time off for you. Get sick? Don't tell a manager, just clock out and leave... It really makes almost no difference if you are there or not.  Almost no advancement chances unless you spend an unreasonable amount of time in an overlooked position.  VERY poor training. Expect to learn the whole job on your own or by asking your co-workers.",Treat the workers like they are people! Let the hard workers know they are valued. don't just offer them a different colored vest.  Offer training on other parts of the building because when there are shortages on those positions we are ready and we aren't just thrown into something we don't know.,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13154,amazon,"Peabody, MA"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Experience Consultant,Retail Experience Consultant: Amazon Pop-up,"Sales do not reflect pay (not commission based) Trusting you enough to operate the pop-up independently. Hours/payroll are not affected by sales, as they are in most retail positions. Great pay for part time OR full time! Insurance, 401K, as well as PTO benefits for both partial and full time employees. Hourly pay+1/2 hour for each hour paid on every Sunday, as well as 6 scheduled, Federal Holidays throughout the year. Paid Holiday off if you are unscheduled! Commitment to elevate toward a higher position within the corporation. 30 minute unpaid lunch break, as well as 2 seperate, paid 15 minute breaks. Solid foundation toward your future career goals!","Not having any sort of technology-based skills will make this position very difficult without studying & researching our devices, and which devices work with us. You must be able to stand for long periods of time. Less flexibility to scheduling due to few employees at one pop-up. (approx. 3-5 employees) This is not meant to be a 9-5 job on the Weekdays. This is a position where weekends are rotated, and if you are unable to work weekends indefinitely, this position is not for you.",Please engage with employees specific details to develop their skills in the right direction toward future goals within the company and the employees interest.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13155,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,North American Sales - Amazon Web Services,- Obsession with customer success is most definitely front and center Collectively the smartest group of people with whom I've ever worked - Leadership principles are no joke and provide a common set of operating guidelines - Anybody at any level can make change happen within the organization,"- As the company grows, it is losing some of its initial start up spark. Many new people are joining with institutionalized viewpoints, and the company is at risk of morphing into just another big company.",Don't confuse the need to grow into more mature businesses processes with a need to hire narrow-minded thinkers.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13156,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior TPM,Sr. TPM for Amazon.com,Take you career to next level Lot of opportunities to learn Put you out of your comfort zone to learn more Leadership is very supportive but knows what they want,Not your typical IT job Requires a very good time management,Better no boarding process. Should be designed by creating a team of newly hire managers and ask them what would they want to learn after joining.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13157,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Editor,Every day is different at Amazon,"Amazon is a challenging, constantly invigorating place to work. I wish I'd begun working here earlier—every company I've worked for, in the private and public sectors, could learn lessons from Amazon.",There aren't enough hours in the day!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13158,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,-Dynamic Environment -Team Oriented. -Great Training. -Incredible managers and peers.,"-Nothing I can think about. It's a tough job, but you know what you're signing up for.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13159,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Big Data Consultant,Big Data Consultant,"A land of opportunities, if you are a person where you can learn and build solutions very quickly and help customers to succeed at a faster rate than ever before then this is the place to be.  In this company, there is a high value for the data and facts that go behind any deliverable, recommendation, improvement, and whatever is done. This overwrites or reduce a great deal of traditional processes. This not only helps the company but also help the employees to grow in their careers.  How many companies encourages do not afraid to fail and do mistakes. What is important is: learn from the mistakes and get better at what you do and innovate every day!","There are too many things that you can and cannot do. For any reason, if it is very difficult to make a good balance about the priorities then one feels it is not a good thing.  However, the leadership always recommends everyone to set the right expectations with the stakeholders (internal and external) and own your own career path","At this point, none.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P534.htm
13160,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is an exciting place to work!,The corporate culture is energizing and encourages all team members to act as owners on behalf of customers.,It is exciting all of the time (a.k.a. we're always busy!). People who want a predictable and routine set of tasks to complete each day don't thrive in this environment.,We need to maintain our start-up culture as the company continues to grow.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13161,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,They care,Everyone is very nice and supportive. They care about the employees and offer many options for support.,"Very fast paced, but its work. Breaks can be short, but they are lenient in other areas.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13162,amazon,"Aurora, IL"," Nov 18, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Picker,"Has good benefits. Life, stock, matching 401 k, pto, vacation, adoption assistance , maternity - Paternity leave, full time forty hour Week , new skills, great main break room. Plenty of on site parking. Easy access to tollway.",Get your location correct ie city. Provide more security cameras in Break areas so employees do not have their lunches stollen . Have quotas that are impossible to achieve just starting. They constantly are calling you away from your job to do something then they complain that you aren't making quotas.,"Be more patient with employees just starting. Give your employees full breaks, understand sometimes people do have to go to washroom out of their break time.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13163,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfillment Center,You can pick your schedule,You cannot change the schedule you pick.,"Flexibility is key. Don't draw a hard line with schedule changes. Due to your lack of flexibility in scheduling, I had to quit the job. At first I chose to work six days a week, which they gave to me. Then after I discovered how strenuous the job was, I asked to change the schedule to 4 days a week. I was advised by the HR associate that no schedules can be changed until Jan 3, 2017. I said then I will have to quit the job and she advised me that was a decision I would have to make but she could not help me. If you don't care about me, then I don't care about you. Bad impression for a new associate.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13164,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slave work,Benefits starting on day one,Mandatory overtime Lack of quality supervisors Treated like robots/slaves,People are not robots. Demanding numbers while not caring enough to ask why we are struggling will not work for long. Managers tell us to not use the restroom or refill water bottles unless we are on break... But the breaks dont include travel time in a huge warehouse.. So basically the only way to get your full break is to stay in your work area... Whereyou arent aloud to sit. If its an emergency we are told to document restroom breaks in a journal. If there is 0 work to do at the moment we cant take a quick break to refresh. Mandatory overtime could result in 60 hour weeks for months at a time,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13165,amazon,"Braselton, GA"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Field Transportation Specialist,"Excellent Benefits, Flexible Work Environment","Amazon has excellent benefits all around (investment, health care, and bonuses). Additionally the environment in which a field transportation associate works allows for being outside of facility the majority of the time, heavy interaction with most departments, and the ability to create software solutions on the fly to automate task that would otherwise take a lot of time.","Pay is decent for certain aspects of the position, however, the pay is not compatible with previous positions held at other companies and is not very competitive given skill sets expected of an employee in this role.","Keeping employees in this position is imperative to ensuring the security of the truck yard. While the benefits are really good, retaining high quality employees often requires a company to step up their game regarding actual pay.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13166,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Hard work and good pay,-good hourly pay -good benefits -advance quickly,-standing on your feet can be a problem for some people -lack of days off during peak season,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13167,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist II,Human Resources,Very innovative and inspiring environment. You take ownership of your ideas,You have to be okay with learning on your own,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13168,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,The People I Work With Daily Make This The Best Job Ever!,"Compensation package, Local Team/People, Location (near a plethora of beaches), Work Schedule when circumstances are normal, Growth Opportunities, Ability for rapid change, as an individual and as an organization","The long drawn-out hiring process, The heavily increased volume and hours leading into and throughout Peak, Sometimes lack of training or resources internally to accomplish the mission ahead - necessitates improvising or coming out of pocket a lot",Sustain current trajectory towards long-term talent development and remember APEP.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13169,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,Amazon/ Lab126 is great!,Many opportunities to learn and be curious!,"Big organization, need to find your way and know enough people.","traffic at Sunnyvale site it terrible, make the city do something!",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P535.htm
13170,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,Amazon/ Lab126 is great!,Many opportunities to learn and be curious!,"Big organization, need to find your way and know enough people.","traffic at Sunnyvale site it terrible, make the city do something!",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13171,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Quality Assurance Engineer - II,Work on cutting-edge technologies Work with competitive people around,Promotions can take longer than you anticipate,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13172,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,SDEII,"Work with smart people, solving world class impact issues, serving large customer base and make huge impact, tons of training internally, opportunity to learn and grow.",There are some bureaucratic internally and pretty some time. not much benefit like free membership etc.,treat employee better with more benefit.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13173,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,Great environment for working and improving,No free meals Small working space,N/A,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13174,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exec Assistant,"Fast paced, great people, good benefits","work/life balance, pay not up to standard",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13175,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresh Associate,1.) The job is not that boring. 2.) Decent pay. 3.) Optional extra hours,"1.) Be prepared to work in a Freezer for an extended period of time. My manager was pretty good about reassigning me if I told him I was in there for a long time, but if you don't say anything the scanner may keep sending you back to the freezer for several batches. 2.) Pick rates are pretty hard to maintain, and your rate can be affected by luck (whether your scanner has a problem or if you only get small batches to pick).",Quality control should be made more clear to workers. Training did not cover all the checks to be made (like when to consider certain items to be too late/expired to pick). More signs should be made for different items/areas.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13176,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Digital Specialist,Standard Corporate Company but with mostly Helpful management,"I loved the sense of community that each team felt like. Being on a close knit team while pioneering new spaces was one of the best work experiences I've ever had. To have survived the infamous Cloud Drive/Cloud Music release (Amazon underestimated the amount of people the new features would bring in and the team was woefully underprepared to handle the call/email volume and had vague blurbs at first). Brings a tear to my eyes just thinking about what my team went through during the weeks following that incident)  Also how much other teams were willing to help out teams that were under heavy unexpected call volume. Amazon Instant Video broke (like it had a tendency of doing) but during this time, EVERYTHING went down. As in Can't connect to Amazon servers across ALL devices. My team, along with everyone else, pulled all but 2-3 agents to help AIV out (at peak, there was 800+ calls in queue).  Management (at least to me) was amazing and super helpful.","How they handled CSMs and their philosophy of ""if it works in retail, surely it'll work in digital"".  Oh, also how much health insurance actually costs you. For me and my daughter, it was about $750 a month, something I never noticed until way too late","Please stop cycling managers every 6 months. Not only does it kill the team unity (my old boss was the best CSM ever until a specialty team decided to cause a lot of drama and caused their CSM to get fired, which resulted in my CSM getting pulled overnight to the new team)",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13177,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great atmosphere at a great place to work. Benefits, Stock, bonus pay.",You get what you put in. No slacking if you want a job.,Keep it up,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13178,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"good benefits, room for moving up, good working conditions with safety being the priority",hiring process took a long time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13179,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Group Creative Director,Group Creative Director,"Smart colleagues, interesting work, high pay","Long hours, rigid management system, no perks",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P536.htm
13180,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,No Raises,Work when you want and balance your life.,No raises ever. New managers/workers being hired and fired constantly. Favoritism. Site leaders only looking to get promoted. Then they transfer somewhere else. This Amazon Prime makes the lowest wage in Texas. $10.00 an hour. I also helped launch this site when we had no a/c in the summer. No gratitude what so ever!,Give raises to dedicated workers or just change amazon prime to a temp service agency.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13181,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigation Specialist,No good reasons to work here.,Mandatory 15hr overtime. poor communication throughout company. Ineffective practices on HRs side.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13182,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Working at Amazon is nothing but modern day slavery !,There are no positive side to working at Amazon ! I was there for 4 and a half years and that was way too long !,"If you are in pick or stow you will never be able to transfer to another job because the turnover rate is so high. Expect to walk close to 15 miles each day ! Closer to 20 during peak season ! You have no personal life if you work at amazon. The management's goal is to try to break the spirt of hard working people. No matter how much you pick it will never be enough they will always expect more out of you. Management is only interested in hearing a ""success story"" they don't want to hear the truth about anything. If you have a question the answer you will get is "" That's a good call out, we'll get back to you on that"" Don't hold your breath they will never get back to you. I would never send anyone to amazon! My advice is if you can hold on long enough take the annual employee buyout and never look back !",Try treating your employees with respect and like they are human beings not machines !,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13183,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Loved it, miss it","Great culture that emphasizes directness and transparency, which may not be ideal for all. Many new opportunities, constant challenges.",The usual large company concerns.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13184,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Instructional Designer,Senior Instructional Designer,Having great management is critical to the success of a team/employee. I am fortunate to have an excellent manager. I have the privilege of working on unique projects that pull skills and talents out of me.,"This con is more of a factor that affects all of us - taking your work home. Try, as much as you can, to complete any work before you go home. Sometimes it's hard to avoid when you have significant projects but still, try to finish your projects at work. Rest when you get home.",Meet regularly (at least weekly) with your employees during one-on-one time. These meetings are critical in ensuring that your employee is meeting weekly goals and ensures that everyone is on the same page with those goals.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13185,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Center,New challanges and benefits are good,hours I'm currently on and not easy to change and high turnovers,trying was very limited. It was hands in a very load enviroment. I would HIGHLY suggest that written proceeders and employment requirements that are expected. I feel this is an import factor - what we are the goals to meet. Written documention would greatly help everyone perform each task the same. I have seen many be told slightly different processes. Again with written documentation any issue that was not spoke of or spoke clearly we have a doc to reference and we all perform consistently.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13186,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sr Product manager,"great learning environment, growth Opportunities, Leadership skills",work life balance and frequently changing work responsibility.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13187,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Analyst,Finanacial Analyst,"Always stuff to work on or improve. For the most part, very smart people who all move at a very pace and are eager to make large impacts. Company has many exciting areas of interest.","Can be very political at times, majority of people are out for themselves. FA's are more of BAs as Amazon, not quite sure on the true value add Finance provides.","Promote employees more often, provide better perks.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13188,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Great ownership over career and career goals.,Lack of documentation on and procedure for many projects.,More team activities.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13189,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Campus Associtate,"Great work environment, good pay, fun coworkers.",Letting go all of the seasonal employees suddenly.,Keep enough people to staff your stores.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P537.htm
13190,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Inbound Stow Associate,Affordable healthcare and friendly co-workers,Base pay and raises are barely enough to survive.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13191,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse,Warehouse associate,The pay was pretty decent,Ling hours and short breaks,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13192,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont like the rules,"Benefits, hours, challenging, structure, motivation","Never get full breaks, rate... Rate... Rate...rate... rate.... And Sore feet",Should take into consideration how employees feel... If employee is not happy work wont be 100%,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13193,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ship Clerk,"The people are awesome, clean environment.","Needs more communication with leadership, they are at odds.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13194,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Health and dental insurance and only work 4 days a week 10 hour shifts.,"Short breaks and lunch , company goals such as meeting quality goals and etc.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13195,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Great stock options, great health care through Kaiser (but only if you live in CA) but not free like other tech companies in the bay area, fast paced challenging environment that will always keep you busy",Work life balance is tough due to the long hours but it depends on building culture of leadership tea,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13196,amazon,"East Spartanburg, SC"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,Benefits are amazing training is detailed and no pushing and you can always ask for help without feeling pressured not to,No Cons so far I am still new and I like everything so far things are easily answered if you only ask,Great Trainers,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13197,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"great benefits, flexibility and many perks",Too much pressure and expectations for the pay rate,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13198,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,"Great opportunities, best place for developers in Costa Rica","Processes are very slow, Costa Rica's dev center is very small",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13199,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Line,Good Pay I love working with them!! & GIFT CARDS!!!!!!,None I truly appreciate the opportunity!!,Keep up good work!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P538.htm
13200,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Product Manager, Salesforce",Great place if you are self driven and can lead your own way up,"There are big changes in Amazon, and now they are the focus is to be employee-centric. You'll work on cutting-edge projects / solve important issues that impact your community and the world. You have ample options of training, or you can also switch career in the interesting field.  I have an excellent manager and team who are always motivated and looking for new ideas.You'll meet interesting people who are your colleagues, managers, and senior management.",No free food. Every step you see frugality :-) but can understand as everything is for customer.,Keep new ideas coming up....,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13201,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer - NYC,Lots of diversity interesting work great culture nice / helpful employees,Doesnt really have any employee perks Lots of the events happen in Seattle,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13202,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - C-ret (Customer Return Processor),Difficult company for warehouse employees,"Amazon provides relative job security for ""pickers"" (people who assemble orders to go to customers) and ""c-rets"" (people who process items returned by customers) because people will always buy things, and return them.","Picker and c-ret jobs require being on one's feet, on concrete floors, during 10-hour work days. Hard work for pretty low salaries: $11.25/hour to start, increasing only a couple more dollars per hour in the next two years, then capped. New-hire training does not accurately convey how keeping one's jib depends on meeting critical and difficult performance quotas. New-hire training also does not accurately teach how the job is really done on the floor. Until one learns ""the tricks"", performance quotas are very difficult to meet. The tricks can only be learned from other people on the floor. The company officially discourages cheating practices used by many people to exceed quotas. But the company also rewards people who cheat.","First, stop BSing employees about how the company wants quality and quantity work. Picker and c-ret jobs are about quantity: meeting performance quotas (""making rate""). Quality work is, at best, pie in the sky. Second, as long as the jobs are about quantity rather than quality, training needs to focus on how the jobs are really done. That would be difficult, of course, because it would require either admitting the current flaws and admitting that the company won't bother to fix them, or making substantial changes to how the jobs are done. Next, the company needs to stop snowing its employees about their compensation packages. Employees in these bottom-line jobs, without which the company could not operate, are simply paid too little considering 1) job difficulty and 2) their importance. In reality, without pickers and c-rets, Amazon is out of business. Management complains about high turnover and pleads with workers to stay. But working for Amazon in these positions cannot be a career choice for most workers. Rumor has it, meanwhile, that very few workers are promoted from floor work up into management positions. Managers appear to have little actual experience in the jobs they supervise. That means that floor managers ""govern"" by personality, not by respect. Finally, the company needs to do away with ""unpaid leave"" practices. If a worker follows the rules about notifying the company of an absence, planned or otherwise, and requests to taje that leave without pay, why does the company care how many hours the employee is not paid for? Setting work attendance expectations is one thing--the company needs to know its employees will show up and work. But setting ""balances"" on unpaid leave against which employees must draw and for which they can be fired is petty. Further, use of unpaid leave is rigged by making employees use it by the hour, whereas they can use paid leave by the minute. This practice discourages employees from accumulating paid leave balances that they might actually need. These are poor management practices that view warehouse employees as merely the expendable ""worker bees"" in the company hive. Yet Amazon is reallt just a warehouse company. Without those workers, it cannot exist. Warehouse workers need better pay (not BS compensation packages), more reasonable performance quotas, and leave packages that don't penalize workers when they have to use leave.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13203,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok if you like to be micromanaged,"Flexible hours, work from home",Your time is micromanaged down to the second,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13204,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Warehouse,"Great benefits, good stock options,","Long hours, HR department isn’t consistent,",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13205,amazon,"Ashland, VA"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Place of opportunity,"You got to learn new things everyday, easy advancement, trainings, met different people everyday.","Long hours, crowded and temperature of building is hot sometimes",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13206,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,1. Innovation at his best. Lucky to have an opportunity to work on Innovative & awesome products. I also got an opportunity to work with awesome talent @ Amazon. Diversity at his best at Amazon 2. Flexible Work Schedule & Travel. 3. Manager are always there to understand your concerns. it is easy to transfer if you like to try to different things at Amazon. The manager always happy to discuss the long-term career plan & transfer are really easy. 3. Shuttles available most of the locations. 4. You get an opportunity to participate in the beta testing & win amazon gift cards.,1. Do not offer ESPP at this time. (I believe the stock is high so that must be the reason) 2. No Free Lunch/Snacks are available. 3. 401K match is too low. 4. 0% raise on yearly basis.,"I believe Management should focus on implementing more tools. Now company have matured enough, however, there are lots of manual process around that needs to be addressed. Also company should start thinking about offering ESPP, Breakfast/Free Oatmeal or something if they cant offer lunch. I also advise management to carefully look at the compensation & should offer yearly raise (at least 3%) in order to keep the person motivated.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13207,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,good work culture at amazon,teams too dynamic at amazon,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13208,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"good pay, plenty of hours","physically demanding every day, short breaks",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13209,amazon,"Euclid, OH"," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,It's fairly easy to work and it's something I can see myself doing.,"They stress us out about ""stow"" rates when I feel they have no idea how much work goes into it. Yes, you might have done this job years back but Amazon is way more popular now than 5 years ago. I feel they push the ""quota"" too much at my specific location and you get no days off for seasonal workers.",We deserve time off.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P539.htm
13210,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A hard job.,"Good pay, four-day work weeks, quick promotions","It's not all bad. But it's nearly impossible to get anywhere without cutting corners. It's a thankless, physical environment inside an Amazon warehouse. Thick skin and physical stamina are necessities. Hours are long - shifts are 10 hours, usually turning into 12+ hours. I've seen a lot of people succeed at this job - but at what cost? The pay is better than average. But is it worth losing your free time, sanity, and relationships? Be careful.","Employee turnover is a problem. It's expected and somewhat planned for, but it's still a problem. Every major issue I've faced in my career can be traced back to a low headcount.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13211,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - TCSA,Don't Become a TCSA,Great co-workers and good benefits,"Don't become a TCSA, because TCSA's don't get promoted to other positions at Amazon.","Change TCSA's from L3 to L4, before all of your best people leave Amazon.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13212,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,Decent pay. Lots of benefits.,Management needs to pay more attention.,Pay attention to your employees.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13213,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management,Great working with coworkers and friends,Management is terrible and needs improvement.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13214,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Bad Culture,Its cool to see how much people order,Bad people culture - the business focusses on the wrong things - it tries to be a more people based company but its all fake.,"Take away all the BS meetings, metric reporting, processes and become human again. Add more flexibility to your workforce and drive productivity through human energy",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13215,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent summer job,decent pay for high school students,heavy work that could cause physical pain,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13216,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Its a job,its a Job and it has opportunities for overtime if you need them.,"Terrible policies, they treat you like a machine and HR doesn't care about trying to help you.","try to do some quality of life changes for employees and treat your employees like humans, if your trainers and managers have to repeat ""This is not a sweatshop, you know?"". then you are doing something wrong.",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13217,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FullFillment Associate,"Good pay, benefits, friendly co workers.","Treat you like robots, slaves, too fast paced, want you to bus your butt for the amount they pay its not worth the hassle to stay on target and move move move on your feet 10+ hours its modern day slavery no time to train and no real formal training. They can dismiss you for anything at any time saw too many sad young kids leave with their heads hanging.",Give more training.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13218,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Great benefits friendly work environment,Long hours physically demanding job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13219,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,I am a very good consistent worker looking to work. Able to lift 50 pounds or more for more than 8-12 hours,I really don’t have any cons just a good worker. Maybe need a lot of water at times but not too often,Looking to make holiday pay and money for family,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P540.htm
13220,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Analyst,Great place to work,Great work culture with great people,Can be bureaucratic in some ways.,Listen to employees more.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13221,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Stop the Madness!,Great Benefits Some of The Leadership staff have hearts Holiday pay even if you don’t work,"Long, long, long hours daily Constant schedule changes. Come in to work and then sent home. Majority of Leadership not helpful, stand behind their laptops and bark orders at you HR will smile to your face then stab you in the back once you turn around. They make you watch all these videos on harassment and bullying then when you report instances of it happening to you, they make you feel as though it’s your fault. You deserve it or misread the situation. Co-workers I found we’re slow to warm up to new people. During peak, run don’t walk, run from the building. You will be bombarded with the nastiest, unfriendliest, rudest people you’ve ever met. No one is considerate nor friendly during peak. It’s a ball of stress and frustration. The tension is so thick. Parking is a joke. Everything revolves around your rate. Not your health nor well being as a human and fellow co worker but how fast you pick, pack, or stow.","Try being employee oriented. More rewards, less punishment. Hire compassionate HR reps not the stone cold hearted people employed now. Stop writing people up, for having a bad week then punishing them more by not allowing them to transfer. Stop killing employees with rate numbers they can’t all reach.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13222,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,"Still here, still having fun, making history, and sometimes working hard","- Interesting/challenging problems to solve, which push the boundaries of technology and known limitations - Business impact of your work is immediate and feels valuable. - Incredible growth opportunities - can have the challenges and opportunities to be promoted in a very short period of time, versus other high-profile companies. - Leadership principles guide and dictate best practices, which helps to consistently uphold a high level of standards across hiring, quality of work, and - Work/life balance is way better than what the media portrays - working nights or weekends never happens unless on-call. - Office area is quiet and spacious, with tons of meeting rooms and a great view of downtown Bellevue.","- Business initiatives and top-down authority always take priority over technical debt, architecture fixes, and ""building this properly"", leading to massive amounts of operational pain without any end in sight. - Business and technical teams are fairly silo'd in most organizations, causing friction when it comes to delivery ""deadlines"" as well as requirements, since business does not respect the technical team enough to include technical needs in the OP1 roadmaps. - EOE is consistently de-prioritized for the sake of ""moving fast"", even if it means that the operational pain will increase 5-10x as a result of ""fast fixes"" that are never re-built properly, for the same reasons as above. - While technical designs account for the full scope of the work that requires completion, ""Phase 1"" seems to be the farthest the team will ever get for any given feature, given that it's ""good enough"" to suit business needs for 1+ years (despite not being built for any other use case than the original, due to the future phases accounting for the generalization & abstraction of the original problem into an elegant design). - 401k plan matching is horrific - half of 4% of your base salary. - Total compensation model is complete garbage - if you work entirely for the money (and not to get promoted / challenging problems / smart co-workers), don't work here - you will not be ""fairly compensated"" against your Microsoft, Google or Facebook peers.","Prioritize your engineering needs over your business needs, your engineers can help you innovate just as much as your business team can - but only if they're not stressing about the constant terrible-ness of their operations load.  Also, pay your high-performing engineers what they're worth - even if it means the other engineers don't get paid as much, the compensation structure should be based on who consistently creates and provides value, not ""who happens to be the most experienced"", since experience does not always translate to value creation.  If you want to stop good engineers from leaving for other companies, you need to start listening to their needs instead of ignoring them.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13223,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Energetic Work Environment,"Fast paced and energetic environment. You're given a lot of responsibility, regardless of level, and really get to have a chance to have an impact on the business. It's easy to move around the company and even make large career changes. There's no workplace politics that can prevent you from finding a new team or taking your career/promotions into your own hand. With plenty open roles and teams across the world, there's really an opportunity for everyone at Amazon to find something that they truly enjoy. It's also a really fun work environment, with a young workforce. I really enjoy the open learning sessions you can join to learn about what other teams are working on, there's plenty of company/team sponsored events, relaxed work environment where you can enjoy a drink with coworkers while you relax at your desk in the afternoon. Flexible work life balance is really appreciated.","You definitely will work hard, feel dumb a fair amount of time, and need to have or develop quickly a back bone. At times it seems tough, but when I look back at how much I learned at Amazon in only a couple years compared to previous companies, my knowledge has grown tenfold and I'm incredibly happy I took the opportunity to join Amazon. And again, if you feel that the team you're on isn't a good fit or the role that you're in isn't quite working out for you, switch. It's that easy.",Keep on raising the bar while still investing in current team members to elevate them to the next level and help them continuously develop their skills.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13224,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS,Top notch thinkers deliver via top notch processes,Plenty of Type-A personalities that drive their agenda,"Encourage healthy breaks, discourage the always-on mentality",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13225,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Receiver,Loved my job,"I loved it at amazon. its a fast pace, hard working, fun environment. everyone is full of energy and very friendly.",unfortunately they couldn't work with me on my hours and i am a single mum of two and their daycare wasn't open early enough for me to make it to work on time.,Please consider people sometimes cant do the hour before and give them the extra day as an alternative.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13226,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Challenging but rewarding,"- Working with smart, motivated people who are willing to help you - Wide variety of teams and projects that you can work on - Massive problem scale that you may not get elsewhere","- Work hours can be long, especially with oncall expectations",Ensure employees can achieve an OK work-life balance if they want to,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13227,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - ICQA,ICQA,Great Benefits good pay good hours and a fun place to work.,no cons greatest company ever,great managment,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13228,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Staffing Coordinator,Department Dependent,"Innovative. Fast-paced. Scrappy when we need to be, process-focused when we need to be. I've had excellent managers here.","You never grow out of the college salary bracket if you're hired from college-- to get actual competitive pay, you have to quit and come back. Sometimes managers are very intense. They forget about the ""internal customer"", AKA their direct reports.",Not everything has to be a fire drill. Stop using PIPs as a scare tactic.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13229,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"New and exciting, but beware of the burnout!","I love being surrounded by brilliant people and pure, raw passion. It's one of the best parts about Amazon. The other great part about Amazon is the culture: anyone can be a leader. There are lots of opportunities, once you're in, to be a go-getter and stretch yourself and work on projects that interest you. (The hard part about that is that those opportunities are sometimes hard to get with all the competition to work for Amazon, and once in Amazon, to do something amazing.) Other positives: The benefits are no joke, and I haven't run out of vacation or personal days or sick time yet. (Granted, I don't often use them.) My managers have been exceptionally understanding people with the brains to earn my trust. And let's not forget: you can bring your dog to work (if you're at corporate). Kind of hard to beat. Three of my 4 managers were very flexible and allowed me to work a flexible schedule with the expectation that as long as I got my work done, everybody was happy. Their trust in me caused me to put everything and more into my work to deliver my very best.","Burnout is real, y'all. With the continual desire to ""raise the bar,"" the result is people who stay later, who have more papers that say they're educated, who put work before family, or who move faster than is wise. I equate it to a locomotive with a bunch of competitive clowns at the helm. Scary, fast, and dangerous.  Most of the folks in my department experience stress 22/7 (it's not always crazy. A couple of hours a day, we all laugh about how stressed we are). We never seem to have enough people to do the work that we do, but there's more work to be done and more projects that will increase that workload. It's not a very sustainable model.  Other cons include the fluidity of roles. While this is also a pro, it can be a con since sometimes people have managers weaving in and out of roles so fast, it can be hard to get a foothold. When you have a new manager, priorities shift, and let's face it-- it's hard to get a promotion from a stranger.",Slow down and make sure you're not building on band-aid fixes. This thing is going to topple.,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P541.htm
13230,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Business Continuity Analyst,Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,Opportunity is knocking (Action Bronson voice) Great pay Ample room to grow (as long you bring your A game) Surrounded by people who super smart and a very diverse range of backgrounds and experience,Can be challenging Either your on the bus or your missed it The culture pushes you to bust your tail and to be driven A lot of egos that are engrained into people because of the “level” system,"Nothing much, continue to be humble groom your team to be great",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13231,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Mixed Bag.,"1. Great pay - I've only seen 2 companies (Google & FB) in Seattle offer more than my current total compensation, and while some in the Bay Area do, it's not more after adjusting for cost of living. 2. Part of an exciting company 3. Fast-paced 4. Hands-on experience with massively scaled software. 5. Very laid back about working from home (although this varies from team to team) 6. Objective, merit-based analysis for promotions. Not much office politics or nepotism in my org (caveat: I've heard very different things from other orgs) 7. Good hardware. This was not the case at all before 2015 or 2016. Now almost every dev. has a top-of-the-line MacBook Pro, at least 1 EC2 instance, and an ultrawide monitor (or 2 regular monitors).","1. If you are a new grad hire, they may place you on a team that has nothing to do with your interests or what org you were told you would work for when you accepted the offer. Even if you have 0 experience in that area. I've heard this from at least 10 people. It seems to be common. 2. Extremely high operational load, especially in Retail. 3. ""Fail fast"" approach and unrealistic deadlines have lead to shortcuts being taken, widespread tech debt, and a very serious retention problem. Even the engineers that stay at Amazon switch teams every 2-3 years. 4. Hardly anything is documented (including widely-used services and tooling). Building almost anything requires constantly engaging other teams, who are often unresponsive or unhelpful. Tribal knowledge is lost when people leave the team (in my first year, 80% of the 20 engineers on my team left - and this is not uncommon). Imagine that you have to write an app using a web framework (AngularJS, as an example) that you aren't familiar with and you must call 5 services with undocumented APIs. You aren't allowed to use any documentation at all, or refer to any books on AngularJS. You do have an IDE, and can contact the creators of the services you need to use. This is exactly what it is like developing at Amazon. It takes the fun out of it entirely, and makes building anything much harder than it should be (compared to using off-the-shelf tools/libraries and documented APIs). Amazon has been lauded for adopting a Service-oriented architecture, what isn't mentioned is that none of the services are documented, even though they have (usually multiple) clients. 5. Culture is very cult-like. 6. The company highly values fresh-out-of-college hires. They believe that potential is everything. In software engineering, though, experience can be incredibly important, too. I suspect they prefer college hires because it is much easier to get them to overwork, and they are less likely to have families. College teaches data structures & algorithms, but not software best practices. Code quality is often very poor. 7. The work is challenging only due to the complexity of figuring out what is undocumented, interfacing with other teams, etc., not the actual coding part. 8. Very difficult to change any entrenched practice, even if it can be demonstrated to be ineffective and better alternatives are available. 9. Management is typically very short-sighted. Schedules are determined by when higher-level mgmt wants a project to be completed, and all projects must be completed by the end of the current calendar year. Usually there is little to no input from the actual engineers. All that matters is if the code meets the goal or not, with little if any consideration on whether it is a ticking time-bomb that will be unreliable and require frequent maintenance. Most code at Amazon is not robust, and requires 24/7 oncall coverage for frequent breakages.","Change engineering culture to value high-quality software. Hire more people rather than expecting to get so much out of so few. Coding is fun - people do it for free, they do it after work in their free time, etc. Just remove all the things that take the fun out of it. Reduce operational load by hiring dedicated Site Reliability/Support Engineers and give developers the time to create quality solutions and document their services. I am 100% certain that the current approach is at least 2-3 times more costly in the long-term (>= 1.5 years) than if more time was given during the development and testing phase.",3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13232,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service - Email,It has good culture. Opportunities to learn from superiors.,less pay night shifts dealing with repeated problems,Increase the pay and approve department transfers regularly,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13233,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Money. Although they are painfully strict the paycheck can be quite substantial if you work overtime and maintain clock in and clock out protocol.,Stress level. They treat you like cattle at a certain level but it teaches you to learn business practices quite quickly.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13234,amazon,"Vancouver, WA"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Work From Home Customer Service Associate- Reserves Program,Best job I ever had,-flexible scheduling -work from home -paid training -work as much or little as you'd like -good side job for extra income or if you are a stay at home parent like me and want to earn some money for yourself.,None that I can think of. I loved my job. I had to put in my two weeks due to moving and could not get the same internet speeds required to do my job.,"No advice, I had an amazing experience being an employee for Amazon. I was always treated amazing by management.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13235,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Reduced Time Warehouse Associate,Amazon Really Strives to Put Employees First,Good Pay Endless career opportunities within the organization Management involved in day to day operation Will listen to employees comments and feedback in order to make positive change. Never Boring Work responsibilities State of the art break rooms with food and drink selections,"Will require strong physical commitment, not an easy job physically. Advice: Be prepared to work at a continuous pace for long periods. Very warm in facility during the summer days. Extensive tracking of man hour, but this is understandable.","Have more interaction with those Amazonians that train new employees. Give them both recognition and offer other incentives to ""Ambassadors"". These are the ones who train those who do the work. Make it so that every employee desires to be a future trainer for the Amazon company.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13236,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not Worth the Time,"-After 60 days, there are opportunities to move around internally. -Quality and very cheap health, dental, and vision insurance provided.","-401K match is a joke. -Absolutely NO work-life balance. -Pay is alright, but for the standards and the value of the company, it needs to be increased. The time and effort put in is not worth the pay. -Sr. Management tends to be lazy and full of themselves. There are good ones among them, but get off your high horse. -Breeds a culture of benefiting just yourself, not other employees or the small businesses who can only survive by working with Amazon. They want complete control over the marketplace and ol' Jeff just wants to line his pockets more. He needs to be more generous to every level of employee. -Time off is an absolute joke. Length of breaks are an absolute slap in the face.  NOT WORTH IT.",Chill out. Only reason why I give two stars is because of the insurance provided. Amazon does awesome there.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13237,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Don’t do it!,Compensation if you stay for 4 years. Amazon name on your resume. Stock price has been going up well the last few years.,"Too many to list. My advice to you is to decline the offer. Terrible corporate culture, way too much BS politics. Too many people with no experience.",The corporate culture is toxic. Fix it before you have no one left to hire! “Smart” people on a resume aren’t always smart. Stop hiring “smart” people from Ivy League MBA programs and start hiring people with actual experience.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13238,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Employee,Big company with big vision,Sometimes gets bogged down in bureaucracy,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13239,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great just wish it was full time,"Great managers,most co-workers are easy to get along with,good work environment","Every month there's an argument between co-workers but they most of them get replaced soon, the assistant manager loves to point out other people's mistakes but never apologizes for their own mistake, there's only one place to punch in for one whole department,",Do a better job of hiring people that look like they want to work there. Some people clearly don't like their job. Do something about the lack of parking space.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P542.htm
13240,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon in the Safety department,Fast pace and always changing. Real opportunities to be promoted or to learn other jobs with in the company.,Sometimes overly customer obsessed at the expense of the employees. Often asked to work outside of you job description.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13241,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Nice job,You review health insurance the date of hire.,"The mandatory overtime can interfere with family time, or say,personal time.",N/a,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13242,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,The good news and bad news about working at Amazon,"The bosses/supervisors at Amazon were unfailingly polite, very nice & civil. I was never yelled at, not once.","Very unrealistic expectations. There were certain product lines where you were to pick out of a drawer (measuring around 1' x 2' x 3') 109 items an hour!! Think about that....that's between 30-45 seconds YOU MUST have located an item (even if it's at the bottom of the drawer, even if you must walk a football field length to go to the next drawer. I ""only picked"" around 90 per hour. Since I did not pick 100, I was let go. LESS THAN HALF of the picking team could do 100 or better. For the rest of us, if you were to take out those who were only there a month, you're talking at least 30%, maybe 40% that are at risk of being fired!!","Please ask yourself, would Amazon go broke as a company if those picking items were required to pick 85 items an hour? 85 an hour certainly is more realistic than 100. Between 30-40% of the picking team is on track to be fired.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13243,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associte,"Overnight shifts pay more, simple process","No organization, stressful environment, ambassadors never on once page",Get it together and be on one accord. Develop a system where associates can be more organized and thoughtful with packages,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13244,amazon,"Vacaville, CA"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Job for kids,Popular company to work for,Flex schedule is not fun.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13245,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Working at an Amazon warehouse is like working at a sweatshop,"People are generally nice, break room, lunch selections","Fast paced, always standing and moving, unreasonable rates to be completed each day, don't be sick or get injured or you will get terminated",Make rates lower and change the policies on when an employee is sick/injured without being terminated,3.0,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13246,amazon,"Jefferson, GA"," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse,"Medical, Dental, 401K Immediately and nice co-workers.","Supervisors yell at you and and ignore you when you ask questions. Managers say they are all about safety but when you bring up safety concerns they don't act on it. They train you for your initial position. If they move you to other areas they don't train you. You have to go around asking other employees that may tell you the wrong information. If you have issues or concerns about the sexist mistreatment from another co-worker, don't be surprised when they say, ""Well, I guess I'll say something to them."" Oh and you get a 30 minute lunch and 2- 15 minute breaks. They want you to scan your last item before break and next item no more than 15 minutes apart. So in your long walk to the breakrooms AND if you have to use the bathroom, your 15 minute breaks are more like 6 minutes each. Ridiculous.","Be genuinely concerned about your workers, train them properly, and be respectful!!!",1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13247,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"FullTime Associate, SMF1 Sacramento",Had an Awesome SMF1 Area Manager in our department. They constantly offered their help when things got tense and backed up. They give great pointers and feedback to help you succeed.,"- Several Egotistical Seasonal (White Card) Employees Acting like their in charge when no other higher ups are around. They will act like Managers telling you your not doing things right and you need to do it this way, such as building walls with the packages as they come down the conveyor belt as they have to be positioned in a certain way (flushed in T Shapes) with the smile logo facing outwards. This is virtually impossible when you have tons of packages coming down the chute onto the conveyor belt with the blue light constantly going off when no other available associates to come help you out. - PA’s Process Assistants who act like Wardens will basically stand and walk around doing nothing throughout the shift, barking out orders rudely and harshly, and basically are just dead weight overweight slobs who are too lazely and refuse to help out associates in need.","- Put your PA’s Process Assistants to work with the Associates! Don’t just have them stand and walk around doing nothing when Associates are getting slammed with tons and tons and tons of packages coming down to the Shipping Dock. - During Standup at Start of Shift and After Lunch Break, constantly make it a clear and concise point to White Card Seasonal Employees that they are not Managers! Encountered several White Card Employees who were telling me I wasn’t Doing things the right way, if I had received the proper training, etc.. overall a very dehumanizing negative experience!!!",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13248,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"Dynamic and fast paced, intense and challenging environment",Long work hours and can get intense,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13249,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,"Really good environment to learn, fast-going everything happens in seconds.",Team members almost too quickly.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P543.htm
13250,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,Absolutely no pros at all!,"Know all the horror stories we have heard about in the 3rd world country sweat shops? Well this is no different! Under paid, mandatory overtime and impossible quotas. They literally stand behind you while you work telling you ,you have to pick up the speed. I was picking 270 pieces an hour and that wasn't fast enough. Horrible experience. I quit after 2 long grueling weeks. I am floored that these conditions exist in the US",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13251,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Garbage,there are none at all,They treat everyone like garbage,stop treating everyone like garbage,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13252,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quit going 3rd party in maintenance,easy work and great benefits from day 1,Always in fear of losing job. People that make the rules do not know anything about maintenance and makes the job a lot harder than it is. Revolving door with employees.,The ones that make the rules should have some knowledge in what the the job entails.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13253,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,horible,there is none may be the pay,long hours on your feet.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13254,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Stock Clerk,Stocking,I like working around people and getting the experience,I wanted 2 do more but they me in a area they couldn’t move me,I enjoyed my working with my manger,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13255,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Returns Clerk,"I do many jobs within my department: Pick item to be returned to Vendor,Pack item to be returned to Vendor and administer Datamation and a M-F 7:30 am to 4 pm schedule.",Not many people in our building understand our procedures that we do.,Really good opportunity for advancement.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13256,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Customer Service Rep,Work from home. Great benefits. Decent pay,Constant customer complaints. Being yelled at for just answering the phone.,Be there when your employees are scheduled to work.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13257,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Brand awareness with customer and strong internal partners to leverage.,Slow to respond to some fundamental customer needs.,Spend more time focusing on individual development.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13258,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Kind of love it or hate it,"You really do have the chance to work on really cool projects. People aren't as smart as they like to think they are, but they are pretty smart. Work can be really rewarding, and with a good team you can find a great example of 'no-BS' culture that's surprisingly refreshing in such a big company.","...That's if you find a good team. Unfortunately, there are a lot of bad teams and truly terrible managers here. Navigating your options can feel like a minefield at times. It's totally normal for managers to push you to work constantly, a lot of people just laugh when someone mentions work-life balance.","More oversight of senior leaders! The difference in attitude, ability, culture between teams and leaders is incredible. Moving between teams can be terrifying: one misstep and you can end up in a hellish situation.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13259,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Highly Dependent on Team and Manager,"+ I received an amazing offer, but the environment made it not worth the heartache to continue. + SOME teams are doing some exciting things if you can stomach the culture. + Offices all over the world, so may want to travel. + Self directed promotion process. + Access to AWS for coding, engineering and research.","- Cheap, cheap, cheap. - Terrible health insurance and you must pay part of the premium. - Terrible 401k - Terrible PTO/vacation/holiday policy. - Clueless management. My manager came to work twice a week, usually didn't communicate with me, never responded to emails, and changed his expectations every 5 minutes. He spent all of his time at the office running a side business and nobody seemed to have a clue or cared. - Opaque recruiting process, director hires everyone w/o manager or team involvement. - There are many, many other places to work that are better. - My job was completely inconsistent with the job description.","Figure out how to hire competent management that wants to grow people and not just make management look good. I get that frugal is part of your schtick, but having to pay for a canned soda and a bag of chips is just giving us the middle finger.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P544.htm
13260,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketplace Mexico,"Top tier workplace, high intensity, e-commerce learning, professionalism, career development.","Glass half empty mentality, difficult to progress within the company",Better alignment in Leadership around leadership principles.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13261,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working conditions,Friendly atmosphere. They are devoted to providing excellent customer service.,Their are alot of shift changes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13262,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Intelligence Engineer,Talented and smart colleagues. Will grow fast.,Work life balance could be better,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13263,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Did not make it past orientation and did not get paid for it either,There are really no pros.,"Disorganized. It is more like a cattle call. Went to orientation on November 25, 2017in a Hampton inn in for Avenel. I arrived at 8:30am. There were only two people signing in people and there were at least 150 people and many came late so we did not start until 10am. They had issues with videos and three fourths of the room were not even listening. After this issue ridden situation they started calling names to schedule training and give you your password and once you get into website you can leave. They called me early and I scheduled my training that night 9:30pm-2:30am. I got my paper. I found out they did not give me a password. I handed this back and I waited for them to assign me a password so I could leave. You would think this would take maybe 5 minutes but I was still waiting 25 minutes later. It was 12:45pm and I finally asked what was going on with password. The lady then told me to go back and sit down for I will be paid until 1pm. Considering half the people who arrived after me had left I found this annoying. They then said they would tell me it at training. I talked to my family and I decided to withdraw. Today is Friday no payment even though I filled out direct deposit paperwork. Most of who was there did not receive what they wanted for a schedule. They forget amazon really does not care about your needs. It is Walmart ups.",Tell the truth.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13264,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Fulfillment Associate,"Been there, done that. Never going back.",The benefits are vast for such a position The compensation isn't bad They provide time and a half for some holidays You get a chance to meet a lot of great people,Management is confused and have no idea what they are doing They make you work really hard for your compensation If you stay there too long it's likely you will need the health benefits they provide because the work is stressful on your body 11-hour work shifts Appears to be very political when it comes to promotions Exhausting work,"Spend a few days in the shoes of your employees. The ideas offered by management might seem good on paper, but in execution, it's often awful.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13265,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,Potlucks. Variety of shifts offered.,Too much information to learn without hands-on experience.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13266,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Process Area Manager,PROCESS AREA MANAGER,Great opportunity for growth if one would like to grow within the company. It open door company with second change for everyone.,All management team need to be exempt in order to do better service for their internal and external customers.,Customer-Improve processes there always room for growth and this company allow one to challenge the current process for new ones to better service their customer.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13267,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Manager, Product Management","Innovative, fast paced, think big, data driven","too big, saturated, matrix-ed, slow career growth",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13268,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer service agent,They care about their employees.,Rely on the rating that customers give as the quality of the employee.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13269,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Fast pace, benefits, work n life balance, if you want to grow with in Amazon you have to prove yourself.","less training, self learning etc etc",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P545.htm
13270,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good pay and friendly coworkers.,Long shifts. Work can get repetitive,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13271,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Cycle Counter,NOT FOR ADHD,"The pay, and the benefits are amazing. I feel bad for the competition.   The hours I appreciate as a student.  I work Four 10hr shifts. The food in the break room is cheap and good....  Notice very helpful improvements around the building.  Quarterly UPT, 3hrs of PTO per check.  There's a two boards on a large wall you can write your immediate questions or concerns on  Able to travel  Tuition could be paid for.  Amazon and Sprint discounts.  Healthcare IS AUH-MAZING","Forced (MET)to work 12 shifts with little notice.  Amazon has no problem making you feel like you can be replaced.  Most likely you'll start in the warehouse. You will be stationed by yourself. No music. If you have Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder, this job is not for you.. or it may, but make you are very upfront with you manager about your needs... (They really do try to help)  No real healthy food. (great junk foods, but no fruits, veggies etc.)  Smokers smoke where ever they want even though they have a huge smoking area.  Not enough UPT (although no other warehouse job has Unpaid Time Off, (which saves your job if you are sick.. you just don't get paid)  No sick days. I had to use all my UPT, PTO, AND SOME OF MY VACATION to cover the days I needed off.  This beautiful warehouse has thousands of employees. Lot of which do not cover their mouths to cough, and they literally cough on your neck!  Do not plan activities during the months of November and December... period.. you will regret it. Overtime blackout dates, respectfully.  No raise after 90 days.  No pet insurance.","As amazon is a wonderful company to work for, there are many different types of people that are employed. Perhaps maybe having a test given during the paid 3 hour at home training to explore where they can be best placed. I noticed a few of my co-workers having a very difficult time as a Simple Bin Counter and they all have ADHD. One of them actually went to him/her Manager AND HR in tears as he/she really had a hard time focusing.  Also, per the 12 hour shifts, perhaps allowing a number of associates to work half of their shift in their regular count, then the next half in a different count, since there is much cross training... Possible making associates less intimidated working for so long in the same count.  Give a clear understanding of how OT works. The Five 12hr shifts forced with little notification is not ok to do the same week.  AMCare should truly be available on each floor, as we are deeply judged on our productivity. Imagine walking from 4326 to the first floor down the long green mile stretch JUST to get a packet of Pepto...  Softer toilet paper in the bathrooms.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13272,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,No work life balance,"Good Exposure into operations Experience, get to work with a variety of people Benefits, stock options, time off (if approved) Hires college graduates",No work life balance Opinions not heard No control Departments/shifts change at any time Work all holidays 80 hour weeks,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13273,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Amazon work from home,Nice team members. Dealing with different drivers everyday. Benefits,Managment Not get help immediately Ridiculous Metrics to reach,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13274,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Difficult place to work, Difficult place to leave","- Fast paced learning and growth - Exposure and visibility to many teams, roles and businesses - Ownership and as much responsibility as you can handle (sometimes more) - Smart employees and great people to learn from","- No training materials or instructions for any role - Fast paced environment with little guidance - high stress, long hours and poor work life balance on most teams",Invest more time and effort in developing and retaining existing employees rather than recruiting new employees. The loss of tribal knowledge severely impacts teams and delivery speed.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13275,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,I don't know where else I would be able to do such interesting work,"The scale, complexity and impact of the projects I'm involved in is incredible. I've never before worked with so many smart people who are so dedicated to doing great work. I've learned more in the last 2.5 years at Amazon than I did in my previous 5 years of work.",Management is predominantly straight white dudes. We could really work on our diversity.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13276,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company if you have what it takes,"Stocks, growth opportunities, reputation, overall compensation",It can be hard to know what good looks like and how to get there. Long hours.,Teach,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13277,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"Fast pace of change, intelligent coworkers and good perks",Office furniture and work tools can be better,Keep up the great job.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13278,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager II,"Work with amazing/talented people, work life balance, involvement on interesting projects, promote movement and growth within the org, the sky's the limit on what you can accomplish at Amazon.",You need to be a self motivator and seek opportunities for yourself. This is not a CON for me but something important to know about the culture.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13279,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Great Company to work for!,"Leaders that care, start up environment, and never have any fear",Will have to do quite a bit of tasks outside your job description to complete tasks.,Continue to grow and learn from the daily connections results.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P546.htm
13280,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Amazon is a very friendly place with a multitude of people from all walks of life. They breed their own from within. It is easy to move up and also shift locations within the Company.,I haven't found any yet.,N/A,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13281,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Financial Analyst Intern,Really good culture to shape you into being a business professional,"People can be very intense, long hours, unfulfilling work",none,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13282,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior HRA,Amazon Rocks!,Making a difference in the lives of our customers and associates Being a part of the most innovative companies in the world Countless opportunities for advancement,often work long hours with short breaks,Continue to focus on ways to enhance work/life balance for associates. Train managers to have balance of driving performance while developing associates,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13283,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growth opportunities,Opportunities to grow can be found within every project.,There is always so much work to do that it becomes a prioritization issue.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13284,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon is a machine lacking admirable ethos and ethics,great learning opportunity diverse business/ products great ramp up,politics lack of ethical decision making blatant favoritism minorities are harassed lack of back bone in decision making insecure management that does not build strong reports,when will you begin to care?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13285,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Curriculum Developer,Technical Curriculum Developer,"Truly customer-obsessed. Ideas are not just pushed aside, but instead if you have a great idea, they will let you run with it and experiment and try out new things. Lots of opportunity within the organization to grow and promote from within. Exhilarating fast-paced work with a huge impact across many verticals to our customers.","Not for someone who wants to do tedious remedial work and punch the clock. You must be a do-er and not just a talker. Very fast pace, which I love, but is difficult for some.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13286,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Having a great time!,"I came to AWS from another large software company based in the Seattle area. I'm in field sales and have a great team. Customers love us and the work is very fulfilling. Company values are solid, at least from what I see on my specific team and the teams we work with.",Still growing super fast. But hard to get people through the hiring pipeline.,Keep the focus on the customer. It's served Amazon well so far.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13287,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 11, 2017",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Chaotic mess- dont work at phx6 warehouse,It was a very simple job to learn,"Horrible training at phx6. The job itself was easy, but by day three they expect you to know where to go. I had a horrible ambassador training the first day who kept saying they'd talk about or show us that later when we had any questions yet by day three I still had no idea where to go to know where my drop zone was to start shift etc. There was one ambassador who was amazing, Cliff, and if I had him doing our tour the first day I 'm sure I would have lasted longer and known where to go etc. It was so chaotic and a lot of hurry up and wait the first day. They told we could get a locker on our break or lunch the first day, but by day three no one had told us where/how to get a locker, we never got a tour of facilities besides a ""safety tour"" showing us where to go in an emergency. By day three I still had no idea where to put my lunch or how to use the computer/register thing in break room if I wanted to buy a drink etc. After working at this warehouse, I will never buy anything on Amazon again. The products are so unorganized and randomly stuffed into containers. You would think they would have things organized by product in such a large warehouse and on the first day I tried to make the containers I was working in more organized and easy for the pickers to grab product, but by day two I understood why everything was crammed. All they care about is productivity and you have less then 30 seconds to find a spot for an item even if it is bigger than a shoebox and there is literally no room for it any overstuffed crammed container, therefore the stowers are forced to cram it anywhere they can with no care for preserving the products. Of the six ""problem solvers"" I dealt with in training the first two days, maybe two of them were actually helpful and friendly. The rest were rude and arrogant and treated us like we were idiots if we had questions the first day ever working. I know employees at other warehouses who actually got full tours their first day as well as shirts and lockers. I definitely would recommend avoiding PHX-6 at all cost unless you want to work in a zoo with rude ambassadors and problems solvers.","Better training and provide more information to new employees, it will go along way in retaining good employees who would love to work with ya'all. Overhaul the stowing process with more organization and more realistic expectations to actually keep the products undamaged and of value.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13288,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Former Employee - Security Officer,Packer,"Benfits from day one, decent pay, overtime, hires quickly.","Mass hire, super high turn over, work the employees to the bone, do stupid competitions over bags of skittles and stuff to in return get 50 employees working for that bag.",If you stopped running the employees to the ground and make them compete for nonsense just to work them harder. People would be faster it comes with time and retainment and you would not have to mass hire cause people get fed up and go quickly.,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13289,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Great money and benefits are good,No comments at this time on the cons,Always value your employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P547.htm
13290,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Good pay with flexible hours.,A lot of walking is required.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13291,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Challenging enviornment, smart engineers, good pay, Seattle is awesome","Nothing yet, maybe pager duties as I heard it's bad",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13292,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Not bad if you don't mind overtime,"Great coworkers. Some people are truly awesome. I had a lot of fun some days. LOTS of opportunities for overtime. You always know what management's expectations are. Great insurance, and other benefits.","Almost every week I worked, there was mandatory overtime. Each week, management said that we probably wouldn't have any more overtime, but we almost always did. And it wasn't even during peak! Boring as heck. Unwilling to work with your schedule. BUT, you always know what overtime hours you'll have.",Stop giving some shifts more mandatory overtime than other shifts. It sucks and brings morale down. We all worked less hard when we knew we were the only shift on overtime.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13293,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Great Employer,"Positive team moral , timely pay, and opportunities for advancement, overtime","Training structure is slightly rush, possible long shifts",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13294,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Flexible Environment,The flexibility to work in different areas You can take time off,The inexperienced people they put in positions Favoritism shown towards friends they over work the hard workers and don't hold the people who do not do work accountable.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13295,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Cycle Counter,NOT FOR ADHD,"The pay, and the benefits are amazing. I feel bad for the competition.   The hours I appreciate as a student.  I work Four 10hr shifts. The food in the break room is cheap and good....  Notice very helpful improvements around the building.  Quarterly UPT, 3hrs of PTO per check.  There's a two boards on a large wall you can write your immediate questions or concerns on  Able to travel  Tuition could be paid for.  Amazon and Sprint discounts.  Healthcare IS AUH-MAZING","Forced (MET)to work 12 shifts with little notice.  Amazon has no problem making you feel like you can be replaced.  Most likely you'll start in the warehouse. You will be stationed by yourself. No music. If you have Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder, this job is not for you.. or it may, but make you are very upfront with you manager about your needs... (They really do try to help)  No real healthy food. (great junk foods, but no fruits, veggies etc.)  Smokers smoke where ever they want even though they have a huge smoking area.  Not enough UPT (although no other warehouse job has Unpaid Time Off, (which saves your job if you are sick.. you just don't get paid)  No sick days. I had to use all my UPT, PTO, AND SOME OF MY VACATION to cover the days I needed off.  This beautiful warehouse has thousands of employees. Lot of which do not cover their mouths to cough, and they literally cough on your neck!  Do not plan activities during the months of November and December... period.. you will regret it. Overtime blackout dates, respectfully.  No raise after 90 days.  No pet insurance.","As amazon is a wonderful company to work for, there are many different types of people that are employed. Perhaps maybe having a test given during the paid 3 hour at home training to explore where they can be best placed. I noticed a few of my co-workers having a very difficult time as a Simple Bin Counter and they all have ADHD. One of them actually went to him/her Manager AND HR in tears as he/she really had a hard time focusing.  Also, per the 12 hour shifts, perhaps allowing a number of associates to work half of their shift in their regular count, then the next half in a different count, since there is much cross training... Possible making associates less intimidated working for so long in the same count.  Give a clear understanding of how OT works. The Five 12hr shifts forced with little notification is not ok to do the same week.  AMCare should truly be available on each floor, as we are deeply judged on our productivity. Imagine walking from 4326 to the first floor down the long green mile stretch JUST to get a packet of Pepto...  Softer toilet paper in the bathrooms.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13296,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area manager,"Sign in bonus, great associates and co-managers, fun and fast pace once you hit at least 4 months of being thrown into ops., a lot of the AM role is OJT. HR wad awesome and most supportive staffing in the building.","Get paid once a month in some states, stress is high. I was pregnant with a 15 month old away from family while my significant other finished his degree 2 hrs away. Leadership seemed to have no disregard for morning sickness and every day struggles of being a new mom on her own and a father investing in his future for the better.",Just because someone is salary shouldn't mean they should be treated any differently. Most comments on here are very accurate pertaining too being data driven and hating the fact that we at times punish great associates for off days. Never taking in consideration that the system could be wrong or should be changed/looked into.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13297,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2017",Former Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist,Learned a lot more there than I have anywhere else.,Can be a toxic environment.,A bit more training.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13298,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Burnout is high.,"Insurance plans are fantastic, and easily affordable. You get paid personal time off, and you can save up to 160 hours of paid vacation time. Also get a raise every six months.","Burnout is a huge factor. During what Amazon call peak season, which depending on the department you work, topically lasts from Black Friday to early January. During this time you’ll be required to do overtime, often consisting of 60 hour weeks with only 1 day off. The work is also incredibly monotonous. If you like predictably, then this probably won’t bother you. If you’re looking for variety, and unpredictable work, most definitely look elsewhere. The tools used for you to do your work are incredibly inefficient, and frustrating. At least at the warehouse I work.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13299,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fc associate,a great opportunity with great benefits,lunch only30 mins but I love it,keep up the great work and thanks for the opportunity,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P548.htm
13300,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Fun healthy parties caring great,"Long calls, trashy customers / people",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13301,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solutions Architect,Amazing work culture and learning environment,"Lot to learn, but that's a good challenge to have",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13302,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Technical Recruiter,"Sourcing, Analytics, Cold Calling and business interaction","ambiguity, long hours, frugality and career path within certain teams",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13303,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Development Manager,"Management listens to ideas, fast to react to changing environments",Pace can be frantic at times,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13304,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,"Great Pay, Bad Career",Great pay and health insurance,"Management is poor, and it doesn't seem like they actually care for their employees even though they say they do. If your are planning on making a career out of it. they try getting you fired after you been there for 5 years or longer so they don't have to pay as much in stocks or the raises you earned. they just get new employees so they don't have to pay them as much. Very stressful to work in since you don't know if you will make rate to stay.",none,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13305,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Former Employee - Dock Worker,Walking out just after I write this,Opportunity to work..  ease of getting a job.. Lots and lots of hours I'd you can deal with the environment. Everything is easy to grasp and do. Break room is great you have food there you can buy or set up a pre paid account but a 100yard walk from the back of the building .. Bonus for clocking in and out on time every month 4 ten hour shifts 3 days off .. and a set overtime day,You will become a Amazon drone. Work history experience.. means nothing the computer assigns you a job and you are put where you are needed. I came in with years of experience in Warehouse. I was put into one position for orientation.. by the time I got to my tour of my Dept some one walked up and took half the group to a different Dept. Work is relentless long shifts on your feet you get told to go to break. Time starts then you have a 3 min walk. Get to the break room sit .. 9 mins later up and back to work after a 3 min walk. Clock in and out and break are militant.. if your 5 mins late they take a hour off your unpaid time off.(upt) You run out of upt there is disciplinary action coming.,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13306,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"You Are a Number, Not a Person",You get time and a half for working on holidays and everyone gets 8 hours of pay on holidays whether they work or not,"Limited time off availability, Management doesn't care about employees, impossible to get help from management if you work past 5,",Treat your employees like you care about them,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13307,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay far away from Amazon,"Friendly co-workers, dress code, above normal pay for part-time job.","Management, Job itself, Repetitive, Slow-paced, Paycheck amount varied from week to week.","Hire intelligent people that actually know how to do their jobs. Also, treat the employees like they matter instead of treating them like they're disposable and replaceable.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13308,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Pros are everything,"I have been on three different teams at Amazon over the course of 3 years, and let me tell you, each team is vastly different from the other. The team culture, opportunities, and involvement are so unique to each team, but let me tell you what I can draw from all three teams: Amazon is an electrifying and terrifying place, all rolled in one. If you are driven by solving problems no one on the planet has faced before, this place is for you. Within my first two weeks at Amazon, my manager gave me a project that affects 5.5 million customers and told me she wanted me to decide what was the right plan of action. The ability to drive change and make decisions (as long as you have data to back yourself up) is incredible at Amazon. No one will walk you through the process and hold your hand. You get thrown in there and are expected to swim. Some find this exhilarating. Some find this overwhelming. You choose.","Too much emphasis on Leadership Principles. Sometimes certain LP are not helpful for certain scenarios, we shouldn't box ideas into LPs. Please have more employee benefits. Like an onsite gym or free food?? What decade are we in??",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13309,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Ok pay, great managers who treat you with respect and really help you out. You are also allowed to hang up if the customer continues to shout profanity and disrespect you, but I think I only did that once. If you put yourself in the customer's shoes and are attentive to their needs, your calls go a lot smoother than you expect, especially considering Amazon's policies are pretty favorable for the customers.",Employment was seasonal without full time benefits that the non-seasonal employees get.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P549.htm
13310,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent part time job,"Great place to work. Fun atmosphere. You can choose to do whatever you want, you're not subjected to the same position over and over.","Short breaks, sometimes it can get boring, but when it picks up...it picks up.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13311,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Recruiter,Lead Recruiter,"Team culture and collaborative environment are awesome. Also, cute dogs and puppies roaming around everywhere are also a nice perk",Fast nature of work some time means quantity is valued over quality.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13312,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Innovative company Able to give feedback Flexible schedule Amazon discounts,Difficult to get shifts Few benefits Repetitive job,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13313,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Smart and enthusiastic employees Excellent concern and focus on hourly assiciates,Not focused on retaini g management,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13314,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sortation associate,good pay and benefits for employees,flexing hours becomes a chore and changes your schedule,communication,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13315,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - IT Equipment Coordinator,Fulfillment IT,- Ability to make changes to processes - Development Plans - Work with very smart people - Total compensation (base pay + building bonus + stock) is pretty good - Work/Life balance for hourly employees,- Have to jump through hoops in order to interview internally - Very competitive which results in unintentional back stabbing,A little less internal competition will go a long way with teamwork resulting in higher throughput.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13316,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Eng Managwr,Experience,"Fast paced, does a lot of things well. Really walks the customer comes first talk.","High turnover, many cases of burnout with employees.",Find a balance,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13317,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exactly what they write about ...,"Great pay, mostly smart people.",Culture and environment. Pressure and work/life balance.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13318,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Associate,"Fast-paced, stay on your feet and keep moving around.",Labor intensive and the rates that are expected from you are a bit high.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13319,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Flexible shift, very team oriented, time goes by fast",Expected to be fast,"When associates are working their hardest don’t just tell them to work faster, help out and solve the issue",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P550.htm
13320,amazon,"Gardner, KS"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador,"1. This company values you as an employee. Yes, you might have to work hard, but it's worth it.  2. You can literally get paid to lose weight.  3. You can move up quickly if you show initiative, and work hard.  4. The benefits are primo.  5. The people you work with will become friends quickly enough if you are a decent human being.  6. The work environment is friendly, encouraging and personal and group safety-centered.  7. You work 10 hours days, but you get 3 days off.","Not really whole lot, except if you work on the dock, it's hot as hell in the trailers. But other than that, it's a great place to work at. The pay also could be a little higher. They wouldn't give me much overtime during non-peak time periods, but I needed the money, so I had to ask for it all the time and was rarely acquiesced.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13321,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Manager Role,Amazon allows a lot of ownership on the business,Lots of ambiguity in the business and job role.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13322,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Boring job,Good vacation time and benefits,Low pay monotonous work,Have more reasonable expectations for employees,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13323,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fc Associate,The flexible schedule is a plus but they pay you less and want you to work hard and not get any benefit from it,The managers are strict they have all guys there as a management team and it’s not a place to grow there,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13324,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Assosicate,"Decent pay and okay job if you're fresh out of college or in-between jobs. Also, good health benefits offered.",Expect to be on your feet all shift. Long hours. Work didn't feel meaningful to me.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13325,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad experience working here at Amazon,Can get lots of overtime,Management is not any help,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13326,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a sweat shop,"benefits are excellent, that is one reason many people work","They make you work for every penny you earn, huge favoritism, short breaks, by the the time you get to break room half of your break is over.","see the true hard working people, give opportunity to dedicated employees regardless of their ethnicity or age",1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13327,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package Sorter,It's fairly easy and simple work for the pay. Sometimes it can be fast paced but you'll be find once you get into the groove of things.,You have to worry about a 3 package/minute scan rate which is easy to achieve but sometimes you might have to help wrap up a package or build a pallet which would take a little time to do.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13328,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed Opinion,Great entry level job with benefits the very first day.,Promotions can be difficult if one doesn't want to move to another facility,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13329,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premium Support,"Relaxed environment, lots of activities",The leadership principle of frugality only comes into play in AWS when paying employees and reimbursing for work related trips. Pay is rarely increased and not on par with their competitors,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P551.htm
13330,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Situation associate,Easy part time job Flexible Amazon discounts,"Tiring, tedious, not very engaging",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13331,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Packet,Great pay. Great benefits! Awesome people,Long hours and it's very repetitive,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13332,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nod bad not good,"personal time, vacation time, health care, stock","make you work hard, must stand all day",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13333,amazon,"Rockville, MD"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Delivery Driver,Slave work but the money is good if you can handle the type of work you are given.,Make good money and meet new people that come and go. And you use company vehicles if you’re not a flex driver,The warehouse is never organized and you have to do the job of 3 people most days. You also work 10+ hour days with a steady 250-340 package count,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13334,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sortation center,"friendly people, casual clothing decent wage. Treat you to food, and received a t-shirt and water bottle",Hard work with no provision for medical benefits. Amazon could at least offer medical to be purchased through Amazon. Only 10% discount on purchases up to $100.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13335,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Associate,The company name. Attracts great talent and people are intent to learn and make the best of their time and the brand. People are nice and hardworking.,TERRIBLE management. No benefits. Hourly employees are treated terribly and there are minimal holidays and nearly no vacation. No flexibility or consideration for employees.,TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES WELL. Learn what they do. Fight for them. Don't treat them like servants to do your bidding and the return and retention will be greater. Listen to people when they express discontent.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13336,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amnesty floor monitor,They offer decent benefits and choices,"Does not see their employees as people. We are a warehouse user ID and a live body. Human resources constantly subtracting our paid and unpaid time and has to be watched daily to ensure that our time is correct, even though we click in and out. The Kansas City plant is the absolute worst. Management will never admit their when wrong, constantly changing things without informing employees.",Get new management with morals and ethics,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13337,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Package Handler,Worst place to work,"Dont have to go far to find a warehouse, very helpful and very nice coworkers. A good workout","Where do i even begin? I worked at amazon for 2 years and the things ive seen is just insane. 15 minute break thats more like 5 minutes because to get to the break room and back is 5 minutes each. They changed shift times all the time, if you have a second job or go to school it makes it impossible to make it on time if they change shift times. Amazon runs on a flex up flex down schedule. They can either add an hour to your shift or take away time from your shift depending on how busy or not busy it is. Management is full of idiots as well as the HR department. I needed to take time off for surgery and HR said thats fine just bring in documentation. After i get surgery they email me saying i can only miss 6 days right after telling me i can miss 2 weeks+ they then fired me and told me to return in a year. They fired me because of missinformation they gave me. They told me once your termination is in the system theres nothing they can do to change it, see you next year. Bunch of idiots. They also move people around the building left and right even to places that dont need help. One time they moved an old man to unload a trailer by himself and management came over 2 or 3 times to tell him to work faster. Like seriously? You couldnt find someone else? In a building with hundreds of people thats who you pick?","Stop with the favortism, dont move the regulars who do the same thing each day. Stop being lazy and help out once in a while. Communicate better and things will get done more smoothly. Instead of walking around the building on your phone, walk around and see who needs help instead of waiting for someone to tell you or ask you.",1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13338,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hr generalist I,"Super great company, great benefits",Trainers are not very friendly,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13339,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from home,"Decent pay, Great training, PTO, Easy work","No benefits, If you have to go to the bathroom it gets taken out of your PTO",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P552.htm
13340,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Coordinator,Fullfillment review,-If your a loner. This is the perfect job. Make your rate and no one will bother you.,- you have to watch your attendance n points.,To Many managers,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13341,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Distribution Associate,Distribution Associate,"Great management, fast paced environment,",I don't have any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13342,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, good job, good people","Great people and leadership, good workflow",Painted more challenging picture of what the role is than actual role,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13343,amazon,"Remote, OR"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Amazon is an okay place to work,work from home Provide equipment Nice people to work with Overtime,"Training is short, rushed and not thorough You are thrown out on the floor messing up calls b/c you don't know what you are doing Always a problem with the system Must work weekends","Please make training more thorough and less rushed. It's really important that associates are able to help the customer and if we aren't trained properly, we can't help efficiently and everyone gets frustrated.",2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13344,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping Supervisor,I had a great experience working for Amazon but dont be fooled if you make one mistake they'll havebno problem firing.,Room for growth if you work above and beyond your duties.,If you make one mistake regardless of over performing don't be surprised if you get fired.,When workers go above and beyond let them know.,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13345,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. HRA,Good benefits package that's offered,Poor leadership and too much politicks,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13346,amazon,"Twinsburg, OH"," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Student Job,"They gave me steady hours that only changed when I wanted them too.They also worked with my class schedule to find the shifts that best worked for me. The managers were pretty engaged and would get on the floor and help if you asked. They pay was pretty good for the work, and their scan rate expectations were reasonable, at about 140 packages an hour. I never found myself below that threshold.","The breaks were short, but the shifts weren't too long so I didn't mind. They were technically 15 minutes but once you factor in walking, it ended up being around 10.",Managers could communicate with each other better i.e. some safety procedures vary from manager to manager,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13347,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,"Amazon has good benefits. Maternity and Paternity leave is the best around. 6weeks for fathers and over 12 weeks full compensation for mothers. Strong culture. As far as the job, mainly deals with yard work including yard jockey, checking in and checking out incoming and outgoing loads. Daily inventory of trailers in trailer yards and partnering with operations for any issues.","Although the benefits are better or on par with the industry, the pay is subpar. Capping of wages after 3 years is horrible considering cost of living continues to rise but their wages stay the same and every year they tell the associates because of their compensation they are actually making 2 dollars an hour more. For yard jockey starting at 15 an hour is very low especially for the amount of work being done. Sometimes unreal expectations, bitter associates and horrible culture due to no movement within the company. As far as warehouse work low for the industry. Long hours not enough pay for the time you put in while those at the top sit comfortably. Corporate will pay more, fulfillment center not so much. Also once terminated no matter the situation or whether you are at fault or not you won't get your job back. They will keep giving you the run around once you are terminated","Improve on working conditions. Amazon policy needs major improvement, it consistently fails the associate often leading to loss of employment or good associates leaving for better opportunities. You say your the most customer centric company in the world but you forget that your associates are also customers and often fail them on the fulfilment area.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13348,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorta ton associate,It's alot of fun. Easy work,"Very fast paced, super competitive",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13349,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Plenty of hours to work over time.,More communication would be useful.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P553.htm
13350,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE Intern,Really driven and passionate coworkers/work environment Very fast paced Exciting,Cutthroat Not a very social environment,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13351,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Engaging and challenging work but every team is different,Great data-driven culture Great ownership amongst leadership and engineers Very flat hierarchy,Growth has caused dilution in culture. Inconsistency in team practices makes it hard to transition and be successful in different team and transfer your skills and previous work.,Retain the fabric of Amazon's leadership principles and the culture.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13352,amazon,"Saint Louis, MO"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,To me this job is a gym membership that pays you. I am a picker.,1. The pay is Great 2. The cool coworkers 3. Nice management 4. Good hours 5. Part timers get benefits,1. Having to be there at 5:30 AM but you can still choose 2. If you are late by 5 minutes they take off an hour of your time off (when you start you get 30 hours and every quarter they add 20 hours),none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13353,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture and plenty of career growth opportunity,The place had a great culture and is growing so there is a lot of opportunity for young people to move up the ladder.,Nothing wrong with the company.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13354,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fresh,"High entry pay, good managers.",A lot of walking in the cold.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13355,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice filler job or in between,Nice clean environment and fun people to work with,Some management makes it seem that they’re better than you or know more than you.,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13356,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Large company, lots of benefits, you can definitely find good coworkers","Mentor was always stressed, terrible work culture depending on the team you're place don",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13357,amazon,"Winchester, TN"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Associate,stocker,great health benefits. very friendly environment,not enough hours. we need more hours,give employees more hours,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13358,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Great New Company to work for. Overall positive and self motivating,Breaks really aren't breaks.,Figure out breaks so people can actually rest more then 3 mins on a 15 min break,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13359,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Good pay. Good benefits. Fun staff.,Work is very repetitive and difficult,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P554.htm
13360,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Awesome Company,A ton of growth opportunity. Really great managers and leaders throughout the company.,Day-to-day can get a little repetitive.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13361,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,"Dynamic, fast-paced company with plenty of opportunities to grow","Similar to other big organizations, you may get lost if you don't pave your own way",Focus on nurturing young leaders,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13362,amazon,"Aurora, IL"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate-picker,Very professional operation. From the first day you are treated as a team member and there are plenty of opportunity,I can not think of any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13363,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate (CSA),The culture at amazon was amazing. Everyone really seemed to enjoy working there which made an awesome experience.,Pay wasn't terrible. Some days would've liked to see a little more though.,I don't have anything negative to say about the management at Amazon.com,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13364,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Dock Worker,Lost in the Sause,Great benefits for you and your family. Some educational benefits started as well.,Seems not a SINGLE department of this company knows how to work with another. Expect other departments to fight you on everything. HR is not helpful.,"Hold your associates to the standard that is set, be firm. Find a standard that must be met for your position and see to it that is met. Also work and management experience supersede a four year degree in most cases, promote with-in more. I think that will help the revolving door of management and give you the much need stability.",1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13365,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,"If you work at a sort center you get very flexible hours. It is great if you have other matters in your life to attend to like school, family, community etc...","Depending on your location, you may have to drive really far because there are not as many sort centers in each state.",I'd advice managers to use more structure in the work environment. Sometimes employees can be unsure about which direction they're headed to in general.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13366,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Material Handler,Stow,"Good Pay , great management , alot of overtime",Short breaks for 10 + hrs,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13367,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Support,"With a firm hand, you as a person do not matter",You get paid on time.,"1. The president and CEO is very zealous in his efforts to take over the world and you are a pawn. 2. Your feelings, issues and physical constraints do not make any difference. You can just as easily be replaced. You are likely to be terminated for nearly anything. 3. You will not have any time to spend with your family or attend school if you work full time as you will not be able to do anything except sleep, or not, in which case you will fail to do this job without adequate rest. 4. It is a very physically demanding job as you will not be allowed to sit down AT ALL EVER! for an eleven hour shift you will be allowed to have two ten min breaks, a twenty min lunch and are expected to be right back where they found you before the end of each break period or you are likely to be fired. 5. Extremely high turn over. 6. The President of this company is very greedy and only serves himself and share holders. You on the other hand must be content with 11.25 per hour and up to 15.75 as a cap.","Learn how to treat human beings. People need to feel supported, cared about and need time to recuperate. Give people a full 15 min break and a full 30 min lunch and forget about scan to scan. Learn how to operate a business that is not just customer centric but also Employeecentric. Without employees your customers would be without. I believe the department of Labor should look into amazon because I have to tell you its not a good look. I am not at all surprised that Amazon fulfillment centers CANNOT keep good people! Jeff is a horrible boss but when you have 100 billing dollars... who cares right?",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13368,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Its the Best Big Corporate Company I have had a chance to work for.,"There is always a new challenge. You can take on extra projects, and have the opportunity to work with different teams. It gives you an opportunity to explore positions that you may want to grow in to with time.",I personally do not have any cons.,"At Amazon you have the unique opportunity to take control of you own destiny. You will get out as much as you put it. I will say I have seen people burn out, because they aren't able to push back on work life balance. One of Amazons principles is to have backbone, and people who aren't that strong in that principle may have a more difficult time balancing their life.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13369,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Fulfillment,Great benefits including health insurance and tuition reimbursement.,Physically demanding and mandatory 60-hour weeks during peak season.,Better communication,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P555.htm
13370,amazon,"Kirkland, WA"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Great Part Time job for Full Time students,Flexible work hours Only needs 10 hours a month to keep active status,No major benefits like those in Full Time positions,Maybe give benefits to those who have been with the company for a long time even though they're only Part Time.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13371,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Great pay and great benefits,Alot of walking and standing on feet,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13372,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Modern Day Plantation!!!,Nice benefits package (if you actually decide to stay),"They could care less about the employees, just the NUMBERS! It's all about the NUMBERS! You must make RATE! Please make RATE! You better make RATE! Everything is RATE, RATE, RATE, RATE AND MORE RATE! Two 15 minute breaks which aren't really 15 minutes because they rush you to get back to work! Half-hour lunch, which isn't really a half-hour because you spend most of the time walking to and from either the break room or your car! Shifts are TOO LONG! 10 hours is brutal when all you do is walk up and down concrete floors all night long. They stalk you by scanner. EVERY SINGLE THING YOU DO, YOU ARE BEING WATCHED! They don't want you to stop moving, not even to use the restroom. The management is mostly young people fresh out of college with no people skills, let alone life experience. Your job is constantly being threatened! CONSTANTLY! You will be in pain when you leave and you will question your sanity for wanting to work at such a miserable place. It's a paycheck, not a career! The pay is not bad BUT, for what they expect, it truly should be more.","Shorten the shifts and have part-time positions as an option! Don't just offer it to temp employees. It should be available to ALL EMPLOYEES! Ten hours on concrete floors is absolutely brutal to any body, Old or Young!",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13373,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Pop Up Retail Experience Consultant,Retail experience consultant,"Benefits, 401k, life insurance, stock, flexible schedule that’s it good for younger people who enjoys being talked to and treated like they are idiots and enjoys management who’s not adult to own up to there wrongs and points fingers instead!","POOR MANAGEMENT like extremely poor idk if it’s because this is a new section to the company. They say focus on the experience but then forces sales! Filled with people who are uptight, thinks they are right about everything, forces there opinion on you, it’s so mediocre",none,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13374,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,- Lots of diversity with all different kinds of people - Good pay,- Worked hard - Warehouses get hot in the summer - Shift Hours,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13375,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,Potential Employee,Ease and efficiency of employment application process.,Contact with human resources is limited.,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13376,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEIII,"I am surrounded by phenomenal talent. I love the intense customer focus. Lot's of companies claim it. Amazon lives it. Decision making tends to be driven by a long-term focus, never hitting short term targets.","The job is great. The location, not so much. Seattle 20 years ago might have been pretty nice. Now the traffic is terrible and the cost of living is ridiculous.","Please oh please oh please make HQ2 a reasonably-priced location. Doesn't have to be cheap, just not horribly expensive. I consider myself to be very well compensated, but I still can't afford to buy a home with less than an hour's commute.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13377,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Amazon is a great place to work in Finance!,"Joined as part of the MBA FLDP program. Great cohort - excellent networking opportunities within the company, lots of trainings offered, employee development encouraged. Work is great - working in Finance at Amazon is definitely one of the best corporate finance jobs out there",None that I can think of at that moment - Finance at Amazon allows for sufficient room to learn and grow,Take care of your FLDP class - they are the company's future!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13378,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Team environment and you are always busy,Way too demanding for work life balance and if you don't fit into the high school type environment they will performance evaluate you out of a job based on opionion and not business acumen,Work elsewhere....it's not always about the money,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13379,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazon's from an SDM point of view,- Challenging and fun environment - Many smart engineers to work with and learn from - Easy to move around and work on new products and learn new skills - Great Work/life balance (for my org at least),- Benefits are average. Many other top tech companies offer better benefits which can tip the scale when recruiting,"First rate technical challenges, but why continue to settle for second tier when hiring and keeping talent. At some point there needs to be more effort to win over new talent.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P556.htm
13380,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Stay Away,"- COMPENSATION IS OK (not great) - Even with the high stock price there are plenty of other tech companies that offer higher compensation. This is partially because of the stock vesting schedule (5/15/40/40). - RESUME BOOSTER - I am applying to other companies and my callback rate is > 75% - AWS AS YOUR PLAYGROUND - This can be a good learning experience. It definitely is awesome not being limited by cost and having internal tools that help you setup an AWS account for your new service relatively quickly. - DECENT LOCATION NEAR DOWNTOWN SEATTLE - I am as critical as Seattle as any transplant but 2 years later, it is home and I can appreciate being close to the shopping, food, and entertainment nearby. - OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY OUT DIFFERENT DOMESTIC/INTERNATIONAL OFFICES","- WORK-LIFE BALANCE IS ABYSMAL - It is normal to see various SDM's/TPM's sending out emails on the weekends. During a month long stretch it was normal for another SDE and myself on the same project staying till 8PM at the earliest and staying online till midnight. And even if we were the only two in the office, or it was a normal work week with no deadlines coming up, it was normal to see other engineers/managers on Chime that late anyways.  - PAINFUL TRANSFERRING PROCESS - Let's say enough is enough and you try to move to a different team. This new team will have access to your code reviews/commits which is a true gauge of your work, but some still decide that they need to give you formal interviews. In fact, some will have 22 year olds conducting these ""formal"" interviews that are not formal in the slightest. They will do things that would not fly in any external formal interview like not stating the question correctly... not booking a room for the interview... being 15 minutes late for the interview... asking where you're from which is a HUGE HR no-no. This is the interview experience you get when the only thing you need to be qualified for an interview is attending 2 interview sessions.  Also, despite the fact that you guys are technically coworkers and should stay professional, and despite the fact that sometimes you are down the hall from each other and see each other every day, you will be ghosted by certain hiring managers during the transfer process even if he/she showed signs of interest before, so you are left on your bad team trying to find a better team, with no professional guidance/correspondence from your prospective team and are forced to find a different team.  I have also seen employees been put on a PIP on one team, only to excel on their new team which goes to show that one size does not fit all. However, the new promotion process requires a sign-off to transfer, which you can see would lead to more politics on blocking the transfer, which is morbidly ironic if one of the reasons you're leaving in the first place is politics.  - HIGH TURNOVER - Good luck figuring out that service with no documentation because it was written by someone who was in the same boat as you of trying to figure out a service that someone who left for greener pastures wrote a long time ago. You know turnover is bad when your team that had 5 devs and 2 PM's leave within 1.5 years was the team with the LEAST turnover in your time at Amazon.  - TOO MANY NEW GRADS - You just got an offer from Amazon out of college right? You're on top of the world and feel like you're the smartest person in the room right? Of course you're going to take it, you're from flyover country and six figures is a lot of money, right? Well thousands of other new grads across the country thought the same thing and are going to start at the same time as you.  Amazon is expanding rapidly and so Amazon needs hungry grads. As a new grad, it's luck of the draw for what team you end up on, so if you're lucky you'll get a manager that realizes there needs to be a healthy ratio of experienced SDE2/3's and SDE1's. But chances are you'll end up with a manager who just wants to throw headcount at everything to build an empire, or is just part of a bad team that no seasoned dev wants to join so they need any body they can get, and you end up on a team with one recently joined SDE2 and five SDE1's. This is not a great environment with which to start your career since you won't have ideal mentoring.  Moreover, there is already a huge lack of professionalism in tech, but this exacerbated when the average age is so young and you have to remind your younger peers that the Chime team room is not a place for profanities or inappropriate jokes.  - HIGHLY DIVERSE YET HIGHLY SEGREGATED - This is not specific to Amazon and is somewhat of a problem in tech in general, but Amazon is still guilty of this. Amazon employs thousands of employees from different countries. While diversity is a good thing and I have learned a lot about different countries from teammates, this still leads to a lot of segregation in that you'll see people walking only walking around SLU within their own ethnic group speaking in their native language. This is not a problem in and of itself, of course you want to socialize with people like yourself, but it translates to politics in the workforce and it is not uncommon for you to see managers with only people from their ethnic group as reports. If you have any friends who are underrepresented minorities at Amazon, you will probably hear some stories, e.g. how a female friend is treated by certain ethnic groups with negative views of women, or another friend of an underrepresented ethnic group being mistaken for a janitor despite being a high-performing SDE, or just general backwards thinking that only caucasian people can be American and everyone else is from their country of ethnic origin. Note that not everybody contributes to this issue and I am for diversity, but from some bad apples it is significant enough of a problem to be worth mentioning.  - POLITICS - I've seen managers with abysmal tech survey results, zero trust from their business customers or their engineers, managers who systematically prevent their SDE's from promoting so they can't leave (or put them on a Performance Improvement Plan if they try to anyway) and zero proof that they have any idea of what's going on... Get promoted within a year or two just because they were in that position long enough, or they kissed their manager's butt the right way, or even just get promoted so they can move to another org and stop being a toxic factor in the current org... Which is not how meritocracy should work.  - INCONSISTENT PROMOTION BAR - Unfortunately the new promo doc was supposed to make things more decoupled from managers and give more power to the engineers to drive things. Unfortunately it is still very coupled to the manager/skip manager/org. I have seen SDE's get promoted a year out of college doing nothing but ops and bug fixes, with maybe a single project to pad the resume. I have seen industry hires with 10 years XP not being able to reach SDE2 despite leading brand new initiatives from scratch, raising the bar, and occasionally working at an SDE3 level (only for some to leave to more prestigious companies like Google/Facebook). I have seen managers who have promoted engineers on work they have only done on their prior team, I have also seen managers who are not willing to acknowledge what the engineer did on their prior team, essentially making it all for naught and forcing the SDE to jump more hoops in their current team and give the engineer less time to get promoted before they get fired.  - OVERALL TOXIC CULTURE I went from being a bright-eyed, youthful, optimistic college grad hungry to utilize his newfound skills and contribute to the world... to a jaded 24 year old who is afraid to wake up every morning and go to work. I have attempted antidepressants as a formality, but the only antidepressant that works is taking time off work. It is not just myself that has changed but I have also seen friends go from happy young kids to shells of what they used to be. Joining Amazon with them has felt like the hunger games where even if you win, you're still part of a game that shouldn't be played in the first place and you've lost so much on the way there. So while a few of my friends have gotten promoted in under a year and a half, they had to work 80 hour weeks and deal with high ops and persona sacrifices to get there.  I have had managers chime me on my PTO days.  I have had a manager tell me to be more like the guy that stays up till midnight every night.  I have had a manager call me to chew me out on whether I am really working from home (when I am literally on the VPN checking emails)  I have had a manager call me when I'm at home extremely ill on antibiotics, skeptically questioning why my antibiotics are taking so long to be effective (because I'm in control of how long they should take), and skeptically questioning if I am really that sick, so I can come back to work and get stuff done.  I have had managers assign deadlines to do a project in a month that would take 3 developers 3 months to complete, then refuse to acknowledge and push back the deadline when I state that I cannot finish the task by the deadline in 2 weeks.  I have had managers attempt to put other engineers on a PIP not because they deserved it, but because they questioned the current manager, only for the engineer to leave and excel at their new role and be promoted.  I have had a manager remind me that I only have a few years to get a promotion before Amazon fires me, while also giving me scraps that does not help me with my promotion document. Imagine being between a rock and a hard place where you need to get promoted or you're fired, but don't have the work/means to get promoted.  Overall, I would stay away from Amazon unless you are 110% sure you are ending up on the very few teams where you can grow as an engineer with minimal politics.","- Listen to your engineers for deadlines. - Foster a positive learning environment, have a healthy senior/junior SDE ratio. - Listen to the tech survey results. - Skip managers, have monthly meetings with your skip(?) reports as you might be the only one who can listen to complaints about their direct manager who can make a difference. - Your reports are real people with real careers, care about that. Most cities that Amazon operates in is expensive, money matters. If you don't think the SDE deserves the promotion to get the compensation raise, give your employee a clear path on how to get there, and work that fulfills this path.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13381,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Lots of manitory overtime.,Given 30 lunch breaks when it takes 20 minutes to get anywhere.,Stop writing us up for things that we have not been trained for.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13382,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Be ready to break safety rules,"pay is decent, benefits are decent","If you do not break every safety rule, every day, you will not make your rate and you will be fired.","Really? You can't install cameras? I know why don't. If you did, everyone would have to follow the safety rules, and no one would make their rate.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13383,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Delivery,delivery,"flexible hours, friendly coworkers , okay hours",the pay was unreliable many did not get paid,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13384,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,They pay better than other jobs and have good benefits,They push you really hard to make rates and they will write you up if you dont,Hire better managers,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13385,amazon,"Mundelein, IL"," Oct 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Good benefits, plenty of overtime during seasonal time.",Long hours standing at times in same place,Have regular meeting to be informed of any problems,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13386,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Good benefits, but very physical","They will literally hire anyone that can pass a background check and drug test. No interview, often immediate hire. Good pay Good benefits Flexible work schedule Mostly nice managers 3 days off a week unless peak season Limited time off whenever you want Two 15min breaks, one clock out 30 min lunch break.",Often hard to get a start date on the schedule you want. VERY physical VERY fast-paced Unrealistic rate standards you MUST meet. You're just a number... 10 hour shifts Mandatory overtime day during peak So sore... so tired... I'm finding a new job because the rate system is unrealistic and it just hurts too much :(,"Fix the rate system!! There is a very high turn over rate because the standard is unrealistic. If you let people work at a reasonable pace, you will retain employees! You can't expect people to work as fast as they can on a constantly physical 10 hour shift often lifting items over 40 pounds! There are only 3 people left from my hiring class... me being one of them and I'm leaving soon.",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13387,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-time Work from home,Part-time was available for work from home,Low pay and stats were hard to maintain,Raise the pay per hour and be more helpful to employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13388,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,They love machines so much they treat you like one,"Fairly secure employment, solid healthcare benefits for full time workers.","No paths to grow in the job unless you want to work in a warehouse your whole life. Even people with masters degrees wait years to be promoted even near their level of worth. Low pay compared to cost of living despite being a whole dollar-fifty above minimum. Have to choose from preselected hours generated by a computer, so all the important work related matters that impact you are decided by machines, not people.","Don't be afraid to give decision making power to local managers so that they can help people move up into more desirable kinds of work. Pooling thousands of applications online is not people centric, and this lazy practice fails to reward qualities overlooked by opaque word search algorithms, such as tenacity, uniqueness, drive and talent. You call yourselves the most customer centric company on earth, but all your workers are your customers, and you treat them like machines by how little human interaction is involved in hiring, scheduling, promoting, and problem solving. Human empathy and subjectivity is more valuable over the long run than raw numeric data, so as long as there's so little meaning and opportunity in Amazon for workers stuck in your warehouses, all your sugar coated garbage about social justice is just virtue signaling. And get rid of the infantalizing man-child culture of superheros and emojis. We're not in kindergarten.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13389,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good company,"Great atmosphere, friendly people, great work perks.",Must have college degree no matter experience to become management,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P557.htm
13390,amazon,"Arlington, VA"," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service/Seasonal,"So far so good, I’m still in training, but maybe that will interest some. I am on my 4th day at Amazon, & will work in their customer service Dept. for a guaranteed 3 months & possibly 3 more depending on how busy they are & whatnot. They talk a lot about doing a great job by not missing work, empathizing with & develop a great repore with the customer by being “customer obsessed” I am in a class of 25 & we have 2 trainers. I think they are both fabulous! They are always available, they don’t rush through everything, check with all 25 of us individually on about a daily basis, they answer most questions via a chat room & if they know the answer they offer a quick response, even when you PM them, it’s still super quick, I believe they both want the best for all of us, and they will do whatever it takes to help us all do well enough to become Full Time employees if we want it bad enough, I believe it will be possible. Also!! Starting this month all WAH Customer Service employees are provided with a HP Chromebook Laptop, & a headset. Basically, all I needed was a home office w/no distractions, an Ethernet Cord and a decently fast wired internet connection. I also HIGHLY recommend though they are not required, the following: Keyboard, Mouse, USB Hub (doesn’t have to be expensive), at least 1 extra computer monitor (I got mine at Goodwill for $10 & it came with the cord too & it is the smartest thing I bought!). Everything I just said must be wired, Amazon requires it, no WiFi & no Bluetooth. The Laptop they provide is very small & it will be extremely difficult to see the writing on the monitor & toggle between several websites. Right now I am using my Goodwill Monitor as my Primary and my Laptop’s Monitor as my 2nd & it works well for me. However, because it’s so cheap, I’m going to buy a 2nd Larger Monitor & put my little Laptop under a monitor Stand & that will open up a lot of desk space. I got to pick my schedule, I was able to pick between 4-10 hr or 5-8 hr shifts. There were a plethora of choices & I believe they will work for pretty mostly any schedule.",They do require mandatory OT & Blackout PTO & UPTO from Cyber Monday - January 1st. There are not many benefits for Seasonal Employees & the ones that are available aren’t that great.,Offer something better as a benefit than what is currently available to Seasonal Employees. Keep up the good work with who you choose to train new WAH employees!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13391,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound,Great,It has benefits and is a amazing place to work at,I have no cons truly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13392,amazon,"York, PA"," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Working doesn't always feel like work,Some of the greatest management I have ever worked for. Fast paced and driven work environment. Huge amount of employee resources. Great benefits and ample opportunity for promotion,"Your safety is in your own hands, so be careful and thoughtful. The labor can be tough from time to time, but never asked to do more than what you are able to do. It can also be pretty noisy, not factory level but typical warehouse ruckus.","Keep doing what you are doing!!! The team is only as good as it's leadership, and you guys rock! Thank you for making a pleasure to show up every day!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13393,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Now Plantation,Weekly pay Some type of sick time used for whatever you'd like to use it for (15 mins every 5-hour shift) Super flexible after they decided to make you flex,"They con you into believing you can create your own schedule only to loop you into a preset schedule for months. Many people quit after the first day as it's not what they expected. It's not really what you'd expect in a warehouse. Not really a warehouse at all. Management is trash and doesn't respond to emails, rarely approve sick time yet always wanted to write you up or give you an occurrence for their mistake. Especially for being late or missing a shift when all they had to do was approve sick time and you wouldn't have received the occurrence. They are constantly on your back about 15 minutes of inactivity so don't use the restroom. Hold everything in until you end up in a hospital with bills and no way to pay them because the pay is terrible for what you have to endure and you don't receive any benefits. You do receive 10% off products on Amazon though it can only be items sold and shipped by Amazon. Good luck! It's also a cap. Up to $100 a year. Cheap, cheap, cheapity cheap. Very stingy company with no room for growth. This company is very distastful and left me feeling cheated. I'd never pay for a Prime membership seeing how they operate. Where is the money going?? Also, stop selling expired, funky items to your customers. There are so many labor laws being broken here.","Hire adults and not 20-year-old tyrants as managers. Learn to speak to your workers and not speak at them. Stop acting like you want to hear what your employees have to say unless you plan on doing something about it. Hold fun events to get people motivated instead of telling people to get back to work and yelling over a loudspeaker about moving quicker and yelling out employees names. Basically, show your employees that they are working for a multibillion-dollar company.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13394,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,OK.,Good pay and plenty of shifts to choose from.,"If on the dock, they work you hard. Do way more work than the rest of the facility employees for the same pay. Recently stopped paying for lunch hours and cut back hours from 30 down to 20.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13395,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Vacation time in conjunction with 4 day work week is great. I work 4 day 10 hour shift schedule which allows me to take 4 vacation days and get 10 days off.,Stress at work can be overwhelming.,Increase pay to entry level associates.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13396,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Good starter job,3 day weekends. stock options . Paid time off and 4 hours of vacation a year. Paid school after a year and good growth potential . Easy to get their 3 position,Hard holiday season. Inexperienced managers. Lots of hard work. Impractical standards. Needs a union . Needs more vacation and stock options,Hire mainly within. Stop hiring recent graduates with no leadership experience,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13397,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,* Fun to work. Millions of different projects * Nice people,* Management direction is sometimes undeciding * Work-life balance,"It depends on the team, but work-life balance should be achieved",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13398,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to go,Great benefits. Opportunities to advance.,Hard on the feet. Lots of standing.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13399,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Trainer,Little work/life balance,"Wide range of locations to work at, very active job culture, great benefits package.","Terrible work/life balance, not very competitive pay, long hours on your feet, very rigid standards.",Put yourself in the associate's shoes before reprimanding them based on what the computer tells you to do.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P558.htm
13400,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Benefits,"The benefits are pretty good, from day 1 stocks after 2 years Starting pay went up a dollar at my warehouse. Schedule Tuition assistance Career classes and betterment The People Casual dress",The people The pay Mandatory overtime My drive to work Waiting 2 years for the stocks The many ways to get fired based on numbers,I respect management when they lead by example and don't just walk around attached to their computers.,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13401,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Services Associate,Emotional draining,When you can actually help someone it is great. However this is not the case most if the time. You must lie and make excuses for things that you have no control over.,Most of the time you are limited to what you can can do for the customer. I often find myself throwing money at the problem which creates concession abusive from many of our customers. This job takes a lot of of a person and there positive energy.,Management needs to understand that change is is not always good.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13402,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,WORK AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!,"Will Make Good Money, Good Benefits",When You Make Their Rate ...Good Luck,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13403,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Customer Service(Seasonal),"Working from the comfort of your home, employee discount.","Dealing with lying and difficult customers due to the fact you can't call them on it for fear of being""rude"" and having management give you a verbal and/or written warning which makes it almost impossible to get hired permanently.","Stand by your reps more often instead of living by the tired old adage of ""the customer is always right"" because they usually are not.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13404,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,happy,lunch is great and free,breaks is too short for me,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13405,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,The work environment is very productive.,The position was not long enough,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13406,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Manager Software Development,"Great pay, good working culture","Innovation comes with cost, so sometimes can be overwhelming",Employee interaction,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13407,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Staffing Specialist,Finally living the dream.,1) Great compensation package 2) Growth opportunities galore 3) Positive Impact in all communities that we do business in 4) It’s Amazon!! Nothing else to say!!,Should have worked for Amazon sooner,On a scale from 1 to 10: Amazon is a 10,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13408,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Its Still Day One,"Fast pace, always something new to learn and contribute. Open Environment, flexibility of move around.",Sometimes too many changes are hard to keep track of.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13409,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Global Alexa Training Manager,It's all about the leadership principles.,"The leadership principles are not just words that we talk about in training and onboarding, we use them every day in meetings, decisions, and our work. It's refreshing to be someplace where they actually mean what truly live by those principles.","It's fast paced and, despite the size, is extremely scrappy. There are not a lot of formalized processes--if you need something done, you do it. Also, a bad manager can ruin your experience, whereas a good manager makes all the difference.",Keep doing what you're doing--and get rid of those bad managers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P559.htm
13410,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Culture and environment, entrepreneurial, ownership",You can feel a bit lost at the company because of its size,Better benefits,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13411,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,40 hours every week. Nice paycheck.,Night shift takes a toll on you,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13412,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineering,The pay is comparably high in most countries. The market is (almost) not regulated at all. Logistics is trivial: You can ship your product(s) over the Internet,"You will notice slight, yet annoying discomfort from small things, like typing. Buy a better keyboard :) Get something mechanical, but not too clicky or your co-workers will plan some elaborate demise for you",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13413,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good for recent graduate,"nice salary,nice location, nice people,","no, good for graduate, no lunch",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13414,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE,Free Beer and free food,Oncall rotation and lots of legacy,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13415,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Great benefits,Great benefits 4 days on 3 days off chose your shift,"Heavy work load, minimal breaks",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13416,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Senior Marketing Manager,"learning, career development, interesting work","culture, upward mobility, interview process (both external and internal transfer),",So terribly bureaucratic and slow moving. The level system for employees is like the military. Advise to foster a less brutal culture.,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13417,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2017","Current Employee - Innovation &amp, Design Engineer","Amazon is an amazing and innovative company, with a catch","I love the culture here. The Amazon philosophy is ""it's always day 1,"" which in itself breeds innovation due to the inherent startup mindset. If you are looking for a fast-paced, ambiguous, and consistently fun environment to route the trajectory of your career, Amazon is the place for you. In the technology era, Amazon stands alone on the peak.","Politics and bureaucracy. As Amazon grows YOY, the increase in these facets are only going to get worse. The leadership principle ""disagree and commit"" is constantly losing traction, as more and more people jump on board, promoting everyone to have and express their opinion, thus making the lower lever workforce's opinions null. This isn't solely to blame on Amazon's growth though... The hierarchy that is taught and preached in higher education (such as MBA) is your boss is always right, which I think we all can agree is bullsh*t.","Promote from within, rather than hiring externally. The ramp-up time for new hires, and even more so with leadership is frankly too long. Although, this may be more applicable on my team than in general.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13418,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Not one size fits all,"Amazon is point blank in my opinion a great place to work and a great place to grow. This is my second company out of college and I'm onto second role at the company. The path to growth is not necessarily upward here, but expanding sideways and doing flips. To understand the culture is to forget everything you've ever believed about entitlement in the workplace and having formalized structure, because it's not your average startup in that sense. Those who succeed are the ones who know how to handle that entrepreneurs jump first and build their parachutes or airplanes on the way down.. every day. Systems and resources aren't perfect but it gives you the opportunity to innovate if you are creative and willing. Frugality doesn't mean cheap, it means working smart.  I've been lucky to have 3 really awesome managers at my time here. I can't say that's the same for everyone, some people are not meant to be people managers and leadership should recognize that as well as the individual. I work in HR and the department is not what you would think in the traditional sense (payroll, hiring, admin work, etc.) it's truly to partner in seeing that the business will grow.",You have to drag me out kicking and screaming before I leave Amazon.,All hands 1 per quarter.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13419,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Startup Project Manager,Startup Project Manager,"* Traveling 80%, (saving money expensing food, transportation while traveling) * Fast-growing team, many career opportunities","* Once/ twice a year might be away from home for a couple of weeks straight, before a launch * Can be stressful, sometimes long hours required to catch up",Improve training to new hires,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P560.htm
13420,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The most have amd unorganized company I habe ever come into contact with.,"at least, after being hired to fill a part time position only to find out 4 months later yoir position is filled, it is an easy decision never to apply to amazon again",you may get let fo before you've even started working,"the emails promising and guarantee that a start daye is pending, is leading people on. Good people.. Hire someone who organized enough to not double fill job openings",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13421,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work,"Collaborative, fast-paced, cutting edge technology/products, great benefits (particularly for mothers), plenty of opportunity to set your scope and thrive","Hierarchical/bureaucratic at times, lots of ambiguity",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13422,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer New Grad Review,Great Growth as a new grad.,"Virtually no perks, as a result employees feel alot less valued.",Free food and other perks would make me more motivated,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13423,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning Coordinator,"Dynamic work environment, ability to deal with numerous different projects, job rewards creativity, high levels of autonomy, overall excellent job benefits.","Relatively low tenure among even senior management results in unstable work culture, dynamism often breeds ambiguity in work environment, resulting in responsibility creep.","Listen to rank and file - while you may not find their suggestions actionable, they also serve as the people with the most low-level process knowledge. Not all insight comes from the top.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13424,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,"Good pay, good training, good travels.",Management movement is too much,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13425,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,So many boxes,You get to see lots of boxes . The ware house is so big and has so many boxes.,There are too many boxes in my opinion. I mean really how many boxes can you possibly look at.,Try mixing it up a few more mailers would mailers would be nice and maybe tape that doesn’t get stuck in your hair ouch,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13426,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Assistant,Work is easy and primarily involves helping out on set for various tasks when needed.,"A lot of waiting around, but this is typical for a production set",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13427,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,"Inconsistency, Deceit and Sometimes Awesomeness.","Compensation is awesome, and only gets better with time.  Work with very smart people.  Working in a place that is absurd in scale, forces you to learn new things and stretch yourself.  I'm told it looks great on your resume.  If you can make this into a career you will make serious compensation.","If it's not for you, they will let you know.  The ""Leadership Principles"" are applied only however it suites the interpreter, if you solo deliver a large complex project a week late, one manager may say that you demonstrated Ownership by managing ambiguity and delivered results, another may say that you failed to deliver results, demonstrating a lack of bias for action as well as a failure to invent and simplify.  On numerous occasions I've been in meetings, or informed by others of situations where managers are flat out lying to their directors (to buy time to conceal the issue or throw someone else under the bus).  External Hires come in at a disadvantage compared to their peers at the same level, due to the massive amount of tribal knowledge and proprietary internal tools.  Pro or Con: As a software developer, you are not just responsible for software, dev-ops/on-call etc, but also deeply understanding the business model, ""being an entrepreneur"" in your area, which may or may not be your thing.  The average retention time at amazon is <2 yrs, and the average time you are with any given manager is about 6 months (varies from place to place within amazon but these are the ""averages"") this makes it difficult to grow your ""internal resume"" to work towards promotion.  Desk Crying is still a thing.  There is a strong culture of separating the performers from the under performers, the better you do the more opportunity you will be given to the areas that you know well. The worse you do the more they will focus on giving you things that you are not good at. This is apparent all the way up to SVP level thinking on how ""raising the bar"" is supposed to lead to YOY attrition (by design).","Not really sure that management would want things to change, the meat grinder generates cash, has been working and will probably work for a long time to come.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13428,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"good vision in industry, lots of new thing",work life balance can be improve,continue,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13429,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Good experience at a pricei,"Compensation, project opportunities, Innovative company.. can provide a fast track to other opportunities, relaxed yet intense culture, typically working with very smart people at all levels","Constant positive and negative leadership turnover, which led to a constant change of culture. Inconsistency with annual review process. I actually had a manager one time that called me fat",More consistency,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P561.htm
13430,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Sorter,Bull crap,short hours but good pay,"They fired me for being absent on days that I was at work, then they fixed my time card but refuse to give me my job back. And they need air conditioning and a heating system",Get it together,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13431,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flex delivery Associate,Great pay and flexible schedule,sometimes there are not enough Flex shifts to work,no advice in my opinion,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13432,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Environment,"Great support system. Everyone helps you, and takes care of your questions. Easier than other customer service jobs because customers love Amazon.","Work from home can be lonely sometimes, and you can feel disconnected.","More career opportunities for work from home positions, many departments aren't virtual yet.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13433,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work now,The ambiguity at Amazon is worth it,Its challenging to get to know the system and how to navigate it,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13434,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Analyst,Nice Complay,"a lot of good people, work is career oriented and not tedious","none so far, great experience",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13435,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,"Relatively easy job, good pay ( $13/hr.), good benefits","Very repetitive, stationary job. Long hours ( 10 -1/2 hrs, 4 days/wk. -- 11 1/2 hrs., 5-days/s week during peak season)","Allow for diversity between jobs - ( 2 days as stower, then 2 days as a spider ) Also, allow for a 10 minute break in morning & afternoon shift ( 3- 1/2 hrs ea.)",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13436,amazon,"Lancaster, NY"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Production/warehouse,"Scanning mail is great I scan 179 mail package in one day it varies, on different days of the week. I enjoy doing the mail, and I received bonus points for one day being a splitter sorting mail.","The distance in walking through the building to site is a lot of work on the legs, and bending to reach the mail can be pain in the back, yet most of all it get better on my body because it's the muscle,s I do not use often.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13437,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,ecstatic Amazon (>13 years now) lifer,"* the culture of software engineer ownership of Amazon's offerings - I have repeatedly pitched ideas which Amazon funded two-pizza teams for to pursue * general engineering culture - it is *expected* that you have your own ideas and push back politely and with data in hand if you are asked to do something that you think is not the optimal thing to do right now - yes, even as a software engineer intern (this leaves some interns slack-jawed, from other employers I guess they sometimes expect that someone will tell them exactly what to do how) * Amazon (most certainly Amazon Web Service) expects and rewards engineering and operational excellence (stuff I happen to love and specialize in) - and has such scale that it is a top (the top?) place to work to drive engineering excellence at a giant scale * Amazon has world-class executive management - in the Amazon Web Service space I know and can vouch for pretty much every Vice President or higher - execs here are deeply technical while also focusing on employee happiness and career path, and typically have big actionable vision for the future, too. Yes, really.","* (this is not actually a Con in many ways but many people would say) that being on pager duty for your service as a Software Development Engineer is a con - after all, software engineers want to write code more than get paged at night for some operational issue - that being said, being on-call for your stuff is deeply ingrained into the Amazon engineering culture and goes hand in hand with ""engineer ownership of products"" - being on-call also gives you license as the on-call SDE to insist on a minimum engineering quality to protect your customers from operational problems -my point is, if you do not want to be on pager on-call for your service, definitely do not join Amazon as a software engineer * generally speaking, if you don't love being a software engineer and dread going to work and are in it just for the paycheck, you probably really don't want to join Amazon - the people that I see thrive and be enthusiastic at Amazon the most are people who love what they do and have fanatical ownership (I am that way, so that's why I love being at Amazon so much, but I realize not everyone is) - note that you don't have to work 80 hours a week either, I choose to work 45-50 hours a week - indeed, I was promoted to Principal SDE about two years after I decided to work a lot fewer hours a week",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13438,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,"Amazon Lab 126 - Think ahead, think long term.","Working here is challenging, progressive, and cutting edge. You work on new projects, deploy new technologies, develop new code, and support great innovative products. The people and teams you interact with are smart, focused, and as professional as in any company I have worked for - with a lot less politics, and a lot more productivity. They like facts, encourage healthy discussion, and build trust in you as a direct contributor to the company's success.","Every employee needs to think ahead, plan well, and manage their own development path. Difficult to do, if you are busy delivering day-to-day requests, and working on immersive projects, but you must. If you sit still, even if you are spectacularly productive, you may get ignored. If you expect your manager to help you advance, you are rolling the dice. Some will, some wont. If you are pro-active you can navigate the hoops required to advance. First year employees are generally not incentivized to stay, so you need to negotiate your compensation up -front - particularly if you are a seasoned professional coming in. Knowing, if you are at the high end of the pay level coming in, you may not get a raise or bonus until year three, before you start , is an important factor in setting expectations. Something seldom discussed with non-entry level new hires.","Reactionary Management sometimes fails to understand they need to scale better, they think they can add complex new technology projects, but often forget they also need to staff-up and equip new teams with equally complex tools to work efficiently. Often , they wait for teams to complain before reacting and providing resources. Like any penny-wise, and pound frugal company, management will often wait until a problem escalates, complain the fix is too expensive, waste enormous amounts of money and employee man-hours attempting to find lower cost solutions, then capitulate after you show them (with a loaner system) the solution you knew they needed all along. Now that I have advanced to TPM, I get a voice in helping to improve some of these issues.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13439,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Lots of responsibly. Room to grow.,Poor communication. No work life balance.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P562.htm
13440,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Physically Demanding,"Great benefits, decent pay, and not a lot of surprises in daily duties.","Hard on body, long hours, and short breaks.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13441,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon day 1,"Everyone seems to be wanting to help, no one has had anything negative to say about the company yet.","Day 1 process was very long, managers don't always know how to work the computer software's to get us started, more online training before going into FC the first day",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13442,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,You know what the expectations are.,Leadership changes frequently and many of the new Area Managers have never been employed before,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13443,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's okay if you work hard.,Health Benifits on Day 1. Monthly performance bonuses.,A lot of time on your feet. You have to make rate or you are written up for it.,"Be more understanding of your associates barriers and listen to your PA, they are the ones running your floor.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13444,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It’s a fun place to work,They pay you a decent amount of money,Everything about this place is a con,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13445,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Good company, if you are able to move up.","Stocks, VCP, Great benefits, Same schedule- it doesn’t change every week. Night shift differential. Good exercise. 3 days off on most schedules.","Lack of leadership, Favoritism, Not consistent. Short Breaks. Underpaid, no real competitive pay. Redundant issues in the processing of items. Standing for long hours.","Be a leader, not a manager.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13446,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and Cons working for Amazon,A good benefit package offered on the first day of employment.,Communication between the company/managers and employees isn't as good as it can be.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13447,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"bad fit, but not bad company","Great compensation, lots of opportunity to move around within the company, including working abroad.",Entirely self service. Training classes were only marginally better than reading a powerpoint. Very rigid corporate culture. Incredibly political.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13448,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,stowe,"Rate keeps you motivated, it is a stand still job meaning you will stand in one spot and scan items into the amazon prime database.",It gets very old if it is hard for one to stay still. Standing in one spot for a whole day can get very tiring. some people like to move around more.,Management could be better with communication with other employees and they could be more understanding with the employees. It helps if the managers talked to the employees on a personal basis to get a better understanding of each employee.,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13449,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor management,Many interesting people and ideas,Too focused on leadership principals,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P563.htm
13450,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,stowe,"Rate keeps you motivated, it is a stand still job meaning you will stand in one spot and scan items into the amazon prime database.",It gets very old if it is hard for one to stay still. Standing in one spot for a whole day can get very tiring. some people like to move around more.,Management could be better with communication with other employees and they could be more understanding with the employees. It helps if the managers talked to the employees on a personal basis to get a better understanding of each employee.,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13451,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor management,Many interesting people and ideas,Too focused on leadership principals,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13452,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Challenging and Interesting Work, but an exhausting environment",Love the work that I do,The timelines expected can be almost impossible to hit.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13453,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Always Day 1!!!!,You will learn more within a 6 month period here at Amazon than you will in 2 years elsewhere. Amazon is growing faster any other company and we love the innovation that our associates create,Must be willing work different shifts and open for relocation,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13454,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture is Key,-Culture encourages growth -No micromanaging -Competitive salaries -Flexible scheduling -Plethora of information -Encourages questions/if you don't know you can admit it -Plenty of internal resources -Ease of internal transfer if you find a job you want to apply to,-Learn as you go can be difficult concerning benefits/company channels -Health/dental insurance could really be better -Corporate has the same amount of days off as warehouse employees,Insurance should cover a little more.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13455,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Review,The job pays but the work is tedious,The work is tedious but the pay is good,Train better,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13456,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Member,Great Comp,Always Fun and Informative and I Left eBay for Amazon. Definitely My New Go To Place.,Not Too Many Bad Things,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13457,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon BWI2,"Good pay, good benefits, very friendly co-workers and staff.","It seems you are set up for failure from the get-go. They work you to death, and expect even more. Management definitely does not know what they're doing from the floor supervisors all the way to the top.",Make communication between the employee and management more available.,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13458,amazon,"Wolcott, CT"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,The worst place in the world to work.,"There are only two good things about this horrible company. First the benefits are great. Second, opportunity to make above minimum wage is a plus.","Communication is the worst. You are required to produce, yet the machines are down half the time. Most associates don’t follow standard procedures and this cause breakdowns.","Listen and be open to adjustments. Not everything works for every associate. Quit threatening to fire associates that doesn’t help moral. When you give the final warning, make sure they have received the 1st and 2nd warnings first.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13459,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Being an Amazonian is soooooooo amazing!,"Advanced techniques, interesting tasks, friendly teammates, I like working here.",Not found yet. I am happy to work here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P564.htm
13460,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"Smart people, good design practices, great offices.","Poor perks, work-life ratio can be off at times",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13461,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Fun culture, great management!",Managers were amazing! Felt like they really cared about your future at the company. Fun company culture.,"Very fast paced, on boarding/training was a bit quick.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13462,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience,"no facetime culture, function mobility",longer hours than would have in peers,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13463,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for the right person,No micromanagement Define your own terms,No playbook Depends on a great deal of tribal knowledge,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13464,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"Weekly pay, flexible hours, location",May have to work holidays and weekends,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13465,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,User Experience Researcher,"A very exciting and empowering place to work. Innovation is king, especially at Amazon Web Services.","Can feel a bit disorganized and do not count on much help from co-workers, most everyone is too busy. Everyone has to figure out the ropes themselves.","Build a better mentorship program, so new employees can get more help.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13466,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seems like a good company,Shift bonuses laid back supervisors,Rude coworkers very physically demanding,Make sure other employees are not undermining your authority,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13467,amazon,"Pflugerville, TX"," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery Driver,The job is really super easy. The people are nice. All of my managers are really cool. And the people working there look out for you.,I have to start late a lot of the time because they don't have my packages ready and sometimes they make you help someone,Don't force your drivers to help if they don't want to.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13468,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,amazon,you get paid good to be bored. people are friendly,"you dont get to see anyone really, you stand in one spot for 10 hours a day.",let us have some music,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13469,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Full Time Warehouse Associate,Full Time Warehouse Associate,"Benefits from day 1, but good luck getting day 1","Was hired as full time benefitted warehouse associate 8 weeks ago. But Amazon apparently has a practice to hire then not start it's own employees for quite some time. Meanwhile having counted on the hire, missed bills and starving. Each day hoping that I get a first day assigned. Amazon also refuses to give an HR contact number to get updates. This sort of employment practice should be illegal. I will speak to a congress person about this.","Don't tell people they are hired and do all the hired paperwork if you do not have an actual job. Our lives, families, health depend on honesty and a paycheck. Shame. Shame. Shame.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P565.htm
13470,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,If You're Looking For a Challenge Look No Further,"Great pay bump compared to EMS (you will also likely receive a hiring bonus and a RSU award), full benefits which begin on day one, lots of opportunities for professional development provided you're willing to take on safety responsibilities outside of administering first aid (not mandatory but if you want to climb that's the next rung), 4 on/3 off schedule of 10 hour days divided into front half (Sun-Wed) or back half (Wed-Sat), fun coworkers, lots of autonomy.  If you're burnt out on working EMS, have gotten over wanting grizzly trauma cases, and don't mind working in an office setting this is a great job for you. If not you will likely be bored. You will be required to have your state EMS license or your National Registry certification (a recent update) but understand that you will not actually be working as an EMT, and Amcare (the name of Amazon's in-house first aid program) is not a licensed LSA. You will be treating people at the first aid level as defined by OSHA (which is very limiting compared to the road but more than adequate for the typical cases you'll be treating onsite). You will also have a lot of autonomy and there will likely be times when it's just you on your own running the show. When you're not needed in the office you'll be expected to walk around on the operations floor and interact with other employees to help drive the safety culture of the building. If you're self-motivated, a quick learner, and can complete tasks without someone standing over your shoulder constantly you'll be just fine. If you're the type that tends to procrastinate until the last minute you'll find yourself in over your head very quickly.","The type of building you're in will dictate the staffing model. In some cases staffing can be barely adequate or inadequate to perform the essential job functions of a department which results in longer hours, irregular schedules, and stressed out employees as they try to fill the gaps and keep up with the workload. Internally, Amazon is a very chaotic place to work. The company is growing and changing so quickly that it's hard to keep up on all of the changes constantly coming down the pike. Ask 3 different people how something should be done and you're likely to get at least 4 different answers. Culture is very building, and even department, dependent and as a result can range from great to unbearable depending on your manager. One universal constant at Amazon though is trial by fire. You can count on your onboarding experience to be akin to trying to drink from a fire hose. If you're a quick learner you'll be fine though. It really helps if you're computer savvy.  Strictly speaking from a medical standpoint there's nowhere to actually advance as an Onsite Medical Representative unless you want to get into actual occupational health and safety work. Most either remain in the position and become more involved in helping steer the Amcare program or move into the Safety Specialist position which has nothing to do with medical treatment and focuses entirely on addressing safety and regulatory compliance issues within the workplace because it both pays more and has a lot of room for advancement.","Formalize the onboarding process and don't allow it to be rushed. Do a better job of communicating important information necessary to perform a job instead of relying on ""tribal knowledge"" passed down from one person to the next which may or may not be accurate.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13471,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2017",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,"Experience was good, pay could have been better","The people I worked with were nice, professional, and talented. Nothing terribly bad happened. No drama.","Pay was poor, stress was high, and there was a lot of drink-the-koolaid inauthentic hypocritical pep talk from management. My work load was excessive and my manager just didn't listen to my warnings. I got a higher paying offer in a less stressful job and took it.","Authenticity is more important than pep talks. People will smile and nod, but if they distrust you, that's failed leadership.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13472,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Exceptional if you like getting things done,"- Work in small self-contained teams responsible for its own delivery. - Determine your own processes, practices, design/architecture, etc. aka Complete ownership in amazon speak.",- Not a place to slack off. Results required to get ahead.,Retain culture at all costs,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13473,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gravy work,"Clean, smooth and simple work flow",Sometimes you have to stay an extra hr.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13474,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Maintenance Manager,Working in an ever changing environment. The ability to take charge of my own career path and decide where I want to go.,Need to drive yourself to want more. No one will push you to do better things. A lot of work outside of work.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13475,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter II,Great if you like a challenge!,"-You will be working with some of the brightest people in your respective industry -Very clear corporate culture built around leadership principles -Lots of potential for advancement/growth for top performers -Encouraged to be bold and take risks -Very team oriented -Comp and benefits are strong compared to 90% of other companies, but not compared to other large tech firms.","-Agile and faced past, but that can lead to lack of knowledge sharing/teams working on similar projects in parallel. -Not a ton of training +/- Very data and metrics driven. I consider this a pro and a con because it's nice to know what you're being measured on and where you need to improve. Although, it's easy to unintentionally encourage wrong behavior if everyone knows exactly what the desired outcome is and what the inputs are needed to get there. If those two don't align, it's a problem.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13476,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great benefits Good pay 3 days off,Long hours Very physically demanding,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13477,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Central Operations Dispatcher,Excellent culture,"Great place to work. The culture is awesome, full of enthusiasm. Managers tend to be very relaxed and approachable",The pay rate could be better,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13478,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Coordinator - Contractor,Great company with lots of upward growth potential,Contract can be difficult at times,n/a,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13479,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,There is something new to experience everyday.,The Amazon Wareshouse isn't the most organized or professional.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P566.htm
13480,amazon,"Easley, SC"," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Violated its own written policy in a way that harmed me.,"Work from home. Lots of voluntary time off, usually, depending on what department you're in.",Won't follow its own written policies in terms of what you can be disciplined for. Droning work that goes on and on. Sometimes there is nothing you can do for your customer and they still make you send them a post-call survey.,"When there is a written policy in your own employee handbook that supports associates' position, and is in direct conflict with your decision to discipline multiple associates, you should either reverse this decision, or at least remove that written policy from your handbook. But no one at Amazon cares if you get thrown under the bus, because a combination of them never having to meet face-to-face with you and them having it made in management and not wanting to rock the boat (even when it's to do with their own decisions being in direct violation of their own written policies, which we would be disciplined for, so why not them?) and risk losing their sweet stock, pay, and benefits package that we get the leftovers of as CSA's. I will be staying here (unless another system error gets me written up AGAIN in which case I'll be fired) until my stock vests so that I can sell it, and then I will leave Amazon, never come back, and I would never let anyone I care about work there if I can prevent it. I have worked at outsource customer service companies that seemed to care more about their associates than Amazon.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13481,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Receiving Supervisor,Lack of associate development,"Great company to work for with tons of opportunity, great insurance",Lack of associate development for associates wanting to advance in company.,Need better development plans for all associates.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13482,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dockk Worker,You can meet new people,Managers don't care to know their employees,Work on building with your employees and appreciating them,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13483,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,fun and fast environment for everyone,sometimes gets extremely hot in some areas,listen to your employees opinions,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13484,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Employee,Darius,A place to meet new people and gain new experiences.,Some of the managers can be very lazy or don't give recognition to the current employees which makes them feel unappreciated.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13485,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad for a temporary job,Decent work environment and plenty of hours around the holidays.,Treated like a number not a person. Don't expect to stay there long and the amount of money they offer towards a degree is a joke.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13486,amazon,"North East, PA"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Md,Awesome,"Its relatively easy work, fair pay.",Na as of one and half months in.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13487,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - PA Lead,Love it Or Hate it,Benefits would be the biggest .,Lack of communication within management is the biggest. Improper training.,Communicate!Do your job.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13488,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you like pain,"the discount is ok, but that's the only real pro","oh boy. it really depends on your position, and the building you're in, but at no point are they ever going to treat you like a person. to amazon your just another machine pressing the same buttons in the same way over and over. get hurt? too bad. the paperwork for reporting an injury and then getting help is an actual mountain. oh and while you are injured they fully expect you to keep working.","Treat your humans as people, not machines.",3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13489,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everyday is Day 1,"The company has a great vision that differentiates itself from other big names. It's leadership principles are best suited to fit in a fast moving software development. The career opportunity is a sure thing for a big company, but Amazon offers most of the choices. Highly innovative and always encouraging ideas. You will not feel bored with your work, instead, everyday is day 1.","Oncall can be stressful for some teams. Because of the frugality as part of company culture, it does not have as many perks as equivalent big names.",Retention to keep talented people,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P567.htm
13490,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,warehouse picker,pay and hours are great lots of free stuff,standing and loud noise more storage for our food,we need chairs as a picker,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13491,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really great experience,They really care about their employees,They don't have paid time off.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13492,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,"Great people, management, and execution","Very smart people, everyone is nice, and the pay is great.",It's a huge company that is still growing. Not for everyone.,Keep making it easy for employees to pick projects and move around when they are not happy.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13493,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Wonderful Work Experience,"Lots of opportunities to learn, grow and advance.",Overall experience can vary drastically depending on team or manager.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13494,amazon,"Hazelwood, MO"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Amazon,The pay is good. Most the management are awesome. Love my co-workers. They play music while working. Always have fun.,Part-time only until peak season.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13495,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,Nice and helpful work environment,Nothing that I can think of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13496,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Strong culture, good flexibility, fantastic campus",Can be intense and culture may not be a fit for everyone,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13497,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Supply Chain Manager,Supply Chain Execution Manager,Amazon offers you the ability to hop of department to department as long as you work hard in your current role.,Many type A personalities mean it is tough to stand out,Be selective when hiring externals,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13498,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,It's very exciting and fun if you like a fast paced work environment like me.,You are not always placed where you would like to be.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13499,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,The health benefits are the only reason I work here.,"I've been working for 4 years at an Amazon warehouse. They expect you to work harder everyday. As a picker you must chase orders for 10 hours shift, walking over 14 miles per day. By doing repetitive movement it can cause you back problems as Scoliosis, which I was diagnosed 2 months ago. The worst part is to see new people getting writte ups for not making rate on their second day of works.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P568.htm
13500,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources,Power,Benefits Pay A chance to take charge of initiatives from beginning to end,Office politics Lack of team atmosphere- look out for yourself Favoritism- when your rub your boss the wrong way consider a target on your back,"Lead better- practice humility, mindfulness, and unconscious bias.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13501,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great part-time opportunity,"No micromanagement, as long as you do your job properly you will be trusted. If the volume for that day is low enough, you are given the opportunity to leave early or not come in at all (as long as you sign into the website indicating so) with no penalty. Once you reach blue badge status (you must apply for it) you will get unpaid leave time which you can use as you please without calling in.  There are many opportunities for advancement, even within the fulfillment center itself.","No chance to become full-time unless promoted to management, only allowed to work over 30 hours a week during very specified peak seasons. However, I have heard this is not the case everywhere.  Breaks are 15 minutes but you are required to be in your lane exactly at the 15 minute mark, effectively making breaks 13 minutes.","Make breaks at least 20 minutes and do not count the time it takes to walk back to the lane. Employees won't be as tired, increasing productivity in the long run  Allow working over 30 hours during times other than peak seasons",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13502,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Contracts Manager,Associate Contracts Manager,- Management is great and care about your work-life balance. - Coworkers are happy to help you learn the ropes. - Pay is competitive - Benefits are better than I expected. - Dog friendly environment. - Exciting new work.,- Demand from other internal teams can be unreasonable at times (but my managers will back me if I ask for help).,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13503,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,it will give everyone a project,sometimes it is very pushing,more training program,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13504,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Amazon,"Depending on what team you are, you can have a lot of room to define your role and your reporting structure.",There are no set programs for employee development and entry level employees have a hard time understanding the culture and the organizational needs.,Create more employee development opportunities.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13505,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon sort,Flexible hours within the company,Too much Favoritism in regards to favored positions,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13506,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Manager,Great pay and benefits. Good hours.,Upper management does not do a great job at setting reasonable expectations and goals for mid management,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13507,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Ops,"Innovation, accountability, fast paced, customer focus","Work life balance, consistent change",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13508,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon hou2,Great fast paced workplace with good start off pay and overtime opportunities,"Long hours, on your feet the whole time and",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13509,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,You will have lot of chances to interact with stakeholders inside or outside of the department. Keep yourself challenging and motivating everyday. You have opportunity to work with senior leadership often.,The company is demanding on your result which sometimes can make you overloaded. And career path doesn’t have many options for managers to choose.,The company should consider to have better streamlined guidelines and system towards promotion and compensation system. Also more career development and career path resource for employees. More transparency on management’s decisions do reason of why we are doing this.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P569.htm
13510,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Oct 14, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Order clerk,"A friendly environment, safety 1st,good pay",A nice place and people,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13511,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting and Refreshing,"Lots of firms talk about the importance of the customer, Amazon actually takes this seriously and the whole team is very focused on doing the right thing for our customers. Lots of very motivated smart people. A real sense that you can do whatever you are passionate about as long as it drives customer success. Great training.","Not a con as such but you have to be self motivated, if you need to be told what to do all the time, Amazon is not for you. Lack of true sense of team sometimes, people are happy to help but lots of individual contributors.","Keep it up, a truly great company.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13512,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Great atmosphere to work in, plenty of benefits.",On your feet for ten hours a day and a lot of walking around.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13513,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Experience heavily dependent on Team,Some of the people are bright and driven The company is growing fast and there is room for career advancement,"Although some people are bright and driven, others have the ego of someone who sees themselves as bright and driven Your manager has a lot of control over your progression and he/she may not even understand basic ideas in software development You may end up receiving personal blame for failures inherited projects but never actually be assigned any time to fix them",You should have enough technical ability to understand what your employees are doing. You should not randomize your employees on a daily basis.,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13514,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Compensation, Stock Units, Benefits, PTO, Vacation, GM is a seasoned & knowledgeable manager, Senior OPS and OPS managers are knowledgeable and helpful, other AM's are a good mix of talents, REAL 5S, culture, opportunity to move up, extremely military friendly, Daily Gemba walks to hear employees concerns, 4 day work week.","If you are not a doer, don't work at Amazon. Even managers get their hands dirty here. They delegate, but are right their helping out. This is not a con for me or everyone, but be warned that as a manager, you will not just sit around delegating all day. You will work to make sure that everything is done to exceed expectations.","Florence Amazon is a wonderful facility. The staff is very welcoming. The managers are always prepared and everyone participates in the meetings. Senior management listens to all employees and implements their ideas. Managers work to help one another and don't play the blame game here. We work at least 10 hours a day. Exceeding daily expectations is the norm, no the exception. Most days it is 11-12 hours per day. However, you are paid very well for your time. Promotions happen if you work. Opportunities are all around. It is Amazon. We work hard, have fun and make history. Keep up the great work.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13515,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Nice office and nice people,"Too much hours, too much pressure",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13516,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - SDE2,Limited Opportunity for Growth,"Great pay, good location (downtown seattle), fairly straight-forward work on stable teams.",Short-term thinking: management gives you a lot of freedom but ultimately only care about the metrics they're reporting to their boss every week. Management is encouraged to be very brutal on their reports in reviews. They have quotas for how many bad/negative reviews they need to write. Very few promotions are handed out so you'll be competing against other under-leveled engineers. It's as much based on the number of years as anything. You'll have to wait your turn.  Managers are very inconsistent with technical ownership. Some get involved with architecture and care deeply. Others don't show up when invited technical meetings or asked to help with disagreements. You're likely going to have to deal with both at one point or another as managers seem to move around and quit often.  Most teams require you to be on-call. You'll get called-in to support other teams even if your own service is reliable.  Poor benefits compared to any other tech company.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13517,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing at Amazon,Easy work but long hours,Long hours but manageable work.,Appreciation lunches,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13518,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Pay, flexible work, opportunity for overtime",Hard work on the body,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13519,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Ops Manager,Great opportunity to demonstrate iniative,Extreme micro-mangement. No work/life balance,Develop better onboarding plan,3.0,1.0,1.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P570.htm
13520,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful,"$12.00 hour $1.00 extra for night shift, four days work 10 hour shift, three days off, pay period every two weeks on a Friday, great coworkers, benefits.","Driven won’t be their long enough to advance, short lunch breaks 30min, if your late from lunch they take 1 hour pto(paid time off) from you, and you get two 15 min breaks, it takes 5 minutes to get to the break room, the warehouse is huge!! Elevators are very slow, if your late from breaks or lunch they take 1 hour of your time, if you don’t make the rate within your first 4 weeks and your not fast your fired, if you use all of your upt( unpaid time off) and it’s negative your fired even if it’s a family emergency , 10 hour shift standing most of the time by the end of your shift you and everyone else limps out the door. Pitting teams against each other, it’s all about the bonus... your treated as a body period, all VET (volunteer extra time) is not over time, VTO(volunteer time off) is offered a lot. If your a stow person you deal with the robots that barely get empty, but are expected to shove things in regardless but you are told to be accurate and speed up your rate at 250. If these robots are full you waste time trying to make room to put things on meanwhile your rate is going down, supervisors are friendly at first, but once you hit that third week going on the fourth week things change, you get written up a lot for nonsense, but they are quick to ask you to stay an extra hour... if your in a medical situation where there are certain things you can’t do Amazon could careless, especially the one in Haselet Texas. You can have doctors excuses and still they will put you in a situation that you can’t work in...you are constantly watched, by supervisor especially about your rates... they crack the proverbial whip if you decide to work with Amazon don’t apply for stowing positions or pickers these are rate driven positions the stress isn’t worth the monies they pay, when you call HRC for a problem the people handling the callers are either from Costa Rica or other countries. After the call they want you to answer a survey.","Mr. Jeff Bezo needs to get it together billons of dollars and can’t give his employees who work their buts off a hour lunch break and a longer break time? Even companies that have been in business longer than this company gives a hour lunch, for a person who started his business out of a garage and claims to care about people, you would think he would understand and be a little more humble, that people have a life outside of their jobs, we have families that we have to take care of, and to fire someone who didn’t make the rate or to fire someone for being in the negative on upt is sad he needs to give more UPT and PTO, unexpected things come up regardless.. families first not Amazon...",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13521,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Senior management is terrible and don't show respect to the developers,It's true that working at Amazon will make you grow fast and learn a lot of stuff,Some senior management is kinda terrible and they don't care for the developers,Try to think for the developers,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13522,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Package Sorter,Sorter,"Fast pace, nice environment",During slow season you aren't guaranteed all 20 hours.,Stop offering time off until you know you don't need everyone.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13523,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,Thankful to work at Amazon,"Learning opportunities, work/life balance, excellent environment, career opportunities, peer collaboration, teamwork, cool projects.",HUGE company so don't always feel that my individual work is ' steering the ship'.,Keep living the leadership principles.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13524,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company on the rise,"- Not as established globally so a lot of expansion, especially now - Constantly innovating (You'll never be bored!) - You can do what you want (nobody will tell you no)","- Not a great company for full investment (until retirement) - Employee benefits could be better - Since every team doesn't intercommunicate, many teams have specific rules, everything depends on what kind of people are on your team","Taking a little better care of employee concerns. Not just looking how to better the good of society/customers on the outside but also how to benefit employees with regard to their satisfaction. If we treated our employees like we treated our customers, the average tenure at amazon probably wouldn't be 2 years.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13525,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,Innovative and challenging,"Amazon is one of the most innovative and challenging places I've worked. People are pushed to come up with new ideas. When great ideas are presented, the company actually invests in making them a reality. It's so motivating to be in a place that says yes to innovation!","Parking in Seattle is a challenge. The company does provide ORCA cards for public transit, but for those who drive into SLU, it's tough to find a spot and it can take more than a year to get a monthly parking pass.","Keep modeling the Leadership Principles. It's great to see leaders ""walk the walk""",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13526,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is always Day 1!,"Laser focus on customers and speed and willingness to do and make things happen...No unproductive meetings where decision has already been made outside the meeting room. Have the day 1 mentality - look for opportunities to grow the business, think beyond the current business models, keep asking questions and have fun.",Scale is so huge that it feels like a planet onto itself.,Challenge yourself on doing things differently...,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13527,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Engineer,Responsibility + Empowerment,You get a lot of responsibility and are empowered to push code to production,Can be a lot of work at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13528,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rewarding Workplace,Drinking from a firehose level of learning Myriad of growth opportunities Great work team,"Ambiguity, sometimes you do not know what your goals are Lack of structure (workwise)",I think new employees could benefit from having more structure to deal with ambiguity.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13529,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - OMR,OMR on-site medical rep - EMT-p,It is such an amazing place to work ! I have been made to feel like an important part of the team since day 1 !!!!,I have no cons to list !!,Keep up the great work !!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P571.htm
13530,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Site Leader,Highly Recommended for Operations Leaders,"I came to Amazon to work with the brightest minds in the world, so far, my expectations have been exceeded. Not only does Amazon provide the autonomy for leaders to make significant impacts to the business, Amazon encourages experimentation and innovation. It is a fast-paced, high expectation environment, but everyone that I have worked with so far has had the spirit required to take on the challenge and have fun in the process. It is extremely exciting to be part of Amazon - a true opportunity to work hard, have fun, make history. I highly recommend Amazon for operations leaders.","None worth noting - if you are looking for a fluff job in a fancy office, this is not the place for you.","It is exciting to be part of Amazon and the future. Please provide as much information as possible on what lies ahead, this is one of the most motivating parts of being an Amazonian.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13531,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,The smartest people I ever worked with. I'm leaning every day I arrive to the office.  Technological challenges are amazing!,High expectations. Pressure to perform...,Improve compensation for the top performers,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13532,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon warehouse associate,Everything is fine jusy little nore work,Too muvh worj to be done in little time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13533,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Nov 18, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Amazon is not for everyone.,Decent pay for seasonal and they offer a chance to go to permanent part-time after 90 days. Everyone at the warehouse I worked is part-time.,"Amazon has ""Ambassadors"" whose job is to train new employees. My first day the two of us newbies were given an Ambassador tour then passed to an employee for rest of the shift. He never came back our way except to check for a minute. Ambassador made sure to tell us what were safety ""don'ts"" and ""do's"". One don't was not to jump off the docks. When it came time to get the orders for the day together, 80% of employees were jumping up and down off docks. Rarely saw a person walk around. No management in sight until orders were finished. They stayed at front end of warehouse. No hand trucks in sight. You are required to lift all packages off conveyor belt even if too heavy. If you stop and look for help you will get BEHIND on your work! Not advisable. Young folks can do okay with physical expectations but not for me. By the way, a guy who worked with me did not even have his shoes all the way on his feet! In the warehouse! And his shoe actually flew off his foot while running down the ramp! HaHa! Don't run or they will fire you. Safety is #1 at Amazon! NOT !!!",Pay more attention to what's happening on the floor of the warehouse. You actually make it seem that your numbers and getting out the orders are more important than your employees safety! Could it be true?,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13534,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great environment,"laid back work areas, good benefits and great location, great growth opportunities in the company",low vacation to start,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13535,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Challenging and exciting work in a love or hate working environment.,"Based on my two years as a manager at the company:  First, you get to work on problems that impact a huge number of customers, so scale and reliability are important things that are embedded in everything you do.  Second, you need to make sure the customers do not get impacted and retain their trust while trying to deliver faster with fewer resources.  Third, the customer goes first on top of everything else.  Four, I personally love how embedded leadership principles are in the culture of the company, they are used across to drive consensus that otherwise would require incurring in bunch of politics.  Five, things move surprisingly fast for such a big company.  In Summary you will have challenging work, very smart people to work with in the technical areas and you get to solve complex problems that can impact multiple customers across the world.","First, in general managers do not know anything about actual people's management, most of them used to be engineers and mainly focus on driving tecnical decisions but do little or nothing to develop talent across the company.  Second, I find the practice of stack ranking employees an awful one. As an engineer, if you get a crappy manager you are pretty much screw. Even though things seem to be going in the right direction, people still uses the review process as an opportunity to throw people under the bus, providing little or no feedback throughout the year.  Third, you have to do a bunch of useless documentation that doesn't go anywhere, as a manager you spend countless on hours doing OP1/Op2 planning but when you actually have to execute the plan things tend to change significantly, so you can't avoid feeling that those months were a total waste of time.  Finally, frugality sometimes tend to become cheapness more than anything else, no perks, crappy 401k, common Amazon can do better.","First, if you are obsessed about the customer and want them to be happy, make sure you also obsess about your employees and make them happy too, happy employees deliver the features that make customers happy not the other way around.  Second, make sure that people's managers actually spend time developing people instead of taking the role of a pseudo engineer.  Finally, make sure the effort spend on writing documentation written is actually useful, docs for meetings are great tools to drive discussions, but spending documenting plans that change substantially later are just a waste of time. Common, OP1 Sheet, OP1 Doc, OP2 Sheet, OP2 doc, 3y plan and countless of other documents are just a big waste of time in my point of view.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13536,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Great Opportunity to Grow a Design Practice,Great co-workers and working space. There is also huge potential to work on new innovative products and services.,"Products are often tech driven, so design needs to be sold in. There is often way more design work than resources to accomplish it.","Overhead tasks are the enemy of designers, reduce the amount of them ... not add to them.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13537,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to grow in knowledge and career,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment.",Need to take owership. No one to hold hands and walk you on each step. Self learning is encoraged,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13538,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok,Good benefits and close proximity,"Large company problems, just a number.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13539,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Strong Team Member, Smart Manager, Challenging Workload",Majority of my colleagues graduated from Top business schools and have strong profile. Very confident and bias for action team culture.,4 from 5 business days are with overtime work.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P572.htm
13540,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Superintendant,Organization with the since of urgency would be exciting to be a part of this industry giant. I would enjoy helping improve the value of this company.,Not sure what they would be but most likely the human factor the most challenging. Problem solving minute by minute to keep motivation and production timely.,None at this time. Good listener and would learn my rank before suggesting any of my thoughts. System management I’m sure is well thought out already.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13541,amazon,"Chatsworth, CA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,"They work around to create a Flexible schedule for. Great Benefits, start 90 days after.",Making us work Overtime when packages arrive late. Still haven't receive any paid time off even though I'm permanent PT,Wish we had a Human Resource at the facility,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13542,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work place,Decent pay Overtime Friendly people Benefits Good management,Not a lot of downsides,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13543,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Sorter,Is a great job. Until some employees start to herrass you.,Always busy. Production is always in higher numbers. Great job opportunities. Fast paced environment. Always Something to do.,The employees suck and a few leads and poor management. Lazy workers and a lot of the females employees only focused on herrassing me when ever possible. Management won't listen to your concerns especially when being herrassed by employees. Nothing is getting resolved on this issue. They make it stressful and uncomterble to work. Tired of watching my back and is aggrevating me. All I want is peace and quiet from this employees. It needs to stop.,Get this issue resolved. Tired of voicing my issues And concerns. Is NOT GETTING RESOLVED. I need this job for the long run. I love my job. But this employees need to STOP!!!! THANKS...,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13544,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Pic Ker,Was a good place to work,Lot of various race and lots of pretty women,Could not get a good response to what method productivity was being judge so no matter how many units I did always was short of production level,Be more honest in your request to get more out of employees,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13545,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,area manager,overally good and handsomely paid with vocation,work stress relatively high for me,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13546,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Flexible,"Work from Home, Flexible Schedule, lots of help and resources available, Provides laptop.","Dealing with the different carriers....however that is not Amazon. If you enjoy being on the phone for long periods of time it is for you. Starting pay is rather low for all you are asked to do, but it is room to move around and get a possible increase.",None,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13547,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"Good pay, a lot of good benefits","No one has, empathy.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13548,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem Solver/ Stow Ambassador,"FT hours, set schedule, good benefits","High turnover, short breaks, insufficient training",Full training for employees before placing them into roles they know nothing about.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13549,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Don't Work Here,benefits nothing else at all,don't stow making rate is very hard and you will get written up for things that are not your fault,quit,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P573.htm
13550,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem Solver,They have some of the greatest benefits and a schedule that can be befitting to anyone.,Physically laborious and sometimes not the most comfortable work environment.,Keep up the great work!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13551,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,+many learning opportunities + fast paced,sometime the pace is difficult to maintain,I had an excellent manager who provided me with lots of autonomy and trusted my judgment.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13552,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with decent salary,Seattle is a nice place to live in.,The salary is not that satisfying. Oncall!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13553,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Happy & Engaged,"No shortage of challenging technical and business problems Wicked smart people to work with Big, growing company, so stability of the business is unquestioned",Big company - even with a startup feel - will inevitable have some bureaucracy and over-weighted processes.,Keep ensuring management stays apolitical: you've done a good job of weeding out jerks and keeping things classy. Don't fall into the big company trap of empire-building.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13554,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DE @Amazon,Relaxed Environment Great Peers. Can gain experience in Advanced Technologies,Too big and easy to get lost. Internal communication is inadequate,"Improve ways to reach out to multiple teams easily. Have a central wiki , which can relate business functions to the corresponding tech teams.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13555,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The job was great it had good benefits, paid well, & the hours was good.",The pay is good & discounts for online purchases.,If you can't stand up or work for 10 hours a day then thats the only downside.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13556,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Accelerated professional development for go-getters,"Intelligent coworkers, dogs, plenty of opportunity everywhere",Hard to survive if you don't have the drive,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13557,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great technology to work for.,There are no cons here.,Doing great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13558,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Don't do it!,None that I can think of.,"No overtime paid daily in CA, which is illegal and endless running around for poor wages and only 30 minute lunch breaks! Horrible working conditions!",Pay $18/hr and don't illegally skip out on paying overtime daily to employees in California! Highly illegal not to do so! $11.75/hr to endlessly run around picking crap isn't worth it! You will break your body down quickly!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13559,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Great place to work,"Competitive pay & benefits, Peak bonuses, Management is very helpful and understanding, Great work environment overall",Some safety requirements are a bit extreme (although they are in place for good reason),Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P574.htm
13560,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great technology to work for.,There are no cons here.,Doing great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13561,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Great place to work,"Competitive pay & benefits, Peak bonuses, Management is very helpful and understanding, Great work environment overall",Some safety requirements are a bit extreme (although they are in place for good reason),Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13562,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,Busy atmosphere and the 10 hour shifts passed fairly quickly.,There was minimal chance for advancement.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13563,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,It is easy to get hired.,Rate of pay and turn over rate.,"If an associate does not work out in a department they were placed in, and shows that they are willing, place them in a different department and not trash them.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13564,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Would not recommend. Horrible company with very low pay and hard to advance to next level.,"Management is horrible, most have no idea how to do their job. You make 10 a hour, not enough to feed 1 person let alone a family. The only pro is you work from home","Horrible pay, and management. OT is required on holidays they do not care if you have children who would like to spend the holiday with you.","If management knew how to do their jobs properly there would be alot more happy employees. They pick and choose who they like and who they will ""help"" suceed. you are thrown to the wolves with no tools to help you and when you ask your manager how something should work 9 times out of 10 they do not know or do not answer you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13565,amazon,"Saint Petersburg, FL"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Package Sorter,Package sorter,Interview process is a joke. Anyone can get hired.,"Amazon hires 100+ people at a time, and then has no positions for them to fill. I was hired for the St. Petersburg sorting facility at a career fair, almost a month ago. Amazon offered jobs to anyone who could pass a background check and drug screen. There was no interview process. I am still waiting for my start date, and get emails saying they don’t have any open shifts available except for these specific times. They offer a 4 hour shift and tell you that you will have to either come in early or stay late. This is the worst hiring process I have ever been part of. Don’t waste your time, unless you can afford to wait a long time to start working.",Your hiring process needs severe adjustment. If you took the time to interview people you could learn so much about who is going to be a good worker.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13566,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good environment,Good working environment in the team,Not very much food as dinner,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13567,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Positive Experience,"1) Culture is better than I expected. Teams' cultures are highly variant. After the New York Times Expose, I had my share of apprehension of even considering Amazon. But after actually meeting the team, people seemed happier than I expected. My team is certainly much more support of an environment to work in than I expected from reading that article. 2) Massive and impactful - altho my part is only a very small slice of Amazon, it can still make a huge impact because it affects many people. 3) General company direction is growing and positive.","1) Very big. They are massive enough to have their own internal ecosystem. It takes time to on-board and understand what is happening, and it's highly team-dependent. 2) somewhat too frugal. There are many fun and nice perks, of course. But sometimes, when I hear about my friends' working environment / office perks.. kinda makes me wonder how green the other side of the fence might be.",The office feels crowded. Not enough common areas / meeting room / lunch spaces.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13568,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Amazon has great benefits and extremely flexible working hours,None I can think of,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13569,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Deck,"Great people, no quotas, good management","Short break times, not the easiest of tasks","Longer break times, more competitive pay.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P575.htm
13570,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping Handler,Interview,"Was invited to the Hilton to receive a contingent offer, they give you options foe different schedules , make you do a drug test and fill out a form. They explain how and show a video of the work you will be doing and speak about some company benefits.",Not much flexibilty to manage a schedule that meets your needs. I needed to get out an hr earlier than the schedule they gave me and they said no. I was willing to go in an hr earlier than the schedule they gave me.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13571,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a good place to learn and grow,"Challenge, lots of things to learn",Work life balance and sometimes the schedule is too tight,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13572,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Ambassador/Associate,Amazon the Seasonal Job Place,"Co-workers tend to band together. Process Assistants are basic the ""Goto"" workers in the company. Seasonal Overtime Pay helps a lot of people.","Long hours and Standing for a long period of time, and short breaks/lunch breaks. Management needs better training with dealing with others. Most of the Management are straight out of College and never been in Management before. Pay could be a lot better. People with forklift and special machinery skills should be paid better than starting out as everyone else ($13 hr). The constant trying to terminate people for time, instead of offering a better time off package.",My advice to Management would be: 1. Listen to your staffs needs. 2. Don't make a promise you can't keep. 3. Genuinely try to help those in need. 4. Treat your staff with respect and they will respect you.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13573,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic company to work for,"Excellent customer service, extraordinary talent and teams to be close by. Good pay and decent benefits. Have to be self motivated.","No good work - life balance, squeezing the last molecule out of you. Allowing less stressful deadlines would likely improve working culture",Keep up the good direction improving work conditions,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13574,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay place to work,Okay place to work at.,Manager can be a pain in the butt.,n/a,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13575,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer service representative,"Friendly, customer oriented, helpful cooperative managers.",I can't think of any cons. I loved it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13576,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to work!,Dynamic environment Lots of challenges and professional options Career growth,Can be stressful Promotion take long,Keep focus on innovation,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13577,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Fresh Associate,Amazon Promotes people with bad behavior,Only a 4 hour shift Damn near anyone who applies can get a job here,Managers says sexual things and get away with it Ambassadors keep their job after multiple altercations and say discriminating things Then if you address a problem you have to HR the person you told hr on retaliates by getting you fired and Amazon is ok with that lol,Throw the whole of DEW2 in the garbage,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13578,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Process Assistant,Look elsewhere if you want career development options,"Good benefits, restricted stock units for FT employees.","Lack of career development options, or upward mobility. Staff and management turnover is very high.",Invest time in developing those already inside of the company instead of endlessly hiring from outside.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13579,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Center,They offer a great amount of benefits,The politics are very noticeable,Everyone should be afforded the same training and opportunities. It shouldn't go by numbers or FAVORITISM,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P576.htm
13580,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never got emailed back,easy job good pay close to home,still haven't gotten first day,none,2.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13581,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Work From Home Customer Service,Amazon Work from Home review,Easy application and hiring process,"We were not trained properly. We watched 5 videos about amazon with no hands on training, then we were put on the phone with live customers. They did not care that we had no idea what we were doing or talking about. This honestly made me look at amazon differently. When I buy things from amazon, and call customer service, I now know that whoever is on the other end of the phone just might not have any idea what they are talking about. And that’s okay with management. This is not how I viewed Amazon before I started working here.",You are a huge company. Train your employees properly.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13582,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Sucks, do not work there. Bad working environment.",No best reason. Maybe frim prison you can.,Hot and no respect. No good paid.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13583,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,They always had great benefits.,They treat you like you work on a plantation.,Stop promoting your friends.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13584,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Just Startes,"Fast hiring, start out is $15 hourly but room to advance and quickly. To make more money. Top out in Teir 3 is $19 hourly.",Unknown at this time since I just started bit heard it can be boring at times.,N/A at this time,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13585,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,packer,"fast days,fun days love the power hours",they are on top of your every move,lighten up and be more considerate and drop the favoritism,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13586,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,delivery driver,Ability to make your own schedule,Difficult to pick up shifts,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13587,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,"Exciting work, great launch pad","Really smart people Exciting, and new problems to solve","If you are looking for constant validation, or a lot of training, this is not the right place",none,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13588,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but ruthless,Fun work and fun people. Gettin to be part of such a fast growing company. Getting to make decisions by myself without senior leadership.,HR is worthless. Have to fire a lot of people. The hours are brutal for management. Working 12-13 hours plus making sure that everyone is happy.,"Communication. Everyone talks about it , yet no one does it. Would be especially helpful when rolling out new tools.",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13589,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - DC Associate I,Amazon isn't everything that buyers believe it to be,Great health benefits and a friendly work environment,"Amount of training is much less then what should be necessary to master new skills, expectations for new employees is ridiculous ( makes it very, very difficult to succeed)",They need to reduce the 100% accuracy for new employees. The amount of training time does not make it possible for new employees to be as consistent as Amazon would like. Two months and employees are being fired for still learning and mastering new skills! Simply ridiculous work ethic for a thankless company!,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P577.htm
13590,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,You are just a number,"It is a good payout for a job where no interview process is required. Very good benefits, especially for those who stay for about 2 years.",Long shifts. A lot of manual labor and constantly on your feet. Everyone is expendable regardless of how long you’ve worked there. Rules are very demanding.,Show more concern for the individual,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13591,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager in Amazon Video,"Thinking Big, and Customer Centricity","Lack of coherent business strategy / vision that grounds you in the day to day tactical, i.e. why we're all here?",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13592,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Now,"Decent managers, decent coworkers, good pay if you can get the right hours you need. They usually have some kind of fun activity once a month for the employees.",Management is kind of complacent on dealing with issues between employees. The warehouse environment breeds this weird kind of dynamic that can really wear on you after a while. Hours are hard to come by most of the time.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13593,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,- The hours are what you expect. - Pay is decent and there is overtime. - Process is defined to the point that all questions are answered.,- Managers have too high of expectations. - People slack and you have to make up for it. - The selection of hours isn't that great for students.,Bring it back a bit. And don't play favorites.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13594,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Base pay at $13.74 an hour.,Four 10 hour shifts and mandatory overtime.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13595,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"Fast paced, a lot of growth and job opportunities within company.","Basically a hostile work environment. All Managers highly stressed, only told where they are failing. Amazon has not figured out a ""work hard, have fun"" environment.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13596,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,"Fun for a worker, tiring for a student","Stable & predictable work schedule, relaxed control on usage of time off, upbeat working environment, and healthy (fun) competition within your team.","Most associates start overnight and can take a LONG time to get a shift change to daytime hours. School accommodation schedules are difficult to achieve if your assigned shift is during the school week. My shift was M-Th and so was school. Changing my shift to later in the week was not allowed. You also cannot go negative in your time-off bank. I unfortunately got sick and went negative in my bank and was terminated since it violates Amazon's Attendance Policy. The work isn't fun... it's the equivalent of working on an assembly line. Just do the same thing over and over and over. That being said, it's great for people who don't have a drive for more complex work. Retention is terrible, 12 walk in and 11 walk out (within a month).","Keep up the motivation. I had a wonderful management team that I miss so very much. As for the policies, I believe the attendance policy needs to be revisited. Sickness shouldn't be a reason to let somebody go.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13597,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Manager,"Great, Fast Paced Company","Flexible work schedule, family friendly","Frugality is preached, but can be applied in the wrong places.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13598,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Software development engineer II,Great for learning how to run things at gigantic scale. Also forces you to develop people skills.,Might get stressful at times - too much is at stake all the time.,Be fair and award your devs in a timely fashion.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13599,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Place,"Good pay, good benefits, great working environment",Overbearing boss that would sometimes interfere with my ability to do work,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P578.htm
13600,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Amazon,I was able to work from my home.,It's sad that working remotely for Amazon is no longer an option for Arizona since the passing of Prop 206,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13601,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You get what you put in,"As a software engineer in Amazon, you will get to work on top-notch projects. The difference between Amazon and companies like Google, Facebook is that in Amazon hires ""average"" engineers to do ""elite"" work. So, there are a lot of opportunities for ""average"" engineers like me. If you get bored in one team, you can easily move to another team. There are so many teams to choose from. If you have an idea and want to work on it, you can easily prototype it and pitch to senior management.","If you work in a team which has clients all over the world, sometimes you have to take late night calls. If you work in a team which has oncall, it might take a toll on your work life balance. Amazon has a ""sink or swim"" culture. A lot of people might not like it. One of the growing pains in amazon is high density seating.",I hope Amazon builds more offices. High density seating is making it really hard to concentrate at work.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13602,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,They've been good to me,"Flexibility, Supportive, Accommodating, Dynamic, Benefits","The place has a kind of ""crazy energy"" - this isn't necessarily a con, but could be to some",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13603,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Office Manager,Great place,"Virtual Assistant, flexible hours, good people and great place to work",Nothing really to tell great place to work,No advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13604,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Careers are made here,Opportunity for growth. Cutting edge technilogy.,Surrounded by talented and driven people.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13605,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Improve personal ability to become a great site merchandiser.,High pressure but you can acquire a a lot.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13606,amazon,"Lawrenceville, GA"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,My experience with working at Amazon,"very flexible working environment, no micro managing","VERY physical work, lots of management issues, very unorganized and mass confusion/chaos every day, employees who don't care and don't do their jobs","Maybe need more training for employees, but management seriously needs to get their act together!",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13607,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Ok,"Good benefits from day one, and alot of leeway on time to take off","Stop the Micro managing, and let employees have longer breaks",Management,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13608,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Team Manager,Benefits are worth it all,"Incredible pay for the work and responsibility. I work from home, they sent me two monitors, a laptop, a dock, a keyboard and a mouse. My level of position recently moved from hourly to salary, depending on the boss that means my hours can flex a good amount. Health benefits are off the chain. Stock values are incredible. I bought my very first house with my Amazon salary, I've only been here a year, I sit in my pajamas in my own house every day. Unreal.","Big changes happen quickly and often. I have no spouse or kids or very many other activities, so the schedule changes are relatively easy for me to deal with. I don't know how people with strict schedules with things outside of work do it. Due to the constant change and variation, it is hard to communicate mass changes clearly, effectively and far enough ahead of time to give people a chance to adjust. Most of the time leadership does a pretty good job with it, but if you can't handle change or ambiguity, or you need tons of structure, rules, answers and hand holding, this position is definitely not for you. Every once in a while you're left to fend for yourself (and find a way to take care of a team of people who don't know you or care that you don't know any of the answers), you need to be a go getter and be willing to go find the answers you need as opposed to wait for your boss to tell you.",The company is still growing at an explosive rate in a hundred different directions...I wonder if it would be wise to iron out more kinks in the new spaces before starting another new business. I get frustrated when I see so many things falling through the cracks in some of the newer specialty spaces but then hear that we've started an entirely new concept somewhere else. Like why wouldn't you make sure one specialty is up and running somewhat smoothly before starting a new project?,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13609,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Growth on Fast-Track Mode,"Amazon is serious about it's business and it reflects in it's employees work culture. Teams are mostly independent of each other and innovation gets preference over re-usability. In development if there's need a for particular tool, employees are encouraged to build it rather than search for it anywhere.  The fact that employees in Amazon treat themselves as owners of the company is probably why Amazon has managed to stay on top despite being so huge, Employees are free to voice their concerns to anyone and managers encourage them to do so.  Growth here is exponential. Amazon in itself is a conglomeration of several companies (Alexa, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Retail, Amazon Fashion etc). Be it business knowledge or technical knowledge the opportunities to grow are massive.  Amazon has significant percentage of all the brightest and creative minds in this world. Never has been a day in my career here at Amazon that I didn't learn something new.  If you want to work at a place where you think you can make this world a better place... This definitely is one among them.",Not a lot of benefits compared to similar companies even though the stock-options are awesome.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P579.htm
13610,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,An ecosystem of start ups,"High degree of ownership within your team and project, lots of opportunities for growth and learning, solid pay and benefits. Work/life balance is good but very dependent on your team and manager.","No free food and very few levels means getting an important sounding title is hard. If that's really what motivates you in your career, you're in the wrong place.","Growing fast has created issues with seating density, lack of space, and frequent relocations.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13611,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Working with Amazon Call Center,"Great environment, amazing people, supervisors are amazing and will do everything to help you succeed, pay was awesome, oppertunities and incentives within the company kept motivation up!!! Seriously just a great place to work",Office setting wasn't for me would be great for people who don't mind sitting for hours.,Honestly I loved working there the department I was in both supervisors and coworkers were super involved in improving how you should handle calls and never hesitated to help!! Loved everything about it!!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13612,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Review of Amazon,"There are many pros about working at Amazon. Some include: - Multiple career opportunities - Freedom to make decisions without too much bureaucracy - Data drives decisions, not impulses - A document-heavy culture ensures that every idea that comes to leadership has been carefully thought through","Communication across the company is lacking, I regularly find out information about Amazon from external friends before I'm informed internally.","Improve communication to employees across the board, let us know first so we can be informed and champion some of Amazon's biggest accomplishments.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13613,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great for a fast paced no nonsense career,-Strong customer obsession -Data driven thinking,-Work hours -Lack of leadership in many teams,Hire and develop good leaders just as do with new employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13614,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"It's a great job, if you aren't a college graduate.","Benefits starting day 1, company stock, paid time off, vacation, competitive pay. You also get Variable Compensation Pay which is extra money just for having a perfect attendance. The medical insurance is great and they provide medical leave/personal leave. If it wasn't for all the friends I made and the amazing co-workers, I would've left already. I've been in the hospital several times and have still been able to keep this job. The medical insurance is great and covered more than 80% of my hospital bills. The pay increases every year and it's enough for me to pay all of my bills and still have some leftover.","Over worked, been working here for 8 months and my muscles still ache everyday. No work/life balance. A 40 hour week is rare. Usually working 55+ hours because of overtime. I only have 2 hours to myself after I come home from work to relax, eat and shower. It's hard to wake up in the morning sometimes because of how sore and tired I am from work the day before.",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13615,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Same as any other warehouse,"Weekly pay , opportunity for growth, good break, coworkers and management was nice , casual wear just have to wear a hazard jacket for safety","Turnover rate is high, pay isn’t high enough, hours are weird , you do not start off full time you have to wait at least your 60 days",More vacation time,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13616,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Lots of walking and you are just a number,Paid time off benefits first day Eazy Work Stocks No dress code 3 day weekends,Tons of walking Micro managing Career ladder questionable Low Pay Commute to facilities Parking No phone environment,Generate more growth potential for employees,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13617,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops intern,- you learn a lot - teach you a lot of things and very willing to help - consider you priority to be full-time,- long hours - harsh environment,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13618,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - GMA (General Manager Administrative Assistant),GMA (General Managers Administrative Assistant),"Get to work very closely with high level management, pretty flexible schedule, variety of grown opportunities",Block out period for holiday season because of Peak,Don't forget about your support functions in the Fulfillment Centers.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13619,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture fit,Go through the leadership and if you think that matches your working style then you would love working in Amazon.,Difficult to work if you don't believe in the leadership principles,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P580.htm
13620,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great place to grow in your career,-Global organization and ability to find international opportunities -Ability to transition to different roles -Lots of resources and training opportunities especially in Seattle HQ -Cool to be a part of such a leading company -Corporate culture based on the Leadership Principles that make sense -Ability to take/create projects and run with them,-Inconsistency of team cultures,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13621,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great place to work,"Challenging environment Speed, pace Surrounded by brilliant and passionate people",Buearacracy Minimal job levels that hinder ability to advance salary cap,lessen the size of middle management level,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13622,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great workplace!,Great for work experience Good to work for such a well known place,Having to lift alot and its stupid,giv the wifi pasword,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13623,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,New things learned every day,Too much burnout. Company culture can be off putting.,Better work life balance.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13624,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Flexible schedule, and sometimes fun to work",Boring if no body is there,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13625,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunities - Low salary,"The best thing about Amazon is that you'll get to own projects and are expected to deliver. There's no hand holding and less BS than most places, which is probably why Amazon continues to innovate and grow.","With great power/ownership, comes great responsibility. I also find the salary to be low for the amount of work and ownership I put in.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13626,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Company,Ability to work on innovated projects Flexible work-life balance,Compensation is focused on external competitiveness vs internal equity,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13627,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just a review,Awesome job with great benifits,Travel is a lil bit far,Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13628,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Amazon has great benefits!,Great Benefits Good place to start out in IT,No access to tools to develop into further IT positions,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13629,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big company, big ideas.","Amazon is very open to communication from everyone. It's a progressive company that changes very quickly. It takes care of its customers, or at least that is the goal.","Some goals/metrics seem unrealistic, but you roll with it. Unless you start with a large salary, it's tough to get pay increases and move up.","It is a pro that the company is big, but because Amazon is so big, ideas and people get lost. Stay true to the concept of hiring people who care and who think big.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P581.htm
13630,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big company, big ideas.","Amazon is very open to communication from everyone. It's a progressive company that changes very quickly. It takes care of its customers, or at least that is the goal.","Some goals/metrics seem unrealistic, but you roll with it. Unless you start with a large salary, it's tough to get pay increases and move up.","It is a pro that the company is big, but because Amazon is so big, ideas and people get lost. Stay true to the concept of hiring people who care and who think big.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13631,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,not for everyone,"challenging, fast paced, stock, and you won't need a gym",long hours and unprofessionalism in upper management,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13632,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort Associate,Amazon Discount was pretty beneficial,Treat you like a dog,get good,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13633,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior SDM,Good pace Lots of learning opportunities Very smart people around,Weak HR policies Senior leadership (VP/Directors) is overworked and does not have time to go deep,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13634,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is what it is,"Opportunities, pay, benefits, teamwork, always new things to learn",benefits slowly were taken away overtime,boost the strength of the individuals,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13635,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Depends on your drive and workplace,"Decent pay, good benefits and a liberal time off policy","Lots of cronyism, most positions in FC's and DC's you'll feel like and be treated like a number.",Seattle corporate management need to go out to sites more often for longer periods to understand the dynamic of what happens on the ground. I believe this would improve the way rules and new processes are handed down from higher levels.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13636,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,"Great employer, but hard work","Excellent compensation, the brand reputation is real, and the employer has excellent 401k","The hours are definitely more than what HR might tell you at the beginning, I think I spent perhaps closer to 90 hours on a week, but that might be because I am on the software side",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13637,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Senior Ops Manager,"I have worked for Amazon in operations for nearly 7 years and while it has not always been easy, it has been an overall great experience and I would strongly recommend it to anyone who is willing to put in the effort. Amazon managers work hard and are held to high expectations which simply is not for everyone. For me personally, I have loved being surrounded by highly intelligent people who have a great work ethic and who care passionately about taking care of customers and contributing to the success of the organization so I actually prefer the fact that we demand a lot of managers and in doing so we end up with very high quality managers. One of the best things about the company is how empowered managers are to make a difference and have an enormous impact. Overall it's hard to beat Amazon in terms of a fun company to work for that will push you to grow and provide you with awesome opportunities. Anyone who can get through the tough hiring process is crazy not to take a job with Amazon as long as you're willing to work and not simply looking for an easy paycheck.","The work life balance can be challenging at times but to some degree it can come down to how you, as an individual, manage yourself. Sprint when you have to (peak) but catch your breath (use your paid time off) when you can. The only other con is that there are a large number of very weak people leaders in the company (super smart but terrible with people) and there are so many of them in senior positions that it is a self propagating issue since they do not understand their own shortcomings and the danger of continuing to hire/promote other people like themselves. That being said, there has been some notable improvement in recent years and I'm happy to say that I've crossed paths with some exceptional leaders in senior positions recently.",You need stronger people leadership in the organization. You have too many smart managers who are completely clueless people leaders. One of the biggest liabilities in the entire company is the Pathways program which quickly promotes terrible leaders and has them mentoring other new Pathways in no time which is the perfect definition of the blind leading the blind.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13638,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Amazon is better than I thought,"I just started working for Amazon within the last month. It has been amazing so far. While I can't impart long term wisdom, I can say that it is not what I thought, it is far better. I am working with amazingly talented and smart people who challenge me. My work is interesting and I feel like it makes a difference. I have perfect work life balance. And I get to have fun doing it all.",Training has been a little like flying by the seat of my pants.,Provide more granular role specific training to get people up to speed faster.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13639,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Place to grow and learn more than you ever thought!,- The people - Working in teams - Feeling like your doing something that means something. - Chances to move around and work on what you want to work on.,Zero Cons as of now.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P582.htm
13640,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Ad Sales Manager,Ad Sales,"Great to be part of a growing, innovative company!",Need to be willing to travel if you are in sales.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13641,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Love my job,I pick it’s a fast paced job it’s something different everyday management is awesome,Long hours I feel 8 hour shifts would be much better,Listen to the employees they know what goes on everyday your not on the floor so you might remember when but you don’t know right now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13642,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Pick Associate,Best place to work for,"Great benefits, Company Stock, Matched 401K","Mandatory OT, Un necessory written ups",OT should be optional.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13643,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Flez,Fast and easy deliveries. good environment,The traffic in the station,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13644,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,just ok,different shift available and pay was ok,boring and repetitive bad management,need better management,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13645,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Global Account Manager,Challenging and Engaging Environment,"Your work is customer focused rather then internally focused. I've worked for several large technology companies, and the talent level here is by far the best. I'm challenged every day in a positive manner, and the opportunities to grow your career are awesome.",Some customers are hesitant to work with AWS because of their fear of competing with Amazon.com.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13646,amazon,"Dundalk, MD"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick,Great benefits that start on day one,Breaks are too short and break areas are too far,Try to listen to employee when they have problems and actually try to resolve them,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13647,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Incredible potential, and truly the bleeding edge of growth and development.",-Great growth potential in many departments if you invest the time and effort. -Great benefits,-Focusing on #'s sometimes means sacrificing good employees -Unrealistic expectations of employees in the fulfillment centers,"-Many in the support teams are absolutely lacking training. This leads to poor customer and employee experiences. -Too much focus on who has what degree. A lot of the guys/gals who came up from L1 can do the job twice as well as the ""out of college"" management hires.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13648,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Representative,"One of the coolest companies, they take care of their employees, free coffee, no dress code, easy grow inside the company, within other great things","As a customer service representative, there’s a lot of yelling from the customers and usually frustration situations with them, besides that, there’s basically nothing wrong with this company","Mostly take a lot of time to grow in the company, usually the Human Resources department don’t fulfill the deadlines",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13649,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"High salary, relaxed work environment",Lack of available in-office perks,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P583.htm
13650,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"High salary, relaxed work environment",Lack of available in-office perks,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13651,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Former Employee - Facilities Technician II,Facilities/Maintenance,"Provide tools as need. HR department helpful. Maintenance micro- managers try to be helpful. When Bezos visits, pizza is free.","Facilities pay is sub- standard compared to most industries of similar standing. Co-workers in maintenance are two- faced and take safety short cuts when managers should be monitoring. Be prepared to be blamed for maintenance co-workers incompetence amid rumor clucking like immature children. I knew I could not trust certain members of the facilities team and went to management about it. If you consider working there, please inform yourself ahead of time about the Amazon culture. I left after two years and I have a 40 year background in maintenance. It's not for everyone! Safety first and always!",Monitor your facilities/maintenance teams closely. Don't wait for someone to be injured. Stop micro-managing unimportant issues and help your teams where it counts. Safety first and always.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13652,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,First real job. I do not like the way this company treats workers as numbers.,"The FC I work for in Campbellsville Ky is better than the factory job I worked at for a month in Russel Springs simply because of the work itself not being too physically demanding. We are allowed to talk to fellow workers and have some time to do so, all depending on the manager and PAs on that day. Startups are decently organized and there is a general appearance that the company has at least some concern for it's employees well being. RSU benifits are nice and so is the Career choice program that helps give you an education for jobs that may even be outside of Amazon.","All of the mentioned above aside, I fear anything this company does that looks altruistic is only ever for personal gain. They only make decisions that ""better"" employees experience because it is a financial gain. If they don't lose any money for how we are treated than they don't care as far as I can deduce. There is a time off task policy in place where the time we spend not scanning anything is tracked. Any instance greater than 8 mins is recorded and any more than a total of 30 mins is a write up and 3 write ups is a termination. This seems fair until you consider that rest room breaks are included in this policy. I work on a 2 story mezzanine where the restroom is downstairs. It takes me on average 6 minutes from scan to scan for a n average restroom break. You take into account that I am 25 and in good health and that 6 mins is just to pee (not to mention any other form of excrement lo)and you can see how easy it is to go over 8 mins per restroom break for some people. Going once a quarter (since we work 10 hr days in quarters of around 2.5 hours) one would accrue more than 30 minutes. I will not ever tolerate being scolded by a company I work for regarding how I use the restroom.","Management right above me is just trying to survive like I am. Management that makes the rules for which we all abide by needs a reality check in that we are not numbers, we are people. Do not set the rules in a way that does not reflect my humanity. You fail to see any one person's unique skill set and instead make your company policies surround the idea that all people are virtually the same for which we just aren't. You need to value your employees to the same degree you claim to value you're customers because we are the one's doing the work to make the company possible.",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13653,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Systems Analyst,Large company Good benefits Low key dress code,Overworked Dont care about well being of employees,value employees more,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13654,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent no-skill job,It is pretty fast paced,It is extremely disorganized and chaotic,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13655,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Area Manager,-Excellent leadership experience. -4 Day work week. -Development Opportunities,-Disconnected Management -High stress environment -Constant performance reviews -Unpredictable overtime requirements,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13656,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Environment that Continues to Challange,"Every day at amazon is a challenge! It is difficult to become bored or even become an expert. You are contstantly surrounded by very intelligent people and given the power to solve issues as they arise. Amazon is not a great place for someone who needs constant guidance or coaching, but if you are self motivated and love to accomplish things it’s the perfect place.","There are days where stress can build up and timelines are tight. Also the training is meh, which makes ramp up time slower. Expect to learn a lot on your own.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13657,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Best company I have worked for - Seattle Headquarters,"- Amazon's Leadership Principles are a known by all employees and put in practice. - Easy to change roles or change job to a different team. You are not limited to a specific scope of work, if you can do more and grow, you can take ownership and drive your ideas. - Mentors are available. - Ideas are valued no matter what level you are at. - It is common to meet with your skip manager regularly as well as your manager. This helps strong individual contributors to not to get stuck under a manager by getting wider visibility.","I have some coworkers who are not as satisfied due to their team's management. My best advice to them would be to change team since you are enabled to, and their are many new teams that are growing and looking for talent.","To retain talent, ensure people can be promoted without difficulty if they are performing above the 50% bar at the next level. Performance and driving significant projects should override tenure at a level. Also, commit to developing employees at FC locations, beyond Associates degrees.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13658,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Please Read This,-Designated work hours and days -40 Hour weeks in 4 days -If you do your job well you can avoid management -Slowly gain PTO and vacation,"Too many to list so ill do 5 big ones.  -Guaranteed OVERTIME could be four hours or an extra day added to shift, taxes get so high its better to not even work the shift  -Management is absolutely pathetic, don't even know half of the people that report to them. Don't bother asking for help you will become a target.  -Every position requires rate to be made, whether its 13 or 40 an hour if you do not hit your target you will be retrained and ultimately let go  -Unless you are legitimately dying do not even bother trying to take a leave of absence, your spouse could be terminally ill and they wouldn't understand.  -Ultimately working here strips you of your humanity. You walk through metal detectors after shifts to ensure your not stealing. You get a 3x3 tiny locker to store your belongings in. The break rooms are a joke and the fridges are pretty gross too. This is nothing more than a job and the people that actually try to enjoy the job are even more pathetic. Do not try to make a career at this place.",Upgrade your internal networks. I was constantly tracked with inaccurate data in both good and bad ways. Cut people more slack and there would be less turnover.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13659,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Warehouse,easy to take time off,Too many hours on your feet and pressure to produce,none,1.0,none,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P584.htm
13660,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 22, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,"Hard, inflexible, but solid",Lots of opportunity for OT...,Lots of opportunity for OT... even if you don't want it.,"Be more flexible with your ""metrics"" if the employee is outperforming all the others but one of their metrics is lower, leave em alone...",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13661,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very little training,"Virtual location, so work from home, however, there is no flexibility in scheduling","Low pay, very poor/minimal training, too many outdated/glitchy systems. It is surprising that this is a technology company. It reminds me of working for one of the Bell companies with poor management structures and slow technology.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13662,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Manager,True customer obsession,"The people at AWS are on a whole incredibly innovative, smart, and dedicated... The speed we move at as an organization all while keeping the customer in primary focus is nothing short of astounding. I have been with several major tech companies both large and small and haven't seen many places with lack of ego witnessed at AWS especially among leadership. Good ideas tend to win out regardless of where they originate.",It's hard to maintain the culture and speed of innovation at the pace we are growing. Spend plenty of time in interview loops and internal service team feedback sessions which sometime take me away from valuable time with the customer.,Comp plan could be reworked... Get rid of comp cap with can serve as a disinventive especially at end of year on good years.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13663,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Centralized Flow Lead,If you work hard you can grow within the company. Also lots of favoritism.,biggest company in the world. pays well if you get a higher position.,Amazon treats lower level employees like garbage. there is no moral working in the fulfillment center.,employees are human not machines.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13664,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good entry to Forensics or Data,Get to learn about the new field. Working with smart people. Amazing work culture even at MNC,"Slight micro management, Low Pay and Shift system",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13665,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I Enjoy It, Mostly",Only have to work 4 days a week. The work is pretty regular and it's hard to mess up.,Rates are not always achievable standards. Voices are not always heard even though they say they are listening. But I've been told that other FC's are better than the one I'm at.,"Request to take the same training that your employees are required to take. If you are not trained in pack, you won't have any respect from packers if you tell them how to do their job when you can't jump in and do it yourself.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13666,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,Good benifits I was on maternity leave for 5 Months 100% Pay Good Incentives during peak,Long hours Constantly on your feet Sometimes in a department where you are isolated so it can be very boring without anyone to talk to,Listen to tier 1 feedback,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13667,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the most competitive,Exciting work. Room for growth for those who seek it.,Perks lacking/none. No cash bonus. Vesting schedule skewed.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13668,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company review,It is a good company to learn. There are lot of smart people that you get to work with. You can implement a lot of new techniques in multiple areas of Computer Science,Bureaucracy hinders with the growth and it doesn't have a horizontal company structure no matters what anyone says.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13669,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Adviser - Amazon Business,Great workspace Fair Management Solid team around you,Lack of Diversity among my team,More Diversity,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P585.htm
13670,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to grow at work,- fast paced - good salary - gives good opportunities - always innovating - value good work,"- not the best benefits compared to other companies, but they are improving",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13671,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,I love working for Amazon,"Great people, great projects to work on and a get to learn a lot in a short period of time. I have been around for 2+ years and have learnt a lot and made some really good friends and colleagues I enjoy working with.",Salary structure is a bit odd (as after 2 years its very heavy weight on Stocks) when compared to the industry. One does get used to it with time.,"Keep going with the bold vision, investing for the long term and continue making the positive employee centric changes",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13672,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Excellent workplace,* People here are great to work with * It isn't the crazy work-you-to-death workplace that everyone seems to think (I was one of those before joining) * Free snacks on every floor (different snacks for each floor),"I promise I'm not just saying this, but I am not able to come up with any downsides. I'm sure I will after a few more years of work here, but at this time, I like every part of it!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13673,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Research Scientist,I love my job,Company is very strong in its principles which makes it a reliably good place to work. Salaries are very competitive,Very aggressive goals makes you work very hard and sometimes it is a little unreasonably aggressive.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13674,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,It's Always Day One!,Full of opportunities every day. Maniacal customer focus. You have input into the tools and processes to make Amazon better. Great compensation package.,"Due to the rapid and constant state of change, may be difficult for some to get in stride.",Resist the urge to conform to the way our competitors do business. Day One is why we're in the news every day.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13675,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,one of best places to innovate,"There is a reason why Amazon is regarded as one of the most innovative companies in the industry. The company has a well-defined process for new ideas to be reviewed by the right group of people, and adopted based on their merits, with least amount of bureaucracy during the process.","The company's SDE job titles are generally one-level lower than the industry. It is fairly common for a senior SDE from other top tech companies to take an SDE-2 position at Amazon, which is a bummer to many.",redefine SDE job levels to be aligned with industry standard.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13676,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - TADP,Talent Acquisition Development Program 2017,Ownership- You get to own and invent Culture-fast pace and inventive (AMAZING) No limits of potential Dogs:) Great Management,HUGE campus: it will take you a couple weeks to find your way around. But amazing work space!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13677,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,No other company will give you the opportunity to manage 150+ people straight out of college. Awesome experience so far,Lots of hours during November / December,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13678,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting work,"Challenging work, exciting opportunities, and career mobility",Less than average US company holidays,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13679,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Practice Manager,Become Part of History!,"Amazon is growing and innovating at a rapid pace, if you enjoy growth, innovation and want to be part of history, there's no place like Amazon right now!","If you don't like taking ownership, if you don't like being empowered, this is not the place for you!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P586.htm
13680,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work For,"If you enjoy working with people who have a diverse background, Amazon is great place to work for. There are lots of fun events and conferences going on every month. My work hour is flexible, and it is easy to take vacation as long as my teammates can cover my work during the absence.","If you like 8AM-5PM with 1-hour lunch schedule and forget about work outside of these hours, Amazon might not be the best place. Amazon is a global company, and you work with many team outside of US. Due to the time difference, I sometimes take a call at 7AM or 9PM etc. Setting expectation is the key otherwise you lose work/life balance.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13681,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Amazon has changed itself to be an appealing place to work,"I love spending my days with smart and funny people. I love being a part of exciting innovation and design. I feel highly respected and a vital part of the success of the business. Culturally, there are plenty of fun opportunities from guest speakers to musicians to art classes.","As with any big company settling in and understanding company policy, acronyms, and company structure can be challenging. Additionally, it is difficult to move to the next job level, if you come into a role over qualified it is not as simple as proving your worth to get promoted to the next level.","Continue valuing your Executive Assistant, they are vital to your success.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13682,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,"Long Hours, Hard Physical Work, Monotonous",Good pay for entry level job with no skills or interview. I found that it was easy to interact and relate with other employees (meeting people will help you get through the day). Good bonuses/benefits if you can last...,"No temperature control (sweating for 10hours a day is not good). Very mundane monotonous work. Favoritism among management. Long hours with short breaks. No real opportunity for advancement unless you stay for ~2 years. Constantly tracked to make sure you are working consistently from start to finish, and how fast you are going. No listening to music, no phones, can't really bring anything personal into the facility. Extremely boring but also physically exhausting. (imagine being in a huge warehouse, and being required to put 200-300 items on shelves an hour for 10hours every day alone, that's what a Stower does, and you must do it 1 item at a time)","Take the time to get to know each employee. Give everyone a fair chance to change positions. Focus on the positive, everyone is working as hard as they can there's no need to belittle them about not making rate when there's a lot of factors that go into it. (most people who accept entry level positions are struggling to survive with personal finances..remember that)",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13683,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Delivery driver,If you want more hours or pick up days always available,Management doesn’t know how to talk to employees. Broken system in warehouse this put a lot of stress on the drivers Not very organized,Better training and more people development skills,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13684,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fresh,"Pay, benefits, ability to control your own destiny",Ridiculous Policies with no wiggle room for mistakes,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13685,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker/stower,N/A not much to say about the pros,long hours short lunch/breaks,get your act straight,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13686,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,Good work-life balance and managers care your career growth.,"1. I see many people saying Amazon uses employees in crazy ways. That's not true at least to me or to any one I know. It really depends on the individual employees to maintain the work-life balance. In my org, no one is forced to work a minimum of certain number of hours. You control your own pace as long as you deliver on time. I probably work overtime (> 8 hours/day) once every few months. I was still able to be promoted to next level in less than two years. 2. Management is really a hit or miss. And this is true to ALL the companies I believe. When you have a healthy management chain up to VP level as I do, your manager, skip level manager care about you as an individual contributor. 3. Minimum politics you have to hear about. At least among the SDEs I know, there's no politics in their work. 4. You are the owner. Instead of having multiple people owning same project like what I've experienced in other tech companies, at Amazon you are the owner of your project. You get all the credits for the good things you've done and no one can take it away from you. You own the COEs when you make mistakes, learn and grow from your mistake is a very healthy way to your growth (and promotion). 5. Trust me, as long as you are capable, Amazon is the place for you to shine. If you are not that solid on your skills, learn in the hard way. You will be very capable and confident even if you decide to try other career opportunities. Amazon is not a good fit for you if you are not capable, not curious on learning. You will feel there's no work-life balance since you cannot deliver.","1. Still we do not provide free lunch. But comparing to the company growth (stock), do you still care about 200 bucks for lunch every month? Also, you know nothing is free unless you earn it. This is super helpful if you want to grow to a leader or start your own business. Do not be tricked by just free stuff and feel like contributing your whole life to the company which just treats you a little better. 2. You do not get free prime membership just because you're fulltime employee. Think in this way, Amazon has 400k+ employees, there'll be a revolution if the company gives only some of its employees free membership.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13687,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work - depending on which team you're in,"I love the flexibility of working hours and location, as well as the level of top leadership engagement on my program, as well as big ideas that can come from anywhere in the company. The innovation here is astounding. The facilities (buildings, kitchens, quiet spaces, mother's rooms...) are world class and safety oriented.  I have worked in the Customer Service (CS) and Finance Teams as well as a ""pilot"" group in the Retail organization. Working in the CS and Finance Teams was a great experience with strong leadership that cares about its people and teams that work together to accomplish great things.  There are tons of opportunities to learn and to contribute to changing the way the world does things.","Across the teams I've worked on, I have found that people sink a LOT of time into preparing for reviews. This is good from the perspective that the reviews generate solid discussion and drive decisions and actions, but challenging from the perspective that you could literally spend all of your time preparing for reviews and not accomplish anything else because of the level of perfection expected from leaders at all levels of the business.  Negotiate hard when you join because your pay raises after that will be basically a raise for inflation + stock.  The org structure is very flat, so there's very few level promotions that any particular person can achieve. People who were senior leaders at their previous company usually come into mid-leadership roles at Amazon, which strikes everyone I've spoken to about this as very strange. That said, I have observed a LOT of promotions in the Finance organization and have extreme respect for the Finance Leadership Team.  From a team perspective, based on my experience in a Retail ""pilot"" team, and also from anecdotes from friends who work in Fulfillment, operations teams at Amazon are highly stressful and very fast-paced. I stayed in the ""pilot"" team, which was a start-up for a new concept Bezos had come up, with for five miserable months (in 2016) before asking my manager to support me in changing to a new role. He did, and now I am in the best job I have ever had in my life. As a data point for the ""revolving door"", only four of the 12 people who were on that team when I started are still on that team and the team has been in existence for a total of two years. When the infamous NYT article came out, I talked with friends in the Fulfillment Team and asked if they identified with anything in that article (because I identified with only a little bit of it at the time), and they said that they ""identify with everything in that article.""",Figure out how to show your employees that they are important.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13688,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fine experience in warehouse,Working in fulfillment center is straightforward. Tasks are repetitive but meeting performance standards isn't difficult. Very flexible time off benefits.,High turnover of management leads to frequent need for positive first impressions and difficulty gaining more diverse training.,Slow to incorporate associate feedback when reorganizing work areas.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13689,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Receptionist,Great place to work,"great benefits, great hours, fun and diverse work","sometimes boring, can get repetitive",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P587.htm
13690,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Receptionist,Great place to work,"great benefits, great hours, fun and diverse work","sometimes boring, can get repetitive",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13691,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Tier III Process Assistant,Fun but demanding,"The people and the benefits are awesome! Lots of room for development and growth within the company. With a good attitude, opportunities will come up!","High demands, high expectations, sometimes unrealistic. A lot of politics within the warehouse. Sometimes overlooked for new grads instead of developing/promoting the people they have.",Find ways to make your employees have a sense of urgency!,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13692,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Working seasonal job at Amazon,Amazon treated their employees very well.,Needed a few extra minutes to get to break room.,Good Job,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13693,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Hard working and fast paced work environment.,"Great developmental opportunities, great pay and really understanding when it comes to time off, you will get to work with very intelligent and competent peers that will help you to get to the next level.","No work life balance, you can’t really do anything outside of work after work during your work week. Very high stress and set unrealistic expectations.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13694,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some Teams are Better Than Others,"Some incredible people, some horrendous middle management.",Bureaucracy and red tape galore.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13695,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointing to say the least,You can put Amazon on your resume. You work with some really smart people.,NO process. Chaotic. There is not ability to say no to the science teams so you are constantly trying to pull off a miracle. The job is barely explained to you during the interview process so won't necessarily know what you are doing until its too late. The work load isn't scalable...I currently have project scoped out at 100 hrs a week which was brought down from 165 and I was supposed to be thankful for that.  Constant finger pointing amongst different organizations when issues arise. TOXIC.,Revamp the job descriptions and title. Hire the right people for what the job REALLY is. Do not take people away from good jobs to come and do demeaning work that causes career regression.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13696,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Most area managers don't care about yoy,"Benefits, RSU, that's really about it for the pros of this place",Some area managers and pa' s hold you back from advancing,Stop holding people back Candy!,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13697,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,The warehouses suck,Competitive pay for warehouse work Good benefits More off days per week,"Management doesn't really care about your success Policies change too frequently to be truly successful Warehouse has extremely limited opportunity for advancement (Just like the military, crap rolls down hill, and here it has extra grease)",Don't fix something that isn't broken. Creating a cycle of bad policy changes will have an effect on productivity in a negative way.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13698,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,"Good not good, got to decide","Good pay, 4 days of wprk",Long hours of work standing position,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13699,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service,good company,shift flexibility. great team leads.,not enough time to notate accts,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P588.htm
13700,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Central Operations Associate,Central Operations Associate,Good teamwork may be a little confusing for the new joinees,"Disorganized training, very confusing for the first few days you will be lost. You have to help yourself.",Needs more structure/organization to the new employees,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13701,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work At Amazon,1. Good exposure to high end technology 2. Excellent learning experience 3. Boost to your overall profile,"1. Pays lesser that other tech firms like Google, Facebook, MS",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13702,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Watch out...,What pros? The blisters? Backaches? The crappy disorganized management and snarky HR girls?,"Worked as a picker. Was hired as a seasonal employee and was offered conversion after only two weeks because my rate stayed above 100% consistently. The following week after converting, I got sick. Like, really sick. Had a fever, sweating profusely, the whole nine. I spoke with the management desk and told them I felt like I was going to pass out up there and felt dizzy and disoriented. I stayed until I couldn't handle it anymore, and eventually went home 4 hours early. The next week, I go in and they call me to HR. They wanted to know why I left 4 hours early and I tell them what happened and also told them I had talked with management about it that day. They fired me right then. I actually laughed! I asked the HR girl, ""So you are telling me that if I had stayed up there and passed out and left in an ambulance, I would still have a job?"" She just stared at me with this dumb look on her face and I couldn't help but laugh. You see people reviewing all the time about how they don't care about their employees, but its seriously true. They don't give a crap at all about you as a person, you are a number and a rate percentage. I've never been fired in my life, and then get walked out of this place for leaving four hours early with a fever. The HR girl tells me as she's walking me out that I should reapply. Lmfao! Nope, nope nope. Worst part is that I used to love shopping Amazon. Now, every time I do, I feel a little guilty about funding these A-holes knowing that a poorly paid picker will be running around putting my order together, almost like I'm funding slave labor.",Stop treating people like this. Seriously. And do something about the break situation. You guys KNOW that the break situation is BS.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13703,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Good pay, good people, and good facilities",50 hour work weeks during peak season,Great job!,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13704,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon warehouse associate,Easy work. No experience required.,No cons I can think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13705,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fulfillment center work environment,"Pay weekly, flexible hours, growth opportunities",On feet all day fast paced all shift,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13706,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Ship Dock Associate,It's ok,"Benefits, full time job, no interview, stock",There is a high turnover rate and you have to wait 2 years for stock to vest. HR seems to be trigger happy to fire associates and are more against you than looking to help you.,Change the time-off policy to where the associates aren't in control of all their time off,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13707,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Stylist,"Burn out is real, but the benefits are substantial.","401k match (but a limited amount), stock incentives, multiple healthcare packages, personal leave options, and the impression Amazon makes on a resume can't be denied.","Depending on what branch of the organization you're in, it could be completely disorganized, and a team could've been functioning (surviving) without a manager or lead for months, or rapid turn over of management for years. This can be really toxic to the overall workplace culture. I've seen multiple different locations operate very uniquely, some really positively, some very cliquey, and some really negative. Consistency and alignment is strived for, but no matter what something always misses the mark and each branch/location feels like a separate country. Also, promotions are very rare as it is an extremely difficult process (both for employee and manager) to make it happen. Hence why turn over is so high, because people get frustrated and leave when they feel like they have no ability to grow to a higher rank after 2-3 years.","There's no denying Amazon has the greatest customer experience in all of retail, but I just want to ask all of management- what would it look like if you started treating your employees as well as your customers? How much stronger of a company could it be if retention and healthy workplace culture were prioritized as much as productivity and cost savings? People don't appreciate being treated like machines, and until you're finlly able to replace all of us with them, I recommend you care more deeply about your most valuable resource- your employees.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13708,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Allows you to dive into areas outside of your core role.,Growing so fast it is hard to have quality management.,Promote to people managers more carefully.,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13709,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,benefits and three days off,walking 10 hours a day,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P589.htm
13710,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,benefits and three days off,walking 10 hours a day,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13711,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,prime now associate,they pay above minimum wage pick your own schedule little to no manager supervision,management is terrible and has no sense of direction or communication HR is always turning over they underman shifts,open up communications stop changing the operating systems every month,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13712,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's okay for the moment,"Weekly pay, good schedule options","HR can be a hassle to get help from, can't work over 30 hours, being on a shift with people who aren't hard workers (which will result in you doing a lot of work on your own). Promises of rotation in work duties that are rarely fulfilled. Scan rates can be hard to maintain for a multitude of reasons that they don't want to listen to",none,3.0,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13713,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Stower,The salary would have to be the best in my opinion especially on holidays when you recive almost double pay.,Hours for me are just horrible I really have no time for sleep so nights to me are just super horrible.,Train the new hire better,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13714,amazon,"Chesterfield, VA"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Amazon,Get benefits a good workout and you can take classes for freee,Night shift is a killer especially with little ones always on your feet breaks aren't long enough,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13715,amazon,"Teterboro, NJ"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate 1,"Fast - Paced, Fun environment. Lots if moving pieces for growth with jobs opening up for those who seek higher levels of management",Sometimes can be alone while working during busier times. Management does all that it can but at times more manpower may be needed,Learn to better understand what the employees need as far as help goes. Limit the amount of people who are put to work alone while busy,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13716,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,RLD Project Manager,"innovative, creative, challenging and fun!",worst health insurance EVER - aetna and EXPRESS SCRIPTS. the bureaucracy is so bad that my health is being further damaged - amazon you can do better!,get rid of aetna!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13717,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,opportunity to learn new tech,Work balance is not very good,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13718,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to develop your skills and have an impact,"Smart people, challenging work, opportunities to make an impact with your work, and pick up a number of skills as you go. The company is very diverse in terms of industries, projects and management styles. It is very easy to move within the company -- this helps people to find work they're passionate about and team they enjoy.",Inconsistent management style from team to team (it's hit or miss). That being said there's no lack of good managers. Self-reliant culture sometimes goes too far. Providing more support to employees especially in the beginning of their tenure can help improve productivity and happiness level.,More training. Better management consistency.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13719,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Working with motivated individuals that are passionated about finance,"Long work hours, holidays",N/a,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P590.htm
13720,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Fast paced, Smart people, Continuous learning",Smart people Never a day when I don’t learn something new Opportunities to work for some of the game changing teams Your work would have a great impact Encourages to Fail and learn Machine learning university Exciting and challenging work,Perks could improve overall The headquarters area in Seattle is getting very expensive. Sometimes tends to under hire new folks,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13721,amazon,"Clarksville, IN"," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Wharehouse,ok,pay time off LOA benifits,`over time co workers hours,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13722,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review for San Bernardino SNA5,It's nice if you like a job where you can stay active.,"The location I was hired at was ran like a prison. I worked at the sort center area scanning boxes and if I (or anyone else) stopped for a minute to ask another employee a question, a manager would be all over us telling us to get back to work. You're not allowed to use the restroom without asking a manager first. Sometimes they didn't have enough scanners around for all the employees, which was nerve-racking because we had a rate to meet every day and if we couldn't find a scanner we couldn't meet the rate. If a pallet of boxes fell over and we had to stop to re-stack them, we'd get asked by management later why we had ""time off task"" AKA we stopped scanning boxes for a few minutes. To put the icing on top of the cake, I was told that as a seasonal worker, if I showed up on time, didn't call off, and met my rate I would have the opportunity to become an official employee, not just seasonal. Never showed up late or called off (not once) and met my rate every day and still got let go after 3 months.","Remember that your staff, including the well underpaid managers, are human beings. I've worked at other Amazon warehouse locations and have been completely happy with them.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13723,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,HR at Schertz SAT-1 location sucks,Good pay and benefits available,Rates are unrealistic and if you don't meet them they will fire you.,"Fix the rate system. It is so unrealistic.  Get an HR team that is in the employees corner rather than just there. I had a HR employee from Schertz,TX location reach out to me to tell me that I was -10 hours UPT and to email them back to discuss. I emailed them back and now am 2 days from when I got the email and I am on shift day. I didn't receive notice of a shift that I was supposed to work and they claim that it was there before lunch and when I check Sunday morning it said I was off. They are very unresponsive and they aren't in any employees corners. I am over them and I am assuming that I am gonna get fired when I go in for shift tonight.",1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13724,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prepare to sweat,"Steady pay, sometimes they give food.","Can hurt your back, sweaty job",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13725,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Easy hire process Holiday pay Opportunities for advancement,Conflicting instructions from managers Management too focused on numbers and not their employees,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13726,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouseman,Fulfillment Associate,Decent pay and benefits are good,Peak seasons and mandatory overtime sucks,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13727,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Erratic,Great tools for development Developers given a free hand to develop,Development philosophy is messed up. They get interns to do a lot of new projects and seniors are left handling the bugs of these. And they are erratic all over in their return offer process.,Get your priorities straight. You desperately need Jeff B to come back to guide you.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13728,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great and safe enviorment,Friendly workers and managers. Good first pay Great training Safety is a priority Workers are happy,Pay is too low even for someone their for 3 plus years.,Nothing supportive team,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13729,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long commute...love the benefits,The benefit package is fantastic!,So far...I love this job!,"Consistency, please!",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P591.htm
13730,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good,Hours are there. Can work 2 extra days to OT. One day is mandatory OT. Benefits starting day 1. Can't complain about that.,-10 hour shifts -Standing up the whole shift,Don't over do it.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13731,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Head of Sales,More bureaucracy than you'd think,"Fast, growth, compensation are great.","There is a lot of bureaucracy to get things done and a lot of churn created by posturing as a result of leadership principles. Great in theory and many who use them to improve all those around them. However there are a lot of individuals who manipulate them for personal gain, politicking. Leadership can't always tell the difference.",Pay attention to your 6s and 7s. They have the pulse on the business. Don't be too ivory tower to get in the trenches,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13732,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Log your schedule and days you work for PROOF,VERY friendly staff gives the employee breathing room if you need to take a day off etc very understanding supervisors,pay does not add up to what you are told you will be getting paid,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13733,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,terrible inhuman work culture,"Technology, technology, technology, technology, and only technology","Bullying culture, too political to breath in. Treated like robots. Horrible middle management. People typically leave bad managers who micromanage all the time",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13734,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast-paced environment, really smart people",fast-paced environment and really smart people,Work life balance is not easy to maintain,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13735,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Bad,The stock is a big plus.,Has a Unprofessional Human Resources Department.,none,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13736,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Day one at Amazon and loving it,Innovation is everywhere and the leadership principles are not just on the wall they are in the every day workplace. I have complete independence to create whatever makes sense for my customer aligning to our customer obsession principle. The people I engage with at Amazon are incredibly bright and eager to do the right thing.,My area of Amazon (AWS) is going so quickly that sometimes resourcing can take longer than I would like in a customer obsessed world. Again because of the fast growth at times people come in from other areas and do not take the time to absorb the culture and become truly Amazonian.,Make sure we insist on ramping time to ensure we keep the Amazon culture.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13737,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Fantastic place to work--if you're a culture fit,"-They really live out their leadership principles -Lots of opportunity for career development inside the company -They value efficiency and impact in work, which makes you feel valued","The culture is very distinctive, which is part of what keeps Amazon strong. This isn't a downside if you fit (like me), but it's something you should be aware of going in.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13738,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,"I HATED it! Jackonville,FL Airport",12.00 is decent not enough for all the work but because alot of entry level people have never made that much. Good selection in breakroom to buy. If you happen to be placed at a station by someone cool it will make the day go by faster but if you're in between two antisocial ppl the day will be quiet and boring.,Ugh. Managers and supervisors don't care about you. Favoritism is very high at this warehouse. If you quiet or the supervisor don't like you then you will never advance. They make you clock out on the 4th floor knowing it takes 5-7 mins to walk down four flight of stairs to the breakroom. Phones don't work AT ALL in the building so you have to go outside to make a call. All the supervisors do is worry about promoting themselves never the crew. You have pallets of boxes after boxes to stow at 250 units per min!! in at a 10 sec rate. No eating on work floor although you are working 3 hrs straight like a lab rat in between 2 short breaks. It's just overwhelming. No Thanks.,Build your team up. Give everyone a chance not just the ones you pick. We are all talented. People feel as if they are insignificant and don't matter. Give out more Amazon bucks. Reward us for good work once in a while.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13739,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sorter,Positive atmosphere to work in,"Not enough hours, always cutting hours",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P592.htm
13740,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Stow,Don't do it too much just for a job,Benefits on day 1,They Expect to much very inconsiderate two people who have children and just switch your time while working and tell you to check your work hours the workers over you a very rude and disorganized no one knows how to do their job right and the managers over you are very nasty and feel they can talk to you any type of way and the excuse that that they use is there fresh out of college just cuz they're fresh out of college doesn't give them a right to be nasty two people I think they need to hire someone with experience for the position,I think they need to put people know how to do the air job in HR in in the manager managers positions that know how to do that job and as the managers think they need to put managers who know how to do their job and have people skills amongst others and I think they need to give people with children more further notice and have more accommodations for people with children who have babysitters and children in school I don't think that they should be able to change your schedule while you're working and thinking you're working one shift to find out it was changed as you're working I think that's very wrong,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13741,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,The only thing I can think of is the price of the insurance,Employees are just a number and unimportant,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13742,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Management,"High Standards, Rewarding Work","I've worked at Amazon for over a year now and really like it. Exceptionally smart people are the norm. The overall approach to creatively inventing ways around obstacles is refreshing -- my coworkers aren't routinely defeated by operational challenges. The pace of change is fast, which is also refreshing. When projects don't go as planned, we have thoughtful conversations about what we learned and will do differently going forward. It's a very pragmatic, rational approach to getting great work done, and I find that this resonates well with how I am wired. People expect that you will provide feedback regularly on how they can better embody Amazon's 14 Leadership Principles, and also expect that you can handle feedback in a mature manner. This means problems are addressed and can be fixed, and helps to avoid a culture of grumbling where people aren't satisfied but no one will take action to solve an issue. There are very big opportunities to tackle, which is exciting if you like building things.","As an employee at Amazon, you need to be able to set work/life boundaries and communicate those clearly to your leadership chain. In my organization, that is respected. But it's clear that you have to set those boundaries yourself -- if you do not, you will continue to get asked to produce and will run the risk of overworking yourself on projects that probably aren't the most critical. Amazon is not a belief-driven company, it is very pragmatic. If you have a belief in an idea, you will likely get the opportunity to pilot it, but if you can't deliver data, quickly, to show that it works, the company isn't likely to stick with it for a long period of time. This can make it harder (although not impossible) to get buy-in for more controversial ideas that have a longer-term path to success.","Spend more time celebrating wins, the culture is so focused on uncovering weak spots and correcting them that management often forgets to reward or acknowledge successes. Invest more in diversity programs.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13743,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Territory Account Manager,Territory Account Manager,AWS is an outstanding technology with the full force of Amazon's brand recognition driving customer adoption. Highly driven and smart group that is open to leading with the best ideas versus seniority. High pay is also a major plus.,Lots of competing internal goals and projects to focus on. Need to be able to discern what priorities really matter. Expectation is that new hires start with the tools they need to complete their job. Can be great for some hires and overwhelming to others.,I'm lucky to have a great manager. I've seen others that were lateral hires that might not have the internal know how needed to empower their employees. Keep promoting from within to hire managers that have mastery in the core job expectations.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13744,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Researcher,No-drama workplace,"The people I have worked with in 1.5 years at Amazon are good collaborators. They are engaged, principled, and candid. People at Amazon take responsibility for their mistakes, give credit where it is due, and find ways to make those around them successful. People here don't seem to complain ever, they just identify what can be made better and make it happen.","You have to set your own boundaries if you want work/life balance. There is support for having balance, but no one will make you set limits.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13745,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,"So far, best company I have ever worked at","Strong culture, lots of new people, encourages new ideas, truly obsessed with customers, walks the walk not just talks to the talk","Intense environment, can be too fast paced for some, everything is in a constant state of flux",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13746,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Specialist,Amazon Robotics FC,TEAM concept. Respect for all. Challenging the individual to be better. Great benefits and salary. Room for growth. Face paced.,Needs more experienced mentors to coach and lead younger employees. More training for younger supervisors who have never lead people before.,Continue on path. Build on leadership concepts. Teach no one way is a perfect way but a tool to build on.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13747,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,The Best Place for Growth,"Amazon is the most dynamic company I have ever seen. Though the company is one of the biggest in the technology domain, it is still agile. Every day is the opportunity to build new things and learn.",The pace never slows down. There is a burnout risk.,Convenient gym options needed around or in the office.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13748,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Receiving,Inbound/Non-Inventory,$17.50/hr MSP1 BHN  Great friends can be made here. This warehouse will develop your character and professionalism in its own way.,"Lots of hours. Can be very physical at times, but the more efficient you become, you learn how to work smarter not harder.","Keep your subordinates focused on a goal. ""Eyes on the prize""",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13749,amazon,"Lisle, IL"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate opinion,"Easy work, overnight shifts, fun people",Terrible communication with management and unsafe equipment,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P593.htm
13750,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,I feel taken care of and values,"Amazon provides a good salary and good benefits, with lots of opportunity to move up in the company. I feel supported from my team and supervisors. I feel confident in my job security and am proud to be a part of such a successful company","I often feel like number and not an individual, and am unable to be creative in my current role or think outside of the box. My time is all accounted for and I don’t feel like an adult who is trusted to get their work done. The scope of my specific job is uninteresting and treated like busy work without much satisfaction.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13751,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,They offer benefits from day one and a willing to work with you on the days you need. Not to many places like this.,This is a work out for someone trying to get a workout. It is very physical and very fast paced . So if you are lazy . This not for you.,Keep listening to your employees and you will keep growing. I know at times this not always happen.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13752,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and you have promising days ahead aif you work here.,You can move up fast if you put in the hard work,You have to work ten hour days,yes,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13753,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The option to no opinion on refer a friend wasn't on there. 3.8/5,"The pay, Benefits, Paid time off.","If you mind working 11 1/2 hours, you might not like this job, as well as if you can't meet their rate after probation period is over you might not stay there long.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13754,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,"Weekly Pay, Hourly Pay,","Management, Tedious work, co-workers,","Take control of who's the manager and who's the employee, some managers do not know what they're doing!",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13755,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Great Place to Work!,"- You learn a lot. - Challenged everyday. - You meet people who are smart, driven, and engaging.  Note: Amazon has a high hiring bar, so the people who make it through are 9 times out of 10 fully functional/non-crazy/more balanced/self-aware people. That means a lot of the people here are cool and you want to be friends with them outside of work.","- You HAVE to advocate for yourself. You cannot expect to do work and keep your head down and then suddenly get promoted. You need to tell your manager that you want a promotion. You need to talk to important people so that they'll vouch for you. You need to find interesting things to work on. This can be challenging because you're solving both your work problems AND your general career problems. - Getting started here can be difficult because you'll need to ask for help while balancing the fact that everyone is busy and that you have to be mindful of their time as well. The newbies who come in and schedule 1 hour long meetings with their teammates every week are going to wear out their welcome quick. - Lots of moving parts and priorities change constantly, which means the thing you're working really hard on today could be obsolete tomorrow and you'll have to pivot accordingly. Not really a con as much as nature of the business.  Note: Personality fit at Amazon is pretty important. Two types of people do not get crushed or burnt out over time: fighters who like to constantly run into challenges or people who are genuinely interested and curious about their problem space. The one thing that both of these people need is ability to connect with their coworkers and be able to ask for help. That's the only way to make the impossible possible.","Don't be purely self-serving. Put yourself in your team's shoes and do your best to genuinely help them. This will make you more valuable to your team and your peers. Sit down and get into the details with your team. Be prepared, always predict issues your subordinates care about and try to have next steps and solutions prepared.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13756,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Challenging and Rewarding,One of the goals of work should be to improve and grow. There are lots of smart people at Amazon and you will undoubtedly stretch yourself and fill in gaps that may have previously been missing. You will be better equipped for other professional endeavors by working at Amazon.,"Job correlation and Pay. You may be a director in your current role, but be prepared to take a slight downgrade if you want to join the Amazon Team.","Build. Harness Positivity, and engage with employees regularly",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13757,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,The most peculiar employer I've had in 25 years,"Internally very data-driven Office/org politics are rare and generally boil down to what maximizes customer benefit, not silly posturing over positions. Deep and broad knowledge base within the talent pool Continuous opportunities to learn and grow Adherence to Amazon Leadership Principles isn't just lip service Employees can move around freely to find teams/projects they are excited about","Employees can move around freely to find teams/projects they are excited about Operational overhead can be high and constant, for some services Promotion bar is consistently high, can be tough to get beyond mid-level positions in engineering and management.","Increase granularity in senior roles, allow more transparent paths for career progression and encourage management to develop people rather than insisting people develop themselves.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13758,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HARD WORK,"Immediate benefits, independent working environment, I have no further pros to add!","Long hours, physically demanding, no time to use the restroom! Every minute is monitored and posted on the board after each working segment.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13759,amazon,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Established company with High visibility name recognition,"Hours unstable,,,Facility not employee friendly..","Extremely large bldg,,,,no rest room facility or Break room facility except on South end of Bldg and management adament about break no more than 15 minutes, so walk from north end to facilities and back takes almost 5 minutes of the break",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P594.htm
13760,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - French/English Driver Support,French/English Driver support,Work from home. No gaz.,"Very low salary $10 / hour. Unbelievable that we get pay so low although we have to work with 2 languages. Hours are crazy, have to adjust working time to European countries which means basically always working in the night for long hour all that with low salary. The training also need to be adjust. There is no clear line to build a career there. It is more like a side hustle money as even with a university degree it is not clear to know how progress in the company.",Recognize bilingualism and pay accordingly. Adjust training to reality.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13761,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,a job but treated as a number,no advancement traffic young managers,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13762,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,met some cool people there,"Management needs to be better. Incentivize, don't criticize workers because your numbers are low",find new management?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13763,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"The hours here was amazing, shifts were consist and overtime was lovely, i wouldn't mind going back","Some not all, but some of the staff treat you like trash",Keep up the good work but work on how some others talk to your employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13764,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,"More Hours, Benefits, Weekly pay","Long Shifts, Bad place for breaks",Start Part-time jobs for kids in school,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13765,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,"Fulfillment Services = Long hours, hard work","Biggest pro is how easy it is to get into Amazon Fulfillment services. There's no interview, and as long as you tell them what they want to hear on the personality review, you'll get a warehouse job.","Lots of mandatory overtime, dusty work environment, little freedom, you can't take your phone inside the facility, sometimes the expected production rates are unrealistically high, and it can be both boring and stressful.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13766,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"The pay is nice for a teenager, fresh out of high school.",Hard during busy seasons to keep up,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13767,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Amazon,"Good salary, flexible hours, helpful coworkers","Stressful, poor management, leadership principles",Better communication,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13768,amazon,"Dinwiddie, VA"," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Real story about fulfilment jobs,Taking anyone who applies. Good orientation,They beat you till you can't work anymore..they give no training then fire you after season done..,Start treating people like their humans. Stop firing all employees over 50. Listen to the employees and start listening ..your turnover is the worse of all companies I have ever seen..  Love to talk to you about what is going on in virginia,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13769,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work!,"It's so inspiring to work with so many intelligent, hard working people who are truly invested in making great products and services for people around the globe.",Working in a high growth business may result in periods where there is a gap between resources and demand.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P595.htm
13770,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Marketing Manager,"Best Company to work for, excellent team and great new technology",Constantly changing business . Have to work in holiday season,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13771,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - AWS Sales,"Amazon is an adventure, make the most of it to grow yourself exponentially","Intense, passionate co-workers who will push you to deliver your very best each day on behalf of our customers. The opportunity to pioneer and build something that didn't exist before, a rare opportunity at this scale in any industry. Work backwards from the customer's needs/challenges to solve their problems without constraining yourself and unleashing your ability to Think Big",Amazon offers numerous opportunities to work on all sorts of interesting things - keeping yourself in check with your work/life ratio that works for you at each phase of your professional life is critical.,"Continue to stay true to the Amazon Leadership Principles. Promote and grow talent internally. Keep the bar exceptionally high, especially for external hires in senior positions that are new to the Amazon culture.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13772,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Love working here, fantastic work environment.",Nothing negative to share at the moment,NOne,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13773,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working in Amazon,- Great place to learn new technologies - Close connection with business objectives and end customer satisfaction,- Operational issues and oncalls,- Better task prioritization,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13774,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,1. Good teammates 2. Good pay 3. Challenging tasks,Can't think of any cons right now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13775,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist - not for the weak or average individual,- Opportunity to run a large multi-million dollar business at a generally relatively young age - Leadership will work with you to gear side projects towards your long-term career interests - Incredible learning opportunity - WFH is possible occasionally - You can bring your dog to work - Everyone is incredibly smart and it is nice to constantly work around intelligent individuals,"- The environment is aggressive with many competing priorities and no one willing to deprioritize anything. It feels like you've gone to a boxing match and must compete in every ring. - Expect to work long days and even weekends with no sympathy or recognition from peers or managers. - Expect to have your manager drop off projects due at 9am on Monday on a Friday at 5pm. - Weekly meetings where you will get called out on random problems and ripped apart if you don't know every aspect of your business, which is impossible to do because it is so large. - You will be given a ""side role"" which is expected to take up half of your time. This is great for career development but also horrible because you now have a second job that you never signed up for and are expected to perform the duties of your normal role in 20 hours or less (most likely less because meetings will take up half your time). - People do cry occasionally.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13776,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,Mandatoey overtime which is good for those that want to work themselves to death.,Repetitive work and everyone wants to be a manager,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13777,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,Decent benefits. Great way for introduction to leadership. Very basic principles.,I can be here all day. Senior management does not value having a life. Literally.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13778,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Associate,"Lots of dull work, No room for advancement","Good benefits, for very cheap. Air conditioning.","Management that has no sense of direction, and they don't understand the basic processes that their employees use. They won't listen to your ideas or concerns and won't address problems until they absolutely have to. Boring, repetitive work. They count your paid breaks against your rate.",Listen to your employees when they have problems. Learn the processes that are used to do the work. Be more humble.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13779,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ok, but not the best",Easy work Good pay to competition,Some managers are inept I don't feel valued,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P596.htm
13780,amazon,"Saint Louis, MO"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Okay Job,Good Pay Part time hours Nice clean enviroment,Hard to advance Quota is EVERYTHING managers untrained,Follow through on what your employees are asking,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13781,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker,fast pace. flexible hours. good excersice,management just wants you to pump up your number so they can ahead in there carreer,treat ppl better,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13782,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Oct 15, 2017",Former Employee - Process Guide,"Easy Work, No PAy Raises","Easy work, flexible hours, laid back","no room to move up, no pay raises, management has favorites",Appreciate your employees,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13783,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 15, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfilment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,They give a lot hours and lots more during peak seasons.,Spend most time wishing to VTO sadly. Bleak environment. Robotic like structure. Although warehouse work is well warehouse labor industry wide.,The bleak environment needs a revolution. It's sad that most emoployees only smile when the chance to VTO.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13784,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Sales Associate,Pays the Bills,Friendly people to work with. The hours are very flexible and excellent for a part-time position.,"The training is poor, and injuries are common. The work is very tedious, and not very stimulating.","Standardize the training, and retrain the ambassadors. They give conflicting advice and leave new hires confused. Additionally, they should practice more effective stretching and pallet building exercises.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13785,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"High Pressure, High Reward","Amazon is incredibly frugal. Teams have very minimal resources and yet own significant pieces of functionality. My team, in particular, owns a significant feature within the mobile application that millions of customers interact with every day. Because of that, I’ve had the chance to deliver products of significant complexity and high visibility.  Amazon is also a very flat organization in which you own your own career progression. From my experience, that’s been a huge plus.","On-call and Operations rotations can be pretty stressful. My team owns a Tier 1 service that is responsible for a rather large potion of Amazon’s business and we are completely responsible for the upkeep as operations of this service, meaning that someone from my two-pizza team must always be on-call for this service.  There is always a lot of work to be done. It can be kind of overwhelming at times.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13786,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reaching for the clouds!,Work along side the best of the best. Having the opportunity to work for a company who says they are customer obsessed and truly mean it. Delivering technology and services that change people's lives for the better. Growth opportunities in every direction.,"If you transition in from another company or industry that works a little slower, it can be a bit overwhelming at first to see the speed and agility of how things move. Luckily you will hear your team mates and collueges offer there help or answer your questions.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13787,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse,Good hours.. You only have to work 4 days out of the week.,Only three breaks out of the shift...,They were willing to work with you.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13788,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Totally depends on the manager. I don't have a good one,"Get to learn a lot, good tools easily accessible, and like I said other teams are good. The manager decided how bad or good your work life will be",Poor manager feedback system. No way to trust anyone in giving feedback. Highly political atmosphere in the team. Lost in the sea,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13789,amazon,"Tolleson, AZ"," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Quitting asap,"Helpful, Friendly coworkers Very good benefits","Exhausting Get burnt out quickly Either you love your managers or hate them Peak season sucks HR is terrible at their job, am meant to only be working 28 hours a week for 3 months for medical reasons, even got a doctor to fill out their paperwork and they only put it into effect for two weeks and scheduled me to work 38 hours one of those weeks DO NOT offer to train for another position unless you want moved around all the time Way to repetitive Have yet to meet a SINGLE person who likes working here During peak good luck getting VTO even though there will hardly be enough work for everyone. You'll get to stay for 11 hours, 6 days a week and be getting written up, moved around, and sent to clean up trash because there is no work to do. It gets depressing fast During peak some of the managers are incredibly rude for no reason",Do something to make workers actually look forward to coming and want to continue working there. The pay and benefits isn't enough to keep people anymore.,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P597.htm
13790,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Amazon Experience,Ever changing environment with opportunity to grow but must not stay in one spot for too long. Always look to move on to a new site.,non management consistency - a lot of change without clear mechanisms to withstand the change over in management leaves forchallenging associate and manager experience,prepare to be overwhelmed and hit the ground running,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13791,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Will run you like a dog,"The benefits are excellent (healthcare, 401K, bonuses), and the best part is, you get them on day 1. Also, they grant voluntary time off when it is slow. Beautiful, comfortable facility, free coffee.","You are expected to run like a dog. Ten hour shifts with two ten minute breaks and a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. I felt like I couln't even go to the bathroom without getting spoken to about ""time off task."" You literally have to sprint the whole day to ""make rate."" Also, they insist on mandatory overtime during peak season (60 hour work weeks).","None at this time, they have found a niche and are exploiting it to the max. No shortage of folks willing to kill themselves for $13 an hour.",1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13792,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Legal Assistant,Better than anticipated,"I was pleasently surprised how engaging and strength-focused my team has been. Since day one, I've been included in conversations that I feel like I have little reason being in beyond simply building and developing my own strengths and understanding of the overall business. Amazon is very much focused on the leadership principles and propelling new hires into their desired careers. Once you are in the door, you are 'one of the best' and they just want you to find the best fit for your abilities and desires.",The business has been growing so rapidly that few processes are relevant for more than a few years. Amazon needs to find ways to ensure that process improvements are being carried out constantly and recorded! Quality of life for employees at all levels can be improved by an investment of this kind.,Explore new scaling strategies!,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13793,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and bad,"Flexible working arrangements, less work than asia companies, challenging work, colleagues are smart.",A lot depends on your manager. Some people seems to like boot licking and some managers don't seem to manage that very well.,Walk the ground more and see what's happening,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13794,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon life,Guarantee 40 hours Monthly bonuses Paid time off and vacation,Long hours Short breaks Physical labor,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13795,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Technology Manager,Technology at scale!,- Competitive salary - Intelligent coworkers - Technology exposure,"- If you do not have a thick skin, you will have trouble mainitaing good work life balance - Amazon is a HUGE company with large number of smaller orgs. Thus, everything is based on the individual teams and their leadership.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13796,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BI Engineer,"If you like growth through struggle and constant learning, then definitely a Pro",Shared internal data analysis resources are limited in capacity and bandwidth (can take forever to pull data),none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13797,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,System Engineer,Data driven and Customer focused makes decision making easy.,Moves at a fast pace.,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13798,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative but frutatingly frugal,"Most innovative company. Lot of interesting projects. Flexible work hours, Work from home.",Lesser pay. Not a top notch benefits. Frugality is applied only on low level employees.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13799,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Engagement Abundance of Resources Positive Culture Create your own development path Growth and Development,Work Life Balance can be tough to manage the first few months,Create a Standard on board training program for all Managers,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P598.htm
13800,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Happily surprised by the positivity and support,"The company is really energetic and supportive of creativity, and my colleagues get things done. Leaders can be convinced to change their minds if you put together a good case.","A lot of strong-willed people, so if you want something, you have to be able to speak up. That intensity is a positive for me, but for some personalities it would be too hard.","Think about how people with different personalities and communication styles can contribute to the Amazon culture. If someone is uncomfortable speaking up in large meetings, they might still have valuable thoughts.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13801,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Busy Warehouses,"Fantastic benefits for the work that is performed. Opportunities for internal advancement, both seasonal and permanent. College classes offered in the warehouse, free CDL courses.",Long hours. Night shift gets the short end of the stick on holidays due to working overnight. HR Ops can have loose lips.,Ask the employees how they can improve their work instead of constructing silly stations.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13802,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Awesome,"high energy, fast pace envirnoment",you hate yourself on ur day off,don't stop,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13803,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job I've ever had,"I've worked in tech for nearly 10 years now and Amazon is the best place I have ever worked. There are sources of info online that say Amazon has a poor work life balance, but I haven't found that to be the case at all.","I'm getting to the point in my life where I'd like to live outside of a major city, or at least on the outskirts, but that isn't possible unless I wanted a massive commute to SLU. Most wouldn't consider this a con, but Amazon's campus is located right in the middle of downtown Seattle. For now I'm living in downtown Seattle and my walk to work takes 10 mins.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13804,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Product Manager,Senior Product Manager Technical,So much to learn. Things move fast as it feels like a startup.,The size of the company sometimes make it harder to initiate projects.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13805,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,"An AWESOME place to work for some, but not all!","+Culture, prevalence of the leadership principles +Internal Transfer Program (you can transfer on your first day if you want to) +Great medical & health benefits +Pat & Mat leave, 3/4 time, and part time options available- most teams will work with you through changing life circumstances +You set your own work-life balance standards. You don't have to be a workaholic unless you really want to","-Change is the norm at Amazon. It can keep things interesting and helps everyone stay on their toes, but a changing work environment isn't for everyone. You definitely need to be flexible and open-minded. -Women in Sr. leadership positions",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13806,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Program Leader,Control your destiny,Very smart people who are motivated to deliver results on behalf of customers. A culture of insisting on the highest standards and continually improving on what we do. The ability to define your own career and consider new roles. Opportunities to try new ideas with a very good chance of success and scale.,"People development is a little self-driven and managers can be hit/miss. However, this is a known deficiency and is something that is being actively addressed. As with other things, once Amazon decides to focus on something, there is a high likelihood of the issue being addressed appropriately.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13807,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,"pretty great company, come and join us",no no no no no no,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13808,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,good opportunities for new grad,no lunch included for employees,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13809,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Living the dream,Challenging and fun work. I get to work on stuff that matters. Management is always interested in hearing how I feel. Best place I ever worked,So many options to take your career. Growing so fast is hard to keep up.,Keep up the good work. Is still day 1,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P599.htm
13810,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst & Business Analyst,"Constantly surrounded by very bright people, always have an opportunity to learn. Very intriguing to see all of the innovating things Amazon is working on Amazon is a very data driven company, Finance always has a seat at the table and you can make a great impact as a Business Analyst as well.",Sometimes things can get stressful and hours can get a little long leading up to Holiday season. Sometimes business partners have unrealistic expectations of what you can accomplish in a given time frame,"Provide more cool/flashy perks. This is what grabs people's attention. Amazon is considered a tech company and other tech companies always have very cool perks like free food, and on-site masseuses. Amazon is lacking this area, it has a surprising impact on perception of a company.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13811,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Every day is Day1,You will always learn something new @ Amazon irrespective of how many years you work in Amazon. That's why we call everyday as Day1,"You might see slightly less employee benefits than other big companies like amazon, but it is negligible when you build great products and learn new things",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13812,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Exciting place to work,Extremely fast decision making and very non-hierarchical in the decision making. Data almost always trumps rank (have yet to come across a situation where that didnt happen). Very high bar on communication and detail and they are extremely insistent on meeting those. The upside is that once one meets that bar they are will have high caliber professional skillset. Finally you get a lot of responsibility even for relatively junior folks.,Extremely fast paced (not necessarily a con) and folks are fairly direct (almost always in a productive way) on feedback. The hard-edged reputation in the past has softened a lot.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13813,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Great place to work,You'll work on cutting-edge products that impact the world. Pleasure to work with some really smart people that help your career growth.,Sometimes difficult to maintain work/life balance around deadlines (though this is universal),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13814,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,1. co-works and mangers are really nice 2. Can learn a lot and there is room for growth 3. teams are willing to try new tech,No free food in workspace,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13815,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice place to work,Very good env and people are so nice,there is no cons I can come up with,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13816,amazon,"Charleston, SC"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Salesforce Administrator,Best Decision so far in my Career,Great Team Great Work Open to Feedback and new ideas No Stress and a healthy work environment,Relocation process is taken care by 3-party and they dont a good job. Compensation is not that great to start with.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13817,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Research Scientist,"Great team, opportunities to succeed, and innovative thinking.",Rain in Seattle sucks pretty bad.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13818,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Amazon isn't for everyone, but it's certainly can be","Start-up culture with Fortune 20 budget. Incredible opportunities for everyone, regardless of background. The only requirement is passion.",Find the right team fit. This will make or break your experience.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13819,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,"Great team, great manager, love them","No free lunch, few free staff",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P600.htm
13820,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Business Systems Analyst,Could not be at a better place,-Opportunities to work in many departments within the org to learn new things -Networking with every level of the business -Exposure to technologies I would not have had in other companies -Training is available for current position and potential future positions,-Communication of events/opportunities throughout the company is not very good.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13821,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Legal Assistant,AWS - Legal Assistant,"I work with great people, am trusted, and treated like a person. I came to Amazon from the military and am so happy I was offered the opportunity to become an Amazonian. Amazon offers so much for their employees and truly cares.","My only con is my commute, I have to travel 2 hours here and 2 hours home because I live across the water. Financially it is a better decision because I own a house and land, but convenience wise it is really difficult. Living in the city just isn't for all of us, but if you do you will have everything within walking distance, including your office.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13822,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Buying Manager,Buying Manager,Smartest people. Unlimited opportunity's to grow and learn. Respectful environment. Flexible hours.,"Demanding environment, competitive culture, intense workload.",Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13823,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Good place to work,- Smart people - Challenge place - Zero bureaucracy,- Need to be self motivated - High work volume. - No free time for anything.,Better on-boarding training.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13824,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Transportation Manager,Amazon Home away from Home,"Amazon is an equal opportunity employer with a rich culture full of values such as teamwork, comradery, and determination.",Honestly within Amazon it is what you make it. Hard Work and Determination are key in surviving in this environment.,More formal training for newer Leadership brought in from outside of Amazon as well as more standardized training for leaders switching departments.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13825,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect Manager,Great place to work,Not a lot of politics/bureaucracy. Great to work with so many smart people. Constant learning opportunities.,"If you don't naturally align with the Amazon Leadership Principles, then you won't enjoy working here.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13826,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,"Amazon. Doesn't deserve all the bad PR it's gotten, now at least.","Very fast paced, as there is always something major going on. Little to no days when you find yourself bored at work. You work a lot, you learn a lot. Lots of opportunities to forge your career path as you deem fit, with opportunities in pretty much every field available in the same company because of how many things the company is doing. Oh, and casuals.","Very fast paced, so can be overwhelming for people not up to the task. Not a lot of predictability, which is a pro or a con based on how you want your life to be.","Build an even better 'teaching' culture. It is improving, but it is still mostly a trial by fire for the most part. It doesn't work for everyone.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13827,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Working at Amazon Web Server (AWS) - Loving it!,"AWS does it right. They make everyone an equity owner in the business, so you have a vested interest in helping the company succeed. They also make sure you are compensated in a 4 year plan, which gives you the impression they want you to stay. I love that whenever there is a question about what we should do, all you have to think about is, what is best for our customers? That is the difference between Amazon and their competitors, Amazon is truly customer obsessed and not focused on the bottom line like other companies.","You have to be careful when speaking in public, with customers, and general so you don't disclose information that is not appropriate. It's hard working for a company that everyone knows and loves, because if one thing goes wrong everyone ( friends, family, and neighbors) call you to see if you can help make it right.","Overall, keep up the good work!",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13828,amazon,"Springfield, VA"," Oct 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Too much,The work is easy,The continuous repetitiveness of the work drives the employees crazy,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13829,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Almost 5 years here and thankful for all of it,"1. Opportunities for growth: I started in Seattle and after 3 years found an awesome opportunity in Europe. I worked with my boss and after interviewing internally i was accepted and relocated. Amazon made this process as painless is possible. I've seen many others around me make similar moves to Europe or other locations.  2. Stock: Having started 5 years ago, the stock has been a great piece of the overall compensation. I still believe there is a ton of room for growth.  3. Talent: Working with the people at Amazon has been humbling. I am still amazed that i was hired given how high the talent bar is here. The interview process is great at making sure we are not hiring ""B-players""","1. Mostly technical roles: If you're a skilled developer, then there are tons of options across various teams. If you're in a business role (like i am) then there are fewer roles available across the company. This is fairly obvious given that Amazon is technology company.  2. Promotions: Not easy to get. I guess this should also be obvious. Just bc you've been doing a role for a couple years does not mean you automatically get a raise or promotion. If you want a promotion (and the raise that comes with it) you have to do a lot of work to build the case for it and have to get very strong support from leadership.  3. Customer obsessed vs employee obsessed. Companies like Google seem to be obsessed with their employees. Amazon is openly obsessed with their customers. It creates a different work environment since we don't get free food or massages - But our customers get the lowest prices.","Higher comp plans, less frugality",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P601.htm
13830,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Love working for Amazon,"- Autonomy - Flexibility to work remotely as needed - Fast-paced, dynamic environment - Things get done here! - Encouragement to Think Big and take calculated risks - All decisions are based on data - numbers do the talking, not some smooth talker","- Can be political (like anywhere) - Needs more processes (not so much as to become bureaucratic, but more) - Ambiguity - you need to have the grit to carve out your own path here. No one will do it for you. - Open office environment - loud and tough to focus at times for an introvert like myself - Good managers are valued less than managers who drive their people hard to get financial results","- Create quiet spaces for employees to work - Reward people who are good managers, not just those with large financially-based results",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13831,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Like No Other Company,"- There are literally no limits. You can have an idea, oversee it, and realize it to fruition inside of 6 months. - Culture emphasizes clarity and specificity. Transparency and straightforwardness are valued above all, and room for BSing is significantly more limited than other large organizations. People communicate in highly literal terms, and the more simple you sound the more well-respected you are. This really is my favorite thing about Amazon: there's no reward for garbage consultant lingo that sounds good but is really just hot air. You get to just describe stuff like you would to a 10-year old (in a good way), and you get to say 'I don't know' pretty bluntly when you don't know. That's incredibly rare. - It's easy to move around between teams. - Caliber of people around is high. People are significantly smarter than the average in any of the companies I've worked at previously. Different galaxy than where (e.g.) Microsoft in terms of employee caliber. - You'll learn more than you ever thought possible.","- Not for folks who want to coast their way through their careers. It's for highly motivated people who want to exercise change (of a product, an experience, a process, a customer expectation). The recent spotlight on Amazon's culture is mainly driven by folks who came to Amazon under the assumption that because it has now scaled it'll be way easier to just not work very hard. That's a fallacy. You can certainly work at Amazon while having a family to care for, but you need to have some flexibility and understand that some days will be unusually demanding. - Sometimes folks get too caught up in the process instead of the product. - Since it's scaling enormously, room for politicking has increased. But it's still far short of the usual for a Fortune 10 company.",- Install more/better gates to test for culture fit. It's the biggest reason why Amazon's culture is spectacularly misunderstood. And it's why we keep mysteriously hiring people who expect work here to be like snoozing all day at the IRS or DMV.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13832,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fast paced and challenging,-Fast paced work culture. -You get to work on latest cutting edge technologies. -Your opinion matters and will be heard. -Great learning curve and enormous growth opportunities. -Startup kind of environment in most of the teams. -End to end understanding of the system.,"-Kind of less time for fun activities outside work. -Not many options in facilities like gym, cafeteria, etc",More importance should be given to team building activities and small celebrations for individual team milestones to encourage employees and have a fun working place environment.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13833,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Mostly good. Highly variable depending on your immediate team and manager.,"- dogs - career opportunities - easy to transfer internally - location - culture isn't ""quirky"" but it is pretty good",- attrition - people are very rank oriented. They would do better to keep levels private. - amazonians are disliked in seattle - no free food,Senior Management is solid. Mid-lowel level management is super hit or miss. Expect a manager that doesn't code or know your codebase.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13834,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,Great place to work benefits could be better,People Cutting edge technology Impact of work,401k plan is not great,Improve benefits,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13835,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"fast pace, engaging, professional work environment, surrounded by creative people, collective problem solving, teamwork, many opportunities to learn.",no pay rate increase for overtime,Consider giving more responsibilities to associates who are not complacent/hungry. Give more opportunities to move up for those who really deserve it.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13836,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Hardware Development Engineer,Needs to reduce bureaucracy,- Opportunity to work on innovative product - Flexible work hours - Free Uber Pool credit (Up to $130/mo),"- So much internal bureaucracy preventing quick innovation - Unnecessary perfectionism when only thing you need is a minimum viable product - Not many perks like other tech giants (e.g. Google, Facebook, etc.)","-When developing a new product, try to reduce the bureaucracy and try to deploy an MVP to see what the market thinks, rather than trying to get a perfect product from the first deployment.  -Make all the Amazon.com subscriptions (Prime, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Video channels) free for the full time employees :)",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13837,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing,Intense,You get to work with really smart people who don't slack.,If you come in without an MBA or tons of experience you may find yourself doing very tedious work. The atmosphere is highly cutthroat and competitive which brings out the best in some and the worst in others.,Pay attention to who you lose and why.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13838,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Receiving,Hard to make it on the pay,"Benefits, time off, stock, bonus pay","Low pay, hard to make rent and cover all expenses on the low pay, hard work, long hours on your feet, favoritism among management.","Stop the favoritism, seems like the "" favorites"" are allowed to do the least amount of work, causes low moral among your hardest workers. The reason turnover is so heavy at Amazon. I work at CVG3, have worked at other Amazon buildings and CVG3 Inbound, seems to be the most poorly managed. Complaints fall on deaf ears, reducing moral even more, I always tell people, considering Amazon, to try another building if you can, avoid 3",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13839,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Its a great environment to work in u get to see some different orders,They run out of work sometimes,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P602.htm
13840,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Its a great environment to work in u get to see some different orders,They run out of work sometimes,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13841,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon Fresh, Avenel,NJ","Steady paycheck, Steady Job, Great people. If you just need a filler job this is for you.","Long hours, Forced to during peak, Bad management",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13842,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Incompetent training,"Benefits. That’s it. The pay isn’t enough for the work but you do get healthcare, vision, dental from day one.","Does not provide enough training for PIT equipment. When asked for more practice, told to find job elsewhere. This is creating an unsafe work environment that hangs people’s jobs on taking safety risks. I will not even shop at this company anymore I am so appalled at the risks they force their employees to take.",Extend training.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13843,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Studios,"Great content, ambitious mandate, great filmmakers, young vibe, growth opportunities","Demanding workload, process heavy, corporate office environment, more women needed in senior leadership positions",Need to be able to deliver faster in respect to career growth and promotions (currently 4-6 month process),4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13844,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,A great place to rapidly grow your career.,Amazon is an incredible place to work and presents a constant set of challenges for me. I see my career growing exponentially while I am here and I feel very privileged to be here. The distributed nature of the Company makes each team I have worked for feel extremely different and this fact also means that individuals have a great deal of power in shaping their teams culture and values.,The head office is located in Seattle which has caused a significant amount of inequality in this city. Amazon offers employment in many cities around the world but more should be done in Seattle to ensure the city remains relevant to everyone and not just those privileged enough to work for Amazon.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13845,amazon,"Boardman, OR"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - DCEO Training Specialist,Refer a friend,Very easy to use. I like the auto fill boxes.,I would have like a chance to endorse in my own words.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13846,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slot of hours available at peak season,Great benefits and pay. Company gives employees stock,Tons of associates in and out every shift,Management was wonderful,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13847,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Internal Auditor,Internal Auditor,"Good compensation, including stocks, once your pass the 2 years mark within the company. Also once you find the right team or career on Amazon, that allow the right balance of your personal and professional goals, you can say that you have work great life balance","I know some teams are very affected by the fast scale ability culture on Amazon, and ends up having overwhelming professional goals that don't contribute to the work-life balance. The company don't force you to do anything more, but the culture of people doing more, sets the bar too high sometimes.","Nothing bad to say about my current management. The business I currently work, is not very affected by the consistent growing culture. So we are still able to maintain work-life balance. It's also a relative senior team, which contributes to an open communication culture.",5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13848,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Good opportunities,Good compensation and benefits and opportunities to grow,Onboarding is rough but if you make it 3 months you have a good chance to succeed,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13849,amazon,"Morton Grove, IL"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Don't work for amazon,There are no pros about working for Amazon.,"Very hard labor, blue vest doesn't care much about employees",Appreciate your employees a little more and things will go much better,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P603.htm
13850,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Intern,A lot of experienced SDEs.,have to work long hours to finish my task.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13851,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect III,It’s a machine.,"You get to work on amazing products at a scale very few will ever get to see. You will get good at interviewing. People follow the Amazon leadership principals, and that’s a very good thing!","Long hours, unrealistic goals, it can feel like a machine, Company treats future hires better than existing staff. At times feels like a popularity contest. People don’t last long. It gets old watching amazing people leave.",Keep it up.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13852,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Too much overtime in the summer,"I love the people. I grew to love most of the managers. We just got a MUCH deserved raise. You can easily advance in this company, due to the complexity of the nature of work.","In the summer, we were on overtime for about two months straight. Some of the managers are so intimidating to the point when you see them, you want to hide. All of the good managers leave. It is TOO HOT.","Appreciate your employees. Read the book DRiVE by Daniel Pink, because some of you don't know how to motivate your employees. You think yelling makes us work harder and it doesnt. It just creates a passive aggressive work environment.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13853,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Director,politics and secrecy,"fast pace, great stock, perfect location","the higher you go the more politics, secrecy and back stabbing","too much power concentrated in to few hands, and too many people wanting into the club",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13854,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Independence, Good Pay, HR is helpful","Short breaks, Lack of communication",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13855,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,FC Associates,It's really an easy job work wise.,The floor managers are very rude at times. They come off as snobby. It's a lot of workers that are clicked up so it's always drama. It's like being back in high school.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13856,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,Lots of opportunity for growth within the organization Pay and benefits are very good Work with a diverse group of people,"Amazon relates everything back to their leadership principles, which is what attracted me to the role. The issue is the various levels of interpretation those have within senior level leadership. They can be pushed, taken too far and used out of context.  There is a lot of internal competition to be better than the other members of your team so you don't become of victim of their top grading process. In theory, that process works well with the goals set by Amazon but again, the varied ways its put into practice is an issue. I left because I felt my integrity was compromised within this process, having to separate individuals who are good at their job but the least effective on their team while promoting people who are terrible people leaders but get results was more than my conscious could take.  Get the experience and move on to something better as long as you can do it without having a lasting effect on your confidence - Amazon hires people into positions lower than they are currently at because they are ""different"", that transition can mess with your mind and make insecure in your area of expertise. Glad I got out before I was destroyed.","Find out how your L8 manager are putting the principles, rating process and top grading into practice and bring integrity back into the process. The main focus on on achieving the number needed before the big meeting - this is by both HR and Operations leaders so the process is compromised and they are rating in groups of less than 10, creating serious compromise to the process.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13857,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough place,they give you shares of the stock,"Dry, rough, cold teams. Everything moves too fast and it all becomes cut-throat.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13858,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound,You get what you put in,"great benefits, lots of opportunity for increased pay  13.5 per hour",lots of overtime and 10 hours of on your feet. Management makes it known that you're replacable,pay more per hour and do what it takes to promote within and treat employees as if they mattered. worry about safety!,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13859,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate/stower,"Benifits are good, and vacation time can build up, just be sure to use them or you can lose them before they are benifical, as in they will boot u in a heart beat.","Everything, just all around confusing and hard to please, especially with lousy training.Bad idea, all around! Don't go, I warned you.","What management? Mismanaged, and their training was from somewhere else.Needs to be cleaned up, and rid of the bugs in the system (real system and employees)",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P604.htm
13860,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is Awesome,"Everyone is there to help you succeed. I've never worked in such a great place before. The work is fast paced, so you have to be ready for that, but overall, I hope to be here for a VERY long time! Compensation is great and tells you how much Amazon values you as an employee.","Interview process is unlike anything I've ever experienced, however, once you go through it, you have a greater respect for how Amazon only wants to hire the best of the best.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13861,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Come here to work hard and grow,"Engineering talent, tech, and culture. Compensation. Easy commute if you live in SLU or Capitol Hill in Seattle.",Benefits. The culture is too productivity-oriented for some.,"Focus on your employees happiness to increase retention. This includes community, pay increases, and culture.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13862,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Web Services - Innovative and rewarding,1/ Extremely fast innovation 2/ Working on and solving big problems 3/ Customer obsessed culture 4/ Transformative technology 5/ Talented and dedicated co-workers,"Ambiguity and fast pace are not for everyone, if you get satisfaction from forging the path and doing so quickly without all the information you will find this a rewarding opportunity.","Continue building the most customer obsessed company in the world, delighting customers, and providing opportunities for professional growth.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13863,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"For one, its Amazon. You work with very bright and self motivated people. People really stick to the leadership principles.",Internal systems need some help with combining several systems together into one. It is something they are working on though as we speak.,"Look at 401k, etc to match other large tech firms",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13864,amazon,"Central Valley, CA"," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Sr. HRA,"Benefits, the name, good amount of campus hires","Treated like a number, did not care for employees, HR did all of the miscellaneous tasks, there was no real structure or true onboarding process.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13865,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,"Training is excellent, support of colleagues and supervisors is wonderful, ability to impact day to day business rules is fantastic/","As hourly workers, we are limited by what we can participate in by way of company events not out of an inability to participate, rather, using paid time off/",Ask for feedback after 30 days of on-boarding using a rubric that assesses job satisfaction and/or needs not met rather than just asking how a person is doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13866,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the perfect job,"Smart people, fast moving team, pay is a little bit higher than average. You can learn a lot here, two months at Amazon feels like 6 months else where.","They talk about ownership every day, which is good in most cases but it means over time and unrealistic deadline. It's a high pressure environment with too much focus on KPI, sometimes KPI just doesn't mean everything. Most people are smart but arrogant, even when they are wrong but the leadership priciple taught them to stick to their idea, which creates inefficiency and hard work in vain. There is a reason why Amazon is only rated 3.6 while FB and Google are both 4.4+",Abusing your employee is not the solution to keep profitability.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13867,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disposable Work Force,"Decent pay, some nice people, online discount which usually counters the tax.","Management doesn't care about you, just how many boxes you can move.",Care about your employees,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13868,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Quite nice, depending on location","Great coworkers, great atmosphere, always learning new things.","No down-time, lots of meetings, NEED to seek help if lost as it will not come to you.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13869,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Front End Engineer,Best company yet,"+ Amazing coworkers + Managers have to be developers first, so they understand tech issues + As much responsibility as you want, lots of trust. You can interview, do architecture documents, propose new technologies, the world is your oyster + Work from home friendly (not 100%, depends on the manager, but I do about once a week) + Bring my dog to work! + Offices all over the world if you're interested in transferring to work abroad + Compensation and stock bonus is great","- Not really a con for me, but you are expected to be able to manage yourself and speak up for yourself. With the immense freedom you are given, it comes with the responsibility of knowing your limits and not relying on others to tell you what to do. It's great for me, but I've seen some that would be a lot less stressed out at a normal company with normal chain of power.",Keep up the culture of trust and don't become a top down company like so many others that are terrible to work at,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P605.htm
13870,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 27, 2017","Former Employee - Sorter, Receiver, ICQA, Stower, and Packer",Sorter,Sorting out the pickers orders and preparing the orders for the packers to pack to go for shipment to the customers.,Sometimes pickers pick wrong items and then again we do double orders then.,None really because it's always different problems different times or different employees processing the online orders.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13871,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast, Innovative, Place for a leader","Autonomy, every idea is appreciated, just do it attitude, really smart people to work along with, benefits","Can be really fast moving, things can change here at lighting speed",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13872,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager no life,"Salary and Pay, growing company","No Work life balance, people/co workers need emotional quotient EQ training, HR and managers lie to your face.",Disclose full employment information to employees. Tell your operations managers their shift and work expectations before trying to break up families.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13873,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Amazon Pack,"Benefits , stocks , guaranteed hours , bonus at the end of month based off productivity.",Long hours and nothing is organized.,Treat employees with more respect.,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13874,amazon,"Greensboro, NC"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Csna,csna,working from home is a big plus,pace of work can be staggering,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13875,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Independence, Good Pay, HR is helpful","Short breaks, Lack of communication",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13876,amazon,"Wood Dale, IL"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Picker,"Great starting pay and the ability to get raises very quickly. Full training in all areas are offered and if your willing to work hard and sweat everyday for 10 hours a day, 4 days a week, then this is the job for you. The 4 day weeks go by quick, it can be exhausting so proper rest and a healthy lifestyle will help you stay strong within this company. Beat benefits as well once you are a hired on as a full time.","After 3 years of working with the company you ""cap out"" at $15.75, meaning you can no longer make any more money than that as a tier 1 associate. Your expected to want to move up in the company and that is the only way to make a better hourly wage, by advancing into management and operations management positions if there are any openings.",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13877,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Pack and Picker,great jobs,excellent environment awesome people great environment,none none none none none,great place,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13878,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,New employee observations,"There's a strong bias for action and employees are encouraged to have a point of view. Rather than feeling like I'm working for a large tech company, I feel like I'm building the future with an amazing group of incredibly smart people.","It can be overwhelming at first, particularly given the pace. Advice? Don't be afraid to ask questions or admit you don't know the answer when asked one.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13879,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Life,Awesome place to work really like it here,"Don't have any really, good place to work",Keep up the good worm,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P606.htm
13880,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Hard work. Self-service. Fun. No regrets.,"Fantastic place to work. I left a brand manager role in a top CPG firm to come here, and I have absolutely no regrets.",High expectations leads to longer hours than I've experienced at other places.,"Keep up the good work. I live the trust, culture, and transparency.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13881,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is great,Good pay and flexible hours,hot and really short breaks,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13882,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Csa,Great pay and benefits.....paid training flexibility schdumr,High call volume and many polices to learn,Great company I would recommend to anyone,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13883,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Great environment great training great support system,it is pretty fast paced but you learn to manage,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13884,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,San Marcos TX Stower - Fulfillment Center,"$12.00 per hour guaranteed 40 hours per week. Health insurance on first day of hire. Stable company to work for. A very ""do your job and go home"" type of position. If you enjoy doing repetitive tasks, constant lifting, pushing, and pulling of objects weighing up to 50lbs, and if you really don't want to have to think or interact with customers or colleagues and you work best on your own, this might be a good job for you.","VERY physical labor intensive. Constantly walking, lifting, moving, stepping, twisting, turning your body. You are physically moving non-stop from the start of your shift until your first break.  -From late October through January, Amazon enforces ""Mandatory Overtime"" where you have no choice but to work up to 20 overtime hours per week. Amazon notifies employees no later than on your lunch break of the shift before the day Amazon requires you to show up for Mandatory Overtime. No joke, from November through the first week of January, I worked 8 hours per day, 7 days per week without one day off. The reason? Mandatory Overtime. No work/life balance during these 3 months.  Also, a Stower at Amazon requires zero brain power and zero thinking beyond being able to make sure an object fits into its container. You're basically a human machine. Good job if you don't have an education beyond high school. Not the best position if you are an intellectual.","None. This job is what it is and honestly, I have zero complaints with Amazon. Management is as nice as they can be. I suppose reducing the ""rate"" required of an employee to put objects into a container and using positive reinforcement rather than the ol' ""you have to get your rate to *** otherwise you can be fired."" Employees don't need to be reminded that they're at-will. We perform best with positive motivation.",2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13885,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support,Punitive,A paycheck is the only pro I can think of.,"If you are right out of college and don't know any better this may be a good job but if you've worked at other companies and know what a good job is, it's absolutely miserable. I am here only because I need money and I can't wait to get out of here. It is a sweat shop run by micro managers who treat employees like 5 year olds. They monitor your every movement and if you need to take an extra bathroom break, you need to use ""personal time"" which is no more than 5 mins/day or 20 mins/week. There is no such thing as work life balance there. You'll be scolded if you talk to one of your co-workers while in ""production"". It's highly oppressive. If you just want to get some experience and get out, this may be for you. They have really high turnover for a reason...",Treat people like humans instead of robots.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13886,amazon,"Dublin, OH"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Best company I have ever worked for,"Great benefits, insurance from day one, stock, bosses who care. Great pay, great discounts. Bosses who care. Great advancement.",None best job I have ever had no bad things.,"Great, keep caring about us we appreciate it. If you want to be a great manger amazon is for you. Great advancement opportunity.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13887,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources/Recruiting Manager,Proud Amazonian,"* Fast-paced, high-growth culture * Exciting project work, innovation is everything here * Diverse & global workforce * Opportunities for development and advancement * Excellent parental / maternity leave and ""ramp back"" program * Fair compensation & valuable RSUs",* Promotion process can be ambiguous * Too many Seattle-bound jobs,* Be thoughtful about what roles REALLY need to be in Seattle and which can be virtual. We're a tech company for crying out loud! We need to better utilize technology to allow for more virtual employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13888,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouseman,"Good pay, discounts, great benefits","Company writes you up for things beyond your control, so eventually you get terminated. Long hours, unfulfilling work.",Set your employees up for success.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13889,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Territory Account,Territory Account Manager,"High standards for customer service. Little bureaucracy in the way of getting the ""right"" thing done. Fair review process/bonus structure. Impact.",Vacation is a joke...It's difficult to request time off.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P607.htm
13890,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Systems Engineer,"Work life balance, friendly work environment, very team oriented, flexibility to move teams to continue career growth, many travel opportunities to take advantage of if you are interested however, not required.",Sometimes focus to much on Leadership Principles instead of making sure employees are doing well,"Learn the technology that we are using on a day to day basis, so that you can try to relate and better understand what we are doing and be able to answer questions and help us better with career growth by knowing our skill sets and what it is we are doing.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13891,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon Review,"Good career advancement, and 4-day work weeks. Part time employees get full benefits!","Can't make too many mistakes or you'll get written up! Even on your first day,",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13892,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Leader,Sales,"Amazon Web Services is a highly customer-focused organization focused on helping enterprises innovate. Equally challenging and rewarding AWS offers interesting work, great colleagues, and rewards that map to results. So thrilled I joined.",Not enough hours in the day but we do take vacations.,"Don't forget it's still ""Day One.""",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13893,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Amazon - The Future of Retail,"If you are ready to Work Hard, Have Fun, and Make History, then Amazon is the place to be. Amazon is the global leader in the E-Commerce Macrocosm. Amazon is the future of retail and is surging forward to quickly be number one in all dimensions, including brick-and-mortar retail. If you are looking for a company that will allow you forge a great career - look no further, Amazon is the place to be. Amazon is a tech/retail company that is growing by leaps and bounds. Here are some pros to consider about Amazon:  (1). Customer Obsession: Amazon is the greatest company with the best and most advanced understanding of what it means in taking care of the customer. If you wish to be part of the team that takes care of customers the best – Amazon is the place to be.  (2). Innovation Hub: Amazon is a Great Innovation-Driven Hub. We are hundreds of years ahead all companies when it comes to the E-Commerce Business. We are growing fast and quickly starting to gain a foothold in the brick-and-mortar setting. We bought Whole Foods for a start.  (3). Talent Hub: If you are smart, then join Amazon and be inspired by other smart folks. Everyone in the room in most management positions have a college degree. If you are educated and seeking to widen the horizon of your talent and future professional prowess, then Amazon is the place to be.  (4). Great Remuneration: Amazon pays very well. You will work hard, you will have fun. You will make history. You will be paid well while doing so.  (5). Team Driven: Amazonians cherish Teamwork! Do you want to be among a group of professionals who work as a team, then Amazon is a place to be.","No cons from my perspective at the moment. However, I will like to point out that “we work hard” at Amazon and sometimes, “too hard.” If you are “hardwork-averse,” then you may not survive at Amazon. We are not shy of our motto: “We work hard, we have fun, and we make history.”","(1). The Human Element: Never lose sight of treating Amazon Associates right. I implore all leaders at all levels to never lose sight of this statement that I coined, “Happy Associates, make happy customers.” Continue to take care of all Amazonians – both hourly and salaried alike. The human element is the vital source of our success.  (2). Talent Hunt: Be ruthless in attracting the best talents from all angles especially from our competitors. Our recruiters must be hawks when it comes to attracting top talent. Our recruiters cannot be docile. They must be ruthless talent hunters with their eyes on the best talents out there – no mercy.  (3). Shun Complacency: We cannot be complacent. Even at our peak, executive leadership must continue to press on forward and never rest their oars. We must continue to role forward. Management must shun any form of complacency at all cost.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13894,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account manager,an absolutely fantastic company with the most rapid growth that I've ever seen,Literally can't think of any,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13895,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Great experience. Met tons of people. Got to see how enterprise level fulfillment was carried out.,"Long hours of doing the same thing, but very good pay.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13896,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,Sales at Amazon,-limitless career trajectory options -strong growing company -great brand recognition helps get in the door for sales,"-sometimes painful/complex bureaucratic processes to jump through -satellite office isn't the same ""vibe"" as HQ in Seattle -not lots of empowerment to make your own decisions",-make satellite offices feel similar to HQ culture wise -try to be more nimble in decision making processes,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13897,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work at,Innovation is really valued here and we are pushed to make history.,The company is growing larger and innovation is slowing down.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13898,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Business Intelligence Engineer,- Great minds to work with. - Challenging meaningful work with lot of responsibility. - To be part of an organization that is a trend setter.,- Work life balance could be better,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13899,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work and learn, but it's not easy!",- You always have opportunities to learn and grow - You are surrounded by smart people who have innovative ideas - You are encouraged to question how things are done and propose solutions/improvements - The Amazon community is amazing and there are many affinity groups you can participate in,"- Experience varies by team - Navigating your new job can be tough, you're left to figure out most things by yourself (can be sink or swim). Don't expect to be shown everything - you are expected to take the initiative.","Improve the onboarding process for new employees. It is great that they are pushed to take initiative, but it would be better to do so in a structured way.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P608.htm
13900,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A place to grow, speak up and challenge yourself",*Ample opportunities for growth. *Competitive pay. *Endless educational opportunities. *Challenging but inviting environment.,*Slight fear of asking of help worrying it may come back to bite you come promotion or leveling up time. *Inadequate training/launch plans. *Male employees favoring opinion of other male employees over women.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13901,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,"Good Company, Great Culture, Bad Managers","Super awesome core culture, smart people all around to talk to, access to pretty much all tech content/talks/knowledge (open culture)","Bad middle level managers with less technical knowledge, Ex-program managers now turning into senior managers without any vision. Basically culture is getting polluted.","Have more scrutiny over managerial promotions or role changes. Do frequent audit for org-level culture check. I love core Amazon culture, hate my org's",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13902,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Good people to work with in general,"- Good people to work with - Encouraging managers - VET (Voluntary Extra Time) and VTO (Voluntary Time Off) - Shift flexibility - Easy job, can be learned easily (hard at first, gets easier after a while) - Clean warehouse, good temperature","- Lines can get extremely messy and overwhelm you physically as well as mentally (physically because you need to move fast to increase your scan rates, mentally because you have to stack the boxes properly and it overwhelms you a lot) - Pallets gets messed up and boxes may fall on you (safety wise, things need to change at amazon)","To some of you out there,  1. A little more sympathy to your employees. Don’t overwhelm them. 2. Avoid racial discrimination based on racial background (to some of them). Don’t discriminate based on color or immigration. “All men are created equal.”",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13903,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,The good the bad and the not so accurate.,Benefits are good. Hours are available.,"The warehouse I was in had no AC and was often 95 degrees or more and had no running water, the bathrooms were out side trailers. Your 15 minute break includes the 3minute walk to drop off your cart and 3minutes back to you work area. Their is so many manager you often get told by one your doing great and by another your not working to standard.","Get things in order and have permanent management present for launch of new sites, say what is meant and down talk up employees to make them feel good giving them a false sense of confidence.",3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13904,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Watch out,They have excellent pay and benefits,"Watch you played time off and unpaid time, because they will say your eligible to be rehired, then they don't when you go back to try to work for them.","Ask if your employees are doing ok, because you don't know what they maybe going through at home.",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13905,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible People,"Flexibility, get to choose shifts after awhile (under a certain limit, if they're available)","People in charge are awful, awful people",Don't suck so much,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13906,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Its not all they promise to be,Monthly bonus checks Climate Control Building,NO discount Unreasonable hours Unreasonable expectations Don't explain how time off works.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13907,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Data Engineer1,"Trainings , Learnability , You usually have the say on timelines, Lots of work :) , Perks",Salary (Make sure you know whats your market value is ),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13908,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Enterprise Service Manager,Awesome place to make the future yours,"Amazon Web Services has a fast-moving, focused culture, where you can truly do great things","You will be working in an intense environment, with clear culture - it's not for everyone!",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13909,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,TPM,"Good work life balance, understanding managers. Easy to approach anyone with in the company","Projects prioritizes at a very fast rate, sometime gives us less time to get upto the speed.",Not sure,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P609.htm
13910,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,TPM,"Good work life balance, understanding managers. Easy to approach anyone with in the company","Projects prioritizes at a very fast rate, sometime gives us less time to get upto the speed.",Not sure,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13911,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,The people and the culture,But the salary is pretty low,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13912,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,World's most innovative company!,"Innovative, fast paced, great compensation, well known brand!","Fast paced, hectic at times, 50% travel for consultants!",Focus more on development of your team and less on billing utilization and other metrics.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13913,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Independent contractor,Flexible schedule and good pay match,Stressful and time consuming schedules,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13914,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Sr TPM at Amazon,Work with some of the most talented people on earth. Exciting challenges. Most advanced technologies.,"If you don't put limits on your work hours, you can end up working extra hours.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13915,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Need a job asap? Apply at amazon,"Quick hire, easy enough job with good benefits","This job is what you make it. If you're generally a negative person, you probably will complain about the little things that make this job not really that bad. If you work steady and are positive, you won't have any cons.",Keep up the good work,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13916,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Don't work here if you want a reliable job,Decent Money Many positions and shifts,Always walking on eggshells Can get a write up over the smallest thing Can get fired over the smallest accidents Never know when your last day is Never feel like the company cares about you Your hard work goes unnoticed If you have a write up you can't transfer locations or positions or shifts,No advice because it won't change how things are,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13917,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Program Manager, Human Resources",A place to pioneer and trailblaze,"If you enjoy building, inventing, testing, exploring, and are ""that person"" whom consistently raises their hand to design better ways to solve a problem, Amazon is the place to launch and grow your career. I came from traditional retail organizations, some more focused on the customer than others. None were obsessed like Amazon- willing and committed to exploring the possible (without always knowing whether the exploration will result in an immediate win). The freedom and autonomy I've been afforded has catapulted my personal and professional development. I'm not sure any organization today is as willing to take risks, afford time for creativity and testing, like Amazon.","If you are not aligned to the mission and cultural values, Amazon can be a difficult place to work. We collaborate, but not for the sake of social cohesion, rather- to get to the right answer. That means spirited discourse, with ongoing critical feedback. You need to have a thick skin and go long on vision, but stay light on the details and means to get there.","My hope is we never stray from our commitment to our leadership principles, mission, and working backwards philosophy. Embrace our peculiarity.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13918,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good For Most,Work is simple minded and east,"Physically Demanding, Mind Numbing, Not Enough pay",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13919,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"WORK HARD, HAVE FUN, MAKE HISTORY",There is an entrepreneurial spirit here that is not felt in any other work environment. We are free to come up with new ideas and implement them to better our team/dept. Leadership is brilliant and supportive.,"There are way too many reporting systems to find the same information making it difficult to find exactly the data you are looking for. It's a focus and I am sure it will be rectified, but for now, it is very frustrating.","Keep doing what you are doing with the exception of the ""busy"" work.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P610.htm
13920,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,The night shift was about getting the job done. I liked leaving with the day completed. It was very satisfying.,Last minute mandatory stay later schedules were frustrating. Transport changes during the holidays were confusing.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13921,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for people having industry experience,A lot depends on your manager. Loved the culture and if you are a go getter awesome opportunity. Lot of growth potential,Manager influences your performance rating a lot. If you aren't gelling be prepared to switch teams,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13922,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Fast paced environment with lots of opportunity to truly own your work!,"- customer obsessed: we always start with the customer and work backwards - this helps eliminate things that may be good for the P&L, but bad for the customer or other things that are to help Amazon's bottom line. at the end of the day, the only thing that will be good for the P&L is making decisions that the customer will respond positively too. Amazon gets this better than any other company I have worked for. - ownership: lots of autonomy and freedom to make decisions and this means a lot of responsibility. you will always be asked ""what do you think?"" when you present a problem/question, be prepared to offer a solution. if you are a self-started, you will flourish. if not, Amazon is probably not a good fit. - you are always learning, you will never be bored, and if you become bored - the ability to move within the organization is super easy so long as you are a solid performer. - compensation and benefits: benefits are super cheap, total compensation is competitive","- training and onboarding could be better, but this goes back to the ""self-starter"" environment. be prepared to self-learn A LOT - speed, it's incredibly fast, balancing multiple deadline, projects, and priorities can be overwhelming at times - ""the extras"" don't exist - Amazon is not your typical ""tech"" company in the sense that we don't get a ton of extra perks (e.g., free food, gym in house, nap rooms, etc.). If those are a necessity, Amazon isn't for you.","The amount of attention being spent on understanding employee engagement is great - keep it up. However, move faster on implementing changes where needed based on the data.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13923,amazon,"Crafton, PA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work place,good advancement opportunities they thank you for hard work,maybe pay a little more,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13924,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Safety Specialist,Why I Recommend Amazon,Hands down best benefits from any company I have worked for. Travel opportunities 4 day a week schedule Growth with in the company Best paying job for my field,"College assistance, they only offer help to AA/AS degrees and career certificates not Masters or Bachelors degrees Manager feedback-1:1s lack due to not all sites have direct managers there.","Listen to the boots on the ground, as they are to ones that have the ear of the tier I associates. Give the support and backing that the site level team need.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13925,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,It has been great so far.,Nothing much to say over here.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13926,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place with fast paced development,Good place for learning and developing stuff.,Pressure of delivery is always prevalent. Oncall schedule can be very demanding sometimes.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13927,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Can Truly Make History,Encourages ownership and demands excellence,Can inspire poor work/life balance,Be transparent with your teams to instill trust.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13928,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,F.C. Associate,"Great benefits, 3-day weekends (outside of peak season).","Long hours, way too intense an environment. Works employees like dogs, esp. the temps who are paid meager hourly wages.",Treat temps better--they are also human beings and contribute heavily to your success during peak season.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13929,amazon,"India, TX"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great Conmpany to work,"Work Culture,Benifits,Balanced Life, great place to work",Career growth Cycle Career Cycle Treating people based on levels,There should be four cycles in a year.Currently there are only two.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P611.htm
13930,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Data Center Technician II,"Great for those with strong self motivation, but it is a grind for the rest","There are very few places that operate at this scale. The problems that need to be resolved as a result of this are usually interesting and never ending.  Do well with regard to performance metrics and with a good manager, there is decent growth potential.  Boredom won't be an issue with all the activity going on.  Two or three day weekends are an amazing thing. Work does not follow you home when you go off shift unless you want it to.  If you are able to succeed under an Amazon work load, you can excel anywhere.","Your experience is dependent upon the competence of your local management chain. I saw multiple talented employees not getting the opportunities they had earned due to mismanagement immediately above them. Switching to a team under different management was able to resolve these issues, but this was not an easy process when I left.  Employee training process is inspired by ""Lord of the Flies"".  Work life balance is weak if you care about your career. If you have kids, this is not an ideal situation to place yourself in unless you only have partial custody.  You won't get a full Saturday and Sunday off unless you use leave of some sort. 10-12 hour shifts are the norm. Overtime is mandatory for some teams, which likely will not be explained during an interview.  Most career growth paths require a move outside the Northern VA area.  Like most tech companies, if you come in with low pay, it will put a ceiling on your pay raises for the duration of your career. Play hardball when negotiating, especially if you are converting from a contractor to full time, as the company already knows what your potential is.  HR is a train wreck.","Many of the problems to be fixed are due to excessive frugality. Salary needs to be increased to make the promotion path for technicians worthwhile. Taking a pay cut for a promotion is discouraging the growth for many current and future employees. Leads and low level managers were consistently out earned by level two technicians, which is not a great situation for any of the employees involved.  Frugality is only truly observed in data centers and fulfillment centers. Treat the employees to more fun days and staff appropriately to avoid getting handicapped when staff get sick or have personal issues to take care of. Expand or create budgets for employee training compensation outside of the company. Staff appropriately! Invest in maintaining a training staff to improve morale and increase efficiency.  Be more willing to fire employees who did not perform. This was not a problem when I started, but it debilitated entire teams towards the end of my tenure.  Promote more from within. Many of the negative changes in how operations conducts business are due to business influences from outside hires who fail to understand the importance of adhering to leadership principles. Part of this should entail ending stack ranking, which unfairly penalizes many teams in the operations space.  Take internal employee feedback more seriously for process improvements. Find managers who understand what their employees are doing and why.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13931,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,rate without reason,"benefits, lots of work, tasks are simple","poorly trained management, HIGH production rate of 192 items PER HOUR which is hard to maintain for the whole day and week. Very physical some orders are heavy and you are being watched constantly and short breaks.","Be more approachable and help your staff when you see they are struggling, lower their rate set and set weekly goals, or transfer them to areas better suited for their skill-set. Also, when writing them up comment on the good things they are doing well don't just list all of what they are doing wrong on need to improve on and DO NOT do this around other team member this is embarrassing for the associate.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13932,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Employee,"benefits from day 1, Career Choice Program, Set schedules, opportunity for overtime, many various schedules to chose from",physical labor can be hard on your body,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13933,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great learning and experience, rough work environment","Lot of responsibility, can do amazing things Cutting edge development and product management practices Customer comes first","Brutal pace, run like a mill Lots of turnover and churn Experience varies a lot from group to group",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13934,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Sortation Associate-Low pay, low hours","Cardio workout for the day, overnight hours leaves the daytime open. Employees are easy to get along with","Pay is sub-par for work performed, hours are low, you are told you can pick up more hours but when you try to do so, you are denied. Small paychecks, definitely not something you can live off of. No real room for advancement.","Introduce opportunities for advancement, better pay-more hours.",3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13935,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Stow,worst job of my life,"good heath insurance , 401k stocks","long hours , they treat you like a number,money is all the care about",you have to stand on a hard floor for 10 sometimes 12 hours with no music you can get a write up if you use the bathroom to many times or stay in the bathroom to long they take in all the poor blacks so they can get a tax write off . u have to move fast like a robot.lots of drama. such a sad place to work. i would die first before i go back .....,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13936,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Smh!,Benefits if you really need them .,"Everything.. this by far was the worst job I’ve ever held in all my life.. the breaks were too short length from work space to break room too far, expectancy of one human being was overboard and pay was not enough!!!",I can’t really speak to this topic luckily I had decent management!! But to the heads This work culture NEEDS changing ASAP! The labor vs pay is offensive to say the least!!! I cannot believe their are people who consistently come to any one of Amazon work places and gives away tbat much up their life energy and time for what turn out to be nothing in return!!! I’m appalled and disturbed.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13937,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Seasonal Associate,Seasonal Worker,"Work with a lot of people, but one team. Variety of assignments.",Downtime of trucks not arriving on time with packages.,Evenly switch assignments for everyone to gain experience.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13938,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,The culture and people at Digital Music is fantastic.,Being a large company makes it hard to drive change yourself.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13939,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,"Awesome managers, Good pay, Great coworkers",Nothing yet for a con,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P612.htm
13940,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Manager,Loss Prevention Manager,"sign on bonus, casual dress, share price","Salary is not consistent across positions, outside of operations you are nothing, leadership principles are not true, threats of being fired, no growth, calls throughout the night and no additional pay.",No one ever stays with Amazon for a reason within support.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13941,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Campaign Manager,"- solid salary, benefits, WFH Summer Fridays - self-starter culture - great managers who will help you get promoted, especially early in your career",- workloads can ebb and flow significantly - strict no vacation policy in Q4 - tools and processes constantly changing,"Frugality is often cited as the reason why Amazon isn't as ""fun"" as other tech companies. Taking your teams on a true offsite (mandatory, out of the office, and during the workday) will go a long way.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13942,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardwork for Peanuts,Fellow team members were great to work with.,"Limited opportunity to move up within the company,",Try not to treat the team members like robots and more like humans.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13943,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer I,"A great place to grow, learn and be surrounded by intelligent people","Good compensation Supportive culture for personal and professional growth Good work-life balance opportunities Relocation assistance ""Extra curricular"" activities to meet new people and do non-work related things Tonnes of workshops/conferences/opportunities to learn new things Free bananas Dogs",Must ensure that you are self-sufficient to ensure work gets done/personal things are set up Many presentations/meetings Often projects get changed/derailed due to business constraints,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13944,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Supply Chain Program Manager,"Great Opportunities, Fast Paced, Individual Attitude Driven","Lot of learning opportunity Great diversity in products, systems, technology and teams Scope to pickup a lot of responsibility quickly",Many solutions are initially hacky and homegrown Some teams can have a stressful high expectation culture Not a lot of documented processes,Encourage more systemic solutions and less adhoc solutions,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13945,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,You get what you put in,"Very competitive and fast paced. If you compete with yourself like I do, you'll find plenty of wins here. The pace is always fast, very challenging, and can propel your career quickly. Always room for growth.",Again very fast paced and can be demanding of those who aren't ready to keep up.,"More encouragement for Managers to be effective people leaders, by utilizing Servant Leadership strategies.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13946,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I,Amazon is a great place to work,"Great benefits, good work life balance, lots of opportunity for improving yourself. Career Choice is a great benefit. Don't know why people complain so much. You get paid by the hour you work for the hour. if you want to stand around and chit chat and get paid, you should look to work someplace else. Keep busy you'll do good.",many people like to complain b/c they think they should. The rates are not awful and i feel the complaints i hear about Amazon are really unfair.,you keep your managers too busy with other projects they don't get to work with their employees enough.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13947,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Economist,"have supportive job family, promotion is fast if you do your job well.","hostile environment in general, need to be careful with politics",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13948,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I really enjoyed my job,"Great people, competitive salary, vacation time","Sometimes long hours, lots of heavy lifting",None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13949,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good For Most,Work is simple minded and east,"Physically Demanding, Mind Numbing, Not Enough pay",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P613.htm
13950,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I really enjoyed my job,"Great people, competitive salary, vacation time","Sometimes long hours, lots of heavy lifting",None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13951,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Amnesty Associate,Amnesty Associate,"Good pay, good benefits, great group of coworkers on the back half nights shift. Good leadership at the tier 3 level. Current manager is awesome. Amnesty is fun.","Inexperienced leadership on a management level. Frequent management changes. Little to no communication between departments. HR is a joke. In order to get promoted you either have to be a managers favorite, or hunt down clues like Nicolas Cage in National Treasure. Not a veteran friendly company as advertised.","Leadership means working to elevate ALL of your employees, not just the ones you like. Lead by example.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13952,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Good benefits, PTO, sick time, vacation. Decent pay.","short breaks, favoritism, poor HR team.",Re-train your HR team.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13953,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Amazon Sort Center,The pay is decent and full time has good benefits with bonuses and yearly stocks. Very safe and clean building. I would recommend working at amazon.,Peak can be a frustrating experience with lots of hours and the amount of poorly trained associates.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13954,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - City Manager,City Manager,"Very engaging, and challenging work.","Very long hours, if you are not used to that, this may not be your career for you.",Promote More,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13955,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Competitive pay and fast work environment,Crazy hours especially during peak season,N/a,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13956,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome company,"Very nice company, I enjoyed working there",Nothing in particular comes to mind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13957,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Ehhh,Good Pay and Somewhat nice people,They over hired and there wasn’t always something to do,Don’t be so rude to your employees and maybe they’ll want to actually stay and work,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13958,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Amazon software engineer intern review,"- worked on real systems that are deployed in production today - learned a lot about code quality, patterns, and designs used in industry","- Happiness is dependent upon your manager. My manager was great and I enjoyed working on the team, others have gotten the short end of the stick.",Better selection process/training process/consistency in management to make employees happy.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13959,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Research Manager,For the right person this is the best job ever,Freedom to innovate Freedom to make mistakes in the pursuit of the best solution Scale Speed Great internal community. I can IM anyone in the company for help (really anyone) Benefits are great without being stupid,You work hard There is no time to rest on your laurels If you don't like ambiguity in your work this place will drive you nuts!,Keep the culture strong by any means necessary.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P614.htm
13960,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Working with the best has its benefits.,"I work in the AWS division as a Cloud Support Engineer and I have never seen a smarter group of engineers. A huge amount of employees here have masters or higher level education, so even the people in lower level positions are experts in something you probably arent. This provides an amazing learning environment and I feel like my career has progressed more quickly by being able to learn from the best.  There has been significant room for promotion from within based on merit, and the requirements for such are clearly defined. I have not felt like politics played a part in the decisions which is always refreshing. I have been able to prove my value through visible milestones and have been recognized accordingly. It has also been possible to choose the direction and teams I wished to move forward with. A high emphasis is placed on skill development and cross team training which helps with lateral and upward mobility as well.  Finally, I feel like what I do has a real and global impact. I work with some of the largest companies in the world as well as amazon retail, and Ill occasionally hear about things I was a part of in the news. I would not have had these kinds of opportunities at a smaller company.","Theres just a vending machine in the break room, snacks are not provided. They also do not cater lunches. I guess its fine but I do miss that from my previous employer.  They give out stock which is great, but it vests over time and they claim its part of your total compensation which is the number they use for everything. If the stock went up, well your total compensation for this year is now higher so theyll use that as a reason to not give salary raises. I don't love this because obviously the stock market is volatile and the times you can gain access to that stock are limited. They claim the opposite would be true if the stock went down but that hasn't really happened in the last 3-4 years so its hard to say how that would work out. Its hard to complain too much about all the stock I have being too valuable though.",More snacks.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13961,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Sr. Product Manager at Amazon: Be at the top of your game,"If you are a self-starter, there is no limit to your opportunities. There is a business culture that fosters excellence, and positive peer pressure to do your best work.",Still waiting (15 months in).,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13962,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Great Place To Work,"Management is very flexible and supportive. I'm taking graduate courses and leadership has navigated around that schedule to ensure I can continue my higher education. Amazon is a meritocracy, you are rewarded for working hard. Many of the rumors or negative things I've heard about Amazon are a reflection of corporate America as a whole and not Amazon as a company.","Fall is intense, Amazon delivers the best experience possible for customers during the holiday season and that doesn't come without hard work.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13963,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,"Work hard, have fun, make history!","Great benefits, interesting work, nice atmosphere, good compensation, great coworkers, tons of room for professional growth and advancement.","Long hours, lots of OT.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13964,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Prime Fulfillment,Fulfillment Associate - Amazon Prime,"The application process is efficient and seamless. The work is busy and you get to work with a diverse group of people and managers. The managers are accommodating and open to suggestions for change or improvement of processes. Even as a part time employee, you feel a part of the Amazon team and have access to employee discounts too.","From offer acceptance to start of work, it took a full month, which was frustrating as I was ready to work immediately. There is a lot of change all the time, in procedures for orders processing and fulfillment, which some people do not like change and are slow to accept. Some employees create more drama in the work place than is necessary. Senior management is addressing concerns as soon as possible though. The biggest con is getting work hours for shifts, which is first come, first served. Not set hours, which can be challenging.","After 30 or 60 day work trial, promote employees based on their level of experience for more challenging assignments or increased Levels of approval, as needed. Need to have more problem-solving personnel in order to increase efficiency in the Receiving or Stow process.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13965,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Maintenance Technician II,Definitely a good choice!,Amazing atmosphere. Plenty of opportunities within the company. Ideas for improvements are actually listened to.,A bit unorganized in the on-boarding process.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13966,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Instock Manager,Inspirational Workplace,"Amazon is truly a forward thinking company in every way. Not only does this apply externally, but internally as well. You find a bureaucratic hierarchy to manage through here. Ideas are encouraged and leadership is open to listen. Work life balance is fair and compensation is good. If a job is not a fit you are able to rotate easily. Your career is in your hands.","Nothing notable. You would be advised to ignore any reviews older than 12-18 months based on the rapid culture change in the company. Also, focus on reviews for your specific area. For example Retail vs. AWS, etc.",Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13967,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Unemployed,Sortation Associate,I'm a really hard worker who gets along well with others.I learn quickly.I believe in getting the job that you've been handed and do it right the first time so you'll have no regrets..,I really don't see any reasons to not want to work for such a well known company..,I promise to uphold all of my responsibilities plus some.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13968,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"Great hours, great pay, nice amount of time off.",No cons about this job.,None,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13969,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Exciting Place to Work,You have the power to take good ideas a long way without having to jump through many hoops,Workplace is intense and competitive. Expect long hours during peak season and insistence on high standards from your colleagues. Not always a negative but be prepared.,"Management is generally solid, but varies considerably from team to team. More consistency would be a plus.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P615.htm
13970,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best option for wsrehouse,"Fast paced, fair, in charge of own time, diversity","60 hr weeks, management switches too often to the displeasure of the AAS",Listenmore,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13971,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Season Fulfillment Associate,Season Fulfillment Associated,"Room for advancement to move up in the company , able to change you work schedule and get the hours you want to work","Standing long hours, to work, moving the packages to staging area once they have been closed out","Friendly, listens to the worker.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13972,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Amazon is a company, not your friend","Amazon is a large company with a lot of great technologies. If you want to work in a specific technological field, odds are Amazon has a team that fits you.  If you are new to development (recent college graduate), there is a decent learning curve, but lots of tools to help you out. A large community of developers are also available to help you ramp up to be more confident with the immense number of tools Amazon leaves at your disposal. After a year or so, you will have developed skills in tons of useful technologies and be much more confident in your engineering skills.","You are an employee of Amazon, you are not its friend. It does not cherish you. It does not make sure you are comfortable. It does not hold your hand. It will do exactly what is necessary to make sure you think twice before leaving and nothing more.  You want holiday vacation? Amazon will give you exactly what is Federally required (6 holidays per year). You happen to be on-call (respond to events 24/7) for that holiday? Too bad. You don't get a bonus and you don't get it back.  You want a raise? Amazon will be as shrewd as possible to make sure it doesn't have to pay you anymore than necessary.  You want company perks? Hah! How about 10% off the first $1000 you spend at Amazon? Amazon wants its money first.  After working at Amazon for a good chunk of time, I can confidently say that these are my main complaints: - I am just a money-maker for them. No feeling of loyalty. - On-call is brutal and no extra compensation is given. - Minimal perks, benefits, etc.","Speaking for myself and others, it would only take a few small steps to make your employees more satisfied:  - Give a better sense of company loyalty (branded bags, clothes, etc.) - Holidays in line with other large development companies - Compensation for on-call during holidays",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13973,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Manufacturing Test Engineer,"Software company, not hardware","Excellent software engineering capabilities, strong culture, mostly data-driven decision making.",Software engineering is valued over hardware. Upper management pushed to try new things at expense of projects success.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13974,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,“Picker”,Good pay. Always doing work to keep you busy. Breaks and a lunch break (coming from RaceTrac where we never got breaks) are nice.,"I have only been working here a week and it’s awful. I had to change my start date to another. Well, they never cancelled my first one so I was “termed” in their system. Therefore they don’t have any of my info that they need to give me a badge so that I can actually do my job. I can’t log into a handheld. I can not get certified to operate the PIT because they can’t look up my info. I literally am useless right now. I called today and they STILL have no resolved this issue.",Get better HR.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13975,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Good place to work,"good pay, good benefits, great people",there is no place to advance,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13976,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,Picker,You are always busy and time goes by quick. The benefits are great and so are the people.,"It is a lot of walking, make sure you have good shoes.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13977,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,"Awesome, Challenging & Customer Obsessed","1. Great people to work with and the culture, everyone steps up and is there to help you be successful.  2. Push your limits - Technically and Behaviourly definitely will be in situations out of your comfort zone and will require adapting learn and grow.  3. Startup Culture - AWS and its services are constantly improving and iterating, keeping pace is a challenge but the culture helps you keep pace.  4. Voice your concerns and be yourself.","Stressful yes at times, every job is, but if you want to grow and learn that the best way to.",Appreciated and you are always allowed to take initiatives that help improve Service or offering.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13978,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Amazon Web Services gives me the opportunity to work on world-changing technology,"1. People actually buy into the famed leadership principles, so there is a common place to start from when promoting new ideas and making decisions. 2. I'm surrounded by brilliant people who are excited about solving complex problems for our customers and each other. 3. There are a lot of internal opportunities for growth or change once you've hired on.","1. If you have trouble with personal organization, most jobs at AWS will be overwhelming. 2. Internal tooling is very ad-hoc so it is likely that you won't have exactly what you need to do all aspects of your job efficiently.","While management transparency at AWS is good, this is always an area where improvements are appreciated.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13979,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Most innovate company to work for, period!",Lots of smart and talented co-workers and managers Great culture and opportunity to increase your professional network and skills,"Chaotic at times, having to run around for various meetings and other events that can distract you from your responsibilities","Keep hiring, it always feels like we don't have enough people to help us",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P616.htm
13980,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Industrial Design Engineer,Great place to learn,"Top of the technology, get chance to work with complete supply chain, fast paced environment leads to a good amount of learning in short span of time.","Some times, fast paced culture make one to feel pressure in one's work.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13981,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work!,- One of the most innovative companies in the world currently. - Willingness to try new things and not afraid to fail fast. - Very customer obsessive and putting customers before anything else. - Anyone can influence business decisions with the right data. - Good pay,"- Lack of benefits which most other tech companies have these days (free food, snacks for example). - Some teams have increased workload. So, work/life balance completely depends on the team that you're in.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13982,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Loves to work at this amazing company,New challenge everyday. Bunch of opportunities to learn new technology Leadership principles which could also help on future career and life,Sometimes concerning about work-life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13983,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great place to Work,AWS solutions really have the ability to impact our customer's business,Comp models tied to revenue versus customer success,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13984,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Advisor,Amazon Business,1. Constant improvements to the product based on customer feedback. 2. Customer centered business. 3. Smart and engaged team. 4. You can make an impact. 5. Feel part of something great.,"1. Team lacks experience. But, work hard and very smart.",Continue to hire more team members with experience in the market that we serve.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13985,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE II,- Great compensation - cutting edge skill sets to pick up - Smart and competent team mates - Impactful and challenging tasks and projects - Good direct managers,- To be observed. Haven't noticed too much so far,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13986,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Ignore the negative reviews,"You have best teams and best minds around you. They take special care in recruiting people who shares the same leadership principles, which helps a lot.",Not as many perks for employees as it's competitors.,I'm not experienced enough to comment about this.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13987,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,"Advanced Learning opportunities, Get work with an elite group of professionals and True Think Big Strategy","Dynamic changes, life changes depends on who you work for, and too many changes in managers and expectation to own and know everything leading to stepping on each others Toes",None,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13988,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,great company,great people. great work & great systems.,strong deadlines. people are helpful & interesting.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13989,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Open Source Technologist,Fulfilling and rewarding place to work!,"It is absolutely an amazing place to work. Everything we do here is moving at a very fast pace and yet there is a process and order to it. The developer outreach is just amazing. The people that I work with are one of the best I've worked with, always willing to help each and not playing any games. The culture encourages transparency and collaboration.  Amazon leadership principles are not just a bunch of words but truly inculcated in everything we do here. Customer obsession, Insist on high standards, Bias for action, Deliver results and others are quite evident in day to day conversations.","Wish they would open their HQ2 in Bay Area. Its important to travel to Seattle quite frequently, to make sure you are engaging with the teams f2f.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P617.htm
13990,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,"Startup culture, Quick Decision making, Freedom to innovate, No/Less Politics",Cope up with pace of amazon:-). It can be stressful. It's a very fast moving company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
13991,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager/ Customer Advisor,Work Life balance in sales here is second to none.,Learning the organization and the upward mobility takes some time. Be patient and ask questions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
13992,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Amazon really is a great place to work and play!,"Amazon is a great place to work. The work is both challenging and exciting. It feels great to be a part of a company that allows for the free expression of its employees. Where working conditions allow you to tap into your most creative and innovative self. From VP down, everyone is accessible to mentor and encourage you in your professional development.","We are flat out busy building the future, sometimes this means a few more hours a week working - but there is an ebb and flow - like with most professional jobs.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
13993,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for,"Amazon is a great company to work. There are many aspects here that make the work interesting and challenging. You will always get smart people around you to work in addition to the challenges associated with a rapidly growing company, this company makes for a great career move. There is significant effort from the company to improve the work culture and it is reflected in the many events that have been conducted at the Amazon HQ that I have witnessed in 2017. The company is surely striving to ensure that each and every of its employee is happy","It is clear that the company is a but conservative when it comes to offering free perks. The 401K match is 2% (if you contribute 4%). There is 10% employee discount (but only for up to 1000$ worth of amazon.com purchases, so thats basically 100$). And there are some other minor perks related to parking, transportation expenses, etc. But other than its perks are non-existent. This is one area the company can really take that extra step to make employees happy. Small things matter (at least for me)!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
13994,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Start-up feeling with big impact opportunities,- Lots of autonomy - Small team culture - No bureaucracy - Good pay - Plenty of career opportunities - Work with smart people - Scientific approach to problem solving - Data driven culture,"- Self-service culture: If you don't like learning things by yourself, and not having someone to do things for you, Amazon is not the place for you. - Data driven culture: If you don't like to look at spreadsheets, Amazon is not the place for you.","Amazon is very comfortable with hiring data scientists and using machine learning to solve big problems. However, not all business mangers are comfortable with using machine learning/statistical analysis on day-to-day business analysis.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
13995,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE II,"a lot of challenging projects, all new cloud technologies, effective management and always customer oriented. Think bigger than any other companies.","no free food ,( traffic in downtown is awful all the time, no free parking","new office, free parking, free food!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
13996,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Advisor,"If you love structure, we're it!","I have been with Amazon for the past 3 years and have never not enjoyed coming to work. If you thrive on structure, process improvement, fast way to advance and climb up the latter, an employer that listens to their employees and where your opinion counts and is valued, then you will not regret working here. There is also a good chance that you might travel out of state or even out of the country to provide training once you're further along and you don't have to be upper management to do so. Besides the already mentioned, we have great medical that includes massages, chiropractor visits and acupuncture, along with shares that are being given upon employment and promotions.","internal trouble ticket system, it is a process that is daunting and might not bring any result, but we're working on that and hopefully it will be deprecated soon :-) perhaps pay could be a little more enticing","to be more mindful and accommodating to people that commute from a 40 mile radius, regarding start time in the morning. it is understandable that there are business needs, but this marriage should be equally fulfilling.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
13997,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Database Administrator,"Great Place, Great People, Great Culture","- fast moving, if you are excited about technology it's the right place - flat, less titles, less ranks, approachable VPs & directors who talk to engineers - feedback style is really awesome, 360 feedback may worry some people, if it works great most of the time, you provide feedback for managers & peers alike which is helpful in constructive manner - low bureaucracy - i mean it, i've been from a consulting company & i know how it feels to be a techie in those companies. small teams, managers with real powers, no hassles in approvals, visa, clear policies, if you have been bothered by red tape culture, you'll love amazon.","- frugal, if you like sprawling offsite campuses with lush green gardens, it may not the place you'd like, look for MS or Google types, the work places are cool though you get mac & large screen monitors & everything you need to be productive. - bar can be too high sometimes, very stringent around interviewing & evaluation, i feel for the candidates i referred who were all great but still didn't' make it in interview loops.",keep up the startup type culture,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
13998,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Lab126 Devices,"Wonderful, collaborative and stimulating work environment. Other teams are eager to assist in crisis and flexibility to adapt my schedule to my work life balance.","Salary structure is frustrating, when hard work launches a new product and your bonus/reward is stock awards vesting that you have to sell to access ... negative experience.",A bonus structure like Microsoft's would be more motivating and help with retention.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
13999,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Every place has tradeoffs,"Great concentration of smart, driven people. If you want to build something new, solve hard problems, and be excited by what you learn from co-workers, this is the place. I find it to be a collaborative environment, in that people care about each other, and band together to solve problems. I remain excited, after over 8 years. I have learned more here than anywhere else.","It can be a lot to take at times. If you insist on checking everything off your to-do list every day, you will likely burn out. You must accept that there will be more things to do than you have time and energy for, and then you must prioritize. I felt this way in college too. If you stay focused on all of the opportunities, you will be excited, but if you agonize over the hard choices of what you can't get done, you will be miserable. Also, if you expect everything to be spelled out and every policy codified, you will be frustrated. There is a lot of ambiguity. I like that, as it allows more choice and judgment, but some hate it.","Be more open to remote workers. Due to the world-wide distribution of offices, a lot of work is already done via collaboration tools. Most of the time, it is not necessary for a person to be in an office every day.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P618.htm
14000,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,My past two years @ Amazon,"Constant innovation and learning, tremendous pre-sales and product management support, unique services to the market, great environment of work",It takes a while to understand the company due to the huge set of offerings but it's worth the effort,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14001,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I Feel Appreciated,"During meetings, I feel like I can voice my opinion to any colleague at any level most all of the time. If I strongly disagree with a course of direction, I have shared my thoughts and offered ideas for alternative steps. They have not always been accepted, but they've always been heard. In my area, I feel like my colleagues are supportive of my efforts. They are willing to offer a hand. The offices are clean and friendly. There are always new business ideas that emerge that make working here interesting.",Software updates will at times disrupt your work day. Parking at headquarters is challenging. It's best to find an alternative commuting option.,"Continue to challenge conventional wisdom. Instead of ""we don't do that kind of thing here,"" ask yourselves ""why not?"" It's important not to accept anything on face value. We should always evaluate.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14002,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Application Development center,Good Learning Great place to work for,Nothing I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14003,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Fast track,Great opportunity for growth and advancement. They great leaders.,Most of the time relocation is need to advance in the company,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14004,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Many promises of opportunities but over time the veil comes off and you realize, you're just another cog in the wheel.","Don't get me wrong, Amazon is a nice place to work at. I came in on the ground floor at a new facility in my town. We set records and became one of the best facilities in the Amazon Network, and for that I'm proud to be a part of the history there. They have a great benefits package and will help you pay your college tuition through the Amazon Careers program. The pay was good for the first year or so then it dropped as more employees came in, which I can understand but that raised an issue (see Con #2). They put PS4's in the break rooms!","- Hiring ""Managers"" fresh out of college with no experience, when there are plenty of qualified people within that department who can fulfill that role. Me and my coworkers actually had to teach two of our managers how our department worked!  - The measly 15 min ""breaks"" might as well be nonexistent for the amount of time it takes to get from point A to point B. Same goes for the 30 min (really?) lunches.  - Ever changing expectations and ""bribing"": The bar for our minimum pack rate was raised higher and higher, to a point. If you don't meet this over some time, your job is at risk. Understandable. It all started when we had a contest to see who could pack the most items within an hour. Upper management saw the numbers and it became an almost everyday thing. I saw it for what it was, a way to get us to pack even faster and the ""prizes"" weren't even worth the extra effort. For all the extra work we did, an extra one or two dollars an hour would've been great.  - Since our department was the fastest and most efficient, sometimes we had little to no work for us. Instead of sending us home, they would send us to other departments. ""They can't afford to send us home, but they also can't afford to keep us here"" is what many of us would say.  - Promotions are not based on merit: This was a hard lesson to learn for me as a day one employee seeing others advance and they came in a year later! I was one of the best workers in my department and stopped caring after that. Welcome to Corporate America, folks.  - Disorganized management: This ties into Con #1 & 2. There was a big miscommunication between upper and lower management for a while, resulting in frustration for everybody involved. The issue was magnified during the holiday months. The expectations between the two were always changing. Upper management made a major change to how our department worked and made it worse for anyone involved in that role when it was perfectly fine before. Most of us voiced our frustrations to our managers but to upper management, it was in one ear and out the other.","Actually listen to the people who are actually making the wheels turn, the people on the ground floor actually getting their hands dirty (not the managers, upper-management, etc.). It's almost as if the stress you caused me and my friends for the numbers and recognition from your peers is invisible to you. With that said, I am so glad that I left the plantation. Get it together Amazon.",2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14005,amazon,"Everett, MA"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Overnight Sorter,"Overnight Sort position, Everett, MA - not good",The pay was decent (but not worth it).,"They stretch your shift beyond what is advertised in their ads. The shift was supposed to be 11pm-6am but they would keep us til 7 or longer, so I had to fight rush hour traffic to get home... The management was awful. There were people hanging around doing nothing, or goofing off together and blasting music, who did not get fired, and everyone knew it, so it was bad for morale. Rather than set the belt speed at a pace the employees could handle, they set it too fast so the boxes fell on the floor and the employees had to pick them up--every single night.","Upper management might want to observe how the floor managers are operating, assuming that they care.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14006,amazon,"Teterboro, NJ"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Working for them has made me love sweating at UPS,"Referring to the logistic facilities. The pay and a great job if you're lazy or lack standards. You literally have to only show up. A lot of women. The industrial engineers did a good job on the facility. Plenty of clean ultrafiltered water, vending machines with free good-quality gloves, painkillers, and TUMS.","Half the people who work there. Inconsiderate, lazy, incompetent, and sometimes utterly aggressive about how they do their job. It really is the main problem with the job and I'm usually chill with all of my coworkers.  Other than that, dead-end job. Benefits are bad. There is not one full-time job here at any level and 1500 work here. Company doesn't care if you get sick or hurt, instead you get 'UPT'. Unpaid time off. 7 days to start and 5 a quarter. You want to take a day, sure, don't even call in. You end up in the hospital because you're throwing up blood for weeks and didn't get around to applying for a leave of absence? You're fired. You get hurt at your other job and show up anyway, showing your supervisor that you obviously shouldn't work, hoping to be sent home? Too bad, you meet his power trip. Further, right next to you they're building the automated system that is about to replace you and the hundred others in your work area.  And they lie to you. Everything they tell you in orientation is a lie. Or perhaps ignorance because they hired someone off the corner who can't even write a page without 5 mis-spellings yet this is your official Amazon documents. Then they'll randomly change your schedule, not tell you, and you don't find out until someone asks ""Why are you here, you're not scheduled?"". Meanwhile you're racking up that UPT. You print out proof that clearly your schedule was changed, bring it to HR, and they say ""we need that day one paper"". The same one with the mis-spellings that was clearly copy-pasted and poorly edited from the last facility they let this girl do orientation for. I scribbled all over it with proof-reading anyway, it's offensive.  It's amazing how such an easy job can be so hard to deal with.",Can't say. Management is just a bunch of unskilled people they hired to launch their facilities in a rush. My boss proclaimed his previous job was a waiter at Applebee's. Some are alright but it's clear they have no idea what they're doing. How about... learn how to actually use the Amazon infrastructure? How about you discipline or educate people who aren't working or working well?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14007,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay Away!!!!,They dangle big bucks and stock shares in front of you. There are no pros with AWS. This is a cult.,"Once you start working as one of the “smartest” people they ever found, they quadruple your workload and responsibilities. Beware HR. They are deceitful and will manage you out if you are a woman or over 50.",“Investigate” yourself for sexism and ageism before someone else does.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14008,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Everyone is willing to help you grow and succeed,"Both the company and the people really care about your growth at Amazon Web Services. There's no shortage of resources you can tap into and people that will help mentor you along the way. I'm very impressed with things here, and very about my decision to be employed by Amazon Web Services.","The workload can be a bit daunting during your first 90 days, but they give you plenty of time to focus on finishing your ramp-up. This is the case anywhere you go though, so I'm not surprised. The one specific difference I'd like to call out is that Amazon Web Services puts everything you need right in front of you. There's no mystery, if you're a go getter, you'll succeed.",Keep kicking butt!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14009,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Learn new things everyday !!,- Get to learn new things everyday - Have lot of opportunities to tryout in same or different roles -Good Compensation,- May be lost with lot of fast work going around - Have many internal competitor for the same product,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P619.htm
14010,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Packer,Packing,Amazon has some great benefits.,The management doesn't have answers to questions.,Get back to your employees with answers.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14011,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,"In AWS, you will be working on cutting-edge technology with innoviation, The most important thing is you have to work on the scale of AWS, which is the biggest cloud on earth.  You will be totally immersed by the Amazon Leadership Principles. The key to success is always to customer obsession and start from backward.  It is a very fast paced company and you have to embrace changes every couple of months. Once you are used to the pace of Amazon, I believe you can survive any company.  Also, there are many teams and technologies, you can choose what's interesting to you and work on it.","If you are looking for stability, Amazon may not be a good choice to you. You have to be dynamic and flexible to work with the technology and organization.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14012,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Strong culture, great opportunities, smart and hard-working people. I also believe that the hiring process is very effective, bringing on more great people every day.","Amazon is experiencing amazing growth which can sometimes result in confusion, ambiguity, or overlap. Normal growing pains and really a good problem to have.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14013,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst I,High level of ownership Ability to transfer teams,Low pay relative to other tech companies Okay benefits,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14014,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Control Quality Assurance,Great Company,The work is easy and the managers were easy to get along with. Four day work week with a three day weekend.,The work was boring. Very repetitive and highly monotonous.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14015,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Tier 1 problem solver,Great teammates and managers Great atmospher Amazing benefits especially for Florida Room for growth Can't beat the 4 10 hour shifts Bonuses Voluntary OT/ Voluntary time off 2 30 min lunch breaks,Standing all 10 hours feet kill you Employee discount not that great,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14016,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,pay and overtime ability with opportunity for advancement,HR associates think they are the boss and will write a review on you and you wont even know. there are too many chiefs and not enough indians. youll end up doing other peoples work and not get the credit. also the hard workers are the ones that outshine all those lazy workers and those are the ones thet keep..Its 3lazy workers for every one hard worker...and its not EOE not,review those who were let go and inquire the situation behind their termination,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14017,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound Associate but trained in all 3 departments. Pick and ICQA.,"Once you get your process down you pretty much work on your own. Once you figure everything out it's relatively easy, but occasionally challenging depending on the day and what process your in. Alot of the people you see complaining are the ones who couldn't cut it. At first it's not easy but you eventually perfect your process. Honestly I make 200 -300% Rate some days by accident. My Record is 487%. But I'm not typical. Also I had a seasoned veteran take me under his wing, and now another veteran from ICQA is doing the same with the hopes I'll transfer. See the rate everyone is complaining about is actually revised every 3 months. They take the last 3 months work-flow and avarage it. Somewhere in the middle is where they set the rate. Except peak, because everything goes into overdrive. I actually spend much if my shift remembering to slow down because I realized I was raising the rates for every one else. Some people have problems making rate, this job isn't for everyone. But most people actually have trouble with the quality aspect. You are only able to make about 1 or 2 mistakes a week or you get written up. 30 day, 60 day, 90, day. 4th written is termination. I got 3 in my first 5 weeks. I was basically fired. But the veteran helped me out and I survived the 90 day ""Gauntlet"" (you can't make more than 1 mistake a week or your done). It's very rare someone survived the 90 days. In recent memory I'm the only one to do so in a few years, most people tell you to just quit and apply again in 90 days. If you get fired for 4th written your not elegable for re-hire (so I hear). I mastered my process and actually am capable of such a high rate that I've gotten 5 errors and no written because I actually could have afforded 1 more before a written because it's actually a defect per thousand scans. But I don't chance it. Really it's about quality. Also I don't want to raise the rate for everyone else, doesn't make for good relations with co-workers. But it wasn't easy to get where I'm at, and I put alot of effort and focus to become one of the best in my FC. It feels good when they have you come to the desk and show you your actually rated #1 stower in Reno. But, try not to be the best, you might get stuck in that process. There are many different processes in each Department. Also make sure to ask them regularly to get cross trained in a different Department. After Xmas and Aug-oct it gets slow and if your cross trained you can pick up extra time in another Department.","Training is a joke. A sad rediculous joke. Inadequate is being polite. Basically it's a piece of paper with what I assume is the most basic requirements by law. PPE, (your safety equipment) and the ""no duh Sherlock's"" of what you shouldn't do to avoid injury or death. And then a binder with some basic information, mostly how to operate the scanners or workstation. Problem is, they recruit trainers every year so basically no one has much experience training. A few do, but mostly the person training you will give you the impression that they just started training people...because they did. And worst part is...Amazon has this rediculous philosophy that you don't necessarily need to actually know how to the job your training people to do, in order to train people to do that job. So a really good possibility that the person training you, has never done that job, and can't even answer the most basic questions about that process unless it on the papers in the binder. Which good chance it's not. But on the bright side, you don't think to ask those questions until way later, because you generally understand so little about your job that you don't even know enough to ask the obvious questions because they aren't obvious due to the sheer lack of understanding the job your doing. Like for instance, if you scan a box and then it doesn't fit in the shelf, then what? Well you could reset the scanner and log back in, and waste 5 minutes, or you could run around until you find a spot and hope you didn't confuse that item with another item in your cage, I mean it's a bunch of brown boxes sometimes.,.right? Or...you can just move the item back to your cage (if you know how) and pick up another item that will fit. Basics of stow process. Not one word of such things durring training. Oh, and don't ask your manager, 9 out of 10 times they don't know either. They're not that kind of manager. Most managers couldn't do your job to save their lives, much less to the standard they require. My boss is cool, she openly admits this, and is respected for it. Ask your PA, which is like your supervisor. They've usually done your job at some point. But mostly ask your problem solver or a veteran. Oh, and READ YOUR SCANNER!! Seems simple enough but hardly anybody does. And I don't mean look at it, READ it. Honestly this advice is the best I can give you, because at the end of the day, it's not a very hard job. It's just hard forming new habits. But once you do, its relatively easy. It just sucks how unprepared you are when they send you out there. As simple as things are sometimes, simple things are only obvious to those who do it everyday. By the way, it's standard policy to hire 2 to 3 times more people that needed because 50% are expected to ""wash out"" in the first few weeks. They like to say it's because of the high standards, but really it's because the training is inadequate and they don't move people to other processes that they might be better suited for. Granted you need to eventually learn several processes but if they put you in one process and immediately you have problems meeting standards, you are barred from moving to another task. Some people might fare better if they start with something else and work up to a more difficult process. But I guess that's what they mean by hire and develop the best. That is to say, hire the first 30 people who show up and let the one of them who's really good figure it out on their own. That's how you know their the best. Because they figured out how to do the job, despite you. Seriously, their idea of retraining some one before they fire them is to walk up to them and ask "" so what do you think the problem is?"" Then they ask what you intend to do to fix it. Then they go over something that has nothing to do with the problem your having, like barcode progression. Then they scurry off thinking they accomplished something. I mean come on...I am only allowed to have 2 defects per 3000 units, but the learning department can have a 80% failure rate? I started with 27 other people. After 2 months, there were 5, after 3 months, 3. By 6 months just 2, and now at one year, just me. But then again, this job isn't for everybody. Yet they hire anybody just about anybody. It seems instead of spending a few hours training 30 people who won't survive, they should focus more hours on fewer, more promising prospects","Get real about ""learning"" and implement a real training program that is effective and competent. Require people who train to be established in the process they are training for. Amazon",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14018,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service,Working from home is cool.,"Was hired for customer service, and told the training would be four weeks. Two days after hire, transferred to driver's support, training cut from four weeks to ten days. Ten days to learn 7 different marketplaces and deal with drivers who are in a hurry. Not for me.",Train for one or two marketplaces at a time. It is frustrating to be handling drivers quickly when you have no clue of how to do it.,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14019,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Season Fulfillment Associate,Season Fulfillment Associated,"Room for advancement to move up in the company , able to change you work schedule and get the hours you want to work","Standing long hours, to work, moving the packages to staging area once they have been closed out","Friendly, listens to the worker.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P620.htm
14020,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Good pay and benefits day one,Favoritism amongst upper management no room for advancement,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14021,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Longest time i've ever waited for a start date in all my life,I can't say i know any pro's as i haven't been given a start date and just keep receiving preformed e-mails and generic scripted answers.,No one should have to wait 55 days and counting for a start date.,Change you HR processes.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14022,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Generalist,Human Resources Business Partner,"Amazon is a very dynamic and innovative company, we are constantly asking how to do things better and simpler. Respect for diversity, the company works hard on being inclusive and having spaces for all people, lots of respect for others and their way of viewing the world. Lots of possibility for growth. Employee experience is always is a focus. Leadership listens and acts on feedback.","Although there is possibility for growth, promotions are difficult to get, there is a whole process that is secretive and unclear on how to achieve. As in all companies, it depends on your manager, if you have a bad manager your experience is going to be different. Stress level is super high. You can never be good enough","In general management is great at Amazon, there is respect for direct reports and their best experience is always in mind. From an operational perspective the drive for results is clear and a focus that they should always keep, while always balancing with the needs of the people. Support for managers, recognition for good work, and compensation and level increases should be done on time to avoid attrition.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14023,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I feel like I can build anything here!,"Scale, positive workplace, ability to truly affect change, unlimited growth potential and the ability to build new products and services that directly impact my customers. Customer obsession is real, and it drives decisions which you are never embarrassed to deliver.","large scale means unbridled options which can be dizzying at first, very self-driven",A little more handholding for the new employee could be beneficial.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14024,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I,FA,Work 4 days Off 3 Competitive pay,It is a very repetitive job Boring Strict at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14025,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical support Engineer,- Get a chance to surround your self with highly tecnical and intelligent folks.,- cannot think of any..,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14026,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,A great culture with so many wonderful opportunities!,"Benefits, Career advancement/opportunities available, Virtual (work-from-home) positions, Stock options, Salary is respectable, Work-Life balance, Employees overall are happy!","Tools currently used for communication (Virtual Teams), company size makes it extremely competitive to advance to other positions","I would like to see more focus placed on individual development. The employees are the BEST asset a company has. I would like to see more focus on effective training, outside learning and employee development, Also potentially implementing a training development program for individuals who are looking to move to the next level to help us be prepared for those opportunities when they arise.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14027,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,You Get What You Put In,"Benefits, many team options, good coworkers, flexibility",Peak month can be rough,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14028,amazon,"Buena Park, CA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Great Company For an Eager Worker. Highly Reccomend,"weekly pay, fun work envirnment, flexible hours, great benefits","absolutely none, not enough video games in break room",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14029,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,what I experienced my 3 years,"schedule,transfers,other info of our buildings across the world.","communication,computers,a/c should have a game room",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P621.htm
14030,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Pace,"Great pay, full hours and mostly over time.","Fast pace the whole shift, its a good workout.","To be more linent, most supervisors are rude and very demanding about many tasks.",5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14031,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer,Kick start for Freshers High learning Curve Flexible,Very thing is good !!!,Provide food for the employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14032,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Amazing Company to work for,Great people to work with Constant challenges day in day out Amazing pace of the work great work culture great benefits and flexibility to move around anywhere in the world,"Too Competitive you really need to work hard and smart to keep up , never a dull moment :)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14033,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love amazon,Great work environment great new building,The walking from the front to deck area,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14034,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Reduced Time Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"paid holidays, competitive pay, time off, vto","peak restrictions, young managers, rigid work",Focus on motivating and making work fun instead of pushing for goals. I prefer fun little competitions between associate's then being told to work harder to meet goals. It also creates a relaxed fast-paced environment.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14035,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics,"Good benefits, but hard to climb","Flexible, good for college student, good benefits.","Limited opportunities in climbing the ladder, friends get more promotions than hard workers.",Building is falling apart because the people conducting interviews know limited about the job they are interviewing for and passing up on good candidates for positions.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14036,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Singapore Logistics,"Great coworkers, flexible shifts 1",Min-wage pay. Management non-exsitant 2,where are they?,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14037,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,2,that it a good plant it has its down and ups.,the weekly rates was the worest,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14038,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits,Good benefits and paid time off,"Horrible management, no room for growth, horrible morale, horrible atmosphere to work in.",Do better,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14039,amazon,"Alamogordo, NM"," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Pizza Maker,Kindle specialist T2,good co workers and cool technology,horrible stats system ran by na computer to hire and fire ppl,dont discriminate against medical issues they are constitutionally protected even if not documented,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P622.htm
14040,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Packing,Packer,Amazon has Great benefits to choose from,Management is not on same page,Please do what is right.,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14041,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work life balance,"Great coworker, smart people,nice location,High salary",almost nothing to complain. There is no free food but it is not a big deal!,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14042,amazon,"Nashua, NH"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Ambassador,Great Company To Work For,"Pay is decent, 40 hour work week, great benefits including help pay for college, medical and dental, life insurance. Etc.","Better for a 2 parent household or someone without kids, 10 hour work day, sometimes there isn't enough work so they offer voluntary time off sometimes every day, Peak season and Prime week can be hectic where you may end up working mandatory 50 to 60 hours a week.","Take into consideration single parents and cater to their schedule, if you work with your employees on scheduling you'll keep them happy and wanting them to be the best employee they can be for your company. I know you need the best employees to keep up with CPTs and aim over 105% like my previous FC was able to do.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14043,amazon,"Suffolk, VA"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Exciting,"It was a great company environment with positive team management. Solid employee benefits and the work was exciting, dealing with all the different customer calls.","Sudden system changes that caused frequent issues with work such as lags when logging in. Often times, the servers would be so bad that it would disconnect customer calls.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14044,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,On stop shop for your career!,The company is huge and it has a role for everyone and the company empowers people to thrive towards what they are passionate about! As Engineers you own your destiny and an abundance of approachable people at all levels in the company!,"- Since the company is huge, there are too many processes to get a product out and I think its necessary for a company this big! - The RSU vesting cycle is tail heavy as in the majority of the RSUs vest towards the 4th year (its probably the strategy to retain people)",There are a few loopholes where people come in as Project Managers and they transition into SDM's. Probably need to raise the bar on that!,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14045,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Great Transition Job,"4-day weeks, great work out, energetic and young management staff.","Lots of turn over, lots of negative workers. It is not a career unless you're going into management, but it is a great opportunity while looking for something else or going to school.","Overall, I think they're doing a good job, but I guess promote more from within.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14046,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ffffffff,It get company work for,The only down side is only 20 hour a week,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14047,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have a good deal,You work for an influential company with very smart people that cares about customers.,It is becoming a large company with large company problems of inefficiency and politics.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14048,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Amazon is a quick changing environment. I enjoyed adapting to new processes and working on continuous improvement.,Amazon is a tough job and there are times during the holidays that require a lot of hours. For some this could cut into personal life more than one would want.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14049,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,Principle Product Manager,"Challenging and interesting work, opportunities to ""make my mark"" and build things from the ground up. Try and find a team that is building something new, and isn't relying too much on another team to build it - that's where all the fun stuff is.","Some teams have a culture criticizing without offering to help fix things that are broken. Some teams are too afraid to change something that already exists in case it breaks. If you get in between these two kinds of teams (trying to get one team comfortable with improving their tech-debt ridden project, which would require help from a critical team), it can be exhausting. That would describe about 50% of my days - exhausting.","Simplify. We are intentionally spaghetti, and that makes sense. While one might expect that moving quickly would mean fewer connections to other teams, I have experienced the opposite. We hack together solutions on top of hacked together solutions in order to get a Minimum Lovable Product out the door, but then when we try to maintain these products, we sometimes don't have the resources or influence necessary to keep various solutions up and running. Try to find where your team has moved from spaghetti to a rat king, and give them margin and guidance in untangling themselves. If they can't afford that, maybe the project isn't worth it.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P623.htm
14050,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to itern,"campus is large, lots of other interns","very few perks, especially for interns",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14051,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistic Specialist,A lot of work and learning every day.,busy and shifts are long,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14052,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting place to learn,"No shortage of tech to learn or projects to work on Amazing culture, always forces the most important piece of work to bubble up","Ramp up can be challenging, as there isn't a rule book that you can follow to learn the ropes",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14053,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Good benefits, offers classes for career advancement, discount on Sketchers, good about taking time off","Can be difficult to make rate, breaks are short considering the time it takes to get to the break room, no recognition for busting your butt",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14054,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loss Prevention Manager,Great pay and benefits. stock options are given on a yearly basis.,Very cutthroat place to work. Everyone is in it for themselves. No work life balance,Stop making your only goal to be promoted.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14055,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Managment is great, Benefits are good.",Jobs can be boring and repetitive. Will take years to advance up. 10 hour shifts.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14056,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Good Benefits, lenient time off policies","Hard work, low pay, ""high school"" atmosphere.",Less Bureaucracy,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14057,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tour of Duty,Opportunity to work on cutting edge topics,There is absolutely zero work-life balance. 24/7/365 adrenaline rush.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14058,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Its good for college students i guess....,They pay is good compared to other warehouses in the area. During the peak season you get paid extra if you go to work on time and if the buildings productivity is up to par.,"Some of the managers treat you like robots instead of people. They can be very rude and tell you that your ""whining and complaining"" when you ask to be trained in other areas. It can be physically demanding seeing as you can walk up to 15 miles a day in pick. They clearly show favoritism in every department and you can tell who they favor.",Stop the favoritism and start treat employees like human beings and not numbers. Your employees would be a lot more efficient if they didn't feel like they were under so much pressure to try to stand out.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14059,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,this is not an exciting job,you might lose some weight just by carrying heavy big boxes bending and standing,you will get bored. they dont respect you. you either do your work or dont do. they will not be affected much,more space for those big boxes. you dont want people tripping and falling,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P624.htm
14060,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Each 2 Sort,Easy place to work at,Work can be very tedious,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14061,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Kindle Tier II Support,Work Somewhere Else,"Decent pay, work from home","Basically everything else. Like being a cog, and not treated like a human? You'll fit in great here. I was fired for hanging up on a woman who cursed at me, even though Amazon's KB told me I could.",At least pretend like your employees are human,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14062,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Security Architect,Great company --even after 1 year,Great ownership at grass root levels of engineering no bureaucracy [not at levels that impact the engineering community] Most of the management works in line with the company's aligned goals Management at VP level cares for employees genuinely great autonomy great work ethic amongst peers,no tuition reimbursement no cash bonus after 2nd year -only stock grants not enough stock grants,increase the stock grants incorporate automatic tuition reimbursement program incorporate extra cash bonus after 3rd year or so.. or increase the stock numbers,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14063,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fun place to develop software,"• Great work environment: Amazon gets a bad rap and I hesitated when checking Glassdoor myself. I shouldn't have. It's a supportive, friendly, professional environment, and I really enjoy it. • Technical challenges: The work is difficult enough to stay interesting, and I work in more programming languages than I thought I would, which is fun.","• Pager duty: Often you will be on an on-call cycle, and you're expected to respond to issues very quickly, which definitely cramps your social call during your rotation. • Legacy code: I work on the retail website and am working more often within existing systems than writing anything from scratch. The older code isn't bad or anything, though, and this may be different in different areas. • Working across teams: You always have to interact with other teams, which can be tough when they're in other locations. Sometimes I wish I could just pick up the phone and talk to someone for five minutes.",• I wish the 401(k) matching was more generous—that's my only complaint about compensation and benefits.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14064,amazon,"North Reading, MA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Amazon Robotics is the Best Place I've Ever Worked, Bar None.","-Work at the bleeding edge in robotics, swarm robotics, logistics, machine learning, and optimization -Design, build, and deploy infrastructure to meet global demand at a dizzying pace -Work closely with academia to stay flush with the latest methods -See your own ideas deployed at scale -See your work benefit the general public -Benefit from many opportunities for career development -Enjoy many opportunities for educational outreach -Do company-sponsored charity work -Be surrounded by brilliant people all the time -Enjoy flexible schedule -Watch fleets of robots daily -Take part in Orange Week, which is the best new hire orientation ever","-Staggering pace of growth can sometimes mean late nights, but in my experience, this has been minimal -Cubicles rather than enclosed offices -Many new employees don't have personal desks because of -Conference rooms and other group resources often contested",Predict upcoming scale challenges with maintaining robots as we continue to ship unprecedented numbers of units so that we can forestall any situation that would make us into a maintenance company instead of an R&D organization.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14065,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Start-up Vibe with Interesting and Challenging Work,"Love the culture - they value experimentation, learning, and open dialogue. My work never gets boring, there's always challenges to tackle and new projects to dive deep on. They focus on writing over presentations which helps make sure that great ideas don't hinge on your ability to be a persuasive speaker.","Whether your a manager or individual contributor you have to take ownership of your own work and deal with ambiguity at times - this can make it difficult during those first few months of employment while you're still figuring things out. Ideas/projects can get scaled up too fast, which can lead to shifting priorities at times.","Keep giving us good work, and the autonomy to do it, and we'll keep delivering top-notch, customer-focused work.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14066,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Solving Challenging and Fun New Problems,"My favorite part of working at Amazon is that the opportunities here are endless. You never feel like you are stuck in your current role. There are always opportunities to try and learn new things that are both directly and indirectly related to your current role. The other thing that I love is the ""flat"" culture that we have. No matter where you are in the hierarchy, you are not only encouraged, but expected to take ownership over projects and your ideas. This really has given me the ability to see the direct results of my work and pushing me to challenge myself in ways that I never would have otherwise.  *The opinions expressed in this post are my own.","We move fast, and at times it can be exhausting, but to be honest, I wouldn't have it any other way. I rather be constantly busy, than have nothing to do. If you consider a job at Amazon, just be up to the challenge!","Reconsider salary ranges, especially with the continued increase in the cost of living. The benefits here are great, but a little more cash in our pockets would go a long way!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14067,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Good place to work for,I joined directly from the university as an SDE I. Amazon maintains really high bar for all the things they do. I got thrown into those pool of people and you eventually become like that.  -No micro management -flexibly work hours -can take vacation any time (at least in my team) -can move to other internal teams very easily. Plenty of oportunities there. - work on some rare problems that no other company in the world is working on.,-lot of stress -oncall issues. -pay changes only ones a year. If you do well for 6 months there is no reward for it.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14068,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Rewarding career choice,"High ownership focus, you can drive your business with freedom, have the ability to fail and learn from mistakes, always expected to learn.","Can be intimidating for new joiners, especially the focus on written communication through 6 pagers, etc. Those who need extensive hand holding may lose direction.",Support through mentors or peer mentors in similar roles.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14069,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Output Stocker,Really great place for losing weight,Walking alot and the pay was great,Walking alot and small breaks,none,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P625.htm
14070,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Factory,I liked the pace and the job. Free coffee machine in cafeteria area was a plus.,"Climb 31 stairs up, no a/c but 2 big fans for whole floor, - couldn't a mgr put an Amazon Prime order in for more fans so people dont fight over them? No cell phones during working hours for emergencies, have to put in your locker. Not many healthy lunch selections in the vending machines, and would take too long to go out for lunch. When it's lunch time a female manager yells LUNCH!! Really, no intercom overhead. Not pleasant - lol. More than not there was mandatory overtime for 5 days total, when hired for 4 days total. It wasn't even holiday time.",I think u can afford more fans and a/c during the hot season. And an intercom system. I heard Jeff is the richest man on earth...,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14071,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is about to lose a lot of good reps,"Flex hours, work from home, equipment provided.",No monthly review of your performance...no input on how you can individually improve. no team meetings and you feel like you're not a part of anything.,You have lost my confidence ...work anywhere but here.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14072,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Picker,Find employment elsewhere or simply work here as seasonal work.,"The pay is decent You have guranteed set hours Health, dental, vision, and 401K Coworkers are usually great Generous amount of earned time off and voluntary time off",Management (unless you get a rare good one) Organization of company Work conditions Facility temperature Long shifts Parking is always full,"Communicate with other departments and work in the interest of your employees. A company succeeds due to its employees, and at Amazon, it feels as if management works against the best interest if its employees intentionally.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14073,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,Overtime was good. Cool robots in facility.,"You're not allowed to sit down, even during breaks. You get shuffled around during peak season.",Let us sit down,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14074,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,I am a stower on front half,"Benefits, Paid time off, bonuses",Training new people. There is not enough one on one training. New employees do not have the knowledge to succeed.,"Spend more one on one time with the employees that have been employed for more than 6 months or longer, to help identify areas that need improving. Also, put an established employee with a new hire to assist in the new hire's success.",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14075,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,The Truth,Pay was good Great benefits,"One of the ladies in HR was rude to me my first week when I asked about something I wasn't sure of Picker position is the worst you have to pick 1200 item by the end of the day physical impossible with the right corners and stow staff always in the way and you get a scanner that tell you, you have 69 seconds to get to the next item when that item is like quarter of a mile away If your picking to slow and still in a learning curve you will loose the job",When people go to apply it would make things a lot better if you was able to pick your department and go into detail about which one does what and talk more about how Rate is more important the quality,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14076,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Client Lead Recruiter,Client Lead Recruiter,"The challenge and innovation at Amazon is virtually endless. They truly do listen to your ideas and are willing to try things to improve processes, procedures, etc.","The company itself is huge, which makes it sometimes difficult to navigate outside of your own organization.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14077,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So much room to grow!,It's a great company with a lot of fluidity movement. It's encouraged to move within the organization and grow. Tons of valuable learning opportunities.,Work hours never seem to end. You definetly work hard and sometimes there may no physical reward but just a simple pat on the back.,Work-LIFE- BALANCE!,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14078,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,"I love working for Amazon, and not just for the free pizza!",- Many opportunities for advancement - Great benefits package - Beautiful campus,- Constant change requires you to be flexible. - Not all teams function as happy units,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14079,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Needs Better Supervision,Decent Pay for part time job with decent benefits,"stressful environment, money sometimes not worth the time",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P626.htm
14080,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Learning Coordinator,Cut throat environment,"good benefits, never lack of work",Treats employees like cattle. Not a lot of personal touch,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14081,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,do like the company culture,work hour is not flexible enough,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14082,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,"It was okay, it pays well and I love that you have a set schedule.","Good starting pay with overnight differential, great hours, flexible scheduling, overtime opportunities, lunch break room food options, sometimes a company bonus if the warehouse did great all together for the month.","Short lunch and rest breaks, and having to meet rate. What I disliked also is not having available lockers and having to leave my phone inside the break room where people can easily take it (though they never took it because there's cameras everywhere.)","Be more careful who you hire, a lot of people are very immature and act like they're in high school again, not to mention the amount of thirst from males.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14083,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Great Place to Work,Opportunities to promote Opportunities to relocate all over the world Positive Culture Safety Culture,Busy work hours during the peak season,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14084,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - HRBP,HRBP,"Flexibility, opportunity to learn from some of the best leaders in the industry, and challenge the status quo.","It's a fast paced environment, and there isn't always someone helping you through the unknown.","Starting a new job at Amazon can be overwhelming, offer salaried new hires a more structured onboarding plan for the first 30 days, that helps take the guess work out of what to do.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14085,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Manager,Plenty of room to grow !,"If you have the ability to relocate as you progress your career with Amazon, the sky is the limit.","Not really a con, but be prepared to hi the ground running on Day 1",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14086,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Partner Marketing Manager,Best Company I have Ever Worked For - AWS -,"Tremendous growth opportunities due to massive growth. Flat organization that operates more like a scrappy startup than a very large, bureaucratic organization. Highly competitive compensation with all employees having ownership interests via RSU's. It is such a privilege to work with so many talented people.","Massive growth means that things change constantly - this is great for those who are flexible and deal well with ambiguity, but would be a challenge for others who prefer more rigid environments. The latter should be very cautious about joining.","No advice needed, I have every bit of confidence in the organization's leadership and strategy.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14087,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"To whom much is given, much is expected",Best and Brightest Challenging Fast Paced Innovative GREAT Pay GREAT Benefits GREAT Leaders Very fair time off Great fringe benefits GREAT stock options GREAT culture GREAT vision,Not for the lazy Extremely difficult if you are poor at time management Will consume as much of your personal time as you let it,"Stick to your guns, maintain your vision, continue to be the most associate and customer friendly company in the world",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14088,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Best place to grow and be part of something great,"Very smart people, customer obsessed, diverse, encourages growth in all areas, modern and innovative, great dress code, like a big family, love it!","It you are a worker and you are taking your job serious, there are no cons!","Keep hiring and developing the ""best""!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14089,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,FC Operations Manager,"Fast pace, High opportunity for growth, challenging environment, diverse workforce, multiple industries or experience, Customer centered, unique work schedules,has potential for long term growth, innovative and forward thinking, great pay and benefits.","Can be high stress environment and pace not for everyone. You must be prepared to be accountable and not take failure personally. You will try and fail multiple times. Recognition is not easily given, you need to find recognize your own efforts.","Be prepared to take risks, don't get comfortable, always challenge yourself.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P627.htm
14090,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,Love this company!,Great people Moves fast Open to new ideas,"Philosophy of ""flying the plane while building it"" Large company - can be difficult to navigate if you don't have the right manager",Keep following the leadership principles and investing in your people!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14091,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - HRM,HRM,Fast paced - learning every day - fun environment,can't think of a single thing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14092,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Web Services - A positive experience,"Amazon is a good place to work. I've spent 3 years in AWS specifically, and have felt that there has been a good balance between focusing on the work and my personal growth. It's a different culture than many are used to, but it's generally one that fosters a positive working environment.","Like any company, some jobs are good, and some are bad. There are infamous news articles about people crying at their desks because it's such a difficult place to work. I'm sure there are jobs like that in Amazon, but I haven't encountered many. The good thing in Amazon is that if you wind up in a job that doesn't fit, there are near endless opportunities to move elsewhere in the company.","Implement a training team that is geared to helping teams scale up. A common failure in Amazon is the incorrect assumption that everyone knows how to train new employees. That's not always the case. Having a basic training program--or even just resources that teams can customize and consistently use when needed--would be instrumental, if not vital, to the projected growth of the company.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14093,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It is and always will be my dream company,"Work culture Challenging work Compensations & Benefits And the most important of all ""Career Opportunities""",I am only filling this column because it is required to have a minimum of 5 words.,I know that we strive to raise the bar when hiring new candidates. But I don't see it in practice.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14094,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good but intense place to work,Challenging problem space with great opportunity for growth,Work can be difficult and pressure filled,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,"Very interesting problems to work on, potential for high impact","Potential for high impact, data-driven culture, great work-life balance in my org",No major con so far (few months in the job),Keep us hungry,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14096,amazon,"North Reading, MA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Principal Technologist,Geat Place to work,"Its a fantastic organization with huge opportunities for personal growth. Amazon really cares about the development of its people. If you ask, you'll get one or more great mentors.","There's so much opportunity, young staff need to make sure they have a mentor who knows the Amazon systems & can help speed up the learning curve.",Keep up the good work!!!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14097,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great Opportunities and Growth,- Challenging environment with attainable goals - Ability to innovate and drive your ideas - Tons of ownership with projects and within your role - Culture is top notch - Work/Life balance is right where I need it to be,- Benefits are good but not as good as other tech companies in the area,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14098,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Client Lead Recruiter,Hard Work and Very Rewarding,"Very high standards, very fast-paced with much work to do.",It's important to find balance in work/life. Successful Amazonians have to demonstrate some backbone to develop boundaries.,Stay focused on developing your employees to keep them engaged so as not to burn out by working too hard and being too siloed.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14099,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Numerous opportunities at a non-stop growing company,"Numerous internal opportunity, relevant work for business, close partnership with all relevant leaders",You could end up with a very complex product and problem to solve,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P628.htm
14100,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Accounting Manager,"Fast pace, learn a lot",- Always striving for best - Learn a lot and look for best industry practices - highly knowledgeable peers - Senior management is in details and industry recognized professionals,- Different than other corporate - High expectation to make difference and high participation required,- Keep hiring bar high,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14101,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,It's a place I'm proud to work at.,"Amazon is a place that does not slow down. We invest in growth and have found a lot of success, which is something to be proud of. You also do not often run into situations where good ideas are not given a fair hearing and/or resources to mature.","Amazon is run like a conglomeration of small businesses, so your experience depends a lot on your local team. For the most part, there's a very high standard for managers, but a bad manager could have a big impact on your experience and the success of your team.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14102,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Engagement Manager,AWS Pro Services - A+ company,"Only a few months in but so far I have stayed surprised at the time provided new employees to ramp up and take training courses specific to many of the AWS services. Nowadays, companies hire you and throw you at the work, AWS takes an approach where for each employee to be able to be in front of customers and be the expert, they take the time to train you as such. My Team, Manager, and up stream Management have all been great.","None to report at this time, I'm excited to come to work each day for the first time in a long time.",Stay peculiar and keep disrupting!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14103,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Business Partner,Greatest company ever,"Compensation, Stock options, competitive work environment, personal development & growth.",Working in Ops / peak makes for a tough work - life balance.,Continue being great.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14104,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Channel Program Manager,3 Different Roles at AWS,"Fun, rewarding, and challenging environment","Can be very demanding, stressful and ambiguous.",Provide more direction and structure to employees on how they are doing and what they need to do to do better.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14105,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,7 years,"+ probably the most innovative tech company out there today. It's impossible to be bored here + lots of career growth opportunities due to the incredible expansion of the business + work culture has significantly gotten better since the NYT article in 2015 and a change in the SVP of HR. Examples include paid maternity/paternity leave, flexible hour teams, fairer employee review system etc.","- benefits (401k, perks etc.) are weak compared to peer software engineering companies (Google, Facebook etc.) - Seattle is getting expensive for everyone and is partly driven by the tremendous growth in Amazon employees moving into the city.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14106,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter-TADP Program,Loving My Start at Amazon,"I've been at Amazon for a little over 2 months as a recruiter within the university Talent Acquisition and Development Program (TADP). So far I am really enjoying starting my career at Amazon. My manger is a great person to work with who is very intersted in the career development of his direct reports and truly wants to help everyone be their best. While I can't speak for all recruiting teams at Amazon, my team has a great work life balance and I have found that my co-workers are very open to answer my questions as a new recruiter. There are many perks that come with working for a massive corporate company like Amazon and they include, but are not limited too, solid pay/benefits, great speakers/presentations around campus, nice work areas and a beautiful campus that has a lot of activities and food options within walking distance. The company culture is not for everyone, it's really focused on improvement and working for our customers not ourselves, so I encourage everyone to read the Leadership Principals before they apply to make sure the culture resonates with them.","While I see very few cons of working at Amazon there are a few. Seattle is expensive and it can be hard to find places where rent is affordable. Amazon does things to mitigate this like providing a free Orca public transpiration card to all employees, offering free shuttles with wifi from various location, including the East-side, around Puget Sound and encouraging/creating vanpool/carpool options. Also Amazon is a corporate company, that means there are rules and a hierarchy that could get in the way of you work although I have yet to personally experience this. Finally, parking is expensive because the real estate and buildings are in prime retail/restaurant areas (it can be upwards of $20 for a work day) and while Amazon does provide a certain amount of free parking until you receive your spot (the wait list for this is long) I could see that for people with children or who can't take public transportation this could be financial burden. My complaints are few and far between and, unless I were to changes teams and end up somewhere that I don't enjoy, I do not foresee this changing.","Increase the number of shuttles available and offer some that come from the south sound (Tacoma, Federal Way, Kent, etc.) to the Seattle area. Make parking more accessible or subsidize the cost a little more for employees who don't have a spot yet.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14107,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Amazon,"Innovative, fun, challenging, rewarding. I am proud to work here.","There is a lot of ambiguity, we hire smart people who are challenged to figure things out without a lot of direction. I love this, but it isn't for everyone",Make career planning easier,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14108,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"AWSome company, packed with amazing people and challenges","I work at AWS, and love the pace of growth and innovation, and the amazing AWS cloud services, as well as the transformational impact we bring into our customers' lives around the world. It's great to be a part of such awesome global force. I'm surrounded with highly competent, driven, yet super friendly professionals, who actually want to work all day, every day, to achieve results (yep, I find it rare and highly beneficial). I love the challenges we get to solve on daily basis - never get bored. Management sets vision and direction, and trusts that you'll take the initiative to implement it to your best judgement and ability (no micro-management). They ask what they can do to help every day. Arguably led by the best CEO on the planet, great leadership team, flat management structure. Great work/life balance - very reasonable performance expectations, giving you a chance to over-achieve them. I choose to work extra hours because I want to achieve more each week, like most around me - but it's not mandatory. Great compensation package.",Not an ideal place for under-achievers! :-) Fewer holidays and vacation days than offered by most companies - this is more than compensated by cool events you get to travel to throughout the year,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14109,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,VPC Networking is the foundation of AWS Services,"Groudbreaking projects used by around the world. It feels like we are writing operating system for the next 100 years :-)  One can achieve anything here as long as they have energy and interest.  In my team work/life balance is very good. I don't feel pressure from management to do overtime, we did put more hours in order to release my current project on time.",Due to the active growth and interns we were in high-density seating during the summer. A new Amazon building will open nearby soon and some teams will move there freeing up space.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P629.htm
14110,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced career with lot of growth opportunties,"Work culture, work on new technologies, location.. Seattle is a decent city to live except the rent prices going up every year :)","Extra benefits such as lunch, gym etc",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14111,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,I like it here!,"+Things move quickly, but you achieve and learn at a really satisfying rate +Work with really bright people - if you're tired of being in the big fish in the small pond, you'll love Amazon because you'll be surrounded by big fish +Invent and Simplify - there's no such thing as ""well, that's how we've always done it"". If you want to update a process, try something new, scrap something that doesn't work, then you'll have support to do it. +Career development is taken seriously. There's no reason to stagnate. +Emphasis on delivering results. I love that everything I do has an end result, I'm not just spinning my wheels and waiting for some business leader to make a decision on something.","Traffic in Seattle is ridiculous and more flexible working arrangements should be offered. I understand that working from home is a privilege, but if your role doesn't require a daily onsite presence then the employee should have enough agency to choose whether they'll need to commute on certain days.","Events like Take Your Parents to Work Day are few and far between, but I love them. I'd like more opportunities for companywide engagement.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14112,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Overall a remarkable company,"Amazon provides some of the best opportunity to work across the globe. I live in a smaller city, but am able to work virtually on projects bigger than I ever imagined. It truly is amazing and I'm lucky to have a great team of colleagues.",It is challenging for me to know that I am compensated significantly less than my colleagues because I live in a different area. I wish we offered internal promotions and external hires similar compensation packages.,"Close the gap between discount markets and standard markets in base pay. Especially when you have equally tenured colleagues on the same team doing similar work, a 60k vs 90k difference in base salary is quite noticeable.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14113,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Amazon,"Work from home, opportunity for growth, always changing","low pay, no sick time",focus more on the positive,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14114,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - General Manager,Inspiring place to work,"Smart, accomplished colleagues to learn from, culture of entrepreneurship that pushes accountability and opportunity down into the organization, you are truly a master/mistress of your own destiny here -- lots of ability to move across teams and take on very different challenges, leadership principles are really good training on how to be an effective leader","As a manager, can be tough to retain/recruit people (people have so many great options within Amazon!), not great for people who do well in highly structured environments (culture of self service and ""bias for action""), diversity in leadership is a work in progress","Don't lose sight of the leadership principles, recognize advancing diversity is core to developing ""right, a lot""",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14115,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Supportive Team - Always Busy - Room for Endless Growth,So many opportunities no matter your interest- competitive yet collaborative atmosphere and opportunity to stretch and do projects as you please.,"Due to frugality, not as many 'fringe benefits' as other tech groups, but that's ok!","Continue to roll up your sleeves and be an owner, I love that there is an effort made to get to know everyone.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14116,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Productive,"Fast moving and innovative, there is great opportunity to advance skills and career.",Can be tough for those who prefer to just follow instruction,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14117,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Tough place to work, but worth it","Endless opportunities to work on interesting, cutting-edge projects. Tons of autonomy, ownership, and decision-making responsibilities given to even the youngest employees. Ability to change jobs frequently without having previous industry experience.","Very little transparency regarding HR-related issues (e.g. promotions, performance reviews, compensation). Rough promotion process that requires employees to take on higher-level work for at least 6 months before being rewarded with higher-level compensation and titles.","Reform the promotion process, give employees more insight into how their performance, compensation, etc. are evaluated. Amazon has huge ambitions to hire more people to grow Seattle HQ and create a new HQ somewhere else in North America. To achieve this, they need to keep growing their own talent and easing external candidates concerns about culture and work-life harmony.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14118,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place,+ Solve world class problems + Unprecedented scale and speed of decision making + Great career growth opportunities + Ability come up with and new drive initiatives,- It is up to the individual to manage work life balance. There is always a lot to do and you need to learn to prioritize and manage expectations for customer and manager,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14119,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Exciting and Challenging Company,- Entrepreneurial spirit - Talented associates - Ability to transition throughout the company - Compensation - Vacation,- Seattle Rain - Difficulty in getting promoted,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P630.htm
14120,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Exciting and Challenging Company,- Entrepreneurial spirit - Talented associates - Ability to transition throughout the company - Compensation - Vacation,- Seattle Rain - Difficulty in getting promoted,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14121,amazon,"Ashburn, VA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - DCEO,Day 1 (6-weeks and counting),"What an amazing ride this has been! The culture is great, the people are awesome, and the job has been very rewarding! I couldn't have made a better decision!","Only Con so far is that the snacks and drink machines are not free (or at least subsidized in some way), and they don't have credit card readers. That would really be nice!","People first, mission always!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14122,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Best place I've worked,* Great people building some really cool stuff * Encouraged to keep thinking bigger all the time * You can generally work how you want to work,* Experience highly dependent on your team and teams around you. Caveat emptor. * Easy to get busy with the small stuff and fighting fires if you're not disciplined or if you're in a bad team,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14123,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Specialist,"Great Environment, Dog friendly Environment, Free Bananas","Flexible hours, Positive attitude, Customer obsessed company, Great time","Its been great, No cons so far",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14124,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Business Intelligence Analyst III,I've never been so challenged in my professional career. The pace is break-neck speed. There is no time for politics. Everyone is intelligent and hungry to deliver results. Transparency and brutal honesty are the norm: This is refreshing for me coming from stuffy corporate environments full of back-biting and politics.,"For first-time employees, the experience can be overwhelming, especially to snowflakes. For old-timers like myself, the transition to transparency and fluff-avoidance takes time.",Keep doing what you're doing. Be deaf to those who can't cut it and criticize the culture that has made the organization and so many of its employees successful.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14125,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Real ownership over your work statement. New exciting challenges every day. Daily work connects to real value delivered to Amazon customers all over the world.,Seemingly infinite career possibilities. Relationships matter be sure to invest in them.,Keep up the great work around innovation and candid career conversations.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14126,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Great Work/Life Balance,"Like all jobs, whether you enjoy it or not depends on your specific team.  I've been very fortunate to be in a team full of amazing people who are very welcoming and supporting. My manager schedules weekly one-on-ones with every team member, and we constantly talk about ways we can improve/career opportunities at work.  It's also very easy to talk to senior management, as almost everyone is open to hearing you out if you have comments. This was definitely one thing I loved about Amazon culture. As a fresh grad surrounded by 30-some year olds who have way more work experience than I do, I loved that they treated me as an equal and never looked down on any of my input.","Not so much of a con to me, but to some: You need to be able to carve your own path, if you want to take a different direction, you can't wait for someone to do it for you. If you're running low on work/projects, you need to step up and ask for more.  People also don't show up to meetings on time. If you schedule a meeting at 2pm, know that it'll start at 2:10 or 2:15.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14127,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,"1) One of the best learning experience in the industry 2) The company is very welcoming if you want to change your current role, function, line of business and do something that you feel will suit you better. Very easy transition. Thus, enhanced learning. 3) Amazing relocation package 4) Compensation and benefits are pretty competitive 5) Very collaborative, you can reach out to people from other team for help, escalations are pretty smooth if you don't get responses","1) Steep Learning Curve 2) Some higher management are snobbish and rude 3) Work life balance could be challenging in some projects, but is largely manager driven. 4) Employees do not get great benefit on amazon.com (up to $100 discount on select products if you spend $1000 in a year)",Frugality is the most abused principle within Amazon. Sr. management spends way more in T&E than the small fishes,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14128,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior CS Agent: Search and Rescue,Amazon Delivers: Customer Service Excellence,"Culture- From the moment you walk in any of Amazon's buildings around the world you are instantly steeped in a peculiar culture, that is to say the culture is not that of many other corporations in the country. We put the customer first, whether that is an internal or external customer. The difference is palpable.  Core Values- Our guiding principles empower every employee from the lowest to highest seniority to make positive change by delighting our customers, solving problems, proactively addressing customer pain points, and innovating the online and offline experience.  Opportunity- Once in the company you not only have opportunities to advance and learn more of the business, it is expected and encouraged.  Variety- Every day provides a new challenge to overcome. If you thrive on never doing the same thing too frequently this is the place to be.  Benefits- The entire benefits package is phenomenal and that includes on of the best health insurance packages I've experienced out of all my employment history.","Competitive Nature- A humble brag, Amazon expects and grooms the best of the best. People that develop long term careers here tend to be self competitive and always strive to take their position to the next level.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14129,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer Tech Lead,Software Engineer Tech Lead,"good culture , nice people, agile style work","bad traffic to downtown Seattle, tough to find parking spots.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P631.htm
14130,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineering Manager,Sr. Manager Software Development,working with wickedly smart people. Learning everyday and pushing the boundaries. There is definitely more work than what you one can do. It is boht a challenge and opporunity.,Speed is preferred over efficiency. At times the overhead of many randomization can easily burn people out.,Pay attention to your people as the are your first customers.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14131,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Tax Manager,Amazon,Exciting company that is always innovating and is on the cutting edge of technology. Always exciting projects to work on and be a part of.,The location in downtown Seattle (South Lake Union) is really hard to commute to. Public transportation is wildly inadequate and traffic is a nightmare.,"Work with the city of Seattle and/or King County to provide better, more reliable options for commuters. Or start up an Amazon bus route (that goes outside of the downtown area).",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14132,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,Growth and innovation Constant learning Compensation and benefits,Lack of training and mentoring Silos and too many teams Resource prioritization,"I am proud to be working at such an innovative and fast-paced company. I love that I'm learning something new everyday and the growth in opportunities internal and external is amazing. I like the direction the company is going with focusing on the strengths of individuals. I think there needs more support for people to focus on those strengths. For instance, someone who is strong at strategy and processes, really needs more support from data and business analytics to cut the data in the most effective and efficient way rather than everyone doing their own. The decentralized teams gives more speed and flexibility but it can also slow down the overarching business if there is not better cross collaboration and support for each other.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14133,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Test Engineer,"Software Development Engineer, Test","Amazon is a place to do innovation and run down your ideas to provide exceptional customer service in the competitive market. Whether you are a developer, manager, or any other position, you would always find yourself thinking outside of the box and working backward from customer. You will get challenged and learn so much that you would never find such an experience from any other company. Simply, being Amazonian is a place to bring down your brainstorm to a unique customer solution. In short, as slogan say - Work hard, have fun, make history.","Sometime you might find overwhelming with so much going on in your basket, but we recommend you that you manage your time and priority well.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14134,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,I love Amazon!,"Amazon strives for innovation, and in doing so is a champion of good ideas. The management / organization structure is pretty flat, as a younger employee I feel that I can express my opinions and ideas in front of higher ups and that they will respect my position. Amazon has great policies about career development, and moving internally within the company is incredibly easy.","You get what you give - if you want to stand out, you will need to put in the extra hours and energy to get ahead. No one is here to hold your hand (which can be a pro for those who work well individually and a con for those who expect continuous help).",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14135,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to work!,+ Working with the best and brightest + Contributing to the development of cutting-edge technology + Lots of responsibility / ownership,- Benefits and compensation largely limited to stock options - Career advancement / promotions can be slow-going,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14136,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,"Exciting opportunities around every corner, around the world Great health-care benefits Company is truly customer-centric",Long hours Hard to ramp up,Keep innovating! Keep up the great work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14137,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is an amazing place to work,"Amazon is an amazing place to work if you like being surrounded by really smart and motivated people. You will work hard, but the work is very rewarding. You will be challenged to defend your ideas, but the culture is direct and not passive-aggressive like many big companies.","Comp is very tied to stock. When Amazon's stock price is doing well, that's a really good thing. But, it can be anxiety-inducing given the general volatility in the stock market.  Although many will list ""work too hard"" as a con, I don't actually see people at Amazon working markedly harder than any other big tech company. And frankly, the level of responsibility and ownership you're given at Amazon far exceeds other companies (based on my experience, as well as discussion with friends/acquaintances), so the hard work is rewarding.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14138,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Learning and Development Specialist,Great and challenging place to work,"Amazon is growing fast. This allows any employee to find their own path, join a team they are interested in and work on many exciting projects. It's truly a self-serve company and you can get as much (or as little) as you want.","It can be challenging to get to the next level (especially if you are in a mid-level position) and I see a lot of people getting ""stuck"" doing trivial tasks Good news is you can switch team and interview for many exciting teams if you feel like your current role doesn't stretch you and fulfill your career aspirations.","Don't rely on good intentions when it comes employee engagement, career growth and development opportunities.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14139,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feedback after 1 year at Amazon,Great company to work for. Always dealing with top people in their field focused on creating new customer experiences.,"The benefits are not as great as other technology companies, but they make up for it by providing considerable growth opportunties.",Bring benefits up to par with other technology companies,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P632.htm
14140,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Escalation Specialist,Escalation Specialist,"people, benefits, fast paced, job security","lots of overtime, work most all holidays","Ive been here 18 years, and the best advice for management is to listen to your associates, their ideas, try them out if necessary, there is no place for favoritism in the fc, dont take out your frustrations on the associates. ask for help from your team of associates, on what and how to do something positive in your building, and most of all be upbeat and happy with your job.",5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14141,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Proud Amazonian,"I am constantly challenged and learn new things everyday. I am surrounded by smart, hard-working people and have built great relationships with colleagues, managers, stakeholders and mentors. Everyone has the opportunity to pivot their role into what they want it to be, but if they can't, the option to transfer is always there (and even encouraged). I love the white paper culture because I'm not a strong presented, but it still gives me the opportunity to have a voice and push my ideas forward. There is also a clear path to promotion, which I think limits nepotism and favoritism. There are a lot of networking/training events that are lots of fun to attend too. Oh, and dogs in the office!","I personally feel overwhelmed sometimes, but it's not at the fault of my team or manager - I am naturally a competitive person and there are some really impressive people here who are my same job ""level"" and set the bar super high. One thing that is particularly frustrating is how much things change - I've had four managers in the last year, and I've been moved to different teams I didn't sign up to due to reorgs. But I'm adapting the best I can, because I know any company growing as fast as Amazon would share this same characteristic, and overall I love the work I'm doing as long as I feel like I'm learning and driving an impact.","Communicate major org changes as far as advance in possible to allow employees an opportunity to figure out what they want to do next. While many people (like myself) will likely adapt easily and make it work, it would be much less stressful of a transition if we had the time to make these kinds of decisions ourselves.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14142,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,- Very dynamic and entrepreneurial company. - Amazon years are dog years in terms of learning and experience. - Ability to shift roles and career direction through internal mobility. - Great principles which guide the internal process of the company. - Truly customer oriented (working backwards from the customer).,"- Big environment with loads of teams can make any task complex. - Processes can be daunting, with plenty of approvals. - People tend to shuffle or transfer every one to two years. - Things can feel a little uncertain at times.",- Better facilitate transition of employees to other roles or teams. - Be more transparent about overall strategies. - Take better care of people whose projects/teams get scratched.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14143,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"No regrets about here, I enjoy it!","I enjoy working at Amazon for multiple reasons: -The people are highly skilled and highly motivated -The leadership principles are embedded in the culture, they are not just a poster on the wall -For my current role, the company was willing to take a chance on someone with minimal relevant experience, which is an indicator that the company is willing to think outside the box -Lots of opportunities for career growth, even if your area of interest is not obviously in your current career trajectory -Management is engaged in the development of people -Fun place to work -Amazon has received some negative press about the work environment. From my experience, the work environment has always been positive and constructive -The workforce is very diverse which means people from many different backgrounds and perspectives are represented -Flexible schedules: flexible start time/end time and, depending on the team, working from home one day per week -The company wants you to voice your opinion, even if you disagree with your manager and the consensus view. This relates to the leadership principle Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit -Managers are open to feedback from direct reports which is not the way at all other companies -Data is king. Your views will gain traction if you have data, or a sound argument if data is not available/possible -Caveat to work/life balance rating below: I think most people on my team would give a similar rating but I know of people on other teams who have different experiences","-This is not the place to work if you need to have your days and your projects planned for you by someone else to be successful -The company is very decentralized which can lead to duplication of effort on some distant yet related teams. I think the company is willing to take this risk because the current structure of the company give teams the flexibility and autonomy to operate how they see fit -The company intranet is not great. The search algorithm is spotty, in terms of effectiveness. Sometimes finding the information you need can take more time than you would like",-Pick a good location for HQ2 -Improve the company intranet by making it more user friendly and less clunky,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14144,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Incredible work at an incredible company!,"At Amazon there are many great opportunities to work on exciting projects and teams, and there is a great deal of flexibility as far as team movement is concerned if you find yourself on an unexciting project or an unideal team.","Don't be mistaken, there is a learning curve. However, the company puts a great deal of focus on a ramping up process to help you learn the ropes (and trust me, there are a great deal of ropes to learn).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14145,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Controls Engineer,Challenging but fulfilling work environment,"Amazon is tackling lots of interesting problems. Small teams are empowered to develop and implement solutions. I don't feel the 'must do it this way' top down direction I have seen in other workplaces.  Openness to staff moving between internal roles is great for career development and allows people to pursue new interests without having to quit and find another job.  Company values are embedded into day to day work.  It's fun to come to work, engage in solving challenging problems and build the solutions.","If you're not confident in saying no, asking for the time you really need to get something done, committing to only what you can actually deliver, etc. you can easily over-commit yourself.  Nobody will assume you're fully loaded. You need to manage that yourself.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14146,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - DCEO Generator Tech IV,Incredible atmosphere that fosters learning!,Career advancement Great benifits Best support network Thirst for knowledge Culturally sound,"Learning curve Not all policies in place (Fast Growth, Constant Adjustment) Not enough workers (Power Generation)","Every one of my team mates, manager and team leads included, is the same, level 4. No promotions available due to how new the department is.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14147,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Truly a customer-obsessed company with a very good compensation package,"Salary, RSUs, benefits, big problems to solve, talented co-workers, good work-life balance",It's typically slow to get new code to production on the retail side,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14148,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Digital Marketing Specialist,Better than I ever imagined,"Love my team - they're smart, collaborative and kind. That's not to say we won't disagree and commit, but we do it with respect. Work life balance is much better than my past life (agency and other retailers). Love that Amazon gives back to the community in so many ways. I care immensely about working for a company that lives its culture - that's Amazon, more than any other company I've worked for.","Traffic can be a little busy after work hours, but nothing impossible.",Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14149,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Training Program Manager,Training Program Manager,"Innovative workplace where things happen fast! People are effective, efficient, intelligent, and calculated. Communication is direct and we are always moving forward.",Management can be scattered (employment gaps in management) and may not understand how to manage people. If you are an amazing individual contributor the next step is to become a manager even if you are not equipped to be one or not interested in being one. The pros are also the cons so people work hard and sometimes long but if you learn to be effective that helps.,Learn how to build your employees rather than assume they should be exactly like you. Put yourself in their shoes and ask questions to understand what is going on rather than assuming.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P633.htm
14150,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Manager,Only for the best of the best,"This is the most dynamic workplace I've ever worked at. The people are all top caliber and everyone is really dedicated to what you do. I started as a contractor and was converted to a full time employee, so I really like that they didn't string me along like Microsoft did where I was a vendor for over three years. I also really enjoy the fact that changes that you suggest actually happen and that the environment is very fast paced. The processes I deal with on a day to day basis I helped rewrite from the ground up and its been super satisfying to seeing change unfold in a meaningful way and being allowed to shape it. I personally have a really great work life balance too and my boss has been very understanding while my wife has struggled with some health issues and I am deeply appreciative of that as well.","It's really really fast paced. If you aren't really good at what you do and able to prioritize it's easy to have a poor balance, when I first started I was working a ton of hours until we started implementing processes and improvements that made things more manageable. Another con is that you're expected to be a self-starter and a lot of teams are almost autonomous so sometimes there feels like there isn't enough direction and conflict can arise from teams having overlapping responsibility. I personally feel like its creative and fairly controlled chaos. The other con I have is that they don't offer tuition assistance for anything beyond an associates degree. I think we should invest most in professional development but I still love it here cause the people are great.",Offer better educational benefits like tuition assistance. I think we should also be more flexible with compensation mixes stock versus cash offerings.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14151,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Love it,"We've all heard the stories of people crying at their desks, but I've yet to meet anyone at Amazon that has experienced anything of the sort. I love it. It's challenging, but I've been rewarded. I work an adjusted schedule that gets me home in time to enjoy after school activities with my kids. Like any large corporation Amazon has guiding principles, but in Amazon's case these are much more deeply ingrained than any company I've worked at before (including other A list tech companies). Read them. That being said, it will always come down to the team you're on. I happen to be on an amazing one, so perhaps there are worse out there. While I'm certainly not the guy that would win the lottery and keep going to work, I actually look forward to heading in most days. There are also plenty of opportunities to move amongst teams at Amazon.","You will work hard, but it's balanced with fun, and it'll most often be your own choice as you're excited about the amazing things we can do for customers. The frugality can be an issue. Amazon isn't the place if you're looking for free massages and chef cooked meals, but that frugality can also be frustrating when more robust 3P software solutions would make your work easier.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14152,amazon,"Springfield, VA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant ASM Manager,Very Stable Career,"4 day work week. Top notch benefits. Ample PTO and Vacation time except during peak. I started as a PT manager and moved to FT within months. Opportunities to travel and work other sites in different locations in the US. Great managers and peers. Can be a very demanding job mentally and physically if you are working in an FC, but a rewarding payoff in the end!",Lack of HR at my site. Holidays (Peak Season) are busy and hard to get time off.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14153,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Great training, they do a lot to help you answer ppl questoins",Dealing with disgruntled customers takes a toll,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14154,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Sr. Recruiter,Talented HR professionals and teams you get to work with is the best I've been around!,growth at times can seem a little overwhelming however has gotten better,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14155,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Sr. HR Business Partner / HR Manager,+ Meaningful work +Growth among peers +Team Environment +Feedback Oriented +Developmental Opportunities if you chase it +Self Service environment,"- You get what you put into it. If you are growth oriented and can embrace a fast paced environment, this is the place for you.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14156,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't believe the hype,"Amazon rules. Every day you have opportunities to invent, discover, grown, learn, fail, and repeat. If you've ever been in a high performing or fast growing company, it'll feel familiar, whether it was a start up or a Fortune 500 (founded/worked in both). Amazon may not necessarily be for the weak or fainthearted, but that's not you, is it?",Dealing with public misconceptions due to bad press. My grandmother always asks me where her packages are.,More.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14157,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,I love working at Amazon!,"Performance culture, fast promotions, meritocracy, good people, fast paced, can live anywhere in the US and world, great pay","Long hours, nightshift and weekend work",Work in internal communications. Great company to work at.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14158,amazon,"Chesapeake, VA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Learning Coordinator,Do it!,This is an awesome company with unlimited career advancement. You are doing yourself a disservice by not working for Amazon.,The only con I can think of is that you must have a bachelor's degree to move up or two years of Amazon experience. Prior work experience is great but there is no substitute or offset for the degree requirement.,Review employee's work history and allow hiring managers the option to offset the requirement with work experience.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14159,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Bilingual Customer Service Representative,Bilingual Customer Service,"Many PTO, Good benefit","Hourly is really really low and so much work and stress, responsibility.",Should consider hourly pay for bilingual worker.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P634.htm
14160,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No teamwork @ Amazon,They'll hire anyone to work the floor. No dress code.,Leadership principles means everyone for themselves. Inadequate training. Hire thru temp agencies so they don't have to give benefits. Offices are broom closets with wooden door desks and no windows. Everyone is expendable. Mandatory OT. Upper management hard to find. No problem resolution- just do as told.,Support and train your employees. Appreciate them. Work as a team.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14161,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Wicked smart people, some beurocracy","My teammates are smart, interesting, and nice. I joined straight out of college, and a lot of my teammates were much older (with kids), but we have gotten along great. I'm proud to call them my teammates in the office, and some of us spend time together outside of work as well.","In my personal experience, my team's charter has changed so much in the last year that it's hard to feel motivated on any particular project (because it just ends up being cancelled). If my team's role and projects stabilized, we could really get cruising.","I like the sort of distributed management style at Amazon that arises from empowering teams to make their own decisions. When leadership does step in to set an agenda, it should make sure that it doesn't keep yanking a team around on different projects.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14162,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Amazing Opportunity - It is what you make of it.,"I work as a Solutions Architect for Amazon Web Services. This has been an amazing opportunity for me. I help customers on a daily basis to make positive changes for their businesses. For many companies the 'Core Values' are something on a web page, at Amazon, we live the Leadership Principles, especially rule #1 Customer Obsession.  I have worked for AWS for a year and a half, the job is never boring. New services are constantly coming out, so there is always something new and interesting to learn and play with. Every customer is different so your skills will spread.  Culture in the office I work at is amazing. Everyone is ready and willing to help you, or point you in the right direction. The two managers I have reported to have been some of theist in my career. (Especially since they both did the job before they managed the job.) I've not had a single bit of negative feedback that wasn't reverent and useful.  On a personal more personal note, there have been two instances, a family emergency and a family tragedy in my time working for Amazon. In both cases my team supported me 100%.  The job is what you make of it. If you challenge yourself to constantly improve this is the place for you. After a year and a half, it may not seem like it's still 'Day 1' thankfully... but maybe Month 1.  Would I recommend the job? Absolutely, and I have several times.","For me, there unrest really any 'cons' to the job. But an SA job isn't right for everyone:  This isn't a job, or a place, for someone that just wants to get by. If you want a job where you will know everything you need to know in 6 months and then cruse... this isn't the job for you.  As a SA we need to work independently as well as part of a team. We will have conversations with both business and technical people, so if you aren't comfortable with one side or the other, then don't take the job.  SA's need to be able to manage your time and priorities independently. You need to maintain your schedule and figure out how to best fit in everything you need to get done. No one is going to do that for you. If time management isn't something you are good at, you either need to get better at it, or choose a different job.","I think a lot of people have read some bad press about life at Amazon. I don't recognize the company they have described. We have an amazingly diverse set of really smart people. Keep doing what we are doing, and constantly strive to make things even better.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14163,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager Technical Products,Amazing place to work,"-You work with incredibly smart people -You work on solving big, hairy, complex problems -You are a true owner over your work -There are endless opportunities to switch roles or advance your career -Amazing benefits (parental leave, healthcare options, vacation, etc.)","You work hard and sometimes that translates to long hours and intense days, the peculiar culture is difficult to get used to at first",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14164,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Practice Manager,Hard but rewarding,"Innovation, freedom to expand, tons of potential","Disorganized, hard to fit in","fix onboarding, WIKI's are not answers and are not friendly to those who are trying to learn and fit in. Especially when they are remote.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14165,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,The white paper culture is a great challenge for developing better communication skills.,"If hired early out of college, compensation does not match job level later in career (rubber band effect).",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14166,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company with Amazing Growth,1) High Velocity Growth 2) Seemingly Endless Opportunity 3) Casual Work Environment (office) 4) Competitive Pay 5) Company fosters and appreciates new ideas and ways of doing things,"1) I have come across a few terrible managers and poor support from HR 2) Fulfillment and Field based roles expect alot of work hours, especially during the holiday season (6-7 days/week, 12-16 hours/day) 3) Field Based Sr Leadership roles hard to obtain from within unless you're friends with hiring managers or have a lot of positive Seattle face time","Amazon has a high hiring bar, but does not often test for emotional intelligence. This leads to extremely talented individual contributors being put into team management roles despite being wholly unequipped for managing a team.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14167,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Director,You will learn what you are made of,"Fascinating, stimulating environment. Supportive, driven people. Mature behavior. Very high level of self-determination. Great career mobility opportunities. Surprising amount of support for work/life balance.","A bit of a cultural divide between those with 10 - 15+ years and those under. A lot of nostalgia for the ""good old days"" which can be tiresome.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14168,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Two Year Review - Take ownership of your time & balance,"- Incredibly interesting & fast paced - Innovation at it's best - Full ownership opportunities and autonomy - Great campus and lots of small, curated working spaces - Open dog enviornment - Casual dress and culture - Competitive pay & total compensation","- Fast pace means heavy workloads - Leveling and progressing is difficult once inside - Total compensation will consider stock your income, something to keep in mind - People who raise the bar means they also pride themselves on working too much. You've gotta go in knowing this and not succumb to it.",Leveling from within is tougher than leveling in at a certain level. This makes an uphill battle for great talent who could hire in higher at another tech company.  Bring back anytime feedback and move it as a positive!,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14169,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company for Some - Team Dependent,"In my 1.5 years at Amazon, I have worked on two different teams (regular rotation a major pro in itself), and I have had a great experience on one team and a less than great on another team. Overall, its cool to work for an innovative company that's working on genuinely interesting projects.","The promotion process is fairly opaque, and some teams have a culture of promoting those to management who aren't good managers.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P635.htm
14170,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Director,You will learn what you are made of,"Fascinating, stimulating environment. Supportive, driven people. Mature behavior. Very high level of self-determination. Great career mobility opportunities. Surprising amount of support for work/life balance.","A bit of a cultural divide between those with 10 - 15+ years and those under. A lot of nostalgia for the ""good old days"" which can be tiresome.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14171,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Two Year Review - Take ownership of your time & balance,"- Incredibly interesting & fast paced - Innovation at it's best - Full ownership opportunities and autonomy - Great campus and lots of small, curated working spaces - Open dog enviornment - Casual dress and culture - Competitive pay & total compensation","- Fast pace means heavy workloads - Leveling and progressing is difficult once inside - Total compensation will consider stock your income, something to keep in mind - People who raise the bar means they also pride themselves on working too much. You've gotta go in knowing this and not succumb to it.",Leveling from within is tougher than leveling in at a certain level. This makes an uphill battle for great talent who could hire in higher at another tech company.  Bring back anytime feedback and move it as a positive!,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14172,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company for Some - Team Dependent,"In my 1.5 years at Amazon, I have worked on two different teams (regular rotation a major pro in itself), and I have had a great experience on one team and a less than great on another team. Overall, its cool to work for an innovative company that's working on genuinely interesting projects.","The promotion process is fairly opaque, and some teams have a culture of promoting those to management who aren't good managers.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14173,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,Analyst,Amazon is innovation company. They always open for new ideas and drive for the best.,Not allow working from home,New manager needs to take onsite training course to know how to be a productive manager,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14174,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Honest Assessment,Amazon is a good company to work for The benefits are decent Many opportunities for professional development and growth,No help for continuing your education Seattle cost of living Bureaucratic,Allow for more remote and work from home opportunities,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14175,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Category Merchant Manager,Better than its reputation,"By far the best reason to work here is the fast-paced, exciting work you get to do. You really do get to own massive, impactful projects right from the get go... its not just a marketing stunt to attract talent. People here are insanely smart. You'll learn a ton. Your skills will grow exponentially.","I've seen nothing like the NYT article, but it is a stressful place to work. Because of the high growth of the company, there is always more to do than can be done. There is pressure to keep up with other talented coworkers and the speed of the business. This is all fine 90% of the time, but there are times when its overwhelming. People/managers are happy to help when you seek them out, but it's mostly a self-service approach. No one will protect you and look out for you in advance of you asking for help. It's not unfair, but it's not the easiest place to work.",Rethink staffing strategy in Retail Org. You are risking burning out your work force running everything this lean.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14176,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,World wide most customer centric company,No self dinning common in company,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14177,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Customer Obsession: we take CO to a whole new level. I love that we start with the customer in mind and work backwards. This can be a mind shift for some people, but it's easily adaptable. Leadership Principles: You will live and breath Amazon's LP's and they become ingrained in how you talk and how you work. Culture: I love Amazon's culture. It's laid back, there is no formal dress code, and you can bring your dog to work! Ownership: you are a true owner in the work that you do and it does affect the bottom line. You will work hard getting there, but it's worth it.","Management: in 4.5 years I have had 7 Managers. Some were let go, some quit, and some transferred within the company. I have learned to live in ""ambiguity."" If you don't like constant change or can't deal with the ""gray"" this is not the place for you. The bar: you will have the ability to work with really smart people. You will not be the smartest person in the room and the bar will be constantly increasing year over year. When you hire someone they have to be better than you - it's hard to get past the bar when it's constantly increasing. Career Development: you have to be self driven to be successful at Amazon long term. You have to be willing to drive career discussions, find mentors, and some have even had to write their own promo docs.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14178,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017","Current Employee - Manager, SSPA Engagement (Amazon Marketing Services) - ES",Come in! Be ready to work hard and have lots of fun!,Love to work surrounded by very smart people. Evey single day I learn something new and it's exciting!,If you want to succeed you need to invest more time at work vs. life but that choice it's entirely yours.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14179,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good company for college grads,You can learn a lot here and nice pay.,No free lunch or dinner.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P636.htm
14180,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Sr. Technical Program Manager,Good complex projects. Tremendous learning. Very capable engineers. Opportunity to build at a global scale that impacts millions of customers. Ability to switch teams easily (this is a relatively new process) is a step towards retaining talent.,The downside of a micro-services based organization structure with a bias for action can lead to short-term solutions without an over-arching long-term design consideration. Poor 401k plan. Ridiculous stock vesting schedule. HRBP can be very unresponsive (this may not be true company-wide).,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14181,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,I love it here!,I love the ability to work like an owner and solve challenges through experiments...sometimes you have success and sometimes you fail. It is the failure that I learn most from. There is comfort in knowing that I can leverage those learnings in the next experiment. I also love that we are always putting the customer first!,Ambiguity and constant innovation means change... it is not for everyone and can take some getting used to. The key is to build new skills that help you get better at change management and creating a clear path in the face of ambiguity.,Continue to find ways to connect with your teams and understand what is important to them.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14182,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Ownership & Autonomy: The perfect balance,-immediately given a tone of responsibility and you're able to feel the impact of your work quickly. Micro-managers are hard to find -incredibly smart people to work along side -very collaborative -driven by our leadership principles -you can move roles quickly (1.5-2 years) and are encouraged to seek out new parts of Amazon,-Very few of the perks of other large tech companies without pay being higher than market value -No intentional corporate wide strategy to focus on retaining diverse talent -You get some peers who work constantly which can be stressful to work alongside,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14183,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok not too bad,4 days 10 hour shift.,Boring job and very repetitive,My manager was good and I hope he keeps it that way.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14184,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment worker,Great benefits from the first day of full time employment. Stock options after two years of employment. Monthly bonus for just going to work. The 401 k is matched at 4% .,They say that every one is the same but it is harder on the older worker to make rate . We are older and do not move as fast as a 18 year old but will work harder and will be there every day. Pay is so so with cap at $12.75 a hour at three years of work. There is a lot of favoritism with most of the Managers being start out of collage and male. Most have to work a second job to make ends meet. In the three years i have been there i have had10 Managers. They are looking for a way up the ladder on the backs of the employees. The older workers are over looked and not treated the same as younger ones. It is harder to get a head we work very hard and are over looked for jobs or training. The harder you work the more responsibility they give you with no extra pay. With the hope that it will help you get a higher paying job. Much like a sweat shop . Jeff Bezos has no idea or does not care what it is like to work for him at his age. Not sure which it is.,Would like to see Management hire Managers that have been around the block a few times. To have Managers that have worked on the floor so they know how hard it is and the stress of meeting rates as we get older and slower. To see more help for the older workers to get a head or a better job.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14185,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,Great people to work with Fast paced environment Innovative people around you,it is tough here to stay ahead of competition which is healthy and keep you on your toes.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14186,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love AMAZON!!!,"At Amazon they really encourage employees to think differently and challenge the status quo to find the best outcomes for our customers. It does not matter what section of Amazon you are in, they encourage you to learn about all of Amazon. I feel empowered to make an impact for my customers and love the overall direction of Amazon.","I love the company, no cons in my book.","You could look to add more free perks that are similar to other tech companies that are making their way to Seattle.  Overall the direction of Amazon is clearly defined by management and they empower their employees to make decisions. Keep doing that you are doing, it is clearly working.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14187,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Amazing place to work,"1- a great diverse company 2- supporting new ideas, innovation and think Big 3-the most customer centric organization. they are seeking investment through customer satisfaction and loyalty",Nothing I can remember. It's a great growing company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14188,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Vendor Manager,Amazing work place. Lots of learning and growth.,"If you are looking for a steady and slow pace workplace, amazon is not for you.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14189,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Where the best come to get better,People are all really smart and quirky. They love solving the toughest problems in the most efficient way and hoping to change the world while they're at it.,The weather in Seattle is a little bit of a downer but is worth being at HQ.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P637.htm
14190,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Quality Assurance Engineer - II,- Work with the brightest minds in engineering - Opportunity to experience disruptive technology innovations first hand - Experience ownership. You are the product owner - Accelerated career growth and constantly challenging work scope,- Not for the weak hearted. You'll break. - Company does not treat QAEs and SDEs equal. Lot of times QAEs are considered non-tech folks. - Vertical growth is limited beyond QAE-II position.,Hard woking QAEs feel discouraged when you call them non-tech. I personally wanted to get out of the role because of this attitude.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14191,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Amazon is AWESOME!,"here, you truly drive your own career. The sky is not the limit, there is no limit. You are given ample ownership to innovate and help drive the future","Their compensation model is different from other companies because Amazon believes in treating their employees as owners, so a majority of their compensation is in equity (stock shares).  No free food like google or facebook (Amazon believes in frugality)",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14192,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon is a great company,"Great company, excellent compensation/benefits, smart people. As long as you put a lot of effort and get work done, you have a nice work-life balance. Management protects Engineers by discouraging overtime.  Agile/Scrum principles are fully adopted. Code reviews are mandated, and helpful. Data security is taken very seriously. Tons of reliable internal tools that make a developer's life easier.  Stock options are another reason to stay. There is a LOT of room to grow for the company. Employee career development is encouraged, with promotion opportunities for effort. Teams outing activities and hackathons help build relationships.","Company can sometimes be overly frugal, which isn't necessarily bad. There's not as many goodies at work.","Customers are always first, but don't forget about the health/welfare of employees!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14193,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Strategic Account Manager,Strategic Account Manager,Fantastic team. Pay is more than fair. Amazon is a true meritocracy.,"Some ambiguity, which is common in any startup environment. Amazon behaves much like a startup.",Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14194,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior QA Engineer,Super cool company to work for,- Learning opportunities - Good pay - True ownership - Making huge impact - Amazon brand,- Employee perks  Nothing much to talk about cons. Amazon work life balance was bad but recetlt it is corrected.,Keep doing good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14195,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"Autonomy, start up environment, ability to innovate",Too ambiguous for those who are not comfortable learning and leading without structure,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14196,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,super cool workplace,Awesome technologies Very smart people Fast pace - Agile Very cool problems to solve everyday in terms of cloud computing and scalability Very flexible switching groups policy - internal process is amazing for this.,On-call rotation on most of the teams. (24/7 support for customer impacting issues)(in general 1 week every 6 weeks) Some managers are inexperienced. Some groups are lacking diversity. You can easily find yourself in an Indian mostly org or Chinese mostly org.,"Interview process is meant to raise the bar but managers are bringing people from India with an internal transfer process. Those people don't always meet the bar. Please, please, please make people coming with an internal transfer from India go trough a similar process as the people that are hired directly in Seattle or San Jose. It's not fair for the coworkers and not efficient for the company to lower the bar!!!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14197,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Build your future at Amazon,"Amazon cares about its employees. There is an environment where you can succeed no mater your age, race, gender etc.. I'm living proof as I started my career here at age 58. You are free to challenge traditional thinking and win! If you like working at a fast pace with an ever-changing landscape where you can make a difference, this is the place for you!","Change is constant. If you don't do well with change, Amazon is not the place for you.",Provide more training choices,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14198,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Industrial & Ops Engineer,- Super Fast paced environment that helps us to learn a tonne in a short span of time. - The Pride in working for one of the Biggest companies in the World. - Highly knowledgeable to Highly Skilled Peers from whom you can learn a Lot,"- As the company and the teams are Huge and widespread, there are opportunities to improve on communication within the organization",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14199,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Team Lead,Love it here,"I really enjoy working at Amazon. There was concern reading about the work life balance before I joined nearly 5 years ago, but I have never had that issue. Especially in Sales. Great group of people. Also, the pay is fantastic.","Amazon can be a little political, so getting promoted can sometimes be difficult.","We need to work a bit on our ""Hire and Develop The Best"" principle. Other than that, it's a wonderful place to be.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P638.htm
14200,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,An Innovative Place with Lots of Smart People!,"Work with brand new technology, surrounded by brilliant minds who are often eager to share their knowledge. Amazon is a place where anyone with a good idea can go out and implement it. The majority of employees seem to be focused on finding innovative solutions, instead of roadblocking change.","Politics seem to play a big role in advancement, but this is probably true everywhere.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14201,amazon,"Boardman, OR"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Logistics Specialist,"Amazon takes care of their employees. They make working there fun and I really enjoy the people that I work with. Amazon is known to hire the best, and it really shows in the hard work and dedication most employees have.","The only downside to working at Amazon is that it is still a corporate giant, so policies will sometimes be blanket policies that don't necessarily pertain to your job title, but you have to follow them anyway.",Be truthful and don't sugarcoat anything.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14202,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Support Engineer,"Awesome Company, Loads of learning opportunities","1. Loads of learning opportunities. 2. If you are not happy with your current team, if you are not getting new opportunities to learn/not getting new challenges, you always have the freedom to move to another teams.Amazon is like a bunch of start-ups, there are many new teams and you can apply in another team where you can learn new technologies. 3. The company is driven by the 14 leadership principles, which make you a complete professional and will help you be a better version of yourself everyday.",1. Work gets hectic at times.,"The competencies for job roles, across teams has different bar. Make the bar common for each job roles across teams. Managers can influence promotions.Let promotions be handled by Bar raisers.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14203,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Solution Architect,Urban Solution Architect and loving it.,"I get to know exactly how to make decisions, thanks to the clear leadership principles. If I am in doubt, just follow them. No one can argue with you on following the leadership principles.  Great managers for me so far. Great compensation. Great stock options. Great Healthcare.  I love the downtown city campus.  Great work-life balance.  I work on relativly cool stuff. My work affects millions.","Amazon products are sometimes, not the cutting edge. They are value priced. Which sometimes sucks as for an employee to work at a less cool company.  Some teams tend to be siloed. try not to get siloed.  Not as many employee benefits.","Make the company cool again with market-leading products, even if it's not profitable. Its the market perception that gets the top talent.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14204,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a good place to work as an engineer.,1. Most popular tools you would use. 2. Many different types of jobs you can choose. 3. Smart people you can work with and they are willing to help you with good assistence.,You have pay more time to catch up other when you are naive to the company.,Good enough,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14205,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,A company that pushes workers to their limits of achieving the best,"– You work amongst some of the smartest people you will ever meet. – Hours are fine and flexible if you have a close knit team. If you get the work done, then time is not an issue of when you leave or come into work. – Many of workshops and events to keep the staff happy – A number of people is unreal. There are so many side communities you can join that is to your interest. – Work is always challenging and keeps you on the ball – Salary is generous and expected from a large tech company. – Stocks are great on signing. And they keep going up so get in quick!","– Make sure that you manage and estimate your workload properly. If you don't, you will be punished and will overwork. This is a con if you make it. – Hiring bar is high, therefore hiring new team members can sometimes be hard. But hiring the best is important I guess. – No free food like other tech companies. But I guess that's a bonus and not a con.",Make sure that the managers are constantly keeping tabs on their team and have weekly 1:1s. It's very important.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14206,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Working at Amazon,The pros for me is that it is a flexible environment. You really have the power to make of it what you want. You set your expectations.,Sometimes you have to work with difficult people.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14207,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Great place to work,"Always Creative, Ideas are encouraged and any change is welcome. Work directly impacts lots of real customers",Ton of work just like a startup,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14208,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good Company!,"flexible working time slot, and good working environment, team event, snack, everything is dreamy!",work is not too much for new employee..,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14209,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - QAE,QAE,You got all resources you need for continuously growing and career development,Frugal sometimes slow things down,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P639.htm
14210,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Great place to work,"Always Creative, Ideas are encouraged and any change is welcome. Work directly impacts lots of real customers",Ton of work just like a startup,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14211,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good Company!,"flexible working time slot, and good working environment, team event, snack, everything is dreamy!",work is not too much for new employee..,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14212,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - QAE,QAE,You got all resources you need for continuously growing and career development,Frugal sometimes slow things down,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14213,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Amazon is pretty great,- Lots of mobility - No one expects you to work after hours (unless you're oncall) and your time is strictly your own - Distinct (and awesome) lack of bro-culture,- No dogs in Lab126 or Varzea :(,- Dogs. Need dogs in Lab 126.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14214,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to work for non-technical PMs with backbone,Product managers have the opportunity to influence senior management in a way I've never seen at other big companies -- this is really the #1 big company to be a non-technical product manager at.,Rapid pace of output and stakeholder management can lead to longer hours.,Any way to reduce time spent reporting up / on stakeholder management would make product manager more effective.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14215,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Wholesome experience so far,Feel like my input is valued No micromanagement Flexible hours Dog friendly,"Very team-specific environment, so you don't know what you're going to get until you start.","Dealing with recruiter was painful. Slow response time, minimal updates when things changed. Find a way to improve that process, otherwise it may discourage candidates.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14216,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good for new comer,"Good working environment, a lot to learn, competitive environment","Frugal, less salary and bad management",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14217,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,ship clerck,excellent company and great opportunity to grown,maybe is hard work to be,excellent team of leadership,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14218,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Autonomy and Responsibility,"You're giving autonomy and responsibility, lots of learning opportunity, opportunity to rotate, good pay, fast-paced environment","Not a lot of direction, which may be hard for people early in their career, your career is very self-directed, demanding work environment can be challenging for people who can't set their boundaries well enough to protect their work/life balance.","Continue to provide career opportunities, and encourage your employees to speak up and seek mentorship",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14219,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Writer,"Innovative, exciting, fun place to work!","--Creating, innovating, and inventing are highly encouraged and supported --A reasonable amount of time off and/or somewhat flexible hours (SOME groups) --Conferences, videos, trainings to help further your career --Fun events, such as company picnic, concerts, and film screenings --Dogs! --Relocation packages (for some positions) --Located all around the world --Transportation passes","--The company is so big, sometimes you find that you are working on something that another group has already automated, or you duplicate work --Wish they had a more comprehensive list of classes (actual courses) that one could take to learn new skills. There are some but they are minimal and mostly geared toward SDEs. (For example, I want to take a class on creating wikis in the new wiki system, which we use for internal content, and there isn't anything yet.) Each service/tool should have a class you can take to learn that skill.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P640.htm
14220,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Regional Manager,Working with Amazon,"Innovation - Get to be part of a great company that's continuously innovating Growth - Company is growing at a rapid pace Opportunities - With growth comes much opportunity to expand your skill set Excitement - With the rapid pace of how we work, you are always learning and never have a chance to get bored Work Life Balance - You are encouraged to own your own work life balance. Since work is so plentiful, you will have to pull yourself away but you own your own time off.",Some of the things that make it great can make it a challenge if you aren't careful. Work life balance can be tough if you are a work-a-holic. The review process can also be challenging as well although it has been somewhat revamped in the past year.,Always remember that your team makes you. Don't forget about your people.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14221,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to grow!,Great compensation and amazing opportunities!,Moves very fast- requires a think skin and ability to be innovative.,Hire managers that understand different personalites and gifts.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14222,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Division,Tons of opportunities to take ownership and lead initiatives. Many dedicated individuals that work hard to deliver results,"Technology for the Finance division is still behind the more advanced Retail front-end and Operations systems. This makes gathering data difficult, but there are several projects that are looking to address this concern.",Continue to find ways to place employees in the best role possible,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14223,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Dev Manager,A 1000 startups in a single tent!,Challenging work and amazing colleagues. Its blends the fun of working in a start up with benefits of a large company.,Bad Commute due to location constraints.,Provide better commute options,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14224,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Excellent benefits, great people and environment",Schedule changes rather frequently sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14225,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions Architect,Highly competitive and learning environment. No micro management. Great colleagues. many opportunities for trainings.,Really none at this moment.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14226,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Transportation Lead,You'll being an Amazonian!,"Amazon is an amazing place to work. The company is constantly growing furthering career security. Full time employees get amazing benefits, Time off, and other perks. If you work hard you will go very far as they try to promote from within. The work can be challenging but if you're like me the challenge is always rewarding. Most shifts are four 10 hour days allowing you a solid three days to recharge and relax.",Can not think of one!,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14227,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Incredible place to work,"Very interesting and challenging work, I love coming to work every day. Hours are extremely flexible as long as you're getting your work done. Expectations are high but everyone is super smart and helpful so there are a lot of opportunities for mentorship by senior engineers.",No cons that I can think of some nice to haves would be employer paid family health insurance and maybe free food like some of the other tech companies!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14228,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,I enjoy what I do,very diverse company great atmosphere coworkers are great pay and incentives make you want to stick around,repetitive can be very limiting at times as to what actions you can do can be very demanding at times will work you to the ground and demand more lack of communication and response - frequent,"listen more often don't say or pretend to care about something if you don't follow through with actions/ plans you say will be taken trust your team consider change and new stuff more often respond. it's understood you get busy but, some answers are needed immediately and put people in sticky situations due to lack of action on your part",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14229,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good team work for employees,None cons that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P641.htm
14230,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible startup like growth and great culture,Get to work on bleeding edge technology in cloud computing. One of best innovative work place I have been part of with incredible talent pool. As a TAM I'm in a unique position to work through numerous complex architectures for different customers at the same time.,Pave of innovation is hard to keep with esp since customers will be usually savvy and entrenched in adoption of latest and greatest services/features,Need to continue scaling org as fast as customers migrating to cloud,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14231,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Work at Amazon,You will work with some of the smartest and energetic people so you will also learn a lot. You will continuously push your boundary to perform better. You can keep your skill sets updated by working on cutting edge technology.,Some time doing your work is not enough since everyone is driven.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14232,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Serious, professional environment",- Data driven culture - Strong emphasis on writing & communication,- Perks are below par for tech companies - Open space work environment leads to lots of distractions,Find a cost efficient way to create focus zones to improve software developer's productivity,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14233,amazon,"Palmetto, FL"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Learning Coordinator,A Great Company,Great opportunities and Great Management,Some odd overnight work hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14234,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate Picker,So disappointed,Over time pay. They don’t interview you. Can transfer to other facilities if you don’t have any write ups after 90 days.,"No training. If you work in a pit equipment only facility, you are putting your life in your coworkers hands. Some people are not prepared to drive equipment but they still give them their license. Your orientation is full of useless information that does not teach you how to be successful at your job. Leadership knows and treats you like you are replaceable. There is no interest in learning about you as a person. You are treated like slave labor and coming in and going out of the building, you are treated like a thief. God help you if you accidentally bring your cellphone into the warehouse.","Please take the time to train new hires on policy and procedure. I’ve worked here for two months and I have seen new hires come in with smiles on their faces and eager to work and then they get pulled over by a manager and reprimanded for violating a policy that they didn’t even know existed because no one during orientation told them about TOT or what their rate actually was. Care about the humans in your buildings because if you put a little more effort into them, they would be willing to work harder for you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14235,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Fc Scnner,FC scanner,Employees are great. You will like the people.,Management is the worst of the 80s. Totally not in touch with reality. Uses threats and indifferent to you as a person or the idea of team work.,Better change the number crunchers looking at the computers. UNION is in your future.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14236,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Work Life Balance,There are lots of good people working hard to make a living,Good people worked until they leave or quit! Management doesn't care it's only a facade!,"Stop putting on the fake air that you care about people, you care about production.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14237,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full time amazon,"Nice benefits upt, pto vacation","Poor pay, managements suck they have like 20 manager that just got out of college and dont know what they are doing. lots and losts of favoritism. very very hard to growth in the company.",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14238,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"This is specifically for Alexa Shopping org Amazon is a great company. The peculiar culture is amazing. Alexa Shopping is a great place if you want to work for Amazon, experience retail and not be in heat of Alexa or AWS. People do get promoted here, but the culture might not be enjoyable for everyone. Team is growing exponentially.","This is specifically for Alexa Shopping org Amazon is a great company. The peculiar culture is amazing but Alexa Shopping is not. This org is very top-down. Those in top positions make all the decisions. There is a bunch of leadership who have been working together on previous ventures that failed at Amazon and they constitute the elite group of people who can make decisions at Alexa Shopping. Product Managers control the organization. Developers don't matter. Decisions are made without any technical input from the engineers. Management wants 2 week features, which is very hard to do when you are building something so novel and new from the ground up. Also any good project that will take longer than 2 weeks gets discarded, even if it has huge long term potential. Basically leadership is so focused on short-term growth and short-term numbers. We incentive people to shop by giving away free money, not by making our experience great. This is why Alexa Shopping will never be inspiring or sucessful. Too much politics for promotions. There is an oligarchy of L6+ (Sr Devs and above) that keep to themselves to discuss ""big ideas"". They spend weeks arguing and they never make any decisions or move forward with anything. Also everyone complicated things in order to get promoted. And devs are scared of change or trying new things. When you join you are promised that you will work on Alexa + Natural Language/ Machine Learning. The truth is we do very little of that. All we do is do little integrations with retail systems (checkout, order history, search). The work is not that interesting from a technical side (even though it's all new code).","The feedback for the org has been consistent for the past few months without much change. You are going to double or triple in number of engineers you have, but you will do so without actually making an impact in the market, which should be the ultimate goal of this",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14239,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Counter,Continuously raising the bar.,"Predictable schedules, easy money through overtime.","Unrelenting work pace, counters required to be 99.5% accurate and fast.",Accept accurate work at a more reasonable pace.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P642.htm
14240,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"If the quality of work you do is important, this is the place.","AWS is one of the best places in tech industry where you can currently be, as the quality and scale of work which you do here is great.","Too much work to do, but for some it may be con and for some it is pro.",Make sure you make each and every employee in the company feel valuable. Don't simply take them for granted.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14241,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Dev Manager,"* Things happen quickly. Very distributed org/teams/products * Everyone is an owner with freedom to own and invent * Full of opportunities to work on exciting projects/new technologies, making a big impact and growing career quickly (as long as you want to)",* Frugality can get in the way of motivating employees * Work-life balance can be a struggle in some teams but it varies team with team,"Keep the hiring bar high, improve the benefits for engineers",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14242,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Great Tech company to work for,"Ownership, Plenty of tools to use, High Standards, Lot of initiatives & Survey to get feedback.","on call responbilities , long commute, Not able to use native AWS Stack for Amazon Business use cases,",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14243,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,My experience,"Innovative, exciting, lots of smart people, challenging.","High pressure, sometimes expectations are too high even when projects are not major.",Focus more on employees happiness,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14244,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,It's yours to define,"Great culture, challenging work, limitless, not a lot of hoops to jump through, everyone has a voice... it's really what you make it out to be. If you join a group that you're not clicking with, it's easy to move around in the company.",It sometimes feels that there is a gap in middle management. What senior leaders are saying often do not resonate down to the folks doing the work. Large projects seem to lack governance (at least in my area - HR).,"Lots of young, eager people often need direction and leadership. Don't assume that it will happen organically in an organization.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14245,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,"time is flexible, can learn much of this area",tasks are unlimited so you have endless mission to do,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14246,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager (Online),"As busy as expected, MUCH more friendly than I ever imagined",There's enough room and autonomy here at Amazon to take hold of your own career like never before.,"Remember when you got to college and suddenly *everybody* was smart? Or, you know that one guy at your current job who thinks he's smarter than everybody?  *Everybody* at Amazon is *actually* smarter than you. You have to be comfortable with your own shortcomings, recognize them quickly, and find your strengths quickly so that you can be as smart as your coworkers. This is the most challenging, nebulous part of your job.","Encourage *more* documentation, training and training materials to help people get up to speed even faster.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14247,amazon,"Amherst, MA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Campus Associate,Not bad part-time job,A pretty good part-time job for a full-time student,Pay was not the best,Better time management,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14248,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,"Varied work hours, lots of ownership. The exp. depends a lot on the team",Amazon gives its employees a huge amount of ownership. There is freedom in how one approaches problems. There is a lot of growth opportunities within the company. The pay is decent.,"Can be high stress depending on the team, the time of year, and the expectations of your manager. The decentralization can often work against you -- other teams constantly are changing systems making it difficult to always effectively work on problems.","Keep empowering employees, but be sure to give them balanced hours when possible.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14249,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"The pay is good and you get multiple breaks during the day, get to meet tons of different people, as a stower you're in one place for most of the day ...so if you don't like constantly moving it's the position for you","They don't take doctors note...threatened to fire me because I chose my health over work basically, meanwhile I was in the hospital and they try to work you like slaves sometimes.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P644.htm
14250,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"The pay is good and you get multiple breaks during the day, get to meet tons of different people, as a stower you're in one place for most of the day ...so if you don't like constantly moving it's the position for you","They don't take doctors note...threatened to fire me because I chose my health over work basically, meanwhile I was in the hospital and they try to work you like slaves sometimes.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14251,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,Fullfillment Associate,"3 Days off, busy, friendly atmosphere, room for growth, medical insurance day 1","Short breaks, on feet all day, favoritism",To look at work ethic over points for advancement,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14252,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Ship Dock Worker,Been good thus far,"The pay is good, and the benefits are even better. Vacation pay is also a huge plus as well too.",Not too many cons for me personally but if I hada pick something it be long hours on you're feet. Definitely get comfortable shoes.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14253,amazon,"Pleasant Prairie, WI"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not For Those Career Minded,"there is a lot of freedom in the form of taking your scheduled 15 minute break without having to clock-in, or clock-out, the bonuses are great (during the holiday season only), there is a lot of overtime (although it is mandatory), you receive paid time off quarterly, as well as non-paid time off, the break room has multiple televisions, and even video game consoles (although it is unlikely unless you are off work and it is during another shift, that you will find the system available). If you stay 3 months, you will lose at least 15-25 lbs. If you are a productive worker, you are featured on a competitive ""score-board"".","The company although it asserts it cares about its employees, and not numbers -- simply cares about the numbers and you meeting quotas, you are given only four days after you start date, before you are written up for not meeting your numbers (which many who are not athletic, will find unreasonable), do not be surprised if you are written up two, or even three times in your first month. The workplace tends to be very cliquey, alike high school. You WILL get injured on the job. You Will NOT (if full time) have ample time to recover. You Will NOT have time to seek an additional job if you work anything beyond first shift. Think of weekends, and hanging out with friends, as a thing of the past. Management does its best to keep you from reporting so that there will be Zero safety incidents on their boards. This is a job for people who may not be able to get hired anywhere else. It is a great place to work if you need to pay some quick bills, yet it is not a place for those who are career minded (unless you are somehow able to get into the administrative side of the business). Very solo job. Do not expect to interact with your co-workers (or others beyond the person bringing you work) unless it is your lunch-break, or you are off work, ever. You may spend a good nine to ten hours without speaking a word to anybody, besides yourself. You will NOT be permitted to listen to music during your hard physical labor. Once again, you WILL get injured on the job (everyone does). The fulfillment centers are constantly hiring, because they cannot keep employees.","See your employees as people, not numbers. Take the time to ask each of your employees how they are doing each day. Assess whether your employees are better fit for different roles, and push them towards those, so they may be successful. Working at Amazon can get very lonely (as you are the only person on your station, and generally not near friends). Introduce new employees to one another. Speak to each of your employees everyday, and make sure to encourage, and tell them when they are doing a good job.",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14254,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,It is ok I like it,"I do not know, but it is fine to me",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14255,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - IT Support Engineer,Great Benefits,"Warehouse IT, Good Environment Great Co Workers.",Automation will limit ability to learn new technologies.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14256,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, very stressful work",Great benefits and enjoyed working with my coworkers,Very stressful trying to reach benchmarks in other paths,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14257,amazon,"Teterboro, NJ"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Not horrible,"-Autonomy. -Decent pay -Lots of (unpaid) time off -Decent managers/supervisors -The ""Hub"".","-HOT HOT HOT. I'm literally sweating buckets while working. -Very short breaks. We get 15 minutes total (2.5 minute to get to break room, 10 minutes actual break, and 2.5 minutes to get back to your station. As soon as you sit down, it's time to go back to work.  -Flex Up time: They'll flex up an extra hour at the very last minute. If you can't stay, they deduct it from your UPT time.  -Scan Quotas: I understand quotas need to be met, and if you don't you can be terminated. They want you to take 2 packages at a time, which isn't possible many times.",Get better air conditioning in that place! And be slightly more understanding about quotas.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14258,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon work,it is really fun to work,"there are no cons, i like everything",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14259,amazon,"Umatilla, OR"," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Network Technician II,Excellent place to work!,"Sign on bonus, shares, benefits, the culture, everything is great. You have to be prepared to work hard however, everyone at Amazon has great work ethic. Highly recommend if you want more than a job.","They give you very little management, you are expected to govern and manage yourself, which I think is great. But you can't expect to treat this like a normal job, you take action and figure most things out yourself, it's not for anyone but for those who like it, love it.",Keep on keeping on!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P645.htm
14260,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Stower,They encourage you to share any feedback on what you think should be changed within the company and they act on it with a certain level of votes asap. They make you feel important within the company like you should.,"No security check coming into the building, but going out...","I love the standups, really motivates the employees in a personal way that you probably don't understand!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14261,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Customer Service Representative,Jump ship while you can,"insurance, stable hours, pay is above minimum wage","leads and managers are there to help the company not the employee, management has said repeatedly stated that they recognize our tools are broken, that they recognize the impact this makes on our workflow, and that they have no plans to fix this and we just have to get over it because it's our job to deal with it","treat your employees as if they matter, instead of prod monkeys that are a metric on a piece of paper to you",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14262,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Stow,amazon,benefits set scheduled pay is good 10 hours shift employees very friendly,we fire you with out showing you evidence of what you've done then red flag you making it hard for you to come back you,treat your employees better !!,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14263,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Truly depends on your background/manager,"Lots of career opportunities, decent pay, company growth","Latent bias ( I personally have experienced gender, race), loosely defined HR policies that are solely focused on legal requirements and not on professional expectations for a healthy culture, many team members/managers were hired based on school/higer education and consequentially have little to no relevant career experience. This has a high liklihood to cause churn as the environment is not collaborative and is very biased based on your ""level"" , LOTS of confusion, inconsistent practices and unnecessary work due to a SEVERE lack of communication",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14264,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Tier I Associate,"Started great, then...","Upward mobility for the right people, paychecks were nice but middle of the pack - by design.","The past two years there were different than the previous years, and not in a good way. Production drove everything, including allowing safety and quality to suffer. PIP (Performance Improvement Program) was a way to dismiss subpar associates - or a tool for revenge.","Too many flaws to fix all at once. Pick one to fix correctly, and move to the next.",2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14265,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full-Time Picker,Pay is decent Benefits on the first day,Leads don't care about associates Mandatory overtime Not a ton of room for growth in the company,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14266,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent 401k contribution matching and profit sharing,"Excellent 401k contribution matching and profit sharing, a very high retention of support employees. Awards employees with their yearly employee christmas party and various activities throughout the year.","Difficulty in obtaining higher level in management team for internal employees, often outside selections are preferred rather than promotion of subordinates.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14267,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,Difficult but exciting place to work,"Amazon is in so many businesses that you can build career in anything from internet, retail, supply chain, cloud services, robotics and even groceries",there is lot of competition and social cohesion is not expected,filter out teams that are useless and where employees do not feel challenged compared to other teams,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14268,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Ambassador,"Fun event planning, social media management, working in a team, completing work in your own hours","carrying heavy swag, not meeting team in person,",You should do the training in seattle instead of online,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14269,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,face paced team,"really face paced and customer oriented, want to invest and invest smartly, which is good for skillset",sometimes too fast in the development and some systems are not so stable yet,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P646.htm
14270,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Sort Center Variable,Great part time gig!,"The hours are flexible, the pay is great considering the amount of actual work you do, vision, dental, life & AD&D insurance after 90days. 10% discount on Amazon. Friendly staff, they give away tons of shirts and different swag. Random grill out days, tons of hours during peak, working for a company on the edge of doing more amazing things!!!","Higher ups can be hard to deal with, as a SC employee you're not entitled to almost any of the same things FC employees are, hours are usually capped at 29 maximum during non peak. a pro and a con of amazon is they will hire anybody, LITERALLY ANYBODY!!! Face tats? Hired. Creepy and/or weird? Hired. Don't shower? Hired. Can't really read, or speak English? Hired. Can't do the job??? Sign here, HIRED.","Focus more on your internal candidates when looking for different tier/level positions to fill. Think outside the box, blank slate college grads aren't necessarily the best for the job.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14271,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pack,The environment is very friendly.,More ice machines in break room.,Rotate floor positions more fairly.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14272,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer centric,Give lots of tools to help support customers,"Not a lot to help support at home customer agents when needed. Our schedules are required to be extremely flexible to the point of having a new schedule or manager every 4-5 months, with that being said if you require any solutions there are no options for you but using your time bank which may not always support your need","Have more solutions to help associates,understanding being fair with time given should be a two way street.",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14273,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation,Good pay and opportunity to grow in the company,No efficient training for new sortation associates,More hands on training! Associates are left to fend on their first day.,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14274,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,It is ok I like it,"I do not know, but it is fine to me",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14275,amazon,"West Sacramento, CA"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Mail Sorter,"Finally found a foundation, warming workplace, a family to grow and go beyond with.","There are so many opportunities such as gaining or managing your own attendance with variety of benefits , career choices sponsored or reimbursed by Amazon, and also a name of few is getting to work a little more extra than your assigned hours every shift per usual. You can only win at Amazon and elevate your status depending on your humbleness thriving to go beyond",Amazon is very lenient and flexible so it is really just up to you to keep or loose your job.,Managers are really great here and actually a group of individuals you can build a closer relationship with because you can always reach out to them and not feel dumbfounded or neglect even with so many employees already ahead cluttering around them. Maybe if there ever was a n advice I can offer them is outside of work related because they got it down and tightly well managed at work already.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14276,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort,Fun place to work and learn,Some employees don't need to work they they are lazy and management let it spade alot.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14277,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Brand Specialist,Not for the faint of heart,"You work among the smartest people in the world. You learn a ton. The signing bonus is great and uncommon. They allow dogs at work (if you like that). They have free concerts and visits from authors, sports players, celebrities. You have Amazon on your resume. You can work from home sometimes.","You live in Seattle where it is 50 degrees for 10 months and cloudy. The culture expects you to work nights and weekends yet there is no benefit to doing so. The average tenure is a year because of this burnout. None of the systems work for more than 6 months so you're constantly trying to figure out how to fix things or find out who knows how to fix tools so you can then start to try to do your job. They speak another language for retail in their own acronyms. You are going to be called out in meetings constantly and not in a friendly way - no one cares about your feelings. You're expected to find ways to create tools to better the team but you better scream to the heavens about them if you want to get noticed for your hard work. The people who succeed are constantly showing off the most useless things but ""visibility"" is key at Amazon - you won't get promoted unless people know you. You will have many managers in 2 years and will constantly have to prove yourself. People let the dogs in bathrooms, kitchen and meeting rooms despite those places being restricted from dogs. Dog poop and pee everywhere and whine/bark constantly while you're trying to work. No one cares if you're crying in the bathroom daily (didn't happen to me but a few coworkers). If you leave before a year you pay back your bonus and relocation. If you leave before 2 years you pay back your bonus monthly prorated and your relocation.",Don't promote people based on how much they talk in meetings. Look at the people really making things happen who aren't just trying to be seen.,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14278,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Meh,You can bring your dog to work,"Managers are rude, the place loads you up with work, high turnover","Show that you care about your employees as people, not just the code they pump out",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14279,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Amazon: Prime Now,"looks good on your resume, get to know the ins and outs of working at a warehouse, meet some cool people.","HRC doesn’t help you out what so ever, Part-time employees get no benefits of any sort, pay is not worth it better off somewhere else. Fresh is a disaster",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P647.htm
14280,amazon,"Saint Paul, MN"," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"It's a great experience and friendly, helpful environment.",They have an amazing staff of people to help you every step of the way. They have great compensation and upward growth potential.,"You must come prepared to work hard, not a con but not a job for who thinks they are going to slack off... don't apply.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14281,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Non-Inventory Receiver,Non Inventory Receiver,The company gives Good Pay (more than minimum wage for associates) The benefits are outstanding. Steady Hours through out the year but peak season gets busy (Understandably),there is nepotism throughout middle management. also there is no life/work balance,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14282,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Stower/Counter,"Garbage, will likely force you to quit or fire you for very small things","Pay is nice, and when Irma hit we had 3 days off that were paid for. Most people there that aren't management are pretty ok and there's free coffee and hot cocoa in some of the break rooms I guess. They will hire literally anyone with a pulse and 2 brain cells.","Where do I even start? I'll start with the nit pick then move on to the more in depth nonsense that they pull.  Like a lot of people have said, your breaks are more like 10 minutes and lunches are pretty short too. There's so many safety hazards that if someone from OSHA came in they'd have a heart attack. They purposely frown upon any bit of succor (sitting on ladder, sitting on the floor, etc) or breaks (bathroom breaks and normal timed breaks) that they'll get onto you about it. They literally want you to be a robot, and if not you will be fired or written up. Within my month in a half of working there, this is what I experienced,  When I was first hired I was very excited, and despite what people have said I wanted to be optimistic. I was originally trained to become a stower, but after 2 weeks I was switched to counter. There were many instances where the management seemed to pick on certain people to succeed, or to fail. I was one that they wanted to stay and I think the reason why is because I'm young and a fast worker. My coworker on the other hand that was older but able to follow the same pace as I. The entire time I saw management talk to him or about him they would either be giving a write up or a talking to despite us working the same pace (which was at the speed that they had told us they wanted). After that, all the older people that I had trained with were either getting write ups or quitting because the work was too much. Already, within the 2nd week they were weeding people out. It bothered me, but since they weren't focused on me I just kept doing my job.  Now, a month has passed and I'm getting sick of working here and it's showing. I have a very good work ethic so even when I do hate a job I will do my best no matter what and that's what I did. By this mark most of the people I trained with disappeared and one of the lasts was on his second write up. Peak season is also starting soon, and so everyone on that shift in the morning has to meet in the main break rooms. Its the usual 'be safe' meetings one can imagine, and they're playing videos to demonstrate, towards the end though is when things got.. Interesting. A video starts up and it's talking about our wages. The video then goes on to tell us that we're paid 12 an hour starting out and every 6 months we gain like 50 cents to a max of like 14 an hour I think. That's.. Not true. That's not true at all. I have a friend who's worked here for a year and a half and he's only paid 11.50. Everyone in the room is mumbling uncomfortably and the people giving the presentation don't even mention it and moved on the next video. After that they used this guilt trip tactic to tell this story on how a kid wanted a blue firetruck for his birthday, we messed up and gave him a red one and now his birthday was ruined. It's pathetic. That entire morning was a pathetic way to work even harder than what we already are working. They absolutely do not care about you and will not even bother learning your name and instead will call you sir or ma'am. Now for the conspiracy part.  To put it short, they hire anyone for 2 weeks, you mess up at all within those 2 weeks you're written up. When you're written up its already too late for you and they will purposely mess you over and get you to either quit or fire within that month. They hire people every day it seems so you're easily replaceable. Everyone is, including management. Everyone is for themselves and they will gladly mess the next person over to get in their numbers, They just repeat this formula over and over again and maybe, maybe if you're a very devoted person you'll stay.  I haven't even gone into the actual work of it which by itself is easy but at the pace they want it isn't. Out of the 3000+ bins I scanned as a counter I messed up 17 times, doing the math I messed up .56% and I was written up. They're that cut throat about it. At this point they may as well hire actual robots.","You remember that you are hiring humans, right? Your place of work will always be remembered as garbage if you keep these ridiculous standards up. There's no nobility in the way you treat your employees and I hope you either can learn from this or have it bite you in the prostate",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14283,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping and receiving,The pay rate for me was 13.50 hrly because I worked night shifts (only shift available at the time),"Miserable environment (people always seemed unhappy) Management sucked, they don’t train you just throw in something The scanners we used were old and always shutting off Management wasn’t on the same page (ie. one manger was saying one thing but you’d get in trouble with another for said thing) Many wasn’t on the same page as hiring management (everything they told us about the job when we were hired was a lie)",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14284,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace warehouse work,Weekly pay - no interview required,UPT - no vocation time - overwhelming,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14285,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,decent place to work,great people to work with,they only promote based on the good old boy system. you do have to know someone in order to promote. A combat veteran is passed up by someone with less experience because the other guy was buddies with the manager.,check your leadership,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14286,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,development director,good salary good benefits good opportunities poajsd qwq´w qwepe,lot of hours not many ways to grow,give more family time,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14287,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, a good place to work",Autonomy and ability to find interesting products,"Not a very progressive company on many fronts, but getting better",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14288,amazon,"Harrisburg, PA"," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Fufilment Specialist,Good for the Motivated,Excellent time off and benefits package.,The work is physically exhausting and boring. Over time you will learn to hate being there,Dont push your employees so hard,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14289,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Amazon,I applied online and got hired immediately it was a direct hire hiring event no interview just orientation about the job they let you pick your schedule but they place you in your position.. Basically it's a good job if you're full time for me the benefits were amazing because I'm out of state and I recently moved to the east coast so I didn't have to worry with their benefits package and the pay was good if you're willingness to work there's overtime like crazy and voluntary time off that doesn't affect your points good pay . Given the high turnover rate and volume of employees if you want to be recognized you need to make initiative to get to know. Management.,Only downfall is probably how psychically demanding it is... No pair of shoes Will suffice lol its intense but it's manageable,Nothing really given the high turnover rate and so many employees it's hard to know everyone,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P648.htm
14290,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - RSP Picker and Counter,Great benefits hard work though.,Great benefits and lots of chances to earn gift cards if you work overtime and they provide food during special occasions at the facility I worked at in haslet.,"Long hard physically demanding shifts, very reptile monotonous work. You stand your entire 10-11 hour shift.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14291,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Mindless repetition,Great benefits. Meet lot's of cool people. Nice break room. Air condition work environment. Lots of technology to experience that most have only seen on Tv.,"Long hours, very short breaks, not a chair in the building other that the break room. Unrealistic expectations for workers output. The break room is a good 5 min walk from my work station. This is a mammoth facility. You get 30 min for break and 10 are spent sprinting there. You are expected to be back at you station working within 3 mins or you will get (TOT)time of task. A few of those and your fired. Furthermore you are expected to work at a predetermined rate that is unrealistic, and if you make errors, even on your first day, it puts you in the 3 strike cycle. 3 strikes and your out. My feet hurt very bad by shifts end. Im 37, and in fairly good shape and it's a physical grind to make it threw a shift. If you are willing to work hard and be on time it's a good place to work with opportunities to move up quickly. Don't expect anyone to hold you hand and feel sorry for you. That's not how they do things. They do mass hiring every month. They onboarded 193 when I was hired, so keep in mind that your just a number to them and you will be replaced quick. They have 18 year olds making $15 an hour right out of high school so the pay is decent. There moto is any wiling hand is hired so the chance you will be working along side an idiot is pretty high.","Take some time to get to know your employees on a more personal level and you will see much better work, and overall moral from everyone.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14292,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,MY AMAZON,the pros to amazon is the benifits.,the managers and the rachtetness,learn and be helpful please dont hold information .,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14293,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,It's a job,"great benefits: paid time off, unpaid time off, career choice program, classes for people looking to move up in the hierarchy, all the overtime you want, stock shares.","Mandatory overtime during peak (Nov-Dec). Amazon is metrics driven, be prepared to work hard. They measure employee rate, accuracy, time off task. If you fall short be prepared for a write-up. 3 write-ups and you are out the door.",Stop sabotaging employee rates as they approach the 2 year mark (= fully vested stock),3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14294,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Challenging work. You learn a lot,"Work life balance suffers from time to time. It is very team specific. I wish they gave more perks to the employees, like Google, Facebook and other companies. They follow the Frugality principle way to ardently.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14295,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Floor,"Great Pay, Great Employees, Great Atmosphere","Long Hours, Mandatory Overtime, Long Days",none,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14296,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazon,Looks good on my resume.,Not a healthy work environment.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14297,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - AMZL Sort Associate,It is what you make out of it,"Take Charge, No one really is your boss, managers threaten things but have zero power","No one is going to help you, No one is your friend, Company doesn't uphold Customer Promise, company doesn't care about you",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14298,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping and receiving,The pay rate for me was 13.50 hrly because I worked night shifts (only shift available at the time),"Miserable environment (people always seemed unhappy) Management sucked, they don’t train you just throw in something The scanners we used were old and always shutting off Management wasn’t on the same page (ie. one manger was saying one thing but you’d get in trouble with another for said thing) Many wasn’t on the same page as hiring management (everything they told us about the job when we were hired was a lie)",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14299,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse worker,Four day work with the ability to leave whenever needed if you have time to use. Meet a lot of local people and enjoy most of management,Breaks where split into two 15 minute breaks and half hour lunch. Which isn't bad except the way it's handled there being it starts from last scan so 15 minute brake turns into 10 minutes or less with size of warehouse,Handle the rules a little better and would keep employees longer it's almost like they want to fire and rehire people,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P649.htm
14300,amazon,"Earth, TX"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love It!,I Love My Job so so Much!,I Have to go home sometimes,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14301,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good learning experiences,learned a lot while working there,top down nmanagement doesn't always allow growth,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14302,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great entry-level job,"Great starting pay, benefits and lenient time off options as well as career advancement.",The monotony is absolutely killer and can be physically demanding depending on the facility type. Some facilities are 5/8hr schedules while others (mine) are 4/10hr schedules.,"Give precedence to people with higher rate/quality when considering them for internal transfers and advancement. People often get ""stuck"" in a department because they're too valuable at what they do",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14303,amazon,"Arlington, VA"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Operations,Compensation. Location. Environment is so stressful that you find good friends among your peers.,"Very long hours. At times, when you compare how much you make per hour versus how many hours you work, you find other companies to be better. High stress levels. Walking and standing for more than 9hrs+ , at times straight. Noisy. Disorganized management. High rotation. Hard to switch from operations into other fields within the company.","Pay attention and care about your direct employees genuinely. If you do that, the rest will fall in place.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14304,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,My Amazonian Experience,The Benefits that are offered from day 1 are amazing!,The consequences of being late are a little harsh.,Educating the HR team more on the company's policy would be very helpful to the company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14305,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,pay is the only thing I can thing of,brutal pace and long hours in lots of roles,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14306,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth it,None. None. None. None. None.,Work-life balance is non-existent. Benefits are horrible. You can find much better work for the same amount of pain a lot better benefits.,Get a new CEO.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14307,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Reduced-Time Warehouse Associate (Problem Solver),"Great place to work so far.. I work an overnight shift Thur-Sat at 12 hours per shift. I was there for one week and advanced as to a problem solver position with the same pay, but progress is available moving forward. So far management has treated me with respect and answered any questions that i have had. The work can be redundant, but the benefits are amazing. And the pay is good for the work.",The only reason i gave it 4 not 5 stars is because the work can be very boring. Its repetitive but that's to be expected from a warehouse job. And i suppose the fellow employees can be lazy and i don't like lazy people.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14308,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from home CSA,It was great working from my own home. Manager was nice.,Being able to work morning hours would've been better for my schedule,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14309,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place Hard Work,"If you have a degree or plan on working at Amazon for multiple years, this is a great place to work. The benefits are out out of this world.",Very hard and boring work if you start at the entry position.,Find a way to make boring work fun.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P650.htm
14310,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job overall,The pay is good for what the job is.,Hours are long work is hard.,None,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14311,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound,In bound,Good working conditions not to hot in summer.,You are just a number to them.,Get to know your workers.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14312,amazon,"Jefferson, GA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Not horrible, but could be better","Easy (yet very physical) work, but still demanding from management.","Management doesn't seem to care about making ANYONE's lives easier. I'm a firm believer in ""work smarter, not harder"". There are steps they can take to make everyone's job easier and more efficient, but all they are focused on are their numbers and rates.",Take some time to review your processes. Slowing down and really cross training your employees will make your quality metrics improve. Not everything has to solely rely on speed.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14313,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not a career.,The benefits amd career choice.,"Pay is okay for people needing a job, but not people that want to live outside of paycheck to paycheck. 10+ hours on your feet, breaks are not 15mins like they say, even your ""30 mom"" lunch is rushed.",Treat your employees like humans and not mules.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14314,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde,"good pay, good housing , good ppl",no actual cons lalalalala la,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14315,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resource Assistant,Flexible hours great if you in school,"No holidays off , 24 hour operation",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14316,amazon,"Springfield, VA"," Oct 18, 2017","Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate, Worked Seven Months",Not what they say there are!,"THE MANAGEMET SUCKS! Application process easy, job isn't even so bad (Warehouse). resources, equipment, and tools to do the job effectively are the best I seen!","MANAGEMET SUCKS! you will only get part time hours. This is not ever going to work, manager can't manage their employees, It was definitely psychological for management! Human Resources play ghost, never availably when needed. every day wasn't the first day that's for sure! what ever thats suppose to means .",It would have been nice to have a manager give an answers to one of the many complaints dished out on to employee's!,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14317,amazon,"Dundalk, MD"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Laborer,laboror,plenty of work great personality and great staff good benefits,short breakslong standing and a lot of walking,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14318,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Great place to work,Endless opportunities to contribute to a fast-paced and challenging work environment. A great company to work for!,Not your normal 9-5 job in most roles.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14319,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Product Manager,Customer obsession and Bias for action.,Travel in seattle is very bad.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P651.htm
14320,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Not What I Expected in a Very Good Way,Ambitious Yet Achievable Goals Strong focus on Doing What is Right for the Customer over any other secondary considerations. Work-Life Balance (my building is a ghost town at 8pm),Lip service to wanting outside influence to better processes. In reality they want someone to tell them their already doing it right. So quickly adapt and they will think your amazing.,"Accept that some of what you call the Amazon way may not really be the best solution, especially for the customer. Ask yourself when Dealing With Ambiguity crosses over into a Wilful Neglect of Planning. Someone attempting to tell you that a certain engineering is bond a proposed deadline months before that exact situation became reality, wasnt suffering from lack of prowess with ambiguity that should be adjusted in their performance, but may instead have so much experience that they are simply have new and valid methods that both clarified and predicted outcomes time and again. What is lost is when they did conform and resigned themselves to knowing and accepting that plans aren't remotely reality. Further promoting said individual immediately after they start pushing chaos as status is icing on the bafflement cake.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14321,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - L5 Area Manager,Great for leaders,"Lots of room for growth. Lots of one on one development opportunities. fast paced, ever changing work environment. Great place to work for passionate leaders.",Occasionally long hours. Pressure to move up the ladder. manager:associate ratio is low,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14322,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,Micro-management and busy work,You can learn a lot if you luck yourself on to a good team and a lot of other companies think Amazon on your resume makes you extremely desirable.,"Managers like to micro-manage, to consistently pester engineers for information so they can do their status updates that no one reads. A lot of teams are built to remedy tech-debt from other teams and you don't want to be on one of them!",Stop focusing on your wiki docs and listen to your engineers.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14323,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unorganized,Great place to work if u love fast pace jobs,Mangers really don't care how the work day go an hr never have the right info,Pay attention more,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14324,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,"Good experience, builds your confidence. Little wins, big challenges daily","Your owned, no work life balance. Every Face has life sucked out of it",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14325,amazon,"Garland, TX"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,Working 4hrs 5 days a week,"Working most holidays,but you get paid for major holidays.",Just be honest and upfront with employees and treat everyone fairly No Favoritism to certain employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14326,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Incredible Opportunities Await at Amazon.com,"Leadership principles that are clearly defined and applied at all levels of the organization. The best and brightest leaders that I have ever worked with challenging others to grow, mature and achieve more every day!",Improve the focus on ergonomics considering the long-term health and welfare of associates.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14327,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Price Chopper,Amazing.,You get good benefits. The work is interesting. There is no reason to get bored at work. You have perks as a student working there.,Work schedule is not fixed. Might have to work long hours during weekdays specially at the beginning of fall and spring semester.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14328,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,"Good pay, friendly co-workers, fun atmosphere","very little time off, frustrating, not flexible schedules",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14329,amazon,"Cleveland, OH"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Laid back , social attitude",Employees are treated well and HR is great,Same customer complaints every day.,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P652.htm
14330,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Lot of different areas you can work. Software frameworks, AI, ML, MicroServices",Management is focused on making money not innovation. Big company = less recognition,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14331,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Relaxed,You can Select your hours Pay and half on holidays 10% Discont on any Amazon services,Bad file management for certain files.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14332,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,The benefits are really great here. Great mix of people.,Sometimes there is either too much work creating a lot of overtime that is mandatory if you don't have any time. Then on the flip side not enough work causing you to have to go home.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14333,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,Inside Amazon,Medical benefits are about all that I can come up with.,"Underpaid, overworked, prefers external hires over promotions, pays external hires more than those that do get promoted.",Don't trust them to do what they say they are going to do. Just do what you can to do your job to the best of your ability even if you have to go over their heads.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14334,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Has its ups and downs,Good culture. You will never be called names or made fun of for being who you are. Time off is given to certain positions.,Specialty OUs get screw over when it comes to days off and VTO. Market prices for food and drinks is a total rip off. Was better a couple years ago but it is changing for the worst. Thanks for taking away our project work.,Care more about your employees happiness and not just about their after call time or metrics.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14335,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,dont have to worry about not getting overtime,boring as tier 1 associate,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14336,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great place to work when looking for long-term employment,"Best to work as a seasonal employee for the holiday season, less chance of a burn out if you do. Great benefits. Unpaid time off can be quickly accumulated.","Long hours, Early burn-out for those not looking to advance upwards, paid time off accumulates slowly, especially for the first year",There were a lot of times when we had to work overtime during the non-holiday season because a lot of employees used their unpaid time at the same time. I suggest probably increasing the amount of paid time and reducing the unpaid time acquired with each paycheck. It was great getting a whole day off of unpaid with every paycheck but a whole day off at once was probably why there were a lot of calls for overtime to meet quota.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14337,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Great Environment, Peak Season Hours","Great environment. Inviting, respecting (for the most part). I work in one of their top call centers world wide and though I haven't had but a handful of jobs, this is the best job I've had and my second time working here.","The hours during peak season, around the end of year holiday season, are rather high and any time off is almost non-existent. Holiday pay is there, but I would like to spend time with family during the holidays.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14338,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good company,Good exercise for a part time scanner,Lots of walking and lift heavy boxes but always have team lift,This is great company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14339,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"pays well, friendly supervisors, always giving out free stuff","hard work, bad employee to supervisor ratio",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P653.htm
14340,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,always day 1,Amazon is very true to its leadership principals,Success really depends on your upper management,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14341,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Flexible Schedule can be used as a second job,Only Part-Time up to 20 hours or 25 hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14342,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great People, Decent Work Balance",Work from home plenty of hours They provide equipment and training,Sometimes would have high demand times with required hours but no notification except while on system working. Pay isn't the highest,"Notify people of changes, available hours etc on their personal systems or accounts because if someone isn't scheduled to work for a few days they will miss the in company emails because they can not log in just for that.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14343,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,Great stock program for employees,Lots of working hours required,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14344,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Bad employee culture,Great people to work with.,Its all about the customer. The employee culture in warehouses is rotten.,Improve talent spotting within the warehouses for promotion and training.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14345,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Work Life Balance,Great pay and benefits. Lots of opportunities to travel and relocate.,Work life balance is non-existent. It's hard to adjust especially on night shift.,"Look into alternating schedules (3 days one week, 4 days another)",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14346,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good part time job.,This job is great for people who require a little flexibility in there schedule,"If you have to work full time, youre better off somewhere else.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14347,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,"Great benefits,Lots of PTO, 3 days off.","Hard labor work,short breaks , Lots of walking",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14348,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,"- Able to move team, job roles and try something new - Able to move to different countries or cities - Work with some of the most talented people in the industry","- Tough and exhausting review process - Managers need better training - Amazon has a tend to push employees to take on management to get promoted, with no prior experience or training - HR that protects company than the employees - Amazon say that have a transparent review process, but people are protected by their friends than true work merit - Poor retainment of top talent - Tenure means nothing if you've been a top performer and make one mistake - Robot environment",New York Times Article is all true from my 8 years of experience at Amazon across multiple teams.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14349,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Picker,Helpful tip,"Three day weekends, lots of volunteer time off.",They care a lot about how much you pick an hour and they don't want to make any mistakes. You're picking close to 3000 items a week. If you mark something missing and it's there six times they give you a right up. The quality makes much more of a difference than quantity they can bridge the gap between your productivity they can't fix something missing.,Have your people sign out and sign back in after the break it helps the numbers it makes them feel like they're not doing terrible.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P654.htm
14350,amazon,"Hawthorne, CA"," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Shipping and Receiving,Can be EASY and HARD at the same time,- Pretty good side job - Water stations around the warehouse - 15 min break & 30 min lunch,"- NEVER GOT TRAINED, they literally threw me in there and I was magically supposed to know how to do stuff in there - - Everybody thought they were in charge - Favoritism - Hard on body (Says most boxes are up to 50 pds) :| no they were HEAVY - FAVORITISM -Most Ambassadors dont do anything but watch us work and walk around the warhouse - They dont really care about YOU , they only care to get all packages scanned in and the belt and all racks clear -UPT isnt enough time 20 hours is only 5 days off and doctors notes aren't excused...",- Make sure Ambassadors are working and not getting paid to walk around the warehouse - Favoritism isn't fair so please stop - DIVERSITY NEEDS TO GET BETTER IN MANAGEMENT,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14351,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"fast paced development, use of modern technologies",work life balance not great.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14352,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Seasonal Sortation Associate,"The job has very little entry requirements, it is easy to do, and pays relatively well for the work required.","The job does not give you very many hours off, it frequently requires you to stay an extra hour, and is physically strenuous.",If there is one thing Amazon does well it is managing things. The managers in this job are friendly and approachable.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14353,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,nice people and work conditions,standing all day and night,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14354,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,Great so far!,"Very easy job, just do what you need to do and you will be fine!",none at all so far,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14355,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfilment Associate,Easy work Work independently Consistent pay Benefits No formal job interview Possible room for promotion within the company Great attendance system,Work you like a slave Written up for less than 100% work productivity No human interaction Stand in one place for 10 plus hours Monotonous work Not long enough lunch break for the amount of work you put in Breaks are a joke Can't use the bathroom without getting in trouble Not rewarded for your hard work Bosses are pompous and do not understand the employees Parking is a nightmare,Talk to your staff!,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14356,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't do it if you want to have a life....,Shift flies by and there is overtime.,Management is very inexperienced and plays favorites to their groupies. The company's pick rate is unrealistic and workers are getting hurt trying to hit the target numbers.,Outline the job function and expectations on day one. Due to the fast pace of the industry there isn't time to ask questions or get to know your coworkers.,2.0,none,none,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14357,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick,None. I couldn't even try to come up with pros.,Hardest job ever. Not enough time to find items.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14358,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,DFW7 Amazon Fulfillment Center Job Review,There is always something available to keep you busy.,Senior Leadership lacks common sense.,It would be nice if management looked up from their computers once in a blue moon to physically see what problems and obstacles the workers face on a regular basis.,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14359,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,bussines analyst,Ownership over your own work with little micro managing,a lot of data and little guidence,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P655.htm
14360,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Fufillment Associate,New Fulfillment Center Comes with Some Missteps,"3 Days off a week, benefits, paid holidays, everything's new. Management is a good assortment of knowledge and personalities, always approachable.",Hiring seems to be at a slower pace than what one would expect with peak season around the corner. Expectations for 'critical roles' is not clearly communicated in terms of what jobs need to be completed before associates can leave at end of their shift.,"Don't underestimate the attrition rate at this type of job. Over-hire and offer VTO if need be. Also, break times should be called out (or yelled out as it typically is in other facilities) by management. Not everyone works in front of a computer / clock. Associates are breaking early or late all the time.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14361,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment,Good pay and benefits. Good work environment.,Fairly tedious and physical labor. Not a job for everyone.,I like the managers. Very hands on. For the employees' best interests.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14362,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great benefits and recognition of hard work,Terrible work/life balance for night shift,"Anyone can manage, very few can lead.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14363,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Intelligence Engineer,Business Intelligence Engineer,Good only but more work,Slow career progression especially if you are on technical side of business,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14364,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mail sorter,Benefits was amazing and the shifts splits was good as well,No holiday off working all holidays can become a pain,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14365,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Excelent Team Enviroment,"Everyone feels like a team member, obtainable core values, excellent advancement opportunities and customer obsession.","Must be able to work long hours, think quick in a fast pace environment, working holidays.",Amazon is an excellent company for anyone who wants to grow their career. I would recommend working for Amazon to everyone.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14366,amazon,"Carlsbad, CA"," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Associate,WORK HARD PLAY HARD,Best physical workout you will ever have in your life (outside of being a bodybuilder ),If you're not in shape it's going to hurt a little. OK a lot but you won't die,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14367,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,"Friendly, fast paced workplace - AWS",- They give training - Everyone is willing to help you anytime you need it - Rarely asked to work late,- Open floor plan - Always tickets in the queue to be worked,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14368,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work at home customer service, seasonal","Work at home, flexible, decent pay",Employee training is dismal. Very disorganized.,"Invest some time in developing a training program that works. You are losing many employees, because they either become frustrated and quit, or fail to get proper training and get fired. Very easy fixes available. stop trying to do training on the cheap, it is actually more costly under the current format.",1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14369,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Hard work but good job,"You get to move around a lot, and work alone most of the time, the pay is pretty good and benefits are not bad. Management is good and easy to talk to and appreciative you your work. Its possible to work up to 29 hours a week as a part time employee, if you take extra shifts via their online site.","It can be some hard physical work, and tight spaces to move around if a bunch of people are in the same space.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P656.htm
14370,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,Great Pay and benefits if you're willing to put in the hard work.,"Long hours, dusty warehouse, insane packing rate.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14371,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Better training employees,"Decent pay, Three days off a week.","Poor training, unrealistic expectations, minimal management support, lost my i9 information on three occasions.","Better training with hand scanners, don’t be so quick to give “write ups”",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14372,amazon,"Cleveland, OH"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Self Employed,Amazon AM,Flexible work schedule with the launch of shift choice.,A lot of racism at the Cle5 location.,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14373,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,its amazing,great place to work and amazing,none amazing is a amzing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14374,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,Nice environment Climate Controlled Laid Back Friendly Employer and Co-Workers,Honestly a great place to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14375,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Fresh Associate,"Great place to work, can be physically demanding","Benefits, Time off, recognition for hard work, monthly bonus, RSUs (stock), overtime, good atmosphere, room for advancement, growth,","Can be rough on body (warehouse),",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14376,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Dock Clerk,Not for everyone,Benefits as soon as you start,Not a lot of opportunities for quick advancement,Very smart people but not in correct management roles. Just because you have a degree doesn't make you manager material.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14377,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Manager Tech Programs,AWS,Customer is the whole focus and you can make your own way.,Accountability and ownership can be lacking.,It is results driven higher than most.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14378,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A stead job if you don't mind working at a fast pace,"Stable job, lots of overtime before Christmas, good benefits","Very fast pace work, you aren't going to get rich here.",Improve the quality of supervisors and leads.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14379,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lots of walking, tough management","Free working by yourself, air conditioning","Must meet production rates, if not you get strikes",Stop pushing so hard!,3.0,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P657.htm
14380,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Stower - Water Spider,A paycheck that is it.,"If Amazon thinks they are building a workforce, they are totally wrong. For all the people that Amazon places in jobs, there are more that leave or get terminated because they had a bad day and did n't keep up the number. Amazon is not helping the economy they are contributing to the employment figures. I was there for three years, they got rid of me because I didn't perform when they moved me to a different position, I had a hearing but nobody called me back. There was no one left in my hiring group when I was terminated. As a matter of fact, there was nobody left from many of the hiring groups after me. HR are robots who process and terminate people continuously everyday","Try to do the job t hat you walk around with tablet pretending to track. You are clueless. As a matter of fact, when you have the morning exercises, think about how many people volunteer to go home without pay, there are dozens, they drive there and when they are asked if they would like to voluntary go home, there are so many that do. They would rather not get paid then to be in that environment of nonhuman managers, HR and obviously officers and the CEO",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14381,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Amazon,It was heavy boxes I loved working with the people,I loved it it had really long hours so i was there all day long,It was ok,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14382,amazon,"Chesterfield, VA"," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Packer,Awesome,"Great management, awesome pay, good benefits.",Most work assignments are short term,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14383,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Floor worker,Yall are the best. Nothing is better. Love you a lot.,Nothing is wrong with Amazon at all... I have nothing bad about you.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14384,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Good place to work,Good salary that makes you want to keep working because houses are expensive in Seattle. Amazon is a fast pace,Stressful at times. Jeff bezos is an animal for sure . Very demanding but then again that's why he's a billionaire,Less work more play. We should get free food more often and at least have more vacation time as we first sign on to the company,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14385,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,PROUD AMAZONIAN,"I work in ICQA, which is Inventory Control Quality Assurance. I love my job because this department has numerous paths, which I am an Ambassador, Problem Solver, Auditor, Counter, and a Damage Processor. I love being able to navigate and be called on for any duty within my department. I have also had the opportunity to pack, hand slam, and gift wrap when needed, which I enjoyed as well","Very noisy atmosphere, but it is a warehouse, so that is pretty much expected.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14386,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Sep 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so good,Good pay and nice culture,A lot of hours and bad management,Care more,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14387,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Your experience depends ENTIRELY on your manager,"Good benefits, health insurance, discounts","Pay is often below market value, leadership structure often allows for and encourages bad managers Smaller fulfillment centers are particularly bad at this, without a larger leadership team, many employees can be completely shut out of a resolution to a problem or conflict if one or two people on the team refuse to take their concerns seriously","Lots of employee issues are not taken seriously, and favoritism is a huge problem in fulfillment centers. Your current culture of taking in large amounts of people and ""burning"" through them isn't a good system, it causes a lot of disruption in communities and uncertainty at work. I don't have a solution for this, but it is a huge problem",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14388,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,"Exciting place to work, ever changing day to day, can be rewarding with a high degree of effort.","Rapid pace, high high bar that must be met, very competitive, you are just a number but paid well with total comp. No compassion by most of upper leadership. Very high hiring bar missing out on great folks.",Your growth is so rapid that leaders of leaders of leaders are all less then 2 years with the company. This contributes to erosion of leadership principals which will impact new employees and result in attrition.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14389,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfilment Associate,"Fascinating company, opportunity to grow, fun workplace",Need more on-hands management of lines,Monitor line leads,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P658.htm
14390,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test Analyst,Great opportunities and good work culture,Nothing in specific to mention,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14391,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solid Company, Good Employees","Straightforward training, safety oriented & consistent pace","No vacation time, no raises",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14392,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways Operations Manager,Excellent leadership opportunity and growth.,Very tough work life balance. unorganized,Take care of your people!,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14393,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,You can make a million,Always looking for the next great idea.,Prepare for 7-day work to be successful.,Keep it up.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14394,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Extreme Frugality is Not Always Cost-Effective,Excellent Benefits Good Pay for an Out-of-College Job Diverse Associate Base Management Can be Great (Variable) Learn Many Skills Very Quickly,Incredibly Poor Practical Training Chronic Understaffing Work 65-75 Hours a Week Probable Night Shift Position Largely Negative Culture Insane Turnover in Management and Associates,"On paper, Amazon is a great company: it has recognition, it's stock is on the ascent, it attracts talented individuals, and more.  But its growth seems to have come at a price. It innovates and moves so quickly that often the leadership is unsure about how to translate that strategic outlook into practical measures. It is very much a ""churn and burn"" industry with a high turnover. A lot of places are chronically understaffed (with an average associate tenure of three weeks in some areas, Amazon can burn through a region's labor force at an alarming rate) leading to extreme overtime and very long hours, for which you will not be compensated. And there isn't a great training and development plan for managers. That training focuses on interactions with associates and how to handle conflict mediation - soft skills. So if you already have management experience it isn't very helpful. What they ought to focus more on is teaching about the operations itself, especially for college hires. Currently, this is more or less left to individual managers to learn on their own, and if your management does not take an interest in developing their managers, you can be left high and dry. It can be very demoralizing to see your peers, superiors, and subordinates come and go.  Overall, this is a great place to learn from-- as long as your management is willing to invest. Use it, learn from it, save your money, and use it as a stepping stone career to explore follow-on opportunities. If you can contribute to changing the culture, in just a small way, so much the better.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14395,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,You can wear comfortable clothing. Co-workers are nice. Company giveaways. OT during peak. Benefits start 1st day.,"Long shifts - 10hrs. Mandatory OT during peak. Short breaks, NO SITTING at all- concrete floors, heavy lifting 75% ,","Breaks should be 20 mins....long walks to break rooms. Allow sitting for some jobs, the concrete floors are killers.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14396,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Lots of room for growth, elite co-workers, you get to work on cool products","High-stress environment, standards depends on your team",Relax a bit on the frugality,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14397,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Customer service lead,Friendly customer service atmosphere hard workinh,None at all very good company,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14398,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Environment,Great hours and very flexible,Not always the easiest job throughout the day,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14399,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Experience Manager,Embrace the Challenge,"- lives up to the self-proclaimed ""peculiar"" place to work, in a good way - growth opportunities - high expectations - surrounded by smart people, every day","- like any big company, learning your way around can be challenging - and there is some part of it that never goes away",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P659.htm
14400,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team,Great place to work at had to stop working because I had to finish school or else I would have continue working there I liked it,I don't think I can remember any negative things to say about them they are just like any other company you work for just make sure you are on time,No advice to management just make sure to always treat everyone with respect and integrity have respect for others cultures,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14401,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best working place,"Amazon is the best working place, it has all the benefits that I was looking for life insurance for my family if something happens to me they don't need to worry. the job isn't hard i think its just the ling hours but it's good I work 4 days 10 hrs shift off 3 days unless we have overtime. The jobs is not for everybody especially if you can't be without your phone..no phones on floor at all. so if you snowed in that can't be without it this job might not be for you.",no phones on floor at all,better communications with employees and training well,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14402,amazon,"Vacaville, CA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Ambassador,If you have a family or a mental health disability run from this place.,Get to set your own schedule. The warehouse managers are pretty nice.,"No direct phone number to contact for emergencies with your children/family and are not allowed to have your cell on you (which would be okay if they had a contact phone number) If you miss three consecutive shifts you are fired because you cannot even call if you are really sick or got in an accident and are stuck in a hospital. Get bumped up to an Ambassador with more responsibilities without increased wages. The HR are horrible and rude to you if you request accommodations for your mental health issues, probably because they are so young and think they are better than you (even if you have a college degree like I do). Amazon is horrible with breaks.",Fire all of your human resource department and get people that actually care about their employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14403,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Returns Processor,Don't let greed lure you,The only benefits to working for this warehouse was the pay and benefits.,"Poor work/life balance, Poor management, Weak work policies, 40-59 hours a week work schedule,","Fix the rate for Sundays because the workflow leaves lines dry for hours. Get rid of Lane 1 aka "" The Wind"" every other lane will have higher rates than this lane always until you rid the lane or send more workflow towards it. Get on decanters and water spiders for not doing their job because it ruins normal processors rate who cannot afford to go off and flirt. Give everyone a rate they must meet not just processors.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14404,amazon,"Moonachie, NJ"," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Sorter,Assosicate,Good pay rate and pays weekly,Late night shift and always eat late in the morning,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14405,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was alright,fast paced environment with plenty of learning opportunities,ridiculous work hours and little training.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14406,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Wharehouse Associate,Wharehouse Associate,Generally positive and fast paces environment. Good benefits compared to similar jobs elsewhere. Generally good job satisfaction and opportunities to advance.,Lack of written policies and procedures can cause unnecessary strife and ambiguity. Rate is sometimes too high for volume or density of work available during a shift.,Need better initial training that includes where to find written policies and procedures for both administrative and functional aspects of the job. Need more intelligent rates that include more factors than just number of items processed.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14407,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only work under 30 hours at current job want to work more hours,I stay busy without a doubt. Coworkers it depends pretty chill. Management it's alright,Some people are really rude again managers do really nothing about any type of situation weather your hurt or if getting bullied,A lot are pretty awesome but some are really harsh on me it sucks,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14408,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Developer/Systems Engineer,"Challenging, often rewarding, not always worth it",I learned more and did more in my first year at Amazon than I had in the last four years at my previous company. I felt like I was really contributing to something worth doing. One of my managers was excellent - he worked hard to protect us from bureaucracy and truly cared about our well-being.  We really believe and strive to practice the leadership principles. They aren't just empty corporate BS. A junior engineer can speak up for customer obsession or frugality and be heard in a room full of senior management. The LPs are genuinely empowering.,"Amazon is a mixed bag. You might be hired into a healthy team with a reasonable ops load and feasible deadlines, or you might be hired into a dumpster fire everyone is looking for a chance to jump out of. Setting expectations with your new boss can help, but only goes so far.","Don't push hard for a deadline if the most compelling reason for that deadline is that you told your leadership team that you'd meet that deadline. Work backwards from the customer instead. Does the customer want a service that's half-baked and supported by the new team you hired after the old team burned out? No. The customer doesn't want that. If your engineers are telling you the schedule has to slip, have the hard conversation with your leadership team, not with your engineers.",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14409,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Better the devil you know,The company isn't going anywhere so no chance of getting laid off. I can wear whatever I want to work which is something I never expected to appreciate as much as I do. The pay is good and benefits are competitive. I like the people I work with.,"The environment is aggressive and toothy. It's not as described in the New York Times article, but there are some people who get away with being bullies. They are often people in senior roles and keep it just under what is egregious and so it's hard to do anything about it. And, I believe that calling out a senior leader would be career ending. I'm not a newbie - I've been here close to 10 years, so I am used to it. But, it's demoralizing and frustrating.","Ask your employees pointedly about how they are treated. Create a way for employees to anonymously report bullying behavior to avoid fear of retaliation. This happens routinely, particularly to women.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P660.htm
14410,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Sep 19, 2017","Current Employee - Stow Associate, Receive Associate, Hazmat Stow PA and Shipping Clerk","My positions with Amazon have included Stow Associate, Receive Associate, Hazmat Stow PA and Shipping Clerk","If you work hard without supervision, you can count on being put into indirect functions, where your (scan/stow/receive/pick/pack) rate is not scrutinized. Lots of opportunities for overtime, benefits, (Medical, VCP, RSUs, career training, tuition assistance)","People in management roles are usually hired right out of college and in many cases are managing people with far more real world experience in the workplace. There is all kinds of turnover in those folks, they either get transferred to other departments within the FC or take transfers to other FCs. With every new AM comes a whole new set of changes to attempt to improves processes. In many cases, the people doing the work day in and day out are not consulted. The scanner guns in our facility are mission critical to our success, but are often in great need of repair or replacement. Communication is often lacking. The culture within the FC can vary dramatically. Inbound is more laid back and workers are judged/evaluated individually. Outbound, because of the nature of job - getting customer packages on the trailer and out the gate by a specific CPT (critical pull time) is a bit more stressful, but the TEAM is evaluated not necessarily the individual. As someone who has spent time in both inbound and outbound, I can tell you that (in our FC) the work ethic is stronger in outbound. I am disappointed that your income earning potential for Tier I, II or III employees max out after three years. Ops and other members of the management team can earn $70-80K annually and even better perks than associates, but a few I have talked to are working 6 days a week and about 70-75 hours weekly. No thanks.","Getting a promotion is more about how you answer ""scenario"" questions than specific experience and skill sets you may bring to the table. I have seen more than one AM (area manager) hired straight out of college appear quite lacking in in the areas of critical/analytical thinking and problem solving skills. Most people learn those kinds of skills by doing than by reading/studying. Before implementing changes to improve workflow or a particular process, take a moment to gather feedback from the people working in the trenches. They will often offer insightful advice.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14411,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Dock Clerk,"Could be better, could be worse.","Decent pay: Not close the best, but far from the worst. Great benefits: Very good insurance choices, and choices being the key word. We have multiple options to choose from, not just a single plan that is take it or leave it. We get stock grants yearly. Vision, dental, life insurance as well. I get to be part of one of the biggest companies in the world.","I haven't actually seen a raise in almost 4 years outside of step plan, which barely kept ahead of cost of living increases. Many of the managers, in my building, do not listen to criticism. In fact, they try to use ""facts"" that are contradictory to the point they are trying to make to support their point. High rate of turnover, at my building anyway, as people look for jobs that are either less stressful or better paying. Both of which are fairly abundant in this area.","Open your ears more than your mouths, especially when the people that have been doing the job longer than you have been with the company are trying to explain things to you. If you don't like what we're telling you, especially when we're right, then you may want to FIX what's wrong instead of trying to pass the blame elsewhere.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14412,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as good as they make it sound.,"I had a really good leader and some other great people to work with. While it's not suited for a career, you can make some good money during the Peak season, which a lot of people with other full time jobs do","It's basically impossible to get promoted unless you have a personal relationship with the hiring manager for that job. In other words, if they don't personally like you or your personality, you have no chance of getting a higher level job. This is despite the fact that Amazon claims they recognize exceptional talent and willingly move them throughout the company (meaning promote them to higher levels).  If you start out working for them at a fulfillment center, you can only apply for certain jobs, even if you're capable or qualified for higher level jobs. But if you don't work for the company at all, they recruit people fresh out of college for even higher level jobs than you can apply for as someone who's already been there for at least a year, even if you have more education and more work experience.  And when you do apply for a job internally, you're supposed to get a response telling you if you've been rejected (and why), or telling you that they want you to come in for an interview. Quite a few people have applied for the same jobs and never got either of those, but people were hired for those positions. Certainly looks suspicious to me.","Get rid of the people who play favorites when hiring, they're a liability you don't need, and their actions prove they aren't suited for that responsibility, or any management role. You need to follow the established process for all job applications instead of ignoring it when it's convenient to the agenda of the recruiter and hiring managers.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14413,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,if you like to walk/run your kind of place,benefits schedule is always the same,Tons of walking (15-20 miles a night) very high expectation for metrics management just treats the employees as numbers for metrics,higher more people and bring down expected rates so you dont have people killing their bodies,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14414,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Peculiar is another word for INSANE,Stock - if you survive,Kill or be killed culture.  Talk teams but it's team members pitted against team members to shine in the spotlight. Collaboration is not an option because so much is thrust down the pipeline from on high. Like to think we are making a contribution but the reality is not a lot of room for individuality. Square pegs should shy away. Churn and burn.,Walk the walk or shut the hell up.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14415,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,This company is horrible,They are always hiring. There is almost always opportunity for over time. When you manage to get hired on the benefits aren't all that bad.,"THEY DO NOT OFFER COMPETITIVE PAY. The company is ran by people who don't seem to understand common sense or what is going on. They're systems constantly malfunction. They will lie to you about anything just to get out of having to do something more than they have to. If you want or need something done you have to constantly be on the managers who sit on facebook all day and try to make it seem like they are to busy to help. There are few people there who actually do a good job and know what they are doing, maybe 3 or 4 people in TOTAL. I don't understand how they to where they are with their poor sense of everything.","Stop being so lazy. Don't lie to your employees or ""accosiates"" as you refer to us.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14416,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - SDE-1,SDE-1,"Quality work, small teams, good learning experience","less benefits, longer work hours",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14417,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Pay, benefits and career opportunities.",Short breaks and long hours.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14418,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,The money's not bad but you have to fit the mold to get anywhere,"The stock. Oh and you get an Orca pass for transit, woohoo. Secure bike parking in most buildings, plus lockers and showers.","Company is not nimble or creative enough to put employees' best assets to use, they kind of want everyone to fit the same square-shaped hole. Highly demotivational work environment, particularly in Retail. Also parking options in SLU are terrible.","Stop saying you want ""peculiar"" and ""thinking big"" in employees but then just keep hiring and promoting only identical snub-nosed b-school boys from the Midwest.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14419,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,A little disappointing,"Benefits, okay Pay, room to grow",Do not hold up to their leadership principles,Follow Leadership Principles,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P661.htm
14420,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Supply Chain,Great Benefits but you earn them working here,Benefits are great for medical and dental. Stock is enjoyable if you're offered them with each review. Flex hours and sometimes free food. Mentoring opportunities. Used to have employee discount on Amazon.com.,Its all about who you know here. Promotions are ridged for whom you know that can get you there. There are large workloads and not enough equal team involvement. Not as diverse as I'd like to see and not many workers of color in management positions. Many people have been in the same role for years with out hope of promotion in the near or ever future.,Do not lie or embellish to employees on promotions or lead roles. Listen to and care for employees to help them when they are dissatisfied in their role. Allow them to transfer from role instead of hindering them forcing them to leave the company. Do not have favoritism to team members. Treat everyone equal. Support employee transfers and knowledge growth. Develop your people and hold them back.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14421,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facility associate,Starting wage exceeds minimum wage.,To laborous for pay. Can't move up the corporate ladder.,"Give more incentives, bonuses, higher wage for those who go above and beyond. Also promote from within to higher positions to keep people loyal to company longterm.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14422,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,trainer,great company and great associates,the way management treats their associates,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14423,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,great pay and nice hours,it can be very demanding with body,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14424,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,great place to work,"Great workplace, I have been working at amazon for approximately 1 month and I love it. I feel that Amazon genuinely cares about their employees and making sure they get home safely. Even though it is a fast pace workplace environment I do not feel that the managers are trying to rush everyone to work faster. I also like that all of the managers are very understanding, if you make a mistake they work to make sure you don't make it again they do not punish you for making one.","It is hard work, and can be pretty rough on your body.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14425,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Intern at!,"Plenty of intern-specific events, nice accommodations (helpful when moving elsewhere), nice employees in general.","Wish we got free lunch, but we can't get everything we want.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14426,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"low price house, high paid intern",Not much. Amazon exceed my expect.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14427,amazon,"Clarksville, TN"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Business Customer Service Representative,Business CSA,"Great company to work for, paid time off and vacation time. Get to work at home! Pay is above average for this type of work.","revolving team leads, every three months or so you switch managers.",Stop rotating your employees this brings down moral!,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14428,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One Of The Worst Experiences of My Working Career,You'll meet a few good managers and they will mean the world to you. The company does do some really fun events for their employees and families which I always appreciate.,"The work system is terrible. You MUST meet your numbers. And this is nearly impossible. Get one write up and many of Amazon's perks are cut off for you. Get two write ups and your are just about done. Three and it's over. Make a mistake, get written up. Don't make your numbers, get written up. I have seen a lot of really good people working very hard who have been shamed and then fired. It's not right.","When you give an employee a 15 minute break, give them a 15 minute break! Don't count the time he or she is walking away and trying to get to a break room that, in many cases, is up to 4 or 5 minutes away!And don't make us log back in BEFORE the 15 minutes is up. All this week I have been working far from the lunch area. My 15 minute breaks were actually only 5 minutes.  Give people an obtainable rate to achieve. We are not horses. We all can't work like an 18 year old. I am pouring sweet and aching at the end of every ten hour shift. I can barely get to my car and once I get home, leaving the car is incredibly painful. All of this.....just to get written up....so I can work in fear that you will find something else I did wrong and fire me. I have a wife, a daughter, a mortgage. This is not a game to me. I am a hard working employee. I don't deserve to be treated like this by a 20-something school kid manager, for a job that is paying me less than $15 an hour.  Treat your employees like people. Give them the respect they deserve. And they will do the same for you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14429,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Teir I Associate,Honest review,Room to grow and advance,Difficult environment to survive due to management and procedure.,Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P662.htm
14430,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,They put in a shift choice program where you can choose your own schedule,they are a flex up or down policy depending on the amount of packages for the day or current shift. So we flexed up an hour 95% of the time,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14431,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Good pay brutal hours,Work isn't too hard and there are plenty of hours and benefits and lots of chances for overtime,Forced overtime more than no overtime. 50 or 60 hr weeks are common.,Get to know your workers better,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14432,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Newbie,"Good Career advancement, and 4 day work weeks.",Can't make too many mistakes or you'll get written up! Even on your first day,Take time to train new employees.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14433,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,Good benefits and good money,You work a LOT so be ready,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14434,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,"Great people, freedom to try something new without a lot of red tape.",Communication down to front line managers needs to be improved.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14435,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,1. Impact that your work has 2. Experience of working in a big company 3. Opportunity to work on cool things Amazon via internal transfer,"Even though Amazon says that they have created 100,000 new openings in US, they choose to not hire a backfill for people who transition. This really impacts the productivity of the person who is left behind and is responsible for the work left behind.  This results in high dissatisfaction impacting you career growth as the extra work that comes on your plate due to no backfill overwhelms you resulting in less productivity.",Please be considerate to the needs of each employee and look into the well being of each data point rather than just handling org level well being and aggregated good outputs.,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14436,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is Mostly Great,"Smart people, brand recognition, innovation, global, empowering.",Expensive benefits and no perks.,Provide free lunch.,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14437,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,Very flexible with schedules since you manage it yourself. I did learn my true physical capabilities and tolerance to extreme heat,Low pay for the work you do. Very strenuous and on your feet literally for a 10 shift. You're treated just like a number,Treat people like humans and not robots.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14438,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Physical Security Manager,"Amazing Company, Terrible Org",Amazon values their employees. Leadership principles actually mean something. It's exciting to be a part of one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Working with global physical security is challenging and rewarding.,"The physical security organization is deeply flawed. There is little to no published career path options, there are no job leveling guidelines, and it's as if the Leadership Principles do not exist with Sr. Managers.",Get back to the basics. Embrace the leadership principles that have made the company successful and take care of your employees. There is widespread discontent with how disorganized the physical security org is. The global security operation does not align with corporate standards and values.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14439,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer II,Amazon is a huge company with lots of opportunities to work on cool stuff - and the pay is very good,Depending on what team you get on it can be a high stress work environment with very long hours (low work/life balance). Most teams have an operational responsibility which means some weeks you will be asked to wear a pager 24/7 to respond to production problems.  Poor vacation culture. Average benefits.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P663.htm
14440,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Good place to work,"They take care of their employees, offer great benefits, and there are a diversity of people.","10 hour days, long days during peek",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14441,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - RSR,Best job,Benefits paid time off paid vacation,there really is no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14442,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sure,its great pay and benefits!!!,hard work all day long,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14443,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Technologies used at Amazon,Latest technologies are used in here,No free food at the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14444,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,trainer,great company and great associates,the way management treats their associates,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14445,amazon,"Teterboro, NJ"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,How they treat there older workers with no respect,Pay is good not great why I say that because not far from my house is new York they pay 15 hr to start if you can put up as a pin ba,They favoredt sertain people mainly younger people who have no experience in shipping know I have over 20years exp in shipping. You would think they would hire me as a  Point blank they treat there older employees unfaj,Treat people how you expect to be treated with respect .Its simpler common sense I know common sense isn't common but do your best .,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14446,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Fast-paced environment with lots to learn,"There are really smart people at amazon, and we're the leader in Cloud Services. Every day is challenging and I'm constantly learning. I get to build and deliver awesome solutions to problems.","The Frugality philosophy can be a bit silly. Free food and snacks are standard at tech companies now, we should just make those available. Team culture can vary significantly, its important to find a team that is a good fit for you personally.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14447,amazon,"Clarksville, TN"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Business Customer Service Representative,Business CSA,"Great company to work for, paid time off and vacation time. Get to work at home! Pay is above average for this type of work.","revolving team leads, every three months or so you switch managers.",Stop rotating your employees this brings down moral!,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14448,amazon,"York, PA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Disappointing,"Great benefits, much opportunity for overtime during peak, satisfying work. Take safety very seriously, concerned about your well being and always has associates complete surveys.",The management is very poor. They don't pay attention to what the associates have to say and lazy workers seem to get the upper hand. People don't treat others with respect nor decency.,Pay attention to the problems reported and follow through with fixing them.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14449,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Business Partner,"Interesting work, smart people, great peers to work with","Poor management, too much compensation tied up on stock - then held hostage for 6 months at a time.",For HR - pick your people management bar up off the floor and raise it. Honestly some of the worst people managers I've encountered in my 20 year career.,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P664.htm
14450,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience with a huge dissatisfaction,Awesome customer obsession Great technical depth on a scale beyond imagination Learned the best practices right before the legendary people left the team,"At the end of my first year there were sudden change of product leadership and management. New manager hired bunch of new people and changed the culture from creativity into loyalty and favoritism. Old members quits one by one and upper management didn't care as long as metrics are right. ""Everyone is replaceable"" is the new motto.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14451,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This Company Will Rip You Off as Contractor,You get exposure to working with a top ranked tech company. They have some cool tech to recruit for that gets engineers excited.,"They will give you 70 hours a week worth of work plus make you work weekends and cap your billable hours to 40. For having the richest person in the world as the owner, it's easy to see how he got to that point: rip off people and make them work for free as much as possible.  Screw this company and their illegal business practices.",Grow a conscious. Get a life. Have a heart.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14452,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,logistics associate,friendly environment . ambassadors help out when needed,night shifts can take their toll on you,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14453,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Pallet Consolidate,ware house associate,works great with accommodated schedules,reaching out to human resources,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14454,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Inventory Control,Amazon Tier 1,"Time off(20 hours unpaid time added to each quarter, PTO, Vacation, Personal and other leaves of absence), flexible schedule","Only 6 paid Holidays a year (New Year's, Memorial, 4th, Labor, Thanksgiving, Christmas)",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14455,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound,Outbound,Good pay and benefits plus the stock options are great,There are none at all,Continue to do a great job managing the employees,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14456,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Teir I Associate,Honest review,Room to grow and advance,Difficult environment to survive due to management and procedure.,Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14457,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - SDE2,SDE II,You can have a massive impact.,"Work life balance, company culture, etc...",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14458,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software development intern,"great pay, great working environment",no no no no no,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14459,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Amazon has great benefits. Great pay,Standing for so long.,Nothing.,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P665.htm
14460,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Not what I expected,If you're looking to get into shape - this is a great place to do that between walking up and down stairs at an extremely fast pace as well as constant walking / lifting / bending / kneeling etc.,They expect you to be robots - can not be a minute late from break. I was injured on the job and nobody knew what to do and their workman's comp is complete crap. They do not treat their employees like people at all and I will never work here again. Extremely disappointed.,Need more personable managers - Very rude and not supportive in the slightest.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14461,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,The pay is great stuff,It is hard on the feet,Bleh,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14462,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Call center,Rich experience on dealing with people,The salary is too low,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14463,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation,Fun and nice people to be around.,The hours are at a minimum,Nothing,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14464,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,really no pros at this company,The shifts where very long.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14465,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay Away,Has good benefits accompanied with the full-time job.,"Horrible management and HR, favoritism, over work",Listen to your associates,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14466,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,If you do not mind physical labor the job is easy. For the entire shift we would unload the trucks and sort the packages into their respective places.,Picking up extra shifts outside of what your were hired for was difficult.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14467,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesome job...,"Work regular time or pick up extra overtime up to 60 hours a week. I do it weekly..very motivating team and managers. The best benefits ever. I pay $40 a MONTH for medical, dental, health, std,ltd,lif insurance. 1000 deductable but company pays 500. Its awesome..",12 hour shifts on concrete. Need great shoes for support. Must e able to work fast...,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14468,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Stow,If you aren't afraid of hard work amazing place!,"Great benefits and pay, if you don't mind working this job is excellent. Great excerise as you are on your feet and moving 10 hours a day. Work hard and it pays off. Be motivated to succeed and you will.","Pay works on a tier system, however if you get trained in different job descriptions (driving fork lift, order picker, etc there is no pay increase) also incentives kinda suck, work 20 hours overtime on a weekend for a full month and get a t-shirt....",Better insentives for cross training and furthering career. Also better insentives for over achieving goals and productivity. Scan to scan breaks lowers productivity as people will slow down before each break to have something easy to scan before and after break.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14469,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,Pay was good and good benefits,Don't care about their employees. Especially emergencies,Because employees cannot have phones they should be better about relaying emergency from family,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P666.htm
14470,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team member,"Great pay, great benefits tons of opportunities to grow. Great resources","You are giving Short breaks, and 10-12 hour shifts. Where the 12 hour shifts are mantatory. The facilities are be so there’s lots of walking just to get to break room, parking lot etc",none,1.0,1.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14471,amazon,"Teterboro, NJ"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard Labor,They give you a lock for the locker and gloves.,"Standing long hours, one 10mins break if you're working for four hrs, no rest just straight work, no one to inform when you want to report absent, you have no idea who's your supervisor or manager ( just look for someone wearing the red stripe vest).",Stop standing around talking on the phone while other employees have to be working hard.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14472,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE intern,"good people, flexible working hours","No free lunch, no free snake.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14473,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,"Not worth, the few dollars more.","You sleep really well ,after 12-15 hour days. They don't physically abuse you.","Lots of long days, and mandatory overtime in busy season. (All year) Often thinly disguised malice or prejudice against line employees. Not tasking employees properly, resulting therefore in wide spread disillusionment A form of emotional abuse ongoing, because of unrealistic performance metrics. Don't communicate or fully inform employees about expectations, benefits and of options consistently or honestly. Burnout and emotional issues by C- level management is routine..",Get real and find a way t o overcome your own inadequacies or shortcomings by getting professional help..,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14474,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Some great opportunities to work with big data. Dog friendly Office. Turnover rate is so high there is a lot of opportunity to advance your own career.,"Benefits leave something to be desired, maternity leave especially is lacking. The overall environment is very combative, and I saw very little cooperation during my time there. For the hours you work and the amount of stress you are under the pay and benefits seem a little lacking.","Better benefits package, a lot of people would prefer not to receive our benefits in the form of stock options since they're so volatile. Try and foster more cooperation, it feels like we're being pitted against each other sometimes.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14475,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible management,None that I can think off.,They work you like a dog. High turnover. You are just a number,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14476,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Quick look,Good pay and freedom with your own time,This job assignment is very Time consuming.,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14477,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great college-entry job,"Great experience working for Amazon. Area Managers learn a lot in their first two years but it is fast paced. If you want a desk job, this is not your line of work. Definitely more for the innovative, hands-on type person. Amazon enables you to have a lot of impact if you work hard for it.",Sometimes a rough environment managing hourly workers that can be disgruntled. You will work a lot during peak season which despite being fun is a little exhausting.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14478,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2017),"Interesting problems to work on, particularly in a largely expanding company","Not too much flexibility, work-life balance may be off depending on team",Allow more flexibility in projects to work on,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14479,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Always had a paycheck when ubqorkes no issues that time had paid time of personal time and hours accumulated that by could use with outg being held again you,Peak season many hours,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P667.htm
14480,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great job, bad company","The role, technology, and the peers are beyond awesome. In every event, i work directly with customers and partners that are as excited about Amazon technology as we are and my peers are the professionals I most admire.",The company is extremely frugal and well prepared to take the most out of employees giving the minimum in return. It is hard to understand how a company that treats employees so poorly attracts so great people.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14481,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,great company to work for,great company to work for,None to say or discuss,cheers,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14482,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,whare house,easy to move up in company,the company does not support employee management is not well trained distancej,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14483,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation,A Good Place to Work,They are very good to the employees. The work is easy and the pay is good.,Having to stay over when you have plans. Working with employees that don't work.,"Tighten up on managing, some employees just walk around their whole shift.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14484,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse,I stayed for the money...,"I had a really good team of managers that gave me tons of guidance from inbound direct functions, workers comp is decent,","Short breaks, lunch is scheduled, TOT: time off task (you must scan something every 4 minutes, if you don't you get written up), peak season is hell (50-60 hour shifts), you're tracked all the time by an RF gun, you're on your feet for 10 hours straight, mandatory overtime is something you can't get out of unless you use your allotted time, going to amcare is useless if you really need it, you get moved around to different positions you weren't initially hired for, making mistakes is evident in any job but you're only allowed to make so very few but must maintain good quality and a high rate of production.","Find job positions that people are actually good at, I know work demand determines what jobs are needed to be filled but don't keep putting people in areas where they fail after feedback. It promotes negative work self esteem and a cycle of avoidable errors",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14485,amazon,"Hawthorne, CA"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Independent Contractor,Independent contractor,Very good place to start as independent contractor. Know a lot of people while making deliveries.,The weather. Is very hard to do deliveries when is raining,Very good,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14486,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Overnight),Not a good job.,Benefits are great. Management is pretty good. Great job if you are someone who is introverted. Set schedules are pretty nice.,Long hours. Warehouses have no Air condition but they have industrial fans that do nothing. Having to hit “rate” is dumb and repetitive. People take this job way to seriously its packing boxes. The entire job is all the same thing over and over again.,Realize that not everyone is able to hit the rates that are set for everyone. Higher pay. More time off.,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14487,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Not a good place to work,You really learn a lot if you are a new grad. AWS do have some cut edge tech and docs/designs docs are plenty.,"Oncall, pip, operational work is overwhelming. Stupid HR/Manager could put you on PIP for no reason.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14488,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Bad company,Money and stocks and vto,Fire you for any reason they have,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14489,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,good place to work,great place to learn and grow and being a team player,hard on your feet,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P668.htm
14490,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a job that pays the bills,Paid Well Fixed Schedule Lots of Overtime offered (Not required) Good amount of time off,Unrealistic goals set by management No opportunities to grow,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14491,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Like any job it has it's ups & downs but overall not so bad and great benefits.,"Decent pay & great benefits. 4 day 40hr work weeks, after 2yrs of working there your stocks are yours to keep","No communication amongst leadership. Lots of mandatory OT, management's favoritism towards employees. After 36 months you cap out at your base pay.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14492,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound Associate,"Excellent benefits, management and co-workers.","The worst part is doing the same thing, too monotonous.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14493,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent company, not the best culture",The projects you work on can be pretty interesting,The work life balance and culture can be pretty bad depending on your team,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14494,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Overnight Stocker,Grout title,Flexible hours off weekends good hours,Low salary not flexible hours no benefits,No advice needed,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14495,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist review,you can bring dogs at work!,It is a high pressure work environment,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14496,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Not the best, not the worst, you'll always be moving.","It's always an active day in the warehouse, and it'll keep you in shape. The work in the warehouse is very easy. You're mostly in control of your own success. Great benefits for a job that's easy to get. Stock benefits are nice.","Can be physically exhausting, boring. You always have to be working. Advancement quickly bottlenecks. The cap out pay is too low.","Increase the cap out pay for Tier 1 workers or make a Tier 2 for workers interested in taking on more responsibilities like PS, PG, TDR, or PIT.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14497,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and cons,"Learning and growth opportunities, competitive pay","Work-life balance. Bureaucracy, promotion and learning opportunities are based on how vocal you are. Not a place of compassion.",take care of your people. Talent doesn't live in Type A personalities only.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14498,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Associate,Above average pay Flexible schedules They will hire anyone,Poor training Management is never approachable Warehouse is not climate controlled Mandatory Overtime,"Meet your new employees and let them know how to get in contact with you if need be.  Orientation and training was a joke, slideshow presentations only do so much.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14499,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Work closely with management Fairly Independent Good Training Excellent Benefits,Work load Pay depending on location,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P669.htm
14500,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Everyone is so nice and no question is a dumb question. Training is extensive and they ENSURE that you're comfortable before sending you off on your own.,Nothing that I can think of so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14501,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PS,Great place to meet incredible people with amazing stories.,We have to walk a lot.,Get to know associates better.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14502,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,"great culture, fast paced environment, no bureaucracy, great future and business plans","disorganized at times, lots of re-org and structure change, down side of being flexible, people tend to move around internally a lot",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14503,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Packaging Engineer,General labor,The pay is good,It is too far away,None,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14504,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Store Stocking,Janitor,Job was very easy and every one was team.,Job was very demanding and got exhausted sometimes,Very good,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14505,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,"Easy job, but overbearing management.",The pay at Amazon is pretty good for the skill level that is required. The work is pretty straightforward but repetitive.,Some sites seem to be a bit over managed. Management and HR seem to be annoyed to listen to you even though they have an open door policy.,The employees are people not machines. Treat them as such.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14506,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Any,I worked as a stower for the Amazon Fulfillment,"Some of the best reasons to work at Amazon is the pay,they pay really starting off.","Some of the downsides working at Amazon are the bad way they treat employees,for example,they expect them to be beyond perfect,they move you where ever they want.","They should really know how to treat there employees right,specially if they are hard working employees.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14507,amazon,"West Sacramento, CA"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal Part-time,"Flexible, Great pay, Fast pace, always Growing company and opportunities. Team environment, diversity, doesn't care about tattoos and piercings! I love that! Good Benefits.","Management is rude and acts like you are bugging them when you are asking them something. Point system is harsh as well grace period. Very unorganized, too many people trying be in charge and telling everyone what to do so it gets very confusing because you have so many different directions at a time. It's so frustrating. Uneducated on policies and never know who to talk to. You have a employment hotline that never helps.","Be more helpful and more available, be more of a time player. Listen more! Be a leader, communicate with other mangers and get on the same page.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14508,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall review,"You will get 40 hrs a week, with up to 60 hrs a week Grate benefits (Holiday pay, paid vacation, paid time off, insurance and ect.) They give you a chance to go back to school and they will help pay for it.",You have to work overtime when they call overtime unless you have time to cover it. You can't go negative with your time or they will fire you. You have to make rate or they will fire you. They will fire you for time off task They will take you from your current position and move you to other departments whenever they want to. You can get fired for anything They are quick to write you up,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14509,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,Great benefits and compensation,Pay very low compared to the stress. Too much monotonous and hard labour.,Value the associates,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P670.htm
14510,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Blah,Money job easy cool fun,Work pain agony indentured serpent,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14511,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon rewards hard work and leadership.,- Hard work is rewarded - Company culture is excellent,- Some internal processes and tools can be clunky at best,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14512,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A company full of opportunities and challenges,My role is SDE in retail system and I deal with both financial and technical problems. It is easy to see the impact of my work and gives me a sense of self-importance and accomplishment.,Communication with stakeholders takes up a good portion of my time. Sometimes I cannot focus on tech projects because of this.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14513,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Great place to work,"Great benefits starting day 1, 401k, Stocks, opportunities to win things such as t.v.s, laptops, gift cards, and much more, management as a whole is wonderful and helpful",If you don't like walking then this is not the job for you and sometimes making rate is stressful.,Keep doing what your doing!!!,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14514,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Unusual setting, but pretty worthwhile.",Amazon offers tons of mobility as an employee and lots of opportunities to do other things. The benefits are also quite good.,"It's big. Really big. Hundreds of people worked my shift at the warehouse I worked, so most days I went to work I wouldn't see anyone I knew, but I'd gradually recognize people. It's not intimate in any way.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14515,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great job,great working job I never missed a day,I started as a seasonal employee,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14516,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate I,FC Associate I,Very flexible with the schedule,Not enough work to keep busy,Listen more to employees needs,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14517,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant ( Supervisor),The benefits is the best Pro within the company.,Poor Advancement opportunities for high level performers.,Recognition is important to hard working associates.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14518,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - SDE1,Amazon SDE,"Amazon has a strong brand and stock. There are many talented engineers. There is easy access to resources and tools, such as AWS, making it easy to quickly setup systems and services.",Its hard to stand out or make an impact. There is an atmosphere of competition instead of collaboration. Fast delivery is prioritized over quality and work-life balance.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14519,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Bie,Bussiness intelligence engineer,you work with smart people,The culture does not support coordination,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P671.htm
14520,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Aug 27, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not bad,Great benefits and liveable wage plenty of hours,It takes a minute to get used to the fast pace,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14521,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Fulifillmet Associate,Great,Benefits are awesome and career goal benifits,"Hurts your body,you will be sore. Drink lots of water and get plenty of rest.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14522,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data,Good work environment for staff,long time work and not enough rest time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14523,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Agent,Responsible for yourself! Great people to work with!,Sometimes there are super long hours!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14524,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Very casual and friendly work environment. There are a lot of things going on to involve you with the coworkers and teams around you. Great people and helpful leadership.,Very tough interview expectations when moving up within organization.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14525,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great job good people great workplace,time off pet friendly job,hot long hours long days long nights,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14526,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Aaron Lord-TierIII,Amazon,Awesome place to work. Good people.,Hours during Peak may drain you.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14527,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work.,Best benefits in an entry level position. Fast paced. Great culture.,You actually have to work hard to get anywhere. You can't coast your way through. Their turnover rate is absurdly high.,I've only had a couple bad experiences in my three years there. Basically just make sure you speak WITH people and not AT them.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14528,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inherit the Wind,"Lively, fast-paced, unpredictable, changing, ambiguous responsibilities. Ideas can be challenged. People move around.",Soul-sucking Demeaning Emphasis upon fault-finding 100% success is the minimum Individuality is stamped out Metrics are whatever they want them to be,Stop destroying people with demeaning gossip. Keep opinions to yourself. Be clear on your objectives.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14529,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,Good pay and flexible schedule,Difficult work and crazy management,Be more understanding towards the people,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P672.htm
14530,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at the Warehouse,Meet many new people.,"10 Hours standing in fast paced enviornment, break time too short. crowded breakroom, strict time policy, too much drama, changing management.","Understand it is hard for a human being to stand up or move for 10 hours straight,",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14531,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RDU5 Sortation Center.,Great vision and dental benefits. I wish they would offer health benefits as well.,Lots of favoritism among leadership.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14532,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping/Receiving Associate,NONE!!!!!!!! Unless you like having your time wasted....,"If you apply here, they will put you through weeks of stringing you along, saying you have a job, only to withdraw your application, MONTHS later, for no reason. AVOID THEM!!!!",Get a better hiring system...yours is seriously broken and stupid.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14533,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Highly political and bureaucracy abound,The founders and initial employees are true owners and care about the company. Jeff is a great CEO and truly cares and wants to do anything and everything for customers.,Over hired with middle management now being an impediment for innovation of any kind. Empire building just to get promoted. Jeff has too much to contend with and few good leaders below him. Work life balance is pathetic if you want to grow. Mostly late nighters get promoted which is a horrible work culture. Not a company you can retire from. It's unhealthy if you work here long-term.,Stop hiring and dive deep into new resource requests. Create a process to weed out bad management. Currently there is none.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14534,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fashion specialist,Opportunities to learn more about what can technology do in fashion fields .,The work requires sitting in front of computer a lot.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14535,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager Intern,Competitive. Fun. There are opportunities to develop your career.,You have to be very independent.,Take time to get to know your employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14536,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,current problem solver,great benefits and pay.they even provide short term and long term disability. All benefits are active the day you are hired,they have a ver strict attendance policy and they do not accept a note from your dr. if you use your hours and don't want to get fired you have to go on a medical leave,make it easier for people with medical problems to take care of themselves and their families,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14537,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,"Good hours, benefits after a year, work 5 days off 2,","Horrible hours, always gone durring holidays,too long of hours,not good pay for the work you do.",none,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14538,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analytics Manager,Many interesting and challenging projects,Need to work too hard,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14539,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Fast Paced and Entrepreneurial but Becoming a Big Bureaucracy,One of the most entrepreneurial companies. Constant innovation and willingness to pursue any business opportunity that makes sense. Unlimited career opportunities for those wiling to put in the effort. Generally good management. Incredibly strong and positive culture.,"Becoming increasingly bureaucratic as it grows. Senior management doesn't always know enough about businesses to effectively audit them, but still feels the need to micromanage. The fast pace tends to burn people out within a few years. Bad compensation policy drives out senior talent.",Don't expect people to deliver major results on ridiculously short timelines if you continue to throw up bureaucratic hurdles. If you don't understand a business it shouldn't be in your org.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P673.htm
14540,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Work From Home,Great Company Somewhat Flexible Schedule Easy Job Work From Home,Minimum Pay Must be able to adapt to changes quickly,"Though this is a work from home position, I feel like we should get more pay.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14541,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment center review,"decent salary, overtime opportunities offered.","physically demanding job, no creativity in the work",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14542,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok company,Easy job for side gig.,Not easy to move up.,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14543,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Sortation,"Get paid to work out essentially. However, no compromise for medical related absence. Point system flawed.","Easy application process and friendly inviting hiring process, variable hours to meet worker's schedules, many locations to choose from, open door policy","Point system, performance needs to be monitored better, work performance should over ride point system and those that slack at work should be let go",Be more open to keeping hard workers that point out due to medical or emergency situations.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14544,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was okay,"Pay was good, overtime if you needed it",work was way too boring,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14545,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy money,Great benefits and growth opportunity,Only a 30 minute lunch,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14546,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Minimal operating instructions, brilliant people, highly innovative.",Can get too fast paced.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14547,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Everything,SDF4,"Decent pay, and a college program is in place if you've worked there for 1+ years.","Management is always 100% of the problem. HR might as well not exist. Amazon will hire a 100 people for peak and then fire 120 people afterwards, at which point they expect their remaining workers to pick up the extra workload.",Staff. Better.  Listen more to the insight of your people on the floor to address issues.,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14548,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Fresh Associate,Not enough pay,"I honestly have no pros about this job, you get paid basically nothing and work your butt off 11 hour shifts.","Little pay, a lot of work and stress. Been working here 2 years and my pay went down going part time to full time. No night shift differentials nothing.",Give a higher pay to your associates!! You are one of the biggest companies in the world!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14549,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Work wise it was just fast paced. Not terrible. Managers aren't very personal because the turnover rate is crazy.,Day 1 health benefits. And you're left alone as long as you are on task.,Can't miss at all. Missed a day and was called on a Sunday and terminated.,none,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P674.htm
14550,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,dont work here,pay food money pay breaks,there is nothing good working here,learn to be more professional,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14551,amazon,"Mountain House, CA"," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Dock Worker,Does not care about hard working employees,It’s a job and you can leave early using pto or upt or vto that’s the best part of the day working for amazon 401k sucks and the discriminate against people of color old age and women,Amazon is a great place to work if you are lazy and you don’t like to work and want to hide out for 10 hours on dock this is the job for you no one will tell you anything you can walk around and get paid to do nothing all the time,Hard work should pay off and not in mountain bucks,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14552,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good place to work,Money. Insurance.. meet alot of differnt. People,short lunches long walks to break room,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14553,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good environment, good challenges",There're many different teams in Amazon with different cultures. You can always find a good one you like. There're many good tools I really like.,In some teams the live and work balance is bad. It just depends on the team.,The salary bar seems a little bit old fashioned. I think many other teams can supply very good pay and Amazon needs to increase it if want to be competitive.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14554,amazon,"Crafton, PA"," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fantastic Job for people with a strong work ethic,"Great management, decently quick training for greater responsibility, seasonal jobs that turn into full time, and a great crew of people that are sticking with the company. If you were RJ hard, you can take your pick of positions.","Mass hiring, so there will be quite a few idiots, if you make it to any position in the yard, most Amazon flex drivers are extremely absent minded and have a complete disregard for safety.",Talk more with the associates. We notice a lot more than you think we do and want to help.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14555,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good compensation,Work is easy enough & well compensated,the job itself is quite dull. Long hours on your feet with menial tasks can definitely ware you down.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14556,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Amazon Fulfillment Review,Easy hiring process because of high turnover rate.,"Poor Employee moral. Unrealistic work rate expectations from Amazon. Terrible place to work, you're set up to fail.",Establish a more professional working environment.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14557,amazon,"Acworth, GA"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Work From Home Customer Service Representative,In training,I love my managers and co workers . I work from home so its all the more fun.,Training is not very hands on .,Modules for training is not very acceptable . Hands on training needs to be a bigger percentage .,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14558,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Amazing,Opportunity to work with best talent and continuous learning environment. You get to design and develop best innovative products. You get lot of opportunities to present ideas to senior leadership,It is not good for someone who is not comfortable with complexity of data or processes or not obsessed with customer,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14559,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer III,Awesome place to gain experience and rewarding projects.,The company offers Very challenging work and project ownership. The RSU offerings are great and the quarterly promotion reviews allow high performers to thrive in this high pace environment.,"It is a very big company and at times can feel like you are just a number or a color (blue, orange, red)",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P675.htm
14560,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 27, 2017",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Problem Solver,I enjoyed how flexible they were with school and their pay raises every 6 months.,"The management is unstable, they don't interview nobody! They hire anyone who gets their call.",none,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14561,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Pay and Time Administrative,Pay and Time Admin,"Awesome culture, fast paced environment.",Small fish in big pond.,Develop your teams.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14562,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overnight Warehouse Associate,"Flexible with time off, compensation is decent for overnight work.","Repetitive , mind numbing work",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14563,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Agent,Seemed better than it was.,"Don't need a car, since you work from your home. 10% off products sold and shipped from Amazon.","Getting time off for vacation or appointments is practically impossible, especially since you have to keep the 20 hours of unpaid time off for have, in case of power outages or computer problems. It's work-from-home, but you can't really have people home (background noise on calls), and it's still as strict as if you were going into an office for 8 hours a day, so it's not really as ""convenient"" as people would think.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14564,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal TPM,"good company, great projects, very focused",work life balance is not good. Unrealistic deadlines.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14565,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Speak softly and vigorously search for another job, avoid ONT8",Benefits package is extensive Sometimes meet interesting people,"Managers coddle their favorites and cause trouble for their enemies Unrealistic or irrelevant parameters for employee growth Michael Scott management style, except without the fun and parties First written puts you on the fast track to termination","Corporate needs to take a ""big brother"" approach to managing its FCs, there are managers that harass employees and some that have done so sexually, and HR sweeps the incident under the rug. The application process for moving up to another tier needs to do without the ""roleplay"" since every higher tiered individual would fail the assessment based on both performance and character. Sending employees home early should always be an option when there is no freight to work on and you have associates who cannot labor share, yet senior management would rather give out free money by keeping associates under the belief that freight ""could arrive sooner or later"". Leadership does not act professionally, and their choices always throw their capability into question and more often than not, doubt. The rate for which they expect their departments to receive is only doable about 1-2 days out of the week, associates continue to get lousy freight to receive, which in turn lowers their weekly rate and eventually leads to termination, even though said associate would do better in another department, management instead would rather choose to dig a hole with a plastic spoon, and inform associates ""this is your only choice, I know where you are at all times."" where is the tact? Work hard and make history, because the fun is no longer there, it feels more like a labor camp than a job.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14566,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Manager,"Work life balance, room to move up. Competetive","Weird hours, physically demanding. Need a degree to move very far up.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14567,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Aug 26, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Messed up sleep cycle up,Great training Well structured and organized,If you work night shift: No sleep and/or messed up sleep cycle Overloading on caffeine,Be more flexible with hours,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14568,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Decent pay and benefits compared to other places in my area.  Positive people,"Facility has been around for two years but is still not fully operational leaving to many annoyances such as issues with the AR units, shifting people around to different jobs because of computer problems and so on.","The hiring process was a nightmare. Stuff i needed was not sent and felt like a job in its self to get a hold of the right people to get everything situated. Because of this, my first day was delayed by a week costing me money with another job as I had to take time off to attend first day. They say one thing, emails tell you another and then you experience something completely different.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14569,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon has been a good work place to grow as long as you want it,The Benefits amazon offers are good and the vacation you can accrue is just as good. You become vested in stocks options at 2 years.,Adjusting to schedule can be a bit challenging if you have not worked 10 hr shifts before. The hours worked during holidays are long.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P676.htm
14570,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Employees are Numbers,"Good benefits, 401K, vision, dental, and health","You are more like a number, and are disposable if they see fit.",Open up and listen! I see managers who aren't always on the same page and it gets confusing.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14571,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,"- Working for one of the big 5 in tech - Learning how Amazon succeeded, ..... including Starting from the customer and working backwards - In my role I was exposed to product management in addition to technical leadership. This was useful for my career","- Only benefits is salary and health insurance. 2% 401K match.... Compared to all companies I worked for, 6, Amazon is the 2nd worst when it comes to benefits. - Unfair time load on DEV team when it comes to interviewing, with no ROI whatsoever. - Robotics culture. Clear carelessness about the human aspect of employees. Especially at the VP/SVP/CEO levels",Care about the human aspect of Amazon employees. They have life and career to grow like you want $AMZN$ to grow,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14572,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good pay but long hours,Good base pay compared to other recruiting coordinator jobs in the area Benefits are good Easier to find other jobs once you have Amazon listed on your resume,Long hours Can be high stress working environment,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14573,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Sorter,Sortation,Great way to gain experience,Management changes a lot so different Ideas constantly,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14574,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,FC part time,Amazon is a pioneer on logistics and growing opportunities!,very physical and devastating to the body.,more training...,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14575,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good looking from the outside,Great Benefits starting day one,"No work life balance, they will throw overtime on you at a drop of a dime, management not trained well, the safety department is run by people who are prejudice, they don't care about the safety of their employees all they care about is production. If u don't work fast enough you will be written up, they do not provide light duty for injured employees.","Train your people, treat them with respect.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14576,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Business Intelligence Engineer,"Company is very innovative, focuses on data driven decisions, and isn't afraid to fail.",Depending on your team you can have a poor work life balance but overall I've had great experiences,Try to continue to keep the atmosphere feeling like a start up,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14577,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Motivating place to work,Motivating leadership principles Fast paced growing environment Handsome salaries Opportunity to work in wide areas in various teams,Not so good campus Not much employee benefits Sometime work life balance gets disturbed,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14578,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great learning experience and some room for growth,Sometimes it could get hot in the building so try to wear light weight clothing,Show more support to individual associates that are trying to grow with the company,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14579,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Recruiting manager,"Smart people. Every role is respected You can build what every you want in any department, not just engineering. Great rotation, you can transfer to another part of the company whenever you want.","It's a grind. When you cup is full, more gets poured in. You often have to deal with a lot of ambiguity and ""figure it out"".",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P677.htm
14580,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 6, 2017","Former Employee - ICQA, Sort, Pack, Shipping",Not a Job I recommend,"Overnight hourly rate is tolerable, benefit choices provided are thru good companies.","No communication, no organisation, no team, favoritism, hostile work environment.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14581,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Decent pay, stocks every year after 2 years vesting and decent time off.",Hr is absolutely usless. They could care less about the employees. Management is joke. Haven't had a manager stay in my department for more than a couple months in years.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14582,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,"Impactful work, opportunities for career growth","Visible impact to the work that you do, plenty of opportunities to learn and take on stretch assignments",Need to place limits on your time and set expectations accordingly to avoid burning out,Better support for employees in need of child/elder care,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14583,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Energy !,"I love to work here, Management is great, easy to move up with in the company, great energy",sometimes overtime is required during the busy shopping season,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14584,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,"Good pay, friendly staffs and associates",Short breaks and lots of walking,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14585,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Employee,Great company and great people,None i can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14586,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,"Challenging problems every day, always keeping things interesting.",Not for those looking for a laid back job.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14587,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack of structure for part timers,-Allowance of part time work while going to school is very helpful to those trying to pursue their careers -Flexible scheduling though it mostly depends on if you get the schedule you want -Great HR team that handles queries on a timely basis,-A good amount of favoritism present in the company though that's usually present wherever you work -Strict scheduling to adhere to despite having a flexible schedule -Breaks are almost non existent during the shift -A lot of individuals slack off and sometimes it goes unnoticed and/or managers turn a blind eye from it,"-Give proper breaks to your employees. As an employee in a sort center, 10 minutes is not enough for a break especially since this is a laborious position. California law does state that 10 minute breaks after every 4 hours are given but if you give the right amount for break time (15 minutes) for your employees, then for sure you'll be more productive during the shift -Hire the right managers. I see managers constantly on their phones and monitoring numbers and statistics on their computers rather than helping out associates along the shift. I understand that you have to meet a quota but your part of the sort center as well, please do the work alongside your employees. For those managers that actually do, thank you for your assistance -Give acknowledgement to your employees because this position isn't easy. Rather than lecturing for 5 minutes on the ""urgency"" of a specific task, praise them for doing a job well done and ask if they need assistance. Little things like that go along way with your employees -Proper incentives to your employees would be nice -Follow work methodologies of companies like Google, Microsoft, etc. I know it's not an apple to apple comparison because this position isn't related to the tech industry but if you follow the Ways of Working from those companies, then not only will your employees be happy but you'll have done a great job in meeting quotas, increasing productivity etc. What I mean by this is, let your employees do the work for you rather than micro managing (which there is a lot of in the sort center). Of course, that means that you have to give the right amount of power to the ones that deserve it and you know won't abuse that power",2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14588,amazon,"Rochester, NH"," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great culture at hyperspeed,"You either love the company and culture, or hate it. It is great to be at a company that has leadership principals it hires by and lives every day.","It can burn you out. Work/life balance is non-existent. It is hard to find time to keep up on anything other then what you do every day for work. Since the work is so challenging and pushes you to your limits, this is not a bad thing.","Keep the bar high, it is getting lower. Politics is creeping into the culture at a high rate. Give people an opportunity to have time to do things other than their 'day job'.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14589,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Prime Now Associate,"Great opportunity, if you like being stuck to your phone","Making your own schedule, that's if you can pick up shifts.","- you have to be glued to your phone to pick up shifts. If you are more than 1 or 2 minutes late to pick shifts, then you are SOL. - no guaranteed hours, even though they make it sound like you will be getting a set schedule -they keep hiring more workers, which means more competition to pick up shifts",Have a system where job performance equals to higher priority to picking shifts.,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P678.htm
14590,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Prime Now Associate,eh,-its a job -after a year(my location at least)choose you're own hours(a plus for students etc.),_if you're looking fora long term with possible of moving up you best look elsewhere(or maybe a different department).,"instead of filling in spots by massive cattle calls to save money,how about rewarding those that actually bust their backs and help improve the company.You might keep more good employees instead of having armies of apathetic, lazy drones.",3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14591,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Very good job,"Dynamic. Very responsible, fast pace environment","10 hours shift, no air conditioner makes hot environment in summer",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14592,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Shamazon,"Great insurance, great benefits package",The few good managers they have they work til they run screaming so management is always chaos. Having to explain for every five minute period you spend to working gets exhausting after about 1 day,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14593,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,Amazon is a company with ever growing opportunities and has wonderful benefits.,They change management a lot! It leaves you with someone who is new to the role often and somewhat uncomfortable at times making the decisions that benefit the crew.,"Hire more from within, there is a wonderful qualified working there but does a lot of outside hiring.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14594,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon BFI4,10% off for all employee.,"you have to be stick there for 2 years to get your share, which worth almost nothing since you are a just a small number.",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14595,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Kiva ammnesty assosiate,"Benefits, Shifts available, Stocks, potential to grow","Physically demanding, Pay, Long shift hours.","Stay consistent when changing a process, allows to receive the full understanding of pros and cons.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14596,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Good energy. Pay. Benefits.,Your feet will hurt if you are not use to being on your feet for long periods of time. I'm,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14597,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Com[any,Great benefits from day one.,Loud work environment from time to time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14598,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Energy !,"I love to work here, Management is great, easy to move up with in the company, great energy",sometimes overtime is required during the busy shopping season,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14599,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon not good for regular employees,only it is good for manager position,push people to the limit,bonus is not everything,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P679.htm
14600,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE intern,high salary. Nice weather in summer,too team-specific. Your experience is depend on the team.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14601,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Analytics Manager,Fast paced culture of the company.,"fast paced culture, much easier to get to decisions.",Very fragmented organization and multiple teams might be working on very similar problems.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14602,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon,"Fun atmosphere, make a lot of friends, never boring.",Overtime is stressful and tiring. Not a lot of time off.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14603,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Great pay and 3 days off,Long work days and not as people centric,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14604,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ITS WHAT YOU MAKE IT.....same usual office politics dog eats dog world,"10-12 hour shifts meaning 3 or 4 days off to recuperate, regroup from craziness only having to work 3 days is the best, health insurance from day 3","negative vibes from 1-3 yr experience employees during onboarding process, from day 1 they say they care but feels like its forced lie, angry if you ask questions, they are just looking for opportunities because they are unhappy where they are at their locations for example out of state Minneapolis/Minnesota whatever, MSP-1. Asking many of them they only got 1-3 years experience...they set the tone and its hard breaking from their negativity. Many of them feel that if they come do this process of getting a new AMAZON up and running which many say they've gotten a few up and running, will lead to a golden ticket of better opportunities, they seem angry they haven't got their big break threatened buy a new hire with more warehouse experience. You have people with more experience as a new hire than these individuals and they dont even know they stuff stinks. As new hires we compared what we were told or trained a lot of us felt we werent trained right or told things left out on purpose. Why train your competition how to the job correctly or even at all? When you tell them that you were never told that they get offensive. For instance an ambassador training we learned even our safety classes we all got different versions where some of us did every task at hand others didn't. Hearing each other notes and trying to help each other finding that none of us were on the same page at all we basically as new hires pulled from each other, other decided to leave and some are talking about quitting now. We as new hires have been trying to help each other and hearing that the Ambassador Trainer said the last group was not so great?? Maybe because the new hire group prior did a lot of helping current new grew out so that they wouldnt have to go thru what we did chaos lack of motivation when they out of state training got us by themselves.  Who says things like that in a leadership position...again big bosses werent around so anything goes on professionalism right????. Like with any job the powers that be those in charge are getting their info from these people not fact checking. For instance trash was piling up at stations it was a new hire started pulling my trash while managers and trainer were discussing whose job was it cause they hire a company. A new hire she mentioned and suggested take care of it asked where trash bags were as soon as she said that then there was concern only when a new hire brings it up but then MSP-1 trainer jumps on board to ""help and take the intiative"" (Can't let this new hire out do him)he presents it as his idea to bosses....really? Starts telling hire ups he did this and that  Can get paid more to deal with a lot less in this area",Have your ducks in row when you hire people for instance these MSP-1 said they drove miles to be hear packed all their stuff to come here....why not promote them before the Launch so they dont take their frustraitions out on new employees of not knowing whats going to happen if they get their transfer or not,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14605,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just being honest,The benefits are great and there's almost always overtime available.,Mandatory overtime is forced way too often. After you settle in and the jaded new employee phase is worn off the feeling that the numbers matter more than the employees is prevalent.,Mass hiring allows too many bad workers entry to the fold. Someone needs to develop a way to actually find time to interview incoming employees properly,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14606,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Working here was ok,Ability to create own schedule as a reserves team member. Bonuses and prizes available for meeting and exceeding goals,Training was too short. Managers did not apply to emails in a timely fashion.,Respond to employee correspondence in a timely manner. Lengthen training.,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14607,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Broken promises,Was brought on as a seasonal with promises of being hired on. Was let go on the day I was supposed to be brought on along with 25 other people.,Very big warehouse. Its a lot of walking.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14608,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,No Chance for Promotion,"Benefits are terrific, especially health insurance.","Company takes the ""blank chalkboard"" approach to hiring managers. Amazon does not like to promote associates from within to meaningful management positions (Level 4 or above) because of the belief they may have developed ""bad habits"" as an Amazon employee. Instead the company will hire 21 year old college grads, even people who have never worked a job in their lives, to management positions, supervising people with extensive actual experience in the job the manager is supervising. When it comes to promotions, Amazon is very not only to current associates, but especially to older employees, including those legally protected, i.e. 40 years old plus. The company employs performance metrics not simply as a tool to gauge whether an employee is working hard, but as an end all all. A worker could have performed for 5 years in a row, but if a metric falls short one week, that person is written up as a failing employee. It's no way to retain good employees. Amazon's approach to employment is that the employee is always wrong. Needless to say, turnover at Amazon warehouses is extremely high. McDonald's does a better job at retaining employees. When Amazon exhausts the labor pool, it will bring in foreign workers on visas.",Good employees need to be appreciated more by management. That doesn't mean handing them a sugar cookie at a break. It means using metrics properly so as to not disparage good workers unnecessarily and to provide those good employees with meaningful opportunities to advance into management.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14609,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"Benefits, fun co workers to work with.",Being hounded about making rate even though it is not in your control,Be more available to help employees.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P680.htm
14610,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Class A Truck Driver,yard jockey,Its a great place to work,there are none good job,I'm dependable,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14611,amazon,"Tampa Palms, FL"," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Terrible management,There was nothing good about this training.,Management was horrible. We missed 4 days of training due to their system error and wouldn't allow us to make it up. They expected us to get on calls with people when we just learned how to clock on. Tried to reach out to help and got rude responses like I was an idiot.,Get new trainers. Care about your employees and they might stay around,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14612,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR is a joke!!!!!,Good schedule good hours,HR is not organized!! You never talk to the same person corporate HR is a joke too!! They do not care about you!! No one can help they say they can't help you every thing is done by the computer.,Hr Care about you're workers is because of them you have the job that you do!!! They are human beings!!!,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14613,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Sorter,Amazon Warehouse sorter,"competitive pay, good health benefit","no weekend off, unavoidable overtime",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14614,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment associate,good paying job thats what i like,that is part time job,nun,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14615,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Fast Pace,"Good Benefits, quick hiring process, great exercise, no need for a gym membership if you work in a FC","Work-life balance, no on board training (1 and half days worth of ""training"". Long period of time walking. They don't tell you what your goals are.",All of my on boarding training and orientation was full of telling me what not to do instead of helping you know what to do and how to be successful.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14616,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Good benefits if you are a permanent worker,No benefits if you are a seasonal worker,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14617,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon prime now ready team associate,"relaxed work environment, job is easy but active, work attire is comfortable and relaxed(t-shirts, sweats,shorts or leggings). schedule is flexible and you pick the schedule you want to work weekly. management is really respectful and helpful, and always in a good mood.","The amounts of hrs you want to work a week are not guaranteed, is a first come first served schedule picks. picking the same hour schedules are difficult since you are competing with others for the schedules. Shifts are only 4-5hrs at a time.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14618,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior TPM,Amazon,"Reasonable pay and benefits, lots to learn",Long hours and lots of pressure,Take care of your employees and keep them longer than 2 years,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14619,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I Wouldn't Go Back,Amazon is a company with great name recognition and prestige,"Disorganized management, long hours, little opportunity for internal advancement",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P681.htm
14620,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Process Manager,Assistant manager,"I am given the opportunity to work closely with our ambassadors, mentor and train them to function at their best. I am the team lead and I enjoy helping my team.",The lack of communication between head manager and assistant managers is not as it should be when bringing in our newstart employees,I strongly encourage the ops manager to communicate with us pricesely what he needs from us on a daily basis,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14621,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,They are a horrible company to work for!,Great place to shop online.,Bad place to work! If your productivity isn't up you're gone!,Change your rules. People like me busted my rear end for what! NOTHING!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14622,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far so good,"So far Amazon has been an easy company to work for. They have flexible hours, micro managing is low, and the other employees are friendly.","The only con so far seems to be HR. I had an issue and the HR rep was mocking, condescending, and unempathetic to my need.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14623,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fc,Good place to work and grow,need more pay and competition bonus,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14624,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,It was really quite nice.,There were the usual downsides.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14625,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Worker,401k and insurance starting day 1. Paid vacation and also paid vacation. The pay is very good they start you off at 13.00 an hour.,Very fast paced environment. They only offer you a half our lunch when you work a ten hour shift for them.,Be more employee friendly. There expectations are set so high for employees to work so fast. They are only employees not robots!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14626,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Team Leader,great,Wonderful place great opportunities love it here,Salary is a bit low,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14627,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Love working for Amazon,"- Great pay - Great benefits - Promotes from within - Love the idea of upper management open to associates input about improving processes within the department and implementing them. During my time there I have improved processes in various departments. - Encountered some great minds in upper management that was very encouraging, fair and always pushed for the best from me. - There is never a boring moment working at Amazon. - I believe they have an amazing principle system that most companies do not instill or encourage from their workers. - They have various programs that benefits you even if it does not benefit them.","I loved the factor of promoting from within. Although, you will have to go through an interview process which is no problem since I moved up within the company. I think it's a great tool to know if the candidate is ready to take on the responsibility. Although, it would be nice if they were to use recommendation from current manager or processes you've successful implemented across all shifts within your department. - This may be a con to others but I was fine with addition responsibility. I was planning on applying for a high position which would require additional responsibilities and wanted to ensure I was up to the task. Management gave me a second department to run/supervise. The person who was running the other department was on a leave for quite sometime before he quit. During his leave, I was asked take on that department in his absence. When he quit, upper management decided since I was able to run 2 departments smoothly that his position would no longer exist and the position I had would absorb all the additional responsibly. You would technically run 2 different department, but still remain with the same pay.  - Con for others would also be working long hours and a lot of overtime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. - Amazon is metrics driven company and when interviewing most candidates I've noticed that more than half of my interviewers during my time at Amazon were liked mind in that sense. So although one may have amazing soft skills and will need that especially with dealing with associates if you weren't good at figuring out rate, production and volume (which is basic math and can be taught) your can fail your interview. Only one of my interviewers failed me because I asked for a calculator to calculate the rate.  I am a former only because I was moving and where I was had no Amazon centers, but if there were I would definitely work for them again!",Soft skills are just as important as metrics. Associates are those who drive the building to success.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14628,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality control,you get benefits day one.,They treat people like animal worse then them..,they have no idea what they doing.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14629,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packing and Shipping Associate,plenty of breaks and schedule was very flexible,the late night shifts could be brutal depending on work load (orders that came in),none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P682.htm
14630,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Like an abusive boyfriend,"benefits, stock, relatively fast growth","no work-life balance, you actually get yelled at, no training, everyone is new and therefore no one has any idea what they're doing even at the senior level. As an area manager you have no power with holding associates accountable in fear of exhausting the labor force. People are looked at in terms of units processed not actual human lives (11 weeks of mandatory overtime this summer alone).","It actually doesn't matter how you do PPR wise, you just need your seniors to like you and you'll move up but it's at the expense of having a life",3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14631,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,No surprises. Expectations are spelled out clearly,Easy to get written up if you aren't putting in your best effort at all times.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14632,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Your just a number...,Pay is decent compared to minimum wage. Hours are set and always the same (until holidays roll around) Benefits are good given the fact you get them day one when hired full time.,"Amazon fulfillment centers are in one word just like the real ""Amazon"". There are people there who will eat you alive. I personally thrived at my job and had no hiccups doing my job. Sadly others don't succeed and a lot of that is because Amazon doesn't give them the proper training and or tools to succeed. That is disheartening because you along with everyone else is just a number. In the blink of an eye they will fire you for a mistake as if all human compassion is gone from management. Very few leadership members will go out of there way to help you. I've had numerous conflicts with co-workers who refused to help new hires simply because they didn't want too. Management is awful, people will gladly step on you to get ahead and work ethic is rarely valued, it comes down to who is ""favored"" or who knows someone. Sadly Amazon is what I'd imagine the real life Amazon. Some make it and a lot don't. Out of a normal new hire group of 8-10 employees only 3 at most will make it past there first month.","People should be treated equally regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation etc. Hard work should be valued not who you associate with. I can personally say the management at my warehouse in all departs is just down right awful. All complaints fall on deaf ears.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14633,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Sorter,Hard work but it pays well,"Good workout, easy, benefits including health pay and dental. Plenty of UPT given and paid holidays plus if you work on a holiday you get holiday pay, and time and a half. Lot's of VET opportunities if you want to work more hours.","It's a HOT warehouse, so be prepared to sweat.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14634,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hours,Flexable hours offered at my facility,Kind of difficult to keep up with the different hour build ups,none,4.0,none,none,none,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14635,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,extremely boring,Good benefits and a nice wage consider qualifications needed,"Boring, tiring, and a lot of walking",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14636,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick order,A job to feed my family,A lot of works my friends,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14637,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Warehouse Associate,It's not a good place to work unless...,The benefits. A lot of people need the insurance and it is good insurance. That's pretty much the only good thing here.,"Constant overtime because of variable reasons. Worked 55hs of the week (mandatory) from Jan to Sept (currently Sept 1) and our peak season is October to Jan where 55h weeks are expected.  They promote brown nosers. If you can get into managements inner circle, the sky is the limit. Many workers who have violated policies or have cherrypicked product for good performance in the moment (screwing over coworkers). You don't have to be a good worker to move up (a lot who belong in management don't) but you need to stay away from being labeled a ""bad worker"" (obviously).  If you ask different levels of management a question about current issues like overtime, you get different answers because they all tell you something just to get you away.  They have these things called birthday round tables where people who have birthdays in the month can go and talk to the general manager or a senior operation manager in a room with others of the same birth month. They answer any questions you can have by running around the bush, beating it, or underhandedly insulting you indirectly. Perfect.  The pay is matched VS retail and not other warehouse pay, and they boast a bonus at the end of the month based on certain factors that become increasingly harder the longer the life of the building (usually number goals). The stock bonus is applied into consideration when thinking about raising the company pay, which isn't fair because someone working 1y11m will always make less than a person who works 2 years (amount of time for stocks to vest). They should be paying us more, and not boast better benefits when in reality other warehouses in the area have the same.","Stop treating people like numbers. The higher up you go into the chain of command at a building, the more out of touch with the job ""leadership"" becomes. So many ""great"" ideas from operation managers to improve a process of a job they have little knowledge about. When those managers leave for whatever reason, and new ones are hired, having the same idea replied because nobody remembered that it failed before is quite miserable.  Also.. IF SOMEONE IS QUALIFIED FOR A JOB AND DOESN'T GET IT, DON'T HAVE THAT PERSON TRAIN 10+ PEOPLE FOR THAT JOB AND HAVE THEM DO THE JOB WITHOUT THE JOB TITLE",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14638,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Flexible Job I really Like It,"flexible hours, great training, real sense of unity",beep boop beep boopbeep boopbeep boop,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14639,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Great company,Great team to work for,I am not really sure,Stop worrying about numbers so much.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P683.htm
14640,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work. You find all kinds of people.,You understand and value the hard work an amazonian does in order to satisfy every customer. Making sure they get their package in time and complete.,"Some departments are more difficult than others, for example you do more heavy lifting for 10 hours straight and you get paid the same as other departments.",Be a leader. Be fair.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14641,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Fulfillment associate,"good health benefits, vacation and paid time off.",mandatory over time can sometimes be inconvenient and cap on pay.,promote more from within.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14642,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packaging,"Amazing people, positive environment, and great food.","There's only one, Standing on 6ft of concrete all day everyday.",Be who you are and watch amazing things happen,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14643,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Good pay, if you're willing to work hard","Hard work, if you want to get paid",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14644,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Recognition of hard work, opportunity to learn multiple positions within the warehouse, and friendly personable management.",HR has to stick to rules regarding resignation of employees even in traumatic circumstances (Immediate death of family) ex: wife and baby with loss of only transportation.,Accept certain extreme conditions as only possible means for having to quit abruptly. Without 2 week notice.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14645,amazon,"Hillsboro, OR"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not a Good Place to Work,"Mass hiring events, minimal screening, no experience required. They hire all the people they can get. Good if you are desperate for money.","Others can say Amazon PDX-5 Hillsboro Sortation Center is either a good or a bad place to work but there's no denying the fact that this site is a revolving door. Seasonal employees come to work and go in a matter of weeks - they never need to be laid-off or terminated, they just simply quit. Out of the original 300+ regular/permanent employees, at least on my shift, only about a fifth remain and they fill in the void with batches of seasonals on a weekly basis! This fact says a lot on how bad this company is being managed.","I suppose that all those perpetual ""We Are Hiring"" sponsored ads in the internet and massive banners all over Portland cost Amazon a ton of money. Instead maybe getting competent managers and treating your employees justly can be a least cost effective strategy in retaining valuable manpower? But then, who am I to question their policy of maltreating their own employees that made them one of the largest companies in the world and made that man one of the richest.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14646,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDE3,Conformist and bureaucratic,"Typical big company advantages: lots of opportunities within the company. There's lots of smart people here. They pay well. You don't have to worry about the company disappearing in a year. Your friends will say, ""Ooh, you work at Amazon!""","You know that boring accountant brother-in-law who goes on and on about how weird he is? That's Amazon. It's an incredibly conformist place where there are detailed lists of ways you should think and traits you should have for any particular job category. And yet they keep saying how peculiar they are.  Also, the level of bureaucracy is mind-boggling. I've had to fill out a multi-page document in order to install a minor software change. The promotion process takes tons of paperwork and can go on for a year (and a lot of that paperwork is required of you, the employee). And yet, they say they have a ""startup"" culture. It's not like any startup I've ever been at (and I've worked at several).  So if you are a square peg with a high tolerance for procedure and paperwork, you'll find plenty of square holes to fit in. But if you're even a little rounded, or more interested in making things than filling out forms, good luck.",Stop saying stupid things about what Amazon is like. Anyone with any experience will know that you are either lying or don't have a clue.,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14647,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Safety,Safety,Money and good benefits 4 day weeks,They treat there ppl like bad,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14648,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,warehouse associate,"co-workers, paid time off and vacation","long hours, mandatory overtime, horrible choice of work hours",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14649,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse packager,it pays well and you get much team work experience,its seems its very tired to do this kind of work multi tasking because its would be hard on my body and everyone would be very tired meaning sore muscles on every day bases,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P684.htm
14650,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon has great benefits,I was low end working with Amazon benefits.,"It's a warehouse job, so you can expect exactly that",Doin great,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14651,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2017",Former Employee - SDE2,Large company which moves quickly but tolerates a lot of technical debt,"Many teams working on interesting projects. Minimal ""red tape"" for implementing or improving features. Many teams which own high impact components - good visibility when improvements are made.",Management usually prioritizes aggressive project timelines above software and design quality. Many teams have a lot of support work for their components. Noisy and crowded work environment.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14652,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Sep 1, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,4 days a week most of the time ability to engage with AA's.,"Stressful, long days, peak sucks: 6 (12-15) hr days with no extra pay except 4 comp days.",.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14653,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Smart people, work flexibility, challenging and rewarding work","While most of the company has great promotion and progression processes, support services such as HR are left out. It's near impossible to get promoted so most people leave or transfer to other areas",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14654,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,decent...,"i generally liked the people i worked with and Im pretty sure entry levels make 12/hr now, i only made 10.50. Benefits are good too","the mandatory 60 hour work weeks were terrible, some incompetence in management at times.",Be nice,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14655,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Make Rate or Die Trying,Benefits and time off. It is making me enter at least 5 works and that's all I have for Pro's for Amazon.,"Poor management, lack of quality training, unsafe work conditions by employees and the environment(even though safety is stressed, it is not enforced, at least not on night shift), required to make rate no matter the conditions, amount of employees you have to work around, or other outside factors beyond your control. Management plays favorites and the trainers/ambassadors have poor attitudes and are down right hateful at times. Can overhear management scolding other employees and talking about other employees. Breaks aren't long enough for the amount of hard work and long hours worked. There is so much more...","Get yourselves training, pay more attention to the safety of your associates, stop sharing personal information with other employees, stop playing favorites",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14656,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content Editor,"I can't really think of any. I was at the New York office, and it was one of the worst career experiences I've ever had.","You know how amazon save its customers money? By using a ""thrifty"" model with their employees, which essentially means they pay for nothing. The employee discount is minimal, I couldn't bring my spouse to our holiday dinner, and there are no executive assistants until you reach the uppermost echelons of the company. Thus, you are forced to do the work of two people.  My manager had never managed anyone before, and received no training on how to do so. Thus, she micromanaged every detail of my job to the point where she literally had to approve every single thing that I wrote/posted. She had also promised that my responsibilities would expand as I proved myself. I continually met or exceeded every goal I was given, but I was never allowed to branch into the areas we had originally discussed in my interview/job acceptance process.  The company culture seems to encourage unhealthy competition and backbiting, so I never felt like I was secure in my job and had to watch every little thing I said or did. It also felt like management knew they had 100 people waiting in the wings who wanted my job and could replace me in a second, and they made sure that I knew it.","PLEASE provide your managers with the proper training before putting them in managerial roles! Also, look for ways to make your employees feel valued.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14657,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,generally good,"Good colleagues, and nice environment",hard to balance between life and work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14658,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,Prime Now Associate,The people I work with are great. You can wear what you want at work. Easiest work ever!!! And you can make your own schedule,The pay is not very good and you can barely make your schedule because all of the hours are taken by the time you log on the site,Please do a better job at scheduling,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14659,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A story of a robot at MKC6,Insurance day one and benefits.,"If you like being micromanaged to the point of being a glorified robot, this is the place for you. To the point of being required to use one hand over another regardless of which hand is dominant.",I heard you other facilities valued the strength in its individuals you have fallen very short of that metric. If you keep up with it I'm sure even more of you seasoned workers who transferred over will leave.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P685.htm
14660,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"Lots of good people to work with, they do have several schedules to choose from. But I will say we were told some untruths when we first signed up.",On the other hand there are many not so good people. The worst part is the management doesn't seem to know if they are coming or going. They have no control over the not so good people and seem to have no concern what so ever. I hate to say to say it but them seem totally clueless. They make promises that they don't keep and for that reason no one believes a word they say.,"Get more involved with your people and show some concern for them, show them that you care about what happens to them and the business.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14661,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A story of a robot at MKC6,Insurance day one and benefits.,"If you like being micromanaged to the point of being a glorified robot, this is the place for you. To the point of being required to use one hand over another regardless of which hand is dominant.",I heard you other facilities valued the strength in its individuals you have fallen very short of that metric. If you keep up with it I'm sure even more of you seasoned workers who transferred over will leave.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14662,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Process Assistant,They don't value your contributions,"Amazon is a place to work hard, have fun and make history. Coworkers are cool friendly people Great schedule and lots of overtime opportunities if you need extra money Great benefits","They don't care about you. I was employed for two years and they fired me for a small incident, and they didn't care about my time there or my contributions to the employment.",Organization and prepration,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14663,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping,"They gave us a $2.50 raise while I was there, cause everyone else was making more than them","Thy won't listen to their employees when you have a problem, or if you tell them you can't work at one position but they put you there anyways. My biggest problem was the HR department at the disabuation center. I had a question about using my PTO and went to the HR ""office"" (can't really call it a office cause it just something they made up at there entrance). When I ask the question they look me up and notice I was clock in and told me to go to work and won't answer my question. When I call there 800 number they agree it was wrong of them to do what they did but didn't help me with solving that problem. Also when I put in my PTO I got it wrong and put in too much time for that day so for working 4 hours and use 10 hours of PTO.",listen to your employees!!!!!!,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14664,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lot of Energy,You get medical benefits day one,Hard to transfer to other parts of amazon,Don't rely on the numbers the system puts out. Not all factors have been accounted for. You still need leadeship skills and people skills to lead every one on your team.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14665,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good job, crappy management","Good pay, good schdule and hoirs",Management sucked and don't care about emplyees,Listen to your employees and don't be as strict when it comes to goals,3.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14666,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Its a job that pay well for not having any work experience .,They will write you up for anything and short breaks,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14667,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Picker,It the best warehouse good benefits everything is so eazy to find and ever one is very friendly,There no down side,Jeff,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14668,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work fot,"Good benifits, good hours ,good EVERYTHING ,pay could be higher",Cant really think of too many cons besides on your feet for hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14669,amazon,"San Luis Obispo, CA"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Difficult onboarding, but great experience.","No... nobody is crying at their desk. Work-life balance in my team is pretty good. Off-hand project management. Within a certain constraint, you can work however you want, whatever you want, and whenever you want. A lot of smart people around you. People respect you because you work for Amazon.","Recent large scale hiring brought some mediocre engineers to the company. Bad onboarding experience. Amazon relies on your team to onboard you. When the team doesn't have a plan, you get in trouble. I can see that if you are not a top-notch developer, you may struggle with the job. People have high expectations and no one is gonna tell you that you are doing a good job.  NO FREE LUNCH","Implement a plan to eliminate engineers that are good at white-boarding but doesn't have a clue on real work.  Onboarding... I know you put a lot of resource in it already, but you need more! And a lot more on the team-level.  Come on... give us free lunch!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P686.htm
14670,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"Lots of good people to work with, they do have several schedules to choose from. But I will say we were told some untruths when we first signed up.",On the other hand there are many not so good people. The worst part is the management doesn't seem to know if they are coming or going. They have no control over the not so good people and seem to have no concern what so ever. I hate to say to say it but them seem totally clueless. They make promises that they don't keep and for that reason no one believes a word they say.,"Get more involved with your people and show some concern for them, show them that you care about what happens to them and the business.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14671,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Fast paced, exciting, and rewarding!","* Work on hard problems at massive scale, with real opportunities and need to innovate * Lots of autonomy * Take on as much responsibility as you are ready for, and accelerate your career growth * working with passionate and top notch talent is fun and exciting * deliver real products and services to a massive customer base, and do so with speed and agility","* Need to know when to ask for help since given so much autonomy and responsibility * Not many perks other than the stock price * Benefits are getting better, but still a little behind other top tech firms",* Make it more obvious to staff just how much time you invest in growing your staff.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14672,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,personal opinion,"make your own schedule and work time,","poor App maintenance and often errors,",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14673,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Shipping,"Decent employer, a blessing to have a large employer like Amazon in this area","Generous with paid time off, unpaid time off, incentives to earn unpaid time off really help with work/life balance. Not a toxic work environment. Managers are friendly and professional. Not a sweatshop. Workload is usually reasonable. Attendance policy is somewhat lenient and helpful especially when parking is problematic. If terminated, the company will rehire you.","Time Off Task policy and reprimand policy is unreasonable for OP drivers. HR seems to have been given no authority. You may terminated based on a misunderstanding and no one goes to bat for you or attempts to understand the situation. There is an appeals process, however. You don't really learn many new skills with this employer. They have recently acknowledged the problem by offering training classes, such as computer skills, welding classes, and CDL opportunities, so I almost hesitate to include this as a ""con"".","Improve the HR department. Allow HR leaders and managers to represent the associates in the event of reprimand or termination. Have empathy. If I have any negative impression of Amazon, it is lack of empathy, but overall a good company with great services and products such as Kindle and so on.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14674,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - QAE II,QAE I,Lot's of benefits and room for growth,Not much to complain about.,Keep an open mind about promoting from within.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14675,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work without experience,Good place to work at,HR can be a nightmare,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14676,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Bad,Lots of attention from higher ups,Unforgiving bosses about tardiness etc.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14677,amazon,"State College, PA"," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Intesresting,Varied work in ok atmosphere.,Pay low in a high priced town.,Better development.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14678,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"Working weekends and graveyard pays more an hour. After a year of working and making rate, you could be promoted to ambassador.",Being in pick is extremely hard on the body. This job is NOT for every. Walking 10-15 miles EVERY SINGLE SHIFT. Again this is a difficult job as a picker.,"Don't be so stuck up. Just because you wear a vest doesn't make you better than the rest of us. Make sure you are approachable to everyone, not just the people you know and like.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14679,amazon,"North Reading, MA"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Paid Peanuts for 80 Hour Weeks,A great way to learn how to deal with dozens of teams at a time.,"Health insurance is pretty bad for people with chronic illnesses. Pay isn't enough for me to live in an apartment 15 miles from work without roommates. Benefits outside of the Seattle office are trash. Male coworkers make you provide data for every little thing, slowing down design work. Sexism among the WWE team is huge. Huge amount of un-automated bureaucracy. Things move WAY too fast. We're still cleaning up repercussions from rushing old products when they want the new product done.",Pay your mechanical engineers more. Have benefits for people not in the Seattle offices. Say thank you when your employees work their tails off to meet your unrealistic deadlines. Give us time to explore future ideas instead of being bogged down in sustaining.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P687.htm
14680,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Shift Manager,shift manager amzl,When I find one I will let you know.,"In 2.5 years I have been discriminated against, sexually harassed, over worked and under paid. If these are qualities you are seeking, You have come to the right place!","Zero tolerance of sexual harassment should mean ZERO tolerance. Not- lets sweep it under the rug and hope you do not go through this again. Clearly everyone promoted in the Florida region was a white male, regardless of work ethic/ education/ experience/ or leadership skills. I certainly hope things get better with this organization.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14681,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay away !,Amazon pays well but it comes with sacrifice.,"There is a proven lack of integrity that is ingrained in the culture, many unfair things happen to employees and without a union these things go unresolved resulting in the firing a good associates for no good reason.",Welcome a union or any type of third party agency for transparency.,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14682,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Aug 10, 2017",Former Employee - WAH Customer Service Agent,WAH-Customer Service,"Work from home (so many pros to that), Supervisors are encouraging and helpful, Training is a good experience, You are encouraged to take your breaks and lunches even if you missed your allotted times because of a call, the customers are mostly wonderful, easy to navigate and manage your schedule, time off, shift swaps, etc. There is a lot of opportunity to move up! I enjoyed my seasonal time working for Amazon and would do it again in a heartbeat!","I worked a late shift, which was difficult on my family, and I was a seasonal employee and always stressed about whether I might become a blue badge employee. I had that hanging over my head for six months, and the stress of hoping to perform well enough, and the hours weighed on me and my metrics toward the end suffered. Working from home can also get kind of lonely, and sometimes those long winded customers that are also lonely become a welcome part of the job (but you must professionally and politely stay on task and wrap it up for the next caller).","Many of my customers were unhappy that their calls were redirected to the Philippines and not because they were unhappy with their service, but mainly because of communication. The customers, even the most polite ones, felt anxiety about speaking with an individual that they felt weren't quite able to understand their issue. One of the goals of Amazon CS is to decrease customer effort, but this scenario creates a lot of tension because the customer is not even sure if they can ask to speak with an English representative. They don't want to hurt feelings or step on toes. There are also customers whom have no problem with hurting feelings and stepping on toes, and I have felt incredibly bad for those working in the Philippines call centers.  I also listened to complaints from sellers, whom lost their ""free"" seller support. This is something that I feel needs to be corrected, to maintain and encourage sellers toward increasing their business and the over-all experience for customers whom purchase from all the third party sellers.  Third party seller issues is a biggie in the land of the lowly customer service agent. The company likely loses a lot of customers over the holidays due to sellers whom never deliver the product and bank on our customer's dime. I'm not certain what the vetting process is for sellers, but it truly hurts the third party sellers that are actually great, and also hurts the company overall. During the holiday season, this practice is especially common.  Addressing some of these seemingly preventable issues would create a better environment for customers and make Amazon customer service one of the best in the world. Because the customer service agents are spectacular and enjoy helping people.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14683,amazon,"Clarksville, IN"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Health benefits, stock shares, holiday pay","On your feet for long hours, difficult to move up in the company, and pay cap",Change interview process for promotions,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14684,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Industrial Engineer,"Good people with good management , fair salary",very stressful some times,communicate more with your team,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14685,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Great coworkers and ability to move up in the company.,Managers keep getting switched after 3- 4 months,Try to keep Area Managers in their respective departments.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14686,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but no free food",Lots of learning opportunities. Smart people all around you. Amazing technologies to work on.,"Scheduling meetings with your manager will be very hard, and they will often bail on a meeting with you to go to a different, more important meeting.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14687,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,a good company to work for,working on holidays and Saturdays,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14688,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long hours,Solid experience managing so many people.,Be prepared for overtime called at the very last minute. Worked 70 hours a week for 5 months out of the year. Non overtime weeks are 50+ hours.,Needs to be a 3 shift fulfillment center. Working 15 hours a day is not sustainable.,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14689,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Returns Processor,Monotonous but very secure job,"Easy work, opportunities to work in other departments, job security (amazon is growing immensely every day), benefits day 1 is unmatched.","Monotonous labor, feel like a number, no music allowed in the warehouses, mind numbing most of the time.",Work on engaging new and old employees so they don't feel like a drop in a bucket which will in turn encourage employees to WANT to work at Amazon instead of feeling like they HAVE to.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P688.htm
14690,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresh associate,Easy hiring process good pay,Un organize management to many rules,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14691,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,"Lies about hours, does not actually want to employ anyone",No interview to obtain job,"Only 15 hours/week, not 28-32 as claimed","Stop lying to employees, have some basic human decency. When people pass out or die of heat exhaustion then fix the problem.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14692,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"It was good working at Amazon, good wages and benefits, but they do work you. Stocks at Amazon are amazing.","Wages, benefits, stocks, free food some times. Paid time off. Issued gear.","Demanding managers, heavy lifting and pulling, very fast paced environment.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14693,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Blabla,They pay very well. TTT,None at the moment. TTT,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14694,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Im a hard working employee thats always on task.,To establish at amazon warehouse.,Not doing anything at work.,To be working hard.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14695,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Merchant Support,Merchant Support,Awesome company. I love Amazon.,None. This job is awesome.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14696,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facilities Tech,Ability to learn on the job training.,"Poor pay, VCP scams and other tricks to keep pay lower then industry standards",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14697,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Smart people, innovative company, definitely going places.",Stressful work environment and lots of uncertainty. People are treated expendably.,Amazon doesn't care enough about it's employees. They are treated as interchangeable.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14698,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Distribution Associate,Distribution associate,Hours and benefit packages are worth it,"Micromanagement by unprofessional leaders, write ups for everything, rating or quota system unfair",None,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14699,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Poor Experience,- 4 day work weeks during non-peak season,"- Poor Dental Insurance - Poor 401K matching - Very little opportunity to advance. Recruiters will tell you otherwise but after working in several FC's and speaking to many employee's, this is not the case and promotions are few and far between. - During peak, you will work 80 - 90 hours. Because you are salaried, you will make less than your hourly employees. - Rampant favoritism in the workplace. Poor performing individuals are promoted over high level talent because of connections they have higher up. - Average tenure is a year. Why? Top level talent realizes how poor of a culture Amazon has and goes somewhere else. I'm actively looking for a new opportunity. - The list goes on and on.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P689.htm
14700,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Picker,It is truly a team based job,Time off was lacking. Like any warehouse job you get time off in hours not days,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14701,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Great company with start up feel that really focuses on the development of it's people.,Work/life balance needs to be improved.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14702,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Decent pay Super easy Good benefits,Boring work Just a number Robotic,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14703,amazon,"Jersey City, NJ"," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Management,Awesome benefits when it comes to healthcare and stock. The company is expanding and growing. You're not limited to any particular location.,Promotion is based on popularity and who you know. Definitely not on what you know or qualifications. The turn around at this company is beyond ridiculous and it's become all about the numbers.,It's not about you and what you can do to advance your own career. How about to take care of those under you? What ever happened to that concept?,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14704,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT support technician,lots of things to learn,low paying salary for all the levels,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14705,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,Fellow employees plus stock options after two years.,No pay raise for the past five years.,Numbers In black and white do not always reflect actual performance.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14706,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"It's a ok job, there health insurance is awesome",No cons here just looking for a job,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14707,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Or you fit or you don't.,"Visa sponsorship, a lot of room for innovation. Worldwide scope when managing products. Good for getting critical experience. Big company and good networking. Fast paced environment keeps it dynamic.",Hard environment. Everything is urgent. Maternity policies are pretty bad. Team work is not necessarily valued. Not a very fair performance evaluation process.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14708,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Aug 27, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Inbound Stower,"3 breaks, One 30 minute, two 15 minute breaks. Freeware is extremely casual. Work alone. Very easy to get hired.",Very easy to get fired die to overages and underage. Feet will hurt from standing for 10 hours Breaks are very short due to walking from work station to break area,Let people know when they make mistakes so they won't be easily fired.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14709,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazom,there was alot of work if you need it,too much stuff to do in little time there.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P690.htm
14710,amazon,"Hawthorne, CA"," Aug 10, 2017",Former Employee - Docs,It was fun while it lasted,It keeps you moving your always doing something good pay great hours overtime friendly people,Not really into knowing each other the head is not always there when they need to be here,Choose the right people to work for you because some people got laid off due to your workers not doing their part,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14711,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Operations Manager,"Great Company, Reputable Organization",No work life balance. mandatory overtime,become more flexible with hours,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14712,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - SQL Developer,SQL Developer,Great company to work Woul like to work for 5 years they're very professional great to have work for them very supportive,i dont find any,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14713,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Sorter,CLT2,It a layed back job and a great place to work.,Those concrete floors are tough,Management is good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14714,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Reduced Time Warehouse Associate,Hard work but pays well,Pays well A lot of overtime opportunities Upward movement for high perfomers,"A lot of required overtime, say goodbye to your personal life at least from late october-december Hard to move up if you dont work fast enough High turnover rate",Needs to try to figure out associates strengths and work with that rather than waiting for thing to hit output expectations constantly for the position they start with,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14715,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a Job with potential if you work really hard,"Many resources, very straight forward, weekly reviews, friendly staff.",Very hard work and tough rate. Have to work quite a bit before a real promotion.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14716,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Mid-Level Manager,"Difficult place to work, clueless management","* It's extremely customer-oriented. * They pay well because it's so hard to get people to work there. (They have a bad rep locally, so they vigorously court out-of-state candidates who aren't aware of how difficult it is to work there.) * You're working with the best and brightest. * There are plenty of opportunities for advancement as long as management likes you. * If you are savvy, manipulative, and can stay in good graces with management, you're golden.","* Zero work/life balance. I worked 60+ hours every week for three years. It was exhausting. * Turnover was horrendous. No one can ""show you the ropes"" because everyone is new. * Onboarding is non-existent. * Management believes that people work best under pressure so the thumb-screws are applied hard, every day. Expectations are ridiculous. * The 360-degree anonymous peer evaluations create a very snarky, destructive atmosphere because people would rather complain about you behind your back and destroy your manager's confidence in your annual review rather than talk with you directly to correct problem. * Management generally thinks that any ""good"" Amazonian should be able to do ANY job they are given, regardless of whether they have the training or not. Maybe that's their way of getting people to fail on purpose so they're easier to get rid of??",Find a more constructive evaluation mechanism. Better train the managers to reduce employee turnover. Create more reasonable expectations.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14717,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways Operation Manager,Great entrepreneurial environment. One thing I learned here is not to fear failure.,Not much work life balance,"With work life balance, comes more productivity",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14718,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Great work Environment - Freedom to do your job!,"I have been at Amazon (AWS) now for about 6 months. It is a very refreshing environment compared to the other big tech sales leaders. Everyone is empowered to run their business and get things done. No longer am i hostage to 16+ hours/week stuck in internal meetings, scorecard metrics or forecasting calls. I spend 1hr/week doing this freeing me up to meet with customers. such a crazy idea right?","Hiring process is too SLOW. we take 4-5 months for a cycle. we lose far to many good people in this time. And while i LOVE how we are picky on hires, our processes are letting lots of good one slip through. I personally know of several who are Rock Stars, but somehow they were given rejects. possibly just not a fit for a role, but now they are blocked from other roles. not good.","loosen up the Recycle vs Reject ratio. Far too many folks getting rejected for a role, but should be recycled. interviewers are narrowly focusing on role not the individual imo.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14719,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,Very generous with PTO and vacation time off. You also get Unpaid time that can be used when you need it.. They offer Voluntary time off. You get stock bonuses,I have not had a bad experience,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P691.htm
14720,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Working for Amazon,Good benefits. People you work with are great,Long hours of work. Being on your feet for 10 hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14721,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Picker ONT 2,Benefits Kaiser is what I chose it is good because I kept getting injured on the job they should pay 100% medical with the working conditions in that warehouse,Unorganized warehouse mixing products like baby food and rat killer together. Unachievable goals set if you go to the bathroom you will be written up for time of task. Amazon is a slave driver. They need a union that will clean up all of the inhumane activity. When I resigned I was reminded that I signed a confidentiality agreement that's why I am reviewing on this page. It's like they have control over you even after you leave. Don't work here unless u have a degree then you can sit on your behind and have the slaves work for you. Before I got a job here I read all the reviews please listen to me don't work here you are better than this place.,Do the right thing don't punish workers for getting hurt when it isn't their fault,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14722,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Little reward,It`s a company that is extremely solid,"The work is very fast paced, for little reward",Offer more incentives,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14723,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not for everyone.,Most people are nice. The break room is cool.,"The job is really boring, not really able to have any social interaction.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14724,amazon,"Hartford, CT"," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,They have ac thats about itrsrs,That treat you like your one of the robots its all about rate and make no errors no music phones. If your late more than five. They take an hour from you,Learn how to not treat peole like there a number,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14725,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,A company that don't care about anybody they treat you ok!and then when they are done they give you the boot.,"Nothing they are all con artist,,they pressure the people and harrase eveybody that works for amazon they don't care about anybody one day they will pay the hard way, will tell everyone don't get a job at amazon you will not make, because they want you to fail very bad company",Nothing poor mangers that don't now what they are doing.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14726,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Awful Place To Work,"Perks and Discounts, vending bucks for the vending machine","Rude Associates, Lots of Drama, Lazy Associates, Favoritism, Rude and Lazy HR, Poor work and Attendance ethics, you can't even be close to dying without getting terminated for that because they don't allow call offs/calling in sick.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14727,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Aug 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fullfillment Associate,-Some managers were amazing -You get hired quickly and start working quickly,-Mandatory Overtime -Fear of being fired for mistakes that may or may not be your fault,Overall I enjoyed my experience but I could knit pick the company,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14728,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,Fast passed but,Small teams implies faster growth and more opportunities to try different things,"When teams grow large, program managers take up all the time and teams become risk averse",Dont grow too large,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14729,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chaos and great ideas with talented coworkers,"Smart coworkers , salary, stocks, opportunity for growth. Excellent bullet point on your resume. Companies will poach you eventually for your Amazon experience. Being part of a company that's the leader in what it does.","Implement then fix it mentality, all about velocity , focusing on doing things rather than doing it right. The problem is that one shouldn't expect a 40 hour work week. They changed a lot after The NY Times article but old timers who are in the upper echelons of management still believe in it.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P692.htm
14730,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chaos and great ideas with talented coworkers,"Smart coworkers , salary, stocks, opportunity for growth. Excellent bullet point on your resume. Companies will poach you eventually for your Amazon experience. Being part of a company that's the leader in what it does.","Implement then fix it mentality, all about velocity , focusing on doing things rather than doing it right. The problem is that one shouldn't expect a 40 hour work week. They changed a lot after The NY Times article but old timers who are in the upper echelons of management still believe in it.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14731,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Lead Maintenance Technician,"Great, but had favorites","Great benefits, good pay. Supplied you with tools. Vending machines on site.",Difficult to move up or move laterally if management didn't like you. Very aggressive work environment.,I would try to limit asserting your power as a manager and try actually letting you technicians implement their ideas.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14732,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate (temporary position),"Good pay, potential for great benefits","Poor work/life balance, minimal break time, selective on proper staff treatment.",Establish longer break times.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14733,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Too aggressive culture,"Great development opportunity with very diversified business unit and growth. Very helpful for the establish personal brands and growth. Also, can change the team if we don't like.",It depends on the boss and director about the team culture and scope of work. Need to self drive and fight with other teams. There is a bottom 10% competition.,Pay more attention to the team,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14734,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Returns Processor,a terrible place to work,there are none I can think of,"Micromanagement of employees, very restrictive on time, no life work balance, long hours with low pay in comparison to time and effort. Management always wants more, without compensation.",Treat employees with understanding and respect. Acknowledge that they have lives outside of work.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14735,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Stock,Slave Labor,Honestly the food court was amazing.,There quota is at impossible levels it literally is a sweat shop. They don't allow anyone who is not an employee to enter because they like to be a low profile sweat shop. Mandatory 50 hours which then they offer overtime... like people wanna be there for 60 hours. Human resources is the worst ever they are lazy they complain and they are really dumb.,Actually do your jobs. (So unbelievably lazy),2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14736,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very hard job and very fast place,"Nothing to sat, just clean environment.","I worked Amazon for full time in Fulfillment center. Its looks like M working in Hell. 10 hours hard, risky and face job. They can fire people anytime. Manager always pressurised their employee.",Be care of your employee they are the base of the company.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14737,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 25, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Working hard does not get recognized,Flexible time off system Decent benefits Pays above average even with no experience,"The only way to move up in the company is to be the teacher's pet. Hard work does not get recognized and if something goes wrong, management always finds someone to blame whether its their fault or not.",none,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14738,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Harsh,"No dress code, great CEO with a real vision","political, lots of brown misers who do well","look after the good, solid people instead of recruiting senior people to do a lesser job",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14739,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,great place to work,Opportunity to make more money because they offer a lot of ot.,"Your feet will be on fire, due to long hours standing.",You would get better productivity if associates are not burnt out from the long hours and extra days.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P693.htm
14740,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Good Benefits (401k) 48 PTO every year , 20 hours of UnPaid Time every quarter, 1.5 hours vacation every two weeks","Poor management, Short Breaks. Not fair treatment",Check all your Supervisors and floor managers. Most of them are all in Facebook everyday,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14741,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Filfullment Associate,filfullment associate,You can seek opportunities at other locations.,"The work is hard, lack of communication among management.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14742,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Physically Demanding,Opportunities for overtime Set weekly schedule,"Long Hours, Short breaks Poor work/life balance",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14743,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor return/warehouse,Good benefit you will get forty hours,To many changes too quick,Treat your employees like people,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14744,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good for early career,"Autonomy, exposure to a successful company, smart people, good preparation for your next job","Not a place for long term, long hours but low productivity, ambiguous direction, inexperienced middle management",Strong technical skill does not mean good management ability.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14745,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Logistics Specialist,logistics specialist,i loved the place. i loved the values and the work ethic. they helped me when my daughter got sick,they do things backwards. other then that i have nothing negative to say,thank your employees and always remember you are the leader and what you do they do too. Recognize the fact that there is people who are passionate about their job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14746,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Agent,Great hours Opportunities to make more money Positive personalities from managers Rewarded for working hard Recognized for hard work,"Not really Amazons fault, but customers seem to not be given information at the forefront on how policy's work. Such as return policy's, return windows, auto renew settings on all trial memberships. A good amount of calls are mistakes that were made from customers that could be fixed if customers had been required to read Amazon's policy's instead of them looking based on their own decision.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14747,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good Company to start your career,Nothing as of now to share,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14748,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment associate,they give you employment with benefits,they only care about thier metrics and the turn over rate at Amazon is very high.,"employees are human, we are not robots",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14749,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,the benefits and the stocks,Has to be the worst management ever,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P694.htm
14750,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Packer,Amazon the brand name and maybe benefits,"The salary horrible and you would expect more from a billionaire company. They only care about getting rates in and not employees. There seems to be either racism or favoritism when it comes to promoting. You ask to go higher but they ignore you unless you fit their click. They most have managers doing nothing but watching their employees (who are mostly black) do all the work, and these white higher ups get promoted for doing nothing really except monitor rate on a computer of other employees diligent work. They are racist management in opinion. When your a black person asking to go higher in responsibility they look at you weird as if too you deserve to be at the bottom cause your black. They don't believe in helping others grow rather it's the companies using poor educated black people like slaves to make them most of their rate because black people at times are desperate enough to do the job for money and it's hard for them elsewhere at times. Amazon knows this and they take advantage.",Give people of Color black and Hispanic more growth in Manhattan and all your other locations.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14751,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,"Paid weekly, no interview, get great exercise. Not much positives here. It's easy, it's not rocket science. Vending machines at least","Hot warehouse, management talks down to you. Some yell at you. High turn around, which says the kind of environment that's exists.","Employees are people, treat them like it.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14752,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Brother is watching,Hiring process is quick because they're desperate. There really are no pros if you remember a less fascist workplace of a couple of decades ago.,"Amazon leads the pack in dumbing down the expectations of blue collar workers, monopolizing their time so they have no time for free thinking and pushing them to the brink of physical exhaustion. Ever notice how big corporations require a ""doctor's note"" for everything. This sends business to big med/pharma. Its all connected and its all about CONTROL of the many by the few. ""Benefits package"" sounds great but you have to give them your life in exchange.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14753,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Processor,Warehouse,The pay is good,"HR will never do anything to help you fix any problems you might have at work. I mean any problems you might have at work. There job there is pointless. I tried talking to them about a problem about discrimination towards a handicap and they just said we can't do any thing about it. Now that's a real real big shame because I work really hard at work to just be told I'm very sorry we can't help you people with your problem's. Now if I was in his shoes I wouldn't of said, and I quote, we can't help you PEOPLE, and I'm thinking did he just tell me you people, that shocked me that he said that, because I would expect that if your talking to Your Main HR Representative you would be treated with respect but I guess in this occasion it seems fine for him to discriminate myself because of my accident I had years ago and the only treatment I have for my missing fingers would be using marijuana because it became legal in January 2017 in Las Vegas Nevada I thought I would see if it helps with the pain I get in my hand and sin's I do work with both my hand's I would expect that it would help with the pain and it has very well. But I guess in occasion to his status it's not following policy what kind of policy has to tell you how to live your life in pain or no pain, Job or no job. Please if theres any one with love in there harts please pary for me I don't know what will happen. I'm not some kid looking to have fun, I'm just a 28 year old father of two beautiful baby girl and boy and my wife trying to get thru life with Amazon as are income and it not working as we hoped. Know where not perfect but I don't have to be treated like a criminal or like I broke the law. If anybody has any feedback be greatly appreciated thank you very much.",Please find some one that knows what there saying so this never has to happen to any one.,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14754,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,This place is not good.,There is nothing good about this place,"Zero work life balance. No one cares about you or your work. They use, abuse, and get rid of you.",Get people with actual management experience.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14755,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Amazon through integrity staffing review,You're paid on average $400 a week (12/hr). The work is individual based so you're pretty much independent. Over time is always available and it's hardly ever mandatory. It's so easy to get hired.,"They're a lot of lazy people . It's so easy to get written up or fired. ....in the stowing position you're like the last line of defense , so if the people before you did not properly do their job it could cost you yours. They tell you all you're doing is making space for packages but fail to go into detail about the thousands of ways you can be terminated. There's no time to use the restroom or take a break.","If the pickers are falling behind take the time to train volunteer stowers instead of constantly sending messages to people aren't qualified. Those messages can disrupt the stowing process which can ultimately cause a shortage or overage. And please stop locking the floor without telling us , it causes TOT because we're trying to stow when it's literally impossible.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14756,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A good company,"I worked in the warehouse as a Fulfillment Associate and feel that management did try to listen to their team's concerns and at times, resulted in a change that would help the associates be more successful at their jobs.","Management would, at times, avoid conflict among their associates, instead of addressing the issue instead of sweeping them ""under the rug"".",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14757,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"Good pay, fast paced environment. Good people. You have to make your own mark abd work hard. Lots of opportunities to move up!","Lot of work, especially prime day. You might have to work different shifts. You have to keep your eye on the prize!!!",Keep the focus on the people,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14758,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Good job if you're broke, lack specialization, and don't mind drudgery.",Money is pretty good for an unskilled job that hires about anybody. Benefits (insurance and discounts) are immediately available after orientation.,"Long hours ten hours a day 4-5 days a week. Dull, repetitive work with very limited interaction with co-workers. Slow hiring process. Slow response from management.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14759,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,"Communication Failures Hurt Efficiency, Morale","A gym where they pay you Lots of tasks in the center let you work up a sweat and move different sets of muscles. And you can move among them within a single shift.  Melting pot Co-workers from around the world and across generations working together in relative harmony. I miss my foreign-born co-workers, from whom I learned a lot.  Introvert paradise You can work for days without saying having to say a word to anyone. Or anyone saying anything to you, except for a smile or head shake greeting.  Pay parity The people who direct you get the same hourly rate as you do (but some additional perks). Pay is decent for those without many skills or experience.  Rugged, retro technology Machines and software built for reliability, not innovation. Downtime rare and backup options abundant.  Opportunity Options (with limits) for overtime and additional shifts. Support for college and family care. Stock awards.","Ask and they will deceive Simple ""why do we do it this way"" questions of management met with shoulder shrugs and pat, vague answers - or outright lies.  Gross inefficiency and morale-killing perverse incentives Scanner tools and cash incentives discourage rather than encourage broad-scale individual performance and improvement because they advantage people performing certain functions.  Improvement resources inadequate Employees waste hours wandering around looking for locations and resources that shift regularly. No on-the-floor guides or maps to update employees about the changes. Line supervisors often as clueless about them as sorters.  Inconsistent rules Early-release opportunities communicated different ways and at different times each day, with secret offers to some groups/individuals. Some techniques encourage workers to break company rules against cell phone use during shifts.  Biased scanner-based feedback system Employees must answer three survey questions that appear on their scanner before the device becomes functional. The opening screen of responses includes only positive choices. Negative responses require tapping multiple keys and scrolling.  Limited remedial training Supervisors respond when scanners indicate repeated errors. But there are no onsite tutorials or manuals employees can consult to answer their own questions or learn new techniques. And easily correctable pallet-building errors frustrate other employees but are rarely addressed.  Standups are a downer Leaders spout stock safety and quality messages during meetings at shift starts that are handed to them by superiors and repeated incessantly. No visuals, no time for Q&A, lots of jargon that means nothing to most. No translation for employees with weak English understanding.","Golden rule Communicate with employees as you would wish they would do with you if your positions, and experience, were reversed.  Live up to your values Employee handbook lists contact website and e-mail for comments and complaints beyond site management. The website is disabled and e-mails to the address get no response - even an auto-response.  See inefficiency in action for yourself Make each fulfillment management employee work at least two weeks at the lowest-level job in a fulfillment or sort center.  Incentive cash and prizes Award it based on an employee's improvement vs past performance, not total output.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P695.htm
14760,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,"Communication Failures Hurt Efficiency, Morale","A gym where they pay you Lots of tasks in the center let you work up a sweat and move different sets of muscles. And you can move among them within a single shift.  Melting pot Co-workers from around the world and across generations working together in relative harmony. I miss my foreign-born co-workers, from whom I learned a lot.  Introvert paradise You can work for days without saying having to say a word to anyone. Or anyone saying anything to you, except for a smile or head shake greeting.  Pay parity The people who direct you get the same hourly rate as you do (but some additional perks). Pay is decent for those without many skills or experience.  Rugged, retro technology Machines and software built for reliability, not innovation. Downtime rare and backup options abundant.  Opportunity Options (with limits) for overtime and additional shifts. Support for college and family care. Stock awards.","Ask and they will deceive Simple ""why do we do it this way"" questions of management met with shoulder shrugs and pat, vague answers - or outright lies.  Gross inefficiency and morale-killing perverse incentives Scanner tools and cash incentives discourage rather than encourage broad-scale individual performance and improvement because they advantage people performing certain functions.  Improvement resources inadequate Employees waste hours wandering around looking for locations and resources that shift regularly. No on-the-floor guides or maps to update employees about the changes. Line supervisors often as clueless about them as sorters.  Inconsistent rules Early-release opportunities communicated different ways and at different times each day, with secret offers to some groups/individuals. Some techniques encourage workers to break company rules against cell phone use during shifts.  Biased scanner-based feedback system Employees must answer three survey questions that appear on their scanner before the device becomes functional. The opening screen of responses includes only positive choices. Negative responses require tapping multiple keys and scrolling.  Limited remedial training Supervisors respond when scanners indicate repeated errors. But there are no onsite tutorials or manuals employees can consult to answer their own questions or learn new techniques. And easily correctable pallet-building errors frustrate other employees but are rarely addressed.  Standups are a downer Leaders spout stock safety and quality messages during meetings at shift starts that are handed to them by superiors and repeated incessantly. No visuals, no time for Q&A, lots of jargon that means nothing to most. No translation for employees with weak English understanding.","Golden rule Communicate with employees as you would wish they would do with you if your positions, and experience, were reversed.  Live up to your values Employee handbook lists contact website and e-mail for comments and complaints beyond site management. The website is disabled and e-mails to the address get no response - even an auto-response.  See inefficiency in action for yourself Make each fulfillment management employee work at least two weeks at the lowest-level job in a fulfillment or sort center.  Incentive cash and prizes Award it based on an employee's improvement vs past performance, not total output.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14761,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,Good opportunity but proceed with caution,"Pay is decent compared to other companies. The benefits kick in the day you start although their medical options are expensive. Honestly, depending on the location you work for, being a warehouse associate is pretty straightforward.","If you are full time, depending on the shift, the hours are long (10 or 12). Most warehouses are not climate controlled. The rating system is strict as well as their attendance policy. You can also be told that you can be rehired if you are terminated but you can find out that is not true at the last minute.",Be truthful with your employees. There is no reason to lie to keep the peace.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14762,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Can be great, or terrible","If Operations clicks with you, you can do very well and move up. I've seen people given great opportunity, had successful teams, moved up, and really enjoyed it.","If it doesn't click for you, though, amazon can be awful. There are so many hoops you have to jump through as an AM, a lot of work politics to deal with, and the constant mismatch of salaried upper management telling you to convince hourly associates to do what they want. You will often be the buffer between the two groups","Even the best managers get to the point where they become reactive instead of proactive and would rather point fingers at people below them when things aren't going well. ""The beatings will continue until morale improves"" doesn't work!",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14763,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Experience Consultant,Not as organized of a company or ,"Easy job working at the pop up stores. Laid back, stress free. Manager is great and understanding.","Managers are given way too many calls. Because of this my manager never has a closing or mid shift, which doesn't offer a good work life balance for the rest of the team. Been with company over a year and was supposed to get two raises from what I was told but Amazon can't seem to figure out a way to give raises to their pop up store employees.  Our policy says we can wear closed toe shoes and khakis but manager won't allow either because shoes must be all black ( not stated on inside Amazon ) and doesn't want khakis ( again inside Amazon says it's fine ).  Stock option is a joke. They include it with your pay but make you wait 2 years for it, like they're holding you hostage to be able to get it.  Took away cell phone reimbursement even though we use our phones to communicate with team and manager as well as use our phone to track sales and count money because the computer systems they have in place don't have the tools to do the job efficiently. They did give a tablet which you can do this stuff on but the apps are limited compared to Android or iOS that it's more of a hassle to use the fire tablet.","Frugality has to be the biggest joke of a principal. They also don't give you opportunity to grow even though they claim their is plenty of growth. They waste so much money on pointless stuff and ideas it's really questionable what some higher ups are doing making some of these decisions. They make the big bucks to make terrible calls while us at the ground level in stores have great ideas that get shot done. For a company that claims to love ideas and think outside the box, that's only the case if the box is one they created. LISTEN TO THE LITTLE PEOPLE. WE HAVE GREAT IDEAS WE ARE THE FRONT LINE WE KNOW HOW OUR BUSINESS SHOULD BE RUN WE ARE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14764,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support Technician,IT Support Technician. Great place to work,"None. Love Amazon, fun place.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14765,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Telecommunications,Tough place to Work takes a special kind of person,Fast Paced Opportunities Galore Great People Stable Job Career Choice,You will drown if you cannot keep up Have to set goals and accomplish them Repetitious Job Functions Inhuman demand on people Low Pay,Be softer and Gentler to your subordinates who are struggling.,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14766,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Process Guide,Sort Team,"Not much, promise you everything the first few months' nd work you into the ground","IF you are off task for more than 6 minutes, it is an automatic write up... If you are 99 percent of your rate and not 100, it is a write up. Nobody makes it a year, no matter how how you work, i was badgered about my disability publicly by a manager..worst place on earth, nothing but lies and false promises...","Nothing but sweatshop in America, maybe you should suggest we all wear depends so we don't need to use the bathroom",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14767,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still waiting for my schedule,"Seems to have good benefits, good pay, and reasonable,e hours",Hiring process is a long wait,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14768,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,Only Good Thing Was The Checks,"Good checks Consistent checks Consistent overtime If a blue badge, hours to use at your own pace to leave early",People Managers Being a picker is horrible Tiring No Life,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14769,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible company,It fit the schedule I needed to work,I got hurt at work and they let me go. They do not care about their employees. HR is bad and management is to young to know what they are doing. I do not want to work for a company that treats their employees bad. They did not even call me to let me know I was fire. Never worked for a company so bad.,Learn how to treat your employees better,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P696.htm
14770,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Dead end job. Employee's are over worked and unappreciated. To the point of injuries.,They have great benefits. This could be an amazing company if employees were treated better.,Pushed to the point of getting injured on the job.,Don't expect employees to meet the numbers and not be injured.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14771,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Finance Manager,keeping on fulfillling,"Fast paced environment, supportive coworkers","redundant work, constant pressure from corporate oversight",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14772,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long hours high pay,The people are great to work with.,Long hours of doing the same thing.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14773,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Great opportunity to move up,The work is very hard on your feet.,none,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14774,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Business Development,Varies manager to manager,-Very high pay -Huge opportunities for career growth -Stock bonuses after 2 years,"-Most likely a very time-consuming and potentially very stressful work load -Varies manager to manager how much pressure you'll be under. Some are passive, nerdier types that will let you be autonomous. Others are aggressive and will micromanage the heck out of you until they get what they want.",-Know that morale will dip tremendously due to micromanaging,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14775,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of Innovation and Program Mangement ( Global Supply Chain ),Consistent exponential growth that foster opportunities to delvelop and be challenged,Very fast paced can be hard for those that cant be nimble and adopt change,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14776,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Large workplace, Awesome people, Non-Union,","Mandatory Overtime up to 60hrs during the holidays. They treat us like we have no lives. Say they care and send us on leave and terminate us after. No movement up the chain, but they offer classes for outside amazon.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14777,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 13, 2017",Former Employee - Processor,One Mistake You're Gone,"Medical benefits, plenty of overtime",One mistake and you are fired! NO concern for how this impacts individuals and families. Dog eat dog. Employees encouraged to rat on each other. Sick really.,STOP treating human beings as cattle...used then eaten. This beast is abusive in the end.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14778,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Easy job to get if 18 years old.,"Long hours, no different then anyone else. Manager favorites obvious.",People would last longer if able to move into different departments. Not everyone can do stowing or Picking but may be good at packing.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14779,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Pay and benefits are great. Many locations to choose from.,Senior leadership disconnected from AM and Ops. Very numbers driven and lose sight of building relationships with their subordinates.,Spend time on the floor seeing first hand the issues your Ops and AMs face.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P697.htm
14780,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible place,Front loaded Pto and vacation,Mind numbing tedious work. Mandatory over time. Extremely high turn over,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14781,amazon,"Pittston, PA"," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon process assistant for peak season,Hard work is noticed and rewarded,Long days and awkward shift schedules.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14782,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - PM II,Good place,Lot of new project & roles to explore,need to get in a good team is basic,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14783,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Outbound Shiping Representative,,"Large well known organization, quick hiring process.","Constant mandatory overtime hours, unfair possibly illegal policies regarding late start times and pay.","Personally I was unclear on who was supposed to be my ""Manager"" while with Amazon.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14784,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Project Manager,great environment to work at,bad seniors- racist and rude,none,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14785,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,The best place to innovate with impact,"Culture, flexibility, ownership, ease of transferring internally, international opportunities",Some departments can get political. Experience varies widely based on team. No donation matching. Not enough women/minorities in top positions.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14786,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Definition of a Sociopathic leader,The people who work there,"After doing research into this sociopath, I read and heard many testimonials of former employees who were wrongfully exploited, a classic characteristic of narcissism/sociopathy/psychopathy. I worked as a seasonal employee years ago and I can tell you this, breaks were often cut short and the reward for doing well was ""Amazon gear"" which consisted of cheaply exported water bottle, lanyards, etc. made from China. The wage is a joke and I wanted to check if they had increased the amount from three years ago and it was a whopping $.25! This guys stock has risen to the mid to high 900's and this is what he pays people? Also, I have consistently read how most employees are overworked and do not last more than a year or two. If you youtube Amazon employee stories you will hear testimonials of how people were lied to about their benefits they eligible for but were told they could not receive them to save this guy some money. His business model does not have to be like this as he has the liquid cash to invest BACK IN THE PEOPLE. It is simple dude, do not only be about customer obsession simply because they put money in your pockets, but be about employee obsession too. This low life represents everything that is wrong with corporate greed in today's society.",Stand up for what is right,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14787,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Full Time,Waited 2 months update,Getting PAID ON TIME and benifits,Getting write ups without being talked to,Had wait 2 months just to tell me after this long terrible wait i was not rehireable right now after reapplying when told 90 days then i can reapply. Please get yourselves toeghter THEY ARE EVERYWHERE AND DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THERE JOB.,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14788,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good first job,"Lots of motivated people, lots of work to do",Long hours and work culture is simply just work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14789,amazon,"Eagan, MN"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,Assistant Shift manager,"Good pay, benefits, time off, work place.",Sometimes hard to balance work and personal life.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P698.htm
14790,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Corrupt management at bna2,"The insurance is great. My coworkers are like family,",If you rub your higher up the wrong way they will put you in positions to fail by making up fake rates that are impossible to reach .they also have a violent sexual offender that has had multiple complaints to HR about his aggressive behavior towards associates that he finds less worthy of his approval (those that would not fit into his social standards or those that refuse to over look safety regulations to get the job done faster at his command) any complaints on his behavior are kept hush hush to avoid his termination.,Stop looking at associates as simple minded and expendable grunts that make no difference because their education doesn't compare to yours. Make your associates feel safer by taking complaints of bullying from higher up associates seriously instead of telling the associate they are crazy for bringing it up and teaming up with the abusive staff to get associates that are being bullied out the door before they raise too much awareness,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14791,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Internship is worth it,"Great pay, hard to generalize experience as it really depends what team you get put on. Decent intern events and networking opportunities, open events at amazon to allow interns to learn and take as much as they want. Return offer is possible as well based on performance.",Difficulty of project given really depends on the team you are on. It is hard to get information on the teams at Amazon before or even after you are assigned one by your recruiters. Have heard stories about some managers and mentors not really being attentive at all to their interns.,Be very clear what is to be expected from their interns and elaborate specifically what needs to be delivered in order to receive a return offer.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14792,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The most anti-malware company I ever heard of.,Pays more than big lots. But other than that everything about this company is all about the bottom line no matter who they hurt.,"Work environment, lack of respect for employees, the scheduling is horrible. They will send you home and ask you to come back in an hour.",Step back appreciate your people. Do right by them they will do right by you.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14793,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfilment associate,Good people and fast days,If you don't stretch good you will cramp up,We are just people to. Communicate to us as if you know that,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14794,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Engineer,Great flexibility to work for different areas,Bad work life balance sometimes,N/A,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14795,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,"Excellent benefits package, no experience required they will train you",Very fast paced and a lot of associates can't keep up which means you pick up the slack. Can be very stressful at times,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14796,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Fun company to work for,"Hiring bar is too high, makes recruiting difficult",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14797,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Routine Oriented,You know what you'll be doing everyday.,No variety on the job.,No comment,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14798,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard and extremely monotonous work,"Decent pay and hours, though permanent employees earned more.","Hard work, extremely repetitive and dull work.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14799,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you want to work they have a job for you.,"Decent starting pay, benefits,tuition, casual wear",Hot at times cold at other times fast pace,Just don't a total jerks,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P699.htm
14800,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Pathetic Training, Work floor policies not disclosed, then get fired for the same.",Decent working conditions. Good pay and benefits.,"You will NEVER get coffee when you are working the graveyard shift, at least we never got it regularly. Even though we bought it to the notice of our bosses. Training was bad, they did not have professional experienced trainers. People who had joined moths ago and were still on the job, trained. A case of blind leading the blind. Safety policies, do's and don'ts never disclosed. Then when someone commits a minor infarction it is magnified a million times and one is transferred and told to leave. Managers feel threatened by smarter and hard working sub ordinates and start playing favorites with subtle needling and suddenly going by the book.",Ramp up training and have a system of checks and balances where team members grievances are concerned. Don't allow one person to play Judge Jury and Executioner........,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14801,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Generally Good, Not as Bad as claimed.",Interesting problems. Good coworkers. Most people keep reasonable hours.,Your manager and specific team can have a big impact on how happy you are. Retail generally has a less happy reputation than AWS. Pay is generally believed to be less than say Google.  Oncall can be brutal on some teams.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14802,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not the best, not the worst","Good pay per hour, Friendly and diverse people, Relatively easy work if you're young and somewhat in shape, Hires anyone who passes a drug and background check. Insurance for vision and dental, Bereavement for immediate family members.","Too many managers, Not enough people working in HR for the amount of people there, Communication is shotty, Favoritism shown to specific shifts, Hours can be horrible depending your shift, Seniority means absolutely nothing.","Distribute hours evenly, Shift changes should go by seniority, instead of giving shift changes to the people just joining the crew. UPS does it, so why not us. Also consider possibly giving us paid vacation time instead of just UnPaid Time.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14803,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Employee,"It was easy for me to get hired. I worked part time, on the weekends, because I had another job Mon - Fri. I didn't have to work overtime.","I was only trained to work in one area of the warehouse. When work was low, I either had to clean the warehouse for hours or clock out and go home.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14804,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - M 9,Fulfillment specialist,"Great team-building opportunities for those willing to particpate in extracurricular activities. Amazon provides a comforting, independent work environment.",Amazon gauges the fulfillment position by one statistic-scan rate. This is how many boxes one scans and palletizes in one clock hour. They give advancement and perks to the employees with the highest scan rate. One problem with this system is that Amazon does not monitor the palletizing and that and allows employees to only give priority to the scanning portion of the task. This creates poorly built pallets and a greater risk of injury.,Devise an evaluation system that appraises every aspect of the task.,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14805,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,New york times article is true,Pay is good for SDE's,"When I came back from surgery I was harshly reviewed. After that my manager planned a secret setup to bring my performance down. Even though I was about to complete my assigned work, he assigned multiple people to do my code reviews and as a result my task got delayed. I worked nights and weekends with members of my team to finish things on time but he still complained that I am late. I did wanted to consult a lawyer but didn't had the money and resources to do so. I left the company after 8 months of joining.",I know there are many teams at Amazon for an Engineer. See what their managers are doing. Managers use PIP and Dev plan to create graveyard for Engineers. I left to save my dignity.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14806,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible place to work for!,"The pay is decent if you like to work lots of overtime, which in most cases around the holidays is mandatory 50-60 hours per week. The work is easy is you can stand for 10 to 12 hours doing the same thing. But dont plan to make this job a lasting one, because if you do, they will have other plans to force you to leave.","Extremely high turn over rate, its like a revolving door. The system is designed to hire and fire people because everything is based on a rate system that changes every week. They dont care about the employees, only the customer. If you have a problem with an associate or management, then you are basically on your own, no one will help you no matter how much you complain. If you are not kissing anyones behind, your chances of moving up are next to none. They intentionally do things to get people fired. Lunch breaks are only 30 minutes, and the normal breaks are 15 mins, but it normally takes at least 3 mins to get to a break room and 3 minutes to get back. Constantly have to be busy all through the night or you will be fired for ""Time off Task""",Most managers they hire are just out of college. A degree does not mean that you have the ability to effectively manage employees and never had to the work experience to back it. Some of these people cannot perform the jobs that they are managing and expect the associate to perform at 100% everyday. They show a total lack of compassion for anyone but the ones who are in the circle(favorites),1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14807,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Prime Now Associate,"It will help you keep your weight down. They do pay minimum wage. After a year you can join the 401k, but not afford to buy into it. You can set your own hours. They rarely discipline anyone. Once you have the job it's hard to get fired for performance. I think 95% of those who apply are hired.","This can be grueling work. You must sign up for your shifts within 5 minutes or they are gone. Other shifts are announced one at a time, 24 hours .a day. If you don't have your email notify you and you are . not logged in you won't get them either. There are dangerous work conditions which are ignored by management including slippery floors in the walk in cooler, and pallets of merchandise that will fall over by touching them. You are a commodity. New people come in all the time and are treated the same way you are. There are no raises--ever. You may not work more than 25 hours a week. Part-time employees at the rest of Amazon get benefits, but we are called ""flex. Other than the name there is no difference. You cannot get training for other positions. If you want another job, you may only apply with internal computers which are never working or available. You are treated as an idiot. No decisions are allowed. At any given point a new training class is hired and there are no shifts available for other employees. There is favoritism--some people get extra hours or permanent shifts.. There is no procedure for this. You must work in a 10 degree below zero freezer and type on a keyboard in the dark. Gloves are available but what you have to do makes it impossible to wear. They provide clothing to wear in the freezer, but since putting it on lowers your rate, people can't afford to put them on. Besides they are dirty and smelly and impossible to find matches. If you are idle for two minutes, someone is checking up on you. Everything you do is timed. They claim there are no employee records. Well, nothing you are allowed to see. 20% turnover each MONTH. They understaff for each shift so everyone is under pressure. Because of the timing, staff is forced to make dangerous decisions. You may need to lift up to 5 tons in a shift. Some safety gear such as back braces are unavailable. You watch as thousands of dollars of food are thrown in the trash, which is still good....yet you cannot touch it, and have to go to a food bank yourself because minimum wage x 25 hours (realistically 20 due to shift lengths) is not enough to live on.",You run this like a slave house. Get some ethics.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14808,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work environment and culture is improving a lot!,"After some very negative press about the work culture, many changes have been rolled out that have greatly improved the work/life balance. Chee Chew in particular has been an outstanding addition to the company and is leading the way on improving the culture, starting from his org.  The company is growing very rapidly and it's really exciting to be a part of it!",Benefits still need to be improved. Particularly 401k matching.,Continue to keep the hiring bar high.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14809,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Average,"Quick learning, new knowledge, coworkers are great, flexible work time,","culture is too push, oncall is sometimes depressing",More encourage and not so push,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P700.htm
14810,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoy working for them,"Work at home, Busy. Employee Discount.","Different managers often, hard to feel like a team when it changes so often.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14811,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work,Great pay! Guaranteed schedule throught the year Lots of overtime availble,Time off options are very limited. 12 hour shifts overnight not favorable Working conditions may be unfavorable. Mandatory overtime.,Policy overhaul to policy on working conditions,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14812,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance / depends on your team...,"Smartest co-workers, opportunity to be highly creative, opportunity for growth","Really depends on your manager - there are a lot of bad ones. Long hours, always short-staffed as your expected to rotate frequently.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14813,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon - SDE 1 - First Year,"My team is very laid back most of the time. Great work environment. People bring dogs to the office. Generally, it is easy to get up to speed on new projects and begin contributing.","Can be difficult to stay focused in the office some days, what with loud nearby conversations and upset pets. Can usually go somewhere else to work though.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14814,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Ambassador,Maybe,"At Amazon, they push to the limit. The old saying by Bezos is completely true, you must work long, hard, and smart. It makes you realize how much you can really accomplish.","Very little engagement and high turnover. The stress accumulates very quickly if you don’t manage it well, leading to the inevitable burnout. A lot of employees have left because of that. There are no policies in place to help manage it. Mental health days do not exist at Amazon, unfortunately. This is my biggest gripe with the company.","Pay attention to the culture more, you’ll win long term.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14815,amazon,"South San Francisco, CA"," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Warehouse Associate,"The pay is $14.25 an hour at SSF location, don't have to deal with customers","Quota, culture sucks, hours are horrible, employee discount is a joke, feel like a wageslave, depressing environment, dead-end job","Train new employees better, have better culture, longer breaks for part time employees",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14816,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - SDET2,Bad management and bad work culture,Lots of work if you think that is pro,"- Brutal management - Lots of favoritism - Whistleblowers are punished, and that too badly (no whistleblower protection) - Lots of conflict of interest in workplace - No following of Amazon principles","Read cons and act on it. Bad middle management in Marketplace. Start following Amazon principles...I found none of them are followed in the team that I worked in. If you want to contact me further, please do.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14817,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Maintenance Technician,Amazon Maintenance,Great place to work. Friendly atmosphere. Loads of opportunities for advancement,The shift hours could be better,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14818,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Work at Home Position,"Set your own hours, pay is decent.",Many policies to review to assist the customers.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14819,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Fresh Associate,"Seasonal Fresh Associate - Physically demanding but also pretty easy. For what it is, it's a decent job.","Pays above minimum wage.  The people are generally nice, though you typically don't talk a lot.  The hours can go by somewhat fast when you work quickly. While it's been tedious at times, sometimes it's been almost fun trying to beat my own grocery picking rate.  Given it's a labor job in a warehouse, it could be worse overall. It's decent in that sense. It's built more like a grocery store inside a warehouse, and without any customers in it.","Supervisors are adamant about fast grocery picking rates (Amazon probably forces them to be). They want numbers and have high standards.  Once you get the hang of it, picking is easy and almost fun, but it really is a lot of walking.  The rate system seems overly simplified. Is it purely based on how many items you pick? Rather than item weight, location, etc.? Some of your rate feels like it depends on luck.  The freezer turns my fingers into icicles. It's manageable, but also a constant battle. This is probably the biggest con and the closest reason I've considered quitting.  HR policies seem rigid. Couldn't change shift for 3 months, no employee discount as a seasonal associate.","This isn't a bad job for a warehouse job. However, you really should alternate pickers between chilled and ambient areas throughout the day -- when they get a little sweaty picking fast in ambient, put them in chilled to cool them off. When they get cold in chilled, put them in ambient. They'll work faster this way, yet I'm not seeing this done often. It would increase both output and morale if you address this.  Find a solution for the freezing fingers in frozen. Hothands packets help the palms but not the fingers.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P701.htm
14820,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Aug 13, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sort center employee,Short hours Voluntary Time Off opportunities Unpaid Personal Time off the ability to check hours on the amazon Hub and keep track of all other personal matters pertaining to work,Management doesn't really listen to our concerns! Makes working a little less appealing at times making employees ready to leave early and no encouragement to stay over and get the products out,Let the employees voice their opinions without judgement! Listen to their concerns and really take them into consideration seeing as how we're the ones actually working the job! Some of us would know what's best to keep up the best flow for productivity and operations,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14821,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Its Good,Benefits health dental vision 401k,"Workload, stressful, management, uneducated hiring",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14822,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Get discounts, you get to pick up shifts, friendly people, get paid every Friday.",Maximum amount of hours is 30 hours per week,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14823,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Shift Manager/Cashier,openings,I have a few years of experience in this position that i am applying. And i am a team player also a team leader from past job history employment. I will be a good candidate for your company.,There are many jobs today that are downsizing for various reasons but this only allows me to fight even more harder to get my feet in the door of any company i desire to work.,My only positive advise i choose to share after also being in a manager of management position before is to give each applicant a chance to prove themselves at your company rather experience or no experience.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14824,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assosciate,There are no best reasons.,Everything here is a downside.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14825,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"overtime, great benefits, exercise. lots of people",need to make a 1500 picks a day to stay at job,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14826,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,Great benefits and the pay is better than most places,"Terrible management, the hours are so bad that you are exhausted on your other days off... young management treats employees terrible, like your a child. It's so cold in avenel everyone gets sick...",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14827,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment associate,"VTO, PTO, UPT, Meet new people, benefits","Long hours, short breaks, parking sucks, management and hr doesn't care, no real advancement, high school drama, forced into other departments, no communication with management.",Communicate,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14828,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work for Amazon if you value your sanity,"Pay, start up bonus","Vacation is limited and accrued for managers. Very few holidays days, long hours and the expectation that you will also come in and work some time on weekends, nights, holidays and be available 24/7 for meeting calls. Had a Boss that thought no one was better that Bat Man! I was on the senior team at a fulfillment center. with in a year 90% of the senior team had quit or transferred. The average life of a Amazon manager is 1.5 to 2 years. While working for Amazon I did indeed see many people break down and cry. One of the Leadership Principles is ""Hire the Best"" . They did not interview the majority of hourly employees in person. Some or most clearly lied and were not even capable of standing for a 10 much less 12 hour shift they were often required to work during peak. The Pip process is a totally demeaning and just a tool get you out the door. I was physically threatened by another employee and nothing was done because they were concerned that the employee would sue Amazon if they fired them.","Corporate needs to get out of their offices in Seattle and see the issues first hand at the fulfillment centers. There is a real cultural problem at Amazon. Amazon is doing their best to spin and put out fake positive stories but the stories are not about the people working at fulfillment centers. workers in Seattle take their dogs to work and get free bananas, etc., that is not happening anywhere else.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14829,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Beat ya up and you might love every minute of it!,Learned a lot about doing the impossible over and over and over.,"Mandatory OT during 'peak season' was BRUTAL, especially with short notice. Unusually difficult to move up in both facilities I worked at.","Seek out and select people who you recognize as potential leaders and work with them to see them succeed. Too many people got frustrated that there were so many opportunities and no way to access them. Some rules for applying were silly. Having a two college degrees, I was told repeatedly I could NOT apply to management positions because I started as a Tier I. Since I started as Tier I, I had to work 2 years before I could apply to a Tier III or Tier IV position. I could have QUIT, then reapplied to a Tier IV and had a shot, but no shot at all since I already started to work there as a Tier I.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P702.htm
14830,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Jul 29, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good Company,Great benefits and fast and simple hiring process for me.,What is there to complain about,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14831,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources,Great benefits and stock options. The people are what makes this company great. Coming to work is still fun even though there are daily challenges and a high stress result driven workplace.,Work hours are not well defined. Advancement is easier being an outside applicant than internal employee. Transferring shifts or even to other facilities inside that network are not well defined and the process isn't very clear.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14832,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Amazon fulfilment,Good company to work for. Good amount of overtime. 10 hour days but 3 days off. Not much to complain about,"The days are long and when it comes to management, there's much to be desired. Breaks are short, too many people",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14833,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment,"friendly ,nice managers,clean facility,great coworkers","huge facility,long walks to car",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14834,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,From South Africa to Boston for Alexa,"* Great people * Learning. Lots of learning * Career growth opportunities and widespread * Small fish, big pond",* Software can take a while to develop since mistakes can affect thousands of customers * Learning curve initially to get to know internal systems and controls,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14835,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Associate,Nice job environment to work in.with nice people.easy flow,Hard work an great help from team manager,Patience with workers cause everyday can't be a good. With out understanding of others,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14836,amazon,"Harrisburg, PA"," Aug 6, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Ascociate,"A good first job for community college student. They will allow you to only work weekends, collect time off and enjoy benefits.","This is warehouse work, so if you don't know what that entails just try working in a FC, they will literally hire anyone.",The managers and production assistants seem to spend more time on Facebook and YouTube than they do working. It's agitating knowing they make much more than you.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14837,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Brutal, not for the weak. Must have thick skin. Most do not make it 1 year without an injury or illness. Your a robot","Dental and vision ins, weekly pay, vto which you have to be quick to get, most fellow employees know the struggle so you have something in common.","Degradation, brutal, stressful, loud at times, prone to injury and body aches even for the most athletically inclined.","Dont lie to employees, treat them with respect and like human beings because its no picnic.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14838,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its fine if you're desperate,Good start out pay for no experience,On your butt about rate,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14839,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was okay,I liked the people I worked with and Amazon pays pretty well.,It's warehouse work so it's basically horrible,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P703.htm
14840,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Eh...,"They pay you on time, and give benefits... that's it","-management is awful -scheduling is based on favoritism -was injured on the job and encouraged not to seek medical attention -the job is boring and a robot can do it, and don't worry, soon it will be mostly done by robots -lots of mandatory overtime -simply results based, attrition rate is incredibly high because they know they can hire and fire at will  I have so many more cons, but I'm but one voice... it's an awful company to work for","-if you have active reservists working for you, be mindful of that -learn to care about your people more than your personal stats",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14841,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Fullfilment,fast paced but fun,I love the way their attendance is set up. they give you points that regenerate every quarter that could be saved up for a vacation. benefits co workers flexibility,not many hours. it's only 5 days a week and 4 hours per day when you are part time. you can however pick up shifts easily.,more fulltime,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14842,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Bentley,Great opportunities with this company,not traditional M-F work week,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14843,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Safety Specialist,"base pay, vacation, benefits",some what unorganized at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14844,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Fresh Associate,Good,Set schedule 1st week: 4 days on 3 days off= 44hrs 4 hrs of OT 2nd week: 3 days on 4 days off =33hrs Nice people,11 hour shifts Short breaks Pay is low about 13 for a full time employee Always rushed. You are timed for picking. Must have above a 70% pick rate. Fired if you use all of you UPT (unpaid time),Pay more.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14845,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,SDE2,"Stock appreciation, dynamic culture, technical challenges, a lot to learn","Bad management, non existing hr, extremely difficult to go up the ladder. Unexperienced engineers account for 80% of the workforce. People do not stay long. I saw full orga with less than 2y tenure",Promote people who deserve it.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14846,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware the toxic culture,"- High pay and no income tax (in Seattle): This is the main reason people take a job offer from Amazon. - Brand recognition: The brand recognition is really high so you can eventually bail for Facebook, Google, Apple, etc. - Amazing organizational outlook, financial outlook is extremely positive (check the news) - Smart colleagues","- Culture is toxic and cutthroat under the guise of ""ownership."" Google Amazon's culture to understand more about this-- it's true-- and it hasn't changed. The threat of being fired is so high people are discouraged from collaborating because they're afraid to take time and energy from their own tasks. Highly silo'd. - Employees are stack ranked (in a list form) not based on output, but favoritism. Very low camaraderie. It's a very facetious culture of being nice enough to get a good ranking but not being so nice that you help someone who can outrank you. - Stocks vesting reflects burnout culture, little to no money until you stay for 2 years. They know most people leave within 2 years so they won't have to pay out.",Your cutthroat culture is unsustainable and drives key talent away from your organization.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14847,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant Sort Center,Great stock options Great career opportunities,Minimal development Minimal overtime opportunities,Develop courses to hire and develop current leadership. Initiate step up to leadership programs designed to promote from within facilities.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14848,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience but most take the experience and run,"Flexible schedule, work from home possibilities, great experience, ability to move roles frequently.",Extremely fast-paced. Experience is highly dependent on your manager. You are definitely a cog in the wheel.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14849,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,AM level,"pay is competitive, most enviroments are very safe.","over work with no appreciation, long hours no lunch breaks",servantude leadership cannot stop at the hourly employees,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P704.htm
14850,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Jul 29, 2017",Current Employee - Wrap Down,Nice place for me,"The employees are nice, helpful and friendly. The supervisors are cool and down to Earth. Fair and approachable. Pay is better than most places. Extra hours are offered if you want them.",Hired at only “seasonal”. They only keep a few people when seasonal is over. Only up to 30 hours per week are usually allowed.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14851,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"Flexible schedule Work with great, friendly people Friendly, helpful management No interview required",I can't think of any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14852,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Amazon Zombie,"Because of the size of warehouse, you never really have to communicate with managers. You are free to use your hours as you please with no consequences unless you run out of hours. You are not a particularly important part of the process so you don't need to feel guilty about leaving early or taking time off.","There is very limited opportunity for growth. Really feels like Amazon doesn't want to keep people around. They stop giving raises after three years. You don't get any variety in your work. It is just the same repetitive, monotonous task, which can be mastered in the first day, forever.","Treat workers like humans, not like an extension of their productivity rates.",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14853,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,not great,3 different breaks was good.,"10 hour shifts, labor intensive work and hard to request days off.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14854,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,You know where you can put your beloved rate....,"Decent hourly pay for pt employees. Thats is really it. No, seriously. 20 words or more? It didn't kill me.","Everything else. Mindless, mind numbing....maddening repetition. Management seems to enjoy giving the ""bad news"" of a write up, Especially the second one on only your 14th day of work. Write ups for rate that make no sense when you are walking faster than everyone else and constantly improve on cutting bin time. It just doesn't add up. You could have just been honest and said that I didn't fit in with your precious culture. Damn right I don't. I'm better than that.",Stop making it a point to embarrass good employees on the floor when it is obvious they are putting in the effort and achieving near perfect quality. I have a college degree and have never left a job before the two yr mark...ever...until Amazon.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14855,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Nothing nice to say,Better than being homeless. It's a paycheck,"Everything, too much to list",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14856,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Simple job work to do and very friend environment,It wasn't a bad company to work at,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14857,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GPTW,great pay and great hours,no phones for emergencies with family,hire on,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14858,amazon,"Garland, TX"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping and Receiving Associate,Shipping and receiving,It's a great job very flexible on shifts and amazing team to work with,Very hot in the warehouse,Keep employees happy with perks,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14859,amazon,"Hermiston, OR"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Technician,Technical Support Technician,"Good pay, management will work with me on shift preference.","Headquartered in Seattle, so politically different. Not really tolerant of differing political views.",Don't lead from the rear.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P705.htm
14860,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,Only work here if you know it's temporary.,The Pay.  The medical benefits.  More vacation time & Paid time off compared to most other low-end jobs.,You don't really have much of a social life until your shift schedule ends.  Unreachable hourly quotas (rates).,"There's a reason why this company has such high turnover rate (probably will double once this newest generation dominates the work-force). Managers are nice at heart and personally feel bad whenever they have to let us know that we have to pick up the pace (probably just following their protocol laid out from upper-management, so don't shoot the messenger). I've been working here for about a month and half and I managed to be 9-15th fastest worker in this department (the faster people have probably been around for over a year now so I can't reach their work-flow). I plan to stay here for 3 more weeks before I return for Fall Semester and I'm starting to notice managers requesting to keep my hourly quota up to come up more frequently (I passively ignore it though since I don't really care that much anymore and I'm still getting paid the same amount). Aside from all of this, Payday is awesome, pretty sure not many other blue collar workers can brag that they bring home 800-1100$ every 2 weeks (I work 3rd shift so my salary's slightly higher than most others). To conclude this, make this your summer job for some extra dough but don't plan on staying here for too long otherwise you'll really start to notice how bad this company can get.  P.S, for any new recruits out there reading this, if they assigned you to work at Ship Dock, just quit now before you have to endure the physical stress of having to carry up to 45 pounds of packages up to an unventilated truck for the next 10 hours. Your time, energy and sanity's worth more than 11-13$ for that nonsense.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14861,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good pay for much work,Amazon pays well as compared to other companies.,Most jobs at Amazon are stressful and work life balance is a challenge,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14862,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tough, Physical Labor",Four days a week. Great health benefits.,"10 hour shifts. ""Surprise"" Overtime. Physical, on your feet all shift. Monotonous jobs. No work life balance.",Give your top performers more opportunities to grow with other functions. Rotate people cross-trained for other positions more often.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14863,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,I was a high performing Picker,It's a nice environment. Stations are set up so you can focus on your job without distractions. People are nice and friendly. The work can be interesting seeing what people order.,"I was consistently #1 on my team and was picking at a rate that was literally double half the people on my team and we were making the same hourly rate. There is literally no incentive, besides your own pride, to be the best. They only have 10 hour shifts. If you're part time you cannot work overtime ever. Meanwhile the full-time people around you are literally exhausted and praying for a break from overtime. Emphasis is on performing tasks faster and faster instead of creating processes to do things better.","Amazon is a Six Sigma company, yet y'all do not follow Six Sigma rules. Less focus on moving as fast as possible and a greater focus on creating better processes that allow the job to be sustainable. Since no one takes a job in a warehouse except for the money, why not financially incentivize the high performers?",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14864,amazon,"Chandler, AZ"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon warehouse,They will hire anyone. hours available beyond your scheduled hours,"Unfit managers with no direction. Constantly trying new process with no success. Love to delegate their task to associates, while they are browsing on the computers. Employee turnover are ridiculous, they do not care about the employees, you are just a ""number"". "" Quantity over quality"".... They will change schedule constantly, don't care about employees input...","Please sign up for management training, stop hiring based on who you know.....",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14865,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assembly,One of the best reason of being an employer at Amazon was the flow of work. I worked assembly before so everything came so easy.,"Downside of working at Amazon was, they only offered part time positions.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14866,amazon,"Cypress, TX"," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,"Wonderful place to work, lots of room for growth.","Safe work environment, good pay, hired on the spot, monthly bonus for attendance and meeting productivity goals. Two thirty minute breaks.","Can't think of any. I guess the only thing I don't like is the hiring process. Everyone who applies gets hired. A lot of lazy people will come in, work for a few weeks and not make their rates. They will either quit before then, or get fired after the 4 week safe period.","No advice, management is on point.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14867,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,make the most out of the opportunities that your given,"programs to enroll in classes at the facility at a discounted price to allow you to have a career after you leave amazon in such areas as billing and coding, phlebotomy, medical admin and more. stock given after 2 yrs of employment. great medical dental and vision insurance at low rates!",the job is simple but its exhausting.,try to show more appreciation to the people who work the hardest. there are people who do the bare minimum on purpose and people who work extremely hard...provide more incentive for everyone to work harder by giving out rewards that people actually want.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14868,amazon,"Remote, OR"," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Don't do it unles your Desperate!,You have flexibility to take time off when it is available.,Literally everything from start to finish sucks.,"Customers aren't always sunshine and rainbows. They're calling with problems and half of them aren't interested in a solution, they want to be mad! Don't expect numbers to reflect 100% Positive ratings.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14869,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,Full benefits right from the start if you get a blue badge,"In my opinion, they expect way too much. Most nights rate is impossible to reach and you get written up if you don't get it. They want you going nonstop and if you get too much TOT (time off task) even if you're actively looking for work everywhere, you get written up. It gets way too hot in the MODS and all they have are fans even tho it can get to 100+ degrees in there. Over pack the carts and are sometimes impossible to move. If you get hurt, they take forever to help you and wait you out to see if you quit. Management acts nice but with every little thing, threaten your job. Turn around rate is ridiculous and don't care if they need to replace you because they will with 20 new people",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P706.htm
14870,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,Full benefits right from the start if you get a blue badge,"In my opinion, they expect way too much. Most nights rate is impossible to reach and you get written up if you don't get it. They want you going nonstop and if you get too much TOT (time off task) even if you're actively looking for work everywhere, you get written up. It gets way too hot in the MODS and all they have are fans even tho it can get to 100+ degrees in there. Over pack the carts and are sometimes impossible to move. If you get hurt, they take forever to help you and wait you out to see if you quit. Management acts nice but with every little thing, threaten your job. Turn around rate is ridiculous and don't care if they need to replace you because they will with 20 new people",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14871,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits and decent pay,Decent pay and great benefits for having no previous work experience,Other employees tend to bring down the moral as well as a couple of the managers that are new/know nothing about processes.,Treat all employees with respect.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14872,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment center,Growing company. Weekly pay. Diverse work force.,"Unorganized, unprofessional, no structure. Managers are recent college grads with no people skills.",Bring managers in who have people skills.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14873,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Aug 13, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,This job is heavy work,"Its a job, and it has decent benifets and you work 4 days 10 hours also has career choice programs",Manegment sucks ... the work is really heavy expected performace are high and of you show that u can do more you are going to be expected that performace day in and day out,They need to stop seen us just like simple numbers,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14874,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't believe the hype!,"The company does provide benefits instantly. You get bonuses, perks and more incentives for job well done. You can be cross trained in various departments. They provide career course training. Also after one year they will pay for you to go to school.","You never can speak to a live person from your personal site from HR by phone. Which is horrible if you have an urgent need. Everything with them is done via chat or calling some 1800 number and escalating calls for 24-48hrs to get back to you on matters, which they never can give direct answers or are never of much help, and when they finally do get back to you it's via email. Feels like when you're dealing with the cable people or some other order service by phone and talking to foreigners. When you just want to speak with someone who knows what's going on and will resolve. Another with being hired you're going in blind sided, they don't tell you what department you're working in, all the way up to you start work trying to know department and all between live chat and calling the ERC they claim to not know your department you'll be in which is a lie they can find out and do know. You're giving one shift and than they randomly change it, never mind if you changed your life around based on the already assigned schedule. They say oh no worries you'll find out when you're there and if a problem they can change it just talk to HR if any problems. But they may just have to change your start date unless they can fit you in on that shift. However, once there they have a very nasty disposition and say well we can Change your department at will based on business needs which is crap. So trying to find every way to mediate the issue where we can all be happy is not in there interests. The company claims to care about their workers but they do not. They attitude was basically this is your shift NOW and department you can't change it until after 90days. Which is also false because they will try any and everything to avoid you from switching departments. When you start you don't find out your position until 4hrs in to the shift what department you will be in. But they simply force your hand leaving you with no choice but to quit call out or use your personal time, even if it was there error. Truth be told that's why it's such a high turnover they under pay for what they expect the employees to do, and they're nasty. The way they work with picking is not productive rather counterproductive. Just horrible","Treat your employees better. If you want all this high demanding work pay more money. The key is work smart not harder, LISTEN to your employees find way to implement new ideas in still expanding and expediting orders yet in a more logical and functional way for instance either have pickers for each floor or make the picks go in order not jumping from floor one to three next pick common sense you'll tire out much faster. Get more forklifts and provide training from employees already licensed. That will help alleviate issues and make orders go out much faster. At each site location there needs to be an actual active Human resource room and phone number even for managers for proper communication. Finally be mor honest upright and forthcoming with employees on what positions are available or they are being hired for before they accept making them feel taken or trapped tricked. Let them have the option to say okay that position is fine I'll accept. But lying and not willing to fix will always leave to high turnover. If these could be fixed I'm sure the company and its employees will be more happy and eager to stay!",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14875,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Fresh Associate,Disappointed,Guaranteed work. Overtime always a plus. Clean work environment.,Poor treatment of employees. Lack of communication with HR and employees. Disorganized and chaotic. Needs restructuring from the top down. Forced worked shifts due to other employees taking personal time off. Unfair protocol with overtime and breaks.,Don't be robots. Listen to employee concerns.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14876,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Amazon 401K is poor!,I suggest nobody to work in Amazon IND1 cuz our policies are the worst!,"Amazon employees are not equal, some departments are working too hard eg. picking is the hardest work in there, pickers are more tired than others but the same salary but everyday do the same thing.. Stowers and ICQAs are so lucky, they work easily everyday!!! Transfer shift is like nothing, never get approve 😢😢 the worst management ever!!","There is no equality & justice among Amazon employees. Some people work very easy everyday while some employees work too hard! We can balance our work. Some Pickers will stow 2 days in a week and some stowers will pick 2 days in a week too, also ICQA people will do the same thing!!",1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14877,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Field Transportation Specialist,TOM Team,Independence and flexibility within this team work environment contributes to high job satisfaction. You get to create solutions on the spot without constant oversight.,"Shift work, long hours (10-12), dust from the truck yard, extreme ambient temperatures, and unreliable scanners are major drawbacks. Some will not want to drive trailers around the yard.",Build larger guard shacks with hard wired connectivity.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14878,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Student Associate,Great job for students on Campus,Inconsistent scheduling for work hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14879,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems enginner,Good place to grow as an individual,Tight deadlines and too much work presure,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P707.htm
14880,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Alright Pay, Terrible Management","- Okay Pay  - Ability to Choose Schedule  - Short Hours, Available OT  - Opportunities for Growth Within  - Kind Co-Workers","- Terrible Management  - Horrible Safety Team  - Very Unorganized  - High Turnover Rate (people quit, get fired, layed off)  - Promised 15 Minute Breaks (only an 8 minute break)","Some days, workers come in and scatter to every easy job because there is no schedule posted. Many times, the managers will pull people away from a busy conveyor line to work on a line that isn't as busy. It seems like the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing at this place. My advice would be to crack down on safety team to make sure they are doing their jobs and not just on their phones. Some days, lots of packages come down the conveyor belt and it's more than four hands can sort out. This causes packages to fall off the belt and they remain on the floor because while every associate is hard at work, the safety team is on Facebook or Twitter keeping up with their high school dramas! Some managers help out on the days that they are there while others sit at their desk looking at a computer screen the whole shift.  Seeing all of the safety hazards at the warehouse I worked made me file a report to OSHA and a few days later I was ""layed off"" on ""good terms"". Thankfully this was my second job and I'm happy I am out of there but I will say that between the safety team and management there is alot of favoritism and targeting occurring. The HR department worker was very nice but after pursuing these issues with the amCare department that deals with OSHA, I heard nothing back from HR or amCare and am now going to look into legal action against the facility.  Constructively they have a board for associates to write on about their problems and concerns which go answered BUT they are never actually corrected on a day to day basis.",1.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14881,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Warehouse,3-4 day weekend. Ok benefits,Horrible management. Long 12 hour days,Don't be a jerk just because you can,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14882,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant In Robotics,So far so Awesome,"First let me give you the bad. There is alot of miscommunication when it comes to the hiring process. I was lost in the system, wrong title, wrong pay, wrong mananger. They do everything that can to get this fixed ASAP. Just make sure and follow up and save all communications to refer back to. Now the good. Amazon makes you feel like a human and the welcome seems very genuine. The training in Leadership not only helps you on the job, but also in life. If you go with a negative attitude, you will leave with one so my advice is to go expecting great things from Amazon. You get what you are out of life. Amazon gives you the best perks for it so take the time to get to know your job, learn, learn, learn, and move up in the company. You will quickly see a Tier 1 Associate move to a Tier 3 in a matter of weeks or months. It's truly up to you. Safety is the number 1 priority along with the customer and the associates are a team no matter what your pay grade is. No one looks down on you and I love that. If they do, it doesn't show. So apply and take your life to the next level.",Miscommunication at the initial hiring stage.,Don't give so much training in 1 day.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14883,amazon,"West Sacramento, CA"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good pay but will work you to the bone.,- Constant hours - You can take a day off whenever you want as long as you have enough unpaid time off credits - Above minimum pay - No dress code - Part time benefits,"- Will work you to the bone, effort is not worth the pay - The better you are at the job, the harder it gets (you get more workload if manager finds out that you are good at the job) - Almost impossible expectations from management",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,none,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14884,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Field Transportation Specialist,TOM Team,Independence and flexibility within this team work environment contributes to high job satisfaction. You get to create solutions on the spot without constant oversight.,"Shift work, long hours (10-12), dust from the truck yard, extreme ambient temperatures, and unreliable scanners are major drawbacks. Some will not want to drive trailers around the yard.",Build larger guard shacks with hard wired connectivity.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14885,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Benefits, Ignore the BS!",Great Benefits. Higher than average pay for almost every position. Opportunities for advancement in almost every arena. Access to internal Amazon.com job board that spans the GLOBE.,"Coworkers, Personal Management. Baltimore is one of the worst rated places to work (for Amazon) in the country. The good managers and staff are always getting transfers out of state ASAP.","Remember your enthusiastic workers who don't have the resources to cut and run. Help they take care of their business, for the business, we're the ones that got you where you are.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14886,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal fulfillment,"Easy to move up, if you put in the work.","Part time hours sucks, lack of communication between management",Get on the same page,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14887,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - IT Manager,Great culture - but almost too big,Amazon hires and develops the best people. Great culture Working with top tier knowledgeable folks Able to manage without much interference by my regional mgr,"Almost too big, missing some big opportunities Leadership sometimes a little to preoccupied to see obvious Leadership lacking ability to see further down the road",Amazon boast a very easy lateral between organizations for non-management staff however for managers this is extremely challenging.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14888,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part Time Worker,Very chill place to work at,It's easy but it's tedious,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14889,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,I like the pace here,I don't have one really.,...........................................…………,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P708.htm
14890,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Associate,Unfair mangers Irvine California distribution,Needs trains all employees better including the new hires on what job functions are besides telling them.,Unfair mangement to employees some mangers favorite employees over others very unorganized. Equipment doesn't always work depending on shifts.,Needs to be mire organize and stop favoring certain employees and treat them all the same,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14891,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 11, 2017",Former Employee - Vice President Engineering,VP,you can learn anything and removing anyone in the industry,Too much working hours and no work life balance,take care of employees,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14892,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Don't recommend,"Decent pay, immediate benefits upon hiring","Long hours, time card/coding system inaccurate, as terminated via email without warning",none,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14893,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 23, 2017",Current Employee - Prep,Prep/Receiving,"Good Pay, Benefits, Retirement",Not very flexible regarding p/t schedule accommodation for seniors re-entering workplace.,"It costs more to keep hiring and training than to keep employee, make some adjustments, if needed, than to keep hiring by the mass and sort through new-hires like objects, not people. Learn to value the working person, no matter age, or disability.",5.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14894,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,Shift Flexibility and opportunity available,No fulltime shifts available,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14895,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Fullfillment Associate,Great benefits and excellent pay,Not very many to mention,More VTO sometimes,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14896,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I,Review,"Has a lot of benefits, like paying for your school etc..","They micromanage everything, they give you an allowance of time for your 10 hour shift to go use the restroom this is known T.O.T ( Time Off Task)","Care more for your level 1 employees, they are human not robots.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14897,amazon,"Sn Bernrdno, CA"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound,Logic in the stowing process,"Benefits, rewards, career training,","Mental stress, favoritism, unfairness, poor training","If there are fast stowers, teach a class on how to stow correctly with bin etiquette. A lot of your fast showers are cherry picking and using friends to bring them high quantity boxes. Where is the fairness. With all this competition, there will never be a group of team players because everyone is competing for there selves. Not for their team member, not for the customer, not even for Amazon. ONLY for their selves.",3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14898,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,They give free food. Also they're raffle are okay but I notice the ambassador always win,"The always flex up! The twilight shift is worse because it the middle shift and usually the busiest. There's always packages on the floor and people always walking over them. Also people don't scan or open the pallets right and usually that mess everything up. Also there's this upt (unpaid time off) you get 20hours.If you leave an hour before the flex up, you get 1 hour taken off.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14899,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,decent pay for a job,Over time is standard for amazon,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P709.htm
14900,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,DFW7/Haslet Location,"Upbeat atmosphere most of the time, cutting edge/progressive concepts",Lack of communication in management. Frequent IT issues which lead to people being sent home frequently Breaks are relatively short for the volume of employees at a given break time,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14901,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's a warehouse job,"stable, steady work, easy to get in to",they definitely care more about the bottom line than they do about you,listen to your employees more,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14902,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pantry associate,various opportunities to advance in career and access to many benefits.,"Long shifts, strict attendance policies, high expectations, uncomfortably hot work environment.",train associates up to prepare them for higher positions.,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14903,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Huge Goals, Not Sure How To Get There",-Leader in Innovation -Work on Challenging Projects -Learn a multitude of cross functionary skills -Nice Facilities,"-Looonngg Hours -Lower Pay compared to other 'tech' companies -Little Direction or Guidance, you basically have to figure out how to do your job on your own - Seattle weather is awful, Rains 10 out of 12 months of the year",Provide better training for new workers,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14904,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,New hire,"So far, so good. Great benefits.",Lot's of walking every day.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14905,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Alot of work and overtime,Make alot of money. Overtime,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14906,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"good pay, good hours to choose from",working overtime days in a row,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14907,amazon,"Chesterfield, VA"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Stower (Stocker) at Amazon FC,The people you work with are good for the most part The pay is decent,Very bad communication within the FC between managers and lowers.,"Better communication and treat employees better, not being so rude.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14908,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Decent Pay. Always overtime available,Everything else. short breaks. long hours,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14909,amazon,"Morton Grove, IL"," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Part Time Package Handler,No job security,Easy hire and decent hourly rate,Will be terminated for miscommunication between HR and Management (for example schedule changes that don't reflect in HR database thus accumulating attendance points to the point of automatic termination).,Improve communication,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P710.htm
14910,amazon,"Morton Grove, IL"," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Part Time Package Handler,No job security,Easy hire and decent hourly rate,Will be terminated for miscommunication between HR and Management (for example schedule changes that don't reflect in HR database thus accumulating attendance points to the point of automatic termination).,Improve communication,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14911,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Assoicate,Great Co-Workers Amazing Environment Great Benefits Awesome Management,Nothing really. I enjoyed my job,Keep crushing it Amazon! I'm so grateful to have been in part of your amazing organization. I hope one of these days I can work for you guys again.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14912,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - FC Operations Manager,Ops Manager,Surrounded by mostly good people and Associates. Pay and benefits are decent. Customer focus is phenomenal and what initially attracted me to the company.,"Amazon fulfills their customer demand on the backs of their employees (particularly the managers). Excessively long hours and non-stop OT in Operations - Fulfillment Centers. As a manager, you will chase processes endlessly and face unrelenting micromanagement. Senior managers have been promoted so quickly and are process-smart, leadership-poor. Many can't lead a squirrel out of a wet paper bag. GM/AGM lead based on the heat they get from their Regional Ops leadership.","Take better care of your employees/managers or you will dry up your labor pool! They cannot continually hear ""we need to schedule mandatory OT for another week due to customer demands and high volume."" It gets old and makes it difficult for the junior and mid-level managers to have to explain to employees who have lives outside of work.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14913,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Working at amazon,"Amazon good to work for because of the benefits and many locations throughout the Untied states. The people are supportive and a few managers actually care. Transfer to other facilities are a plus too,","The hours can be extremely long and over whelming, especially when you work a shift with no week days off and have to use your personal time.",Show some compassion and empathy you too were once a new associate.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14914,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Salesforce Developer,AWSome company to work for,Awesome work culture. Good work life balance.,Salary structure should be transparent.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14915,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,TPM,Ownership. Amazon allows their employees to truly own their product end to end.,Your experience strongly depends on your manager.,"It's not the end of the world if a date needs to change. Make sure you balance employee retention with being ""right a lot"".",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14916,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal customer service,"pay, lots of overtime, rewards and bonuses during peak","PRR surveys, time keeping sucks",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14917,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,"Great Company, Better Office","- Wide variety of challenging problems to solve and plenty of work to be done - The compensation is top notch. Even as a college grad SDE you'll probably be paid what a senior engineer is paid at the other large companies in Detroit. If you stay for a few years you'll be treated with much stock. - Office is very friendly and there's plenty of community-building events driven by a great office manager - Yes, you can transfer to Seattle just fine should you want to do that",- Monthly On call rotations with typically pretty heavy operational load. - Sometimes recently it seems like empire building is the true motivation behind some decisions (though it can always be framed with some LP like Customer Obsession),"Favor keeping the small, friendly startup feel of the office over building an empire",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14918,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Great place if you are skilled at not bringing work home with you,"Exciting projects, really smart people","The struggle for work/life balance is real, many shifting priorities",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14919,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment associate,"Excellent benefits for medical, dental, and vision",Standing on concrete floor for 10 hours.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P711.htm
14920,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Associate,MY! opinion of Amazon,Weekly pay on Fridays. Chance to leave early. Keeps you busy.,"Constant assignment shifting, PA's are either understanding or completely ignorant to you. Same goes for the Ambassadors.",Offer VTO at first stand up to public transportation associates first. That way they are stuck without any means of getting home. THEN offer VTO at 2nd stand up to those are able to drive themselves to and from.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14921,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Fulliment Associate,Great for first time job seekers or warehouse management pros,"healthcare offered is great, offer free coffee in breakrooms, free ladies hygiene products in restrooms","pay is not great, favoritism is rampant, and system of internal checks and balances for employee errors is horrible. do not train employee well which creates high turn over rate",improve on system for checks and balances and better training of associates,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14922,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Center Associate,"Work life balance, 2 fifteen minutes breaks and a 30 minute break fellow associates are very helpful 401k and benefits on your first day",You can not move up unless you have a degree or have been working with the company for 2 years long hours everything will hurt you are just a rate to them,Pay attention to your employees,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14923,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool Company,consistent hours. chill break room. can be fun depending on what you do,not flexible unless you've been working there for at least 90 days. picked my hours without knowing.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14924,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok if you have nothing else,Flexible Hours. Set your own schedule.,The app has no speed control and no reference for distance.,Get some experienced delivery people in management.,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14925,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker,over all I like working there because of the friendly people and positive environment.,The fact that you had to make an account to buy things at the snack bar during breaks.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14926,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Specialist,Great introduction in to the tech industry,really good work environment and great employees,A lot to learn and that can lead to a few headaches as you ramp up to your position,The agents know what they are looking for if you need help with new tools and ideas,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14927,amazon,"Crest Hill, IL"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Amazon Area Manager,"Great pay, good work/life balance, ability to make the right decision, advancements in your career, Fortune 5 company, amazing opportunity.","A lot of work, working holidays and long hours, not sure there are any other cons at this time. I'm sure the pros far outweigh the cons.",Keep listening and pushing forward.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14928,amazon,"Long Beach, CA"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Management Analyst,Management running a tight efficient team while increasing sales and creating morale to better further the business,Want to show this company how well i perform not only as a staff member but a mangement leader,I can except and over come all challenges while leading an amazing team,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14929,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Afe pack,Benefits start day 1. Get paid time off and own company stock,Long work days. Need higher pay,Communication,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P712.htm
14930,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - BI Engineer,Nice place to work,Great exposure to AWS tools. Helps increase our ownership and leadership skills.,Holidays are less and work pressure at times are high.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14931,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Associate,MY! opinion of Amazon,Weekly pay on Fridays. Chance to leave early. Keeps you busy.,"Constant assignment shifting, PA's are either understanding or completely ignorant to you. Same goes for the Ambassadors.",Offer VTO at first stand up to public transportation associates first. That way they are stuck without any means of getting home. THEN offer VTO at 2nd stand up to those are able to drive themselves to and from.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14932,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,Review of FC Distribution,- Great entry-level opportunity for those wanting to enter the company.,Horrible working conditions. Sketchy operations at best.,None,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14933,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,Great flexible hours and handle calls for customers,No medical benefits for part time,Benefits for part time employee,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14934,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Great benefits from the first day,There is a long hiring process,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14935,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pack,Amazon has wonderful benefits and a great work atmosphere.,the cons of working for amazon is that there is not enough family time,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14936,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,none,awesome service would recommend to anyone,no cons that i am aware of besides the time frames,work on your time frames,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14937,amazon,"Jersey City, NJ"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Great place to work,"Culture, salary, oportunity, location, stability",Five words requrement is done here,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14938,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New beginers,It is an exciting time to be an Amazonian since the company is continually coming up with new breakthroughs across wide ranges of markets.,When starting in a large company be weary of being pigeon holed to only doing a your tasks.,Continue to develop your entry level roles.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14939,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,kk,it's productive and eye opening,harsh on interns and difficult,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P713.htm
14940,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,awesome company to work for,"none to share, everything is good.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14941,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,The hours/ shifts are phenomenal if you enjoy hardwork,I was not being paid,none,1.0,none,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14942,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Great Opportunities,"Flexible and relaxed work environment Lots of opportunity to grow with in the company, mostly because along with looking at your CV they also look at your individual strengths. Not purely based on academics.",None to speak of at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14943,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Excellent place to work!,Fast paced but fun place to work at.,Perhaps look at expanding beyond Seattle,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14944,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Ops Lead,Sr.Ops Lead,Its really really fun always,there are no cons about this job,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14945,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a good place to work as a developer,There are a variety of opportunities at Amazon and a lot of things to learn.,It is really stressful sometimes.,none,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14946,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ehh unless desperate maybe this job would be good for you,The Pay is good that about it !,Managers have fun telling you what to do but dont like to listen Not a big discount 10 % off Its tug of war for hours,none,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14947,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Recieve,Eh,There is plenty of Over time if you want to work more hours,You are litterally never off MOT,Communication is key and DO NOT DRAG YOUR EMPLOYEES DOWN WITH YOU be better team players and better coaches,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14948,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Aug 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pending start date,None. Can't think of a single one,"They overstaff, or at least it seems. They give out direct job offers to thousands of people without actually having enough available positions. They give you an immediate job offer with no specific start date. They inform you to wait until a spot is open and it needs to be filled. (It's like how airlines overbook flights, they sell more seats than available to make sure that the flight is at full capacity)  Amazon talked about how their hiring over 50,000 people, when in reality it could be months before you actually start working.  The HR Department works more like a temp staffing agency. It's ridiculous. Don't give someone a job offer without an actual open position. Also, if you want to communicate to the HR Department, you have to do it through chat or email. There's not an actual phone number. I wonder why?","You know what you're doing. You're advertising the fact that Amazon is creating jobs in America, to make your company look good. There aren't 50,000 open positions. Stop giving false hope to the American working class.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14949,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Hard work, decent pay","Decent pay, benefits and promotion opportunity","The breaks are short with limited time to get from your station and back again, some areas are nicely ventilated, some are very hot. Employees are expected to keep their stations stocked and cleaned, but most do not.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P714.htm
14950,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,"Good money, constant check and hours.",hiring process took over a month after being told I got the job.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14951,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 6, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Don't expect to go far...,"Great, growing company with very good benefits.","Low pay (at least for Tier 1), no merit system, too many managers straight out of college without a clue, very little realistic room for advancement without a 4yr degree.","Promote from within: the people who have ""feet on the ground,"" and stop assuming that someone is competent just because they have a college degree.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14952,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,full,fun fair easy money time,loud management scary not great pay,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14953,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Journ,"Great vacation time off several paid holidays, guaranteed 40 hours, medical paid for the employee, that's the only real benefits","Management very shady and dishonest, poor equipment very out dated and unreliable low pay for trade no additional training I could go in but you get the point I'm sure",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14954,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,For 12.00 per hour and the benefits are great,"They are rude, they say they will fix something and won't do what they said. The HR team don't have a clue of what they are doing.",none,1.0,none,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14955,amazon,"Easton, PA"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard Work. Good People.,Great benefits. Wonderful co-workers. A well respected and reputable organization. Very easy to be hired and is a good job to hold you over until you find something you can do in the long run. They really emphasize safety.,"The work is soul crushing and physically demanding. Sometimes people lack professionalism due to the warehouse environment. The heavy emphasis on rate negates any real work they try to do to emphasize safety and work processes (people will do anything to make rate, including ""cheat""). Also, the hours are long.",Emphasize quality and not quantity even though Amazon is a Goliath of an organization and probably won't ever sacrifice numbers for quality.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14956,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment Center Associate,Work a ton of hours per week,Tough to work in a warehouse for 12 hours per day,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14957,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Amazing place to learn and grow,"I was a college hire at AWS. In two years time I grew from an entry level engineer to Senior Engineer and than to a Solutions Architect. I got to work with super smart people who challenged me to be at my very best. If you are passionate about your work, love unique challenges and want a path to accelerated growth, this is the company for you.  There are a lot of opportunities to learn in Amazon from internal training to attending conferences and to switching teams. The learning curve never ends but all of it requires dedication and passion. If you are looking for a laid back 9-5 job this is not a company for you.",- Demanding environment you have to be at your very best to grow in the company. - Benefits are not the industry best but are above average. - Constant need to learn and grow yourself to be successful.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14958,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jul 15, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,Great to place work at and has opportunities move up faster.,Work can be very hard and some aremangers indifferent and frustrating at times.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14959,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Sortation Associate,Hard Work but fun,Amazon is a great place to work if you want to work. If you want to be lazy then you might not like the environment. The schedule works for my life and VTO is offered daily if you want it in off peek times.,the warehouse is hot and there is not enough fans not enough extra time offered,Reward hard workers not just those who clock in.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P715.htm
14960,amazon,"Eugene, OR"," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - AIV Customer Service Representative,Amazon instant video customer service,"Work from home, voluntary time off during slow times, fun incentive programs.","Limited training, varied work hours",Train managers better,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14961,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon,Great benefits right from day one.,"Constant changing, favoritism, no recognition system, you'll end up doing 3 people's jobs if you're good enough but never get recognized for your hard work, management doesn't listen, only care about numbers, some people can advance some can't, more of you have to know someone type of system, strictly based on interview and not job performance, breaks are short.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14962,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good for someone who needs a job, fast.",Competitive Wages Good Benefits Raises every 6 months,"Hard Labor Repetitive duties, meant for robots Favoritism Not enough breaks","Understand that we're not robots, we're people.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14963,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area nabager,"Pay, Benefits, fast pace, opportinies","Lots of overtime, lots of pressures, and so much more",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14964,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It's a good job, with good benefits, but you'll work hard every day for it.",You will receive health benefits staring day one. Full time associates get paid vacation and ten hours of personal time starting out. You also get monthly performance bonuses.,"You may have to work a lot of hours. Sometimes that means you'll be working sixty hours per week. heavy lifting, it's just rough on your body",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14965,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy Hire/decent $ MANUAL LABOR,Easy quick hire GED ONLY $12.75hr/OR time half good leaders,Fast HIGH turn over very hard work to have good numbers if you want to keep job...1 30min 2/15 min breaks include walk time BIG PLANT,even with the high turnover rate try to pay better attention to the quality workers you do have so that you can give them the extra attention they need versus the others and you probably would have a better turnover rate,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14966,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Program Manager,HR Program Manager,"Amazing people, endless opportunity to innovate and drive change. Cool to be a part of a company that has so much potential in so many ways!","Need to ensure you set boundaries to maintain work-life balance otherwise it can quickly get away from you. Also, expect to have a lot of Manager churn.","Take time to listen to what your employees need. Can easily feel like a ""work horse"" environment because there are very little to no employee perks. You will get more from your employees if you make them feel appreciated and recognized.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14967,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Big Impact in terms of numbers, customers, people. Good work will be noticed","Bad Managers, no work life balance",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14968,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,A fantastic entry-level job for those willing to do physical work,"Consistent Schedule Paid Time Off Friendly & Upbeat Workplace Good Salary Regular Raises At 6 Months, 1 Year, 2 Years, etc. Career Skill Courses & College Funding Available",Inconsistent Workload Slow Promotion Process,More attention could be focused on the associates' training when it comes to climbing the company ladder. Make it more streamlined to grow relevant skills and excel within the company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14969,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Nice place to work,Great benefits such as tuition reimbursement and pay,Mundane and boring work in the warehouse,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P716.htm
14970,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Nice place to work,Great benefits such as tuition reimbursement and pay,Mundane and boring work in the warehouse,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14971,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Work from home, flexible hours most of the time",Amazons servers sometimes are not 100 percent reliable.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14972,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - FC Tier I,Great benefits but hard work,They have awesome benefits. Medical Vision and Dental. 14 weeks 100% paid maternity leave plus 6 weeks for your partner. Stocks after 2 years and variable comp bonuses every month based on attendence and building performance.,It's hard work and there arent any education requirements so you work with some interesting people (to put it nicely). Overtime is killer too. Sometimes we will work overtime for months without a break.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14973,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding and challenging,"Promotion from within, education support, stock and monthly bonus, great benefits. Vacation time and personal time, unpaid time off from day one.","Fading humanity, the company line is all the new hires know. Little if any true personal interest from corporate office.",Don't forget the employees are people,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14974,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,It's a great company to work for,To take an interest in their employees,Be hands on with the employees,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14975,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great to start career and challenges,may not be the best company to compensate on food and other things,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14976,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Made fun of & Humiliated on first day!,"This is my third time with Amazon. This is also the first time I've experienced such Appalling Behavior & this level of un-organisation. The ""perks"" are always a plus, but not worth it when I've already had a PTSD breakdown... On my first D!!!! day!","First we find out our Pay Changed after hire. Differential is NOT the $2.00 per hour, as we were told at hire, it is only .50! That was a huge shock!  Next... Pay days changed three (3) times since hire.. Shock #2 was that I now must rearrange all of the bills I've already committed to paying, on this next Friday!  To add salt to my already wounded moral, I was literally Made Fun Of & Humiliated, on first day, by two seasoned, female, mean girls, employees who were training to be.... Safety Class Trainers! I left in tears and was not even Mentally Healthy to drive! Cried the rest of the evening & awoke crying this am.","When you have your ""new hires"" take a class on Ethics, Harassment & the ""hostile work environment"", Amazon, Please first insure that Your current Amazon employees... have not already created one!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14977,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Not all bad,The benefits there are great,Managers really need more training,none,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14978,amazon,"Moreno, Riverside, CA"," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Seasonal Associate,Americas legal version of a sweatshop,This was the worst job I have ever worked. I dont have much positive to say about it. I canceled my amazon prime account after working here because I feel that amazon treats their employees very terribly.,"Prison Culture (seriously, you are looked at like a possible criminal. You are searched every time you leave the building, you have to walk through prison bars, and you always have cameras focused on you.)  Micro Managing ( Seriously, dont do anything wrong, or you will hear about it from multiple people multiple times. ""Check the movie office space""  Discouraged use of tech ( for being a tech based company, they discourage the use of your cell phone. Amazon assumes you are going to do something bad with your phone if you bring it in.)  Expectation of metrics. ( in my department, you have the expectation of packing, securing, labeling, and taping a box every 30 seconds. To accomplish this, you have to run a very fast pace. You are essentially expected to run a sprinting pace for $11.00 an hour. You can find a better job.  Extremely boring. (You cannot listen to music, you cannot listen to your audible account, it is way to loud to talk. Just the sweet sound of production machines for 10 hours non stop.  Employees dislike their job. (seriously, mostly everyone that is production hate their job, Amazon has a pretty high turn over rate. The person i talked to in my department who was not a manager, or involved in some form of leadership has only been there 2 weeks, and he was the senior employee","All the manager I met were very nice, and trying to make the best of their situation, but I did not get the impression these people really liked their jobs, and had a little bit of ill feelings towards amazon. The only advice I can give is that management should not accept the terrible conditions them self.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14979,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment assoc,The Pay per hour is great,Standing long hours on Concrete,none,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P717.htm
14980,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It depends what you're looking for...,"Good benefits, work 4 days a week","Terrible transparency, omits information in order to get you sucked in, 12 hour shifts with expected unpaid overtime work, results in bad impact on hourly associates","This job really depends on a person's personality, not their qualifications.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14981,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jul 2, 2017",Former Employee - Fresh Associate,Not Built for Everyone,-Flexible hours -Decent pay -Hands on Training -Benefits for part timers,-Lots of walking(not to bad) -You are required Work in 30 degree and -10 degrees to oick orders. Due to the cold conditions my fingertips were frozen every night. I couldnt handle working in the freezer which caused me to quit. Wish I wouldve been able to stick it out.,- Rotate employees frequently from the refrigerator & freezer to the warmer areas.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14982,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr data engineeer,great company for fresher to start a career,no visibility about career path progress,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14983,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Company low pay,managers do not bother you much unless you are not doing your job to their liking,"Alot of work, speaking with customers back to back, answering chat and emails at same time.",Only checks in when you are messing up. Does not give you props for good work,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14984,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,hated it,met some good people while working here,you are just a number to these people. they dont trully value their employees which is why they have such a high turn-over.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14985,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Not all bad,The benefits there are great,Managers really need more training,none,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14986,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Only work here temporarily unless you hate yourself,Pay is good if you don't have any prior experience working a full time job.,Get's very boring very fast. Start looking for another job pronto.,Let employees listen to music. It would make the day a whole lot better.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14987,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,Great Co-workers for the most,"Management lacks professional maturity,very stressful environment, disorganized leadership,poor training,not much room for advancement,empty promises.","Better training,stay consistent with roles and responsibilities of associates, this should not change by the hour.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14988,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Career growth opportunities,"Great pay Great atmosphere Great people ( associates ) Great benefits ( 401 k, stock options free after two years service, paid training, and career growth ).",Pack goals per hour are a little high and if you don't hit goals writes up will ensue till termination.,Treat people how you would want to be treated.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14989,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good place to work,very friendly staff and good work environment,i don't have any cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P718.htm
14990,amazon,"Green Bay, WI"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Its ok,Love being able to work from home,Frequent shift changes. Have to work weekends,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
14991,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate I,Pretty decent,"Excellent benefits, time off, and decent pay for the area.",It's genuinely amazing that the facility stays open with how poorly it is managed.,Actually listen to your employees! They do in fact know a thing or two aboit the function yhe perform every day.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
14992,amazon,"Carlsbad, CA"," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Sorter,One of the worst places ever,Good for people with no social lives Good for those that Don't mind serious manual labor for chump change (Speaking as a sorter on the graveyard shift) Drivers usually are nice if you take the time to load the trucks correctly.,Disorganized Messy Supervisors only seem to start helping when someone has the gall to stop the line once everyone is litterally burried in boxes Virtually no benefits No sick days No holidays Need I say more?,Stop upping the package count until you are sure that you have the people to handle it. Stop punishing people who care if the packages actually get to the destination in one piece Maybe have some different schedule for holidays so at least some people get to spend it with family. Be involved before things get so messy that it is litterally a race against the clock!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
14993,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,They have great benefits..amazon is very versatile..they also have a lot of opportunities..,The hours .. the Mot ..and peak season,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
14994,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruitment Manager,"Good salary, good employees, good atmosphere","long hours, you need to be motivated,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
14995,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Perks benefits and good money,Long hours slightly boring,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
14996,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Entry Level,Run Away as Fast as You can,"Zero Pros, absolutely zero pros",Inhuman working conditions Management lies about everything Earned bonus was not paid when I resigned Ridiculous starting pay,Get your head out of the laptop and see what's going on. There are people all around you who are working themselves to death and all you do is look at a computer screen. Why is it more attractive to hire a clueless 22 year old right out of college than promote a veteran with management experience and a degree. It makes zero sense but it's your loss. What a ridiculous way to run a company.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
14997,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stocking,Money was good and the benefits was good,10 hours on your feet all day,None,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
14998,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Numerous Benefits,Amazon provides a means to travel and stocks. The work culture is ever changing and fast pace.,You are in charge of your growth and it's more an environment that you will have to move into different offices and departments to move ahead.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
14999,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Assocaite,4days a week 4hours a day,"there is not a fixed position you will be scanning packages one day and loading trucks the other day , and sometimes wrapping pallet",Ask people what role they want to take.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P719.htm
15000,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,It's really great to work with some of the great minds and i was really happy with the overall growth,work life balance is not so great,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15001,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good place for entry jobs,Good health benefits and a reputable company if you are looking on using the name to get a better job,"Very little chance for advancement, management positions are filled with little regard to tenure or experience in the workings of the company.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15002,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Good benefits killer work,Long hours hard work good benefits,Disorganized and dangerous in a PIT environment,Clean up!,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15003,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Stow,My experience,I loved the new features in the building,I felt like a number,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15004,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Think carefully before accepting a position at Amazon Fulfillment Centers.,"Pay is quite high. Be mindful though and do the math... most compensation is tied to tenure ...from signing bonuses, for RSUs (restricted stock units), as well as yearly increases all are tied to a vesting schedule that is up to 4 years long on most occasions. We do this for two reasons... 1) retention is horrifically low at fulfillment centers so anything to incentivize tenure (we're not above bribery!). 2) The vast majority of Amazon managers have very short tenures at Amazon, so few make it through to the end of their vesting schedule and they therefor never realize their full compensation. So it's easy to offer a high rate of pay when one knows most managers will never realize their full compensation.  The ego boost for working for such a respected brand is enticing. Amazon is fully aware of this and will leverage it as needed.  Promotional opportunities exist if you are willing to relocate.  You will work with some really bright folks who are driven and motivated.","Be aware of what you see online (Linkedin, Facebook, Web career site, etc.) about community involvement, volunteerism, corprate team building exercises and the 'look at how much fun we are having and how amazing it is to work here!!!' vibe is/are 100% corporate ativities. They do not exist in the field, in any capacity, whatsoever. It's simply marketing to entice candidates.  Amazon is a 24/7/365 business. So expect to work overnights as well. Yes the recruiter will deftly avoid answering schedule questions, yes even if you are lucky enough to initially get a coveted day shift. Yes regardless of your kids, husband/wife's schedule. Reality is people transfer, resign or get promoted all at breakneck speed at Amazon which means in very short order there will be a vacancy on overnight that needs to be filled... you can protest but it won't do much good.  Communication is sorely lacking. Communication to help shape a common purpose or best practices or really anything is almost non-existent in the Amazon Fresh business. It doesn't exist in the business as a whole nor in any building I've worked in.  Zero work life balance. I've heard rumors that Jeff Bezos himself said he hates that term. The culture reflects that.  Within a Fulfillment Center you will never work less than a 12hr day. My experience is that 14hr-16hr days for myself and my peers is the expectation and the norm. That is 5 days a week and you can expect your boss to call/email/text you on your days 'off'. By the way this is in no way tied to a peek season schedule.... this has been the norm my whole time at Amazon whether it's December or June. Keep in mind that you will be on your feet almost the entire 12-16hr shift there are no offices (nor almost any tables or chairs) in Amazon Fresh buildings. Kind of a funny aside... people at Amazon (due to work schedule and stress I believe) all look older than they are. There are plenty of red sunken eyes, heavy heads, premature wrinkles really just general body language that screams 'I'm tired'.  One of Amazon's Leadership Principles is 'Frugality'. Generally a good principal to live by, I believe. It is a negative though as it pertains to associate incentives, moral and recognition at Amazon Fresh. No matter how hard folks work on completing some genuinely difficult projects or tasks there is a miniscule budget to run contests or recognize outstanding contribution. You would hope that someone in Seattle would acknowledge that an occasional pizza party won't impact profitability terribly and can just be a genuinely thoughtful gesture that would be appreciated. But alas that is not the case.  I could go on about a number of other 'con's but in short... Amazon treats its employees (from associates to level 7+ managers) as commodities to be exploited. Chances are excellent this work will cause you and your family significant stress due to extremely long hours and time away from home. Even during your limited time away from work you will be so tired and fried that you will be a mere shell of your former self.  If you are prepared to basically give up a personal life, family, vacation, working out ...really everything not Amazon related and pick up an oar on a 1st century ship crossing the ocean than Amazon is for you. After all the money is good. You might be that one in a hundred who has a fulfilling career in an FC but chances are excellent you will dislike the job and if you can afford to, you will leave as so many before you have. Good luck you beautiful, unique, amazing snowflake if you decide to join!","Giving people a common purpose, better communication and a mere semblance of time off work will in the long term only benefit the organization.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15005,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Awful,3 days off consecutively,"Slavelike, hard labor, superiors never happy with even good performance",none,1.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15006,amazon,"Braselton, GA"," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,easy to get on.they hire anybody hence the big turn over rate,"safety class for forklift and lift truck was a joke to the current employees who conducted the class, very poorly organized and conducted. advertised pay scale was actually 3 dollars less an hour. pay scale was very low compared to other businesses in the area.after training 2 days received recorded call stating that mandatory overtime 60 hours a week the next week .schedule online was not accurate and was told would work week would be one thing and then at orientation was told a totally different. hired for one position but the 1st day a work was told something else. very disappointed in the company expected more and got less. if you have family or a life you participate in this is not a job for you. p they hire anybody of any skill set. it's just a matter of time before they replace the people with more robotics.","pay scale needs attention you pay the people who do the most work the least amount of money. make sure the people you have doing your training is qualified to train new people when safety is paramount for those you put on order pickers 30 ft in the air. Also, the trainer made a sexual innuendo during the class , re train your supervisors",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15007,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Universal Receive,Ftw1 Dallas is not what it seems like in the beginning,"A set 10 hr work schedule, you work four days out of the week.","Everything sounds good when you go into orientation pto, vto, paid vaccation and the benefits but once you actually start working it's HELL. For one you are told to put in vacation time 24 hrs before you want to take it but when you do it never gets approved by your managers and when you finally realize its not approved you have to constantly keep going up to different ones to see if its done or not. The managers are always switching out and it takes a long time for you to get another one. Then they're rude when you try to come up to them and ask a simple question, its like the only time you get talked to is when you kiss their butt 24/7 and the people who are cool with them get warnings instead of everyone else who get write ups. When i started i had found out i was pregnant, the benefits that were supposedly given to all employees turns out you have to wait a whole year to get them and as i got bigger of course i got tired and i all i got was ""why are you sitting down?"" or ""well we cant show you special treatment because you're pregnant"" and since i needed a job at the time i just took it and continued working and when it was time to leave HR MISPLACED MY FILE AND I WENT ALMOST 3 MONTHS WITH OUT PAY AND EVERY TIME I CALLED I JUST GOT THE RUN AROUND I HAD TO CALL THE ETHICS LINE TO COMPLAIN AT LEAST 2-3 TIMES then finally by the grace of God i got someone who actually listened. And most importantly you need to keep track of your time because there has been many instances where i had to go to hr and talk to them about the system taking too much time out of the day to the point it didn't even make sense and when they over hire and its slow be cautious because they will find any reason to fire you or tell you that you have a lot of write ups that you were not aware of, there's also alot of stealing going on so BR AWARE","Get different people in HR and managers who actually want to work and do their job right and help the hard working amazonian s with out eye rolls and attitude and people who know what they are talking about, they also need to better communicate with leadership because when i asked either one its two different answers or ""no that's not right who told you that""",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15008,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They treat employees unfairly,Can't think of any,They treat veterans like crap,"My husband got fired for ""joking"" with another employee about rate. He told her she needed to slow down, just being funny bc that's what everyone does there and he got fired. This left our family without income and insurance. During the appeal other employees said that they do joke about that and he still got fired. I didn't know discrimination was part of Amazon, guess I was wrong. Thanks for putting my husband in an awful depression.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15009,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Learning, growth, plenty of opportunities","Work pressure, fewer benefits, frugality shouldn't apply to perks",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P720.htm
15010,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Important first step in my career,Being on the warehouse floor day in and day out molded who I am today in this digital world and that's a gift that's hard to find from most jobs.,"While being beneficial to my development, the work was quite tedious and strenuous on Mr and my social life if you understand how I'm feeling",While,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15011,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Depends on where you work within Amazon,"I love the overall culture of AMZN and the opportunity to work with so many talented and intelligent people. The location also can't be beat...simply put, Seattle is awesome!","Everything depends on the manager and department you work in at Amazon. Unfortunately, there's no way to accurately vet that before joining. While the culture is strong throughout the company, it isn't strong enough to avoid the scenarios of poor ego focused managers. While that's not unique to AMZN, it can be magnified with the type A personalities that are attracted and recruited to AMZN.","The culture is significantly better than what it was a few years ago and I believe that is a direct result of a focus from management. So many talented people have left in the past because of a poor work environment, but it has changed....so, stay the course!",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15012,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,goodd,"decent pay, part time, easy to get along with co workers","no room for advancement, please revamp cssm",none,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15013,amazon,"Monee, IL"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,so far so good!,things are fast and not always repetitive as well as benefits and pay are great for a non skilled job...,interview and application process is slow like reallllly slow over 2 months of twiddling thumbs at this point,none so far,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15014,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,"Ok pay, hire on spot, helps pay for college",They are quick to fire people for any little thing,Pay attention to the people that work hard.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15015,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Excellent atmosphere to work in.,"Too focused on tech, no respect for other divisions",Keep a balance between all departments.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15016,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Management,Phenomenal leadership and ability to risk in with new ideas.,Work/life integration hard to attain at times.,"Be both customer obsessed, as well as, employee obsessed.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15017,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,"The pros about working at Amazon, there is lots of growth opportunities.",Management is never really around.,Supervise the associates. The people that want to work get discouraged. Stop hiring lazy people.,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15018,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Package Handler,Packing,Good starting pay. Until you get injured.,"Got hurt on job, on L & I. And found out today that Amazon cut off my insurance by putting down that I was on leave of absence. Are you kidding me. How is that legal, when they get monthly reports from my L & I specialty doctor. Finally got a release from them and was told need to see my PvP to get release from them and can't do that due to Amazon cutting insurance off with no notice of any kind and unlawfully putting me down as a leave of absence instead of work related injury. Very disappointed in Amazon. How cheap and criminal can you be.",Need to have an HR number for people to call. Or do you not want employees to call about how you are.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15019,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good benefits,"Good compensation, and benefits from day one, a lot of perks and motovation.","Short breaks, and work is physically demanding",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P721.htm
15020,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Large Company well known across the country,Goals were unreachable by almost all pickers. Jobs were only temporary with no advancement. Employees were coming and going very quickly.,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15021,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Great Pay and Benefits,"The pay is good, and the healthcare benefits are amazing.","Lots of employees are written up or fired without warning. This is at all levels. This will indeed cause you to save your money, because you never know when you will be walked out. Could be a fantastic place to work, but mid-level and senior-level leadership is poor which is going to ruin this great company one day.","Care about people. They are your backbone. Without the people picking, packing and stowing (Who are some of the same people buying), this company would not be where it is. If the stock price is climbing, do not create problems where there are none.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15022,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,H1 B abuse,"Growing Company, exciting times to be in eCommerce",H1 B abuser and wrecking the city with its endless development,"Start looking locally, there are many qualified people in Seattle area",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15023,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,Well pay and lots of benefits.,The managers aren't trained well.,none,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15024,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Pantry Associate/Fulfillment Warehouse,I like it. But you have to work hard and work many hours to get recognition. I like the overtime and benefits.,"Benefits of wet dental, great medical vision and 401 k are really good, good work out . Offer lunch sometimes. Clean Nice and beautiful environment and break room..","Long hours,short breaks. Wish we could at least an hour break for working over 10 -11 hours a day along with a 15 min break.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15025,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Business Systems Analyst,Great tech company.,"If you always like challenging the status quo, then this is the place for you. This is a place for people who live and breathe innovation and constant change in the technology space.",None that I can think of.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15026,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good workplace and place to learn,Management Workplace Support Guidance Great place to work great learning to upcoming technologies,Not much of cons but the pressure during the holidays season were unthinkable and it required all of your holidays to be spent in office,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15027,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Decent yet Chaotic,"- I work on a great team, and the process for Career advancement is cut and clear.",- Lots of teams that are only loosely aware of each other need to interact. This creates a lot of bottlenecking on other teams,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15028,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Low paymasters,Good quality projects to work on.,"Unrealistic deadlines and if you have a bad boss, life is tough",Dont bring in people at the wrong pay grade/level. I am looking to quit soon because of this and no one has my skill set.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15029,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,The REAL - Operations Manager,"In management compensation is aggressive. For people coming out of school as Area Managers, the salary is high for a first job. For professionals coming from another company/field they tac on a robust signing bonus that gets baked into your salary for the first two years. Stock options vest after two years. 4 day work week in most cases with 3 days off in a row. Benefits are good and on par with any good company. A lot of opportunities for growth (not necessarily as a leader but in position and pay) if you play the game. If you are willing to relocate (which they will pay for) and you are well-liked, you will get promoted simply because there is that much need because of the company's growth.","First I'll say that there is not a strong company culture so the experience can vary greatly depending on the Senior leadership team of each site. My experience is from OAK4 which is literally the worst FC in the company to work (based on employee surveys). Firstly, job specific training was virtually non-existent. The first week of training is geared at showing you each part of the operations from the associate's perspective. You will spend time actually doing each of the repetitive tasks that associates do every day. The second week is leadership training but not for your specific role. They just go over things like how to log on to VPN, company videos and where to find certain resources. After that the experience can vary. I showed up to my site with no welcome and told to follow certain people for extended periods of time. There was no circling back or review of learnings, it was literally follow this person and pick up what you can. There was not a big investment made. Many said it's because turnover is so high, but I would argue the reverse, that turnover is so high because of the lack of investment. While the pay is good, the 2-year bonus is there so that you have to aggressively try to move up. There really isn't a place for someone that doesn't want to get promoted. So keep it to yourself if that is your reality. Trust very few people, and work to parlay it into a better opportunity within the first two years would be my advise. After two years when the bonus runs out it won't be worth it. Get your first vest and be ready to move on. The 4 day schedule can change quickly and fairly often with little notice. Some sites rotate it regularly on a schedule, and some just change it based on needs. Most sites do front half (Sun-Wed) and back half (Wed-Sat) days and nights. A lot of people don't like nights and most don't like back half, but with both of those the crazy goes away a bit as a consolation prize. The 4 day thing can temporarily go away at the drop of a dime. If business needs says that there needs to be a 5th day, Senior leadership will make the call. The lead time on this could be as little as a day and it could go on for weeks at a time. Same with longer shifts. Associates work 10 hours, so as a leader expect an 11-12 hour norm due to pre-shift and post-shift meetings. When the associates get put on mandatory 12 hour shifts naturally it extends the leaders to 13-14 hours. This can be mitigated but not avoided. Even if you work very efficiently you will fall in this range. If you don't, it'll be even longer. There is not much true leadership development. Development often is learning new things and becoming more of an expert about the operations. However, not much in the realm of real leadership development that will be transferable and helpful in your career after Amazon. Obviously this depends a lot on your supervisor, but it's not made important, and therefore difficult to do even if the desire is there, due to competing demands. You will have to manage much more than you lead. There is extreme micro-managing and constant bullying. Managers get things done out of fear of consequences not of a true belief that what they are doing is the right thing. The amount of unnecessary email communication is frankly ridiculous. You will end up deleting over a thousand emails a day (no exaggeration). The important stuff is mixed in there so get control of that quickly through rules and email organization. While it is possible to avoid, the overwhelming volume often encourages people to log on often from home and get the emails sent to their phone. It's a personal choice. Very low integrity in terms of reporting. 80% of the people pencil-whip 80% of the reports. Trying to do it the right way will extend your hours and add a lot of pressure. From an HR perspective it's tough as well. Not a strong HR culture and I found that most of the people were just overmatched in terms of what they were asked to do. It's pretty scary the things that went on from inappropriate relationships to flat out lies and integrity issues. This was the scariest part of my experience as I felt that it could all come crumbling down.","Senior management doesn't care so my advice will be to Operations Managers and Area Managers. For Area Managers, most of which are early in their career, don't be fooled by the nice paycheck. It's definitely a good salary out of school but don't be complacent. Just because they moved you to the middle of nowhere where you know no one doesn't mean you should spend every waking hour working. Set yourself up for the future and control your experience. Ask yourself, ""is this sustainable?"". If not then move up as much as you can and parlay it into something that is. Open doors for yourself and not just at Amazon. The experience is not the same everywhere else. Amazon is a respected company, and with a decent salary already under your belt, you WILL have opportunities. Keep your eyes open. For Operations Managers, decide whether or not you want to be a Senior. If yes, great, try to make that happen and good luck. If no, look for those opportunities elsewhere. It's pretty much a 2 year expiration date in the Ops Manager role. Take the money and run.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P722.htm
15030,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,The hours are great for anyone,It is very far away,Amazing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15031,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,"Benefits, Salary, Locations, growth, Fun",Young management that have never managed people,Allow the management to engage the people more and learn to accept the feedback in a positive manner,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15032,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Amazon Area Manager,Working for most customer centric company,base salary low but weighted more on stocks,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15033,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,ICQA,"really great benefits package, love having option to leave when I don't feel like mworking","constantly working, very physical , the pay could be better",Really listen to employee suggestions,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15034,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Virtual Customer Service,Easy hiring process Flexibility Working from home,Inadequate training Lethargic computer access Difficult to really get many things done Pay is too low for what is expected Constant team management changes,Make processes to really help customer's easier Don't make so many changes to team management in a short period of time Fix the computer system access for at home workers Offer pay systematic pay increases for those who meet metric standards,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15035,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Tech I,tech 1,they have plenty of jobs to work at,not treated well in any thing you do,dont play the politic game you will loose,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15036,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work!,Great Pay but very hard work!,Ten-hours a day four days a week.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15037,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,"Hours, Work From Home, Virtual","Pay, Customers, Length to be promoted",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15038,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,Amazon life,Good pay and benefits Advancement opportunity,Long hours Favoritism towards employees Like being in high school all over,Keep a close eye on employees,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15039,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,"Fastpace, friendly, growth, highstandards, busy","Hot, overtime, management, break, hours",Everything is fine,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P723.htm
15040,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Racist Leadership/Ineffective Human Resources,Generous sign on bonus and stock,"You have to commit to 2 and 4 years to fully benefit from sign on bonus and stock HR organization is poor-bad attitudes, turn on whistleblowers, make excuses for violations of their own policies, allow racially offensive comments to be excused by managers 12-14 hour days are a norm-exploit salaried employees Unreasonable workloads",Terminate managers who violate the harassment and conduct policies Train your HR teams appropriately-they need to learn by example Internal interviews are a waste of time if the position doesn't really exist,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15041,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Worst job ever,"Good pay (about eleven seventy five an hour) but you have to use a temp agency to start with, which means no benefits, and they take part of your pay,","No talking Lots of walking No music HEAT and lots of it 15 minute breaks last only 5-7 minutes, because of the time it takes to walk to the breakroom, which you have to use",Change everything. Allow breaks. Stop being so shady.  (stop making a minimum amount of words necessary),1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15042,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Business Analyst,Experience innovation at work. Fast paced culture,Need to find a mentor initially if you are new to the culture.,Should do a better job at onboarding new external hires,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15043,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazonian,"Fast pace job, wonderful benefits , promotions are always available",Very far work place,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15044,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fulfillment center,Helps you out of your comfort zone Easy to make more money,They don't care about safety If you don't pay attention you will get taken advantage of.,Care more about associates and their needs.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15045,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Outpack,Amazon treatment,You get the benefits the very first day.  401 k after the first month  Point system that you can use to get free stuff and or even a paid day off.  Managers are kind and strong group of people,They keep pushing you to do better even if you maxed out on skill,I got nothing. Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15046,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My opinion,"I do love working at Amazon SAT-2, we have a lot of fun","I'm full time seasonal and on my first day I [with a few other people] was told my assessment score was low and could not convert for 90 days, while every body else could do it in 10. One guy asked why, what caused it to be low, the person telling us refused to answer that question","I think the assessment test is unfair [not the assessment itself, but the results of the tests], partly because it generally does not allow the test taker to input explanations. For example, I think I said that management would use their authority to do hurt someone if they didn't return their like/love in return. I know it's not suppose to be that way and it hasn't happened at Amazon yet, but my opinion is that people in authority can and often do abuse their positions of power.  I don't believe in pride, per se, such a thing is against my religious convictions. While I believe in confidence, I don't believe in self-confidence, things like confidence and esteem are suppose to be in God, not self. This idea of self-esteem and self-love, taught by psychicologist [combination of psychic and psychology, which all psychologist are] like Dr. James Dobson is anti-scriptural.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15047,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Pretty satisfied good part time job to pick up a few hours.,Incentives. Work at your own pace but with goals. Decent pay with opportunities to work quite a few hours. Very good to pick up a couple of hours on the side.,Some employees aren't experienced or knowledgable. Same shift and same schedule. Won't change. Not much opportunity to move up in the workplace.,None,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15048,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Overall a good experience with only a few small issues.,Saftey is a number one priority. Provide fun activities when things are getting busy.,"Management can sometimes be unorganized and take a long time to make simple decisions. Will over hire often. Everything is constantly changing, the job is always changing from month to month.",Consistancy between shifts would be nice.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15049,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,There is a job for everything,It's Amazon and that's about it.,"Very hard to get promoted. The pay scale is ridiculous, meaning do not expect your second or third year to receive a big boost in your salary. You'll be lucky if you get 2 more RSUs!",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P724.htm
15050,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"Simple job, you don't have to serve anyone.",It will be a workout.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15051,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Jul 29, 2017",Current Employee - Teir One Associate,Over all,Benefits are great. Other employees are like family,Pay is not that great. The management has favorite employees and not on skill base either.,Treat employees as for what their job skills are not like a popularity contest,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15052,amazon,"Huntington, NY"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping and Receiving Associate,Amazon shipping,Very nice people and culture. Been here less than a year. Hope to be here a long time. What a great great company,I have no complaints Very nice people and culture. Been here less than a year. Hope to be here a long time. What a great great company,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15053,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Robotics KIVA technician,Great break rooms and they have overtime galore so great paychecks and you can be trained in almost any position you like and move over to New shifts rather easily.,Most leaders don't know how to do the jobs they're leading people in and they're rather ruthless when it comes to termination,Have the PA and all leadership works heir way up from the top so they know what they're doing,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15054,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Could be a lot better if amazon cared more,-Just about every job here can be learned in a day - They do give extra pay for overnight workers -They actually weed out the lazy workers as best they can - Make it easy to change shifts when available -Sometimes they give gift cards for working longer hours -My current managers do the best they can to ensure the safety of employees in every form,"- NO AIR CONDITIONING IN DLV1!!!!( And we are talking 90 -110+ degree weather) - Managers unfortunately play favoritism ( certain people can stay for as many hours as they like) - No full time positions ( instead they just create more part time shifts and hire more people) - Not many REAL benefits - Most equipment work for a day and is broken for like a month afterwards - Managers hardly let others do a different job without begging for it - HR doesn't really exist ( we have to talk to them through someone and majority of us never meet an actual HR person) - Takes way too long for them to train others in other fields - Mostly dead end job ( opportunities do happen but not often , at least at DLV1)","The management needs to really push for more care at our division instead of sucking up to them to make it look like everything is okay. We could us SO MUCH improvement at this facility that could make everyone happier to be here. As it stands now, this is the most bittersweet job I have ever worked at so far.",3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15055,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Amazon has some great benefits (salary, healthcare, stock, etc...).","If you aren't careful work life balance can start lacking. Taking work home, working longer hours...",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15056,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Stay far away,"Immediate benefits, decent pay, discounts on fun stuff around you (zoo, aquarium, baseball games), 401k, tuition reimbursement for certain majors after 1 year.","You are a number- you do NOT matter, there is absolutely no direction, no communication, incredibly depressing place to work, you work with bed bug infested comforters and other unsanitary items that have been returned.",Care. Care about your employees. Multi billion dollar business and the lack of care towards employees is pathetic.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15057,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Sort Center,Decent PartTime Job,-Lots of Autonomy. -You can choose the tasks you enjoy the most. -Lots of extra time and time off if you want it.,"-Pay is good, but not spectactular. -It's only part-time. -Gets tedious after a while.",Look for new strategies and ways to help employees to improve efficiency.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15058,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BIE,"competitive pay, lots of opportunities","lots of work , work/life unbalance",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15059,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Great Benefits (Mostly) but Poor Training,"Benefits start on Day 1. Stocks you get are great but if you leave the company before you have access to them, you get nothing. New hire orientation was fun and informative as well as the yearly Amazon Corporate meeting held in Seattle. Makes you really feel like you are part of something!","Poor Training: Keep in mind this is going to depend on the department you work in as Amazon is a big company. This is based on my experience in Seattle, WA at their Seller Support office. The training program was fun and helpful but once you are out on the floor, the on the job training is very poor as much of the support you are getting is from other employees who have only been there 5 months more than you!",Change the training program for the on the job training part. Have only qualified trainers assisting and don't make new employees sit for 1 hour plus waiting for a question to be answered.,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P725.htm
15060,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice, it wasn't the best but it worked okay.",Amazon is like my former company. It is okay and perfect for me.,Nothing much really. Amazon is like a normal company but better.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15061,amazon,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Part-Time Seasonal Sortation Associate,Amazon is the best,Professional company with high standard policies.,Poor management with lack of communication.,Focus more on your employees and less on the numbers.,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15062,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Process Guide,Horrible company with terrible HR,The pay is great during holidays. There is a lot of job opportunities if you're willing to suck up to management. ONT 9 was essentially okay when the manager wasn't power hungry.,"The jobs they give you are given based on favorites and if you're a pretty girl expect to sit on a computer all day if your manager is a dude. They don't care about you, you're just another robot slave and you will be treated as one, especially during peak. Don't expect to have a life October-January and during the summer to get ready for prime week. I was constantly sick from the long hours and dirt and how little they keep the warehouse clean. I was there for 3 years and there was a lot of sexual harassment and threats made between employees with and HR did nothing. HR will NEVER help you and will refer you to the HUB for everything.","Listen to your associates, seeing how many of they have spent years there rather than get switched out every 6 months or so.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15063,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Easy to save money with all mandatory overtime. Great benefits.,Mandatory overtime!!! Some weeks working 60 hrs /wk. They overwork you!! Long days.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15064,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Alright,"A definite pro would be the break room. They had a pretty decent selection of foods/snacks to choose from, nothing extravagant just plentiful.","For me pretty much everything else, managers breathing down your neck and essentially dangling your job in front of you like it's nothing. Not a good situation when you're working full-time and going to college.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15065,amazon,"Twinsburg, OH"," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Waterspider,Good and a mediocre job,You get benefits at the very bottom level while only working part time and there is opportunity for advancement.,"Extremely short breaks, no vacation time (I know it's part time, but being only 20, I had a family vacation to go on, and that used up all of ""Unpaid time"" right at the beginning when it replenished, and I then was late one day, and had a stern talking).","Give longer breaks, and be little more lax",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15066,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Stower,Decent pay for what you are doing,The job was monotonous and boring at times,None,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15067,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,DO NOT WORK HERE,I get health benefits and get paid $15 basically straight out of HS.,"Everything? I am 18 years old and now have carpal tunnel in BOTH of my wrists. Nobody has dealt with my COF, LOA, OR my Worker's Comp papers. My life is going down the crapper, I have no social life outside of this job. This job has caused relapses in mental health and damages my personal relationships. Everyone I know is getting injured on the job, half the people cannot speak English let alone communicate with even me and I am trilingual. Do Not Work Here.",Get your stuff together,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15068,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Great place to learn,"Fast paced, high energy company to work with engineering problems of massive scale","It's a grind, most people come here to learn and burn out after so many years, hardly any projects that don't have tight, almost unreachable goals.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15069,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,love the exercises before work,when we had to flex,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P726.htm
15070,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good college job,Decent pay and benefits for college students,Alot of physical work need to be strong and healthy,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15071,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outstanding,"Kind people, professional work ethic, casual dress",I have no cons to list,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15072,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Unorganized and not fair,Pays decent for the job requirements. Short shifts that work for most ppl with full-time jobs. Easy to get hired.,VERY lazy employees. They reward laziness by moving those employees up the ranks. Certain shifts get constantly abused and worked too hard. No structure or true raise opportunities. Management is new and not very knowledgeable about a lot of key things.,"Watch your employees and reward the hard workers rather than those you're ""cool"" with.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15073,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager Level V,Alright,"Accelerated learning, lots of opportunity for growth, access to a lot of super intelligent peers. Lots of ability to travel","Work life balance, darwinistic, little to no help, you will have virtually no direction. Can be extremely depressing if you don't like the people you are working with due to working so much",Show your managers that you care about them.,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15074,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate full time,Best thing was the benefit,Bad management treated you like a robot,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15075,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MDW6,work a 40 hour week and work 4 days a week,There isn't a lot of communication inside the departments and that causes a lot of confusion.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15076,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Good pay, nice people, clean cut work",Very fast paced must pay attention,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15077,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Not the greatest place to be a Systems Engineer,Some really smart people there that will push you to be better.,"In infrastructure there is no work/life balance. Even with overseas teams taking the nights, on call load was too much, maybe one truly free weekend per month. Management kept promising fixes to this while doing nothing about it.",If you have open headcount and hiring isn't your #1 priority you are doing it wrong.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15078,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good people yet terrible managed company,"Good people to work with. Medical benefits, 401k. That's it really.","Terrible management. HR is also terrible. Alot of kids coming straight out of college with no job experience and having them go manage a team of 30+ people. Turn over rate is very high. 13k people have been in and out of this building in only 3 years of it being opened. If you are not meeting demand, you will get numerous warnings and eventually get written up on your way out of the door. Physically demanding job of walking 13-15 miles a day with a ""climate controlled"" building which is always warm, especially on the top floor. They expect way too much for a low paying job. I DO NOT recommend this place of employment. Either Jeff Bezos doesn't care for his employees or people tell him everything is fine and dandy on entry level positions. Amazon is slowing taking over the world.","Listen to your associates. Stop pushing us to the limit. Stop favoritism. Should be quality over quantity but it's not Improve your communication, it's terrible. Talk to your associates on a personal level to gain trust.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15079,amazon,"Lisle, IL"," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,It worked with my schedule as a perfect second job for extra money. The overnight shift was great. The money was okay for the work. They let you transfer to places closer by your house if you put the work in.,A lot of times we were understaffed and still had to meet the deadlines on times as a full staff. A lot of people never show up for the overnight shift so there's always extra work to do. You can tell that management got in trouble A lot for performance of the warehouse because they started to change the rules and make work less fun. Like no music and no talking when the real problem was lack of workers.,Before you decide to change things try to figure out exactly what the problem is otherwise you're just adding to the problem and never finding a solution.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P727.htm
15080,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - VCSA,Great company,"Work from home, Fair benefits, Excellent leadership","Very poor pay for the work, Customer Service is the backbone of Amazon and the pay for the work is not good.",Kudos to management,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15081,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,Great Co-Workers and Attitudes towards Goals,Bad Middle Management No Air Conditioning,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15082,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growing Pains,"Flexible, motivated team and management, lots of learning opportunities","Lack of follow through, communication and business development","Be honest and straightforward with employees, build more business, the current BD team is lackluster at best.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15083,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Leadership experience opportunities are abundant. 40 Hour work weeks are guaranteed and there is also opportunities for overtime specially during the end of the year peek seasons. Awesome health care benefits and Amazon offers a Career Choice program where you can choose select careers and get paid, by Amazon, to go to school to earn a certificate. Amazon stocks. Associate culture is fun everyone gets along with each other and you build relationships with people. Working 4 days 10 hours and getting 3 days off is always a plus.",Process Assistants may be under payed for the amount of stress and work they go through on a daily basis. I ended up doing a lot of my mangers duties and at the same time making sure my department was running well (He makes 60k an year and I started at 14.40 an hour) Management is constantly changing so one season of the year you might have a cool manager but the next season you can have a not so good manager.,Management needs to appreciate the jobs Process Assistants do a lot more often or an eventual decrease in motivation can happen.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15084,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"The work schedule is not consistent. The managers are constantly changing, and so do the processes.",The people are like family. The bonuses are nice.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15085,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved It!,"Great company to work for, lots of advancement opportunities, flexible",The customer calls can be stressful.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15086,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Worst job ever!,I worked as a picker in the fulfillment center and anyone can tell you that there are no pros working in this position.,You are on your feet for a whole 10 hour shift and you're only given a measly half hour lunch break. What makes it worst is that the break rooms are far from the areas you are working so just walking to it eats up most of your time.,Factor in the amount of time it takes to travel to the break rooms and give employees more time to rest.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15087,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager II,They offer a very good salary. With the hours being basically 2 jobs though it is not worth it.,They abuse all manager's time as they are salary. Offered a 4/10 day shift and 2 weeks into it change me to an all night shift including weekends. The hours went from 40 a week to over 60 with it sometimes being 5-6 15 hour days. Amazon does not believe in life/work balance ever. I left only after I collapsed from exhaustion and ended up in a hospital.,Respect work/life balance.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15088,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Center,Plenty of safety and support measurements in place for this work type,Not enough support in finding alternatives that meet your work experience and level,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15089,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,Decent pay Relaxed work environment,Low hours Lacking supervision during shift,Be more present during shifts,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P728.htm
15090,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Very competitive, customer focus, intelligent employee",no life work balance. stressed out easily.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15091,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MDW6,work a 40 hour week and work 4 days a week,There isn't a lot of communication inside the departments and that causes a lot of confusion.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15092,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Fullfillment associate,"Easy to get hired either directly through Amazon, or faster through a staffing agency, good benefits and ample water all around the facility, hundreds of people around at any given time, warehouses are very","the software is outdated so mistakes are rolled onto the backs of the employees, making a simple job a little more complicated, and less secure. Management is picked from preferred colleges, all college and university degrees are not respected in consideration, also advancement from within is more complicated than it should be.","Hire management within from grass roots instead of recruiting out of college, it tends to disrupt chemistry of seasoned employees to respect leadership from someone they know they have more knowledge and applicable experience over, also invest in software updates to handle inventory tracking more efficiently",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15093,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,The best reason to work here is for the health benefits. 4 day work week is also nice.,"They don't care about people they care about numbers...everything is based on how much work you put out. You will get written up for not making rate. Every department has their ""favorites"" and they can get away with anything.",Figure out how to keep department managers long term. Take time to listen to employees.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15094,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad for extra cash,"Weekly Pay, Over time","Lack of communication inside the ware house, Every one's trying to be in charge, lazy employees,","Please make sure your ambassadors know what they're doing. If one lane is busy send help, no lane should be short on (water spotters)",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15095,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Not a bad place to work but could be better.,Good opportunity and opportunities exist for advancement/cross training. Managers see you as a person and not a number. Only a temp so I really can't comment on company benefits.,"Micromanage lunches and breaks and you'll get in trouble if you're a minute or two late. Write ups for petty issues. Superhuman rates and if you're not meeting them, you're fired.",none,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15096,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Amazon is a successful company.,"Reliable pay-check, Good medical plans","Complete disregard for your work/life balance, or even the limits of your frail human body. Try four months of mandatory overtime and a slowly growing sleep deficit on for size. You are completely disposable. As I write this it's August and my site alone has already fired 1220 ish people for going negative on the ration of unpaid time off the company gives them.","Advocate for FC personnel. No, really dig in and say this isn't right. Yes, it's hard but the right thing to do is right even if it's hard.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15097,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - FC A,Slavery with unreasonable gauge of performance,I hear the money is fairly decent.,"Employees are not evaluated by humans. They are evaluated by computers. Don't meet the computer standards, you will be terminated no matter how hard a worker you are or how hard you try or care . . . because that is ""Amazon's policy"".","Show some compassion to your staff. This is not slavery. It is fine to hold employees to a high standard but if some employees need a little help, give them the help they need yourself. Don't rely on other staff (that are also guilty of committing the same offenses) to do the refresher training!!!!!",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15098,amazon,"Twinsburg, OH"," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Scanner,Great company to work for,They have Great benefits great company to work for. Good opportunity to learn different parts of the building.,Only part time at the facility I worked at no option for full time,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15099,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Student Brand Ambassador,Aggressive training program One to one reviews from managers,Payment reimbursement period was long Program to be outsources to Fuse soon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P729.htm
15100,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work at,"Good culture, fast paced, nice future",None that comes to my mind,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15101,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Amazon review - seattle Wa, USA",fast paced new projects innovative creative bold fast pased,not a lot of cons I can think off.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15102,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Diverse and Fun,A job that always keeps you on your toes. Learning about your team and Amazon is a great experience.,First few weeks I was definitely sore in the legs BUT I definitely don't need a gym membership!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15103,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Delivery,Not much money and i need more,I like work in company but i need more rise,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15104,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Packing Associate,Frustrating and unappreciated,The ability to use your time off with out question!!,They say that they are understanding if difficulty arises which is completely untrue.,Actually take in to consideration the fact of a situation. And stop being so quit to had out negative merit or firing!!,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15105,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources Manager,"Motivating, great pay, development, learning opportunities, fast pace","Overworked, pushed to hard with amount of hours, hard to change image if you make mistakes, say they want honesty but they really don't","Learn people have limits and don't close your eyes to good employees with upward movement. If you really want people to speak openly, let them and don't hold it against them.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15106,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Fulfillment center,"Great work environment, team atmosphere, career advancement achieveable mainly baised on attendance, and seniority not performance based......",Low pay and work is very repetitive.,Increase wages to at least 15 starting to attract better talent.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15107,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1,It has great benefits and helps you when you need it,The job is hard sometimes when you want to move up and they treat you like your a tier 1 still.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15108,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great Place to Learn and Grow Your Career,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.","Rapid pace, which can also be good, forces you to focus and prioritize every day. You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations/hand holding from management, this company isn't for you.","Continue to invest in on boarding, employee benefits, mentoring and career growth programs to make connections for individuals. There is such a wealth of opportunity but navigating can be a challenge especially with the pace of the work in front of you.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15109,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Work From Home Customer Service Representative,Work from home Customer Service Rep,Working from home Bonus checks Giftcards for doing a great job,Breaks were short Foreign call center reps would transfer the call to US reps just because they didn't want to deal with the customer.,Give us more lead way so we won't have to escalate so much.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P730.htm
15110,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Do It,"Amazon on your resume/CV, I guess.","If I wrote about the things that I heard, saw and experienced, few would believe me. Instead, they would think to themselves that something must be wrong with me because it can't be that bad. But, what goes on behind the Amazon logo is far too often horrific. It really is that bad. Read the NYT article from 2015. Know that very little has changed since then. For example, Amazon massaged its annual performance review for looking back at 2016 (and took away anonymous anytime feedback late in 2016). I saw Amazonians scrambling to continue 9-blocker stack ranking ahead of the new, official, ""what's my super power"" process was rolled out. That was very Stockholm Symdrome-y. It's a very, very, very bad place, people.",Amazon leadership will not listen to advice.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15111,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Aug 12, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Stower,"Amazing health care plans, very affordable, all from day one. You are not required to socialize at all.","Yikes where to start, mandatory overtime was the deal breaker for me, started working 50 hours a week after my first week of a 4 day 40 hour week, you get 2 half hour breaks which were ok, but the 2nd half hour was a paid break, but it was not a full half hour and management would reprimand anyone who was late coming back, even just 2 minutes! The pay was ok, but there is no work life/home life balance, if you're single it's great but if you have a family, you won't see them much at all.",Too young to realize that the people you work with are real people not a statistic from a graph on productivity.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15112,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Low - hanging fruit,Decent pay. Most of your co-workers are just as miserable as you are.,Good luck getting the hours they advertise...,Listen to your people more often.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15113,amazon,"Gardner, KS"," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Machine Operator,Lift operator,No true pros other than free stuff from time to time,Low pay for hard physical work. Long hours during holiday season,Quicker pay raises of more than 25 cents at a time,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15114,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only if you need money,Not really much of a pro,Time takes too long for night shift. Getting written up for anything,Actual talk to people like humans and not slaves,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15115,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for.,Management is wonderful and very helpful.,A lot of information to learn.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15116,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager (LVL V),Churn and Burn,Great Benefits and great pay.,When operating at the scale that you'd expect from a massive entity such as Amazon it becomes apparent that numbers matter more than personnel. It is almost easier for them to replace and train new hires than it is to properly develop existing staff. There is never a shortage of new applicants so they can afford to have high attrition.,Train your subordinates specifically on the metrics that matter to you and the reports you expect delivered. The training for Amazon did not focus on the technical or operations aspects at all (they only focused on soft skills development and dealing with problem associates). In order for your junior leaders to be successful you need to take time out and offer more structured development.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15117,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,Easy to apply! Great job for an active person. A shift for every situation. Can pick up extra shifts when available.,The short shifts make a living wage difficult. Short notice flexing the shift up. Sometimes you don't actually know until the buzzer doesn't sound.,"Make sure your equipment is up to date, as well as logistic practices. A big company using small company equipment makes no sense to be competitive.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15118,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Great Team,LOTS of extremely skilled colleagues to learn from. Moving at an incredible pace. Leadership principles are pervasive in the culture and make a lot of sense. Everyone is 'rowing in the same direction',Initial learning curve is steep. They expect hard work (not really a con though).,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15119,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solution Architect,"I get the freedom to think outside the box and innovate for customers without being bound by undue process.  I feel like, I am trusted and once I am abide by our leadership principles I can make decisions in a timely manner without having to jump through hoops of beauacracy.  Lastly, I work with some incredible people, every day I learn from the people around me and this is the most rewarding part of working for Amazon.","I dont really have any, not a con big enough to talk about as a detractors. There are definitely some minor frustrations as with every company but you get on with things and do what's right for customers.",Work endlessly to keep the Amazon culture in AWS as we grow so quickly.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P731.htm
15120,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Executive,Great place to work,"manageable work-Life balance, entrepreneurial culture, fail fast but learn and move on, nice people.",can't think of any at this time,keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15121,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ship Dock Associate,"Pay is good until you realize you make the same as the lazy idiots you work with. Healthcare from day one is nice. The do provide some vacation and paid time off although you will use it quickly when they schedule mandatory overtime. Direct hire process is fast and easy assuming you can read, pass a background and drug test. However I have met people who I am not sure can read, or speak English and with criminal and drug history, go figure.","So many it's hard to list. Since the building is new and just celebrated 1 year (with free cookies) there are essentially no people with experience. The ""Leadership"" Team is predominately 20 somethings that were hired right out of college and have no distribution, management and for that matter, people experience. Add to that the large amount of ethnicities and cultures here and you have a difficult environment to manage in even for a seasoned veteran which they are not. This is political correctness gone too far and no one addresses the issues. Bathroom cleanliness is terrible (this coming from a man) and general vibe is like a large urban high school with all new teachers. Mandatory overtime has been constant so if you want to make some good money for a low skill job then this might be the place for you but if you have a life outside of Amazon than it will be hard. Physical nature of work (constant standing) is demanding especially on the ship dock which for a long shift can wipe you out and management doesn't seem to care and there response is for you to take your allocated time off.","Lead by example and be consistent is handling of people. By doing nothing you demotivate your best employees and indirectly inspire your worst employees to continue to do less and see what they can get away with. Develop a system to recognize, reward and advance people and mentor them so that they can improve and maybe stick around. Figure it out quickly or lose more good people and continue to be among the worst facilities at employee retention is all of Amazon. Make it fun to work at Amazon like your motto says.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15122,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for those who actually like to work,Great benefits Advancement without Bachelors Degree Monthly attendance bonus,Excessive mandatory OT Extremely high turnover,Work on the mandatory OT.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15123,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,"good place to work, not crying on my desk. manager and coworkers are chill. and yes, you can work on fancy stuff if you really wanted to.",dt location make my commute very expensive. and no free parking. no free lunch. you have to pay for soda and snacks.,the work and culture is fine to me. just please improve the employee benefits. that matters.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15124,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A Decent Work Environment,"People really seem to get along, at least that was how it was at SAT2 in San Marcos. There are some rewarding and fun position opportunities as well that include critical thinking and solving problems.","The management was decent at times and horrific at others. They split three shifts when it comes to fulltime, including Backhalf (Su-We), Backhalf (We-Sa), and Doenut (M,T,Th,F), this results in separate management between SU-W and W-SA, and their expectations were worlds apart. This strife caused huge miscommunication and stress between both shifts of employees as they overlapped. Management also cherry picked who they liked as employees and distributed opportunities based on favoritism and not merit. Many positions are absolutely monotonous and soul sucking, not to mention employer expectations were often lacking insight on actual productivity.",Streamline your communication across management teams and treat your employees more equally.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15125,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stocker,Lots of friendly people to talk to,Was a temp job and did not get perks,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15126,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Get to work with super smart and interesting people,"Overly intense, lack of upward mobility, constant turnover",Pay more attention to developing your people to avoid the constant attrition.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15127,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It was an Overall good job,A lot of walking but exercise is good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15128,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,"Great place to learn, flat, lots of room for growth, innovative, good pay, good benefits, smart coworkers","You're responsible for yourself, for asking the right questions, etc. Some people can get very burnt out. Some teams are a bit survival of the fittest.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15129,amazon,"Smyrna, GA"," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping and Receiving,DONT work here. Shipping and Receiving associate - DAT-1 (Smyrna),The only pro is having a job?,"There are hardly fans in the building. It's always hot. The pay does not factor out correctly with the amount of work taking place in those conditions. Walmart warehouse workers receive at least 4 dollars more than what Amazon is paying. That is a shame coming from a company that wants their customers to be happy! If employees are overworked and underpaid, how can you expect to have boxes delivered without any incidents. The company gave out small snacks and refreshments for prime week. I would prefer to be PAID or receive monetary incentives for the extra work and labor. Another thing that must be addressed is the demand for employees to exhaust themselves by doing 180 packages an hour. I would advise Amazon to stop doing virtual HR for everything because the ambassadors need guidance on how to become better leaders. You have to lead by example. Not working and following employees into the restroom to watch them is a shame. We are all adults and things of this nature shouldn't happen.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P732.htm
15130,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Aug 12, 2017",Former Employee - Dog Walker,More meat for the grinder is their motto,"diverse workforce, dead end warehouse work if you're looking to just blend in with the zombie horde like Bruce Banner from the Hulk","Work hard, have fun, meet and exceed expectations, and then get fired so Jeff's stock can go up 16 points to make him the richest man in the world for one day. I met and exceeded managers expectations on a daily basis, so much so that I started running their shifts for them, I trained new associates daily, made sure all processes were running at 100%. Well I did not fit into the business model, you see they were paying me top dollar at my facility of $13 an hour, why pay me an extra $1 for being 200% more productive than the next employee when you can just hire a new group of temps excited to be working for amazon at $12 an hour.","Amazon would like a full workforce of robots I know, but you don't have that yet so start treating employees like people with lives outside of work. Stop citing corporate policy for all the bad decisions you make on a daily basis. Work with employees on their schedules. Stop giving out Amazon bucks as a reward, I can't buy groceries or pay the rent with monopoly money, it's just an asinine reward when managers get actual bonuses.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15131,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Fulfillment ONT 8,Hours and extra dollar for those working weekends and nights.,graveyard shift so it is very tiring.,Keep better and more accurate time on Time Off Task because it is simple for someone to be marked off task when they really are putting in a sweat.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15132,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Warehouse is terrible place to work,Benefits are really really awesome,"Hard work, unreasonable demands, heat is awful",Chill out,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15133,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"Flexible working hours, awesome work environment",Not much social activity here,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15134,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRA,Pay. Benefits. Great Refresher on HR Skills. Meet great people.fast paced.,"Managers will attempt to play you against your team. Disrespectful associates, Mgmt. Favoritism, contradicting or false information from the ERC",Develop your talent opposed to blindly assigning tasks.,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15135,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Campus Associate,Not worth it,Hours are flexible.  Most coworkers are decent people.  You don't have to work here. I,"Upper management assumes they know how to run the sites despite never being present since they're making decisions based off of numbers on a screen and not the needs of the actual site.  No room for advancement even though they use the prospect to draw you in.  Don't expect a pay raise of any kind.  Hours are extremely inconsistent. You can go from nearly 30 hours one week to 9 the next. 30 hours is being very generous.  The system/network never works properly. There's always some kind of issue and IT and management don't do much about it. They expect you to live with it and use the ""turn it off then on again"" method.",At least pretend to care about the associates. You wouldn't be anything without them and they do all of the work while you profit from never actually working alongside them.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15136,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Health Insurance, consistent work, overtime pay","Other employees, boring tedious work",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15137,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Manager,Huge appetite to work on big ideas.,Balance bias for action with humility.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15138,amazon,"Buckeye, AZ"," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - CSR2,Customer Service Rep,"Rewarding, Challenging, Great Opportunity for growth, great benefits. Fun job to have from home, great teams and support is available.","I has a bad run of managers, before getting a good solid manager. High turnover in departments, pay was minimum wages however their is opportunity for growth.","Don't make empty promises, follow through with what you say you will do.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15139,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Great place to work at,Good management Good work life balance Mobility,Long hours Training is not sufficient,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P733.htm
15140,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good working environment,"Schedule is flexible, good working environment",unreliable scanners and sometimes a lack of hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15141,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Associate,The culture is great for entry level workers yes no,could recommend for those who need work life balance,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15142,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center AFE Pack,The worst job I've ever had.,"Amazon will hire anyone, unless you are literally drunk or high at the moment of your drug test. So if you have little to no skills to put on a resume and don't want to work in fast food, you're garunteed a job. Also they have health benefits.","Horrible pay, long hours, monotonous and repetitive work, short breaks. Amazon's main focus is squeezing as much work out of people as possible, therefore rates and quotas are constantly jammed down your throat, but with no incentive to do better. In fact, the harder you work, the more they move you around to pick up the slack of less productive employees.","It's a lost cause. Because of the never ending supply of new hires, they can afford to treat their employees like garbage.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15143,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Terrible place to work,Honestly cannot think of a single thing,"Management is terrible, you are timed on your work, if you have to use he bathroom multiple times....lets say do to sickness of medication you are warned, then fired. If you were thinking of working here, I suggest looking somewhere else.","We are people......get to know us, treat us better.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15144,amazon,"Charleston, SC"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Just started,"Everything, great hours, fast paced environment",No overtime for part time employees,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15145,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Floor Supervisor,Floor supervisor,"Lots of room to grow, great benefits and stocks. I have been there for 3 years and love it",If you don't work hard or love a competitive environment then this company is not for you.,More training would be better for Leadership,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15146,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,Four ten hour shifts equaled a 4 day work week.,Too many chiefs not enough Indians. Everyone thinks they're in charge. It is absolute chaos during peak seasons. Little response from actual people in charge. They want nothing to do with any type of problem. Favoritism is widely used and just as widely recognized. A ton of rules. You and your time are micromanaged down to the millisecond. Not a place for the over 40 crowd.,"Do what I did, find a new place to work.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15147,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent job,good benefits decent pay great compensation decent hours,long process new hire takes awhile long time waiting for emails you cant call amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15148,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Full Contact Meritocracy,"Tremendous opportunities for those willing to put in the work, set aside their ego and invent for customers. Outstanding compensation and growth prospects, company growth leads to promotion opportunity quicker than you may be ready for it. You will be pushed outside of your comfort zone early and stretched constantly. Excellent benefits and vacation perks. Outstanding brand.",Challenging Work/Life balance. Long hours and holidays are a (-) for those with families.,Fulfillment operations leader turnover is a sign of under-staffing and over work. To match our growth plans we cannot chew through leaders so quickly.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15149,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Very good benefits and compensation,Lack of communication within facilty,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P734.htm
15150,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pit driver,You don't have to deal with a rate,Longer shift and lots of mot,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15151,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is an exciting place to work,Great career opportunities as the number of years you have worked for Amazon is really valued in the long run.,"Too many dependencies, which adds overhead to every project.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15152,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Dispatcher,Dispatch,Flex hours and always room to grow within the company. Most of the management team is easy to get along with.,No pto and no holiday pay as what they say which is completely opposite of what was written in the job application forms. Also breaks seem to be last thing management thinks of for employees I've gone about 6 hours before getting a single break or lunch.,Be clear about what the job requires and what benefits are given to these employees. I will be taking this up with legal matters soon.,3.0,4.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15153,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment,"Decent pay, descent benefits. Overtime is a constant. You own a part of the company after 2 years in stocks. Night shift diferencial pay.","Your just a number, managers are straight out of college. It's who you know to move up. Its hot in the warehouse. If your working hard to make rate or going above and beyond there is not much recognition.",Interact with associates get to know us tell us about yourself.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15154,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Software Engineer Interview,Provides great opportunity to learn how a big company works,Highly depends on what team you get to work with,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15155,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worker,Employees were great to work with,It was a fast paced envorment,No ascetics,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15156,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,They need to take care better their employee,excellent benefits such as career choice program,"Horrible managers, they only worry about numbers,",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15157,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,The pay is decent and it comes with benefits.,"I feel like I am back in high school. They have bells for everything, treating grown adults like children. I feel like I am working in a sweatshop, the only difference is that they pay a decent salary. I never got to meet my supervisor/ manager, the person who trained my group was not knowledgeable and I had to learn almost everything by asking other employees. It's hard to talk with most people because they have little cliques. Advanced positions are given to incompetent individuals. I could go on but I said enough.",This company needs different shifts other than the two shifts they have now. There are too many people in the break room and not everyone can sit down. And please hire knowledgeable people for the hire-up positions.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15158,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - ICQA,Amazon Fulfillment center is a horrible pace to work at,"Close to my house, cross training","Human resource/Management are horrible people, They fire people , force leads to write up good workers",My advice would be treat workers with the utmost respect and stop firing people at will. without us amazon won't exist,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15159,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Good company to work for,Comp is great and there are endless growth opportunities. You will work with smart people and get responsibility that you cannot find anywhere else.,They often put MBA grads in management positions that have no management skills and lack the personality and character to manage a team.,Restructure promotion system. Look for leadership ability in people and be aggressive how you scope out their management role rather than giving people direct reports because they are on a certain track and that is what feels right when someone is at the company for X years.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P735.htm
15160,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Part time position,The pay for a Part Time position is good. Employee discount. Meeting a large variety of people.,The shifts were a bit long.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15161,amazon,"Wilkes-Barre, PA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,"Typical Warehouse Work, Atypical Employee Treatment","-Competitive pay for the area and industry -Time off structure is well thought out and very fair -Amazing benefit package: healthcare and dental/vision are cheap but very, very good -Guaranteed 40 hours but plentiful Voluntary Time Off opportunities for those who want to work less but retain benefits","-Constantly changing systems and routines can leave people feeling confused and annoyed -Unstructured job assignment and training system: some people do the same thing all the time, some people do multiple things a week, sometimes they need you for things you aren't trained in -Little growth outside of management roles: each position within the warehouse pays the same rate unless you become a supervisor or manager, leaving little incentive to add skills -Difficult to transfer between shifts UNLESS business need aligns with your desired shift -Metric-based work causes stress and is not for everyone","Though there is a great deal of talk about ""team spirit"" and each employee feeling valued there is no way a manager can connect with the number of employees under their care, nor motivate us on an individual level. I would say that regular receivers in both inbound and outbound feel much like cogs in a large machine, and when we don't do our part nothing happens because of it. Our contribution does not seem important. To remedy this, I would advise hiring more managers OR making PAs ""team leaders"" and assign them specific employees. Then, give each team an individual goal. Breaking it down like that will give each person a greater sense of impact and responsibility.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15162,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Icqa Program Developer,Good place to work if you care about what you do,Pay Inventing new things and processes Having the option to move pretty much anywhere in the world Career growth opportunities,Work life balance is not as good as it could be Training Having to work on most holidays,Even though the onboarding process is getting better ICQA Developers should get a more in depth training session going over the ins and outs of software developing at Amazon. SDEs a very long new hire training program compared to FC developers,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15163,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Big Company, Big Change, Fast Growth, Good Pay, Bad Culture",The pay and overall compensation package is quite nice for fresh college grads,"Bad Culture, Work long hours, Low employee retention,",This company needs a major cultural rework.,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15164,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,"Great benefits and pay, terrible employee retention and associate engagement.",Pay Benefits Fixed work schedule (4 days in 3 days out) overtime pay,"expected to work overtime, always. always replaceable, they make sure you know. no standards and responsibility boundaries, upper management will throw blame down to preserve their place.",Operations Manager should take on the administrative role fully so that Area Manager can focus on over seeing the operations by doing so it lets assistant managers be more tactical and engage with the associates while they work along with giving them time to develop new ideas to better the processes in place. If upper management does come to warehouse and help it should be done so with a helping hand and not notepad to point out everything they did.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15165,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,"Great pay, lousy management.",Great pay Decent PTO Plenty of room for advancement Opportunities to move and relocate to fill open vacancies elsewhere in the company.,The management is under a lot of stress and it all rolls down hill. It's a warehouse job so don't expect anything glamorous. Ethics can take a backseat to productivity.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15166,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE intern,lots to learn with really smart people,much effort needed as they require to put in so much time,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15167,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just another number to them,"great pay, advancement opportunities, friendly employees","hours, lack of knowledge by some in management positions",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15168,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Amazing!,"The work environment is amazing, really fun and i feel like i can succeed at Amazon in my professional role.  On a daily basis you get challenged and it is interesting to see how you can grow so much not just professionally but personally you learn a lot and they really focus on process improvement and your ideas get heard openly.",Management tends to be messy sometimes and communication is not the best.  I have encountered some bad hiring decisions on recruitments end,Better communication and selection process.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15169,amazon,"Frostproof, FL"," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Family oriented,Flexiable schedules and great perks. Work from home and great teams and plenty of room for advancement. Health benefits and surprises,Sometimes opportunities are hidden but the right management will help you get there. Not a lot of cons to talk about,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P736.htm
15170,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Good management. Expect hard work and dedication from employees as always and appreciate for their hard work, Good pay, Happy to work for Amazon","From my perspective, f you have any problems that needs to be solved, i would recommend you can give it a try. I mean if you share your concerns or problems seriously with management or if you get opportunity to speak with senior HR s personally, possibly they can help you out.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15171,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Work Place,Great Environment. Excellent Training. Atmosphere & Opportunities are Outstanding!,"Working exclusively on the phones isn't for everyone, but that has nothing to do with Amazon itself, just anyone looking to work at the call center.",Keep doing you!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15172,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Associate,Alot of work for the pay,"There are actually pretty good benefits including medical, dental is the same as the rest of the nation but also a good amount of hours off",You are just another employee no matter what you do or how much harder you work than the other employees,Be more thorough when picking managers,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15173,amazon,"Carlsbad, CA"," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Good for temps.,Good starting pay for employees.,it's hard to get in permanent.,Find incentives for employees.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15174,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Benefits. Fulltime. New building and good co workers,Not valued. Not much room for advancement,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15175,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Clone universe,"Direct control over code, builds, deployments. Access to AWS tools for team use. Great facility, on-campus dining.","Non-industry-standard tools. Proprietary solutions for nearly everything. Experienced developers can't leverage their years of experience in tools, libraries, etc. Pressure to work extended hours. Way, way, too many meetings.  Poor personnel review practices. Hostile developer culture.",Train your dev managers in HR practices before you let them manage teams. Eliminate managers who engage in stack ranking. Work on your corporate culture. Encourage devs **NOT** to work more than 8 hours/day.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15176,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Ambassador,It's all about peak,"Incentives for hard work, fun, easy to move up, employees",Some of the employees who work there are not the nicest,"None to give I thought management was awesome, after they weeded out those bad people I mentioned in my cons.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15177,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazon Web Services,"There are not many companies out there that provide the opportunity to build and operate software at this massive scale. The results are changing the way IT works, forever. People are smart and nice. There are national and international internal job opportunities left, right, and center. Compensation is competitive. The more senior the role, the more compensation relies on stock, which is great right now. HR processes continue to be improved. For example, the performance review and promotion processes were streamlined substantially.","The pace is fast. Teams and people generally have more work/opportunities than they can handle, so everyone needs to prioritize. When living in Seattle, house prices and traffic can be issues.",Continue to streamline HR processes. Continue to reward employees for company success. Be more open about the cool things being done inside Amazon (for example in the machine learning space). Further grow open source contributions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15178,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OFRP,Can learn a lot of stuff,"Very fast working environment, need to learn fast to catch up",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15179,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate ICQA,"Good benefits, set schedule, and stable company to work for. Meet all different walks of life here which could be a good thing/bad thing depending on your personality.",You are just a number to them. Force you into other departments and if you can not make the rate in that department you will get written up or worse fired.,If you want others to go to other departments at least give them a choice for one they can succeed at. Stop changing the rules everyday so we can actually get the job done and not wasting time wondering what the new rule is for doing something we did just yesterday. More one on one with associates would help a ton and better training.,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P737.htm
15180,amazon,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Easy Money Work,"If you excel at talking loud for hours non stop then there is a future for you here. You have to make sure to let the site manager notice you, like shouting the line where you're at, or at best, wait for the manager to come close then be loud as you can so you will be noticed. And you'll be a Line Lead/Ambassador in a jiffy! No higher education required!","If you have low tolerance for the work of the inept or you are used to work in an environment that imposes high degree of employee accountability, this company is not for you. Management gives higher premium for quantity over quality and safety.",None.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15181,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I,Unbiased Amazon Fulfillment Center Review,Truly a leader in Innovation. Set Schedules. Many different sites around the US if you would like to transfer. Decent pay for the work. Easiest work you will ever do (zero stress). No micromanagement from managers. Hours are often available to pick up if you like working overtime. Good benefits. Vacation/Time off is easy to use and done extremely well.,"Incredibly boring work. You don't get to learn or challenge yourself. Short breaks. Amazon does most of their management hiring from outside the warehouse which is disheartening. The few spots Amazon does promote from within the company everyones competing for so your chances are slim. Under-stimulating routine work puts all your fellow coworkers in poor moods and most begin to resent the company after a few months of realizing this is all they get to do. No job skills you get to learn or add to your resume unless you get to move up. Hard work is praised by a computer saying [Quality Positive], with silly prizes like a $5 gift card or a t-shirt, or with an ambassador position (which is just more work for the same pay in high hopes that it will look good on an application and land you a better job).","Give associates more opportunities to do different things (we want to learn!). Diversify the workload (we hate doing the same thing 10 hours a day every day). Communicate with your employees (the only times I hear from managers are if Im in trouble for something) .  Care about your employees job satisfaction as much as you want them to care about the building's quality and productivity. The Associates who put in their minimum effort at work do it because thats how much effort you put into them. Don't wait for associates to come to you, go to them. Poor employee relations and under-stimulating work are the biggest reasons for the high turnover rate.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15182,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR analyst,great chances and full of chanllening.,work life balance is not well,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15183,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall experience,Work is fun You get to work with really smart people,Growth within the company is very hard Some FCs play favourites Benefits and Vacation time is very below standard,Encourage more people by promoting when deserved. Treat your associates less like numbers and more like people,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15184,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Bad Culture,Health Insurance is all that is good,"Bad management. Hard to move up/no growth unless you are a favorite Culture of a high school cafeteria. Backstabbing. High stress for numbers not quality or safety (though it is a rather safe place to work besides the fact that the manual labor will eventually tear down your muscles and bones with the rates they demand) Big Brother type of work place. Time you for everything, including bathroom breaks. Propaganda shoved in your face. Company expresses its CEO's political views as one-all-mighty-truth. HR is there to protect the managers not employees. Over work No work-life balance Demands you put vacation hours in with 24 hour notice and says they are suppose to give you a days notice for mandatory overtime but they will call for mandatory over time 19 hours before the start of the overtime shift. Last I checked a day is 24 hours not lunch time the day before the overtime is called. Discriminatory, failed to get a promotion based on how young I looked.",Stop playing favorites. Stop dating your subordinates. Stop thinking the way to achieve high numbers is to force rates and unreasonable expectations on people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15185,amazon,"Moonachie, NJ"," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - RTS Associate,RTS Tier 1 associate,"lots of teamwork, great atmosphere",I have none to report,keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15186,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,Fast-pace and lots of opportunities,"I was aware of all the negative comments about Amazon before joining, and had serious considerations about choosing microsoft vs. amazon. Eventually I chose Amazon because the team seemed to be a better match and because of the open-source developmental environment at Amazon. So far I have not regretted yet. Amazon is super fast pace, had good compensation and offers a lot of opportunities to learn. People at my team are nice, and my manager is very reasonable person and encourages work-life balance.","No gym, and the holiday is only 5 days per year.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15187,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"AWS - Well structured, 40hr/wk, great attitude by managers, leads and teams. If you want to learn and grow this is place. Heavily metric based. No complaints.",None. Great place. Good work and life balance.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15188,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Time @Amazon,Great opportunities inside the company for learning.,"Horrible work life balance. Managers just want to get their work done and they are liars. Even if you get the highest possible ranking in the annual reviews, the annual hike that you will get will just make you cry. The managers will blame it on the HR's and the HR's will blame it on the system. It's not worth it to work here for more than a couple of years. The only benefits you get is a tiny bus pass and a 100$ per year discount. Nothing else.  The shares that vest after two years of your joining is just a way to make you stay in the organization. At the end of the day, shares won't pay your rent.",Start caring about people working for you . Saying we care is not enough.,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15189,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Dock Receiver,Working dogs,You get a pay check every 2 weeks,No one at Amazon cares about anyone. They pretend to care but quite frankly they work you like a dog.,"Sitting around watching employees and calling them, ""Your Kids"" is a bunch of crap",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P738.htm
15190,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Amazon broke my heart,Pay ok and plenty of hours available.,"I've been a fan of Amazon from the time it started with books. My plan was to work and finish my full stack program. What I got was a sore body, constant criticism if I didn't make rate, and an unprofessional manager. If I was struggling I got no help. I was happy as a packer and their team. Then I was moved to picking and immediately hated life. I overheard my manager say after 4 days of picking I will not be getting better and needed to find a spot that I wouldn't be a problem. Then he had the gall to say in stand up he needed better people on the weekend cause all his good people work during the week and then lie to me about why he was moving me back to packing. I felt the worst for the other pickers and everyone's numbers were down. This was on graveyard. And it depends on who you know. Ambassadors definitely need more training and shouldn't be allowed to direct their friends to jobs they like.",Spend some money so the machines work properly and some money on teaching your Ambassadors and Management know how to teach and coach people. It's a skill not all naturally possess but can be taught.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15191,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst job I have ever had.,"Paid Time Off, Voluntary Time Off, Vacation Time. How often you acquired additions to each of your time off. Insurance.","The Job. The pay, the hours, the long weeks especially during Peak. They have crappy promotions and raises. You easily get lost in the thousands of employees unless you pack 500 items an hour.",Care about your employees. Pay more. Have better accommodations for those with disabilities. Hire more experienced leadership. Don't make people wait a year for further schooling or training.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15192,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,I would pass if I could do it again.,"Good pay. When you're allowed to focus on the job, it's extremely rewarding.","If you do not grasp everything instantly, expect no feedback. Other managers will ask why you didn't grasp this concept if you ask, and then if you fail it will be held against you.  Connections are an opaque system, and a nightmare to work around. Worse, Amazon will fire you for not doing well on them. Not doing well means staying above the bottom 10% for your job title and level-- so it's a moving target, with mandatory minimums. Just like a certain NYT article warned.  Some managers are good, but overall, everyone is concerned with themselves, and will throw you under the bus as soon as you're not useful to them. You can put in the long hours, be proficient at the job, and you will get zero recognition or thanks.","Connections is a good tool that you've turned into a bludgeon. Insist on the highest standards, but stop looking down on area managers for asking for help or for admitting they cannot balance 20 different priorities at once.  Give them feedback, instead of keeping all of it in whatever drawer you file our performance reports in.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15193,amazon,"Chandler, AZ"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,All employees are part time,Your off early 1:30pm usually,"It's warehouse work. You're all paid the same $12.75 an hour. You have your staff thats works hard, then you have your lazy staff. Supervisors don't know the difference, they don't care. They do not know how to deal with people, or how to delegate, or to be strict. It is a awful experience to work here. You're a number, they don't care if you stay or leave. You are a bottom feeder here and the supervisors will make you feel like it.","Delegate. They need more of a ""people person"" to deal with employees. There are employees that sit in the bathroom for 30 minutes. A few employees snuck out after they filled their flex routes and sat in their car for 2 hours. SUPERVISORS DIDNT EVEN KNOW!!!! Advice to new people.......work at your own 12.75 pace. You work ethic can be at 100 or 10. No one cares.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15194,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Moving foward,You keeps you on your toes and always teaches you new things,There is never a bad thing in the amazon work place the works always keep your mind motivated.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15195,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Great place to work,"Pick your own shift, pay, flexible, nice people, easy work. Rewarded for good work, fun environment, barbeques and holiday celebrations.",Can be very hot inside. Some associate talk and walk around more than they work. Limited parking during the holidays.,People who have been fired should not be able to keep coming back. Training should be more extensive and frequently,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15196,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Operations Manager,"Quality of Life, Innovation",Lack of consistency between buildings,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15197,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Universal Receive,Fulfillment,"Great benefits, 4 day work week,","Physical labor, don't reimburse for bachelors degree, short breaks/lunch, not much opportunity for advancement and increases in pay.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15198,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 1, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great for anyone,"pick your own schedule, Virtual",only open until 2am,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15199,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Low Pay, Slow Promotions","Top-notch talented peers, Quality engineering, Large population to test new features quickly","Losing the customer centric focus they had years ago, Cut-throat mentality in many organizations, Low-pay if you factor in the number of hours you end up needing to work",Stop penalizing employees for moving between organizations and promote within rather than bringing in new people to fill in more senior positions,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P739.htm
15200,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Packing,Packer,"It's a great job and has a lot of benefits. Not to mention the stocks they give you. The pay is good for around here. I make 14.50 for my shift others make 12 and 12.50.. 12 hour shifts three days a week. But we get all the benefits of full time employees.. 29.9 hours of paid vacation a year.. 36 hours of paid personal time. And up to 80 hours a year of unpaid time off.. you get 20 hours on the 1st of January, April, July and October..",Long hours and there is no union so they can do anything they want. When I first started you were suppose to get a fifty cent raise after the first six months. They changed it to twenty five cents.. and they just raised our production rate by twenty five units an hour.. it was 95 now it's 120.. I don't have a problem making even that rate but a lot of my fellow employees do.. oh and it's extremely hot in there no AC and they took our personal fans because someone in another building hurt themselves and you get a 15 minute break and that includes the two minutes it takes to get out of the building the minute you have to wait in line at the metal detectors another minute if you set them off and 2 minutes to walk back.. so really you get like 9 minute break.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15201,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 1, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Hard work and physically demanding,"Friendly co-workers, great supervisors who listen to any concerns.","Lots of walking during entire shift, very fast paced environment for picking.","If feasible, allow those employees who are struggling to transfer to other departments.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15202,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazing Company but a Terrible Place to Work,"Amazon is an amazing company, they are an industry leader, and seeing the way the company works is very interesting.","The company does a very poor job of taking care of their employees. I was told I could take time off by the local HR department for the birth of my son and was then fired while off for the week they told me I could take. I was rehired at the insistence of my Area Manager who was in the HR department daily until I was reinstated. After being brought back to work, I had my schedule changed from part time to full time without any notice the week my Area Manager transferred to another facility. The HR department changed my schedule because they knew I couldn't work the full time hours while taking 18 credit hours a semester.",Listen to the low level employees because the upper management in your facilities are all yes men and women. Fire most of your HR department and start from scratch.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15203,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great Benefits but Super Chaotic,Benefits starting Day 1 401k Health Insurance Vesting Stock Options,10.5 to 11.5 hour days Underdeveloped Management,Listen to employees concerns about the processes,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15204,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick Associate,"Pay, Overtime, Benefits, Simple, Raises","Overtime, Simple, Harsh Environment, Noise","If people are struggling to meet goals please don't continue to write them up when they're trying to fix the problem by moving to a different shift that will work better for them, and you, in the long run.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15205,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots to learn on job,"Many projects, teams, and possibilities. Decent compensation plan. Flexible with work schedules, time-off etc.",Very large hierarchical organization Based on a rule-book at every level which stunts creativity No perks at work,Promote employee aspirations to grow,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15206,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Picker,"Great benefits , great people, and a great place to work","Discounts sucks, and 25% pay increase every six months",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15207,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cleaning,It has a good equal amount of opportunities,You work way to many hours maybe alot of over time like 18 hrs a day and maybe 7 days a week,Needs to hire more people,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15208,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Dock Worker,OB dock,"The benefits, the people you will meet",I really like everything about working there.,Move people around more in the departments.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15209,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too bad,Great Leadership development Good pay Benefits,Inconsistent with employees concerns Short breaks,Listen to employees who have been there longer then management,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P740.htm
15210,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon is great only if you are a right fit,"A fast paced company that you will not get bored in the first year. You get a chance to work with a group of talented peoples, to work on creative and big thinking projects and high impact initiatives. Overall a great experience to enhance your career growth and build up leadership skills.","Amazon is a ""customer centric"" company only for end consumer, not for the employee or suppliers. You will have to prioritize your work over your top internal customers or your top suppliers, otherwise you will not survive. After one year, you will find yourself either repeat the similar activities and overloaded everyday with no hope, or find a ladder to move up or a path to exit. It is hard to make a true friend here since everybody is trying to find a way to bypass the heavy workload to get promote or survive. If you are a perfectionist that want to get everything done perfectly, this is not a place for you. You will not feel happy after work since you had to ignore the needs from so many not-that-important internal customers and external vendors","In addition to customer centric, you need to treat your employee well and minimize the politics that hurt the team members which eventually will hurt the business in the long run.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15211,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,Employment,"Inspiring, amazing culture and great team of professionals. For people that are looking for constant learning opportunities.",I haven't found one yet. My experiences thus far have all been very positive.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15212,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics/Inventory Technician,Flexible work schedule. Able to work independently so long as you got your job done.,Contractual work. The assignment can end at a given time.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15213,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Stay hydrated.,Great pay. Great benefits. Clean environment.,"Very demanding physically, required overtime, favoritism, huge turnover rate,if your not the managers favorite the feedback is always negative...",More training for those in charge. Less threats and more positive feedback when it's deserved.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15214,amazon,"Glendale, CA"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Worst Company I Have Ever Worked For,"Shopping at the website, I suppose.","Dumb Hiring Staff. I waited THREE MONTHS AFTER BEING HIRED, and I STILL have not been scheduled for my first day. This is not even the first job offer from them that I have applied to, it was just the first one I was given the position, and it still took ages. This is the last time I ever apply to this job. WASTE OF TIME.",I'm surprised employees were able to be hired in order to become managers.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15215,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Engineer,Lots of interesting problems and opportunities,"My perspective is as a pretty senior developer:  Good compensation - note that glassdoor only shows salary by default while at higher levels at Amazon you can get the majority of your pay from stock.  If you show ownership you can take on a lot and go far quickly.  Behaves like a mix of a lot of semi-coordinated startups rather than a single company.  It's so giant and does so many things that you can always find something interesting to work on. It's doing really amazing work in a lot of fields and I've got a lot of confidence in the company being successful.  The senior technical management is pretty impressive - a lot of the tech VP's are super technical, which is pretty valuable.","There's less centralized management and fewer standard ways of doing things. This can lead to some duplication of work and lack of clarity on how to proceed. But it also results in more innovation.  Culture varies a lot here - some of the old school teams are more aggressive than I like. So I've stayed out of them, which has been easy.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15216,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Support Engineer II,Best Place I Have Ever Worked,"First: These are my own opinions. I have not been encouraged, in any way, to talk about my Amazon Experience (as we call it), but I am so grateful to my employer for a steady job and a promising career horizon, that I really want to be sure others see what I know about this company.  In AWS, I am trusted to do my job, and Amazon has worked very hard to put me in a place where I can be the most effective and happy while still having excellent room for growth. I get to work from home when needed, and the health/family benefits are much better than I had expected.  The culture here is fantastic, and so are the people I get to work with. I have not, yet, met one individual who is not genuine and kind in this entire organization. Every single person here lives and breathes our leadership principals, which makes working here such a thrill. People are here because they want to be here, and it is obvious that they are contributing with everything they can. I am proud to be a part of this team.","A larger laptop might be nice, and maybe the company could pay my way on the Ferry... but otherwise, I'm happy.","I don't think there is anything I can say. My leadership is amazing, and clearly knows what it is doing... so please continue to be transparent, fair, and honest, in return, we will continue to innovate and grow this business.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15217,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Very Intense Cut Throat Culture,Lot of money is given,"Managers Breathing down your neck all the time, asked for overtime all the time, people are considered replaceable and treated badly.",Care for employees,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15218,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Rubbish!,You get a pay check?,"Don't expect to learn anything on day one. PAs basically tell you how to do something then expect you to hit rate. Then you will approach you to discuss you progress, tell you what you're doing wrong, or vaguely point in the direction of the exits in case of emergency. This can also hinder rate so they close the conversations with ""just pick up the pace""... Not worth the pay. Advancement is completely political. Base employees are just scapegoats for upper screw-ups.",Train your employees. So some compassion to coworkers. Hold yourselves accountable for you own mistakes!,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15219,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate/water spider,One hell of a good workout,Had to be cross-trained in at least 1 other area of work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P741.htm
15220,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager II,Very fast paced environment with a lot of opportunities to learn the business and challenge yourself.,Professional development of younger managers is not a priority. The pace of the business can be stressful and overwhelming at times.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15221,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Sort Center Worker,"Consistent Hours, Above minimum wage, good benefits","Low opportunity for advancement, only up to 30 hours",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15222,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay job,"Dental, vision, and academic benefits for part-timers","Difficult to move up in the company, no full-time positions unless you're Management",Discipline your management staff when they don't work at all,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15223,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good for high school grad or summer job,"- Work is fairly simple - Lots of options to pick up different roles - VERY EASY to apply, no interview - Work metrics allow opportunities to prove yourself - You work 4 days a week, 3 days off - Super chill place to work - Highly recommend if you are a high school graduate or if you're looking for a summer job",- It could get monotonous if you are stuck in one role for too long. - You stand the entire time and some roles require A LOT of walking.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15224,amazon,"Durham, NC"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesome,Great Place to work. Lots of perks.,no health insurance for part time employees. Fulltime jobs are hard to get.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15225,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transport Associate,"Very self explanatory work, leads and supervisors learn your name, the people are friendly and easy to work with along with very cooperative, supervisors are easy to talk to","Fixed pay, fixed schedule,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15226,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,AWS SA,"Great work environment, unlimited opportunities to learn and explore. Fun place to work.",Company is growing with such a rapid place that sometimes its difficult to identify right folks for specific requirement.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15227,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Web Analytics Manager,Great Place to work,One of the best places I have worked at,Nothing that I can think og,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15228,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Furious pace, furiously rewarding","You are literally working with some of the smartest people on the planet. They will challenge you to elevate your game in all aspects of what you do. The challenges you have to tackle are tough, but you can learn more in a year than other companies of this size would give you the opportunity to learn in 3-5 years.","The pace can be punishing. Burn/churn model still exists in some aspects of the company, but they are working to make this better.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15229,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,1 Pro 1 Con,You meet people from all walks of life.,High turnover rate so you are learning new people often.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P742.htm
15230,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Solutions Architect,"Innovation, smart people, fast and furious, start up mentality","Growing too fast, too many resources and groups, hard to navigate and comprehend who is who, promotion process is too difficult","Simplify and adjust compensation, streamline and foster internal promotions",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15231,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - ICQA,Evil company,You can lose a lot of weight and they had great health benefits.,Gave them 2 years. CAE1 is a friend's only zone. When I got pregnant they put me in the worst jobs for my condition. Even when they new I was having problems. When at 25 weeks I was hospitalized with complications I informed them of my issue. They fired me for missing work.,Get AMs and PAs that don't show favoritism and don't allow them to have sexual contact with those under them. They change peoples tot so they can hang out and talk.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15232,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,Working Environment at Amazon.,Amazon does pay for you to go back to college. They do have PTO hours and good vacation hours. Good benefits.,"Amazon has favoritism when it comes to first shift and night shift which first shift has it easy. Night shift does more work, work longer, and work more days and has MOT more than day shift. Day shift also gets VTO more often. Night shift has to stay even when there is no work. They hire anybody for manager's position that don't have the qualifications ,but won't cross train employees already working there at the facility that actually want to learn in other departments. Amazon thinks you're a robot. They don't care about you being tired or that you have a life outside of the building. This is all at the pack line. Outbound pack line is very unorganized. Amazon runs 24/7 which is a big reason why their lines constantly stop every night. They won't take REAL time off to work on their sorter or lines. And have to work every holiday is a drag and sucks. It's as if they don't care that you have kids or family to spend holidays with.","Place people in management position that actually work their butts off on the floors, not just only on their computer all night. Don't have favoritism amongst your employees.",1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15233,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Whether or not you like working here definitely depends on the location at which you work.,"- Incredibly relaxed environment - Management is nice and understanding, helps you whenever you need them to - Benefits are excellent - Opportunity to move up as time passes - Rewarded for things such as productivity and staying safe - Bonuses at the end of each month - Overtime always available","- If you suffer from any kind of foot, ankle, knee, back, or joint pain, you'll find this job a bit painful after a while - It can sometimes get super hot in the facility and there's really no way to cool down a building as large as some of the fulfillment centers",Continue to make sure you're listening to the people who are on the floor day in and day out. We know what needs to change and what's working as we're the ones doing these jobs.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15234,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good Pay,Pay was pretty good and you get plenty of hours,No opportunity for advancement unless you move to night shift first.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15235,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Great Job,4 day work week was awsome.,crossed trained in more jobs then staying at one all day.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15236,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Working hard and having fun,There's something new to learn every day. It's a target-rich environment that encourages everyone to make a contribution to the success of your peers and customers. You will never be bored here.,"It's a fast-paced, challenging environment. Every day can't be rainbows and unicorns. It's sometimes hard to keep your focus on long-term goals while fighting tactical battles. But the rewards (monetary and otherwise) are worth staying the course.",We hire rock stars. Hold the bar high!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15237,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse,Fast-paced but time flies,Steady shift schedule. Decent pay. Plenty of work. Time goes by really fast,Fast-paced. Physically demanding. Have to keep up with high demand. Short breaks,No advice,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15238,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Smart people, work / life balance, great pay and benefits","Big company, occasionally political, hires below your level",Be more willing to promote people internally. Hiring people too far below their level is restrictive and annoying.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15239,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Be prepared to work with smart people in a fast paced environment. Excellent medical benefits and stock rewards.,Be prepared to work long hours even in non-peak times.,Find ways to improve associate orientation and on-boarding in an industry with high turnover and a limited training investment.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P743.htm
15240,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Good Benefits, Good Pay, and nice people.",I don't have any reasons for Cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15241,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Area Manager,"Reasonable Pay, good benefits, stock after 4 years","Everything. They'll get you by saying you will only work 3 days one week and the next 4. You'll be working 4-5 days depending where you're at. If you are salaried, you will hate it here! hourly employees love it though! they get the chance to make overtime on occasion and the stress is not as high. You'll think that you can do this once you get the offer letter but I'm telling you, you will hate it here by month 3 and dread everyday that you are working here. We all read the glassdoor reviews, we all thought we could do it for a year and we all hated our greedy choice. Only company where moving up is not desirable.","They won't listen in the building, they won't listen here.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15242,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Custodian,Custodian,Friendly person very interactive respectful fast paced and very happy. I have a very nice personal ity,Dowsides the management isnt up to par. There are some problems with that but it can be fix.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15243,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,shipping,discounts half off its good,nothing to complain about good company to work for,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15244,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with outstanding benefits!,"Benefits, Company Culture, Advancement Opportunities, Growth Potential,",Growth can be painful because the focus is on changing fast rather than changing in the right way.,Focus on implementation of new ideas. Value associate input.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15245,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Greatness,"Good pay,Ok paid Time Off",Breaks are too short,Always give your employees second chances.,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15246,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Heat,Good pay for part time work,Never have the ac on to hot,Let people talk for a few minutes and turn the ac on,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15247,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Centers,Very diverse group of people No interview when applying (can be considered a con as well) Always work to be done Good benefits,A LOT of overtime especially during busy seasons Constantly changing management Very young and inadequate leadership at certain FC's,"Set a standard throughout ALL of the FC's. I've worked in multiple FC's throughout southern California and some were absolute GARBAGE, while some were pristine. Give employees leadership roles who actually have leadership capabilities, not just because they're your favorite. Stop changing management every few months. It kills morale and motivation of employees having to get used to a different management style every few months.",1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15248,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company good pay pay,They are not hard on hiring at all,Hot humid warehouse ac breaks down sometimes,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15249,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,process assistant,"great benefits, great people, great reputation",when working long days it can be hard on your body to recuperate properly.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P744.htm
15250,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,process assistant,"great benefits, great people, great reputation",when working long days it can be hard on your body to recuperate properly.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15251,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Very good time off options, and schedule does not change unless overtime",Management need better forms of communication,Communicate,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15252,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,was good but not like too much,people were mean and stuff to behonest,like seriously keep it up man its not cool,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15253,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon Seller Support Associate,"Good pay for call center Reasonable hours/shift Get two days off in a row Lots of opportunity for growth/movement  Hour(unpaid) lunches, great lake view","High pressure, high expectations, high stress Growing pains 1 minute 30 seconds aftercall work time to compose a fully formatted email to seller after completing every call, annotate case with internal annotation, annotate self-evaluation poll, select category of the issue, select subcategory of issue, select action taken.  4 minutes of personal time a day, or 20 minutes of personal time a week, whichever is less. Very difficult to get exception for disability Call handling time and case resolve rates are difficult to meet.","More training for specialized departments Try not to micromanage employee bathroom breaks Increase after call time, to send quality, personalized, detailed emails to sellers.  Cross-train associates so they are aware what each dept does Ease off call handling time, its about how much value we add to the seller in that interaction, not to get them off the phone and send them a sloppy email because we had very little time.",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15254,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Staffing Specialist,Great place to work but a very intense culture,"You'll be challenged every day, and you have to continually step up your game to remain at the top of the pecking order. You'll be surrounded by some of the smartest and best people at their respective jobs, which will help elevate you to be the best you can be in your role.","It's exhausting. Huge strain on work-life balance, especially in peak season. Very unrealistic objectives at times. You'll be well-compensated, but there is a reason New York Times articles are written about the culture.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15255,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Day employment review,"Fun people, simple work, you can use headphones in the dull moments.","If you're not too great with computers, or fast paced handling of people it might not be for you.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15256,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Work with Many smart people and develop interesting stuffs really help customers.,Company doesn't provide free lunch and breakfast.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15257,amazon,"Smyrna, GA"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,mimics a temp agency,"flexible scheduling, relaxed environment, easy work","no full-time depending on location, lack of transparency (job outlook), no opportunities for advancement",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15258,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Data Engineer,Bootcamp for those just starting out,Stock prices continue to increase and you can take your dog to work....,...but that's about it. The 401k match is almost non-existent and there are zero other benefits to working there aside from 10% prime purchases maxed at $100 total a year. BFD.  All experience gained is unmarketable outside Amazon as all tools used are mostly internal.  Biggest Con - their 'raise the bar' hiring policy is a joke resulting in super high performing lower levels and mediocre-at-best middle management. You will constantly have newer employees higher than you on the food-chain that clearly are under-performing you. You will almost always know / outperform your superiors. It also makes upward mobility nearly impossible.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15259,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory control,Learned a lot about inventory control,Favoritism among managers towards certain employees,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P745.htm
15260,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Casual atmosphere, cash incentive bonus, Peak season perks","Management doesn't support zero tolerance, no consistent discipline across the board",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15261,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decide for yourself whether or not you should work here, but here's my experience...",Co-workers were nice but that's it.,"Oh where to begin... So first let's start off with the fact that they changed my job code without my consent to one that dropped me from $15/hr Full-Time to $10/hr Part-Time before I even started there.  I had repeatedly informed the supervisor of this, & hoped for some sort of resolution but nothing happened.  I called HR, & they said speak to my supervisor even though I had already said that it was not fruitful after MANY attempts to do so.  So I filed a complaint with an Amazon Employee Processing Centre, & that lead from my job code being changed from a specific location to ""bouncer""...  I was then bounced around from location to location working various shifts for various hours at constant pay $10/hr for 8 weeks...  After my first week of bouncing around I noticed I had not received my hard-earned paycheck, & I called the location I had worked at the day before to ask why this was so...  They told me to contact HR, so I did.  I was told that because I had not been associated with a specific location my check could not be processed or sent anywhere to receive my payment, & when I mentioned that I had direct deposit I was told that even though I had direct deposit the ""check"" needed to be associated with an exact location...  After about 45mins of getting fed the same [explicitive], I hung up, & went back to the Employee Processing Centre in hopes that I might receive my ""check"" but rather, I was told that I will receive my check once there I've been situated in a specific location, & had my status changed from ""bouncing"" to a job code which should only take about 2 weeks according to the associate.  I had been left with the ""bouncing"" status for the 8 weeks of employment I had experienced with Amazon, & as a result had not received payment as well.  My lack of income lead me to search for another job to supplement my lack of financial closure all the while still retaining employment with Amazon in hopes that I might finally see my well-deserved ""check"".  Eventually I was called in for a meeting in hotel conference room along with 20-30 other employees to be told we were fired, upon hearing this news I shot up, & asked for my ""check"", & was told that because I was not an associate of Amazon anymore I would not be receiving one.  When I elaborated, & requested my ""check"" for the past 8 weeks of my service of which I had not received, the associates repeated themselves stating that I was no longer an associate, & would not receive a check.  I then asked why I was being fired, & I did not receive an answer.  When I asked for severance papers, I was denied them.  When I asked for the information of the associates who had fired me, they adamantly refused.  After a heated argument, I left with their business cards (which I had to take from their clips).  Amazon, expect a lawsuit. If this is how you treat your employees, then this company is the most unconscionable, & deplorable outfit I've ever had the absolute displeasure of working with.",Figure it out for yourselves after you read this.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15262,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company!,I believe that Amazon is the best company to work for in the world! We have a strong company culture that is outlined in our simple but powerful Leadership Principles. Two of the things I love most about Amazon is that we focus on the customer and we bet big. Truly refreshing and motivating. I am challenged as a leader in a way that I have never been in past roles and as a result I am growing every day.,We are doing big things and big things can be hard. It requires resilience and determination. Not everyone is a great fit so research our leadership principles thoroughly and ask lots of questions about working for the company.,Mind the culture as we grow. Keep connecting with employees. Talk about all the great things we do more both internally and externally.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15263,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Hard work but very interesting first job with lots of room for growth,tough hours and strenuous work,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15264,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receive Stow,I made a couple new friends.,They are willing to hire a lot of people and then lay them off just as quick.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15265,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,Initial Impression,"Great environment, talented peers, egalitarian, many opportunities",Lackluster reporting tools for analysts,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15266,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very micromanaged,Above avg starting salary for retailer. Good for persons who like to work alone.,Not very good training. Rates constantly monitored. Try to find ways of making you quit if you do not meet rates.,None,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15267,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High turnover,There are not any at all,work life balance completely sucks,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15268,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Still Day One,"After 10+ years there is still a lot to learn and discover, and ways to have big impact for both customers and employees. I have fortunate to have been on 4 great teams. I have been given many opportunities to do new things, travel, take on global responsibility and pushback. Through org changes, maternity leave, and personal highs and lows, I have always felt supported and valued.",I wish we had employer match (in addition to AmazonSmile) for charitable giving and back-up childcare.,"continue focusing on letting people build and not adding bureaucracy, continue investing in leadership training. We have a lot of new managers, and a person's manager makes all the difference.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15269,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Fulfillment Associate,Warehouse work,"Benefits, 4 day, 10 hour shifts, friendly coworkers, food on occasion, extra pay working on holidays, increased minimum wage (finally), unpaid time off you can use anytime","Mandatory overtime, anytime with little notice (so if you have plans or just want to relax on your scheduled day off, forget it!), manual labor, stacking boxes in hot trucks, stacking totes, pulling floor jacks all day, walking 12 miles + everyday, micromanaging tier 3s always telling you how to do your job or pull you to jump in a hot truck if things slow down, not enough people for the work or doing what they're supposed to be doing, Leadership and Tier 3s just standing around all day talking to one another doing nothing, staring at the computer screen or finally help out for a minute","Give more notice for overtime, ask for volunteers before giving mandatory overtime, change up the duties for workers so they are not doing the same thing everyday, treat workers fairly and respectively because without them you wouldn't make your numbers. Stop harassing workers when work does slow down.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P746.htm
15270,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Incompetent Management, Flexible hours","-Flexible hours, you choose all your shifts after working for a few months. -Great as a side job, only requirement is working 10 hours a month, so if you're in school or working another more demanding job prime now can be a nice side thing for extra money -Fairly easy work","-The managers are all a bunch of 24 year olds right out of college with no experience, so sometimes they make bad decisions -HR takes a long time to respond to emails, like 2 or more days -No benefits, a lot of the managers jobs are just to make sure we don't go above 25 hours a week because they don't want to pay benefits -Oh yea, 25 hours a week max",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15271,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Quality Assurance Engineer,Enjoying my time,-Great pay -Opportunities to grow and diversify are plentiful -I've experienced a great work/life balance -$tock,-401k match could be better -Easy to be lost in the sea of people here -Preferential treatment given to developers and technical program managers over other job families,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15272,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Fast-paced, never boring","You're surrounded by smart, hard-working people. You'll never stay stuck on anything for long because you're either making progress or priorities are shifting.",Sometimes you'll feel pressure to work on nights/weekends. Sometimes that pressure comes in the form of a page at 2am.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15273,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant II,Great Place to work!,"Great Culture, lots of perks, leadership principles create a common language across all orgs.",Traffic and parking can be a bear getting in and out of Seattle. Recommend using the free transit or shuttle provided to employees.,Encouragement of outside training would be appreciated. Not all growth comes from internal training.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15274,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate -- most fun I have had at a job,"Most of the days I spent working at the fulfillment center were either very fun or felt very rewarding at the end of the night. It was usually pretty motivating and management did make a consistent effort to make the environment fun(ny) and exciting. In a way, it was like getting paid to have a gym membership. Also, the physical conditions are excellent compared to other warehouses--very comfortable even though hot at times unless you stay hydrated. My location was very willing to train employees on other areas and most of the time I wasn't doing the same thing each week. I enjoyed coming into work most of the time. Trainers/feedback is meant to help you and isn't accusatory, there were also coaches in your similar position (stower/packer/counter/...) that would help you along the way. At the stand-up meetings, most of the time you were aware of how you were functioning as an individual and as part of your team, always fun competitions for gift cards and so on based on productivity. Career advancement / tuition reimbursement is possible even if not directly related to Amazon (for healthcare such as phlebotomy and others), this is excellent for college students paying bills along the way to further themselves through Amazon or elsewhere.","I switched my shift pattern to adjust my schedule for schooling, but wasn't told anywhere that I had to remain on the accepted shift for more than 90 days before being able to transfer to other shifts. I wouldn't have done so if I knew this or signed something, but I would go back at any time. Productivity and quality rates at times can be unrealistic if there is an inconsistent work flow, but this depends on department and no one is held accountable or reprimanded if its understood that these factors are outside of our control. Mandatory overtime is somewhat common, but should be expected when you sign up! I never minded it but can be troublesome if someone is looking for a work/life balance--probably won't happen (at really any warehouse during holiday season).",Allow workers to be in the roles that they feel they do the best in.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15275,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2017",Current Employee - Manager In Operations,Smoke and Mirrors the story of Corporate Life versus Operations,"-High compensation and generous initial offers but they come with a catch 22, read the fine print before signing. -Talented individuals working there -Robust software systems to assist your work","-Very, very political organization especially in the senior and director level. Jobs will simply be awarded to individuals with no internal postings or will be internally posted for a 24 hour period to satisfy legal requirements. Who you know in the senior level of management will get you much farther than what you know. -Zero work life balance in the Operations side. There are two very drastically different worlds in Amazon. There is what is known as Operations and then Corporate. Corporate has dog parks on their roofs, beers in their fridges that you can enjoy at lunch time, and is an awesome environment. These are the pictures you will see on LinkedIn, with such things as ""creativity rooms"" where you can just take a break from your work day and make crafts. Absolutely none of that exist in the Operations world (warehouses, fulfillment, sort-centers, cross-docks, etc). You wont ever see a LinkedIn article regarding how amazing operations is, because its nothing but a brutal and long daily grind. -New York Times article hit the nail on the head in regards to Amazon culture. Now I cant speak for the corporate culture as I have little experience there but the operation culture is one of cutting throats and faking metrics (Amazon is 100% metric based, nothing else matters or is of concern to them). I have seen individuals go up two levels in just a year based on 100% faked metric data that they manipulated a processes path or used work arounds to accomplish. Further more senior management is 100% aware of it but those fake numbers also assist them and so their is an unspoken rule about it. There is also zero consequences to getting caught faking numbers and in some cases its actually encouraged. I have actually seen a highly talented manager terminated for trying to stop the faking of metric numbers and data. -Fake leadership and convenient leadership principles. Amazon is very keen on its leadership principles which it paints on every break room wall. In the year I have worked there, I have not seen any of them really followed. They simply are used as bridges (another word for excuse in Amazon language) to justify lack of leadership and ability to assist subordinate leaders. What I mean by that is if you have bad numbers or are struggling, your leader wont come down and help you, they will just spout out a leadership principle that is a bridge for them because most likely they don't know how to help you either.","Amazon prides itself on its leadership principles and recruiting talented leaders. As a Military veteran recruit, this is what I thought I was recruited for. However the absence of leadership within Amazon is so pronounced that the company is only held together by high compensation and bonuses that require payback if a leader leaves the company early. I would recommend discontinuing the focus on the recruitment of former Military leaders as our definition and practical application of leadership is vastly different than Amazons. Other than that, you got a lot of fake leaders, dishonesty on a momentous scale, and an eat your own culture that is so deeply embedded in the operations world that I am not even sure Jeff Bezos him self could weed it out.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15276,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits - horrible work/life balance,"Great Comp, benefits and sign on bonus",Horrible work/life balance - constant stress,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15277,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,AWS,Culture in AWS is nothing like the NY time article,Could use a real coffee machine,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15278,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2017",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,"Scandalous Treatment, Working Conditions and Salary","The only thing that management kept telling me and the company is so obsessed about it...""You can work in your Pajama""",I'd much rather wear clothes,"Be honest and don't just repeat whatever HR tells you to repeat. And quit scaring off employees with this fear system of ""infractions"" that will lead you to loose your job.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15279,amazon,"Richmond, CA"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hiring/Working,Easy Job but can be grueling due to other workers.,Awful mirco managing. I say this cause there are people who are idly chatting and not working while some are working extra hard due to those people not doing their job. This causes the job to be over bearing workload from time to time specially during holidays. Lack of working materials. They give you a strap for your scanner so you can work with it hands free. But you have to return it at the end of your shift. But the next day when you try to get one if your not early enough you won't have a strap to work with causing your to work to be slower since you have to carry the scanner with one hand and a box in the other. Sometimes the scanner straps that you get a soaked in other people's sweat. At times the scanner straps are barely holding by the seem so to make it work we had to use some duck tape to strap it around our wrist. There are water dispenser through out the warehouse but no cups and most of the time the water is stale. One time i saw a bug floating inside the water dispenser and some people didn't see it so they drank from it. Water dispenser is always luke warm its never cold. During cold months the warehouse is freezing cold cause the manager refuses to turn on the heater(even when requested upon by most of associates.). The awful condition and work environment causes new people to rage quit on the spot. Making workload even more overbearing because we have a quota to be filled.,You guys are doing a good job. It's hard to do your job when you don't have the support from the higher ups. Keep doing what you're doing and try to be nice.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P747.htm
15280,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,scheduled work hours so no unexpected work days,little pay for the effort you put into work,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15281,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"Easy work, Ok Pay, Easy interview. The work was pretty much easy and repetitive I just hated some of the changes that management made that had us working harder then we should have for such a simple task.",Its unorganized and the managers are a little rude. I hated the hours I worked the overnight shift but that was by choice since I'm a full time student. I also hated that they made us work harder not smarter.,Keep the attitudes at home and stop trying to change everything some working techniques WORK.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15282,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,"Not bad, decent benefits, room to grow","Low hourly rates, No HR on site",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15283,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,5 year employee,Great pay for entry level positions. Benefits starting day 1. All the jobs in the facility are easy to learn. Plenty of discounts and extra benefits outside of the health and standard benefits such as yearly kentucky kingdom trips for the company picnic. Lots of room for advancement though I wouldn't recommend it with the 50-80 hours a week year round that management works on salary. It's a great stepping stone to switch fields though since you can get a lot of bottom level position in various areas and get experience.,"Management is jumbled around so much that most have no idea what's going on in their department, and there's not much point in learning it when in a year they'll be moved somewhere else again. Time off task is massively harped on. Might make 200% productivity but you'll be written up for going to get a water bottle from the breakroom or taking too many bathroom breaks.","Management needs to investigate to learn more of the department they're over before starting to make calls that effect it and need to ensure they've gotten all the information they need, not just the word of the first person they talk to.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15284,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good seasonal job,"good pay, friendly management, nice co workers",long hours on your feet,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15285,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD PAY/HARD WORK,The job has good pay and benefits.,Long work day(10 hour shift) on your feet the entire time. Only had thirty minute breaks. HR personnel was rude. Only a $0.25 raise every six months.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15286,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Data Associate,Do NOT work here under any circumstances.,"Diverse, friendly group to work with. Nice location.","Terrible place to work. Low pay, poor quality benefits, no perks, long hours. Constant monitoring of employees, both electronically and physically. I personally witnessed bullying by management and complaints of harassment that were ignored when reported.",Treat people with dignity and respect.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15287,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Delivery Station Associate.,Always heard. Health taken into account. Good benefits.,Can get pretty hot in the station.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15288,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort,Amazing company to work for,There really aren't any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15289,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Liked the hours and the people who worked there,long drive to get there for me,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P748.htm
15290,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Liked the hours and the people who worked there,long drive to get there for me,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15291,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is still Day 1,"Top team, very driven and challenging atmosphere","Lots to do, it's as tough as a startup environment",Retain top talent that is hard to come by.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15292,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Extremely fast paced environment. The ability to affect change is in your jands,Extremely high demands. Diversity inclusion is minimim. Warehouse managers include heaved and Princeton graduates with baseline EQ but a very high IQ,Research work life balance and what's important to you,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15293,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you care about people, this is not a place for you",They pay you a LOT of money - but there is a reason. And you will never be home or with your family to spend it.,"Worst culture I have EVER experienced. People are just a number in the productivity equation - at all levels, hourly to high ranking executives.","In a company that invented the term ""desk crying"" - and thinks that it's funny, I don't think Management would listen to advice from anyone. Management (not Leadership - distinct difference) is from the stone age, hiring engineers to lead buildings - all IQ, no EQ. Yelling and swearing at other leaders, demeaning others, and bullying are widely tolerated practices across this organization. And HR is no better. People will be your undoing. Your growth strategy is a house of cards without engaging your employees and truly leading not berating and badgering them. Sad and disappointing.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15294,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,You can do a lot better than Amazon,Increase your core engineering competencies. Some smart people as well as many average people. There is worse if you a desperate for a job.,"Most people leave within a year - a brutal workplace, people are generally unhappy. Oncall (unpaid overtime) and a lot of the work is operational - not particularly interesting projects. Very difficult to make suggestions or improvements. You are expected to do a small tasks handed down by managers and no excuses for delays for any reason. Creative thinking is not welcomed at Amazon.","Other companies are much more effective in the way they operate, they make better use of their employees and generally a much less hostile place to work. Why Amazon ever thought this was a good way to structure a company is beyond me.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15295,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Sort Center Process Assistant,The Process Assistant role is to assist with Sort and have a positive effect on the Amazon Culture.,Sort Centers are very metric driven with variables dependent upon Fulfillment Center Logistics.,Sometimes there is more effective results with Direct Personal Communication than through Indirect Email Communication.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15296,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process assistant,The pros are the benefits and opportunity to move up.,The pay is not that great for the first starting positions.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15297,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Pretty Good Company!,Quick application and user-friendly Upfront Room for promotion,Low pay Dull work/does not invite the imagination,Give more benefits and opportunities for growth...more training,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15298,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - SDE1,SDE I,"- Alot of talented people - Interesting problems - many potential mentoring opportunities - Great build tools I started there with minimal knowledge of CS. They paid for schooling, mentored me, allowed weeks at a time to be spent with various team while I figured out my career path and left as pretty solid engineer","like any big company, it was hit-or-miss with management. I never struggled with work/life balance but that is because I was single and worked all the time. I ultimately left because the org I was under was limiting work from home possibilities","Let people work from home more often. Having said that and having worked from home for years for other companies, there are certainly drawbacks so take that word of advice with a grain of salt.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15299,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Good salary, fast paced, great benefits, typically four day week unless doing overtime. Good pay for an entry level position.",Management cares more about numbers than quality Can get too competitive and leaders always want to juice whatever they can out of you,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P749.htm
15300,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Casual work environment You learn a lot Lots of opportunity to move up,"Long hours Boring, repetitive work",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15301,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Manager,"Amazon is involved in some of the most interesting things you can imagine. Once in you generally stick to one project, but movement among teams is not frowned upon when you are ready for a change.",Women need to have a thick skin and be willing to work harder than their male counterparts to get recognized. Some managers/sr. execs are out of touch with how hard it is to hire in the current environment. Lots of bureaucracy is creeping in. The company policies meant to reinforce its culture don't scale to the size it is at now.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15302,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,I love AWS,"You can make a direct impact on the business, and high performers always get promoted.",You're working at break-neck speed to keep up with the growth.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15303,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping,If u work in one of the city's allowed for part time shipping it's a fab job!,Cannot come up with any cons for this company,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15304,amazon,"South Kenosha, WI"," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Ambassador,"Fulfillment center of Kenosha,Wi","Good fast pace career good feedback great benefits on day one of hire date stocks shares,medical,vision,dental,401k,life insurance for you/spouse,and accidental death or dismemberment. All on orientation day",Human Resources are unfair they don't give you a chance to tell your side of the story when you were harassed by a co-worker.,"Give more recognition,power hours ,make it more fun,and communicate with your employees.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15305,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Not for everyone,"Flexible work schedule (just get the work done mentality). Competitive pay, but heavy on the ""golden handcuffs"" approach with how they handle stock payouts.","The culture is definitely not for everyone. It's a STRONG ""manage up"" culture, meaning that your manager is likely more concerned about how they look to their manager than they are concerned about you as their team member. I've never been to a company who made a regular activity out of throwing people under the bus. It never happened to me, but I saw it on a regular basis. The vertical I was in gave lip service to how much they cared about work/life balance, but that wasn't reality. They are cheap in terms of resources and refuse to hire the number of people they really need, because the expectation is that smart people should be able to figure out how to do more with less. That only works to a point, and then the small teams just end up having to put in ridiculous hours. I really enjoyed the people I worked with, but most were pretty unhappy there, and there was a constant revolving door of turnover.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15306,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Paycheck - working with lots of people,Pay package is a trap .... make sure you understand contract and do the math per hour ... when you divide overtime. Your really not making that much.,Scrap your pay business plan,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15307,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Crew Member,"The pay is great, room for growth within.",Very physically demanding with strict rules.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15308,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Ship Dock Associate,Amazon Ship Dock,"Excellent benefits, 401k matching, Roth IRA program are great. Safety is a top priority by my Area Managers. Showing pride in your job will get you better positions quickly.",Walking 10 to 12 miles a night took me a long time to get used to.,Be more visible,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15309,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Writer,-Many different things to choose from from any genre of objects - Descriptions of product are available,- Unfortunately the products are sometimes low quality - There aren't many clothes options,Maybe try and work on who can sell what on your site. Maybe have someone test the product or verify t has everything that it said it would have.,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P750.htm
15310,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Structure and thinking - There is a lot of document writing at Amazon, in case you have not heard. While some people do not like that part of the job much, I think the required meetings and documents force every employee to truly think about their job and what they are doing. Producing the write-ups and getting them ready to face up to a room of very detailed scrutiny and questioning forces you to think through every aspect of your business. it is really a very valuable skill that Amazon does a great job of developing.","Culture - I think some people could have a tough time adjusting to the culture - its tough, expectations are high and there is not always a lot of hand holding ( in fact, it would be very rare). I think you have to embrace or at least accept it and focus on the positives. Your team makes a huge difference - so hopefully you're lucky and end up with a great manager and great team mates. If you're looking for free food and onsite massages - you certainly will be disappointed. You can end up overworked and resentful if you are not good at prioritizing your work and your life and making trade-offs.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15311,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,make the best of it,"Day 1 benefits. 4 day work weeks, although 5 (mandatory OT) are becoming more common. pay is good for everywhere but in NJ",Mind numbing work. long shifts. short breaks. all they care about are rates. even when you're not working you tired because you're so sore.,interact with the people you're managing. were people not robots,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15312,amazon,"Rosemead, CA"," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Shipping and Receiving Associate,Alright,"good pay, easy task, no-skills necessary","quotas, poor management, long hours",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15313,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Cog in a Machine,So many People to connect with! So many items to discover!,Productivity focus makes working here hard to cope with. It gets draining and there's not much of a safety net for rough days,The power of Now is so fully realized at this place its incredible. I both love and hated working here. Add Lovesac to the break room.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15314,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is an overall Innovative Company,"Good work-life balance, low stress, fun environment.","Growth opportunities are limited, not enough employee recognition, limited authority on decision-making",Focus on new ways to recognize employees on a job well done. Improve the overall performance review cycles.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15315,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok job,You get to choose your hours.,No place for advancement.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15316,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Pay ok for seasonal work,"Variable managers, some don't care if people slack off",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15317,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - AWS Customer Enablement,AWS Customer Enablement,Culture is great. Opportunities abound. Surround by people who want to be successful and strive to do so. Pay is good. Full Autonomy to be successful,Travel is difficult for me as it takes nearly an hour commute one way. Other than that no Con's.,Keep hiring structure going as having employees and peers involved in the hiring process is a key to the Team's success,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15318,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Make History",AWS is the current leader in cloud computing and SaaS platform. Outlook is great for the next 10 years in this industry. Pace of innovation is frightening. Great leadership and co workers who love the brand and their jobs,"Keep the core values grounded and remember it is still Day 1. As the company grows larger, it starts to feel like a traditional enterprise with many red tapes that slow down innovation. But compared to Oracle or MSFT, Amazon is still innovating at a greater pace.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15319,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,Autonomy and flexibility. This role also helps you build rapport with the business and allows you to network.,Can easily get burnt out.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P751.htm
15320,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Furniture Sales Associate,"If you need lots of hours at a decent pay rate and dont need any free time, this is a job for you",Lots of opportunity for working (mandatory over time is assigned like 80% of the time),"Exhausting work, 10 hour days with the promise of maybe 2 days off, terrible break scheduling (large warehouse with not enough time to get to break rooms), they dont value their employees, rarely seen management","Maybe living with the motto of ""How do we make more money?: Hire more people"" isnt the best idea. Maybe caring more about holding on to your current employees is more important",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15321,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Great place to work!,+Career Development +Opportunities for growth +Great coworkers +Fun environment (dogs!) +work life balance +exciting projects and deliverables,"We don't have a lot of perks like free food, etc. but I don't personally care too much about that.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15322,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Amazon is doing some really interesting things and always pushing the envelop.,"Amazon is a top down organization so this means you either get on the train or leave. If you don't see eye with the leadership of your group be very aware of not knocking over the apple cart. Amazon puts people in leadership positions that may or may not know what they're doing so even if you do and your manager doesn't, don't be a naysayer or you'll come across as not a team player and a malcontent even though one of the principles of the company is to ask questions. Manager will turn around and use another principle, disagree and commit to keep you in line. Just be prepared to go along with everything your manager wants if you want to last long there or even have a chance of getting promoted.","There are some really smart people that work at your company and you should find a way to listen to all of them, not just listen to the employees that you've earmarked for promotion. There are valuable people that are getting overlooked and leave your company that you could really benefit from staying but then again you like the turnover, don't you?",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15323,amazon,"Dalton, GA"," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - CS Supervisor,Great Place to Work From Home,"Great Pay, Benefits, Equal Opportunity Employer, Room to advance, Time off options, Supportive Management","In my opinion, there are none!","Hire the best, leave the rest!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15324,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Echo Annotation and Transcription,Echo Annotation and Transcription,Beautiful building and offices. Right downtown. Good training.,Technically challenging and a very steep learning curve.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15325,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMazing Job,"Great Benefits , discount, meeting new people,","Working long shifts , poor management, hot",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15326,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Distribution center,Convenient hours and the supervisors really care.,It gets really hot but that comes with warehouse work.,none,4.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15327,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Package Handler,Its ight,"Great pay, Good benefits, nice people","Its amazon, the hours are tiring and its hot","hire people who do their job, and not just sit around",4.0,2.0,none,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15328,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 2, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon,"Good medical insurance, Vacation and Paid time off from Permanent Hire Day 1, 3 days off a week","Stressful work environment, Hard to meet quotas if you do everything the right way, managers are often hired straight out of collage with little to no work experience","clean out the water coolers, clean the employee bathrooms, stop hiring people to administrative and managerial positions straight out of collage with zero work experience",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15329,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon: Good and Bad,Compensation package is great. Opportunity to move to your specialty.,little work life balance. Very unstable expectations.,"Keep goal logical, and don't expect 15 hour days to be normal.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P752.htm
15330,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,Amazon slave,Hours available if you want to make money,"People aren't very friendly, management not helpful, and it kinda sucks.",Recognize the little people and make sure they are trained well.,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15331,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Youthful Place To Work,- Hours - Schedule - Independence - Pay - Time,- Busy - Work - Benefits - Accommodations - Teams,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15332,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Same-Day Flex Ambassador,"Pay is decent, fast pace environment, potential to move up in the company.","Hours are not enough, hard to get days off, work life balance.",Better communication with associate,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15333,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Icqa,Good benifits A lot of different shifts,Turn over rate is high Unprofessional,none,1.0,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15334,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Terrible,Decent benefits & lots of mandatory overtime means extra money,"They push you to meet barely attainable goals hour after hour, day after day. It's all about numbers for them. The physical rigors of meeting these demands leads to pain all over your body. Several of my coworkers had carpal tunnel surgery in an attempt to keep up. If you complain, management tells you to take 5min & grab some of the free tylenol packets they have all around in dispensers. But regardless, if you don't meet goal numbers each hour, you get a write up",Maybe rotate people around in different job tasks so your not always repeating the same physical motions over & over. Reduce the required number output employees must meet to avoid a write up. Be more about the people & less about the hard to reach numbers employees must meet,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15335,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Medical benefits are excellent.,"Plenty of paid time off, schedule accommodation for college students. Personal leave if needed.",Mandatory over time during the holidays. Cross train in areas that you do not want to perform.,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15336,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great career opportunities for both growth and business impact,Lots of employee turnover and politics,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15337,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr.Ops,Opportunity to grow and realize one's potential,I dont have any major concerns about job at amazon,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15338,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,Great pay and nice managers nice people,hr IS HORRIBLE slave work creepy guys,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15339,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Retail,Churn and burn,Good pay. Prestigious company. Stock. Good maternity leave. Work from home on occasion if your team allows. Flexible start time if your team allows. It's all about finding the right manager and right team.,Long hours. Gender bias. Lack of female leadership or managers. Expectations are that you will remain accessible and connected even on your days off or vacation. If you're not an SDE you're expendable.,"Ask yourselves why very few people stay after the first year, or the first five. There needs to be a better work life balance and less emphasis on the all mighty MBA vs on the job experience.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P753.htm
15340,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Stocker,"Lots of employee turnover, high expectations","Pay is good, opportunity for OT is there if you want it","Mandatory OT(How is that legal?), long hours, huge company so no room to relax, even grab a drink. The computer senses when youre off task, full of people trying to climb the ladder from the bottom but obviously few make it.",chill a little,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15341,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 30, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,"I didn't enjoy working there, but some positions weren't as bad as others.","a lot of walking was involved, lost a lot of weight but if you were sick it was horrible.","the facility was huge, so you would see different people all the time, not ones you knew.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15342,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jun 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pass,Pay Benefits 401k Some management PTO Coworkers People from all walks of life Pajamas to work Small number of people who know how to do their job,"Number of ways to get terminated or suspended, forklift and yard hostler Negative energy from other employees Lack of ownership Lack of people who want to work Mandatory Overtime, anything you book needs to be refundable Body wear and tear Management promoted by tenure or location switches or 4 year Some management knows little to nothing about their department Moving from T1 to T4 with a 4 year degree Team lead lack of job knowledge or street smarts Two-faced coworkers Cutthroat nature Metal Detectors English speakers Everyday is middle school drama Repetitive work, completing the same action 5000 times per day in some departments Employees following safety rules Working either Saturday or Sunday every week of your life Parking, certain people will smash their car door into yours because they can Cigarettes and garbage everywhere in the parking lots Revolving door of hires and fires",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15343,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not what they say they are (but then who is ?),"Experience, some of the people are smart.","Lots of under experienced, over opinionated people.",Rethink how you can attract and retain people that can give you an edge.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15344,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Tier III Process Assistant,Potential,"Stocks, benefits, educational opportunities",Working at amazon will suck until you progress out of the Tier 1 role,"Anyone in a leadership position can bark orders, but only real leaders aren't afraid to get those hands dirty.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15345,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management Sucks,"Benefits when you're full-time and the actual employees were great, they would always help you when you needed it.","Management sucks, whenever I would have a question for HR or just in general, they always gave me an attitude or wouldn't answer my question which left me with more questions.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15346,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation Associate,You're pretty much left to your own devices if you enjoy working without being micromanaged,You're thrown straight into the water with not much training. The hours can be either really short or too long and you have no idea how long you're going to stay on the job for until 5 minutes in.,Improve quality of training and preferably announce how long the shift is going to be beforehand.,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15347,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon has more good than bad,"- Given the stock's (AMZN) increase in value, total compensation is very generous - You will work with some of the most brilliant and driven peers in the world - Working for a customer-obsessed company is fulfilling as you feel you are delivering value to a large set of people as well as to the company - Management structure all the way up to CEO is relatively flat and getting exposure to 2-3 levels above your grade is commonplace - Moving around (every 2-4 years) to a different team and/or division is encouraged and helps you round-out your skills (soft and tech) - Your potential for being innovative and thus making a huge customer impact is within your reach with the right level of dedication","- Your success is highly depending on your manager/management. There are those in management that make time for their directs and those that don't. Make sure to ask around about the management for a team you want to join before deciding to move (this is more important than the work you will be doing!) - If you are looking to really advance your career (if you are in your prime) and you want a great work-live balance, then you have a decision to make, which do you want, it is hard to have both at Amazon. - Getting promoted can take more time than at other companies given there are only 3 ""primary"" levels for software engineers -- the bands are extremely wide -- and this also goes back to your management. Will they fight for your promotion? Look at their history!","If you are going to be a manager, then take care of your people. Learn what it takes to get people promoted and help your directs focus in these areas. It is NOT just about delivery. Be transparent (as much as possible) with your org and keep them informed. Celebrate your team successes.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15348,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"brutal environment, no \accountability for management",biggest eco system in the known word,"cut-throat culture, political, ugly behavior tolerated.",Ditch the frequently abused anytime feedback tool. Hold managers acountable for their bad decisions and behavior.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15349,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate and Ambassador,The warehouse just wants a body,"The hours, not really the pay. If you like to work hard and don't mind sacrificing your body","You will work like a dog and have incentives dangled in your face to make you work harder. They fill you full of advancement bs they don't plan on following through with and if you get hurt, not only do they not care, but they will try and figure out how to make it your fault to not pay. Then after being hurt, they will not treat you any lighter than they did before you got hurt. Just don't work here.",Stop treating employees like a slave. Stop lying to everyone. There's lots of gullible people in this world. Don't use and employee for your bonus. Our bodies have limits.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P754.htm
15350,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Great Pay / Terrible Schedule,"Pay. Yep, that's kind of it. Talented group of management (sometimes)","Consistently Understaffed (don't worry, you'll get a lot of experience by picking up the extra work on your 'days (or hours) off'.","Ensure all positions are filled. We get that you want to hire the best, but let's not leave positions open for months to do so.",2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15351,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really horrible employee treatment,Easy straight forward Job. Computer system easy to use.,High pressure and Bad treatment. Really bad hours and religious accommodation.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15352,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Pay and work life balance,Great for people looking to add a 2nd or 3rd job,Pay here is less than all other warehouse positions. We have to work in a very hot warehouse.,Equal pay for Equal work,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15353,amazon,"New Albany, IN"," Jul 1, 2017",Current Employee - Photographer,A large unkept corporation with very competitive people looking to get noticed.,"Always learning how to play the corporate game, and learning how to deliver results under pressure. Amazon has a reputation to be customer centric and is always trying to reach that status with frugality so innovation is rewarded in your job.","Terrible management and terrible leaders running every aspect of the studio. You will struggle to understand what is the most important objective of that week, conversations happen from the top down and decisions are made in a vacuum.",Lead by action avoid the vacuum management style.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15354,amazon,"Skokie, IL"," Jul 1, 2017","Current Employee - Shift Manager, Logistics",Decent Job,"Decent pay. Lots of room to maneuver within Amazon, since it's such a growing company. Super competent workforce. Can't go wrong working here for the long or short term.",Really intense culture that's heavily perception-centric. Occasionally it's a corporate Lord of the Flies environment. Start up culture has weaknesses with lack of structure and hard standards,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15355,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,Financial Analyst,"They provide so many rotational opportunities. They focus on development and always willing to help. Everyone is so smart around you, it's motivating.",You will work long hours but it's worth it.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15356,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon sde,"Stocks, Its very easy to switch teams",my team is very political,provide more visibility down the chain,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15357,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Level III,amazing,best place to work at amazon,i couldnt find anything to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15358,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Awesome company growing everyday of the year,"Awesome compensation. Above average salary, great signing bonus for fist two years, and stock options. Benefits day 1",If you do not have work ethic - goto walmart,"Work = effort, opportunity, and dedication. Teamwork is everything at Amazon",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15359,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service,Good training - decent pay - flexible schedules.,"Quit another job to take this one, only to find out that most ""seasonal"" employees aren't kept on regardless of performance, despite what I was told initially.","Why keep hiring ""seasonal"" (six-month) employees rather than working to retain employees with good performance?",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P755.htm
15360,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate - ICQA,Terrible company to work for,Great benefits. That's about it.,"You get tossed around like a rag doll. I can't say this for all locations but the location in Robbinsville, NJ is absolutely ridiculous. The trainer right in the beginning said ""We typically lose 30 employees a day, whether they quit or get fired."" They are constantly hiring because of this, and then that sometimes leads to over hiring. You are fighting just to find a scanner or charged battery just to do your job. And when you don't get one, that automatically effects your numbers. This location also doesn't believe in using their AC in the middle of the summer, instead they would rather their employees drag their feet all day. And don't bother trying to go to one of the medical units, you need to find your manager to take you first. Which is funny because they don't even introduce you to your manager at all when you are hired. In my first 7 days, the group I was hired with had to change departments 3 times because they over staffed certain ones.","Learn from your mistakes instead of repeating them. We know what is going on around the floor and try bringing attention to the issues. You don't keep employees, because you don't invest in your employees and their thoughts. Like myself.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15361,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jul 2, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Stower,"You get to come in and leave work whenever you want, as long as you have hours to do. Get on FMLA and take advantage when you can go.",They don't want you to talk while working. Possible write up if you come back from break a minute late. They are write up happy.,Listen to associate. Don't waste our time and ask whats the barriers and still write us up.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15362,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Tempting, however keep on looking","everybody needs to work, we all need a paycheck",daily employee survey is not confidential,"Amazon needs to allow employees to come to work, do their job, and go home. I am really tired of all the daily ""spin"" we hear from leadership.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15363,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with great benefits,Fosters personal internal growth Allows you to create and change your own path Outstanding HR representatives that help career growth Great benefits,New York office doesn't have as many job opportunities as Seattle,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15364,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its okay,great pay great benefits friendly co workers,"lots of overtime' always on your feet,meaning blisters and swollen ankels and feet",not likely. they hire outside management.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15365,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job for college students,Work around your college hours and provide educational benefits such as college payment and even some classes in-facility.,Very little career oportunities for part-time associates.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15366,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - SDE2,Working in a disciplined and coherent team.,"The experience and thoughtfulness of peers, the disciplines of test-driven development, continuous refactoring, and service ownership.",An occasional bad manager among the generally excellent management.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15367,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,"Ok, experience neutral.",They pay $3000 a rolling year for college after a year of employment.,"Many, they should pay more to tier 1 and 3 even though it's general labor(picking,packing). Management gets over payed by 10's of thousands major money and under worked. They job isn't that difficult to deserve L4 starting at 85k total compensation in house and even more if they're recruited from a college. The higher up managers make hundreds of thousands in a warehouse. That's too much money for any kind of warehouse work unless you are the GM.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15368,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,My experience working for amazon,Decent pay and easy advancement.,long hours and short breaks,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15369,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Fast paced / challenging / impact,"Surrounded by smart, driven coworkers, who are motivated by the large scale/scope work of improving Amazon customer experiences. You'll learn from everyone around you. Analytical skills and writing skills are valued. You're empowered to experiment, take risks.","Amazon is messy, a start up that grew very quickly (too quickly?). Some internal systems were not designed for the scale of that they are now used for, so seemingly simple tasks can be time consuming. I expected the fundamental internal processes/systems to be well oiled machines before I started working here. They are not. That can be frustrating for some but also an opportunity to innovate. You must be comfortable working in ambiguity to be happy here.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P756.htm
15370,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,I hope to never leave,Freedom to innovate and question the status quo. You are not punished for making mistakes.,You need to manage your own workload- your manager will probably never take things off your plate.,Don't let growth lower the bar. I can't say with confidence that the bar has been raised in the last five years.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15371,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,"As a Prime Now fulfillment associate, things aren't the best.","Well, in theory you get flexible hours and the ability to make your own schedule. After you become a blue-badge (""permanent"" employee) you can get a Seattle transit card, so I guess that's nice if you live in Seattle. Can't vouch for other cities.","The ""Create your own schedule!"" promise is ultimately a lie, because the system for it is a miserable mess. Every thursday at 4:18pm PST sharp, shifts are added to a poorly-optimized site called CSSM (which has to be provisioned out to a single phone or computer per employee using a code that can only be reset from the warehouse, not remotely). Within about 5 minutes, almost every shift available will be snatched up by people who were waiting and constantly refreshing on higher-end devices that were able to access the site with no delay. They're free to request every single shift if they want, and then drop the ones they don't want, as long as they give three days warning. What's more, the company over-hired massively during the holiday peaks and never laid any of them off as temporary/seasonal. Somehow despite never having enough time blocks to go around, there's invariably a call every friday or so, begging people to pick up the 'additional shifts' that were added, because somehow demands are higher than expected every single week. You may be wondering what happens if you don't work shifts? Well, that's easy - if you don't work enough hours a month, you start getting borderline-threatening emails demanding a reason why ( the reason is usually because getting a shift that lines up with my schedule is nigh impossible!), and threatening to fire you if you don't respond in 2 days. And then you respond, and won't hear back again for two days while you sweat wondering whether you keep your job.  And that's just my complaints re: the scheduling system. The actual working conditions are pretty bad, too. In the grocery-store portion of the service, you're left sitting around with no proper chairs or seats in a disused corner of the store, just waiting for orders to come in so you can go shop them. You're expected to communicate shortages to customers via an outdated and frequently damaged iPhone that you scan the goosd with (which sometimes there aren't enough of!), but while that interaction generally requires real conversational texting or calling, you're only *supposed* to use pre-written script lines. No one actually complies with this, though. As a Prime Now fulfillment worker in-store, you're expected to do all the menial labour and hard work and customer service, but even if the customer wants to tip you for your help, they can't - that tip goes only to the driver that brought them their bag.  In the warehouse, it's even worse. Where the grocery-store service can be a little sluggish, the fulfillment center warehouses are nearly nonstop work. Breaks are generally frowned upon even if you're working long enough to deserve one - they make you sign a document when you're hired saying that you can waive your breaks, and when I've asked when I should take my break because I'd like one, I was looked at funny, because they just... expected that I would waive that break period. The warehouses are dingy, labyrinthine and unorganized, and hard to reach via transit. You've no way of knowing whether you'll be assigned to picking from the shelves to fill orders, stowing shipments onto the shelves, or receiving shipments from the trucks, until the ""stand-up meeting"" at the start of your shift, which just keeps you up in the air until the last minute.  Complaints, concerns, and questions to management rarely get answered, and if they do it's not in a timely manner. The avenues for suggested improvements to functionality and efficiency do exist, but if changes are accepted (or added to the app as happened a few times with me), it feels largely thankless. Honestly, it just feels like Amazon doesn't really care about the fulfillment associates and other low-rung employees. While the Amazonians who work over in the South Lake Union district and the other bigger buildings get treated great and enjoy that cushy corporate lifestyle, the pickers and stowers like me get treated like faceless cogs in the machine, despite the fact that cogs are what makes clockwork run smooth to begin with.  Oh, and despite working for Prime Now, we get neither access to Prime, or does our scrawny 10% discount apply to Prime Now. Heck, that 10% is limited to 100 dollars/year of savings.","Don't pull out from working in the supermarkets, you're just going to further decrease the number of shifts available for us. Revamp the entire CSSM system, it's a mess and it shouldn't be easier and less secure to access and change pay information (just a text verification from any device) than it is to access the ability to choose shifts (a hard-locked PIN provisioned out to a single device). Pay more than minimum wage - at least for folks who've been here long enough to get blue badges - and maybe let customers choose to tip their picker, if the picker gave good customer service. A few times I've just felt crestfallen when I've gone out of the way to be ""customer obsessed"" as Amazon preaches, just for them to thank me and say they're going to give me a huge tip, because they think I'm the driver. Maybe vet or train your drivers for Flex a little better - they tend to squash bags, it's really a mess, and they can be really rude to store employees and pickers alike.  And lastly, maybe check in with your employees you haven't heard from in a bit to make sure if they're okay and getting the care or accessibility hours they need, rather than threatening to fire them on the spot and being coldly inflexible to their needs.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,36,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15372,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate (ICQA),Plantation,"Decent pay and benefits, that's about it.","You are worked like a slave, management at my building has to be the worst I've ever seen at any warehouse, breaks are too short, have heard complaints from just about every employee I have spoken to, the list goes on..",REPLACE SOME OF THE CURRENT MANAGERS WITH EXPERIENCED MANAGERS WHO ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15373,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slavery,The pay and benefits and PTO,The hours and the high expectation for you to complete outrageous task in a little amount of time.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15374,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't care about there employees,"Easy job, just follow computer instruction, Flex time for schedule.","Not paying job, no benefit at all they don't hired full time they only do part time to avoid employees benefits .",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15375,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Copywriter,"Great, tough place to work!","I often felt like the work I was doing directly contributed to the success of my team. I know this wasn't the experience for everyone working around me, but it was for me.  The level of professionalism I experienced was high: people take initiative, follow-through on what they say they are going to do, and expect to be held to a high standard.  On my team, work-life balance was actually pretty good!  Salary good, stock GREAT. Health insurance okay. They give you a free Metrocard and other commuter benefits, so that's good too.","Long-ish hours (8.5-9.5 hour days the norm).  Salary was good, health insurance okay, but vacation time is low.  No free snacks or anything, which if you come from the startup world is like ""WHAT?!"" but I was alright with it.  After-work events vary wildly by team: some groups go out a lot, others not at all. There may or may not be beer on Friday nights at your team. Ya takes your chances.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15376,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Challenging work environment and solid leadership,"Below average benefits-- health, vacation, etc",Raise the bar,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15377,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for refresher to learn and grow,Good company for refresher to learn and grow,"bigger and bigger, things slow down and political fight increased.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15378,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Startup mentality, fast paced, opportunity to develop your own ideas","Extremely young organization, necessary expertise is not always there",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15379,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Benefits, Bonuses, and Stock Options","Dangerous Workplace, Dirty Work Environment, Inexperienced Management",Don't push people to work so fast that it becomes dangerous.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P757.htm
15380,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,Good benefits and okay pay. Fun group of workers,"Hours and the prison style management. I have more education and experience then most of the ""leaders""","Be actual leaders, you hold the title to act like it.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15381,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"You'll learn more here, than any place you've ever worked","Salary, stock, bonuses. Interesting problems to solve, that have huge impact Best and brightest people from all over the world Ownership and autonomy Every decision is made with the best interest of the customer in mind","Not for everyone -  No hand holding, very self service organization  Intentional chaos to drive competition between teams, and therefore foster innovation","Use your buying power to build more partnerships, and pass on the perks of those partnerships to your employees",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15382,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Regional IT Manager,GREAT COMPANY,Amazon's dedication to the customer and their employees is unprecedented. Training is expected and content is exceptional.,"Growing and moving fast, you have to pedal quickly to keep up. Requires self motivation and liking a quick pace.",Recognition critical at all levels.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15383,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OH WOW,Awesome company with awesome benefits.,I love working here. Con? Nah.,Keep up the good work PUUUUHLEEEASE.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15384,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Client Lead Technical Recruiter,Amazon is amazing to work for,"Smart people, amazing work life balance, fun environment, a top company in the tech space, management knows what they are doing and have a plan to take over the world as we currently are",None that I have found,"Keep doing what your doing, it is working!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15385,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"great pay, great benefits, lots of growth opportunities",management could be trained better,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15386,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Greatest Job,Best company to work for. Great benefits. Great people. Get to work from home.,Every call is different.,None. Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15387,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Flow monitor,Working in inbound to remove barriers to meet customer satisfaction,Hard to Advance in the company,Communication is the key to success engage more with the associates,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15388,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Very much flexible with my schedule.,Not anything that I can say.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15389,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Team Manager,Great company with wonderful atock benefits. A truly diverse culture with a toward thinking business model.,It's still a call center.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P758.htm
15390,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DSF4,The pros would probably be nothing,"horrible times to work for the wage. 13.75 for 5 hours , 5 days a week.",fix the wage,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15391,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Doable for Short Term not a long term.,Good overtime during peak season.,"Micro management of everything you do, and unrealistic standards.",Focus less on numbers and you will have fewer damages.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15392,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Never work there,Health insurance is pretty good plus they pay for school after a year plus a good opportunity to meet a lot of people,"Bad Management, discrimination, human resource just help the managers plus they send you to others department as you don't matter in your own",Work,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15393,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Nut-jobs run the asylum,It is what you make it. The bosses recognize intelligence and dedication.,"The place is run by the HR department, which is beyond incompetent.","Put HR in its place. HR exists to serve management, not to rule it.",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15394,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,warehouse packer and problem solver,"Good benefits and time off - vacations, and paid time off","Wear and tear on the body. Management at all levels are not personable. Human resources are not dependable and do not follow through,","Be more personable, follow through and listen to employees.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15395,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon will leave you hanging,"Pay, benefits, discount, some cool people, breaks","Doesn't take care of employees when they run out of ""points"", even when you go to the hospital, they will fire you, even with a note. Overtime like crazy without the ability to leave on time without punishing you (taking points), even if you had kids and such at home.",Treat employees better and maybe you will have happier employees that would love to go in work. Happy employees = happy customers right?,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15396,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Sorter,Well organized and strong Company,"The company gives you some kind of flexibility in your time management. It gives you an acceptable starting pay. It respect s the employees by creating a well acceptable environment, clean, safe and well organized.",Weak point in the lower hierarchical structure.,"Redesign now and then the hierarchical structure particularly in the lower level of responsibilities. The lower level is usually the weak level. That level is like an entry level. This is a level where leaders most of the time are driven by their feelings, sensations. Rene Descartes was saying: "" do not let your feelings prevailed in your judgments because feelings are dark sensation that can lead into errors. "" One example: "" It is not because you look ignorant that you are really ignorant"" .",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15397,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great Place to Work,"Very flexible for hours, couple of weeks paid training to start off, raises around every 4-6 months.","Zero benefits for part time employees, not much communication with any higher ups, even employee-level management. Pretty low pay as far as per hour goes.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15398,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,About Amazon,"Dog friendly, you can bring your dog to work",There is little feeling about you are valued,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15399,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment Associate,Easy commute due to the central location.,Schedule and Some Management communications skills.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P759.htm
15400,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Good Temp job,-good benefits -higher than average pay -mindless work,-physically laboring -horrible managers -no flexibility in schedule -high turnover rate -easy to get in trouble,"Treat employees like humans, not robots!",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15401,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate @ Amazon Fresh,"Amazon, eh...",I have money coming into my house.,"They really don't care about employees, it's all about productivity and not people.",Start trying to reward with positive reinforcement rather than negative.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15402,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,needs better management,the benefits are great and the 4 day work schedule,working hard for less money.,give everyone a opportunity to train in different areas.,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15403,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Inventory Control Quality Assurance,"Easy, pays decently compared to similar jobs, 3 day weekends.","Boring, long hours, mandatory overtime",Focus more on quality and less on rates.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15404,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment for ambitious engineers,* Lots of opportunity * Variety of problem areas within the company * Easy internal mobility,"* Must self manage time commitments/expectations * Fast pace can introduce requirements thrash, etc.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15405,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Security Manager,Security Manager,"Professional, Customer Service, Growth, Job Security, Stress free environment. Competitive Salary.",You will work long hours. Requires you to be flexible and knowledgeable about your job title. can be demanding at times,Keep doing what your doing and expanding the company which creates more job opportunities. Hire and train the best. Continue to take amazon Global.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15406,amazon,"Carrollton, TX"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Great hrs three days off. Good pay and benefits.,"None, none, none, none, none",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15407,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Company review,Great benefits Always hiring Tons of career growth Competitive You can bring your dog to work,Interview loop is intimidating and quite long,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15408,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Agent,Lmtoc agent,"Laid back, they feed you when ot is mandatory","You have to kiss alot of butt to get ahead, theyou let the leads let other agents listen and SCORE you call audits which I thought was not aloud. I hate it here and can't wait to get out. If they went by scores and times I would be #1 but they only go by who kisses the most butt heard that before I started but it's a fact!!!",Get involved ad look at things closer. And don't. Say your care but NEVER get involved,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15409,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Best company I have ever worked for.,The leads and managers are very helpful and strive to help us become the best customer service representatives that we can be. It is a fun and exciting company that always creates new ways to keep their employees happy.,The only thing that I don't like is that we don't have timecards. I have worked at a few different call centers and they have online timecards and sometimes I forget to clock in (but it is an easy fix).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P760.htm
15410,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Manager,I value the ownership that I have in my role. I love knowing that I can experiment in ways that improve hiring manager or candidate experience. I have an exceptional team as well and their passion for customers and commitment to excellence has made my experience refreshing. It is not always easy - but that is what makes every day challenging and rewarding at the same time.,There is rapid change here due to the innovation culture. If you are not the type of person who can pivot quickly to serve customers and develop new ideas then it may not be the right place for you.,"Keep the effort going to work from an individual employee's strengths. We serve customers best when we all are working on something we are exceptional at, and have the drive and passion to see it through. Make time in your teams the work of learning and curiosity... this breeds the innovation you seek.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15411,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,Loving this job!,"Managers are very motivating. They constantly check on you and offer help. They even line up at the end of my night shift and high-five all their employees!  Way better pay here at $13/hr than when I worked on an ambulance running EMS calls, and for less work/stress.  Awesome benefits, even for the Reduced Time associates.  The Reduced Time schedule offers full-time benefits/hours along with a schedule that gives you plenty of time with your family!",Working on the upper levels can kill your joints. I suggest a lot of leg workouts prior to working here...,Maybe offer work updates throughout your shift and let employees know how well their numbers are and advice/help to those struggling a bit.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15412,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Stower,You get many hours & decent pay. Also you get a paid orientation which was nice and only a few hours.,"Back-breaking work. Everything was okay until the second day when they had us actually pushing the carts with bulk items and having to bust open the boxes and pull every bulk item out and scan it. Management was horrible I could never find anyone to ask for help, I would have to walk halfway across the entire store and then go searching for my cart again. The manager was supposed to tell us when we got our break but forgot to tell me and a few other people in my group so we didn't get one on my second day (keep in mind this is after 5 hours of slave labor) (a total of a ten hour shift) after that I clocked out and went home I could not handle it they were working me like a dog at that point. This is why the turnover is so high.",Get people with more than a year experience to train. & have more than one trainer on the floor to help the many people in need.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15413,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Practice Manager,Great job,"truly ""a builders paradise"" where you can take on problem other companies won't even touch. Feels great to be customer obsessed (vs. competitor obessed)",vacation and retirement benefits are reasonable but not marketing leading.,"fix either vacation or retirement benefits (make one more generous, bonus for both)",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15414,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product manager,good teams and people are more knowledgable,"more work, tough to manage work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15415,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,It Support Technician Role Review,"Benefits, Variable compensation bonus, lots of associate activities aimed at boosting morale","Rotating schedule, ridgid ticketing quotas, gets old fairly quickly","Stop rotating schedules, value your IT staff more",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15416,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Great company, Great Benefits,","Managers get hired straight out of college with no people or leadership skills, too much work for little pay, you are rated with no extra pay while someone doing the same job has no rate to meet with the same pay",more pay,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15417,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool job,You don't have to worry about being micromanaged here,"If you get bored with routine, it's very monotonous.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15418,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,great benefits package and not too difficult of work,"Very long hours, especially difficult for the night shift.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15419,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No,They are ambitious and at times innovative.,"Silicon Valley politics, racism, sexism, etc.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P761.htm
15420,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lacks designs to retain talent, competence, and functional intelligence","Easy to get hired Slightly above average pay Experience how world famous successful business works first hand Well established support: break rooms, rest rooms, ""nurse's office"", employee services website Simple tasks and responsibility The business model itself is well conceived, as far as making money goes","Just about anyone is hired, significant # of lazy and incompetent people in every wave of fresh new hires, who sadly stick around Intolerable amount of mismanagement, especially considering upper management makes decisions based on #s, and don't see things from lower level employee's perspectives Tasks and responsibilities perhaps too oversimplified, those with talent and intelligence will have their abilities go mostly to waste. May find a lack of opportunity to rise to have more responsibility, and utilize one's capabilities, while those currently in upper positions complain about their role's problems, but are very reluctant to leave their positions.","It's sad to see some of the most favored employees voluntarily leave, due to mismanagement. They were the most keenly observant, with great communication skills, and innovative ideas, but often had to utter the words ""senior management"" as a reason as to why promise turned to disappointment. It's also sad to see why immediate solutions to immediate problems are not being employed, especially ones that are due to poor personnel allocation (ex. fixed # of indirect roles in support of direct roles, rather than a ratio). Would be better off if talent were allowed to rise, rather than have this Dilbert effect, where the scum, who feel fortunate to have their job at Amazon are retained, while the passionate and good-doing ones that Amazon needs, more than they need Amazon, are shown the door to opportunity elsewhere. I feel the same way, and my impression of working for Amazon is quite dismal.",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15421,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Fresh Associate,Amazon Fresh,Good Pay kinda fun job,They make you make the rate and its almost impossible to make it all the time. Management was nice but its a slave drive company.. All about the number alot of people dont show up i get it now there exhausted,Maybe it would be better to have a employee that showed up rather then one that missed work and made the rate,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15422,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - HRQA,my experience,"Amazon is a great place to learn. They will throw you right into the fire and you will be refined. There are many people who are very genuine and want to help you out. The compensation package is very nice too with a year one and two signing bonus, stock options, a choice between Premera or Aetna for insurance, and decent pay.","The management is the biggest issue. They are secretive and generally not very understanding of personal situations. I had a baby in February and in March I was told that I would be put on a Personal Improvement Plan (do not believe others when they say that these do not exist anymore. They do, but now you get three options which are to appeal (25% chance of winning per my mentor who has been in HR for years at Amazon), take a severance and go out voluntarily, or go through with the personal improvement plan). I tried to explain that the situation that I was in was very stressful which I did not feel was listened to very well. I even had a recruiter in the company that said that he would work with me to relocate to another area which after explaining this to my manager, he did not care. My manager, by the way, was 6 months younger than me, had no experience in HR, and had very little management experience. He was what I define as a mover and not a manager. The manager above him had been with the company for about 10 years, but really did not seem to care about the engagement of his employees. Overall, it was a very negative experience for me and I had to say something somewhere. There is so much more to this story, but there are other things I would like to talk about. Another thing to be wary of is the work-life balance. You will work 50 hour weeks as you progress in the company and they will expect more from you. Also, if you do not live in Seattle, the commute is very difficult to maintain (just a heads up). Finally, if you really want a career in HR do not take this position. This is a data entry position. You do not work in payroll, you ""assist"" payroll with historical timeclock corrections. You do not work in compensation, you ""assist"" compensation with pay information audits. Ultimately, if you want a foot in the door and want to work in data entry for 3-5 years before actually getting a true HR position (i.e. generalist, comp. and ben., Employee Relations, etc.) then this may be a good option for you.",Be honest and transparent with your workforce and place individuals who actually understand management into your management positions. Involve them with strategy decisions and listen to their ideas.,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15423,amazon,"Garland, TX"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - PT Shipping/Receiving Associate,PT Shipping/Receiving Associate,"Worked as a sorter, Climate controlled building, hours, constant workload, people are friendly , but can be annoying when pressure build up","deducting point system, quota for sorting, no chance of days off when holidays approaches.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15424,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,CSA,Work from home is nice,"If seasonal Amazon tries very had to keep you that way. I had my manager and her manager vouching for me to convert to a regular employee and the third higher up manager would not allow it after 8 months. No benefits, vacation, or sick days if you are not a regular employee.",Management could use a bit more training on policies,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15425,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon customer service agent review,Good team support and plenty of hours,Not very flexible and don't really reach out to you if something's wrong,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15426,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart worker bees, poor middle management",Lots of challenges and exciting opportunities across the company. Work/Life balance not as bad as portrayed in some of the news articles. CEO is a visionary.,"Hard to find these exciting opportunities because most teams are bloated and managed by bureaucratic/political middle management more interested in empire building, than providing the right opportunities to grow careers.","Force middle managers to rotate periodically, if not, you have someone sitting in their role for several years who are entrenched in their own ideas and are not open to new ones.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15427,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company that has a huge focus on customers and very little priority on it's own employees.,employees are kind to one another and willing to help because they know how unorganized it is.,The Lack of training. The management and the stress that you have to deal with.,Better training would do a lot.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15428,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,Supplemental Income,"Flexible Schedules - I worked on a set schedule for 3 months then switched to a pick-your-own schedule. This works great to pick up shifts around school or another job, but is terrible to rely on.  The Work - It's very repetitive, with just enough variety to keep it from being soul crushing. The repetitiveness let's you become very good at these tasks quickly. I've never been so skilled at organizing shelves, fridges, and paper bags of stuff.  Active Job - This depends on your FC of course, but there isn't a moment of downtime and there's always something to do. This keeps things from slowing down.  Job Variety - You're gonna start with one of the worst jobs at the warehouse (stowing items into bins). If you put forward a little effort, you'll move to other jobs. These jobs might be more physical or planning oriented, and present a more engaging experience.  Coworkers - Everyone is pretty friendly.  Managers - This is a mixed bag. Some are super friendly, understanding, and savvy. Others are disaffected, uninterested, and rude.","VTO - Voluntary Time Off can strike a warehouse when they need to get their labor hours down. While they can't force you to take vto when you're a scheduled employee, there's tremendous pressure placed for you to take it.  Advancement - None. There's good job variety within the associate level, but everyone is paid the same. That means the guy working half the speed as you makes the same pay, and that really is disheartening. You're also rarely considered for any job advancement, as the only way up is into management positions that require management experience.  Things Change, A Lot - You're going to have to be comfortable with processes and procedures changing business wide (like a new scanner software) or day-by-day with management. I've seen managers chastise us in all-group meetings for putting empty carts in a location and recommend another location, and for a different manager to berate us for putting them in the recommended spot.  Pay - You're not going to get rich here. You should expect this, but that doesn't change it from being a con.  Coworkers - I mentioned that they're friendly, but some of them you will constantly question why they're there. Very slow or don't put any effort. Sure, you're paid badly, and you don't have much room to advance, but you're still working as a team. Don't make others pick up your slack.  HR - What a cluster. I was given an official hire letter 2 months before I actually started working. We weren't given online access to vital job systems, any instructions on sick leave, who's role was what, none of it. All had to be figured out on your own. This could be attributed to not having an FC-specific HR person, but the unpreparedness of such a large company baffled me. Once we eventually did get an HR person at the FC, she was a recent graduate and spends much of her time chatting about non-work things with managers while eating donuts. The fact I know she's making enough money to live comfortably, while I have sweat running down my back while worrying about being evicted, is morale-breaking while at work.  Drivers - The drivers Amazon uses aren't the brightest, but hey, they get the job done (sometimes. If they feel like it. Etc.).","Figure out who your poor managers are and correct this. Fix HR. Incentivize employees to stick around. Encourage improvement and reward it. Give opportunity for advancement in pay, role, and responsibility.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15429,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,"The best is the quality of people you work with everyday, top in their fields and very professionals. There are lot of opportunities to growth and constant training, seminars and even Researcher's talks to learn directly from leading professors who visit our campuses. This company is meant for someone with passion about what you do, not to drag your feet.","Deal with Microsoft perks like discounts for sports clubs, baby sitting, and other small things. However, you can tell they would like to have an exciting life like ours.","I have noticed the are a lot of businesses that offer discounts to Amazon employees that are not known internally, I think it worth the headcount to have someone in charge of negotiate them and keep it updated.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P762.htm
15430,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They will run you out,Benefits start on day one,Everything else is completely horrible,Amazon is a hire and fire mill. Employees aren't important and if they get hurt on the job like I did from repetitive stress syndrome they will run you out.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15431,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,"Great bonuses, clean working environment",I dont really have any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15432,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 10, 2017",Former Employee - Logistics Associate,A good place to work,They have a variety of hours to work.,They go by a point system,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15433,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,"Frustrating, lack of support, be prepared to be thrown to the wolves",Set your own hours (as long as they are available) Decent pay for a work from home job Direct Deposit Customers are mostly nice The goal is to make the Customer happy,10% discount is low Training is all online and extremely boring 50 hours to train in Phase 1 and Phase 2 They throw you into calls before you complete the training Team Lead is NEVER online when you're working Support team email box is usually full and can 't receive your email Constant technical errors with VPN and phone system Time between phone calls isn't enough to regroup after a difficult call,"break up the training with more videos and hands on training and less ""reading"". Make sure that the support people in place are actually supporting the agents.",2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15434,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 24, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,Good hours and good pay,"They get on you so quickly about rate, it's an easy job but sometimes can be overwhelming with the amount of issues that pop up with bad cartons and the like.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15435,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Site leader,"Pay, stock, associates, travel, opportunity.","Work /life balance, attrition, peak!",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15436,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Corporate Counsel,Ripped Jeans and Office Dogs,"My management supports me and my business clients value me. Plus, I get to wear ripped jeans to the office, cuddle puppies on my breaks, and ignore my email when I'm on vacation.","Days are intense. The business moves fast, and it has a lot of moving parts. Working here requires learning new time management and delegation skills, because what made you successful before you got to Amazon just won't be enough here.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15437,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, a great journey",The most customer centric company on the planet. You will learn a lot and work on rewarding projects,Amazon doesn't provide any perks except free bananas.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15438,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Analyst,"Parking, gym, offices are amazing, they actually listen to you.",Hours can be long This is honestly the best company I have ever worked for. They give you enough rope to hang yourself with. This is a good thing. They really are the most customercentric company in the world which = long sometimes extremely stressful hours.,Wow you empower so well. Mabybe give an employee a break after a long day. Also more praise most of us deserve it 😚,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15439,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Database Administrator,DBA,opportunity to connect with and learn from a lot of smart people.,very bad work life balance. The company is too calculating in terms of benefits and compensation. Work load is just too high.,be reasonable and be human,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P763.htm
15440,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Center - A Place that's truly in the trenches,Nothing at all. Great benefits. That's it,They work you to death and i mean that literally. 1 employee died on his way home in a car crash after working 6 days straight 12 hours a day.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15441,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,I love it.,"* Never in any company have the leadership principles (LPs) been followed this religiously. LPs are referenced every day, for every single decision. * You can challenge any idea or opinion based on LPs. * Voicing concerns or alternative opinions is NOT frowned upon like in some big companies but is encouraged. * Tons of opportunities in the company, employees are very mobile. It is very easy to move to other teams (assuming you don't have performance issues). Managers are aware of this mobility and are paying extra attention to keeping their direct reports happy / motivated. * Experimenting is a part of the culture, it is ok to fail as long as you learn from it * Stock keeps soaring",* Work life balance is not easy to maintain. There's something about the work that makes you want to put in 15 hours a day. There's no external pressure to work long hours but endless opportunities make employees extra ambitious. So the pressure is coming from the inside. * Frugality is a leadership principle and is followed strictly. 15 hour flights in economy and paying for your own parking is no fun.,"Keep experimenting, keep disrupting!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15442,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Agent,Decent start up pay for a fresher.,Too much work load for a 9-5 job.,Nil,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15443,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Just a job,"Benefits, time off, you meet some interesting coworkers","Long hrs , stand/ walking for entire 10 or 12 hr shift, hard to move up, when you start it seems like a great progressive company with many opportunites... But you soon learn its all about not true. Unless you are friends with someone in management or work like a robot and have extremely high numbers. After working here for 6 months I couldn't take anymore.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15444,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Scanner,very efficient company,great hours and good benefits!,Very few offers for the higher positions,Increase the pay,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15445,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice pay ✔,Nice paycheck and give rewards,Work you to death mandatory overtime,Give the prople at azon a lil break,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15446,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job for students,Fun atmosphere Large company Incredibly flexible schedule,No raises... They are still figuring out the business - frequent changes,Give us raises,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15447,amazon,"Rancho Bernardo, CA"," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Sorter,Meh...,"Lots of work, time flies by quickly.",Some fo the hardest work I have done EVER. Rapidly unloading trucks for 5 hours is taxing.,Switch loaders in the truck every 2 hours as stated by safety.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15448,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough but possible,Benefits are amazing. You get decent time off,"The job is challenging, say goodbye to your work life balance during the holidays.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15449,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,"Build systems that impact a lot of people and do huge things. If your team isn't making millions of dollars a year, you'll be on a new team soon.  Coworkers who range from competent to excellent.  Decent pay for the area.","If you're on a team with bad managers you will hate life. At least there is a new policy allowing you to transfer ASAP, which you should do. (- culture/values)  Things are a bit too team dependent. I'm on a team I like. There are other teams that cannot retain people at all because their managers straight up suck at their jobs. (- senior management)(- culture/values)  Comp is decent but not competitive with google/facebook/uber. (- comp rating)  Crunch time is a management failure so you can expect to see it a few times a year. (- work/life)","Hold management accountable for being terrible. If all of your devs quit multiple times, that manager needs to be fired. (- senior management)",4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P764.htm
15450,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,They make their employees feel appreciated whenever they can. From giveaways to parties on holidays.,"Very high expectations of certain areas of operation without an increase in pay for certain roles that are deemed the ""money makers"" and have to push out big numbers in order to hit high minimum requirements.","Equal pay for all departments might not be the best way to motivate the ""money maker"" departments to push out large requirements daily when other departments have much lower goals to hit.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15451,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Senior Manager, Program Management",Work on innovative ideas and leading technology,Super fast pace and dealing with high level of ambiguity,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15452,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Device Lead,Bullies,Pay is decent and benefits are really good. Get to meet some really great and innovative people.,"It's the Amazon way or no way. I transplanted to a new city where I knew no one for a specific position. Within my fist week they dissolved my position and placed me in a new knew they knew I didn't want. Now, because I am ""unhappy"" in my current position but still doing a good job, they are trying to push me out and bully me. They have no grounds to fire me or let me go, so instead they are pushing me out and have me on a timeline to find a new job and leave on my own. HR is not assisting at all except to give me very short deadlines to find a new position, even though they are the ones who broke my contract and dissolved my position after a week of me being with the company. I have stayed for almost 6 months now. The bullying is getting worse the longer I stay.","Encourage and uplift your employees, don't exaggerate their flaws and overlook their strengths. Actually adhere to the open door policy instead of the trust of your employees against them. Help them grow, don't subdue and hinder their ideas and creative energies. COMMUNICATE. Talk to your employees and make sure you understand the situation before dolling out punishments and escalating issues that can be easily resolved in house with a little more communication and understanding.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15453,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - ASM Manager,ASM Assistant Manager of Operations,Stocks or Shares... Pay was ok not the best in the market.,"Demand a lot, Absolute Perfection, You need to be everyone's friend or your own team will gang up on you just to save themselves. Its Eat or be Eaten at Amazon. all those corny phrases come to light working for Amazon. Thick Skin is a must, Cold Heart is another Must.",Be honest.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15454,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Run fast, run hard, never look back",The benefits happen to be the only positive here and NOT worth it,NO practical training No support 80 hour work weeks No work life balance No coaching Place is like a cult Managers are mistreated Associates can lie and HR believes them without ever checking facts Worst place I have ever worked,Listen to your leaders and realize employees don't always tell the truth. Train leaders in the business before throwing them to the blood and life sucking wolves,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15455,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager Insight,"Competitive Compensation and benefits, Immediate responsibility, Fast paced","A company that has a huge focus on customers and very little priority on it's own employees. Culture is unsafe, toxic, and underdeveloped. A dog eat dog culture where Mangers performance is based on ""connection scores"" (A number that scores and rates individuals based on anonymous feedback generated from questionnaires sent out to associates daily). This scrutinizing system brow beats management into playing favorites for top performers, to offset the boomerang of negative feedback resulting from average/low performers responses. Attrition is horrendous and high turnover results into lack of trust and little momentum gained as every day is literally ""day 1"" because the former manager left without any notice or transition plan in place. Newcomers walk into a resentful team and have little to no training or development but are expected to continually perform and get their team to perform at/above continually rising standards.",With such a high turnover and attrition build a plan to transition or onboard new management before letting go of previous management.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15456,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,DONT WORK HERE,"Good ""busy work"" at this location","PARKING IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. I WALKED OFF THE JOB BECSUSE OF IT. ""IF I CANT PARK, I CANT WORK"" Im quite happy to find employment elsewhere.","Buy that field, pave it, charge $5 a car until you get your money back. Maybe even offer valet service during busy seasons. ( more local job opportunities equals better local economy , etc etc )",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15457,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Very physical job,great place to work while having fun and working out all in one place. benefits are great if you take the time to invest,Treat everyone equally. Amazon tends to hire only military veterans or spouses of veterans in management. Civilians are just that when it comes down to the rest of the employees regardless to experience or degree,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15458,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Director,"Amazon is an awe-inspiring company that continues to innovate on behalf of customers. It's dynamic and focused on the future. The company is guided by 14 Leadership Principles that are thoughtful and deliberate. They guide how employees work together, drive results and serve customers.","The knock on Amazon is that the culture can be demanding and employees can have sharp elbows. That can happen at any company. The Amazon culture isn't for everyone. You have to be entrepreneurial, driven and confident. And, you need to understand the Leadership Principles. They display the company culture for all to see.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15459,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sow,Descent. Pay and benefits 3 days off and you can wear casual clothes also Free coffee,They claim you get( 2) 15min breaks well if it takes you 3 mins to get to the outside and 3 mins to get back to your station how long is that... also cant be a min late From break if your 1 min late from lunch they doc your Check a hour they even get mad when you use the bathroom on company time.. HR is a joke ... the training is long for nothing cause they throw you right into it and hold you accountable for any errors and write you up your first week this company makes u work for every penny you get trust me just started and ready to quite,Stop holding people accountable when u dont train them correctly especially not for the first week of work and the mico managing wow toooo much its like being lock up. Or in the military. You lose good people like this not to mention to much turn over is crazy,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P765.htm
15460,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - OMR,Onsite Medical Representative,"great growth potential, well educated staff","Tier Management, cut throat politics, worst HR in the business, nasty labor and management practices, move up or move out policy, age discrimination, tattoo discrimination, this company has completely lost sight of its own vision, it thrives on bring new personnel in using them to achieve a desired result and if they do well and their manager feels threatened the culture is only to protect oneself the remove the threat without regard for the company or the person who they feel threatened by.","treat all employees equal, reward achievers and do not feel threatened, remember with age comes knowledge. never judge a book by its cover, and if the majority finds a issue with someone or something listen to them, remove rates for the AA's and Managers and relook at the MOT forced on already hot, tired and frustrated AA's.",1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15461,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,"Good pay, that's literally all.","Lots of hours, Doable, Great pay, Overtime, Benefits","Breaks are very very short. Barely can eat your lunch. Work area too far from lockers. No way to contact corporate or HR (I think that's fishy) Makes you feel important but you actually aren't. Was terminated before the deadline they said. They told me to reach out to them before the next morning, I sent 5 emails, called the Resource center, tried to call attendance, HR, everyone, I did my part and still got terminated. There was never a chance in the first place.",Make it easy for the people who actually choose to work with you. At least an actual lunch break and Make it easy for your workers to contact HR or someone if an emergency happens.,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15462,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Amazon Fulfillment,"Hours and pay is plentiful during peak season. Insurance benefits at an affordable group rate. Managers were attentive and personable. Great emphasis of creating a team culture/camaraderie (departmentally). Internal advancement opportunities. Physical activity substantially improves physique. HR personnel was readily accessible. They provide you with the info that you seek. Tenure based perks. Professional environment with casual attire. Vacation time, paid time off, unpaid time off, and holiday pay.","Work life balance can be difficult (especially during peak season). Physical exhaustion daily. Recovery time is insufficient at times. The amount of work can diminish significantly after peak season, thus personnel is sent home early. Quotas on night/day shift transfer approvals.","More consideration for night to day transfer requests based on circumstantial need would be appreciated. Some associates are also college students that have no control over upcoming semester class availability. Therefore, it would be appreciated to be able to discuss alternative options to upcoming conflicting semester schedules. The HR staff was very supportive and accepting of my resignation (sufficient notice and paperwork in order), however I would have liked to have been able to find a resolution to the conflicting work/school schedule that would have worked for both of us as opposed to having to leave after my transfer request was not approved.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15463,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Work,I really enjoyed the team I worked with. I made some amazing friends and we all helped each other through a very hectic seasonal job.,Lots of tedious work and time off was hard to come by.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15464,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,A place where evil wins and the saviors die,stocks if you last long enough but even then half is used to pay the taxes on them diversity,"Imagine being in a video game . You learn how to manage the controller to navigate the game to win each level . With each win you gain a mass of knowledge and or tools to overcome the next level . Everything is smooth sailing and just when you are about to level up an unknown boss you must defeat suddenly holds you back from achievement . There are no cheat codes and friends can be foes , wolf in sheep's clothing . No one to trust and no way to win . In order to survive you must become a slave. You have to document everything and even if your're right retaliation may be your punishment. Whole groups become your enemy . you can trust no one . your alone scared . everything you do is manipulated into someone else logic that is coincidence enough to get you written up or worse fired . you try to go on move along and stay and your place . but then you just you realize all those surving have drunk the kool aid and you are next in line to be oblivious and say things like if you just do your job you will be fine ..no promotion no growth . If you are lucky enough to boss up you may ha",doesn't matter they either get or they don't ...its a losing battle,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15465,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Fast paced environment with never ending growth and focus on process improvement.,This job is not for everyone. Many departments require almost non stop labor for at least 9hrs,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15466,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,Good pay Decent management Rewarding Opportunities to move up,"Ridiculous warehouse rates and expectations. You'll have 3 days off a week, but with that said, they'll pack those 4 days with 40+ hours of work.",No advice. It's simply not a job for everyone.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15467,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,amazon,Good and a lot of overtime,too demanding and lesss flexibility,great workers better,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15468,amazon,"Easton, PA"," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Amazon is a big place you can learn and motivate.,"Many operations to include loading and unloading trucks, receiving, sorting, non-sorting, singles, multi, FBA prep, vender return",They are great.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15469,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with great benefits,Was exciting to be part of one of the part of the largest companies in the world. With great opportunity for advancement and an overall great environment. Would recommend!,Hours can sometimes be too long.,Continue to keep hiring level headed leaders!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P766.htm
15470,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - NB1 Stow,Stow,Good benefits from day one,MOT mandatory over time required,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15471,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Lots of smart people,"Great company, with lots of energy and smart people.","Expected to work long hours, got to be careful not to burn out.","Reduce focus on status updates, allow action to take place.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15472,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Stay Away,"I survived just over 3 years at Amazon as a senior manager in marketing before leaving for another Seattle tech company. The best things about Amazon are:  1. Stock price 2. Stock price 3. Stock price  Yes, that is somewhat facetious, but it is also entirely true - it is the unspoken truth of working at Amazon that nearly everyone recognizes the corporate culture for the crap-box that it is, and that nearly everyone who lasts more than 2 years is in it for the stock price. Currently (mid-2017) this is even more true as anyone here currently joined when the stock was much lower and is now sitting on a significant amount of restricted stock.  I joined when AMZN was at roughly $310, and left with it at roughly $960. I hated most of the three years, but I stuck it out because of the stock until I just could not take one more day of incompetent management, terribly unfair reviews, and a non-existent work-life balance.  If you join today, you had better be confident that AMZN will be at $2500 in a few years, otherwise you are just signing yourself up for indentured servitude. If AMZN is not at $2500 by 2020 - there will be a LOT of regretful employees.","The pace of growth is so rapid that incompetent managers are hired and tolerated (here's an example - my manager, who was supposedly ""CMO"" at his previous employer, did not know what ""above the fold"" meant).  The stack ranking process creates a corporate culture where nobody trusts anyone else, and most people spend most of their time managing relationships and impressions, instead of actually, like, doing work, or helping a colleague.  There are no company gyms, the company cafeteria is very expensive (i.e., non-subsidized, a salad is over $12), and getting Starbucks coffee in the lunch rooms was considered an enormous boon.","Well, first, keep doing whatever you have to do to support an enormous CAGR in the stock price - if that ever falters, get ready for massive defections as people flee the sinking ship for any number of other companies in the Seattle area. Do not take your current status as top dog for granted - the list of high-flying tech companies that have been laid low is long, and growing.  And ultimately, if you truly care about the long term health of the company and its employees, change the review and rating system to one that does not simply poison the corporate culture and all employee relationships.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15473,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA Tier 2,they have available hours and offer lots of overtime,managers are switched all the time pay for work at home csa is only $10/hr,hire better management and stop switching virtual csa from team to team. offer a better pay rate,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15474,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,worst company ever,None whatsoever. You don't get even a normal desk but a door from Home Depot nailed to 4 wooden poles.,"Terrible management, you get treated like you a are s shop assistant. They are retailers at heart and software developers are 3rd rate staff to them. Ask for a good software editor? You get told that you have free vi and emacs and that's enough. Forget any tools if they'd have to pay for them. Soda's in a fridge? Unheard of. Parking? You are on your own. On an you are obliged to be ops as well - yup they don't want to pay proper ops so they abuse developers to have to do that as well. And no they don't tell you that when you are interviewing. For office space you don't even get cubicles.","There's no use talking. The whole climate there is probably coming from the top. The are retailers - software developers are like I don't know, janitors in their minds.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15475,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's laughable,"Working at home, pay is ok",No real training you sit there and do modules on your own with no help or guidance. Literally train yourself then get thrown to the sharks on the floor.,How about some real training,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15476,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Tech I,alot of improvement,"love the people and the job packing and making the customer happy, fast pace and hard work","too much favoritism, recent manager not watching his people talking, falling asleep and not working up to the rates set",look at what's going on,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15477,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Process Guide,"Amazing to shop, Not so Amazing to work for","Good Benefits, Generous time off","getting volume and numbers is more important than employee safety no matter what management will say, write ups are determined by a computer when there are jobs that can be impossible to do at the expected rate due to the performance of another person and write ups are near impossible to fight","Know more about what's going on in your department instead of sitting on the laptops Pinging other managers, pay more attention to rates of employees so if someone isn't making rate because of someone else they won't get in trouble for something that isn't even their fault",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15478,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Staffing Coordinator,Great people and great culture.,Company doesn't seem to care about their employees. They treat them as if they are disposable.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15479,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"Fun work environment Free shirts, food, raffles",Not everyone has the same work ethic. Some employees slacked off more than others,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P767.htm
15480,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,It's okay.,There's always something going on to raise morale.,There is no flexibility in your schedule,Make your you have the right information before relaying the message.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15481,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,why not,overtime is always available and some days vto is offered,horrible turnover rate and hard to move up in the company,none,3.0,1.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15482,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Not so good work life balance,Stocks and money . Strategy and roadmaps,Work life balance Politics Senior management,Nothing,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15483,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Hard work but worth it.,Expect to be standing for at least 10 hours.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15484,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Engineer,Good place to work. Challenging atmosphere,Lack of direction from the top,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15485,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,its was a great place to work including the people were friendly,the hours were crazy sometimes,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15486,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great part time gig,"benefits, extra income, hire process was pretty fast because they needed people immediately",if u cannot do 1 day they drop you,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15487,amazon,"Chesapeake, VA"," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Prime Now Associate,Very fast paced job. I enjoyed the work.,Once you get to blue badge status your schedule is very flexible. You pretty much get to pick the schedule you want.,Not much room for advancement to the next level at this location. Also there are no Amazon ambassadors here. Not enough supervision.,Add Amazon ambassadors to the team to help with team building.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15488,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,some Managers are hiring only people from India,"Great Company, great pay,nice benefits",Especially indian hiring managers are hiring only indians. So many crappy developers have come board because of their ethnicity. These managers throwing so many good engineers CV to garbage to hire & sponsor somebody from india.,Please check all recently hired people from India. . So many fake qualifications and fake job experience. Resumes should be review at least by 2 managers to prevent conflict of interest.,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15489,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Packer,Good pay good work week,"Long days,short breaks and more loclers",None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P768.htm
15490,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Pay many hours decent benefit,Takes forever to move up,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15491,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,"Challenging and interesting work, but few ","Note, experiences at Amazon vary lot depending on the team you're in. I've worked for the Relational Database Service team for 2+ years. - gain experience building a service that manages hundreds of thousands of database instances (lots of challenges at ""Amazon scale"") - gain experience working with other AWServices. - opportunities to get your hands dirty on low level database engine code. - medium operational burden -No hard deadlines. The focus is always on building a quality product.","- The usual, stingy on perks. E.g. far from free food, sometimes there are no decent food options. - Social/team activities are rare. But again, some teams/locations are better at this than others.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15492,amazon,"Bainbridge, GA"," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Work From Home Customer Service Representative,I'd recommend working for Amazon,"I loved the people I worked eith, it felt like a family. My manager was very involved and if I was having a hard time he'd help me find another solution.","You take call after call with no real break in between calls, sometimes when you have to transfer a customer over the receiving agent won't accept the transfer.",None really.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15493,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Packing,packer,good pay and good benefits,just have a hard time getting there on bus,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15494,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Central Services Manager,Manage purchasing for several locations.,Always different. I enjoy working on ways to save the company money by choosing vendors on a large scale. It is a very friendly environment.,Not flexible. There is not a clear consensus from management on spending and it makes central purchasing challenging at times.,More definition to job titles and work flow rhythms. Projects are always last minute which does not allow for best price shopping.,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15495,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PDM,Smartest people in the industry,Tribal knowledge is the best way to learn,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15496,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Innovative environment and it's growing fast,Lack of work life balance,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15497,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Shipping,Great job,Good pay and hours. Co workers were nice as well.,You have no say in your shift. You are given a random shift.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15498,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Flexiblity, career advancement, benefits, stocks, overall amazing",Long hours standing up is the only thing I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15499,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Good pay. And stock.,ZERO work life balance. Everyone is out for themselves. Your boss will embarrass you in front of your associates and peers. Your manager doesn't take time to train you. You are not properly trained.,Stop trying to put on a show.,2.0,1.0,2.0,none,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P769.htm
15500,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Team Manager,Employment,You get a discount on products. You get to work from home.,I was a manager for the company for a year. I was hored for a job that i did not do untill 5 months later. The training is horrible. The upper managment will not assist you and constantly trll you things will not affect you and dont worry. This is a lie. I eventually left and put in a resignation. Which i did let jeff know about cause it seems he either dose not care whats going on in his company in the trenches or he dosen't know. Probably cause the money is flowing and thats all that matters. I did file a complaint with the company which of course they found nothing wrong but would not give a lie detector test to me or the people involved but they found no fault that is funny. I wasted a year with them. Will never due business with them ever. If you just looking to get a job apply if you want to have any chance of a future or advancement find some thing else.,No comment,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15501,amazon,"Austin, TX"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,"Amazing, have not used my brain like this in a while.","Hard problems, lots of smart people. Good support from managers, and fun projects.",The company is so big it takes a little while to learn to navigate internal sites to find other teams that are doing similar things in order to collaborate.,"Keep it up, you already listen to us by taking actions on surveys.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15502,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,You get to work independently,You have to do mandatory overtime and it can be frequent,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15503,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Corporate Recruiter,Sr. Recruiter,Salary Relocation support Business relationships Location of offices Perks - transportation options,Work environment Company culture Work / Life balance Leadership support,"Provide realistic expectations Be supportive and listen to ideas Have a ""team"" mentality Understand that relocation is a big deal for new employees that may be moving their families to join",1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15504,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Quality Assurance Engineer,"Pay, work, increasing share value, innovation",Tough to get promoted,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15505,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Great people to work with! Amazing projects,Have to invest a lot of time in understanding the process,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15506,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Packer,Good pay good work week,"Long days,short breaks and more loclers",None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15507,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Non Inventory Receiver,non inventory receiver,paid time off and vcp,Managers only want to move up not worried about associates,Get to know your people,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15508,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"good relationship, team work, innovation, customer obsession",System too complicated. Some teams are hard to work with.,Better compensation. Reduce internal complexity,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15509,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,tear1,pay hours people benefits opportunity,management lack of sleep stress,work more as a team with associates,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P770.htm
15510,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2017","Current Employee - Principal, AWS",A place for innovators. Not a place to cruise.,"You'll work with some of the best, smartest people around. Working at Amazon is invigorating in that sense, rarely do you meet a 'legacy' employee not pulling their weight. Everyone works hard, is engaged, and cares about putting forth a quality product. Big ideas are encouraged. You're at the cutting edge of new technology. Unlike others, I've not seen any issues with work/life balance.","Like anywhere, much depends on your manager. The leadership principles keep the culture alive, but even that paradigm can fall by the wayside if your manager chooses to ignore them. It's rare, though.","The place is growing so fast, it's important to keep on top of the culture. Give more incentives for bar raisers.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15511,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Reserves Team,"Work from home, flexible scheduling, create your own schedule, training is good.","Training is rushed, this job takes extremely long to start, I do not recommend this job if you need to pay bills or expect to start within a month of hiring, yes training is paid but its only 50 hours and once you complete that you are stuck waiting (at least in my experience) The waiting period is the longest I've ever heard of. Hard to get clear answers and lots of wrong information has been sent out.",Make sure the information is correct before sending out emails. Make sure you are sending out equipment to everyone and if you don't then offer a solution or get it sent out right away. Normally when people take jobs they intend to actually start working within a reasonable time from of hiring... not still waiting nearly 3 months later. Seems like poor planning and like you don't really care about the reserves employees. I was so excited for the opportunity to work for Amazon but I have been disappointed with how slow everything seems to take them on the employee end of things.,2.0,4.0,1.0,none,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15512,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working Environment,The people are different which makes them amazing. You can always count on a co-worker to assist you when questions arise.,Leadership could show a bit more interest in their employee's and provide more incentives.,"Find new ways to motivate the employee's through encouragement , incentive, and rewards.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15513,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok place,It is an easy job,Only certain hours are available,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15514,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,tired of work but still good,good pay and bonus pays,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15515,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Metrics for the better or worse,"Especially the warehouse positions, it isn't difficult work. It's a bit monotonous, but never hard.","Always changing how you do your job, and not always for the better. Lots of metrics quoted and attached to how you should be working without regard for how they have the process implemented.","Get your shift managers a bit more hands on experience, they are a bit disconnected from the process and tend to be harsh for no reason.",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15516,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Cambridge - Alexa,"I work on the Alexa team in Cambridge. Pros -Very exciting product and projects to work on -Small teams - lots of autonomy and ownership. New ideas definitely heard! A very collaborative environment -Work life balance, even with a big company like Amazon we have work from home ability and no email on the weekend policy. -Really nice people work here, very friendly welcoming culture in Alexa. Never afraid to ask a question or reach out to someone who could help.",Honestly none come to mind. I've worked for a few tech companies in the Boston/metro west area and I'm the most engaged and excited to come to work at Amazon.,"We'd like more free snacks, please",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15517,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ripped off,ship to your door step,Amazon had posted a rebate that was for the wrong amount and would not honor the amount posted. Amazon is still peoples money one lie at a time. Canceling my prime. Can't believe they have Walmart against the ropes when they have no honor and terrible customer service.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15518,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," May 21, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager I,It it what you make of it,Great place to start out a career. They give you a lot of responsibility so there are a lot of opportunities to make an impact and use these experiences for later career moves. Pay is good but you will earn every penny.,Lots of overtime. They will promote a 4 day (12 hrs per day) workweek but we were always short staffed so OT was always on. Management has to come in for OT but we end up just being idle bodies. The idea is to work on projects but by the time that fifth night shift of the week rolls around youre just beat.,Management will make or break your experience here. Learn the difference between healthy stress and debilitating stress. After working for a boss I loved for 7 months I was given someone new and swear to god my hair started to fall out because of the poor leadership and stress that ensued.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15519,amazon,"Pensacola, FL"," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,A little disappointed in Amazon,"Easy hiring process, decent pay and lots of overtime available","Not enough training, no paid time off,","Even if your understaffed training need improvement big time. More practice is needed, updated information in the training modules.",3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P771.htm
15520,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon warehouse,"Benefits, Time off as you please, Non micromanaging","short break, long walk to breakroom",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15521,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Varies by team, but my experience has been great","I've heard everything from horror stories to ""best job ever"" stories, bottom line is, your experience will probably vary a lot by the team and position. That said, here are some things I've enjoyed on all of the teams (4 so far) I've worked on:  - Working with smart people. At every level, in every position, my teammates have been outstanding, really inspiring me to raise my own game - Working on interesting problems. There's a huge breadth of work to be done, and finding a team that's working on something interesting has not been a problem.","- Team experience varies widely across the company. I've heard stories similar to the worst of them: folks working insane hours on unreasonable deadlines, etc. I will say it's gotten better--the market is so tight right now that those teams either adapt or perish - Amazon-scale is a double-edged sword. The problems you get to solve are like no other in the world. But on the other hand, everything you want to do is enormous and complicated. Systems are broken across teams, and every new thing that you want to do is likely to require contacts across multiple teams and even multiple organizations. Luckily, Amazon has a formal mentorship program to help newer folks navigate",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15522,amazon,"Trenton, NJ"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Packer,"Hardworking but worth it, (for the benefits!)",It's a highly diverse community that brings fun into work. There's a lot of encouragement shared to each other while working.,"When it's hot out, the building is almost scorching hot. Depending on which flirt you're in you may survive lol, ( I'm slightly exaggerating).",Put some A.C.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15523,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Great people over there awesome to be around.,Boring as all get out,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15524,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate I,Fulfillment Associate,They give you good hours,"To high of expectation for employees, turn offer is way to GREAT please don't come here if you don't need to. Its a very poorly set up for a job they will FIRE you pretty quick",will not get advancement to manger level,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15525,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,This is the most innovative environments I have ever been in. When choosing between Amazon and another tech company a few years back there was some bad press out about the company. This bad press actually motivated me to accept the offer at Amazon. To me this bad press was intriguing. Since working here I have found that the bad press i had read was not at all true for me. I always feel empowered by my team and fulfilled by my work.,"There is a lot of ambiguity and the environment is fast. If you are a person that likes to know exactly what they are going to do everyday and needs firm structure and guidance, you will not like it here. Amazonians are encouraged to think for themselves and not be babysat.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15526,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Pay, benefits, managment, hours, schedule","Labor intensive, reaching quota, pass paced",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15527,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Web Designer,Amazon,The stock options were good.,Did you read the New York Times article about the awful work environment at Amazon? That's what it was like.,I can't say that all of the management was bad. But the people I reported to directly were some of the worst managers I've ever dealt with in my life. One word: clueless.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15528,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,"Challenging and interesting work, but lot of cross team friction","Learnt a lot working at Amazon. Interesting work, full vertical ownership in the team and freedom to define and execute on your own milestones.",Most teams are resource strapped. Getting work done from other teams can be challenging unless you are working on high priority / high visibility project with senior leadership backing - then you get to be in the front of the queue for everything!,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15529,amazon,"Garland, TX"," Jun 16, 2017","Former Employee - Shipping &amp, Receiving",Laidback Environment,"No one bothers you while you do your job. It is easy to come to work, do your job, and go home. The hours were decent, allows time for classes or a second job. I worked the 5:15am to 9:15am shift and loved it. Overall a pretty cool place to work. It can get busy at times, but nothing overwhelming.",Training could be more organized and the communication between management and the employees could be a lot better.,Communicate more effectively!,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P772.htm
15530,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Work From Home Customer Service Representative,Good Idea,A lot of money saved by working from home. Chance to move upwards within Amazon. The opportunity to become a blue badge employee.,The strict attendance policy and Unpaid time policy needs to be relaxed a bit. I would offer better benefits to seasonal FT employees.,Look into relaxing Unpaid Time and attendance to accommodate outages that are out of ones control.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15531,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great Place to Grow into a Leader,I've grown so much in my 2.5 years at Amazon. Amazon's leaders really invest in the development of talent. They hold you to a high standard and motivate you to go even beyond that.,"I've had an amazing experience, but I recognize it's not for everyone. Amazonians don't always take time to sugarcoat things, and if you can't deal with bluntness, it may not be a great fit. But everyone I've ever worked with is very respectful, so most people should be ok.",We could do more to flatten the org structure (though I think that's true of most big co's).,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15532,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Be a self motivator,"As long as you are a self motivator, you own your career path.",You get very little guidance on where to get resources for projects etc.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15533,amazon,none," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Good company if you can capitalize on opportunity,"Being able to go from unskilled labor to a pivotal role in operations is something you cant do at a lot of companies, That said you have to seek and capitalize on opportunity for advancement when it comes, and sometimes it might never come. Once you begin moving up however, it becomes easier to highlight your strengths and gain visibility with senior management teams. Its achieving that level of visibility that is most difficult.",Constantly changing metrics and work environment. Whats relevant one day is quickly disregarded the next. Compared to similar roles at other companies wages are decent at best. High turnover with upper management and the rate at which management teams are shuffled around makes it hard to build rapport with your direct reports.,"Hire an develop the best. Amazon has become a breeding ground for some of the most talented individuals nation wide, including those who may not have degrees. Cultivate that talent and give them incentive to stay with the company.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15534,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it!,Great benefits & pay!,"Long hours, tough work life balance",Keep focusing on team morale,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15535,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Nite mare,A paycheck. ..not that good,"Don't do it,like a labor camp ,no advancement,write ups,pressure. ..leads to working with fear of being let go any day no future when close to raise equals termination","No way to promote ,worse company ever",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15536,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Control Systems Technician,Great Job,This place is wonderful to work at as a technician. Your co-works are easy to get along with and eager to teach. This will probably be one the best jobs you'll ever have. Over time is generally not offered but once a year during peak but you are garenteed 40 hours a week.,"If you enjoy night shift this isn't a con, but because the job is so great turnover is rare, decreasing your chances of getting on day shift. HOWEVER since this company is growing rapidly, and if your willing to move around there are endless opportunities.",Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15537,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Team Lead,One person can ruin your career,"It was an excellent job, I became a supervisor, worked there for over 5 years, was well paid, worked from home.","A bad manager will ruin you, too many people trying to self promote.",Stop throwing your staff under the bus.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15538,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Design Engineer,Management Circus Sideshow,"An employment machine, hiring quickly and aggressively in such a way that it's net inevitably catches some amazing and diverse talent. Unfortunately, the same cog and wheel infrastructure, operated by ego-driven, immature and vapid managers who's main HR mantra is to find the weakest link and ""manage them out."" Truly disgusting .","Managers and Directors play petty mind games and favorites, in an effort to belittle and ""break down"" strong personalities. These are people you avoided in high school and college, who are now playing cliquish side show games to pit creative people against each other. I was literally told by my manager that they purposefully challenge people to see what their limitation are and what they're able to take. This includes pointing out weaknesses while not mentioning strengths and successes, lacking in any competent mentorship, and severe hierarchies (although they claim their a ""flat organization"" where you're encouraged to ""talk with anyone above you""....don't believe it for a second, they all fear tarnishing their ""image"" and consider their position and yours in all their interactions....it's boot camp all day long).","Obvious....one of your stated principles is ""customer first""....and yet you treat your employees like barnyard animals. First, take a serious look at your HR team...they're butchers. Get rid of the ""manage out"" weekly stack ranking process...the fact that there hasn't been an uprising goes to show how easy it is to brainwash people. Grow up!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15539,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Overly strict harsh work environment with low pay,"* Decent healthcare, best plan has a $100 deductible and takes about $80 a month from your paycheck total. That's damn good healthcare for the in-network policy, and there is a very wide range of doctors who accept the health insurance. * If you manage to survive and move up in the company, you can stand around and do nothing full time. * Paid time off (a very little amount of it) * 10% discount for Amazon.com * Optional overtime.","* Full time wages are $10.00 an hour for doing practically slave labor. Reduced time associates get $13.00 an hour and can get up to 40 hours thanks to overtime. I have no idea how this is logical or makes any sense * 11 hour shifts with two 30 minute breaks that end up being around 10 minutes long due to high volume traffic of people trying to exit the building or enter the break room. Good luck being a smoker since there is only one exit from a four story tall building. * No cell phones allowed in the building, no music allowed during your shift, it's basically like a high security high school. * Management walk around the building, point out flaws you have, and talk to each other. There is an over abundance of management and their job is to do nothing. * Mandatory overtime with little warning and low pay rate of time and a half ($15.00 an hour, which should be the standard pay rate) * Absolutely NO transferring positions for 90 days (three months) * Extremely strict work schedule with very little unpaid time off. Good luck enjoying the holidays and heaven forbid you get sick because they do not accept doctors notes. * DO NOT FORGET YOUR ID! Security will intentionally wait until your shift has started, even if you show up 45 minutes early to get a new ID made. They will ensure you are late to your shift. * If you do not clock in on time, it will be deducted from your unpaid time off, even if you are not at fault for a late punch. * HR is not there to help you, they are there to tell you the strict rules and then basically ignore your problem. * Your boss is practically a robot, and there is no ""manager"" to speak with. Need help with something? Wait on hold for an hour to talk to some guy in India who regurgitates the strict policies to you. * The absolute worst part about this job is the fact they REFUSE to accommodate people who suffer from previous injuries. You either wait 90 days or jump through various hoops and fill out miles of paperwork just to be moved from a position. I have a previous work related injury that prevents me from lifting my arms over my head, which is a VERY specific ailment that most positions at Amazon don't require. Of course I get stuck in Pick, and they absolutely refuse to allow me to do any other job without waiting 90 days.","Help your coworkers and accommodate people with injuries instead of watching them suffer, then saying ""Oh that sucks, but you need to wait 90 days""",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P773.htm
15540,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"A wonderful opportunity to learn, innovate and build revolutionary technology","Amazon feels like a massive startup incubator with unlimited free AWS credit.  I started my career at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer intern right out of college. I was given an open-ended problem to solve by my manager at the time who taught me a lot about the Amazon culture and how the leadership principles apply to the work we do. I had a lot of freedom to try things and explore other parts of the company, participating in hackathons and attending tech talks.  I was hired full time to keep working on the project I started as an intern. As the years went by, there was some turnover but mostly a lot of growth in our team size. After a few years, my manager of the time left and I was offered to step up and lead the team which I am still doing to this day. Since I took over, I hired enough people to quadruple our original team size. I believe that Amazon is one of the few places where you can be trusted with responsibility so fast and be given the freedom to run your own internal startup within the company.","Amazon's model of small autonomous teams is both a blessing and a curse. The work environment is chaotic and there is no standard operating system that everyone adheres to.  Another downside is Amazon's culture of building everything in-house. This means that you can't import external innovations that would increase your productivity (think Slack, Google Docs...) and you are instead stuck with what the company has built. With AWS expanding its productivity suite, it is becoming less of an issue though.",Open up to the world and get out of the Amazon bubble. Embrace open source.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15541,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier I,"Benefits, pay, maternity leave, stock, flexibility","Turnover, rate, hours, location, labor",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15542,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worth it,Easy money as long as you stay to yourself,"Rate, managers , people being nosey",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15543,amazon,"Bloomsburg, PA"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,They have a great health insurance and some great people to work with.,No chance to get a higher paying job. Unless you know someone. Always changing things. Never on the same team more then 3 months. Also no pay raises.,Encourage your team's more. And the people who are putting forth the effort and giving 110% let them know because a lot of great employees left because of it.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15544,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good 2 years,medical insurance is omg amazing,"some management is lazy raises are few and far between outside of retail , bonuses are also few and far between lots of lying from the management team",stop lying to people,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15545,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Risk Investigator,Financial Risk Investigator,"Great Supervisor, Great colleagues, Great office, Great location, Great benefits, Great promotion system, Great future career options. If you can work for Amazon, you will get accepted by anywhere.","Work can be a lot during peak season, but nothing wrong with it. Overtime payment is awesome.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15546,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon web services CSA role,Faster growth with a good amount of learning.,The growth of the person depends a lot on the manager. I have worked under 4 managers and most of them were great.,Please provide more flexibility to the employees as it was previously and increase the compensation as you have some of the greatest brains working for you.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15547,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Too Much Movement,The pay was pretty good.,Was expected to do far more than most people could.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15548,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Manager,"I like that Amazon has a high performance bar, rigour, interesting work, international opportunities, strong work ethic, and a lot of smart people","The work culture is getting highly political, very hierarchical, lots of insecurity. There is less integrity, toxic management, and an increasing sense of being a cog in a giant machine","Break up the company into smaller more independent units. Encourage more differences in opinion, think beyond operational efficiencies and develop a sense of ownership",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15549,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,worst ever,Benifits stocks benifits stocks pto,slave labor ten minute breaks,Listen more often,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P774.htm
15550,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,Benefits. Overtime. People. White boards where you can ask higher management questions and they respond right there for everyone who may have the same concerns. Monthly meeting where you can speak directly with GM.,Inability to sit down on 10-11 hour shift. They don't allow it except when on breaks. Half mile walk (one way) to my phone which must be kept in a locker. There goes my break time...,They already know what they need to do and are working on those things. I see the progression.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15551,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Recruiter,"Very innovative, smart people with amazing products and services.","Like a great athlete you must stay in shape to ensure you can play the game well. As long you as stay in shape, you'll have fun and get winning results.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15552,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,grant company,"learning knowledge, complex growth path","too big and less complexity, no convenient to work together with external team",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15553,amazon,"Chesapeake, VA"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Pay and paid lunch breaks,"Long hours, can seem to go on",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15554,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Fast-paced can be good and bad,"You learn a lot in a very fast paced environment, and you're always doing something new",It can be kind of stressful working for a company that's always pushing you,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15555,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,Amazon work pressure,You will always get new opportunities to grow here.,Work pressure is more sometimes.,If you want to learn then join Amazon,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15556,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development",A great place to learn and grow,"I have worked as an engineering manager at Amazon for nearly five years. I don't think I have learned this much in the same period at any prior point in my career. Employees at Amazon are given a lot of ownership over an area of their product/service. In my opinion, Amazon is one of the best places to join early in your career since people are stretched to own large scale projects that help them grow & develop.  I have also found Amazon to be very flexible when it comes to my work schedule. I am able to work a day or two from home when needed, leave early one day and work late another day to make up for it. As long as you are doing great work, people are very flexible.",I am still very happy at Amazon and don't have any major cons to report. One of the biggest things to consider when joining the company is that it is a very decentralized place. It is possible you could land in a team that is not a great fit for you. It was good to see Amazon revamp its internal transfer policy recently allowing employees to transfer when they are ready instead of waiting a mandatory 1 year.,"As the company grows like crazy, find ways to continue to instill the unique culture & leadership principals across the big growing parts on the organization.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15557,amazon,none," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Onsite Medical Representative,"Fun, challenging workplace with room for advancement and varying job duties relating to safety and medical care.","Some employees tend to take advantage of the company's business practices aimed at caring for individual injuries, leading to unfounded claims and seeking ways to stray from thr it assigned job duties.","At the local level, focus more on proactive and preventative strategies rather than reacting to each incident on a case by case basis.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15558,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a dead end job.,Benefits. Fixed schedule. Voluntary overtime. Occasional prize giveaways. Sense of comradeship. Spirit days. Career choice. Paid time off & vacation time.,Management is comparable to schoolyard bullies. They only look out for themselves and do not care about associates. HR is useless and unavailable. Mandatory overtime. Hourly wages are miniscule compared to similar positions in other companies.,"If you listen to your associates about things that need to be fixed and actually fix them instead of giving excuses, then, It might be an actual pleasant place to work. Also, a $0.50 raise does not change the fact that your associates have been overdue for at least a two dollar raise since 2015. At this point, even Walmart pays more for a cart pusher.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15559,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Amazon gives opportunities to grow,"The compensation is good, the opportunities to grow are great, the direction of the company is unmatched.","Some groups/managers have trouble with work life balance. You just need to find the right fit. Work hard, but maintain the life you want.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P775.htm
15560,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,So proud to work here and be a part of AWS!,"Is the interview process challenging? Yes! Was it worth it? Yes! I love working at AWS and am so proud to be here and a part of Amazon...I am constantly challenged every day, and everyone is VERY intelligent. It's refreshing to work here, as I am CONSTANTLY learning new things (as AWS is constantly innovating - it's in Amazon's DNA) - you will never remain stagnant or complacent in your job . We live/breathe by the Amazon Leadership Principles -- which really do make us all better. This is the reason why there is such a strong focus on the ability to demonstrate the leadership principles in the interview process...because they truly do hire based on your ability to demonstrate the principles. This is also why they interview so many people (1 in 17 get a F2F and only 30% of those who get a F2F get hired - these were the stats I last heard) to get to the ""right"" hires. You will never hear someone say ""no"" - working with other Amazonians....it's a very supportive culture that encourages employees to innovate, challenge peers, and strive to be the best they can be. I was status-quo in my old job....not evolving....but here, I am really challenging myself to grow, and that's what I love about it. Also I should mention that the work-life balance is great - Especially if it's in your DNA to work hard and appreciate the challenge...you do have time for family and friends outside of work!","To be completely honest, I do not see any challenges to working here!",Keep up the amazing work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15561,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development,A Happy Amazonian,Amazon is a challenging and inspiring place to work. Team members are sharp and quick on their feet and the day to day discourse is extremely interesting and varied. Management encourages independent work and it's a fairly flat structure. No micromanagement here!,Amazon is an intense place and there are never ending emails and tasks to get through. Some may see this as a con but if you like a start-up atmosphere combined with big company resources you will love it here.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15562,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,I couldn't imagine working anywhere else,"Customer focus, everyone being smarter than me, the leadership principles. There are a ton of benefits of working at amazon, and I couldn't imagine working somewhere else.",Fast paced environment - there's never enough time to get everything done. You have to make hard tradeoffs.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15563,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,Benefits. Overtime. People. White boards where you can ask higher management questions and they respond right there for everyone who may have the same concerns. Monthly meeting where you can speak directly with GM.,Inability to sit down on 10-11 hour shift. They don't allow it except when on breaks. Half mile walk (one way) to my phone which must be kept in a locker. There goes my break time...,They already know what they need to do and are working on those things. I see the progression.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15564,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jun 11, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Control Quality Assurance (ICQA) - Tier II,Okay at first but once in ICQA it sucked.,Good benefits on day one. Overtime avaiable especially around peak season. Co workerd were great but most were young and had very little real world exp.,Management not to exp. and tended to be driven by obscure numberd but could never explain where they came from or how they were calculated.,Get older managers with experience. I felt like I was working for highschoolers who had no knowledge of what the decisions they were making would do to long term results and performance.,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15565,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mentally and physically draining job.,Time off is easy and available first day.,Exhausting work mentally and physically. High performance is always expected even when you are already outperforming other employees. Higher performance does not equal higher pay.,Run less like a union and offer individual raises or performance bonuses.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15566,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mindless work, but good money.","Good money for a college student or someone who wants a money fast, paid weekly for fulfillment positions",Hot plant conditions Unprofessional management Needs upgraded equipment for fulfillment positions,Keep it professional,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15567,amazon,"Euclid, OH"," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,You'll Work Far More Than They Tell You,Decent pay. Decent hours.,"I worked as a delivery driver for Amazon. A startup hub in Ohio. For one, they tell you when you start your day is based on a 9 hour day. That's a lie. I worked 12-13 hours more times than I can count. When the GPS doesn't work (and it usually doesn't) they blame you for being slow. They have a very unrealistic expectation of how the houses are laid out and how much time it takes to deliver in the way they teach you (Ex: Some areas I delivered in the houses were miles apart with mile long narrow driveways that weren't possible to pull into) they don't care why it takes you longer just that it does. Many drivers don't take breaks/lunch so it messes up the computer and tells them it takes less time to deliver than it really does so you end up with 150-300 deliveries when it's only actually possible to do about 125 in a 9 hour day. They don't care if you work a 12-14 hour day though and if you point out that this wasn't what you were told they act like you are a problem. I don't mind long work days but expecting me to work back to back shifts of 12-14 hours each, three days in a row in 90 degree weather is ridiculous, especially with faulty equipment. Also their promotion system was really weird. Some drivers literally worked ONE DAY before being promoted to WAY above positions??? What? How? And why? To be fair I was also partnered with a company called AAustin Express and this might have been them, but over all, neither party was very understanding of the actual logistics of delivery.","Listen to your employees when they say something is defective because that's what's slowing them down. Ignoring them and punishing them for YOUR faulty GPS and routing system doesn't make them better, it makes them resentful.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15568,amazon,none," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packing .,The best reason i like work at amazon is that i have fun and just do my work,There are no downsides i just like working there,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15569,amazon,none," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Ambassador,Very kind and easy to work with.,Seems like they will drop your school with no documented reason without warning.,Let students know their school isn't guaranteed to be available next year.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P776.htm
15570,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,"Good pay, good enviroment, good place to be around to start warhouse experience",Insurance was a lot. Write you up if dont mean quota. Could use better managment,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15571,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work here!,There are no Pros to working at Amazon!,Amazon is a modern day sweat shop!,Jeff Bezos is destroying the American worker - his business model should be stopped through antitrust laws and labor laws.,1.0,none,none,1.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15572,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Job at amazon,It's a easy job to do and it is common sense,The managers and PA's treat there employees very bad,They need to Learn how to talk to people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15573,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,#2 Best Place to work in 2017,"Amazon is the most innovative and fast paced company I have ever worked for. Amazon is changing the world and is continually pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Only the best are hired to work for Amazon, and the high caliber performance of colleagues is noticeable. Work Life balance is nothing like the horror stories of the NYT article, however it varies team to team.  The South Lake Union campus is fantastic and makes for a great place to work. Dog friendly buildings and co-workers is a great stress reliever.","Amazon's culture and high expectations are not for everyone. Don't expect you hand to be held or shown what to do.  Health and retirement benefits are good, but not exceptional. Much of this is compensated through signing bonuses and restricted stock units.","Keep hiring the best and promoting the Leadership Values. Also keep the momentum of making Amazon a top destination employer though benefits, compensation and high performance culture.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15574,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,"Challenging, Fast-Paced Organization with Significant Opportunity","Amazon's culture encourages changing teams/roles every 1-2 years if you are entry to mid level and every 2-3 years at senior or management level. This culture allows you to constantly learn new businesses and functions in a highly diverse business environment. Amazon hires a lot of smart people, whether fresh out of business school or industry all-stars, making it an enriching environment to learn from and collaborate with some of the best talent in the world. Amazon gives you a lot of autonomy as an employee, you are expected to own your role and business which often means making high business judgement decisions. I've found this to be motivating and challenging.","Lacking formal training for new hires, more of a ""figure it out as you go"" dynamic. Amazon is not known for having great people managers, you often have great individual contributors who are at the point in their career where they want to manage people. You should be conscious of this and make sure to create your own network of mentors and teachers if you are not getting it organically from your manager or skip-level manager.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15575,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager II,Product Manager II,"1) Impactful projects. 2) Learning new things on a regular basis. 3) People are smart. 4) Culture is peculiar. Some people fit in really well, and some don't.",1) Sometimes there's too much uncertainty. 2) Lot's of churn because of less of clarify on ownership. 3) Career progress can be slow for high performers.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15576,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great values from the TOP down,"Amazon's Leadership Principles (e.g., Customer Obsession) are real, not some marketing/PR stuff made just to look good. Unlike some other companies, I've seen top leaders use the Leadership Principles to make decisions. We also use them for hiring, promotion, and general feedback.","I've seen a lot of variability between teams. My team is amazing and I know many other happy employees, but I've also seen a few toxic groups. Be sure to ask a lot of questions and try to get a feel for who you will be working with.",Make sure that communication lines are always open. The most successful teams work together.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15577,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Great Company That Follows Its Leadership Principles,I LOVE working for Amazon! I am apart of the AWS team. Its awesome to work with a highly technical and motivated team. The company culture is like nowhere else. They adhere to the leadership principle and work back from the customer. It's rare to work for a company that puts its customers first and is not concerned with what the market thinks about it.,The retirement contributions are low compared to the market. The medical coverage is not all that comprehensive compared to other tech companies.,Keep up the culture as we grow and continue to hire the best and brightest!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15578,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,A grown up place to work,"Big challenges. Bigger ideas and bigger yet opportunities to own your work. Speaking up and taking responsibility is expected. Customers are at the center of every conversation, every decision. You can and are expected to speak to whomever you need to to get things done. You are expected to try and even fail. Failure and invention are inseparable. Company encourages employees to explore their career across the enterprise. So you can change jobs without changing companies.",Not like other companies but many people will not realize that until they trip over it. Growing super fast and that means growing pains.,"Every manager/leader in the company needs to lice the Peculiar Ways so we can keep Amazon, Amazon. If you join Amazon as a leader take the time to learn the culture. It is the secret sauce.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15579,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cycle count,Money paid weekly and the vending machines,All the work they make you do,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P777.htm
15580,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cycle count,Money paid weekly and the vending machines,All the work they make you do,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15581,amazon,"Dublin, CA"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Think Big, Stay to the North Pole and create some force / momentum to transform at scale",Limitless opportunities to make a difference. Understand the vision and Work backwards to make it your reality. Build and grow you leadership with influence strengths.,Over indexed bias for action creates fragmentation and waste. It also creates a myopic view of your world that disconnects you from upstream and downstream impact.,Please invest in internal systems that connect the dots and make the employee experience as amazing as the customer experience.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15582,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Returns,Vendor Returns,Benefits you cant beat them anywhere!!! Awarded stock after being employed for two years and gain some each following year which are now almost a 1000 a share and thw word is that Jeff Bezo will never split them.You get personal and unpaid tima as soon as you are hired full time and most the time you can start as a new hire from day one that means benefits as well.,I dont like the quarter raise every six months i would rather it be a dollar a year.Working on concrete is hard on your body.I wish we had more holidays off like thanksgiving and Christmas Eve but I understand why we arent.,Seek advice on certain paths from people who actually do the work in that path so you can find out wht would help in any way.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15583,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,they let you make your own schedule,"try to make you work outside of your sign on position : continuously call, email and text you to work more hours","Everybody does not eat breathe and live Amazon, there is life outside of Amazon",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15584,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Research Scientist,Bad manager could ruin your career future with this company,Lots of smart people around (not necessarily your boss) efficiency is super (not much BS),"Bad managers are hired without much prevention tactics. Because of it, the whole good team will be ruined. Politics playing and peer competition are fierce",Get rid of those bad mangers who are not coming with expertise.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15585,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Job Ever,None that I can think of.,Culture of backstabbing and throwing people under the bus. Incompetent management. Employees are treated like serfs.,No point in offering them advice because they never listen.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15586,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Finance Manager,"I still miss working there, and apply Amazon principles to my workplace today","Just read the Amazon Leadership Principles and Amazon letters to shareholders. If that describes the type of environment you want to work in, you won't find a better place. Hours and pressure abound, but directly proportional to opportunity for and desire to grow.","Some find work life balance difficult, but that's only if you really have FOMO and can't leave any opportunity on the table. There is just too much cool stuff to get involved with and ways to make an impact, so balance won't naturally happen, but it was certainly always there for me. My daughter (first baby) was born within the first 6 months of my employment there, and then my son came right in the middle of the busiest time of the work year two years later. No one ever batted an eye giving me all the flexibility I needed to take time off as a dad and ramp back up slowly. But those who don't ask, or have a hard time getting work done during work hours might find it difficult to keep up. Lots of smart people that can make you feel stupid sometimes just by their pace and intelligence.","At least in my time there, the review and promotion process focused too much on negatives. One wrong comment you made or just a slow response to one request from a VP during a random meeting that turned out to be your only overlap with her/him could set your promotion back a few cycles. If your supervisor wasn't someone with tremendous clout or confidence and didn't go to bat for you, your career is going to be on the slow track. I heard they've done a lot in the last few years to make this not the case anymore, so hopefully that's changed.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15587,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development",Great place to develop as a leader,"To succeed at Amazon, you really do need to drink the koolaid and subscribe to their peculiar ways. This is a place where you are given enormous latitude to chip in to solve problems. Your role is defined by what you want to drive and own, not by a title. I appreciate the autonomy that Amazon gives its leaders - for good and bad. We are given room to make mistakes, learn and grow from them. As a leader, I have made mistakes and I've been praised for my analysis of the failure and the corrective actions.  I currently work in an organization with tenured Amazon leaders. They've collectively launched world-class operations and billion dollar businesses. It's amazing to learn from these leaders -- they are remarkably calm amid the chaos -- they've seen it all before.","You have to, as with any large organization, watch out for certain pockets where the work-life-balance is really screwy. The nice thing is there is very fluid lateral movement within the company. The policies have changed to make this easier and these poor leaders are being exposed quickly.",Keep up the momentum on improving transparency -- for good and bad. The changes to the promotion process are the right step.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15588,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Distribution Center - Position: Stower,"Good pay, good benefits, quick to hire on, regular schedule, lots of overtime from Nov-Dec, ability to move up in position. It is a good in between job if you need a job right now for 1 year or less that pays decently well and has benefits.","Hard labor to the point of wearing very hard on the body and possibly requiring surgery. Long, hard labor 10 hour days make for a sleepy drive home which is dangerous. The pace of work is often very grueling where one has to work as quickly as possible for the entire 10 hour day. Only a 30 minute lunch break and 2 15 minute breaks. The atmosphere of the job is depressing, negative, and cut throat in order to obtain the necessary level of work each day and move up in position.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15589,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Warehouse: Fun co-workers, 100% dependent on supervisor",Co-workers are fun. Most of the supervisors know it's a tedious job and give a great attitude to help us keep going.,"Punch in, punch out. A micro-manager behind you can be maddening.",Be fun. We'll work when we're having fun. We'll hide in an empty aisle if we're not.,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P778.htm
15590,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound,"Decent benefits, various different shifts codes that work different days of the week",You don't get to choose your shift when hired and it is hard to switch to another,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15591,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Go only as long as needed,Training is availble in whatever you might be interested in Getting an insight into company goals and standards Generous PTO allowance at the begging of hire/start of the year,Very darwinian work culture. Opportunities to move up are a bit throttled and sometimes have no rhyme or reason to whom they select.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15592,amazon,"Garden City, KS"," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Overworked,"Very civilized environment, decent workplace culture.",Management has trouble tracking labor and uses a faulty system. Mandatory overtime is enforced for selected shifts.,I don't give free advice anymore. This company taught me what a mistake that was.,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15593,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Ship Clerk,Amazon Takes Good Care of Its Employees!,"Great benefits, Relocation bonuses, plenty of room for advancement. Three days off per week without mandatory overtime!",Very long and exhausting shifts during peak season. 30 minutes lunch breaks are way too short.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15594,amazon,none," May 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Good benefits but very long hours. Management can be friendly or very rigid, depends on teams.",too much pressure to perform and be present. Team and office politics are very prevalent.,Keep up the nice work but focus on building employee relations.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15595,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,Financial Analyst (AWS),"Great work environment in my team. However, work environment can be very different depending on your team and manager. We have regular opportunities to make concerns heard by upper management in either one-on-ones, town-hall style meetings (all-hands) and via informal pizza lunches with the division CFO. Seattle SLU campus is great and continues to get better every year! Lots of opportunities to make meaningful contributions.","Being part of a company that has ambitious plans means a lot of time is spent catching up. Things change very fast and there is a need to adapt quickly. This can be exciting or frustrating or tiring depending on your attitude towards it. If you're comfortable with the idea of working for a start-up, you will fit right in! While medical/ dental/ 401k is decent, other perks are lacking (tuition reimbursement for one). The idea is that your RSUs (stock units) make up for the perks that are lacking . But still, a big change if you are used to perks from your company. Seattle area real estate is getting expensive fast. Need to have better options for transport from suburbs.",Continue the good work on listening to the team and following through on promises. Jeff Bezos & Andy Jassy have the vision to take Amazon and AWS forward. Need to invest more in campus shuttles to/ from all major suburbs to make it easier for Amazonians new to Seattle to become home owners.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15596,amazon,"Chesterfield, VA"," May 27, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,"Shipping, receiving items.","Pay rate was amenable, reasonable hours, always busy!",Being able to stand in one spot for long periods of time.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15597,amazon,none," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Work life balance is awesome! Great benefits plus stock Associates always get prizes based on performance,Long days can cause some of your associates to become grumpy.  Waking up super early for work. (But the days off make up for that),none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15598,amazon,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A year in the life at Amazon,"4 days on and 3 days off. 10 hours of PTO available from day one and 20 hours of UPT. You're basically your own boss when it comes to time management, which is great if you're a responsible adult. Monthly bonuses and up to 20 hours of overtime available almost weekly. There is always work to be done. Constant recognition by management and encouragement. Area managers and Production Assistants follow up with you weekly to discuss your metrics, if you're hitting them, what you can do to improve, what you're doing well, and to discuss any barriers that may have effected your performance.  As long as you're doing well in your department there is opportunity to be cross-trained in other departments as well.","Ten hour shifts are brutal on the body. This job requires a LOT of physical conditioning. Be prepared to swallow Ibuprofen by the fistful. It takes at least a month for your body to acclimate to the strain. You NEED three days off to heal from the pain and swelling in your joints. Mandatory overtime is a very real thing and can be called 24 hours in advance. Be prepared. During peak, Black Friday-Christmas Eve, you can count on working 11 hour shifts EVERY DAY. If you are doing poorly in your department, management will not throw you a life preserver, you will drown. They will allow you to make the same mistakes over and over again until you're fired. I disagree with this tactic. I believe employees should be given a chance in other departments to test their strengths and weaknesses.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15599,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,CSA,Call center involvement while working from home. Easy staff training. Everything you want while working in the lux of your own home. Metrics based and bonuses,The pay rate sucks. Most call centers offer $12-13 they only offer $10 a hour. Unless you know someone you don't move up,Realize the potentional of your employees ALL of them. Not just your favorites. Other than that nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P779.htm
15600,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,CSA,Call center involvement while working from home. Easy staff training. Everything you want while working in the lux of your own home. Metrics based and bonuses,The pay rate sucks. Most call centers offer $12-13 they only offer $10 a hour. Unless you know someone you don't move up,Realize the potentional of your employees ALL of them. Not just your favorites. Other than that nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15601,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Challenging & Fulfilling work with a fun culture!,"Amazon challenges you everyday and those challenges are fulfilling knowing your work is making history. The culture is fun and well rounded and all my coworkers have been nothing but supportive, challenging me every day, and fun!",I can't think of any.,Keep up the good work and fun and challenging culture!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15602,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Tier I,It's been great!,Hours that can work around schedule for school. Including a subpar benefits package. Overall good job to have as part time,The pay for the work is not at standard and leadership sometimes doesn't know how to deal with employees if something goes wrong and it isn't necessarily anyone's fault,Learn more people skills then professional,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15603,amazon,"Green Valley, AZ"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Abuse Prevention Representative,My Thoughts on Amazon,"Incredible company to work for. Good Benefits, great hours and days to work. The leadership is always there to help you if you are having a problem and the teams all have a great comraderie.",There are non that I can see,Get someone on the scammers that are hurting us by scamming our customers out of their money. We need to get on this and work to remove them and keep them from hurting our customers and our profits. If these people are gone we are the ones that pay these customers back.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15604,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Tax Manager,LOVE MY JOB!,Everyday I come to work and work on something new and exciting. It's a very good team environment. Never feel like I'm competing with someone - just working to improve myself.,"Moves quickly. This is good, but sometimes hard when trying to give advice to a team and time is moving quickly.",Be better about schedule flexibility.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15605,amazon,"Phila, PA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Awesome place to work,"super innovative, fast-paced, supportive and talented teammates","becoming a massive company, can be challenging to navigate ALL the teams",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15606,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon warehouse associate,Convenient times and pretty good pay. The warehouse is pretty well taken care off and safety is a big deal to them.,Almost no opportunities for promotion.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15607,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,My Credibility,"More experience, exposure and hard work. I chose these because when you work in a ware house or in a company, (a company as great and as awesome as your company) the workers gain more and higher experience and they will get exposed to the kind of work. If this happens, they will be eager to work there more. With this also, the workers will even tell their friends about your wonderful work and persuade them to apply and work there. With this amount of workers and high ratings, your company's credibility will be seen and reviewed as the best company in California and possibly in the whole of United States","Time Consuming, challenging and hard. Time consuming as you probably know is one of the major problems in the world. These days, parents are having a lot of kids and these kids needs their parents' guidance and support. This kind of support will and can not be received from a nanny. This work as you know requires a lot of dedication (which I will be willing to give to you). Challenging. Working in a warehouse could be challenging because we (the workers) have to memorize the structure of the arrangement, the places to keep any kind of import and even were to send the export to. As you know I said it could be hard. There will be times were I have to lift heavy, really heavy things so that is the only reason why it will be hard. Just remember that I will still work in your company.",You will give me training to improve my experience in this intriguing job and that will also take your business and work into a higher new level,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15608,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Alliance Lead,Strong work ethic company were being focused on the customer and working backwards is rewarded. Positive business outcomes for the customer is a key metric.,"If you are not self-reliant, self-aware or a self-starter this is not the place for you. The speed at which change occurs is not everyone's cup of tea.",Keep pressing forward to drive further innovation. The team is here to deliver.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15609,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,"Fast-paced, dynamic, challenging, exciting, innovative, smart people, great CEO","Employees are expected to do a lot of ramp-up on their own. Creates a good culture of learning, though.",Keep innovating and trusting staff with great ideas!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P780.htm
15610,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Good and bad,"benefits, pay, facilities, dog policy, interesting people","work/life balance, stress, political nature","get rid of hostile team members, drive a less stressful work culture, stop burning people out, pay gym membership fees",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15611,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," May 21, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Outbound OP Picker,"The good, the bad and the ugly","decent pay and bennys, job not too hard, climate controlled (to a point)","boring, not much versatility or room for movement, no job rotation pattern, all daily job assignment are handed out willy nilly by one person, some unqualified mngrs, constant turnover of floor level mngrs, mngrs always complaing about same stuff everyday but never taking any action to correct it, mngrs expect tier 1 empluees to fix all the problems while mngrs stand there and look at a lap top all day and monitor the breakroom","Come up with a plan to address all the issues that don't affect you but affect all the tier 1 empolyees daily and then enforce the plan.ie: trash all over the OPs, safety harnesses thrown on the floor, scan guns and batteries not being returned to charging area, inbound PITs parked all over the pick racks in groups of 3-6 shooting the breeze for 5-15 minutes at a time while creating congestion and unsafe operating conditions for outbound OPs, inbound PIT strewing pieces of broken pallets all over the racks for outbound OPs to drive over, the list is pretty much endless. I know, you expect the OP operators to take care of all these problems and more while they are being monitored pretty much by the minute for productivity, quality, safety and time off task.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15612,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 18, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Easy job to get,pretty good hourly pay and good benifits.,lots of mandatory over time depending on the time of year. lots of physical work. sometimes there can be favortism.,Open up more part time postions and hire more employees so that there wont have to be so much over time for this who dont want it.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15613,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Intense but rewarding,"Great pay, great environment to work in, basically unlimited upward movement and the ability to make your career what you want.","Peak can get busy depending on your field - restricted vacation days, etc.. The hiring process is pretty terrible, and HR always seems to be overwhelmed.","Continue to develop current Amazonians and reward those who take calculated risks and have good ideas. Don't let the older generations take over and make Amazon bland like other companies, we need more innovators, not just people with impressive resumes that are just looking for a good place to hang out until retirement.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15614,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Building the Future,"Amazon's leaders are dedicated to generating long-term customer value, not just in their words but by their actions. There is a serious commitment to identifying and investing in future leaders who will continue to grow and improve Amazon's leadership culture. Ideas are evaluated and decisions made with an almost scientific rigor, with a strong preference for data-driven discussions. In the absence of data, calculated risk taking is acceptable as long as plans include gathering data, failing fast, and avoiding ""one-way doors"". The culture is apolitical, and one can find much support among universally intelligent peers, if one makes earnest effort along a compelling plan that incorporates feedback. You will learn a lot here, and you can lead amazing, high-impact contributions that are literally changing the world.","The performance bar is consistently high and exacts intense focus on one's efforts. The expectation is that great leaders are great owners, and no detail is beneath them. The culture demands rigor and preparedness. The work is hard, commensurate with the impact. Never underestimate the scale at which Amazon operates. No one should expect a ""comfortable"" post: at Amazon, if you're not stretching, you're not growing.","Keep the rigor, the scientific approach to management, the measured experiments. Double-down on helping line managers understand how to cherish their team members while investing in their long-term potential value to the company, not just their tactical capabilities. Ruthlessly prioritize making it easier for builders to build by consolidating and/or eliminating undifferentiated (wasted) effort.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15615,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,"I joined AWS with a great fear that I will be working crazy hours and have non stop stress and my experience have been the exact OPPOSITE of that. My manager is supportive, thinks about my career and long term goals. My team has MASSIVE impact and we're building incredible stuff with the latest technologies. AWS is like working for a startup with lots of funding. Managed bottom's up style.","It's a big company, so not all teams are the same. Some managers are terrible and very top-down and that's where the negative reviews come from - avoid those teams - but most teams, are not like that","Be careful with too much top down decisions, and start matching salaries and benefits from our competitors.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15616,amazon,"New Brunswick, NJ"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Worker,Just making a little (emphasis) money on the side.,"Boring, monotonous work with no chance of advancement. Walking or standing for long periods of time.",Longer breaks and better pay instead of bringing in and letting go of people like cattle.,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15617,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Overnight Packer,great compnay,they are willing to work with school schedules in order to have you finish school and not put you in danger,all the managers are on different pages when it comes to how a night should be run,communicate with each other to ensure a smoother flow of operations.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15618,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Most fun I've had at a job in years,"I own the customer experience for a category and I can honestly say that this is the most fun I've had professionally in my 20 years of working. The work is challenging, but I wouldn't have it any other way...I also make a habit of telling people on my team that the path to success at Amazon isn't by working crazy hours, it is getting a lot done in the hours that you do work. I've also grown more professionally in the past 4 years than I did in the previous 16.","Remote working isn't too effective in my organization. I would much prefer to work from home, or work from Colorado, but it wouldn't be very effective in my current organization doing so.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15619,amazon,"Kent, WA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Packing,Amazon opportunities,Great benes.. Fair pay....some good perk....longevity,Very fast pace...hotter than you know....management always with their heads in a laptop,Follow up with rules in place...pay attention to your employees sometimes not your laptop..be consistant with what you say and do..,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P781.htm
15620,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Great Place to work out of school,Not enough work life balance,none,5.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15621,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment associate,"Benefits are good , Varying hours",management is like slave labor,value your employees instead of just valuing your management,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15622,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Intense but rewarding,"Great pay, great environment to work in, basically unlimited upward movement and the ability to make your career what you want.","Peak can get busy depending on your field - restricted vacation days, etc.. The hiring process is pretty terrible, and HR always seems to be overwhelmed.","Continue to develop current Amazonians and reward those who take calculated risks and have good ideas. Don't let the older generations take over and make Amazon bland like other companies, we need more innovators, not just people with impressive resumes that are just looking for a good place to hang out until retirement.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15623,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,Organized environment Giant systems Good friends and managers,Length of hard working hours,Provide a collaborative environment Provide training and development on new technology and systems,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15624,amazon,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Long hours but with it.,A very good life changing experience to work on problems at global scale. Lots of autonomy. Ton of stuff to learn.,Hours. Perks. Very hard to get to Vice President. There are few places that have tough managers like most other companies.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15625,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Problem Solver,The obvious emphasis is on numbers and dollars,"Competitive pay, stock options, 4-day full-time work week, decent benefits, voluntary overtime is usually available","Revolving management, employees are seen as numbers, interpretation of rules are up to individual managers' discretion, salary cap, limited options for promotion, managers are usually newly hired in (promoting up into management is difficult, this also makes them largely unfamiliar with the job), employees are terribly under-utilized, much of the year you're on mandatory overtime, parts of the year are super slow","It's amazon, numbers will be there. If you're really wanting your site to do as well as it could, you need to focus on the people actually doing the work: your regular employees.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15626,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Decent,Once hired you can instantly out in for Medical and dental benefits. It was extremely easy to request time off.,"Not all positions are created equal. Picker for instance, is both physically and mentally demanding. 10 hours of doing the same thing was mind numbing. Not for everyone.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15627,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service,"easy job, decent pay, good benefits","rude customers, low pay, high turnover",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15628,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stuck in the same shift,"Decent pay , but you work hard for it, lots of overtime, three days off sounds good but not enough to recuperate","I been working the same shift sins I started and been applying every month for different days and the always say ""sorry the position is no longer available"" when I see that recent hiries get better shifts than employees that been here for mor than a year, it bothers me because I am a good employee that stays on task every day and good at it","Stay off the computers and see more was around you and be more human there's no robots around you, is people!",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15629,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Consistent shifts and Overtime Decent pay PTO,Large amounts of standing and walking No music Can't really get to know other employees,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P782.htm
15630,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,A lot of benefits for Full time.,Low hourly pay and hard tasks.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15631,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Love the culture!,"- You really get to own what you do - Smart, engaged, co-workers - Focus on development and finding (or even creating) the right role for you - Amount of opportunities within the company - Flexible working",- sheer volume of work - intensity of the work- I think it depends on the team and I work in a very fast-paced team but there's never really a quiet day! (this is good and bad),"Please change the policy in some locations that if you interview for a new position, you move at your current level and have to get promoted later",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15632,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Overnight Packer,great compnay,they are willing to work with school schedules in order to have you finish school and not put you in danger,all the managers are on different pages when it comes to how a night should be run,communicate with each other to ensure a smoother flow of operations.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15633,amazon,"East Point, GA"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Inside Amazon,The job is very Flexible,When it is slow there is no work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15634,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,AWS Recruiting Manager,There is no end of opportunities to grow and become a better tech sourcer than at Amazon. You can work right in the trenches with the business groups you are aligned to and feel like you are a part of making history. It is really the best job I have ever had.,There are times were the Corp. HR doesnt scale or look at how our businesses we support are trending. We need to be as agile as they are and be better partners.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15635,amazon,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exceptional!,"Great Environment, Innovative, Exciting, Diverse","No Gym, sometimes difficult to advance",Help employee advance in their career.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15636,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Device Associate,Very good work culture Flexibility Cab facility Best place to work,Low salary Growth will be slow,Nothing much. Asusual politics in few teams. Higher management can look into more deeper when they receive any complaints from the peers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15637,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,"Improve Company Culture, Shorten Work Day","Fair pay, clean work environment","Feel like a number-not a person, long hours-poor work/life balance, rushed breaks, no one knows your name",For so much walking/standing required the shifts should be eight hour shifts not ten hour shifts. Despite daily group meetings the work atmosphere is impersonal. Frustrating to locate someone to help you and give REAL advice and knowledge and all the while a quota is expected. Communicate errors to employees right away so these will not be repeated. Work culture-you are expected to work hard but your work doesn't seem valued-the supervisor will not know your name-you are just a body filling in a space-no name badge for fellow employees to know you by name. I gave management one star and CEO 'thumbs down' because I feel like they are the ones who can make the improvements and have not done so.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15638,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Amazon Operations Manager,"- Growth potential unlimited, I feel well compensated - Amazon hires great people so you have competent managers as peers, up, and down - The interview process is exaxtly as advertised. Its not easy but no mind gales and no surprises.","-If you aren't prepared to work hard, this is probably not the place for you -If you were entitled in your previous job with parking spaces and corner offices, Amazon is not your company. We don't have them.",Keep pushing hard,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15639,amazon,none," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Steady work and simple tasks,long days with relative isolation,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P783.htm
15640,amazon,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,Good pay Great schedule Clean Always room for advancement,Long hours with Crappy breaks Lack of communication between managers and workers Too many changes daily Horrible discount,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15641,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineering,"There are ups and downs, overall there's lots of cool tech to work on.",Huge company that is doing a little bit of everything. Your contributions do have an impact of the direction of your group.,"Problems get approached with a one-size-fits-all approach quite often. In embedded engineering that usually doesn't work. Tooling, environments and methodologies for embedded don't match up with web services.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15642,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,They suck,Its a job. I guess,Mandatory overtime is a killer.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15643,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"An active environment, where the company really does put the customer first.",At the time necessary to start as a temp with no job security. The job involves a long time on your feet.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15644,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,You can get extra shifts,They need to make sure people build pallets right,Show people w what they are doing wrong then show them the correct way,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15645,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Your experience will totally depend on the group,"I absolutely love the group I'm on and adore my team members. Everyone is super helpful and ready to answer my questions. I've learned a ton since I started (I'm an intern) and enjoy my project. My manager, mentor, and skip-level have 1:1s with me every single week, to talk about my career goals, issues I might be facing, etc - essentially, the meeting is mine to do with what I wish. Also, working from home is an option - not all the time, since asking questions is way easier in person, but if you need to do so occasionally, they're okay with it.","There's definitely a pressure to work more than 40 hours a week, so if that isn't your thing, walk away. Also, you need to be self-motivated. No one is going to offer help - you have to ask. Once you ask, though, people are willing to step up.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15646,amazon,none," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Loving it,Your work matters Amazing culture Feels like a startup even if large company,Need to know/learn how to prioritize Can be intense,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15647,amazon,none," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"Fun, thriving environment. Employees are treated like adults",Big company comes with red tape,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15648,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Best job Ever,"Work from home, company really cares about their employees, AWESOME advancement oppurtunities!",None at all. This job is awesome.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15649,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,1. Very good compensation structure (Base Salary + Generous joining bonus + RSU) 2. Easy internal transfer process 3. Immigration friendly 4. Focus on innovation 5. #2 company to work for in USA,1. Seattle location: expensive housing,"Keep up the good work to make Amazon, most customer obsessed company on earth",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P784.htm
15650,amazon,none," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Program Manager,Great company to gain experience and skills. Good pay as stock keeps growing. Very good opportunities to grow. Ample number of options to learn new things. Very very smart people.,Politics and visibility could be tough at times,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15651,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - VCS,Seasonal Virtual Customer Service Associate,"Working from home that's about it Easy work if you can use tech Mostly nice people, however some leaders can be condescending",Always moving teams Unpaid lunches make for 9 hour days not 10 hour days Phone lines ALWAYS busy no matter where they put you,Less moving people around every two weeks,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15652,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Amazon is very flexible with time off If you work hard, they will work with you on new assignments and moving up The Tier 1 jobs are easy to obtain and will allow you to establish your reputation Most manager attempt to live up to the Amazon mottos.","You will be standing for 10 hours a shift: lunch is 30 minutes and breaks are 10 minutes. Not much much brain power needed If you do not have visible tattoos, you will be in the minority.",get rid of slackers! they bring down the morale of the workers. do what you say you will do (many manager do but the ones that don't really stick out),4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15653,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Corporate Recruiter,An amazing meandering career journey,"Your peers are just as smart as you are (probably smarter), rapid pace of innovation, little bureaucracy, start-up feel with large company perks, flat organizational structure = access to senior management. Openness for talent to move from one division to another or to move from one function to another. This happens quite often.","Pay is strong in general but compared to other top tier tech companies, pay and benefits are average. Lack of defined career-pathing - but this is getting better and talented internal candidates are always in high demand. It takes a long time to hire = some short term pain in keeping up with our growth",Don't change anything. I like the fact that compensation and benefits are not the main reasons people want to work here.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15654,amazon,"Ashburn, VA"," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Data Center Technician II,Best suited to personally motivated employees,"Competitive salary, merit based advancement, large opportunity for personal growth.","Competitive work environment, high expectations, less feedback than typical, little handholding in terms of training.","Provide a better system to train starting technicians, provide more frequent feedback, better transparency for daily expectations.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15655,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service,Good place to work,Good benifits and good people to work for,Not enough breaks cox can be rude,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15656,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Manager- Product Management,Great opportunities to learn and grow,The company can do better in work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15657,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,They suck,Its a job. I guess,Mandatory overtime is a killer.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15658,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Site Merchandiser,"People don't like to cooperate, they like to challenge. Sometimes it is good, sometimes it influence the mood of cooperation.","Very customer-focused, always try to create new things.",More down to earth and watch what employers have done.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15659,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Amazing Opportunity,"Flexibility, Growth Potential, Ability to be heard and make a difference in solving real problems in real time. Fantastic organization that still allows you to learn new tricks in spaces you thought you knew well.",Speed and pace isn't for everyone.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P785.htm
15660,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Site Merchandiser,"People don't like to cooperate, they like to challenge. Sometimes it is good, sometimes it influence the mood of cooperation.","Very customer-focused, always try to create new things.",More down to earth and watch what employers have done.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15661,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Amazing Opportunity,"Flexibility, Growth Potential, Ability to be heard and make a difference in solving real problems in real time. Fantastic organization that still allows you to learn new tricks in spaces you thought you knew well.",Speed and pace isn't for everyone.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15662,amazon,"Houston, TX"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Architect,AWS ProServe is AWSome,"I took this position because I was tired of being the ""Smart Person"" in the room. Working at AWS I now am surrounded by people who I can learn from and grow with. There is a high bar for hiring, and I am honored I was able to join. Aside from that, the technology at AWS is incredible, the velocity and change is constant, so there is constant learning and challenge, and the customer projects are interesting, and generally ""Hard"", which is why they need ProServe. I'm proud to work at AWS, and proud of the work that we do for our customers.","There is always more work than we can get done, and no one at Amazon will tell you to slow down and take on less - you need to protect your own work-life balance. As a workaholic with a deeply ingrained Calvinist work-ethic, that's a challenge for me, and 60 hour weeks are not unusual - but it is my choice...","Fight to maintain the current culture as we grow. I don't want to see AWS ProServe become just another consulting company, as we have something special here right now, but growth makes us vulnerable. I hate to sound insular, but too much growth dilutes the culture, brings in foreign ideas, and could swamp the legacy. I don't want this to become another body-shop.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15663,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sourcing Recruiter,"Innovative, fun and exciting!! The best company to recruit for by far.",Can't think of any so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15664,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Supervisor,It is what you make it... either just a job or a career!,"Amazon has a LOT of opportunity for career and leadership development. I have been here over 3 years and have progressed through the ranks and am finding the leader in me.  It is very much an opportunity that can either fall flat, or take you to the next level. Jump in with an attitude of showing up every day ready to learn and work hard and you'll get really far. If you are only willing to the bare minimum, or less, than this probably won't be much of an opportunity for you.","The company demands a lot from you. But whatever you're willing to give, you'll get back even more. I knew coming in to this role that it would require a lot of hard work and a lot of hours. Be ready for constant change and various challenges that come along with that!",Continue to place people before the business when it is an option. This will ensure that talented individuals stay and develop and help the company keep pushing to be the best.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15665,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love my team and job,I'm able to have visible impact on the company and my work is valued. My org has a very healthy work/life balance. I'm able to work on problems at a scale that few others get to.,"Lack of transparency, though to be fair, that's been the case at every company I've worked for. The new review process seems a little sketch at the moment.","Try to keep management changes to a minimum. Re-orgs are tough on everyone and new directors who want to ""make their mark"" can gum up existing processes without clear benefit.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15666,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Experience Manager,Best Job I've Ever Had,"Great work environment, upper management really listens and acts on feedback, great career growth potential.",Communication can be frustrating at times.,Clean up the communication from certain departments and between Kiosks.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15667,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Best place I've ever worked!,"Amazon is encouraging. Encouraging of innovation, creativity, trying new ways to better the business. It is challenging and fast-paced, with very little hand-holding. This kind of environment is not for everyone but is perfect for me.","No one is going to tell you that you're doing a great job, you have to be ok with that.",More streamlined communication from management and across sites,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15668,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is a good place for hard workers,Good paycheck and benefits for families,hectic work. Standing on foot all day. Short breaks,it is all good,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15669,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,I love it here.,Challenging work environment with endless opportunities for growth. You truly get out what you put in. Amazonians know how to get things done but also know how to have fun! I truly admire all of my coworkers and work with the smartest people in the world. The Seattle campus itself is amazing.,South Lake Union traffic is pretty terrible - plus there is always construction going on downtown.,None - I've had three managers so far and they have all been amazing and really focus on developing your skills.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P786.htm
15670,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Manager,"Great place to learn, invent and build. Agile and fast environment. Great urban campus with lots of food and great views.",no major cons to callout,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15671,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Enterprise Architect,Fast moving - Hold tight,"The feel of a start-up with the stability of a large company. High-performing co-workers. Customer obsession is a real thing - not just a tag line. Org is flat, which is great. Doesn't suffer from the ""middle management"" overhead of similar companies.","I think the biggest cons are typically related to the speed of operations. Sometimes is feels like decisions are made in a rush. The other challenge can be a culture where people feel obligated to provide feedback on documents and deliverables, even if they don't have anything constructive to add.",Keep re-enforcing culture.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15672,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Icqa Program Developer,Fantastic place to work,"Lots of freedom, lots of opportunities to innovate-- rewarding challenges and wonderful people to work with. Tons of opportunity for advancement",would like more flexibility on my hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15673,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,"The culture is fast paced and amazing. We use a term ""you own your own career"" here which is so true. You can take it as far and as deep as you have the drive for, and truly in whatever your interest field is, the company will support you. I've been here 2 years and this will by my 4th role. I love it! I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur but the opportunities here at Amazon and ability to ""own"" things will probably keep me here forever!","Sometimes we are serious about frugality, which means our benefits are different from other large tech companies.",Take a look at our systems. We need to put in more resources internally. Would love to use more AWS tools that we provide our customers!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15674,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Trainer,My Favorite Place to Work,"No two days at Amazon have been the same for me. Even when working on the same types of tasks, I've seen, learned, and done new and interesting work.  My management has always been customer focused. It's more than talk, they walk the talk.  The company is huge but there are always opportunities to do and learn new things.  My team is very helpful when I am stuck and answers questions without being judgmental.  An excellent health insurance plan.  I think I am compensated well. Though, other companies seem to have perks we don't.  I feel like I am making a difference in the world while, at the same time, making money. It's less of selling stuff and more of helping other people have the tools they need to improve their lives and livelihoods.","I sometimes think I need a PhD to understand the PTO policies.  The same is true of the health insurance policies.  The standard-issue laptops leave little room for people that need bifocals to read.  There is a generous pet policy, new mothers have rooms, and there's a nice parental leave policy, but there's not much for family care beyond that. Bring dogs to work but leave your kids at home.  The commute (when I have to go into Seattle) is terrible. Some days it feels borderline criminal.  A leadership value of frugality is used to prevent the subsidation of things like membership at the Pro Club.","The mother rooms and PTO for new moms and dads are great. However, don't forget that parental care doesn't stop when the PTO time has expired.  The Pro Club (and similar things) are (probably) within my budget but it would be a really nice perk. It would also make my doctor happen. (I have to lose weight as well as get my blood pressure and triglycerides under control.)  Put pressure on Seattle and the state to fix the traffic problem. Light Rail in 35 years is an embarrassment. Bulldoze some neighborhoods, name roads and train cars after people, and make it better. Yes, people will have their feelings hurt but it is better than wasting time in a car. When was the last time anyone thought that quality time was time spent behind the wheel of a car?  As other companies start to catch up to what we're doing, it's time to start leveraging more than just customer experiences. Seeing baseball stats brought to us by AWS is more than just a little cool, it is amazing. This doesn't have to mean being boastful or arrogant. It could mean simply clearing up the marketing speak and translating it to the truth for consumers. When Microsoft talks of a Region, how does this really compare to an AWS Region? When Google talks of their IoT engineering, how does this relate to the architecture behind the Echo? There is a lot of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the world. It would be easy to clear the air.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15675,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Architect,Senior Architect - Professional Services,"Great and supportive environment, you work with incredibly smart people, great compensation and benefits (better than most other employers), challenging tasks, you learn something new and amazing every day. Great culture too!",A bit too busy to have flexibility and explore new concepts and technologies.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15676,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Seller,Amzon is a great platform for selling products. You have flexibikity in how much and when you want to work. There is basically no limit to your income.,The cons are that you need at need a small amount of money to invest in products and education to make money qickly.,It would be very benefical for the sellers if Amazon did not make as many changes to the rules. It can be a lot of work to readjust to the changes.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15677,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, in a good way",I'm surrounded by some of the smartest people I know. They help me elevate my game. No politics. I get to help invent the future of retail.,"Frugal benefits compared to other ""tech titans"" though so far, heavily stock-based compensation package outweighs free lunches.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15678,amazon,"Newark, CA"," May 22, 2017","Current Employee - Environmental Health &amp, Safety Specialist",I love it at Amazon,"If you are willing to learn, they are willing to teach Flexible hours",Some of the night shifts you rotate thru,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15679,amazon,"Washington, DC"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Web Services - Global Director,A great place for an owner / builder,The level of autonomy to make decisions in the field is a critical factor to the level of career growth you can achieve and speed of results for customers.,"The business is growing so fast that many new Amazonians can be overwhelmed at first with the pace. My advice is to ""slow down to speed up"". Slow down to Earn Trust of Others by determine and communicate priorities, then use Bias for Action to Deliver Results.","1) more investments (e.g. training, onboarding, mentorship) during the first 3 months of every new Amazonian 2) periodic check ins from trained ""engagement"" specialists.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P787.htm
15680,amazon,"Newark, CA"," May 22, 2017","Current Employee - Environmental Health &amp, Safety Specialist",I love it at Amazon,"If you are willing to learn, they are willing to teach Flexible hours",Some of the night shifts you rotate thru,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15681,amazon,"Washington, DC"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Web Services - Global Director,A great place for an owner / builder,The level of autonomy to make decisions in the field is a critical factor to the level of career growth you can achieve and speed of results for customers.,"The business is growing so fast that many new Amazonians can be overwhelmed at first with the pace. My advice is to ""slow down to speed up"". Slow down to Earn Trust of Others by determine and communicate priorities, then use Bias for Action to Deliver Results.","1) more investments (e.g. training, onboarding, mentorship) during the first 3 months of every new Amazonian 2) periodic check ins from trained ""engagement"" specialists.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15682,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hell on earth!,Paid time off and vacation time,Conniving managers who pnly care about the quota. Racisim is also blatant sprinkled with harassment of black employees! A dirty smelly cesspool of a job! Overworked and underpaid. Very demanding.once you use all of your pto your stuck!,Raise your wages for workers and learn how to treat everyone fair across the board!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15683,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Technical Recruiter,"Amazon has a flat leadership structure that allows for all people in the organization regardless of seniority or tenure to be creative, provide innovative ideas and own the ideas through. Employees are empowered to think big and have a big customer impact in all disciplines from recruiting to engineering or employees in our fulfillment centers.   In many organizations there is also a lot of flexibility to where and how you work. I personally work from home 2-3 days per week and it is a huge perk for me not to have to commute. Amazon also is increasing part time opportunities for many disciplines- and they truly are PART TIME I also love being able to bring my dog to work and all the fun dog parks Amazon provides.","I like the open environment it encourages collaboration and sharing of ideas, but, I notice in a lot of teams have moved to high density seating. Luckily my team has good space but other teams who are growing faster than their space allows have had to move to more condensed seating plans. I don't sit in one of these spaces but I'm not sure I would like not having a lot of personal space. Thus the four star rating vs five.","Working at Amazon is great but for me, continue to open up more buildings to provide employees more personal space.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15684,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's what you make of it,"- Chance to follow your passion, on your time - Near unlimited resources - Great pay - Many training opportunities","- Many teams are in Day 2, weighed down by process - Average tenure is 18-24 months - Holier than Though attitude from many people",Eliminate process like Bezo's Day 2 letter recommends.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15685,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place to be!,"Innovative is an understatement. Decentralization and ownership of projects/programs is a given. I would not be anywhere else right now, than here.","Be prepared to hone your writing skills, and be prepared to write documents. The days of the PPT are long gone / perhaps never existed at Amazon.",More facetime.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15686,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Standards Great Experience,Fantastic opportunity. Fast paced. High expectations. Lucrative. Ownership.,Unreasonably high expectations. Experience varies from group to group.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15687,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work work work,You get to work with smart people from all over the place,You get to work crazy hours with smart people,Work life balance is important,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15688,amazon,"Irving, TX"," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Easy, opportunities for OT as a part timer","Physically demanding but generally easy work. If you showed interest or simply asked for it, you had opportunities to learn to do other tasks besides the general associate scanner job. I liked how they worked with my schedule and let me come in a little later 2 days out of the week since I was traveling from school in Arlington to Irving.",Peak season really brings out the worst in management as they scramble and yell in order to meet quotas. Instead of offering more overtime to experienced associates their solution is to hire badly trained seasonal staff who end up clogging the well oiled machine.,"Your employees are people, not robots. Also, train your seasonal employees as well as you train your permanent employees. And train them AHEAD of time. Not two days before peak.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15689,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Ship Dock PA,"Great Company Benefits, but emphasis is not on the employees","Stock, great health benefits, They give 20 hours of Unpaid Time per Qtr that accrues to a total of 80 hours. This is time you can use at any time for any reason.",Very physically demanding job. Amazon is not a place for everyone. You must stay busy and an incredible fast pace.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P788.htm
15690,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy going,Free Coffee and popcorn. Great events and community stuff. Love the work environment.,Strict on attendance if you want to be promoted. Pay for base associates is ok if you're not a head of a household. Strict on other things such as computer usage and streaming.,Stop micromanaging. Streaming should not be a problem as it doesn't affect network bandwidth. Otherwise you're doing perfectly,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15691,amazon,none," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,"There's a variety of jobs that you can do/are scheduled to do.  Its a very fun environment and there's hundreds of people, so its perfect for a social butterfly like myself. I met new people every day of working there. the jobs are pretty easy but if working double shifts it can get a bit mundane that is why i used to switch up my job roles.",Only part time positions available unless part of Management team. Most the time capped at 25 hours unless its peak periods where you can work up to 60. however its not viable to live on this budget.,Allow some full time positions/longer contracted hours to deter the high turnover of staff.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15692,amazon,none," May 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,"good, friendly, perspective, careful, young","no, cons, for, now, np",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15693,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Senior manager,Great for independent employees. You get fair amount of autonomy with large scope. The company balances speed and scale in an impressive way.,Some employees find it hard to adjust to the direct style. Not for employees who want to be told what to do. Always under pressure to perform,Amazon is starting to lose its agility. Some leaders just want to build their empires.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15694,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hell on earth!,Paid time off and vacation time,Conniving managers who pnly care about the quota. Racisim is also blatant sprinkled with harassment of black employees! A dirty smelly cesspool of a job! Overworked and underpaid. Very demanding.once you use all of your pto your stuck!,Raise your wages for workers and learn how to treat everyone fair across the board!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15695,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Complex, conflicting, and dynamic",Merit based advancement - but only one kind of merit Never bored - always something new Customer obsession is real (really!) Freedom to shape your own way to get stuff done Pay is some of the best out there Stock price,"A33h0les are tolerated as long as they get stuff done - terrible for morale Promotion is often based on being 'yes-men' and creating the appearance of getting stuff done rather than ability to drive true, lasting outcomes. No matter what you do it's never enough - save millions and barely get a nod Customer obsession doesn't apply *within* the company Very little support for career growth, feedback, mentorship Will eat you alive if you aren't careful External rhetoric about what a great place to work is largely marketing BS Teams disintegrate on a regular basis - constant flux and change - not always for the better Much of the company runs on 'tribal knowledge' and when teams change all the wheels must be reinvented. Rinse and repeat. Don't come to Amazon expecting community Stock compensation means you only get paid for half your wage monthly, then the rest in 6 month increments so you work for half pay most of the time.","Take customer obsession internal. Amazonians should treat each other like customers, but they don't.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15696,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Global Leadership,"Innovation, challenge, Stock price, Company growth",50/50 to get a great manager or a terrible one. Not a lot in between.,Stop hiring arrogance and start hiring humility.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15697,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,Picking,"The benefits provided are phenomenal. Employees get to enjoy benefits from day one. We receive monthly bonuses, a raise after your first 90 days, then again every 6 months after that.",Entry level positions make you feel like a robot. One task over and over. The hours are long 10.5 hour shifts.,none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15698,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA Data Analyst,"Amazon has helped me grow as a professional, and as a person.","Great Benefits, RSU Stock Awards, VCP monthly bonus, career choice tuition assistance, and a lot of options for moving up.","Starting out, you will likely work 10 hours, 4 days a week. Most of which is spent standing in one place, depending on the building type. It's not for everyone.","If you have direct associates under you, no matter their level, guide them to success.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15699,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Great Pay, High Expectations","superior compensation, smartest people in the industry work there, lightning fast advancement opportunities","Need a thick skin, very little recognition, your feelings are not very important",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P789.htm
15700,amazon,none," May 20, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Amazon review,Best place to work and has a lot of room for growth,You're surrounded by people who are as talented as you or may be much talented than you.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15701,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Good challenging, good technical learning place, full with passion.","Poor profit & Benefit, suck oncall.","More benefit, less oncall.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15702,amazon,none," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,"Fascinating projects, poor work-life balance","- Work with top talent. - Work on high-scale, fascinating work. - Good company mobility. Changing teams every year or two is encouraged, giving the opportunity for a lot of diversity of experience if desired.","Depending on your team and your project, the work-life balance for software developers and software development managers can be very poor (frequent on-call rotations, 50+ hours per week norm, unreasonably demanding management). This varies greatly from team to team. Some teams are excellent at providing a good balance, and others are meat-grinders. It depends so much on your management chain. Can your manager negotiate appropriate boundaries such that other teams do not take advantage of you? Is your manager obsessed with arbitrary delivery dates, and will he or she pressure the team at all costs to meat them? Does your manager know how to put together detailed multi-quarter delivery plans? If the answers are ""yes"", ""no"", and ""yes"", then you should be alright.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15703,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Hard work, great pay and not that fun",Compensation and benefits are hard to beat. People love Amazon and want to hear more about your job. Amazon will promote you quickly if you are wiling to commit and stay committed.,"Work / life balance is very poor and holidays don't exist with the family due to Peak season. External people are frequently hired to fill spots that could be filled from within the organization but Amazon caps how many people can be promoted. People wait too long to get opportunities they've earned. Senior management have the same message... ""do this as long as you can stand it for the money"". They don't like the demands and politics either. People are rewarded for going against standard work and even the team direction as long as they are successful in the process.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15704,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,Great benefits Company is strict on Safety First,Pay is not good and not a family understanding company,Learn how to talk to associate s with respect,4.0,3.0,5.0,none,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15705,amazon,"Cleveland, TN"," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Facilities Technician,Facilities Tech,"Great crew to work with. Very little overtime, so there is a lot of time with family. Insurance was good",I was stuck on night shift and raises/promotions were slow,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15706,amazon,none," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome AWS,best job I have ever had!,None today at all Love it,Keep the innovation up.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15707,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,I didn't believe gender bias was real prior to working at Amazon,Best things about working at Amazon: Solid compensation Dog policy (office therapy dogs) Potential to do big things (you just won't be thanked or very recognized for it),"The downside: Super aggressive environment, this lends to a negative feel in the office since it encourages conflict rather than cooperation. People can wield the Leadership Principles more as weapons rather than using them to improve the business. Lack of positive feedback. Quick to criticize, however. I say this in spite of having a rating of ""exceeds expectation"" on annual review. Incredibly hard to get promoted. Amazon seems to really only promote type-A males. I was shocked by how many men got promoted while I saw almost no women get promoted - I worked in more than one department, so it seems this is company wide. Very male-oriented/dominated culture. Women could be reprimanded for behavior that was permissive, even encouraged, in men. Amazon is at least talking about addressing this issue.",Stop treating your employees like robots.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15708,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,(kiva) robots only,"benefits, pto, holiday pay, weight loss","mandatory over time, management, leave of absence and HR teams, favoritism, sexism, sexual harassment",notice and develop talented hard workers.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15709,amazon,none," May 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,Benefits 3 days off lots of overtime,It gets hot sometimes Long hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P790.htm
15710,amazon,none," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's okay,Its not a bad company. Great benefits and pay. But overall I recommend because there are so many ways to move around company.,It can be hostile and unprofessional. I dislike the schedule and having to clock in and out at a certain time. I got a degree to not punch a clock.,Learn how to effectively and professionally communicate.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15711,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Leader,Senior HRBP,Amazon is an admirable company in many ways and I think there are some positive changes on the horizon. Amazon primarily is a learning organization. They are not afraid to make mistakes and learn from them and move on. They allow employees a lot of leeway to run ahead and learn and do. You can learn more in a year at Amazon than you can in several years somewhere else.,"As an employee, Amazon can feel like a cold place sometimes, your manager often doesn't have a lot of time for you. This is not the place for someone who needs a lot of attention, direction, or affirmation from others. I believe some of this is changing for example, the review system has changed a lot this year.","Keep all the core goodness, but become a little more concerned with hiring and retaining employees, helping them develop and giving them time to think and plan.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15712,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,"Paid to get fit, Lost 15 pounds in the first few months.","Excellent benefits -- as long as you are hired directly by Amazon, not a temp agency. Four 10-hour days, which means three days off every week. Great exercise as a picker -- walking 10-15 miles per shift. Everyone hired at the same time as me went down several sizes in the three months. Pay is above minimum wage, which is good for a person of no previous experience.","Workers are treated somewhat like robots, in that their value is directly related to their ability to ""pick,"" ""pack,"" or ""stow"" according to the rate established by mgmt. If you don't ""make rate"" you get a write-up. I saw many, many workers reduced to tears over write-up and feeling like they were about to be fired. High turnover and low morale seemed prevalent. ""Peak"" season (Nov/Dec) means working 60 hours per week. I didn't mind this because it meant more pay, but a lot of people complained about the mandatory overtime. Just know, going in, that this will be expected.","Working at Amazon can be grueling and demoralizing, but I don't know how it could be changed and still provide customers with the fast service we have all come to expect when ordering online.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15713,amazon,"Miami, FL"," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Center Associate,"Easy job, kind managers, helpful staff","Work overtime often, not much room for growth, low pay",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15714,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Know how much you can handle,Good pay for overnight shift. Coworkers make the environment pleasant and fun. Health & life insurance. 3 nights on 4 days off.,"You are given hours to manage to use for time off and it is difficult to take days off in case you need to-it drastically reduces your available hours and cannot go below ""0"" hours otherwise you are fired. Managers are very picky who they want to help and can be really two-faced (there is too much favoritism and you will see many frustrated employees who keep getting stepped on & don't let their smiles fool you they will turn on you before you realize it). You are time tracked during your shift and dare you go to the bathroom too much you will get a talk about being away from your station too long. Older people don't generally make it too long- it is too physically exhausting and they cannot make their quota (instead of an alternative role they are just fired). It takes a while to get to the lunch room and you are given 30 minutes for lunch by the time you get back to your station you really only have a 10 minute break after all the walking and yes the 30 minutes are to be used for time walking to and from break. They will work you for every penny you make there. During peak season there is a lot of mandatory overtime and if you do not show up those hours are deducted from the personal time you were given. HR most times is no help. It gets really hot and there are only fans put in place to help but they just really blow dust all over the place and do not cool you down. Decent paycheck and insurance but definitely not a desirable long-term position.","Like you are customer-obsessed you should be employee-obsessed-that would drastically reduce the high turnover rate (people are simply miserable with the overall ""Amazon employee treatment""). Employees should alternate roles it is out of this world boring to be stuck doing the same repetitive process for 10-12 hours . Add some music liven up everyones spirit.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15715,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Category Manager,"Benefits, salary, dogs, holiday party","work life balance, pressure to perform and compete against rather than work with colleagues, high density seating",Be human,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15716,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Pretty good pay and benefits as well,Hard labor work and long hours,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15717,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Great benefits, even for part timers. I worked during peak and they had constant perks going on, 5-10 dollar gas cards just for showing up and doing your scheduled shift, free snacks, cash bonuses etc. It was fast paced and fun!",The job I had was labor intensive. I had to change shoes half way through my shift just to keep going.,Keep up the good work! I loved working with everyone there! Great support!!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15718,amazon,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for college students or just as a side job,"Competitive pay, flexible scheduling, various time off options",The assignments get repetitive and boring,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15719,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool easy money,Easy and self paced. Didn't have to talk to people,Too many people in such small spaces. Not many cons,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P791.htm
15720,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,I love amazon,"The benifits,you can grow with the company,career choice ,open door policy","Standing for 10 hours ,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15721,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Recruiting Manager,"The ability to propel your career forward, build from scratch and innovate.","If you have a tough time with ambiguity and autonomy, Amazon could be difficult for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15722,amazon,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good pay nothing really bad,good pay which is good,nothing bad to say about amazo,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15723,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources Business Partner,"The offer great pay and there are a lot of opportunities for advancement. They also are one of the only companies I have seen that allow someone from HR to move into another field such as finance, marketing, operations etc.","Employees are pitted against one another so there is no teamwork. Management will only promote their ""friends"". There are a lot of people in management positions that have no idea how to manage people.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15724,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing,Everything. No work-life balance. No vacation days. 20 hours of UPT every 3 months sucks. Management sucks. People suck.,Stop being stuck up,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15725,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great stepping ston,You will learn alot within a year of being at Amazon. Great career advancement. Alot of opportunities.,No work/life balance. Called in to work at odd times. (Hourly),none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15726,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Really not much good to say,"The attitude of management is that you are at their beck and call when they want you to work. The fact that you have other aspects to your life is irrelevant. Mandatory overtime is called without regard to employee wishes. If they need more employees, they should hire more instead of overworking the ones they have. Poor response to complaints about worker safety. I would not recommend employment there to a friend",Be more responsive to the wishes of your employees. The rah-rah attitude at the meetings wears pretty thin when your actions show so little regard for the people that actually do the work.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15727,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,The Inmates run the asylum,"Pay, benefits. Great hours if you get the right position.","Hostile work environment in the company's lower positions.  This is more than likely because their PA's/Ambassadors are promoted based on ""popularity"" rather than their leadership ability, so anyone they see as a potential threat is driven out.","I can't speak much for the higher positions, but in the fulfillment centers, take a cue from FedEx and UPS and get stricter management. It's not necessary for everyone in the supervisor positions to be everyone's friend.  This sounds great on the surface, but it only creates cliquishness when these people pick their favorites (which is usually based on who they ""like"" and not on hard work).  I've seriously been to high schools that were more mature than the work environment here.  In turn, maybe the company could actually retain a few of those hard workers than end up being driven out because the lazy people don't want to do their jobs and they'd have employees they can build around.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15728,amazon,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,"Flexible Schedule , Good pay",Can only work 20-25 Hours per week,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15729,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not a bad job but not great either,"Decent pay Spectacular benefits (health, dental, 401k, etc.) Chances for over time On the job training (powered equipment of particular note)","Incredibly incompetent management. Many of the managers are fresh out of college with no real world experience who are put in charge of teams of hundreds of associates with little training or screening to see if they have the skills necessary for such a task. Incredibly high turn over rate for management level personnel, management will frequently ""improve"" process that are functioning fine to something worse and then a few months later revert the change so they can say they fixed it since implementing change is a necessity for them to continue to move up, regardless of if the change implemented was because of something they themselves broke.  Lots of mandatory over time (6 months+), sometimes given with extremely short notice.  Moving up requires being buddies with management as your managers do not take the time to get to know their teams so everything from training in other departments to promotions is mostly based off of favoritism instead of actual performance.  Incredibly unusual discipline policy. Bottom 10% of performers get written up regardless of if they are meeting Amazon's expected performance goals.  If you find yourself in a function you excel at you will likely find yourself stuck there as management will not want to give you up or continue to develop you (contrary to what you will be told and what is considered a pillar of Amazon culture) since it will hurt their production ability.","Follow your own creeds and principles. If Amazon is supposed to hire and develop the best get the people with the skills and who shown competency for the jobs you want them to fill. Someone with no work history probably shouldn't be a manager simply because they have a degree over people already inside the company have already been in management positions and proven themselves as competent.  Management needs to make the effort and be given the time to actually learn about their team, far to frequently associates only see their managers once or twice a day during stretches but these are the people who can hold you back simply because they don't know you other then as a number despite you exceeding performance expectations.",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P792.htm
15730,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,csr1,"the opportunity for vto, nice manager",The training program is self based online and the training process is rushed with little hands on training. 2nd week of training and you are taking real calls.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15731,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Great pay and location. Great place to learn new tech and get experience.,"Extra work always given, should be ready to put in long hours.",Plan better around recruitment and work distribution in the teams.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15732,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Part Time Package Handler,Facility closing and no information of employee transfer status,Opportunity to work full time if transfer request is accepted,No local management and HR engagement as to the status of employee transfer.,Massive hiring is being conducted while current employees are in limbo ofthe status of the transfer request. Take care of current employees and be Fair.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15733,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work in central valley,They pay is pretty good for working in the Central Valley,Entry level associates don't always get the opportunities they deserve,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15734,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great for driven, career-minded people",Amazon makes sure that you get opportunities to rise the level of your ability. You'll learn more in a year at Amazon than in two years at most companies.,"Amazon is like 500 different companies, each with its own culture and expectations. If you transfer around, which you will want to do, you'll face a significant ramp each time you move. Work-life balance depends on whether you're good at saying ""no"".",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15735,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Regional Manager,Regional Manager,"Great Company - Very tough hiring process, once you get through be prepared for personal and professional growth at an aggressive pace!",Many silos - outrageous growth leading towards poor communication cross platforms - benefits for a company of this size seem to lack - ther interpretation of Frugality is very very serious on all fronts.,Keep hiring Briliant Minds - Make benefits equal to peer companies - rely more on human interaction rather than KPI's that can be manipulated frequently.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15736,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Okay,The work is pretty hard,The pay was pretty good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15737,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Great set up,You have great opportunities for your employees and set them up for life.,I have not found any yet. Long hours but you only work 4 days a week.,Make sure day and night shift have more communication,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15738,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worse Job ever,"We receive PTO, UPT and vacation","The management is the worse, HR is disorganized and unprofessional. They treat tier ones like crap",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15739,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Silly Grad, Amazon is for kids.","It was the only company that would hire a University grad with no social network to mooch off of, and no previous work experience. However they also hire any kid fresh out of high school.","Staff in Human Resources don't really care about your concerns. Neither does upper management, they will straight up ignore your emails without any reply. Don't even try to contact corporate. You won't be allowed access to their contact info. And the ""hub"" computer system that they use to allow employees the opportunity for growth in other positions with the company, actually has lots of restricted access. You can only apply to other certain demeaning roles within this corporation. They also impose impossible production rates on those young kids, who are just out of high school. Many employees don't last very long at all. That's why they have their own in house temporary staffing agency.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P793.htm
15740,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worse Job ever,"We receive PTO, UPT and vacation","The management is the worse, HR is disorganized and unprofessional. They treat tier ones like crap",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15741,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Silly Grad, Amazon is for kids.","It was the only company that would hire a University grad with no social network to mooch off of, and no previous work experience. However they also hire any kid fresh out of high school.","Staff in Human Resources don't really care about your concerns. Neither does upper management, they will straight up ignore your emails without any reply. Don't even try to contact corporate. You won't be allowed access to their contact info. And the ""hub"" computer system that they use to allow employees the opportunity for growth in other positions with the company, actually has lots of restricted access. You can only apply to other certain demeaning roles within this corporation. They also impose impossible production rates on those young kids, who are just out of high school. Many employees don't last very long at all. That's why they have their own in house temporary staffing agency.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15742,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Amazon Financial Analyst-Rotational Program,"Limitless opportunities, Amazon allows employees to rotate regularly and is involved in tons of different industries. Well compensated and hours and fair.",Requires lots of personal accountability to be successful. Very competitive environment and the team you land on plays a big part in your enjoyment.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15743,amazon,none," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Center - Fork Lift Operator,"Pay was great . Included benifits were awesome (dental, vision, and 401k). Employees also recieve 5 Amazon stocks (when I worked there last). Jos was very simple to understand. Also had paid time off and vacation time.",10 hour shifts four days in a row can be very demanding . Managers could be very mean and bark orders at you without consequence. They did this because they wanted to meet their product quota and get a pay bonus.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15744,amazon,none," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Favorable Over Other Work From Home Options,Self guided training. Decent wages. Assistance available via chat when stuck on a call.,Mandatory overtime can be a pro and a con for most. It is a con for me. Equipment they ship to you doesn't always work well and you could be asked to purchase something.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15745,amazon,none," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier Three,Great schedule with lots of room to move up,Pay is a bit too low for the level of responsibility,Increase pay at the T1-T3 Levels,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15746,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just a number,"Decent pay out of high school, and 3 days off are nice","everyone is just a number there. 10 hour days can sometimes drag, and the different jobs at the warehouse are all very mind numbing",treat your employees like people. not numbers,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15747,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"bad hours, good benefits","company provides good benefits, optional overtime or time off. Managers listen to and appreciate feedback. Option to transfer to other departments.","the shifts are between ten to twelve hours, which can be hard to adapt to. There is a lot of strenuous, manual labor.","Be patient with new hires, the duties may be simple but there is always a period of awkwardness in a new environment.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15748,amazon,"Dinwiddie, VA"," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,It's a job,"Real benefits, voluntary overtime, fixed work week, stock options, your dating life might improve?","They tell you're going to walk 10 to 15 miles a shift and they mean it, peak season is hell, you won't even feel the AC, everything is repetitive","I don't know, your life seems pretty crappy too",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15749,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great place to work yay,Physically straying and strenuous at times,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P794.htm
15750,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workhorse,Great benefits 401k Great healthcare benefits,Work like a horse Rude managers Shorten our breaks due to having to walk to break room No time to have a life You live at work,Get better trained management,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15751,amazon,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,just everything to the place is great,none that i can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15752,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Editor,Boot Camp for Tech,Amazing opportunity to watch your initiatives become reality. Hard work is encouraged and everyone you work with is at the top of their game.,"I have heard it said, and this can sometimes be true, Amazon is where smart people go to feel bad about themselves.",Reward people for the work they do rather than the opinions of others.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15753,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Fraud Investigations,Transaction Risk Management Solutions,Wage plus stock options. I also got health insurance including mental heath coverage which I needed.,"Nonsensical Stack Ranking system. This was based one hundred percent on favoritism rather than metrics or performance. This system runs off people who are professional and have integrity, and retains those who are willing to falsify their work and lie about colleagues.",I can't really give advice to management because it rotates every six months to a year. My advice would be start looking for another job before you are disappeared.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15754,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,The pay was wonderful and all the benefits were good. The no interview was great. Because that is a weakness for some people./,They would have temps come in and offer them day positions that people who have been there for months would want. Then tell them there isn't days available. Over worked under apreciated. They give so little time not expecting the issues.,Listen to your workers.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15755,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not fair,Good benefits and lots of overtime,Manager play favorites. And doesn't give training those that deserve it.,Train according to effort not favoritism.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15756,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,operation manager,work 4 days off 3,no team work and very rasist,Take care of your people not just the process.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15757,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,The usage of PTO and UPT is flexible.,Management has selfish attitude towards concerns of employees.,Take more advise from employees who actually perform the tasks before making massive changes to processes.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15758,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Pick Process Amabassador,Amazon Picker,Predictable day-to-day. Always something going on to stay involved Flexible schedule for students Great introduction into company cultures,Stressful for everyone (or so it seems) Heavy on productivity metrics,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15759,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA Fulfillment Associate,Overall Experience,The benefits they provide the starting pay and the incentives they give are all pros,cross trained in different departments with no pay differential,pay should increase per experience,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P795.htm
15760,amazon,"Etna, OH"," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Full Filament Center,Good place to work at,"Great pay, benefits, and people",On your feet for ten hrs buy you get use to it,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15761,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Finding a better Job,"Friendly co-workers, amazing benefits, respectful leaders, and a decent pay rate.","A little too strict on rules, tiring indirect jobs but still receive the same pay as those in direct jobs for each department, and most equipments are breaking down or can no longer function properly.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15762,amazon,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,good company to work for.,pay is not so great,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15763,amazon,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,I enjoyed working here. Decent hours and pay.,Work got boring at times but that is expected,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15764,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - EHS Manager,"Amazon - the fun, innovative company!!",Fun and innovative work environment. Leadership principles are the basis to this company that is always evolving. Jump on board or be passed up.,"Always being available for work, at any time, of day or night.",Be open-minded.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15765,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Program Management",Great for many--not good for some,"Fast moving, growing, innovative company full of smart people. If you are self-motivated and want to get things done, this is your place. Never a dull moment and always challenging or you are working for the wrong team. Ability to move within the company. Dog friendly. Cultural diversity.",Demands can be brutal--hard to achieve work life balance as you rise through the ranks. Super hard to get promoted. Salary/raises are stingy. RSU's are treated as part of your regular salary. No business class on long-haul flights. Paid holidays are ridiculously low in US.,Share the profits with the employees. Take care of employees flying 8+ hours per leg. Make it easier to get promoted and receive meaningful raises for hard work--you will be rewarded with more loyalty.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15766,amazon,"Kent, WA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Fulfillment Associate,Good for starting out.,"If you are looking to get ahead in life and are willing to make some sacrifices to do so, Amazon might be the best place for you.","The leadership there is alright, not great, alright. Communication is sorely lacking. Many people come and go and have a hard time with employee retention.",Communication.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15767,amazon,none," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pays the bills,"Ever-changing, always something new to do or learn.","Favoritism within each department, tons of gossip to make the time go by.","Zero work experience, management fresh out of college.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15768,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Associate,The Worst Place to Ever Work,JUST A WEEKLY CHECK AND WATER,The point rule sucks HR goes into the time sheet and change your time you work then when you question them about it they say that's your assignment shift knowing you signed your contract for only 4 hrs. Also working here is slavery they give you outrages numbers of packages that they wanted scanned in and it has to be done by end of shift. For example 59 thousand packages. Some of [the jobs is very dangerous for example they have you split For those who don't know what splitting is basically you stand at you assigned lane and you have to sort the packages from high side meaning packages from 52-98 goes on side and low side meaning packages from 1- 47 goes on side. Sounds easy. But its really not when its just one person splitting your constantly leaning over straining your back and leg bruises from leaning against the bar. You take a day off to see the medical doctor about the bruises and busted back. Bring in a doctors note and HR is going too tell you they cant accept the doctors note because i was supposed to report it to AM. AM is a EMT/PARAMEDIC workers. In order to go to AM care you have to fill out a bunch of paper work just to see them. Why would anyone want to see them if their not a doctor. A total waste of time. Also for a 4-5 hr shift they only give you a 15 min break. Your break starts when they yell break. It usually takes 3-4 to get across the building to the break room. They want you to be back at your assigned lane by time the breaks up so technically you'll be lucky to get 7 mins to enjoy your break. When they have too much packages they try to play power hour and bribe you with gift cards. Whats a gift card to a person who never wins. Whats the point in scanning so fast for a gift card from Amazon. Wanna impress me add a 100$ incentive to everybody's paycheck if we scanned as much packages during power hour THIS JOB IS TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT,LONGER BREAKS ON TIME DEPARTURE SAFE JOBS STOP FAVORITISM STOP BRIBEING PEOPLE WITH GIFTS CARDS,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15769,amazon,none," May 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,- large number of teams and different areas of work - easy to switch within teams,I can't really think of one now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P796.htm
15770,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Package Handler,Don't work at amazon,"Set schedule, decent benefits, opportunities for overtime","Low pay, increasing demand for high numbers, upper management doesn't care about employees, long hours, it's really hot, repetitive work. And you get in trouble for using the bathroom.",Treat us like human beings,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15771,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,amazon warehouse,Time off. Benefits. Provided food a few times,horrible management. Forced Overtime. High turnover rate,lower rates a little,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15772,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - AWS Infrastructure,Where are the leaders?,"career development, fast paced environment so never bored, entrusted with a lot of ownership and business impacting decisions.",Culture is very political and a lot of management strong arms their reports to deliver results while providing little if any leadership. Sink or swim environment. I lasted 5 years but seen so many last less than a year.,"Find leaders, not paper managers that use excel to report up and have little to no idea what the data means. Have people lead others that have done what they ask others to do. Develop a real mentoring program that teaches others how to be successful by being results oriented rather than how to play the political game and cover your rear end behavior.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15773,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Finding a better Job,"Friendly co-workers, amazing benefits, respectful leaders, and a decent pay rate.","A little too strict on rules, tiring indirect jobs but still receive the same pay as those in direct jobs for each department, and most equipments are breaking down or can no longer function properly.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15774,amazon,none," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Manager review,Lots of thing to learn from Challenging environment,Peronal life is not taken into account the decision process,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15775,amazon,"Sierra Vista, AZ"," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer service Representative,"Great work at home job, with options for chat or Phone. They also allow you to edit your schedule based on your need and allow you to take time off if it can be approved.",Customers can be very insulting which can even affect you on your next call. During peak seasons Calls are back to back.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15776,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,Interesting but hard,"Cutting edge, smart people, ability to innovate","Pressure, lack of good management, non-transparent review system",Put more focus on goals,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15777,amazon,none," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love my job,I love the company and their mission,The turnover in leadership is really annoying.,Have more of a backbone.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15778,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Data A,Data Analyst,Awesome company with great benefits.,Advancement opportunities in my field would require me to move.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15779,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Fresh Associate,Amazon Fresh Associate,Decent Pay Lots of time off,Forced to work in a 30 degree refrigerator Mind numbingly tedious tasks Your work productivity is determined by a rate which is over simplified.,Provide better gloves to workers so their hands aren't freezing cold. The hand warmers are decent but not enough. Switch employees between warm and cold locations more frequently.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P797.htm
15780,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Fresh Associate,Amazon Fresh Associate,Decent Pay Lots of time off,Forced to work in a 30 degree refrigerator Mind numbingly tedious tasks Your work productivity is determined by a rate which is over simplified.,Provide better gloves to workers so their hands aren't freezing cold. The hand warmers are decent but not enough. Switch employees between warm and cold locations more frequently.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15781,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporate greed at its finest,"Co-workers, work from home, small bonuses","I have had 6 different managers in 4 months. The metrics they measure you by are ridiculous for the pay. Pay is horrible. Your systems never work and you get reprimanded for seeking help. You get yelled at all day. ""Promotions are temporary and then you revert back to your regular position. They won't allow full time employees to go part time for school. Your schedule can be worked around your school schedule if you go to a campus, but if you take online classes you get no accommodation even though you have the same course load. Expected to work overtime weekly. Work with horribly trained people overseas.",Do one thing properly before you try 59 million others. Pay a decent wage and realize these are actual people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15782,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Prime,"Flexibility , is the only thing I can think of. I applied for a full time job but was given a part time job.","Hours, management, no promotional opportunity. There are minimal to no benefits (no 401k, sick leave, vacation).",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15783,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Decent Wages, Unpleasant environment and expectations",Lured in the same way it seems everyone else was - $$. $12/hour with no experience and a 4-day work week with paid vacation and PTO seemed great. Chose the job as a temporary fit while finishing my BA.,"Managers monitor employees ridiculously close. When I worked as a packer, I'd be questioned if I left my station for three minutes to get a water or slowed my packing speed, even when there were no orders to pack. Warehouse was hot, coworkers were creepy, and HR screwed over employees frequently by taking hours despite them being at work.","None. They know what they're doing. Amazon has a crazy employee turnover so they can replace whoever has a problem with their leadership style. Employees are overworked and generally unhappy, particularly in roles where they are left alone with no interaction all shift.",2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15784,amazon,none," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. HR Assistant,"OT opportunities, great pay and benefits (but for a good reason)","Hours are dependent upon business needs (no work-life balance) I would say only 2% of those who work for Amazon (leadership/HR/non-associate level) are actually satisfied and ""happy"". Most, if not all, that I have spoken with only do it because of the money.","Stop talking about the leadership principles and actually APPLY them. If associates, management, overall employees are not happy, then their performance will suffer with it.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15785,amazon,none," May 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,"Great pay, awesome people, hours",No room for growth,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15786,amazon,none," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Amazon,"Once you're in the door and doing well, tons of opportunities to explore new areas",You're ultimately responsible for your own work-life balance,none,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15787,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Benefits, family -like environment, plenty of time off","Long hours, lots of walking,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15788,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working At Amazon,"Benefits, options to move around the company, opp to learn a lot.","Pace is absurd, managers pass off a lot of work they could do, political, sexist, ageist.","Remove real roadblocks, not just what YOU think. Work harder to ensure others reach goals, not just yours so that you can move up.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15789,amazon,"Washington, DC"," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Seller,selling,get paid for your time spend,not getting many sale at times,need more advertisement internationally,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P798.htm
15790,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Field Transportation Specialist,Field Transportation Specilist,They have a good variety of great Benefits,Hard to move up quickly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15791,amazon,none," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to work,The work experience is good. People are very friendly.,HR department is bad. No proper coordination.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15792,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Customs Worker,AVOID.,I met my step goal each day.,"Seriously. If you have ANY choice at all, do NOT choose amazon to work for. It is mentally and physically exhausting, and even when you give 110%, management expects more. Speaking of management, it is rare to find someone in leadership there that is not condescending or dismissive. You are a number to these people. Come in, make your quota, and get out. It's awful, and I serisously recommend you stay away.","Saying ""it's not that hard"" doesn't motivate us to be better. You're right. Packing a box ISNT that hard. But packing ladders and dollys and bed frames at a rate of one per minute IS hard when you do it ten hours a day.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15793,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate I,Better than no job,Its better than nothing but next nothing. If you a job you will start part time working 3 to 5 hours a day,Management not that good with people skills. Every high turnover rate. Just work there until you can find something better.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15794,amazon,"Boardman, OR"," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Zero respect for AWS employees at PDX,Good pay and ok benefits.,"I tried to find anything in Amazon's polices about their attitude towards their employees and came up empty. There's nothing about how valuable they are, how important they are to the company, nothing. Bottom line is they could care less hence the high turn over rate. They do send out annoying daily questions to employees that most people refuse to answer or are cowered into lying about their answer. What they won't tell you when hired on is your sign on perks count towards your raises for 4 years. If you want time off you must find someone else to work the shift for you. Everyone is put on a rotating list. If you don't cover for someone taking time off and your name moves to the top of the list, you're forced to cover that shift AND cover another one as punishment for moving to the top of the list. If you forget your badge, you are given a temp badge which in big pink letters says, I F M B....I forgot my badge to tell the world you're an idiot. The security is so anal they will tell the whole world you got a door alarm...most demeaning and disrespectful job I ever worked at. Cannot wait to get away from this abusive culture.",No one can give advice to these miscreants....they've made up their minds that everyone is as disposable as their cardboard boxes.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15795,amazon,"West Palm Beach, FL"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Work from home Able to pick your own hours when shift bids are available Team chat rooms to help while you work in case you get stuck with a strange issue Health insurance,"TERRIBLE PAY! Its honestly a joke. They want us to be the backbone and keep all the customers happy but pay garbage. They call you out for any little mistake, you get verbally abused by customers, have to keep them all happy so amazon keeps raking in the money while you are counting your pennies and working long hours, weekends and holidays. You get moved up to other positions were you basically take more verbal abuse and get paid the same! No motivation...been here 1 year and have changed positions 4 times and have only had a 25 cent pay increase. Depressing to think of all you take for what you get.",PAY YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS MORE! They are the reason your customers end up happy. If you only knew how many times we are insulted and have to sit and smile and take it. Then we make them ALL HAPPY because thats the motto...we keep YOUR company running for pennies. Appreciate us more...forget your 10% employee discount....How do you expect a person to provide for a family with this pay?!?!,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15796,amazon,none," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Easy money, plenty of hours to work, hard work is rewarded usually","physically demanding, HR is almost useless if you have an actual problem","More quality, less emphasis on numbers",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15797,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,product manager,"known name, prestigious, good salaries, good experience","competitive environment, people suicide, they fire the bottom 20%",focus on team support rather than cutthroating,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15798,amazon,"Moreno, Riverside, CA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,Amazon Packer,"The benefits are great, school accommodation, and stocks.",The long hours can take a toll when you're standing or walking all day.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15799,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Pushed to keep the bar high. Kept me at the top of my game.,Work life balance doesn't really exist.,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P799.htm
15800,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Work Place,40 plus hour work weeks,Lack of Supervision with training,Supervision while training could be done differently.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15801,amazon,"Washington, DC"," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Cloud Architect,Cloud Architect,Great Benefits and Work Environment,Nothing I can think of. Great Company!,Keep up to good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15802,amazon,none," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very entrepreneurial place,"Lot of responsibility, ability to manage your destiny and good comp",Too much work pressure. Too many docs to write,none,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15803,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Awesome Place to work at,"Great People, Good Salary, Everyday is filled with challenges and learning. I joined Amazon a year back from an another giant, and trust me I believe Amazon has very clear goals than my previous employer.",Nothing significant as such but due to transfer friendly policies you would see lot of people moving from your team and joining your team. Also expect lot of manager changes.,"Keep up the good work. Make more employee friendly policies, I know you guys have started in this direction but there is a long way to go still.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15804,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Distributor,Average,Carrier development and flexible schedule,Good company to start your carrier,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15805,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,3 days off and you get to be yourself with your team members.,long hours and can work night shift for an extended period of time.,Be more open to shift changes,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15806,amazon,none," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Enginner,Promising company with a bold CEO.,The pay is not so attractive compare with other famous high tech company.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15807,amazon,none," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Worker,The pay is great in my opinion,not enough hours to work,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15808,amazon,none," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Stow,Always changing,Always looking for ways to make the job more efficient,Lots of managers on different levels and they don't always tell you the same thing,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15809,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for people who have a strong sense of what they want to do,You're really working with the brightest and best people Pays really well Work/life balance is what you want it to be Lots of great training available You're empowered to do what you want to do,It's not for everyone - it can be a really stressful and frustrating experience being an environment where you really get to define what your role is when you don't know what it is you want to be doing.,"In my opinion, Amazon does a poor job developing their employees. It's great that your development is entirely up to you, but it's helpful to have a manager or mentor check in with you to make sure the moves you are making are worthwhile. There are many managers at Amazon that have bought in too heavily on the leadership principles and don't connect with their employees regularly, and as a result there are a lot of people walking around totally lost as to what they are supposed to be doing.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P800.htm
15810,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,3+ years in and happy - Corporate,"Room to grow. I've moved up four times in three years with the company and have doubled my starting salary.  You are working with people that love their job (most of the time) and enjoying being at work. Your peers are often smart and motivated.  See a problem? Fix it! You really are empowered to innovate and improve, no matter how big or small.  It's fun!","Amazon is such a large company and has grown so fast that some teams/managers are just bad. The last few years have seen a lot of improvement here, but still an opportunity. If you end up on a team that you don't get along with, you do have the flexibility to move fairly easily.",Continue to seek out honest employee feedback and improve where necessary.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15811,amazon,none," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Good pay, good benefits, great development, tons of opportunity.","Demanding environment, longer hours, can be very fast paced at times.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15812,amazon,none," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Team work reigns , very employee friendly",All things excellent except the marginal pay rate,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15813,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Much better than expected,I hesitantly joined around a year ago. Hesitance based on public image. The pace is super fast AND there are many opportunities to slow it down to balance work/life... you just need to know how to take them. A lot of really smart people. Great tooling for quality of life for Software Engineers. Easy to push your own ideas up the ladder. Everyone seems very supportive about that.,Tons going on which results in a big learning curve. Lots of things and people to get to know,Give people more time to ramp up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15814,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Process Guide,Great Place!,"Plenty of room for advancement and training, benefits OPS is great too!",Not to many even the OT is not to bad,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15815,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some good benefits but very stressful,"Great benefits, okay pay, guaranteed full time and a set schedule","very face paced, physically demanding work and long hours with lots of mandatory overtime, management rarely knows what they're doing, often have no previous experience in a department and move around a lot that causes a hectic and stressful work environment",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15816,amazon,none," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Associate,Flexible Schedule. Able to pick the hours you'd like to work,Can't go past 29 hours a week,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15817,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hourly Prime Now Associate,Easy flexible hours with fixed schedules,Full time unavailable and they flag you whenever you're even a minute late for punching in.,none,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15818,amazon,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Great benefits and stock options,Work life balance sometimes not important,Great opportunities,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15819,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunities,Its a fun place to work,You will stand for long hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P801.htm
15820,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Highly motivated people, decent compensation","Abusive culture. Google it, and read the innumerable cons carefully: ""Amazon is where overachievers go to feel bad about themselves.""",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15821,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not a good place to work for,They'll hire anyone Usually plenty of work,Poor atmosphere Useless mid-managers Tedious Poor pay Numerous others,Treat employees better (happy employees = happy customers) Make grunt employee comparable to what the business is making PROMOTE FROM WITHIN,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15822,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - PA Tier III,Tier 111 pa,"Benefits, people, benefits, benefits, too bad you can't eat your benefits","Hours, on your feet 11 hrs or more","Listen, communicate, get some stools",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15823,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Data Associate,Most DAs are in their 20s and the general culture is amiable. Amazon offers great insurance packages. Some teams have less strict rules. The job is straightforward for anyone with a proficient understanding of the English language.,"DAs are severely underpaid for having Bachelors degrees (most in linguistics) and working in the expensive Boston area. Amazon labels its employees using ""level"" numbers, the higher your level, the more you get paid and the closer you are to the VPs. Amazon found a perfect business model: to create low-paying data jobs, making jobs for engineers easier and their VPs richer.  Amazon's values include ""customers first"" and ""frugality."" Around the Boston office, frugality is not celebrated (to say the least).  It's been said by one of the managers here, ""once a DA always a DA."" It's nearly impossible to ascend in this company, at least not without many years of service to Amazon.  Every day (with few exceptions) involves the same few tasks. Some of these tasks can become very tedious after a couple of hours, days, and weeks.","Pay the DAs better (at least 1.5 times more). Creating stricter rules is not a good incentive for them to improve their efficiency, neither is giving weekly ""snacks"" comprising chips and cookies.  Diversity is important, especially in working with Alexa which is supposed to respond to diverse groups of people. Focus on recruiting more POC, especially in management. Also hire someone to take charge of the office culture instead of letting employees fend for themselves.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15824,amazon,"Washington, DC"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Ops Manager,Amazon,Fast paced and excited= good,Night shifts and weekends= bad,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15825,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Manager,"Innovative ideas, technically interesting work, fast pace",Fast pace with lot of work to complete,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15826,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Transport/AMZL,Good for part time position,Pleasant experience with my managers in sorting center. Overtime is often available. Work is not difficult in my opinion. Pay is decent for part time position- over $ 12 after 90 days,Everyone may not always get the same treatment by managers. I had pleasant experience but some others have not.,Offer better health insurance. Create better avenues for in house advancement to mid level positions.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15827,amazon,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good start,"New knowledge, give you a very good start to learn stuff. Projects are very challenging.",Work hard. Oncall is pretty bad since you need to carry you computer and have a network connection during your oncall period.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15828,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Benefits are amazing, opportunities to travel to different FCs.",On your feet 10 hours a day for up to 6 days a week.,"Listen to your associates, sometimes change is not necessary.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15829,amazon,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product,Amazing people and technology at your fingertips. You can find something now in nearly every line of business that fits your skill set. Most people are actually human beings once you get to know them...even though culture can be robotic.,"You need to find the team(s) you are the best fit for once you're 'in.' It's not always clear in your first role. Even though this is a huge and growing company, there still is a lot of 'small company' political issues.",Find the strengths of people and make sure they can get to a team that can take advantage of them.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P802.htm
15830,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Horrible job,Seasonal job and extra hours during holiday . Short breaks and time off but not paid for . Good part time job make to quick buck but don't try to stay long.,Turnover very high and they get rid of you by mid January and micro management sucks they really don't care about you,Don't take it serious,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15831,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Poor Work/Life Balance, Fragile Legacy Systems, Primitive Tools",Everyone truly cares about the customer. Some teams are working on game-changing technologies. Amazon is well-positioned to make an impact on the way retail operates and on the way everyday people live. The Principal Engineers are very smart and they give presentations on cutting-edge topics. The benefits are pretty good and the compensation is quite high even for engineers early in their career. Lots of people bring their dogs to work.,"#1 Issue - Code Quality: Amazon has a leadership principle: ""Insist on the Highest Standards."" In theory, this means that the code quality should be high. In practice, managers have conflated unit test coverage with code quality. Is code coverage a good metric for code quality? Is it not possible to write incomprehensible spaghetti code with high coverage ratings? The manager still gets to submit a weekly report to the director with a nice, carefully-curated set of visual aids: pie charts and graphs, which business-types love. Meanwhile, the actual code has several problems:  a) Many, many branches, with null being used as a sentinel value between interacting micro-services, b) Hard-coded domain knowledge, c) Overuse of semi-dynamic features like Map<String, Object> to bypass the need to write unit tests, d) Overuse of Gang of Four design patterns, with no actual knowledge of the appropriate use of those patterns, e) Extreme verbosity, with simple tasks requiring thousands of lines of unreadable code,  #2 - Deadlines: Out of all the Amazon leadership principles, only one actually matters: ""Deliver Results."" Deadlines are short. Piling on more and more technical debt is encouraged.  Promotions are given to the most ""productive"" engineers, and years later when the product they created can no longer withstand the demands of the market, they have long since left the team. You see this problem in the financial sector too. There is a strong incentive to hide latent problems deep in the software provided it gets it out the door faster, because the person who needs to maintain the software hasn't been hired yet, and by the time the latent problem becomes a real problem, the engineer has already been promoted and is long gone. A constant influx of fresh, low-level SDE-Is is required to maintain these old technologies that are drowning in technical debt.  Attempting to sacrifice development velocity as a form of long-term investment in quality is punishable by placing you on a ""Performance Improvement Plan.""  #3 - Primitive Tools: The tools that engineers use at Amazon are very similar to the tools you might find if you were to time travel to the year 2002. Ironically, there are no tools to help improve developer productivity. The ""self help"" culture at Amazon encourages you to solve your own problems, by yourself, on your own machine, with no help from others and without helping others. The productivity-based promotion system discourages collaboration.  The leadership principle ""Are Right, A Lot"" is interpreted as meaning that only information which can be neatly fit into a graph is worth knowing. Thus, things that don't fit in a graph, such as intangible improvements to the development process, never receive a budget. There is no official support for your development environment, including the cloud machine you develop on and the software you use to write code.  If you have a problem, you fall behind and your ""productivity"" is reduced. Your manager will get very angry with you, and threaten to put you on PIP. If you ask for help, other engineers will slowly start to resent you. It creates a very ""wild west"" culture complete with the lack of amenities, the aura of distrust of others, the lone cowboy...  #4 - Lack of Diversity: Walking through the production floor at any building in the Seattle campus one might be stricken with the question: ""Where are all the women?"" The women who might be willing to work the hours expected of them, under the toxic conditions one finds in the engineering teams, will likely instead be found working as lawyers for triple the pay. Diverse types of people are not found because diverse ideas are not found. Amazon is so confident in the power of it's leadership principles that any dissenting opinions or personality types are ruthlessly cut from the employment pool by ""bar raisers."" The people who do end up working at Amazon are almost exclusively young men in their 20s, early in their careers, from parts of the world that have high male/female ratios.  #5 - Poor Work/Life Balance: One consequence of poor code quality and short deadlines is that everything is breaking all the time. And in order to keep the lights on, teams have an On Call rotation. The On Call carries a pager and can be paged in the middle of the night when a metric is out of band. The On Call always looks frazzled at all hours of the day for the week or two that they carry the pager. New employees, who have never written a single service and who are hired to help maintain an old legacy system with poor code quality, can be expected to go On Call after 3 months. The will be paged repeatedly for problems caused by other people, including people who got promotions and long since left the team. In theory, On Call is designed to improve accountability and provide an incentive for engineers to write higher quality code. In practice, it socializes mistakes and therefore reduces code quality.  There are people who work on the AWS teams work all the time and sleep at the office for just a few hours at night.",Don't put so much faith in the leadership principles. They are being interpreted in ways that contribute to a toxic culture and which reduce code quality and developer productivity.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15832,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Director,It is the right place for the right people.,Runs and operates like a start up. The company is not afraid to backup their best people and groom them quickly for leadership positions. Lots of mentorship and leadership coaching. True meritocracy.,"It is specific to peoples attitude, I'm very comfortable and have a great work life balance along with excellent career opportunity for growth. Interviews can be rather taxing but it is meant to pick the sure to succeed kind of people.","Don't change the DNA, it is what makes us tick.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15833,amazon,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,I believe that I can further my career development at Amazon,It is good to look with in to develop current staff,Amazon working hours are too long (12),4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15834,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Good starting job for those that are graduating from high school,Part time. Minimal benefits.,Nothing negative to say about Management.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15835,amazon,none," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 Associate,school accommodation is great,they treat there employees horrible,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15836,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon is the place to be,Ability to own large scale projects. Great benefits Great work culture Flexible hours Exciting business as growth is continuing,Can be fast paced for people used to slow paced environments. Change is constant at amazon. With its exploding growth employees tend to be on their toes at all times.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15837,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Not satisfied,"Stock compensation, bonus, relocation was offered to another State. Those are the only good things I can think of at the moment","Management, leadership culture, leadership principles are not held through the entire leadership team. Dog eat dog environment. Needs a lot of work",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15838,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,Perfect for growing into the managerial role.,Not enough time to explore or experiment or learn new things,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15839,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tough place to work, prepare to sell your soul","Good money, big projects. Some smart people work there.","The place is extremely aggressive performance reviews are a joke. HR and legal have a disproportionate say in the business. The place is very CYA, top management is very risk adverse.",You need to start paying attention to why people leave your company after 2 yrs.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P803.htm
15840,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Micro-managed robots,"- pay, but not worth it if you look at it overall - benefits (?)","- LONG hours, min is 10 1/2 hours because lunch isn't included in the 10 hour advertised shift. If you are doing overtime expect 11 1/2 - Unattainable productivity rates - You are only a number - Everyone hates their job, pokerfaces everywhere - Every minute is watched, constantly having to scan in",- Hire enough people to have 3 shifts of 8 hours. You will constantly have people quit with these crazy 10-11 1/2 hour shifts.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15841,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Logistics,Amazon has great benefits,"Flexibility of working from home, love the company, discounted shopping, and the medical benefits can't be beat. Sometimes there is also voluntary time off that you can sign up for that does not take away from your personal time off balances.","Mandatory over time, shift bids, inconsistency with management, connection and soft phone equipment are sometimes a drag. Pay is low.",Don't throw people into pilot programs. Always ask for volunteers before you draft.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15842,amazon,none," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at amazon,"You get the opportunity to work with very smart people, make your own strategy (as long as it meets the company's goals), always new things to learn, ease of mobility between departments and possibility to work worldwide.",Working in an emerging market there are constant changes including who you report to which can be very hard at the beginning. Unlikely for receiving recognition on a constant basis.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15843,amazon,none," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Timelines as per our comfort Work Culture at its best Work Life balance in everything you do,There is nothing as of now I can mention Need to have a good rapo with teams you work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15844,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,A lot of good people to work with. The benefits are acceptable,A lot of pressure sometimes,Listen a little more to employees complaints,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15845,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Sortation Associate,"part time evening hours, overtime, paid holidays, easy work","Standing the whole night, can be physically demanding, unclear expectations/directions from management.",Too many managers on the floor at once who are not always on the same page.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15846,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,work from home flexible schedule,low pay unfair rating system,change rating system,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15847,amazon,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company culture,helpful and productive engineers everywhere,we need more spacious work space,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15848,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - ISS Field Representative,ISS REP,"challenging, fun, good people, a lot of opportunity to move up with no college if you put in the time and work.","hours, lack of knowledge by higher ups",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15849,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,"Not a career job, short term job",Laid back as long as you make rate. 3 days off a week.,"Long hours, 10 hour shifts.",Value your employees more.,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P804.htm
15850,amazon,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of best companies to work for,Good Benefits Growing stocks Growth Opportunities are really good,Work culture Competitive atmosphere Compensation compared to another tier 1 services,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15851,amazon,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity to advancement,"Work hard and have the right attitude and you can move up quickly. I moved up from a level 1 to a level 3 position, in 4 months","You are on your feet between 10-12 hours a day. there isn't a chair in the place except for the lunch, onboarding and meeting rooms",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15852,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Control Quality Assurance (ICQA) - Tier II,"It's a job, not a career","Decent benefits, paid time off, always work so no worries about being short on hours, paid holidays, and you get a small employee discount","Work most holidays, pay is lacking, crazy work schedule during the peak season (nov-Jan), HR is clueless and couldn't careless about your issues","Listen to your employees, most of them know the job better then you do.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15853,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jun 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Go get a decent job.,"It's money, and you need to live.","It's current Amazon, and employment there is not what one would want, if one has an alernative.","There really isn't any management as they are just how we'd interface with incredibly poorly written software, that actually manages things. The ""rate"" system is horribly flawed as it doesn't use the correct mathematical equation, There are supposed to be 3 separate rates instead the is one that is an average of the 3. Meaning if you're unlucky enough to get more difficult tasks you could lose you job, even if you're operating at 200% of what you agree to. This leads to poor quality and safety standards, and tends to keep low down cons, in empoly. Much of Amazon, utilizes tactics like this to keep employees fearful, and of balance. They often use neurolinguistic programming as a way to condition employees, which they teach to managers, who are often too daft to understand what's going on. The pick the most pliable in their ranks for promotion. If they were to simply write a mathematically correct equation, many of these issues would be solved. Except, for the psychological manipulation. It's a corporate culture of fear, maintained by fear.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15854,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Like in Hellraisers, Cenobites rule!","The Pros...well they're Pros in S& M. So if you like pain/suffering or giving pain & suffering, this place is for you. Free coffee. I did like having 3 days off in a row which was accomplished via working 10 hour days. I liked my coworkers and some of the supervisors but when work was slow, the supervisors would ask people if they wanted to leave early and even encouraged people to take time off & if they stayed then they'd be forced to pressure people or scare them so they will want to leave on their own by week 2 of working there. So if you hate it or sense something is wrong, you can use that time to look for work elsewhere. Off the bat you can take a lot of unpaid PTO (unpaid personal time off), and later are earning PTO (paid time off) after being there 90 days. You get a discount of 10% purchases when you are an associate and buy from Amazon.COM, they have benefits (although u may not live to see it if you aren't in their ""inner circle"" , coz I did notice certain people goofing around or having inappropriate conversations and lollygagging and suffer no repercussions while others are practically going into cardiac arrest running w/ their heads cut off trying to keep up at a frenzied pace. Pay is nice if you work both graveyard and weekends but not enough considering the sleep depravation or not even seeing any of your day time friends and family. you don't have time to actually make friends during breaks/lunch so if you are not into socializing at work or on your own time, it's great.","They sure are!!!! They don't even hide the fact that they don't want people to stick around long and grow w/ the company, they embraced the paid to quit model. They will sabotage you if they realize you haven't turned into a robot (smart enough to do the job, dumb enough to not figure their games.) They might have you work on a station known to have computer issues or broken equipment, send no work your way then question you why your productivity is suffering even if you have tried to wave down a supervisor or a problem solver to get help to allow you to stow in bins after having hit the button to alert a Problem Solver or Amnesty Associate to no avail, even if you indicated on the alert that you can't continue working because of an issue. you're allotted 2 15 minute breaks but they start the countdown as soon as it is yelled out to go take one, you are prevented from wearing a watch and sometimes the clock is wrong at your station, so you do have to use your peripheral vision to see if others are vacating their areas. Your break area may be 2 min to even 7 minutes away so that is subtracted from the actual break taken...hence if you take it at 10:40 and get to the break area at 10:45, then you know in order to get back to station on time you need to leave in 5 minutes to walk back by 10:55 & good luck if you stay as hydrated as they post all over the place because then you'll be late coming back or have to eat and drink in a hurry. Food is not permitted in work area only water. they have mandatory overtime during 'high season' or certain holidays.","Abide labor laws. if morale suffers, so disgruntled people will do horrible work and make things difficult for those with good work ethics wanting to clean or fix things they see are done haphazardly. As an At Will employee, we know we can be fired for any reason or no reason, so it would be defamation of character to lie that the person being terminated was for poor performance.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15855,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Great Benefits,- Great Benefits -Great Compensation -Good Work/ Life Balance -Decent Pay,-Hard Work -Routine most of the time,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15856,amazon,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,"good pay, good benefits, only work 4 days a week","long days, lots of mandatory overtime, repetitive work",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15857,amazon,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work environment,Challenging work environment that develops leadership skills for young managers,work/life balance is tough as you may work a variety of shifts on short notice (fri-mon) (sun-wed) (wed-sat). each shift consisting of 10 hours and often extends to 13 to 14 hours depending on work load and time of year.,top level management needs to engage more with front-line (area) managers.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15858,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Flex Driver,Amazon flex driver,"Flexible Hours, good pay, no micromanagement","Have to frantically refresh the ap to get work. No room for advancement, Poor communication, one hand doesn't know what the other is doing.","Create a better system for drivers to get shifts work in teams, make drivers feel part of the team instead of slaves.",2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15859,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Warehouse job is hard and challenging,"Dental, Life insurance for everyone.",Only 4hrs shift. Always new management.,Make sure people are on task.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P805.htm
15860,amazon,none," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too specialized,Great benefits and able to get a lot of time off.,Too specialized and manager do not know how to lead and nothing matters but a number,Learn how to train and do the job you are managing,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15861,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Engineering",Sr. Manager,"Startup environment in a big company, Equity growth, Great peers, and great learning environment.","Employee perks are not so great, and work life balance is mediocre",Treat employees like customers,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15862,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Opportunities are readily available if you work hard and follow the rules. They company expansion has created a ton of opportunity.,"Very employee friendly, too much so at times. Always assumes the employee is trying to do things right. This makes it difficult to performance management employees.",Trust your management to make sound decisions,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15863,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Firld quality engineer,Good training and tools and technical information,Lots of traveling bad internal communications,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15864,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Very fulfilling for them, not you","10 hour shift=3days off to recover, if that is possible. Graveyard shift w/ 10 hour days might work for someone who wants to be so occupied & tired that he/she will not have time to worry or get depressed about a dismal situations. Oh, also you get to lose weight, guaranteed ...much like the Auschwitz concentration camp diet coz you don't even have time to eat during the 2 breaks and lunch because the breaks although are considered 15 minutes and lunch is 30 minutes, they are actually only 5-7 for break and 15 for lunch approximately being that they start the countdown as soon as they yell ""break,"" so if you miss hearing it, you might have to cut your break even shorter because as soon as it's over, you are expected to attend a meeting each day & stretch while listening to the supervisor telling the group that they did well or poorly. If you do well, they might offer a piece of candy or tickets to an event you won't feel like attending coz u won't have the energy to go. Free coffee & water stations are available for refilling your bottles. You will learn how corporate America works. Overtime is good but you will pay for it later. Benefits & stock...if you stay long enough to see it.","""Cons"" is definitely a good name for all the downsides. Be weary of all the sabotage techniques they can employ on you, like sending you out in left field and ""forget"" to tell others you are there so you end up with no work being sent to you and then being told your production is lacking. They might have you work with equipment that is faulty so your accuracy rate is hampered, They have people who work exclusively for resolving technical issues and some for retrieving items that fall in area where the robots are but they're scarce, so you either have to wait or figure good way to resolve one's issue in compliance with safety and regulations. Very few lockers available for personal items and risk of being stolen if left in car or within reach of others. There are plenty of HR reps but they will tell you to come tomorrow, come during break or lunch to talk with them.","Learn to be ethical, fair and follow labor laws. I know your will hire anybody and everybody as long as they have a clean background and pass the drug test but you should be more discerning with who you hire because your high turnover rate either shows you suck or the people your hire suck. I worked long enough to see several great people leave, disappear or were fired for dumb reasons and some people in the ""inner circle"" remain or get promoted and even allowed to goof off during work hours. So I saw half the people running around like beheaded chickens fearing for losing their job and others are lollygagging and having the time of their lives.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15865,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Shift Assistant,Say Goodbye to Your Work-Life Balance,"If you are used to jobs that pay $15-$16 an hour, you might be happy with the increase in pay. Hard-working employees. Vested Amazon stock options after two years for full time employees. Sometimes your Ops Manager will buy lunch for you and your team on Amazon’s company card. Three days off per week for Shift Managers and Shift Assistants when it’s not peek shipping season.","Just as a disclaimer, situations may vary from site to site because of schedule, protocol, and software changes. If you are tempted to think I am just another disgruntle AMZL employee, think again since I am currently the highest ranked employee for my position, according to my Ops Manager, so the following information may sound harsh, but it is my honest assessment.  • The Schedule: At my station, the current work schedule for Shift Managers/Shift Assistants is 12:30PM – 11:00PM for the RTS Shift (Days), and 12:00AM – 10:30AM for Shift Assistants working the Sort Shift (Nights) with a half hour lunch. Level 4 Shift Managers are salaried employees. Level 3 Shift Assistants are hourly employees, which means that L3’s will need to punch in and out on time clocks located at the station. If you are single, the schedule might not bother you as much. If you are married with kids, kiss your work-life balance good bye. Unless your spouse does not work, you more than likely will only see your spouse and children on your days off.  The standard workweek is broken up into what is known as the “front half” and the “back half” of the week. Front half is Sunday-Wednesday, 10 hour shifts with occasional overtime for hourly employees, and no overtime pay for salaried employees.  • The Shipping Method: Amazon Logistics is basically a recent start-up company within Amazon. I have been with the company since my station opened almost two years ago. I have seen a LOT of changes. Amazon Logistics contracts independent courier companies to deliver Amazon packages near your delivery station. That means the delivery drivers are not Amazon employees, so you will be limited on how much control you have over their performance.  The drivers currently use an all-in-one GPS/package scanner called, “The Rabbit.” When it was first released for use, it would not navigate drivers back to the station. There are occasional updates to the device. More often than not these updates will cause additional tech problems, including: loss of GPS, loss of package itinerary, loss of scanning ability, GPS navigation problems causing drivers to return to streets they have already delivered to, wasting time. All of these issues have caused additional updates to the Rabbit in order to fix the first update errors. All of this results in high driver turnover as these faulty tech issues burn out drivers quickly.  At the station, the current software for processing tracking numbers and process is known as “COMP.” COMP has also had several updates. The software is clunky, full of glitches, and, overall, not a very solid software set for a company with the growing financial capabilities such as Amazon. Be prepared to use several different Excel spreadsheets and pivot tables to track package counts and categories.  • The Payroll System: The current payroll recording system for hourly employees is known as the “HUB.” I have had my schedule changed several times over the past two years. Several times my schedule was incorrect in the HUB causing “double-schedule” problems, adding incorrect “late-points” to my record, incorrect “time stamps” for working past 12AM, and “incorrect compensation” because the HUB did not capture my work hours correctly. All of which will have to be corrected by submitting “Trouble Tickets” to HR and payroll depts. Watch your time carefully in the HUB because AMZL will screw it up! That is just “The Tip of the Iceberg”…But if you don’t believe me, go ahead and try it. You will find out for yourself. Best of Luck!","Use the prior shipping knowledge of the former FedEx and UPS employees that you hired! Don’t try to reinvent the wheel for delivering packages! It’s not working! If you didn’t have the financial resources of Amazon Corporate backing you, you would be out of business by now! If you add updates to the Rabbit and COMP software, please, please field-test the updates first! You’ve destroyed what little morale we have by releasing tech updates that don’t work properly. It’s pretty pathetic for a company like Amazon and embarrassing!  Listen to your AMZL employees before making major changes conceived by Amazon Corporate. Amazon Corporate many times looks over what catastrophes might and will occur due to unforeseen events that could have been avoided by listening to AMZL employees working onsite at the delivery stations. Create reasonable work schedules so your employees can actually have a life! How would your family like to have our work schedule/ work hours? If you would implement these changes, the turnover rate will be lower for both delivery drivers and those of us working at the station. Thank you kindly!",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15866,amazon,none," May 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Real Estate Developer for subdivision,"Learned a lot about surveying, civil engineering, working with town Planning Board and other town offices, overseeing a number of people, which I had done in different positions in academia and corporate settings prior to that. Marketing through a website and other means. Interviewing builders, architects, realtors, etc.","First civil engineer was a dud. Had to let him go and hire a new civil engineer. Required getting an attorney involved, but went relatively smoothly.  The length of time it took to complete the project and sell the lots.  Hiring and letting various realtors go.  Position spanned about ten years, in part due to R.E. and stock market crashes in 2008.  NOTE: Other positions held prior to above, not in order.  1. College Professor at two universities, a community college, and a top art school - Art/Graphic Design/Illustration/Typography, administrator at the art school (Curriculum Support Manager)  2. Customer Support Representative. Computer Graphics Trainer for high-end software/hardware. Trained CEO's, Directors, computer operators, etc,. at major newspapers, magazines (Sports Illustrated), consumer product companies (Pepperidge Farms, Pepsi-Cola, others, large commercial printers, more...  3. Customer Sales Representative, Agfa (for typefaces for Macintosh)  4. Specialist, Apple store  5. Also worked at Trader Joe's  6. Ran graphic design firm for many years  Star rating is not appropriate as I have written about various positions here. Also, in my most recent position as a real estate developer, I did not report to anyone.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15867,amazon,none," May 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst ? Program Manager,Very competitive. Delivering results is high priority,More work per individual than normal,More fun at work please,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15868,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Smart People in Chaotic Workplace,I work for AWS.  You will work with incredibly smart people Opportunities to work globally Relocation globally is fairly easy  If joined 3+ years ago you'll be happy with your vesting stock,You will be working on a 'burning priority' project and quickly find 3 other teams all working on their own version.  My role expanded so we split into 2 management roles. The person hired to take on 50% of my role told me his compensation. It was 75% higher than mine. Management will not explain how they came to this decision.  If changing roles and hired into a role advertised as a job level above your current level you will not be levelled up and salary will remain the same.  Annual review process has been changed and sucks. Colleagues get approx 50 words to describe your 'superpower'. Feedback offers no deep actionable feedback.,Ditch the new annual review process  Compensate internal moves as you would if hiring that person as an external hire. Compensation is motivation.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15869,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," May 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Never again,Benefits and pay sometimes and meet new people,Management was constantly changing as well as rate and quality expectations,Treat your employees more like people and less like a number.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P806.htm
15870,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," May 18, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Alright, easy job",Easy job Short hours Weekly pay,"Lot of slackers, in fact it was very easy to slack at the location I worked at as there were not enough managers to keep an eye on everyone. Sometimes it feels like the hours are short so that amazon can get way more work out of you and pay you less.",Keep an eye out for slackers,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15871,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Be prepared to work hard and you'll win,"Compensation is good Career growth It's challenging work, but rewarding","Choices of where to save money don't always seem to make the most sense You can get left out on your own for days, weeks, months at a time. Just be prepared to work through it",Understand how your decisions are going to have a downstream effect,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15872,amazon,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great work environment, great place to learn.","Overall, no cons thus far.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15873,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Problem Solver Review,40 hr weeks guaranteed. Voluntary Extra Time. Mandatory Extra Time. 40 hrs Vacation Pay. 40 hrs paid time off. 40 hrs unpaid time off. Great and affordable Health Insurance. Steady set schedule. No micro managing. Friendly co-workers. Incentives. Activities. Room for advancement. Free coffee.,Constantly on your feet. Coffee is horrible.,"Be more involved with teams. Big division between ""levels.""",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15874,amazon,none," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Good pay and benefits fun work,Management are lazy and don't care,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15875,amazon,none," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GEO,Great environment to work in.,Not enough pay and management can be unprofessional at times.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15876,amazon,none," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesome working environment,I just started here last night and I absolutely love it. And I can't wait to learn new things.,Walking a lot is difficult at times and I'm not a night person by any stretch of the imagination.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15877,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,The most challenging/rewarding experience of my life,"Not many people a year out of college get to say that they lead a team of 100+ people while also getting to participate in high profile projects. Your time at Amazon is what you make it-- if you can accept the fast-paced, high stakes, ""no excuses"" work environment, there is no limit to what you will achieve. You will look back in disbelief over how much you have grown in a year.","If you are looking for a 9-5 job where you are watching the clock for happy hour to begin, this is not going to be the job for you. The days are long, schedules are not conventional, and you will have to put in the work to get recognized! But if you are willing to put that aside and not make excuses, you will reap many rewards and grow exponentially.","The high turnover rate in AMs is largely due to poor experiences with their OMs. I had 4 managers in my first 7 months that made my experience and growth at Amazon not very favorable. Once I had a consistent manager that wanted to see me develop, my whole experience changed and I couldn't dream of working for anyone (or anywhere) else.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15878,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service,"Great Benefits, Easy work, Lots of Fun","Managers don't hear employees, pressure to get more calls high,","Listen more to employees, let customer service try doing something else once or twice a week to distress from the call volume. Don't make employees retrain when they have been on leave for less than a year",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15879,amazon,none," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but could be better...,"Friendly management, incentives, voluntary hours opportunity, relatively easy work.",You do the same thing day in and day out. They want you to do more and more for no pay increase. Job easily gets old.,"More certifications should mean increase in pay, Not increase in load because turnover is high.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P807.htm
15880,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,You learn a lot in the fast paced culture.,"Poor management, lack of career development support",Cut out bad managers and teams with poor vision.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15881,amazon,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can be good or can be very bad!,"Pay in some roles, work demands in some roles",Just about anything as a tier 1.,"Treat your people like a person and not just a way to get your metrics for your bonus. Writing people up for small things does not make you a leader but a micromanaging hateful boss. For example: Person A has made rate everyday for the last 3-6 months. They had one bad day at a 98% rate, they get wrote up. That is wrong on many levels and moral is in the dirt! It is a revolving door at the FC's because of this. Hiring someone to be a manager with no people skills? Really come on! I get that you want to mold them but old dogs can learn tricks, and in most cases do then better!!!!",3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15882,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Test Engineer,Awesome,A great company to work with.,"No Cons as such, good company",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15883,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Receiving Associate,Fun and Challenging,If you need any help with lifting or pulling you are most likely to get assistance from your fellow coworkers. The pay is great.,"Meeting your weekly quota, 100%, is definitely a challenge based on the amount of freight that come in.",Management needs to focus more on discrimination in the facility.,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15884,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assembler,The hours worked well for me and most of the staff was friendly.,Hot and not enough break time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15885,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Programmer Analyst,"An awful den of misery, unhappiness and mental anguish, a squalor.","Frankly Not Much , Nothing to be proud of","Where Do I start, Knowing what I know today, I would not come anywhere near Amazon. Creatively dead, old technology in constant need of fixing, unfriendly work environment, unjust and unfair assessment process. Someone has to take the blame, never the upper management.  Pay is very low compare to industry standard.","Change your way, see people as real human beings, not disposable toilet paper. Treat your employees with respect. Treat your entire system and those that support you with respect, better yet fairly.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15886,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Seasonal Virtual Customer Service,"100% telecommute. Decent amount of time given for time off (tho, as a seasonal employee, you miss some perks of any paid vacation. Appears to be a very good system in place for learning in all levels, tho I am very new so only have access to the newbie training. Very extensive and informative knowledge center allows for plenty of independent exploration.","As a personal annoyance, there is a heavy emphasis on team socializing via the messaging systems. This is probably meant to help remote workers avoid isolation and I think it is important for many of the people on my particular team, where this is likely a first remote position. Again, personally I dislike the overly excitable type of expected cheer and chatter. I've worked from home for most of my life in a different business area so am aware that a lot of good comes from this too.","I am too new to feel qualified in giving much advice here, tho I hope to have more to say as time goes on.  For now, I'd be happy to have options to work in certain areas based on personal preference and skill. I think I'm just in the average newbie pool, which means phone support, but I hope that I may be able to do most of my work in chat and/or email support. Again, I am new and so maybe just have not gotten to the point of that choice.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15887,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company,- Interesting and challenging work - Amazing engineering culture - Good career growth - Decent pay,- Mediocre benefits - No real compensation benefits for good/hard work,My biggest advice to management would be that they need to up their game when it comes to rewarding employees (especially the ones that have been around for a while) appropriately in the long run. There's a reason Amazon probably has one of the highest attrition rates and it's only going to get worse if it isn't addressed.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15888,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place to push the industry forward.,Fast Passed Leading end of Tech Travel opportunities,"If you are not part of the change, you will be left behind.",Don't loose traction on what really matters.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15889,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick associate,Amazon offer many opportunities for advancement along with flexibility.,I get bored because of the position I hold.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P808.htm
15890,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,Everything is going well currently,There are none so far,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15891,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"work is appreciated, work life balance is good",I can't think of any right now,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15892,amazon,"Newark, CA"," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's like going into high school,Benefits and pay are good,"Repetitive work, demanding and sometimes disrespectful managers, lots of people means lots of gossip, and their information is never reliable.",Learn how to talk to the associates better,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15893,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Honestly it's a job to make it to your next job,Great benefits Great people (not management),Management is horrible across the bored they don't care about employees,Learn how to treat employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15894,amazon,"Miami, FL"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,"Flexible hours, short shifts and simple tasks","No upward movement, low pay",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15895,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker/ICQA,You're disposable...,"The people, benefits, independent work, bonuses.","Physically demanding, long hours, strict rates, upper management thinks your disposable. They don't care about their employees.",Stop treating people like machines.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15896,amazon,none," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound stow amazon,"Fast paced, 4 week learning curve",Not enough alternative jobs to do. Get burnt out quick.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15897,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Coach,"Good pay, unyielding stress","The base pay was competitive with similar industries in the area but the stock awards, being Amazon, were phenomenal. There were extremely talented people working there and I truly enjoyed my co-workers",Ever-changing work schedules. Lots of overtime. Work on the holidays. Work was always supposed to come before family and friends.,"Focus on the people who work there, not as much on data that can be interpreted according to the bias of the person pulling it.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15898,amazon,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse,"Good pay, willing to basically take anyone at the moment especially for the new facility, great to have benefits even as part time.","The arduously long hiring process, took about 2 months from application to start and it's more than common.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15899,amazon,none," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the most important jobs I'll probably ever have,Compensation was good Tons of upward mobility Work with really smart people Learnings were extensive and shaped my career,"The only con was that it can be a tough environment, you do work hard here but that is true for any tech company",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P809.htm
15900,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,The leadership principles are awesome,Sometimes it can get too chaotic and have similar parallel initiatives going on.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15901,amazon,none," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Best Company I've worked at.,Can get managers that truly care and will enable you to grow in the direction you wish. All the benefits are great. Working on the bleeding edge of tech As long as you hit your required 40/hrs management does not expect more.,Some management tend to only care about metrics. Contract staff are treated as lesser. Lack of documentation. Sink or swim,Quit caring so much about metrics.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15902,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Center,Benefits on first day,The differential compensation is ridiculously low,Brag less do more for employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15903,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,"Amazon is not for everyone, as we have a different way of doing things. The interview process is intense and extensive. It is specifically designed to find ""Amazonians"". With that said, if you are a fit the company is the best!!! Simply stated, if you have a good idea and you can make the case for it, you can do it. You will be encouraged to think of new and innovative solutions to your AOCs. You will be challenged in the same sense. If you want to make a difference and work on cutting edge programs/technology/innovations, you couldn't pick a better company.","If it's not for you, it's not for you. This is not really a con, but more a plus in my opinion. You can determine if you want to stay in 6-8 months.",Stay focused on Day One,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15904,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,"Fast paced, good team",good pay for what you work for.,"The managers have no professionalism. They will take out their frustration on whoever tries to ask them a question or ask the for help. They don't care to call you and talk to you in private. The will shout, scold and get angry at your supervisors in front of other employees.",Amazon needs to get you all some basic training on how to be a good manager and supervisor,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15905,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy enough work (if you actually get paid) but poor management and communication,"- Really easy work  - Working in grocery story as a picker was far less stressful than what it sounds like the FC would be, especially with regards to time/efficiency  - Great co-workers who generally worked together to meet our shift goals","- Several payroll issues and was slow to correct or even acknowledge the issues  - Poor communication between management, our store location, and our local FC  - No water or break room for us. We had no chairs either  - A lot of conflicting information given in job description, at orientation, and what trainers and management would say (including job responsibilities, location, and pay)  - Trainers were often no-shows during our first few weeks.  - Associates that work at the grocery store where we picked were often busy and/or reluctant to prioritize assisting us to check on out-of-stocks or customer requests from the meat and deli counters.  - No management onsite nor clear way to communicate questions or concerns (Manager was generally non-responsive to emails, skype, phone, Our contact at the FC would often tell us to get in touch with our manager with concerns so we were often given the runaround)","- Offer clear line of communication for new employees, especially regarding urgent concerns like payroll issues that HR says are waiting for your response or operational issues like broken refrigerator or freezer  - If multiple associates are having same technical issues, please look into the issue rather than dismiss them by ignoring our emails  - Make sure everyone who is involved in the hiring and training of new associates is on the same page when it comes to pay, job responsibilities, scheduling, etc",1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15906,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Industrial Maintenance Technician,Fast pace. Quantity driven positions.,"Worked in Facilities, and had 3 days off each week.",Getting up at 2 am to work days left little family life. You need to be in bed pretty early.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15907,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Process Guide,Former Amazon employee,I enjoyed my time with Amazon. The people were really cool to work with.,Very crazy expectations and short breaks for a 11 hour work day.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15908,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Consultant,Awesome work enviroment and great people to work with,None that I can think of at this time,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15909,amazon,none," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Good working atmosphere for a newly joined employee,nothing to write negative about the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P810.htm
15910,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Fresh Associate,Worst experience,good pay and benefits,terrible management money focused slave work short breaks and lunches,stop treating employees like robots,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15911,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,Nice Job,Most benefits such as health,Pay increase would be nice.,Nothing. Everything is great so far.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15912,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Do it to grow and get things done,Amazing environment to achieve more than you've ever done before amongst amazingly driven people.,It's a place where delivery is valued highly and you will always be stretched to your limits here. This can get tiring.,Keep pushing for quality from your people.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15913,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Industrial Maintenance Technician,Fast pace. Quantity driven positions.,"Worked in Facilities, and had 3 days off each week.",Getting up at 2 am to work days left little family life. You need to be in bed pretty early.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15914,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Ship Dock Worker,Long hours on your feet,"Good pay, great bonuses stock after first 2 years and then once a year.","Long hours, alot of walking.",Stop overworking your employees.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15915,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Decent,"They have pretty good benefits. Bonuses exist, though they are usually very small. The pay is comparable to similar jobs.","The work can be extremely hard on your body, depending on what department you work in. At the time I left, they had not given us a raise in several years.",Morale is important and effects productivity! Keep things fun and appreciate your employees!,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15916,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,becoming aware of various programs and learning ways of company staff when dealing with merchandise,various techniques used to pick orders and stow items.advanced technology used such as scanners.,managed 20 to 40 staff associates,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15917,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Benefits are great, pay is good, great environment","Shifts can be long, but great place to work",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15918,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service From Home,I worked from home was the only pro of this company.,"There is a reason the hire so many at one time and most are called ""seasonal"" for a reason as well. Not too many last long. I was promised a raise after hired for fulltime that never happened.","Get off your high horse you aren't making $20 an hour, your making at most $13.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15919,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Lots of micromanaging,"Lots to do, can be interesting work. Great for getting your foot in the door.",High turnover. Lots of dumb managers from Microsoft. Very frustrating sometimes since there's a lot of micromanaging,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P811.htm
15920,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager I (Area Manager Level. 4),-Not much to be honest,-Worked roughly 70-80 hours during peak season -Mandatory Overtime can be called anytime,none,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15921,amazon,"Ashburn, VA"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,information tech,"flexiblity, and sense of family culture",no downsides to the company,na,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15922,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Prime Now,Work isnt hard and schedules are flexible,politics plays a part in promotions,listen more to rank and file,5.0,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15923,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Productive enviroment to work at,"Fun, Easy Going, Flexible, Competitive pay, career connections","Customers, Pay raise, Union, Location",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15924,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Apr 29, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,The best company ever. They were easy on the employees and gave out prizes,it wasn't a full time position,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15925,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finally! My start date is April 5 2017,"I cannot yet compose a review of all the PRO (s) I am certain to experience whilst being an Amazonian. I was one of the first 100 candidates to attend the Amazon Hiring Event in Sept. 2016. Unfortunatly, a few miscommunication challenges, delayed my onboarding. I remained relentless, professionally tenacious...Amazon I my gateway to reinventing myself . For this I know, I will achieve promotions, contribute ideas and finally enjoy going to work everyday",Although I answer this question based upon the plethora of research I've completed. I cannot e any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15926,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jun 4, 2017",Former Employee - Receiving,Absolute Horror Show,If you hate yourself. Do not have a social life. And don't have a family. Work here.,Places you in a random department. Expects you to learn a job in 3 days. Hires new associates weekly.,Learn to actually answer questions honestly instead of giving corporate generated answers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15927,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,fulfillment,benefits but they don't tell all you need to know,standing standing standing and more standing,get with new employees hires make sure they understand whats going on and that there in the loop,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15928,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Logistics Employee,Associate,"Great Teamwork, fun environment, extremely open to questions. If you have great staff and management everything works in sync well","Temps can get hot in summer, gift card competitions decline teamwork at times. No proper training.",none,4.0,2.0,none,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15929,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Not Another Review!,"The pay and benefits are good considering that this is warehouse work. I have been at the PHL6 building for one week. I am an order picker. The orientation is 5 hrs and on the job training for this position is one shift. You will be on your feet for 10 hrs. You will sweat out all the fluids that you drink. This is a labor intensive job. You will be given 4 weeks to meet your quota consistently. If you are afraid of heights, this is not the job for you. You will be provided personal protective equipment. There are employees that are labeled as Ambassadors. These are the people who will train you. Pray that you get someone that actually wants to train you or you will be left with a lot of questions. I have been fortunate enough that many of the people on my shift have been very nice and helpful. The shift will go by very fast. I was so busy with my work that I would forget the time. Be sure to be courteous to your fellow employees. They will pay you in kind. Once you are an employee for 90 days you can look into transfers if that is something you want. An HR representative is on duty 24/7 so you can ask questions about your pay, benefits, time off, etc. Make sure to utilize the people available to you. It's their job.  And lastly, make some friends!","-Some positions with this company are very labor intensive. You will come away with bruises, sore muscles, and just genuinely exhausted. -Some trainers are horrible and should not be allowed to train. A lot of useful information is left out by those horrible trainers. -The minute the job does not feel right to you, it is best that you leave. Otherwise, you will be mentally and physically at risk for injury.","My advise to management: Make sure that the people chosen to be ambassadors are training new hires that are going to be doing the job that the ambassador currently works in. I had a trainer that did not work in the same position I trained for and he neglected to tell me a lot. Luckily I am extremely smart and capable. Plus, there were some very nice and helpful coworkers around me. I am grateful they helped me when they did. If not, I might have just left in the middle of a shift to never return.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P812.htm
15930,amazon,none," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Stock went up during my tenure,Sr management too green to effectively lead teams,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15931,amazon,none," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse worker,Great fast paced environment,Open door. Gotta be careful,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15932,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Great place to work,"Amazon is the best place I've worked for teaching and requiring people to be intelligent and thoughtful in their business decisions. If you want to learn how to think and execute intelligently, go to Amazon, learn how to structure your thinking in written formats (business docs), and you'll come out much better for it.","Amazon gets a bad reputation as being ""too intense"". I'd say that it's not intense, just focused. The majority of employees are good people and enjoyable to be around, and they care very strongly about furthering the company's success.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15933,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great job. Just too repetitive for myself.,-Friendly -Great Enviroment -Decent Pay -Managers actually care,-Too repetitive -Just a little too boring,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15934,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing Career Opportunities, not for everyone","Opportunity to learn, grow and advance within the company. Strong total compensation","If you cannot deal with ambiguity, this company is not for you.",Continue to hire and develop the best,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15935,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of ownership,Lots of ownership and opportunity to work on startup like challenges.,I've only had great experience so far at Amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15936,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Sortation Associate,My first job and I love it,they give very good pay almost $12.25 and also gives extra time. i worked as seasonal sortation associate,well I don't have negative comments about amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15937,amazon,"Gardner, KS"," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Awesome,"Good starting company. Fun work environment, good benefits. They have all kinds of shifts. The work is hard but also rewarding.","Pay is low compared to other warehouses, long hours especially during peak times (6 weeks prior to Christmas). The job can be very repetitive",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15938,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GMA,You get what you work for,Working atomsphere could be negative sometimes,N/A,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15939,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,enginner,good for students to start their first job,"location is not good , too much rain at seattle",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P813.htm
15940,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - EHS Specialist,EHS Specialist,"Great benefits, customer centric, career growth potential, company shares (stock), on the job training and career development, and very friendly to employees with military attachment.","The pay scale is not very competitive when compared with other Fortune 500 companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Having some Level 4 employees on an hourly pay rate is not attractive.","Management is already doing a great job ensuring that all employees are treated respectfully, regardless of level. It would be more attractive for the company to match pay scales of same-caliber companies.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15941,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Leader,Treat Employees Like Crap,Amazon looks good on your resume.,"The worse benefits of any company I've ever worked for. Don't plan on getting any paid holidays actually off (you must request them, and you may not get them). Full-time employees accumulate just 6 PTO days per year. There are NONE of the same benefits that other tech companies offer such as free food, unlimited paid vacation, etc. It's not fun to be an employee of Amazon. Employees are not respected or regarded in any way except as slaves who should be ""lucky"" to be working for Amazon. Lastly, the pay is NOT even close to competitive for the cost of living in Seattle.","You will never be competitive in hiring because of your strict rules on attendance, holidays, and no free food or drinks offered in the office. Keep in mind that many of your employees are coming from other tech companies where there is a plethora of free food, snacks, and every beverage known to man offered 24/7. Free daycare, free massages, etc. You've taken ""frugality"" way too far and it's going to hurt you in the long run when it comes to ""hiring the best"".",1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15942,amazon,"Pleasant Prairie, WI"," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,the company did a really good job at motivating the employees. Good organization of roles within fulfillment centers.,"The hours are pretty inflexible. The management can sometimes be very stuck in their ways. Very boring work, no music!","listen to employees of all ages, even if they aren't from the same socioeconomic level as you are. Sometimes management doesnt care",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15943,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good fast growing company. Good CEO,Benefits could be better more food,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15944,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Great salary, great benefits, stocks!!","I work 2 years for the company. If you are a college grad with an offer, make yourself this question- Are you willing to sacrifice your life balance for money? If your answer is yes, be prepared to be mentally and physically exhausted for ever. If you have a significant other, pet or a hobbie you can forget about it. I lost 20 lbs working here, you get a 20 min lunch but you still need to be on your computer/radio jic they need(they always need you). Being an area manager is being a mini entrepreneur, you have to develop ideas, projects, create processes. If you cannot innovate you will fail. Lastly, you get a grade! CONNECTIONS! Your associates will rate you 1-5 and your performance will be based on that, no matter what you think, if youre the best completed projects and improved processes if your connections are low expect to be call to HR constantly. Expect a lot of OT, I was working 55-65 hrs a week. If you don't have experience in the field and need a company for your resume I'll recommend a this job.",Management per site it's different. Better recognition to area managers. You will be the soldiers in the front line.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15945,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Ups and downs at Amazon,Great benefits and decent pay,"Discounts low, poor management, long hours","Better communication, and more disciplinary actions for slack workers",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15946,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Inbiund Associate,Not a terrible but if you want the pay and benefits,The people I work with and I got trained in many functions,Management was constantly changing and doesn't really knockout functions. No communication. Many favorites,"Actually understand the processes, don't say that one department is more important than another. Take the time at leasto nce each week to actively do a function for 3 to 4 hours at least",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15947,amazon,none," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not awful, but definitely not a place to make a career",The employees and lower management are awesome. Benefits are amazing.,"Upper management has unrealistic expectations. People left on stretchers pretty often, which is probably why they keep paramedics on site. HR is pretty inept at their job.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15948,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,a game of numbers,Benefits are offered on Day 1 Hourly Wage is okay,Favoritism is an epidemic Noise levels Lack of consistency in processes Chaotic Each employee is a number - among thousands of other numbers Mandatory overtime Very young/green management Isolating environment Morale is typically horrendous,Have better relations with your employees,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15949,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Snr. Product Manager III,Encourages new ideas and emphasizes on Action and Deliver,Stressful. Less Perks. Judge employees on deliverables and not only based on seniority,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P814.htm
15950,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picking,Friendly and entertaining hardworking welcoming,I don't have no cons about amazon,Keep doing what you doing you guys are amazing,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15951,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Funny,Great company package and peesonal time management HR is amazing,"Green managers that are young, inexperienced and trying to make a name for themselves",Learn what motivates your team and quit writing good employees up,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15952,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Internal Hire Area Manager L4,"Career advancement, leadership role, meet new people, work within a company committed to cultural diversity.","Complete abuse in working 13 to 16 hours per day even outside of peak season! Internals do not get any bonus, are paid about 20% less and only receive about a third of the stock as external hires. Internals work the most hours and are paid the lease! Work and no life balance is never spoken about which continues the a horrible culture for management.",Equal pay for equal work for positions at same level. Internals should not be abused on both ends pertaining to overall compensation and total working hours.,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15953,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 7, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Areas Manager,Salary and I learned a lot from peers. Lots of locations to transfer to.  Great starting bonus and stock. HR is helpful.,"Worked 15 hours a day, worked night shift, had no real training (everyone was new).  Do not treat associate nice",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15954,amazon,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a job not a career,"Only work 4 days a week, great benefits. Low pay for what they want from you for 10 hours.","Hard on your body, to strict with time off task, rate, and productivity. Not fun to work there anymore.","We are there to work, we are all adults and we don't need babysitting. If there is room to stow we will stow it. If there is no room we should not be coached.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15955,amazon,none," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't let them overwork you,Awesome resources at your disposal Opportunities to work with immense-scale systems that exist in few (if any) other places in the world,"It's hard to not let them work you to death. Technically, Amazon doesn't generally require you to overwork yourself, but the certainly set up an environment that encourages you to do that.","Find a sustainable employment model. You can keep finding young, ambitious people who don't know better to staff up, but you can't retain people and build a healthy organization over the long term without the ability to attract experienced employees with a diverse knowledge and experience base.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15956,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great company,"Great benefits, awesome work environment, great moral. Best of all, they love to have fun and celebrate for everything. It's great","Not much room for advancement, discount on website is pretty low, only 10% usually you have to work most large holidays.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15957,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, No Complaints",Understanding Management Accessible HR/Administration Helpful Employee Rescources,"Little incentive to excel Work is repetitive, unengaging",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15958,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineering,Flexible schedule. Good environment.,Lower Salary. Too many colleagues are like nerds.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15959,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Fullfilment Associate Full Time Employee Review,"Good pay, good benefits, friendly team","Hard work, long work days, mandatory overtime, very hot dry work environment, excessive heat, overworked, cannot balance family life with work, no weekends off, difficult to change your schedule if needed, too many bosses, much confusion, not enough break time for a 10 hr work day, very physical hard work, heavy lifting for all","At my Amazon fullfilment center we only have one option, work full time 10 hour days or nothing. I enjoy working at Amazon but 10 hours is much too long for me. Why can't we have the option of part time associate? Other Amazons do that. Or 8 hour days? Please consider. Thank you!",3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P815.htm
15960,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work with,Career advancement happens very quick,Some Senior Management can be hard to get along with,"Have backbone, Disagree and Commit",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15961,amazon,"East Point, GA"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Lousy Co-workers,"There wasn't an interview, which is both good and bad.","The lousy co-workers really annoys me. The supervisor will tell all the men to work and end up talking with the women for nearly the entire shift. They will tell you to pick up the pace even when you're faster than everyone and when you need a short breather, blast you for it.",Obviously you need to hire some new workers. The workers have scanners so find out who isn't productive and fire them.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15962,amazon,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,It was an easy job,It was boring at times.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15963,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,area manager,good pay and stock and benefits,"long hours, no team work, cut throat culture",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15964,amazon,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as glamorous as it might seem,great benefits package is included,very cut-throat climate. Teamwork not promoted very often unless it directly benefits managment.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15965,amazon,none," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OMR,Good associates hard working,No advancement little opportunity,None,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15966,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA PA,I love my Job. It is self driven.,It is hard to move up if you are not willing to relocate.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15967,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,This job was fun and challenging without being high stress. It was a great workout.,Hourly pay could have been better.,Sometimes new ideas take a while to work well. Give new policies and techniques a chance before giving up on them right away.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15968,amazon,none," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful,Pay was awesome and benefits the first day,10 hour shifts on your feet with 2 30 minute breaks,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15969,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service rep,Working at home being able to be with your kids as long as they are quiet.,Management moves people around with no notice. Warn people before moving them from chat to phones. Big lifestyle change for so many.,Care more about people than scores. Pay more for what people deal with,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P816.htm
15970,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fake Company,"Fraud Company Don't trust this company. This Company MD. Sarath Babu. He is Fraud person, don't trust him","worst company, its like a institute, there is no setup of like company.",No1 cheater sharath babu,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15971,amazon,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont do it,"Easy, free time, flexible hours",No boss on site Management is dishonest and not forthcoming,Treat associates with more respect,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15972,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Trans Execution Area Manager,-Great pay -4 day work week -Constant innovation -Autonomy to try and invent new processes -Fulfilling work,I work for Prime Now. Its absolutely great. No cons,Continue to do a great job and drive this stock price up to $1200,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15973,amazon,"New Bern, NC"," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Work from home CSR,able to work from home pick my hours enjoy computer work.,very poor training since it's self taught and 200+ people starting on same day calls goes unanswered for hours for tech help. Have reapplied and was told my application was still in process but have not heard a word since February. I would at least like to know if I will be rehired as my training supervisor told me that i could reapply in 90 days and I did that. It was from Nov-Feb.,if you have a good employee that even buys a computer that will be up to par to work for Amazon. please let them know one way or another if they will be able to work again after the 90 days they were told to wait.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15974,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Logistics Associate,Active and physical work life Casual dress code,Odd hours change with season Work procedures change often,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15975,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Company to Work for,Great benefits package over competitors.,"Long hours, with little to no downtime",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15976,amazon,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Sometimes exciting projects will come to you.,Then it gets delayed or denied by business team.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15977,amazon,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support Engineer I,Good company to make an experience.,Too much pressure. Management not friendly.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15978,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Good Transition Company,-High pay for managers (you'll earn it) -Starting bonus -Work with some great people -Relocation benefits -Looks great on resume to future employers -Mentor program--got to see my mentee promoted,"-Zero work-life balance-constant mandatory OT -Career really depends on your ops-if they like you, they'll help...if they don't, you can't move anywhere -Get ready to harass associates-you'll get to carry your laptop around all day and spit numbers at them while asking why they aren't hitting target......all companies involve talking to associates but this isn't engagement, it's a constant beating -Shift can be basically any days/time and can change instantly...as can your job. -Amazon hates chairs. I firmly believe that Jeff Bezos was actually bullied by a chair in high school and has promised to fight against their existence the rest of his life. -Turnover is epic.","Advice to incoming AMs: take the money, move where you want to move to and then find another company. -Become friends with your ops manager-he/she has a ton of control over your future. -You'll constantly hear, ""welcome to Amazon!"" every time something doesn't seem right. It's just a copout that they use to tell you that's how it's going to be. -You'll get to hear about ""the wall."" It's their way of telling you that based on the circumstances you'll constantly be in a situation of complete uncertainty and frustration so deal with it. -Pick a specialized role like learning or safety and try to avoid the typical operations side. -Help your PAs get to AM so they can move on later too. -It is a highly innovative company but when you think about the number of people who work for the company and at every facility, it's mathematically unlikely that you're really going to work on these great projects for the future. You'll get to discuss exciting things like how to move a handle on a cart to decrease 1.4 seconds/hour for a picker's process time. And then the target will go up to match it. -Be nice to pathways people, you'll be working for them at some point. -Front half days becomes the greatest words you can possibly hear. -People will say things to you like, ""your involvement is completely up to you. Amazon will take what you give."" That isn't true. When your teams hit mandatory OT, so do you. Teams work 4x10s so you're expected an hour before and an hour after the shift. I spent around 90% of the time at 5 days and even some weeks of 6 during busier times. -Hang in there for a year or two and recruiters will be knocking down your door. -At some point every human being on the planet will have worked for Amazon so I'm not sure what the plan is to cultivate associates after that. There may already be a bioengineering department set up to clone associates and area managers but I'm not sure.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15979,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - National Account Manager,Burns you out,Great benefits and pay - double what I was making prior at MSFT after 3 years,"No work-life balance, constant pressure from leadership, difficult to get promoted (can take up to 4 years every leveling period)","Better communication with employees, maintain 1:1's and be supportive",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P817.htm
15980,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place as long as you're on the right team,"Amazing company with massive growth New York office has incredible culture RSUs that, once vested, can secure your financial future Lots of really smart colleagues Challenging, motivating work People eat, sleep and breathe the leadership principles (this is good or bad, depending) Lots of international travel opportunities They invest heavily in training, so lots of opportunity to grow If you can prioritize you can set your own schedule but you are the only one who can set those boundaries for yourself.","The culture can be an adjustment. No powerpoints internally, all presentations are done via written narrative. Seattle trips can be nerve wracking. Lots of pressure from teams there. They take data-drive to a whole new level - ""opinions don't matter unless backed up by facts."" OP1 and OP2 times of the year can be stressful, colleagues are expected to rip apart your plans in all-hands meetings so you have to be prepared for anything and everything. There tends to be a lack of vision on some teams - the expectation is that you'll identify problems and create your own solutions.",Keep leadership accountable in the same ways that L6s are.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15981,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,"Great Amazon benefits, Challenging work",Hard to work from subs with corporate Stock based compensation can be an issue for the first years,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15982,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,-Keeps you busy -Great Networking events -Ability to work on your own -Fast paces,"-Learn on your own, no one is here to teach you anything - Lot of hours -Fast Paced -A lot of ambiguity",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15983,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dock crew,Don't feel like a warehouse job,It has it has the period that it's slow,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15984,amazon,"Oakland, CA"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer aupport,Amznflex has got an Excellent compensation,Amznflex has a good money compensation,Amazonflex very hard to go to the upper levels,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15985,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Healthcare is inexpensive, dental, and vision insurance. Easy to use employee webpage. Can access your pay, schedule, and everything else from there.",Shifts are very long and you do not acquire time off quickly. Especially vacation time.,My advice would be to hire more people when you know you are going to need them and to also hire more area managers for the facility floor.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15986,amazon,none," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker/Packer,The benefits are kind of good. You can go to school threw them after one year of employment. You can leave whenever you want and come in late whenever you want if you are full time. You don't have to call it in you can just use the employee hub.,They don't care about anything but getting their work done and you being there to work. They claim we are family but if you have a emergency and you don't have time to cover it your out of a job. If you want to change shifts or department it's approved based on business needs. So if you need to go to day shift for your kids sake it a high chance you may not get the transfer when you need it. My advice is apply for the shift you can afford to have first that way you don't have to worry.,Treat your employees better by caring more about their personal life emergencies especially when it comes to family.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15987,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Overnight),Customer Obsessed (at the expense of their employees),Good holiday pay - that's about it.,"They expect an extreme pace to be maintained for 9 1/2 hours but the pay for that pace is beyond sub-standard. A month's pay will cover my rent, car payment, and insurance ONLY. I can't put food on the table, pay my utilities, or put gas in my car. In order to make ends meet, I'd have to get a second job, but that could be jeopardized by their aggressive mandatory overtime policy, as well as the fact that I have to get permission to take a second job. As a result of this, I will have to remain uninsured through the company because I can't afford the deductions.",Pay your employees what they're worth - look at the cost of living in the states that you have fulfillment centers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15988,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,Full time Water fountains available And medicine for the aches was available,Extreme heat On you feet 9.5 hrs of the 10hr shift,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15989,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Bigger isn't always better,"Good pay, in large part due to stock being a major part of compensation and stock shooting through the roof. Generally smart, driven co-workers. Job security if you do decently well.","All the cons of a large company continuing to grow quickly - bureaucracy, inefficient use of time/money, churn due to constant restructuring and short turnover, too few employees for the amount of work being requested. Basically, becoming more similar to Microsoft in all the bad ways.","Explain why strategy is changing, not just that it is. Care more about keeping and developing talent, especially if you're getting a good deal on it.",4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P818.htm
15990,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Department - Process Assistant PA Teir3,Process Assistant,"Pay is not bad. Some paid holidays and some paid time off. Sometimes they give us catering like for Thanksgiving 🍗 . For all of peak season they gave us food and candy and hats and shirts, gift cards and things and gave away a bunch of TVs and Xbox ones playstations Nikon's and stuff. 4 days off. I've been there 7 months, moved up the 1st month, and again at the end of 4months. Pay increased $5 hr since I started.",My shift is long. My time in and out is 13.5 hrs. Physically demanding.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
15991,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent holiday wages, but environment could be better","Easy to get a seasonal job, due to the demand during the holiday season.",Not a great place to work if you don't enjoy feeling like a cog at times.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
15992,amazon,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon sort center,"Decent pay Vision and dental and a ""health pay"" Set scheduled Short shifts or long shifts (with vet)",Boring and repetitive Unorganized Management on enforce what they say when it benefits them,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
15993,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Pretty fun and relaxing and good culture,Sometimes not paid for overtime,Pay us more,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
15994,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Ops/Area Mananger,Truly customer focused. Tremendous operation and great experience,"Many new ideas but no testing of those ideas. Essentially shotgun blasts to see if the target is hit and then moving on to the next thing. Advertised as a 12 hour shift, 4 days a week but often more like a 14-17 hour day and often required to do some work on your three ""off"" days. Work/life balance is just not there.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
15995,amazon,none," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at home,"Work from home, flexible hours","Training is unorganized, programs lag",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
15996,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Sr Manager,Smart people and strong culture,Too much reliance on stock based compensation.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
15997,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior HRA,"Great for Your Resume, But Not a Long Term Company","Stock grants (vested scheduled) are a big reason to stay. The further you move up, the more you are granted.","Extremely competitive in a way where you can often not trust your teammates and management. A lot of favoritism, so you have to buddy up to the right people even if your work/performance is stellar. If you are a salaried employee, you often will work so much overtime that, when calculating it out, you may be making just above minimum wage. Internal promotions do not receive good cash incentives, but instead offer stocks on a vesting schedule.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
15998,amazon,none," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Ups and Downs,"When you are doing well and/or feeling good about the job, it is very rewarding. It definitely helps you grow and develop yourself. You are put in charge of your development and whatever you put into it, you will get out of it. You are surrounded by a lot of really smart people which helps to learn about different ways of thinking and attacking problems/obstacles.","You are immediately thrown into the deep end and expected to fend for yourself. It is definitely a sink or swim environment. You ""own"" your career, there is limited to no hand holding. It's a steep learning curve with an expectation to pick it up quickly.","It feels like employees are not treated well at lower levels because they don't need to be. There are hundreds of thousands of college grads applying to the same entry level jobs, so once you're hired it would be nice to feel more like you are important to the company and its success, as opposed to feeling like it doesn't matter if you stay because there are so many people who would take your spot.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
15999,amazon,"Bolingbrook, IL"," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - IT Technician,Sorter,Fast moving and team oriented,Standing for long periods of time,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P819.htm
16000,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - General Warehouse Associate,warehouse shipping/forklift,Well known American business that pays hourly employees well.,Not consistent with weekly hours.,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16001,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits are good but the rest of business is do as i say and not as I do.,Ability to move up if you are kissing butt to the managers.,"Underpaid and overworked while things that need to be changed are not changed, even after the GM and all management below promises things will change. When questions are asked at all hands meetings they are never answered leaving the associates wondering what to believe. Associates have very low moral that work at certain facilities.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16002,amazon,none," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,outbound order picker,paycheck before xmas was nice,sent home early if no orders,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16003,amazon,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Great employees and staff all-around lots of overtime available weekly, great resume builder, good health care","No time to do anything outside of work, pay not great at all.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16004,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Designer,"Growth, innovation, opportunity to try new things, large support community, transparency, clear objectives","Overworked, ambiguity, fast paced, not enough time to produce desired quality, not enough celebrarion of sucecesses",.,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16005,amazon,"Milwaukee, WI"," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - DSP Driver,"Worst of both worlds -- Your a FT employee, but not of Amazon, yet they run your life down to minute detail","A few DSP (Delivery Service Provider) drivers may be able to work their way up and convert into the Amazon side of things, where true FT benefits exist.","How long have we got? Very worst is that you can be terminated without warning, hearing or any ability to complain to someone about it. AMZL has unrealistic expectations about driver productivity, ability to perform at PEAK performance on a daily basis, pay less than starting UPS wages and there are no raises, only YOUR willingness to deliver more and more packages for the SAME MONEY.","If management were honest with itself, it would realize that it has created a house divided ""against itself"" with Flex drivers tacitly being pitted against DSP drivers. In reality, they can't force the same productivity expectations on the Flex drivers because if they try to, Flex drivers will just refuse to take routes, or will bring back 20 packages instead of 10. The executive morons had the chance to build an organization that could actually compete with UPS, Fedex & the Postal Service, but instead they've taken the less-than low cost provider route, are churning and burning through lower-skilled personnel, primarily minorities, at possibly unparalleled rates, and at some point, may begin to disappoint customers to the point where they will opt to shop for home delivery goods through companies who will use REPUTABLE & PROFESSIONAL drivers, which only a handful of AMZL drivers can be considered, at this point.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16006,amazon,"Covington, KY"," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Progressive but dangerous,"Company shares after one year Expectations are explained upfront With the proper attitude, you can learn a variety of logistics & warehouse skills","Upper management seems to refuse to fix simple problems that cause daily/weekly injury. Even though they scream safety first & call out employees that are not adhering to 5C & ppe rules, employee complaints. For example, shipment bins (upwards of 50lbs), that are held in small desk unit for sorting, are held back by small half in lips versus the others that have a 4in barrier. A knock to the desk easily dislodges the bins that will fall onto employees feet.",Walk the talk about safety,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16007,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Intern review,big company and great works to do,Too busy during on call in some groups,Great team working and management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16008,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Area Manager,"At Amazon, the career path variety is infinite and the professional growth potential is equally limitless. If one sincerely employs Amazon's Leadership Principles, they will be successful.","Process changes travel somewhere near the speed of light and you must operate and implement those changes even faster. Career progression, while heavily based upon you and your team's performance/productivity is also based upon your manager's ability to effectively articulate your contributions to their peers and Senior Managers.","While understanding that Amazon needs all types of people from Associate to Manager to get the job done on behalf of our customers, please understand during the hiring/talent acquisition phase that Amazon is not for everyone.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16009,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Good paying company in a great city,"Flexible work schedule, smart people, interesting projects","Demanding workload, smart people, complicated projects",observe more government holidays. We want to spend holiday time with family and loved ones. hire more local candidates - we are changing seattle culture very quickly because of the influx of people new to the area.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P820.htm
16010,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Excellent. Right way to solve the problem.,Not all the teams are good.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16011,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Packing,Pays good but you work for it,The pay for graveyard shift was really good,Work is very physically strenuous,Keep moral up,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16012,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Account Manager,It's not for everyone,- freedom to take on projects - great learning opportunity - fast pace - Flexible to transfer among different divisions,- culture can be aggressive - politics in some teams - difficult to get promotion,listen to your employee and improve the working culture so that they stay with you,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16013,amazon,none," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good people to work with,expectations can be a bit ridiculous at times,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16014,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Amazon was a great employer,I have nothing negative to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16015,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Innovative company with great opportunities to advance,"Leadership can be abrasive and, at times, are only numbers oriented.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16016,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very poor,Good pay and the driving is awesome.,The rabbit we use never wants to work right. Always tells you that you have arrived at the location but it's not accurate. So there for causes trouble for employees to do there job proper.,Have a meeting with your drivers and listen to what they all say. Need a better system that is accurate. And better organization skills with the loaders and pickers to ensure the job is getting sorted.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16017,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - ICQA,Don't work here.,"Loved my coworkers. My department (icqa-support) always supported each other and had each other's back, other then management. The ERC is amazing. And the job is fun.",Got wrote up after 2 wks. PA never listens to concerns Horrible management. No opportunity to transfer or move up. If you try to transfer you will get wrote up for nothing no lie there was 7 of us some who had been there 5+yrs others who had just started all got wrote up when we tried transferring it. Half the ppl had never got wrote up and all of sudden they did when trying to transfer.,Listen to your workers. Don't let your PA play favorites. Use your eyes and ears don't just turn a blind eye. If you know someone wants to transfer help them don't put them somewhere you know they struggle in just to get wrote up. Be a support for the workers. Not a hindrance.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16018,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Safety Specialist,A paycheck that is about all,Not a whole lot and they abuse thier associates,They need to take better way to take care of thier associates,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16019,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SOrter,There is no pros for this job. run away. The management think they are better than you and only care about the rate.,"Long shifts, Evil management, Unrealistic goals. Pickers have to walk 10-20 miles per day. You will get pushed like a robot.",Dont be a stuck up slob.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P821.htm
16020,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SOrter,There is no pros for this job. run away. The management think they are better than you and only care about the rate.,"Long shifts, Evil management, Unrealistic goals. Pickers have to walk 10-20 miles per day. You will get pushed like a robot.",Dont be a stuck up slob.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16021,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Horrible,Good pay nothing else really,Everything else is just horrible,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16022,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon work experience,1. A lot of talented and nice teammates 2. Salary is good,1. Work environment is aggressive 2. No enough coaching for new hires 3. Bad management,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16023,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,retail business services,Learn a lot of things and good working environment,Work life balance is a challenge.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16024,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Excellent company,Great environment for new and existing employees,"Nothing seriously bad, just like a normal company",Keep good working,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16025,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of learning but also lots of politics,Lots of opportunity to learn new skills Smart people May interesting problems to solve,"You won't get a lot of help learning new skills - it is trial by fire Competative work enivornment Corporate doesn't care about you Every conversation will come down to dollars, that is the culture",You need to hire more minorities into management positions.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16026,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,Take The Money And Run,Money - experience means it's easier to find other work when you eventually leave.,"It's well known Amazon is by far the worst of all the big four. Brutal aggressive work environment. Most of the work is not that interesting. Expect to be treated like a cog in a big machine. Most of the experience is Amazon specific and not transferable. The only people who stay longer than 2 years stay for the stock. If you want to be treated well and have a good work life balance, don't work for Amazon.",Look after your employees and address the employee retention issues.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16027,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Pay, but is it worth it?","Money, benefits, fun, easy job, chance to be creative","Too Much drama, many rules and regulations, strict management and not understanding of PM schedules and downtime avoidance",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16028,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anonymous,Nice people working there..Employees are fun to be around.,Upper level sucks. Long hours.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16029,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Pay cycle every week,The work is very easy but it's very tiring,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P822.htm
16030,amazon,none," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Driver,Get to be on the road pretty much with no boss,"Dispatchers are horrible except one,  Everything is so unprofessional and unorganized",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16031,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Unforgiving Environment,Lots of exciting projects to work on. Lots of smart people to work and collaborate with.,There is no down time to relax so big ideas can come to you. Constantly playing catch up.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16032,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh experience,Good pay and occasional giveaway,Low hours and repetitive job,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16033,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Set schedule plus chose extra hours,Max 25 hours per week,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16034,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK JOB,"Benefits, Paid Time Off, Unpaid Time Off, Vacation, Depends on schedule you get a certain amount of days off.","Short lunch breaks, whatever dept they put you in you will be stuck in that same dept for as long as you work there(pick dept is horrible)",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16035,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Good experience,Exciting work environment with a ton going on,"Loud noises, not much motivation to move up in the company",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16036,amazon,none," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok until you get into management,Benefits and stocks are decent Some programs they offer for education such as career choice,"0 Work-Life balance as a manager Operations does not defend their management Connections scores are a joke like no other particularly in departments where AAs are not held accountable to a rate. Amazon HR caters to Tier 1 AA's like entitled children (Again, connection scores a joke)","Grow a pair and learn to stand up for those that work for you instead of trampling on them and telling them to create non existent solutions for impossible problems, knowing full well you are silently acknowleding and allowing lying and cheating, especially amongst yourselves..",3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16037,amazon,"South Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2017",Former Employee - Data Engineer,Amazon Data Scientist Review,There are Lots of Resources for you provided by Amazon There are a lot Friendly People You earn a Good Salary,You will have to work Long Hours The computers are new but the there are Older Software There is no air conditioner in most Amazon Work Areas,I would advice that you make the office a more comfortable place so that your employees will enjoy their time there.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16038,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good to work at Amazon,"Things change fast, you always have lots of new things to learn and grows fast.","Big company, sometimes it wastes time on communicating.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16039,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,good pay good leaders friendly enveryment,nothing every thing is ggod,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P823.htm
16040,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Researcher,Great accelerator,Amazing place to be to push yourself beyond your limits. There's alway interesting work esp for Researchers and Engineers. Huge opportunities for anyone in or wanting to working the ML space.,Working at Amazon requires solid ownership skills. Without ownership and focus it can be difficult to deal with ambiguity.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16041,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of opportunities,Unlimited opportunities within the company to switch jobs,"fast paced, need to deliver continuously..",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16042,amazon,none," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,random review,"flexible schedule, zero supervision, the ability to do pretty much whatever you want without somebody breathing down your neck. If you want a job where nobody cares about the work you do, then this company is for you!","One of the most disorganized and messed-up companies I have ever worked for. Communication is a joke! The on-boarding can take months -- even for the most base-level hourly grunt job. I've met my boss only once, and that was for 10 minutes. Working for Amazon is like working for a monster that will eventually lead to the biggest depression this country has ever seen.","Speed up the on-boarding process. Then have the training process actually worked out, instead of just ""follow that guy around"" and hope for the best.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16043,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,An easy check,A beautiful fulfillment center where you can get a lot of experience with general warehouse duties. Fast paced and can be fun. It's honestly what you make it. Great benefits for days.,Crazy turn over rate. If you're not on top of the rules and what you to do as an associate most likely you will be fired with the swiftness.,Managers are usually younger than you and fresh out of 2 year college. It can be upsetting when you are trying to ask questions to be the best you can when you are looked over for not being interesting enough to be a friend to them.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16044,amazon,none," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Grunt work.... like a sweat shop.....,fast paced and simple once you get the hold of things. If you work good alone you'll be fine. Here and there you'll work and help other associates which is no problem just get the stuff done.,"WORSE management system I have ever experienced. They really treat you like nobody and don't really at all check on you if your doing everything. A LOT of slackers who will take advantage of the opportunity to just walk slow, no sense of urgency. How does the company expect to have people stay and be committed when they bust their behinds off but others go under the radar. I've worked retail and just the vibes I got alone from the HR and some managers were careless. How does the HR walk up to you and ask where your badge is and when you say oh its my first day then the HR writes your name down in her book then a few hours later when you go to check out you tell them I extended a little and they go where is your badge... I just told you earlier and then they ask for your name again then when you say it they realize they wrote it down already. A LOT of managers or whoever the higher ranks are just sit around on the computers staring at the screen. Some managers are out there working others relaxing. NO ONE holds anyone accountable. About 20 people didn't show up to there shifts and the team leader goes well that's worse then yesterday...... no team spirit, all individuals, no chemistry. The warm up stretch alone is.... how do you expect to be limber and ready to work if anything your just going through the motions such a waste of time. There are other ways to warm up the body and get the blood running instead of STATIC stretches.....","Treat your employees with more respect and as human beings. They are the ones on their feet 8-11hrs in a day grinding while you guys sit around and talk and chit chat. LETS get some stuff done and contribute as a team. BUILD a stronger team with better chemistry and high attitude workers. Literally a fresh out of high school job. Just from my previous management experience, a team that gets to know one another and a MANAGER who goes all out and sells out for the team will be respected the most and things will get done a lot faster and you will have more determined workers. WATCH your employees, A LOT of slackers slide under the radar, excuse this excuse that, handle it. Amazon prime and shipping is all the highlights and fame behind amazon, but in reality its behind the scenes people don't see. The life of a minimum wage worker busting their balls to earn a paycheck but no one notices them instant loss of a valuable member. NO ONE SMILES OR TALKS ALL NEGATIVE VIBES.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16045,amazon,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Keep Your Head Down,"There are genuinely good and friendly people, if you keep your head down.","But there's also a some that will let you feel that you are not welcome, particularly if you are a minority. Some I know quit because of this. Warehouse is big, lots of space to stay clear from these people.",Management should constantly remind everybody that Amazon does not tolerate racism.,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16046,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Virtual Customer Service,Get to work in the comfort of your home.,Getting screamed at your whole shift for things that are completely out of your control. There were time I'd go on my break and cry because some people can truly be so mean if there packages are a day freaking late.,none,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16047,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, if you're willing to put in the work",Ease of promotion if you're willing to put in the work.,Easy to stay in one place if you don't try.,Be a little more encouraging and not so competitive.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16048,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Great benefits. Making new friends, of course be aware people come from all walks of life and some have issues, even the managers.","Tough work, it's all about making or exceeding rate to fulfill orders. Advancement based on who you know, attempts to correct still need tweaked.",Keep getting employee feedback.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16049,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Good hrs Meet new people Easy to change or move up in positions Benefits,Too many hrs No work life balance Can call you in at any time off your schedule Treat you like robots,Work with employees before discipline,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P824.htm
16050,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not Bad, Not Good","Free workout, Relatable employees, Health and Dental Insurance...","Tedious Work, Always Changing Work Flow and Staff, No sick excuses even if you get sick at work, AMCare doesn't care, staff relationships are annoying, short breaks, DO NOT WORK ANOTHER LABOR JOB when working this one you will cry!","Allow people to switch it up, faster promotions or training on different positions, flexibility when employees get sick",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16051,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Sorter,grunt,decent pay for part time,management and walmart mentality of staffing,value better people not all employees are the same,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16052,amazon,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy money fast pace work enviroment great benefits.,Ten hour shifts 4 days a week. Great benefits. Paid training. Alot of perks like employee discounts. Casual dress code.,"Mandatory overtime. Work with temps that don't really care about the job. No clinment control, gets really hot in summer and very cold in winter.",Be more understanding with employees.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16053,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Great job opportunity to grow,10 hour long shift daily,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16054,amazon,none," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not the best, not the worst",It isn't a hard job. First warehouse job but I heard that it's better than other warehouse jobs.,The work can be very tedious and boring.,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16055,amazon,"Lisle, IL"," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Poor management,"The Hours are flexible and there are several shifts to choose from. Pay is ok, higher than minimum wage. Work is simple, not a lot to concentrate on.","Work hard without any recognition. Most people don't stay and neither do the managers. I've been there 9 months and have seen around 5 managers come and go. The harder you work, the more they expect. If you don't work hard, they don't reprimand you, seems like working slower is better at this company.",Value your employees and your turn over rate wouldn't be so high,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16056,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate Stower,"Just make sure you never get sick, and make sure you don't have a slight lisp",Instant full-time job with no interview required.,"If you sign up for direct deposit, they will disregard it and send you a pay card anyways. If you sign up for front-half day shift, they will disregard it and give you back-half night shift. If you are a socially awkward person and/or end up getting ill on the job, they will hold you in a room for 3 hours accusing you for coming to work drunk and a doctor will come and do a test. The only plus side to this is you still get paid for basically being held in a room by yourself sitting. Also the shifts are really inconvenient. It would be better if it was ordinary 8 hour shifts over 5 days rather than 10 hour shifts over 4 days because that is just way too tiring for such a physical job.","People have different speech mannerism, personality types, and people do get ill. It doesn't mean that they are druggies because they are different, but I guess that's too be expected for a rural suburb",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16057,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Growth, Leadership, Network, Get job that you really love, diverse",Work life balance sometimes but worth it,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16058,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"The company is dog-friendly and the dress code is casual (see ya, high heels!). The expansion/growth strategy is staggering and it's kind of cool to get to go into all the new buildings in Seattle.","There are very few perks (just three, actually: 1) dog-friendly, 2) casual dress, and 3) free tampons) and the total benefit package is lackluster. Most work spaces are ""high density"", which means an open area crammed full of desks, such that it's too loud to even have work-related phone calls from your desk. Your compensation package will be stock-rich and base poor. Do not expect annual base increases to even match typical cost of living increases. A 2.5% increase is rare. Instead, you might get stock grants for two years in the future (but will you be able to stay long enough for vesting?). Amazon does not believe in motivating behaviors through any sort of positive reinforcement.",Focus on hiring managers who have demonstrated emotional intelligence and empower them to independently reward employees.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16059,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Translation Specialist,Mixed Bag,Easy to identify with the company. They offer great services and focus on the customer experience. Lots going on. Lots of training available.,Too chaotic. They are clearly loosing focus. They have 14 leadership principles but most employees are just using them as talking points to get stuff.,"More focus, less chaos.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P825.htm
16060,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime now,Not enough hours Not enough for pay after working Management is horrible when it comes to handling situations,Great experience Don't have to worry about people other than coworkers Flexible schedule Don't let you get more than 20 hrs a week Pay every two weeks,They not to listen to the employee more because we deal wit the work and we have to deal with things every time it changes in the facility .,5.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16061,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Development Engineer,"Big opportunities, work satisfaction, immediate realization of customer impact, big ROI for the hard work and big impact. Always fun to work on any project.",Operations load and resource crunch can sometimes affect the productivity and slow down innovation.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16062,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Overnight),TRAINING FOR NEW HIRES ...NEEDS SERIOUS OVERHAUL,Great benefits.... day one... great pay ...&..schedule....managers extremely nice and willing to help you with anything... I love stowing which is kind of repetitive but I thrive in that type of work because it's repetitive but yet it's still different with each tote,TRAINING TRAINING TRAINING.....  BREAKS.... we get two 15-minute breaks and one thirty minute lunch you can a 15 minute break with it in the middle of the first four and a half hours but it does not seem like that because sometimes by the time you get to your break area it is time to go back because the warehouse is so large especially if you smoke... no company t-shirts when you get hired on you have to earn points to receive them I ruined one of my favorite shirts on my second day and the points to earn them it takes a long time to accrue enough.......,"The training needs to be overhauled extremely. On my training day I could barely hear over the loudness of the conveyor belts and all the work going on plus we are thrown right into the mix on day one. Especially me as a stower which we are held accountable for our errors. The second we touch a scanner I think it would be way more cost-effective for ICQA....if especially Stower's and Pickers had a full day of training in a classroom with a simulation type Warehouse floor about 50 of us got hired on and we all got write-ups from day one errors which were training days and that is very damaging on MORAL... I don't know anybody who's not going to make a mistake in that environment on day one...... and I would suggest like a A to Z guide for each department on the rules guidelines do's and don'ts example me as a store a guide on the rules of ASIN....BIN ETIQUETTE...SCANNING....""MACHINE GUNNING""...RATES.........WHAT ARE CONSIDERED LOW VELOCITY ITEMS....TOT. Few people I talk to are scared to go to the bathroom because of time off task there are still certain sounds and features on my scanner that I still don't even know what they mean or do  SHIRTS when hired... few of us ruined SHIRTS with spilled motor oil & and it makes a few of us frustrated about the weekly raffles which we do love but they're giving away TVs and Fire Sticks but we cannot get a t-shirt when you're hired  And maybe possibly letting us know where problem solvers are so we don't wander aimlessly and cause TOT!  Also having managers lead off with the constructive criticism instead of negative",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16063,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Associate,Most of the staff are friendly,"Management is unorganized, tasks are unevenly distributed",none,1.0,none,none,1.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16064,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,VCC Reserves Flex Schedule,"Flexible Schedule, choose from a pool of hours posted weekly. Can work up to 40 hours a week, 60 during peak season. Work from home, ability to cancel shift 24 hours ahead. Must only work 1 hour per pay period to keep the job. If you are tech savvy, the training is sufficient to succeed in this job. I love it! You work independently, if you mess up you will get a meeting with your lead. You can mess up 4 times in 3 months ( miss shift) before you get a written notice. I can't complain, blessed to have this job!",None that I can think off. Occasionally technical issues with VPN,Just keep checking on employees over the internal messenger if you know they are struggling. But we usually help each other at Amazon.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16065,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Apr 2, 2017",Former Employee - Pit Trainer,Use Caution,I loved the job and the people I worked with.,HR makes a routine habit of fabricating reasons to fire people just to reduce payroll.,Treat your employees better and don't make up reasons to fire people.,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16066,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its hard,"fast pace, performing stock, lear a lot","culture, lack of collaboration, selfishness",collaboration,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16067,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,LOVE!,"I love my job Amazon provides a fast paced environment with SO much room for growth, I work with highly intelligent people who have been able to support in my development as well!",None :) The company is fast paced which for some can be tough but it perfect for me!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16068,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,The Good and the Bad,"Plenty of opportunity for growth. You will get a chance to work with some of the smartest people you will ever meet. Fast paced environment that allows you to truly leave a mark on something at Amazon, which can be thrilling.","You will work with some of the most egotistical people you will ever meet. This can be a challenge when trying to build positive team enviroments. Tons of manager changes. I have had more than 13 direct managers in under 6 years at Amazon. The burnout is real. You need to either be willing to work massive hours, or set boundaries and keep them. There will always be someone who is going to stay longer than you, you need to be willing to be ok with the work you put in. Don't become a drone","They wouldn't listen anyway. The best thing that happened to Amazon was the NYT article, which leadership swears was not the reason why we now have paternal leave, no more stack rankings, and no more anytime feedback, but we all know that was the biggest factor.",3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16069,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Freedom of expression and ideas. They welcome all creativity. Good money, good co-workers.",Work life balance can be overwhelming.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P826.htm
16070,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal sortation,"They hire anyone, that is as long as you pass the background and drug test that they give you on the spot.",If you can't work the hours they gave you it may take a lot longer to hear back from them. So be sure you can work What is given to you.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16071,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice to getting start,"Bar is not that high, and there you could learn lots of stuff",Payment is not as attractive as other big companies,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16072,amazon,"Acworth, GA"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative -reserve,Customer Service Associate- Reserve,You make your own schedule. Excellent online environment in chat rooms and social media. Leadership uses constructive criticism. Work from home,"Personal technical/internet issues prevent you from working and you get infractions that can ultimately cause you to lose job for problems outside of your control. You also, don't get paid while troubleshooting beyond 5 minutes.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16073,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prep,"13.75 for fulltime, good benifits, paid vacation hours onced used up you only have unpaid hours and you cant go negative on unpaied or youll get fired. only worked 4 days but 11 or 10 hrs shifts a day","11 hr shifts no enough time on breaks crowded H.S drama multiple unqualified managers,",actaully work,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16074,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,prime now,company has employee's discount online,"management not good,doesn't have commission",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16075,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,have opportunities to learn a lot of new knowledge. people there are very smart,"some managers are bad, tough.",need to respect employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16076,amazon,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - IT Applications Engineer,Always Challenging,"Lot of opportunities, new Challenges, thinking outside box, customer focus, teaches priorities management, time management, embellishes Amazon principles in ones life","Highly stressful, seeps into ones personal life, often manager doesn't know where to stop and while run employee's dry. Urgency to deliver everything takes toll on people",Observe pattern of managers or management to identify issues in team.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16077,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High growth company,With Amazon for 8+ years. It is an exciting place to work with so many things happening around the company. If you like to do a variety of things then Amazon is a good place to work.,Pace can be intense but tends to vary by organization.,"As company matures, need to provide a bit more defined career paths across all functions.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16078,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Your work schedule is very flexible,They only offered part time positions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16079,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Permanent full time job with benefits.,I have no complaints about working at Amazon.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P827.htm
16080,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing leadership skills,I love using leadership skills in my daily life too for my personal growth,"Sometimes, these skills get overboard. However, they have now changed it to strengths model 😊",Include employee obsession along with customer obsession,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16081,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good side job,"At work, overtime is nice",The job can get really busy,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16082,amazon,"New York, NY"," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get in and get out - make the most of your time,"Innovative company, smart people, and the culture of curiosity","no work / life balance, poor employee relationship expectations, leadership at all levels is misguided in their priorities. Many of the leaders are first time people leaders","Learn how to lead a team, not just a business. Invest in your people.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16083,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Warehouse Associate,Pay rate from beginning to end,Hard on body and standing all day,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16084,amazon,"South Bend, IN"," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mturk,Work when ever you want,Sometimes not much pay no good hits,None I work remote never had a boss,5.0,5.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16085,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,The career opportunities here are boundless. You have to look after yourself here because no one else will,The working hours and work life balance varies greatly on your team and there is really no company wide standard,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16086,amazon,none," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Customer Service Associate,Working from home is the only pro I can think of.,There is not enough training for this job. Training is only 1 week of self-paced computer modules.,Customer Service Representatives are the face of your company. They are very important and should be treated as such. No CSR should be making less than $12.00 per hour in 2017.,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16087,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Head of Vendor Management,"Great place to work, tough culture","Ambitious pace, super smart people, I deeply admire the company, compensation mostly based on RSU's. Amazon best years are yet to come","Tough culture, people that are harsh and to some extent rude tend to do well and get promoted. That said, culture has been improving since the NYT article",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16088,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Employee Level 4,Good option for your Resumé and a big opportunity to learn how a leader is expected to be (think big).,"My manager was never willing to explain a thing. Having one month at the company, he got me into a performance improvement program even when, he knew I was having a learning curve. My life balance was horrible, i was working weekends too because of the workload. I always came into the office like 8:30 am and leave the company 8pm or 11pm (was crazy).  Amazon its a good opportunity for those with no life balance.",Make the company a great place to work. Happy employees will make happy customers.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16089,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Flow QB,Outbound Flow /QB,"I love working for Amazon, Benefits are great, pay is great. Work 4 days On 3 days off, great people. Awesome work environment. Constantly evolving",Having no choice to work an hour early or an hour later on MOT days,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P828.htm
16090,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Apr 15, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Smoke & Mirrors!,"Great pay for Amazon employees (Integrity, inbound and outbound, and seasonal employees get paid pennies), excellent benefits","Horrible work environment, attendance policy definitely requires you to die to miss work.","Be more understanding that employees are human, not robots.",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16091,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life balance,worst work life balance ever,good technical challenges and cutting edge platforms and services,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16092,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not difficult,"Better worker better treatment is the name of the game, 3 days off kind of",Long work hours not great for home time,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16093,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's great if you really really need it,"They hire you immediately when you apply online, drug test is oral so unless you're lighting up in the parking lot, everyone passes, and the pay and benefits are not so bad.",The work is hellish. 10 hour days with constant movement.,None,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16094,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Pick,Great insurance and good people overall. If you do your job all is good.,They have a few rules that make them lose employees too easy. They seem to have trouble keeping people for long because of this.,Stop treating people like children.,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazon managers review,"Challenging work, like a startup",No perks in Amazon. Only paid salary,Keep doing the great things,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16096,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Pick, pack and sort orders. Receive and stow items. Wrap palates and stage for shipment and checking inventories.",The work is easy but needs your motivation to meet the expectation. You can set your own schedule and can work up to 30 hrs per week.,I don't see any challenging thing. The managers are always there whenever we need help.,Some employees need to work full time as long as there is the need of man power let them do it. They have been there more than a year.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16097,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Web Developer,Depressing,1. money to pay for life. 2. healthcare 3. something to do,1. most backstabbing(survivor like culture) place I have ever worked. 2. will work you to death. 3. you will hate waking up and going to work. pretty much my only motivation was the welfare of my family.,I know advice will fall of deaf ears. the only hope to improve the life of these employees is government intervention. No one should have to live in constant fear of being replaced.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16098,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Waterspider/Picker/Counter/Stower,High pressure to meet quotas. Go for job levels above tier 1,"Good benefits traded for hard work (vision, health, dental, 401k,stocks, etc)",Managers and leaders will act like they are better than you. Expect results that even they cannot provide. Childish bribaries and competitions to make people work harder. Praise is given only because they are told to do so.,"There is no light at the end of the tunnel, give people something they can work up to without sacrificing their health to meet quotas. Otherwise the Tier 1 workers become nothing but dead-end factory workers.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16099,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stower,Inbound Stower,"There are great benefits. The health insurance is very good and affordable. They give stock that is vested after 2 years working there and offer 401k matching. They give 1 week of vacation, 6 personal days and 80 hours of unpaid time off per year. There are 6 paid holidays...New Years, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you are scheduled to work on a holiday then you get paid double time. We work four 10 hr days a week. There are often opportunities for overtime. They do a lot of promoting from within.","Most shifts will require you to work either a Saturday or Sunday. The work is very physically demanding. You must be able to be on your feet for 10 hours a day and lift up to 50 pounds. During peak, November-December, overtime is mandatory. I worked 6 10 hr days each week. It can make the holiday season less enjoyable.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P829.htm
16100,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Great people, lots of fun and we work hard.",long hours and extended days during peak,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16101,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,"Amazing, enduring culture, smart people, really exciting work.","Pace of innovation, the way business decisions are made, ability to work at ""start-ups"" within a big corporate culture. Love working here.","Experience can vary by team, getting little slow, bureaucratic as it grows bigger, promotions take long. Still love working here",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16102,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager Churn,"Above-market compensation (especially when stock does well), outstanding technology to work with, extremely high talent level in salaried positions","No priority for work/life balance for salaried employees, extreme frugality leads to stretching managers to the point of rapid burnout, very high turnover leads to wasted time training people only to see them depart",Do something significant to improve manager turnover rate so you don't continue to have to lower hiring standards,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16103,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"great pay and benefits, there is always overtime.",You do have to stand on your feet for 10 hours straight,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16104,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director Ops,Compensation and RSUs are great,the Work/Life balance is missing,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16105,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon outbound picker-seasonal,"Co-workers, fast paced to make day go by fast, 4 10 hour work days, reasonable pay for part time/seasonal work, lose weight because constantly moving","30 min lunches and two 15 min breaks which are hardly breaks, get written up for not meeting daily picking goals, not enough carts/scanners, if going through a starting agency its difficult to have Amazon/staffing agency communicate, no room for advancement or","Be on the same page with all information - especially with New hired/seasonal hires Be more empathetic to employees trying to meet daily pick goals when there are too many employees working, not enough carts/scanners, unorganized bins/blocking aisles",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16106,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Self Employed,Internet retail,Stock options. Hiring bonus. No real dress code.,100% on feet. 11+ hours a day. Poor management/leadership. Ambiguous expectations.,"Read ""how to win friends and influence people"" by Dale Carnegie.",3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16107,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Amazon is Amazing,The people you work with. Everyday is inspiring and innovating. It is fun and exciting.,Salary increases are not always the best.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16108,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place To Work,There are some many great opportunities at Amazon. There are new cool projects to work on all the time. I appreciate the genuine customer focus.,There is never a shortage of work to do. You need to look at and set your boundaries clearly.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16109,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager Software Development Engineering,"Senior Manager, Software Development","Amazing place to learn, accelerate your growth as an engineer or leader, and to build products that are used by thousands of customers.","Can be very fast paced and swallow up new hires before they even learn to be effective. Really take time to figure out the one or two areas to focus early on, then extend and expand as you are ready to take on more.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P830.htm
16110,amazon,"Shoreline, WA"," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Nice but hours are scarce,"Managers are really nice, working environment is pretty relaxing and co workers are chill",Very difficult to find hours Lack of management Boring and repeatitive sequences,Find a better way to adjust hours for old employee,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16111,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,it was a great experience work together as a team.,more expectations than capacity in fast paced.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16112,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Good environment, Nice people, decent pay.","Long Days are a minus, but other than that its pretty good",Add more opportunities to move up in line.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16113,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work. Just work hard.,The pay is decent. 3 days off.,Large building. No other cons.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16114,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Opptunities,Full of opportunities to understand the top tier companies.,It would do a little bit better to provide crystal promotion path or role model to follow for the career path.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16115,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Worker Elves,Great benefits and career development,Long hours and time off accommodations,Develop those who want to be developed,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16116,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Every Team is Different,Compensation package is good. Peers are good people.,Training/onboarding is lacking. Especially since every team is different. Inheriting a complexly designed software product when original engineers have left is tricky and not fun. It makes it hard to simplify the product and improve oncall experience.,Recognize and prioritize employees' pain. It's as important as customer obsession.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16117,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulliment Associate,Good pay Good benifets Nice co workers,Poor communication with in the building,Talk to you associates more,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16118,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not all it's cracked up to be,"Great health insurance, only pay a small stipend a pay check, good leadership","Role diversity scarce, internal transfers require 60-90 days on the job, requirements to meet certain standards increase, chances of on-site injuries increase over time.","Allow associates to learn new job roles to let members become diverse in areas, allowing for more flexibility and reduces turn around rate on employees.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16119,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Benefits: like personal time and vacation,Upping production rates too often,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P831.htm
16120,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Flex Driver,Flex driver,They have flexible schedules and decent pay.,"They are so impersonal, all hiring and firing done by anon yous letters, you don't feel human.",Your technology is awful and collects data and then evaluates based on incorrect information and gives no details when saying your performance lacks. This company is the worst!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16121,amazon,none," May 15, 2017","Former Employee - Corporate Counsel, Patents",Just a sweatshop with no personal or career growth,Amazon makes some great products so it is fun to be part of that,Worst management I have had in my career. Virtually no interest in providing employees with an interesting and fulfilling career.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16122,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A solid company to work for,Great Pay Great Training Opportunities to show your talents across multiple teams,Goals across different teams are not aligned leading to confusion on what needs to be done Work/Life Balance could be better,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16123,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,"Great overall, there is a lot to learn if you haven't worked with AWS","Too much to learn, too little time to learn",Secure learning time for new hires so they would become more productive at a faster pace.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16124,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,good salary over and team,long hours and unmanageable deadlines,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16125,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"The work is interesting, can fluctuate from​ day to day.",All the negative attitudes and Debby downers. Lots of under appreciation as well.,"We are people, not machines.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16126,amazon,"Tampa Palms, FL"," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"better than other jobs I've worked, but the schedule and pay are so good for a parent.",above average pay for entry level position. easy to learn job. full benefits. pto/upt,"long hours of fast paced, mindless work. mandatory overtime,",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16127,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good company overall,Great benefits for part-time employees,"If you are one of managements ""favorites"" you will not go any higher than a part-time associate.",none,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16128,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Endless opportunity with some downsides,"Amazon has plenty of opportunities for you to find exactly what you're looking for in a role. With the diverse array of businesses, a role change could be an industry change. There is no shortage of exciting work.","Given the pace of Amazon, work/life balance can be a struggle to maintain. There isn't much training available (even for the most commonly used systems) so most everything is learned while doing or through reading an internal wiki. This creates unnecessarily steep learning curves. There is a significant lack of diversity.",Develop real training programs. Put more effort into diversity. Seek to understand why so many good people have a desire to leave then address those issues.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16129,amazon,"Tacoma, WA"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Energetic friendly people to work with everyday!,Possible swing and night shifts,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P832.htm
16130,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,About to Begin Work,Benefits from Day 1 Flexible Hours,Music is not allowed during work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16131,amazon,none," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound,Benefits and time off are great,Amazon is not interested in keeping employees for extended time and will ensure if you don't move up they will get rid of you.,Management should be trained to do all jobs prior to being loosed in the plant,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16132,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr Program Manager,"- Focus on Innovation and Big idea, Company is working on a lot of interesting and innovative things - Data driven company so any recommendation need to be backed up by numbers - Customer Centric",- I did not believe Amazon was kind of a place that is described by new York times article until I experienced a bad pocket in amazon myself - The group I worked for had a lot of conflicts between leaders and team morale was quite low. The person I was reporting was horrible and gave me projects which are no where related to the reason I was hired in the job. - They ended up giving me a PIP six months in the job despite I had Outperform rating in the previous year. My manager forced me to signed PIP document and kept on finding faults in my work. She gave me 6 things to do to turn things around plan. I worked diligently on the plan but despite this she tried with all her might to find fault in the work I did. It was a clear indicator was she has clear interest in finding all faults in the work I was doing. This was the worst experience of my life to work with such person and getting hammered for everything I worked for. There were no checks on this manager and her manager blindly trusted what she portrayed. HR had no interest in listening to the argument.,"Overall, Amazon is company that has potential to become the most valued company in the world but they need to keep such managers in check and identify individuals with huge turnover of the team. Though, I had a bad experience, I truly believe that Amazon hired pretty smart people, and are doing a lot of innovation. I advice people who want to apply to Amazon with a lot of caution as you will be working for your manager and his/ her manager. So, please make sure you join the right team as if you end up in wrong pocket it can derail your life and unnecessarily add stress to your life.",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16133,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good pay,"Good pay, lots of room to move",Management usually doesn't know what's going on any more than the employees,At least appear more in control please,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16134,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's an ok company to work for,* Work with some of the very smart persons in the industry * Have a chance to make impact to a large number of customers,* Compensation and perks are not that great compare to other good company * Some time politics and bureaucracy impact the work and performance of the team,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16135,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company,Happy with work life and personal life balance.,Increments are not as similar as companies profits.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16136,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Warehouse worker,Benefits hours. Paid time off,Work hard night shift really stressful,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16137,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Run Away,Easy to get hired. other than that there is no reason to work here,You will get treated like a slave. If you make 99% of your rate then you will get written up. Dog eat dog culture. Management doesn't care about you at all they only care about how many products you can get out. Glad that I left. The values that they teach during orientation are BS. Work here and see for yourself. The Managers are awful . Unreal Expectations.,We are not robots. We are Human.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16138,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations manager,Very competitive work environment . Having great people skills is a bonus. Large number of associates but awesome systems to strategize forecast. Smart team members all over the company,Work life balance is a challenge. A lot of young leaders given large departments but didn't have the people skills or understanding of team caused associates barriers.,Continue to listen to the voice of the associates .,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16139,amazon,"Riverview, FL"," May 14, 2017",Former Employee - Night Stocker,Don't go there,Decent people work there and do their best,They find unjustified reasons to fire you,Stop the high rate of turnovers,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P833.htm
16140,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Very Fortunate To Work Here but Could Do Better,- Decent benefits for a tech company including good health care and commuter benefits - Fast and innovative projects - Great opportunities to own projects on multiple levels - Decent career growth,- Women typically make less than men - Knowledge of certain systems and seniority are valued higher than treating people with respect (as in someone can call your ideas stupid or you ignorant as long as their justification behind it is fine) - Subpar benefits compared to other big name companies,- Give women and men similar salaries - as in don't give women higher projects and more work and then pay her less than her male coworkers - Provide equal opportunities to deserving employees,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16141,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Mar 25, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"It's like a family once you get to meet people. Managers and process assistants (assistant managers) are awesome and treat workers like friends rather than employees. Chances of moving up if you work hard. Bonuses every month depending on your attendance and building success. Vacation, paid time, unpaid time hours granted in order to take time off as needed. Too many pros to list, overall great place to work.","HR team is horrendous. Had to quit because they couldn't do their job right and was affecting me. Work can be hard, but if you are a hard worker and if you make friends you'll have so much fun working there.","None, they are one of the main reasons why this facility is great.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16142,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Payroll,payroll,The Schedule is flexible and salary is good. I can combine with my studies. This job makes my life easier.,The only bad thing is that if I break the car I can not work or study until they fix my car,The employees would need a vehicle and a company cell phone. So they would do a much more professional job,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16143,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good pay,"Good pay, lots of room to move",Management usually doesn't know what's going on any more than the employees,At least appear more in control please,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16144,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Decent,Lots of time off and great pay with benefits.,"Extremely micromanaged, physically demanding and very minimal mental engagement.",My manager is fantastic.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16145,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok job,"Some advancement, 3 days off","Management needs more experience, too many policy changes",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16146,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Very hard on warehouse associates,The insurance is great. PTO and Vacation time is good.,The rate for associates is very high. They give written action even when you make 90 percent rate. It is crazy. They keep raising the rate also. When you have a written action you cannot change jobs either. There is not any opportunity for advancement unless you have a degree. I am very disappointed with Amazon.,Stop raising the rates. Make the the rates for large items lower than for small. We continue to bring this up in the All Hands meetings and it is not addressed as it should be. The equipment needs to be repaired on pick carts. This is a billion dollar company and the equipment is in disrepair.,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16147,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - IT Technician,Associate,Flexible with schedules if you work in support departments. Good benefits.,Most floor positions have to make rate,Eliminate rate,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16148,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Many opportunities for OT, Various time off options, Easy work","Clear signs of Favoritism, Difficult internal transfers",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16149,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation Specialist,"Very dynamic environment, constantly evolving and a lot to learn, creativity paired with smartness is valued","smartness is valued over hardwork,skill and knowledge, very poor HR structure, employee benefits are next to none, very poor work life balance",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P834.htm
16150,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a very innovative place,"Innovative environment, working on ever changing things, improving every single detail of the warehouse","Stressful environment, no team spirit, cut throat competition",Start treating people as people and not machines,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16151,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh...,"$10/hr is pretty nice, I guess.",There could be a bit more help in training.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16152,amazon,"Ontario, CA"," Apr 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse- Picker,Good pay good hours Good management,Stale Environment Boring Hot warehouse environment too much walking!,sector off the warehouse more smaller sections would raise pick rate and employees wouldn't have to walk as much.,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16153,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"The warehouse pay is competitive, and benefits are very good.",The hours and shifts can be very long.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16154,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - FQA,FQA,Amazon is a great company to work for because they care a lot about their employees.,Delivery process needs to be improved,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16155,amazon,none," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN,Discount and some of the people you work with,"Leadership, HR, will surprise you with mandatory OT at the last minute, you are only another number",GET A PERSONALITY! Form relationships with your employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16156,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Flex,Love the flexibility - easy to make own hours without a huge commitment.,"Hard to get shifts. Usually completely booked, and STILL HIRING.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16157,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learnt a lot with lot of passion,That was the fast growing group in north India Leary a lot and growing with my company join that company as asst managar grow up to sr managar,Direct reporting to owners Handling whole group from sales maketing and business development of automobile and food and retail and education,Best company for employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16158,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Ok,"Interesting problems, good scaling experience and nice culture of experiment and trying out new things and bold ideas and customer focus",No work life balance salary is low managers are bad vp's are super arrogant. Old timers are very old school in thinking,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16159,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Potentially Good if on Right Team,- Lots of huge/complex challenges to solve - Some smart folks to work with - Great initial cash bonuses - Technology organization where everything works - Data driven,- Mechanical people - Huge work load and constant work expectations - Not a good environment for people that have priorities outside of work - Blame culture - Metrics obsession to Orwellian proportions - Amazon principles are a sham generally twisted and defined as needed,"The NYT articles and folks jumping off buildings are real. Do something about it. Also, not everyone on the planet has your world view or lack of empathy.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P835.htm
16160,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,stocker,alot of work and not enough pay,there is alot of over time available,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16161,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,They have decent management and workers,We are heavily overworked and sometimes underappreciated,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16162,amazon,"Piscataway, NJ"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solution architect,"Fun, nice place to work",Nothing bad I can say,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16163,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Best Job Ever,"Potlucks, Insurance, 401K, Tons of food, Employee Perks, It's actually fun!","You have to handle rude customers, Time monitored closely",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16164,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,- High amount of ownership - Great Senior Leadership - Constantly changing and fact-paced environment,- Work-Life Balance - Lack of support resources,Provide more of a paved career path for long tenured employees,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16165,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2017",Former Employee - University Recruiter,Great Company University Recruiting team is HORRIBLE.,- Impact: you will get to work on incredibly impactful projects and tackle really interesting challenges - Amazon has a lot of great teams and managers (I just happened to have joined the most notorious team in all of recruiting),- Escalation culture - UR team management has been there for 10 years and only been promoted twice. This breeds a very unhealthy culture.,"Hire new UR managers that have helped scale other companies' UR efforts. Amazon's College Recruiting team has a horrendous turnover rate, burns out their employees, leaves a poor candidate and employee experience, internal teams do not trust UR to fill their needs, etc etc. Look into the management on the team and actually do something about it. Instead of having several ""investigations"" in which nothing comes out of it.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16166,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service Associate,"entry level, easy hiring process, flexibility","management, low pay, no challenges",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16167,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business analyst,Standard technician screening and case questions,Way too tie up to Amazon principles,Give the candidate more guideline on leadership principle,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16168,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Process Guide,Political Company,Good people very friendly,"Hard work, and hard to move up. If you want to move up do a bad job they move up those that dont make goal.",Give the hard workers a chance we work hard to move up.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16169,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,You CAN do better.,"They pay you money for your soul and your life outside of work. Oh, and there's free pain relief medication at the end of the day.",You will be treated like you are nothing more than a bag of meat to move one item to the next place.,"What management? The kids in orange vests? They learned how to be ""leaders"" by people that have no business being in charge. Most people have brains even if you don't, respect that.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P836.htm
16170,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,ICQA,"great pay, great befits, co workers are cool. one can move up","hard work, long days,",none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16171,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far so good,I like working with my team.,2% 401k match. No food. Frugal.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16172,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"Great benefits, bonuses possible, pay raises, easy work","Long hours (10), horrible place for social butterflies, overtime gets called often",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16173,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"Plenty of UPTO and PTO, good benefits, great exercise, clinic in warehouse","Warehouse is usually warm on the 4th floor, unable to listen to music while working.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16174,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full-Time Warehouse Associate,Benefits start from day 1,low wage but you move up fast,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16175,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place,"Casual and innovative, never board","Technical debt, over focus on new features",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16176,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for go-getters,Amazing growth potential and ability to change positions across entire company  Managers very supportive and so are co-workers,Can be stressful and not for those who want to have a strict 9-5. This is not that type of job and can require lots of overtime. Work comes home sometimes even when managed properly.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16177,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place to work but you need to proactively navigate and do what you want,"Full of opportunities. If you have a good idea, the sky is a real limit. There are so many different business and funding for great ideas.",Hard to navigate. Transparency may be a problem in tech teams,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16178,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Office Politics are a Nightmare..,Great to gain experience and networking opportunities. Allows a lot of freedom to be innovative and independent. Looks good on paper.,Too many chiefs....is similar to either high school or a daycare....unskilled middle management.....office politics....sabatage...robotic....mind numbing.....exhausting unless you play the game.,"Cut middle management or have more than one smaller management in each area to prevent harassment and not leave team feeling stuck. Also, you have lost sight of the bigger picture, Solve real problems before wasting time on less important issues.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16179,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Great opportunity to get on your feet. You'll meet some good people and have a chance to win merchandise during peak season. It will keep you in shape.,Physical demand is very high.,N/A,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P837.htm
16180,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Would not recommend, college hires please stay away","stock package incentive, bonus, relocation package","long work hours, long walking hours, works you like a slave",care about your employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16181,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"meeting new people, getting to know the company and how it worked","making mistakes, hot environment, walking all day",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16182,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,The people here are great - real team environment.,Traffic in South Lake Union is very congested and the continued expansion of Amazon will only make that worse.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16183,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loving my job,Love my job love the people I work with,None I have no complaints,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16184,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Associate,Good pay Benefits are great Never boring,"Long hours, so be ready.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16185,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Tough Culture, long hours, leaders sit in ivory tower, promotions are hard to come by","Fast paced environment, innovative thinking, very smart and talented employees, compensation is fair, your ability to learn and grown if infinite because the company is continuously growing","Leadership sits in ivory towers and does not understand the level of work required to complete tasks, promotions are extremely difficult to come by and a very tough culture to collaborate with since all your peers will be high performing, smart and very successful which means everyone is out for themselves to move upwards",Fix your turnover and attrition levels,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16186,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be prepared to run!,"The company is extremely organzied and efficient. If you follow the guidelines, you'll do well there.","The mandatory overtime can be brutal! It takes a while to get in shape. So if you're not into a lot of walking, this is not the job for you.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16187,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,"Work - Life balance, Career advancement",Could increase the scope of the job,Increase future job advancement through internal sourcing,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16188,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average,They have decent benefits and the pay is pretty good. They also have growth potential they like to promote from within,There is no since of community or family. It's very large and impersonal. Not thrilled with them over all,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16189,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its an ok job,"Lots of overtime during the holidays, pay bonuses","Long hours of repetitive work, Management makes you feel like you are nothing but a machine that needs to hit rate all night every night even when the problem is something in the system",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P838.htm
16190,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Manager, Program Management",Good culture once you learn how to operate in the environment. Tremendous growth opportunities with rapid career acceleration.,Minimal respect for work life balance.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16191,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Stow,"Former picker, now stower",Steady 40 hours and nice checks,"Long shifts, high turnover, and barely ever speak to your manager",More communitcation with employes and more pto,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16192,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer New Grad,Excellent Projects and decent benefits,Excellent Software Projects and knowledgeable team,None yet ... may be we could get free lunches,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16193,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,amazon warehouse,"If you like being alone and quiet for the majority of a 10 hour shift, this is the right place for you.","you will be standing still for 10 hours facing only one direction and being constantly worried if you are reaching your hourly goal of how many items you need to scan. It really makes you feel like a soulless robot, only to remember that we have limbs and bones that require you at least move around and a brain that want you to talk to someone besides yourself for 10 hours. What makes it worse is that the job is so easy that after the first 10 minutes it feels like you've been working the whole day and then you glance at the time and you have 9 hours and 50 minutes left.",At least play music or a radio program or something other than the sound of machinery constantly moving around conveyer belts.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16194,amazon,"Braselton, GA"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Okay company to work for,Great benefits. Good hours. Only have to work 4 days a week. Get a monthly bonus and a raise every 6 months.,If Amazon could put out more money for our hourly wage It would help a lot. There is only scheduled overtime. Not a daily thing. Once you are in a department you are pretty much stuck. They don't do cross training all that often.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16195,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sde,Quality work. Good technical knowledge.,Too much pressure. Bad culture. Fingerpointing.,Nothing.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16196,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,"If you can make it here, you will do well any where.",Challenge yourself daily to do things you never thought you could do and push your own personal limits nearly every day.,The challenge takes a toll on your body and mind after some time. Repetitive tasks with high turnover in management.,Treat the staff like actual people and not machines or numbers. Use common sense and think before you speak sometimes.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16197,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon sort center employee,"Paid holidays, UPT, free vision and dental",Very hot in the summer. I don't think the AC turns on until 80,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16198,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working here is not that bad,"The best reason why to work here as full-time is b/c you only work 4 days a week. You'll get enough mount of time to rest 3 days off can't beat that. If you are on you're own with no family you can request overtime to stack up. Its not that hard working you just need enough energy, and stay dehydrated. Once you get hired as seasonal listen to the instructors BRING YOUR LUNCH!!! Make sure you bring something to snack on for break b/c you will need it to keep you going for the next 2 hours same as the 2nd break to finish the day. BAM!!! Then you out the building.",Working here with lack of energy is no good.,My manager was koo. I dont know why I got terminated so early. I only got 2 points for clocking out early twice. Then I hear something about time off tasking which is true but I barley started then got terminated that same week.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16199,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,Own your development,"Great, innovative company to work for.",Upper level roles have minimal work-life balance.,Don't forget your internals.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P839.htm
16200,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,Own your development,"Great, innovative company to work for.",Upper level roles have minimal work-life balance.,Don't forget your internals.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16201,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good pay,Benefits rock and pay is decent,Long abs gruesome hours. very strict.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16202,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Plan on Staying there long,The cafeteria is nice. Being able to work 4 days a week gives you a nice break.,Managament and Area Managers won't act on anything they say.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16203,amazon,none," May 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Picker,"it's a job, pay is decent",worst micro-management in the world,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16204,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,It's not what you think it would be like,"Compensation (wage--only when non-exempt because of OT, generous stock allotment), a credible company, affordable insurance benefits, 10% discount on items shipped and sold by Amazon. They hire alot of veterans and new college graduates.","Excessive overtime, minimal work-life balance, and not as many perks as you would think. If you are chosen to work nightshift, you basically wake up, go to work, leave work, sleep, and go back to work. During PEAK season (Thanksgiving to Christmas), the stress is even higher and hours are even more crazy. Everyone is required to work 6 days straight, associated and HR included. During this time it is not uncommon for managers to work 8+days straight. The fulfillment center environment is extremely different than the Seattle Corporate HQ that most people envision working at Amazon would be like. Their tuition reimbursement program only covers up to an Associate's degree on most popular fields of study. Stocks don't vest fully until after 4 years. 20% vests after the first year, then only 5% every 6 months.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16205,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,It all depends on your team,"Working here is great. Things are fast paced, and that can be overwhelming, but at least you're never bored.","Because there's so much growth and movement, we're constantly training new folks and still understaffed for our current projects. It can be tough to get everything accomplished.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16206,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"The medical, dental insurance and healthcare packages are nice. I believe they also have a 401 plan too.",A lot of movement through out the day and night. Lunch breaks are short.,Invest in better fans and throw in a Gatorade cooler.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16207,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great people!!","Management is amazing!! You always have the chance of doing more. The environment and atmosphere makes it an awesome place to work! We are all equal and push come to shove, everyone and I mean EVERYONE get's to work!",It's hard to get extra shifts.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16208,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"Have fun, work hard, make history!",Temperature control inst the best when you are working hard.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16209,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I'd recommend,"Great growth potential, wicked smart people to work with",Work satisfaction can vary a lot depending on team,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P840.htm
16210,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Seems great so far!!,They take care of their employees. They reimburse you just for showing up at the interview and provide breakfaSt and lunch during training. Lots more.,The initial pay is not great however I do not know if there's opportunity for bonuses and/or raises since I have not been there long.,I,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16211,amazon,"South San Francisco, CA"," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Wharehouse Worker,Not what I expected and the actual job is only about 5 seconds of the video they show you when entering the company.,"Gift cards get handed out for meeting goals pretty regularly, pizza sometimes on the weekend, usually can get overtime easily","Some very iffy coworkers, the managers are bad except for two(another person wrote they treat workers like children is true), you get worked like a slave, graveyard shift plus workload can leave you exhausted, low pay, toxic environment will make you angry even when you come in a good mood, the videos they make you watch for training are lies.",Raise the wages so people make more than they would at burger king then maybe ot would make more sense for people to stay regardless of the work expected to be done.,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16212,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Poor Company Culture and Employee Satisfaction,Good leadership principles by which to follow for all future employment and career ventures.,Employees are incentivized to denigrate their colleagues in order to see progress in their own career and gain favor of management.,"Promote a collegial atmosphere, focus on employee development and satisfaction, in order to reduce turnover and loss of good talent.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16213,amazon,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overworked by management,"Plenty of great opportunities and challenges, if you have management that will resource you properly. Some teams (orgs) appear to be properly resourced, while other teams and orgs are drastically under resourced (strategically lean they like to call it).","There is no time to do anything except keep the lights on, and keep up with admin work (emails, customer requests.","It's fine to keep teams a bit lean, but when you go to far, you start burning everybody out. When this happens, you start to see people leave, and more resource contention issues. You can't keep building an empire while strategically downsizing your engineer in teams. Hiring more support teams to clean up the mess caused by overwhelmed engineers is not the right answer either.",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16214,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Swim with the sharks and become one yourself,"Learn a lot with limited tools, helps motivated people learn more and do more.","Competitive for the wrong reasons, managers can allow people below them to fight for best position at the cost of actually managing their employees.","Hire actual people managers, not project managers forced to manage people",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16215,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good pay but physically demanding,Good pay Amazing studing opportunities Great benefits,Physically demanding Stressful Loud environment Crowded place in peak season,Keep the good work,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16216,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Clocking in and out,Great people great work environment. Company does great things for employees on special days.,They want you to be clocked in by start time 15 minutes before or you get disciplinet,Be more realistic especially when you have new people starting for you.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16217,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon, Area Manager","Great pay and benefits, Freedom to experiment and change things, co-workers","Work/life balance, If you're hired for an overnight shift, be prepared to not have that change.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16218,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Amazon is great,Great pay for the work being done.,Long hours and no chairs,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16219,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Esl pack couch,Because of there developed stools and basicaly my education also they welcome deversity,I don't have any idea about this,In my shift they are so hard work and so happy managers i apresute and let contenue there efort,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P841.htm
16220,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Esl pack couch,Because of there developed stools and basicaly my education also they welcome deversity,I don't have any idea about this,In my shift they are so hard work and so happy managers i apresute and let contenue there efort,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16221,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not good company to work,"Big company, good record in CV","too many politics, not good for career development. Less experienced manager",Have better manager training instead of hiring,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16222,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Nice starting salary and bonus,"They will work you till you fall over. I was used to working 15 hour night shifts with all manual labor as a manager because they decided to run so lean and send everyone home in order to break records. As a manager I got a 20 minute lunch break because we were even working during lunch sometimes with no breaks. I graduated college at 165 pounds and with 9 months of Amazon I got down to an unhealthy 137 due to a lack of time to eat and being thoroughly exhausted when I got home and just wanting to sleep. I was hired with a class of 14. I was the first to leave and then everyone else followed shortly behind me cause they had enough of Amazon's workplace etiquette as well as the lack of upper management. That facility currently has 3 of our 14 original hires and all 3 of them would quit tomorrow, but moving is expensive and some people can't afford to find another job. I don't care what the salary is at Amazon because you will not have time to spend your money, you will become unhealthy, and both your personal life and social life will fall apart. Absolutely awful company to work for and I advise any college graduate to stay far away. They may call you a manager but in reality you are far from it.","First off, get some actual management. My facility's management was pathetic and now I am a regional manager for a different company. If that facility were under me, I would have wiped the slate clean and told all of upper management to find another job. Problem is that Amazon is so big that they can't adequately address their employees concerns. I suggest corporate visit some fulfillment centers and see what they are actually doing. If the media were to film a shift with a Tier 1, they would be outraged. So my absolute advice to management is to DO YOUR JOB. That includes corporate management as well.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16223,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources,HR,"The city is good, close to water and the offices are in downtown.","The managers are stupid and arrogant. The best thing they do is to find ways to blame everything to their team members, they are scared to death of doing anything wrong. Terrible culture, not collaborative at all, employees fight with each other like dogs. Employees can not say anything to the managers, otherwise it is considered not taking their feedback seriously. No wonder employees typically leave in one to two years. No work life balance at all.","Fire the bad managers, they do nothing except abuse their power and get rid of people they don't like, no matter whether they are capable of their jobs.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16224,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service,"Cheap Outsourced non trained standardized tech level employees just like Uber, which is also a horrible display of Customer Service","Customer Service is Horrible . . . Really Poor, I mean, Poor, Outsourced Customer Service . . .",In source your Customer Service - going outsourced and having,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16225,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace and Interesting culture -depending on the organization one is in!,"Provides opportunity for great ownership, to thrive in culture of organized chaos and have fun during the journey.","Work life balance, Career Growth depends on direct managers and churn could cause people to restart from scratch again and again.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16226,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Great! If you put in the work.,Small team feel in a giant company. Flexible work schedule. Large influence on product design and decisions. Freedom to invent and think big. Opportunities to work on just about anything imaginable.,"As with a lot of other companies, Amazon is a ""golden handcuff"" company. Meaning, bonus compensation is via stocks that take a lot of time to vest, virtually chaining you.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16227,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Dead End Job,Little responsibility. Can bring animals to work.,"Structurally vicious, little opportunity for advancement, arbitrary promoting decisions.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16228,amazon,"Mundelein, IL"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous,Too Many Type A Personality Managers Not Enough Real Thinkers,Innovative Compensation Company Advancement Compensation (twice) yesmoney is great but not everything Traveling to various states for training,"Too many ""I'm smarter than you college kids"" Too many overbearing can't get promoted level 5 managers No support group nor successful onboarding for new hires No clear direction on day to day expectations Everyone has no problem with throwing each other ""under the bus"" Some ""upper"" management enjoy putting others on pedestals without not knowing all the info as to why some other managers are not where they should be, but who knows where the expectation is when there is ""no real clarity "" from hour to hour, minute to minute, second to second",If you seek to retain smart people you have got to do a better job with training and putting them in environments where they can truly succeed One should not feel inept and on the fence when they have the experience and education to be successful,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16229,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Field Transportation Specialist,Field Transportation Specialist,"Benefits, upward mobility if you are willing to relocate.","Long hours, not the best pay.","Management is great, Ops can be unapproachable at times.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P842.htm
16230,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Last Resort,Decent pay. Good exercise.,Long hours. Mandatory overtime. Short breaks.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16231,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Overnight Fulfillment Associate,Overnight Fulfillment Associate,We really enjoy what we do for the customers,Turnover with managers is a constant. Associates suffer from it and either leave or get terminated.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16232,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Management Associate,No pros in my opinion.,To much metric oriented management.,Nothing,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16233,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Sort Center Troubles,The hours are flexible and it's generally a good second job to support with yourself with.,"The hours don't fit into a natural shift setting like 8-4 or 4-11 or 12, and you honestly can't support yourself on this job alone.",Give more trial periods to employees who bring up ideas and just make more rounds on the floor. A lot of behavior goes unpunished for slackers.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16234,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Cloud computing uses most cutting-edge technology.,Really bad culture. Don't recommend to join the company if you are a new graduate.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16235,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Worker,I'm not sure if they're are really any positives to working for Amazon.,The cons for working for Amazon are that they are very disorganized and their point system is terrible to work around.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16236,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Picker- Shipper,Picker and shipper,good hours and great benefits,hard work and some high rates,make quality as important as rate,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16237,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,"Great benefits, great people, management generally remains open to suggestions and are always brainstorming about how to keep their team motivated.","Overnight shift hours are difficult, creepers during peak season",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16238,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont work here,"ok pay, easy hire, friendly employees","long hours, short breaks, little reward",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16239,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - TPA1,Decent expirience,No pros. Run from this company. Run run run run run run run run away as fast as you can.,"Low pay, long hours, no room for moving up, management was terrible. It was run by kids who had very little experience.",Stop being terrible,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P843.htm
16240,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Ambassador,Frustrating place to work,Set schedule. Possibility to work overtime when it is offered. Given time off (even though it is only unpaid time off.),"Too much favoritism in the facility based off who is well known by management. No pay raise for any of the employees. As an Ambassador I am given more responsibility to be in charge of inbound or have more work done, but no raise is given. Many of the individuals employed at the facility put forth no effort in their work. Pallets are constantly falling over and needing to be fixed. Management never does anything about employees who are talking and not getting any work done. Overall it is a joke working at an Amazon warehouse.",Enforce consequences for employees who want to just stand around and talk for four hours and not get any work done. Give a raise to the employees who step up to become ambassadors. Not fair to take in more responsibility with no pay raise.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16241,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Oppotunities in multiple domains,Lot of opportunities with growth,Moving up is difficult in the organization,Reduce process Complexity & bureaucracy,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16242,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Churn and burn,"Most orgs offer a fast paced environment. The leadership principles are cool, if you're in an org that is old Amazon.",Every org is like a separate company. Some are good. Some are bad. Rules and policies are interpreted differently in each.  The company offers very little protection against bad orgs. The company's rapid growth has affected the culture. Retaliation is accepted by the company.,Don't retaliate against your good folks because you are bad at your own jobs.,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16243,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for UX,The UX community is growing fast. Really good place to get inspired.,"The benefits aren't that great, pay should be more competitive.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16244,amazon,none," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate monitored bathroom breaks and water breaks,"None, nothing, not applicable, nothing good will come for working at amazon.","Management, micromanages you until you break. Obfuscates situations and miscommunicates with co workers to make a situation worse or mispercieved. I wouldn't wish this place for my worse enemies.",Quit!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16245,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,ughh,the option for pto and vto,"instability. always going from one job to another, always raising rates",blaming employees for their downfalls,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16246,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon fullfillment,"People are nice and relaxed even though they are in a work environment. At Amazon they make you feel like you're not at work and they try to make it as fun as possible throughout the whole shift. They give away to employees many prizes especially during peak and throughout the regular work year. The prizes include items like a 55-60"" smart TV, Xbox one, PS4, Laptops, NFL tickets, Amazon gift cards and many other gift cards up to 100$, Amazon Echo, and many more.","The only shift type at Amazon unfortunately is a 10 hour shift. However, it's only 4 days of work and 3 days off so it makes it worth it. Warehouse does get pretty warm inside.",Keep up the great work and always remember that it is important to keep employees happy and interested in going to work everyday.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16247,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fashion,The stock options are a plus. From my understanding the work environment at Amazon really varies from team to team. Some teams are better to work for then others.,"3 different managers over a 3 year period. After giving my two week notice, I requested an in-person exit interview, our HR representative denied my request.",All managers should be required to take classes on how to mange people.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16248,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Call Center,"Behind the scenes look at how the company operates, gift card giveaways, being able to help the customers without asking for exception approval, work at home",Way too much emphasis on the customer feedback emails. No attention was paid to any other aspect other than if a customer did/did not fill out the form after the call. The manager was not trained fully before taking on our team.,Look the whole employee and not just the numbers. Provide better training for your managers so that they can help the new employees.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16249,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Diversity, 4 Day work week","Long Hours, Physical work - for the 60 or younger age",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P844.htm
16250,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,Shipping Clerk,Fair rules and plenty of time off. Amazon is very accommodating.,Employees are treated more like numbers than individuals. Low connection with management.,Improve your relationship with the associates. Accept honest feedback from the Process Assistants who work directly on the floor. Have their backs.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16251,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applied Scientist,"* Challenging problems, smart people, good resources * Great opportunities for internal transfers * Good compensation","* Absurd deadlines, forcing people to cut corners * Weak benefits: low 401K matching, expensive healthcare * No salary increases, further remuneration comes from stock","* Make deadlines relevant, by making them realistic",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16252,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Nice working atmosphere and community. It is a nice place for software development engineer.,The business in China is limited and not much choices on the projects and teams.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16253,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Pay and compensation are great,"Hours, Changes, Ambiguity, Insurmountable tasks",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16254,amazon,"Belleville, IL"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Average job,"Benefits are good, polite managers are willing to help, paid and unpaid time off if needed. Fast pace for those that prefer it.",Long hours and short breaks can take a toll. Standing the entire work shift. The starting pay should be a bit more.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16255,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,delivery driver,bi qweekly pay and driving you know?,too many hours and not enough time,take it easy,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16256,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No suprises,"Competitive pay, interesting challenges, smart people","Work/life balance an issue, high stress/high achievement atmosphere",Focus more on the employees,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16257,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Good Pay, A lot of responsibility for a college hire,","Long hours, Physically intensive, Micro managed",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16258,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service,on time and must complete on time,"flexible and good pay, don't need to deal with customer",treat employees more friendly,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16259,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Interesting and challenging but lots of politicking,"- My manager is great and genuinely cares about my career development. She is also flexible about WFH, vacation, etc. - I get to work with a lot of smart people who mentor me and challenge me to be better. People are always happy to help me improve my ideas, writing, etc. - There is a ton of internal movement so if you want to try something new or work for Amazon in a different country there are a lot of opportunities - Despite a lot of bad press my work/life balance is pretty good. I'm sure that's not true for everyone, but it is for me. - I bring my dog to work everyday (one of my favorite benefits). The benefits are just generally pretty good","- Despite branding itself as a no nonsense, non-bureaucratic company, there are a lot of politics around who gets to work on what projects, which projects get approved by senior management, etc. - The promotion process is unclear and often seems arbitrary and political. - Internal communications are pretty bad. When an employee attempted suicide at work last winter there was no internal communication to employees (except for a page on our internal website listing employee resources). - Sometimes the culture around the LPs (leadership principles) reinforces bad behavior. ""Ownership"" --> being territorial about a project so that you can get all the credit. ""Bias for action"" --> not doing enough research and making a stupid decision. - Even though it has a reputation of pushing out low performers there are still plenty of them at Amazon.","Be more transparent with your employees. We all talk about stuff even when you won't, and the silence is deafening.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P845.htm
16260,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate I,Expounding and exhilarating experience.,Flexibility of hours and wages are really good. Management is very considerate and genuine. Steady work atmosphere for all work stations.,Capped hours makes it hard to earn a living and heavy lifting some days are better than others. Employee turn over effects hours a lot.,Great Job!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16261,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work and learn,Lots of smart people. Fast pace. High accountability.,High pressure. Bad work/life balance.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16262,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for 2-3 years,Pay is good. Great benefits. Casual environment and dress code. Good perks. Dogs everywhere. Great location near downtown Seattle. Fun company parties/events.,"they work you like crazy. Easy to stick around solely for the stock vesting, but some departments are catty. All about who you know to advance.",Listen to the associates. Take all HR matters seriously. Take a closer look at management.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16263,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Safety and worker heath oriented.,limited growth opportunity and low wages,Don't promise temp workers that they can become full time employees if they work hard enough. There simply aren't enough position openings and they should know ahead of time that only a very limited number of the temp workers will make it. I was not a temp worker but I seen many people get their hopes up for nothing.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16264,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard Work but FUN,"Smart and friendly co-workers, management is awesome. Amazing benefits, tons of growth opportunity within company and job security due to all the growth. Decisions are always made based on the right thing for the employee and always within my ethical guidelines. You see a lot of transparency from upper leadership as well.","Maintaining a healthy work life balance is nearly impossible, must be very flexible with scheduling and expected to work 50-60 hours per week, around 70 during the busy season. The overtime can be nice when you are hourly but salaried employees get worked very hard.",Hire more experienced leaders or provide better training for the newer leaders.,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16265,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,Salary is enough to live,Working environment is a little bad,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16266,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Potential to grow, training in many different management departments","Long hours, stressful work environment, demanding senior leadership",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16267,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2017",Current Employee - Category Leader,Just an awesome company,Smart people. Super exciting work.,They take frugality pretty seriously.,"Don't build another building, subsidize the food for employees.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16268,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Worst training EVER!,"At first glance the benefits are descent and so is the starting pay, until you hit the floor and realize even at twice the rate it isn't enough to be put through the stress.","Zero choice in shift, zero work life balance, work measurements based on random case allocation and you are penalized for partner sites errors in transfer and poor customer service. Inconsistency is rampant, be prepared for being told 5 different answers for the same policy questions all of which are incorrect, no worries for them it's your work that suffers not theirs. There is rampant favoritism and it's not based on skill level, having a superior attitude and belligerent interaction with peers paves the way for advancement. Darwinism may rule here, but clearly some gene pools should remain untapped.",Instead of out dated cobbled together curriculum how about using some that technology to create a legit training course for incoming agents. Progression into other departments and management positions are all required to navigate this inadequate process and people come out the other end woefully unprepared to perform basic job functions.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16269,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for those individuals seeking a challenging professional environment.,- Many opportunities to grow professionally - Rotation opportunities - Fast growing business - Great Urban HQ campus,- Supporting a business with large business growth is not for everyone - Difficult balancing personal and work life for those with families,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P846.htm
16270,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Level I Associate,A Job...,"Most people work at Amazon because they need the money, and the job pays better than retail jobs. That written, the job is more a factory/equipment/loading/warehouse environment, and in this respect, Amazon appears to pay pretty close to average with the understanding that it hires far more new associates with no prior training/experience than does Chewys, Old Dominion, etc.","Management works many associates as hard as they think those particular associates can be worked. There is favoritism stemming from the fact that some people cannot do some of the more physical tasks and often are thus assigned to the ""less physical"" tasks. The turnover rate is incredibly high, and the company spends a fortune on training new associates rather than advancing a ""living-wage"" pay scale that could make a 40-hour work-week standard. (Lots of associates work 60-hours a week in order to make ends meet.) Also, pay is relational to years with the company (rather than skills learned - unless you move up to a higher level...which can be quite difficult to do if you don't want to move to another location), and the pay scale is not as large as it used to be. Also, Amazon pays 2% of your gross pay in 401k contributions, provided that you contribute 4% or more of your gross pay. These company contributions take (at least) 3 years to vest. Many companies are more generous on 401k contributions with far quicker vesting periods.",Try to work more on a balance between customers and employees.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16271,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Work,"Great management, hardworking employees, and good atmosphere.",There are no cons at all.,Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16272,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,A great pkace to work if you're not afraid of work.,Many opportunities to perform a variety of functions on any given day.,Unproductive peers with poor work ethics can be a detriment to the morale of those that take pride in their work.,Hold slackers accountable and enforce performance audit policies.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16273,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Package Handler,Working at the warehouse wasn't too bad.,Good pay. Easy hiring process. Good hours. Coworkers are friendly too. The work rate varies depending on the day. October/November gets really heavy.,Long days. Feet start hurting every now and then from standing. Longer breaks would help. Night shift can get tough with sleeping schedule,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16274,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Analyst,A Great place to work. Great work culture and environment.,Changed teams too many times in the company because of rotational process(Risk analyst and Customer Service agent).,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16275,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You get what you put in,They help you build a career,Long hours and a ton of walking.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16276,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Various business units vary GREATLY. I would suggest staying away from operations burdened teams in supply chain.,"Many opportunities for ownership, advancement is clear, I love that they don't hurt salary in exchange for meaningless and expensive benefits the way other Fortune 100s do","non-ergonomic offices and equipment, low budget equipment, subpar medical insurance.",Raise the bar on how technical folks need to be.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16277,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Company is rapidly expanding. Five.,Limited educational growth opportunities. Five.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16278,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Terrible,"not too demanding, free learning","night shift, some managers are overly demanding",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16279,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work From Home,The system is easy to navigate and the job is really flexible.,Some employees are rude and the NRR specs is too strict and inaccessible.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P847.htm
16280,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Unreasonable employee engagement expectations,"always innovating, lots of brand new gear and technology",Too much red tape. Details vary from building to building,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16281,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great working environment,Good pay and benefits. Excellent team.,overall great working experience. no cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16282,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Research Associate,Research Associate,"Flexible team, great hours, think big","Self growth, expands too fast",Communicate more.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16283,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Amazing,Amazing place to work it is!,Nothing to mention really. It's a great place,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16284,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Leadership Development,Toxic to the Core!,Brand name for your resume Cutting edge,Overly political even though they claim to not have politics Brutal demotivating culture that uses leadership principles as a weapon to tear people down rather than to teach and grow,It starts at the top! Jeff Bezos needs to mandate that leaders who use the Leadership Principles as a weapon be eliminated and quickly. Review all of the Leadership Principles. Look for the dark side behavior that the Leadership Principle might manifest and take steps to define. Hold managers and leaders accountable for teaching and rewarding the leadership principles rather than monitoring and punishing. Realize that EQ is as important a IQ. Take the data from connections seriously. Realize there is a management problem that is being reinforced and rewarded.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16285,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Competitive but fair place to work. Depends highly on department.,"Work with smart people, competitive environment, you can learn a lot.","Some people don't enjoy the competitive environment, the company doesn't truly care about its employees. They mostly just want you to be happy with your pay and move on.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16286,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Exerpience,"Lots of autonomy, big scale, smart people, lots of interesting teams/products",Expect to work very hard w/ big focus on metrics,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16287,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Location,It is nice working here,None it is a good time,Great job,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16288,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Returns Center,Good Benefits. very flexible with time off,"Overworked, underpaid, lots of miscommunication. Quantity over Quality. Cares too much about their numbers to care about the employees.",Listen To Employees,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16289,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Great benefit package. I enjoy working 4 days for 10 hours.,Must make rate and rate expected keeps increasing. In 6 months it has increased 3 times.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P848.htm
16290,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Great benefit package. I enjoy working 4 days for 10 hours.,Must make rate and rate expected keeps increasing. In 6 months it has increased 3 times.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16291,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Bad,You don't have to call off . You have an allotted amount of hours you can use to be off work.,They treat all their employees very poorly. You have to ask to go to the bathroom. They do not comply with OSHA standards. They only get it together when they do show up.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16292,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great company to work for,"Majority of the leaders/managers are pretty good. Amazon hires the typical ""alpha male"" personalities, but everyone gets along and works well with each other. Typical work week in Operations is 4 days on and 3 days off.","A lot of politics when it comes to promoting. If you meet/surpass standards with your shift, are a good leader, are respected by the associates, your peers, and your superiors), but do not do anything to ""showcase"" yourself or do anything to make the company better, you will not get promoted.",Please keep the micromanaging to a minimum.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16293,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always a pleasure,"Excellent, saves a ton of time and have never had an issue",Not a lot I can say about Cons. Sooner delivery would be better,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16294,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Good pay when first starting,Only part time hours and has to start at 12:30am,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16295,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Great place to work,Fast paced friendly environment team mentality.,Physically demanding can be very repetitive,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16296,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2017","Current Employee - Echo, Principal Marketer",Principal Marketing Manager,Ownership and ability to drive projects.,Passion for work leads to long hours.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16297,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Vendor Manager,"You get the opportunity to work with some of the smartest most innovative people in the world. If you love a challenge, and constant growth this is definitely the place for you.","hard work environment, if you are going to work here make sure you are completely dedicated to your job",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16298,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome, great company and department",pay people moving up can be easy,cheats liars everything and but can be cool,eh,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16299,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,warehouse fullfilment associate,"You work independently, free coffe",You walk a lot in the warehouse. managers do not hear your opinions,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P849.htm
16300,amazon,"Crafton, PA"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Sort,Amazon Fulfillment,"Great starting pay, good for someone who needs employment who is in between jobs or as a second income. During peak season expect a great deal of extra hours if you need and want overtime holiday $$$.","Can't get 20 hrs at times during non peak, working in a hot warehouse, short breaks",Longer break periods.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16301,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,"Good short term, bad long term.",Insurance. Decent pay and perks. Diverse coworkers. Easy employment.,Frequent change in rules. Promotion/learning new skills based on favoritism not experience or work ethics. high turnaround,Be consistent in how you enforce rules instead of changing them at last minute. Stop using fear tactics to push your employees(morale drops and affects everyone).,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16302,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,You can lose weight from all the walking.,Your feet will hurt from walking 10+ miles a day.,Learn how to treat associates like people not numbers,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16303,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Co.,"Well-structured, good benefits, and friendly coworkers.",No cons that I can think of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16304,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Receiving Associate,Poor Treatment,Fun people to work with . Big warehouse. Night shift . Nothing else positive . It's making me write more pros however there are none,Management is very rude . Treat you as if you are less than . They will treat you like crap if you don't volunteer to stay overtime.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16305,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Receiving,Sucks,Good benefits and matching funds.,"Backstabbing, poor management, excessive OT, then reprimanded for working OT, childishness",Grow up and stop the favoritism.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16306,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Good salary and benefits. Interesting work and systems experience.,"long hours, never enough mentality, standing all day, cut throat from upper to associates area manager is in a sandwich all day long not long term potential unless you live it eat breath and sleep Amazon",Stop the if I'm you buddy i'll train you mentor you mentality. Many of the veteran management have only been there for max five years. Everyone else moves on.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16307,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,busy,you will loss weight wish is good,"feet hurt,its is very loud at all times",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16308,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,"The pay is good overall , upt and pto",10 hr shifts long shifts,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16309,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Days Outbound Picker and Packer,I cant really find one,"Very Mundane, redundant job. Not a lot of opportunities for advancment",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P850.htm
16310,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Excellent company,"Challenging, fast paced, excellent salary, supportive team, they give you the ability to drive change and initiative regardless of level or tenure.","If you do not like a fast paced, ambiguous, high scope and scale environment, you will not thrive here. It is very competitive, very metrics driven. If you like that type of environment this is a great place for you, but if you do no you will hate it.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16311,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool Company,Great people to work with. Interesting company.,Somewhat have to fend for yourself.,Listen more.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16312,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,IT has awesome work environment .,Sometimes too much to do rather than focusing on one.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16313,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Data Entry,Awesome opportunity,Awesome upward growth. Cool company.,None. Awesome to work for.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16314,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Challenging and rewarding company culture,You will be given all the tools to perform at your best and the ability to create real change.,As a metric based company it is easy to feel micromanaged.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16315,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Prime Now Associate,Hired but no work,"I don't have any pros about this company. Getting hired was exciting, I guess.",I was hired back in January and never got an orientation date or start date. I was really looking forward to working with Amazon and had quit my last job after I was hired. Three months later I receive an email to go back into Amazon corporate to start the process all over again.,"When you hire a group of people, make sure you're serious about it.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16316,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Overnight),"Horrible slave ship, high school all over again, managers fuckn the workers and showing favoritism",Pay and benefits were decent compared to others jobs in the market. Some of the workers were okay to work with.,Workers are unappreciated. Overworked long hours with close to nothing breaks. Half to work like a slave at very fast pace to make your rates just for them to say you missed your rate by 2-5 packages and youre getting a write up. Hr doesn't reply back to their emails or telephone requests. None of the managers or hr are on the same page. Would never recommend anyone to work here unless it's the last resort for temporary pay,Start appreciating your hard workers and not just the favorites. Start being more involved with the workers who's actually getting the work done. Also there should be a better system as far as the time goes and the leave of absences. Each case should be different you never know what one person is going through.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16317,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great company to work for.,"Great benefits Paid time off & Voluntary Time Off Great people, eventually you'll feel like family.",Sometimes working in humid conditions,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16318,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great Place to Work,"Outstanding benefits (no 90 days wait period for health benefits, available on day 1) Relaxed culture (skip the suit and tie) Endless career opportunities Customer obsessed","Work/life balance Long hours Compensation is not reflective of the hours worked, salaried employees are at a great disadvantage.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16319,amazon,"East Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - SDET3,"High stake, dynamic and demanding work environment",High compensation levels Unique opportunities to gain experience,"High stress work, frugal office environment, high intra-team competitiveness. Low tolerance for challenging personal life periods.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P851.htm
16320,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it was alright,the pay was good !,management was terrible and had favorites,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16321,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,great pay and growth to the top,always working no weekends just work,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16322,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of time off options,lots of different time off options great insurance,very physical and the management always asks for more even after you give them 150%,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16323,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Rep,Easy work to do and cleaning,cumbersome work to do and takes toll,Add incentives to employees so they can be motivated,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16324,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,The Amazon,"Let's you use your personal time and vacation time as you please. Plus, you get a lot of unpaid time also.",Very hard to find growth at entry level.,Give more growth opportunities to those who work hard and want to grow in the Amazon company.,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16325,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Was so easy to get the job. Just apply and complete form online and then attend orientation. No interview. You can come in sweats even. You'll meet other people from so many different backgrounds. Amazon doesn't discriminate.,"With that said, is very unprofessional. Disorganized. Management screaming at employees. Befriends the people who don't do any work and punishes the people who do all of it. A lot of favoritism. Pretty sure you'll dread everyday you have to go in.","Listen to the things that the actual employees doing the physical work have to say. A lot of things may look good on paper, but actually doing them they wil not go your way.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16326,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon FC Review,Meet some cool people there. Flexible time off.,"I was told by my elders as a child if I don't have anything good to say, don't say anything...",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16327,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Rough working conditions and poor management,"More than minimum wage pay, sick time, vacation time after 90 days. They just about anyone. 4 day work week.","10-hour shifts, two 10 minute breaks, 30 min lunch, must meet quota or you get terminated. Management has no prior experience and are fresh out of college with a two or four year. Walked 15 miles per day. On site doctors will try to persuade you to report any injuries as not work related so that they do not have to labor track you in order to get you to work more. Spills in the warehouse are handled by putting totes over it taking up space in the cramped isles. Found multiple blood stained shelves and cardboard shelves throughout the warehouse. Training is very very poor and you do not learn about the policies until you mess something up and get a write-up.",Improve training and give realistic breaks. You are expected to be working up to the very minute your break starts and expected to continue working the very minute your break ends.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16328,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Love the fast pace and continuous change with our constant customer focus,Career development. Endless opportunities within the company. There's always something to be done and a lot of potential to move up.,Pay scale stays pretty stagnant until you reach salary. Hours are long but 3 days off makes up for it.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16329,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay job,Weekly pay is the only pro,Hot. Hours. Pay. Lateral moves in company,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P852.htm
16330,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Underrated,"moving up is not hard, just have to be a hard worker and be goal orriented",SHORT BREAKS LONG HOURS,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16331,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 18, 2017",Former Employee - Dispatcher Delivery Driver,Amazon regular delivery,Great work environment.. Flexible schedule.,Not many shifts available to work around your schedule if you have other obligations like school or 2nd job.,yes.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16332,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Shift Lead,College assistance program after 1 year,Very low hours per week,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16333,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA Associate,Women beware,"always work available, so you could work 60 hours every week if you wanted. The benefits are very good.",Women do not get promoted,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16334,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,N/A,The 4 day work week,The inconsistency at this location,promote from within,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16335,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Sr Manager,"Fast paced, intense environment. You learn so much.",Hard to keep up at times. You have to really learn to prioritize.,Don't let up on high standards. Better recognize folks for excellent performance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16336,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Environment,"Compensation, growth, stocks and exposure to multiple projects","work life balance is minimal. Employees seem to leave before a year on the job, which leads to an Amazonian doing multiple jobs at once.",Treat your employees better,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16337,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Editor,Relaxed and friendly place to work,"Every team is different, but mine is very laid-back. No one is monitoring your hours or work location--just get your work done. I work from home because it's distraction-free, but I go to the office to touch base with my team.",The obsession with frugality can be irritating.,Please match charitable contributions!,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16338,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work at,No hierarchy Great ideas are always appreciated Bosses want you to grow career wise,Meetings take up a chunk of the time Productivity metrics which fosters an unfriendly work place,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16339,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Associate,It's very interesting to learn about how the company operates and the new technology they are implementing,"None so far, I've only worked there for a few months.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P853.htm
16340,amazon,"King of Prussia, PA"," Apr 22, 2017",Former Employee - Deliver Partner,Exploitation at it's finest.,No supervision. Pick your hours.,"Continuosly farther distances to drive(upwards of 40 miles from the delivery hub), and if you end up having to return packages to the delivery hub at the end of your block, forget it, you just worked for free that day.  I used my car for work related purposes only. By the time you get paid, the 18 an hour ends up being closer to minimum wage, and you're using your own vehicle. Amazon has a good scam job going on taking advantage of the less fortunate.  If a customer says you didn't follow there notes(i.e. they tell you to leave it on a side porch and you didn't) Amazon penalizes you by email, and there is no proof the customer is even telling the truth.  I used to work for the post office, customers complain all the time, for any reason.  Poor, poor, poooooooor business model.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16341,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,VCC customer service agent,"Friendly co-workers, you don't feel alone even though you work from home. Plenty of support and they are very positive even if you make a mistake.",The metrics can seem unreasonable.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16342,amazon,"Pitts, PA"," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,something to add to a full-time job,money in the pocket every week,"stressful, no job security and career progression, no pay increase",offer full-time opportunities instead of chronic part-time,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16343,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Development/Improvement List - Manager's secret weapon against Engineers,Good pay Challenging Engineering problems to work on,"Development/Improvement list which is invisible to employees. Only managers can see it and can add anything to it. They often does that to keep you in team. If you try a change, this will be communicated to your hiring manager and almost all times hiring manager will be reluctant. So please managers in ALL means or you will be !@#$%^",You guys @#$%,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16344,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Area Manager,Constantly changing environment. It will challenge you on a daily basis. Plenty of opportunities for promotion and growth.,"Long hours, and a typical warehouse job schedule. Nights and weekend. Christmas season is a long grind, but Amazon is the Cadillac of warehouse leadership.","Be able to not only lead people, but also think systemically. Everyday has an opportunity to improve something. It's a great place to learn, develop, and drive process improvements.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16345,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Sr Manager,"Fast paced, intense environment. You learn so much.",Hard to keep up at times. You have to really learn to prioritize.,Don't let up on high standards. Better recognize folks for excellent performance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16346,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Weekly Pay Good Benefits Internal job opportunities are posted frequently,A bit disorganized Only allowed 30 hours a week,Do a better job recruiting people who actually have warehouse experience.,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16347,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not So Great Management,"Great benefits from day, no company does that in the US!",Drink the Kool Aide and you will be fine even your common sense tell you the opposite. Communication is a great issue at this company. Favoritism is big at Amazon just kiss butt and you will be fine. For a company that makes billions they are so cheap that they will not pay you for a full day (even just 8 hours like when they close for a holiday) even if it's their own call for maintenance at the building or a bad snow storm.You pretty much need to wait a full 2 year term to be able to grow with the company!,"Listen to employees that do the actual physical work not to the management that doesn't. Stacking pallets 4 high is not smart and counter productive for all. Meaning there is more work overall. A pallet weighs the same whether you pick it up chest high at 10 pallets up or just 4 up. Also, pallets are delivered 10 pallets high so fork lift operators can just off load 5 at a time instead of 4 so what are they doing with the other 2? Taking them back stupid! Stacks should be 5 high then...",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16348,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,Shipping Clerk,Really good area managers. Good team to work with.,They ask for too much for what they pay. Its so stressful at the point that you just want to quit every single day.,"Think more in their associates and their costumers at the same time, they focus to much in the costumer but what happen with the associates ?",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16349,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Inexperienced Managers Make Work Rough,Exciting work and lots of opportunities for learning.,Inexperienced managers have a tough time actually managing people. Lack of communication between management and their direct reports cause a toxic environment and reduces productivity. Plus most of them are just plain jerks.,Revisit your management training because a lot of them struggle to support their direct reports or just don't have enough professional experience to use the tools you give them.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P854.htm
16350,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer - II,Amazon Review,Great company to work and learn for. You will built a good resume with salaries comparable to what good companies pay.,Not a great work life balance.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16351,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Amazon Employee,"Great pay, hours, and benifits","Internal bureaucracy, management styles, constantly working, mandatory overtime during peak hours.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16352,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent Part Time Job to Keep in Shape,Always something to do Good Cardio,Hours can be bad if stuck on overnight shift,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16353,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with great benefits,"Good benefits, good hours.","Jobs can be tiring, but rarely physically strenuous.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16354,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great opportunities and a lot of smart people.,Nothing really stands out on the negative side.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16355,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience!,AWS is the center of technology right now - was amazing experience learning from the best.,"At times, the hours were long, but overall it was very manageable",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16356,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Packing,Work,Paid time off pay rate,Rates are too closely followed,Slack off,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16357,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,UN-believable!!,"I LOVE the work, it is physically challenging at times, but, it keeps me moving and, despite being exhausted and often sore, I always feel productive at the end of the day. My AM is also great, one of the VERY few exceptions to being a ""straight out of college"" hire who actually seems to have his head on straight!","My ONLY problem is HR! They seem to be completely incompetent. It's, often, hard to contact live people, and none of them seem to know what any of the others are doing. They all have different ways of explaining or remedying situations, there is no uniform process and you can speak to several reps about the same issue and always get different and conflicting answers. In addition, it is often difficult, if not, in fact, impossible, to relate your issues to the representative on the other end due to high incident of language barriers or thick foreign accents! They should hire more competent, perhaps, older & more seasoned workers, AND they should develop more of a protocol...one that CLEARLY outlines the same procedure for ALL workers on ALL employee related topics (such as bereavement leave, etc). And, make sure that if you are an English speaking employee that you get and English speaking rep (without the heavy spanish, asian or middle eastern accents, PLEASE!)","Stop hiring ""kids"" who are clearly not fit to perform the functions of the job simply because they possess a piece of paper stating they passed a few college courses with flying colors! You need someone to MENTOR them in the processes of business, people with actual EXPERIENCE!",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16358,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Worse place to work.,Befits start on first day and there is very little supervision. Pays pretty good and you get ot.,"You are time tracked, so if you have to go to the bathroom or move to a different area you have to hurry. It's hard to find a supervisor or a manager if you need them.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16359,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Ok company, too frugal to be fun",I got to work with really smart people,"Management, politics, etc.  The only way to advance is to kind of screw others over",Aggressively manage the performance of managers. Get right of the dummies,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P855.htm
16360,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics Associate,Working for Amazon,There is a chance to transfer internally,"The work is hard but without any rewards or gratification. They try to keep part time employees so that they don't have to give benefits. The opportunities for advancement are usually for men and don't seem to make sense, they don't just promote the most qualified candidate in your department but rather seek out people from other locations.","Treat your employees as well as you expect to treat customers. There is so much negative employee feedback from our internal surveys, yet nothing changes.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16361,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Ops Manager,"Decent pay, lots of positions within the company to change to","work hours, company ethics, tend to hire externally rather than promote internally, sent emails from Bezos pushing left agenda",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16362,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,ICQA,Sorry I don't have any pros.,- Not As advance I thought it would be - No priority on qualification - Stress Environment - Nothing New Technology. Just Big Mouth.  There are lots of things not satisfied on this environment.,- Please Help your team for further progress with their qualification. - Do not put pressure on employee rather than improving technology. - I do not agree with technology advancement with the time.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16363,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Binary. You'll ove it or hate it,Some of the smartest people I had the opportunity to work with. Great pay (the first two years only) Lots of opportunities,"Individualistic, cut-throat culture No company driven altruistic goals Secretive to a fault","Invest more on people and development Be more transparent to partners, customers and investors",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16364,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"Innovation, aggressive growth and opportunities, challenging work environment",Work-life balance is not easy here,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16365,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"3 days off, benefits, OK pay","10 hr days, short breaks after making it to break areas",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16366,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Associate,Amazon fullfillment Center,Gain experience and knowledge and take classes for certifications,"was forced to another department after getting used to my job after 4 months, was like starting my job all over",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16367,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Good benefits, lots of overtime opportunities. Good pay for people who do not have a college degree. Provides a lot of personal and vacation time.","On your feet 10 hours a day, little room for advancement, almost no time to spend with friends or family around the holidays because of the heavy workload.",Don't try to fix what's not broken. If your FC is breaking records year after year there is no need to change how a function is operated or performed.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16368,amazon,"Easton, PA"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Decent,Good pay that anyone who works hard can make,"The work is very hard, the hours are long, expect mandatory overtime",clock out after going through scanners,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16369,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's okay for students,"Good pay, some good people vto time","Bad management, dangerous work, messy people","Stop firing good workers, stop with favoritism",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P856.htm
16370,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Job,Alot of experience and nice management.,Not a lot of break time but at least you get a break.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16371,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,"AmazonFresh ORD 6 Woodale,IL Location SUCKS","Flexible Set Scheduling Options 5hr or 10hr shifts, typically 3 or 4 days a week",Too Many Bad Changes of Work Process Bully Co-worker Atmosphere Short or Cheated Out of Breaks Unrealistic Pick Rate of Work Poor Supervisors/Management No Music or Motivation No Holiday Pay for working on Holiday shifts - that is messed up,"Stop Playing Favorites with Employees, STOP TREATING ME LIKE A SLAVE DOG FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT BONUSES",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16372,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from home,They were organized and always had a set schedule,It was hard to communicate if you had problems,none,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,2.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16373,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,challenging but fun,Your given lots of hours to take off whenever you want with no hassle. Just don't get to zero or your outta there. 4-10 hr days. Like the 3 days off. Decent benefits and pay.,"Repetitive work. Walking 12 miles a day. Good if you want to lose weight. High rate of piece count they want you to achieve daily. It's not easy to do because people who been there awhile get away with ""cherry picking"" and leave the crap for everyone else to fight over.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16374,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Good Benefits Good Benefits Good Benefits,Work balance Work balance Work balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16375,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"easily to switch team, a lot of chances",It's a little tired to work there,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16376,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Manager,-Industry Leader: constant ideas and innovation keeps work fresh and challenging  -Great Culture: good principles and leaders  -Good Pay: Company offers a total compensation within the first 2 years that is hard to match with other companies.,-Work Life Balance: working in operations expect working more than 40hr/wk night or day. More than 50hr/wk during the holiday season with few holidays off.  -Internal growth is not as much as promised: company hires externally more than develops internally to keep up with ever-growing business.,"Company needs to learn how to value, engage and develop its managers properly. Managers burn out easily in operations. Average turnover is less than 2 years ( after stock vests and signing bonuses are completed).",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16377,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Current,Great benefits and lots of perks,The Distance to facilities are far.,"Treat every one fairly regardless of race, gender and/or previous mishaps.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16378,amazon,"Tallahassee, FL"," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Contractor,Contractor,You can work from home,Mechanical truk doesnt pay that well,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16379,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Associate With A Degree!,Associsate,"Great Benefits, Flexible schedules for students, Room for growth.",Coming in as a tier 1 associate it is difficult to move into level 5 or operations even if you are well qualified and have a degree. SO beware coming in at ground level thinking you can promote to the level you may be qualified for. It is better to apply at the level you have a degree for or are qualified for externally.,"Great management teams however, they are changed and moved from department to shift randomly and frequently.",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P857.htm
16380,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Reception,There are a ton of dogs...,"Biggest and best reason to work for Amazon, there are SO MANY DOGS. Dogs all over the place. The compensation is pretty good, though for us Yellow-badges it's not quite enough to live alone in Seattle on. However, Amazon promotes from WITHIN. Find a starting job to get your feet in the door here and then after about 5-6 months, start looking to move up into the Blue-badge jobs, which are Amazon employees directly. Working for the vendors here is a good way to learn the company and figure out how people work and what teams are good to work for.","It can be stressful. You'll meet the people that are overworked, or panicking about deadlines, and it can be really fast-paced. It's a high demand environment, but it's really rewarding if you get put with the right people and you have a good attitude.  The corporate world is really shady. Don't flirt with co-workers you don't already have enough dirt on to make you even if things go sour. Always keep a portfolio of evidence against the people you are not sure about. People can and will sabotage you to get a leg up sometimes, but if you are on the right team that doesn't happen.","Be straightforward with your employees, and stop engaging in shady practices. If someone isn't a personality fit, don't put them through the ringer. This is an at-will state. You need to vet the personalities you want in your workplace before you hire, or you're looking for a bad time. Firing people right after hiring them makes the entire workplace unstable. Everyone will begin to suspect they are next, you'll create a toxic environment, and your team will crumble.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16381,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior BI Engineer,Senior BI Engineer,"Great culture, good professional team, wise management, a lot of new technologies.",Frugality. Teams are forced to use only inner products/technologies which are not always perfect (because they are new and many features are still in development).,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16382,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good Job and Great Benefits,"- Better than average benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, immediate stock bonuses vested after 2 years, etc.) - Monthly bonuses (up to 16% of your wages [32% during peak months]), as of 02/2017. - Wide variety of fulfillment center jobs, and employees can transfer to any department after 10 weeks of work. - Fast-paced work environment makes the time go by quickly. - Internal promotions. - Full-time employees work four 10-hour shifts per week, thus have three days off. - Variety of day, night and split shifts available. - 24-hour on site HR, medical and security teams.","- Warehouse atmosphere may be a con to some. - Most positions require constant lifting, bending, walking or standing, so may be a con to some (but to others, it's like a free gym workout).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16383,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruiter,money is good to live on,"robots suck, they steal our jobs as humans",stop hiring robots,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16384,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - CSA,CSA / Kindle Cust Service,"I worked at the HTS2 location as a CSA and Kindle CSA, it was a great experience. Loved the candy cart. The management was great.",The actual job was a bad fit for me. I don't like kissing up to nasty customers.,Allow more flexibility in the schedules for green badges. I lived in fear of emergency situations because there was no leeway. I had a flat tire once and had no way of contacting my manager (no phone numbers were ever given and I didn't have a smart phone to email at the time) so I had to take a penalty.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16385,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service from your home,Amazon is a great company to work for.,Job is mind-numbing. Customers are rude. 2 minute time limit between calls makes for an exhausting day.,Don't pick favorites.,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16386,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced,fast paced and growing company.,changes are made without any real structure.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16387,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning Coordinator,Awesome place to work in Amazon,Work and Life balance is not good,Senior team needs more attention to the associates,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16388,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon in Whitestown, IN","Excellent benefits, set schedule, OT opportunities almost weekly",Can be hard on your body,none,3.0,1.0,none,none,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16389,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Information Security Manager,"Different Groups, Very Different Cultures","Unparalleled scale and thus unparalleled challenges. The customer focus is pervasive and the sense of urgency to execute well is constant (and not a bad thing). Work/life balance is often reasonable, though workaholics are not necessarily discouraged.","The culture, depending on the group, can be abrupt. Not overtly rude, just not overly-concerned with kindness. Hiring by many managers is conservative, partially due to their lack of experience, and thus taking chances is discouraged.",Encourage middle managers to think outside the box and take chances. Mentor younger managers to understand how to better gauge candidate's backgrounds and experience for hard-to-fill positions.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P858.htm
16390,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate 1,Great teamwork and perks. Great benefits for a part-time job.,Not enough incentive for advancement.,Productivity was 2x better when there was music in the warehouse.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16391,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, but worth the effort...","Strong sense of teamwork, positive management",Lack of immediate recognition and opportunities to advance. Can be frustrating to work in a one pay tier when others don't work hard.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16392,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Intelligent coworkers, very interesting projects","Ambiguity and flat structure, Seattle weather",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16393,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate - Virtual,Virtual CSA: Be Prepared!,There is overtime pay. There is voluntary time off. Seasonal employees receive a small bonus. Full time schedules are optional.,"Procedures change often. Preferred metrics are challenging to maintain. There is quite a bit of miscommunication from leadership, as well as Human Resources. Voluntary Time Off is offered, but can affect your metrics if you take too much.","I worry that Amazon is more focused on making money, than about its employees and customers. Outsourcing frustrates customers and puts CSAs in uncomfortable positions.",1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16394,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Former hard working employee,The pay is resonable to pay the bills,They will throw you under the bus. This company will appear to sound good to work for but they will slave you until they can't slave you anymore at Amazon plantation # stressful job,Learn to sympathize and understand that your employees are NOT robots,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16395,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Subject Matter Expert,I hope you know what ,"None, the job was terrible and the management was grossly incompetent. The job itself was woefully misrepresented.",This was the worst working environment of my professional career. The entire project was completely disorganized and underwent multiple retructuarings in the time I was there. Most likely it will die a slow death as they had already started closing stores when I left after having opening this division two years earlier. Everyone who I was working with when I had started had left under highly questionable circumstances.,"You are just collecting checks, your job skills are laughable. Go do something where you can actually make a contribution.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16396,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Mar 11, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Tier 1 Associate,"Easy to get hired, good work environment, good benefits.",Not the best hourly wage,They do have amazing Management.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16397,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources,Senior HRA,Good people and reliable full time forty hours.,Not enough salary based on the level of responsibility.,Boost the pay to be salary and 60000,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16398,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,Amazon is a fast pace and high energy environment. Amazon hires talented individuals that are driven and capable of moving quickly in an agile setting. Lots of opportunity for growth as the company continues to dominate all things retail. Opportunities in the US and globally are always available and Amazon allows you to move into other roles even if you have only been in role for less than 6 months.,"-little to no focus on development, don't expect to get much feedback or career guidance -work life balance, expectation is to be ""on"" day and night -salary cap -benefits could be improved (childcare, healthcare, etc) -overall culture, there is room to improve culture and invest more in the employees as turnover continues to increase.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16399,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Now is satisfactory,"Flexible schedule, relatively easy workload","No fixed schedule, have to be fight over shifts, most people don't know what they're doing or what's going on around them so help can be hard to come by if you need it",Train people better,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P859.htm
16400,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst work experience,"Hmmm, paid time off?","Slash and dagger, every new hire thinks working hard will promote them not so just about everyone is a little boss. They hire anyone because of their 70 and over % retention of employees. About every quarter you will see the new hires.",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16401,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,L4 AM,fast paced and great opportunities,"Lot's of change, adaption is a must in order to be successful.",If you do well with constant change and are self motivated this role is good for you.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16402,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon Area Manager,"Ability to move up quickly, great pay, three day weekends","Long hours, a lot of responsibility",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16403,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It pays the bills,"benefits are amazing, schedules can be good if you get on the right one","management has no idea what they are doing, once they find you are good at some you are stuck there with no chance of moving away or up",listen to employes,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16404,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Don't waste your time with this depression magnet.,Good hours and days. Work 4 days in a row. Benefits. All work is easy and at a fifth grade level.,"Impossible goals are set, and you are expected to meet your rate or you are written up. Not always enough work to meet set rate and you are punished for something uncontrollable to you. It is a demoralizing and demeaning environment that is sparked by area managers pitting employees against one another as a game to try and increase productivity.  No real advancement opportunities although they try and make believe you can move up at any time. Qualifications, education and experience do not play a role as management select their favorites for higher positions.  Human Resources is there only for the company, not the employees. Internal transfers to different days or departments is also decided by management and how much butt kissing you do, but insistent from HR that it goes by how long you've been there.  Pay rate is extremely low for manual labor. Although work is easy it is monotonous and repetitive at a fast pace where you are continually being pushed to go faster.  Many employees at Amazon slip into depression and only stay they are until they can find something better.  Short breaks that you have to use your break time to walk thru the building which could take half your break. Really short lunch, barely enough time to eat let alone digest a meal.  They do an annual Purge where they fire tons of employees and then force people to work mandatory overtime with less then 2 days notice. The schedule provided for peak season of October through December was given to us early October. Of all scheduled dates and times to work 85% of the 3 months was changed sometimes without even notice. If you have children to pick up from school or drop off at school this is definitely not the job for you","Area managers, get over yourselves, you are glorified cheerleaders. Management above area managers does not care regardless and won't change ever",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16405,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Pay good and on time,Nothing that much. There are getting up to.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16406,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,It has great pay and wadges,There is no downside unless you don't like nights,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16407,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Good Company,"Good pay, friendly and talented people",Peak will affect your holiday schedule with family and friends,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16408,amazon,"Berkeley, CA"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,"-very laid back, not work heavy -10% discount -can select your own hours",-work load may be easy but can be very boring -some managers aren't the nicest,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16409,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery Driver,Good pay and easy job when they are not changing policies and the equipment is working.,"Policy Changes everyday and the AMZL team gets an attitude when you ask them something. Packages are miss sorted which makes you have to dig for one package in several bags. Some packages not received at hub so you have to call in and get it fixed which takes up a lot of your time. Routing gives you little travel time to get from one delivery to the other and apartments are the worst. The rabbit (scanner) has major issues. Routing gets messed up and it goes down all the time. I could go on and on but I will not. My advise, not worth it.",Treat your contracted drivers with respect. Listen to what they are telling you. They are the boots on the ground dealing with the issues.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P860.htm
16410,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Business Partner,Good pay and benefits only pro.,Read the news people! employees walking out of meetings throwing themselves off the roof. Bezos treats his management staff terrible no respect. MBA grads are recruited for HR and given absolutely no training. When Management goes to Seattle for meetings heads roll when they return.,you have a reputation for having good products you need to have a reputation for a good place to work. Scary!,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16411,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Not Bad Not What You Expect,Good money and long term benefits. If you have a good ops things are outstanding.,Can get very boring and repetitive. Being held to standards out of control. Holiday season sucks.,"Show interest in developing your manager, not just concerned about rates",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16412,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon >Robbinsville Facility Center,"If you have no higher education they will pay for some associates degrees. Good entry level offerings for HS degree individuals allowing opportunities to make 30k yr. Although wont move far from that even if awesome, for years and years due to small variance in pay scales.","More often the proverbial hamster wheel with little attention to any employees career goals or paths. Low side of pay in facility centers in comparison to other within industry, 11.5 hr days often 4 days week with mandatory overtime 5th day. Robbinsville location worst location with many inconsistencies with employer practices and many internal operational issues. Revolving door, high employee turnover.","Robbinsville Facility Center Needs to recognize staffs education and abilities in internal data base with hiring practices, not ignore internals for advancement while focusing mainly on attracting new staff paying big sign on bonuses that they must pay back if leave b4 one yr. Most do leave who get such as soon as they can without payback. 14k avg sign on for leadership that walks 1 yr later could be used to pay for ANY Associates degree (not just certain ones), where entry levels will stay in there for 3 years while going to a community college which costs less. Boom happier associates, already trained vested and motivated productive efficient employees working towards a better future verse round and round nothing greater gained. Implementing stronger HR programs can also result in decreases in turnover and costs in additon to improving operational throughputs.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16413,amazon,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse/Sortcenter,If you want a job working 2 hrs a day then the sort center in Hillsboro is for you,Supervisors try to make the job look like it is a great place to work but it's all crap. Stay away from amazon,Everything about this place is a con. Don't waste your time they say it's a four hr shift and if you sign up you can get more hrs but you only get maybe 2 hrs and if you signed up for more hrs the next shift is 3 hrs later,I didn't know how you can justify a job with 2 hrs a day,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16414,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,Cool company to work for,Always changing and evolving each day,Organization,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16415,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal worker,Good pay and friendly workmates,Requested for additional hours but did not get a response,Managers need to pay more attention to their subordinates,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16416,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Management Intern,Great Team Experience Opportunities to take initiative,I dont really have cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16417,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Good. Can be overwhelming.,"You will be working on projects that support or challenge other industry giants. Most of the people I meet are interesting, intelligent and kind. There are many development opportunities for improving service offerings, infrastructure and tooling in an organization as diverse as this one. There is so much to learn here. Internal tech talks are frequent and informative. Most managers I have observed have been clear about expectations. Mine have appeared to be honorable, concerned for my development as an engineer and my well being as a human.  Recent (early 2017) efforts to help identify and remedy work/life balance issues are relevant and effective.",Amazon is an orchestrated chaos with deep internal culture. It is not that this is bad or insurmountable but for most it requires about nine months to become acclimatized.  As in many places employees must be aware of their need for life balance and can easily burn out.  The Seattle housing market is not sane. Childcare costs are staggering.,If the organization (AWS) can find ways to maintain its culture and efficacy while doing so diversification of operations geographically in the area would make it easier to find suitable candidates and work to relive the urban congestion that further growth in South Lake Union / Denny Triangle will exacerbate. Even just opening offices in Bellevue could help in terms of retention of employees who have families and those who might not otherwise be dissuaded by the job requirement of crossing Lake Washington to get to work in the morning. There are likely strong disaster recovery reasons to do this as well.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16418,amazon,"Cayce, SC"," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Gift Wrap Processor,Bad work conditions.,"Pay is ok. They have an employee comment system that they seem to at the very least read. They had pretty good food trucks come by for lunch, if you managed to get to them in time.","Preface, I was not fired, or let go I am not a bitter ex worker. I was hired for temp holiday work and my contract ended. I have been contacted by them for rehire on several occasions.  The starting pay is pretty good, but not worth the working conditions. Bc so many people start the shift at the same time, (approximately 4000 per shift) everyone is leaving and coming in at the same time. Traffic is ridiculous. I would have to leave 3 hours early to make it to their shuttles to just get to near the building in a reasonable amount of time.  Now imagine doing the same for your 15 min break or 30 min lunch. To avoid being late I wouldn't bother going (personal choice to avoid being penalized) other than going to the restroom.  You are penalized for everything, even though they create the situation that you are penalized for.  The heat in the building is ridiculous. It's a warehouse with at least 4000 people in it at minimum. And hundreds of machines. It is hot! Everyone goes to break at the same time And you have to pass through security to wait in line at the vending machines that you hope have drinks left in it by the time you get there. To then turn around go back through security and hope that you don't have to use the restroom. And get back to your station without getting penalized.  When you finish your 10 hour shift you still have a 3 hour wait until you get home.  So you essentially have 16 hour days for ok pay.",Shifts need to be staggered better.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16419,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Place where builders can build,"+ If you are highly motivated developer, you would love the freedom you receive here. Almost no bureaucracy. (Being a big company there might be some exceptions but this is been my experience over 4 years). If you are stuck in a team with legacy stuff, or work you don't like, moving is kind of easy (you would have to prepare for interviews though). + Very open env - you could talk to anyone if you have an issue.","- Full round interviews if you want to move to different team/org. - Oncall, esp if team is small could be taxing on you.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P861.htm
16420,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,"Amazon, the king of bare bones employment.",Room for growth and great work experience.,Overall lower salaries and lacking expanded benefits such as tuition reimbursement.,Please be mentors to your people.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16421,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Career Outlook, poor work/life balance","Fast paced, great benefits, challenging, room to grow",Long hours & difficult schedules,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16422,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Best Career I Ever Had So Far,"Excellent pay, amazing benefits from day one, staff is really friendly, monthly activities, easy work depending on what you are doing","Very repetitive, false promises being made, last minute schedule change during holiday season, job can be boring after a while until you end up moving up in company, and poor communication to management",Pay close attention to safetyand help your associates that are actually working hard to move up in the company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16423,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - FLC Tech Recruiter,Political,"Many great people, and love having dogs at work!",The political games are rampant. Manager has favorites and makes it impossible to shine for everyone else. Also a goofy culture of subjective hiring. My team hires the same male from the same country over and over - the hiring managers scoff at diversity.,Promote people who actually know how to MANAGE - not your friend from other jobs.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16424,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Program Manager,Quick growth. A lot of projects to work on. A lot of opportunities. Usually good leadership.,Long working hours. Less compensation than the other tech companies.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16425,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The job is ok but can get boring.,"The monthly and yearly bonus, benefits, holiday pay, Bi weekly pay, gives you vacation time off, and paid time off.",Can get boring. You must be able you stand for 10 hours straight four days a week. Short breaks and lunches.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16426,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not for me.,"The pay, benefits, time off, decent exercise, staff,","Minimal human interaction, on feet all day (8-10 hrs), 15 min breaks, 30 min lunches, soreness, large warehouse, can't listen to music, no electronic devices,",Get on the floor more and show that you truly care for your associates and encourage them to work hard. I have never seen my manager on the floor ONCE in my time working here.,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16427,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't bother unless you're only looking to fill in gaps.,Great benefits and decent pay.,Management is terrible and Human Resources are unhelpful.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16428,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pacaking,benefit was a good one,standing for a long period,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16429,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,"very nice awesome, will love to come back",no cons at all about this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P862.htm
16430,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Career Outlook, poor work/life balance","Fast paced, great benefits, challenging, room to grow",Long hours & difficult schedules,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16431,amazon,"Milwaukee, WI"," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Unprofessional,"Pay rate is decent for a part time job You can make your own schedule No interview process, which could also be considered a con","There's no interview process. Training sucks. False advertisement. Hard to get in touch with HR. Upper management communication is practically nonexistent. I called about another issue I was having on my first day, only to find out they suspended me because of an i-9 form that I correctly filled out and had proper identification for. I called HR to reslove the issue. They said they would call me back and I still haven't heard from them. This company is the definitiom of unprofessional. Not to mention, they tell you one thing at ""orientation"" and it's a totally different thing when you actaully start working(benefits, pay etc).",Follow up with employees. Have an interview process so candidates will take you seriously. Don't just throw people on the job. Provide proper training.,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16432,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Packing,Outbpound Pack,lots of overtime during pick season,Low pay and unreasonable hourly quotes.,"Breaks should be 15 mins - not 3-4 min to get to break room, 3-4 walk back to cell = a 7-8 min break :)",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16433,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Associate,Amazon Fullfillment,"Great benefits, hours, and clean worling environment",No communication between the management or shift leads. Poor value om employees.,"Promote from within the company more, instead of out sourcing for new management.",2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16434,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting place,"Smart colleagues, good benefits, good pay","Stressful environment, aggressive management requirements",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16435,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Jeffersonville Warehouse,Good health insurance and benefits,Low pay and very computer oriented when it comes to hr,make it more human friendly not everyone is computer savy,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16436,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Dynamic, fast paced, and responsive environment.",Long hours and very much numbers based,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16437,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great,"Four day work week, great benefits, generous PTO and Vacation and even has the option to take voluntary time off if offered.","long shift(you'll get used to it, it's not too bad)",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16438,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE Salary at A,"Good pay, high scalability work.","No snacks, no food in the kitchen",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16439,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,The job is a great way for a new college graduate to earn good money and experience in management,Long hours in an intense setting. Be prepared to stick up for yourself and run a good business,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P863.htm
16440,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Loss Prevention,Overall it's fun to work at home!,I get to work from home and it's pretty relaxing! We get to chat all day with teammates and joke around with our supervisors since you're in a chat room with them. I've formed a bond with everyone on my team including my supervisor. You get hired on for 6 months around the holidays and they decide if they wanna keep you after that. So it's nerve racking towards the end. But you get benefits even as a temp employee. They also offer flex hours for anyone available. There are some cons I listed below BUT it's the same as every call center job ever so it's not like Amazon is unique in the cons I'm going to list,A very unexpected shift change happens sometimes where everyone must vote to change shifts. They can also demand that you work so much overtime around Christmas each week and then don't offer much time slots. Almost doesn't matter what department you sign up for (as far as customer service goes) because they will pull you in to another department against your wishes. You could get stuck with some easy and fun or hard and terrible like billing.  One last comment that customers that call in are the WORST out of every customer Service job I've ever had. 99% of complaints are about shipping which is not on amazon to control. They yell and scream and demand supervisors because the carrier delivered a day late or left the item somewhere they didn't like. It get old and stressful QUICK.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16441,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Good pay, fast growing company.",Crazy hours and micro-managing.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16442,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Pick,warehouse associate,"good benefits including, cheap health insurance, 401K plan, unpaid and paid time off from day one, stock, after one year a tuition program is offered where they pay 95% for up to 4 years, $3000 a year.","unreasonable hours, ridiculous mandatory overtime, physical and mental toll on body makes it almost not worth it. really high standards as far as the work goes, can get easily written up if you have a bad week, must maintain a ""rate"" and weekly average. no phones allowed in facility, may seem secluded from other people at times depending on your department.","keep your employees in mind when making decisions on rates, scheduling and other policies.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16443,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Returns Lead,Department Lead,"Great people, shift work, ok benefits",Large company that tends to lose cultural happiness,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16444,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Amazon picker,"Paid time off, non pay time off, area to microwave food","Heat in summer time, lack of communication with others",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16445,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Data Engineer II,Data engineer,Decent salary. Lots of ptos and floating Holidays and health insurance covers well done and the future of the future,Too many off hour job. Manager is too focus on details and too many orders for the future of the future and,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16446,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Sucks the life out of you. Get the Amazon stamp, then leave. Period.",* Opportunity to do impactful work really quickly * Looks great on the resume. Opens up doors * Very good total compensation for first two years * Seattle summers,"* Lack of empathy for what the constant drive does to employees health and lives * Leadership principals that do not mention employee well being at all * A very negative and confrontational environment that wears on you. * The company doesn't care about employee well being or work/life balance. * Seattle grey clouds almost every day in the winter, spring, and late fall * Seattle slow rain on average every day or other day in winter, spring, and late fall",* Care about your high turnover. Do something about it! At least try to ease the burden so that employees aren't forced to work 70-75 hours a week consistently. You're killing us. * Create a system that forces bad managers to shape up or ship out.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16447,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Apr 9, 2017",Former Employee - ICQA,DO NOT WORK HERE,The pay was great and I liked having paid time off. If you decided at anytime during your shift you could go on the hub and use your pro.,The hours were long and it was extremely tiring.,"find a better system for write ups, and find a better way to inform employees about changes in stand up",1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16448,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2017",Former Employee - Senior TPM,Amazon is great but tuff,"customer obsession, bias for action, formal team process","tuff, huge pressure to employees",clear your boundary to other teams.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16449,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Forklift driver,"Nice pay , ok benefits , flexible hours",Too many hours not enough time to rest,Have to shorten hours no outside life,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P864.htm
16450,amazon,"Smyrna, GA"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - PACKAGE HANDLER/SORTER,package handler/sorter,"Flexible times/ schedule, easy work","Management rude, unorganized, and don't take any advice",Listen to the worker more.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16451,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Overnight),"A game of favoritism, numbers, and modern day slavery.","The benefits package is great, IF you manage to stick around long enough to utilize them. The opportunity for overtime is there.","They promote based on who they like personally. If you're a male and you're not a brown-noser, your chances of moving up from the bottom is very low. Numbers are everything as a fulfillment associate. The 4 day work schedule sounds lovely until you realize how hard you work for a dollar amount that isn't equivalent to how tiresome the job actually is. The mandatory overtime is a killer","Analyze your management team, the Process Assistants in specific. Some that I encountered were willing to push hard workers that wanted the best for the company to the wayside for a chance to work next to a pretty face and thin waist.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16452,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Associate,"Benefits are good but what good are they if you let quality people go right when they get more benefits at the first year anniversary...medical leave, raises, stock, etc. Acknowledge first year anniversaries at stand-up meetings, not just three years...not sure about two years.","Being set-up for failure after 12 months. Extremely fast is not good enough if you drop below 100% production 6 times in one year, even if you are at 99.9%, you get wrote up for your hard work week regardless of what product you are stuck with over and over again. If you are lucky enough to get a $13 an hour rate, you may get it for one or two weeks before suddenly you are told you are needed in the meeting room - take your stuff, you won't be allowed to go back alone to get it alone. That is it, you are done even after 15 months regardless of your work QUALITY. You constantly sweat even when it is freezing outside, sweat drips at times from faces. They will get someone else to replace you once your rate is higher than their hiring rate if they succeeded to give the best work to the seasoned (as I was told) employees.","Don't just say you appreciate all of our hard work, treat people like you mean it. Treat dedicated people who obey your rules out on the floor like they really do matter on your one on one meetings with them. Stop interrupting their work time with surveys and production reviews while they are trying to make rate over and over again. Post ALL rates prior to breaks and correct rates at the end of shift. It is like you like to keep people in the dark because many times they think they had a good week but did not see all the daily rates...not even posted the next day, the final rates",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16453,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better than most,Is it a descent place to work.....Absolutely! Management/Supervisors onsite want you to succeed. Lost 6lbs in one week!,"Onsite Management has little flexibility. Seattle runs the show, via statistics, algorithms, and spreadsheets. You are a breathing ROBOT,","For the greater good, the whole must succeed. But, the whole is made up of individuals with different strengths and weaknesses. Decisions should be made to work with the individual to exemplify the strengths. For example, if a employee is good at one position doesn't mean he would be good at training that task and the person training a specific task doesn't have to great at the task as long as he can understand and verbally convey the message effectively.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16454,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,DIFFICULT BUT ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO WORK,"Great benefits, easy, helpful, friendly co-workers. Clean work area. Easy hire in and versatile work schedules. Plenty of overtime. It's like another person said...Amazon is an abusive sexy woman.","Excessive evaluations and unattainable goals does not line up with the pay or the responsibility. Extreme working temperatures can be overwhelming when exposed to at lengthy intervals, which it always is. Nothing is ""acceptable"" every task completed is sub-par and as a result there is a high turnover rate from frustration, lack of training and a very sparse reward system. Employees are treated well as they await the slaughter via neverending evaluations and demoralizing ""warnings"".","There is always a wealth of employees at these low pay levels. The constant evaluation of employees is demoralizing and will, I believe, be a significant part of Amazon's downfall. A structure is only as sound as the bricks it is made of and the integrity of the brickmason. Constant critical conversations and unrealistic goals regardless of the benefits keep low level employees in a constant stressful state and decompose the fabric of the base level of employment.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16455,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Understand no circumstances should you leave any job to work at Amazon,"You will meet some incredibly smart people while working at Amazon. If you pose no threat to their career projection, you have the opportunity to build a strong network.","Although slavery in the US was abolished in 1865, I'd imagine this would be the closest you'd encounter in modern day. Employees easily work 70-100 hours per week, both during peak (holiday) and non-peak months. Amazon pays well below many other companies in tech, attempting to close the gap with stock that takes 4 years to fully vest and you will likely never see because the average tenure of employees there is 11-18 months depending on the division of the company. Managers here are horribly inexperienced and will throw you under the bus to spare themselves. Do not expect HR to help you with resolving any personnel issues including harassment, management intimidation, workplace bullying, or any of other good 'ol boy tactics common in the tech environment. Heed the warnings of the NY Times article (and several other articles). This is a truly awful place to work.","This place is beyond repair. I truly don't think management cares to improve this work environment, so I'll spare my advice for perspective employees. DO NOT WORK HERE. There is far better out there.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16456,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Virtual Representative,"Flexible hours, great customers, management is awesome and very helpful.",Slow periods bring limited access to hours.,None. Mine were awesome.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16457,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Center Associate,"Interesting. If you need a part time, flexible job, working at a fulfillment center might be the thing for you.","Mostly only part-time shifts that range between 3 to 5 hours, depending on what needs the center have. Not enough work to use as a sole job.",Keep communicating with your workers. Keep around workers to provide feedback when needed.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16458,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pending start date,"Thus far I've had nothing but a great onboarding experience.  Quick, efficient, and practical",A little slow on decisive start dates,"Keep up with your employees, reminder emails are always great.",5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16459,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 18, 2017",Former Employee - Processor/Grader,I recommend it up to 4 years unless you are able to move up the line to PA or Manager,Medical insurance is great,They don't want you talking at all. They watch you like your in prison.,Back off. You might get more work out of people if you're not constantly breathing down their necks.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P865.htm
16460,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,AWS - Fast and Furious,"Smart, driven people. Lots of code to write, many problems to be solved. Code quality is *generally* OK, but varies wildly throughout teams and projects. Little bureaucracy","High operational load, which is effectively suffered silently by the SDEs. On-call for engineers is a perfect representation of this, the complex web of interacting services are constantly changing, and having engineers on call 24/7, 365 is how Amazon handles this issue. This varies by team, of course, but it is not at all uncommon to get woken up in the middle of the night to fix a problem, be up for a few hours, and then put in 8-10 hours the next day.  Amazonians, being generally hardworking and dedicated overachievers, tend to accept this operations load during their core hours and do project work and programming in the evenings or on weekends, in order to make progress and actually get things done. Management doesn't outwardly show that they recognize this at all, and schedule projects and deadlines accordingly, assuming that an 80 hour week is a sustainable pace for their teams to be working at.  Because of all of this, working at Amazon is essentially 25% amazing (rewarding, sane project work), and 75% firefighting.  And while politics can be avoided somewhat, there's a marked Machiavellian feeling in the air.","Honestly, I don't think there's any way to rectify these issues given Amazon's culture. The company wouldn't be where it is today without the breakneck pace. Slowing down would mean falling behind.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16461,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Assistant Shift Manager,I've never felt so intellectually disrespected. Run the other way,Pay was great. decent health insurance. brilliant people.,"If you don't mind selling your soul to the devil for a paycheck that you won't even get to enjoy, than this is the place for you. imagine coming up with and inventing new processes and having them stolen by the shift managers everyday who in turn return the favor by constantly riding you for petty things. or having 10+ years management and operations experience and these newbs from college talking to you like you're a toddler and micromanaging the daylights out of you. all the while asking you to micromanage the associates (who are grown adults). Literally the most toxic environment i have ever been in, in my entire career. there is Zero development. its basically live or die. its disheartening seeing new batches of people from operations down to associates getting hired with high hopes and bright faces just to see them after only 3 weeks withdrawn, dead and zombielike. Amazon will literally suck the life out of you. People are always condescending and blatantly disrespectful. I have to this day never met anyone that likes their job. they try and make the job seem glamorous when they hire you but the reality is, its the same repetitive thing, over and over and for the love of God, over again. tossing boxes, babysitting employees, complaining about the job and ""teams"". lather, rinse, repeat. lather, rinse, repeat.  Shift managers literally do nothing but sit on their laptops all day pretending to work while shift assistants get run into the ground (actually doing the work) while they run the associates into the ground. super high turnover. nobody stays for more than a year unless they're contractually obligated to. i have never been so bored or under stimulated in my life. you will NOT work less then 14 hrs a day and you will NOT get a lunch break. I don't care what they pretend. its not even possible to fully sit and eat before things hit the fan. AGAIN. Keep running ""lean"" amazon. :)  Don't say i didn't warn you. Oh and moving to ANY other department won't make a difference. you will get stabbed in the back, thrown under the bus, AND run into the ground no matter where you end up :)  Lots of career opportunity if you're willing to slaughter people to get to the top. Which doesn't stop anyone in there. What kills me is why would you even want to go ANYWHERE in this company?! have some integrity and dignity!  i talked an assistant station manager from another company out of taking an offer as an area manager at amazon. i may have saved his life.  Side note- I never met an Ops manager that I didn't like. That's about it. Show stops there.",find a way to get rid Bozo Bezos then fire everyone from the Top and make your way down.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16462,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDM,Customer obsession is very good.,"No work life balance, bad decision making at middle Management","Avoid or minimize hierarchy, have a policy for span of control.",4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16463,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Great work culture and fostering of innovative ideas,Can't think of any downsides,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16464,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,"If you don't have to, Don't.",Popcorn in the break room. Constant information trickling down to help with your position. Co-workers are dynamic.,"Out of a training class of 14 in December, 5 are actually left 90 days in. People will try to help, but you will be given more than one piece of information and training will be contradicted. If you don't rock the boat, you'll be fine, but if you actually want to know why or figure something out that might help, don't bother. You won't have time. You have 90 seconds between phone calls to complete your troubleshoot and notate your answers then send your follow-up response, 60+ words per minute is not enough.",Don't allow training to be done by anyone on the floor. They don't always follow your principles and the supervisors don't have time to help. You no longer have an open marketplace if you are controlling product offers!!!,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16465,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reciever,Pay is good if you have no experience. Management is great.,"It's like working in a huge high school. The drama is unreal. People will take you to the ""principals office"" (hr) and complain about anything you do if they don't like you they will make up stuff. So much negativity here. It will drain the life out of you.",Stop feeding into the heathens. They make one complaint and you give them everything they want. Make adult judgments!,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16466,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Working at an Amazon Fulfillment Center,You're kept plenty busy coupled with plenty of paid and unpaid time off,You can never sit down for a brief rest and the responsibilities are high for the level of pay,Interact more with Associates while they are working,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16467,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Commit to bettering yourself,You will be challenged on a daily basis. You will be forced to grow in ways you never knew you could. You will work with people as smart or smarter than you. Where big fish go to swim with their kind.,Ambiguity can be overwhelming. Not a solid training plan for external hires. Peak season means you can say goodbye to your family from Thanksgiving through Christmas every year.,Need better delineation of boundaries and limits of authority for mid-level manager ownership. Need to encourage more autonomy and less micromanagement. Keep grooming the next generation of site leaders.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16468,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Scanner,Ok and not ideal,"The people you get to meet. There is the good, the bad, and the ugly.","No climate control, strenuous work, hard to reach goals, volume with terrible bathrooms.",You guys need better way to motivate your employees. More appreciation is needed for the good scanners. HR is to unwilling to help scanners. More training should be provided to make sure employees are taken care of.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16469,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not sure,"Good place, high pay, seasides","maybe lots of oncall, expense for living",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P866.htm
16470,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Floor Health Monitor,Terrible,"Reasonable pay, good team work amongst coworkers, great process flow and general work environment, accommodating with time-off.","Terrible Managment, no opportunity for advancement, HR is a joke, no sense of ergency regarding major work issues, everyone enjoyed blaming everyone else for their own issues (no responsibility taken by any member of ""management"",) sexist.","Actually follow and enforce rules, reduce favoritism and recognize hard work.",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16471,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Process Assistant,"Well, it's a job with benefits.","Work 4-10 hour shifts, off 3 days. Usually plenty of OT available. Health insurance is above average","Management and HR department are incompetent and not qualified for their job. Questionable ethics and safety. Mandatory OT with little or no notice. Certain associates are given impossible tasks and then given written warnings. Ex. Rate, Time off task, Management does not understand the processes and some are unwilling to learn.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16472,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Kinda crappy,* Pay is good * Non idiotic approach to engineering * I learned a lot about engineering in my year here * Pay is pretty good * Seattle is a nice place to live I think * Teaches you that theres more to life than work by virtue of shoving in your face how distasteful workaholics are,"* The company activly encourages everyone to treat each other like inhuman tools and be crappy to each other. Each leadership principle basically reads ""be a crap to the people sitting next to you"" or ""be super arrogant"" * The company activly encourages everyone to treat each other like inhuman tools (counts double) * Everyone is a tool * Code quality is very low. Interviews to get in are pretty easy as far as coding skills and technical knowledge go. I had coworkers writing javascript who didnt know what the DOM is, coworkers that didnt understand how the internet works...I was working on a core service of AWS too * The way work is distributed bascially goes as follows - everyone waves there genitalia at each other and whoever is most assertive gets their work of choice. * I tried to be nice to people because I naturally tend to put the needs of people sitting next to me over my own and I ended up with piles of everyone elses crapwork on my desk. This never happened to me at previous employers. * Low quality assignemtns, low quality work by peers, and everyone being kind of mean to you gradually drains all of the joy of work right out of your soul. People arent as bad as in the NYTimes article by any means, but even people slightly/subtly being crappy to you tolls on your experience as a human being","I'm used to work being something like ""Hello __. We have X work, something you are skilled in, we are not skilled in, and you're at least vaguely interested in doing. Have a crack at it why doncha for some money""  At amazon its ""Hey __. Here's a room full of kind of mediocre engineers that want to stab you in the back and crap on you at worst, and not give a crap about you in any way and use you as a tool at best. We have a bunch of crap that needs doing but we're just going to throw you in here and see what ends up happening to you""  Be more like other places please.",3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16473,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Safety is no problem, no problem at all",You could work four 10-hour days at $13.00 or three 12-hour shifts for $16.00.,"I observed scores of potential safety problems. For instance the warehouse is so huge, and very few have radios (phones are not allowed). If ""something"" were to happen, a person might not be found for a very long time. Even if found, a second person might take five minutes, and it could take 15 minutes to get to a manager with a radio who could call for medical assistance. (You've probably heard that even if you had a phone, calling 911 is not allowed). I was supposedly let go for other reasons, but I think I made a better whistleblower than warehouse worker.  Between Black Friday and Christmas, Vacations are not allowed. Overtime is required--six days in a row. However, sometimes they front-end the work so that you make close to 40 hours, and the whole time you tell yourself, wait till that last day, it's 1.5 regular salary the whole day--and they call it off. So they got you to slave so many days in a row, but do their best to minimize overtime pay.",The bottom line is too low a standard with which to judge people.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16474,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior BI Manager,Lots of opportunities and career growth,Ambiguous environment with no clear direction at times. Work life balance can be hard to achieve,Set clear direction for organizations,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16475,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Pick your own hours and helpful management,There were no real cons to working with Amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16476,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,Never Enough,The facility is lose to my house. Short work week.,"Mental & physical stress, low pay, short breaks, lack of advancement opportunities, you're a robot. LOW pay. Inexperienced/young ""management"".","Treat people with respect, we're not robots. Remove the ""90-day"" transfer hold, especially when you are offering VTO by the week!",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16477,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfilment Associate,The work hours are good If you really need the money,"I've worked at Amazon for over a year now and I have to say that there are tons of downsides, They act like the employees are robots so there expectations are high, They work the employees too DEATH like slaves, Breaks are the bare minimal, Its really hard to do different things or switch to a different department,They don't have to give the employees 24 hour notice for Mandatory Overtime, Management is unorganized and some will even go out there way to get you fired, Human Resources act like they can't help with anything, If you have a emergency involving family it is really hard to take a leave, and much more. I would NOT recommend this job unless you really need the money.",Treat employees better because we are the reason the company is even running,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16478,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,"Great coworkers, always moving, and easy work .",Can be held over for up to 2 additional hours.,Stop employees from hiding in the restroom .,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16479,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company if you do your job,Decent pay for a job that isn't too hard.,"If you don't like long days with little notice to schedule changes, don't bother.",Management should be a little more compassionate to their workers. They are human are all.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P867.htm
16480,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Easy job, but not much else",Hours are pretty damn brutal,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16481,amazon,"Foster City, CA"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Amazon Corporate with Education Focus,"Passionate and intelligent team, ability to work on something that directly impacts teachers and students. Connection to larger Amazon as a whole opens many doors for other career opportunities. Culture of colleagues is very supportive. Excellent work life balance.","Poor management, poor cross-functional communication, lack of clear planning -- constantly in a state of disorganization to ""test"" and quickly pivot to see what's working. Much work you do is constantly thrown out to move in another direction. Morale low from mid-level management and below in work motivation from reorg of upper management.",More cross-functional communication and clearer leadership. Choose a direction to move in and stick with it.,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16482,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a job,"Your fellow associates are the only reason to work here, they are good people.",This company is one of the worst places to work. You go in the door a whole person and within a couple months time they chew you up and spit you out that same door. The cost to the local economy in worker poor health far exceeds any job creating benefit.,Stop hiring and promoting kids right out of college. They know less than nothing and they are being paid way too much for not having any experience other than textbook theories.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16483,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work environment with smart peers,Very customer focused and ambitious,"By working around so many ambitious colleagues, it is hard to achieve a work-life balance while keeping up with everyone",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16484,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon perks,paid time off anytime you want to use it no questions asked up to 40 hours then you have to use it by the end of the year but you can use it during peak times October to December.Vacation 2 weeks a year 3 weeks after that. Excellent benefits great pay for the type of work you do very completive. You Get 10 hours Paid Time Off When You Start And Your Full Time.,None That I Have Seen So Far,Bring A Food Truck In For Employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16485,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,it is good company to work,it is stressful to work here,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16486,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,Musical Chairs,"Interesting work, challenging, tangible accomplishments, growth opportunities.  Good location in SLU.  Ability to try completely different/new things, i.e. move from retail to AWS, Kindle, Video, Publishing, IMDB, Zappos, etc.","5-6 all day stack ranking meetings per year makes managers feel like judges on Survivor.  The review system incentivizes switching teams/orgs every 2-3 years. If you aren't aggressively looking for ways to advance your career, i.e. hopping around, you'll eventually be viewed as low-growth and managed out. The constant churn is potentially good for employee growth for bad for organizational effectiveness.","OLR (organizational leadership review) is too political and has little to no relation to goals/accomplishments. Also - if a good employee is in the wrong role, try to get them in the right role before patting yourself on the back for fulfilling an arbitrary top-grading quota. Frustration with the OLR process is the primary reason I quit. I loved working at Amazon as an engineer. I wouldn't return as a manager.",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16487,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Forklift Operator,Better than avg warehouse,"Pto, vac time and benefits also nice break room with big screen cable television","Parking is horrible, long walks from work stations to lot","Need more experienced management, have to identify better opportunities in the work place",3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16488,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,If you're late you can use your personal time to clock in. Do you work for 10 hour days and get a half hour unpaid lunch 210 minute breaks,It breaks and lunch should be longer because of the pressure put on you or rate you have to meet processing and grading items,mayfair and just with the employees and follow up with verbal commitments of incentives,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16489,amazon,"New Brunswick, NJ"," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Culture Great Pay 4 day work week,Long hours Work during holidays,More engagement activities,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P868.htm
16490,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Great growth potential Scope of responsibility Great resource in support team Highly intelligent team and managers,Top down leadership Poor training Work life balance Rare form of development from senior leaders,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16491,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,Fun place to work! Staff was very helpful and professional!,Salary should be the same no matter what shift you work!,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16492,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,great experience about the environment there,"well, it's hard to say about the con",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16493,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Data Associate,"Good company, interesting big picture, boring day-to-day","Flexible work hours, interesting big picture work, good people, good managers, you can grow there if you put in the time and work for it","Day-to-day work can get dull, you have to interview to get a promotion, pay isn't great",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16494,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,Political - full of dominating personalities,"You'll learn a lot in a short time and you'll do it on your own which is empowering (but also stressful). You'll meet some great people who are smart, hardworking and friendly.","You will work very hard and no manager will be there to thank you after. You will also meet some not great people who will put their own needs first to get ahead. Managers do not invest in training and churn/movement across teams is so common and quick that you'll never have a manager truly invested in your success and development. If you're not interested in retail, think hard about accepting because though Amazon is a tech company for engineers, for VMs your skills you develop will be that of a buyer (sales, financial tracking, relationship management, negotiations) and that can box you in your career going further.",None,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16495,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent Pay for 2nd Job,Pay is good for extra income,I have no cons so far.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16496,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Manager Trainee,Transport,Good solid name and backing,Can't find any to say about it,Keep up the good work,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16497,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment associate,The people are nice to work with,they do not give raises,more appreciation days,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16498,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,Like the schedule & hours,The pay & no overtime,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16499,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Ehh,Good Pay Good Benefits Friendly Co-workers,Management is disorganized. Some benefits such as bonuses are hard to acquire They stick you in one department and make it nearly impossible to get out.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P869.htm
16500,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Analyst,Systems Analyst,Access to new tools and cutting edge technology. Ability to transfer departments.,Frenetic pace. Ambiguity to the max.,Up or out mentality is not conducive to long term employee status.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16501,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,NEED MORE HOURS!,"Very easy work, weekly pay and free dental for part time associates. Great as a second income if you already have a full time job.",Shift is 4 hours for 5 days of the week with a max of 5 hour shifts if there is a demand for it. Sometimes shift is less than 4 hours.,Employees should be appreciated and rewarded better.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16502,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Shipping/Receiving Clerk,Amazing!,The benefits and the work areas are awesome.,It's pretty far if your depending on public transportation and it's very difficult to secure as a job or work your way up the success ladder.,Management system is great.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16503,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Definitey love,I love everything about Amazon it is definitely an awesome company where I am able to purchase all sorts of materials,"Nothing negative about this company, it's is definitely Amazing and don't plan on shoppers no else where when I have a company in hand such as Amazon",Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16504,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon is about quantity, not quality",Higher pay than other warehouses,No room for growth Overwork employees,none,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16505,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"A good start, but you wont stay long","Accept new grad with a low bar, give almost everybody a chance if he is lucky. So it is a good place for you to start your career.","1. work life balance is bad 2. company culture is not friendly, treat employee bad 3. 50% SDE employee wont stay for two year",I dont think Amazon can change.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16506,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,just a number,vacation and health insurance HSA offered,You are just a number. Work rates differ depending on where you are assigned. AFE 1 has higher rates than AFE2 and so forth..... If you are told to work hard to be trained in a different area it is not true. If you make rate in one area they will not move you no matter how hard you work.,Don't lie to your workers.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16507,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 26, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great work culture,"Fast-paced, with accent on hiring strong engineers.","With the pressure on growth, mid-level management creep has set in.","Continue to hire great people, so the superior hiring standards are maintained.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16508,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Shift Manager,Responsible for your own growth.,Lots of opportunity to grow within the company. Flexible schedules if you are a student. Always innovating and improving processes. Pre-paid tuition assistance for certain types of studies.,Unorganized management. HR can be very inefficient. It will take them very long to correct whatever errors they have in their system.,Try to be consistent with what you tell associates.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16509,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Feb 26, 2017","Current Employee - Pup Driver, Picker and Packer, Stower, ICQA","Hard hours, decent management depending on who you work with.",The people you work with make it worthwhile. If you get a good manager then you will have an easy time.,"Night shift is hard on the body, so is having to put up over 2500 items a night item by item.","I love my manager, but I have noticed that other teams managers at work are always micro managing.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P870.htm
16510,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,Mediocre,"Great benefits, great hours, casual relaxed dress","Unreasonable expectations are put upon the workers and the same amount of productivity is required for everyone, regardless of their situation and the fact that it requires a team effort for success. I wouldn't feel overly motivated to recommend Amazon as a great company to work for. The pay is good, but you may have to accept feeling under appreciated a lot of the time. Everyone is disposable.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16511,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Re: Amazon,"Dynamic, challenging, prestigious, excellent benefits","High turnover rate, lack of communication, managerial chaos, places the bottom-line before employee welfare.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16512,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not an easy job.,Good for someone looking for a career,Hard work starting out. Pays in the future.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16513,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Product Manager,"base, 401k, stock, people, energy","work life balance, stressful at times",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16514,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great!,"Lots of opportunity for growth, lots of smart coworkers, really interesting technical problems.",Pager duty can be draining,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16515,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ownership and opportunity,"Employees of all levels are empowered to own their business and create their career roadmap. You are encouraged to move around the company, growing into roles outside of your skill set.",Finding the right team/manager is extremely important to ensure work/life integration.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16516,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Mar 11, 2017",Current Employee - Package Handler,Parking and Breaks Show They Don't Care,They don't interview. All you have to do is pass a drug and background.,Parking is atrocious! They don't care about employees but will fire you on a dime. Management is lazy and they pick favorites. People like to wear yellow vests to appear to be managers but they aren't.,THINK!!,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16517,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Nothing against the company it's just not for me,I learned how to build a pallet with boxes and split packages I became a blue badge,Managers are hard on hardworking people (like me) in the warehouse Managers only care about percentage rates and not their employees Working with lazy people who stand around talking during the whole shift Pay and hours are cut after peak season (late November through mid-January),"HR and the management team needs to be more accurate on what their policies for Amazon is about during hiring orientation and after becoming a blue badge. It would be less confusing for the new hires, so they will know what the regulations are for this company.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16518,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth the stress,"Great compensation, brand new offices","Unrealistic expectations, demands, and stressful culture",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16519,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It's not for everyone..,"Amazon offers great benefits and a friendly work environment where managers are always willing to help you if there's an issue. The work is fast-paced and it will keep you in great physical shape. However, this job is not for everyone.",It is very easy to get a write up after the two weeks of training. There's a lot of rules and regulations that one must keep in mind while doing their job. Amazon is not for the lazy. You get what you put into. You not only have to work hard but you have to work efficiently. Make sure you're friendly with everyone.,Don't pressure associates too much with their rate and then contradict yourself saying you care about product quality first.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P871.htm
16520,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place,It's a cool place to work at if you like a set routine everyday.,They play favoritism to certain employees,Treat every employee the same and let them get the same chances,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16521,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,"Great company , benefits and working from home","Hard to advance, management seems to prioritize money sometimes",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16522,amazon,"Hillsboro, OR"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation Center,Flexible schedule and supporting atmosphere.,Not enough volume or hours available.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16523,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Career Ambassador,benefits and stock options. Great people to work with... great work events.,"commute, leadership, long hours.. don't value work life balance",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16524,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome work environment,The dress code is causal and everyday is never the same.,Sometimes it can be too fast for you to process me quickly,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16525,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience overall,good projects good people,a lot of work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16526,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Amazon,smart peers easy to switch teams very well maintained wiki,meetings can be ad odd hours 24 hour on-calls,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16527,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for the Weak,The benefits are good. Good for go-getter types.,You will work long stressful hours You must be able to lift 50lbs or less (even when many items do not provide weight information) Favoritism is a daily practice.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16528,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,If They Can Hire Outside The USA They Will,The only positive thing that I can say about Amazon is the employee really is empowered to assist the customer.,"We are lied to from the start. The seasonal workers are told that after 90 days (or at least when I started) that if we did a great job we would be converted to regular employment. That didn't happen.  More than one person who did everything right, worked the mandatory overtime without question during the Christmas season get told she would be let go the day after Christmas. Yet they were simultaneously hiring for their off-shore call centers because we would get transfers from those in the first part of training. She was 1 day shy of making 90 days so she couldn't even file for unemployment for our state.  The customer service satisfaction surveys are not contestable even when the customer writes that you were great but USPS or UPS was not. If you get 1 no, you need to have 11 yes responses to counteract that no. Survey contesting wasn't possible after the fact either if you got a No due to political even though Amazon did later on decide political calls were able to be suppressed. Amazon funded the lawsuit in Washington against the immigration ban.  Maintaining power and internet is placed 100 percent on the responsibility of the employee including things that you cannot control. You are given a bucket that is only 20 hours to cover things such as child is out sick, doctor appointments, or you have crappy internet. Those things you might be able to control. However, the things that cannot be controlled are things such as area wide power outages or internet outages that might not affect millions but does affect your area community. Amazon refuses to acknowledge those things as area wide issues.  Things such as the garbage truck gets tangled in the line and severs the fiber internet line for your community thus knocking you out of work. A crazy car driving down the road too fast loses control and hits the power pole and knocks it into the road thus causing a power outage for the community. Those two events destroyed my 20 hours.",Treat your employees with that same customer centric attitude you so want to have for the rest. And maybe listen to your customers once in a while that they don't want to talk to people from other countries when they are American.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16529,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,Amazon is always making history.,The speed at which your required to work can be a bit much.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P872.htm
16530,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Teir I,Warehouse Worker,"Good pay, good benefits, easy to learn and manage, Managers were easy to talk too","Schedule, a lot of other workers attitude mentality seemed to still be in high school","Too much cheery picking by new workers, favoritism was high between the PA's, waterspiders, and new-starts",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16531,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon prime now employee,Flex schedule....pick when you want to work,The hourly wage leaves a lot to be desired,I feel management needs to communicate better with the associates,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16532,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bye bye life,Great pay/benefits employee discount on select items.,Work/life balance is shifted to work. Kiss your family and social life good bye!,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16533,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Mar 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RIC2,"Really good pay, great benefits",Ack of communication in the building,"Do better, try better, help out, and pay attention",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16534,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Money and process improvement abilities. Great leadership team,Work life balance is lacking and too lean,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16535,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New Grad,Smart People in the team.,Seattle is way too cold,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16536,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Software QA Engineer/Tester,Good place to start a career,"Worked with some very bright people. Does a lot of things very well, but it's hard to overlook their shortcomings.","Unfortunately, the bright people usually find other jobs as soon as their stock vests. Most of the people I admired left to go to other companies. Amazon is a good place to start out, but you don't want to stay for too long.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16537,amazon,"Berkeley, CA"," Mar 11, 2017",Current Employee - Campus Associate,Campus Associate Position,It is a very easy job requiring little skill.,It can be menial and frustrating.,Increase incentives for good work and upward mobility.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16538,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pros and cons,"comraderie, speed, physically challenging and fun","I do not feel completely safe, given the recklessness of constant new hires. it is difficult to be as fast as they want me to be and also do quality picking.",stack ranking? it changes every day. you can only go as fast as your path/person in front of you.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16539,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Mar 5, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Warehouse Associate,Fulfillment Warehouse Associate,"good employees and managers depending on the days you worked. good hours. casual wear, no uniform required. sometimes get free handouts depends on the days you worked. Pay is decent.","no fulltime hours, no benefits, bad management on certain days. Have to work holidays.","allow employees to change schedules to accommodate personal situations, raise pay rates, have a full time options for Fulfillment Warehouse Associates. Close on certain holidays.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P873.htm
16540,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Seasonal Customer Service Associate,"Set schedule, good pay for college students, working from home, easy to get off time","long hours occasionally , rude/impatient customers, not knowing if you will become a permanent employee","Be more organized, hire people permanently , allow people to explore other departments.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16541,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,my time at amazon fulfillment,the work hours goes by fast and health insurance,Manager/leaders are not on the same page,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16542,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Coordinator,The team members are great,"During peak season, many positions become extremely labor intensive",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16543,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,You get good money and health care benefits once you become an amazon worker,Fast working pace. Sometimes they are hard on you,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16544,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intake at Amazon,Great benefits and good promotional track.,Lots of standing on your feet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16545,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon is the best place to work,scan boxes and do nothing else,no cons working for amazon,work harder,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16546,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Burnout Heaven,"Great Salary, equity, benefits are reasonable","Overworked, zero down time, pressured to work on days off",Run an operation focused on people and not bottom line business. The burnout is insane.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16547,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not very good,It is a paying job,You are not an employee you're a easily replaceable drone for that amazon will chew up and spit out,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16548,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Contractor,Amazon life,Easy hiring process and adequate pay,Not enough training and limited supervision,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16549,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Problem Solver,"Hype cultural, gig economy structured business","Decent pay for No-experienced applicants.  10% off your prime purchases up to $100 a year. Wow...  FLEXIBLE HOURS.Sign up for shifts(typically 4 hour intervals) at your discretion. Literally a minimal of 10 hours a month needed to stay employed.  Raffles(sort of)  Opportunity to travel to other Prime now locations/states if you become an ""ambassador.""  No experience required","Not for the experienced work class if you're looking to develop a career.  Not internally friendly.  Raw, inexperienced managnement, young naive co-workers, and ambiguous business practices.  No structure  No pay raises. No system in place to measure work/reward.",Nothing. You do a great job from every level of management punching yourself in the face.,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P874.htm
16550,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Problem Solver,"Hype cultural, gig economy structured business","Decent pay for No-experienced applicants.  10% off your prime purchases up to $100 a year. Wow...  FLEXIBLE HOURS.Sign up for shifts(typically 4 hour intervals) at your discretion. Literally a minimal of 10 hours a month needed to stay employed.  Raffles(sort of)  Opportunity to travel to other Prime now locations/states if you become an ""ambassador.""  No experience required","Not for the experienced work class if you're looking to develop a career.  Not internally friendly.  Raw, inexperienced managnement, young naive co-workers, and ambiguous business practices.  No structure  No pay raises. No system in place to measure work/reward.",Nothing. You do a great job from every level of management punching yourself in the face.,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16551,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dynamic Workplace,Amazon has a dynamic working place that moves and delivers quickly.,Too much churn in terms of the projects and the people.,Think more long term.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16552,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Mundane,"Perks. Insurance day 1 but $330 a month for family of 3. Restricted stock units, 2 after 2 years service and 1 yearly after that. Paid time accumulatio every 2 weeks at. 3.5 hours and quarterly 20 hours unpaid and 10 hours paid. Vacation time avcried at every payperiod at 1.5 hours. 4-10 hour evening shifts.",Raye expectation raises constantly. Sometimes unmanageable. Poor training.,Hire experienced managers and leave the kids on the college steps.,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16553,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,material handler,good company to work for as long as you are doing what you need to be doing like doing your job management are very proffessional,act faster when it comes to implement the suggestion,management need to move a little faster when it come to implement the suggestions coming from the employees.sometimes it takes them too long to act,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16554,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not really what I was looking for...,Company is working on lots of cool projects,They don't care about your work life balance and will anything to please the customer.,Care a little more about your employees,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16555,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Good health plan. Affordable and flexible benefits for both employee and dependents. Also, associates can earn incentives based on attendance and site productivity.","Difficult work. Internal promotions are rare. There is a steady churn/turnover among management, but most replacements are external new hires.",Promote more from within.,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16556,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Most of the people on my shift are pleasant. The day goes by pretty quickly. It's easy work. 4 day workweek leaves time make plans with family and friends.,"Not enough pay to live on. Chaos when shifts cross. Some leadership is very unorganized and it does not get addressed. Not enough training or the quality of the training is poor and that leaves one open for errors. No raises after 3 years, a quarter raise every six months.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16557,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment Sorter,Have experience in fulfillment centers both in packing and shipping. Familar with shipping software having used Federal Express and UPS software to expedite packages. Could be a great fit and have the ability and nature to be a team player.,Large company which may not understand my need to work and think I might be over qualified. This is not true as my wish is to gain employment and establish myself and benefit and useful employee.,"If you look at my resume you will see that my experience in business, shipping and customer service is extensive and broad based. See my years of experience as an asset will pay off and get you a great employee.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16558,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to wrok,-you get a lot of new friends -you can work a lot of hours if youd like -its super chill,"-if you dont like walking then this might not be the place for you, you are walking the entire time -",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16559,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Stower,"Great Money, Many Hours, good pay and benefits","For me it was the Night time hours, You have to follow a Rate",N/A,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P875.htm
16560,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Very fast paced working environment,-Great benifits -Great salary - 4 day work week,Long hours of work does not help.,"Be appreciative of your employees work. Be more vocal about what you like, not just what you dislike.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16561,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - RLDP Manager,Retail Leadership Development program,"good program, fast track to developing as a senior manager","your experience (good vs. bad) depends almost entirely on what team you end up in, do a good research before joining a specific one",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16562,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer support associate,Best environment to learn new things and work with,no cons for the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16563,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Seasonal Associate,Job was great for people who have other jobs or are going to school. The work was relatively easy but exciting.,Remote management techniques made it so sometimes we had to deal with problems that HR should have been dealing with. It made for some awkward coworker interaction.,Be at your remote locations more or instate a Person In Charge program.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16564,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Do your research,"Customer obsession, decent compensation, working backwards from the customer, good intentions: “a company of explorers, not conquerors”, “the best place in the world to fail”, and “a place where builders can build”, teams are fairly autonomous, and they are upfront about leadership principles (if they seem silly to you Amazon is probably not a good fit for you in my opinion)","Empathy is not part of the culture, locked in for 1 year if given a signing bonus and 2 years if relocated, lacking a design culture, above average bureaucracy and politics, poor developer experience, default to secrecy, isolated from the development community, little open source contributions, poor internal tools, top-down organization with many layers of managers, because teams are fairly autonomous some teams are very toxic, above average desperation to hire so some managers will not be honest about the situation to candidates","Follow through with “a company of explorers, not conquerors”, “the best place in the world to fail”, and “a place where builders can build”, improve the developer experience, contribute to open source and be part of the development community, shed some layers of management, build off of the customer obsession to create a more empathetic culture. Be on alert, lots of bad hires happening",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16565,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"None, none, none, none, none.",I am sure slavery conditions were better.,Your employees will revolt soon.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16566,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,None,Good working environment. People are good.,Projects are not good. Many are just configuration changes.,Plan properly.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16567,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Love it!,"Amazon is a great place to work, and you'll quickly find out if it's the company for you. Benefits are wonderful. It's truly a place that encourages invention and innovation. Fast paced.","Plenty of opportunities for growth, however, there's lots of movement and sometimes upward mobility can be hindered by upper management level movement. It can be difficult to quickly promote because you may have to begin a new working relationship with another manager.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16568,amazon,"Gardner, KS"," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Process Assistant,"Great job, absolutely loved it.","The friendly, fast paced environment. This job is amazing because it keeps you on your feet all day and you are always wanting to do more.","Scheduling, you can get stuck with overnights very easily with this job and you are told the days you need to work.",Don't mess up and you will be good,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16569,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Day 1,"great benefits, stock, you pretty much get a bonus at the end of each month.","Lot of picking up, walking and you are on your feet pretty much the full day.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P876.htm
16570,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,Great benefits. Overall general positive management.,Older employees seem to be overlooked for promotions. Education does not seem to matter when looking at getting promoted at the second tier level. Communication across departments is lacking. Pay is not the best for how hard they expect you to produce.,"Restructure how you promote. The incline-not incline process is deflating and unmotivating. If you get inclined you should get a position not the ""possibility"" of a position. The cultivation of leadership development seems to only happen of you are around mid 20s to late 20s.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16571,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,Decent starting pay Weekly pay Friendly/ team work environment,"You only get a 15 and a 30 minute break. That may seem good, but honestly it's not enough looking at the work you have to do. It's a pretty simple job, but after a while it becomes tiring and boring. I wouldn't recommend this job to any college student. The hours are strange, so I left within my first week. My sleep is very important to me.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,none,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16572,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development AWS,"Pay is competitive, Cool Customers, Market Leader",Internal resources are so thin it erodes your credibility externally. Fragmented communication in rapid growth environment means redundant efforts and big delivery gaps. Work/Life balance is very poor. Leadership is new and trying to figure out what they want while fire fighting with not enough resources.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16573,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,many exit opportunities and resources within the company,food is expensive around the SLU area,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16574,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great company if you are willing to work hard and thrive in fast-paced environments.,Very hard to get promoted after a certain level.,Reward your higher level staff or they will leave to other companies.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16575,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Bait and switch, not the job I was hired for.",Benefits inexpensive. Tons of time off without pay.,Absolutely worst management and HR I have ever experienced.,Pull your heads out of your posterior. Don't hire people and then act pissed that they showed up and didn't take time off without pay because you can't foreast what you need to run your business.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16576,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,Not for me!,This job had a lot of flexibility in scheduling and you are allowed to work from bike which is a benefit.,Dealing with angry customers is not worth $10/hr! The system is complicated and training for actual calls is not ideal.,More training and contact with TLs,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16577,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Recruiter,One Of The Worst Companies I've Worked For,Paycheck. That is about it.,"People, Process, Onboarding, Inexperienced Management, Lack of Communication. Ageism. The dirty word no one in tech is talking about. I was hired by Amazon and excited about the opportunity. I was surprised they had finally called me as I had heard through my network they hired younger people and they were “drinking the koolaid”. I interviewed, was hired and realized quickly it was not the right cultural fit. I quite frankly wasn’t impressed with the people or their processes. I could run circles around these people, but all they saw was I was experienced and older than them. I worked hard to get involved, meet my goals and become part of the team. I was surprised by how the company did not take advantage of my expertise when offered. When I spoke with other experienced employees that were in my onboarding, they felt the same way. Needless to say, I left for another top tech company where they understand how to utilize my expertise and welcome what I can offer an organization. Amazon prides itself on diversity, but I disagree. The company may have all shapes and sizes but if you’re interviewing, definitely cover-up those grey hairs.",Start taking a look at what is going on in your organization. You cannot support the growth you have treating people the way you do. The company deserves and lives up to the reputation that is in the marketplace and the news. I would never recommend this company to anyone to work for.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16578,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Usually Innovative,Amazon is an innovative company with endless exciting problems to solve. The fast paced work environment and good compensation make Amazon a great place for entrepreneurial engineers who want more stability than a startup.,"Amazon's technology stack is a bit of a two headed beast. The AWS team has worked hard to create next generation cloud tools. Internally, engineers are often stuck with legacy technology stacks. Amazon is working hard to become a mobile focused company, but seems to lag behind competitors like Google & Apple.",Delight customers by creating a work environment that's more inviting to artistic engineers. The focus on full stack generalists sometimes prevents Amazon from creating delightful mobile products. It's unrealistic to expect an engineer to create a both delightful UI and backend services to support that UI.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16579,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work experience really depends on your team,You can approach advanced technology and work with smart people.,"Some managers are too aggressive to cultivate new people, and they are like to squeeze all of your time to work for them. Oncall is too stressful, you have to wake up at midnight and even sometimes you have to be awake for a whole night if there are unlucky. Some teams have a very high load of operational work, so that you even though you are a software developer, half of your work time has been spent on operational work.","A good manager should allow time for new people to grow and know how to build a team and keep them, but a bad manager just want them to finish their tasks. You could see that everyday Amazon has a lot of people on boarding, meanwhile a lot of people left. Amazon should think about it, why people leave.",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P877.htm
16580,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good while it lasted.,Good pay. Set schedule. Three days off in the week.,30 min lunch break.. Constant issues with pay. No direct phone number.,Team leaders should actually get to know their employees. Stop giving just anybody an ambassador position.,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16581,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manger,Opportunities to work on novel and complex problems. Many smart people as co-workers. Opportunities to rotate through many different areas of the company,Increasingly political corporate environment. Limited support for work/life balance. Unforgiving and aggressive corporate culture.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16582,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,SDET review,Learn something new every single day. Challenging place to be in when you start your career.,Sometimes it can be very stressful,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16583,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Owner,It was great to work for myself.,"Winters in Kent, CT are very slow.",None.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16584,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,One of the most innovative companies this century.,Work life balance is tough,Grow sustainably with your employee's well being as the most important,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16585,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware of the Amazon Trap,"You get a three day weekend, peers are really helpful. Easily build friendships. The pay is decent. You will learn a lot in a short amount of time. You must be a person who is willing to drive your own career to get ahead.","Mirco- managers. This is a place that if they do not like you, they will do whatever it takes to push you out. Will not give directions or feedback on how to improve. Do not believe the open door policy, because that is not accurate. There is retaliation if you go against your managers. Managers will not help develop you. Not transparent with associates, lies about transfers--they will not let you transfer and tell you to keep applying even when they know there are no openings. Amazon is really good at selling this dream that you get off three days, and you will only have to work some nights and weekends, but once you get here you find out that is a lie. When they tell you that you will only work some nights and maybe weekends, that means you will work nights and every weekend.",Work on developing those under you. Give feedback consistently. I suggest you audit the managers you have and look closely at their connection scores and make changes accordingly.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16586,amazon,"Saint Louis, MO"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Compensation is very good. Benefits are fantastic.,Poor associate relations. Inability to make people feel like they make a difference. Associates and front line managers feel like they never perform well enough.,Recommend a personal level of engagement and appreciation of individual performance.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16587,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer 2,Interesting work with smart and talented people. Great pay. Work from home on occasion.,The bias for action company principle outweighs the others. This result is the creation of more value at the expense of letting existing value decay - this translates to a legacy code base. It results in a people having been there the longest being the sole proprietors of the intellectual property being developed there. The rest of us get to work without much hope for growth in the short term. This is especially exacerbated by the completely custom systems there. The learning curve is steep.,"There are those of us (developers) who don't mind working hard. TPM should not be allowed to advance to manage developers. Their bias for action will always trump a developers ability to keep our systems maintaned smoothly without the need for big expensive rewrites every 2-5 years. I know that top management looks for ways to bring down operating costs, and this is a way. It would also avoid a lot of the employee turnover and frustration.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16588,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Lv I Associate - Fulfillment,Expand the possibilities,"Amazon.com is a true dominator in its endeavors. Being a part of the history making behemoth is rewarding. The management staff at FC's are mix between homegrown talent and fresh faces, so its easy to see that there are opportunities for those who want to be a part of the team from different entry points.","The initiatives for employee growth need to be tweaked. Its more of a ""you grow to leave and not stay and play"" approach to how they develop their employees. It's like they anticipate their talent wanting to leave. I, for one, would like to develop to stay within Amazon, and feel like that opportunity is very limited.","Open up management entry to associate degree recipients. It makes the college choice program more attractive to know that participation in it doesn't mean I'm going to have to leave Amazon to advance in life. Some of us really, really, REALLY want to do more at Amazon, but can't afford more schooling beyond what we already have done before Amazon. My case, I have a two degree, Amazon won't help past it even though I got that it on my own (acquiring debt already), and I can't use it to do anything at Amazon.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16589,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Dog eat dog,"""Amazon"" looks good on your resume SLU is a great neighborhood.","Amazon has unrealistically high expectations, out-of-date systems, and 70+ hour workweeks.  The worst is the dog-eat-dog environment. Other recruiters will steal candidates from you. Lie to you. Provide misleading information. In recruiting, you cannot be successful unless others fail.  You can’t trust anyone on your team, not even your manager. Managers also have metrics to hit, and many are not above modifying the system to improve their metrics by destroying yours.  Amazon annually fires the bottom 10%. Newly hired recruiters are targeted for termination from their first day. Managers don’t want to fire their friends.",Create a teamwork environment. A team is more productive when everyone is successful.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P878.htm
16590,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just illusion after illusion,"The benefits from day one are a nice blanket to have, the pay is more than decent, free coffee, and the managers are pretty fun.","Highly tedious work that will never change, severe overcrowding that gets ridiculous in the breakrooms, very humid or cold workstations, very small breaks for the lengthy 12hr shifts, no sense of variety with tasks to keep your mind stimulated, you will feel like you're losing your humanity because every task is something a robot could accomplish.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16591,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overrated,"friendly, relaxed, a mix of newer technology and very traditional one, if you are looking hard enough you can move around departments","everything goes for advancement, many ill-conceived projects go down the drain, the cool guys seem to be gravitating towards start-ups rather than conventional big-box corporations",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16592,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love this company,"The pay to work at home is competitive compared to other companies. The software and tools that are used are far more appealing and easier to use than other companies that I have worked for. Also, you have the opportunity to move up within the company and the monthly bonuses are easy to get.",I have not experienced any cons working for Amazon.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16593,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Veteran at Amazon,"Lots of innovation, open culture, excellent place to start your career - sets the ground for next few years. Be ready to receive feedback from peers and also put in the hours.","Lots of new talent not up the bar, gradually lowering the overall bar in the culture. Management from other companies creeping in and ruining the original Amazon culture.","Your job is is to grow employees and their careers. Focusing on customers is awesome, but some investment in employee growth goes a long way in retaining talent and also producing great features for services.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16594,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Intense,"Prestigious, lots of exposure to lots of different technologies, freedom to get your work down however works best for you.",Extremely intense. Very hard for an inexperienced developer to get up to speed. The ecosystem is an enormous house-of-cards collection of interconnected services.,"Company onboarding process is good. Individual teams need to improve theirs too though, or it's all for nothing.",2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16595,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Amazon,Paid time off Unpaid time off  Bereavement Voluntary overtime and voluntary time off,Particular location was very disorganized l. Management had no sense of management skills just fresh college grads no experience.,Promote from within. Or hire managers that understand what the people under them have to do to get the job done correctly and the obstacles they may face.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16596,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager at Amazon,"Fast paced, opportunity for advancement within a global organization",Lots of cloak and dagger behind the scenes in how management works.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16597,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Tier I Warehouse Associate,Decent Job,"Easy to get hired, they will hire literally anybody who walks in the door, good wage for entry level position, good benefits","The quotas for some positions are too high and cause people to quit, leaving us continually understaffed, breaks are too short",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16598,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Great place to learn,"This company is tackling so many complex engineering projects, and has some of the smartest people in the world. There's so much technical knowledge to gain. I absolutely loved that.","I had unstable management during my time there. I'm not sure if that's indicative of a larger issue within the company, but I've heard similar things from other people as well. This was a problem for me because I was new to the industry and was unsure of how to advance my career.  It was also difficult to find a mentor in QA. I was assigned one on the team, but because of the heavy workload and lack of a direct manager, they never had time to meet. I was able to ask questions and get help on the fly, but no regular meetings with a company veteran who showed me the ropes.  This is just my particular experience. Others have had the completely opposite. I happened to join a team right at the beginning of a major expansion. We were growing from a start-up team to a full-fledged engineering organization. While this was super exciting, it wasn't the best place for a newby to tech.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16599,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"A lot of time off (paid, vacation, unpaid). Easy work as long as you try and work hard. They are always hiring.",Low pay. Management and workers never seem happy to be there. Some of the worst communication of any job I've ever had.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P879.htm
16600,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"PM, Echo / Alexa org","Level of responsibility, innovative and engaging work, sharp colleagues, respected name.","The deck is stacked against promotion (even for high performers). By extension, pay increases beyond stock appreciation are negligible. Institutional bias is to hire externally before promoting internally, making the best way to get promoted to leave and come back (but, more often, it encourages a two-year stint before talent capitalizes upon the company reputation to find higher paying employers with better work/life.",Proactively retain employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16601,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Business Partner,Sr hr BP,Great salary and advancement. 4x10 days,Young coworkers with not much life experience,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16602,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great place to work for,I worked from home and It was great!,They only hire full time at Christmas holiday,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16603,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Very well organized. Just read what is, actually, painted on the break room wall and you instantly know what you have to do to get paid on pay day. If you want to prepare for the job ahead of time, read THE TOYOTA WAY FIELDBOOK online and for free at www.issuu.com Just search on the book title",Can't really think of any.,"Keep doing that first day WRITTEN IMPRESSIONS review that came from an old INC MAGAZINE article. That magazine article explained how management can get the most Intellectual Property out of Human Capital by simply asking the new employee for his or her first impressions of the firm, on the first day of employment. The significance of the first day is that the new employee's have not yet been biased by the past experiences and current opinions of employees who have been on board for awhile. Great Execution!",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16604,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,fulfillment assosiate,well pay toward other general laboring and good benefits,too hard and the stuff are so heavy.... 10 hours a day so long,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16605,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Easy work, and flexible schedule","Very boring, and useless HR",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16606,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,Prime Now Fulfillment Associate,The people are fun and easy to work with.,No real training. Just gotta figure it out or ask other workers.,Take one day to train and the new hires can contribute faster.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16607,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Sr Manager,"Pace of work, challenges faced on a daily basis keeps one at their toes, great learning curve, good compensation, great values (in theory)","Managers and people, HR's inability or unwillingness (Whatever it may be) to turn a blind eye to unethical but legal practices/actions taken by managers, you feel like you are entering a battle zone every day (every min), an ex US Army member/veteran on my team said to me Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi freedom was far less taxing mentally then his time at Amazon. Constant sabotage of your work by fellow teammates in order to win few brownie points, blatant lying, taking credit of others work - this may all sound normal stuff but I have worked in quite a few Tier 1 tech companies prior to amazon and I can tell you there isn't anything like the culture here. Amazon's culture whether Uncle Bezos likes it or not is the worst I have ever experienced in my life.","Nothing - as when the owner himself says ""Quit instead of complaining"", I don't see anything being changed. Business Models can change rapidly and so can a companies trajectory but not an organisations culture just like a society's culture (it takes years if not decades).",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16608,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Amazon has great pay, benefits, and the stock options are awesome","long hours, fast-paced, physically demanding",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16609,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly Enjoyable,Learning to become customer centric is extremely imortant and makes the job more enjoyable. Reaching out and interacting with other employees is very helpful as well.,My first month of training was top notch and made me feel extremely confident. When I moved to a special team though training was terrible and made me dread work until I moved to a different position.,Keep doing great things!,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P880.htm
16610,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,fast paced day go by quick,not much that i can think of,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16611,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,Work amongst a team and enjoy the associates around me.,Managers move frequently and/or move on.,Seek out those that want to learn more and build them up.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16612,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Great compensation that gets even better as the stock price increases.,"Very poor work life balance, often work in excess of 60 hours a week.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16613,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Driver,Politics undermines fair evaluation of work,"Decent pay for the regions in which they operate. That said, they tend to operate in very poor areas.","Pushing for rate constantly compromises safety, and safety incidents are blamed on the employees rather than there being any consideration for the fact that they are driving people so hard.",Stop playing favorites among the lower management. That really makes working there a special kind of hell.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16614,amazon,"Denton, TX"," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - KDP Author,Amazon,"Great being KDP author, it has a lot of flexibility",takes too long to get checks from KDP,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16615,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Work from home, full and part time available","Low pay, inflexible with scheduling",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16616,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Stower During Peak Season,"- Full-time, 40+ hours - Pay slightly above minimum wage - Helping customers receive products as quickly and efficiently as possible","I'd like to note before I start that I absolutely hated this job and would not do it long term no matter how much Amazon paid me. There were a couple people I knew that liked it, but they came from the construction industry and liked working at Amazon for the consistent pay and hours. Everyone else I knew disliked working in this position due to the impossible rate/quality expectations, the extreme boredom and the physical requirements. It is 100% impossible to comply with every company policy at the same time. For example - - You're expected to meet a RATE, where you have to stow a certain number of items per week. It's not a straightforward concept, as in 1000 items per day - each item has its own time limit/rate (something like - large items 30 per hour, medium items 60 per hour, small items 120 per hour), so it's not possible to personally calculate whether you're meeting the rate or not. Managers (or Problem Solvers) post a list of all working employee rates throughout the day, or sometimes once per day, and that's how you can figure out how well you're doing rate-wise. - There's also a QUALITY standard, where you're expected to stow about 1100 (or 1200?) items without making more than 1 error (according to the scanner). - And multiple rules on how items can be stored... as in items cannot be sticking out over the shelf more than the width of your badge, items cannot be more than 50% above the divider (between each shelf), all items on shelf must be visible, liquid items must be placed upright, etc. The warehouse looks like an episode of hoarders. The shelves are stuffed to the brim with items, and this requirement in and of itself would be physically impossible to meet. - Time off Task (TOT) - So as a shower, your job is to stow items out of 12 ""totes"" (storage bins), which are located on a large cart that you push around the warehouse. The time required to remove and replace the empty totes (and cart) back to the que, find out where the full carts are located, grab a cart, and push the cart to an aisle with as much space as you can find counts against your rate. It's not necessarily TOT, unless it takes you more than 6 minutes to do. However, if it does take you more than 6 minutes, or if you spend six minutes doing something else without scanning an item and scanning a shelf (such as using the bathroom which takes about 4 minutes round trip to get back and forth from, speaking with your manager or HR) you will accrue TOT.  The strict requirements of the position make it an extremely stressful job, especially (but not only) during the peak season. Also, as other people have pointed out, breaks are about 5 minutes, considering the time required to walk to and from the break room. These are only the most prominent cons and the ones that all stowers at the San Bernardino location will have to deal with.",Consider the treatment of the majority of employees and decide whether this is a position you want to be in.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16617,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Positive,Benefits are the best feature,The schedule is 10 hours,Organization & communication,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16618,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Scanner,amazon,was good pay and went by fast,grave yard shift was cool just didnt catch up on sleep,was a great job wish i got hired on,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16619,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent job,Good Benefits right away and stocks after 2 years,Pay is not that much. Favoritism. Really Boring and Monotonous.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P881.htm
16620,amazon,"Braselton, GA"," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,Health insurance upfront and affordable.,"Clique environment, job security based on who likes you rather than performance. Individual production numbers altered at will. Performance stats that are dischargeable are overlooked for certain people. Written warnings put on file without notifying employee.",Fear of job loss is not the right way to earn respect.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16621,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst Contract,Second class citizens,Pretty much own downtown Seattle,If you are a contractor you are expected to perform at or above the full time employees' level of productivity but corporate policies make you feel like a 2nd class citizen.,"You need to realize that contractors are busting their butts to perform but if they continue to be treated as second class citizens with regard to travel, reimbursement eligibility etc. you'll start finding that those who are willing on a contract basis will be less likely to work for Amazon",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16622,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Former associate,"Health insurance is cheap , lots of voluntary time off. There is really nothing else good to say about the company",1st yr got paid over time after 80 hrs not 40. Terrible management at Joliet warehouse . People are put in positions to fail not succeed,"Quick playing favorites, hurts moral. People work better when respected",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16623,amazon,"Braselton, GA"," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Horrible,None. Absolutely none. It's awful here.,"Management constantly lies about everything, they try to find reasons to write you up, you could get fired at any minute for any reason, raises are low, you are treated like crap, and you are expected to be basically a super robot that is perfect at everything and can work at the speed of light.",Just close the company. It's not worth it.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16624,amazon,"Tacoma, WA"," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,tedious,Very flexible with time off,"Tedious and mind numbing, must be okay with solitary work for 10 hours a day in silence",Care about your job,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16625,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Imaging Specialist,Imaging Specialist,"forces you out of your comfort zone, challenging","Not for the faint of heart if you can not constantly be thinking of new ways to save your department money, and are never good enough. Some people work well under that type of management, others not so much.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16626,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Whether you're here to collect a check or climb the ladder, this is an excellent workplace.","Amazon is one of the few companies which, in addition to developing effective production metrics and encouraging continuous process innovation, has created a way of quantifying associate engagement and satisfaction with their Area Manager. Amazon values the happiness of its workers and is committed to the values of servant leadership.","Depending on how well an associate's physical and intellectual abilities match with their job placement upon hiring, their daily experience of working at Amazon can be wildly disparate with other entry-level associates. It can be difficult to cultivate the best performance from associates who may be stagnant in or ill-equipped to perform their given function when cross-training is what they want and need but is not available at the time.","Listen to your associates and their concerns. Take an active interest in their lives. Give sincere and frequent praise. Let them keep their dignity when they are wrong. Explain the why of things, let them know where they fit into the bigger picture, make them feel that their work makes a difference. Happy workers are harder workers.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16627,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Truly equal opportunity for everyone,The work is easy and simple 10 Hour Shift and the pay is not bad at all,"Productivity and keeping up with the base , safety is number one (1) and speed",Thank You for making everyone equal to all types of of positions in amazon,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16628,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ummmm where do I start,Working among your co workers,I hate them...they fired me,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16629,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sucks,There is nothing good about this place,Its all messed up there whole system they hire new people show them around for 2 days and expect the vets to pick up the slack and fix there errors (new people) the managers just sit and stare and computers rarely check on employees if your a slacker and dont like to work this is the place for you you can hide out and never get called out on it. Plus the pay is ridiculous it took a whole month so I can get paid I already quit and they still owe me days from first started working I dont recommend this place.,Seek out hard working managers and ambassadors that actually know the job and know how to explain it,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P882.htm
16630,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good money, long hours","the pay is good, benefits, time off, 3 days off","not much opportunity for advancement, long days, mindless work, on your feet",k,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16631,amazon,"Saint Paul, MN"," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Overtime available during holiday season,"The money is good, there is room to advance in company, plenty of parking available, there are a variety of shifts available.",You need to stand throughout your shift which lasts 10 hours. There is mandatory overtime during parts of the year.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16632,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great company ... If you're a customer,"Looks great to have on your resume, meet some interesting people, rapidly growing","Terrible work life balance, management is treated terribly (in fulfillment), benefits are just ok, very few employee perks compared to other major companies","Stop taking advantage of your salaried managers and treat them with the same respect and care you treat your associates. Do not promote work life balance and development, when it is not part of the agenda. 80+ hour weeks with no overtime or benefit and inability to move up is not a good working environment for anyone.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16633,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great money opportunities if you're on top of it!,Weekly pay Cool free gear Many extra hour opportunities Fun environment at times Prime location Great discounts Good workout while working,Being on line with unproductive/rude people Certain lanes are always overwhelmed while others are barely active Inconsistent training causing discord on the lines,Maintain consistent training so that there's not so much confusion on lines,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16634,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's aight,Willing to listen to employee suggestions.,Associates with extra duties to include supervision do not get additional pay.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16635,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Place to work,"great benefits, caring management, friendly enviornment, can level up to other positions","Not that much flexibility, VTO too often,",None! I liked working here,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16636,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Coordinator,"Friendly staff, relaxed office environment, paid vacation and sick time. The generous discount was the best thing the company had to offer.","Poor benefits and pay. Minimum training. Understaffed. High company turnover. Overall, the company was unprofessional and in tremendous debt which caused work-related stress.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16637,amazon,"Durham, NC"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,My experience the good and bad,The pay is great. The people that I work with are turning in to family. We help each other out and make the best of any situation. Majority of the trainers and managers are great and pay attention to the concerns of the associate. I love working here and would love to make this a career.,I feel that the cons about working for amazon is there is not enough hours. I feel that they have to many people working for my center. They need to let a lot of people go to that we can get full time hours so that we can maintain our bills.,Some people need more training on there personal people skills. When it come to employees giving advice in a respectful way there should not be attitude thrown back to the employee who is only trying to help better the production.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16638,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Stay away if you want a life outside of work,"They have great, current internal tools, efficient and helpful AV and if you want to get your hands into new product development across the company, it's available to you.","Expected to be online 24/7 and respond to text/emails/phone calls any time of the day or night. Cursed if you don't respond to the 1 am email by 8 am because they view everything as an emergency and cursed if you do respond right away, saying you need to get a life. No rewards/incentives for loyalty or meeting deadlines beyond a pizza thrown at the engineers, absolutely nothing for admin support at all. Job offers are given with sign-on bonuses with the agreement to not quit before first year or the bonus is paid back. Managers take advantage of this situation and treat staff like cogs in a machine. Expect to work on holidays, have vacation denied, told that they believe in people standing up for what they believe in and having work/life balance but then shooting all of that down the second a request or issue is brought up such as appropriate work balance or needing time off to take care of a sick family member. Parking is costly and the commute is brutal. If you have a manager from hell, they won't let you transfer internally without that manager's approval so you are stuck or have to resign.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16639,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,tier 1 stow,"Good benefits, easier than most warehouses, enough pay to get by. a lot of time off given when you start.",Standing at a station for 10 hours a night doing the same repetitive action. Computer tracks everything you do. time stands still when you are in there. Managers and tier 3's look and act like frat brothers rather than leaders. Tier 3's coming up with a piece of paper after every break telling you to pick your rate up. even if your rate is good they will complain about not putting enough items in each pod or something. mandatory overtime sometimes not being called until lunch the day before. No incentive to do more than the bare minimum other than write up threats. Treata older workers like craps. If you are not in danger of being homeless I do not recommend Amazon.,Treat your workers like people rather than numbers. give fair treatment whether it is an attractive female or an older man.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P883.htm
16640,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Pay and hours but...,"The hiring process was simple and quick, I enjoyed the overtime during the holiday season.","Sometimes won't provide you with a locker, if you do not have a car you're screwed. Also they will fire you for any little thing and the managers are perverted and rude.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16641,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Decent start up pay for warehouse work,"No culture, no versatility, doesn't like to be challenged with ideas that they want to implement.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16642,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AFM worked with roobtics,They hired anyone that applied,"Everything from Hrs lack of knowledge to almost every manager straight out of college with no true manageme t experience, the culture is not of of common Sense . They tell you you have accrued time to do as you will bit frown upon you if you use it and it not Amazon benefit ,you have to waste all your time to get things correct on their so-called HUB. They take an hour if your late 1 minute which is normally due to there parking and shift change over all and all I never ordered anything from them and as a former employee I would NEVER ORDER from them the customer experience is on target but the treatment of their employees is garbage I wouldn't recommend this company to my worst enemy",Listen to t Your employees and recognize their strength and weaknesses people have I tangible value,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16643,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Modern day sweat shop,Insurance is good if you can afford it at the low rate of pay,Extremely abusive management towards employees .No matter how hard you work they're never satisfied .Publicly humiliate employees bye name and work station over PA system so the whole building can here .and the Pay Rate is horrible $10.50 an hour is not a rate that you can live off unless you still live with your parents an don't have bill's an a family to support.worst place ive ever worked in my life !!,You need to grow up an treat your employees with respect .And quit harrasing them constantly !!!!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16644,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Great Work Enviroment,Good Work Balance Some Good Managers,Long Hours During Peak Season Expected Temp Agency Is Horrible,Lose The Temp Agency,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16645,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Tech,Stock options and the medical benefits,To move up you usually have to relocate,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16646,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,I love the idea that if you can prove with data you may change anything. They will support you 100%!,Peaks (Oct to Dec) are rough but if you know that going in you will be just find!,Take a little more time to help younger managers grow.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16647,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,overtime lenient attendance and rules,misunderstandings about jobd functiond ecpectations and accurately tracking performance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16648,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,stower at fulliment center,"health benefits are good,and you get them right away.There are bonus but if you leave early you do not get the bonus.","They work you like a dog,you feel like a robot.very physical job.to survive you have to go to bed early and have no social life on the days you work.Then when you are off you are so tired all you want to do is sleep.They keep track of your every minute.Every thing is timed.You need to work very fast or you get fired,",read over all resumes .put people in the right position.cross train people .lower rates .higher more people.We are not robots .There is constant stress because you are always worried about your rates and losing your job.,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16649,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Horrible management,"Nice pay every two weeks, great benefits 401k medical dental and vision , great time off, no dress code so you can dress comfortably","Short breaks, management doesn't communicate with each other so most of the time everyone is telling you something different, favoritism, hr is hardly any help",Communication,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P884.htm
16650,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,fun with the people there,Managers on the floor are run by young kids who have no idea what they are doing. Constantly getting shorted hours,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16651,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack of communication,nothing to comment on. Just not a great place to work,Politics are needed for advancement,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16652,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Hard work,Good pay and guaranteed work for as long as they want you.,Very high expectations with very little training.,Train new employees better and communicate with all the employees about any performance issues.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16653,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops mng,"People, associates, environment,","Secretive, assumes negative intent, doesn't deep dive managers",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16654,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent company to work for,personal time off days off,breaks could have been longer,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16655,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - SDE3,sde3,"AWS takes competition seriously, and makes a strenuous effort to recruit top talent. Some of the projects it pursues are ambitious. They are of course the leader in cloud computing. Some perks like ORCA (commuting) card, parking allowance, and 10% discount.","High pressure, high turnover. Treating employees like robots with pagers. Being paged in the middle of the night for stuff that's not your fault or business, sitting around in hour long conference calls that actually distract from trying to fix the problem.","Recognize the cost of high turnover, not so much as a matter of talent acquisition cost, but as a matter of stability and stalled progress. Invest in making it a more comfortable place to work.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16656,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Great pay,  great people Nice training",Sometimes hard to keep up with pace Must meet a certain quota,No advice to give,5.0,none,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16657,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Wish it was Better,Great if you hate people but love getting boxes out the door!,Poor Communication! Poor Work Life Balance! Everything else!,"Everything at Amazon is just a number. Customers think they are great because of how quickly they get their packages, prices, convenience, variety, ease of returns etc... but if they spent a week seeing how that happens and how employees are treated to make that happen then perception on how great Amazon is would most likely change. I have been in the shipping business for 30 years and have almost seen it all I thought. I could say so much more but those who have experienced this know what it is like. Please if this helps anyone not make the mistake I did then it was worth just saying this little bit. Do not sign anything, agree to anything. If you have no other responsibilities other than work than this may be for you. If you have little regard for human beings then this may be for you. Thanks",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16658,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Pay!,"I love the shift I work on, 4 days a week 10hr days.",The turnover for management is so high in fulfillment centers so it's hard to create a stable positive working environment.,Train your management more,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16659,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon,"Good insurance, reliable work, don't stay too long","over worked underpaid. They will cheat you out of everything they can, and not tell you exactly how your rates are calculated so you don't know where you stand and can written up easily. The company only cares about bottom line, not their people",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P885.htm
16660,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Assocaite,Peole were great. Have a lot of fun,Peak Season is the worst.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16661,amazon,"Durham, NC"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation associate,It is easy to find this job.,It is a little boring,give the associates more working time.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16662,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Seasonal work at AmazonFresh,"Pay attention during training: the workload is easy, most things are straight forward. Decent pay and hours (part-time 4-6 hrs days)",During downtime you can be thrown into a department you never been in or trained in. Schedules are subject to change (not ideal if holding a second job),none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16663,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Part-time Fullfillment Associate,Break room has free coffee. Tool vending machine also carries anti-diarrheal meds and aspirin. Warehouse is very well ventilated. This job to me is a good workout after a long day of being in class all day.,"You should expect hard labor, please do not complain. Everyday is leg day. 4-5 hours of walking, sqautting and turning while carrying 0-40lbs boxes. This can be a challenge for most people. We get a 10 minute break time after 2 hours then work the next 2-3 hours. Pallet quality is a lie. Some of them look like art piece I do not know how they stand. Just yesterday I saw a pallet fall over and one of the heavier packages that fell from the top timbered and slide and hits this girl's foot. I felt bad immediately and helped her. Guys I know we all get tired after the 3rd hour but please make it your duty to place boxes correctly.. if it's too high then stop placing more on them.",Enforce Pallet Control.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16664,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,Good place to work,good pay good work enviroment,no cons at all. love this place,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16665,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Process Guide,warehouse associate,"Awesome benefits, decent pay.",I don't have any complaints.,Communicate Better,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16666,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Good company to work for so far,"Good benefits, good people work there.",Relocation required. Work life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16667,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Good Salary and benefits. Good for development.,Long hours. Work life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16668,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager II,"Great if you are single, no kids, and plan to stay that way.","Networking. You will meet a lot of exceptional people. The pay. Amazon pays top dollar, but becomes the only reason people stay.","Work/life balance is horrible. 13 to 15 hour days are the norm. Taking time off is frowned upon. Every manager at my building was miserable. Amazon takes pride in ""hiring and developing the best"", however, the development is nonexistent. A truly sink of swim environment. Average lifespan of an Area Manager who makes six figures is about twelve months, the tier 1 associate who makes $13 per hour is around sixteen months. There's a reason why.",Do something about the revolving door. Focus on keeping your talent.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16669,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,Amazon fresh side of the house in Bellevue bout to move to kent.,Good hours Times go by fast Basic tier benefits if full time A good job for a student Four - ten work schedule,No room for advancement On your feet the whole time besides breaks and lunch Your easily replaceable High turn over job so no chance of management to give you any training or chance to move up if your not in the clique,"Let others get trained in other areas of work. truck manager, problem solver, etc.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P886.htm
16670,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent Pay, Poor Management","Good Pay, Overtime Often, Good Benefits","Moved positions often even though hired in for a specific positions, pickers are followed and sent messages on the scanners if not moving fast enough for management regardless if its your 1st or 50th day.",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16671,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Borderline slave labor,Window shop while you work,"Everything. not enough breaks, pay doesn't match work",Pay more/more breaks,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16672,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Mar 15, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Horrible!,"You only work 4 days a week. Other than that, it's absolutely horrible! Don't even waste your time it's not worth it.","It is slave work. They monitor how fast you walk and say that you have to walk 2 steps per second. You walk for about 3 hours straight, then take a 15 min break. The 15 min break includes the time it take for you to walk away from your work area(which can be upstairs) and walk back from break to your work area(which can be upstairs) so really your break is only approximately 6-7 minutes. Also, they monitor how many items you pick and how fast you pick them but some items are high up on shelves and you need to get a ladder to pick items and sometimes bins are stuffed with items and you have to take everything out of a bin to get one small item. Lunch break is only 30 min and that includes the time it takes to walk from your work area and walk back from break. So really break is only 20 minutes. So for 10 hours a day for 4 days a week you're constantly walking on your feet. Your feet hurt horribly and even bleed most days.",Don't treat employees like slaves!,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16673,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,HR Manager,"Good people, worked hard, rewarded well","cut-throat mgmt, balls to the wall, 125% effort required at all times","Work life balance. Read about it, do it.",4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16674,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,A fun but crazy place to work,* Lots of working on new and exciting tech. * Work with good people. * Don't get bogged down in bureaucracy very often.,* Work life balance can be an issue. * Cross-team collaboration can be difficult due to lack of spare cycles.,* Be careful how much you ask of engineers. * Focus more on arranging shadows to increase the pool of interviewers. Need to keep hiring...,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16675,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facility Technician,"Steady Work, 4 day work week","Lots of Safety guidelines, and if broken you can get fired on the spot after the first offense..",Assessment Testing doesn't match the job duties. Re-evaluate the test. This is a show stopper for active employees that have a great track record for service but cant move to the next level because they cant pass the assessment that has nothing to do with the job they've been doing for a number of years. therefore resulting in looking for employment elsewhere...,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16676,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Builds great career opportunities, great benefits, a lot of emphasis into new employees with training and education into new area managers. Did a great job of preparing you to manage 300+ associates.","12-13 hour days, OT without pay, 24/7 operation so you will be placed on any shift Sunday through Sunday at any time. As long as you enjoy operations you can survive at Amazon. If operations isn't for you, you will be burnt out quick.",Keep training new employees.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16677,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work,Great benefits great dental and health,Hard work no breaks hard to get any breaks and they always watch you,Try again,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16678,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,No lay offs if you are a direct hire,Physically difficult. It's not unusual to walk ten or more miles a day,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16679,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exceptional opportunities, Culture lives up to its reputation","Great opportunities, smart people, pushes you to grow your communications and business case skills","Constant changing priorities, randomized constantly, lack of transparency in matters that affect your goals and progress, anxiety around unknown unknown's, way too much emphasis on writing and extended discussions justifying ideas. Exec Leadership leads by fear. Not inspirational or worth learning from.","Start leading in the true sense. Inspire people to action. Lead by values, integrity and by driving ideas that will help Customers in a way that's meaningful to them. Lead by example.",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P887.htm
16680,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate I,FC Associate,"Friendly coworkers, great benefits, work schedule allows for plenty of time to have a life outside of work.","There tends to be a lot of favoritism, not giving the hard workers the opportunity to be cross trained in critical roles.",Should give associates with good work ethics more opportunities to be cross trained and grow with the company,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16681,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - QA Engineer,Greatest learning experience but at a cost,"A lot of learning and growth, working on new technology and products  High salaries n great benefits  Opportunity to switch teams every 1-2 years","Extremely stressful and inconsistent management.  No such thing as off work hours, expectations to work evenings and weekends, whatever it takes to deliver.  Quality is poor.",Training for people managers and listen to employee feedback regularly,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16682,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Learning,Benefits. Co-workers. Shift. Fun activities. Room for growth. Respect.,Mandatory overtime during peak. Pay is average but benefits are great.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16683,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, and supportive (which is surprising)",A lot of cool projects to work on Smart people Supportive environment,Seattle Pay wasn't great but since the tax is low in Seattle so it's not too bad,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16684,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Great place,Everything was great when I worked there.,There aren't any to state.,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16685,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst,There are no pros for this company,Don't even think about working there.,Get an education,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16686,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon sortation center,one of the highest paying part time jobs i have seen in a long time and they will sometimes raise the pay a bit.,The work can become tideious over time and depending when you work it can be boring at times or seem like youve over worked yourself in short hours.,Need to Listen to the employees a bit more and stop staying silent when there is an abrupt change in plans,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16687,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Manager Review,Amazon provides great learning experiences through working with very talented individuals across most teams,"It can be cutthroat and internally competitive. Depending on your management, you may be left out to dry.","Provide more support. It can be a very stressful and lonely place to work, particularly if you are not getting the support needed.",2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16688,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud support Asoociate,"Great company to work, Perfect job location",There is no such downside to this company that i can think of.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16689,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Good to start,"If you just graduated from the school, you can join here and learn a heap.",Some team's work is boring.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P888.htm
16690,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Associate/Customer Service,Life as a virtual employee at amazon,Friendly Staff Growth Fast Paced Learning Decent Pay,Management Could be better. Pay could be a little better.,Have a little more respect for the agents.. We are supposed to be a team..,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16691,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,The large scale at which the company operates,High focus on leadership principle,Focus on results,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16692,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Processing clerk,Bonus and stock options available. Voluntary overtime available.,Mandatory OT during peak periods up to 60 hours a week. Must meet quota weekly. 10 hour shifts. Must stand. Pickers can be required to walk up to 12 miles daily.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16693,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Pack,It is what you make of it,The best part of being there is your coworkers. I've met some of the greatest people there. Added benefit is that you lose a ton of weight within the first few months.,Pretty much everything else. There are good days and awful days.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16694,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,- Working with smart talented people - Solving challenging problems at scale only handled by few companies. - Good pay,- Some orgs have terrible work life balance - On-call can be troublesome at times when you get paged at inconvenient times. - Perks are few - Not many resources/ direction on how to grow your career. No levels in between SDE 2 to SDE 3 and getting promoted to SDE 3 takes time.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16695,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The most customer-centric place on Earth.,Great place for advancement. Education opportunities and growth.,Not enough training for Leadership positions. You have to basically learn by trial and error. Could do more promotion within of high level leadership positions.,Take more time to train you associates. The more prepared they are the better your numbers. You won't have to spend so much time watching them.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16696,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Finance Analyst,Intern,"Great learning exposure, good team members, good manager",steep learning curve...high pressure environment,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16697,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work life balance,Great pay and work experience,"When you work as much as you do in the brutal environment that you do, the pay is nothing. Great experience though",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16698,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Work Life Balance,Great benefits package for a starting engineer,"hostile environment, no work life balance",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16699,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,Amazon Work,got opportunity with interesting work,lots of work leading to difficulty in work life balance,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P889.htm
16700,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Your Department Is Important,Challenging Rapid career growth Hardworking teammates Strong culture Internal transfers are quick and easy,"As with all jobs, your coworkers and your manager determine your overall experience Very demanding",Promote managers with high retention rates,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16701,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Work Life Balance,You learn a lot that can be carried with you throughout your future careers.,No training or support at start of your career.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16702,amazon,"Johns Creek, GA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,"Was skeptic but very positively surprised, amazing company","I really have no clue who The NY Times article interviewed but it wasn't AWS professional services folks for sure. Pros from my view are: - great work life balance - very smart people, but also very very nice - smart but weak on soft skills don't get hired - you are treated as an adult, self management - amazing innovation and enthusiasm - great product, market leader - customer focused not competitor focused - awesome compensation - can work on new ideas, any initiative is welcome - easy transfer between teams anytime - write blog posts, talk at conferences - free training and verification - free aws account to play with! - great compensation - flex work, remote work - everything is self service","- can suck you in if you are not careful - grows very fast, you become a veteran after a few months - not for everyone, not for people who need people to give them very defined tasks, needs self management and initiative - if you choose a job for its perks, amazon is not for you, no official free food or other stuff you get at google or facebook. They triumph frugality and keeping prices low for customers, this surprises some people, but also a good filter imho. - promotion path is a little hard. It's good as it's structured but it can take more than a year of hard work. - since each team chooses their own stack, which is good, there is some learning curve if you move teams. Most use the same 3 stacks though (mostly Java, some rails, some node)","Keep up the good job, but also be careful of growing too fast.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16703,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great job!,"Flexible hours, able to do many different tasks at work, very helpful employees and managers.",Cannot work more than 30 hours per week. Really the only downside,Allow employees to earn full time status.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16704,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full-time in Amazon,You can learn a lot.,Recruiting and HR do not help a lot.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16705,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Assistant Manager,Assistant Manager,The people that I met working there.,No balance between work / family. No room for advancement they always hired management outside the company instead of promoting within the company.,Treat your associates as humans not just a number or machines.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16706,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,former intern,great place for new grad,Team atmosphere is bad. We almost don't have any team event.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16707,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,People are robots,Great pay and benefits are good too. Smart people with experience.,"Micromanaging culture, very sr management driven. Not much down time or time off.",none,3.0,1.0,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16708,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Driver,There's hrs if you like to work long hrs,No good benefits good luck moving up alot of favoritism,Alot needs to be fixed alot of annoying problems that can be easily fixed but nothing ever gets done,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16709,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Shipping Clerk,The worst nightmares of my life,None the company works you to death for very little pay a very unhealthy atmosphere,I was a PA and worked as a ship clerk with over 25 years of management experience the management team had very little respect for any one's experience or ideas,"Take a look at how you treat associates, the Amazon way is not the only way to approach a job",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P890.htm
16710,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job I ever had!,Amazon is a wonderful place to work .,Not too many cons about working for Amazon.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16711,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Scanner,Amazon,"Good company, benefits. fun and friendly managment",On feet all the time,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16712,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced , challenging , Frugal","Keeps you challenged everyday , great learning",Compensation is too much stock oriented,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16713,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,offers good pay and lots of overtime,long shifts and management sucks,none,5.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16714,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Greatest part-time job on the planet,"Great benefits (dental, health etc.), very flexible, fun environment to work in, very lenient attendance policy, many opportunities for volunteer extra time (extra shifts), also lots of opportunities for volunteer time off w/o impacting your attendance record. Lots of perks like give-away drawings such as Amazon gift cards, flat screen tv's, visa gift cards, laptops etc.","Very faced paced work environment, repetitive work, can be overcrowded. Fulfillment associates can become ""burnt-out"" very easily because of this. They don't tell you about ""flex up"" when you accept the job offer which means a lot of times they make everyone stay an extra hour to work when volume is high.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16715,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Well, so far it's been alright. Beats the hell out of retail or food service by a long shot.","No more dreaded $9 death wages that you get at places like walmart or mcdonald's, these guys start you out at a rather nice wage. The work isn't all that physically demanding. HR is one of the best I've ever seen. And time off is absolutely a thing.","power hour is really not worth it and always seems to jam up the pack line. peak season is kind of rough because it's 60 hour work weeks (I was working 20 hours a week before here so throwing on the extra 40 hours was kind of a shock to my schedule). You supposedly get two 15 minute on the clock breaks as well as lunch but at my particular location your 15 minute breaks aren't really 15 minutes, they're 10 because you have to spend 2.5 minutes walking to the break room and another 2.5 walking back.","first I would advise getting rid of power hour and replacing it with a different system. the way power hour is currently set up rewards the top 10% of packers on each pack line. Well, each line has up to 10 people, so that just means whoever is the fastest person on each line gets a reward. I think that there should be a system put in place where your rewards apply to everyone who meets and exceeds the pack rate, and instead of giving away trinkets like a TV or an xbox, it would be neat if we could win something more valuable, such as PTO time. not everyone needs an xbox, but I can't think of anyone who wouldn't be motivated to win time at home catching up on sleep, getting personal life stuff done, or spending time with their loved ones. That's worth far more to a much larger demographic than just a TV, and it is my strong opinion that this would lead to higher motivation among the workers as well as an increase in morale and therefore with those two things, a massive boom in productivity.  another thing would be to revise the 15 minute break policy to make it so that the break time is still 15 minutes long (the extra 5 minutes really does make all the difference) not counting walking time.  another incentive for the workers should be if we are given a number to reach as a team in pack (IE today we're shooting to do 1,200 units) and by our final break of the day (the 3:30 PM 15 minute break) we have reached, passed, or at least met 90% of that goal for the day, that if we reach the number before 6, as a bet, Amazon should send us all home with the rest of the day paid.  a common theme you will find here is that most of my suggestions have to do with going home. It's not that we don't like working for amazon, it's just that the average worker feels better at home, no matter where they are in the company's ranks. If the pack team, pick team, and dock team can work fast enough to get a day's goal met, then that's a good time to call it for the day, announce that it is in fact miller time for all, and ""we'll see you in the morning"". Amazon already does way better than other companies in terms of paying attention to the employees, so I have faith that perhaps some of these could be implemented successfully. But companies like google really emphasize employee morale and mindset and you can see what it has done for them as a company.  another final thing would be to install speakers either on the pillars or at each station to play music, or to allow employees the option of buying a speaker from amazon, bringing their phones, and saying that you can play music at your station just so long as it is not too loud. Again, this has to do with morale. It's tough going through the 10 hour shift accompanied by nothing but the sounds of beeping and machinery.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16716,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's a joke.,It's a bit above minimum wage. If you're in inbound you have the opportunity to work by yourself. That's about it.,"Oh there's a list. They push safety and teamwork during orientation, but in reality, it's a joke. They don't care. They preach quality not quantity but in reality it's actually the other way around. Huge revolving door. They play favoritism. They claim to call for team lifts if you have to strain your muscles to lift anything to avoid injuries, in reality they will have pregnant women, physically tiny people, or just people in general, most of which aren't taught proper safety procedures, lift and stack packages way heavier than the 50lb limit that we're supposed to get at these centers. For those of us who deal with stealing pallets of packages, they are stacked terribly causing a further danger to those walking past or unloading them at the post office. The pay you receive for the outputted work isn't worth it. Also... If you're assigned to a department that isn't favored by management, your hard work will be ignored, all the while they well be pausing those in their preferred functions. High revolving door for management as well. Managers don't know what they're doing and seem to mess up well working systems. We are told that our ideas well be heard, problems worked on to be fixed, and voices well not be ignored. So not the case..","Treat your workers fairly. Put their safety first. You're told coming in that we're like family and we matter. Please don't just say it, but show it too. We want to work in an all around easy going environment and we want to be happy going to work. Not dreading it and feeling like we don't matter. Yes, the customer comes first, but we should matter too. This place has the potential to be amazing. I should know, I've worked in several Amazon buildings. But remember, without the workers, just like the customers, this company is nothing. Please don't make us feel like that's all we are (nothing). Listen to our ideas, we tend to have some good ones and they might help ease some burdens. Help us with the problems within the company, they'll help things run smoother, and hear our voices. Happy workers turn out better production faster. Many of us have been with the company for years. We know the kinks, the ins and outs, and what systems tend to work best, especially since were on the floor doing these things longer than most management is in the building. We can help. Just trust us.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16717,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service rep,work schedule paid time off vacation time work from home freedom,constantly switching teams and leads are not helpful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16718,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate (stower),Good environment working hard with happy mind.,Some time too much hard work.,Nothing.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16719,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Get to work on cutting edge technology,Minimal benefits relative to other tech companies,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P891.htm
16720,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Great Environment, Friendly people, Enjoyable","A lot of hours, Time consuming",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16721,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Virtual Call Center,"Full time work, can work from home.","Super busy, metrics hard to obtain to get hired on past the seasonal, employer does not want to retain workers","Be flexable with metrics especally when customer complaints fall on the shipper, not amazon per se.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16722,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Meh.,Steady job that will pay the bills.,Very repetitive and extremely boring in most cases. Very little growth opportunity.,Change hiring method.,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16723,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good starter job.,The ability to advance quickly.,Depends on who you know.,Be fair!!!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16724,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Receiving,Seasonal or temporary employment. Wage is ok. Employee discount is helpful. Also if your interested and are hired on permanently you can get your college paid for.,Extremely tiring. 10 hour shifts of being on your feet constantly. The work is very boring and redundant. It isn't pleasant work but it is doable for the short term. I couldn't do it year around.,Give additional breaks to take the pressure off employees feet. Especially in the first few months while you are becoming use to the work.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16725,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Financial Analyst,"substantial responsibilities and autonomy, easy to reach out to people","Profitable teams usually get the most say at most companies, but this effect on political balance is exponentially stronger in Amazon. If you are lucky and enter into a profitable business, you can take all the credit and have an awesome career.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16726,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good for developing software engineering skills,- Good place to develop software engineering technical skills,- Benefits and perks are less attractive compared to other tech companies - Promotion is difficult in certain orgs,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16727,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,Management is Great!,Management. No micromanaging. 15 minute breaks every 2 hours Over time opportunities Super Clean environment High ceiling environment Human Resources,"Executive Summary: +Anxiety caused by management (pressure to pick faster) +Euphemisms used to pick up the pace (called slow) +Fellow employees are lethargic  In depth: Some FC Associates are awful people. Some people got into positions, not by merit, but because these individuals were there when the Vernon Location opened. In cases like these, experience trumps education. One thing that is lost in the process is communication skills. Which brings me to the other aspect of the job that causes turn over. An example is how training is scarce and leaves one wondering and wandering. There's computer based training, but what you do onsite varies from location to location. You'll hear how things are done in person. Hands on training is about two sentences and the rest is figuring out everything yourself, while risking lowering your rate and being told 'your quality sucks.'  Moreover, there's a culture of negativity that management is not aware of and needs to be addressed going into the future. Going into the work place, I was aware that people fight for promotions. Reviews on Glassdoor say that promotions happen twice a year. It was apparent who was trying to move up. In addition, some associates get other people in trouble to avoid getting fired. In short, there is dog eat dog mentality. You can get fired during 'Learning' phase.  Some people put your safety at risk. In fact, some employees put themselves at risk on purpose to sue the company. Towards the end of my employment I feared for my life because of a fellow employee.","This company is five stars, but safety is something that needs to be worked on at the Vernon location. The new warehouse is great and one star does not do management justice for the hard that is put. I truly do think that employees need to be trained on etiquette at the work place (especially when picking through aisles). Some people make a mess in the bins, cuss you out in the aisles, and make physical threats to your person. Management misses these incidents and sometimes never get reported because of intimidation. If they do get reported, there's retaliation, which again is another problematic thing. Things look headed towards a lawsuit if management is negligent on these matters. Moreover, employees need training on how to communicate effectively with others. For example. if an employee is packing totes incorrectly, he or she needs to be approached in a friendly, non-hostile manner. Employees should not be approaching each other asking to see each other's name tags.",1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16728,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Solid benefits package including health, dental, and vision Room for advancement with competence and commitment Company actively supports ""auxiliary"" programs such as base education Great ""starter"" job to gain experience, help with education, etc.","Demanding schedule, particularly during peak months Demanding workload Poor base pay rate General poor workplace morale Generally poor management Poor associate interaction","Positivity goes a long way. The best managers find time to engage with their associates and learn their strengths and weaknesses, adapting them to fit a business need. The amazon leadership principles might be what you live and die by, but don't let them consume you. A little levity goes a long ways in a base production job.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16729,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Engineer,Work life harmony better than ever.,Challenging for those who require clear direction.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P892.htm
16730,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Engineer,Work life harmony better than ever.,Challenging for those who require clear direction.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16731,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Process Guide Stow,Process Guide,"Fast pace, four 10 hour days with 3 days off. Great insurance",Can only apply for job posting on work computers and not enough of them .,Need to be able to apply for postings from home. Day shift that starts at 4 or 5 am,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16732,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,It's a great company to start,It's a awesomecompany to start,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16733,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dock,The pay is decent,Back breaking labor..people are just judgemental,Dont be greedy over numbers,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16734,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative director,"Amazing business modeling, very interesting projects, great treat.",Everything happens in Seattle. Lack of time & attention to detail & quality,Value your talent for the long term. Encourage positive culture. Keep investing in design thinking,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16735,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,NA5 Inbound,Expanding with the technological environment,Position advancement based on sociability instead of work ethic,Communication is the key to productivity,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16736,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Customer Service Representative,amazon overview,"good benefits, schedule is very workable","long hours, mandatory overtime, same pay for all jobs preformed","listen more to employees, keep employees on jobs they like to do, be able to preform the same jobs as employees for the same amount of time",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16737,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Feb 19, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,poor management,u get benefits at day 1 if u r full time,"management sucks, they work u like a slave until u break your back than make u work some more",only make get manager title if u work as a Parker for 3 months straight even if u have a fancy degree,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16738,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,FC associate,Lots of overtime and bonuses,Worked you like guinea pigs,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16739,amazon,"Hutchins, TX"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,The Best Job I've Ever Had.,"Flexibility of dates worked. I go Sun - Wed(7am-5:30pm). So it leaves time to work an extra job & get sleep. Besides, 4 day weeks make the pay day seem more like a week & a half than a biweekly wait. The people are very personable & just the average joe. Its no pressure, just people enjoying company but getting work done together. When the days done, the days done.",Only con is I wish we'd get paid weekly. No overtime depending on the season so its good to have paper to touch every week.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P893.htm
16740,amazon,"Springfield, VA"," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very disappointed,The coworkers were good and the work was not bad either. It was nice that they tried to implement flex scheduling.,"I wanted to like working here. It was frustrating that the on site managers never seemed to know anything and kept the employees out of the loop. It was difficult to get help with just basic problems. I asked for clarification about scheduling, so that I could work around my school schedule. I was given incorrect information, and as a result, I was not able to keep the job. I very much regret taking the job.",Hire more competent managers and give them better training.,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16741,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Fresh Associate,Don't ever work for amazon,I can't think of a single thing. It's awful. The benefits do not outweigh the massive cons. I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone,Awful pay for how hard you work and long hours. You are never going to move up in the company.,Don't be slave drivers. People aren't going to want to work for you if you treat them poorly,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16742,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon associiate,"Security, benefits, availability of overtime.","Pure drudgery, and more drudgery",Learn to manage.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16743,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate 1,Pretty much different hours that you can work Okay pay,Too many workers just not working In crowd gets better opportunity,Stop favoritism,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16744,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,entry level amazon employee,"Great benefits, solid pay, opportunities to move up in the company quickly, positive attitudes.",10 hour days. If you don't like longer days it is not the place for you,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16745,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Like a collection of startups,"Great autonomy - if you want to jump into a big project, you can often go ahead. There isn't a lot of bureaucracy. If you have a good idea and can prove its value, you can work on it. Cool embedded startup culture embodied in 'its always day one'.","You are at the mercy of your org. Work experience can be highly variable from department to department. If your director or VP is a jerk, your department can suffer greatly. Sometimes getting people to do stuff feels like herding cats.","Create some kind of service registry so we can find teams services more easily. Put some resources into better documentation. Pay for training/education at HQ, not just FC employees.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16746,amazon,"King of Prussia, PA"," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Great job,You r your own boss,sometimes you do not have the code to enter some apatments,Get personnel postal boxes in large apartment complexes,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16747,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"The pay here is great for the position. There's a lot of opportunities to learn in different areas here and develop yourself, if you care to do so. Most employees and associates are fairly outgoing and easy to get along with. Here, you are truly in charge of your success of you like the challenge.","There's a lot of ambiguity in working here. Working for this company, can be described as a lot of things. You get thrown into the fire of things at times without proper training or understandings. The training here is as poor as it gets. The communication is about as poor as it gets. You will dedicate entire days to your shifts and find yourself with no time to breathe or rest. There's essentially no control over your shift, hours, and it leaves you very lifeless at times. The onboarding process I experienced had to be the worst ever. I sat around for 4 months after being hired to my position before finding out my location and start date. They say they give you 30 days between informal and starting, but that was a lie. They wanted to start me in two weeks. Everything about the culture here is so unorganized and confusing. I recommend this job only if you are interested in working in a warehouse, don't have an outgoing personal life or family to take care of, or want to ""own your own development"" (which translates to figure things out yourself whenever). There is absolutely no work-life balance here, especially working at a newer facility. You get paid so much because you basically don't have a life of your own anymore.",Read my cons and try to ask yourself how all that sounds and what you can do to fix those things. Do people really want to work for any company with those complications and how do you think it affects your turnover? Seriously.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16748,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Ambassador/Problem Solver,Ambassador/Problem Solver,"Really great benefits, and paid time off as well as paid vacation time.",The only downside I see here is that its really hard to move up because the managers have his or her favorites even if you have all the success in the department.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16749,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Reverse Logistics,Pressured Monotony,Good pay and benefits,"Boring, repetitive, high pressure to perform in some areas.",Rotate people and help them move up.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P894.htm
16750,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,great environment to work. so i liked it.,not available as I dont have any cons about the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16751,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Picker/Non-Inventory/AM,Started as a Picker then a Seasonal Non-Inventory Assoc now about to be an Area Manager,"Time-off when needed. 4 share of stocks available after 2 years of employment. Variable comp pay is decent. They will advance you if they see your work ethic is good. Lots of options if you decide to leave the company after 1 year of employment like Career Choice which pays 95% re-imbursement for tuition and books. You can also elect to take ""The Buy-Out"" where they pay you $1,000 per PEAK season for each PEAK Season you work up to 5 PEAKS.",If you take the buy out you can NEVER go back not even through a temp service. The pay could be better but they want you to give them YEARS of your life before you get to higher salary. I find it's the young and lazy ones that complain the most about working here and the turn-over rate is ridiculously high so it sucks dealing with new people you know lack motivation.,Engage with people more at start-ups. Loosen up. You are not a Robot!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16752,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"SAT 2 - Fullment Center, San Marcos, TX","Culture, HR, employees (most), benefits, pay. Problem was the job was exactly as described. Lots of walking, many stairs, and it was the 6:00 PM to 6:30 shift. I ""thought"" I could handle it. I was so very wrong. Wednesday, from 8:00 AM to about 1:00 PM - no issues. Just how-tos kinda things. Thursday was first shift. They took us around, trained us and gave us a tour. Very wearing. 2nd night, half way through the shift, I had to leave. I am no longer physically able to do this kind of job. I think if it had just been a day job on the first floor, I could have handled it (would only have gotten $10.50 an hour if it was). But a combination of being on the 4th floor and the walking and, especially, the time of night killed me. I was feeling faint and disoriented. Called in the next morning and submitted my resignation. Went back a week later and spoke with HR. Because I was unable to give them at least a week's notice, I will not be eligible for rehire at Amazon for 2 years. This does sadden me, but there is no way, physically, I could have given them a week. I will be losing the toe nails (I know TMI) on one foot. And this is with good shoes and socks. My body just rebelled against me. Of course, I am almost 70. But I saw people handling the job that were 400 lbs. I exercise, I am not over weight, and I walk. A lot. But that didn't help me.  Bottom line, Amazon is a great place to work but be aware of your physical limitations if you are looking at a job in Fulfillment.","Walking, stairs, hours, flexibility to change jobs, give associates a chance to choose.",Give those unable to handle the hours and floors (stairs) an option for another job within the company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16753,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yes it's hard...but,"Upward mobility, ability to innovate and contribute, work with talented smart motivated people.","Required hours during peak seasons, schedule changes with little notice",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16754,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,I'm extremely fond of this Job! You have to Make this Job Your focus and work Your Life Around it.,The pay is Great.  Peak season is the best to work.  They offer Great Benefits.  Full Amazonians Receive Stocks and Monthly Bonuses.,There are Long shifts about 11 hours.  Once You Use all Your time You are Terminated no room for discussion.  If You are Hostile You will Be terminated.,Management is Great Just make Your Rate and Be Positive.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16755,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ML Scientist,"Excellent compensation, amazing infrastructure, massive data, challenging problems","Internal tools have a steep learning curve, RSU vesting schedule",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16756,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Very friendly People. Decent Pay.,Very Physically demanding. Long Hours.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16757,amazon,"Dedham, MA"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sortation,Everyone thinks because is Amazon your making good money and have a great job.,"a lot of work, non stop from the moment you punch in until your 15 minutes breaks. They expect you to do work like a robot",none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16758,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Intelligence Engineer,> Growth Opportunity > Exposure to many different markets > Lots of ability to try new jobs withing the company > Fast-paced environment that enables you to do better,> Difficult to move up in the company after a certain level (mid-management) > Not as many perks as other tech companies > A lot of variance in teams > Products can feel poorly put together because the company is so fast-paced.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16759,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a fast-paced company and is always looking to innovate,"Fast-Paced, Intelligent People, Always trying to come up with the next big idea. The company is growing so fast and it's exciting to see how the world reacts to new Amazon products.","Fast-paced, can seem chaotic when jumping into a new space but that's what a start up feels like. The company is growing so fast that it's infrastructure has to keep up to find space for employees.",Listen to the employees. They have great ideas and be transparent about new personnel program updates. It will help employees understand their environment so much better.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P895.htm
16760,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,VCC Rep,"It's fantastic, very good and thorough training, excellent benefits, they send you the equipment you need. It's great.",You def. need steady child care! And they do expect you to pick up OT if you are hired for a seasonal position.,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16761,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Amazon Seasonal Part-Time Sortation Associate,Wear comfortable clothing. Work independently.,"Lifting all sizes of boxes, standing for long hours, lifting bags of boxes 2-4 feet over your head, non-temperature controlled warehouse, lifting and handling boxes with gloves can be painful to hands overtime.","No favoritism, keep work environment professional. Engage in positive feedback as much as negative feedback is given to balance morale.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16762,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,I enjoy working at Amazon,"Challenging work, nice work/life balance",Sometimes moves slowly to maintain very high level of availability and profit,Keep up the efforts in transparency and inclusiveness - they are paying off,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16763,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Physical Security Support Engineer,Overall great company to work for.,Amazon has some great benefits and strong working culture. The other employees were generally easy to get along with and there are plenty of opportunities to improve your skills and knowledge.,"The company has a tendency to demand far more of its employees than should be expected. Depending on your position, they tend to keep adding to your workload until you break and can't take anymore. At which point they start asking why you can't keep up with your workload.",There are a lot of amazing people working for your company. Many of whom go far beyond what is expected of them. Pay a little more attention to the incredible accomplishments they are making.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16764,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,"Not Bad, But they are getting better","Flexible schedule, extreme versatility for learning, Demands the best of you with real time training","Alot of miscommunication is apparent, Difficult to maintain good relationship with Associates. Could be overlooked if you don't get the Leadership's Attention","Hire more from the Bottom up, Utilize Giving them more cross-trained experience, and setup systems to quickly find your Best and Develop your weakest to support each other's blind spots.  With enough processing, You'll find alot of talent quickly with also developing a healthy work environment",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16765,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History","Good benefits, decent pay for the work, activities, discounts, ability to move to other facilities, great flexibility in time off, money for continuing education, and room for growth.","At times you will feel like just another number, and you will have to work mandatory overtime (50-60 hours a week in 2016) during Prime Day (more like a week or two), and for about a month and a half around Black Friday to Christmas.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16766,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE1,"Great manager, teammates to work with and lots of stuff to learn.",Less vacation time and fast pace. No free lunch or dinner.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16767,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,amazing people and brand recognition.,no commissions severely impacts team motivation,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16768,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AE,Fast pace culture & environment,"High turnover, fast pace environment",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16769,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Your Experience is a Reflection of YOU,"Compensation, benefits, and opportunities are top of the industry. Your potential is unlimited, so you are only restricted by the amount of work you are willing to put in and your own attitude and communication style. Unbeatable culture. Forget any bad press and anecdotes you've read/heard if they are older than 2 years. This company is always changing, evolving, and improving. Management listens to everyone, and changes are implemented faster than you would expect. I have the ability to work from home when needed or adjust my schedule, without question. I also have the support of an amazing team of people I genuinely like. If you are independent and self-driven, you can really stretch and grow to your full potential. Top of the line technology and tools to get your job done, and usually more than one way to do it.","Not really a con, but if you need a lot of direction and hand-holding, this is not the place for you. It is a VERY large and growing company, so you will be a little fish in a big pond. But when someone offers you a seat on a rocket ship, you don't ask what seat! My pet peeve is the few but loud complainers, who I think would not be happy anywhere. The grass is always greener somewhere else for these people. Spoiled, overprivileged, and full of themselves. I run into these mostly in the SDE's, who are highly prized and know it. Anyone who makes more than $100k a year gets no sympathy from me. By that stage in your career, you should know how to communicate effectively and have your concerns heard and addressed. I've never had management not listen to me.","Pay attention to the morale and concerns of your team. If you are ""old school"" in thinking and were part of the old cutthroat reputation of the company, either get with the times or get out. For everyone else, keep up the good work. I love this company!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P896.htm
16770,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Associate,Flexible Schedule and Good pay.,Very physical and soreness will happen.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16771,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Sortation Assoc.,"The People, Management, and Amazon Company is A Great Place To Work! Also The Benefits Are Great! Also They Are Flexible and Will Work With You If There Is Any Problems.",Sometimes Parking is A Problem .,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16772,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not what it seems,people working there (SOME) very nice ...  decent pay,"flexible hour promise (not) it is to their benefit for flexible hours up or down  20 hours time off per quarter - however I have heard one HR rep tell an associate (after she was involved in a collision) too bad should have come in - seriously after possible concussion heard leadership tell an associate (pale and white) sure you don't want to stay and work you-ll be charged hours  Leadership - young not sure how much training they get in the leadership area -- nice kids but when you approach an employee already scanning three areas and tell them chop, chop you will not get a better response.",corperate really needs to visit areas and see what is really going on or talk to the employees NOT leadership,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16773,amazon,"South San Francisco, CA"," Feb 15, 2017","Former Employee - Shift Manager, Logistics",Amazon Logistics,"Great pay, great co-workers, learned a lot.","Long hours, no holiday's, schedule always changes, 24/7 operation",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16774,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - CSA VCC LOGISTICS,VCC logistics CSA,"This is the best job I think I have ever had in my life. I have a team leader who is extremely supportive, when I'm having a bad day he builds me back up and makes me feel good about myself.","There are no cons I could give for this job, I have met some awesome customers, awesome drivers, wonderful coworkers, and great managers!","Keep doing what you're doing, it works.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16775,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Love it...,"Great benefits, you own your own development, always learn something new every day.","Some people cant keep up with the pace, lots of lazy people during peak, expect to work 6 days a week 10 hr days during peak",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16776,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Data Engineer,Great company. Room for improvements.,A great company with excellent services and reputation. Customer-centric. Pays well.,Office can use some good furniture. Desktop computers are not the best.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16777,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 3, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Terrible First Impressions for NEW Customer Service Employees.,"The employee Diversity is absolutely awesome at Amazon, which is the sole reason I wanted to be a part of their workforce.  The job was Monday through Friday, which is always helpful and it came with benefits that started on the very first day, which included an Orca pass.  Your fellow co-workers are great people and that's one thing you don't have to worry about. Your teammates will help you out a lot.","They set horrible first impressions on new Customer Service employees. On your first day, you will start with hundreds of others. Most of those good folks are treated very specially. Naturally, they have some of the harder-to-get positions and went through a tough screening process to be there! Customer Service is one phone interview and one in-person interview. You will be treated like one of them until your hiring manager comes to retrieve you. Then, you'll be immediately asked to return the employee laptop that you were issued during orientation. What a terrible first impression! This makes it tough to get immersed into the employee life at Amazon. Others are able to take their computers home and browse the online Amazon employee website that has loads of helpful tips for employees. As in many companies, Customer Service employees are ""different"" than the rest.  The pay is pretty low for Customer Service and for Seattle, WA. You could work in the food industry or as a barista at a local coffee shop and make quite a bit more. It isn't just low, it's quite alarmingly low considering the size of Amazon and the city in which it is located. You definitely would be able to find a much higher paying Customer Service position with another company. I highly recommend looking elsewhere. If you're a young person, no college education and you just want to get ""in"" with Amazon, that's a great idea. Start there, for sure. Others who have education and experience combined? Look somewhere else because you are definitely worth it.  The training for CS is pretty embarrassing. Typos throughout the lessons, constant misspelled words and poorly crafted sentences caused the answers to be counted wrong when you had to complete quizzes and tests.  The dog-friendly work environment seems like an excellent idea. At first, I was excited about the fact that I could see some cuties while at work, then after the first week there I was covered in flea bites. Such a shame to have to wear OFF when you go to work.",Customer Service needs to become one of the highest paid positions rather than the lowest paid. People who are truly good at Customer Service need to fill those roles. It is a solid investment into a company.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16778,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard to Move Up,"The people are great to work with, and the pay is good for what you are doing as well as the raises were fair and across the board better than other companies that I have worked for, especially for a part-timer.","When opportunities to move up are available, there is a certain secrecy as to how one attains favor for such positions. There are rumors that one has to be ""known"" in order to be given an opportunity in the business to move up. A lot of things like that and others seem unfair.","Lower management is rude to the staff. Upper management should be a little more present, because they seem to have more of an idea of what having values is than lower management. They appear to care more than the people we see everyday, and who knows if that is because they don't have to deal with us everyday. But, they should pass the illusion of compassion onto the area managers, and the so on.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16779,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not For Everyone,"Great pay, benefits, and coworkers",Tiring and monotonous after like 3 months. Also the breaks seem to go by like seconds.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P897.htm
16780,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Long Hours, Focused Tasks","Bright and hardworking engineers, good pay, top of the line computer equipment, fancy new skyscrapers with great views. Looks great on a resume.",Small and insular teams driven by top-down management. Can feel lonely and predictable.,Save money by downsizing enormous army of middle managers.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16781,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager Intern,Great work environment for almost everyone,A little biased towards few managers,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16782,amazon,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Love my job,Innovative company with plenty of opportunities to grow and develop talent. Would not work anywhere else. It's fun and hard work that I look forward to daily.,Work life balance while trying to move up and manage multiple projects life can sometimes feel overwhelmed. You have to be dedicated to the business and your place in it.,Care for leadership training,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16783,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Tons of Lateral and Upward Mobility,"Flexibility and ability to direct your own career. Learners are highly valued -- those who enjoy being jack of all trades will fit right in. Deep diving and question asking encourage, no golden cows.","Few barriers to becoming over worked -- have to be good at setting boss/customers expectations, because management isn't going to do it for you.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16784,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - CSA VCC LOGISTICS,VCC logistics CSA,"This is the best job I think I have ever had in my life. I have a team leader who is extremely supportive, when I'm having a bad day he builds me back up and makes me feel good about myself.","There are no cons I could give for this job, I have met some awesome customers, awesome drivers, wonderful coworkers, and great managers!","Keep doing what you're doing, it works.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16785,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Challenging and fulfilling, but get on a good team.",I like the work I do. I like that I'm surrounded by smart people and that I'm working on interesting business problems. I've learned more here than in any other job. But I'm also on a good team which helps.,"They really do the sink or swim treatment here. You won't have anyone to hold your hand. You'll work long hours and are expected to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Some teams have a poor dynamic, it really depends.","Investment in employee onboarding and retention is never a poor use of resources, especially in an environment where there is so much change.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16786,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Driver,"Easy, free, good environment, benefits","Long hours, unpredictable schedule, not great pay",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16787,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great challenging experience, learned a lot about my priorities.","Access to incredible talent & ""unlimited"" resources.",It is a matter of cultural fit. Be sure the culture is a fit before considering working there.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16788,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Lots of work, as agile as it can get.","Your growth depends on if your manager likes you, and not your technical skills alone.","Identify givers in the team, identify who actually contribute more.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16789,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good technical experience with pressure,Work on advanced technical stack. Internal technical bar high.,Work pressure. Promotion is relatively difficult.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P898.htm
16790,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,Terrific place to work,"Management and hourly employees are both friendly and easy to work with. They don't expect you to be Superman for your first couple of weeks, they give you time to learn the procedures. The break area is clean with a nice big HD TV and the vending machines have low prices ($1.00 for a 20 oz. Dr. Pepper). The whole group is like one big happy family.",There are no negatives at my warehouse. Everyone gets along fine.,Keep doing what you've been doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16791,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great work environment, lagging in perks.","Small teams, ability to innovate, interesting problems, customer impact, respect for work/life balance (at least in SF office), quality colleagues.","Customer Obsession sometimes comes at the expense of employee quality of life. (If you inherit a buggy system and get stuck on-call often, things can be bleak). Benefits are sub-par--for example, they only match 401k contributions at 50% up to 6% of your salary and you don't actually get that unless you stick around for 3 years. On the other hand, they're proud that they offer the same benefits to people who work in fulfillment centers, so you can be happy that the company is egalitarian while regretting that other tech workers are getting a few thousand more a year in untaxed retirement money than you are.","I really buy into all of Amazon's Leadership Principles, but remember that Customer Obsession can't come at the expense of employee sanity and happiness, otherwise the only people you'll be able to hire won't be able to make customers happy.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16792,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,"Awesome workers, great pay, holidays day off, foods vest machine","hours super long, not hiring while temp.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16793,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do It,Love my job so much,"None, you'll grow your perspective",Be visible and communication,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16794,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work Depending on Your Role and Fit,"Smart people, great opportunities, internally supportive.",Is developing better people management but different departments can have extremely different qualities in guidance and skill.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16795,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company to work with,good health benefits and bonuses are a plus,need to work hard and 10 hour shift,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16796,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really love the people,I started just over two years ago here. I have loved my team throughout my time here. My team has a lot of people willing to listen to your ideas and help with anything you need to be successful.  *I hear people's experiences are very dependent on team.,Sometimes we spend more time arguing about technical requirements than actually working (for some people this might be a bonus).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16797,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon sucks,"nice people, great paid time off (40 hours per year), vacation from day 1, voluntary time off","over work you, zero employee appreciation, high turnover",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16798,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Depending on team, great place to work",autonomy encouraged/no micromanaging flexible schedule- just get your work done and no one bothers you!,lower pay than competitors work/life balance is difficult at times,none,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16799,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Sort Associate,Sorter,None there are none this place sucks.. oh they play music only if you meet a quota so don't get your hopes up for it!,SShort breaks not enough time to even eat lunch! Only 2 days of training then you are basically on your own and trust if your not fast enough they will cut you loose.,Be better and stop treating employees like their friken robots! This place just sucks period . Wouldn't recommend anyone to do this job!!,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P899.htm
16800,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Short shifts and great pay,None that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16801,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jan 29, 2017","Former Employee - Decant &amp, Stow",Ok Warehouse Opportunity,"Great employees, fast paced so youre never bored, helpful managers & staff, great pay, reasonable benefits","Location is in the middle of nowhere, virtually impossible for commuters. Expectation for productivity are never clearly explained in the beginning. Dept changes frequently wituout warning.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16802,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,A lot of room for growth. Competitive pay. Fast paced industry,Constant changes in standard work. Not enough training.,Learn the process.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16803,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Everyone is expendable,"I worked on some of the most exciting and innovative projects of my career with some of the smartest and most talented people I've ever met. Work felt like play in many aspects because of the freedom I had to explore and develop the concepts I was most inspired by, be them mine or someone else's. And I was able to sleep well every night knowing I was working in service of our customers needs - not the business's quarterly report.","Every year, I received high praise during my reviews, and every year, the company's yearly compensation adjustments underwhelmed me. The cost of living increased at a greater rate than my pay - earning me less and less every year. And promotions are practically unheard of. The process requires a tremendous amount of time and effort from managers, and they are given no intensive to promote from within the team.",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16804,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Stow Associate,Hard work lots of hours,"Lots of hours, get to work mostly alone, benifits, time off.","Hard work in some position, long hours, breaks are short and break room is usually a mile away.",Stay connected with the employees make them fill like the work they actually worth somthing.,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16805,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon Operations Area Manager,-Manager experience at young age -Leadership principles drives operations,-Schedule (Min 48 hrs/week) no overtime pay,Take more time driving positive work culture to increase manager motivation,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16806,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Working in a warehouse forty miles away from home,Good steady work during the season,"Upon leaving the building, there were those who forgot where they parked their vehicles.",Add identifiers to parking lot,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16807,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expanding too fast,See cutting-edge products being developed,"Company is expanding too fast which results into constant re-og, exploding teams, and crowded work space.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16808,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer-Windows,Great platform to take ur skills and build it up,"Haven't realize any, fast pacing.",/...................................................,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16809,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Representative,"Amazing workplace, friendly co-workers, and management. Best place to start the career and when perfectly planned, it gives us plenty of opportunities to grow further",I loved my time working there so I ignored cons though they were very few,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P900.htm
16810,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for beginning a job,Good salary and benefits in job,Long hours of work is a bad thing,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16811,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Environment,Lot of opportunities to learn and grow. Fast Moving and Challenging!,Lots of overtime may sometime take toll.,"Superb Innovation and Technology at work,",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16812,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Mar 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,I can't think of any,Amazon is a modern day plantation.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16813,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Pay is pretty good and they offer great incentives for working overtime,Too many hours....work/life balance non existent.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16814,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Security,feed their employees a lot,if someone don't like you they'll find a way to get rid of you.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16815,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cheating the Associates,"Casual dress code, Non stressful work","Management and HR dont update the shift hours correctly. Even if the shift ends earlier, you are penalised with Unpaid Time Off option. This is to make sure they dont pay the 18hr minimum wage to workers. Whenever enquired they tend to say it will be fixed after the pay period, but never done unless you go and stand in line and request the HR. Supervisors say HR has to fix it and HR says supervisors have to give them request. Both of them work together to cheat hourly workers. Unpaid Time Off options should be taken by workers whenever needed. Not taken away by the HR to avoid pay.  It can only be a secondary job. This cannot be a primary source of income. No career advancement.","Please dont cheat hourly wage workers. Update shift hours daily properly. Before appointing managers make sure they do the work for atleast a month, so that they understand what job is instead of relying only on Computer data and College degree",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16816,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Research Scientist,Good research experience,"Assigned well defined project, manager and mentor are very helpful, could find a lot of resources in amazon internal platform.",High peer pressure and heavy workload,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16817,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual CSA,Working at home Schedule flexibility,Work and Life balance Adequate training,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16818,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,Amazon is a big company.,"Amazon has PIP rules, which is terrible.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16819,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good company to work for,"Good benefits, 3 day weekend off.","Pay is low, hard on your body.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P901.htm
16820,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Suitable pay, Friendly staff, tried to ""maintain "" the Amazon spirit during the hectic peak season","very little break times, poor management",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16821,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very flexible,very flexible working hours of work.,I did not find any,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16822,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Okay if you need the money,People are nice and very helpful,Training is too short and hard,Treat employees better,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16823,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - AFE Pack Side,Room for anyone in a very positive work Environment,Absolutely the most positive work environment I have ever worked in. Management motivational tactics are almost all carrot and no stick. Work hard and you will be recognized and promoted.,You cant bring in your phone or any type of electronics which is understandable on the floor but kinda sucks during breaks.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16824,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,no a bad place to work,"good workers, lots of benefits",lots of overtime during peak,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16825,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Agent,Good Entry-Level Job,No experience needed Lots of training Great starting pay Nontraditional call center Lots of leeway Good bonuses Benefits,Strict attendance rules Long commute Seasonal hiring Feels machine-like,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16826,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Move Up,"Growth,Money,Benefits and Great Manager","Standing for 10 hours, vacation hours build up slowly and short breaks.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16827,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate Overnight,Amazon Overnight Fulfillment Associate,"Schedule, Voluntary Time Off, Employee Discount","Schedule, Monotonous, Demanding Productivity Goals",Change associate's rolls a few times per shift to alleviate some of the monotony.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16828,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Tier III,,"Benefit package, Career choice, transfer ability, decent pay","Too innovative for their own good, always trying to fix systems that aren't broken, making work environment unstable","Improve communication skills across the board, practice what is preached, look at more than numbers when changing processes, be more transparent",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16829,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,There are a lot of opportunities,"Don't care about employees, care about numbers","Look out more for what the employee, not just say it",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P902.htm
16830,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Amazon is Great, but could be better","Great benefits, hours, seeing how Amazon sends out packages.","Favoritism, lacking in training, political games being played by management and employees.","Favoritism, lacking in training, political games being played by management and employees in warehouses needs to stop. Reward for great employees.",4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16831,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Amazon,"Fast pace, always moving...innovative and fun","Physically hard on body, long hours",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16832,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,been working at amazon for 2 years,"great pay, advancement opportunities, flexible scheduling, good health and dental benefits. also you get a discount when shopping with amazon.","not enough aproved time off (vacation days), strick managers sometimes, and hr don't really take care of your concerns.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16833,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,"You get to learn new things everyday,positive environment",super loads of work and working on shift basis is not a great idea,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16834,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk analyst,Amazing company to work for and great place to learn and enhance your skills,Nothing as of me,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16835,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ops pathway,Great company to develop career progression,Difficult to maintain work life balance,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16836,amazon,"Nashua, NH"," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Horrible Place to Work for,"Good benefits, Prizes based on competitions, decent pay","I worked there as a temp and it was an unfriendly and unwelcoming work environment. Felt cliquish, glad I'm not working there any more as I prefer working in an environment that I feel valued at.",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16837,amazon,"College Park, GA"," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse fulfillment,"Great incentives, overtime hours extended during the holiday season, relaxed work environment.","Point system for attendance, not always great opportunities for growth, limited parking during peak season, not eligible for rehire if you leave without notice.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16838,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2017","Current Employee - Manager, Product Management","Innovative, Fast-Paced, and Challenging","Amazon is always working to improve, which creates an environment perfect for innovation and change. It's exciting to work for a company that does not settle for just ok. The support and feedback process is great, and they highly encourage leadership and career development.","The pace can be a challenge, so you have to be excited about taking on new challenges and growing/developing. Coming in and doing the same thing over and over does not exist here.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16839,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Trainer,Trainer,"Love it! It feels good to work with smart forward thinking people. The benefits are great, the best I've seen in a long time.","Type B personalities are sometimes ""lost in the shuffle."" If you want to be recognized it's necessary to let everyone know what you are doing and how well you are doing it.",Listen to and support your associates.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P903.htm
16840,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Program Specialist,Growth over time.,"Fast-pace, knowledge gaining, leadership,","Hiring, compensation, feedback, communication, parking.",Give more feedback and support.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16841,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job overall,Great place to work,kind of a clique work environment as every call center is,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16842,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay job,It's a job that pays you.,short breaks and lunch. a lot of the same boring things.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16843,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Wish Management Would Get Trained,You're able to meet great co-workers from all different walks of life. You find opportunities to share with others what your struggles are but also provide solid advice to those who want to learn.,You're definitely on your feet for long periods at a time but as long as you have comfortable shoes you should be fine. They mention job rotations however that's not the case. Of course if your good at what you do they prefer you to maintain.,"Need to pay more attention to your workers and take note of their ability or disability if any. Also, should attend a training on how to speak and deal with their employees. Respect is earned not automatic.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16844,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Operation Manager,Great chance to learn the distribution piece of retail.,Fast pace environment and allows you to make decisions on the fly. Allowed me to hone in on time management and manage a diverse team.,Not a learning environment for the top down approach. Upper management leans from hourly Associates. Not a lot of team work.,Be more loyal to management team.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16845,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Good pay nice benefits,Short breaks to steady of work bad rate systm,No fair judgement,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16846,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is Life,"Benefits, 401k, stock, appeasing hours","Poorly trained management, job security","Customer obsession, earn trust, hire and develop the best!",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16847,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The opportunity is what you make of it,Great at building a top-notch skill set Opportunities for ownership abound Able to enact improvements and roll out programs without getting bogged down in bureaucracy,"Not a company that will automatically recognize and respect your contributions If advancement is important, you have to be willing to fight for it BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, your direct manager needs to be willing to fight for you","Conduct a deep-dive into contributors who have been overlooked for promotion due to management turnover. This is an issue that affects employees all throughout the company. Without a manager who has directly see your work for 12 months AND is willing to go to bat for you, you will be lost in the corporate grind that is Amazon",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16848,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Package Handler,Packing,Positive influence good training room to advance,Not long enough breaks.more training,More break times,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16849,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Pay well, really good benefits",Their communication between upper management and lower levels is very poor.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P904.htm
16850,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Company, poor benefits and tough culture",Fuels your ambition and teaches you how to think big and execute in small steps,"Cheap, not frugal, they tend to be penny wise and pound foolish.",Many folks who have been there for over 15 years have become similar to Microsoft VP's,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16851,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,positive experience,"Autonomous, lots of ownership. Big company but feels like a start up. Lots of opportunity to rotate and develop professionally.",A lot of ambiguity so not for everyone. Constant turn (both attrition and internal rotation) makes it difficult to,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16852,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful Work Culture,The work culture and people,no cons to think of,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16853,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"A Job, Not a Career.","Great adventure, experience, and a growth opportunity to work with some of the more amazing people in the industry","The entire company is built around the idea of a 2-year employee. There is a phrase in the company called ""The Golden Handcuffs"" - the stock bonuses that mature years later such that you're always leaving something on the table. Benefits, training, bonuses, everything is built around keeping an engineer for two years - and less than 2% of employees make it past that point.","If you're ever hoping for long term employees, you're going to have to treat them different.",4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,32,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16854,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Schedule flexibility, free dental and life insurance, okay pay, easy job.","People mill, high turnover rate, lack of quality in work",Care about more than numbers.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16855,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jan 5, 2017","Former Employee - Managing Consultant, Professional Services","As size has grown, so has the politics, who you know matters more than what you know","-Best technology platform, second to none, and leading market position, so great addition to resume from working here standpoint. - Cultural values are deeply rooted in everything, so Amazon is certainly doing something right. - You really make history and get to have lot of fun....don't take the negatives below to discourage yourself. Company is growing faster than it's able to evolve itself from attending to the needs of their employee ""customers"" and many things put into the system to make it work fairly don't seem to work all the time.","- Many Sr. Managers and Directors have achieved promotions through politics or OLRs held away from where ""problems"" are anticipated. On the surface, system seems fairs and promotes merit based equality, but managers have figured out ways to get around the system. Your manager controls your destiny, including whether to write a promo doc on you, represent you fairly in the OLRs, use recency bias to accentuate a minor episode vs. looking at you holistically, or even speak highly of you when you apply for internal transfers (yes, awkward that without current manager's positive feedback, you're more or less stuck.). Many managers are ill-trained or have never held or been mentored as ""people managers"" so are not truly savvy enough to grow their employees. They tend to ""game"" the system to promote themselves by taking credit for others' work, focusing on ""hiring"" senior level employees vs. developing junior employees into senior roles (as that's hard due to the HR process), and invest more of their time in empire building (e.g. if you're an L6 manager, you'd progress faster to L7 if you have more L6s reporting to you...so you hire from outside by creating new positions vs. promoting from within). This is one of the biggest concerns many employees have (and many leave due to this) that it's easier to come in at a higher level with a fancy resume (e.g. VP tile at a 10-person startup can come into a level higher than someone operating already at that level without title) and successfully navigating 1-day of 5-6 45-min interviews. And managers can set up the loop to their advantage by picking the bar raiser they align with, or picking the people for the loop who they know would favor hiring that employee, etc. However, an employee with credible tenure and documented success wouldn't even be allowed to apply (managers actually select who can apply) be hired into a higher position by design. Which explains the ""Hire and Develop"" the best value, and not ""Develop and Hire"" the best. It's very common to see people getting promoted who are in close proximity to HQ or senior leaders. - You rarely see HR business partners anywhere, you'd be lucky if you even know you HR BP's name after 4 yrs! They exist mostly to further the interest of managers it seems. -","Size of Amazon and various divisions have grown to the point where it seems higher management is disconnected from what's happening at middle management layer. Attrition is high, and there's absolutely no focus on ""Employee Obsession"".",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16856,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Fun in the workplace and great benefits,Very little or no recognition of personal hard work,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16857,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Manager,"Challenging and fast paced. If you are looking for fun and interesting work, this is a good place to work.","You need to own your work. If you don't have ownership and cannot manage your schedule, this is not the place for you. Work life harmony is up for you to decide.",Encourage employees to manage their own schedule and perform.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16858,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Great place to work!,"Great place to work, solid benefits",No cons great place to work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16859,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Network Support Engineer,FCs are different than Corprate and AWS,Learn a lot in a short amount of time. Exposed to cutting edge technologies. Not formal environment.,Compensation is not competitive High turnaround volume Stressful demanding environment,Please test your process before implementing Listen to your employees,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P905.htm
16860,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,political and terrible,stock RSU's Great brand name on your resume high level of data rigor,"- Political as heck, WBR's are basically for showboating",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16861,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - AMZL Associate,BNA5 Amazon Logistics AMZL Associate,"Flexible schedule, light work and competitive pay.",As a part time employee it's difficult for promotion opportunities. Part time 20 hours to 30 hours weekly. Very difficult to average 30 hours.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16862,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Level I Associate,amazon fc,get stock shares vested after 2 years,on your feet for ten hours,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16863,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,"Good colleague, good working environment.","Lack professional data analyst, should improve compensate.",Hire more data analyst and data scientist.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16864,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Onsite Medical Rep,I am in the beginning stages of training but the compensation and benefit packages are the best I have seen for an EMT,I'm unaware of any cons at this time,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16865,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,Good Money good food for events,Drama. Higher ups protect each other and even then you can't trust anyone,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16866,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not at all as glamorous as they make it seem,"Bring your dog to work, good architecture and downtown location","No personal work space, no opportunity for advancement, no coaching and mundane and repetitive day to day work",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16867,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FULFILLMENT ASSOCIATE,"Great if you want to make money for college, or to catch up on bills, have additional income if you cannot find anything else to do. You meet all types of people - young, not so young, old, college age, reserve soldier, you name it...you haven't worked in a warehouse until you have worked at an Amazon. Some people love working there - others hate it....","Short lunch break, long, long, long hours on your feet - they make it very difficult for you to keep your job as they use a set of matrices to track performance that you never hear about until you are three weeks in - when their floor managers find you as you are busy trying to find impossible items to find....to anding customership to very dems",You do not need any advice - you are all fine running things the way they are....,2.0,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16868,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Amazon,The benefits & set schedule,"Favoritism, give you writes up for anything",Listen to the employees,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16869,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Worst job i've ever had,"Benefits, Unpaid time off, Voluntary Time off, Paid time off, Vacation Time, and the pay was good","Management is horrible, HR doesn't help you whatsoever. Had multiple issues with them and nothing was ever resolved. You cannot get in touch with anyone in the warehouse if you aren't present at the warehouse. Emails are ignored and so are calls.",Treat your employee's with more respect and stop treating them like they're some number and don't matter to the company.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P906.htm
16870,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Benefits and the people,They will try to get rid of you quickly,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16871,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Know what you're going in for.,Decent pay. Benefits are well covered. Guaranteed work hours.,"Repetitive work. Every day is VERY similar. If you're ok with repetitive work, this is a good fit.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16872,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's okay,"Pay, time off, discount",Some of upper management,Work better on helping people move up,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16873,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,There's an upside and downside,"Talented group of people. Always new projects, new ideas.",Too much bureaucracy and office politics.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16874,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Problem Solver,I live my job and the people.,Advancement is not based on knowledge or work ethics. It is only based and whether or not the boss you have at that moment hangs out with you after work and is your FB friend.,Change your advancement policies. Actually base them on performance and knowledge.,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16875,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,az1,"sincere, honest, respect for employees",no shower in rest room,apply suggestions by employees,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16876,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,Awesome,"Very nice people, very reasonable, I am happy to come to work every day cause of this",Nothing bad so far,Keep up the good work yall are awesome,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16877,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,Great,Great benefits and work environment,Not a lot of places close by for lunch,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16878,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,"Great, flexible schedules. Full time available",No cons for this company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16879,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Employer,A great and welcoming environment.,No cons from what I have seen.,Keep up the awesome work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P907.htm
16880,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Packer,Great pay and benefits,Works you like a robot expect u to do sooo much in little time little training managers are young as 18,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16881,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demand Generation Rep,"Bleeding edge technology, passionate customers that want to talk to you, and a work culture that promotes personal and professional development.",High expectations and difficult workload to manage for some people. Committing to new processes and adapting quickly is critical if you are to be successful.,Continue to raise the bar with new hires and push those seasoned team members to achieve at the level you know they can.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16882,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS great place with some career limitations,"AWS is a great environment to be in sales and engineering. The management is very tenured, the focus in clear and for individuals who focus on execution it is a great environment.",In sales a capped comp plan and aggressive quota growth is limiting for income. Propensity to hire experienced people from outside rather than develop and promote internally.,"Keep true to the LPs, reward people for successes and ensure there is growth opportunities for level 7s in sales and marketing.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16883,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Warehouse picker,Lots of hours Extra pay on overnights,Treated like a criminal security Too big treated like a number,Lower your productivity demands The numbers are very hard to attain,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16884,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Atrocious,"Wonderful co-workers, honest, helpful and kind.","Associates are treated like minions running around in a sweatshop. Timed even when one needs to take a bathroom break. In addition to part-timers having to work 11 hours on their feet, they must also rush and race because they are being timed as they pick orders. They only receive a 30 minute lunch. By the time one gets to the time clock which is located on the opposite end of the warehouse, and/or utilize the restroom one has 20 minutes left of lunch. Associates are running around having to beat their time instead of focusing on getting the job done in a safe manner. The store only had 2 days without injury which speaks for itself. On my first day, an associate was bleeding from his cheek. Injuries range from knee, arm, head, foot, etc. Working conditions are not what they are suppose to be like for human beings. Vending machines are broken in order to get proper PPE. Working conditions are disgusting. Being fast should not be what is important, SAFETY is what is important. Amazon would not be the world's most ""customer-centric company"" without its associates.  To the CEO Mr. Bezos:  Instead of having employees yell ""CORNER"" and ""CROSSING"" when moving along the aisles, you, as a human being with a conscience, would benefit from not timing employees like they are animals fetching, and concentrate on a humane work environment that is safe for all.  Thank you.","Stop timing and rushing employees in order to prevent injuries daily. Employees look like minions in a sweatshop for crying out loud. It is 2017, what are these working conditions? As if we don't know better. WE ARE HUMANS, not animals. Animals are not even treated as such.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16885,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Center Review,Good benefits and easy to manage time off system,Terrible work environment and break length versus shift length is inadequate given the facility size.,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16886,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Sort Associate I Present,Seasonal,decent salary your co-workers are competent,management somewhat disorganized at times when it comes to running things limited hours,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16887,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresh Associate Review,Good Pay Great Benefits Holiday Pay Lots of Overtime,Eleven Hour Days Mandatory Overtime Low Sociability,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16888,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Hard working people allows creativity to shine,"Live to work, rather work to live",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16889,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Imaging Associate,Imaging Associate,"Good Environment , Learned a lot.",Nothing much to write about the cons,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P908.htm
16890,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer IV,Run,Pay is the only benefit,Benefits are almost non existent,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16891,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jan 24, 2017","Former Employee - Inbound Stow, Receiving",Great Place,Good benefits Own shares in the company Opportunity to advance,Rates in certain departments were hard to make,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16892,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Everything you've heard is true,"Work with mostly very smart people, and you'll be amazed at how much you can accomplish in the environment","It's all about work, inexperienced management.","More help for young, inexperienced managers",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16893,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Fufillment Associate,It's ok,The money is good for the extremely easy work you're doing,Standing constantly on your feet for 10 hours in one spot,"Play music again. The work gets very boring and monotonous, it would be nice to have something in the background while you work",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16894,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,gave you a lot of hours,they do not care about seasonal employees,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16895,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,things i seen at amazon,"great benefits and shares in the company stocks, alright pay for the location",hard on the body slow volume so vto offered alot,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16896,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon web service,So many challenging projects going on,Bad work-life balance and salary,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16897,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good part time position,"-Variety of work schedules, pick the days/times you are available upon application -Standard industry pay for crossdock operations work -Great management and associates driven to meet deadlines and break previous goals -Prizes and rewards offered for perfect attendance, nomination, onsite service, etc.","-Shrinkwrap pallets is the entry level night position, often said to be one of the hardest positions. Very physical. -Peak periods require enormous staffing: current facility not equipped in parking, restrooms, or other amenities for the number of people needed in employ -Typically, there are only few positions in logistics, management, or HR onsite for advancement.","Consider offering to show video on the work actually displayed at your facility, so people do not get misled in thinking they are working for a distribution center to pick orders if the facility is actually a crossdock. Also, staffing may want to reach out to experienced dockworkers, stevedores at somewhat higher hourly rates if they want guaranteed critical pull time performance.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16898,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"No dearth of challenging and interesting work, highly agile. Everyone works very hard.",Company is really great and I have no regrets.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16899,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great mgmt, great coworkers. I truly enjoy it here",I have nothing to say at all.,Could be a little more linient on errors,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P909.htm
16900,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working Conditions,Great part time job with excellent work hours.,It was a long commute when the weather got bad.,none,5.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16901,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Fulfillment associate( ICQA),Properly structured company with no dramas of seniors.,Involved lots of physical labour.,"Work efficiency score should lower down to reduce physical labour and stress and miss handling of products. Department like Damage Land is creation of highest score performers. Instead of Damage Land they should open a new department ""Restoration"" where creative craft associates will restore damaged packages and them ready to sale. Amazonian should have meeting and greeting cultures which is totally missing.",4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16902,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,Fun at first. fun environment and fun people. Lots of treats.,"Super fast paced training, told to not memorize yet then you have to memorize everything. Taught one thing in training and then something TOTALLY DIFFERENT out on the floor in ""nesting"", then totally different when out on the floor. I felt like I was such a failure. I was constantly being told that I wasn't ""getting it""... How does anyone???",Seriously get your poop in a group and teach ONE method. It really is not that hard.... I'll come back and fix it for you.,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16903,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Feb 26, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Salary,Relatively decent health insurance benefits,very low hourly wages at this location,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16904,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Feb 26, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Nighta,Horrible for part time,Great people working hard workers,Leadership lacks skills Overloads night shift Not flexible schedule promises in ad Corporate doesn't care,Get involved turnover very high,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16905,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSP1 Fulfillment Center,Lots of potential for growth in company.,Peak hours make it hard to spend time with family for the Holiday season.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16906,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Part time even less,"You are able to flex down or flex up depending on the work there is that day. Flex down you lose hours and you have to leave, flexing up you gain hours and again you have to stay unless you want your personal time hours to be deducted",Its only part time and depending on your work that day you can lose hours and have no control over it.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16907,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,associate,Great benefits and starting pay compared to other jobs that are easy to get.,It is physical work and long shifts many people end up quitting after a few months.,Management should try to put people in different areas for more variety since after a few months of the same repetitive task many people decide to quit.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16908,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ot,Overtime is available thru out the year.,No external time off when on overtime for long period of time.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16909,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - AFE,"Not the worst, not the best",The Summer Picnic and Post holiday party were amazing. I made some really great friends here.,"They really sell you a pretty package before you get hired. Promises of moving up in the company, which is possible for a select few. If you need a job, take it. It is long days with short breaks of doing the same exact thing over and over. I try to stay positive but it does wear on you.",This is for upper management. Make it easier for associates to move up. There is a lot of talent being lost because there isn't a great amount of development. They try and make It seem that way but in the end. It is easier and better to move up if you come from the outside with a degree then work for amazon through peak while going to school and learning the entire process. It just doesn't make any sense.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P910.htm
16910,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Feb 5, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Control,Inventory Control,4 day work week. Great benefits.,10 hour days and some 50 to 60 hour weeks in December,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16911,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a job for a person with a family,Company has great opportunity as it is growing very quickly. They offer good compensation and push you to better yourself.,No work life balance. Senior managers do not care at all if you have a life out side of Amazon and expect you to put Amazon above your family. 60 hour work week minimums and 6 day work weeks are a common occurrence.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16912,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall,You gain an extensive knowledge in the technology you work,Nothing that I can think of,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16913,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a Bad Company,"Good benefits, decent pay, nice work conditions","Very repetitive tasks, management could use some work",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16914,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Ok company to work,"Good benefits,lots of overtime,attendance bonus,tuition fees",Difficult to get higher position for bottom level employee. You have to be keep buttering to your manager,Your main workforce is bottom level employees.think about them first.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16915,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon does not care about it's employees.,"Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance",Secret policies that can get you fired Sub-par pay Extreme favoritism Write-ups can last 12 months Micro-management No respect Excessive mandatory overtime HR plays games with your time-off hours HR sends termination emails to associates on Bereavement Leave Managers only talk to you when they have a write-up They announce names for award winners for people who don't exist All blame is placed on Tier 1 associates Every standup is negative No positiveness. Management is negative toward lower associates. No promotion opportunities,Learn how to treat employees. You can't have happy customers without happy employees. You set your employees up for failure. Quit blaming them and take a look in the mirror. One day this company will collapse. This will happen sooner than you think.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16916,amazon,"Hutchins, TX"," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer service,Would like to work overnight shift. Company in great location to home.,This position would be a new work experience.,Will to train for new career experience.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16917,amazon,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate I,Great as far as part time jobs go,I felt like I was genuinely valued while working there,This is only a feasible job if you're doing it full time OR if you have another part time job.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16918,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Senior Marketing Manager,Growth Opportunity is very good at Amazon,Work-life balance is not ideal at Amazon,"Improve employee benefit and work life balance. Regular training, diversity program are needed too.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16919,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - FC Shipping Associate,meh....It gets the pills paid.,"Pay is fair for the market and type of work. Great benefits, VERY flexible with time off / work schedule, pays a huge amount of your college tuition. Monthly bonuses","HOT on the production floor. unbalanced work loads, unfair with time off and learning opportunities, It really feels like they based your success on who you know rather than merit.",Learn how to manage Voluntary Time off and Workloads better. Fix your equipment. Slow down to a steady pace instead so that someone doesnt get gurt,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P911.htm
16920,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Ambassador,"Very flexible shifts (day, evening, or night) which helps with school. The pay is fair and it increases every other year.",There's no interview process which sounds great but a lot of people who shouldn't be working there get in because of it.,N/A,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16921,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Excellent place to work, good environment",long hours and commute time sometimes,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16922,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Business Partner,Great Company,++Flexible Work Hours ++Good Pay and reasonable benefits ++Smart and passionate employees ++Empower and ownership for work you do  I really enjoyed my 7+ years working at Amazon. It's a great company with a clear vision. Jeff Bezos is an incredibly smart visionary with so much passion for the company values.,"++Not for everyone. It's a fast paced company which expects accountability for everything you do, both successes and failures. I loved it, but not everyone thrives in that environment. ++Hard place to work. High expectations and demanding leaders.","Have a little more empathy, rather than just pushing for numbers and results.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16923,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Warehouse worker,"Benefits, PTO and vacation start on first day. 3 days off and starting pay is decent.","Long periods of standing, short breaks","Train new hires properly, don't show favortism to associates",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16924,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,"Good part-time position, wouldn't want to have my career there",High pay for a low-skilled job Management provides raffles and snacks at break Management is nice,Can become unorganized Work is redundant,none,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16925,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great team, easy job, poor management",Insurance is great. Vacation and personal time accrue fast. Small team.,The training to learn and understanding the products you're selling is non existent. Customers can be rude and disrespectful.,"Invest in your employees and listen to their needs, concerns and take on a better leadership roll.",4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16926,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,problem solver,this company has great benefits outside of amazon.,The actual Amazon.con discount really sucks,FIND YOUR BACKBONE!!!! You guys let these AA get away with the most ridiculous things. I have never worked in an establishment where the employees weren't fired for half the things they get away with here.... I used to love coming to work now I just come to get paid...,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16927,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It provides for the family,"The pay is decent, medical, dental & vision insurance are good, the time off options they give us are great.","The mandatory overtime during peak season with a assigned extra day, even if that day absolutely doesn't work for you they don't give AF. Also the promotion process is scetchy. I've worked for Amazon twice the first time I put in for a promotion, went for a interview the managers looked at my training and experience and made a decision based off that. This go around employees are getting told ""you have to tell good stories"" in order to get promoted. There seems to be a lot of favoritism and nit picking.",Take time out to work the floor and engage with associates.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16928,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Sortation Associate,Had a great time!,"Fun, easy work, good pay and benefits, Caring colleagues.","In season long shifts, otherwise less work",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16929,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,FTW1 Is HORRIBLE,• pay is decent (got a raise quick) • break room has a lot of snack options • 4 day work week,"Where do I get started... Well for starters they LIE to reel you in. It's awesome until you start actually working. I wasn't new to the warehouse environment so they didn't really have to train me. I asked to be cross trained in different things just to not be stuck doing the same thing everyday, worst mistake ever. When someone comes in and kills it they are plotting to get you OUT. I never really wanted to move up or make this a career, I just needed a job. They saw me as a threat because I knew what l was doing and the managers didn't. I got written up for ""time off task"" when I was in the restroom and there was a line. Then I got written up for not scanning 75 boxes an hour when it was a slow day and my line had no work coming down. The time system is so messed up. You have to watch your time everyday because the system just takes your hours for no reason. I was in the HR office every week. Do not make friends here, they are all fake. Overnight shift had the worst people. They were super ghetto. The last peak season was so bad that we had VTO options everyday. Then they started trying to get rid of people because they hired too many and didn't have enough work. People were getting fired for every little thing. They only fire hard workers. The lazy people never get talked to or fired. I got fired because girls who were jealous of me went to HR and lied to them saying I had been bullying(and harassing) them for over 3 months. HR didn't even bother investigating the matter. They took the girls side because they ""thought I looked like a mean girl"". HR cursed at me during my interrogation. I'm taking them to court because that's not right. Run... R U N... DO NOT WALK away from this place.",Hire AM's who actually know how to do the job the workers are doing. Stop firing people over every little thing because y'all aren't having a good quarter financially. Change Your TOT crap. FIX YOUR TIME SYSTEM!,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P912.htm
16930,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service/Return Desk Associate,Dont waste your time,Learning exactly what customers can return,"Long hours, short breaks, management talks down on you, 90% foreigners, want you to scan 484 items a night or keep your rate above 85%...taxes are beyond crazy !!! All around not worth it.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16931,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,"Pay, health care, paid time off. Am truly want their employee to move in the company","10 hour day. Turnover rate was horrible new people every week, lazy coworkers",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16932,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Intern,"Pays really well, many incentives","Takes advantage of interns, bad internship program",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16933,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Is a fast pase The people are friendly,U do alot off walking,Friendly.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16934,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter Role in the Zon,Great job flexibility. Great location.,Minimal growth path. Seattle has more potential.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16935,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Awesome,Company is great but each team/site does it's own thing. Very smart engineering and excellent people. Lots of opportunities to learn new things,No career growth. No work and life balance. The company's culture of Frugality is sometimes senseless and detrimental to the company,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16936,amazon,"Twinsburg, OH"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Center Twinsburg Ohio,"Fun place to work. Really nice and competent management, Everyone is very busy but nobody is standing over your back. Great start of your shift with music, announcements and stretches. Extremely clean. Free coffee from a really good machine. You will actually look forward to going to work.","Only part time. Pay is 11.25 an hour. You have a 4 hour shift but there is an hour of flex time. So if you are real busy you will work 5 hours, which is good. But many times you only work 3 which means you only make 33.75 for your day. During seasonal you could put in for an additional shift but you might have 2 1/2 hours between shifts so a long time to spend just sitting there, If you live close it would be OK. It is what it is, part time but a nice place to be. I was hired seasonal so I was there for a few weeks and than let go since I was seasonal.","OK, so I've been in the work force for over 40 years. As a technician I've mostly worked for a huge international company. Reason I took a job at Amazon is because at my age, even though I am in better shape than most 30 year olds, companies just won't hire you. So right there is a plus for Amazon, you will! The Twinsburg facility is really nice. Management, especially Haley Swartz, were competent, nice and helpful. Everybody meeting at the beginning of the shift brought a unity to the whole place. Ambassadors were extremely helpful and nice, especially Kris. There were some problems with the way things were being stacked on the skids when things got real busy but considering the amount of packages coming in I would say everybody did the best they could do and the stuff got out. Major cons would be it's only part time, no benefitd plus even though I was seasonal I was given the impression I would be hired permanently full time after 9 months butI have been let go. This was told to me at training. Amazon has a nice place to work in Twinsburg. CLE5 is efficient, has nice and competent management and the employees are treated fairly and good. A nice pleasant place to work. ,",4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16937,amazon,"Avenal, CA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Stowing,good work place godd admephere great benefit.,None done have nothing to complaine about,Great team great place to work for them,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16938,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EHS outlook,"benefits, impressive company, growth potential, and networking opportunities are reasons to stay within Amazon",This company is relatively new and therefore could benefit from some growth in areas such as employee retention and a clearer on boarding plan as well as organization,none,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16939,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Amazon FC,Nice benefits & flexible schedule,Work is. It hard but you do stand a lot.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P913.htm
16940,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place,"wonderful work, people and pay",management can be terrible sometimes,listen to everyone,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16941,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service,What is promised IS NOT is given.,Work from home. Thats it.,Bonus NOT Given. A when its due they start acting as if what they said about it being given WAS NOT said. They act totally clueless or will say they gave it to you.,Get payroll together. If you want quality performance from your employees. Pay them. We take alot from couriers losing pkgs and the out of country reps above us wanting us to do their jobs before they handle the issur they are responsible for.,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16942,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - SDETII,Good place to work,good learning experience competitive salary lot of growth opportunities explore new role management supportive in changing the teams and roles,"little bit over burden with work, but manageable.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16943,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,You able to make all your hours per week and they offer you very good benefits,Long hours per day,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16944,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Manager,Worth it,"Exciting work, good pay (with the grants & bonuses), surrounded by smart people","You're not empowered to get things done, but you are empowered to screw others over.","Find a way to keep cronyism out of personnel evaluations. Make managers focus on the customer, not on irrelevant metrics that managers can brag about.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16945,amazon,"Pomfret, MD"," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work,Simple things like free bus passes to travel the city were nice. They had a large internal network that provided a ton of support. The team sizes were very ideal,You are going to end up working many hours more than the 40 a week depending on your role. Being a large company there were of course plenty of bureaucratic hoops to jump though in order to accomplish anything,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16946,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Good overall,"Big company, opportunity for growth",A lot of process and red tape to get through to get things done,Value employees more.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16947,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always challenging and never boring,Fast paced and very challenging.  Senior leadership expects and allows for quick process changes if proper testing and data is collected.  Very high expectations for managers  Very fun place to work,Low expectations from support departments and associates.  Associates are help to a standard productivity rate but behavioral standards are very low.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16948,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I would like more hours.,Nice place to work at.,Not enough hours for me.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16949,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Season Job,It has really good pay.,Its is a very demanding job.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P914.htm
16950,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok job... Not long term,People you work with are great,the company sucks management sucks messed up policies against employees,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16951,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Amazon working culture is quite casual and easygoing. But this doesn't mean people don't work hard, some work 12 hour days regularly, and people are almost always very busy with many tasks to do.",lots of work load,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16952,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,my review,the pay is very good,the management is very bad,they have to get better,3.0,3.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16953,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent opportunities,* Huge opportunities for growth and expansion * Beautiful location * Fantastic co-workers who are supportive * The review process is well defined and quantified,"* Heavy drinking culture * Commute is awful despite company shuttles, bus system, and / or ride sharing * The area has high living expenses even if you live outside of Seattle.","The Amazon campus is great, but I would highly recommend that Amazon discover creative methods to help solve the commuting issue. Shuttles are nice, but come with their own problems and often get stuck in traffic as well.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16954,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk analyst,"Friendly team, positive attitude management",No cons . Perfect organization to start career,Open more positions in silicon valley,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16955,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Investigator Specialist,Meh...,"Benefits, long-term investment, opportunities to learn if you're self driven, and sweet company parties and occasional free food.","Slow-moving, feelings of insignificance, terrible pay at low levels and hard to move up quickly.",Find more opportunities for team to advance and learn.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16956,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - MOD,they dont care about you,ok benifits and pay is good,they have favorites if they dont like you or your shy dont expect much from the managers the only way youll move up is by favoritism!,stop acting childish this is life not high school.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16957,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,not a good place for experienced engineers,"* feels good working for a company that has a very good brand image and is frequently in the news for doing innovative stuff  * as a software engineer, you get exposure to some smart people and get to learn from them.","* engineers are not treated well and beyond SDE 2, career growth is very difficult. so you'll see a bunch of engineers with 10-15 years experience but they are at the same level as those with 1-2 years experience. (they were down leveled when they were hired). they'll be doing the same kind of work as well -- routine, grunt, plumbing type. managers frequently string along engineers, giving them false hopes of promotion and many get frustrated and leave (i know 3 people who left because of this).  * managers are incentivized to give negative performance reviews as much as possible and to put at least 5-10% of their employees on a so called performance improvement plan which is a path to getting fired. this is the case even if all the team members worked really hard and delivered all the planned features on time. i have seen a few people unfairly put on pips. one of them was someone who had gone on *unpaid* maternity leave!  * no work life balance. in my team, i had on-call rotation every 6 weeks. 1 week of secondary oncall followed by 1 week of primary oncall. secondary oncall supports the primary oncall, does deployments, and responds to lower priority customer issues. primary on call had to respond to all high severity issues within minutes. i used to get woken up by the pager a few times per week very late at night.  * lack of work life balance would have been ok if you got rewarded for the hard work. but most people don't. since the stock price has been going up last few years, the RSU refreshers have been limited. also, because promotions are super hard, your comp doesn't go up because you are already at the top end of your level's range.  * overall, the culture favors managers over engineers. the review and promotion system is highly non-transparent. it's like a mafia. managers in an org sit together and decide the fate of the engineers, based on who they like or don't like. it's highly subjective and biased.  * there are no perks.","* assign work according to experience level of engineers. give high level and more complex tasks to more experienced engineers, and low level/routine/grunt tasks to junior people. this way, the experienced engineers who were downleveled when hired have an opportunity to shine and prove that they can do more complex tasks.  * don't downlevel experienced people if you are hiring them! (bring them in at the right level). for some reason, amazon has put the SDE 3 position on a pedestal even though it's not that senior. (you have principal and senior principal after that).  * be more honest with engineers. don't lie to them and give them false hopes. people will leave and they do. managers should do frequent 1:1s with their engineers. mine did a few 1:1s in the whole year.  * for upper management: evaluate and scrutinize managers more carefully. pay attention to their engineers' retention. do something when the managers have really bad tech survey (the annual anonymous company wide survey) reviews (which usually happens when they don't treat their engineers well). i have seen really bad managers who treated their engineers really badly still working there after many years.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16958,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Sort center associate,"Its fun, easy to learn a task, and never do the same day after day. Today you can be scanning packages and tomorrow you can be wrapping pallet....",If they dont need you because the shift is slow they send you back home for that day. Of course with their protocol.,"If you don't need so many people, don't hired them to send them back home when there is too many people in the same shift...",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16959,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,You able to make all your hours per week and they offer you very good benefits,Long hours per day,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P915.htm
16960,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal ended for me,Work was easy depending on what area you were working at. People are nice and friendly great people to work time went by fast,Vto people vto way to much causing more work for those that don't vto. Also Amazon vto too much one Saturday they have vto 3 times. Half the time the pa never knew what was going on. One pa got on my nerves always moving me to outbound. They movie people to outbound who never been there or know what they are doing. They just put people at outbound when it's already full so they are just in the way. They need better Communication with the employees. Also only 15 mins for break. It needs to be a bit longer.,Ask everyone if they wanna go to a certain place to work don't just ask girl and expect the guys to just go. Also better communication with HR and employee. And don't scream grab and go,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16961,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Only Cares About Numbers,Get paid vacation and personal days and medical benefits that can be used from day 1. Don't have to wait a year to use them like most companies,"Amazon doesn't care about the employees, they only care about production numbers. My car was stolen from their parking lot, which was parked in the front row in full view of the main entrance and directly in view of not one, not two, but THREE security camreas! They refused to give the security video to the police and deleted it. They wouldn't help me with transportation to and from work (the facility is not on a bus line), instead they forced me to take a 3 week unpaid leave of absence to ""deal with the situation"". Upon returning to work, I was there less than 1 hour when management came to me to discuss my ""poor"" production numbers for that day (keep in mind, it was less than 1 hour from start of shift and I had been off work 3 weeks, but my production numbers were ""low"") Management refused multiple requests to discuss the stolen car issue with me. I even attempted to go up the chain of command to corporate management, but they also refused to discuss this matter. Because I tried to go to corporate management with my issue, I was terminated. I would not recommend working there.",When an employee had a problem you should talk to them about it. When the problem is something serious like a car being stolen from the parking lot you should cooperate with the police and give them any and all evidence instead of destroying it.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16962,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,-Mostly Friendly -Management Engage their associates to their work -Weekly Pay,-Flexing Shift. One day you can work 4 hours and some days just 3. -Regular employees slacking on the job while others try to make up for that and there's almost no difference. -Work volume is way too much for the few people actually working.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16963,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Well-paid intern, good office, good team, great communication",Teams vary a lot. Some teams don't have very good management but not my team,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16964,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Favoritism,"Quick hiring process, Safety training",Overworked and under appreciated. Favoritism at it's finest.,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16965,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SOFTWARE DEVELOPMEMT ENGINEER I,Great opportunities to learn and grow working with the smartest people. People care about what they work on.,"A lot can depend on your manager, but you are free to switch teams even immediately after starting if you don't agree with the principles of how the team operates.",Simplify the promotion process for all levels. The first step is clearer now but some of the best I've worked with go unrecognized for what seems to be no reason against weaker candidates.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16966,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Sorter,Sorter,They teach you what you need to know. Unlike most jobs that just throw you to the wolves. Most of your co-workers are very nice and helpful. Theirs always things to do. Never a full moment.,Wish they offered full time. Don't like having to go to work for 4 hours a day for 5 days or told when we get to work that some people need to leave because the have to many people working and ending up working only 3 hours. Not a very good pay check when they keep wanting you to leave.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16967,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Take the money and run,"-Having this on your resume gets you an automatic interview at google -You can contribute to huge scale projects which sharpens your skills for your next job -Pay is great -Most jobs are in Seattle, so you can buy MJ like beer -Beyond L4 the pressure to reach a promotion is low -Can negotiate vacation -Switching teams is getting easier -Locations all around the world -You know when your big stock vests are coming. When it does take that money and run to google.","-The NY times article may be embellished, but is founded in reality for many folk (but not all teams) -Your offer may be for one team and then after moving to Seattle you show up day 1 and find out you are actually assigned to a different team -For 99% of folks amazon can only be a transitional place -Ops load is massive for devs -Tech debt is the main thing you'll get to work on -Most jobs are in Seattle, which has an insane cost of living -Promotions are insanely political: most folks won't even get a fair shot at one -Java, java, and more java -Paid in stock for a large portion of your compensation -US health insurance is so-so",-Quit so that competent managers can replace you. -Look at techsurvey results and do something about it. Automatically identify outliers and solve those problems. Engineers under those bad managers are suffering.,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16968,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good job,Pay is good Manager support Understandable,Coworkers are not the friendliest,Do a better job of encouraging a better work environment,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16969,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,"Great for the resume, opportunities to grow, inexperienced leadership lacks sense of direction creating low morale",Great Benefits Great Leave Program Great Opportunity to Grow Professionally and Personally,- Communication between departments and directly between leadership and associates is terrible  - Favoritism throughout the company  - Inexperienced leadership is blind to the needs of Associates creating low morale and tension which can lead to dangerous and hostile situations which make workplace environment unsafe  - HR is disorganized and lack a sense of responsibility when it comes to associate service an interaction  - Air quality is horrible within warehouses and restrooms are unsanitary,- Too many to list.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P916.htm
16970,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Amazon,"Decent pay, and very friendly people.",They change managers every 6 months. Always changing the rules and how the system works .,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16971,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok,"Flexible schedule, great for making extra money",A lot of running around,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16972,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fulfillment center,"A lot of benefits, really good benefits like nobody does.","Sometimes they push too much to reach some numbers, some positions are really fisical",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16973,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Great company for those that want to belong to a company with both vision and exciting growth opportunities!,"Extremely dynamic environment with tons of opportunity for growth and development. Excellent culture (Leadership Principles at Amazon are not just a poster you see up in the HR office, people from Sr Leadership all the way down to lower ranks are truly enacting those values every day - especially ones like 'Customer Obsession' and 'Bias for Action').","If you don't ""make time"" for your family and other outside interests, you can get wrapped up into all the amazing stuff happening at Amazon to the point where it becomes all consuming -- some have trouble with work/life balance.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16974,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Master New Grad Package,"big company, various groups that can be joined, so many opportunities.","potential heavy workload, no food",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16975,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Feb 17, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,This job will drive you insane...literally.,"For starters, Amazon.com is great tech company that honestly does care about there employees. You get health benefits from day one, including stock options (not vested until after two years), health, life insurance, the whole bit. Free coffee served from the vending machine, flat screen tvs in the break room with cable television. If that is all it takes to win you over then by all means but allow me the opportunity to explain why this is not a company that I would stick with long term.","Hours, you work 10 hour shifts. I work Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri (40 hours) and all though it seems great that you have 3 days off, working 10 hours a day can be grueling at the fulfillment center. Especially if you take the bus in the morning. Start time is 7:30 am and we leave at 6pm. Two 15 minute breaks and one 30 minute lunch but management does not account for the time that it takes for you to literally walk to the breakroom, car, or locker. Speaking of locker, NO PHONES on the floor. If you are caught in the metal detector with a phone security will ask you to prove that it is yours as amazon says all types of smartphones.  Amazon is a numbers company which means that their fulfillment centers are obsessed with reaching daily goals, you are told on a DAILY basis how many seconds it takes to pick an item, or pack an item. This is called your Tak time, which creates a rate on how many items you pick or pack an hour. Your supervisor comes around after every break to tell you your averages which creates a stressful environment because your rates can be ruined through no fault of your own. After your first four weeks there that's when they hold you accountable. If your weekly rate falls below 100% you will be written up. You can be an amazing employee and have 99.98% and you will be written up. First, second, final written and then you are gone.  Your supervisors only care about numbers. Period  Holiday season expect to work 6 days a week for 60 hours. Mandatory",Have leaders with exceptional numbers train those who are struggling instead of leaving it to the learning department that honestly does not care.,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16976,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware the Murfreesboro Furfillment Center's HR,"Some great mangers, with good pay and health benefits","Most of the HR personal are incompetent, never take responsibility for their mistakes, never return calls, are inaccessible to employees, hardly to never communicate with the mangers or other departments, make the great mangers jobs impossible to do, don't know what is going and constantly are passing the buck to others cause most don't know what they are doing.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16977,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,I would not recommend,Varying working hours that are convenient for different schedules,"Unorganized, no upward mobility, hourly pay rate","Improve cohesiveness, communication, and organization of team leads.",2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16978,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on Your Department and Leader,"Strong collaboration, good benefits, very smart people","Some abuse of HR processes like performance reviews, 24/7 availability expectations, some groups very political and cutthroat",Change some of your more subjective HR processes,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16979,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Easy, multiple breaks, decent benefits","Mandatory overtime, unorganized management, monotony","While 15 minute breaks are nice, it's annoying how it feels like a lottery to be placed in a location close to the break room, or else face walking 5 minutes to the break room and back to one's station, making break essentially ""5"" minutes.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P917.htm
16980,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Easy, multiple breaks, decent benefits","Mandatory overtime, unorganized management, monotony","While 15 minute breaks are nice, it's annoying how it feels like a lottery to be placed in a location close to the break room, or else face walking 5 minutes to the break room and back to one's station, making break essentially ""5"" minutes.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16981,amazon,"Perris, CA"," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - ICQA,Not for everyone,Good pay and great hours. Was in icqa department and easy just counting inventory and very easy to keep rates up.,Spending lots of time on feet and at times can be very boring. Not much time to get to know people.,More face to face time its hard to argue with technology and try to be understanding when emergency situations happen.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16982,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Perfect If You Hate Sleep,"Lost a lot of weight walking between 6-14 miles every day. Very laid back on night shift when no GM is there to breathe down your neck. Great for rapid development, I started as a Picker and became an AM in about 2 years because I applied myself. You learn a bunch about Operations if you are open minded and have a good manager. State-of-the-art systems and good benefits. You get to say you work for Amazon, which turns a lot of heads. Looks incredible on a resume. The Leadership Principles come off as a bunch of cultish mumbo jumbo but they're actually very applicable to daily life and are great as leadership ideals. It can be a lot of fun to work there on certain days. You get free reign to try your ideas, just be ready to quantify any gain or loss of hours before and after execution.","It's like a revolving door, my GM and OM have changed more times in two years than I can count. I work ridiculously long hours (about 15-16 a day). I barely have time to sleep. GM and OM have ridiculously high expectations. Have to work from home a lot on projects. HR is awful and don't want to deal with Associates so they point them to you. If you get promoted from within, you are seen as a lesser manager and start at the lowest possible salary, but you are expected to train managers on the same level as you who come from the outside and make almost $80k a year because they are military or from Target. Basically no employee discount.",Trust your AMs to deliver results. Stop micromanaging and piling things on the AMs' plates.,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16983,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Content Manager,Amazon,Amazon truly look focuses on what is best for the customer.,"Like any company, a lot of your success or failure will depend on your manager/team. Getting on a promotion path can be difficult if you have high manager turnover.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16984,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is just not worth it,it was nice to have three day weekends,"physical work environment, unrealistic expectations.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16985,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate Picker,Its okay..,good benefits and time off,"too much physical work, super boring, very redundant.",Have workers to different things. Doing the same thing every day is very boring,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16986,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Auditor,Good job,"Good overtime hours during peak season, they will train and certify you on just about everything. Great benefits.","No yearly raises, partime hours(3-4 hours) management don't listen to your advice & concerns... But end up taking it as their own to make correction to the warehouse.",Recognition sometimes would be nice.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16987,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Work Hard,Decent wages Decent time off policy most of the year,Long hours (four 10-hour days) Peak,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16988,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good for a Resume,Three day weekends No hassle getting time off VCP monthly compensation Overtime opportunities Mundane easy work,"Mundane easy work No work life balance around the holidays No real challenges in the work Negative UPT gets you fired, no exceptions.","Stop promoting people to higher positions solely based on their rates in direct roles. Just because someone can pick or pack fast doesn't mean they know how to manage. Favoritism is also a big reason why you lose talented workers. People don't leave jobs, they leave bad managers.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16989,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work in Columbus,"Great Pay, Set schedule, PTO",Long Hours Long hours Long hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P918.htm
16990,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,How did I sink this low in my career...,"Free water and ice. Indoor restrooms. I need 20 words, so I have to stretch this out. Maybe I'll write a sonnet. Four day work week, except for peak season, then 60 hours, 6 days a week.","Extremely low pay. $10.50/hr. After six months, you get a $0.25/hr raise. That's $2.50 more per day! $10.00 more per week! Let's go car shopping!  Short breaks, always on your feet, lots of walking. Tight security, feels like prison. Constantly threatened of being fired for little things.  Since pay is so low, they only hire young managers fresh out of college. My manager was 22, nice girl, but inexperienced with work, life, etc. Heck, at 22, your prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed yet. Everyone I met that was older, more experienced, and more educated, were passed over for promotions into management. Only young, inexperienced kids were promoted. I think it helps to have gang tattoos as well.  This truly is a last resort. Benefits from day one to keep Obama out of your pockets at tax time is the only reason to work here.",It's impossible to manage grown adults when you aren't even old enough to rent a car.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
16991,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fc shipping,There are good career opportunities,Shifts are not very flexible.,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
16992,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Repetitive,"They'll hire basically anyone since it's a warehouse job, basically all hands on deck.","- People tend to hang out in clusters, so it's kind of like high school where everyone hangs out and mingles in their established groups - Wherever your stationed at (you don't get to pick what you do, you're assigned) it can be quite repetitive after a few days. - Based on my own experience, it seems like sometimes to move up it can highly depend on who you know or talk to rather than performance. When I say move up, there's a position called Problem Solvers basically more responsibilities with the same base pay but it beats the brain dead work that you get assigned to","- Whenever I was at a station or walking around as a Problem Solver always say Production Assistants (Supervisors) or Area Managers (Managers) always stand around doing nothing or just talking. How about a little motivation, or a side to side work a long? Leadership seemed like they didn't really care about the workers at all",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
16993,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,this place is a rocket ship,"high growth = lots of opportunity, best technology in the industry, very competitive pay, entrepreneurial for such a large company",high hiring bar means most there are super smart and ambitious (some folks overwork themselves but they do it to themselves),keep encouraging importance of work/life balance,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
16994,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great place to build, freedom to be creative",Pressure to build without resources,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
16995,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Supply Chain Program Manager,Supply Chain Program Manager,"World Class experience, extremely smart peers","Work/Life balance , tons of pressure","Too much pressure, conflicting priorities",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
16996,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Stepping stone,Guaranteed 18 hours pay per week.,"There is no clear path to promotions or advances in there fulfillment facility. No regards to your career goals. In my case, I'm an Industrial Engineering student with only two semesters to graduate but never was I contacted about any opportunity.",You need a program for students.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
16997,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TADP Recruiter,Autonomy over all that you do. Lots of freedom.,Communication can often be lacking,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
16998,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,"Work hard, have fun, make history",Low pay. Hard to move up in the company,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
16999,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Flex Associate,Best kept secret within Amazon,"- You get to work in an operation that teaches you everything from inbound to outbound. - Great pay, compared to other local companies, and the work is rewarding. - Management cares about keeping the environment safe and having fun - Coworkers are respectful to each other and there is a strong sense of teamwork. - Plenty of opportunity for overtime or even voluntary time off, when available.",- Peak season (Mid-Nov. to late Dec.) can be pretty intense and exhausting at times. - Advancement opportunities can be limited for certain Vendor Flex sites.,Would like to see more opportunities for advancement,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P919.htm
17000,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Flex Associate,Best kept secret within Amazon,"- You get to work in an operation that teaches you everything from inbound to outbound. - Great pay, compared to other local companies, and the work is rewarding. - Management cares about keeping the environment safe and having fun - Coworkers are respectful to each other and there is a strong sense of teamwork. - Plenty of opportunity for overtime or even voluntary time off, when available.",- Peak season (Mid-Nov. to late Dec.) can be pretty intense and exhausting at times. - Advancement opportunities can be limited for certain Vendor Flex sites.,Would like to see more opportunities for advancement,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17001,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Need Better Training,The work environment was very laid back.,Very little training and some of the training I received the wrong information.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17002,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,Great Job Out of College,"This was my first job out of college, amazon often takes newer people and helps them grow.  I learned way more on my first few years on the job than in school.  Decent wage and benefits.  There are a lot of smart people in aws",Not a lot of vacation time. There are periods during the year where you feel very overworked. Oncall can be a nuisance to your personal life depending on the team and management priorities.,"Continue to focus on making oncall as non intrusive as possible. Give us more vacation. It is kind of crazy how you can be hired in as an SDE 3 or principle based off of an hour and a half of interviews, while the internal bar for being promoted is extremely high, I'd recommend changing that if you value long term retention of SDE 2s.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17003,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Great Company To Work At,"I've been at Amazon for about four months now. It is a great place to work. Clean, organized and very safety conscious. There is work to be done and they pay, in my opinion, very well for the work/tasks to be performed in each job description. If you have a decent work ethic, you will probably feel the same way about working at Amazon as I do. No place of employment is perfect. I was hired on direct, full-time with Amazon. I received a bank of paid time off, unpaid time off and paid vacation time when I started. Within 30 days, the option for medical, dental and other benefits. Also investment options. I still have some pay raises to look forward to and I believe I will top out at about $14 an hour in my current position. Want to move up the corporate ladder? Talk. Communicate with the appropriate staff about a program to set you up on that path. Our leaders or supervisors are called, ""Ambassadors"". Among other tasks they perform is cheerleading and supporting the workers to help make the job we do more enjoyable. Let's make it fun. At least as fun as possible. I've never been anywhere else where that is any significant priority.","We do a lot of counting in my department. An indirect task called, ""Rebin Audit"" will bore you out of your mind. But again, we are very well compensated in so many ways that it is worth it.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17004,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Love my job,Good Benefits Good Pay Mandatory Overtime,Long hours a lot of walking,Beautiful HR team,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17005,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Logistics,It's an okay entry level job.,"Long hours, lots of standing around and moving about, can get tiring after a while of repetitive work",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17006,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,Prime Now Associate,"Work hard, have fun, make history.","Very fast paced, if not a quick thinker then not the right place for you.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17007,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Resolution Specialist,"Great pay, flexible hours, nice management",I wish they would do more career development with us,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17008,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,A few dollars above minimum wage to start,Human resources is impossible to reach and deal with,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17009,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Salary but hectic job,Work in a fast paced setup with good salary,very hectic and high pressure,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P920.htm
17010,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,AWS Senior SDE,"AWS gives its engineers a tremendous amount of responsibility and empowers them to do whatever it takes to meet customer needs. As a Senior Software Development Engineer you are responsible for requirements analysis, architecture design, software design, project management, software implemention, testing and operations for teams of 4 - 20 engineers. The services you are responsible for could have thousands to hundreds of thousands of customers and involve internet scale parallel computing problems.","There is no net. At AWS you have the opportunity to create highly visible systems that many well known companies build their business on. If you break something you created, it's on you to discover the problem, diagnose and fix it before it causes pain for customers. This can be stressful at times because you effective ""own the business"", at least from a technical perspective.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17011,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support Associate,"Superb work culture, Night shift allowance, Job security.","Rotational shift, Strict selection process",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17012,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Ambassador,Good part time job,"Easy work, above minimum wage starting pay","Bad hours, part time has few hours less than 30 hours per week, not much advancement opportunity, no benefits or raises for part time employees",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17013,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 25, 2016",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Sortation associate,"I have found that I have flexible hours. I have also found that there are relatable managers (wear street clothes, walk the floor, etc).","Fast-paced (sometimes too much so), Inconsistency between expectations and ideals (quantity vs quality)",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17014,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer,Amazing offices. Too good a professional ethic. Absolutely love the work environment,I think the fact that i left it for family issues. No other cons I can think of,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17015,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Its a really good job and has good benefits,This job is has really good benefits it has bi-weekly pay you get at least 40 hours a week or more depending on the season do you get paid time off unpaid time and vacation pay,Some of the challenges are working here are knowing how to work at a fast pace you have to understand everything to understand the whole Warehouse business,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17016,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem Solver,Excellent leadership and great benefits.,On your feet 10/husband not everyone is a team player.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17017,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't do it,opens up new job opportunities,bad company work culture,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17018,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,So much potential,Diverse group of people. A lot of unpaid time. Insurance.,"Management, unfair labor distribution, no communication, clique-like environment.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17019,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon worker,Flexible schedule. Some benefits and discounts,Never get a raise. Ever.,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P921.htm
17020,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon worker,Flexible schedule. Some benefits and discounts,Never get a raise. Ever.,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17021,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great pay and benefits,"Good pay, great benefits and nice shifts. A lot of great people to work with. You get what you put in.",Not much training. You pretty much get thrown into whatever you are doing. Not much management input unless you are doing something you are not supposed.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17022,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Fairly easy on-boarding. Health benefits are excellent. You will lose weight and be in better shape quickly.,"Not all cons exactly. The hours can be long, breaks can be short, work can be mindless and lonely, physically demanding and high performance gates can seem unrealistic.",I think the management is doing a good all things considered.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17023,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,"Work Hard, have fun, make history","Diverse work place, focus on the positive, engaging for associates of all levels and tenure, lots of opportunities for lateral and vertical movement, competitive pay, excellent bonuses and performance based rewards (that are actually attainable!), good coaching and management support.  As an associate you can do more than just answer customer contacts. Amazon is very into engaging all levels of associates with the culture of process improvement. CSAs who perform well can get recruited by leadership into interesting project work that can have a real impact.  Examples of benefits: Tuition assistance, 401k, performance bonuses paid quarterly, stock.  Just consider the stock alone-- look at the price of Amazon stock historically. If you have even 2-3 shares, that's a nice little bonus to look forward to every year.","This isn't exactly a con, but something to think about: expect change-- don't ever get too comfortable doing one thing in Amazon customer service. Also getting a permanent leadership job can be challenging. Expect to work several acting assignments as a CSA before you can build up your resume to be competitive enough to get into a permanent leadership position.","Be transparent and give honest, actionable feedback for associates who want professional development.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17024,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,lack of communication and no positive company morale,the people are fantastic.,"Lack of communication, constant worry and fear of losing your job, your department shutting down,","get your act together, and pay attention to your employees when they tell something isn't right.",3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17025,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Inside the machine,Amazing infrastructure that is always improving.,"Combative work environment, pager duty, punishing work hours.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17026,amazon,"Ballston, VA"," Dec 24, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Development Representative - Leader,Great company with some minor flaws,"Let me start off by saying that my review score is really 3.5 but I can't select that so I'll go with 4.  AWS is an interesting company to say the least. They are growing like a weed and don't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Cloud computing is the future of technology right now so it would seem AWS had a pretty clear lead on the competition.  I can't speak for every role but the LDR position has its ups and downs. The good parts are that the pay is very competitive with a solid base salary and very nice incentives if you hit your quarterly goals. I also received a very generous signing bonus and will receive a less generous, but still great, year two bonus.  AWS has a start up vibe to it so things move quickly, which is exciting. You have the ability to implement new best practices and lead change within your sector. This helps get you noterioty which is always a good thing. They are also very big, at least within the sales team, on praising employees for bringing in big deals or whenever a compliment is paid to a specific employee related to their work ethic.  Work advancement is relatively clear in terms of where you have the ability to go and how long it normally takes you to get there. They are also very flexible with working remote and moving to different parts of the country or even internationally.  Overall I would say that the pros outweigh the cons by a lot.","As stated above, AWS has a startup vibe which is good but at the same time presents problems. Things move very quickly which can create a hectic work environment at times. Best practices are constantly changing and aren't necessarily set in stone which makes getting setttled in your role difficult if not almost impossible.  Within the LDR role, you honestly have little to no control on the kind of money you can bring in. Your main objective is to follow up on leads and schedule time for the client to speak to a sales reps. You are goaled on how much that individual client's workload will cost within the Cloud but you have no influence on how much that will be. This makes it difficult to hit quota because of lack of control and high amounts of ""touches"" and ""meetings"" to set up.  AWS follows suit with Amazon's culture where you have to be very self reliant. Being new and asking a million questions is extremely frowned upon to say the least. People will refer you to a Wiki within Amazon that 85% of the time won't answer your question and honestly would've been quicker and easier for the person you asked to have just told you the answer. This at time and can be stressful and frustrating being a new person. Luckily I started with two other individuals which helped calm me down and let us work together to solve problems. If you are to start alone though I could potentially see that person quitting.  As stated above, you have those individuals who will immediately capatilize on your mistake and be absolutely sure to forward it on to your manager or even their own manager. This can be very frustrating because it creates a severe lack of trust among coworkers and gives AWS a very cutthroat vibe at times. The best way to handle this is realize who the snakes in the grass are and avoid them or kill them with kindness as best as you can.","I know this will sound easier said than done but putting in place a more solid set of procedures for the role would be much appreciated. The LDR position is a hybrid inside sales position and needs to have more defined goals that are actually obtainable and makes sense.  Overall AWS is an outstanding company with minor flaws. They will continue to grow and be a leader in cloud computing. Even if you can only stand a year, just realize that you have Amazon on your resume and that should make it worth it.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17027,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,This large company has excellent benefits. The shift differential for the weekend night shift is worth it.,Company sets labor rates that you are expected to meet or you are written up.,"Company needs to hire people in leadership positions who have people skills. Also, the company needs to hire from within before hiring external candidates. Free Prime memberships should be part of employee benefit package.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17028,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,"In 1.5 years at Amazon, I've learned more about scaling the build and operations of software services any I could have imagined.","In my experience at Amazon, you have a lot of freedom to take on new and excited work. If you and your manager are not careful about managing how much you sign up for, you make initially take on more than is sustainable.",Keep encouraging folks to be builders and owners. Keep the long form narratives for reviews to ensure high quality feedback.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17029,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Warehouse Job,Competitive Pay with Bonus. Good starting job.,Tiring. Miles of walking. Good shoes are a must.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P922.htm
17030,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just another warehouse job.,The pay and days worked are okay.,"They don't care about you, you're just a number to them.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17031,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Slave,Not a damn thing at all.,This job is horrible. Working at a fast food restaurant is more dignified.,"Pay more, quit being heartless pieces of garbage, care about your employees.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17032,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics Administrator,"Great Company, Need to seek Growth","Great Job and just like any job, you need to work hard to grow and advance. Teaches great principles and you meet awesome people.",A bit of favoritism and hipocracy that goes on in the management team,To learn to show equal treatment between all associates and to strive to get to know them at least a little.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17033,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package lead,It's a great place to learn new and different roles throughout the site. If you're a quick learner you can move to another position quickly.,The favoritism is not great in a work place,Pay more attention to those who offer their extra hard work ethics and compassion for the job with a little kind,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17034,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like what i do and who i work with,Like what i do and who i work with. Lots of OT!,Overtime is mandatory. There only concern is rate and liability.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17035,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Great place to work,"I read some of the other reviews and not all of them are correct because fortunately I have an awesome manager who cares about his employees' health. The work can be laborious but it's manageable, not at all impossible.",30 minute lunch and 15 minute breaks,Increase the time for lunches at least,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17036,amazon,"Williamsburg, VA"," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - PhD Student,SDE Intern Review,"Good internship project, fancy tools.","Poor mentoring, many meetings, peers are not helpful enough.",Higher salary and more exciting projects.,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17037,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Fast paced, leading, giant, career opportunity","Less pay, too laborious, sometimes mismanagement",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17038,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Controls Engineer,good organizational structure base. helpful co-workers,Management needs to be more technical oriented,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17039,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Life@Amazon,Reno amazon is a place to work eveyone is very fiendly.,10 hr work days are tiring and work can become boreing.,More inside hireing from the floor,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P923.htm
17040,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place...if you have no contingency plan and in need of immediate employment.,"Benefits begin on day 1  Employee discount, though it's small (10%, only on orders fulfilled by Amazon, capped at 100/year)  4 day/week shifts  Senior ops are knowledgeable and have a lot of experience running fulfillment ops Amazon isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so as long as you perform it is stable","Was not allowed to give 2 weeks notice to previous employer. Essentially ""bullied"" into accepting the job immediately.  Over-promise. under-deliver in terms of opportunity.  4 days/week is a bit misleading. At the Obetz site, Mandatory OT was the norm from October-December. Must use PTO or unpaid time if you have other commitments.  As amazing as Sr. Ops. are, Area Managers largely have little to no experience managing employees or operations. Many are working their first ever ""real"" job post-college. There are exceptions, of course, but the norm is to put someone fresh out of college in charge of running an extremely complicated shift. This is partially for salary reasons, partially to instill someone fresh in the role to hammer home ""The Amazon Way"" to a clean slate, and partially to have people in place who care a little less about work/life balance than someone with a family.  On-site HR staff is not very knowledgeable about the company policies. Calling the ESC is much more helpful, though much more time consuming.  A large volume fulfillment reps in Obetz operate PIT equipment such as order pickers, lift trucks, clamp trucks, etc. There are fulfillment centers in the Columbus area that will pay nearly double the salary for employees who operate this equipment. Of course, they also provide more robust training on this equipment. At Amazon, the training is fast, many are tossed on equipment that have minimal idea what they are doing, and incidents are the norm. Some of this is also amplified due to the long hours of mandatory OT. For a company that touts safety above all, this seems to be rather contradictory in practice.","Given the low salary (12-ish hr) there are plenty of employees who will readily take VOT as they need the money, so why go to mandatory OT and impact families, morale, and safe operations?  Area Manager is an extremely complicated role. Hiring an inexperienced workforce at that level is killing the efficiency of operations. The tier 3s/PAs often have far more experience than their manager and are placed in an awkward position where they aren't a manager, but must act as one to cover up for their AM's shortcomings. It's a flawed model. Frankly, flipping the two and having the PA position act as more of an ""internship"" would be hugely beneficial in preparing a new/prospective AM for what they will encounter in their job.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17041,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,SDE @ Amazon,Great compensation Good Growth for hard work Interesting work Easy to change teams internally,"Management has too much power, Can screw you for no reason if they want. No perks like free food etc.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17042,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,enjoyable,"Best hourly rate among 4 warehouse jobs I've had. Great benefits: health, stock, time off, discount. Take safety seriously.","On feet 10 hours, buy shoes with padding or gel inserts & compression socks. Could be fired for minor infractions so go by the book.","Best company I've worked for. Good people, process and policies make repetitive and uninspiring work less boring.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17043,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pass,Enticing sounding job ads to get new applicants,"Company is growing too fast, don't take care of the people they have",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17044,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sorter,good people to work with and get to know,management is horrible place is like a high school,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17045,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excited employee,Great place to make money,You have to watch your attendance or u r gone,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17046,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Great Amazon,"The benefits are nearly unbeatable.The extra that had been added for you for school,is definitely a pro.More selection on your stock and 401k,the returns are beyond limits.","Managers who treat all associates like their not equal. Managers who need take certain associates and put them on a pedestal,while other employees work harder than do. Favoritism and unkind actions towards employees who they do not like. Ooo","Treat all associates the same. Allow all associates to have the same shot as everyone else does,the n evaluate their performance. Treat all Associates in the same manner.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17047,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Just some stuff about Amazon on my mind when Glassdoor asked,"Opportunities to improve on processes, night shift, 4 days. At fresh, its pretty small, so there are opportunities for advancement for full-timers.","Salary, convoluted/archaic systems as Amazon focuses on robotics. 401k can't be rolled over into an IRA, thats bothering me presently. Not sure if HSA allows individual equities, thats actually what I'm on here to check.",Let the SDEs answer our tickets. I'm pretty happy with Fresh's management in general.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17048,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Manager,Working with extremely smart people,Poor work life balance is expected,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17049,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Developer,"Easy to get in, fair salary",Still more to explore in this world,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P924.htm
17050,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,"Learn a lot, but know what you are getting into.....","Cutting edge technology and insight into the future of retailing and data storage. Fast paced. Clean, modern offices with good lunchrooms (if you have the patience to stand in long lines!) and near-downtown location.","A huge, disjointed company, where the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing, and so sometimes teams are working at cross purposes against each other, without even knowing it. Office spaces so packed in and noisy it is hard to think. Very difficult to get conference rooms for meetings or quiet time. Stack ranking system creates a dog-eat-dog atmosphere, so people who are successful here get really good at blowing their own horn.","Look at your attrition rates. The fast turnover of people creates an underlying level of confusion all the time, getting in the way of accomplishing projects.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17051,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 9, 2017","Current Employee - Software Development Engineer, II",good place to grow,plenty of opportunities to work on interesting projects. Easy to move laterally if your immediate team's work doesn't interest you.,Pay and perks not on part with top companies in the industry.,Improve pay/perk and focus on work life management to retain talent.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17052,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Center,Perks Growth Brand Overtime Online Easy work Managers are nice and are patient with employees,Long days Low pay small discount Young management Productivity and error rates very demanding,Path of growth defined and clear,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17053,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Good job, low pay",The Amazon fulfillment center provides a fun fast pace work environment. Many schedule options and the way they allow you to manage your time off is pretty cool as well.,"During peak season lasting two months I worked 60 hour weeks mandatory. Also, pay is considerably less than other comparable warehouse jobs.",The perks we get are nice for hitting high numbers but we would rather just get widespread higher pay. The company is doing amazing new things but we do not share in the spoils as much as we would like to.,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17054,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfilment associate,"The money is good. They offer benifits, pto, and upt from day one. It's four days on three days off.",Long hours on your feet. Sometimes it's not enough work so u spend a lot of time standing around doing nothing which makes the shift drag,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17055,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Joke of a job, but good pay",The pay and the benefits were great. I was nice knowing that there was a pretty much set schedule.,Management and corporate have little to no communication. Favoritism is a huge factor.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17056,amazon,"Gig Harbor, WA"," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not upfront,"Amazing benefits from day one, steady work and hours.",Different departments do not communicate effectively with each other leading to too many issues with staffing each department effectively and relaying information. Company is not upfront with a lot of the expectations leading to too many inconsistencies and creating hardships for the employees. Too much focus on numbers and rate and not enough on quality from rated functions.,"Treat employees with respect, stop focusing on the numbers and more on moral.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17057,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's an acceptable workplace,It's relatively easy to get a job here. It's a pretty fast paced place to work. You are given the ability to take time off almost immediately.,Time off task is taken way over the top considering the starting pay isn't great. The work is very taxing on the body.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17058,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Good and hard,"Lots to learn, exposed to opportunities, good people around, t h a t I s a l l no mo re to sa y","Stress work, poor work life balance, poor employee benefit. T h a t I. S a l l n I m I r e t I s a y",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17059,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon FC,"good pay, three day weekend, great work environment",to much competition when trying to move up in the company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P925.htm
17060,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Problem Solver,"The benefits: health care, vision and dental, Personal Time Off, Vacation and Holiday pay.","Warehouse work is not fun, but it can be fun if you're working with a good team","Employees with prior experience, skills and education should be allowed to jump tiers, for example: from Tier 1 to a Tier 4, Tier 5 or higher position.",5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17061,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,Mixed Reviews...,"Many people complain about the work environment being too fast paced and quality oriented, but what did everyone expect? This company uses one of the most advanced and efficient distribution systems in the world. To be a part of such an intricate system requires knowledge and an ability to produce results that won't clog up the efficiency of the system. The work is hard, detail-oriented, and at times tedious but a job here is also tremendous fun if you can get lost in your work. It's also a genuine opportunity. Less nimble minds fail to see in the long term and look only at the short-term monotony. A job you respect at this company can easily turn into a career.","There are many complainers in the workplace. ""The work is too hard, the work is too boring, the management is horrible,"" there are tons more. I've found almost all of them to be false when it comes down to it. Every measure is taken to ensure environmental and ergonomic safety, and also to ensure production is as simple as possible.","Keep doing what you're doing. Offering classes about the company to employees that want to learn would be incredible, though I understand it's an, ""our secrets"" thing. :(",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17062,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Prime Now Associate,No Pay Amazon UTX2,Seemed like a nice part-time job processing prime now orders,Did not pay me or others I started with and made excuses as to why they could not pay me for my work saying my information was not in the system.Basically ripped me off. I worked for free and they don't care.,Pay your employees and maybe people won't quit all of the time.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17063,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse,It was terrible,The pay was decent at best,Overworks workers Wasn't allowed to have phones in the building Short breaks No benefits,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17064,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Lots of great projects. Lots of relocation options. Good benefits. Stocks are going well.,"Too much non-programming work, such as QA, Operations and meetings. Poor tooling. The managers use way too much company talk.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17065,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The good and the bad of it,Great insurance. it is a easy job to get hired onto. they have great co picknicks,"low wage high turn over. Supervisors promote there friends, unable to move around, you an be stuck in a job you hate until you decide to quit or your fired.","promote the best that want to be promoted, not just some one that does the song and dance to get noticed",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17066,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"- great salary - Amazon name recognition - Lots of open jobs and the ability to move around. However, if you manager puts you on a performance plan you are stuck and screwed.",- the internal tools are horrible. Everything is manual. Automating emails is almost impossible. - People kill themselves trying to keep up. -Be expected to work nights and weekends to succeed. - Horrible managers.,Take more time training and developing people. Maybe then employee turnover would not be so poor.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17067,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,supervisor,The pay and benefits are good.,"Very long hours during peak season, not enough training for new associates","Get to know your associates, and supervisors.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17068,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Barely Any Hours,Water coolers around the facility,"Hiring process took 2+ months. Once you finally start, you are only given very few hours, and you have to sign up weekly for any extra shifts. Problem is, everyone else is also signing up for those shifts. So it's basically a fight to get any extra hours. Was only given 9.5 hours guaranteed a week. Had to fight for hours with everyone else. No one can live off of 9.5 hours a week. Pay wasn't the best. Wasn't the worst either. But for the amount of time you're walking, and on your feet, and expected to meet quotas, they could at least bump up pay a little more, at least act like they cared about their employees who bust their butts.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17069,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What You Expect,Very generous benefits for an entry-level warehouse job.,"Physically demanding, hours are challenging.","Spend more time getting feedback from staff, don't assume upper management has all the answers.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P926.htm
17070,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Good coworkers to work with,Hours suck and pay could be better,More pay,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17071,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Love my job,Awesome job with great leadership,Never get mad at a customer,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17072,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Director,Worst place i've work in 25+ year career,Great concepts of leadership and the people at the lower levels (Below Director) are great. Hard working and very professional. They have made the retail technology area what is driving Amazon.,"The leadership principles are used to pull people down in the retail technology area, existing management is a club that protects each other at all costs, not open to new ideas, firing people who are good works just to make quota, no work life balance, people are promoted based on the work they didn't do, managers pride themselves on openly making new staff look bad in front of Sr. Management, and the list goes on.","I only will say one thing and I know management will not listen, clean house at the Director level.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17073,amazon,"Saint Augustine, FL"," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,"Christmas bonus, VTO availability, friendly co-workers.","Mandatory OT, mean customers, lack of training",Lengthen training,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17074,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,DO NOT DO IT (Area Manager),"Good experience, learn to work hard, and Amazon looks good on your resume. It will definitely build your character. Managing a team, if you're a people person, is hard but rewarding.","Amazon works you hard and for extremely long hours, yes, but that's not all. Honestly, I value my experience with them and feel like a much stronger and smarter person because of my time at Amazon. But you really do become a small fish in a big ocean. My biggest two issues have been the 85 hr work weeks that they say will become less but never do and a manager that only develops certain people on the team and gets ANGRY when things don't go right. Also, the fact that management changes its leaders every month (you can't build a relationship with a manager and gain their support if they're always changing roles or moving to other facilities). If you don't mind 85 hour work weeks or being around really competitive people that are ruthless, then go right ahead. If you're a college student trying to decide to be an Area Manager, strongly consider if you want to spend your young years working for a company that will just take take take, or if you want to work for a company that's not only customer obsessed but also employee obsessed. I promise, the benefits and morale of a company will become much more important to you than you would think as a young professional right out of college. Just really consider your decision and make sure being an Area Manager is what you want to do. There's a lot of potential for growth in the company, you just have to be ruthless and really intelligent to get there. If that's you, then go for it. I just know there are other companies out there that work you hard but understand that you have a life outside of work.","Invest in those on your team. I had one Senior Ops that was extremely stern but stayed positive and built relationships with every manager on every level. She made me realize that although a Senior Ops manager has a million and one things to do, if you know how to manage, you'll make the time to invest in everyone around you to earn their trust and show them your appreciation for their unrelenting and hard work. She was the most stern, most knowledgeable, but kindest manager I've ever met. She made me want to do better. Management is so young at all the FCs! They're really smart people, there just needs to be at least a couple of leaders that have 20-30 years under their belt. Otherwise you just have a lot of smart people that have no idea how to care for their employees, and they just try to turn everyone into robots. The associates have feelings and families to take care of! Yes, ""Amazon is not for everyone"" I always hear. But it's about to have to be for everyone because they're taking over. So management should really start figuring out how to keep their employees besides putting golden handcuffs on them (making them repay their bonus and relocation- yes, it's in the contract so I have no excuse, but college student, make sure you want to stay with the company for over 2 years before you sign that contract!) good luck.",2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17075,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Plenty Of Growth Opportunity,"Opportunities for advancement, job security, industry-leading cutting edge environment",Hard work and focus required,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17076,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just finished orientation,"So far the benefits, PTL & UTL's are fair. We were informed of benefits and expectations.",Security procedures can get to be time consuming.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17077,amazon,"New Orleans, LA"," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,Work from home. Able to work in PJ. No one to look over your shoulders.,Low pay. Long hours. Constant calls from customers during the holiday.,Get rid of NRR.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17078,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Support Associate,Good work culture Chance to socialize well with teams No dress code,Not much salary Need to work on nightshifts at times,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17079,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,Room for advance my if willing to put in the work for it.,"Schedule possibilities, friendly environment-management and coworkers. Management and upper management all easy going and approachable to talk to any time.",Some management give you the run around. Some management won't give you the full truth of why you can't advance in certain areas.,Be honest with others as much as possible,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P927.htm
17080,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Hours Flexibility Easy work Nice management,No appreciation for hard work No room to move up Miserable conworker,No advice for management.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17081,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Support Tech,"Love the team atmosphere, coworkers are incredibly nice",for being an IT position its not paid that way,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17082,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Jan 15, 2017",Former Employee - Seasonal Warehouse Associate,Seasonal Associate,"Decent benefits - Paid sick time and personal time off are offered even during peak season and are gained as you work your hours. You will not, however, receive holiday overtime pay like full-time associates. You are given the option for health care that was able to be attained at no additional cost to you as well though it would only become applicable after 3 months, which by that time you are either converted or let go.  Lots of overtime opportunities - During peak season where you are likely to be hired you will have to work overtime, a lot. 60 hour work weeks will become the norm though in reality it will be 59 hours only as they will kick you out so as you will not go over that 60 hour mark.  Decent pay -$11.75 is nothing to sneeze at though with the raising of minimum wage it is not nearly as flashy as it used to be.","Very impersonal work experience - As a seasonal employee you will find often times you are overlooked and/or unacknowledged as being part of the work force. Few managers know what seasonal employees are entitled to in comparison to the full-time ""blue badge"" associates. Even HR is very unclear as to what benefits or entitlements you are offered.  No job security - Dispite the fact that seasonal is one of the few ways to actually hire on within a warehouse, you will find it boils down to luck as no supervising manager trully has any say in if you get hired or not. It's all done by numbers so if you ar not making numbers for whatever reason or you have any mistake to be held against you will find your chances are slim to none in getting hired.  You are expendable - As a seasonal employee, you will find that they will hire on more ""white badges"" or seasonal employees than they need and cut them just as quickly. There will be equipment and processes you will not get trained in and thus will have to rely upon other hard pressed associates to assist you, however they will have to do it on their time and during which your work suffers and reflects poorly upon you. If you attempt to claim these issues they may or may not be noted but quite often will still be held against you. You may be then encouraged by other associates to cut corners which then puts ou in the position of getting in trouble or terminate in the future. An example is you need to move an item from one floor to the other via an elevator or VRC that requires special certification to operate. To wait on management will cause you to accrue Time Off Task or TOT and also lowere your ""rate"" which is a number that measures productivity. If you abandon the work it may or may not be later tied to you and if you are caught operating the VRC you are likely to be terminated.  Fatigue - When they say you will be on your feet all day they mean it. Very few base level positions offer you the opportunity to sit more than a moment or two if you dropped something or upon your 15 min breaks. Which 5 of which was supposed to be dedicated to traveling to and from your workstation, 2.5 there, 2.5 back. Lunch is much more reasonable as you must be offered a 30 min, uninterrupted break.","Be more proactive and informed on the difference between seasonal and full-time employees - One of the most common and frustrating issues was asking your overseeing manager only to be told they were unsure of the answer and to refer to HR who helped just as little. Most often you were told that ""they would get back to you"" but never did unless you checked back in with them and would find they still had no answer, had to escalate it and then had the answer for you dispite its simplicity.  Stand up and all hands - Often times seasonal employees are glossed over or are un acknoledged what so ever in these briefings and though it is certainly better than SMX, there is still a large barrier between the white badges and blue.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17083,amazon,"Moreno, San Diego, CA"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - IT Tech,IT,great benifits. medical and dental.,low pay for IT position,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17084,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Safety Professional,Safety Professional,"innovative, and exciting times with new technology and ideas.",work life balance isn't good. demand is not conducive for anyone with young children at home or family needs.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17085,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate of Amazon,Pays Good easy work great balance great benefits the ideal spot,Same and only the same people everyday no customers just associates,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17086,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good for new graduates , that's it","Great resources help new graduates grow. There are smart people there. The company is still growing big, lot of opportunities. What's more, you will know a lot of people there who may can help you in your whole career.","Work life balance is bad. Stressful on call. N annual bonus or similar. Salary increase is basically nothing, comparing other it companies.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17087,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem solver,This is a great company.,There is a lot of favoritism,To go harder for your hard workers,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17088,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Stay with your current company....just stay away,"- Only good thing is a decent paycheck but the company puts so many catches on it that force you to repay money back if you leave. Dont be fooled by the relocation either they will only give you half and you will have to repay it back if you leave before 2 years. -Benefits, these were surprisingly good but please look at the negatives.","-Pay your employees will make close to your same amount for 1/10th the work -Hours, 14+ hour work days and grueling (and i was in the military). I had better work life balance deployed than here. -Management, I worked at 2 facilities one on the east coast and 1 on the west and I was hoping for a change but its the same across the board, because everyone is scared of being fired (and they will threaten you) so they find ways to make you stay longer and blame you for things out of your control. - Organization? Yeah right, its just plain chaotic. Again..I worked at 2 locations. - I could go on but its slave labor, I was in the military and I wouldnt treat people the way this company acts from corporate on the way down.  If you spent your years of hardwork for your degree. Do not, I repeat DO NOT!!! work for Amazon. I left my corporate job in tech for this employer because of the glitzy name and position. Its simply not worth it unless you want to be treated like dirt.",Get a backbone and stop feeling pressured by things out of your control from corporate.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17089,amazon,"Lexington, NC"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - P2 Retail,P2 Retail,"The company is an amazing company to work for. I love talking to people, and I love solving customer issues. My team is an amazing team and we have been at the top in our positive responses from our customers.","The job I have is seasonal, so there is no guarantee that I will be hired on at the end of the season. I really need the stability. Fifty percent of my job is English transfers. They need more American reps so that they are not paying two people to do one job. I have more complaints about the Philippines reps than any other thing. The third party seller is not always good either. Customers feel like Amazon doesn't have control of their best interest at times when dealing with third party.",Keep the good ones and get rid of the ones that don't care. If someone puts their heart in to their work it should be recognized.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P928.htm
17090,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - OMR (Onsite Medical Representative ),OMR (On-site Medial Rep),Great company and benefits. Company appreciates their employees. Friendly environment.,"no direction, long hours, operations are to concern with their numbers, no regard for safety.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17091,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Outbound Problem Solve and Hot Pick,Seriously?,I love this job! Been there for 5 months. Stl4. Great bosses and great atmosphere!,"Peak was rough, but we made it! ,)",Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17092,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Good Health Insurance, Paid time off, Vacation Hours","Dealing with HR is always a nightmare, Managers have favorites, Rarely any work, Treated like a robot, Constantly letting people go.",none,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17093,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ociYe,None the benefits were ok,Horrible place to work ever,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17094,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My thouggts,"fast paced, safety team, the vending machines","Management, hr, gets old real fast",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Generally a good place to be an engineer, but beware some specific pitfalls",+ Mature technology that is usually well-documented for newcomers + High-achieving culture that encourages knowledge-sharing and constant learning,"- ""Self Service"" culture, in my team, new hires are handed little more than a wiki page and told to ask their mentor if they have questions - Traditional mangerial structure can lead to roadblocks for engineers - ""Leadership Principles"" applied far too literally and can feel like a ""insert your own meaning here"" rubric, as opposed to a more genuine system of appraisal, especially when the principles are used directly and literally in interviewing, as they are - On call rotations can be a bit nuts, especially since all engineers, even Software Engineers, do ops as well","For software managers specifically, block out time every work day to keep your engineers free from meetings - a suddenly arranged 2pm meeting can destroy the flow of a work day, especially on a tough problem, of which there are many,",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17096,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 6, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,"It was a really good place to work, time went by fast, the pay was good.",They take everything very serious one little false move and you are fired.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17097,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,What do you want?,"Amazon is not for the faint hearted or those with physical limitations. If you are looking to earn a salary in the 90th percentile then this is the company for you. If you can endure physical and emotional breaking points daily, you are well suited.","Be careful of what you are signing up for. Amazon is a machine. As an area manager you will stand and walk constantly while continuously reviewing data concerning performance metrics. You will be constantly engaged with associates. There are some realistic and kind personalities who are in leadership however this is overshadowed by ruthless leaders who will belittle and speak condescendingly to everyone. You will be physically and mentally drained. Save your signing bonus, in case you want to bolt. There is an element of truth in the criticisms. If you are happy with your current employer and have built positive relationships, don't quit to go to Amazon. You will regret it. I promise.","Live by your expectations you set fo others. I really like my ops manager and senior ops, they are fair, however some of their counterparts are real jerks.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17098,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,The good thing about working here is that you don't have anyone standing over watching you work.,The bad thing is that you work hard LONG hours for very little pay.,I would suggest that you increase the pay.,2.0,none,none,none,1.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17099,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Well......,"Amazon is a fast-paced, constantly changing environment. The work is extremely challenging and is very rarely dull. Peers are high-performers, focused on delivering for the company bottom line. Overall, exactly what you'd expect from a technology giant like Amazon.","The pay is disingenuous at best, intentionally deceptive at it's worst. Scale is intentionally at the low end of the industry scale, because the general consensus is ""who wouldn't want to work at Amazon? They can take a lowball offer or leave it, we have plenty of applicants who'd work for whatever we offer"". The comp and bonus model leaves most employees high and dry after year 2, which is definitely a contributor to the high turnaround.  To succeed at Amazon, one must take on the Highlander mentality.....there can be only one winner--you. The constant backstabbing and undermining of peers to gain personal visibility requires a level of politic that gets in the way of doing the work. Those same high-performing peers will undermine and steal credit just to stay ""in play"" and not be consider less than effective.  Also, backroom retaliation is a real thing at Amazon. No way I include my specifics in this review.","It is actually possible to value your employees and prioritize customers at the same time. In fact, most research suggests that happy employees work harder and commit to longer term employment than they do working under sweatshop conditions. We lose high performing talent daily because employees don't feel values. In some cases, we tell employees outright that Amazon doesn't put much value on any work experience prior to Amazon....ego much?  Figure out a compensation plan that doesn't penalize high-performers because they have stock and a signing bonus. Figure out Rewards and Recognition program that makes your skilled employees feel like they're working at the greatest company in the world. Stop treating employees like they're expendable, and maybe you'll see longer term commitments.  Dumping OLR was a good start. Now let's look at how to manage and reward performance in a way that makes our company best-in-class.",2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P929.htm
17100,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Great place,Pretty cool place to work at offers great benefits and great pay.,Sometimes can be a bit busy and everybody moving everywhere not knowing what is going on,I think management is always ran very well.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17101,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"Amazon is a very positive work environment. The managers are easily accessable. The hours are very flexible and they offer great benefits for part time workers....dental and vision coverage, college tuition reimbursement and a company discount.","Sometimes there isn't enough work, so your paycheck can be pretty small some weeks. Other times there is a lot of overtime offered.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17102,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management is not good,"Christmas bonus, VTO availability, friendly co-workers.",The management process is abusive,Would like to see more opportunities for advancement,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17103,amazon,"Milwaukee, WI"," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,amazon overview,many different things to learn and department options. Great benefits,"mandatory overtime and very strict rules. Also, not for antisocial people.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17104,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate,"Benefits, and that's pretty much it....",Overtime is usually mandatory which means you'd have to work 55 hours a week/ 10-12hrs a day depending on Amazons goal.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17105,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Wearhouse Worker,"Merchandice loading, counting and prep","If the company actually keeps you on after the 90 days, there is potential to earn decent money and get health insurance","This company hires workers in mass quantities (they earn a tax credit for each veteran, long term unemployed, and person on Government assistance) telling those workers they will work for 6 months to a year with possibility of permanent position. But they laid most of us off before the 90 day probation period law. Telling us to come back in 90 days. I am devestated and lost all of my government benefits taking months to reregister and approval. I found out Amazon is profiting from a tax incentive that gives about 1500 for every disabled person, veteran, long term unemployed or person on govern aid that it hires with no limit. Which explains the mass hiring, lay offs, rehire, hiring. By over hiring, laying off and rehiring again, Amazon generates a steady stream of government incentives. The only problem is all of us vulnerable people who are supposed to be assisted from this incentive to companies are actually taken advantage of as our dreams of getting a good job are crushed and we are left jobless and depressed again wishing we had never taken this job. I could of been continuing to look for work instead of wasting my time generating income for a man worth 77 billion dollars..(Bezos)",Be honest.. Do not tell workers that whey will be working for 6 months when you know most likely wiil be let go withing the 90 day legal period in California. This is dishonest and insincere. A worker should have full disclosure that about 80% of new hires are laid off withing 90 days and maybe 20% only get a chance to work over 90 days.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17106,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment,Paid holidays and time and a half pay for holidays as well.,Only 15 minute break which does not give you enough time to relax.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17107,amazon,"Lisle, IL"," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Director of Product Development,Great Technology Company,"VisTracks embraces technology to provide value to their customers. They treat they employees great, have plenty of opportunity to grow as a contributor and have fun in the process.","It is both a pro and a con, the company has a lot of customers across different markets, so the product is not necessarily ""off the shelf"". This is fun because there are always new challenges, but if you are looking to work on a product that has narrow market focus, this might not be it.",My advice to management is to continue to recruit great people and provide a fun and challenging work atmosphere.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17108,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Starter Job,"Easy to move up, very good for people who like to work hard and make history, highly competitive atmosphere",Do not treat PA's with much respect could be a tough working with rates for people not apt to high paced atmospheres,"My advice would be to hold managers to a higher standard, there are managers that greatly disrespect and dismiss associates",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17109,amazon,"Dundalk, MD"," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Pretty busy at times but boring sometimes,"Team work, good pay, good community. Good benefits too.","Could be boring at times and its easy for people to take advantage of the system by not working while others are working. However, should that be your problem? Just do your part and make some money.","Just learn how to monitor the working environment, because some people are just passing their time there and are really not working.",5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P930.htm
17110,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - ICQA,Best company I've ever worked for!,"Great benefits, 4 day work week, respect from management, and opportunity for growth. You can see a future long term with the company.","10 hour shifts, breaks could be 5-10 mins longer, on your feet whole shift (invest in good shoes). Some fellow employees are only there for the pay check and it shows.",Kept encouraging your employees to try new things! Maybe communicate changes to individual areas within the departments a little better.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17111,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,This company has one of the best work environments I have ever had the easier of bring employed. The employees have a great comroderie. It is very efficient in operation. Great place to work!!!,"The only downside is if you meet your quota early, your shift ends early. The pay is awesome that is a certainty that made me uncomfortable.",I would start surveying my peak times and low peak times and scale back accordingly so that the employees would have a better certainty of their income.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17112,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Good pay, as a customer, Amazon's service is awesome, full of smart people, they are keeping innovating, very energetic environment.","This is a cut-throat environment, you get the feeling you are chewed through all the time. The stress is coming from metrics, huge internal competition, tough/aggressive people around you(they call it “backbone”. Everything push people to show most ugly side of human being.  I am mentally scarred, and this social Darwinism make me feel the world has never been so cruel.",Why everybody is so afraid of Jeff Bezos?,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17113,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Welcome to 21st Century Slavery Warehouse,Nothing to mention about this company,"This place is ridicule. The hiring/training/managing process is performed by a bunch of millennial who show no respect to the ghetto they hire. Surprisingly, the Amazon ""smart"" guys can't even spell a simple word during a training. Funny thing, they try to sell you the idea that you are going to work at an amusing park and it is going to be so fun, yeah!  Horrible place, horrible practices. If you apply to a full-time position, on your first day you are welcomed with the news that actuality, it is a part-time seasonal offer. Be prepared to earn ""bad points"" for arriving one minute late from your break and to work long exhausting hours with minimum rest time.  If you have never worked at a warehouse or just finished high school, this would it feel like hell. I don't know where the good reviews are coming from.",Stop treating people like slaves,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17114,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Shipper/Receiver,Worst,Great benefits and sick leave.,Not enough personal times. A lot of drama.,Get to know your employees and keep the drama away.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17115,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Overwhelming but fun, ladder-climbers beware","Caveat emptor: Teams are pretty siloed here, which preserves some freedom and small-company feel while also making culture vary dramatically from team to team. I've heard of folks who made out worse than me, they ended up in that New York Times article. Your Mileage May Vary.  That said, here's the good stuff:  Fast pace, near continuous deployment, hard problems. Smart, fun coworkers who have become true friends. Ownership of your tasks through the full development lifecycle. Open feedback encouraged and practiced. You have the ability to introduce change, though some teams are more resistant to change than others, and regardless you'll have to work hard to make an impact. Good work-life balance for an intense programming job: yes the oncall rotation occasionally makes you answer a page at night, but you're not expected to work late generally, even under impending deadlines. The team owns deadlines, not individuals.  Oh. Compensation is great, but you probably knew that already.","Top-down management style. Developers don't have much control over which problems they solve once they join a team, though they have lots of freedom in designing solutions. Promotions are opaque and often frustrating, though they're currently introducing new policies to try changing that. If your goal is to get promoted quickly, this is not the place to be. Gender ratio heavily male. Lots of old decrepit internal tooling, internal documentation is disorganized and often out of date.",Keep pushing to make promotions more transparent and predictable. Find a better solution to internal documentation. Bring in more female developers. Find management mechanisms to prevent those NYT horror stories from happening. Give developers more insight and ownership of which tasks they end up working on.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17116,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,You get great benefits with the company. Good company to make easy money.,The down fall they do not have many shifts to pick from. If you have another job they will not work around it,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17117,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping Amazon,interesting facility to work in.,Stress can be an issues knowing there is a chance of mislabeling something.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17118,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jan 14, 2017",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Christmas season,They want you to work.,They mandatory time you didn't sign up for cause they don't really know how to staff.  Lost my transfer so I ended up loosing my job.  Location if you are driving from Austin traffic is a nightmare gave them advice for better scheduling around traffic.,If people are willing to work work with them don't kill them.,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17119,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Ambassador,Decent for a job that requires no education,The coworkers made the job bearable. Some crazy and interesting people working there. The benefits are amazing. I used their Career Choice program which helps pay for college. High school diploma is all that was required and the job wasn't hard to learn. During peak you could possibly win some cool stuff.,"Leadership by fear is how I describe it. You are constantly reminded about the many ways you can be written up. Need to use the restroom? You'd better wait until break otherwise your rate will drop and you could be written up. Gatorade in your water bottle? You could be written up. Overall its a pretty bad environment. Most people don't last 3 months. I know, I was an Ambassador (trainer) and I stayed busy with training new hires.",Stop lying to your crew. Its a high school environment. People talk. We know when you are just saying something to cover your butt or trying to trick us into helping you get your bonus.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P931.htm
17120,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Its not anything to brag about,"Short shifts allow you to get a second job. Plenty of overtime during peak seasons (Christmas, Summer, Back to School Time) You're paid on a weekly basis.",Management really doesn't care about employees. They see you as disposable and can be easily replaced as a new hire.,Speak to your employees like human beings.,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17121,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Hard work,"Plentynof hours, decent pay, work 4 days one week three the next so you can work a second job orhave plenty of days off","management isnt experienced. Tough working conditions, high turn over. VERY LITTLE CHANCE TO PROMOTE UP WITH OR WITHOUT DEGREE and/or dedication","More breaks advance notice of changes in shifts. listen to employee concerns, be more fair",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17122,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is a great job,Weekly pay and home in enough time to have family time at home,There aren't any cons. Great company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17123,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon reviewe,Great pay and monthly bonus. Opportunity for overtime,"Company has no compassion for employees, high turn around rate",none,2.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17124,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Run From HOU1, and NEVER LOOK BACK","Part-time, so you only have to deal with the chaos for a few hours","- Pay amount - Bi-weekly pay - Management/lying HR staff - FAVORITISM - Worst of any company, period!!!","I have worked at many corporations such as FedEx and Wal-Mart, and Amazon is the worst by a huge margin. They have a system based on favoritism. I should've seen the huge red flag when we were promised a starting pay of $11 an hour, then when met for orientation, they said they were starting us at $10.50, even though the paperwork stated otherwise. They said the variable comp pay would even it out, but since it was based off the whole warehouse's performance and hours worked, it was always very low.  A typical day at Amazon consists of everyone gathering together for stretching and a “cheer”. Then, we break into certain areas to work (Divert, Inbound, Scan Lines, Small Sort and Problem Solve). From the first week, the warehouse open, you could tell that certain people were favored from day one, and they did not do anything to try to hide it, in fact, they made it blatantly obvious. PAs would handpick associates they wanted in the area they were overseeing and picking certain people to become ambassadors from the start.  At this company, you’re not awarded by the amount of work you do or how fast and efficient you complete it, it’s based on who the managers and PAs like the most, mixed in with a dash of people that don’t mind or enjoy being sycophants. Nothing matters here except scan rate. No matter how many bad pallets are built, terrible pallets or wrapped or how quick and fast you load/unload a truck, all management cares about is hitting the scan rate.  Speaking of management, it is TERRIBLE. They are on their FOURTH, yes, FOURTH site leader. They can’t get a manager to stay here because the environment is so terrible. Everyone in Problem Solve is a handpicked favorite, HR sucks BAD. If you’re a favorite, you can get away with pretty much everything under the sun except for stealing and/or fighting. The other biggie is being late, but if you’re cool with HR, they will keep adjusting your time and giving your ATO/PTO time back. On the other hand, if you’re not a favorite, even a legit issue such as taking time or not getting paid all your hours because you VTOed (voluntary time off), will result in them not adjusting your and possible termination over an issue that’s out of your hands. HAVE THEM MAKE COPIES OF ALL YOUR PAPERWORK BECAUSE THEY WILL LIE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE AND SMILE ABOUT IT, switching your hours and days off.  They do not know how to manage the warehouse and it resonates to the employees which they care nothing about. They would regularly VTO over 50 people right after the stretches, then have the rest of the associates flex up for an extra hour instead of letting everyone work and releasing everyone an hour early. Morale was so low here. Although shifts were only four hours (five if they flexed us up), no one really wanted to be there. We also only got a single “fifteen” minute break. So anyone on Line A or B got screwed. It took a few minutes to get to the break room and back to your line, so people only effectively had less than ten minutes of rest after some sometimes, arduous work. They also recently had the truck drivers go on strike because they won’t pay them what they’re worth. Everyone except for favorites use to complain and try to VTO to leave early, even though a lot couldn’t afford to. Now think about that for a moment… This is ONLY HALF of the things that go on at that awful warehouse.  In closing, this job isn’t for anyone who believes that they shouldn’t have to kiss someone’s butt and let their work and work ethic show to get a promotion or awarded, while being respectful (and for the low pay, nonetheless). This job is for a person that enjoys being a sycophant, guys named Mark, on disability or assistance, and can’t work too many hours to continue receiving said assistance, and teens/college kids that don’t care about really working anyways. Working at the HOU1 warehouse sucks and it’s not a place you want to make a career out of. Low pay, no benefits, favoritism is the building (more like stumbling) block of the warehouse, HR staff that don’t enjoy their job and think they’re better than everyone and lie constantly, random changes to the schedule every couple of weeks, forcing many people to quit, head managers that change every few months, process associates (basically supervisors) and area managers who think they can treat people any way they please and try to bully certain people, humid warehouse, gossiping co-workers, and a whooping maximum raise of $1.50 after three years of working at the company as a Level 3 employee. Whoopee!!!  Good luck to anyone that thinks that the new warehouse they're building near I-45 and the Beltway will be any better. They're already sending the con artist HR and a few people from management to run that place. Only difference will be you'll have to put up with the chaos and favoritism for eight hours for the same low pay. You have been warned!!!",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17125,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Senior Human Resources Assistant,"3 day weekends, no work off the clock","Monotonous, boring, uptight culture, bad hours",Invest into people more instead of treating them like numbers,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17126,amazon,"Union City, GA"," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Very physical but decent work environment,"The job itself is very fast-paced and physical in nature but most of the managers, amenities available, and the benefits packages make for a great opportunity for those looking to build their way up the Amazon totem pole.","The orientation process was very unorganized, borderline ratchet, and unprofessional. Some managers don't follow their own rules. Some employees are very unprofessional. Managers encourage heavy use of pain medication to keep up with the demands of the job. Training is very brief and sometimes nonexistent. Could create room for injury or death.",Longer stretching/warmup session in the morning. Reduce encouragement of medicine dependence. Follow your own advice. Lead by example. Be understanding of others. More extensive training. Be more organized in your operations.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17127,amazon,"Middletown, OH"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at amazon.com,"If you have what it takes, you will have a long, rewarding career with the company. The talent you will be working with will challenge you and bring out the very best in you.","There will be long, hard hours but the experience will last a lifetime and if you make it in long enough, you will be well compensated for your sacrifice.",Keep setting the bar high for top talent. A team is only as strong as it's weakest link.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17128,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources Assistant,"Great benefits offered including: health, 401k match, stocks, bonus pay program","Organization among support and operations teams needs work Holiday work requirements Switching of shifts due to ""business need"" is tiresome",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17129,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Employment,Great hours and good pay,Seasonal employment. Not much room for growth.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P932.htm
17130,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warhouse sorter,Great envirment and a good location and the pay was great too.,Only seasonal and you have to reapply in 90 days thought that was kind of inconvient.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17131,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easily move up the ladder,Pay has now increased to $11 for seasonals and $12 for permanents with part time benefits,Work can be redundant at times,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17132,amazon,"Akron, OH"," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Pretty good job,"Pay, great coworkers, sense of purpose",Management could use some work,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17133,amazon,"South Windsor, CT"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Production Line Worker,Great Place but Needs Improvement,Benefits Good interpersonal relations Ability to grow,Theres a heirachy fight going on Safety is a concern,Listen to your employees feedback,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17134,amazon,"Tacoma, WA"," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,"Great benefits, holiday pay, voluntary time off when its slow and double VCP during the holiday season. Wage increases are about every 6 months. Personal, vacation and unpaid time is available to use as needed. 3 day weekends!!!","Long hours on your feet, mandatory overtime, repetitive process. It's either really hot or freezing inside the warehouse. And you only get a specific amount of Vacation, personal and unpaid time off.",stop calling for Mandatory overtime when you don't need it and then vto'ing less than halfway through the day.,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17135,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager II,e-Commerce company trying to be a Tech Company,Opportunities for learning and growth,"Policies, work life balance, senior leadership",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17136,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,rough time,good pay. great job,long hours and many rules.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17137,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,A lot of opportunities to cross train.,They use fear to guarantee performance and quality. There isn't the safety of a union.,"Find a better way to sift the ""goof offs"" from the people who work hard. A lot of associates avoid the hard work and find the easy work that raises the units per hour but this causes people to basically be punished for having good work ethic.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17138,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Unlike any place other,"I took this job because of their lenient attendance policy. Or should I say their on-existent attendance policy. As long as you have available time, either personal orb""unpaid time"" (20 hours per quarter) you can take off or come in late without consequence and without asking permission. Beware though, like a woman taking maternity leave, not comin to work everyday and on time can derail your career or limit your advancement  Also, if you are one of those people that like to walk into work on your first day and act like you're the boss, then this is a great place for you! Amazon tells every employee they are a leader and their ideas are valued. And they mean it! Noam's get will ever send you away. Feel free to walk in on their meetings and express your ideas. Beware though, if you say something stupid, they will let you (and everyone else) know!","Lack of training. And the ""everyone is a leader"" atmosphere does kind of leave you vulnerable to being bossed around by any and everyone if you do not stand up for yourself.","Get off the laptops! I'm busting my butt here while you switch between camera feeds to see what everyone is doing in between ordering take out for your next pow wow. Also, don't have meetings where I'm working! You're in the way!",3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17139,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Seasonal Customer Service Representative,CSR,"Work from home, 4 days a week",You have to work one day on the weekend,Management does a great job of communicating expectations and of looking out for their employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P933.htm
17140,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer,Learn a lot of things and good working environment,Sometimes it is very busy and relatively low salary,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17141,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everyone is very nice. Amazon Web Service Team is best out of all. Good work culture. One of the highly paying job.,"vibrant, fast paced culture - smart, fun, aggressive colleagues - management is focused on latest tech trends and staying or becoming a leader for many of them - by and large, customers and partners are very positive about the technology - good benefits and perqs","Worse still is the politics. When you hire a bunch of smart, aggressive people, and put them in an environment of outsized expectations, throw in a bunch of re-orgs and changing management, and sprinkle with uncertainty and constantly changing priorities, you inevitably get people back stabbing each other and throwing others under the bus to appear smarter and more worthy of promotion.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,193,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17142,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Rude staff,"Good pay , lots of brakes, water machine",Poor staff nothing was organized they treated me like just a number,10 hours,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17143,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Great benefits...environment...location...people people management outlook,hours...schedule..shift...shift shift shift.......hours schedule change,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17144,amazon,"Union City, CA"," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Great management,Flexible job where you have the opportunity to learn how a fulfillment center works from top to bottom. It's definitely what you yourself make out of the experience.,Have to work extremely hard to move up in the company. The pay is a bit abysmal for the upper management who work extremely long hours during peak season.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17145,amazon,"Twinsburg, OH"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate/Ambassador,All fun and games...during peak season,"There are many opportunities to learn new things It's fairly easy work, although physically demanding Decent amount of incentive benefits","Snobby Managers who don't seem to know how to talk to associates Part time positions lock you into low hours Once peak season ends, the incentives end as well little job security unless you're management",Learn how to treat associates respectfully,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17146,amazon,"Bergenfield, NJ"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top-down culture and directives are lost in translation,Career and growth opportunities Flexibility,Your experience 100% depends on your manager,Focus on manager development. The Amazon culture is lost on tyrannical managers who are threatened by a culture that focuses on continuous improvement and high performance,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17147,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Attendance Policy top notch, other than that, you are just a number","Attendance Policy, Bonuses, Over-time, Benefits","You have an employee ID, you live by this ID and most managers just know you by your log-in. You have to really work hard just to be noticed, I mean I've had football practices easier then some of the nights I had here.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17148,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,Has the best benefits and competitive pay for warehouse jobs. For early risers it will be the best job since you will have to be at work at 7.00 A.M.,It is a job that is physically demanding. You might find it hard to rise up the ranks to different positions they have. It might also be hard to advance career wise.,It is best to pay attention to employee needs especially the salary and work load. It might be hard to keep up with the standards set if not reviewed.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17149,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Distribution Center,This was a very easy job with good pay and pretty decent benefits including medical dental vision. After a certain period of employment we would be given small shares of the company.,Being in the fulfillment center it was extremely repetitive.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P934.htm
17150,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,Mmmmm health insurance,"Stock Program, up to 8% (16% during peak) bonus every month for no attendance issues and good performance, they offer a reduced time shift (32 hrs is still FT so you get benefits). Did I mention health insurance? Oh and the $1.00 shift differential pay for overnights & weekends (0.50 each) was pretty sweet.","-1 star for Incredibly repetitive and boring work. -1 star for it being ridiculously hot in the FC and about dying because you have to almost run from one side of the building to the other (2 football fields man) and up 4 flights of stairs in >6 minutes, lest you get yelled at and eventually fired for TOT. Oh and if you work over nights prepare to become a shell of your former self.","Stop being ""barriers"" to your employees. Also, if someone tells you that they want to cross train in another dept and this person is a hard worker, makes above rate, never late, etc. Quit being greedy and let them move.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17151,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Shipping Clerk,Like most responsibilities we encounter with a position it is bitter sweet.,"Overtime always available. Great diversity. It can be fun and motivating to overcome the challenges you face here. Team spirit is hard to achieve but if you can figure that out, you will love the position.",Many of management staff are young and inexperienced which creates hurdles that are hard to overcome. Pay is not adequate for the responsibilities you take on.,Delegate responsibility away from new leaders. They have too much on their plate causing them to neglect many tasks. Leaders need to have time to be able to fully grasp and resolve hurdles faced on a day to day. Pay raise for ship clerks to L4 needs to be reviewed and approved. I can say it is one toughest jobs at an Amazon warehouse and has the biggest turn around because compensation is not worth the stress you are under.,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17152,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,wrap down crew,I made a decent amount of money working there.,Management didn't really treat you kindly or make you feel included,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17153,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Stow/Pack,Depends on what your job,"good pay, work overtime whenever you want","Long hours, no work life balance, you are too tired to do anything after you clockout. Physically demanding. Poor training. They fire ppl too quickly.",train better. stop firing ppl so fast. the reason ppl get fired is because they dont know how to do the job effeciently. I had to learn as i went along.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17154,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"You are a self-starter, and strives well in ","I get to witness some good software processes that help to ensure work quality.  You are encouraged to voice out your thoughts, opinions, but of course back it up with data and constructive solutions always.  There are endless stuffs to work on, challenges to overcome, unchartered work that no one has done before. If you are one is a self-starter, one who strives in ""no one know this, you have to figure out yourself"" situations, you got this.  Take it in a positive way, there are many problems in this world that no one has a clue how to solve. Someone has to take it on head on after all.  I cannot say much for the rest of Amazon, however there is no talk down approach from management in my current team. Counting my blessing on this.  Yes, we are frugal, no free lunches but we have occasional Friday happy hours, team activities to bond us.  Most importantly, we get to meet some of the smartest, hardworking folks in Amazon.","It is true that our work performance are measured by how many lines of codes one is changing, how many code reviews one has done, how many tickets solve one has solve and many more.  Most say data don't lie, true to that. But do consider data don't speak the stories or reasons behind it.  A doctor who has a death rate in his hand, does not mean he is not a good doctor. He might be sought after because many terminally ill patients go to him for final hopes.  Likewise, a developer who did not do much code changes, because he might be too busy working on one of the ""no one want to get involved"" tickets that don't get measure in the performance metrics.  My point is we are humans, not just some data points. Improve on that.","To each manager, their agenda or unattend work is always the top priority.  Please restrain yourself and not to make a developer outside your team to commit to your agenda or plans. Please respect each team has their priorities and schedule to follow. Talk to the team manager, and work out the best compromise.  Also, managers should give back when one team has put aside their priorities to help other team agenda. Return the favor and help them back when their priorities have be delay because of their good will.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17155,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Jan 1, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,not a bad place to work for,"Comparing to many other similar jobs, they offer a competitive pay.","The pay is fine, but the duties are very hard. You need to work very hard especially in Nov and Dec.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17156,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal,"Great overtime ability, Easy, Work from home, flexible schedule,","gets repetitive, dealing with really difficult customers",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17157,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great company,Competitive pay and compensation package. Many career advancement opportunities.,"Training and onboarding, long hours.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17158,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon AM,Great co-workers and good career opportunities,"Cut-throat, negative atmosphere, and bad work-life balance",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17159,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jan 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, all day and night","Flexible schedule, work from home when needed",Expected to be available 24/7,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P935.htm
17160,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Associate,Well.....,"Benefits are good, coworkers are easy to get along with.",The pay is ok 12-13.00 after that nothing unless you move up the chain but that is also hard. And being a lead doesn't pay much more.,Know what your doing most of you have no clue about departments or other departments around. You get paid more at least know the ins and outs,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17161,amazon,"Twinsburg, OH"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate/Ambassador,All fun and games...during peak season,"There are many opportunities to learn new things It's fairly easy work, although physically demanding Decent amount of incentive benefits","Snobby Managers who don't seem to know how to talk to associates Part time positions lock you into low hours Once peak season ends, the incentives end as well little job security unless you're management",Learn how to treat associates respectfully,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17162,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,bad place on earth,the pay and the health benefits,everything this job will make you feel like a slave. they don't care. they don't look at you as humans only numbers. they want you to work for 11 to 12 a day. some people spend about 13 hours or more because public transportation. this job will kill your back and knees. you will never have time to enjoy your life spend it with loved ones. this job will make you want to cry.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17163,amazon,"Kirkland, WA"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Flex Driver,It's okay for part time income,They treat you horribly but good for part time income,No help what so ever. You're basically on your own,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17164,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,good place to work and pay,no cons for the company.,good leaders,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17165,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,Nice stable company. Worth of working,little difficult to take working balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17166,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - SDM,Great company but I don't want to work here any more,"Smart people, interesting work, lot of opportunity, little politics, nice work environment, build and deliver software fast, and lots to learn. The principals are good for helping guide decision. Leadership is strong and approachable. Very organizated for such a large company.","Twelve hour day is enough to survive, more is required if you want to get ahead. Amazon is good at systems scale but not so good at people scaling. Work at Amazon before or after kids, or accept the short term personal loss for the long term financial and professional gain. I didn't witness any of the negativity that is in the news, but it is still difficult. Custom tooling will be totally foreign to almost anyone coming in. Expect 3 months of being lost.",The behavior is deep in the culture and what makes Amazon work. Keep paying people a lot to work here and the model will probably continue to succeed. I wish it wasn't this way because it's otherwise a great company to work for :\,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17167,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feel like just a number regardless of efforts,"Decent pay, nice coworkers, benefits for part time","Fear of lay offs, favoritism",None,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17168,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support Technician,Great way to get get your foot in the door and get noticed in the tech world,Since there is little turnover unless your willing to relocate then your stuck. The pay stagnates after 3 years. If your good at your job then oh well. If your peers are bad at their job then expect to prop them up for the rest of the time you or they are there.,The churn and burn mentality needs to stop. You can't apply metrics to everything and still maintain a high quality of service.,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17169,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon puts the employee last,"People, Product, Autonomy. That's it.","Process, people, politics, work environment",Executive Management needs to go through their departments and clean house.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P936.htm
17170,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 4, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Starting pay/bonus 4 day work schedule most of time Learned a lot during my time at the company The people,Only advancement possible if you are someone's favorite otherwise they will do what they can to get rid of you.,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17171,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Amazon is a great company to work at.,No cons for the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17172,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,they don't care too much about their employees,"best tools available to work with, good pay, looks good on your resume","They really don't care about their employees. Turnover is a big problem, so almost nobody has deep expertise on specific topics. Getting promoted is also fairly random there. Over the course of two years, I have watched some of the worst employees get promoted, while good guys quit or transfer in frustration. Also, Jeff Bezos hasn't heard the word ""no"" in such a long time, he will sometimes make requests of certain departments which are horrible ideas but everyone jumps on board right away.","Have a backbone and develop your own vision for your department instead of relying on Jeff or one of his direct reports to hand your vision to you. Also, Amazon is growing too big to treat employees like an infinite renewable resource. You need to put some effort into retaining and developing employees rather than just hiring new ones.",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17173,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer associate,"fun environment, decent work life balance.","micromanagement, scheduling conflicts, management",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17174,amazon,"Modesto, CA"," Jan 14, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Never Again,Bad management for a successful company,Expects more from associates to go beyond daily quotas but don't make effort to create more space for bins in order to pick and put merchandise,If quotas are not being meet then you need to ask and open your ears and eyes,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17175,amazon,"Easton, PA"," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Ambassador,Good but hard work with little job security,"Benifits, great coworkers, free food from time to time, paid time off, opportunities to grow, little experience needed, good pay, great employee resource center.","Easy to be forgotten by management if you don't cause trouble, peak season kills your life out of work, extremely easy to get fired, BODY PAIN.","Figure out who the problem employees are and deal with them before nit-picking good workers to termination, understand that long hours mean people will make mistakes,",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17176,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Deadwood Picking,"Paid time off, UPT, Can wear whatever you want to wear to work, 2 or 3 days off.",15 and 30 minute breaks that start from the time you leave your station. Over the top security. Managers are micromanaging. Being on your feet all day.. the workers need more pay.,"Stop fussing at workers for not meeting these crazy demands every hour on the hour, some jobs are harder than others and it's hard standing on your feet all day.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17177,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,How it is,You work at least 40 hours a week. Your checks shall be reasonable for the type of hourly work week you will accomplish every Friday.,They have mandatory overtime which can cause you to work 60 plus hours a week. And the management can switch you to any department at anytime which sucks.,I advise that the management team will try to give more creative prizes for reaching and surpassing daily rate.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17178,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,Great benefits and challenging environment.,Beware of GFS team as management has ego problem.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17179,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Customer Obsessed, Employee Neglect","Benefits, stocks, tuition assistance, available OT. Online employee portal (desktop and mobile) is highly convenient. Need a job fast while you look of your career, this is a great opportunity. Plenty of time to think as you become highly efficient in performing menial tasks.","Employee discount needs some work. Not training employees completely before allowing them to work alone. EXTREMELY difficult for internal advancement into management, takes an act of many levels of management to do so: if you want a management position, you pretty much have to quit, and get hired in as an external applicant. Not a promote from within organization. Employee development is almost nonexistent, even though there are an incredible amount of trainers in the facility. Safety program is a joke at best, no one takes seriously, management talks about what needs to happen, but does not follow own directives. Lack of followthrough when concerns are addressed. Lack of communication down to the employees.","Make exempt positions available as easily for internal applicants as they are for external applicants. Requiring an employee to get approval from a level 5 through a level 8 manager just to interview is absurd, esp. when the employee is more than qualified for the level 5 & 6 positions. Get off the computers, and break away from the heard. Spending up to 98% of your shift behind the computer, or socializing with your fellow ""leaders"" is noticed by everyone on the floor. Leaders lead, managers manage, so please start leading, or change what is on the back of your vests. Make the safety program more active, and less passive. Ownership and Bias for Action are the 2 big principles here, and both are thwarted by the current program of identifying, and reporting safety issues. Training and employee development will help you reduce turnover, and keep your employees feeling fresh, appreciated, and motivated. Nothing kills moral like doing the same mundane task, every day, of every week, of every month, without end.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P937.htm
17180,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Forklift Operator,Great job,Great ppl/ environment to be around,It's a long commute to and from work,Keep doing a great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17181,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Dealing with large scale problems.,Review process is not very transparent.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17182,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Great place to gain experience,No work life balance and will affect your career progression,Groom top talent,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17183,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Center SAT2,The hiring is almost guaranteed if you are willing to work long hours doing monotonous and repetitive tasks. There are incentives for perfect attendance and performing tasks quickly.,The shifts are very long due to the monotony of the tasks. There are some positions where conversation with other employees is impossible due to being isolated and the loud noise of the warehouse. The long hours and repetitive movements can be very tiring.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17184,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Coworkers are nice, good for entry level job and college students. The benefits.","Management is not connected to the employees. Pay is low, extremely long hours.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17185,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Great company, monthly bonus for perfect attendance and good productivity","Only offers 10 hour shifts, it's a nightmare getting out of the parking lot",Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17186,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Lot of works without proper guideline, thrive or die","Many internal tools, technology and software good practice","Lots of work without guideline (or you find it yourself), a very demanding company in general","provide more precise guideline, instead of letting people thrive or die by themselves",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17187,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon packing position,Has minimum speed requirements that are hard on the body!,Decent pay and plenty of overtime available if wanted.,Reduce the speed requirement minimums,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17188,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"flexible time off options, with paid time off, unpaid time and vacation. Good environment to get cross trained and learn new skills.",You get automatically put into a department and it takes up to 90 days if you want to transfer. Work can become repetitive. Everything revolves around time and numbers.,Lend an ear out to your workers. Educate them to help improve their work efficiency and better their roles.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17189,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,great company to work for,Health benefits are a plus. After two year with the company you're able to use your Amazon stock that was given in on your first day. VCP bonuses every month.,"Standing on your feet for 10 hrs can put a ware and tear on your body, especially in the winter when the dock doors are up.",Listen to the workers that have work experience. Most management are hired right out of college and have no work experience.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P938.htm
17190,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Needs improvement customer service (wfh),Ability to work from home,System was totally archaic and support was almost impossible. System also logged you out when floating through menu tasks.,Update software!,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17191,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Amazon,Great schedule Care about their employees Great training program,To one sided on business deals,Better hiring process,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17192,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Boring, not worth it",The Pay is pretty good,"Boring, monotonous work. Long shifts. Hard on your body, especially your feet.","Treat employees like humans, not robots that just help you reach your numbers.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17193,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - VCC Customer Service Associate,Virtual Call Center CSA,Work from home with flexible hours,Hard to get assistance while training. Constantly changing team leads.,Be more available. Respond to request for help from new hires,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17194,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Worst job I ever had,"Decent starting salary, Nice management, I liked working the hours of overnight.","They treat you like SLAVES, seriously. I was a packer and it was the worst mind numbing job I ever did. Your feet will burn from standing for 10 hours. They time your every single move. All they keep saying is work faster. This job is a real SWEATSHOP. All you are to Amazon is a warm blooded body. They have a HUGE turnover because only desperate, skill less people can work there. Short 10 minute breaks so ridiculous.  Please only take this job if you are completely desperate and have kids to feed, otherwise go work anywhere else.  They will hire ANYBODY, they don't even interview people, horrible place to work. Everyone who works there is so miserable, and they should be, it is a horror show.","Give people 5 or 10 minutes more for break, it take 7 minutes to get outside. This place is unbelievable, never ever did I have a job that was this bad.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17195,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible,Start off pay was decent.,"If you like feeling obsolete, this is the job for you.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17196,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Great Benefits, and decent pay","Unpredictable overtime, blind leading the blind. Chaos. Makes you feel like you're disposable..",Do your job,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17197,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal,Hiring process is fast. Fast money.,"60 hour mandatory workweek during peak, not enough time for breaks or lunches. Employees look miserable, most were. To get in and out of the parking lot was a hassle. They hire hundreds of people but don't have enough room for them to eat lunch or take a break. It felt like we were cattle at most times. It's like high school in there and most people are rude and steal or dirty. The shelves and bins are stacked too full and things fall out at all times. Percentages aren't ideal. Most employees and managers cheat the system there to keep up or get where they are now. The job is ideal for college folks or those without families or goals. Damage aisles are a joke and disgusting.",Get out there and walk around more and ask questions. Walk again in your associates shoes for a day during peak season and see all the errors and issues.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17198,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vcc P2,Very flexible with scheduling and a lot of freedom,Ended my assignment with only two weeks notice,More hands on with employees,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17199,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,AMs are great with training and motivating associates,OMs are only concerned with the bottom line and would rather an associate burn out than waste a few minutes cross-training.,Allow for training time and interact with associates on a personal level,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P939.htm
17200,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was good,Lucrative and fun. Good environment for engineering,Sometimes a little unmotivated in terms of the problems worked on,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17201,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Incredible growth opportunity with downsides,"+ Company is on an unstoppable growth trajectory. Amazon's business model is incredible, is riding a number of secular trends (ecommerce, cloud, AI), and the stock is a winner. Employees are making more money than expected. + Leadership principles drive a high performance culture that focuses on customers. It feels great to work on products that customers love. + You get to work on very difficult problems with smart people. Once you establish yourself as a high performer, you have a high level of job security and internal mobility. Teams are constantly hiring and building really innovative things and you are encouraged to move around and explore. + Teams tend to be lean and you will be asked to learn a lot quickly. Ownership is highly valued. + Office environment is really desirable. Located in a great downtown Seattle neighborhood, many people walk to work, bring dogs to the office, and restaurants and bars are very accessible. + Amazon veterans tend to be incredibly talented individuals, and other companies realize it. Being successful at Amazon is well respected in the industry.","- Work/life balance can be a challenge. Work demands are high and teams are often too lean. You have to set your own boundaries. Even with kind managers, overachievers will feel under water. - Frugality as a core value goes overboard. If Amazon doesn't HAVE to give it you, it won't. No perks, no free food or drinks, bad coffee, unsubsidized cafeterias, mediocre hardware for non-technical people. There doesn't seem to be a morale budget and you will have few official team outings. - Compensation policies are not employee friendly: 401k matching is subpar. Once your signing cash bonus is fully vested, your entire compensation will be base salary and stock. Base salary is capped at ~$160k across the company. Stock vests twice a year if you're below a Director, so your compensation is very lumpy. Stock price appreciation is taken into consideration in your total compensation targets (ie if the value of previously offered shares increases, the company will count that as a raise and might not grant you additional stock bonuses, despite strong performance).",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17202,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,"Non-tech roles matter, too","- Stock package - signing bonus - vacation, PTO, and paid sick time - collaborative",- asked to do the impossible in small amounts of time with limited resources - low base salary - scope of non-tech roles change often - managers lack in career development knowledge,"- Be transparent and thoroughly explain downstream effects of decisions made for employees (low performance ratings, PIP, etc) - be supportive when employees express that the new scope of the role does not align with career goals",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17203,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,PM,"Good pay, huge scale from a revenue and customer impact perspective. Stock options are fairly generous, and if you get the right manager, life is good.","dev team in India, outrageous hours during peak shopping seasons, difficult path to promotion, lots of type A - highly aggressive personalities",All devs in the US,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17204,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recomended,Highly Recommend this job for longtime career,Bad Relationships with co-workers and,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17205,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound Associate,You get plenty of time off.,You are just a number and completely expendable.,Stop staring at your computers all day long.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17206,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package handle,Because im able to work over night,Some times the boxes can get a bit much,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17207,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,New Experience,"Friendly environment, PAs, AMs are very open people. Never had a probably with any of them only 2 PAs that worked front half.","Their rate standards are ridiculous, and they're always changing the system. Expect difference each day.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17208,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,99 percent of people are great to work with.,Extremely high turnover rate at all levels.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17209,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Good chance to learn kinds of new technologies.,Bad work life balance.,Be fair and respect software engineers.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P940.htm
17210,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Worker,"Good pay and you get hours. Fun activities during peek, can move up with hard work, and pretty fun work environment","They care about their employees to an current extent. Will fire you even if your circumstances are bad they don't care, they only care about their “numbers"" . they fired Alot of people when I was there including myself because they over hired .","Don't treat people like numbers,needs a union",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17211,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Order picker,Good people. had a great time with other employees.. Amazon has great benefits and u get to leave when ever u want! as long as u have time.,Pay could be better. there should be a reward or something for the people that do most of the work...,You have a lot of great people that should get promoted.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17212,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,A good experience,I worked at a fulfillment center and it was a great way to see how Amazon operates. It's a very fast-paced job and people were willing to help you out when you have questions.,"Unrealistic expectations. If you work in picking, they expect you to learn how to use an order Picker in 2 days while also maintaining rate. They do not take safety into consideration whatsoever.",They should broaden the learning curve window when someone is brand new to a piece of equipment. This may help with employee retention and a more effective operation.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17213,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 25, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,They make work feel like you always want to be their.,Not enough time at work.,"Your doing a wonderful job and help many customers and workers' out, we appreciate everything the company does for us as customers and workers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17214,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 25, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,This job is hard work long hours. You earn your spot here.,Pros about Amazon is that there's apportinty to move up at all levels. Great place to work at. But you will work to keep your job.,There is favouritism. But that may be for other big companys,Listen to your Associates.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17215,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 25, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,I love my job.,I like the fast paced work environment and the freedom to express myself there.,They will hire any warm body off of the street.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17216,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Dec 25, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Great place for the fast pace person,"If you like fast pace, friendly people and good benefits this is the place!",Low starting pay but incentives to stay,More attention to the organizing of work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17217,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping Clerk,Fast pace job enjoy helping people,working with rude manger and know good leaders at this company,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17218,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I will never again deal with Amazon on a career level.,"I don't know, I wasn't able to ever start.","Same as above, but my guess is everything.","I originally planned to work with Amazon during the season as a sortation associate in Nashville. I was given a better offer closer to where I live, and respectfully turned it down. I'm now looking for a permanent job while finishing up school. I applied to the seasonal position again because it was still up, and received an email saying that the positions are filled, but invited me to apply to the permanent position. I did, received a job offer, and went in for my drug test. At the orientation, I was told that they just needed to wait on the drug test and background check. I did this, and waited a week and a half. I heard absolutely nothing from Amazon, and my job page continued to show awaiting screening results. I finally figured out how to chat with a rep online about this, and my first rep listened to nothing I told him, and continued to say I was no longer considered for the position (it was for the seasonal position, which I explained the email, mentioned previously, but once again, ignored). I stopped the chat and got a second rep. In the middle of me typing, which it shows when someone is, he said I was idle and disconnected. I was incredibly irritated at this point, and got my third rep. She was nice enough, explained that they were referring to the seasonal position, and that the permanent one was only waiting on my drug test to come back, as my background check met all the requirements. She told me to wait, and I did this. This turns into two weeks, and I contact a rep again. This was the best rep I had over this whole fiasco. He tells me that since they didn't update my drug test within 14 days, I'm required to drive back to the facility, take yet another test, and wait even longer. This honestly made me livid. I contacted Amazon again through email, and this rep pretty much told me, ""Sorry for the inconvenience, but you'll need to come in or you won't be considered for the job."" I'm done with waiting. I've turned down opportunities for this position. Amazon, this is horrible business practices and I feel used by your company. I was excited to work with you as a permanent employee, but obviously you don't care for prospective employees. I have screenshots of every conversation with each rep to further prove how little I was respected. You wasted my time. I will be referring anyone I can away from your company. I'm posting this because showing my discontent with your company directly gets no where. Sorry for the inconvenience.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17219,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior marketing manager,- good comp - nice campus and location,- non collaborative - no talent retention,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P941.htm
17220,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior marketing manager,- good comp - nice campus and location,- non collaborative - no talent retention,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17221,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Executive,Smart people who are set up to compete rather than collaborate,"Stock, brand name recognition on resume, a look under the hood at the world's most customer obsessed company if you have 100-120 hours to spare per week.","No employee development, high stress, ridiculous expectations, intimidating and relentless leadership, no meaningful relationships because it's a revolving door. People don't try to work together but at each other.",Care,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17222,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Working hard,"Good fast pace work, great pay and and benifits. You'll have a good opportunity to move up in the company, they will help u with school or you can take classes there to to advance in the company. If you can't handle easy fast pace work that will be a bit intense then this isn't the job for you.","There system in the job is terrible, they constantly keep changing rules. They don't really offer chances to people that would be good at something else if not doing so well at what they are hiring for. Breaks are to short.","Get a better system in place that can keep the job stable, give employees a chance for advancement. It's not fair that management goes off of favorites. That's not really giving none one a chance to move up.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17223,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job,Pay increase and other things,Get your time wrong and dont take things into consideration,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17224,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,company,"good pay, work hours, hard and fun while working. good benefits","management care for employees, were not so good at my past location. need better supervison",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17225,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Software Development Engineer III,"Good teams (generally), excellent share performance","Mixed bag of managers, no perks, not very competitive with regards to benefits, high share price is starting to affect RSU performance awards. Base salaries are starting to look low in comparison to other tech companies in the area. There's room to move, but everything is so secretive at Amazon that you never really know what else is going on unless you make friends in other departments and they inadvertently break their disclosure agreements and tell you what they're up to",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17226,amazon,"Ontario, CA"," Dec 24, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,Great Job,"Amazon just in the name is a great company for any speech. Although many people would avoid a warehouse classified job, it is a great opportunity for many people.","The night shift is a pain for the first few weeks. But when you get used to it, it is not that bad considering the extra 50 c pay you get.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17227,amazon,none," Dec 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just keep swimming,Salary and Comp is very nice for okay work.,Management is difficult to deal with.,Be less difficult.,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17228,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,beware!,"lots of operational experience, good resume builder","cut throat work environment, unrealistic expectations, non-existent on boarding process",value and developed your managers more,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17229,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Little Kids Need Not Apply,"+ Great brand name + Good compensation + Smart and motivated colleagues + Interesting work and markets  Overall this is a good company to be an engineer at. If you are looking for vivid colors and rainbows and candy, look elsewhere (hint: Goog...). You learn a lot and it changes your perspective of what it means to be an engineer. There is no separation of tester, dev ops, and sde, you are all of them all at the same time. You take full ownership of your projects, and your career here.","- You pay for subsidized parking (huh?) - Health insurance slightly worse than other tech giants - Although better now than the past, public facing teams still haunted by overworked culture - Stack ranking is still alive (even if they say it's not) - Hard to maintain work/life balance overall if you want to go up the ladder","Keep improving the culture by your own standards. Don't copy the Googles and Facebooks of the world, but you can learn something from them along the line. Keep your identity.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P942.htm
17230,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Horrible place to work,"The money (can't think of anything else, but need 20 word min to post this... words words words words words words )","Culture, management, processes, review model (yes, they still stack rank in the 2016 OLR), lack of leadership, lack of cooperation between teams.",Quit... it could only get better.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17231,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Manager/Director,"Innovative products, fastest-growing IT company. We are able to recruit, promote and retain very high quality talent. We work hard but it is a good culture that has worked hard to retain an entrprenurial approach.",We have high expectations of our employees and have an entrprenurial culture that is not a good fit for everyone.,Make sure that you keep your top talent by looking for new opportunities for them to learn and grow. Make sure you create a culture of strong ownership.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17232,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,You can do better,Three days off Paid time off School Accommodation Only pros.,Long hours Not an individual to the company and you are treated like a robot. They never recognize you or take suggestions on how to improve seriously Your manager can make or break your experience working at Amazon.,Quit showing favoritism and practice equal rules for everyone.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17233,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,"The pay was decent, but the job is very boring and antisocial",- Good pay - Very easy to get hired as a fulfillment associate - Good benefits - Good time off,"It's very anti social and mind-numbing work. This job really made me unhappy. You can't listen to music/audiobooks/podcasts because you need to be able to hear if something's going on around you, so you pretty much talk to yourself all day. Sometimes circumstances out of your control make your job very difficult and you end up taking the blame for it. You're very replaceable if you don't differentiate yourself and move to a better position. It is unskilled labor that they hire anyone to do, it's not going to be fun or mentally stimulating. It's alright if you're a college kid and you want to work for a month and half or so over summer, but doing these entry-level jobs long term would really suck.","Like I said, sometimes circumstances out of our control make the job very hard and there's little we can do about it.  Example: (As a stower) Sometimes you're stuck with far too many items that are either too large or are an odd shape, so you'd have to be very lucky to get rid of them efficiently enough to make rate. Very often the system would endlessly bring me pods that were already completely stuffed, so there was no way I was getting rid of my oddly shaped items. It was a huge pain. I felt like it was luck of the draw. Sometimes it was really easy and sometimes you were just screwed and the water spiders didn't know how to help you.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17234,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,know what your getting into,There is a great energy! The pay is good. i loved working with smart people. The thrill of record breaking moments and teamwork make it not feel like work some days.,The pace is fast and it gets political. If you get tagged as not able to climb the latter you will be out. There are a lot of exceptional people who used to work there for no other reason than they were the least of the best.,Fear is a poor decision maker and it motivates more personnel cuts than you think.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17235,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,IT Support Technician,Upward mobility if you are willing to relocate,Limited OT Rotating shifts a lot of walking,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17236,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment associate,The job is not very difficult to learn and is actually fun. The management team is so encouraging that they motivate you to do your best.,The only con is when you have to work in the freezer it's extremely cold but you get have to go in and get the job done.,At my facility I think all our management is doing fantastic when it comes to training and quality of work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17237,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Customer Service Specialist- Concierge,Bait and Switch,"Working at Amazon definitely gives you a recognizable company to put on your resume, but that's about it. Benefits are middle of the road. You can claim $50 reimbursement for your cell phone bill. Oh, and you can wear whatever you want to work - which is nice I suppose.","1. Poor vacation/time off (5 days for hourly, 10 for salary) 2. Management is a disaster and there is no outlook to fix it 3. Micro-management is unavoidable 4. Telecommuting seems like voodoo to the company even when the job can easily be done from home 5. You're overworked 6. No recognition for anything at all 7. Little chances for moving around in the company",Figure out what you want and do it. Management is a disaster and there is no guidance anywhere.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17238,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,hard work,good option for people right out of high school. good option for college income,long hours on feet. you have to learn several areas to make up for people not coming to work,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17239,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Worst Job Ever,I met some very good people at Associate level. Managers were a very different story.,Cut throat environment. Favoritism. Discrimination.,Afford opportunities to ALL Associates-not just your favorites.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P943.htm
17240,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Horrible experience,You become friends with the people sitting near you. Also free coffee.,"So many. Getting screamed at by incompitent customers only to be told to get over it by you manager, who coincidentally acted as a therapist...that should say something right there. Was personally attacked on a daily basis. Completely turned me off from customer service.",Allow something to be done about customers who verbally abuse you.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17241,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Not a bad job until you get into Management Levels,"Simpified warehouse work, benefits day one, good starting pay","Management and HR do not coordinate... at all. If you have a good management team, you wont for long because they will leave for other employment due to how the ops managers and upper management run things and treat people. They bring in college grads with no work experiance rather then promoting and listening to their process assistants who are the ones actually making things work. If you are intelligent and can see the flaws in the system, it will drive you crazy and dread going to work.  Breaks start and end on the floor, so 15 minutes is only about 5-7 bc of walking time because you cant have food, drinks or cell phones on the floor. Same with 30 minute lunch....when you are doing 10-12 hour days....it becomes grueling. Especially if on overnights. The company reconizing its workers hard work and giving them a little bit longer to relax would make a big difference. If you treat people like robot slaves, it doesnt inspire them to work hard for you.","Get your faces out of your computers and ""metrics"" and instead get on your front lines. Your best ""Process Assistants"" are really the ones running the floor and know their people and area. Coming in thinking you know how somethinh shoyld be because the amazon book and management school says so, doesnt mean its the way that it should be or runs the most efficiently. People are not numbers or robots and by refusing to listen to those that are the ones that know every nook and cranny and facet of their team, you create an environment that stifles and snuffs out tbe drive to succeed and do the best you can. You take away their resources, cut them off at the kness and tie their hands by not truly reconizing the work they do, you take away the ability to place the right people in the right roles and delegate and train process guides, but then add on additional work and expect not just average but sucessful results? And another thing, I understand pushing people to constantly do better but by not reconizing their daily success, what motivation is there to continue to push for better when being successful isnt good enough?  Your Process Assistants should be your ""Area Managers"" and your ""Process Guides should be your team of Process Assistants. The whole structure is backwards as it is and Ops merely looking at a screen with numbers while on speaker phone with a regional ops person who coordinates with all the warehouses by watching a screen with numbers....its no wonder they have no idea what is going on because its set forth ny someone in a competely different state.  You need to really get in touch with your people and follow your own core values. Because those have become a joke due to the hypocrisy of them from the top down. If you cant inspire and connect with your leaders, the real ones doing the job, you definitely are not going to inspire the average workers to care about what they do and want to do their best each day",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17242,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, long hours, tiring!!! Not everyone is friendly.","Good pay, holiday paid, PTO, VTO.",Not much UPT. Some people are rude and disrespectful.,"Try to care more about your people, stop the favoritism.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17243,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Full-time Student,Delivery Associate,"Great Pay- You have the opportunity to work as much as you want with a relatively high base pay. Flexible Hours - Depending on if your a Prime drive or drive company vans, you pick your shifts.",Paying for your own gas can be costly as well as paying for tickets if you start racking them up.,All drivers should have amazon logos for their vehicles to help prevent them from being ticketed and/or towed.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17244,amazon,"Asheboro, NC"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,I love my job,"Customers are great, management is there for you, and I work from home!",Training is long and done in large groups with lots of interruptions and distractions,Break training groups into smaller groups,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17245,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Rapid development Strong management high impact projects,high working pressure hard deadline poor working support,pay attention to developer support,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17246,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good resume building company,Good benefits and stock options,"Lots of turnover, not much continuity",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17247,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Good company if you like ownership!,Everyone gets tons of ownership and autonomy to drive their business. There are amazing opportunities to rotate to different orgs and try new things.,It's not the best pay (at least vs other tech companies) and if you're always at risk of being replaced by automation.,"Continue to invest in hiring better managers and supporting people through transitions. There should be more compensation adjustments when you change roles, not just when you level up during OLR.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17248,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Temps get paid more that full time employees,Most positions are easy to learn. Opportunities to switch departments. Good hours. Vto. Great benefits.,Unexperienced management. Pay is was too low for full time employees. Overtime is mandatory. You're just a number.,Focus more on full time employees. Don't pay your Temps mortgage that your direct hires. That doesn't make sense.,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17249,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Designer II,UX Designer II (L5),"Everyone will tell you your experience at Amazon will vary wildly depending on your team, boss, and stakeholders. Mine were, for the most part, extremely reasonable. It was fairly laid back most of the time.","There were a few infrequent periods of higher workload, which were a bit more stressful. Also, there was no clear path to promotion, which can be pretty frustrating.","Make your expectations and opportunities for promotions/raises much clearer to your employees. Right now, it's a black hole, which makes motivation to perform extra well very hard to come by. The process seems pretty opaque.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P944.htm
17250,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Designer II,UX Designer II (L5),"Everyone will tell you your experience at Amazon will vary wildly depending on your team, boss, and stakeholders. Mine were, for the most part, extremely reasonable. It was fairly laid back most of the time.","There were a few infrequent periods of higher workload, which were a bit more stressful. Also, there was no clear path to promotion, which can be pretty frustrating.","Make your expectations and opportunities for promotions/raises much clearer to your employees. Right now, it's a black hole, which makes motivation to perform extra well very hard to come by. The process seems pretty opaque.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17251,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual customer service representative,"Work from home, set hours, overtime when offered.","If productivity not met they let you go, don't give you a chance to work up to the right system for you.",Give your employees a chance to learn the system and give them more credit where credit is due.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17252,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flex driver,Flexible work hours and days,Tough to get work blocks,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17253,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solve Manager,Inbound Support Specialist,People treat you with respect plus the benefits are good.,"The hours are long, management doesn't always support the employees.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17254,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Op and Tugger Driver,"just as temporary job, you can do better.","good benefits, employee discount, occasional overtime","pick season is a hustler, hard life balance, safety have more power that management they can destroy you career too easy",management should be more in charge of safety decisions that ruin employees career and make then levee the company,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17255,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Graveyard Shift,"Very good pay, and overtime is called. Only 4 days a week working",Walking to the break room is part of your break. Very long hours. The work life balance is not great.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17256,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Appreciate your employees,"Benefits: you get them the day you go into orentation, 401k, stock, medical, flma, std.","Supervisors, management, and hr need to appreciate and help there employees when needed. Without us how would you have a job, we work our butts off for you guys. We are human beings not robots or children. We are employees just like you, some of the higher ups think there name i on the outside of the building.",treat us with respect!,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17257,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Vendor Manager,High level of ownership and accountability. Scope and scale of job was massive.,"Amazon's leadership culture is horrible and I found that the majority of employees lack integrity. The NYT's article about the bruising workplace is spot on. If you want to succeed at Amazon you have to lie, cheat, steal and stab others in the back. There are a lot of definitely unethical and potentially illegal practices that are the norm at Amazon.","Consider adding ""Integrity"" as a leadership principle because without integrity your other principles are meaningless.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17258,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company overview,"Benefits, Overtime, Attendance policy, clean organized environment",Stats Lunch breaks are short for 12 hr shift,Let us listen to music of some sort,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17259,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - California,Picker,Great pay easy work the people u work with are very nice,Your breaks are 5 min. Ur lunch is 20 min.,They are rude and poor at managing,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P945.htm
17260,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Don't work here! Read a lot of these reviews. There's a reason people don't last long.,"Smart people. Brand recognition when you tell people where you work. Being a part of history. Good salary, (but read below, as the money is definitely not worth what the company asks of you).","The growth of this company in the Fulfillment world is so fast, that the tools can't keep up. The excel files. The models. The homegrown systems. They are absolutely horrendous. It will take you 60 hours/week to do what it took you 40 hours/week to do in your past life. No matter how fast and efficient and smart you are, it will suck the life out of you. During peak season (Late Oct-Dec), you will work 80 hours/week minimum.  Additionally, training is non-existent. You are literally dropped in to a building and left alone. While courageous people can do this in some settings, it's completely crippling in a company with 250,000 employees. There's no one to help you connect to the bazillion servers you need. No one to help you with errors in file. No one to explain the sea of reports and files you're expected to complete. You are literally completely alone.  This is why attrition in the management levels of the Fulfillment Centers is so high. Few people last a full year. There's a running joke that you're an ""old timer"" if you've made it past 8 months.  I used to read Glass Door reviews and think this was just a bunch of negative people airing bad blood. Unfortunately, it's people providing real perspective of what the company is like on the inside. I wish I would have listened to the reviews and that I wouldn't have taken this job.","Training programs are absolutely horrendous and completely disorganized. Develop a training program, and take a tiny piece of revenues and invest in non-customer facing tools. You will save gobs of money on recruiting and relocation if you'd be attentive to high attrition.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17261,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Studio Operations Associate,Multidepartmental environment allowing you to learn and explore different processes Awesome mentorship program Rapid learning Continuous improvement Can be extremely challenging High expectations,Growth opportunities are low in the studio You can work hard with little remuneration Your process improvement ideas are not rewarded,Reward associates for implementing cost saving process improvement ideas.  Allow ideas to be patented and share royalties.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17262,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Associate,Great pay and excellent benefits Ample opurtunity to advance if you put in the effort,"Rate during peak season is a bit absurd, especially for new hires.","If new employees are hired during peak season, their rate should be lowered a bit for their first time through.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17263,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Excellent pay and benefits. Very good on boarding at Phoenix (PHX6) for initial week long training to get acclimated with Amazon culture/standards.,"Peak Season (Day after Thanksgiving until first week in January is brutal). Managers worked 6 days a week. Upward mobility is not guaranteed even with time on board. If you don't have the proper ""Bias for Action"" as determined by Sr Ops and Ops you will be passed over for promotion.",Recommend 5 day work week during Peak Season.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17264,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Coming from the bottom,People are super nice. Managers are great so far.,Software isn't the best yet but once it is running smoothly I think people will be ok. I feel like we get treated like children at times.,Make sure people get written up for things they did and not for computer errors that happened over 3 weeks ago where no one can prove what happened.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17265,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Fast paced, alot of internal movement",turn over rate for full time employees,listen to experienced technicians,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17266,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Laid back environment, if you are looking to chill for awhile, it's a reasonable place to work.","No free food, people didn't see very sharp/smart, pacing is really slow","Give more challenging projects to employees, spend more time mentoring them, less time hand holding",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17267,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Field Trans Specialist,Great job for no experience,easy to move up within the company if you are willing to work hard and learn.,some people they hire are dumb as rocks,dont take advantage of your associates,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17268,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Customers First, Employees Second","Smart, innovative culture with excellent decision making.",People investment could be stronger.,Invest more in employees with less expensive healthcare (lower premiums and deductibles) and a better 401k match.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17269,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,The pay is good and goes up fast.,"Not enough hours, no consideration for why you're missing time, not managed properly, no one knows what they're doing who is above you, everyone has different answers to things, favoritism, the worst managed company in the world. You can get written up for making 99.9% rate and they don't care what your reason is to why you're .1% under rate, which in turn could actually make you lose your job. No job security. Only work there if you can only care about money not working conditions.","Know more then you're associates under you. Which will NEVER happen. My one manager never had a job before, fresh out of college learning how to manager a baseball team.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P946.htm
17270,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Screw Amazon,They treat people like crap,They treat employees like crap,Go screw yourself,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17271,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pickers an example of Modern Slavery,"Great Benefits, fair PTO, Full time hours","10 hour shifts with short breaks. Barely enough time to eat lunch, you literally have to shove your food down. You're expected to walk 20+ miles daily. And good luck using the restroom without getting in trouble. Parking is horrible.",Improve working conditions and lunch breaks. Stop treating your pickers like slaves. Too much to list.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17272,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Packing,Packer,"Decent pay, very good sign on bonus and referral bonus, paid time off, benefits from day 1.","Impossible to get your numbers. When the line is down, your numbers go down. You have no control over that issue, but will get written up for it. This company is a revolving door for employees. If you want to make some extra cash for Christmas, then it's great, just prepare for long working hours (5 - 6 days per week / 12 hour shifts). If you are expecting a career or promotion, forget about it. Your numbers must be 100%, and that is impossible to get.",Give employees down time when the lines are down (which is often) and there is no work.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17273,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation Associate,Chances for advancement. Amazon also offers nice perks for associates that stick around.,Seasonal workers are sometimes difficult to work with.,"Acknowledge hard workers every now and then. Also, discipline associates that do not work.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17274,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,Pay and not stressful Will meet a lot of new people,Very physically demanding Some people are very rude there,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17275,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,stower,"easy, nice people, lots of work, flexible job,w company works for you, good pay for work yes","bored, a lot of work, management, favoritism, lot of work, some people let power get to their head with very little power",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17276,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Miscommunication,The best part will be the folks you work with,There is so much miscommunication between managers and recruiters.,Communication is key,3.0,2.0,2.0,none,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17277,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Controls Systems Tech,I need a title,Dry and moderate temp and this needs to be 20 words. Gotta really rethink this approach. Still not at 20 so here we go,None I do not have a con but need twenty words this is not a proper system. Still need more words,Hire some management types with experience to help mold the fresh out of school managers,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17278,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Order Picker,Decent company to work for,"Liberal time-off policy, decent wage for the region, some opportunity for internal advancement, stock options.","Very top heavy in the pay scale, low level management has very high turnover, if you do advance internally your pay isn't as high as an outside hire for lower level associates your pay tops out after 3 years/",Increase top-out to 5 years OR increase the rate of internal promotions. Keep staffing appropriate to the season so that associates might actually see their families between Thanksgiving and Christmas.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17279,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,get to enhance your skills employee friendly adaptive to changes have fun along with work nice co-workers very customer-centric company,not a great management rules change often biased with respect to the weak rules return is not worth what you give in,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P947.htm
17280,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Fulfillment Associate,Associate,good working environment. Easy to manage off on emergency,Long shift. Need to be flexible. you might be working in different department.,Prompt feedback and resources to improve emplyees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17281,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Dec 19, 2016","Current Employee - Replenish, Pick Mod, Shipping, Complience",Wearhouse,"Work field experience, a history / good time management, a self on going, out standing performance, with conference. I am a man of work.","""Anytardiness, remaine home'' not at work -prepared to do, i strongly belaeve. I stand alone doing a job with intelligence, with not a negative","I generally prefer a passive job , understanding a farness. To complete a job assignment, takes a lot of positive work.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17282,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Company,"Before I Begin I want to say that I joined the Company as a Fulfillment Associate in RSP (Pick) in the Ruskin, FL location in Oct 2015 and voluntarily resigned Dec 2016 to work at a company closer to home with higher pay (but not as good benefits or incentives). I have a college degree and made a much higher income (in a different field) before joining Amazon, however, I was going through a life crisis and needed to get some personal things together.  The Pros: Leadership (managers): This is The big one. My title was Fulfillment Associate (a tier 1 position-lowest level) and I felt that management supported me and encouraged me. Without getting too lame I also felt that the company did not give up on me. I've had a few post college jobs in the past and I can assure you they gave up but this was different. It's a combination of a good company culture, structure and good management (led by Jeff Bezos).  Company use of technology: It's a tech company so should have expected but the conveniences are WAY ahead of other companies. For example, there is an online portal where you can request transfers, check time worked, schedule time off. There's no need for paper forms or to track down manager. The robots used in operations of the business are also all impressive. Also can pay for food in the cafe area using your fingerprint.  Company layout: Since everyone has general questions about Anything work related (time off, personal leaves, ect) there are Human Resources personnel in an area that you pass each day and open for Any and All questions.  Diversity of co-workers: There are groups and circles but everyone seemed friendly and cordial for the most part. Also seemed to make working more Fun and Interesting. I made some friends and seemed we supported each other.  Set schedule and hours: Nice to have a set schedule and know when you will be working which provides ability to have real Work/Life Balance.  Knowing what you're responsible for: Tasks are well defined and you can be trained in other areas if you get bored doing one thing. The speed of tasks is important but the average person should have no problems meeting the company's performance goals. You can also race others doing tasks or just compete against yourself and complete individual missions (these games are on Kindles at each work station).  Benefits: 401(k) with company match. Stock Options. BCBS insurance which is accepted everywhere. My girlfriend was also able to be on my plan because we live together. A lot of other places will only allow dependents and spouses to be included. Professional advancement - Amazon will pay 95% of tuition for several career fields for you. Courses do not have to be to advance career within Amazon. Basically will pay for tuition to get training to get a job outside Amazon (this is unheard of to me).",Commute was 50 minutes each way Salary is competitive and probably higher at this level position than other companies but I was in a another field so my pay was lower Can be loud in some areas at times but not overbearing,My advice is to keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17283,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,the amazon adventure,career choice program which allows employees after a year of service to go to school and obtain a degree or certificate for a multitude of college and professional classes.,long hours of standing on your feet in the same spot,allow more movement for employees with disabilities so that they are not in so much pain after 10 hour shift.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17284,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,There are good opportunities but Amazon is stingy at giving them out.,"Management doesn't listen to their associates. They put on a ""surface"" smile and then go to the default.",Listen and trust your associates.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17285,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome company, not so awesome customer experiences.","Learning more about the interworkings of what it takes for a company to be successful Great team and leadership, very supportive Given tools to help customers Well written guidelines Plenty room for advancement","Angry customers can be difficult to handle, especially with back to back calls Sometimes leadership is not very helpful during times of need Sometimes there isn't a definite answer to a problem What can go wrong will go wrong",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17286,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"face paced, smart people, interesting projects",none that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17287,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2016",Current Employee - Dock Worker,Dock,Job security. Good positive manager,Hard workload but getting me in shape.,None hi,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17288,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate Tier I,Are Humans Robots?,"Pay is ok , Paid time off , unpaid time off , paid vacation , 4-day work weeks (unless they call for overtime)","They want you to work at a certain pace and while its not extremely difficult to do , its not likely to be consistent for the entire time that we're there . especially when we have an overtime schedule. too much mandatory overtime and your ot can be 11hr shifts for 5 days in a row ! Stand on your feet the whole time except the super short 15min breaks and 30 min lunch so your feet are gonna be in really bad shape until you quit i guess Alot of favoritism as well.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17289,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,"The salary is beyond great, computers and development tools are amazing. Love the company.",Wish we had better offices and free food. Amazon claims frugality is the way to go but Microsoft and Google employees enjoy much better perks.,Management is very supportive (but depends on the team). I have heard that the AWS teams are under a lot of stress.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P948.htm
17290,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Works on a lot of different types of projects,The company keeps you busy,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17291,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,The pay is fair for the area.,The behavior of the associates is to be desired.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17292,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Dec 17, 2016",Former Employee - Control Systems Specialist,Facilities,"Great benefits, Good working conditions, Cutting edge technology. It was satisfying working for a big name company that continues to grow.",Long commute. Shift work required weekends.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17293,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer II,High level of excellence,"Great opportunities for growth, ability to work on projects you're interested in, and make a huge impact.",The travel to work is far.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17294,amazon,"Remote, OR"," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,CSA,Company offers flexible work hours,Remote training program not quite long enough.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17295,amazon,"Hayward, CA"," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Data Center Engineering Operations,THIS PLACE SUCKS,Great place to get professional experience. Lots of paid training.,"Make no mistake, you will be working for Amazon. They are notorious for chewing people up and spitting them out. Expect to be bullied and humiliated on a regular basis from management. There are a lot of ex-military in management who run the pace like a boot camp. The Amazon Leadership Principles are completely absent.","Get rid of the current management structure, from the top on down to the bottom. Hire leaders with emotional intelligence who truly want to see their teams succeed. Stop pushing people to the breaking point, it's a bad way to run a business, and you will see your top talent walk away.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17296,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great for customers, NOT so much for employees!","Good benefits, but not much else","It is a dog eat dog, survival of the fittest environment",Stop believing your own press releases& Manager's BS and talk to the average employee,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17297,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr TPM,"Fun, making history, learning a lot","Overwhelming, busy, Long working hours sometimes",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17298,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Amazing people to work with.,Poor compensation philosophy - it considers prior stock refreshes for next year comp,Change comp philosophy to not account for prior stock refreshes.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17299,amazon,"Mountain House, CA"," Dec 17, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Recieve Dock,I loved it,I worked in mountain house and it was amazing. The pay Is good the people are nice and the benefits are awesome. I unfortunately don't work here because I expended my time off but I can reapply soon!,They should take away from your vacation hours if you run out of unpaid hours. If you worked for them you should be able to use them regardless of the situation.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P949.htm
17300,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be improved,Meeting new people. Benefits. fast paced,"no warnings of your performance, they will just fire you on the spot. mandatory overtimes, turnstiles and metal detectors make you feel as though you are in jail, managers have zero to little experience",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17301,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard on the body,Fantastic health insurance. Paid time off.,Standing the whole time during a 10 hour shift. Short breaks and lunch. Making rate is more important than quality of work.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17302,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Waterspider,The pay rate was good,You really have to work hard.,More organization,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17303,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Process Guide,"A process guide looking for a change in Dallas, TX",Schedule is the best thing about Amazon,They don't give us what the other Amazons have. We don't get the same PTO and UPT and the other Amazons at the beginning of the year. Your equipment is not good because it breaks down at less two or three times a week which sets us back. We never get that notice about overtime a head of time in the time frame we supposed to. I have more but not enough space to put it.,Just because you have a building with a lot of young people in it you don't have to treat everyone as a child. Your making it hard for your good worker because you give your bad workers everything.,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17304,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,High turnover of warehouse associates,"Good company reputation in the business tech world, may lead to other job opportunities with other companies if you can stay for more than 1 year. Very high customer service.","High burnout rate at the Fulfillment centers, most area managers are decent people but lack experience in managing staff, Company micromanages most functions so that really doesn't matter in long run of business operations.","Look at warehouse associates as more than a disposable resource,",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17305,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Pack/Stow,Pack/Stow,"great incentive package, healthcare, vision, and dental. co-workers are great people","Management. There is a high turnover of mangers. The ones that are remaining stick together like glue and are tight with HR. So if you have an issue, do not expect it to be resolved. Expect to get written up or fired",Take better care of your associates,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17306,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon was an ok experience over all.,"4 days week schedules, Benefits, PTO, UPTO. Being able to say you work for Amazon is pretty cool. Growth within the company possibilities if qualified.","10 hour shifts standing on your feet doing the same thing all day. Very short 30 min lunch breaks. Time went by so slow. Being micro managed by a bunch of managers. Not as easy to move up within the company, lots of people competing for the same positions.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17307,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Three day weekend. You need it to recover.,"Four day work week. On your feet all day, except breaks and lunch. Managers hound you about productivity.","Lead by example, not by laptop.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17308,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,associate,"fun, exciting and challenging great opportunity to work on my customer service skills.",the hard work makes feel like a team effort every day.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17309,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,My Experience,flexible work hours good for family person,low payments not good if your looking for some real cash,none,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P950.htm
17310,amazon,"New York, NY"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Managing Consultant,Great place to work hands down,The people are great - the energy level is unreal. There is so much opportunity and growth here it is insane. The offices are top of the line with new everything and ping pong and Foosball tables on every floor.,As a consultant there will be travel and that is a con if you are a homebody - being on site in New York City is somewhat of a requirement so if you have a long commute this is a con. You really have to chase things down as there are not enough procedures in place to handle the growth.,Don't get too restrictive on consultants and you will grow like wildfire. Put too many measurements in place and it will turn out to be like every other consulting company out there and you will lose good people and morale and work quality will deteriorate.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17311,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Process Guide,Process Guide,Working with other people who came from around the warehouse,Some associates don't contribute,More hands on interaction with the associates,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17312,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job but not alot of hours,"It was a pretty easy job, the pay was good, and management was easy to work with and understanding",Not enough hours this job is good if you already have and you need 15-20 hours of extra pay.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17313,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Web Developer,Web dev,Good people. good stock options,fast paced. long hours. lots of overtime,Start as a temp,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17314,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Pros and Cons,"Holiday pay, holiday time and a half, dental ppo, vision, work up to 30 hours if you are a part timer.","No raise, rude area supervisors, no request time off.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17315,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great work-life balance. Amazon has a great system to feel like you are a part of something bigger.,"Did not get to build meaningful connections that I hoped at a company like Amazon Many of the workers are fairly separated from each other, a fratty atmosphere.","Remember to keep things running like a startup. As soon as you stray from it, the path goes downhill.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17316,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Know your priorities. Don't take IC roles,"Challenging work, potential upside for company",Returns not aligned with work.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17317,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Okay Company, Prime Now needs work","great company culture, great customer focus, Everybody works well together. Good pay for the amount of work that is required","There alot of red tape, management is inconsistent, absent, or unresponsive to their associates. Working out of remote locations does not guarantee that requests for supplies will be granted.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17318,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Flexible,"- Opportunity to create your own schedule -a lot of give-a-ways to boost morale (gift cards, tv's amazon products, etc) -perfect for college students looking to make a few extra dollars","-high turnover rate within management -not a lot of hours offered (shifts available in 4hr increments, only 20 hours/week most weeks)",none,4.0,5.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17319,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast Ride, ups and downs","Bright Ideas, Innovative, Support of ideas, Customer focus",no work life balance. Sometimes does not see the forest through the trees.,Life balance,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P951.htm
17320,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Obsession,Short hours makes the day go by faster. Opportunities to convert to full time if you want. You also have the option to get more hours.,You're on your feet the whole time. Breaks are unpaid. Training isn't thorough if you haven't worked in a warehouse before.,Include a full tour of the facility during orientation.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17321,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Only work here if you are in Seattle and just need to make some money for the time being.,Work itself is very easy and co workers are very fun and intelligent. Like the fact there is no dress code and you get paid money. It's only good for a temporary job. Not long term.,"Metrics are more important than the employees. They say they encourage you to voice your opinion but if you are a practical thinker they will shut you down. Also Management needs better people skills and stop treating Employees like children. Also if you don't live in Seattle, You will have like no personal life at all and you can't work from home either.",Stop treating employees like children and actually show the employees that you care. Also give employees the option of working from home. No one needs to travel to Seattle to be micromanaged.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17322,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - Data Engineer,review,nice envirinmen friendly people clean resources,sometimess you have no tasks to complete..,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17323,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fullfillment Center,Great shifts to work varieties of job training in different position.,Max pay for a Tier 1 associate is 15.00 hour.,More appreciation for there associate.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17324,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, very stressful","Pay is great, benefits are great, freedom of your work","no work life balance, long hours, high demands",Have an understanding that your managers need rest too,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17325,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great job,great benefits and i love this job,overworked and always short staff,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17326,amazon,"Cleveland, TN"," Dec 27, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,It's OK. You work for the money. Quota is not as difficult to meet as many say it is.,Give you several UPT hours,Physically demanding in the building is worked in. Must be able to lift 49 lbs. Work 10 hours per day so 49 lbs feels like 150lbs after 3 hours of continuous lifting.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17327,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great Part-time work,Great way to pick up some flexible part-time hours! The free Orca card for public transit is a great bonus! It really cuts down on expenses for traveling to and from work!,"The work can become overwhelming at times, which can make for a stressful day.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17328,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Associate,lots of perks daily work is easy. Pays well,hires too many workers for seasonal help and permanent employees can not get their hours in.,"learn your people, train a little better.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17329,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Every day is day 1,Love it! Dogs Customer focus Sharp intelligent people,Can't think of any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P952.htm
17330,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Safety Specialist,amazing,"Great Pay, Outstanding Work Hours, huge room for career development.",I have nothing negative to say.,Great Job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17331,amazon,"Saint Petersburg, FL"," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Logistics Agent,Unique experience for unique prospective employees.,The environment is one of a kind. Very passionate sweet matured co workers I've ever had the pleasure of working with for any company.  Flexibility between at home and work.  You'll truly feel like you're own boss with the way agents are able to tackle problems. Super easy and a great opportunity to have fun and make someones day.,Lack of understanding or communication between departments can cause delays in resolving otherwise simple customer issues.,Keep doing what you're doing.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17332,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Pack,No life during peak,Ur guaranteed 40 hrs a week good benefits and the pay is 12 1250 for me bcuz I'm overnight,U can't have phones in the facility whatsoever breaks are too short during peak,More one on one with associates they say u move up fast but I have been doing the same thing for 5 months my rate is always good and never miss days not enough recognition,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17333,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and rewarding,There's a lot to learn and room to grow if you're dedicated.,Somewhat dis organized management structure.,Take feedback from employees seriously.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17334,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It beats McDonald's, but not by much.","1)They will pay up to 95% of approved courses for local community or tech colleges, but you have to follow their guidelines which are not easy to follow along with. 2)It is possible to get promoted within Amazon. 3)Free stock! 4)Employee discount of 10%. 5)Health Insurance is decent but.... 6)There is temporary disability.....","1)If you miss one part, you don't get it paid for or reimbursed for books. 2)It's hard to move up in the company if you start out as Tier 1. 3)You never see any dividends on your stock because it will split before you can ever see any profit from it. The only way to get any money from the stock is to sell it. 4)The employee discount is ONLY 10% and ONLY for the first $1000 you buy. It's kind of worthless. It's like they didn't even try on this one. You only save $100 a year. You save a lot more by not buying anything instead. 5)Health insurance is decent but you pay a pretty penny for it too. 6)Temporary disability is paid out ONLY if you keep up with doctor's notes to them and they don't communicate worth a __ telling you what you need to do. You only get 60% of what you made before which, after taxes and paying for your insurance, is about 50% what your normal pay would be. Not enough to live on, that's for sure!","Better benefits needed! More opportunities to people who really want to move up in the company, hire from within BEFORE ever going to look for a candidate outside of the company. Disability needs to be 100% and company needs to cover the insurance costs. Trust me, Amazon has deep enough pockets that it could do this and not miss a beat.",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17335,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SA,"My co-workers are smart, dedicated and are definitely committed to everything AWS. There is a lot of innovation and always something to learn",The politics and overlapping responsibilities create an atmosphere of every person for themselves. Some services are so entrenched that it is hard to influence change.,Try to consolidate or at least better define roles so that people can have a sense of responsibility without having to battle with the person next to them,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17336,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Corporate Function,Good place to work if you enjoy challenges,Smart colleagues - working with some of the smartest people in the industry who are generally very happy to share their knowledge. Always learning new things which keeps it interesting. The opportunity to do work that impacts tens of millions of customers worldwide.,"Relentless pace means that there's little down-time to reflect. The Amazon culture you experience will be highly dependent on the personality of the VP of the org you work in. There are some mean-spirited VPs and the culture in their orgs can be quite unpleasant. That said, there are also some great VPs for whom it is a pleasure to work for.",Stop rewarding leaders who behave as though hostility is a virtue.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17337,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard working and driven coworkers,"I get to work with some of the most talented, hard working and driven individuals. Provides a great learning opportunity to understand what works for customers in the e-commerce space.",Long hours. You own your growth and development. Your boss won't have time for you. Don't expect a pat on the back for your hard work. You won't get promoted either unless you fight for it.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17338,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Had an amazing time here,Great time new people personally awesome,A lot of work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17339,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Onsite Medical Representative- Fulfillment Center,"Amazon truly looks out for their employees, from providing snacks, drinks and even over the counter medications for their associates working on the floor to providing a safe work environment utilizing a strong safety team who cares for the well being of the associates.","There's not a whole lot. The long 11 hour shifts could be seen as a con. There seems to be a small number of bad apples working on the floor due to the demand of workforce at the moment, but that is understandable during busy seasons and usually gets vetted eventually.",Keep doing what you're doing. I see nothing but outstanding leadership and a caring management team.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P953.htm
17340,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware!!!!!!,Clean environment for a factory .Plenty of work. I work in Carteret plant.,Breaks and lunch are to short.The leadership treats the workers like property.,Send your management for additional training,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17341,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It really depends on your team,"- casual atmosphere and pets - smart people and you learn new things from one another - work hard play hard - Co workers are extremely helpful, smart, open (depends on your team, some might not be as helpful or open) - Company is very open to have people move around internally and find out what they like and what to do - transferable skills","- High learning curve if you don't have previous experience - You have to be proactive, no one will hold your hand or tell you what to do (questions are definitely welcome and your coworkers understand that you're new and are extremely helpful though) Additionally you have to be able to time manage and prioritize (if not, then you will end up working late or coming in earlier)",- definitely have a stronger training program for new hires to help them get adjusted,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17342,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Vendor Manager,Fast paced company with a zest for challenging the status quo.,Sometimes a confrontational development style.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17343,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Nice work environment. Lots to learn,Unequal stock vesting per yr,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17344,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Bad,not a horrible place to work the way they make it out to be in the media,some of the things they said are true such as coworkers 'stabbing each other in the back',try to care about employees as much as you care about customer happiness,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17345,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Dec 25, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's OK depends on your manager if you ate a people person it will work for you,Great benefis for you and your family,They want to cross train you in other departments,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17346,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Ok,"Ok, ok ok neutral, neutral, ok, ok ok ok ok some days better than others. ..location. pick your shifts",Being on your feet for the time there. 10 min break instead of a true 15 min break.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17347,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jan 15, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,no,They pay you money to do work that's not too bad.,"They can spend money to hire staff to make sure their employees don't steal from them, but they don't care to secure their parking lot from criminals. If you want an employer who respects their employees, this isn't the place for you.",Have some semblance of security.,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17348,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Recruiting Manager,"Fast Paced, Growth Opportunities, Learning opportunities, high pay, lots of tools to help, smart people","Outdated internal systems, lots of clutter to sift through to find what you need, unskilled support staff from afar, Everything is amplified with AWS, including all the cons that people say about Amazon - big egos, cutthroat backstabbing culture, little support, growing too fast to keep track of what's going on",Learn from what well at Amazon and do those successful things that are in place for a good reason - stop thinking and acting like AWS can do its own thing for everything.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17349,amazon,"Victorville, CA"," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Associate,Packer,The hours were given. Always busy. Compensation was considerate.,"Based on my experience, I didn't have any Cons dealing with Amazon.",Keep up the good work.,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P954.htm
17350,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Packing Associate,Great Benefits & good work environment,Long hours and management need to get better,have a better way to approach associates,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17351,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trainer,- Working with Amazon gives you a right kind of discipline and attitude to work in a diligent manner . - You work hard.,- Amazon can whenever call you for Mandatory Overtime and that might affect your personal time.,Although management tries to manage huge customer orders by distributing the workload in different shifts but still associates get the mandatory overtimes on a very short notice.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17352,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Dec 24, 2016",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate (Picker),Good place to start,"Apply and get hired in less than a week Overtime during major sales Stock options if you're able to last 2+ years Interesting events and themed days hosted at facilities Very lax dress policies Good tuition assistance program (for associate degrees only) Competitive pay considering how easy the job is to obtain Associates have the ability to manage their own time off (and on) 4 day work week (I work Tues - Fri, Sat, sun, Mon off)","Easy to get written-up and be fired Work pace is extremely daunting for beginners Turn over rate is very very very very high Everything related to your employment is self help leaving room for very little assistance from HR or management on personal issues Leadership can be unorganized and frustrating to deal with Prepare yourself for back, knee, and shoulder pain",Take a few moments to empathize with your new associates. Learn their names.. Help them to be successful.. We're all not just autonomous robots like the machinery employed in the building.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17353,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 24, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Logistics for customer deliverables,Plenty of opportunities to learn different tasks found in Supply Chain Management.,Over 95% of instructions for completing tasks are provided verbally.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17354,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Dec 24, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,Fine for students or those who want to supplement their income,"Easy work and a very sociable environment. Everyone that says working at amazon is slave work is most likely referring to FULL-TIME WORK. At the part-time facility, the majority of what we do is scan the packages and put them on the pallets so they can go to their destination, and we get paid the same $12.75 as the full-time. Great for students who need a flexible schedule as there are shifts throughout the whole day, or if you just want to supplement your income. They do offer school accommodation as well as help pay for school (after 1yr of permanent employment).","Not much opportunity to move up and the company is very unorganized. It seems as if everyone in the administrative and management team is on a different page so you always get the runaround if you're not asking a basic question. HR is the slowest I've ever seen, so good luck with that.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17355,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Production Packer,production packer,"This is a great company to work for, they always give you the opportunity to advance, always include you in making decisions on making your work area better, and the pay is great ,everyone gets bonus for Christmas and they feed all employees during the peak season!",No comment on the cons,Easy to advance,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17356,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer II,Working with smart people in a friendly environment,"Depending on the team, working hours can be long",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17357,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Sorter,Great place to get ahead,Flexible late shifts allow you to be productive in day Good pay and benefits very competitive and fair,Shifts can be put on you last minute,Communication could be better from top to bottom,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17358,amazon,"Winchester, CA"," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Amazon Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,"Amazing Management Great break room Vending machines for everything Motivating Employees is important to management Process is questioned, not you Encouraging atmosphere Everyone is super nice Raffles Competitions for BIG/small prizes Great Benefits Good pay",High quotas to meet (But not unrealistic overtime) Lots of paced exercise/walking Some stations can be sweaty work Heavy traffic of people,"Nothing, this is an incredible place to work!",5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17359,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,difficult,"fast paced, great job, great benefits.","zero on boarding policies, so bad it almost seems like a deliberate action to weed out dead wood","the on boarding process is less than adequate, almost hostile. Fix this.",5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P955.htm
17360,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Good for Part Time Work,"Pretty reasonable schedule, will try to work with your needs if you are a student. Get a discount. reasonable pay.","Can flex up and hour, job is more like a four to five hour work out, can be super hot in the summer, and frigid in the winter.","Create music playlist that are edited and upbeat to keep the energy up, also offering pizza for break is a better way to motivate the ENTIRE shift, as opposed to one prize for a select few",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17361,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Customer Service Representative,Seasonal work at home,"No commute, steady hours, breaks, seasonal bonus....... That's it",Stressful to satisfy customers with the policies set in place. Most people are upset with the Carrier. We can't control this.,A raise should be considered. It is difficult to take back to back calls where you are fussed at about policies and carriers.,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17362,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate - Virtual,Flexible work schedule,"Work from home, paid training",Some of the management does not do a great job at managing and getting employees the answers they need.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17363,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great employer to work for.,Can't think of any at this point in time.,Keep doing what your doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17364,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,Nice good yes kind sincere,many hours hard work commute,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17365,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Packer,Packer,Great environment and nice personel,Too far for me and dont have a good car,Love the way everything is handle keep the good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17366,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Production Packer,production packer,"This is a great company to work for, they always give you the opportunity to advance, always include you in making decisions on making your work area better, and the pay is great ,everyone gets bonus for Christmas and they feed all employees during the peak season!",No comment on the cons,Easy to advance,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17367,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Trainer,Horrible,None....although they are building a giant warehouse in Shakopee MN..they are keeping wages low because it's all robotics..they don't need people.,"Worked briefly in two basic positions, they are mis managed, unorganized and terrible. The kids attempting to manage have zero skills and they just throw my net at stuff and hope it sticks. Plus they overkill process when they hire even at the $10.00 an hour jobs...",Get connected and listen to the complainers...your management teams are working in a bubble,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17368,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,don't waste your life here,"the money, but it isn't worth it.","This was a terrible experience. Worked extremely long hours, once I worked all day, all night that night and all day the next day because my manager dropped a project on me at 5PM that was being presented the next day. I was told 20% travel, I traveled 75% of the time. People were dropping like flies, disappearing with mental health issues due to the overworking. This is not how life was meant to be lived.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17369,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,"Work Hard, Make History!","- Always challenged to think big, and back great ideas with data. - Continuous growth in knowledge of tools, processes, and business concepts. - Work in an environment where you are never the smartest person in the room, but your ideas and inputs are highly valued.","- Work life balance can be tough if you do not prioritize that balance. - Continuous ""foot on the gas"" work ethic is needed to succeed, but persistence is rewarded.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P956.htm
17370,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound,Benefits were decent. More of a high school atmosphere,"Hard work Always Staying Active Good Team Orientation  Above all, this is a decent place to start if your looking for this type of work.","Some people act shady and management picks favorites, but as long as you get your work done you don't get bothered",Recognize the employees who work their butts off instead of the people who cut corners.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17371,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associate,Working at Amazon is a good opportunity. THey have many shifts available which is really good for anyone going to school. Amazon offers pretty good benefits as well.,"It is ab it difficult to move up in the company, there is a lot of favoritism. You just have to be good with management to get an opportunity.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17372,amazon,"Jersey City, NJ"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - OMR,chance for improvement.,good pay,bad mgt,lead dont follow,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17373,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very positive, upbeat people",Awesome medical and dental benefits. Also a matching 401k. They stary you out with 3 shares of stock. If you want to further your education they will help you with that also.,The hours can be a little rough. If you are raising a family . Long shifts can leave you pretty tired. Otherwise its great.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17374,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - VCC CSA,The fine print..,"Amazon's VCC or Virtual Call Center is a work from home position that has great benefits. Medical after 90 days, working from home, and all the equipment provided (Jabbra USB headset) Set your own hours, great VTO (voluntary Time Off) or UPT (unpaid Time Off) and TON's of OT (overtime)","BUT it's a seasonal position! Your contract is for only 6 months, and is based on performance reviews, customer reviews and your metrics. SO a customer thinks that you should have given her $200 bucks for free but you didn't so she gives you a negative review, this occurs in the final 4 weeks before your contract is up and the next thing you know your out the door!",Rate employees less on customer reviews and more on customer problem resolution metrics.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17375,amazon,"Shillington, PA"," Dec 22, 2016",Former Employee - IT Support Technician,Amazon IT Technical Support review,Great atmosphere Lots of fringe benefits Amazing health insurance on the cheap Employee discount on amazon.com Free flu shot on site,Mandatory overtime Low LOW pay Poor management Too many meetings Invalid drug testing policy (false positives),"Speak to your subordinates and feel them out to better help them Pay the employees more Don't force mandatory overtime over Christmas - and if that's not possible, make work more enjoyable by including games, prizes, way more pay, etc.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17376,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Facility Manager,Facility Manager,Very autonomous place to work,Connection scores are very difficult to deal with employeed,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17377,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far so good!,Surprisingly good management and a fast paced environment. All the reviews I've read about bad management are false. One must work at Amazon to truly experience how good the culture is.,It's hard to predict what's going on in the heads of other co-workers since there is very little communication in the team. Feedback is pretty darn hard to get on the work you're doing.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17378,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Driver Associate,SuperBrand,"Amazon is hands down the best big company to work for. The company culture is very much like a wild rainforest. Don't expect anyone to hold your hand. If you're a self-starter, don't complain, and can think quickly on your feet, you will succeed here. Forget what the media has said about Amazon, this company is a family friendly place to work. I don't know about any backstabbing or political BS that you see at other companies. I've only been here for three months and everyone in my department knows me by first name. Also, it needs to be stated that Jeff Bezos is brilliant. He ranks up there with Gates, Jobs, and Ellison. Amazon is not a technology company first, but that's quickly changing. They have some really exciting stuff planned in the years ahead. I only wish I joined Amazon straight out of college. But I'm glad to be part of their story too.",Needs to flesh out the details better of change management. Sometimes processes become fuddled up when they try something new. It kind of throws people off.,Keep your foot on the gas pedal!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17379,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Great Part Time Temporary Job,"Flexible options for work schedule. Nice vending area in the break room. Easy work. Lots of extra hours during the busy season. Great temporary, short term job. Lots of different kinds people to meet.",Not good for long term employment. Unsafe environment that can damage your hearing and vision. Although some people do promote and secure long term employment. The same broken system has been in place for years. HR department and contractors did not know the company policies when I needed help.,Invest in people.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P957.htm
17380,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Great place to learn, hard place to work","As an engineer, if you put the work in, you will learn a lot really fast, and grow quickly. Having Amazon on your resume also opens many doors.","When they say Deliver Results they mean it, its good to deliver, but have an off week, or even day, and miss a possibly already unrealistic deadline by a small amount, and you will be hearing about it. Sometimes feels like they expect engineers to be robots, not people with everyday life and stresses, and that you have to be able to crank it out every day.","Engineers are human beings, not robots, if you look at the overall yearly performance of an engineer, and their reviews are 80% positive, and their work was generally delivered well with high standards 80% of the time, that's a good engineer. Engineering is hard work. Stop holding people back from promotions or penalizing them because they didn't do it 100% of the time.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17381,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support,Lots of smart people working there.,"Advancement opportunities are lacking, and management does not care much about employees.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17382,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Good culture in the team. Working with smart people,Lack of free food and benefits. There is no customer obsession for employees.,Please look after your employees more,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17383,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,"Fast paced, friendly people, helpful, fun",full time shifts not available,keep up the great work!,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17384,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Digital Marketing Specialist,Digital Marketing Specialist,Company driven by good thought leadership and a well organized business yet very dynamic.,not in a position to comment much though some non-tech orgs need a little more grooming in operating. Not much annoying some what ok.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17385,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Shift Assistant,"Shift Assistant, Amazon Logistics","Rapidly expanding company, especially within their Logistics division. Decent benefits and 401k. Lots of stock options for mid and upper level management.","Difficult to transition into salaried management without a degree, regardless of experience. Base salary comparatively lower than most other companies.","Hard to nail down any general advice, since managers within the logistics division are relatively new to Amazon itself. Flexibility and openness to other's viewpoints and methodologies goes a long way in developing a successful operation.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17386,amazon,"Lithia, FL"," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager II,"Great Company for the Right person, long way to go on leadership...","Great salary & benefits, great potential for advancement (if you fit the profile), with a wide range of career path choices.  Great place to work if you don't have a family or other outside commitments, or you are a workaholic.","Work-Life balance is terrible for managers, especially during peak. Worked 80+ hours during holiday season. Managers straight out of college make less (hourly) than bottom tier associates during peak. Training is almost non-existence for new managers, everything is learned by fire hose, which is fine, but other managers above you really don't know a great deal about some departments and are little help. Younger managers, which are extremely intelligent, have very little real leadership skills and are more worried about getting to the next level than helping those around them. Additionally, many are extremely threatened by older managers with years of leadership/management experience, which can become an issue. Could write more","Really need to be more in touch with associates and Area Managers. Recognize the difference between managers and leaders, there is a distinct difference.  Establish a real training program for managers, the investment would greatly reduce the college higher manager attrition.  Recognize the talent you have in older associates. There is a huge untapped resource from associates over 35 that most of the ""younger"" managers ignore because they are unable to relate/connect to them or even feel threatened by their knowledge and experience.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17387,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Dec 17, 2016",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,it was alright,"met alot of cool people, made decent money, had a set shift","mandatory overtime, long hours, PEAK",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17388,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Watch out,"Company as a whole is great if your under a great team, which are few and far between.",they will not play to cut you. they do not care about anyone but themself,i have nothing to say to management,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17389,amazon,"Moreno, Riverside, CA"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great place to work,Flexible hours. Great management that cares for and develops employees. Fast paced and positive work environment. Overtime possibilities. Growing company.,It's a warehouse. This job requires you to be physically fit. The work can be very strenuous.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P958.htm
17390,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never Again,I loved the shift. Allowed me to be with my children during the day.,Poor management. They have their favorites and they are heartless,Get over yourself,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17391,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Good pay and good bonuses,Long hours less time with family,Listen to associate when they tell y you something,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17392,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruiter,Great Environment Develop people Think big Great growth,"no structure, but working on it",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17393,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great place to work at and its fast money and weekly pay.,"Fast money, weekly pay, not working a shift long, working with a team everyday your on shift and pick up extra hours.",Too many boxes to sort through. It comes with the territory especially during the holidays.,Try to be more understanding and courteous of workers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17394,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great,"The working environment is excellent. They let you have fun but at the time, you should focus on your work.",You just need to be calm enough to handle the pressure. You just need to be calm enough to handle the pressure.,Great Service. Great management. Great HR. Respect employees. Great Service. Great management. Great HR. Respect employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17395,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,indi Plainfield,Wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't a rate and the shifts weren't so long.i was a picker and it was crappy.,The rate. You have to pick 100 items every 2.5 hours on a forklift. The standing forklift also damaged my knee.,"Management will harass you everything you make a mistake. It is their job however, the system here is designed to pit management against work force.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17396,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Business Partner,None that I can recall. Some good people but overworked and stressed most of the time.,Long Hours - everything was a fire drill with Operations blaming HR - adversarial relations with Support functions,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17397,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Great benefits and time off and paid holidays and vacations.,Managers aren't trained well,Better training for managers,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17398,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior HR Assistant,Good name to have on your resume,unprofessional management incompetent people awful hours zero work-life balance average pay for the type of people you have to deal with dirty environment toxic/negative,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17399,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great physical job,Friendly management Cares about employees Plenty of training Good benefits,Low Employee Discount Long hours Can get hectic during peak,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P959.htm
17400,amazon,none," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment associate,"Consistent hours, easy work, standing",Ridiculous quota and can't talk to anyone,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17401,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Very strong work ethic and data driven company.,Nothing comes to mind for now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17402,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Controls Specialist,Amazon just a stepping Stone,"Great Benefits. Decent vacation packages. Possibly the best of any company I've worked for in terms of medical benefits. Great place to work as a stepping stone if you need great benefits, fair pay while looking for a Long term employer.","Worst company I've ever worked for in regards to practicing safe work. They give a lot of attention to discussing safety and policies and holding employees responsible for safety, but they do NOT demonstrate Safety through management. If there is an outage ( downtime ) Safety is completely bypassed in order to get production back underway. Fairness in disciplinary actions was absent. Managers were the worst safety example. Also The CEO keeps his political values in the forefront, this should be invisible. Safety includes ergonomic work spaces, not a nostalgic ""door leaf"" This is the 21st century, put the door leaf in a pamphlet or company mailer, museum, then buy everyone ""real"" works spaces where appropriate. Treat Maintenance as a ""skilled"" labor, not as you would a seasonal unskilled employee. in fact threat those people with respect also. Absolute WORST employer I've ever worked for in regards to management respecting employees.",Hire managers that REALLY are experienced with maintenance. Do NOT let Production Drive maintenance.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17403,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Material Handler/Picker,Picker,Available for OT almost anytime. First day benefits. PTO.,"Extremely long hours, Terrible miscommunication skills, Constantly on your feet for at like 98% of the shift, forced to in positions, overall takes a major tole on your body and life.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17404,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Principal,Good place to get things done and learn,"Awesome datasets, lot of smart people around you, career opportunities (inside and outside), learning opportunities, impactful work. If you are a builder and have the right ""it can be done"" attitude, you can do great at amazon.","You need to show independence from the start in getting things done, you won't get much help from others. Doing only what you are asked to do will not enable you to get promotions, good stock grants etc... There is a max cash compensation at 160k. At higher levels most of the compensation is in the form of stocks if you do well.  Benefits could be better.","Build better relations with your directs. There are some good managers here and there, that truly care about the growth of their directs but the majority doesn't.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17405,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,I work at the sorting facility. The packages go to the sorting center after it leaves fulfillment. Mainly scanning.,"Very casual, laid back, easy repetitive work. Friendly environment, someone will always be willing to help if you ask.","As a part time associate, ""flex time"" can be annoying, where you either leave 1 hour early or stay 1 hour late, you won't know til the end of shift. Also the water dispensers taste bad.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17406,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jan 8, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,No place to work,"Good benefits, flexible schedule, sometimes you have fun","Overall it's impossible to move up. Unless you're part of the buddy system, or brown nose. They bring in kids, fresh out of college. To be your boss, these kids have no idea. How to run a department. Plus they are unfamiliar with work in general. Let alone the system. Most of them are egomaniacs. It's sad, they rarely promote from within. Which adds to their high turnover rate.Don't get hurt, if you do your employment will end in matters of days or weeks.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17407,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative Work From Home,It was ok,CSR at home position. Nice company,I'm not sure I enjoyed working from home. I felt lazy,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17408,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Work Hard. Make Great Money.,"Great pay, high visibility projects, record breaking speed, you'll never work for a company that has its hands in so many different areas, flexibility to move around and try new things","Zero work/life balance, lack of thoughtful leaders, zero support structure for mid-level managers, growth and development is based on your ability to own it",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17409,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principle Engineer,"innovation, fast pace, new technology, more young people coming",some development managers are not qualified.,Improve technical bar to hire software development manager.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P960.htm
17410,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2016",Former Employee - Runner,Hard but doable,Good money very long hours,Very very long hours cannot,Can't do this can't do this cant,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17411,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2016",Former Employee - Work@Home Customer Service Representative Reserves,Not the greatest,"Flexibility, Plenty of Hours, Awesome Training",No support at all! Leads are no where to be found.,none,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17412,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible place to work!,Many opportunities to learn and take on new projects.  You might get lucky and work with a good boss.  If you are interviewing expect to have your bonus split over two years. This is Amazon's way of trying to keep people to stay more than a year. The company goes through a lot of people. It's uncommon to find people over 1 year.  Read the information online about Amazon. There is also a website that was created by current and former employees as a warning to people.  Be aware of this company!,"The NY Times article is very true. I have only been at Amazon for a short time but during that time I have seen an ugly employer who cares about their customer.  HR is the worst. Good luck asking them anything and getting the right answer. You would think that that would be the department with the most knowledge. It's not, but don't worry, if your experience is terrible Amazon will gladly offer you a nice severance. That's there secret on minimizing law suits.",Try treating your employees better and stop creating and fueling such a toxic environment.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17413,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazin the worst!,"Salary is competitive, employees are very nice and most stick together","Horrible place to work. It is like slavery, employees are very mistreated",Learned to care! I take courses of emotional intelligence,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17414,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Controls Specialist,Amazon just a stepping Stone,"Great Benefits. Decent vacation packages. Possibly the best of any company I've worked for in terms of medical benefits. Great place to work as a stepping stone if you need great benefits, fair pay while looking for a Long term employer.","Worst company I've ever worked for in regards to practicing safe work. They give a lot of attention to discussing safety and policies and holding employees responsible for safety, but they do NOT demonstrate Safety through management. If there is an outage ( downtime ) Safety is completely bypassed in order to get production back underway. Fairness in disciplinary actions was absent. Managers were the worst safety example. Also The CEO keeps his political values in the forefront, this should be invisible. Safety includes ergonomic work spaces, not a nostalgic ""door leaf"" This is the 21st century, put the door leaf in a pamphlet or company mailer, museum, then buy everyone ""real"" works spaces where appropriate. Treat Maintenance as a ""skilled"" labor, not as you would a seasonal unskilled employee. in fact threat those people with respect also. Absolute WORST employer I've ever worked for in regards to management respecting employees.",Hire managers that REALLY are experienced with maintenance. Do NOT let Production Drive maintenance.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17415,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Stow,You don't need experienced and they trained you to drive differents trucks.,"In this company you have only 30mins to your lunch. If you are seconds late, they take 1 hour of your unpaid time.",Everything is via computer. Human resourses sometimes are not helpful.,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17416,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Job For Emergency Personnel,"Great atmosphere, awesome pay, good co-corkers, freedom to make decisions and think outside the box, great hours.","Long drive, extremely fast paced.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17417,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Dec 3, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Good pay for easy part time job, so long as you don't mind the light physical demands or tediousness","I worked at DFW8, a sorting center. Most of the time I was just picking up boxes off of a conveyor belt, scanning them, and dropping them at the right pallet. Sometimes I got picked/volunteered to work in unloading the trucks, which was typically more fun as I appreciate a good work out. Pay was good for what it was, I think it was like $11 or $12 an hour.",Work gets very boring. I am fine with standing up all day and lifting boxes but some people may hate that. This was just a temporary part-time job. Sometimes they would schedule an hour of over time (5 hours instead of 4) multiple days in a row.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17418,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Metrics,You learn a LOT! Very challenging and engaging work.,Metrics are used too widely here. Your job performance is based on things you cannot 100% control which is highly unfair to me.,"Metrics are not the end all, be all. PEOPLE drive success, not numbers.",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17419,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Decent pay, great benefits, great culture. The job is what you make of it.","Lots of temporary employees around the Holidays, which can lead to lots of high-school-like drama.",Treat your employees well.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P961.htm
17420,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work environment,Benefits vcp pay bonus opportunities,None none none none none,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17421,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Love it here - best job experience,Cant think of much. Maybe just not enough free food.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17422,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad management,Benifits and pay even though the workers deserve more pay,"Horrible management, favoritism, unorganized, hire anyone.",Treat people with respect and you shall receive it.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17423,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Watch Out,Moves Fast lots of tools tons of data to work with freedom to define your role high compensation,"Ask yourself one question before working here: "" are you the smartest person in the room?"" If you confidently feel that way, then you will do well at Amazon. It is an environment for those of you who confidently feel like they are always right. There is little room for folks who question themselves. You will be gobbled up if you hesitate. You will soar to great heights if you are confident that your strategy is the correct path and you have the tenacity to fight off other strategies.  You're on your own at Amazon. I was told by my boss, ""if you see someone drowning, swim away from them so that they don't pull you under as well.""  Nice people exist at Amazon, but they are more of the exception to the rule and the rest of the folks don't pick up on the void of social cohesion (because they are not the type of folks who need that in life). They are working on having happy hours and team building events, but it really is the selection bias for who is attracted to Amazon and more importantly who feels comfortable with staying at Amazon.","You are growing at such an incredible pace and your employee retention is dismal so eventually you will have to think of your employee retention problem when you can't fill the seats in the office. Though if you focused on social cohesion, you would not be Amazon. The lack of cohesion is specifically what has made you successful. Eventually you might run out of qualified people who think they are the smartest one in the room and you will have to relax your principles a bit.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17424,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador,"The benefits are great, opportunity to move up quickly in the company, PTO, UPT, VCP each month","long 11 hour days, short breaks and lunch","Training can be longer, offer words of encouragement more often making the associates feel they are doing a good job",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17425,amazon,"Bentonville, AR"," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Work Hard, Have fun, make history. They work based on the above motto which will be helpful for the employees to grow with the company.","Once you are accostumed with this company, it will be difficult to work in other companies.","keep up the way of work, but your interview process is very tough which needs to be eased up.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17426,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Sortation Associate,Seasonal Part Time,"Pay is great for part-time seasonal, laid back environment, management lets you work independently and is very helpul",I feel like I am just as important as the other 300 hundred orange vests in the warehouse. Need better training,Make a better effort to get to know associates. It feels like being an orange vests makes you disposable,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17427,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Order Processor,Prep Inbound Receiver,"Benifits, Time Off ,Vacation Time","Overcrowded with employees,no walking space",Manage walking space...Lanes to small,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17428,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Packing,"Two Birds, One Stone","Great benefits and if you're out of shape, you won't be for long.","Very physical, walking or standing for 10-12 hours a day, harder on elder employees",Keep an open door policy for all issues and make sure all area managers do one on ones with new employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17429,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Extremely fast-paced and demanding distribution center.,"Great environment for hourly employees. Benefits, PTO, UPT and the culture are excellent. Hourly employees are monitored for quality and productivity every minute of the day. Employees who stay on task easily meet the requirements of their positions. Safety culture is top-notch. Managers are intelligent and experienced with managing people firmly and fairly.","Hours are extremely long for Operation Managers. Easily 60 hours per week, more if working a night shift. Great pay and benefits. Work-Life balance is terrible. Most senior leaders are primarily interested in positioning themselves for advancement and make decisions which are entirely in their best interest. The Company culture is great for the hourly associates but there is a different culture in the management ranks.",Listen to you Ops and Area Mgrs. Start caring about these managers.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P962.htm
17430,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,culture is great. sky is the limit.easy accessible to execs. okay to fail.,management sometimes not clear on strategy,cut middle management. bring the old culture back,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17431,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker,the benefits are good you really meet some cool people there,"long hours, and one mistake you are out the door",employees works really hard and still get treated like nobodies,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17432,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent Job,regular hours 3 day weekends day 1 benefits,60 hr weeks during peak,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17433,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, if you're with the right leader and team","Innovative work, ability to learn a lot and work with smart people",Experience depends entirely on your team dynamic and rapport with immediate boss. This is probably true in all workplaces but I've seen vicious politics first hand and it helps to have someone backing you.,Pay attention to emotional health of your employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17434,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,The pay is good and occasional raise,Hours are either long or short,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17435,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial analyst intern,Was a good learning opportunity and interesting to see how a big corporation works. Good resume builder and opportunity to learn Microsoft excel,"Got on a bad team that did not operate well as a team and did not encourage mentor ship. Worked way too many hours, had too much responsibility as an intern. 60+ hour work weeks",Take advantage of having an intern by providing them with a positive environment to encourage interest and motivation to learn and grow,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17436,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal PT Associate,Great hours and daily employee recognition,Parking could be a lot better.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17437,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Over time opportunities, nice staff","Hard work, hourly pay isn't enough",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17438,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,"Easy work, very large company","- The work is easy for the money paid. I have literally done 3x harder work for 7.00 an hour. - The rate is easy to make. 155 stocked cases per hour is about 3 cases per minute. So you might have 5 minutes where you scan 50 cases then you might walk around looking for a bin for a large case. None of the products are over 50lbs, and you have to manage your own pace. - The personnel are professional and the workplace is professional. - The hours are great. - Company provides paid bus rides.","- Hours are long and tedious. - You can get ""Time off task"" (slacking off) while looking for a place to stock products, and when you ask to drop a product you cannot stock, they tell you to keep trying. You can get fired for it. - The company makes a lot of last minute changes to hours and scheduled shifts.","Let people drop carts and items they cannot stow. It's terrible to get accused of doing nothing while you are actually working to find a place to stock a product the size of a large bin, when there are no bins to stock products.",4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17439,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Teams Matter,"The team with which I work is focused on retail solutions in new formats. We have the ability to be creative and to try new concepts and ideas, while interacting with customers real time. This has been a great team for my personal retail and tech growth.","Our team is new and focused on producing new products, which means we work very hard and very often. It is mostly by choice, but is important to note that picking a team at a company like ours, that matches your personality is essential.","Continue to be open with potential new hires about the persona and value set of individual teams. Amazon may not be for everyone, but folks will be more successful if they have insight into what we value in our smaller teams, outside of our LPs.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P963.htm
17440,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible talent and culture,Some of the smartest and most driven people I have ever worked with. Great company with vision and ability to get things done. Empowers its people.,"Not a lot of hand-holding. Limited on the perks (though compensation is very strong when including equity). Sometimes, words can be blunt but you can always count on knowing where you stand.",Keep up the great work. Incredible to see such terrific management ability. Also incredible to see a big company that moves as fast as (or faster than) a small one.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17441,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,difficult to please,"pay, benefits, flexibility with time","management is a joke, no consistency among ""standard work""",listen to associates,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17442,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,worker,Pay is a good thing very good,On feet is the con get comfy shoes,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17443,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great friendly place,Very friend place to work with great benefits couldnt ask for anymore willing to work with you to make you comfortable and just an all round nice place to be,Communication is lacking throughout the building,Make a better effort for communication with the employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17444,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sr. manager product,anyone and everyone has a voice,"Grind it out, heartless org","keep on charging just may not have it in me much more, paid my dues",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17445,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate-Picker,Soap Opera with Shades of Reality TV - named 'The Young and The Manic',"Good benefits package, Adequate facilities, physical environment controls.","Undercurrent of age discrimination, leadership by intimidation, Jeckell & Hyde presentation of culture.","Improve management leadership skills, Value high work ethic/quality/integrity in employees.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17446,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work as Long as You Fit the Type,* Interesting problems to solve * Really smart and talented co-workers * Good pay,"* ""Weakness"" is not tolerated: Don't ask for help or have a bad day because somebody will send feedback about it to your manager * CYA Culture: Document everything and be ready to produce it for your review * Escalate early and often: All that matters is getting what you want * Work/Life Balance is Poor: You can manage your time however you want but the expectations for your role will require you to work more than 50 hrs per week * Benefits are Weak: Health Care, Dental, etc are expensive and time off is very limited",Stop trying to manage employees like they are robots in a fulfillment center.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17447,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Horrible Place,Pay and benefits are good.,No 15 min break. Unorganized. Need better management.,"Get more experience in the warehouse industry, just because you have a degree doesn't mean you knew it all.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17448,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Great pay, comfortable work environment, and friendly atmosphere.",Driving an hour away to get to the site,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17449,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Hard work and metric based,Benefits are very nice. Flexibility is earned. Shift swapping sint so hard considering how many work here.,Metrics and professionalism is all your upper management cares about. If you plan on slacking it can be tricky to stay on this job.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P964.htm
17450,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Hard work and metric based,Benefits are very nice. Flexibility is earned. Shift swapping sint so hard considering how many work here.,Metrics and professionalism is all your upper management cares about. If you plan on slacking it can be tricky to stay on this job.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17451,amazon,"Edgerton, KS"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Stow Pa,Great Place To Work,"Good staff, good management, opportunities to advance and move up within the company",There are few cons depending on the position and manager you have. The peak overtime schedule is something that could be improved,"Take more time adjusting labor hours, employees are willing to work overtime but they are not happy to work overtime hours when there is not work to complete.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17452,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Great company..great people..great benefits. They care about their employees. Always finds ways to motivate. Incentives are very nice.,Not enough pay for the hard work. 60hrs per week during peak season is too hard. Need more than 30mins for lunch break.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17453,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,hmm,good at what they did so everyone was happy... but it is true trust me ok,bad at what they did so nobody was haoppy it was confusing but its true at the same time,I hope one day I wont have to write a review just to see the salary I Wantedt to see for this company I sxz looking at,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17454,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall,Start up feel and encouragement to innovate. Great for your resume.,"Managers are not trained and create toxic teams. Though Amazon raves about their high hiring bar, managers treat employees as disposable, pit teammates against each other to compete, and 75% of new hires will lose their job in 1- 1.5 years.","Train management properly, support employees to reduce attrition, balance positive reinforcement with negative fedback.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17455,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR nowhere to be found,Easy to get hired Simple work,"Hope you don't ever have an issue w pay, clocking in, time off. HR is nowhere to be found. You can only email them and IF they respond it's days later. No immediate help is avail.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17456,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,What you hear,Big Company Fast Growing Can be a Long term Job,Mostly politics Growth is possible mostly if you beat people over the head with what you know Pay is lower than market rate,Pay market rate,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17457,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate,The Benefits at Amazon is pretty good,They are Not enough hours,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17458,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Amazon is a fast-paced, exciting place to work. You can learn a lot here from your colleague and your boss.","Heavy work and lots of job, high pressure. Not good for those who can't afford them",Try to reduce the job for the employee and increase the vacation time for all the employee.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17459,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,It's alright.,Lots of good connections and networking to be made. Benefits Monthly VCP bonus,Lowest level hiring standards are non existent FC management seems to be babysitting. Expectations of manager to associate.,"I know we need bodies for the fire, But we need to hire for the long term. Entry level associates hired fresh need to be hired based on standards.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P965.htm
17460,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"Pretty easy job, easy rates to keep up with, Benefits are good, paid time off, also vacation time is available to you.","Poor management, very short breaks, not a very good system checking how you are preforming your job, no consistency.","Hire your workers that have been there for years for management, not someone who has never worked there before.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17461,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter - TADP,Recruiter - TADP,Awesome work environment. Coworkers always willing to lend a hand to help me learn more and grow my career.,"You will never run out of work, so it can be tough to manage your time and keep yourself from working to much.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17462,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,Great treatment from employee they're amazing.,No cons they're great like always,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17463,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,horrible,nothing special about this job,have you doing slave work for 18 hours,give them more work to do in the warehouse,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17464,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Health Insurance Benefits, Stocks after a long period of time.","constant hounding by management for increase your speed, even after you have 'broken' your body to increase it.","STOP, JUST STOP with the data driven rules. Treat people like humans. Time off Task is usually because of something that can't be helped. Sickness, contact lense fell out, etc. Trust me, the way that you've made us all fear losing our jobs, we ARE NOT taking TOT to talk to our friends! Jesus! The 'fear driven' management is KILLING OUR SOULS...",1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17465,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Amazon Call Center,Amazon provided a very relaxed atmosphere in the Huntington call center.,There was a lot of turnover each year.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17466,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,This is a great job fun experience,When it gets busy you're super busy,"Nothing , keep doing what you're doing",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17467,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,lots to learn if interested,work-life balance can be a problem,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17468,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Sorter,Sorter,"Nice people, ease job. Safe and clean facility.",Management not in sync with hiring processing firm and lack of info to the employee regarding what needs to be fixed,The burocracy has to be kept in sync with the performance,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17469,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Process Guide/Slam Operator,Love & Hate Relationship,"Working with amazing people Good pay Lot's of overtime Great Benifits Stocks!!!!! Music PTO, VTO, UTP Oppourtunity...........",Some Managers were difficult to work with. Some days can be back breaking & exhausting Mandatory Overtime Sucks especially when they tell you at the last minute on your friday.,Give more employees opportunity to grow & stop playing favoritism.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P966.htm
17470,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,A challenging place but also a good place to learn,"There are a lot of great things about working at Amazon as a recruiter. It's the fastest-growing large company in the world, so it has a lot of resources and a lot of challenges that will help you improve as a recruiter. Most of the people you work with, especially the teams you support, are extremely smart and fun people. Amazon is a well-known and a (mostly) sought-after employer. You help build teams that build products that impact tens or hundreds of millions of people and often make the news. They are slowly but steadily improving the benefits to their employees - more supportive parental leave policies, more liberal internal transfer policies, better offices/buildings. They also generally pay well against the overall market. They are a challenging place to recruiter as well, while that can be less than fun at times, it means you will become a better recruiter quickly. I'm pretty confident that someone who can successfully work at Amazon for a year or two can go on to be successful at pretty much any other company. They also have nice little perks like fishbowls (talks or performances by popular speakers or up-and-coming bands) and the holiday/summer party were fun.","Like I mention above, Amazon is a challenging place to work in recruiting. They have grown insanely fast over the last five years, so they have tapped the US and Canadian markets pretty hard already. Finding new engineering talent who seem qualified and haven't interviewed in the past is very difficult. They have unrealistic expectations on their recruiters that add unnecessary.  Everyone who works there is very serious about their job and has strong opinions. Most are good at listening to other people and making decisions based on data, but you need to be able to take critique and work with other people. People will push back on your ideas.  While Amazon is pretty competitive in the area of compensation/perks, I don't feel it is very competitive for it's level of company. By that, I mean if you compare them to the overall tech market, they are very competitive. However, the people who are considering Amazon are typically also looking at places like Facebook, Google, and Uber. The compensation/perks at those places are a definite step up from what Amazon offers, so even if you enjoy working at Amazon, it makes it difficult to stay there when you hear you can get a significant raise, work on equally awesome projects, and get all your meals free at a competitor.","Keep improving how you treat your employees. While I think Amazon is good, the other major tech players seem like they care more about their employee's happiness, which is why you see a lot more people leaving from Amazon to Google/FB/Uber than you see coming the other direction. Overall, I think it's a good place to spend a few years but hard to see why I wouldn't move on to another big name that will provide the same positive opportunities while also providing more perks.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17471,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - Stow,Pays the bills but not a career,"They offer really good insurance, and the discount on amazon.com is decent.","Work all holidays, mandatory 60hr weeks hallowen through new years",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17472,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Best Career Move,Amazon was the best career move for me. The benefits are great and the people I work with I really appreciate. My management team is amazing and I enjoy working with them everyday,"Communication lacks in many places, it needs improvement. I have discussed this with my management team and things have been improving.",Really build a good foundation with your associates that includes your tier 1 and tier 3's. It will make your team feel apart of something instead of just being a number or a rate in the company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17473,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Stow,I love to work in a fast pace environment like Amazon. It is also very challenging cause we have to keep up with a certain speed and time. They also offer u benefits.,This job may leave u tired over time if u don't pace your self. I do wish the breaks could be a little longer.,Keep doing a wonderful job at managing. There is no advice I could really give them they have it all under control.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17474,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Lead Problem Solver,Good and Bad,"Amazing benefits for all employees, very spoiled","If you don't kiss your managers butt and throw your co-workers under the bus, you won't move up.",Don't act like you're too good to help out with tier one work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17475,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Educational,"High impact projects, good exposure to the industry","High pressure, not much help provided by the mentors.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17476,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,Cutting technology company. Exposes you to a lot of new technologies allowing career growth. Management is working hard to ensure better work/life balance.,Very few benefits. No child care on premise. No backup child care. Parking is horrendous and salary is not competitive with other large companies. Monthly oncall is torture.,Employee support has taken some good first steps but a better effort needs to be made to distinguish Amazon from other companies or atleast bring it up to par. On premise child care is a must for people in their middle 30s.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17477,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate (Level 1),"4 Day Workweek, very flexible PAID Time off & Unpaid Time Off, School Accommodation with your scheduled shift. HR is great, and respond rapidly to associate questions, concerns, or situations.",It can be pretty depressing at times. You don't use your brain much at all. Management & Workplace Safety Team treats employees as if they are 'Walking liabilities' to the company.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17478,amazon,"Canton, MI"," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Ambassador,"The great thing about this company is there are so many positions, you can possibly move up. Also they have flexible hours.",If its not peak season its hard to get a lot of hours,"Don't let your personal feelings on someone, effect another persons success.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17479,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Dream Job!,"Work from home, flexible schedule, decent pay, great support","No live training or role play calls, limited support resources when team lead is unavailable",Give trainees time to practice receiving calls.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P967.htm
17480,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal employment,"Decent pay, lots of overtime","Poor management, lack of on site training, no genuine recognition, Seasonal employees are treated poorly, expected to keep up with rates so Full time associates reap the VCP benefits",Show more compassion towards employees,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17481,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Intentionally Terrible Environment,Work at company that is known and growing Fast paced and not boring Learn many things rather quickly,Terrible hypocritical management styles No Collaboration and Teamwork other than mutual hatred for senior management Do not expect to have a life Terrible support Disregard for contrary opinions,Start getting ready for this company to burn down because the philosophy of this company has no future.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17482,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Benefits and compensation, somewhat good team dynamic, somewhat enjoyable work area/ experience.","Very little work/life balance, deadline and implementation requibments are barley reasonable with case load to complete in a 40 hour schedule. Training is barely adequate, more of a here are the materials and throw you to the wolves type of scenario. Lots of communication errors between Ops and the safety team.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17483,amazon,"Shippensburg, PA"," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Worker,Amazon,It's okay to work when you single,They give you to many hours and they not care if you have family and responsibility,They need to think about the employee,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17484,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Love being a customer, hate working for this company.","The pay is great. Much higher than competitive positions. The benefits are fantastic. There are many times I go to the doctor or dentist and the office manager is surprised at how much is covered. They offer restricted stock units and with their stock doing so well, it really adds up. The company is growing every year so your opportunities are endless...as long as you are willing to relocate.","Very mean culture. The first inclination of those at the table is to belittle you and your idea when you contribute at a meeting. Being berated in front of others is common. You get ""feedback"" every day, and it is all ""constructive feedback"". Expect your achievements to go unrecognized and unappreciated. If you chose to work for Amazon, make certain that Political Savvy is one of your strengths. If you get on the wrong side of a powerful leader, your career at Amazon is done. It is a very unforgiving culture that rarely allows a second chance. A couple of years ago I read in an article about Amazon. In that article an employee was quoted as saying, ""Amazon is a place where high achievers to go to feel bad about themselves"". That is very true.  The higher you go in the company the nastier it gets. I've been on calls where the Director is berating GMs and other leaders, using vulgar language, acting on assumptions instead of seeking to understand. Its embarrassing. I have no desire to advance with Amazon. As soon as my restricted stock units vest, I'm gone.",None. You won't listen anyway.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17485,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Good money but not a good place,Good money for no experience and immediately getting hired without an interview process,faster faster faster. Very taxing on your body (not fatigued but harming your body),none,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17486,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for,Great people to work with and you will always be busy with the amount of work given to you.,"You will be on your feet for the whole 10 hour shift. Very, VERY short breaks and lunch",It would be nice if they didnt do as much over hiring so there was always enough work for everyone,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17487,amazon,"Penn Hills, PA"," Nov 25, 2016",Current Employee - Sortation,Great part time job,"Everything. There isn't anything negative about the job. You get a couple of people who don't pull they're weight, but that is every company. Great training and culture.","There aren't any that you can really think of. Sometime some people can really use a deodorant stick, and they should maybe have that available to purchase.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17488,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,They are very good to work for motivating and great benefits,The hours the shifts are too long,Need to allow iPods for music when picking the night / shift would go much faster,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17489,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,A good place to work,"Plenty of training, fun team to work with, great benefits, lots of opportunity for overtime, growth and promotion is highly encouraged.","Long nightly (or day) shifts, mandatory overtime, blackout periods, long trips to restrooms, excessive surveys, no cash accepting vending machines, 20 minute breaks would be better than 15 minute breaks.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P968.htm
17490,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSR,I work from home. Im in the comfort of my home and dont have to commute.,Alot of training. It should be more a of a class setting.,Have a better training guide,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17491,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Scanning Associate,Get Paid to Get Fit,"I LOVE how fast-paced it is. I love that management is very attuned to the needs of the business and adjusts our time up or down accordingly. I think that just makes great business sense and it's impressive that they can accomplish something that must be insanely complex. The facility I work in is so clean. It's beautiful, well lit.",This is the first and only company I've come across where the HR team acted like I was imposing on them when I had even the smallest question. This attitude is prevalent among people on the floor with even the slightest responsibility. It's too bad.,"I know it's a simple job, but I think it would be worth the time to figure out who you're keeping in that first two weeks and then train your people on building safe pallets. Please put more focus on this. I actually enjoy fixing messed up pallets, but it horrifies me when some lines seem to be full of people who really believe it's only the scan beep that matters.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17492,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,There are lots of opportunities to move up if you work hard.,The pay is low compared with other jobs in the same line of work. Pay varies widely in different facilities. Management is 30/70 good/bad. No work life balance if you are not a high manager.,Intend of hiring a college grad with 0 work experience and 0 management experience hire within more. Have the managers work on the floor doing the jobs they are supposed to watch over for more than an hour. Make it a month at least. Common sense is very lacking!,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17493,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Staff Accountant,Staff accountant,Interesting and dynamic environment with a lot of driven smart people. Plenty of opportunity for learning and expanding one's skills and definitely not a boring place to work. There are opportunities for international travel and changing teams every couple of years is encouraged.,"Long hours. People change here very quickly, either because they leave, move to different teams or join from other teams. Perks not comparable to other tech companies, no reimbursement for CPA",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17494,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Deals,shipping/slam,many hours/overtime 60 hours a week,can be a very demanding job- seem under valued as an employee pay could be greater for job work expectedof you morale is bad false hopes,increase wage make management more available for new hires too many chiefs no one seems to know whats going on have to relocate out of state to get the good job advancement passive/aggressive-new hires get large bonus and decent pay(15 hr. $600 bonus for doing same work-we all should retain that rate,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17495,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Totally disorganized,"Work from home, that's about it, no other pros blah blah blah","Management is non existent, low pay, no help when on calls with customers","Fix your IT systems! System freezes multiple times a day and they want to blame my brand new $1500 computer and internet, which had amazingly high speeds.",2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17496,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Sortation Associate,Everything they say is true,"Amazon is a very reputable company that most people recognize. Beside that, the pay is okay ($13/hr). You get some employee perks such as 10% off in Amazon online shopping. If you participate in unpopular shifts (in which they are desperate), you can get prizes. The people there are diverse. The interview process is very easy...because there is no interview.","I underestimate how much repetitive the work is. They need every manpower to sort boxes, wrap pallets, and transport boxes in the truck. You do the same thing during the whole shift unless a manager tells you what to do. If you're a person who wants to do something differently every day, then you're less likely to do that.",I understand that you want us to move around during the whole shift to meet your standard but not all of us are capable of doing that. I feel sorry for anyone who works there because they need money but the work is very demanding.,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17497,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Big Company, More technology to handle",No life balance cycle at all,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17498,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,SDE,"Talented people, good development environment. AWS.","Work life balance. As SDE I, you have to get promoted in 2 year, or you will be fired.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17499,amazon,"Wakefield, MA"," Dec 27, 2016","Former Employee - EU Recruiting &amp, Human Resources",,"Great people, very easy to progress if you live and breath the company's values and take opportunities. In my 8 years there I learned more and was exposed to more than I will in my next 16 I'm sure. It helped in skyrocketimg my career.","Amazon is a fiercly aggresive and inhumane environment. The pressure is driven partly be customer demand and releasing new products and services for our customers. There is a manic approach to how we deliver the latter, often driven less by the customer experience and more by ""just do it"" philosophy and the management style highlighted in my first sentance. Some examples of this that made public awareness are the Amazon phine and the first Kindle outside the US (which was a disasterous thing!). If you don't have outside work commitments and want to grow quickly, it's great but not a place for people who have lives/families",none,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P969.htm
17500,amazon,"Plano, TX"," Nov 23, 2016","Former Employee - Software Developer, Intern",SDE Intern,Good place for new grad to learn.,You have to work hard to keep in pace.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17501,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Was Fufiling until recent changes,"-Flexible hours: pick own hours, virtual -Cool promotions to win free things. -They send cheap five dollar goodies to employees once in a while -Got a free T-shirt -work from home -relatively easy work with great pay -Independent work with very limited interaction with boss unless you're doing poorly (so it's great for independent workers) -Some room for advancements buy only if you want to work in customer service","-Unreasonable metrics and expectations -Crappy 10% discount on some order was the only benefit, company can't even offer free prime or at least a kindle book. -People who call can be very mean and hateful so tough skin is needed. I was never able to work more than 4 hours at a stretch because it's so draining even when you're home. -Only 2 minutes after a call to wrap it up with the long email you need to send and followup you need to do (not enough time). Also no bathroom breaks unless you put the customer on hold which is unprofessional. -Company is cheap and can feel stifling at time -No career advancement unless you want to be a Customer service manager or something. -You really don't want to work for a company like Amazon -Recent policy changes in favor of increased security made it harder to help customers. Some of the new policies create increased work for both the CSA and customer and sometimes result in paradoxes where it is impossible to help a customer with a problem without breaching security protocols. -the metric is based on if you are able to help a customer with a problem. Some problems literally can't be solved such as scammers, chronic returners, missed package that will be delivered the next day but customer wants me to personally call the carrier to have the package arrive immediately even though the carrier office is close. -Very draining work that will make you dislike humanity and yourself at times.","The people making the policies are disconnected from the CSA role and they just make the work harder. Also, Amazon needs to be more employee centered with realistic expectations and not treat employees like robots. Also, stop making new policies that make it difficult to help customers. Lastly, Amazon should really focus on what they're good at instead of trying to dabble in every market.",4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17502,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A review from a new Associate,"I'm a new hire. So far, I absolutely love it! Some pros are you get benefits after three days. Full benefits. They offer tons of overtime especially during holiday season. As a company, so far, they seem super organized in the hiring process. You work independently with no one watching over your back. During peak season, they pay you an hour travel time if you choose to drive to an outside location and take a shuttle to work . I haven't ever worked for a company that did that. So far, they seem to above all first, be customer focused as a priority then second , take care of their employees.","Too new to see any yet, although I suggest if u want to work in a fulfillment center, I would suggest taking daily walks! And exercise because you will be on your feet for ten hours minimum! And you will be twisting, bending down a lot! In the first two weeks, be prepared for your body to be sore! And the ware house is huge! It can fit three football fields! Lots and lots of walking!",Keep up the hard work,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17503,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Great job and amazing staff and workers.,Great benefits and people friendly.,Long hard hours and sometimes it gets a little hot.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17504,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,hiring event coordinator,Love everything about this job!,I have no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17505,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Bogus,Time off when you needed it,1 week notice of ending job,Appreciate your reps more. Vultures,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17506,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - AFE Packer,Amazon Sucks,Good pay and benefits and raises every 6 mos.,Not appreciated for the hard work you do. Not much reward. A lot of rude supervisors. Work to hard in a hot environment with no recognition.,Do jobs correctly.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17507,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"fast paced, decent benefits, decent co workers,",You get what your manager doesnt want to do. Constantly over-worked and utilized. no incentives.,none,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17508,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and Bad,Good benefits...decent salary....great stock options but that's the dangling carrot...the shares vest and become available a little at a time.,Horrible environment... Hard to build relationships because people are always leaving. I was a level 4....My level 6 and 7 left the company. My level 5 switched departments.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17509,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,AWS is a very good place to start your career.,"Needs more state of the art research,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P970.htm
17510,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good experience.,Great pay. Changed my schedule after showing them I work super hard. Part time shift is great for college students.,Consistent hard labor with short breaks . Poor growth for graduating university students who work in a fulfillment center.,Give University students who work at Amazon career growth opportunities.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17511,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate/Ambassador,Highly impersonal,"Good benefits, mostly set schedule","Impersonal, management doesn't communicate well, no job-security",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17512,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Very well organized corporate structure and really good internal tools for SDEs.,"Too much politics, as with any company",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17513,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only for the strong,Great place to learn. You learn alot in a short period of time.,Hard to grow without being best friends with management,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17514,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service/Return Desk Associate,Keaira Pennie,Because I love the fast paste,Feet hurts sometimes and everything else is fine,Nothing there wonderful,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17515,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Easy job to get, decent pay,","Human Resources is terrible, communication is garbage, promotions mean nothing, if you learn to be a ambassador its more work same pay and the position has power or respect, guidelines and protocol is easily broken and constantly broken, chain of command is very questionable and disrespectful one word high school for adults","Get your communication in order, improve your leadership skills",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17516,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - AFE Packer,Amazon Sucks,Good pay and benefits and raises every 6 mos.,Not appreciated for the hard work you do. Not much reward. A lot of rude supervisors. Work to hard in a hot environment with no recognition.,Do jobs correctly.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17517,amazon,"Wilmington, DE"," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Shipping/Receiving Associate,Nice place to work,"great pay, lovely benefit, paid time off",some jobs are very strenuous,none,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17518,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Wonderful Opportunity,"The pay is awesome The job is pretty easy to learn You get lots of hours, especially from October to December Day 1 benefits (if you're full time) Paid time off Vacation time","You might end up working 3rd Shift There's lots of walking, bending, and lifting I can't think of anything else to be honest",Keep up the good work!!!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17519,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Order Picker,Warehouse worker,"Seeing what it's worth and im,going to try my best",Checking it out and putting in lots of work,Nothinh,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P971.htm
17520,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Wonderful Opportunity,"The pay is awesome The job is pretty easy to learn You get lots of hours, especially from October to December Day 1 benefits (if you're full time) Paid time off Vacation time","You might end up working 3rd Shift There's lots of walking, bending, and lifting I can't think of anything else to be honest",Keep up the good work!!!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17521,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Order Picker,Warehouse worker,"Seeing what it's worth and im,going to try my best",Checking it out and putting in lots of work,Nothinh,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17522,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Coworkers are fun,"Easy job, New technology, A typical day at work is working 10 hours day packing boxes and unloading trucks. Management was very supportive with helping employees that needed assistance. There weren't really any hard parts in the work place. It was very enjoyable","work you to death, no one will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.","Amazon was, without a doubt, the worst place I ever worked.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17523,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Lots of Possibilities,Amazon is a fast growing company that uses the latest technology and equipment to make it easy to contribute from day 1. This along with the opportunities to move forward have kept me motivated to give %100 every day.,"So far so good. I have only been employed for 3 weeks so there may be something that bugs me after a little while longer, but so far my only disappointment was that I can't get a discount on a tv package. The 401k match wasn't as high as I thought, but the shares of stock make up for that for now.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17524,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,NOT the best thing that happened to sc,money is great benefits are great,they work you to death and they arent good to you if you get hurt,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17525,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Recruiter,+ You will be stretched so much in growth after year 1 you will be a new person. Can be a con for some. + Compensation is competitive + International opportunities. Amazon does a great job with international assignments for those that want to try something new.,- Culture is rough. I warn you now it will jolt you and takes a year to adapt. Not for the faint of heart. I will say after year one it gets easier. - Promotions are difficult and its not based on just your performance. 99% is your manager willing to fight for you. If your manager lacks backbone you will not get promoted.,Allow it to be easier for your employees to get promoted. Its already tough to do a great job but the managers don't want to write a promotion document and will cop out. Or they dont want to go up against conflict.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17526,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New Grad SDE package,S3 group is super cool.,"No free lunch, it is in Seattle downtown, not very quiet, dogs are allowed in the office.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17527,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great incentives Take care of employees Easy,Flex almost everyday Can not bring any electronics inside,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17528,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,"Amazon cares and wants to keep good people, people who work hard and want to be successful",The volumes are so big that it is hard for Amazon or managers to become personal,Lower the management - employee ratio,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17529,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 19, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesom,Love the awesome benefits and hours.,Horrible people  and poor parking,Better parking its really bad especially during peak,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P972.htm
17530,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tremendous value,This company delivers on customer AND employment services!,No cons. They worked with me around my family issues to better suited my needs.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17531,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - CSA Seasonal,Seasonal CSA- work from home,"Work from home , not much else I can add here to make it 20 words so there ya go amazon.","There is absolutely no practice before you are thrown to the wolves. It is not a 'flexible' schedule as you are locked in and it starts at 40 hours a week, barely time to go to the bathroom. (Calls) Training is buggy and entirely self guided. The pay is not great given the amount of work you are responsible for doing. You are negatively effected by customers you couldn't help due to Amazon policy. Systems are buggy and crash your computer regularly. If systems are down, you are reprimanded even if it's Amazon's fault","More training with roleplay calls, longer daily meetings, more support for those learning.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17532,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from home,The training is self paced and convenient. The management is very formal and communicates any and all changes effectively. It is enough room for growth and advancement opportunities. The schedule changes roughly every few weeks or so and you are able to pick and choose whatever schedule that best meets your needs.,No cons so far. Other than a few tech issues here and there that is because the softphone is new and they just converted over to VoIP after switching from analog landline phones.,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17533,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Freedom to invent whatever may make money so long as the customer's experience is only ever bettered in the process,You must justify (working backwards) every idea with extensive data before it will be considered for resourcing,Emotional intelligence training,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17534,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Sr Mgr trade compliance projects,The work is highly. Interesting,Compliance work is not valued at amazon,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17535,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy word but monotonous,"The work is not hard at all. Just show up and be a part of the machine, time goes fast if you're caffeinated. The management really cares about their employees.","Super monotonous, you're on your foot a lot and they will ache by the end of the day.",Keep up the good work. Management really cares about the employees. Management also give opportunities to pick up more hours.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17536,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Control Specialist,"Decent Pay, Bad Management",Pays a decent wage and has great benefits for people with no experience or fresh out of high school.,Very high turn around rate of about 8 months to a year. Managers promote based on favoritism.,Treat all employees equally.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17537,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Associate,Fast Paced job,"Great people, strong community,friendly,accommodating,open door policy,down to earth,easy to learn,fun,room for growth","long hours,low pay,very physically demanding,slow upward progression,more a machine than a human employee resource despite their best efforts to change this.","Pay attention to your workers and keep up to date on how their doing in their new job,reach out and provide insight things that might be useful to new employees, and most importantly cycle your resources don't keep people in the same place for too long provide them opportunities to grow as an individual.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17538,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Amazon is great,Pay is great! The benefits are awesome! Guaranteed 40 hours.,Standing on my feet for 10 hours. You get used to it after a while. It's very fast paced!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17539,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network technicians,Fun place to work at,It can be very demanding at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P973.htm
17540,amazon,"Dundalk, MD"," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Order Picker,WORK,days and hours are consistent and you do the same job everyday,"breaks aren't really breaks, last minute over time calls, favoritism, no real people to solve work related issues, terminations are unfair, no emergency call out or doctors notice excepted...etc.",GET THE CONS TOGETHER AND BE FAIR TO THE CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17541,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Fufillment Associate,Always opportunity for over time.,Fast paced working environment and can be hectic.,Lack of communication,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17542,amazon,"Reading, PA"," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Escalation Specialist,Escalations Specialist,Amazon culture forces you to challenge yourself.,Fast paced environment with demands that can change very quickly,"To communicate, much more communication would benefit this company greatly!",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17543,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,"Fast-paced, challenging environment. High growth rate and room for opportunity.","Tense environment, intense competition breeds success but has its drawbacks",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17544,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The good, The bad, and the ugly",Amazon will push you to perform your best. It really is where over achievers go to feel bad about themselves.,There is no work life balance. The office environment is very cut throat. The data centers have been found to be infected with the legionnaire causing bacteria.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17545,amazon,"Saint Paul, MN"," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse worker,"Pay is very competitive,benefits not too bad",HR lacks experience.Not the best place for job security,Management needs to allow employees to feel relevant in such big facilities,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17546,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,ICQA associate problem solver,"Friendly people, excellent benefit, got everything that I need","boring, stand all day, short break, low pay",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17547,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Project Manager,Good place to work in cutting edge technology,Work culture is not good,Focus on work culture,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17548,amazon,"Waukegan, IL"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker/Water spider,"It's not all that hard, the environment is great and everyone gets along fine. The jobs are fairly easy. 3 day weekends",10 hr shifts which is a drag,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17549,amazon,"Apache Junction, AZ"," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - CSA Business Associate/CS Retail Associate,work at home customer service seasonal associate,Provide equipment needed to perform job. When let go they make you return it. Team Leaders are pretty good.,"A lot of turnaround constantly hiring and not converting 6 month seasonal employees. Every detail in the way your assignment ends is planned to benefit amazon, not employees.","Better Training is needed with continual on the job training provided, mentors assigned when you begin would be most beneficial to be successful and meet amazon's expectations.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P974.htm
17550,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's a good place if youre a hardworker,"Fast development, meet tons of new people, great management, great work out, easy promotions, great pay, good hours, certain times you can work up to 60 hours, they're very rewarding","Tons of lazy coworkers, TOO safe, cares more about a scan rate then getting packages safely to customers, many people don't stay",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17551,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfilment Associate,"Fast paced, great benefits, diverse","hard work, peak season can be difficult",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17552,amazon,"Poland, ME"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Team Manager,"salary, friends, atmosphere, salary, friends,","stress, stress, stress, stress, stress,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17553,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Work from home,"Not having to get out of pajamas, ease of the programs used, perks.","very long hours, high expectations, no helpful management","Work on organizing smaller work groups for chat, so it's easier and quicker to get questions answered.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17554,amazon,"Turlock, CA"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Process Guide,Amazon fulfillment center,Great co workers to be around.,Management needs to know more about the job before taking a position.,Stick to one manager for one area changing all the time confused people.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17555,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Stock,Stock,Making Customers Happy and Satisfied.,There's really not an downside.,I'll bring great success to your company.,5.0,2.0,none,4.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17556,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Production Planning Analyst,Best employer I've ever worked for..,"The culture encourages being open with intentions and playing to strengths. I was an entry-level hire, so growth is probable.",Not for the faint of heart. Requires dedication of time at the detriment of work/life balance occasionally.,"Treat people as your greatest asset, not your worst liability.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17557,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"problem solver ,kick out operator",can get college education pd for after 1yr employment,brings in young managers just outta college instead giving employees with 15yrs or less under their belt a chance for climbing the ladder in the company,listen to employees concerns and questions,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17558,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Pay is not bad and Benefits are ok,long hours and little time off,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17559,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Reserve CS Associate,Just what I needed!,The schedule for work from home was SUPER flex! We could build our own schedules based on the availability the team leads gave us. This allowed me to work another job and go to school.,"Do not get paid for holidays like we were told, but other than that the company took care of us. No benefits for work-from-home associates.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P975.htm
17560,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chaotic & Backbreaking,It is very easy to get the job. The interview process was a breeze...mostly because there was no interview. You apply and get hired. You start with 10 hours Paid time off and accrue more as you work. 4 day work schedule is great if you can handle the long shifts.,Long 10 hour shifts with a half hour lunch. Back-breaking work. 10 hours of heavy lifting packages up to 50 lbs comstantly. There are impossible quotas to meet on a daily basis. Training was only about one hour and taught you nothing before blindly throwing you into the job. Facility I worked at had just opened so everything was completely disorganized and chaotic.,My advice to management would be to actually train your employees. Training literally lasted about an hour and told you nothing about the job other than how to pick up boxes properly and how to tape boxes without hurting yourself,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17561,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Major Accounts Specialist,"Everyone is ridiculously smart and if you want a culture that runs fast and sees results this is for you. I can't tell you how nice it is to work only with people who are intelligent, articulate and on-point.","The culture can get a bit intense with people frazzled and burned out. I laughed out loud reading the NY Times article that said ""It's a place where overachievers come to feel bad about themselves."" It's true. If you like work/life balance plan on about two years here.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17562,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Texas,Unexpected,Great money along with benefits,Terrible hours. Don't worry how it effects your personal life being on nights with no plans of switching your shift.,Little to none with all the external hires.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17563,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Cheap,They nice and reliable staff.,The pay is bad. You can never get in touch with a higher representative regarding opportunities.,Have a better system to communicate with employees.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17564,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Collator,"Challenging atmosphere, unique experience, constantly changing environment, decent benefits Somewhat reasonable opportunities for advancement, dedicated support staff, chance to make a difference","Long hours, physically demanding, little flexibility in scheduling, few if any holidays Extremely demanding expectations without proper training, inflexible management","Provide more comprehensive training to higher ranking employees, especially those with vital and complicated jobs Be more understanding of mistakes made by underlings",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17565,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Great benefits starting Day 1, guaranteed raise every 6 months, possible bonus of up to 16% of monthly income every month, flexible schedule, many advancement opportunities","Repetitive work, less than stellar pay for warehouse associates, much standing and walking (sometimes up to 30 miles), low accrual rates for vacation time",No advice that i can think of. Management is friendly and helpful. They inform associates of happenings in the warehouse and opportunities for advancement.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17566,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Good management, decent pay, great benefits. Offers plenty of upward mobility and opportunities to advance up the management ladder. Good employer.","Extremely long hours, though the fulfillment centers get balls-out busy during peak season, there are quite a few nights where boredom is extreme.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17567,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Medical Representative,Glass doors in house of cards,Benefits are superb The associates are the reason you decide to come back,Time away from home Very very cliquish there. Complaints especially about hostile work environment and work place harassment just disappear Everything is about metrics and numbers. Will sweep just about anything under the carpet if it means safety violations. It's productivity over safety.,Do more when multiple people complain in regards to constant hostility Find the root causes of issues and address them. Not sweep under the carpet The culture should be safety over productivity Be customer obsessed with the customers outside and the customers inside. The employee,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17568,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Retail Generalist,Customer Service Representative,Decent pay. Ability to work from home.,"Constant fear of losing your job over a negative response rate when some of the circumstances are beyond your control such as, carriers not delivering packages on time or losing packages. You are told you must take responsibility for the carriers. Also,if call gets escalated to management and manager doesn't satisfy customer, you must also take that negative response for yourself. Very stressful job.",You should definitely change the way Negative Responses are handled. Some things are beyond the control of your CSR's and they shouldn't have to constantly worry they might not have a job if a customer says no.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17569,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok job,"5 hours shift, easy job but tired.",only about 10 mins break,Very straight forward,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P976.htm
17570,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,shipping clerk,Great benefits. Annual stock gifts. Great insurance. ..,High rate expectations. Managers often very busy with little time for development of team.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17571,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Can't complain,"They trust you with a lot, allowing you to grow your skills and make an actual impact, even with entry level positions. The company definitely has a direction, and the leadership knows where they're headed Leadership principles are great.","The high expectations mean internal competition is stiff, and they ask a lot. Stock is more carrot than reward - most people don't stay long enough to get their initial stock vest, so don't count on it as compensation.","Targeting employees willing to work a lot makes sense, but getting a broader range in (those desiring more work-life balance or part-time) may make for a more diverse workplace with more product ideas.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17572,amazon,"Bethpage, NY"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal logistics warehouse associate,"Great company, a good range of work hours to choose from. Great environment. Benefits package is good. Facility is safe.",Don't really have any cons for the moment since I just started. But I'll be sure to ha e a full list of pros and cons in a few weeks.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17573,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I am a delivery assistant for the amazon logistics team contracted under progistics distribution.,"Freedom, Overtime Opportunities, Given the opportunity to work independently at your own pace as well as train and help other people advance and attain the same level of skill you have","Unorganized work place, a growing business model that has not fully worked out all the kinks, they are desperate to fill positions so they hire anyone making it difficult to gauge who you will be working with or what type of workers they may be",Get organized so that employees have more faith in your organization and create a larger emphasis on fulfilling relations with higher efficiency employees as well as create a revolving door policy that takes in the input of employees who are on the ground level and experience issues with efficiency that may boost the output of your business.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17574,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship Experience,- Rapid development pace - Ownership of a project,- Benefits not so good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17575,amazon,"Lawrenceville, GA"," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Prime Now FC Associate,Very Flexible Can pick own shift No micro managing,No cons so far yet,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17576,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package Handler,This job works you hard but pays you good. Everyone has great attitudes there about it though. Very positive people and energy. Long shifts but worth it in the end.,10hr+ shifts with MoT (mandatory overtime) scheduled often. Tedious physical labor for hours on end. Must be able to stand for very long time.,Keep up what youre doing. You have really good chemistry going on and it would be a shame if the company changed its ways.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17577,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Medical Representative,Glass doors in house of cards,Benefits are superb The associates are the reason you decide to come back,Time away from home Very very cliquish there. Complaints especially about hostile work environment and work place harassment just disappear Everything is about metrics and numbers. Will sweep just about anything under the carpet if it means safety violations. It's productivity over safety.,Do more when multiple people complain in regards to constant hostility Find the root causes of issues and address them. Not sweep under the carpet The culture should be safety over productivity Be customer obsessed with the customers outside and the customers inside. The employee,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17578,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,INTERN,"Fast Paced , Data Driven , Logical","Less guidance , Sometimes Demanding",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17579,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool,"computer science and changing circumstances, move around a lot, etc.",if circumstances change for the worse you might feel kinda stuck but it is not hard to move around and heck just wait they will change again!,give more vacation time,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P977.htm
17580,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA,Amazon was a good place to work. Friendly management and co-workers,Co-workers were generally friendly and management was almost always helpful. Plenty of time off and plenty of overtime to pick up.,Management was not around when needed always had to be hunted down. Information was not shared in timely manor. Confusion was a common thing among management.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17581,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Must be self-driven and strong personality,"Money, experience managing large groups with many different variables, priorities",direction given often ambiguous and training/on boarding can be challenging,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17582,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,I need another job. No one should take this job unless they are absolutely desperate for a job.,It's a job and you can get a blue badge in 30 days of being hired. You get a dollar more so that's $12 an hour.,Pay is not enough. Nobody enjoys their job. People get away with doing nothing too often. Workload can be overwhelming. Unorganized. Unprofessional. Horrible place to work. You feel drained and empty after work. Feels like prison. Beats to be actively searching for another job to replace it.,Pay more. Be more organized. Be aware that there are a lot of people who do not do their job while others are hardworking. They show favoritism too much.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17583,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The job itself is ok. Dont get sick or hurt though.,Many shifts to chose from. Raises every 6 months.,If you get sick or get hurt and need to go home you have to cover with own time and you get fired if you are out of time. No music in the warehouse makes is very monotonous day after day.,Be more available to your associates. Accommodation to their shifts.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17584,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer I,"Strong team, tough projects. Can learn a lot during the work. You own your project. Big monitors.",There are no drink and less snacks. Relatively narrow table. Traffic in during hour is so bad.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17585,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst Intern,"A lot to learn, good intern event, helpful mentor","High stress, indifferent big boss",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17586,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Senior Technical Program Manager,People are smart and genuinely try to solve some very difficult technical problems. They do obsess over customers and invent new ways of doing things to earn trust and deliver results all while learning and remaining curious and being frugal at hiring and developing the best deep divers that can display ownership.,"Check out ""the F.A.C.E. of Amazon"" on Google. Every horror story is there. You will not learn nearly as much from Glassdoor as you will by doing yourself a favor and checking out F.A.C.E. Amazon is truly a terrible place on human beings (both Corporate -- my background, and Fulfillment Center)",I dont really have a lot to say because they do things in their own unique way and they can hire as many H1-B visas as possible into indentured servitude. So suggesting they do anything differently will simply have no impact.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17587,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Discrimination--they rarely hire college students,Massive discrimination. They need to be shut down,"They will hire felons and druggies, but rarely college students.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17588,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part Time Seasonal Logistics Sortation Associate,Amazon is a great company to work for.,I have no negative reviews for the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17589,amazon,"Oakland, CA"," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Try it out :),"Okay pay for the work, and the hours are long but simple job nothing to complex. If your in shape good job.",Long hours and management can be aggressive about rates,Take it easy and organize,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P978.htm
17590,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production,It was pretty good to work there,Fast past but still a good place to work.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17591,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS Rocks,"Incredibly fast paced, highly intelligent people who have a lot of fun along the way while building things no one has ever dreamed of building before.",The fast pace and the direct communication style isn't necessarily for everyone.,Keep on evolving to grow your people and get the very best of them and the work their passionate about.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17592,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a great place for anyone to work at,"Salary, People, opportunity, mentorship, Fun","Long hours, mandatory overtime, other people,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17593,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Getting ahead or falling behind is up to you,"It's an easy job and the time goes by fast because we are always busy. Overtime available, cheap benefits, advancement opportunities available for hard workers, managers notice the hard workers!!",If you like to take your time this job is not for you!! If you like to talk then this job is not for you!! Managers expect you to deliver certain numbers per hour ( easy to do if you work) if you don't you will be talked too and written up.,Better training and clear information on advancement. More perks for employees that go above and beyond.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17594,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketplace Category Manager,"+ Autonomy to make decisions, choose work, define vision. + Innovative space, always room to improve and grow. +Flexibility, want to try a completely new space? Go for it.",-Teams run too lean and burn out,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17595,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon pay rate,It is a easy place to work,The job is a seasonal job.,Nothing,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17596,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRA,Lots of experience and high learning curve. Allows for ample opportunity.,Very fast paced and often vague environment.,Team building must be centric in order to flourish in HR at Amazon,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17597,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Very good organization and good team communication,Could use more leadership and specific guidance to current employees,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17598,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Great people, pay and training.",None that I can think of.,Keep it up,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17599,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Great place to work at,"Its like a small city, diversified place to work at. Good salary, 40 hours each week + plenty of overtime. Flexible schedules available.","Unless you hit the required numbers, its not a good place to be because managers will keep telling you to catch up, speed up or increase productivity. ( which is not a con )","Do not expect of associates to be as excited as you, because we earn max 25000 a year, and you earn 4 times that.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P979.htm
17600,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thanks,Amazon is a life saver. The people who complain must be spoiled.,It's whatever you make it out to be.,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17601,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Easy as pie simple as that,Really big building easy to get lost and a long drive for me but not their fault,Nothing really everyone is great always making sure we are all ok ok,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17602,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Fulfillment Center/picker,"Good insurance, paid to work out.",Recently went to 3 12's and lost some of your pto time and vacation time. You are considered part time if you work the weekend shift.,Don't automatically write someone up for one bad week in production.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17603,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,"Great company to work for, good pay, long hours.","Long hours, heavy lifting, night shift is pretty draining at first.",None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17604,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy Job,"Easy job, just scan package all day",doing the same thing for 4-5 hours straight,music should be played and parking needs to be fixed,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17605,amazon,"Point Clear, AL"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,"They have transportation, health insurance, doctor on site and an employees asoc. for savings.",The load of work is more than it should be... the trainimg you received at the beginning is not good at all.,Change the training format.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17606,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It was a learning experience,Can change the amount of hours you work whenever they want,Use better communication,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17607,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is for AWS,The stock price is ridiculous! When you join they give you a nice sign on bonus as well as restricted stock units.,"One of the Leadership Principle is Frugality and boy do they take that seriously! They are so cheap about everything! The medical benefits package, employee discount, PTO and Vacation is way below average. I'm so shocked that a company this size doesn't put more effort into taking care of their employees. The pay is NOT competitive at all. Basically you join this company for the brand name and adding it to your resume.","Take better care of your employees. The churn rate is extremely high here. People are very smart but they work way too hard without being rewarded. Provided better health benefits and better employee discount. Right now you have 10% discount for amazon.com purchases up to $1000. That's equivalent to $100 off for the entire year. You should provide this discount in addition to Free Prime membership and for Cyber Monday, provide a special discount for employees as well. You know the employees work hard for you, give full time at least 2 weeks vacation in addition to 1 week PTO/sick. Take care of us so that we can work harder and want to stay here in the long run. When your churn rate is so high, you end up wasting your money hiring new people, training them, sign on bonuses.. etc. Employee satisfaction = Retention.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17608,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great Company,"Compensation, work hard get rewarded. Time off options given immediately, Personal Time (Paid Time Off), Unpaid Time Off, Vacation accrual. Benefits in the form of Hourly pay, Stock, as well as Bonus pay outs for attendance and performance.","Long hours, plan on breaking a sweat. You are closely monitored on a variety of categories, performance, quality, time on task. There are very high expectations for both.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17609,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Think they are the best in their own arrogant way.,Company has no sales culture. The sales managers are the worst with lack of sensitivity of employee's motivation and morale. Company's arrogant and cheap attitude towards employees and customers create a high turn over rate organization.,"Drop your attitude. Trust me, your compensation, benefit, RSU and culture are not the best out there. The lack of transparency to your employees and customer during AWS downtime is a poison keeping good customers.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P980.htm
17610,amazon,"Rockville, MD"," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad Policy,Pros are they pay good and they give you a van to drive to deliver customers package and they have good benefits,You can't leave until you finish the route so it not a set schedule,Train your employees better to do this demanding job,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17611,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Hard. Have Fun,"Very fast paced, hard working environment",Lack of work life balance at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17612,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work,"I just made 6 months in Amazon and it has been awesome experience. Great culture, better life balance and great place to continue growing.",Maybe the lack of perks and health insurance compared with similar companies. Also sometimes in the way we operate you need you work like an startup. But it is not so bad.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17613,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Business Partner,"Salary, sign on bonus, people",Everything else is bad,Fix the culture and the work asap,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17614,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Don't work here,Insurance and pay isn't bad,"work like a slave, long hours",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17615,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Love working at Amazon,"This is only my second week working, but I love the fast paced working environment. Everyone is so nice and I get to work off the pounds, drink more water and make money as well. Awesome!!!",None so far as I know.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17616,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,"Working for the largest online retailer has it's perks. Opportunities to work on projects which quickly scale to 6 or 7 figure savings for the company are all around. Stock compensation has been very lucrative with the company's continued growth. Company values are those that honestly should be taught to children growing up. People are level headed, practical and the quality of your team members will likely be very high without it seeming like they will step on your back to get ahead. Everyone is very helpful if you just ask","Very political in regards to promotion and the criteria to progress within the company has alot of grey area. The ""superstars"" are promoted very quickly where as the folks who do their job well but aren't as technical as the ""superstars"" (for example) are left to essentially figure out they've hit a ceiling after their restricted stock vests eventually run out from not being promoted.",Understand the reason for such high turnover in the company is not only the work life balance aspect that is well known but also the stack ranking methodology that prevents employees exceeding their role from promotion because the competition is fierce in such a high quality talent pool.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17617,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Event,Flexible day of the week. Task-management Organize,Event date are set. It can be cancel at last minute.,Be consistent on communication.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17618,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace,"Fast pace, weekly pay, convenient hours, decent pay",Scan rate is impossible to reach but they dont fuss about not reaching it,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17619,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Very fast paced,"Shifts go by pretty fast and you can work in different areas even in one shift - so not too boring. Good pay, good place to learn about warehouse work.",Supervisors lack experience. They tend to make you feel like a piece of machinery rather than a person. Long hours on your feet for entire shift and you can never relax your pace or you will get talked to about your rate.,Hire more experienced supervisors.,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P981.htm
17620,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazonian,Great place to learn new things. Company leadership principles teach you how to be effective at workplace. Good spirit of customer focus.,"Unclear career path for many employees, poor work life balance, mediocre work place in term of location and people orientation.",Is OLR really an efficient way of performance evaluation. In OLR sessions people argue with managers over performance ratings given to their direct reports. What do they know more about an employee than his/her direct manager?,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17621,amazon,"Canton, GA"," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Remote Business Support Specialist,Amazon Mechanical Turks at Amazon.com,"This site allows you many different small administration jobs with a variety of many different fields of employment. You get paid very fast and the more work you complete, the more money you make. Easy access to deposit your earnings into your bank account or PayPal account when you need the funds.","I have not notice any ""Cons"" to speak of so far, however there some small jobs which may take up to several days to be paid, but these are rare occasions.",Ability to work on your own time and place to make quick money when needed. Many of the clerical jobs do require a high school diploma and some even require specific degrees to work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17622,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, if you have a plan.",A lot of things to take advantage of.,I'm bias so I don't see cons,I have no advice to management,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17623,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General,"Money is o.k., human resource staff tries to be helpful","Treat senior employees substandard, does not recognize employees that go above and beyond to do a great job","Pay attention to loyal employees and give them some recognition, allow them to work up to the next level of employment based on merit and not just to fill a job with a new employee",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17624,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"innovative culture, opportunities for other careers","work-life balance is terrible, work too many hours, far-below market pay",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17625,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Sortation,Lack of Leadership dooms employees,Name Recognition. Extremely easy job that does not require much thinking.,"They flex your hours either up or down and do a poor job of notifying employees. Lack of Leadership is the biggest flaw. Associates have low morale and not much is expected of them. Those who take initiative are never rewarded and often taken advantage of. This is a manual labor position and an easy job, but somehow Amazon Management has found a way to screw it up. It's not rocket science folks.","Do your job. Get to know your employees. Don't just throw bodies at a problem and hope it gets fixed. Get out on the floor and observe what your employees are doing. If they are not doing something right, fix it. LEAD BY EXAMPLE! I cannot stress enough that it appears that your management team has never lead employees before. If your management team is ineffective, your subordinate workforce be ineffective.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17626,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great seasonal opportunity,Great opportunity thus far. Easy hiring process and work from home. Also there is a seasonal bonus with great team support.,Fast paced training with a lot of information to retain. Thrown in the fire.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17627,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Great Insurance, decent pay for short-term job.",Great health insurance from Day One.,Raises are not performance based. Hard work is not rewarded. No incentive to work hard. Good ol boy system to move up.,Hire smarter people.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17628,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent company,Amazon offers good pay and great stock.,No cons that I can think of.,None,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17629,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent job for the money,Great benefits and good hours.,overworking employees i certain positions,Cross train more employees,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P982.htm
17630,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer in Test,Broad spectrum of things to work on,"Deadlines and randomization, difficult to maintain focus",Surprisingly difficult to hire for,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17631,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer,Feel of working at fast paced environment. You get full ownership of the problem you are working on.,Busy hours during some time of the year.,None.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17632,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfilment associate,great pay and hours for all shifts,you will be spending lot of hours on your feet,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17633,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shower,"The pay, benefits, mandatory overtime, paid time off.","How they train the new starts, lack of communication",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17634,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Burn and churn,Some of the best co workers. That's about it. Need at least 20 words.,Very demanding arrogant company to work for and do business with. Amazon has the bully mentality. They make it no secret that they dont need you and you are lucky to be there. Amazon will burn you out then replace you. Very good at what they do from a customer perspective but they treat employees like crap. Very anti union and will close a distribution center if they try to unionize.,Stop being a crappy company to work for. Appreciate your employees.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17635,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,salary,Nice place to work. many benefits and bonuses.,should improve their intern management. dress code.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17636,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Customer obsession. Fast paced environment. New opportunities if you are willing to relocate.,Fast paced. Very demanding work life balance affects.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17637,amazon,"Hillsboro, OR"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,Part time associate,Up beat direct managers - positive work environment,"Not enough hours to live on, tiring work.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17638,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced environment,"Benefits, decent pay, raise every six months, incentives, stocks","Long hours, short breaks, almost impossible to meet daily quota, tasks are timed",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17639,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Overall pretty good,"Healthcare, benefits and overtime are good.","Strict productivity, behavior and quality standards. Super strict.",Focus on positive feedback and learning about employees instead of warnings and write ups.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P983.htm
17640,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PrimeNow associate,Flexible schedule and Started with $10/hr,It can be boring sometimes but you will always have something to do and times goes very faster while you're in there.,Awesome management,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17641,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Prime Now Associate,Friendly- Coworkers Good working environment Friendly Managers Decent wage as a part-time job Flexible schedule,"If you easily get tired of doing same repetitive work every day, you may find this job quite boring.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17642,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support Assocaie Advisor,Amazon is Amazing,Amazing place to work. Lots of different opportunities.,Difficult to find a job in a different department.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17643,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Driver/Pick and Stower,Prime now worker,I love this job. The best job I ever had in my life. Managers and workers are so helpful and nice,No guaranteed hours.. but it's a part time gig.,No advice... keep up the good work,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17644,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Sexist, no understanding of work-life balance",You'll learn how to make decisions quickly and will rarely be bored.,"The company is exceedingly sexist. Very few female leaders, or promotions are available for females.",Evaluate how you treat non-male employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17645,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Good pay and compensation for SDE,No work life balance. Very competitive,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17646,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,HYPE,Benefits start day one OK Salary Nice hard working people from all backgrounds,Injuries Don't GET SICK no communication between YOU Sick leave and HR Rate standards NOT the same for everyone Associates document their daily experiences in case they are terminated,COMMUNICATE with EACH OTHER AND STAFF Robbinsville Upper Management need to ensure All Managers are following policies including the HR Staff,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17647,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Support Associate,Pros/Cons,-Lots of hours -Above minimum wage pay -Great atmosphere,"-No flexibility, if your schedule is on a holiday such as Christmas or Thanksgiving, expect to work those day -Company is very strict on getting days off and schedule changes -Have to deal with angry customers who often times insult and blame you for their problems -Positions are not guaranteed for the whole year since many of the employees start as seasonal -Tend to get headaches and eye strain for being on the computer for many hours in the day",-Give more flexibility to your employees,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17648,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The Good, The Bad",Amazon is a great company to work for overall. There are always opportunities for advancement and the company is highly regarded in the eyes of many. Stock options are great as well.,"Advancing within the company is significantly contingent on who you have good relationships with, as well as your track record. One asterisk on your employee profile, no matter how petty it is, can virtually stop your advancement completely regardless of how qualified you are....unless you have a good relationship with someone in a position of power. You will also get paid more coming off the street than you will as an internal transfer into the same position.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17649,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Laid back setting,You have flexible schedules that you can pick weekly. The job is fun and easy. Overall they want the employees to enjoy the work day.,It can be extremely busy during peak season. If orders get backed up the job can become stressful. Overall the work is fast paced.,"Keep up the positive feedback, the employees work hard around there. Also continue the process of streamlining the packing process.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P984.htm
17650,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Stuck in bureaucracy,- lots of smart people on SD1-SD2 levels - great tech infrastructure and automation,"Company ideology is broken.  - Every year all employees will have to pass ""Amazon leadership principles"" training where they will be told slogans like ""Leaders Are Right—A Lot"" or ""Be Vocally Self-Critical"" and so on, this all is BS. The truth is that the only principle which works at Amazon is ""I'm the boss, that's why I'm right"", so be prepared that at the end of the year you'll go on PIP if you would dare to challenge any management decision, either if it is technical or not. Actually that is what happened to me, I've discovered that design of one of the company corner stone projects has flaws, so I've made small research and proposed better and more elegant solution, but since original project design was ""reviewed"" and ""approved"" by the management months ago my proposal was completely ignored despite the facts that current design won't support all of the use cases. Apparently management didn't want to follow it's own company principles, nobody wanted to go and say ""yes, there is a better way"", instead my direct manager placed me on PIP and his decision was supported by his manager too. If you are smart, you don't punish somebody who is pointing your technical mistakes or provides better solution, but it is not the case with management at Amazon and there is no solution to this autocracy, I've contacted org principals on this issue but they all were reluctant to say anything against approved design. And than I've realized, management doesn't care about the company and nobody would ever admit any mistakes, so I left.  - poor/seniority promotion.  You could be the smartest person in the room, or a topmost performer in a team, but if there is somebody with the same level who joined the company before you he will be promoted first. Same applies to SD2->SD3 promotion across the teams in the same org. In general SD2->SD3 promotion is almost impossible at Amazon, after almost four years there I've never seeing anybody promoted to SD3, on the other hand company tend to hire SD3's from some no-name companies but with a right years of experience (for SD3 it is close or over 15).  BTW, don't even ask about SD2->SDM1 move, although those are the same level (5) positions, company would rather hire somebody from outside.  - poor benefits. Only 6 weeks paternity leave, poor 401K match.  - no performance bonuses. Amazon annual base salary increase is within 2%, which doesn't even match inflation and if you think that if you were a top performer for a given year than you will be promoted to the next level, you won't, see promotion cons above.  - poor bonuses program. No reasons to stay there for fifth year, you'll get less stocks compare to your first four years, stock price goes up and company thinks that after four years in service you should still get your level average salary.  - annual review. You have to ask for a feedback from at least a five people you contacted during the year, be careful, if you wrote many core reviews for somebody and that person doesn't accept critics very well he could ruin your promotion. Same applies even more to your manager, there is under-qualified managers at Amazon. Company tend to hire from outside rather than promoting their own employees, which often leads to a situation where manager knows less about current state and yet insists on his own design view.","1) Start following your own company principles 2) Fix promotion, stop seniority promotion 3) Abandon annual review and PIP process.  Instead of comparing people with their team members compare people with themselves a year ago, people are not apples or oranges, we all unique. A person usually doesn't under perform without a reason, maybe somebody being bored to do the same things over and over again, maybe somebody is upset because of the stupid management decisions, maybe there is some personal issues person experiencing right now.  Treat your employees the way you are treating your customers !  BTW, advice to employees, think about creating your union, even SD's. Maybe it is better to increase salaries for fulfillment center employees rather than buying game streaming service for $1B.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17651,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,they work around my family life,i dont have none at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17652,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Social CLub,"45 min breaks, 1hr lunch breaks, plenty of time to make out, flirt and chat with your co-workers. No-one bothers you if you stand a chat all day and don't do any work.",Most positions are incredibly tedious.,"Follow through on your threats of digital monitoring and penalize those who just collect paychecks without actually working, and those who take 30-40 min breaks, when the rules state 15 mins!!. It's unfair to those who work had to watch many others standing around and treating the place like a social club. Imagine the money you could make if your 'employees' actually did the work they are paid to do.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17653,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TAM - SeSu,Team Environment Structured Hierarchy Entry Level,Slow progression High turnover Strict attendance policy (restrictions on Unpaid Time Off),none,4.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17654,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great salary but hard work,-compensation -leadership experience -camaraderie with team -Baltimore location is close to city,-work life balance...shift balance is completely unfair and you could get stuck working a terrible shift with no end in sight. everyone who is high up has given up their lives so they don't really have any sympathy for you wanting to have a life.,create a fair system to move managers between shifts.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17655,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Organized very direct with the process,Don't let the people get to you,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17656,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Amazon has a reputation that is second to none. Being able to say you work for Amazon is honorable in it of itself.,"You don't know where you'll be working as an Area Manager until a few months before your start date. If you are adventurous, this isn't a big deal, but if you have a family to consider this might be something worth taking in to consideration.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17657,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Very accommodating, working from home is great","Hours, but its easy to request a change",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17658,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Solid work ethic very flexible on hours and paid time. Easy move up in company,No work life balance. Time off task is a drag and alot of gossip in smaller buildings,Stick to the policies and push associates to excell,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17659,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It pays the bills,Great benifits and good pay,Some of the people can be childish and there rate system is not realistic.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P985.htm
17660,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Stower,Sweat Shop Mentality,It was a job when I needed one. 10% discount on Amazon orders.,Ridiculous 15 minute breaks twice a day requiring 5 minutes each way to break areas.....so 5 minutes to sit.....maybe. Terrible communication from upper management to associates. 10-12 hrs on feet each shift less the aforementioned breaks.,Wouldn't do any good.....they have it all figured out.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17661,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Easy physical work, great benefits, really positive atmosphere","Can be boring, must be comfortable standing for entire shift, walking stairs",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17662,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment Associate,Mostly nice to work for.,Managers are to young. If there is a problem with two employees the one that reports whatever issue is believed first and the other is tossed aside.,Life is not all black and white there are shades of gray with employees.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17663,amazon,"Shawnee, KS"," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Great atmosphere, Learn several different jobs which keeps employees from getting bored. Managers are easy to talk to and listens to concerns.","Not to many holidays are observed. Most companies give you a week vacation, here employees get a certain amount of vacation hours a month based on employment longevity. There are no paid sick days.",Change policy on sick pay and paid vacation. Make it more employee friendly.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17664,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon is an excellent place to work,"The Benefits are excellent, health insurance, company shares and retirement plans.","Long Hours at work, Spending long hours at work could be stressful for some people.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17665,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good expericence,"People are nice and helpful, I learned a lot during the intern last summer, would love to come back and work here again!!!!!","A lot of work, competitive",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17666,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,consistent work and a decent amount of money compared to what you will get from some other companies in the area for the same kind of work,They don't value the employees at all. The managers call mandatory overtime but don't show up to help contribute to reducing the workload.,Management should focus more on leading the team instead of dictating what people show do. They should also have a little more respect for people's personal lives and try to reduce mandatory overtime.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17667,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Lots of responsibilities so plenty of experience. Get to work with a lot of smart people. Good pay. You can move up easy if you are wiling to stick it out through the BS and work 15 hour days.,Pretty terrible work life balance. Lack of respect when people talk to you. Pay a lot less for promotions then outside hire.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17668,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Picker and Packer,Review,Easy money easy to get into steady schedule every week guaranteed 40 hours onlw worked 4 days a week. there is also alot of overtime and decent pay,the breaks were short for 10 hour shifts unorganized at times a lot of the team leads did not care about their employees,You guys should actually hire people to lead the team that actually care about their workers. Some of the leads were just writing everyone up for no reason and abusing their authority,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17669,amazon,"Kirkland, WA"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No one HAS to work here - it's an opportunity,> large company > VERY smart people/teams > verity in work oppotunities,> there's only 24hrs in a day > time management knowledge is a must > self-starter and self-teacher are requirements for success,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P986.htm
17670,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE1,Very good atmosphere at Amazon.,Do not have lunch provided,The management is very great!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17671,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Amazon is awesome,"Working at Amazon fulfillment center is fun and beneficial. Not only is the salary good, the people are great as well. I enjoy my time at amazon and I'm making new friends every day.","You can only have a few days off and once you hit negative on your hours, you are at risk of being written up or fired.",Keep up the good work!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17672,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Problem Solver,I like Amazon,"The amount of hours amazon offers is great, especially around holiday times, I always need extra cash around Christmas and Thanksgiving so its always good to have extra available hours.",Getting off at 4 am is tiring at times and can be stressful on my body sometimes I try not to doze off.,Keep up the good work and continue to improve the sight. Everyday I come in and management is always working on something new and exciting.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17673,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate Picker,Don't go unless desperate,"Decent pay for area, great benefits, nice options as far as vacation, personal and unpaid personal time. Very diverse employee population, some well-intentioned managers and PAs. Able to work 4 10 hour shifts and have 3 days off.","If you are having issues making rate because of horrible pick paths (I was a picker), management will not believe you and tell you to try your best and work harder. The pick paths are never the problem. Constantly feel like I'm being taken advantage of and/or taken for granted. I don't feel appreciated. Rate is almost unachievable unless your day goes perfect. Picker morale is low. I know several people trying their best to survive after getting a written final warning. At present, work doesn't feel dependable. Pickers are receiving a lot of voluntary time off since the warehouse has shifted to selling more clothes and shoes. Warehouse is filthy. My allergies have ran rampant since I've started. The weird positivity that's conveyed (mostly during stand ups) can be very irritating especially when everything is going wrong. They treat employees like children in a kindergarten class. Management in reality is overwhelmed and can't deal with all the problems. The ability to get promoted seems like an unknown process that only select people know. Favoritism can be discouraging. Certain people get all the indirect opportunities and get to basically stand/sit around and talk to other associates all shift long.","Stop shrugging off pickers having trouble making rate. Stop automatic write ups for a bad pick rate week. Everyone is different and not everyone can make 100% every week. Stop switching up managers so much. With every change, you lose the chance to secure a relationship with your manager and help your success.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17674,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Bilingual French/English Customer Support,Bilingual French/English Customer Support,Work from Home. Work in your PJ's. No gas expenses. Employee Discounts.,"Very low salary for very long hours put in. You get the standard $10.00/hour salary for monolingual, bilingual or multiple languages. Bilinguals and more have to do twice the work, but are not being compensated for their language skills. Benefits are too expensive on a $10.00 job, so you end up not getting any. They give you stocks, but if you decide to leave within a year, you have to repay them all, you don't get to keep those stocks as they take everything back. Be very careful! Managers are rude and not that helpful. You are on your own most of the time and the training doesn't cover everything.You get a lot of very angry customers because of bad service or merchandise. You do not get praise for a good job done. Company is very frugal and is always cutting benefits/salary from their employees, even the top performers. Amazon is not for you if you want a career and good salary, regardless of your experience and/or education, because they do not take that into considerations. I decided to leave right after the training was completed, as I can not afford to live on a $10.00/job after tax deduction, even from home.","Praise your top performers and make sure they have all the proper materials before being on their own. Stop insulting your top employees with low salaries and expect them to be on call 24/7 just because you allow them to work from home. Managers are very rude and not helpful. Customers will get very mad at you because of company policies, but management will blame it on you and remove points for bad Customer Review, even though it was not your fault. They'll get rid of you without warning once the seasonal high volume calls is over. Stay away if you can!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17675,amazon,"Shawnee, KS"," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Great atmosphere, Learn several different jobs which keeps employees from getting bored. Managers are easy to talk to and listens to concerns.","Not to many holidays are observed. Most companies give you a week vacation, here employees get a certain amount of vacation hours a month based on employment longevity. There are no paid sick days.",Change policy on sick pay and paid vacation. Make it more employee friendly.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17676,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support Engineer,"Multi platform environment in constant update/change provide opportunities for research, study and enrich IT skills and experience.",Budget limitations. Aggressive competition looking for promotion.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17677,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager III,Operations Manager III,"Innovative, work with really smart people. You get a pedigree with Amazon on your resume. You can make a lot of money too.","It's like being in a gun battle every day. Working nights put a huge strain on my marriage. At the end I asked myself, how much money would it take for me to do the job and be happy? There was no amount of money that would have made me happy so I walked away.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17678,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 Associate,"Benefits, 3 days off, benefits start day one, PTO and vacation given day one.","short breaks, management favoritism, long period of standing, no sitting allowed.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17679,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Development Engineer II,Lots to learn if you're new to the industry. Massive company means you'll advance your communication technique as well.,"Depending on the team, you may be worked to the bone for a month, upwards of 4 months, in order to hit deadlines. (Can burn out easily if not monitoring your health)","See above. Work on creating realistic timeline goes, which goes hand in hand with minimizing requirements changes throughout the pipeline. Otherwise, our end goal timeline does not make sense.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P987.htm
17680,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Amazon provides the tools necessary for you to succeed. The work to get there is up to you.,"I enjoy my team and camaraderie, surrounded by driven professionals that motivate growth and higher learning. There are plenty of channels to explore further development.","Goals are tough. Typically stretched. Hard work doesn't always equal success, sometimes you have to get lucky. But that's standard anywhere.",Keep investing in your employees development.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17681,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great place to work!,Seattle is an awesome city to live in. Amazon's downtown location is very nice. Great company all around!,Not enough benefits like other big tech companies.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17682,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Work At Home Customer Service Representative,A Cool Place to Work,Laid back casual working environment Great benefits and discounts Many opportunities to grow within the company,The pay for part time employees is poor for the work involved,Share the wealth. Fulfillment center workers and customer service agents are the bread and butter of your company. You should pay better.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17683,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Self-serve culture,Your career can be what you make it and you will work with some intelligent people. The company is growing at a rapid pace and new opportunities to grow and stretch are always opening.,You will have to work very hard as the bar is constantly raising. Company is heavily white male and so I think it can be severely tone deaf working here at times.,"Diversify, diversify, diversify your workforce in ALL areas. If the majority of your leadership is white male, you haven't created a diverse workforce. If your leadership is tone deaf and/or displays unconscious or conscious bias you are failing at diversity.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17684,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 13, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud support engineer I or Cloud support Associates for Aliens,Above average benefits. Work life balance is good. Latest technologies. Decent package,"Continuous performance monitoring, bi-weekly. Being in Level 4 Don't expect green card sponsorship/initiation from amazon, Even though recruiter said we will initiate your green card process. Over all it is a high tech call center job, handling chats, calls and emails. you have to resolve this many case per month and you have meet the target. you should be ranked among the co-workers.",Such a waste of time to advice to the management.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17685,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Tier I,Amazon Stowers,"Great pay and benefits, associates are great to talk to, you make a lot of new friends. Cool break rooms","Long hours, short breaks, and too many unreasonable time management situations. The rate is stressful too. Also, way too many mandatory over time hours. I feel like there is no life outside of work",Longer breaks and TOT isn't fair for the ones really working hard but getting held up due to other associates,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17686,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product manager,"Good benefits, challenging , no work life balance , many people","Too many new hires, ambiguous work , too hierarchical",Have a better hiring strategy and try and increase employee retention,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17687,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Floor Associate,Seasonal worker,the pay was good which is the most you could hope for with the type of work i was doing there. Management did their best to be personable despite little personal interaction.,The work was mind numbing. Literally with in a year i don't see how a robot won't be doing it. You rarely actually deal with the management.,Find a way to make the work on the floor more manageable. Its hard despite the short 4 hour shifts to make it through the day.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17688,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NO JOB SECURITY!!!,"benefits immediately, personal/unpaid time given when in need to come to work late/leave early or even miss a day, etc.","NO JOB SECURITY! Unfair work practices and harsh treatment of it's employees. Information needed to do your job daily varies between managers and if for any reason miscommunication becomes a issue and task can't be completed then the associate is left responsible. They have this conveniently set up to make sure they can ALWAYS have a ""reason"" to fire people. You don't get your full breaks which is against the law! We don't have a union and if we even think about trying to get one they will fire you. This is also illegal. Doesn't matter if you work hard, you'll be FIRED soon. Management will lie through their teeth and conveniently leave out information just to terminate you. Soon they will run out of people to rehire. They will lie about performance. They will lie about policy. They lie about needing doctor forms for XY&Z just to keep your job. They will make anything up then write you up for it, do not fall for it! Once those benefits come, you will never see them too much longer!!  Instead of training you in multiple departments to find a fit for you, they expect you to excel in the position you're dictated to do. Human resources is also a huge joke. They do not care about the employees at all. If you are going to quit, make sure you at least give one week of notice. If you don't, you can never work for Amazon again. You better hope you enjoy where you are placed, because you are there for at least 90 days and /CANNOT/ transfer into another department.","Management aren't held accountable for their actions. They give out write ups while obstructing protocol, making a hostile work environment where employee rights are violated regularly in the process.",1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17689,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Safety Coordinator,100% Honest,Great hours Great benefits Get to dress casually Holiday bonuses Paid time off Hands on experience for multiple areas,Favoritism Nasty attitudes College students as managers Sexist coworkers/managers/HR HR does not prioritize your concerns Sexual harassment is not reprimanded Only men succeed within the company,Get your crap together. Fresh out of college with an associates doesn't mean you're qualified to run a multi-billion dollar warehouse.,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P988.htm
17690,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"a good company, but.....","this is a good company to work for with a benefit package second to none. the atmosphere is a great environment for growth and expansion. The ladder for success alone is a incentive to rise above the ranks and take bigger and greater responsibilities and eventually take the mantle of area manager or GM. The benefits are the second reason to work for Amazon with full medical, dental and optical offered. a 401k plan and a retired plan to boot. They also hand out stock options to every employee. For all fantastic goodies Amazon offers it does have its drawbacks.","this is a young persons job, anyone over the age of 35 with any type of medical problems or conditions need not apply because to use the job can be and generally is medically speaking hard on the body. if you get hurt on the job the workman's comp team has to review and decide rather to pay you or not. They say there's fun times at work but don't get it twisted the work is nothing short of slave labor. Is it a good company to work for? Yes and no....Yes if your young and in good health and No if your older and suffer from old injuries or surgeries. The amount of walking, standing, crouching, lifting( the weight is suppose to be less then and up to 30lbs but in reality its around 30 to 50lbs and the bulk of the weight is in books) and twisting can and generally does break down the body and the push to go faster will break you down you mentally and physically. Is it a good company to work for: Yes, young people sign up and older people stay home.",Listen to your employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17691,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Program Manager,Love working for this company and in this culture! It may not be for everyone but if you set boundaries for work life balance from the beginning it can be an amazing experience!,The more senior you get in this company the more time that is expected of you and commitment to outside of working hours. Safe to say I know how senior I would want to be to maintain my ideal balance.,Know what your preferred management style is and ask what it would be for your team. I've seen A LOT of managers come and go in this company and it can be very clear when it isn't a right fit for culture from the beginning.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17692,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,-automated/advanced system -good structure -nice people and team members are very supportive -transparent management -fairly good pay for college grads -flexible working hours,-long work time can be frustrating -career development for international employees can be limited,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17693,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place,They offer great health insurance along with good payment and lots of opportunity to gain more not including the stock bonuses.,Hard to move up once you are already hired as a result it is better to shoot as high as possible from the outside rather than try to work your way up.,Try to encourage more promotions from within! Give those who joined earlier a better chance to climb rather than burn them out.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17694,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part Time/Seasonal,- No interview needed to get hired - Only drug testing - Flexible hours,- Hours scheduled are pretty low per week / start at 15 hours a week - A lot of heavy lifting - Pay is higher at other Amazons in different cities (even ones with a lower minimum wage),- Need to improve upon training - Orientation was not organized - A lot of employees don't learn basic things until way too late - Online orientation was a waste of time - especially without actually setting foot into the warehouse,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17695,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer,Amazon is OK for us,A bit busy for every day work,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17696,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Specialist,Not bad,Typical warehouse job. Has the good and the bad people working. Just hope you don't get stuck with slow people,Young management sometimes don't know what they're doing,Watch the new hires and make sure they get properly trained,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17697,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Work Kamper,Great way to adjust to RV living while earning grocery money. Coworkers and management were great.,It was a physical job with demanding overtime shifts.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17698,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Fullfilment,Love the Xulture,Amazon works very hard to make employees feel a part of the overall experience of the customer. This create a sense of pride and ownership,"The work can be very physically taxing, however, the company works to minimize any impact this may have on you.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17699,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Mostly happy with Amazon,"Scale and scope of work is large. There are many interesting problems to solve, from high level business problems to low level platform and infrastructure problems. There is something for every type of engineer. Moving from one team to another is easy. Stick with managers you know and trust.","Be wary of some teams and departments. The more public facing, the worse the work-life balance. Some departments have a bad culture and it can be painful to work inside or alongside one of these departments.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P989.htm
17700,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon warehouse,The atmosphere is nice every one is kind and pleasant to be around.,"Too many quirks,easyly can get fired",Good management they're very helpful,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17701,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,There always hiring...,"You will meet nice people, shed a few pounds, and make some extra cash if your in between jobs.",Major lack of communication between management and HR.,"Treat everyone fairly, not just your favorites.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17702,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,My review,"Give good time off , they vto you and dont penilize you , peak season is great and good money just a little time","You dont always get vto'd , peak season parking lot gets a little on the crazy side so you have to be early to be truthfully honest",Interact more with your employees and reward for little small things or stop in on a employee while working and let them know that tey are doing a great job and its greatly appreciated,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17703,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,"Poor management, unclear objectives",Seattle is an awesome place to live,"Business goals and demands changed sometimes changed week to week, and the data scientists were insufficiently managed to focus on longer-term analyses. The culture is affectionately described as ""tribal"", but often this a euphemism for ""myopic"".",Change,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17704,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 13, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Good starter job,Snacks are available and they are good snacks. A lot of exercise. meet awesome people,Treat you as just another person. Alot of exercise,get to know empoyees better,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17705,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,The company offered great benefits to the employees. I,Its hard to move up position in the warehouse. I feel that there is favoritism while others are working harder.,Manager should have better communication with their employees,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17706,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon... Substandard,I think the best thing about Amazon was the people you got to work with.,"Depending on shift, the management transition was less than adequate.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17707,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,SDE at Amazon,"- Amazon knows how to do business - Freedom in decisions - Disciplined, data-driven approach to everything - The best place to learn","- On-Call - Bad work-life balance - SDEs do development, deployment, support, on-call -- great chance that you hate at least one of those",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17708,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Forklift Operator,Na,It always was a different smile to come to everyday did have to work as hard. Hours was manageable to my everyday life.....,Better at breaks. Coaching their floor management better. Security front no good,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17709,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Amazon Vine is an invitation-only program. Vine Voices are selected based on several criteria, but primarily on the helpfulness of their reviews as judged by all other customers and by their demonstrated interest in the types of products that are featured in the program. Customers who consistently write helpful reviews and develop a reputation for expertise in specific product categories are most likely to be invited into the program.","We want the Voice program to reflect the best of our growing body of customer reviewers. We invite reviewers to participate in the Vine program based on feedback from other customers. A reviewer's rank is determined by the overall helpfulness of all their reviews, factoring in the number of reviews they have written. More weight is given to recent reviews. For more information on how reviewer rankings are determined, please visit How Ranking Works. Ultimately, Vine Voices become eligible based on the value and trust other Amazon.com customers place in the Voices' ability to provide helpful and insightful reviews. In addition to the reviewer rank, we also weigh customers' demonstrated interest in products similar to those enrolled in the Vine program. This facilitates product reviews by people who are familiar with the category they belong to. For example if a Vine Voice mostly purchases and/or reviews home and garden products, it is more likely they will be offered similar products.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P990.htm
17710,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great infrastructure for deploying software, lots of smart people",Should involve engineers more when making decisions,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17711,amazon,"Ontario, CA"," Dec 4, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,No respect,"Instant benefit package, full time work with three days off, decent starting pay for wearhouse work, big business means job security.","10 hour work days doing physical labor tears up your body. Management treats you like cattle. There is no respect, you are only a number in the herd. When I worked there they had increased the expected target stow numbers for Christmas... Then after the season they decide to just make that the permanent target rate, and never decreased it. If you work there they own your soul. This is a warm body job. They didn't even interview the group of people I was hired with, they just need a warm body for manual labor.",Calm down and treat your employees like humans. leaving peoples humanity intact will go a long way toward pride in work and job happiness. It will also decrease the high turnover rate.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17712,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Summer Software Development Engineer Internship in Seattle,"Great Intern project + chance to explore Seattle for a summer + great coworkers + dogs, lots of dogs","Experience is very team specific, not all the interns had great experiences. You may not end up in Seattle. Very little control of how your experience will be. This is not unique to Amazon though.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17713,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Shift Manager,Worked for AMZL. Very tight nit group of young managers. It is very important to market yourself well within the company,"Good benefits, nice coworkers and and good for the resume.",Worked for AMZL. Very tight nit group of young senior managers. It is very important to market yourself well within the company from day one. HR is basically non existent and has no power over operations. This is not a place where you can argue scope of job. You are told and must comply. Expect to work long days with an inconsistent schedule.,Get more experience,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17714,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I thought I had found the perfect job. Instead, all the negative rumors were true.",You'll get a lot of work done - but you'll pay a steep price to do it. At L5 or above the pay package may be attractive.,"Beware of getting trapped in a scenario where you have to pay back a signing or relocation bonus. Many people are staying for that reason only. Constant emotional abuse from managers via email, 1:1 meetings, and in meetings with others. Example: A manager holding a meeting to rip apart two people in front of an audience of people who are not involved in the situation - then privately telling those same two people they're doing a great job. Poor managers with a limited skill set / understanding on how to motivate employees No respect for planned time off If you don't stop yourself, you will work 60+ hours a week VP level management supports abusive tactics within their divisions- getting results is applauded no matter what the cost VPs are complete jerks. Jerks hire jerks . Welcome to management at Amazon.",Let your team managers manage their people Don't demand that people give up planned personal time for ridiculous reasons Don't criticize employees for their very inconsequential habits that you happen to dislike Learn what emotional abuse is and how to prevent it Let employees transfer jobs - enough with putting people on performance plans when they try to move,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17715,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,University Programs Recruiting,"Amazon offers opportunities for interesting, challenging work on many teams. Much to learn. Location in downtown Seattle is nice. Dogs.","I do *NOT* recommend recruiting for University Programs. The NYT article maybe doesn't apply to all teams at Amazon, but definitely fits my experience on university. As the other reviewers mention, employee turnover on the team is VERY high, even by Amazon standards. Other cons: -Fundamental lack of capacity planning/management -Some managers are aggressive, condescending micromanagers who bully direct reports. What ever happened to being ""vocally self-critical""? -Poor experience for candidates, even though Amazon says it obsesses over customers. -Poor onboarding for new hires. ""Training"" consists of an Excel doc. -Weak internal systems -Work-life harmony is extremely difficult","1. Assume good intentions when your directs ask for help 2. Managers should undergo performance reviews by their directs which have visibility among Amazon/HR leadership, as is standard practice in some tech companies. 3. Amazon leadership should do a deep-dive on the team and make an effort to fix the high turnover.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17716,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing!,"Highly competitive, Intelligent people around, fast growth","Work Life balance, Peer pressure",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17717,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy place,Well organized and there are very smart people to help you.,Long hours and repetitive job.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17718,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,No Green Card for SDE I,Good structured career growth when compared to other companies. Rising stock value. Seattle is a decent place to live.,Could end up with a bad project and incompetent team where you may not develop your skills.  Might feel lost in a ocean of engineers.  Not eligible for EB2 green card as SDE I. This might become a recurring problem where some are forced to move to another country as they may never get picked in the H1B lottery.  Have to rely on public transport to get to work.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17719,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,It's okay...,"It's a paycheck Get to work in pajamas Discount is 10% off, up to a $100 benefit.",Benefits are a joke No free Prime Customers are terrible,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P991.htm
17720,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Worst Employer ever!,The ability to get overtime is the only thing I would say.That and the fact that you work 4 days and get three off back to back.,The management is terrible.HR seems to be unreachable and have a terrible disposition.,You are not above anyone under you...,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17721,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Director,Great company,Work hard. Have fun. Make History. This really happens every day.,Promotions don't happen very fast but challenged every day,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17722,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - University Recruiter,University Recruiting,"- You'll get an incredible amount of hires during peak months - You'll learn an astonishing amount in a short period of time - Most coworkers are intelligent and willing to help - You'll get approached by Facebook, Google, etc for jobs - Transferring teams is pretty easy  I still have a lot of respect for Amazon's University recruiting efforts. They are able to scale quick and hit impressive numbers. It sharpened aged skills and forced me to learn new ones I didn't know I had in me.","- Turnover is abysmal, I counted 16 people who left since I joined. No one ever gets terminated or managed out. - Too many fires that are the top priority to put out, impossible to get anything done on a daily basis - Very poor work-life balance, expect to log in from home each night - Epitomizes the Amazon seen in the NYT article - Terrible work culture, lots of people do little more than revel on attacking each other - Horrible management that tolerates and promotes a call-out bro culture - Poor candidate orientation, treated like a burden that needs to be shoveled into an impartial machine  Avoid joining University if at all possible. If you can get an interview here you can get an interview in any other team within Amazon. If you have the misfortune of joining, apply internally and get out. Amazon recruiting has a lot of excellent teams that excel in all areas.",Burnout is a symptom of a larger issue. Do a deep dive on your team culture and make an effort to improve.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17723,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's very demanding,"Money is ok, and they give you the tools that you need to get the job done in a safe way","They treat you like animals hurting you in and out, the higher ups talk to you in a mean way",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17724,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Fulfillment Associate, quit after 2 weeks.",Water stations. Large cafeteria but no free food. Working in a large corporation that makes a positive difference. I feel like I make a difference.,"New employee, so far: You have orientation day 1. Day 2 is were they will provide you the location you will be working and a trainer. I was shown how to use the equipment then we all practiced. After that we were all on our own. I person came up towards the middle of the 2nd day to tell me my numbers were low. When I asked how to improve them since I am new, he said I should ""know"". When I went to get water several minutes later, I saw him speaking with a lady who was in my training group. He was showing her tips on how to improve, and physically did her work, and told her he would like to see her ""stick around"" so her numbers must go up.  Not suprised the lady quit. Some people come off creepy here. It is very cut throat. You will find great employees who work hard but some creeps and people who will come by and stare at you. They say it's because of quality control but honestly it seems like micro management and comes off as creepy. There has to be a better way without staring at someone while there bending or on a ladder.  My excitement for working at Amazon has been turned into a frown . I unfortunately, now know why Amazon has a high turn over. Quantity over quality is number 1 , which is what a person in authority told me would me my success or failure. They remind you often to get numbers or you will be written up and fired. I have zero mistakes in quality but constantly verbally threatened I will be written up if my numbers do not improve. ( keep in mind I have only been hwr for 2 days! ) What they are implying that employees are just ""robots"" who can be easly replaced.   Positive: I can say though I have the best trainer! She gives it to me straight and is very helpful, goes above and beyond for her team. Even pitches in to help you & she seems genuine and cares for people's success. Positive energy from trainer.","If Amazon truly has a 360 degree feedback, here is my advise, & I only say this because I want to see Amazon on a positive path:  1. Have a better way to evaluate lifting procedures are followed then having people come and stare at you as you bend or up on a ladder.  2. Have people in vests provide positive ways to improve unstead of you should know this and walking away. Some vest people are creepy some are helpful. Depends on whom you get.Also, recognize you need to give ways people can improve and guide them.  3. If someone is there to observe you lifting, they should let you know unstead of standing around.  Hope my feedback can be taken in a positive text in which it was intended.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17725,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Fullfilment Associate,"Great Pay, Awful Work Life",Great pay and easy to make friends. Most AMs are friendly and easy to talk to.,"Repetitive work becomes droll and mentally tiresome after the first few days. Opportunity for promotion or department switch very limited until you've worked for a long time. No kind of sick days or medical leave offered, no kind of non-military leave accepted or available until having worked for 12 months.",Talk to corporate about changing the unfair rules on leave. Consider eager associates for positions when theyou shoe initiative and drive instead of treating them like temporary cattle.,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17726,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Good place to start a career,Will be able to learn a lot of new technologies. It is fantastic if you start your career here.,Hard to maintain your work life balance.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17727,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Something,Good benefit Great environment Coworkers are good,Poor management Something else and another,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17728,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sortation associate,"good place to work, fun to work with people","parking, short break, need improve of management",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17729,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's OK if you like this sort of work,"*My co-workers were very nice *Logistics is still new and growing, wonderful for someone who likes to learn *I worked from home, and that was very nice","*You often have to deal with angry, frustrated, or impatient people *There currently aren't many leads, so you sometimes have to wait 10 minutes or more to get an answer","l don't really have much advice to give. I left because it was negatively effecting my mental health, but it's fine if you can handle this kind of work.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P992.htm
17730,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Good pay that's about it,Over worked and always rushed,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17731,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Photographer Stylist,Burn you up and then spits you out!,Nothing good about working here. Nothing!,"They don't care for you as an employee, you are just another person they use to get jobs done using all your energy. They have other evaluate you behind your back and send each other anonymous feedback that can downgrade your status overtime. Out of the blue, they just ""release"" you which basically just fires you for any random reason without warning. Treat you like your disposal and not really there for your best interest. Even if you put in your next work, they don't appreciate you. I was working there for a while as a stylist and photographer for their products, and one week all of the sudden out of no where they just decide to fire me, saying I wasn't as ""fast."" Which is BS because that week I remember finishing all the products in the section, that I even went over to the other workers to help with their sections because I was already done with my work. I was that fast. I was so frustrated at them. They were cliquish and all went to the same photography school together and just were not interested in being friends with me or welcoming me. This is a job not a career. I was there on and off barley three months. Most people are done in a year or less, that doesn't prove any good to the company and their treatment to employees.",Stop being robots and cold harsh pretendious freaks!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17732,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Back Office Associate III,Back office specialist,"Good area to work in. You help customers resolve issues with unknown or fraudulent charges on their credit cards.  Excellent benefits from the company and they offer 401k, major medical and dental as well as vision plans for employee and family  Flexible work hours",When I worked their the management changed often. They had 4 operations manager changed in 4 year period.  Schedule bids are another issue unless you get the shift you want. Team leads vary some are excellent others like to get a steady pay check. Area managers change quite fast as well. Some move up the corporate ladder and others well vanish.  Also HR in some areas create their own rules that govern the north eastern states have completely different rules then those in corporate or even out west.  The Fafillment centers also have different employee policies.,Be more consistent with your own policies and have all your call centers and fa fillment centers use the same policies across the board. Don't change them based on the location. Like HTS shouldn't be different from lexi1 or Lexi2.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17733,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not nearly as bad as the NYTimes suggests.,"Customer focused, good balance between business and engineering sides of the company, opportunities to take initiative/ownership of your services, leadership is very competent.","High turnover rate, sometimes process and metric oriented to a fault, very few perks and minimal benefits.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17734,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,Not too difficult and pays decent,It gets monotonous and is not too fun,Don't micro manage,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17735,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer II,Work on projects effect such large user bases,no documentation. Great internal tools and systems that are extremely silo'd and hardly function together. Over educated and under experienced engineers and business leaders.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17736,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Receiving,Average pay for average work,"it's not back breaking work, air conditioning, great benefits, 4 day week available for some positions, some promotion potential for educated employees","pay is barely competitive, management is either hands off or micromanaging not much of an in between, insane time-off-task policy","The people that do the job 40 hours a week know more about it than you do, provide suggestions as questions rather than concrete commands and you'll get further with process changes.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17737,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible training!,Legit stay at home job with descent pay ($10 an hour).,"Seriously. A week of 'training' (a bunch of reading, a couple videos and are expected to remember it all right away) before just being thrown out to live calls. Not fair to the customer, associate or even amazon really. Needs so much improvement.",Please improve training!,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17738,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"really smart people around, but no work life balance","Really Smart people, good projects that challenge you, performance review process very clear and open, great salaries","no work life balance, sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night for an urgent work.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17739,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is my review.,"Great company, great benefits, poor leadership.",I don't have anything negative to say.,none,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P993.htm
17740,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Could be a great place to work...,"If they didn't continuously send you home on what they call voluntarily time off, how can anyone pay their bills on 7 hrs for a two week paycheck",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17741,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Ambassador,HARD WORK,Start off with 12.00 might be a little more now Plenty over time,Long hours Short breaks and lunch Must be on time Stay in one spot for you're entire shift You can't make rate your fired What you to work faster harder every day No down time and at times hard to even go to the bathroom without management questioning you go home tired and drained Most people can't make it a year All of the management got to be under 25 Some people work hard most just sail through which makes the job that much harder,"Fairly easy to move up just kiss butt and over work yourself you will be at the top in no time most of the ""leadership"" have degrees so you can come in with degree and no nothing about your job or you work yourself to death and move up",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17742,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,"Some of the smartest and capable people I've worked with, innovation at every turn, fast paced, ability to work cross functionally if you have the desire, compensation is attractive","Experience with the company tends to be dictated by the senior leadership of your org. I can only speak to my experience but here is a summary: NYT article from last year is a bit exaggerated but also contains many truths. Ruthless culture that seems to encourage toppling over your coworkers. The antithesis of teamwork and collaboration as teams were pitted against one another and were always questioning the others process/results. Everyone seems to point the finger at everyone else if a project or goal is failing as a survival mechanism instead of collaborating for a solution. Business reviews were too frequent and unproductive, arguments and lamenting people were the norm and seemed encouraged. Healthy tension and disagreement is good for refinement, what I witnessed was not healthy. Zero employee/career development unless your manager is a rockstar. You can be a cog in the machine that is amazon and stick around or be spit out as a byproduct, leadership is indifferent to which category you fall in. Employee attrition at the company was unlike anything I've ever seen, like a revolving door.","Company is in a rapid growth phase right now that allows it to treat employees the way it does. When multi-billion dollar business are up double digits YoY consistently, leadership see's the dollar signs and doesn't care for much else. Start making changes/improvements now as things will be exposed when the growth finally plateaus.",1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17743,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Liberal time off policy. You can just decide you don't want to stay the rest of the day and clock out, as long as you have the time to cover it",Work 50-60 hr weeks all summer and through the holiday season. So you basically sacrifice the best parts of the year entirely to work there.,"For the most part, Amazon hires completely unqualified ""leaders"". They have no idea what they're doing. by of them are immature and make emotional or spiteful decisions.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17744,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior,fun and challenge work to do,busy stressful to do to,not much,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17745,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Regional Human Resources Manager,Customer Obsession at the expense of the employees,"stock, looks good on your resume","No work/life balance at all, once you sign up with them you have sold your soul to the devil. Great place to advance among the ranks if you are young, single, and don't care about not having any social life outside of work. Even when sick (throwing up etc.) you are expected to be at work and on your assigned conference calls. No such thing as vacation as they want you tapped in 24/7. Sleep with your cell on your pillow so you can be reached. The AMAZON article in the NY Times was spot on. I know several people who ended up leaving the company on short term disability due to nervous breakdowns, unable to return.","Advice to UPPER MANAGEMENT (SEATTLE). Value your employees, not just your customers. You don't care who leaves because there are plenty of job seekers who want to work for you? Don't take your employees for granted and treat them like it's a damn privilege to work for Amazon. CHURN AND BURN is not the reputation you want to have.",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17746,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Folklift,folklift,well i have a wife and apartment call to take care so i needed to work and i would like 3 shift to start,well i go to work on time and my boss like the work i do. so i will continue showing up on time and doing a good job.,team worker,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17747,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,You get out what you put in,"Hard work truly does not go unnoticed. After only 8 months as a Tier 1, I was chosen to take the key Tier 3 role as Ship Clerk.",You are expected to work weekends and plenty of mandatory overtime.,Take your associates' concerns to heart.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17748,amazon,"Etna, OH"," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Worker,"The competitive benefits, the decent employee discount, the close to home location of business, the easy freeway access to the place of business.","Facility just opened but the turnover rate is high already. There is a very low morale at work due to workers being treated like machines. Not enough staff so they are asking current employees to recruit since no one is staying after they find out the the shifts that are offered do not allow you to have much of a family/personal life. It makes it extremely hard for working parents. In addition to the schedules being between 7 am through 6 pm, employees are forced to work mandatory overtime. The shift flexibility and pay is not competitive with other large warehouse companies. The biggest issue I have seen is their inability to follow through on work accommodations for disabled workers.",Educate your fresh out of college HR staff on how to handle disability accommodations since this is an EEOC employer. They are setting themselves up for potential lawsuits.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17749,amazon,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,SDE Intern,They treat intern pretty well.,Experience depends on the team you were put in,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P994.htm
17750,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Agent,21st century company,The most progressive company you will ever work for. Loved working from home and the flexibility that came with it.,Training is rushed with so much scenarios/information that never gets brought up.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17751,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You get what you put in!,"Great culture, work hard in a casual setting. Dogs are allowed, innovating a lot of awesome things!","Still operates as it did when it was much smaller, so there are a lot of pain points.",learn how to scale,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17752,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"It is among the big 4, so you choose your team and org carefully (and with some luck), you can grow in your career quickly","Employee benefits/perks are meager, diversity numbers are terrible and operational load can be a big burden depending on your team",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17753,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesome place to work!!!,"It's a part-time job so your able to have a second job, go to school or handle any other obligations you may have.",Not a lot of opportunity for full-time positions.,Listen to you employee complaints. If you listen you may have a lower turn over rate.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17754,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Working with amazon is amazing. I enjoy the pay and flexibility,There are really no cons for the position I'm in,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17755,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,motion graphic designer,great work life balance year around,small workspace that is tough for a creative person,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17756,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far so good.,"As a part time employee, I really do enjoy working for Amazon. 32 hour work week, great benefits, great pay, plus a discount! My hours are perfect during the week.  So far HR has been really helpful in answering any and all questions. Managers are awesome too! They are a little strict about you clocking in and out for lunch and breaks. So make sure you get back to your ""station"" on time!  The downside for some people is that after two days of training you're on your own. Plus there is some soreness and exhaustion. But, you'll get used to it after a while.  So far I haven't had any complaints about working here. I only hope that things get better from here.",Lots of standing depending on where your stationed.,"For some, two days of training won't be enough. Maybe a week of training then throwing them to the wolves? Employees want to be ready when it's time to be on their own.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17757,amazon,"South San Francisco, CA"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do not waste your time,I have nothing for pro's this place is awful.,"Some people have not been paid in a month. That's right 4 weeks. My case has been two weeks and I haven't been paid. HR has no answers and you keep going around in a circle. The warehouse is unorganized, managers don't know what's going on. It's the blind leading the blind. Avoid this place and you will avoid yourself a big time headache.",Get your stuff together.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17758,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Associate,"Great working atmosphere ""on the floor"". Very organized.","HR in Raleigh is the worst I have ever seen. After having my hours changed without my knowledge I went to HR 4x to have it adjusted. Finally on the 4th trip to the distribution Center I waited over 1 1/2 hours for HR. There were two other employees that waited longer than that. I finally ""threw in the towel"". HR here is useless.","After working in demand/supply management for over 25 years at a large company I could not believe that Amazon actually treated their employees like this. I went out of my way by traveling down to the distribution center to get this straight 4x!!! I was anxious to work here as a seasonal employee, but so disappointed in how many time I had to travel down to the distribution center to get my hours worked out. I had stated I wanted to work 5am to 9am, Somehow my hours were changed by HR Raleigh. I stated I needed the 5am to 9am hours since I had other commits during the day. I tried 4 times to get this straight with HR by traveling on my own time down to the distribution center. The last straw was when I had to wait over 1 1/2 hours while HR was on a conference call and then followed up with new employees.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17759,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,fullfillment associate/packing,"can ""volunteer time off"" go home without utilizing your vacation or paid time off.","rate must be maintained (must pack product in a box as fast a possible) producing aggressive associates in order to meet and excel with rate expectations. the more aggresive you are, the more you will produce. which mgmt prefer and spoil. fast associates ""cherry pick"" easy items, choose previously boxed items in order to increase their rate. leave heavy items for less aggressive associates....potentially not meeting rate and enduring write ups which could lead to dismissal. scheduled associates (low producers)are asked to ""vto"" due to lack of work and non scheduled associates stay to increase their hrs....with no preferrance for scheduled associates. another thing...this job is very physically demanding...ideal for someone perhaps in their 20's and not in their 50""s. low hrs=low checks for so called full time associates.","scheduled employees should have priority to stay on the line. vto staff should come from ot staff! ""special projects should be rotated by all associates.",2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P995.htm
17760,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways Operations - A Joke.,Brand recognition Potential for movement Decent Insurance,"Rough work hours - (4-6 days a week of 12 hours days). Expect to work at night and weekends all the time. Rough work environment - (FCs are deliberately designed with no place to sit - except during lunch if you can have time to have it) Draconian management - stack ranking and lack of recognition all the time. Instead, everyday ends with a list of things that you should be doing better. Place is not meant for human beings. Bait and Trap compensation - sign on bonus and relocation are clawed back if you stay less than 1-2 years. Its very difficult to stay longer than that. Excessive Bureaucracy - You cannot do everything between all that is asked of you. Therefore you will CONSTANTLY hear about it. If people like you, then you might luck out, but be ready to get political - yuck!",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17761,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Weekly pay, weekly pay, weekly pay",Long hours Standing all day,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17762,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too bad,"The people inside the building are amazing. Everyone is so friendly and nice. Even some of the managers, and the cleaning crew.",Senior management is really horrible. They don't care about the people in the building only the numbers. Hr is okay but could be a lot better.,Try and care about your people instead of numbers. More people would come and stay and actually work. Managers need better people skills.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17763,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Recruiter,Recruiting Org is a Joke!,Amazon brand on resume helps,"What a nightmare! I was a full-time recruiter and working there was a joke. We had to utilize behavioral interview questions (aligned with the Leadership Principles). It was robotic and antiquated. You had to kiss up to Management to survive. Recruiters were unprofessional, immature and backstabbing. Managers had no leadership or strategic exp. No company perks, overworked, stressed and underpaid. Stay a year, if you can last and get out of there.","Take a pause to examine who you have represented your Company, The incompetent recruiters who aren't qualified to hire the best and top-tier resources. Your annual review causes panicked and stress to an already gloomy recruiting culture.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17764,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Time,"Very laid back, fun and fair. Quick promotion. Cool people to work with.",Can't complain. Love it because everything is fair.,Keep it up! Your doing just fine.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17765,amazon,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Self Employed,Amazing,Selling product to high quality customers.,Sell are not meeting requirement standers.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17766,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal HRA,Great opportunities and a lot of room for growth. You can really learn to develop your self.,I don't really see any cons.,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17767,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Coworkers are very friendly, management is helpful and experienced, and the Pay is great (you really earn every penny)",I'm young so It's not really a problem but the workload may be too much for some. I hate the cold and I'm usually always in the chilly or freezer area.,30 minutes before a shift is over have some people begin prepping for the next shift so no one has to start in a hole.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17768,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment center employee,Pay Hours Management is nice Clean facilities Encouraging team,Boring Repetitive Not a chance to move up Want you to do more for no extra pay,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17769,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Full Time Amazon Associate/Problem-Solver,"Amazon is a great place to work, great benefits","The job is physically demanding, standing for 10 to 11 hours and lifting boxes","Appreciate the people that work hard for you, get to know them and let them know you appreciate their hard work",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P996.htm
17770,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Full Time Amazon Associate/Problem-Solver,"Amazon is a great place to work, great benefits","The job is physically demanding, standing for 10 to 11 hours and lifting boxes","Appreciate the people that work hard for you, get to know them and let them know you appreciate their hard work",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17771,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Friendly, innovative, fun, and passionate environment",They are Not very flexible and have short hours sometimes,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17772,amazon,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Success Manager,Solid,Customer obsessed culture. Great equity pay.,Work/Life balance not the best. Salary not competitive.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17773,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,"Smart, committed workforce working on state of the art IT projects A ""deep pocket"" company, worthy projects get funding easily Easy to move around the company to try different roles, challenges","Little coordination between business units, strategies are almost all vertical Best technical talent gets promoted to management. Little focus on leadership skills An escalation culture, go tell someones boss if you have a problem getting something done",Focusing on leadership skills for new managers would help. Keeping those who are 100% technical on a technical career track would as well.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17774,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brutal Corporate Culture,"*Get to work with some very smart people *Get to work in multiple spaces - retail, devices, cloud etc. all within one company *Salaries are very attractive",*Lack of work life balance is the norm and not the exception *Business is always prioritized over the well being or career development of employees.,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17775,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trial by fire,great learning exprience....like an MBA but they pay you!,Worst work life balance ever. Got written up for taking my first vacation after being employed over a year (for not making sales while on vacation),Train managers better. Promoting high preforming reps to management with no training and poor oversight makes for a terrible environment.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17776,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits competitive,"Compared to former position, similar work life balance. Benefits are competitive - health care options and employee share are pretty good, great maternity/paternity leave policy with ramp up for new moms.",Intense work environment. Competitive peers likely to disagree with you about everything.,Need to add layers so promotions occur more frequently,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17777,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,just keeping you informed,relax dress atmosphere. you can where your pjs as long as you have on clothes toes shoes. they provide seasonal employees with benefits and does not conclude your position at the end of the holiday season. guarantee overtime.,"must work for days straight and possibly five if they need overtime. mandatory overtime is required. its very loud on the inside, only two shifts for seasonal workers.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17778,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,Excellent benefits package and career choices program to further education,lack of communication between mamagement and associates,post changes in job functions in an area where it is readily seen. Such as the overtime monitors located at time clocks.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17779,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Depends on your perspective,+ fair benefits + monthly production and attendance bonuses + good vision and dental plan + games during peak season + fair PTO and UPT,+ no union + voice of opinion board is always full of complaints + whether you have a good manager or a bad manager shapes the overall mood of the floor + little to no sunshine for 10 hours straight + you'll hear a lot of people talking about how everything is unfair + if your station is set-up correctly in the morning it makes your day much easier + your personal daily production rating system is not entirely fair + people like to put you down and it really kills the attitude + its difficult to constructively grow if you start in a level 1 position,+ walk the floors and listen to the problems people are talking about + be proactive in making corrections for the betterment of others,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P997.htm
17780,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,Great for those who have lots of piercings and tattoos. Does not discriminate in that area at all.,Long hours on your feet standing in one area for most of that time. Very hard on the body physically and mentally. I've only worked there for 5 months and can feel how my body has deteriorated since in that short amount of time.,Train immediate management to be more human and less robotic.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17781,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Definitely not boring,Makes you think in large scale/global Data driven Customer focus,"Alpha White Male dominated Needs lot of sucking up to old boy/men network - if your thinking is different from the norm (esp. of sr. anager or above), you will be beaten down hard. Getting to be very bureaucratic. Teams have their own goals/agendas, and don't want to work across the aisle. You are held accountable for failures without being given adequate power/authority to effect change. Managers are focused on getting themselves to the next level, and pay zero attention to developing employees. I had three managers in one year, and none of them held 1-1's unless i insisted, and even then it was around project status rather than development.","Appreciate diversity of thought and opinions. Just having diversity of gender or race for the sake of appearing to be diverse isn't enough. Have managers goal tied to developing employees under them, so that they can actually listen to issues and help resolve them.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17782,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse worker,The money was good. $13 an hour Co- workers were fun,Not enough hours Horrible managers In a 10 hour shift you would only get an hour break. Slave labor.,Replace everyone and rethink how hard the work is on the people before you force them to do more,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17783,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be better,Great stability and benefits Career choice,Lacks promotions from within Brings in new managers which process assistants have to train,Site lead needs to learn how to engage employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17784,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart people,A lot of smart people to work with. Things are moving forward fast. BUildings are clean. Good stock options and competitive compensation. Mangers and teams are good,No perks. Lunch is not free. Nothing in the kitchen except awful coffee. Dogs running around so you better get prepare for it. A lot of documents to write. Lots of meetings,Improve your perks please. You need to match those provided in the bay area like google and facebook in order to get the best talents,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17785,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anonymous,"Good pay, good benefits, close to home, good hours","Big company, a lot of employees, short lunch, and breaks",Thanks for the opportunity to be great in my life,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17786,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Inbound Receive,Amazon is Rough,"I loved working with my coworkers,i loved the job i did.I would have stayed.Because of the friends i made and the job I did.","I pressure to always make the hourly quotas is awful, the system writes you up automatically, the people they turn over there is awful.its almost like you can't stay there longer then a few months,you can't relax if you are in a certain job because you have to worry about making the quotas,and a lot of times the products are not there to make the numbers.",I really liked the Manager I had he really cared and tried for me.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17787,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid if possible,Commanding salary for recent graduate but the high hours in work week are not sustainable.,"Poor work life balance and culture, constant shift/dept change, and ambiguous nature.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17788,amazon,"Springfield, VA"," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon doesn't care,"Good company to work for, no interview required",ignorant and misleading employees. Miscommunication between employees.,"Make management more visible, can't find them half the time.",1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17789,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Believe Everything you Read in the Paper,Amazon.com is a wonderful place to work if you like to be challenged and appreciate a constantly changing environment. There is never a shortage of work and there is ample opportunity for career development as there is always some project going on. The Seattle campus is amazing and the buildings are gorgeous. Being able to walk South Lake Union (SLU) while walking to different buildings is always refreshing and helps pull you away from the work mentality.,The career path isn't as simple as some would expect. There is no standard progression from role to role and you really have to succeed if you want to move up within the company. This can be off putting for some individuals who are looking for a position where they can put in 2-3 years and get promoted to the next level.,"Continue to put the customer first and consider taking a different approach to public relations. I know that we like to have our customers advocate for us and promote our public image, but when that image is threatened or tarnished it would be nice to see an Amazon representative get out in front of and address it.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P998.htm
17790,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - FC Associate,Easy but unrewarding.,+Career Choice (after 1 year) +Stock after 2 years +Cheap Health benefits +VTO,-Unrewarding -Minimal time off -Human Resources is worthless -Unprofessional Leadership -Promotion process lacks industry standards,Increase security measures. Higher quality on site medical. Pay more to associates.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17791,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management needs to listen to engineers,Lots of different teams to choose. Pick carefully as they range in quality.,"At its worst you feel like a cog in machine expected to spin faster and faster, until you switch teams and repeat","Listen to the engineers. Taking shortcuts all the time leads to messy code, tickets, instability, and lower moral loss.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17792,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not balanced,Big company. Lots of mobility between teams.,Mediocre pay and benefits. Not a lot of personal interest in employees except when things aren't great. Also very elitist where CS degrees vs all other degrees are concerned.,Stop basing people's worth on their ability to solve irrelevant coding problems and try harder to praise hard work and results.,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17793,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loss Prevention Specialist,Independent Work Encouraged and supported,Expected to be a Manager without being a Manager,Don't ride the fence. Either we are managers or not. Not both.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17794,amazon,"Greensboro, NC"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Customer Service Work-From-Home,Seasonal Work-From-Home Customer Service,"$10/hr. Have some down time. If you get stuck or don't know what to do, there is opportunity for your question to get answered on team group chat. Training was thorough, although very long and a bit overwhelming","Sometimes you get stuck with a terrible manager who doesn't care about your success. Managers rotate constantly and you will end up in a new team just as you're making friends with your current one and the momentum is good. The equipment they gave us (headset) is difficult to work because the directions for set up were not easy to understand. Days had passed before I was able to make a complete call. Reached out to lead plenty of times for help, but sometimes they're so busy helping others your question gets overlooked. The hours are strenuous. They tell you that you can ""pick your schedule"" and have flexibility but for a college student, it's pretty much impossible to stay sane. Your schedule must be the same shift the each day 5 days in a row. I literally worked from 12pm-12am 4 days a week! Then wake up and go to class 8am the next morning. This is not an ideal job for someone who isn't working extremely long hours on the computer. You will literally drive yourself crazy. You begin to feel like a robot. Customers are so angry and pissed at you for something that you can't control, it's just company policy. Then we get the blame because a customer may leave negative feedback. $10 a hour is a joke for this position. We should be getting paid at least $13 for the amount of dedication and work that is required for this job. 10% off discount is a JOKE! What is 10% really going to do? This was my first work from home experience, and I expected it to be a bit more.","Pay your employees more. You don't know the amount of pressure it is to be on the phones 10 hours at a time. Let us REALLY pick our schedules. I could have managed 40 hours a week with my school schedule, but it needed to be planned out better so that your employees aren't suffering mentally.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17795,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Great money,The money was very good. The responsibilities were light. Working with lots of smart people..,Lot's of chiefs who do not like to delegate.,"Use the people you hire and ""listen"" to what they have to offer no matter what their position within the organization is. All eyes and ears are useful to improve business.",4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17796,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Nice place to work at, welcoming and good pay",It was temporary and they moveb without notice,Good job,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17797,amazon,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Fulfillment associate,Innivative company. The fastest growing in history. Very competitive. You will learn to be efficient. You can grow inside. One of the best.,It can be aggressive in its productivity. Managers seem to be strict. You have to work mandatory overtime shifts. Not bad actually.,The mangement should strive to have a meeting to see what should be included in the wirk environment. Be realistic in time management and also productivity.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17798,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pit operator and assortment,Flexible work schedule Paid every week Available overtime if wanted,Company is very fast paced,Great company to work for,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17799,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst,Good pay and location also accommodation provided,Long working hours sweet shop. Worst employee treatment,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P999.htm
17800,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,Not a good training experience,It's a job to get back into the workforce,Not a place I'd consider long term employment at Training is unusually fast paced They throw you on the phone lines without any chance to do any stimulations,Stop rushing and expecting unrealistic results in very little time.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17801,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Liked It,"Very flexible with the employees and the supervisor is on top of things,",When theirs an injury all the AMCare does is put ice on it and send you back to work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17802,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Great pay and benefits,"Long hours, not many locations, hiring process",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17803,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is meh,"Decent pay, benefits, retirement, hours, early PTO. Managers are sometimes nice depending on who you get.","Overtime, overtime, overtime, oh and mandatory overtime. 5 days, 11 hours over time. Automatically fired if all unpaid time-off used. Boring. Stand all day, walk all day, depending on position. Break rooms can take up to 6 minutes to walk to depending on location, therefore only 3 minutes of break. Lol. Training sucks depending on who trains because sometimes the person training you has poor knowledge.",Stop promoting workers who suck.,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17804,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work. Cool projects,Exposure to cool stuff and technologies and relatively affordable town to live in. Bright coworkers,More work than most software jobs. Hard to get promoted. There aren't many perks,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17805,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Decent Job,"Opportunity for extra hours, generally positive work environment, very little stress and a straightforward and simple job.",Surprisingly disorganized for such a successful company. It took 5 weeks for me to get a card with access to the building and to clock in and out. The application process also took an insane amount of time. It was almost 3 months between my initial application and my first day.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17806,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,very focused on customer and getting the job done right. Had a great experience working here,the hours were sometimes long and tedious. Had to be on my feet for awhile and it got tiring.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17807,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Workflow Analyst,I miss amazon,"Stock, clear objectives based on core values, work from home, and Kaizens. Team atmosphere. Access to many levels of leadership. Acting like an owner is normal.","Hard to navigate the promotions as there are meetings amongst site leadership (CS) that if your manager is not good at selling you, then you may get passed on. Worked most US holidays.",Hire me back someday,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17808,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Nice place to work at, welcoming and good pay",It was temporary and they moveb without notice,Good job,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17809,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Safety Specialist,Safety specialist,"Well staffed, too much down time. Which means it gets boring very quickly.",Success is measured by the failure of others on your team.,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1000.htm
17810,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,the location is good and opportunity is good.,there is no restaurants for employees.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17811,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Good place to work,"The benefits are great. They give you upt, pto , and vacation time on your first day.",The shifts suck.. you apply for one shift and end up with something different.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17812,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA PA (Supervisor),Benefits are fantastic!,Amazon is an amazing place to work. I was making 13.00 in the door got promoted to manager was making 14.95 and then relocated making 15.25,They don't have a very good PTO system. They also do not have a very good system for discipline. Its one and done in that place.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17813,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to be working now,challenging in a good way for who wants to prove his abilities and advance,harsh environment hard work to fulfill customers orders which can go from 250k to 1million order,sometimes you can get brilliant ideas if you listen to the workers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17814,amazon,"Easton, PA"," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,"Great people to work with. Managers are so down to eart, most of them.",Younger kids have been working there and they just don't have the respect with working with hundreds of people,"The people that are really trying hard, are having a harder time with the younger people thinking they run the place.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17815,amazon,"Potomac Falls, VA"," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Amazon the Conglomorite,Great opportunities for advancement! You will gain a ton of knowledge in any field.,Senior management in VA lacks leadership and fairness. Politics are brutal and one usually gets burned.,"Learn how to trust direct reports, fairly distribute workload, promote work/life balance more.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17816,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Driver,Driver,Bonus. You can rescue driver and take 25 package. Sometimes low package count.,No breaks and washroom.You load up your packages 200. Too early to work. many dogs outside.,Hire somebody to load up the packages.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17817,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesome Company,"Benefits alone are #1, team atmosphere , good pay. Amazon APPRECIATE'S their employees. Considering I have no college education I feel my pay + benefits are more than fare. I work in Shakopee Mn my manager is Anthony Orr and he is AWESOME. You get what you put in, please don't be influenced by negative reviews. It's simple, just follow directions.",I Can't think of any,Not applicable,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17818,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"People, technology, learning opportunities, great stock",different pay structure from other companies,keep doing what we do,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17819,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Great pay, benefits and pto",Long shifts and short breaks,Be better leaders,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1001.htm
17820,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Best job I've had, just long hours.",Great Pay Amazing Benefits Great Co-workers Great Management 10 hour days so you get 3 days off Variable Bonuses based on attendance,"A lot of Overtime Bi-weekly Pay HR isn't always the nicest, never seem to want to help out when you have a question.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17821,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Favoritism,Petiole you meet. Also the location was just 5 min to where I live,There is favoritism in every department. I worked there for 2 years and they treat the temps terrible while people through the company thought they were the beTter than temps. Pay is minimal for what they have you doing.,Look elsewhere for a job. People drop like flies daily that's why they are always hiring,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17822,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't go here,"We got free lunch and could listen to music. That's it, but I have a 20 word minimum for a review",The people are rude. They lie to you about how easy it is to get hired on and promoted. Anyone that is hired on acts like they are better than you and won't give you the time of day. They will also continue to call you THREE YEARS after you walk put and attempt to rehire you.,"People walk out because they don't feel valued. You don't pay enough. Have standards for the people you interview, nobody wants to work with an addict.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17823,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,Great pay and amazing benefits,Management has no common since,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17824,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work environment,Good benefits for their employment. Medical insurance from day one,"Not the best company to work for if you have kids. They make their associates work like slaves. If you run out of time(Vacation, PTO, UPT) you will be fired.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17825,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,"Good Pay, Easy Hiring process.","You are just a number to them, management doesn't care about you.",Care more about the people that are working hard for you.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17826,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Safety Coach,"High energy environment, customer focus, diversity. Opportunities to grow professionally. Front line workers escalate issues and barriers to management.",Inherent in this highly successful company is a culture of setting high standards and holding everyone accountable at every position.,Keep listening to the workforce to execute the vision!,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17827,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freedom to contribute in the way you as an expert decides is best and to choose your own career path.,Feeling like you personally are contributing with a large impact to the fastest growing tech company.,"Though you don't always need to and are encourged to have a healthy balance, until you learn how to be more efficient it ~seems~ like you need to work harder and put in extra hours to keep up with growth of the company and your peers because expectations can increase and the talent that amazon hires keeps getting better and better.",Keep doing what you are doing. I am want to see how far this company can go and its worth the energy I put in to get to be a part of it.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17828,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company culture & people if you care about learning and providing a great product,"Wonderful, intelligent, kind coworkers, freedom from inefficient bureaucracy, decent benefits, great company culture for getting things done, learning, and making an impact.","Some people end up on unpleasant teams where they 'have' to work too much (although I personally have been successful avoiding this problem & set my own boundaries, and move teams if I'm unhappy/feel the fit is bad.)",Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17829,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Internship,Great company to work for as far company initiatives go and the tech they're building,Team experience various a lot based on your manager,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1002.htm
17830,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I like it,friendly place to work at,seattle is very crowded so traffic can be bad,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17831,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Oct 17, 2016","Former Employee - Kindle Technical Support &amp, Retail/Customer Service Representative",Kindle Tier 2 Tech.,"Good environment, nice products and simple rules",Court not excusable for time off work so save your time for court if you ever have to go.,"get rehires back if it is due to just attendance allow them to come back. if it is for something serious then dont allow them to come back, or just forgive and forget, give a 1 year wait period and allow them to come back. I Was a top 50 for 3 months.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17832,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,I enjoyed it,"Good pay. Physical job - lose weight and feel more fit. Great benefits. New facility, everything was new.","New site, felt like management was not all on the same page yet. Coworkers that didn't do their job right were frustrating and seemed like there was no follow up with them to fix the problems.",Get managers on the same page. Weed out or re-train employees doing things the wrong way. Get coffee makers that don't stop working and can handle the break time rush.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17833,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"great benefit package, you are surrounded by top notch talents . And they have a nice location.","too much work , be prepared for overtime everyday. The coffee within is disppointing. You will pay for Starbucks yourself",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17834,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker/IQCA,"Love my job,good pay and great benefits",Amazon has one of the best benefits package I've seen!!,The attendance system will get you if your not careful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17835,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Hard work does not go unnoticed. Great benefits. Get stock in the company. Guaranteed 40 hours a week. Fun managers. 3 days off. Many ways to move up,"Long hours, repetitive job, really tedious work, alot of walking. Can't really talk much while you are working in the line",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17836,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Amazon,Good manager to work with,Alot of walking and long hours,My manager was great,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17837,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area manager amazon,"Pay, growth potential, development","Work load, hours, physical work",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17838,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Center,Amazon was a great company to work for in the beginning. Company began to change as they expanded. Work was very satisfying.,"Impossible to maintain a work life balance. You eventually became a number to senior management, which is unfortunate since people are supposed to be their most important resource.",Spend time getting to know your employees on the floor. They are extremely dedicated to customer obsession.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17839,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent pay, but sometimes a harsh environment","Pay, 3 day weekend, plenty of overtime if wanted, challenging work","Unskilled management, not mentally stimulating, over worked",Show some compassion and be aware of your diction when addressing employees,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1003.htm
17840,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent pay, but sometimes a harsh environment","Pay, 3 day weekend, plenty of overtime if wanted, challenging work","Unskilled management, not mentally stimulating, over worked",Show some compassion and be aware of your diction when addressing employees,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17841,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Associate,-Very fast paced company to work for,-Operations work can be extremely repetitive,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17842,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse,"Fast pace, Efficient, Overtime, Customer Obsessed,","Lots of walking, Slow times,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17843,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/a,I haven't even started working here yet but most people are friendly and the job doesn't seem all that bad,The amazon discount could be a little bit better but other than that it's actually pretty solid.,"I don't really have anything bad to say about them, or good for that matter. Will find out soon",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17844,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operational Overload,-Smart coworkers -Good Pay -Good Career opportunities (provided you can endure the culture),"-Insane workload -Expect to work everyday, even from home -long and grueling hours (60 to 70 hour weeks) -Work Culture is brutal and cutthroat -Don't expect mentoring or training--culture is all about survival and self-promotion -Unexpectedly short-term thinking due to high volume of employee turnover. -Management culture expects micromanagement at all levels","The people at Amazon are smart and capable but the average tenure of an Amazon employee is 14 months. If your company was actually a decent place to work, these employees might actually stay. For a numbers-oriented company, Amazon seems willfully ignorant about how they're causing their own turnover issues with a terrible culture. It the company wants a low-retention strategy, then great---mission accomplished! However, it will become harder to recruit, as more candidates turn down offers, due to the overwhelming negative publicity. Over time, this will actually decrease Amazon's infamous hiring bar, until they're just another big company. The ""cool"" factor of Amazon is already starting to decline. Most accurately, Amazon should be thought of as ""internet Walmart"", instead of a cutting-edge tech company.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17845,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of opportunities,- Lots of freedom. - Opportunities to do high impact stuff. - Nice workplace.,- Not a good first company. Especially if you are joining at a lower level (L2 or L3). Substandard salary is given and the amount of work is insane. - Archaic employee performance evaluation and rating system. It is not of any use.,- Work seriously on individual growth plan. Proper guidance and mentorship is required especially for young graduates. Some don't have a clear career path and most of them don't know what to do in life once they get out of Amazon.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17846,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Bad coworkers aka Managment,The company is good to work for and pay is fair for the job.,Due to poor management of employee misconduct make for a very stressful and frustrating experience.,Enforce performance guidelines set by corporate and proper completion of tasks. These things would increase overall Fulfillment centers effectiveness. Or hire full time and get better applicants,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17847,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Amazing leadership environment,"Leadership, promotions, salary is really good, beautiful NY office and chances to visit the amazing Seattle Office! Love this place!","Strict WFH policies. Depending on your leaders, working from home is not really a welcoming thing. I have a great office set up at home and I'm afraid I won't be using it much during the week.",Take some more time to concern yourself with newer employees and they're time. Be more transparent with workloads.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17848,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Ownership, diversity in work, and interesting projects","High volume, long hours, high pressure at times during peak.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17849,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Great for hyper ambition people,Extreme upside in career and earnings potential.,"You need to earn it. Fast paced, high stress, unforgiving environment.",Work to make career paths more clear and transparent.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1004.htm
17850,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,Good benefits and the pay is good,You're on you feet all day,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17851,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Turn-over,"Compensation excellent and benefits are great, sign on bonuses and most people in company are great.","Treat management like dirt, unprofessional, high turnover and burnout.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17852,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Smart people, lots of opportunity for growth, great benefits","Coming from a startup, Amazon is very corporate, but any company that size has to be.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17853,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Forklift Operator,Forklift Operator,Great pay and Benefits!! Fun atmosphere!!,I was terminated while off under a doctors care.,Great management! Poor communication!!,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17854,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"folks are very small, self-driven, you can learn a lot of stuff, will be great place to start with. after a while, your experience will be a good knocking brick to other companies, and you will find yourself easily blend in.","Compensation is OK compared to peers. A lot of oncall task. again don't expect help from others, you are in your own hands. No free this or free that, this is ridiculous.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17855,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Cool Place To Work,"Flexible work schedule, helpful associates and decent starting pay",The noise level is unbearable at times and too much playing by the younger associates,Better screening process and longer training classes,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17856,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Lots of Technical Debt,Good exposure to the business world. Fast-paced development action. Good salary and equity.,Very little focus on quality engineering. Drowning in overcommitted technical debt. Very little emphasis on employee happiness.,"Good engineers like building things they're proud of. It's probably a better long term strategy to build quality software, rather than getting the bare minimum built.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17857,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Ambassador,"Ostensibly a good beginner job, burns you out fast with little hope for true career development","Formal systems put in place to help employees work better and be safe, safeguards against direct management abuse, competitive wages, good work environment, safety staff onsite, focus on working with healthy posture/form. There are some genuinely good managers who care about the workers and try and find ways to motivate/mentor people.","1) Severe lack of oversight with some authority positions (by submitting bogus write-ups, safety team can have somebody automatically fired without any chance for appeal). 2) Rampant favoritism (see ""Advice to Management"") 3) Some truly perplexing hiring choices for managers. People who have no experience leading in a warehouse environment are brought in under the assumption ""They were in the military/have a business degree/were in the police so that must mean they're good at ordering people around!"" More often than not, these people are incompetent and rely on bullying and/or passive-aggressiveness to lead, and later are merely transferred instead of being fired or demoted. 4) ""Dog & pony show"" internal job system. Yes if you work hard you can rise to management position (expect to be scanning boxes for at least 2 years unless you're a brown-noser) but the much-touted job system that should assist you in using your engineering/marketing/other professional degree is a total joke. If you apply and IF you ever do hear back (which is hilariously unlikely and can take months without any feedback or status updates whatsoever), you can expect to be up against PhD graduates in the interviews. 5) A tunnel vision focus on scan-rates and other productivity metrics while turning a blind eye to the consequences (""SORRY YOUR LANE KEEPS JAMMING, MR./MRS. SPLITTER! BUT I GOTTA KEEP SCANNING BOXES, SO I WON'T HELP PUSH THE INCOMING FLOW!!!"" ""SORRY THESE PALLET LOADS KEEP FALLING OVER , MR./MRS. WRAPPER, BUT I GOTTA KEEP SCANNING BOXES, SO I'M JUST GONNA TOSS EACH ONE ONTO A PALLET INSTEAD OF INTELLIGENTLY STACKING IT!!!"") 6) Good workers are taken for granted and then management is completely stunned when they walk out the door after dealing with everything I've already said.","Think about the future consequences of favoritism and taking good, dedicated workers for granted while you reward brown-nosers with more training & advancement opportunities. Pay attention to how many experienced, dedicated workers walk out the door every time you fill a new manager position with an clueless outsider who doesn't understand the processes and can't motivate people. Instill a sense of respect for Ambassadors (clarification: this is a training/leadership position that you can apply for after a while, carries no pay increase and is technically a doorway to management) instead of ripping away their authority and dumping your responsibilities on them.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17858,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing manager,-Surrounded by intelligent people -Opportunity to grow into new positions,-Hard to manage work life balance -Poor Management,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17859,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Rocks,Fast-paced Competitive You get out what you put in,Long hours Drama and back biting from people trying too hard to advance.,Learn the job of your associates,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1005.htm
17860,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love my job,"Great pay and benefits, good people to work with and very competitive.","Long hours, short breaks. I think they need to rethink how there security is set up. Kind of scary they don't check people when they walk in.","Get to know your employees, introduce yourself to new faces, and smile.",5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17861,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A Diverse Company with Diverse Experience,- Domain and technology diversity - Autonomous internal organizations lead to experiences of working at different companies - Accessible company-wide educational resources for self-learning - Dog-friendly workplace,"- Autonomous internal organizations could lead to very poor experience contradictory to overall company management goals (the leadership principles) - Aggressive stack ranking comes with its own host of problems related to employee dissatisfaction, lack of team productivity, lack of trust among peers, etc. - Not enough senior individual contributors in technical roles for proper mentorship, it leads to pushing advices that are counter to industry standards and are detrimental to career growth outside of Amazon - Leadership principles can be over-indexed (like Delivering Results and Bias for Action) to the detriment of the product and customers.","- Eliminate or at least change the stack ranking system so that people can comfortably collaborate effectively instead of sabotaging each other's work. - Provide incentives to management, especially middle managers, to balance the leadership principles when it comes to performance evaluations, specifically principles that is focused on the long-term benefits to the product, customers, and the company.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17862,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Associate,Never shortage of hours Above minimum wage pay Easy work Schedule consist of 4 days of work and 3 days off Friendly people No prior experience is needed,Shifts consist of 10 hours of work a day During peak season it is normal to be working 11 hours per day and 5 days a week consistenlty Parking is hectic Actual work is very repetitive and can get boring,"Make sure proper training is given before throwing new associates into work. Continue to show patience for new associates as well, making sure they know that mistakes will occur in the beginning but will quickly disappear.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17863,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It gets the job done,Needed a part time job quick. This fit the bill. Don't really expect much else?,Amazon doesn't really care about their employees.,"None really, I know you have no power over what corporate tells you to do.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17864,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great money,Free eye and dental health care,Needs to be more organized,Communication is much needed to get things in order,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17865,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Exciting company with start up atmosphere and challenging work. Mobility with in company allows for personal growth,A lot of bureaucracy and change of direction because we can be very nimble to be comepetive compared to brick and mortar,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17866,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Decent Pay compared to some other jobs that dont require a degree,"It can be difficult balancing work, school, and other activities.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17867,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,just being honest,good and pay rate and good benefits,a lot of standing and not enough punch clocks,add more punch clocks,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17868,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Flex driver,"Good pay, managable work and good tips ($7 per delivery average.)",Infrequent work due to a large number of people hired and it's a relatively new department so the deliveries may not have caught up yet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17869,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Be ready to work the hardest and smartest you've ever worked in your career. The bar is set high!,The atmosphere is competitive and pushes you to be your very best and grow as a professional. You will never be bored.,"Everything is self service so can be challenging to navigate and get your job done efficiently. And, with aggressive hiring the players change often so don't be surprised you need to constantly build new alliances.",Empower your new employees early on so they have good on boarding experience and don't get frustrated.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1006.htm
17870,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Aream Manager,I have a feeling of accomplishment when I am done working and the end of the day. The pay coming right out of college was far more than other companies I had offers from.,You will work for your money. You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17871,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was a pretty good gig,"comfortable dress code, easy work, just very repetitive. They try to make it fun.","Scheduling is not stable. Never knew if my shift would get cut short, if not cut completely.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17872,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vcc csa,"Flexible schedule, employee discount, peer support",Online training and it setup is very challenging!,Coaching and more account walk through training before live calls.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17873,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Reduced Time Fullfilmemt Worker SAT2,Reduced time fulfillment,"Work environment is amazing, peope are friendly and different, its an amazing job working at Amazon.","Your feet hurt, arms hurt, lower back hurts, & hiring process takes forever + its confusing.","Be more clear about things dont just take longer to explain it, when you pay us fpr orientation make the pay based on your hourly wage being paid to you. Other than that, pay around $16 a hour. When consistently doing the same job, not being able to sit it burns out all my stamina and makes me sore for days.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17874,amazon,"Columbus, GA"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Agent,"Choose your own hours from a list of available shifts, they have good training and ample time to absorb it. They supply a headset and security tokens free of charge.",Only 30 minute meal breaks and sometimes advice is hard to find if you get stuck. Security is tight and you must adhere strictly to their requirements.,"Trainers need to be more accessible to the newer agents. In the early going, these people need help.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17875,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Amazon Review,"Culture, fast pace, career growth","work life balance, small offices, too few conf rooms",Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17876,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging but a great experience,"1. Fast growing company where you learn new skills and knowledge everyday, 2. Your colleagues are smart and dedicated, 3. Amazon encourages people to rotate within the company so if you don't like your role/team, it is fairly easily to network internally and transfer to other teams.","I was in a finance role. At monthly close/ quarterly close, it was common to stay in office till 8, 9pm.",Get into the weeds of the business. Senior management often lose touch of the fundamentals of the business due to the high level business they manage.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17877,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE 2,Working with intelligent people is a plus,Work life balance is bad,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17878,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very nice environment,life is very easy here,people are very smart but sometimes annoying,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17879,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible hire process,Will hire anyone that walk in the door who can pass a drug test and background check.,"Horrible hire process this place is not organized and I assumed it was the way integrity staffing did things trying to hurry up and hire so many people. They kept saying I would work on a certain shift, I spoke with 4 different people who assured me things were fixed. Every time I received documents to sign for my offer still displayed the incorrect shift so I found another job. From what I heard from people working there in the past, can't have cell phone in the building and they don't even want you talking while you work, just work like Santa little ELF's. They say its direct hire but I'm sure its seasonal they are hiring more than 120,000 people amazon would never need that many people after the holidays.",Stop making false promises during the hiring process stick to what you say.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1007.htm
17880,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde1,"At Amazon, no problem is pushed aside as too hard to solve. In fact, they go after the really hard and insolvable problems and then throw talent, time and resources towards solving them. In my time there, pretty much every team I worked with was solving a ""holy grail"" problem in their field and actually making progress towards it. There is no dearth of interesting projects, teams or ideas to work on.","What I said above about structure and documentation, while its great to create clarity and shape your thinking, it can get in the way of actually doing your work. Everybody at Amazon is juggling so much and constantly writing high quality documents can get exhausting. The secret here, as in any job, is to balance the strategic against the operational and prioritize ruthlessly. I cannot say I was always effective at it - but I tried till my last day and now have the benefit of hind sight as well :-)",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17881,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Virtual Seasonal Retail Generalist-Work at Home Customer Service Rep,-work is steady and constant -team leads are very helpful -lots of ways to speak to fellow employees and managers -employees and co-workers were all very nice to work with,-inflexible hours -inflexible pay -0 benefits for being seasonal -complicated time keeping system -training was short and self-guided so it was very difficult to gather all the concepts before being thrown on the phones feeling unprepared and stressed,"1 extra week of training, don't rush as much, allow agents to practice phone calls first.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17882,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Temporary Full Time for Holidays,-People are nice -clear and concise instructions -Break room facilities were great,"-Don't value improved methods or quality, ""just do it the normal way"" -if you say you are willing to take a day off they lay you off, they do not tell you this, Those who compile the list will harass temp employees about signing up until they have lots of people signed. Say 'people will randomly be chosen for a day off' if they don't get enough. -One manager played what seemed like the entire collection of Linkin Park for about 2 hours over the sound system. Complete nightmare.","Don't lie to your employees, listen to them. I know myself and several of the people I was working close with didn't feel as though they were being 'heard' when complaints and concerns were voiced.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17883,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Insurance was great, and upt was great","Too much overtime,favoritism,no balance of a personnel life",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17884,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Part time fulfillment,"Great environment, fun hard working people, lots of room to grow",Long shifts and tough quotas,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17885,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workflow Analyst,"Good place to work, Fun culture, freedom to do new things.","working nights, lots of overtime is required.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17886,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HIgh Pace environment,The management really cared about your safety,"High turnover, management trying to control every step of the process",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17887,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,Awesome pay Booty I am good at what I do,There are not any downsides for working with Amazon Robot,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17888,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Play Hard, Lovin' It!","Team, Product and Project Ownership - This by far is one of the best things about Amazon leadership. We truly own our teams and systems as if we were the CEO of our own company that simply had client agreements with Amazon.  Real Impacting Problems to Solve - We create solutions that solve real problems for millions of customers worldwide. It is awesome to see the direct impact I can make to millions of people every day. Never boring - always rewarding.  Highly Competitive Salary and Benefits - Work hard and you are recognized with fast promotions and a great pay structure. Benefits are definitely better than most.","Work Hard - I'd say an average engineer/manager works 45hrs / week with some definitely doing more, primarily out of their own self-interest, not because its required. However, when I first started and was ramping up on my team/projects, I was over 70hrs/week for quite some time. (as a manager) My engineers never do that unless we as team choose to for some specific purpose.  Less Free Stuff than Other Tech Giants - Many of the tech giants give free meals and some other nanny-state style benefits. Amazon has very nice offices with free coffee/tea/water, but sadly no free meals.",Keep the culture alive. Don't become top-down driven like some behemoths. Keep rewarding the bottom-up Think Big opportunities and the team ownership model to not fear failure.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17889,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern Experience,"Great leaning exposure , really smart team to work with . The salary and perks for intern are high .","Tough work , stressful . No or less help from team .",Work for Intern should be limited and not burdened .,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1008.htm
17890,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people and amazing opportunity to learn,"Amazing support from all levels of the company. Everyone is very driven to work. There is a culture of enabling self-development at the company, which I really liked. I felt that my colleagues and I were given credit for the work that we did, and our hard work was recognized.",Long hours and a bit stressful.,Keep doing what you do!,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17891,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty chill if you only want part time,"Flexible hours, decent management team",Self scheduling makes it difficult to get shifts,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17892,amazon,"Fall River, MA"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Packer,DON'T EVER CURSE AT AMAZON!,"Great benefits, great bosses, in-house medical. SO MUCH enthusiasm by bosses on job!","BAD co-workers, too short breaks, inability to change schedule for first 90 days... In-house medical talked me out of going to my own MD for my injury which I sustained at work...bad move on my part. NO employee handbook was given to us at start, either, so I was certainly UNCLEAR about the policies of Amazon...and I got fired for that!","PLEASE CHANGE your policy on cursing. I made a joke, called someone a short name for Richard for stepping in front of me, & it cost me my job! You need to be CLEAR on what you consider cursing and how the words are used in context. It would ALSO be nice to have had an employee handbook so I knew what TO say and what NOT to say, because that word would never have come out of my mouth had I known there was a ZERO tolerance policy on CURSING!",2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17893,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Packer/Ambassador,Packer,The pay is really the only good thing.,Worst atmosphere to work in.,They need to give job opportunities to their hard workers not their friends.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17894,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Manager,No Dress Code for management.,There are no down sides.,"Amazing company, Freedom to think big and create!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17895,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Pathways intern,You solve real word problems as an intern.,Too much of work on daily basis,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17896,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,The people are nice and it's clear insurance is good,Need a better discount online more incentive,Doing a great job!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17897,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience,"Flexibility, Team bonding, lead individual projects","Time commitment, level of stress",none,5.0,none,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17898,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,1. Amazing learning pace from day 1. You literally hit the ground running. 2. Great colleagues 3. Very few companies of Amazon's stature,"1. Not for everyone - the environment, the pace, the pressure. 2. Leave ASAP if you develop health issues 3. Asked to 'Do it yourself' from beginning. It would have been better if some training were given to reduce ramp-up time.",1. Lacking in processes - very chaotic from day 1. Repeat issues need to be formally documented for future use. 2. Improve office space and environment - very dry and tightly packed.,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17899,amazon,"Wilmington, DE"," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Christmas Money,"Good money, Lose weight, Learn about Warehouse Industry,Small Incentives",LOOOONNNNG HOURS and short lunches. And tooo much mandatory overtime.,Uhh Yeaah..,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1009.htm
17900,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Are you kidding me!,The lead is very nice,"The hours are 12 hour shifts. Was told that part of our break time is to be spent re-logging into our computers, so we are not late clocking back in. They use old old videos, and materials for training. The training really does not prepare you for the job.",Educate your managers better. Treat your employees as if they matter. Update your training materials. You should be embarrassed.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17901,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Good benefits great break rooms,Management unorganized needs comminication slills,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17902,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - LPS,Review,"Amazon has good benefits, and they have great leadership principles. It is a company that you can make a career out of, they have every aspect of business.","A lot of physical labor, that can result in soreness. There has been a lot of turnover in the past couple years.",Some good advice would be to engage more. Find out what are associates barriers are and how you can remove those barriers.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17903,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,My team was great. My manager was very nice to work with and there was no on-call.,War between teams / team members can get on your nerve sometimes.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17904,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,"Packing up boxes, and scanning .","The company offers really good benefits, as well as an opportunity to go back to school.","The management really sucks they demand more from you, really under appreciate their staff members.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17905,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate I,Flexible hours once you get blue badge,"some favoritism, hours are not always what you want, hard labor",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17906,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Sales,Sales,Was treated very well with great training exceptional Compensation Plan. Was asked to assist in training and hiring,When the service and product we sold faltered they put pressure on sales person rather than modify the product,When the division shutdown little was done to help find jobs within the company. everyone was left to go in different directions,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17907,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Can't beat this company, one of the best in the world.","long hours, but they are very flexible",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17908,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assembly line packer,You will stay busy. The pay is good and the experience is diverse.,Long hours and short lunch break,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17909,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Average base, good stock, bad values and promotion requirements","If you stick around for 3+ years and wait for your stock to vest, the stock can easily be equivalent to a year of your base pay, if not more Resume builder - you will become a smarter worker beings surrounded by so many intelligent people","Bad 401k match - they max out at 2% match Retail is stressful and everyone is overworked and stressed Impossible to get promoted - you need 6 people above your level to write docs on why you deserve it, a year of ""exceeding"" expectations for your current level AND the next level, and your manager has to fight for you with a ~9 page doc",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1010.htm
17910,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,-World leader of E-commerce -Associate Discount,"Low pay for ""sweat-shop"" like conditions. Company treats its distribution center employees like criminals. Be prepare to go through metal detectors and be monitor closely by managers. Company focused more on productivity over employee well-being. Many rules and regulations for terms of terminations.",Re-evaluate Company's mission. Company focused at being #1 in the world but at the expense of cheap labor.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17911,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager Level V,I actually enjoy work,"Competitive, fast-paced, and never boring.",It's takes so long to make process changes. Need better communication from corporate and operations.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17912,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Great Environment to work,Time goes by really fast... The ambassadors are really nice and helpful... overtime is available if you need it.. very easy job,Theres nothing bad i just wish the trainging for the wrapping was a little more thorough,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17913,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fraud Investigator,"Interesting aggressive culture, sense that you're doing the right thing for the customer  Leadership Principles",A lot of corporate red tape that gets in the way and goes against core leadership values,Refocus more on the leadership principles that make Amazon great,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17914,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Fast pace, lots of growth potential, very smart people to work with, great reputation, career-builder","Results-driven not people-centered, warehouse environment, highly ambiguous, poor communication overall",Prioritization is a must. Developing your teams is key to making time easier to manage.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17915,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"Great salary, lots of activities","Atmosphere is not so good, people have on-call",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17916,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Good Benefits but negative work enviorment,"good benefits, when not on overtime the schedule is nice, and pay is not unreasonable.","Tons of mandatory overtime called last minute, management not at all qualified and moved around entirely too much between departments, human resource department has not been helpful whatsoever.",Hire better management and don't force employees to suffer with overtime year round because of bad decisions at the operations level. When morale is so low with your employees you cant expect production to be anything but the bare minimum.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17917,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - ICQA,Warehouse associate,"Quick hire, good benifits","Pay caps out after 3 years, very rate based",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17918,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,call center that you will stuck in,great customer service training and cool culture,rare to find growth opportunities.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17919,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,"Great colleagues, strong culture, cutting edge company","Lack of training, systems often not fully equipped to deal with the demands of the job",Invest in better systems and on-boarding/initial training,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1011.htm
17920,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,With great compensation comes great responsibility,Exciting and rewarding work environment. Very demanding and as a result when you accomplish goals and projects it feels great,"Goals are lofty and change often. Stretch goals aren't stretch goals.... they are communicated as stretch and it is then expected for you to achieve it. If you don't, others on the team do and management looks to you with the question mark in their eyes","Management would benefit by having a closer pulse on what the reps themselves are experiencing from a day to day process. The goals are set without understanding what the reps do, and as a result it is common for goals to be set beyond what is reasonable",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17921,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place!,"Opportunities, pay isn't bad for the work you do.",Could get strenuous at times.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17922,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,assit managet operations,Known for there quality of service,Demanding hours due to high quality service they provide,Treat all employees equal,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17923,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Amazing Benefits and Great growth potential,- Huge growth (promotions every other year at most) - Great Salary - Best health insurance benefits in the industry - Promote based on merit and self drive,- Crazy long hours (especially during peak season) - No OT compensation or Diff pay for night shifts,"None, keep running a solid business.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17924,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stock Member,"The pay there was great and I might expectional people, some of my best friends were made there can't complain about that.",The managers treated you like a slave they expected you to work as if you had no family or life outside of the workplace.,Please be kinder. Some people do not know how to handle constuctive critisism and you need to remember they are people just llike you.,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17925,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,problem solver,You can move up fast if you work hard for the right people,"Need to be aware of people who are willing to help you. Hard workers get abuse, learn to balance. Dont be an over achiever.","Good luck, GM is never satisfied.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17926,amazon,"Florence Station, NJ"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Long Time Shopper but Long Time Employee???,"Benefits, Pay Rate, Adequate Public Transportation, Lots of Parking, Perks","AM, PA, PG and Ambassadors who use intimidation, who play favorites and rampant Nepotism. Oriantation has great Ideas/rules but they are not being upheld.",Start policing the PA's PG's AM's better just because they are your friends doesn't make them ours and we are the ones doing all the hard work.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17927,amazon,"Obetz, OH"," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Receive Line,Horrible Place to work,"They hire easily. Anyone with high school diploma or GED will get hired. If you like overtime, you will get lots of mandatory overtime!","First off, I was not able to give my current job a 2 week notice. I was told by Amazon, either I start at the date they give me or I could loose my shift. All they care are about numbers. They are constantly on your back about productivity. Even when you need a problem solver but it takes forever for them to come to you. They get on their computers and watch your numbers closely. They will write you up if you dont make your numbers quickly! They fire easy. Its like they want to for their excitement. Breaks were horrible. They give you 2 15 minute breaks but it takes at least 4 to 5 minutes to walk to the breakroom. So, you end up with a 5 to 7 minute break. On your feet 10 hours or more. If you try to sit for even a minute, they will come and get you up. I only gave a 1 cuz it was the highest I could give. There are other fulfillment places who pay much higher than Amazon. I do not recommend this place at all. In fact, not only walk away but RUN!",People are humans. They are not machines. Give your employees time to get to breakroom before starting break. Stop playing favoritism. No one likes to be watched like a hawk and work.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17928,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,highly diversified and value team work,high turnover rate among associates,keep improving to cover some areas where tasks are still so streanous,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17929,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy part time/side job,Flexible hours. Easy. If you have good co-workers on your shift it is actually pretty enjoyable.,Little communication from management (could be a pro).,No complaints. Never had issues myself.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1012.htm
17930,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,work environment,relaxed environment with lots of good vibes,no choice to select team,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17931,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great warehouse learning environment, and opportunities for advancement",Great team of leaders who care about their employees.,Getting paid every two weeks,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17932,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,Picker Position,"Great pay for unskilled labor. Great benefits if needed, overtime and bonuses are relatively plentiful Work 4 10 hour days, 3 days off, normally.","Long, active work days. Heavy pressure to preform regularly. If mistake happens, harsh punishment.",Better communication with workers on floor could move up efficiency and ease pressure on workers rates.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17933,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Experience, training, networking, travel, diversity,","work/life balance, stress, base compensation, cut-throat environment",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17934,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Warehouse Associate,"Work Hard, Have Flexibility, Make Rate","great place if you're self motivated and flexible. You can experience all the different departments and gain valuable experience. If you're young and can move around the country, even better. That alone will give you much more opportunity to climb the ladder","rate is king. people love to talk standards, but the only real standard is to make your numbers. the other things that are supposed to be important can and will take a backseat to numbers at times",learn your departments. Lots of people get brought in from outside or moved around and they expect things that don't jive with how a department runs or take into account challenges the people face.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17935,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hard Work!!!! Lots of it!,"They are all about being a team, family, and friends. They thrive on teamwork!",It is a lot of hard work. You have to have the right mindset to be able to work there. Alot of people quit within their first two weeks of working there.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17936,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Virtual Customer Care (work from home),"No commute, friendly supervisors during onboarding process, employee discounts, opportunities to customize your employee profile which shows your personality , bragging rights","Impatient supervisors(after training), supervisors nowhere to be found in chat room, left to your own devices when solving a customer's problem then penalized for it later on, hard to find answers in knowledge base, just a general feeling of ""I don't know what the heck I'm doing"" in the beginning.","Extend training time. 2 weeks is not enough. Also, consider doing mock calls to assess where we are in our confidence for live calls. Reading modules is not enough preparation for the real time calls.",3.0,none,2.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17937,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Meh,"Pay, hours, management, and benefits","Dock work, schedule times, weird days",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17938,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment associate,"easy job, 3 days off","shifts of 10 - 12 hours, mandatory overtime",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17939,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Second Job,"Flexibility, job security, positive environment","Tedious work, not much empowerment",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1013.htm
17940,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon new facility,There are tons of opportunities to advance throughout the company,It takes a ton of time it is very physical and there are a few policies that are unfair,Management is great keep up the positive attitude. Senior ops should be more accessible,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17941,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good pay and benefits, highly unorganized","good pay and benefits. lots of time off, though primarily unpaid",be prepared when you walk in the door. worst organized warehouse you will ever work in. will cause daily frustration. there is a glass ceiling at the level of process assistant (warehouse lead) that you would not know going in. only promotion is from employee to lead. managers are hired from outside the company,"organizational culture of disorganization is not neccessary, though management is taught to believe it is actually a willingness of embrace change. it stems from a general lack of warehouse experience",4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17942,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate/Floor Lead,Fulfillment Associate,You get to meet a lot of interesting people. The schedule allows you a lot more flexibility than most other jobs.,Limited upward movement in the company at first. Probably have to be their over a year before you will start to be looked at for other opportunities.,"Reach out to the Fulfillment Associates to hear what they have to say on process improvement. Almost everyone I talked to that had been their for over 6 months had good ideas about how to improve efficiency of processes, but no one really every asks. Those sheets that are available don't actually illicit much feedback on what can be improved in my experience.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17943,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Good benefit, housing and working environment.",Not learn much during internship,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17944,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE Intern,Locates in downtown of Seattle. Good working environment. Allow to bring dogs to offices.,Long working hours. Complex internal tools.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17945,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for students,"Flexible hours. weekly pay, lost weight walking all over the place.",Can be fast paced if you're not used to that.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17946,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Plantation Style Work Place,"Great Health Insurance, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Vacation, 401K Match , Stock","UN-experienced and Rude Managers, Long Hours, coworkers are rude and disrespectful, favoritism",Treat your employees with respect and learn how to manage and how to do the jobs of your employees.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17947,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from home,I save on gas money Childcare Love working from home,"Low pay, not much support",More advancement opportunity,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17948,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,*Depends on the Team,- Brilliant people to work with* - Great managers* - Tons of opportunity* - Competitive,- Work life balance* - Unrealistic or unclear expectations*,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17949,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Employee,Great pay and fast paced,"no real organization put in place, so a lot of employees can get away with not doing any work",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1014.htm
17950,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Nov 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick Line,paid weekly and easy hiring process,"long shifts, low pay, managers on a power trip, lack of respect of employees",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17951,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Non-Inventory Receiver,"Schedule, Benefits, Team atmosphere, Work autonomously","Can be stressful at times, especially when you get a lot of trucks that need to be live unloaded by yourself.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17952,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Pay, A Lot of Hours, Same Schedule",Don't apply if you cant handle long hours and continuous walking,none,5.0,2.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17953,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Fun fast paced place to work,No cons as of now,Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17954,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great fun place to work,"quick fast interview process, weekly paycheck, great benefits, great workout and team atmosphere. Great benefits package and compensation plan!",It took a while to hear back from Amazon after getting hired.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17955,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for geeks,-Full freedom of technology -Good salary,- Oncall is pain here. During oncall one need to present always near the laptop.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17956,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Don't work here if you came from a startup environment,Smart co-workers. Having Amazon on your resume can enhance your career opportunities.,"From engineer to senior managers, even PM, none of them care much about UI/UX, quoting from the management ""I don't care about how the product will look like, just make it work first, we can worry about UI later"", speaking of ""working backward"" that company often encourage, in Amazon way is to write a 10+ page of design document, spend 10 hours of reviewing it, rewrite your document several times because your manager doesn't like the introduction paragraph, then later at some point someone says ""The navigation flow is not clear to me"".  The attrition rate is ridiculous, the people who did the welcome lunch for you most probably won't be the same ones doing the farewell lunch, 50% of people leave within the first year, 80% within the second, from my experience I'd say it's more than that.  Instead of real engineering work, if you prefer to spend most of your time writing emails, doing operational work and playing corporate games to get the promotion then Amazon is probably for you. Oh, and good luck to stick with the same manager that can vouch for your promotion, either you changed the team or they change the manager for you.","Heavily invest more resource on tooling and infrastructure, encourage more engineering driven culture within the company and please don't treat everyone like an easily replaceable cog, there is a reason that attrition rate is high and don't pretend that's normal.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17957,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"Great co-workers, excellent managers, everyday I walk into amazon I walk in with a smile knowing I will be able to make someone's day my fulfilling their amazon order.","Parking, and sometimes it can be way to crowded",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17958,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Great pay and benefits day one,Poor management and work flow,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17959,amazon,"Forest Hills, NY"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associates,"More benefits related to the career in terms of study,jobs and for the security of life.","Mismanagement and Very Hard Work, difficult to survive",Proper Work Distribution for all people is essential.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1015.htm
17960,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love it but..,Love the environment and everyone is so friendly. It's a new building so everything is still in the process of becoming. You only work 3 days with 4 days off with 4 hour shifts. Pay is okay $10 for part-time,"The commute is so long from where I stay, with traffic ot takes me an hour or more to get to work plus an hour or so back. With inbound stowing I sometimes have a hard time figuring out where things go because a lot of stuff is scattered and it doesn't seem like there's really a particular method. I'm a little OCD I need organization. Not enough money for the commute.",Break up the ambient section into more sections for more organization.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17961,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Good pay, benefits, and room for advancement","A lot of hours, especially in November and December",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17962,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Category Merchant Manager,"Smart people, good pay structure, ownership of P&L","Long hours, Individualistic, Cut throat competition, Unforgivable culture","Employees are not machines, Mangers need to learn to be Leaders, Non Collaborative culture",5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17963,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great benefits and pay,"They offer really good benefits including health care you can sign up for day 1(but you have only 30 days to sign up). They also offer 401k that you can sign up for anytime. They offer you paid holidays, vacation,paid personal time, and unpaid personal time. Starting day one you get 10 hours of paid personal time and 40 hours of unpaid personal time. You continue to accrue paid and unpaid time each payday. If you need to take a day off and you don't have paid personal time or vacation time, then you automatically start using unpaid personal time. If you run out of unpaid personal time and miss work you basically get fired.","It is hard work because you are supposed to work fast. Basically there are 4 floors of warehouse. The Kiva robots bring the shelves or ""pods"" to the station so you stand in one place while these big roomba vacume type robots called Kiva pick up the pods and bring them to you. They line up like 10-20 pods all ready for you to either stow, pick or count. Basically any time someone stows or picks out of a bin then the pod is brought to another person who has to count that bin. If the count matches what is supposed to be there than the scanner flashes green and tells you which bin to count next or to release the pod so you can count bins in the next pod. If the count doesn't match then you need to take everything out of the bin and place each item back in one by one(Don't forget the bin clip, if you don't mark the bin then an Ambassador will come ask you if you have a bin clip) They expect you to count 200 bins an hour so basically 2,000 bins a day. If you are picking then you are expected to pick from 500 bins an hour.",Keep in communication with your associates more. I was asked if I wanted to learn a different job which I had really wanted to do. I was told I would be put on the list for possible cross-training. Then a week later when they came to tell me I had mandatory overtime and to tell me my ranking in speed and accuracy. They didnt even know the correct spelling of my login. So I guess I was not put on the list since they didn't even know my login.,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17964,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems Engineer,Challenging place to work with lots of different opportunities,Maintaining a work/life balance is very much on you and hard to do.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17965,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer returns,The pro is in customer returns there is no heavy lifting what so ever and the company is very firm on the safety proceedures . The insurance is amazing also .,Some cons are pay and repetitive movements and making employees wait 3 months or 90 to transfer in the company even if you are moving,Take notice in hard working employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17966,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's great as long as you're on the right team,"My team gives me a lot of opportunities in all aspects, from leadership to technical skills. You get go from design to implementation details.","I've been on a bad team before, the management suck, and everyone was buried in operational issue. The worse part was only one person knew everything. This was three years ago, the team is reorganized today, I'm not sure if such team still exists","Make sure to hire really good SDMs, because it matters a lot",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17967,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Amazon,"It's a good place to work with many friendly co-workers, and great benefits.",Have to spend many hours on your feet.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17968,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor training and benefits,"Work from home, pick your schedule","Poor training, lack of communication, poor benefits, if system is down no pay even if it's an amazon error.",Communication,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17969,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Experience for a summer, but long term is not a good idea",You get a lot of hands on Opportunity as an operations intern. There are very few companies that give you the same management experience while you are still an undergrad.,"It is obvious that Amazon does not care about their employees. I got the sense that everyone was replaceable, even those in management positions.","Try to make it seem like you actually care about your employees. When giving a job offer, don't make the offered wait until 4 weeks before they start to know their location.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1016.htm
17970,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,"Okay pay, nice benefits... Good workout",They don't give enough time off for emergencies or personal issues,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17971,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator - Seattle,"Dog-friendly, independent work, high level of personal responsibility","poor work life balance, constant deadlines, corporate policies that are limiting to employees effectiveness",The role of management is to clear obstacles not impose them.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17972,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazing,"AMAZING benefits, AMAZING company! Really enjoy working there and can get a great workout too!",Long hours and lots of physical labor and walking,"Get on the same page. It would be nice to be able to have everyone in the company and everything in sync with all the departments, especially in regards to the personal information stored in the computer. There should be a more private area for taking care of personal information regarding benefits and the like than one where anyone can come in and view your information even after you logout.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17973,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair,The pay is fair You have a Business Analyst on the team who helps with most technical problems Once task has been mastered you can easily pilot through on your bad/sick days You only have to work 4 days a week,"Shift usually starts at 4:30 AM or 12:30 and goes on for 10-11 hours Work can be very repetitive, you have to go above and beyond to learn any additional skills that can broaden your skill-set.","Management should involve team members in decision making. Utilize your team members, they can come up with creative ideas about how to improve work processes.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17974,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to start and be with,"excellent workplace, and people are very helpful with self appreciation.",not the place to be for a long time I.e no more than 5 years.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17975,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good company to grow in,"Fast pace, lots of growth, brilliant coworkers","Scope thrash/churn, occasionally teams get dysfunctional",Commit harder to raising the bar,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17976,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience highly dependent on team placement/culture.,Lots of teams to choose from - teams operate however they want.,Frugality - no perks like the other big software companies.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17977,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my job,really fun fast pace great benefits,fast pace maybe they could train you a little longer or more in depth,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17978,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked there for more than 1 yr and a half and I recommend it.,"Friendly, multi-cultural environment -- really nice people to work with.","Schedules, transportation. They're not as flexible as needed.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17979,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,exhausting but fun!,Fun working with a lot of people Good benefits for part-time employees,no salary increase requires standing and lots of walking,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1017.htm
17980,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"Meet a lot of good people. As long as you are productive, there won't be anyone checking up on you. If you don't like sitting at a desk all day, this is perfect for you. 4 day schedule is nice, sometimes 5 if overtime is required.",The breaks are quite short. There does not seem to be a lot of opportunity to advance. Also same people are always picked to do the indirect/support jobs.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17981,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,It's who you know,"Learn a lot and are given a lot of responsibility in any role. There is always something happening on campus to attend, conferences, talks, guest artists, tutorials. The compensation is certainly competitive. Now that I have it on my resume, I feel like a more competitive candidate because the company has the reputation of hiring hard workers. If I can survive here, I can survive anywhere.",You advance in the company largely based on who you know. This can determine what level you begin at in the company and that highly influences your compensation and how long it will take to get a promotion. The team you are working on and the level of visibility of the business initiative they are working on also highly impact promotions. You need to advocate for yourself and ask for a promotion.,Put the work in to writing the promotion document for your direct report when they are preforming at a high level. Don't only wait for them to ask for a promotion. Make your direct reports feel valuable to the team and to the company.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17982,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Process Assistant Tier III,Warehouse associate,"Its great place to work, everyone from any cadre works together to achieve the shifts goal.","the internal policies are a big ? every time you apply for a management role, you come to know that position has already been filled without even interview. at labor jobs, some roles are justified with the pay but many are not. tier I to Tier III is not a big difference when it comes to pay but job responsibilities do differ a lot.","In a horse race, donkeys are never the winners...",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17983,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops Admin,It's an awesome company business wise and you have the ability to work your way up in the company. You also get to meet a ton of new and exciting people.,"You will have NO life outside of work in addition to the work being mildly stressful during the peak season. They expect more out of you than your normal duties in an effort to ""test your limits"" but don't realize that yes you are a human.",Acknowledge your employees! You get better morale knowing that your higher ups actually care about the people that work under them.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17984,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon sortation,easy work and good pay for hours,"the staff is not helpful, resourceful",be more open to employees,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17985,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - F C Warehouse Associate I,Warehouse Associate 1,"great place to work, great for a persons first job and no experience","Very labor intensive, management isn't fair.","Be honest with your employees, treat all the employees equal.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17986,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work from home,Great work from home job,None to speak of so far,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17987,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 Warehouse Associate,Benefits are good. 40 hour work week is virtually guaranteed.,"Hours are long, expect 11 hour days, up to 6 days a week from Black Friday until New Years Eve.",More one on one engagement with Associates.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17988,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Amazon had a nice staff of managers who were always there to help, very professional. Overall the experience was positive, the environment was very friendly and easy to work in.",Don't really have any cons but the security is a bit tight. Expected from a business who deals in so many different goods and of different sizes.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17989,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Security Engineer,"Great learning experience, but not the place for a career",Actually touching products that people use Leadership principles can make bad people a little better Best customer-first company I've ever seen,"Perverse incentives that make people learn to manipulate others or give it up to people who will Super political, even in smaller orgs Culture is very invasive-- so many people drink the koolaid and it's kinda sad Stressful on the mind, many people seem like they have constant anxiety and could 'crack' at any moment No such thing as 'controlled chaos', it's just chaos for employees and then orgs clean up the messes Unless you're fairly senior, you have no control in the org at all, nobody cares about good ideas, they want to do things that 'look good' primarily, and if they really make a difference later, it's fine No stability for decision making, people can criticize you for anything and there's no accountability at higher levels","Put more emphasis on hiring people and only taking on new responsibilities that the org numbers can handle, otherwise, work/life balance is (constantly) out the door and turn-over rate will continue to increase, making everyone's lives worse, both the people who stay and the people who eventually leave",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1018.htm
17990,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,It's a job,It's a job. Good benefits but that's it.,Poor management. Poor HR. Poor everything,Be better than the management that is there .,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
17991,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Know what you're getting into.,Nice coworkers. Easy to get a job here. You get a lot of exercise. 4 day 10 hour workweek.,The job is very stressful and often hard on the body (joints and feet).,Increase everyone's pay in order to get people to stay at their jobs. Try to eliminate stress in the pick department.,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
17992,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job culture,Great Benefits. somewhat easy job. monthly bonus. workers are relatively cool with others. four days a week,"No down time, busy til end of shift (10hr shift). Easy to be fired. You have to make your performance rate or you're fired.",Reduce the rate of work required by associates,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
17993,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Technical Recruiter,Great Place to work. Amazing people.,Nothing bad I can say about Amazon,You guys are great!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
17994,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Facilities,Awesome Place,It was great being a part of the facilities department. Being a part of the support team and helping the department's with whatever issues would arise and making the building a little better everyday was the greatest,Honestly i dont have anything bad to say about Amazon because they were always trying to improve wherever needed improvement.,Keep up the good work and keep the facilities department in good order with improvements!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
17995,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time fulfillment associate,"They really care about you, they have awesome benefits. The technology there is cutting edge so it is cool to be working with new technology.","It is a factory job, so it does get boring. Your breaks are only 30 minutes and they go by fast. The worst thing is that you cant listen to music.","Please please allow us to listen to music, it would make the job so much better. Also, I think we should be cross trained and after our breaks we switch jobs so we are not doing the same thing all day. Besides that everything is awesome.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
17996,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Management needs work.,"-Pay was somewhat sufficient, increases wont come for a while -Free coffee -There's a sense of teamwork","-Management acted very unprofessional, be careful about who trains you -Quota at times seems unrealistic -People leaving their posts and management doing nothing about it","Even though efficiency is a huge thing at Amazon, management has to put more thought in putting down more realistic quotas to meet. Training at some stations is subpar, especially at stowing, please show new employees more efficient ways to stock up items. Lastly, some of your area managers and supervisors are among the most unprofessional I have ever met, please provide a better background check with whom you employ.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
17997,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Stow,Great health benefits come with the job.,"It seems like the management do not care about your personal trials and tribulations. Doesn't work with employees, horrible communication with employees",communicate with lower employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
17998,amazon,"Florence, NJ"," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A new and wonderful place to work,"It's like a family, it's new and all facilities still work perfectly","Training is too short, it needs to be for at least 2 days","To continue to make employees feel been part of the organization, always carry them along",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
17999,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Monthly Bonuses, Prizes, Breakrooms have a store for food, Management is super friendly","Long Hours, Only 2 30 minute breaks",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1019.htm
18000,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard Work.....But promotion opportunities!!!,They promote from within and you don't need to use the chain of command to make suggestions......,They are growing so fast that the operation is loosely organized!,take hold of the reins!!!!!1,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18001,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,Easy to gain leadership skills to take with you. Incredible benefits. Support you in your career decisions.,The most unsafe work environment I've ever worked in. Team mech associates need to be required to wear steel toes and they only have to wear gym shoes at best. Those associates lift 50-99lbs items all day long.,"Need to require steel toes. Quit depending on associates to not get hurt. If they had the proper ppe, 90% of the injuries wouldn't happen. Too big of a company to not require proper ppe.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18002,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love my Job,it pays when you show up,it doesnt pay when youre at home.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18003,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Great opportunity to learn what it is like to work at a fast-paced, hard-working company",Not many benefits to enjoy,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18004,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good, nice, awesome, perfect place to work, ethics",to be improvised on employee benefits,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18005,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Great career opportunity, as the company is opening up new locations very aggressively across the United States","There are double standards to employees. Associates are held on a pedestal while managers are treated like they are a dime a dozen. Other than compensation, there is no real sign of appreciation for the personal investment all managers make having furthered their education.","Quit using the word ""ownership"" so often. We are required to be owners of an area, but we are not allowed to have any say in who we get for associates, or who gets promoted, yet expected to make gold out of straw.",3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18006,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon PHL,"Pay, benefits, paid personal time","Long hours, scan to scan 15 minute breaks",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18007,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,....,Good company benefits provided yearly,Work load is extremely heavy at times.,Hire extra help with increased work.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18008,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment center associate,Good opportunity for growth. Good benefits.,High leadership team changeover makes it hard for some associates adapt or gain recognition. Local HR communication with their own Employee Resource Center is horrible and seems to be in constant conflict.,Revamp who controls Human Resource affairs. Conflicts between HR and ERC are a norm. Add in the 3rd party teams like LOA or Ethics and everyone points fingers at each other at the expense of the associate seeking help.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18009,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Fantastic company with tons of growth potential,"Great coworkers, tons of opportunity, and great pay. There is a lot to love!","The 401k match is weak for a company of Amazon's caliber (50% of up to 4%) and the employee discount is capped at the first $1,000 you spend each year.",Keep growing and making long-term decisions to help us keep making history!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1020.htm
18010,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Overnight),So far so good,They will hire you.if everything is good .very easy going laid back atmosphere u can where anything u want.as long as not revealing,N/A so far at this point in time i do noy have anything bad to say about this company.so hopefully it will say like this,Interview sites the workers need to be a little more organized,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18011,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Amnesty Engineer for Amazon,Amazon creates dreams.,"Young crowd, motivating associates, room for advancement if you possess dicipline and motivation.",Dealing with micro-managers are a pain.,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18012,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon will make you a better person,"Fun Making History The company will help develop you You control your professional development and upward mobility Comprehensive benefit package Always something to do and learn  I feel like I just got lucky and landed here, but I put in some work too! I remember my IT manager told me that this isn't a school and I am not going to hold your hand. He didn't have to hold my hand, but went to bat for me and let me into Amazon. I correspond with techs in other states to resolve tickets. Techs I met that were flown across the country to help launch BFI4. BFI4 is a Gen 9 Fulfillment Center and currently the Flagship FC in the world near corporate headquarters. It is setting all kinds of new records and making history. Did I mention, we are having fun.","My first 5 weeks were insane, just hold on",Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18013,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Education Sales,Subsidiary companies,Excellent Brand name and internet presence,Mangement severly lacking in skill sets in new markets,When penetrating new markets use experienced people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18014,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Don't know, really. I don't see any pros.",No life and work hours suck,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18015,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager Level V,Great for me but definitely not for everyone,"- Compensation is top notch - Coworkers are top notch - Working hard and making history - If you're just looking for a high paying job and want to say you work for Amazon...do yourself and your future team a favor and don't apply. Research the company's culture. Read Jeff Bezos' Letter to Shareholders, Read Brad Stone's book. And read all the reviews here on Glassdoor. Then you'll understand the Amazon culture a little bit. I promise it's nothing like you've ever experienced before. Some will love it and others will hate it.","- Lots of long hours (12+ hour days are the norm) - Burnout is a real thing - Seem to be missing out on the have fun part - If you're just looking for a high paying job and want to say you work for Amazon...do yourself and your future team a favor and don't apply. Research the company's culture. Read Jeff Bezos' Letter to Shareholders, Read Brad Stone's book. And read all the reviews here on Glassdoor. Then you'll understand the Amazon culture a little bit. I promise it's nothing like you've ever experienced before. Some will love it and others will hate it.",Bring back more of the have fun culture in the operations world. You have a lot of passionate people burning themselves out for the company mission because they aren't taking enough timeout to enjoy the ride along the way.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18016,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Associate,"Great company, great pay and benefits.","Good pay for the type of work, hard work but it's really not complicated. Lots of great benefits. This includes a generous paid time off, a separate allowance for unpaid time off, another separate allowance for paid vacation time, 401k, company stocks (RSUs that vested either a year or two after you started working. I can't remember.), and possibilities for bonus at the end of each month. Everyone is super friendly and eager to help you. They really do become like a family. Can get voluntary time off that does not affect your time off allowance if the facility does not have enough work. Everyone has a chance to get promoted after working there for a certain period of time. There are plenty of opportunities to get promotions too --- even the promotions at other facilities aren't off limits. There are opportunities to travel for work too, but you'll have to apply for them: as long as you perform well regularly, which isn't hard at all, you will be selected. Your regular AM and PA will do their bests to help you improve to reach your goal but 98% is really on you. They really do care about their team members beyond the numbers.","The work is repetitive so it gets boring very quickly. It can get really hard if you end up with inventory or quality control jobs since you will have to be focused for the whole shift on the same type of thing over and over. It gets mind-numbing. Need to make sure you pack your own lunch if you don't want to eat vending machine or gas station type of food. Management is disorganized, very disorganized. The facility is huge so expect a lot of walking. You can be sent to anywhere in the whole warehouse for the shift.","Please have get all AM and PA be on the same page on managing. Many AMs do not utilize their team well enough, though it seems like they don't get the chance to do so. The company hires college grads for this, let them use their brain a bit in figuring out how they can use their team to increase productivity. They need to get to know their teams better, so they can allocate their members better to fit the production needs. Lots of employees want to get cross-trained but they can't be because their managers do not have enough training allowance left for the period, but we still see newbies come in every other week. Can't they get those employees trained with the newbies? I mean, you guys even have a learning team --- there must be something they can do to help train. None of the tier 1 job is complicated. Most of these employees even consistent perform well. Some can't even get trained to do more jobs in their area (ie. ICQAs only being stuck on SBC when they consistently hit at least 90% accuracy. Some hit a 100% before and they can't even get trained to do CC. And it wasn't like they refused to be trained. They were begging to be trained but they can't get trained.) QBs are always looking for someone who can do certain tasks when there are lines of employees waiting to get a station to do something else because they were never cross-trained. It gets old really fast to spend a quarter of the shift standing there doing nothing and having to play catch up for the rest of the shift to hit the production goals. On top of that, QB and AMs/PAs need to communicate better. Please stop assigning people to the same station between breaks. It disrupt employees workflow and productivity. Sometimes it even ends with someone feeling obligated to take the VTO because they no longer have anything to do and they got tired of waiting to get a station. I understand that sometimes they need other tasks done (more picks and less counts, etc...), but lots of time it's a counter replacing another counter for the same counting job. AMs don't hold the same standard in evaluating productivity and efficiency either. It gets confusing for employees very quickly when they have to work on different floors or when other AMs come take over another AM's floor. It's annoying when you come from a floor where they work really hard to push the numbers and end up working on another floor and see others barely working and other PAs not doing anything about it. Also have seen employees get their second warnings on the beginning of the following shift week when a different AM takeover the floor. They get reprimanded all over again when after they have just start on an action plan with their regular AM towards the end of their previous week (notice on the last break before they get off for the weekend) and haven't even have a chance of redeeming themselves yet --- not exactly a good way to improve employees performance. This happens more often than it should. Oh, please bring in more knee pads for employees. Most stations don't even have them anymore and those that do, the kneepads are nearly disintegrated.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18017,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Pride,Easy environment and management system,the on-call system actually sucks,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18018,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great culture, Great people, Lots of new stuff to learn","Everyone trying to be an ""alpha"", inter-team collaboration, shouting matches","""Be Right a Lot"" -> ""Listen a lot""",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18019,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A-okay,"Lots of people working hard, a-types.",People work way too much to look good for managers...,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1021.htm
18020,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only do it if you have to,Nice co-workers Only work 4 days a week,Terrible management Terrible HR team 15 minute breaks are not long enough for 10 shifts,Give employees a raise. We did the most work out of everyone in the building and get nothing for it. Treat them with the most respect because the facility would be nothing if they didn't show up for work.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18021,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,It's alright.,"High pay (for me), challenges, lots of growth opportunity. The people they hire typically can carry their own weight and push you to be a better employee. You learn a lot for your next job.","Upper management is unrealistic, accuse the team of sandbagging, when in reality they are just trying to cover their bottom with prior unrealistic forecast and delays.  No ESPP, so despite their ""huge"" RSU it is not really going to get you a lot more money than you think.  No free food, cheap about equipment purchase (delays in development), cheap about early prototyping (delays in development).  Stupidity about ""Document driven development"" and ""Amazon writing standard"", so you end up spending more time writing document than doing real work. And then when management ask why is the delay you have to write another document to cover your bottom.","Look, I know you guys want to do the right thing, but hiring engineers and expect them to be lawyers, is not how you get your money worth. Let them do the real work they are hired for, and stop interviewing with those stupid ""peculiar way"" questions that doesn't do squat in sorting old good and bad employees. I can fake my peculiar way all day but I can guarantee you I'll behave differently when you are not looking.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18022,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,15+ years and still loving it!,Significant ownership Just do it culture Advice to new employees - find the right team and you will love what you do.,Hate the OLR process.,Change the OLR process.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18023,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Benefits, location, people, good pay.","Long hours, short breaks for 10 to 12 hours of work.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18024,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,1. learn a lot 2. nice coworker,No free lunch No free soda,N/A,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18025,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Seasonal jobs are misleading,Work from home. Not stuck in traffic,Fast paced. Team Leader not helpful. Training should be revamped. Got stuck during training and team leader refused to help.,Advice is training should be 6 weeks especially those new to the industry. If a person is having trouble a team leader should try to help rather than saying I can not help you.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18026,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,there is a reason they pay so well.,"good salary plenty of things to learn, most aren't valuable outside of Amazon though.",unreasonable demands never enough attitude they don't know how to manage you if you're not willing to follow the carrot they don't care about long term anything,"stop treating your engineers like disposable razors. yes, they can make you look good for a while with ungodly efforts and heroics, its not good for long term. managers are just a cog in the wheel, just like engineers.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18027,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern Experience,You can always learn from others,Teammate was not good in my team,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18028,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Ambassador,Fun but limited,"Great work environment, the teams are fantastic and everyone is very relaxed.","The work is hard physical labor, and everyone works 10 hour days and three months of 55 hour weeks (5 11 hour days) for the holidays.",Give Tier 1 AAs more chances to move up. There's a huge pool of talent that gets ignored due to outside hiring.,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18029,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways Operations Intern,"Great place to work, you have total freedom to do what you feel is best in your project.",I might be a little hard to get the data you need from upper level.,Better training for emplyees,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1022.htm
18030,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways Operations Intern,"Great place to work, you have total freedom to do what you feel is best in your project.",I might be a little hard to get the data you need from upper level.,Better training for emplyees,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18031,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker/order picker operator,"Easy to take time off, monthly bonus for attendance.",You can get fired for simple mistakes..no job security,Communication,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18032,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good intership,Meaningful work Work life balance,Not enough events No free food,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18033,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,great technology and benefits !!!,No work life balance here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18034,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Decent pay, good benefits it crappy work environment","Benefits on first day of employment, full time position four on, three off, have to be a real screw off to get fired,","Management only cares about the bottom line, atmosphere of indifference, no real incentive to do more than bare minimum to get by.",Don't know what good it will do since it's all about the bottom line. Maybe when they get tired of running around in circles because they lose talented help will things maybe change.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18035,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,AWS: Workaholics,"Growing business, interesting problems to solve",Work/Life balance is terrible. Emails from Senior management at 1AM and on the weekend. They think they own you. Restrictive rules that basically rule out working on open source projects.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18036,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Nov 5, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Terrible company,To be honest there are no pros to working there far more companies out there have the same benefits and pay,"The company truly does not care about the employees they see you as just a number they have a high turnover rate from people quitting or getting fired for ridiculous company policies.Alot of forced over time which can interfere with your personal life, poor management all the way to the top and alot of favoritism.People constantly get written up over stuff they can control and the company knows that but still proceeds to do it to them anyway.",Treat your employees with respect and be fair to them,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18037,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2016",Former Employee - Loader,Bad place,Great if you don't have a life,Terrible place to work for anybody,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18038,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Over and out,Nice to live in Seattle,We were treated like slaves,Be nicer to people,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18039,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - IT Support Engineer,Worked Hard!,"They take their Leadership principles very seriously, and apply them across the entire organization. Amazon works very hard to identify and reward employees who contribute and actively apply these principles.  Hardcore but friendly corporate culture, very straightforward, and easy to engage with those outside your team, make friends, explore opportunities and learn","HEAVY workload. Depending on your role and org chart, expectations can be very very high. Some teams have no real growth opportunities, requiring an employee to ""shop around"" internally. (However, Amazon culture understands and is open to this)","NEW managers are under a lot of pressure to perform and put in a good showing. When an employee repeatedly provides data showing a workload is too high and impacting their performance, don't put them on a Performance Improvement Plan, make their job HARDER (undefined goals, no coaching), and then expect results.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1023.htm
18040,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazing company with amazing benefits,You get big bonuses when you sign 40k stock vested over 4 years four day work weeks,long work hours near peak times (October-January),None,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18041,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Area Manager,"Dynamic environment, constantly changing, promotes ownership, upward mobility. Four day workweeks outside of peak and OT.",No overtime compensation. Long hours in peak.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18042,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was aiight,Smart people. Great people to work for. Great infrastructure and relatively nice offices. Great intern program that's lots of fun and very interactive. A lot of trust in their workers.,No free food. Stingy. Dogs get kind of annoying and distracting at work. Not many perks to be proud of.,My only advice to management is to have some defined goals and dates in which the goals should be met.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18043,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Prime Now Associate,"*Speed walking for long periods of time. Both a pro and con *Badges are worn in the warehouse *Standup sessions are a good way to start the day and get to know your coworkers. *There is sometimes food in the break room for anyone to have. *You can sign up to work as a delivery driver during your shift, if needed. *Pay and a half for working on holidays. *It's great if you are a customer. *5 mine grace period when clocking in *Physically demanding work- both pro and con *It's interesting to see the many different things they have to sell in inventory *Easy picking system *Fast Paced environment *Safe place to work *You have a job","*Orientation was terrible. The lady who held orientation did not want to be there. She talked really fast, gave us a mouth swab drug test, and told us that all communication is done by email. *I completed the entire online training modules and I never got paid for doing them, even though it's supposed to be paid training. My managers knew about it, the ERC, etc. My last paycheck did not reflect any training. So be very careful when you do this training and know that they might not pay you. *Management will yell in a speaker to get you to work quicker. *Speed walking for long periods of time. *There is a board that you place your comments on for management. I had a great idea to improve customer service. No action was taken. So expect to not always have your little voice heard. *There was a lot of theft at my location, which made the working atmosphere more restricted. No one should be stealing from company, however, everyone should not get punished because others were stealing. *My hours went from 25 hours a week to 12 hours a week, which is the main reason why I had to leave *Communication is terrible. Everything is done through email. Many time you will find that management does not know the answers to your questions. Management also does not know about new things that have been implicated within the company and they are just as clueless as you are. *You are not allowed to have your phones. But you will sometimes wonder why management is on their phones while texting and smiling. *Some products go to donations that are damaged. Other products are thrown in the trash. You will see the trash full of food and products that could all be going towards people who need it most. *The application for this job does not talk about you going into a refrig or freezer. Be prepared to stay in the freezer for a long time, looking for cold and frozen foods for prime now orders. *Sometimes you will be assigned to stow (meaning put away items) in the refrig. and freezer. You can be in there for hours at a time. *The air conditioner was broken at my location. The heat can tire anyone, and so it did. *VTO means voluntary time off. That is when you come in to work your shift and management asks you if you would like to take the rest of the day off, with NO PAY! I am assuming they push for this on slow days when they feel there are too many workers. *I knew a girl who was cross trained in almost everything on the floor. She has been with Amazon for 2 or 3 years. She was still being paid the same amount as me. *You only get one 10 minute break when you work a 5 hour shift. Imagine that! *High Turn over rate. *The Beast- It is a system that allows you to check your speed and pick rates. It never worked while I was employed there. *Micromanagement *I was given the ability to do problem solve. It's a headache, It is not worth it when you get the same pay. *There is a point system. *No room for advancement. *Only the people with blue badges are immune from having their schedule or hours changed","Communication needs improvement If you say training is paid for then pay for it Employees should be paid for training Computer glitches need to be fixed with training modules Management needs to listen to employees and be more open to ideas, not act like they are open to ideas",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,43,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18044,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,it is a great work environment,can't apply green card until get promoted to SDE2,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18045,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,watch out for their system 2,none at west columbia warehouse,after they lied saying to unemployment I was fired based on attendance when It was that one time clock incident they fired me for 60 mins short! I appealed it and crushed amazon in their lies and was granted my benefits!!! they lie hoping you don't appeal stuff so always appeal and get your verbal write ups on paper as proof so they can't change the issue from not making rate to attendance.,stop playing the butt kisser to jeff,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18046,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay away from this company!!,"None. There are none, NO pros what so ever. The only pro is to stay far, far away from this company!!","Sells pipe dreams that will be gone before you know it, lies to people, will fire anyone who dares report misdeeds,uses an illegal ""rate system that calculates only ONE hour of an individual's work and claim that is their rate. Has extremely HIGH rate of ""turnover"".","Better drop the illegal bs ""rate system"" or the labor dept WILL become involved!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18047,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,The pay is well enough.,Definitely too fast paced for me and the long hours of strenuous physical activity is too much.,"I would suggest shortening the shift hours depending on the position or if it's going to be a long shift at least 15 minute break periods every 2 hours versus the existing 15 min break after the first 2 hrs and 30 mins, work 2 more hrs and then 30 mins lunch, then work 2 hrs and 15 mins then 3rd break, and we work 2 hrs and 30 mins more till the end of the shift.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18048,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Only 4 days a week. Great Health, dental, and vision insurance. There are bonuses, especially during the holidays","They work you like slaves. Management is not good. All they do is hire college graduates with no people skills or work experience to be managers and then the associates basically have to train them. Breaks are terrible, building is to big to walk to a break room, stand in line for a microwave and then be back on time. You have to stand the whole 10 hours and act like a robot, don't talk to anyone and be super fast or they will fire you for performance.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18049,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,risk investigator,Helpful management. Can approach managers and other higher level people with ease. Great training provided. all in all a good experience to work with the company,the shift keep changing every 3 months.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1024.htm
18050,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair Company,"Great employee benefits, employee discount, 401k, dental vision and health benefits. Room to grow within the company and advance",Very hard to keep a work and life balance. Always on call and sometimes difficult to put work in from of your family.,Very easy to advance if you work the training that you receive and exceed sales expectations. Once you get noticed it will be easy to advance.,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18051,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Studio Job,"Marketing department, studio location has a friendly, chill environment. Free tampons and pads in the women restroom.","I wish there was someone you could call from each department when you need help, but thats not the type of environment.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18052,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,provide great experience of international exposure,"sometimes, in some teams, managers push too hard",take care of employee,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18053,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA PA,"Solid work, new challenges each day","Rough hours, many equipment issues",Listen to your associates,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18054,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people,"Great environment, and people. You really get to learn and grow",Beware new managers who want to change everything,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18055,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Web Analyst,Amazing workplace!,I learned so much and was challenged everyday to work smarter!,Hours are long and the pay isn't great (for my entry level job),Maybe you can pay a little more?,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18056,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,yeah,good pay benefits aand other stuff,long hours and stuff and stuff,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18057,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for a while but not for long term,Treat people good at first,During the years they Treat you like a the worst person,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18058,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Launch team,"Room for growth. Apparently brains are not required. If you can suck up and care little about personal integrity, you'll suceed.",Clueless management. Doesn't embody the Amazon culture. Senior Ops had no previous amazon experience and is clueless in leadership. Area managers show little follow through and not great at finding good solutions. Terrible launch team. This location functions as well as a two legged stool.,Get it together. Follow through with employees. Stop putting out one fire and starting five others. Learn how successful businesses operate and learn how to work in the expressed culture of the company.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18059,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Love this place,"Flexable hours, Great Team leaders, Best management around, happy environment, opportunities to move up the corporate ladder if your a dedicated associate. Training provided","Some work can be tedious, lots of standing, lifting and bending.","Associates love hearing when they are doing a great job, continue on letting the hard workers know they are appreciated. Thank you for making work enjoyable.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1025.htm
18060,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You will burn out....,"Incredibly smart people everywhere, you will learn a lot and tackle challenging problems. Higher than average pay. You will work on problems beyond your pay-grade and experience.","Amazon will burn you out. You will be asked to work unsustainable hours, 60+ all the time and ask for more. They don't care about you or your life. Everyone is always new because people burn out and leave. This place is a meat grinder.  Promotions are an act of god, despite your accomplishments, efforts, skill, leadership. Amazon prefers to hire management from outside, so plan on not promoting because they do not care to promote from within.","there is a cost to constantly replacing employees that leave, and there is a risk that no one will work given the background",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18061,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Fulfillment Associate,Dead end hard work,"The schedule is more flexible than some jobs, and you don't need any experience or gear to start out. The clothing policy is also really chill, so you can wear whatever you want. The pay is comparable to other jobs in it's class.","The work can be very hard, and especially frustrating since a computer is telling you what to do. Unless you get hired on as upper management or HR it is really dead end career wise. The work can also get extremely boring.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18062,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon isn't for everyone,"Energy, levels of learning, Smart people","Work Life balance, Bureaucracy",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18063,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Wonderful company with huge goals. Incredibly talented coworkers make this place an amazing place to grow.,You must be a hard working and driven person to succeed here. Slackers won't make it long.,Keep driving! Our focus is on track and I am excited to see what our future looks like.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18064,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome work culture for devs!,"Work Culture, Weekly Happy Hours",Not many benefits (no free lunch etc),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18065,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"The internship gave me a great project. My teammates were extremely intelligent and passionate. Overall, the internship was a perfect learning experience and I would definitely return for a full time offer.",The company's frugality restricts the number of perks given to employees compared to other technical companies.,Management was actually quite great. They checked in with me regularly and were extremely approachable. My manager closely followed my work throughout the internship and provided me with critical feedback at regular intervals.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18066,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Fun atmosphere, great management, excellent hours",The warehouse is not climate controlled,Need more fans,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18067,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Control/Quality Assurance Associate,Amazon not much fun,Amazon has very goid benefits for employees,"Too much overtime, long 10 hourdays",All fulfillment centers should have the same policies,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18068,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems Engineer II,flexible schedule that allows me to work remotely.,lots of corporate red tape cutting is required for large changes.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18069,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Amazon,"Pay,lots of overtime and benefits",Long hours and not the best working conditions,Work hard,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1026.htm
18070,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,Innovative and there are a lot of cool projects going on.,Stressful at times and no free food.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18071,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,"Great learning experience - however, disorganized",I learned a lot. Amazon treats interns as full time employees - so you get hands on experience what the work force is like instead of only working on a project.,"Intern program is very disorganized. HR always contacts interns last minute and it was difficult to find the correct person to talk to.  Team assignments are randomized, so your internship experience is extremely reliant on luck. some teams do not have much work for you, and others are understaffed.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18072,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Keeps you busy,"Amazon is an ownership company. You are responsible for determining the requirements, building software, testing it, and monitoring and maintenance. If you like having the power to make decisions and build things your way, it's a great company to work for.","The work is challenging and sometimes high stress. You are responsible for your software. This means if it's broken, you are working. This can lead to long nights, lost weekends, and sometimes burnout.","Work on employee happiness. Customer obsession is a fantastic but if Amazon put half that effort into employee happiness, the turnover would be much lower and happiness much higher.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18073,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Stower,"Decent money, you can get hired pretty quick if you get hired via staffing company first, if you don't mind working none stop a lot of overtime career opportunities","Can be stressful, mandatory overtimes, managers get on employees if they don't perform fast enough, other employees can become quite negative during holidays",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18074,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate - Ruskin Facility,Meet some interesting people. Come across a plethora of unique items and merchandise.,"The culture at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Ruskin leaves very little to be desired as people are treated as less than human and you are continually reminded that they can terminate you at anytime. I've seen people literally walked out the door in tears and without the opportunity to say goodbye to their fellow associates. I was informed by an unnamed official there that ""it is the way at Amazon"" to release and hire people at these facilities on a daily basis as it is ""financially advantageous to Amazon"" to operate these facilities in this manner. I was informed by other associates that worked at facilities in other states that this is pretty much the norm at Amazon's facilities. Nonetheless with close to two years of service here I can honestly say that this is the worst fortune 500 company I've ever had to work for. I can only summize that Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder and CEO is too busy making movies and flying rockets to space to realize the poisonous environment that permeates throughout these facilities or perhaps he just doesn't care because Amazon has been so profitable to date. In my estimation it's probably a combination of a little of both scenarios.",Treat others as you'd want to be treated!! It's as simple as that. Be flexible and open not just in words but with action!,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18075,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Flex,"Good pay, flexible scheduling, great part time for those looking to clear a few monthly bills(i.e. automobile,mortgage, etc.)","Available blocks are hard to come by, but when they do, the money is worth it.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18076,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer manager,Great position. Loved Amazons culture and there products,There were no cons . I loved this position,Great company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18077,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manger,great pay. great stock shares.,nothing everything was honestly good.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18078,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,what is this,Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule yeah,"Boring, Pay, thats about it",Help out more often thanks,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18079,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Oriented Engineering,- Friendly environment - Talented engineers,- Very performance oriented which can be stressful,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1027.htm
18080,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good place for steady work if you can get Full-time.,Steady work. Opportunity to move around departments. Low stress environment. Good benefits.,Sometimes forced to work in area you dislike for weeks at a time. Monotony.,Better communication to even low-level employees.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18081,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"Fast paced, made ten hour days go by fast.",Management failed to follow through on disciplining workers who broke the rules.,Get out from behind your laptops and interact with your employees. Discipline the workers who are breaking the rules and not meeting production goals.,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18082,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst Internship,"Fun team, learn a lot, real-world experience (no fake hand-holding internship).","Long hours, only salary (no matter how many hours you work a week, you get paid the same), you only get to experience one team.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18083,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Oct 8, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Just be careful because you are the scapegoat,Consistent schedule. You can count on a big paycheck during peak which is from black Friday through Christmas eve. Health benefits are ok but you do pay for them. 401k and stocks that vest when you hit 2 years. Lots of opportunities to move up. Career choice after 1 year. Voluntary time off when work is low.,"Safety, They emphasize being aware and reporting safety but they will turn it on the employees at every turn. Be aware that they probably pay off OSHA because they never come even when legitimate claims have been submitted with photography. I saw an employee get his career ruined for calling that issue out. And he called it out because people could have died. HR is not there to help. They will look for reasons to fire you when you get close to 4 years because the stock and pay and bonus all come up and that costs them a lot of unneccessary money. You will work. Hard. And peak is intense. Say goodbye to your family during peak because you will work 50 to 60 hours mandetory every week during that time. Many people get health issues while working there from the boxes. I don't know what is in them but people break out a lot. Heart issues are common along with car accidents when people fall asleep at the wheel driving to and from work. Don't be surprised when you see posters of the person who died. It happens about every 3 to 6 months. Kind of morbid to see your coworkers pass.","Take care of your employees. Don't lie about the work. Do not sugar coat. Praise as often as you punish. And cross train the crap out of your department. And don't miss any units. Seriously. It is better to miss 100 units than to miss just one. If you are that close to making C.P.T.then you need to jump in and make it happen. A good leader knows when to step in and when to step out of the work. If in sort/pack, you will be needed a good bit to help make C.P.T. happen. If in shipping, your labor hours don't count which means you need to vto the crap out of people or send them to other departments, and pull your ship clerks(when they can), PAs and jump into the work in order to make rate. Rate in shipping is possible but you must run super super lean. Keep that in mind. Good luck. You probably won't last very long. Don't feel bad. That is the way the company is. 3-6 months you will have to prove your progress and improvement in the department or you will get switched. Oh and if you get a PIP, you should look for anothet job and not waste your effort because that is you getting pushed out the door.",2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18084,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great of some, OK for most, terrible for many.",Your work will make impact. Internal tools available for software development are awesome. Some pretty smart engineers work here. Customer obsession is real.,"Management is few and business oriented, talent development is not a priority. Successful carrier requires either luck or right political moves. Expect a lot of emotionally draining arguing. Teams often struggle due to high DevOps and oncall responsibilities, management does very little to help them, reorganizing collapsed team appears to be a preference. Due to lack of management various unprofessional behavior of employees often overlooked.","Start manage your talent, not only your business.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18085,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,"Nice salary, cool atmosphere, nice ppl","bad management, no say on team placement",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18086,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,IND1 can be a wonderful place to work and move up,"Watch your back ,they retaliate, and lie. Its a damn shame that you have to keep a record of everything you do ...IND1","Get people in HR that really care about the employees and listen. Put more interest in the workers..no workers, no money",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18087,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Great pay and benefits with this company.,work and over stress the hell out of you. worked 12 hours a day.,Management is pretty good here. not so bad.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18088,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Area,Area Manager,Good compensation. And Good chances of advancement.,Long hours. Lots of work.,Have to hear the employees more.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18089,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,Amazingly run company with great opportunities,Hard to find parking in seattle,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1028.htm
18090,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,It is a great place but it is not for everyone.,"You learn a lot and fast. I feel confident now I can do any software management job anywhere on the planet. You work with the best and brightest, you always push the boundaries of what you can't do, you innovate. Pace is crazy, so it is never boring. Hey, your parents finally recognize the company you work for :)","The culture is not for everyone - it is abrasive, challenging a status quo and you will need to prove yourself over and over again even to your subordinates. If you can do it, you will enjoy working for Amazon, if not - you will fail.",Ask yourselves: how are you going to compete with Google that open its offices across the street?,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18091,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative company with tough corporate environment,"The innovation, especially at the Fulfillment Centers, is next-level compared to the industry. The pay and stocks reflect the success the company has seen.","The corporate culture can be very cutthroat. There is an over-reliance on stack-racking and feedback from peers and direct reports can and will be used against you in your annual reviews. Even if you are on a team of high performers, someone will be in last place.",Stack-ranking forces teams to lose good people and makes it difficult to recruit replacements. Don't put your employees in constant fear of losing their job or being replaced.,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18092,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Human Resources Operations Administrative,Co-workers are better than company,"Great pay, work with great people. Great benefits. Close to home.","During peak you work 60 hours a week. There is no consideration for family. You are just a warm body, the first time you cannot meet a request regardless of how good an employee you are, you are out and a new warm body in your place.","Be fair, I mean really fair and not just say you are.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18093,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prior Warehouse Worker,Decent pay. Easy to advance. Work went by fast. Benefits are good. The warehouse is climate controlled. Fun people to work with. Nice lunchroom with lots of goodies in case you forget to bring lunch.,People cherry pick which is annoying because they take all the big boxes and leave you with the small one. Also. HR is the worst especially at keeping up with paperwork. They lost my sheet I put in for my one week notice. Now they say I quit unexpectedly and I can't be rehired.,Advancing to management is easy if you work hard and never miss a day. Stay high-speed and motivated and always be willing to stay overtime.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18094,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"4 day work week, 3 days off","Very long shifts, require alot of mental and physical stamina",Spend more time developing a formal training program.,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18095,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,management,great hours and pay,Management I was an employment hitting 180% productivity. I was reprimanded and wrote up for lack of production.,none,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18096,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Ambassador,Great place to work.,"Always something to do, great place to work if you like to move around allot. Always overtime opportunities.","If you dont like walking around, lifting heavy packages up to 75lbs, and other qualifications listed on there job applications then being an amazon fulfillment associate is not for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18097,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life,Fast paced environment. Many opportunities,Minimal staffing for projects long work hours,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18098,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Paye wage,Friendly Environment to work in,overtime is always available during peak season,null,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18099,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced,Work from home. Great Pay. Team Leader is awesome. Friends for life. Advancement opportunities. Great benefits. Flexible schedules.,Fast paced. Hard to locate information at times.,You are doing a great job!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1029.htm
18100,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Definitely recommended,It was great place to work definitely recommended to everyone since there is a lot of job opportunity growth.,Maybe a little higher salary would have done the job because all the execs are getting paid a lot but the people at the bottom not so much.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18101,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Research scientist,"Great team, good work life balance","Quite enough engineering work, lots of time devoted to ream meetings and interviews","Reduce the amount of engineering work, add more social events.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18102,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Drafting and Design Technician,Interesting work 3d and 2d. Great buildings to work in.,"Work assignments are not clear, employee does not stick with there job role.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18103,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New Hire at Amazon Virtual Call Center,Applied for position online and presented to offer letter about 4 days later.,"Need external monitor, keyboard and mouse if you are going to use a laptop computer.",N/A,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18104,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Tech-driven company with great future,"Although it's an e-commerce company on selling things (sometimes cloud resources), the company is tech-driven on most of the points to solve it's problems. Employees are intelligent and helpful. The company is growing steadily and always trying to provide good tools to engineers to deliver better results.",Amazon has some typical large-size-company problems like complicate collaboration between teams.,"People are leaving and joining the company frequently, which is not good for a steady team formation. The most apparent influence is that one team may be scattered around one floor of the building, which is bad for communication.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18105,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Competitive Attitude to resolve problem and learn new things,"Not very competitive working environment comparing to Google, Facebook (but good enough)",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18106,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you need the job, they will give it to you. Simple as that, just walk in.","4 day week days and hours  Steady work  Plenty of overtime if needed  Really good system for time management, including paid/unpaid leave  Very lucrative benefits  It's a job, so if you need work to pay your bills, Amazon will hire you, it's fair","The pay, it's really really bad. I actually think it's the lowest in the nation. All articles mention about 12-14/hr but at this location it's only 10.50, night shift gets 11. After working there for 3 years I don't think you'll be breaking into 13/hr, from the charts I saw at the company. Which makes me think they don't want you to stay long term and for potential career.  The hours can be rough as well. I work morning shift and you get used to it, which is nice, you work hard for 4 days and then you get 3 days off. But it's not for everyone, after the first week 6 people out of 10 quit from my group. Which is more or less standard from what I hear. They hire huge volume of people. They get 100 people per week, drug test them, background check, congratulations, you got a job.  Short breaks are a problem. Most decent companies I've worked at gave 1 hour lunch per 8 hours of work. Amazon gives 2 15 minute breaks and 30 minutes lunch for over 10 hours of work. It makes me think that if they could get away with it then working conditions would be close to Chinese factories.  Propaganda... they always pat themselves on the back about how awesome they are and how YOU are making a history and YOU matter. Honestly, you don't matter, you are a cog. But propaganda is there to make you feel special.  To get the cool benefits (tuition reimbursement and stock) you have to stay for over 1 year with them, which is understandable, but if you only get 25 cent promotions, then I am sorry, it's hard to stay with a company for that long and get paid under 12 bucks an hour after several years. It's not even worth it to ""chase"" after these perks because the pay is a joke.","I have no advice for management, I haven't worked there long enough. I do think that leadership is reasonable and they don't micromanage.  Overall, I can only give it 3.5 rating. Amazon has so much potential, huge potential, if only they would pay more. I personally don't see how people can make a career out of this, the pay is at poverty levels but perks are good, but what good are they if you can't invest time in this company? By the way, it's the number one issue that managers see written at the white board at the entrance (it's for employees to be able to wrote their concerns and suggestions). So... let's have actually competitive wages? Warehouses next door start at 12.50 and up. And I understand that Amazon benefits are good (health insurance from day one, yay) but employees also work really really hard non-stop with miserable breaks. It's only fair to pay more, otherwise people will quit after the first week.  Would I recommend it to a friend? No, I can't. It's a hard work for very little pay. I needed a job and I got it, so no major complaints here, I am happy with my hours, thanks to Amazon, I appreciate that because the bills had to be paid (and I have bachelors degree, yay for the job market). But I can't possibly say to a relative or a friend ""hey, you should quit your job and come work with us, it's really awesome!"", I would be lying.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18107,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,"Plenty of paid time off and sick time, and monthly vcp bonus.",Employee turnover is too high.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18108,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon career,"Organized, clean facilities, bonuses, upward mobility...","Low starting pay, excessive restrictive rules,","Allow pocket knife at work, allow pepper spray in parking lot personal vehicles,",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18109,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Not for Everyone,"Benefits, Experience, New Challenges, Working in a fast paced environment. Nice Co-Workers, Some of the managers was cool.","If you have a issue standing on your feet for 10 hours a day, then this place is not for you unless you get a position where you're sitting down or you can tolerate the pain. I think that with working 10 hours a day, an hour lunch would be great since it's a huge facility. It takes sometime to get to one place or another depending on where you are in the building. Or if you walk fast. 30 minutes for break is not enough for the time we have to be there. Amazon is just not for Everyone. I just wish they would have accommodated me when I was having an issue. That's why I had to quit.",Help your employees when they are having an issue. Don't just shrug it off like it don't matter.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1030.htm
18110,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You should know what you're getting into,"Smart people, interesting technologies, challenging environment.",Too challenging work environment sometimes.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18111,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like it,"Work alone, meet a lot of people.. Voluntary time off...",Short lunch break... A lot of walking and standing...,"Longer lunch break, we're there 10 hours",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18112,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Great place to work for 95% of the time,"when I got hired they gave me a shift that fitted my schedule, reasonable amount of PTO, positive environment, easy work",they let too many little kids advance to positions that don't know what they're doing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18113,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,Good,Fast delivery and learn a lot,My building is kind of like a band building,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18114,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Good team, learn a lot technology in a short time, good manager and mentor. Have a lot of fun with the team. Also Seattle is a good place to live and work.",No free food and no gym. The work content sometimes is not very interesting. Sometimes need to work under great pressure.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18115,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"Amazon offers me a very interesting project. The mentor , the manager and the team are very good.","Maybe, Amazon should hold more intern events, so that we can meet each others and have more fun.","Amazon should hold more intern events, so that we can meet each others and have more fun.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18116,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Customer centric, yes. Employee centric, hmmm...","Amazon is an excellent organization to sharpen your program, project or operational skills.  Amazon is a great place if you are a self starter that needs no guidance and who loves the opportunity to take an idea and build it into the next online service.","If you enjoy working 14+ hours a day, 7 days a week, this is the place for you!  Amazon has constant turnover. You will spend the majority of your employment here getting others up to speed.  Amazon likes to believe they are still a small start up and because of this the resources are limited. To overcome this obstacle you end up taking on/supporting people/projects that may not directly impact your space. But don't fret, because of the turnover, tomorrow you might be managing another space.  Promotional opportunities are limited. Amazon likes fresh new ideas constantly coming in. Internal tenure is not a selling feature for Amazon.",Get in and get out! You will make great money and gain a ton of new skills but you will lose your sanity in the process.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18117,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA,ICQA,"Air condition facility, nice break rooms",Low pay ( Very Low) Inexperienced managers with no prior experience telling you how to do your job,Hire from within,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18118,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer(SDE-II),Software Development Engineer(SDE-II),"Good Salary Broad range of technologies Challenging problems Good health benefits Flexible teams that can(for the most part) choose tools and processes that are suitable for them and their environment. It is very easy move to another team if you are unhappy or unchallenged.  I started at Amazon to broaden my technical skills, increase my salary and work on exciting technology and challenging projects. So far(~1 year in), I made the right choice. I'm surrounded by smart people with amazing insights into a large array of tools, technologies and difficult problems around scale, customer service, and security.","Very few ""extras"", as compared to other large software/internet companies.  Smart people aren't always the easiest to get along with. I've found that a high number of Amazonians lack good social skills and ability to function well on a team. Seattle-centric culture. Varies from team-to-team.  Dev managers tend to act more as TPMs, focused on delivery rather than team development, and in some cases choose aggressive delivery over quality.","It's well documented that most Amazonians leave within two years. Those reasons vary, but from my point of view it stems from a culture that focuses on delivery of software, but lacks values around development of engineering teams. There has been a shift toward being more focused on the needs of the engineers during my time here, and I would like to see that trend continue with better training for Dev Mangers on team development and more emphasis on team quality metrics.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18119,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fullfillment,easy process and friendly people,none none none none none,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1031.htm
18120,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Good pay Flexibility and the staff is really good,Everything is good just that there's too much to do,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18121,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazon - A Tough Gig (High Risk / High Reward),"Amazon is a ""can do"" place. People who are ready to work hard, be courageous, banish self-doubt, and fight can do well. Even for those who find it hard to be aggressive, Amazon will surely benefit you and help you learn new skills. Opportunity is there for the taking, but no one will coddle or encourage you - ever. It's a tough place, but it pays well and gives you lots of opportunity.","Encouragement, peace, and calm DO NOT EXIST in this place. It's a go-go-go atmosphere that you can sense by just sitting in the lobby of one of it's buildings and watching the crowds scurry in and out. Everyone is on the go, NOTHING is every good enough, and all employees are pressed to be more, do more, and reach higher. The unrelenting pace and pressure to do more burns most people out within 2 years.","Accept that such a huge work force can no longer be composed of 100% zealots. The average employee is there to experience some growth and find a life balance. Trying to get the absolute maximum productivity out of every employee might maximize output for 1-2 years, but the rate of burn-out will put the business at risk because the rate of brain drain. Send managers to ""emotional intelligence"" training and get rid of anyone who's managed there more than 5 years.",3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18122,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Meh Not Great,Not many pros. The stock price is really high which makes my salary pretty high but my co-workers are not getting close to what I am currently at.,Long hours Poor management Self centered No career goals,Let employees leave before 6 PM. Get rid of anytime feed back and use yearly ratings not to scare employees into work harder but build career growth.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18123,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Blue Badge,Decent job,"I liked the 4 on 3 off schedule, vto and benefits",Disliked mandatory overtime shouldnt have to work if you dont want to,Continue the great work,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18124,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Good company party, great SLU location",Most people are over worked,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18125,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Merc building company,"RSU plan is attractive, paid time off is good too. Opportunity to change positions every once in a while.","No leadership, no strategy , just people making time to earn their RSUs.",Need better incentive and goal setting methodology in order to develop better leadership and work environment.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18126,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Inbound Stower,amazon associate,"Good compensation pay, 401k etc,.",favoritism. there is no way of moving up unless your an outsider,"equality. work hard ,have fun , make history",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18127,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard. Now work harder. Okay, fine, you can play.","-Extremely intelligent, hardworking, and collaborative environment. -I genuinely enjoy the people I work with. There are few ""bad apples"" and petty drama is almost non-existent -Being part of the leading cloud platform in the industry. -Career growth/opportunities","-One of the leadership principles is ""Frugality"" which too often translates to ""cheap"" In such a competitive market for talent, its remarkable that they manage to attract talent with low comp. Comp is actually built to dip after 2 years unless you get promoted. - Stack ranking forces management to treat employees as data points rather than humans. -At a certain point, the amount of work becomes brutal. Essentially, the mentality is once you've achieve a certain goal/level, you must always exceed it, which is unsustainable.","You have some of the best talent in the market, and yet you have a negative reputation as an employer. The continual ""raising the bar"" culture is unsustainable. Eventually something will break.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18128,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZON,This is a great company to work for. The benefits are amazing. The pay and discounts. I really feel apart of a team when going into work.,"I just wish the hours was a little more flexible. But for the most part, i dont have much negativity to say about the company.",Communication. Always make sure each department is aware or understand. There are few cases when one party is unaware of a situation because it wasn't communicated.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18129,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Pay, good friends and benefits.","Mandatory overtime, drama, favorites and getting off late.",Stay on same page,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1032.htm
18130,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Pay, good friends and benefits.","Mandatory overtime, drama, favorites and getting off late.",Stay on same page,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18131,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associate,"Fast-paced, great benefits! Not boring!! You must take breaks! Huge break room. They do not micro-manage. Very intense but not difficult.",The only thing I would say is that you need to stay hydrated. It is very hot in the summer and the warehouse is not air conditioned.,Nothing to add.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18132,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,"health benefits, stock options, communication","constantly overworked with no pay increase, extremely high expectations that exceed pay grade.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18133,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,it might be good to have the amazon experience on your resume.,"low pay, possibly the worst work and life balance among all IT companies.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18134,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good (based on the org you are in),"Great people, smart and talented, a lot of learnings,","Could get political at times, not as open/transparent, needs more fun at the work place","Create a more nourishing culture with family, friends",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18135,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AFT,"I was assigned to a new team. Everybody was nice. Although my mentor was not in my team, he was always available and willing to help. You can learn a lot.",The boot-camp for interns is too short to get familiar with internal tools.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18136,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Smart People to work with Good company,Long hours Demanding schedule Could be more challenging,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18137,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruiting manager,"Fast pace, smart people, dynamic environment",unrealistic expectations of recruiting team,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18138,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,-> Competitive environment -> You can switch teams easily and pretty much work on anything you want. There is no dearth of opportunities to grow,-> Cut throat culture -> Stack ranking culture is very bad -> Lot of bad managers ->,Treat your employees good and train your managers to be good people managers.,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18139,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Stower and Water Spider Associate,Former employee,Good place to wrk long hours,Some of the management could classes in how to treat there employees tho.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1033.htm
18140,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,in the heart of seattle,manager feedback somewhat inconsistent with what company was looking for thus did not get return offer,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18141,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate- Eastvale,My worst job experience with a company,None. I would say stocks but they don't vest for the first two years. At least starbucks started you off with RSU's and stock that were available to sell immediately.,"It's a warehouse, the fulfillment title isn't fooling anyone. ""You're going to be working with robots!"" Hahaha, how they get away with their ridiculous 8-hour orientation is beyond me. About 7 managers for every 15-20 employees. Way too many chefs in the kitchen that don't know how to cook. All around terrible HR department that sit around all day and are upset when you actually use their services. No training whatsoever in HR. I think they hired them all from the DMV reject employees. Awful service and no sense of urgency. I could really continue but it just makes me mad all over again. Oh and mandatory overtime? I don't think so.",Quit.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18142,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations manager,Amazing unrelenting customer service focus. Great team focused on delivering results. Amazon understands the customer and goes to great lengths to satisfy the customer.,Amazon doesn't have storefronts. No public culture to uphold beyond boxes arriving on time. This lends itself to a very intense culture inside the fulfillment centers with a focus on making it happen at all cost,Place the same amount of emphasis on your team as you do the paying customer. This would greatly help retention rates.,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18143,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love,Love Amazon. Managers are awesome and benefits and bonuses are great.,I don't have any cons to report,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18144,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pressure,Decent pay and benefits. Cool co-workers,"Always felt numbers weren't good enough, management seems too young and shows with actions","Make sure everyone is on same page, was always told different things about what my numbers should be at.",2.0,1.0,none,none,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18145,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,You Learn A Lot,"Smart people, fantastic builder tools, fantastic hardware, dogs at work, SLU is great. Great flexibility in terms of hours, working from home, personal time, etc.","Tiny cog in a big machine, sink or swim culture, tons of attrition, corporate atmosphere, 'frugality' in terms of perks and benefits.","I understand engineers are coming and going all the time, but perhaps Amazon leadership needs to learn to INVEST in their current employees. I mention sink or swim, because it really is a dog-eat-dog environment. There are some bright lights, and I don't mean people are unfriendly, but I think the difference between Google and Amazon is Google reels you in and makes you comfortable, Amazon tries to spark the fire of competition. The fire was definitely sparked for me, for a time, but eventually I realized we were just spinning wheels, it was never ending, and we never had the investment to show for all our hard work.",4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18146,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Virtual Customer Service Associate,Training? What training?,There is not a requirement for a landline phone Work from home Pay is decent for a work from home position,"Training, training, training! Did I mention the training? Or lack thereof. You work on some fast-paced computer based training for about a week (which is mostly read only and full of glitches). You do absolutely no call role playing before you are thrown into LIVE calls on only your second week of training! Talk about nerve-racking... We lost a handfull of people right then. My team leader for training was great as far as encouragement and patience, but she had only been with the company one month before we started and she didn't know a whole lot more than we did on the tough calls. We were her first team out of training. The 'knowledge center' is supposed to be your first line of info when on a call with a customer, but it did not tell you the step-by-step process for performing tasks on a customers account (because you memorized all those computer modules, right?) You would think, as I erroneously assumed, that a company like Amazon would have top-notch training. You would be wrong.",Training needs to be seriously overhauled. Make sure the folks we chat with for help are not rude because we asked them a question that they think we should know.,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18147,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"Lots of overtime , diverse, benefits, PTO","LONG HOURS , SHORT BREAKS ,",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18148,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,I was a part of the wrap down crew and the people that you meet are awesome. It's easy to fit the 4 hour shifts into a busy schedule. I loved every minute of working there.,"Late hours sometimes, but really not bad at all",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18149,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Frugal compensation compared to Microsoft, etc",Rapidly growing so less chance of layoffs and more opportunity to change role. Set your work life balance expectations during the interview process and they seem to be very receptive.,"Low end of salary, health benefits is average, 401k is low end at half of 4% contribution.",Just try to keep up with whatever Microsoft is paying.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1034.htm
18150,amazon,"San Luis Obispo, CA"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Junior Software Developer,Jr Software Developer,Work with smart people Work you do feels like it matters Pick your hours Can take timeoff to focus on school work Office is laid back,Difficult at first - a lot to pick up and learn Work can sometimes be tedious No free Amazon Prime,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18151,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Associate,Above average entry level job,"Benefits are great, especially for an entry level position.  Pay is above average for the kind of job it is.",Lots of hard work can put some strain on your feet even with comfortable shoes.  Some problems are ignored until escalated past the AMs.,Definitely needs more training for newcomers - it's a lot to take in for the first few days.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18152,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,The pay is decent for the task you perform. The job it self isn't difficult. There is always opportunity to learn more processes.,The people you work with aren't always the best. Especially when you have group rate. Some days you will work harder to compensate for others.,Promote from within. Hiring managers from outside the FC discourages employees from wanting to do more.,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18153,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"Great benefits, lots of OT, awesome co-workers","Lazy managment, to much favortism",none because they don't listen,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18154,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Receiving Associate,DO NOT GET THIS JOB!,Good pay Employees are chill Can't think of anything else that's a pro so I'll repeat myself with saying that the pay is good,"Work hours are too much Will not have time to balance life They don't care about their students Don't care about employees Unprofessional  Look if you're looking to get this job just because the pay is good, I beg you to think twice before you apply here and take the job. This is probably one of the worst jobs I've ever had. First thing is when you get trained on your first day, you're not guaranteed a good trainer who was trained to do the job their training you to do. So if you don't understand how to do your job, it's going to be your fault and not the trainer.  Second, they don't give out part time. You can apply for part time but there's a good chance of you not getting it, even if you're a full time student. I applied for part time many times while working here, showing them my schedule to prove that I'm a full time student. Got denied every single time without reasoning. Just kept on telling me to apply so I can keep getting turned down with no reasoning.  Third, any person with a Liberal Arts degree can be manager. This is the worst thing because none of the managers know how to run the warehouse or how to check on their employees.  Fourth, this job will drain the life out of you. I see it all the time. First day employees come in the warehouse with big smiles because Amazon has tricked them with the high pay rate, but two weeks in the job their smiles flip upside down because they realize how much this job sucks. There's barely no interaction with people if you're doing universal receive. Just at a station all by yourself for 10hrs with 3 breaks in between. Imagine being stuck in your room for 10hrs doing the same thing over and over again with no interaction from the outside world. You will go insane.  Fifth, the hardest part about this job isn't even the work itself. It's trying to keep your mental state from breaking down because being alone for so many hours can make you think nothing but bad thoughts. You get 40 UPT (Unpaid time hours) when you first work here. You can use it anytime you want to and you're going to want to use it everyday because you do not want to be in this place for more than 2-6hrs. Once you run out of UPT, you're forced to stay here for the 10hrs they scheduled you for. Many employees have come up to me telling me that this place gives them suicidal thoughts. THIS ISN'T A GOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT!  Nobody at this warehouse likes this job. My first week here this lady told me that this job will drive anybody insane. I didn't believe at first but 3months into this job and I can't take this crap no more. I'm quitting hopefully in 2 weeks tops. If you have a social life outside this job, kiss that goodbye because you're probably going to spend most of your days in this hell we call a warehouse. Don't come into this job thinking that management is going to treat you good because you're nothing but a number in their eyes. They'll replace you quicker than they hired you.  I'm sorry this is so long but I can't stress this hard enough, please don't work here. I wouldn't recommend my worst enemies this job. This job makes me want to quit everything in life. School, work and life. This job is so stressful and does a lot of damage mentally. Don't get this job unless it's a last resort and even if it's a last resort, look for another job that will treat you better. Hope this review helped some of you.","Make sure you're employees happiness comes first because your employees are the only reason why your company is running. Without your employees, no one would be making sure that your shipments are making it to the right houses with everything intact.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18155,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Buckle your seat belts!,Work at Amazon flows at lightning speed! I am constantly surrounded by super smart people. You are constantly challenged to innovate and come up with more efficient processes.,There don't seem to be any accurate or one-stop-shop platforms to track individual performance. I am working out of 3 or more different databases and spreadsheets including my personal excel doc to track my progress.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18156,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,All of the benefits are great,Make sure pay attention during training,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18157,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Flexible schedule, work from home, easy job",No cons at this time.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18158,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,This is the place to be.,I have no complaints at this time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18159,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 23, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hiring process the worst,Absolutely nothing Not organized Hiring process is the bottom worst A monkey could do these jobs Contact is 0,Everything and above No structure Company will end badly Not for real workers Las2 is a joke,Hire employees like any other good company...don't let them stand by for 3 months then with draw there application,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1035.htm
18160,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer Engineer Intern,Good pay Good place to improve on coding practices and conventions,Depends on the team but from my experience: Manager not involved with my project Wasn't told on what I needed to improve on until after my internship ended - we had 1 on 1 meetings weekly and manager said I was doing a good job until the end of the internship when I was told that I had things that did not get me a return offer. Poor communication Full-time employees are busy and don't have a lot of time to help you out Poor organization,Make sure intern work is meaningful and that the team and the manager are both invested in the project and in the intern.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18161,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Creative Manager,No time to be bored.,"- Great co-workers (in NYC at least, SEA a little less so due to that city's culture and bro-tastic nature.) - Flexible work schedule - as long as you get it done, it doesn't have to be done from the office. - Feeling a part of a bigger machine that is truly taking over the world.",- Peer reviews = popularity contest and often misinformation about ones skills and areas to improve in. - Bro-tastic nature of mother ship - Feeling a part of a bigger machine that is truly taking over the world.,Allow offices to run themselves and trust that there are necessary difference rather than cookie cutter solutions.,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18162,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,It will make you better than you were before you got there....,"Working for Amazon will expose your weaknesses. You can choose to work on them and get better, or you will not keep up, and that will also be exposed. Operations at Amazon is a large-scale experiment in natural selection. If you are just looking for a place to cruise and put in 20 years then retire, save yourself some time and do not apply here. You do not belong. It is a knife fight every day. If you are looking for a place to prove to yourself how good you really are, then bring it. Maybe they will let you in. Just know, there will be new people coming in behind you every three months who have a better resume, who are smarter than you, who have just as much desire to succeed as you do. Be ready to prove yourself over and over and over and over as the leadership above, below, and around you changes. Oh yeah, when your stocks start to vest, if you can make it that long, it's pretty sweet.",Did I mention it's a tough place to work. Go ahead and cancel your gym membership. You don't have time. Read the Pros.,"Directors: stop allowing anyone that has their own agenda or project to reach down into the FCs and impose change. Regionals/Super Regionals should be filters to protect their sites from others who want to make changes, seemingly on a whim.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18163,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Learn,Lot to learn. You get to work with really smart people in the industry. You can always switch teams for better opportunities,"very fast paced. DIfficult to maintain work life balance. sort of rat race, where you always slog out to stay ahead in the race",Management is great. Keep all the employees in loop and give them update about the future course of action,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18164,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with great oportunities,"Low stress, great compensation, and a great location.",Your experience will be very team dependent.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18165,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Good seasonal job, lots of angry people though","work from home, $10 an hour (no raises), some employees are cool","no benefits, since I was a temp hire, also lost my job (temp hire), work life balance is terrible. we were in training and asked to take calls @ 1AM in the morning for ""homework""","listen to employees and have more team meetings, sometimes employees feel isolated",3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18166,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE internship,smart people to work with,bit too much logistic work,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18167,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,-,Great learning opportunities and fast growth,The pace can sometimes be intimidating,-,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18168,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Only work here if you're on the verge of bankruptcy,"First of all I want to say that not all amazon positions are the same it depends what are you are assigned to, also an amazon fulfillment center is a warehouse ruled by Kaizen & six sigma ideologies for those who know what I am talking about it will be no surprise to find that productivity and zero tolerance for defects is an everyday thing. Management has productivity goals to meet efficiently and at the lowest cost so be ready to work as a machine, think of yourself as a piece of machinery they could not yet create to perform the same task over and over for 9 or more hours on your feet with a productivity goal to meet per hour.  - You'll never be sent home against your will for lack of work - You work 4 days a week 10 hours each day which could be an advantage for some - Unpaid and paid time from day 1 - Full benefits from day 1 - Climate controlled warehouse (you'll see it is not AC though). - Overtime pays time and a half - Tasks assigned are simple to understand - 30 minute lunch break","I don't want to sound like I am complaining because after all it's a job and you are paid to work but this is by far the most physically demanding and poorly remunerated job I’ve ever had, at the end of the day just one thing matters : to meet and exceed rates. Management is only concerned about one thing: to meet their goals, well isn’t it the case everywhere? The difference here is that you don’t get to share the benefits when something is done right, management takes all the credit. Amazon didn’t treat employees “this well” from the beginning but after being sued a couple times the supreme court demanded a better work environment this hopefully can give you an idea of amazon’s goals. Finally I’ll say amazon has the second highest employee turnover in the entire country there’s a reason for that. My suggestion is to go there only and only if your bank account is close to $0 you’ll not find a career here unless you’re hired as a tier 3 or higher.  - Endless workload without a chance to relax - Micromanagement taken to the extreme a computer averages you work speed - You are forced to meet or exceed rates for 9 hours straight. Ex: decant 1 (1-50 lb) box per minute - You will not sit down, pause or even lean at all for the 9 effective hours you are working - The system measuring your rates does not take in consideration size or weight of packages which makes it unfair for the ones at the end of the line - Amazon will hire ANYONE, especially during peak season close to December so sometimes your partners are not the most professional workers. - Coming in and out could be faster but the extreme security makes it slow - Physically demanding – mind numbing, after the long shift you’ll don’t want to do anything for the rest of the day - The warehouse is built with frugality in mind which you'll see everywhere - Everything get worse during peak high amounts of people for limited space and chairs - Parking is a problem since there are thousands of cars trying to park at the same time that’s why you’re given 5 minutes grace time - Management is absent through the whole process unless you’re not meeting your rates - Opportunities for promotion are not something they’ll give easily which makes sense for them because they need most of the people picking, unpacking, packing , lifting etc, even if you are good at any of these they’ll need you on the floor more than any other place.","Just do your job with a good attitude, you don't have much choice either.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18169,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"jobs aren't hard, production is easy to make",the pay maxed out sucks,stay postive,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1036.htm
18170,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Part Time FC Associate,Be ready to work 5 hours,The money is good and paid weekly.,"80% are lazy co-workers, the volumes for the one I went to (BWI5) is huge despite how small the number is suppose to be. too many huge and long boxes with those volumes every 3 seconds, and you will have plenty of mandatory over time everyday due to the issues I mentioned earlier.",Listen to the ideas of worker who can improve the pace and be more consistent in stopping the lazy co-workers.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18171,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok,They offer a competitive wage. They also offer school accomodation which is great.,10 hours a day feel way too long when you are working in one function all day everyday,none,3.0,2.0,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18172,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Sorter,A Lot Of Physical Activity,"Flexible Schedule Friendly Staff They're not too strict, so far they're only strict about 15 minute breaks",It gets kind of hot in there You're doing a lot of lifting and moving around so be prepared Sometimes it gets really busy and lines get backed up Because you don't get reprimanded much you will see people just standing around talking.,"Offer compensation to those you see doing a good job,like constantly meeting or exceeding scan rates or going out of their way to help someone or some type of compensation to motivate employees.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18173,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place for achievers,"Smart people, Great compensation, Fast pace, Brand recongnition","Long hours, Competitive peers, Work during holiday season.",Increase flexibility in jobs,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18174,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Very good,"You can serve customers here, which is absolute a very delightful thing.","There is nothing bad about Amazon. When you think of customers are happy, you will be happy.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18175,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Risk Investigations Head,Risk Investigations & Escalations head,"exposure to many aspects risk & fraud investigations, growth, salary & benifits","Office location, less transportation facility by company",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18176,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,1. Great place to learn. 2. Great colleagues.,1. Sometimes hard to keep balance between work and life.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18177,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate - Outbound,"Good pay and benefits, but worst job ever","3 days off a week, meet different people and make new friends, great benefits and vacation time, good pay","Mandatory overtime without notice, high turnover, 1,000% favoritism among PA's and Management, tiredness and horrible pain throughout body, transfers based on favoritism, Peak season is the worst time to be working there unless you like overtime and almost 11 hour shifts",Having the same people get pulled night after night for the same tasks is unfair and frustrating to the employees. Also high favoritism is an issue among transfers and PA's.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18178,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,This could have been a decent job,Hard work and fair pay. Great exercise in a fun and competitive environment. Lots of opportunities to learn new job skills and areas if you apply yourself.,"They do little to nothing to recognize excellence, education or experience but are quick to point out faults or fire anyone who underperforms even one time or steps out of line. They higher a lot of green managers with meaningless degrees and zero experience and rarely promote qualified and proven existing employees. You are better off joining Amazon through a college job fair than proving yourself through your work efforts.",Cultivate and reward the talent that you have. Stop looking outwards for what you already have within. Lose the US and them attitude that separates management from the work force and promote unity by recognizing the performers around you that make you successful.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18179,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,violator of labor laws. Deceptive HR. Shady management. Dishonest,Not many pros I can mention.,"Management is disrespectful and rude. turnover rate is ridiculous. HR is not helpful at all and are very dismissive. Management does nothing but police the environment, and i have learned to not work for a company that doesn't work with its employees that want to work but can not, completely due to robotic work conditions. The standard of work changes on a weekly basis . Working at amazon was a horrible experience for me I hated my very 1st day. The breaks are ridiculously short. The money is awesome, though. But If you can handle fast pace shifts and short breaks with people rushing you, go for it. The managers were okay ,from what I experienced . It's systematically set up for no growth to be obtained. (9) if you don`t reach them you will be written up and fired. .I have watched many employees lose jobs over racist views from management.Desperately needs a union of some type. amazon doesn't care about its employees at all. They write you up for the weirdest reasons ever. You work very hard there and for the average employee there with little chance of job security. I had to stay at work under horrible conditions or lose my job. My co workers were awesome people though.",Allows your employees to report to management that can hold corrupt management responsible instead of redirecting them to a party line to file a complaint. You people are in violation of federal labor laws,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1037.htm
18180,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,violator of labor laws. Deceptive HR. Shady management. Dishonest,Not many pros I can mention.,"Management is disrespectful and rude. turnover rate is ridiculous. HR is not helpful at all and are very dismissive. Management does nothing but police the environment, and i have learned to not work for a company that doesn't work with its employees that want to work but can not, completely due to robotic work conditions. The standard of work changes on a weekly basis . Working at amazon was a horrible experience for me I hated my very 1st day. The breaks are ridiculously short. The money is awesome, though. But If you can handle fast pace shifts and short breaks with people rushing you, go for it. The managers were okay ,from what I experienced . It's systematically set up for no growth to be obtained. (9) if you don`t reach them you will be written up and fired. .I have watched many employees lose jobs over racist views from management.Desperately needs a union of some type. amazon doesn't care about its employees at all. They write you up for the weirdest reasons ever. You work very hard there and for the average employee there with little chance of job security. I had to stay at work under horrible conditions or lose my job. My co workers were awesome people though.",Allows your employees to report to management that can hold corrupt management responsible instead of redirecting them to a party line to file a complaint. You people are in violation of federal labor laws,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18181,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Fast-paced, forward leaning company that genuinely embraces change and process excellence.","Work life balance is frequently hard to maintain, not only due to travel, but also due to the need to work late hours/weekends.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18182,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Great place to work.,10 hour shifts are too long to stand.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18183,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Great company, poor management","tasks are mundane, only 4 hours a day, absentee policy","pay, management can be annoying",Evaluate the situation beofre barking orders.,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18184,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - PG Supervisor,PG,Instant benefits and quick on boarding process. Lots of support for assistance if needed. Great shifts and company perks.,Way to many hang ups on certain lines. Not well organized in terms of placement and shipments. Lunch and breaks not organized or facilitated. Majority of management was inactive during jams on the line.,"Utilize time better for staff, make the pep talks less frequent, listen to employees when there is a problem and a possible solution.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18185,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,You get an extra $1/hour if you work night shift,I hate my shift (7p-5:30a thursday-sundays) and I cannot switch it for 90 days because I am new.,none,5.0,2.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18186,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MLS at Amazon India,Many opportunities to innovate Exposure to diverse set of business use cases,None I can think of,Keep it up,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18187,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,"Decent pay,Great insurance, and Awsome time off, good stepping stone in life.","They will work you to the bone, hard to move up, hard to stay past 3+ years due to their high turn over rate. They lie constantly!",Work on your comunication more effectively.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18188,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Interesting...,"Paid time off, A/C if you get lucky with a spot right in front of a vent, Voluntary overtime.","Unrealistic rate expectations, Managers will still be pushy about numbers if you are feeling ill, Dont run out of Paid time off.","Train more to be empathetic, thanks!",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18189,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Very fast paced work environment No one will hold your hand, you need to go out and learn processes on your own",Front line associates have way too much power with connections based reviews Your employees basically review you and you are then held accountable to this,"Stay away from connections, makes jobs extremely difficult Hire more operations managers, my boss' always seem super busy",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1038.htm
18190,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Now Asst Manager,Fast Pace and Challenging,If you can't perform at a high level this isn't a job for you,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18191,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Sorter,Great company,Good job for those who are looking for part time work with a decent pay.,Should offer full-time position to warehouse associates not just the management.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18192,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Innovative, Large responsibility and opportunities to grow from onset.","You're still an intern, Finance plays a marginalized role throughout the business.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18193,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Student Street Team,Not too much of a time commitment,Not very good materials to hand out,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18194,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Data Associate,Data Associate,Health insurance Transit reimbursement Fun work environment,Poor compensation Monotonous work Little chance to advance,none,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18195,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Excellent workforce,Fast paced environment that allows you to succeed. You get what you put in and the sky is the limit.,"There aren't many downsides to working at Amazon. If you don't like to work hard and have fun, then Amazon might not be the place for you.",Leadership skills are superb all around. There isn't anything I would really change about management.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18196,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MBA Recruiting,Fast paced challenging work environment. Working with talented professionals. Flat organization with opportunity for growth and stretch learning!,These are cons... more tips ... Finding balance is something you have to proactively do for yourself. When starting at Amazon you need to give yourself the time (3mo) to understand the ambiguity and adjust your style to working as an individual contributor. Have to remember to leverage resources and ask good questions to ramp up quickly.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18197,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Associate I,It's great being an Amazonian,Free work out program that is bound to help you lose inches and improve overall health by drinking loads of fresh water and no static work assignments.,It is permanent part time which is difficult if you have a one income household.,The quality of Amazonians is far more important than quantities.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18198,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Managing Partner,Good Place to work - Smart People,Smart People - Fast paced and interesting,Long Hours - Sometimes ambiguous expecations,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18199,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Very good company I like it has lots of nice people and nice timeline for jobs,"It isn't the greatest company in salary, there is lots of other places who pay well",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1039.htm
18200,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Modern Day Slavery,"Benefits , nice employees, Weekly pay Free ice and coffee .....",I worked in the Part time building and When I first got hired I was told I would make 13.50 an hour because I worked over night shift. They only give you 4 hours and tell you you can't go over 40 hours!! Checks were not over 150 at the most. Work is not worth the pay.  Very unorganized They put childish people in charge Point system is dumb This whole warehouse is a joke. I can write a book about all the disgusting things I've experienced,Be more professional. Care about your job.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18201,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,learn a lot of new skills,"oncall is boring, too much pressure.",better work life balance,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18202,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Area Manager,"Invaluable experience, but not for everyone...","Employees at all levels are encouraged to voice their opinions and share their ideas. Work hard, play hard mentality. Respectable leadership for the most part. Potential for growth and advancement if you're determined. Fair compensation.","Some on the management team need to learn to show respect. Work life balance not anywhere close to being adequate, can be draining mentally and physically when working in Amazon Ops.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18203,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job !,I love amazon the employees & team leads are the best . you get some rude customers but that's everywhere .. Amazon business is the way to go.,Nothing . love amazon !,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18204,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fullfillment,It is nice place to work,There are no cons here,Just keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18205,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Work Here,There are no pros working for Amazon.,"Horrible Training. Low Pay. Long Hours. No guidance, or mentoring. Waste of time working for this company.","Get a better training program, like maybe ACTUAL trainers who get employees ready for the job. Not self paced, where you have NOBODY to reach out to when you need help. Stupid.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18206,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Icqa Department,Worst place to ever work for. Don't apply at Amazon,"There are no pros working at Amazon. It is the worse company I have ever worked for in my life. Maybe that is why they go through so many employees. They are constantly hiring. Maybe if they treated there employees with dignity and respect, some would stick around. There is NO future here for advancement. Once you reach the top of a pay scale , you will never ever get a pay raise. Just a terrible place to work at.","Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, does not pay a family sustaining fair wage. More people work there on government assistance. This is a guy with a net worth of 59.1 billion dollars. Here is one example. An employee Laurie Vocke husband had stage 4 cancer. She worked the weekend shift, Friday through Monday. She is a Mom and a Grandmother. She asked to be taken off of weekends so she could spend good quality time with her husband, her kids and grand children during this difficult time in her life. Amazon Fullfillment Center in Kenosha WI denied her request to change her shift to Monday through Thursday. Why? Because she did not have enough time working there. There is NO heart with this company. Laurie quit the job. They treat you terrible. There is so much turn over there. I have never in my life worked for a company that treats employees like they are a piece of ? I could go on and on with stories about how they treat people. If one place needed a union, it is Amazon.",I have none. They would never listen to us anyway.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18207,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,worst job ever.,"I feel grateful for my current job, because Amazon sets a low bar in terms of job satisfaction. I work harder than my colleagues because I am used to Amazon's pace.",There is not a lot of support for employee development. Workers are pushed out before 2 years for company to avoid paying stock compensation. This creates a hostile environment.,"I believe in investing in employees. I think that in the long-term, this strategy of churning out employees will hurt the company. There is a lot of inefficiencies that result from managers focusing too much on politics, and employees having ~18 months experience.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18208,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Receiver,"Terrible environment, cool coworkers.",Pay is okay and benefits are awesome.,"Management is terrible, work is repetitive, they don't give decent break times",listen to employees instead of ignoring them. Stop playing favorites.,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18209,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,"They can pay for up to 90% of your college tuition after working their for 1 year They won't let you work more then 60 hours a week, or 6 days a week. Stretches are a REQUIREMENT","Very fast paced work Very lonely and to yourself work, most of the time that I have noticed","Instead of having 2 full time shifts during the day, make one of them part time. Then schedules wouldn't overlap, having a Wed- Sat. crew and a Sun- Tue. crew instead of having schedules go over each other on Wednesdays- I always get sent home!",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1040.htm
18210,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,Hard Work | Great Company To Move Up,You can move up with little to no higher education.,You will work long hours and devote your entire life to Amazon.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18211,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on you,Opportunity for Growth. There's so much going on that you can definitely find something that will interest you. Because of the growth it opens opportunity for advancement.,It's a demanding place to work. If you don't like working hard or if you want a straight 9 to 5 this place may not be the place for you.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18212,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Moreno Valley,"good pay, you meet a lot of different people",managers don't care about you and they only give pto the first 6months of the year and upt once every 3 months,none,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18213,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Stow,"Fast pace, makes the night go fast",Quick to write people up,talk to employee before saying you might write them up to another employee.,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18214,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's okay,"Decent pay, plenty of hours, good benefits","Short notice of OT, seems unorganized at times",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18215,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A real learning experience if giving the right opportunity,Meeting new people from all different walks of life,Taking into consideration the person talents not just weakness,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18216,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Ambassador,Not a place to retire from....,Benefits are pretty good. Does incentives for production. Company discount. Can earn bonuses,lots and lots of favoritism. Constantly changes and makes doing the job very confusing. Hr sucks at cvg2 in hebron ky.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18217,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much to say,The pay is good. The co workers even better. You meet lots of great people.,"Amazon has no consideration for your family. You're not able to make any adjustments to your schedule or department until you've been there 90 days. If you have any complaints about management and you go file a complaint to HR they will not take you seriously. I was mistreated, treated unfairly, and disrespected by a manager. I filed a complaint and within the next two weeks after filing it I was let go. Despite having been there for years they let me go. Later on I heard of rumors being spread around at work that I was let go for reasons other than what my manager had fitted me for. But despite what I went through among others, the only other cons are the job being extremely tiring. Regardless of your body issues amazon does not care. Unless you have a note from your doctor you're requiered to make rate and quality. Even if you're pregnant or have back pain, knee pain, etc.","If you're new, and don't know the job entirely especially if it not a department you've previously worked in, I suggest you do the job for a week so you know what we go through every day. Without REAL experience you will not know our barriers.",3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18218,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - IT Support Technician,Fast paced work environment and experience with many technologies at once.,Exposure to a lot of different technologies in a short time allows you to learn quickly and gain experience quickly.,A lot of customers who don't do any troubleshooting like checking if the monitor is on before calling.,Facilitate better communication between shifts and communicate vital information regarding the daily workings of the department.,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18219,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,"None!! Worst company I've ever worked for. Very poor leadership and turn over rate is unbelievable and that's seems to be how they like it. Worst HR department I've ever worked with, hands down very very bad experience!",My whole experience there was absolutely terrible and would not recommend this to people who actually work for they do not appreciate you!,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1041.htm
18220,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Tier 1,Good benefits and stocks for investement weather you decide to stay or leave the company at any given time. Good 401k,"Bad management, not enough pay, hard labor work, no care for employees. Will do anything to fire you. Poor am care. No really proper or certified medics!",Be better on employees concern . also listen and learn new ways to make your job better,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18221,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unfair and Assinine,great pay decent benefits but that was only while it lasted. but it didn't last long at all..,Wrongful termination 'justified' with no facts. too 'cliqueish no opportunity for growth in the company,"Don't just go by what a big group of friends say because someone said 'no' to them.  or better yet, ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18222,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Person,Lots of hours and hours,Don't care about u at all,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18223,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,It was a good work environment,There was not much room for advancement,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18224,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Machine Learning at Amazon,Lots of opportunities: Consumer market search vision Speech and NLP,It is difficult to publish as Amazon is more focused on product deliverables,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18225,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistent,"Busy, days go by very fast. Some upper leadership pushed you to advance.",Pay does not relate to responsibilities. Pushed to be as lean as possible without getting much help with associates from upper leadership. Hard to hold associates accountable and all that is noticed is bottom line.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18226,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Mexico,"New e-commerce operations in Mexico, with lots of ground to cover in the near future","Bad Senior team management, group of friends basically",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18227,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"money, benefits, meet ppl, competitive, ok","repetitive, boring, tiredness, long hours standing, short lunch",none,3.0,none,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18228,amazon,"Newcastle, WA"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to innovate and think big,"Very professional colleagues, the level of expertise on our team was unrivaled in my other companies. Everyone abides by the Leadership Principles, enabling quick course corrections when needed.","At times, some teams are more tactical rather than strategic.","Keep your org shallow, the deeper it gets, the more ""Corporate"" and less ""Amazon"" it will be.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18229,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Don't work here unless you are desperate for money.,"Team members, benefits and location.",Abusive work culture. Extreme micromanagement. Very bureaucratic and unprofessional.,Treat your employees like people not robots.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1042.htm
18230,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Shipping,Its not for everyone,"Benefits are great! (start day 1) Lots of time off (Unpaid time, vacation, personal and sometimes voluntary time off) You get to meet a variety of people, backgrounds, ages, etc.. Pay is structured instead of based on performance.",Very structured- breaks 10 minutes (with 5 minute walking time) Lunch only 30 minutes even for 11 hour days. Management very young with little or no leadership skills. Management focuses too much on meeting shipment goals than the employee Lots of favoritism with minimal cross training of staff Mandatory overtime can be announced up to the day before you are expected to be off. Routine work in loud environment. Not for everyone.,Acknowledge your associates-not just with Tampa Bucks or Vendor Bucks. Come around and talk to us and let us know we are valued. Little courtesy goes a long away. Also give us a little bit more notice for mandatory overtime days.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18231,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"The people working with you are very nice and helpful. The workload is easy to do and although the pay is only $12.25 and you work 20-25 hours a week, the is a great job for college students who are only looking for part time jobs in the summer.","Management. Our job has flex hours meaning that we can leave early or up to 1 hour after. Most of the time, the manager would decide to let some people leave early, resulting in our hours to flex up due to the low amount of people working. This means that we have to work much harder and cover the people who left early.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18232,amazon,"Augusta, GA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,I love my job!,"Great group of people to work with, you have the power to make decisions to help your customers, there are resources available to search for solutions to customer problems.","The system loads slowly, so you have to start logging in early or you'll have to use some of your UPT. This in turn cuts your lunch breaks short because you have to be back to load the system to clock in on time.","None really, management is great, they listen to employees and customers to make it a great experience for everyone.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18233,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,Benefits and pay. Bonuses were ok as well. Good mix of people from all types of backgrounds. Plenty of overtime available especially during the holidays.,Long hours during peak season. No cafeteria or good discount for Amazon.com Sometimes coworkers could be rude since they hire pretty much anybody.,Listen to the workers. Answer questions that are posted on the white board. Recognize when our rate is out of our control when it depends on someone else as well.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18234,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Remote customer service,The pay was decent and they supplied you with everything you needed short of the computer. I didn't receive any benefits because I was seasonal. You get trained on everything you need to know.,Depending on who your management is they wouldn't care if your house burned down you had better show up to work. Training goes by very fast. If you have worked in a call center before then you should have little problem.,Show more compassion to employees and try to understand where they are coming from. Be more engaging and show more encouragement. We are not your competition.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18235,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,csa,good fun nice nice fun nice nice fair fun awesome fun,bad terrible fast pace calls people,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18236,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Love it!,long hours made it easy because we only worked 4 days out of the week and still got a ful weeks check ☺,"long hours, break room was far.",45 min lunch at least ☺,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18237,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual CSA II,"Working from home, flex bid schedule.",Many calls in a day.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18238,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,It's great to have the 3 days off in a row...many OT possibilities.,"The hours are long, always pushing for hire numbers and volume. Management is disconnected from employees.","Be more human we get numbers must be met, we are doing the best possible.",3.0,2.0,3.0,none,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18239,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,aws,"passionate coworkers, interesting features to develop",operational load is too heavy,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1043.htm
18240,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ship dock,Hard work but you'll lose weight,Sometimes too difficult for a ten hour shift,"Too many managers. Or wanna be managers. However, Mark is an excellent manager. He is extremely professional and he treats everyone with respect no matter who you are.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18241,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Varies by Org & Team,"Coworkers are smart and fun to work with. Projects are challenging, but fun to work through and solve. Time is rarely wasted during meetings with everyone on point.",Frugality as a leadership principle that can apply to salaries at times varying by hiring manager. Not all bad employees or toxic managers are weeded out as quickly as needed.,Do more skip level reviews (in person and anonymous) to get a more nuanced view of how leadership in each org is affecting health.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18242,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Hard Work Pays Off!!,"Benefits start from day one, PTO, Holdiay Pay, and you are guaranteed 80 hours...",You are required to stand for 95% of the time.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18243,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fufillment,"During holiday time, there is so much money to be made!! You will do so much walking that you will stay in great health.",There is so much walking.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18244,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Operations Manager,"Great culture, great company to work for.","Not a lot, the company moves really fast, but that make thinks more fun.",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18245,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,Assistant manager,"Insurance, stock options, very good incentives, motivation",Lots of overtime. Senior management no on floor very often,Engagement with associates,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18246,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,HR,Industry leader Top pay Innovative Tons of Opportunity and growth,Brutal non-stop push to increase productivity Unrealistic performance reviews Harsh culture Zero work life balance,Eliminate the harsh treatment of associates Redefine culture Restructure performance reviews,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18247,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,not the best place to work,pay not bad for a low wage job.,the shifts are inflexible and set in stone,consider flexible shift systems to accommodate employees busy lifestyle,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18248,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Part Time Associate,Amazon Needs New Leadership in HR in SEATTLE.,Amazon is one of the largest employers in the USA.,Part time shifts can get flexed down to 3 hours which doesn't cover the costs of transportation to get there and back. Which is a key reason they go through so many people.,$15/hr + a transportation bonus of $18/shift.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18249,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"My fellow co-workers that onboard with me were some of the brightest, sharpest and genuine people I've ever had the opportunity to work with.","The work life balance is non-existent, upper management states they will be their for you through your development process but no one ever wants to show you how to perform certain task efficiently, some of the upper management are ex-military and while most are genuine some still had a god complex, the stocks that don't fully vest until years from the day you were hired are like a carrot dangling in front of you that you will never reach unless you plan on working 70+ hours a week and forgoing everything else in your life.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1044.htm
18250,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Remote customer service,The pay was decent and they supplied you with everything you needed short of the computer. I didn't receive any benefits because I was seasonal. You get trained on everything you need to know.,Depending on who your management is they wouldn't care if your house burned down you had better show up to work. Training goes by very fast. If you have worked in a call center before then you should have little problem.,Show more compassion to employees and try to understand where they are coming from. Be more engaging and show more encouragement. We are not your competition.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18251,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2016",Former Employee - B2B CSA,Awesome Until...,"Great pay, awesome benefits, upper management cares and listen. Very laid back company.","I was given the option to resign or be let go after I miss 3 days of work while being in the hospital. With their policy's, I was not elegable for medical leave since I didn't miss 7 days. Doesn't make scene but it is what it is and I live in FL so nothing I could do. I would work there again. I really like it.",Change your medical leave and outage policies. Especially when an employee is in the Hospital.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18252,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Leadership Intern,Operations Leadership Internship Review,"Good pay and relocation assistance for interns! Fast paced environment, The entire management team, even beyond my own manager, was very supportive and gave great guidance and advice on how to be a successful Area Manager. Skills learned include multitasking, (quick) analysis and prioritization, and effectively managing/leading a team.","Very little structure or guidance with the required project - struggled to find an appropriate topic given the intern time frame and skill level. Ended up doing most project work at home with little time to work on it during the work day. The warehouses generally aren't in big cities so it can be hard to start if you don't know anyone in the area. Other than the project, the job isn't very mentally stimulating.",There needs to be better communication between the intern program and the managers at each site! Intern managers should have ideas to help intern develop a successful and impacting project.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18253,amazon,"Sammamish, WA"," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Variable Fraud Investigation Specialist,Operations,Great company to work for.,Really hard to get promoted.,Promote from within.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18254,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,Hard Work Pays Off!!,"Benefits start from day one, PTO, Holdiay Pay, and you are guaranteed 80 hours...",You are required to stand for 95% of the time.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18255,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Bad company,Great benefits great people I work third shift I love the people that I work with The Hours are convenient for me,Not getting the whole 15 minute break did you were supposed to get not getting your whole 30 minute lunch they want you to continue to pick until break time not enough pit parking spaces you have to run to the other side of the building to park your pit And you end up missing half of your break and lunch,Give people their whole Breaktime do not press them into the fast start and quit down talking to them like they are children,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18256,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Supervisor,PA ( supervisor ),- very active - Hard working co workers,- Management does not know how hard you actually work,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18257,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon area manager,Good salary. chances of moving up.,negative work environment. stressful. negative people.,Hopefully you read the reviews,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18258,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Courier Driver,Just a thought,"delivering packages and being in the car all day, also waking up early in the morning to get a start in your day!","The only downside I can think of is sitting in traffic once the time hits, you just can't move and go you have to wait in the vehicle till your next stop","If suggest communication, communicate with your employees more than making them wait decades.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18259,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer at Amazon,"Good development life-cycle consisting of requirements collection, design, dev, testing, release to Prod.",Assign more dev work for developers to grow faster.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1045.htm
18260,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,alright,good benefits great people always learning something new,hr could be better communication and follow-up rates are not so good,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18261,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Structure, Organized, believes strongly in core values and leadership principles.","Bad managerial staff, most often do not know what they're doing. no growth.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18262,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Associate,Great benefits!!! Decent job for anyone that's looking to get paid above minimum wage...,"No cons yet, must work hard!",No advice yet...,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18263,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Not too many up sides,stock options are very attractive now,work hard. bad health care. 401k in stocks. stocks vest VERY slowly,very possible,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18264,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Startup environment Lot of challenges to seek Stock prices always increasing,"Work Culture Never go for fight with top level management, you have to be yesman. They can play leadership roles in any way against you.",Take care of employee and they will automatically take care of customers in turn company !,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18265,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Associate,Inventory clerk,"Great benefits, paid time off! 4 day work week but you work ten hours.","Low pay, too demanding. Expects a lot for little pay. High turnover, revolving door!",Treat your employees better you'll get better results.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18266,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting work, long hours","competitive salary, management, exciting work","extremely long hours, no perks",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18267,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Not a place to work at if you care about your personal life,You get to learn a lot. Your code goes into production very soon and often and you feel you are accomplishing something. Lot of smart people around you.,Employees are treated very badly by their managers. There will be no guidance from anyone even if you are very new to the industry. All they need is you pushing code. There won't be any ramp up time. As soon as you join immediate week you are assigned tasks and are expected to finish them. They recruit many new grads because they know they would spend more time in office as they do not have much of responsibilities. It is the worst place for people who need personal time. Women don't even think of having kids if you are in Amazon else your kids will starve to death.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18268,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Team Leader,Awesome,"Amazing people, opportunities, and benefits. You have to be willing to work but if you are you will ne well rewarded, both financially and mentally.",I honestly cannot think of anything that I would list as a con. The company asks everyone to identify faults and come up with solutions.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18269,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Very challenging Very fast paced Very interesting,No Work life balance at work,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1046.htm
18270,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and bad and in between,"You have the ability to push hard and try new things. If you are a ""lifestyle worker"" as in, you like to self-identify with what your job is, this is a great place to do it.","You have to play the game. You can ""run your team"" or ""try new things"" as long as it is the way your seniors tell you how to run it or try it. HR is a bit mafia like - unchecked power and if you are going to question/argue with them on anything, plan to update your resume.",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18271,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Facilities Technician,Facilities technician,"Great benefits, relatively simple tasks",Nights are horrible. Unless you like working nights in which case it would be great!,Care about your people. That should be top priority,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18272,amazon,"Lexington, NC"," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Operations manager,Great leadership and very entrepreneurial,Constant change and continuous improvement,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18273,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HELL!!!!!!!,The only thing good about this company is that it hires literally everyone so if you are in bad need of a job just apply and you got a job.,"Very long hours with not long enough breaks. Pay isn't good for the labor, they cheat you out of your money! Night shifts don't get paid more for taking on a heavier 10 hours straight shift. MANDATORY overtime is ridiculous during peak! 60 hours is already to much labor for 12 dollars? It's really not worth it.","Long breaks, reduce hours to a reasonable amount, appreciate your associates! They are the reason why the company runs everyday. If they put managers to do the labor we do, they wouldn't even last an hour.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18274,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Director,Personal performance and stretch goals,You will be challenged to perform beyond your stretch goals,Sometimes it comes with frustration,"As the company matures, consider matured management principles rather than raw pressure tactics",5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18275,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good,1. Good place to start your career. 2. Senior SDE will teach you a lot. 3. You can go whatever team you like.,1. Hard to get started. A lot of new stuff needed to be learned. 2. Have to handle trivial stuff sometimes.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18276,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"Good to grow and much to do and learn. Large company, with a lot of potential to grow and immense resources.","subpar benefit, especially 401k",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18277,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great experience for a college student,Hours were long at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18278,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great principles, unbalanced growth not great placement of talent","Its a new innovative company that is constantly growing, so always something new. It a trendy work environment with all the typical tech bells and whistles.","They don't pay well. They hire for ceiling, but don't place talent where they can make the most impact. Also, they are growing so quickly that a lot of the details gets lost in the mix. I understand change, but they seemed like they couldn't keep up.","Keep your hiring process, I truly think it builds a bench for long term employees. However, after you hire talent, work more towards placing them in roles that take full advantage of their abilities. Don't take proven leaders and make them individual contributors. Talented and motivated individuals can learn technical skills quickly, it's the leadership and soft skills that differentiate them. Also, you've already began making changes to the employee benefits, I hope that will help with turn over. It definitely was the breaking point for me.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18279,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,The pay is good and the work environment is fast paced,"Salaried for 40 hours a week, but usually work upwards of 50 per week and work from home on the weekends.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1047.htm
18280,amazon,"Lexington, NC"," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Operations manager,Great leadership and very entrepreneurial,Constant change and continuous improvement,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18281,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Operations Technician,"Fast paced, sink or swim environment","Never the same ""grind"", every day brings new challenges and opportunities to provide solutions. The work itself is incredibly enjoyable if you are into operations and problem solving. The pay is good especially for the work required. The schedule is unbeatable, half the year off if you don't want to work overtime.","Senior management is detached from conditions on the ground. Most managers have little to no experience in operations and therefore don't know what is required day to day for the worker actually doing the things necessary to keep the business going. No operations experience also means decisions made for policies, new builds, new work or anything related to the actual job are not always good decisions.","Promote current building operations managers and seasoned operators rather than hiring outside ""talent"" for high level decision makers affecting day to day operations and ultimately the future of this company.",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18282,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,Decent pay for unskilled labor. Good benefits.,"Jobs are not pay rated according to skills or responsibilities, but all jobs at the 1 or 3 tier are paid at the 1 or 3 level. Different jobs within these levels have different skills or responsibilities. If you get a tier 3 admin job it is much easier on your sanity than a tier 3 ""production lead"" position. Pay is same, stress level is much lower in admin job.",none,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18283,amazon,"Covington, GA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Retail Customer Service Associate Work From Home,Working for Amazon has been an annoying experience,Working from home is probably the only real benefit of this position. On any other day I would have passed this job along.,The hours are not as flexible as they make it seem. Amazon is a greedy company who wants to pay their employees dirt to put up with their unsatisfied customers.,Consider that your employees have lives beyond your job and create a more flexible scheduling system.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18284,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Benefits,"3 Days off was amazing! 40 hour work week, 10 hours day were kinda hard but fun. with paid overtime, and holidays. Paid vacation if you saved up enough hours. Unpaid time off was good for emergency's  The benefits are amazing too! I loved all the people I worked with, we basically became a family in a way. If you work hard the management will notice and moving up is possible for hard working employees. I had great managers, I was so thankful!","Some dock managers don't communicate effectively together, and can be more focused on numbers than the quality of production, at the expense of the worker. (depending on the manager on that shift) They train you on almost everything with no additional pay raise, unless you get a PA promotion.","The associates aren't work horses to just produce numbers, and please communicate! Different managers and PA's can make things difficult, by 2 PA's telling associates two different things, it can get confusing. Please add some sort of pay raise if an associate learns how to do multiple jobs, and are great at it.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18285,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,GoI'd place to work,Great place to work. Work at your own station at a reasonable pace.,Feet will hurt at first if not used to standing for long hours. Get good comfortable shoes.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18286,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Great Company,"Great benefits, rewards hard work, fast paced environment that is always changing","fast paced environment, generally high stress, always changing",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18287,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon prime now,"Easy work, they hire anyone who can pass a drug test",Not enough hours to be worth the time or hard work you put in while there,full-time shifts,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18288,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working environment,Some of the management was easily to work with. Some managers take care of there employees,Some managers kept employees from advancing and striving to their full potential,"Take better care of all employees, hire more veterans and seek to understand what veterans go through and not downgrade them",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18289,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard to get promoted,"A lot to learn, team building",Less benefit than other companies,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1048.htm
18290,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slave Factory,"Pay, Benefits, Informal Attire, Water Stations","Long hours, horrible management, labor intensive, short breaks, shadiness and stealing","Treat your employees like people, not slaves.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18291,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,It's a great environment there,A lot of running around the warehouse,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18292,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Laborer,3 day weekend and 10 hour shifts,Standing all day and short breaks,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18293,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great culture!!!,"Good benefits, the management & coworkers are very helpful. Very diverse, you get to know people with different backgrounds. Good place to work.","Long hours. At the beginning would be hard to get used to the hours, 10-11 hours during peak season. You're expect to meet your goals, which are reasonable for some people but difficult for others.","Managers are moved around so often. That's of the things I dislike about the job, You would hardly ever get know them.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18294,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Great people to work with, nice environment.",Sometimes needs to tackle on-call issues.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18295,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Working at Amazon Facility,"Benefits, incentives, Hiring process, community service, workplace atmosphere","Short breaks, high turnover rate, overworking, mandatory overtime","Show more compassion to your workplace, gifts and monetary things are nice but more time for breaks would be more appreciated",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18296,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits,Great benefits and opportunities for growth,Can't think of any for now.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18297,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,process guide,3 days off a week,"long standing periods, a lot of employees so hard stand out",none,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18298,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"High salary, you can learn a lot.","No work-life balance, no free time",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18299,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Design Engineer I,Hardware Design Engineer I,"Focus on customers rather than on stockholders is a huge plus. Instead of being profit driven, which can lead to cost cutting and lower quality products, Amazon focuses on delivering products that provide the best customer experience.  My experience has been five stars, because I am in a job position best suited to my abilities, I am on a really great team with highly capable individuals, and my direct manager provides excellent feedback and advice.","If your manager doesn't push hard to get you a promotion, promotions can come very slowly. You might be doing that job a level higher for well over a year before the company finally promotes you to that level. Easy to get stuck in a level if you don't challenge yourself.","I have noticed your efforts to improve the employee experience (the ""customers"" of the managers, if you will) by providing the best possible tools for the job, as well as by improving the work/life balance - something I value highly in any job. Keep listening to your employees and following through on promises for improvement. Don't push employees to churn out as much work as they can before breaking, push them to be better people - both professionally and non-professionally. A few people are so single-minded that their work is their life, and they love it, but the majority of people have many interests and valued social lives. You would do well to encourage top performance from employees during regular work hours, and reduce pressure to work extended hours for quicker results - it will improve your ability to retain the highly qualified people you were able to bring into the fold. An employer/manager who succeeds at improving a person will have far better results than one who only succeeds at increasing their workload.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1049.htm
18300,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,I've enjoyed working at Amazon,"Great exercise They hire handicapped folks I have been treated well by Amazon Growing by leaps and bounds, lots of work to do",Only part-time hours for Associates I think new Associates need more training,"Break up all clicks, they,re pretty obvious. Make sure everyone scans at least once a week to ensure some folks don't think themselves too good to do so.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18301,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,"Freedom to make changes and take ownership, expectation for interns to make process improvements","Sink or swim environment, little opportunity to collaborate with other interns",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18302,amazon,"Laveen, AZ"," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good for a first time warehouse job,"VTO, they actually help you if you're struggling, give you advance on how to work faster/efficiently",not enough training with PIT,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18303,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience at Amaon,The working environment is awesome!,Sometimes you need to work in a longer time than regular working hours.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18304,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Operations Manager,Isolated Culture Problems,"Fast pace, exciting, customer focused environment. You are part of the number one e-commerce company in the world. You also get to learn an enormous amount about lean and continuous improvement. Great opportunity to grow.",Management at the FC I was at was sub-par. They yelled at managers on the warehouse floor in front of their associates. The leadership team felt disrespecting a manager was a way to motivate. Big difference between how employees are treated in the FC world and the headquarters in Seattle.,Continue to rid the company of managers that lead by inducing fear and hire managers that are solid leaders. Invest in your managers to strengthen their leadership ability.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18305,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,my experience at amazon,"busy days, i need to write 20 words minimum in this box, not much to say, benfits day 1","same cons as any other manual labor job, not much to say about it.","need to treat low level employees better, they do all the hard work, nothing much else to say besides that",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18306,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Merchandiser,Listen to the reviewers,Loved my team and managers. HQ was sweet. Innovative and some of the smartest people you'll work with. You get to be apart of growing something cool.,"No work life balance for anyone, so no one will have sympathy for you. Everyone is in the same boat. Lots of movement. No consistency. I was working 60-80hrs a week. If you struggle with boundaries this company wont help. They will take all they can from you.",Listen and CHANGE,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18307,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"Autonomy, experience really depends on the team","Set unrealistic goals for employees, no work- life balance",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18308,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing workplace,Perfect work place friendly employees nice management,NO Cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18309,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Anxiety will stress you out,"Great benefits, great money, great company",Anxiety was stressing me out while waiting,N/A,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1050.htm
18310,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Pays Too Little For Heat Stroke,"Consistent pay, consistent job activities, schedule and expectations",No air-conditioning and high expectations for efficiency. Doctors not helpful in cases of worker compensation. The pay I received was not enough for living expenses after taxes and I worked myself to the bone daily. Many people within the first two months of summer suffered from heat exhaustion. No effective communication between workers and upper management.,Get air conditioning and communicate directly to workers and make changes according to their suggestions. Give people a raise. Start at an acceptable pay rate for the job.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18311,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon,"Working with some good people, plenty of overtime during peak season, casual dress.","Performance expectations can be unrealistic in terms of volume, can be physically exhausting.",Factor in bathroom breaks into determining rate.,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18312,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment,You get pay $13.00 an hour as an full time employee. Once you start your first day at work they offer benefits. Some supervisors are nice to as an boss. Also they give you raise every year. There 30 minutes lunch and two 15 minutes breaks.,"They offer Three position for all Amazon Fulfillment Center Location. First is Sunday through Wednesday. Second shift Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Third shift is Wednesday through Saturday. Hours are either 7:00a.m. - 5:30a.m., 7:30-6:00p.m. They do not offer to schedule around your college classes. Basically you can not have a social life at all.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18313,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com,Working here will defiantly make you a stronger person then you were before you started at Amazon . The overtime during peak is hard work but the time and a half pays out well with 60hr weeks. If you can stick it out and not give up here it will make any other job a peice of cake!,"From my experience they don't care about anything eles but numbers of packages making it out. You are just a body in the building. If you want to make it in this company by moving up in anyway,you must speak up!! You won't get anywhere by just coming to work and showing up everyday, you have to make more of a effort to talk to management. Breaks are really 10 mins and not 15 due to the fact that you have to be at the exact spot you left before your break runs up. Also there is not much lenience when there is a terrible snow storm,if you call out you will be marked down as absent even due to the car accidents going on because of the snow. Unless there is a state of emergency.","I know you guys have a lot to deal with to keep this company running smoothly but with out all of us putting our hard work in, packages would not get delivered on time! I believe you should try to make the time to show us all you appreciate all the hard work we do! Also I think it would help if people were able to pick the department they are the best in,so you get the best results and also ultimately a happier work place!",3.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18314,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Returns Processor,Customer Returns Processor,Great benefits Leave when you want to Decent Pay,Unprofessional environment Stand in one spot for 10 hours,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18315,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Intern,Software Engineer Intern,"Fast paced , dynamic, challenging","Rude, Get a lot of negative vibes, people are selfish, work till you die attitude, don't like the work environment,","Please take care of your employees, lest you may lose them.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18316,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great benifits but you work your tail off,amazing insurance opportunity to learn management required to listen to your input,"lots of constant lifting,bending and stretching movements rampant favoritism managers that are not familiar with the jobs they manage",actively seek advice from long term employees who have already seen it and done it. improve rewards for high achievement,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18317,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place to work,"Job is pretty simple, lots of room for advancement, 4 days on 3 days off","10 hour shifts on your feet, rate based work, during peak (holidays) can get pretty hectic",Longer lunch break,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18318,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon sde,"Company stock has had very strong and consistent growth. A large portion of your income will come from stocks, but this is a good thing given the growth.",Not many lavish perks like other tech companies. Some teams tend to work too much.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18319,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal CSA - VCC,Seasonal Fulltime Customer Service Associate,Work from home Unpaid time off Set schedules No commute Great benefits for regular employees Wonderful life/work balance and opportunities for regular employees Opportunities to move up,Low salary Must pay for and have dedicated landline phone Must high very high speed cable internet hardwired Must have strong compatable PC Not eligible for a lot of regular employee benefits Responsible to pay for all bills for dedicated utilities required for position,Let seasonal employees know how they are going and let them know about the likeness of being hired during the time of employment much before the seasonal position ends. I've work for the past 5 months and still.unsure if I will be offered a regular position. My season time ends in less than a month and I have no idea if I will be offered a position at this point.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1051.htm
18320,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,People are generally like to help.  People are smart.,"Managers are always right.  They require you have the highest standards, especially ethically. But when it comes to them, they don't require the highest ethical standards for themselves.  No work-life balance at all.",Many times the bosses are the gods.  Be less political.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18321,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,1. Seattle is a nice city 2. Project has big imapct,1. workload is hard 2. creazy oncall,Should do well on work and life balance,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18322,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment associate,lots of opportunities too grow,politics play too much of a role,be less biased,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18323,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,Fun job working from home. Flex scheduling helps get hours that work for you.,"Micromanaging, constantly changing management over short period of time",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18324,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Doesn't care about its employees,It's pays well and you can lose a lot of weight working there. They also have a lot of contests and prizes during peak season.,That's expectations are too high. The refuse to take away the real barriers for working and blame the employee for not making it work.,Please fix the way pick is done. If you do that everything else will fall into place.,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18325,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Real ability to impact the business. If you have an idea, you can act on it.  Management does a good job of presenting opportunities and reacts to feedback.",Work life balance can be very one sided every once in a while. It really depends on what phase of the project you're in.,"Management is doing a good job, but keep an eye out for dissatisfied employees and talk to them on a more personal level to understand what's going on.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18326,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Good selection of shifts available including hourly premium for night shift work. Good deals. Would recommend for people looking for extra income.,"Manual labor required. Lots of walking and standing during entire shift. While it is not hard mentally, it can be difficult physically.",Don't have much advice to management. Seems like they are doing the best they can given what they have to work with.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18327,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Paralegal/Contract Manager,"Dynamic, intelligent people, exciting projects, endless growth opportunities","Performance review process can be brutal, stack ranking model. Needs to morph into something more reasonable.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18328,amazon,"Fullerton, CA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Control Systems Specialist,Average,Free environment and Best place to learn,"Not so organized, Continues rotation of managers",Please assign or hire stable managers,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18329,amazon,"Riverview, FL"," Sep 2, 2016","Former Employee - Warehouse Stower,",It's a company worth working for!,Great working environment and pay!,Too much time away from family.,I currently have none.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1052.htm
18330,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"This was a wonderful company to work for. No compromises, and was treated like family.",Not many cons to go over. The main one was fuel and reimbursement.,"Have fun, Work Hard, Make history. Keep doing this!",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18331,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,SR. MGR,"Amazing work, incredible innovation, super smart people.",Hard to turn off work. Constantly living on phone.,Let smart people run!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18332,amazon,"Grand Prairie, TX"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate Problem Solver,Great place,Easy work means easy money. I love it here,Its a warehouse so don't expect to much,The job is always looking for fresh new faces they are hiring now.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18333,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,love it!,"Lots of opportunities for advancement, 3 days off per week, very flexible with vacation and time off","hard work, long days, occasional forced overtime days",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18334,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,"Awesome, if you're in a good team","The team I'm currently in is awesome (I work in something related to the Amazon Echo). My manager is great at providing guidance without micromanaging. And everyone all the way up to the SVP is friendly and collaborative. We work on cool new things and have a lot of opportunity for growth. The work is challenging, but not overwhelming to the point of destroying work/life balance. Overall my experience working at Echo/Alexa is awesome.","I've previously worked in a different team at Amazon, so I know my current experience isn't consistent across the company. You need to make sure you find a great team and a great manager. That makes all the difference in the world. Also, Amazon doesn't offer as many perks as Google or Facebook (no free meals, no free parking) so that's a small con, but it's just something you need to take into account when comparing your total compensation.",Make culture more consistent across the company. Some teams have really great leaders and others are full of jerks.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18335,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,good people and a good place to work,management team is lack of leaderships and managment skills,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18336,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Laborer,Good Company,Starting pay is above minimum wage. Good medical benefits!!,Hard work and long days. Hard to get promoted too many people employed within the company.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18337,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Love it!,Coworkers are awesome 3 days off You get recognized when doing great job,Feet hurt from standing Favoritetism Gotta sweat and move fast to make rate,Communicate better Recognize associates who actually bust their butts off everyday,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18338,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Nice place to visit, not to live","Good company, tons of things to learn, some great people, clearly the company is kicking butt. Recommend for anyone trying to learn new skills.","Paranoid, ancient and crumbling toolset, worst case of NIH syndrome I've ever seen",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18339,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Experince for 3 month internship,"High learning Curve, they expect a lot out of you, strong projects, offer tools for you to learn material and about the company","need to work on guidance and assisting the interns, the company is huge and hard to get things done because everybody has 10 things on there plate.",Improve intern program,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1053.htm
18340,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to work for,I like that you start with benefits day 1.,Not enough on site training,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18341,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I will always love Amazon.com,"1. You get good pay and great bonuses during peak. 2. Good benefits including discounts to places. They do offer medical, dental, vision, and life insuance 3. Can move up in company quickly if you want 4. they give you stock, not as much as they use to but still do. 5. they have nice incentives and off things like holiday meals.","1. the hours are long, most shifts are 10 hours or more when mandatory overtime is in place. You can get overworked fast. 2. The attendance system they have in place. So hard to get time off. 3. can be very physical 4. If someone in upper management doesn't like you then is hard to move up 5. Most incentives are during peak",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18342,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok place,Friendly environment. Management does seem ro want ro help when needed.,"Feels like a sweatshop. Very fast paced and due ro foot traffic mingling with lifts, could be dangerous in some places of plant. Seem to play favorites with promotions.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18343,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good fit,The money and the insurance is fair.,The don't treat you like a person. You are just a tool. A means to an end.,People work for you. Not robots.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18344,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Great benefits including 401k match, health insurance, employee discount, monthly bonus, and decent vacation accrual.",Although there is room for growth expect to relocate to do so. Developed areas make climbing the ladder difficult. Very political just like any business so be ready to play the game. If you can put up with the constant inconsistencies @ Amazon then it's not a bad place to work. It will depend on the team you land on.,"Management should exercise the leadership principles they preach and hold people accountable for their actions even if this results in unpopularity. Recognize and promote the talented, driven people rather than those that play the social buddy game. Too many hardworking individuals pass through here only to be used when needed and forgotten when it comes to hiring up within.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18345,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average level company,Low income tax in Seattle.,"Almost everything depends on team, different teams like different companies.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18346,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long Hours,Good pay for the work you do,overwork you and easily fired for not making rate,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18347,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The slaves in Egypt had it better,"If you have no other options, it's a steady job if you are willing to work like a dog You will lose weight with all the miles you walk/run in the wharehouse everyday.","The work is terrible. You are expected to pick over 100 items an hour. The breaks are too short for a 10+ hour shift. By the time you walk to the break area and go through the metal detectors and security to get to the breakroom, break is over. Other employees steal your scanner and/or battery because all the batteries are dead and you will be penalized for not 'making rate' while trying to get working equipment. The work is mind numbing and some of the employees look like GTAV characters (criminals). A scary place to work :/",Give employees at least 20 mins of rest where they can actually sit down. Do not count the 6+ mins it takes to get to the break area as break. For how fast you expect pickers to pick they deserve time to get off their feet for a few minutes,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18348,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Late Nights,The people I worked with were great! It took a while to get used to working nights. All in all a good experience.,I wished the management would take the time to listen to the associates more. It's hard to run a company of the employees morale is down.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18349,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Money is good I guess,Long hours learn to live in your head,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1054.htm
18350,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Money is good I guess,Long hours learn to live in your head,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18351,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Always puts the customer first,Always puts the employee last,Take care of your employees and you might be able to retain some.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18352,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - CSA II - Prime/Fire/AIV/Appstore,More cons than pros,"Remote, Opportunities for both VTO and Overtime, easily chat with coworkers, managers, Leads (unless it was heavy volume)","Training was extremely lacking - We actually skipped several lessons altogether. No pay increase for ""promotion"". They always seem one step behind - unprepared. The system used could definitely be simplified. When Xferring/escalating a customer we were often turned away (which is against the rules), and/or greeted with attitude. Tip - When transferring your customer if the associate tries to reject the call say, "" So you are refusing to take this call?"" Being forced into admitting that they are doing something they are not supposed to do usually makes them change their tune.","Better training! Workflow needs to get better at anticipating volume. Stop rushing through training to get associates on the phones, and you will have higher customer satisfaction.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18353,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,assocaite,its an interesting job to do,hours are long 10 hours days,lower the time on the person feet,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18354,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon,"Short shifts, pretty much to the point. There are a lot of things people can do but most sort/scan. Awesome HR department. Good management. Fun.",The people who want to be managers are the worst. The managers are great and HR is even better but people will do anything to elevate since it's a PT job and a lot of employees so it's easy to get lost in the shuffle.,"Communicate with eachother. Listen to your employees. Ambassadors are a cool concept but are not your replacement in duties, they are liasions. Continue to allow people to grow and try to touch and go with each employee. People like recognition.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18355,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good summer internship experience,- Good engineers - Downtown - Lots of internal tools to use,- Rigid management structure - Not most interesting work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18356,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Okay...,10% Amazon discount Pool tables and Xbox to play on breaks Track to walk during breaks Free merchandise during holiday season,Stressful to be on the phone with customers all day The numbers you had to keep for your customer ratings could be difficult to meet.,"Be cheerful with your employees. They are yelled at on a daily basis, a good job here and there would be awesome.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18357,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Pit Trainer,Solid,Stock bonus College tuition assistance Advancement opportunity Decent pay and good benefits Ability to transfer and travel around the country if so desired,Very frugal when it comes to warehouses and employees Micromanage by senior management that often don't have ground level knowledge or experience,Allow middle management to breathe and run their operations as they have a better sense of the jobs and their associates.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18358,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Amazon,Amazon was great during peak season October-January it can be emotionally and physically taxing,"Long hours on feet walking,there are short breaks and not as enjoyable as Facebook Google or Apple",Focus on employees and productivity will increase. Amazon can be one of the leading warehouses if they focus on employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18359,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon overall great company,Benefits begin on the day you are hired,Extreme Temp in the summer months,Better ventilation,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1055.htm
18360,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,it is what it is.,The benefits start day one! which is a good thing,no sitting what so ever nota chair in the building other than the break room. which can get to you after a while. Now when your busy theres no need for a chair.,get rid of the click(s) that you get and treat your direct ( your people your in charge of for the shift) with the same respect you want.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18361,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Communication is more than just lacking!,Flexible hours and that's about it.,"The leaders are HORRIBLE at communication. They rely on email, don't answer in a timely manner and refuse to call back if you happen to call them. Not to mention the level in which bureaucracy reigns is ridiculous. Don't even bother talking to someone if you have a problem, You are just a number and whatever is said against you, you can't defend.","You need to realize that to run a respectable business, your CSA are a large portion of why your customers return to you. Treating them as if they aren't worth anything really says a lot about the company and the CEO itself.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18362,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Good only for a fresh man, career people can do better",All the benefit. Nice stock options. Offices in downtown.,"Salaries tend to be a bit on the low side if you happen to be immigrant. Management focus on ""results"", ie, number of deployments, number of tickets. Managers just care on keep a ""happy"" state, no matter the project. If your project is building new tools or is behind because you need to build a new service, you will have your team's manager on your back everyday, no matter how much you do.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18363,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,salary,"great benefits, nice stock shares","long hours, very hard on feet and body",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18364,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Intership at Amazon,"Before my internship, I didn't have a very high expectation. A lot of people said on Internet that Amazon doesn't care much about its employee. But after my intership, I think Amazon is Amazing. Everyone is super helpful here and I learned a lot from them. The work time is flexible and we can even work from home one day a week. Amazon organizes many activities for interns, such as movies or picnics. Also, Seattle is a great city (in summer) with lots of fun places to visit.","The salary is a little lower than bay area companies. But bay area has higher tax, so the difference is no t that much.","I think I would be better if Amazon gives housing for interns at different places. Currently, nearly all interns live around University of Washington. So all bus from university to Amazon is very, very crowded.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18365,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 27, 2016",Former Employee - Laid Back Guy,The regular experience,Working here seemed like the average warehouse from an entry level worker.,"Long hours standing, if you're a person who scans items.",Keep up the good work. More music in the isles.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18366,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Order Picker,Picker / I fulfilled orders,I enjoyed getting the overtime. Several lunchrooms throughout the building as well as restrooms. If you are very quick and accurate you could get some awesome prizes!,It would have been nice to have longer lunches... and maybe 20 minute breaks.. It was too short of time to relax.. If you are on the 4th floor ... It is difficult to make it down to the first floor and have any kind of a break ... and make it back to your station in 15 minutes.,Might think of having a break station on every floor!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18367,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Interesting Work, High Turnover",It is great if you like a data-driven environment. Stock based compensation is nice in a bull market.,It can be hard to move up. It is easier to get to the senior positions by being hired in than moving up internally.,High employee turnover makes for a confusing work environment.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18368,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior software developer,Best minds and pace of innovation.,Operation support at times is high.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18369,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Tier1,Amazon tier 1 night shift,Full time job with benefits that include dental health and vision for 36 dollars or less per paycheck,Need to have emergency time off that does not take away the time that's given to you Poor management,Get it together people are being let go due to computer software errors this is unacceptable.,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1056.htm
18370,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Working with some of the smartest people on the planet (excluding myself). Watching the company you work for set the standard that others try to match.,The hours are long and everyone is expected to give 150% at all times. There is nobody working at Amazon that has less than a person and a half worth of work at any given time.,"It's good to be efficient and not have people idle but when your team hits the wall and runs out of resources, it's time to either throttle back (I know, not an Amazon trait) or make the hiring process easier.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18371,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast Paced, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY","Great co-workers, managers, pay, and benefits. Very physical environment which keeps you busy and moving for your entire shift.",Communication trickle down is very lacking. Process changes are announced AFTER one gets yelled at for not doing process correctly.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18372,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,assocaite,its an interesting job to do,hours are long 10 hours days,lower the time on the person feet,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18373,amazon,"San Marcos, TX"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment,Wage,Location and new facility condition,Long hours of hard physical work,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18374,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Tenical Program Manager,"Fast paced, never boring at work","high business growth means, lots of work, never ending workload",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18375,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,job overview,the benefits and the pay are great if you are in an upper level,constantly getting screamed at by people,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18376,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,FOUR DAY work WEEK 10 hour days,EVERYTHING ELSE you can think of,Let good people do their jobs and stop the micromanagement.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18377,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on your department,Some departments are great and allow each member to grow and contribute. The salary is mid range,"If you land in the wrong group, your life is bad. Be careful of the team ou join.",Investigate some of your teams that people are constantly leaving.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18378,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon will extract your full value,"Great brand, lots of business units, upward mobility, interesting and challenging work.","The work life balance is horrible, Amazon's success if predicated on extracting maximum value from their employees. They will give you the minimal tools to succeed and expect you to work miracles with them. The way that you do that is put in extra time, always on call even if your not an on call position, don't expect to leave after a mere 60+ hours and if you had plans which interfere with work you better be ready to move them.","Nothing, it's a runaway freight train and even Jeff couldn't change it if he wanted to. But why would he? it's great for shareholders.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18379,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ERC HRQA Associate,"I got hired like a contract and the team is wonderful. You need to responsible for yourself towards work , no one has time to train you but you get lot resources to understand your goal and when needed your Manager as well as your co-workers are always ready to respond you. The employees has lot of patience and when you ask a question repeatedly they will answer you without frustration.","The employees are busy at work , do not have time even to say ""Hi""",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1057.htm
18380,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - ICQA,Icqa,Great benefits and diverse workforce,10 hour days mandatory overtime,Look at people as individuals not as just a set of hands.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18381,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is an ok place to work,A good place to learn a lot of stuff.,"Kind of stressful job environment, but probably based on teams.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18382,amazon,"Bend, OR"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - VPT,Virtual Programs Manager,Awesome culture with people that continue to push the envelope.,not really any yet trying to figure out the entire pace that we move.,"none really, just need more project management.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18383,amazon,"Woodbridge, NJ"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cdl truck driver,none was very good and I liked it alot,there were no cones i loved everyone there,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18384,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Great benefit for student who are looking for tuition guidance Flexible schedules for full-time students,"Can be very hot at times Physically demanding, long hours especial during peak seasons.",Will be great if there was greater incentive for getting work done and meeting goals. A tap on the shoulder is good but not good enough. Students with at least three years of college experience who are willing to contribute the workforce should be trained to encourage in-house recruiting.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18385,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,"good work, nice peoples, ok management",long hours during holiday season,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18386,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Returns Processor,Don't work here,benefits are crazy good best health i've ever had,nothing is done how it should be they don't care about quality at all only how much you get done,"Care about the associates more, listen to the ones that do their job properly, discipline associates that blatantly do things wrong rather than ignore it because they produce high number",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18387,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Assoicate,You get to pick your own hours,The pay is only 10.00,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18388,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfillment associate,Plenty of opportunity. Plenty of work. Great benefits. Lots of friendly competitions. Great chances of winning great prizes. Caring staff members.,Really like amazon. Even though I'm no longer employed I still like the opportunity I had while I was employed.,Continue doing your best to show your concern for your employees. Continue doing what you do to motivate people to work hard.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18389,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Little micromanagement if you do your job. Decent pay for the work. they hire friendly, helpful managers",Terrible hours. Lots of physical work. Th,"The site leaders should and need to communicate with managers and PAs who know what bottleneck productivity as fulfillment sites. Managers will empathize with the problems because they are all too aware of the problems but NOTHING is being done to facilitate communication between Hq in seattle, down to the site leaders, and on to the Managers/PAs. They KNOW what is wrong...listen to them!",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1058.htm
18390,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,"Good culture, nice people. Seattle is a great place, I like it very much",They should pay more money to people. And need free lunch and dinner. Food is a problem.,Pay more money to stuff. And provide free lunch and dinner. this can help amazon a lot.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18391,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,It's a job,"Good insurance benefits, 4 day work week","Fast pace, very short breaks.",Be more involved,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18392,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Nicks review,Working at Amazon has a lot of good benefits we are able to work at a nice pace and still not kill ourselves.,The cons would be how dangerous ship dock is,No advice,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18393,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Review,The benefits are great. The pay is mediocre. The job is easy to learn. Anyone with a pulse can work at Amazon.,"Management is referred to as the ""Leadership Team,"" yet has no clue what leadership is. The company does not care about the well being and morale of associates.","Take Richard Branson's advice on who to put first. It will serve you well, increase revenue, decrease turnover and create a healthy environment.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18394,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worse place ever!!!!!,"the benefits of insurance, and shares are the only pro.",Most people are external hires and not internally put through to higher positions. And here is a butt kiss culture.,"Listen to your employees, and do your job. Stop stealing people's ideas and you get credit ,not the employee. I had over 15 bosses go into my department in 2 1/2 years. I respected three of them. that's sad. Those three actually could do the job. Their were internal hires, but you hire people mainly outside of the culture, and they just can't do the job.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18395,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,unfair workplace,"decent pay, mostly good employees, free coffee, and the occasional option to take voluntary time off when its slow. its an easy job for most people most of the time.","employees here just aren't treated well--or fairly. the harder you work, the more work you will be given and the more strenuous that work will be. a woman or a small, elderly, or obese person wont even be asked to do the same work that a man, who may appear to a stranger to be more physically capable, must regularly perform, usually to the point of injury, or face disciplinary action. but, they will make the same pay.","Watch your employees and reward labor accordingly. Or, hire only employees capable of doing the work available. Also, your hispanic-only ""coaches"" (red vests) mostly wander around socializing and hitting on girls.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18396,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Shit Talker,The big wigs in this company make way to much and give the employee penny's.,There are non they barely give u a break they work you so hard for very little pay some other higher ups that have no experience sitting on there butt doing nothing but make much more. Salve company,Only a 10 min Break but by the the time u get to the break room u got 5 min left not enough time to get a drink or snack on anything.,Get off your butt and do something besides complain about things you don't even know how to do yourself.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18397,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Part-time Fulfillment Associate,"I worked for other warehouses before this one & I can say that Amazon builds a center that is employee friendly. I was use to not being allowed to bring in electronics, no scheduled breaks, no lockers to secure your things & no designated break areas for employees. It's the total opposite at Amazon. They offer all these things & I'm forever grateful.  -24/7 HR Support by phone and email -training for areas of interest always announced and posted -you get access to sign up for voluntary time off & voluntary extra time",In the beginning the in house HR seem to be not available. They've gotten better with being present at a set time. The attendance point system sucks but the attendance policy sucks almost anywhere you go.,Management can help out more when it comes to scanning.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18398,amazon,"Wesley Chapel, FL"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Amazin Virtual Customer Service Representative,great company,flexible hours and paid training,lack of leadership. not enough training materials or preparation to take calls.,have more interaction with employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18399,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job in the making,Good pay. Hard work daily.,Tiring. Hard. Exhausting. Typical warehouse job.,Nothing to really say to you.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1059.htm
18400,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Not good,"* For some reason, many other companies see working at Amazon as something admirable, so you can leave Amazon for a better company pretty easily.","For the average Amazon employee: * The hiring bar is per-team, so there are some really low-skill, toxic people floating around Amazon, intermixed with some (less often) very high skill teams. Because of this, the average employee will have to work with unskilled engineers with bad attitudes and bad coding skills, and will pick up some of these bad habits. * Management is non-engineer, so they often make big technical decisions, without understanding them. Some will just listen to the loudest voices on the team, others will actively make their own bad decisions. As an average employee, expect that you will not get to make team decisions, or you may have fight for it. It's not a good place for shy people or non-agressive people. * There's no diversity. Even for a tech company, there's very little diversity. They pad their company numbers by hiring tons of women and minorities for non-engineer roles, but as an engineer expect to work exclusively with white, indian, and asian men.  In my personal experience, not sure if this is average: * two (of 6) of my teammates were actively sexist, and complained all the time whenever a woman on the sales team would talk in a room nearby, opening and closing their hands in a yapping motion. * My entire team called me ""a hippy"" often and said I probably ""smoke a lot of weed"" because of my long hair. I have never smoked. * My coworkers modified their nerf guns such that it really hurt when the darts hit you. They'd aim for the face and laugh when it hit people in the eye. * My boss actively tried to fire me when I disagreed with his design decision, only to find he couldn't. 6 months later, after it turned out I was right, he tried again, claiming I was actively sabotaging the production system. Before that, he lied on my performance review, and claimed I wasn't performing well because I have ""A.D.D."" This boss was later promoted after I left.  The list goes on, but suffice to say this was the worst work experience of my life, and I will never go back.","Lower level management: Take some design classes or get out of the driver's seat. Upper level management: Fire your lower level managers, replace with engineers.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18401,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not a place to live your life,Amazon gives tons of ownership if you want it. Your title is less important than your knowledge and ability to back it up.,"Amazon will take whatever you will give, and then ask for more. They are perfectly fine pushing people to work long hours for 'releases' which happen all the time, and for ones that actually are big expect to kiss the world away. Don't forget your pager.",Keep in mind this is a job and people want to die feeling satisfied with how they spent their time.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18402,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer II,Great place for Business Intelligence experts,"Fast paced work environment, tons of resources to further your skill set, many great BI communities and forums to share knowledge and ask questions, Amazon allows and encourages building new tools and puts emphasis on ""Invent and Simplify"".","Fast paced work environment = frequent ""fire drills"", occasional long hours, projects being scrapped.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18403,amazon,"Hazelton Mills, PA"," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Receiver,Good money for an easy job,"Fairly easy work with good pay and benefits. If you do you job and don't slack off, you'll enjoy it.",Upper management can sometimes be rather difficult to get in touch with. I didn't even know who my managers were honestly.,Come up with an easier way to communicate with employees.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18404,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Part-time Fulfillment Associate,"I worked for other warehouses before this one & I can say that Amazon builds a center that is employee friendly. I was use to not being allowed to bring in electronics, no scheduled breaks, no lockers to secure your things & no designated break areas for employees. It's the total opposite at Amazon. They offer all these things & I'm forever grateful.  -24/7 HR Support by phone and email -training for areas of interest always announced and posted -you get access to sign up for voluntary time off & voluntary extra time",In the beginning the in house HR seem to be not available. They've gotten better with being present at a set time. The attendance point system sucks but the attendance policy sucks almost anywhere you go.,Management can help out more when it comes to scanning.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18405,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great company,Company is built on a common purpose with practical leadership principles. Invention and innovation are critical components to success.,Intense environment that can be unforgiving.,Stay the course. Amazon is changing the world for it's customers!,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18406,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon PA,"Fast paced, Exciting, Fast Upward mobility",Poor management Long hours low morale in the work place,Stop over complicating everything,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18407,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,fulfillment center,Great company to work for,Work hard for the pay,Could evaluate team members more often for advancements,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18408,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Good salary, interesting project, good infrastructure, good tools. Good for entry level software development engineers. You can learn a lot of thing at the beginning of your career.","Bad work life balance, bad culture. Oncall. You have to work over time to meet the deadline. Bad management.",Think about what your team shouldn't be spending time on. And set clear standards for your team. And never hint.,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18409,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Working 4 days a week, 10 hour shifts",Very hard to move to a Level 4 Area Manager position,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1060.htm
18410,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not as bad as you might think, but still bad","The pay is good (well, pretty good for my area at least). I like a lot of the people I worked with. Also, since I was getting paid to lift and carry boxes all day, I didn't have to go to the gym as often.","The obvious cons of warehouse work are all there, but it's on an industrial scale. Amazon is a super massive company, and working at a fulfillment center you definitely get that shoved in your face everyday with the incredible volume of stuff that comes through (especially during holidays). Get ready to feel tired and/or sore after each shift.","Offering free snacks like cookies or chips at the beginning of each shift would be a great idea, particularly at late-night and 5am shifts.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18411,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Monthly bonus based partially on attendance.,On your feet 10 hours days.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18412,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You are a number,"Able to work in different departments, good health care, always overtime",They treat you like a number. Not a good idea for a long term job,Actually follow through with what you say you are about and not block innovation. Let people be their selves. Lastly don't treat people like a number,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18413,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Interns valued.,"Team and people were great, providing a good support network and lots of opportunities to learn.  Projects were designed to help the company and join full-fledged production code, not be thrown away.",Your team selection is completely at the behest of Amazon and will not be decided until after you have committed to the internship.  Outside work policy is excessively restrictive and might turn people off to company. Don't plan on working on any project for personal development or profit while at Amazon.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18414,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning oppurtunity,"Innovation, high engineering bar, customer focus.","Work life balance, micro management, unquestioned adherence to c Amazon culture",Be open to alternate ideas.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18415,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,"Great Company, Great Challenges",Company brand Above the market pay Working with Cool People for the Most Part Many Opportunities for Growth Worldwide Benefits,"You must be VERY patient if you work in HR. You will have to deal with very difficult employees (some will scream and go off on you) and situations. Your every word and action is under a microscope so watch what you do and say or you'll be out the door quick. Also, you must be ready for ALOT of change. Shifts and managers change on our HR team more often than they should in my opinion. Our HR department feels stretched thin and some overtime is a must to get things done.",Try to be just as employee-obsessed as you are customer-obsessed and turnover won't be so bad.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18416,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor work/life balance,Compensation is good. You will work with a lot of experienced managers to learn from. I learned a lot after two years with Amazon.,Very poor treatment of associates and managers. Hours were 60+ a week. Rack and stack performance evaluations for managers. Poor work/life balance.,Learn to talk to your employees to find out what is truly going on with processes instead of rushing to judgement and making poor decisions based on the reactive decision making.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18417,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great place to challenge yourself,"Challenging work but surrounded by smart, driven people. There is always something new to learn each day.","Very fast paced. If you're not quick enough, the business will move without you. Keep up!",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18418,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place if you prefer running to walking/standing,"Keep in mind, all of this is the experience of a senior engineer in a particular group. YMMV.  + Everyone wants their product and Amazon in general to be the market leader. The idea of being an also-ran is totally alien. I can't overstate how great it is for morale for everyone to be so driven. + You see the effects of your work. No matter who your customer(s) is/are, the company makes sure you are connected to them. + An endless number of difficult problems. Even pedestrian engineering tasks become significant at Amazon because of the scale. + Demandingly high but realistic expectations. People at Amazon are smart and competent, and they expect all their coworkers and reports to be smart and competent. You'll rarely feel like one or more bad coworkers are dragging down your team, and on occasion when they do sneak in those coworkers don't last long. Similarly, management isn't in the habit of passing down impossible edicts, because they get called out and pushed back about it when they try. + Transparency and sound, if not perfect, corporate strategy. I've never once been told ""do this because I said so"". There's always reasons that can be traced to actual needs and desired outcomes, and unless it's an experiment there's typically good data to back it up. Amazon doesn't operate on whims, nor does it waste time on petty vanity projects that can't be shown to provide significant benefit. + A weird combination of stability and flexibility. The company is doing well, so if you're getting your job done there's no chance you're going to get laid off. Promotions are by no means easy, but not as difficult as some make them out to be, and it is very easy to move around at the same level. It's hard to feel like you're trapped in a dead-end job. + Competitive compensation and benefits. Amazon may have been lagging in this regard historically, but they've definitely caught up. The compensation structure is a little strange and some people view it as a reason to quit after two years, but I think that's the exact intention. + Great workspace. The buildings don't have much in the way of flashy extras, but, given that they're in the middle of a major city rather than off in the burbs, they don't really need them. The offices are comfortable and more spacious then I've seen at other big tech firms. The location has lots of good stuff to eat and do within a short walk. Bicycle cages and locker rooms make bike commuting a breeze. + Awesome internal communities, both for work-related and non-work topics. + Good work-life balance. I put this last on the list because it's the least certain. If you have a good manager and take managing your own work and time seriously, you should have no trouble excelling without having to put in extra hours. I work fewer hours at Amazon - not much more than 40/week on average - than I did at companies that have better reputations for work/life balance, because employees are more empowered to make and manage workloads.","- All of the above pros may be completely absent in a different role/group/department/location. The company is huge, and despite considerable attempts at SOPs there's quite a bit of variation team-to-team and role-to-role. - You start juggling quite a few balls, and are continuously offered more to juggle as you go. You can't just keep your head down and do the bare minimum and expect to succeed. Some people thrive in this sort of environment, some don't. - The people are more genuinely friendly and less cliquish than I've seen at other companies, but they also don't pull punches. If you screw up, even a sin of omission rather than an actual fault, you'll be sure to hear about it. - SLU is still experiencing growing pains around the company. - It's still a very self-service company, and while the resources for self-service are much better it still means that you have to be very cognizant of the expectations and requirements of your job. Help is almost always available when you run into problems, but you have to ask for it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18419,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,Great Company,"- Great place to work, at least speaking about my specific team - Excellent benefits - Excellent work/life balance - Paid leave is a great pro","- I've been in the company for two years and don't have any cons so far,",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1061.htm
18420,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Pa Receive,Amazon FC,Great oppertunites with company the future is an open book,"short sighted managment ,dismissive and unresponsive","Less outside hiring ,promote from within",4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18421,amazon,"Umatilla, OR"," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Tech,"Unlimited potential growth, they reward those who are driven to excel and ready to put in long hours. Read up on their management principles.","It can be pretty difficult to maintain the right balance of work and personal life, if you want to have a personal life. There is always plenty of work to do!","Consider your team and everyone in it, they need affirmation and direction to be their best. Give them the space and trust they have earned so that they can take pride in their accomplishments.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18422,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Good company for college hire,Strong leadership principles and customer obsession,"Oncall work is stressful, long hours before product shipping",Prefer more engineering centered management,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18423,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Network Engineer,Network Deployment Engineer,1.Good work environment I like the open space 2. You can work from home anytime 3. Tons of overtime meaning tons of workload,"0. Frugality is one of Amazon core value what a stupid policy no wonder why Jeff is becoming the third richest man in the world. 1. Tons of Automation, you become like a machine and you don't use you brain anymore like smaller companies with traditional network and no automation 3. No free parking like Microsoft, Google..etc in Seattle 4. no juice or any other perks like Facebook, Microsoft, nothing but Coffee. 5. Micromanaging people as if we are high school students. 6. I don't understand but the attitude of people I worked with is I know better than you know and each time I ask a question they answer you with a question become exhausting when you deal with such attitude on daily basis. 7. High turnover because they don't want to employees to cash all the stock after four years they want you to leave after two years in any way possible but putting tons of work load on you or give you boring tasks. 8. Repetition everyday you deal with the same issues and same process and procedure and it becomes really boring after 6 months because you repeat your self everyday. 9. Newcomers or junior network engineer don't start at Amazon thinking it will teach you networking it will teach you nothing at all when it comes to Networking. start with small to med size companies you will learn hell a lot of things! 10. they don't offer Orca card for vendors as opposed to Microsoft. 11. yes you get paird overtime but you sometimes requested to work weekends",DON'T MICROMANAGE PEOPLE!!!!!!! I say invest money and find out how to reduce the high turnover at Amazon! I say the only way to you guys know there is a problem is when revenues drop and people go protest,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18424,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Fast paced and challenging on every single day,Politics can get in your way if you are looking to climb up,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18425,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General feedback,rapid growth in the company,care not to share cons,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18426,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Internship,"I got to learn about Amazon work culture, how engineers start and deploy projects, and Amazon Web Services.",My team was all working from Dublin while I was in Seattle with my manager. Each engineer was on-call every five to six weeks.,Amazon is a good place to work if you find the right team. There are a lot of opportunities and people can get a lot of experience since the company has a variety of things they are working on.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18427,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horribly hot in summer,Pay and benefits. 4 day work week. Sick days and holiday pay.,Requires a minimum of 250 boxes packed per hour. Warehouse does not have air conditioning but big fans instead.,Air conditioning,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18428,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Monthly bonus based partially on attendance.,On your feet 10 hours days.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18429,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Believe the NY Times article,Learned a great deal in an incredibly short amount of time. Was a good way to develop leadership skills and initiative quickly.,"Where do I start? The infrastructure is all but non-existent. Management is a mess and the turnover is constant. Tenured employees are hop from role-to-role to avoid burnout and so Amazon can keep them within arms reach. Employees are encouraged to undermine others and essentially snitch and stab each other in the back to further their own careers. The sense of camaraderie is boiled down to team-building events that turn into competitions. They pay is not worth sacrifice. For me, it cost me my sanity and my soul. I had panic attacks everyday that I was there and I was told to suck it up because it was ""Amazon and it's the promised land.""","You need some serious restructuring. Jeff Bezos added a banana stand and a few benefits once the NY Times article was published and Amazon was painted in an unflattering light, but internally, nothing has changed. It's still a horrendous experience and I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemies.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1062.htm
18430,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Enjoyed my time, highly variable on your manager/team.","I had a great manager and team, and had a high-impact project. Worked 9:30 to 6, with an hour or so for lunch.","Your experience varies highly depending on your manager or team. If you have a manager more interested in their career goals than yours, you’ll have a bad time.","One of the most well-managed companies I've worked at. Disfunction is kept at a minimum, pay is good. Stock comp is great, if it vests.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18431,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker at amazon,Always get 40 hrs Very easy work,Lots of walking Last minute Mandatory OT,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18432,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good pay for a college student looking for a summer job,Hard Work for little compensation,Management tends to be a little overbearing.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18433,amazon,"Puyallup, WA"," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Very safe working environment due to Safety Always philosophy. Stresses everything from avoiding undue bending or twisting to using a two person lift.,unwilling to move an employee to another position if he/she struggles at position hired for. They insist that an employee must excel at the position hired for first.,stop throwing away time and money invested in training when they might excel in another position,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18434,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources Manager,Stock options. You can wear pajamas.,Everything. They give the stock options that vest over time so employees won't run out of the facilities. HR turnover was 70%. For HR PEOPLE!?,Stop believing your own hype and trying to be so leading edge and focus on fundamentals.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18435,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,The money is good I guess,The whole job sucks a lot,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18436,amazon,"Mechanicsburg, PA"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Exciting but strenuous,-Fast paced work environment -Rewarding work for problem solvers -Good core values for the organization -Support provided to motivate teams of up to 150 individuals,-Leadership varies significantly from site to site -Long work hours for management -Office Politics play a huge role in your success or failure within the organization,"Be careful of who you trust with an idea. There are some leaders within the organization who will foster an idea and allow it to grow, there are others who may perceive ambition as a threat and attempt to attack the individual rather than the process",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18437,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and hard,"-Growth -Smart, motivated people -Learn about huge international and successful company -Prestige","-Long hours -Weekends occasionally -Little guidance -Lots of buggy and old models that need constant attention -Too many ad hocs, probably due to attention-needing models. Leads to teams needing to scramble of getting a little off task","Figure out a way to help teams sort out their buggy and outdated models/Excel files. 50% of the time I spent fixing things, and this is probably representative of most teams.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18438,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer 2,Smart people Best technologies Good stock Good equipment,Bad management Had to deal with internal ppl more than the problem itself Location is bad Oncall sucks,"If you hire a level 8 from outside, please make sure he really know what he is going to work.",4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18439,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace and high turnover rate,"Great company, you get stocks. Time off hours can be used anytime. Good vacation hours and a good opportunity to grow.",It is a very repetitive job. There is a high turnover rate with all the employees quitting all the time. Managers are relocated very often.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1063.htm
18440,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound manager,Great pay and signing bonus. Exposure to new innovative reporting and Lean processes fast paced and well known company to work for.,A tough work schedule and demanding both mentally and physically. Unforgiving in failure to meet expectations. High management turnover and you are always left with the feeling you are not cutting it.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18441,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Very famous company and very cool technical stack.,"bad culture, bad work life balance",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18442,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com,Day one benefits Flexible shifts Competitive wages,Break structure doesn't seem reasonable,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18443,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineering intern,Rapidly growing company. You can get exposed to the best practices in the industry.,Work culture is not great. No free food. Most employees/interns work more than 8 hours a day.,Be more transparent. Enforce lesser work hours.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18444,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Speed Walk!,"The pay is fairly decent. It is very clean for the most part since it is still considered a warehouse. You are guaranteed 40 hours a week and holiday pay. There is also overtime available at certain times so I would recommend to anyone who is trying to get ahead. You get paid time off, vacation time, and unpaid time. if you can handle being on your feet 10 hours a day then it's easy money after that.","The breaks are really short so you can never get too comfortable. The breaks are 15 minutes long and depending on where you are assigned, the walk to the break room or your car counts as part of the break. Speed walk or else! They will call for mandatory overtime, sometimes at the last minute so make sure you keep up with your schedule online or time clocks. All the paid time off has to build over time. if you use it all at once you can be terminated if the numbers go into the negative. Be on time! Traffic is dreadful some days. Plan ahead and find short cuts or prepare to wait in line.","More incentives for people who actually put out good numbers every month! They don't want to be told how well they are doing and then given fake money. They already know how well they are doing, they want to be shown they are appreciated. It's really hard to stay consistent when someone is breathing down your back but all they do is look at their computer everyday. The employees are the ones who put out the numbers everyday! Not you! Maybe the place would not be such a revolving door if you guys didn't walk around like you were the one who did all the work!",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18445,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Working here was a rollercoaster. It had its ups and down.,The pay was good $11.25 an hour. The floor/area leaders were easy to talk to.,You WORK for your money. Working as a picker is physically demanding ( 11 seconds to find an item and move to the next one. ) and the constant squating. They will tell you that after two weeks you'll be used to it.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18446,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops - Can be tough,Fast pace. You'll do in one year what other do in four.,Hours can be brutal. Expectation that you'll do whatever it takes to get the task done.,You have jewels that you need to take care of and grow. It's not all about you!,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18447,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,My experience,"Its very laid back, and the environment is so welcoming. Management helps you out if you are having issues. Helping customers out is so rewarding to know you have helped them.",Actually I dont have any. The site is changing things for the better.,Keep up the awesome work!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18448,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,csa,The reserves program is good make ur own hours. Can log in when u want andvwork or plan out a week aheaf,No benefits with the reserves. After peak barely any hours. But if u have another job then you are okay.,Keep being innovative. Nut also watch team leads they are very snobish sometimes and could careless.,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18449,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources Business Partner,Competitive Salary- Good pay for software developers,Management is old school- doesn't want input or engagement from staff.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1064.htm
18450,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great warehouse/distribution culture,"Casual attire, great management, lots of flexibility when it comes to accommodations, lots of perks and discounts (over 50 including discount of up to 25% through any of the major cell phone carriers), only 4 working days vs the typical 5, you receive vacation, paid and unpaid time hours throughout the yr at various rates and periods (each are received differently), and guaranteed raises every 6 months. Plenty of opportunities to move up and easy to do so. Company stock is big and becomes sellable on your 2 yr anniversary.","The only con is that even though it is easy to move up in the different positions and pay grades, you are competing with everyone else who applies withing the facilities. Because of that and depending on your qualifications, it can take a while to eventually move up.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18451,amazon,"Remote, OR"," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Work From Home Customer Service Representative,Great job,Good benefits get to work from home great training very professional,Not a lot of people to talk to when you have a problem,Fastest response times,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18452,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"You get to work from home, plenty of overtime and voluntary time off.",Better support on tough calls.,Telephone contact,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18453,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Physically and mentally tough job!,"Fantastic benefits, lots and lots of overtime, decent salary.","Hard, hard, work both physically and mentally! 10 hour days are crazy with required overtime. My second week I had to work 50 hours! Sure the paycheck will be nice but at what cost. You are timed on everything and told several times during the day how fast you are going, and you are not allowed any mistake, everything is timed, even how long it take you to get to a break room, etc. I am not long for this job, too bad.",Too much to suggest. Better training please!!! Management knows for every one employee currently working there are 10 people waiting to get in so they can weed out those not fast and good enough.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18454,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Unfair Practices,"Co-workers, benefits, paid time off","Long hours, short breaks, laying favorites, inept HR staff, uncaring managers, no work/life balance",Treat associates as human beings and not robots. Also tell the truth and stop sugar coating and lying about everything.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18455,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,Benifits were good if you were full time,Horrible management. No care for people other than customers.,Invest in your employess. Don't tell them to break safety rules,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18456,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Work as hard as you want! And harder... and harder... and harder...,"Not much micro-management - mobility between teams - really damn smart people - freedom to talk back, stand your ground, etc. - new facilities","Management is never satisfied - heavily stratified hierarchy with rigidly defined roles - ridiculous promotion processes - really high turnover - crowded working spaces - lifeless, obviously exhausted staff","Focus more on the human element of your engineering crew - we're not all robots, and not all of us are great at managing your expectations. Work harder to understand what we're capable of without burning out.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18457,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work-life balance,•Health Benefits •3 day weekends (when no overtime) {mines are thurs-sat.} •Frequent Opportunites for overtime (if that's what you like) •Self-managed personal time •Don't have to call in if late or going to miss work,•No Work-Life Balance •10hour shifts •Short breaks •60hr/ 50hr weeks for overtime •No holidays off/ unless falls on off day and no overtime (or take vacation time),none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18458,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Non-Inventory Receiver,"Independent working, responsible for projects, direct supervision is scarce.",Sometimes the position can be looked over when making leadership/building discussions.,Include all Level 3 position associates when making changes that directly affect them.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18459,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great company,People here are really nice and smart,Salary is a little bit low,More money and opportunity,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1065.htm
18460,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Internship,"Great place to intern at. One gets to use a lot of different technologies (Angular JS, Spring MVC, JQuery). A great learning experience i would say. Friendly co-workers and overall a great company to work at.",Nothing as far as I know,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18461,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Order Fulfillment Associate and Safety Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Customer and Employee Focused Company,No cons to speak of.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18462,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunities present,Provides many opportunities to engineer projects with tangible results. Software developers rapidly gain experience working in small teams with reasonable access to experts across multiple teams.,Challenges of the local tasks can block individuals from taking advantage of opportunities in other parts of the organization.,Continually remind yourself and your people of the need to manage both down and up and push less extroverted team members to seek opportunities for growth.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18463,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Manager III,Good and competitive,"- Fast, challenging work - Company is solving problems for the next 3 years atleast",- People try to show their value by over-engaging which could slow down the development efficiency - No clear simple day to day life. Information overload happens every single hour,"- Look for not just tech knowledge, but capability to build software as Agile.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18464,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon,- Good learning experience.,"- Aggressive culture, less employee friendly",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18465,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service remote,a good job to have when you have to be flexible. Work at home,"the pay is very low - it is a high volume, high stress environment, not for everybody , onboarding","up the pay so you get qualified employees - working with equally qualified coworker is a plus, make the on boarding easier",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18466,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Great place to work,"Benefits, challenging, innovative, good reputation","High stress, very fast pace",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18467,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,"Got paid regularly, easy to apply",A lot of walking to pick orders,turn on the AC,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18468,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay pay,Consistent work with options for voluntary overtime and some mandatory overtime.,Unclear about benefits. Many were out of reach in Seattle.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18469,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,SDE,You learn a lot for sure at Amazon. My coding skills improved exponentially in around 2 years I was here.,Sometimes things get overwhelming and hectic at Amazon. Some people take this as an opportunity to grow while some cannot handle the pressure.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1066.htm
18470,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Work hard and Deliver fast,No free lunch and no green card for SDE I,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18471,amazon,"Cave Creek, AZ"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Completely crazy, but good experience","Gain a ton of experience and knowledge that you can bring with you anywhere. Lots of employers like to see Amazon on your resume, so it's definitely a resume booster. They are starting to get really automated, I believe it's only a matter of time before they become the leading example of operational excellence. A lot of very intelligent people work, I've never been surrounded with such intelligent people.","Health benefits are subpar at best. Work life balance virtually doesn't exist, become even worse as you move up in the company. Those with families won't last, you have to solely focused on your career there. Very cut-throat, upper management is always looking for reasons to intimidate or fire someone. No much loyalty, you are definitely just a number there and can replaced at any time. Work schedules are terrible, have to work at least one weekend day and the shifts are really long despite only having to work 4 days a week.","You have to show your employees that you care about their success and show them some loyalty. At a minimum show that you actually care these people are working at Amazon. 90% of people want to know that what they are doing in actually contributing to the company. To only focus on the negative and ""I don't care about you"" mentality is obviously not a good way to get buy-in from your employees or management team. You're very lucky it's a very large corporation or you'd never be able find anyone that would work for you.",3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18472,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Manager,Good if you know what you're signing up for,"Fast paced and exciting work environment, endless opportunities and extra projects, wide variety of teams and industries, immediate and regular feedback and advice on how to improve from management, and dog friendly (!!).","Awful work/life balance, lack of personal employee development, vague and rigid promotion structure, long hours, and the sense that they don't value their employees (Amazon has ridiculously bad employee attrition).","If you would like your teams to develop and grow and stay with the company, there needs to be greater transparency into the OLR/promotional cycle. There is the widespread impression at Amazon that it's impossible to get promoted, even when meeting all goals/expectations, and taking on special projects. Attrition and turnover is already a problem, and seems like it is getting worse.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18473,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Ship Dock,Management is a Joke.,Benefits along with some discount perks to various places,The Fact that you max out at $14hr is pretty sad.,How about you actually start caring for your employees as you do for the customer.,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18474,amazon,"Duvall, WA"," Sep 4, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Good if you're young and willing to work a lot,* Cool technology * Cool projects * Smart people,"* Work life balance comes with cost to your career/peer opinion * Plenty of young folks willing to work a ton of hours, caution if you're not * Benefits are that great really",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18475,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Safety Specialist,Good place to start a career in safety,"Great pay and benefits, especially for recent college graduates. You are given a ton of responsibility from day one, which allows you to make a huge impact very early on. Many opportunities to travel across the country to support new buildings. Opportunity for upward growth.","Too much favoritism. A lot of promotions are based on being in right place at the right time, rather than true merit. The ""customer obsession"" mentality works great on the retail side, but it is pushed too much on the operations safety side, where the vast majority of injuries/incidents occur due to grossly negligent employee behavior rather than true management failures.","The 360 annual performance review/rating process is a disaster and in dire need of reform. Due to frequent manager changes, the manager reviews are often based solely on written feedback snippets from others (which are usually limited to very specific situations/scenarios, rather than actual performance). It's not right that employees are asked to invest hours in writing their own reviews, but the managers write very brief comments that are rarely insightful.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18476,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Great place to work and make money, and learn new things","Employees are somewhat young, and don't want to work",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18477,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 20, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Associate At An ONT FC In CA,My Experience,"Usual Benefits, Time off both paid and unpaid, and giveaways during peak plus power hours.",Work gets repetitive unless you are cross trained.,Follow up more with AA'so concerns.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18478,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales associate,Good company to work for.,Very long hours to work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18479,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 20, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Ups and Downs of Amazon.,"Good hours, lots of overtime, people that are willing to help, usually those who've been there longer.","Only a few gripes, mostly from new people who can't hack it.","Keep the good work, be more personable with your workers.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1067.htm
18480,amazon,"Chantilly, VA"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - UPS Battery Maintenance Engineer,Amazon Web Services,Company is growing very fast there is a lot of opportunity to move up.,The culture is very negative. A lot of backstabbing and you don't know who to trust.,Trust your employees,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18481,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Self serving,"Benefits are good, I love the direct people I worked with.","Most of the management has never worked on the phones. The rating system is set up to be faulty, and as associates you are punished for their flaws. Insane amounts of required overtime.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18482,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"team work with other associates, train in other departments",its not something I would work for long term career,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18483,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Ops Admin,You have a lot of responsibilities so there is so much room to learn new skills. You get to work with a small HR team at the building plus gain close relationships with all management types.,"The training, depending on your team, could be lacking heavily and it's a sort of learn as you go type thing. This is frustrating for both you and the associate who is coming for help. Communication is also lacking big time in large warehouses.",Communicate Communicate Communicate. Don't take your frustrations out on your subordinates.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18484,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,QAT 2,"Good money, compensation is good","work like slaves, too much work",micromanagement will tire out employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18485,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Vendor Manager,good pay. great signing bonus.,stressful. feel like a working machine.not a human. frequent turn over.,i don't think this can be changed as this is the culture.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18486,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 9, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Challenging and Exciting,"Working with smart, hard-working people who's top objective is satisfying our customer. The rapid growth provides opportunities to increase scope and/or rotate to larger roles.","As the company has grown, more projects have become dependent on other teams, increasing the management workload and slowing down innovation.","The drive to maintain two-pizza teams creates increased operational load, but this hasn't been acknowledged from a PM or TPM funding level.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18487,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Work,"Flexible schedule, overtime if you need extra money",Very hot environment during summer. Quotas can be extreme,Work with people who are having trouble meeting quotas instead of just letting employees go so easily.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18488,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Specialist,Loss prevention specialist,Constant labor and stress. Several demands from management not very balanced work life balance. Heavy lifting in situations . Would not recommend.,Extremely micromanaged and restricted work environment. Incredibly strenuous requests hourly and unreasonable treatment from superiors. Not very much cooperation from the rest of company.,Do not hassle the rest of employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18489,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,BI Engineer,"amazing data sets, cool tools, dynamic team, great compensation","stressful, demanding, lots of hours even during weekends and holidays",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1068.htm
18490,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company to learn from,Work in a fast paced environment. Many smart people you can learn from. Interesting projects.,Many managers lack basic social skills. Very poor leadership at mid level. Human resources not helpful when needed.,Spend more time in training mid level managers in soft skills.,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18491,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work,"Full 40 hours, pay, tuition reimbursement, overtime, days off, hired basically anyone, easy interview, anybody can do the job, simple to learn","Work environment is horrible, warehouse is not for me, it's hot, they do not provide enough fans, I worked in packing and it was very tightly packed, too much standing, not enough breaks, 10 hours for 4 days straight, mandatory overtime","Add more fans, needs to be more organized, a better system of making sure everyone is where they are suppose to be, stop showing favoritism, need to keep personal relationships on the outside",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18492,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,"Work Fast, Play Hard","Easy to learn environments, people are aggressively smart, and there are awesome, large scale, systems to work on.","A lot of teams don't have their heads around what they really want to accomplish. A lot of people get hired for their history of knowledge, and not their relevance of knowledge. A lot of interview questions are more trivia than actual day-to-day importance.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18493,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfillment Associate,"Good benefits, decent pay , and light work.","Better competitive pay , easily replaceable , monthly variable compensation is a joke. You can easily be doing a awesome job while others who get payed the same slack off.",Quit playing favorites. Stop favoritism and please train associates based on their hard work ethic not looks.,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18494,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Loved the work, but management and work itself was inconsistent","If you like physical work, and being exhausted at the end of your shift, this is the job for you. I loved it! Great benefits, including stock options and discounts on purchases.","There is a hostile work environment, as I saw one group of people try to get people fired because they wanted to be the Queen Bee. The environment is very ""high school,"" and if you pride yourself on being a responsible adult, that gets old really quick. What finally made me resign is for the last 3 weeks I would come in, clock in to my station, and they would have me clock out and literally stand around for 60-90 minutes while they looked for holes to plug me in to. I asked to switch departments so I could work, but myself and 35-30 others would do this every night. I want to be a part of a productive team, not one who stands around looking to plug holes. To this day, I was never introduced to my managers (the ""red vests"") and still don't have names to give when employment applications ask for supervisors. There were some really good ones, but no one ever told you who they were. A shame.","Introduce yourself to your people, first and last name. Maybe they want to tell the higher ups what a great job you're doing. Really. Plus, if someone wants to work, either loading or unloading trucks, palletizing, as a water spider, or whatever, use them. Having your people sit around for an hour and a half while you bring on another 100-200 new people is not a way to keep people who want to do what they can to make you great.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18495,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Good money, limited hours",Work is easy and can be fun with the right co workers Leaders genuinely try to improve everything everyday,They limit the amount of hours you work Some are the higher ups are too concerned with numbers and statistics,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18496,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"It's a great place to work.. I love the different people you'll meet. It's fast paced and you get to train in different department. I love how it gave me benefits from day on, some that's very important to me.","Long hours, short breaks,",Offer part time hours.. A longer lunch,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18497,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Sorter,sorter,"good hours, over time almost available, nice and courteous managers and supervisors as well as leads.","no paid time off or any tolerance for absence almost what so ever, cant use or take cell phones into warehouse","Keep doing what youre doing..just give us the ones that have had worked there before a second chance, we're worth it",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18498,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment,The money you saved bc you had absolutely no free time to spend it,I got fired for reporting that someone sexually harassed me now im in the middle of a lawsuit,"Quit, the company doesnt give a crap about any of us",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18499,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company. It's a culture that's not for everyone.,Management treats you fairly. Your hard word is recognized and appreciated.,Pay can be frustrating working alongside underachievers making the same pay.,They have a good business model that has been established. Could review different job functions and create a more varied pay scale by function. Lose to many good employees who perform more critical task making the same money as most who don't.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1069.htm
18500,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,BNA2 Fulfilment Associate,"Easy tasks, UPT hours are useful, paid time off that you can use is great as well, and nice benefits.","At the BNA2 facility, the tier three leadership has one guy that is amazing at his job. The others are either childish bullies or brand new and can't even answer simple questions when you're a new amazonian in need of assistance. This will reflect on your ability to produce quality work and they will write you up for being off task.",Favoritism runs rampant in this facility. It's extremely disheartening.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18501,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Benefits are good, take full advantage of them. People were awesome as well","pay, politics and management, hard to move up but if you do than your golden",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18502,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,Amazon sounds like a really cool place to work.,You get to experience something completely different than most jobs.,You start to realize that your just a number to Amazon.,Upper management is great for the most part,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18503,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,Good Company to work with,its a good company to grow with,it has a great technology but need to have work life balance,need to plan properly so that there is work life balance,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18504,amazon,"Edwardsville, IL"," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - PIT ICQA,Amazing Amazon,Cantina and arcade for employee use Great benefits package,Early shift hours Needs more water around building for employees,Keep being amazing you guys have made this building opening fantastic,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18505,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great work environment and the 4 day work schedule was nice. Amazon accommodated to all needs to make it a great experience. Having a very flexible dress code was nice.,Long hours but you will adjust over time.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18506,amazon,"Pine Knot, KY"," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Rep,"Work from home, flexible schedule, commute, etc.",None that I have found.,My supervisor was awesome!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18507,amazon,"Easton, PA"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Work from home...sucks,"Hourly pay is good, benefits if hired permanently","Where do I begin? Training is not good, team leads are horrible. Customers are horrid due to lack of training provided to us",Hire more team leads who are personable and update your training system.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18508,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA AMBASSADOR,Ambassador,None They treat people very bad.,Bad management always yelling at employees the turn around ratio of hiring and letting people go is really awful.,Treat your workers with respect and maybe they will be more productive for the company.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18509,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Support Associate,Not hard work if you like talking on the phone all day.,Unhappy customers can be hard to deal with. Your success with the company depends on your matrix of how many calls you took and how many people responded poorly to the survey.. You can end up on probation or fired if you don't keep your numbers in the mandatory range. Can be very stressful.,"Poor reviews are counted, however, if a customer thinks you did an outstanding job...and they ask to speak to your lead, all you get is a shout out at a meeting. Nothing goes in your record to offset the poor reviews.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1070.htm
18510,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,good hourly pay and benefits,"they want you to be hustling all the time, a full 10 hours",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18511,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,The pay rate is decent,The managers are horrible to employees,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18512,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,Fun working with the employees,Not allowed to talk or really go to the bathroom.,Pick it up,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18513,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Sorter,Worse job ever I had!!!,I want tell you honest. I love to go to cafe and lunch for break because you give us to stand all day! -Get home,"-freaky with rate!!! -You have to count on stupid variety of items in the boxes -Same same same everyday! Never different duties -Long day for stand! -They will not pay you for security entry -Many people don't know English language -High school drama -Manager just stand, talk, and watch YouTube but look us to had put damn rate as production speed! -HR team have no system! -if you need go to bathroom or something then you need write stupid paper form -They don't care that you must work on holiday! I believe Amazon distribution should CLOSED on holiday because material is nothing important. Explain hospital, food store and EMT is important! -They just care on computer and tablet that's what hell they will tell you for written up. If more than 5 times then you will get fired! Oh my gosh!!! Thank to God I leave!!!",You need READ on cons list!!!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18514,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting but demanding,"Interesting work, encouraged to think big, top notch engineering talent, nice office.","No hand holding, extremely demanding, need to work over time with no compensation.",Give bonuses for overtime work.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18515,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,great perks!,the company parties in Seattle and the people are amazing,not being able to move up when you yourself know your ready. Favoritism....,give someone a chance.,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18516,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Leadership Intern,Operations Leadership Intern,"Top quality operations leadership internship, with good hands on experience and quality leaders sharing their knowledge. Paid rental car, and a stipend for living.","I was placed in a random location in the US, working in a city in which I had no connections. The hours I worked were tough, although 3 days weekends were nice.",Continue your quest for global dominance. Amazon is investing in an infrastructure leveraged for the future of the retail business.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18517,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Dev Engineering,there are many training you can take and manager was happy to see you attend it. It is good opportunity to improve yourself.,there are Oncall duty for every full time engineering. How often? depend on how many member in your team.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18518,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,Great place to work. Easy job.,Wear and tear on they body.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18519,amazon,"Puyallup, WA"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon,"Great benefits, lots of perks. Lots of opportunity for advancement.","Long hours, pay not equal to the amount of work that you do.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1071.htm
18520,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon exacly what youde expect,Good pay for work. work is easy ont 8,Boring work repetitive as you'd expect from warehouse work. management is really unfair,need training,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18521,amazon,"Wilmington, DE"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Fulfillment,"decent pay, 4 day work week, stock options , great health ins","favoritism , very challeging physicaly , very high production rates, usually starts as a temp , if you are a temp can be dismissed at anytime",no favoritism,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18522,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - SDE-II,SDE II,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.","You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18523,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,You get what you give,"Working at amazon is a very ""you get what you give"" work place. Depending on whatever your assigned job is, being friendly with everyone especially managers is a must if you wish to build yourself up in your position. Keep your rate up along with your consistancy and you have no need to worry. Amazon has amazing benifits and amazing managers. Every morning and post lunch there is a stand up and the managers do a great job to pep you up and keep you motivated, along with stretches which definitely help you through the day. Did I mention the 3 day weekends?!","Working at amazon can be a quiet tedious job, but like I wrote before, keep your rate and attitide up and you can very well tranfer to another position or get promoted. Another con would be that many jobs in amazon you would be working by yourself, but that could be a preffered thing for different people. But like i said, work hard and get a different position.",Always talk with your team individually to build good relationships which leads to happier people and greater rates.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18524,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Facilities Tech III,Amazon doesn't care about their workers,You will learn what corporate greed feels like and hopefully learn to avoid it at all costs in the future. They offer profit share but it is dependant on meeting productivity goals for the whole DC that never are reached. They offer the worst insurance package I've ever seen for a company of this size and net worth.,If you don't like your manager then wait 6 months because they will replace them with someone more stupid and worst. The level of backstabbing and incompetency reaches new heights every day.,"Too much turnover, too much favoritism",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18525,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping docks,"Great personell, managers are out there busting their but with you when they really aren't even required to, fast paced labor","Sometimes it gets really chaotic, especially on amazons biggest days, and they try to run it with the smallest teams possible","Get to know your staff, recognize chemistry where it may be, and exploit it by compensating with prizes etc",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18526,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Communications,Communications,Sharpens your focus. A fantastic org to have on your resume. My management has been very good to me and my experience has been mostly positive. The company (especially AWS) has been growing exponentially.,"I do get a bit tired of so many things tied to metrics, but that's not a huge problem day-to-day. Would appreciate a bit more help with day-to-day needs (how to get things done administratively, for example), but that's not a major problem.","Have management provide more career direction, enabling upward mobility more obvious. Increase administrative assistance for day-to-day needs.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18527,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate RSP/ICQA,Warehouse Assoc RSP/ICQA,good benefits morning and lunch stand-up meetings very health minded with hand sanitizer everywhere well diverse group of employees recently added a 24 ans 32 hr week,policies not consistent with all assoc's don't set people up to fail make tasks actually reachable by ALL don't call out top performers at every stand-up don't cater to just young people,"Pay more attention to the older Assoc's. They have more work experience and a better work ethic. Managers should NOT compare team members with each other (not everyone can be exceptional). Replace it with a common comparison of each person against the bar for their position, based on each persons effort. The percentages used in the metrics for performance category is not always reachable by EVERY employee. Use a different evaluation process that's fair. Not everyone is going to be a master in the area you put them in when they come on-board. Don't let someone fail at a task when they have a excellent potential in another.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18528,amazon,"Lexington, SC"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Stower,Good Money and good benefits. Overtime acceptable.,Work you like a dog,care more about your employees and less about ratings.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18529,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,"Consistent culture, amazing brand","The culture here is incredible for growth and long term career trajectory. Everyone works hard, and reaps the benefits. There is no ""one man show"" type of team management. You're encouraged to innovate and failure is acceptable- as long as it isn't a hindrance to overall performance. People are professional, respectful, intelligent. Every day is a first day.","I really don't have a lot of negative feedback, but the following could be a factor for some. It's a very ""self serve"" environment. You're required to figure a lot out on your own. There aren't a lot of warm, inviting personalities.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1072.htm
18530,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Amazon Vendor Manager Review,"Good autonomy and ownership of a P&L. A lot of your success, enjoyment, and career progression depends on your manager and category you work in. I've worked in multiple categories across various organizations and had varying experiences.",work life balance is not great. You really have to love what you are doing or you will not be excited to come into work every day. Amazon churns through people like a meat grinder. I'm on a team of 50 and on average there is a new person leaving or starting every week.,"Develop your employees better. I honestly don't think Amazon knows how expensive and time consuming it is to ramp up new people to a team every week. Be reasonable with expectations especially with newer employees. Focus on the important things, not menial callouts and busy work.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18531,amazon,"Upland, CA"," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,3 years,decent pay and very good fellow associates. the people who work there are the ones that keep you coming to work.,bad management. too much pressure on making a rate that sometimes is not possible because of product you receive or because of not enough work to do. the moving up process is not a very good process.,care about your employees on a more personal level instead of just offering benefits. change the way you promote people and promote the smart hard workers instead of thr brown noses who know how to wiggle there way up.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18532,amazon,"China, ME"," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Great job experience,Flexible working hours Great working environment Opened minded management Oppertunities to progess International business explosure Willing to explore new ideas Encourage people to make decisions,If you are looking for a old mans company dont join its super competitive environment and talented team will dispoint you.,Couldn't retain good people.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18533,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience!,I interned at Amazon and my experience was really great.  -great intern offer with good benefits -I interned in San Francisco but got the opportunity to travel to HQ in Seattle twice - great atmosphere!,-not the same exposure as HQ to the Amazon culture - intern experience differed by department - space not as open in San Francisco as it is in Seattle,- more intern events are needed in San Francisco - Seattle had lots of great events for interns - interns have a project to finish over the course of their internship. Would be nice to get examples of previous projects for context and perspective!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18534,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Great place to work,"Lots of walking, and strict break schedules",Nope,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18535,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great place to work,"It's been my first job and I have learned a lot, good pay. Great for students. They will teach you everything.","No cons, maybe during peak season things get harder, but it's still fun",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18536,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr financial analyst,Very challenging environment. Surrounded by smart and hard working people,No work life balance especially if you have a family and kids,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18537,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,There are really no pros to this bs job besides pay every week.,This job stinks.....they treat us like slaves. We get a 15 minute break but where you are located it's 10 minutes or less because they scan your badage at 2 minutes before your break is over so really you don't get the full break. Then they watch and scream us like we are intimates and make us stay for overtime when we sign our contract for the 4 hours. They always have a high turn over rate but working here us not worth been treated like a intimate. I am free and not locked up.,You all need to treat people like we are humans. We work oo hard for little pay and not enough time to sit. Yall sit and stand all day looking down on us like we are nothing but yet we doing the job and obviously yall can't do it without us. Maybe if you treat your employees with respect and stop screaming at them and act like we humans you would keep them.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18538,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"They work with employees, old and new, to make sure you can do the job. They are very patient and will do pretty much all they can to help you be successful instead of just letting you go.","Not very friendly towards your schedule outside of work. If you have something such as school or a second job, you're gonna have to make it work around Amazon, as they don't offer much in terms of flexibility.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18539,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,Busy time goes by fast good hours,Very hard on the body,Pay closer attention to the dedicated employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1073.htm
18540,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Good location, great people to work with",You will have a pager,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18541,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,Bruising Work Place,Exposure to advanced technology and smart colleague.,"Awful management and politics! Favoritism all around, your hard work will not be recognized.",Start treating people like they're people.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18542,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer,working at amazon,"good experience for beginners. environment is highly competitive, but you can learn a lot from experienced teammates. initially you may have to put in lot of extra hours to learn the ropes.",you are on call every other week,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18543,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Learning Department Ambassador,"Amazon has decent benefits, but not much else.","Decent pay, health, and dental benefits.","Far too much mandatory overtime, long hours, and strict break schedules.",Reduce mandatory overtime.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18544,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Has decent starting pay, great company to move up the ladder and better your career. Good opportunities and learning experiences",Part time sort center does not give annual raises for being there after several years unless to move up and grab an full time management position,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18545,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,"Fast pace environment, great opportunities to advance in company",Working 12 hour shifts during peak season,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18546,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior product manager,Have good access to all kinds of business information. Owns a product/service. Great sense of achievement. Handles different kind of challenges every day. Works with a diverse for group of people.,"As an Amazon culture, the path for personal development isn't very clear. You need to figure out your way for career advancement.",Can try to provide better career guidance. E.g specific requirements about promotion. And make sure managers respect these requirements.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18547,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Great company, hard work",Incredible benefits. Fast paced culture. Friendly co-workers. Tons of upward mobility. Strong sense of group and family.,Must be able to multitask extensively. Must be a self starter. Very subjective decisions. Heavy job rotation. Constant change,Definitely try to make the managers role less focused on negative feedback. Definitely try to accommodate feedback heavy departments.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18548,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associate,"This is the first company I work since many years I haven't worked, so in general is a good place to work. I keep my performance best, but I don't know if the managers notice it or not. You should active to look for things to learn.",Diversification type of works everyday. Managers should be able to put a certain employee in a certain place where they good at what they are doing.,Keep giving rewards to good employess.,4.0,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18549,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent part time job,"Decent pay. Good for part time/seasonal employment. No time for gym, this job does the trick for you. Good safety measures.","Many people get offered the job meaning your ""replaceable"". No room for growth. Work schedule can not be altered for first 3 months.",Target students in college looking for decent pay part time jobs. They will take them without a doubt.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1074.htm
18550,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Tier 1 Indirect,"I work in an indirect role, which is a support role without a rate, as compared to someone in ""process"" who has a rate (like packing or picking). I'm fortunate working here as an indirect that I get to work with a set group of people everyday and they really feel like my coworkers. When you're working in ""process"" it's a gamble who you will be working next to and if you know their name. I feel like the pay is decent for the work you're doing. The health coverage is very good. I enjoy my job minus the feeling that I'm doing a lot of work sometimes.","The work-life balance is terrible. I'm always exhausted after work and have no energy to do anything on my weekends because of it. It's worse when there's mandatory overtime. In process there is a lot of stress because of rates, and in indirect (roles without a rate) there's stress because it feels like you're doing the work of more than one person. Management will pull people from indirect to go into process because it looks good for them and we move more units, but puts stress on the other indirects to make up the work. I also feel like I never see my manager, which is something important to me for some reason.",Indirects may still be Tier 1 hourly associates but we know what we're talking about.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18551,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Work From Home CSA,Amazon Work From Home-Customer Service,"As a Work from Home Virtual Contact Associate, you get the flexibility to work from home, and you get to choose your schedule, which is awesome. I have an awesome Team Lead that is always willing to help, and even though you don't physically interact with co-workers, people on your team are also willing to help out a lot. Amazon gives you the freedom to make empowered decisions that most other retailers would only assign to supervisors, so long as you back up why you are making the decision. System offers you a probable resolution guideline which helps you figure out how best to help the customer. Very customer-centric environment, so most customers are actually surprised when things go wrong with Amazon, because they rarely do. However, this also means that customers who do call are probably facing lost packages, and other complex situations, which require a lot of patience and creativity in reaching a resolution. It feels great to be a part of the largest online retailer in the world, and Amazon instills employees, even seasonal ones, with a strong sense of pride.","Work from home pay is very low, with no benefits. Most positions are seasonal assignments and you won't know if they will keep you until the end of your assignment, which can range from 3-6 months. Work from home training is short, only two weeks, and then you are basically thrown into the job. Also, Amazon expects you to look for all of your answers independently, so if you are the type of employee who expects a supervisor to give you the answers right away when you ask, this job is not for you. The Team Leads will guide you in the right direction, but they will rarely give you a direct answer, and this can be frustrating in the beginning. Also performance is based on customers responding to a survey and it feels unfair when you work hard to help a customer, only to know they may not respond to the survey at all. Also career path for a work from home employee is not well defined, unclear how to advance in the company in this position.","Find another way beside the HMD to rate a CSA's performance. Offer more training as it is entirely too short. Provide higher pay and benefits for the VCC, the pay is too low even for a work from home job. Outline a possible career path for the VCC.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18552,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No thank you,Fast pace no work life balance,overloaded no money crappy management,none,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18553,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,The benefits / health insurance,Everything besides the benefits / insurance,Stop being awful,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18554,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Great place to work. It is very high-paced environment. Nice tools to work with,"I have to work for 10 hours on the days I need to work, it was a seasonal hob",They have to recruit more full time workers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18555,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - FC Receiver,It's a job!,"It's very easy to get a job at Amazon when they need help. Just have to pass an online personality test, background check and drug test. They will practically hire anyone regardless of age, education, past work experience, ect. There seems to be opportunities for career advancement especially if you have some college education. Warehouse is air conditioned. Very large spacious break room. Most jobs are very basic and easy to learn.","The work is very physical and monotonous. You are always near a very loud conveyor belt and the time seems to go by really slow, especially when working four 10 hour days. I had to work grave yard shift which was very difficult for me to adjust too.",Organization is the key to productivity here. Sometimes things were very chaotic which made the day more difficult. Also overall communication needs improvement.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18556,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon is pretty ok,Decent benefits. Competitive salary. No dress code and dog friendly. If you are self-motivated you will do good. Lots of opportunity for growth and learning. You get to make a huge impact on business decisions! Good computer equipment (huge monitors and top of the line macbook pros).,Frugality is a leadership principal but sometimes Amazon takes it too far. You get 10% off merchandise on Amazon.com (sold by/shipped by) - BUT this is capped at $100 a year. No free prime. Theres a disparity amongst teams since some teams get things more than others (I know one team that gets free food on Fridays but mine never does). Some teams have high operational work but prioritization is always on delivering new features not fixing the old ones.,"Consider taking the $100 max off of the Amazon discount. Consider giving employees free prime. Stop placing so much of the SDE total compensation on the ever-increasing stock, because your competitors are moving into SLU and are generally offering a higher base salary (however similar total compensation).",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18557,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Modern day plantation!!!,Only pros is the benefits,"10 hour shifts, mandatory overtime, PTO, short lunch break...everything but the benefits honestly",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18558,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,ONT2 Amazon,- great benefits - great form of exercise - decent coworkers,"- Poor management, especially at the Ops level - HR is clueless about policy and you will get different answers from different HR reps. - No job security - Favoritism - Managers and Supervisors sleeping with their associates - Managers spend more time on their laptops than interacting with their associates. - A lot of Managers do nothing, i've had an AM who was showing Tier 1s pictures of his house and holiday pictures from facebook while I had to run around trying to keep the department together. - You do not get paid your worth. - No work life balance.","- Promote from within, stop hiring kids right out of college to do a job that PAs already know how to do. - If you are a new AM to the dept or the company, please stop pretending that you know best. PAs make the dept successful. - Stop torturing your Tier 1s. A happy employee is a productive one. I know Amazon hires a lot of ex military but this isnt boot camp.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18559,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible place to work,"On the spot hiring for warehouse jobs, insurance on first day of employment, fast paced environment (if you like that sort of thing)","During the mass hiring event they suck you in and make you think this is a great company to work for. Then when you actually get into the place you quickly find out that they are taking advantage of people who desperately need a job. Unsatisfactory working conditions for a multi million/billion dollar company. Managers are not always on the same page with each other, very young management staff recruited right out of college with no ""real"" management or warehouse experience. You never really know who your specific manager is. Facility is so large that by the time you get to the break room and wait in line for restrooms that there is not really anytime to sit down. Breaks and lunches go by very quick do to the size of facility and how long it takes everyone to get to the break room. They had brand new people training new hires when they really didn't understand the system themselves. It was mostly guess work. You should not work at this place unless it is your absolute last chance for employment or you find yourself in an extreme financial situation and this is your only chance.","You should make it know to each and every employee who their actual manager is in case of any issue that comes up. Stagger breaks and lunches for a facility this large. That should be a no-brainer. Do not allow brand new people who have only been there a day or 2 to train new hires. This is a unethical practice and will only lead to problems down the road. Build workstations with some sort of leg rest that will allow people to shift weight from leg to leg. Install a fan on each and every work station, Amazon can certainly afford it. During the first day of safety training allow people to sit down every so often. Then is cruel and unusual punishment to force people to stand in one place on a concrete floor while waiting for the incredibly slow safety training person to go through their presentation at every station. Also, please instruct your training safety to people to not wait for volunteers each and every time. This wastes a lot of time. If someone doesn't immediately volunteer then choose someone. Also, don't allow people to crowd up around the presentation visuals. When you are dealing with a huge group of people you are trying to train then nobody directly behind those people can see anything. Train the trainer to have people keep back. When you are having to stand in one place for hours on end then things like this are thins unnecessary.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1075.htm
18560,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,I got tired of riding my bike to work so i left,It was very easy to get the job.,"I knew more about management than my manager, I have a degree in it after all. He didn't like it when I mentioned anything that I thought he could be doing better.",Stop promoting scumbags please. It's bad for morale.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18561,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great company to have experienced,HR is a little challenging to work with,Spend more time on employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18562,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Good Company,Good Work environment clean work place,Its long hours each day.,none,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18563,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Lots of overtime given! Learn the production of entire warehouse. Incentives given during certain major days. Able to work less.,Not properly trained in certain positions so it causes confusion to a lot of people. The turnaround time of getting a response is not great.,Allow all parts of the company be trained to eager to learn employees. Keep up the good times preseted everyday.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18564,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Be Vocal, Self-Starter","You get to work with incredibly smart people on products that are at a scale and growing at a speed that most other companies aren't able to achieve. AWS supports an incredible amount of internet infrastructure and businesses across the world, the work you can do has real impact. It's also fascinating to see the kinds of customers we get, and depending on which team you are on, you can interact with some big players relatively often. It is very easy to contact people across the company, almost everyone - in my experience - was more than happy to set aside an hour to grab coffee to answer questions about their service or their team. It's also nice that there are near-constant in-company conferences and talks about various aspects of the company and the technologies we use. Certainly a lot of resources to learn about technologies within Amazon, and a growing community of people trying to educate about Design/UX, Mobile, Information Architecture, Machine Learning, etc.","Recruiters are bad at matching you with an appropriate team, especially if you are a new grad or don't have much experience. You have to work very hard and do your research to find a team that actually fits your interests. You can switch teams relatively easily now, but teams are still pretty silo'd, so it can be a long process to cast a wide net and find teams that are working on things that really interest you. If you aren't vocal about the work you are doing, nobody will know what you are working and will assume that you are slow/doing a bad job. Managers seem to be very perceptive about who is 'growing' (or has growth potential, when talking about candidates), and if you don't seem to be making progress after a few years (releasing bigger, cross-team projects that have bigger and bigger impact, communicating across the team, taking leadership roles on projects, etc), they will bring it up in performance reviews. Promotion is a hard process at Amazon, you don't simply get a promotion by staying on your team or on a project for a long time. You have to show that you are working at the next job level to be considered to get promoted, and often times that happens in the form of a ""level-up"" project (a project that has more impact, more cross-team communication and influence, more leadership on your part). SDE I -> SDE II promotions are relatively common after 1.5 -> 2 years, but SDE II -> SDE III promotions seem to be rare. The promotions I've seen most commonly happen from jumping teams or companies, and then showing that you are operating at the next level in the fresh eyes of a new manager. Minor gripe (we're already so privileged being in the software industry...), but lack of perks compared to other tech companies is a bummer. No free snacks or food, only small subsidies to transportation and various gym memberships, no free Amazon Prime.  A lot of people ask about work/life balance. It totally depends on your team, as I imagine is true on most teams at any company. I know people at Amazon who work really hard, coming in at 9 and leaving at 6 or 7 every day, and I know people who show up at 10:30 and leave at 5:30. It depends how vocal you are about your preferences in work/life balance, how productive you actually are during the day, and if you are delivering what you need to deliver. Sometimes you will have projects where you have to get into crunch-mode at the end, and sometimes you will have a much better balance, it waxes and wanes and depends, there is no good answer there. Pay is a bit lower than competitive for the other tech giants, and don't expect much in the way of negotiation unless you have secured offers at the big competitors. Although I've heard of people trying to heavily negotiate, and hearing back from Amazon telling them to just take the other offers. It's probably best to negotiate stocks and signing bonuses, not base salary.","Make it clearer, especially to new-grads and jr. developers, how to make career progress at Amazon. Relying on just the leadership principles as general, hand-wavy guide to promotion is not helpful, given that they can be applied and twisted to almost anything.  Additionally, please, find better recruiters. I had 5 different recruiters in the time between my internship and when I started full-time, so any communication about preference was pretty much lost. Recruiters really need to do a better job of matching candidates to positions on appropriate teams where the candidate can be most useful.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18565,amazon,"Columbus, OH"," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like it,"Fun place to work, interesting, internet","Hard work, hours can be longer than you expect","Keep involving employees in decision making, that makes it fun",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18566,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer,"Work is hard, pay is great.","Lots of new projects, fast paced company and ability to grow.","Tight deadlines, lots of overturn in business as people move on or switch teams",Provide more benefit to be more flexible with working hours/work from home.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18567,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,good when you need to pay the bills,easy work for decent pay,"HR is unreliable, work gets boring, pickers bodies wear out FAST","stop referring all HR questions to phone support, it would be nice to get help in person.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18568,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfilment associate,Wasn't really an interview so it was easy,Too many hours that they give you,None,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18569,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associates,It has good benefits and you'll also get stocks. You don't need gym membership because it will keep you fit,"It requires good physical because it's a lot of walking, lifting, bending, etc. They don't listen to your complain though","Not for the weak. This job requires well physical because it's lots of walking, lifting etc",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1076.htm
18570,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Sort Warehouse Associate,Sweat Shop disguised as a High Tech Company,"Plenty of work available, above minimum wage, friendly co-workers, part-time work, casual dress with no uniforms, vest and gloves provided.","Exhausting back breaking work scanning packages and building pallets for Amazon DFW8 Irving sorting facility. Misled new hires that part time shift is four hours per day five days a week which is tolerable when standard is always five hours which is intolerable. Minimal training, many batteries go dead in mid shift on scanner guns. No cafeteria. Only junk food in break room vending machines although you can bring your own food. Employees are treated like children with the 15 minute break calling out END of break three minutes early. Computer hardware in data center racks are treated better. No air conditioning, stale cardboard particle infested air. There is very high turnover among the workforce because the shift is too long based on the physical demand. Hence HR has to hire more ""slaves"" every two weeks who are unaware what they are getting themselves into. They have created a Voice of the Associate whiteboard for suggestions to improve things all of which are completely ignored. Supervisors do not even know who their employees are, there is so much churn among personnel. They have a six point demerit system to ding you for attendance or tardiness issues to fire you. Again, treating you like you are in high school. A sweat shop disguised as a high tech company. It is disrespectful to adults age 18 to 70. Their goal in 8 to 11 months is to convert part time people to full time people to work four 10 hour days with benefits. I do not know how you do that job for ten hours with a 30 minute lunch break as five hours just about kills you. Currently running three part time shifts per day sorting 135,000 packages. With the holiday season approaching even MORE packages.","Keep shifts to four hours with voluntary flex up to five hours. Improve the quality of food in the vending machines. Add air conditioning. Do not treat associates like children. Add a skills database to look at resumes of people so you know who you have hired. You may have a Ph.D sorting boxes but you would never know it, cause you did not ask. Discuss career paths with associates.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18571,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Good for now,"Good company, with good salary...till the stocks increase",very new not really in the know,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18572,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good company to work for and to be apart of,dont really have a complain to say,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18573,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Warehouse,Nothing at all they are liars who will say anything to get you through the door. I was told I was hired for day shift just to find out I wasn't when I had accepted job and had left my other job. They said wait 3 months and transfer and when I did they denied day shift transfer. Hr is a bunch of liars.,Overnight work. Deceptive hr. Seniority system for day shift so severe it takes 3 years to get on it. Forced over times,Be honest that you only hire for night shift.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18574,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,I can't think of any (extra words for space la la la la la la),"There is no work life balance, culture is depressing and attrition is very high",They don't listen to anyone anyways. This company will collapse.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18575,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Profit > People,"The salary is competitive, and if you stick it out for 2-3 years you can usually collect on a decent stock package. Depending on which org you're in, they're semi-flexible about working remotely, and have great benefits. If you're a self-starter who likes to learn everything they can, you'll have plenty of opportunity to grow here.","The subjective performance review system is demotivating at best, demoralizing at worst. Raises for non-tech workers hover in the 1%-2% per year range even if you get a good review (at least in my experience working there since 2013).  Also, promotions don't come automatically like they do at other places--- it's not enough to work your butt off and be awesome at your job. Even if you have mountains of data to prove you're worth the promo, you'll never get it if you're not out there shamelessly self-promoting in order to get the attention of those people whose subjective performance review feedback you need.  That being said, the employees who have the best work ethics and get the most accomplished simply don't have time for a lot of glad handing, which puts them at a disadvantage when it comes to promotions. Unfortunately, the inverse seems to be true as well, where employees who are good at playing office politics and knocking beers back with their bros after work tend to get promoted left and right.  There's not a lot of diversity, and women especially have to fight harder to be noticed and rewarded for the hard work they do. Not to mention there have been a few issues in my org where women have been harassed by male co-workers, but HR doesn't protect the victims--- they're told it's a ""he said, she said"" situation.","Do what Adobe did and switch to an objective performance review system. Employee morale and retention improved so much that their company saved money as a result. Maybe with the money saved, Amazon could afford to give its best employees the raises they deserve.  Provide more training to HR on how to handle situations where people are victimized, especially women. I'm aware that Amazon is working hard to hire more women and break away from the ""tech-bro"" stereotype that a lot of internet companies demonstrate. Amazon also needs to be able to effectively support those women after they're hired so that they can succeed. I'd be proud to work here if that happened.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18576,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,really great culture and work environment,did not experience any while I was there,"keep doing what you are doing, was a great experience",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18577,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Network Engineer,very bad work place,"good pay but when you leave before 2 years, nothing paid as they are from stocks. eventually it is the same pay as others if you leave before two years","No time for family life, very hard to make anyone happy, only two weeks leave per year. hard to get time off.",the management knows about the issue but still don't take any action as they keep finding poor engineers from India. so they don't care,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18578,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Facilities Technician,Facilities Technician 3,"Good Growing Company, good stock awards given.","Fast Pace so if you are not incline to moving fast, not a good place for the slow poke.",Learn quickly and stay ahead of the of your game.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18579,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outbound distribution,It is easy to get hired by Amazon. The work environment is clean and organized. There are many managers to help with training.,There is no loyalty between management and employees. Every employee is micro managed. The company does nothing to encourage employees to advance in the company. There is no personal interaction between management and employees.,Treat employees like people instead of numbers with quotas.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1077.htm
18580,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the pay! Love the benefits!,Direct Hire employees get benefits from day 1!,It gets hot but they make sure you stay hydrated!,Management is awesome!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18581,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineering,"nice company, people there are amazing",I did not stay for a long time. So have no time to explore,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18582,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved working there,The pay and hours were perfect for a recent graduate,The seasonal workers were not treated with respect and that makes the company look bad,Get more involved with hiring and treatment of agency hired seasonal employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18583,amazon,"Willingboro, NJ"," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Short term job,Good Benefits. Very helpful schooling program. Good for short term.,Very impersonal managers. Little opportunity to move up.,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18584,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,They have Decent pay and benefits.,No organzation. Nothing is earned by merit.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18585,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"24/7 Company Culture, Aggressive, No Work/Life Balance Priority","Smart, professional colleagues that are experts in their area, stimulating at my level","Very Cutthroat environment, Colleagues work well together to accomplish goals but don't trust coworkers nor leaders with hidden agendas.","Hire external management consulting firm that can assess how C-Suite decisions, with or without internal feedback, net effect is there are many breakdowns in communications and management expectations. Management: It's OK to ask for External Help - drop your arrogance and be open to recommendations that produce and quantify Operational Opportunities. Healthy Balance should be aded to Leadership Principles.",3.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18586,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,benefits are decent fast hiring process. the job itself is great i like that im actually working for my paycheck.,not making rate- FIRED quality issue- FIRED negative upt because some one for got your VTO ticket- FIRED the wages are good for our area but could be a little better managment could use a huge improvement this company advertised company advancement when it came to the area but would rather pay young kids right out of college a bonus to come in and run something they have no idea about as opposed to promoting people with in that know the department better than they know themselves.,we are people too please dont treat us like we are just a number. our performance is based on how you treat us. We cant always fix the metrics in one night but we will work hard for you if you learn to talk to us like a human being and maybe look away from your laptop. Your reports will still be there when you look back.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18587,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prime Now Ready,Ability to set your own schedule. Decent pay Amazon discount Easy chance for upward mobility,Limited to 20hrs a week Have to compete for shifts,Allow for associates to pick up more than 20 hours a week,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18588,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Great environment, great people, very diverse workforce, opportunity to advance, choice of schedule if available, management style is wonderful, EMT on-site",Fulfilment associates in their sort centers are P/T only which is offered limited benefits. Pay is low with limited room for growth.,More management on the floor to monitor productivity and push the employee toward the work. With the lack of over-site their is a high percentage of low performing employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18589,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Recruiter,Tech Recruiting Lead,"Encourages growth, empowers you to make decision and mistakes to learn from",Environment is somethings too ambiguous.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1078.htm
18590,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"The benefits are exceptional, it is a very customer centric company.",No life/work balance. Employees are expected to be at work all the time.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18591,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,work culture is very good. benefits are not bad. plenty of opportunities for career growth,work-life balance is bad,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18592,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,Super Smart People (I did not say Kind) and .Challenging Work. Wait I need 20 words and I am short. so making up,"No career progression maps for non-SDE roles. Cut throat culture that promotes behavior that can make you a jerk in general. Yes, I am not joking. if you are spending 10hrs a day in person and more hour in email with people who are fighting each other, what kind of impact will it have on you?","Well, the NYT article says it all. Do I need to give more advice to management? Why isn't there a leadership principle that speaks about employee empathy? Because employees are like cogs in a wheel. There is abundant supply of such people and demand to supply ratio is completely in favor of Amazon now",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18593,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Aug 3, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not as bad as people said,"Tons of overtime options were available, the pay was remarkably better than most other part-time jobs in the area. There were people that had been with the company progressing upwards often, and most of the work was easy to understand and required minimal training. Also had some nice unpaid time off options and benefits, gaining more the longer you worked there.","A little strict on safety protocols, if you don't partake in a lot of the overtime opportunities for whatever reason it can start to feel like even the management is trying to guilt trip you. Hours can vary based on how many trucks arrive and how many packages there are during your shift, some days you'll end an hour earlier than your shift plans and some days you'll end an hour later. If you don't have many packages that day or have to wait for a truck, you'll often find yourself standing at the assembly line with nothing to do for long stretches of time with the pallets already sorted and wrapped while management tries to tell you to at least look busy.","I don't really have any advice for management, they seemed pretty solid.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18594,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager Review,- Lots of new fast paced environment - Hands Free Work Experience - Good First Job - Pay - Benefits,"- Highly racially diverted company (You only see white higher ups most the time) - White dominated (not a bad thing) unless its it deters opportunities from minorities - Make sure you know your going into a distribution culture. White, ""tough guy"",   environment - You can get fired or hindered from doing a good job if your boss doesn't relate or like you (may sound like a harsh truth in life, but not company is this blatant about it)","- I understand it is hard to have time for each of your employees, however be an inclusive leader. its counter intuitive otherwise.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18595,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE Track Review,Talented Team Passionate Organization Latest & Greatest Technology,Breakneck Speed of Development Ambiguity of Product Development Secret Project Anonymity,"Invest more in employees' opinions, learn from spontaneous innovations, and even mistakes.",5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18596,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aweseom,Great company to work for and competitive pay,"Very corporate, but it is expected",recognize employees that show effort,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18597,amazon,"Simpsonville, SC"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Analyst,Scheduler,"Great benefits, good pay, and stock options","Stressful environment, need to have better lunch room and bathroom accommodations",Help promote employees who are asking for transfers into other departments.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18598,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Flexible schedule and time off policies.,Mandatory overtime and high turnover.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18599,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,I've done really well here but am actively seeking an exit strategy,"- Compensation is great, but only because stock is doing well and I decided to stick it out for more than the two years it takes for any salaried employee to start really benefiting from stock-focused total comp model. - There are a lot of really smart/good people who work on my team, who I will miss when I eventually leave.","- Amazon is not a generous company and does not believe that offering perks to employees is in the company's best interest. For Amazon, the work it allows the employees to do is the main perk (mostly a sarcastic comment, but still mostly true). - Amazon is great at hiring individual contributors, but horrible at hiring leaders. I've had a tremendously positive experience working with many first level managers here, but once you step up to ""manager of manager"" levels, the quality of people filling these roles is disappointing. - Over the last 3+ years with the company, it seems as though the culture is growing significantly more cliquish...it's not what you know, it's who you know...with regards to what it takes to get promoted (or even just to not get fired) - Managers, be prepared to manage good employees out of the company. Our annual performance rating system is designed to always get rid of the ""least effective"" employees...even if they are still really effective at doing their jobs. This is the one area that the company that boasts its desire to be Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company fails its customers most. Many of the employees who get fired for ""just doing a good job"" are also customers who deserve to be treated more fairly.","- I've been with Amazon for years and haven't met a single employee who isn't also a customer. Start viewing your employees as your most important customers and treat them as such. - Take a hard look at how you hire, develop and evaluate your middle managers. There is a serious deficiency in the quality of people filling these roles and the long term success of our company depends on this issue being addressed.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1079.htm
18600,amazon,"Raleigh, NC"," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,Currently working,Work independently ... Easy job,They are tedious.. Pay is not great...,Iisten to your agents,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18601,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,You make a lot of friends,"Lot of hours, senior and ops doesnt listen to you",Be nicer to area managers,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18602,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Operations at Amazon,High growth potential roles. Challenging environment,constant feedback and difficult to maintain good work life balance,one of the leadership principles should be employee engagement,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18603,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - Receiver,receiver for inbound,"lot of activities, fast pace",they don't work with your time. they give you limited hours of time off. if you go negative you will get fired.,trust your eemployees,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18604,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Work hard, with clear expectations","More than any company I'm aware of, their ""Leadership Principles"" dictate the day to day expectations, hiring, reviews, everything. So, read them before you apply. If they describe you, then you're in the right place. It's a big company, but in my org, I've been mostly pleased with upper management and with the work/life balance I've been able to strike.","If you don't draw a hard line where your personal time is concerned, you can work yourself into the ground. Always more work to do than time. Takes a tough person that can defend what they say with data. This is a pro for me but not for everyone.","Be aware that driving large projects comes at the expense of other work. Also, slow down and get things right, allowing time for fast follow clean up before the next big sprint. Will speed us up over all as it diminishes tech debt and operations load on poor systems.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18605,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,The benifits are really good,Pay rate per hour is to not high enough,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18606,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,The have a pretty good benefits package that I had my family covered by and I was paying $155 every 2 weeks for full coverage health insurance,Injuries more likely to get hurt easily working in amazon and they don't care once you are hurt with swollen knee and back problems,Worst company to work for you killing yourself so people can receive their orders next day but over working employees that you don't care about yelling on people to meet their rates,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18607,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dispatch,Great advancement opportunities. Opportunity to travel. Great stock options and benefits. There is plenty of opportunity to change careers and explore professionally.,"Large work load hurts work / life balance. Change is constant, lots of turn over of management and changes in processes make gaining tracking difficult.",Create more stable work environment between processes and leadership turning to help enable employees to maintain a better work life balance.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18608,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Work whenever you want, no commute",Takes a while to learn everything,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18609,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Overall Pretty good, but not great by any means",Lots of nice people to work with. Some freedom in what job you are doing each day. Every day is different as you get to learn more about each different job you will get a new job (or at least the same job in a different area) every day. Also there is VTO (Volunteer time off) where you can sign up at start of shift and have the chance to get out of work early at break (2 hours into the shift).,"4 hours shifts at awkward times such as 3-7. It doesn't take up the whole day, you'll find your friends don't want to hangout in the morning and they don't want to stay up too late, so it basically takes up the whole day. There is a thing that they call flex hours where if they are falling behind schedule they can flex you up to an hour and it is mandatory, so instead of a four hour shift, it will be five hours and you have no choice. If they don't need as many workers as they are ahead of schedule, they can send you home up to an hour early. Which is great, except I only had that happen once while I worked there. Every other day they flexed up 30 minutes to an hour.","Keep doing what you are doing, it was nice to have a friendly person around all the time. If you are having trouble doing something, feel free to ask a manager for advice.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1080.htm
18610,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Scanner,scanner,Nice pay decent job,Shift times may flex up and down,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18611,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,pay rate hours manager were professional explain suites accuratley,Team leaders were rude and unprofessional,Great job they do,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18612,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,All around best entry level job I've had.,"The work is fairly straight-forward, pay is competitive, people are friendly, and they offer plenty of opportunities for time off and Voluntary Extra Time.","Limited to 29.5 hours per week, so job is part time only. Depending on your situation, this may or may be a Pro.",None.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18613,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Aug 17, 2016","Current Employee - Warehouse Associate, Tier I","Good, for a warehouse job","Flexible on time, compared to other warehouse jobs. Will accommodate school schedule. Good benefits.",Maxed out pay after 2 years unless you get a promotion. Some good managers. Some bad. Can be physically demanding.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18614,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Management and company culture is very positive. If you have a problem or need new equipment while working it is a simple task to resolve. Opportunity to be an ambassador and gain leadership skills.,High influx of employees which ends up with some unskilled workers needing to be reminded of basic training. Very high volume work from time to time can become hectic. But overall expected with the type of work.,Employees need to be really stressed on the proper movement of packages and pallet building. Many of the backups and pallet issues come from lack of organization and initiative to keep things moving.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18615,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Great Experience,Friendly Coworkers Advancement Opportunities Pickup Great Skills 10% Discount,hard to manage a Work-Life balance,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18616,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Don't even bother skip this job.,"Stay away the scum of the earth fill this place. If you want a boss missing teeth, covered in the worst tattoo's, and their last job was probably a cashier Hot Topic you might like it here. Every freak and psycho who can't get a normal job is here. They know they are stuck here and if they even think you might be trying to move up they will try to screw you.",Nobody ever know's what is going on. HR is the worst. Managers lie. They will fire you for anything so if you make someone mad it could cost you your job. Employees are treated horrible. If you want to know what the working conditions are like in China as far as they can legally push for in America. This is the place. This place will break you. I had seen so many people give up. If you are 40+ don't even try you will fail!,Treat people like humans.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18617,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,Friendly environment and a great place to work,On your feet 10 hours a day,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18618,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Intern,marketing intern,there's the constant sense that you're contributing to things on the cutting edge,definite morale issues with management - the company appears to attract certain types who may not be so diplomatic.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18619,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Decent money Able to transfer departments Co-workers are pretty laid back No uniform,Mind numbing and tedious work Bad training and preparation for job No room for advancement 5-10 minute breaks,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1081.htm
18620,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Aurora, Colorado Sort","The only pro is that it pays decent for this type of work -- and they have to, because nobody would put up with the horrendous management otherwise.","The list of cons is fairly large, however I will be focusing on just one -- Management. To say that the management at the DEN5 facility is poor, is an understatement. Yet, after countless complaints filed with HR, nothing has improved.  Do yourself a favor and stay away unless you are truly desperate.",Hire new managers. Professional ones.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18621,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullimant,Its a great company to work for,Dont have any its was great,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18622,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Good Career Starter,"Good benefits, pays well, freedom to make decisions autonomously","Stressful environment, especially during peak seasons.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18623,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,"College Degrees STRONGLY preferred (if you want to be promoted), no matter the Location","Your hard work gets noticed, by Managers and Tier 3s alike (Tier 3 is a position that is somewhat equivalent to an Assistant Manager at other employers, but they directly manage the bulk of resources in the areas that they're assigned). You can be trained in other areas in your working area if those above you think you can handle it. At date of hire, you receive up to 4 days off, in the form of -1-10 hr block of Vacation Time, 1-10 hr block of Paid Personal Time, and 20 hrs of Unpaid Personal Time.Vacation time must be submitted for approval no less than 24 hours before the time you wish to be off, the Paid personal time can be used whenever you like, and the same with the Unpaid Personal time. You get up to two weeks , 1 week of vacation and 1 week of paid personal, and every quarter, you accrue 2 extra unpaid days. You can have up to 80 hours of unpaid time accrue before you max out, you lose all of your 1 week personal time if you don't use it by the end of the year, and my understanding is that vacation time can be accrued for an unlimited amount of time. After your first year, you receive double the amount of vacation time to accrue throughout the year. Remember, all of that time takes the whole year to accrue, so every pay period, you get a little more that you can use in whatever type of increments you decide. Insurance Benefits aren't too bad, if you're single, or have a spouse/domestic partner... If you have a family, still not the worst that I've seen, but fairly standard...(See Below) For advancement and promotional capabilities, Amazon.com is also great if you're single and/or have a specific type of spouse/domestic partner...(See Below) 401 K is pretty standard for the industrial warehousing industry. After being there for predetermined amounts of time (2 years, then 3 years), you receive a few units of stock at both intervals, which is nice...(see below) You MAY receive a small monthly bonus, based on the whole facility performance, so that's definitely good..(See Below) Amazon.com also has tons of Leave types available for emergency situations or personal issues, but really could benefit from enforcing the laws concerning certain types of leave...(See Below) They also have an Ethics Line, for employees who feel like they're being slighted, or have seen something they feel or know is wrong. (See Below) Tuition Reimbursement - WONDERFUL... Amazon has a pretty good tuition program. You have to be an Amazonian for over a year before it can be used, but they'll pay up to 12k for certain college courses, usually a technical certificate, or Certificate of some kind. It's supposed to be up to 3K, spread out over a years time, but they're pretty flexible on that because of the limited number of available programs that you can finish over a few years time period... And they also pay for your text books related to the program/classes you're taking. Really, really nice. Pay isn't bad, for a warehouse, unskilled, position either...starting out.(See Below) In the end, Amazon.com isn't a bad place to work, it's really great for hardworking, high achieving, single people, or people who don't have families, or people with a college degree BEFORE you start at AMAZON.","As for the insurance benefits, for a company the size of Amazon.com, and with as many subsidiaries that they own, they should have been able to hire someone who could have negotiated a much better deal for their group insurance rates for anyone with a family. I've worked at smaller employers, with nowhere near the employee capital leverage that Amazon.com can command, and they provided much better insurance for families or Parents w/children, at much lower rates. again, as long as you're single, or only have a spouse/domestic partner...and that spouse/domestic partner is able to/willing to move. If you have children, or your spouse/partner can't/won't move for whatever reason, then you better have a college degree to move up within any real time frame. In my 4 years of being at Amazon.com, I knew of many Tier 3's who had been at Amazon for 5 years, maxing out their pay, before they were promoted. For me, that's just too long to be in one place, with less than a dollar raise per year, to be on one position.....Unless you were some one if the opposite sex of who wanted you to fill a Tier 3 role (that's right, sexist behavior) or Unless you have a degree...Add that in and I've known of a dozen or more who were promoted within 18 months or so. That doesn't count the number of newly hired Area Managers that were only able to do the job because of the Tier 3's in the area, and then still fail and before being fired, start going on write up spree's to prove they can be better managers. Amazon doesn't have a formal policy for having to have a college degree to be promoted, but even if you have more than a decade in direct management, don't think you'll be promoted to an actual AM position, at Tier 4 or above, unless you have a degree. The shares of stock (Stock Bonus) that you receive, only twice, as a Tier 1 (or even after being promoted to Tier 3) employee is nice, but tons of employers offer far better bonus options, however, tons of employers also offer NO bonus options. As for the monthly bonus that you MAY receive, it's far from guaranteed, and seems to be skewed to benefit employees who don't have children to take care of (single parents), or a handicapped/sick spouse, parent, or have to have another main priority other than Amazon. If you use your Unpaid Personal Time, then the small monthly bonus that you MAY receive is docked by 50%. Use that time twice and you lose it. As for Leave, different facilities may have different requirements for approving the leave, forget that some states and federal laws require that it is provided in certain instances. Even if you have the correct documentation, then you can still be denied FMLA. I know, it's a serious accusation, but it's completely true. And their Ethics line complaints? well, maybe i depends on who deals with your complaints, but no one that I knew of ever was able to have anything happen (unless it was a Tier 1, who were sometimes fired as a result of theft) As for the Tuition/education program, it's not bad, but changing it to allow for earning, at least, an Associate degree, since you can actually earn it from some programs, or with some college (from before Amazon), and it would really be great. the Pay structure is somewhat odd, I've worked with temps, who have less experience, and knew than me, but made $2.00 per hr more than I did..Why? I had more responsibility expected of me but I actually made less than someone who was able to skate by doing as little as possible, making as much as possible. Amazon makes an attempt to vary pay increases by looking at other employers in the area and calculating other benefits, giving an extra quarter (sometimes less, or more than that). And one more thing...if you think that once you're promoted to a higher position, (Tier3 or up,) you could ever skate by with only getting your regular 40 hours, forget it, as an AM or higher, you hae to put in a TON of extra hours, so kiss your kids, wife, and anyone else in your life goodbye.","As the American workplace continues to change, you'll need to change the way in which you promote, or change the way you pay the lowest employees. Amazon will get bad employees, who only want to collect a check, putting more stress on the Managers, who will pass that stress along to the good employees, not making as much as the temps. Then because that employee learned a few things at Amazon, they'll leave because they don't make enough money, from limited and quickly maxed out pay, or from inability to be promoted within a decent time frame. That means eventually, someone who doesn't know as much will fill that position, with the problems only rolling downhill from there. Amazon is a pretty darn good company, in spite of their size, but some serious changes need to be made with respect to pay, promotion, and holding higher up HR employees responsible for enforcing FMLA policy",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18624,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Aug 3, 2016","Former Employee - Stower, Water-spider, Packer","stowing, water-spider, packing","multiple opportunities & positions, and great benefits",New building/ warehouse. still need allot of improvement among managers and workers,theirs no i n team,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18625,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,3 Years at Amazon,Amazon is full of driven and energetic employees. They also provide good opportunity and challenges for those looking to be thrown into new experiences.,"Training is limited, but compact. The work life balance does not exist. Corporate does not have a good concept of what it is like to work in the field, and do not support the FCs well.",Improve the focus on work life balance across the organization.,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18626,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,"Most positions for the CSA are work from home. Amazon is great about training, flexible shifts.",Pay ceiling can be reached quickly.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18627,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment,"Benefits unpaid time off, no one cares if you show up or not.",Sweat labor. No organization with this company. New hires are supposed to figure out the process on their own. You are just a number at Amazon. This job is for the young and healthy. No need for a gym after working 10 hour shift 4 times a week.,Help new hires on how things work.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18628,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Performance review process,Feedback from those you pick is taken in consideration for performance ratings.,"The expectation is that everyone gets a low score and placed on a performance plan is ridiculous. Also feedback can be solicited from the same people you are being compared to...so essentially everyone is in competition with each other and if they have bad motives in providing feedback, it works to your detriment.",Develop a fair performance process that doesnt create a bad working environment. Everyone ends up developing bad work relationships because of mistrust.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18629,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Work life balance, good hours","Pay, drama, can get boring","Okay job, good for somebody in school",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1082.htm
18630,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Horrible,Good insurance benefits and easy to take time off,They say they have a zero tolerance sexual harassment policy until you try to utilize it. When you complain you are treated horribly. If you work hard you are never cross trained and can't advance,Train your HR staff better,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18631,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good pay and benefits also three days off,Management does not listen to their employees,Listen to your employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18632,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Sourcing Recruiter,Amazon review,"career develpment, international environment, business trips","poor compensation and benefits, unfair compensation, long promotion process",work on benefits,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18633,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,"culture, pace, learning, growth","not for everyone, it demands a lot and there's not place to hide if you're not doing your job",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18634,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not competitive compesation, different salaries between man and women",- Innovative company - Can bring your dog to work,- negatively competitive place - no trust among coworkers and managers - loooooooong hours - poor pay - crammed office spaces - no perks or bonus -no raises ever! - benefits are bellow average,Work as a team! You are a manager not the owner of the world! Promote people who deserve and not just the ones you choose to grow for your own career development. Fight for the end of the ridiculous review process where you have to through someone under the buss regardless if they deserve it or not.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18635,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sweatshop in America,"Horrible. They will work you to death. I'm not lazy by any means, but this was just awful.","Horrible place to work. Employees are not appreciated for their hard work, just given more work to do.","Care about your employees, not just your bottom line. The extremely high turnover rate should clue you in.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18636,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Hours, good people, benefits","Pay is low, management doesn't care about people's well being or any input about working conditions",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18637,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,horrible,can leave when you want as long as you have hours. . stretch before work,worst place I have ever worked. . they don't pay enough ..short lunch and breaks don't take drs notes you can be very contagious and they don't care .,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18638,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Easy work for a warehouse and pay is pretty decent for the kind of job it is. Its a fun place to work..Co-workers are interesting..If you like seeing beautiful women in tight pants, then you'll like this place.",Too much favoritism within the company...Not enough diversity in upper management...Can be a hostile work environment at times due to rude coworkers.,Streamline the promotion process..Every employee should have equal opportunity to learn new things within the company and to move up..Not,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18639,amazon,"Logan Township, NJ"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon review,Well the best part about working at amazon fulfillment center is the pay is good and the atmosphere is great the people are awsom and the work is very acceptable,But the bad part about it is that it's only part time work and if your working for the temp service that they deal with and you get promised a company position they sometimes change there mind and go elsewhere even after the employee has been working there for 8 months and knows the job they rather take someone else with no experience,Keep your word and don't have your employees thinking that they are going to be hired then you change your mind,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1083.htm
18640,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Awesome environment and staff. Theres alot of incentives to keep you motivated and working hard.,"Management can be quite busy at times, so it may be difficult to ask questions.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18641,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment center associate,Short shifts and set schedule. Short shifts are really good because it is a physical job and a longer shift would make it harder on your muscles.,Only part time available. You sometimes feel like just a log in name instead of a person. The language used by other employees can be really offensive and vulgar. They don't uniformly enforce the dress code policies,They should find a better way to enforce the rules. People don't tend to follow them because for the most part there are no consequences if they don't,4.0,2.0,none,none,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18642,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Aug 13, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Stower,"Meet new people and make friends, contests to win amazon products, 2 breaks and 1 lunch, teams when put together","Robots break down and we get blame for not keeping our record good, new place new unexperience staff especially management teams",Try to make it more better to work for you guys make the workers want to stay and do there jobs make the workers more happier then missable,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18643,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very tiring,They pay you every week if you're through the temp agency,The point system that they gave when you can't make it to work,Make sure you can stand all day and walk long lengths,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18644,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,packing,"Amazon is a great place to work, they don't discriminate against anyone",The only downside is sometimes you have to work 50 hour weeks,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18645,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,"I have good experience, amazing team",Management should open up.. rest no cons,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18646,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Many opportunities as far as job in the warehouse as a tier 1,You mostly all the time need a college degree for anything more then a tier 3..if you get anything above that besides smashing your interview they must really like you.,be open and understanding to your associates,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18647,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Ambassador,"Great company, but salary suck for all the work they have you do.","It's hard to move up if your an internal employee, as oppose to an external coming in..","Please make it easier for an internal employee to move up..especially if they already know the job functionality, as well as how the company operates.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18648,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Run away from it!,Customer obsession!!! I think those two words has helped company to grow at a rate that it has grown so far.,"Corporate culture is bad. Managers do not care about the personal life. I see people working 12-15 hrs a day in the office. I worked similar hours. I was a top performer i for consecutive 2 years n the company. In my 3rd year, I took 6 weeks leave as per the new paternity policy. My performance evaluation went from ""top performer"" to ""under performer"". Ready to quit.",Please provide benefits that you want your employees to take. Do not provide benefits for a PR stunt and then penalize your employees for taking it.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18649,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Inbound/Recieve,Expect the Unexpected,"pay, oppurtunity, extensive benefits to full-time employees, interesting and ever changing work environment.","too many ideas and lack of consistancy after implementing, manager rotations, long hours overnight,",Connection/communication/Consistancy,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1084.htm
18650,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Disappointing,Great Pay Flexible hours Potentially interesting projects (depending on team) You will learn a lot,"extreme bureaucracy, people constantly quitting, aggressive deadlines (usually at the expense of quality software development), poor internal tools, operational burdens/tech debt  Its not anything near as bad as the infamous NYT article, but it is pretty bad for a lot of other reasons",there's no way to fix the problems at this point even if there was a strong desire to,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18651,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Non Inventory Receiver,Non Inventory Receiver,"Paid time off that can be used whenever without approvals.  20 hours of unpaid time off per quarter that carries over annually if not used.  Get to work very independently, not micro managed, you'll get to opportunity to make your decisions as you see fit at the time.","Amazon has a high termination rate due to expecting that associates with no previous forklift training do not make minimal mistakes.  HR is highly incompetent, and the Safety department will often change and/or make new rules with no communication, and you will be severely punished for breaking rules that do not exist.",Better communication Treat your employees with respect and dignity. We are seen as just numbers and rates.  Rebuild the FC's HR department. each and every FC I've been to or worked at has a terrible  HR department/employees  Provide better communication to associates!,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18652,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Great pay, great co workers",Labor work too hard an don't get reconigze,Longer breaks neede,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18653,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Leadership Intern,Operations Leadership Intern,"This internship was definitely intense, but it pushed me and I had the chance to really make an impact on the FC. You get a lot of responsibility and they trust interns with more than any other company I've heard of. Successful completion of this internship will get you extremely far - not only at Amazon but also in any interview with another company.","Expect to work a lot. This position is training you to be a manager, so you will be working the hours of a manager, which are longer than a typical day shift as there is a lot of preparation and post-shift tasks.","Try to place interns in FCs with other interns, and synchronize their shifts so that they can network and create connections when not working.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18654,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,micro managerial middle managers,the culture is very distinct and ingrained in much of the company's operations,micro managerial middle managers. a lot of emphasis on unnecessary processes that take away from efficiency.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18655,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate Tire I,Easy Money,Fixed schedule (so you know when you're working) Overtime Great benefits Monthly bonus Company picnics Prizes and catering for holidays Double time and a half holiday pay,Management comes and goes Hard to move up Favoritism,Stop favoring employees Stop changing things everyday,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18656,amazon,"China, ME"," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Talented colleagues,Peaple here are almost all very talented and they work very hard,Few perks compared with competitors,You can't be frugal with your employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18657,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Stock Options, Competitive salary you get paid for the hard work you do",No work life balance and you end up making less per hour than your associates during peak season and most of the year.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18658,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Be ready to work,"Amazon is no joke. You work very hard, and occasionally you play hard too. Their are some great Directors and VPs who really want to see their teams succeed.",Lots of young and inexperienced middle managers that may only be managing because they want to be promoted.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18659,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits for all,Hiring is a top priority for Amazon. The company is in constant need of people. Do a good job and you will be appreciated.,Limited advancement in the first year of employment. Once past the first year opportunities open up.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1085.htm
18660,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business intelligence engineer,Interesting problems to work on and you have huge data and use latest technologies. Good salary and stock options,Nothing much as of now,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18661,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Flex Driver,Waiting Flex Driver,"Independent work, Flexibility, Easy Onboarding Process","Signed up over a month ago and completed all the onboarding and training steps. have been cleared to begin making deliveries for almost six weeks and have not had any ""blocks"" scheduled or found any available time to pick up routes.  In speaking with other Uber and Lyfty drivers in the Nashville market area it appears that thousands of other people have been enlisted as drivers and experience the same issue of not seeing any blocks open.  Hopefully the business model has been to staff up quickly and be prepared for an increase of business and not just an incredible overstaffing.","Utilize your ""Flex"" Drivers for delivering packages normally processed through UPS, FedEx and the USPS. I have had multiple Prime packages that are shipped UPS and then dropped to the USPS for final delivery but get lost. Your customer service does a great job of refunding the costs to the customer but this has to costing you a lot of additional revenue adding to the 11.5 billion you are spending already for delivery.  Pulling from Uber and Lyft driver bases you are getting good reliable people who will take pride in getting deliveries completed and correct. It has to be a win win model and help in lowering your 67% delivery costs.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18662,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Work Hard/Have Fun/Make History,"Work is hard but you do have lots of fun and yes, you make history too! Opportunities for advancement are available in the company. You must make that initiative!",Firmly established habit of giving preferential treatment to persons or groups at the expense of others.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18663,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Working at Amazon,The benefits and salary (hourly pay).,"The rates are very high and continue going up, and must get 100% at all times.",Need to re-evaluate the 100% at all times from everyone.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18664,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,Place for people like challenge,"Access new tech, good infrastructure, smart colleague, face good challenge, can try to use any language or new tech in your project, and management care about your career path and improvement.","Require high ownership, people who could not meet average performance shall meet work life balance issue, as the company always try to hire people better than %50 current employee, the pressure could be very large here",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18665,amazon,"Saint Louis, MO"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Author Central Customer Service,In my Experience,"Good benefits, you can work from home","expected to take the ongoing abuse of callers, management does not communicate, management overlooks older qualified candidates of open positions, preferring to fill those slots with young, fresh out of college aged employees. Expected to work every holiday and fill in when outsourcing sites take off for their country's holidays.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18666,amazon,"Glendale, AZ"," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Fulfillment,LOVED the people!!!!! Everyone knew everyone management included,Had a lot of work to do daily left over from poor management not waiting around to make sure shift cleaned before clock out this added to your already high work load,Need to get more help to employees when needed. and the rates to hit are outrageous,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18667,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Shipping,fullfillment,"gator aid, 401k, pto and vacation",high rate in productivity which you could never reach.,stop trying new things and let the pa and employees do thier job.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18668,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,The benefits are above the standard,"the hourly pay would be decent for people transitioning from lower paying jobs, but not for people looking to make a living.","""This is the first I'm hearing of this.""",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18669,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Typical sweat shop,Met a lot of quality people. Top management at the location is great. It's a shame they never poorly lower level management treats the employees.,A metric for everything. You can be achieving 120% of your expected rate and still receive negative feedback.,May life treat you the way you treat others.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1086.htm
18670,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager I,"Fantastic for me, but depends on the work group","Small teams Interesting, innovative projects Very smart people Doesn't feel like a cutthroat environment like you see at some competitive companies Stock Internal education system to learn everything from management skills to programming Quiet work areas Beautiful campus Start up feel Doesn't feel like big company Ability to make things happen quickly If you see something you want to change or take on, go for it! VERY flexible work schedule No dress code","It can be challenging sometimes figuring out where or how to get information needed for a project Promotion/advancement is totally up to you to initiate Everyone is smart, talented and motivated so you would need to do something pretty remarkable to be noticed as ""special"" Can be lots of ambiguity, but mainly because a lot of what is being done hasn't necessarily been done before","More coaching to employees so they have a better understanding of how to advance. Other than that, very happy.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,120,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18671,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 28, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate (ISS),Inbound Support Services,"Great Benefits. Great amounts of time off if needed. Management is great, they love interacting with their employees. 4 day work schedule. Overtime if wanted and sometimes Mandatory Overtime.",The Changing of Core Management outside of Lead Fulfillment Associates confuses some people who do not realize supervisors have changed. Would wish that the FCs would have gyms in them to keep fit and active.,Keep letting people know about advancement opportunities,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18672,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops Admin,I love the ops Admin role position,its a tier one when at other locations it may be a higher tier,Reevaluate Tier,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18673,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too sure,Pretty decent pay. People who worked as the same level as you were cool. I liked getting the 4 days on 3 days off,It was overall terrible. Nobody knew what they were doing half the time. Would show up to work sometime and they wouldn't have work.,They don't know what they are doing like I said.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18674,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Asscoiate,"Benefits, you also get PTO, UPT every pay day. Maternity leave.","Hot warehouse, don't pay enough for the hard labor and there wasn't a lot of communication between employees. When I was pregnant I would work my butt off to where I would nearly faint. They wouldn't accommodate my rate. Night shift managers were hard to get along with. One of my good friends was being harass by a male employee but the managers took his side. Hardly got to see my family.",Learn to communicate and treat each and every one of your employees with respect.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18675,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great pt job,they gave me $1000 to resign,toilets at the fulfillment are hard to flush. they have a button that is hard to press.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18676,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Flexibility, dogs, location, ownership.","Gender pay inequality, bad managers, passive racism/sexism",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18677,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,It has a good benefit package,Very Unrealistic goals for productivity,Need to make goals more attainable,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18678,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Great Job... just not the one for me.,Excellent salary Amazing benefits Great chemistry with co-workers,Too little breaks for the amount of work to be done.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18679,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Contract Developer,A dark and inhuman place to work at,"Great location, close to downtown. Good pay and stock opportunities. Nobody can deny that. As a whole they provide a good service to their customers. Amazon Prime is great. Dogs are allowed on campus and celebrated! This is great. Great if you are a workaholic.","Do not give away one second of your life of your health to this company.  Nobody can give you back your health if you work insane hours.  • Basically what you read in the lapidary New York Times article is true. While they have come out and ""denied it"" (what else could they do), they have not sued anybody that put their face and name in that article for defamation. • Before I worked there, while waiting for the bus number 40 in Westlake Avenue I have been insulted by a passerby because they assumed I worked at Amazon. Coworkers have had the same experience downtown. • The whole place feels Orwellian. The first thing you see when you visit their offices are their depressed looking security people, sitting there like robots. People get routinely double checked for badges. • The cleaning crews are shadowed by security staff like if they were criminals. • I have seen the use of metal detectors on them as well. • People regularly work 60-80 hours a week. • People regularly have told me they ""have not slept in 38 hours"" with pride. These people have families. • Employee who works 60 hours a week tells me ""This guy is a monster, he works even harder than me"" like that was a good thing. • Cheapest company you will ever see. • Cheapest accommodations provided. Garbage quality monitors, keyboards, mice and desks. • You will see people with low quality equipment, even developers. 13 inch laptops, VGA cables in 2016, 4 year old Macbook Pros with CD Drives. • People packed in like a slaveship at their office. It looks like economy class, the offices are overfilled with employees and they feel claustrophobic. • They don't pay for business class travel for long flights. • People are terminated immediately without notice, calling them on weekends and telling them it was their last week. Leaving them to do an awkward exchange of items left at the office. • If you are not onboard and ritualistically drink the company culture you will be terminated summarily. • Uber drivers in Seattle will tell you that ""nobody that works there seems happy"". • Insane interview process for FT employees in which they go through an life sucking hours long loop in which they may take you to lunch. How are you supposed to enjoy your lunch when being interviewed?. • Interviews often ask irrelevant questions. It is a club of Computer Science boys with egos the size of the Space Needle who look down on anybody who does not know how to reverse a binary tree off the top of their head. • No Quality Assurance at all, people are asked to do many roles at once.","Your CEO goes out to build rocket ships while people work 80 hours a week and cry at their desks.  The whole culture is toxic and cult like.  When you see the city plastered with billboards that say ""Jeff Bezos doesn't care about Seattle or You"", and the New York Times post a lapidary article talking about people who were mistreated for having miscarriages, you know you have gone to a very, very dark place. A dark side in which profit and ""customer obsession"" comes over humanity.  In the end that is what Amazon is, a capitalistic monster that doesn't enable anything but endless consumerism. What good does it do for the world? Ask yourself. At least at Microsoft or Apple you provide tools that enable others to make stuff.  All would be forgiven if you treated your employees well. It would be understandable, a side effect of the society we live in.  Amazon, through they way they treat people has become a dark entity which creates a dark egregore.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1087.htm
18680,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZON!,"Amazon is a fun place to work, there are a lot of things you can do here.","Work is tough, you work long hours and the review process is very political. The new badges are horrible.",Work/Life Balance for employees is important. Consider increasing vacation or work from home plans.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18681,amazon,"Carrollton, TX"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Ambassador,Workplace,Money is great. People I work with are awesome.,GM specifically told me I'm replaceable after I told him I feel valuable and after being a PG for a year I felt like they should be paid more since we do significantly more work than associates. Managers can be dicks at times.,Be kind to associates and you will see great results in terms of numbers.,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18682,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,its a good company to work for,no cons that ic ould think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18683,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good first job,Has very good pay rate.,Terrible place to work at.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18684,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,GREAT PAY & BENEFITS THOROUGH TRAINING GOOD WORK ENVIORNMENT,Management needs to be a little more stable for different departments. Favoritism is a huge issue at Amazon as well.,Employees are people not robots.. Ease up when someone takes a two minute break after a 6 hour shift so far on concrete floors in a 95 degree warehouse.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18685,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great work from home job.,"Train from home, work from home. Incentives and overtime available.",Hearing 50+ complaint calls per day. Sometimes you are not able to make the customer happy no matter what you do.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18686,amazon,"Redondo Beach, CA"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Easy Money Not hard work Meet some nice people,"Favoritism They don't care if you get injured or are being harassed It's a ""high school"" type environment. Rumors, gossip, drama.",Take care of your employees. Listen to their problems.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18687,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,AWS Infrastructure Finance,There is nothing great about this team.,"AWS Infrastructure Finance is comprised of highly egoistic people This team is run by a head who rules with iron hand. Within this team, there is an inner circle of favorites to this head. This favoritism club is not formed on the basis of meritocracy but rather some random criteria known only to the ring leader. Now if you are unfortunate to join this team, only one of two things will happen to you - Either your will become part of this inner circle and thrive Or you will be mercilessly thrown out of the company after you have worked 90 hours per week on a regular basis. So this place is like Game of Thrones, If you are politically very smart and can throw your team mates under the bus at opportune moments, you will thrive. Else you will die (figuratively speaking). Not only this head is ruthless, her directs are some of extremely worse people. Few of her directs have no good education background nor the experience to reach to the position they currently occupy. These guys are unintelligent and often make fool of themselves in meetings with business partners. But they have sky-rocket egos making them among most hated people in the company. It will be a nightmare if you happen to work with these guys, there will be no directions provided to you and you will see your self going under the waters very fast.",Please stop this circus. Nobody respects you. Nobody think you are smart or great in anyway. You are bunch of pigs littering in a mud of your own ego. Some of the people who left your team after spitting on you are doing great in their careers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18688,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,Best to work here if you are single with no kids and live at home with someone who brings in an income.,Not great for families with children. Not great for men and women on child Support. They dont pay enough. No way to adjust your hours if you have children in school. Not the best job for single parents with children living or shared in your home.,Update IT issues so data being registered can be more proficient.  Management should not leave it into the interns hands to make changes. They have no experience and that should be done with someone who has better managment experience who is in the business for more than 3 years at least.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18689,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great place to work if you really like a variety of challenges daily.,The commute into Seattle is horrible.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1088.htm
18690,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,You get what you put in,"Great comp, work with super smart people, collaboration and reward are part of culture","male dominated, hard to get promoted in some departments",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18691,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,picker,The checks that you bring home every two weeks.,Working for Amazon is a slave job. The really don't care about their employees.,They need to start giving the full 15 minute breaks and full hour lunch.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18692,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Terrible.,"The pay is pretty decent, a good bit above minimum, especially if you do weekend or night shifts.","Everything else. The work life balance is worse than one would expect, given the 4-on/3-off schedule, but the 10 hour shifts can leave you so exhausted that you spend all your time off sleeping and trying to keep up with everyday life. Huge risk of injury, and they're going to make sure that whatever injuries happen are YOUR FAULT so they don't have to pay or give you any time off. Basically no incentive to do much of anything, the best two or three workers in a shift (out of hundreds) might get a free lunch every now and again but a lot of that is down to luck.","More incentive to work, longer breaks (walking to and from the break room takes up to half your break if you're on the far side of the warehouse!! What kind of a break is that?). Better noise control so people don't have to deal with noise-induced headaches for ten hours straight. Hire more experience managers instead of kids, or if you're going to hire young people, have some sort of repercussions for those who disrespect them, instead of letting people get away with murder and leaving the management completely powerless to do anything.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18693,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't let them talk you into their job level BS...,Talk to the people around you when they get a chance to look up from their screen - you may get some human interaction for the day.,"This is my experience from working in a finance team at Amazon - I am told not all teams are the same. However, when you repeatedly hear this makes you wonder how many of these rogue teams are out there in Amazon... As everyone else has mentioned - work life balance is non-existent. I am making less money hourly than I was at my previous position, where I was doing way more mentally stimulating work. Coming from a senior position, I was told that an equivalent at Amazon was a level 5 analyst. DO NOT fall into this trap! If you are making a lateral move be certain that it is an ACTUAL lateral move, in my case I am doing brainless work for hours on end due to their archaic systems and not applying any of my skills to add value. I am basically a very expensive excel monkey at the moment. After talking with my director and manager regarding my issue I was told I am on an ""accelerated"" path to a senior level position - 2 years. Also, I was told I can move positions but probably won't get considered for higher level positions until after 2 years because my ratings will follow me wherever I go, and I am ""too new to rate"". It's not about what you know, or what you want to do it's about how much of your life you give Amazon. Also, seems as if it is bonus if you went to a good B-school, automatically considered for higher level position regardless of your skill level. Also, agree with someone who mentioned that mid-level managers aren't fully developed to manage a team - basically anyone who survives in a team for more than 3 years it seems is likely to become a manager, regardless of their people management skills. And once they are a manager the bulk of their time is consumed by interviewing candidates because of the attrition rate - apparently less than 6 months on my team. There is no documentation to help a new hire to pick up someone else's work - it is copy paste values hell in the any spreadsheet you are able to recover (if you have build models at other companies before you will understand this reference), so be ready to reinvent the wheel again and again.","I came in knowing about all the bad press and negative feedback. However, being an optimist and wanting to learn and grow (rubbing shoulders with smart people seems to be a Pro for most here) I took this opportunity. I have definitely taken a step in the wrong direction, and there really aren't any corrective measures in place other than to leave and look for other opportunities. Obviously there is something wrong with the way things are being run and handled in this organization, fix it.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18694,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It's what you make of it.,Casual environment Lots of social bonding Multi faceted work,Difficult to move up Horrible communication Favouritism Can be abusive work expectations,"Corporate seems to be completely disconnected from its warehouses. They send down orders and mandates without actually knowing how the warehouses function. They make it very apparent that they only see numbers and not people or progress. They don't understand that the best advice they can get is from the workers and leadership in the warehouses that deal with issues and labour for them every day.  It really destroys your motivation and spirit to work there once that realization sets in. The job itself is not bad at all, it's really the big dogs in Seattle that ruin it for everybody.",4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18695,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,manager,the pay Is good - a premium is paid for top talent. Stock has upside. The work environment is fast paced and you can take a much responsibility as you want.,"work life balance is an issue. the company hires type A people and then expects much. Pay potential is good - though after the first 2 years, much of the comp is stock, subject to the swings in stock price.","Keep the focus on the customer. Ensure the virtuous cycle continues to spin, amazing company with a lot of runway left.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18696,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good pay,Good pay and benefits good on the job training,"loud rap music, and a tiring schedule during peak",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18697,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good Place To Work,"No Politics, just do your job and they leave you alone.","It can be hard work, you have to be willing to work at a fast pace.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18698,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be ready to fit the mold,"Driven people, binding culture, good pay structure. Numerous perks and an employee discount, if you last at the company your stock options are second to none.","Culture can be oppressive, only perfect for a very certain kind of person, very high turnover rate, stock options only vest after a long period of time",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18699,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Hard to work for,Benefits and get buy out when you quit!,"Hard work, physically, 11 hour days, 6 days a week during peak. Young managers who breathe down your neck. This is not for people who are over age 45. They will kill you and dont care about your ailments, they put you out in the pasture if they think you can not do the job.","Just because you are young, remember your day is coming when you start aging. You will end up with ailments too.",1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1089.htm
18700,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Pack flow,The health benifets are ok,Working at amazon is a joke it is like working a sweatshop.,The managers are always back stabbing idiots that don't know how to run a place except down the drain. They don't help you at all. You get 1 write up it stays with you for 30 days 2 write up stays with you for 60 days and 3 writes ups is 90 days and 4 write is termation. If you go negative on your upt = un paid time you get fired.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18701,amazon,"Bronx, NY"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Trainer/Customer Consultant,Now you know!,"Nice cafeteria, new skills to be learned",Part you will never become full time,You need to get to know your employees,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18702,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Prime Now Associate,Great work environment but not for the lazy,Work and HR systems are very organized. Open-door policy helps you get the help you need. Good diversity among workers.,Overworked at times. Customer based approach rather than worker-based.,"I believe the workers are overworked sometimes, but it is necessary to give the customer satisfaction that Amazon provides.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18703,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced and very demanding,Very good exposure and extremely fast paced.,"Fast paced so low margin for error and if you make mistakes, you may be easily put in the line of fire.",Take care of your people,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18704,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Great place to learn,"You will learn A LOT working for AWS. The (mostly) unlimited access to AWS resources provides an unmatched learning experience for the ambitious. You are in control of your own progression.  The workload is great for those who are looking for a steady, reliable, boring, thoughtless, easy day-to-day role.  Work-Life balance is generally good. Varies from manager to manager but the good ones let you take care of business without micro-managing your time.","You are completely on your own. Most people on your team are entirely absorbed in their own efforts. Unity exists briefly, at best. I don't feel like a unit, more of a cog. You are in control of your own progression, no one cares about you.  Arbitrary time limits ranging from 3-12 months are placed on all kinds of things. For example, when you can promote, when you can switch teams, when you can take on project work instead of mindlessly grinding away in a phone/chat queue.  Mindlessly grinding away calls, chats, and emails. I do not find this work rewarding. There is no continuity in my efforts.","Clearly define expectations. Do not shift goal posts. Make efforts to retain your talent, do not fill the void with teammates that take 8mos to spin up.  Relieve people of the claw-back initiatives to recover money. This has lead many people to staying in their positions out of spite or inability to pay the claw-back. They are miserable teammates. Like jaded cops waiting for their pension.  Claw-back referring to the employee's responsibility to repay the relo and sign on bonus money that in most cases starts around a crippling $30K. At my 1 year mark I checked the buy out for informational purposes and there is no way I would have been willing to pay back the $14,000+",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18705,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Opportunity to deliver a full project by end of internship. Great mentor ship, very smart people, smart and highly technical managers. Great recruiting team and amazing software building and DevOps tools.",Frugality was annoying at times.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18706,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Fun environment to work in.,"Typical warehouse setting, varying temperatures, and hard work.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18707,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,pay is good and relocation bonus,more than 40 hours a week,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18708,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Painful and dull work,Decent money if you're willing to work 50 hours a week.,"Horrible work environment, management doesn't care about people.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18709,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Amazon at home CSA,"Work from home, great management/team leadership, training was decent but a little fast for all they expect you to know, but there is always help there. Pay only 10/hr not terrible for no commute.","Absolutely no flexibility, not able to do part time, very strict when you are even having issues with their systems.",My managers were great!,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1090.htm
18710,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Disorganized warehouse,"Decent benefits, still allow you to smoke on site.","Co workers with bad attitudes, unhelpful and rude managers, Human resource help is non existent, too many different shifts, low pay for the job, try to work you to death, their rate to pick is unrealistic.","Lower the rates to pick, pack, and stow. Don't come to work with a bad attitude, raise the pay.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18711,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfilment Associate,"Always overtime available. Work with minimal supervision, as long as you can make rate. Breaks are provided at the exact time each day. Good Health benefits.","10 hour shifts are very long considering the fast pace. No compassion for employees. Only 48 hours of personal time given per year. Very loud, hot environment. Encouraged to drink water but not to use bathroom unless on a break.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18712,amazon,"Wilmington, DE"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,A lot of great benefits but you don't have time to even enjoy it,This is a job to make quick money and get out..... It's not long term.... It's for high school kids,Y'all can do better and pay wayyyyy better,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18713,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Flex - Delivery,Amazon Flex - Delivery,"For my specific job, not all at Amazon. Great pay, fairly straight forward, independent, use your own vehicle, if done early you may just go home.","For my specific job, not all at Amazon. Must have an android phone to use their delivery application, they do not reimburse anything car related, very independent to the point of where it seems you can't get any help, limited locations/jobs/ and shifts, hours are almost rare. Also, it took FOREVER to get this job. Around 6 months from ""applying"".","Honestly, management is exceptional and it seems corporate have thought of almost everything. What they haven't, they are working on.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18714,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jul 24, 2016",Former Employee - Returns Agent,Quick money for the holidays,I really liked that is was fast paced. I was hired through a temp service so ion t paid every week. They were really patient with me hitting my number and i liked thats they just let you work with little supervision. I was in the returns department. They have alot of incentives like gift cards and prizes.,"I really didnt like the short lunches thats went with a 10hr shift, 30 min was not enough. There were really no other cons its a factory job i didnt expect much",Dont micromanage.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18715,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,Pay is okay . garented lots of hours. 3 days off.,So much drama!!! Immature conworkers who are very lazy. Disrespectful leads who make rude and sometimes racial jokes.,Pick better qualified individuals,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18716,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Very flexible regarding schedule and availability,Only communication is virtual/email or intranet,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18717,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Nice Benefits package, Good work life balance",Too much work to do sometimes,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18718,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,"This company is great, has a great outlook.","This company is awesome, does not have many faults.",N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18719,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,This is a good e-commerce company,Could careless about employees,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1091.htm
18720,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vcc csa,Work from home Easy to get the job Access to discounts on Amazon.com Opportunities to move up in the company,"Training had more information and you are expected to immediately start working. You often felt like you had no clue what you were doing and that, managers were too busy to answer questions because try have their own calls they are required to answer.",All of the videos were helpful but there was no practical application of what we were learning. Just close to 120 vides then throw to the wolves.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18721,amazon,"Tucson, AZ"," Jul 19, 2016","Former Employee - Human Resources Business Partner, VCC",One of the best companies with which to grow,"Great professional development, growth opportunities. Salaries are competitive and the varying work schedules and teams make this company even more attractive.","Remote location, regional meetings would have helped",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18722,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too shabby,"Easy 'manual' labor, nice facilities, good management",some workplace techniques aren't the best,be more genuine with employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18723,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,Working with a very very diverse range of people for great leadership with many may ways to escalate to a higher position,The long tiring hours strength,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18724,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associate at Fulfillment Center,-Good hourly pay -Quiet Area -nothing else,-No Air Conditioner -Supervisors write you up for every little mistake -Hours -Not enough break time,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18725,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - SDEII,Really depends on what team you land on...,"- Most of the BS office culture so prevalent in silicon valley is not present in South Lake Union (but, see first 'con' below). - Robust dialogue regarding design decisions is strongly encouraged, and SDEs at all levels tend to participate in such dialogues (but, see second 'con' below).","- None of the free meals, free parking, permissive expense policies, and so forth that you'll find in most of the major silicon valley companies. - Background: ""Disagree and commit"" is one of the core corporate values, and this is often a good thing (see second 'pro' above). However, there are more than just a few SDEs who interpret this as a license to be loudmouthed jerks.","Make a stronger effort to identify and retain the SDEs who stand out. And, in addition to the two dimensions that SDE promotions seem to be primarily based on (technical competence and project management), managers should also be on the lookout for people who make strong contributions to the culture of a team -- in particular, those who make other team members feel comfortable and more inclined to participate. Amazon loses a *lot* of SDEs who excel in this regard.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18726,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Happy with my employer,Love the benefits and perks!,I don't see any cons so far.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18727,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,Satisfied,"Very reasonable and generous employer, they take care of there employees and give them respect",There are no downsidesurprises to amazon,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18728,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Aug 27, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Management wasn't great and neither was the pay for the job.,"If you are one that wants to work a bunch of hours, you will be pleased to work about as much as you want especially in peak season.","For me I was one of the first ones hired on at a new location. After months of working I put in for a transfer from third to first shift. That request was rejected stating time at job, Now realize I got the job on first day of hiring. This new location hadn't opened just yet as it was still a bit over a month away. Once opened I was the second group brought in after the first two weeks opened. After the required time had past to request a transfer to a new shift I did so and it was declined for not enough time. I then proceeded to ask around and find those that came in after me and see who was transferring to a new shift and to my surprise I find a lot. I brought this to management who sent me to upper management and still declined my request. It's suppose to go with who's been there the longest to which I was over the many.  Besides this, the pay was crap for the job. I've heard they've since upped the pay, but I suppose they had to as the turnover is ridiculously high. They are nonstop hiring. I wouldn't recommend personally unless you are really hard up for a job. It's just not worth dealing with crap management and not a great pay base.","While my experience was years ago, I would hope upper management has improved. As well as the safety of the building as there was issues reported at the time that took weeks to tend to and someone getting hurt in the end.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18729,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Consistent Work and a Good Opportunity at Amazon,"-No politics or BS in the hiring or job. No in-person interviews where you can be discriminated against if someone doesn't like how you look or your personality. Amazon gives everyone a chance. You'd expect this would lead to working with a bunch of bad apples, but I've found the opposite. Nice people people who do what needs to get done to earn honest pay.  -Yes it's physical work, but you know this going in. I think of it as a payed workout. If you can't handle four hours of moving boxes around, then you probably really do need this job. There's people in their 50's, 60's and even 70's here, men and women, who do this work.  -You have a set schedule. You can plan the rest of your life around this. Occasionally you may have to stay a little longer (up to an hour) but this is rare and they will let you know as soon as they know. Again, you know this going in.  -You don't have to take any work home with you. The minute your shift is over, you don't have to think about your work. No emails, phone calls or texts (unless you signed up to be alerted about opportunities to pick up an extra shift).  -Amazon is obviously a huge and forward looking company. They treat their employees fairly and offer good benefits plus you know they will be around for a while.","Only con I can see right now is there is a lot of changes in management, but this is to be expected as they get transferred to other (new) locations etc. It doesn't really matter, you can visually tell who a manager is by their vest and they are all nice and willing to help.",Keep doing what you are doing. I'm am not one of those people who expect management to 'work the line' with us. This is not what you are there for. I think you guys and gals are doing a great job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1092.htm
18730,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,It is a big company and it has some fantastic web services.,There are a lot of bad managers in this company make engineer cry.,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18731,amazon,"Chickamauga, GA"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Sr HR Assistant,Experience in face to face employee relations,Training is geared toward entry level HR professionals. No advancement opportunities if not willing to relocate. Little work-life balance,Appreciate and recognize the value field experience,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18732,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resource Administrative Assistant,"Good Insurance, Stock Offered, and monthly bonuses","Not the greatest pay, 10-12 hour days, lots of turnovers",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18733,amazon,"Asheville, NC"," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Management,A little known company,"Freedom in creative expression, you decide what to offer the world in turn you decide your own pay.",No recognition for an understated job roll,"Show more appreciation, give incentives",5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18734,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Laid Back and Great Technology but Super Fast-Paced,"No managers watching you. You log in and out with an iPhone when you're not working in the warehouse (ie Sprouts, Bristol Farms, etc). Late/absence based on generous point system. Management listens to what you have to say and considers it. Weekly pay! Everything is done on an app or online.","Must meet deadlines to maintain satisfied customers, so some days can be crazy bust while other days be not busy at all and therefore boring.",We need better phones and equipment to do our jobs. Please buy us lanyards for our iPhones.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18735,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Requires being self-driven,"* You get a lot of control over what you work on, and you feel like you can make an impact","* Requires being hugely motivated and self-driven. Doesn't work for everyone, and it feels you can get left behind fairly easily.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18736,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Benefits, Time off options, Opportunities for advancement, Career Choice Program","You have to put in long hours, especially during Peak season. Other than that is is a great place to work.",My only advice to the warehouse management team would be to get to know their staff and keep making it fun to come to work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18737,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Packer,Packer,"Good Agency Management,but Amazon staff were amazing.Good pay..mon-Fri job.",No public transportation at all to get to work.No canteen open.only machines. Standing very long hours.Treated like robots by slowing down counters on computers for targets.Constant overtime phonecall on w/ends.long shifts.,"I enjoyed being a packer,but more needs doing for the staff who work very long hours on their feet.At least give them a canteen with choice,and not just once a year at Xmas. They deserve more.Considerat ion is needed here I think.",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18738,amazon,"Joppatowne, MD"," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,AWFUL,Okayish money Some of the people I worked with were kind of cool,Literally everything Managers had no idea what they were doing Hours were awful People were rude Warehouse was disgustingly dirty Favoritism was ridiculous,Get over yourselves,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18739,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Good Pay For No Qualifications,Decent wage for only requiring a high school diploma and drug test. Internal advancement possible with the right drive. Good benefits for blue-collar work.,"Very long hours, mandatory overtime during holiday season. Regulations subject to change without notice.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1093.htm
18740,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Picker Associate,I loved working therthere meeting people but it was getting tiring because picking up the heavy boxes that was heavy was killing me,"Rude People, managers having favoritism.",Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18741,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - CORPORATE SECURITY-REGIONAL LOSS PREVENTION MANAGER,Amazon remarks,Most operations are still being establish within the Amazon corporation and as a result numerous points of view are actively being considered.,"Lack of organization, leadership, and development. Employee retention is very poor resulting in the lack of experienced peer interactions.","Everything that is proven and established is not necessarily bad, innovation for innovation's sake is not always a good thing.",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18742,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Supportive environment, interesting and challenging problems, free bananas.",So many new people that my work area has gotten crowded.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18743,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,Great benefits. Opportunity to grow,None so far that I have seen,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18744,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,Love it,"Great co-workers, a lot of opportunities to learn",You have to learn to say no.,Engineers are trainable but not fungible,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18745,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Production Worker,"production worker, picker, scanned, pick and stowed customers orders","flexible schedule, you can choose your hour to work","horrible pay, manager have favotism",stop playing favotism,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18746,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA,Worse employer ever,Work 4 days during the week off 3 days. Compensation vacation time paid time off,Management doesn't care about employees no one is valued people are treated like robots rather than humans,"No advice for management you can't teach ppl how to treat others , worse employer ever",1.0,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18747,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Some friendly people work there.,I don't like their shift schedule.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18748,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,If you are that desparate for a job. Good health benefits.,Facility opened 6 years ago and employees have not had a cost of living raise. After 18 months you have maxed out your wages.,Treat people with respect and not a number.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18749,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Good starting Salary, great way to meet new people, you can learn a lot from upper management, not just about the job itself but about life. They hire the best, and so you can feed off of others and learn a lot. I loved engaging people, making people succeed.","Very hectic if your not use to walking 20 or 30 miles then its not for you. Long hours, a lot of different views on how a process can be dealt with and in some cases management does not care what you think. Unless you have a degree, good luck moving up. Even if your an amazing associate who stands out, they will give you an opportunity to interview but thats it. They will just outsource management right out of college.There are a lot of suck-ups there and they only look out for themselves so beware.","Listen more to your associates. Step out of the office once in a while and find out who your associates are personally. They are not robots. Instead of trying to back stab each other, help one another. I've seen a lot of back stabbing and negative management, but I've also seen the best people/management come out the other end.",4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1094.htm
18750,amazon,"Lexington, SC"," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Fulfillment Associate,My Amazon Experience,"It's a great workout, and I have met a lot of great people there. The work is not difficult, but it is hard work.",The compensation is not good. It is capped at 3 years unless one advances to management levels. This makes it difficult to care properly for ones family.,"Pay your good people well, and they will not have to look elsewhere for more money. We are worth it!!",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18751,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - ICQA Associate,ONT9 ICQA Associate,Good pay and benefits are great. Meet really great people here and build lasting relationships. Very easy to love up the ladder.,Management at this particular location is terrible. I've gone through 6 managers since I've started working here. They stay for a few months and then move on. Expect us to do more than we're able to.,Connect more with associates.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18752,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Worst job ever,I don't work there anymore,"Bad managers, unrealistic standards , insufficient breaks, lazy human resource department ,equipment barely works,","Get new management at the Dallas location off LBJ , make them do more work beside walking around carrying laptops the whole shift and breathing down associate back about productivity when half the time you come to work something always broke especially in universal and prep.Also in prep the case label on pallet hardly ever work then if the shift just starting it takes problem solved 15 to 20 minutes to come fix the problem but you are expected to be productive . Also in prep they should roatate the associate where everyone does there fair share of pallets and not sticking new assoviates are people cross training in that department on pallets everytime while the assocaites assigned to the department doing carts with work that works when they start the shift and if you the unlucky associate stuck with a pallet that the csx label isn't working on and management does nothing but tells you to wait on a problem solver but has no problem running up to you telling you your productivity is low and you can be written up for something you can't control or fix since you aren't problem solve. In universal the sorter always breaking and major computer problems like when you sort the bar which lights up tells you to put wrong numbers in totes. Management here are like bullies very rude. I felt liked I worked on a slave ship and couldn't wait to the 10 hrs of horror was over. I have worked in a jail before and would rather go back and be bothered with inmates then work here. Worst job of my life.The human resource staff need more training and some need major attire adjustment when dealing with associates . They act like you bothering them when you asking them questions when they should be the most helpful and friendliest when they have basically the easiest job in the whole warehouse . They have to many chiefs and not enough Indians work on this slave ship.",1.0,none,1.0,none,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18753,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Read Amazon's Leadership Principles.....,"If they don't resonate with you 100%, it's not a good fit for you. Amazon is different from anywhere else I've worked. The autonomy I have and the ability to make an impact are a refreshing change from previous companies. But you have to be self-motivated and go after it. Nothing will just come to you here.","Like most businesses, Amazon will take as much of your time as you are willing to give without complaint. You have to be responsible for setting your own boundaries for work/life balance. I've never been penalized for doing so.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18754,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Manager,"Energetic workforce, non-bureaucratic, flexible but long hours, great pay level - stock grants!","Poor data quality, lack of promotion within finance, very high turnover, fast paced but focused on yesterday too much and not next quarter. Finance position levels are below comparable companies for the same level of responsibility.",Take time to evaluate changes before making them.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18755,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,logistics manager,"good pay and colleagues, good pay","management is not organized, can get boring",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18756,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Project Manager,Salary,Competitive for industry and benefits.,Long work hours including weekends.,Constantly being monitored by co workers and reported to,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18757,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,associate,"time off, benefits, pay, bonus, easy","rates, overtime, favoritism, bad management",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18758,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Great pay and benefits, 3 days off and very easy minimalist work,","long hours not flexible they force you to work mandatory overtime,",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18759,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,"Plenty of overtime, staff is friendly and your AM is usually helpful","Very routine, to get promoted to higher functions depend on if you're like by management",Get trainer that want to see new employees do well,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1095.htm
18760,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,Really good job with good pay. Great chance for promotions,Your shifts could change. Really need to be open to nights,Promote more from within. A lot of knowledgeable Tier 3's,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18761,amazon,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,prime now associate,"This is a pretty fun company and job,very good for job starter",Sometimes it just a little bit bored due to not orders come in.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18762,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Typical sweat shop,Some of the benefits they offer are helpful and low priced,Worst company to work for. Only decent thing is some of the benefits,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18763,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exploitative and mean spirited,i) Fast pace ii) Great brand recognition iii) Good pay,"i) Treat employees poorly. Even non tech business teams are expected to be on conference calls odd hours. I am on 11PM PST call every Wed night for Japan, and 5AM PST every Thursday for India. ii) Hyper political. People submit secret feedback via an online tool. Everybody uses game theory, so essentially its a race to knock people down. In the end, it comes down to your manager's discretion whether to give you a good rating or not. iii) Bad middle management. Once you get to VP level, I find them to be competent and smart, but Sr Managers and Directors are always jockeying for position and climbing on people's backs.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18764,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,I think Amazon is the best company you can work if you cannot enter Google/Facebook. And you would get promotion if you work very hard.,The salary and stock are not so satisfying. And the atmosphere is not fit my expectation.,The efficiency of HR really needs to improve and the process of interview can be improved.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18765,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Analyst,They encourage innovation. They encourage risk taking. Pay is competitive,Training isn't great and management can be abusive at times as far as work life balance,"Understand everyone is not from a technical background so adjusting your message to where EVERYONE can understand it, is important",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18766,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Material Handler,Material Handler,Great company to work for flexible schedules and plenty room for opportunity Great managers who care about employees Great job security Incentives for workers,Working load tends increase dramatically during holidays Regular working days sometimes turn into extended working days Not much time for restroom breaks,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18767,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Station Manager,Other than Pay there simply are not any pros,Everything other than pay and I mean everything,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18768,amazon,"Henderson, NV"," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Flex driver in Las Vegas UNLV1,"The money that is just about it. The ability to make your own schedule as well, and chatting with Rusty who is cool as heck","Constant ware and tare on your car. Constant construction going on so have to drive more just to make deliveries on time. They will terminate you even tho you have a reason why with police records, hospital records, or etc. I has my car broken into so my phone, cash, and other things was taken. I had no idea that I had to be at work on Sunday which was a new week. I have a police report on Saturday. I received an email from amazon telling me I missed my block and etc. I responded with my reason stating allow me to make it up. They responded telling me it will not reflect on my rating. I went into work that Friday 8hr drive day. I go home get another email telling me I was terminated for missing deliver blocks. So I work and they fire me after telling me I was okay in a prior email. Going to labor board and attorney to seek damages with my police reports.",There are no managers to speak too. Only email.,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18769,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Productive and Efficient Environment,"Majority of the associates within the environment work as a team, which increases productivity.",Some associates have lack of motivation that can potentially harm productivity of other associates around them.,"Focus on hard working associates and give them accolades, so they can motivate other associates around them to improve their performance.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1096.htm
18770,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a Bad Job,Huge opportunity to promote within the company,It's super competitive and is the definition of dog eat dog.,Not to be so hard on us. we're trying our best.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18771,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Get 3 day off sometime 2,Stressful management they don't care about there employees like they say.,Care about your employees more you could keep them if you're hiring more worker don't make your hard worker do mandatory overtime because people have children and set schedules for them to help you with the customers...,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18772,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources,"Being part of something universal. Great Respect for the Company! A culture that is relatable to all levels of the organization, the hard work, having fun and making history.","Work life balance is hard to manage and a constant struggle. It felt as if Amazon owned me. To keep afloat you had to invest a lot of your ""own"" time.",none,1.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18773,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer,Tons of great people to work with,"Not much freedom or room for one too ""step up""",Add more benefits and a better work place,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18774,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Agent,Agent,Fare salary and good stuff.,Could not find anything for now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18775,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,-Great Pay -Able to WFH -Autonomy -Plenty of opportunity to train and learn new skills -Able to move within the company for a perfect fit,- Not enough seating space - No Amazon.com perks,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18776,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Work From Home Agent,Distribution Center,Need extra employment during the day.,There are none as long as it's a replicable company,I have worked in management for 25 years. Very strong work ethic,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18777,amazon,"Henrico, VA"," Jul 28, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Picker,The pay was ok but they should pay more for all we did,"Too hot, excessive amount of walking in heat, horrible parking, managers have a lot of attitude....not professional at all",Take some classes on management etiquette,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18778,amazon,"Shakopee, MN"," Aug 13, 2016",Former Employee - Sorting Warehouse Associate,You're not even a person,I have to write something in this space as a 20 word minimum. Doot doot doot doot doot doot doot.,"You are not even human to the management. They treat you like garbage, and when I tried to seek cross training in hopes of attaining my goal of a single full time job and this as my part time job, I was rejected. I was told the reason was that they were worried that if I had a permanent full time job (as opposed to the temp full time job I had been juggling alongside Amazon), then I might leave Amazon. Well guess what - if I weren't working both some sort of full time job AND a part time job, I'd be homeless! So in that case, I DEFINITELY wouldn't be with Amazon! I left after that. His spiel was the most disrespectful thing I had ever heard.",Don't you DARE try to tell me to dedicate my entire life to PART TIME Amazon work (I am not in good enough health to work manual labor full time). My survival comes first!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18779,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Jul 29, 2016","Former Employee - Process Guide, Warehouse Lead, Trainer",Amazon is dangeroud,The company doesn't care about you its a farce,To many to list here,Stop making billio a without caring about developing employees,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1097.htm
18780,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations specialist,casual laid back environment you have no supervisors breathing down your neck and over your shoulder. able to complete work independently,pay and they are not transparent with the employees they tell you one thing and do another. never have your managers there if you need help. It is like a huge high school full of lies and drama,love your employees do not work them to death and pay them kibbles and bits,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18781,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Former fulfillment associate, Carlisle PA","Great benefits, good pay, bonuses, some management staff and problem solvers that care and make the experience tolerable.","Too much overtime, too high expectations and quotas for employees, very poor training (and it WILL affect you later), a very negative environment full of miserable, tired, ignorant and rude people (particularly on day shifts) that will disrespect you in a heartbeat, it seems that much more importance is given to numbers than the people that work hard to make them. Feels like slavery and prison all at once, without the whiplashes. The Inbound department is very disorganized and you will get confused and get blamed for mistakes that are not your fault. It is the worst department to work in and they have a very high turnover rate.","When hiring new people, don't just have someone train them for one day and if you move them to other areas, have the ""right"" people train them. It's not fair that a new employee should be subjected to verbal abuse simply because they did not receive the correct training. Also, HR should not tell employees when they start that this place does not tolerate harassment. My first week there, I was harassed by a janitor and had to fill out two statements before they finally left me alone and I had a witness. I was treated very disrespectfully by my co-workers as well. Try to be more for your people and not so much your numbers, especially the Inbound team.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18782,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon treats employees like cattle,40+ hours a week. Good benifits,Management staffing issues and retaliatory work assignments,Be fair as to the work assignments,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18783,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,AMAZON,Get to leave early if you have unpaid time off hours or personal time hours,Get in trouble for thr stupidest things,Stop firing people just because you dont want to move us to another position,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18784,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associate,The benefits and health plans are good,No communication in the building,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18785,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager Level V,It's a mixed bag. Love and hate,The paycheck is good. Day 1 feels like you can accomplish anything. Relocation package is Amazing. Travel in the first year.,Every day is not day 1 when you aren't supported by the support teams and don't get answers from SR. Leadership. Empty guarantees for things your building needs. No team building events.,Train your managers. Stop setting them up to fail. We are all human and deserve respect. Connections is a popularity contest.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18786,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Warehouse associate,Phx 3 is one of the smaller warehouses. I loved working at amazon. If you want to keep your job make sure youve made rate for the week and keep your tine of task low. I was a full time seasonal associate through integrity staffing. Try direct hire on amazon website they open every once in a while but I would not recommend going to the hiring agency because do not communicate with you.,Imtegrity does not help you. I had finished my assignment at amazon and asked when my last date of work was and they said they dont know ...no one has ever stayed though all of there assignment. So i kept working for another two weeks on the fence never knowing if they were going to pull me aside and walk me out or if could make it to the next conversion.,managnent was great. Integerity as not.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18787,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Part Time Picker,Flex scheduling has made Amazon Prime Now a terrible place to work,"Fair hourly wage, the work activity can be really good for weight loss. The Flex shift hours can allow one to feel like they have a good work life balance, especially if you don't mind missing a few paychecks. The break room is nice. They have a microwave and vending machines,and water coolers.","There are not many pros in the current configuration of Amazon Prime Now Flex. The workload has increased substantially and the manpower has been effectively reduced through the misuse of the flexible scheduling option. Some employees scramble to be online so they can snatch availability at the location I am associated with, some of them go for weeks with no hours available to work. I was shocked to see how insidious the lure of a change in status of employment from part time seasonal to a permanent Amazon hire was used to basically trick the unsuspecting employee into reducing hours for the company. Since the change, I see understaffing to the point that the managers have to pick product and the associate that has hours has to work at a fever pitch just to keep up with the demand.When the service launched there were,on average, eight employees on shift. Now there may be two and in some cases one. That is very abusive. One more thing. The managers do not care that you have been picking product from the time you clock in. Once you finish the task of picking and slamming products the expectation is that because they are so short staffed and need to have product put away or stowed they continue the grind you into the dirt...until your break, which you will need because the warehouse is so hot you drip sweat.",Please staff appropriately so you do not burn out the Part time seasonal employee. There can be no doubt that if the current pattern continues there will not be many associates that are willing to work as if they were three people. Keep all employees for the entire shift so that when the opportunity arises to stow product you have enough people to get the job done without stressing out the staff.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18788,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,not again,friends canteen hours food experience,slave work need a car they don't listen if your face fits,take into consideration mature workers,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18789,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Company but still very young. Making History!,Lots of autonomy. New experiences every day. Good people to work with in my org.,"Highs and lows when it comes to work loads. If we're busy, we're really busy. Sometimes feels like we churn a bit.",Pull back from the weeds to get the big picture. Diving deep is very important but we need someone ensuring we have the right people diving the right issues.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1098.htm
18790,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Developer Intern,SDE Intern,Great company to work with.,I did not find any cons during my internship period.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18791,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Organization Dependent,"Worked within the Games & Apps org for Cloud Drive. Good size overall team (~200), good director-level management.","Typical large corporate pace, everything moved very slow.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18792,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So-so,Interesting company with potential to move around,Limited growth within specific department,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18793,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jul 23, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,"I mean, it is Amazon. You meet a lot of cool people from all walks of life. The ""hub"" online is amazing, you can sign up for overtime, if you forgot to clock out it'll tell you and you can submit a request for the time you clocked out, HR will check the cameras to see when time you left and adjust your clock out time!","They won't give you any company swag and won't let you buy it. Orientation is terrible, they don't explain anything you basically walk around on Day 2 trying to find a lead and figure out what you're doing. They could make orientation so much better. The emails you get before orientation are extremely vague, so you have no idea what to expect. Extremely strict management. You either pick up what you're doing or you'll be fired after a week. They expect you to be perfect right off the bat even with no experience. The Ambassadors that train you aren't trained very well so really whatever they know, you know. Organization, well, you won't find that here. Breaks are short, break rooms are on the other side of the building where all the conveyor belts are it takes about 5 minutes to power walk there and 5 minutes to walk back so you have 5 minutes for an actual break of 15 minutes.","Orientation needs to be thorough, make sure ambassadors actually know what they're doing. Amazon is a huge company and employees should be given at least a t-shirt.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18794,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Good learning experience , helps you how to work in the most complex environment","Poor Work life balance, work at Amazon require 24*7 commitment , one would end up working even during weekends",Must give equal importance to contract employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18795,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work,They give you a good pay,It was a long working hours,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18796,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Amazon is a great company to work for. I truly feel supported. I feel like I am apart of a winning organization!  -Work/life balance -Flexibility -Tools -Support -Casual environment -Fun!,-Working in many systems -Ramp up might take longer due to many processes,Not at this time,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18797,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Job sucks bad,"Decent pay, meet a lot of people, paid time off and voluntary time off options","Drama, feels like high school, people constantly on your back, bad morale","Train your managers better. I made top 10% in my department for 2 months, still had the manager harass me everyday til I quit. Write ups are a joke",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18798,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,You get benefits and pay is some what decent. Tons of over time,"Work you to the bone, have to be fast. Not enough time to spend with family.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18799,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"learn a lot, lose a lot.","too busy, not friendly, doesn't respect engineer",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1099.htm
18800,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazon Review,Casual attire Dog Friendly Casual Environment Good hiring screening,Poor work-life balance Understaffed Difficult to get promoted,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18801,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfillmeent Center Associate,"Excellent working environment Climate controlled, easy access to water stations, break rooms, food prep stations. Easy access to HR rep at every shift. Leadership always open to change and imput from all team members. Plenty of training opportunities for professional growth. Very positive corporate culture. Being an Amazonian. Choice of 4 day work schedules is awesome and trailblazing.","High turnover at the Tier 1 level due to the poor pay. The bean counters are not very accurate at what an individuals production rate should be.always under ""big brothers"" watchfull eye by camera, computer, scanner guns.","If Amazon wants to stop losing qualified associates at such a high rate. The entry level pay has to be substantially higher. Minimum pay should be uniform across all their U S facilities, since the work is the same.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18802,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,good pay,just get ready to get tired because it's a physical job..but no stress.,you will be physically exhausted,Keep up giving associate a good career opportunity..,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18803,amazon,"Monroeville, PA"," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,managemtn,good pay good employee employer relations,far away from east pittsburgh limited work hours,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18804,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Design Intern,"Lots of smart people, good culture of feedback, good work life balance (compared to the engineering teams),","Can be a little opaque about expectations, The feedback during the final reviews was very different from the type of feedback i got during one on ones.",Be clearer about what your expectations are and spend more time with helping your interns with career advice professionally. Many interns don't come from working in such a large company.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18805,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not worth it,"Your boss is basically a computer algorithm, you can go at your own pace, you don't have to be fakey nice to passengers like with ridesharing, you can drive just about any old car, freedom to choose schedule.",if they give you a lot of apartment deliveries it is impossible to get in the closed buildings and it will take you twice as long to deliver all of the packages.,figure out how to be more equitable with apartments and houses... if you only had to deliver to houses it wouldn't be so bad...I refused delivering the packages last time because there were like 35 apartments.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18806,amazon,"Alexandria, VA"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Great workplace for IT Professional,Salary is great starting pay for entry-level,Long hours can sometimes be overwhelming while on your foot all day.,I have no advice to magaement,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18807,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Problem Solver,working at amazon,decent money in your 20's full time promotions right way no uniform friendly employee,long hours 10 hours a day too many rules short breaks a lot of standing a lot of walking,too much for me to write,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18808,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - ICQA,ICQA,Good benefits. There aren't many other benefits to working here. It really hits home when I have to try and hit a 20 word minimum for the pros when I practically wrote a novel on the cons.,"There is a palpable rift between management and fulfillment center tier one associates. Amazon knows they have a nearly unlimited supply of applicants who need jobs. For tier one associates the basic requirement is a high school diploma, however, there are several employees in the Haslet, TX FC who don't even have a diploma. Management isn't in the business of developing talent. Nearly every management position is filled from outside applicants, regardless if they have qualified individuals already working at the FC. I recently finished my M.S. in Aerospace Engineering and needed a job while I search for my career job. So I started as a seasonal tier one associate during Amazon's peak season. I figured while I was with Amazon I would try an advance myself, if for nothing else than to gain experience with networking and managing associates. However because I was a tier one associate, Amazon wouldn't allow me the opportunity to interview for an Area Manager position (tier 4), even though I far exceed the qualifications necessary for an Area Manager. I believed I should have at the very least been given an opportunity to interview when all other applicants are recent college graduates with only bachelors degrees with little to no life experience. In many cases these KIDS have never had a job making the Area Manager position their first job. I worked for a very reputable financial company as a Client Service Manager for just over two years as well as other various positions within the company the previous four for a total of six. I was told by all Senior Operation managers I would need to leave Amazon and reapply directly as an Area Manager. That puts me in a tough position considering I don't have two or three other jobs to fall back on. Then I recently had a SenOps person lie directly to my face and when that happened I lost all respect for Amazon and it's management structure. A large majority of the employees have a distaste for management and overall the atmosphere is extremely toxic, one without hope for advancement. If you're ambitious but don't have a degree and you would consider yourself ""old"" relative to the workforce, I wouldn't recommend working at an Amazon FC","Give more respect to your worker employees. A seismic shift is needed. The Haslet FC should really re-evaluate who they've put in advanced positions, many of the Area Managers appear incompetent and lack the necessary people skills to really get out of their team what they should be getting. It's not all about ""the NUMBERS"". If your employees enjoy working for you then the numbers will come.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18809,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 23, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,people treated like machines,"perks included: -health benefits -partial dental/vision benefits -tuition support up to 3k a year after working full time as a blue badge -restricted stocks, can't sell until you've worked there as a blue badge for 2 years and you lose it if you leave the company before the 2 years are up  -easy to get hired since they need so many workers at the warehouses -tasks are easy to learn but repetitive and boring -lots of opportunities for overtime and moving up","-ABUSIVE culture where workers are rated based on speed and accuracy, turn over rates are extremely high in warehouses -extremely low morale at work -workers treated like machines and often forced to work mandatory overtime, managers don't care if you're tired or if you didn't have enough sleep.... you are expected to hit rates everyday(or week) -a lot of dumb coworkers since they hire mainly people with high school diplomas/ GED, some don't even have it -incompetent managers",quit treating people like machines,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1100.htm
18810,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 23, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,people treated like machines,"perks included: -health benefits -partial dental/vision benefits -tuition support up to 3k a year after working full time as a blue badge -restricted stocks, can't sell until you've worked there as a blue badge for 2 years and you lose it if you leave the company before the 2 years are up  -easy to get hired since they need so many workers at the warehouses -tasks are easy to learn but repetitive and boring -lots of opportunities for overtime and moving up","-ABUSIVE culture where workers are rated based on speed and accuracy, turn over rates are extremely high in warehouses -extremely low morale at work -workers treated like machines and often forced to work mandatory overtime, managers don't care if you're tired or if you didn't have enough sleep.... you are expected to hit rates everyday(or week) -a lot of dumb coworkers since they hire mainly people with high school diplomas/ GED, some don't even have it -incompetent managers",quit treating people like machines,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18811,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2016",Former Employee - Packer/Shipper,Amazon,"Decent pay with no experience required, good work environment with lists of opportunity to advance easy work very nice break room with tvs snack machines and gaming consoles.","Long periods of standing, and long working days",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18812,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,It was good for a time,Work is only as hard as you make it,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18813,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - TPA1,Beware!,"Good pay great benefits great if you are young or you have no ambition to go farther in this job, once they have you in a position if you're over 40, expect to be there forever.","Timed work, unrealistic expectations, ok if you're under 35, if you're older, this company will make sure you don't advance and they will lock you out of building without any reason then say you quit.",How about treat everyone equally?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18814,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift assistant,"Great benefits, amazing atmosphere never really feels like I'm working. It's a pleasant place to work.","The only downside is the long hours at times, but that's logistics.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18815,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Picker/Dock/Icqa,Dont work here if you dont have a plan,"insurance 95% of tuition paid after 1 year Company stock after two years Great place to network try to make as many connections as you can,",unrealistic expectations Favoritism Management is either to busy to care or to lazy (my guess is both) once you get around 3 years be prepared for them to do whatever they can to fire you. There is a reason why there is a salary cap!!!!!,"I cant really give them advice There jobs suck just as bad as the associates if not worse because they get no overtime. My advice to Management is the same to tier1s, use that place for whatever you can and find another job with the experience",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18816,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,Good people to work with makes the time go by,Rules change all the time without any notification until you are written up,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18817,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jul 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh it's ok,The insurance benefits kicked in automatically,"Long hours, short lunch breaks and by the building being so big I would almost have to run to the cafeteria, I also disliked not having my cell phone on me in case of an emergency.",I would say do a company survey on how they can make the work place more better.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18818,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Bad company, never come here","Do not have any pros, besides it is easy to jump to other companies. Actually, Amazon should not treated as an IT company.","Actually, the most of your work is sending email as a software engineer instead of coding. Also the person who send and reply email fast and with professional word will get improved, no one care about what you have done.","It is really hard the change this, but it is still suitable some one who is a not good software engineer, but still want to get promoted. Since the whole employee of the company are such person.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18819,amazon,"Ontario, CA"," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,Accommodating steady benefits are really great. team culture is outstanding. recognition is awesome hr does an outstanding job The physicality of job has really improved health and stamina.,sent home due to lack of work No real chance for career advancement. Internal transfers at this location are really hard for existing employees to obtain,Keep it up I really like the all hands meetings. felt part of the team on day one. all management has taken the time to listen to teams concerns. Can see results and management provides answers in aa rapid manner.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1101.htm
18820,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy,The rates to meet are very simple as long as you stay on task! The people are all very friendly and approachable.,The ops managers never really communicate with you. It would be nice to talk to them so we can hear stuff straight from them,Please take more time to talk to your associates and get their feedback on the problems or concerns they might have,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18821,amazon,"Umatilla, OR"," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Love the training they give out, fast paced, stable. Pushes you to be the better. If you work a holiday they cater food to you Work Hard Have Fun Make History",The schedule is rough. 12 hour shifts rotate every 3 months between graveyard and day shift. Way to much paperwork and red tape to get stuff fixed.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18822,amazon,"Lathrop, CA"," Jul 23, 2016",Former Employee - Packager,Beware,"If you're young with little job experience this would be an ok place to work. Good benefits, decent pay, a lot of overtime if you want it.","To say Amazon (warehouse, line packaging, etc..) is fast paced is an understatement. They expect you to be so fast and meet such high productivity goals the job is miserable (physically damaging and painful to your body). The ergonomics of the work stations are horrible! You strain your back constantly. They expect you to work so fast that you can't take even a few seconds to lift properly and still meet productivity goals. If you stop for just a few moments to step in the bathroom, use the urinal as fast as possible and go right back to work you'll be under the productivity demands the rest of your shift. You have to pack at least 160 items an hour. That includes checking the computer screen, getting a box, taping the box, applying the label, getting the item, scanning the item, packing with padding, sealing the box, scanning the box, and then putting it on the conveyor.","Be accommodating to employees ergonomic needs which will reduce injuries. I asked to work the sorting area at least part of my shift to reduce back strain and they said ""No."" I asked to do another job at the facility for which I had almost 20 years experience at another employer. They refused until I worked there a full year.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18823,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,just ok,"work from home, 1 hour lunch","No one to call for help, technical issues often, employee discount is a joke",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18824,amazon,"Pompano Beach, FL"," Jul 23, 2016",Former Employee - FLORIDA,Warehouse,"Great people, place, etc.","The individual work of stacking, and restacking goods.","If the lord, willing.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18825,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"If You Want To Be A Robot, This Is The Job For You",Good pay for what the job is. Easily Available Overtime,"Firstly, I'd like to say that I personally witnessed three different incidents of sexual/verbal harassment on my first day of training. The poor girl I was buddied with was literally screamed at by a manager and bullied into giving him her phone number. I didn't feel safe as a woman and only made it a week before I couldn't stand it anymore.  They are obsessed with the idea that you are stealing from them. They keep track of every minute you spend on breaks and at lunch and they make you walk through a metal detector as you leave the floor. They also aggressively track your productivity and efficiency, then publish your numbers to pit you against the other employees and encourage competition. You will stand for ten straight hours, even though there's no real reason you can't sit. You are standing in front of a desk scanning items into a system. Why can't you sit in front of the desk? Maybe Amazon is obsessed with standing. Who knows? All I know is that it was a completely unpleasant work experience and I've got no desire to ever repeat it.","Maybe spend less time hitting on the new hires and do your job, whatever that actually is.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18826,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is great,"work life balance, people, pay, buildings are cool",expensive to live near offices,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18827,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Inbound Trainer,Inbound Trainer,"Get to work directly with the associates and help them be successful. Also, the opportunities that are granted to associates by the company for self development are second to none. From career choice opportunities to tuition reimbursement the company offers so many avenues to better yourself in ways that a dollar amount can't be put on them.","Long hours building up to Peak, it's part of the deal. Often fast paced and some repetitive motion.","Understand that when a Standard Process is in place by what's called ""Network Standard"". It is meant to be followed in order to deliver the desired results according to what the network deems acceptable.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18828,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Repetitive ...and very aggrivating,Good pay good money cute girl's,Bad management and nobody likes to help you . I wish they would take that rate thing away they're always down your back,Be nicer and more supportive and maybe some of us would actually come in to work,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18829,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC associate,"They have decent benefits. Stock options if you make it pass the two year period. You can submit for a schedule that fits your life for the most part after you have been there for a while. Monthly bonuses if the building meets the required ""goals"" for the month.","The Joliet MDW2 building is like working in a slave ship. If your a minute late from brake they are waiting to take your name and write you up. If you move from your area (lets say the restroom) for more than 10 minutes (it takes about 6 minutes to walk there and back) a write up. You pretty much have two 10 minutes brakes that you pretty much have to run to the brakeroom to sit down. There are rules for going to the MED unit. They walk above your head on a platform and watch you like in a prison. The average age of the so called management is 21 with a very small amount of diversity in the ranks. They claim that there is this awesome opportunity for advancement (only for 20 something white males) and a few specks of color for good measure. I have talked to many poeple here with degrees that are working at the lowest entry level and they are being pretty much ignored. So I guess you can throw in a bit of ageism with the colorism smh. They walk down aisles and scan your ID daily to see if there is a write up in the computer for you. This is really motivational for the workers. I applied for a level 4 job and an email was sent to my manager (who I never told that I applied) telling him I did not get the position before they contacted me. I thought that was a really Crappy thing to do and have him come to me while I'm working was offputting to say the least. Then they said not to promote me no time soon because I didn't have any backbone. Well I have heard it all, I have never been told that by anybody. And what gives them the right to put such negative thoughts into his head. Not sure how you show backbone in a telephone interview after you have been up all night working and the schedule you for a 8 am interview. Honestly there is sooooo much wrong at this location, I couldn't get it all written in a timely fashion. Many good people have left because of the terrible management and atmosphere.","Hire some experienced managers and quit making up rules on a daily basis. Being a company that loves to grow and change does not mean, make up silly ways to constantly penalize good workers.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1102.htm
18830,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It's a tough but rewarding job.,"Great starting pay, immediate benefits, fun, fast-paced work environment.","They work you like a dog, and management often seems unapproachable.","Pay a little more attention to the needs of your employees, otherwise great job!",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18831,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment associate,"Great benefits, you work hard but it's fun.",Too many supervisors per area.,Spend more time with individual employee.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18832,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon parttime,Schedule. . . its part time and you can pick your hours ... Pay weekly. ..,Since they do not interview one on one . they let anyone have a job ... That means lazy people that dont help and management is poor is SOME department. ... Can not go over 30 hours a week ...,If they see that you work they offer you an ambassador position no extra money but this is a step closer to advancement,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18833,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Misogyny Abounds,"Surrounded by smart people, and some have the opportunity to grow into leadership roles fairly quickly.","Misogyny Abounds. Be warned, if you are a female with career goals, you'll watch male counterparts around you be promoted and succeed twice as fast, while putting in half the time, effort, and talent.","Care, really care, about gender bias issues.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18834,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Illinois,Warehouse,Great opportunity to better your skills,Advancements from one job to another,"Great job with all the staff, keep up good job",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18835,amazon,"Morrow, GA"," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Good place,"Set your own schedule and I work from home plus for cams we got money to buy from the ""swag store""",Non this was a great job and a good company to work for will go back during peak season come November I only left due to take care of newborn,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18836,amazon,"Dundalk, MD"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Ambassador,Relatively fair employer,30 Hours base of unpaid time off which is able to be used at personal discretion as well as holiday pay,"Unable to take vacations or any leaves for personal reasons such as leaving town for vacation, must resign and reapply",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18837,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Amazing,"Fun, energetic, one of the best jobs I worked! Team building. Never a dull moment. Always recognizes hard work. Felt like I was apart of a time. Can be very competitive.",Hours slow from time to time depending on work flow. Can be slightly exhausting if your not used to standing all day. First few days your body will hurt.,Keep up the great work!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18838,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Be a wolf or get eaten,Great place to work if you have no personal life or commitments. Working with very intelligent people.,"If you are a wolf you must eat things to survive. Ar Amazon, The Wolf survives by eating the Sheep. Whether you are in operations or human resources the same applies. This includes backstabbing, unfair treatment to your peers or others, and unethical practices to make sure that you get ahead. The best part is that two to three years later the same people who were the Wolves end up getting eaten by a bigger a wolf. I complain to senior Human Resources management about the issues I am describing above and was supposed to be protected through the process of the investigation. I was promised that I would be put on a different shift with different leadership that I had not worked with before so I wouldn't have to face them after the situation. Instead I was placed with the senior ops manager who had been overseeing the ones with issues. After raising my concerns about this is not fair I was told that it's the only option and it got worse. If you like to work a ton of hours with little in return except stock incentive and pay then take this position. You will run your butt off miles per day across the building solving Petty employee relations issues and helping management who doesn't care to learn how to treat people the right way as long as they meet their operations goals. Don't get caught up in the promise of stock because you may not even be there when it's available.",Realize that your HR partners are there to help you achieve more through your people. Then we all win.,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18839,amazon,"Reading, PA"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant,"Amazon Fulfillment, Eh.","Good People to work with, hours are heavy but easily work with home life.","Bad Management, no LEADERS. If you are one of the guys, then you will get far, they cream over military and not all the time they are great.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1103.htm
18840,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer III,Great opportunity but mired in corporate politics.,"Fast growing, exciting company. At the beginning it feels like you can do anything. Awesome campus and truly unique culture.",Experiences vary widely from team to team but if you have a bad one you'll be trapped. Internal mobility is difficult if you don't have a supportive manager. Stack ranking absolutely exists at Amazon and if you aren't on the same page as your manager your days will be numbered.,Don't play lip service to your leadership principles. They apply to management too. Forget the stack ranking. Try developing the employees you have instead of churning thousands of talented people yearly.,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18841,amazon,"Dalton, GA"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Great place to work, Great benefits. Amazing insurance",hard to advance within,Promote from Within,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18842,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Learning opportunities and career growth,Pressure and work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18843,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like most average reviews,Learn about operations right after college or 2-3 years after is completely worth it. Go through peak. See where you stand. Data driven.,"Not for everyone. Warehouse (fulfillment center settings). Extremely political more so than any other big name companies I have worked for. It's a whole another world compared to Amazon corporate. Think thoroughly before you join. Weigh pros and cons, can be really worth it or can be miserable.",Listen to everyone like an actual human being. Care more about people that work there. Really drive better culture from the start will go a long way.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18844,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not the worst place.,Pay is decent from about 11 to 12 an hour depending on shift.,"You over worked, your back will give out, even with proper lifting you'll still ruin your back. They don't care about your health, you have to take care of your own body. They also fire people for illegitimate reasons.","Take a better look at your system.. a stower should not always be the one at fault when an item is missing when your pickers or other Stowers end up misplacing it or picking it with their item, even checking the amnesty report doesn't keep the stower from being punished. That is not a fair work environment nor is it any longer equal opportunity.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18845,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so great,Best place to work. Amazing work culture. Best environment to work.,Less salary for the work done. Not proper recognition,Shouldn't be partial with promotion. should be given equal opportunities.,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18846,amazon,"Moreno, San Diego, CA"," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,highly recommend,It was a great experienece. Meet a lot of different and new people.,it is hot inside the warehouses.,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18847,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,GREAT TEAM ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT! Opportunity for advancement. Great paid time off. Open door policy to management. Encourage continued education. Medical benefits etc.,"More competitive salaries needed. 401k benefits, have some areas of opportunities. I don't have any other areas of opportunity to mention.","A change in management, causes inconsistency. Try a more gradual approach, to make changes, when stepping in to a management position, that affects your front line employees.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18848,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Process Engineer,Fast paced and Busy,"The environment is always changing, super fast paced and is innovative.","Work-life balance is very poor. Unfortunately the only people that get promoted are the people who put their jobs first. It is great place to work for single people, but not if you have a family or want one.",Spend more time investing in your best assets: your employees!,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18849,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Difficult But Rewarding,"At Amazon you're surrounded by the best and the brightest. The interview loop is famously difficult, but very effective at ensuring that the company maintains extremely high standards. There is no driftwood - everyone contributes (and is expected to). Although there is some office politics, there is far less than I've seen at other companies. The leadership principles (study them if you're interviewing) aren't just window dressing - they're adhered to and used as a yardstick for everything from new product initiatives to your annual review. You'll learn more and become better at your job at Amazon, because you have to. And once you've put in a tour of duty at Amazon, everything else will seem easy.","Amazon is more like a startup than a 20-yr old company. It's quite likely that you'll be expected to do your job with very little guidance, and a whole lot of ambiguity. In fact, dealing with ambiguity is something Amazon hires for. The pace can be torrid - you'll be expected to take on far more than you've taken on at other companies. And you'll be expected to back up all your decisions with data, not opinions. This can be fabulous but also very challenging.  Amazon is also crazy about secrecy. The review process is famously opaque. People managers receive training that non-managers don't get, and aren't supposed to talk about. There are many secret/confidential initiatives going on throughout the company, and it can be difficult getting things done due to the restrictions on communication.  And finally, Amazon is famously stingy - or ""frugal"" as it's known internally. No fringe benefits, you're expected to do more with less, and expensing a business lunch can be an ordeal. Most Amazonians don't even buy each other lunch - checks are always split, which I find ridiculous.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1104.htm
18850,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,many projects you could choose to work on,not so much team in new york,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18851,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Network Technician,"Work Hard, Play Hard","Amazon's moniker to work hard and play hard is no joke, they will work your butt off the moment you walk through the doors. With that said though, they are very flexible in anything that is going on in life to help you.","The stock options take 3 years to vest, so that carrot on a stick is kind of annoying.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18852,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"technologies, peers, culture, location, team","work life balance, pay hikes",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18853,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRBP,Fast paced environment and competitive pay,"Challenging work life balance and minimal training for new hires. Political power for promotions and ""in"" cliques that cause associates to feel under valued and deflated.",Be fair and don't demonstrate favorites.,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18854,amazon,"Chesapeake, VA"," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Prime Now Fullfillment Associate,"Sometimes work can be fun and entertaining. Small work shifts. Theme days, music.","Management sucks. You have multiple managers telling you different things, no one is ever on the same page. Once you convert to permanent you will have to fight for your hours. They don't care if this is your only job or that you have kids, bills, or sick family members. I would not recommend this job to anyone unless you have another job or people to fall back on when they start to cut hours or fire you!",Communicate more to all associates/ managers so that they will know everything they need to know in order to do their job the right way.,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18855,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Jul 17, 2016",Former Employee - FC Associate,Not awful,"It is a corporate environment with a requirement for high energy. If you want to just go to work, clock in and come home... Then this isn't a bad job. Benefits are top notch and time off is plentiful.","Management is fairly cut throat and fairly insensitive. There is no ""checks and balances"" to ensure that employees are treated well by management.","Management needs to chill. Plain and simple. Just because someone has a off day isn't a reason to freak out. Additionally, when a employee has a great day be sure to appreciate it.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18856,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Team Lead,Excellent employer,"Work from home/ flexible schedule for college, great benefits",Their time off policy is very strict,Give more trust into your lower management,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18857,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Run bro,"They will hire anyone. As long as you've got half a brain, you're more than capable of doing the job. It's not as hard as people say.","No one knows what is going on, hectic work environment. Literally the worst job I've ever had. People say it's hard, it's not. It is mind numbing.",Do you jobs.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18858,amazon,"Modesto, CA"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager I,soul sucking,nothing good. hate work.,as an area manager all you do is manual labor 14 hours a day. constant overtime. different from job descriptions,let people live,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18859,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont do it,"Benefits from day 1, okay Pay, 4 day work week","Rates, You're tracked as if in prison. Middle of nowhere",Cut the rates,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1105.htm
18860,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An innovative company that still grows,"Amazon still grows, and Jeff Bezos is not a common person. Lots of opportunities to work on new projects. However, teams can vary a lot. In some teams, the workload can be really high, while in others, life-work balance still exists.","Almost no perks. Work is always over ""work-life balance"" if you want to be promoted.","Take more care of the employees. More perks, such as free meals-- since we are staying to work late anyway.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18861,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Mturk Freelancer,Mturk,Work when you want Choose your jobs Work at home,Low pay on most jobs no benefits no employee assistance and no contact with Amazon,Talk to your workers. Get some benefits. Turn this into something amazing.,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18862,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,EAs are for gridning,"Uhm, pretty buildings? Bring your dog to work.","All I do is calendaring, +40 hours a week. No appreciation, no gratitude, and I am not treated like an equal member of the team. The internal website is basically a giant wiki, with no thought behind organization or hierarchy. Finding information on basic search terms is impossible.",The exec EAs in this group commented about how you're not supposed to spend your entire day managing a calendar. It would be nice if new managers of EAs perhaps got some mentoring on how work with their EAs prior to getting one.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18863,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Awesome work life balance,My team in particular has a great work life balance. My coworkers are awesome and management has tons of empathy.,Work can get mundane at times.,Nothing much keep it up.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18864,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Q/A & Audits,Amazon does a lot of cross-training that makes you feel more valuable employ4,they work you to death,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18865,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC associate,Great work environment Easily accessible to transportation,Not flexible with hours Rude management,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18866,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was awful,Good pay and sign on bonuses and benefits. Sometimes you work four days a week with three off and u learn a lot quickly.,Treated like a number not a person. They hire smart people but then don't utilize you for that and really don't care who you are.,Don't treat people like slaves,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18867,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"You'll learn a lot, but you'll get frustrated",* Lots of responsibility * You'll build big and exciting products * You'll work with some really smart people,"* Lots of politics and bureaucracy. Managers take entire teams of employees with them when they leave. Poaching happens all the time. Attrition is a huge problem, even though the higher ups deny it publicly. Promising young engineers often end up getting frustrated and leaving. There are some good engineers who stick around, mostly for the stock. But it's much less stock than what you get at Google and Facebook.  * There will be a lot of pressure to get stuff done but you'll not get the resources to get it done. There either won't be enough devs in your team or the systems you'll need to depend on will be complete crap and devs in the platform teams will be too overworked to help you out. Directors and VPs (and Bezos himself) care more about getting stuff out quickly as opposed to building things that will last. Yet they say the opposite in public. What a bunch of hypocrites.  * Communication is very very hard. Other teams won't want to talk to you and won't want to help you, and you'll have a very hard time convincing them otherwise.  Amazon will probably never care about its engineers. It has made too much money treating engineers badly. Do yourself a favor and don't work here. You might get lucky and join one if the very few good teams, but the chances are low.","Stop the hypocrisy. If you want to build something that lasts, don't push engineers to work nights and weekends and launch stuff in three months. You end up with fragile systems that break at key times, which causes even more operational headaches for the engineers.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18868,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Good Pay & Good Benefits! As a recent college fresh grad, their offer was very tempting. Stock options provided as well. You get to work with so many different people in the fulfillment center! Good learning experience!","Work life balance is the worst part!! I only got to sleep about 5-6 hrs a day when I work and this AM position you are entitled to do so many different stuff instead of just running the shift. Also, if you have bad feet(s), don't work in an FC. You pretty much have to walk non-stop for 10 hours at least! 40 hours per week in the contract was a lie. At least 50 hours for a normal week and during peak season it will go up to 70-80 hours a week.",Do less non-value added audit and start truly care about safety not just the volume goal. Better equip all your AMs before they start running their shift. At least all AMs should hold a certain standard of knowledge base before you send them to the battlefield.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18869,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDEI,Fast pace. Learn a lot,On call. High pressure. Not good compensation compared to other tech companies,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1106.htm
18870,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound stower,Good working conditions and benefits. After 1 year you are eligible to apply for courses offered by career choice.,You must work meeting standards to keep your employment.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18871,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Good career opportunities, but rarely a lifetime career","- Very smart coworkers - Great opportunity to grow and learn internally through various tech talks, principal engineer talks, conferences, and as nature of the work - Decent benefits throughout tenure","- On-call culture can be toxic - Job perks are only okay for the size of company - Work/life balance isn't pushed from a corporate level, but from a manager level",Instill better work/life balance into the culture. Paid paternity/maternity leave. Mandated work from home day to allow engineers to focus on implementing solutions.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18872,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Business Analyst,"Impact, high visibility, good pay","Poor communication, no work/life balance",More oversight and focus on streamlining processes,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18873,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Worth to work for, but you have to work hard a lot in the first year",You can learn a lot of cut-edge technologies. There are a lots of very brilliant people you can learn from.,"But compare with the salary, the work is too busy. Everyone in their first year will always work to the mid-night to catch up.","I can see there are some policies published last year to improve the work environment, reduce pressures to employee, this is good, please go on.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18874,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Overall it has been a great working environment,I would have to say the amount of time worked (long work days).,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18875,amazon,"Keller, TX"," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Recruiter,Contract Recruiter,Popular /large/In time company,"Difficult to contact Recruitment Team in person, over the telephone or email",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18876,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,stower,pay benefits time of break rooms free gloves,everything else including work people (some not all) the warehouse,This is your classic sweatshop. They tell and rush you to your breaks and lunches. for example they give you 15 minutes break but only give you 2 minutes to get to the break room. When the facility is like 3 football fields put together. For a 12 hour shift you only get a 30 minute lunch. And don't even think about going to the bathroom outside of break because that goes against your time off work quote.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18877,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,There weren't too many pros......four day work weeks were nice. There is plenty of opportunity for overtime and you meet good people.,Almost too many to mention....ridiculous rates to be met under poor working conditions. It's almost like sending cattle to the slaughter with the mentality that prevails.,Be more helpful with employee issues and actually listen to what they say. Put yourselves through the actual jobs on a regular basis to see how difficult it is to make rate.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18878,amazon,"Centreville, VA"," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Infra Ops,Great People. Metrics driven. Great benefits for new parents.,No work/life balance. Burn out. No down time.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18879,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,"benefits, time off, 4 day work week","Compensation, stressful work environment",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1107.htm
18880,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its fun,"pay, benefits, opportunities, people, started seasonal turned into permananet, must be loyal and dedicated and hard working to get permeanenrt stsatus.","hours on feet, discrete, misleading,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18881,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Over worked,"Great pay, decent people to work with","Too many hours on your feet, breaks are extremely too short, and the management is constantly looking for a reason to fire you",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18882,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,packer,the hours that you can work,not enough hours sometimes,not pto as often the new people,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18883,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Shift Leader,Shift lead,"Fast paced job, flexible hours. Loved it!",No cons for this job.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18884,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Process Guide/Safety Team/Problem Solver,Would not recommend,"Great coworkers, decent pay. That's about it",Management is a joke as well as safety. Risk safety to produce to have more production. From top to bottom its very corrupt.,"Appraicate the hard working employee's you have, not the lazy stand around ones who your buddy buddy with. Give out incentives for production, and the benefits so call package needs to seriously be updated.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18885,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Terrible Management,"I got in early so I made money with the stock options. And I needed a job at that time and they gave me one. I also got to build the core software that keeps track of how many things are available for sale at a given moment. I learned a lot from an older co worker about the fungibilty of inventory, the theory of item is promised to a customer at a point of time, etc. How to build a system that is resilient to outages, bad data, data that is stale etc.  I also liked most of the engineers I worked with.  If you work here, you will be given tasks that at other companies would go to older and more experienced workers. The reason is that at the pay rate, those folks have left. or wouldn't join as they have other options.","After a few years it became apparent that they didn't want trained managers, but instead just ""yes people."" No amount of suggestions that they run the new managers through training seemed to be heard.  Pager duty, you will come to hate it. If you have no life, you might not notice, but if you have a family they will hate it. It's what house arrest is all about. Oh sure you can go out, but you need to start working on a page within 20 minutes and not leave it until it's resolved. Try explaining that to your kids why you just packed them up from the park. Or your SO, why you need to get a box to go for dinner.  Pay rates, They have a 2 and a 4 year plan. That's because that's the length of time you need to wait for that first vesting of stock and signing bonus and the majority of that first grant.  Stack ranking, or rat on your co-workers to try and keep your job during review time. They cut the bottom 5% no matter how good they are in comparison to the rest of the world. They give PIP's to the bottom 10% (Ie threaten them), no raises to the bottom 20%. So if you have a group of 100, even though the company spent thousands on hiring them, waiting until they actually figured out how to do anything useful, training on the internal systems, they toss them right back out. What a waste of money. (It also demoralizes the team for a month or so every review cycle.)  If you want a better written review of the place, go find that NYTimes article, it was spot on.",Quit while you still have a soul. There is no hope for this company. The DNA is too corrupt to be fixed as long as Jeff B runs the show.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18886,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Aug 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The worse place ever,Employees were fun to work with..and the health benefits were good,For the hard work you do the pay could be better. And everyone want to be a boss and bully you tell you what to do when infact they are just associates like you.,"They really need to keep eyes on management. And weed out the idiots. All the younger ""Leaders"" the job goes straught to their heads!! If you have no life or no family then this is the place for you. Your life must revolve around their needs or they make your life miserable!",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18887,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"1. It is quite likely that you will be able to find employees that are incredibly smart. Engineers are helpful and understand business. 2. As an engineer, you are expected to do more than just do engineering work. You are expected to drive business and make decisions with the help of your manager. There is a very good chance that as an engineer, you will be able to lead a project within the first year of being there. 3. Mobility is not a very big issue. The company is so massive, and considering everyone is looking for smart software engineers, if you are good, but not satisfied with the work/manager that you are working for, there is plenty of opportunities that you will get to move to a different part of the business. 4. If your primary aim as a software engineer is to learn quickly and are willing to put in the time for it, it is a good place to be.","1. Perks are pretty nonexistent. There is nothing really to talk about in terms of perks. If salary and the amount of money that you will earn is a major concern as a software engineer, the first two years will pretty much not give you that (their stock vesting schedule is one of the worst I have seen). 2. The dreaded oncall can be hard on some people (especially people with families). However, it will make you learn faster since you will get hands-on with the software. 3. For immigrations, the Green card process takes a while to get started. Their policy says that you cannot get a Green Card process started unless you are Level 5 (which is SDE 2). While there will be exceptions, usually SDE 1 to 2 takes between a year and a half to two years. So, you might want to consider that.","1. Green card process is really important as I have seen multiple very very smart Software Engineers refuse to join or leave Amazon due to not being sponsored. 2. Considering the kind of companies that Amazon competes with for recruitment, including Facebook and Google, perks should be extended.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18888,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great place to learn,"Company with smart people, a fast pace and many new ventures to explore.",Can be overworked and company moves too quickly to capture great processes.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18889,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Arizona,Amazon.com experience,Good pay & benefits. Great schedules,Very steict on quality and productivity after your 2nd week.,Get rid of the strict quality standards and go back to the old standards. Your losing good employees.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1108.htm
18890,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service internship,"Worked around my school hours, and accrued as many hours a s I wanted.",Had to pay for my own home line to be installed.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18891,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Manager,Amazon.com a study in contradictions,"Innovative, highly successful business with opportunity for diverse growth","inconsistent, disjointed programs and policies, constant churn of talent, financial rewards take several years to manifest and in meanwhile salary does not match responsibilities. Senior management is very disconnected from realities of field environment.",rely less on stock for compensation and try to bring salaries in line with industry standards,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18892,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Packer Sorter,this job is not the place to be at,The only pro is that they work with your school schedule. No other pro so im just typing to feel in the word minimum that is required/,"Management will always play favorites and they are extremely rude. Hr is also extremely rude. Unrealistic goals. You have to be at 100% for 10 hours a day and that is hard. I am an athletic person and could barely keep my rate up. if you hit 99% management will come and talk to you and you could be fired. You are a robot to them and a slave. Just search up amazon work conditions on youtube and see for yourself. Managements will play favorites. They will treat other people better than some for no reason. No wonder the GM at this warehouse left due to ""personal reasons"" this job is awful.",Stop being so rude. You are not better than anyone. At least act like you care about the employees who work their tails off for you. and stop playing favorites.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18893,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,instock manager,"really smart coworkers, hard driving culture, great location",lot of rotation and turnover at all levels.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18894,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"I liked it there, decent pay and hours. Over all good job","No cons, I liked it there",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18895,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Work with many smart people. Lots of opportunity to try different things. Compensation is fair and employee benefits have improved. Can bring your dog to work.,"Can have long hours and be a very demanding environment. There is never a pause in work, some people get lost in the shuffle.",Continue to invest in employee retention and training programs. Share the strategy and big picture of the company. Be more transparent.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18896,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse assoicate,They are vey nice and work with your schedule especially if you are going school,"They are very serious on quality and productivity. While you are working,you alway worries about the rate","if you don't maintain the standard quality and productivity, they don't care more about you. Please try to work with associate especially during learning curve",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18897,amazon,"Milwaukee, WI"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,"Fun work environment, good managers, they are alwaya trying to improve",Management should provide more feedback to new employees.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18898,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sde intern,All the essentials are covered. Great city to work in.,Very exhausting work. Working hours are long,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18899,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Fast pace, You will grow as a leader, great Management skills","None, None, None, None, None",Learn to Lead,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1109.htm
18900,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,Awesome place to work loves it employees,Some of the shift bids can be a headache.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18901,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from home CSa,Easy interview You have to have a badge photo They provide you with a landline phone Pay is better than minimum wage They do pay for your onboarding,I didn't get my token. They ended my employment and told me to re-apply. I re-apply and they said nonrehired. It was a let down,Communicate better with employees. Chat support are clueless on answers,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18902,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Stowing,Amazon Fulfillment Associate,"The benefits are affordable, you meet good coworkers, the managers TRIES to make the job fun with challenges","SOME of the managers aren't as helpful, some are rude, barely get train when you're rate is low, short breaks, once your UPT gets to negative you get automatically terminated, low rate equals automatic termination","Actually work with the people who has low rates, if you see person is struggling even after training them then how about train them in another department. Also management needs to stop interrupting workers so much that the rate doesn't go down. Employees shouldn't get a write up if they just got hired and is learning the ropes of their job. When managers come to you to talk about your rate time and the possibly of being terminated it become annoying and scary, because you need the job in order to pay bills and take care of your family. Its overwhelming. TRAIN YOUR EMPLOYEES!",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18903,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Clear and Efficient,Healthcare from day one. PTO is great. Vacation after one year.,Unpaid Time Off gets eaten very quickly. No cell phones on floor.,"You guys do very well, actually.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18904,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Pathways Operations Manager,Salary,"Great pay, Good trainings","It can get vicious with back stabbing. You are alone, survival of the fittest.",Should encourage more team work.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18905,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment Center BNA3,Benefits Open Door policy Opportunity for Growth Air Conditioning,Long hiring process Walking Short breaks Wages Location,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18906,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"work hard, have fun, make history","Lots of good benefits, very casual work environment and sense of equality between management and associates.",You will get sore..a lot...,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18907,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The Good, The Bad, The Amazon.","Great benefits, stock options, health, vision, dental, and vacation. Working in an FC there is always something needing to get done which makes the day go by quick. 4 day work week is a much added bonus for family work balance.","-If you love the holidays from Thanksgiving, Christmas, to New Years send out your IOU's for family events as you will be working 5 days a week on an extended schedule. -Too much out of college management leaves a real leadership void. -Management turn over is high",-Do a better job of balancing inexperienced management with seasoned management. Failure to do so will eventually lead to a higher than average attrition rate at the expense of your workers. -Demonstrate the leadership principles of the Company and hold yourself accountable before your hold others.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18908,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,From an Amazon newbie!,"Fast paced, tons of smart people, the place lives and breathes the culture, spend time working on fascinating problems, motivated colleagues, cool/casual environment, amazing reputation, flexibility of hours (e.g. people leave at 5PM, but work from home if needed), the fact that moving around the company is encouraged","Roles and responsibilities are vague, with roles sometimes overlapping. Also, work/life balance can at times be challenging (thought not as bad as the NYT article made it out to be)!","Sometimes it feels management is not involved in the weeds enough, which can result in unrealistic requests.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18909,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Like drinking from a fire hose,Lots of things get done,"Everything is urgent. Spent way too much time in escalations because everything was a Bezos priority. Way too much context switching for my liking,",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1110.htm
18910,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 18, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Not bad,"Pays not bad, pretty cool environment, very diverse, only 4 days a week, lots of over time, you can move up","Long hours, peak kills, everyone gets sick easily since we don't have enough time to sleep, especially during peak. Management doesn't pay much attention",Pay more attention to workers.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18911,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Lead Brand Ambassador,Lead Brand Ambassador,"Great communication between management Make your own hours Great benefits (free items such as Amazon Fire TV stick, Kindle Fire)",Hard to work with other people at different college campuses,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18912,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full Time Job,"Full time, Benefits, Paid Time Off, Vacation Pay, Unpaid Time Off",On your feet for 10hrs plus,N/a,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18913,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,"Good team, decent time off, good benefits","Terrible managers, scheduling, and just overall the way things were ran was quite sad. Promotions were terrible never a chance to move up always played the favorite card.",Look out for your team more and get to know them.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18914,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant III,Administrative Assistant III,"Benefits, relocation flexibility, I've meet some wonderful people that I am still in touch with even after they've left.",The hours could be better and I wish there were more opportunities to include your families. Wish I could spend more time with my family.,Listen!,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18915,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Climate control,Climate control. Staff diversity and the door day work week,None although it's hard work,Thank you,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18916,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,Huge potential to learn quickly in an environment where there is less politics and more focus on getting things done for Amazon and where you are treated more for your skills than politics,"Its like a war zone in there, everyday you go to make sure everything doesn't flip upside down, its super hectic at times","A little less focus on frugality when it comes to treating employees, providing food or at least good subsidized food is needed for employees especially in SLU where getting food is really hard and having to eat food from food trucks everyday is not good for anybody's health",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18917,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,rs job ar amazon,"Multiple tools for choice, especially aws service","Heavy workload, hierarchy in company",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18918,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ps,"Innovative company, Always changing",Always changing which is great but also t=not so great lol,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18919,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Inbound PA,Room for growth...if you want it,"Decent pay, Bluebadge=stock, great benefits, lots of opportunities to grow within","Sometimes harsh working environment, long hours, pay gap between Tier 1s and Tier3s needs to be bigger","Be accessible and approachable, don't look down on the employees, know the area you manage",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1111.htm
18920,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,You're in charge of your career.,"There are a lot of interesting projects and teams at Amazon, and there is a lot of opportunity to work on things that you care about. It's very team dependent though, as each team has its own personality and work culture.  There's a lot of opportunities for you to own your project and make it succeed. Your team also encourages you to ask questions often so that you can excel on your project and learn more about the company.  Work-life balance was decent, and there weren't too many times I had to stay insanely late in the office. Again, this will be team dependent, and a few of my friends had to work extremely late to finish their project.  There are also intern events throughout the summer, though not as elaborate as the ones from Microsoft or Google. You're in charge of finding your own friendships and groups as well.","As there are many different diverse teams, it can be hit and miss whether you get placed on a team that you mesh well with or get matched up with a project that you enjoy. I felt I was placed on a friendly team, yet I felt I didn't receive much guidance from them.  At times it may be difficult to figure out where to get information you need for your project. It's possible to implement something yet find out later that it was the wrong approach due to only one-two people on your team knowing how that system works, but they're out sick or on vacation.  Everyone values the leadership principles, especially ones like ""bias for action."" It's up to you to take charge of your project and your career, and it can feel intimidating at times, as you may not know what to work on next or how to improve. It's something that they don't directly tell you, so you may end up struggling if you're not sure where to go next. For example, managers may not always schedule one on ones with you, you need to go schedule them yourself and really push yourself out there to get feedback, especially if the managers are very busy.","Give and encourage interns to seek more guidance and feedback on their performance and expectations for them, not just on their project, but also throughout their internship and for their future careers.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18921,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,HOU1,"Short shifts (4-5 hours), paid weekly, free dental and eye care, 2 year degree or certification tuition program (after one year of service), opportunities to learn multiple functions in the work environment, new leadership making improvements to work environment professionally and personally for workers.","Low pay, no pay increases, problems with payroll due to vendor payroll errors, few opportunities to grow, some inexperienced managers in leadership team, some unethical, immature and self-centered behavior among a few of the leadership with little to no consideration for workers professionally nor personally.",Listen to your long-term good workers and lower management about how to successfully run lines (grab and go is not the best method). Retrain site leadership about Amazon Leadership Principles and Ethics and then hold each leader accountable. Some site leadership is out of touch with how the average worker lives. Maybe have all site leadership live on hourly part-time for one week (Just a thought).,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18922,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,They work you hard,"Good pay, 4 days a week unless you have overtime and no dresscode, its it's always casual",Works you like a dog,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18923,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Unlimited growth potential. Good pay and benefits,Management choices are poor at times. Very fast paved.,Choose skill over paper,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18924,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Innovation and Design Engineer,Excellent company where invention and creative are a part of daily life.,"Smart coworkers , great campus , salary and benefits.  I have never been at a company who allowed such fast realization of ideas. Bring your idea well documented with supporting data and your are off to the races.","You MUST define your work life balance else you will end up working long hours. The manager and team you work with really make a difference , I currently have great work life balance.  Frugality is taking to the extreme , cramped work areas do to growth , offices only for director level and above and still the word ""office "" to describe that space is a stretch.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18925,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Cautious Optimism is Needed,Great Salary. Wonderful associates. Innovative. Industry Leading.,Very poor work/life balance. Limited training and mentoring. Advancement requires ability to relocate regularly. Succession planning yearly that is highly subjective.,Operations Managers need to spend more time with their Area Managers for development and mentorship. They need to be given time to balance operational requirements with associate engagement. This scale is currently tipped heavily to the operational requirement side.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18926,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I Intern,Intern,"Nice work, Nice compensation, Pretty understanding team","No work life balance, Seattle weather not so nice",work life balance,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18927,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,Lot of learning.Excellent training programs.,They dont treat contractors with respect.They always differentiate with employee and contractors.You feel very out of place..Lot of politics.,Remember that Contractors are also working for Amazon..They equally put the hard work as regular employee..infact more than employees.Im sad to see a such a big company treating the people like that and talk about saying they pride in their principles..Customer obsession is one among them...Very sad.,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18928,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ridiculous,Decent entry level pay,"No job security, ridiculous break rules, write up for using the restroom",People are not only numbers. Quit treating your employees like machines.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18929,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,"Extremely rewarding, though challenging at peak times, especially year end.",Continually learning every day. Work with smart people who are customer obsessed. Invest time in researching and applying new technologies.,"Not all management values the TPM role, often prefers SDE or SDM over a TPM. On call rotations. Often work long hours 55+/wk.","1:1 should not be used primarily for project status. Take time to get to know all of your directs and truly invest time to help build their careers. Make Amazon a fun place to work and set an example by managing ""normal"" hours and no email after hours. Long days during peak times might be expected, but not encouraged weekly.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1112.htm
18930,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,"Extremely rewarding, though challenging at peak times, especially year end.",Continually learning every day. Work with smart people who are customer obsessed. Invest time in researching and applying new technologies.,"Not all management values the TPM role, often prefers SDE or SDM over a TPM. On call rotations. Often work long hours 55+/wk.","1:1 should not be used primarily for project status. Take time to get to know all of your directs and truly invest time to help build their careers. Make Amazon a fun place to work and set an example by managing ""normal"" hours and no email after hours. Long days during peak times might be expected, but not encouraged weekly.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18931,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,Fast-paced. Never a dull moment. Always learning.,Absolutely no autonomy. Completely micro-managed.,Trust your employees and their ability,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18932,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Sort Department,"Rates, favoritism, management","Days go fast when the ship goal is high,","Pay terrible for tier 1 positions, management turn over sucks, top pay tier 1 $14.50 hr but management demands harder more work & no more pay once you hit $14.50. Lunch & breaks to short for a 1.3 million sq foot building 10 min breaks & half hr lunch","GET RID OF YOUR RATE SYSTEM!!! Or lower the rates due to many times there is NO work coming down the lines & making it hard for 2 people on 1 line to make rate! Employees work hard, make history but there is NO FUN involved",4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18933,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Benefits package Variable compensation pay stock grants 4 day work week,most positions in the warehouses can be physically demanding,"Apply the same principles to growing your talent pool as you use with your associate pool. APEP, Assume positive intent, Servant Leadership",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18934,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate I,Communication is terrible,Assistance with going to school,Communication is bad and no consistency,Take more time and get to know the people. Stop treating everyone like robots because without the people there would be no Amazon. And stop the favortism. Alot of associates see right through it.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18935,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Work in AWS is challenging, but rewarding in terms of both: compensation and professional growth.","Industry-leading technologies, great project and one of the most talented people I had to work with throughout my career. Given the company size, most of decisions are made fast and start from engineers and go bottom-up.","Work-life balance is not great, while I've never been forced to work over-time, it was alert my choice. Atmosphere here pushes everyone to always deliver more, always raise the bar.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18936,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Amazon provides great benefits and compensation. They reward those who stay in the company longer with better benefits. At the warehouse, the standards are reasonable. Lower management is supportive of associates and seek to nurture their growth.","At various warehouses, senior management is not supportive and are often at ends with the associates and lower management. HR lacks communication and support. Growth is generally stifled by upper management.","Management needs to improve on how they communicate with associates. Also, what they say is just as important as how they say it.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18937,amazon,"Plano, TX"," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer II,AWS,"It is a great place to learn and grow your skills and they put in place a path for you to move forward in your career, despite the business needs. Making sure their employees are taken care of is their number 2 priority, second to only customers.",Progression can be a bit slow and frustrating. You have to be willing to go way outside the normal parameters of your job to get promoted within the same department .,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18938,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seemed awesome until you got through the door,"Nice starting pay, almost guaranteed your full 40 hours",Not a lot of room to grow Not allowed to really talk on the floor Benefits and time off is not reasonable.,"If you want to keep employees, give them a better benefits and time off package. No one is going to be able to squeeze all their time off into the small allowance you give.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18939,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 18, 2016",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Keep Climbing,Fast progression for motivates workers,"Long hours, high stress environment",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1113.htm
18940,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,"Flexibility, laid Back, Friendly, Convenient,","Pay, Advancement, Opportunities, Benefits for Part Time,",Promote within,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18941,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to start a career,"- A lot of challenging problems to work on - Working with a lot of great people - Flexibility (hours, working from home when needed, etc)",- Long hours especially around deadlines - No free snacks,Free snacks in the kitchen would be nice.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18942,amazon,"Dayton, OH"," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Retail Generalist II,VCC Generalist II,Well known Company and plenty of hours to work.,"Too much to do to just log into work such as the two Gemalto Tokens, several passwords to enter and the many programs just to login to go to work. The remote App to get all into work is very slow sometimes spend twenty to thirty minutes just to get into work. Support and Leader response can be slow. Barely a breather between calls and the calls are timed in every status, yes it can feel like your just a machine.","I agree listen to our feedback, get a simple system to login to work. Don't punish the employee for outage downtime that is beyond their control. In other words don't take the unpaid time off hours away from an employee just because of connection issues on what ever side.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18943,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Employer,"Work-Life balance, pace is not too bad","No career opportunities, low salaries","Promote staff, keep them from leaving",3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18944,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,Supervisors are nice and tolerant for your first-time mistakes.,Customers on the phone can drive you nuts. They set up specific NRR figure that you HAVE TO reach otherwise you'll be fired.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18945,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting times in the world,Fascinating work. Brilliant co-workers. This is a dream job if you like being at a company that creates entire industries.,"This is a place for type A's. If that's not you, you just will not fit here. Sad, but true.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18946,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 19, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,All around good entry level job,"Good hours and pay, especially if you're a college student",Must be flexible with the schedule and the employee's can be a tad rude,Do good at picking employees that's willing to work,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18947,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, Terrible management","great benefits, good coworkers, diverse environment, opportunities to cross train in other positions or departments, career choice program is a great way to help pay for school for associates","management is either nearly always wet behind the ears, or get overly confident about the amount of ""experience"" they have, regardless ends up leading to everyone stepping on each others toes bc of different management styles, also a huge lack of communication. Those in lead positions (pg, problem solver, sherlock, etc) should be paid more",Need to improve their communications within departments so that each manager is on the same page regardless of front/back half shifts or day/night shifts,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18948,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Self-Starters apply here!,"There are tons of smart, ambitious, and kind people that work at Amazon. It seems like management wants you to succeed. They offer all kinds of tools to help learn new skills and make an internal transfer (if you want to do something else with your career). Tons of room for growth.","You won't last long if you aren't good at being disciplined in your work life. They don't micro manage, but they expect great results. High freedom comes with high responsibility here.",Continue to provide growth and opportunity for your employees that show promise. Provide more on-the-job training for new hires.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18949,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work but not for everyone,* Good challenging problems to solve. * Easy access to senior talent if you are in Seattle HQ.,"* Bad if you get into team with legacy systems * Higher expectations, work life balance is not great in all teams, and weekends oncall is not a great thing. * Off shore teams do not have senior talent * Lot of politics at higher level (depends on team too) * Promotions needs you to be hardworking and lucky both",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1114.htm
18950,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Inbound,Fulfillment Center Inbound Associate,"Insurance coverage from day one. Great coworkers. Clean and organized work environment. Paid and unpaid time off, vacation pay. Fast paced environment. Air-conditioning.","*10 hour shifts are too long. *Too much mandatory overtime. *A lot of walking, hard on your feet and legs. *Rates are set ridiculously high. *Pay is too low. *Training is mediocre at best. *Management is not that great. *Employee morale is low, turn over is constant. *Breaks are too short. *Hard work is rarely recognized.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18951,amazon,"Pasco, WA"," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Former CSA,"Lots of great people to work with, relaxed dress code, would be a fantastic place to work for a recent high school graduate","Moving up in the company seems to be more based on who you've got a personal relationship with rather than skill or experience. Current manager has say whether or not you can interview for another position in the company so if your manager has some kind of beef with you, you can bet you won't be moving up.","Start hiring based on skill and experience rather than if you party with or sleep with management. Also, random drug testing of managers should be a thing.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18952,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate I,"PTO, UPT & Vacation Pay","Hourly associates accrue 40 hours of PTO (paid time off), 80 hours of UPT (unpaid time off) and an accrual of 40 hours of vacation for the first year (and 80 hours of vacation from the second year on). Vacation time does roll over from year to year.",PTO and UPT do not roll over at the end of the year. Use it or lose it. There is also a cap of 40 PTO hours and 80 UPT hours per year. Once you use all 40/80 hrs you accrue no more until January of the next year.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,37,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18953,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,The healthcare and dental benefits are really nice and the people I worked with were really awesome. Free swag all the time.,So many people in and out of that place that is really impossible to get to know anyone. Too much petty drama. The breaks were horrible at best. The location I worked at was huge and it took forever to get to the breakroom.,Do something about the breaks. Put an end to the petty drama and last but not least stop hiring people straight and put them in management roles. They don't have a clue and drag the whole company down.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18954,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work here,Benefits Pay Meet good people Work with great people Raffles,Favoritism Bad Management Don't Care Doesn't value opinion Get hurt easily Pushes you above your limit,Pay attention,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18955,amazon,"Cayce, SC"," Jul 25, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Amazon,Benefits overtime decent pay no much else,"You are only a number, no advancement",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18956,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Party city,The pay was pretty decent,"Very unprofessional environment, very unprofessional.","Get better management, better employees, maybe supply each packer station with fans (it could get really hot)",5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18957,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Good pay, meet people, hands on learning, easy job duties","10+ hour shifts, standing all day",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18958,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Associate/Leader,Associate,Full benefit and easy to get the job.,Physical job and short breaks and lunch time,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18959,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate ICQA,Great benefits. You get from day one. The pay is not too bad compared to other warehouse jobs.,Long hours 10 hrs 30 minutes. You only get paid for ten hours. You have to make up your lunch and that is 30 minutes. There rates are not right. Every department has a rate. To me as long as the job is done who cares about your rate. No air conditioning. Only in the lobby or green mile and only the first floor of the mod.,Don't act like you are better than me or anyone else. Give warnings out before you write up people.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1115.htm
18960,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Manager II,Area Manager,Money and stock options. Lots of new roles,The culture needs work. I do not get the sense that they are looking to develop people. Its more of a churn and burn. There is no work life balance. I highly suggest a different role or company,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18961,amazon,"White Marsh, MD"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Hard work comes first,"Like any job, it's all about who you know that allows you to excel quickly, but overall, hard work shows for itself and gets noticed at a regional level. Promote yourself by working hard and it only helps you in the long run.",Sometimes the work can be completely overbearing and I've had great teammates put in their two weeks due to the daily amount of pressure we are put under.,Promote your team to your own bosses so they can actually move ahead. Don't be afraid to let go of great members and hinder their career advancement because you're afraid to backfill that position.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18962,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Administrative Assistant,Operations Administrative Assistant,"wonderful pay, monthly bonuses, company discount","long hours, shift work, little to no advancement",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18963,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"Decent pay, easy to do work","No communication, long hours standing in one place.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18964,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,It is a fairly easy job to do. The pay is better than minimum wage.,"They expect you to have an open schedule, they change hours randomly, so one day you could come in to work at 7am and the next day at 2am.",Stop treating the people working there as if they were children. People have responsibilities and bills to pay.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18965,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,An experience worthy of its own comic strip.,Innovative company. Challenging environment. Access to many tools and opportunities to work with good leaders until they are fired or quit.,Work life balance. High attrition levels drive excessive hours on remaining management teams. Expect to work 50-70 hours per week.,End stack ranking. Very outdated and severely mismanaged to the detriment of the company.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18966,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good work environment,"Great products, good pay, and good colleagues.","Very poor managers, no recognition for work, extremely poor work-life balance. Most employees only stay 1-2 years.",Clean up management and improve employee retention.,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18967,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jul 24, 2016",Former Employee - FC Associate,Amazon doesn't care about their employees as much as their customers.,Starting off at 40 hrs with the opportunity to pick up overtime shifts up to 60 hrs/week is nice.,"10 hour shifts with two 15 min breaks and one 30 min lunch - isn't that illegal? A 30 min lunch for a 10 hr shift should be illegal.  Also the 15 min breaks start as soon as you leave your work station. They count the time it takes you to get to the breakroom as part of your 15 min break. Essentially, your break is < 10 min. Amazon explicitly says your break starts when you leave and ends 15 min after.  I worked with robots and was expected to work like a robot as well. The speed they ask pickers to work at is insane. You can get fired if you do not meet the ""rates.""","Hire managers who are leaders and work with associates instead of looking over everyones' rates continuously. If you want people to work as fast as the rates you demand, pay them more!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18968,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - RETURNS/OUTBOUND ASSOCIATE,AMAZON WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE,While employed at Amazon.com (warehouse) I was voted THE ALLSTAR EMPLOYEE AWARD.,The only down side is that your on your feet for * most your shift.,Ive worked for Amazon.com in various positions. So i will have no problem getting up to speed.. i also worked in problem solve also.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18969,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 18, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon employee,"Tuition reimbursement after one year, monthly bonus up to $50. Medical/Dental starting Day 1","Long hours, repetitive, max out at 15 hourly for warehouse worker title",Switch up the repetitive routine,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1116.htm
18970,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Jun 18, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Decent place to work.,Work on the outgoing side was interesting. Switched up what you were doing every 1/4 of tbe day so it didn't get too boring.,The heat inside the warebouse fullfillment center during the summer is insanely brutal. You're gonna want to bring a ton of cold water.,Treat your worker bees good and they'll make you lots of honey.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18971,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Jun 18, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,inbound,Great work place safty is a big thing and all employees and management want to see you progress and move forward always a push and alot of opportunity,Really no cons to implement been working over a year and its just easy might not be for everyone but for the most part it gets by and there a lo ot of opportunity,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18972,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,The hours are great. You know for sure you will get 40 hours. Overtime is usually easy and that is time in a 1/2. Overall it's pretty cool i think,They choose where you will be stationed and you have to stay there until you get good then you can move around within the warehouse. If you like to move around pray that you dont have to STOW.,Listen to employees. They tell you that they will feel more efficient somewhere else try to accommodate that. Don't let them suffer at being a mediocre at the position you selected them too.,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18973,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,Fast Paced environment Excellent trainings and resources available,Non personable Managers Very staccato roles without much guidance available for progression,Some of your Managerial people who have been Amazonians for a while may have a tunneled vision. Behavioral Coaching/mentoring could help.,3.0,2.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18974,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Order Picker,Picker,Good Pay Good Benefits Lots of Overtime,Same repetitive work all day for 10 hours Isolated from other workers More physically demanding than what its worth No opportunity for advancement at all,Have room for more opportunities and advancement within the company,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18975,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Associate,ICQA,"Work hard, 4 - 10 hour shifts. Open 24 hours a day.",Working nights and hoping to be transferred to days.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18976,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,UI developer,This is a very good position!,The traffic around the company is terrible!,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18977,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst II,"Great job if you are on the right team. Most employees, especially at the corporate level, are very intelligent. You get to work on new projects all the time. I've had a series of excellent bosses who developed me.","If you get on a bad team, the job is horrible. You can be faced with unrealistic expectations and forced to work 70+ hours a week.","If you really want to retain people, you should have a system that allows employees to express concerns. Supposedly, Amazon addressed the problems expressed in the NY Times article, but my experience the past 6 months proved otherwise.",2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18978,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Trade your Life for Good,Very smart people You can see big data flowing,"No work/life balance. After a while, you are a living example of a mechanical turkey.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18979,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,"Dysfunctional, innovative and mythical",- Amazon will teach you about your own limitations - Great compensation - Access to interesting projects and top-notch technologies - Brand new offices in attractive locations - Great company picnic and other events - Executive management is top notch,"- Where do you find your managers, in North Korean prisons? - Wicked relationship between business and IT - Indian cliques and the lack of diversity - The culture of drinking alcohol in the office, during the day - Poor support of local initiatives (you are not Microsoft)",One day your golden wave will crash. Then lawsuits will follow. Better start fixing your abusive culture now.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1117.htm
18980,amazon,"Charleston, SC"," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager II,Operations Manager II,Huge opportunity for growth! Attractive signing bonus and stock incentives. Competitive salary but do your research before you accept.,"Zero stability in your schedule, will probably have to work nights at some point. Onboard training is mostly focused on culture, not the technical part of the job.",none,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18981,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Pick/Packer/Problem Solver,"Pick, Pack, Problem Solver, Trainer","Great Employees, Great Career Choice Program, Great Benefits, and decent pay.",Managers don't appreciate the hard work employees put in everyday.,Treat your employees as you would want to be treated,4.0,none,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18982,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Problem Solve/Shipping,Warehouse that wants to pay retail,"Flexible school schedule, decent monthly bonus","Extremely low top out pay, low potential for advancement, management shares employee pay with other retail stores and colludes with them to not advance pay.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18983,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,"Interesting challenging work, smart people",Politics and bad career potential,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18984,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound,There is no interview process and will hire almost anyone without violent felonies.,"Everything. This place will chew you up and spit you out. Will work you to death and then fire you for something stupid just before you're due a raise. You can do better, work elsewhere.","I wish senior management would actually care about their employees and be more empathetic. They don't care about anything except numbers, but pretend to care about quality when it gets to be too bad to tolerate.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18985,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick,The company offers great benefits for employees and many hours of over time during their peak season. Pay is good too.,The company expects way too much out of each associate. The management is not always understanding of your current situation.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18986,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,If your older stay away,The pay is good. If you are a man you can advance positions quickly. 4- 10 hr shifts which is good with 3 days off.,If you get hurt you are done. If you are a female and don't dress in skimpy clothing and or flirt you won't get far in the company.,"Treat people with respect and you can get them to do their job. More ""Thank yous"", ""Nice job"" basically any type of compliment would be great.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18987,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work and Achieve Big Things,Incredible vision with brilliant colleagues. Everyone is pulling their weight and management is focused on helping you to achieve personal and professional success.,Lots of type A personalities that can invariably create an atmosphere that is intense and seem stressful even when the pressure is mostly self-inflicted based on your own perfectionism,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18988,amazon,"Somerset, NJ"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Very good work environment and great minds around you.,"Work balance should be maintained, timings",none,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18989,amazon,"Brooklyn, NY"," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,The ability to make change is a short period of time and have senior leadership visibility.,There is limited upward mobility when working remote of the HQ in Seattle.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1118.htm
18990,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation Specialist,The pay is competitive for the industry.,Very hard to get promoted and poor training.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
18991,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,picker,Great pay and benefits. 401k,"all weather environment, standing for 8 hours or more",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
18992,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RLD,Good name. Company doing good things,Very shady leadership. They are unethical. Read NY times.,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
18993,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - SMX Deliver Driver,Amazon Logisitics,"Flexible Scheduale, decent pay for first time job","No benefits, delivering over 150 packages daily, changing rules daily.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
18994,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Recruiter,"Unlimited growth potential, ability to learn from some of the smartest and talented individuals in the business, endless opportunity, dog friendly","I have not experienced any ""cons"".... the work life balance within the recruiting department is great!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
18995,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,They offer up to 3 months of personal leave once a Year with no pay if you need time off of work.,"They expect high rates with full pods and expect too much from employees. Rates only go down during peak time at the end of the year, even when we are 125% full to capacity",A 25 cent raise every 6 months is absolutely ridiculous for the hard work that is expected. Problem solvers And Ambassadors should be tier 2. $ 11.75 cap is horrible for tier 1,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
18996,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,"Meeting great people, making new friends and opportunities for advancement.","Leadership team members do not last long, constant change of leaders, organization of operations could be improved.",Be a leader not a boss.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
18997,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Decent job for the money,Great pay. Casual dress code. Overtime opportunities. Holiday pay is great as well. It's a face paced environment which means time goes by fast. Occasional free lunches were awesome!,"The only things I disliked were the short breaks, and only 30 minute lunches. The long walks to the break room, or restroom as well.",Please be more respectful to your employees. Praise them more for the hard work. Especially the ones who goes above and beyond.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
18998,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager Level V,Area Manager,"Innovative, fast-paced environment. Fun to work.",There are none at this time.,Continue to use leadership principles.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
18999,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Senior HRA,Don't be fooled. Senior HRA,4 day work week. Nothing else is positive. If you get a trip to Seattle for training then that would be nice.,Its not an HR job it's fixing people's time and customer service work. You could get stuck on a over night shift. You won't even get a desk. Management is the worst I have ever been around. Avoid this position unless you are desperate! Believe me don't waste your time.,Be honest about the job description.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1119.htm
19000,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,terrible treatment,the money and benefits are good.,they work you to death with little breaks in hot conditions and they expect you to do the impossible.,fix the work condition and the HR team,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19001,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Amazon Fulfillment Warehouse,Good paying job. Make sure to work ICQA.. the easiest job you can take/be part of...,Works you like a slave,Good management.. Don't make your permanent job..,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19002,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Administrative Assistant,Positive challenge,"Learn the processes of logistics from one of the top companies in the industry. If you like a challenge, this company is for you! You never stop going from the start of the day until the end, never a dull moment. Lots of intelligent go-getters working here. Opportunities to move up are available.",At the larger sites the chaos of high volume production never ends and can wear a person down over time.,Construct a contingency plan in advance to backfill vacancies created when a person in that role is leveling up to a new role. Having holes on a team creates an overload of stress.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19003,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"people are cool, job is easy, benefits are good. good cheap insurance, dental, vision. good compensation for how easy the job is","management has trouble communicating to one another, lots of complaining, experimental industry so they're constantly changing ""standards"" trying new things out","listen to one another, keep better records of suggestions from associates and find better ways to implement them. dont follow blindly.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19004,amazon,"Redondo Beach, CA"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulliment associate/ Copperfield,You get paid weekly and can pick up extra hours,Management is really disorganized. Limited to only 20 hours a week and you have to fight to get a shift.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19005,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Needs Work,Compensation. Interesting problems. Lots of autonomy.,Little support. Lacks clear vision and direction from the top. Little communication. Heavy work-load.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19006,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Maintenance Mechanic,Fascilites technician,It's a great paying job,Lots of young people there,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19007,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,Available over time and good benefits,They check the time you spend to go to the bathroom. You need to be very fast picking 8 seconds/order if u spend more than 8 seconds they will not leave u alone telling u to speed up,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19008,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,Pays well and will hire practically anybody. No resume or education required.,Difficult work. Wears you down. Mind numbing.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19009,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Production planning analyst,"high visibility, exciting workplace full of high intelligent and driven people",no work-life balance and highly competitive,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1120.htm
19010,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Great for college students due to the various work shifts available. Employees are paid weekly which makes it convenient if you just doing this job for spare cash.,Some of the supervisors can ask a bit too much from the same people. There is not much opportunity to move up through this position unless you transfer departments but you would still need other qualifications. Some hire ups can be jerks who can come off as condescending.,Management needs to value their workers as people instead of just numbers. When an employee asks you a question that isnt impeding the workflow or trying to ask where they can help do not talk down to them as if their question is wasting your time when you're just standing there doing nothing.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19011,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Fun place to work,Interesting place to work. I love the dynamic of the team and culture.,None. Great place to work,None.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19012,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alright so far,Great pay and benefits. Pay for all relocation expenses and all training expenses,Bad communication with new hire salaried employees. Will not figure out location until a few months before. Little communication of expectations,more communication between company and their new hires. Description of day to day responsibilities and tasks would be nice so new hire can better prepare.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19013,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Center,"They have decent medical, dental and vision for the price you pay, 4 restricted stock units per year in a fast paced high demand environment.","They try to write people up for going too fast or slow and want people to stay in a certain pace which is determined by the average rate of employees. Hiring practices to move up the chain are based on if you are liked or not and how much you volunteer for. The compensation is not comparable to other similar jobs in this area. They say they care about your home life and try to act as such but when you need child care unless you get a different shift, they accommodate for some but not others.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19014,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Love working here,"Seattle is a great city to live in. All 4 levels of managers above me are incredible leaders, and they inspire me everyday. The growth happening at the company right now is amazing.",Many teams have on call rotations,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19015,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Operations Manager,Very good leadership experience. Good pay and the ability/expectation to drive change. Strong culture on providing specific feedback on performance and opportunities to improve.,"Very long hours and work weeks. It is not unusual (and usually expected) to put in 70 plus hour work weeks even outside of peak. GM/Regional leadership is very spotty. Some very good leaders, but way too many poor leaders who focus on their own success at the expense of their managers. Managers are viewed as expendable and are lured/kept by providing stock shares that vest in the future.",Worry as much about the development/welfare of your managers/leaders as much as you do the associates. Let the leaders run their business.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19016,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former employee,"One pro to working at amazon is the benefits such as paid time off,paid vacation , voluntary time off etc.",One con to working at amazon fulfilment center is theres too much favoritism,Cut down on favoritism,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19017,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Life at Amazon,"Great pay, good benefits, good people. Plus working 4 days a week was a plus!",Management... Favoritism. There was times they were super unprofessional.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19018,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - South Carolina (SC),Has great benefits,Great benefits Great people Keeps you fit,Management doesn't back workers Tends to aggrivate mental health issues,Have your workers backs and we will have yours,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19019,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jun 11, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA,Icqa,They offer great benefits and more incentives during peak time. Working during the holidays was fun.,"Not treating people with respect, speaking to older people with disrespect. I feel if you are writing someone up pull them to the office or off the floor and not do it in front of everyone.",none,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1121.htm
19020,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,4 days on 3 days off... thats about it.,"No room for growth, rude, pre-programmed, management, unorganized management. Non-union.",Do more hiring from within the FC than random people fresh from college who know nothing about the process.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19021,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Starting out at Amazon,Great benefits and stock at a company whose stock has gone up by hundreds of dollars over the past 2 years. Can be great opportunities to apply new technologies and work on cutting edge products.,Teams are very insulated so experience can vary drastically depending on what organization you end up in. However the guidelines surrounding performance evaluation are standardized across the company and can prove restrictive for individual managers. In my experience managers tend not to have time or resources to monitor individual performance and can't accurately assess individuals to help them improve or warn them until they are actually conducting performance reviews at which point corrective action is immediately required with limited flexibility.,Keep track of data that you will use to assess employees during performance reviews and have it available throughout the year so have clear information when an employee might be slipping and can work to correct before performance reviews restrict your options.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19022,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate phl7,Good benefits and decent pay,Long hours demanding work could be compensated better,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19023,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Amazon Employee,Fast and accurate at what I do,Gets bored if i stay in one spot too long,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19024,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - (ICQA) Inventory Control Quality Assurance and Ship Dock Worker,Bad Management,Benefits were amazing Fast Paced Friendly People,Short 10 minute breaks Too much favoritism Always increasing rate Never enough equipment for use,Corporate needs better judgment.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19025,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Wharehouse Associate,Wharehouse associate,"Pay good, overtime available, payed time off","Managers have no heart, are like robots, they are the worst managers I have ever seen they don't have a clue, lots of favoritism, everything is black and white","Chose better managers, change your goals and expectations of your employees",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19026,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment associate,GOOD PAY and is fast paced,Long hours. No work like balance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19027,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - South Carolina (SC),Has great benefits,Great benefits Great people Keeps you fit,Management doesn't back workers Tends to aggrivate mental health issues,Have your workers backs and we will have yours,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19028,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate,good hourly pay compared to other places,part time only for position as associate,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19029,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,Work Life Balance? Don't even think about it,Great stepping stone as they hire anyone they can right out of the university. Adopt leadership skills Experience high pressure environment Learn how bureaucracy works within Amazon,"Let's be honest, the retention rate for Area Manager role is pathetically low and there is a reason behind it. Don't be fooled by the large amount of signing bonus, it is simply a way to trap you with money. The offer letter stated that working hours are 10 hours a day and 4 days a week, yep! 40 hours sounds pretty good eh? WRONG! You will never experience anything less than 60 hours a week. Be ready to work 14+ hours a day and 5~6 days straight when your facility calls you in for the mandatory overtime. Yeah, enjoy working additional 14~30+ hours of UNPAID mandatory overtime with nothing in return. This will happen throughout the entire year!  You will most likely not learn any technical knowledge, but to tell your Associates work ""faster"" and “faster”. This role is purely people management, it has nothing to do with real world operation or even supply chain management. All you would do is moving people from one path to another trying to balance the number. With that being said, it is hard to transition your role into something else in the future, because you simply won’t be able to build any relevant skill sets!  Work life balance does not exist in Amazon. Imagine after working 12+ hours a day you go home eat, sleep and return to work, do that for 12 months. Amazon will give you endless tasks with lots of stress and bureaucracy. Upper Management team simply don't care about associates, all they see are workers tagged with number, rate, and %.  You are the one to decide whether or not it is worth it sell your soul, family, friend, weekend, hobbies, and vacation time in exchange for such an underpay position with long work hours.  The career opportunity for this role is strictly limited to Operation, the chance of internal transfer from FC to corporate is slim.","Senior management team stop hiding behind the desk, hire someone with 10 years of outside experience doesn't mean they can be a good senior leader. Stop faking and start caring about your associates and new managers.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1122.htm
19030,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Don't believe everything you hear,* You get to work with some really smart people * The company's culture and values (Leadership Principles) are not just lip-service. * A lot of business processes help improve me as an employee * Decisions are data driven,"* The stack racking process is archaic and forces people to be potentially penalized for good work. * Depending on the team you join, work/life balance can be tough",* Introduce more benefits to bring workplace in line with other companies. * Get rid of stack racking.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19031,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Collections/Billing Support Specialist,Work from home-seasonal,I liked working from home the pay is good for 8 hrs shift,They pay bi-weekly an you have to put a week un the hole,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19032,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Go in with the proper expectations.,"Quick advancement, great people, better environment than similar jobs. Lots of space for upward movement and everything is incredibly fast paced there.","Work life balance is up to you to police. If you want to work 80 hours a week, nobody will tell you no. All of that is your own responsibility.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19033,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2016",Former Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,"Rewarding, but compensation not sustainable.",* The most practical experience I have ever gained in any job. One year here is equivalent to three years industry average experience in your discipline.  * Amazon only hires the best of the best. You will be surrounded by people who are SMEs and know much more than you. Your learning potential is infinite at AWS.  * AWS's managers are required to pass a high tech bar for the position. As an engineer you will speak the same language as them and can understand each others issues very clearly. I have not met a manager at AWS that was not a powerful leader and excellent mentor/career coach.  * Ability to move horizontally with no opposition. If you do not like where you are or lost interest in your team's responsibilities you will be able to move to another team with no resistance. AWS is very open to enabling you to work where you are happy.  * No on-call. Enough said.,"* Compensation. AWS and Amazon are known across the industry much like Google in having below than average salary. Yearly reviews are typically a COLA adjustment of ~2% salary. Promos are typically a flat 10% bump in salary unless you negotiate, and even then it is not much more.  * HR is incentivized to give the lowest possible offer, even if it is below the average of your team with equivalent work experience. This shady business tactic is built all around hopes that colleagues will not share their salary details with each other.  * Excessive turnover. The average tenure here is ~1.5 years. It is hard to find someone that stays in this position for longer due to the tediousness of the roles or burnout experience from customer engagements.",Restructure your compensation and promotion system. You are losing talent due to your wages being too low to support comfortable living in the Pacific Northwest.,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19034,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,You learn a lot.,Unrealistic expectations and poor infrastructure within the company.,"Sadly, management is aware of the faults of the company. They have become part of the culture and unavoidable.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19035,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,"Their is always an opportunity to learn, and very paced.","There is always overtime and you work with great people. Also there is always something to do, learn, and incentives.","It can be really overwhelming sometimes, especially during peak season. Also, they operate on a point system, but that's all I can think of.","It doesn't hurt to chip in when your employees are overwhelmed. Also, be more understanding when it comes to the point system.",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19036,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,easy work but strong mind needed,"lots of time off using pto. vto, upt and vacation. decent pay","if you can't mentally hang there 10 hours every day up to 5 days a week, you will be fine. favoritism so hard. really ghetto, if you want to cheat on your spouse or SO, this is the place to go.",stop,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19037,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,associate,"This amazon has a great culture, nice/ clean work environment and employee recognition",Labor is hard on the body,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19038,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receptionist,Loved it everything about it was amazing would refer anyone,Nothing everything about the company was right,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19039,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service agent,Flexible hours great starting pay especially when you're in college. You got world class training that basically gets you into any customer service job for any other company.,Hours are constantly up for grabs which makes it hard to maintain a steady paycheck outside of peak time which is from October to January.,"Give better hours, up the pay ( because it's way lower this the industry average in my opinion). Those things would truly make Amazon the most amazing place on earth to work for",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1123.htm
19040,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Work hard. Have Fun. Make History,"Work with some of the smartest people out there. Always encouraged to develop, invent and innovate. Fast paced but fun environment.","There are not many cons from my perspective. Some people will list the pace here, but that is all part of the challenge and enjoyment of working for a company at the forefront of innovation.","Keep up the good work, but ensure clear communication cascades down to all workers. It can become easy to assume info is transparent or get lost in own workload.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19041,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Just don't.,"Good pay, bonuses, good lunch spots, dogs are the best, people are smart and sharp, Seattle is the best place in the world.","They trap you with your bonus for a year, don't spend that money as you will want to leave quickly. Don't even dream of hanging around til your stock vests. You're reading these and thinking, ""Oh, they all must have just had a bad experience."" No - the culture is built to be cruel and draining. They will not value you as a human being. Assistants were quitting left and right around me, leaving me to support executives above my level on top of the ones I was hired for. There will be no extra compensation or reward, only a subtle acknowledgment that you are tough enough to endure what everyone else is going through. Everyone is hostile and political once you get to know them. Everyone is living shells of lives away from their families. Everyone clings to the idea that it's all worthwhile and their lives have meaning when really, it's just online retail. The pace is frenetic and it never slows down. You will get headaches, your health will decline, your relationships will suffer. There are so many other places that value assistants, this is not one of them. Do yourself a favor and really examine your motivations for applying here. If you have something to prove, go climb a mountain.","My advice - also quit amazon, there's a beautiful world out there where you don't have to be this miserable. Also celebrate administrative professionals day, you jerks.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19042,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good place to start your 1st job,"Well developed infrastructures, like service oriented architecture","Poor compensation, stock refresh and raise",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19043,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Former Customer Service Manager,Unless you just can't find a job any place else run the other direction,"Benefits are awesome. As a ""leader"" compensation is great. There is the added bonus of having Amazon on your resume","What you've heard about the company is true. While it can and does work out for many, if you are a female over 40, the odds are not in your favor. If you are Black or Latino the odds are NOT in your favor. Amazon has a HEAVY population of white males, Asians and East Indians. Nothing against any of those groups of people. They just do not share the love to everyone else so if you fit into one of those groups you are GOLDEN! No matter what they tell you Delivering Results reigns king and it is by any means necessary. If you are a people leader, you can kiss your personal life GOODBYE! If you have a college degree of any level but you just ""want to get a foot in the door"", don't believe it. You will be stuck at the lower levels because Amazon does NOT value promoting from within and through the ranks. If you are a twenty-something fresh face college graduate with zero management experience, this is the place for you! Oh but they won't tell you how those skills that you don't have will come back to bite you later. If you are analytical by nature and work better alone DO NOT TAKE A PEOPLE LEADER ROLE. You will get zero training about how to lead people but you WILL be held accountable for being able to engage and motivate people. If you don't know how, don't do it!",Stop just going through the motions. Learn how to really care and demonstrate it. Stop thinking that for the associates you are competitive and fair when it comes to compensation. YOU try raising a family or having a decent life making what they make.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19044,amazon,"Gaston, SC"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Stower,STOW WAREHOUSE,"Work environment, People were nice at amazon, had enough work to work on all the time.",Not having time for break,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19045,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Warehouse/packer,Excellent Benifits and Stock options and 401k plan,Over worked and under paid,No advice,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19046,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good people, bad management.","It's a good company to work for with great benefits, and great pay not to mention.",Terrible management which seems to never really ever be on the same page when it comes to finishing tasks or training people.,"Get your environment together and you need to be on the same page when training and completing tasks through the warehouse, which would make it a more enjoyable experience.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19047,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Its cool, like the environment","pay could be better, i was surprised not higher",Pay more,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19048,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,The time they give you to take off and the health insurance,Amazon has the worst turnover rate and not only that they do not know how to treat their employees,When you treat people respect and before you fire somebody look into all the facts. And don't believe everything managers tell you because they lie to get you fired.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19049,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,"AWS -- top heavy management, poor culture, opportunity boom is already over",Cool tech -- Cloud was *the* new hotness while I was there. Logo looks nice on resume,Zero career growth (managers were open about no promotion track past X level) Terrible management structures (Mangers just ran interference to keep you from bothering Director/VPs) Culture is as bad as you've heard -- all the way to the top Low margins everywhere includes the employees Very low Equity vs Competition Long-timers suffer from stockholm syndrome,"Current trajectory is great for revenue, but is unstainable from a human capital perspective. Not a place I would ever work again.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1124.htm
19050,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Customer Service Associate - Specialty OU,Seasonal Customer Service Position,"Work from home, paid training, somewhat fun. Very interesting to see how such a big company works from the inside. Opportunities to become a regular employee with benefits.",No benefits as a seasonal employee. Schedule was not flexible. All this changed when,Please do everything you can to identify talent and insure that you keep it around and show those people where to find opportunities to move up and grow within the company.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19051,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 8, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Pick,Insurance was great but I only used it once while working there. Pay rate is decent.,"15 min breaks are really 10mins, with 2 1/2 mins to get to and from your assigned area. If you're in Pick, they want you working at 120% ALL shift (10, sometimes 11hrs) every day that you work, walking almost 15 miles a shift.","More understanding to workers who've probably NEVER walked 15 miles in a day. Y'all expect so much, management doesn't even work at 120% every night.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19052,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package handler,"Theres no benefits, no advancement, no raises",Friendly people that will make you feel like they actually care and want you to succeed but in actuallity they dint,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19053,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,Engaging,Very good salary and benefits. Interesting and Challenging place to work. Smart co-workers at every corner.,Work life balance was a challenge. Continuous change. A place for the ambiguous learners because there was little to no support for engaged learning.,Develop programs for the onboarding of the new managers.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19054,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,great for people 23 and under,expects numbers over safety,Really hard to get,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19055,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior CSA,"Work-from-Home, Excellent Benefits w/low deductibles on health insurance and not much cost for employee","A lot of kiss-butt goes a long way and some of us just aren't that fake, I guess. People with the credentials and supporting metrics are passed up for higher up positions and others are chosen half the time. It's almost like a popularity contest. Felt as if the better my metrics were, the more I was overlooked. Compensation is low, in my opinion.","Take time to notice everyone within a group, not just the cheerleaders.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19056,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Hard work but good pay,The pay is really good and there is no shortage of hours,The work is very hard and requires a great deal of heavy lifting,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19057,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist at Amazon,"Smart co-workers, rapidly growing company, strong stock performance","Managers are hit-or-miss, absurd level of pressure, work-life balance (or lack thereof), culture varies wildly from team to team",Live a little,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19058,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Amazon will make you very marketable. I had ten recruiters contact me while working there due to my LinkedIn page.,"- There is 0 work/ life balance at Amazon. - You will work a minimum of 50 hours per work, but will most likely end up working between 60 to 72. - There is little to no training. It is a sink or swim environment.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19059,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,PT Seasonal Associate,"This review is in regard to work as a seasonal part time Prime Now associate. What you'll be doing is walking for 5 hours, picking items and prepping them for delivery, you have to be a fast worker. You get one 15 minute break. I didn't mind the walking, but you will be sore at the end of the day. Good exercise though. The co-workers are very nice people, a couple of the managers were awesome. You can pick up a couple of good skills working in a fulfillment center.","The work is tedious. You only get 10 hours of Approved Time Off (ATO) for the year, but there is a good chance you won't get that time you earned, which is unfair. If you miss 4 days of work without ATO, you're fired. They offer no health benefits or paid time off. The schedules can be weird and the hours are not flexible. So you can forget travel plans and being sick. I wouldn't recommend this place if you want to be treated as a valued employee and not a robot. They ask for too much but give too little back to associates. Amazon works with a Temp Agency to hire seasonal employees until they can convert to Amazon. This obviously isn't working for them since they keep losing associates.","Treat your employees fairly, realize they can't always be as perfect as you want them to be. There are a lot of great workers there, recognize and reward them.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1125.htm
19060,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard workers are punished not rewarded.,"The benefits are amazing and start on day one. I've met some great people working here. I love working a four day, ten hours/day work week.","I work in a fulfillment center and the goals at Amazon are unattainable. I've told senior ops as much. For two weeks I kept track of how many employees could hit the goal for my department. It was less than 5%. And my coworkers are so frustrated. Amazon absolutely uses Taylorism to intimidate employees. Many of my coworkers feel as if they are nothing but a number. If you go negative on your time off you're fired. They don't care why. One of my coworkers was a PA (sort of like an assistant manager) and he hurt his ankle on the job. He was told not to walk on his hurt ankle by a doctor. Amazon wouldn't accommodate him. I have another coworker who it's pregnant and has a doctor's note saying she can't lift anything more than 20 pounds. Her manager continues to put her in a job that requires her to lift well over 20 pounds. When she reminded him off her doctor's note he told her she can just go home. She doesn't have any time off left so if she went home she would be fired.  They expect you to do the same amount of work at the end of the shift as you do at the beginning. If your numbers drop you'll be talked to about it, even if you're above goal. And if there are issues beyond your control preventing you from hitting your goals you'll be asked why. I've explained how the equipment I used damaged and I've been told to just work with it and try to get my numbers up.  And then there's this inexplicable favoritism. One of my coworkers never hits goals. And when I say never I truly mean never. I've worked with her for a year and I have never seen her hit the goals in whatever job path she's in. I've asked others if they've seen her make goals and no one I've asked has. She's often wandering around the department not doing work and yet she is still employed. So many of my coworkers ask why she can get away with that when no one else can. It brings morale down so much.  I'm a hard worker and do my job well. I've learned that I won't get promoted but instead will be asked to do the jobs of three or even four people. I'm so burned out and they don't care. I've watched so many great workers get fired for ridiculous reasons or quit because they don't feel appreciated. I'm looking for another job.",Don't punish hard workers. Treat associates as human beings. Stop allowing those who are lazy to get away with that behavior so the rest of the hard workers can get some help. LISTEN to associates. If we say we can have success completing a task a certain way let us do it. If we achieve success let us continue to do it in a way that's successful. And promote workers who not only work hard but have solid people skills.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19061,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,"If you are Normal or Nice Person, Run in the other direction","Lot of challenging work, quite a bit of smart people, cutting edge technology, some company wide practices are great like writing working backward document before start building a product","Lot of smart people but most of them are weird, narcissistic, arrogant or loud. its hard to find normal people. Even though there are lot of learning opportunities you end up learning nothing. the main reason, there are always too much work (volume wise) but not quality wise. there are too many cross team initiatives, you cannot focus and work on one thing and feel accomplished. if you love your life, really feel passionate about work, find a better employer, this place will suck the blood out of every employee and sometime you realize it much later after spending few years with them","Change Annual Review Process. Claiming Amazon as a data driven company but everything on the annual review process is subjective. one thing you can actually measure is deliverable, that should be the measuring stick not some weird leadership principle which is interpreted by each team differently. Second, I have seen same feature or functionality developed at at least half a dozen times within different parts of amazon. decentralization is good, helps to move forward fast at the same time - reinventing the same wheel 5 times does not makes sense",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19062,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous,Turnover,Quick hire and unlimited hours to work,Constant stress to hold rate. Constantly hiring and firing,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19063,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,Rushed training and terrible glitches in the log in systems.,No commute.easy process in the hiring process. The pay is 10 dollars per hour good pay considering working from home.,The training consist of watching videos and demos. Also taking test after videos.You are expected to do hours and hours of training and pass the test.Training is rushed.When you have questions your team lead is hard to get in touch with.The network they uses has many glitches they tell you to call IT...but good luck with that... On hold for hours with no resolution resolved.,Stop trying to forced so much training in very little time.,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19064,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Work life,Health insurance. Stock. Vacation paid to off unpaid time,Management associate engagement and HR is not for the people,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19065,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Engineering","Strong people, sterling no-nonsense business education","Very strong customer oriented culture and sense of purpose. Lots of special things going on. Very innovative and will take business risks. Very data and goals driven and holds its people accountable. B and C players do not survive long. Being successful here is resume gold. Our senior management go on to CEO and executive roles elsewhere. Does fairly well at avoiding cronyism and organizational disease for a large corporation, due to unique mechanisms such as ""bar raisers"" for hiring, promotion process, OLR, etc.",Pressure of being held accountable and to understand owned businesses is hard to withstand for some. Most top performers go through 3-6 month correction period on joining the company as a playbook that serves you well outside of Amazon will not necessarily work in Amazon's unique environment. Promotion process overdone and heavyweight. Strong culture of writing doesn't work for some.,Continue to focus on the long term and true north but be more pragmatic and competitive in attracting and retaining talent.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19066,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources Associate,Great career launching company,"Excellent pay, benefits, resources. Great Information Systems.","Overnight hours in FC's, large workload.",Continue engaging with AA's and open up Tier II's for development.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19067,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Operations Associate,Assistant Inbound,"Simple work, you can't really make any mistakes. Training provided and the manager was awesome.",Work is very physically demanding and tiring. Very little time for breaks and strict disciplinary procedure.,"Look after the well being of your workers, it is important that they are happy to increase productivity.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19068,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Easy-going workplace at AWS,"I work at Amazon Web Services, not necessarily Amazon.com. The workplace is much more relaxed and easy-going than what you've heard about Amazon in general. We are not micro-managed, and the employees have the freedom to govern themselves in certain instances. Good benefits and great job security.",Haven't been here long enough to really get any downsides. I guess vacation/time-off could be better. Maxes out at 2 weeks for newbies and 3-weeks if you've been there a year or two.,"Create a more fluid on-boarding process, and take more time to show new hires what they need to expect from their new peers. Create a good training plan that is not so chaotic at times.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19069,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the worst companys ive worked for/ amazon fresh ain't so fresh,Its a job if your in desperate need for money,"Scan to Scan!(if you dont scan an item every 30 seconds into a bin you get written up, they call it time off task.  The freezer is truly freezing and they'll stick you in there for hours.  Talking is highly discouraged(unless your management they stand around and talk all day)  Plan on being sick cause you'll mostly be in the cold all day.  30min break isn't enough time to digest your food  They treat you like a replaceable slave and have hiring events every week so the second they want to fire you your replacement is already to go  Pay is not very great by todays standards and for the way they want to treat you  Point system(if your 1 minute late its .5 points, more than an hour late its 1 point, if you take the authorized time off its 1.5 points. So you literally get no exscused days off and if your car ever breaks down plan on getting fired. They have sick time but it take almost 3 mobths to get 1 days time.  Pay really isnt competitive by todays standards.  Management is a bunch of recent college grads and ex military that have probably never worked a real job before.  Long hours  Company is all about the company and not the employees","Care more about employees and not so much about rates, timing and numbers",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1126.htm
19070,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Office politics and false hopes to the max,Helpful lower level management and inviting attitude by fellow customer service associates.,"Where do I start? The first two weeks of training predominately involve defining your role as a CSA while outlining rules and effective communication. Understand, the training focuses on giving the employee the feeling of empowerment and authority of which you actually have very little of. Mid level Management does a very poor job communicating with CSA's and encourages an environment of ""second class citizenship"" to ensure associates don't advance in the company. Stuck behind a desk all day with people complaining about products or delivery. Constant pressure from management to perform optimally with little to no incentive to do so. This company is very good at putting on an artificial front of employee focus and empowerment. Office politics is as bad as it gets anywhere at Amazon.","Stop playing office politics and actually give CSA's authority in the role they play. Quickly identify employees strengths and weaknesses outside of conversations with customers. Alot of people quickly realize that sitting behind a desk taking customer complaints all day is not the kind of job they are cut out for. Instead of constantly attempting to improve employee-customer relations/communication, you should offer another job within the company that is more aligned with the persons employment and or education history. The quicker these people can be identified and role redirected, the more efficiently the company will run and a vastly improved company image will result.",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,1.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19071,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Decent pay, great insurance, 4/10 schedule","Commute, pay could be better",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19072,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazon,Great Leader Ship Principals Well established company with good future,"Add hoc culture, No planning burnout below average benifits",Create work life balance to employees and make company employee centric like google and FB,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19073,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,I love it!!!,"Honestly I love working for Amazon (AWS) and really look forward to coming to work everyday. Management is awesome, caring, and really wants you to succeed and advance your career. All levels of Management make themselves available to chat with you. Amazon also provides any tool, training and study materials that you could possibly want. I work with some of the smartest and talented individuals I have ever met.",I have two cons about Amazon. (1) I didn't apply here earlier in my career. (2) I wish I applied here sooner.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19074,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Intern,Operations Intern,Its a great experience to get to know the team and learn how the best company operates its supply chain and delivery,might not be the best place to work for if you don't know what you want. management might be a little strict on working overtime,"my only advice would be giving interns more responsibilities to work on actual work, on par with the ones that managers do",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19075,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associates,Good place to jump start and possibly start a career. Opportunities for growth of you work hard and put in the time.,Work very long hours standing 90% of your shift.,Award hard work with training and promotions not just Amazon Swag bugs. Lots of associates can perform better than the leadership team. Give them the opportunity.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19076,amazon,"Retreat, Grimes, TX"," Jun 18, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Customer Service Associate,Amazon Development Centre - Cape Town,Excellent employee benefits and job security.,Local culture is starting to impede processes.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19077,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not for everyone, but do recommend.","Many opportunities for advancement, fast-paced environment, lots of cross-training to avoid employees getting burnt out on doing one thing, great pay.","Employment varies greatly on a facility-by-facility basis - some are terrible, others are incredible.",Promote from within instead of hiring AMs from outside of the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19078,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Services Manager,Relentless Expectations and Travel,"The people: fellow managers, team members, and customers. I enjoyed working with a large number of highly qualified managers and team members from around the country and world. They are sharp folks.  I enjoyed hearing from customers about how well they like the service we provided. I liked being part of a large well-known, well-thought-of (by customers) company. It was one of the only places I've worked that I didn't have to explain to people what we did.  My base pay was decent and benefits were good.","Despite all of Amazon's Leadership Principles about long-term thinking, Amazon looks at their human resources as short-term assets. They drive people extremely hard. I was hired to manage one location, but was soon managing multiple locations and running projects in other locations. Travel was not mentioned in my hire, but I was traveling at least one week per month and up to three weeks.  Amazon uses stack ranking, so after spending a lot of time making quality hiring decisions you will, annually figure out who you have to cull.  Amazon has poor project management. Major projects like code changes, infrastructure implementations, and new site builds, are usually approved late and understaffed, but the executive management will hold the project managers to the original project timelines and sometimes even insist on ""early"" completion. I and many of my peers completed multiple projects not because they were well planned or properly resourced, but because we were dedicated professionals who wouldn't let them fail. Dedicated professionals will only do this so long as they think the company has their back. Driving employees like this is the status quo at Amazon, and it is a primary reason why attrition is high. When I left I was more senior than 78% of the work force. Most employees will not see the majority of their stock options because Amazon back loads the payout. Executives are well aware that most employees won't stick around to get them all. The theme is work them as hard as you can while you can and then hire someone new.  Finally, in spite of heavy growth, internal promotions were almost non-existent. Round after round of external senior managers were brought in while hard-working managers at my level were passed over time and again.",Care about your people. This is truly the only way you can build a long-term company. You cannot expect people to travel all the time and work 55+ hours year round. Also you cannot hypocritically mandate managers work fewer hours while keeping their workload the same.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19079,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,They provide you with a steady job,Managers are rude for absolutely no reason,You must treat all employees better,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1127.htm
19080,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow and learn,"When I was there, this was a great place to grow and learn. It was quite fast-paced, and stretched me to my maximum potential.","Work-life balance, and aggressive roll out timeframes.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19081,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to work,Everything about working at Amazon.,Nothing at all. It is awesome.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19082,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Tier 1,The pay is really decent,The very long work hours,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19083,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Absolutely not!!,"The only good thing about working here is that you can manage your time off from your smartphone, which helps those of us with anxiety get things done. People are relatively friendly. You have the option to cross train. If you stay long enough, they have good benefits like schooling and stock.","Everything else. You don't get paid NEARLY enough for the work they ask you to do. They offer VTO and then complain that it's being taken. They send you to AMCARE (nurse) for every little thing, but a big thing happens and it gets swept under the rug and you are made to feel like crap if it bothers you. Management doesn't take you seriously. It's hot as heck, and you have to walk 5 minutes to the break room and it counts against your break. Also, they preach ""SAFETY!!"" a million times a day, but in reality, they don't care. They tell you to report ""every little thing."" and then they complain when you do.",We work hard. Maybe you need to see that a little more clearly.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19084,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Trainer,sucks!,great pay and health benefits,sucky place sucky management plays favorites,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19085,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon customer service rep.,Enjoyed working for amazons customer service representatives.,It was a seasonal job do it was not permanent.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19086,amazon,"Soddy-Daisy, TN"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment,Fulfullment Associate,Good about closing for inclement weather,Work as a picker is very physical,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19087,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager (L4),"Amazon is a great company to work for. They touch many lives and obsess over the customer. Stock bonuses are great if you manage to stay for the amount of time they require to vest. If you are highly competitive and can focus 100% into your career above all else, you may do well.","Upper management is highly competitive and cares more about the performance than morale of the team. 401k matching is only 2%. They are overall misleading in the recruitment process and leave out important information. In the FC's, all management works at least 12 hours a day, four days a week, even though the recruiting staff says its four 10 hour days. That also means the week of personal and vacation days you accrue only amounts to four days of both, not five. You may get pressured and not allowed to use your days if the team isn't performing well. There is only a 50/50 chance of working nigh tshift, but once you're on nights, the likelihood of switching to days is minuscule. As an incoming new manager, your shift really comes down to chance. Starting on the same day with the same amount of seniority, one person may be given Mon-Thurs Days and the other Fri-Mon Nights. And there's nothing they can do about it to change it regardless of other family commitments. Not suitable for those with families unless your spouse is willing to stay at home full time and support you.","Take a second from trying to push performance and listen to your Area Managers. They are the front lines of the operation. If they aren't happy, you'll have a hard time driving results.",2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19088,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,okay,Amazon offers a good pay,"long hours, no work life balence",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19089,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ISS REP.,Great entry level job if you want to grow into warehouse management.,Better job with management and how to improve employee production.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1128.htm
19090,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Life work balance,"Their leadership mantra is strong and logical, consistent with my own. The founder's vision of re-investing in the enterprise is a good sign for the long term success.",The revolving door aspect of the hourly ranks is frustrating. Building knowledge is a struggle due to the transient nature of the hourly workforce.,"It is always challenging to find the right combination of capacity and stabilizing the workforce. I understand the conflict, but I believe it compromises the quality of service.",2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19091,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA,How I feel,Benefits are amazing!!!!!!!!!!! everything else....No.,Well you feel as if you are working in a prison and ontop of that the pay is high but the reason is that they take out SO MUCH TAXES and it feels as if your only making 10 dollars an hour there in death row. The job itself is extremely easy...too easy... next thing you know you will be counting numbers in your sleep. And to even becoming anything higher then you are you have to be there at least a year and also if your scheduled graveyard shift you will never be able to switch to day shift even though they say in orientation you can after 30 days but there is such a long waiting list to even get close to being accepted to go work days so your sleep schedule will be horrid,-,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19092,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. HR Program Manager,"The chance to work on numerous problems, work with motivated people. You will get a chance to develop grit.",The culture and talent management systems are not set up to make people succeed. There is fear and denial in wanting to look at the root cause issues and make real changes.,Take a systems look at the issues that were spelled out in numerous articles on the culture. There are several practices that happen that cause much of the pain people experience.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19093,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Season Customer Service Representative (WFH),Seasonal Job,Quick hiring process. Paid on time. Overtime was almost always available.,Short training. No direction from management. A lot is expected for the pay. The job is very emotionally draining. The metrics are just about impossible to achieve week after week. I only stayed 6 months but I was asked to stay longer I refused.,Talk more with your staff give positive feedback on ways to improve and do this more often.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19094,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Representative,Getting constant feedback on performance,Taking call after call can sometimes wear on a person,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19095,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, varied employee level",Large firm. a lot of resources,Legacy system is a pain,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19096,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,"Without a doubt, compensation is the why you want to work here. You will be able to provide for your family.",It is a grind. It is intense. You are looking at long hours and weekends and very aggressive people.,Ease up on your employees and management. A continuous high stress environment doesn't always produce creativity.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19097,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,BIE,Bias for action and ownership!,Could be a little bit hectic sometimes,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19098,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Leadership Intern,On your feet all day but get real hands-on experience and get to see what your full time offer actually looks like,"Hours are ten hours a day, four days a week. Great to have a three day weekend but hard to get up for work that early.",I like how much ownership and independence management gives to the interns. They are allowed to take control of what they get out of the program,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19099,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,"Company culture encourage ownership, creativity. Tremendous opportunities to reach out to people from different business units. Colleagues are smart and hard working, very high recruiting bar.",Lack of a corporate training system. Have to build close relationship with upper management (and perform well) for good opportunities.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1129.htm
19100,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - California,Associate Ambassador - Sort Center,The people are nice with very little drama and time off is fairly flexible as long as you are an Amazon employee rather than a staffing agency employee.,"Like most places, advancement is controlled by favoritism. There is a mentor program but you have to search it out on your own within a system most employees either don't have easy access to or don't even know about.  The benefits for part time employees have all been taken away as of 4/1/2016!",Job postings are not kept up to date and very wildly even when searching through the same portal. The postings on third party sites conflict even more.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19101,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Trenton Nj,Associate,"There is a good place to work I like it, they take care of good workers, they know who working hard.",We don't have downsides over there,Good management,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19102,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,software engineer,give u enough experience to suffer pressure,so much work and micro management,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19103,amazon,none," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Software Development,"- Surrounded by intelligent people - Diversity of projects with mobility between teams/countries - Headquartered in Seattle itself, rather than outside the city with long commute times","- Likes to always build their own, means you may not be innovating on behalf of the company/customers but rather replacing/duplicating vendor software to save Amazon contractual service charges - Likely on the excessive side of frugal - Long vesting stock plans (5ish years)",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19104,amazon,none," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to learn and grow,"Great for those who want to keep learning everyday, opportunity to work with smart and dynamic individuals , chance with work global teams","Experience could vary widely across different teams within the company, may not suitable for those that are looking for a more relaxed lifestyle","Make hiring and onboarding process more standard across different teams, provide more training and offsite team building activities to new employees",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19105,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Engineer,"Smart colleagues, Impactful platform, Great career starting point.","Bad work life balance, Poor benefit, Lowballed compensation,",No high pressure management? I guess impossible. No micromanagement? Impossible as well.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19106,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Representative,Ok for now job,Decent pay...... for a teenager $13.00 hr. Easy interview easy work for a warehouse,They knit pick about everything and are notorious for firing people. Their scheduling sucks. Most people get stuck on a every weekend shift,Pay more attention to the positive of the work the employees due versus the negative.,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19107,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,I enjoyed the hours and salary here @ Amazon. Great environment & people to work with!,I did not really care too much about being on my feet all the time however it was great feeling to be that active.,It would be nice to give people that been there longer than 3 months a raise however that's my input.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19108,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Order Picker,Warehouse Associate (picker),"Benefits, Great Co-Workers, Free coffee",Repetitive motions Feels as if you're just a number,Rotate job assignment,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19109,amazon,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Benefits, career choice and diversity","Heavy work, Rate system can be repetitive",Review assistant managers PA's more often,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1130.htm
19110,amazon,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,"Fast paced, customer centric company","unexperienced managers, fresh out of college.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19111,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exercise Caution,On many teams there is an opportunity to learn a substantial amount in a short period of time and build skills that are valuable in the marketplace.,"My experience during my first 90-120 days was that it was a very unusual culture and that something was amiss, although it was difficult to put my finger on it, then the infamous NYT article hit the press. While some of the themes resonated with my observations, it didn't completely align with my experience at the time. Fast forward to six months later (Spring 2016) and our team culture and dynamics had become the embodiment of the NYT article, including people crying at their desks, fragrant violations of FMLA relating to parental rights and serious illnesses (e.g. we can't delay this project due to the poor optics, too bad you or your spouse is seriously ill), and teammates working long hours every weekend for months on end. Our team has had > 50% voluntary turnover in the last 11 months, with another 33% actively looking to leave. Health issues abound on the team due to the stress and regular beratings which occur daily and are justified by the ""Leadership Principles."" It is the epitome of a toxic workplace.  To be fair, this does appear to be isolated to certain teams and your experience can be totally hit or miss. I have spoken to people who have moved around the company and have said that while it exists in pockets (how many is uncertain) there are places that are sane and enjoyable. If you're considering employment at AWS, probe deeply in this area if things like culture, work:life balance and your health are important to you.","- Professionals with 10+ years of experience don't need micromanagement - Eradicate managers who abuse the Leadership Principles to justify mistreating employees or denying them rights protected under Federal law - The anonymous feedback system doesn't yield actionable feedback and fosters an environment of mistrust, anytime feedback is fine, but open up the system so that all aspects of feedback are visible by the recipient",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19112,amazon,none," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,honest,Good salary. If you are looking for quick cash this is the place to work at.,Very demanding especially during holiday seasons.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19113,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"In charge of developing a small, internally-used application from start to finish, full stack","Incredible resources - AWS is all yours to play with, budgets I previously thought were huge are not worth a blink - with justification. Internal tooling is way ahead of any other company I've worked for.","Work life balance - this is probably actually more my fault. I work too hard because I want to create the best product, and they won't get in the way of it. If you want to burn yourself out, they'll watch you do it in spectacular fashion.","Allow even more autonomy for developers to have ""hack days"" and a bigger part in project planning and less overhead such as useless reports.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19114,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Design Intern,Good opportunity for the right person,"I designed a real feature with support from great designers. I learned a lot about design and got to work with stakeholders including leadership, marketing, and engineers, which doesn't happen for all internships. Also, can't beat the location (Seattle) and hours (nothing expected above the normal 40 hour workweek).","If you're an advanced or independent student you might be dissatisfied. My project, including tools, team, skills, and scope, had been carefully defined for me without my input. And if you want an offer, based on what I saw, the best thing you can do is try to fit into the culture.","Involve interns in choosing their teams and tools. Also make sure recruitment is responsive and consistent, because a few problems came up during that process.",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19115,amazon,"Aberdeen, MD"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast pace, driven company - Leadership, practices change rapidly","You will learn a lot. I learned more about distribution/warehousing working in Fullfillment Center than I did in college. Company is growing and there are opportunities for career growth. You have to be self driven, read con below.","Leadership is inconsistent. Managers are constantly changing positions. So where you are following one managers ideas, coaching one week....you may very well be following another's the next week.",Be straight forward with feedback.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19116,amazon,"McDonough, GA"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Fulfillment associate,Easy money /easy job I guess,Had me working at 7am in the morning every weekend .. Would not work with schedule.. Unorganized..,You suck.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19117,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never Satisfied,"Smart people, interesting tech, stock awards","Nothing is ever good enough, always pushing for more. Work/life balance not good",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19118,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Good pay , quick promotions available",too much walking in time allotted,Assign people to areas so items will be picked quicker,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19119,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work, operations heavy","- Great quality work, especially at AWS - Smart colleagues - Scale","- Operations, pager duty, oncall - Frugal, no perks - Average pay",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1131.htm
19120,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Pay is OK for fairly easy but boring work. Benefits aren't the best, but at least Amazon provides something. Some of the managers and PAs are cool.","Long hours, short breaks. Be prepared to walk long distances to the break room depending on where you are in the building. Amazon gives 20 minutes for break but a good amount of that time will be used to get to and from the break room. Lunches should also be longer.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19121,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,Leading position in the space,Too large and limited promotion opportunity,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19122,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management","Great culture, few higher level promotions","AWS is an excellent place to learn, be creative, own your project and be part of something larger than you are.","AWS prefers to hire from the outside vs. promote from within. Promotions to Level 6 (SDE III and Sr Product Manager) are commonplace, but promotions to Level 7 are few and far in between. Lots of Level 8 (Director) people are hired from the outside and most leave or are forced out within the first year.",Consider promoting from within. The ones you promote won't leave within the first year.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19123,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources/High Volume Hiring,"Good money, for workaholics","Great total compensation package, long term incentive program is generous. Lots of opportunity to travel and advance (if you are willing to relocate). The people they employ are dedicated and intensely smart. Growing at a ridiculous rate means job security as long as you perform!","Fast, roller coaster, high intensity pace means tensions usually run high. Planning is difficult. Most of time is spent ""putting out fires"". Offer letters are basically contracts, read carefully. No tuition or certification reimbursement for management level employees, failure to invest in developing leadership is a shame for a large technology company that can afford to. Turnover rate is atrocious, I don't know anyone who didn't have more than five managers over the span of a year or so. Treated employees like workhorses, was expected to be ""plugged in"" 24/7. Company growth was too big for our dept resources to keep up with! Hope your experience is different!",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19124,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Good employee,Friendly employees and good benefits.,Long hours and takes a long time to advance also you have rate expectations that must be maintained or you will lose your job.,Management need to be more connected to emplyees instead of just seeing them as numbers.,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19125,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Area manager, 4 years",Good salary and got hired when the stock was under $100. Competitive environment made it challenging and occasionally fun despite the cons,"No work life balance, especially as you move up the ladder. Too many short term managers trying to move up at any cost made it difficult to implement long term positive changes",Figure out the work life balance,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19126,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,A Great Place for Hard Works..Terrible place for Work-life Balance,"flexible, work from home culture, great innovative events to go, the perks (concert, Amazon events, great benefits package, 401K), great place for type A folks, or people who come to get things done, offers great customer service to it's customers","-not great customer service when it comes to employees, terrible work life balance, for someone in the RC role you are on call and constantly available whereas other roles in recruiting may have more flexibility, currently I work 10-12 hours days and most weekend nights as well and still always feel behind., Amazon seems notorious for seeking the most amount candidates for roles that don't even exist yet, constant ambiguity and not a lot of consistency","Offer more chances for development for employees, especially for those who may be struggling in the role, be more engaged with the team, know more of the team as a group, the functions of each role and what they do and don't handle, provide more headcount for the team for work load balance (stop being so cheap when it comes to your employees!), provide managers who are willing to work with employees not push them up or out",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19127,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer II,"As a WDE, I rarely get to work on front end technologies anymore.",Development at scale. Sometimes you get a chance to work on new projects that millions of people will see.  The pay is okay.  Stock options (basically $100k in savings after staying for 4 years).,"Each team is different, but I've heard everything you'll read in my review from every WDE I've spoken to at Amazon.  The WDE position is a catch-all position for the lack of OE and process at Amazon and all the extra work and tedium that comes with it. You're expected to do SDE work, but you're also the goto ""web technologies stack"" developer, which means anything that someone else doesn't do is your job, and other people don't do a lot.  The pay is not reflective of the struggle.  30-40% Dev time. Including architecture and planning.  You are a secretary first, then admin, project manager, forecasting analyst, and finally a Dev.  Their tooling sucks, really bad, and the teams that own said tooling are just as inefficient as everyone else, so everyone ends up in a whirlwind of inefficiency.  As a web development engineer, you're expected to do much more project management work than SDE's, and almost as much development, but you get paid and respected significantly less.  Product managers will attack you with feature requests daily, and you will usually be expected to finish those along with a multitude of other tasks, and the tooling and infrastructure cannot support such rapid feature development so you will get bugs and be stuck in a whirlwind of you and your teams edge-cases that cannot be tested for outside of prod  When you do get a chance to do actual development: Days are either spent fighting the tooling(or lack thereof), or working on ugly code bases caused by unrealistic timelines for multiple ongoing projects with little care for your workload or lack of support structure.  A population of new and inexperienced devs unfamiliar with technical debt and coding best practices is easily noticeable by looking at most packages' codebases.  You will probably be lied to when you interview, I was. In the last year I have only written a few lines of JS, CSS, and HTML. This was not communicated appropriately in my interviews.  Stock options are given out at a 5% after 1 year, 15% more after two years, then 20% every 6 months scale. This means that even though I was lied to in my interview and am mostly unhappy with my job, I had to stick it out for at least a few years for it to be worth it.","Without focusing on better tooling and processes, your teams will always be working twice as hard to produce half as much quality work.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19128,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Outbound picker,"Great pay, lot of room for extra hours",They will work you till you cant anymore,Pay more attention to how the associates feel,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19129,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - VCC CSA,VCC Customer Service Associate,"Very quick application and hiring process. They give you step by step guidance, and the training process gives you all the information you need to start in confidence.",In order to be a VCC CSA you have to be able to have a wired ethernet connection and a landline connection. This can be somewhat hard in modern apartments.,The only advice that I would give is to try to create a way that people can be CSAs without having to have a landline or wired ethernet connection. The world operates on wifi and cell phone service now.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1132.htm
19130,amazon,"Milwaukee, WI"," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,IT Support,Dynamic environment with opportunities for advancement.,"Low pay, mandatory schedule rotation.",Salary surveys s/b based on position not rank.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19131,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Temp worker,Great pay Great workout Very lively,Long hours Can get pretty hot,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19132,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Good employee,Friendly employees and good benefits.,Long hours and takes a long time to advance also you have rate expectations that must be maintained or you will lose your job.,Management need to be more connected to emplyees instead of just seeing them as numbers.,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19133,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 6, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Constantly changing environment. Opportunity to travel and participate on launch teams for new Fulfillment centers. RSU awards (first vest after 2 years of employment, then yearly awards). Great place to develop strong leadership skills and experience process improvement, six sigma, kaizen processes which translate everywhere.","Career development from hourly to salaried positions is very limited and difficult if you do not have a good leadership team working above you to vouch for you. The environment is very stressful, as the expectations are set sometimes unreasonably high by people that are disconnected from the daily work on the floor of the fulfillment center. This can drive innovative solutions to improving processes, however it more frequently drives burnout. The average tenure is 3 years.",Invest in your employees and show that you value their worth. Listen to their suggestions and help them grow in their careers. Do not make them feel guilty for taking time off work. The customer is not more important than the employee's well being.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19134,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Environmental Health and Safety Specialist,Great Place to work.,"Great pay, awesome atmosphere and you will never get bored.",Long hours and you will not see anyone from black Friday until Christmas Eve.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19135,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Stocker,Love,The environment is great and no one is never denied anything. The greetings with a smile and the fact that you can call your teammates your family.,I cannot think of any cons for them at all. They were a great company and plus I love ordering from Amazon still to this day.,"No, I loved management.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19136,amazon,"Irving, TX"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,math flow for Teir 3,great opportunity for growth and establishment,working on some holidays and days off,keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19137,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resource Manager,HR Manager,"Great Employees, Autonomy and Scale",The lack of work life balance,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19138,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible management from top and it trickles down.,"Good food options with restaurants and food trucks a plenty, you're in the heart of Seattle, dog friendly, lots of coffee shops nearby.","This was the most awkward design team I've ever been on.  -Manager needs to know the needs of his peers and be AVAILABLE. -Art directors don't have ownership or voice and needs final approval of Manager. -There was no formal training when I onboarded (workflow, where to find files, where to find guidelines, templates, naming conventions, internal tools etc). I basically had to ask around and figure things out by making a ton of mistakes. If the manager had the time to train his new employees at least a few hours then it would have saved a ton of time in the back end. -Managers speak out loud to the whole studio about interviews they just had and critique them out loud. This is very unprofessional. -Within the design team we know what other designers are working on. -No transparency of the work that is coming in/future plans. -No heads-up of new hires - they just show up one day and look confused with no formal introduction.",-Be more transparent about what is going on and don't leave us hanging all the time. -At least act like you care. -Try and do a team-building exercise once a quarter instead of never. -Talk to us like human beings and not just employees. -Respect the Art Directors.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19139,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,Career opportunities paid time off and paid vacation more up to 10 weeks maternity paid leave,Sometimes it looks like they have a favoritism about promoting employees,They should promote hard worker,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1133.htm
19140,amazon,none," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Non-inventory receiver,"Flexible schedule, good benefits, great atmosphere. A good place to develop leadership skills.","High expectations! If you're on rate, you're expected to be @100 percent or above. That could be hard sometimes. Extremely physically demanding.",Treat employees with respect. Be a leader not a boss.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19141,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - ISS Field Representative,Tier 3,OT when needed and great benefits.,Long days and hours.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19142,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,Good pay. You will be working on challenging stuff.,Terrible work environment so you will feel bad.,Take care of your employees.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19143,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I like working here,You learn fast and grow,Work life balance is less,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19144,amazon,"Lake Dallas, TX"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Auditor,Fantastic company to work for!,"Great benefits, 4 day work week, easy job",Hardest part is standing on your feet the entire work shift. 30 min lunch goes by too fast andelivery you learn quick how to manage the 2 very short breaks!,Take a little more time acknowledging the ones who actually work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19145,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard but Fair,"Benefits, Decent Pay, Bonuses, and opportunities to succeed","Strange hours, hard work, little breaks",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19146,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,User Experience Design Intern,Solid pay. Great internship staff.,No one had time to give mentorship. Incredibly cuthroat within my division,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19147,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Schedule flexibility. Great benefits. Stock options.,"Excellent Benefits, Great pay. Room for advancement. Stock options for employees.",Keep up the good work!!!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19148,amazon,none," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Company,Great people and exciting work,There is a lot of Data to consume,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19149,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Ehh...,"The people in the org are generally smart The pay is decent. Blah, blah, blah.",Limited growth opportunities and lack of coaching/feedback (I'm identified as very high potential and yet I have no coaching even after asking for it --- seems weird) Lack of vision and constantly changing vision from org's senior management. Lots of management churn in org (on 5th manager within 2 years). Don't feel intellectually challenged by work.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1134.htm
19150,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Lot of opportunity to learn and work.,Need to still take care of employees. Some managers would not be helpful,Give special care in recognizing the potentials and treating the deserving candidates well,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19151,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Perfect culture for the right person,"If you enjoy a fast-paced environment that constantly challenges you, gives you room to absolutely own your space and provides constant ambiguity that will utilize your problem-solving skills, creative and tests your ability to be a pioneer, Amazon is an extremely exciting and invigorating place to work. Some of my personal pros consist of the following:      - Incredibly smart people     - Never-ending opportunities to be innovative     - Constantly creating new things     - Educational - you learn a lot working here, and there are endless opportunities to move around between teams in order to develop and grow     - Company is a not afraid to take risks if it will provide a fantastic customer experience     - Ability to make things happen quickly - If there's something you want to change, go for it!     - Diverse workforce - there is a huge initiative pertaining to this right now, and it's exciting","Let's face it, Amazon is not for everyone. If you are someone who likes to be complacent, enjoys knowing exactly what your day-to-day is going to be and prefers to operate under rules and guidelines, then you will not enjoy Amazon. This isn't to say that either preference is ""right"" or ""correct"", but it definitely accounts for many of the people who have decided to no longer continue their employment here. Even so, there are some cons that I can personally provide as someone who does enjoy working for the company in general:      - No positive affirmations. Although this is not absolutely necessary, it would be nice to experience every once in awhile     - Poor work-life balance usually occurs during your first year here. However, most people are able to get in a groove where they can figure out how to correct this.     - Management quality is incredibly inconsistent here. Some are very strong managers, but there are many who are also very weak. This is due to the scaling that has taken place which has resulted in very strong ICs moving into management roles when they are not well-prepared to manage people.     - Perks do not compare to Google or Facebook. I'm not in it for the ""perks"", but I could see how this could be a deterrent or a disappointment for some people.","Find a way to effectively prepare new people managers for their roles. I think there is a huge gap in this space, and with the level of L&D talent we have in the organization, I think it could be easily remedied. If there is a strong focus on this I think it could really help prevent situations like the ones described in the NYT article.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19152,amazon,"Henrico, VA"," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Fulfillment Associate,Pros and Cons,"Fun, fast paced, friendly environment",long shifts and several workers,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19153,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,That place is pure hell,40 hour work week. Possible overtime. Good money during peak season.,You will begin to feel overworked and underpaid. You are nothing but a number in the system. Administration will sometimes fire people at the end of their shift.  Management is a joke and they only care about the company's bottom line. They could care less about the well being of the employees. It feels like modern day slavery.,Quit being robots!!!!,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19154,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Engineer,Probably avoid,"* tremendous individual ownership and impact (e.g., your work could directly increase revenue by tens of millions of dollars) * strongly data-driven culture and good monitoring tools * excellent interview process (behavioral interviewing, bar raisers, pre-brief/de-brief, etc.) * lots of really great people * some very cool projects (generated by those people) * many great cultural tenets (at least on paper) * above median total compensation for the Seattle tech industry","* very top-down culture (a few teams manage to resist this, for awhile) * internal tech is dated and underinvested (e.g., website built on Perl) * benefits and employee equipment are substandard for the tech industry (e.g., almost no perks, 3-5yo laptop for you) * power is highly concentrated in managers, especially due to the peer review feedback process (anonymized and filtered by the manager, so the manager has total control over your performance) * employees aren't valued. You're there to do a job, for which you're compensated. That's it. ""Every day is day 1."" = ""how you performed last year is irrelevant"" * compensation is skewed and miscommunicated to the employee. To wit:   * There are no signing bonuses, that's just compensation shifted from stock to cash in year 1 (and sometimes year 2).   * If the stock goes up and your actual compensation exceeds your target compensation, you will get no subsequent stock grants (until you're back under target).   * Vesting schedule is every 6 months after a year, at 5%, 5%, 10%, 10%, 15%, 15%, 20%, 20%. This design is intentional, because many employees attrit after the first year or two. A large fraction of employees quit after year 4, when the first stock grant has completely vested. Overall undesired attrition is > 14%. * NYT article is 85-90% true. Quite a few managers (at all levels) are really horrible to work for.",none,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19155,amazon,none," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Financial Analyst Intern,Pay is very good. Seattle is a booming city. Rotations are encouraged and easily manageable. Stock compensation is a plus.,Expectations are sometimes unrealistic. A culture to where most people are always checking their work email. Always connected to amazon so work life balance could be an issue. Promotions are not usually done from within so promotions could be slim.,Promotion and development from within need to be strongly revamped. Also on the job training should be paid more attention to.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19156,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun but bad managers,Cool Company that is growing,My manager always forced people out that he didn't like. A new MBA hire wasn't learning quick as he wanted to he transferred him out of the division.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19157,amazon,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,Great Job love the people that work there love the benefit that this job offers.there is opportunity for move up within the company,The shifts are not the greatest but it's not that bad. For the amount and kind of work that is done the associates need a pay increase,Be professional at all times and be mindful of an associates situation. Every associate is different and should be treated as such.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19158,amazon,none," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,EAM Administrator,Great company to work for. Good people,Management does not hire according to experience.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19159,amazon,none," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern at Amazon,"Depends on your team and your project. Overall, my experience was positive and I learnt a lot about software development.",The coffee is quite terrible.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1135.htm
19160,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"A lot of work, zero reward.",It's a big name and there is some interesting technology around. But don't expect much.,"There is a reason why people only last 2 years at Amazon. You'll overwork for the first year with little to no significant reward. Once you realize you don't want to waste another year, you start thinking of quiting. Thats around/before the 2 years mark. Search for ""the face of Amazon"" on Google.",Make sure to know your team and listen to their voice. They are probably right about a lot of things. Do not ignore people's concerns.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19161,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,MISERY,"Restricted Stock Units. Benefits. 4 day work week. Maternity leave is good. Met some cool people. No other pros!!! Zero, zilch, nada!!","Its all about the external customer and ZERO about the internal customer. Specifically the area managers. They take AM's for granted and work them into the ground. It's frowned upon if you work less than 55 hours in 4 days. The workload is unrealistic and intentionally unattainable. Senior management constantly stresses and brags that Amazon is all about ""associate engagement"" and pushes AM's to focus on that the most yet they pile on a million other projects and expectations to the AM's and they have little to no time to truly focus on team engagement. Either you fit their perfect mold or they will find a way to get rid of you. Don't allow or foster individuality whatsoever. You are just another sheep they demand to herd. Ambiguity environment is over the top insane.",Start focusing on getting feedback from the AM's on what they need and want and not just the associates. Reevaluate how much work you continue pile on the AM's to the point of causing overwork and burn out. Completely revamp OLR process. It's horrible and cruel how the entire process is decided. Pay raises are a joke. Average is 2-3%.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19162,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,A great place to work!,"Fast pace and lots of testing! For a creative it's great to test multiple concepts and get results to improve the customer experience. An abundance of talented individuals within org and everyone shares learnings, you just need to ask.",The first month is a bit tough because the on-boarding process is all on you. You will need to navigate intranet sites to get ramped up and ask lots of questions. Some teams have a high turnover rate which can slow down a project.,It's always exciting working on new products or enhancing current devices. Keep pushing for innovation and retaining talent.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19163,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Amazon,Good money nobody will bother you as long as you do your job to their very high standards good luck people.,Payed Ohio & my tax and was on bus line. No tolerance with attendance easy hire easy fire.,None,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19164,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Director,Works for me,"If you want to work with smart people who are most of the time trying to do the right thing for the customer and the business, this could be a great company for you. There are politics, but less than at other companies I have worked for that were less data-driven.","Amazon is intense in the way that working at McKinsey or Goldman is intense. If that fires you up because it means you get to work on big projects and deliver big results, you will like it here (I do). If it doesn't, you won't.","Stay true to our core, no matter how big we get.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19165,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,picker,The pay rate was adequate. We did get to have stock in the company.,The hours were long and hard. you had to keep their rate or get written up.,To treat your employee like they really mattered.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19166,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse,"The hours are flexible and amazon community is very friendly, helpful and amazing staff",Because of a previous injury in my childhood the physical part aspect of the job is back breaking but still would do because of pros.,None..you guys are amazing and would just love the opppurtunity for more employees to get advancements being there for so long,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19167,amazon,none," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Copywriter,"Contrary to Popular Belief, Great Place to Work","Good pay, excellent benefits, stock awards, management in my area accessible and approachable, worked with a great and dedicated team.",Long hours during peak season (with overtime pay).,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19168,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Good company, Great People","Better if you are starting out, you get to grow fast.",Performance reviews could be harsh at times.,Improve OLR process!!!!!!,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19169,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer Engineer,* Really smart people * Will get to learn how to be customer focused * Will get the ownership of products,* Will require a lot of initial time investment * Constant reorganization can impact your growth * Progress can be very slow,* Should encourage and help employees to advance to the next level and not only focus on getting work done * Manage resource depending on what employees want to work on,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1136.htm
19170,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Burnout central,"Stocks, Location, Outlook, Interesting, Salary","Hours, progression, opportunity, work-life balance",invest in employee relations at the management level,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19171,amazon,"Laveen, AZ"," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Currently Seeking Employment,ICQA,Great place to work if you prefer fast paced environment,"Some clutter, due to items falling off shelves",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19172,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Strong culture for excellence in engineering and leadership,"We are software company that happens to be really good at retail and cloud-hosting. That makes Amazon an exciting place for technologists. I very much enjoy the tangibility and impact my software has for customers. I can go home and tell my family ""I own /that/. That part of Amazon that you use all the time, I did that.""  Amazon can be an intense workplace for people who want to be challenged. Ask anyone who works here, and you will find people who want to invest and tackle big problems.","Frupid. There aren't many cons to Amazon, but our principles for frugality over-extend for example to less-than state of the art development hardware. I agree we should not fly first class, and I think free food is over rated (I have a hard enough time staying healthy). Frugality however should not encroach on a core competency like engineers' development resources.","Keep at it. Nudge a tiny bit on the authentic recognition you have for the substantial effort we all are putting in to make this company successful. That said, everything else is just as it should be. Keep us going.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19173,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,Short hours and good pay.,No advancement or raises. Hard work is not recognized.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19174,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,"Great place to work, nice people.","Dirty, Dusty, cluttered, hazardous, unsafe environment, careless management, rude",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19175,amazon,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it!,"Great place to work, growing fast","Very fast paced, can be stressful at times",No advice to management at this time,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19176,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy,"Opportunity, fast-paced, innovative, exciting, learning","Churn, turn over, commute, parking",Focus on reducing turnover,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19177,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Learned so much, but treat employees terribly","Critical Thinking Customer Focus Resources Company was amazing customer focused, and I learned so much about critical thinking and developing business cases and plans","Integrity Care for employees Employees aren't cared for. I was asked to fudge a review about one of my employees in order to help fit the review curve. Had to fit a mold or else you wouldn't make it. Individuality not appreciated. Left on my own terms, was told I was a regretted attrition.",Treat employees like humans and don't pit them against each other,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19178,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Packing,Amazon,"A great place to work, wonderful working environment, fast paced, great with diversity!","Long hours, home life and work balance is hard.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19179,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Amazon review,"-Excellent leadership -Fast-paced, physical environment -Benefits for working there improves dramatically per year",-Very physical at times -Certain technology/devices are substandard (impacts job performance) -Somewhat strict attendance policy,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1137.htm
19180,amazon,none," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contractor,Great team and learning opportunities.,Worked as a contractor so didn't experience some of the negatives and long hours everyone talks about.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19181,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate outbound,Great fast pace steady work most of the year around. Start out pay was decent. Co workers were great and respectful.,I left the job bc my husband was being picked on by new management. I was the TOP producer daily and monthly. He discussed the issues many times but no results so we walked. They will not rehire ever for any reason.,Instead of allowing new management to come in and pick on people whom are average workers you should allow their voice to be heard. Our regular manager was out on medical leave and came back 8 weeks later to his top employee gone. He treated me like family bc he loved my work ethic and endurance on those long days to get the job done!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19182,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 Associate,Great job while I was finishing up in college! Working 21 hours a week for full time benefits was fantastic!,Not somewhere I would spend more than 4 years. Long hours and very strict and strong policies/production rates.,The management takes orders mostly from HQ out of Seattle. I hope one day they can not be micromanaged and so my advice to them could actually benefit them.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19183,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great benefits, uninteresting work","Money. Amazon makes a lot of it. Base pay, signing bonus, second year bonus, RSUs. Depending on the part of the company you're in, they can be quite respectful in work-life balance.","Feeling like a cog in a giant machine. If you like big companies, go for it! Being pushed to other levels without clear expectations. Uninteresting work. For me that's building Ruby on Rails webpages and Java services hooked up to DynamoDB. Stingy on the holidays (but 15-20 days vacation)",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19184,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC associate 1,We have department party's all the time and the most of the managers are their to help us when need,They abuse their power of labor sharing to other departments within the warehouse. Where they keep you in the same task for weeks on end,Some managers needs to stop acting like they know everything it what's better for us to improve our operation listen to your employees we know what can make our job easier,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19185,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Pros- PTO,Vacation, Unpaid time. I have never worked for an employer who offered so much time off. Management is very respectful and responsive!",Pay- They pay per hour is a little low for the type of work however other benefits do help to compensate.,Great Job! Continue making work at Amazon an enjoyable and productive experience! Thank you!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19186,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth it,Ability to grow from within the company up to higher manager positions in the company.,Not worth all the politics to throw each other under the bus to take the next step up. They promise they care about associates but they are willing to push them as hard as they can.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19187,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Modern day sweatshop,"Pretty legit benefits, plenty of overtime, diverse crew of coworkers, casual dress code, easy to get hired","Both extremely aggressive & passive aggressive management, horrible working conditions, unrealistic standards, too strict, insufficient breaks, pretty dangerous","People are people, not robots. They can only do so much. Your expectations are ridiculous & the fact that you proudly say you care about the customer & the numbers more than the employee is very sad, sick, & just wrong.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19188,amazon,none," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,"You learn a lot in a very short time. A developer in Amazon is a jack of all trades. Development, testing, deployment, maintenance and support. There is no QA team, support team....","Louder you are, better your career prospects. Not sure if this is across teams or even an industry wide thing.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19189,amazon,"Lithia, FL"," May 31, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfilment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Center,Amazon Fulfillment has great Benefits. Its a great job for young adults and college students looking for short to mid-term employment.,Ten hour shifts. Insufficient pay for the work you do and the production they expect. Not much opportunity for advancement within the fulfillment center.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1138.htm
19190,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Senior CSA/Kindle Support Specialist,Excellent Employer,Part Owner - Invested with Stock as permanent employee,"No cons, great place to work.",Realize that experience is usually a better qualifier than a college degree,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19191,amazon,none," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Nice enviroment Fun activities Growth opportunities Great values,None that I remember Keep up the good work,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19192,amazon,none," May 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Those 90 days suck,great pay and great benifits.,they are right up happy it kinda sucks,please select management better and please understand people give their best but your standards are a little too high,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19193,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,I like the 4 day work weeks.,You do the work and have no say so in anything.,work on job retention and listen to employees.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19194,amazon,none," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some thoughts,Great pay for software engineers,"Business over best practices, always",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19195,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Talent Acquisition,AMZN review,"The ability to work with some of the most tech-savvy, innovative, and creative engineers and managers in the world. You are truly an owner in your role and have huge impact and scope of project.","There are a lot of processes, systems, reporting, etc - but for good reason.",n/a,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19196,amazon,"Reno, NV"," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,good but not great,Better pay than surrounding warehouses here in Reno NV,Very physical job. Expect continous heavy lifting.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19197,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,CSA Review,"I worked from home in the Virtual Call Center, it was nice not having to leave my family to go to work. My supervisors were usually positive and responded to questions and problems in a timely manner.","Everything is dictated by policy and if you say no to a customer they give you a bad review just by clicking ""no my problem was not solved"" on an email. This review is directly tied to how they rate your job performance, too many bad reviews from customers and you are put on probation and then fired. That was very stressful because customers have very unrealistic expectations and sometimes they still clicked no after you did everything they asked. You also were not allowed to encourage them to respond to the 'How's my Driving' email in any way, so when you had a good call you couldn't even tell them 'please respond to the follow-up email'.","Develop a way for Customer Service Reps to challenge 'no' responses from customers. I often received no's and leadership had no advice for what I could have done differently and completely agreed I shouldn't have been penalized after listening to the calls, but there was no way to change it, all I could do was 'try harder to get more people to respond yes'.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19198,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Comparable pay for type of work Proximity to residence,"Good for temp work but if you're looking to grow with the company overtime- look elsewhere, many levels of fake promotions in title only with no defined change in role or pay-grade in an attempt to retain employees.",Reward commitment and skill with actual promotions.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19199,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,Decent,"The company helps build your resume, the invest in you and want you to grow.",They expect you to take on 5-6 extra job titles with no extra pay or compensation. They block out several parts of the year so you can't use vacation.,"External customers are important, but internal customers are more important. Without us, you'd have no customers at all.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1139.htm
19200,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist/Manager - not worth it,"You learn every critical retail function, from site merchandising and marketing to instock management and forecasting. Given Amazon fast paced work culture, you learn a ton, quickly. I've learned more in my almost 2 years at the company than 3-4 years elsewhere. This is a great place to be if you value learning and want to optimize for learning in your career: the career progression opportunities abound if you perform well. Competitive name on resume, intelligent coworkers, fast paced culture where you are consistently challenged, flexible work hours","The salary is quite low when compared to hours worked. Amazon's compensation is awarded over time (4 years), where compensation comes with a lower base pay, stock and signing bonus. The average Amazon employee lasts 2 years, so you may not realize all these benefits. Stocks don’t vest completely until you have completed 4 years with the company. 401k match is not earned until 3 years of service. Sign on bonus isn't earned until you complete 1 full year with the company. If you leave or are forced out prior, it must be repaid on a pro-rated, annualized basis. Relocation bonus and expenses also have to be paid back if you leave within 2 years (pro-rated). Amazon espouses frugality and uses these deceptive tactics to lock talent into a contract where employees are promised fake money, awarded over a very long period of time, during which many employees either quit, or are forced out of the company.  In regard to compensation, I would push to come in as an L5 Brand Manager instead of L4 Brand Specialist. L5s typically come in at an $84K annual salary + stock, whereas L4s are usually $65K + $20K signing bonus + stock. Total compensation between the roles is almost the same – with one key difference. Within 2 years as a brand specialist, you have to get a promotion to an L5 to have it make financial sense to continue (unless you want to take a $20K pay cut as the signing bonus is only valid for 2 years). Promotions at Amazon can be very challenging, so negotiating to an L5 upfront can be beneficial if you want to stay at Amazon long term. Also, annual increases are very minimal, on average 1-2% per year, if that each year. As an L4, you almost feel expendable, where the 1st 2 years are a test to see if you qualify to stay and the company and move up to a more steady pay grade as an L5. I would use prior work experience and top tier education to push to come in as an L5, one thing I wish I knew prior to joining Amazon.  Lack of Appreciation: One of the primary drivers of attrition within this role. There is NO positive reinforcement at Amazon. On the occasional blue moon someone will pat you on the back and congratulate you for a great win (it is rare- believe me). If something goes wrong, it can be blown out of proportion and magnified. Can be demoralizing over time.  Constant stress/anxiety: The bar at Amazon is constantly rising and you have to go above and beyond and constantly push yourself to make a name for yourself. Leadership and management have to know who you are, and the value you bring to the table. Stack ranking does occur during the annual review process, often times based on favoritism and can be political, at times. The work environment is competitive, cut throat, Darwinian (the strong survive, weak perish). I’ve seen people disappear, cry at their desk, get yelled at, and just walk out and leave the company. Amazon has a culture that embraces conflict, and disagreement amongst people – it’s very much and a love or hate place to work (little grey area between love or hate). If you embrace conflict, Amazon may be a great fit.  High turnover: You have very limited time for family, social life, etc. due to work commitments. The expectation is that you are available 24/7, though no one will tell you this directly. Workload varies by team and time of year. I would not recommend Amazon as a place for someone who has a family, looking to start a family or enjoys having a social life. Even if you are sick, there is constant pressure to work (from home) and get stuff done.  Incompetent management: Some managers do not know or have no experience managing teams, making it difficult to grow, develop and feel challenged.  Constantly dealing with ambiguity. The company has a very self-reliant culture, so make sure you are comfortable managing ambiguous situations and can drive results. You teach yourself everything at Amazon, no one will hold your hand and walk you through things. There are a lot of type A personalities that when leading projects across leadership, you can be told 5 different things from 5 different people across teams. Gaining alignment across leadership and buying groups is a HUGE ISSUE and causes inefficiency when leading and executing projects.  I would think hard about signing for this role or use it as a short term learning opportunity. Biggest challenge is as an L4 you feel like a workhorse or object and completely expendable, churning out work for leadership with almost no credit for it. Also, one IMPORTANT note: Amazon does not pay for the brand specialist role. It is paid for by the vendor through vendor funding (about $300K annually). So, to put simply, Amazon is MAKING money on this position (one of Amazon's core tenets is frugality). They will not tell you this upfront, but people usually find out after joining. In conversations with vendors, the typically re-evaluate whether they need the brand specialist role in annual negotiations, which can make you feel completely expendable. Respect in the workplace is vitally important, and unfortunately, Amazon doesn't have any of it.",Positive reinforcement is the most frugal way to retain talent.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,30,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19201,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Amazon,Great stock options and opportunity to work with some of the smartest people in the business. Working for a company that is growing quickly and is building innovative and game changing products.,Creating a good work and life balance can be difficult at Amazon. Expectations are at times unreasonably high and mindsets can pivot quickly depending on management.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19202,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - INBOUND ASSOCIATE/UNIVERSAL TEAM Member,Universal Associate,the schedule is very flexible,the management team is very unprofessional,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19203,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wouldn't reccomend but if you like warehouse work you may like this,"Great benefits, great pay, you will meet really cool people","Long hours, standing on your feet all day, extremely physically demanding, mandatory overtime",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19204,amazon,"Greenville, SC"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Seniors leaders just make up things to get rid of you if they don't like you.,Money and stock if you can last long enough. The associates and PA team work very hard but have no say in management decisions.,Turnover in leadership. New AMs and OMs just change things to get credit for doing something and everything has a metric to score you on. Even if it doesn't make sense.,Listen to your team.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19205,amazon,none," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of work and good benefits,"There is plenty of overtime work to be done depending on the department, the benefits like stock after a year is nice and the bosses are all nice also.","You still might have to get food stamps with a family, thanks to Jeff bezos and his rich friends.","Raise wages for the lower level workers, that's it everything else is great. Possibly play music throughout the warehouse.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19206,amazon,none," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfillment Associate,"Lots of PTO, only 4 days a week, Voluntary Overtime","Long Hours, very physical, fast paced",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19207,amazon,"New York, NY"," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Art Director,fast paced and intense,"great benefits and people in a fast paced environment. Step up to the plate and perform, you'll be rewarded.",Highly Bureaucratic and there are a lot of egos at play. Workload is intense.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19208,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,an OKAY company,"good pay, good benefits and lots of paid time off","treated poorly, long hours, management doesn't know how to lead and put people where they are strong to increase its performance",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19209,amazon,none," May 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Fulfillment Associate (Ship Dock),-made lots of money -paycheck every week -was fairly simple work and got to talk with coworkers almost the entire time (while working) -people were mostly cool -good job if you are in decent shape and in need of work experience/money -Human Resources department was helpful -supervisors were mostly helpful,"-lots of standing, get good shoes -some days were very busy while other days had no work, so you had to look busy -even the busy days were monotonous, it was tough being there for 10 hours, sometimes alone, stacking boxes","management was very busy but still made time to listen to their employees, most of them seemed competent",4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1140.htm
19210,amazon,none," May 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company,Customer obsession means that it is possible and actually easy to argue for the solution that helps the customer. They're working on a lot of cool projects.,"If your project isn't ""visible"" it can be harder to get promoted or earn attention. It is a large company and has a decent amount of bureaucracy.","Work to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy where possible. Avoid frupidity. Some situations require careful cost analysis, others should be fairly obvious. Sometimes the cost that can't be easily measured is obviously more significant.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19211,amazon,none," May 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoyable,"Amazon is a very friendly company with good pay, even for its part-time employees.",There is a lot of walking to be done and you only have short interactions with the other employees.,Keep up the good work but don't forget to get the moral high especially around holidays.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19212,amazon,"Gaston, SC"," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound/Receive,CAE1 associate,"pretty good benefits, guaranteed hours","horrible management, horrible work schedule, below average pay, too many changes in work schedule, no individual evaluations, or merit increases, all predetermined. I worked there for 4 and a half years, wouldn't recommend anyone go to work for them.","hire older management that has previous management experience, instead of these snot noses right out of college who's only previous employment was a waiter of bartender",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19213,amazon,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short Review,Solid pay. Work with strong peers,work life balance. Work comes home with you.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19214,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stocking,Friendly environment pays well very fast paced but easy to do and easier with time getting used to it.,The cons were long hours on feet non stop with short breaks at a far location with no parking places for new employees.,Increase breaks alil longer and announce on speakers for quick stretches between the hours of after lunch and 3rd break and after 3rd break,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19215,amazon,none," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Technical excellence, great leadership by management","long work hours, no work life balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19216,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Sink or swim. Are you built for this?,Fast pace company where it is possible to get promoted quickly. Great stock and pay incentives for those coming out of school. If you get a good manager and you are identified as a top performer you will be pulled up. It is a fun fast pace environment. You literally have the power to make any changes that you see would be beneficial to the company if you are willing to do the work. When you are not in peak season it is common to have 3 day weekends. Nobody is going to BS you so you normally know where you stand.,Work life balance during holiday season is non existent. It is not uncommon to work around 80 hours a week during the holiday season.. Sometimes you could be stuck with a terrible schedule and there's not always an option to switch. You must own your own development as no one is going to walk you through how to get promoted. Training is not always great when you are first hired and sometimes people are thrown to the wolves as it is a sink or swim environment. i have seen managers quit on their second day on the floor. Work life balance is not always great if you have kids or a life.,Invest heavily in the training of your newer managers in order to reduce turnover. I think new managers are sometimes given responsibilities too quickly without enough time to learn the ropes of their business.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19217,amazon,none," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good for the first job,You would learn a lot about the e-com business.,"Sometime work is boring in Amazon, not too much challenge after some time",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19218,amazon,none," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Fast paced, cutting edge of technology",Lots of problem solving in ambiguous situations so very fast paced so can be challenging.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19219,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Avoid amazon as a serious player in employment opportunities.,"NA, they are not interested in YOU or respecting the work you do for them.",Worst company one could ever work for in the 21st century. No respect for workers or ability for them to earn a living wage. Greed is their lowest common denominator and ALL employees are expendable at a moments notice in a right to work State.,You su*k!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1141.htm
19220,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Customer Service Representative,Cool Job,"great environment to work in, cool people to work with.",Not much room to grow,Maybe they could pay the employees a little bit more,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19221,amazon,"Perris, CA"," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,It was a good experience it tought me how to work well at a fast paced environment,All the coworkers are nice to you and everone treats you like are someone and they dont look down on you.,One of the biggest challenges working here would have ton be the time on how fast they wanted the merchandise loaded .,Much more overtime,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19222,amazon,"Fontana, CA"," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"The experience is repetitive, and sometimes strict.","The work is easy, you get to talk with other associates and the pay is pretty good. Also the job offered benefits.","Management is extremely disorganized, repetitive work, and no promotions within. Also, the morale is dead, it gets pretty sad man.","Relax and be respectful, and most importantly communicate.",3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19223,amazon,none," May 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not for everyone,Good benefits. Great pay. Fast paced.,No family life. Breaks are short. Expect too much from employees. Not for everyone,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19224,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Universal Recieve,universal,"friendly environment, easy money, easy work, good pay, awesome bonuses. If you need more hours you can almost always pick up more whenever you want.","15 minute breaks aren't long enough, a lot of diversity so this means a lot of heads bumping into eachother and disagreeing, mandatory overtime.",Communicate more.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19225,amazon,none," May 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer,Scale is one thing that amazon does well,Competitive environment if you love it it is really fun,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19226,amazon,none," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not For Everybody,"Competitive Salary, Good Benefits, Substantial bonuses. Good exposure with the big company name on your resume.","Political, Condescending, Long Hours, Holidays, Hourly employees are treated very poorly with a lot of false promises. Dirty buildings with no amenities. AWFUL WORK LIFE BALANCE",Think about someone other than yourself,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19227,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be worse,"Good pay, great benefits, friendly environment, Ice machines!","It'd too hot, breaks aren't long enough",none,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19228,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager II,Awesome place to work at,"Bold visions, appetite for risk, smart people. All of that make for interesting work environment. Amazon is definitely a please where builders can build.","Lots and lots of work. My typical work day is 10-12 hours. There is pressure to deliver all the time and if you do not deliver, nothing else matters. Perception is king, so make sure you are popular.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19229,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok as long as you can stand it.,Pretty good benefits. Possible career. Pays for college. Many promotions.,Horrible management Standing long hours Not enough time off,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1142.htm
19230,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources,Fulfillment Side Shady unethical,Great fast paced environment and have lots of opportunity to learn new skills and grow.  Competitive pay and benefits  Lots of people with potential,"Terrible work life balance. You practically live at the warehouse and can hit 60+ hours if in any of the level roles vs. the warehouse associate role  No standardization, which is a positive at times but this means the leadership team can run it however they want with no consequence as long as the numbers are made.  Management can be shady and will push you out if they do not get along with you even with great performance marks. They will tie something to you and let you go.  Relocation can be detrimental to your move and needs improvement for those being relocated across country.  In the warehouse environment in the leadership team, can be punished for using time off. But not rewarded for volunteering often  Ethics line is useless and will not follow up","I would like to disclose that this is not all Management as some leaders are great but are held down by the others unwillingness to change or keep people in the building that just agree and don't challenge.  Managers, approach seek to understand with positive intent on the employee. I personally saw multiple wrongful terminations happen due to manipulation of evidence. This is not ethical or fair to your grunts nor team. Care about your employees and they will put out miracles for you.  Also, remember the leadership principles. Leadership, not all, have completely ignored them and should be used more often and remember where the company came from. Everyone in that building in Amazon, not just you.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19231,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Customer Centric Company,Company is extremely customer focused and makes sure that they can do as much as possible to fulfill every customer demand. Amazon does a lot to innovate every stage in their processes to make the customer experience as simple and efficient as possible while keeping it cost effective and fast. Benefits were outstanding and compensation was at least competitive with the rest of the region.,"Very hard to move up in the company. I was told point blank that I was under qualified for a role I was over-qualified for and that I would have a better chance at moving up if I left the company and came back. Management shows heavy favoritism in warehouses, valuing sociability and production over skill and knowledge. Management was more focused on making people better at what they are bad at than putting people where they work well and excel. Overall moral among tier 1 associates was fairly low on average and management was quick to blame associates for systemic problems.",Focus more on building people's strengths and encouraging people to succeed and advance rather than treating individuals as expendable work horses that you can beat into the dirt and toss aside like garbage. Focus more on individuals whom are qualified to perform certain tasks rather than chose based on who you are friends with.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19232,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,EOT,"3 days off/4 days off. every other week, good health benefits, room to grow.granted Stock options","Hard to get extra time off, almost like working for govt. new policies and procedures every week, some useless. Always felt threatened about losing job if you messed up! Watch out for others trying to get ahead..Stock takes 4 years to fully vest.","Support your employees, ""Have Fun"" like the slogan says!",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19233,amazon,"Emmaus, PA"," May 27, 2016","Current Employee - Line Leader, Order Fulfillment Department",Fullfilment associate,Good benefits four day work week and lot of flexibility opportunity to transfer to many location,Salary is to low the wage scale ceiling is way to low they move you to any department theyes want to suit there needs if you don't make rate they fire you,Management should support the fullfilment center employees request more than they do most of the suggestionsame are valid and would benefit the company,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19234,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Program Manager,recruiting program manager,diversity of opportunity. low/no barriers to internal mobility. no politics in decision making.,low 401k match. systems need to catch up to the size of the company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19235,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,No Work-Life Balance,"Decent pay, only have to commute to work 4 days per week unless there is mandatory overtime, some of the people are great","If you show that you're great at your job, you'll be put in positions where you SHOULD make more money, but don't. They say that they hire from within, but that wasn't the case with the ""team leads."" No work life balance. Poor management.","Don't force certain people into doing more work for the same amount of pay if there's virtually no chance at a promotion. Stop playing favorites. Need better communication between Tier III's, AM's, and Flow.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19236,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Get ALL you Can!,This company is a great place to work if you utilize the system they have in place and work it to get them for all you can!,"If you use UPT hours into the negative total, you WILL be fired when they have the workforce turnover period ( approximately every 3-4 months). If you meet quota and have positive hours, you will be fine.","Please stop parenting associates. Many of them are a lot more intelligent than you think. You have a different position, not a higher position. Be humble. It looks better on you all.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19237,amazon,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,"Exciting work, motivated senior management, opportunities","low base pay, bad work life balance, stack based performance reviews",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19238,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Not so innovate.,-Pay is way above min wage -Great benefits -Meet wonderful fellow employees,-Management does not care about employees. -Work really hard to gain recognition and promotion opportunities that are none existent. -Too much favoritism,Recognize your employees. Don't hire college grads with zero management experience.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19239,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Packer/Picker/ICQA,ICQA,Easy jobs and decent pay.,"Long hours, boring, very strict rules, and rude management.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1143.htm
19240,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,its a job what else can be said. Really feels like sweat shop work.,where to begin management barely remembers your name. warehouse is always stifling hot and not much worry about you only how fast you can go,try to figure out what you're doing,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19241,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay place to work,"Good pay, good benefits, etc.","In fear of being fired every turn, poor management, poor HR department.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19242,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed Feelings,Great pay with lots of opportunity to advance and move around the company. There's always something new and exciting going on. Great people to work with.,Lots of hours. They will work you like a slave and expect you to always be available even when you are on vacation.,Fix the work life balance aspect and you will drastically reduce the high turnover levels there and save a ton of wasted money and time constantly retraining new hires.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19243,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced and intense,"High value on getting things done. Company is open to new product ideas, and willing to take chances. Good place for new grads to gain a lot of experience quickly.",Management can be abusive. No consideration for work life balance. Internal competition borders on being cut throat. CEO never gets the true picture from upper management. Too much sanitization of the message.,"Leadership principles are great, but they're only applied selectively. For example disagree and commit is used to reprimand employees. Too much emphasis is placed on bias for action not enough on teamwork and being right.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19244,amazon,none," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous,Suffers from the presence of several Empire Builders,Competitive pay Fast paced (never dull) Smart colleagues Decent Health Insurance Great Learning Experience Amazing brand name to have on your resume,Lots of Empire Builders running the show at AF Stock Incentives are backend loaded so you have to stay at least 3.5 years to maximize the return,Break the fiefdom walls built by the managers indulging in Empire Building otherwise AmazonFresh will bear the brunt of their actions,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19245,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Logistics CSA,Amazon CSA,"Paid time, vacation, unpaid time, voluntary time off",LOW Pay. High call volume,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19246,amazon,none," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"work type, cool people, a lot of team building activities","crazy hours, super fast paced, old school, people are very nice. unrealistic expectations. there is a lack if good mentorship.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19247,amazon,none," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"good benefits, great career potential. The company is growing, growing, growing! They really go above and beyond to help employees advance their careers.","Long hard hours as a warehouse associate and the job is extremely boring, and mind numbingly tedious. If you can hang on though the opportunity to transfer and advance exists!",Management actually does a really great job of going out of their way to ensure that employees feel important. They always seem motivated.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19248,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Produer,Great place to grow your career before you need work life balance,"You will learn a TON at Amazon. A couple of years of experience in corporate headquarters is extremely useful, practical experience you won't get in grad school. Learning to live up to their performance standards will make you a rock star in your next company.","It all depends on the group...but in my Advertising group there was terrible work life balance. 50 hours a week was the bare minimum for contribution, 60 was more the norm, and everyone expected some degree of regular sacrifice of your life to the greater good of the company.  If you don't have a family or kids, great--use that time to grow your career and skillset. But once you have a family it's no longer sustainable. The only way to move up the ladder is to put in even more hours and effort, so it's a treadmill that just goes faster and faster. At least in the organizations I worked with, my impression was that mothers were viewed as less valuable, higher-risk employees and I saw them passed over for promotion regularly.","Find a way to support working parents, and not just pay lip service to a fake ideal.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19249,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,"The pros of working for amazon.com would be the benefits/pay/bonuses, the 4 day work weeks and the easy work tasks.","The cons of working for amazon.com would be HR, management, it feels dead end and the long hours.",Value and acknowledge hard work in your employees,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1144.htm
19250,amazon,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon Warehouse Associate,Great Money with great hours included.,A lot of walking but you'll get used to it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19251,amazon,none," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment,lots of paid and unpaid time off when ever you want to use it. jobs are very easy,time goes by so slow because jobs are so repetitive,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19252,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Great place to learn and grow your career. Terrible for long term employment.,Exposure to really hard problems and very interesting technology.,Stressful work atmosphere with highly political middle and upper management.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19253,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Learn a lot about the companies business,Long hours and lazy workers,Mangers leave because superiors do not take care of them.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19254,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Pick Associate,Kind of like farming.,They will compensate you fairly and financially. Work only 4 days a week!,You will not have a lot of good role models or a competent managerial system. It's really dirty.,"You guys were slowly getting it. Just be engaged and know when to put yourself second when you need to. Fight back unnecessary regulation or at least don't seem so slaverishly devoted to it. Your annual review shouldn't be your #1 goal. You're getting that attitude from the VP, and leave that to him. He's the one who had the facility on the line. Anyway, it's a bad attitude and makes it hard to respect you at times. Also! Stay consistent with your expectations. Repeat yourself and keep standards tights and well understood by all. This is a terrible environment and everyone seems happy to either assimilate or take full advantage.",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19255,amazon,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"A lot of hours, good benefits, good pay","graveyard shifts, poor HR, on your feet a lot",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19256,amazon,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process guide,Name recOgnition 4 day a week schedule,Management has little respect for employees. No recognition for going above and beyond. Loves to take things away but never gives things.,needs new upper management that actually listens to employees. Favortism runs rampant and is pretty much encouraged.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19257,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,former employment company,pays very well and everyone is really nice,rate can be very unjust at times,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19258,amazon,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics Manager,"Great benefits, and potential to move up in the company.","Not a lot of support from upper management, and long hours.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19259,amazon,none," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Fast pace goal driven environment. If you like to work hard it's the place for you.,Long hours with very little breaks.,none,5.0,3.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1145.htm
19260,amazon,none," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for geeks,"Awesome, full ownership, good culture","oncall, Old systems , sometime hectic",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19261,amazon,none," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Learn a lot quickly. Many smart people. Leading edge technologies. Customer focused. Great place for career growth.,There are sometimes it becomes too busy sometimes. Pressure could be high. people leaves frequently.,Pay attention to retaining good engineers. Make pay better.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19262,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't do it!,"Working at Amazon will make you feel like you are part of something special, you will do more exciting things in a shorter amount of time with less resources than ever before. Plus, you will work with fun, ridiculously smart people.","Working at Amazon will crush your soul, ruin your family life and leave you wondering where the last years or months of your life went. A little over four years later, yes I had my initial hire stock grant, but I also had no hobbies, no relationship with my spouse and I had missed milestones of my daughter.",Nothing will change until the senior leadership practices what they preach-- becomes vocally self critical and stops thinking its body odor smells like roses.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19263,amazon,none," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate 1,"Paid Time Off, Vacation Pay, 401k, advancement, safe working environment","50lb lifting, loud noise, at least 5 miles of walking everyday, 3rd Shift, on your feet all the time.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19264,amazon,none," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,Smart people and great location,Excessive frugality when it comes to things like employee hardware,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19265,amazon,none," May 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"Money, meeting new people","Long hours, not able to pick flexible shift, short breaks",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19266,amazon,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,GOOD EXPERIENCE,"You are introduced to so many different parts of distribution. Robotics, conveyoance, dock, OB, IB, inventory control. If your looking to gain experience this is the place to LEARN.",If you're part of the middle class and think you have a shot at working at the bottom and climbing up the career ladder at amazon think again. Hard work will only get you so far with this company. You need a BS (in anything) to get a good salary and even with that the hours aren't worth it.,People and robots are two different things.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19267,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,Great Opportunities If You Work Hard,Amazon offers many great programs if you go above and beyond your duties if you wish to succeed. Also great opportunity to have your college paid for nearly in full if you been with the company for a year. Many great chances to moving up like becoming a trainer or seasonal Tier 3.,Sometimes favoritism play a part into many aspects but you find that anywhere you go. It can be hard to shine past everyone around you but if you do you shine break and your accomplishments will be noted.,Always looks for ways to improve any job functions no matter how big or small the change will be and always try to hear out your employees if for advice or improvements.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19268,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Take what you can get out of it but be prepared...,"fast-pace, working with very smart people, tech environment, casual dress code, modern buildings, amenities, salary and bonus are above market","long work hours, evil managers who have free reign to do as they wish. If you're lucky to get a good one, great, but most people aren't that lucky. Super high turnover. Just read all the bad press-it's true.",stop working people to death and promoting bad managers,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19269,amazon,none," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Not worth it,"Good benifits, plenty of overtime",Walking for 10 hours a day,Learn your employees names,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1146.htm
19270,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Ops Manager,OPS Manager,bonus and stock if you get them. lots of great employees,"No leadership, only managers. no promotion criteria, if you want to get promoted you have to work ungodly amounts of extra hours and suck up. they rate you for promotion, it has nothing to do with your abilities or work, but who they like the best. this is a direct result of them having no leaders/leadership. his is actually not a place for type A Type As want to be in charge and runs things correctly. Amazon is a place where even if your OPS, Senior OPS, GM is an idiot they still expect you to do what they say and then com up with a plan to clean up the mess/ fallout. they will always blame the managers at the bottom, the senior ops/GM never take any responsibility for bad decisions.","Stop trying to avoid everything you think is associated with unions and actually start having concern for your people, hire more people to run all your crazy schedules and stick to what you tell people. if you say it is a 4 day 10 hour shifts then stop forcing them to do mandatory overtime. no company that seriously wants to be a people company would ever force mandatory overtime on workers, that is all about your money and business. Mr Bezos needs to get out and get in touch with his company, the FCs are horrible places to work",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19271,amazon,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Mezz Pack Associate,Amazon fulfillment good for short time,One good pro is seeing the items that you normally wouldn't see in brick or mortar stores up close. This job helped with acquire some skills I can put to use in another field. And then offering a career choice option for people whonwantnto go back to school for another is a plus by them.,"Lack of camaraderie by co-workers, management and even security. Most employees are distrustful of management for the way they handle union talk and how the treat employees. The constant pushing of unattainable rates just so they can weed out employees and boost their numbers. Lack of transfer opportunities or career advancement.","Learn to value the options of the employee. Don't talk down to them, listen to their concerns.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19272,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 11, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,"Good benefits, Horrible culture environment",They offer benefits & also match your 401K,"Low paid time off & Unpaid time off, You barely get any vacation time though out the year. The monthly VCP incentive is a joke since it depends on the facilities productivity which means you will never get it only during the last months at peak when their working people like slaves just to get a bonus for metric numbers. The management will only talk you when writing you up or trying to fire you. HR & the safety team does very little when you really need their help. If you are injured at work they treat you like a piece of trash because they can not work you like a slave while injured. As a lead within the company i would hear SR operations openly talk down on associates from looks down to trying to get them fired with their management team inside the cube land office. The company has a high turn over rate because they will fire you before doing the proper research for any write up. They do not like anyone who out spoken on issues that need to be addressed so don't do it or you will be on the secret hurry up & fire them list. Management only does what they need to do and thats yelling over the radio while sitting at a desk when they could be supporting their team more reaching the company goal actively inside the mods with their team.",You will not advance within the company unless your a favorite... & even then they screw over some of the best associates who they promise jobs to but never follow through.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19273,amazon,none," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Valuable Experiences,-You get to work with a great deal of hardworking and intelligent coworkers. -The opportunities to learn and gain valuable management and operations in endless. -Constantly challenged to improve -Open communication with senior leaders,-Constant change in leadership and expectations,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19274,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Crowd Sourcing,Amazon Mechanical Turk Not Made for the Weak,"I love Amazon Mechanical Turk, its challenging and everything is new. You must do your research before you start, do not go in thinking you know what to do. can make good to decent money if you know the system. You can work on your own time make up your own hours but there is a goal to make. I make between $25-$50 in three hours which is not bad, I do have other Virtual Jobs which pay me more but i always have time to Turk.","If you do not know crowd sourcing you will be lost, or some Search Engine Evaluating, Lots of time consuming to get to your mark. Most will give up before they get to their goal not paying attention to the do your research before starting on Amazon Mechanical Turk.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19275,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - ICQA,ICQA,The pay is good for an entry level position,Very long hours and boring work,Variation in job,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19276,amazon,none," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Always learning something new everyday,Nothing bad to say about the job,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19277,amazon,"Newark, CA"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,This place is like a big high school. Nothing but drama and politics going on.,There is nothing really good about working here. You are treated horribly and micro manage constantly here. The manager are hipocrates,"There is a long list. 1) breaks are only 10mins they say they give you 2 mins to walk there and 2 mins to walk back. With the amount of work you are doing we should get a full 15 mins. Its basically like working really hard and not getting time to rest. And depending on where u are coming from in the warehouse it can take 4 mins to walk to the break room. 2) don't make friends there because they don't like seeing you smiling or laughing on the job and will split u and ur friends up. They are big hypocrites because the managers and pa will be on there phone taking social calls and laughing and talking about going out when they are supposed to be working. 3) managers are rude, disrespectful and micro manage everyone. Literally they don't do anything, all they do is walk around and stare at people. They can't read reports right because they come out saying one thing and really mean another. 4) managers don't know where anything is or how to do something fully. They have never worked with Amazon from the ground up so how can they teach anything if they have never done it before. Like I said the list is long and can go on and on forever. Amazon get it together and don't just hire a manager because they have a degree and no experience. Smh. Horrible package for bonuses, medical, vacation, sick time. No paid time off (because I guess we don't have lives outside Amazon).",Get more experience under your belt. Understand we make friends at work and will probably enjoy working there if we are working with our friends. Learn how to talk to people. A degree doesn't mean anything if ur rude and disrespectful to ur employees. Empathize!,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19278,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,I lost 40 pounds in 2 months.,"Weight loss, benefits from day 1, steady work, Vendor coins, BNA bucks, Everything is online, No ""real"" dress code, free safety gear","Lifting 49 pound + boxes every 90 seconds or less by yourself, No weekends, No life balance, No support from overwhelmed HR, No transfering inter-department for good workers",Allow good workers to transfer before their body gives out. If I had been able to go to ICQA I would still be working there today.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19279,amazon,none," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Competitive wage , cross train , friendship with many co workers,","Favoritism, doest value hard workers, managers don't care about you",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1147.htm
19280,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Amazing overall concept, horrible individuals in senior roles","- Most customer-centric company I have ever worked for. Amazon truly cares about its customers, what its customers wants and truly listens to customer feedback. Everything Amazon invests in, experiments and creates is for customer wants and needs. - Compensates VERY well. Base salary was very competitive for the role and the RSU grants were very generous, both initial and subsequent awards. - Fast-paced and dynamic environment. You were never bored at work. Fluid and constant-changing processes allows tons of opportunities for process improvement, innovation and problem solving.","- Career advancement rests entirely on Sr Team's perceptions instead of results or associate feedback. Making relationships with Sr Leadership is the most important factor in getting rated well/promoted. Heavily political. Managers with no results have been promoted to being the personal favorite of the General Manager. - Work/Life balance is nearly non-existent. Managers are expected to be on call 24/7 via email and phone when not at the Fulfillment Center. It was considered a badge of honor if a manager did not use their PTO or vacation time off in a given year. There was an Operations Manager who only took 2 days off when his son was born due to fear of the Sr Team perceiving him as not owning his role. - Cut-throat manager evaluations, no matter how much of a top-performing and contributing leader each individual manager is, someone has to be rated at the bottom through the current system. The difference maker is in the perceptions of Sr Team (see first point).","Treat your teams fairly and consistently, both as leaders and as human beings. It's understood that there is a ton of pressure that gets put on the Sr Team by the Regional Managers and SVPs are hitting higher and harder goals, but don't let that stress roll downhill to the point where you micromanage your Operations Managers and Area Managers like they are children. Set very clear expectations for your team and adhere to those expectations consistently. Be open, honest and vulnerable in providing and accepting feedback, instead of operating with a veil of ambiguity and non-communication until directly solicited. You are losing a lot of talented and motivated leaders from the organization who still love and believe in Amazon and Jeff Bezos' vision, but can no longer tolerate working for their respective Senior and General Managers.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19281,amazon,none," May 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"time off options, leadership principles are encouraging, feedback (when actually given) is transparent, and great people that can deal with great flexibility and can adapt quickly","lack of consistency (communication, procedures, etc.) and lack of transparency. the culture at each site depends on the leadership style, so you don't know what you're going to get into really until you start at your location.",Find better ways to promote within- just because a candidate knows how to play the company's politics it doesn't mean they will be an encouraging leader.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19282,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fast paced,"Fast paced, smart co-workers, opportunities for ownership and leadership. Expect to work on the latest technologies. Data driven.","As with any company, there are a few kinds of people at Amazon, those who sail through well, and then move on to other opportunities and always have a positive feeling about their short stint. Others start seeing the cons and start planning to get out. A few stay around and do well for themselves.  Depending on which group you fall in, the cons will be magnified. There seems to be one focus - the bottom line and making sure your boss and their boss is happy. It's Kafkaesque. This is a result of the top down culture where everything coming from the S and D teams is sacred and non-negotiable. There is very little time to learn and the focus is on delivering products. If not you, someone else will do your job. The leadership is uninspiring and the projects, depending on your group, aren't exactly cutting edge. Depending on which group you are in, throwing more money at customers sometimes seems to be the next big innovation - another way to get more customers to sign up for amazon and for prime.","Understand what actual innovation is. Understand the different ways people work and work to build an environment conducive to the growth of your engineers. Look after the needs of your engineers and show some real leadership and respect than forcing non-negotiable goals and measuring everyone against it. Focus on work life balance. Sending out ""please work over time"" over and over again to the team that is already over worked is not only unprofessional but shows a lack of empathy, understanding and a disconnection with your team. Learn ways to motivate people than talking about goals from the Kafkaesque ""upper management"".",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19283,amazon,none," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,"Benefits, overtime, atmosphere, holiday pay, bonuses","busy lunch rooms, breaks at weird times","Get more involved, dont be a boss be leader",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19284,amazon,"Nescopeck, PA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,I believe my job can be challenging at times.,The business in its self is doing very well as far as having a customer obsession based approach in making sure orders are being fulfilled for customers on time.,One of the cons is the lack of team work in the facility in which I work in. The our constant issues that we as employees address that never get resolved. I wish our facility cared as much about us as they do their customers.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19285,amazon,none," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picking,Good pay that was the only good thing I can say,Long hours. Short breaks.,Likely,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19286,amazon,none," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Awesome,Really good job to work for,I don't have any cons at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19287,amazon,"Menifee, CA"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Recruiting Manager,Fast Pace. High Volume. Great Atmosphere.,Peak Season. Attrition. Hard to Forecast.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19288,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,facilities tech,Great people and great culture,Salaries and raises could be better,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19289,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Visual Designer,There are worse corporate gigs out there for sure,"Great benefits, open culture, very LGBTQ friendly. Global company. Your designs will get seen by millions, not thousands, of people. Tons of potential for advancement if you're the type to get out and climb the corporate ladder.","Lots of the work can be pretty uninspiring. There's a lot of pressure. Especially if you're trying to stick around for more than a year or two. People who don't buy into all that corporate ladder climbing are at risk of being ""managed out."" Take care not to churn & burn.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1148.htm
19290,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Ambassador,Amazonians,The people there are amazing and fun to work with and it keeps my body in shape.,"sore muscles from lifting, bending, and walking all shift.",Make sure you tell your employees that they are appreciated.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19291,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfilment Associate,Four ten hour days with 10 hours of overtime per week almost always available. Great benefits and you manage your own time off and have plenty of paid and unpaid time off.,"Large workforce so you may get ""lost in the crowd"", managers are not always accessible",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19292,amazon,"Washington, DC"," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Global Manager | Critical Infrastructure Commissioning,Global Manager,I would not have been able to learn as much as I did anywhere else.,"Internal politics and ""Top Grading"" methodology for employee rating/development breed a cutthroat culture.",Follow Microsoft and drop the Top Grading,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19293,amazon,none," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker,Good money and good benifits,Not enough hours to work,Value your employees more and they will love working there,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19294,amazon,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Indigo Operator,"I love Amazon!! They have great benefits, great hours, great opportunities for moving up with the company and even not with the company!! ( Career Choice) They have a great HR team!!",The cons can be finding out that all sites does not have the same rules and regulations!! I would love to do most things other sites do !!,As an level 1 indigo operator I think we should also have level 2 training to cut down on a lot of calls to HP!! Sometimes there may not be a level 2 operator ( facilities) on the shift and the issue can be something that we can fix ourselves!!,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19295,amazon,"Kent, WA"," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Tier I Associate (Stower),Unrealistic Expectations unless your a robot,"40 hours a week, constant overtime opportunities, flexible schedule, managers are easy to talk to","The expectations of the stowers is rediculous. What is expected from the stowers is rediculous. picky about everything we do, every mistake is reported back to us and we get written up for too many mistakes because it's considered bad quality. Building is huge 4 levels and there is only break rooms on 1st and 3rd floor. You have 5 minutes to walk to break 10 minutes to take a break and 5 minutes to quickly walk back.","Realize not everyone is going to work like a robot. Writing people up for making mistakes/not meeting expectations is rediculous. Let people learn from their mistakes and give time to improve instead of writing up. Treat us like humans, not robots.",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19296,amazon,none," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Pit Trainer,pit trainer,really like working with the people.,sometimes the overtime is called on short notice,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19297,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Pick,Great place with great benifits and pay.,Walked a lot. Oh your feet for 10 hours a day. Short breaks.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19298,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Have opportunity to learn and build systems.,Company treat low to mid-level employees as disposable parts,"Well, that NYT article has said enough.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19299,amazon,none," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment associate (Tier 1),"Set schedule, 3 days off, always work","Poor management, poor HR, lack of communication within the whole warehouse",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1149.htm
19300,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,area manager,"salary, and lots of opportunities to move up or transfer","long hours, management is difficult to get along with","listen to supervisors, you might learn something",1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19301,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Director,I made it past the interview and they gave me a job. I'm surprised I didn't owe them $200 grand to pay for the privilege.,"Arrogance of everyone. Including the S team, everyone that works for them, everyone that works for them, etc...., etc... and the janitors, and the lady that works in reception and the coffee baristas.",I know you think it's Jeff but the Sun is still the center of our solar system.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,57,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19302,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,the best place for builders to build,1. Work with really smart people 2. Faced with ground-breakingly difficult problems 3. Empowered with license to fix them,"You'll work long, hard, and smart.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19303,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Scientist,Works for me,Interesting work. Minimal politics. Smart colleagues.,"Hours can be a bit long, but not as long as I had feared.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19304,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Forklift Operator,amazon,Love my job Great environment fast pace hard work easy mentally,It Part time but you able to receive more hour by apply good work team,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19305,amazon,none," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company with oppotunities,"learn new technologies, a good place to start career that you may learn a lot within 1-2 years, Compensation is not bad, nice managers / team members ,","high working load, normal/low benefit, parking space is limited(monthly parking waiting list is long) you have to pay for monthly parking , downtown traffic is not good,",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19306,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Control Associate,ICQA Associate,"Great Benefits, personal time off and I can challenge myself.",Bad management and nor enough support for the employee.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19307,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE-1,Test on your analytic ability and ability to write correct code.,HR process was tedious and they took longer to get back.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19308,amazon,"Portland, OR"," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Amazon Flex - Prime Now / Hot Wheels / Amazon Fresh Delivery Driver,"Love the work and the pay is great (although drivers need to remember: as a contractor, there are no benefits, and you'll be paying for your own car/gas/maintenance *and* your own Social Security taxes at the end of the year.) Fellow drivers are friendly, helpful, collegial - all around great people. And customers are usually pretty excited to see you - the bounty of positive reinforcement in a definite mood lifter. =)","Scheduling is *horrible*, especially if you're hoping to get 30+ hours per week. Complaints about the paltry allocation of hours is universal among the dozens of contract drivers they already employ here in Portland. And yet, inexplicably, they keep bringing on more and more drivers, and they just put several more ads up on Craigslist Portland.  Regardless of merit, performance, and availability, anticipate, at best, to get two eight hour shifts pre-assigned per week. I've made myself available to be scheduled any hour, any day, but the result is the same (and I've had some weeks where I only got two hours assigned.) I often manage to pick up an additional 2-4 hours each week by logging into the app repeatedly to see if more work blocks have been opened up (a practice we drivers have dubbed ""fishing."") But it's largely a matter of luck. Newly opened blocks go FAST - there are usually dozens of people all rushing to try to snap them up. I've been on since roll-out in January, my performance is great, and I pull down a *lot* of tips (so customers are happy with me), but still ... I'm lucky if I get 16 hours scheduled each week.","Closely examine your scheduling algorithm to ensure that it's serving your long-term goals. Ensure that you're making the best use of your existing contractor pool before bringing on more contractors. Watching the company continue expanding its contractor pool while those of us who've been here a while are all scrambling for scarce hours is demoralizing and hurts contractor loyalty. I and others are looking elsewhere for full-time work, which will impact our availability to drive for Prime Now. I have an interview tomorrow with a company that's a direct competitor with Hot Wheels - there seem to be a few of them springing up.  Most of us love our work, but just can't support ourselves on the hours we're getting. The limited hours aren't as problematic for folks who are just looking to bring in a bit of money on the side, or have newer cars so they can drive for Uber or Lyft, as well (my car is too old for them.)  Finally, provide a means for contractors to provide feedback about things other than just the functionailty of the app.",3.0,5.0,none,1.0,3.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19309,amazon,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,receiver,pays wells and good benefits,not having work at times,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1150.htm
19310,amazon,"Minneapolis, MN"," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great experience,"Great talent to learn from all around. Because the people come in with such solid credentials, it pushes me to be a much stronger leader/contributor.","There is not nearly as much structure as previous companies I have worked for. For people to be successful, they need to be able to handle ambiguity well.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19311,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Applications Development Engineer,Amazon in Seattle,Cutting edge technologies. Lots of opportunities to learn. Provides a very challenging environment and more recently the benefits for parents are very good.,Very challenging work atmosphere. If you are not cut out for this you will hate it.,Simplify the appraisal process.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19312,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Scientist,Works for me,Interesting work. Minimal politics. Smart colleagues.,"Hours can be a bit long, but not as long as I had feared.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19313,amazon,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,receiver,pays wells and good benefits,not having work at times,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19314,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,project team lead,good working environment and growth opportunities,need to learn lot new technologies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19315,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't fall into the hype,Great pay and benefits. Great bonuses.,"Increased responsibility with no pay, no recognition for work done, credit taken by upper level management, moved around to positions not in your field or that you initially applied for. Anyone under a level 5 is just a minion of the higher level management. No real career advancement. They hire from other buildings or externally before promoting their own managers.",Stop taking credit for work your subordinates should get credit for. Stop using their ideas as your own to promote your own career.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19316,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Let's settle this,"Amazon has been the best company I have ever worked for, and boy have I worked for a lot of companies. Amazon expects a lot from its employees and it gives a lot also. I started from the bottom as a tier one. I ran carts, packed, loaded trucks, 5S'd. It was so physically intense that I ended up losing 60lbs in 6 months. Which is significant when you are 320lbs. I was working 2 jobs and invested in 5 hour energies to get me through the 18 hour days. There were days that I hated Amazon and days I loved it. I realized that the management would listen to my ideas and occasionally when I landed on something that would work. They would let me help set it up and get it going. I have never had a company listen to me. I gave everything I had to make our team successful. It usually meant that I was in pain and exhausted by the days end, but I loved to have pride in what I did. I was able to get promoted to tier 3 by taking one of the worst jobs in our building. I worked as hard as I could to make my team successful. After 3 years I was promoted to an Area Manager. Which is where I am now.","I really can't give any cons. I could complain about the bad days or some of the people you have to deal with, but that is any job. I like to look at the big picture.  Most cons that I have seen come from people that expect things to be handed to them on a silver platter. People that want a promotion for ""doing their job"". If you want a promotion go above the jobs expectations. Chances are if you don't get a promotion you aren't ready for one. Another issue is work life balance. However this is left up to you as the employee. If all you do with your time off is sit in front of a tv then you will feel like there is an imbalance. Quit complaining because you can't take care of yourself.","Take care of your employees. Care about them, know them. If you do this the numbers and your teams success will take care of itself.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19317,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Trainer,Training new Amazon associates on operating Amazon software for Amazonwireless.com and kindle.,"Great company to work for, stock options, 41k, dental and health. Everyone I worked with has great work ethics and really pushed each other to achieve goals and reach amazons corporate standards.","The customer service/seller support center I worked for was in Grand Forks, ND too cold. This is the initial con. No real cons with the company believe it or not.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19318,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEI,"fast growing company, many interesting projects",oncall duty can be bothering sometimes,"everyone has his own strong skills, try to bring out the best of the team members",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19319,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,You got 3 days off and also had lots of personal time you can use anyday or anytime you wanted to,"You're basically a number they don't care about their employees at all, all they cared about was the you made rate and we're hitting the numbers they expected. No opportunities for advancement",Learn your job lol,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1151.htm
19320,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Big company that feels like a startup,"AWS has loosely coupled processes, flexibility, quick in rolling out software changes (within AWS), you build your own career path, flexible management, performance is goal oriented, work from home always an option, little micro management (if you are a senior level guy), every day feels like a new day in terms of things to do, you will never get bored here if you are passionate about AWS itself.","For AWS, lots of internal turnover (some people are there a maximum of 2 years) due to job changes within (might be good if you like that), you need to make yourself visible and sell yourself to perform, tends to sweep defects under the rug sometimes, not the company for you if you dislike internal competition, forget about perks (like nice monitors, accessories, or free snacks)","Let's always strive to be #1, but be humble in the process, and never become a country club.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19321,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA,Phl7,"Nice place to work, the coworkers are the best part! The pay is good and benefits start day one. You also earn stocks yearly.",The managers could be better,Treat your employees like they make a difference and they will.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19322,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, but a great challenge","Super smart coworkers, no shortage of challenging things to work on, lots of empowerment to get things done","Can be stressful to work in an environment where expectations are so high, can be long hours",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19323,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Great benefits, very rewarding and satisfying experience.",None in specific right now. Cant complain.,Give away Free Prime Memebership to employees :),5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19324,amazon,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager Level V,Area Manager,The ability to work in locations all over the country and possibly the world. Constantly opening new facilities allowing for growth opportunities if you are OK with relocation.,"The message from corporate and upper management is ""Associate engagement"" which is great! We strive to engage our associates and remove their barriers giving them a better work experience. That doesn't happen because we are stretched thin on the floor. OPs manager will make you collect details about something going on in another department you don't even manage so they will have details for their report at the end of shift. Therefore it is difficult to give the associates the experience they deserve. Work life balance, FORGET ABOUT IT!",Find a company that cares about their leadership team as much as they want you to care about the associates and maybe we can all have life balance,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19325,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - SDE-II,"Overall good, too heavy on operations at AWS","AWS is really fast moving, a LOT of feature reuqests","The first priority is always availability, hence super heavy operational load",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19326,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New employee outlook,"Good pay, relaxed atmosphere, very accommodating with getting to / from work. Free public transit and subsidized parking. I'm sure it varies from place to place, but I've been there a month now and environment I've experienced isn't like the one described in the NYT article at all.",Seattle is expensive and 401k terms could be a bit better. First year vacation is a bit light.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19327,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Manager,Your mileage may vary...,"Strong salary for business/retail positions Opportunity to work with extremely intelligent and driven people Fast-paced, innovative environment Good resume builder",Horrible 401k match Stock vesting plan that requires at least 2 years of employment to make it worthwhile Bad perks for a tech company Your experience will depend heavily on your manager and your department Lots of antisocial software devs,"Stop outsourcing work to India, as it ultimately impairs the customer and seller experience",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19328,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Amazon - Great career growth opportunity if you can tolerate unique culture and tough work conditions.,Competitive compensation High visibility Growth opportunities are abundant and rewarded due to high attrition and turn over of employees compared to other companies of Amazon's size. Decent IT support infrastructure (above average of other companies) Feedback system -everyone in the company can input feedback about anyone. It is only visible to the manager and above of the employee. Note: this tends to be abused from time to time.,"Work -life balance is in vast majority of roles is not possible. Exceptions are HR,IT, Finance, accounting and recruiting but growth opportunity in those exception roles are a lot smaller.  Leadership principles are to set impossible goals but allow failures .Depending on your personality type this can be a ""pro"" In some instances this allows you to get the absolute max out of the different teams. I.e. if I ask something that will take 100% of the teams time and effort I might miss out on hidden resources in the team so to ensure nothing is missed I ask for a 200% effort as goal. The team produces a 110% output but falls short of the 200%goal. It is a failure but still a 10% increase. That is the logic behind it. The drawback is that in some cases short sighted decisions are made in the effort to reach the 200% goal. This often ends up costing more than realistic goals would. This process also ends up consuming and burning out a lot of resources leading to high turn over. This, in turn, causes a lot of organizations within Amazon repeat many basic mistakes over and over as the lessons learned are not maintained as the experienced/burned resources have left.  Company culture. A bit ""cult"" inclined similar to Apple in the Steve Jobs days.Opinions and issue reports of VP's (no matter how small) and above are treated with utmost urgency and attention. Teams have on average 1-2 fire drills per month with VP escalations. This normally involves a min 3-4 people dropping current tasks with max 1 hours notice to work day, night and weekends to root cause issues spanning from setup to product. Daily or twice a day status updates in terms of full fledged presentations are not uncommon.  Company benefits. Not a huge decision factor but helps team bonding to be better in other companies that what I have seen in Amazon. One of the Amazon principles are ""frugal"" which was later changed to ""do more with less"". Meaning that they are not spending money on comfort items like ""economy plus"" tickets for long haul business flights, decent cafeteria food vendors, snacks, beverages, subsidized food for late night overtime work, health activities and other small benefits that helps increase employee satisfaction. Team building activities and events are under tight budget restrictions normally limiting it to affordable dinner and movie tickets. Although employees aren't paid to have fun at the office, they are there to work there is a certain lack of camaraderie in Amazon groups and organization that I have always experienced in other companies which I think is a factor to some people when deciding who to work for as you will be spending a substantial part of your life in the office.  Expectation is that you bring work with you home and can support late night calls on a daily basis. If you are an exempt employee you should be prepared to explain and justify why you are not available outside office hours and weekends to support standby and crunch work.  Please note that you are willing to adjust to these expectations you have great growth opportunities but it might not be for everyone. What I have seen it mostly employees with small kids or sick family members getting bad reviews for not being ""team players"" or supporting conference calls in other time zones or putting in the ""informal standard"" 50 hour work week and more during crunch times.","Apply principles and expectations equally across organization. The company principles tend to be used as tools to create ownership and accountability down to the lowest instance of employees in the company. Which is great way to ensure all take their tasks and responsibilities I.e. it takes away the ability for the employee to hold their manager accountable for any shortcomings or mistakes. For example ""you didn't know what was more important to work on?"" the Amazon principles ""ownership, are right, a lot,bias for action"" means that you should find this out for yourself and drive us to success. Is your manager wrong? Then you own the responsibility to make sure he and all others realizes that they are wrong. The issue comes in when the principles ownership is applied a lot harsher in the lower layers of the company hierarchy. There are a lot of mistakes made in the company but it is very rarely there is accountability and ownership taken for this in the higher segments. It creates a fair amount of misogyny and a lot of time spent by employees to cover for themselves rather than focusing on solving problems.  Apply or instate a new principle called ""common sense"". With the unique company culture and size which Amazon has, it is easy to get lost in this kind of alternate reality. Much of this alternate reality tend to be incompatible with external collaboration partners and vendors. It is important to raise the bar but in certain cases some moderation or compromises could be explored in the effort to get there. Certain layers of executive management tend to loose anchor points with reality. I think it could be attributed to the way exec escalations are treated internally leaning a bit more towards a fundamentalist view of how the world and industry should operate. Though this Amazonian close to religious conviction is admirable, in certain cases it makes it very hard to collaborate in a productive way.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19329,amazon,none," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is what it is,-you have a job - it brainless work - a handful of eye candy to pass the 10 hour shift,-H.R is worthless they either lie or don't know or lie because the don't know - if your not screwing a A.M don't look for a promotion -favortism level -500 -pto n upt use it all n get fired,Hire from within not 22 year old college kids that don't having managing skills Stop screwing the employees Promote correctly not personally Stop acting like terrorists we are working for 10 hours gives us a break,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1152.htm
19330,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,CSA Level 3,Amazon features a great work environment and quick opportunities for advancement.,The base level pay is pretty low. In a comparison with other companies it seems to be a bit low.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19331,amazon,"Blank, MD"," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager experience,"Management team is very supportive, brilliant as well as peers. Great challenges and projects. You have the opportunity of working with people and teams around the world. Agile approach.",Positive experience depends on the team you work for. Low to none salary increments annually. Frugality principle could sometimes be negative.,Keep your employees motivated from an economic standpoint. Improve salary increments policy.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19332,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,csr,this is a Fun place to work,the work Is not very Hard,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19333,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love my Job,"The culture here is awesome. Good work life balance, paid ORCA cards/subsidized parking. Great work location. Endless opportunity for growth.",Parking took a year to get a spot in the garages. I guess it's not a great place if you don't love jobs or aren't very self directed.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19334,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Not a great place to work.,Other than having a steady pay check. No other reasons than that,Work you like a slave. Not paid enough to put up with crappy management,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19335,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Performance Reviews at Amazon,They happen regularly for the most part.,"After 8+ years at Amazon, I have left almost every annual performance review with zero understanding or discussion of my career path at Amazon and that I am not good at my job....and I'm in the top 7% of performers. The majority of the discussion focuses on your development areas.","Make discussing career path a mandatory part of the performance review template. Train managers on the best practice ratio of providing feedback. 7 positive : 1 development area and that the discussion of performance should also reflect this best practice. Energize employees by making their successes feel celebrated. it doesn't cost anything, it's the most frugal way to retain talent.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19336,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,"Good people, management, benefits, and time off.",Little time for family around the holidays.,More cross training.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19337,amazon,"Puyallup, WA"," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Fulfillment center feedback,"Set schedule shifts, monthly bonuses,","Intense work environment based on rated functions, long daily shifts, high level physicality",Work with individuals on the production floor that have knowledge and skills that will help production.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19338,amazon,none," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work,"Good pay, can easily go up the ladder if you apply","hard work, dont do this as a career, you want to apply for higher positions",not really much i can say for them. maybe just be more appreciative of the workers.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19339,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Team Leader,Fast paced. Constant changes all across the board,"Excellent growth opportunity, but no one is going to hold your hand.","Trying new things is great, but often you get knee jerk reaction type of changes on a smaller scale within a building.",Streamline communication. Most managers are kept in the dark of changes until implementation. Except for your buddies. They're no better than when you used to play telephone operator in elementary school.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1153.htm
19340,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Packing),Manager?,for a minimum wage job it payed 2.50 over minimum wage. Most of the co-workers are very friendly,"despite being told the opposite, there were no opportunities for advancement internally. I was told by HR that i needed to apply externally. Each of the shifts were incredibly physically demanding such that Tylenol was my best friend while working there. Most all of the stations i worked with had at least 1 thing broken with them and that cut down on productivity.",spend a bit of money to make sure all stations have properly functioning equipment. replace all of the mats that are used for standing with something more comfortable to stand on.,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19341,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Don't Do It.,Friendly co-workers... That is it.,"Management (some), they don't hear a single word said to them... Sold a dream. They bring you in under the guise of ""family-oriented"" work place... Give it two weeks, tops.","Listen to your employees and try to compromise some of the time. Stand in our shoes occasionally. And stop holding conversions, and or rafts, over our heads.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19342,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reveiw,"Stock and pay, working environment, accessibility to true innovation",work life balance horrible review process,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19343,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, Though Perhaps Only Slightly Less So","Dynamic, Fast Growing, Terrific Technology, Great Co-Workers","Some ""Big Tech"" behavior starting to take place - empire building, fiefdoms, silos. Perhaps a little less of the start up feel in days past. Still, all in all, a terrific place to work.",Arrogance leads to complacency which leads to defeat. Please review the original leadership principals...we may be sliding a little bit,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19344,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,"High paced environment, great ownership on projects. Flexibility to rotate to multiple teams. Interesting growth opportunities.",The usual that everyone knows: not a lot of perks as other Tech companies have and it is not the typical 9-5 job.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19345,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Warehouse Associate,pretty as many hours as you could want fairly clean,No union managers can be very unconcerned bad work environment,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19346,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair pay but the days they give you to work does not match up well with a college schedule,"Pay, Benefits, UPT/ PTO/ VTO, Hours, Vacation time",horrible work schedule for college student,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19347,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, long hours","Everyone you work with is extremely bright, and the experience you get there is unlike anywhere that I'm aware of.",The hours....work life balance is very tough to manage. 60-70 hour weeks were the norm for me and my team.,Need to focus on rebuilding the hourly associate hiring process and improving work life balance.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19348,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A lot of opportunities but it is going demand from you,"Top notch tech, lots of opportunities to grow and learn.","Sometimes you are going to put a lot of hours. Not always, but it is going to happen.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19349,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Tier 2,Great people. Very helpful. Easy work.,Scheduling isn't all that great you don't get to pick but that's how it is with a lot of jobs,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1154.htm
19350,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Big name but can't stay up to it - worst place to work,* Very smart people to work with * Some of the teams have great work that you can learn a lot,"My recent manager gave me work much more than I could do. He knew it is a lot and when I confronted him that it is impossible to complete over 150 hours of work in a sprint, he said ""Figure it out. Those are just estimates"". He meant I should be working day and night and also over the weekend to get the work done - which I did to save my job. But, after that this behavior continued. There was no appreciation for the work done. Many things that were written in my annual review was baseless and wrong.  There is no work culture in Amazon. It is way below average. No fun, just work and work! Few people are really nice to work with but its hard to find such people. I would definitely not recommend anyone to work at Amazon. Their pay scale is also too less.",Hire good people not just talented people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19351,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2016","Current Employee - Manager III, Systems",Not for everyone,- Fun work environment where pretty much nothing is out of the questions - Empowered to make your own decision and innovate,"- No hand holding, steep learning curve - Can be demanding of time and resources","Be understanding of work/life balance, and understand that in an ever-changing environment, deliverable dates must also be flexible",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19352,amazon,none," May 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Paid time off, benefits day one, four days on three days off, my leave, vacation time, voluntary over time.","Favoritism, unnecessary rules, the management is sneaky. They can write you up without telling you. HR sucks.","Get it together, you got rid of all the good workers that came in to work and kept all the people who doesn't like to work. & we deserve free snacks and drinks",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19353,amazon,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,"Decent, you work hard but its fun work.",You have to work long hours at times. Your manager determines your level of enjoyment.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19354,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Decent Job Repetitive Work,"Can move up if you become a disciple of Amazon. Monthly bonus as long as you show up for work without using unpaid time which is basically no call no shows that Amazon pardons. I work in AFE which sorts and packs the products so I can say my area is more enjoyable then others. I wish this job was around (our site is less then a year old) when I graduated High School as Amazon pays up to 95% of a $3000 yearly allowance for school and books for four years after you have worked there for one year. For peak (Christmas season) they give out gift cards, tvs, and xboxs etc even though I didnt recieve anything its cool that they did that, but you get alot of Overtime in peak so you miss that check in the later of the year.","Work is boring and repetitive as others have said, repeating a task done in 5-15 seconds nonstop over the course of 10 to 11(peak) hours. The only way to move up is to be extremely fast at these tasks and kiss managers but who by the way are grossly overpaid must of the time they just stand around monitoring your numbers and come ask ""are you feeling ok"" if your numbers dip, I get they have there stresses but for how much Amazon pays them I feel they can do alot more, as it seems if you have a problem and ask them or HR they are clueless and need constant reminders and effort on your part to achieve simple tasks. Seniority doesn't mean anything as soon as someone faster comes along they are the new ""big cheese"" , its always funny having some new person pretend they are the new coming of God when they are completely lost themselves. Pay moves up .25 cents every 6 months for 3 years which kinda blows when you bust your but and know you cant get a pay raise unless you move up in Amazons ranks.","Give seniority more incentive. A ten cent raise every couple months to good faithful workers would be nice and increase productivity. Amazon is anti union and preaches open door when questions and concerns arent answered but deflected, they really could do a better job. HR is completely useless many of times Ive gotten conflicting reports with them, they need better training to go with their better pay. Try to make rewards more widespread again why cant seniority be acknowledged with that considering the high turn around rate. It would be nice to have workers or departments move without being stuck somewhere keeps things fresh and Amazon gets better trained more skilled and aware employees.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19355,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,incound scanner,Like the 4 day week and availability of overtime.,I don't have any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19356,amazon,none," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay out,"Nope, nothing I can think of. Pays well but nope, my biggest mistake in my career was to think this could be a nice place to work at. The company will do anything to cut corners, including your annual bonus.","Culture is a Jeff Bezos cult. Even if you are a solid performer, you can get a negative review because you did not agree to the ""leadership principles"" word by word. No wonder the average tenure is about a year.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19357,amazon,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,place sucks,the pay is ok and time off is ok. easy to get hired. co workers are decent people. nothing else.,workers are unappreciated and no chance for advancement what so ever.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19358,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,AVOID AT ALL COSTS,"None really, they try to tell new employees that they will get wonderful benefits and stock shares, but only if you're vested, meaning you have to be there for at least a year.","Where to begin, breaks are a joke because they give you 15 minutes before and after lunch, but you spend 10 minutes each break walking out of the Mods and only get a total of 5 minutes per break, same with lunch so you really only get 20 minutes. You're performance is never good enough, and they monitor everything you do. They frown on bathroom breaks because that cuts into your metrics, and if you don't meet the metrics that they project, you don't get trained in other departments which means you can't advance. There's a reason why turn-around is so high in their Fulfillment Centers.",What's the point? They don't care or listen.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19359,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Part-Time Seasonal Associate,"Employment involvement days, holiday pay and incentives, and fun co-workers.",Very few downsides to being a fulfillment associate. You get what you put into the job.,Listen to your subordinates.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1155.htm
19360,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,No Dress Code Chilled out work place,Learning curve is less Work Pressure sometimes kills you,Please work on improving employee's skill set as well.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19361,amazon,none," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,nice people that i worked with,no room for growth in,more room for growth,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19362,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hated It,Female co-workers are nice while male co-workers ask a lot of personal questions and don't know boundaries. Feeling harassed by male supervisor who wants me to work faster although I've,"Feeling harassed by male supervisor who wants me to work faster although I've only been there for two weeks. I'm boxing up 50 an hour which isn't 55 where you're supposed to be. I box up 40lbs of dry dog food constantly and my back is killing me. Climate controlled atmosphere is a joke. If you're 2 minutes late coming back from lunch, they will be reprimanding you. It's the worst job with the heat and expectations for a 10hr shift till 5am. Managers have no social skills.",Back off!,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19363,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon,Great benefit package. Casual dress good opportunity to grow,bad work/personal life balance good be better,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19364,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,No bureaucracy getting in your way to get things done,More work than you can possibly do. Some find it difficult to handle this,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19365,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Great job,"The benefits, pay, and hours. Plus fast paved enviroment.",Too far away and very long shifts.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19366,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Ambassador,-Flexible hours -Free Amazon Swags -Get to meet lots of peope,Nothing that I can think of.,It definitely is a great program so they should keep it.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19367,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 19, 2016","Former Employee - AFE: Outbound, I Was Able to Perform Any Position",Warehouse Associate/ Ambassador,"So much to do...So much to learn. Amazon really cares about their employees, always looking for fun activities to encourage us. Incentives during the holidays were awesome!","I worked weekend nights, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Since then the weekend shift has been split. Hope people appreciate it.","There's is favoritism that causes intimidation on alot of associate's. Very hard, dedicated, well qualified people that get overlooked",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19368,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on manager but generally happy,"Very independent, lots of ownership, high impact","Sometimes feels like people are thrown toward problems, not well thought out roles",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19369,amazon,none," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Good luck,The brand Pride in delivering to customers Smart people all around you Get to experience the feeling of how a fast company is innovating and works from the inside,Talks about leadership but see little any given day Everyone so desperate to step over each other to grow Good luck eating on time Good luck seeing you family without email sent to you Fulfillment hours are geared to operating so often that people lose lives Bonus and stock setup to drive you out before most people actually earn them,"If customer obsession is a leadership principle then respecting those who are customers and helping the company grow should be respected and treated like they are people not machines. The company grows so fast but with the work culture I doubt that it will be a sustainable company, employees already leave so often that sooner or later more will leave and word of mouth will lead to fewer applications and a company that can't hire enough talent and retain the talent. Good Luck",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1156.htm
19370,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon puts the AMAZ in AMAZing,Amazon is a fun and fast paced environment which is great for career development.,Amazon has a limited transfer process considering how many places there are to transfer to.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19371,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Leadership Intern,"Lots of responsibility given, lots of very smart and enthusiastic people to work with",Long hours on your feet,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19372,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Great benefits, smart individuals, and awesome campus and building.","Heavy ops, hard to get promoted.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19373,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 9, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Learn a lot Work with some of the smartest people Healthy Competition Always pushed to do better,"Long hours, Challenging Work, Constant Push,Overloaded","Help your managers find a work/life balance, I know that Amazon is tough but it does not have to be that hard. If they are happy at home, they will be better at work.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19374,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,don't bother applying there are lots of better options,"massive scale , impact, lot of challenges to solve. Seriously you want me to write 100 words ? but we require a minimum total of 100 words to ensure these reviews are helpful to other users. If you're having a hard time thinking of writing topics, you might want to try explaining some of your more positive or negative ratings.","same problems like any large company, projects not getting scheduled/ delivered., hiding other peoples work, slow promotions. Seriously you want me to write 100 words ? but we require a minimum total of 100 words to ensure these reviews are helpful to other users. If you're having a hard time thinking of writing topics, you might want to try explaining some of your more positive or negative ratings.",you are well past start up stage grow up pay your employees well and start to act like a grown up,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19375,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Warehouse,"Great benefits, awesome start pay, easy job, HR really works with you, and the company is mother and maternity friendly which is awesome. I personally like the hours, but during peak it can get overwhelming, but we have plenty of PTO/VTO to help set that off. Everyone is friendly, and the facility is super clean and they are always looking for employee feedback which is awesome. I like the Ambassadors, who essentially are there for when you need help or need questions answered. They answer to their best ability, or look for someone who can help you.","Employee turnover is unusually high. Peak hours can be overwhelming, but that is offset by the amount of PTO/VTO available. That said, sometimes the My Time self service system can be confusing, so you should always check your hours every week or 2 to make sure your time is being coded correctly. I've had my time being coded wrong a couple of times, but HR was happy to fix it. Also, the jobs in the warehouse are easy but meticulous and can be rough on your feet and back when you get used to standing for the hours at first. The break times don't really give adequate rest time during peak when you can work anywhere between 10-12 hour shifts 6 days a week, especially since there are so many people. Department managers (Leadership) could try checking on their people more, especially since a couple of leads do try to abuse their status, and the organization could use some work. Also the parking lot situation is awful when it's busy.","Walk the department more often, and you will have a better understanding of where to place people. I've worked in logistics for 5 years, and I think Amazon's only real flaw is organization and it interferes with performance.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19376,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistant,I love the people that I work with! The experiences that I have had at this job are invaluable. The work can be strenuous and teadious at times but it is to be expected being that it is a warehouse.,Sometimes management expects more from you then you can actually execute.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19377,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great environment to work in.,"Low pay, not allowed to work any more than 30 hours.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19378,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,"Many areas are either industry-leading (e.g. online retail, AWS) or offer a fairly unique take (e.g. cheap devices backed by the vast Amazon content ecosystem). This creates both a big space to play in and a lot of opportunities to work on features spanning multiple businesses.  Also, very honest about company values. Customer obsession, long-term thinking, and the leadership principles are really how things work (in my experience), not a PR campaign or something.","In my opinion, sometimes long-term thinking is combined with some degree of lack of vision. Or, maybe an unusual balance of risk-taking in some areas but not pushing the envelope enough in others. Although this can lead to unique ideas in some cases, other times it incentivizes a 'go-with-the-flow until we figure this out' attitude that is uninspiring when the end result doesn't look promising.","Although I appreciate the willingness of management to recognize and raise up ideas from employees, the indecision and whiplash at the entire product level does not create the most positive of work environments. Since it has happened more than once, at the least it would be nice to see this recognized. I'm sure it is at some level, but it can feel like it goes unnoticed.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19379,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Job review for the amazon,Lot of learning for the newbies,Too much work. if you are experiences then don't go.,definitely go beginning of your career,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1157.htm
19380,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDEI,"Good learning opportunities, high exposure, interesting projects","Extra hours and pushy boss, close to zero perks",none,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19381,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fc associate,"Great benefits, easy work, workers appreciation day.",Standing long periods of time,More responsible for upt time,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19382,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Get Rewarded","Above market compensation, world class learning opportunities, networking with talented and ambitious individuals, fantastic resume builder, and more than adequate work benefits.","Fast paced environment can cause stressful work environments at times, company's belief in frugality can be seen in overly lean teams/departments, and additional layers of security can make a mundane task a full blown project.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19383,amazon,"New York, NY"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Pretty Solid Place to work.,"If you're like me and love being part software developer and part product manager, Amazon is the best place for you. You'll get to own a product from the very beginning to the very end.  My work-life balance is also pretty good, I probably work 40 to 45 hours a week.","Amazon's perks are very spartan - no free food, no free drinks, etc.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19384,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,"Vast majority of employees are of very high quality - thanks to the high hiring bar. Employees here very smart, dedicated to Amazon, and ready to make an impact.","Super high expectations, long hours, survival of the fittest, don't expect too many rewards, promotions are hard to come by.","Employee compensation needs a lot of improvement. For the amount of effort Amazon PMs & SDEs put in, they will be rewarded way better at Google, Facebook, etc.",4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19385,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Mostly meritocratic. Management can be convinced to improve software quality with data. Work life balance is fine so long as you insist on it.,"Politics in senior engineering levels. Promotions process is a little silly, with folks held back from promotion because of failings in a single attribute, despite overall excellence.","Fix promotions: listen to Carnegie and hire and promote for strengths, don't hold back for weaknesses, particularly those that don't cause problems.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19386,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon hires the best and brings out the best in you,* company is focused and driven by innovation * team members are very smart and work for same goals * opportunities for other teams and projects are supported,* work life balance gets skewed towards work * stock benefits take a long time to vest to keep employees at Amazon longer * politics between departments gets annoying,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19387,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,"Smart peers, challenging problems, contributions are valued",oncall load can get excessive sometimes but it does help drive operational excellence,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19388,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Engineer,Brazil!? Where is it?,"Popular, global, growth, momentum, AWS. Perhaps, a good environment for pure java heads, who want to keep being stuck in a cloud.","One embrace all mentality->outdated tools->ignorance rules. Java only, browser only. Does not associate with either rain forest or Brazil, really?!",stop hiding the truth,3.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19389,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager ­ Physical Store,Sr project manager,Good salary and challenging work.,Hours were too long and management was absolutely terrible.,Fire most of the management,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1158.htm
19390,amazon,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you have other offers from same level company, then","get a chance to learn new technologies, a good start for your first job.",bad life work balance. people are mean here. work environment is overwhelming.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19391,amazon,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer I,"Good compensation, intelligent colleagues, strong engineering practices, exposure to broad range of technologies.","Extreme focus on the bottom line, always told you have to go faster, faster, faster, encouraged to prefer action over learning/thinking, uninspiring leadership in my organization.","Acknowledge the variety of temperaments and learning styles of your engineers, increase the degree to which you value their learning and future potential (and not just their bottom-line, immediate productivity). Also, INNOVATE. My unit is sorely lacking in vision and top-down inspiration and motivation.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19392,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,-Great opportunities to move up within the company -Great coworkers -Awesome benefits,"There's always going to be new managers, all year round.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19393,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Vendor Manager,Smart Colleagues Innovative Work Environment High level of Ownership,Challenging Work-life balance Hard to get promoted,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19394,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"I work with a group of smart engineers. Everyone is friendly and helpful. Even though there is heavy oncall, I learn a lot from it.",Random/Bad organization. I am not sure if it happens also in other big companies. There are lots of re-organizations happened in my team. I have been changed to report to 3 different managers within one year and a half. It is hard to focus on the development and to get promotion.,"I guess the first thing Amazon should do is to have more stable management. That means, giving engineers a more stable and encouraging environment to develop. Thus, engineers will engage and grow with company.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19395,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Sr. PM - Retail, bad experience","Great Salary + Bonus, Solid benefits and smart people. Depending on your role, you can really feel like you're changing eCommerce/Shopping behavior. Great company to have on the resume, and your stock benefits should continue to grow for a while.","Success and experience is strongly correlated to your situation. Some teams are very political, others are amazing. Some managers protect, others pass blame. Amazon continues to stack rank employees, and it can negatively impact solid performers out of the blue.  The negative NYT article focused on a few harsh experiences at Amazon. These may not be the norm, but there is a culture where negative experience are more prevalent than other tech companies.  Stock vesting was a bit crazy, and work/life can be horrible at times.","Focus on developing the best, not throwing them in situations to see who floats.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19396,amazon,none," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,It pays on a weekly basis.,There is a lack of hours available.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19397,amazon,none," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Full time, good benefits, and it's better than making minimum wage.",Depending on the department you go to work everyday wondering if you will get written up for your rate or not. And remember you are easily replaceable so management doesn't care about the individual.,No advice. They don't care.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19398,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Associate,Mindless Work & Little Communication,"Full-Time Seasonal Associate gets full time hours (10 hours a day, 4 days a week) You receive benefits even as a seasonal associate The pay is $10.75/hour which I think is fair Fixed schedules unlike most retail jobs--yes, it's retail, just in a slightly different form","(This is a very late review, employment was Nov 2013-Feb 2014) My personal experience became worse as time went on mostly because I let the fact that the more I learned about what the regular full-timers were getting in bonuses was very unfair compared to us seasonal full-timers. Basically, we came in and worked very hard and never saw praise for the work done because any kind of perks went straight to the full-time employees.  There was absolutely no communication toward the end of peak season about what would happen to us seasonal people. We saw, maybe beginning of January, groups of people being escorted out of the center because they were being let go...granted, most of them received friendly letters of ""Thanks for your hard work, but at this time your seasonal employment is terminated come back again!"" or so I heard.  I am mostly disgruntled with my time at the Coppell center because I was part of the group of seasonal employees I suppose they wanted to keep and in order to be offered full time employment we had to reapply for a completely different facility. By that time I was worn out, overwhelmed and overall just tired of the mindless work I was given. I was happy that they saw potential in me to become a full time regular employee, but I wasn't willing to move to another facility and possibly be put back into learning mind-numbing work.  I came in expecting to be noticed that I had great work ethic and being a college graduate would hopefully be taken out of the group for a more professional position. I guess I expected too much because it never happened. Basically, I felt underemployed.","Take more notice and action when you see someone, even a temporary employee, working hard and showing potential to learn more. Move them to more valuable positions or just verbalize your praise and suggest they apply for X open position in the near future.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19399,amazon,none," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,opportunity to solve interesting problems - work life balance can be gamble,Many opportunities to solve interesting engineering problems,Need to pick the right team as work life balance can be bad on certain teams,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1159.htm
19400,amazon,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An OK Part time opportunity,"Relatively easy going atmosphere, includes Dental and Vision Benefits after 90 day probationary period.","No option for full time positions, Maximum of 30 hours a week, No provided healthcare for part time psotions",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19401,amazon,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Needs improvement,Most coworkers are friendly and easy to get along with. Base pay is slightly better than most retailers.,No full-time positions Very fast-paced Physically demanding,Offer full time Make everybody do their job Let employees rotate positions so work doesn't get boring.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19402,amazon,none," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,40 Hrs a week is a lie,Good Pay Good Benefits !,Warehouse environment can be hostile,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19403,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nothing changed since NYT article ..,"Very smart and driven co-workers who personify ""ownership"". Lot of business practices make complete sense such as starting with the customer and working backwards and you really learn how it is done while working here. You will get to experience first-hand what a ""darwinian workplace"" means, though it certainly won't be a pleasant experience.","Everything in the NYT article is and remains true, though management is in denial and will say they have never seen such things happen in their X years there. A highly confrontational workplace where your bosses and co-workers will freely throw you under the bus and shift goal-posts on the fly. Zero mentor-ship and training.Horrific attrition rates with median tenure being around the 1 year mark. If you think you are smart and will buck the trend, don't fool yourself. Almost everyone who joins regrets the decision within six months, though many tough it out for two years due to the relocation payback clause in their offer. Your odds of making it to your fourth anniversary is around 1 in 10, so take that offer letter with a pinch of salt. Most of that promised stock is not going to materialize ..","Stop denying you have a retention problem. Your two mile long line of applicants is thinning out as almost every major tech company now has an ex-Amazonian working in their ranks. You can't keep fooling naive new hires forever, especially industry hires.",1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19404,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Job Coach,Amazon jobs,Four day work weeks. Paid time off.,Some jobs including walking up to 20 miles a day.,Provide employees with more localized jobs duties.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19405,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,The working environment is good.,Sometimes the working time is too long.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19406,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love working here!,I love that amazon allows you to work on your ideas and implement them - great company!,Could have had some free food,The management is good overall - I mostly agree with them,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19407,amazon,"Concord, NC"," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,No Religious Observants/ Capital Lords Only,Still employed but points dwindling due to not working on the Sabbath which is a scheduled day.,Sabbath upholders turn back around and walk out! They won't change my schedule even after I provided the documentation they asked for smh. Love your policies.,Allow your employees to observe their religious days so if they need certain days of to do just that please do. Or get boycotted gradually. Gracias,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19408,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Could be better,"You get insurance the day you start working which is amazing and if used right you accumulate enough hours of personal, unpaid,and vacation to use anytime","The medical center for the building we have is a joke in my opinion, the managers arent as team oriented as they try to claim",Need to be more team oriented and get a better medical center,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19409,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Wide variety of career paths available,Challenging to keep up to the new releases,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1160.htm
19410,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - SDE2,Not a good experience,"* Amazon will look good on your resume and will open the doors for many new opportunities (This is the extra star in the review)  * You might like Seattle if you are into nature and outdoors (compare with cons below as well)  * When you say that you work for Amazon people will get excited (if you are not in Seattle of course, see cons about the city below)","1) Hiring Process:  * I was not given enough time to prepare for the interview  * Negotiation process is 'transactional': low balls, high pressure, questionable tactics  * I was sold a 'senior' position. It turns out to be a SDE2 (you will find people 1 year out of college at that level) 2) Onboarding:  * Pretty much not existent  * I identified a team before joining. I was put on a different team on Day 1, and I found out on Day 1... I should have quit right there...  * It is common to be 'loaned' (you don't have a say on this). They will send you to another team for some months. Then you come back maybe. Play it right or it might impact your career in a negative way. 3) Compensation  * They will get you for the lowest salary possible if you don't negotiate properly (go take a class)  * The RSUs slow vesting (only 5% after 1 year) is horrible. The worst in the industry. They are desperate to keep people around longer and it's not even working (more on the turnover later).  * Salary compression is fast. You will find out about new hires making more than you quite rapidly. On the other hand, you might be making more than someone senior to you (if that helps).  * Salary increases are ridiculously low. Even if you exceed expectation you will get something lower than the inflation rate  * You might get a raise by threatening to leave or showing up with another offer in your hands (be careful with both tactics).  * Seriously, you will get a better salary at an established startup. If Amazon is within the top 5 tech companies then it is the most frugal for sure. 4) Workforce  * Half of the workforce are SDE1s out of college -> they don't know what they are doing. Almost the other half are SDE2s recently promoted -> they think they know what they are doing and they don't. SDE3s are rare and it's almost impossible to get there. I've never worked in the same org with a Principal, it's like a unicorn.  * Turnover is too damn high! I've witnessed many people quitting within 6 months. Knowledge is lost in the process. No, there is no documentation. Of course the best people are the ones who leave...  * You will find more stubborn people, very opinionated, and with a stronger ego than in other companies. ""Disagree and Commit"" is the worst tenet I've ever heard of and it is responsible for a stressful and inefficient workplace. 5) Systems  * Bad legacy systems everywhere. Awful spaghetti code everywhere. Half of your time you will be fighting fires.  * Lots of proprietary stuff -> you'll master plenty of 'not transferable' skills -> your new skills will be useless on your next job  * You will be stuck in a hybrid mix of legacy networks, AWS, and something in between that is the surrogate of a transition program that will last till 2020+  * Teams are not aware of who is doing what. Lots of duplicate work. Waste of time.  * Build system, dependency management, and deployment systems are non sense. They will try to convince you otherwise. Keep an eye on this because once they do you'll know that you stopped thinking with your own head. After 2 years I still don't know how to add a java dependency to a project or what this thing called ION is... Luckily they migrated to git.  * It's a management company. Managers will get promoted, SDEs won't. Getting to SDE3 is like making it to the top of the Everest. Thinking about making the move to management? At Amazon, think twice.  * There is not much learning going on. You might not want to learn the 'Amazon way' of doing things anyway. If you want to learn something read a book. * Too. Many. Meetings. & Too. Much. Writing. & Too. Many. Strict. Deadlines. 7) Other  * Perks? Bad compared to the rest of the industry. Lowlights: 401k matching takes 3 years to vest.  * You will hate your pager like you'll never hate anything else in your life. You will get paged because of other people hacks. You will not be given the time to fix those hacks. You will get paged again for the same thing. I've seen people getting 30 Sev2/week easily.  * Seattle is full of engineers. Strangers will have fun guessing if you work for Amazon or Microsoft (they will still guess the latter first). The 'Seattle freeze' is a thing, google it. Also, it's getting very expensive quickly.  * You'll move office/building 3 times/year on average. You'll go through a reorg/year. Your manager might change once a year.",Start treating your employees like you treat your best customers. We are the only ones who bought a Fire Phone after all...,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19411,amazon,none," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love amazon,Good friendly atmosphere. I really enjoy that I am in charge of my time and can wear what I like.,Managers need to work on developing associates more so they are able to move up in the company!,Help your associates promote!!! There are plenty of us there that want to be promoted but are not getting the help we need.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19412,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Control Systems Specialist,Control Systems Specialist,Good benefits including stock and 401K,Managers are 22-25 years old,Mix up your demographics a little bit,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19413,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Virtual Contact Center Employee,Amazon is a great company to work for in this virtual position. It is home-based so the hours are incredibly flexible. You set your own schedule by picking what hours and days you want to work. Team members are helpful and management is readily available.,Training was short and there was little guidance since you learn it on your own. The first few times on the phones can be overwhelming but it is easy to learn on the go.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19414,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support Technician,It was a very interesting position. A good stepping stone. My IT manager was very nice and understanding.,"Standing, low pay for this position",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19415,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Could be better,"You get insurance the day you start working which is amazing and if used right you accumulate enough hours of personal, unpaid,and vacation to use anytime","The medical center for the building we have is a joke in my opinion, the managers arent as team oriented as they try to claim",Need to be more team oriented and get a better medical center,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19416,amazon,"Edison, NJ"," May 22, 2016","Current Employee - It-doesn&#039,t-matter",Fulfilment Associate,The only good thing is the 4-day workweek schedule.,"- The work is laborious and repetitive and a dead-end job. - Whether you are at the bottom level, manager, or senior manager, the type of work is utterly a no-brainer, boring one because all day long and at the end of the day, the only thing they care is the number of shipments delivered.","None- They would not listen anyway because everyone else is worried about their own job security, do not care about their employees even though they pretend to.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19417,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,I can learn a lot and it is amazing to be an engineer here,Amazing technologies. Excellent opportunities. Nice benefits. Also you get hands on AWS solutions well.  Growing up in the ladder depends entirely on your skills,Person promoted from sde 1 to sde 2 gets higher salary when compared to person getting hired as sde 2 from outside.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19418,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern experience is good,I think team members are supportive,Employee benefit is not very good...,none,4.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19419,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Well the benefits are OK,Benefits start on day 1 Lots of overtime,Lots of overtime with little notice its hot and we are told not to even ask for fans (Ive seen more than a few people pass out) Lots of long hours on your feet with on 2 10 min break and 1 25 min lunch. Almost impossible to move to other tasks since managers change as often as my socks. You will likely get hurt and they will likely not give a damn.,Treat you people as people and not as something to be used and discarded,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1161.htm
19420,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start,- Good place to learn / improve soft skills,- Slowing down in development,Take more risks.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19421,amazon,none," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,brace yourself,job security as a level 1 associate is strong,"work/life balance is tough to manage, especially during christmas season",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19422,amazon,"Riverview, FL"," Apr 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Perks,Employee benefits and hourly pay is great. Not to mention the many different work schedules to choose from.,"Excessive overtime, not always getting the shift that was originally offered to you in writing.","Appreciate individually, as it brings a happy team when people can be accepted adbthey are.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19423,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Customer Service Agent,Outdated models and misapplied statistical data Customer Service Agent Work From Home,"Work from Home, the ability to laugh about customers who all try to get you to give away the company for the dumbest reasons ever heard.",After 90 days you are terminated based on the neg response rating that has built up based on a model that is never going to be in your favor.,Stop promising 1 and 2 day delivery when you have no control over carrier workflow or the weather. Stop using data model interpretations that fly in the face of real world application.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19424,amazon,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hate this job,the pay is pretty good,"overnight jobs sucks, bad management",Needs better management,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19425,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great Challenges to Solve!,"Innovative culture, smart coworkers, fascinating problems to solve.",Intense pace and ever increasing expectations,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19426,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,good work life balance,good work life balance in the team,Difficult to grow past l6,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19427,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,my review,"casual, high salary, good pay",low benefit and high stress,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19428,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work work work,Work. Lots of it. Always. 90% of the people that you work with are willing and offering to work with you to succeed. The other 10% are looking out for themselves and will destroy you along the way.,"Work. Lots of it. They move locations of departments around way to much. New management training is not regulated closely and the results can spiral out of control at the cost of the employees. ""Raising the bar"" has become a standard that has defined Amazon as pure bat-shit crazy.",Remember that the people that work for you are human. They need positive reinforcement and are more than deserving of praise and a break from time to time. They have families and want to be with them.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19429,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Non-Inventory Receiver,Slave driver,"Good benefits, good on site lunch store","Long, hard hours. Having management basically crashing a whip behind you to keep you working to or exceeding rate. If Treaster is not kept all the time you get pushed out of the company. There is a very low glass ceiling making it impossible to move up into management.","Grow your employees. They have war it takes to do great things just give them the time, energy, and a chance to prove it.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1162.htm
19430,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Sr. Business Development,worked with super smart people doing interesting work,"As exposed in NYT and other places, it does have a gladiator culture.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19431,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,money benefits pto hours games and prizes,boring hard work high turn over,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19432,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,"Hard work, good money","Benefits, dogs at the office, banana stand, young/hip employees, super smart colleagues","Long hours, excessive expectations, limited office space for employees","Real estate management is not buffering enough space (period). Current models are not working, we need to change the root cause of GREF mismanagement so as to have effective work environments.",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19433,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fashion Editor at Amazon,"Travel, friendly environment, flexible work schedule","Creativity limited, high volume of meetings",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19434,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hectic but interesting,"Good Pay, decent benefits","Takes a while to get a simple task done, since it has to go through a bunch of people first.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19435,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE II,"Lots of smart people, big impact, lots to learn","You feel overwhelmed. You end up working insane hours, dropping things on the floor, or doing a half-assed job.","People perform at their best when given challenging, but achievable goals.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19436,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Hard Work, Not for everyone","Great people business, lots of room to grow, lots of room to influence the business","Long hours, work life balance.",Ensure promoted individuals have the people skills to manage salaried employees.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19437,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Hard Work Required,Work with really smart people Lots of job opportunity Freedom to really make change,Lots of Type A personality types,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19438,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not for everyone, but great if hate boredom & like a little chaos",Growth company (hiring is move fun than laying off) Time flies as there is so much to do Lots of growth opportunity,Must be able to deal with unstructured environment there are some jerks...not many but there are some Too many new hires that don't understand the culture,Ignore the NYT...,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19439,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - QA Manager,Take a tour of the AMZN,Lots of smart people. Leadership qualities. Very customer obsessed.,Very fast paced. Can be tough to get promoted.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1163.htm
19440,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Have fun Make History Career Path Good Benefits Stocks,Work Hard Long hours Short Holiday Days off Long wait for stocks to vest,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19441,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Shipper/Receiver,"Amazon, The lying to Company.",None That I was awre of.,Underpaid and overworked. Not allowed to stay in one department.,"Help Employees, don,t lie to them",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19442,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon fullfilment,its no to hard once you get used to it,it a boring job not much diversity at first,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19443,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"It is very Easy money, and there are a lot of good benefits available to all associates including vacation time.","It's kind of physically demanding, it's very hard to get noticed for being a hard worker and there is favoritism between management and certain associates. Also there is no balance between work and life.",Aknowledge when associates are working hard and actually care about their job.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19444,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resource,Senior HR Manager,Work with very smart people.,High employee rotation. Your work colleagues will offer little to no support in your first months as they are competing against. No work-life balance... if you're young with no kids and plenty of time to spare... this place would be a good fit. A management reinforced broken culture!,Managers start living up to the Amazon's espoused principles.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19445,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work ummm,Easy Job Very nice people to work with Great managers alot of overtime on holidays very great place to be,Only Part time Not alot of hours can be very boring not alot to do can be sent home early,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19446,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Area Manager, MBA Hire",Flexible for placement options. Has an emphasis with women for women mentorship. Invest in employee retention.,Not a lot of information about job before start.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19447,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2016",Former Employee - SDE2,SDE II,"Good learning experiences, especially for fresh graduate. It is a good platform to weaponize yourself in order to go further and faster later on down your career path.",Long hours of on call is physically and mentally demanding. No good perks obviously. Sometimes management tends to micromanage.,"Don't let Jeff Bezos resign, that man is a genius. If he does resign, make sure Andy Jassy gets the helm. And that is all.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19448,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Welcome to the school of hard nocks,Competitive Smart people work here,Tough culture difficult to get promoted,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19449,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Work/Life Balance,"Pay is great, but you pay for it with your life!",You REALLY earn the pay! No work/life balance. Company requirements for working hours >60-70 hours a week.,Treat your Managers better!,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1164.htm
19450,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job if you're 18,Decent pay for a job that requires no skill-set  Plenty of opportunities for time off if you're in school or don't need the money of a full time paycheck,"Little to no advancement opportunities  Managers don't even make $20 an hour  If you like being lower middle class, this is the job for you!",none,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19451,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Senior Recruiter,"Fast paced, high volume, innovative. Great partnerships with the business you support.","Recruiting leadership, resource constraints, career path, compensation",Pay your current workforce more than the new employees.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19452,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alright,Work with a lot of customer impact.,Red Tape. No Freebies at all.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19453,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Lots of challenge, lots of opportunity, lots of work","In my experience, Amazon's leadership principles guide the company. There's emphasis on working backwards from the customer to deliver value, on innovation, and on technical excellence. There's willingness to take risk, and willingness to learn from poor outcomes, rather than look for someone to blame.","Amazon's out dated personnel system means competition, rather than collaboration, among those who understand there must be a low performer, and low performers are moved out of the business. Excessive demand on development teams, coupled with poor support structures, mean dev's and dev managers are constantly pushed to do more with less, then held accountable for not having time to go deep, deliver value, etc.",Improve salaries so you can attract the best. Reform HR policies so you retain the talented dev's and dev managers that are the core of your business.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19454,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Lead,Software Development Manager - Amazon,"Entrepreneurial setup where typically SDMs do a lot more than people management. They create more ideas, work cross team during execution and sometimes even code. Life is demanding is exciting being a SDM and the same time rewarding too!",Always on the line for the space you lead for. A lot of Q/A every day. People management is not easy many a times.,Need a lot of patience. Be cognizant of the orgs leadership principles. Be analytical and drive the decisions based on data. Get the leadership on board with the ideas. Especially your boss.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19455,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE,The job has great pay for employees,No life and have to balance work and life,Need to know your job and employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19456,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer II,Data Engineer II,Lots of interesting data and data intensive project.,Promotion process is a pain.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19457,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Horrible place to work,-Great pay -3 consecutive days off -Receive vacation time as soon as you start working -2 paid 15 minute breaks,"-Managers expect us to pack at exceptionally fast rates with no mistakes. -Can't have any ""time off task"" (i.e. time spent not packing). -They track EVERYTHING. It's annoying. -10 hour work days -Cannot chose own schedule -Only receive 48 hours of paid time off for one year, accrues 3.75 hours every 3 weeks for 10 pay periods -Lunch break is only 30minutes long -Will be terminated if you run out of time or time goes into the negatives","Stop treating us like robots. We are humans and need more than a 30 minute lunch break to refuel and recharge. We work 10hours for Pete's sake! Also, we need way more than 48 paid time hours for a full year. 48 hours is only a week's worth of work. Life happens, we need more than 48 hours.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19458,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Quality expected... quality not always given,"Good pay, great benefits. phenomenal exercise while working. easy opportunity for advancement due to high turnover","Long hours. Physically demanding work. Many ESL workers (English as section language). No ""give"" on policy matters.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19459,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 16, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Unfair,Nice pay and nice to get 40 hours a week,They don't care to train you very well and they sure as they don't care if they fire an employee if they make a mistake.,Be more reasonable and train the employee more then 2 days and when you say you have a right to appeal a decision make sure you follow that.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1165.htm
19460,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Intense, but great",* Smartest people in retail or tech company. * Motivated to change the world. * Fast paced and challenging. * Culture willing to fail. Tremendous * Bezos and Wilke are inspirational. * Truth seeking and candor,"* Direct communication can, at times, border on too much. * Large organization dynamics starting to creep in.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19461,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Value to be here,rapid grow up in company bar raiser everywhere always look for improvement,Sometimes under pressure during oncall,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19462,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to build,If you find the right manager then you can build great products,More and more bureaucrats as amazon gets bigger.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19463,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience,Challenging environment which requires you to push yourself.,Lack of opportunity in certain departments,higher pay to assocaites,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19464,amazon,"Glendale, AZ"," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Burn Out,"Don't get me wrong, Amazon is a great company to work for. Amazon pay and benefits are above average. If you like the fast pace, ever changing environment, you are young, and straight out of college with no experience this would be a place for you. But, be fair warned there is a price to pay.","You heard of dog years? One human year is 7 years to a dog, well I would say the same for Amazon. People have aged years over night. Political environment is the biggest con, but there is also a hire turn over in all departments: floor associates, managers, and extremely high in HR department. They will run you into the ground and then ask what is wrong. They will put the job of 2 or 3 people on one person and expect you to have a work life balance.","Jeff Bezos really needs to investigate for his self what goes on. No warning, just show up. Jeff would be amazed as to the truth to all of the media stories about his management and HR teams.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19465,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Super state-of-the-art tech, you can learn a lot of edge tech and cool practices over here in Amazon.com","No work-life-balance. Bad for new grads who don't have a lot of experiences, easily be overwhelmed.",More team-building event.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19466,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,"Lots of opportunities to learn, move around the company, and shape your role into what you want it to be at one of the most innovative and challenging companies in the world.","Straight out of college, what product category you are placed in as a brand specialist is often random. This can greatly shape your learning experiences and growth opportunities. On the whole, I would recommend a role in hardlines instead of softlines if you are looking for skills development. Also, middle management is very hit or miss.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19467,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Free shares of Stocks vcp compensation payout room to grow. The company is very innovative. Lots of kaizen events to participate in.,"Managers expect more out of you after you did good the day before. Example, parcel truck I loaders unloaded 20 trucks yesterday well the next day they want 25","Listen to us, we are the experts and know what our barriers are and what improvements need to be done to make our job more successful",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19468,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Fw/Sw Engineer,Great Audio Products and great team,Total compensation is low vs Google,Increase total compensation,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19469,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate - Outbound and All Around Super Guy,Warehouse Associate PHL6 -,"Want or need work, they have it. The starting pay is what it is if you have a realistic world view and a limited (on paper) education. if you take pride in yourself and by proxy every thing you do then the quotas they expect are met with hard (at least steady) work. None of that, ""I will start slow and make up for it"" show up to work and... Work! You will have no problems. Haven't been here long enough to comment on promotions. Sure there are cliques, but show me a place where that does not exist. Only difference here is the amount of people so, if you are looking for something wrong you will find it and blame that and not yourself for poor performance. Lots of great people with positive attitudes, lots of poor attitudes as well. ""Can't please them all"" - also, what world do people live in where cliques and people with similar goals and interests don't congregate together? If the goal is to better themselves, others, and the company then of course they will congregate.","This is more a social commentary - so many people looking for reasons things are ""so horrible"" and of course they will find something to point at and say ""yea! That's why I'm not running this place, it's because of those people, or this rule, or that cone."" Simply put, some people show up to places just to complain. Given the sheer amount of employees you will see, meet, and hear more of these people than you may be use to. But if you aren't afraid of work, and are numbers driven like myself, then you will excel and be noticed. You will see many who because gold doesn't rain down on them because of how ""awesome they did this one time"" then they become part of the finger pointers who have buckets of reasons and excuses why things ""suck"" and an empty hand if asked what they do that's positive. And to me, ""I call out everything I see being done wrong, no matter who it is"" is not necessarily a good thing ,everything in moderation, even your whining.","As of right now, I have neither the experience or insight to make a comment of this nature. And who am I to judge what management does without a complete understanding of what there job entails.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1166.htm
19470,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company but there's still room for improvement,A lot of opportunities around - eventually anyone can find something that is good for him and variety of locations is fantastic as well. It's really cool that company started to promote the culture of internal transfers between different locations.,"The situation in the team mostly depends on your manager - there are good teams (where people want to work) and there are bad teams. Internal transfers is not always an option - if you have a good relationship with your manager there is no need to a transfer, but if the relationship is bad it could be difficult to get a good review for the transfer.",Being frugal is not always the winning strategy. The company tries to improve in the direction but it's still losing this competition to another companies when it comes to perks.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19471,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMZLogistics Manager,Great company. Lot's of smart individual talent.,Too new of a company to say what directions. No culture and selfish people due to fear of being outperformed. I would not use the stocks as the reason to stay in company. Stocks can fall with any bad news especially when company leadership susceptible to bad news.,Lots of people being let go through subjective assessment.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19472,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Data Associate,"Good company, easy to get lost in the crowd","Good coworkers, supportive managers, interesting projects. There's so much going on that there's always more work to do. There's a lot of pointless meetings, as with any big company","You have to fight to get ahead, you won't be handed a promotion. If you want a promotion you have to go find the promotion and talk with you manager about it.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19473,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Good hours, relaxed dress code,","Long work days, breaks are only given that are required by law, strict rate requirements, work is extremely repetitive,",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19474,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,sde,opportunities are more. You can work on latest technologies,oncall is painful. More operational work than development work,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19475,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start,"Innovative company with massive brand recognition. Good experience depends on the team you are in. Definitely a great place for a certain type of person: hard worker, self-motivated etc.  The work places are beautiful, regardless of which office you are in.  You know you are driving the future of several different industries, something not many companies can say.","In my department there seems to be a low investment in employee training, and therefore retention. Expensive to live in Seattle and the commute is awful.","If you want to keep your employees, focus on giving managers time to train them.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19476,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate,Great advancement opportunities thoughout Amazon. Employee resource center is of great value and if one takes the time to research it is all available to every employee . Fill with so much information any AA could use to their benefit.,Selection of training opportunities could be better,Recognize AA performance records for advancement and or added training opportunities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19477,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Darwinian for sure - not all bad. But not good,"* Compensation is par up to the 2 year mark - be prepared for ""Total Compensation Package"" * We hire smart motivated people - hiring bar is constantly rising * Self directed projects - you find a gap to fill and make it happen, its up to you","* Total compensation package is essentially broken down as follows: base pay is 65-75% of base pay at other places, then they add a 2 year ""Bonus"" which will be either paid monthly or yearly in a lump (negotiable, don't let the recruiters tell you its not). After 2 years the bonus that filled the gap in pay disappears and they start paying you roughly the same amount in stock for the next 2 years - which, lets be clear, is an asset not a base. Talk to your CPA. I Speculate the reason for this is that most people tend to leave just before or slightly after the two year mark or just before - 18 months is average and often folks are encouraged to leave since they are now ""crufty""  * Darwinian culture - yeah you've heard others say that and its true, but I wanted to break this down a bit as many assumptions can be made from that statement:  -- Strong survive - OK you get it right? no, you may not see the whole picture. I'm not talking about a mentality that pertains only to who can be the most aggressive - but rather who is younger, faster and often has the least experience. Experience is frowned upon at Amazon and will hold you back because you will likely take some time to consider the whole picture, and a large well-formed thought doesn't align well with a company with fast/nimble/small groups that are expected to - ABOVE ALL - DELIVER. For instance I found it easier to deliver year 1 than year 2 and beyond.  -- Comradeship/Team feeling: this is a mixed bag of course, but if you are the kind of person who likes to align to a team and start delivering once you understand the way they do things, this company is not for you. Teams mentalities are moving targets that are different from one day to the next - Code reviews will often be a conflict as they constantly move/flip-flop as an example. Nobody is anyone's friend, no matter how much they emphasize everyone being a ""customer"" and ""customer first"". Interpersonal communication is commonly disregarded and only used to bad-mouth people during review time. After all, how can you be an awesome/smart/nice person in a dog-eat-dog company where you are encouraged to disregard others while in search of ""data"" or ""the truth"".  -- New hires, specifically from colleges, are commonly put on a pedestal by management. This is partly because of the experience piece I mentioned above, but also Bezo's and Co deeply believe that being young is a guarantee of innovation, see the leadership principles ""Learn and be curious"" ""Invent and simplify"" ""Biased for action"". Don't get me wrong, new hires are awesome and people are great - in general, not just at Amazon. I've personally mentored many Interns and the experience has been rewarding for all parties - but I go out of my way to do right by them as people not just future Amazon employee's.  After breaking down the Darwinian culture a little, this has some side effects that may not be completely obvious, but likely would be to an experienced manager:  1. With no focus on building a human culture (discounting that people are in fact human), what they mean by ""culture"" at Amazon has nothing to do with finding a groove or alignment to an idea - it has more to do with maintaining a cold demeanor.  2. A cold demeanor lends itself to override human nature and to become fairly robotic. Those who are fast at identifying robotic work and pushing it off to other teams are praised, and everyone/team is a target.  3. Since everyone is a target for things to be pushed on, its easy to make the assumption that others have great intention of malice at first. However they may not sincerely have this (some do), but because there are soo many teams with this mentality, your day to day experience will bring you lower and lower while they push you to deliver and focus on new things to deliver.  4. The focus on ""new things"" is easily perceived by existing employees as a challenge to work harder or be left behind, this is also encouraged as Amazonians believe ""we work better under pressure"". This adds alot of pressure to be sure and does NOT lend itself to a worker with a family/children/relationship that takes more than 20-25% of his/her time outside work - Outside work time is still Amazon time, unless you are a principal.  5. Principles at Amazon have been here a long time, either because they hold patents from the early days or because they are aggressive. They often are in positions where they work on special projects that sound grand because they change many systems at once - but if you break it down they are maintenance projects and other work nobody else can do because they lack perspective and deep knowledge of Amazon specific systems as they have not seen the systems evolve. This perspective can not be hired for as it is specific to Amazon and Amazon systems. Principals tend to stick around Amazon for that reason and when they do leave they work on similar things outside Amazon or re-create very similar systems.  6. Out of the org I work with, only VP's and principals have existing relationships and/or children and this would appear to be commonplace (see the former numbers for reasons). I've seen a large number of people in their 40's just now starting to get married or have kids - these people again either being at Amazon a long time or being Principals who would seem to be untouchable by Management.  6. You will likely never hear anything like the following from a manager, or possibly a co-worker:   ""Hey how are you doing?""- we all blindly shuffle by each other on the sidewalk, if not ignoring each other we are often trying to speak about technical things, convincing others of some fact or trying to gain information for due diligence.   ""You seem tired, are you ok?"" - No, don't count on hearing this from a manager. They aren't concerned for you. You chose to work that 18 hour day, good for you - must be because you didn't scope something properly or didn't estimate your operations load properly.   ""How can I help?"" - I've done my best to break people of not asking this, encouraging the culture to be helpful - more like the CS people do for Amazon customers (amazing job they do).   ""I don't understand this, can you help me understand?"" - Assumptions will be made about your presentations by most, and often assumptions that lead people in a bad direction. You will learn how to pre-empt this and it will consume ALOT more time than you think, all those edge cases that are unlikely.   ""Can we figure this out together?"" - No, we cant, if you don't drive it, deliver it and promote it yourself you will have a bad review  Final Thoughts:  I'm confident that several trained/motivated Amazonians have read or are reading this, correcting my every mistake and discounting everything here on technicalities, I can't help you - I will go on with my life doing the best I can while meeting new great people on the way.  It's true that my best its not good enough, I agree - something we both have in common as we were hired at Amazon (vocally self critical). I refuse to fail however and not hacking it at Amazon is no failure. We all age, do your best to picture where you will be when you are 55, will you be thinking of Amazon as a positive experience that changed you for the better - or will it be a footnote?  Great people don't just accumulate knowledge, knowledge is only a component of greatness but not the root itself. Greatness is to acknowledge that people are flawed and that we are all in this together. Great people all have a great need to make a contribution to better humanity, they are driven by this - not by personal appetite and narrow focus -- at least thats the world I fight for.","I am unsure of what management doctrine is being taught, but I'm sure its ""working backwards"" and this shows as the turn-over and burn-out rate is high.  Please start encouraging people to be flawed, but challenge them to be better team-members. If we all work together and not only hold each other accountable it will ease tension. When the culture moves toward a better, less hostile, work place where others are encouraged to work on interpersonal communication - it will open minds and creativity will happen without strife.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19478,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"""Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.""","""You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.""","""More on-boarding training before new employees are thrown in the fire. The first couple of weeks can be very confusing on where to find the information you need that pertains to your job.""",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19479,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate Water Spider Pit Driver,Work Hard Have Fun Make History,Cross trained in all areas of Amazon Fullfillment Center operations. Management respects and nutures development and growth.,"None that I can think off, Amazon is a great place to work, true teamwork environment, great benefits and did I mention fun fast paced work environment,",Continue to keep up the standard we set that our customers rave about.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1167.htm
19480,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A lot of walking, good time off, different shift options are great","No questions asked time off, the leaders have good attitudes",Many hours walking in the MODs,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19481,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Upper Management,The pay is really great,"Upper management do not teach/educate, they dictate. Not fun.",Dont suck.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19482,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Campus Pickup Point,"good pay on campus, gets to do homework, good manager, good location, amazon brand, does a lot of customer service","no discount working part time, very little to do and sits around when there is not a lot of customers, have to get up and run around",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19483,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Challenging, competitive pay, and on the job development","No work-life balance (56hrs a week), no honesty/ transparency with upper management.",Set realistic job expectations before hiring individuals,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19484,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorted and helped manage key function day to day to help the company.,"A clean,safe work space that was frequently and precisely managed allowing for a great work experience.","My facility only offered part time positions, and ran out of chance to move up in to company eventually leading to my resignation.",To hire more qualified and experienced managers to run a thriving facility.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19485,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Amazon is a fun, goal oriented place to work. I like to be able to work my own style while achieving results. I am supported in my decisions.","Given the competitive nature, there are some challenges in providing feedback to peers.",Remember to thank your team for their hard work - a little recognition goes a long way in making your team feel appreciated.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19486,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is not worth it. Does not care about their employees or change for the better,None. Not even worth staying.,"Honestly, they don't care about you. They have a level by level manager system. They make you do things and promise oh if you do this and I will promote you. They have ready bad communication between their employees and their HR don't do anything. They lure you by giving you a signing bonus for your one year contact and then once everything is set and if you don't like it or they terminate you, you have to pay it back. Its retarded. They have no compliance policy or hotline. They have third party employees work under you and half the time not even everyone shows up. You end up not even doing the manager part. They expect too much and don't care if you've been there over 12 hours or didn't eat. They don't even have someone to cover you if you want to take lunch. They don't even care if Its your day off. They Will still annoy you.  No work life balance.  Their name is the only value they have. Which attracts everyone.",Learn to spend and pay more attention to your employees and what you're doing to them. That's why your employee turn over its so high. You make them get on a contact and make them stay.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19487,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Tough but rewarding,"Challenging, you get to work with very smart people, get to work with latest technologies, awesome infrastructure and development tools (continuous deployment, monitoring, very helpful internal wiki, you name it)","If you are not careful you can burn out easily, some teams are having rather unmanageable devops loads, some things can be frustrating, for example some of the aws features are much easier to use if you are external customer",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19488,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area manager,The high pay makes up for a lot of the negatives,"Long hours,poor senior leadership, shift schedules",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19489,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,People that work there are amazing,They work you a lot of hours and days,none,2.0,none,none,none,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1168.htm
19490,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Have Fun",Company is very customer centric. All actions are based on supporting the customer with the fastest most accurate order. Associates have great benefits. Managers are compensated well.,"Long shifts as a manager, 4 x 12 hrs is pretty standard. During holiday season, 6 day work weeks for 2 plus months.","Provide more positive feedback to your managers, especially at the lowest levels.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19491,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A massive startup,- Flexible Hours - Tremendous amounts of personal ownership in products - Always customer focused (99% of the time) - Personal growth potential is through the roof,"- Can be long hours. This is mitigated if you communicate with management frequently about progress and realistic expectations. Hint: you can always push back on deadlines. - often Too much ambiguity in requirements (just means lots more communication and before coding). Amazon almost prides itself on dealing with ambiguity -- it's sometimes taken to the extreme. - Everythig is constantly in flux, I have come back from a few 2 day vacations to find my project had morphed while I was gone. This is due to the pace of the workplace.","I love that Amazon always keeps long term goals in mind. Lots of transparency into business decisions (at least in my org).  Management is always willing to listen -- even to entry level employees -- keep that up, it's one of things I love most!  Spend more time doing team building events.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19492,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Fast moving environment, a lot of teams and projects to work on","Operational burden, minimum benefits and limited career growth",Let builders build,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19493,amazon,"Joliet, IL"," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager (Level IV),Eh,"A great opportunity to lead teams, and drive production at one of the world's largest retailers. Solid compensation and benefits.","Really bad feedback loops. The company has very high expectations, but as a new employee and manager, the leadership hasn't been very concerned with development of a junior-level role as much as instant performance.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19494,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Recommend Amazon for gaining mgt level exp,Opportunity to learn many areas of distribution and gain supervisor and teaching experiences for resume,Extremely high turnover in employees - many poor practices / safety issues occur because new employees outnumber employees that have been with Amazon 3 - 5 years. Employees returning after being dismissed for misunderstanding of attendance rules are less loyal / enthusiastic about their work ethics,"Review policy for unpaid time. Suggestion: eliminate unpaid time and use the US standard absent practice - 1. No call, no show - verbal after first infracture, written after second day/infracture, fired after third day. Then, call in required three hours before shift starts - to get a head count before shifts start. Unable to call in prior to shift (i.e. Emergency - must submit physical proof.)",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19495,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Excellent place to work, if you find the right part of the company","I've been with Amazon for over 8 years, working as an Sr. Software Development Engineer currently on-track to a likely Principal Engineer promotion within a few years.  If you find the right team, both in terms of one which fits your strengths and which has good management, Amazon can be an amazing place to work: The challenges are substantial, the problems interesting, and you can make changes which really make it to the bottom line, not to mention public recognition. I have actually had the experience of a friend saying, ""you know, I just discovered something on Amazon,"" to which I could reply, ""Yes, I was one of the key engineers on that project.""  Movement within the company is highly encouraged. If I start to feel like I'm ""burning out"" on a team, there is easy ability to move to a different one. A few loopholes which made it possible for a manager to ""hold onto"" an employee they didn't want to move were recently closed in a policy update.  I actually find the work-life balance very good, I work roughly 45 hour weeks most of the time, though in the summer probably fall back to 40 (or less) due to outdoor activities (unrelated to work) I participate in. There will usually be a few weeks of the year where I end up working long hours to meet some deadline or deal with an operational issue, but ""long hours"" are usually in the 55 to 60 hour range. I know there are teams out there which have problems with work-life balance, but honestly, within the company, they are well-known. As such, people with experience within the company avoid those teams like the plague. (Hint: If the team has a name which seems related to the burning of materials, there's a good chance it's one to avoid.)  The longer an organization has existed within the company, the likely better it is to work for. Retail is (more or less) a pretty good place to work, AWS used to be harsh but is getting better, but as you get into the newest big projects, the work can be more suspect. That being said, both Retail and AWS have some fascinating projects.  If you know how to negotiate, you can get a very good salary out of Amazon as an experienced hire, I don't know that college hires have it as easy.","The promotion process is, at best, convoluted. As I mentioned above, I'm having discussions all the way up to people at the VP level concerning Principal promotion requirements, and it's basically a one to two year process to get all of the ducks in a row, so to speak. On top of that, the formal titles and levels don't necessarily match the rest of the industry: what an SDEIII (aka Senior Software Development Engineer) does at Amazon most companies would likely call a Principal Engineer or similar. What we call a Principal Software Development Engineer would probably be a Principal Architect over much of the industry.  These issues are, I think, related. The official standard is that you have to be already performing at the next level in order to get promoted. As such, there are a bunch of SDEII's which are doing SDEIII work but haven't yet managed to justify the promotion, a bunch of SDEIII's which are doing Principal work who haven't justified their promotion yet, etc... Because ""justifying your promotion"" can be so challenging, it makes the lower role look more senior than the title (or even leveling document) would suggest, thus making the problem even worse. SDEII's are expected to look like that SDEIII on their team, who is already starting to look like the Principal under their director, leading to an endless rat-race of more and more difficult promotions.  While I support Frugality, there is a term floating around the company which comes up often: ""Frupid"" (Frugal-Stupid). I don't mind the lack of gym memberships, free food, or those sorts of things, but when you put an employee on a nine-hour flight for business purposes, don't make them sit in the cheapest seats on the airplane and at least let them book Economy Plus or whatever the second tier is. Five-year replacement cycles on laptops honestly leaves experienced employees with machines not up to professional standards and does impact performance. I would complain about the monitors they make Engineers use, but, finally, they just updated that standard to something very usable.  On-call can, quite frankly, suck if you're in the wrong team, though they tend to be in the minority. I support engineers being on the line to make their systems work properly, but every team deserves follow-the-sun first line support to handle operational issues which don't fall back into a software issue. This is getting better and many teams do have some form of follow-the-sun first lines.  There's a bit of ""Management by Paranoia"" at times, especially around peak (just before Christmas). The company can be too risk-averse in some ways. Even worse, its risk-aversion isn't always intelligent, avoiding high-value risky projects in order to push out a lower-value one which happens to have the attention of the right VP or SVP.","Fix the promotion process. I have seen engineers leave the company because of how difficult it is to get promoted, with the intent of coming back in a few years at the next level. Alas, all too often, those people end up not coming back at all. I've also seen people transfer into an org they don't particularly want to work in because ""promotions are easier in that part of the company.""",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19496,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Great pay and benefits and hours, makes the job much better than it seems. Break rooms are always clean and the breaks are great",Employee morale is not the best. Trying to find a seat in the line to the top is not the easiest but I do my best,I am management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19497,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,You have to know how to play the political game.,"If you like to do the same thing every day, this is for you.","If you don't like to do the same thing every day, this is not for you.",none,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19498,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dislikes this job strongly,Lots of overtime if you need it.,Very long days to begin with. Littlt pay for as much as expected. Labor work.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19499,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,employee,Seasonal part time employee is a good way to learn Amazon from the bottom up . Great way to get my foot in door.,While working at the facility I really could not get any HR information about work at home part time positions. Which is what I am interested in.,Provide better HR information over the phone for individuals like myself that are interested in a work at home part-time position.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1169.htm
19500,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Decent pay. Decent work/life balance if you do your job smart and lucky to be in a good team. Retail business lead.,Boring work. Too business driven. No technical challenge. Slow level up process.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19501,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,assistant manager,"very gud, nice company, nice people","nothing bad, low pay, slow growth",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19502,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Order Picker,Order Picker/ Tugger,Pay and benefits. Young co workers,"Management and flexibility, work environment",Please communicate better with individuals.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19503,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Recommend Amazon for gaining mgt level exp,Opportunity to learn many areas of distribution and gain supervisor and teaching experiences for resume,Extremely high turnover in employees - many poor practices / safety issues occur because new employees outnumber employees that have been with Amazon 3 - 5 years. Employees returning after being dismissed for misunderstanding of attendance rules are less loyal / enthusiastic about their work ethics,"Review policy for unpaid time. Suggestion: eliminate unpaid time and use the US standard absent practice - 1. No call, no show - verbal after first infracture, written after second day/infracture, fired after third day. Then, call in required three hours before shift starts - to get a head count before shifts start. Unable to call in prior to shift (i.e. Emergency - must submit physical proof.)",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19504,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Apr 3, 2016",Current Employee - Logiistics Administrator,Log Admin,+ Stable work + Growing company,"- Management feedback is very broad, nothing specific enough to help","Work to improve morale of level 1 employees, nothing gets done without them.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19505,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,No. 1 online retailer in US. AWS is great product.,High turn over rate. On-call is stressful.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19506,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Data Analyst Intern,Good experience,"Lots of opportunity to learn and develop your data analysis skills. Flexible work schedule, which is especially helpful for college students.","Sometimes getting the information you need can be a little challenging if you don't know who to ask. Overall, really not a lot of cons to this position.","Overall, management does a great job making sure you know what to do. My advice would be to keep doing what you're doing.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19507,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Even in a warehouse, politics play out!",Great hours/great year-end bonus/great overtime!!!,"Management plays favorites, try to avoid them because they act like children! Be careful how you play their game but certainly always play nice with a smile while you work so they get rid of someone else and not you!","Thought the reason companies hire people is because the job is more important than the politics, but NO, even in a warehouse environment there is a ton of bureaucracy!",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19508,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alright place,"Only pros were Money, hours, co workers","The cons were Management, communication, time taken for being late",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19509,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Know what you are getting into,"- Learn a lot - Get good lesson in corp environment - If you are willing to put up with 90% negative feedback to learn, it is worth it. - Everyone says it is stressful, I found it actually less work than a start up.",- Poorly managed - People are promoted for documenting successes not for necessarily making the best decisions which can make working there very frustrating if you are used to thinking about the greater whole. - The lifers think a little too much of their culture and excuse departures as people not fitting in so they don't properly evaluate where they are going wrong in people management. - The promotion process is byzantine and what was meant to remove bias has just accentuated the company's problems. - The work was boring. The challenge was navigating the corporate politics.,"Amazon needs to re-think its approach to people management, there is a good reason most people don't make it more than 2 yrs and the problem is not the people who leave.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1170.htm
19510,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," May 8, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Seasonal),Crooked liars.,Decent pay and good amount of hours.,"We were overworked. To top this off when they did let us go after the season after telling us it wasn't seasonal. I went to apply for unemployment to be able to make it until my next job and Amazon claimed that I had ""quit my job"" making me unable to pay my bills without leaning on family memebers and causing them to suffer in the process. Thanks Amazon!",Tell the truth on why your employees are no longer employed.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19511,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Would go back,Really liked working there. Great benefits and pay for relatively easy work. People you work with are amazing and become like family.,The petty poo you have to put up with from sellers.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19512,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Associate,Good seasonal work,"Friendly leadership team with active environment for growth, inspiration, and collaboration. I enjoyed my time while this was a good fit for me.","There is a lack of diversity in the upper management and leadership. I also had no control over my schedule and shift times, which was a frustration as this was only a seasonal/part time position.","Add diversity to upper level management, recognize talent, provide opportunities for rapid career growth and advancement, provide better disability accommodations.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19513,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good company,"Overall, the people are high quality. It's easy to work a lot if you're very ambitious (which many people are) but I haven't experienced any outside pressure to work crazy hours.","It's less like a huge company than lots of places, but it's still a big company. People are very passionate about what they do, but making big changes takes a lot of work.","Management seems to be focussing less on frugality nowadays, and a bit more on perks. But there's still a ways to go, in terms of holidays and parental leave.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19514,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An experience,Amazing people and environment depending on what group you work in,Work life balance...there isn't one,none,3.0,1.0,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19515,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Apr 16, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,Unorganized,A lot of growth potential Decent Pay,"Extremely long hours, Little support Rare communication regarding changes.","Don't make excessive radical changes. The position of team lead was working fine, but if you increase the manager associate ratio to 1 manager to 80-100, you won't see the benefit that you anticipated.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19516,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS,1. Now is a good time to work at AWS as the cloud computing domain is evolving 2. Will gain extensive knowledge on distributed systems,ops load might be higher depending on the team.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19517,amazon,"North Chesterfield, VA"," May 8, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not a bad temporary job,Decent starting pay Pretty flexible hours Able to make a lot of overtime,"They don't care about their employees at all. You are just a number to them and if you can't do the physically demanding as quick as they want, they will fire you no problem.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19518,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Warehouse,This was a great opportunity to learn more about warehouse work and how Amazon catered to the entire East Coast.,"We had to work inside a freezer where the temperature sometimes dropped below -10 degrees, we worked in there for about 5 hours a day.",One issue with working here was that there were too many managers so there were too many people telling you what to do and sometimes you'll end up running around trying to keep up.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19519,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not to bad,"great team work, loved the job",management need to have an open ear and lisnt to thos that have been their longer then you,lisnt to people that have been there alot longer then you,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1171.htm
19520,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Decent pay, nice co workers, awesome senior management.",10 HR shifts w/ 30 minutes unpaid lunch break,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19521,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not to bad,"great team work, loved the job",management need to have an open ear and lisnt to thos that have been their longer then you,lisnt to people that have been there alot longer then you,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19522,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Amazon has great reward bonuses for for having good customer service ratings. Decent starting wages and they treat their employees well with drawings/games and parties.,The only downside is how we are rated on our performance. If we get a negative review from a customer that goes toward our rating. We could have received a no from a person for something we have no way of controlling.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19523,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Great work environment, great company to work at!",fast packed environment- but I like it,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19524,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Stress,"Great benefits, very smart coworkers. I was pushed and I learned a lot during my time with the company.","Terrible work life balance, very stressful environment, easy to get lost in the crowd. The on call rotations were also frustrating as I had to miss out on seeing family and friends on numerous occasions.","Work on reducing the high turnover at the company. Also, several projects are done due to management visibility, not actually team impact.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19525,amazon,none," May 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad company,"Good exercise, I guess. Quitting is easy. Not really much else to say here, I didn't have a great experience.","Bad hours, bad people, bad pay. Don't bother applying, I was hired through the company as a non-temporary employee, and when I first started I was told I would have the morning shift (I have a child so this worked well), and then without notice my shift was changed to graveyard with no explanation given.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19526,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment Center IT,"Amazon tends to hire excellent people who are smart, driven, and collaborative. There is a lot of variety to the IT work including projects and innovation.",There is always more work to accomplish than we have people or hours to accomplish. Senior management does not seem to understand the needs at the local level so the IT Managers and staff are often stuck having to tell their customers that they cannot get certain things done.,There needs to be a more clear path for career development and progression.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19527,amazon,"Hudson, WI"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Remote Associate,Remote Associate - Great company - Demanding Customers,Pay is competitive. Schedule flexibility is unmatched in the work from home arena. Support is great. Large enough for internal transfers and great coordination within the company. Onboarding program was well compensated and a great signing bonus.,"Demanding customers. The customers can be hard to deal with. Although if you are a customer service associate, that is your job. Be ready to calm down people who believe in their right mind that they are correct because as is always the truth--customers are always right. They write your paycheck.","Keep the openness, I love it. Giving employees from the ground level to the higher levels autonomy is awesome, that's a model other tech giants need to adopt.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19528,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon vendor manager,Sole business owner & autonomy. You are given complete ownership of your category.,Hours required to get the job done is insane! You are expected to be on call 24/7,Get a little more dialed in to what it takes to do the job. Often your boss will be someone who has no clue how to execute your job.,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19529,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,warehouse assciate,Flexible hours and weekly pay period,"Rude managers, lay off rate extremely high",It doesn't pay to be friendly and professional.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1172.htm
19530,amazon,"Sacramento, CA"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Truth Will Set You Free!,Corporate employees are treated as humans and have some semblance of work/life balance.,"Discriminatory employment practices, hostile and retaliatory work-setting. Lack of consistency and unhealthy form of encouraging competition. Corporate has no clue the way business is being conducting in the Fulfillment Centers and, in scenarios where they were informed, they chose to understate the circumstances.  Deceiving Stock options, always following the carrot - even during Performance Reviews.  Don't drink the Kool-Aid!",Beware: your unlawful employment practices will catch up to you at some point.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19531,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity,Great pay. Full time hours plus over time when you want it. Managers are very friendly and reconginze you when you meet rate. Do well and get rewarded.,Long hours. On your feet for 10+hours.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19532,amazon,"Boardman, OR"," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Datacenter Technnician II,Awful Management,"If management leaves you alone to get some work done, it's a fantastic place to be employed. Excellent coworkers, very knowledgeable people.","Management won't leave you alone. Constantly changing schedules and policies will guarantee that you screw up occasionally. Upper management does not care about your ability to have a life outside of work - the new rotating shifts are what prompted me to leave, but there were plenty of other (similar) problems before that.  I got the impression while I was there that a lot of the changes that were made were simply so that Management could say ""we've made changes"" and qualify for their bonuses.","Instead of trying to find problems to solve, solve the problems that your employees tell you about. Multiple-millions of dollars were wasted on futile security efforts while the perks (like soda and snacks) were withdrawn.  Oh, and put your facilities someplace where there is actually food to buy if you're not going to give us stuff to eat during our 12 hour shifts. Where I was at had no restaurants open past 8pm and I worked a grave shift (they tried fixing that by having me rotate every 3 months - thanks but no thanks)  Change for the sake of change is not helpful.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19533,amazon,"Glen Burnie, MD"," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Ok If you are a warehouse worker.,"Constant moving, squatting and reaching with can be alot on your body.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19534,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Sourcer,Easy to network. Met some of the greatest mentors there who truly care about people. Ownership and creativity is encouraged and I really liked that.,"While I met awesome people there, I also met a lot of terrible, scheming people. This is the reason I left for Google.","Listen to your direct reports and if they're not happy, DO something about it instead of giving false promises otherwise they will leave (like I did).",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19535,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Meat Grinder,"Good Pay, good benefits, growth potential with caveats","High burnout, low support from leadership team, no development, uncaring leadership, high degree of stress, no training, no career advance unless you're their favorite","Treat you people like people, invest in them, train them, support them!",1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19536,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Product Manager, Technical",Loved it until I didn't...,"Best people in the world - they don't hire dummies. Plenty of hills to climb and dragons to slay, you'll never be bored. The NYT article was right and that's a good thing.","Figure out how to work smart or don't plan on spending any time with your family. If you get caught working under a crappy director (like I did) you may find yourself on the wrong end of a ""forced exit"" that managers are required to do as part of their promotion cycle.","Flatten the org, focus on people development or you'll lose junior folks who aren't cutthroat enough to leave bodies in their wake.",4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19537,amazon,"Carteret, NJ"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon - Carteret,"Plenty of room for growth. As a PT employee once converted over to an Amazon employee, you get some medical benefits. Pay is competitive compared to other companies.Every 90 days, you get UPT which is Unpaid Time.",Do not apply if you are lazy or substance abuser.,Train warehouse employees thoroughly.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19538,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Contracts Manager,Amazon is peculiar,Ever challenging environment and expanding business to learn from.  Have to stay on your toes and ensure you understand a subject holistically.,See NYTs article. Honestly this place is a nest for wasps and sharks acting out of their own interests. The article is a bit sensationalized but the cultural description is accurate.,Learn what middle managers are doing (or not doing) and quickly before you continue to lose talent.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19539,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Brutal culture,"Competitive compensation, pursuing opportunities internally is encouraged. Professionally courteous and respectful. For high functioning individuals who want their potential ""squeezed"" out of them, this is the place. High turnover and short tenure is the norm due to burnout.","Continually moving the goal post, highly critical and in some cases hypocritical management. They eat their young.",Managers should reverse the Earns Trust Leadership Principle to earn the trust of their direct reports by valuing them as people and invest in them long term.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1173.htm
19540,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Level of compensation, benefits are good","Work/Life Balance, no life from Thanksgiving until new year's",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19541,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigate Specialist,"If person has technical skill, it would be fun.",Rooting work so I cannot learn a new things.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19542,amazon,"Newark, DE"," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Pack and Pick,Only good for short term quick job while looking for your real job,"- you have an opportunity to apply to switch ur shift or dept (criteria applies and not many ppl get it,but it happens) - only Co that gives u 20 hrs of unpaid time off,to use how/whenever u want 4 times a year. -if ur terminated cause you went over your 20 hrs (but your rate and quality are good and hv no recent write ups) they will hire u back. -drug test is a mouth swab-easiest one to cheat. - -","They hv no loyalty to ANY employee. U can be at 115%rate ALL yr then b sick one week and will write u up without a care. They find reasons to fire ppl who hv been there to long (a yr) cause they don't wanna pay out the 2 yr stock option or gv raises when they can just hire new person or temp for less to do the same thing. It's been working for years. They know what and why ppl don't make there rate, so they put u in those type of situations on purpose. H.r. and the h.r. phone holiness do not know or understand there policies!! They will read to u what u cld read urself and if u need more details NO ONE knows. They don't care about work-life mngmnt. They only want u to work extremely hard and fast and perfwct, all day. Everyday. Make your very high numbers so customers are satisfied and mngr monthly bonuses are higher. They time u everytime u go to the bathroom and how iften, constintly looking to see where everyone is working and that they don't stop working while talking and don't lv there area. They will change ur dept or shift with no warning and u can't do nothing about it. No paid leave options, all unpaid. No workman's comp or unemployment cause they have ""safety rules"" they share daily and will blame it on u not bending right or stretching. Nobody cared about you, your life,emotional or physical issues, as long as u make ur rate and quality ur fine.","Don't matter, they won't care.",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19543,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Great entry level job,"Stock options, pay, supportive training","Making rate..physically wearing on the body,",HR communication for new hires inconsistent,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19544,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Trainer,Trainer,You get a vast knowledge on how the Fulfillment center works and how to perform every function,It gets very slow sometimes during the beginning of the year.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19545,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great if you don't care about small things like free food,Fast pace. Not very political. Can do whatever you want to do.,Benefit sucks. People come and go. So is the whole organization.,Please better benefit so that people would like to stay.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19546,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,"Love working with them, empower agents to do many things for customers without escalation to management and with minimal oversight, loved it","Company is so big HR processes can be slow and lengthy as in hiring, pay increases, company benefits, etc",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19547,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new.",It can be challenging sometimes figuring out where or how to get information needed for a project,"It's great to work at a place that highly values customer experience, so please keep that up.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19548,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Amazon,The Money is the only good thing,Everything else you won't have a life,Treat your employees with more respect.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19549,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Soul Sucking Place to Work,The people you work with become like family,"Management is terrible. The only thing that matters is how much you produce, even if the expectations are unreasonable. They don't care about the employees. Machines are constantly breaking. They will keep adding work to your workload until you fail and then write you up for failing.","Stop trying to hit numbers, and realize that you have PEOPLE working for you, not robots.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1174.htm
19550,amazon,none," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer,New technology. You will be trained to work under stress.,Horrible work environment. Very stressful.,none,1.0,none,none,3.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19551,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Best Tech Engineers and Tech problems Speed of business is amazing and fast, lots to learn","Too many people issues, arguments and fights Product quality is not the best but functional",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19552,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,"The work days were really long, and I learned how to pick and pack. The managers were good, they always found ways to keep us up beat and going. Most of the co workers were nice and very helpful if you had questions about the jobs. The hardest part of the job was the long shifts, and kind of short breaks for the ten hour days. I really enjoyed the fast pace work.","Amazon.com was a great company to work for. In order to keep your job you basically have to be very fast in shipping out the orders. I worked there for the christmas season and was very demanding job. They keep track of the orders your shipping out and if your not meeting the quota, one of the managers will come and give you ideas on how you can do the order more quickly.",focus on what people are comfortable with doing at work. Picking productively management was great. Is a lot of walking but I enjoyed it. Hardest part was peak season 11 hour shift 6 days a week.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19553,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Pay and benefits are very competitive.,Work-Life balance is horrible. The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year. Peak is actually easier because the job is simplified and you work hard.,"Respect the hours that managers put into their normal work week and only force MOT if absolutely necessary for customer orders. Also, allow managers to make decisions about their operation.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19554,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better than working at a fast food restaurant,The pros are: able to voluntarily go home when there is minimum work (VTO) and you don't have to call and explain anything to anyone when you need to call out or you are going to be late for work as long as you have the available time to use,"The cons are: very hot in the building, standing/walking for long periods, 15min break is more like 7mins, lunch break (30mins) is more like 20mins by the time you get to the microwave or stand in long lines to buy food from the food truck outside, managers expect you to pack or pick ""over"" the ""required' rate for that department, favoritism galore!!! especially when it comes down to VTO (voluntarily allowing employee to go home when there is minimum work to do), mandatory overtime during off-peak times is too much...employees do have other important business to take care of on there day off","Stay out of the office sometimes because they are never around but the PAs except during cpt times, stop whispering around to your certain favorite employees about VTO...make it available to everyone at the beginning of shift like you use to do so VTO can be available fairly amongst all employees, offer more money than the max out at $12 an hour for the pick department and/or offer an overtime rate for current employees when you ""MAKE"" them go to pick...hint: if you hadn't seen it already, NO ONE, current or new employees, want to brisk/fast pace walk like we are training for the Olympics for 10 hours a day/night!! That's real hard....but how about ""you"" try it for more than one hour straight (which is all that is required of managers to do)...you cannot get an actual ""feel"" of what employees endure for 2-3 hours at a time (between breaks) when walking, sometimes trotting to pick items at the rate you require",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19555,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Plenty of work, people around you are always friendly. The break rooms are always stocked with goodies to eat.","Long hours and little room for growth, tiring repetitive work that can get boring doing it for 10 hours straight.",Less favoritism,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19556,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Sorter,This job pays good when doing all that overtime,"pay good, friendly people, nice off days, take off when you want to.","over work you, a lot of injured workers, TL are now just like management.",Lay off the associates and have their back when a machine breaks down.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19557,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Pay Nice people Good management Good help,Its only a part time,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19558,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Low design competence, high egos",Getting paid to work on some interesting projects (in between some really crappy ones). There are some start-up-like groups within the company that launched interesting experiments.,"Overall the understanding of design process is abizmally poor. Everyone thinks they have all the answers, demanding that you also make things up on the spot, without being given the room to practice design thinking, and they don't really grasp how really challenging it is to get UX right.","Kill the ""right a lot"" leadership principle. Everyone thinks they are right, and no one is a fair judge of when they really are right or wrong—they merely spin things. Having this principle exacerbates the problem by promoting a ruthlessly dogmatic culture and shows that the leadership at the top isn't really aware of how politics in a corporation really work.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19559,amazon,none," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon ICQA,They offer stock to employees after 2 years,"Physically strenuous, 10 hour shifts, etc.",Try to improve employee morale,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1175.htm
19560,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Software Development Engineer Intern,"I was in Seattle, it was a very good experience for interns here. I was in a department has very good work life balance. My teammates most of the time works 8 hours everyday and we had a lot of recreational activities after work. I went to watch a base ball with my mentor played some board game at my managers house etc, etc. There might be someone saying that Amazon is a terrible company to work at, I will not deny that some team has terrible work-life balance, but at least the team I worked at is not one of that kind.","No, nothing during my intern.",The university hire team is not very efficient.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19561,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com Review,"Smart and driven colleagues, with a culture to push the limits. Most everything you work on is new, with a challenging problem to solve.","Very large company, challenging to navigate your career. Limited visibility to top leaders in many roles. Many vacancies are tough to fill, and in many cases your success depends on a strong team.","Continue to push us to push the limits. But please recognize inherent resource challenges we have, and help us to break down the barriers more.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19562,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Campus Associate,"Great pay for the job - easy, questionable business model?","This job is real fun, as it enables you to interact with college students all day. When it's busy, you're moving constantly and it is very satisfying work helping out customers, as they are almost always happy to be in here and get their products. Coworkers are all great, including all managers/higher ups. Very flexible hours during busy times, interesting field to get a glimpse into. Great pay for a college student.","When it's slow - it's slow. Cut our hours drastically during non-peak periods. For me not an issue, but obviously an issue for others. They seem to be figuring out how to have as little employee hours as possible. Makes sense from their perspective, but kind of a bummer from ours.","Give us more hours, or if not then assign us more responsibilities if at all possible. Otherwise ,job is great.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19563,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager - Technical,Its leadership principles create well rounded individuals and keep the focus on the right things,Its a very big company and with that comes a bit of bureaucracy.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19564,amazon,"West Union, OH"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service,Great place,Treated me like family. Everyone took great pride in their work,Pay was a little low,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19565,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Market Research Analyst,Good work but too much stres,Great location Big company name recognition was proud to work for them,Company doesn't provide good work like balance Competitive environment with little team building effort,Invest and value your employees,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19566,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,decent company to work for,working in some orgs can be life changing events. They will make you a hot-commodity inn your specific area,after certain level promotions are difficult for ICs. too much red tape there,provide a clear path for promotion not based on political influence,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19567,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer,A good place to try out,Get to work with smart people and cool systems,Management could be very disconnected from the team,Be proactive in communicating the vision and follow through your words with actions,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19568,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,Smart colleagues. Great Opportunities. Big impact.,Management should start acknowledging that the culture is evolving and some teams are getting highly political.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19569,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon...........................,"A place good for learning, good for new grads",some department has bad work balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1176.htm
19570,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",Great fast paced environment oozing with growth potential.,"Problems are treasures, there are none (that aren't currently being worked on lol)",Continue Continuously Improving.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19571,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Guide,"Advancement, benefits, training, development, flexibility","Hours, Routine, Rate, Environment, Employees",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19572,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced Work,- All about execution and getting things done - Fun place to work - Great people to work with - Innovative - great place to learn,- Benefits for employees are not that good - Frugality as a leadership principle can sometimes come off as stinginess,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19573,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Projects,Amazon is a great company and has a lots of new projects for each team.,Amazon is a little bit busy for engineers.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19574,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Management Associate,great diversity and really friendly people to work with.,Not enough break timings and gets really hectic to work long hours without proper breaks.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19575,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"Salary, Challenge, Leader in Industry","Physical Exertion, Integrating into culture",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19576,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Talented workplace if you have no life,"Extremely talented people. Very thorough and fast decision making. Flat organizational structure giving you great access to leadership. Organization focus is always delivering best in class work output, no matter what the situation.",Overall gaping opportunities to nurture a people-centric culture,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19577,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment assciate,pay can be a little above minimum wage,you are not really taking seriously due to the fact that they are a lot of people working at the warehouse,talk and get to know each employee,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19578,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good challenging workplace,Fast paced environment offering great growth potential. Good challenging technical problems to solve. Smart people to work with and learn from.,oncall can be tough sometimes,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19579,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,no full time jobs offered,Great environment good pay good management,Will not allow full time employment can't live off part time job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1177.htm
19580,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,great benefits for this place,tough work can be tiring,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19581,amazon,"Pensacola, FL"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Customer Service Representative,It's been a great experience thus far!,"Work in your pajamas, manage your own hours to work, and my house has never been cleaner! Great atmosphere and overall a great job for stay at home parents.",Nothing besides a lot of managers to talk with. I don't see any negatives here. The managers rock and the customer service is excellent.,Give your managers more power.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19582,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Love it here,"Hard work and very rewarding. Can pursue projects that you find valuable, and really own process to improve tasks at hand.","Must utilize many tools across the company, and there are few centralized sources. Lots of tools to do lots of things, but everything is different team to team.",Good in stock managers require good onboarding. Don't skimp on the guys controlling your inventory.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19583,amazon,"Campbellsvlle, KY"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse worker,We have really good benefits.,We work long hours. And walk a lot of miles.,They need to promote the associate that work hard to not the ones that can just give a good interview.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19584,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work!,- Very challenging assignments - Smart colleagues - The opportunity to think big and make an impact,- Growth is slow (atleast at the division i work for) - Political,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19585,amazon,"Bear, DE"," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,A great place to meet people from all different backgrounds,Schedule flexibility was limited at best,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19586,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Apr 9, 2016",Former Employee - Packaging,Amazon Fulfillment Center,Pay was extremely good for starting,Worked like a slave Only numbers counted,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19587,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Network Engineer,Good environment and challenging deadlines and look for the smartest way to complete the project and meet deadlines and solve the issues.,i didnt find any cons in amazon for the period i worked there.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19588,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Pay,"Good hours, great benefits, above average pay for labor work.",I don't have any comment yet.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19589,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,managment team sdf1,They suck end of story management team needs help so easy ways to prove them wrong no dress code they hire anyone with a pulse,The work Is easy the managers are stupid a lot of chances for extra hours for money plenty of U.P.T they give you off enough days,Go back to managment school you guys ability to manage is like telling a two year old to watch the house don't let nothing happen to it hell I would let you watch my dog crap for free.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1178.htm
19590,amazon,"Amherst, NY"," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,From A-Z,"Great work place, good people, good benefits","Growth is slow, compensation is below par",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19591,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Great leadership philosophy - Average leadership execution,The company as a whole has a great philosophy concerning leadership. The obsession over it's customers is real.,"Despite being a data-driven company, some managers use perceptions and word of mouth instead of metrics and clear, concise, achievable standards for performance ratings. Subordinates are told they must learn to deal with ambiguity vs. the manager setting clear achievable objectives.","Leadership should be more than a buzz-word and managers should make a commitment to the development of all their subordinates, not just the favorites or the good performers. There should be measurable milestones to define success, and when an subordinate is presented their performance report, what's documented should never be a surprise.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19592,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Recruiter,"Challenging, collaborating with smart people, opportunities to learn","Ambiguous promotion paths, short recruiter life span",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19593,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not bad,"Set work schedule, advancement opportunities","Long hours, short breaks, long periods of standing",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19594,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Manager I Operations,"Innovative, rapid growth, and a worldwide leading brand. Great opportunities and you actually take pride in the company name you work for. You meet and work with very talented individuals, networking with diverse professionals from various backgrounds. It is very military friendly: recruits many veterans and works well with reservists.","Rigorous and chaotic environment at times in the fulfillment center environment. Very unorganized leadership structure that mostly focuses on production and can even disregard its employees. Work long hours with no work-life balance, specially during the holiday season.",Do not forget that employees are people. Lead by example and earn trust/respect of others in order to expect results to be delivered. Change the FC culture from an individual competition to a team effort.,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19595,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Art Director,Amazon,Talented group of highly motivated individuals,Process was very democratic that sometimes blocked progress. Metrics sometimes misread and misdirected in creative. Creative teams need more of a voice in the grand scheme of things and cannot only be measured by productivity but by creative vision as well.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19596,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Surrounded by extremely smart people day in and day out. Amazing opportunity to grow and develope both yourself and career.,"You need to be extremely careful with all work you submit, mistakes will easily be spotted by employees. Amazon insists on the highest standards",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19597,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service,Started good but was too good to be true,"Started out as a good place to work, permanent employees get health insurance, retirement options, and restricted stock units","Heavy work load, like many call centers they have unreasonable work expectations, if you don't get off the phones and move up within two years they look for ways to fire you to keep from having to pay out vested stock options.",Don't punish and get rid of your best and most experienced workers. If you treat them as though they are disposable you will be left with nothing but trash.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19598,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,SDE -- There are better places to work,"It's the only big software company headquartered in Seattle. There is no commuting to the east side, and the vast majority of projects are based here, so there are a lot of interesting challenges. Big, gnarly projects where you can really stretch yourself, and if you find one that you are passionate about, and which doesn't get killed out from under you, it can be great.","It is very, very clear that employees are not valued -- Amazon burns through employees faster than any organization I have worked for, and puts little or no effort into retention. Work-life balance is something that the employee has to regularly put their foot down to enforce.  High density seating means engineers in those areas are not going to get stuff done. It's stupid, not frugal.  Legacy projects are left running in production long after everyone who has worked on them has left the company, with some unfortunate saps having to prop them back up every time they get paged, but without the authority to fix them so they are stable, since the next big thing is way too important. Maintenance tasks are not rewarded.  The product definition for the next big thing will change incessantly until it is finally launched long after it was promised, and after a long death march, during which several key people will have quit in disgust, and a few more will have been reassigned to another project that they had no interest in, but which had a lot of people quit in disgust. Don't worry though, that just means more work for everyone else, and a shorter on call rotation. And a lot of time interviewing people to try to replace the people who left.  Managers routinely lie to higher ups about the status of projects, so it becomes a crisis when someone finally notices things aren't going to be delivered on time.  Infrastructure and build tools are poorly maintained -- the teams are perpetually understaffed, like the rest of the company, and it results in productivity losses across the company, greater than the cost of just fully staffing those teams.  Between poor project management, poor product design, operational burden from slowly collapsing systems and poor development tools, so much time is wasted that it would be funny if you didn't care.  Compensation is ok, mostly. There is no gift-matching, which surprised me until I realized that Amazon has never donated anything to the community. There are countless little stingy things that come under the name of frugal, but which are just demoralizingly stupid.  Employee reviews are a sad joke. Also, stack ranking encourages some teams to deliberately hire a few unqualified people as self-protection.","Focus more on employee retention -- get rid of the managers who burn through employees to the point where things aren't getting done.  Not having enough meeting rooms doesn't mean that people will cut back on the number of meetings. It just means those meetings are held at people's desks, which annoys everyone around them.  Also, add more bathrooms -- the developer floors are 90% men, so the bathrooms are overused and disgusting. Don't be so cheap, a couple extra toilets cost nothing compared to developer salaries.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19599,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Search and Rescue,Needs improvement,"The pay is decent, there's plenty of training, was able to work from home, chat rooms everyday for fun and help, room for advancement.","Stressful, poor management, many leads showed favoritism, strict attendance policy.",Employees should not be responsible when the VPN crashes.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1179.htm
19600,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Content Acquisition Manager,"Good work experience, Bad Management",Exposure to senior management and a good learning experience.,"Poor middle management, who are allowed to treat employees however they feel.","Take some management courses, not everyone needs to manage people in order to move up in their career.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19601,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company for the right people,"- The company lives and breathes the 14 leadership principles.  It's really great to be surrounded by extremely smart, highly-competent people who have similar values and work ethics.","- The company lives and breathes the 14 leadership principles.  Not everyone is cut out to work here. There is a very strong corporate culture, and you either fit in and think it's fantastic, or you don't and will be completely miserable.  If you're looking for a job where you can coast or rest on your laurels, keep looking. The interview process tries to weed out people who aren't a good cultural fit, but it doesn't always work. It's a challenging workplace, and if you don't thrive on being challenged you're going to burn out quickly.  Compensation is not what it should be. It's one of the top 5 software companies in the world, but pay and benefits are around industry average.","Frugality is a great leadership principle, ONLY when it doesn't impact the customer or conflict with another leadership principle. Door desks: good frugality. Bargain-basement benefits package: bad frugality, doesn't earn trust. This is the major leagues, you can't expect star players to be satisfied with minor league compensation.  Also, be more transparent, particularly when it comes to the internals of AWS services. Keeping secrets from the customer isn't customer obsessed.  If you are serious about hiring and developing the best, compensation needs to be the best, too.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19602,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal associate,Easy low stress if your a good worker people will like you ..... Always hirring full time,Lazy people will be you enemies they will discredit you when ever they can performing adequately in the warehouse might mean going over you managers head.long days ..... No credit,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19603,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist,Investigations Specialist,"When you're on a good team, you'll have a lot of opportunity to step up and grow. Working on new projects is fun.","When you're on a bad team, you'll have managers that don't respect you, if you're L3 or below noone will really pay attention to you, management can make or break your career with little accountability for them.  Sometimes things burn down, this means you don't get to go home until the fire is out. Comes with the territory though.","Hold managers more accountable to their reports. Being L3 really has zero career prospects at Amazon. Your recruitment process is broken, managers seem to have little say over who is hired even though they are the ones that will have them as reports.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19604,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a Jon,"Weekly pay. The people are friendly. It's a straight forward job, you go in, do what you're supposed to and leave. The hours were ok.","Manual labor, mandatory overtime (almost everyday), High turnover rates, employees call in or don't show up = mandatory overtime",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19605,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Package Handler,Packing,The people are interesting and learning to adapt to variable shifts.,I dont have nothing to say but an experience and the people were very energetic.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19606,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place,Not much to say here. They are just great. Exactly what you would expect from this company.,A little competitive. But so is their pay. They expect you to actually work sometimes.,Great job. Management ranges to every level so I don't know what aspect to give advice to.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19607,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,"Love working here. Everybody is smart, driven, and excited to create the next big thing.",Not a lot of cons I could say.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19608,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ugh,"Insurance, not much else is all that noticeable. Just don't come here expecting much.","Everything else. Miserable hours, miserable management, miserable atmosphere. Just ugh.",Change your entire outlook on how you treat your employees. Your current mindset is heavily flawed.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19609,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job BLOWS,Great benefits offered out of pay,"They don't care how the associates feel, more in it for the money then the workers, don't pay any gratitude to associates willing to do work properly and proficiently.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1180.htm
19610,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Wonderful, if you know what you're in for.","An amazing amount of personal responsibility and flexibility within roles and across teams. If you are interested in something, you can almost bet Amazon is in that business and has a role for you.","You will pushed to your limit until you grow or call it quits. Amazon is a big place, so your experience will be very dependent on your particular manager's ability to give you big projects and visibility. Unfortunately, there are more than a few poor people managers. Do the research and define your career path early so that you can parachute if things turn sour. Otherwise, you'll be stuck on tumble dry in a toxic situation.","Make middle management training mandatory. There are a lot of great minds who have extremely poor people leadership and no incentive to improve it. This is driving a lot of young people away as they are willing to go above and beyond, but get little return for it.  For the love of god HR, have some ownership in the hiring process. I have too many referrals that have been victims of poor scheduling, miscommunications that caused them to drop out and mentees who were straight up hired into the wrong job.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19611,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,"Awesome benefits, great life and work balance, awesome associates",10 hrs on your feet are a killer,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19612,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Ambassador,amazon review,4 day work week is nice,manager moving often so you are always starting over,Tier 1's have opinions as well as tier 3's,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19613,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Fine place to start out,They're close to public transit and restaurants. They have great name recognition,The pay is pretty low. Hours are long and you're not given the recognition that you've done something amazing. Amazon feels a lot like a retail store. High turn over low morale,Recognize good employees and pay them well. Work on employee retention instead of churn n burn,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19614,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Problem Solve PA/Collator,"PS, PA","Good money and benefits, lots of opportunity cause people quit often","Poor communication, high turn over, and managers move often, so no one knows what's going on",Learn to treat your employees as people and learn to communicate,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19615,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to hone your skils,"There is a good scope of learning. Contrary to popular belief, one can exercise a good work/life balance. But as always it is very subjective. It is my strong belief that working for one year at Amazon is equivalent to what you learn at Microsoft in two-three years. This is mainly due to very diversified array of tools and products you need to work on. If not master of one, Amazon will certainly force you to be Jack of many.",Very poor leadership at M1 and M2 level. I believe this poor level of leadership at entry level is one of the main reason why the company has such high level of attrition. It is hard to attain passion towards company. Most people work just for work or because they enjoy their work. In a way it may be the truest form of enjoying what you do as well.,Hire better managers. Concentrating on technical competencies alone doesnt make them good leaders. Haven leaders reduce sloganeering,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19616,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Words of advice from a 10+ year employee,"When you venture into a job with Amazon, you are likely not going to be prepared for what you experience. Amazon is a place where you will have very challenging work for a very good cause, customer experience. I have a career of working in the customer service business and I've learned more and achieved more in my time with Amazon than with any other organization.  People are passionate about the work which does result in sometimes heated conversations, but those conversations are all grounded on one thing, ""What is the best experience for customers?"" It is refreshing to go into discussions with this same grounding as it enables you to walk out of the room and know the debate was not personal towards an individual, but focused on doing the right thing for our customers.  I also appreciate the focus on excellence in written communication. I have learned even more about the power of the written word than I knew coming into the company. By applying your focus to writing a document, you enable a clarity of thought that isn't seen through power point. Writing in a narrative format forces you to think critically about your proposal or update and forces you to think about the questions that others will have on your document. While it may be a painful adjustment in the beginning, you will quickly realize the value and will never want to go back!  The last big Pro to working at Amazon is that you never know what's going to happen next. In my time with the company I've seen us grow from a retailer to disruptor in the reading industry to disruptor in the tablet industry to a disruptor in the creation of digital content to who knows what is next to disrupt. It is very exciting to work for a company that is constantly evolving and becoming a bigger part of the digital ecosystem while also challenging conventional thoughts about any industry.","No company is perfect at all things and there are certainly things Amazon can do better. First is correcting the perception that there is no work/life balance. i have been in roles in Amazon where there was very little balance and I've been in roles where there is a good balance. What I've come to learn, is it is generally on me to draw those lines and stick to them. The company does need to do more to help employees achieve a proper balance rather relying on the the good intentions of the employee or their manager.  If you don't live/work in Seattle, get ready to adjust your life to the Seattle timezone. At Amazon, the world revolves around Seattle and, in my opinion, is the chief reason why work/life balance is a struggle for those in the field. There are not enough people in Seattle that think about other timezones when setting up meetings and such. A 10am ""check-in"" on a Saturday morning Seattle time during the holidays is a far cry from a 7pm ""check-in"" on Saturday evening when you work on the other side of the globe (and it's summer). While you can certainly speak up about it, you may be the minority that is impacted that way and without senior leaders thinking about this, you will generally suck it up and do it to avoid being a ""complainer"". A peer once chastised me (to another peer) when I was working internationally on when I would stop bringing up the international locations in our discussions to which that peer responded, ""probably when we start thinking about the international locations on our own.""  If you have a role that requires extensive international travel, realize that all of those trips (no matter how long) will be in coach. I've flown in coach for over 24 hours (in the air, not counting time in airports) for several required work trips a year. While you may get to travel to some really great places, there is a cost to your health. This is done to be ""frugal"", but is one of the areas where I believe we are just cheap and senior leaders are scared to challenge it after seeing how leaders in the past were treated after challenging the policy (you can read about it in ""The Everything Store""). I am in no way advocating for first class trips across the board, but if the company is requiring you to travel where you will spend more than 8-10 hours in the air, the least they can do is spend money to ensure you are comfortable and will arrive ready to get to work. Rather, most employees leave on these longer trips a day earlier than they otherwise would so there is time to recover once you arrive. When I've brought this up to VPs, the common response is referring to the example discussed in ""The Everything Store"" and that it is ""career suicide"" to challenge this policy at an executive level. Once you travel frequently, you can use the miles you've accumulated for business travel to get upgrades but you are subject to the airlines upgrade policies which are very restrictive for international flights and sometimes impossible (coach tickets are bought at the cheapest fair possible) unless you pay out of pocket to upgrade the coach ticket to a fare that is eligible for complimentary upgrades.  The compensation philosophy is focused on base pay and restricted stock units. While this is a great retention tool and drives ownership in employees to help the stock price improve, it is painful for employees to have such shifts in their pay year to year that is largely driven by sways in the stock market. When it's good it's GREAT, but when the market corrects itself it makes for a painful compensation discussion with your employees in the following years. There is little done to really educate people on the philosophy outside of standard training at annual review time that is not very effective at helping people understand the value.","Focus on building mechanisms that will help employees (especially new ones) achieve work/life balance and won't burn out early in their career. Saying that work/life balance is possible, but not providing tools and support to achieve it is a no-win situation for the employee.  When policies are popular with executives, but not with those that are actually impacted by the policies, stand up for the employees in the organization.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19617,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Great company to work with!,"I noticed when Amazon outsourced its customer service, it is a bit challenging but working directly with the company is much better. Employees are #1 to them.",Outsourced sites tends to have hard KPI to maintain even if you are not in position to help customer. Kpi that will dig into your salary.,Do thorough audit at outsourcing sites and ensure all employees are treated fairly.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19618,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Not bad, a lot of great qualities.",The pay is good for most of the positions in the facility. Healthcare on site. Lots of full-time opportunities with benefits. Overtime during peak season is good money.,"Long hours, most tasks are very repetitive. Sometimes it can take a long while to reach a good position. The biggest issue is that all tier 1 fulfillment associates are on the same pay-grade (minus weekend/night differentials) whether you're a line-worker or a problem solver.","The biggest complaint we've had is management is too focused on numbers, but the management is really hit or miss. I've had some of the best managers I've ever had here, but I've also had some pretty frustrating ones.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19619,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"If you want to work in a big company, have a good career pass, get good training, it should be your option.","If you do not want a very busy life, it might not be a good place for you",should more more wise to assign work load to employees.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1183.htm
19620,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Vendor Manager,"I work with some of the smartest people I have ever been exposed to. I am challenged daily and inspired monthly. If you have the right writing skills, you can do almost anything to fried business and innovate.","The work is insurmountable if you don't know how to set boundaries. Genuine compliments and validation are few and far between in some areas. If you don't like to brag about yourself, you won't get far.",none,3.0,1.0,none,5.0,3.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19621,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receive,"cool, benefits, nice, pay, people","hours, drive, pay, work, time",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19622,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Receiving Associate,It is definitely a source of income,"Full-time hours and benefits, night and day shift availability, waterfall scheduling, three-day weekends","Long hours, overbearing management, lack of freedoms, reluctance to work with personal restrictions, an absolute lack of communication skills across the board","Associates are not cattle. People have their own personal quarks, and not every single problem needs to be documented or quantified, occasionally, people need to be treated as if they matter moreso than their defects.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19623,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Problem Solve PA/Collator,"PS, PA","Good money and benefits, lots of opportunity cause people quit often","Poor communication, high turn over, and managers move often, so no one knows what's going on",Learn to treat your employees as people and learn to communicate,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19624,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Decent employer beware of politics,- Decent benefits that start automatically - Work is not difficult as many falsely believe - VTO when available for select associates - Pay (while not amazing) is still competitive - Overall a better long term job than a career for most,- Politics (site specific) are unavoidable - Promotion system is almost solely based on ability to interview - Inside first year the time off banking system accrues very slowly,More time per biweekly deposite Consider more factors in promoting employees Less bias in delegating work,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19625,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is an excellent place to work,"people are nice, lots to learn, flexible","not fast growing, pay is not good",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19626,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Great place,Money Impact Working on the Front end of Technology,Facilities No free food Work life balance,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19627,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,PTO VTO Benefits Being able to do voluntary overtime if you'd like. Decent schedule only 4 days a week. My area manager was awesome,HR. They do nothing about sexual harassment/harassment in general . Time off task is ridiculous. Some particular managers would write up people for the dumbest things . And expect to have no life.,none,1.0,none,none,none,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19628,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,The convenience from working from home.,"Difficult customers, short breaks and home environment.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19629,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Four day work schedule, benefits",Tap out after 3 years at 15 a hr 10 hr work days,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1184.htm
19630,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager - Sort Center,My site had great leadership in both my AM peers and the senior site leadership.  The position challenges you to grow your leadership skills by gaining the trust of your employees.,"Extreme focus on getting the job done (the operations itself). Not enough time for adhoc operations improvement initiatives unless you come in on off days collect the data/measure the process, set up your idea, test, and prove it. This is a big ask when working 4 12-hr shifts per week that are very draining physically and mentally.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19631,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Team Leader,Operations Team Leader,Great growth potential and the company is constantly growing which allows for movement in different fields within the network.,The salary is not negotiable as much as I tried and research I provided they were not having it. Also the training program doesn't prepare for the new role which leaves you somewhat unprepared when doing your role.,They were very vague on the role and the specifics of my position during my hiring process. I wish there was more transparency on what was involved.,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19632,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Amazon actually cares about its associates. Great place to work,I have no cons to date,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19633,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Sourcing Specialist,Sourcing Specialist,"Great work environment, fast paced, dogs, intelligent and hardworking humans",I do not have any current cons.,Clarity when possible.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19634,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Amazon,"Best thing working at Amazon is the great career growth you will witness, very competitive compensation, challenging work and industry leading technology. You are also surrounded by very talented people and are always learning from them","While Amazon throws a lot of challenges at you that helps you grow, this can impact your work life balance. People who are able to manage and organize their work well, will be successful at Amazon.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19635,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,picker,This job is NOT for lazy people. If you r not afraid to work hard then u will b rewarded. Work 10 hours 4 days a week. Wiyb 3 days off!!!,On my feet all day!!!!,Reward those that are doing most of the work,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19636,amazon,"New York, NY"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Buyer,Buying,"Startup Feel, Fun Environment, Great Company","Long hours, Poor Management, Growth",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19637,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Assurance - Digital Supply Chain,Quality Assurance Engineer 2,Good growth and good ownership overall,Stressful and cant expect work life balance,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19638,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon IQ Associate,"Time off, good bonuses monthly","No promotions, unfair treatment of some people",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19639,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Everything you look for in a company. Just apply and you will see for yourself that this is a super wonderful place to work,"Nothing that stands out to me that is a con, every experience is different from person to person. My experience has been wonderful",Love it. There is nothing to change because this is such a great company that cares about their employees and work life balance,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1185.htm
19640,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Learning Coordinator,Excellent Training ground,"Amazon offers an opportunity to excel in an ever-changing, fast paced environment. Benefits including full medical, dental, vision as well as tuition assistance (95% paid upfront). My experience at Amazon has been noting short of fantastic. I have been able to excel and advance in one of the most competitive environments I have ever known.","If your idea of work-life balance is heavy on the life and light on the work, you probably won't enjoy this atmosphere. 60+ hour work weeks are pretty much the norm form October to January due to high customer demand. There is a huge disparity between salaries paid to exempt vs non-exempt employees.","Spend more time experiencing associate job functions rather than analyzing them. No white paper can accurately predict the challenges and barriers faced daily by hard working, dedicated employees.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19641,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ocqa ambassdor,great environment traninng is perfect good hours breaks,"stress, overtime bad managers minute by minute",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19642,amazon,"Eugene, OR"," Mar 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best work at home positions,Amazon was a great company to work from home for. They offer above minimum wage and have an awesome training team and program (even with all my internet problems starting out) the only reason i no longer work for them is because I chose a different WAH company under the impression of them being a better career in the long run and boy was I so wrong! If you are a mom without much time or you just want to be closer involved in your childs milestones or school. ..working for amazon will be one if the best decisions you make.,I do not have anything negetive to say about this company.,Great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19643,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,order picker,you got to keep a past of 8 seconds or less to a rate of 300 or you are let go,you have to move super fast to make rate can get things wrong,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19644,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Team Lead,Good benefits and well compensated,Poor Work-Life Balance Not used to being on the floor standing for 10-12 hours,Try to accommodate people with different situations and change shift based on need,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19645,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Specialist II,Green Badge,Dog-friendly office Flexible day start/end times Opportunities for a lot of overtime hours,Contractors are treated like second-class citizens Convoluted communication from the top down,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19646,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,Good money four day work week friendly people good overtime it's kinda okay it's not a to of a bad job.,Long hours long hours long hours treat you like it's a slave ship work all day so many hours I mean yeah the pay is straight but you working your tail off for it,Get it together who cares that you can't keep track with those orders. Care about your employees we are the ones who matter the most.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19647,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Vendor Manager II,"Travel, work with smart people",High demands and expectations environment,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19648,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Easy money, pretty easy work.","Rigorous, demanding production goals.",Promote from within.,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19649,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome company,leadership principle Effectiveness. we get things done.,can be sometimes hard to survive i,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1186.htm
19650,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome company,leadership principle Effectiveness. we get things done.,can be sometimes hard to survive i,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19651,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources,Autonomy and Ownership--you get to run a lot of the projects you suggest!,Significant lack of focus on Non-Tech needs. Tech teams get the resources and headcount while non-tech is on the back burner and executing double the numbers...you get burnt out very quickly.,"Managers should lead teams at a 70% focus (30% business related) not the other way around. As a result, no manager actually has time for you and only cares about your deliverables...not you as an individual",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19652,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,Grueling hours and a highly political environment provide a learning experience for those have not experienced the extreme situation at Amazon.,"Frugality of benefits (e.g. expensive food at the cafeteria, expensive parking)",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19653,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Transformational career experience - Amazon Web Services,"Working for AWS has been the highlight of my career thus far. I've spent more than 4 years at the company - with a short break in the middle. So many learning opportunities in this company and opportunities to make a difference at all levels. Despite being a larger company there is plenty of chance to be impactful whether you're in the field, in engineering, or sales and marketing roles. The rate of change in the business has been exponential over these past years and being part of that growth has been eye opening. The company tends to be pretty flat and really live its leadership principles. It's a very common theme for people to think they're just put up on a wall for people to read - but they're not - they really are interwoven into everything that people do. The customer obsession vs. competitor obsession is refreshing to someone like me who has spent a bunch of time in the tech industry. A generally humble company which is always looking to improve and do the right thing for customers. Also like the fact that nothing is beneath people in the company - a stark difference to other companies where ""execs"" are considered unapproachable and aloof. Most approachable group of senior execs I have ever encountered. When I left AWS I missed it intensely and was pleased to return. I think it's a transformational environment and one that changes you and has developed and improved me to a pretty incredible degree. Very lucky to have had a lot of the experiences that I have had.","Delivering and insisting on the highest standards is not for everyone. If you're working on product launches and it becomes crunch time then you are likely to be working harder than a regular 9-5 job. With that said, though, I've got many friends who manage a good work life balance. Some roles make that easier than others so it's worth choosing wisely. Amazon isn't a company that coddles its employees though...so if you want the chef prepared free food, and massages at your desk, then this isn't the place for you. It's also not particularly structured for career development. Both of these things aren't particularly important to me - I roll my eyes a little at the over-the-top perks I see in the valley and the approach to career development here completely suits me - but it requires you to be comfortable being a self-starter and to deal with ambiguity. That's not right for everyone and not what everyone wants.","I think it's worth making more investment in training and development for employees who aren't as much of self-starters. I don't think that means lowering the bar but just recognizing that as the company grows we might need more than one type of person. I also think that particularly in groups like AWS where there's more competition than in other areas it's worth doing more analysis on some fringe benefits. Doesn't mean a cultural change to be ridiculous, but there are small improvements that would likely have larger impacts.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19654,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Terrible empoloyer,"Full time, flexible hours of work","Workplace disarray, poor management, no support for co-workers",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19655,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Decent job,"The training was top notch, benefits were great, and there is plenty of room to grow within the company.","Long hours, a lot of mandatory overtime, and they would hire/let go seasonal employees all throughout the year. I understand to keep up with demand they need to hire more people at some points, but you're always working with new people it seems. Also the management switch roles frequently.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19656,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,picking,Get a chance to lose weight.,You will be tired and need to rest on one of your off days.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19657,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Man,Warehouse Associate,full time hours and good pay,was 4 days instead of 5 days,great job keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19658,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"+ working with the brightest and best minds in the business + operating at a scale not found many other places + focus on customer is key to all decision making, streamlines processes + access to unreal amounts of data to guide business decisions + high % of compensation is stock based, which has yielded strong returns over the life of the company + no ceiling for strong performers + overall compensation is competive",- growing large and more bureaucratic - up to employee to identity and maintain work life balance - perks are not market competitive,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19659,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Investigator,Good exposure to work culture,Shift timings and no flexibility for change,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1187.htm
19660,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros = Cons,You will appreciate every job after Amazon.,You may need therapy during/ after the job.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19661,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Generalist,Learn a lot...,"You will never be challenged as much, move as fast or fail as often as you will here. Commitment to excellence is very high",Recognition is non-existent. Development is non-existent. You feel like a commodity versus worthy of being invested in,Attack the process not the people needs to happen at all levels. Constructive balanced feedback goes a long way,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19662,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Lots of politics, no work-life balance, lots of opportunity","LOTS of opportunity due to high manager turnover. Lots of stock options and great pay during non-peak season Always a project to be worked on, you are never done learning","Politics at Amazon are worse than at any company I have ever worked for. Work-life balance is non- existent Difficult to make changes due to every department even within a building running as an individual company. No holidays off besides Christmas day. No hoilday parties, events, happy hours, or any sort of team bonding. The longer you stay with the company, the more your salary comes from stocks, after 2+ years more than 50% your pay comes from stocks. If there were to be a stock market crash or something were to happen to amazon you will lose half your salary.","Amazon is the most customer focused company in the world, don't forget your employees are also your customers. Let area managers have the option of taking hourly vs. salary. I would have taken hourly because at the end of peak my pay broke down to about $6 an hour...",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19663,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate (Case Receive),"Great Benefits, decent pay. Supervisors, and coworkers are very friendly. They look out for employees","You have a rate you have to meet which is unreasonable. To rise, sleep with HR. Working 10 Hour Shifts is a killer Mandatory Overtime when there is no work sucks too (12 Hours)",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19664,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,short title,ambitious fast pace wide scope,high pressure over time salary,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19665,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Challenging Workplace,Company has some amazing challenges in distributed systems and infrastructure engineering. Managers and teams are friendly but the workplace can get challenging at times.,Facilities are minimal and employer benefits aren't great. Driving to work is a pain exacerbated by the parking situation.,Continue the great work being done in all aspects.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19666,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Designer,Design at Amazon,"Great pay, one of the big fives on the resume to show off.","Amazon does not know design, design processes or even need designers. The engineers and the analytics are apparently the reason as to why its branding, site and apps looks the way they do, while functioning flawlessly.","Do not hire top designers promising them a land of opportunity, when your own MBAs and browning can't even lead get design as a subject matter.",1.0,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19667,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Challenging.. absolutely challenging.,"From my experience at other large tech companies, I'd say that Amazon stands out as being challenging. At other tech companies, you may have more vacation days. At other tech companies, you may have more perks. What you are unlikely to have at another tech company is a role which allows you to stretch yourself to the limits.  I've repeatedly heard and agree that at Amazon, you'll have a role similar in scope to a role occupied by 6 people at Microsoft (for example). You'll have to drop 80% more things on the ground to be able to stay sane considering any reasonable person would say a team should do the job you're doing solo.  On the other hand, this means that assuming you are (or become) great at time management, you get to have influence over a significantly larger portion of the company than you could otherwise.  I'd also say that Amazon is significantly more excited at getting into every type of business imaginable. We have an extremely active process for any good idea which can lead to ""Sure, we'll fund that new business"". Take all the AWS services for example. This is much more true than was my experience at Facebook or Microsoft, where it was significantly less likely to move forward.  I also feel you have a great amount of control at Amazon over your personal work experience. Some people work 12 hour days, always say ""yes"" when new work comes up, and they're surprised when they end up burnt out. Others can work consistent 8 hour days, still move their careers ahead, yet have learned those crucial prioritization/""no"" skills. Working from home, working odd hours, doing internal extra-curricular activities/projects.. all within the control of someone who's excited to be involved and do things.  Career growth is only limited to your own abilities. I've seen over the years some great people rocket upwards in the company, always being stretched by their management chain because they've proven capable of taking on more. I love that Amazon is growing so much (across so many types of businesses) that it is up to an individual to decide how/where/when they'll grow their career.","I would say the most clear downside is that Amazon is brutal to someone who can't manage their own time. That's the most common situation I've seen where someone didn't do well at Amazon. Saying ""no"", prioritizing and dropping things on the floor when needed is a crucial skill. As I mentioned in my pro section, we often have 1 person doing the job a whole team really should be doing. So you're going to have to figure out how to accomplish the bare minimum frequently to avoid being a total failure, while looking successful, while trying to hire more people for your team :) If you have no interest in building a great career, and want to just relax in your job, it's unlikely you'll be successful here.  I'd also say that due to the quick growth, management can be inconsistent. I've seen failures where people didn't take enough control over their careers, and sat working for a poor manager for too long. Amazon doesn't have a ton of parachutes for people who don't actively manage their careers. ""I wonder why I haven't been promoted in the last 4 years"" is viewed as a personal failure at Amazon, not necessarily a management failure. So again, people are expected to self-drive. Find exciting roles, find good managers, you can't sit and wait at Amazon for opportunities to come to you, because things are too chaotic for that to happen :)  Finally, frugality can end up in ""frupidity"" land at times. Amazon will build beautiful new buildings (like the new Doppler building downtown), but then some teams will ask for donations to buy beers for a team event. It's baffling how some teams take frugality to such a stupid level. Overall it's a great thing to be frugal, it builds efficiency into the company as a whole, but it can be painful when some leaders end up taking it too far.","Keep flexibility in Amazon policies, and look for improvements. As Amazon has grown, it feels like it is harder at times to make changes than it was 10 years ago. HR policies should never be set in stone, so being willing to look / change them is critical.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19668,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Well run, extremely talented leadership, crazy work hours","The values by which Amazon runs are simple yet powerful. The culture of ""Always focus on the inputs"" and ""innovation"" is what makes Amazon innovate year after year. It is worth spending a few years at Amazon to understand and learn this culture.  Scale is mind boggling. Definitely a learning experience.  People are extremely talented and smart. Lots to learn from colleagues.",Prepare to work for 70 hours a week. Its hectic but worth it because you learn so much.,Do not compromise on hiring standards. Easy to do as company becomes larger.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19669,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Transportation Coordinator,Best in the biz,High career ceiling. They'll keep you moving up if you have the right drive,"Physical labor. Long days, 4 days a week doing grunt work, but it is so worth it!",Look to the bottom level. There are many great leaders waiting for opportunity,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1188.htm
19670,amazon,"Cayce, SC"," Mar 27, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Ship Clerk,Outbound Shipping Clerk,"Interesting, Fast Paced environment that will push you. Benefits.","Short breaks (although as a Ship Clerk I didn't really have time to take any), No support from HR or leadership, Pay was not enough compensation considering the responsibilities of the job.","The company as a whole needs to become more employee oriented. Staring salary is ok but should have bigger raises in assistant management, and similar, roles",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19671,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,"steady paycheck biweekly, and a lot of mandatory overtime","overworked and underpaid, worked by rate of output system with a continual drive to increase rate without comparable rate increase in pay.",once 36 month employment has been accomplished the need for annual cost of living must be provided to keep employees interested in continued desire to be employees.,2.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19672,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Up to You,- You will learn a lot and grow your career quickly.  - Always opportunities to take on new responsibility  - A lot of smart people to be working with.,"- It really is up to who you work with and who your manager is that determines if you have a good time here.  - Things move fast and they expect you to pick things up very quickly. If that's not you, then this work environment isn't for you.","The process of reviewing employees is ridiculous and time consuming. You don't need other people in other departments telling you how someone is doing. Also, open up communications between employees outside of chat systems. Happy hours are just short times where people go to get free food and then go back to their desk.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19673,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Network Technician,Don't go Data Center or Networking,Your experience may vary.,Everyone on this spectrum of Amazon seems to be unhappy.,Don't hire people for what they know and then ignore their opinion because you think you know better. That's why plans fail when you don't know what you're doing.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19674,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Great benefits from the beginning,Lack of communication within department,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19675,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,fufillment associate,Take time off when you need and have hours to. Pay isn't bad for the work done. 4 day work schedule Overtime available,Managers are inexperienced Hr seems very indifferent to your issues Some job functions are easier and slower than others Micromanaging,Please communicate with each other so that we don't get different answers and all managers are o the same page.,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19676,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,"Pays great, Depending on your team you will love or hate","Nice office, dogs in the office, compensation is very competitive, very smart people working there","Culture is brutal, I have been on good teams and on bad teams at Amazon, if you have a bad manager or bad people on your team you will be miserable.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19677,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packing,Great pay and good benefits,Terrible hours and environment is not a fun place to work,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19678,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A little like High School.,Paid every week-Always work available.,No life outside of work- Harassment is not taken seriously.,"Workers should be treated with respect, not as objects.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19679,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,sde1,"talented colleagues, good benefits, nice working environment","work overtime, hard to get improved",...........................,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1189.htm
19680,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker packer,"Good work environment, great safety procedures, good pay and benefits",Wish breaks were a little longer being that it takes 5 minutes to get out the door because the warehouse is large,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19681,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,VCC-Work From Home Customer Service Associate,"-Friendly managers and staff -Hourly pay is good, with possibilities for overtime during peak season -UPT/Vacation/and UPT -Working from home has been the biggest benefit","-Employee discount is limited -Some policies are very strict -Since it is a Work from home job, the HR department can hard to get a hold of and track down for HR related issues.","Continue the great coaching development, however please improve the training process",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19682,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - California,Hardware Engineer,good company to work for,benefit is not in the top of the business at such size,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19683,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Potential buried by,"*If you are on the right team, you have so much room for growth and advancement. *You get to see the inside of how amazing things are built *Decent benefits and pay, they even recently added parental leave for both parents.","*If you are on the wrong team, your only hope is lateral transfers, and those depend on the good graces of your own manager. *If your manager dislikes you or treats you unfairly, there is no recourse whatsoever unless you have friends in high places. Senior management is too busy to care and HR may as well be useless. *Your performance is not judged by how hard you work or how well you do things, but by whatever your manager feels like. If you have a good manager, that's great! If you don't, see above. *Institutional problems are your problem. If your team can't/won't hire enough people, it's your fault if you didn't work 80 hours instead of 60 to fill in. If your manager or teammate or peer in another group creates problems for you, it's your fault you didn't work around them. Blame will be pushed downwards on all things as managers scramble to look good.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19684,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be prepared,"Day shift managers are understanding and care about the well being of their lower tiered employees. If there is any malfunction in equipment or hazardous situation in the building, they will quickly shut down that area and deal with the issue.","Higher tiered employees have a convoluted sense of self and tend to look down on others working lower positions. Night shift managers tend to treat individuals like peasants, they care less if you are ill or not and do not clear out the building during a fire hazard or equipment issue.","Listen to all of your employees, numbers cannot be met if employees are being treated unfairly",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19685,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great way to make money and lose weight as a picker,lost 50 lbs in 3 months,"repediative work , 10 hour days",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19686,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Customer Service,Great way to make money during the peak season.,"After peak season is over & you're extremely exhausted, in addition to not making a conversion to a blue badge, you still have to jump through hurdles & reports & constant switching of teams and/or managers. There is really no balance between personal & work life.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19687,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,work you to death,none that i can recall,management is clueless and need to learn communication,communication,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19688,amazon,"Maysville, KY"," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Green Tokai,Amazon,Amazing people an great opportunities,Nothing is wrong with the place great people great work to keep you busy,Love you all do amazing job,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19689,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good enough,"Fair place, reasonable hours, chances for professional growth","There is a definite ceiling to how far you can go, the raises tier needs work, peak season is always a rough time for your personal life",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1190.htm
19690,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Amazon,Very decent pay for young workers,Disciplinary and time system sucks,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19691,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,Good place to work and learn alot.,I didn't have any thing to say.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19692,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Content Manager,Fast paced and fun,"High-profile company filled with extremely smart people, driven to solve problems, large teams and tons of fun in Seattle","High demand to meet data-driven goals that aren't always realistic, quick turn over, not great leadership",Train your managers better and build a system to fill in when managers might create a bad experience,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19693,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Interview,You negotiate your pay and stock options. Opportunity to grown within,"Night shifts are under appreciated. Unalble to reprimand temp employees, must call temp agency rep.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19694,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Packaging Engineer,Package sorter,Working as a team being around people having fingering paid every week,Not enough hour need to be more cooler in the building,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19695,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Overnight),Sweatshop,It's easy to get hired. They don't discriminate. Will hire anyone with high school diploma. The pay is biweekly and it is always on time. A few paid hours and vacation hours if fulltime employee.,The work is tough. You are on your feet for 10 hours straight packing products or running through the mile long warehouses looking for products stored randomly. I was mostly packing. If you don't pack 75 boxes an hour you will be fired. Only older employees know how to meet this rate by packing little products like sprays. The managers assign their favorite people to choice spots where they can achieve the rate. You the newbie with no manager friend will pack the huge products and despite sweating you will pack 50 boxes. You will be issued with written warnings and fired or you will quit to avoid being fired. During the first month your body will ache like crazy and by the end of the shift you will crawl out of the warehouse wanting to die. Your feet will blister and your back will ache. But you will keep going because Amazon on your resume looks good. Management only talks to you when correcting you or telling you to hurry up because packages are about to be late. No appreciation ever. You are just 1 of 3000 workers in the warehouse. Sweatshops do exist in America. Amazon is the perfect example.,Stop favouritism. Listen to your employees and treat them like people. Appreciation goes a long way.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19696,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Tier 3 Associate,"Of the Company - Decent benefits, Stable Company, Education Reimbursement (but only for Associates Degree or Training Program ?) ( NOT SURE IF ITS WORTH IT THOUGH!)",Where do you start ...... Very bad Company to work for !,Quite and let someone who knows what they' re doing give it a try !,1.0,none,none,1.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19697,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 4, 2016",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Manager,"Very results driven culture where you see see your impact  Work with bright people, very easy for internal transfer, which opens up many opportunities such a big, and fast growing company can offer.  Stock price ever increasing so compensation has been competitive.  Strong, recognized experience if you look for a job change","fast paced environment, the pressure to perform, and always perform is across the company hierarchy,  little work-life balance unless you are very lucky to get a compassionate boss,  Time-off benefits, like maternity leave or holidays, are nothing more than just meeting laws.","Recommend Management to put more focus on coaching and training for employees, especially new employees.  Improve family related benefits and foster better work-life balance.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19698,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,hostile work environment,making your own schedule is great,getting fired for telling customers what they tell you to tell them,do away with hmd surveys,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19699,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse work,Decent warehouse job for the area. Nothing is that difficult and the pay is ok. I got along with co workers easily. overtime is a possibility.,The job entails a lot of physical movement and exercision. This along with long shifts can take a toll on your body.,More respect could be paid to the employees.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1191.htm
19700,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Area Manager,Amazon does not care about its managers,A very innovative company. Quick to make changes and a fast paced environement,"No work life balance. No job security. Very cut throat. No positive encouragement or acknowledgement. If you do well, no one will say anything. If you do poorly, you will be yelled at in an unprofessional manner. HR does not care about managers. This company is only concerned with the appearance of associates experiences.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19701,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great but intense place to work,Most amazing and innovative company on the planet,High expectations and intense workload,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19702,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,ehhh,"Paid time off, unpaid time off, vacation time, and good benefits. Plus you get a bonus every other check so that's a plus.","A lot of favoritism, don't expect to move up Unless you kissing someone's butt. Ridiculous rate that is impossible to reach. The give out write ups like there giving out free cash. Managers there suck",No advice to management because they know how they treat their worker. They don't care what so ever. They treat their workers like slaves and are proud of it,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19703,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great at cloud computing,"The future of cloud computing, amazing resources, and a huge sandbox. Very flexible work schedules too","Culturally, I didn't feel like I fit in. There wasn't a lot of collegiality, eating lunch together, or spending time together",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19704,amazon,"Sturtevant, WI"," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT- Equipment Coordinator/ Warehouse,This is a company that is great to work for. They are constantly challenging you to perform and finding different ways to stay motivated. They treat every day as a new challenge.,Pushing people to their limits on speed for numbers has its downside. People get fatigued and frustrated when pushed in this fashion.,There is a need to look at more than numbers. Speed can be too focused and breeds errors. There needs to be a well rounded look at production.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19705,amazon,"Swedesboro, NJ"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Sort Center Employee,Great Part Time Work,"Easy to work with schedule, Friendly Managers, Relatively Stress Free Work Load, Offer A Great Deal Of Perks To Employees During Thee Holiday Season.","Would Love It If they Offered More Hours To Employees That Were Willing And Able To Work Them, Other Than That No Complaints.",Keep On Keeping On,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19706,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Opportunities,"great experience, good opportunities to grow with the company","could work any hours, long hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19707,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst intern,learned a lot and nice work experience,Did not feel anything about downsides.,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19708,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Trainer,Amazon,"opportunity ,insight, data, training, guidance","parking, perception, rate, labor hours",Have Fun!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19709,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I could learn a lot,"A is a Quick company, I could learn a lot, there are quite a lot charming products.","Sometimes the work-life balance is not that good, the company is too huge.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1192.htm
19710,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,I have no comment on this job,This job was horrible management doesn't care about employees,don't treat employees like disposable meat bags,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19711,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Dev manager,"Worked here for 9+ years. In my past 9 years, I worked on various large scale systems like building a cloud based call center solution, warehouse automation and optimization and even solving travelling salesman problem at logistics. If you are really into computer science and building system that scales, Amazon has a lot of opportunities","Work life balance varies by organization. In most of the orgs I was in, work life balance was okay, not as bad as others claim to be.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19712,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,No Balance amongst the Chaos,"I was an SDE I at amazon for 1.5 years. The projects are at amazon scale, and the resources exist to tackle any problem. There are many smart engineers who bring valuable industry experience to their designs and feedback. Generally meetings were productive. Career advancement opportunities exist if you are proactive about finding them.","Those who succeed at amazon have a poor work/life balance. It's a joke amongst the engineers that you can't work at amazon and have a life, and it stopped being funny when I realized it is true. Projects are chaotic and requirements are always in flux, making maintainable code impossible unless you are willing to put in the extra effort to stay on top of everything.  I witnessed several accounts of career growth being squelched because of the chaotic culture. Several colleagues of mine were not given well-deserved promotions because either (1) they had been re-org'd and denied the opportunity to complete a design project or (2) people come and go so often that someone with valuable feedback might be gone before they give input.",Sr Management: make an effort to stay engaged with engineering. Don't just be the personality behind the curtain.  Management: Don't facilitate chaos. Respect feedback from engineers and the boundaries of your and other team's ownership. Stay engaged with daily standup and long-term projects. Spend more time with your families.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19713,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Fullfilment,Management was very unorganized.,"You get lots of overtime opportunities, Amazon gives all full time employees two shares of stock, and you only work a four day work week, you get a 25 cent raise every 6 months up to $1.50 from salary in which you started","Irrational micro-management techniques, area managers are disconnected with employees, employees are over worked due to Hr not wanting to hire more employees to do work load, mandatory overtime is called alot due to not enough work labor, work is very hard a intensive labor","Look at the whole picture, numbers is just a tiny piece of the puzzle to running a business successfully. It's important that we have enough employees to be able to do each job efficiently. Anytime we try and do a job with a skeleton crew it increases the number of mistakes made and the amount of time it takes to get orders out. It also makes employees very tired and very upset because no aknowledgement is ever given. Area managers also need to take the time to meet each and every one of their employees. All management needs to be trained on professionalism. Also management and HR needs to be on the same page when it comes to processes and procedures.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19714,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sucky management,Consistent hours and great people to work with,Incompetent management who didn't know how to talk to people,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19715,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Personal Life vs. Work Life,"The money is decent, especially around peak season.",It is hard to balance work and personal life. Ten hour shifts four days out of the week!,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19716,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - TPM,Technical Program Manager,Super smart people around almost in every team,management kind of encourages disrespect/unfriendly culture among employees.,People produce great results when they are in positive environment,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19717,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Director,AWS Sales,Phenomenal growth for a cutting edge industry leader should mean uncapped career potential.,"Senior and executive management create almost a hostile work environment. They don't appreciate the feedback and insight that their employees can offer and command to just get it done. There is very little teaming across levels. The ""just get it done"" without coaching provides an environment high on anxiety and low in inspiration.","Seize the moment. This should be one of the most exciting places to work. You hire highly intelligent people with diverse backgrounds with a lot to offer. Stop smothering them with your short sited demands and tap into their experience. Step back a bit and let them do their jobs and raise the bar which is what you hired them to do. Hiring great people but dictating that everything be done your way just keeps things the same and makes what should be a vibrant organization stale. Some of them should also be humble enough to recognize when the company has outgrown them. Some have been there for years and the business is now 5x what it was when they started and they aren't equipped to effectively lead a business of that size, especially the sales leader for the largest team in their worldwide business.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19718,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,"Great benefits, competitive pay, manage your own time off, earn rewards, overtime, clean bathrooms and cafeterias, college reimbursement, security, employee stock options, 4 day work shifts","10 hour shifts on your feet, half hour lunch",Employees who work hard and want to lead should be rewarded with the opportunity for lead positions . Hard working employees who have been established longer should have priority.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19719,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Great Company to Work for,Great benefits. Amazing attendance policy and lots of paid time off and vacation time available as soon as you start.,"I work at one of their fulfillment centers, and it is very hard work. That is, if you are a hard worker. It seems like the lazy people get to stick to the easier jobs. However, I'm sure their jobs are less secure.",Allow for more rotation of employees from task to task by more thoroughly training each employee. If an employee cannot perform certain tasks they should not be working there.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1193.htm
19720,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AFE Associate,Great Pay Friendly coworkers company benefits mandatory overtime during holidays,favoritism mandatory overtime during holidays (it comes with additional pay),none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19721,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lacks benefit as part time,"Even though it was work-at-home job, you will have a lot of time interacting with leadership team (meetings, chats, etc,.) It was fun experience.","salaries (Minimum wage), benefits (10% off, capped to $100 per calendar year) as part time employee. expect to get non-stop calls. it's pretty slow during holidays.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19722,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Position pays more than most retail jobs. You learn several areas of warehousing such as receiving pallets, stowing merchandise and bin counts.",If you're use to office jobs this isn't the job for you. You are constantly being evaluated for productivity.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19723,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process assistant,"Fast-paced environment. Customer obsession is number 1 Great opportunity to do on your own and build processes, implement changes, etc Competitive salary for skills required",Disorganized management  Too many college kids-turned managers with no prior work experience in leasership roles.  Ratio for internal promotion to outside hires (college grads) is slim,"Do not hire so many college grads with no experience, terrible people skills, etc.  Improve ration of internal promos vs exterbal hires from 10% to 50-60% there are alot more hourly leaders that would exceed expectations in these roles than you think",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19724,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,VCC Representative,Flexible hours and an employee discount.,No benefits. The shifts could be weird at times.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19725,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Fullfullment Associate,Fullfillment Associate,"Time off is abundant. 48 hours Paid time, 8 days Unpaid time, Vac 1st yr - 1 week, 2nd yr - 2wks","You run out of time, you run out of a job. But this seems fair and leaves you in charge of your time and life",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19726,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Associate,Amazon Fulfillment center,I worked at the Local fulfillment center in Tampa as a seasonal hire. You'll be working 5x11 shifts so be prepared for that. Use your sick days wisely. It must be said that all of the managers i met were very nice and understanding.,During the orientations we were told their would be many opportunities for promotion from seasonal to full-time employment. Nobody on my floor managed to pull that off.,WE NEED MORE BATHROOMS. There are not enough to go around. The food in the vending machines suck,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19727,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Glad I no longer work there.,"They offer good benefits from day one. The wages are decent. Plenty of perks offered throughout the year. They do offer vacation, personal time and also unpaid time off.","I was mislead from day one. When they offered me the job they said there would be no problem giving my previous employer 2 weeks notice, this was not true. Most managers are rude. The work/home life balance is terrible. HR is a joke. Favoritism is a major problem. Amazon is where good work ethic goes to die.",Listen to the ideas from the people who actually do the job. Treat your employees with respect and they will actually work harder for you.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19728,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Good place to start your career!,You get to learn a lot in Amazon.,"None. I am learning everyday,. Nothing to complain about.",I have had almost 5 manager changes during my 1 year psan here.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19729,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Mar 3, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Work at home CSA,"Work from home, benefits, PTO, Sick Time.",Metrics are not fair. Could do better.,Metrics don't show the whole picture.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1194.htm
19730,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Assistant,"Motivating, intelligent, team, ahead, the best",challenging hard work that takes time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19731,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,Free coffee and hot cocoa.I was paid seventeen dollars an hour during the holidays,I worked twelve hour shifts and walked over twenty miles in order to make my quota.During the holidays you worked over sixty hours a week.My body could not handle it.,Shorter shifts and air conditioning during the summer.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19732,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,"Great company, good technology exposure, good ownership model and usually the teammates are smart and nice and projects are impactful.","Be careful on team selection, some teams have ridiculous support responsibility where as a developer you cannot really build much","New hire onboarding and training process should be improved, review process is heavy weight and not have good enough visiblity",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19733,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Sort Center,Not fun,"Meeting new people, pay is ok","Bad management, weekly pay, low hours, favoritism, no motivation, little breaks",Stop playing favorites and give everyone a chance to work on different departments around the facility. Need more motivation during stand-up especially for morning shifts.,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19734,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2016","Current Employee - Manager, Marketing",Rewarding but not for everyone,Rewarding work environment that pushes you to learn and grow quickly.,Sink or swim mentality that doesn't value people development as much as it should.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19735,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics Manager,fast growing company with a lot of potential,there is much ambiguity among the team,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19736,amazon,"Phila, PA"," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Independent Contractor In Marketing,Independent Contractor...Plenty of work...Ok Pay,As much or as little work as you want. You can make your own hours.,Depending on how long the Project takes you can make less the minimum wage.,Take into account all the time it takes your contractors to do projects. Pay them a fair wage.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19737,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,The growth of the company provides dozens of opportunities if you're in a function that directly impacts customers.,Inefficient processes that burn out talented resources.,Find ways to balance innovation and non-value added tasks.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19738,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,3rd Party Book Selling,Easy to do with a bit of a learning curve in order to make money. Items sell by themselves as opposed to a brick and mortar presence.,"Amazon is highly buyer-centric and not as supportive of its sellers. You have to follow their selling guidelines to a ""t"" to maintain a presence on their site.","Think about your sellers more, I believe some shady things are done by sellers to get around Amazon rules that would not happen if Amazon was MORE supportive of its sellers.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19739,amazon,"McKinney, TX"," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,Terrible Place to Work if you have a family.,Smart people and cutting edge practices.,"They do not care about your life outside of work. They prefer you if don't have a spouse, children or own a home. Its considered baggage.",Stop abusing your employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1195.htm
19740,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Working for Amazon Operations has been a highly rewarding experience and this career has been like no other.,"Challenging work environment, huge opportunity for growth, competitive pay, and great benefits. If you like seeing results and being recognized as the worldwide leader in operations, supply chain mgmt, and working for a Fortune 50 company like Amazon, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.","Because working for Amazon Operations is a very results driven and rapidly changing career, the stressful work environment might not be for everyone. Each fulfillment center however has strong leadership in place and encourages obtaining help from peers if struggling with projects or change.",More positive feedback and encouragement for lower level/frontline managers. This goes hand in hand with having more visibility among all shifts and being readily available.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19741,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,"I love the intensity, dedication, and energy we all had to put in to make sure every family got what they needed. It has been the most rewarding job I have ever had. It made me feel good when we got done with shipping out all of our orders and breaking records.","There isn't anything I didn't like about my job, the people around me, or the facility. It was an all around great expirence.","Keep pushing everyone harder and harder everyday to set records. It's a great feeling for you and your coworkers. Also, rewarding them, especially during peak season, is a wonderful idea.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19742,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - SDE-III,Disappointed & Worried,Incredible employees who work very hard no less than 7 days a week. There's always someone willing to support and help you on a project and to challenge you and push you to be better.  Free pizza and beer on Fridays and coffee,"I've been here for 8 months and I haven't had a day off. There isn't great work-life balance and you CAN'T say it out loud otherwise you are openly chastised by leadership. I overheard a leader say that ""you've gotta work 6-7 days a week otherwise you can't be promoted"" I moved my family across the country for what I thought was an incredible opportunity only to not see them.  That New York Times article was mostly accurate. I don't see people crying but they're tired, miss their families and their lives. It's interesting that we recently received an award for being a great place to work. It's blatantly to obvious they are trying to improve their image in the wake of the article last summer.  It's obvious that Amazon doesn't care about its people beyond the long hours. You only get 6 holidays and 2 weeks of vacation when you start. You get 5 ""personal"" days in lieu of sick time. The 401k is awful, I'm going to lose out on saving for retirement by working here and the medical benefits are average at best. One of their principals is frugality and that extends to how they treat their greatest asset that brings them their bonuses and profits-their people.  If you're considering Amazon, consider a company instead that actually cares about you as a person. I'm stuck here now for another long year because of my relo agreement but I plan on leaving right after that's over.","Actually care about your employees---I don't need free pizza, I need work life balance so that I can see my family. If showed that you cared I would probably work hard without you even asking. Treat your employees like they were your customers.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19743,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 20, 2016",Former Employee - Stow Water Spider,Not what I expected,Meet alot of nice people Give aways during peak season,Very numbers based now Very short breaks Standing on your feet all day in the same spot Etc,Try to do the jobs of the associates for a full week and try to hit your numbers so you can see its not always that easy.,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19744,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Company with a lot of opportunities,The Amazon environment is ever changing and you'll have a lot of opportunity to own many aspects of the business.,To thrive you have to be comfortable with uncertainty. Teams are constantly rotating and your job function will constantly evolve.,Create a better support network for i boarding new team members,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19745,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Sfa,Good rotation program after mba school. Some group may be demanding but you have lots to learn and improve.,"Demanding environment, and fast changing. Benefits not very well. Not many holiday",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19746,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Data Engineer II,Lots of opportunities for lateral movement.,Not a lot of opportunity for growth. Little or no experience with new technologies.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19747,amazon,"Naples, FL"," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - Work At Home Customer Service Representative,Run!,You get to work at home and set your own hours. Also you do get health benefits after 90 days. And there is an employee discount of 10%. Not very much though.,You get to keep your job if all the customer surveys are good. This is an impossible task. There is no way a customer service rep is able to make every customer happy. Also the lead monitors are horrible! Stephanie was mine and she was critical about every little thing! She would criticize me all day long in a mean and angry tone. It made working at Amazon a miserable experience. I do not recommend anyone to work there. Everyone goes in with a positive attitude that they are strong and can take the criticism and improve themselves but eventually they wear you down where you don't even want to be there anymore. I saw my whole team get picked off one by one. If it happened to them it will happen to you too. Run! Find a company that wants to keep and retain people not get rid of them. Believe the reviews when you read them and also the news reports.,"Hire mature, happy, kind and compassionate leads. My lead Stephanie was very intelligent but lacked mature wisdom. The words and tone that came out of her mouth I would not say to my worst enemy. Also raise the pay scale when a rep goes from a P1 to a P2. Also support your reps when they are handed a bad customer. It happens all the time. Treat your employees wth care and respect. Hire all age groups not just 20 & 30 year olds for leads. Also the lack of patience during my training class was appalling! The trainers were very rude and impatient w their students. Overly eager to hand out warnings. Is it too much to ask for the trainers and lead to be respectful and kind? It seems like they have been doing their particular job for a long time and have no patience left for all the new people that come in. My advice to management is just be nice.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19748,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Building the future one customer at a time,Amazon is a customer centric organization that is focused on exceeding the needs of its customers. Employees have the opportunity to develop products and services in an org that rewards innovation and bar raising performances.,Much has been written about the corporate culture of Amazon. Some things not so favorable. Each employee has their own unique experience and so I can not speak on someone else's experience. But I found it to be a great environment to thrive and develop in a fast paced org!,Love the fact that Amazon invests in development and is willing to pursue new initiatives. Staying nimble and pivoting quickly has contributed greatly to the success of the org.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19749,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Control Systems Specialist,Great place to work and Awesome team of Techs!!,"cohesiveness of the teams, good managers and strong work ethics of all Facilities Techs","Operations team creates a lot of issues that could be avoided, creates work for us that is time wasted, should be spent improving and developing equipment and processes to make the facilities more profitable.",Go Big or Go home!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1196.htm
19750,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Pay, Benefits, PTO, VTO, 4 days on 3 days off","Went through several different sets of management, HR needs vast improvement",none,3.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19751,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Retail Store Manager,Great Company,they truly care about their employees.,Not many full time positions,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19752,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pros outweigh the cons - satisfied overall,- steady work - 4 days a week FT 3 days off - good medical benefits - monthly production and attendance bonuses - advance from the inside - lots of small things that make this place unique + always expanding and evolving as a company,- mundane work 10 hours a day over and over - lots of negative talk you want to stay away from,- continue to try your best at keeping things positive. music. bad jokes. success stories. or sometimes just a plain smile.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19753,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,"Big company, famous company, can learn lots of things to improve myself","Manager level is tough and rude, no management skills at all. not good for life and work balance. get phone call at 3:00am of midnight, lower pay, cheap company","get more client, make more money, have a big version for IT industry",5.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19754,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"They hire smart, and they pay for hard work",Say yes to every task and you'll burn out quick.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19755,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Extremely physical.,"They take employee safety very seriously and I both enjoyed and appreciated the stretching warm-ups we would take on breaks and before shifts. There's a nice sense of camaraderie. The pay is great, including the over-time.","Your body will ache for the first month. They require you to meet quotas almost down to the second and track periods of inactivity including if you were looking for the requested item, trying to get a problem solved with a problem-solver, or performing other job requirements.",It would be awesome to see upper management out there performing some of the incredibly physically-demanding tasks once in a while so that they might understand a little further how to keep employees motivated and how to deal with keeping new employees' moral up.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19756,amazon,"New York, NY"," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse/Personal Shopper Associate,Decent entry level job,"Most managers are nice and helpful, Since company mostly offers entry level part time positions, employees have a god work/life balance. Every day is a little different and there is always something to do. The facilities are pretty clean overall.","HR employees are rarely on site, for assistance, Management and HR don't seem too communicate enough, employees status get lost in the shuffle as a result of this, The company isn't honest enough with employees about new openings within company, Trusted and dependable employees with most tenure aren't suggested for any middle management positions in the company.","Communicate more with the HR department, and leave HR issues with employees to HR. Be more honest with employees and you will gain more trust and improved workflow.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19757,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,It is a very large and organized company to work for.,should increase salary due to the work load.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19758,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate / Process Guide,"Medical benefits were very nice , 80 hours of Unpaid time a year , up to 160 hours vacation ( 1.6 hours a paycheck-biweekly) ,40 hours of Paid time a year .Great core values for progression , Amazing co-workers, Causal dress code, Stocks . Voluntary Time Off","Communication is utterly horrible , 50 /50 they will work around college schedule I was denied while others were passed, Hour's were deducted from my UPT , PTO with no knowledge of how , must keep track of your own time and pay stubs because several occasions I found mine were off, Peak season is very very stressful hours will be 50-60 hours a week sometimes up to 65 , Mandatory overtime can be called in a heartbeat which causes really poor work life balance , only 30 minute lunch","More time clocks/ especially during peak season , Longer lunch breaks, Better communication with Mandatory over time and College Scedules",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19759,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,TPM,Lots of opportunity to move internally,Some desk crying. But manageable,What's with the 401k match?,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1197.htm
19760,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Category Manager,Procurement Category Manager,Exciting place to work Some great managers Some good opportunities Stock Healthcare,Long Hours Some Managers are not People Managers To man approvals required Need batter incentives to keep hold off staff Head Count turnover is way too high,Give good incentives to staff or you will keep losing staff,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19761,amazon,"Palmetto, GA"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Great Company, Great HR, Great Management",NO Cons with this company,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19762,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very cool company,The work hours is very cool,Some times e have to use extra time to work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19763,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Work hard and you will be rewarded,"If you work hard, don't take Unpaid Time (yes they give you unpaid time) you will get your hourly wage plus a bonus of at least 4% EVERY MONTH. For me, that is an extra $75 a month...just for showing up to work and not taking UPT.","NOT A CON...BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK SO....Its a warehouse job...yes you have to stand, yes you will be tired. These are not cons. Its called work. You should know before starting your first day that you have to earn your money.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19764,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Mod Captain,Pros and Cons of Amazon,"Healthcare, Dental and Vision Insurance is the best I have ever had in 40 years of working with numerous companies that provided insurance. Amazon provides the lowest cost for family insurance that I know of.","Daily adjustments to employee activities are the biggest factor that affects the facility. If the employees stayed focused instead of sitting in the mods and talking and not getting their assignments completed, there would be a lot better production and a better chance of meeting the daily goals that they are are assigned.","The Management Team needs to be much more involved and walk in the mods to observe employee activity hourly eery day of the week. If they did that, the employees would be much more involved and productive.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19765,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Prime Now Launch Manager,Everyone I met was unhappy,Opportunities to get what you want out of your career.,No matter what level you are you're so stressed the money isn't worth it. People on all levels feel stuck. People are so stressed out their quality suffers in all areas of work and life. The men on all levels will make advancements or call you names for not responding in a flirtatious manner. Then men on the traveling launch teams are looking to date the trainers while away from home. HR was less than helpful. People are exhausted physically and mentally.,Allow associates to skip a level when it comes to promotions. Switch to eight hour days. Help HR take sexual harassment seriously.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19766,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for the resume building material,"Looks great on your resume, conversation topic for future interviews. Great for people just starting out on their careers","pay is lacking, benefits do not make up for it. Poor management and oversight techniques.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19767,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,Inbound Stow,Very easy work to do,Long hours if you work overnight,Good job keep up the good work,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19768,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Manager,"Customer Obsession, Innovation, Ownership, and Talent Development","Amazon provides divers unique opportunities for personal and career growth, networking capabilities, travel, and learning & development.","Politics can get in the way of accomplishment in certain functions, and the silo effect can lead to competition for resources and priority.","Find the talent, empower them with tools and resources, communicate with them and remain transparent, and model the Leadership Principles.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19769,amazon,"Monroeville, NJ"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Working in a climate controlled environment, casual dress code. Large break room with TVs and vending machines. Lots of open communication between management and regular employees daily",Flex hours schedules allows for 3-5 hr shifts depending on volume. Be prepared to buy comfortable walking shoes.  Get hired through Amazon itself. Using a staffing company lowers base pay and limits opportunities,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1198.htm
19770,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Work,The pros at Amazon are that you will never find yourself bored and wondering what you could be doing. The work is always plentiful and provides challenges to work through.,Some metrics you get rated on are outside of your control. You still need to find solutions to those uncontrolled outcomes by creating new solutions to increase your culture of safety.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19771,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Supervisor,Great place to work!,"I really enjoyed working at due to the fact that I enjoy working more then 8 hours, I liked my job and the employees, there are two shifts: morning and evening, so you can pick according to your flexibility!","Management needs to pay attention all the workers equally, co-workers were friendly but managers sometimes get rude.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19772,amazon,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happiest I've been,Awesome place that is doing some incredible things. I love working here. Work hard have fun and make history is really what they ask of you.,None. Work is work. Every job is going to ask you to work hard and I love that this is a value here. It's important.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19773,amazon,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make History,"Everyone is working on things that matter to customers. Amazon thinks about the long term, when things go wrong or are unsuccessful, we mine the experience for lessons to be learned and move forward. Amazon recognizes that failure is inevitable, it rewards individuals that learn quickly and iterate from failure.","There are always more interesting things to do than hours in the day, and Amazon will take as much time as you give. You have to be willing to set and enforce your own limits to maintain work/life balance. That means saying 'no' to things that seem super interesting.","Stay competitive on base pay, total compensation is good but cash compensation is in danger of becoming a headwind.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19774,amazon,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a Problem,"Great team, great pay, great hours (always 40 or less), and nice to be around so many smart people.","Not every team is equal, some have it really rough, but a lot don't.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19775,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is the best company that I have worked for!,"Flexible Hours - I can start my day when ever I want. Lots of opportunities to add projects outside of my usually scope of work. I have an awesome manager who tells (and shows!) me regularly that I am valued. I work with great people! There is a culture of wanting to achieve great things. I love working with others who also take pride in what they do and care about our customers. The South Lake Union area is really pretty, I like being close to the city. I get to travel for work! I have been to Europe three times since I started.","Commuting into Seattle isn't great and it can be difficult to find parking that is reasonably affordable. If there are people on your team that aren't performing well, it is difficult to get them off of your team.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19776,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fulfillment associate,"Good pay great benefits , cool chances to win prizes that's about t","Long hours, company is all over the place constantly changing. Not good for anyone who wants to move up within company",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19777,amazon,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,working at amazon,great pay at starting at 13.25 an hour. very flexible hours,long repetitive work in hard conditions,be,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19778,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Prefer Not to Say,"Extremely high turnover, incompetence, lack of accountability, silos","Lots of opportunities to learn and move around. Some really awesome people, the downside of which is, they don't stay at Amazon.","The extremely high turnover makes it really hard to just DO YOUR JOB, let alone do it extraordinarily well. The lack of depth and breadth of knowledge because most people are new means you get a lot of wrong information/wrong answers, and spend an inordinate amount of time just chasing down basic information to do your job. Lots of time wasted spinning your wheels here, since there is little to no ""institutional memory"". We don't want people sitting around collecting a paycheck and doing nothing until they retire, like some companies, but we have the opposite problem and it makes it super hard to get things done.  As well, it's likely someone else has already thought of/done what you're doing, but because of the silos, there's no way to know that. Thus, more spinning of wheels and then reinventing those wheels when someone else probably already did it better, faster, or did it and failed and there are good reasons why. No learning at Amazon because we ""turn 'em and burn 'em"".  So much incompetence at Amazon -- that so-called ""hiring bar"" is SUCH A MYTH. Constant excuses for incompetence -- top among them being ""so busy"" and ""new"". Both are always true and always going to be true so let's just remove that from the equation. And don't grant the premise. If you're going to espouse a ""bar"", then HOLD PEOPLE TO IT. Amazon does not.  There is very little accountability. People leave on their own -- performance issues are not dealt with, managers refuse to take ownership and deal with it, but just wring their hands and say ""I don't know what to tell you"" or make an excuse for the incompetence. And everyone else is left to clean up the mess -- then they get sick of that and leave Amazon.  Development and ideas happen in silos, so no one knows what anyone else is doing. I can only imagine how much money we waste on reinventing the wheel just because nobody knows what anyone else is doing.  Amazon thinks we're in the business of everything. Everything has to be done in-house -- with, again, a MYTH of ""we're so unique"". No. We're not. Amazon does not need to write our own software for everything, which is full of bugs because it HAS to go out RIGHT NOW and as a result is crappy, and not maintained because people leave Amazon, and there's no support for the crappy tool someone wrote before leaving Amazon.  Amazon.com may be the best thing since sliced bread, but under the covers it's unbelievable what a mess it is. And how little Amazon appreciates all the worker ants who make Amazon.com be so amazing.","Stop developing everything in-house. It's unsustainable, unmaintainable, full of bugs, and no support, which makes it difficult at best to do your job.  Stop hiring unqualified people.  Stop paying to relocate people and their families, who then leave Amazon as soon as the statute of limitations for paying it back has expired.  I won't even bother telling you to think about/care about people and retention -- it's clear that as long as Amazon keeps making money, it's clear management does not care how many worker ants get squished. I'm not talking about FCs here -- I'm talking about corporate. But, just in case you want some ideas, reward and recognize employees -- regularly. Give bonuses. Give gift cards. Give spot awards. Regularly, for good performance. A shoe and a desk twice a year for extraordinary is not enough -- most of us work really hard and do d*mn good work, and we get nothing.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19779,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tttttt,Overall it was pretty good.,Nothing much to complain about.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1199.htm
19780,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tttttt,Overall it was pretty good.,Nothing much to complain about.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19781,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OKay,"nice people, made it fun during peak season and they have good benefits","They have favorites, they say room for you to advance in the company but if your not a favorite your not going no where. Also alot of work for not good enough pay",open your eyes,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19782,amazon,"China, ME"," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst I,CN Area,Nice frienly working environment. people are pretty smart and they value communication,repetitive work and not many internal chances to move to a team you are interested in and not easy to get promoted although you did worked really hard.,Management team should give more opportunities to the internal employees when considering a new heads hiring instead of recruiting from an outside. Senior leaders should consider their employees career development more.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19783,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 26, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Manager, QA",Typical Tech Company with Atypical Customer Focus,"I love working for a company customers love. Every time someone learns I work for Amazon I hear a story about why they love Prime or their Kindle. Many people also have great stories about customer service going above and beyond. This is vastly different from other companies I've worked at where the first priority was profit and cool tech regardless of what customers wanted.  I also like the clear guidelines about career, expectations at each level and parallel tracks for Individual Contributors vs Managers. This isn't one of those companies where you have to become a manager at some point if what you are is a really skilled Engineer.  Amazon really follows their Leadership Principles. These aren't platitudes but goals and ideals that drive how we do our work, how we work with others and how we design our products every day.  Some really great people work here and we work on some pretty cool things, which makes coming to work something to look forward to instead of a daily grind.",Schedules can be grueling around big releases and winter holidays due to the nature of the retail business.  Some groups/projects are better than others and you need to make sure you're part of a good team. Certainly not unique to Amazon but there are definitely some people at the company who are just unpleasant to work with or don't manage their teams and schedules well.,"Cross-organization reviews of feedback on individuals would help to identify issues, particularly of those in leadership positions, where immediate management is ignoring systemic problems within a particular group.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19784,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company To Grow,The opportunity for advancement is abundant here at Amazon,Look forward to long hours during Peak season,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19785,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Big dreams sold, but little returned",Salary and stock option are top tier and can boost your personal savings. The on-boarding process allows for a unique opportunity to travel.,Size is too big. The company hires way too many people and then let more than half of them go. Does not show appreciation of hard work or value of employees. Additionally with little standard practices to follow the culture allows for biased promotion practices.,Use as a stepping stone. You will gain plenty of value added experience however its only for the short term. Nothing ever changes year over year so its easy to get burnt out and bored.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19786,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed Bag,Amazon provides a dynamic and agile work environment in a growing industry. Opportunities abound to move around within the company.,Working for Amazon is incredibly demanding. The company is highly data driven and every action must be backed with copious amounts of hard data. Do not expect decent work/life balance if working in operations.,"The internal transfer process is both opaque and frustrating. Opportunities are not well advertised, nor are the limitations for how to move upwards. The ""rack and stack"" system can be incredibly unfair to high performing teams, needlessly worrying excellent employees.",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19787,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"For most associates, the position of general warehouse worker is a transitional job.","The physicality of warehouse work is a pro. If you're looking for a paycheck to speedwalk and curl boxes of various weights, look no further.","There are employees with reputations for ""going off"" on others, depending on how his/her day is going. Once is bad enough, but to do it so often as to develop a reputation is inexcusably juvenile. This negativity has noticeably lowered morale.  Social interaction is nipped in the bud if you fall outside of the cliques. An average day can compare to solitary confinement. This is stark contrast to the nonstop chatter (often not work related) of junior and senior management and their minions.","All rules should apply to every body. Lashing out at associates should not be tolerated for any reason. We are losing great associates because of this PREVENTABLE negativity. Please dole out consequences when associates misbehave. Doing so not only retrains the associate, but shows support to those on the receiving end of inappropriate work behavior.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19788,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,associate,fun work most of the time,lots of associates there all the time,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19789,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best to stay away,The money is good and the benefits not bad.,"In general it is a discouraging, sad place to work. Micromanagement seems to be the secret leadership principle.",Trust your employees. It's not McDonald's. We're professionals.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1200.htm
19790,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,Great benefits and world class experience,Very pressure and a higher bar,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19791,amazon,"East Wallingford, CT"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate I,You get treated like a pack mule and advancing is nearly impossible.,The best reason is it is not minimum wage and the work is super simple. Anyone can work here. The hours are throughout the day and you get lots of time off.,They hire idiots. Management sucks it's terrible. No one is on the same page ever. Some duties are tough on your back. They change your shift hours when ever they want.,Get on the same page and treat people better. Stop picking kiss assess to be ambassadors when there are people that actually work hard that deserve it.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19792,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fast moving large company with great engineering culture,Focused on results. Strong business. Diverse business. Lightweight development process. Lots of smart people. Great benefits. Great pay. Seattle is a great city to live and work in.,Seems hard to get rid of bad people. Some groups are better than others. SDE leveling has too few steps. It's hard to go from level 2 to 3.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19793,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,good company.,"Have several family members working here. Good base pay, starting hours are good. A half hour lunch. Really good coworkers. Nice management.","After a while, it gets tedious and redundant. Feels like it no longer matters.",Make it intresting!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19794,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA Tier 3,"As a Tier 3 in a fulfillment center, it's been a rewarding experience. You have a lot of tools to help you succeed, if you know how to look for it. There are mentor programs, 'leadership' classes, the career choice program, etc. I've always been fortunate in my management!","It's a stressful environment, projects are constantly being assigned, expectation will be raised constantly, etc.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19795,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be a cog in the wheel,It is an income,"Tagged like an animal, timed to the second, put on floor after 2 weeks of poor training",People are not objects to be studied and used,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19796,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Engineering",Great Place to Have an Impact,It's impressive how much responsibility and opportunity you're given compared to comparable career levels at other companies. That are lots of big projects. I've had the opportunity to launch new devices and entirely new online retail shopping experiences internationally. The energy rivals any start-up I've been in during my career - but we never have to worry about making payroll!,"If you live on the outskirts of the East Side, the commute into Seattle can get a bit old at times. But there's enough flexibility you can work around the core of rush hour traffic.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19797,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Management of Software Engineering,Seventeen years and counting,"* a place where builders build. I've designed and built some enormous systems, doing difficult tasks. * lots of smart people * you can see your impact on the company's bottom (or top depending on where you work) line.","*Downtown Seattle traffic is getting difficult and the public transportation has gotten worse over the years. I spend 9 enjoyable years taking the bus, but now must drive myself. * The company has gotten very large. As a result, you see more of a bell curve on everything, good and bad managers, engineers, etc. Look at your space. Reach out to people working in it and find out if it is right for you.",Keep the engineers in charge. Don't let the MBAs take over. They often have unrealistic expectations.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19798,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Experience of a long time Amazonian,"Innovation, continued focus on positively impacting customers, autonomy (and accountability) to make critical decisions, work with and learn from incredibly smart people.  At Amazon, you can learn how to create a start-up and turn good ideas for real-world problems into reality. The leadership principles drive a great work culture if you understand the spirit behind them (and this is key!).","The work culture is intense and some folks might feel undue pressure to match some of the more effective people around you. I am no exception to this rule, but as I understood the culture better, I have come to realize that I don't have to race with my peers to succeed here. In many teams, the relentless pace of innovation might result in more operational burden, but most teams take this very seriously and have highly visible goals to improve operations.","Spread awareness around the spirit of our leadership principles better and build a mechanism that rewards the right use of the leadership principles. Increase transparency around our compensation philosophy and our performance management so they are better understood. Determine a way to reduce the sense of ""pressure"" felt by new folks who join us from a different culture.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19799,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,associate,fun work most of the time,lots of associates there all the time,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1201.htm
19800,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Experience of a long time Amazonian,"Innovation, continued focus on positively impacting customers, autonomy (and accountability) to make critical decisions, work with and learn from incredibly smart people.  At Amazon, you can learn how to create a start-up and turn good ideas for real-world problems into reality. The leadership principles drive a great work culture if you understand the spirit behind them (and this is key!).","The work culture is intense and some folks might feel undue pressure to match some of the more effective people around you. I am no exception to this rule, but as I understood the culture better, I have come to realize that I don't have to race with my peers to succeed here. In many teams, the relentless pace of innovation might result in more operational burden, but most teams take this very seriously and have highly visible goals to improve operations.","Spread awareness around the spirit of our leadership principles better and build a mechanism that rewards the right use of the leadership principles. Increase transparency around our compensation philosophy and our performance management so they are better understood. Determine a way to reduce the sense of ""pressure"" felt by new folks who join us from a different culture.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19801,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Getting to solve technical problems at scales that do not exist elsewhere. Working with some of the smartest people on the planet,Amazon can be a bruising environment for those that are not used to having their ideas challenged. This criticality is not always a bad thing but this idea of questioning everything often causes more problems than it solves.,Figure out how to retain your top talent. Hiring the best is half of the equation keeping them is the other.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19802,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Great company to continue your education,High school playground with associates,Becomr stricter,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19803,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Good and The Bad,"Good medical benefits, VCP (a form of profit sharing), stock in the company (restricted until you have 2 years as an amazon employee), and various raffles and gift card giveaways for tier 1 employees, vacation time, personal time (paid and unpaid) that is accrued over time","Extremely demanding job physically and mentally, Under constant pressure to meet production rates and quality standards, Hidden undercurrent of politics and favoritism that can be found within most large corporations",The best advice that I could give management is to listen to the collective voice of their employees and also to not be afraid to get their hands dirty in order to understand the daily challenges we face as the backbone of Amazon.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19804,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to have on your resume,"The people are intelligent and down to earth, you get a lot of exposure, and are able to make decisions that affect millions of customers",Your work/life balance really depends on what team you're on--some teams work 50-60 hours per week while others work upwards of 80 hours.,"Listen to your employees and try and develop a better work environment. You would think that after the NYT article, Amazon would always be trying to better its image when in reality they just brushed it under the rug.",2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19805,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"For the most part, you are in control of what you are doing. You don't get micromanaged a lot. At the end of the day you will be able to see if you won or lost based on how you ran the shift and what variables you had to deal with. There is not a lot of bureaucracy or red tape and things move very quickly. The day also goes by very fast. You walk out the door at the end of the day knowing exactly what you accomplished.  Salary is pretty good. Opportunities for advancement do exist and it doesn't take forever to have a chance at moving up. Lots of other opportunities for lateral movement in between different departments. Also lots of opportunity to move around the country if you like to relocate. You get to learn a lot very quickly. They encourage movement from one job to the next.  Interacting with the associates can be challenging but you can develop some good relationships and help them succeed. The problem though is that there is very little room for them to move upward and most of them realize it so it can be a challenge to motivate them.  There are lots of weeks where you get 3 days off. Most area managers work Weds to Sat or Sun to Weds outside of Peak. Unless mandatory OT is called for the associates you will usually get 3 days off which helps you recover from the intensity of the work week.","The area manager job is seen by most in the FC as the most difficult job at the entire company. Work/Life balance is extremely challenging. During Peak, there is none. You will work over 60 hours per week at a minimum, sometimes up to 70. For 2 months straight the alarm clock was going off at 330am to make it in to work a 13 to 14 hour day, 5 days per week. It can get very mentally and physically exhausting. I usually got one hour a day to see my wife when I got home before I had to quickly eat dinner and get to bed to do it all over again. Outside of Peak it is not nearly as bad but it is still a challenge. Outside of peak you will work 50 hours per week at a minimum. You will be on your feet 90% of the shift, walking around on concrete pushing your ""desk"" on a plastic cart. Your desk is a laptop. There is very little time to do projects or think creatively because of the intensity or chaos of the daily shift. You will walk a lot, usually 5 to 10 miles per shift depending on what is going on.  You have to make tons of split second decisions throughout the day which can also wear you down mentally. There are probably 20 different jobs associates are able to do and there are many jobs lots of them don't want to do. So basically everyday you have to deal with people complaining to you about why they are put into this job or that job and how you as the manager favor one associate over the other, etc. This is endless. The culture of FC management towards associates at Amazon is really weird. You aren't really allowed to discipline associates properly and they are given a million chances before they are terminated. They know they can go crying to the HR department who almost always sides with the associates. So, you are put in a position where you have to be very passive aggressive in managing them to improve their performance. You have to help ""remove barriers"" for them when in reality, the major barrier for most of the ones that are problems for you is that they are lazy and don't want to work hard, yet you can't tell that to them in a direct way because that will come off as ""abusive"" towards the associate. It is really strange. You will wind up feeling a lot of times that the upper management at each FC cares more about the hourly associates well being than they do your own even though you have to work way harder than the hourly associates do.  You are required to provide ""feedback"" to the majority of associates you manage, every week. You will manage about 100 people. Most of the feedback is negative because they had quality errors or did not make productivity rates, so you have to have a lot of difficult conversations all the time. In addition to running the shift you have to deliver probably 50 feedbacks per week, every week. This is constant. It gets old.  You are required to give 2 daily standup speeches to your department in front of about 100 people which last about 3 minutes. Be sure you are ok with public speaking.  There is very little training. You are really put over the deep end of the pool and they let you go and see if you can swim. If you are not comfortable with an ambiguous work environment and don't have tough skin this is not for you.  The overall culture is not that good. A lot of the stuff in the NY Times article is pretty accurate. Rarely are you given thanks for working your tail off, if you succeed at 9 things and fail at 1 the conversation will usually be about how you screwed up that one thing.  Bottom line is that there is a lot of room for growth and lots of different work opportunities doing many different things but you do have to deal with a lot of difficulties and stresses and have to sacrifice your home life. No matter what, working here you will learn everything there is to know about warehousing and distribution and it will look great on your resume if you perform well and you decide to leave. If you can make it a couple years you have a good chance at being promoted and make really good money.","Figure out how to structure the job so that people don't have to work a ridiculous amount of hours per week. Give leaders more control over how they interact with associates in the FC. Read that NY Times article again and accept the fact that the things in it are really not ""isolated incidents"" and that your work culture is very poor and do something about it to make it better.",3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19806,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,"Flexible work hours, wide access to resources, fast moving, intelligent coworkers, casual dress attire, very efficient, not may bureaucratic obstacles","Team vary greatly. Many people are type A, bold and unapologetic, and it is common to see that people are eager to point out others mistakes in order to make themselves look good. A little bit cut-throat. Many employees lack work life balance",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19807,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com SDEs,"Technology, company structure, scale. SDE teams are encouraged to operate like startups while leveraging the power of a robust and active internal technology stack","Located in Detroit, average lifespan for SDE's is very short. 2 years average",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19808,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Fast Paced Environment,"Challenging environment full of smart people Everything is fast paced, critical decisions are made on a daily basis. Great for your career if you are able to work and give good results at amazon","Work life balance is also challenging, this is part of working in a very fast paced environment. Daily Hustle can be challenging as well.",Improve downwards communication and scale/optimize processes to provide better work life balance to employees especially in operations,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19809,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Nice pay, knowledgeable staff, I had a great manager.","Busy day, difficult to maintain work-life balance.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1202.htm
19810,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life in the jungle!,"Excellent pay, and health benefits. Depending on your organization, the work culture could be stress free. Peers are technically excellent and the hiring committee makes sure of that.","Pager duty, too much operational work, too much oncall tasks. The annual review process makes for a competitive environment in which you will be pitted against your peers in your own team.","Do away with the 'stack ranking', provide proper SDE tools to developers. Hardware provided is amusingly bad, and sometimes leads to developer frustration.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19811,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Manager,Working with smart people who were always working to improve things. I also enjoyed being part of a winning team.,"My family life suffered. Although I had a lot of success, I failed to manage my personal life and what I did each day wasn't scalable long term","Keep re-evaluating success in the light of an ever changing workforce. Have high standards, but help people figure out their balance so that you can retain the talent",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19812,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just OK,"I liked my bosses and people I worked with. Hourly pay was decent for not needing any experience. It filled a need for a few months and wasn't a big deal when I quit,",I was a seasonal employee which they do to a lot of people so they don't have to pay benefits.,Hire on more regular employees.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19813,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr HRA,Great place to work! Good Salary! Good Compensation Can grow within the company Plenty of opportunities to lead,Role can be confusing at first There is no initial training for your role. (Can be bad for some people) Every group is different Lots of hard work (I like that ),none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19814,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Security Engineer III,Current Employee,You need to be very self driven. There is very little hand holding here. A lot of respect for innovative thinkers who drive projects.,"There is not much respect for good, task oriented workers. If you do as you are told and not much else you will burn out here quickly. You must also know when to drop things on the floor because the amount of work will always be more than your time.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19815,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Plenty of perks. Very flexible with scheduling. No one on one interviews.,Not enough hours in the fulfillment centers.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19816,amazon,"Seattle Heights, WA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,Good Culture. Used to have lot of parties for interns.,I don't think I had any bad experience while working as an intern. Interns were treated as kings.!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19817,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse assoc,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.","You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you",keep it gong,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19818,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Painful,The pay isn't so bad. And the benefits are pretty good as well. Co workers are the only thing that kept me there.,You walk from one end to the other end of the building to pick orders. You pick orders and have too high rates that are unreasonable.,none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19819,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Channel Marketing Manager,Channel Marketing Manager,"You get to work on very cool things, with a lot of responsibility and ownership, in a fast paced and exciting environment. You are in the center of all things happening in technology today.","Dont expect it to be a 40 hr a week job. Brutal demands, low work-life balance, very exhausting. Dont expect rapid promotion-even if you are a unicorn superstar. You got to pay a LOT of dues first.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1203.htm
19820,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,It has good salary. And the environment is good.,"Too busy, a lot of projects.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19821,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"nice check, nice PTO . its ok","get treated like a nobody, its all who you know in order to move up, employees dont matter",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19822,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Technical Program Manager,"Amazon is stoked with bright people, a reasonably fast pace, ever growing and expanding business, and a vibrant startup culture. Over the years, a lot of rough edges have been smoothed, and if you're on the right team (there are many great teams), it is a great career experience. The fact that Amazon obsesses over customers tends to filter out the ego maniac managers and rude people (if they can get hired by Amazon on other merits). Over time, those folks don't survive, because they end up doing things that negatively impact customers. Amazon has added extra opportunities for guest lecturers on a variety of deep technical and scientific topics.","Sometimes, obsessing over customers can be a compulsive behavior that means the company is overlooking the wellbeing of the ""owners"" (Amazon-speak for employees). Lately, though, some public light has been shining on a few cases where employees weren't treated well, and that has resulted in some additional care and attention internally. I don't personally know anyone with a negative story like the ones in the press that concerned me. There isn't a lot of formal training around career growth.  Technical Program Managers (TPMs) are a less populated group at Amazon. It's a bit harder to learn from peers as TPMs tend to be embedded in another team. The benefit of working embedded is that you can feel a sense of continuity, ownership, and deeper knowledge. Unfortunately, the alternative (working in an org of TPMs) seems worse as you may be jumping in and out of multiple products and projects and can take the heat for any one of them that runs into problems (I've heard stories of TPMs in this org style going up in flames)","Keep working on developing a culture that promotes the well-being of the employee and includes a variety of cultures and personality styles. You've made a lot of progress over the years. Could use some attention on supporting healthy physical and emotional lifestyles (exercise, yoga, massage formal career training, personal development)  Unfortunately, there are a few too many ""happy hours"" that involve standing around, drinking beer and eating potato chips. Frequent opportunities for donuts and pizza.  There are some young single men seem content with this, but it tends to be less attractive to people with families and people who don't drink alcohol and/or health conscious. As a nit to pick, when it's a real celebration, there's always expensive craft beers and liquor, and token Sprite and Coke cans for the non-drinkers. There are also expensive craft sodas and juices that feel celebratory.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19823,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Great customer centric place,Great place to work and to develop.,Nothing to say in here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19824,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love My Job!,I get to choose what hours and days I want to work. Pay is very high for an entry level job and everyone gets along.,"I can't think of any cons at the moment, I've been extremely happy working at the amazon fulfillment center.","I don't have any advice for management, our management team works incredibly hard.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19825,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Sort Center Ambassador,"good pay, works with my school schedule, lots of opportunities to grow within the company",work load can be taxing at times dues to required finishing times in order to make numbers.,make sure everyone is working together and helping the person that is going to finish up the work after them. Focus on the numbers but make sure its done efficiently the whole process and not leaving a large portion of the work to other more productive shifts.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19826,amazon,"Hayward, CA"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Field Sales Representative,Field Sales Rep,"Awesome hours and had to cover multiple locations. Nice perks, but could always be better.",Perks could have been better for a largely based sales company.,All management since then have left within a year of me starting t he position. That must mean something.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19827,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay away,"The name on your resume, it tends to impress people and gets you in the door to a lot of places",Absolutely brutal culture. Read the New York Times article about this place. Pretty much sums it up.,You've made management at Amazon? Congratulations on the sale of your soul. No turning back for you now.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19828,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,competitive pay. amazon discount. no micro management,temps in and out. peak season...too many people,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19829,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"Competitive compensation, work with smart people, bring dogs to work, drink at work (you'll need it)","Thankless, lack of development, no work/life balance",Develop your employees.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1204.htm
19830,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Stressful,"Great benefits and pay, however you are paid on a monthly basis if you can manage that schedule.","Horrible work life balance, demand and expectation is that you work well into the evenings and you have very little time away. A vacation day has never been a true day off.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19831,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Good place to work for young people,Long walks to and from your work station,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19832,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr.HRA,"Great Leaderships Principals, Customer obsession",Slow upward mobility and Leadership,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19833,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall review,"High IQ employees, always learning, being at the edge of innovation","low EQ employees, lots of hierarchy",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19834,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem Solve,Unrated tasks Use you brain Great benifits,task become simple over time,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19835,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,I like this job because I'm scheduled to work overnight. I've been in the cs field for a long time and this is cs too but you don't have to talk to anyone. I work on the receiving line so I just scan boxes all night.,I don't like having to work all weekend but it is temporary. You do have to work fast to meet productivity. In my department we are expected to scan 160 pieces per hour and sort 200 pieces per hour. Sometimes it's easy but if you get a lot of heavy things to sort it can be difficult.,I don't really have any advice to management because all of the problems we are having has been noted to them. One major thing would be to update the way that we sort and receive and give us access to review what we did this should prevent us from making too many mistakes.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19836,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate with aspirations for more,"Great people, great management, great benefits! Many opportunities for advancement.",Hard work but it has been described as paid exercise.,More positive criticism.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19837,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointing,"Company offers nice stock options if you can manage to stick it out long enough to get them. Nice telework options, but seems to be arbitrary as to who can exercise this benefit.",No work life balance. Inexperienced managers. Lack of of health insurance options.,Give your employees the same respect you provide our customers.,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19838,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Associate,"Work is easy, Meeting new people","Lack of communication don't say we'll get off one time then keep the belt rollin past the time and expect people to stay  PA's,AM seem to never help when work gets excessive. (Always watching like we're prisoners in a jail or animals at a zoo).  Thanks hard workers having a 419 scan rate during peak season I would expect something better then $10 gift card for my hard work for 5 hours.  There's a major gap between power I can ask an Am or PA the same question and get a different answer every time.","Lead, COMMUNICATE, stay consistent throughout the levels Work with employees",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19839,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Line Worker,"Very good pay. There was a lot of physical labor and strict working conditions, but well worth the time.","Long, grueling hours in the summer (especially with no air conditioning), but nothing really to complain about as far as the management or how employees are treated.",Longer breaks would be ideal. Allow employees to chat more. It's not fun when you feel like you're in prison.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1205.htm
19840,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience,The hours and the pay has been worth it.,Downside are lazy people like most jobs and favoritism.,"Don't be scared to ""babysit"" in order to actually catch people doing the wrong things.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19841,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Can be great if you're in the right team in the right moment,"Rapid growth potential, Hands-on leadership experience, clear culture and corporate values","Crazy working hours (mostly during peak), high stress and pressure for daily performance, high turnover of associates and managers","Provide managers with more tools for positive reinforcement and watch for indirect sources of frustration to associates, such as multiple changes to plan and inconsistency in procedures",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19842,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was an ok job,Great Pay Great Benefits Worked with some really nice people,Unorganized Disrespectful Management They tell you will get days notice if mandatory overtime is needed. That is not true.,Treat your work with respect,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19843,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Decent part-time job for those with few obligations.,"Decent pay considering there aren't really any prerequisites for the job. Some positions will even pay for a minimum number of hours per week, so you'll still get a decent check on slow weeks.  The leadership at my site did seem to reward associates who demonstrated a lot of ""hustle"". You can coast by doing the bare minimum, but hard work will get you on a first-name basis with the managers, which puts you at the front of the line for the less dull positions at the site, and it also gives you a line of defense if your performance is put into question.  The job makes for a good workout, particularly if you can get in on some of the more scarce positions like unloading trucks.  Great part-time job for students.","Shifts could be better scheduled. Currently, the only options are in the evening, starting at either 4 PM, or 9 PM. The 4 PM shift severely limits your options for second jobs, while the 9 PM shift will gradually eat away at your sleep time. A 6 PM shift, for instance, would make the position more viable for a lot of people with other obligations during the day.  There has been consistent communication failures with associates. Meeting dates are constantly in flux, for example.  Non-peak hours are inconsistent, which I can understand to an extent. However, the result is that a lot shifts will end early, leading to three hour days in a lot of cases. If you don't live close to the site, commuting costs will start to eat away at your real pay. It seems like far more associates are hired than necessary, meaning that most associates won't get more than 20 hours per week.  During peak, it can be very hard to fit in meal breaks. For double shifts, you typically only have thirty minutes to rest and eat within the 10-12 hour period you're scheduled to work. Double shifts are strictly voluntary, of course, but this lack of rest and nourishment really decreases productivity towards the end of the day.  Performance metrics don't really reward doing the job right. For example, all associates have to keep up a scanrate for sorting packages, but that scanrate doesn't take into account the size and weight of the packages they're sorting, which disincentivises employees from going after the bigger packages, even though management stresses that the big boxes are the priority when sorting. Generally, you have to sacrifice your own performance rating in order to make sure things are operating smoothly (though the coasters may rightfully point out that you're not paid enough to have to worry about this).  You have to be comfortable with slightly unsafe conditions. For example, the main job function is building pallets full of packages to be loaded into trucks, but since employees have no incentive to take the time to carefully place packages on the pallets, and so some pallets are liable to collapse at any moment.","Continue to improve on accurate and prompt communication between different levels of management and to associates. If you want to improve efficiency and outputs, work on making performance metrics more fair and dynamic.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19844,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Feb 17, 2016","Current Employee - Problem Solver, Gemba, Dock Pack Auditor, Stow, Pick and Pack",Amazon fulfillment,"Great benefits! Healthcare,dental,vision, 401k,monthly peformance/attendance bonuses,. Opportunities for advancement and overtime! Lots of extra perks!",Physically demanding.Daily Rates/goals. Timeoff takes a while to accrue your first year. Long hours on your feet...shifts are ten hours plus.Management/staff have high turnover.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19845,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Good location, work atmosphere, nice colleagues and team! I learned a lot here. Good work and life balance.",You have to consider your career path and progress yourself. You have to find the right team and chance to achieve what you desire.,"This company values customers' experience a lot, which is beneficial to its development, so please keep on that.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19846,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,"Great company, awesome product and culture!",Not that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19847,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon PA,Take Warehouse associate ideas Move hard-workers up throughout the company.,"Lack of respect from many Area Managers, won't get back to you when they say they will. What they promise you hardly falls through, etc.","They've already taken my advice and appreciated it, thank you.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19848,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,logistic,it was a good multinational working environment,can be rigid in change management.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19849,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at if you're on a right team,Intellectually challenging and smart people to work with,Sometimes the pace is too fast and demanding,Care more about employees,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1206.htm
19850,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,I was able to move up within 7 months and get into human resources. Getting into human resources has helped me get a better look at what a true career is.,Some associates complain about external hiring. Many associates spend most of their time training others some of which are new management/leadership.,"Please learn to take the opinions of associates into account. With all of the open door policies and room for growth, please give more opportunities when they are deserved.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19851,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2016","Current Employee - Technical Recruiter, ECP",Technical Recruiter,"I'm a recruiter for the eCommerce Platform group, and love it here. As a tech recruiter, I'm hiring software engineers and managers, PMs, support engineers and data engineers.  What I love most about my job are the great people I work with, and the work life balance. I have a great relationship with the engineering managers, Directors and VPs I work closely with, and they understand what it means to partner with recruiting (not just point fingers). I also have a fun time with my colleagues, and enjoy working with them, and trust them to have my back.  I was surprised what a great work life balance is really possible here. I only work more than 40 hours when I really want to, no one pushes me to work overtime. I have been able to come in late or leave early as needed as I have children. I have also had no issue with taking a week off at a time, or longer as needed.  At the same time, after 1.5 years here, am ready to be challenged and have volunteered for more challenging recruiting, training and leadership projects, which I have been given. Long story short, work life balance is what you make of it here.","I live on the eastside of Seattle, and driving in can be crazy at times. My commute coming in from Bothell can be as bad as 45 minutes - 1 hour 15 minutes, if I drive in at peak 8-830am times. I have to drive in peak times to drop the kids off, so my manager is flexible on my start time - it can still be tiring though. I'd suggest taking a bus if it matches your schedule. If you can drive in at 7am, commutes are MUCH better, e.g. 25-30 min.  The other con I see is that Amazon has complex recruiting systems that can be hard to learn for remote recruiters. People working remotely have to work hard in the first 2-3 months to really learn the systems.","Continue the push to improve benefits for families (e..g leave), which is appreciated.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19852,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigator Intern,Nice work culture Lot of opportunities to grow,No cons as such..liked everything about the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19853,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Crappie,"Alright pay, good benefits, great work environment, sometimes it can be a fun and exciting atmosphere, always overtime available if you want to take advantage of it",The management suckered always moving people around to help people that's not working as hard as you are don't follow ther e own policies all the time,Get a better management team the management really suckered need to follow all rules and policies and make sure all rules are applied to everyone,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19854,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,good compensation and smart people,very competitive and you will see a lot of jerks in management.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19855,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun but hardwork,Working with many different people and products. You get the opportunity to voice your opinions on subjects that matter to you and someone will actually follow up with you. Different shift patterns and different days so it makes it somewhat flexible.,Pay is too little for all the work you have to do. Not enough vacation or paid time off considering you have to work 10 hour shifts so realistically you only will have 8 days off a year when you combine the two together. It's hard to plan out vacations,Listen to employee need. Take the time to figure out solutions to barriers that occur everyday that can be easily fixed right away,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19856,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,it is a good company and comfortable,very busy and no time to stay with family,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19857,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Bad for Tech,-Amazon varies greatly depending on which org you are in. -Up to you how hard you want to work. -Lots of cool projects popping up all the time.,-Managers are sometimes bad -Lots of turnover -Little time to handle tech debt as there is always a new project,Don't micromanage. Look out for your engineers and help facilitate them making progress. Stay on top of what your engineers are doing as best as possible without interrupting their work.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19858,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its not what it seems.,The pay is good compared to other places. The work its self isn't hard and could potentially be a really good place to work if they weren't so quick to fire damn near every body,"The lack of stability working in the fulfillment center is horrendous, They fire people left and right and you're not sure if you will have a job next week because some of the reasons they fired people can be the smallest things that make no sense. Remember woody from toy story when hes messing with sid and he spins his head around and says he sees everything? yup that's amazon...they watch your every move your time off task is only 15 mins, ill draw you a picture amazons building is like 10 football fields big and 4 floors high it may take you a good 5 mins just to walk to the nearest bathroom and you need to take a dump you're screwed if your time off task they may just write you up 3 of those puppy's and you will become a customer very easily. it seems like all rainbows and sunshine during your orientation but its honestly just a ploy.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19859,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible Management,"Good Pay & Benefits, Nice peers on the team, smart people","Management is awful, awful, awful",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1207.htm
19860,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packing,"It is a some what tight nit community, and they also seem to really care about you. They also care about making sure everyone is safe and comfortable. There was no tolerance for messing around with the machines.",Not much opportunities to rise up in the company. Also the training process was difficult because of all the people they hired at the time. Seems to be run by a lot of young and inexperienced people.,It would probably help if they made the education/training process more smooth. It was unorganized and had a lot of people at the same time which made it hard to ask questions.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19861,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer II,"Intelligent coworkers, good company location, and good salaries.","Not a big fan of on-call, and work life balance is not always very good.","I would recommend switching to a Netflix-style uncounted amount of personal/vacation time. We already regularly work extra hours and some weekends (in addition to getting paged after hours), and we don't keep track of those hours, so it seems unfair to be keeping track of time off hours. Identifying abusers of the system can be at the manager's discretion.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19862,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - TPM,TPM,Amazing work culture and great career path,Bad work life balance if you have a family,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19863,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Intelligence Engineer,"Much to learn, much to learn, much to learn. Colleagues and managers are very nice.","To tired, we seldom have life because of the once mechanism but we can learn much things.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19864,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Worker,seasonal worker,good pay meeting new people all the time getting train in different jobs,hr needs to get people who actually want to help,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19865,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Area Manager,Pay is very good with the shares and benefits.,"No work life balance, no structure or organization. Everyone wants to move up quickly so it creates a hostile work environment. The amount of hours you work isn't worth the money.",Have actual plans and stop treating managers like robots. The things managers are asked to do by seniors and directors is not fair to the hourly associates. We are forced to treat them like factory workers.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19866,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,"They offer some good benefits and the pay is decent starting out,depending on your area. They provide paid maternity leave as well as continuing education benefits.",The expectations of performance can be brutal. The retention rate is terrible. They expect you to do it one way to achieve quality but your speed will suffer for it. In the end it is all about the speed. Also expect to work 60hrs of over time during peak season. (Nov-Dec),"Instead of just firing people who dont make quota in one department, cross train and internal transfer more. This will fix your retention rate and some of your quality issues.",3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19867,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good training place,Good training place for an engineer,Bad living place for an engineer,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19868,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Analyst,Disruptive company... for all the wrong reasons!,An opportunity to work with some of the smarter people around. Coworkers are generally very helpful and forthcoming.,"Your Work Life Balance will suffer. Supply Chain teams are one of the worst that I ve seen in my career.  Obselete systems (if any). A simple data pull takes forever because of the poorly designed systems. Teams create their own slice and dice of data and you will spend a majority of time in trying to match up numbers.  No concept of setting goals and milestones. Everyday will be different as in you will not have any sense of what you will assigned when you show up for work. Good luck when you are trying to write your feedback for year end performance. Performance reviews are based in feedback of Cole ages and coworkers. If you are not good at office politics, you will feel the pain when reviews come out. Stack ranking ours extra pressure on employees.  Management is extremely poor. Due to extremely high attrition rate, employees who stick around for 2-3 years are pushed up the management ladder. Lack of experience is/will hurt the company in the long run. No efforts to motivate employees.  Compensation is strictly ok. Annual pay raise is 2-3% and you are mostly rewarded in stocks.  Any experience outside amazon is not given any value. It's either the Amazon way or the highway.","Stop promoting novices and start hiring some good people managers. We have enough technical people around, but not enough people managers. Learn to appreciate the employees, customer is the king but employees are not beggars. Please respect and value the feedback and the experience that employees bring to the table.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19869,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Great Company, Broken Building","Pay is great if you overlook the complete lack of work/life balance, opportunity for advancement within the company - good luck promoting out of this building. Sr management will go behind your back to stop you from moving to another building","Complete lack of accountability for some managers - drunk driving charges, inappropriate relationships with subordinates, leaving work to have drinks and then returning to work, sexist remarks in the workplace. The facility where I worked has a Senior Leadership team who have no idea how to lead. They try to motivate through fear, belittlement, and intimidation. They have no concept of how to develop or train.",Bezos - clean house from Senior Ops Management to General Manager level,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1208.htm
19870,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Benefits (1st day of employment) They pay for you to go to school You get paid time, vacation, and unpaid hours",Management sucks Hr is incompetent They don't accommodate you They treat you like a slave Your a robot A lot of Favoritism THEY DONT CARE!!!!!,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19871,amazon,"West Lafayette, IN"," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Campus Associate,Campus Associate,"Great hours, flexible with class schedule",The other associates aren't well suited for the job.,Take more time in selecting associates.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19872,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Wonderful place to work,"Fast Paced, Friendly Management and a Nice Facility with top of the line break and computer room.",Not a lot of hours Aches and Pains They send people home early and keep others late with a heave work load,Keep up the good work,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19873,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ship Dock Associate,"We had personal time, we sometimes received cola cash where we can buy stuff from the store inside of amazon.",Sometimes we are not recognized for our good work.,My manager was great she looked out for me. To keep up the good work.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19874,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It sucks,Pay is good and the people are in the same boat as you just some like to b/s and hope ya believe it.....NOT,"Hebron, Ky @ 1155 Worldwide has so much turnover cuz it sucks to be there and you have to step on top of co-workers every week. Management is a joke, if you are girl with DD and like to flirt go there today you will never be in any trouble and have the easiest jobs. After 54 years as a white male and self employed person, I now know what discrimination is and feels like....","Gods do not take advice so why try, it is what it is ! Maybe the two or three upper guys will step out and look whats going on but that might make waves so stay in the SW corner and keep ur job",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19875,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work if you're in a good team,"A lot to learn for a college graduate, including but not limited to: coding, design, operation, continuous deployment, all kinds of best practices.",Operational load can be very high for some teams. Competitive environment.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19876,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,reciever,all positive nothing bad to say,"none, cant think of negatives",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19877,amazon,"San Carlos, CA"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Mgmt,Smart people and challenging projects,Not enough holidays & vacation days,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19878,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Order Picker,picker,"decent pay, but not much else to say. amazon can offer benefits, but they tend to contract a third party to avoid that for warehouse workers.",terrible working environment in the warehouse. people were miserable and it showed. management frequently neglected the needs of its workers.,none,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19879,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehousr associate review,"solid amount of hours, can make good money, flexible for students/anyone in school","exhausting work, doesn't pay enough for the long hours and quotas we have to meet, same work day in and day out gets very boring",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1209.htm
19880,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RLDP,Great program with lots of visibility and cool projects,A bit of a luck factor in terms of team/ business line and role allocation,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19881,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Hard at Work,"It is comfortable, easy to catch on and very friendly. They know that there is life outside of work and that things happen out of our hands, that may cause us to miss or be late even leave earlier. Great benifits and we're catching on to new ways of making all employes to feel comfortable and rewarded for there hard work.",I don't think everyone realizes how much we really need each other's help from beginning to end. There's to many of the stowers that chill in isles and block isles and overfill bins. Also they don't shut them leave stolls in isles. We are having a lot of trash and items on the floor that people just walk on buy.,Something really needs to start happening to the stowers that do nothing but hang out and talk. If they do work the will put their carts in an isle over and met up in another. Some are rude. They don't put stolls up nor do they shut bins. They overfill them. I don't like being told we know this or I know I picked for this long. Something needs to be done it slows work down and that's not fair to our costmers. Some need wright ups and some just need to go. They are rude and disrespectful not just to us but to our customers.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19882,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Customer Service (Reserves),The reserves position is awesome because you create your own shift.,"The main issue now is that they have hired so many people that there are not too many hours available,",N/A,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19883,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Director,Real Impact with Smart and Fun People,"At Amazon, you have the opportunity to work on problems that impact real customers in really big ways! We're at the forefront of multiple industries (devices, cloud computing, ecommerce, and drones to name a few). Every day, you'll be provided opportunities to make decisions that drive forward what customers care about. You'll also be surrounded by the smartest (and often funnest) people of your career. In 10+ years of experience, I've learned and grown more than I could have every imagined as a result of being surrounded by brilliant people and tacking huge customer-focused problems.","Amazon's a company that has been (an will be) in hyper growth mode. We believe in being flat and decentralized with employees expected to use high judgment (instead of complex policies). There are growing pains for any company/team growing like this. We hold our core values at the nucleus of business (which is great), but there are challenges in growing this quickly.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19884,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Sr. Manager,Lots of fun and very rewarding.,"Ownership - I've worked at a number companies ranging from startups to companies bigger than Amazon. The level of ownership is unmatched.  Opportunity - Every other place I have worked I have because there was nothing new to learn or a lack of new challenges to take on. That has not been a problem. I keep getting challenged with roles of greater scope and complexity, which is a lot of fun.  Customer focus - It is a lens that makes decisions simple. For the most part, the company does an excellent job of using the customer as a yardstick for decision making.  Things happen - There is rarely a dull moment. Things can get crazy on occasion, but for the most part, the constant motion is one of the best parts about working here.  Audacity - We aim high. We aren't afraid to disrupt","You have to be self-directed. Not everyone can do that, and those who don't struggle. We don't do a good job of helping people like that and they end up leaving.  Inconsistent middle management - While I worked with amazing senior leaders, there is a lot of uneven quality to middle managers which ends up in a situation where some teams are amazing and others less so.  Gender imbalance. It is getting better but needs to improve a lot.","Of all the places I've worked and know people at, there is a greater uneven-ness in managers. Given the power managers do have during annual calibration, that can result in very different experiences. Please fix it. It will solve most of the problems at Amazon.  The other thing to change would be easing up on the frugality. Recent signs (much better developer hardware) are promising, but the difference between what we offer in benefits and perks relative to other companies in our space is quite large. There really isn't a good reason for that.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19885,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Great Place to Work!,+ Great challenges + Opportunity to learn and grow + Leadership is solid and they do a great job hiring talent + Visibility to a new way of thinking and running a highly efficient business + People working for the company are like minded and good at what they do + Environment is pleasant and consistently nice across the organization +Compensation packages are above market,-Pace (At times) -Communication (Getting large and lots of groups operating independently),"*Consider changing some of the compensation benefits to align/compete with top tier companies. (Vesting, 401K Match, ESPP, Etc.)",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19886,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's ok,"They do have great benefits, health,vision,dental 401 k and stock options, love my schedule.",They pay is very low. You feel like a robot. Tooany people breaks are short due to all the people and the metal detectors and badging through the doors.,I really like all my managers. I've never had a problem with any of them.,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19887,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - RSR PG/AMBASSADOR,RSR PG Ambassador,"Benefits, internal transfers, long term growth.",Pay is not top in industry like advertised. Lacking opportunities to move up unless you want managment,ANY PROCESS REQUIRING SPECIAL TRAINING SHOULD BECOME TEIRII. Not everyone who plans to retire Amazon is management material.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19888,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Competitive salaries, friendly people, good benefits, great space",Corporate bureaucracy can sometimes be frustrating,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19889,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Job with possible career opportunities.,"Compared with many of my previous jobs which offered little to know benefits, Amazon offers a great and varied amount. Even within my short time of working with Amazon I am already seeking promotion opportunities.","It's hard work, but still nothing to extreme.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1210.htm
19890,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Associate,Fulfillment Center,"Insurance, flexibility for going to college if you've been employed for more than a year. If you can become favored among the management, you will receive the ""good"" jobs in the warehouse.",Zero work life balance. Offers a tuition program but you are paid so lowly that you will never use it as most employees will qualify for a Pell Grant. Top out at $2 more than your starting salary after two years.,"Value your hardworking employees. I've seen the best employees leave for the number one reason that they felt discouraged, devalued, and taken advantage of. Extend opportunities to grow to these individuals and stop taking them for granted.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19891,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job,They offer good pay and benefits,You have to work long hours,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19892,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TL,paid the same as an area manager,Treated like a glorified babysitter,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19893,amazon,"Tacoma, WA"," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be clear about your long term goals and desires,Great opportunities to work on far-reaching and impactful projects. Definitely worth working there. Lots to learn. Could be worth the challenge to your work/life balance.,Work/life is/has been a challenge at Amazon. Some groups are better than others. Promotions can be hard to come by if you aren't willing or able to sacrifice some of your personal life in order to get it. Not for the faint at heart.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19894,amazon,"Menifee, CA"," Mar 19, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Stressful, manipulate, hard work.","Cheap insurance, good benefits, schedule accommodation, good hours. Not much else to say in the pro section but I have to type 20 words so here it is.",Rules constantly change. Managers and supervisors not helpful. Felt like they were working against you. Kept raising rate and lowering break times.,Consider your employees situation before firing them for no good reason other than to save money.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19895,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Customer Service (Reserves),The reserves position is awesome because you create your own shift.,"The main issue now is that they have hired so many people that there are not too many hours available,",N/A,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19896,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Mr Carroll,Mr.,Good job and has a lot of good benefits for people of all ages.,If your not a good employee and a loyal and respectful employee you will be fired.,If you are going to work find a job that if fun and fitting for you a be the best employee you can be.,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19897,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,lead fulfillment,it is a great place to work,working for long hours sometimes,employee engagement,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19898,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Recruiter,Recruiter,"Employees get a lot of autonomy to try new ideas/projects/etc. If you have a good manager and are working within a good group, it can be a great place to work.",too many recruiters stepping over everyone's toes,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19899,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Exciting Place to Work,"Always innovating and striving to be better, this is a high functioning company with high demands. It will always push you to improve. Good compensation especially when the stock is appreciating.","Difficult to keep a work life balance and not for everyone. If you cannot stay at a high pace and high expectations, it is not a good place for you.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1211.htm
19900,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Analyst,Amazon great company to work for if you are willing to work hard.,"Everything about the company is great, yes some people disagree with me but a job is a job you must be willing to work hard to make money. A lot of people complain about the long hours, well you knew that when you signed up. I personally didn't see any issue with the company. Pay was great, along with the benefits.","None really, everything was great so no complaints from me.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19901,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon is not worth the name, it has personally almost caused me a PTSD",- Everyone here is really smart - Great learning opportunities - Competitive pay,- A lot of micromanagement - Senior designers have rather big egos - Some of the teams have horrible managers,- An experienced designer is not necessarily a great manager. Test their management skills or at least have them undergo training before assigning them to be a manager.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19902,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,Grow at Amazon,"Work with great, smart people, in a world leading environment. You will learn a lot and be challenged a lot, and you have a lot of control of your career. Some reviews state you are expected to work hard, often and smart. It is not a direct expectation, but that behavior correlates well with successful Amazonians- who would probably do that anyway.","To some, the pros are cons.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19903,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Great culture and people to work with. Had a good time, made great friends. Work is good, sometimes demanding but plenty of flexibility to choose your projects.",Less perks compared to other companies. Quality of engineers went significantly down due to massive hiring and lowering the bar.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19904,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice place to study new technologies,A good place to learn cloud computing and distributed systems. You can learn a lot from your peers.,Terrible work-life-balance. No one likes on call. Seattle always rains.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19905,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon seller support,Great people to work with. Great leaders also,metrics to keep up with,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19906,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for amazon,"Decent, pick own hours. They do provide uniforms as well as badges and hats and you are allowed to keep any tips you have .","No reimburse for gas or tolls, they can mess up your hours and you need to make sure that they tell you about your tips because sometimes they don't.",Keep looking,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19907,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Warehouse Review ( Tracy CA ) Associate Tier 1,- 10 hour days which means 3 days off - Co-workers are usually chill,- unorganized managment - long hours - short lunch 30 mins unpaided - hard to move up as an associate,- try and help associate advance and work in departments they enjoy - listen to associates,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19908,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,warehouse worker,"job was seasonal didn't get much opportunity as a permit job,Training as well but the demand was overwhelmed and they talk to you like you're a teenager,Place was clean and safe","After the safely training l saw was a joke l thought l was back in high school,l understand about rules and safely standard but communication should be more involved than this is that and that is this ok now go to work Amazon should to better",communication should be more established and more repect,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19909,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Manage yourself, while limited by your managers","If you find yourself in a tight-knit crew, stay there as long as you can. The biggest ""pros"" will be ones you carve out for yourself over a long period of time.","Management is so fragmented that you'll ask four different people on your team the same question and you'll get four different answers, with no cohesion. Communication is lacking, to say the least. Absolutely no tutorial on how to execute any tasks, even ones brand new to you. Starting salary is arbitrary and there is essentially no way to manage a bump in pay unless you change jobs completely into a different area of Amazon. To top it off, perks are essentially nil.","Less ""managers"" and middle men, more effective communication and less meetings for the sake of meetings.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1212.htm
19910,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Role,"Autonomy, Customer Focused, Innovative Culture",Work/Life due to extreme customer focus Fringe Benefits,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19911,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Take the job,Good pay and fun people,Long hours and stupid team leads,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19912,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Digital Marketing Manager,Amazing experience if you can handle the grind,"Smart people, customer-centric approach, brand recognition and prestige",People management and employee retention is low priority,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19913,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Decent Place to work if you're a match to what they need,"large complex systems, enterprise java, good salaries, flexible work hours","very agile, short sprints, very small chunks of work at one time, very complex and poorly documented development environment.","support better documentation, more extensive mentoring for new hires.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19914,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Decent high velocity place to work, not the most employee friendly company though.",Much of the work at Amazon now is dedicated to management and bug fixing. Keep this in mind while considering an amazon position. Amazon HR tried to move me to seattle after I signed my offer for a particular team.,"Value employees more,",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19915,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"Great work schedule, great coworkers,",Mamagement looks down at employees,"The Battle is won by troops fighting on the front lines. The workers need motivation not a slave driver. The work is not hard, its frustrating though, having management push with no incentives... $$$$$.... You get what you pay for... you pay low, you get low quality of work.. money is a motivator..",3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19916,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Middle level management is poor,"Most teams operate as startups. Smart, analytical people. A company that moves a bit faster than other major Fortune 500.",Poor middle level management that have no idea how to manage or inspire its people. Benefits are significantly less than other major tech companies. Frugality is everywhere. Work life balance doesn't exist.,Train your middle level leaders (i.e. Levels 8 and 10s) and teach them how to manage and treat employees with professionalism and respect.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19917,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good temporary job,"Rather decent benefits, huge variety of people, typical full time perks like paid time off and vacation, ability to leave anytime during the day","Very undesirable schedules, higher up employees are usually on a power trip/high horse, lots of drama, a rate is used as a scare tactic which most of the time is obsolete due to complications with various things throughout the day, occasionally wonder if you're in a correctional facility",Don't hire in people fresh out of school into management without significant experience at the bottom first to better understand how everything works,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19918,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,College hire,"It's a great opportunity for learning. You will get right in the thick of things, and will be given opportunity to do well.","Being on a good team is very important. However, it seems moderately easy to switch teams of that option ever comes up.",Managing career growth is of the upmost importance for retaining your employees. Please take care on this to keep your stars going far.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19919,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,You learn a lot of new things and it's a fun place to work.,Miscommunication of work schedule and overtime days.,I honestly don't have any. But I liked working there.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1213.htm
19920,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great career opportunities, if you have a good manager","*Awesome people to work it and learn from *Great options for changing teams every couple of years (Amazon is working in so many spaces, you can move easily without leaving) *Good opportunity to have more leadership *Amazon is publicly traded so RSUs add to base salary *3-4 weeks paid vacation/sick time per year *Ability to work from home when necessary (sick or run an errand)","*Depending on your manager, might work long hours *On-Call (pager) duties typically 1 week per month *Annual raises do not keep up with market value *No catered meals",Increase the hiring bar for management to make sure managers help their team succeed.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19921,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager - Sponsored Products,Amazing Development Opportunity,"I joined Amazon after completing my MBA from a top 5 program. In my opinion, Amazon provides the best possible environment for mid-career development.  I have had the pleasure of seeing a relatively small business unit grow into an industry leading advertising business in the course of a few years. One of the best things about working at Amazon is the opportunity to work on really difficult problems alongside really smart people. The company will heavily invest in any business that shows serious potential for growth and there is never a lack of ambition or mediocrity in the work environment. Once you have become a true Amazonian other roles outside of the company seem boring and uninteresting, although the phone calls from outside recruiters won't stop coming in which is a pro in case you ultimately decide to you want leave.  I would highly recommend this potential opportunity for any freshly minted MBA.","Before you accept the job offer make sure you are ready to put in the work required. Work/Life balance as well as project quality is heavily dependent on what team you are on so make sure to choose wisely. Also, you will likely be writing a lot of documents because there is no PowerPoint allowed so make sure you are ready to write.  Promotions are certainly not a given, but they will happen if you show a lot of potential and have good work ethic.","I know frugality is a leadership principle, but can we at least have some free food?",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19922,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullilment Associate,"Great place, always work to be done. Good co-workers. Benefits are good compared to other places, and pay I assume is better than the surrounding businesses in the area.","Favoritism in management. If you are not in their ""favorite"" group it makes it kinda hard to move up and from what i've seen people get leadership roles and the position gets to their head quick.",In order to keep good employees in your company you need to see your management. Your managers need to know how to be leaders and not managers,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19923,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,It was okay. Easy work,Can get tiresome. Not enough people to do all the work,"Listen to your associates more. Instead of just standing around and talking all the time, try to get to know people on your line instead of the few, chosen favorites.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19924,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Need longer breaks and lunches.,"Good pay, Benefits, and hours.","Long shifts, must meet rate, breaks and lunches too short.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19925,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not that bad,"I loved working at the Amazon DuPont warehousE. The only negative complaint was we were a new facility, so our processes were not perfected yet.",Repetitive hand motion. My hands and arms would have a tingling sensation that stopped when I stopped working here.,Base promotions on work quality and not on how a person answers interview questions.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19926,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,good,good working envirnment and life balance,bad work hours and pressure,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19927,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Learning Specialist,Great place to work,Advancement opportunities Heat people to work with,Closed minded upper leadership Overtime all the time,Developer more associates from within instead of external hiring,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19928,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - ICQA Associate,It's easy but not for everyone...,The no hassle benefits are great. They have plenty of shifts for everyone's preferences. It's fast paced and has a very friendly atmosphere.,"Not the best paying for industry standards. Mangers are always replaceable (and frequently are). Even if you do an awesome job, you're hamstringed by coworkers who don't care.",Stop hiring managers from outside of the company. Especially ones who've never been with Amazon before. There are many well deserving people within your ranks that know their departments forward and back.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19929,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate,They often hire from within and there seem to be a lot of opportunities to move up. They also have fantastic benefits,"Unfortunately, they have the power to change your department without say. They also choose what hours you work without your say. If you don't want to work the night shift, oh well.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1214.htm
19930,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,your worse nightmare,Can bring your dogs to work. good location in the city,"Read NYTimes about Amazon. Actually, it is much worse... The culture is enforced by the management. Expect post traumatic stress effects...",none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19931,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Pace,"Great benefits, good coworkers, awesome company.",Awesome job with lots of advancement.,Leadership is everything.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19932,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Laid back west coast culture,None company stock is down,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19933,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - HRA,Long Hours,Plenty of room for advancement at Amazon. They do like to promote from within.,"A lot of long hours year round for HR. Operations has it's peak season during the holidays, but HR's peak season is year round",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19934,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Fast....,Good pay master Opportunities to grow,Always in rush Not good for research and inventing,Employees must be treated in a better manner.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19935,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Good,"very nice people, paid weekly.",Weak HR most of the working time no one at office .,perform your human resources ASAP,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19936,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,"Room to move up, 3 day weekend.","Cutthroat management tactics, hiring management from outside prior to posting positions internally.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19937,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC associate,Best reason to work for amazon is definitely the benefits and insurance that they provide. It is amazing that I don't have to worry so horribly over dr bills anymore!!!,Everyone comes to know EVERYONE!!!!,"Suck it up, buttercup!!!!",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19938,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Quality Associate,CQ-OPS,Very good and friendly environment,"NA, Na, Na, NA, NA",NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19939,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Stow It Amazon!,Amazon is a fast paced work environment with catchy company cheers and an opportunity for you to be the yell leader you can't help but get fired up about being part of the winning team...,The training which is done among ambassadors is not uniform nor is it to the standards of the floor supervisors who will be supervising you. So be warned you will be critiqued you will be written up be sure you stay at the front of the group so you receive your instruction loud and clear! It is better to have incorrect technique than to be clueless altogether about your job.,"Uniform training a zero week where you are trained in the functions of your job at a moderate crawl, walk, run pace then you demonstrate all the way all day on the fifth day Pass or fail.",2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1215.htm
19940,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Worst job I EVER had,Great Pay & lots of overtime available. You WILL stay busy.,"FIRST OFF, Amazon will lie to your face and make you feel like part of their company. The first hint of how awful this company is that they make you sign a waiver so that you cannot sue them on your first day! BUT, the moment you hurt yourself (which WILL happen working in the environments they expect you to work in) you will see the managements true colors. You are nothing but a number to them, and if you don't bust your butt to make the company profit, you probably won't keep a job there long. That is unless you manage to get preferential treatment like some in the company do. Some people will stand around doing nothing, and get paid for it, and they will never get reprimanded for it. Others, get scolded and fired for taking a break while they go to the bathroom. I WISH I WAS JOKING!  They have mandatory overtime during peak seasons, and often you won't know if you have to work until the day before. If you don't show up, they take your personal time away, and you can lose your job for not showing up to the last minute mandatory shifts. ""OH, you bought movie tickets for this weekend? NOPE, you have to work!""  Building temperatures would skyrocket during busy hours, if you get sick (for example with he flu) the company expects you to use your personal time. Once you run out of personal time you get fired, even if you used your time off being ill. I am only 26, and I ended up getting fired after my knees were so inflamed I could not walk the 10 miles+ they made pickers travel inside the building per night to collect items. I also had a sore back from the amount of bending/ stretching you will do for certain jobs. I had no more personal time to be spent, and I was offered paperwork to have filled out by my doctor in order to keep my job, even though my injuries were work related. Even though I had documentation to prove I went to the DR, that was not good enough, I was supposed to go BACK to the DR and have them fill out paperwork. This was the worst job I ever had.","Stand up to the foul practices within the company. I am a HARD worker, and I loved my job until I was treated so poorly I quit.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19941,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Engineering at Amazon,"I work as a software development manager for Amazon at Seattle. What I like most about working at Amazon is the ability to make large scale impact on the way the world buys stuff. And I get to do that of my own accord. Autonomy, independent thinking and ownership are encouraged here better than any other place that I know of. Amazon is a great place for builders and if you enjoy building things (robots at home, software at work, the works...) - then you will love working here.  As you will hear a lot of Amazonian's say ""there is scale and then there is Amazon scale"". I do not know of any other place that provides the cusp of physical scale and computing scale that Amazon provides. Physically moving goods across the world based on some person clicking a buy now button on the website - and doing it a very large number of times very day - brings with it some very interesting (including several unsolved) problems. it is a lot of fun to work on such problems.  Amazon is also a place that rewards diversity of thinking and approach. That has brought together a whole bunch of very interesting and smart people. I learn a lot every day that I show up at work. Amazon also has one of the most flexible internal move policies - so it is super easy to find something within the company that you are interested in working on and start working on it!  It is a very fast paced environment where something is happening all the time. Never a dull moment. That includes spirited white board discussions, quick team stand-ups and some noisy Friday evenings :)","The speed at which Amazon is growing resonates across the company.  This has had some downside in terms of ""big company"" features showing up at work. Sometimes there is process that builders may not enjoy as much. There is a lot of active push-back against unnecessary process and the good part is that at Amazon - it does change things ... but still - it feels like a ""big company"" sometimes.  Another aspect of having a fast moving builder culture with a lot of smart people is that it can be overwhelming at times. Sometimes I have felt that things are moving too fast and I have to play catch up.","Please do not give in to the pressures of the stock market or analysts. Amazon's strength is to think, invest and build with a long term perspective. Not many people get it - and it is ok. Most of us work here for that exact reason and we know that we are making big impacts. So please do not start thinking too much about of profitability and keep working towards the long term!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19942,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager in AWS,"I'm not going to lie, this is a very hard job, but that's what I love about it. I get to go super deep technically, I've worked with folks to invent cutting edge algorithms, we've routinely delivered against wildly audacious goals, and my team is brilliant. I can't imagine learning or growing more rapidly than I have here. I get to wear a lot of hats in this role: people manager, technical leader, business strategist.","You get used to saying ""things area really crazy right now,"" and eventually realize that's just how things operate. Learning to say no and balance your own schedule is critical, because it's rare to have someone else do that for you and there's no shortage of great things to go contribute to.","Continue to focus on employee retention and improving benefits, like we recently did with maternity/paternity leave. We should take that obsession over customers and make sure we treat our employees like customers too.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19943,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Phl7,"Health Benefits are great, You cant find better.","Unqualified managers, No people skills.","Promote from within, promote people that have come up through the ranks.",4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19944,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,The pay there is good and they give good hours,To many people for them to keep track of,Higher more PAs,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19945,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Process Guide,Process Guild,Best benefits I have had working for any company. Amazon will not let you work more then 60 hr in a week they believe in a healthy home life.,The differential between regular associate to process guides (floor supervisors) was at the time .25 cents. On your feet possibly standing in one spot for hours. The pay could be better.,"Believe in your employees more, no need to micromanage.",4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19946,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping,"decent hours, OK pay, opportunity for advancement, state of the art technologythat can be used to make work much more streamlined and convenient","working conditions, not much leniency with variable shift hours, lack of team leads and managers on the warehouse floor during shifts",spend time to get to know employees and work to make conditions better for employees offer incentives for better work and quality performance,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19947,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon Fulfillment Center,matching 401k RSU's great healthcare plan many opportunities for advancement employee discount programs quite a bit of time off available at your disposal,"All about throughput. So you better make rate! During the holiday season you could be working upwards of 60 hours a week The pay scale is at the middle of similar jobs, yet your managers expect you to work at the pace of someone who is getting paid at the top of the scale at a competing employer. In order to move up you will need to sacrifice your family time.","Become more homey. Don't consistently approach your employers about the negatives in their performance, and then never acknowledge them for their good performance.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19948,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and Rewarding,"Lots of responsibility early on, really smart people, dynamic business setting-constantly learning and evolving as a leader.",Steep learning curve with limited support in the beginning. Company's working to improve training resources.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19949,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice place to work,"Love the summer over there, and the working environment","rains a lot, a little bit cold in the winter",pretty good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1216.htm
19950,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,Benefits and incentives are amazing at Amazon.,Strenuous Work! It like a wet shop and the management is horrible.,They need to have leadership training classes for all managers.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19951,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Not for the working new parent,"Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Stock), PTO (Paid time off), VTO/VTO(Vacation Time off & Voluntary Time off) UPT (Unpaid time off). When working here pregnant, it's a breeze until it's time leave 4 weeks before your delivery date. You get paid to sit down and chill (if your an advent reader, it's a good time to use work as your own personal library) Only good for if your desperate in getting a job.","Communication is Amazon's biggest problem. With everything. No matter what department your in or which department your dealing with. None of the mangers know how to communicate with one another or to their employees. If your pregnant, HR will give you a run of the mill of forcing you into the hands of LOA by saying the have no work (even though it's half-true, they rather not pay you) and if you haven't been employed within Amazon for over a year and not eligible for FMLA they force your hand into being in job limbo (having a job but not having a job). If you do manage to be able to sit for light duty and aren't an advent reader, you spend 10 hours of your time bored off your butt due to not being able to sit in either breakrooms or ERC for source of entertainment when AmCare, Learning or HR has no work to provide for you. Work-life balance is also, very non-existence especially if your coming out of parental/maternity leave. If you work nights, it's hard to impossible to move to the day shift. And some managers or even HR are shady enough to try to find ways to get you fired.",Communication. Don't treat employees as just a number to be replaced.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19952,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Full Time Amazon Associate Great Benefits ~401K w/ Employer Match/Stocks/Health ~PTO-Personal Time Off awards~Paid ~UPT- Unpaid Time Off (some limited -unpaid time)allowed for unexpected needs without incurring infractions for absences. ~VTO -Voluntary Time Off -unpaid-offered when orders are filled and workforce is heavy without costing your UPT designated hours. . ~ Vacation accruals for hours worked-Paid National Holidays Paid (must work day before and day after holiday)              Steady work schedule /fast paced/ hands on physical activity -physically demanding for walking,stooping,lifting and reaching.-Overtime opportunities              For energetic,task driven employees who enjoy ""Getting the job done with challenges to self goals./.opportunities to learn .This is a job for someone who wants to work for their wages-Not socializing and goofing off.That's why jobs are called 'Work'.             Providing Great Customer Service requires we do our part in getting the task done in timely manners so others can do their part as well to get the product shipped correctly and timely.That's job security when Customers are Happy! Team work and willingness to boost efforts at times is very important.  Periodic Employee Perks:-some Free Appreciation>>>- snacks/lunches/drinks/contests/employee assistance program/some transportation options/opportunity for Temp. to become Full Time Associates.employee discounts.  Being part of a Global Provider Service is purposeful work.I Love to be busy,be appreciated for my contributions,and value positive work ethics.I feel responsible to do my job to the best ability.","Break times of 15 minutes include the travel time to refreshments/restrooms.-This place is HUGE(like-8 football fields?) so returning to work within( 15 minutes from scan to scan) is difficult to feel refreshed.               Restrooms are ONLY on 1st floor so if it takes 3 minutes to get to restroom-you risk being""Off task"" infraction-if you don't plan well---Staying hydrated is VERY important due to being a air-cooled(not air conditioned) atmosphere 85 degrees in winter times-hotter in summer--so choose well on dressing lightly ,moving fast and strengthen your bladder .LOL.                  Lunch time of 30 minutes seems short for travel times to break-rooms(3 minutes),after going through security checks( 0-1 minute as long as you remove your metal items{coins,belts,keys,watches safety blades] and send them through the side counter..Mass lunch group sometimes mean choosing to eat a cold lunch because microwaves are very busy in break-room               You may start your day on the West side (where your locker,coat and lunch is-) only to be moved to the East side till lunch. It is 565 steps to East-Side from west side for me LOL.                   Basically I consider LUNCH to be(( 20/25- minutes)) due to commute times./security line- Sometimes eat for 15 minutes-grab coat-smoke outside in designated area for 7 minutes-put coat away-6 min to work space to/from and 2 minutes to use restroom..= 27 minutes if ya don't dilly dally ...                    Performance requirements are a corporate demanding quality to succeed in business- sometimes"" circumstances"" make it tough to reach goals expected. You MUST work> Smart/Efficient/Fast.and Safely/Steadily.                    Con: some co-workers don't always share the responsibility/integrity needed. ""Cherry-Picking"" the easiest work helps their rates but leaves others doing the harder more time consuming tasks.                      Failing to meet expectations in quality /performance/quantity will create disciplinary path- You MUST FIRST SUCCEED ""to be able to transfer"" to another position you may be better suited for..","*Stop ""Cherry Picking"" practices .Make FIFO Mandatory with repercussions for those not following procedures                * Assign Someone to.Evaluate performance for ""Bin Etiquette and hold employees responsible for carelessness that creates problems for employees  following their path."".Damaged,hidden products"" interfere with speed and accuracy to deliver to customer             * Consider reviewing job performance evaluations- as an opportunity....... to ""Place Employees"" in positions.......... where their Strengths and contribution to  the Company are best served.                *Recognizing Potential would be my suggestion to consider- and utilizing it to provide best outcomes for all will create Happy Employees=dedicated positive results...Struggling/stressed employees=unproductive ,culled workforce. Darwinian Theory ignores POTENTIAL.          * Management is:"" the ability to manipulate"" conditions/workforce to provide best outcomes for end results.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19953,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Tier III Process Assistant,Amazon,Great benefits and the people,Not for the people. It is really hard to move up they always hire recent college graduates into management,Firing people because they actually care about associates and calling it unethical is for the birds,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19954,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,risk investigation,dynamic and challenging workplace.,employees need to work very hard to get promoted,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19955,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place for the Right Personality,"+smart people +fast moving +direct & open conversations +great business & technical problems +consistent use of core values (called ""leadership principles"" internally)","+note a very diverse sr. leadership team, and a level of unwillingness to address this in a head-on way","I think Amazon tries very hard to be a meritocracy-- and is impressive in their attempts at evaluating and compensating employees based on data relate to performance. But it does not acknowledge the impact that structural issues (gender, race, culture) have on excelling in the environment that has been created the the team. As an inventive thought-leader in many spaces, I think Amazon could be thinking much differently about how to tackle issues of diversity-- including setting metrics, goals & encouraging ""big thinking"" around changing our workforce. I am not sure if the company values a diverse workforce, and if we do-- our progress has been too incremental vs. other company priorities.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19956,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Feb 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I was a shift leader customer service rep,The people I love doing at I was doing its a lot of fun,I had to work 7 days 60 hrs a week,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19957,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Feb 6, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great Place,Your surrounded by great interesting people and the culture that is fostered and cultivated at Amazon is wonderful.,If working in Customer Service be aware that you'll get every type of customer imaginable.,Start a program for management that lets them experience the jobs of the people they manage.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19958,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Awesome, but it depends on your team.",Had a great time. My internship was incredible. I worked on tough problems and learned a lot of new technologies over 3 months.,"Things tend to feel slow some days, but it's really up to you to find new challenges. The culture can be pretty stressful sometimes, but never as bad as being a college student!","I really liked my manager and mentor. They were incredible people. I can't complain about anything, although some interns didn't have such a great time as I did.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19959,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Fast paced, never boring","Always something new to learn. 401k is good, not great My management team is the best Cross training is always a possibility, growth is endless.",Hours become long during peak and when leadership staffing is not appropriate for the department. Training is not good enough to expect someone to do their job well immediately,"Always grow, listen to associates and always be willing to give a helping hand. A smile, ""hello"", and ""let me know if I can do anything for you"" goes a very long way.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1217.htm
19960,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Stower/Picker,Stow/picker,"Good benefits, and great pay. Plenty of overtime. Plenty of hard work. Frequent breaks, and a decent lunch break.","They treat their employees like they're just a number. Very disrespectful management, and no leadership what do ever.","Quit being so disrespectful. Do your job, and take leadership very seriously.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19961,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,I really liked it it was a easy working environment,Didn't have any down sides,Thanks for the opportunity,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19962,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Grow,"Amazon is great place to grow and develop your leadership skills in general. you learn how to think big, have a back bone, and become customer obsessed.","At Amazon you are always expected to work hard, long and smart. if for any reason any of these three attributes is not highly present in your work on a weekly basis, you are in trouble.","Please treat amazonias as human beings not machines, we are supposed to have lives too.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19963,amazon,"South Pasadena, FL"," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Fulfillment Area Manager,Great people at all levels. Excellent managerial training.,Managers often burnt out after 3-4 years,Work harder to ensure managers can have a better work/life balance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19964,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",Lot of challenging problems to deal with. Mature infrastructure lets you focus on core problems rather than how o build and deploy,Software Development Engineer bar has gone down slightly over he years as the company tries to add hundreds per month.,"Good place to learn and grow, lots of challenges, things to learn. Hiring is the number one priority and delivering projects is the second highest.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19965,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Amazon is a great company. They are very good with benefits and stock bonuses.,Not as giving as some other tech companies.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19966,amazon,"Sterling, VA"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Facility Manager,Rethink before signing up,was given opportunity to invent and make changes,"back stabbers and glory seekers will surround you, local management needs more technical background",VA needs Seattle's help,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19967,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expect nothing but the best,"The process has been seamless (interviews, orientation, training). The team I work with have been amazing.",There are tons of buildings so it can be a challenge,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19968,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Shift Manager-Logistics,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History!",It's amazing to be part of such an innovative company. We are constantly pushing boundaries of what is possible and accelerating delivery to the customer.,"While there is ample opportunity to grow with the company, internal promotions are not valued over externals, even with vast experience.","Promote internally more often, it will increase retention and ensure that those with a knowledge base are rewarded for training and developing others.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19969,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros / Cons,Good place to start your career and to have as a part-time job. Weekly pay.,Only work 4 hour shifts.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1218.htm
19970,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start,The base salary is good compared to other companies. life in Seattle is comfortable.,"There may be many on-calls in some group, work pressure is high",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19971,amazon,"Pemberton, NJ"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Kiva Amnesty Associate/Inventory Control Quality Assurance Associate,"EWR4 location in Mercer County, NJ","benefits, starting pay, philosophy, 4-day workweek, education benefit if you're able to use it.",not every implementation of the grand plan can be perfect. not every opening will be filled the way you hope. the energy necessary to perform non-stop for 10-hour work days makes other activities nearly impossible. part-time not available at every location,avoid using young kids for managers,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19972,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but difficult to get promoted,"Amazon has unique culture and startup mind no matter how company gets bigger. They encourage you to be different, disagree to someone, invent tools and be frugal. Regarding to my team, we have enough freedom, no micromanagement, no politics. Managers are nice and smart, they help us a lot. Company is growing so fast, and you will have many opportunities. It will be very exciting working in this company, especially in AWS department.","Competitive, too many people trying to become a manager. Too high bar to get promoted.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19973,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast Paced, Quick Living",Amazon is one of the most fast paced work environments I've ever witnessed. Combined with the encouragement of innovation and owning your work you can choose to success or fail. If you are successful you are also well rewarded.,"The company insists on their employees manage their work/life balance but while they encourage employees on one hand, in order to succeed in your position, you need to remove ""life"" from that equation. Also, the NY Times article was correct in many areas, especially back-stabbing. While the company doesn't promote that type of activity, they certainly don't correct employees who engage in this behavior.",The annual feedback from employees indicates where improvements could be made and management should pay more attention to those details as they provide indicators on how to improve life at Amazon.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19974,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Feb 20, 2016",Former Employee - Order Picker,You'll lose weight AKA Not for those with a heart condition.,Interesting place to work and great benefits and pay.,"Kept constantly upping quota. Also, not eligible for rehire if ever released.",Give your employees a chance to redeem any short-comings.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19975,amazon,"Milwaukee, WI"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Assembly,assembly,good pay an time flies bye fast an it not hard work at all,when things get backed up,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19976,amazon,"Rialto, CA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,You get paid enough and the work isn't difficult.,"It's difficult to work with some people and to work with some shifts that aren't yours, without playing the blaming game.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19977,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good experience,The project asked to do is not hard. Our mentor is actually very nice.,Amenities are old. Overall atmosphere is little bit stressed.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19978,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Warehouse Associate,Fun at Amazon,Fast paced environment. Had a lot of fun. Always very busy and not much standing around.,The hours weren't great but during peak season you would get a ton of hours. I guess it sort of evened out.,Keep up the great work!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19979,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worker Bee,Great opportunities with a big company,Pay is low and lots of walking,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1219.htm
19980,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,amazon is a good company to move forward.,"not enough experience, very young company.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19981,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Flexible working environment, new technology",Bad work life balance. Bad management,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19982,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA,Icqa,They will easily hire anyone to work for them. All you have to do is pass a spit drug test and you're in- which says a lot about the staff.,"There is nothing good about this company. It's basically crude slave labor, employees are pushed to work past the ethical threshold for manual labor. The harsh working conditions actual weigh in peoples' health- skin conditions and breakouts, breathing problems from fumes and micro materials found in the air, and hair loss. The employees are treated badly by management and HR. They are forced to work through their break time because if they are 1 minute late - which happens if you have to walk the half mile to go to the bathroom- or step away to use the restroom at any given time they are punished - written up. Awful company all and all.",They need to practice and enforce basic human rights and federal working condition laws.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19983,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT manager,"Leading edge, always something new, challenges are always right around the corner, never a dull moment. Anytime feedback is good when used the correct way.","Work life balance, pressure to be the best creates a very competitive environment as well as tearing down those around you in an attempt to look better than your peers.","See through the hero's that are created by stupidity by their own doing. IT groups are very large, fulfillment IT management has no direction and seems to ignore biggest issues with turnover of staff. Ostrich approach to issues seems to be preferable when it comes to personnel job growth and retaining talent",4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19984,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Finance,"If you can dream it, share why it adds value to the Company, you can build. It's an amazing place to be part of, literally changing eCommerce daily. It combines the best of a big company and owning your own business into one. Smart people working hard! Opportunities to try different experiences are everywhere.","You never feel valued. Burnout, and poor management is prevalent. In an environment where folks are compensated for individual contributions, not building teams or working together, there is little recognition for Managers that care for or develop their teams. Good people are forced out of the Company daily due to the rating requirement to force out 10% of the workforce. The compensation does not reward your contributions. If the stock price goes up on future shares you are owed, you may not get a raise. You can go years without raises, even if you are a top rated employee.","Reward team building, train your people to be good managers by giving them training and rewarding the ability to keep folks motivated in a hard working environment. Reward employees on their contributions yearly, the total comp model doesn't allow for this type of recognition. It's hard for an individual to feel valued for their contributions. Due to Manager turnover, my promotions were never presented even though I was rated top tier. I see no choice but to leave the Company and go where my strengths are valued.",2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19985,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 17, 2016",Former Employee - Retail Experience Representative,retail rep,Got fired hr did nothing to fight for my rights,Got fired HR did nothing to fight for my rights- Lots of discrimination Boss not fit to be a retail manager,"Get better leaders , hiring from with in isnt always good.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19986,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,High burn out rate,"You will be working with very talented and smart people. People are not afraid to throw out all of their ideas, which makes design meetings and teamwork fun and challenging.",There is terrible work/life balance at this company. You are expected to put in long hours to stay on top of the curve. Less cool employee perks than other large tech companies. Pay is lower than other large tech companies.,"Pay attention to your employees. I have noticed that sometime when management does not hear what they want, they just jump from person to person until they find someone with the same opinion as them. Please listen to what we have to say and offer.",1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19987,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Call Center / Stressfull!,"Will be exposed to new trends. You will meet very intelligent people. Many are friendly based on culture, if you click.",Call center environment stressful and you must work hard. Breaks are monitored. No room for growth. The training is not relevant. Your pay depends on customer ratings. Cultural divisions. Management micro manages. Pushing people to take calls. You must work weekends. Low pay compared to competitors. Poor ergonomics and the benefits are very poor. HIGH TURNOVER.,Please tell the truth when interviewing and why people just quit after a few months. This is very fair for the newbies.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19988,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources Ops Administrative,Great place for competitive optimists,"Transfer opportunities all over the country and the world, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, 401k match.","Competitive, stressful environment. If you are a pessimist, tend to distrust people, or don't really like looking at the big picture, you will have a rough time (and you will give others a rought time). Don't apply if you're not extremely resilient.","Find more ways to reward and engage loyal employees, and encourage their growth and promotion. Find better hiring algorithms that will weed out people who can't handle stress, read, follow rules, and keep a positive attitude.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19989,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Material handler,Pay and opportunity are excellent,Physically demanding on your. Feet constantly,Provide more opportunity for ex felons because there are alot of good workers needing a real chance,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1220.htm
19990,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Working for Amazon Web Services,Innovation and new Ideas are abundant. Expanding into new markets at a fast pace. They are one of the top cloud network providers in the industry.,"Poor leadership from middle management, no consistency between them. Work schedules are not good for families. They knee jerk react when something goes wrong in any location and implement restrictions on employee's instead of being proactive from the management and communicate to employee's. They preach taking ownership in the work place, but have it set as an impossible place for an employee to share ideas. No accountability and consistency from inexperienced leadership. Work conditions do as your told and don't make waves.","Stop Micro Managing work that your making billions off of. Its OK to be wrong as a manager and deal with your poor selections for management, but then take the opportunity to fix the problem not look away from it.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
19991,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer III,Average,"Depending on which team your one, you could work like crazy or work a few hours a day.","If your not in seattle, you get 0 benefits. Even when your in seattle is pretty lame on what they give back for employees.","I feel like all the managers take all the year review stocks and give them to themselves and give the employees under them very few. My 3 other coworkers and I under my manager got 24 shares each, while my manager racked in 500+.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
19992,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad job,"Good pay, good benefits, good people","boring job, long hours, supervisors pick favorites",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
19993,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Package Handler,Good,"Short process, took no longer than 3 days to get the job. Hiring event was pretty quick also, nothing major",No cons at all. Great place,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
19994,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Fulfillment Associate,Run for cover,The outside a great company.,"Some workers are unprofessional and the management fosters them. Very click atmosphere without allowing people growth. Constant unprofessional activities occurring and the management allows and participates, encouraging turnover. No hr assistance.",It would not help.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
19995,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Good or bad depending on your team,"Autonomy- no one is going to tell you how to do your job. You decide the best way. Business process - Amazon has a different way of doing things. Yes, they do write 1-6 page documents to prepare for meetings rather than putting thoughts into a PowerPoint presentation. Then they spend the first 10-20 minutes of the meeting quietly reading it. Yes, they do encourage healthy debate to a level that makes a lot of people uncomfortable. In the end this makes for better business decisions. Mobility - once you've been here for a year and had a decent review, it's very easy to move around.",Autonomy- no one is going to tell you how to do your job. You don't get a whole lot of guidance. It's sort of trial by fire's Career development - this is pretty much up to you Varying culture - the culture can be vastly different based on the team you're on. It can range from nearly as bad as the media makes it out to be to a fun startup environment,"Stay peculiar, but more invest in your people's development",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
19996,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Great internship,Opportunities to work with full-time team members on many of the same tasks. Lots of respect from other employees.,"Need to go out of your way to ask questions and be independent, otherwise you'll drift behind on your work.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
19997,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Awesome,"Great opportunities for go getters who are willing to put in a lot of energy. Can learn good practices, which will be useful beyond. Good for young folks.","You have to be a go getter. Don't expect much structure, or you might struggle. You may miss out on some industry standard terminology in certain roles. There's an ""Amazon way"".",Sometimes folks in leadership celebrate ambiguity rather than striving to deal with it. More tech leadership training.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
19998,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Overall Pretty good,"Good pay, flexible hours, an environment with a lot of really smart people that you will learn a lot",On call rotation sucks. Be prepared to have no life outside of work whenever it is your turn to be on call,ditch the on call rotation for software developers. hire a support team to deal with these issues,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
19999,amazon,"West Allis, WI"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Ambassador,Brand Ambassador,Good Money Only 2 events a month,boring phone calls that last long,shorten calls,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1221.htm
20000,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Amazon,"Fun job, lots of neat things to look at, nice pay.","The job is utterly, mind numbingly boring.",none. The job is what it is.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20001,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,fulfillment associate,Fun and easy rewarding job,Lots of overtime at peak and bad parking at peak,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20002,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Agent,AMAZON!,"They offered a lot of overtime, you can work from home","Customers are rude, training is boring, they do not pay much",Raise the pay,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20003,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,Good atmosphere and diverse workforce at the entry level,"Long hours, a constant emphasis on performing tasks more quickly and more efficiently. A general impression of being a cog in a giant machine that management would replace with an actual machine if possible.",Less focus on moving as fast as possible and a greater focus on individual abilities. Less favoritism and insistence that everyone can perform as quickly as the fastest member of that team.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20004,amazon,"Orange, NJ"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Processor,It's a wonderful job great pay all over fun working inviorment.,It's seasonal so it's not very long.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20005,amazon,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Driver,Amazon Flex Driver-Dont believe the hype,Customers live the service. Tips are tremendous. You are paid $18 per hour plus tips.,"Like all app based delivery jobs, too many drivers are hired. In this case, almost 200. Amazon clearly only cares about customers and not about the people on the front line so to speak who the customers actually can put a face to, which are the drivers. Working as an IC is hard enough, but after working two four day work weeks, I have not worked in twelve days and am on The schedule only once in the next seven days. What good is it to get hired if you can't work? The corporate managers here don't know squat and only tell you the,scheduling is random. I guess Skynet has finally taken over.","Without satisfied and motivated drivers, do you honestly expect customers to be greeted with a happy, polite, well groomed and friendly driver?",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20006,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Associate,Easy hire process/decent pay Opportunity to grow They promote within,Work laborious/10 hr shift High injury rate,Safer environment More job training,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20007,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting coordinator,"Get to bring your dog to work, very nice people, very smart people",Have to spend a minimum of one year in a role before a promotion,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20008,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Team Associate,Team Associate,Great Benefits. Diverse Workforce. Self Guided,Inconsistent management of departments and individuals.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20009,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Fun environment and great people to work with,Pay cut after peak season and bad parking,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1222.htm
20010,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Software Development Engineer,Good place to get a footing into the industry,Challenging work. Great people to work with.,Burnout is real Work life balance will be compromised if you do not draw the line when you need to.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20011,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Order Picker,Fulfillment Center,Great medical Dental Vision Good pay Time off Choice of shifts,Short breaks Lots of heavy lifting Fast pace Very hot in the warehouse,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20012,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At your own risk,Great brand to have on the resume. The company is doing some very interesting projects. Opportunities to transfer across division is a great benefit.,"The company has a ""unique culture"". Many managers and co-workers have a honeybadger mentality. This brews a lot of CYA and claiming of credit for whatever you can so that you could be safe come OLR time. There is a lot of lip service to work-life balance and collaboration. Reality is that it is just lip service.",Pressure-cooker is probably not the way to get the best out of employees.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20013,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jan 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal PIT driver,Great pay. Steady work. Overtime.,"Stand 10+ hours, seasonal, wanted more hours. Could work only 50 or 60 hours in a week.",Promote quicker,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20014,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Awsome learning experience,Awesome work . scope to learn many new things,"result oriented , does not matter how hard you try",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20015,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,poor,Your job will be stable if you can put up with the BS.,Be ready to take on the shortcomings of a multi billion dollar company.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20016,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Smart people, room to grow professionally","Fast-paced, competitive environment, teams often worked in silos",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20017,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work if you need a job that pays well,"They give everyone a chance. They don't discriminate based on age, race or gender. Lots of opportunity get overtime especially during the holidays. Lots of Unpaid time off","Very Little Work Life Balance You will find yourself working 50-60 per week when holidays come around and during ""Peak"" season. And because you are working during the holidays, you won't be able to spend time with your family.  Hard to earn Vacation Days  They also don't provide much training to managers. They believe in throwing people in the fire and letting them figure out on their own how to put it out.",Please provide more training to employees and managers. Its not fair to throw people in the gauntlet and then get mad when they didn't figure out how to operate the facility on their own,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20018,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,highly recommend,lots of learning opportunities for young professionals,sometimes working hours are crazy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20019,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"Great minds, many opportunities, challenging work.",Odd hierarchy of mgmt that creates some tension.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1223.htm
20020,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Sourcing Recruiter,Technical Sourcing Recruiter,"Smart people, innovation at it's finest - relaxed and fast paced work environment.",None I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20021,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Great place to grow in your career,Work life balance is not that good,Work on being less frugal towards employees,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20022,amazon,"Kirkland, WA"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Software Quality Engineer,Amazon is a good place,"Good salary, good health insurance , working with smart people, work closely with customers","A lot of politics, hard to grow",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20023,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate/Picker,Average,The benefits and the pay rate is great,The physical labor is hard on the back,Show your employee more appreciation,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20024,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Jan 31, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Coworkers are amazing,"Benefits are really great Great pay and biannual raises (started at 13 ended at 14.75) Stock options are great - vest after 2 years HR was easy to talk to Great coworkers Incentive pay for performance is nice Prizes/incentives for OT during peak times Paid Time Off, unpaid time off, vacation time","Communication between the customer service site and the ""heads of the business"" in Seattle could be better Have to work holidays",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20025,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Ok job,"Works with your school schedule, benefits start immediately, flexible paid time off and decent pay.","Hard to move up at the company unless you're a kiss up or know someone higher up, a lot of lazy coworkers, demanding rate, if you can't keep up, you will be fired, you will get hurt eventually.",Actually give the people who work hard and make their rates a chance at advancing instead of using favoritism. I have seen a lot of excellent workers leave because of this.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20026,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Good Pay and Benefits after being with company for required time.,All employees are not held to the same standards. A lot of favoritism at every level. Stated Company standards not applied.,Keep your word-manage your hype-believe your workers,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20027,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,There are a lot of smart people you work with,Keeping a good work life balance,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20028,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,Does anyone know the starting salary for an internal employee once they become Area Manager?,Catering to employees that get upset when they're asked to do their job,Support your PAs because they are directly working with your associates. Even if something isn't a big deal listen to that employee because it's a big deal to them even if no action is taken pretend you care.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20029,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,Great company to work for,I don't have anything negative to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1224.htm
20030,amazon,"Dinwiddie, VA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Stow Ambassador,It is easier to quit then apply for a position than to get hired on internally,If you are starting out in life it is a great job. The benefits are great. I had a son last year and haven't paid for a doctor visit yet.,"Rare chance to move up, the area managers are all new hires from Virginia Tech and they come in not knowing absolutely zero. Jobs go up on the job board just long enough for the person they want to have to put in their application.(less than 24 hours)","Why does an employee with no degree have to bust their butts to get an area manager position but a fresh face college guy can walk right in with no experience, a degree in English and no clue on how to run a warehouse,",5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20031,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Makes a good temporary job,Decent pay and benefits for a part-time job.,"Chances of advancement are very slim, management is hit-or-miss.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20032,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager Level V,Above average industry salary. Growing Company Upward mobility,Long hours 65-70 hrs per week.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20033,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE II,Think big. Fascinate technology. Lovely people.,Long approval chain. Oncall. Frugal.,Not to be too frugal though.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20034,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software developer Current employee,Best company to work at as a fresher,"No work-life balance, work late nights and work over the weekends",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20035,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Amazon!,Great concept to work for.,Company growing at an incredible rate.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20036,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Receive,Change culture,Good benefits. Upt. Chances to learn a lot of different jobs. Off 3 days of the week depending on schedule.,Bad management. Mandatory overtime. Nepotism. Virtual time off. Inept training. High turnover rate. Fratinizing among employees and management. Unprofessional culture.,"Stop sleeping with the employees. Learn and master your craft. Follow osha and hippa laws. Bad IT department, fire them. Stop harassing the people that are not your friends or the ones you are not sleeping with. Close night shift.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20037,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,AWS Business Development,I worked in the Biz Dev side of the AWS partner team for 2.5 years and loved it. The pace of innovation at AWS is mind blowing. The products and services that the team works with are market leading and the opportunity before AWS is staggering. I thoroughly enjoyed my 2.5 years there and would have happily stayed for me. I was scooped up by an AWS partner to lead an even bigger opportunity.  I'd highly recommend time at AWS!,"AWS lives by its Leadership Principles which is mostly a good thing. If these principles resonate with you then you'll be good. If they do not then don't work there. However, there is no Principle around treating employees well. The closest is Hire & Develop the Best but that does not quite mean treating employees with respect. Within some groups at AWS it can be quite harsh. That was not my experience but I heard of people that had a rough time.  AWS is not for everyone but for me it was fantastic.","Treat people well. Treat them with respect. You focus on the customer and that is really great. If you could put one tenth of that energy on internal personnel it would really help.  Also, get the compensation programs aligned with other tech leaders. The 2 year bonus program and then sub standard pay is really troublesome. Beef up the benefits, they are really quite poor.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20038,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Vendor Manager,"Amazon is an amazing place to work, learn and grow - quickly. Your peers are best in class, and you will learn more in one year than you will at other companies in 10 years. Amazon pays well through salary, bonus, and most importantly - stock.","You'll work a lot at times, but the reward will be an amazing product that creates an opportunity or solves a problem for the customer. Best for those who desire challenge and quick growth opps.","Consider tweaks to OLR. If we're owners and we earn trust, then anything in my review should have been said to me or my directs, and not just when we are not in the room. We work together for 6 months at a time before review cycles occur, and there needs to be more accountability towards on-the-spot feedback so that our people (and us) can grow and not be surprised and unmotivated by feedback.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20039,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Clerk/Receiver,Amazon life,meet a lot of fresh faces. they have health benefits. Growing company.,Managment sucks Pick especially. Hard to move up. Lots of favoritism.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1225.htm
20040,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Working for Amazon you have so many opportunities to grow and move within the company.,When promotions become available management already has certain people in mind.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20041,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,"Great benefits such as medical, vision, and dental insurance. Personal time, vacation time, and unpaid time. 401k and other benefits",I work nights and my manager has to be the worst for many reasons. If it werent for her i would love my job lol. Oh and the hr is very rude.,Fire a.j ! Youd be doing a great justice to all the employees.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20042,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,starter job,"clean environment ,plenty of work if your willing to work overtime.very good benefits ,including tuition for school,bonuses(vcp),paid time off","every high school grad with no work experience will get paid the same as a seasoned worker , no matter how well they work or how hard.This tends to anger workers who have good work ethics,and try to do their jobs well .Because there is a great amount of workers the younger workers tend to think it is a social club not a work environment.",They should weed out the poor workers more rapidly to keep the job more professional. This would help with the feeling of resentment towards fellow workers.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20043,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Operations Associate,Worst. Job. Ever.,The insurance benefits were great.,This was the most poorly managed operation I have ever worked for.,Get your heads out of your laptops and go on the floor to see what is taking place.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20044,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Outstanding experience in customer service,I have fantastic support and training. Help is only a chat away. Our team stays connected in a team chat. And individual conversations with leadership are easily accomplished. I feel appreciated and valued working here. Time off and schedule changes are easy to arrange as well. Skill building and training are ongoing there is usually opportunity for additional hours. There are a host of skill sets to be trained in and to move into. Internal transfers are possible and seem straightforward to accomplish.,The first two training weeks are long days and information overload! It may take a bit before you hit your groove of feeling confident in your role. A performance summary offers metrics of how you are doing based on customer response re: solving their issue. When something takes multiple steps and you couldn't solve their issue immediately this metric will count against you. They do look at general improvement trends before jumping to conclusions first.,Nurture your teams. Explore hidden qualifications and skills among team members to add value to the company. Take the time to appreciate a job well done.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20045,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Only if you really Need a Job,"Putting in overtime, your check look nice.","Standing basically in the same spot for 9 1/2 hours and the reptition using your hands, you start to notice carpa ltunnel aches that last for days.",none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20046,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA Review,"Spacious, personal and vaction time give","Short breaks, bad HR attitudes",Worry about the staff more,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20047,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Easy work, common sense",Great people to work with. A lot of incentives,A lot of favoritism Long standing hours,Notice the employees who are actually dominating rates. Not only the ones who you work directly with.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20048,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,seller support,very good work culture at amazon,not applicable here at all,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20049,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Ambassador,They take great care of us.,None that I have felt.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1226.htm
20050,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,seller support,very good work culture at amazon,not applicable here at all,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20051,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Ambassador,They take great care of us.,None that I have felt.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20052,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,The largest online retailer!,"Good benefits, friendly coworkers, nice paycheck, feels good to have 3 consecutive days off, you are given plenty of time to use, and they do have activities for associates during the summer, and holidays.","I can't stand the fact that it's no work-life balance. The 10 hour schedules suck, I'd rather work 8 hours shifts 5 days a week. You have to go through too much to get promoted when people you train get promoted before you. it's so much I can say but I'm going to keep at a minimum",Learn how to treat your employees like they are appreciated and maybe your turn over rate wouldn't be so high because people would want to stay.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20053,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy to have had this temporary job,"Working from home, flexible hours, opportunity to work on new projects, good training, good organization of work material","Certain projects could be monotonous, pay not great for level of education of employees and area of country",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20054,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Life,"The pay is good for the area we are located in, able to work night shift to not have to pay for childcare.",The long hours of standing and walking each night can be tiresome.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20055,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BIE at Amazon,"Great company has a lot of business units and branches, so you might explore different teams easily.","Company moves fast, so does the employees.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20056,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Team Leader,"The compensate well, working 4 and sometimes 5 days a week depending on holidays and others","The downsides can be working on a salary base, they can throw 40 hours at you one week and 50 hours the next",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20057,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Great Company,"Nice coworkers fun people, energetic environment","lack of communication long hours, points system",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20058,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Heavy Turn over rate during Peak Season,Multiple opportunities for growth many departments to cross train fast paced environment,High Turnover rate Quick burn out Overwhelming Ambiguity,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20059,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Safety Specialist,"Rarely boring, fairly challenging.","Fun working environment, challenging, lots of people to interact with, lots of overtime bumps your pay way higher than the estimated (up to $25,000+ a year), typically get 3 day weekend unless it's the holiday season.","Long working days (no more than 12hrs/day), lots to remember, pressure can build up for short periods of time.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1227.htm
20060,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,Awesome place work. Most customer centric.,No issues with the leadership principles.,Make it 1 trillion revenue asap.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20061,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Level III Trainer,"Amazon has been the most fulfilling job I have ever had, the only place where you can literally be yourself.","Competitive, innovative environment, team oriented, we are customer obsessed, we are trying to continuously improve all things so it's exciting and worth every minute of time spent","There are no cons, our job is to identify the cons and remove them. ""Problems are treasures""....we live by that and try to implement the practice of seeking and changing things daily.","Smile, Work Hard, and Make History.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20062,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Good atmosphere, smart people",You get to work on a ton of stuff and use the latest AWS technologies and learn how one of the biggest software companies in the world manages its software processes,"Not a fan of being on-call, particularly as the number of services your team owns grows, since we're always writing new services and many issues only come up in production. Very fast paced work environment, and very smart coworkers, doesn't leave a lot for work-life balance",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20063,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Investigations Specialist,"Good Leadership, plenty of opportunities for advancement",Plans/ideas change from day to day and can cause productivity losses,NA,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20064,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate,Pretty Simple and straight foward. Friendly people.,After a few hours you go crazy doing the same thing over and over again but after your first two weeks you'll get used to it.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20065,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Human Resources Intern,It was a pleasant work environment.,The location was a little inconvenient.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20066,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon VM,Competitive salary. Innovative company to work for.,Long hours. Ambiguity. Lack of leadership,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20067,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Give lots of unpaid time Don't have to call out just don't show up Get 4 10 hour days,They don't really value their employees Everyone is just a number They will fire for anything They take you to HR for anything Very unorganized Lack of communication,Get better leaders who are actually intelligent,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20068,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal fulfillment associate,I worked 40 hours a week until peek hit. Then my hours were up to 55 a week.,You're feet will kill you and becoming a regular employee there is difficult,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20069,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Pennsylvania,warehouse associate,"Managers that listen, plenty of O.T.","Too much product for size of building, Management has to scramble to accomodate","Corporate needs to visit warehouse to get pulse, overstocked conditions creating much stress, frustration and unsafe conditions",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1228.htm
20070,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Feb 8, 2016","Former Employee - Warehouse, Fulfillment Center","Good place to work, low pay","freindly place to work, job requirements are easy to learn, fast paced environment, help from other workers is readily available","low pay, part-time only, no opportunity for full time work, management needs to interact more with employees, management not always readily available to employees, key positions not always manned","more communication with warehouse workers, tighten up expendatures, make yourselves more available to workforce, create oppotunities for full time",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20071,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,"It looks really good on a resume. People always ask about it. Safety walks, gemba. It is great if you are young and with out a family.",Night shift is not fun. my schedule did not work out well for my family. The workplace was very backstabbing. People always wanted to backstab. Watch out for the bus drivers.,Keep the great products for prime customers. I am a very happy prime customer but am very happy I do not have to work for you anymore.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20072,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,For the ambitious,For the highly motivated and ambitious there is no end to learning and role opportunities.,Less ambitious people get marginalized.,"Do the same employee engagement tactics and systems, that worked for a 25,000 person workforce, still fit today's expanse?",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20073,amazon,"Denver, CO"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Support Specialist,"Strong overall, could use more management support","Great company to work for if you're tech oriented. The interview process was a bit thorough, but necessary, The pay was solid and I moved up within 6 months. Overall a positive employment experience.","Management could do with providing a little more support when absolutely needed. Training materials were lacking, but not awfully so.",Provide more support.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20074,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Job!,"Oh my God, this job is the best kept secret, now mind you I had to drive a little ways to get to the job site because I live in Milwaukee, and the Job is in Kenosha, but its well worth it, the pay is great and the energy is so high, you get to wear jeans, a t shirt and tennis shoes, there's a lot of walking so you get a full work out, so if you like to stay in shape, this is the place, you get paid every Friday, my dream, and you get a discount on every product known to man kind, and the people are so down to earth, their friendly, and very helpful, so I give amazon two thumbs up, this is definetly my kind of place to work!","the downs are I!f you don't like to drive, or live in the area, traffic could be a problem!","Don't book more than one person on the same job, unless they are in training, it can get a little crowded in that small of an area.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20075,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Sort Associate,solid company,"Decent hours for part time. Pay is pretty good for the work. Not slave labor, nor are you treated like a slave. Very lenient on many things.","TOO lenient on certain things. A lot of people should be let go, but aren't. Too easy for people to stand around and collect pay check. Not flexible hours.","Keep up the good work, but be more aware of the non workers and take action.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20076,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Seasonal Customer Service VCC,This is a work from home position. Fast paced and high volume call activity. There is ample opportunity for overtime.,The training doesn't translate to actual work activities. The hiring process was disorganized. The feedback on performance is lacking.,none,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20077,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Ownership and their leadership principles,Slow growth in a matter of 10 years,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20078,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Warehouse associate, problem solver","Good Training program, steady work, opportunities for advancement, good benefits","Repetitive, easy to get overlooked, high turnover rate",Mentor and encourage the potential you find,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20079,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great learning, little progression","Fast-paced culture where you have the opportunity to experiment and launch new ideas and innovations without bureaucracy. Generally ideas grow organically vs. are dictated from the top down which is a great opportunity for those who want to experiment with new products and features, test them, iterate and scale. Success is dependent on your ability to iterate and scale products vs. nailing it on the first launch. If you are fortunate to work for a high quality manager, you'll learn from the best in the business. The environment is extremely intense and suited for those who can withstand a high pressure environment, intense scrutiny, and long hours. It is a great place for a new hire MBA to learn and grow, or more Senior Level Executives (Director and above) to reap the benefits from the stock based compensation plan.","The best strategy is to enter Amazon as a new hire MBA, build your skills with different industry leading products and technologies, and move on by year 4. For experienced hires, your ability to advance in your career is 100% dependent on the networking skills of your manager, their experience with the process, and the quality of their writing due to a highly political, subjective promotion process. There are no defined career paths for advancement and movement within Amazon is lateral versus upward. The compensation you negotiate up front is critical as raises are meagre (even if you are a top performer) and there are no annual bonuses. There is no real incentive to be a top performer but a large toll it takes on your health and personal life. Many of the tenured employees seem to idle as average performers while top performers leave for larger external opportunities. The revolving door is real at the PM level as a result of limited onboarding support, poor quality managers, and the frugal environment where you are expected to deliver more, faster, bigger with less. It is difficult to understand how a 'frugal' company is willing to absorb the costs associated with the constant attrition.","Be Amazonian and aggregate data on the quality of Managers and reward high quality Managers with low attrition and Managers who develop their people. Develop actual metrics to measure a Manager's ability to develop, promote, and retain talent vs. using a subjective performance review process.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1229.htm
20080,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Order Picker,Warehouse Associate ,The experience can be different for all people. Some of the good things about working here of course are the pay and the people you have a chance to meet.,"For me it has been tedious. As a picker The job is not hard but the hours drag and by the end most people seem to be tired and wanting to go home. The managers try and make us feel energized and positive about the day but I still dread those 10 hours of walking back and forth the mods without really stopping because it might affect your rate. It is also not the best in work-life balance. The job can be draining and even though you get three days off, they may just be spent recovering just to get back to the routine. Of course it depends on what departments you work. Some are said to be easier than others.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20081,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate - BWI5,Hard workers get ahead easily.,It can be difficult to get work done quickly with a lot of people who are just there socializing and collecting a paycheck.,Watch slackers more closely.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20082,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,lots of hard work,"Lots of hours, 4 day work week (unless you have to work overtime) good benefits","Lots of hours, lower than average pay, lots of management change, most managers are fresh out of school, many have never actually worked before.","Promote more from within. Just because someone got a degree, does not mean that they are ready to be a manager of people.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20083,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,"there are no pros to working for amazon, besides good insurance.","everything, management is bad, pay is bad, and the work sucks.",treat your employees better and you wont have a turn over rate thats through the roof.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20084,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,Not recommended for any one!,"Good benefits, Paid time off, unpaid time off, medical, dental etc.",Less salary and hard work,It's not a job you hope to live with for a long time!,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20085,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Strategic Account Executive,"Strategic Account Executive, Amazon Media Group",Great brand and clients. Unique opportunity to sell a cross platform solution to some of the largest companies in the world. New products in video make the future compelling for advertising sales.,Very aggressive sales targets. The team has experienced significant growth over the past 5 years and many partners are reaching a ceiling. The expectation is to continue a 40% YoY growth which is difficult to maintain.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20086,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Great benefits and incentives with no probationary period.,Not enough organization with high volume of employees.,More trained team leaders,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20087,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Nice place to work.,The environment was very fast paced with emphasis on shipping products as quickly as possible while still maintaining a high quality bar.,"At some point, decision making became too ""top-down"", which made it hard to stay engaged to products.",Place more trust in developers to make the right product decisions.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20088,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,amazon,"Easy, no customers. When you become a problem solver you have to use your head a bit which is nice. Stressful but I enjoy it",Mandatory overtime!! :( also very very monotonous if all you do is pack,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20089,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment,Amazon is a challenging and opportunistic company. I have been given the freedom to propose new ideas and implement network wide changes. Amazon has helped develop me through working in different FC's and departments in my career.,The hours can fluctuate and shifts are approx. 12 hours long. Almost all managers work a weekend day and half of the management team works a night shift schedule. The remarkably high demands can sometimes be too much for teams to handle.,Strive to find a work/life balance. Continue to allow team members to thrive in an ambiguous environment and keep up the fun/curious culture.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1230.htm
20090,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,The NY Time Article is True,"There are a lot of smart people, but they think they are smarter than anyone else.",Management is very young and don't have experience outside of Amazon.,Please look into taking management classes because if you didn't force employees to sign the NDA' you'd have a lot more lawsuits.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20091,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - CSNA - AZ,Customer Obsession,"Working in Customer Service has many areas for specialization, retail, Prime Now, Amazon Logistics, to name a few. There are multiple helpful resources to find answers to problems. There are always new projects developing. Frequent overtime opportunities. Individuals can make exceptions to policies when it's in the customers best interest.","As a virtual employee there is little opportunity to speak with someone by voice. 99% of communication is done by email and/or chat messaging - this can be very time consuming and leads to much frustration. Entry level pay is very poor with no room for negotiation. If overtime needs are not meet voluntarily, mandatory overtime is distributed w/o notice.","Remember ""Customer Obsession"" needs to be #1 for internal customers too. Make time to actually pickup the phone and talk to your team 1 on 1. Listen to their ideas and give feedback on how those ideas can be implemented. Gladly be your employees advocate in issues regarding compensation.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20092,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Fast paced and rewarding. People were focused on results and our team was driven to deliver on those results. Great teamwork.,"Work life balance was sometimes out of whack. Holidays could be very demanding, but everyone understood that we needed to meet customer demand.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20093,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Largest Operations Company,Great if you have no brains and like following rules. Great for Software developers.,Very high operational work. Bureaucratic. Not good for people with brains.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20094,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SHR,"Met a lot of nice people, casual environment - don't have to wear suit and high heel shoes. Health care in the facility.","very busy working as there're not enough employees in the department, possibly have to work over time. do not sponsor for H1B",Have to hire more people and train them in advance . please be patient to not only the associates but also the people inside the HR department,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,You can't deny the evidence,You get paid on time. You can take a lunch break. You get health insurance.,"The work environment is unpleasant. There are tons of developers crammed into large open spaces. The buildings are completely devoid of personality. There are rows of developers sitting or standing at door desks. It is a very noisy place to try and get work done. You will be constantly interrupted by people pagers going off, cell phones ringing, people talking and gathering around and dogs barking. There are lines to use the bathrooms. The company is so frugal that they won't replace the paper in the towel dispensers when they run out until the next day.  Other reviews like to say that your co-workers are smart. No one is stupid, but the caliber of employee is not at the level of other more attractive companies or startups. Most of the longer term employees are H1B visa holders who are trapped at Amazon. As soon as they get a green card, they bail. You will experience an amazing amount of attrition. You see co-workers, managers and directors leave frequently. It is rare to meet an employee who has been at Amazon longer then three years.  Amazon likes to promote their tenets, but they mostly aren't followed. There is tons of technical debt and no one can really ""take ownership"" and solve any major issue. Amazon continue to succeed in spite of massive employee churn, but the company is running out of places to recruit new employees.  The organization of the companys divisions are illogical and VPs and Directors protect their empires at the expense of employees and correct technical decisions.  There is no senior technical staff. Anyone who makes it to a higher level will almost immediately leave to a better company that offers better compensation, work environment and benefits.",Look at why people leave. The reasons are obvious. Try to fix the issues before you run out of countries to recruit unsuspecting employees.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20096,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Stower Problem Solver,A non-stimulating in-between job.,"If you're looking for a job that requires minimal thinking with a salary that will just get you by for a few months, this is the place for you. The pay is decent for a company that will hire just about anyone. The starting rate at my warehouse (Robbinsville, NJ) is $12.75 with a 50 cent raise for working at this specific location and another 50 cents for choosing the night shift. There is some opportunity for overtime pay as well, especially during Amazon's peak season which occurs between Nov-Dec. The benefits are very good. They offer medical, vision, dental, 401k, educational assistance, and 4 shares of stock that must accrue for 2 years before they can be sold. They also offer medical leave and an extensive paid leave for parents expecting childbirth. The only other pro to this company is how they offer time off to their employees, but eventually this system fails for many employees after a few months. When you first become employed you are responsible for managing 3 types of time-off you are allowed to use: Unpaid time off, Paid time off, and Vacation time. While they start you off with an abundance of hours at your disposal, improper use of this time will quickly come back to haunt you if you're not careful. Also, if you go below 0 hours of unpaid time, you will be terminated, no matter what excuse you have for not being at work. Most employees staying at Amazon for more than 3-4 months will find themselves with little to no time left to take off from work if they do not stockpile them.","Where do I begin...I'm just gonna start rambling. First off, the hours are awful. 10 hour shifts four days in a row really wear away at your tolerance of warehouse work. At first I didn't think it would be so bad, but the monotony of the job really starts to eat at your happiness. Personally, I live 45 minutes away from the building, so in total I dedicate 13 hours towards Amazon daily when I add commute times (this includes leaving extra early to get food). I manage to get 8 hours of sleep but I only have a few hours to myself every day. It's not fun, you wind up being exhausted and sleep through your extra time. You will not have any free time. It's even worse when they add an extra hour every day and an extra day to your schedule during peak season. With so many people in the building, you're bound to get mixed opinions of them, both good and bad. The overall culture isn't so great since everyone is usually complaining about the job. Management isn't the worst but it could be much better, there are often minor gripes among employees daily. The job itself (as a stower) is the worst aspect of this whole job. You're job is to take items off a cart and stow them into cubby holes...for 10 hours a day. If you have something next to you, try picking it up and placing it somewhere else, then putting it back where you found it. Repeat for 10 hours. On top of that, management will be disappointed if you don't achieve a certain rate per hour and will even take disciplinary action. Eventually I moved up to problem solver, which was a more stimulating position since I used a laptop to fix any issues with the items that must be stowed. While this was a more satisfying job, management ended up screwing most of us out of the position by hiring too many and then picking favorites. I went from problem solving almost every day to getting it once or twice every two weeks, sometimes even less. Additionally, problem solving is a position with a tier 2 salary within most fulfillment centers, but the Robbinsville location only considers it to be tier 1. There are many other issues myself and other employees have with this place, but like I mentioned in the beginning, it's not a bad place if you're looking to go elsewhere within a few months. Otherwise, don't bother, this place barely keeps employees for more than a year.","Does the system work? Technically, yes. Is it a terrible one? Most employees think so. Listen to what they have to say, you could learn something from them.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20097,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transship Lead,Good company to work for if you don't mind working hard. Great benefits for associates.,Can be hard on family life throughout the year.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20098,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Amazon Area Manager,-Starting salary -Professional peers -Relocation assistance -3 days off most weeks -Can be a fun environment to work in depending on location and upper management,-Work life balance really is hard to maintain. You have to push back on upper management and negotiate your own work life balance. -Turnover: height turnover of new managers means you will likely be switching shifts frequently. -Night shift -Peak is exhausting (but rewarding) so expect to spend more time away from friends and family.,-Proactively work with your managers to ensure they are getting the rest and personal time that they have earned. -Limit the movement of managers from shift to shift. -Take action on feedback received from managers & associates.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20099,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great company,"Fast paced at the ship dock, it makes time go extremely fast. A lot of higher ups move around the plant and can help answer questions, making it easier for the new guys.",You can get stuck with a lazy crew and it makes it more difficult for you to do your job.,Keep an eye on all the new recruits and get rid of the lazy ones right away,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1231.htm
20100,amazon,"Lithia Springs, Douglas, GA"," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,fc associate review,Great place to build a career nice Benifits and can move up with the hard work and some manger willing to help build your portfolios.,Work gets redundant and boring sometimes.,Communication is not as high as it could with the company as there always seem to be late information given out with due dates from the day of to 3 days,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20101,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Coworkers with solid technical background. State of the art technology. Things move relatively fast for a larger company. Devoted teams.,"Few employee benefits. Sometimes not good work-life balance. The headquarter is in Seattle so for people living in the bay area, there is less exposure to important projects.",Keep the company focused and devoting to customers. Try more to retain long-term employees. Make better work-life balance. Increase communication between teams.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20102,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,More work for less number of people,People are really smart here.,"Work/life balance, Pager duty, Seattle Weather","So much customer obsession, time to be obsessed about employees too",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20103,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,Great place to work if management works out the kinks.,"Consistent hours as a direct hire. 18 hours with pay guarantee. 30 days until dental and vision. 90 days until medical, which is far better than most part-time positions out there. Free beverages in the break-room, reduced costs of snacks in the vending machines. Plenty of work when the shipments are accounted for correctly. Advancement is swift if you are open to doing anything asked of you without an attitude.","Co-workers are a mixed bag as far as work ethic goes. A few lazy employees on the line can ruin everyone else's quota and pallet build. Few ambassadors seem capable of handling any job beyond talking to their friends while wearing a vest that proudly states ""How can I help?"". Leadership is in flux. At times it feels like things are passive-aggressive in what is asked of employees to do on behalf of the company - starts out as ""voluntary"" then becomes ""mandatory if you don't want to lose your job"". VTO is out of control. The hardest workers stay late or come in early to help out while seeing their lazier counterparts continue to have a job despite not doing much on the floor, which causes a lot of workplace upheaval.","Clear out the workers who don't want to be passionate about their job at Amazon. Retain ambassadors who have no problem grabbing a scanner and helping to clear down a line. Reinforce the open door management policy and put into action our suggestions from the floor. Get Learning to do daily audits on batches of employees, no matter their level. Take safety dead serious. Make sure there is always working equipment on the floor - no Frankenstein wrap poles, half charged scanners, or botched printers that don't recognize IPs.",3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20104,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Manager III,Many good and great attributes many severely bad management practices,"smart hard working employees, some departments manage to mitigate the giant company culture","bloated, not as nimble as they think, senior level managers are like gods and can get away with anything without repercussions, people are just numbers - parts to be used and consumed.","Stop talking learn to listen, develop more tools for feedback, every performance tool, is designed to support the manager's positions with no method to challenge punitive or manipulative leaders. HRBP's all side with Sr. leaders and ignore the needs of individuals",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20105,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Working for amazon,"A lot of overtime was offered. Learning the job was easy, because nobody minds lending a hand. Friendly work environment.",Managers forget that they play a leader role and like to sit behind the scenes and let the people under their pay grade handle the heavy work.,Be apart of a team. Leaders lead. The description is in the title,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20106,amazon,"Ithaca, NY"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Fast moving company. Smart people,"Depending on team, can be stressful and unreasonable",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20107,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,employee,"Opportunities to move up, may help with education.",The pay is pretty low,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20108,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,Tier 1 Fulfillment Associate,"If you are hired as an Amazonian you will get a pay check every 2 weeks. If you are a go-getter and can impress the managers you may move up to a Tier 3 associate(PA-Process Assistant) (there is not a tier 2 associate position in the fulfillment DC). They have restricted stocks as a benefit. Once a year they offer cash to those who want to quit Amazon. You cannot return if you take the money. People and most of management are good to work for and with. Amazon does offer contests, Amazon bucks, rewards such as a free lunch for doing well. Pay raises every 6 months. Great benefits and the ability to take time off when you want to through paid time off (PTO 40 hours a year) Unpaid time off (UPT 80 hours a year) and vacation 80 hours a year.","Most people who are promoted to a Process Assistant (PA)(Tier 3) are pre picked before the applications are filled out and interviews are finished. The managers encourage everyone to apply and schedule an interview. But the fact is the managers already picked the people they want and the managers are using numbers to tell the associates and whoever would like to know that management is fair. Pay is low and has not increased at all since Amazon opened in Patterson 2013, all the while, the warehouses around Amazon and in Patterson pay much more on an hourly basis. Knowing that hourly pay has risen by 2.5% across the nation today, the starting wage should be at the very least $13.84 an hour With the average hourly associate working two years in the Patterson DC making 14.50 an hour should be raised to $14.86 an hour. Management has people train and work in different areas where it requires more responsibility, knowledge and,sometimes, danger without compensation of any type. Amazon management skirts compensating these employees by allowing the Associate to only work part time in the newly trained area of responsibility. Management needs to compensate associate for learning and applying new skills.",As far as promotions to Tier 3 Process Assistants have a committee of Tier 1 and Tier 3 associates over see the application and interview process to ensure fairness. Increase wages for associates across the board to match the 2.5% increase seen this today as the labor report,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20109,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,Learned a lot in a short period of time. They said 1 year at Amazon is like 5 years somewhere else. I felt that way during my 4 years.,"Work/life balance. I worked 10-12 hours a day and was exhausted. They don't tell you that you need to work that many hours, but if you want to get promoted then you have to put in the effort.",Promote more. It was very hard for people to get promoted in my org. I believe this depends on the team/org.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1232.htm
20110,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Software Engineering Internship,- Laid back work culture - Good pay - Lots of learning seminars - Work hard culture,- Need even more challenging projects - Perhaps some employee benefits would be more appreciated,more perks and more pay please?,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20111,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working with the best,"You're working with the smartest people in the industry on a lot of tough problems, so expectations are high. But there is a lot to learn if you pay attention, and the teammates are very supportive","The intense pressure can be overwhelming, so expect to see a lot turnover. It's hard to remain motivated at times if you feel that you're falling behind.","Let employees take a break from time to time, they're only human. Be a bit more communicative, and throwing a happy hour goes a long way.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20112,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great!,The service is very good. Customer service is always helpful. I really like using this company and recommend it for those looking to use it.,Sometimes the stores are hit and miss with certain products or just the stores themselves. It's pretty annoying when you don't get the right product.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20113,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you have a good direct manager,Smart and driven colleagues. Had great direct manager. Hard and interesting problems to solve that really matter.,Experience is highly dependent on getting a good direct manager that will work to get you promoted and shield you from politics,Work harder on recognizing and developing great management talent and enforce a culture that promotes excellence while respecting work / life balance,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20114,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience as a contractor,"I worked in the Product Compliance as a contractor, and for the most part my job was great. My part of our team was very cohesive, we were trained well, and the managers seemed to appreciate our work. They took our concerns/suggestions for improvement into account. When I had to change my work hours due to a family emergency, they were very accommodating.","There were definite communication issues - at one point one of the managers was very passive-aggressive in communicating a criticism she had of me, which I felt was unnecessary. There were also issues with cohesion among the team - we were divided into two groups (one of which was clearly favored) and not really given a big-picture sense of how our work affected each other (they seemed contradictory but were not, but no help understanding that was given).",Be communicative!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20115,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,The company name obviously comes with perks,A huge lack of transparency between management. Exceptionally political atmosphere where no one really wants to say the truth: Amazon is a company without a central vision.,Recognize that you're a worldwide player and as such need more communication between groups. Remove the constant focus on tenure and consider an employees abilities when determining what to have each person do.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20116,amazon,"Parrish, FL"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,A World Connected by e-Commerce and Logistics,"Teamwork, high velocity logistics, processes, and variety embrace the experiences at an Amazon Fulfillment Center",Unreasonably low pay. Amazon needs to up its game or find themselves sharing the spotlight with Walmart and McDonalds pay reputation.,Mentors misuse terms. Better to have them well educated than talking about things they don't know about.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20117,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Learn a lot of new things,Long work time and on call pressure,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20118,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing manager,Lots of opportunity for interesting projects,Bad culture and work life balance,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20119,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,Exciting product launches and hands-on training,Unrealistic performance goals. Senior leadership is out of touch and driven solely by the numbers.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1233.htm
20120,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Fun at the beginning....,"You get good pay and great benefits. If productivity is high, you will receive a bonus of 4% as well as your own stock from day one at Amazon. Pto, Upt, and vacation time is given on your first day.",The managers do not appreciate the employees. They treat the employees like they are slaves. It can be a bit boring as well without any music to keep you going. It's a ten hour shift so you will want to talk to other people but they will not allow you to talk much.,Gain more experience with working with people.,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20121,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Compensation,The pay is great,Ten hour shift are too long,No mandatory overtime we are over worked,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20122,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Operations Associate,Physical Job,Ok Money easy to get hired,"Physical labor, can get very tiring work",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20123,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Scanner,Sort Center,Flexible Schedule to work around school or another job. Decent pay considering the ease of the work.,"Management could supervise a bit more, walk around to see what's really going on on the lines.","Use the ""Amazon Bucks"" and ""vendor bucks"" often to reward those of us who are doing our job well. In three months I've only seen one person get those for good work.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20124,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"You work hard, but it is rewarding. There is a strong network of dedicated leaders who will help you succeed if you put in the effort.","During xmas time, work life balance can suffer.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20125,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruiter,amazing company to work for,tough but lots of great vibes,i wish they listene to us more,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20126,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place if you are willing to learn and do work at a fast pace,- New technologies and cutting edge work - Smart people,- Career support and very difficult to progress levels - Compensation - Appraisals,"- Work on employee benefits as employees are also customers of the company and show obsession towards them. If you keep your employees happy, they will take care of your customers. - Abandon the review process which has no significance.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20127,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great learning potential,Great cultural values that makes you think about how to run the company from the management perspective. One of the best companies to develop your career and to develop strong work ethic. Lot's of former ex-Amazonians have come back.,"Frugality is a pain when another tech company down the street offers free breakfast, lunch, and dinner. My friends claimed I suffered Stockholm Syndrome.",Shorter release cycles and more perks!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20128,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Development Engineer,"Good compensation , less dev work , more operational work","Brilliant people around , hard working , motivational teams","Less coding , more operational work , less challenging",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20129,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Low retention rate,"Good benefits, fairly good pay, casual environment. People bring their dogs with them to work. Nice location in downtown Seattle.",Low retention rate. People move around a lot to different companies. I've worked there for 6 years and had 5 different managers. The commute into Seattle is a beast.,Work with employees to better communicate requirements and suggestions for advancement. Sometimes requirements for a project are too vague.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1234.htm
20130,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Vendor Manager,Temp associate buyer,Plenty of opportunity to learn more about Amazon and its internal tools Not a lot of politics Generally a meritocracy Really positive work experience to put on your resume,"Tough, competitive environment Hard work often goes unnoticed Expect a lot of criticism and little praise even when you're doing well","More benefits/praise would improve employee productivity. The way it stands now most employees just seem to be there for experience, so they can get something better in a few years. With such a high turnover there aren't a lot of ""experts"" who have been there for a long time and have a lot of value to the company.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20131,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Good health benefits. Hourly wage is very fair for the area. Working conditions are decent. I work inside most of the time.,Lots of management turnover and the managers are often young graduates who are not seasoned so it takes a long time for things to gel.,Make your tier 1 employees feel like they are more invested in the process. Remember that it's not always wages that are the most important factor in keeping employees. Make them feel valued.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20132,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,"Rough job, good company",Great benefits as soon as you're hired. Great management team and lots of opportunity to move up if you apply yourself. Also offers tuition assistance after one year of continuous employment and is willing to work around a school schedule.,The actual job is very monotonous and very physical. The regular schedule is 4 consecutive 10 hour days and a fifth overtime day if needed. Pickers walk an average of 12 to 15 miles a day and at the end of a ten hour work day you go home completely drained.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20133,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Moving in the right direction, still work to be done",Compensation and benefits package is great,"Communication is terrible, work/life not so great, employees treated as robots or commodities and not people. Amazon will try to pay you as little as possible and unless you get a really great boss, they aren't going to help you develop.",Be true to your word and lead inclusively. All levels of management should be involved in the decision making process and you shouldn't wonder why turnover is bad when you routinely try to just plug people into your system to fit your needs without considering theirs.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20134,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Shift Manager,Shift Manager,Extremely innovative company and intelligent co workers,Training program is not sufficient to meet the companies demands and expectations,"Remember not to throw your team into the flames, you need to develop and train people to meet the expectations",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20135,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRAINING & TEAM LEADER,"Lots of time off, good opportunities for advancement","They start you at one level below where they think you should be, so your first promotion, ias the job you should have had all along.","Sr. Managers need to keep a closer eye on Area Managers - most are capable, but not very good managers",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20136,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,Quality Assurance Engineer,Compensation was great and I loved being around very intelligent people. People listed to my ideas.,Worked to death. I worked 7 days a week for over 8 months. No such thing as work/life balance.,Hire enough people to help make sure the amount of work is not short staffed to avoid burnout or be flexible when throughput is now when understaffed. TRAINING and more TRAINING!,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20137,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"They give a lot of hours, simple task and a lot overtimes.",Takes time to move up.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20138,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Diversity is great! And the projects are challenging.,Everyone is busy with their own stuff.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20139,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Working at Amazon is great during peak season. It was a great experience because of the diversity there was.,If you aren't in shape it gets tough and you just become physically and mentally exhausted. It is a lot of walking.,Please be more organized. It was difficult knowing where to go and who to talk to if I needed assistance.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1235.htm
20140,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Supply Chain,"So many exciting things to do, but a bit of a burn","There are many things you can accomplish at Amazon. I achieved so much in my time there, compared to previous employers, simply because I was afforded so much opportunity.","The work can be a bit thankless sometimes. It's important to remember the people that drive the analyses, and for some (many?), receiving gratitude is as good of a tool or better than money.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20141,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Brand Ambassador,brand ambassador,"networking, resume, promo items, paid trip to seattle","low pay, strict culture, unfriendly colleagues",more opportunity to move up,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20142,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Stow,Amazon Fulfillment Center - Stow,"The company offers fair wages and amazing great for all types of employees, and provides daily incentives to maximize productivity. It's a great first job, or an opportunity to explore an area in the field of logistics.","The hours are long, and the jobs function can become monotonous. The repetition of work that doesn't provide any mental stimulation could be daunting to some. No phones are allowed into the warehouse, which is somewhat understandable.",Consider making an option wherein workers can perform multiple job functions throughout the shift to reduce the monotony and develop and stronger skilled workers that are cross trained.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20143,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Receive Associate/Coach,Receiver,"Awesome co-workers, awesome environment to work","Long hours, poor management, not many chances for moving up or learning new things",Allow more employees to learn more things,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20144,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Backbone,GREAT benefits with stock and health insurance. Pay is not outstanding but stock makes up for it.,Management has no backbone and will not support you. Everyone fears HR,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20145,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Good hours, decent pay, work from home, Great managers",Customer service has it's cons. Cant ever go a day without having a rude customer calling in demanding things and ruining your day.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20146,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Web Developer,Web Developer,Leadership team has excellent grip on employee,Contractual Agreement is the reason to quit this job,-,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20147,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hmm,Very good quality products and usually arrives on time and when it doesn't they refund your money no questions asked,Sometimes the product is broken or gets lost in transit and it takes longer than was expected and you can't contact sellers,Get better stuff,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20148,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,Happy part timer,"Great part time, flexible schedule. More hours can be added as needed. Great holiday perks and food periodically.","Too many leaders and not a lot of leading going on. At my location, some managers are there for the money only. They hide behind successful managers.",My advice to managers would be for managers to actually stand by the principles that are promoted on their website.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20149,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Corporate Trainer,Trainer,There is always room to grow cause the company is expanding It is so fast paced and ever changing you learn light years ahead of what you would at another company. there are geniuses in the company that raise the bar.,Good workers can be let go cause they are not on managers favorite list Attrition is high and managers never stay in company or in one facility over 2 years.,"Life is about more then numbers, you have to show you employees you care about them just as much as profit.",1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1236.htm
20150,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, an amazing place to learn","This organization never sits still. We are always consistently trying to disrupt the status quo if not creating a whole new vertical. It's amazing to see how nimble an organization of this size can be. Finally, the people you work with are just amazing - extremely intelligent, hardworking and understand that boundaries only exist in the mind.","Because the company is so large, there is a high possibility that someone has already worked on your project so the task of merely digging up prior work and data is a time sink and often frustrating. This means often delivering slower and that could be frustrating for people like me who need to deliver fast.",We need even smaller autonomous teams to be able to deliver quick.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20151,amazon,"Duluth, MN"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Extremely beneficial and rewarding.,"Great hours, able to work from home, awesome benefits for anyone that sells a lot of items through them.",There really weren't any the whole time I worked with them,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20152,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,AWS is fast-paced and a great experience,"I get to use some very advanced tools. Amazon is a large company so there are in-house utilities for everything. An interesting part of working at AWS is that the services are built on top of other AWS services. There are very few use cases for third-party infrastructure. If you have a problem with one of the services, you can engage with engineers on that service's team directly instead of having to go through customer service or a product manager.","The work is quite fast-paced, and management often has a lot of control over what you work on. The worst part about working at Amazon is having to be on-call. All engineers on a team are on an on-call rotation, which can get you paged in the middle of the night or on weekends. Even if you have no idea how to solve a problem, you have to be the point of contact on customer tickets while you have to page another engineer to actually solve it. The job can also be quite stressful at times.","Let the engineers drive more of the development of a product. Make suggestions and make the overall business plan known, but the engineers should have more control over what a project needs worked on.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20153,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Pick and Stow Associate,"I worked as both a stow and pick associate at an Amazon Fulfillment center for a combined total of about a year, six months in each position. Here are some generalized pros  + Up and moving about. + Simple work + flexible scheduling + paid time off + Overtime + great benefits + good option for students looking to work while in school (at least for me it was)","- repetitive/monotonous work - simple work, yes, but can be physically taxing for 40 or 50 and rarely 60 hours a week - loud environment - little to no upward mobility",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20154,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Integrity Staffing,"Its a nice job if you're looking for a consistent check well above minimum wage , if you enjoy working in a space with a lot of other employees and flexibility.","If you do not like to work standing on your feet , do not like to work in a work environment where there's a large amount employees.",Work on becoming more organized. Work on hiring more respectable leaders in the workplace so the employees will stay on task and work more efficiently.,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20155,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jan 31, 2016",Former Employee - Case Receive,chance,Better pay than retail jobs and is really easy.,A lot of people straight out of high school so the atmosphere is self absorbed and annoying at times.,Higher better workers so the people that are coming to work to work don't become annoyed and leave.,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20156,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist,Transaction risk investigator,If you search you will find opportunities to grow and learn new things.,Like any big corporation this too has its own problems.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20157,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,User Experience Design intern,"Independent project, feeling of achievement, peer reviews every week to keep track of the progress","return offer depends on which team you are in, whether they want to recruit","It is important to have a clear project plan at the beginning,",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20158,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,"The people working at Amazon are amazing, for a work a home position it is a very welcoming very accepting environment to be in. Great internal support with plenty of opportunists to move up.",Employee discount is only 10% and only on things that are sold by Amazon. Discounts cuts off after you have saved $100 each year.,Keep up the great work! I love working for you guys!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20159,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Biz Dev,"Good intentions and people, although very disorganized (AWS)","Very interesting technology and things move very fast. If you're a technologist, you won't get bored easily although really understanding the inner workings of things is tough to learn as things are shrouded in intentionally unnecessary secrecy. This gets old fast if you're genuinely curious and want to learn more about things. Generally smart, hardworking, quality people although some teams mission and function (mine in particular) appeared to have not been very well thought out. Tons of ambiguity without strong leadership and direction on how team members can ""get an A"" or how to ""crush it"" and do well. Tough environment for people who like to feel like they are getting things done and winning. It will make you feel like you're failing, even if you're not and they try to get in your head with the values stuff. While metrics are everything there, things still remained very nebulous. In fact, in the role I was in, I rapidly figured out the job function wasn't needed and didn't particularly make any sense or bring much value (to selling the products or making the products), even if the team charter had been fully realized. Many folks on the team tried to make it what they could but were relatively ineffective. There may very well be good pockets in other groups but this was my experience and it was a poor fit for me personally.","Coming from the enterprise IT world, I felt like I just had joined Walmart. If you're not in Seattle with AWS, you may ultimately feel like you're on an island. To be fair, this may have gotten better now that they've opened a real California campus. Not particularly a sales run company.. Sales reps don't seem to be normal sales reps rather former engineers which is fine but many lack top tier industry sales acumen I've seen working at enterprise IT companies in my career in the valley. While they have great disruptive technologies in some areas, they still have a relatively crude and unsophisticated understanding of how large enterprises run mission critical IT services and software & how customers like to have deep personal long standing relationships with their sales/technical pre-sales teams. The over emphasis on being thrifty gets old very fast, especially if you're required to travel. You can't rent a car and must stay at very low rate cheap hotels often in sketchy areas..They don't even pay for your parking. Bottom line is this isn't how enterprise companies treat their top talent...and many of us coming from successful companies aren't used to staying in what amounts to the Motel 6, taking the bus and doing things at such an economical level that is only paralleled by a 3rd world country ,-)..it's generally demoralizing and you will end up feeling trapped if you came from a great company prior to joining this place. If this is your first job, you wont know the difference. They are clearly setup to grind you down as most folks leave in the first 2 years.. Nobody that was on my team when I joined is still there, including my boss. The stock vesting structures reflect this as it's y1: 5%, y2: 15% then the rest in years 3 and 4. This is by design as most folks leave and the payout day doesn't come because most bail long before (as I did).","Do away with the religion/mantra stuff..it's a turn off and gives off a creepy groupthink cultish feeling.. Decentralize control from Seattle to spur innovation..particularly to Silicon Valley. Study why people leave so early and try to fix it.. Nobody ever asked me why I actually quit so early. I would have been honest and transparent. Losing great people is very expensive versus simply treating them like gold at the outset. You will get more out of both ends if you loosen up the feeling of creating the ""Walmart of IT""..",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1237.htm
20160,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Attendant,Good starting wage Easy work load,Tight schedules May have to switch between two locations Inconsistent hours,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20161,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fullfilment,I liked working there because you always stayed busy. Most of the people I worked with were great. When I worked at picking I would walk upwards of 2 miles a day which was great exercise.,"There are people who ""work"" there for just a pay check and they don't really do any work...it gets a little frustrating when you are working your tail off and nothing gets said to them.","Try to decide on what the training, instructions or policies will be then communicate that to ALL those in charge so the regular employees are not being told a different thing from every boss.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20162,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Pack Process Assistant,supervisior,"Nice benefits, good hours, good pay","Young leadership, no communicaton between leadership and associates",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20163,amazon,"Hartford, CT"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Area Operations Manager,Amazon Operations,Great chances for promotions. The company is growing fast year after year. You can get a promotion every year. You work hard but play hard as well. They take good care of each other.,Like most retail jobs the hours can be very long. Especially during the holiday season.,Keep doing what you are doing now. The atmosphere is good and the opportunity is great. Remember to keep it fun across the table. Work life balance should always be considered.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20164,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,This is wonderful!!,They treat you so well. You will be impressed. I wanna go back their so bad. People who apply you are doing and wonderful thing. You make good pay,Their is nothing bad about this job. All the good things are said in the pros. No cons at all,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20165,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,great work experience,"friendly management, promotion opportunities, plentiful overtime opportunities",hours only flexible after 90 days,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20166,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tier 3, IT Tech","*You get to have Amazon on your resume *Lots of resources to help you figure out problems *There is a lot to do, you'll never be bored.","*Middle management treat you terribly, upper management and associates have been very nice and hard working but middle management are entitled, rude and borderline abusive. *Talented techs are not paid what we are worth. Expect to be paid approx 33% under market value. Unless you are an engineer they will not negotiate however, even the engineers are underpaid. * The noise exposure in the fulfillment centers is unbearable even with the provided ear plugs. Day in and day out for 10 hours a day you will be exposed to high levels of noise which is probably a contributing factor to why everyone on the floor seems miserable. OSHA needs to make a presence to monitor the noise levels.","Get a grip on your middle management they are making peoples time terrible. I have witnessed a manager talk down to tier 1 associates like they were dogs while they stayed nothing but professional with him. I was so upset at the scene that I nearly walked out right then.  DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE NOISE!! Put the padding over the rollers to soften the noise of the bins or something.  Pay your techs what they deserve, tier 1 associates make more than retail which the company touts with pride but you pay your techs/engineers under market??? There are hardly enough technical professionals to fill IT jobs country wide why would you not work hard to keep the ones you have? IT & Facilities we literally keep the warehouses running if we were to walk out how much money would you lose? You cant talk about the value of Frugality when you pay for middle managements lunches every single day and have end of year parties at corporate with concerts.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20167,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,A real meat grinder of a job,High visibility/impact. Easy to explain to your friends. Easy to work from home. All the hardware you could ever need. Potential for a lot of money if you can bear to stick around.,"Very tedious work, almost no innovation. Physical office space is terrible. You will be expected to work very long hours. Total lack of teamwork/camaraderie.",Let your developers take the time to automate their own jobs. Make an effort to train new-hires in the domain before you expect them to produce. Work/life balance is terrible.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20168,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops Admin,Great place to work with many great benefits.,Poor internal promotions. People from the outside coming in will make more than someone that already knows the job.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20169,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Associate,Good pay. Well organized company. Great benefits. I worked at a warehouse in the inbound side. They showed me how to operate a forklift and gained a lot of experience on how a warehouse works. 3 days off.,Long hours! 10 hour shifts. Very boring depending on what your job is. No music or phones allowed. Very strict on lunches and breaks. Management is HORRIBLE at communicating with other managers or supervisors. This makes any projects very frustrating for everyone. Amazon will hire a college student straight out of school with NO experience in warehousing and place him as manager.,Better communication. Promote from inside.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1238.htm
20170,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Associate,Good pay. Well organized company. Great benefits. I worked at a warehouse in the inbound side. They showed me how to operate a forklift and gained a lot of experience on how a warehouse works. 3 days off.,Long hours! 10 hour shifts. Very boring depending on what your job is. No music or phones allowed. Very strict on lunches and breaks. Management is HORRIBLE at communicating with other managers or supervisors. This makes any projects very frustrating for everyone. Amazon will hire a college student straight out of school with NO experience in warehousing and place him as manager.,Better communication. Promote from inside.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20171,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazing customer service,They take very good care of their employees and I do miss working there. Always a good schedule and two thumbs up,The only downside was being given so little hours. I would have liked to work a few more days a week.,None,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20172,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate (i.e warehouse worker),- health and dental benefits - paid Personal Time Off options - potential for 8% cash bonus each month - some strong teamwork - Overtime opportunity during Peak season,"- non-living wage level - only 1 week vacation, earned by end of 1st year - grueling work, on your feet 10-11 hours/day, relentless pace, brutal Peak season work hours, pace and workload - some physical conditions can be extreme (heat in summer, cold in winter) + noise levels, in HUGE facility","- increase hourly wage to livable wage level (e.g. minimum $15/hour) - increase vacation to 2 weeks in 1st year, not at end of 1st year - test for hearing impacts of noise levels - keep/increase paid PTO hours banked",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20173,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Revolving door of slaves,Benefits are outstanding. Co workers excluding management are outstanding.,"They tend to hire leadership straight out of college who lack any ounce of people skills. They eventually get thrown to the wolves in Which they have to survive in their own with their superiors breathing down their necks, trying to meet unattainable goals. They eventually put all common sense aside and ask too much of there associates. It's no fault of their own, but forget that the monetary benifit from their employees is not enough to deal with the struggle to obtain these goals. Most managers and leadership personal forget for the under appreciated under paid employees that struggle to make it through the everyday goals of this major online retailer, a simple pat on the back goes a long way.,","Treat your employees as people and not the slaves the company expects you to treat them like. One if the more profound phrases this company stands by is "" Have a Backbone"" if only all managers could adhere to that.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20174,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouses,The people are great too work around and they try to fix all situations,A little unorganized but nothing thst can't be fixed,Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20175,amazon,"Wallingford, CT"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,No complaints,I like their promotion levels and you can receive stocks when reaching a level 4 promotion. Meet new associates and fairly decent incentives.,"Peak hours are rough on the body, and once everything slows down it gets pretty dead.",Create more events within the facilities like cookouts. There are alot of talent from associates within facilities that aren't being developed. Sponsor sport leagues for associates to sign up and participate.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20176,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Pick,Out bound pick,None It was the harshest place I have ever worked where the employee had no value,Dont care about emploies period. Bottom line is the ONLY THING THET MATTERS!!!!! tHhe turn over rate is probably thre highest any where,quit treating the emploies ike live stock,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20177,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service manager,You get promoted by chatting with people and doing nothing important.,"Operations managers don't know what they are doing. performance are not evaluated based on your team but rather if you are ""visible"" to the site leaderships. The annual performance evaluations are completed based on personal opinions instead of what you actually accomplish. If you are good at BSing and making yourself look busy then you are going to do great. If you actually want to learn and accomplish something in your career, save yourself the trouble and don't go there.",get rid of the OLR process.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20178,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best workplace with interesting work, independence to work on your ideas and leadership skills that motivates you!","Ignore the news article from recent NY Times on Amazon's terrible work culture. I have been working here since 2012 and yes the first few months was hard in terms of understanding how. what and when to get things done. But once i figured out pace, what really matters and dove in I loved going to work everyday and do what I do.  This is a place where you will really use the leadership principles thats on company's page. The culture is open, straight forward, fun and fast paced. Yes there is pressure to do better and deliver but what place doesn't have that? I personally find it hard to work in a place where people don't care about company's values, drive to get things done. Amazon is not one of those places. If you care you will survive and excel!","Frugality - though this is one of Amazon's Leadership Principles I think it is because of this employees compare perks, benefits and simple things like working lunch meets and put the company in negative light.  The straight forwardness the company has can get a bit too much in some teams/meetings. If you know how to handle it thats alright.",The new benefits review is really good. Finally Paternity leave is added. Likewise it would be nice if company looks at other competing companies in terms of salaries and base package.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20179,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,Good pay and Great hours,Rates you on performance daily,none,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1239.htm
20180,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,typical amazon,big company lots of options / teams,young inexperienced managers bad work life balance no lunch,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20181,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 3,Great experience working this job,hours too long n need more raises,more people skills with lower labor jobs need more communication,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20182,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Literally the worst place to work in America,The only pro to working at Amazon is that you can bring your dog to work and only if you are chained to your desk all day as dogs are not allowed in conference rooms and common areas.,"In 1863 Lincoln freed the slaves and in 1995 Jeff Bezos found a loop hole. He/Amazon offer you a droll worthy package that is impossible to turn down and after a few weeks of trying to figure out how to circumnavigate the behemoth company a switch is flipped and you feel like a slave everyday. I have worked for some of the most notorious sadist in NYC and none of them hold a candle to the managers that I have encountered during my year at Amazon. I am trying desperately to leave. I was hired for a job that was completely wrong for me and when I went to my manager I was told I wasn't allowed to transfer to a new division because my manager did not want to give someone else his problem. When I brought him 9 years worth of performance evaluations from my previous company where I was in the top 1% of employees he did not even look at it pushed it back at me and said ""I won't look at those because your previous employers standards are no where near Amazon's."" If they relocate you they hold a debt over your head equal to the price of a new Honda Civic. I belong to a support group of current and former employees who all have similar stories about being mistreated and emotionally abused.",Stop pretending like your 94% attrition rate BEFORE the first year doesn't exist. Almost everyone I met at orientation on my first day no longer works there. You need to fix your management and unrealistic growth expectations. There has to be a handbook of horrible things that you say to your employees because account after account from colleagues across all teams everyone has the same things said to them the same mind games that constantly get played.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20183,amazon,"Back, TX"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Stocker,It one of my best,I had a fun time do business with and will continue to do so in the future I would recommend it to anyone,I did see any bad about Amazon I had a wonderful time and it was a true blessing to have found a place like Amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20184,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,"If you are not willing to work hard, then this is not for you",Difficult to change shift .......................,More rotation in different shifts and departments,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20185,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Awesome!!,Everything is great. This is a great company to work for with great people. You'll love it here! Go now!,"Nothing! The people are great, customers can be cranky and rude, but other than that it's a great place to work.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20186,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,"Great company , lots of benifits, would not change working here for anything, they are doing alot of hiring. Many locations throughout the country. Constantly hiring","There are not really any cons, people here complain but why complain in a warehouse job. The public really outs us like it's a bad company. Love it l.","Management is really nice. They are not pushy , they do not treat employers wrongly. I would like for theM to help. They are very knowledgeable",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20187,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,order picker,"great work environment ,some times","high turnover ratio,all the time",kkeep hiring and firing good workers,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20188,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Distribution Center,Amazon has great benefits and the pay was okay especially since we were guaranteed overtime. Management was relaxed and they didnt micromanage. You just had to make sure you were performing.,Standing and lifting for 10-12 hours a day.,None,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20189,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Amazon,"Exciting projects, smart people and small teams.",Work/life balance is a challenge.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1240.htm
20190,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Good Money,"Pay was good, benefits from day one, meet a lot of new people, a lot of fun contests, and great giveaways. They keep you hydrated with the endless water supply","Long hours with only two 15 minute breaks and half hour lunch, so to have to stand on concrete without being able to sit is hard. Good luck trying to get the days that work for your life when you start. They tell you what days yo have to work. Either except it or move on. Do not get sick while working there. People have gotten fired for fainting at work. If you aren't fast enough to make a ridiculously high rate, they walk you out.","Some people can't move as fast as others all the time, some peoples needs are different, so be more mindful of that, especially when hiring people. Instead of hiring ANYBODY, hire those that actually fit the criteria!",2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20191,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Decent pay, but there are far better opportunities in the area Great place to work if you're lazy Lots of unpaid and paid time off","Management is very poor Hard workers do the work of 3-4 people while management watches people stand around and talk Not enough overtime opportunities Variable compensation pay is based on facility performance, not your individual performance which means low low payouts","Senior management needs to do something about the poor performance of area managers. Hard workers often get stuck having to work hard, even when there are workers not doing anything around them.",3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20192,amazon,"Spring Hill, FL"," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,so so,"Co-workers and management teams were generally upbeat, and it was easy to get help when you needed it most. This was a work at home position, and the hours were steady.","Plenty of IT issues, lack of compassion from the higher ups, and somewhat a lack of ambition from some of the management staff",Have a little more consideration for your employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20193,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,over worked,"good benefits, guaranteed 40hrs a week, paid time off , ect","mandatory overtime at random times, over worked for not much pay, have to use paid time or un paid time on overtime days",none,3.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20194,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Housekkeping,housekeeping,you get a great pay and it helps you out with getting other cleaning jobs,after a while it gets boring,spice up the job a little bit. make it make people want to stay working and not get lazy,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20195,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Standing,Great pay. Great people. Great.,Too hard. Too much standing.,Less work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20196,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Benefits And Insurance Advancement Growth,12.50 and hour heavy work long hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20197,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Hate it, but it's paying my rent and bills","Got to meet some decent people from jersey, when it's a little warmer out its nice ride from philly to jersey","the hours are too long, you have to stand up the whole shift, you can't bring your phone in, there's no entertainment to keep you focused, it's always freezing, it's way too loud, the breaks are too short",Stop acting like your better then tier | workers and help us for once😒,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20198,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Center,The salary is good for the work involved. They offer stock however only after a year of employment at the company.,Management and Human Resources do not communicate to floor employees. The culture there seems to adhere to a he said/she said and if you are young and inexperienced in the work environment you will be wrong and targeted. There is no growing in this company even if promises are made. I do not recommend this company if you are a first time employee especially since they take no part in grooming you or helping you. They give a brief orientation then throw you into the fire. It is a very hostile work environment if you work in the warehouse and all employees are not treated equally.,"Listen to your younger employees and treat everyone fair and with the same respect. Do not target young, inexperienced employees. This just makes you look unprofessional and bullying your employees.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20199,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company for learners,"Very productive learning experience, and great company to start your career",No work life balance for software engineers,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1241.htm
20200,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good starting job,lots of over time.. make great money,managers expect workers to work like robots and achieve high rates. lots of favortism,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20201,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern review,Brand name is great. Have yet to meet somebody who is unfamiliar with Amazon. Hours weren't as bad as I had previously heard. But i guess can be long for corporate finance,not the most stimulating work. Good brand name to work for but the work itself is mundane as it can get. As a financial analyst you do very little finance.,None really. Your company to run and you should do with it what you will. If i had the opportunity to do the same job at a similar firm I would.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20202,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Struggle with the unstructured beauracacy,Good money.Interaction with some great minds in the world during internal conferences and sessions.Of course the pride of being a part of earth's most customer centric experience,No proper growth plan for employees.Difficult promotion process requiring a lot more documentation than your actual deliverable.,Should focus more on growth of its employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20203,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Bin Picker,"bin picker,sorting item out of bin",nice pay and overtime and different shifts,didn't last quite long enough,"none, employer rachel jones",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20204,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Tier I,Tier 1,Opportunity for those not afraid to work!,Opportunity takes time up to two plus years!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20205,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits could improve...,"Great company, great people. One of the biggest benefits is being able to reference Amazon as a recent workplace on your resume.","For being such a prestigious company, the benefits were very average.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20206,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern experience at Amazon,Not too intense. Lots of outdoor activities during. The people are nice. Everyone is assigned a mentor. The salary was good as well.,It was not a very interesting project. The challenge was more on the operational side instead of in the research side. Do not allow publication.,Maybe they can provide more interesting projects and not let intern do too much dirty data cleaning work. The activities were fun tho.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20207,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Shipping,okay place to work,"Good pay, okay work, nice breakrooms","Long day, people suck, short breaks",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20208,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - I Was A Packer,Basic,Money is the best part,Work like a slave and newer people move up faster,Listen to your employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20209,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst ever !!,The pay is pretty decent,They don't value their workers,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1242.htm
20210,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Tennessee,ICQA,4 day work week. Good pay and benefits. Energetic atmosphere. Ability to see and familiarize yourself with many many products,Not very employee friendly. They will push you to hit rates that are a bit extreme. Mandatory overtime that may not be announced until the day before. Long shifts. You may get a three day weekend but the first day is catching up on sleep.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20211,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Sofyware Engineering,Great learning opportunity,"Many growth opportunities, work life balance, many fun activities and other benefits for employees, great career growth.","Work load is very high in some peak seasons ,work pressure is very high",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20212,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,Overall good experience,"It really depends on which team/management you are working with, and since Amazon is very big, some employees can have a very different experience than I have.  ---  No matter what team you join, you will be working with people who are smart. Even if you think that you are the best in certain fields, there are always people you can learn from.  Amazon is really fast paced, so you will see huge projects get quickly shipped out the door. Rather than spend years perfecting a product, Amazon is willing to take risks and fix things after getting things launched (with minimal customer impact).  Amazon truly is customer-focused. A lot of the time the first question that is being asked is: How will this affect the customer?  There are so many teams at Amazon, that you can constantly switch teams to try out completely new things. Although they require you to stay with a team for at least one full year, that's pretty much what I did. I hopped around trying out different things.","On-call. Not every team has this, but some teams do. For some teams, on-call is a breeze, and for others it is a nightmare. But this should come naturally to teams who are responsible for multi-million dollar code directly impacts customer experience. Although at first it may seem pretty daunting, once you get in the rhythm it's really not that bad. Plus most managers/teams are pretty understanding and you can come in late the next day if you get a over-night on-call.  Work-life balance. Again this is heavily team/project dependent. Some teams have it really bad, while others have it really chill.  Dealing with the recruiting team is a nightmare. I had to deal with them three times for three years, and every time I've had a really bad experience. I could have been unlucky, but from speaking with other co-workers I don't think I was the only one who had this experience.  Frugality. Honestly being frugal is stupid. I've heard rumors of Amazon leadership taking it out of the leadership principles, but Amazon needs to get on top of its game with this.","I think for all the teams I've worked on with Amazon, I have been fortunate in having great managers. Keep up the good work!",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20213,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Packer,Fulfilled center,"Good pay, great benefits, stock options, 401k","Some management can be very horrible to work for. A lot of management is young kids straight out of college and don't know anything about discipline, how to control a numerous about of people. Management doesn't respect the hourly warehouse employees much. No real chance of moving up of being promoted. Job could be hard on the body physically and mentally.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20214,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, better than you think",You can control your stress level and hours worked,I wish I had applied many years before I did,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20215,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ecommerce Director,great place to work. good benefits.,long hours and management is not that good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20216,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Process Guide,Amazon,Benefits are really good to.,Management and long hours on your feet,Don't have workers just be another number,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20217,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Seasonal Associate,Working for Amazon Prime Now,Free Fast-paced Friendly co-workers Easy jobs Safe environment Good facilities Good spirit of customers service,Few communication Cold work place in Winter Bad sign-up system,Maintain the CSSM system,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20218,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great place for students,"Working from home was an ease, pay was good, management was top notch.",Training was 40hrs/wk for 2 weeks which was difficult to handle but possible as a student.,Understand a students schedule and the difficulties that there schedule may serve to complete tasks and other objectives in a timely manner.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20219,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal associate,Cool coworkers and atmosphere and a lot of small things that make you smile,Understanding that its seasonal part-time job - nothing negative,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1243.htm
20220,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Good job, just alot of bs.","Good Pay, Good Benefits, Easy Work, Stock, Tuition Help, Book Reimbursement","Long Hours, Draining, Poor Management, Overtime, Hours",Get new ones.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20221,amazon,"Lexington, SC"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Overall, a decent company",-Salary and Compensation after the first two years -Benefits,-Typically find yourself doing the same thing every day (warehouses),-Rotate managers to different positions in order to maintain their interest.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20222,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Team Leader,New Hire,I just got a job with Amazon and am very excited to start. Great company with a big signing bonus!,Interview was challenging and seemed rushed,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20223,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not thrilled,"Fast paced - I work with some honest, good people - The job is fun, fast paced, but most times, fun - It is work but not the hard work I grew up with -","Pay is low, no benefits, Most managers are OK, knowledgeable - Some managers don't have people skills - Instead of promoting individual growth, they prefer conformity - Not all managers are like that and the ability to change shifts/managers is available","No consistency in training - Management is not engaged, they are involved in processes and numbers but not aware of people and surrounding - Almost everything is done online - Very little direct management interactions, except for disciplinary",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20224,amazon,"Woodruff, SC"," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Dock Worker,Good job,Hours pay are pretty good,Layoff rate is very high after December,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20225,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Feb 12, 2016","Former Employee - S&amp,K Heavenly Cleaning",About Amazon,Good pay Paid every week Laid back environment,Don't keep you long No benefits,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20226,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"I enjoyed working at Amazon, for a few reasons: Great culture. People are friendly. Good work hours. Compensation meets market value.","Although it was overall a positive experience, upward mobility was difficult.",More room for growth from entry level,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20227,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Can help improve managerial experience ""intense, but very rewarding""",Prerequisite for area manager role,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20228,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Crazy Town,"Amazon pays well because of the value of the stock. Their recruiters are very good at selling the positive side of Amazon. The company is very customer centric. Seattle is amazing place to live. There is a lot of mobility and opportunity in the company. the company culture and expectations are clearly outline in the company's Leadership Principles. There 15 principles. The top 3 I see displayed everyday are customer obsession, bias for action, frugality.","Management style is very abrasive. The culture is dog eat dog mentality but with a very passive aggressive style so it is very subtle. There is a lot of chaos and a lot of things are done without really being thought through. because of high turnover, it is difficult to gain traction on projects as peers, managers, and dependent teams change over constantly. the leadership principles that need more attention are insist on high standards and hire and develop the best with a particular emphasis on developing talent.","the turnover won't scale to where the company wants to be in 5 years. you have to figure out a way to stem the exodus. Right now, you are the darling company and your stock growth is strong. you won't always enjoy that station (just ask Microsoft). then what? Start to develop your managers now to be great people managers. Instead of seeing direct reports as workers that need to be driven constantly, scrutinized, picked apart, and weeded out aggressively - take a longer term view and develop people. Also, your ready, fire aim approach to development will catch up to you. it has become very difficult to get anything that takes dependencies on other teams to get done quickly because nothing is architected to scale but rather slapped together to get it done (bias for action) at the expense of insist on high standards, invent and simplify. taking a little more time upfront to think through the requirements down the road will save a whole bunch of re-work, and extra work to solve problems created out of a hasty implementation.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20229,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon not cool,Will hire anyone and you can walk around all day,Too many people don't know what you do,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1244.htm
20230,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - L6 Design Manager,The workaholic's dream-space,"I have never worked with so many smart, motivated, and talented people. I like to work, and at the Zon there is more work than one person can handle. The environment is a workaholic's dream-space made reality.  When I joined the company wasn't all that big. Since then the growth has been phenomenal. The stock price has outperformed anyone's wildest imagination. That said, I was well compensated for the mental, physical and emotional trauma I endured.  We were able to build a brand that people love and have become dependent on. I remember when the first trustworthiness per brand study came out from inter-brand and we beat out Johnson&Johnson for the tops spot.  During the lion's share of my time inside, people were truly customer obsessed. We believed, with cult like devotion, that we were changing the world for the better by providing access to information, products, and entertainment without limit.  I was stretched beyond my ability and grew in toughness and tenacity while at the same time empathizing with our users, packers, pickers, and boots on the ground magicians who make the shipping magic happen.","People are often treated as inanimate objects, simply a resource to be mined. Most candidates are aware of this when they start, but have rarely been dehumanized to the level that will inevitably come about when working inside.  If you are awesome (which, if you get hired you are. Don't ever forget it!) your first review will be seller. You likely won't get any new stock though. Your raise will be 2-6 percent to your base even if you can walk on water. The next review will be punishing. No matter how well you perform there is a high probability your second review will be meh’. The third review is a toss up because you will likely be reporting to your 3rd or 4th manager by then. Often the third review is mostly negative in order to get you motivated to perform even more than you already are.  As your stock vests you will be tempted to stay past your 4th year. In my view this is a mistake. Instead, have an exit plan in place by the 18th month and plan to move teams or leave Amazon on good trims. You can always boomerang back if you want to later if you leave with a positive review.  There are few to zero perks outside a generous compensation plan. No freebies, no discounts, no startup mountain of free snacks and energy drinks. Parking is not adequately compensated, rents in the area are skyrocketing, and commute times have been getting longer by the quarter.","A focus on people management needs to be a top priority at the highest levels. People are a different kind of resource than inanimate objects are and top brass should invest more time, talent, and resources in building up the culture to value the person on the inside as much as they value the customers we serve.  The culture at HQ and the culture inside FCs needs to be closer aligned.  Have Fun needs to be highlighted and enforced. Managers need to be held accountable for creating a positive culture where workers are recognized and rewarded for positive additions to leadership and culture inside Amazon. Fun needs to be tracked and stacked on the evaluation of leadership.  Amazon has carved out a strong Brand. The weakest link in the brand story continues to be how management treats it's employees... fix this. ?  Jeff has a ""get big fast"" mantra. This needs to change after so many years of just getting big. The new mantra should be ""get BETTER fast"" This idea should be at the core of the new-wave Zon culture.  The culture and my final manager broke me. My last manager tried to fashion me into something I was not instead of leveraging my talents. He and had little vision as to how he could leverage his team’s true and vast talent. Since my exit just a few months ago 80% of his top talent has moved on from the company or moved to other teams.  I am ever thankful that I spent so much of my short life working Inside Amazon. Make sure you take JAW's advice and have fun along the way!",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20231,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Engineer,Sales Engineer at AWS,Very positive experience- excellent management team and team building attitude,The only negative that I would say for AWS is the salary growth for longer term employees.,I would advise management to increase the annual pay raise based on performance.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20232,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,almost awesome,It is easy to more up in this company.,The benefit program has changed for the worst.,Communication is so important.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20233,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,software development engineer I,fast paced software development good base pay nice campus,stressful work environment project interest based on team.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20234,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good working environment, Good company culture, Good salary and bonus...Overall, right choice to work here!",Still need time find cons.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20235,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Specialist,"Amazon is the most fun and professional company I have worked for in over 20 years. The onsite district manager and area managers are extremely approachable, proactive, and professional. Everyone from the bottom up starts the shift with brief company updates, employee success stories, and group warm-up exercises in addition to other safety promoting tips. The pay is more than fair for a part-time position and the environment is rather fun considering your at work.",There are no cons to working at Amazon.,Keep doing what you are doing! It is clearly effective.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20236,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Very fast paced, but you'll grow faster than anywhere else","Your development expertise will grow immensely. You are surrounded by some of the smartest engineers in the world, so you learn a lot","VERY fast paced, sink or swim, but if you can swim you'll go far. Oncall is required on pretty much every team",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20237,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Controls Systems Specialist,Control System Specialist,Amazon is great company to work for as Control System Specialist.,Amazon being an E-Commerce is not very user friendly. It was very difficult to obtain information and technical help from other co-workers worldwide.,"It's better to have interaction with the group your managing on daily basis, that way employees get know the management better and in time of needs employees are more eager to approach them.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20238,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Independent Publisher,Publisher,"Flexible hours, good for job for a self starter.",Company can shut down your publishers account for any reason at all for arbitrary reasons.,I have nothing to say at this time about this.,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20239,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analytically driven company,"Committed customer centricity, bright people",Can be too process driven,Do not have any at this time,4.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1245.htm
20240,amazon,"Romeoville, IL"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Very easy warehouse job. Amazon really emphasis safety of their employees. My direct leaders are easy to get along with and are not afraid to jump in and help when you're busy.,No differential in pay if you work in different departments.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20241,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Learned a lot,The company is innovative and fast paste. I am glad that I chose Amazon as my first full time job. Easy to move around the company and change roles.,Amazon is pretty frugal and it doesn't give you perks. Depending on the team you could work long hours.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20242,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Facilities,Great Company,"Demanding, Rewarding, Challenging are just a few of the positives derived from employment at Amazon.",Can be easily taken for granted due to the lack of selective leadership engagement.,Get to know your AA's to better create an environment of teamwork and success.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20243,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and bad,Not too much to say,On call Low salary People are not nice,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20244,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,The life at Amazon,Every department is easy and not hard to catch on to,"It's mentally and physically draining , you spend a lot of time alone and you're required to work extremely hard",The management stresses so hard it's crazy and they'll take it out on anyone,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20245,amazon,"Troy, NY"," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Developer Intern,Great Company,"You will get a lot to learn, fast paced environment, smart co-workers","Heavy work load, not a streamlined process for interns",Keep growing,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20246,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,"Good company, work hard and play hard environment. Great CEO",Many politics and nonsense job set. I dont really like that.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20247,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Administrator,"Good people, monthly bonus, lots of people to talk to, overtime opportunities, chance for advancement, prizes for attendance","Very repetitive work, can feel like just a number, high expected rates, body hurts after work, mandatory overtime is required",Treat people like actual people. Listen to why people can or can't do what you need. Find thevtalented people.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20248,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Engineer,"- Learn a lot, haven't been bored yet. - Smart engineers","Stress cesspit. I have been stressed ever since I have joined over a year ago with 2 weeks not being extremely stressed during Holidays, and then back to constantly being stressed out. There is a constant push, you have to juggle multiple tasks at once while expected to have quality which translates to ton of hours. I think I worked more weekends than I had free weekends, get ready to work tons of hours.",I feel so burned out now I don't even have advice.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20249,amazon,"Durham, NC"," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - North Carolina,seasonal,Extra money during Christmas time .Overtime if you need it,I did not like the way they ended your assignment,none,3.0,none,none,2.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1246.htm
20250,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Amazon is great,"Its a fun, inobative enviroment",Amazon has daunting work hours,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20251,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,really depends on which team you are in,"highly collaborated, work with different teams, push you to learn a lot of the internal tools by yourself if you don't have a good mentorship","depends on team. My team is not a mature team so you kinda lost sometimes. But some of my friends really have a better experience, in their teams.","a lot of comments of Amazon, and I feel the same way. should have care more about its employees. A lot of companies are doing way much better than Amazon.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20252,amazon,"Dundalk, MD"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,great start,Opportunity to grow within the company,Long hours standing on feet constantly,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20253,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The stories are true,"You'll never learn as much anywhere else, or work as hard or as fast. The brand recognition makes you a target for headhunters.","A bad manager can kill your chances, and the atmosphere can be brutal - particularly the anonymous feedback system.","Remove the passive-aggressive element from the OLR and feedback processes. If employees want to provide feedback on each other, make it public.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20254,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Good for job experience,"Consistent hours, decent time off, immediate benefits for blue badges.","Upper management doesn't listen to people on the floor, very disorganized, doesn't value high performance employees.",Listen to employees more.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20255,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Seasonal Customer Service Associate,Okay for a seasonal VCC job,"Starting Pay: $10/hr. Overtime: $15/hr. Lots of OT during the holiday season. Two (2) paid 15 minute breaks. One hour lunch.  Was told that I would have to work holidays--Thanksgiving and Christmas--since I was seasonal, I did not. I did get paid for Thanksgiving, so that was nice.","The customers. And some of their policies.  Their customers are the worst because they are so entitled. That *Free two day prime shipping ""guarantee""* is the bane of my existence.  Asking already upset customers to wait another day or two for their /guaranteed/ free two day shipping item to arrive.  Customers not understanding that not all items are sold by Amazon. Some are sold and shipped by Amazon. Some are sold by a seller and fulfilled by Amazon--housed at an Amazon Fulfillment center. And others are sold and shipped by a third party seller.","Get rid of the two day guarantee unless Amazon gets its own shipping /delivery company. Just call it Prime and say that it will be 3-5 BUSINESS days. Since if it doesn't arrive by that 2 /business/ and the customer calls you're going to ask them to wait another day or two anyway.  What's the point of having rules and policies if you're going to let rude and disrespectful customers do and get whatever.  Also, along with the ""this person is a repeat contact,"" they information about the the last call should pop up so that the CSA doesn't have to go looking for what the customer called about.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20256,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,"Great company to say you work of and it's a huge learning opportunity. Generally feel a sense of accomplishment as an owner of a team of people.Your peers will be extremely smart and motivated. The standards here are very high and you will be challenged every day. In this job I am never bored, the pace is very fast.You get to work with some of the smartest, most capable people, on the most interesting problems. Lots of ownership. For those who like to get their hands dirty amazon can be a great fit. There is room for growth but that all depends on if you have the right management chain.","Amazon success depends heavily on upper management, it all depends on who your senior managers are. I came from another building and went to TPA2 who has horrible senior leadership. Promotions are not based on who has the best shift or process improvement, but instead the process is subjective and is a popularity contest. TPA2 has a lot of senior managers who are friends with their direct reports who soon get promotions, very high school. Amazon is a great place to work for, but that all depends on what FC you get sent to and what type of seniors you have. TPA2 is very similar to how the WSJ betrayed Amazon, out of fear many managers do not go to HR or higher ups in fear of their jobs due to many mangers losing their jobs over any questioning of the senior team.",You run off so many good managers who run their departments efficiently and had good morale in their teams. The people that promote do nothing for the success of the business. I would suggest to senior managers to remember Amazon is a business not a popularity contest in high school and be professional.,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20257,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Don't take the Amazon stock options seriously,Could make your resume look more attractive to the next employer.,"Long hours, high turnover rates. You probably would leave before the stocks got vested.",Nothing bad to say.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20258,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"Unhealthy environment, boring work","Pay & inter-company mobility. Diversity of businesses. Cache of Amazon name. Lots of talented people gathered in one place. Opportunities to build your network, find mentors and be a mentor.","Experience is completely dependent on direct management. Know many who are very satisfied. Know more that are stress ridden, constantly under the gun and desperately unhappy but feel stuck because of the compensation. Consider the bonus hazard pay, especially if you are a woman. Very misogynistic workplace. Midlevel managers don't take this seriously. I found my job role unchallenging and monotonous. I know others at same level and job role feel the opposite. Lack of job parity across the org. My advice is to ask a thousand questions about the role you will be walking into and take promised changes with a grain of salt. Large turnover is disheartening and leads to constant team rebuilding. Leads to over reliance on individual performance and expectations to go above and beyond as a constant state of affairs. Teamwork and collaboration are undervalued.","Develop your employees, including helping people managers with building their skills. Focus on team building, trust, and shared purpose. Amazon is great at startups, but not maintaining operations. Stop reinventing the wheel on common systems and processes.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20259,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Temperature controlled environment,nice and friendly leaders, not bossy or rude and the company is a bit lenient towards associates unless it's theft related or extremely serious intolerable acts.VCP cash bonus based on your attendance and performance,my favourite part is having 3 days off or 2 depends on if there is overtime for that week..they also accommodate school schedules.","During Peak season overtime hours increases Have to be at work an hour earlier than your regular time and an extra day mandatory overtime,another voluntary day which varies depending on workload.","keep up the good work. interact more with associates,get ideas from them and most importantly relay those ideas and messages to upper management.",5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1247.htm
20260,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,Company was very involved with making the work environment a better place.,Department heads need more training.,"Listen to your employees at the All Hands Meetings, they are expressing how they feel so they look for change. HR needs better communication skills so does management.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20261,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,meh,"Good place to work, but long hours","Long hours, not a lot of appreciation",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20262,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Co,"Good pay, good people, good job.",Not many cons to think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20263,amazon,"Concord, NC"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon fullfillment center,great pay and drawings to earn stuff,breaks arent long enough if u r far away from the bigger break room,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20264,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Team Lead: Regional Marketing Consultant,Regional Marketing Consultant,"Great benefits, solid pay, very casual atmosphere and fairly supportive local (DFW) staff.",Lack of opportunities out of one division or another. Lack of promotion from within.,Do not expand outside Seattle until you give a fair set of opportunities to satellite offices.,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20265,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Good - Will work you hard,You will not lose your job if you show up everyday,walking 10 miles a day,Pay more attention to employees. Move people around,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20266,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really good labor job,I love this job! It's very easy and the hiring process is simple and easy,Your feet hurt when you first start but you'll get used to it after a while!,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20267,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,logistic operation,Great place to work for extra money and good part time job,Too many bosses in one place,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20268,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Dec 28, 2015",Former Employee - Inbound Receiver,Fulfillment Associate,"Great Opportunities and Benefits. Upbeat environment helps you get through some of the hard work days,",Inconsistencies with supervisors evaluating the employees' job performance. Less hours after peak season.,You have lost many talented and professional people by listening to the wrong workers.,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20269,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,great entry level job for pay and benefits. Learning dept does a good job teaching and coaching,Management is poorly selected below operations tier 5 AKA any one with leadership on there vest this includes HR.,"Change your selection process, I have spoken with the lead HR manager about there process.",1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1248.htm
20270,amazon,"North Chicago, IL"," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Quality and IT Clark,services it worker,"chance to get to know new work activites and people,lack of opportunity for promotion,no chance diversity","work in bad position for spine/back for 10h,",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20271,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Stower,"Good hours, nice pay and lots of people to meet. Great benefits and awesome staff.","no flexibility, standing for long periods of time. short breaks, and they expect you to be back 3 minutes early.",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20272,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Packaging,Packing,Wonderful employees & great bonuses. If you go through integrity staffing which is a great hiring company! I personally loved the job & staff. Quit because I couldn't do third with my little one at home.,Standing for ten hours a day is hard on your body. I was on night shift which was extra hard. If I had lived in Lexington I would have stayed just tried to switch shifts.,Keep up the good work! Everyone has amazing attitudes and the company is great to work for! Keep treating your employees as great as you did!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20273,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company extraordinnaire,Great company that everyone should endeavor to work with. It's one big family that works toward the ultimate goal-the customer,There is nothing negative I can say bout this company. It's all that one hopes for in a company and everyone owns part of it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20274,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,Amazon growing company have opportunity to excel with great pay and benefits.,Peak season could be rough sometimes and dealing with certain associates might be hard.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20275,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Good pay, good benefits. You get to work with some of the smartest, most capable people, on the most interesting problems. There are almost unlimited opportunities within the company.","Demands are high, and the decentralized nature of the company mean that culture can vary from team to team.",Don't let growth ruin the culture that makes Amazon great.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20276,amazon,"Salida, CA"," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Stower,"Amazon in Tracy, California had a good working environment, plenty of overtime. Nice co-workers. Clean and convenient break room. Not too far to commute.","Quotas nearly impossible to meet. Management did not care about my being a good, reliable employment who accepted all overtime and was never late and never missed a day. They cared only about meeting quotas. My quotas were sometimes not met due to robots not returning to me quickly enough.","I was told by management that my perfect attendance, always on time, accepted all overtime did not matter to them. All they cared about was meeting the quotas. I was laid off after 3 months and told I could reapply in a few months. Why?",3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20277,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer & Picking,"Packing: If you love to just zone out and do your job it's perfect. All you do is stand in one spot looking at a monitor and boxes and items for 10 - 12 hours a day 4 - 6 days a week.  Picking: This was my favorite job to date, however, my feet couldn't handle it.",Packing: It's incredibly monotonous and soul draining  Picking: It's hard on your body and you will be constantly hungry,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20278,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,First Review,Great place to work. Very fast paced environment.,Not anything I can think about.,Need more life work balance.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20279,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good overall company,"-Surround yourself with intelligent, driven individuals -Be part of a team that wants you to succeed -Everyone seems to be career-minded -Learn how to be self-starting and claim ownership of projects","-Competitive -The company is very large, it can be hard to get recognition -Infrastructure-level jobs seem to be somewhat looked down upon by corporate employees",More cross training is necessary as well as better access to communication methods to other teams.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1249.htm
20280,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Salary, Training, Benefits are some of the best in this field.",Long hours lead to poor work life balance at times,Create more team building activities,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20281,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good overall company,"-Surround yourself with intelligent, driven individuals -Be part of a team that wants you to succeed -Everyone seems to be career-minded -Learn how to be self-starting and claim ownership of projects","-Competitive -The company is very large, it can be hard to get recognition -Infrastructure-level jobs seem to be somewhat looked down upon by corporate employees",More cross training is necessary as well as better access to communication methods to other teams.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20282,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for what it is,Lots of over-time to be had. Decent pay. Have the ability to work up the ladder if you want to put in the time. Over-all a pretty good place to work at.,Repetitive job.....do the same thing everyday with little change. Mandatory over-time and during busy time of year. Sometimes managers haven't a clue(thats really any job though),none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20283,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Work life balance sucks, but work is good",The work is certainly very interesting as Amazon uses the latest tools and technology. And you will get to work with some exceptional people in the industry.,The work life balance is almost non existent. People work late hours and then you get into peer pressure. The work load is so much that you feel compelled to work harder and that burns you down very soon.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20284,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE II,"Compensation is great. Learning on and designing ginormous micro-service based architectures. It's a great chance to learn how to design huge, scalable, fault-tolerant systems.","The culture kind of sucks. Everyone's got cash, just not enough fun to go around... crushing bureaucracy, major hierarchy, ask for permission to pick your own nose, etc., etc.","Permissionless innovation. Allow your creative people to be creative, then prune.",2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20285,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Level I Associate,Amazon associate level 1,you accumulate paid time off and vacations and can use them whenever you want. work only 4 days a week.,long hours. Long drive for people living in Fort Worth.,Amazon wants fast pace workers with friendly personalities,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20286,amazon,"Overland Park, KS"," Jan 1, 2016",Former Employee - Data Entry and File Management/Supervisor,Data Entry and File Management/Supervisor,I liked the Enviroment. The name where i worked ..!,Well there is nothing to describe as such.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20287,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience has been fulfilling.,"The pros are helping others, listening and validating them. Understanding that they are real people with real problems. Encouraging others love the teamwork aspect of Italy","Not enough pay ,sometimes not bring payed for what you are worth can be discouraging. Sometimes the job can be stressful. It would be nice to be compensated for your efforts, strengths and abilities.",Keep your customers happy and they will always come back,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20288,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,You can really take the job and make what you will of it. There's tons of opportunities within the company and you are encourages to pursue your interests inside/outside the company. You get a lot off independence.,People have complained that the pay isn't that great You might have a bad manager,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20289,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,AWS / New product teams are great.,"AWS and Amazon Digital are great places to work. Lots of new product developments happening there. AWS Database services is especially cutting edge work.  Customer obsession. Products and technology are built not just because it's possible, but also because it is useful to customer. Most companies just do things to improve Ads which I don't think improves the life of the customer.  Salaries of top performers are at-par of better than what industry offers.  Excellent operational focus.",Salaries of average performers below par what others at industry offers.  Less guidance in climbing up career ladder.  Some parts of the company have lots of legacy systems. Heavy on operations and low on new product development.  New product developments are fast paced. Not a place for those wanting a good work-life balance and lots of perks (e.g. free lunch) to boast about.,Be more structured in growing people.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1250.htm
20290,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Problem Solver,"a good temp. job, no career",few things are positive about working at amazon i my opinion. the biggest thing for me was the people. some of the best people i have ever worked with was at this company. the pay is good if your trying t to rebuild cash and you have little to now expenses. you get hands on connections with management which can be a plus but take that with a grain of salt. advancement is super easy to achieve if you have just a lick of common sense which is both good and bad. on the up side you can move around from position to position easily.,read the pros and you will get the jest of things.,be more selective of who you make manager. give serious consideration to an employee if they come to you with a complaint and a solution. even if you don't agree with the solution take the time to review it and give it some respect.,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20291,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service,customer service,Very high energy environment. Always something new!,Long hours. Very long days.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20292,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,Easy work for great benefits. Its only the lazy people who complain,Lots of immature individuals who complain about work that is easy,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20293,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,inhumane,the pay is the only good thing,"they treat everyone like a number, no one matters",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20294,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Shipping Manager,Process Trainer,Initial training is good and tuition benefit is nice. 51 percentile on wages isn't terrible. Every year in January the company offers associates $1000/year up to $5000 if you quit during 30 day period but can never work for the company again. 4 years employed,"They work tier I and III associates like animals. Warning system can cost you your job in 10 days. Amazon crushes the spirits of good, honest, hard-working people and then spit them out. Management has no clue what's meant by servant leadership. They say they are consistent and fair, but if county roads close due to weather for one employee but another employee's roads are open, one should be disciplined but not the other. (Consistent yes but fair=ABSOLUTELY NOT...this is just one example).",Grow up and quit acting like a bunch of spoiled brats! Quit separating yourselves from the people that need your support...and at least act like their well-being is important to you.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20295,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth it!,"Very Easy, not much else.","Mind-numbing, no hours, no early shifts.","I have no advice for them. They are not there to make friends, just get packages from A to B. I never had any expectations.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20296,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Order Picker,Second class,"See the funny stuff people buy, work with some cool people, nothing else really...",Working at amazon. Working for Amazon's temp service. Having anything to do with Amazon.,Try not to have your CEO pay a visit to the warehouse and tell everybody that your temp guys are second class employees...,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20297,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You will learn a lot and love it if you can set boundaries,Lots of autonomy Can really make a difference regardless of seniority Allowed to fail and learn,"IF you can't say no or cannot set boundaries, you will be eaten alive and overwhelmed.",Need to do a better job paying long term employees and look at changing comp model to truly be performance based.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20298,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Well...I mean it's a warehouse so..,"Good pay for a distribution center. Good benefits. Paid time off, vacation, and unpaid time. There are bathrooms to cry in.",Management offers voluntary time off & then criminalizes employees when they utilize it. It's 14 dollars an hour but you really do work for that money.,"It's 2016. Please tone down the sexism. Also, please stop gossiping like girls at the desk. P.S. I'd also like to request that you have some of your temp associates pull their pants up or offer a belt incentive.",2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20299,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - SDEII,"overall is average on balance, but with great pluses and great minuses","Smart co-workers, better than average custom development tools, opportunity to work with and on great technology and make a difference","Operational load, work life balance sucks, turnover rate is humongous","Invest in software quality and growing people, pay attention if middle management is not churning through people",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1251.htm
20300,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,hmmmmm,Not to bad... Great pay,Long hours short breaks standing all day,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20301,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Overworked under paid,"$10 an hour, really Amazon? In-n-out burger pays more than that to flip burgers.",Under paid no money no,Too long hours for little money,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20302,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Needs improvement,Interesting new shows and programming,Lack of structure.  Poor management and professional advancement,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20303,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,halfway decent pay. okay management,prepare to be treated like you don't matter,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20304,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No potential,"Work, when it's available. Cross training on machines when it's available.","Depending on location, work might not be readily available. VTO is constantly offered to cut back on non productivity, no fault of the workers! If you're working via a temp agency, line up work after your contract ends! No retention of workers! Don't get sick on your shift! Guaranteed to make the list where you're booted ASAP over minor infractions!",Treat your workers better! You have plenty of untapped potential in them!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20305,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,UPS Hub Rep,"Fast paced, great people to work for, Great benefits, you can move around the company very fast, Opprutunitys to advance.","If you work hard and keep a good attitude you will advance through the company. There are always ways to advance yourself, by applying within the company many job positions?",Great Mangement,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20306,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,Manager at Amazon,"Great benefits, great salary, it could be fun place to work. I like it most of the time.","I had many managers. Some of them are very hard to work for, especially the one that don't know what they are doing. Some of military folks forget that they are no longer in the military and they need to treat people with some respect.","Focus on the process improvements to meet your goal, not on who to fire to prove that you are a good manager",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20307,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Start,- Interesting Work - Smart People - Fast Paced,- Lack of Structure/Strategy - Some teams have awful working conditions (late night/weekend/holiday work) - Not great for family life,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20308,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate Picker,Great pay nice people horrible job!!!!,The people there are awesome and they pay is great fast moving fast paced job. Place is amazing cafeteria is awesome!! Very advanced.,Hours are grueling especially during peak season. Team leaders are way too young to provide us with experience because they seem inexperienced. Team leaders are also annoying. They don't really care about employees. Job is so boring almost robotic like everyday the same thing. Parking during peak season is ridiculous and if your 5mins late they take an hour from your unpaid time!! Seems like HR never does their job right(hours messed up). Not really room for advancement in the company.rates way too high.,Hr needs to do their job as far as time usage(pto upt vto). Also be more family oriented. Pickers rates need to be lowered and provide more room for advancement.care more about your employees and your company is giving a lot of people carpaltunnel and injuries we never had before!! Amcare needs to be better!! Have people that know what they are training us for instead of inexperienced.should be more independent instead of team leaders.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20309,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower/ Stock.,Safety is there #1 goal. Good pay.,"Long shifts, lots of overtime, too much walking and noise.","Hard worker, good employee.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1252.htm
20310,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Team work, Learn a lot about the warehouses, great people.",Too much favoritism.No one listens to your concerns as they should.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20311,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Keep you resume up to date, and keep looking.",Decent pay. OK benefits for part time seasonal workers. If you don't like your area it's fairly easy to be moved. As much ibuprofen as you want to deal with the backbreaking pain that comes along with the work.,"HR is useless and unorganized. They can't or won't tell you how you get points which lead to dismissal. They keep you on permanent seasonal status so they can fire you any time without reaching firing points. They don't reward good workers and keep slow workers that slow down productivity. If you take initiative you are promoted to a ""ambassador"" position. A whopping 27 hours per week (so you don't get benefits) with more responsibility off site with no extra pay and much greater stress. They expect you to manage a new operation with no manager and get upset when you miss windows because they send orders or drivers late or with not enough time to complete. When managers do come they just stand around and make everyone nervous. No opportunity to advance within your own warehouse. They like to promote you to a different warehouse because apparently your coworkers can't respect you if you get promoted. Rather than increase hours(average 20 for everyone) they hire on call workers and text them personally to cover shifts (letting them work full time since they don't give them benefits) instead of listing extra shifts in job portal. Pointing out slow/poor workers gets slow workers rewarded to a higher position where they aren't required to work as fast (example from picker to problem solver). Warehouse during Summer is hot af. Amazon brought in an industrial A/C rental for a few weeks during launch for their media tours then took them away. They act when you get hired like you are a part of the Amazon family and all this great stuff but don't be taken in by their video training propaganda or hiring events. You are a warehouse worker that's a dime a dozen, when you start working there you realize you might as well be a worker in a Salvadorean shoe factory. Do you really want to know more?","All the other warehouses hire or employ full time. Part time seasonal employment and capricious policies, or constantly changing policies make for a horrible working environment. $12/hour in Irvine, CA, really?",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20312,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 3, 2015",Current Employee - MBA Pathways Operation Manager (Area Manager),MBA Pathways Operations (Area Manager),Great learning experience. Great career progression opportunities. True MBA graduate role.,"Hectic, work life balance is not great. Compensation could be better and more leaves should be given",More leaves for employees. Atmosphere could be more motivating if salaries are a bit better. Stock options could be lesser and instead base could be higher,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20313,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Dec 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Picker,"The work is relevantly easy, but there is continuous movement. I worked during peak and they work you for every dollar. Nonetheless they do a good job at promoting safety, caring for their associates, and try to make it fun.",The for order filling or order pickers there is constant movement throughout the warehouse. Do not get this position unless you are ready to walk or drive forklifts all shift long.,Management is very competent.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20314,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer Advocate,The Culture and the People are some of the best I've ever seen.,"The benefits are good, compared to other industries. However, compared to other tech companies, they could be greatly improved.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20315,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process assistant,"Great pay, with benefits, and perks",Management can sometimes be unorganized,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20316,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"-Fast-paced, high-tempo work environment. -Entrepreneurial spirit and culture -Empowered by leadership to create change at the local level -Everyone on the team is incredibly talented",-Long commute -Very long work hours (80+/week),"-Don't depend so much on the metrics to make all your decisions. Not everything the can be measured matters, and not everything that matters can be measured.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20317,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for the meek,"There aren't many. I would say the people, but all of the people I worked w/ came from subsidiaries, so they were ""bought"" by Amazon.","Heavily understaffed/overworked. Substantial amount of broken and/or stale proprietary code. Extreme turnover rates and single-threaded projects (w/ little to no project management) impacts delivery times and overall productivity. Internal processes are loosely put together. Documentation is poor to non-existent, and in many cases, the owners of internal services have left the company. Hands down the most poorly managed company I have ever worked for.",Focus on doing a few things properly instead of a lot of things poorly.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20318,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you're not coming in from tech, your mind will be blown",- Hours are very normal. I work 35-45 hours per week from a laptop (i.e. I can work from home when I need to). - All of the managers I've had have been very motivated to address my needs. - Lots of potential to own big initiatives and products. - Very good benefits. - Great urban 'campus'. - Fun atmosphere most of the time. - Your peers are some of the smartest people around.,"- Very data driven, which is efficient, but sometimes a little narrow-minded. - Competitive in some teams. - Entire company is on a cadence of review and planning which forces teams to jump through some weird hoops every six months or so. - Everyone is empowered to push back on major decisions, which means sometimes the team vision is a little blurry.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20319,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,Easy to get your foot in the door. Great work ethic. Decent pay and compensation. Great chances to work with or in other departments.,"Large building, a lot of walking. Work 4 days a week, 10 hours a day, not including overtime. You have to be careful to not get overheated or dehydrated.",Be more specific with things that could get an employee terminated.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1253.htm
20320,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,"Pay is good, Room for growth, Benefits are good",Too far away for me,Managers take their jobs too serious and talk down to associates,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20321,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Tough conditions, awesome learning experience","Super smart people, fabulous customer focused culture. As a Sr. Product Manager I swear I learned more about product management in a short time at Amazon (AWS) than I did in many years at other companies. They will pay you well, especially the first couple years.","That New York Times article is true, for the most part. But, you need to know that going in and be ready for lots of hours, constantly being ""on."" There is also high turnover among engineers which can be a challenge. If you want to advance you've for sure got to do that in Seattle. The satellite offices aren't really considered part of the mothership.",Keep doing what you're doing.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20322,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigation specialist,"reasonable pay ,opportunities to work overtime good manager.","work can get monotonous, lack of opportunities for growth within department.",Work on developing Employee recognition programs,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20323,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,Amazon fullfillement,Always something new to do and learn.,Too many people working there. Hard to get promoted.,None,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20324,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Try to get hired directly,Great Pay and fun environment,Mandatory overtime and if your seasonal worker don't get your hopes too high for conversion,Be more straight forward earlier on in the season about how many people you're keeping on after peak,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20325,amazon,"Gouldsboro, PA"," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Order Picker,Good Job,"Good pay, fun work, good coworkers, good benefits",Not enough advancement opportunities for entry level employees.,"Better pay, LISTEN TO YOUR WORKERS",3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20326,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great Job to get a Jump Start in the Industry,"Working on problems no other companies have at scales they couldn't dream of Working with brilliant co-workers that will teach you new things daily When you do good, you get praised, and it feels great If any of the above aren't happening, you talk to your manager and have them change it. If that doesn't work, you can easily keep escalating any problems higher until you gain traction with them.","It can be as tough as you let it be. Amazon seems to be a place where I could be an average worker (9-5, just do what I'm told) and easily last for a year or two without being fired. Or, I can drive forward and keep asking for larger and more varied problems to help round me out as a developer. On my old team, we showed up around 10, took an hour to an hour and a half long lunch, and then left around 6. Some people had different hours, but most of us rolled in and out of the office around those times. We still worked hard while we were there, but when we were burnt out, we went home a little early with no bad feelings. There were times of stress, but you never felt overwhelmed for that long. On my new team, most of us work from 8am to 6 or 7pm. We're always trying to keep up with what's asked of us and it's very exhausting. Every team is different in Amazon, and they stretch to both ends of the scale. My advice is to interview your future team before you accept the offer (if allowed). Ask about work hours and their priorities / backlog. If you just want to make it in to the company, there's still the company-wide policy of suggesting that devs who are unhappy with their teams after 12 months switch to another team. Depending on where you're at, relocation benefits are included, and team-switching is a widely-accepted thing.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20327,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Tier III,Tier III,"Great opportunities, good benefits, able to relocate within the company across the world.",Odd working hours with no bonus on weekends. Possible favoritism through upper management.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20328,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Stow Associate,Amazon,"Good benefits, plenty of overtime","Hard on your body, difficult to get other things done",Give better raises,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20329,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Love the challenge at work and the pace of the job. Lists of opportunities to grow and advance. Location is also great,Can be challenging some times and the work hours can be intense. Hoever this is expected for the nature of my job and I welcome it.,Tear employees well and employees will treat you well also. Employees are also vital assets and cannot be ignored,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1254.htm
20330,amazon,"Edmonds, WA"," Jan 5, 2016","Former Employee - Picker &amp, Packer",Drama lama warehouse,Steady hours management was quick to fix issues....as long as they were issues that affected production.,Lots of drama. Tons and tons of social drama. Within 5 minutes of starting my first shift I felt like I was back in the high school cafeteria. If you meshed with the popular crowd you were fast tracked. If not we'll sucks to be you. And tht was management down not just the pickers.,Don't pass the burning dumpster onto the next person. Actually deal with the problem. As long as they were able to keep the dumpster rolling they wouldn't put out the fire.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20331,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"AWS is a very good place to work for 1-2 years, but it is not a place to stay long. You learn a lot quickly","On call will be terrible, especially for new services. Managers are quite aggressive. Some of them are extremely harsh and push.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20332,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Associate,Felt like high school,Full time job with benefits the rate of pay was ok. Co workers are very friendly for the most part,"They treat you like you're teenagers. I've never had a job that had so many ""system issues"" it was so annoying working there for that reason alone. There would be ""mandatory"" overtime but no work. Stupid. Just stupid",Someone who's certified to operate a machine shouldn't be paid the same as someone wrapping a pallet.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20333,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process assistant,"They have good benefits, jobs are not that difficult, you're guaranteed 3 days off a week vacation personal and unpaid time","Amazon is very good for favoritism, not promoting the associates that deserve it. The parking lot congestion, and bad attitudes",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20334,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Research Scientist II,Becoming a research company.,"The company is growing and has recently increased the research staff significantly. Amazon is also unique in the size and scale of its operations from AWS to retail supply chains - you get data and problems that are an academic's dream.  The company is result driven, and there is a high pressure, but you learn a lot about things you would never imagine from outside. In my time here, I have worked on cutting edge research to writing terrible code that has been deployed across the company.  If you get on a good research team or important project, you can have a huge impact.","It isn't really a research company - the typical academic (work on projects for months on end with no actual product) might find it a huge disappointment. There is no publishing mentality. Working on cutting-edge ideas is not encouraged if a heuristic or rule based approach is ""good enough"". Fancy theory doesn't impress anyone and doesn't give you credit unless it gets in to ""production"".  The infrastructure for research are bad. No access to journals and papers, no cleaned up and pretty data sets. You have to write database queries against an aging database that the whole company is fighting for time with. If you join a team with a lot of researchers, you are in luck. If you join a team as the sole researcher, your manager might ask you to plan ""agile"" research scrums.  The pay isn't enough to justify spending your Ph.D. on mundane projects. The company nickle-and-dimes you for everything, and benefits are almost non existent.","Don't portray this as a research company and let people know up-front what they are getting in to. Treat your research staff better. I've seen talented people leave the company because they were expected to function like software developers working on a schedule with hard deliverables, and didn't get any intellectual satisfaction.",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20335,amazon,"Trenton, NJ"," Dec 25, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Warehouse worker,"It started building my experience on warehousing,group work,and career development.",limited working time because of the the holidays,keep the good work and continue the career building,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20336,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Dec 27, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,Amazon Fulfillment,"Easy work, laid-back uniforms, fantastic hours","None, every thing is easy!",Doing a great job,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20337,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,you can find challenging work that interests you,it may take most of your time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20338,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,Worst month of working ever,"Good pay, friendly managers and coworkers.",Overworked with very little time for breaks (break time includes the time it takes to get to the breakroom- so a 15 min break would actually be more like 8 mins). Constantly on the move and strictly watched by management. There is no music and you are not supposed to talk to coworkers for more than a few seconds.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20339,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Processing Associate,process as,people there are friendly and easy to get along with. the pay is decent for a first time job if you are straight out of high school.,management there is horrible there is to much favoritsm going on and no one wants to address it. don't work here if you crack under pressure.,quit with the favoritsm bull shiiii you guys are grown ups. learn how to manage a team and learn how to be a team leader you guys suck right now.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1255.htm
20340,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Scanner,Scanner,- Great pay for entree level job - Quick and easy training period - Supplies consistent work with plenty to do - Various job positions and rotation cycles,- Uses a flex schedule - Lots of micromanagement - Higher-ups don't necessarily know what they're doing - Breaks are too short because of break room being a 5 minute walk from the warehouse floor,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20341,amazon,"Lithonia, GA"," Jan 10, 2016",Former Employee - CS Team Member Telework,Seasonal work,Get lots of different experience such as payment assisting a customer with an issue a little bit of technical support allow you to actually use a company in a different light,Not a lot of training not a lot of getting with the employees to in formula what they can do better before the season is out even though they do inform you you can become full time they never give you the adequate tools to become full time,Even with some people with customer service experience some of the abbreviations that you have for the goals that it will be would be mandatory to keep employment so that they can keep employment policy be a little more throw roll with informing the representative how employment works for them and how to keep this isnt position so that they can come go permanent with the company as well as one cross training verifying making sure that we can get with team leads to work on and get advice on things that we are lacking,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20342,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Great Hours Great Pay Fun,None eee eee eee eee,be nicer to new employeed,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20343,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Survival of the fittest!,"Pace, Challenges, Learning - One has to deliver work at a rapid pace. Fail fast is a mantra here and there is no space for slackers!",Normalization - Bottom 10% performers have to be identified at every level each year. It gets tiring after few years as one has to be a survivor every year.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,74,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20344,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Dec 26, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,seasonal Packer,pay you a nice salary,they treat you like a number,mot organized,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20345,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,everything about the company is good,nothing is con in this company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20346,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Great people to work with,lack of communication with employess,communicate work load better with employees and flex up and down time,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20347,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Orange Juice,"They willingly hire people with little to no experience, thus affording applicants a chance to work.",They put such an emphasis on cross training that employees often burn out after a year or two.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20348,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Multiple startups within a large company,"High potential, high energy teams with a lot of innovative startups working within an ecosystem of a large scale Ecommerce company. Where, what and how you want to grow is all up to you (after you finish a year, and prove your mettle).  You could choose to be within a startup business or a scaling business and still have a lot of learning opportunities.  However, don't expect to be served responsibilities in a platter - even if you're an Ivy League alum.  If you're a type A - this is the place for you If you're a detail oriented person - be here If you like a low key job, that hums along - I don't know of anyone with such a job within Amazon.","Definitely not a place for people that don't like changes, speed, chaos - all a by product of an fast paced innovative environment.","Think bigger. You still have a long way to go, and lots of high potential individuals around you.  Teach your managers to reward innovation and execution.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20349,amazon,"Charleston, SC"," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Production,Production manufacting,The benefits and the stocks and bonds are the best,"downsides of the job are no communication, no teamwork, and a lot of favoritism",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1256.htm
20350,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA,Its not up its Hype up to be,"benefits, close to home,","poor management, poor communication, Human Resource is not keep information Confidential, Disorganize, not neutral,",Get more training and learn to listen to your employees ideas make sure your research is correct before writing someone up,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20351,amazon,"Sun City Center, FL"," Dec 25, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Inbound receive,Great benefits! It's easy to move up as long as you work hard and make an impression. You are also given a portion of the companies assets. Discounts down hurt either.,"Overtime can be tough. If you don't apply yourself you will not move forward. If you are a seasonal worker, you can be let go at any time with no explanation.",Doing a great job,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20352,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon good and bad,"Good insurance, overtime, and bonuses.","Not a family orientated company, to much overtime, and very hard to move up.",Show more interesting in your associates.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20353,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon work,you can learn a lot of cool stuff here. meet lot of smart people,no any benefit. manager is tough. No spare time. etc,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20354,amazon,"San Luis Obispo, CA"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Nice team, a lot of work, fun and opportunities. Evaluation process can be improved","A lot of opportunities, if you're an overachiever you can find things that need to be done and will be able to make an impact. Amazon also values ownership of the product so, you will be able to take real proud of your work and you will be able to talk directly with people in other teams easily to get things done.  Learning: there are a lot of talks, events, mentorships, video and manual resources at your disposition to become better at what your do.  Team: you'll work with very capable people with deep knowledge in IT who will make you reconsider your approaches. The people is very direct when they say things to you which minimizes the time you spend in discussions. Some people might not like it, but I did. Time is a precious resource so meetings were usually short and direct to the point.  There were also company organized events to mingle and there are always opportunities to have fun like foosball, ping pong or playing humans vs zombies.  The benefits are really good too, with a 6 digits salary + RSU + relocation + signing bonus + medical insurance.  The work-life balance isn't too bad either, although expect to work around 45 hours a week on average + on calls (which in my team, wasn't that bad).  Overall, I feel I improved a lot as a person and professional by working at Amazon. It was the first company I felt really committed to and the core values are really lived at the company. Your experience highly depends on the team you are, but I would certainly recommend to work at the company.","- The offices (at least San Luis Obispo's): since Amazon considers frugality a core value, forget about nice fixtures or beautiful Google/Facebook/(add tech company here) offices. It will be the simplest thing that would make you work there. I had some complaints about the cleaning too: in my almost year and a half, no one cleaned the office's desks.  - The evaluation process and competitiveness: there are things called ""goals"" that you have to satisfy in order to progress on your career at Amazon. There's also a job description for each of the positions. And there's also feedback from your peers. Besides of that, there's no formal evaluation of your skills or how you meet your manager's expectations. At the end, unless you are a clear overachiever (say, a rockstar), you will fall in some grey area, in which your manager's opinion of you will be the only determinant on whether you stay or not.  At Amazon, you compete against your peers. You might be really good, but if you are below your team's average performance (either technically or what they call ""core values"" evaluation, ie: soft skills) in your manager's eyes (no additional objective measure), you are a candidate to a PIP. And that happens to an important percentage of Amazon Software Developers every year (I cannot disclose the number).",Fix the evaluation process to include more objective measures and avoid comparing each dev to their peers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20355,amazon,none," Dec 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software development manager,"Smart people, awesome place to learn cutting edge technology","Heavy operational burden, work from home should be encouraged",None,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20356,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Customer Support Specialist,Senior Support specialist,"Work culture, lunch tokens, transportation, dress code","No salary increment, too much politics",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20357,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service ,Great way to gain experience and make a decent amount of money. You set your own hours (up to a certain amount) so you can work around whatever schedule. Decent pay at $10/hour and the equipment is free besides having your own computer.,"The training was severely lacking. After the initial reading they make you do, it's basically a sink or swim situation where they throw you into work without a ton of supervision. Or at least that was my experience at the time.  Also I wish the system was completely online because having to get a landline just to work the calls was pretty annoying when other companies don't do the same thing.",Maybe do more supervision in the training aspect to make sure everyone has really learned how to do the job.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20358,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Receiving Clerk,Processor,Great benefits and Vacation time off,Long days wish they could go to 8 hour days,Need better management,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20359,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Green Badge CSR,"Work from home. Convenient scheduling process as it relates to taking days off, personal time, etc.","The training process was very inconsistent as it relates to the start date/time and job expectations. The metrics that were explained during training changed once in production. After being in production for 2 weeks, you're held to the same metrics and expectations as a seasoned employee.  I was informed that I wasn't on goal 7 days before being terminated. Once I was advised by my supervisor, my NRR dropped from 47% to 20% in 2 days. The negative response weren't related to any experience with me. I wasn't told that even on the calls that I wasn't to send the survey, to not send any type of email including ""how to reset password, access my online account"" or any self help tools as the survey is automactically included. The lack of organization truly lends to the HIGH turnover and consistent customer complaints towards the organization I de-escalated on a daily basis. I saved Amazon several customers, and they lost a quality employee who has now moved on to serve as the Human Resource Director for a fortune 500 company, whereas, I can truly make a difference and contribute to an enjoyable, proficient work environment setup for one's success.  Attempting to communicate with management, human resoureces, etc. is basically impossible. You often receive empty answers from the supervisors, versus beneficial information that could lead to one's success.","Improve upon the determinants for the metrics system, especially as it relates to new hires and 90 day production periods. If every tier is expected to maintain the same metric from week 2, where is the challenge towards encouraging employee performance throughout tenure?",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1257.htm
20360,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Decent pay and I like the fact that I can work four days instead of five and still get 40 hours a week to work.,"Since it is a new warehouse, things feel a little disorganized but they are still working things out.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20361,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy Interview,"easy interview, provided apartments, convenient, return offer","high workload and competition, working environment not so good",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20362,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Inbound Dock Clerk,Stow / Receiving,"Pay and benefits. You will earn a substantial amount of income if you come to work, ready to work.","Long hours, little acknowledgement for hard work. Senior management puts so much stress on the numbers, it hurts the associate.",Get to know your associate on a personal level. They are more than a labor hour.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20363,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,First work from home experience,Being able to work from home,"Long hours, 10 hour days, customers are abusive, not enough support with questions",Have more people available to answer questions. I hated making the customer wait. I understand the knowledge center but sometimes you need an answer that can't be found there. 3rd party sellers are sometimes awful and customers don't like to when they don't receive their items from them. Fix the 3rd party seller section.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20364,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at amazon,"Good Benefits, decent pay, reasonable schedules.","Too much physical labor, too much walking, short breaks.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20365,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Amazon,"Decent Work , Weekly Pay","None, Job was to far out and becoming a burden.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20366,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Flexible, reasoable work schedule and attainable goals. Able to make a measurable operational improvements. Some international travel.",Peak is long and tough. A lot of hours expected 7 days per week. International team means calls early and late.,Keep the attainable projects coming. A bit more travel and interaction with international teams would benefit team projects getting of the ground a bit faster.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20367,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - SDM,Good days and bad days,"Fast-moving technology, very smart co-workers. Good days are fun.",Management micromanages through profuse status reporting and routinely screams at project team. Bad days are really bad.,Public shaming and lack of trust of the engineering team isn't the most effective way to run projects.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20368,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,SDE at Amazon,"Technical challenge, smart people, growing company, lots of opportunity, strong business.","Ops burden, rushed deliveries, interruptions.",Invest in maximizing SDE efficiency by reducing ops burden,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20369,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,First job out of college,"Amazing, smart, and driven teams. You have the opportunity to do anything. If you want to take up a project, provided that it is a good idea, you have the resources to do so. Amazing company.",95% of your job experience is your team. I was lucky enough to be on the BEST team in the world (literally). Benefits are lackluster but they're coming in hot.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1258.htm
20370,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - SDE1,sde,learn a lot and fast page,long hour worst pay of big 4,they r good nothing wrong of it,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20371,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great learning but not for everyone,"Learning opportunities, Challenging roles, you own problems and are expected to find solutions.","Cut throat, personal development will take a back seat unless you make effort which one actually should",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20372,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very great,The people were very friendly and all helpful and tasks were feasy to get the hang of and ready to get things hiking,No really much room for advancement. ...our i should say there is a lot of great competition so you have to be very unique,Maybe take the time to hear out employee suggestions and implement them more since we are the ones out on the floor and can see different ways p ways doing thing,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20373,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Stower,Amazon,Great place to advance to a manager at a face pace. The pay and benefits are good. As a matter of fact the flow of business is truly innovated.,Very long hours to work. I believe there should be an higher base pay if there's going to be a differential.,Keep up the good work.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20374,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Transperent and interesting selection procedure,"Nice pay package, nice location, good company to work in.",Work life balance is disturbed at times.But that is fine if you know how to manage things.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20375,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales development representative,"Much room for advancement. Are surrounded by brilliant, positive, hard working people.","You are a single number in an ocean of people, and sometimes it is hard to get the help that you need for a specific task.",More structure in developing employees.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20376,amazon,"Sammamish, WA"," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Good, innovative company - smart people and very data based.",promotions are too slow. Company is so data based that I sometimes wondered if people have a heart.,Too much politicking for promotions. The review process is so laborious and it is highly dependent on how well your manager writes your review.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20377,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Network Engineer,"Great Coworkers, Fun Environment",Amazon was a fun place to work with a great group of Coworkers. Working on the Infrastructure team was an amazing opportunity to see how such a large company handles all its data centers.  There aren't many companies where you get to interact with coworkers all around the globe on nearly a daily basis.,"Do to its size and scale, Amazon tries and needs to make things very repeatable and manageable. This is great for keeping costs low and raising the reliability of the network but, can be hard to deal with when you consider yourself a skilled network engineer.","Provide more opportunities for non-software engineers to learn, hone their skills, and push their brains. You work to hire the best but, then want their jobs to be to repetitive.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20378,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,SDE for Consumer Website,I work on the Amazon Retail Website. Get to work on a wide spectrum of issues. Generally receive praise for good work.,"Expected to take part in an oncall cycle, whereby you can be paged to sign in and address an issue 24/7 for two weeks at a time (on most teams).","The goal-focused approach will often go way too far. Latency improvements, while yes, are important to the customer, are many times not worth the amount of effort and sloppy experiments that get done just to meet a goal with upper management. We could be working on a cool new feature that people will actually use, but instead work for months at a time to shave 50 milliseconds off the page load time for 10% of customers. Seems like a waste.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20379,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Machine Learning Scientist,Strong ownership of product from problem formulation to result presentation. Being able to leverage the latest AWS resources to process data at scale. Good machine learning community within the company.,Less perks compared to the SF Bay Area companies.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1259.htm
20380,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,Pay was above average for a warehouse worker,A lot of walking is involved,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20381,amazon,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Rat race,good salary but the stocks are just a name. you will leave before they vest,"bad benefits, performance reviews and promotion process unfair.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20382,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok,"Some days you either work the full four hours or go home early, depends how many packages come in. Also, drawings take place every blue moon or weekly near a holiday.",You get judged on how many packages you scan per minute.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20383,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great job,"Pay, vacation, paid time off, promotion, benefits","None, none, none, none, none",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20384,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Great learning experience,Amazon hiring process only selects smart people that also enjoy helping others. This makes for a great learning environment. Opportunities are endless as long as you are willing to work hard for it.,High turnover (mostly people switching teams internally) makes career management difficult.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20385,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full Time at Amazon,Learning curve would be exponential. Amazing place to start anyone's career. Super cool work environment.,"Expectations might sometime seem hard. Oncall would be another thing for a lot of people, but I enjoy being on call",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20386,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET II,Could not find any pros,Greed. Supression. Arrogance. Indiference. Snobishness.,Care about the people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20387,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Work From Home Position,"Work from home, flexible schedule, easy hiring process","Pay, lack of training, lots of mandatory overtime during the holiday season which can be an inconvenience:",Spend more time training reps,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20388,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked as Freelancer,"Strong team of managers, stylists, photographers, and freelancers. Hours are consistent, and the set schedule follows an 8 hour work day with mandatory breaks throughout. Safe and respectful work environment.","While the majority of employees are creatives in some capacity, not much creativity was encouraged by corporate. Strict set of standards for product imaging and editorial with very little tolerance. Standards are set unreasonably and intentionally too high.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20389,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - PrimeNow Associate,"Run Away... Far, Far Away","Other than it's a paying job, there are no pros.","I work for a PrimeNow location, and I advise anyone thinking about working for Amazon to look elsewhere. The company does not value its employees at all. They will keep you on a temporary basis, for 11 months at a time, so they don't have to offer you any benefits or PTO. There is zero management support, and in fact, will give you an attitude if you try to point out what is going wrong. There is a high turnover of employees because you are disposable and unappreciated by Amazon. Just because they are a big company does not mean they are a good company.","Actually listen to the feedback your employees doing the grunt work give you, and fix what is broken before you keep expanding a poorly working system.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1260.htm
20390,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,An excellent organization to work for with many opportunities to develop and expand ones knowledge.,"Positive environment, team members and managers. This position allows one to expand their knowledge in the fields of computer science and IT while at the same time developing their leadership skills.","When engaging with the customers and providing support, the work can be stressful. You must have thick skin. When customers are being placed under stress by their management, they have a tendency to be agitated towards you.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20391,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfilment Associate,Fulfilment associate,"VTO, VCP, holiday pay, paid time off, unpaid time, vacation.","too much favortism, short breaks, HR is rude",hire people who have experience in management roles.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20392,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome place,- Interesting problems - Freedom in planning and decision making,- No free soda  - No fee food - Laptops and desktops may be better,"It would be nice to get better hardware, and to let people be evaluated more equal",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20393,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Challenging environment,If you don't like your team its easy to move. You will never get bored. No dress code or strict working hours.,Some non-sense like paying for parking and getting back part of it. Oncall rotation can go really bad with pages while sleeping.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20394,amazon,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Tasteless and classless,overtime is offered all the time work from home employee discount,"everyone is seasonal they are constantly changing policies, end dates to contracts, do not inform employees of end dates to employment in the beginning.","Make sure your CSM actually give a crap about the employees. Make sure they are available when needed, especially when you have a team that is completely virtual.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20395,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Does NOT Care About Employees,"Okay pay for mindless work. I met a lot of different people working here. Managers were tough, but they were great to work with. Benefits were great too.","They don't care about the wellbeing of their employees. They also hire anyone off the street. Plenty of times I've worked and seen nothing but careless people not doing their jobs. And plenty of times I've been hit on. Oh and if you get sick or get hurt within the first year of working here, can't work and don't have enough hours, they will most likely deny your medical leave and your doctors notes.","Take into consideration that the workers are people too, and not just robots.",1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20396,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,The four day work week is probably the best thing about working there. You receive benefits on day one of employment.,You will be standing or walking on your feet for long hours. You are required to go through a security check when entering or leaving the building.,Act as if you are actually interested in helping with production. Every time I try to find a manager they are always missing in action when needed.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20397,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Fast paced environment with very smart people. Lots of great innovation and ideas on how to perform better,Very dog eat dog attitude oftentimes considering the managers are ranked against each other. I personally want to perform well and see others struggle to some extent so my rating is high compared to others.,Create a better team oriented environment,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20398,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,-Experience -Opportunity to grow career -Many locations. Opportunity for relocation,-Work life balance -Burn out,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20399,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,easy but not,"simple task, that is really about it","standing way too long, not enough breaks, sad",give stools to packers,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1261.htm
20400,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Reconsider,"During peak season, which is during the Christmas holiday, if selected, you can get gift cards or win nice prizes...that's pretty much it","You are allotted a 15 minute break but since you're in a warehouse and its so big its really only 10 minutes, they don't really appreciate their employees, the ambassadors are just glorified employees with and upgraded vest, and leadership doesn't do much leading. If you're looking for a job to pay bills this is definitely not the place.","Take heed to what your employees have to say, you could keep way more people if you weren't such a concentration camp. You succeed as a company because of your employees, if we did nothing you'd be nothing. LISTEN...don't be such drill sergeants, your employees might respect you more.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20401,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Dec 27, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,South Carolina warehouse associate,lots of hours decent pay $11.25 Paid hours to go home whenever,10 hour shifts Overwork you Managers aren't trained well Motivate you with yelling No room for advancement,"Hire from within more, and acknowledge the hard work associates put in.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20402,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 31, 2015","Former Employee - Licensed Practical Nurse, Moderate Risk OB Case Manager",packer,good pay for warehouse work. OT available,"very hard work, huge facility, lazy co workers",none,2.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20403,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worlds worst employer,"not a single one, could not even make one up.",A horrible job in a horrible company. prison without the uniform!! They have no interest in their staff and treat them all horribly. I could write 5000 reasons why not to work for them but do not have the time. Probably the worlds worst employer.,RESIGN,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20404,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Manager,Demanding but awesome,You will learn a ton. Amazon is very demanding but with that comes a lot of opportunity and responsibility. If you can rise to the occasion you can learn a lot and grow quickly in your career. It has a very strong company culture that I wish was echoed in other places I've worked. They live & breathe their leadership principles in a way that actually means something and empowers grassroots decision making.,"If you have trouble standing up for yourself and drawing a line about how much time you will devote to your job then this company will suck every last minute of your day. If you don't like confrontation then every meeting will be torture. But if you want to go somewhere, work hard, and make a difference then you'll be fine.","Admit you're a big company, find ways to retain the solid employees who aren't putting in tons of overtime but still getting the job done. Bring benefits up to par with other large tech companies and spend a little more on equipment and software to empower your engineers.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20405,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough Culture,"Hard working people, who work very hard.",Tough environment for young people to grow.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20406,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,4 day work week employee discount,You are expected to work at a torrid pace and achieve a minimum rate with no real incentive to do so.,Provide a more complete training program and breaks longer than 10 minutes.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20407,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Customer Service Agent,inbound associate,good pay not worth the work you do,not a safe place to work,communicate with workers,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20408,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,cant think of any right now.maybe the cloud technology.,Everyone knows. Don't need to mention again,take care of the employee. takecare of the employee,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20409,amazon,"Pikesville, MD"," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Trainer,Great Benefits but...,Benefits are great. The people can be pretty great to work with as well. Plenty of opportunity for overtime during the Peak season.,The work/life balance is nonexistent. Moving up can be difficult as most managers are recruited from Universities.,Look inward for managers instead of always bringing in new blood as many of them leave after a few months.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1262.htm
20410,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,It was good,"Work cultured is over-hyped, but its not that bad. They were very understanding and allowed you to work from home a lot.","You get to do pager duty. Initially they expect you to be on-call during vacations, etc. Amazon doesn't have vacations for Thanksgiving or New years.",Reduce frugality so engineers get more work life balance and add some more benefits.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20411,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador - Amazon Sorting Center,"Expand your horizons by training new associates. You get to coach others and learn how to build great pallet builds. Teach others how to be safety driven and tour beginning associates throughout the facility. Versatility via a part-time schedule. There are some financial incentives, such as gift certificates available for good work, which either work in buying gifts in our building, or works towards certain stores. Many different job functions available throughout the facility. Many people love that it is a safety driven culture. Others like that they can write ideas down and get a response (i.e. be heard).","Once you sign-up your schedule, you cannot change it, unless there are family emergencies, or you can use points with-in a year for this, which you can ask Human Resources about for more information. Starting out here, you may feel physical aches and pains, however most associates get used to it. Some of the job job functions require lots of walking and if If you are not used to this, I would encourage practice walking, or jogging daily to get your body used to it. Some job functions may repeat, or if you love a certain job function, you may not get it all the time.","Some believe there is favoritism in the building I work. I have asked around if they feel this true and some, when asked, said yes and others say, ""to an certain extent"". This may not apply to all sorting facilities, however. We do favor a certain level of speed and quality throughout the building, so leadership, in my opinion, could be more up front about why they will shift someone into a different position due to lack of speed. I've worked in companies like this and usually boils down to communication issues. For example, if I were able to, I would tell that associate, ""There is a certain level of performance needed in this job function and you are not meeting those expectations. We will need you to shift you into another function, unless you can increase your performance, while maintaining quality in your work.""",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20412,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Quality Work Environment,"Good training, reasonable pay, advancement opportunities from within. Safety oriented mindset. Listens to the workers. Diverse work force","Over staffed, hard labor, monotonous work. Parking is atrocious, high level of security. Due to the number of employees human resources seems to deal in bulk generic answers instead of one on one.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20413,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Center Associate,"Great pay, Easy job. Relaxed dress code is definitely a plus.",May have to double check others work frequently throughout shift.,More recognition for individuals who excell,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20414,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - QAEII,I love working at amazon,"You can easily switch team in case you think that the team you are in, is not good for your career growth.","You have to inform your current manager before switching your team, which I do not think everyone would be comfortable with.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20415,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Engagement Manager,Horrendous,Lots of experience and learning,"Everything else. Low pay, awful people, terrible company culture, long hours.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20416,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont do it,Three days off only pro,Dont work with women who are expecting,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20417,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Quality Assurance Engineer,Software QA Engineer,Good pay and new technologies,Career development and the management,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20418,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 25, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Internship experience varies a lot depending on which team you work for,Internship is centered around a 3-month long project with a mentor and a manager to help you. You have a chance to make significant contributions to your team's codebase and even push your code to production. Knowledgeable and friendly coworkers.,"Internship is centered around a 3-month long project, if the project is badly designed, you may have a terrible experience (as did I). Many datasets and tools to familiarize yourself with, some of which are poorly documented so if your mentor and manager are busy or can't help you, you'll be on your own. I didn't get to choose what team to work for and what project to tackle, I didn't even get to state my preferences.","It would be massively helpful if we were given the chance to at least state our preferences before going into the internship. I was assigned a project that I was terribly unsuited for and I had a, quite frankly, miserable experience. Most interns had a good time though, so please don't let my review discourage you from applying to Amazon. I'm just warning you to brace yourself if you are given a poorly designed project.",3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20419,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Do Not Work Here!,"Health Benefits, Paid Time Off,","Horrible Equipment, Poor Choice in Employees, long hours with short breaks.",Have a better hiring process and upgrade the technology so employees can make rate and meet goals.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1263.htm
20420,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,legal counsel,"great working environment, encourage self initiatives",working space is a bit tight,rotate on the coverage for business,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20421,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. HRA,Depending on building location there is a decent amoutn of freedom for reporting and handling EE issues.,Hours/ Compensation is average/ Zero Comminucation from management/ no training provided.,"Get it together. An organization this size should have much better communication between all levels. Instead of leaving employees in the dark about things, communicate the changes. People will always push back at change, but if you are open and honest, you have a better chance of getting positive results.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20422,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent job but dont see myself here for too long,Pay is good short 3-5 hour shifts work out well with school picking up extra shifts is super quick is super easy with their website,can be stessful at times you are moving around a lot sometimes even sweating you cant swap shifts (you can call or email out of a shift and pick up another but that time still comes out of your unpaid time off hours,the management was good but they move you around a lot and that is kind of anoying because you could be assigned to inbound but then within 10 minutes be moved somewhere else sometime this is to your benefit but sometimes its a downgrade from what your doing,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20423,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,company,the company spoils its employees,not organized and under control,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20424,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Received,You had a lot of people working around you that was working for the same goal,Poor Teaching And Poor Management,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20425,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Process Associate,The sense of ownership just grows on you,Growth can be a little stagnant,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20426,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,FC Associate,I enjoy the fast pace and learning new things.,it's hard work but I really enjoy it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20427,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Shipper/Receiver,Slave Labor,Okay Pay Good Benefits Lots of perks for being at work every day Discounts online Break rooms are pretty loaded with things to do..,"Have to be there every single day. Doesn't matter what happens. If you get sick and miss more than two days, they let you go..",Treat your employees like people instead of robots..,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20428,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,encourage new ideas,One can try any new ideas and easily develop a web service with convenient dev tools,work life balance is not good. requires many over-time hours,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20429,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Superior,Benefits Day One of Employment.,Stict time Attendance standard,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1264.htm
20430,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Recruiter,Onboarding,Amazing technical teams combined with a Principle centered hiring approach. Never had more pleasant courteous people around me. Everyone will hold a door for you!,"Big company, fast moving learn on your own.",With such a high focus on hiring bar there should be a similar team responsible for on-boarding. don't let these great people flounder at the beginning!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20431,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2015",Former Employee - Unemployed,work,"The benefits, friendly and the pay rate",The machines malfunction alot and they're were alot of delays with fixing them,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20432,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist,Learn how to talk over others and how to communicate with overly confident coworkers.,"Senior leadership are those who have dedicated their life to Amazon and has drank the Bezos kool-aid until they are spewing out leadership principles left and right. On the retail side, all leaders look miserable. Level 5 and below do not receive any credit for their work and it's only a matter of time before you burn out and they replace you with some one new. If you are interviewing for the Brand Specialist position, I recommend that you have your eyes on an exit in 1-2 years (MBA, startup, etc).","No advice can change the culture. Like Bezos said himself, not even he can change the culture even if he wanted to.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20433,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My location,"Great oppurtunity for growth, Great benefit package, 24 hour access via internet to EHR service, 4 day work week, exceptional work enviroment.","Long hours and continuos standing on your feet, short breaks and lunch, breakroom and bathroom location depending on your assigned area.",I would like to increase the 15 minute breaks during non peak time to 20 minutes and have a 45 minute lunch.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20434,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Benefits from day one. Lots of perks. Full time work. Heavy workload. Periodic raises. Incentive programs. Stocks 401k.,Lots of employees. 10 plus hour work days. Parking situation is crazy meaning you have to arrive an hour or so before your shift in order to park.,Needs to be more informative. Invest in training employees more thoroughly. Should be more involved.,4.0,3.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20435,amazon,"North Atlanta, GA"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Seasonal hire,Work from home that's about it,"Severely Micromanaged by people who ""worked at Target' Unless you are thrilled with being poop on customer shoe, move on. Inept leadership and no real support happening. Worst job of my life. Side note: i would never order from this company now having the inside line of how horrible the process truly is.",Get a clue and wake up. You have complete idiots who can't spell making decisions there. Third party sellers are half your problem . Stop hiring complete idiots for min wage... or 10 bucks per hour,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20436,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Simple job, great benefits","Simple, works with schedule, friendly","Mindless, long to get stock options, long to get education benefits, best benefits take at least a year","Work to listen to all employees, so many feel left alone or singled out",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20437,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineering Intern,"Exciting work, hash environment","The company is constantly on the cutting edge, and looks for its employees to use new tools and technologies. You're also working with really smart people, so you'll learn a lot.","Really tough working environment. Even as an intern, I could see people grinding constantly. This shows in their extremely high turnover. Senior management actively does not care.",Take better care of your employees.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20438,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Inbound Warehouse Associate,Inbound Warehouse Associate/Problem Solver,"Great exercise, you learn a lot about what goes into how product comes in and gets stowed on shelves to customers ordering products and the process of picking that specific item/items, how it's packed and sent off to the customer. I hurt my knee on the job and they took care of me. Put me on medical leave, Put me on Fmla. short term disability and when I came back with restrictions of only being able to be on my feet half a shift. they brought in a nice adjustable chair for me to use. They made sure I only stood up the first part of my shift. We worked over nights and HR wasn't there so they could have gotten away with not following the rules but they didn't.","You walk miles 10 hours a day. Some stand 10 hours a day. You have to meet tact times, ridiculous quotas in so much time made up by manager's that have never done the job to begin with. You can lose your job because of it. I personally never had an issue with it but saw a lot of people struggle. I did hurt my knee on the job.","Try each position for more than 5 minutes, more like a couple of hours to really get the true experience of how hard or easy it is to make the numbers before you make process changes that could negatively impact staff and morale.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20439,amazon,"New York, NY"," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Work for market leader,"You get to work with smart people, different industry verticals and different tech areas. This job prepares you for leadership positions in industry.",You can probably make more money somewhere else. You would want to do so many things that it will be difficult to maintain balance.,Neural,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1265.htm
20440,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Dec 24, 2015",Current Employee - Stower,Issues in the Workplace,"Great Benefits, Great Opportunity.","Respect each other, Pay Increase",Show Respect in order to get out,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20441,amazon,"Saint Louis, MO"," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - Content Editor,Review,"Excellent hard working, considerate happy",None that I can think off,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20442,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not a good fit,Tedious and mindless work if that is what you are looking for.,"Low paying tedious and mindless work. I took this job because I was going through a difficult time and I thought that this would be what I needed. I quickly discovered this was not the case. My brain needs to be doing something productive at a job and it could not handle the tedium.  This job involves taking boxes off of a belt and stacking them on a pellet to be shipped. Let me be clear, there are other positions but the vast majority of the employees are forced to be scanners during their shifts. This wouldn't be nearly as stressful if the other people scanning in your lane would actually stack the boxes properly. A normal person knows that it is not that difficult to stack boxes so that they don't fall down, but I do not think I was working with normal people. They would throw the boxes on the pellets and then throw boxes on top of the corner of a box. No they would not take the second required to sit the box on a flat surface, it was too much work for them. In the end you would have a six foot leaning Tower of Pisa falling on an associate because everyone was too lazy to do their jobs right. Then a water spider, the person who wraps and labels the packages for shipping, would have to rebuild the pellet by themselves. One person had to correct the carelessness of eight people. It would have taken those eight but a few seconds to do their jobs right the first time but instead one person had to waste minutes fixing the problem. Lest you think this to be a minor annoyance, there were about ninety pellets per lane that were falling over and needed to be fixed. Ninety pellets that one person had to fix.  When I tried to fix the pellets because I can't do my job improperly I was told to stop and let the water spiders do it. That to me is the definition of insanity. I was told to stop fixing the pellets and get the big boxes off of the belt and stack them. Maybe someone much smarter than me can tell me how in the world am I supposed to put a fifty pound box on top of two to five pound boxes that are about to fall over? The managers and employees were either apathetic or ignorant. I choose to believe that they couldn't be that ignorant, and in that case I had to go. When you have a job to do apathy is something that I can't deal with. You can always learn but if you just don't care then there will never be improvement.  There is a board where the associates could make suggestions for improvement to management, but of course they were largely ignored. Training all of the employees on pellet building would have taken five minutes. They take longer than that to stretch and make announcements prior to the start of the shift.  I almost forgot to mention that you will be hired for and accept a shift that you schedule your life around only to find out on your first day that they changed your shift and didn't feel the need to inform you. I was not the only person they did this to. I spoke to other people who had gone through this. Then they tell you that you have to wait ninety days before you can request a shift change.  The pay is about twelve dollars an hour for a guaranteed eighteen hours. Amazon tells you that you cannot have a second job with their approval because your life has to revolve around Amazon. I don't know how anyone can afford to live on eighteen hours a week.  In summary, Amazon fulfillment centers are a wonderful place to work if you are apathetic, male and have no career aspirations. It is a very sexist environment and they do not respect their employees. I never even met my manager.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20443,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sw engr 2,Cant think of any other than that they are located in downtown but dont provide any transport for non employees or meal benefits like other engineers.,snooty employees interviewers and hiring managers are very snooty no ethical values to respect other humans,be more modest while asking questions and interviewing for full time. their promotional campaigns vs their actual conduct is in contrast(ended up applying more than once).,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20444,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Wild West,"Amazon is an incredible place to work, filled with amazingly talented people. It is a place where new technology meets the salt of the earth work that happens in the fulfillment centers that drives the heart of the business. This unique situation is held together by core principles that permeate all levels of the company, from the top, to the bottom.  When you work here, you will have the opportunity to take on as many challenges as you're willing to. There are few companies, tech, or otherwise, that will allow you to have almost free reign on their systems, processes, and standards. If you have the time, in addition to the work you are mandated, you have the ability to tackle any number of increasingly complex and mind-boggling challenging puzzles to solve. These take many forms, and can be incredibly rewarding, giving you experience in areas you never thought you would have. If you are someone who doesn't need direction, is self-starting and can get things done, quickly, there is limitless ability to challenge yourself at Amazon.  Some teams are situated to take off, and if you get on the right one, at the right time, and have the necessary skillset, your life will suddenly feel like it's moving quicker than it used to. Time will pass instantly, and weeks turn to months before you realize what is happening. It's an incredible experience when this happens. Both in the field, and at corporate, this type of feeling is pervasive.  Plan to be stretched regardless of the role you're in. Amazon is designed in such a way that the tasks that are given to you are almost too much for you to accomplish. You will need to be creative, take on partners, design new processes, and manage your time better than you thought humanly possible before coming on. You are in charge of your own work-life balance in the sense that you must know when to say 'slow down', or risk taking on too much and miss deliverables, this is frowned upon. Many of the reviews here fail to mention the employee responsibility in understanding their own workload, and being firm enough to push-back when it's exceeded their capacity. Most managers will understand this, and help you manage your workload if it exceeds what they think you can hit. That doesn't mean you won't have a tremendous amount to do, it means you need to know when to say enough or re-prioritize what it is you are working on. There is a tendency to take on too much, and burn out, you must insulate yourself from that process.  There's a huge demand here for the ability to get things done quickly and efficiently. Amazon has not fostered an academic work environment. You will need to work with the information you have, or can quickly dig up, and make incredibly powerful and critical decisions with what would otherwise be considered ambiguous information. This is where it gets tricky, the principles of 'are right a lot' could be replaced with the more common having 'good instincts'. Having good instincts is a mixture of both learning while at the company, and your skills when you come in. If you don't have good instincts, or don't trust your own judgement, you will have a very hard time at Amazon. That being said, you also have to be right, very often - or rapidly learn from your mistakes and improve. This fast, iterative, learning, is part of what makes Amazon difficult to work at, but also why employees who can hang on for some time are highly regarded and needed to keep on to keep the business from repeating prior mistakes.","Work-life balance happens on a team-by-team basis. In addition to having to force your own schedule, you can end up on a team that works longer hours than others. This doesn't mean they necessarily get more, or less, work done. The opposite can also be true. There are many elements of 'getting lucky' when it comes to this one.  It's not for everyone. If you're not able to infer from ambiguous data, rapidly learn new skillsets, and take on the right partners with ruthless efficiency, you will struggle. Some folks settle in to a particular role and never move up - but the unspoken policy is 'up or out'. That is to say, move up in your current role, or find a new one. This isn't inherently a bad thing, but means you need to be open to the idea of moving teams, or locations, often, if you don't end up where you wanted to be in short order.  If you're someone who requires hand-holding, detailed project plans, or anything more than a somewhat ambiguous directive, you will have a very hard time here. Amazon hires smart people, gives them some concept of what they need to accomplish, and expects them to do the other 99%. That's not always a bad thing, but for some people, it's a nightmare. You must be able to execute on projects without a clear path forward, deal with complex problems which don't map 1:1 with your skillset, and learn to navigate a massively complex organization that is hurdling forward.",Management is smart enough to figure this one out on their own.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20445,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great environment to start your developer career,"+ Great ownership and sense of responsibility and impact, you will work on and launch technical or business initiatives quickly and often. + Excellent development culture and tools and architecture around work and getting work done + Supportive team + Most important, very very clear focus on what you need to do to advance your career (Leadership Principles) that everyone follows","- Small teams means frequent on-call, but this varies team by team on how bad it is",Keep setting the bar high and the good culture,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20446,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great Company to Work For,"CEO is a visionary Entire company has a culture of innovation and customer first mentality Execution focused environment free from normal corporate politics that plague other companies Very intelligent and talented co workers Team oriented environment, everyone is passionate about the work they do and making sure the team is successful True high performance work environment, leaders provide constant feedback to help you learn and grow Employees are encouraged to change positions every two years to help increase knowledge",People are constantly moving to different departments Turn over is high in some areas Rarely hear good feedback which can be hard for some people to stay motivated if they need this,"Keep the vision, innovation and culture of Amazon alive it allows your employees to come up with out of the box ideas.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20447,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Associate,associate,I like to be a part of rapid pace to meet deadlines,I don't want to stay at work on weekend,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20448,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,okay,FUN AND WEEKLY PAY FOR PART TIMERS.,Very physical and demanding on the body.. Work hours are not flexible.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20449,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Corporate Culture,Cutting edge technology and exposure to work that will be shaping the future of retail.,Long hours. More focus on work life balance issues.,Better work life balance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1266.htm
20450,amazon,"Lakewood Ranch, FL"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager III,Operations Manager,Fast moving work environment. Never bored.,Micro managed from the top with lots of red tape to accomplish anything.,"The more you put in our way to get things done, the slower the business adjusts.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20451,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,A year of bad days,Smart people Interesting problems Unique scope and opportunities,Unpleasant atmosphere Almost anti-collaborative environment Antiquated processes and products (in digital advertising),none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20452,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment,Enjoyed the fast pace environment.,Large amount of mandatory OT when the center does not meet goals.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20453,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Inbound,inbound,working with others being able to learn different functions pay rate was a plus,the communication barrier could've been a lot better between management and workers,getting the word around could be alot better,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20454,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad min wage job,"get to meet people from all walks of life. most managers are friendly. compared to food, retail, cna, this min wage job is not bad. this job can replace your gym.",some managers/PA are microcentric. standing for 8/9 hours during peak season. daily repetitive job unless you bother managers to train you in other areas.,keep associates learning different tasks.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20455,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Insights,Great work atmosphere in the company,Big company with lots of processes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20456,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2015",Former Employee - IT Support Technician,Amazon IT Tech,Wide variety of technology to work with.,Redundant tasks at times. Limited advancement potential. Salary cap for hourly associates.,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20457,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer I,Working on project that I am interested.,compensation is not as good as some of the other companies.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20458,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Stocker,Stocker,No pros. It was absolutely dehumanizing. Seriously. I'd rather scrape chewed gum off of the street.,Too many to list. You are literally a slave. You will feel like you are not human and your brain cells will atrophy because of the lack of stimuli.,Keep doing what you're doing. It won't make a difference anyway. Everyone is expendable here. You will be replaced in a heartbeat because a monkey with a head injury can do this job.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20459,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,worked at home so i didnt have to go anywhere,Pretty sure only way to get a full time job with them is to live in India.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1267.htm
20460,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad job,If you have at least an average work ethnic and get along with others fine then you will be okay. I was able to have good conversations with most of the people I work with and that helped me be able to do other things in my department.,"Sometimes mostly during the holiday season (End of November to Christmas) the company is very last minute about things in terms of schedules and such. This can be frustrating, but it only has happened during Black Friday,Cyber Monday weeks.",Keep up with what is happening and make sure everyone is on the right page. Too often I see many people give different information.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20461,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting projects - Hard to Win,Making history and being part of a global team is fun. The people I work with are terrific.,The Stack Ranking system where 15% of people are forced to be Least Effective and then 7% have to leave each year creates issues. People don't want to help each other since everyone has to be ranked. It's very subjective as well.,"There are reasons why women are not as successful in Amazon. It's definitely a subjective, biased process. The fact that no one can be promoted into a role and they have to go laterally and then get promoted later is really challenging.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20462,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations manager,salary not that bad at all,no cons it's good company,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20463,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow,- Work with smart people - Full ownership - Great benefits - Internal transfer program is good opportunity to explore different division at Amazon,- Limited team work - work-life balance could be a challenge,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20464,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Home delivery in a flash! Enjoy the dissonance.,"Management does its best to make sure that the workers aren't miserable. I think that's not out of kindness, though. I think it's so that they can eek more productivity out of them. Otherwise, the work itself isn't demanding, and advancement can be swift if you want it.","No benefits for part timers. At all. Not a living wage. Extremely repetitive work, very nearly robotic. Everything you do is quantified, analysed, and monitored. You're not a human. You're a cog. A cog that had better perform to quota.","Lower level management is powerless to affect actual change. My advice would be to Bezos: If you think that you're being moral, ethical, or anything close to those things, maybe you should think again. Then again, maybe you think that morals and ethics don't matter once you've battled to the top. Maybe neither do the people on the bottom. Maybe you're a fan of Huxley and you fancy yourself a World Controller, giving the lot of us what we want. That it is moral, with you up there, guiding us. Or maybe you're a nihilist. Either way, my advice woild be that perhaps you ought to dig a little deeper. You're missing the trees for the forest. Machiavelli was wrong, Jeff, and so are you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20465,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Stower,Stower,Meeting new and different people,No sick pay and you are treated unfairly,Keep check on your group. Know what is going on at all points and times,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20466,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,It is a great company to work for. Very fast paced with high expectations of their employees however I believe the goals set were obtainable.,Management on newer teams is something I think Amazon could improve on. Process could be more efficient and reporting strategies could improve.,"Focus on team building, improving efficiency and listen to your employees. Also, not over promising in business partner meetings seems to be a constant theme.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20467,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,"My Co-workers , the benefits,",This company does not care who you are and whether you are sick your family is sick they just want numbers and to look good. Lunch Break is way too short you have to get through the metal detectors and my then your time is ticking 30 mins to eat and dont forget never bring anything hot because you will fight for a microwave. if your lunch is still there. Lunch room dirty. machines take money. Management only cares about rates and not how hard it is for you to achieve it .,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20468,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fullfillment Center,"Great work experience 4 hour shifts make for flexible hours, very down to earth organization with events and sweepstakes going on all the time as well as competitions to liven up the work place.",Have to schedule a day work week with the same shift. so if you have school 2 or 3 days out of the week you must take that into account. Also could use some more organization as a whole.,Organization is key here just maximize that and get some better qualified trainers and productivity rates will skyrocket I bet.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20469,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort center,Fun and exciting place to work.,None currently at the moment,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1268.htm
20470,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great boot camp,great place to learn... not a great place for a work life balance types.,hr sucks and so do benefits,pay attention to NYTimes,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20471,amazon,"Elkton, MD"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Fun Atmosphere-Challenging Work,Great people and awesome company culture Good benefits and perks Atmosphere pushes you and challenges you to perform and exceed your goals,"Long hours, especially during peak season but HR and Operations show appreciation and treat you really well during the season to keep you going.","Continue to do what you can to show your employees appreciation. I think it is great that you invest so much money into Peak Recognition, keep it up!",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20472,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,All good stuff,"Leadership principles that they go over in orientation have a day-to-day importance in manager evaluation of employees. On top of that, quality people are getting move up the ladder.","You'll work hard and some days it won't seem worth it. Managers typically come from a similar position as you, but that's not always the case.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20473,amazon,"Hermosa Beach, CA"," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Tier II,Not such a Equal Opportunity Employer anymore,"A place where you can learn a lot about all kinds of things, both technical and about CS. good benefits, guaranteed hours, nice pay plus bonus, paid time off and paid holidays.","Performance based on customers´ satisfaction, but sometimes the employee has no guilt for the problems or the mood of them, and that affects the feedback they provide. I guess they have to find a way to take a way your bonuses to get them all the time. Beware of bad managers and horrible team mates. They are not specific to Amazon but they do exist in Amazon.","You need to find a smart way to screen your employees, because you are keeping the bad apples and letting go the good ones in all levels.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20474,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA Associate,ICQA,"Co-workers, stock options and health care that you will definitely need.",Inexperienced self-absorbed management and HR Department,Rethink hiring college grads with no experience and place in management positions. Take a look at the talent you already have with older employees and don't discount them because of their age.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20475,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,End to end ownership and the ability to directly impact decisions.,Distributed environment that requires a heavy ability to influence other teams.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20476,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,positive,fair pay love that i could bring my dog to work,you have to work pretty long hours/days,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20477,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Stay away!!,Three days off four days working. There are a lot of great people here.,Slave work with no recognition except if you top work. 15 min break is actually 10 min because 5 min of you time is walking to your break area. Management cares only about numbers not their employees. Don't get sick while at work because the make you stay at work. Unsafe at times due to not having enough space to store products and products falling out of bins. No room for advancement.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20478,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon - Full-time Inbound Stow,"Air conditioned environment was nice, being that the warehouse was in Florida. Benefits were good once you get past 90 days.","No social interaction, unless you count the two 15 minute breaks and the one 30 minute lunch break. Extremely boring, monotonous work.",Allow works in the inbound stow area to listen to music or allow coworkers to converse. There needs to be a way to keep the job from being so monotonous.,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20479,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced culture,Good Opportunity to grow quickly,Poor work environments are a negative,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1269.htm
20480,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced culture,Good Opportunity to grow quickly,Poor work environments are a negative,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20481,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Stow,Amazon Warehouse Employee,"- Personal Time, Unpaid Time, and Vacation Time are great and easy to get approved for","- Very difficult to hit the rates for both Stow and Pick and Managers could care less about why it's difficult and will write you up, which means any day could be your last. Also, if you're lucky enough to get any kind of promotion you're usually stuck going to a night shift or out of State.",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20482,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Work from home, awesome team leads, people oriented, create your schedule",There really are no cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20483,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,does not care about correct statistical use,none other than good compensation,believes that anyone other than a PhD statistician with decades of experience knows more about statistics - GIGO and what goes in is pure garbage,don't trust management or SDEs who claim to know about statistics - they don't,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20484,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Glass Ceiling,"Benefits, Stock, Travel, Launch Teams, Holiday Perks","Little advancement, do not hire from within, employee mistreatment",Care more about your associates,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20485,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Center,"The interview process was simple and easy as long as you complete the application efficiently and pass the drug test. Got hired same day I applied. Had orientation within a few weeks and started training the following day. Only work 4 days a week, 10hrs a day, outside of peak season, 11hrs within peak. The pay for full-time associates starts out at $11.25 with opportunity to make up to $15 especially within peak season. On day of hire, you have 10hrs unpaid personal leave, 3hrs vacation, and about 4 paid time off. Health benefits are reasonable and affordable. On the warehouse floor, there are several departments to work within. I started out in Stow and ended up in Receive. I'm now working on being a problem solver and hopefully soon after that an Ambassador. Lots of opportunities to develop and move up to leadership. Opportunity to make good money and make new friends.","LONG HARD HOURS! They tell you in orientation, this job is not for the weak. You will be standing for 10+ hours a day on concrete and will have productivity rates to be accountable for. Invest in GREAT footwear, back support, GET YOUR SLEEP and boost up your immune system. Arrange your outside life accordingly because those 10+ hours will take its toll on EVERYTHING. I work the 6pm-430am Saturday to Tuesday shift, so even though I love the pay ($12.25/non peak $14.25 /peak) my body rebels against me and on my off days (Wednesday to Friday), I am out of commission! Leadership tends to micromanage, which is a pet peeve of mines. It's understandable because they have to push productivity goals. It's just hard for the floor worker because you think your doing good but you actually aren't...you are showing growth/improvement but no where near the goals the have set. So it makes them dig deeper and they can get quite harsh when you have one-on-ones. LONG HARD HOURS (oh I said that).","Continue to empower your employees. You know the hard work they do, you once did it too. Don't let the company productivity rate expectations turn you cold and mean. I know it's not hard to find replacements but retaining quality workers still should be highly needed.",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20486,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 29, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon Fulfillment XD,Great mentor/support system Just enough responsibility for the job title Take good care of their employees overall,Understaffed constantly Many barriers that upper management are not willing to help you remove,Just get on the same page. Standard work does not work unless it is standard across all shifts.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20487,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2015",Former Employee - Studio Intern,Interning at Amazon,I interned at an Amazon photo studio over the summer. Here are some of my thoughts: great professional benefits opportunities for growth clarity in workflow team bonding and employee outings are encouraged,"Where I worked it seemed like no one really wanted to take responsibilities for their actions. People always patted each other on the back and sucked up to each other so that no one's feelings are hurt. It seemed as if there was a whole show taking place, but no one wanted to be held responsible for messes.",There needs to be more accountability. I also wish there was more care for the employee. They care so much for the customer that they completely forget what makes the employee work well and what makes them happy.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20488,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,inbound stow,recognition for hard work tuition reimbursement employee shares internship opportunities for full-time employees,long hours of standing must make rate,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20489,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,icqa,very laid back people dont care about their jobs,management are all clicks and no once cares about their job all rats,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1270.htm
20490,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 27, 2015",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Data Analyst,"Lots of opportunities to be innovative and create solutions to problems. Freedom to try ideas, Benefits are fantastic, stock awards are great. looks good on your resume.","Below average wage, they try to say that because of all the extra benefits that you are actually making x when your actual money that you take home is really y.  The culture is one of get it done and make sure it works later, seem to spend a lot of time trying to assign blame instead of fixing the problem.  Abuse of salaried employees during the ""peak season"" which is from Mid Oct to Christmas Day. It is expected that you work in some cases 80 hours a week! THAT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION! You get issued a laptop and are required to have a cell phone and you are always logged in even when you are home on your ""days off"".",Stop being so laser focused on yourself and your own advancement and try to give guidance to your staff. Stop leaving them out to dry simply because they are not a part of your plan for promotion!,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20491,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you like conflict then it is a great company,- Lots of smart engineers - Great location - Really good pay,"- Management can go full 'Steve Jobs' on employees by screaming, yelling, cussing and belittling. - Limited promotion structure for engineers compared to other companies - Competition with fellow employees is encouraged (should compete outward with other companies) - Amazon is a big company with lots of legacy jobs, be sure and check the group you will be working for.",Stop screaming at your people.,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20492,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,The Amazon truth,"Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k), discounts on website, easy work. I enjoy working here, and they allow you to advance within the company.","Long hours (10 hour shifts), not enough training (3 days of total training), HR always looking out for themselves not you, almost everyone speaks spanish.","Streamline healthcare procedures, allow employees to use the full amount of employee discounts on website not just a little bit at any given time.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20493,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Good experience, poor culture","Great experience, respected in the industry",Poor work life balance and management culture,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20494,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazing Companyy,Great Career opportunities and endless options,work/life balance is hard to adjust to,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20495,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Difficult yet satisfying.,"If you are someone who likes challenging, fast-paced environments with the autonomy to approach your goals in your own way, then this will be where you want to go.  I love working here because every day is a new and rewarding challenge and there is always more to be done so you are never bored. Work-Life balance is definitely achievable but you need to set expectations around that and stick to them. No one is going to hold your hand here you are in control of your own situation. That doesn't mean others won't help (they definitely will) you simply need to be the one reaching out and speaking up because they have just as much on their plates as you do.",For those that want to put their feet up or meander through every work day this is not the place for you. You will be expected to work hard and accomplish a lot.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20496,amazon,"Reston, VA"," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Finance,Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the largest cloud company in the world. Employees get to see and be a part of cutting edge technology.,"The work culture is terrible. It's clear that the entire company is set up to use employees and then discard them. There are a minimal amount of resources and outlandish expectations to do something with nothing. The organization is set up to pit employees against each other. The compensation is back-end loaded towards the end of 4 years, and most employees don't make it past 2 years.",Realize that the exceedingly high turnover is harmful to top and bottom line.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20497,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Decent pay (could be better), good benefits (vacation, personal time, medical, dental, vision, 401k, restricted stock units), and 4 day work week.","Long hours during peak season, little room for advancement within, management is 'numbers' driven.","Hire within the company rather than hiring new graduates for area managers and operations, associates who have worked their way up the career ladder know more about the hands on operations than the actual management does (in certain situations).",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20498,amazon,"South Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Worked as a Stower, case'n'totes and docks.",The pay. Not much supervision. You aren't watched at all. Late passes Only satisfied because you are able to be cross trained and rarely have to do your main job.,"Get written up for almost anything. They don't care about rate apparently when it comes to vs quality. Lack of management, never even seen my manager yet I talked to managers about my concerns. Filed a complaint. Next day I get written up for an insane amount of quality errors. Many of them not my fault. The person I reported to hr. He's quite popular and knows many people. So it's no coincidence he had something to do with it. The managers just manage what happens so problem solvers have the luxury in doing what they want must of the time whilst doing nothing at all.  Stowing sucks due to no space","Be more organized in managing stowers, listen to the workers.",4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20499,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Seasonal,Seasonal,Easy to get the job.,Tech support wasn't able to assist.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1271.htm
20500,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Dec 25, 2015",Current Employee - Flex Driver,Flex but no hours,Whenever you can get hours it is nice. They have a good routing program,You can never get any hours. I have been on schedule for 4 weeks and only got 1 day of work. They say you can pickup shift if available every night at midnight. Really.,Fix to scheduling problem. We joined your program to work not sit at home. Plus fix your app so we can see tips and special instructions before arriving at the delivery.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20501,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Decent pay (could be better), good benefits (vacation, personal time, medical, dental, vision, 401k, restricted stock units), and 4 day work week.","Long hours during peak season, little room for advancement within, management is 'numbers' driven.","Hire within the company rather than hiring new graduates for area managers and operations, associates who have worked their way up the career ladder know more about the hands on operations than the actual management does (in certain situations).",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20502,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Shift Manager,"amazon pays a decent wage, but not your temp agency","Love the pay (well over $20 an hour) even with out a degree, and zero warehouse experince.","Getting the work done early, causes the lower paid (contract employees) to get sent home early.","We (I'm a shift manager) need to stop with all this GOOD IDEA FAIRY crap. If it's not broken don't try to fix it. Can't recall how many times a new manager would come in and try to change everything, because they think their idea is the greatest thought since sliced bread. AMZ likes to higher new grads then place them in charge. The issue is the training they receive does not teach them how to manage people. Yes they understand how to process a package, but not how to get better productivity from employees. And on the contract employee, you need to STOP praying your badge will go from white to blue. You are a temp EMPLOYEE, and will get TERMINATED. IF you want a blue badge, submit an application to AMAZON not the warehouse temp agency. You are getting low wages because the temp agency needs to get paid too. Blaming AMZ for your pay is not AMZ problem, it's your temp agency. Fir those that complain about the rate you need to keep. There again blame the temp agency, they stated how much they belive they can get out of you. We did not hire you, your temp agency did. But I do agree, on the walk to and from breaks and lunch. On my shifts, I take care of my crews, and they get the job done. We are constantly informed how are production is in the top 1%.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20503,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Leadership Intern,They helped with relocation and paid well but it did not help at the end of the day when I didn't accomplish much,Worked the normal schedule of a fulfillment center employee so more than 40 hours a week when only being paid that much.,"Develop employees from within for roles as area managers, do not trick college grads into this position because they did not go to school for 4 years to be treated like that",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20504,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,Working at amazon opens a lot of doors. The managers and other associates make it a fun place. The shift and given job can impact your personal experience.,"Very disorganized, did not follow through on promises to workers.  Workers sent home because management could not schedule shifts correctly.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20505,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment center,"Lots of benefits, punctual raises, tons of opportunities to move up within the company. If you're willing to work hard, you can go so far with this company. They have locations all over, so the chance to try some place new is excellent. Lots of overtime offered, and at 2 year, you get stock benefits.","It's hard work and it can be long hours. Peak (during the holidays) is really busy, and you are going all the time plus, there is usually mandatory overtime.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20506,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company.,Smart people. Great work environment! Amazing challenges. Unique scenarios. Tons of data. Can work on something new always. Many teams to choose from.,Changing teams is a hassle. Benefits are not tailored to the individual. Hiring too fast therefore Slipping bar sometimes. That's it.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20507,amazon,"Banning, CA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Associate,Weak Training,Benefits start on day one.,Training of new hires is weak.,Strengthen the training process. Ambassadors utilized in the training process shouldn't be expected to carry the burden of training. Too much is missed.,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20508,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,There are none other than 4 day work week.,They do not value or respect their employees. They only hire young managers and pay sucks. If you are good at your position they do not promote regardless of qualifications.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20509,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it,"Fast paced, never a dull moment, full of surprises.","Management! No respect for employees if you are not management, no work / life balance, pay terrible for hourly.The ony people that matter is the managers! don't think you can make a difference","Respect your hourly employees, without them you are not needed! Try hiring managers that have experience, not only a diploma in something that does not apply to what Amazon does!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1272.htm
20510,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Seasonal Stower,Seasonal Inbound Stower,"The healthcare after 90 days is especially generous but was told during hiring that it was just one benefit that would begin immediately, which it doesn't.","Lots of miscommunication within the company. Went to HR because of unclear Voluntary Time Off (VTO) and having points assessed. Was told by Area Manager that it helped Amazon if you went home (and with all the overtime and holidays coming it was great to go home to get things ready for Christmas). Only problem was I got 3.5 points assessed against me and the HR rep told me twice that I had no points. Had to wait in HR line twice for over 30 minutes to be told no points were assessed and then to find out she had flat out lied! Was able to clear it up with another gentleman in HR. When you work over 55 hours that week and then waited the third time for another 45 minutes standing while on your own break, lunch or before/after work, it is just very disrespectful of the employees' time. Every employee should make sure to keep up with their timecard and attendance points as Amazon really puts no importance in their tracking system which is not easy to figure out! Their only concern is that you work extremely hard to fulfill their goals so that the management gets their bonuses.","Understand that your employees are also customers and you really need to think about how you treat people. Offering scratch off tickets as an incentive for working harder and then making you stand in long lines with upset employees is not a great combination. Also, why not offer seating with pre-numbered tickets so your employees can rest while waiting in your long lines. Even the DMV is more customer friendly than Amazon! Your ethics and incentives are a joke.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20511,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review from a newbie,Challenging work. Lot of Responsibility - will love your work.,"Seattle weather. The company needs to be in Cali, by the beach :)",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20512,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,fantastic work environment great team.Love to work there,sometimes working on night shifts and work pressure is more during holidays sale.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20513,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2015",Former Employee - Retail Process Associate,Retail-Process Associate,Provided a very flexible environment to work.,Promotions should be done by providing equal oppurtunities,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20514,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Lead,Turn & Run,"Benefits, Consistent Hours for Actual Amazon Employees, SMX employees varied. HR team always available, any shift.","Do not care about employees, fail to meet boasted promises & initial interview descriptions of job and atmosphere. The turn around on employees is HUGE, because you perform like they demand every time or your gone!",Work with employees before they are about to be terminated. Management is only as good as the team they lead.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20515,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Safety Specialist,Challenging but worth it,"Fast paced environment, over-time builds your paycheck, holiday pay is awesome. 4 day schedule gives longer weekends. Great wealth of resources, but it will take some time to find them and learn to utilize them accordingly.","I feel the pay structure is unethical and provides a sense of sabotage. The sign-on bonus is to keep you here for at least 1 year. The management preaches, that Amazon is not for everyone, so they understand if you wanted to leave. Then you cannot leave because you'd have to re-pay your bonus. Oh wait, Amazon will even pay you to leave early! BUT - you have to be there for a year to be eligible. Feels like dirty, deceptive tactics","You have some of world's best leadership principles that are based on transparency. Re-think your pay structure, or how you preach the benefits. We've listed to a 15 min address on how you'd like all of your associates to be happy and part with Amazon if we feel it's not for us... BUT you in a sense own us. Good one Amazon!",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20516,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Tons of room to move around and try new things,"in my experience, argument and forcefully disagreeing is valued over constructive collaboration. many will consider this a pro/strength (or one in the same), but it can be tiring.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20517,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,They take care of you.,"Great pay, amazing talent, and a sense of belonging. Your cohort wants to be there and there is a common vision to work towards making Amazon one of the most important businesses in the world.",Hours are long and deadlines are aggressive. Poor work/life balance but that seems to be the case with most high paying entry level college jobs.,Spend more time training new hires.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20518,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Support,Fairness,The pay is good and the benefits are good,Evaluation could use proper evaluations and should treat employees better,I think they could evaluate situations better and not just go based on word of mouth. I think some things could be done a lot better. You loose good employees for good behind nonsense that could have been avoided if handled the first time reported or occured.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20519,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Okay company lacks good culture,"learning opportunity, good for people starting career","too much competitiveness, you can end up in a boring team.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1273.htm
20520,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good work-life balance, great coworkers, but uninspiring tech culture in my org","To provide context, my org is Marketplace (the platform for 3rd party sellers). Anyways, the pros: - Good work life balance. 35-40 hour weeks. - Great coworkers. Everyone is friendly. Nobody has an ego. People are generally pretty smart. - Internal tools are absolutely fantastic. Engineers can focus on engineering. - Lots of horizontal mobility (switching teams, projects, etc.) - Managers here work hard to foster your growth and to make sure you get to work on things that you're interested in.","- Marketplace is very business-oriented and not tech-oriented at all. Feels more like I'm working at a bank than at a tech company. - Most people here aren't passionate about technology. Not a lot of hackers/builders in the org. - Being on call/getting paged at night is terrible. - Not much true external competition in the seller tools space (because our platform is so large, sellers pretty much will sell on our site no matter how ugly the seller portal is), so the standard of quality for SellerCentral itself is quite low compared to what you might see at a startup or at a newer company. The site looks like it was made in 1995.","Focus on hiring more people with a demonstrated passion for tech, not just people with degrees who can pass interviews but who haven't ever demonstrated an interest in tech outside of their jobs. Generally, it is those with a true love of technology who will make a real difference and who will be capable of doing more than just grunt work.  Have a grander vision of what SellerCentral could be, particularly in response to the user experience. Fulfilling business requirements and providing features in a timely manner is important. But so is having a website that feels modern, delights users, and generates faith in the competence of your company.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20521,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Development Manager,Senior Development Manager,"Innovative, dynamic environment where you can work with exceptionally smart people on world changing products and services.",Some managers are new to leadership and need to improve how they invest in their existing employees.,Invest in the great people you have already hired and keep them and their experience working for you.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20522,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,The managers are awesome and the pay is nice!,The way the limited breaks are set up are bad. You don't get the full time.,Keep on doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20523,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great projects and great company, but beware: not all teams are equal",Great scale and awesome problems to work on. You can change teams every twelve months and try new things. Enjoyed my time at Amazon immensely.,Not all teams are equal. Some teams have terrible managers or setup people for failure. Some teams have great managers and set you up for success. Know which kind you are joining in advance any way possible.,Setup some serious professional manager training. Use personality tests and psychology to weed out the sociopaths and the other bad elements. Other companies of this scale and industry are doing these things better.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20524,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software development engineer,In downtown seattle.Lots of food options for lunch and dinner Nice and clean working environment. Flexible working time.,Have to on call. The rotation time depends on the size and workload of team. Hard to get promotion. Slow growth of salary,Provide a access to review direct manager to higher level manager. Manager is always open to hear problems and questions.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20525,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer II,No one will stand in your way if you have innovative ideas. You get to build things(depending on the team) the best way that you think they should be. You get to own your mistakes too.,A little bureaucratic at times.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20526,amazon,"Charleston, SC"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Coordinator,Wonderful Company,freedom to work from anywhere,We moved offices while I was working there and it was incredibly chaotic,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20527,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good Company,Customer focus draws great employees.,Poor benefits compared to the competition.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20528,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Its a great company. Lots of benefits. Pay. Can maybe move up if you work hard enough. Makes me smile.,No Cons. I can't really think of any this is a great company to work for overall and is filled with great people.,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20529,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Tech Support,Customer service,Best work culture and you find yourself bonded with the workplace. People are creative and you will get a chance to share your ideas to improve the process.,None there are no downsides. However you might feel that the work load increases during end of the year but trust me you will feel great once you start working.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1274.htm
20530,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - SDM,Challenging but rewqarding experience,Good opportunity to learn work with smarter people,Hard working env Not enough room for creativity,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20531,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Get ready to move fast,"* Lots of ownership. For those who like to get their hands dirty -- it can be a great fit. * Room for growth. If you have the right management chain, you'll move quickly. * Top-shelf engineers. For managers, this makes life easy.","* Even if you stick around, churn can be dampening to morale.",Give managers more latitude to make their employees' lives easier.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20532,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Good benefits, lots of overtime possibilities during peak seasons. Starting pay is above average for Florida, some cutting edge technology.","Poor working conditions for being a climate controlled facility, offices and break rooms are generally cold, first floor of the warehouse is comfortable, second floor is hot, and every floor above that is so hot you better wear shorts and a t-shirt, even in the winter. Poor safety, no chemical shower and eyewash stations are literally bottles of water on a shelf in the bathrooms, long wait times for management in the case of an accident or emergency. HR and management don't work together, HR will tell you the company policy is one thing, and management completely goes against that with their own goals in mind. Lots of mandatory overtime (literally no way out of it unless you have time off saved up) during peak season, which starts Black Friday and ends Christmas day, after peak season has ended, there is a lot of down time, with employees being sent home without pay because there is not enough work. Warehouse works 22 hours a day, so very little downtime for the equipment, which is one reason it constantly breaks, maintenance takes forever to get to a problem, then looks at it with a flashlight for a while then calls for help to figure it out. Lots of equipment problems go unfixed for weeks at a time, there seems to be no communication between day and night shift maintenance. Company policies change frequently. Calls for mandatory overtime with less than 24 hours of notice, one safety office for the entire 1 million square foot warehouse, located on the first floor, their fix to any medical issue is biofreeze cream or cortisone cream. Promises of advancement, but you have to apply for promotions and interview for them, competing with the entire rest of the warehouse employees, and without direct approval from your manager you are pretty much denied the promotion. Lots of prizes and giveaways during peak, but most of them go to the temp workers. Lots of automation when I started working there, automation continues to grow and expand, you can almost sense an impending loss of your job when the company figures out how to run the entire warehouse with more of the robots they already have.","Listen to the employees requests and concerns, work more closely with HR to make sure everyone is on the same page. When you are hired and HR says its a team based warehouse and there are no individual numbers, dont push employees to meet certain numbers while threatening to fire the employee if they dont reach those numbers. Install better and more safety equipment, train maintenance how to properly maintain and fix equipment, along with leaving a log book of what broke during that shift, what was fixed, and what remains to be fixed. Look at the prizes given out during peak, it discourages full time employees when all the prizes go to the temps (when I was there, out of 150 prizes given out, 3 were to full time employees)",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20533,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Company,Growing organization with exceptional employee focus.,Glassdoor is making me write this. This is annoying.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20534,amazon,"Brooklyn, NY"," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Intern Review,"helpful, can help to gain some industry experience","can't touch core business,",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20535,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction risk investigator,the company has a good work culture,there is a lot of stress involved in the job,keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20536,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Startup Project Manager,Project Manager,Unlimited growth potential. You can do as much as you want. If you want an 8 to 5 job boring and slow this is not your place,Always changing so some people can't keep up and quit. Seen good people leaving cause they can't follow the culture,Keep rocking,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20537,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Good organized company. managers always listen to me. good pay for warehouse work.,"There are so many people so if you should speak up, otherwise nobody understand your situations.",none,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20538,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Mediocre at best.,Salary and benefits are very competitive and stock grants can be worth a lot of money. You will gain some valuable experience and some of the people you will work with are awesome.,"I worked at Amazon for over 2 years in a fulfillment center. I was assigned to a smaller business unit for the first 18 months and up until that point it was awesome, great people, decent work/life balance for an Amazon FC and the opportunity for growth and development. The final 9 months was pure hell. I was placed in another role reporting to a different manager. I received absolutely no support from this manager, no job training, the expectation was that from day 1 in the new role I was an expert. My role changed 3 times in the last 3 months and each time there was no training. The senior management favor their closest groups and it isn't uncommon for small group to be promoted over and over again leaving others behind. There was a high turnover in my building and it was obvious why. The expectation that you will work 16 hour days for 4 and 5 days a week just becomes too much. During peak you'll become a stranger to your family and your dog will think you're an intruder when you get home! Being yelled at and cussed at in front of your peers and subordinates is part of the daily norm. Expect no support from HR, there policy is to hand everything back to you with the expectation that you will do their job for them. You will feel completely unmotivated and just worn down.The sad part is that Jeff Bezos really believes that the managers are happy little worker bees. Amazon sells everything including itself to prospective management hires, and it does an excellent job. Even through the orientation the Kool-Aid is a free flowing fountain of awesomeness until you find yourself in an FC and facing reality.",Read and listen to the NYT and just be transparent and honest and just admit the article was true and correct. I'm sure that this will fall on deaf ears but treat managers with respect too. You can't run an FC without these guys and they are human too.,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20539,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Nasty piece of work,"Easy to make friends when you're under fire all the time. Most peers want to support each other because everyone knows you get no help coming on board, and yet are expected to get up-to-speed quickly. You'll walk away feeling like you're always watching your back, but in a twisted way it helps you clean up your act and become a better employee and happier person, grateful for the next job that comes along after the Amazon experience. Looks good on a resume.","There's much about Amazon that can't be attributed to other tech organizations. Amazon succeeds at establishing a unique culture (emphasis on 'cult'). Recruiters get frustrated at not being able to get candidates to follow through with the interview process once their friends at Amazon find out they are interviewing. Phone screens are a big part of senior SDE's jobs because of the revolving door of employees. On-call rotation gets tighter because whenever someone is fired or leaves, the team needs to bring newbies up-to-speed. On-call duties mean no outside activities 24/7 for one to two weeks unless you plan to take your laptop every place you go. For this reason most people don't have a life outside Amazon. Required to be online, working on a problem within 15 minutes of being paged means you are tethered to your computer for about one-quarter of your life. New employees feel great about getting through the lengthy interview process but in a few short months realize what they've walked into. Lots of turnover in general, but especially in management. Many are just freshly-minted MBAs who have little management experience and want to prove themselves by being good yes-men or henchmen. Often they blow it with good employees simply because of their incompetence at handling people. Some managers are technical project managers with no people skills who also lack sufficient technical skills to be good tech managers. Because they lack technical skills on par with their staff they can't participate in secondary on-call rotation, making the teams even more miserable. The worst of the lot are managers with a little bit of technical knowledge who put on a good show. Managers rarely say thanks, except to give credit to engineers who are self-promoting, often taking credit for ideas their peers came up with. The more desperate someone is to hang on to their job, the more they badmouth co-workers to gullible managers. Easy to manipulate newbie managers by camping out in their offices and making yourself sound knowledgeable and important. Hard for managers to detect BS if they don't understand the work of the people they are managing. That leads to some really bad decisions that create outages and miserable on-call rotations. Meetings become shout fests. Hours of meetings are devoted to people talking about things they don't really understand, hashing through screens full of data, staring at graphs. Managers like to make you feel vulnerable and on your guard by picking on small things, like the style or length or content of your email. Makes you want to keep quiet and keep your ideas and opinions to yourself. The more vindictive managers will go into your interview transcripts (yes, they keep data on everything and record whatever you say during your interviews) in order to throw things back at you later. Why is this worse at Amazon? Because of the constant churn of management and staff. Average length of employment is 14 months.  Stock isn't really worth anything because your starting salary is about 10% less than your current salary. The recruiters will tell you that you'll catch up to your salary goal within two years, but the reality is that you'll probably quit before then. They count on that. In fact, if you quit before your first anniversary you will have to repay them a prorated amount of your signing bonus and all of your moving fees. If they decide you are not a fit they will harass you until you leave so that you return the money and they don't have to pay unemployment compensation.  Total reliance on 'data' means that you can't make an intelligent argument stick unless you can come up with numbers, but more often your opinions are dismissed because everyone thinks they and everyone else are 'too smart' anyway.  Politics are rampant. Say the wrong thing to an ambitious senior manager and you'll find yourself a target for the next culling.","It may be true that people are lining up outside the door to get into Amazon, but it's well known in Seattle (just read the press) that most of the people who want to work there are recent grads and other folks who think they might be able to take the pressure. Employees will perform up to the level of whatever it is you think of them. A thank you now and then will earn you better returns than unrelenting criticism. Stop talking about how 'smart' everyone is and using that as an excuse for shoddy design and development. Realize that no one is really learning anything they can take to any other job. Stop treating employees as disposable and replaceable.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1275.htm
20540,amazon,"North Concord, NC"," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambassador,"Steady hours, good for people who want a set schedule, easy to move up in company.","Not much time off or benefits, lazy associates you work with, and could affect some being on their feet constantly",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20541,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Awesome Company,"The benefits are really good. 401K, PTO, Unpaid time off, Vacation. Overall would recommend for people starting out.",The hours are pretty rough. 10 hour days and 11 during peak. 4 days a week and 3 days off.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20542,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunities to Be Challenged & Grow Professionally,"Given so many opportunities to be inventive and creative to simplify processes, create new products to impact change for our customers and clients to build stronger partnerships and better experiences. Constantly able to be challenged if you want to go outside your comfort zone to build your professional and even personal skills and experience.",Run lean a lot of times but for me it gives the opportunity to take on stretch assignments that give exposure to leadership an build my professional toolkit.,Provide clear consistent messaging and be able to advocate for your teams needs and push if really needed to get want they need.,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20543,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its ok,"You can make your own hours, I really like that I can work from home. It's an easy job, not much work at all.",You don't get paid very much and sometimes payment doesn't always come through on time.,Just streamline some of the systems and make sure people don't have to be on the line for 10 hours when payment doesn't come through.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20544,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Dec 27, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,Three days off each week and being paid ever week. The company offered a competitive hourly wage to the staff.,The company has unreasonable expectations regarding productions. Company clearly does not care about the employees and their work life  balance during peak seasons.,Increase meal break time and actually take the time to listen to the workers. During peak season only require employees to work five hour mandatory overtime. Offer part-time schedules to reduce turnover this will allow for a larger employee pool.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20545,amazon,"Tacoma, WA"," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Project Manager,No complaints,Great place to work and make a carrer,There are to many poor mae,Pay more attention to helping managers.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20546,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Meet some nice people there,Long hours Management doesn't get to know you Boring Same job everyday Not a lot of room for growth,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20547,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great job,Has a great work environment. Managers are always there to help no matter what. Great pay,Haven't gotten contacted back from HR after many requests.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20548,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Talent Acquisition Manager,Talent Acquisition Leader,Ownership and the ability to move quickly and deliver,Scaling and lean resources leading to growing pains and challenges,More investment in leadership training and centralized support (i.e. HR),4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20549,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - CSM,CSM,"Stock, EE discount, co-workers, free coffee, snacks","all about the customer, not the employees",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1276.htm
20550,amazon,"Queen Creek, AZ"," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Seasonal Customer Service Representative,Seasonal Customer Service Rep,"I was between jobs and working from home was a nice benefit until something else came through. Training was thorough, Laid back approach that puts the customer first was great! I could be myself. Good team environment given the virtual team make-up of online working from home. Kudos were not hard to come by.",The pay for my skill set was lacking. Under paid and under utilized.,Would have considered staying longer had the pay been more competitive and future advancement path was made plain.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20551,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer II,An inspiring place to work,"* Work among talented, intelligent people * Work on exciting projects at the forefront of cloud development * Everyone is inspired and hard-working * Clear sense of company culture","* You are expected to be an owner, so you can get invested. This sometimes translates to long hours * Vacation policy is one of the worst * General benefits package is one of the worst (401k, maternity/paternity leave, etc.)","Frugality is a word used heavily to excuse the lack of benefits offered to its valued employees. However, the lack of benefits can often drive engineers away. At that point, it's no longer frugal. HR policies need to be updated to the 21st century.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20552,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Part TIme Fulfillment Associate,Part time fulfillment associate,"Some good coworkers. 12.25 starting salary despite no work experience. No interview, immediate hire - didn't even look at my resume. This may have been because it was a new warehouse. Opportunities to promote.","Some sketchy and lazy coworkers. Unfair ""work contributed"" measurement / metric. Based solely on number of packages moved rather than weight and packages moved. Men expected to do the hard / heavy lifting. Do not punish the consistently lazy worker who skates under the radar. Promotions and management was very tight knit and cliquish",Some workers need to be fired because they are lazy. Some area managers were rude. Work equality between different roles or pay some roles higher wage....people who unload trucks deserve a higher pay than people who sort envelopes.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20553,amazon,"Irmo, SC"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Field Representative ­ Tier III,Inbound,Alot of overtime with benefits,Its all about numbers not the people doing the work.,Get facebook blocked from all work computers.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20554,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal outbound packing,"Pay, occasional opportunity to win prizes by way of scratch off tickets",managements only real concern is production rate rather than employees themselves,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20555,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Pays decent,The base level workers (tier 1) are all pretty nice and great people. You usually get 3 day weekends as they have 4 shift weeks.,The management at this job is horrible. Most of them don't care about you one little bit. The only thing they are really concerned about is protecting their own job while looking for a way to impress those that can promote them. This is what it's like from the bottom level. I've heard of things just as bad further up.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20556,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great Perks- fun people and atmosphere,"Alot of awesome perks, casual dress code and great people to learn and interact from.",No transparency among managers and even though they encourage new ideas most will never get implemented since it's corporate.,"Stop giving employees the ""Amazon Fluff"" and just say whats on your minf",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20557,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,Bittersweet Experience,Amazon is a great place to move through the ranks quickly. The qualifications for most positions are entry-level and easily obtainable. The leadership principles taught by Amazon are a great foundation for any leader.,"Associates of Amazon Fulfillment are not treated with respect (from warehouse associates to the general manager). In order to survive or succeed, one must be willing to set aside their beliefs and do as instructed without question.","I would focus more on your associates rather than focusing on mere numbers. Once your associates are taken care of, the numbers will fall into place. Good leaders use this as a template for their styles. The leadership principles of Amazon prove that the company wants the associates to come first but finding a leader who truly embodies the principles is a rare occurrence.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20558,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Dec 3, 2015",Current Employee - Shipping and Receiving Specialist,Good,You work 4 days a week very comfortable work area. 15 minute break every two hours fast pasted,You stand in one spot all day 10 hour til maybe 12 hour shift. Each day you work. Not assigned to one work area they snitch you around every week,Be more nicer to employees n understanding,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20559,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2015","Current Employee - Manager, Vendor Management",Amazon,Company ambition - there is no boundaries to what is achievable. Having a 7 year ROI timeline allows for rigorous evaluation of an initiative before making a premature decision.,"Customers are an obsession, but partners are treated very poorly. Similarly, the employee culture is sub par with no regular evaluations of management nor employment development performance objectives listed in manager's plans.",Hold managers accountable to development and not just business results. The turnover at the company is a direct reflection of an unhealthy working environment.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1277.htm
20560,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Assc.,"Great benefits, love the co-workers","If you work here, you'll also love the military",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20561,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Fast moving and tons of opportunity for growth. You will get direct and immediate feedback and given the opportunity to learn and improve quickly.,Lack of work life balance. You will be expected to go from 0 to 60 in your learning curve and will make A LOT of mistakes in order to learn.,"Celebrate the positive, too much focus on the negative.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20562,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fullfillment associate,Amazon us a great place to work and begin a wonderful career. They truly respect and greatly value their employees. It is challenging yet rewarding.,"Well the breaks don't seem like breaks, it feels like rushing to break just to sit down for maybe 5 minutes then rush back from break and for lunch you better know how to swalliw your food whole or chew extremely fast cause you might get 15 minutes to eat by the time you walk to the nreak room and heat up your food. Going to break and lunch is a lot more like running a 100 yard dash than actually taking a break.",Give 2 20 minute breaks with a one minute grace period time and a a 45 minute lunch with a 3 minute grace period.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20563,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Each team has it's own culture,"People are driven, smart, and engaging. A good team can make your experience worthwhile and enjoyable on a daily basis.",It can be a crapshoot as each team has its own culture and your manager can really make or break your experience.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20564,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,vcc,Amazon is a great place to work. Great management and other people. Good benefits and hours.,Customer service training needs to be better. There's a lot that isn't learned prior to helping customers.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20565,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Nov 30, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Amazon Internship,"Challenging work, great location (Seattle, WA), high pay","Not much mentorship, takes a while to get adjusted to technology",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20566,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon FC,It is easy to manage your time off and it is completely up to you when you do it.,Can be very hectic. A lot of employees with no care attitudes.,Better communication with employees,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20567,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations manager,Enjoyed the work environment. Very relaxed and allowed for work life balance. I worked for a fast paced piece of the business that allowed me to be directly involved in the growth of the company.,There are practices related to the review process that make it difficult to get promoted. It's a very involved process and can be political in nature.,I worked with very competent management and was happy with my experience. I really don't have anything to add here.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20568,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,operation,"Managerial roles' pay is good (however, if you consider the long hours you work the pay is not high at all) And you got great company brand names. Health insurance and 401 are just average package because the company is very stingy. Those are the only pros I can think of.","there is no pros for this company. Managers are loosely organized and don't care about their employee. Personal time and vacation are not flexible because they are so short of people and could not just let you go for time off. Its like working in the military because everyone are forced to obey the ""company culture"" which are very rigid and stupid disciplines","Dont work there unless you are single and live alone. And also if you dont mind spend like 80 hours at work weekly and no leisure time, Amazon would be the best company for you to work.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20569,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Amazon is hard work. I am a new graduate that is paid quite well, and I get to work with some of the best.","I have very long hours to keep up with everyone else, and I only get one week of vacation per year.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1278.htm
20570,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Lot of growth happening. You are always in one project or other, there is never a dull moment.","After 4 years, the compensation is not attractive to stay anymore.","Please stop doing manual testing quarter after quarter, for fast paced projects. Invest more in automation, even though it might look like waste of resources in short term, its really what we need to focus for long term.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20571,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,A great place to work,It's a very enabling and fast pace environment that empowers you to survive and shine in any big company in the US.,It could be stressful but you can always get use to it over time.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20572,amazon,"Bothell, WA"," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Electrical Engineer,"Hardware Test Engineer, Contract","Good company to work for. Depends on which department you're in, things can get rough at times, but overall people there seem to be alright to work with.",Need to have more 360 degree view into mid-level management to ensure they're not abusing their employees.,Us engineers do not need hand-holding from management. Laissez-faire is the best policy. Do not use the leadership principle as a wild card to harm your employees. It's too old.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20573,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good pay but hard work,"great pay, pretty good benefits","unorganized, only brown nosers seem to get promotions",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20574,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,"GREAT pay, BAD overall","Pay, consistent hours, great pay, co workers, and pay.",How your body feels :(,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20575,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,It's highschool all over again,40hrs Job security Brainless job,Favoritism Over staffed Petty management -everyone wants to reinvent the will,Promote good worker not the ones you like and actually listen to associates about the process to ensure best results,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20576,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZON,"""Ability to learn a lot in the field""","Physically Demanding ""Good work-life balance not always possible""",Keep up the Good Work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20577,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worth the work,"Money is good, friendly staff, job security","At times you have to work way to many hours, not enough rest in the day.",None at this time.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20578,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fullfillment center,It is for a paycheck when you are desperate,"Work like a slave,short lunch and breaks. has to be worse than Walmart the 10.50 an hr is nonthing when you work like a slave. When I seen women bringing kids to the interview and women 7 months pregnant getting hired, was not a good sign, they hired the most desperate because they will put up with the most inhumane treatment. Forced overtime 11 hours a day 5 days a week, even when you are 8 months pregnant.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20579,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Pion,Needs improvement,"Great benefits, 4 day work week",Parking sucks! Your lunch and other items may get stolen and with all security and loss prevention it still happens and nothing gets done about it. Favoritism is huge here and they cater to the young people that do absolutely nothing!,Don't hire thieves! Hire people that actually contribute to making a great company! Appreciate the hate workers instead of catering to the young lazy ones!,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1279.htm
20580,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Awesome fun cool amazing hard,i don't have any to say,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20581,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Ok,"4 days on, 3 days off","No room for growth and standing in one spot for 10 hrs can really wear you out over time, its tough",Be more open,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20582,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,When I worked at Amazon I really like it because it gave me a good perspective on how to code well.,"Although I learned a lot at my internship at Amazon, I wish that I had talked with my manager more about career development.",Get more ideas from the bottom up instead of the top down since my coworkers and I had some great ideas that weren't listened to.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20583,amazon,"Seattle Heights, WA"," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very good culture. Beer plenty. More massages mean better living. Doing work on weekends is better.,No time for wife. Life spent in beach. Jeff below hard boss. No office holiday.,Give more freedom to innovate and join other people to do so. Most likely you have to finish working first before others.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20584,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leader,"High energy, fast pace, cool vibe and smart people you have the opportunity to work with. The workspace environment nice and the work attire was casual.","If you are not comfortable with change or you need to have a constant expectation for your role and scope, and you are not prone to rolling up your sleeves and self navigating, this environment is not for you.",Ensure that your leaders focus time on ensuring that employees who are working hard feel valued and not just a number or cog in the wheel. Leaders are your biggest lever you can pull to impact engagement and retention.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20585,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Strong culture, market pay and good opportunities",Not as much focus on employees compared to other's in the market. Lack of focus in some teams. Way too much going on.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20586,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,* Work with great people * Solve interesting problems * Lots of learn opportunities * Located in downtown Seattle,* Not a very friendly ramp up * Can be stressful sometimes * Not very fun being oncall,Try to make new hires feel more welcome and less overwelmed,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20587,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,software engineer,Lots to learn. Colleagues are very smart and work hard. No politics. Startup like culture.,"Not very nice for working mom. Oncall is hard too. Salary increase is very small. After 4 years, the compensation is not very attractive.","Lots good engineers are leaving due to low pay. For valuable employees, the management should be more generous to keep them.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20588,amazon,"Stoughton, MA"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - FC Associate,Punished for thinking outside the box at Stoughton Sort Center.,Lot of opportunities to quit. Get one 15 minute break. Plenty of cardio vascular exercise. Free work gloves. Get work gloves replaced for free.,"Dealing with inconsistent leadership and self interest. Poor line management support, with a few exceptions. A few in Leadership make an effort to twart your efforts. Many in Leadership are condescending, offering little or no positive criticism to individuals.","For the the Stoughton, MA Sort facility ... Follow your corporate ideals.",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20589,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,"Work hard, have no fun and make yourself history",If you like to work like a robot in the same job day in and day out - this place is for you.,"Management does not care about any employees. All of them have their faces locked into their computers and possess zero people skills. Run by former military people. Seems like you join the army when you join Amazon. During the peak season, you will work 11.5 hour days, 5 days a week with two 15 minute breaks and one 30 minute lunch. If you take a 16 minute break you will be written up and on your way to termination. By the way, it takes 5 minutes to get to the break room and 5 minutes to walk back so you really only get a 5 minute break from very hard and physical work. Not a sustainable working environment at all!",Learn people skills. HR is a complete joke. Happy employees will be more productive than constant harassment from so called managers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1280.htm
20590,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Inbound Receive Associate,Seasonal Employee-Terminated-Horrible Treatment,Fellow associates were very friendly. We all supported eschother.,-Bad Treatment by management -Packages don't always scan which slows the process and hurts your individual numbers they keep track of -Team Leaders/Dept Managers act like slave drivers -when needing help can take 5 min or more to receive help which disrupts your work speed,Improve Associate-Manager relationship,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20591,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Warehouse Work,"Day 1 benifits. 4 day work week. Paid time off. Unpaid time off. Vacation time. Overtime pay and holiday pay. The pay is just okay, with raises every 6 months. Shift differential if you work night shift. Give aways during peak season.","Long hours 10-11 hour shifts. Don't really get to pick your schedule, just depends on their need and you can't change until you have spent 90 days in your department. Stand on feet all day, not sitting at amazon. Concrete warehouse gets hot in the summer in FL. Not much room for advancement if any. Breaks are short and lunch is only 30 min. With 3-5000 employees there is no hot food, just microwaves. And if you choose to try a fast food place by the time you get out of the building, get to your car, drive to a place, you have to eat on your way back, park and walk in before you are late. Parking lot is huge and always packed. Peak season the parking lot is a mess when all 3-5k employees get out at the same time. Simple repetitive work all day with no music or people to talk to. Definitely all about productivity.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20592,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Design Technologist,Highly depends on team placement,"If you get a good team, you can work 40 hours a week with intelligent co-workers and thoughtful honest management.","If you get a bad team, you can work 60+ hours a week with overbearing competitive co-workers and manipulative management.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20593,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Lots of challenges, Good name for resume, nice team members which could be hit or miss","Pay not as good as other tech giants, not so generous vacation, depend on the team there could be politics",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20594,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem Solver,"Good place to work with lots of other entire available for anyone willing to work it, can be rewarding if your a hard worker. Easy to advance and the higher you advance the less the work load",Not really too many consumers but fast turn over rate for people coming in not expecting to do any work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20595,amazon,"West Chester, OH"," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Overwork you a tad in the warehouse,Great coworkers and benefits for the type of job it is. The high energy from the people around you can make or break your focus to get the work done.,Management will get on your back a lot if you can't meet the ridiculously high quotas they set for receiving. You'll consistently be written up for only being a few percentage points off your quota.,"Learn to step back and look at your quotas realistically. Also, don't dock employees a full hour of unpaid time off if they're late by a couple minutes.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20596,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Salary is good. People are smart. Get to write production code and push them almost every second day.,"Work life balance sucks, no training opportunities.","Frugality, what kind of principle is that?",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20597,amazon,"Manteca, CA"," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Sweat shop,Leave anytime you want with upt/pto,Treat you like a slave yelling with microphones. Fired if upt runs out,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20598,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Content Specialist,Very good work atmosphere and culture,Senior management had to deep dive and hear throughout,Deep Dive,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20599,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great work environment. Leadership team is great to work for. They are very passionate about success. I would suggest it to anyone looking to be the best.,You work long hours and there is a lot of time you have a high associate to manager ratio. But you get a support staff to help out.,You are doing a fine job. Keep up the great work. You are pushing the company in the right direction.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1281.htm
20600,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Msnager,Good company that supports its managers. You get out what you put in to the company. My managers encourage me to continue learning and I don't feel too much pressure from them for performance.,"Work can be hectic. As a manager, you have to take hold of your work life balance and not let the business overrun you.",Continue supporting managers to do what they feel is right. Encourage stress relief practices and a healthy work life balance.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20601,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 12, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A crap shoot for Heaven or Hell,"Cutting edge technology, many smart people.","Broken Promises on training promised during interviews. Dog eat dog (or should I say ""tag-team-peer-review"". Many very political and ruthless managers.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20602,amazon,"New York, NY"," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Do Not Work Here,"Working from home and saving on gas. Pay is alright, could be better. Benefits.",Team manager was a snob. She didn't want to hear my side of the story of why I was terminated.,Don't fire people after their first offense. Care for your employees as much as you care for yourselves and the customers.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20603,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Incredible opportunity to learn and be curious,- Focus on innovation - Ability to learn and grow - Very dynamic and open minded internal community,"- Some departments operate differently than others, so make sure you pick the right one - Teams reinvent the wheel often - Cross team collaboration could be stronger",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20604,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Wharehouse Associate,salary,good pay reasonable compensation and great flexible hours,constant running around and poor commuication,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20605,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Nov 26, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Associate,Packer,Good money large break rooms easy rates,Too long of hours,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20606,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Generous stock options. Fun corporate culture. Ability to learn a lot in the field.,The annual reviews were bureaucratic and the leveling system makes moving up a challenge.,invest in your people more instead of thinking the answer is outside the organization,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20607,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's a humongous warehouse. They're all about safety. Hour ago by quickly because you always have work,The pay is pretty good. Fun cool people working there. Meet allot of people,Lots of walking and on your feet.,Organized and great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20608,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiting Business Partner,Recruiting Business Partner,Excellent opportunity to lead large recruiting projects and teams! Career advancement opportunities like no where else and ability to create new initiatives,"Have a good idea, be careful it might come true. Be sure to balance your workload and you will find great success",Outstanding,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20609,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2015",Former Employee - Recruiting Manager,No Respect / No Understanding of Family,Fast growing company. Sign-on Bonuses and stock - handcuffs.,90+ hour work days - no kudos. Clicks upper team. Favoritism.,Get real and see what's going on with our teams.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1282.htm
20610,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Management,"- Autonomous, fast paced and challenging - Professional and personal growth - Everyday learn something new",- Pace can get tiring,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20611,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Inventory Analyst,Every Experience is Different,"Great Health insurance, dental and vision. Awesome stock options.",Long Hours over the holidays,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20612,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Associate/Ship Dock,"Associate, Ship Dock","Friendly workers, learning opportunities, on-site medical staff, outstanding benefits, team-spirit environment.","Workspace housekeeping habits need improvement, employees should have access to HR Dept. at ANY time during their shift, not just on their breaks or lunch period, pay could be a little more.","Pitch in & help more, don't just stand around & issue orders. Subordinates respect bosses who are willing to jump in & get their hands dirty. In my previous supervisory positions, I always told my people ""Don't work for me, work with me."" It works. Currently, I have a GREAT manager, he loves to jump in the trenches.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20613,amazon,"Austin, TX"," Nov 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Learning Experience,Really great co-workers. Interview process was relatively smooth.,"Not much support for management. Totally focused on bringing value to the customers, but employees are not seen as customers.",none,3.0,1.0,none,none,none,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20614,amazon,"Brooklyn, NY"," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,"Great culture, good work/Life Balance","Growth limited, Work gets monotonous.","Better performance reviews., more transparent bonuses and other performance based offers.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20615,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer Rat Race,It really depends on the team that you work with as teams vary in their leadership and expectations. Fantastic experience. Work with industry best.,"Not predictable hours as the nature of the job is 24/7. Amazon is for everyone, but not everyone is for Amazon. As has been quoted, Amazon is where overachievers go to feel bad about themselves. Re-orgs happen frequently.",Keep on being bullish with schedules but do not let operational burden get out of hand.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20616,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Transportation Manager,Great Opportunity,"Pace, innovation, freedom to create, results driven environment","Culture, investment in the growth and development of others",Take care of your people,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20617,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"friendly people, cooperative working environment,","long hours, location since its in Seattle",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20618,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company bad management,Easy work at ont 8 lots of hours ok pay (way better the 9 or 10 dollars an hour) give aways and they try to make it fun by playing music and having dance offs giving out candy all the time a great stepping stone great benefits. I love the job itself,The management need to work on making works more accountable. Long hours standing my body aches,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20619,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Onsite Medical Representative,"Fast-paced, decent pay, friendly management",Poor associate morale and not a very good safety culture,"Utilize your safety team, don't fight them",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1283.htm
20620,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,sde,it is a good place to work,sometimes you will feel pressured,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20621,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE1,It is a highly competitive work environment you will work highly talented people you will be working all the latest technologies,At time work becomes hectic but not always. Not every one get an awesome work. some teams are operationally heavy. so it depends on your luck.,Increase the perks little more (medical coverage and bonus packages). try to reduce the operational load of the employee. please encourage to contribute back to open source society,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20622,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politically charged environment.,Start-up environment with new services released every other month. Great for testing and innovating new ideas.,"Lack of clear focus. Structure adverse culture creates for chaotic environment, and excessive unpredictability. Draconian review system pits employees against employees instead of encouraging them to work together collaboratively.",Quit churning through people like a meat grinder. Treat your employees like how you would like to be treated.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20623,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,oh,good people to work with,they treat employees like machines,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20624,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"Training is thorough, managers are great and very helpful. Pay was excellent. Overall it was a fun yet challenging job experience","Hours were very long, and was always really hot",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20625,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Review,good work flexible work hours learn a lot,no freebies pager duty work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20626,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,"Ownership, advancement opportunities, teamwork, good pay with auto pay increases for first 3 years at each level, paid time off, unpaid time off and vacation.","Long days, work/life balance is difficult, some associates are hard to get along with and complaints are common. Seasonal positions don't always lead to permanent rolls even for good people.","I have had really good managers, I can't complain too much. If I were to nit-pick I would say provide more incentive and excitement. Some jobs are tedious and need to be spiced up.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20627,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Facilities Tech,Betterplaces to work,The associates are diversified group of people and good to work with. Benefits are fair,"Management is political. l have observed some managers that have lied and backstabbed to achieve their own agenda. Also manager do not follow company procedures and do as they please and there is no responsibility and accountability. They advance management to their highest level of incompetency, which unfortunately is not high enough to avoid adverse effects in the company.",Get rid of your empire builders and start holding managers accountable for their actions and inactions.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20628,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 22, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Neglect.,Good pay and benefits and fun at first.,Physical work. It was hard for me to advance into less physical positions regardless how well I did my job. Neglected when injured. Passed off as non-work related.,"Pay attention to your associates. Some of those positions are hard to do so when they come into AMcare injured, don't assume they're lying.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20629,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SFA Program,"Flexibility and opportunity to move to other teams, high degree of ownership","Middle management generally poor at team and people management, lack of concern for career development",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1284.htm
20630,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,problem solver,its a great place to work. i like it. i am problem solver.its a great place to work.,hourly rate is not the best. Need to pay more.its a great place to work.,"more pay, stop taling all the money. i dont know what else to writte in here.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20631,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,lots of overtime lots of training,not a normal mon-Fri work week,change shifts to Monday - Friday,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20632,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Network Development Engineer II,Great challenges,Overall great if you want to work on big projects with challenges. The caliber of people is top notch.,"work life balance is non existent. Although it is encouraged to take time off, the general culture ensures you will not.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20633,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,Great Senior Management and Employees,Long Hours Sometime Weekend Work Is Needed,Increase PTO,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20634,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Fulfillment Associate, Tier I","Mentally it's an easy job. Physically it can be hard being on your feet on hard floors all day. Invest in a good pair of shoes. Be aware this is not a career position. It is only a bridge job, an extra $ job, or a starter job. Nothing more. There are opportunities for advancement, but you have to be there at a year or more to be seriously considered for any position that pays better. It also helps if you are female and pretty.","Rate and pick paths. Management has it's ""favorites"" so just be aware of that. They get the best pick paths to make their rate on. Also, being on your feet all day and mandatory OT are not pleasant.",Communicate better with your employees. All the numbers you throw at us mean little if we don't know what they mean.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20635,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,The worst.,Benefits Pay is decent. Easy to move up if you have half a brain.,"Management is mostly terrible. Overtime is ridiculous at times. Short break times. I work in the back of the building, it takes about 5 minutes to walk to the break rooms. They include walk time in our 15 min breaks and 30 min lunches. Do the math. Terrible workers are hardly ever fired based on work performance. The only way you get fired is for running out of your personal time or theft. They literally hire anyone. Turnover rate is crazy. I'm on manager #5. Please don't work here unless you are desperate.",Care about your employees more. Especially the ones that do good work and actually stick around. The turnover rate is ridiculous for a reason. Take action against employees who are not productive. It is incredibly frustrating to know you're getting the same paycheck as someone who is doing less than half of the work you are. It has actually caused me to slow my own productivity. What's the point? There's no incentive for me to over achieve. This building has broken records with their numbers and management loves to take credit for it even though they don't lift a finger. This company is customer obsessed and gives absolutely no gratitude to the employees.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20636,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Nov 8, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good Job,"Decent pay, great benefits, a lot of time off. Positive work environment. A lot of diversity among people. Lot of opportunities to learn new things. Can be quite fun if you get into the right role.",Pay caps out at a low rate. Not exactly a lot of opportunity for advancement. Work can be uninteresting or not challenging .,Transparency. People get denied opportunities all the time without being told why or receiving feedback. People get treated differently a lot without good reason.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20637,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,recieving,"Fixed schedule for most part can recieve overti,e if wanted.",mandatory over time and some work days change during peak.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20638,amazon,"Dublin, CA"," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,HR Business Partner,"It's Amazon! You get to be part of the growth, chaos and fun of an amazing brand. The employees are some of the top minds in business and everyone brings diversity and value.","Long hours, work days, nights and weekends, constant change, lack of direction and management expects you to know answers to everything otherwise you get yelled at. Better have thick skin to work here.",Need more organization and support. Employees should not be expected to work over 60 hours per week.,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20639,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Executive - Finance,No Work Life Balance,Pay and benefits are very good,be prepared to work nights and weekends.,Do something about balancing demands with resources available,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1285.htm
20640,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work life balance,Smart People Ownership Ability to influence processes Ability to take risks,No work life balance No comradeship On your own No guidance or help,Improve work life balance Create an environment of support Putting pressure isn't the only way of getting results,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20641,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good pay bad hours,The base pay is good. You can wear what you want. Usually can work overtime often,Can be asked to work two days overtime in the week. Very impersonal. Not valued as an employee by the managers.,Be specific about the scheduling possibilities when hiring people. Take mental happen of employees more seriously.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20642,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,High Dollar High Stress,High Salary. Resume Builder. Benefits,"Everything outside of pay is terrible. Everything. Work Life. Culture, Management Styles, Training, Development, Personal Growth. All Bad",Quit,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20643,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Intern - Monthly,"Great experience, wouldn't want to be there long term.","Amazon is a good way to get some experience with working in a large, respected company. They also pay very well for an internship. It's definitely a good experience if you are looking to get some well known companies on your resume.","They don't offer much in the way of perks such as snacks or great hardware. Frugality is a core element of their company, however sometimes they are so frugal it seems to harm the development process. Also, depending on the team you are on you will be overworked.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20644,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Excellent company,"Decent wages, great benefits, fast paced environment, overtime",Long hours but it's worth it,Keep up the great work,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20645,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesome,"Benefits, Work Environment, Pay, People","High school like atmosphere, jealousy, favoritism",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20646,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Worker,Excited to see what is to come......,Questioning some of the start up process everything is done by email and no interview,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20647,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Decent company to work for,"Plenty of work to be done. Lots of interesting, fun people to engage with. Fascinating problems to solve, I get to take on as much work as I want. Note, this means that I have to understand what workload I can manage, and negotiate that with my manager. This is a company where you need to where your big kid panties and speak up if things aren't right.","Management capability is really uneven (I've had both some of the best and worst managers of my 30+ year career). Plenty of work can mean too many distractions to focus well. Plenty of vision, but not enough guidance/coaching on the priorities.",Spend more time growing your people. Teach that frugality means to spend wisely,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20648,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Very hard but very rewarding workplace with exciting people!,"So much opportunity and flexibility, lots of chances to shine if you work hard enough. Things move fast and lots of exciting projects actually get accomplished. Many smart, capable people work here! Networking is great, and you can make a material difference by doing your job well.","Everyone has short-timer syndrome all the time, turn-over is crazy. Expectations can occasionally seem unreasonably high. Things seem to get more political near the end of the review-year. Sometimes the focus on ""getting ahead"" through attempting many ""high impact"" projects can compromise the actual business of getting the work done.","Maintain the high standards, but also support the employees more by helping remove their obstacles rather than saying ""just go figure it out"". It's not efficient. Everyone is incredibly capable, they just need the chance to really shine. Focus more on skill development and really highlight areas of employee strength by encouraging more focus on developing strengths rather than battering folks down on perceived weaknesses. Enable people to build real value, and everything falls into place, so long as that high quality bar is maintained!",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20649,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 6, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Current Amazon Employee,"The job is very fun and exciting and I look forward to work here for the coming years. The pay is great, breaks are cool, the break rooms are big enough and the parking lot seems like a decent size.","Nothing really bad about the company that I see so far. I've only been working here for around one month, but so far, nothing bad.","There really is nothing to give advice on in this company so far, only because I've been working here currently for a month.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1286.htm
20650,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Financial Analyst Intern,"You'll work with the smartest co-workers, orginazition is very fast paced, and it pays well",It is not diverse enough in the leadership board - all white males,Increase diversity in the leadership board.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20651,amazon,"Mechanicsburg, PA"," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Great pay and overall compensation package. Exciting working for a company that is growing so fast and that is doing a lot of innovating things.,"Lots of overtime throughout the year depending on the building you work at. Expect not to have a life outside of work during the months of November and December. They tend to promote managers not based on their leadership ability but because of how well they can ""speak to the business"". This creates a working environment where you do not have great leadership at the Sr. Ops and General Manager positions and Fullfillment Centers tend to be ran by the Area Managers and Ops Managers who are acting independently in many cases from Area Managers and Ops Managers on other shifts. There is very little teamwork as it doesn't pay to be a team player if you want to move up in your career.....back stabbing or stealing someone else's idea to use it as your own does happen. For the most part, associates, front line Supervisor, and Managers are unhappy working at Amazon and are just buying their time till something else comes along or until they get their stock options at year 4 and then are out the door. The culture at Amazon needs fixed in a major way. If you haven't read the NY Times article I can tell you that even though I worked at a Fullfillment Center, do it before working here. I can tell you based on my experience that about 85-88% of that article was accurate.",Try building a team and sharing goals and objectives down through the organization. Individual metrics are not the right approach.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20652,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Eh, it wasn't for me","Whatever else I might write here, the pay was at least kind of competitive. I also appreciated the free Powerade. It had electrolytes...","It seemed like no one in this building had any concern for me as a human being. In some ways, working at Amazon felt like working in some weird dystopian prison, where I wandered mazes of items I could never afford whilst rarely seeing another soul. On the occasions that I did, there was little time for genuine human exchange, because everyone is concerned at meeting rate, which I personally found difficult to do.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20653,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Agent,virtual customer service agent,Great pay awesome training,Long hours not enough time to spend with family,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20654,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Benefits, Pay. Amazon is a good chance for hardworking people to make decent pay and great benefits. Its up to you whether you want feel completely alone, or interact with others in the workplace. If you go into the job with the right attitude everyday its really not that bad. Great for those who need a quick job to get back on their feet during a transitional phase..","Long hours, short breaks, monotony. Amazon does not really encourage employees to stay in the fulfillment positions and pay caps out at $15/hr after 3 years.","Stop the drama, flirtation and favoritism",4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20655,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not bad, mediocre warehouse work","Decent pay, dynamic work environment","Long hours, lots of confusion in training and tedious repetitive tasks",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20656,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Order Picker,Amazon Seasonal Worker,Great company that cares about its employees. Good pay and opportunities to move up. You have several opportunities to work overtime and you work on a point system for time off. You can wear whatever you want to work.,"Hard on your body, especially your feet. Pickers walk about ten miles a day and stowers stand in one place for long periods on hard concrete floors.","Provide suggestions for footwear instead of just ""comfortable"" shoes. Workers need a supportive shoe for backs and feet, not just comfortable.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20657,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Team Lead,From associate to manager,"Competitive environment, constant feedback from management, huge amounts of learning and experience gained in very short time frames.","Moving up is very difficult, you're only looked at as a valued employee if you dedicate your life to the company. Most employees are seen as disposable, as there's plenty of talent to pull from. The ""compensation package"" which includes stock is a negative, as your standard pay check is rather petty for the work you do. Backstabbing is common among those looking to advance into the few positions that are available.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20658,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,"Great Benefits: time-off, healthcare, incentives, etc.",Management always changing. Not much advancement,Coach employees better.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20659,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed experience,"Smart and motivated people at the company, with most believing truly that they are innovating and bringing new life to experiences to customers. Although pay structure a bit complicated, it is a good, fair scale.","Lots of closed-door politics and a lack of understanding and/or respect for managing the human element of teams. Sometimes you do something just because it helps team morale and culture, not because it will help an attrition metric.","At some point, retaining people will be important to succeed. Please consider this in your model.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1287.htm
20660,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Flexibility to switch between the roles,Less Annual hikes even for better performance review,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20661,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Virginia,Not a great place to work.,I at least get paid weekly.,"Improper training by kids. They ride your back like you're a horse. You must stand for ten hour shifts, everyone on your shift goes to break and lunch at the same time. Oh and let me not forget the issue with parking....A TRUE MESS!!!","Take the time to really train new hires, don't just throw them into the pits, then when they make mistakes you decide to harass them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20662,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,bar-raiser,"Amazon is doing lot's of cool stuff...but lots of boring stuff too. There are really well run teams...and very badly run teams. The experience for software managers and engineers is all over the board, from really run low operational load teams to teams where people burn out after a year. - Amazon is built, quite deliberately, to be Darwinian. You can generally expect that anyone who's been here for more than 2 years","You're responsible for your own career progression and finding the places and teams that are doing the stuff you want to do. No one is going to take you by the hand and help you with that. - Amazon is built, quite deliberately, to be Darwinian. The strong survive and the weak perish (metaphorically speaking) and the 'bar' is constantly increasing. The level of performance that would have been acceptable five years …",Stack ranking is a horrible practice since it's rife with favoritism. It's also not Amazonian in that it's not data based (arbitrarily designating a certain percentage of employees that must be put on performance management isn't a data driven criterion) and it's not frugal (effectively forcing an individual out of the company in one division who would make the grade in another is either retaining someone who doesn't…,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20663,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Good money, flexible, excited. It's the best place to do what you want to do.",People too cool and not friendly,none,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20664,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Personal Assistant,Personal Assistant Amazon ont 8,"Lots of work time goes by fast, fun activities, dj lunches ice cream vending machine, ping pong table, and lots more",Some workers don't do much but that some workers everywhere,"Fire people who don't do crap, HR sucks",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20665,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation Team,The managers and recruiters are really active and energetic.,You have to really present or highlight your advantages to stand out.,Well.... not really yet.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20666,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Benifits, pay, insurance time off","Long days, hard work, hot",none,4.0,1.0,none,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20667,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com,Good company to work for,No cons what so ever,No advise,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20668,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good company to work for. Always get to learn new things,There is always work to do,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20669,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,treat people fairly,"health benefits , working with good people on the floor",treat people equal seems like HR policies change depending on who you are.,Management respect your workers they work hard to make you look good.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1288.htm
20670,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great environment to work in,No life. Be prepared to sacrifice if youre full-time,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20671,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service,Great Seasonal Work,"Lots of Overtime available, work smart and there is room for Permanent position. A lot more focus on making customer happy compared to most companies.","Late nights, because customer needs, so kind of first/second shift.",Keep supporting like you do!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20672,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Distribution employee AFE PACK,"fast paced, hard work, always end the day exhausted but in the best kind of way if you enjoy working fast and hard you will love it here.",pay is not sufficient starting is 12.25 with night incentive of 50 cents and weekend incentive of the same. lots of favoritism for older employees.,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20673,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intense High Pressure Environment,Extremely intelligent co-workers. Lots of cool technology.,Very bad manager. Treated interns very poorly.,Be more empathetic.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20674,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Technical Company,Strong technique. I could learn the latest techniques. The work environment is great. The relationship in the team is awesome,"The salary is not the best. Work load is a little heavy. For CN employee, they don't have too much decision power",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20675,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fulfillment associate,Good pay 4 days a week of work Carreer development oppertunity,10 hours a day of work,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20676,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work-life balance,Some really smart people work there. A company that really values and 'gets' technology. Beautiful offices. Great places close by for lunch and after work activities.,"The hours they expect out of you is laughable. No concept of work-life balance. I just went somewhere else and work only 50 hours a week and get paid the same, more importantly I am valued more as a employee.",Wringing every bit of work out of your employees is not a recipe for long-term success.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20677,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/a,Good amount of vacation and personal time.,Lacks a positive culture that's fun.,N/a,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20678,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,Not terrible,"Time off, pay, flexible schedules","Management, communication, empty promises, management associate relationship is awful.",Don't treat associates (adults) like children. Improve communication.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20679,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible place to work,"Good benefits, decent starting salary for warehouse","Monotonous work, mandatory overtime shifts, drug addicts and criminals abound in the workplace, high rate on every task making it difficult to not get written up.",Stop hiring felons and drug addicts. Lower the rates on the different tasks.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1289.htm
20680,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Learned more than my time in any other position,"very political, team managers only get there because they need a promotion and have NO business managing people.","don't treat contractors like they are disposable, the training they go through is the same as FTE's and you are better off hiring them than a fresh face",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20681,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Great work environment and what not,Lots to do and what not,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20682,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - ICQA Data Analyst,work hard,"If you work hard you can move up a lot of people don’t want to do that. 48 hours of paid time off a year 40 hours of vacation first year 80 hours seconded year 80 hours of unpaid time a year Monthly bonus up to 8% of your pay (4%attendance and 4% building performance) this doubles during oct, nov, dec to 16% 4 shares (teir1) or 6 shares (tier3) of stock every year that vests in two years 10% off at Amazon up to the first $1,000 you spend Over time if you want it 4 10 work schedule 6 paid holidays","Tire 3 tend to work 10.5 to 11.5 hours a day so a 55 hour week is normal During the months of oct ,nov ,dec expect to work lots of over time you will work on almost every holiday expect Christmas and you may get new years day off The rate system has some flaws Stow: if you stow an item and it fall out of a bin and amnesty does not get to it time you get a defect ICQA: if an item falls out of a bin and amnesty does not get to it in time or find the home bin you get a defect PICK: if the label is bad on the item and you miss it out and another department fixes the label you could get a defect The work can be boring","communication,communication,communication every one drops the ball on this and it need to be fixed. Get rid of rate and hold everyone to a high level of quality 0 errors in the bins would speed up every department",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20683,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, have fun, make history","Very smart people, data-driven and performance l-driven culture, Amazon looks great on resume, RSUs are great if you stick for many years","Long hours, lots of rude people and high-achievers, very competitive environment, it's hard to earn leadership opportunities in short periods of time",Be less frugal in some areas where it doesn't make sense to be frugal,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20684,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Unorganized,good pay 12.25 an hour and 40 hours,"mandatory overtime, no training and a long boring safety school, the guy assigned to give us the tour of the building and walk us through safety school couldn't read, at orientation they had nothing together we werent able to get our paycards set up etc",Be more organized,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20685,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,A place to not waste your time,"My previous job was full of time-serving pot plants, so my bar was pretty low after that, but coming to Amazon felt like a night and day improvement for a number of reasons.  My standard answer when people ask me if I like working at Amazon, my answer is ""the idiot ratio is low"". You will be working with smart, committed people and spend a much smaller amount of time dealing with idiots than I have experienced in the past. I've now had 3 managers, 2 of which were awesome and 1 whom I think should not be a manager. One good thing about Amazon is that it's pretty easy to switch teams (after you've been in a team for a year). This allowed me to move to a manager and organization that I trusted.  Amazon is very good at focusing on things that matter (hence the title of my post). The leadership principles are used every day and that is really helpful if you're a software developer to prevent people from wasting time on things that are 'cool' but don't have an impact on the real world. Yes, it means you don't get to spend lots of time refactoring code or using the latest fad NoSQL database but it does mean that that you're forced to try and maximize your impact on the customer. In the long run I feel like doing a job where your work feels valued is better than having a perfectly architected codebase.","The horror stories are true if you have a manager/org who is a slave driver. Upper management is pretty ruthless in not investing in things that don't have a direct financial impact. Hence, internal tools and development environments can feel very underdone. The oncall/pager duty situation for some teams is out of control and means you can never make any forward progress. These teams are few and far between but from my observations they are the ones with enormous turnover.",Don't blatantly violate your own principles by not selling the Apple TV / Chromecast on Amazon.com.  Otherwise I think that good vision and management is one of the best things Amazon has going for it.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20686,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,"The company promotes from within, there ample benefits given, open door policy and bold leadership principles.","Performance driven by numbers, must meet expectations, current business demands dictates change of work schedule, must be flexible to switch departments.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20687,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Love it,Get paid to exercise in the warehouse,Hard work 4 hour shifts,Keep it up,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20688,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fathers, your baby HAS to be born 365 days after your joining date for you to take paid paternity leave benefit.",You can probably move easier within the company. Read the cons. It may be worthwhile to move out rather than in.,"People considering moving to Amazon, please do note that this company is super stingy in providing benefits. Even if they do, they have invented inglorious ways so that the employee cannot use the benefit. For instance, the paternity paid leave benefit can NOT be availed unless your child is born exactly 365 days after your joining date. Seriously!!!!! Who does that? .....and that too for a thing like paternity? Shame on you Amazon!!!!!!","Why are you forcing fathers to have their babies 365 days after their joining to be eligible for paid paternity leave? Seriously, what's the logic here, huh ?",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20689,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,A job is a job,Decent pay and low barrier to entry for a warehouse grunt. Leadership team was generally supportive. If you're not a complete dolt you can move up from baseline positions pretty quick. Good health insurance if you are full time.,"No work-life balance. The type of job where the needs of the company utterly dominate your life. Some functions are pretty demanding and some people get stuck with doing them everyday all day. Lots of hiring and firing going on, nobody is safe unless your management, but you still have to watch your back.","I know that you have numbers to hit, but don't forget that your decisions inside the warehouse have a big impact on peoples lives.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1290.htm
20690,amazon,"Denton, TX"," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Associate,Terrible Company,Decent pay and health plan.,"Stressful work environment, very high quotas, workers are seen as expendable.",Stop treating your workers like trash.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20691,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Investigator,"Expect to work hard, and expect to be rewarded for your hard work!","Culture, colleagues, vision, and opportunities. The relaxed environment and absolute freedom to truly innovate and be a real leader is 2nd to none.","It just depends on the work group you're in. Not all areas are created equal here, but when you find the right fit, this place is amazing.","More employee incentives, corporate perks, and benefits.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20692,amazon,"Redlands, CA"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fullfillment Associate,"Good pay, good hours, celebrate holidays, and birthdays.","Management sucks, on your feet all day.",Listen to your employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20693,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior SDE,"The team has been excellent. Active, innovative, lots of things to do and things to learn. Pager duty varies from team to team, some do not have it at all. Interesting projects, a lot of promising ideas to be implemented.","Infrastructure is atrocious beyond belief. People passing data on thumb drives, build system/dependency resolver reminding me of a generator from ""City of Ember"". Things breaking left, right, and center. They called it ""controlled chaos"", well, it's chaos alright, I am not sure about ""controlled"" part.  The project priorities are defined by vocal minority, executed by submissive minority, with mid-level management and program managers MIA.","Usually, the first advice is ""invest in people"". Amazon already did - the people I've encountered have been fantastic. Now is the time to invest into everything that those fantastic people need to do their jobs. Starting from hardware and internal networking all the way to reliable and performant build systems and automation software.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20694,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a giant super warehouse,"Good hours,bonus,and three days off, alot of overtime hours available st peak season","Crowded,temporary job,need longer breaks would help since it takes forever to walk.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20695,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Fast packed environment that will give you opportunities to grow if you are willing to put in effort and lots of time.,Be ready to invest lots of time.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20696,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Great Atmosphere, competitive hourly rate, great benefits","- health benefits begin first day - minimum 4% monthly bonus based on attendance with an additional 4% monthly bonus based on warehouse output (doubles to 8% for both during Oct-Dec) - overtime opportunities - friendly relaxed atmosphere - shift/department transfer requests accepted after 90 days - 4 day work week - competitive pay, including an annual pay review of similar jobs in the area - substantial shift differential for night shift employees - tuition assistance (career choice program) - pay raise every 6 months","- mandatory overtime from time to time, often during holiday season - monotonous repetitive work",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20697,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Fantastic place to work. The coworkers are very friendly, and the work is always very rewarding. It's a great place to expand your career!",I have nothing negative to say :),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20698,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great Company,Great company with lots of growth opportunities,The company has a poor work/life balance culture,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20699,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,great place to learn and be challenged,lots of incredibly intelligent people and challenging problems,"frugality can get in the way of bold, decisive action",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1291.htm
20700,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Buying Manager,I survived,+Autonomy +Smart People +Industry leader +Good stamp on your resume +poor performers tend to wash out quick,-Junior employees think they should be promoted within weeks of hire -lots of drama because the average age is straight out of college -some people are too smart for their own good,"Lets plan out further than 1 week, it would be nice to have a strategic goal that people can work toward.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20701,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,It's a job,The money at Amazon is good and you work alone essentially. Peak time offers a lot of overtime one month out of the year.,"This is a boring, menial task. There is not much of any kind of stimulation. You can't bring in phones so you can't listen to music to numb the boring.","They talk a good game, but need to walk the walk. Rules are enforced inconsistently. Certain information can be hard to come by.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20702,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Potential,"The staff at Amazon Prime are very friendly, and the support line is particularly attentive","It's a very new branch of Amazon, so it's taking a little while to catch on.",We should have a higher base pay than $11.00. Amazon can afford to compensate their staff accordingly.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20703,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Development Manager,Strong ownership. High growth potential.,Poor work life balance,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20704,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Dec 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon warehouse is no joke,"Process only took 1 day. I went through integrity staffing, but you are eligible to apply to convert to a permanent amazon employee after your first day of working. I did everything that day app interview and drug test. You also get to pick your shift and work days.","The picking department is rough. They work you 10hr 4 days, but around busy times you have overtime 60hrs a week. I was warned not to get in picking dpt, but thats all that was available. You are picking orders down stairs and up stairs. When you have to go up stairs you can put your cart in elevator but you have to walk u p stairs. The picks show up on your scan gun. You could have 20 things to pick upstairs but u only picked 3 items for ex and then your scan gun send you down stairs then back up on same order I was told when I first started that in a shift I would have walked 10 to 15 miles.. I say 20 tho. Then you only get 30 min lunch. whole lot of associates walking around in supervisors vest but are making same pay.yeah u can move up fast in fact most do and not getting paid anymore..overall i recommend dont choose picking.",Its a joke,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20705,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,"Good environment, not a lot of opportunity","This was a fairly nice place to work. They have good benefits and perks, and the office space was comfortable. The work itself was sometimes challenging.","Not a lot of room for growth unless you fit a really specific personality profile. The work was often tedious, and the corporate culture was a bit off-putting.",Think outside of the box when it comes to promotions. Your corporate culture is getting inbred.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20706,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place if you dare to be great,"Great pay, excellent people, High standards. There is no better place to work for over achievers who truly care about customers.","If you or your business unit do not exceed expectations, the pressure is real and there is a great chance that the company will move in another direction with or without you.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20707,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to start your career at,"Junior engineers get a lot of meaningful, high impact projects. A lot of the technological problems have already been solved in a very scalable fashion, so someone right out of college is empowered to build great stuff.","As you progress in your career it's getting harder to find challenges to solve. Even though one of Amazon's tenets is think big and long term investment, sometimes shipping features fast trumps all of that.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20708,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Seasonal Associate,Part Time Associate,"..... You always will have work to do... But, they do promotions!!!",..... You always will have work to do ... oh and they go by a Demerit system.,Meh,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20709,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Working backwards from the top customer,"Everywhere around you, brilliant people who are passionate about what they do. A firehose of accountability from day one. A great place to learn a lot in a very short time.","1.Be prepared to defend your position anywhere, anytime, by anyone. Everywhere around you, people who know they are brilliant are accustomed to always being right. Trust can be earned but you'll have to fight for it.  2. Lock your ipad in a drawer. Buy a Kindle Fire. Use it for 2 months and love it or hate it you will know what life is like on the inside. Maybe you're a good fit!  3. Total Compensation is a scam because the price of unvested stock is factored into your annual salary. If the stock price goes up consider that a raise (because your TOTAL compensation increased, get it?). Good luck trying to get a bank loan with those numbers.",Trade your iphone and ipad for a fire phone and kindle. Give up netflix and use amazon prime. Switch your kids from itunes music to prime music. Buy your groceries from amazon fresh. Get rid of your apple tv and buy a fire tv.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1292.htm
20710,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sort Facility,"Very fast pace, so work does not drag on. you seem to be in and out very shortly.",Management stands around and converses with each other.,"Join in on the process, not only will the process get finished faster, but you might learn the complete process and find problems that exist.",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20711,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Extensive experience in wide variety of areas Excellent team members to learn from,Extremely high work pressure No work life balance No clarity on role,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20712,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Alright, Better Then Other Jobs","Benefits, pay(it's above the minimum), levels of opportunities, casual work environment, easy and convenient access to computers and printers, people are usually friendly, paid time off, unpaid time off, vacation time, nice break rooms and bathrooms, the janitors do a great job cleaning the bathrooms and keeping it stocked(especially with female products).","Levels of opportunities are also limited, people (the warehouse practically hires every and anyone), pay doesn't move much after a while, it's easy to get fired in some areas, HR could be a hard to work with or get information from, short breaks and lunch, stow(stockers) and pick(order pickers) could be very hard departments to be in at times, around hazardous environments, my feet always hurt (of course, it's a warehouse), management can be full of drama and immaturity, there is noticeable favoritism, ultimately depending on your department, you could be drained of energy.","Fix favoritism, organization, more respect towards workers, add more reasonable accommodations to some departments like stow(needs more space and less hazards) and pick (rates to high)",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20713,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good starting point,Good place to start and learn the skills. Quality of work and ownership is good. You can take more and more responsibility if you want and will get rewarded for that.,There is no work life balance in most roles. Working on weekends is a norm. You will be expected to be available on weekends.,Management needs to recognize the importance of work life balance and stop encouraging rivalries within teams in the name of stack ranking.,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20714,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Order Picker,Stower,Theirs alot of friendly co-workers.. but have no time at all to speak with them in less your on a break...or lunch...,They only care about is rate and watch your time off task. Like a hawk... They hire managers fresh out of college with hardly any experience of understanding the actual work.. they just base every function on a fixed rate... they think your off task when you can't find room to stow or when your getting a cart or at the problem solvers.. all of those ruin your rate dramatically. . Basically you have to break bin equitably just to hit rate...there's too many cons to list... goes on and on.....,Work out new numbers on productivity VCP. It's impossible too achieve 1% you need to update your information lower the rate in the functions ..employees haven't received a production bonus in 6 months str8... and reward the people that hit 150% in a role not with a 1 dollar vendors voucher. .,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20715,amazon,"Daytona Beach, FL"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - At Home Customer Service Representative,at home csr,"hours, pay, convenience, training, simplicity","discount, lack of organization,my office smells like dog",keep up the good work...,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20716,amazon,"Brick, NJ"," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loss Prevention,"Fun to work at. Very fast paced place. Have Fun, Make History! It depends on your department! You have to get urself to the top, do not wait for someone else to do it for you. Get all the knowledge that you can get!","That company hires not experienced people, buildings security is a joke. Company not looking at experience, but how u can sell urself with questions asked, but yet wants u to have certificates & when u do have it u will be turned down. Hiring Manager has little experience but says final word. But at the end if u have experience u will be put on do not hire list with some stupid excuses.",In this stage and age consider people with security background they will lead you to the top!,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20717,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Stay away from this Company,they hire you without an interview.,"the abuse this company does, someone really needs to report them to the Labor Board. All the reviews are saying about the same things.. Worst company I ever worked for. They do not care for employees and quite frankly if they don't care for there employees what does that tell you... all they care about is money and the customers money. Sad world we live in today. i pray that the Lord deals with this Company....","Treat to people like humans. Give people a chance. If you can replace them easy, remember customers can replace you and order products with another company. May God deal with you how you have treated his people crulely.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20718,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a good company with lots of potential.,Its a good company with lots of potential.,But not every team is same.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20719,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager Lvl V,Not worth the effort,"You are rarely questioned in when using your vacation time, the pay is good, plus you get a bonus and company stock.","You will be told that you will work 4 day, 10 hour shifts. In 15 months of working there I had at best 4 day, 12 hour shifts. For 12 months I worked 5 and 6 day weeks at a minimum of 12 hours a day, sometimes 14. As a manager you are not told to, but it is an unspoken expectation to put in countless hours of overtime without any additional pay. Family life really suffers, and you will work all holidays, with the exception of Christmas Day.","Everyone understands a company must be profitable, but it should not come at the expense of its employees. Associates are underpaid, and managers are extremely overworked. You wouldn't have to throw money at managers to work there if you addressed the core reasons that Amazon has a 63% manager turnover rate.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1293.htm
20720,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Poor Management,Amazon is a big name and it looks great on your resume. I joke that the best part about working for Amazon is that it will help you get a better job when you inevitably leave in 2 years.,"Ok where do I begin...  Like most Amazonians, I was very excited to start working here. I loved the company as a consumer and wanted to see how cool it was to work here on the inside. For the first 6 months or so, it was awesome. I felt like I was really going to change the world.  After a few months, my manager left. This is pretty common since turnover happens all the time. I guess I should have been clued in a little bit when on my first day, I met with my new team of engineers (I was a dev manager) and one of them joked that I was his 5th manager in the past 2 years). It really is rare to see folks who have been at the company for more than 2 years. We were saying good bye to a team mate at least once/month but usually it was more like once/week or so.  After a few months, the upper level management on our team hired a new manager for me and a few others. He was a guy who immediately assumed he was smarter than everyone else (including the Amazon engineers and architects who had built the foundation systems that most of the entire company uses) and micromanaged the team enforcing mandatory work hours per week, control of all communication between managers and engineers, etc. Within 6 months, over 50% of the team was gone (including long tenured employees with 10 years at AMZN, etc.). And oh yeah, this new guy put people on PIPs as well.  But i don't put all of the blame on the new manager that came in. I do put the blame on his manager (the person who hired him) and our HRBP who were well aware of everything going but but did nothing to stop any of this. Of course team members tried to move teams but he blocked team transfers citing performance issues or anything else that he could make up. A few managed to get out though and they were widely congratulated.  For those of us that left to move on to better jobs (read the pros that I wrote about working for Amazon) where we all got 50-100% raises, etc. (even taking into consideration the massive stock price increase after we left), we all had a history of strong performance at amazon and the advice from other folks within amazon was to stick around for a bit because this guy obviously would not last but none of us felt that a year (or however long it would be before's driven out) of hell + poor reviews from this manager would be worth it for our careers.  Sure enough, he's not around anymore ...","Build a company culture that is more trusting of employees. Start a whistleblower program where employees can report bad management behavior (anonymously) for HR to investigate.  By far the #1 reason why people leave Amazon is because of their manager. It only takes 1 bad manager hire to make long tenured valuable employees leave.  Promotions are too politically motivated. Allow 3rd party objectivity to provide input.  And finally, y'all take the frugality thing a little too far. Let employees get a Mac if they want one (BYOM is kind of a joke). Get big 30"" monitors for all employees. Set up a real video conferencing system that is easy to use (no need to book special rooms in advance).  Bezos may say that this is not the company he recognizes but every company follows a bit of the character and personality of its founder and CEO. Don't let a culture that turns a blind eye to this kind of behavior ruin all of this hard work.",1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20721,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer Internship,"Lots of perks for Interns, the project quality was good. Mentor helped a lot in the project. Got the full time offer.","Employees are not treated very well with absolutely no free stuff in the office, long work hours.",none,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20722,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,The pay is great and its a lot of hard work,"Never any down time except on breaks, and repetitive movement for 10 hours",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20723,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A warehouse associate,"The pay is really good and the benefits are really what keep most of the people there. I appreciate the new time off structure: 40 hours paid time off, 40 hours unpaid time off, and 40 hours vacation time. You have to build up to these numbers of course but it's really convenient.",The work is extremely hard so be ready for that. Also it is extremely difficult to move up in the company so be prepared for the long haul if you go that route.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20724,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Picking,Review,Pay is ok company experience could be good,They don't work with people with background issue especially if it over 7- 20 years old,Help people with background issue every body needs A chance,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20725,amazon,"Bainbridge Island, WA"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Director,"Seems attractive, but not a good long-term employer","Big company, stock growth, changing the world","Do not care about people and demonstrate this through their policies, and business practices. just look at their comp model and you will see they take all upside away from their employees, but leave all the risk for when the stock tumbles.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20726,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,amazon warehouse worker,amazon has a great benefits and opportunities.,amazon does not give or add any increase in pay for any special talent or skills.,special talented skilled workers need a little pay increase.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20727,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Very excellent env to work in. Worked with some of intelligent ppl I ever had!,- Work-life balance is poor.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20728,amazon,"Buffalo, NY"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Engineering Intern,Intern Review,Work was good. Everything is done independently.,Mentor should have been helpful,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20729,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"It is very challenging environment, a lot of codes need to be implemented fast and deployed fast to meet customer needs. The whole company is very customer obsessed and always ready to respond to customers as highest priority. It is a great place where you can learn a lot in a short period of time. When you need helps, a lot of people, a lot of departments are willing to help you get things through. Most of the people are smart and super diligent. My manager probably only sleep for 4-5 hours and constantly working everywhere.","All condemnation to work life balance is wrong, because there is NO LIFE at all. After a 1.5 months of working 12 hours a day, 6 days a week to meet a hard deadline without payroll for extra hours, now the consolation is I can work at home on Sundays or on weekday nights till 11pm after I leave work at about 6. Although, my manager work even longer and my colleagues are similar.","It is great practice to be customer obsessed, but to treat your employee better would be really nice. I like this high pressure environment because I experienced worse and I learnt a lot. But even then sometimes I feel I was burned out which makes me make silly mistakes and write low quality code.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1294.htm
20730,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant to 4 Directors,"Great pay and benefits, meet a lot of very interesting people from around the world","Work life balance is non existent, because of the mantra of being customer obsessed, it causes everyone to become obsessed with everything and it takes over your life.","While I may not have seen everyone cry at their desk, the culture needs to change starting from the top down, give people a break and some breathing room. Always trying to one-up everyone else creates a culture of distrust and animosity.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20731,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,Easy to change teams and find something you are interested in working on,You'll never do the projects you want to do,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20732,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Learn a lot of stuff and good team environment,Work-life balance is relatively bad,Be more creative and effcient,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20733,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Internship (Social Ads Team),Few of the best people I have come across.,I don't think there were any!,Keep up the great work! And keep doing party.!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20734,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, if you like backstabbers","Good starting pay and overall compensation package, and the work really isn't that difficult. I started as a tier 1, and by the good graces of having a great facilities boss, I got pulled out of production and put into a facilities track where I was able to progress to Level 4 hourly.","Level 4 hourly is where it stalled. Despite never getting written up in almost 6 years, and despite leading the facilities team in my boss's absence for weeks on end, I was told I didn't have leadership skills to take the next step. That same day, I got suspended, then terminated for a category 1 safety infraction, while doing a job that wasn't mine to do, because no one else was doing it and it needed to be done. That on 2 hours of sleep after getting lambasted by the site leader for something else that wasn't my responsibility, but the responsibility of operations, loss prevention, and the custodial crew. Arrogance and lack of respect are common traits of upper management at Amazon, and especially at LAS2.","Get off your high horses. You put your pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us, and some of us have been doing it a lot longer than you have. A little respect goes a long way. Some of you give no respect whatsoever.",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20735,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its whatever,"The pay is pretty good, simple warehouse jobs.","Disorganization, long hours, short breaks, push your takt time down your throat.",Quit pushing our takt times down our throats and tell us to worry more about quality.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20736,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Fulfillment center in Robbinsville, NJ","It's a job. They have great benefits. It's not mentally hard to do, mostly a 4 day work week and they hire EVERYONE!","You have to stand and or walk for 10 hours a day. Breaks are short. They seem to have a lot of ""un-needed kids"" in charge who stand around and talk all day (ambassadors and PGs they call them). Useless I call them.","This is for the REAL management. You have cameras all over the building. If it's true you can see what's going on, then ""roll the tape"" and get rid of those groups of ""kids"" that are wasting your time and money.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20737,amazon,"Modesto, CA"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,amazon tracy,apply for management if you have a degree,they push you to the limit.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20738,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,experience,"Pay, smart people, nerds, learning opportunities","management, pressure, bad deadlines, mis behavior",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,none,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20739,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon At Home Flex CS Associate,Very flexible schedule with decent pay and benefits. Perfect position for someone who need stable income while pursuing other ventures. The hiring process was quick and easy to complete.,I don't have any cons for this position.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1295.htm
20740,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great,Great place to work get to wear what u want fast paced,Peak season during dec you have to work a lot of hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20741,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Leadership Intern,Intern,Great opportunity to stretch yourself into a challenging leadership role.,There is a learning curve to dealing with ambiguity.,clarify expectations better,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20742,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Group Human Resource Manager,outbound,It is not a bad job if you do not have any skills or education but if you do............ You can get paid the same or more and work a whole lot less.,horrible work life balance. you can get pigeon holed into one role and stay there indefinitely.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20743,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Web Sevices,V fast &furious: large scale technical challenges. ( which they say are yours as an owner BUT only when they break) bright team mates,"As they grow Amazon becomes increasingly more political & distant from its employees. There is less data driven decisions: more unreasoned, unexplained demands: more frupidity-(stupid frugality) where how you write it is more important than how or what you do. Unless you are offered a L7 role in a new site DONT TAKE IT!",Live to the principles you espouse:drop the forced distribution model of performance reviewsm: invest your managers and tools that will help them,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20744,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Coordinator,-Fair Compensation -Fast Pace -Lots of Resources to deliver results,-Work/Life Balance -Career Progression -Senior Management -Ambiguous Environment,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20745,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,Amazon Review,You meet some good people that work there.,Amazon has a bad turnover rate.,Managers should get to know their employees better and more involved with them. They should also try to help employees out more.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20746,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great pay. sucks if you want to better your position.,Good pay. good hours. good employees.,management doesn't care about potential injuries. management doesn't allow for ideas of improvment.,stop fraternizing with employees and not making them work.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20747,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Immediate management experience of up to 100 direct reports. Extremely fast-paced environment. Exposed to leadership opportunities early on in your career that you will not experience at other companies. Annual raises based on performance. Flexible vacation policy.,Hours and shifts. You will always have to work either Saturday or Sunday every week. Can be called into mandatory overtime at anytime for any consecutive amount of weeks. Black Friday to Christmas Eve you will have almost zero work-life balance due to peak season.,Provide more constructive feedback to managers.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20748,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Fulfillment Associate - Haslet, TX","The pay is decent for similar jobs in this area (11.75 for night shift). The insurance is great. You can dress however you want (within safety limits). Great diversity of coworkers, you get exposed to people outside your ""shell"". This is perhaps the best thing Amazon is doing well.","Very physically demanding job, and they'll make you work up to 55 hrs/week during the peak build-up. If you're used to working a desk job like me and you're not in top shape, this will be difficult. You have to stand the entire shift, save for a 30 min lunch and 2 15 minute breaks (but you have to walk a ways to get to the break room, which counts against your time). Some managers are great to work with and some are blah, and the whole management process is somewhat confusing. By that I mean I have to talk to different managers for different inquiries. Parking lot is starting to look like a mall a few days before Christmas, so I keep having to arrive earlier each day.","Levels of management need to communicate with each other better, I'm tired of getting the run around from different managers when I should only go to one or two sources for all my needs. Extend break times or lunch time, our bodies need more rest.",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20749,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Not the best,Living in Seattle and having access to the beautiful surroundings was a real plus. Also having access to books and pots and pans as a benefit was a real joy.,Working for a tech titan is a wonderful experience but the benefits and culture were not up to par. Mr. Bezos is a genius but I don't think I could ever work for him again.,"Don't stop your employees from taking daytime hikes or requesting to go to Pike's Place Market because you think they come back smelling ""fishy"". It's not nice to call someone fishy.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1296.htm
20750,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Support Services,Tier 3,"Decent pay, supportive upper management","Long hours, no normal shifts",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20751,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Great company to work for at entry level.,Very tech orientated company and strict performance reviews.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20752,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,part time fullfillment associate,fast paced. shifts fly by.,On your feet for nearly entire shift.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20753,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Super smart people and inspirational place to work,"Entrepreneur attitude, work with super smart people, revolutionizing retail/publishing/delivery experience, customer obsession, unthreatened by change","can be demanding at times, some groups may be political",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20754,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Fun place to work,Stretches and grows you in ways you didn't know you could grow. High stakes problems and fantastic place to learn.,"Lack of transparency for organizational planning. Promotion and performance reviews are fair but opaque, which stifles the ability for people to learn what they need to do to make the leap.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20755,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager Amazon,great starting salary for out of college students. 3 days off per week,peak is going to be tough,n/a,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20756,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,For software engineers it is exactly as bad as New York Times article says it is,After working in amazon you will appreciate any other company. You'll work on interesting problems. Your solutions will make a difference for customers.,"Any bad rumor that you have heard about abusive workplace, no work life balance, zero perks is ABSOLUTELY correct. If you have not read the New York times article please READ it now before joining amazon. You'll thank me later. If have any other offer or prospective offer, reject Amazon's offer. You'll thank me later even if the other job pays much less. There's no work life balance at amazon whatsoever. You will be FORCED to work after hours and over many weekends. You'll have to sacrifice your family and your social life. Of course, there's no explicit request for this but mangers implicitly whipping their yearly review process along with their unrealistic deadlines will leave you no other choice. Most of the mangers are not engineers and usually have business and project management background and have little to no interest or in depth understanding of software development process. They ONLY care about how they look in front of the higher ranking mangers and how large their annual bonuses are. If something goes wrong it's your fault as an engineer but if everything goes well your managers will pat themselves on the back and you won't hear a simple sincere ""thank you"". As for perks, No free food. No free snack. no free parking. no hotel discounts. No any kinds of discounts. You have to even pay for Amazon prime membership. literally zero perks. It's extremely cheap company with little respect or care for employees. The only thing you get for free is office coffee and that's the end of it. Be very cautious as recruiters and current employees can be deceitful. They are thought to reply with memorized "" talking points"" to attract potential candidates and to twist the facts. All in all, I regret pouring my life and energy into Amazon and highly discourage you from making that same mistake.",Software engineers are your internal customers who are keeping the company successful. Don't look at them as disposable commodities. Don't be abusive of your employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20757,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,The Amazon-ian way,Great learning experience. I learned a lot while working there.,"Non nurturing work environment. You were basically left on your own. My ""mentor"" did nothing of the sort.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20758,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dock,"Good competitive pay, good benefits starting day one.",the hours are long and very tiring,Keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20759,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Varied technologies and subcultures,"Tremendous scope for going in different professional directions in different domains, with different technologies, etc. Very different work environments/cultures in different parts of the company. Reports of slave-driving behavior generally exaggerated. No sense of robotic corporate kool-aid that all must drink. Competitive compensation, pleasant location, looks good on resume, etc.","Level of intensity and creative chaos in some groups may be overwhelming for some. Preponderance of young, ambitious, hyper-focused, look-alike engineers. Demanding, not always family-friendly. Rather Darwinian approach to performance management.","Be more laid back. Concentrate on maintaining an orderly, reasonably predictable work schedule and a rewarding environment with opportunities for all to grow in their own ways. Reduce stress levels. Hire more diverse people (ages, backgrounds, styles).",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1297.htm
20760,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,Most days I would classify as great days. The people I work with are fun and the work is always changing if you like that sort of thing.,Not bad overall. The Lack of leadership can be frustrating however. As well as The seasons really affect the work load so you can't expect to work full time year round without being in management.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20761,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Double-edged sword,"- Amazing drive to innovate - Fast paced and always interesting - Seemingly unlimited resources for process improvement projects - Some of the best, most qualified people I've ever worked with. - Compensation is exceptional.","- Very long hours in a no-office environment mean 10-12 hours per day all on your feet. No sitting. - Expectation is everyone is constantly trying new things, throwing as much as possible against the wall to see if any of it sticks. This leads to a lot of wasted effort and duplication of effort to achieve limited gains. - Company is set up to eliminate 10% of it's workforce each year, regardless of performance, on the chance it can bring in personnel better than the ones they have. Turnover is costly and chaotic. It also breeds uncertainty in the hourly personnel due to the constant rotation of leadership. - Compensation is structured to keep people around 3-4 years. Many still chose to walk away due to the extreme nature of the company and work environment.",Don't buy. Rent.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20762,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 8, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Associate,amazon associate,good people to work with,to fast and to inpateint,slow down take it easy please,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20763,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment center associate,Never bored. Always something to do. Opportunities to leave early.,Lack of attention to the small details. Management overlooked many great investments in associates and did not try to promote from with in.,Spend more time with employees. They might be something you want on your team.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20764,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Favortism runs rampant!!!,Decent pay..set schedule..good benefits culturally diverse,"Managers play favorites they pick on the people they dont like..They expect you to perform like robots and be silent in doing so. A number of their policies are ridiculous and impossible to achieve and still meet the quality expectations. The majority of management have absolutely no idea of how the processes truly work or will be able to meet thier own expectations themselves. There is no communication between shifts..everyday something different is said about the same topic, in otherwords no one is on the same page.","Treat everyone equally, stop targeting people and stop relying on the word of your PA's there are to many that just have an axe to grind or are on some kind of power trip. Treat people fairly and stop putting unobtainable policies in place. Learn better communication skills every manager will tell you something different...lets try aome consistentcy.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20765,amazon,"Bow, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,"Performance based company, or not?",Full benefits and a large assortment of packages to choose from. Stock options - only two-year vesting period.,"Amazon claims to be a ""performance based company"", however, when a cross-trained employee of eight departments w/ 57 individual certifications, employee of the month seven times, and employee of the year two of the five years employed is unable to secure a promotion... one questions said mantra. Long story short, they poach external hires from Verizon and Google, offer them a huge hiring bonus and pay them less than you're receiving. 2-3 year turnover. Try not to be offended when you receive a three cent ($.03) raise on a 40k+ salary with an attached email making much ado about nothing.","Embrace the ""tenets"" you claim to stand behind or do away with them and pat yourself on the back for finally making a profit for the first time in 12 years. Twenty-five cents was it?",4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20766,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Salaried Manager,Salaried Manager,"Pay is good, network contacts that work in regular fullfillment centers tell me it's a ton of work, and that work/life balance suffers, but that generally they are happy.","Avoid the Amazon Sort Centers! Punitive, negative and backstabbing. Too much FedEx influence - where you attack the person, not the process and promote a toxic environment. Over 100% turnover of salaried managers in two years indicate that no matter how much Amazon pays, people aren't going to put up with it.","Return to Amazon's core principles, assume positive intent and help remove barriers rather than assemble new ones to make things even worse.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20767,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Great benefits, possible upward mobility, college program, excellent coworkers helpful staff, work hours are great, four ten hour shifts, three days off.",Non I can think of,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20768,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Many projects and opportunities within Amazon. You get a chance to work with some of the best talents in software industry,You get used to fast paced life and it becomes really hard to adjust to the laid back boring culture of other software companies if you happen to switch.,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20769,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Sr. Product Manager,"fast-paced, challenging environment with the opportunity to rotate roles","de-centralized,, poor processes, poor work life balance which varies by team",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1298.htm
20770,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Life Balance,Smartest people you will work with. Learn a lot in short amount of time. Will get challenged everyday coming into work.,Work/life balance is non existent Every tool is Amazon internal built On call rotation is ajoke,Work/life balance needs to be improved. you are a big company and not a startup so please tart behaving like,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20771,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Nov 7, 2015",Former Employee - Order Fulfillment,Amazon.com Seasonal Order Fulfillment,Provided me a good seasonal opportunity between jobs. The facility was close to my home. Good group of people I worked with.,"Order fulfillment work hard on feet, back. If you're looking for full time work with benefits you better be patient working toard it with temp agency.",Try to figure out a floor material for your facilities that could minimize foot and back pain for fulfillment associates.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20772,amazon,"Ringgold, GA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Dock Worker,Amazon Fulfillment,Loved the people and time flew by. Enjoyed working on the dock and learned valuable job skills,High end management seems to think of people as just a number.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20773,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,I love working here and lots of inventions happen here,Nothing big to complaint at Amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20774,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Brace yourself!!!,"Amazon is doing lot's of cool stuff...but lots of boring stuff too. There are really well run teams...and very badly run teams. The experience for software managers and engineers is all over the board, from really run low operational load teams to teams where people burn out after a year. - Amazon is built, quite deliberately, to be Darwinian. You can generally expect that anyone who's been here for more than 2 years is competent and motivated or they wouldn't have survived. You can count on them as long as your priorities are aligned. There aren't many slackers here, and they don't survive long. - We work on so much stuff that there's always an opportunity to find amazing cool stuff to work on (note that it's an 'opportunity', one that you have to pursue) - A chance to make a huge difference - A place where you can learn a lot about all kinds of things, both technical and about yourself.","""Work-life balance"" means different things to different people, so I'm not going to say it's bad here per se. That said, long hours are the norm at all levels across the company, and usually that's required and expected just to keep up. Expect 60 hours as your baseline year round and 70 or more during Q4. You should expect that your time and mental energy for kids, hobbies, etc. will be extremely limited. Plan accordingly. Whether this is a negative will depend largely on the individual, just ensure you know where you stand on this before you sign an offer letter. That Amazon is a massive company with tons of smart people at all levels can actually be a huge negative. You might be a solid individual contributor, but so is absolutely everyone else - and you're all fighting for the same attention. It can be very hard to stand out, and you have to ensure your manager and your manager's manager know what value you bring at all times or you're toast. (You may still be toast regardless.) That means politics, backstabbing, and stack ranking do occur, despite some claims to the contrary. People definitely look out for themselves and themselves alone here, it's not a collaborative environment. It's also very easy to get the sense that you are a highly expendable cog even if your contributions bring significant value to the company. Plan to fight for yourself hard here, and be prepared to not get much acknowledgment or praise. Even if you do prove yourself well, know that advancement opportunities are limited. Most transfers in my observation were lateral, with big new hires being external. I've heard that the strategy of many people is to do a few intense years of lateral moves which can then be leveraged into a higher position at another company. Compensation is a mixed bag. Salaries are just average, but you get a huge signing bonus and stock which vests in strange increments over four years. Since the average employee lasts less than two years, you will not see most of that stock and you may need to repay some of that signing bonus (usually awarded over two years) if you leave or are pushed out. Raises are very, very small each year - your salary will not substantially increase even with a good review. Most people work startup hours, so their effective pay rate is pretty low. Additionally, the company espouses frugality as a core value. While this can be a positive, it also means they're downright cheap on some things, including hardware. Employee perks are pretty much nonexistent, and that's compared to most big companies and not just the Googles of the world. Benefits like health insurance and 401k match are mediocre at best. No free Prime accounts. No paid parental leave, moms get disability and dads get zip. (As in zero. None.) I did mention earlier that this isn't the most kid-friendly company to work for.",Stack ranking is a horrible practice since it's rife with favoritism. It's also not Amazonian in that it's not data based (arbitrarily designating a certain percentage of employees that must be put on performance management isn't a data driven criterion) and it's not frugal (effectively forcing an individual out of the company in one division who would make the grade in another is either retaining someone who doesn't…,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20775,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Stowe/Warehouse,Work here at your risk you have been warned,The pay is every Friday. That's about it.,There is so many problems to begin with where can I start for one the breaks are too short they are only 15 minutes for a break it takes at least 10 minutes to walk to the break room by the time you arrive you only got 5 minutes left because the facility is so large. So alot of the times I ended up working through my break . Working conditions are abysmal I mean horrible your literally over worked.,There needs to be an hour lunch break air-condition better working conditions.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20776,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Financial,Financial Analyst,"Expanding and growing extremely fast, a lot to do and a lot to learn.",Long hours and heavy workload,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20777,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Design Manager,Amazing and tiring all at once,You can do almost anything and build any effective idea. Not heavy on politics. Some very smart people here and they work to ship fast.,Often strangely organized. Easy to drown in work without clear boundaries. Some really crappy managers and directors that are good at surviving vs nurturing growth.,Be very careful about who your senior leaders are. It has a huge impact. Ensure clear lines of accountability in org chains vs dotted lines and divided divisions serving multiple vps etc.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20778,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2015","Current Employee - Manager, Program Management",Unrealistically demanding.,"Good exposure, big opportunities. Learned to refine business planning logic, write white-papers, and enhanced my understanding and application of ""data driven decisions"".","Unrealistically demanding, level and pay does not escalate in correlation with demands. Environment of negative and critical feedback at all times - in most cases to the detriment of team and individual morale. A culture of never being satisfied or appreciated, regardless of your competency or level of contribution.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20779,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Not all that great,"Free Popcorn and water, that's about it. Since it's a 20 word minimum I hope I hit it. Seriously, that bad.","It is a call center. Some people may have your back, but you are thrown into it","Pay them more, that would be awesome.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1299.htm
20780,amazon,"Harrisburg, PA"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Entry Level - Sr. HR Assistant,Amazon was a large company that was able to offer decent health benefits and competitive pay. That is essentially all the positive I have to say about the company.,"Amazon is super inflexible when it comes to shifts or changing shifts. The company is very larger and employees are treated rather impersonally and as a number when it comes to anything HR related. The HR manager took little interest in me and I saw them less than once every two weeks. I never received performance feedback or coaching in regards to my job functions. I was given two weeks of training then moved to nightshift where I was alone without any team of management support. Overall, it was a negative experience.","Ensure that new employees are onboarded properly and have the training required to be successful in their position. Also, provide feedback on performance.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20781,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Fullfilment Associate,"Wonderful atmosphere, but fast paced.",The management have really good attitude and it speads to the workers.  The work is fast paced.  You get crossed trained in many different areas and the managment tries and keeps you where you enjoy the most.  The bonuses and benefits are very good.,"There are very scrict safety rules and the work is fast paced.  Many emplyees complain, because of the ssfety rules and that Amazon works them to hard.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20782,amazon,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Sorts center pittsburgh,"Flexible time off, and you can email HR . Also they give away great gifts.",Work hard and lack of management involved tasks they promote worker who have no people skills.,Appicate those who hustle for you. Have more events wen product is not high.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20783,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Former Prep Leader,TAKE ,"You made it through ""Peak Season"" now you've earned a great incentive! After around the first month of the year, ""The Offer"" will be made to you. One peak season and you've earned about $2,000! Go for it!! It's there awaiting for you just to sign for it.","On that $2,000, you'll be taxed $500! Also, When you expect that The Offer, that's it you know have become trash to them, So do not ask for a good reference becsue in the eyes of the Amazon you now become the bad person because you chose the offer. But you cant go back to Amazon ever. Great and Talented leadership style former employee cant even apply no more. The Offer SUKS bigtime. Watch Amazom formers do much better elsewhere. for more money and a balanced wife-life (KUDOS to everyone who have helped me build this rating)","Finally, the leadership is waking up to REAL Amazon. There are much better jobs out there. Only the disadvantaged stay behind leaving the better opportunities for the leaders who work smart and not harder. Family life and work life MUST mesh together or you will have extraordinary awesome employees leave such as myself and a few other extraordinaires that left Amazon FC (SAT1). Too bad. It's not about the money y'all, it's the attitude --- Remember that. Treat your folks like the way you want to be treated. And watch y'all s labor hours go down. Watch the sleepy heads in the ""each receive area"", Some AMs love to take a snooze in the laptop cart. LaLaLalaaa Laaa LLLLaaaa Baba... sleeping away until I wask home and he smiles.LOL.  (HR) Ditch them all and hire all new personnel. One of then olddies got me terminated because the young lady the know she completely lied to me about my time. and that happens a lot here because HR reps don't fully understand",5.0,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20784,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good internship experience,"Challenging project, Flat management style",Seattle downtown is expensive. No free snacks,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20785,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to learn,"You'll work with a lot of smart people that you can learn from. Lots of great tools at your disposal. And you'll likely work on something at a massive scale, which is an interesting challenge.","Your experience will vary greatly from team to team. On call can become very inconvenient, though on-call also varies greatly from team to team. Management tends to prefer new features to polishing existing products (though that's common to many companies), and tech debt can pile up quickly.",Focus on good architecture and keeping technical debt in check from the beginning.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20786,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Too much Ops with too little training,Dynamic work environment with,Too much operational work. It was overwhelming and frustrating to see how much one had to rely on manual processes when some tool development could have saved everyone a lot.,"Focus on tool development. Focus on structured training for ops. If the average developers spend more than 50% of their time outside of an IDE, then something is not right.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20787,amazon,"Newtown, PA"," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Ideas/Process improvement can be initiated at the ground level. Free coffee.,"Long hours, high stress, no work life balance. Mangers not involved in staff hires/terminations through in house staffing agency. As a new manager your success is highly dependent upon the manager you are partnered up with during training who may or may not be interested in your success.","Structured training program for new managers. A majority of the ""ambiguity"" is brought on by lack of training or information provided. Promote/transfer from within when launching new sites. Eliminate POTO if the information gathered isn't going to be used for process improvement. Do not accept high manager turnover as part of the norm. Investigate and improve.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20788,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,"high pay, always something to do, and employees are friendly","standing all the time, hard to find parking sometimes",They are fair to all employees,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20789,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,clear job definition and responsibility. Nice team to work without any issue. Recommend to work for amazon if any chances. Good pay and good benefit.,too many re-org occurred in the middle without notification or further notice. Too many projects own in one person and expect employee to have multi-skills for all.,need to listen engineers what they think and how to distribute management thought down to bottom. it needs to have more communication channel.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1300.htm
20790,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Great learning experience. You learn multiple programming languages even you are a fresh graduate. You get lots of opportunities to learn from the senior guys.,Too much work. Sometimes it's just too much work to be done not within a reasonable time especially you have projects due.,Talk to TPM instead of your manager since most of the time they are more helpful. Some PM are really stupid that they want everything.,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20791,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Manager, Vendor Management",There is so much going on at Amazon that you can feel the buzz as you go around the campus. Your colleagues are smart and driven. Moving around the company is encouraged and you get new experiences. It is the closest thing to a meritocracy that I have ever been a part of although that seems to be changing slightly as the company gets bigger. It's cool to be a part of a company that is so often spoken about in the news. When you tell people that you work for Amazon they usually tell you how much they love PRIME and about their most recent shopping experience.,"For the average employee, the work is quite ""operational."" The strategy is set, at least for retail, and everyone focuses on adding selection, keeping prices sharp, and improving the overall customer experience (content, quick shipping, site navigation, etc.). Many of these projects are very cool but you are focused on execution.",Don't be so quick to make sure everyone rotates every two years. There seems to be a lot of loss of institutional knowledge by moving people out of their roles so frequently. I'm not saying that someone should sit in the same job for 20 years but don't force a change after two.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20792,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start your career,"Smart people, plenty of opportunities to deal with ambiguity","Long hours, really bad documentation",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20793,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Network Manager,Network manager,Excellent culture and community to learn from,Work life balance is a challenge,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20794,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software developer,good learning opportunity and career growth.,not much to say hear.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20795,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Product Manager,"Ownership, really smart people, interesting and fast paced work, opportunities to make big impact, relatively flat organization structure which is less bureaucratic","work life balance, operational churn, opportunities for growth may vary significantly across different groups within Amazon, no cash bonus, average benefits",Invest in coaching and mentoring people. Strong individual contributors are not always good managers.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20796,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Opportunity to hire, train, and lead large teams. Stock price is increasing so the stock options are great if you stay. Opportunities for promotion. Opportunities to improve the process.","Very high turn over in management and associates. High stress, high pressure to constantly change the process. Team did not have a strategic view of process change and rushed into changes with poor communication and coordination. Need a process map and need to develop strategic objective/future state instead of rushing forward with changes. Process changes are poorly communicated to leadership and associates on different shifts causing frustration and inconsistent process execution and expectations. Excess use of ""reply to all"" on emails of little or no operational significance.","More training for Sr. site leadership in Lean Process and process change management. Think strategically. Make the Amazon value of ""persuasive not political"" a reality.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20797,amazon,"Tacoma, WA"," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,VCC Customer Service Associate,Working in the comfort of your own home is great!,"If you're 5 minutes late, and that happens more than once, you will be put on a warning, and you will not get hired on, possibly be let go.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20798,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,be more employee centric,fast pace collaborative environment. customer centric.,"not sure I was given direct feedback about performance when I worked there. some told me I was strong, however, when the rubber hit the road. company did not show me the return.",be more employee centric... that leads to good things for customers because employees have a great effect on the customer.,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20799,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,eeeeehhhhhh,You get paid more than minimum wage in the area. They job can be pretty easy if you stay on task. Amazon is hiring everyday so you meet new people everyday. many different job task opportuities.,"Company is all over the place with what they want. If you want to move UP in the company, kissing up yo managers will do you way better than just hard work. They demand hard work with little incentive and there is a lot of shadiness that goes on in the company.",I would only suggest working here if you need a job now and don't want to make 8.00 an hour. I wouldn't look forward to making this job a career so get in while you look for better job opportunities.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1301.htm
20800,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good opportunity,"Just got accepted here, nice benefits and pay scale. The train you to operate machinery, which is a major plus.",Kinda strict with rules but it's understandable given the nature of this business. There seems to be some issues with stealing merchandise and lunches,Not much advice i can give as i haven't started yet. I just hope they care as much about employees as they do about customers.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20801,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon worker,"Good Benefits, great developmental programs, good atmosphere.","Managers always changing, pay could be better.",Great development opportunities.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20802,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources Intern,Give you lots of hands- on experience,Might be in a warehouse,Foster employee engagement,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20803,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Reporting Analyst,Really poor pay,"Fun environment, lots of autonomy. I had a lot of opportunities given to me in which I could have succeeded. Dogs allowed in the office was an exceptional thing as well.",Impossible to get through the HR filter without a Bachelor's. You have to bypass HR via social engineering in this case.,"15-20 years of experience are far more valuable in real life, but this is summarily ignored. You're missing good talent with this meaningless filter.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20804,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at amazon,"good exposure, lots of money, great place , good food","Lots of work, always working env,",None,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20805,amazon,"Gaston, SC"," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Maintenance Technician/Facilities Technician II,Facilities Tech.ll,"They have very good benefits, 401K, Stocks, vacation, personal time off, unpaid personal time off, Insurance. Employees were good to work with.","Never stood Never Followed or upheld standard of work ethics! Insist on the highest standards, Deliver results, Invent and simplify, Frugality, HAVE BACKBONE,DISAGREE AND COMMIT!!!!",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20806,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Tough environment,Room for advancement if available to relocate. For the most part the culture allows open feedback for processes resulting in functional improvement,"Distribution side is a difficult, non-stop environment with little time to get away from the operation.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20807,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Great place to work,Lots and lots of work which is good thing for a new employee. You learn a lot here.,Lots and lots of work which may disturb your work life balance. But this totally depends on person to person.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20808,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Challenging, but fun",Hard problems to solve Lots of space to make decisions Very customer focused,A lot of attrition Can be very political Growing too fast to truly maintain the culture,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20809,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,High Pay and great peers,"Long Hours, overwhelming amount of tasks",Less metrics to keep track of would be nice,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1302.htm
20810,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,High Pay and great peers,"Long Hours, overwhelming amount of tasks",Less metrics to keep track of would be nice,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20811,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just starting and already enjoy it,Fast paced and fun to work with my team. Everyone is helpful and willing to teach you how to be efficient.,Wish management was more helpful. There are good teams and bad teams. They should be helping the other teams be more efficient.,Give us a heads up when an opportunity comes up so we all have a chance. And to avoid flex time retrain slower people.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20812,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great place to work. But have to have flexibility to work any shift.,If you have a family this place is not an environment for you since the schedule can be crazy. It's not the regular everyday schedule.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20813,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not feeling good,"Big company. brilliant people there, can learn a lot of stuff. Changing pretty quickly, Advanced technology, open source. keep in pace.","bad work-life balance, no bonus. too much pressure, being pushed a lot. organized bad. Team changes quickly.","should be more humanized, less pressure, push less.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20814,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the worst place,Mindless work where you can zone out most of the day without getting in any trouble. Pays much higher than the minimum wage.,"Mindless work, where eventually you'll want to quit unless you're promoted to a better position. A lot of the people you work with will be total idiots.",Give a wider variety of work to employees who have been there for a longer time. Have consistent expectations for all employees.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20815,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,former employee,Working at amazon is fairly easy. The interview process is easy and the pay is decent. After a couple years you get stocks.,Lots of walking. The rates constantly change. You can get written up for using pt. No paid maternity leave even after being with the company for 2 years.,Stop changing rate,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20816,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,"They will hire just about anyone, pay for schooling after a year. Decent insurance and benefits",Work you hard and pay is slightly below average for the area,Treat people better and they will stay,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20817,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Order Picker,Its great if you need a job,Good pay for having no exiperence.,You get treated youre a cog in the machine.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20818,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,operations,good company and good work environment,no cons I can not think of one,no advice,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20819,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2015",Former Employee - Web Developer,Would not work here again,- You'll be working with smart people - You'll have tons of responsibility - Work is interesting,- Ancient code bases - You'll have tons of responsibility - Not a good place if you can't handle stress - There was never any downtime,Most of my problems with the place seemed to stem from unending pressure from upper management types. Do your best to protect your teams from this and they'll love you for it.,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1303.htm
20820,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,>A random title here<,"The people that work here are often extremely dedicated and smart, and are content with less while doing more. Some of those people are pretty good role models and in general everyone is pretty helpful and kind.","The work life balance depends on the team you are working on. I have seen people that work all of their weekends and I have seen people that barely work their hours. Also in general the company does not invest into their employees much, this is the amazon's frugality at play. You get the bare minimum to get your work done and nothing more unless you have a very good reason to need it, so don't expect much love in that aspect.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20821,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Strategic Account Manager,Strategic Account Manager,"Smart people, opportunity to access upper management, challenging projects",20 hour work days is not only the norm but expected and Account Management managers often are out of the office on vacation or completely unaccessible when in the office,Listen to your AM's,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20822,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Part-time, decent pay, easy to get time off","Too many cooks, poor communication, not everyone works as hard as the other","Pay attention to who is trying. Don't focus so much on your ""numbers"" every shift. People really do try.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20823,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Where builders come to build,"If you get on a good team, you get to own a lot and use your ideas to build products. Assuming your ideas are shared, of course","Fewer food perks, but lots of freedom as a software engineer",Be more transparent about promotion and pay,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20824,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Washington,None,"Quality of work, smart people, customer focus","lot of work, speed, frequent reorg",None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20825,amazon,"Trexlertown, PA"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations manager,"name recognition, fair compensation, invent and grow","work and life balance, shift schedule",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20826,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Control Inspector,Quality control,"Benefits are good , people fine,",Was no conducive to growth. I could not move into the department I should have been in the first place. The Electronics department . I hold a degree in Electronic Engineering Technology. And they interviewed people who just started school but would not interview me for anything. I have 17 years experience. I felt like I was not wanted. Just for what and were they wanted me for. And being called stupid on the floor in front of every one didn't help either.,Place people were they can do their best. Not just were the company needs someone. You took my talents and didn't use them . You didn't leave me with a good impression of the management of this company.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20827,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,"*Very competitive total compensation *for most AMs, 3 days off per week *Amazon years are like dog years in gaining industry experience *Huge growth creates many opportunities if willing to move *Encouraged to find solutions to processes whenever you see fit - it is not difficult to create changes that save the company $$ and talk about in future interviews.","A lot of the reviews here are people who are just mad at life. There are definitely cons to the job and I will describe them below, but if your review has 5 words under Pros and 5000 words under Cons, then quit your job. Stop being so negative. Overall this job is what you make of it.  *Work life balance can be tough, depending on site/department/shift/peak. For the average AM for 9 months of the year, you will work four 12-hour shifts and have 3 days off. During peak you will work between 60-80 hours for 2 months. A shift is either Sunday-Wednesday or Wednesday-Saturday, so you will work 1 weekend day but still have a good amount of time off most weeks. Once in a while you may come in for OT or have to work from home to catch up on projects.  *It can be high stress. There is change every day. If you take 2 weeks off and come back, the FC may be completely different. It is a constant challenge keeping up with all of the continuous improvement projects, delivering weekly feedback to your associates, hitting goal numbers, engaging your team and earning their trust, and delivering any last second projects given by Sr. Leadership simultaneously.  *HR can sometimes be a drain, depending on the HR rep. I have had some that take associates' words over your own, and would not do anything when an associate flat out said ""no"" to me. There are also very good HR reps that will support you like they should. Get to know them well that way they are good teammates to have in case of HR complaints. (every AM gets them from time to time). One of my Ops has told me that HR has a greater hold on whether a manager promotes than in any other company he has been in in his 20 year career. HR can make or break you in Amazon fulfillment. Be friends with them and if issues come up, work with them on fixing it right away.  *Sr Leadership and your manager will also make or break your job experience. If you have a really bad manager, your job will likely suck. If you have a fantastic people manager, you may love your job. I've had 3 different Ops managers in the past 2 years and I liked all 3. I have probably been yelled at once in my two years here, but I have seen some AMs who were not performing get some strong words from Sr. Ops every few weeks. It just all depends if you can deliver or not.  *Force-ranking: AMs are indeed force-ranked, so if you are in the bottom group for level 4s or 5s you will be noted as ""Development Needed"" and you may or may not survive. In my 2 years here I have seen a few AMs get managed out, a few more quit, and many transfer to different sites. The majority of attrition at my site is simply transferring to different opportunities within Amazon.  Overall, I love my job and plan to stay here a while. I enjoy coming to work and look at new ways to improve processes. I am happy with the compensation, and even though there is a lot of stress and sometimes a lot of hours, it is well worth it to me. I hope this review helps you see through some of the negative nancy reviews who would probably say the same thing about every job in their lives, and instead give you a real perspective of what to expect from the role.",Put more trust in AMs and focus on supporting them so that they can perform and make you look good.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,61,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20828,amazon,"Houston, TX"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Texas,I really enjoy working for Amazon!,Great coworkers Good benefits Friendly atmosphere Incentive programs Fast paced environment Room for advancement,"Short breaks Management is shaky Communication between management is not good Too many system errors Communication!! Some buildings seem to be taken better care of, it's a sense of competition rather than a nationwide community","Before you finish a meeting with management please make sure everyone is on the same page before telling employees stuff. Don't forget to tell us things. Make sure everyone gets the same information despite the different schedules. There is a difference between being comfortable with your employees and being rude and unprofessional. Don't be disrespectful and if someone is offended by your comments, take it to heart and change your behavior.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20829,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not the worst place, but definitely not the best","There are some legitimately smart people here, so you can definitely learn a lot if you're willing to.","Plenty of lazy or inexperienced developers, managers who cannot properly manage deadlines, and higher ups making poor product decisions.","Take some time to listen to your developers and appreciate them more, or they will continue to jump ship.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1304.htm
20830,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Enough,Seattle is a great place to live. You get to work with really smart people. Some of the automation improvements being made in retail are cutting edge.,Work/life balance is a choice: you either work all the time with no social life or you indulge in a social life and feel like you're falling behind. We spend too much time explaining the past that we don't have enough time to fix things for the future.,"Remember that your employees are people, not just robots with a sole purpose of you hitting your metrics.",4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20831,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate/Trainer/Supervisor,Warehouse Supervisor,Great benefits packages and compensation opportunities,"Long and tendious hours , organization in parking lot is not up to standards.",Come up with a way to accomdate people better on a everyday bases.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20832,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Friendly environment to work, very few restrictions and transportation provided by the company.",Timings of the shifts are irregular and so are the weekly offs.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20833,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Culture depends on Site Leadership,"Great company to say you work for! Being from 2 different businesses within Amazon, I have seen 2 totally different companies. The larger fulfillment centers have great cultures and are fun to be a part of.",Be careful about who your direct manager is... He/She can dictate your career trajectory and can stunt your career enormously if you have a personality conflict.,Get on the same page with leadership principles. Every manager has their own opinion on some of the principles and their manager allows them to do as they wish with that opinion.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20834,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good environment,"good environments, fast move company. you have relative small groups to finish the task. the leadership principals are benefits","on call , may have to tap in different area in short time . challenging but also beneficial for oneself",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20835,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at Amazon as Brand Ambassador,"Extremely fun job. You get a chance to be creative and promote a product, Amazon Student. You get experience managing inventory, social media accounts, and present and pitch Amazon to large crowds of people. Overall great experience!",NONE I enjoy working for the company and would love to move up in the corporation.,NONE and to keep doing your job they provide bonuses and tons of positive feedback.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20836,amazon,"Windsor, CT"," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Try Amazon,"They do what they say-Work hard and try your best then they will reward you and back you up if you need almost anything done. After being hired, Amazon gives everyone a chance to grow, be better and become your best because they believe everyone can improve. Amazon wants the best and those willing to work hard. Do your best at Amazon then they will help you grow your career.","The punching in and out. As of now, but will become stable, things are a little unclear.",Give those who start first get the chance to be trained and perform/work on what they were trained on. Stop giving those who came later the training and the position after those who were there first.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20837,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Company Rating Information,Work with smart people Competing and cutting edge work fast development process,"Better Employee Benefits like Sabatical, National Holidays",More transparency and visibility,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20838,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Team work. Pay is good. Great benefits,communicate is not great all the time,Mentor associates,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20839,amazon,"South Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,Working as ML scientist,A strong data driven culture. The company encourages a strong bias for action. It rewards acheivement and impact across company.,Discourages work-life balance. Doesn't see to care about people leaving. The working style seems chaotic and many employees seem burnt out. Has a very hierarchical work environment.,Pay attention to your employess. Try to create a happy and fun work environment.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1305.htm
20840,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,We require more minerals,"Hot area, with amazing growth. You will do things at scales you did not think were possible.","Depending on the team: toxic workplace, constant pressure, always playing catch-up","Treat people like people not like drones and you will probably get a much engaged, better output.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20841,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,SDE 3,a lot of time to make a decision,"too much meetings, really slow in turning around and making crucial decisions",ev,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20842,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,supply chain,"good pay decent environment, overall decent entry/first job","long hours , management will get on you for not completing tasks",do not multi manage employees and direct more opportunities forward each,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20843,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Very energetic environment, smart coworkers, constant drive to success and push harder. Can be a very fun place to work.","Best description I've heard - where overachievers go to feel bad about themselves, widely varying cultures between FCs",Work on manager retention and continue to focus on work/life balance issues. Differences between FC cultures are well-known and a discouragement to moving around. Work to create the same environment and standards among all FCs.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20844,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,great place to work nd benefit yourself,none at all just perfect,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20845,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great Company,"Great learning opportunity, dynamic working environment, cooperative staff, fun environment","Every team is different. I would suggest, experience it urself. I didn't find any cons",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20846,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,"Terrible,soulless company, bent on replacing everyone with machines",State of the art logistics.,"Horrible, non competitive pay for all the expendable lower end employees (who provide the actual service). TERRIBLE MORALE. Amazon Logistics is a profitless, revolving door of unmotivated employees.  They will hold your job over your head for the most pointless reasons, with little emphasis on safety, quality of service, or anything of real importance.","STOP TREATING PEOPLE LIKE THEY'RE EXPENDABLE COMMODITIES. Until you automate EVERY ASPECT or your logistics, YOU'RE STUCK WITH PEOPLE!",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20847,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Information Manager,Stock bummer,Thought stock was worth something,"My colleague cashed in 5 shares at $551/share equalling around $2700 after a year at Amazon. After taxes and the ""processing fee"", he walked away with $32. Not a ringing endorsement on the ""whole' compensation package.",Provide better compensation to your people.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20848,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,- Good pay for a new college graduate. - Great management experience managing extremely difficult associates.,- Terrible hours - Limited room for growth - Unhappy employees,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20849,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Teir I,Fresh,Easy to stand out if you do a good job hours are pretty flexible It is completely different from other areas of the building,Its really hard to work a full 40 hours being as you either get VTO or MTO or sent to ONT2 Rate can be difficult for many of the associates,"With all the new managers and leadership team, all the shifts kind of do things differently. We need to get back to the basics and standardize fresh.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1306.htm
20850,amazon,"Williamsburg, OH"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent pay, sub part insurance",40 hour weeks and you only work 4 days a week,Mandatory overtime through peak holidays,"Embrace good associated, not just the numbers they produce",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20851,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Slow to promote,variety and scope of work is bigger than any company in the world,"slow to promote at the top, too many execs are outsiders instead of internal promotions",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20852,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Part Time Fulfillment,MKE 1 Fulfillment Associate,Short Days opposed to the full time building. The overtime can only go over an hour so just assume you work 5 hour days.,The way that part time works when you don't want to do over time is kind of messed up if yyou cant stay the extra hour then it is taken from your time off,Management has never really treated me bad it usually is just young people anyway but the seem to know what they are doing.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20853,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Health insurance, decent pay for a warehouse job",There's a lot of favoritism it's the only way to move up once you are already working there.,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20854,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Machine learning scientist intern,"Access to amazon infrastructure, experience and expertise.","Sometimes there is pressure to perform, but that in natural for a short internship.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20855,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Soul Crushing, adversarial culture","– There are more bright, dedicated people there than any other place I’ve worked.","I worked at Amazon over three years, across two teams. While there are positive aspects, overall, I found the experience draining and stressful. Here are some thoughts: – Work/life balance is tough, and demands often include work in evenings and on weekends. That’s fine if you’re young with few outside obligations. – There’s a great deal of ambiguity. My most recent role covered marketplaces worldwide, but there was little structure or guidance on what should be prioritized. No goals were included. – Communication can be a challenge. E-mails can be terse, confrontational. – Metrics rule, so one should be comfortable with analysis, including data pulls from a SQL warehouse. – Meetings can be adversarial, more than at other companies. – Though compensation includes vesting in Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) over a four year period, with 80% vesting in years three and four, many choose to leave before they’re fully vested. – The company lives and breathes its Leadership Principles – e.g. customer obsession, invent and simplify, disagree and commit, . . . ), so in interview process, quantify how your past experience ties in to those principles.",Create a more collaborative environment.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20856,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay job,"Pay is okay, much time to think","Very repetitive work, long hours",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20857,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Contact Center Operations,"High Stress, Tons of Hours, Great Pay","The pay and restricted stock grants are very fair. I was compensated well. The people working at Amazon tend to be very, very smart and it's a joy to work with people who can work through complex problems. Jobs are attractive to technically savvy people - do not underestimate the level of complexity and data analysis skills required. Amazon is very good at hiring qualified people. Seattle is a beautiful city to work in and public transportation costs are largely paid for by the company.","Very high stress levels, and that applied to most operating units. Generally, every US employee I met worked tons of hours and burnout was high. There's a reason why so many new employees join Amazon. It's not all about company growth.  The mid-year and annual review process needs to be overhauled. It's NOT a good idea to let every manager the employee interacted with have a substantial influence on the employee's final rating in those review sessions (I've seen several managers thrash an employee with no chance for the employee to defend themselves). The employee's direct manager should have the authority to provide the final rating.  If you are going to work at Amazon, fully document all of your successes and challenges throughout the year so you have proof of performance.","Great job on the compensation front - I think the comp is fair for most positions.  If your employees are working more than 65-70 hours a week on a regular basis, there's a problem. The job may be too big for one person. Recognize this and do something about it.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20858,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,"Great culture, ability to tackle challenging problems at an unprecedented scale. Tons of opportunity for advancement if you put the work in.",Frugality sometimes edges into frupidity. The day-1 startup culture is sometimes at odds with an enterprise of that size and can make it hard to get things done.,"Continue to expand AWS, and work to ensure all employees are having the same positive experience that I have had to this point.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20859,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,good experience,good experience here and good employer,The work is too busy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1307.htm
20860,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,Current SDE2 - Working in Amazon is no fun,- Possible flexible work schedule - Company stock skyrocketing like crazy - Company reputation is ok,"- Aggressive back-biting culture - Huge pressure from upper management - Product quality is not important - drowning in tech debt - Not for the faint-hearted - Good employees not rewarded, bad employees not penalized - Too many others to name","Don't just focus purely on money. Also pay attention to integrity and reward those who are actually helping the company, not just playing politics.  Some employees are grossly overpaid based on what they contribute. Some employees have negative value. It is a total waste of hard-earned money made by the good employees.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20861,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Representative,"I love Amazon for the fact that they continually challenge their employees. They take pride in development of their employees and every time I have struggled, they have always provided me with sufficient training to improve.","Amazon expects their employees to work hard. There have been multiple instances where they have ""expected"" me to work extra hours. They don't require that I do, but when I don't I know that the Manager's perceptions of me have changed.",Sometimes I think that my boss is pressured to do certain things from upper level management. My advice to management would to not expect employees to go above and beyond at all times.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20862,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,Good for 2 years after grad school,"fast learning, edge of the technology, extreme freedom, get to own entire systems end to end, get to see the entire process of how products are developed.","no work life balance, software developers are not respected in general. Too many hacky things as part of the culture.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20863,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Was treated like damaged goods after being injured. I definitely would not work here again!,"-If you are young and healthy, there is potential for growth. -They offer benefits on the first day of hire. -Before my injury, I was told that I was to be promoted. That was after a month of being there.",-You are worked until you can't move -12 hour shifts on your feet no matter the position in the warehouse -Injuries will cause management to forget about the potential they once saw in you -Injuries will also prompt the company to pressure you into believing your injury was not work sustained and are backed up by their paid company doctor they send you to.,"-Offer a job that, if injured, won't make your employee feel inferior like all their good work went nowhere. -Maybe think about getting a few new doctors. I was told a shoulder injury was caused by ""stress"". My joints and bones popping and crackling in my shoulder say otherwise.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20864,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Ok for a while.,Lax dress code. Decent pay Friendly co-workers,Good luck meeting your goals only working 40 hours a week. you will need to work at least 50 to meet those. Easy to get burned out.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20865,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Loads of Work Little Appreciation,A lot to learn. They make you work on individual projects and you get to learn a lot.,There is not much appreciation for the work you do.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20866,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be better.,They allow for alot of advancement and benefits. They will help as much as they can. Willing to let former employees return.,They don't make any accepting when it comes to the rules even if it's a family emergency and they will never admit when they are wrong,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20867,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not for the out of shape or lazy,"Friendly co-workers, Helpful managers Simple job",On your feet walking/squatting/standing for 10 hours 2 10 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20868,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay job,"Pay is okay, much time to think","Very repetitive work, long hours",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20869,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - SDE-II,SDE-II,Bleeding edge of technology. Interesting work.,Coffee sucks here... No free food...,Eat Love Pray,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1308.htm
20870,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,Amazon is honestly the greatest place to work if you're looking for a warehouse job. They literally give you on the spot jobs and the service is incredible. Speak to Todd Bavol. He will hook you up with a job so fast that your head will spin. He's a great guy and amazon is fantastic. Greatest place to work on earth.,Are u kidding me? There are zero cons. Amazon rules. Todd Bavol makes sure of it. This guy should be promoted.,"Promote Todd Bavol. This man can single handedly take this company and expand it. He can do so many great things. He's a sweet person, just a nice guy. And he's intelligible. Promote the man.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20871,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Leader,Benefits package is pretty good,Not the job fit for someone with a college degree. Stocks don't vest for 4 years,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20872,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - ICQA Associate,Honestly.,"Attendence policy, and only the Attendence policy","Repetitive work, ever-changing policies, mindless work.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20873,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Great place to work,"Great benefits from day one of working. Four day work weeks at fulfillment centers, and many opportunities for promotions and raises.","Long hours and very little break time, work at fulfillment centers is monotonous and boring for some.","The job is great for those who can handle it, but longer breaks or shorter hours would be preferable.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20874,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,Good pay plenty of work,maybe a far drive for some,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20875,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,There are pros and cons.,"Start up spirit, plenty of data to play with.","Oncall duties, too much operational work.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20876,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Manager Recruiting,Challenged every day Ownership No red tape Great mentoring,"You have to set your own boundaries, no different than any other company",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20877,amazon,"New York, NY"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Intern,Very good company to work,No cons in this company,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20878,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what you would think,I can't really think of anything I was surprised to see what it was really like. There was free parking.,I worked in one of the warehouses. They do 10-12 hours shifts 4 days a week with possible mandatory overtime on a 5th day. It's brutally physical all day long so to work such long shifts day after day is hell. There is no music or talking and as you look around all the employees look like their souls have died. One of the most depressing places I've ever worked at.,Have some consideration for the people that actually get the product out to your customers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20879,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Stower,Seasonal Work,Quick cash for seasonal work.,"This place sucks, works you like a robot. Breaks are too short!",Go Union!,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1309.htm
20880,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,good,Everything is great especially the benefits.,Management can be extremely tough.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20881,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CS Representative,Great corporate culture. Most managers are actual servant-leaders.,Call volume can get overwhelming at times.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20882,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon warehouse,Amazon is a very structured warehouse environment. Managers are knowledgeable.,Breaks go by really fast because it takes awhile to get to the break room or go through security every time.,I thought management was doing a good job. As long as you can find one then they will talk to you.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20883,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - WFH/CSA,Great company to work for,Ownership. Freedom to make decisions concerning the customers complaint. encouraged to be yourself on the phone and not robotic. Amazon is definitely focused on helping the customer!,The pay is not as good as some companies but the bonuses and stock make up somewhat. I have had several managers and only one that I would call good.,"Managers need to be more available for employees. Employees need to be encouraged and trained on how to advance in the company, even if stats are great some employees don't interview well and may not be placed where they work best for Amazon.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20884,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Internship,Meh,Good experience working with smart people,The burn and churn culture. Tons of politics,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20885,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"highly competitive environment, fast paced,good money and good stock options if you stay in the company for long.",No work life balance at all. can positively bid good bye to personal life.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20886,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,"Salary is very good, specially for intern without using company's housing. You can learn a industry system very well. It is really large, complex and solid.","On call is always a pain, of course, no matter for interns, but when you saw that, it is still a pain.","Bar-raising system is good, but need to be consistent, and pre-decided. When bar-raiser ask some requirements in the last meeting but these requirement were never mentioned and arranged into the intern project, it is a pain.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20887,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 11, 2015","Current Employee - Head of Entertainment Product, IMDb",Read the New York Times article,"Smart people, excellent location in Seattle and room to try multiple divisions in the company. Lots of employee groups to match your interests.","Poor management, lack of guidance and cohesion. The review process is ghastly. Very unhappy under appreciated people. Read the NY Tomes article that came out in 2015",Take exit interviews seriously and take seriously a lot of turnover. It's a sure sign of an unhappy staff.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20888,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Eat at Amazon,"The gave us lots of free food. All around, a good place to work.",Cramped work space sometimes and left me covered in dust.,Make it more motivating to work above and beyond.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20889,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was okay,"Become vary familiar with Amazon's offerings, and an okay discount on Prime items.","Scheduling was terrible, and training didn't feel adequate.",Create a more streamlined way of talking to you.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1310.htm
20890,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You either like it or hate it,Stocks constitute larger part of the compensation,Limited benefits for the employees,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20891,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer experience,"it was nice and flexible, no stress at all and choose your time to work",it didn't pay very well and required a lot of training so it was a lot of work.,to increase the pay and the type of work we had to complete,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20892,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,"Exciting, but difficult",Access to the latest technologies Everybody is awesome at what they do--including admin and hr Co workers are incredibly smart and many of us formed good relationships outside of work Very enabled to take initiative and change the way things work,You will get asked unfair questions by managers and be expected to defend yourself daily Almost every small action you do will be questioned Panic attacks/anxiety not uncommon amongst engineers Almost everyone is looking to go to Google,"I liked working at Amazon, but not for a long period of time. I really felt that it was ok for a year or two, but kept getting anxiety. I think if individuals are given more leeway to not fear failure or be pressured to deliver at all times, it would go a long way to keeping people long term.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20893,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Have ownership over your work, ability to lead large teams, many different positions to move around.",work life balance isn't very good. Potential work night shift. Long hours during peak season,Try to figure out a better work life balance,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20894,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting company,"If you find the right team, work really is based on leadership principles that make sense and work.","Is highly competitive, you don't always get promoted immediately when you deserve it. Varies wildly from team to team.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20895,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Oct 10, 2015",Former Employee - Reciver,co workers,"over time, great pay, works well with employees","long hours, have to help other departments when they need the help","work with employees more, listen to the ideas that they have they may work",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20896,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service,started off Great,"I get to work at home, I'm trained in a ton of different areas. The pay was higher then most other call centers.","They stopped trying to make it fun and interactive. It's all work,work,work. They also recently started making us do training in between call instead on giving us time off the phones. It's hard to move up. The pay increases are minimal compared to what I do.","Straighten out your training schedules, and when vs a get in trouble actually help. Service levels suffer when vs a are left to flounder.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20897,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Director,NY Times Article is true,"Lots of Opportunities, lots of freedom to make decisions, Total Compensation due to stock price.","Lots of terrible Managers/Leaders at the Director and VP level....it's an 'old boys' club. If you don't get along and tow the line, you'll be out either by your decision or theirs sooner rather than later. Performance doesn't matter. Ridiculous organization structure, from top to bottom....navigating it is unbelievably difficult.","VPs who have basically only ever worked at Amazon are your enemy...you need to encourage them to leave the company and expand their horizons and grow, welcome them back 3-5 years later. Lack of diversity is directly related to them on many levels. Many of your leaders use the leadership principals in ways you would be appalled by, for personal gain.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20898,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Intern,Amazon review,Lots of interesting work to do,Sometimes difficult to maintain work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20899,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Nov 13, 2015","Former Employee - Inbound, Stow","This place is ridiculous, a Zoo. Romper Room","Fair Benefits, lots of UPT (unpaid time off), some PTO (personal time off), and some Vacation. PTO starts out with 10 hours given day 1, UPT starts out 40 hours given day1. health, dental insurance is available 1st day.","Everything. This could be a nice place to work, place is 98% black employed. They set you up to fail. My position was stow, and with the tons of Temps they were bring in daily, you end up Team Stow, two people working in a station logged in under 1 persons badge the entire shift, even when you go to breaks the buddy remains logged in under your badge, God knows what or how they're performing, miss scans, not emptying containers. I've been there and smell weed and alcohol on workers, it's like going to high school, it's a big hangout for all the home boys and home girls. Lead assistants, product assistants, ambassadors, love to interrupt you anywhere from 6 to 15 times in an evening mainly to give you your numbers updated, they're really non workers, they get to run around the place all night giving the timed employees orders. THE PLACE IS A JOKE. Constantly, have items that you can't scan due to bad bar codes, expiration dates, overages, receiving not counting the items correctly. They brag about how they got into their cushy positions because they stowed very high numbers, in reality, of course they did, when the company opened up in march or april, none of the kiva bins were full, they were EMPTY. Plus their quota was only 1800 and they stowed quite differently, now it's like 2500 or whatever they decide to make it. You go to stowe items and the bins are 90% full already, or the bar codes are missing. You can't move in a department unless you've been they're for 90 days minimum, and then still not guaranteed they can move you. Or unless, your in tight, favorites with Pa, Ambassador, or lead. They can recommend to move you up. My shift was Wednesday through sat, evening/overnights. From 6pm til 430am. I was paid 13.50. Basically, 13.00 plus .50 an hour for night shift. Was Not given weekend differential because my schedule didn't include SAT and SUN, which in reality I did work k the entire weekend. Ex. Friday night into Saturday morning, then I went back in Saturday night til Sunday morning. Again, BIG FAT JOKE. I knew from my orientation that this place was going to be, because they changed my shift before I even started. they only people they put in leadership roles are young white males for the majority. you can take anything up with leadership/STUPERVISORS, HR, NO ONE cares. the place has been running for 6 or 8 months, and already run into the ground. Parking lot, one way in, one way out. Takes you 20 minutes to get in or out sometimes, then the trash,cause ruthless workers cant throw it in trash cans. They have flagged out there directing traffic. Breaks Area a joke, 15 minutes before and after the half hour lunch. It does takes you anywhere from 2 to 4 minutes if you walk fast to get outside to smoke or even to a breakroom, then another 2 to 4 minutes to get back to your station. this a first jobs for a lot of these 18-22 year olds coming in, some of the crowd is 30s, 40s. but mainly a hang out for them to hang out and flirt, fashion Bonista for some of the black girls. Like I said previously, high school. SO glad to have found a normal place to work. Pretty certain, that some of the other amazon locations aren't this bad.","JEFF BEZOS, Get it together. This could be a real nice place to work, but you got too many youngings running the place into the ground already. Utilize some of the older/WISER people that have life experience to regulate the children. Do real background checks, I really don't think real background checks are bring done...definately need random DRUG And ALCOHOL tests. THEY'RE COMING TO WORK STONED AND STUPID",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1311.htm
20900,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not for a person with brains and no warehouse skills,There was nothing that I found to be a plus at Amazon.....I had such high hopes but during the inadequate training I knew I was in for a ride. DOWNHILL AFTER THAT!!,"Always get mixed messages, training is ABYSMAL. They claim to want to recruit the best and the brightest. I don't believe it. In an effort to get in the door of what I thought would be a great company, receive inadequate training from an inadequate training team, when I asked for help with something I'd NEVER done before, everybody wanted to tell me the sky was blue instead of answering my question. I had NO WAREHOUSE experience before Amazon so the protocol/etiquette was foreign and still have no clue how to use a hand scanner. I hold a Bachelor's , Master's and Project Manager's certification....had no intention on staying in the position of a worker bee.....was written up MY FIRST week....didn't know until I was fired that my first write up was my final write up (make some sense to me...how can the mistakes you make ON YOUR FIRST DAY OF THE JOB be factored in a write up for your first week and then be told your first write up is your final)....EVER MANAGER I SPOKE WITH GAVE ME A DIFFERENT STORY ABOUT POLICY AND ONLY ONE ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST ME WITH MY CONCERNS.","Overview your training..don't let your training department handle it...they are the same ones that plastered flyers all over the building in the bathrooms with the phrase ""if your interested in"" when it should have been ""if you're interested in"".....sad part, NOBODY caught it.....but that's training....nobody could make sense about how ""rate"" is computed....be consistent...you spend more money trying to fire people and bring in temps who REALLY don't care, than taking the time to adequately train people that want to work for you and would definitely be an asset if they were in the right position. Crunching numbers is gonna be at the top, but happy employees makes for a wonderful work environment. Too many people don't have the motivation to succeed because there is so much nonsense going on. Morale is terrible and good people get burned out, fired or just quit. You need to rethink how you deal with qualified hard working people.......",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20901,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - OMR,Is this the cutting edge?,"Working closely with a group of high performing individuals, who are always striving to push the job boundaries. Attentive and helpful HR teams who are fair and unbiased. Great pay and benefit options. Yearly performance reviews are helpful towards self improvement. Feedback is taken at all levels with due regard, and changes can be seen happening within weeks for some issues.","The big con you want to hear about is attrition. Why do people not last very long or are ""pushed out"". The answer isn't white/black but I can give you my perspective regarding fulfillment centers (FC's). Just about everyone walking in the door underestimates the physical work required. That bum knee you've got? now it's killing you. The mild arthritis in your back? now you're in constant pain. This job is NOT for the unhealthy, and there's nothing they will do to make it easier on you. Everyone works, and hard.  As others have stated, the job is Darwinian in nature. Meaning the pack is always being thinned down to the most competent at their given duties, as any job worth having should. If you're not performing at any level of the company, feedback will always be given.","There is a lot on your plate year-round, and your work is noted. If you can stand the heat, I've seen good things come to people who weren't expecting it. This company is the definition of exponential growth, and with that can come positive and negative experiences. Keep your eyes on the prize and always be peculiar.",5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20902,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Intern,Good place to intern. A lot of intern events.,Don't have free lunch. Fulltime seems to have a lot of oncall.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20903,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Center Operations,"Good benefits, so much to learn, access to many different tools and teams, great people, great environment to work in.","Guidelines for promotions should be the same across all teams and management. Some management make up their own guidelines, holding back and then eventually loosing the employee to another company. Amazon has lost a lot of great employees because some management make up ridiculous reason for no promoting someone, such as causing more than one door alarm in a month.",Start looking at your employees work ethic and contribution instead of some made up guidelines the make no sense whatsoever.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20904,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The stock is good...,"Your career path is very clear, and you're never without a challenge. As far as comp goes, half of it comes from stock (at least over the last few years when the stock has done so well).","By ""frugal"" they mean ""cheap"". Which is understandable, given the industry. However, the environment coupled with the aggression of the management culture means you have to withstand a grinding day-to-day work-style.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20905,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - AWS Partner Development Manager,AWS offers get opportunity,Market Opportunity Above market wages Inspire peers Plenty of demand Innovation on steroids,The demand for AWS services = long days and plenty of work (not necessarily a bad thing) Innovation culture has leadership principles that some may find challenging,Keep changing and re:inventing internally...its working,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20906,amazon,"Brownstown, MI"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,So far its pretty great!,"They have great benefits. Even for part time employees. Including 500 dollar bonus after 3 months, 24/7 medical consultation and more!",It is only a part time position. Which means no medical insurance. And not as much money to support a small family.,It would be nice to get full time hours. Many of the employees need the money pretty badly,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20907,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,"Good company, Great time!","Smart people to work with, Good learning, good growth opportunities","New websites, processes are still being set up, work demands a lot of time.",Hire more people fast!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20908,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You could do worse.,Ability to work from home. Health/dental/vision benefits okay. More power to resolve customer issues than other customer service jobs. Most immediate management ok.,Bottom rung of the company and you'll know it. Constantly being shuffled into new teams. Perks slowly being stripped from position.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20909,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Environment,Fast pace and forward thinking constantly trying to improve something,With constant improvements sometimes you are traveling uncharted areas,Be sure you know what you are talking about. You may be in management but you do not know everything.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1312.htm
20910,amazon,"Glen Allen, VA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Support,Horrible Work environment.,"None, Its a horrible place to work.",Amazon doesnt care about the well being of its employees.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20911,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer - II,Its OK,"Exposure to complex distributed architectures and wonderful internal tools and deployment platforms.  Exposure to internet scale and you have build the ability to design, develop an deploy features at that scale.  Ability to move around team but you may end up in deeper s#!% than you were in.","Bureaucratic, I unfortunately had the worst managers in current teams, Previous managers were great. Absence of transparency into why certain people do better than others financially. In reality they seem to be doing nothing at all. ONCALL S$%$#. Since instant rewards and appreciation is absent, kills the competitiveness in you.",No Advice. They dont care. Its a big company.,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20912,amazon,"Wilkes-Barre, PA"," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Mr Steamers,Warehouse working,Good work Environment and good team environment,Short breaks where the warehouse is larger with less time to make it,More attention to workers concern,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20913,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Good Company,Leading eCommerce company. Doing engineering here is great.,Not so many benefits. No free food.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20914,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr .In Stock Manager,Great ambitious plans and project. Co-workers are typically smart and hardworking. Stock prices have been good. Best bonus is the office is a dog friendly environment.,"Expectations is extremely high. Long, stressful hours including nights and weekend which is likely to impact your personal life. Promotion paths are not clear and is difficult depending on groups. There is no cash bonuses for extra performance, promotion paths is the only way.",Clearer and more frequent communication and appreciation.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20915,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Learning, Friendly, Helpful, Opportunities,",HR is not very professional the moment you step out of Seattle and even worse if you step out of US,Too many small corners where nobody looks. Try to ensure the remote locations away from Seattle are not a dictatorial regime of HR and Center Head.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20916,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Stow,Worse place ever to work,There are none so I can not give any pros,"Granddaughter passed away as well as I became ill, had documents to show both still pointed out. No structure no organization. Stores food with chemicals.",Better structure organize mods according to consumables and non consumables. Have problem solver near work stations should have more as well.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20917,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Funnels Employees into Non-Proactive Positions (for the most part - at 1st),"Fellow employees, within the same (or similar) classifications are generally always receptive to other employess needs, when given the time to do so. Most employees have a knack for proactive customer service and tend to always go above and beyond the normalized 'customer centric' nature of customer service roles as can easily be witnessed within other industry classes of this nature. That is, they treat the customer's with a positive decorum that the customer is always right, even when they don't appear at all to be rightfully so. Employees here, for the most part, strive to do the 'right' thing, rather and do what is calculated as the 'right thing' by a complex matrixing system designed to give the 'right answers/responses' to customer's complaints/concerns.","Customer Service Managers do not tend to know all the 'right answers' but instead redirect agents/associates to find them on their own (from my perspective). This process tends to clog down the positive aspects of customer service to the customer's concerns and appears to violate the built-in matrixing system that the customer service managers, trainers, and coaches tend to rely heavily upon - it's time-consuming and doesn't really give extra time for the agents to seek-out more proactive solutions on their own due to lack of intrinsic time allowed to do so.","As changes are quick and often come without much notice at all within this ever-changing working environment, find avenues within a more constructive matrix that will give allowances for agents to advance their worth further by getting to know processes and procedures of Amazon.com to it's fullest extent. I feel that this would allow for a more successful and proactive working environment overall. It would give more value to the agents, which in turn will give more of the 'right' value back to the customer base as well as to Amazon.com's bottom-line. As well, consider hiring more 'specialized' trainers/coaches that have as their personal missions the goal in striving to add-value to the agents in a more universal way, coaches that understand that matrixes - like most of those in place - do not necessarily work well for all agents in the work place.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20918,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager I,Program Manager,Great company to work at,No clear job responsbilities,clear job descriptions,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20919,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,everything you've already heard is probably true,"Amazon was a great place to grow a new career, and there was a lot of opportunity for me to try new things. When I found a good team and stayed there for a few years, it was very rewarding, and I was able to track the results of my team to the performance of my overall organization and the company. I think that is rare in tech. I stayed for more than 10 years because the culture was results-driven and it (at least theoretically) rewarded experiments and risk taking.","The culture began to shift a few years ago, when there was significant growth across the company. New employees brought baggage and processes with them that created unnecessary red tape, and the focus was no longer on customers. Employees were stepping all over each other because there were so many people doing the exact same thing or highly related things, resulting in tons of politics and backhanded ""partnerships."" I worked for several teams over the years, and work/life balance was never a priority. Every new opportunity resulted in more hours, more pressure, more politics. The review system rewarded the wrong things--politics and yes men, not results and leadership principles. For me, it was not worth sticking around for the ""golden handcuff"" stock options.",Employees are human beings that cannot infinitely stretch. Reward employees for what they deliver.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1313.htm
20920,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE,"Development team is great, nice, friendly, helpful. Access to all environments, very automated nearly stress free deployments.","Work life balance non existent, and most likely the more you work, the less well you do. Team is so good, it's difficult to even be in the top 50%, and if you aren't, it's not a very welcoming feeling (totally stupid, but that is the culture)","Try to keep good people, don't let the review process drive people away, it's a huge waste of talent, and all you get in return are new people relearning the same things as the ones that left.",4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20921,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"Supportive sales manager and resources to tap into. Many brands want to work with Amazon, which offers multiple relevant products. Product specialists are knowledgable!",Have no cons about working for Amazon. Plan on being resourceful and building strong internal relationships with all departments.,Continue with the corp and sales and marketing training. Make sure each new hire is assigned a mentor to build professional development,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20922,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,"High-energy, relentless, demanding, but ultimately rewarding","Rewarding, in a very immediate, direct sense: working in the .com division, there is always the knowledge that you've given something their product on time and in good condition. If you've ever ordered something on Amazon.com, you know how nice that is, and given the sheer number of packages we ship out in one day (or even one shift), you're making a lot of people happy.","Relentless, non-stop work: not always difficult or demanding (although it sometimes is), but there is little ""down-time"" as there might usually be in other jobs. If you're not on breaks or lunch, you're working hard. Not necessarily a bad thing, if you like that, or can adapt to it.  There are also frequent, minor (but not always) changes to the processes we use at the FC, all in the name of increasing efficiency or reducing metaphorical waste, but happen with little warning pretty frequently, and constantly adjusting how you work and what you know makes you good at your job can get kinda exhausting, physically and mentally.","Ease back on expected rate a bit, especially when a new process has been implemented, because it will take time to adapt, and during that time, our productivity will naturally be a bit lower.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20923,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,On the go,You are constantly learning new things every day.. every day is different.. motivates me to do better,During peak season you work long days but they have been doing better now.. that would be the only con in my opinion,Hit the ground running,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20924,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad but could be more organized,"Good tips, nice drivers, lots of overtime available",Leadership is extremely disorganized.. Alot of times it feels like no one knows whats going on.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20925,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Decent place to work,"Easy relaxed environment, no pressure to showup. Leadership is helpful and supportive. Flexible work environment. Great smart people work here at Amazon.",Work is sometimes not valued. Promotion and salary hikes are low. The people at Amazon are very self critical and vocal.,"Think big, even when it comes with pay and work recognition.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20926,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon,"Stocks, co-workers, hours, regular raises for first three years, 3-day weekends, flexibility of shifts, overtime during holidays, time off system.","Management, there are a lot of times where performance is hindered by situation and rate requirements are often not adjusted even when the situation is a process issue and not the employee, very unsafe due to people trying to hit numbers to keep their jobs during these situations, write-ups are often given for performance instead of quality unless in ICQA, lots of favoritism, hard to get trained for certain things.","Quality should come before numbers as well as safety, train more people in more things, stop lying.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20927,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Great system but poor execution!,I loved working at amazon it was a lot of fun the atmosphere was great the competitive nature of all the employees to top each other is what really made this company a fun place to work at......NOTE.....I said the employee!,Management is the problem favoritism is a big factor.....I would definitely know I was favored until I decided that I wanted to do something other than what my manager wanted me to do and be that's when I fell from favor and my job got really hard all of a sudden I was being placed on broken station that were affecting my production rate and other things started making me dislike coming to work so yea kill the favoritism between management and some employees and you solve the problem,treat everybody like they are a star performer and they might actually start working likes such!,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20928,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - SDEII,"Smart, capable engineers - Inexperienced Managers","Learning - you will get ample opportunity to learn almost everything, technical and non technical. But you would hardly find anyone except so called ""managers"" who would like to stay beyond couple of years or anyone who would like to join amazon again.","- culture : employees are often recommended to watch and follow ""Games of Thrones"". One can figure out the intention. - lack of leaders : there are great managers who can ""just"" meet deadlines, but not good leaders who are humble, experienced, who can inspire you. - poor team structure : you graduate from a top notch university, but your growth here is limited by the fact that your manager is just a couple of years more year experienced than you whose only intention is to meet deadlines and his ""promotion"" What can one expect to learn from someone who has probably much less ""real life experience"" than you. there is a concept of mentor over here. but it just for namesake. it doesn't work most of times. your manager should be your leader, your mentor. Not just another robot designed to meet deadlines.","Bring more ""experienced leaders"" in the team, not just any other manager who has 3-5 years experience who would hardly qualify as ""senior engineer"" in any other competitive company. Bring more people who have spent tonnes of time in academics and industry , minimum 15 years and then see the difference.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20929,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Leadership,"Fast-paced environment. Relationship-building opportunities with people from all diverse backgrounds, oversee large group of people even though you may be inexperienced. Learn the ins and outs of the largest supply chain company in the industry.","very long hours, always standing on your feet. Slow growth within company. A bit of a micro-manage job since you have to oversee associate rates and quality performance.",Remove red tape. Allow new ideas to flourish within a building.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1314.htm
20930,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't recommend,"Pay was decent, easily hire","they hire anyone, horrible management",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20931,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Intern Experience,There were plenty of positives. The world for software engineering is perhaps somewhat sheltered from that depicted in the NY Times article.,Not getting adequate weekly reviews. Teammates were either not motivated to work or incessantly criticizing those who were underperforming.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20932,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Nov 9, 2015","Former Employee - Receive, Pick, Pack, Stow",Horrible,The good thing was the friends i made and the insurance.,"I worked here 3 years in just about all depts. Even after all that time i was treated like a 3 year old first day on the job. Managers favor certain people,so no advancement or praise even though i was one of the fastest employees and very capable. Upper management blew off concerns/problems. Very short notice for manatory overtime less than 16 hours resulting in some parents had difficult times finding child care. Required to work onw weekend shift even though there was no work. Every manager i worked with lied constantly,one even admitted it. If you are not favor they will try to get rid of you, by changing your production rate or quality. I had one manager follow me in stow and gave me 4 shorts in stow a day for several days(if you have so many shorts you get fired). I was checking my totes to sure they were correct and still i would shorts by this manager and i never did anything to this person. I just work constantly at a fast pace rarely talking to anyone. This company tries to do illegal things. My state laws requires a 30 undisturbed minute lunch break and 2 15 breaks. We was not getting them and had to call labor board in,and now the lunch is better, even though you walk 10mins to tbe lunch room. Breaks are a joke still. They require to cross train in other depts. I understand helping out if one dept is behind,but if you do not met production and quality in the other dept you get wrote up and fired. When i was in the pack dept people was sent to pick, unfortunally i cannot pick well due to a knee problem from a car accident.","Favoritism has to stop. When promoting people like to AM or PA,consider skills and senority. Senority never counted.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20933,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer Support Engineer,Developer Support Engineer,"Great people, great opportunities to make an impact, no hierarchy and you are rewarded based on your performance, very little politics, people are great to work with!",You need to be proactive in managing your career growth..nobody will tell you what to do including your manager.,keep up the great work! Healthier food options...,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20934,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staffing Coordinator,To have their name on your resume.,The employees are overworked and underpaid!,Hire and train the appropriate managers.,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20935,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal part-time,Good management. Great schedule can fit to most people's needs. Straight forward. You know what you is expected. Safety first.,Need more hours. Sometimes micromanaged. They need to know what you're doing at all times.,You guys are awesome. Stand up is great. You listen to your employees.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20936,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great job, not for everyone",$11 /hr to lift boxes for 3-5hrs. Decent benefits for part-time. Always hiring.,"Depending on the individual, it can be a bit exhausting. Alongside working at amazon, I have a second job, have a full load of college classes, and just had my first child - I'm a bit stressed out to say the least. Flex scheduling can be frustrating when they tag an extra hour onto your shift after break. Breaks are short, 10min. Enough time to walk from one side of the building and back.",Better organization. Create a less hectic environment.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20937,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to intern,"Seattle is awesome in the summer, and lots of good food in the city Project is fun, most teams make interns do stuff that actually matter! Free shuttle that runs to international district Coworkers are nice, some bring dogs to work and you might get to pet the friendly ones","Not sure about Seattle in other seasons Not much perks. It's ok until you find out that the Redmond interns all got a Surface tablet Company event is kind of boring IMO, there's one with a random wrapper, and another with all family/kid oriented stuff.",Frugality is a virtue but maybe loosen up sometimes?,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20938,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Recruiter,Smartest co-workers in town but the leadership and balance are awful,"I absolutely loved the intelligence and demeanor of my team and internal clients at Amazon. They were refreshing and easy to work with, had a get things done (bias for action) attitude, taught me so much and motivated me to do my best. It is truly a world class workforce.","The calibration process (which determines ratings and comp) for my profession (Recruiting) involved a management team that NEVER had any exposure to me doing my work. In fact the only exposure to me was in a very large team meeting monthly. They were an old boys club with rampant gender discrimination (I have never felt this in my life before it was shocking). Worse, when I brought very specific information to the HR department, they came back saying while there was poor management they found, there was nothing they did wrong (this is even while they knew there were active gender discrimination lawsuits going on against this same leadership team). I was a top performer the entire 4 years I was there and this is how they treated me.  The other major con is their compensation model. They focus on total comp - so when the stock goes up which they sell you at the beginning as upside (to justify lower base salaries) - when it comes to review they do not move your base much, even for top performers, sighting your total comp is above the range due to the stock's performance. This leaves no financial differentiation for the person next to you, performing lackluster, who received the same stock as you did. Very demotivating.  Benefits like 401K and paid time off no where close to competitive for a company of this caliber.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20939,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad full-time conversion rate,- Their SDE intern compensation and relocation benefits are really great. - I interned at Amazon Instant Video and you get an all access test account (basically you can watch anything from Amazon Instant Video :),There intern to full time conversion rate is extremely low. You might learn a lot but be sure that there's a risk of not getting a full time.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1315.htm
20940,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good place to work,Overall Amazon is an excellent place to work and I've truly enjoyed my time spent there. Many friendly and helpful co-worker. It's like a family away from home.,"Management unwillingness to promote competent leaders within warehouse associate groups, but rather rely on a rehearsed interviews by associates that talk the talk rather than walk the walk.",Truly listen to the voice of the associates and seek true leaders in the future that lead by example which others naturally follow because of the positive energy and empowerment he/she gives them.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20941,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"The team is quite good. You will have a mentor to work with you. You will be assigned a dependent project, need to design first then implement. Not very hard. The time to work is flexible, you only need to finish your part of work.","No lunch, no dinner, no snacks. Full-time jobs need to on call. If you in a very busy team, you cannot sleep for the whole week when on call. People leave relative in a short time, the team always change.",Give more benefits to employee and make them stay for a long time. Have more social acitivities that people can know each other. HR feedback is really slow.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20942,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Physical Security,The hierarchy is strong,"If you are an employee they pay you well. If you can play the system, and like the people, it could work for you.","I was a contractor, and treated like a second class citizen. Huge gap between blue badge(employees) and everyone else. The management likes to breed stressful environments.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20943,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Corporate Counsel,Don't be fooled by the big paycheck - it's not worth it,"Pay is great. It is pegged to law firm market salaries, so you will be able to move in house without a drop in compensation. You will get to be a mini GC and will be very involved in the business you support.","There's a reason that Amazon pays so much more than other companies. If they didn't, they wouldn't be able to retain any talent. And despite the big paychecks, the legal department is still a revolving door. The company seems to recognize the turnover issue, but has chosen to address it by building repayment obligations into your employment agreement. Want to leave before you hit two years? Get ready to pay back some of that ""signing bonus"" and a chunk of your relocation benefits.  This is not an easy, satisfying, or fun place to work. Whether your experience at Amazon will be extremely difficult or absolutely unbearable depends entirely on your manager and your clients.","High pay is not an excuse for creating a sustainable working environment. If you are actually committed to data, recognize the turnover rate and change your ways.",1.0,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20944,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A perfect place for workaholic only,"they trust you and put you on big projects if you are workaholic, there are unlimited work waiting for you to complete","- very intense work. my manager told my team that we are expected to work 10-12 hours. 12 hours per day is expected from us. - very very competitive. Manager told me that we have competed to find this job in amazon, so we should expected more competition once we successfully entered amazon. He always compare me with other peers in the 1:1. He told everyone to outperform our peers. - unsustainable oncall. My team located in seattle and serve a service in EU, all of our sev 2 happens between 1AM-5AM. We are expected to wake up and work until the problem is mitigated. - No personal life. In amazon, they are expected us to have one and only one goal which is career development and we should think about work 24 hours. My manager told me that If our personal goal is different from the career then amazon is not the place for me.","From what I understand, Amazon expects its employees to work as long as their health condition allow. If they get sick from long hours, then they will be fired.  This is my personal experience at amazon. I wonder why people typically stay there for 1 year. I personally believe that Amazon cannot attract talent with the Amazon culture that are today. This is the last company that I will recommend to my friends.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20945,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Used to be a good place to grow,"Was one of the best places to work, heard that it is not the case anymore. You can grow if you really wanted to. Become a manager in a year or two.",The new management cares less about the employees and more about the productivity apparently. If you are not meeting the goals you will be kicked out very soon.,stop hiring iim managers,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20946,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Instock Manager,"Boss and colleagues are very nice, being ready to help.","Always need to face very trick problems. You need find a lot of data to support your idea. Even with more than five-year experience in the same position, you couldn't make sure you can solve all the problems in the daily job.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20947,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Manager,"Challenging, tons of ownership, stock bonuses.",The amount of work can be overwhelming.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20948,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Decent experience,Fast paced environment Get to handle warehouse items Work in small teams and everyone is friendly Break room is really clean!,Need a flexible schedule Odd hours to work especially on weekdays because you can start at 19:30 and end close to midnight,Provide more variable shifts instead of scheduling the same one every week,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20949,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"They offer multiple shifts, climate controlled environment.",They treat you like just a number.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1316.htm
20950,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Process Assistant,Amazon life,Lots of room for advancement if you want to move up.,Not all policies apply the same way to everyone.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20951,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not for everybody,"exercise,overtime,pay,and looking at the new items that comes out. Also if you like meeting new people then this is the spot for you","lots of walking if you not in to that, if you driving its going to be hell to get home. Mandatory overtime",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20952,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,mediocre experience,Amazon is a high functioning company with lots of advanced tech. The work is very challenging and will push you to constantly be learning.,"Poor communication, management seems to show a lack of interest in interns. In order for an intern to strive in a professional environment, they need to have a clear picture of what is expected from them. That is not to say that interns should be micro-managed, but expectations need to be made aware, and good coaches make all the difference.",communicate with your interns better.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20953,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Regular Associate,Good company,"Benefits, 401k, schooling options, time off, fun environment","Hours, pay, far drive, short lucnes",Collaborate a little better,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20954,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Facilities Area Manager,Facilities Area Manager,Lots of opportunities due to growth,Typical opportunities with a fast growing company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20955,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate (Tier I),"If you go above and beyond, there will be opportunities to advance, but you MUST make yourself stand out! Sometimes there's voluntary overtime",Constantly worry about making rate Very little work/life balance May have mandatory overtime with very little advanced notice,Give more incentives to make rate other than the possibility of termination for performance that is not up to par.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20956,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Maintenance Technician,Maintenace Tech Review,"Good time management system, benefits",high work load and stress,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20957,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Csr1,NA,"Was able to do chats, good management","Long hours, worked past 12",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20958,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer Intern,"Learn new knowledge, leadship is important","low life balance, no meal plan.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20959,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operation team leadership,you make decent amount of money,you need to work long hours.,be gentle to your employee,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1317.htm
20960,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Stower,"Fast pace, easy job but.....","Great benefits, guaranteed hours, pick of shift time, fun and diverse environment with crazy and interesting coworkers, good supplemental pay","Mandatory overtime (good money, VERY tiring), long hours, slightly micromanaged, hard to keep numbers up, short breaks with little time to get to them (where break rooms are), easy to get terminated (just about anything), must be VERY careful with clocking in and out","Managing is a good thing, micromanaging is not....many of us employees have common sense and can use it when given the opportunity to :)",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20961,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst place to start your career,Seattle Microsoft friends Great hiking to de stress on weekends,Everything. Worst place to start career and getting used by the hellish management,none,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20962,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Ambassador,ambassador,This company has viable promotion opportunities for anyone who wants it. I give it a 5 star rating.,"Even though the opportunities are the , 2 year employment with them or a 4 year degree you must have.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20963,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,current long-term employee review,Unlimited opportunity Great salaries and compensation package Super-smart co-workers Mobility within the company and subsidiaries encouraged for both tech and non-tech positions,Fast paced can mean disorganization in some cases No company loyalty to employees - you are only as good as current work Transient environment makes continuity a challenge,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20964,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,At Amazon,Benefits are good and pay is ok,Point system is very unreasonably and is not in the interest of the employees.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20965,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,reality at amazon,"empowerment, innovation, customer centric, diverse career roles","work/life balance, high expectations, review process",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20966,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont do it,You get to meet new people,Work/personal life sucks. One bad manager will throw the whole team off. The machines are low and affect your rate and management doesn't care it's all about numbers and bottom line to them....Employees are treated like machines don't expect the perks of other big name companies they pretty much only care about the customer...You'll find out soon enough why the turnover rate is so high....No one in the warehouse is happy everybody is stressed out and irritated....Don't do it,Learn that people have emotions they aren't robots...,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20967,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Problem Solver/Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Benefits, Steady Pay, Overtime opportunities, opportunities to move up","High physical demand- can be hard on the body, disorganized HR team w/ lack of communication, unsupportive managment/staff, favoritism, extreme temperatures at times, low morale , work environment is depressing",base who you will give indirect paths/.cross training opportunities on not just rate but abilities/level of intelligence/ communication skills. just because someone packs fast does not mean they are suited to problem solve or critical roles,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20968,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hard work but decent pay,"Better starting pay than other warehouses, 12 dollars an hr through temp agency SMX, you can sign up to leave early on days you don't want to work, you can sign up for overtime, excellent benefits if you are hired on by Amazon, you will get in excellent physical shape","If you are too slow and can't make your rate you will be escorted out of the building. I've seen grown men in tears while being escorted out. Constant threat of being let go if you make one of the leaders angry or don't work fast enough, random people get hired on while equally good employees stay temps, mandatory overtime during winter because of holidays so if you have a family you better have childcare ready to go or you're gone",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20969,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Photographer,Photographer,Fun and exciting team. Lively enviroment.,Amazon values can cause upper management to put down unnecessary rules.,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1318.htm
20970,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Ok experience.,Great experience and alot of great networking. Will develop skill sets in several different job fumctions. Money is good during peek season. Alot of awesome people!,Long workdays especially during peek season. Communication is sometimes lost between management and associates. 10 hour shifts at the minimum could be grueling for elderly associates.,Need more communication.,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20971,amazon,"Woodbridge, NJ"," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Computer Technician,Computer Technician,Nothing I can really thing of other than the Brand name,"Was told I was hired as a computer technician, but when I got there I was put to work on inventorying and repairing their hand held scanners. No technical aspect to the job, was not working on computers. Totally different from what I was told, no work/life balance asked for a day off to see my family and got told no",Work life balance needs to be fixed and you need to tell people exactly what they will be doing there.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20972,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Manager - Customer Service,Rough,Great pay. Great benefits. Not much else.,Everything else. No one is happy to be there.,Have some fun. Put a smile on your face and enjoy the day!,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20973,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazing Company,"Flexibility and Pay great work environment. The shifts are perfect , easy job . I love the teamwork not every company have this much teamwork.","None, i dont find anything wrong with them company. Most times people say that they hate the mandatory overtime.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20974,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Scanning,Good environment good staffing hard work,Fire people to much not enough hours,Better management,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20975,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"Nice city, salary plus relocation fee is pretty competitive, learned a great deal","no free lunch, if you take the corporate housing it will be disappointing",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20976,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Good place to work... If you're lucky.,Amazon is a great company. You get paid well. The work is interesting. Seattle office locations are pretty nice. A great launch pad for your career.,Quality of your intern experience depends on your mentor. Almost any SDE2 can become a mentor. Though many don't have the social skill to do so. My mentor would barely speak to me. I thought everything was going great until the last week. She even avoided coming in for work on my last day to avoid having to tell me that I didnt get a full time offer.,Have some kind of a bootcamp for intern mentors. Set guidelines for how they should behave.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20977,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall good, but can be improved",Strong unique culture. Relatively nimble considering the size. Working with smart and professional colleagues.,"Operational load high. Employees at bottom often don't feel appreciated. High turn over rate. As the company grow bigger, departmentalization / bureaucracy starts to show.",Good people leaving is a real loss.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20978,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - SDEII,"Lots of operational load, no life-balance","No tax in Seattle, yay.","Lots of operational overload, lots of bureaucracy, no life-balance, no free food, no entertainment area, work and work only.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20979,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - ICQA,Too Much work,Great Pay. Great Benefits. Great way to lose weight,So much walking I thought I would die.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1319.htm
20980,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Order Picker,Terrible place to work,None that I can think of other than that if you are desperate for work they will hire anyone who is not o drugs or can fake a drug test.,Very hard work. Not really worth the money. You're better off going to school and getting a real job than working in this warehouse. I did not enjoy this job,I think that you are doing the best you can with a very hard job. I would never want to be in your shoes.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20981,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is as-expected,"Opportunities for advancement, working on large projects with big teams. Lots of resources if you know how to find them","Harsh management style, high expectations from leadership that is not always balanced with understanding what is happening on the ground. Work-life balance",High turnover in operations management has been expected and accepted and worked well for the last 20 years. With the continued rate of growth it will be challenging to maintain a high bar for mangers with the increasing numbers needed with high turnover. Consider viewing retention as an asset.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20982,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to build a career,very smart people at Amazon,"so much to do, so little time at Amazon",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20983,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Worked with some good technology.,No free food and tee shirts.,Give us free food and tee shirts.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20984,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Salary is high 6500$ + 2500$ per Month  Project was fun,"Everything was good, I had a great time.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20985,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Fullfilment,Horrible management,"Amazon offers great benefits, mandatory as well as voluntary overtime. They also as a company make the employee feel like they matter and their contributions are appreciated. Note that I said Amazon as a company. Not the people that you work with",In the new site open in Baltimore there are too many immature females that have received promotions and have become cocky. Working at Amazon seem like high school sometimes the way the associates carry on. A lot of them are nasty and talk to you like you are their child. I have 10 years management experience and worked with all sorts of people from different back rounds and have never experienced anything like this. Area managers need to be more available to associates versus the process assistance or ambassadors who talk to you like a child .,"Connection question are not detailed enough and should not be just about the area manager. Names should be included so you can get a better understanding of who the associate is referring to when answering those question. A question was asked today about rather your manager is fair, never had a problem with the area manager but the process assistant makes me want to find a new job. Her people skills are horrible, but based off the question just about the area manager you would think everything is find and its not. I came to Amazon for a career opportunity being that I have 10 years experience and am finishing my BS but now am having second thoughts. Management need to be talked too or coached in communication skills , we not even in peak yet and the attitudes and morale in my section is off.",2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20986,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,There are a lot of great tech companies to work for. Amazon isn't one of them.,Not much. I will say my colleagues are motivated and many of them are nice.,"Virtually everything. There was a very detailed article published in August 2015 that accurately describes the work culture. I won't repeat it but I'll highlight some of my own experiences. No work/life balance. Management expected me to consistently work 80 hours per week while dealing with a parent who had cancer. It's a highly disorganized company. It takes a lot of pride in pretending to be a start up but with 150K employees world wide, there needs to be some order. As a result, it's very reactive vs proactive and produces a brutal work culture where most people are paranoid of losing their jobs and habitually throw their colleagues under a bus. Amazon also discriminates against women. I'm a female and I can't count the number of times I've been directly asked a question by male VPs, who then laugh and talk loudly over me while I'm trying to answer. I've gotten to the point where if I shout my answers loudly and long enough, they will stop to listen. However, I then got dinged on my performance review for being too direct with my communication. I was told I needed to put smiley faces in my emails and not be too direct. So you really can't win. No one will listen to you if you are quiet and if you aren't, you are, as a female, considered too forceful. My female colleagues who took maternity leave were working 80+ hours a week as soon as they came back. I could go on and on but, honestly, it would be a repeat of a lot of the other comments on Glassdoor. If you do take a job with Amazon, I hope you don't plan on having children or an ill family member, because you will be expected to work through it all, minimum of 70 hours per week. I also hope you like to be micro-managed. From what I can tell, nearly every manager micro-manages. This is a direct result of Jeff Bezos's micro management and blatant disregard for others. He is involved with every product and teams regularly scramble after ""Jeff meetings"" and ""fire drills"". He also posts online videos on Amazon's wiki openly laughing about the fact that his employees could try to tell him ""no"" but, remember, ""he's the boss"". In fact, the senior leadership in my org spent a two day retreat entirely on trying to figure out how to tell Jeff B. ""no"". It's a strange place.",Value your employees. Balance the gender skews. Be honest and upfront with them. Tell Jeff no.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20987,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse fullfillment,"cool people,easy to get lost in the system","long hours,short short breaks and lunch,favoritism",too many cooks in the kitchen,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20988,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast Paced, at times stressful","It is a fast paced company, and you will be allowed to make several decisions by yourself.","Quite stressful, goals are really stretch. No reward if you do really well, if you screw up, you are called out.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20989,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Pr Manager,great place to work and network. Has a great collection of talented individuals. working hours are flexible,The organization structure is quite flat. Other than that ...no quams,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1320.htm
20990,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,Good learning process and overall experience,work/life balance is not good,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
20991,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"great benefits, great pay, good environment to work in very casual",Too much frugality. I think they need to spend a bit more money on their employees,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
20992,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Sorter,sorter,Partime work flexiable. Partime benifits pYscale is ok,Hard work lazy people organization not good,Organize better,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
20993,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to learn. Choose the right team!,Great people to work with. I've also had a great manager.,"Less perks, but I personally don't mind. Can be grindy sometimes.",teams should be less adhoc to decrease churn.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
20994,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job Review,Very open and welcoming environment,Very few perks for a large company,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
20995,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packaging,Pretty simple straight to the point,Really boring and tedious. Same thing over and over again.,Make it more lively!,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
20996,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NYT Article is correct but does not cover all issues,"Very fast paced. Excellent company. CEO has great vision. Compensation and benefits are good. Get to work on very good projects. You will find extremely smart, talented and educated people. If you are a workaholic you would love it. Great leadership principles in theory.","Ineffective Leadership exists in some corners. Bad management practices. Favoritism. Encouraging bad performers. Ineffective business decisions. Depending on the team where you are working it is not about the data, it is more about which idea your leader wants to support, which individual your leader wants to support. Feedback mechanism is not effective. If you have a sincere opinion my advice is to evaluate your team situation before you share. Poor application and implementation of leadership principles. In spite of their rigorous hiring principles, some ineffective and incompetent individuals get hired. The chain of command is not effective, at least in some cases. Each team operates with autonomy and can resort to management methods and principles which may be inconsistent with fundamentals of any business organization.","I think it is important to evaluate recruiting methods for Level 8 and above. Human Resources function has significant opportunity for improvement. HR should work for welfare of Amazon. Senior leaders need to have accountability for their actions and bottom line impact. CEO needs to be really concerned about some of the teams where there are ineffective business practices hurting the bottom line. Pay attention to your valuable Human Resources. In the long run it does not help a company to grow profitably, if your Work force is not effectively managed. There is no way to ensure stack ranking system is implemented for the welfare of the company without errors. Management needs to consider finding innovative ways to eliminate stack ranking system. It is not sufficient to come up with innovative ideas which help customers of Amazon. It is also important to find innovative ways to manage your work force.",3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
20997,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Oct 11, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,"I worked with a lot of nice people. Good pay, great benefits.",I was working F/T and wanted to switch to P/T because of a family members health condition that changed to the worst after I had excepted F/T. I tried to talk to them but no one would listen to me. It really stinks I liked the job a lot.,I have 15 years experience in the warehouse and would've been a great fit for Amazon. My advice to management sometimes things happen in life that we can't control. Try to be more understanding as all I was asking was to go P/T and still be part of a great team.,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
20998,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast-Paced, Difficult Promotion Process",-Time goes by quickly -Challenging -Lots of OT (Good if you are hourly and would like the extra cash),"-Internal transfer process for Tier III's lengthy -You will train people above your paygrade and this will have no bearing on the decision to promote you internally -So many individuals, not much recognition",Promote more internally. Common Sense as well as any companies historical facts will clearly show that you will have a higher retention and lower turnover rate if you encourage and promote (particularly Tier III's) internally.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
20999,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Associate Outbound Pack Problem Solve,Amazon Associate Outbound Pack Problem Solve,"A fair rate of pay at a fast, consistent pace for the work being done. There is also a lot of room for learning new roles and moving up if you have a manager that will help promote those skills. The tuition system in place is also amazing and allows associates to grow outside of the company.","There are too many managers per area and there is a massive disconnect when it comes to communication between them. In addition, despite the fact that there 'are no favorites', there are clearly favorites and there is a hidden political system in place in which favorites are chosen and guided towards promotion. There are also issues with management involving being 'too valuable' where an associate can be denied a promotion simply because there is too much need for that associate on a shift which causes a dissonance in morale and trust.",Have managers support their employees more and have a professional distance between themselves and the associates that they tend to favor. Allow for better communication between shifts and managers to create less of a stressful work environment.,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1321.htm
21000,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Pretty good job,- Good starting pay for a first job  - Can earn a lot of time off. I get 40 hours unpaid time off every 3 months and 6 hours paid time off every 2 weeks.  - No dress code  - No dealing with customers  - Holiday pay and variable compensation paid (VCP).  - Three breaks. Two 15 minute paid breaks and one 30 unpaid break.  - Really good benefits if you're an Amazonian.,"- Warehouse is either hot and humid or super cold.  - Have to stand up the whole day. Will get in trouble if caught sitting.  - High turnover rate. If you're from a staffing agency, don't plan on staying after peak season.  - Such a depressing job. Management needs to find a way to boost morale. Popsicles every Thursday doesn't do it...","Stay on the floor the whole day, not for only a portion of the day.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21001,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Clear expectations and clear policies,Working the holidays wasn't always fun,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21002,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager III,"You'll do a lot, then you'll want to leave.",You'll work on bigger problems at a more massive scale than anywhere on earth.  You will have lots of opportunities to expand your job scope and responsibility as you prove yourself.,"The company overall is run like a combination of Lord of the Flies and Atlas Shrugged. There are no centralized or standardized processes and everyone is trying to prove that they're valuable  Promotions beyond L6 are nearly impossible at Amazon Corporate. Overall, the jobs at Amazon are severely under-leveled. Most people will leave an SVP job elsewhere to be a Director at Amazon, and when they leave a Director job at Amazon, they'll be an SVP elsewhere. This is by design.  Everything is done as a panicked response, or worse, as a knee-jerk reaction to a Jeff B ""?"" email. It is rare to actually do something as a result of a long term strategy.","You won't listen, but get rid of the OLR and stack ranking system and re-evaluate you job levels.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21003,amazon,"Mentone, CA"," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate/Packer/End of Line,Fullfillment Associate 1,The benefits and the pay,There is ALOT of favoritism from the area managers,Treat everyone equal.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21004,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Best/Worst Job I've ever had,"Great pay, solid opportunity to do more. No one will tell you not to take something on.","If you don't watch it an set up some parameters, you will have ZERO work life balance. Burn out is very common for my peers. Long hours, tons of workload, high stress environment.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21005,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Trainer,Trainer,Good work environment. If you work hard you will see the benefits.,Very high pace atmosphere. Not a a job you can just glide through.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21006,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,open,I get to fulfill customer orders.,"I work on holidays, when I really want to be @ home with my family.",Young ppl are not committed as the older ppl.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21007,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - QAM III,Nice place to work,"Challenging work, great people and great leaders. Good place to grow",Unnecessary pushback with no reason. Need to work on there process and retention policies.,Avoid bell curves,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21008,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Female at Amazon,You are compensated well and can achieve a work/life balance if you're in the right group.,The company is still stuck in the 50s when it comes to gender equality and how women are treated.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21009,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2015","Current Employee - Picker, Sorter",If you not a college student dont work here.,The only reason to work is is if you work in the corporate office. If you are a warehouse worker then there is no reason to be here unless you are a college student like me who needed a job that will hire quickly.,You will be on your feet all day long and will be expected to hit rate all day long. The managers are really annoying about rate and that is all they care about. They will not expect you to get tired. They actually think that you are a robot. Who can walk on their feet for 10 hours straight and not get tired? If you are even 1 percent below the rate they will walk up to you and talk to you about it. They pay also sucks. You will get treated like a robot working here. Your feet and back will hurt so bad but managers dont care. they only care that you pick 100 items a hour. Get read to walk 20 miles a day.,At least show the employees that you care about us. If you are talking to a coworker the managers will get mad at you but the mangers are always talking to each other playing with their laptops.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1322.htm
21010,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer,- Great work environment - Lots of smart people passionate about the work - lots of fun activities,- Some legacy code to deal with - Kinda moves slow due to corporate environment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21011,amazon,"Columbus, GA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Cake Drcorator,I have customer service experience and I have some office experience with answering phones,"I'm ready to better myself, gain more knowledge, and I'm willing to learn new things that I come across.",I get along with others and bring a positive attitude,I'm will to strive and willing to learn new things,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21012,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,If you just want to put in your year and be done with it,Absolutely huge company with tons of weight in the business world.,"What team you end up seems pretty random to an outsider and is a pretty opaque process. Does not invest in its people, so if you were dumped in a team that is a disaster, you'll have to wait a year to move within the company, but you probably won't stay longer than that.  Work life balance is non-existent. If you're in a smaller team's on call rotation, you'll be on call for a good chunk of time (and weekends aren't counted as work time(!), even if you have to be within a half hour of logging in when you're on call).  Civility is in short supply because the people that manage to last more than the median tenure (which depending on where you look is as low as a year, Amazon doesn't advertise that) have usually managed to do it by exploiting knife fighting and stack ranking. This short tenure plays into Amazon's stock vesting scheme to ensure that at least half of employees won't receive any stock options at all.  If you want to do any modern development (outside of Java), prepare to fight the infrastructure for months. but, hey, they pay a lot for that first year, so maybe you'll be into that. Just don't leave before then, because there are a bunch of clawbacks to keep you stuck after you realize you've made a mistake.","Talking about how taking all your vacation would show up in a performance review is not living down Amazon's ""reputation."" On call is a much bigger deal in employee well-being than Management believes it to be.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21013,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Innovative company, lot of smart people, cool interesting problems at scale.","Can be intense at times. Growing through lots of growth, challenges that come with growth",none,5.0,none,4.0,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21014,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Entrepreneur's delight,Learning is amazing. Great people to work with. Global reach and global exposure. An entrepreneur's delight.,Low in benefits and training,Focus on managing mid level managers. They can make or break the scaling raat is required.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21015,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good experience, learned a lot","Good engineering experience, learned a lot. Big company, so things can be good or bad depending on your team. Got on a good team so I enjoyed it.","Big company, lots of process sometimes",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21016,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Transport, learning environment, brand value","Mandatory over time, over time",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21017,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Internship,Lots of money Lots of learning Lots of enjoyment Lots of people Lots of openings Lots of opportunities Lots of interns,Lots of work Lots of pressure Lots of deadlines Lots of headache Lots of reviews Lots of time needed Lots of lot more,Amazon is a good place to work if you want to learn a lot and develop in a very very fast paced environment. else you are in a wrong place.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21018,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Getting closer, but not there yet",Never a dull moment. If you thrive in a fast paced constantly changing environment Amazon is a great place to work. There are improvement opportunities everywhere and employees are encouraged to find them and find innovative solutions.,"The benefits package is fair, but taking time off can really be a challenge. It's not that it doesn't get approved, it's just that there are so many single owners in the company that you are either posing a risk by being off, or you are slammed with a ton of work when you return from vacation. Also the annual review process is outdated. Ranking employees and basing a lot of decisions on peer anecdotes leads to a lot of mistakes in my opinion. Lastly, people move around so much that it's hard to have consistent leadership. A new manager every few months isn't uncommon.",Change the annual review process. Get rid of 70-20-10 ranking. Poll your employees for a better solution.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21019,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Time off, stock packages, health care","Long, long, long hours, rate based employment, zero sense of autonomy, treated like caged animals...",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1323.htm
21020,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound,Good health care benefits. Top out pay is avg. $2 hr after 3 yrs employment over starting pay. Lots of deception upfront,"Modern day sweatsop.inexperienced mgmt. Hr biggest joke. Every issue is swept under carpet. You are referred to EHR which is nothing more than Indian call center where responses are scripted. Make the rates or you are gone. From week 2 despite "" training"" you are threatened constantly with termination. Training is maybe 10 hrs. Stress and anxiety levels too high. Scanners are worn out and faulty. Compter system goes down a lot. Lower level supervisors frequently seen in questionable sexual behavior with workers which is ignored by mgmt. Every action is tracked by scanner. Restroomss are few and never saw any on 2nd or 3rd floors. Ppl are sent home frequently at shift beginning and thenj required to work on scheduled overtime days screwing you out of ot pay. And the ppl are happy working in these conditions?",Get managers who know how to manage rather than yes men,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21021,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great!,Tons of opportunities to get involved! Good people !,Too many extra hours and no work-life balance.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21022,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,First 2 years dont expect much raise,Stock price moves fast and that is the way they get away with sub-par other benefits like health and 401k,"Once you join, for the first 2 years, you dont get much in raise",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21023,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 26, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Positive Environment,Fun Environment Safety Minded Easy to know what to do Lots of incentives,Seems to care more about efficiency than other aspects of the job Takes a long time to fix issues,Care more about your employee's. Listen to their issues.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21024,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Not a great place to work if you have a family,Amazon's intensive interviewing loop means you get to work with incredibly smart people. It's relatively non-hierarchical in the levels below VP. They give you a decent amount of autonomy in making decisions. Compensation is excellent.,"It will quickly become evident that Amazon's a great place to excel if you can literally devote all your time to it. So it's great if you are in your 20s and have not commitments, or if you have a stay-at-home partner holding down the fort. For pretty much everyone else, and that means for most women over 30, it's not a friendly place. But I would think everyone knows that by now.  Another issue that I experienced during my time there (which was little over a year) is the company's incredibly messy and convoluted internal systems for conducting basic day-to-day business tasks like processing a PO or getting expenses paid or having a computer glitch sorted out. I've never seen anything like it at other companies -- the time wasted by senior-level employees dealing with the lowest order tasks out of sheer necessity because there are no assistants and troubleshooting anything takes so incredibly long. To say it's labyrinthine is an understatement. As a marketer, getting even the simplest marketing task accomplished involved dealing with a constant stream of blockers like endless calls with legal, dealing with an insanely slow system to get any outside vendors paid in time, and battling ""computer says no"" at every turn. It's a complete paradox as on the one hand the company is all about thinking big, but on a fundamental level they make it difficult for even very senior people to get out of the weeds of dealing with everyday minutiae. This is why you end up needing to work such long hours as well -- because you're expected to not only deliver on your goals at an executive level, you're also expected to be your own staff handling every little menial chore that someone many levels below you should really be doing. I can appreciate the ideal of such a non-hierarchical and self-sufficient vision but in actual practice it just doesn't work. Anybody with a better job offer will of course leave that kind of situation. It doesn't help anyone to be creative or feel they're using their time wisely.","It goes without saying that focusing on retention (how to improve it) is highly advised. Recruiting can only go so far. Without solving for the problem of why so many people leave, at some point you will run out of skilled workers who want to join you. Also, I recommend making a massive investment in overhauling and streamlining your myriad internal processes. Systems built upon systems that don't talk to each other may have worked when you were a much smaller company, but not anymore. Telling employees to go figure it out by reading about stuff on the wiki entry which may or may not be up to date is not acceptable.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21025,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An Ok place to work,The Benefits are ok not too amazing,Very demanding labor long hours,Don't pick on your employees,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21026,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Fire hose of information followed by learning to write prose at a very high bar.,Work hard. Learn a lot. Get better and then raise the bar again to work harder. It's a place that will push you to grow and provide feedback on your journey.,It's a place where smart people go to feel bad about themselves. You are in a pool of amazing folk. Everyone around you is exceptional in some way.,Give us better laptops.,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21027,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Decent Pay but not up to par with other tech companies,"If you get stock units (after waiting for 2 years), pay can be decent Benefits decent Smart people Good training ground","Very corporate and many layers to get things done, even though they say they aren't so Tough to advance Fire drills Can be demanding if you don't have the right attitude. Compensation is flat unless you get stock units. Pay can be less than other tech companies.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21028,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon sees people as a number,"Decent pay starting at 10.75 , cookouts every now and then and have prizes if you work hard enough","Very physically demanding , not kidding when you say you need to be able to pick up 50 pounds or more , it's a work out all day and they don't care if you have a court day or if your sick , your still getting points taken off of your attendance.","HR needs to understand we're humans , not robots . Please try doing a better job",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21029,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer IV,AWS - The Culture is Alive (Cloud Support Engineer),"I have heard from many people that the culture here at AWS is reminiscent of my former employer from 2010 (ie. 5 years ago). Work-Life balance is great. Expectations are reasonable. Pay is above industry average for experience and position. I don't feel overworked or stressed. This comes down to the way we set expectations with our customers.  I used to get phone call after phone call (about 10 per day on higher volume days) at my last employer and there was a large emphasis on us answering the phones because there was no automation system (it was part of their support ideals that you don't get menus or automated responses). Here, we can tidy up the last project we were working on before taking on a new case, which lowers stress levels and lets us focus on the customer's case to the best of our ability so that we have less going on in our minds.  Meetings are not excessive and are very pointed (the floor meeting is once per week for about 30 minutes and has a clear agenda with relevant information for the engineers).  Team events/outings and general cohesiveness is abundant. Knowledge sharing is fantastic. I feel like I'm truly making a difference when I walk in the door. Oh yeah, flexible work environment: If I want to work from home, I can. If I want to work in the office, I can. If I want to fly home to visit family (or go to a reunion), I can do so and not take time off when I work remotely.","Internal Documentation is messy. It's being worked on, but it's hard to search and find relevant information. I feel sometimes that too much is kept secret, but there is no pretense with it as that is made clear to customers and they're fine with it. Though, sometimes it would be easier to explain why something broke for a customer if I could share additional details.  Sometimes, communication between internal teams and support can suffer from interpretation issues and lag. Also, the mechanism by working in that manner is a chore since due to switchover.","Keep going at the pace you are going. Things are definitely on the right track here. Maybe be a bit more public about a sharing additional details...something that won't give away material competitive advantages.  Customers are smart, for the most part, they probably know most of the details as it is, but clearing it up instead of saying ""I can't share that"" makes them a bit more at ease. Telling them ""I can't give you that information"" only partially reassures them that it wasn't their fault.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1324.htm
21030,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,We could bring our dogs. It's really awesome. And we can see many cute dogs. It would be a good chance to join Amazon.,"There are too much oncall. Oncall is really busy, and sometimes we can't sleep at all. And the management is bad. Salary is also low.",Should do better to the employee. Provide free food and drink. And increase base salary. Don't lose valuable employees anymore.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21031,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,"I could learn lot of things from the company, and a good place to build your career path.",but overtime is the normal thing in the company.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21032,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Horrible,Easy to get Chance to advance Some cool people,Very biased Management is immature Too strict,Treat your employees with more repect and communicate changes better.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21033,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Csfa,CSFA,"Decent pay, flexible hours. Good for supplemental income.","Young management team, inconsistency throughout the organization influenced by overwhelming growth. Very high turn over, misrepresentation of values and culture.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21034,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk Analyst,"Great exposure to different organizations within the company. Good networking opportunities. Working with smart and capable people. Benefits are OK, but worse if compared to other tech companies.","Employees are considered to be disposable. Low pay, especially if you are getting promoted. Basically being promoted into a position you won't get more than 5% increase in pay, while a new employee in the same position may be making 20% more than you do. No bonuses based on performance and goal achievement, only negative reviews if goals aren't achieved.",Create incentives to employees to be loyal to the company. No wonder everybody calls Amazon a boot camp and most don't consider this to be a long-term employement.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21035,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,"If you need money fast, it's a great job. It's easy to get. Decent pay, GREAT benefits, too.",The pay The Benefits is pretty much all I can think of. It's fast money.,Extremely short breaks Slave labor Long shifts Not very personal with employees It's all about number production,"Apparently, the company is very receptive to suggestions for improvement. Yet, no one has a solution to listed cons.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21036,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,My best internship,1. Good colleagues 2. Nice developing environment,1. Not many free food,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21037,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,NYT's article tells the truth,You are able to learn fancy technologies which are popular in software engineer market.,This company is completely business oriented. That means they don't care low-level SDE's career path at all.,Take care of low-level SDE.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21038,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Overnight),It's Difficult to Find Positives,Moderately good pay for the area. Four-day workweeks are nice and give me more time with my family on a regular basis.,"Constantly changing metrics to hit. The company makes it clear they don't care if you would be better suited for a different position, you can make goal where they assign you or someone else will. I've watched mass write-ups.",Treat your employees like people instead of a liability. Drive productivity by finding an area that suits the strengths of your employees instead of just throwing them anywhere to sink or swim.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21039,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,Work with the talented people and become a tough guy after you survive in the fast pace environemnt,"Frugality and no perks, and people tends to have less patience",My manager is great and would listen and give guidance if needed,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1325.htm
21040,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Survival of the fittest,Get to learn a lot Work from home and flexible timing,Getting fired is a common thing Pager load Too much work,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21041,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate ICQA and Pack,Amazon,"Benefits, people, decent pay, a good energy in the place",Not for the faint at heart,Pretty good management.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21042,amazon,"San Luis Obispo, CA"," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Junior Software Developer,Junior Software Developer,I'm working with really smart people who help me to succeed while taking classes. Amazon has provided me with everything I have asked for to make my development workstation more suited to my needs/desires. I get to choose my own hours.,I have to work in the office. There are less perks than at other companies.,Continue to make the work environment a place developers want to build a career.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21043,amazon,"College Park, GA"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Scanner,Scanner,Leave early sometimes when no work,Too much hard labor for the shift,N/a,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21044,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 25, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Ont 2 San Bernardino Ca Central Ave,The only pro I can give is that your medical dental and vision are available to you on the very first day you start work,"Poor Management skills, Treat you like a robot not a person. I got hurt on the job as a picker and was going to their doctor for the injury and was released back to work on modified duty only to be told if we have something for you we will call. I have heard NOTHING since Sept. 2015 but when i went to the warehouse to try to speak with someone in HR about getting back to work, I was told that I had been terminated. Guess Amazon thinks that they are so big that they can get away with anything illegal. How wrong they are. I do not suggest anyone to work for this company unless you have absolutely no kind of life or skills for anything else.",Get your act together and know what the hell one person to another is doing!!! Don't you know that it is illegal to fire someone out on workers comp from an injury that occurred at your warehouse????,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21045,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,good if you can handle the pressure,"smart people, complicated problems, good benefits","tough environment (churn and burn is so real), management is really hit or miss",take trainings on how to be a people manager! being a good individual contributor does not necessarily translate to being a good people manager.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21046,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I Intern,review,"Great learning experience, very smart people around you.","Work load can be high at times, can get stressed often.",Team definitely need more members considering the work load,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21047,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon experience,"Small teams with 'start up' culture. You get to learn a lots of procedures which are useful to drive the quality of your work. Big campus that can feel as uni campus with good choices of coffees, restaurants...",On-call means you can potentially be woken up at night or work weekends. No free food but special buses that can take you to different part of the city.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21048,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Smart Engineers. Distracted Management.,Smart engineers. Tough problems at scale. Lots of opportunities to learn. Cross role interactions. High visibility into business.,Over worked engineers. Constant decision flip-flops higher up in the management chain. No appreciation for hard work. Micro management.,Start listening to engineers more before its too late.,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21049,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Laborer,Amazon,40hrs/week Benefits Air conditioning at the fc Robot,"Hard to move up, unless your kissing the right behind. Mangers are unfair when it comes to rate. They do not compare apples to apples. Break time is not 15 mins more like 5 mins due to all the walking Mandortory Overtime. 5days/11hours Start pay for a warehouse work $11 bucks when down The street starts off at $14 You have to be employed 2yrs to get their stocks. Other companies off their stocks after 1 year. Lots of favoritism.....",Treat everyone the same,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1326.htm
21050,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Motion Designer,There is lots of opportunity to get ahead. You can own a project as much as you want. Benefits are pretty good and the pay is pretty good.,Creative review process can reduce a great idea to something a bit lackluster,"Let the creatives be creative. I know you are supposed to ""Speak up and often"" but sometimes you don't need to add to the conversation just because.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21051,amazon,"Dulles, VA"," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Level V Manager,Culture is not as advertised.,Pay. Sign on bonus. RSU. Direct reports work hard and have an interest in advancement. The ability to travel around the world is nice.,"Mid and Upper management culture is about politics, politics, politics. More meetings about what is wrong than allowing managers and workers to work with their teams, and other teams, to provide an actual solution. Punitive paperwork. Performance ""improvement"" Plans which are nothing about improvement and all about making you miserable to 'weed' you out. Even though they will not admit to the workers, ratings are on a very strict quota. 10% or more will indeed be put on a performance improvement plan. It is not about individually ow they work, it is all about that quota. Secret internal feedback which is essential to your career, your raises, and basically anything about your continued employment.","Background check your leadership hires better. Treat workers better to gain performance gains. Negative reinforcement and threats do not bring the proper results. Follow best practices, don't just talk about them. Repeating the same info in four meetings does not bring results. Drop the quota for ""least effective"".",1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21052,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Stocker,Fulfillment center,Set schedule and plenty of OT Time off,Short breaks(spend your break walking to break room) Management Hot in the warehouse  If management doesn't like you prepare for always being told you are doing something wrong even if it's not your fault. On your 15 minute breaks you are not allowed to start walking to the break room till the time of your break and then you have to be back before break time ends so you don't actually get to sit down except for a couple minutes depending on where you are in the warehouse. I was always questioned when I would go to the restroom(only went once during my shift except a couple times) My manager constantly looked for reasons to write me up. I went to my manager's boss once because I felt like I was going to be written up for something I shouldn't of been written up for and my manager refused to talk to me for any reason after that. I would get other managers telling me what mine said to tell me. Very childish. My rate would always be low because the bottom floor shelves barely have space and while everyone else would be given a chance to go upstairs(shelves are way less full) I was always stuck downstairs and my rate always suffered and I was constantly being talked to and when I would tell my manager why. I would get told to figure it out or I'm being written up. The 2 or 3 times I was upstairs I went above the rate you are supposed to have.,Treat everyone fairly and actual help out the people who are struggling by giving them tips. Get off your power trips.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21053,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Sep 22, 2015","Current Employee - Returns Agent, Problem Solver, Ambassador",Easy Job,Ridiculously easy job. You don't take your work home with you. The benefits are amazing. If you make friends and kiss some butt you can move up in the company.,"Management rarely has their crap together. There are either way too many people working or not enough, they will either vto (send everyone home) or call mot (overtime). There is rarely middle ground where you just get your 40 a week.",Please be more consistent. Do what you say you are gonna do. Don't show favoritism. Stop talking down to those under you.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21054,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so great,quarterly bonuses PTO Vacation 10% discount tons of overtime,"Productivity rate is completely unfair and constantly changing without notice. they promoted people from within, favoritism plays HUGE part.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21055,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - CSNA Digital Tech Support Representative,AIV/AppStore Tech Support,"Medical, dental, vision, 401k, and that's about it","What the NYT reported is true. It used to be a great work at home job in 2011/2012 but new management took over and ruined it. Anyone taking FMLA had a target on their back, and would be written up prior to annual raises and bonuses. Amazon is known for being frugal and they got rid of top paid reps in order to hire temps and forgo paying benefits. They also just outsourced my old department to South Africa and Costa Rica",Treat your employees with respect,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21056,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Intense & challenging work culture,* Get to work with pretty amazing people * Decent salary,* Not enough perks * no espp * no cash yearly bonus but you get stocks vested over 2 years period * Palo Alto office & Seattle communication is not that good,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21057,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Lead Process Assistant,Lead Process Assistant,"Amazon offers great benefits from day 1. They offer all full-time employees a 401k, stock options, opportunities to advance in the company, competitive salary...etc.","The hours at an Amazon fulfillment center are tough. Working the night shift, for 10 hours, often times on the weekends - this can have a real toll on your personal life. Waterfall scheduling makes it hard to build a team and know who you are working with on any given day.",Work with your employees to better fit work into their schedules. Give employees the opportunity to choose the shift they would like to work.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21058,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - KSP,"If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is!","The days off, good benefits",Mandatory over time n slave labor. I begged them to cross train me because it physically hurt to stand in one spot for 10-12 hours and they refused. They tell you what you want to hear until you get in then all they give you is excuses!,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21059,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon,"Good pay, 4 day work week, fast pace!",Long hours during peak season.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1327.htm
21060,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Site Lead,They give you the ability to work in your own space and make necessary improvements as it was your own business.,Sometimes the network works without corroboration and it gets difficult to find the answers.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21061,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Outbound Ship Dock Problem Solver,Pretty Good,Lost a lot of weight. Fast paced.,Hard to move up without degree.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21062,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Decent pay, good environment, nice people, great benefits.",10 hour work days can be tedious with spontaneous mandatory overtime.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21063,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Culture,"The culture is peculiar, have set leadership principles that can be understood and embraced by anybody in any department at any position. The cultural fit is looked into during interview process, employees breathe the principles everyday in everything they do, employees are reviewed semi-annually based on the leadership principles and these principles are time and again discussed, brainstormed and reviewed. ""Feedback"" is another strong aspect that is received and taken constantly and people are very honest and share/give in a very respectful manner. Extremely customer obsessed and opinions are always heard, considered and respected. The company is for people who want to taste excellence. Very inspiring, innovative, data driven, empowers its employees to do great stuff.  Additional: Good perks, compensation, stock options, good career growth","Can be easily misunderstood. There are of course several controversial scenarios that still need understanding and attention. Work environment could be stressful in long-term for employees, given the fact that the company doesn't invest in stuff that doesn't add value to customers. e.g. there are several Amazon centers with no proper gym facility, no recreation facility, no encouragement of extra-curricular activities etc. that can affect complete overall development, resulting in stressful work-life.",Overall good job! Better work-life balance for employees should be taken as a priority.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21064,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Grow Up,"If you luck out getting into an awesome team, AWS technical recognition, some areas are high growth, amazon-only buildings could have bike lockers and showers with towels","Frupidity/corner cutting: benefits/bonuses, workplace items, perks. Culture: High churn, disorganized management, lack of standards across teams, little to no promotion of work-life balance, no institutional support of outside activities/groups, outsourcing/poor-to-none of HR and benefits related roles. As examples: stock bonus only 5% then 15% for 1st and 2nd year and pre-fixed to dollar amount not shares, focus on international hiring as those candidates are ""cheaper"" since less competition, no 401K matching benefit--it is a ""bonus"" that requires 2 years or all is forfeited, health plans with too many loopholes for coverage, moving bonus requires 2 years to keep, cash bonuses also require 2 years, no workplace perks or general freebie items, only get $100 per year discount on amazon, ...","Not a compliment ""a large company with a startup feel"" as that means you have the worst habits of both: large company's neglect of individual employees, politics between groups, outsourcing/international hiring focus to cut costs, and annoying cheapness about costs/benefits, and startup worst habits of constantly growing technical debt, lack of best practice standards across groups, poorer work-life balance, and high churn. Get actual HR/recruiter professionals so that honest assignment and accurate group descriptions actually happen for new hires",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21065,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Not for the faint of heart,Innovative company that prides itself of customer service in lightning speed change culture,Not everyone can keep up,Managerial development,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21066,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,SDE Intern,"Easy work, fantastic city and nice teammates.",sometimes you have to do with some really buggy code,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21067,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,If you are given an interview it means you have the job contingent drug and background check. Everything you've been told about interviews and dress for success not necessary here. Casual is ok.,"They profess that it's up to the employee to determine how far he/she wants to go. But, this is not true. If you don't have the skills for other promotional position don't expect to get that training or experience here. Amazon is all for cross training in lateral positions that offer no applicable skills for growth and development. More so the lateral cross training is solely for the purpose to fill in spots when people don't show up or they leave early or more realistically they quit.",Make visible a true path for growth and development and treat your workers with respect and value not as if they work in a third world country in a sweat shop,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21068,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Felt like prison / hell,Good benefits and decent pay,"Management , work conditions . Ever move was watched and timed . If I had to go to the restroom I was questioned about my whereabouts . I was moved to different locations departments every 2 weeks to a Month like I was just amazon property . Sometimes I didn't even know if I was working or not . The managers treat you around like children , socializing is forbidden at Amazon don't breath or you will be punished .I worked there for 3 years I hated every moment . The people I worked with I did enjoy made a lot of new friends",Stop the favoritism and stop treating employees like their children and stop making people feel like your in prison . No micro managing . We get you have you have your great position but doesn't mean treat those under you like they're under you .theres no respect and most managers just want to push their weight around,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21069,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Thoughts about amzon,"Pays nice , u learn new skill .management is nice. They have alot of events",People are very rude. You work almost all day . sometimes it seems as if your life is inside of amazon,Keep up the good work,4.0,2.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1328.htm
21070,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,"You are given a lot of responsibility and are free to build, create, and design solutions without needing management approval.","Sometimes unrealistic goals, very rare to get recognition or a pat on the back for anything that you do well.",Treat your team like people and get to know them. Sometimes leadership is too hands off and doesn't know the details of the work the team does.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21071,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be ready for change,Great experience immediately impacting programs that change processes nationwide,No real clear career path,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21072,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Performance Coach,I was a seasonal employee. The job was straightforward. Lots of overtime. Good pay for seasonal. Always busy so time goes by quickly.,Seasonal employees receive no benefits. High pressure environment. Be ready for last minute mandatory overtime.,None really. It's obvious middle management is under a lot of pressure and handles it well.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21073,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Retail Associate,"Good for freshers and Tech jobs, not worth otherwise","Good company for freshers. Good starting salary. No dress code. Free AC cab. One shift. Sat, sun OFF. OT on sat or peak season. Fun activities. Young crowd.",Less Salary compared to workload. Growth after second level is very difficult. Work Overload. No OT for some dept. Work life balance is low. Politics in promotion and performance award. Recognition from management is negligible. Favouritism by managers and more ofthen than not preference given to female employees. Dont feel rewarded or motivated rather feel over used like a machine running behind metrics.,"Stop converting Amazon to another Indian IT or BPO company. Offer appropriate salary for work given. Why is that people growing from inside draw less salary than new guys and why instead of promoting internal lead to manager with proven exp of 4+ yrs,you ppl hire new guys with no clue about ecommerce from outside. Makes no sense and is unfair to the leads. Promotion should be on merit and not personal preference and opportunity should not be taken away on personal vengeance. Amazon Non tech is fine for 6 months, max 1 yr above that not worth it.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21074,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Flow Process Assistant,Everyone is over-worked,Fast-paced environment. Opportunity for advancement. Good health coverage. Opportunity for bonuses if goals are achieved on a monthly basis. Clean and cool (AC) fulfillment centers.,"Supervisors and managers are underpaid but over-worked, unrealistic expectations from both regular employees and managers.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21075,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I Intern,SDE Internship Review,"Fast paced, lots to learn, great people","No free lunch (literally), limited ""fun"" activities","If you want to attract top talent, then you need to take care of your employees.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21076,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Specialist,"Flex. Scheduling, benefits, advancement op.","Schedules change fairly frequently. You can have a schedule for three months and out of the blue they may tell you that you have to do a shift bid. I had the worst schedule for the first 3 years that I was with them and then after a shift bid was able to get a better schedule, but after three months we had to another shift bid. They also require a lot of overtime during the holiday season. If you don't sign up for enough they will make it mandatory. I""ve had to work 20 hours of OT before in previous years because enough people didn't sign up for it.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21077,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA Auditor,Management is flexible and understanding.,"Very high pressure and very difficult to ""move up""",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21078,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Overall a good place to be in,Some of the teams work on really interesting products. Talented colleagues.,Can become stressful at moments. Extra work required due to on-call responsibilities.,Try to keep talent within the company.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21079,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,question,"money , success , growth , helping others , more experience","get tired , less time for everything , focus on your job , more hours that i need , help",none,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1329.htm
21080,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,question,"money , success , growth , helping others , more experience","get tired , less time for everything , focus on your job , more hours that i need , help",none,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21081,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,All you have to do is please the customer.,The hours you work are anywhere from 12p-12a when first starting.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21082,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,Pay is good other than that it is horrible,Short breaks and lunch. Horrible managers. Treated like robots,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21083,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software development engineer,Awesome people to work with,Very high load of work,Its a good company overall to work with,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21084,amazon,"Bridgeville, PA"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Shipping,Amazon distribution,"Fun environment and coworkers, you will work hard and get plenty of exercise.",No full time positions outside of management.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21085,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Associate,Love the place,Enjoy the work and pace it requires,only part-time work schedule available,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21086,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Amazing scale to work at. Lot of of exceptional people to talk to and an amazing infrastructure to look at,"Pretty hectic schedule. Sometimes, not so great deadlines. Heavy support load in a few teams owing to hectic schedule leading to bad code pushed out.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21087,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Sales Executive,Think twice before relocating to Seattle,Amazon is an innovative and forward thinking company.,"They bleed too much talent, too soon, because of a paranoid like approach to anyone bold enough to share ideas and challenge the status quo.",Do away with attrition goals. What if you have a top performing,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21088,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Unfair,Overtime and benefits are a plus.,"Unfair behaviors, labor intensive work.",none,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21089,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Review from a long time Amazonian,"I've been at Amazon for several years in different technical roles and teams as engineer, project manager, engineering manager etc.. Overall, my experience has been very positive and I would recommend Amazon as a good place to work to my friends.  * Generally low bureaucracy due to decentralization of decision making - decisions get made quickly and you can focus on doing your job * Work with really smart and capable people - the hiring process is tough and most people that get hired are exceptional * long term thinking around most business initiatives gives us room to make mistakes, learn from them and get better. Other places I have worked at prior to Amazon are myopic about the bottom line that lead to many poor decisions. * Strong culture around try hard things and successfully executing on them - this experience will make you better at whatever you do after this. * the company is still growing incredibly fast (the employee count doubles every twenty months even though its been 20 years since the company was founded). This translates to lots of new and exciting projects and ideas being worked on across the company","* While many managers at the company are exceptional, there are many ineffective managers as well, main reason is on-going training/coaching for new managers is insufficient. Your experience at Amazon (as with most companies of this size) depends a lot on your manager so take care to ask them good questions while interviewing to get a good idea on how it is to work with the manager * While base compensation/stock grants are very good, other benefits such as 401(k), medical etc. are weak compared to competitors in the software development industry (though are much better than other employers in general)","* Benefits are getting more and more non competitive with key competitors (Microsoft, Google, Facebook etc.) as they are constantly improving benefits (maternity leave, 401(k) matching etc.) which makes hiring and retaining talent hard over time.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1330.htm
21090,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An awesome place to be,"We get to work with the most latest technologies in the market, cutting edge technological trends and the impact of the work is immediately seen in the results. It seems that the work is daunting and challenging and brings out the best in you.",Sometimes we tend to overdo or over work in the aspiration of meeting our goals and thus sometimes do not allow sufficient time for the family due to rolling deadlines.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21091,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Amazon,It is supercool Company to work with,It did not find any Cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21092,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great and demanding company,"amazing people, lots of talented and smart persons business growing very fast fosters individual initiatives","work hard, smart and long. no choice",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21093,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,You will walk a lot of yo might not have to go to the gym.,"Don't work for Amazon, you will regret it.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21094,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,"Great automation, incredibly brilliant people in the team","Fierce internal competition, almost no perks","Promote a healthier workplace with more team building activities, try and reduce stress levels across the company",4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,My internship experience is wonderful,"-well-designed intern project -provided great experience to interns including team lunch, happy-hour and filed trip -a great team: very diverse and balanced","-huge company, didn't know as many people as I expected -too many internal tools to learn how to use",I didn't have enough interaction with my direct manager because he was on a business trip and then on vacation afterwards. I hope there would be more direct interaction with managers.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21096,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,SDE II,Great place to learn and great people. There's large amount of different projects so you can tap into a huge amount of knowledge.,"On call duties, having to reply to tickets on your shift within 15 min, almost every team have some kind of on call rotation.  You're expected to more than your job, you should be able to work as Product Manager, Technical Product Manager and handle all communications with other teams being upstream or downstream dependencies.",My advise to the management is to hire more PMs and TPMs so you can leave engineers to do their jobs. They should at large learn about the iron triangle.,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21097,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,shipping,"10 hour shifts, great pay and benefits, coworkers are nice, and helping people with their orders","no room for growth, inexperience managers, no,structure, cater only to young kids/friends.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21098,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It's all about perspective,"At Amazon, much will be required from you. You will be expected to stand long hours (9+), you will be expected to meet your departments performance goals, and you will be expected to arrive and be at your station on time. Should you be able to continuously perform these duties you will be rewarded. The rewards come in the form of bonuses, higher compensation, and possibilities for advancement. In the fulfillment center where I work (Baltimore, MD), there are close to 80 managers and assistant managers. This means that leadership opportunities are open to those who can truly display what it means to be an Amazonian. By excelling at the basics you can prove to your managers that your are ready for leadership roles, which includes more responsibility. Those who want to just ""work a job"" will not advance and will more than likely quit. It's not for everyone, but if you can make it the rewards are vast in number.",Standing long periods of time. Walking long distances. Performing the same repetitive motions. Prohibited from listing to music. Short breaks (15 minutes) and short lunches (30 minutes). Distance from locker to workstation. Limited number of HR teams.,"Continue to be aware of your employees and determine if their needs are being met. Allow those who have an advanced background to be fast tracked to leadership roles. Allow employees to have a radio at their station, as long as the volume is low.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21099,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Sorter,MKE5 was Alright.,"+The pay +Friendly Co-workers +Arcade, lots of drinks and food in the break room. +Friendly and understanding managers.",-The hours you'll be spending moving from place to place completely on your feet. -The amount of time you have to get to the break room and the time just on break. Usually takes about 2-5 minutes to walk there depending where you are and you only have 15 minutes until you have to be at your workstation or you get wrote up.,None. Management is really great at this Location,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1331.htm
21100,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Warehouse worker,"Not boring, fast paced, room to grow. It is what you put into it.","Pressure, pay isn't that great to start.",None,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21101,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Ambassador,On the road to success!,A vast array of opportunities to further your career path.,Unfortunately there are many instances were favoritism comes to play.,Remember what it was like being a entry level employee. Don't count out the level one employee. U can learn something new from the staff who are hands on with the mundane job task.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21102,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to learn many things,Learn alot of different technologies,Different teams are very different and culture varies,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21103,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worth a shot part time wise,Higher than minimum wage payment.,Questionable chance to rise in ranks.,Make the job security more clear.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21104,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com,Nice benefits Great opportunities for advancement within the company,Long hours on your feet,Very easy with the right attitude and drive.,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21105,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No.,There are no pros. This job was not fun and I watched management take team managers and demote them back down to on-phone tech.,"Nothing but cons - too many to list. Did not like the work, the company, nor the belief system of the company.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21106,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growing company,Continuous growth and innovation,Sometimes you can be overlooked,Engage with the associates more,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21107,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Do Your Homework,It's an huge learning opportunity. Some of the technology and innovations you can't find anywhere else. Pay is extremely good.,Horrible work-life balance. Stack ranking of Leadership is a stupid practice. Instead of data and facts the process is subjective and is a popularity contest. Leadership at all levels should be subjected to the ranking process.,You run off so many good managers who run their departments well and had good morale in their teams. But the people that promote usually run their departments into the ground because they're off the floor doing projects that yield no results or kissing up to senior management.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21108,amazon,"San Jacinto, CA"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Very hard work and long hours,"Full time, pay is ok , benefits from day 1, paid time off from day 1","Long hours, hard work, expect unrealistic rates to meet, human resources does not go out of their way to help you, have to tell a manager when you use the bathroom because they keep track of every minute you don't work. Walking 10-15 miles a day. Breaks are less then 10 minutes since they expect you to walk across wharehouse and walk back to start right on time","Need to listen to associate concerns, give associates a chance to use the restroom without telling them your every move",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21109,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialists,Great company to work for,Many hours you have to work,None,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1332.htm
21110,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loss Prevention Specialist,On of the highest LP jobs out there. Young company with outstanding growth possibility.,Ability to move up from inside is limited,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21111,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,A Rehire at Amazon Corporate,"Amazon is an inspiring atmosphere where you are surrounded by brilliant minds, no matter your vertical, it is guaranteed that you will meet peers who truly raise the bar.","Amazon is heavily focused on feedback -- and positive feedback is hard to earn. This can make it a struggle to grow, and advance your career. Additionally, the work/life balance is weighted more towards work, than life (in my personal experience). This is not the case for all teams, but definitely is the case for a lot of the engineering teams.","See Jeff Bezos internal memo regarding Amazon's culture, read it again. The true Amazonian culture is dwindling as we continue to lose our veteran colleagues.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21112,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Management is very friendly here!,The drive is there is about an hour for me.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21113,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Fast Pace - Great Place to Work,There is never down time. There is always something to do that will have an impact for the customer. The people I work with are incredibly smart and talented and make me better every day.,There is very little training when you start. You are given your laptop and some priorities from your manager and told to go. Some formal role specific training outside of training videos would be great.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21114,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay/benefits, but...",The pay for an entry level position is fairly good. The insurance is through Premera Blue Cross and is excellent. I had better insurance through them than anyone I know.,"The work can be differing grades of difficulty, depending on where you're placed within the building. However, most positions there are considered especially demanding physically, and most shifts are 10 hours long. The warehouse I worked at had over 3500 employees with the absolute minimum amount of management and HR, so if you're looking for a job with a personal touch, this is not it.","Please work on your department transfer policy. All management I interacted with seemed like great people, but the experience was soured due to being glued to a position that was especially hard on my body.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21115,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Review of SDE Internship,"- I was afforded a surprising amount of autonomy as an intern. People rarely necessitated that I do things a specific way (unless they provided sound reasoning as to why it's better than the alternatives). They left many things up to my judgment which was very motivating for me because that allowed the work to be a true reflection of my efforts. - Help was absolutely there when I needed it. My team and manager(s) were very welcoming when I visited them with questions or comments. - Initiative is welcomed and rewarded with support. If I wanted to take up something that I wasn't expected to do, my manager and co-workers supported me, and my initiative was recognized and rewarded. - Extremely high standards which taught me a lot about developing reliable software. Now I exercise these standards in every project I take on. - Seattle is an amazing city. I have been to many cities around the world and my favorite is Seattle. If you like the outdoors, there is a ton of amazing hikes and nature activities. If you like the metropolis life, Seattle is very vibrant with a lot of nightlife chances, art shows, music festivals. There is something for every taste in Seattle.","Sometimes hard to know what to do: while I personally liked the great amount of autonomy, it totally varies from team to team. I saw other interns struggling because their managers or teams seemed to have left them in the deep end all by themselves. Other interns wanted more directions and instructions because they weren't sure what the expectations were of their projects. This sometimes caused frustration/inefficiency of efforts.","Raise the hiring bar. Word on the street is that Amazon's hiring is the easiest among the ""big 4"" and frankly I felt the same in my interview. I say this because I wouldn't want to see the hard working culture in Amazon diluted by mediocrity.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21116,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's an ,"Fast paced, time flies, decent money for college kids.","Long hours, bad pay, poor management.",Stop with the favoritism.,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21117,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Associate,Very good benefits for their employees. Vacation time and personal time allowance are also very convenient and provide employees flexibility with their schedules.,"Hourly wage caps too soon. Too much favoritism prohibits your opportunities to advance within the company. More often then not the most qualified person for a promotion does not receive it by rather who the manager ""likes"" gets it.",Hold your process assistants accountable for their actions.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21118,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Winners expect you to contribute,Amazon is a winning environment. Always hiring. Lots of room for horizontal and upward movement.,"If you expect to coast and not contribute to your potential, go work somewhere else. Life today is not about 40 year jobs. It is fine to go through phases where you want to become a part timer. This is not the place to do that. But it is fine to leave and come back when you want to run at the same pace. You see that all the time here.",With all of the hiring that is going on it is easy to focus on external hires due to the incredible amount of energy that goes into the recruiting process. Remember to spend the right amount of time on internal candidates as well.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21119,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,investigation specialist,"At Amazon, no problem is pushed aside as too hard to solve. In fact, they go after the really hard and insolvable problems and then throw talent, time and resources towards solving them.","I think some people could have a tough time adjusting to the culture - its tough, expectations are high and there is not always a lot of hand holding .",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1333.htm
21120,amazon,"Woodinville, WA"," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Crucible experience that I do not regret,"Pushing the limit on building highly scalable, bleeding edge services. Employees are focused on the right thing for users and there is a high degree of ownership.",Work life balance is more difficult to maintain unless you are willing to sacrifice upward trajectory. Questionable value placed on engineers and providing them with the best tools to do their job.,"Place more emphasis on showing you value employees, not through stock but through the actions and benefits you provide.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21121,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a job,You work with some of the smartest people in the industry. My coworkers are supportive and my manager is one of the best manager I've ever worked for.,"It's a lot of stress and some of the deadlines are unreasonable. If you have good time management skills, it shouldn't affect you.",It's time to invest in better ways to communicate with other departments.,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21122,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,always working and looking for improvement in the area you are working in.,not enough people being brought in to keep workers there out of mandatory overtime.,"engage with the associates and learn how to their jobs before telling them how to the job correctly, they need more time doing the job of the associate to better to understand better what they have problems with",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21123,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer Internship,"Fun people to work with, interesting technology, and you are in charge of what you make. No getting blamed for your teammates mistake.","Since I was only an intern, I didn't see anything in my small stint there that I was negative. I had a great experience start to end.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21124,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,You can get in shape and lose weight in this fast paced environment. I lost 30 pounds easily.,4 days of 10 hour shifts walking 10-15 miles a day as a picker,Better managers,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21125,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Leadership Intern,"They trust you with a lot of responsibility that you will find no where else. In some cases, you will manage over 100 associates by the end of the 10 week internship. This is incredibly stressful, but any job will be stressful that gives you that much experience. You learn things you would learn in no other place and gain valuable experience and knowledge. You also only work 4 days a week which is nice.  If hired full-time, there is a lot more flexibility as far as where you work and movement within the company.","Long hours each day, sometimes up to 13-14 but mostly 11-12. They will say 10 a day and 40 hour work weeks in the offer, but expect you to arrive an hour earlier and stay later, depending on your workload. I didn't mind because 4 day work weeks are nice.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21126,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place for sharp hungry minds,"It is a great place to work and an opportunity to work with some brilliant minds. - Awesome projects and great challenging work. - You have your say and get to contribute completely. -Amazon has great coding infrastructure built so coding becomes easy, fast. - Get to work on a lot of different technologies",-No work/life balance -Projects are rushed a lot so you end up having fast solutions than best solutions. -From team to team oncalls can be difficult. Too much operational strain and less developing.,Respect employees personal life and your own too. Review the employee by comparison but also look for difference in the projects done too. Not just quantity of projects but quality too.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21127,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Year at Amazon,"Smart people, cutting-edge use of technology. Massive scaling and global expansion challenges.",Requires many hours. Overloaded employees. On-call. Competitive environment. Seattle is very gloomy.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21128,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Leadership Internship,"Real world experience, good amount of responsibility given as an intern","Terrible work life balance, almost non existent actually. Work here if you want to be married to your job and have no life other than work. Hours are crazy. Management calls for mandatory overtime very often and since you are salaried you are expected to be there with no extra compensation for the extra effort. Also, a lot of physical labor.","Treat employees like people, not machines",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21129,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Distribution,distribution warehouse,"Fun, face paced. Covered most distribution activities with one job title so lots of experience.","Strict absence policy, no sick leave.","Allow sick time for people who are actually sick, threw up on the floor one night and asked to go home, was penalized for it",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1334.htm
21130,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - NONE,Great Compnay,good benefits nice management easy work,"Long hours, poor scheduling some time",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21131,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Data Engineer II,Excellent compNy,Good company to work for in Seattle,None that I am aware of,Nome,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21132,amazon,"Lexington, SC"," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Management,Lots of overtime. Works around your schedule,Managers only looks at you as a number,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21133,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,"Very challenging work, work with extremely bright people, tons of ownership, very fast paced.","Extremely competitive, long hours.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21134,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Research Scientist,"Very interesting OR problems, highly motivated people","Expectations can be high, work life balance can sometimes be comprised.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21135,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,PM at Amazon,"Working with really smart, motivated people is amazing and that's exactly what you'll get here. You'll be challenged every day: going above and beyond is part of the norm here.","Wins are generally not celebrated enough, working hours can get long.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21136,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not good for the average worker,People around you are very good Almost no bureaucracy Tons of learning Passionate and motivated people will prosper here,"Benefits Cut throat culture Work life balance If you are good in a normal way and have other interests outside work, life will be hard",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21137,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Network Planning Manager,Sr Network Planning Manager,Great place to learn a lot at a fast pace,Sometimes need to work in the weekends,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21138,amazon,"Everett, WA"," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service is the Step Child,Good people. Virtual environment can be good,Expectations are not clear or consistent. Everyone is considered replaceable. There is no opportunity for advancement in the VCC,Have a site leader that is passionate about people,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21139,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics galore,"This company experiments, puts customers first and creates true innovation and value.",Stack ranking and anonymous feedback are destructive practices that don't produce the results they are meant to. It matters very little what your capabilities are or what you produce. It's who your manager is/their influence and whether others smell weakness they can exploit to raise the profile of their team members.,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1335.htm
21140,amazon,"Olympia, WA"," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Benefits and a compressed work week are a big factors for me. If you work smart and hard you can find interesting work at fulfillment centers. Process changes, Training etc. There is a lot to learn if you want to!","Constant attrition of leadership leaves experienced associates basically training their managers as well as new employees. ""Subject Matter Experts"" in leadership are almost always in steep learning curve as well. Then they are gone. Rinse and repeat.",When Managers 'Game It' - FIRE THEM and publish the reasons - while growing a culture of Teamwork.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21141,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Employment at Amazon,"Great benefits, lots of opportunity for bonuses, clean enviroment","One day of training, not every issue is addressed. You are observed the first few days, so they will point out your mistakes, but they are mistakes because they were never addressed on training day. After my 3rd week, I asked to be retrained by a well seasoned picker, should have been done like that on the first day!","If you don't know everything about the position, don't be a manger. Nothing more frustrating then having a manager that can't answer questions, and gives you the wrong answer!",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21142,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Worst company to work for,Innovation is encouraged and there are a lot of opportunities to innovate because most of the business practices and systems are so archaic.,There is little to no training and very little management support. This is the place where very smart people go to have their lives ruined.,Managers should be paid bonuses based on the reviews of their staff. Lead by example.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21143,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program coordinator,"Alright experience, not sure for most but the experience is we worth the effort.",Could update their pay scale and current market pay scales.,N/a,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21144,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"Fast Pace, keeps you busy. Good pay.",Inflexible scheduling to work around.,Great environment.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21145,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rating,Godd company to work for,work life balance is not good,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21146,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Very smart talented team working on challenging projects at a large scale.,"A lot of them - interesting work, smart people, a lot of benefits.",Sometimes on-call shifts could be really tough and distracting from personal life. Nevertheless overall support burden has been reduced significantly last year.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21147,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Good pay Friendly colleagues Great location Cool culture,Too much work load Strict deadlines,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21148,amazon,"Johnson City, TN"," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for someone who wants to work at a fast pace constantly,it is a great place to work when it comes to pay and the benefits that they provide. They also allow overtime.,Constant fast pace. No downtime. You have a quota that you must reach each day or you're gone. They also don't give directions clearly so sometimes you make think what you're doing is right then find out it isn't.,"Spend more time on your employees, give them more than 3 days of training and try to be more helpful when they need help or need to improve.",5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21149,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall is good,Full stack development. Good ownership.,Much communication work done by SDE,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1336.htm
21150,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible Soul less place to work,no pros i left in less than a year,Horrible soul less place to work. Amazon is a heart less computer that is determined to extract every once of productivity out of you - most employees are mentally and emotionally injured by the work environment.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21151,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Assistant Manager,Amazon,Overall good pay and the work schedules are good it is also very easy to take time off,"Employee targeting, unnecessary documentation. Does not have proper standards or enforcement of policies",Have patience,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21152,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 5, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Employee,full time is 4 days a week plus MOT almost every week benefits available,hot long hours (10hr shift) thousands of employees make it hard to be a personable experience,n/a,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21153,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Great Experience,"Fast paced, lots of room for growth, ability to lead large teams, great associates, generally hires great, smart managers.",Senior management seems disconnected from daily operations of business outside of certain metrics.,Hold senior managers to the same level of performance as all other managers. (ie time in office and engaging with teams),4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21154,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great experience, poor work environment",Some of the best and most talented people I've worked with.,Don't seem to care about employee's careers. We seem to be a disposable commodity.,"Really develop your people, rather than pay lip service.",3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21155,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loss Prevention,The pay was good. Was given autonomy to preform job.,The hours that you were expected to be on call 24/7,Need to look at hourly associates more then just a number.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21156,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Use some cutting edge technologies.,The workload is kind of heavy.,none,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21157,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Associate,former employee,"Steady work, friendly workers, good benefits",Nit picky about too many things,Give more training,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21158,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Management,Customer centric company that is driven to satisfy customers. Worked with very smart and motivated individuals. The level of innovation was motivating.,Amazon tied a large portion of compensation to equity. At times the stock price fluctuations did not correlate to an individual's performance.,Consider adding cash bonuses after year two and adding more benefits.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21159,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great team, top perks, etc",N/A. I am glad to be here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1337.htm
21160,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Dead end job,"Good benefits, school accommodation, 3 days off from work, bonus checks","Poor management, poor working conditions, poor selection in hiring associates, long hours",Train your area managers better if they're college graduates,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21161,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,a lot of new stuff to learn,no annual bonus at amazon,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21162,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Hardworking Job,Gets you in shape. Decent Salary.,A lot more of work for min. salary for certain positions.,Great job training me. Wish I could have stayed longer.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21163,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ISS REP,"Benefits, stock, salary, easy work","Long hours, no appreciation, 60 hour weeks, No work life balance",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21164,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Inbound Support,Alright,Plenty of time off to enjoy,Management unorganized under appreciated frustrating,Treat associates better,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21165,amazon,"Chelsea, MA"," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Sortation Associate,Survival of the Fittest,"If you are looking for a job, then you got it here. Great chance to have a marvelous experience. By the time you are done, you get to put in some hours of exercise - a definite weight loss expected!","Poor management, inexperienced supervisors, sift managers tend to lord it over employees. I literally worked hard to control myself from punching one.","Reign in your shift managers, and supervisors. They are driving away hard working individuals with so much potential. Some of the folks that work as fulfillment associates have more experience and knowledge than the stooges you install as supervisors and managers.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21166,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too Much,Money is ok you will make a decent amount but not enough to be worth it at all. not enough money,"Overworked, cog in system you will be on your feet all day with a few small breks being told to make your rates too much",Be helpful to employees you are in it together to make the rates. dont expect help if you dont offer it. to your employees,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21167,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,They play favorites,Not really any pros unless you like/can deal with manual labor,Options for work schedules are not flexible,"Give better opportunities for workers to learn more and advance, there is too much favoritism. Also needs to provide more flexible work schedules.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21168,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Possibly the best company I will have ever worked for,Challenging with opportunity to continuously find new challenges Surrounded by smart people Debates are welcomed - no need to hold back on true opinions,Challenging not for the uninitiated,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21169,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Good work-place,Chance to work on amazing things like AWS with some brilliant people,Not much benefits to the employees,None that i can think of,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1338.htm
21170,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Get in, get out",Tons of data to dissect and make informed decisions on. Associates are fun to get to know and develop. Looks good on a resume.,"OLR is a brutal process at this company. Your bosses performance and their bosses performance determine your ""performance."" If you get stuck on the wrong team, it could set your career back 6 months to a year. There are a lucky few individuals that promote quickly, but it's usually just a matter of having the right boss and bosses boss. I've seen it done better at other companies. The sad part is, by the time your ready to leave you'll understand and look around at your peers knowing that if you would have been placed on a different team you would have been promoted instead (in a very black and white way to). It's something that sounds implausible as your read this, but the 45% turnover rate at the AM level and similar statements from my peers across the country show it to be true.",Focus on an individuals performance and not their bosses.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21171,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great ambition, Poor execution","The CEO has enormous ambitions. You'll get a chance to work on big things and have more responsibility at Amazon than you would ever find elsewhere.  Much is made of the famous ""6-page narratives"" and it's true. Your writing skills will improve.","Weak upper management. They seek only to please the CEO.  Long hours and poor work / life balance. You will likely burn out in a couple of years.  Employees are treated as replaceable, fungible resources.  Stack ranking makes you fear for your job.",Improve the treatment of your employees (work / life balance and stack ranking).,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21172,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - SDE2,Sde2,Amazon is probably one of the top companies to work for in Seattle city of Washington state of USA,Amazon is probably not one of the top companies to work for in Seattle city of Washington state of USA,No advise to amazon is probably one of the top companies to work for in Seattle city of Washington state of USA,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21173,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,All things move pretty fast.,A lot of off-hour responsibility,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21174,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Stow,Offered a great full time schedule which 4 10 hour shifts the opportunity of guaranteed overtime.,Lunches can be 45 minutes instead of 30 minutes.,Keep motivating us to to grow in the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21175,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Great Benefits, Lacks Morale, and fails to provide a work culture","Benefits, Paid time Off, Holiday, Overtime, 4 days on 3 days off, health care, dental, eye.  Good workplace for those who don't want to do anything personally fulfilling in a high school like environment, if you only concern yourself with a paycheck. Great place for those with low morale and don't care to change.","Unsafe, you don't know who youre working with, favoritism, onsite human resource department is a sham. Company CEO (Jeff Bezos) denies his failure, does not correspond with the company on a familiar basis. He should Take some example from Wegmans Food Markets. Managers constantly remind you that change is impossible.","Forget about making friends with everyone, focus on fair treatment and building teams of people who want to do the right thing.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21176,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Is okay,You stay busy for 10 hours.,"Your just another number, they dont care about you. No cell phone in building, not great for families to be able to contact in emergency",HR shouldnt encourage people and laugh about sexual comments during meeting to get your employee paperwork done. Very unprofessional,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21177,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Suits some,Competitive culture . Fast pace . Growth opportunities.Intercompany transfers are encouraged.,"Inexperienced Managers , The leadership principles kill the human side of the job. Stack Ranking sucks. Highly experienced people are recruited at entry level and then made to report to inexperienced managers.",Well.. its so big and complicated that best of luck..,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21178,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Unrealistic,Great benefits. Stock given to associates,NO work/life balance. Unrealistic expectations and stress. Management with MBAs treated different from managers without. New hire management given higher pay and sign on bonus when internal promos are paid lower after hard work for promo.,Change stressed culture and equal pay. Contract says 40 hr weeks......come close to that sometimes,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21179,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work for young people,"Great opportunity to learn from different teams, very smart people, very nice location (Seattle)",Long working hours and high turnover rate overall,not much in particular. I think the company could offer more opportunities that allow employees to network with each other,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1339.htm
21180,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Tier 3 Process Assistant,"Stable hours, overtime usually available, casual dress, fast paced work within an informal enviorment, stock options after two years, 3K toward associate or certification program.","High employee turn over, pay max out at 14.50 for Tier 1 and 18.00 per hour for Tier 3. After Tier 3 salary for Tier 4 and above is competitive. In theory high emphasis on quality and productivity. In practice low emphasis quality and nearly sole emphasis on productivity.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21181,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate/Ambassador/Problem Solver,Problem Solve Ambassador,"Good benefits, decent pay, Clean Safe environment. always making improvements to the facility and show some concern for employee engagement.","Long hours,at times extremely stressful. The more you learn the more you do. Advancement is extremely difficult, lateral moves primarily.","Managers rely heavily on a few people whose expectations are high, but for others care very little whether they contribute at all.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21182,amazon,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Database Administrator,Amazon.com,Work with best talent in the industry,Work-life balance and no additional benefits from the company,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21183,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Inbound,Amazon,Great benefits from day one. Everyone is really nice,Lifting constantly 35+ lbs or more for 10 hours.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21184,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Contracts Manager,Fun and Challenging,"Work on exciting projects. Never bored, always growing and learning new skills with support from your team and mentor. Get to work with the smartest people you'll ever meet. Your feedback matters, even if it isn't specific to your role on a given project.","Rarely do you get a ""pat on the back"" for a job well done. Depending on the team your on, work/life balance can be challenging sometimes.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21185,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be!,"You will be required to deal with ambiguity, both in product definition and in internal intent. However, it is high touch place where you will be working and meeting with the biggest names in the respective industry for your product.","You have to be that kind of a personality who can work in situations where the requirements are not very explicit. Usually, the goals are set pretty high and so is the bar on meeting and exceeding them - this can cause some anxiety.",Love the customer obsession at Amazon - please do not ever abandon it. Communication withing business groups and across groups can improved.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21186,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Great company,bad work ethics",Great Benefits Good Pay Pleasant Staff,Expects to much from their employees in a short amount of time. Extremely strict when it comes to breaks. For ten hour shifts they only give you a technically twenty five minute break. Nowhere near enough time for the work that is expected.,Your employees should be treated more like people and less like numbers. Although this is a fulfillment center and high numbers are expected you shouldn't work your staff to the point of exhaustion. It's no wonder your turnover rate is so high.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21187,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment associate,"Good pay with shift differential of .75, the training is also pretty decent, nothing real fancy, just pay attention.",The HR doesn't answer calls or emails. I ended up withe a medical issue causing me to not be able to use the order picker (vertigo) and that's when they stopped caring about me. They are making me take a leave of absence so they can see IF I can even be transferred.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21188,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Inbound Associate,warehouse associate,The benefits were good. 2 managers in 6 years were good. Liked 4 ten hour days as it was a bit of a drive.,"no hours available, no chance of advancement, had to show skin to get the jobs that were desirable. Temp workers given better jobs than permenant workers.","keep a manager around more than a year. Only had one that stayed in department more than a year, new managers always want to re-invent the wheel. If work is getting done, don't tell workers it doesn't matter how it looks quickly get process done, then move on.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21189,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Back stabbing.,4 day work week discount of 10%,"Hours, benefits slave labor and much much more I do not enjoy Amazon",Treat the employees right if the orders are behind work with them don't just stay glued to your laptop.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1340.htm
21190,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Back stabbing.,4 day work week discount of 10%,"Hours, benefits slave labor and much much more I do not enjoy Amazon",Treat the employees right if the orders are behind work with them don't just stay glued to your laptop.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21191,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production,Great company to work for.,Long work hours but good hours.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21192,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Tech III,Fantastic company,Love my job and the piople. Fantastic bosses . work hard have fun .retired disabled Vet they treat millatery very well.,None that iv seen so far been with them for 1 1/2 years Retired disabled Vet,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21193,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,It's a job,A lot of overtime great co workers.,Sudden overtime without notice. Long hrs of standing. Break room is so far by the time you get there it's almost time to go back to work. No personal or work life balance because your so tired you sleep all the time.,Voluntary overtime should be minimum of 5 hrs up to choosing the 10 hr shift.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,none,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21194,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,A mixed bag,"Smart people, ability to drive changes you think will benefit the customer, opportunity for career growth and great stock benefits.","Experience varies on department - some teams more innovated, some very reactive and bogged down. You will occasionally see someone promoted who is just the loudest person in the room.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21195,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Logistics,Logistics,"Stock options, 401k, medical benefits","Long hours, barriers to upward mobility",Create a more favorable work environment,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21196,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Great benefits. I love working in Seattle.,Long hours and nut much appreciation,Lighten up. Healthy employees are more productive,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21197,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Facilities,Facilities,"fixed machine, Design and plan the group process, and select the tools that best help the group progress towards that outcome, EAM, and CMMS. • Problem Solver Picker: I solve items and labels of all products.",": fixed machine, Design and plan the group process, and select the tools that best help the group progress towards that outcome, EAM, and CMMS. • Problem Solver Picker: I solve items and labels of all products. • ICQA: The complexity of research and the skills of a program developer is well beyond basic data entry and research • Cross training: Pick, Pack, ICQA, Sort, and Ship. • Pick Ambassador • IOL: Inbound and Outbound problem solver. • Problem Solver Sort.",N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21198,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not recommended,Company has a bright future. Focuses on and understands customers and creates useful products. There are some interesting projects.,"The NY times article is exaggerated but with some core truth. Amazon is relentlessly demanding from employees and not care about them. You don't have time to learn and grow here. Project schedules are always tight, be prepared to work nights and weekends. It seems to be a place for new grads and people who don't have family.  Amazon has 10 principles and one of them being frugal. You don't get the same treatment as you would from other high tech company in the Silicon Valley.  Corporate culture is dull, uninspiring and not fun.",none,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21199,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,Machine Learning Scientist,As a machine learning scientist as Amazon you get to work on new problems every day and at the same time watch your solutions impact customers. You are encouraged to think big and make bold bets. There are lots of smart and experienced people to learn from. Amazon is one of the few companies who understands that there needs to the right mix of engineering and science. It is truly phenomenal to see these two worlds work so closely at Amazon.,As a machine learning scientist you may not get to publish as much as you like.,Encourage employees to publish more. Don't sacrifice long term gains for short term ones.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1341.htm
21200,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Wharehouse Worker,Overworked bad conditions,"Set schedule , full time , voluntary overtime if desired. A lot of different positions","Favoritism by managers , lack of employee moral, unsafe working conditions such as extreme heat or cold.","Learn to better respect your employees , appreciate us as people and not just robots used to make the company a bigger dollar",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21201,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,"SDE is OK, not great",I like working with smart people and there is so much to learn and room to grow professionally. Being able to switch teams helps a lot and avoids those less than stellar managers.,"Work Life Balance can be challenging, there is never a moment to breath. But management is flexible with your hours so if you're organized you can still enjoy stuff during working hours.  No paternity leave!",Get rid of stack ranking Add a minimum of 2 weeks paternity leave!,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21202,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,Excels well in this field,no work from home opportunity,Would like to work from home,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21203,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,Great temporary job for a student.,Long hours and short breaks.,Initiate a part-time shift.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21204,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon sucks,only pros are the money is good,"long hours, rude and disrespectful management, favoritism, last minute MOT",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21205,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strong potential for growth,This is a company that allows you to forge your own pathway. There is so much data at your fingertips and so many resources.  Working around a lot of strong people is really motivating.  People really take to heart the principles of the company. It isn't just some fluff words that people sometimes care about.,"Review season can be defeating since all of the coworkers at your same level are your direct competition. As an entry level person, it can be hard to get a significant promotion during and bumped up to a higher type of position.","Make sure to prioritize weekly 1:1 meetings. Even though there sometimes are significant things to talk about and go over, it is still important to block off the time regardless if something can just be ""done over email"". Face to face 1:1:'s are important.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21206,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,stower,"perfect job, from every aspect","none, nodda, zero, i literally cant think of something i disliked about those company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21207,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Good benefits with decent pay. You are expected to work and be on your feet for the whole ten hours shift.,"Can be physically demanding at times, and some of the PA/supervisors and managers can be difficult to work.",Hire people to supervise and manage who can set the example for the associates. Some supervisors do not treat others the way they would want to be treated.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21208,amazon,"Browns Mills, NJ"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Miscommunication,"Friendly place to work, very diverse atmosphere, good time off scheduling, lots of walking.","Miscommunication and Strict. Multiple times I've been written up for someone else's error. A revolving door at Amazon, you're very much expandable. Have to be 100% accurate in certain departments as well as going 200 mph through 10 hours of your shift.","Fix the errors at stations, it counts against us every time we are down. It's unfair and people get fired for it.",2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21209,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,Beware of the churn and burn!,You get to meet the super smart people around bubbling with ideas and excitement. No other place with such customer obsession in true sense.,"People churn and burn out of team or org at a lightning pace. One day, you would be discussing the opportunities with a smart employee, next day you would know they left last evening! Disturbing politics@work. Managers can be really mean and screw your dream to last long. Not all are lucky. Some end up in really bad teams and can have a nightmare of a work life!",Stop chanting leadership principles every now and then in place of the truth and do not lie to good candidates about what the job actually holds.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1342.htm
21210,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to learn. Not so great with employee culture.,Work with amazing people. Chance to work on cutting edge technology products. Learn to put customers and products above everything.,Oncall !!! It can be terrible in some teams Career development is non-existent. You have to fight for everything. Survival of the fittest attitude. Not an employee friendly culture. They don't really care about employees.,Put at least 10% of attention you put on customers on your employees also.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21211,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker,Co workers are ok to work with,Not paid for operating equipment,Better pay for people who work hard incentives to the highest quality of employees,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21212,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No communication,Great benefits and the work is not hard to do .,"No communication with anyone ,a lot of favoritism and the lack of management skills , they are afraid of the employees .","Hire people who are qualified to do the job ,not a degree or because they are young and seem ambitious , listen to employees and be open to change for the good ,but do not try to fix it when it is going good .",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21213,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon warehouse job,"Worked in the daily process of packing items within the warehouse. Days can go by pretty fast once you get into the swing of things. If you get into favor of management and go above and beyond, there is a chance to learn different processes. They care very deeply for their customers so you do get a sense that there is a common goal.","Long hours can get in the way of personal life. Constant overtime. At times, you can feel like just a number and not a person. High turnover as people find they can't stand with the long hours of constant walking/standing.","To the management, you have a great deal of respect for the customer but you need to treat your employees better. Too high of a turn around rate due to lack of respect.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21214,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardworking ppl,"hardworking ppl, good name, good product","benefits are not the best for similar caliber of tech company, not a lot of perks",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21215,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Typical warehouse worker,The company has a good name so it looks good on a resume. The pay was good for the limited experience you needed for the job,The ten hour days were long. They were constantly redoing the floor plan from month to month trying to figure out productivity issues.,The mandatory stretching was a little unneeded in my opinion. I've never seen so many general population workers put so much effort into not doing their job. I would also take out the building levels of productivity while sorting.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21216,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Great hours, can work even ever. Flexible scheduling. Direct deposit which is nice. Work from home, dont have to leave the house.",No contact with company and low pay. I wish they would raise the pay for certain tasks or allow the master's certification to be easier to obtain.,Have more contact with contract workers to express the problems that we find daily. Have higher paying tasks for more individuals.,3.0,none,3.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21217,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Steady work long days demanding,Physically demanding only four days per week,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21218,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Lots of oppts,"Great work opportunities, lots of room to move within company.",Cut-throat work culture depending on the team you're on.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21219,amazon,"Chesapeake, VA"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Decom Technician,decom tech,"unlimited overtime, schedule 8 to 5. one and hour and half paid lunch break.","you don't gain any IT experience. 95 per cent labor work. pushing racks, pulling and destroying drives. was mislead-ed to the job on the interview i was questioned about networking, linux and computer T-shooting, however on the job you don't use any of that. they promise to move up to data tech, but there is no data tech positions open. they don't what they are doing they change processes every week.",Blue badges are way too comfortable.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1343.htm
21220,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great place to learn quickly,Amazon is a great place to start your career. You are expected to learn quickly and constantly and always kept on your toes.,"In some teams the workload can be extreme, and people burn out quickly. Do your research and make sure your team isn't one of the high-stress ones before you sign an offer.",There needs to be more focus on maintaining talent. Certain teams burn people to the ground with their high expectations. It would be in the interest of the company to reduce employee turnover.,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21221,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Trainer,Amazon,Great company to work for.,Will hire almost anyone off the street,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21222,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM Internship,Lots of ownership over work,Can be a very ambiguous work environment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21223,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Great pay and a great work environment. Everyone there was friendly and great to work with when I was there.,The benefits of the company are not great as well as the fact that some days were worked up to 12 hours.,Keep doing what you are doing and make sure to keep the same attitude towards the employees. The better they feel about the job the more productive they are going to be.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21224,amazon,"Arlington, VA"," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,customer experience intern,"I thought the program was nice and easy to contribute since it is on your own time. There were a lot of training involved, so it is time consuming. I enjoyed it.","The pay wasn't very high, and it required 40 hours of training on your own in front of the computer screen. Can be boring at times and a lot of materials to get through.",To have the training be more interactive and higher pay for the training. That was the worst part of the experience.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21225,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Worker (Seasonal),1. Everyone was fun to work with  2. Pay was good (especially during overtime)  3. Very fast paced which I enjoyed,1. Lunch and breaks are too short for 10+ hour work days  2. Equipment continued to break down or have issues  3. Opportunity for non-seasonal employment could be easier,Improve on the cons that I've stated above,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21226,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,Good place to work for a limited amount of time.,Very smart people in my team with a lot of experience and helpful disposition. I've had little issues with work/life balance.,"Career growth seems limited, big bureaucratic corporation. Changing teams is not as easy as it seems.",Be more transparent about personal performance and career growth.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21227,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FAst paced demanding culture,Amazing opportunity for growth and experience. Get to work with awesome smart people with great work ethic,Burns you out and you can feel completely out of the loop if you are out for a few days,Take more interest in morale of managers also,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21228,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing,Loved working there,Great place to work. Provided lots of enhancement opportunities. I learned a lot.,Long working hours. Sometimes I ended up working 9 - 10 hours on the weekends too.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21229,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Lose weight motivating excellent place,I like working in amazon so much,To be kind with us because we are very king persons,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1344.htm
21230,amazon,"Ashburn, VA"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Technical Program Manager,I was given a great deal of responsibility and a reasonable amount of latitude to do my job.,No work-life balance was possible. 80-90 work weeks were common.,Make work-life balance a priority. You are burning out a lot of people unnecessarily,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21231,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Team Lead,"Good benefits, but most ","Good benefits. Challenging work environment that will allow those up for it to thrive, grow and learn.","Numbers (metrics and productivity) always come first, people second. As soon as your department metrics start to sip, management will be up in a roar about it. You can successfully address the issue - or solve a particularly difficult problem, and you will not hear a word.","Put people first - apply some of that customer-centricity to your employees. Also, a little recognition and encouragement goes a long way.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21232,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Bad Experience,Good salary as well as decent accommodation compensation.,Amazon Instant Video Team- My mentor whose industry experience was about 1 year. He had no idea about design patterns or algorithmic complexity. His (Chinese) accent made it more worse. Nothing much to learn. Teammates were busy in support work. Any company in that salary range should be preferred over this.,At least raise the bar for mentors.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21233,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,Work with highly motivated individuals.,Trying to grab the limelight is like auditions to make Top 24 on American Idol.,B/W interviews don't always reveal a candidates skills and if misevaluated maybe placed at the wrong level.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21234,amazon,"Ashburn, VA"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Project Engineer,Not nearly as bad as the news says,Can pretty much get involved on any project you want Lots of hands-on experience Very smart people to work with and lean on,"Work-life balance can be rough but you can work around that depending on your boss and your department. I mean, you came to work right, that's why you're there.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21235,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Financial Analyst,"Dynamic company, plenty of opportunity if you are flexible on location",Getting promoted in Finance seems difficult,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21236,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Amazon is a great place to work at if you're young and looking to learn a lot. Everything moves quickly. Very few people at Amazon will come off as not intelligent, and some of the people are extremely talented.","Projects and workload are very group dependent. My experience at Amazon is great, but I know some people who have terrible managers that do not understand people.","Keep hiring the best and brightest. However, do a better job of hiring managers. Stopping people from burning out should be a priority.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21237,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Tough ride. Make sure you have a god father.,Lot of good projects Challenging work Smart people,Long hours Make sure you have a god father. Otherwise difficult to survive. Developers won't get time to learn unless they give up their weekends.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21238,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Varied Lines of business providing an experience into multiple platforms and business. Also,"Work Life balance, employee appreciation",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21239,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Prime NOW,Set schedule. Friendly management. Listens to associate's concerns/questions/etc. Free parking. The pay is decent considering the rest of the job market in Portland.,"No room for advancement. Seems like much of the management were recruited and some did not have any warehouse experience. Military background is a definite trend for management roles. Does not offer full-time hours or benefits for associates. NO PTO. They give associates 10 hours of ATO (accrued time-off) for the year which, is neither paid or even worth staying at a company that long.",Need to have more meetings for the management team so that everyone is on the same page.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1345.htm
21240,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,ok,Benefits are really good,Expectations of associates are too high,Need a golden standard of rules,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21241,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer I,Great work environment. Lots of learning and ideal place for fresh grads to start their career strong,Oncall can get tough at times,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21242,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for amazin,Nothing just going home after,The hours Pay Stress from manager,none,1.0,5.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21243,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Wow,Overtime and pretty much that's about it. Nothing else really stands out. Maybe cool raffles,Short breaks Favoritism High rate Just a robot basically Be prepared to walk a lot,Be nice,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21244,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad for hs grad,"Benefits, above average pay, 3 days off a week. And every month if your building achieves its goals you can receive the months bonus depending on a couple factors","On my work days, my whole day is set up in preparation for work. So work/life balance is very one sided work 10 hours not including the lunch. You're on your feet for those 10 hours walking and going up the stairs. My first week my feet were hurting. But I got used to it after 2 weeks, now my feet hurt once in a while.",Do more cross training and make the work environment more creative and less monotonous.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21245,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Sort Center),Great pay for easy work and some room for advancement,"Management recognizes hard work (at least at the Sort Center where I worked).  There is no room for micromanagement, since each Area Manager has so many employees to supervise, they just look at overall progress instead of zoning in on individuals (though occasionally you will be audited - a standard procedure).  The benefits were AMAZING for a part time job - I had medical, dental, and vision insurance, an employee discount, and countless other perks.  The work was simple, though physically taxing, but nothing too bad. A free workout.   If the managers see you working hard, they will reward you by asking you to do certain projects for them, or training you for light work in other departments, or making you a line-lead.  Predictable shifts (you have the same, unchanging schedule every week). Also, very generous paid time off/vacation options. I took about a day or two off every month and a short vacation every other month.","I received a seasonal promotion and worked in another department for the holidays, and the specialists who supervised me during that season treated me (and some of the other seasonals) like cr@p.  Lots of lazy people working on the lines, who don't care to see things get done. It could be the busiest, most high volume day ever, and they will still feel no sense of urgency.  There were never enough good scanners for everyone to use, so people would have to fight for them.  Overly bureaucratic. There are strict rules to follow regarding everything.  Some of the Operations Managers were a little haughty and not very approachable. The area managers were very nice though.  When you get injured at work and visit the on-site medical center, they WILL put you on blast and use you as a safety example the next day at ""Stand-Up"" (the meetings that occur before every shift where all employees are present and addressed by management). They will also make you do tons of paper work, no matter how small your injury is.","Make the medical issues at work more confidential - the way that medical issues are handled discourage employees from seeking on-site help when they are hurt. Other than that, I don't have much criticism for management. Management was very well-trained and delegated tasks excellently, though they could do a better job at rotating tasks for individuals more often (lots of people got stuck in the same function every day and hated it).",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21246,amazon,"Buffalo, NY"," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Engineering Intern,SDE Intern Review,"Time flexibility, new technologies being used all around, enthusiastic people, responsibilities ,","Sometimes, you don't get what you expect for all the hard work you have put in. Hiring process is haywire. No benefits apart from salary. Policies try to make you a robot instead of a good developer.",Choose team based on candidate profile,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21247,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Software Development Engineer Intern,Amazon seems to be a company which really welcomes Intern. It was a nice experience right from the interview to the last day at office. The accommodation and travel facilities provided were really good as well. Got a challenging work. Was a very good learning experience.,Even though there were frequent one on ones some of the points discussed in the last one on ones were not discussed previously. However this could not be an issue with the company in general.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21248,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Good pay and stock options. The stock performs well and consistently goes up. It is a challenging job with lots of opportunities to make improvements,They really don't care about a work-life balance. You are expected to work on your days off and drop anything you have outside of work at a moments notice if they need you. Very little empathy for personal issues,Care more about the managers as people. There are times that the treatment of managers borders on abusive,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21249,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Sep 12, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Good Wage, Part-time Hours",starting pay is $10.75/hour simple tasks to do,"only part-time hours, as this was a sortation center (instead of a fulfillment center)",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1346.htm
21250,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Center,Built great working and personal relationships with co-workers. Pay is good and fair.,"Basic, repetitive work. Depending on you and if your working Inbound or Outbound your managers can relate to you or not.",Become more personable with entire staff.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21251,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Worst Internship Ever,Just Money. I think the only good thing is Money and if lucky then you may get Full Time offer.,- Bad work culture - Bad treatment by managers - No team spirit - Too much of work - Too much pressure,Better get your management right before its too late.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21252,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Fun but hard work,Great learning experience. Builds strong work ethic. You get to work on really exciting products that are moving the world forward and stock is growing because of the culture of hard work.,"You will feel tons of pressure to get things done. Work/life balance is not valued here as much as other places overall. However, your culture will highly depend on the team you're on.",Have a more manageable work schedule for employees. Don't jam work down their throats. This will enable more frequent one on one meetings and happier workers.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21253,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE I,Great team. Interesting and rewarding projects.,Not as competitive as other companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21254,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Great place to learn,"- Being my first (and hopefully, not my last) time in a ""big company"", I realized what the fuss was all about. The people are incredibly smart, and that drives you to do better. - Great work environment... small teams, more productivity. Scrums are a great way of ensuring that no one in the team gets stuck in an issue. - Flexible hours (you'll mostly work longer than 8 hours a day though)","- Sometimes, the work gets a bit too stressful - Developer machines are pathetic (especially the Windows ones). This issue is slowly being addressed, and hopefully will not be an issue for too long. - No pay for working overtime.","Keep up the great job, but please upgrade the machines (at least, for the developers).",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21255,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ehs,"Great salary, great compensations, and very good benefits. The company allows for flexibility when it comes to work hours",The company focuses heavily on metrics and reporting of those metrics. The company does not allow for flexibility when it comes to report styles.,Flexibility,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21256,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not to bad,Decent pay for the work you do.,You no longer get health benefits for being part time.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21257,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Potential to be great,"Pros: Great Benefits! Medical, Dental, Vision with 401k and stock options. You get paid time off, vacation pd time off, and unpaid time off. Then there's always the fact you work in an air conditioned warehouse.",Management and Human Resources don't know if they are coming or going. One doesn't talk to the other. NOTHING stays the same. Procedures are always changing.,Get your act together. This is a great place to work but it's frustrating when no one can get a straight answer.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21258,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Tough, long days.","Full work week hours, overtime (sometimes) 6 paid holidays, accrue paid time off.","Data driven management that do not care for their teams. High turn over, but once fully hired incredibly difficult to get rid of bad associates. Unrealistic expectations from employees. Used to love coming to work - over two years was fantastic, but recent changes in managing style have ruined this once great place to work to a place you cannot leave soon enough.",Get out there and WORK with your team. Don't just dictate...get out there and see what the team is going through...what they are being driven to do on a daily basis.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21259,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,"Great company to work for, lots of benefits and working in a team environment. Huge warehouse very clean and orderly.","No chairs so no sitting for the entire 10 hour shifts, breaks are very short and walking to break areas take a lot of time",No advice it will all workout at some point I'm not build for warehouse work so they are doing a great job I guess,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1347.htm
21260,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Undecided,"Various shifts to choose from, benefits, work four 10 hour shift with three days off, paid time and a half for overtime. ..","Too many different types of people working together, poor management, stand on feet for 10 hours. ..",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21261,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Good benefits, pay, and training",extremely poor work culture surrounded by unhappy people extremely high turnover (makes wall street look like easy) everyone planning their escape you will never see your family or friends or the gym again,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21262,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - IT Technician,Junior IT Technician,Majority of the people working in Amazon are positive and friendly.,Promotion are difficult unless you are willing to relocate.,Great job in keeping things positive. Keep up the good work.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21263,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager I,It is what you make it.,"I was with Amazon for four years, in two unrelated roles. -Great opportunities for career advancement, but can be hard to find or learn about. -Fun, intelligent people to work with. -Challenging, but can be very interesting work. -I got to travel a lot, which was a blessing and a curse. -Many of my coworkers bakes my close friends. -It is easy to quickly develop a great network in the company, because there is so much internal movement. Also many people leave the company and go to other great places.","-Serious lack in great leadership, probably due to turn over. -Many people (especially senior leaders) come in with the expectation to leave in two years, so a lot of big initiatives are started in a hurry, with minimal planning or appropriate investment and then haphazardly completed or dropped once the senior leader has left the org or the company. -Flavor of the month changing priorities, so appropriate investment into a project is really hard to acquire. - A lot of young teams with only junior developers with little guidance on how to navigate 10+ year old software and outdated technologies. -Foresight is not an encouraged virtue, so a lot of teams end up with high operational loads, long ticket queues, and middle of the night emergency wake up calls.","The training and development of Fulfillment Managers is fantastic, so please use the same rigor to develop Software Development Managers. Many of them are incredibly intelligent people, but they have absolutely no business being people managers. High turn over of SDEs is most likely than not attributed to terrible managers, who do not have innate skills to properly seek out, develop, encourage or even reprimand their employees. Promotion of an exceptional SDE or TPM to a Dev Manager should be a more rigorous process, with support and training provided in their first year in the new role.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21264,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment,"Not a bad starting wage, seemed friendly",Long hours on your feet with little time to recover. Make sure you have good shoes!,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21265,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon warehouse,"Good pay and lots of hours. Lots of benefits, stock after 2 years",Not flexible. Very little breaks,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21266,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Assurance,Great pay and with great benefits that you get as soon as you start,too many hours in a day. too repetitive,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21267,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Tough but fun,"Lots of opportunities due to rotation. Huge exposure to different industries, and always something new to learn.",The workload can be overbearing at times. It is best to find the time off and take it seriously...but this can be hard since you'll most likely have to plug in when on vacation.,Respect your employees personal needs.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21268,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Facilities Technician,Facilities Technician,"Great work environment, clean, climate controlled, great pay.","Turn over is very high in management so no one ever really seems to know what is going on. Human resources is a mess, they seem to be equipped with very poor tools to deal with the volume of work required. Very much a CYA attitude from most.","I'm not sure why everyone is so unhappy working at what was probably the best job I ever had, but they are? Doesn't say much for the culture or the way things are handled on a day to day basis. I think it is the CYA environment, managers are running scared and clueless so they present a poor work environment for the employees.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21269,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,LAS2 - Amazon.com,Full Time 48 hours of personal time per year 40 hours of vacation per year Great benefits Growing company Innovative and fast pace environment,Mandatory overtime - often 10 hour shifts Constant change High employee turnover ratio,Perform more extensive interviews when selecting management,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1348.htm
21270,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,Great people to work with,it's hard to make comments on this.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21271,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - TPM,Good company,"Smart people, data driven and customer focused.","Overkill of frugality, fun element missing.",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21272,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great company for driven people,"Challenging work environment, never bored, talented people, fast paced. Everyone works hard or harder. You get exposed to the newest technologies. You push yourself to be at your best.",Tough work life balance. Not a lot of work from home opportunities. Reorg happens too often.,Set reasonable expectation on work hours. Help empleyee when they have family needs.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21273,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK TO WORK HERE TO MEET YOUR TEMPORARY NEEDS.,"The hiring process is quick and simple. They hire lots of people to fill their many open positions. They do not your previous work experience. They just need bodies to fill the positions. Perfect job for young, energetic people just getting out of high school.",I worked here to make ends meet during the Christmas season. It met my needs when cash flow was low. They cap how much you can earn. You start at $11.25 and raises are $.25 every 6 months until you reach the cap.,"Change the pay structure. Offer a more flexible work schedule. If an employee needs to miss a work day, allow them to work another day to make up for it (as long as they give advanced notice) instead of penalizing them.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21274,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Pick Own Schedule Pay Start Off At $10,Lazy Co Workers Lazy Co Workers No Accountability Turn Over Rate Did i Mention Lazy Co Workers?,Read Above Comments.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21275,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Amazon offers an excellent benefits package for it's employees and there is some room for advancement.,They lack the ability to provide proper training to it's associates on every level. They also lack communication within the company as a whole which then trickles down to the individual sites.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21276,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Shipping Associate,Hard Work/ Low pay,"Always hiring, Easy to get a job there. Pays better then most entry level jobs. possibility to move up to tier 3.",Work is 10 times harder then just about any other entry level job.,When promoting to tier 3. Be more critical of the associates performance and don't be afraid to demote them back to a tier 1.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21277,amazon,"Hopewell, VA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Overnight Stocker,Stock in courts clean,I get the job done I love my job,Everything was good there I'm going back,It was told to me I was a hood worker,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21278,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,perfect start,Great everyones happy and wants you to be happu,Treat us like kids not shure if that's a bad thing tho,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21279,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse,Decent pay Easy hire A lot of overtime,Management is horrible Work condition is horrible Atmosphere is sad Work place is like a prison,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1349.htm
21280,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Shipping Clerk,shipping clerk,"hours, time off, health benefits. has potential to be a great company to work for.","no one in management was held accountable the same way as employees as far as safety. management gave the example of safety rules did not apply to them and everything was swept under the carpet as far as reporting management unless Seattle was involved. This was also a fact with some employees being favored. kiazens are a waste of time, kiazens just take place to bottleneck work flow so employees stay busy @ CVG3. why not run as efficient as possible? then you have the safety rules... some of the safety rules seem like they were pulled from a crackerjack box. you cannot change a process to slow production because *billy-joe* decided to run a 20 foot tall piece of equipment into another piece of equipment. not everyone is cut-out for some positions.","be fair to employees, hold all management to the same accountability as far as safety goes.",2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21281,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Associate,Temperature is rising,Get paid every two weeks,Corporate has now taken local control of the fulfillment centers climate control systems. The temperature in Chattanooga was set to 75 degrees since the facility has opened. Now the temperature is set to 80 degrees from a remote location. Last night they were handing out neck cooling devices. I wonder what will happen when winter arrives in Chattanooga. Will they set the temperature to 50 degrees to save money?,Let the local facilities manage their building - that is way you have hired a general manager!,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21282,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,No regrets,Work with great people. Work is interesting. Can easily change teams. Still a very reputable place to work.,Pays less to older employees. 401 k matching is low. Minimal benefits. Too much attrition,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21283,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Network Security Engineer,Senior Principal Software Engineer,Working with smart people. Dynamic atmosphere. Company culture and policies drive people to push their limits and improve and grow quickly. Exciting working with cutting edge technology.,"Work/Life balance is difficult. Expected to work 60 hours minimum, plan on working late nights and weekends. Holidays are hard to schedule. Very competitive. There is a 'diplomatic throw your colleague under the bus' mentality that goes on sometimes.","Manage ambiguity better by deflecting ambiguity from the top down so engineers can get to work without wasting time. Review process is good for the most part, except the anonymous witch hunts that can occur when colleagues are seeking to get ahead at other's expense. Does not create a climate of trust for team work.",4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21284,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great until you cap,Casual Dress Manangment is pretty good Lots of benefits and Help pay for an a.s.s degree,"Cap on your hourly rate. Don't get paid more for more stressful jobs Long Hour days, but you get 3 days off a week",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21285,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2015","Current Employee - Senior Display &amp, Touch Mechanical Design Engineer",Ever changing,"intelligent colleagues, new office building",management direction and lack of clear career development guidance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21286,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Work Hard, Work Hard...",Awesome sense of autonomy and ownership. You get to own and drive things that you'd otherwise never get your hands on. You get to work with the best of the best.,"You need to be ""on"" basically all day every day, and there is never a ""job well done"" moment even if you far surpass all original expectations -- all that accomplishment means is that you've now set your own bar higher for the next time around... double edged sword.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21287,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"I worked on interesting projects. This internship was what I would expect as a software engineer. Also, the pay is very good.",You will spend long hours working on projects. A lot of times you will be working over the weekend and through long hours of the night. Not a very good work/life balance situation.,Management should review some of the leadership principles which they abide by. I think some of the principles are more important than others.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21288,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Distribution Associate,A Sad State of Affairs,"No shortage of hours, as well as four 10 hour shifts with three days a week off.","It is the closest thing to slave labor you'll ever find. Less than 10% of my co-workers smiled, or were friendly, and most people generally didn't look happy to be there.","If you cared about what you were doing, there is a good chance employees will start to care as well.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21289,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Area Manager,Fast paced company that is making history.,Everyone is replaceable....and they let you know it.,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1350.htm
21290,amazon,"Whitewater, WI"," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Experience Intern,Customer Experience Intern,"Made my own schedule, received a bonus for successful completion of training, worked remotely from home. Amazon realizes students have to balance internship/school/life so they are flexible with you.","There were some bugs with training. It was the first year Amazon had this internship in place. The entire training process is online, but overall not bad. Any customer issues you aren't prepared to handle are escalated.",Add more people to the virtual call center team. My average waiting time for calls while trying to prepare for the work was about an hour and I had to call multiple times due to user/password issues,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21291,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,"Innovative, challenging and rewarding","Lots of hard problems to solve. Very little to no micromanagement. Brilliant colleagues. A place where serious engineers thrive, learn and succeed. No red tape. Variety of options from distributed systems to cloud computing to devices and robotics. Every day is still Day One attitude is pervasive at Amazon, and that's a good thing. Above-average compensation","The pace is very fast, and some people have a hard time adjusting. Being vocally self-critical can be challenging for those not used to functioning in this type of environment.","Better benefits, especially maternity and paternity. Same with refreshments and snacks, these are now industry standard practices and they matter to some, especially new candidates.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21292,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Given large degree of responsibility.,"While I was treated well, I had some peers that were not.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21293,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Only for people willing to make their job their life.,"I was in Amazon Web Services on the EC2 team so this may or may not be relevant to Amazon as a whole.  Anyway, you're surrounded by smart, capable people, which is great, and you're working on products that a lot of businesses are going to use.","Because of Amazon's ruthless policies, your co-workers are your enemies, not your friends. You're all fighting not to be the among the bottom-ranked in your team or department, and thus you must constantly be concerned about making yourself look good and your co-workers look bad. Friendships are a liability, though alliances may not.  Also for that purpose, visibility is important. It's not sufficient to do your job and know your stuff, you have to make everyone aware of it. Don't be the invisible one in the back toiling away getting no recognition, that gets you fired.  Below 50 hours a week and you're in the firing crosshairs. The internal saying is ""If you want work-life balance, you don't love your job enough"".  Amazon deliberately understaffs, partly in the belief that the sheer pressure will drive innovation.  You have to be aggressive in making sure other people are prominently and visibly blamed when you can't get stuff done.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21294,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Online Walmart,Co workers are really nice. Many different shifts available. Bonuses monthly and you get stocks from company. You get 3 days off in the week.,"Managers are backstabbers, management changes constantly. In short this is a Walmart online retail job. Can pay much more but they are too cheap too.",Best job if you are single or have no kids. No life outside of work.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21295,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developing Engineer I,"Hard place to start, but really rewarding","* Given big responsibility from the start, which is great. There is a lot of trust towards developers. * You won't be given useless projects. Everything is used. * A lot of communication between the business side of a project and the tech side. * Unique, challenging, and interesting problems to solve (although this could vary depending on which part of Amazon) * Values aren't just posted on the walls, they're drilled into everything you do * Easy to transfer internally to a new job (requires at least a year between teams and a good performance review) * Relative transparency between manager and employees. Although it's only with your direct superior. There isn't much interaction with anyone higher than that. * Use of new and relevant technologies (i.e. they're not stuck using outdated languages/stacks). I'm sure this varies from team to team though * This sounds trivial, but the office chairs are amazing. They did not skimp on those. * It's generally easy to work remotely. Although it's not really encouraged, it is doable. * Being able to bring a dog is AWESOME. Seriously huge benefit.","* Frugality is the one value that you will end up hating. They abuse to the point of being cheap. Pretty much all the negatives about the company stem from this single value. * The development environment you get isn't that great (although they're *slowly* getting better). Laptops and desktops just don't have enough processing power to do what they need to do, and they JUST started issuing dual-monitors as standard. * Growing too fast. Some buildings are filled to the brim. They had to take down the interior walls in some buildings to make room for more people to fit. It literally can feel like a factory sometimes. * No parking on campus * The campus itself is honestly really boring. It's boring to look at, and it doesn't have anything to make it stand out. * Managers are hit and miss. They seem to only care about how they look and not how their employees are doing. * Really tough for those coming right out of college. No one is going to tell you to stop working, so it's incredibly easy to get burned out. The amount of pressure you can receive from your manager is scary. * Way too much bureaucracy (aka too many meetings). * Internal tools have a really high learning curve.","Instead of being just a mouth-piece for the higher-ups, try learning more about the people who answer to you. Relationships build trust. Repeating Amazon's values at me isn't going to make me better at my job.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21296,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources for the Future,You have to see it to believe it!,"The values we talk about are the ones we actually use, day in and day out! The customer comes first, in that we innovate and attempt to make sure each and every customer is treated how they expect to be treated. As an employee, I am treated the same way - Amazon continues to push new employee benefits, work/life balance, and continues to preach to all employees that this is their life, do with it what makes sense!","Because Amazonians are so driven to be the best, those employees who do not have that same work ethic or desire for self-improvement don't make it. Such is the same with every company I have seen, those who don't embrace the culture don't continue to work at the organization. Why is this a con with Amazon? B/c the biggest problem we have is the growth we are experiencing - this leads to the need of hiring lots and lots of people, which in some cases means those that will not embrace the culture fully are hired and as a result don't have the best experience working here. This is unfortunate for them b/c if they would just open their mind to becoming a better individual in both personal and work life they would see the potential amazon provides for them.",Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21297,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,new tech + high growth company,Grinding front-line operations can run up to 6 days/week during peak Changing goals/direction by turnover of leadership,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21298,amazon,"Brockton, MA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Pretty good place to work,The pay is good for a part time job. Same with the hours you work. I don't think I'd find a job like this one. It pays $12.50 an hour and I only work 4 hours each day. You get 2 days off and if you want to come in on your days off you can only come in on one day. You have to take at least 1 day off. Nobody who is unauthorized to go into the building is allowed in the building. You need an employee ID or a visitors pass to get into the building.,You need to use your unpaid time off to go on leave (even medical) and If you use too much time off it can affect your job position.,"You should have a little leeway on people who need to take medical leave. I have to use my unpaid time off for medical reasons and if I need more time off than originally planned then I'll have no more unpaid time off. When I got hired the hiring staff said if I have negative unpaid time off it could affect my job position. I need that time off though to recover from my medical leave. I don't mind being not paid but the fact that I might have to come back when I'm not supposed too just so I can keep my job is ridiculous. I need to keep myself healthy. If I have to lose my job to keep myself healthy, well that's just messed up.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21299,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer Intern,Company where you can learn anything on a very large scale,*Smart People *Very passionate towards their work *Lots of opportunity to work on different varieties of projects,No food benefits in office. A bit frugal.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1351.htm
21300,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,"Physical but easy as second job, or part time for extra money",It is what it is. Repetive work.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21301,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Manager,"You really get to see the impact of your daily work on millions of customers, and that is awesome, your coworkers come from top-tier MBAs and corporations and you really get to learn a lot.","Amazon is a frugal company, sometimes plain cheap, and usually offers their employee the minumum required by law (lunch vouchers, number of water fountains in office, etc). Also, the long hours are really long.","The company is entering a new age - and some concessions have to be taken for the employees. Also, please bring Vocally Self Critical back to LP list!",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21302,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Exercise!,- good exercise - decent pay - benefits kick in after a few months working,- 10 + hours on feet - constantly fast paced,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21303,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good team. Good work hours.,On call duty. No free meals,Give us free prime at least,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21304,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fulfilment associate,"Good benefits, bonuses, 4 day work week, no interaction with the public, overtime ( though some is mandatory) air conditioning( previously not a luxury) personal lockers","No cell phones( which is not logical), break time easily wasted walking through large facility, timed scanners, checkpoints( although I can appreciate metal detectors. Not a career job. Only good for stacking money until you get a job you really want.","Allow workers to carry their phones, the warehouse is too large for no one to have immediate access to their phone. You dont know what could happen. Just discipline those who misuse the privilege. If manager can have their phone employess should too. People know they have time limits to get things done. Stop treating adults like children. Allowing cell phones alone could reduce your turn over rate",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21305,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fun Place,Benefits are great! It's a fun place to work and meet new people every day very social!,Management is crap! They expect so much with very little to no training. Safety equipment like back braces (which some people need) you need to provide it yourself and have it checked out by Am Care.,Keep people in there designated department unless requested!,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21306,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations intern,in the middle of a huge industry,they treat their mid level workers pretty poorly,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21307,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can't Judge a Book by it's Cover,-Good benefits -The benefits are nice -Ummmm....benefits?,"Bezos is so focused on being an innovator and customer satisfaction that often the associates are given the short end of the stick, i.e. last minute mandatory overtime, changing work schedules from tues-fri to wed-sat (like really, who wants to work sat nights til 4am?? And we're just supposed to be ok with our schedule change), etc. Also yes there is room for advancement but only after years of doing the same thing, unless you are your manager's favorite. Advancement can be slow, even if you are qualified for a position. I was told I could not get an interview for a position because I did not have a college degree when in all actuality I do.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21308,amazon,"Fresno, CA"," Sep 7, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon,There was a lot of Good benefits and time off and free meals sometimes,Bad management a lot of moving people around not steady too focused on rates we are more than just numbers overworked,Make your employees happy to be there words of encouragement be helpful don't make us feel less,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21309,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,NYT article is true,"What doesn't kill you make you stronger, right?",Read NewYork times article for detailed information,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1352.htm
21310,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Seasonal Customer Service Representative,"Great Company, not so great pay",Flexibility. Great company.,Pay only $10 per hour,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21311,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate ICQA,good for short term,"great co workers, lots of volunteer overtimes, the management are very helpful and the do care about their workers. great place to work.",can't think of any Cons.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21312,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Senior Analyst,"Great benefits, interesting team, and the ability to change the world every day of the week.",Work load is quite intense.,Improve work/life balance,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21313,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow Associate,Good benefits. Good paid. Have many opportunities. Give the opportunity to increase my salary.. good work.,Ten hours per day is so hard. The opportunnities to be permanent are less.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21314,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great Company,Company actually makes product decisions based on what's best for customers. Decision making is based around rational arguments (usually written docs).  People actually follow the leadership principles instead of making decisions based on personal biases.,"Have to move to Seattle to be in main office. Be in SLU is nice, but if you want to drive you'll have to join a waitlist for a company parking spot.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21315,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the worst,I learned a lot about customer service and worked with great people. And the company culture was promising.,Sometimes the vaunted Amazon company culture didn't end up being the reality. And some of the people there were just disenchanted which was sad because there were many great people there.,"I think that perhaps higher salaries may be beneficial. The reality for the area is that people don't expect much by way of compensation, so it would not take much of an increase to really make a difference.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21316,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Great learning experience, good technologies to work on","No work life balance, lower pay compared to other tech giants",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21317,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Manager- Software Development,"Great Company, Smart People, Set Boundaries","Very Smart People. Meritocracy. You can move your career very fast. Performance is far more important than degrees, experience, or time at the company. If you are smart and highly motivated, this company will accelerate your career.","There are a lot of very smart and highly motivated people here. If you want to make okay money while just putting in empty hours, there is a company across the lake for that. If you come here, you'd better be prepared to fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run.","Consider single-occupancy offices for managers or more conference rooms. As fast as Amazon is expanding, I waste a lot of time trying to find an open room for 1:1s with my people every week.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21318,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment associate,"meet new people, dance, have fun",fast paced and high standards required,see what associates have to go through to meet the buildings goals,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21319,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon.com,Longtime Employee,"It's not fair to base the culture of an entire company on the opinions of a few disgruntled employees. I have worked for Amazon for nearly five years and I have never personally seen anyone grossly mistreated, nor have I ever heard of any of my coworkers witnessing such things (and there is no shortage of ""water cooler gossip"" here). I have had great managers and bad managers, but since rotation is encouraged and people are constantly changing roles, you'll never be stuck with a bad manager for long. If you have a very strong work ethic and have a strong drive, you will thrive with all of the opportunities given to you. When I have changed roles/positions, I utilized my network and literally had my pick of positions, even in roles that I had zero direct experience in. My career at Amazon is in my own hands and I will milk every opportunity and experience I can get from it--positive and negative--and I will learn as much as I can!","You have to be willing to work hard and have a strong sense of ownership. If you expect to do the bare minimum, you will not succeed. There will be periods where you may have to put in extra work, such as for a launch or budget cycle, but it shouldn't be a consistent requirement. Even when things are not as busy, it can still feel like there is a lot to do, this is when it is important that your manager can manage expectations from leadership and make time to stop talking about deliverables and discuss employee development.","Your team's development is as important, if not more important, than a deliverable. Make development a priority because it motivates employees and improves output. If you neglect this responsibility, the employee will begin to question what they are working to achieve.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1353.htm
21320,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Few weeks temp,The success of amazon.com goes to the amazing worker who make it all possible.,You do work a schedule that can change at the last minute.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21321,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2015","Current Employee - Manager, Vendor Management",Unique culture,You will pick up skills that you can use all your life. Smart friends and a smart network of people. Really very little politics.,The company can do more for its employees. It's important to recognize that happy employees create a productive experience.,Your employees are working hard. Take care of them. Balance the company's ambitions with the needs of the employee.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21322,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great for short term career move,"Fast paced, provides great sense of ownership and sense of accountability. Ability to influence business and PnL. Get to work on some great technology/business products and influence the road-map. Interact with many divisions across Amazon and build strategy.","None of these are cons but 'dimensions' choose from while considering Amazon.  Work Life balance - Constantly engaging environment and it is hard to turn off. You will have work on your mind constantly.  Career Development - Your career is in your own hands and though everyone is encouraged to have a mentor, there is very little actionable output from it given everyone is always so busy. Your growth is dependent on your manager and your relations with him/her.  Very team dependent culture - There are some teams in start-up mode and doing cool things - which is great and exciting to work for. While some teams are now operationally heavy and are big businesses in themselves but still try operate like a startup (hang over from the quick growth) with low head count or have hired at a crazy pace with very little consideration for team dynamics. It can be confusing and stressful to work there.  How much support you will get to ramp up - You will need to figure out what to do irrespective of the team you join with very little direction because there is a lot of tribal knowledge, lack of proper documentation, and also the dynamic nature of the job. This again varies from team to team.",Think if the hiring to raise the bar is actually working or even possible at the rate at which Amazon hires. The 4x increase in head count in the last few years and all presumably better than the average employee at that time is hard to believe - especially since Amazon is such a unique business that it is hard to imagine a person who is 2 years into Amazon would be a lesser of a performer than an outside hire. Provide opportunity to grow from within which has been lacking.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21323,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picked packer,"Great pay overtime, do your own thing,",That I was let go cuz I wasn't fast enough,Give your employees more of a chance to really improve or maybe their just having the best day cut people some slack!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21324,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not too shabby.,"A lots of opportunity, nice city, a lots of dogs. Great people. Grow fast. Massive scale. A lots to learn.","I don't know, just joined for 6 month ago, everything seems fine now. No free food, have to go out and spend 1 hour (plus 10$) for lunch.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21325,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Intelligence Engineer,highly complex and analytical work that will help you learn a lot,Work life balance is too bad and there is no growth after certain level,no growth after certain level,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21326,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Great Benefits and Great Learning Opportunity,"Big Company, Often on call, high turnover for new employees",More start up feel needs to be encouraged,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21327,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,Great company to work for. Good perks. Good environment,Harsh timings. Very competitive. Compensation not very competitive,better time management. Consolidation of different groups. better timings.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21328,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous,Anonymous,"Career opportunities, challenging work environment, ability to relocate anywhere within USA (subject to availability), & the flexibility to change work schedules.","Benefits: Not enough paid holidays (presently only 6 per year), paltry salary increases, no COLA each year to keep up with inflation, no paid sick leave.","With respect to employee feedback, which the organization encourages, Amazon should be more expeditious in the resolution of employee issues &/or concerns in the workplace.",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21329,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions Architect III,"Innovative, driven, great talented people, awesome management, flexible hours, work remotely, travel the world",comp plan needs to be modified,work with leadership on a better comp plan structure for top talent,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1354.htm
21330,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Sort,"Great job, beware of negative associates.","Competitive pay once a blue badge. Opportunities to transfer to other facilities. Fun. Opportunities to work in different areas. Laid back environment. Many incentives offered throughout peak. Peak gives the opportunity for more hours. Flex time (staying up to an hour later than shift, or leaving an hour earlier) and unpaid time off available. Location is central to all major highways and a couple of big cities.",Part time only.Average of 18-20 hours. If extra shifts are available you may only go up to 30 hours.. Fellow associates may not pull their own weight. Handful of associates really bring down those around them. Some associates do not respect management.,"Spend more time coaching those whom are barely skating by with the minimum or below. Praise those whom excel at their positions. Help the associates whom want to move within the company. Be sure associates know the difference between a line champion, ambassador, PA, and manager.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21331,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - CSA,CSA,"flexible, very helpful, convenient, great hours and alot of overtime available","none, the company is the best work from home psostion",keep up great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21332,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work,Good pay to start off,Lots of over time during peak season,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21333,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship at Amazon,"High ownership, ability to build something big",Not too many based on my experience,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21334,amazon,"Tabernacle, NJ"," Aug 15, 2015","Former Employee - Facilities Technician, KIVA Robotics Trainer","Work hard, have fun, make history","Good benefits, decent hours, 3 days off every week. Your health and welfare are a main priority at Amazon. Timely breaks .","Work at least one day every weekend. Strange start times for shifts. 10 hour shifts. Noise factor is loud depending on where your job was positioned. Four days a week work dominates your life, not just a part.",Remember that the employees are people and not machines. There is no button to push that will increase production. Those are the KIVA robots.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21335,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center,Fulfillment Center,World class benefits for entry level and above positions. Exposure to a diverse workforce from GED educated employees to advanced degrees.,"Zero opportunity for advancement if you are 40 or over regardless of education or experience. Average age of leadership is mid 20's and tattoos, piercings, and a sloppy appearance will not hold you back if you are no threat to management.",The extremely high turnover and unprofessional environment is similar to the service industry. Just on a larger scale.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21336,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Software Development Manager III,Super smart people and the freedom to work on tough engineering problems.,"Chaotic and frequently confrontational. Unless you get very aggressive about your own career growth, others who less competent but appear to be retention risk will pass you by. Different orgs seem to have a different bar for promotions and it seems to be driven by the level of desperation in retaining talent in a particular org than a pure merit based system.",Focus on training your managers in aspects of people management in addition to product/project management.,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21337,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,No structure base company,"Descent pay rate to start, 40hrs/wk, production base individually, insurance 1day.","Constant harassments, you have to manage everything on their systems from a time clock. Hard to get help after day 1. Ur on ur own.","Do your job and train, support and interact with ur workers. Follow up and give correct info.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21338,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,Working at Amazon,"Benefits day 1. Insurance, PTO, Vacation accrual. Nice break rooms and restrooms. 4 day work week. Overtime and some days you can volunteer to leave early. They give away prizes.",A lot of people. Inpersonal. You work one day on the weekend. No room for growth. Top out pay is $12.50. Horrible breaks.,Introduce yourselves and understand that new people are just that new.,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21339,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Order Picker,Fulfillment Center Associate,"What's great about working in an Amazon Fulfillment Center? You start off with a good amount of PTO and vacation time. They offer a nice four day work week, which allows for an extra day of over time or three full days off. It is a simple job- they give you minimal training to start off, although the support is always there when you need it.","The work doesn't allow room for creativity, and it gets repetitive fast. Also, it is very physically demanding. They try there best to have systems in place to support associates, but they sometimes fall short.",Spend more time training associates on processes so they don't feel like fish out of the water when they are starting out. This might possibly help with employee retention.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1355.htm
21340,amazon,"New Brunswick, NJ"," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - PRA,"Great for a young go-getter, terrible for an experienced leader with any type of expectations.",The benefits were nice. 4 day workweek was great. Uh....there was free coffee in the breakroom? Excellent advancement opportunities for young people with a college degree.,"Where do I start? The pay vs job responsibility was so unbalanced it often induced rage among my peers. At any job, you're given goals and expectations - but at Amazon you're expected to succeed with zero resources. Seriously, you can try to justify overtime all you want - you aren't getting any help. Unprofessional, callous managers that don't care about employee development...I could go on. As someone with leadership experience in a warehouse setting, I'm comfortable saying that the building I worked at was a prime example of how not to run an operation.","Look before you leap. Many of my issues stem from an obvious lack of planning during the setup phase. Hire experienced leaders - a college degree means nothing if a candidate is a true greenhorn. Do things to help employee morale that don't involve throwing the phrase ""customer obsession"" around in a cavalier manner.",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21341,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed feelings,Great company to learn. It's a very fast paced organization with great growth opportunities. People are genuinely smart. Innovation everywhere and truly cares about the customer. Pay is great and very generous stock grants.,"With the explosive growth Amazon has seen, they have promoted too many people who are smart and great individual contributors into management roles. Most managers don't actually know how to lead. Unfortunately, this will continue to get worse as Amazon expands into new areas. Starting at the top, senior managers lead by being dicks.",Make sure people who are put into management roles can lead. The smartest person doesn't always make the best manager.,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21342,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Easy job as far as complexity goes. The employees there are great. Set schedule is a bonus.,Job security is inconsistent due to random rate changes. Mundane job pretty much the same old thing with limited things to help with the long hours. Wears down the body after consistently walking an average 10 miles a day. (Picker),Better job integration. As well as having a reward system and sticking to it. Was there 3 years and never had a reward system that was implemented only rumored by management.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21343,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Study Hard!,"Compensation, Location, Team, Casual workplace environment",Work life balance (if you enable people to know you're available 24/7),It's all good so far.... Maybe leave some room for negotiation,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21344,amazon,"Dinwiddie, VA"," Aug 29, 2015",Former Employee - Inbound Stow,but i thought.. that i was inbound stowing...?,Stowing was really easy and fast paced You were by yourself most of the time there was pizza at my orientation,"constantly being switched to different areas horrible training was trained on 2-3 things everyday my first week then was being told to go to pit theory so i could operate equipment... treated like a high-school student safety school is a joke they act like the place is run oh-so-well but people are constantly breaking stuff and messing up with no punishment horrible pay for what you actually do no one cares about anything you will easily be replaced if you get fired/quit because you are just a warehouse associate to them, nothing more.","Train better. I had no idea what or who a problem solver was... I was simply shown what to do, how not to block and stack items. then after 1-2 hours of ""training"" aka us just taking turns putting items in a bin. I was told to get a cart and go stow it and was left on my own. I did not know i had to scan my dropzone. I did not know what the things on my scanner gun meant. I couldnt even find a problem solver till the end of day 2 with the help of a coworker. i didnt know to end a cart, to drop a cart, to go to stand up, (didnt even know what stand up was) when to clock in/out (for lunch) i was just thrown into a warehouse basically. not to mention this was my first job. Let people at least do one thing for the first month before switching them to something... My first day I stowed, then second day I learned tranship.. A coworker was told to show us.. so me and one other girl watched her do maybe 5 items, then were told to do 2 stacks of 4 crates. It was simple and I loved it. ONE ISSUE. i did that for 15 minutes... thats all the time i had with tranship... then I was taken to non con and told to do that. I was told to get a box, scan into it like a container, and stow it. BUT my question was... stow where?! i found out it doesnt go in the library, it needs to be opened and put in tranship.. but my coworker/trainer had already left! I was never even told about the boxcutters, nor shown where they were. so i talked to a problem solver, which was no help.. her and a coworker sat infront of me for maybe 5 minutes and pretended like i wasnt even there as they chatted about chinese food. so finally i had told her my issue and she simply told me to give her the box. and then that was it. I didnt even know what to do or who to go to, so i left early. I really just wanted to quit if the work environment was going to be like this. and then the third day, i was in stowing. and i felt like i knew what to do now, i was so comfortable. but then my gun told me to report to leadership. so they put me in asin scanning (line loader). so i got trained in that, and my trainer actually worked beside me until the end of the day. and i loved that! but then the next day i was put in stowing and then again across my gun.. report to leadership. I was put in 'kmod project' where me and 5 other people who had been there way longer than me were walked to the end of the building and told to take bin dividers out... whats funny is that a problem solver was telling us what to do and then he left us on our own for nearly 3 hours.. we had run out of work and we just basically sat around and no one helped us. so again, I left early. because no one will help me do my job!!! and then i just really wanted to quit. but i knew i needed a job... so i took a day off to decide whether or not i should even go in another day... so i did.. and i was doing my favorite job. downstairs stow. (this was actually yesterday) and then 45 minutes in, i get a message across my gun ""report to _____ conference room for pit theory"" and at that point i had, had enough. i was not about to be trained on equipment on my fifth day after i had been drug around for 5 days. I quit. This entire work experience made me so uncomfortable in the environment i was in. I will admit that i love stowing, and asin scanning. but why keep dragging me around? why not just let me at least get used to one thing for a while? i mean hey, some people might like doing different things like that.. but just not me.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21345,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Not Favorable,Looks good from the Outside but once you get in....,"Very berating and unforgiving environment. People are competitive, scared and under constant pressure to meet an impossible bar. The New York Times article is right. Very few African American.","Follow the Leadership Principles, do the right thing with your people. Get rid of the calibration system.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21346,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great place to work!,A contract assignment that can possibly go permanent,It's a temporary contract assignment through a staffing agency,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21347,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorting specialist,Working towards hourly package quotas. Going home. really there aren't many pros besides getting a better hourly wage then most people.,"High stress environment, coworkers and management can be rude and pushy. No family life or time for yourself the job is everything.",Stop telling us employees all of our faults it does not motivate us whatsoever to get the jobs you want done correctly.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21348,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Warehouse Postion,"Great benefits-- medical at great rates, 401k with match, stock program, and tuition assistance, willingness to work with school scheduling.","Difficult, demanding, and repetitive work, no real connection to managers -many do not know you name, frequent mandatory overtime with little warning",Area managers are simply too few to establish real contact with except an 'inner circle.' Management style is similar to a cattle call.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21349,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good job, great experience.",Reliable and great first job to earn money for the holidays. They provide a reliable experience and pay day. Safety is always a concern.,"The hours were poor, at least to my taste. Only available shift was third.",Improve hours,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1356.htm
21350,amazon,"Stockton, CA"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,IT Support Technician,"Relax environment, good people, great company",Compensation needs improvement not up to par with current market,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21351,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Average company as a employee. Great to show-off on your resume.,The company is a brand. The way they have conducted their business so far has been impressive. Very customer focused and have high quality standards and they look to keep continuously improving.,"The work place is a mess. They have some seriously dumb managers and reporting to them just demoralizes the employees. They believe that only ideas and value is brought in by the people at the top of the chain, which is completely not true. There are so many talented people with great ideas and there is no way for them to showcase their ideas and eventually get pissed and leave the firm.",The H.R needs to really analyze the quality of people they hire and give them appropriate roles than merely filling up positions.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21352,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for college grads,"opportunity for growth, good coworkers, offers health insurance and 401k, good signing bonus","long hours, few breaks, not many vacation days",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21353,amazon,"Parkville, MD"," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager review,"compensation, challenging, networking opportunities, three day weekends most of the year however you work 12-13 hr days","not always given support needed to do job well, college hires make significantly less than military hires even if performing the exact same duties due to the pay structure",Seek to understand the root cause of issues. Learn to celebrate successes more often and be present on the floor other than just when things are going poorly.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21354,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a very healthy work environment,"It is a big company and therefore one might have very different kind of experiences depending on the group. The work environment is very aggressive. One thing it does is that it will help one get used to fast paced culture. It also could help one learn a lot depending on the area of work. However, it really depends on the role of an employee.",Pretty bad culture...employees are allowed to bad mouth against each other anonymously to get others in trouble. The recruiters often provide false information regarding company policies are other things to attract people. A lot of teams have positions where one is required to jump from one thing to another quite frequently. This will at most make one a jack of all trades and master of none. The company leadership principle recommends thinking long term. I have not seen that during my tenure. This leads to both short and long term pain and extra pressure to get some meaningless things done overnight.  Advice to anyone who is thinking of joining this organization : forget about work-life balance. Be very careful about internal politics in the in which you are working.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21355,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job Seeker Beware,Take your dog to work.,"Poor benefits, misleading (lower than promised) compensation, broken promises (including interviewing for one job, showing for work day 1 and being told you are being put into a different job), cult of personality, interesting work is pulled up while blame always flows downward, ""culling"" of the workforce, management by fear, cheap benefits and tiny, dark workspaces (at least in the corporate offices where I worked)",Not much to say - you asked for Game of Thrones and you got it. Things may have changed but NYT article suggests not.,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21356,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Big scale and complex solutions - loving it,"I joined Amazon about 2 years ago and like most, I read the reviews on glassdoors and got so scared. Amazon is a BIG company. Everyone that has worked for large companies knows that there are always the pockets of bad teams or bad match between a hire and the company.  Now, it's also more common for people to write bad feedback than good feedback. As an example, it's rare to get out of a good experience on a restaurant and go write a good review on Yelp. You will usually go and write a bad review when you didn't like something.  Back to topic! I'm having an amazing time at Amazon. I manage 2 teams of developers, haven't had any attrition, the team is happy, and all of us work normal hours. We often have social events and there is very minimal top down guidance about how the team works and what we should focus on. We build our own roadmap and think long term. It really feels like working in a startup but much more stable.  If you have the chance of working at Amazon, ask lots of questions about the team you're going into, be passionate about the space you're working, and you will have a great time.  Oh, and if you by any chance join a bad team, after 1 year you can internally transfer without any problems.",Main cons is similar to what was I mentioned above. There is the chance of joining bad team - like in ANY other company. At least remember that you can switch after 12 months.,"My main advice would be to add one more SDE level between 2 and 3. The second advice would be to investigate why some teams (and they're a minority!) are having problems with hours worked, and bad middle management. I would also suggest to streamline the recruiting effort across Amazon. Some teams do 2 phone interviews, some do 1, etc...",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21357,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Process Assistant,"-Good starting pay and benefits -There is a role for a Tier 1 (sometimes a seasonal Tier 3) that walks around and talks to associates about what their barriers are, both physical and internal, to accomplishing their jobs. This person then holds a daily meeting with all management to discuss how to improve the business for the associates. I have seen huge improvements to the business and moral directly related to this role. -Room for advancement: If you show initiative and a willingness to learn and adapt there is always room to grow. We are opening many new facilities each year in many locations so higher Tier employees will move up or out creating new opportunities.","Work Hours: 4 10-hour days a week can be stressful. Having 3 days off is nice but by the end of the week I can be exhausted. Peak: Associated with work hours, peak is a high stress period of increased hours and a mandatory overtime day so about 55 hours a week. Have good shoes and insoles. Bad Press: This is our own fault. Amazon does such great things for their communities, creates jobs around the world, innovates and we focus too much on word of mouth and name recognition for advertisement. We don't toot our own horn AND WE SHOULD. Stuck in Roles: I see this a lot in picking. High volume work (11 pickers feed about 35 packers) and the best associates can get stuck there. HOWEVER we have begun planning on how to cross-train more associates to fill different roles to have a more qualified associate pool.","Managers need more initial training time. We have had a few new managers that are qualified but lack real experience get some training basically following the manager they are replacing and when that person moves on the new person has all the responsibilities with very little real time experience. Have the trainees follow the trainer for a couple days, work along with the trainer for a couple days and then have the trainee run the shift while the trainer follows and gives guidance only when necessary.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21358,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,go elsewhere if able to at all,"health insurance. that's it, that's all. and its really easy to get hired as long as you can maintain a ridiculous work pace and don't have any felonies. great place for smokers since they only use oral drug tests.","Worked to death, mandatory OT, when I left it must've been in really fine print that the employer contributed part of your 401k wasn't available until you'd been there three years. Management is ridiculous",I really don't think you could make it better because corporate is so crappy.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21359,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,It's Awesome Here,"Challenging work that keeps you busy, constant growth, and great people to work with.",There is some pressure to work more than usual but it isn't enforced.,Keep in mind that your workers want to enjoy the job and they long for a reason to stay.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1357.htm
21360,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,It's Awesome Here,"Challenging work that keeps you busy, constant growth, and great people to work with.",There is some pressure to work more than usual but it isn't enforced.,Keep in mind that your workers want to enjoy the job and they long for a reason to stay.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21361,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,EMcComis,"the culture, people, and the career advancement",the pay could be better in my area,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21362,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon is not great,Working with a variety of people,"No room for growth unless you're young. 10 hour shifts are grueling even with 3 days off. Up at 4am to get there by 6am off at 4:30 then in bed by 8:30pm. Pay stinks, even though they say it's competitive to what other company are paying, I have no idea who they're talking about. Best Buy in area starts at $14.00. They pay area managers about 2.75 times what they pay us to stand around and stare at numbers on the computer all day, then the managers push us to do more. Yeah Amazon is not a great place to work.",Get involved with what your workers are really doing.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21363,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Great company good people like role,Travel can be a bit much,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21364,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leadership Training Ground,The 14 Leadership principles were powerful tools in developing my personal management style.,Dealt with issues of micromanagement.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21365,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It's a job,"Great benefits, decent hourly pay, guaranteed hours and set schedules. Very clean facility with big break rooms including tv's, computers, free condiments, free silverware, plenty of microwaves and drinking water stations. Best of all, It's a paying job...","Politics, politics, POLITICS. Man oh man, how better to start than by getting on the subject of favoritism and special treatment? Hard work is rarely recognized/ appreciated. All that matters is numbers, not people. The only Tier 1 associates who get put into leadership roles and eventually get promoted to the next level are the submissive brown nosers who are, more often than not, the laziest. The prettier the female, the more special treatment given. The list goes on. Most new managers come in (with no warehouse experience) wanting to immediately take over the show which often results in worsening the already intense, physically and mentally exhausting work environment. The pay is decent, but not as much as what surrounding jobs with similar work load pay. All of shady things happen in the building.. The thirst shown by males is ridiculous. Equal opportunity? Nah.. Males are given the more labor intensive jobs always. HR is worthless for the most part. So many of them and they seem to prefer not to help. I can go on longer.. The cons outweigh the pros. It's a job and as long as it keeps paying me, I'll keep working.","I would post my advice but advice is always brushed off. Go through my cons for ideas on what needs to be changed.. Because I do wish things would change. It shouldn't be bad job, but it is made into one.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21366,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Problem Solver,"CVG3, meh","This job offers great benefits and a schedule that is the same week to week. If there is mandatory overtime, the start and end of shift is only a half hour earlier than your usual shift start and and end time.","Lack of mobility, favoritism, your co-workers are often really awful people, your managers are often the scum of the earth. Once you reach a certain point with raises, you top out and no longer receive them. It also seems like a very thankless job. I do quite a lot of work that warrants quite a bit more pay.","I would suggest rather than hiring random people off the street, you conduct interviews with your potential employees to be sure they are up to par (or can even speak english). I would also suggest you appreciate your employees more, and upgrade our pay. Many of the people I work with are barely getting by on the pay we are offered and I think this is unacceptable.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21367,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,rating the rate,"Almost everyone I work with regardless of gender, race, etc. is very nice and helpful. Part of that, I am sure, is the fact that bonuses are tied to production. I love the culture that is promoted though.","If you are older and not used to the fast pace (188 pieces boxed per hour) then don't apply for a warehouse job. My hands are swollen even now and my wrist are in pain as well. If you can't stand on a cement floor for 10 hours a day, don't take a warehouse job. Maybe part time?    Not sure why they can't put something online to show and or explain this in detail to people before they apply but I guess that would mean HR types wouldn't have as much to do. They are constantly hiring for a reason. Churn and burn.","spend more time training people so they don't find out the hard way. if you can put a guy in a guerrilla outfit and show it in orientation, you can fully explain this BEFORE people accept a job. I turned down other offers to take this job and now they are no longer available. Thanks.",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21368,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard to put finger on,"I was delighted to interview with Amazon and felt slightly nervous, maybe more than I should've felt. However I felt enough on point to make an impression on the recruiter on campus. Amazon is a great company to work for and of course they want the best so be good in your field of expertise.","So I did not get the job. I was only applying and they will contact your email like a month out. You have to watch your mailbox like a hawk. Otherwise you will miss an important email. This happened to me. I might try again, but the interview was a confidence builder. The belated email to provide continued interest in the position was ironically annoying. A month and a half out from initial contact is too long. Might try again, but it was a confidence booster to know my resume was received positively according to the email.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21369,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I Intern,Amazing learning experience,I loved working on the project that interests me.,They provide free coffee but no free food.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1358.htm
21370,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Great place to work very fast pace depending on which department you work at always room to move up,Good benefits paid time off and restricted stock units that pay off if you do 2 years of service,Not much if you don't like to work than this place isn't for you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21371,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Read NYT article,Pay is competitive with the tech industry. Great urban location.,"Culture lacks behind the industry, read NYT article as it's based on the truth.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21372,amazon,"Boardman, OR"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - eot,"LIES, Dictators tell lies to mold you into an Amazombie...","Everything on Paper Seemed Great.. Pay was ok, and benefits were average","read the new york times article and you will see just a fraction of what goes on at amazon. AWS in Boardman OR had a horrible work/Life balance and that had no compassion, you said no it was on to the next. You were forced into this oppressive way of work. No where near what was deserved for compensation and lies upon lies.","Good luck maintaining that ""Amazon Level"" when you treat the talent as poorly as you do. Here is a big one!! PAY WHAT YOU SAY YOUR GOING TO!!! AND TO THE TOP DOG COMPENSATE FORMER EMPLOYEES FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING!!!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21373,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazon does not deserve its success,"Amazon.com does get software out the door, but the attitude is to push things out as fast as possible and then leave someone else to clear up the mess.",Management want employees to bad mouth each other. Really! Management get together once a year to decide whether each group manager has to fire 10% or whatever of his workers. Some groups lose 60% of their staff a year.  Management are slow to act before problems. When problems they only think about who they can blame.,Treat employees better!  Jeff Bezos needs to get rid of the low quality management that surrounds him.  The company has good software developers - mostly! The rotten management below Jeff needs to be cleaned out.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21374,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Loading Doc,Excellent,"good pay, nice people. Great place to work",I don't have any comment on the cons,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21375,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,Great job,Working for a well known company plenty of room for advancement,"Long interview process, low hourly pay for position. Very long hours",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21376,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate Seasonal,"Customer service focused, not employee focused","Flexible training, flexible hours, easy call type","Lack of care for employees, bad training, low pay","Care for your employees more, provide more thorough training,",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21377,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Experience,- Project that you will work on is already decided and the goals are set - Helping and talented people to work with,- You do not get to choose the team you are interested in - Expectation from an intern is not properly conveyed by managers,Give feedback and convey you intentions at right times rather than disappointing the intern on the last day,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21378,amazon,"Gainesville, FL"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Intern,My review,learn new technologies and good salary.,Work life balance is not right.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21379,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont even bother,the other employees are fantastic... great people to work with.,You never know what task you'll be assigned when you walk in the door. 45 minutes a day to sit down within a 10 hour work day.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1359.htm
21380,amazon,"Gainesville, FL"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Intern,Over all good,Great leaning experience. Learning lot of things in small period of time.,"I didn't find anything wrong, except there is less work life balance.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21381,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Data Engineer II,"Decent pay, horrible work life balance, negative environment","Amazon's technology is reputed and it can give your career a boost. Pay is decent. Having said that these are only 2 good reasons to work for Amazon. If this is what you want, I will say go for it.","In my first month at Amazon I found that most employees are unhappy and it is as designed. The management believes that employees come and go, it is the customer that matters and that is how the whole company is structured. I think this is root of all the problems at Amazon and they will never change because they are deeply ingrained in the culture. Operational burden is very high and most tools that are used in-house are in really bad shape. Unless you are super smart or political, you will have to work 60-80hrs a week to get a promotion.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21382,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Visual Designer,Lead Visual Designer,"Really smart people, strong ownership of career path, huge potential for advancement, great benefits.",Work/life balance can be a struggle. Metrics-obsessed culture. Tribal knowledge is a problem.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21383,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Ambassador,shift change,"Great place, courteous people, wage is decent, work is simple",My wife started a job in which I needed a shift change but was denied -I explained the reason but they refused for nonmedical,..try to accommodate to the employee,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21384,amazon,"Nashua, NH"," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great company,"Friendly staff, great work environment, management knows what there doing, and great pay.","Unpaid days off. For such a large company that makes billions a year, you would think they would oh for days off.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21385,amazon,"Hopewell, VA"," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Not bad,4 days on 3 days off Overtime opportunities Really nice HR staff and area managers Cross train opprtunities,HIGH TURNOVER. Standing most the shift Feet blisters Too busy or loud to talk No music!!! 5mins time off task,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21386,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associatt,Highest turnover in Mid TN. YOU DON'T WANT THIS JOB.,It's a job decent pay great benefits,"having to deal with rednecks obnoxious floor ""leaders"" ALWAYS exhausted at the end of the day, to the point you can't look for a better job.","B R A C E S (for one of my floor leaders). Let people who want to clock in and clock out without being bothered do so. Also, don't create fake incentives to make you're employees work hard... that's trashy.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21387,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Very good company,Good pay and perks with good work life,Doesn't take care of medical,Nome,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21388,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,huh?,good benefits and a 4 day work week,hard work and low pay,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21389,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Big warehouse and a nice people,Standing in one position all nigth,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1360.htm
21390,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Writer,"I am currently working for Amazon.com in Baltimore Maryland as a Fulfillment Associate, and it is a great place to work. I would like the opportunity to make better use of my computer science training, and extensive experience in emerging technologies research, and intelligence reporting.",There are no downsides to working for Amazon.,I am well suited for a remote writing position with Amazon.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21391,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Plugging those numbers,Desk work benefits respect job growth great onsite leaders Lots of overtime,job growth can be slow Lots of overtime lack of comunication,Talk to the associates more.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21392,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"New technology is implemented constantly. Robots are cool. Extremely regimented breaks, stretching and how close you are to you goals.","I have never worked in a job (20+ years experience in field) where the turnover rate is so high. I have worked for over 4 years and have seen many come and go. Pay is low, even topped out.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21393,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lots of chaos, lots of opportunity",So many crazy interesting things going on at the same time.,Easy to get lost in the bureaucracy once you try to do anything done.,Too much politics and red tape.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21394,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations manager,You will work with the brightest minds in the world. Highly competitive. Compensation is good.,"I will not lie, Amazon is not an organization you want to finish your career with. Learn all you can , stay as long as you can and leave. You will be worth more on the open job market. Management is force to overlook care of associates and work life balance due to the demand to perform. This is happening at all levels of leadership. Amazon is not a caring environment. It all about performance. Know this before you join and take the signing bonus. It just the way it is. If this doesn't matter to you, and you are willing to work long hours for good pay, then Amazon is the place to be.",No comments to leadership. I was compensated for my work. I knew what I signed up for.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21395,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Recruiter,"Some people love it, some don't. I fell in the middle.","Innovative, benefits, fast-paced, great business partners","Ambiguous, internal employee competition, corporate culture",Be more involved in the development and growth of your teammates.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21396,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"strong tech, strong vision, efficient","frugal culture, treat employee badly, no career path",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21397,amazon,"Laguna Niguel, CA"," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Shift Manager,Shift Manager,Compensation and a chance to work for Amazon! Endless career opportunities,Working nights and long hours,Keep raising the bar. This is Amazon not some mom and pop.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21398,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Contract employees have a flexible Schedule and there is decent pay for the work involved.,Work can fluctuate because it's a contract position,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21399,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,The fun is gone and the operation burden keeps coming.,"- If you are a college hire, you will learn a lot, from discussing business requirements, writing tech specs, coding and testing, to deploying features to productions. You will learn them all. - Project is very cool sometimes, but get buried so much under processes and guidelines. Just let me build the thing already. - What else? What else is there? I don't know. Probably nothing else.","- Healthcare and Benefits: from what I hear from my friends working at other tech companies, Amazon pretty much has nothing. Just nothing. - Work Equipment: horrible. I am still using the Macbook from 2011 and not allowed to upgrade to newer machine until 2017. I would have to pay out of my pocket for memory upgrade and switch from normal hard drive to ssd. Of course, all in the name of ""Frugality"". I am just not sure how it can be frugal where I have to spend a lot of time waiting for things to run and process while on the clock. And once upon a time, we were so looking forward to acquire monitor from interns who are about to leave, because Amazon would refuse to give us two monitors of 22"". Luckily, at least that's over. - Performance Review and Salary: I have had many reviews so far and it always seems subjective. Like April this year, I got exceed for engineer rating and solid for leader principle, and I got <2% pay raise. Total compensation, stock included, goes down from last year. In another word, I get a pay cut for a good performance review. Who does that? Talked to manager and HR, nothing they can do about it. And thanks to Glassdoor, I know that I am underpaid even comparing to other engineers at the same level at the SAME company. - Retention rate is very low. My department is considered one of the good one in term of work life balance and everybody is nice and such, But people keep leaving. Business keeps asking for projects to be built while we don't have enough resources and don't even care about operational support. They just want things to be done for their own promotion, then get promoted, and leave the burden behind. Engineers are quoted on their words about ""rough/initial"" estimation and got pressured onto that ""promises"" to get things done. Inexperienced engineers make that amateur mistakes all the times and burn themselves out. Engineers like me stay in the department because of promises about promotion, different and interesting project, but of course pay raise is kinda out of question but only for a very few people. (Perhaps I am not that good of an engineer. If so, why even bother rating me exceed in engineer performance many years in a row?) - Technical challenge: not much. Once you passed the first 1 or 2 years of learning as new hires, it pretty much dies down from there. - Pager (it especially sucks if your team has less than 5 people. That means you would be oncall once a month or more) - Mentor: hit and miss. I am fortunate to have some very great mentors. But my friends seem to have a complete opposite of spectrum. He has to learn everything, plays nice with his mentor although that mentor is not even helpful. - Managers and some engineers tend to present the Amazon's problem in a very engineer way: it is not perfect and very challenging but there will always be room for improvement and you can contribute to that. Sure, it's possible, if only you work their days and nights, weekend included to get your work done and achieve those goals.  You probably ask why I am still working there after so many complaints I made above. Well, I love my teammates. They are some of the best engineers I have had a chance to work with. They are all moving on now. I am the last man standing. Prepping for the interviews now. If you are working for Amazon, move on, NOW. If you plan to work for Amazon, at least ask for the ton of money or a very special project. Last word, just get out.",- Having so many diverse projects without any focus is not a GOOD thing. - Postponing tech mandates to deliver some milestones will bite everyone eventually. - Dealing with your teammates to make sure that everyone is happy is your JOB. That's what you get paid for. Not making everyone fight each other and gets paid. - Lack of communications and give out empty promises to keep engineers around might work in the short term but words will go around. Good luck moving to a new team or new company where your old engineers share their experiences with others. Tech community is pretty small. It will come back and be friend with you very soon.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1361.htm
21400,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,HORRIBLE place to work,"good pay 12.50(starting) Benefits (vision, dental, 401k) Personal Time - paid/unpaid (optional) Vacation time friendly employees","horrible management unfair unsafe work conditions (over crowded bins , product falling from shelves) favoritism",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21401,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Co-workers and laid back environment oh yeah the pay as well,Felt as if the managers and HR didn't care about you,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21402,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Seasonal Associate,great pay,"This is a very easy job, they pay great for every hour you work. Practically everything there is free. They have medications there for employees to help themselves to when feeling sick or in pain. The female necessities all for free in the bathrooms. break room is loaded with all types of snacks and for cheap. they have days where they'll give out snacks free, or other things as well such as pizza.",the break is awfully short. If you're working a line that's far away you'll literally only get a 5 minute break. Full benefits don't start until 90 days in at MKE5.,"Management can be very rude about things. I've only had three people off of management approach me nicely. Twice when I was struggling with something, and once when my body posture was wrong. One time a lady yelled at me for something I hadn't even done. another time the management has yelled at others for things that wasn't actually their fault. They tell you don't do this don't do that. well, a pallet was way past what it should have been and this guy told a water spider multiple times if he could wrap it up, and close it. Water spider kept doing other things. so the guy took it upon himself to wrap it up close the package and move it out of the way and all of a sudden you hear a lady yelling at him telling him never do that again she doesn't care how high it is keep stacking. the management here is mostly college kids who have no idea what they're doing. PG's let their vests get to them and all of a sudden think they're the bosses of the whole building. I've only met one ambassador who's actually helped. one told me continue building a pallet I didn't feel safe doing so. She said she didn't care, it needs to continue being built. They don't really care for the safety even though they're always trying to in force it during stand up.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21403,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start your career,"Get to choose your team, decent compensation","on-call, not a lot of perks, a lot of work",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21404,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"As an intern, I was put on real projects and felt like my work was helpful to the overall advancement of my team's projects. Also, the entire customer focus atmosphere was really cool.","At times, it was sort of hard to fit in as an intern. Especially on a team where there were no other interns in my direct area.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21405,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Experience Intern,The staff was amazing and the time to work around school was great as well.,The training was good but not enough for the amount of problems each customer had.,Continue this program and just improve the training.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21406,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Ops Administrative,Overall it's been a good job experience.,"A good, solid company that will be around, everywhere, for a good long time. They aim to do well by their employees.",Promotions can be an issue. They manage to exclude those they don't want to promote. Seems like person(s) picked already prior to the posting & promotion process.,"Listen to what employees mention to you of other employees. If it's been mentioned, it's important!",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21407,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great Companie,Great company that inspires you to give the best out of you.,I never experienced any negative situations.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21408,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still Day 1,Place to perform and get rewarded automatically,You better love what you do!,Stay hungry stay foolish,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21409,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible Management,Decent pay and benefits. Only a 4 day work week. They offer paid holidays and vacations time. They offer overtime pay.,Favoritism is rampant. Managers have no idea what they're doing and the shifts are chaos. You can sometimes be doing the exact thing every single day for a year straight.,Make sure things are fair and your managers aren't playing favorites.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1362.htm
21410,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still Day 1,Place to perform and get rewarded automatically,You better love what you do!,Stay hungry stay foolish,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21411,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,No thank you,"stock, if you can stick it out",80 hours a week is normal,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21412,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good jon,"Paid good , benefit and pto",Long hours not that many breaks and crowded with employees,Don't scheduled to many people at once causes lots of problems,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21413,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - SDET2,SDET,The most customer obsession company,Oncall make people busy and pressure.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21414,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but will not stay long,Learn a lot esp. AWS,less salary base and longer hours,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21415,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Co-Workers are great to work with. Benefits such as medical plans, stocks, and career choice program.","The HR department at my site could be a little more attentive, associate time balances are constantly being taken when they were not used.",Listen more to the associates when they come to you with issues.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21416,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,Acceptable if this is your first job,"1. Most of the good engineers left. 2. Some senior engineers DONOT know their team's services. 3. Projects are boring. Writing code is NOT your job. Your job is to solving stupid tickets. 4. Management is chaos 5. Around 50% people will left after 1 year. 6. You will take a long time to learn how to set up environment and do testing. But unfortunately, those things are useless in other companies. 7. Senior SDE likes to command people, pretend they are the manager.","Make Amazon like a tech company, otherwise just hire contract programmers. Amazon is much worse than Google, FB, etc.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21417,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good job,"You get Great benefits (Kaiser) , decent pay and a lot of opportunity for getting a raise of your doing your work correctly, plenty of overtime.",Set schedule little room for change. For example a schedule may be SAT-THURS 6pm to 4pm. That would be your permanent schedule. I guess it makes it easier to plan things in advanced so I'm really nit picking at this point,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21418,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,"If you get stuck with a bad manager, you're screwed.","Salary, Benefits, Stocks, Opportunity, Creativity","Overworked (60+ hours), Expectations of work/life balance do not exist, management needs development","Spend more time working on the success of your employees, if they fail, you fail.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21419,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Wild Rode,"Company leadership leads, and leads well. Very intelligent colleagues make for a challenging and educational environment. Flexibility in hours and schedule. Freedom to invent, create, and innovate.",Always connected. Hard to do your job in less than 60+ hours per week. Hundreds of emails per day. Ambiguity level can be insane.,"Keep on the leadership principles and driving innovation. Family is a higher priority than work achievement, and employees given the ability to spend appropriate time with family will achieve better results than the alternative.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1363.htm
21420,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,Terrible Culture,They pay their professional staff well and grant staff options.,"The culture is horrible and they expect you work many more hours than is reasonable. In the 2 years that I worked there I averaged over 70 hours per week. Work-life balance is non existent. Also, the managers are pitted against each other, they shout at each other, and as a Sr. HR Manager I was helpless to do anything about it.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21421,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Development, awesome culture, great learning environment and super fast pace.",constant churn! Only opportunity to move up if you want to move.,value people!,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21422,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Smart people and lot's of ownership,be more transparent with compensation and review process,hire and retain the best = being competitive and innovative,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21423,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Team,"Growing company, fast paced, opportunity to create processes, opportunity to relocate to other states","Constant changes, heavy work load throughout the year (not just at the holidays), long hours on scheduled work days, unspoken pressure to be available/responsive on scheduled days off work, lack of work-life balance",Balance the workload so managers are able to actually disconnect from work on off days,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21424,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Design Manager,It's up to you,"Entrepreneurial spirit, great RSUs, incredible business exposure","Sharp elbows, perception is everything",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21425,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, bad system",My teammates are extremely smart and diligent. The projects I work on have a clear impact for the company.,"The metrics by which employees are evaluated are incomplete and inaccurate. I constantly have to balance doing the right thing for my team and the company with ""looking good"".",Reevaluate the methods by which you make organizational decisions. Lines of code written is a very outdated way to evaluate SDE performance!,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21426,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Take the good with the bad,Fun people to work with and to help you get through the week. Indirect roles help break the monotony of doing the same tasks. Paid-time personal-time and unpaid-time. CDL and other classes after a year to help you move on.,Some managers are petty and let personal grudges override good judgement. Managers switch often. I've had 4 in a year. HR isn't helpful. They often defer you to the same other HR people that just came from then get upset if you let them know that. HR as well as most Managers don't have experience doing your jobs or tasks so can't relate to your problems.,Take interest in the concerns of your employees. You will get your numbers if you help the people trying their best to perform. Most of what we ask for isn't crazy. We ask for things that help us to do better and that gets you paid your production bonus.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21427,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Best benefits package evar. The employees believe their own press releases and really want to do the right thing -- or at least think they do.,"The ""leadership principles"" are a set of mantras that can be used to justify any decision they make. ""Bias for action"" gives them cause to hire people to test drive and throw away if they misplace, misuse, or mismanage them. ""Vocally self-critical"" -- haven't heard any of the so-called leaders actually exhibit this trait, but some of them believe that their BS is nothing but perfume and flowers. Some groups are only seeking pod people, followers, and if you're not one of them, they have clever ways to ensure your demise. If you ever find yourself on a Performance Improvement Plan, spend more time looking for a new job than actually doing yours. You've already been marked for deletion.","Dive a little deeper. You don't get hatchet jobs written about you unless you have some significant skeletons in your closet. It's easy to pretend you have principles when you have enough money not to have to take a serious ration of BS. I know several of the criticisms were actually valid. For example, yes, you do in fact tell new hires that they'll need to unlearn bad habits from past employers. At least you could have the decency to own it. Calling out Comcast as an example was truly classy, but it was also valid criticism. Don't dish it out if you can't take it.  If you don't like the criticism, consider that maybe it's true and you're staring a growth opportunity in the face. Where's that vocally self-critical mantra when it comes to you? Employees are ""leaders"" when they're self-critical, but ""real leaders"" don't bother? Hypocrite much?  And, guys, ""Have backbone, disagree and commit"" is no different from anywhere else. You either commit to the decisions that are made ""by the team"" or ""by your leader"" and then ""commit to them wholly"" -- just like Microsoft, just like Google, just like US Army, just like McDonald's... You might pride yourselves on thinking that you can take someone showing some backbone and disagreeing, but you really, really hate it -- especially when he or she is more right than you are.  But I'm just a plebe whose opinion is irrelevant. After all, if I were smart, I'd be in management mucking with other people's lives, too.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21428,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Programmer Analyst,Ok I guess,My org is pretty bland but they do not ask too much from you.,"Management is disorganized, priorities shift daily.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21429,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon stow,free of stress from management. employees are friendly,A LOT of walking i meant something towards 12-20 miles a shift,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1364.htm
21430,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst job ever,I was a seasonal employee and so one of the pros was free medical insurance. But that was only given to seasonal employees. They do have a medical station on location inside the warehouse that is staffed by actual nurses and other medical staff.,The pay is substandard. You are standing on hard concrete for 8 hours straight. They have ridiculous production quotas. They have a point system for being late and calling in. As a seasonal employee they tell you that you are going to get a full time position and then cut you.,Stop worrying so much about production quotas and start taking care of your employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21431,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,There is nothing good to say.,You will be treated like a machine and the button is pressed on full speed for 10 hours a day.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21432,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trade your soul but learn a lot,Learned more in a year here than anywhere else (specifically around making data driven decisions and being customer obsessed),"Amazon will take every ounce that you give them until there's nothing left to give. Near impossible to balance being successful at the company and having any sort of personal life (especially if you have family). There's also a number of small, irritating components (weekly project reviews that consume 8 hours between prep and presentation, lack of perks compared to other employers, date driven features that are supposed to be built in an ""agile manner"")",Burning out employees works now while things are going smoothly and the company is very successful. But the moment that ceases to be the case it's going to be difficult retaining the top talent. Not a single person I know who worked at the company would ever consider returning (no matter how successful they were or how much the enjoyed the experience).,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21433,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,It comes with Good benefits good pay the job is a good pace and easy to keep up with,"The building is too hot, the cans don't properly work the walking the warehouse is too big and hot",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21434,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Worker,"Worked at CHA1 for over four years. The last two years the care that they have for people has nose dived. Ok money , but stress load is nuts!!",They say that want feedback and leadership. Will this is not so!!! keep your mouth shut and do as you are told.. NUMBERS ARE #1,do what you say your going to do. stop blowing smoke and start care about people. RETENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21435,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Dock Worker,"Don't do it,no life, money hungry company ,don't care for people, only management","Pay is good for Tracy area.Training is good, but could use some work, as far as other employees and supervisors, showing short cuts on how to make quota in all areas, they seem to leave that out when you first get hired in the training process.","Bad hours , no team work and you promote people in management position right out of college that have no hands on experience and don't know what it really takes to get the job done and you treat people like numbers ,not people and write employees up for not making quotas that are impossible to reach and no room to put stock up in stow areas. areas set up wrong ,should accommodate stow areas with more room. and no family time with new hours. You should run 3 shift instead of these weird shifts that don't accommodate family lives. Bull crap company stay away","Treat people with mutual trust and respect and allot more people would stay at your company instead of being so money hungry ,we are humans not robots Jeff Bezo",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21436,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a job,"Benefits are nice along with the people that you work with. Pretty much anyone will help you while you are a picker since everyone knows that is the job that you do not want. But it is a job as far as a career, you may want to look elsewhere.",There are a lot of problems with communication. I worked there for two weeks and not once did I see my manger and when I asked where he was human resources told me to find him after showing me a little Skype photo of what he looked like. It really is just problems with communication and the boring day to day work. I didn't go to college just to be told by someone to basically run around a factory to find my manager.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21437,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Fun place to work at. Friendly environment, great benefits. Hours work well with outta work activities. Open door policy is welcoming",Management isn't open. Communication lacks,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21438,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Strenuous. It takes a toll on you.,Pays well. Nice coworkers. Steady hours. Big company. Employs a lot of people. Easy to get the job. Wear anything you'd like to wear.,"Tiring, long hours (especially during peak season), new ""leaders"" system, SMX gives no days off- sick or not, SMX pays $.50 less than Amazon- $200 a month, random mandatory overtime- all the time. It really takes a toll on you and your body. They move you around a lot. You'll like it at first, but don't be mistaken.",N/a,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21439,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work,good schedule and good pay,long tiring days and rates get annoying,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1365.htm
21440,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Fast paced but unstructured work environment with loads to learn,"- Three factors contribute to ample work - fast growth, high churn and small teams. Attractive for someone looking to acquire loads of new skills in short time - Work-life balance is not as bad as people often warn. On most days, my team comes in around 9 and starts to leave around 5:30-6:00","- Because of very fast growth, there is some randomness to how things are organized. For someone methodical and systematic, the work environment might be frustrating. - Comfort with technology, including even coding at times, is expecting from folks working in functional domains. Not the best place for someone uncomfortable with learning to extensively use two/three technologies",Many new comers have to spend a lot of time just understanding the basic administrative/tactical things around. It would help if every team prepares a team-specific kit for onboarding new joinees,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21441,amazon,"Yardley, PA"," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resource Associate/Recruiter,Productive Work Environment,"Flexible hours, Vast amount of experience, and Created position.","Poor communication, never a set agenda for the days, and not enough office space for all of the employees in HR.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21442,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,-Great pay -Long hours (overtime) -Great people you meet,-On feet all day -Can't request days off -Long hiring process,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21443,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad for extra money,Weekly Pay Coworkers Casual Dress 5 day work week,Coworkers 10.5 hours of Unpaid time off first 20 days have to wait 90 days until next allotment. Blackout days for Unpaid time off,Better training of new associates. Training needs to be more comprehensive. There is a lot of emphasis on safety but not much on doing actual task required for job until they throw you out there in the mix,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21444,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start,"Raises every 6 months, free Gatorade, good staying wage",Break rooms are far so breaks are short,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21445,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,The Amazon culture...,will be exposed to both smart&dumb retail business details.,Employees experience double standards across the company. You are unlikely to get a bonus or raise if you do not give them a competing offer. And you might be blamed for trying to leave them for money. Ridiculus.,No more double standards ! ! !,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21446,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,Great ppl to work with,Not enough pay for the work,none,2.0,none,none,2.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21447,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Engineer,Good resume builder and nice location.,Expected too many hours of work a week for a 40 hour salary.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21448,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,You get to work with intelligent people.,"If you're on a team with heavy operational burden, on-call duties may be extremely. However, the Phoenix office is known for inheriting intense operational burden services and reducing the workload significantly.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21449,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Sort Center MKE5,It's A Job,It's an easy place to work at and ok pay.,"If you are a ""friend"" to one of the area managers you'll become a PG and you'll advance into other things other than the everyday scanning or pick off etc. Managers are rude and don't know how to handle difficult situations. They mostly ALL managers are so full of themselves they can't see their big head. Breaks are extremely short 15 minutes (5 min to get to break room and 5 to get back to your work station so 5 min to sit down.) Amazon is not very family oriented I have 2 small children and they give you 30 hours every quarter to use as your ""vacation"" time oh by the way those hours aren't paid. And if you go over those hours at a given time you can get in big trouble whatever that means.",They should take a leadership program that shows them respect and manners.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1366.htm
21450,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Logistics Manager,Coordinator transportation fulfillment for outbound parcel freight,"Culture, work hard, have fun, make history. Fast paced environment where you are constantly evolving and improving to deliver results and improve overall customer experience.","Work life balance, long hours, inadequate vacation time (true vacation doesn't mean you are merely taking days off only to cover on the backend for you shift counter-that's a shift schedule adjustment, not vacation).",Staff at a level that can support vacation coverage and reduce shift times to reflect contractual outlines,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21451,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Facilities Technician II,Amazon FC: High Manager Turnover,-Great benefits -Room for growth -Always something to do,"I worked in the San Bernardino fulfillment center as a facilities technician. After working there for one year I saw manager turnover multiple times, to include: Regional facilities manager, on site GM, on site senior most HR manager, 3 on site facilities area managers, and the parts room coordinator/maintenance planner. This company is not shy about forcing out the 'outsiders' or the free- thinkers.",Treat your employees with more respect.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21452,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It sucks,You get to know what it feels like to be a robot.,They treat you like a robot. I swear they don't care that it's actual people working for them.,"Learn to care about your employees, not just their rates.",1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21453,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"There are plenty of opportunities to move ahead at amazon, you just have to work hard and show continual growth. This is not a company for people that are comfortable in going no where, which is a reason they max out the pay scale after several years for each tier.  The benefits are excellent and the RSU's are a great addition.","Sometimes all the change can be a detriment to an AA, too many changes so often can cause confusion especially if it is not communicated properly.  Black out for Nov-Jan for peak and 60hr work weeks",Management team needs to get to know their AA better and how to utilize them. They also need to further develop the AA under them to help bring them up through the ranks.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21454,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AVOID at ALL Costs,"Benefits were incredible!!! From health insurance to tuition assistance - the only reason I attempted to stay with the company a little longer...pay was decent, but you worked incredibly hard for a good paycheck...","everything else...tedious, back-breaking, non-stop, repetitive, intensely physical job...Uncaring and unsympathetic management...modern day slavery...","If Jeff Bezos knew some of the crap you pulled and how you really hurt those of us who truly were good and dedicated employees, he would FIRE YOU...",1.0,1.0,none,none,3.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21455,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Poor work life experience,It was acceptable to come to work in basketball shorts and a t shirt,"Work life balance sucks, no support from upper management when executing their decisions, if you dont have a life great place to work",Support your subordinate managers when they are executing your decisions,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21456,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job if you're not height challenged,Good health and 401K benefits,Tall shelves and constant use of ladder can be challenging for shorter people,Take height into consideration when placing employees into departments,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21457,amazon,"Mira Loma, CA"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound stow,"the people here are very friendly, and the work here is able to keep you busy though out the day",Management needs a lot of help in their job department,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21458,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Associate,It's Alright.,Easy to get hired if you need a job. Benefits are great. (Insurance and payed time off.),a lot of turn over,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21459,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse worker,"hours, easy job, easy learning","just starting up, other employees",pay more money,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1367.htm
21460,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Can move horizontally to exciting teams. Lots of exciting business initiatives. Projects are expected to net a billion dollars, so you will definitely work on something with high impact.","Poor perks, social interaction is diluted by the size of the company. Many of the problems have already been solved, so you will spend a surprising amount of time on integrating with those systems. At some point spinning up a new service to solve everything becomes formulaic.","Be better about focusing on long-term technical vision than completing the next sprint. Need to focus more on best practices, especially in front-end development. Operational load is crucial, and needs to be constantly monitored.",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21461,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great technology, tough working conditions","I loved the technologies: I found them engaging and thoughtfully crafted. The overall business strategy made sense to me. Despite being a contractor, my contributions were welcomed.","As an outsider I was not as directly affected by what I saw, but I did see in this particular group some favoritism and disproportionate workloads that did cause some really good people to leave.",Wise management does what they can to hang onto good people. It's much more in keeping with your frugal approach to KEEP good people than to put up with expensive turnover.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21462,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Eng Tech,eng tech,they pay good and have flexible time,every year they want to cut 10% that make emplyee worry.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21463,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Worker,Overtime Alot of Hours Friends and Family,Slave Work Hard Rate Minority,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21464,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Zon,There are not very many at all. It's not the best place to work. It not fun at all and not greatest working conditions,Pretty much everything the managers are pretty terrible. The management only sticks to their friends.,Get better managers. The ones you have are under performing. I have am going for my masters and my advice is shoved off to the side for people with little to no education,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21465,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Associate,"Pros at working at Amazon is that it has flex hours and good pay. The benefits were great along with the management, they were very understanding and helpful.",Some cons are that it was only a part time job which wasn't financially sound for myself. Another con would be the hours since it is a sort center.,Some advice would be to work with the employees more to help them fit in better. It felt like high school were everyone had their own little clique.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21466,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Fantastic Seasonal Work,"The hours make this job perfect for a potential second job. The management staff is chosen from the best of the best. Finally, it's amazon, the title of the job alone is fun to say you work for.","Some employees may be difficult to communicate as this is an international company, not simply local. During slow weeks, the send home times can become repetitive and even feel like a let down.",Continuing to pick the management by experience and charisma is key to the success here. Please continue to closely observe who is chosen for leadership.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21467,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Business Analyst II,customer-centric company does not care about its employees at all,"Great learning experience, lots going on.Can be good if you are lucky enough to get a boss who likes you. This can truly make or break you.","Too many big egos and this changed sometime after 2010. Before then, it seemed as it was a better company to work for. While everybody worked crazy hours, at least employees would get appreciated. Later, minimum 60 hours was expected and no appreciation whatsoever.",Would be nice if management valued employees instead of treating them like they should devote all their lives to work. HR is worthless and there are so many managers that should have no business managing people. Nepotism and favoritism is rampant.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21468,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long Time Employee,Can learn new and exciting things,Long hours and tough management,Is every question mark that important?,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21469,amazon,"Chesterfield, VA"," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Logistics Associate,Logistics Associate Outbound,Not too many here. I was off on the weekends but it all depends on your schedule for any life outside of work.,"Ran like the Military, very cutthroat environment. You are given rates you need to pick and pack that are very hard to make if you don't have the work in front of you. Thirty minute lunches and 15 minute breaks however you must walk about 5-10 minutes to get your lunch (if its not stolen) so even that you don't look forward to.","8 hour workdays, longer lunch, treat good employees better don't dog them. Increase base pay to 13-14 dollars to compensate stress and strenuous workload (especially because the plants rarely make the quota to receive a bonus that everyone harps about).",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1368.htm
21470,amazon,"Auburn, WA"," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior IT Tech,IT Support- can look good on resume...,"Helps with HR interviews down the road. Lot of project management experience. Decent environment, decent freedom in position","Not much to gain technically. Working in warehouse environment, production supercedes doing things the right way at times",Pay your it staff better. They are responsible for maintaining the site but they make less than some of the people packing boxes. Promote from within more.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21471,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good brand name for your resume,not a good place to work,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21472,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Vendor Flex Associate,Sell your sould to Mr.Bezos,Benefits and work stability. they pay you. its better than not working and not getting any money at all.,"Amazon sucks to work for. they work the life out of you and leave you a soulless drone under the authoritative leadership from their managers and PA 's who feel their power extend far beyond that of Jesus Christ himself . Their is no work life balance if you have young children you can forgot about getting involved in any of their school extracurricular activities. Amazon feels work is more important than family, period . They degrade you in front of other associates and make you feel worthless. RUN AWAY NOW",Listen to what your employees are telling you,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21473,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great place to work,"-Great pay -Smartest people I have ever worked with -Flexibility to change processes and experiment -upward mobility, opportunity for advancement -unique corporate culture, can't beat shorts and t-shirts to work","-If you can't deal with ambiguity, this place is not for you -days can be long if the needs of the business call for it, ex. holiday season -onboarding can be rough","-the onboarding process can be intense and could definitely use a little more structure. After coming out of orientation, you can get lost in the shuffle trying to figure your job out.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21474,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"averall, it is good",it is big company and it provides a lot of opportunities.,you have to wait until being a sde 2 to have chance to get a green card,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21475,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Only OK. Standard American mega-corp.,Parts of the company are doing interesting work (complete with experienced engineers) High level of ownership from the start. Well-known company.,"Contrary to popular belief, the salary + bonus are OK at best but below other companies (Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc) Other companies pay 20%+ more cash and 50%+ more stock (and this is from hearing from people from my university who went elsewhere, same experience, same school, etc) Awful 401k match (almost nothing) Almost no fringe benefits (you get a transit card and that is it) Below industry standard vesting schedule. Uninteresting work Lots of mediocre engineers have been and are being hired. The bozos are invading. Company lives and dies by how many H1B and T1 visa employees it can find.","If you want to be a tech. company, start acting like one. The pay and people swing more toward retail than technology. Split the company into AWS , retail and Kindle and hire for the appropriate hiring bar (AWS > Kindle > Retail) and appropriate compensation.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21476,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Need Info On Amnesty Technician Position,"Good Benefits, nice mix of employees (young, older) I need advice on how to find and apply to open positions as an Amnesty Technician ERC is not easy to navigate when looking for available positions",Everything is about numbers. You are only as good as the work you are given. I stowe and I can be fast if given the right kind of product to process.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21477,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Manager,Customer Service Manager,Pay is great along with benefits and time off.,Do not get the time to take off...and refer to NYT article for additional Cons,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21478,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,FC world,Fast paced/good pay. Lots of opportunities to do different things. Can be very demanding and challenges your ability to manage work/life balance. Especially in the field,Very disorganized at times. Rapid change without vetting. Can create confusion and rework. Everything is an emergency. Poor leadership development,Maintain perspective,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21479,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh...,"Good Money, Good Benefits.","Toxic Environment, Office Politics, Cut-Throat",Your employees direct supervisors have way too much power over them... Limit the feedback please... I was getting feedback every week and it got old fast,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1369.htm
21480,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Challenging, smart people, scale of business","Competitive, up-or-out environment, work/life balance is difficult",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21481,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Supervisor,Supervisor,"Excellent benefits, steady work, stable growing company with opportunities. They do everything by the book - they've got a reputation to protect. Pay is good for entry labor, and gets better.","Hourly workers can get changing expectations from month to month and season to season. Lot's of overtime now, capped at 40 hours no mater what soon after. Advancement is old fashioned - impress impress impress, and know the right people. Seniority is not a priority, and immediate supervisors and management have a huge roll in your future.",Try harder to appreciate the labor when you're leaning on management for results.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21482,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"-Benefits (Health & Stocks, 401k...) -Smart teammates who always strive to do better -A large variety of teams to choose from","-The hours can get a bit crazy before a release date -Oncall (dependent on team, some get a ticket once every few months, other every few minutes)",-Let newhires try out teams before commiting them in.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21483,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Retail,"Strong corporate values, long term thinking, fast pace and execution, general smart people, high bar for performance, lots of responsibility and ability to make decisions","Quality of middle management is mediocre, emphasis on developing (hiring and developing the best) is poor, experience and job satisfaction varies greatly across groups and categories based on quality of managers. Hire from second and third tier schools and companies diluting the quality of the pool of employees.","Hire from the best schools and companies, train tour managers to be better leaders and developers of talent. Do more to make your employees happy or attrition will continue.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21484,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,You can get the freedom you want to do hard core engineering projects. If the project you want to do is really interesting then you'll get lot of visibility. For really smart people it's really easy to go up the ladder.,"It make take some time to love the dna of Amazon. All the things that you took for granted will be questioned. You have to be vocal, smart and be able to make an influence in order to get promoted. Sometimes the focus on promotions is a more than you would like and you may feel a little under pressure.",Not sure. I guess things are quite good the way they are. The eclectic DNA of Amazon is what it makes it a company it is now and it is a trait that will help Amazon go long way!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21485,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1,"Fun work environment, with strong willed and driven people.",Too much rollover of upper leadership. A need for constant change in processes.,"Focus more on advancement of employees and the progression up the ladder internally, rather than outside sources.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21486,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Receive Clerk,Inbound receive clerk,Awesome hours. And also some of the other managers are the absolute best people I've ever meet.,Thank you so much amazon I see how 3 years of dedication to you gets repaid back to your dedicated employees!,Stop sucking at your job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21487,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon VCC,Great Season Job for those seeking employment during peak season!,Will have to work some holiday if your schedule falls on the holiday.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21488,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test I,"BEWARE!! A few upsides, but overall the worst company I ever worked for!!!","The Seattle office has a casual atmosphere and convenient urban location, surrounded by dozens of restaurants, bars, and cafes within walking distance. They have a cafeteria with many different food options, including a number of healthy choices, and have vending machines with healthy snacks as well. There is no dress code - ""wear whatever you want"" - and dogs are allowed at work. There are no fixed core hours, and nobody cares when you are at your desk, as long as you can get work done. Amazon employees are given a lot of latitude and freedom, and they are not micromanaged. Amazon is extremely generous with relocation assistance and will move you to Seattle all expenses paid. Once there, you'll have the chance to work with smart people and on interesting technical problems, and you'll have the latitude to solve them any way you like.","Amazon recruiters may claim that their employees enjoy reasonable work/life balance, but don't believe a word of it! Amazon is a high-pressure environment designed to pile impossible demands on employees and get them to complete with their coworkers in order to squeeze out as much productivity as possible. You are just a disposable cog in the machine. Once you're burnt out, you're easily replaceable, and will be replaced by constant stream of new hires.... The whole system is designed to work that way. Expect to work 60-80 hours a week. If you move across the country to work for Amazon, expect to be saddled with tens of thousands of dollars of debt in relocation repayment obligations, if you have any thoughts of quitting. The one good piece of news is that if you hold your ground and insist on maintaining good work/life balance, nobody will tell you that you have to work certain hours - you will just be put on a performance improvement plan and fired for ""poor performance"" - and then you will probably be offered a severance agreement where you are released from your repayment obligations.... Expect to be put through hell in the meantime though.  Oh, and as far as learning anything from your smart coworkers goes, don't count on it. Amazon has a deliberately culture Darwinian that encourages competition and discourages knowledge-sharing and collaboration.... Don't expect to receive any training to perform the functions of your job or any assistance from your coworkers, and expect most of your questions to be met with ""go read the Wiki"" - which by the way will probably be out of date, and was probably written by somebody who no longer works there - because Amazon has one of the highest employee turnover rates of any large, successful company. The entire time I was there I spent half of every day fighting a broken build system that could go wrong in any one of 100 different ways, all of which were listed on a Wiki with arcane instructions for resolving them – and every once in a while, it would break in some other way that wasn't listed.... Nobody bothered to put in the effort to fix any of this, because everyone was more focused on completing their own projects than on common infrastructure – and as far as management was concerned, who cares if developers have to work long hours to deal with this? They're smart - they can figure it out.  You might develop innovative solutions to difficult technical problems at Amazon, but you're equally likely to bang your head against the wall until you somehow manage to reinvent the wheel – perhaps in one of the least efficient ways possible, one which may be barely adequate.... Expect to have to reinvent the wheel over and over again, due to the lack of knowledge-sharing and brain drain from having so many people move on after barely working there for over a year. With so many people so poorly trained for the duties of their job, competing with each other instead of working together, making the kinds of bad design decisions that come from working at a death-march pace, it's amazing that anything works at Amazon at all.... The only reason it may work at all is the constant stream of new college hires. They do not offer nearly high enough pay to justify putting up with this (I was not making any more than at my previous position in a smaller, less expensive city). I was sorely disappointed after moving to Seattle for this. I not only learned twice as much, but also got twice as much done in half as much time at both my previous job and the next one after Amazon – all the while enjoying better work/life balance and a consistent 40-hour workweek.  Amazon is destroying the culture and fabric of Seattle, a city I used to like. Seattle used to be a laid back, counter-cultural city, with liberal attitudes but a cost of living much lower than San Francisco. Amazon is creating a housing crunch that has caused rents to spike to the point where they are almost not even affordable to tech workers and its antisocial attitudes are seeping into the general culture of city now. Ironically, the company I moved here to work for is destroying many of the things that drew me to move here in the first place.","Knowledge-sharing is not the enemy. Amazon employees would greatly benefit from practices like pair programming, which are actively discouraged there, and it would greatly cut down on ramp-up time by allowing employees to learn from the experience of others. High turnover is bad and creates brain drain – Amazon should create a better work environment that makes employees want to stay, and should reconsider its practice of hiring tons of people, only to fire a bunch of them later. Working at a death march pace is not conducive to good design decisions or good product quality in the long run. More likely it leads to a bunch of hacks built on top of hacks and a product that is unmaintainable. There is not an infinite supply of new hires to replace the people who are leaving, and the current model is unsustainable. Word is getting out about what it's like to work at Amazon, and there are only so bright engineers willing to put up with this. Amazon is not going to be able to continue expanding endlessly, raising the hiring bar the whole while. Eventually the supply of willing and qualified candidates will dry up. Be a good corporate citizen. People move to a city like Seattle because of its livability and cultural character. Those things need to be respected and supported. If you turn Seattle into another Silicon Valley, people will stop wanting to move here.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21489,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,worst company,This wants 20 min words but there is no pro to working here..not one..not at all..is that 20 words yet?,"They don't care about you, there is no room to stow anything and you still have to watch your bin ediquette. The place is a joke...people there thinking 12.00/hr is big money. It's a total joke.","Advice to management? Management isn't the problem, it's the way the company is run...management are just doing what they are told to do.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1370.htm
21490,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The great not so great,"Functions are require fast movement if thats what you're looking for, rate is easy to make. Moving higher is easily done","Work hard no better wages out of that. Variable comp works as a warehouse total, so even the hard workers miss out on better pay","Start recognizing the hard workers who break their backs exceeding rate and add pay increases to those who deserve it, don't discipline everyone because not everyone wants to work at their best",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21491,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,temporary seasonal,Lots of overtime. Many different ethnicities. Much to learn. Lots of help when needed. Approved time off that can be used for any reason.,Seemed as of I had two.bosses....the temp agency and amazon. Too short of a break. Crazy long lines to her to and from work. Had to leave my house 2 hes before my shift ..just to be on time.,More praise for the hard work done by everyone. Better traffic. Control during peak. Less leniency on those who are lazy.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21492,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Brilliant, hard, cut throat, great place to learn","Great money, interesting problems, the smartest people you will ever work with. Well-defined goals, brilliant execution, clear priorities.","Relentless, stop at nothing, predatory, some BSDs",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21493,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst Intern,Great resources Really good leadership Great benefits Challenging and a lot of training to develop yourself,"Not a lot of feedback to the team, hard to improve if you don't know what skills you lack",Give feedback to your team more,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21494,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Really depends on the team. Also really annoying corporate culture at times,"1. You will learn a lot. You will both know good software development and operation skills (on call). Some people here are really smart and driven. 2. Depends on your team and your manager. Some team can be really fun to work with and social. Others, definitely not (I am currently in one of those teams) 3. Amazon is customer driven. So everything here is about customer experience than engineering feat.","1. Politics. Politics. Politics. Although Amazon advertise it as flat hierarchy, it's not uncommon to see in some teams that manager is the king. If you want to get promoted, you need to have a good relationship with the manager, who expects you to listen to him and work hard for him so that he can also get that additional bonus or even promoted. This is not to say that every manager is like this. But be prepared.  2. Work Life Balance. People here especially at AWS has no life (expect 60 hrs per week or 70~80 in Q4). Literally, few of them are happy (if they have a lucky and great manager). Others looks really boring and are workaholic. Basically my typical day is to go to office, have standup, work, lunch, work, go home, sleep. If you want to find a fun place to work, Amazon is not the place in general. Go to Facebook/Google or any other hot startups instead.  3. Finally, the most off-putting is the Amazon's internal culture. Basically in Amazon, everything is customer centric. You will hear people talk about customer all day. But as a result of this customer driven culture is that engineers are less valued (actually the least in the company). As an Engineer, it's really hard to get promoted. In addition, the entire company's attitude for new engineer is that you are expendable so don't expect the company to do anything good to you. As a result, you have to say something nice to seniority and make them like you in order to get promoted. Most people here are unhappy. Finally, if you are a person who enjoys startup, don't come to Amazon. It will literally kill your innovation and passion because as a new comer, you are expected to listen and succumb to whatever the seniority person's says. That means every argument you make if you don't agree with people in the company for a while, you will be seen as 'defiant'. People who stay here for a long time has no passion whatsoever for changing the world but securing his/her own place in the company while superficially saying that they care for the customer (but in fact it is the money)","Innovation is not created by rejecting new ideas. Please listen to employees's new ideas that might sounds ridiculous. Also, if you want employee to stay, treat them better and be less selfish.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21495,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Opportunities for growth can be largely determined by team situation/managers,"The robustness and company culture/leadership principles. The high level of developer involvement in designing what to build. Large opportunities for relocation to a different US or international office once reaching level 5. Likely enriching learning of highly-scaled, full-stack systems, service-oriented architecture. Some well-developed systems/tools as part of the dev. environment.","Bureaucratic: sometimes a relatively straightforward change that needed to be made by a package owned by another team could take weeks to get into that team's agenda. Daily phone conferences were once required for my team to get a dependency implemented that lied in a distant service level.  Unstable: While working on the Cloud Drive team, I had been around for its rapid growth to 100+ members, followed by a sudden rapid decline. That greater project was a mess.  Managers/team situation: There is no ""judicial system"" as one of my old managers put it -- on my most recent team I had worked on a team comprised of Localization Project Managers, despite my role as a developer. My code reviews would have to go out to the development team, though I was not allowed to sit with them after several serious discussions with my manager on this. Depending on your proximity to your manager's manager, there may be nothing to do to prevent these sorts of scenarios, so be very careful when choosing a team when you are allowed to do so.  My initial team consisted of 5 developers initially, going down to 2 after a split a few months later. The other developer and I received little interaction from our Software Development Manager who was often somewhere else trying to move up himself, and we worked primarily with some Technical Program Managers. The biggest issue in this situation was that the nature of our work was not the type of project needed to get promoted to SDE-II, though our half-of-the-time present manager would often persuade us in believing otherwise that this was not the case.","Reaching up the chain shouldn't result in an escalation being sent back down to the original manager whom the escalation was brought out upon. There shouldn't be development teams of two being managed by a manager and likewise there shouldn't be development teams of greater than 10+ managed by one manager. Teams should not have a TPM act in place of an SDM's role. An SDM should not get promoted to ""the next level"" if they neglect the duties on their previous level -- in my experience this has all too often been the situation.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21496,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Amazon - the good and the bad,I learned a ton: Business reviews Profit / Cost Analysis Importance of measuring things Leadership Principles,Bureaucracy Red Tape and slow processes for things out of scope Lack of leadership No training / Development No clear guidance / goals Force ranking system,Remove the force ranking system Hire real leadership Follow the core values that you preach,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21497,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon fulmillment associate,-set schedule -good pay -career advancement opportunities -ability to work extra shifts if desired,-job is filled with repetition -can get very tiring -small break,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21498,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Fufillment Associate,Fufillment Associate,"Easy work, great environment, great benefits.",A lot of mandatory overtime,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21499,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon warehouse associate,You make great money and it's very easy to move up the ranks.,"Long hours, work life balance is off.",Get to know your associates on a more personal level.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1371.htm
21500,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Fufillment Associate,Fufillment Associate,"Easy work, great environment, great benefits.",A lot of mandatory overtime,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21501,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Interesting projects, no W/L balance","There are many interesting projects to get involved with, but it's very silo'ed. If you don't work in on a specific project, it's hard to find information on it.",No work life balance. Career development is up to you.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21502,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon,Very gud work atmosphere. Gud facilities for employees,No cons as such except for that if you leave after 3-5 years you will be clueless about the new process emerging in market,Gud management,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21503,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Good Company,Good pay and benefits. Cheap insurance.,Long shifts. Demanding. Short brakes a few.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21504,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Flat organizational structure. One can take ideas and opinions beyond their direct supervisor,Lack of appreciation for work,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21505,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Too many hands in the pot,"It took me out of being unemployed for three and a half year,","Changing gears so fast it cannot show success or failures in its own processes, Abuse of employees with horrible decisions on market demand and when overtime days are applied. Giving Better job opportunities to questionable employees.","Give the jobs to the employees who work hard , not kiss #SS",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21506,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jul 31, 2015","Current Employee - Don&#039,t Kno Yet",still waiting,Great pay and benefits,Slowest hiring process ever i had my interview on july 16 and i have yet to recieve an orientation date,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21507,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Production Assistant,Hype,Not many associates are fired. Unless you steal or promote work place violence. You get basic training.,"Not much chance for promotion, training or job rotation. You get stuck in one spot unless you become best friends with the managers. Many over qualified workers are over looked so that the management freinds can be advanced. Good, solid workers don't stay very long. Manager don't interact with the employees other than to tell them how they might have made a mistake. They invent and complicate processes to a point that goals are unreachable.",Stop the good buddy practices. Test and simplify a process before making it a standard. Try and keep the good solid workers and just say oh well when they leave. BNA2,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21508,amazon,"Amazon, MT"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Outbound,Horrible! Wouldnt recommend it to someone desperately lookin for a job.,Honestly i can not give any pros.its too many issues working for that company,The pay sucks! If you dont move up to a management postion you will top out at $14 which will take you 3 year to get.Hard wrk little pay. Ive been there for 2 years and every one i knew quit to go find better paying jobs. 10 hour shifts with 10 minute breaks which you are dock for every late second. All they care about is how fast your working(rate) which means quailty go out the window.,Stop being so concerned on which girl is pregnant and who you would date at amazon,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21509,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"A lot of pros, too many to list.","The cons are very few, you would have to work there to understand.",Less turn around,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1372.htm
21510,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 12, 2015","Former Employee - Inventory Control &amp, Quality Assurance Associate",ICQA Associate,"Amazon.com discount, set schedule, overtime available, help with pursuit of education, stock.","Mandatory overtime can be overwhelming. Few opportunities for growth. There are so many employees that you have to be some manager's favorite in order to get to do new things in your department. Most positions are boring, monotonous work.",I advise management to regularly help diversify associates daily tasks. Doing the same job day in and day out without recognition can drive a person mad!,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21511,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work here if you don't have to,"Stocks and a handful of competent, smart co-workers.",Everything else. I'm quitting as soon as I can. This is an awful place to work.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21512,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Treats their Managers like garbage,Good pay and medical benefits.,"IF I COULD GIVE THEM A ZERO STAR I WOULD. Everything you read on the New York Times and CNN about abusing the management is TRUE. No work life balance AT ALL. You are expected to work 15-18 hour days. Management are hired and fired based on how well you and your boss get along. Because of the ranking structure, managers throw plot against other managers and throw them under the bus. Jeff Bezos must know what is going on because he is the one that initiated the 70-20-10 ranking system that all facilities MUST follow. Upper management micromanages. Feedback is taken as fact. Sr Managers promoting their best friends even though other managers are achieving better results. Majority of facility is Ex military so if you were not in some form of the military you will be segregated.","Develop a fair objective system for performance evaluations, reviews and promotions, instead of the current OLR which is a waste of time because upper management already has their mind made up of who they like and are friends with and that's who they are going to promote. Who you know matters more than results.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21513,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Interesting work and great learning experience but terrible work/life balance,- Work on very cool projects and have an impact on the company - Very intelligent and competent employees - Good mission/vision that is communicated across the company - Opportunities to move in the company and work with different teams and projects - Great company to work for if you have limited experience and want to learn a lot very quickly,"- Work/life balance is virtually non-existent: expect to work at least 50-60 hours every week and more during the holiday season - Employees tend to get burnt out after 1-2 years and turn-over is high - Amazon management is hit or miss, some managers are excellent while others are constantly under water and struggling to manage their teams - Limited professional development opportunities: Amazon is very frugal and does not like to pay for training or conferences - Limited ability to change systems or processes that are hindering the company","- Hire enough people to do the work that needs to get done and improve the work/life balance at Amazon - Don't treat your employees as replaceable commodities, the company loses a lot of knowledge and talent every time an employee leaves - Allow employees the opportunity to attend training and conferences outside of Amazon - Offer training for managers and promote good people managers from within when possible - Set more reasonable expectations when planning projects and timelines to avoid burning out engineering teams",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21514,amazon,"Redland, OR"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,long hours with good and appreciated environment,plenty of opportunities to move on up,plenty of opportunities for vto which is readily available,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21515,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,investigation specialist,"its good for recent graduated students, its nothing complicated,after 3 month training you are all set and good to go","just not motivated job, you just have to keep doing same thing over and over","work here if you want to work for amazon, its not that hard to get in, but want to think about to switch your job after worked here for a year ....",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21516,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Order Picker,Picker Outbound,Good benefits safety is a priority lunch room was always stocked with gator aid on hot days they have onsite medical staff .,Very strict on break times quota and QA system for picked items not fare if you don't care about breaking things will do well at picking. Hostile work environment they direct hire people without considering temp employees first which caused friction.,Stop the before shift stretch exercise don't call a picker off line make them travel 20 min to center office to tell them that there not making numbers.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21517,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,hourly picker,"very straight forward job, benefits immediately, fast pace, very little contact with leadership, four day work week, overtime possible, shift deferential","very little leadership, did not meet manager till fourth day have not seen her since, a lot of walking, on your feet ten hours, associate questioned me why i did not make the quota after a break, i asked why she i thought i did not make it. did not a reason or solution, learned very quickly that management was reactive not proactive. the pick route will determine if you make quota or not.","offer solution to productivity issues, rather than sending a co-worker to write down why i think i did not make the quota.",3.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21518,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ehhh,"Good base pay, various shifts, tolerable management","Flexing up(involuntary overtime), physically demanding, not always worth the work being put in, high turnover",Longer breaks. Stop counting the time it takes to exit the building as a part of break.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21519,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good,"High pay, good benefits, lots to do","Risk aversion, lex arson would have been a good employee",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1373.htm
21520,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,"Lots of support - roles are very defined - production rates are set for you, HR department to handle all payroll issues - which is very nice",Always on your feet - no desk or time to work on projects - days can be long - constantly redesigning work area,"Needs to provide down time off floor to work on special projects, need to provide office space to talk with team members that need coaching",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21521,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,working as warehouse associate,"you get time off as soon as you start working. Good people that work at the Patterson, Ca FC. That is all that is good about working for Amazon",lowest pay in the industrial park where it is located. $13.50 an hour to start tops out at $14.75 after three years. Walmart workers make more per hour than we do. Management staff is worst I have ever worked for. Bad communication throughout the site. Procedures changes as staff management changes. Most of the people I work with hate their job. They don't say anything due to lack of job opportunities in the valley. Facility is just two years old and top management has left company to work for Amazon's competitors,Take care of the people that help make your bonus. If it weren't for us busting our assess you wouldn't get crap. We make you all look good to Bezos off the sweat off our backs. Pay us what were worth.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21522,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,dont,"None,.do not work here. This place is a bad place tl work.","Lots of cons. Non union, low wages, long hours. They do not care about there employees.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21523,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - IT Tech Support,IT support Technician,Great work environment where the majority of the associates are happy with their jobs and enjoy the work they do.,In-house promotions are not very common due to few positions and their tendency to hire fresh college graduates.,"Look to more of the in-house associates for promotion. There are many people that work in the various FCs that are dedicated to their communities. The majority of the managers, at my FC at least, are hired straight out of college from different states and transfer away after a few months. This does not build trust in the workforce and makes the associates bitter at their inexperienced managers.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21524,amazon,"Hayward, CA"," Jul 31, 2015",Former Employee - Contractor,Great place to work if you can get your foot in,Knowledgeable onsite techs and great to work with,Only downside TV channel in the breakroom would always be on CNN,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21525,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,"overall Amazon.com does provide good health benefits, stock, and tuition reimbursement program. The pay is also OK could be better but that's with mainly any job. Opportunity for advancement is also ok",Work is an overload mandatory overtime on short notice. High turnover rates management changes every few months. open on holidays cap off at 3 years on pay as a tier 1 associate not a place you would love to come to,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21526,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Avoid if have better options but get exp as much as you can and leave this toxic place.,"One of the pros working at Amazon is that you are expected to have a complete ownership of whatever you are doing, and there isn't a lot of hand-holding either. You are expected to sort of ""get-it"" and start contributing right away.","Once the honeymoon is over, you will see AMZN working env is full of bad politics and red tapes.  Performance review is totally useless and biased. No managers really cared about your career goals even if you are a high performer, unless your manager really ""likes"" you.  AMZN is a very internally competitive place to work to the point of being unhealthy. Beware of subtle backstabbing teammates, don't trust your team easily.  AMZN workplace has a low diversity and I can safely say there are some negative biases towards minorities.  Avoid AMZN if you have better options.",Your employees are your customers. They are your most sincere critics who can help you better your bottom line.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21527,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Depends on the team,"First if all, as with most big companies, your experience at Amazon will vary greatly with your business unit, and your team. Mine are great.  I work in the Kindle org, and overall it's a great place to work.  The work is definitely interesting, I've worked in backend systems where the challenge is reliability and dealing with big data.  The work-life balance is great, and I almost never spend more than 9 hours at work. When I do it's almost always because I'm working on something that's really interesting to me and I just want to get more done that day.  I really buy in to the whole customer centric thing. We really do make choices that we thing would be better for the user (than the alternatives) even though it may be more painful for us in the short run.","The requirements still change very often and you'll find your sprints often interrupted with something that just HAS to happen.  The company of so huge that there is often overlap between what different teams are doing. It can help to just get things done quickly, but often it seems like a waste when one of the solutions is eventually discarded.",Keep the company culture alive. Recently I've been noticing more politicking going on - don't let yourselves turn into a bureaucracy.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21528,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Think twice,The energy & excitement of working for Amazon can be contagious. There are some interesting perks for employees. Pay can sometimes be better than competitors,This is NOT a place where you will be set up or supported to suceed. The culture and attitudes of the staff are very hard to sync with unless you are cutthroat by nature. The benefits aren't THAT great considering what other tech giants are providing.,Take heed on the calls for increasing diversity. Consider that there are other perspectives and way to do things and treat people then the Amazon way. Focus on retention and not just hiring the best. Try to actually keep them around for longer than the vesting phase.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21529,amazon,"Robinsville, NJ"," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Fufilment Associate,Overview,"High Salary, Benefits, Raises yearly.",Short Breaks. Unattainable Metrics. Dealing with coworkers who are unethical.,Treating everyone equally. Don't Play Favorites,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1374.htm
21530,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard work!,Great health insurance - best in the industry.,"1.2M sq. ft. warehouse, read lots of walking, waterfall schedule, 10 hr work days 4 days a week w/3 days off, during peak (Thanksgiving to Christmas) 11.5 hr work days 5 days a week w/2 days off, , $.25 raises every month for 3 years, then you're capped out and must promote to management.","Lead by example to improve moral, show associates respect and appreciation on a daily basis. Promote older employees (38+) not just the youngsters!",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21531,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Nice place to work,Big company with a startup culture Lots of good people working. Work life balance is manageable. Customer is the priority.,"Sometimes I feel like management and business don't really know what they want. Although having lots of different teams working together is a great idea, in the real world that does not work very well. Different teams have different priorities and often times this leads to a priority war, where who gains is the team with the better manager/director.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21532,amazon,"Manassas Park, VA"," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,Work with smart people in different departments,Need to task work better.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21533,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Good place to work,"lots of overtime, friendly workers and managers.","working 10hrs a day is a killer, you get knocked out after work.",management should reduce the working hours to 8hrs.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21534,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,Entry level experience unvalued (but plenty of O/T),Steady hours Easy internal transfer process Fair pay Personal time hours usable at any time,"Superficial, hurried training Job rotation dictated by biased Process Assistants Entry level experience gained leads to no where","-Training program that rotates new associates BI-WEEKLY, until they know 3 or more functions. -Dissolve any unofficial Tier 1 roles given to ""favorable"" workers. -Make an effort to cultivate the health of your FC's people vs. just meeting productivity goals.",3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21535,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Work hard and don't make to many friends,"Great pay, benefits, 401k, stock, bonus every month 8% and during october november and december 16% just work hard and don't get to close with people",long hours during peak I didn't mind it but some do,Don't play favorites that's a big thing at amazon,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21536,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service,everything in amazon is amazing,no no no nothing nada,keep working hard,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21537,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Decent Pay Good Structure everything is automated (schedule, etc.)","Bad management Long hours Same thing over and over, literally (like flipping patties, but worse)",Too much to list,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21538,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Jul 25, 2015","Former Employee - Packing Operator, Shipping",Amazon/Integrity Staffing Solutions,"The starting pay rate was excellent and they approved overtime very frequently. There were numerous entry-level positions available, which allowed new hires to select from different areas of the warehouse. In addition, Amazon offered paid training and orientations alongside those hired through the outside firm were paid weekly instead of other variations. If you worked in outbound shipping and packaged customer's orders then every two hours employees would rotate with co-workers, which permitted individuals to do something else altogether.","From my experience, first, second, and third shifts were grouped together in two blocks as first/second or second/third instead of offering traditional hours. Furthermore, if someone wanted second shift hours, those being interviewed would select the night option instead of day since this workday was from 6:30 PM to 3:00 AM, but during mandatory overtime, it could be extended to 4-6 AM. However, receiving hours was not a problem, but could easily throw off anyone's regular sleeping schedule. In other words, this reviewer was more familiar with 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM or 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM and/or 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM or 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM.","A few full-time temporary/seasonal employees acted as if they were a manager or supervisor because they had been there a month or two longer and this could easily confuse new staff members hired through an employment agency. In my opinion, watch out for existing crew who are entry-level doing this to other personnel. Simply put, distinction should easily be made between front-line workers and management. Additionally, the actions of a few were not helping new associates and addressing the establishment's hierarchy would be appreciated. Likewise, the author of this review was a team-player and frequently went above-and-beyond to help others during their shift so no misunderstanding should be made in the following comments overall.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21539,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound,Fair treatment and clear expectations.,"Benefits, capable and efficient coworkers, surprise treats, stock offerings, excellent healthcare, inside view of a major operation, focus on safety.","Draconian break policy, mandatory over time with very little notice, some apparent favoritism toward attractive females, lack of rotation in indirect roles.","The AM's who are good are great. The rest of you, back off on the handbook and be considerate to your associates occasional needs and wants. And be aware that it is offensive and enraging when young attractive females who may still be temps are put in indirect roles while veterans who have been asking for new responsibility sit on the sidelines.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1375.htm
21540,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Meh,The people that work there,The work you do there,More money?,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21541,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Good base salary with the opportunity for career advancement. The pace is fast and the learning curve is steep. Excellent stock options as part of compensation. If you can really work hard and find a way to have fun, you will make history with the company!",The hours are long and the pace will eat you alive if you don't fully embrace your role. Remember that you are working to live not living to work and you will be just fine!,Listen to your OWN Leadership Principles.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21542,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Picker life.,Benefits base Pay and overtime pay,Notably knowing everything that you should know for instance attendance policies to overtime days.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21543,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Thank you for a great experience!,I learned how to be a team player and a leader. The fast paced atmosphere is not for the faint of heart.,"This fast pace gives the perception of an uncaring atmosphere, everyone is expected to own their responsibilities.","Even though I was fired, I had a blast working for Amazon, so whatever your doing, don't stop.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21544,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Company,"Great opportunity to work within a team building environment. Constantly evolving and growing, no stagnation. Building heavily on career path.","Manager/employee/team disconnect at times, but ultimately it comes down to solid and consistent communication from both ends.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21545,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Continues to innovate, smart people, good work/life balance","Stack ranking review process, lack of visionary leadership below the CEO level",Keep making big bets!,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21546,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Account Representative II,Amazon will push you but it will make you stronger,-Pushed professionally -move fast -work across multiple organizations and projects,-not many pats on the back,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21547,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great fun, although you work extremely hard. However it's the people that you work with make Amazon a great place.",Benefits need a huge revamp no where need competitive. Amazon frugality can influence the poor decisions affecting the workforce.,Be a employee obsessed as much as you are customer obsessed.... When will they click the connection ????,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21548,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,working from home was nice,"NRR, unreasonable expectations, to allow the customer to dictate if you have a job or not.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21549,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible working environment due to upper leadership.,Good pay and plenty of OT hours available. DC was air conditioned with newer break room / facilities. Clean work areas where safety is stressed.,"OT is forced on you, you have to work it or be docked attendance points. Facility has a high morale issue and high turnover which leads to OT being called more often than not.","Plan better to avoid such high stress, high demand state of emergency all of the time.",1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1376.htm
21550,amazon,"Northampton, PA"," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,easy job that doesn't require any thought,Incredibly easy job. You're taught how to do the job over a 4 day period then given 2 weeks to adapt.,Not challenging and socializing while working is frowned upon. Standing on concrete for a 10 hour shift can exacerbate any current foot or knee problem,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21551,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"learn a lot, interesting challenges but performance is not rated based on delivery","learn a lot, interesting challenges","not specific, performance is not rated based on delivery",treat the engineers well who delivers results not the engineers who just talks.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21552,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Nice place to work.,"Decent pay, great facilities/break areas and friendly people.",Some managers aren't as good as others but that's with anywhere.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21553,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Not fair to all Departments,Overall not a bad company to work for with great healthcare.,Do not treat all departments fairly. Some critical rolls such as IT make same money as non-critical rolls. Pay tops off and is based on time with company up to 3 years.,Treat IT fairly. The IT department is treated like crap and the pay shows it. IT is the 1 department that is 100% required in order for product to be shipping but they get paid than facilities techs at a lower level.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21554,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Senior Operations Manager,"* Good total comp. * Great opportunities for advancement. * RSU grants are solid contributor to total comp. * Ability to control your business and influence change across the network. * Extremely intelligent coworkers who inspire you to perform. * It's Amazon....seriously. It's rough at times, but you're working for the largest, fastest growing retailer in the world. It's worth it.","* Long hours. * Amazon values mobility, so if that's not your thing, this can be negative. * High turnover among peers.","We need to reduce our turnover. We're moving in the right direction at the speed of light, but we're losing good leaders because they aren't on boarded properly and/or they feel pushed beyond what they think they can handle. We need to get this right moving forward.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21555,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regional Marketing Consultant,"Flexible, great work life balance",Your annual reviews are based on your peers which makes it slightly unprofessional,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21556,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Picker/Consolidation,"Not worth the pay,great benefits","Benefits were great. Quick job if ever needed money. The coworkers made it worth being there,christmas / peak you can get lots of over time","Pay isn't worth the slavery. The building is extremely hot,even in winter. There is no way to grow or move up in the building,after 3 yrs pay tops out unless you move to tier 3,which is difficult unless you kiss butt or friends with the area managers",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21557,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Lots of growth opportunity...but beware of long hours,"interesting work, lots of opportunity for growth if you can put in long hours and grow relationships in your organzation",bad management stays in place for too long,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21558,amazon,"Cayce, SC"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Picker at Amazon Fulfillment center,"Warehouse job has great pay with some nice benefits. They are aware that this job can get tough and they help you prep for careers in other areas if you choose to leave, but you have to be employed there for at least a year before the career benefits kick in.","Location is the biggest con. This is why i couldn't stay. At this location, at least, there is no public transportation to get you there, but if you have a ride, it's worth it. Also the work can be hard, so get some comfortable shoes.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21559,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace,The company is very fast pace so you do get to be motivated. There are cutting edge technologies. People are pretty sharp.,"Sometimes the impact you can make is limited, which is a common thing among giant companies. Depending on your team, you might have to spend a lot of time on bug fixes instead of adding bright and shiny features.",Managers are too busy to spend time on things that can help engineers to grow.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1377.htm
21560,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Working in an Amazon Fulfillment center,"Great benefits in terms of 401k, reserve stock units after 2 years of work, lots of opportunities for promotion from within after working for a reasonable amount of time. They give you way more personal paid time off as well as allow for a number of hours of unpaid time off, on top of all this is vacation time which accrues every paycheck. The managers and employees were all relatively nice.","You have to be able to stand and/or walk swiftly for 10 hours. Some jobs require you to pick up and move 50 lbs or more boxes all day. Depending on where you work in the facility, the job can be physically demanding or not at all.","Let people do jobs they are especially good at, instead of rotating them to others for the sole sake of crosstraining.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21561,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,"Overall, a nice start in the IT field","- A lot of smart. motivated people who don't mind sharing knowledge to the entry-level newcomers.  - Many opportunities to move up within the company  - Management, even upper management are approachable and generally open to suggestions when concerns are raised by employees. Not to say your ideas have any merit once it's passed up the chain, but attempts are certainly made if the suggestions are cost-effective and can be standardized.  -If you don't mind diving head-first into new projects and issues and discovering solutions as you go, there's always something new to learn. Good experiences to carry over to a future career.","-Not-so-stellar benefits and overall starting salaries compared to other companies  -You may be expected to do something you have absolutely no training in, and doing it wrong could result in major financial and operational issues. This usually isn't the case but expect to learn many things on the fly.  -While upper management is communicative, you will often get the standard run-around,corporate nonsense speech rather than a simple ""I don't know"" when engaging a superior about certain issues.  -You are provided a (quite small) amount of time off that is added to incrementally over the year. Hit below a certain threshold of hours remaining in your 'time bank', and you may be subject to a formal write-up, For using the time-off that you were given. Which is what it was intended for.","I understand the intention of the write-up policy is to prevent employees from inadvertently getting fired after their time-off balance goes into the negative, but the formality of it all. and the one-on-one 'talk' with management seems unnecessary and often a little patronizing.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21562,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,"Good entry pay, working on challenging products and cross functional teams. Ability to move within the company to continue broadening skills and working on different products.","Long hours, support roles are often oncall 24/7 with the expectation that it is the part of the job. Churn is so high that the review process turns into a game of who needs to be promoted to keep them from leaving.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21563,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Good warehouse experience of young,Exhaustion work. Terrible breaks,Slow them down.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21564,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's OK,4 day work week good hours close to home easy to get time off when needed opportunities to move up within company,The pay could be better for management positions,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21565,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Legal Support,Assistant,Good employee portal for any questions or concerns. Great stock options and benefits.,"No work life balance. When this is the first question you are asked at your exit interview, you know that there is an issue. Plus at your orientation you are shown how to log in from home, this shows that you are a slave to your machine and work come first before your life.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21566,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Logistics Shift Supervisor,Little work-life balance and no accountability,"Good income, bonus, stock options, and benefits. But the money is more of a ""bait"" to get you into the company and try to get you to stay for a year with the bonus incentive.","Amazon seems to hire anyone with a pulse and plans nothing ahead of time. No one is held accountable for their actions, and good people are leaving because of this. Very little work life balance, management does not respect your unscheduled time off. The AMZL start up is comical. The company wastes so much money keeping people of little to no value, and haphazardly flies people all over the country for no reason. It's no surprise why the profit margin is so small. You will rarely meet anyone who has worked for the company for more than a year - average attrition is 1 year, and Amazon has the 2nd highest attrition rate of any Fortune 500 company.",Pay attention to those who do work and come up with good ideas. Get rid of those who are hindering the team and always cutting corners. Stop hiring kids straight out of college with zero experience.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21567,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Solution Architect,Work Hard. Burn Out. Don't Get Rewarded,smart people doing cool stuff in a lot of different areas. peculiar ways may seem strange at first but a great learning experience. lots of opportunity on paper.,"1. the constant pressure - not a place if you have a family or any other sort of life. 2. frugality - used to justify being tight, while burning money by not being clever 3. pay - the stock vesting schedule, and the 401(k) matching vesting is designed around the assumption you will quit before 2 years are up so all those promises are worthless. Sadly thanks to #1 the turnover seems to average at <18 months. Healthcare compared to others in the industry also sucks 4. promotion and transfer are really difficult despite what they say 5. outsourcing everything to india... helps #2, but nothing else","constant turnover is not a good thing. a wiki does not even begin to approach having real experience. easy up on people a little. seriously, pay people better and stop boasting about how many billionaire VPs there are... knowing it'll take a decade to get there with stock vesting schedules isn't motivating",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21568,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job and good managers,Good job and pays better than any other warehouse here in my area,As long as you do your job no one will bug you about anything,Keep up the good work and Jordan is an awesome manager,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21569,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Churn and Burn!,Amazing co-workers. Great development opportunity. Pay is good...just don't consider the hours you put in...because hourly pay just becomes average....,"They will work you so hard you wont have a life any more. Poor culture. Always have your resume ready if that PIP comes, you are done. I have seen many go in and out so quick!  That article about Amazon culture is pretty close. It is sad they don't care about their management team.","Care about your managers. Don't just create a culture that burns through people. If you are going to burn them, at least take care of them while they are working for you....I guess loyalty doesn't even matter anymore...",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1378.htm
21570,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Associate,The stock incentive was okay. You had to be at a higher position to earn more shares. They gave the minimum to associates.,The management was awful and did not know what they were doing half of the time. The company does not hire within and lose good workers because of this.,Learn how to effectively do your job and treat everyone fairly and with some respect. Stop playing favoritism and be fair.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21571,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Aug 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Senior Operations Manager,"Great benefits and if you can last, very good bonuses.","Zero work life balance. Treated like slaves. Brutal conditions for managers. Work over 80 hours per week is ""normal"". If you are lucky you get a couple of days off per week, but hey, you are working from home because you are always overloaded with work. Oh, and if that's not enough, enjoy working through lunch loading trailers or packing on a pack line. And good luck getting a minute to use the bathroom. Nope, I am not exaggerating. Amazon SUCKS and treats people like crap. They don't do anything super creative as far as their fulfillment centers go, but they think they do. I watched many people do projects that were not projects at all, but industry standards. Or, my personal favorite was do a project that was done a year ago and failed and just do it again with bogus data (their data is so unreliable) and make it look like you actually accomplished something for a promotion.","If I said what I thought, it would not be eligible to be posted. Thanks for being a bunch of jerks and bullies. Stop treating people like idiots and using negative reinforcement for everything with the management team. Sure wish someone would do an interview with former managers of Amazon to find out what really goes on behind the walls.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21572,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Great benefits, flexible time off.","Physical labor, 10 hour work day, black out period for time off between Thanksgiving and Christmas.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21573,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"great benefits, easy work, great pay","favortism, backwards thinking, no room to move ahead in the company","change your way of thinking, promote the best by way of seniority, what they know, reliability, word of mouth, work ethic",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21574,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Outbound Associate,Long hours,"Good place to work when you are fresh out of high school,a fun environment,meet a whole lot of people from different works of life.........","Long hours on your feet,short breaks and Mandatory overtime at short short notice.favoritism is also a huge turn off,if you not one of the favorites then you are going to be stuck doing the same thing forever and also there is nothing like seniority in there.You have people that just started with no experience been trained to carry out higher responsibility over you that is well experienced cause you are not one of the favorites","People should be given opportunities based on experience,how long you've been at the job and not based on been preferred by the manager",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21575,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interview was very easy process.,There are a lot of great benefits they offer,There are no cons. Good company to work for,none,3.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21576,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Manager,Amazon is full of talented people,"Amazon has a lot of talented people who always set a high standard of the work they deliver, and are tenacious on pursuing the goals.","Frequent changes in direction and organization, which sometimes makes it hard to see and measure the final results, and unable to see a longer roadmap.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21577,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to challenge,"Business is great, there are lots of smart people and small projects, the compensations is enough good and the culture is also great.",You might be facing difficulties if you worked with a passive attitude before. Also there are no training for improving your skills. You have to learn by yourself.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21578,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job and good managers,Good job and pays better than any other warehouse here in my area,As long as you do your job no one will bug you about anything,Keep up the good work and Jordan is an awesome manager,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21579,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Wal-Mart of the Internet's!,"Good in the beginning, work from home,SOME good leads/management, benefits",Assigns random additional job requirements whether you like it or not even if that was your very reason for switching departments & does not compensate you at all for taking on these additional skills. Offers minimal training on additional skills. Replace great leads/managers w/people who know absolutely nothing about your job & will ask you how to do it! Metric system very poor & unfair when u r given unsatisfactory ratings for things beyond your control. They want us to coddle thieves & continue to give them free items even when we see that they are thieves!Does not take employee concerns seriously will lie & say they will fix issues .months later things haven't changed. No time off if you are in smaller OU. Poor employee moral. Treat employees like robots & expect you to have no life outside of amazon & if you do they won't care & will find a reason to fire you! They also don't promote more than 1 level from within.,"Put people in charge of departments that know their job,stop fleecing qualified employees with your metric system, provide adequate training & resources for ALL departments not just your most profitable ones. Maybe give at least ONE holiday off u have enough outsourced people to cover the phones! Pay a fair wage,you can afford it! No one can live off 12$ an hour in Washington.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1379.htm
21580,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"good working place,people are nice","not good salary, cannot study too much new knowledge",give better benefit,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21581,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Recruiter,Great career opportunity!,Lots of challenges Opportunity to work on large-scale Recruiting initiatives Lots of visibility with Sr. Business/Technical Leadership Smart people Great office location Very high hiring bar for all roles Amazing career opportunity for Recruiters Opportunity to learn a lot,Not a lot of Sr. Recruiters,Keep raising the bar!,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21582,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Executive Customer Relations,great place,"Lots of ownership, lots of flexibility, and you have the opportunity to work with a whole lot of really smart people.",Must have a lot of stuff schedule flexibility and shifts can change frequently. Expectations can sometimes be impossible to meet.,"Trust and empower employees, be as flexible as possible with them, and respect all ideas. Assign out work fairly and consistently.",4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21583,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pretty good, but you burn out fast",Amazon does a lot of amazing stuff and is very fast moving. A lot of opportunities depending on the org you're in. Not as political as other companies.,Serious work/life balance issues. Especially at higher levels.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21584,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,Amazon is a fast paced open environment to learn about the e retail space. They will expose you to many different technologies and practices you never thought of.,Amazon managers do nothing to develop you and you are an expendable resource that they care nothing for because there is 10 people right behind you begging to work there.,Pay attention and develop your talent. Ope up to the long term and actually train your employees for a few weeks vs throwing them into the deep end of the pool to see if they swim.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21585,amazon,"Auburn, WA"," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Associate,hr associate,"flexible schedule, potential room for lots of growth","no work life balance, hard to get promotion unless you know the right people to help promote you, in other words know how to brown nose the right people",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21586,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Order Picker,Order picker,Get in great physical shape without trying,Mandatory 60hr work week during holiday season,Create a part time shift,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21587,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources,Amazon is growing fast and there is always a lot of opportunity to do new things,The culture is lacking. Some of the leadership are in way over their head as a result of being in the right place at the right time.,Care more about your people,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21588,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Order picker,Decent pay 4 day work schedule,Long hours on your feet,Not enough opportunity for advancement,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21589,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,5+ vet,"Brand, innovative, ability to wear many hats","Competitive culture, work life balance does not exist, over reliance on quant and not the why",Encourage and grow your employees,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1380.htm
21590,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist,"Great opportunity to learn ecommerce at North America's largest retailer. The position provides the chance to work with extremely talented and intelligent individuals. The diversity of the this position allows one to learn a great deal about many different fields. Reporting, design, catalog management, program creation and process improvement will be some of the many hats you wear.","You are the smallest cog in a big machine. You likely will be responsible for executing most of your departments needs and demands. Brand specialists report to Vendor Managers who have little grasp or understanding of the technical aspects of the business. Vendor Managers use you as a tool to get promoted, which is everyone's highest priority at Amazon. The ""dig in and disagree"" tenant that Amazon espouses has been perverted into combativeness in the work place. Instead of moving a process/idea forward with constructive criticism, Amazon employees try and get recognized by tearing apart other's ideas. Work life balance is terrible. If you have a family DO NOT take this job. I would highly recommend that individuals treat this position as a short term learning opportunity.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21591,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer Engineer,lots of experience but very competitive,you will get lots of experience working with technology built with scalability in mind. In stills good working values like Customer Obsession.,Even after you get hired your are always evaluated ageist the ever rising 'bar'. 'The bar' is the aver technical and leadership of your peers in the company. Basically if you are deemed to be worse off then 50% of your peers across the company you are in danger.,its hard to give general advice here because every group is managed mostly independently but I would said that focusing on the development of your engineers is important even if they are not sure of what direction they want to go. You lose a lot of good people simply because they are lost is the sea without the tools to navigate.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21592,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,"Mixed, but positive",- very smart people - doing interesting work,"- some crappy internal tools - still a tech company, women and PoC have to work harder, promotion-wise","Seattle's job market is heating up, and Amazon's reputation and low-middle pay grade will bite you.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21593,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it here,"The culture, benefits and PAY are amazing here at amazon.","honestly, none. I love it here. If you expect to move up because of tenure, forget about it. It's really all about who does well- as it should be.",Keep up the good work. I appreciate the hard work that everyone puts into making this giant company a moving machine.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21594,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jul 18, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,I loved working with some of the people that was nice to me,I've hated the short 30 minute lunch breaks that they had,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21595,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Work/Life Balance=100% Work,Really smart and dedicated people. You will learn quickly how to craft your ideas and explain them to others. You will be challenged.,"Expect to invest 100% of yourself into this job. There is no time for anything else. I enjoyed my work here, but burned out after about a year and a half. I worked nights, weekends, whatever was ""necessary"". If you haven't read the New york Times article ""Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace"" read it. I lived this everyday. I left on good terms and have been asked to come back several times, but have declined after talking with current employees and seeing that the conditions have not changed from when I was an employee.  Additional notes: Decisions never get made on time by management. Everything is micromanaged.","When trying to be ""frugal"" try to remember that your employees are valuable. They have personal lives and sometimes have personal issues that will have to be prioritized above the current work.",1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21596,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Money isn't everything.,Extremely intelligent group of employees.,"Employees are treated like cogs in a machine. Managers exist, but leaders do not. Development is a term used only a couple of weeks prior to performance reviews. Development is not part of the company's DNA, nor is it a priority. For most companies, the talent is treated as if they are the most important resource to the company, but at Amazon we are treated as the Achilles heal that needs to be replaced by a system (hands off the wheel). Morale is exceptionally low, and people count down the days to fulfill their contract for their relocation package. It is a sink or swim environment, and the senior managers (I refuse to use the term leaders) encourage that type of environment to see which employees can survive. Amazon is a transactional company. It provides it's employees monetary compensation and it expects a certain service level. You will not read articles about Amazon's altruistic nature, you will not be encouraged to volunteer with the community, and even if you do have a 5 month old child you are expected to travel for the entire week without seeing them in order to meet with vendors. The prestige of working for an online power-house such as Amazon is not worth the loss of a personal life. Nights and weekends will be tarnished with the tinge of anxiety as emails, midnight deal flips, demand spikes, and pricing rules will forever require immediate attention. Jeff Bezos may state that recent articles do not reflect the company he is a part of.....and clearly he has not had to stay up to turn on a deal of the day offer at midnight and work thru the pricing issues for an extra two to three hours with the expectation of being back in office in a few hours. Denial of reality is an idiots game, and Jeff needs to open his eyes before it is too late.","Treating your employees like machines will have diminishing returns over time. There will be a tipping point where employees that exceed the bar will no longer be willing to work for Amazon. Giving a decent salary is not a complete package. Many companies provide on-site medical, dental, child care and other perks for employees to enable them to worry less on the physiological needs of their family or self, and it opens up more time and options for getting life needs addressed. The company needs to do a full blown self review to gauge employee health and satisfaction and take that information to implement change. The current management style of ""turn-and-burn"" does not have lasting power and it is not sustainable. The eco-system of Amazon is poisoned at the root and it requires a great deal of self actualization and work to correct the damage.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21597,amazon,"Davenport, FL"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Human Resource Assistant,Suprising reality,Excellent customer obsession and service!!,Not as obsessed with employees.,Need to be more in tune with employees and their value that has made Amazon the company it is today.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21598,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work hard.,"I have never worked with a smarter, more dedicated group of people. It was really exciting working with people that wanted to make a difference and could actually affect change.","Because of the pace of work, there can be really high turnover. Many people are working very long days. Make sure you get a great manager or life can be really difficult. Can be cutthroat.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21599,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Pay is great. Lots of responsibility.,No work life balance. Focuses on the short term vs. long term.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1381.htm
21600,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's a job,"Bebfits, payheck time management tools",Managemebt is transparent. Company ethics are questionable. Work like balance is awful during peak season and add the summer season to that.,stop looking at your computer for help on how to handle people. We are not machine's.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21601,amazon,"North Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Tech III,Facilities Tech,"Most of the time the work is easy and normally clean, the plant all clinic controled. There is lots of things to learn about the systems of operation. Lots of room for advancement if you want to move up and wiggle in. Four day workweek!","Shifts are strainge hours, very easy to loose your job if you don't watch your ,Ps and Qs. Watch your back at times. Managers are not really managers that have the experience to treat personal. If you want apply for any job or transfer to another facility you have to get your managers approval first befor applying. ? Very strange and if they don't want you to they can find a reason. I put in for a job and asked for approval, manager said he would approve me.... Guess what he didn't do a thing. As inquired about and his boss said we are sorry he didn't and he should have. Try next time ! That's a crock Most personel don't stay long, as they build up your hopes and they don't follow through.",Don't hire non experienced personal that knows how to Handel people. Managers don't really follow leadership principles and treat employee with respect or promote a team effort. Managers are too busy trying to advance themselves and don't focus on the leadership for their own personal they are responsible for.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21602,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,M,Great impact- ur work reaches couple hundred million people Good for fresh grads who can give it all and sacrifice their personal life,"No real mentorship- New joinees have to find their way out, extremely lofty goals, expected to think of ways to solve on commute/shower. This was something my manager often communicated hinting at taking up stuff beyond tightly planned scrum deadlines. No room for unexpected delays due to inter team integration issues- get chastised in appraisal for the same.  Felt like a unsatiable task master, I used to work from 10:30am to 10pm every day and i clearly fell short since i didn't work on the weekends or was not smart enough.",Please have empathy towards employees-Yes they are humans,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21603,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Run...do not walk towards the exit,"None. Unless you like to be part of vicious, bloody, dog fight everyday of your existence. The work equates to a ton of massive manual, boring and ops heavy work. The vesting schedule is terrible and deliberately weighted towards your 3 and 4th year with the company knowing all to well you most likely won't make it pass your second year. If you do make it past your second year be prepared to have a host of stress related maladies.","There must be 10 male employees to every 1 female. The stack and yank method leads to backstabbing and petty politics that distract from getting quality work done. If you end up with a new manager, which you will, because this company is always re-organizing kiss your opportunities good by. Wages remain pretty stagnant after the two year bonuses fade and you can expect less that a 2 percent raise, even with an outstanding review.","Business 101. Your people are your most valuable asset. Yet. They are fleeing in droves. With such a high bar for hiring, this poor attrition rate can only be caused by a lack of transparency to potential employees for what people are really getting themselves into. Quit glossing over the fact that you protect, demand and sustain a toxic working environment. The secrets out so high a HR consulting firm to figure it out while you still can.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21604,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Work hard. Learn lots. Make history.,"There are a lot of smart, hard working people at Amazon. Connect with the right team and you can learn a lot.","The goal is delivering results, not work-life balance. You have to have the right attitude: focus on the customer and get stuff done.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21605,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Area Operations Manager,"Lots of opportunity, if you are willing to be tied to your computer...",There is lots of opportunity to advance internally and change career paths if you ever want to. Generally feel a sense of accomplishment as an owner of a team of people.,"Want to advance? The statement ""work life balance"" will not exist. At times 15 hour days and up to 6 days a week. Not in the FC, you will be on the laptop or on the phone checking your email.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21606,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Facilities Maintenance Technician,Good company to work for,"The company cares about their employees, safety is number one. Benefits are excellent, and the pay is very competitive.","Advancements don't come by too frequently, or easily. Even with great education and experience, if you don't fit the company's exact format, it is hard to get ahead.","Leadership is not about who kisses up to the bosses the most, and a good leader does not have to be loud to be heard.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21607,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pa,Great place to work and great teams,Always working and not enough personal time,N/a,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21608,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Working at Amazon,"Decent pay, incentives are good and the people are fun to work with","Difficulty moving up in the company, the hours and the frustration of the work at times",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21609,amazon,"Lynnwood, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Manager - International,Work Hard,You can always challenge yourself to learn and grow if you find an opportunity by yourself.,You can keep going without any breaks. You need to draw a line to keep life/work balances if you can. Not easy though.,Think twice before you take actions. Some people feel being insulted or offended.,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1382.htm
21610,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,"Excellent benefits, Development opportunities, A culture of exellence","Extremely competitive, but if you have what it takes to work hard and look for ways to improve your work area, you will succeed.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21611,amazon,"India, TX"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,nice comapany to work for.,time management goes for a toss,very Good senior leadership team,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21612,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Golden Handcuffs and Silly Expectations,Excellent compensation and benefits. Great location. Generally relaxed atmosphere.,"They hire young, most my team is under 25 with maybe one other job under their belt. Meaning most my team pull 16 hour days because they don't have anything better to do. There's also a ""throw it at the wall and see what sticks"" style of product development- you might be working on the next great thing, only to have it bomb on release and then get reassigned to something completely random. Which is another issue, little control over your career in the company- you can apply for another internal opening, but its a long process that requires an interview and more than likely you're going to be reassigned to a different project with little to no input if you want to work on it.","The pay is great, yes. But don't make that the best thing about working there. Also the insane growth has led to a ridiculous amount of fat- Trim up some of the useless internal projects. Having 3 different overlapping internal code solutions to a problem does not help things get done.",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21613,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Not A Developer/Engineer,Manager and team make or break the job,-work with really smart people - name looks great great great on resume - work responsibility is very hands on,"- people check and respond to emails at all hours of the day and night - directives from c-suite are performed without question - leadership principles guide the thought process - some jobs they hire for have an ""expiration date"". Regardless of performance.",Develop a better understanding of how the power of your words and opinions directly effect productivity and decision-making.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21614,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Project Launch Analyst,"young, fun, growing, challenged, team","long hours, demanding businesses, defending roadmaps",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21615,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Operations Technincan,Amazon Work Environment,"Relaxed dress code, good starting pay.","There seems to be a lot of cliques. If you aren't in the ""good old boy"" club you can find yourself in a very toxic work environment.",Listen to your employee anonymous surveys. Break up the cliques.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21616,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,NYT is right run fast!!,Seattle is a great place to work,"Public shaming is the norm not a statistical outlier. Work/life balance is non existent. This place is one level above a ""sweat shop"" . The leadership principles are used as weapons to cajole employees into sticking with the status quo as well as to identify those who are not completely bought in. All that is missing is the kool-aid to truly have a cult. Relocation benefits lock you in for two years of servitude or steep penalties are levied on you for leaving early. Trust me there is a huge retention issue. If you are an intern, college grad, professional in your field, stay away from this hell hole.",Compassion should be a leadership principle not glorifying those who lack it completely,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21617,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Graphic Artist,Graphic Designer,"Work culture, Relationship with other Associates and work life balance",Managing the incomming volumes of work can be improved,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21618,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Software Development Engineer Intern,Smart people to work with. Happy hours for Interns Good pay. Great Opportunities for developers if they want to grow technically.,Management is horrible. My manager was a micro manager and is mostly piling work to developers. Interns are also expected to work on weekends. Mostly a dull team environment where developers don't talk to each other much. No Food and Snacks. You Basically need to pay for everything,I don't agree with the Amazon Principle. Managers will say anything so that they satisfy one of the Amazon Principles just to get a promotion,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21619,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,Help you further your career.. Pay for you to go to school to better yourself,Break times are not long enough for 10 hours,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1383.htm
21620,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 20, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant III,HR Assistant,Very fast paced and high volume and Many opportunities,A lot of work every day!,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21621,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,AWS Customer Support site at DFW11 sucks,"Good reputation, awesome technology, looks good on your resume","Job Description : The job is named as ‘cloud support engineer’ which should be named as ‘cloud customer support engineer’ as the job involves in providing support by taking customer calls and customer chat requests and handover the customer requests to backend support operations team. A simple no brainer handoff is sufficient rather than working on the issue itself.  Recruitment process / Job Interview : A typical telephone screening involved in asking questions about all possible things that are not at all related to the job itself. One same question is ‘what is a multi-threaded processor?’ and I was not sure whether I was interviewed for an IT job or for a VLSA job?. There is no syllabus for this telephone screening and they could ask anything that pops up in their mind. After the successful telephone screening, you will receive an invitation for face-to-face interview which is a 6 hour long exhaustive and torturous interviews involving questions about all HR related stuff rather then subject matter expert questions. All the interviewers are nice and behave well so that they try their best to boast about the company, work culture, technology etc… and they make sure that the victim is ready to sacrifice himself after taking the job.  Compensation: The compensation is not that great when compared to the existing market conditions and Amazon tries to lure the victim in the name of fancy sing-on bonus and employee stock options. Please remember that this is the last time that you will have a chance to negotiate about your salary as once you are in, they know how say no to your repeated requests about your pay reviews in the name of low customer ratings.  Training : This is the first step in to the hell is going through the training which is generally taught by the existing guys inside various teams and unfortunately most of them does not have proper education background to teach the stuff and are also forced by the management to train people (if you don’t train, you can’t even show your face to the management while requesting for a pay hike at the end of the fiscal year). As a result the training multiplies your anxiety and you will have sleepless nights with weird dreams about various training sessions that are not organized well and also during the training they clearly inform you that you might need to provide support in case if there are nobody around. As an experienced IT guy, one will definitely think whether it is really possible to support Networking, Storage, CDN, ELB, RDS, EC2 with just 20 mins of Video training and an hour of worthless talk? If it is really possible then it will be easy for a person to come up with another Public Cloud Service like AWS in a matter of days, lol.. The trainings are not well organized and often the advanced stuff is taught before the beginner and intermediate stuff causing lot of anxiety and bad feeling about the job. It is real easy to get demotivated during the training phase itself because of lot of unnecessary information flow and also the trainings are scheduled around lunch time and they don’t even care about your lunch time instead they rudely tell you to take the pain of having lunch during training which does not allow you to concentrate well on training. As a whole the HR, Training people and the immediate manager start showing their autocracy form day one of training itself and expect that it is going to be multiplied with the time.  Nature of the job : This job is meant for fresh out of the college guys and people having 1 to 2 years of experience, but not for the one who has proven experience in the field for more than 5 years. The job involves in taking customer calls and chat requests and do some sugar coating while responding back to the customer. Please do remember that if you are not a native english language speaker or do not have prior call center experience, the chances of burning your hands or pretty high. The job security purely relies on customer ratings but not on how effective and studious you are in providing the support to the customer. If the customer is pissed off with Amazon, then the only way to vent his/her frustration is by awarding a single star for you which will screw your job security by big time. Also most of the end customers are from SMBs and 90% of the time they don’t have good knowledge about the IT concepts and thus you are expected to take a tutorial class for them about computer science 101. Often the customers expectations are really high even though they are paying minuscule amounts and expecting for a lexus quality and experience. There are not enough people in the support team and thus the calls / chat requests are piled up causing huge delays and the customers are irritated and end up giving negative ratings on the customer reps which are working hard to provide support at their best. Also one should have good english literature writing experience to shine at this job because that would help a lot in providing feedback to the customer in an obscure way to avoid negative ratings. Intact I came across a guy in database profile who is really good at this and he always concentrates on language rather than presenting the facts to the customer. PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT ANY HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN THIS JOB and YOU ARE SUPPORTING a PUBLIC CLOUD PRODUCT(s) THAT IS USED BY ONLY SOME PEOPLE IN THE MARKET and thus ONCE YOU LEAVE THIS PLACE, THE CHANCES OF GETTING ANOTHER JOB (mostly hands-on in nature in present day market) is nearly IMPOSSIBLE.  Work environment : This is the worst work environment I ever came across during my 10+ years of IT experience. It is a poisonous pit and I have not even seen a smiling face on the floor as every one is tensed and pissed off with customer support calls. This is a typical call center environment and often your immediate manager talks about amount the cases and customer ratings and even the all hands meetings are also like this. You will be surrounded by a bunch of people wearing headsets and taking to the customer and if you are not accustomed to call center environment before, you would feel quite demotivated. The telephone calls are often lengthy mixed with various emotions and it is not strange to hear your colleague banging the headset with lot of frustration and despair using ‘f’ and ‘d’ words after an exhaustive customer call. You are surrounded by constant chatter and noise and this is not the better place for the people with heavy migraine. You are expected to work on Sundays and also during long weekends making it really hard to balance work and personal life balance. In fact there is ZERO work to personal life balance. If you are married and with kids, then this is not a better job for you as you don’t have time for your spouse and kid to take care of their needs. In a typical corporate company, one can expect at least 9 - 10 company holidays where as in this company you get only 5 - 6 holidays and even during that time you are expected to work based on necessity.  Management : You can come across the worst managers in your life at this place. Some of the mangers started their life in one of the fulfillment centers and subsequently transferred to mange the IT professionals. Unfortunately they try to exercise the similar management practices that were used during their tenure at fulfillment center. They don’t know how to respect and motivate a resource. They are always skeptical about a resource and try to micro-manage by exercising excessive control over resources which results in negativity and demotivation. It seems that the HR and top management is aware of the situation and in turn nurture weird management practices. An experienced IT professional with proven track record does not need forceful motivation from his manager in the name of yelling and showing bad gestures. I came across a manager whose slogans are “you are sleeping”, “you spent 15 minutes in the break room on so and so day”, “your lunch breaks are so and so minutes on so and so day” etc…. Unfortunately the list is endless. But still I see that guy is considered as a good manager even after repeated complains to HR. As a whole the environment is NEGATIVE, REMORSEFUL, HORRIFYING, and REMORSEFUL. If you are moving to Amazon from a good company where people are very optimistic, happy and enthusiastic then this is not the place to continue your career.  Career advancement : AWS is NOT an UNIVERSAL technology and is used by few SMBs in the vast IT market which forced you to limit your skill set rather than expanding. Also the immediate managers are really worst and they won’t even guide you or pay attention to your career advancement. PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT ANY HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN THIS JOB and YOU ARE SUPPORTING a PUBLIC CLOUD PRODUCT(s) THAT IS USED BY ONLY SOME PEOPLE IN THE MARKET and thus ONCE YOU LEAVE THIS PLACE, THE CHANCES OF GETTING ANOTHER JOB (mostly hands-on in nature in present day market) is nearly IMPOSSIBLE.","Please educate people about job responsibilities, and set the expectations accordingly.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,50,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21622,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at Amazon is like planting seeds on the concrete,"Dental Insurance is really good, rather that that...nothing much.","The culture of Amazon is really mean, lots of favoritism, a complete absence of leadership, lots of backstabbers and people that would do anything in order to be seen or promoted. Not a place I would recommend.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21623,amazon,"Kent, WV"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Survival of the Fittest,"Very easy job and only for 4 hours (good for beginners and students i guess). Above average salary wage. No racism / discrimination towards other people / ethnicity Green Coats / Managers are very approachable People are friendly. Learnt not so much a lot, bit still learnt something useful (i guess)","Asks for part timers only. After 1 week of working, had sore feet and arms. After 3 weeks of work, really red and itchy rashes started growing up on me (because of skin / physical contact on boxes , which are recycled and already came from every sort of dumpsters. In the end, had to consult a doctor / specialist and cost me the first two weeks of my salary for medications) Management clearly has favoritism. Only 10days on unpaid time off that you have to stretch within a year. Even when you are sick or have medical issues, still 10 days are given. Redcoats / Red-Coated managers: command and conquer (stands or walks without doing anything to help / lighten workload within 4-5 hours duration of shift, shouting / ordering everyone to do this and that) Swag-bucks / Novelty items for the ""favorite"" associate or associate with the most ""scanned"" packages or"" wrapped"" palettes of the week, and we lesser associates gets under appreciated for the ""lesser"" hard work, not even a slight considerable ""Thank You for your hardwork, we appreciate what you did today!!"" 160 packages / hour. But you can only carry 2 small packages or 1 big package / box at a time. Sometimes or very often, people look at you like you're a criminal and done something outrageous (seriously, I get this look everyday while I sit there in the chairs waiting for the time to sign in on the clock). Gets boring and worn out after 1-2 weeks of work. Like every day off you get still not enough.","Instead of ""Swag-Bucks"" why not, unpaid time off?",1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21624,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - ISS Representative,ISS Rep,"Was able to learn several different departments, worked at a fast pace, able to do internal interview so kept up on my interview skills.","favoritism from management, no contact with Seattle.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21625,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 19, 2015",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Great Benefits-Great Company Great place to work as long as you respect the company- ie go to work to work and do good quality work..,If you do not want to work or do not take pride in your work- this is not the place for you.,Embrace the fact that you have a lot of very good dedicated associates who only want to do whats best for Amazon,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21626,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Mixed bag,"Atmosphere of continuous innovation makes it an interesting place to work. Lots of smart people, and in many cases people have a decent sense of humor - which is really , really key to working at Amazon. For the most part everyone is trusted to get their stuff done, so there is not much in the way of micro-management. Casual work environment with dogs welcome. In general, Amazonians are well-compensated, and the stock is blowing it out right now. Offers a fast-paced environment and an excellent learning experience in terms of working with technology and e-commerce.","Increasingly watered-down culture, much less of the fun quirkiness of Amazon 10 years ago and much more of everyone taking themselves, their jobs and the company way too seriously. Everyone is seen as expendable, with the assumption that someone is just dying to take your place. Depending on what team you land on, work/life balance may be out of whack. Annual review process is laborious and painful for everyone involved, and morale tends to not be great when stock isn't at an all-time high.","Place a higher premium on management, career development, and making sure that talented people stay, are challenged, and land in the right roles.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21627,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Interesting problems, poor treatment of employees",You'll get to work on a lot of cool and interesting problems,"Work / life balance is usually crappy, particularly on the really interesting projects. Also stack ranking can be quite hindering to collaboration.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21628,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 31, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,Amazon not for everyone,"Decent pay, overtime, monthly bonus, free stuff","Manditory overtime, repetitive, long hours",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21629,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fulfillment,The money is good so far.,I don't know any cons yet.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1384.htm
21630,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate/Outbound Problem Solver,ONT8 Is Great!,"Benefits, benefits, benefits! They offer lots of benefits such as 401k, vacation time, paid time off and unpaid time off and very inexpensive health care. Alongside that are all of the opportunities that come with working for Amazon. They have away teams and opportunities to go to other fulfillment centers, training for other departments and transfers throughout the world. Lastly, I love working here because of my coworkers. There are many different people that work in my fulfillment center and I am constantly meeting new people and I thoroughly enjoy coming into work each day.",The biggest downside is mandatory overtime. It's not a choice. When we have a high backlog we are forced to come into work with other shifts there as well and it ends up being too many people! There are people who end up just sweeping the floor because there isn't a direct function available or what not. The only thing that makes overtime bearable is the money.,"My advice to management would be to listen to your employees. We have a lot to say and we are the ones actually getting products in and out of the buildings. So when we come to you with a suggestion on how we can improve a process, please take it into consideration!",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21631,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Order Picker,Unhealthy,"Lots of overtime, easy to get hired and some of the employees are friendly.","Management lack experience, You never know who your boss is any one with a green vest is in charge. However a Red vest trains you, while they are just as stressed out as all the other employees,so you are reluctant to ask them any questions after the training is over. Also you are told rate expectation is one thing from one manager and another from another manger. which is expected to be 100% in less than a month.",Have more staff meetings and listen to why the employees are so stressed out maybe the high turn over will drop. Also train the management team better so they can train the employees. Lastly people are not robots they are humans.,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21632,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,Benefits started the first day of work.,"Slave drivers , based on quotas if you don't meet them ate your month long grace period after the third write up be looking for another job . You will need it.",This job is very demanding and requires alot of physical activity that quota based employment is a crock. As far as your website it's great as far as employing employees to get products out your quota system sucks.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21633,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area manager CA,"If you are a good leader, this is an amazing place to work. Your peers will be extremely smart and motivated. The standards here are very high and you will be challenged every day. In this job I am never bored, the pace is very fast. The organization values the ability to think through complex issues and continuously improve. Also Amazon is growing very rapidly so there are huge opportunities for promotion. You will advance to the level of your abilities. Under performers will leave the company on their own.","Work life balance is tough, typically work 50-60 hours a week and come home exhausted from walking all day.","Be frugal, but not cheap. Sometimes we make decisions for short term cost savings that are big losses in the long term",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21634,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,................................,good hours and overtime....pay is ok and my shift works around my daily life schedule,very tough goals to meet and mandatory.........................................,none,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21635,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,The work is good. Lot of scope to learn new things.,"Bad work culture. Everything is in manager's hand. If he is a psycho, he will screw your career. If he is good, he will let you grow.",Don't treat employees as slaves.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21636,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,"Good Company, still finding its feet",+Awesome opportunities due to growth +Your voice totally matters +Ability to innovate as much as you want,-Most of the time you are drinking from a firehose -The lack of structure is both a benefit and a hinderance -Corporate employees get treated way better than field,Find your balance. Invest in the FC network with more than just infrastructure or incentive based programs. They bring in the money but are treated with the least amount of true respect in the company.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21637,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for growth in College,Great career builder. Plenty of opportunities for involvement in projects. Continuous improvement.,Little realization of Corporate policies at Operational level. Poor manager-employee relations. Poor Work-life balance.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21638,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Too hot in the warehouse, breaks are too short (15 mins)","Good pay and benefits, only 4 days a week and you make a lot of money if you work holidays",Hot in the warehouse depending on which department you're in. They're all about numbers and if you don't meet the requirements you'll be fired,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21639,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Self Employed,Hostile Work Environment,"The place is filled with lots of very hard working decent people who are attracted to this company because it offers some benefits (health care, paid time off) and a pay that is a little better than minimum wage.","Lip service is paid to ""servant management"" and safety concerns. Workers are treated like criminals as they enter and exit the building, not allowed to carry a cell phone with them inside. The official explanation is that Amazon sells cell phones and it's their way of preventing theft. The truth of the matter is they are concerned about employees taking photographs of OSHA violations.",Watch your back.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1385.htm
21640,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Self Employed,Hostile Work Environment,"The place is filled with lots of very hard working decent people who are attracted to this company because it offers some benefits (health care, paid time off) and a pay that is a little better than minimum wage.","Lip service is paid to ""servant management"" and safety concerns. Workers are treated like criminals as they enter and exit the building, not allowed to carry a cell phone with them inside. The official explanation is that Amazon sells cell phones and it's their way of preventing theft. The truth of the matter is they are concerned about employees taking photographs of OSHA violations.",Watch your back.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21641,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - VCC Reserve,Great company,"Did an internship here virtually, and now I'm a part time employee part time also virtually. Management is super nice and the job is pretty flexible.",Not really anything as of now.,"They're super nice, I don't really have anything as of now.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21642,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,packer,meet new people easy work and learn alot of things,breaks go by to fast,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21643,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,"If you don't drink the Kool-Aid, forget it",Interesting work with some interesting co-workers.,"Poor total compensation (distorted blend of low cash with stock) unless you are an executive. Very passive-aggressive culture that thrives on strategically knifing your competition in the back (this means co-workers). Unless you drink the cool-aid that all things ""Jeff"" are great, and continually mouth the Jeff platitudes, you will not get anywhere. Plan on working 24/7 while hearing from your boss that work/life balance is important.","Drop the compensation blend. Open up the review process to all employees so there is total visibility to the process, especially the dual layered ratings system. Drop the ratings based on a curve and thus pressuring employees out.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21644,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous,A lousy place to work. Avoid it!,I can't think of any good reason. Salary is considered low if you divided by the hours you work per week.,"Benefit sucks, healthcare package is among the worst. Too many jerks promoted to the next level and become the leaders of a team ( such as my boss), because amazon encourage people to be a jerk! EVERYTHING the NYT article said is true",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21645,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid this place like the plague.,"Co-workers were typical Pittsburghers: friendly, team-orientated who could work independently, and very hard working. Workplace dress was warehouse-casual with the typical restrictions. Bottled water was free.","Summary: Extremely low pay. Asbestos in the building and other hazardous working conditions. Bizarre phone policy. Irrational & hostile management practices.  Extremely low pay. Worse if you are a temp or seasonal employee. Amazon pushes the boundaries of legality by routinely hiring for the holidays, strongly suggesting that you'll be converted into a full-time employee once the business of holiday settles down, and then once you work through their last big sale of the season, they'll let you go and say that they don't need you anymore. Microsoft was sued by temps for similar practices and won and Amazon's similar practice is underhanded and really hard on morale.  Serious health & safety hazard in the form of ASBESTOS. There was an announcement during December 2014 work shifts that asbestos had been found in the building as contractors were still working and while we were all there on our shifts. Nothing was done to secure the safety of the Fullfillment Center teams working in the building at the time. I don't know how they got away with it.  Break room, bathrooms, & staff lockers on opposite ends of the warehouse, not centralized, which effectively impeded staff access to rest on their legally scheduled breaks.  Invasive, bizarrely paranoid phone policy: You will not be permitted to work unless you allow security to make a log of your phone number and phone’s electronic ID even though you must leave your mobile in your staff locker, on the far side of the warehouse.  Overall, Amazon's policies at the Distribution Center at Crafton are right out of dystopian science fiction movie, like in Harry Potter when the Death Eaters took over Hogwarts. It is a very unhealthy work environment. The US Dept. of Labor should take a deep look into this business, from the working conditions to the finding of asbestos in the building while staff was working at Crafton at the end of 2014. Avoid this place like the plague unless you're absolutely desperate for work.","Raise pay to meet the extreme demands of the job. Pittsburghers are hard workers who provide good value as employees. You're having a hard time filling those ""instant hire"" positions, even in this less-than-optimal economy, because the pay is unacceptably low for the work you’re asking people to do, your corporate policies are ineffectively rigid, your hiring practices border on fraud, and your willful disregard for staff safety is despicable. Get it together, Amazon!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21646,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sorter,Love the fast and busy environment..,Sometimesvirs get slow and they will send some people home,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21647,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,area manager,"Great benefits, overtime opportunities, traveling opportunities, meeting new people",Long hours & need to pay more,"Be supportive, a team player, listen well, AND be RESPECTFUL!!",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21648,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to be from,"Amazon is fast paced, always willing to try new things innovative and improve. There's alot of opportunity to move around and try different roles. It's never boring.","Seldom willing to try OLD things, always wants to reinvent the wheel, often changes direction too quickly without giving the original idea a chance to succeed which results in alot of unnecessary chaos. Chaos defines the operating environment, There's tons of teams involved in new projects, but the people who need answers don't know who the owners are and problems get passed around without resolution a lot. This leads to virtually no work-life balance as the organization is always both in crisis and undermanned.","Tighten up internal structure to add clarity of responsibility and transparency or you will never resolve root causes. Amazon calls their problems ""Zombies"" because they keep coming back. This is driven by an endemic attitude of quick fixes and stop gap solutions. Amazon's pace is breakneck but sometimes ""slow is fast"" and acknowledging and fixing a problem is sometimes more important than overcoming it's short term impact.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21649,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Get in shape. You get to meet a lot of different people.,Not enough time for breaks.,"Get another smoking area on the west side, and increase break times by five minutes.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1386.htm
21650,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Not bad, could be better.","3 day weekends, they give you a certain amount of personal time, vacation, and unpaid time off and you can use it however you want.","Working in the warehouse is very boring. you are assigned to one job and you're stuck there unless you want to transfer to another facility. Hard to get promotions within your facility. The pay is very low, you start out at $11.00/hr with a $0.25 raise every 6 months which caps out after 3 years. Your alternative is to move to management to make more money.","Bring in a company to assess each job and assign a personality to that job. When you are hiring new people, have them fill out a personality test and match that person with the job that best fits their personality or as close to it as possible. There would be a lot less turnover and moral would be much higher which would in turn increase production if people were happy with what they were doing.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21651,amazon,"Manassas, VA"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Data Technician II,Great company to work for,"Overpaid compared to job requirements, great work atmosphere, management always willing to hear issues.",It is a sink or swim environment as a new employee. All learning is on the new employee to go figure out on their own.,Institute better training for new hires on the proprietary Amazon programs and applications.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21652,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Phenomenal,Excellent Company to work for.,NO Downside at all here,Keep Up the Amazing Work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21653,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"Great benefits, flexibility, healthy environment",Lower payrate for a warehouse job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21654,amazon,"Cleveland, TN"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Transporter,Picker,Benefits are great for a family.,Very faced pace and crowded at times.,Work hard,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21655,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Retail Vendor Manager Role,Opportunity to manage a large business,"Miserable place to work  ""Amazon is where overachievers go to feel bad about themselves""","At such a large company, an employee's success is really dependent on his or her direct manager and team dynamic. I personally found training and development to be completely lacking because everyone is so ""heads down"" and back logged with work that colleagues don't have the time to help others. If you want support, you have to track people down, save time on calendars and then keep following-up. If you're new to the category, industry or role, I have never had anyone try to point out in a helpful and constructive manner, things I can do to be better prepared. This is not a place to make friends and it's not a place to feel good about yourself. This is going to hurt the company long term.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21656,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Inventory Control Quality Assurance (ICQA) - Tier II,ICQA,"You always know your shift. Good pay, and comfortable clothes.","Temp agencies everywhere, they don't care about you what so ever. You're just a number.",Management needs to be more available to the employees.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21657,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker in warehouse,Kept busy. Not a very social position. Actively accomplishing goals. Competition with yourself and others to complete the tasks given were fun to look forward to. They gave overtime. Had ten hour shifts. Really got into shape.,"There wasn't anything working at Amazon that was a con, except some of the other employees were a bit too... Well let's just say they had boundary issues.","My advice to management would be .... More break time treats. Yes, when I was there I liked when during breaks we would get candy bars, nuts, sometimes chocolate. That is all. Thank you for this opportunity.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21658,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you can stay on top of what you like,* You have all the tools you need at your disposal to achieve what you want and the freedom to build and share one if not available. * High level of maturity as a company in optimizing and preventing reinventing of wheel. * Intelligent coworkers,"* No food benefits * green card not applied for as sde1 * very fast moving environment, causing a churn in finding the best work for your career",Scale work force if you want to scale features and speed,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21659,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sorter,Love the fast and busy environment..,Sometimesvirs get slow and they will send some people home,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1387.htm
21660,amazon,"Amazon, MT"," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,"Good benefits, good overtime, good money, help employees move on","day to day working there is boring, unmotivated",better organization,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21661,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn!,"Very talented Individuals, Intense environment, true customer focus, long term thinking, and leadership principles that are truly followed in every way.","not much of work-life balance, promotions are very slow","Bigger company culture is settling in. Should focus on being nimble, and innovating quicker.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21662,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,Faceless cogs in a relentless machine,"- Working at Amazon is a great opportunity to work with the industry leader in several areas, and get an inside view into how things are done at that kind of scale. - Lots of very smart people work here, and if you play your cards right it's an excellent opportunity to develop your skills.","The culture at Amazon is abhorrent. Everything is in service of the bottom line. ""Frugality"" is literally one of the core tenants of the company, and it's used to justify everything, from the fact that you have to provide a doctor's note to get an ergonomic desk, to the fact that the benefits and holidays are extremely weak. The latest fiasco is that Amazon is actually violating OSHA requirements for the number of available bathrooms because our office space is so insanely overpopulated. All inquiries into the matter are ignored.  Amazon doesn't even pretend to care about its employees. The company will chew you up and spit you out to be replaced by the next college graduate to go through the wringer. Essentially everyone in the company is in an oncall rotation, and be prepared to be oncall even when you're not ""oncall"" if you've become one of the more senior member on the team due to Amazon's legendary attrition rates.  Amazon is a decent place to develop your skills, but almost every group is a fast track to being burned out and run ragged by management.","It's really as simple as caring in the slightest about the well being of your employees. Almost all of the problems stem from completely disregarding this and driving towards maximum ""efficiency"".",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21663,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I've seen it all before,"At the ground level, management are merely hall monitors. They burn out early and move. Well intended but with no impact.",Part time employees will be stripped of their benefits effective April 2016. That is part time HOURLY workers. Salaried part timers will retain their benefits.,"Read between the lines. Expansion absent profit. Irrational stock value based strictly on speculation. Conclusion: their priming for ""sell."" There's no future here unless you get a slice of the sellout. Management, they picked you because of your youth and gullibility. There's no long term potential at Amazon. Ask yourself-who are these speculative geniuses driving up Amazon stock?",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21664,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Best in the industry,Benefits and pay are amazing and the company awards stock to management like it's going out of style. Schedule is 4 days per week which provides ample time to enjoy the weekend.,Peak (Thanksgiving through Christmas) can be rough considering we work 5-6 days per week and 13-14 hrs. This job isn't for the faint of heart or the fly under the radar type of managers. These people will usually be drummed out to make way for new and eager talent.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21665,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not what I expected,"Great benefits health, eye and dental. Lots of unpaid time, paid time and vacation. Have said that it's a free for all..come and go as you please.","Terrible management, unorganized, shows up hung over, all the PA's are on drugs along with 90% of employees. If they gave everyone a randome there wouldnt be no one left. Am-care employee lady is a total b. The first month there i was offered to buy a 1/4 bag of weed by another employee. lol. Terrible work conditions, no air conditioning or fans, hot as hell. Shows me they don't really care about the workers..they work you to the bone and give nothing in return.",Fire everyone and give urine test or hair sample...quality outweigh quantity. I can't wait to find a new job..this is a joke,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21666,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer - Internship,Okay,Has a very nice facilities. Team members are really responsive.,A lot of work and fast pace.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21667,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,Fast paced work environment.,No work life balance and peak schedule is pretty rough.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21668,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Product Management at AWS,"Like many, I learned more at Amazon than any other employer. Primary benefits include - smart colleagues - hard problems - great salary - great location","The hard part about amazon is the rigid culture. Either you fit or you don't - there's no middle ground. If you are new at amzn and working for someone who is new, you are most likely going to fail.  Challenges at amazon include: - no work/life balance - learning the cultural norms can be difficult - high turnover - marginal benefits (the philosophy is that the salary replaces)","Everyone should have someone experienced (2+ years at amazon) to help them - either a manager or, in the case of folks who report to new hires, a mentor who's review includes mentorship as a part of success.",2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21669,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting, good pay, but tough on family life.",Pay was top notch Engineering talent was good Innovation pace was very high,30% turnover year over year in my group made for unpredictable projects Good people left first because they didn't need the pressure Bad feature decisions made on some devices products despite feedback and data that showed it wouldn't win the market.,Keep innovating but stop driving good talent away Value the employees that you have rather than being a revolving doorway,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1388.htm
21670,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Meets deadlines on deliveries to the customers.,micro managed Some people like working directly with the owner and this isn't possible. Never met owner. High turnover of employees,oversee employees and give one on one status of their progress within the company. if employee is looking to stay within the company ask questions to see what they are interested in doing. Do not overload hard working employees and make employees who are standing around do their jobs.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21671,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jul 14, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Picker,"Well organized systems, advanced warehouse technology, good instruction.","This was a seasonal position, for a good company.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21672,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources,AWS seems to operate a little differently than the consumer side,"- Very sharp people/lots of learning opportunities - Big emphasis on sharing of information and developing tools to streamline (innovate) - Great offices - onsite gyms, collaborative space, etc. No free lunch, but being downtown, there are lots of easy walkable options including onsite cafeterias - Great pace - things move quickly, but not so fast that quality suffers or that you can't have fun","- The company overall seems a bit fragmented (AWS could easily be it's own entity) - Onsite cafeterias can get crowded depending on the bldg you're in, but I guess that's growing pains - Compensation is more complicated than it should be and relies heavily on equity grants and stock performance",Consider further expansion to other markets and improve development of remote workforce. The company is very Seattle focused - this may be restricting growth.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21673,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - SDEII,Great place to work,"Exciting work, lots of opportunity, great mentoring, learn a lot every day, culture is golden.","Difficult to manage workload, easy to work extra hours if you don't have good boundaries, you are required to be on call, culture may not be for everyone.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21674,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Amnesty,It's a job.,You can get your 40 hours of work and then some. Benefits can be earned.,The tools needed to do the job lacks greatly! Very frustrating!! Communication skills very poor.,The right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing. Get on the same page. Poor management.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21675,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Associate,Associate,"Four day, 40 hour work week plus benefits.","Changes in Management. Due to the nature of the business, everything is based on the speed that product can be sent to the customer. When problems arise due to this, action for improvement is often delayed. Quality suffers. Employees often feel like robots instead of people. Managers that meet production goals are often kept, even though they are lousy managers, with few people skills.","Use Amazon as a stepping stone, not a destination, if you are not given opportunities for advancement in the first year. This company hires more from without. the organization.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21676,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Internal Quality Control,Internal Quality Control,"You only work 4 days a week. Insurance starts the day of your orientation, & end the end of the month that you leave. You get 30 min lunch & two 15 minute breaks. You start at $12.75","40 hours in 4 days standing on cement. You can't sit down, don't sit down, there are cameras everywhere. IQC was on each end of the huge building. Break rooms were in the middle. Travel time was enforced for some, but not for others. After lunch, you need to come back for a ""stand up"". They notice if you are late, unless you were a favorite. They accuse you of theoretical mistakes. (If you did 1 million bins, this would be the number of mistakes you made. That number was MUCH higher than the actual mistakes you made) The building in IQC was VERY poorly lit, & far away from everything.",Improve the lighting for IQC. Don't make people all but run to & from if they are on the far ends of the building,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21677,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 14, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate,the vacation package is good plus they offer 48 hours of personal time off and also offer unpaid time off.,you get treated like a slave They hire new managers every year because they don't have a very good hiring system. most managers don't make it 18 months. if you are a suck up this job is perfect for you.,listen to the employees they are the ones that are actually doing the work. if you want a better solution to a problem they can help,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21678,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Go somewhere else,- you work on products that are used by millions of people every day - they have some good internal talks/conferences (if you have time to see/attend them),"- frugality: be sure to only receive the cheapest hardware(Macs, Screens) that Amazon can find - usually you only get a used laptop when you start. Also you are supposed to keep your laptop for 4+ years - ""the leader in the cloud"" develops its software on desktop-PCs (which are horrible slow and run your dev environment in a VM) - 10 days of vacation during your first year (don't underestimate your need for vacation - in my previous company I had 25 days already and it hurts to loose 15 days) - they run you into the ground (prepare for tons of overtime, 12h days are not only normal, but expected) - dont be alarmed if your team gets shut down and you have to find a new team within 30 days or you are fired (happened to my first team and heard of a handful of others) - only the minimal parent leave that are required by law - Java is pretty much the only language in the house - if you try to change their mind you get shut down fast - lots of legacy systems/code - if you came from a fast moving startup, be prepared that things that took you 2hours tops will now require a 2 week development cycle with tons of reviews and millions of side-effects to consider - the shares that you get only vest after 4 years and are not worth it - too low - people don't stay long - on average people stay about a year before they leave again","- pay hire wages! - more vacation! - some payed parental leaves - and longer leaves! - pay for a great workstation (top-of-the-line MacBook Pro 15"", two screens, standing desk) - you keep everybody as unproductive as possible with all your frugality policies... - much better work/life balance (stop ""normal"" 12 hour days - those literally kill people)",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21679,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but need to be in the right kind of team to grow",Amazon has very good work culture Freedom at work there are great opportunities to learn no dress code - which is a huge pro for me they conduct good training programs,"growth path is not definite in the organization - after a point of time there are less/no promotions Unless you are in the right team, you are going to have problems finding the right opportunities to show case your talents",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1389.htm
21680,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,Great Benefits for overall employment. Hours are flexible except on the holidays and high seasons. Co-workers are friendly and open minded.,"Lack of management motivation. There seems to be a lacking in communication and guidelines for customer service representatives. Also, lacks work environment locations.",Better communication with lower level employees. Can treat employees better and justified without reprehending them for small reasons. Communicate clear with employees to be more efficient.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21681,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Sr. Product Manager,"Many interesting projects that move fast, flexibility to change roles/teams, work with smart people","Aggressive culture, can be stressful, not easy to get promoted",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21682,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good place to work,"Cool stuff to work on, many teams to choose from, good coworkers, autonomy.","Crouded workspaces, having to fight for decent monitors and environment, annoying review process, disorganized organization.",Invest more in employees and their setups. Not giving nice hardware where they spend most of their time short sited.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21683,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,All Work No Play,Salary and benefits are great.,Working on Vacation and the commute are horrible.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21684,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS,"Good benefits, particularly healthcare & autism spectrum benefit package, which includes ABA aide as well as OT, PT, speech, etc.","Comp is structured to keep you within a target range, including stock awards. Cash bonus disappears after 2 years, so if you haven't negotiated enough stock in years 3 and 4, you're in trouble.","execs should actually care about diversity, it's promoted by HR but as an employee you can tell that it's not really a priority.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21685,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,"You get full insurance on day one with no probation period, paid schooling by the company. Most of the employees are friendly and easy to get along with.","Pay isn't that great. Rates that are required can be tough to reach at times, due to so many people working there that ""Cherry picking"" can be an issue. The employee to Process Aide ratio is poor. There is a lot of favoritism among the Managers and P.A.'s.","There are a lot of good things from the company. Miss communication is an area that could be worked on. A question can be asked to four different people in management or human resources, and four different answers are given. Along, with passing down information to the associates via huddle meetings. The pay rate can be better for associates and P.A.'s much more because we are consistently being pushed to make or break records. People skill classes should be given to P.A.'s and managers. There are a lot of tier III, and above that do not have those skills.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21686,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,"Great environment, fun, casual and very collaborative. Great pay.","Little opportunity for advancement. Difficult to change positions, it's like being on the outside applying and interviewing, very little support in that regard. Little loyalty from the company but they expect a great deal from you.",Cultivate the good ones. Support successes.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21687,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon fulfillment,Great Pay Great Benefits great great resources,Not flexible with changing days of work when needed.,offer positive criticism,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21688,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,AWS,"- Pay is decent, relative to market. - Location (Seattle)","Horrible treatment of employees - in accordance with their motto that everything and everyone is ""fungible"" meaning replaceable and expendable. They work their employees like dogs and hold promotions or work visas over their heads in order to try and retain their employees. There is a reason why they have such high turnover (less than 1 year of service). Management is short-sighted and reactive vs proactive.",Stop overworking your employees and focus more on making them engaged and create less dysfunction within your teams. The cost of hiring and getting new employees up to speed every year is not just a dollar figure of losses but affects the service products built. There is little sustainability in the work conducted.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21689,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a great place to work and people are friendly,Easy going just get your tasks done on time,Long shifts and you have a rate,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1390.htm
21690,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Love it!,"It's a great community of people, very friendly and helpful, 4 10 hour shifts so you get 3 days off most weeks, very accepting and understanding of ideas from even entry level positions",If you have a hard time standing for 10 hours it can be tiring,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21691,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,SMX Hired - Picker,The Job itself is simple.,"Easier said then done, picking targets were insane hard to attain. You needed to be in the upper percentages 80% or more. Or get disciplinary reports til you're fired or quit.  When you start they will tell you, you are expected to walk 15 miles or more a day which is fine, but you practically have to run to make rate especially if you're on the shorter side and can't retrieve and replace a ladder at the speed of light.  You WILL get hit by items falling off shelves.  If you need to go to the bathroom for visits longer then 5 mins more then twice a shift you will get penalized for TOT (Time Off Task) the call of nature doesn't matter. Which sucks since you almost constantly need water to keep yourself from dehydrating and passing out from heat exhaustion.  I think they keep the A/C at the minimum usage, Temps in the warehouse on a good day are about 80-85 F. Which isn't too bad if you're just standing but not if you're running around trying not to get fired. (I've seen the temp board post temps as high as 95 F!!!)  Equipment like totes, batteries and scanners are sometimes broken or faulty.  You can get penalized for doing to much of certain job functions. Like Missing an Item, that is if you are asked by your scanner to find an item but it's not where it says it should be you so you can't scan it so you HAVE to miss the item to keep going or your rate drops and you can't keep working so you miss it but if you miss items too many times in a day or a week you get reports written on you til they add up to getting fired.  This last point happened to me. In an attempt to cover my butt I would get a problem solver to witness and ascertain that something was in fact missing when trying to pick it. I would still get write ups about missing out too much AND I was also getting write ups for TOT because it took time to call a problem solver and have them come to the area you needed them in.","I get you want the most out of your employees but the goal shouldn't be placed on levels that only a few can achieve.  Walking speed is 3 mph, calculate that into your system if you're really about safety and NO RUNNING in the facilities then that is the average walking speed.  Bring the shelves lower or stop having stowers over fill and put heavy items on shelves higher then 5ft.  We are human beings, having to go to the restroom happens and it doesn't always happen when we want it to. Either stop having TOT or have badge scanners next to the restrooms so our time can be accounted for using the restroom.  Turn up the A/C!!! Humans are warm blooded as we exert ourselves physically our core temperatures also rise and we sweat so at 80-85 F (sometimes 95+F temps!!) environment we will just dehydrate, workers will have to use restrooms more from drinking more water.  If you need products out, workers need properly working equipment, plain and simple. Don't be cheap. A worker that needs to get a replacement scanner, isn't working those few mins.  Honestly we shouldn't be penalized for doing anything that is part of our job. If we have to get problems solvers to prove something was missing at the time we tried to get something don't have it count against us. There should be some level of being able to prove the fact that something can't be found without having the shadow of suspicion cast upon you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21692,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Marketing Specialist,"Lot of things to learn, focus on work, laid-back environment, fantastic and talented colleagues.","No work life balance, sometimes difficulties in communicating with global team","Give the employees more time for planning, provide better work-life balance by giving more headcounts to regional subsidiaries.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21693,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,fulfillment associate,pay and benefits that is about it the company does not have much to offer people who are tier one,company doesn't care about employees unrealistic expectations very short breaks a lot of favoritism and hard to move up in the company,get your life together,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21694,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the Top Software Companies in NYC,"Amazons Leadership Principles is a great way to keep and maintain a great company culture. Work is great and interesting. If you want to work for Google or Facebook, this is a great company to start at.","NYC Office is relatively small to other Amazon offices, but it is growing a lot. Missing a lot of perks that other companies are offering like Google and Facbook.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21695,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Depends on your manager,"Amazon lives by its leadership principles and the people are smart and entrepreneurial. Teamwork and the ability to influence peers is key to success. With peer and manager support, anything is possible. It's a remarkable place to be.","Employees are evaluated against performance and leadership principles equally, and although there are peer reviews your manager ultimately evaluates your leadership principles. This means your manager can subjectively, arbitrarily determine your success. If your manager isn't on your side, for any reason, this will prevent advancement and transfer possibility.","Leadership training is great, but doesn't correct for lack of genuine people skills. For management positions, build your interview loops with the managers who rate highest in Hire & Develop, so that we can increase the number of great managers.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21696,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 25, 2015","Former Employee - Stow, Receiving Back Half, Night Shift",High Stress-Anxiety Environment,"It seemed Amazon was a great place to work, while attending business administration courses in college all the professors included Amazon as one of the many companies that construed to rise. All of the benefits of working there, great health benefits, and supposed opportunities were misleading.","High turn over rate, high rate of write ups causing anxiety among the crew, everyone constantly on pins & needles. High strung, tense, stressful and anxious environment.","Three shifts, front half, back half and wrap around, both for days and nights. Yet no one knows who is running shift. There is massive miscommunication & careless barking of orders. You are not cattlemen, treat your employees like the real people we are. Yes, human error is still an error, however management staff constantly reminding us of how slow and stupid we are only made our jobs more difficult. This was the worst job I had ever had, a lot of stress, anxiety & depression caused me to fail in this job.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21697,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good company to work for,Pay is average for area. Benefits are good but expensive. Management turn around is high and HR is hard to talk to. Overall it's a good transitional/seasonal job.,Management selection by recruiting should improve to prevent turnover. There were six managers in a twelve month period in one department.,Know your employees on a one on one basis. Understand the requirements of the job and don't be above the workers to lend a hand during prime shipping time to assist with getting product on the floor.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21698,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Vendor Manager,"Amazon teaches a diverse range of skills, everything from inventory control, packing and shipping, to driving heavy machinery. However, managers worry only about their own advancement and bonuses, not caring much about employees. The hours are only good if you manage to get a day shift of 4 10's, otherwise you have no chance of having a 'life', especially if you work nights, your entire world will revolve around Amazon and sleeping. The pay, however, is pretty good.","A typical work day consisted of the same thing, constantly, which made the job itself very boring. I learned how to stow at a fast pace. As for management, and co-workers, they were both not very helpful. The management was very rude, and not consistent, along with the coworkers. The hardest part of the job was the hours, and poor management. The most enjoyable was the pay",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21699,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but need to be in the right kind of team to grow",Work environment is fun Exposure to other technologies Great Opportunities to learn No dress code,Growth path is not definite after a point of time. Very less or no promotions after particular level,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1391.htm
21700,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Worked on interesting recruiting projects and an opportunity to solve challenging problems.,"Management heavy, high attrition, changes are not bad but constant changes can also lead to an unorganized environment. very competitive environment.",Listen to your team and set people up for success.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21701,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Not that bad,"Good starting pay ($12.50 for night shift), benefits, LOTS of time off (also paid time off) you can earn if you come in on your scheduled days, lots of giveaways, 3 breaks throughout the day (two 15 minutes paid breaks and one 30 minute unpaid break). Also, if you have mandatory overtime, they'll pay $19/hr for one day of the week you had overtime.","If you're not talkative, you're most likely not favorited. Have a rate you should hit. They never tell us how exact our rate is calculated, so it's hard to improve on the areas you need improving.",Educate us more on how our rate works and how to improve it. Also need better training.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21702,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,recommend,Great culture and boutique feel. Take advantage of the global network,Salaries are low and no potential for growth.,Directors and managers should get closer to the employees and make them feel appreciated.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21703,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Cool job,Laid back dress code Friendly people Great benefits,Can be hectic Metrics are very important Do not promote a lot from within,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21704,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Interviews & Numbers,"FULL health benefits, 401k, and very generous with time! You get personal time off (PTO), vacation, unpaid time off (UPT), leaves of absences. You'll meet a lot of wonderful people from diverse backgrounds in their fulfillment centers. Opportunity to transfer to other FC's with a very generous stipend! Start the day energized and run at full-speed the entire day, making the 10-11 hour days fly by!","Moving up is very difficult, and all comes down to how well you interview. Unfortunately, you could be the brightest, most dedicated employee, however, if you don't interview well, your future is not bright at Amazon :(. Associates abuse UPT by not showing on critical MOT days, leave early and arrive late, and we can't do anything about it.","I've seen associates who are chronically late to work, use UPT on every MOT day, are generally miserable, and are just not that creative or engaged, get promoted over more qualified, brighter associates, simply because of how they were perceived in their interviews. Allow for PA's and Area managers' input when selecting candidates.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21705,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2015",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Amazon TRMS management needs improvement,"Wide variety in products/regions/services offerings provides exposure to many unique business scenarios, and brings people from all across the world to work together.",Management shuffle has created hostile work environment by adjusting and re-adjusting goals multiple times within a review cycle. By moving the target without thinking of the long term impacts the leadership has lost the loyalty of many long serving team members.,"Think about developing individuals, and retaining talent, rather than keeping the 'metrics' and 'stack ranks' as the method of measuring performance. Missing the other contributions by not properly considering the impacts of project and 'non-measured"" work leads to under-appreciation of great ideas, and over focus on delivering 'production' metrics.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21706,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,"Great work, but a lot of it!",AWS is the only one providing the best cloud experience and rich feature set so a lot to learn,"There are tons of features planned for a given year and so you have mountains to cross. Specifically, NoSQL team has great operations pain and very harsh on decisions.",Engineer's are humans! Please treat them like ones!,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21707,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - SDE3,Inventory Planning,"I like Amazon's regular release schedule. We have to get new software out each year before the busy peak holiday season, so we don't have long running projects that end up getting cancelled.  I like the small team feel. Even though Amazon is a huge company I still feel like I work within a smaller team, and that each team can make its own decisions.  The scale is awesome. Before Amazon I wrote software. At Amazon I have learned to not only write software that can scale to Amazon's big load of retail sales, but I have also learned to write software that is scalable to Amazon's future growth.  The problems are challenging. We are doing hard, complicated things. We have many systems working together and we are often working on new features or changes to do things smarter, and these changes have to be coordinated across multiple systems in a way that doesn't break production.","We have a number of systems that require ongoing maintenance work. In addition there are occasional security or network changes that require updates to all systems. On a smaller team the maintenance work can some times make it difficult to make progress on new features.  It can take time to get a new feature into production. With complications with integration with many systems, and with all of the simulation and testing to make sure a feature will produce the desired results without negatively impacting production.","There has been some effort to update older systems, and to design systems in ways that make integration easier, but often when there are not enough resources available these projects get left behind. My advice is to continue to push these initiatives as much as possible.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21708,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review Amazon,Awesome company Room for opportunity and growth,No free prime Balance depends on manager Horrible communication,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21709,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work for short term period!!!,"good place yo work temporarily while you`re in school, just graduating or going back to school. Also if you have no good work experience you will definitely get it here, learning various jobs and putting them to use ten hours a day. Also you have to work honestly hard in the first couple of months to be converted to a blue badge. Once you`re a blue badge they start you off with 40 hours PTO, 60 hours UPT, 20-30 vacation . Like I said hard work pays off you also get stock in the company one hired on and after your first year they pay 95% of you to go to school. Pretty cool huh!!!!!",managers are constantly changing just like the work and it takes a long time for them to be replaced with someone that qualifies........ That sucks cause everybody is not a leader,learn how to predict accurately when it comes to having enough labor to get the job done!!!,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1392.htm
21710,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - Tier III Trainer,Amazing Place to Work,"Company culture, Talented People, Career Growth, Personal Development, Benefits","Physically challenging, constant pace of change, work-life balance","Always give recognition at all levels of employees and be willing to ""Earn the Trust of Others""",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21711,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment associate,"Above average pay for the field (12.75 hour), guaranteed 40 hours a week plus decent benefits.","Very strenuous work, your are required to work at full pace for ten hours. Management does not work with you.",Provide more career opportunities,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21712,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Controls Engineer,Controls Engineer,"Good salary, medical and benefits","Life balance ,Long work hours",NA,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21713,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 9, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,A fun place to work!,The hours very are long.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21714,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Team Member,Making sure the work gets done properly,Pay good and is perfect for saving up money and getting a career started,Not enough people doing the right thing. Way to unorganized.,Stop judging people by background,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21715,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Pit crew for a race car that doesn,"1. It's in Seattle. 2. You get to support the O.G. Cloud. 3. Ultimate mobility - if you see a team you want to join, just start hanging out with them. If you're invaluable to your present team, it just takes a little longer.  If you've been around, you've got a great shot at getting on one of the S3 ops teams -- only dev teams get resumes from recent grads. It's really hard, but it's all there, simply a matter of reading. Nothing at all off the shelf any more beside the hardware, all either open source or Amazon proprietary. Best integration of incident management and knowledge sharing, ever -- just read old tickets, all are heavily annotated. I strongly recommend this to cuspy olde UNIX admins, especially self-taught. Most important skill of all == log diving. Enormous and entertaining library of videos from principal engineers to teach the unique architecture. New model to scale to the always-increasing size of the cloud every few years -- you'll know when probability equations start showing up on the whiteboards in the hallway.  Nothing wrong with developing or doing ops for other teams - my experience is limited to the S3 team.","Not just a time-sucker, can be a life-sucker. No one will force or even suggest putting in more time, it just happens because it's completely and utterly fascinating.","Stop trying to turn committed technical personnel into managers. Some managers need formal management training, although Amazon values do define the ideal manager.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21716,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Flexible,It is encouraged to move around within the company and create your own career path.,"The goals can be steep, but they are attainable.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21717,amazon,"Bear, DE"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Operation Manager,"Work Hard, no fun, and burn out yourself!","Great Company, lots of opportunities to growth and move up in your career","Time demand, excessive hours and hard to balance work and life/family time.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21718,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Fulfillment,Ruskin Amazon,Great Company overall with the number of people working,Young management straight out of College not the best choice!,"Seasoned management offer best results, numbers and people.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21719,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Safety Coordinator/Hazmat Coordinator,Appreciaton from an Employer would be nice,"I love working and engaging with associates, I love safety and keeping everyone safe.",It is hard to promote from within. They want to hire younger not older workers. They already know who they have for the promotion prior to filling it. The reasoning for why you do not get the promotion is because you did not interview the way they feel like you should have. Amazon's way- but hire from the outside and they have no clue about Amazon's way???,"Take time to develop in house to prevent resentment, there are a lot of good workers already at amazon. Open your eyes... work on your own leadership principles and earn trust from your associates- not just have them earn your trust. This goes both ways-It is hard to trust once you have been lied to time and time again and it continues to get sugar coated time and time again",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1393.htm
21720,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only the strong survive,You will learn a lot and work with some of the smartest people in any industry. You will learn and grow as a professional here as you are thrown into the work.  Amazon is a disruptor and it is exciting to be at a company that is constantly innovating and disrupting industry it enters.,"Lack of support by upper management. Upper management expects you to autonomously drive innovations which sounds great in theory. However in reality it means being thrown into a project and not having enough background or support to drive it to a success. You will constantly be fighting with other teams for resources, for support/buy in, for them to give a crap about what you are working on.  Only the strong survive here and make sure you have plenty of backbone in order to succeed.",Invest in your people. Also give some leeway to other locales to create culture by loosening the purse strings. Yes we are frugal but treating your employees well should not come at the expense of being frugal.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21721,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Facilities Technician,Maintenance Tech,"4 day work week, good team members",Very political. Different standards than most maintenance positions,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21722,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Recruiter,Plain and simple - work here for a year and then get out!,Resume builder and compensation package,"Please believe everything you see on Glassdoor about how awful Amazon is as an employer. I read those same reviews, and thought, I can work anywhere for 4 years. You will be treated like a number and nothing more. Push this button, fill in that spreadsheet. And, yes, I wrote spreadsheet. For a tech company, it is shocking how heavily their recruitment teams rely on spreadsheets. That alone should be a warning sign about how much (or little) respect recruiters are given. For a company that prides it's self on having ""smart"" employees, I reported to some of the worst managers in my entire career. All they taught me was how to kiss-up, lie, blame others, and cheat the numbers. In sum, stay away if you can. But, if you must give it a try, absolutely avoid the university programs recruiting team (tech, non-tech, MBA) and aim for an industry recruiting role.","Your management team is lying to you. Flubbing numbers and blowing budgets. When a team is always short-staffed you should be suspicious of your managers. They are not managing people out, everyone is quitting regardless of how the managers spin it.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21723,amazon,"Roselle, NJ"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate/Control Room Operator,sorter control,"It""s a amazing job to grow with.",Everybody have to work on the weekends.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21724,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for amazon,"Good pay, good hours.","Very strict, very very sort breaks and termination for any little mistake, even an accident.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21725,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,One of the worst places to work for. Don't waste your time.,"You can make some good work friend ships (just the lower level workers, not arrogant upper management)","Worst job. Bonus is whatever. Incentives might seem good...but once your in it you see it's just a way to make it sound better then it actually is. The incentives are horrible. Pay is horrible for what we do. Pretty much do all the hard work to only get a simple thank you while all the higher ups get the bonuses and raises and praise. No opportunities here unless your buddy buddy with management. Hard work gets you no where. You can work hard for 2 years and still be in the same position.  They have a stupid saying there that one part says ""have fun"" there is NO fun here. You'll get yelled at if they see you trying to have fun. So rethink your logic Amazon. Upper management especially the OPS are horrible and a joke. For every one good manager or ops manager there are about 5-8 horrible ones. Which sucks too because the lower horrible managers get hired higher and just become more horrible but with more power. They only higher whoever is kissing their but. Not by hard work.  Manamgmet there does not act like management should. They walk around like they created amazon. Smug and arrogant is who they are there. They treat all the lower level employees like their garbage. Yet were the ones that make them look good. Pay is horrible. We work 10 hours to only receive a 30 min lunch. Not to mention there always on you for even a minute of being late after break. Yet they don't say anything when we have to walk 5 min just to get to the break room. Not to mention we actually have these jail sounds now at our facility. Telling us when our break is and telling us when to walk back (not even give a full 15 min break. By 12 it sounds and you need to walk back.)  You talk to one of your coworkers for a minute and get talked too by upper management. Yet if you ever see them. All they do is talk. BS. And just on there computers. Even here I've heard the OPS in Moval talk about clubs, girls, money, movies, people, ect. Like wth? Saw ops manager throw a ball to the wall for an hour straight. See them just chill in rooms and do nothing. Yet there the ones making more money and salaries. Lazy bums.  We don't get really anything here. You have to kiss the biggest butt and know them just to move up. Hard work gets you no where here. See people sweating and working so hard here. Yet it makes no sense. There is no raise. There is no extra bonus for hard work. Only extra is your just making managemen look good. Which shouldn't be. And let's say you do move up to PA. It's just another job your getting to little to be paid for yet your pretty much doing the managers jobs. Almost every job here is doing someone else's job. Problem solvers do most of the hard work. They are pretty much like supervisors. Yet we get paid and treated like anyone else. All they care is about numbers and volume. They don't care about accuracy. They don't care about efficiency. They'll bleed you dry towards the end of the day. And yell at you to keep working till the end of shift. Yet they don't do anything.  Honestly no pros for this company. It is just a company that pays the bills. Don't look for a career here. There is none. And if you think to just go to HR for all these things. Think again. They don't do anything. They will always favor management over anyone else. So even if your in the right. Don't count for anything. HR there is to scared to say anything. They have an open door policy which is garbage too. They do all this talk about you can always come to them. But not even 300 complaints about a managers or almost whatever it is you have a problem with will get resolved. HR there just like the management are jokes. Almost all them need to get rehired or retrained for a month because most either forgot or never got trained how to actually be management.  Once you start working here. All you will think about is the day you finally quit. It's one of those jobs that will make you day dream to when your finally out of there. Trust me. See the reviews here. And you can see how many places this is happening. Not just here in our warehouse. But everywhere. And if you do notice. Most of the good reviews are upper management. Yes of course their going to post good reviews. They don't do anything but get paid so well for that. I know I'm not alone in all this. A lot of people feel this way. Especially in my building. The building close to us. Don't work here. Or if you do don't plan on sticking around.","Go get retrained. You need to get reevaluated. Go do something. Use your brain. Stop caring about volume and start caring about accuracy. Stop being arrogant. Unless your the actual CEO, don't walk around like you own the place. We're the ones that make you look good. So treat us that way. Don't treat us like garbage. Because we can all stop working hard for you and you won't get your precious bonus or raises or praise from any higher ups. Because in the end you guys don't deserve it anyways.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21726,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Fair pay only on weekends so great for students who aren't into having friends Straight forward tasks,10 Hours shifts Getting off for even one weekend is a nightmare Manual labor based,Good job all around just better time off structure would be nice,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21727,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,financial analyst intern,"intelligent co-workers, exciting to see what the company develops",Really long hours and unreasonable expectations,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21728,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,I really enjoy working here!,"Many areas for advancement, outstanding benefits including tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and the opportunity to visit other Amazon.com locations that are being opened up, all expenses paid!","Some of the positions have requirements based on meeting a quota, for new employees this can be hard. Plus the job is very labor intensive. They tell you there is a ton of walking involved, and they mean it. Some positions require that you walk 15 miles a shift!",Management teams across shifts need to spend more time communicating with each other to get on the same page. Expecting people to follow 2 sets of rules is unacceptable! Standard work folks!,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21729,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Good money but will lose your mind from boredom,"Decent Pay, Friendly People, Opportunity for advancement","short breaks, No Music, Extremely Hot/Cold temperatures, Long Hours",Understand that people get tired as the shift goes on so their rate may drop.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1394.htm
21730,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ship Dock,I Guess The Pay Was Decent,They treat you like crap,Let people get a drink of water so they don't black out,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21731,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design Engineer,Good team collaboration. Tight organization structure.,"As a design engineer, I almost work like a project manager. Not much core original engineering work involved.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21732,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Unpredictable Levels of Stress,"Amazon engenders an environment that facilitates learning Employees are given a great deal of independence The Downtown Seattle campus is a vibrant, fun place",Independence of engineers and their projects does not encourage collaboration Employees keep mostly to themselves Frugality can be frustrating at times,"At times, it can feel that there is no pressure to succeed, and then, all of a sudden, the stress levels will shoot up drastically. The on-call system seems to frustrate most employees, especially when what is broken is not something built or understood by the person on-call.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21733,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Great stock options, culture that strives for continuous improvement, challenging, great resume builder","Stressful during peak times, hour requirements for success are high, variability of management culture/style from facility to facility.","Continue to hire and develop the best, and live by this motto. Make internal promotion opportunities more streamlined, in keeping with the hiring process for external hires.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21734,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Software Engineer,"stock price keep increase,","On call ... on call. Rush in impl, then, more on call, then more rush",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21735,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not that great,Great pay. Great benefits . Set schedule . Overtime available,When you work here it becomes your life. Long hours . No flexibility with scheduling,Care about employees,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21736,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Still some corporate red tape, but getting better quickly","I feel like I should write this review over things the company has been working on changing over the past year or so. Notable positives:  - Removal of an ""ask first"" open-source/outisde-work policy, and replacing it with a ""notify-after"" policy. - Gradually moving to better technology (desktop/laptop) standards. - Emphasis on ""Operational Excellence"" to push for lower on-call burden. - Removing some red tape on internal activities, such as security certification. - Unification of the promotion process between some levels (SDEI -> SDEII) to make it more transparent. - More open debate about company culture on mailing lists.","The company can still be stupid (as a whole) with some business decisions. Some teams can still be terribly-managed, and if you're joining Amazon from the outside, it's hard to pick those out. In some areas, the company can still be really cheap. But, when you yell loud enough (and perhaps embarrass the right people) things *will* get done.","Keep focusing on the employee. *Listen* to your employees, and not just the L7+es.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21737,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Stow/Problem Solve,Problem Solver,"Great people to work with, overtime, paid time off, vacation, unpaid time off, and voluntary time off.","right up for quality for making one mistake for stowing 1000 items, and time off task. having to work mandatory overtime.",to keep to your word.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21738,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Jul 4, 2015",Former Employee - Order Picker,Order Picker,Great starting pay and great hours.,No likeliness of full time employment status.,Keep the individuals that work and wanna work and let the slackers go. If there were days ppl could volunteer to go home they always sent the same ones home.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21739,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,its a good company to work for,i like working for amazon. it is a great company and atmosphere to work at.,little hours lack of communication at time but for the most part its good,listen to the needs of you associates. care about everyone as much as possible,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1395.htm
21740,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Not for every one,"1. Salary and sign on can be high (can seem high) for the first year 2. There are some really smart people which makes for a great work environment, at times","1. Amzn is good only for people who join straight out of the school. If you have some experience, then you will find this place doesnt value your previous experience. You will be under-leveled and will have to climb through multiple steps 2. Amzn is run by engineers, non-engineers (PMs, Business managers) have very less say - not this can be org dependent. There can be teams where this is not true 3. Political: People parrot the leadership principles but in reality every one wants to build their own pyramid, even if it means overall sub-optimality 4. Operational load, You will spend innumerable hours deep diving on stuff that has no relevance.  This is the first place where people go on vacation and never return. I have never seen a place, where every one is eternally unhappy - it seems like every one is just waiting to leave",None,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21741,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,I did not fit at Amazon,"Flexible, could work alternative hours or from a coffee shop",No support Indecisive manager Constantly trying to hit a moving target Unrealistic expectations No communication between leadership No work life balance Tons of office politics,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21742,amazon,"Cayce, SC"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Nothing like you would expect to work for a company of this magnitude.,"Amazon has excellent benefits, work set schedule, work four 10 hour shifts and off 3 days","The company continuously sets unrealistic or unattainable goals for the associates. It is almost as if they would prefer machines verses human beings. On your feet for 10 hours a day, strenuous to your body.","There should definately be better communication, from corporate office all the down to the area managers. The left hand never knows what the right is doing in there. The lack of communication makes the whole experience constant chaos",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21743,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Engineer,"Challenging work, Smart People, and Fun Environment",Overworked Benefits are not as competitive as some,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21744,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Exciting and Draining,"Amazon is fast-paced. I've worked on several teams within the company, both new and mature, and the push to improve and invent is relentless across the organization.  Software teams at Amazon are fairly independent, and feel like startups. That said, working at Amazon gives you access to some of the most intelligent people in the industry, as well as an impressive suite of internal tools.","The pace of Amazon can be just as draining as it is exciting. Also, the semi-autonomous nature of development teams means that you can have vastly different experiences depending on who you work with and for.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21745,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,coordinator,"I like it it was cool, good pay long hours just how i like it great conpany to grow with seriously",Did not like the supervision its like they was preting on you and waiting on you to mess up fr.,I dont like you guys yall need to chill and let us do whatever we want to do fr.,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21746,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Great Company, but very high stress","-Great benefits and compensation package -Growth opportunity with company. -Ability to own your own department, which allows for you to be creative when looking to improve business processes. -Forward thinking, willing to invest into projects that will impact future","-Lack of Work-Life Balance. Work roughly 50-60 hours per work week. Q4 of they year is -High Stress Environment -Nearly all managers have been with company <2 years, which makes job a challenge. -Being between the warehouse team and the senior management created a tough environment. -Priorities changes hourly, which",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21747,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Stower,HORRIBLE,Get free time to use as you feel,They don't care your just a number. They change rules whenever they feel like it.,"Listen to your employees, their the one doing the job",2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21748,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,process assistant,Great company to work for.,Sometimes long hours when on OT.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21749,amazon,"Manassas, VA"," Jul 10, 2015",Former Employee - Engineering and Operations Technician (EOT),Worst company I've ever worked for,The pay is good which accounts for the second star in the rating but the rest of the benifits are junk unless your in management.,Super micromanagement which usually makes little to no sense and just creates busy work. This place has the worst management I've ever seen and it's all based on how much the boss likes you and nothing at all to do with how good a job you do. There is no incentive to do anything but sit on your hands since the first thing that happens in ALL situations is that they look for someone to blame then kneejerk some crazy policy because management has zero idea what people do in their jobs or how things work. No real way to advance in the company.,"Do the company, public and employees a favor, quit.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1396.htm
21750,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,great company...the weak do not last,- Highly ingrained culture (their leadership principals) in everything that is done and communicated - Listen to employees at all levels wanting to drive process improvements - Work hard/play hard atmosphere - Plenty of career opportunities in Seattle,- Culture/Principals not for everyone - Extremely high bar for hiring means you may not be a career employee. They will select a stronger external candidate over developing an internal one - Compensation and benefits are weak,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21751,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great company to work for, but it's not for everybody.","Like Marmite, you love it or you hate it.  There are some very well run teams, and others not so much. I have experienced both. Badly run teams, as in any other company, will be very unproductive and extremely frustrating.  That said, in general:  (+) Dynamic, lots of things happening around you, and some very cool stuff being tested/launched. (+) Many opportunities to change roles within the company and take on new challenges. Internal transfers are encouraged. (+) Good team spirit, people are willing to help each other and collaborate. (+) Lots of autonomy in making decisions, everybody can be an ""owner"". (+) You are always very busy, and there is no room for slackers.","(-) Things can move very slowly due to the many dependencies across teams. (-) Very little coaching/mentoring/guidance from managers, and hardly any training & dev on professional growth. (-) Not a lot of recognition for a job well done (this is a generalization based on my 10 years in the company - I have had some great managers, but in general they are hands-off in every way)",Actively help your employees develop professionally. Set a clear strategy for your team (and stick to it for more than 5 minutes).,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21752,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Pretty solid,Bleeding edge technology and projects Switching teams is encouraged Hard problems to solve,"Management doesn't have a clue about quality engineers. They promote people who they are buddy buddy with, even if they write unmaintainable / unscalable code. They also give out the big projects based on this flawed criteria. No wonder the average time there is about 2 years.","Pay more attention to your engineers, promote those who deserve it, give projects to those who deserve it.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21753,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Manager, Technical Program Management","Very innovative, lots of opportunity to learn","Churn, very difficult to achieve work life balance",Keep up good work and make history,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21754,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,not as good as it sounds,fairly good benefits if you can stick to it,"work environment promotes hostility between workers, even the parking lot is a death match!","don't juat pretend to be listening to the staff, really listen",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21755,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience varies significantly by department,"Excellent learning experience and talented hard working peers/colleagues, ownership and accountability is high","High stress, poor work/life balance drives high turnover and employee burn out (some areas are better than others)",Develop and enable leaders to take care of good people and increase retention,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21756,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for some people,Great pay if you work fast and it doesn't require too much thinking. They are still looking for people to fill positions.,"If you are an analytical thinker, a leader, or a critical thinker, this is NOT the job for you. You might reach burnout and they are cutting down on creative ways to gain speed.","There are many improvements that could be made to improve on safety and speed using more than just grunt work. With some innovations, calibrations, and some renovations the company could be more efficient.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21757,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Network Engineer,wk2015,"Good place to learn Smart people around for the most part, although that has deteriorated over the last couple of years",Terrible work/life balance Getting very political Losing its culture No to very less bonus or incentives,Get your head back on and stop making decisions solely based on political objectives,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21758,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Will leave you without time or energy for activities outside of work,- moderately good pay - good benefits - easy to get hired,"- walking up to 30 miles per shift and/or standing for long hours on concrete - poor recognition - always need to meet and exceed rates - overtime, even when there is not sufficient work to justify it - seriously, count on doing 50-60 hour weeks through November and December and whenever they decide to have a sale","Legitimately listen to your people, you have a lot of avenues in place for this, but they never seem to lead to positive change - except sometimes when the lower level managers take the credit for the things that do get done.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21759,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good starter not for a career,Easy to get hired on,Customer obsessed but at the expense of employees.,Communication is something that would improve the atmosphere and energy.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1397.htm
21760,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Ownership is key,"Money is good, there are mentors available for SDE1s and managers have incentive to get you promoted. There are also tech talks every week and a strong engineering culture. If you want to learn, you have infinite opportunities to do so.","Oncall - getting woken up at 3am to work is the worst feeling ever, and depending on the team you join, it might happen way too often. It can also be hard to find senior engineers to learn from, or to have as a mentor - the company is very young and the turnover is high. I've been there 3 years and my tenure is longer than 66% of the employees in Seattle.","Do more to attract experienced talent and get them to mentor, do talks, maybe even give classes. There are not enough experienced engineers to learn from, and the ones who are there don't have time to help others learn and grow.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21761,amazon,"North Charleston, SC"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Production Manager,Turnover is high,I work at a specialty site which prints and ships books on demand. The process is easy and simple. Associates who work here care about quality and work extremely hard.,The upper management is ambiguous at best. There is no transparency and favoritism runs rampant.,"It is not that hard to do what we do! Amazon's catch phrase is work hard, play hard and make history- live up to it!",4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21762,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Went In As A Dare,Chaos,"Hiring process is very quick, due to the desperation to hire , cause they can't keep anyone.","Very very unorganized, unprofessional, poor training, can never find management when you need them, treat people like slaves.","To the CEO, you need to be fined for the treatment of your worker's, that warehouse is unorganized & should be arranged better ! Shame on you. The layout is terrible, you make millions, 'd love to see you do the job for 2 weeks see how ling you last!!!",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21763,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer III,"Great Place, But Career Plateaus Aplenty","They share their ""Peculiar Ways"" up front, and they follow them.  It truly is a meritocracy for the most part.  It was great working with so many extremely talented people.","Culture of secrecy. Great when you realize that nobody at Amazon will ever care about anything you order from them. Horrible when you need to deal with other organizations within the company, or even your own product unit.  Advancing from QAE2 to QAE3 is difficult. Advancing from QAE3 to Principal QAE? Forget it.",Your culture of secrecy leads to the leaks. Tear down the walls.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21764,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,"Working at Amazon, for the first time in nearly three years, I actually felt like a human being. They care about their employees as more than just a number, as more than just a body in a chair, and that is an amazing feeling. They treat their employees well, spoil them more than a little, and generally just try and make sure they are happy employees.",The primary statistic used for performance measurement was customer surveys.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21765,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is great but recruiting coordinating is unnecessarily stressful,Flexibility and networking with other departments. The hours were very flexible as long as I hit my numbers.,High volume with no support from management. It was every person for their own. The hours can be long but my manager didn't seem to be very familiar with my job or how to mentor.,Really understand your directs jobs and what they do and deal with from day to day. Learn what your employees want from their jobs and help with long term goals.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21766,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMZN,challenging work !! have a lot of freedom,no work life balance . Will be forced to work over time . Management is different . Some are terrible.,not any thing,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21767,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stress,Experience above title and personal growth.,Poor salary and very high stress.,IT Matters.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21768,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,I tell myself I'm getting paid to workout to justify the job.,Great job to get in shape or stay in shape. Unless you're in management you'll be physically active the entire work period. Only 4-5 hour work day unless volume picks up for holiday or promotions.,"Pay doesn't come close to basic living expenses. Rent, gas, food. Being paid 20 USD to offload a 53 foot trailer. Confusion. Communication needs to improve. Use email so all employees are on the same page. Often times an associate fills me in on what is happening. Con for me is warehouse work. Not a fan of working inside building. Work gets boring after a while.",If you want to keep good workers increase pay. Supply and demand. Can't complain about pallet quality if you don't retain good workers.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21769,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worker,It was ok. Typical call center environment. I worked from home so that was good. The actual co workers there were a bit to competitive for my taste.,The co workers were a bit to catty for my taste. There were not a lot of advancement opportunities.,None.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1398.htm
21770,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great internship experience,Excellent learning opportunity for data mining and financial reporting skills.,Little work / life balance,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21771,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Facilities Technician,Facility tech,"good work life balance, good amount of days off.",could get boring if you are not pro active.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21772,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Assistant Supervisor,good place to the work,"Good place to work, opportunities for advancement",too much management change over. A lot of overtime,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21773,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate (at Amazon Fulfillment Center),Managers were friendly and warm Fast-paced work,Salary and benefits Usually understaffed warehouse (Sulky HR staff),"All departments co-monitor each other for safety status and overall performance, and this makes the entirety of operation go smoothly. However, the HR department remains isolated to such checks and balances. I have had several occasions that saw the HR staff being plain rude to associates. Just because the associates are the least paid employees at the fulfillment center doesn't make it okay for HR to disregard their dignity. Everyone I knew there was there to making a living through hard work, work so physical likes of which are few. That to me automatically made me respect my fellow employees for just showing up everyday and not abandoning the company through their personal hard times and through the blackout days, when overtime becomes mandatory and the shifts often don't become set until the night before the work day. But for me to see the hard working employees be belittled on multiple occasions and worse be laid off without any prior notice makes me realize that such attitude of the HR department arises from a kind of classism ingrained deeply at core of the HR managerial board. This makes the mottoes upon which the company was founded merely a hypocritical incentive ploy for the most under-payed and hardworking employees.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21774,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 10, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Autonomous rough robots,"Good benefits, the work is menial, light and really easy to handle. Can't think of any other pros.",Terrible training and rough workplace. They turn you into an automated machine that cannot fall below productivity levels. Some dude walks around with a tablet reminding you to keep up...Big Brother is always watching....you're a robot earning a paycheck....Cliques(brown nosers) that keep the rest of the herd down,"Hire better training personnel and more diversity in positions. treat employees(adults) with dignity and respect, remember that we are people not robots.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21775,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,* Start-up like atmosphere with big company resources. * Great experience with a range of software development environments. * Learn a lot quickly.,* Oncall rotation can disrupt work-life balance. * Stressful timelines/deadlines. * Very frugal culture/values.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21776,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Review,Good problems to work on,Frugal company not for all ppl,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21777,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smx management,weekends off meeting new people walking a lot,Temp. positions and they don't tell you that Exhausting working full-time shifts,Interact more Give truthful information,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21778,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent Place to Work,+ Great projects to work on and fast paced,- Frugality and cost savings not always a good thing,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21779,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard make history,"Smart motivated colleagues Work on awesome products, awesome technology Customer obsessed Good compensation",Work life balance Not employee obsessed Churn and burn,Care for employees not just customers,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1399.htm
21780,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard make history,"Smart motivated colleagues Work on awesome products, awesome technology Customer obsessed Good compensation",Work life balance Not employee obsessed Churn and burn,Care for employees not just customers,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21781,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Stressful and competitive, but good compensation",Compensation package and benefits were great Get to work with many bright and motivated people that really help you push yourself,Stressful due to deadlines and management always being on your case Job doesn't feel safe all the time and there is a surprisingly high amount of turnover from what I saw in my department.,Trust your employees more and work on building relationships for long term and happy employees to work harder for you instead of trading them for the next young kid out of school.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21782,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Working as a Picker,Working in one of their fulfillment centers is a very high pace high energy environment with a lot of employee incentives to have a fun day at work.,At times the warehouse temperature gets a little too high for working conditions suitable for associates.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21783,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Break Neck Growth - Diluted Culture,Great place to get things done! Solid compensation! Motivated people! Growing business. Entrepreneurial environment. Jeff B. and Jeff W. provide great leadership by articulating and modeling the values.,"Culture becoming diluted by hiring managers instead of promoting them. Work-life balance can be a challenge. Lots of smart people, fewer wise. Newer managers don't do a good job of walking the talk.","Spend more time developing people. Many people like working at Amazon, but aren't helped to grow. Mentors are available, but a number of mentors just want another phone tool icon. Be available. People have value even if they need some support to succeed.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21784,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good stage for something bigger and better,Get challenged a lot on almost all the roles so you will get the opportunity to prove your value. Expect to work hard.,Not employee centric. Barely any benefit for a large scale company.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21785,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde,It is definatly a good place to work,"lot of work, and it all depands on the project you are working for",nothing as such. you guys are doing great,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21786,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not for everyone, but it","Great place to work at straight out of college. If you're lucky, you land on a strong engineering team and pick up good practices","It's not for everyone. You have to be able to handle the stress and pressure of maintaining a 24/7 service(s). Your work experience really varies, depending on the team you're on.","Good luck. :) If you've got a strong engineering team that's been around, then you've got a good base to build off of.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21787,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development,Love this place,"Very entrepreneurial culture Customer-first philosophy Employees are encouraged and rewarded for developing or optimizing customer experience, internal processes, etc.","Sometimes, start-up ventures don't survive. If you can accept that, you're good. If your expectation is 8-5 and structured roles, you're in the wrong place.",Don't change a thing!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21788,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Outbound Associate,fired for revealing my medical diagnosis to site leader.,Friends and benefits. Lots of overtime,"No one really cares. You can be fired for perception, not if you actually did anything wrong. This is what they told me. ERC & amazon ethics line is a false front. They have them so employees think they have some sort of recourse to avoid unions. There Immoral and unethical.I was Fired days after revealing my medical diagnosis to the site Leader. I was terminated they said for threatening a coworker. They Lied about evidence and witnesses. I received unemployment, not possible for my so called violation. They said you dont even have to do what your accused of to be fired, people just have to perceive you did it.I was there 3 years and believed there lies. It was by design , firing people before there stocks vest. No Justice.",The Amazon culture changes them all to only care about the numbers. Mostly all have a sense of superiority and look and talk down to you. Most have not paid any dues to get that position.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21789,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,"Choose your team wisely, can be a great or terrible place","Published leadership principles and company values truly guide day to day decision making. A technology company primarily, and a retail company as well. Leadership in technology. Prefers to give teams every aspect of what they need to succeed, e.g. a team would have tech, product management, marketing, etc, and that would all go up to one person who is then responsible to succeed or fail with those resources. So no parallel team that is crucial to your success.","From the employee handbook: ""We work long, hard, and smart, and two out of three doesn't count"". Some groups, particularly old school groups, hold this more dearly than others and it can create a bad work/life balance where you are being effective but just arent working long enough. Most tech groups have an oncall rotation where people carry pagers or are otherwise on call 24/7 for a couple weeks at a turn. If that team has frequent trouble, you can be paged at any time with expectation of rapid turn around. Good teams manage this problem to be minimal. Great individual performance will only get you so far, you MUST impact surrounding teams to succeed. That's fine, but it starts from a relatively early level. Career path is hard.",Learn to appreciate a well functioning team that delivers regularly.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1400.htm
21790,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard Job, good pay",You choose which days you want to work and are guaranteed 40 hours. The starting wage was well above minimum wage so I was happy with that.,The work can be incredibly hard and very very tiring. I was exhausted by the end of every single shift. The first two weeks are killer and you will be very very sore.,"Make sure you keep employees uplifted and remind them of why they're doing it. Its very easy to lose motivation and once that happens, work rate declines.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21791,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Good place if you have a good manager,Its fast-paced. Smart people. Good Infrastructure. Many sources to learn about company-wide systems if you take the initiative,Disconnected teams. No guidance even if you are straight out of college. Rat race.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21792,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Recruiting Manager,Innovative Work - No Value or Balance,"Opportunity to work on a scale you will never have the opportunity to, on projects that you will have little opportunity to work on with any other companies.","Be prepared not to feel valued, work in a very non-collaborative environment, and have no work-life balance","You recruit great people, but can't hold onto them. You focus on developing mediocre employees versus high performers. The work-life balance is something that will eventually make the company crumble.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21793,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,Packer at amaazon in chester va,"Great pay, great health benefits, they pay for your college (95%) after being there for a year. They give you what they call ""the offer"" if after the end of the year or even after you're finished with school they will offer you a certain amount of money (based off of how many peak seasons you've been there) so 1-2 peaks=2,000 3=3,000 4=4,000 and so on up to 5 peaks","Long hours (10) hour shifts (6:00pm to 4:30am). Don't get munch time to do anything else but sleep and work. Managers aren't that great, some of them don't know what they're doing. There isn't much opportunity for moving up there, you have to become a tier three to be able to move to management and/or get paid a higher amount that 14 an hour. I also found out that other amazon facilities are considered warehouses so they get paid more than we do at the Ric1 facility.",Don't get so flustered and take time to learn how things work around there.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21794,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,going down hill,interesting to see how sandwich is made from other side of counter.,"Outsourced, unprofessional staff from India",you pay a third world salary you get a third world product.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21795,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Manager,Excellent people and peers who work with you to help you get the job done.,Work environment (warehouse) is extremely hot and you are required to do manual labor because temporary employees are understaffed.,OSHA laws and safety requirements need to be reevaluated,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21796,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - CSNA Senior Associate,Amazon,Working enviroment is a great place to work,Pay is great at Amazon,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21797,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Overnight Packer,Overnight Packer,-Pay is good over night makes 12.25 day shift makes 11.50,-only can work an extra 10 hours a week for OT pay - 15 min breaks arent a full 15 mins,-show more appreciation to workers and give us actual 15 min breaks,3.0,2.0,none,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21798,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - ICQA Process Assistant,ICQA Process Assistant,Fast working environment that is constantly being improved upon. Plenty of chances to grow within the company.,Lots of mandatory overtime especially during peak (christmas time),none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21799,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full time review,"Flexibility to try new things and make decisions, move fast, can change roles and teams frequently so you get a wide breadth of experience.","Can be unforgiving when it comes to missing milestones, have to deal with internal friction, not a lot of internal training",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1401.htm
21800,amazon,"Normandy Park, WA"," Jun 21, 2015",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Great place to work if you don't have a family,"Great pay, cool people, fun environment","Long hours, very demanding, impossible to have work life balance.",Have more realistic expectations,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21801,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Network Engineer II,Great company if you're on a good team,Cutting edge project work. Great corporate atmosphere. On site cafeterias and coffee shops.,High turnover. Can be high stress at times. Can be some politics to be aware of.,"Keep doing what you're doing. No company is perfect, but Amazon is pretty great.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21802,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,It's alright,This is Amazon. It gives a lot of weight to your resume. Things you will learn are also invaluable. Some really talented people are there.,Not an engineering environment. I am not sure that's the right approach for the company and the type of environment people in bay area would want to join. Almost everything is run by PMs. Literally no innovations.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21803,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - ICQA Process Assistant,ICQA Process Assistant,Fast working environment that is constantly being improved upon. Plenty of chances to grow within the company.,Lots of mandatory overtime especially during peak (christmas time),none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21804,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresh associate,Hours were great and it was an awesome environment to working in as well as the other associates all got along great.,The management had absolutely no idea how to communicate with the team and how to treat their team members.,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21805,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great 1st job,"You will work with some extremely talented, very intelligent engineers. You get to work on large-scale, interesting problems, and you will develop a product you're proud of.","You will probably work harder here than you are used to. Also, you will be on a 24 hour oncall rotation, which can eat into your personal life.","Management has actually impressed me. Most senior management have very detailed, intimate knowledge of the products under their umbrella org-- sometimes more than the engineers. But if we're giving advice... allow the engineers a better work/life balance.",4.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21806,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Finance,Get to learn a lot,Not useful unless you are in Seattle,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21807,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Sales Rep,Work from home. You don't have to travel. You earlier shift goes quicker. The mangers are helpful. They check in on your calls to make sure you are saying the right things.,Pay is $10/hr. Very long and late hours. You later shifts drags on until wee hours of the morning. In the middle of a call they will side chat you to tell you that you are messing up.,To actually care about employees that are seasonal am not thing of us as a number,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21808,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,"Always Busy, Always Challenged, great place to multi-task or improve multi-tasking skills","Long Hours, give up all holidays, learn by doing, fast paced with minimal training",If re-inventing the wheel is the successful method for on-boarding new managers....nailed it! Give the managers the basics when they start so they can accomplish what they need and progress the department rather than spending the first 6 months catching up to what is already established.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21809,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It,"good pay, location, good for short term employment","Feet hurts, long hours, no respected as an individual, don't get injury because you have to make an appointment to go to AmCare","shorter hours, respect others, keep workers on one side at a tyme",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1402.htm
21810,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Trainer,Trainer,No micromanaging if you're on night shift. Set schedule Ability to coach and develop associates,"Amazon is always updating new processes with no communication Hard for minorities to advance Management sometimes don't value their associates Associates are physically, mentally, and emotionally drained",Leadership team should hire more within Provide feedback Communicate when a process is changed Treat all employees with respect and dignity,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21811,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jul 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,I can not think of any pros to working here other than the pay was pretty good and you had opportunity to make overtime.,Walked a lot. Worked there kin the winter and it was extremely hot. Break areas too far from working area and was only allowed two 15 minute breaks and one 30 minute break. You would spend 8 minutes walking to and from area leaving you with shortened break times.,Provide break areas throughout warehouse.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21812,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,"Exciting work with ability to go far, go fast. You are making history with nearly all that you do.","No ""soul"" or identity, everyone is just ""passing through"".",You are forgetting the number one leadership principle - Integrity. Some directors have none.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21813,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - ICQA Associate,ICQA Associate,It's Amazon. Benefits from day one.,Had to take lower pay to work there.,"If you can get in as management first.....great. If not, be patient.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21814,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good career opportunities,I've enjoyed great career opportunities in my field at Amazon.,"Amazon may not ask you to work hard, but they will reward you for so to do. You have a lot of freedom to drive your career, but you should know where to set your boundaries for the hours of which you will work.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21815,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,"Great team, everyone is always motivated to improve. There are incentives for doing overtime. Company offers transportation. Schedule flexibility.",Too much mandatory overtime during peak season.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21816,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,No Standards as to how you move up just luck of the draw,benefits and 401k. and paid time off,lets see where to start i started 3 months ago a proved to be the best at every position i was put in. for example packing multi good the rate was 142 an hour i did 200 an hour so i was quickly moved to rebbin which the rate was 400 i did 552 an hour then was moved after i asked about 6 times about other positions to induct which the rate is 1000 i did 1200 so i proved myself very well.. but when a kid younger then me and was only there for 2 weeks was put in a position that was my boss because they needed people when I've been asking for awhile came over to help me and had no idea what he was doing where i had to help him it pissed me off it comes down to he lived in the same town as the manager and they did little talking so as u can see where am going with this doesn't matter how good you do its about favorites. not to mention when you get a break its not the time they say you have a 15 minute break is really 8 because of the far walk you have to take to the break room ... i was also denied to go to the bathroom which was annoying considering i had to hold it for another hour,acknowledge a good worker when you have one and not burn them out and abuse them..,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21817,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work here,Discount on items that are fulfilled and shipped by Amazon.com,No job security. Long hours of standing. Low pay.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21818,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"- work flexible - smart co-workers - managers provide sources, guidance and opportunities to grow.",- pushing. Not good for people who have children and family or want to have a good work and life balance. - no food...,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21819,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receiving and Stowing,"AC in warehouse, benefits are good and that's it!",Fire people for no reason! High turn over...,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1403.htm
21820,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead,Getting to make changes in a major corporation that have long term effects. The ability to grow yourself and others.,Poor work/life balance. Some times communication is not always handled well. Poor translation of core values to lower level employees.,Open transparency should also include some tact.,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21821,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Sourcing Recruiter,Level of ownership is amazing. We truly hire the best talent,"It can become demoralizing to have several interviews and not make a hire, due to cultural fit",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21822,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,hmmmm.,- the money - the calm work environment - the job benefits,- Hated always being monitored - Tge management sucked,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21823,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Okay Company,Good company to work but need to find right managers,very bad work life balance,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21824,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior HRBP,Sr. HRBP,Cool brand and company. Great pay!,No work life balance if you work in a fulfillment center.,If you can figure out the con you have a better retention plan.,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21825,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager experience,"growth, pay and bonuses, leading in e-commerce",its a meat grinder for hourly employees,people make up the company not the processes,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21826,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon seasonal,Very good base pay and always opportunities for more hours,only part time positions available,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21827,amazon,"Wake Forest, NC"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,best company,"good pay rate, and benegits",not enough time for break,should manage everything correctly,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21828,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Challenging but not rewarded,Great benefits from day one,Low pay Bonus does not go off individual performance Favoritism Little chance to advance,Stop treating people like numbers and more like people!!!,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21829,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon job,it was a great job it was really easy to comprehend,there were a lot of racist people,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1404.htm
21830,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon Fulfillment,"Good Shift Hours, Decent Compensation, Fun Workplace",Communication between management and associates.,"Communicate and Listen, take time to hear the associates.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21831,amazon,"Ringgold, GA"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound dock/ warehouse associate,"Good pay, great benefits, great people to work with, fast paced, rewarding, fun sometimes lots of time off. Great set schedule","Overlooked, not much opportunity to move up, top out pay, dollar is the bottom line, at times overwhelmingly ignorant people.","Start caring about us a little more, stop short handing us, appreciate us, understand where we are coming from and help us more.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21832,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Keep out,- Smart people - Lots of technical challenges,- Too much extra operational work for no extra benefit - Long work hours - Absolutely horrible vesting schedule for RSUs - Poor health insurance which does not cover uncommon problems - Very cheap culture in the name of frugality,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21833,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,Amazon likes young people. They train and promote from within.,The work is demanding and they require either two years employment within or a BA for most other positions.,Be more fair when granting interviews for promotions. Listen to employees issues on cross training and write ups for people who help other departments.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21834,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work experience,It was friendly for the most part,The workload that had to b done wasn't always shared,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21835,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Good starting pay, regular raises, and good benefits. If you get a good manager you will be able to learn and grow.","Mandatory overtime often called at the last second, making it difficult to take care of other areas of your life like family. Some members of management treat employees as a disposable piece of equipment.",Value your employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21836,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Quick Hire, Exhausting Work","Weekly pay, plenty of on-the-job exercise, loved coming across books and products that I was interested in reading and purchasing...","Need more breaks! Your ankles, knees and soles of your feet are throbbing with pain--not to mention your lower back.",More incentives for the people doing all of the essential 'grunt' work!,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21837,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied,"Very competent people to work with, well known company and looks great on a resume, many different sections so able to move around easily","Have to log in your work time down to 5 minute which can be dehumanizing. Also, performance is everything and all that is really looked at.",Spend less time focusing on metrics and more time focusing on the actual quality of what is being produced to create a better product.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21838,amazon,"Glendale, AZ"," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Production Line Worker,line worker,Ny fellow employees wee great!,Training is horrible and not enough time for break ad lunch. I would not recommend this job.,"Have more consideration for your employees, they need more time for breaks because the whole shift is standing only, no leaning or sitting",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21839,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Takes great care of their upper management,"Great company, always improving. health benefits are wonderful. Work hard and the rewards will pile up","Work a lot of hours. Don't expect to have a life during the holiday season, they will take your days off away during peak seasons. Amazon comes before your family in most cases.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1405.htm
21840,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,Amazon has a very nice starting hourly wage ($12.50/hr). You wont find many places with similar or higher starting wages.,No discount. Very little vacation time. No paid time off.  Working 5 days a week for a part-time job was a little annoying. When you're working every day you expect more than 20 hours.,"Rotate the positions in the warehouse. A lot of people end up in the same place every day, it gets old after a while.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21841,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Lots of pros but not competitive with other major tech companies,"Lots of opportunities for growth and learning. The people who work here are all very smart and good at what they do. A fair amount of freedom (flexible hours, working from home when needed, dogs in the office, etc).","A lot of this depends on the team you are on. Some teams work a lot, but many (like mine) only require 40-45 hours per week. Some poor/challenging hiring and productivity tracking practices that make it hard to feel successful as a recruiter. Most of the people who are good enough to work here are good enough to work at Google/Facebook/startups where they can make more money and get better perks. Also hard to get promoted since it's such a flat structure.",More pay and perks so we are competitive against our major competitors.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21842,amazon,"Glendale, AZ"," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Production Line Worker,line worker,Ny fellow employees wee great!,Training is horrible and not enough time for break ad lunch. I would not recommend this job.,"Have more consideration for your employees, they need more time for breaks because the whole shift is standing only, no leaning or sitting",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21843,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,Good Salary for new grads,"No free food, need add more benefit",Try to be more organized,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21844,amazon,"Easton, PA"," Jun 27, 2015","Current Employee - Picker, Peak Problem Solve, Stower",Good place for a temp job but not a forever job,"Decent benefits, stock in company, if your a full time employee for at least a year they have a Career choice program where Amazon will pay 95% of tuition and books for college classes to better towards a better career of your choice","there is a lot of favoritism as far as who moves up in the company, company cares more about customers then it's empoyees",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21845,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its ok,"plenty of overtime, upper managements values employees",work is tooo hard! need longer breaks,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21846,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work is worship,"Smart people, good location, decent salary, fast paced environment, learning opportunities. One of the good places to work while you are young and don't have to worry about any other responsibilities. If you work, you will succeed. It's easy to move within the company and explore new teams and roles.","Confusing pay structure - Management will always talk about total comp. That means if stock does well from the time when you received, your subsequent salary hikes will be low. Off late, culture is getting slower compared to few years back with lot of new ppl joining at the rapid pace. Poor work life balance. Promotions are though.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21847,amazon,"Aurora, CO"," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,"Free snacks, always something interesting and challenging to work on",Can be stressful and chaotic at times.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21848,amazon,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Jun 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal CSR at Amazon.com,"Loved the job and working from home. Awesome manager. Gave us off Christmas and New Year's, and I wasn't sure they would, so was surprised. They care about their employees.",Was only seasonal and was not chosen to be kept on past January.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21849,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Resolution Lead,Great Job until Avalanche of 2015,Great benefit package Flexible schedules (to a point) Always trying new ergo products,"Operations Management has no clue what decisions are being made by the right hand which are being counteracted by the left. Constant false promises and ignorance as you go up the chain.  Some Customer Service Managers need to go through customer service training as they literally have no idea what they're doing, and they are supposed to be coaching you to your performance.  Metrics don't matter unless it comes to firing someone, and even then if you have won the popularity contest they really don't matter, or if your boss truly hates you and actively tells people about this (huge cesspool of gossip) you can be on the top of your numbers and still get canned.  No matter what lies or how much they try to placate you, once you are placed on a PIP, your career is over. Being put on a PIP allows management to treat you as poorly as they see fit, because they ultimately want you to quit. My manager yelled at me several times about how I should just give up already. It's corporate hazing.  Once you are ""let go"" the management propaganda machine fires up and spreads rumors why you left. They usually aren't particularly pleasant or correct. I contacted nearly everyone on my team to tell them verbatim what happened, so when my manager started up with the lies they counteracted them.","Put an end to the gossip. Also when managers are brought in from outside, please train them to use Amazon programs right away. Stop using the PIP process and just fire people. Most of the places Amazon is located are Right to Work states. Just put people out of their misery instead of hazing them until they leave.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1406.htm
21850,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Digital Account Manager,good,"Great company recommend to anyone, go there and have a blast. The teams are amazing and get along greatly. Based out of Seattle so you go there for training. Training is fun and you learn it all","Nothing is wrong with this company. They become family, and everyone is so helpful and engaged with each other. Can't really say that it's a boring place to work, because it's not - very exciting",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21851,amazon,"Woodbridge, NJ"," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - ICQA PA,ICQA PA,"Challenging work environment, better than average pay, very good benefits, ability to work independently.","Difficult shift hours, lack of communication between shifts.","More accountability for poor performance (there is none), more visibility on good performance.",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21852,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place but a bit intense,Enjoyed my contract at Amazon but it was a bit of an intense work environment. People are smart though and it's not terribly political. A lot gets done quickly.,Not as much work life balance as desired but it also depends on which groups you work with. Some of the internal systems are lagging because so much is focused on external facing.,Continue to invest in your employees and encourage time off and some telecommuting. The areas that I worked in wanted all of their employees in the office every day.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21853,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,When bureaucracy cripples creativity...,"- High hiring bar, get to meet and work with brilliant people - Flexible WFH policy - Culture and values are inspiring in theory","- Will take all you can give, demanding workload and hours - Career development and growth opportunities mostly available to Seattle employees only - Middle management frown upon bias for action but will take the credit - Bizarre compensation structure","Audit your middle managers, the red tape and bureaucracy are stifling growth",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21854,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a job,Pay is decent but could be better for the amount of work that is actually involved.,Everything. Place is ran like a jail,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21855,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Software Engineer,Great place to work if you don't have family,"Great pay, interesting projects, learning new technologies, Work from home","No work life balance, long hours of work, very demanding",Take steps to improve employee work life balance and be employee friendly,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21856,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,More money,Benefits are great!!!!! And the environment is well,Top out pay is 12:50,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21857,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources,Deciding to Work for Amazon was a Huge Mistake - HR at Amazon Fulfillment Centers is Not HR,"Absolutely zero ""pros"" in my experience at Amazon.","First of all, Amazon recruiters will give you a very inaccurate, over-glossed, rosy picture of HR opportunities at an Amazon Fulfillment Center (FC). They will almost resort to sleazy, car salesman types of tactics to sell you the job. It is very common for experienced HR professionals to come here and share their sentiment of complete shock and awe upon realizing what the true day-to-day job entails. For many of these individuals, the decision to take the position quickly becomes a regret and a mistake. The real day-to-day ground zero experience for HR at an Amazon FC is highly dysfunctional, disorganized, chaotic, and surprisingly embryonic. This is not what constitutes work for the field of HR. Forget strategic HR business partnership, this doesn't exist in the slightest and the company has a long road before HR at Amazon FCs can reach that state. HR at Amazon FCs is purely transactional, secretarial, administrative, low-scope, and demeaning. HR Assistants are doing administrative assistant work, HR Business Partners are doing HR Assistant work, HR Managers are doing HR Generalist and HR Assistant work, and so on. Your time is spent here putting out fires and reacting. There is also a very high volume of low-scope investigation and employee relations issues work. Also, be ready to get buried in hundreds of emails per day and thousands of emails per week. This is not an exaggeration. I barely see any hint of work that is planful or proactive.  Then on top of this, when there are widespread performance problems from other members of the HR team, it exacerbates this condition even more. I question some of the hiring decisions that are made and some of these entry-level HR Assistants that are brought on. It is not uncommon to find yourself surrounded by an excessive degree of professional immaturity. It is not easy to formally address performance and carry out performance management for problem-performing HR team members due to lack of support from leadership. This ties in to the culture overall at Amazon FCs that is too employee-friendly leaving around long leashes instead of placing firm accountability for someone’s performance. I also question the true effectiveness of some of the senior HR leaders in the Amazon FC HR world. There is a high amount of volatility and instability for HR teams at Amazon FCs. New buildings are opening up without the main HR leader position being filled which leads to a lot of other downstream consequences. There is an extremely high amount of negative turnover amongst HRBPs and HRAs (as high as 50% or more). Many who join leave within the first year. The repeated job postings that you see posted that seem to be on an “evergreen” state is not all due to growth and the addition of new positions, a lot of this is to backfill and to recoup from all the turnover that exists. The strong individuals leave on their own volition yet the problem performers stick around for too long. With these conditions, it is truly difficult for one to be set up for success here as an HR professional. The recruiters do a very poor job of presenting a more balanced picture of the job.  Work schedules for HR professionals at Amazon FCs are also not a positive point to highlight. You do get made aware that the HR operation is “24/7” and that you aren’t going to be working the traditional M-F 8-5 job but there are still nuances of work schedule requirements that leaves you feeling imprisoned. You almost feel like you are working an hourly, mall job and are stuck in a specific work schedule without a lot of the flexibility and latitude that you would see for other senior-level HR positions. The company is always in reactive mode so there are a lot of last-minute decisions that get made which affect your work schedule and thereby affect your personal life. Also know that during the Peak season, you will be working a 6x10 schedule in HR doing the low-scope work I described above. This does not get shared with you from the recruiters. What also doesn’t get shared from the recruiters is that you may start out on one specific work schedule (i.e. Days) but it’s common that HR team members will rotate through schedules 1-2x per year so even though you start on Days, you may be on Nights before the year is over. The recruiter didn’t share that variability up front.  I also noticed concerns with the leadership culture at Amazon. The Leadership Principles seem to exist in theory only but not applied in the real world. Many managers tend to be aloof and do not know what it’s really like to develop a true, meaningful work partnership. It is not uncommon to walk by another manager and not receive the slightest hint of acknowledgement, any eye contact, the slightest smile, or a “hi, how are you?”. There is a lot of this type of aloofness going around in multiple buildings. I question the excessive degree to which the organization is employee-friendly as it puts a damper on management being able to effectively run operations and leads to entitled, untactful employees running the show.  Don’t be fooled by the glossy picture painted by the recruiters and the shiny job offer package with high compensation, generous sign-on bonus, and unprecedented stock options. It’s just the strategy to attract and retain talent but then you get in and see how things really are. Think long and hard about your decision before it becomes a decision that you may likely regret significantly after.",Give a fair chance to innocent candidates and be more truthful and accurate about what the career opportunity is like. Provide more support for performance management in order to hold individuals better accountable for their performance.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,43,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21858,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Overworked and bored,"Dog friendly office, great opportunity to learn how to use excel, good compensation, good restaurants near by to take back to your desk.","No training, not much strategic thinking, horrendous office politics and favoritism, insanely long hours and expected to be available at pretty much 24/7. Once you figure it out for yourself, the work becomes mundane. Not much growth, and any growth in the first two years is a horizontal transition. Flat company, and never have I heard a co worker say, I love my job.","Take time to train your employees, better communication, no favoritism",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21859,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jun 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Dirty Little Secret..,"Looks great on your resume You will learn a lot travel to Seattle, the food is awesome Work and meet some smart cool people..","Promotions are almost nonexistent, unless you're in the in crowd Managers are so so.. Luck of the draw To many emotional individuals in authoritative positions If you saved the company from impending doom, you wouldn't get any recognition for it.. LOL. Even if you do a stellar job.. You still may get written up or the axe..",Lose the golden handcuffs..,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1407.htm
21860,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Online corporate,Great group of people to work with as well as great skills to learn,Not enough room for job growth,Treat all your employees well and the same. Don't show any favoritism.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21861,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"It depends on the team, but overall, a pretty good place to be, if you just want to build stuff.","Pretty good pay. Smart coworkers. Interesting work. Even as an individual contributor, you will have a lot of product ownership.","Amazon is definitely not for everyone. Being on-call can be a major pain sometimes. Also, except for the pay, benefits tend to be pretty bare compared to other tech companies.",Give IC engineers more options for career advancement. Don't be too frugal with work environment.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21862,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker/forklift operator.,I enjoy picking with equipment and that was the most experience I had on a cherry (order) picker.,"It was only temporary and I was sick at the time. Also, TOO many OTHER employees were breaking safety rules.","Get onto the ones who break the rules, treat the ones who DON'T break the rules better and keep your word about rehiring!",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21863,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,"Big warehouse, expirence, waste of time, great if your stupid, treated like a criminal","Low pay for a lot of work, terrible hours and bad environment",Give people the shifts they were hired for,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21864,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,My 2 years as a associate,Pays well Good benefits A lot of opportunity to transfer to another site,Supervisors could be unfair when it comes to promoting employees 12 hour shifts Constantly stuck doing the same job duties without the opportunity to be trained else where high chance of being expendable in my job/ no job security,To be more open minded in reviewing employees resumes when presented the chance instead of allowing prejudgments fog their clarity of promoting those employees who have excelled in their current positions.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21865,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Amazonian life style,"Great benefits , great company , easy rates to meet, free stocks","Must be able to stand for 10 hours a day ,",Let go of the people that are not there to make an honest pay check,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21866,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE,"good perks, nice environment, good work, talented people around you.","sometimes too stressful, Seattle is quite boring place.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21867,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,Climate control environment and water coolers on every floor.,"Breaks are limited and short , because of going thru security .",none,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21868,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company,"No politics, smart people, getting things done fast.",Tons of work. Very less people to do more projects,Work Life Balance,4.0,1.0,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21869,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Best online place out there. The digital items make it even more convenient,No cons the organization is amazing in everything it does,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1408.htm
21870,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Customer Obsessed,Love working here. This is a place if you want to make a difference to your customers.,Startup culture works well for new team. Huge engineering burdens as you move to older teams.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21871,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Ugh,I learned a lot in my time at Amazon.,"Not enough bathrooms, pathologically 'frugal'.",Pay attention to retention issues.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21872,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,UX designer,- not many smart employee in engineering - very unprofessional Product manger - no perks,- City life - Good office condition,Make a life balance to employee.,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21873,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only for hard workers,"Guaranteed hours, nice pay plus bonus, paid time off and paid holidays.","boring work environment. apart from that, its a nice place.",Let employees in ICQA use head phones or play music.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21874,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,it'll do for now,pay 95% of approved associates degrees,fast paced walking for approx 80 miles/wk,fix pick paths,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21875,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cutthroat Environment, Terrible Management & HR","Prestigious Company, Stock benefits AFTER 4 years of working, The South Lake Union location is much better than being cooped up in the former mental health asylum building.","Management can be insane depending on the department, HR cares more about covering Amazon. Cutthroat environment where they are constantly telling you that there are a million other people who want your job if you can't perform, which usually means 60+ hours a week, until you're too burned out to care.","Where do I start. Create a collaborative rather than cutthroat environment where people feel safe and happy at work, rather than stressed out, miserable and ready to be fired at any moment for God knows what.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21876,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Fair, professional place to work, good health insurance benefits, growing company, time off structure is pretty good","Boring and monotonous, 10 hour days can be long, minimal chances to work your way up starting from the bottom","I think management is fine, the job is simple, wouldn't consider it a career by any means but it can be a good transition for those in need of work",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21877,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Facilities Tech II - Amazon.com,"The culture is great, lots of smiling faces.",The people are the best part of this job. If you don't mind walking a lot you get some pretty good exercise and stay healthy.,Everything ends up becoming your job if you let it. You have to push back hard so you don't get taken advantage of,"Recognize and appreciate your employees, allow everyone a fair chance to excel at something",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21878,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,senior financial analyst,"interesting projects, smart people, high growth","very competitive, hard to get promoted",take more interest in employee career development,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21879,amazon,"Dunlap, TN"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Stow,Lazy need not apply...,"4 day work week, benefits aren't bad.","Very physical job, if you can't bring it every single day, this job is not for you.","Take care of those of us who meet or exceed your high expectations every single day, without fail. Turnover is a huge issue, with an easy solution...if you want to retain the best employees, simply recognize and reward them, and pay them what their worth, instead of only focusing on those employees who can't handle the job. The more you focus on the ones who keep you at the top, the less time you'll spend wasted on turnover. A lot of talented, hard working, and very dedicated people come in and out those doors daily, giving you all they've got for 10 hours...so retaining the right ones should be your top priority.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1409.htm
21880,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,4 ten hour shifts a week. Benefits starting from day 1.,Little to no training. my training consisted of 1 demonstration and then I was on my own. It feels as if management expects you to be a corporate robot.,Get organized!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21881,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn,"Smart people, very motivated and great for recent college grads to gain professional experience. Also a good resume builder.","No work-life balance. You are expected to work a lot. Unless you are single and workaholic, it can be a problem.",Stay true to the leadership principles of Amazon and don't be a manager. Be a leader and inspire.,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21882,amazon,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work,Enjoy the quality and pace of work,Benefits sucks. Work can get really hectic at times.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21883,amazon,"Highland, CA"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Why Not Organize?,If you are young and live at home without any bills this is a great job for you. All others do not waste your time.,"This job is hard on your body and mind. The management doesn't bother to learn you name until you've been with them for a while. Training is bad and the work is VERY labor intensive! (I was a Picker I'm only speaking from a Picker point of view) The job of a Picker is so mundane that day dreaming even becomes difficult as you are working in this dark, dusty, dungeon feeling environment. Maybe if employees were able to listen to music while working it would be a bit better (at least mentally better).","ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE ORGANIZE the Picker process is maddening! It could easily be made more efficient and less ware and tear on the bodies of your Pickers by organizing the products. Having a person walk from one end of the building to another to get the same product makes NO SENSE! To me the company goes through bodies and keeps it pushing. That is not how it should be.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21884,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 18, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,stacking,i really loved it enjoyed it,it was too far and didnt have a car,none,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21885,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting place to work,If you're up for daily challenge. Expect to learn for yourself and deal with significant ambiguity and little strategic direction.,What they tell you during the interview was far from reality of what the day to day job will actually be.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21886,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Pretty easy,Pretty easy job to get into,Everything was perfect and worth it,Excellent management skills,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21887,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - ICQA Associate,If your desperate...,"*They'll pay you a lot relative to the work. *You are given stock in the company if you stay 2 years. Each year after the second, you will receive stock. *They will pay for two years at a community college (conditions apply). *Satisfactory job if you are working while you are a student.","*The low level supervisors were bigoted and racist when I was there. *The management was also to a lesser degree. *There is no chance of advancement unless you are someone's drinking buddy or well-liked. *You will not learn any transferable skills and nothing you do here will impress on a résumé. *If you already have college degree and an education, it will mean nothing as a tier-1 associate (grunt).","There are associates better educated, smarter, and more familiar with how things work on the warehouse floor than you. You should try taking them seriously and showing them respect. Management should choose people for problem solve & indirect paths themselves.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21888,amazon,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,The money and growth potential are great with Amazon,"Leadership varies greatly from site to site. I went from a site with a leader who was understanding and cared about the employees to a site where leaders were screaming at mangers in front of employees. The managers also promoted a culture where beating the system to make the numbers LOOK good was encouraged. The hours and work is long, tiring and ultimately not worth the money in the end.",Develop managers instead of screaming at them. Be innovative but give the innovation a chance to stick.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21889,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Great pay, and cool location.",Disorganized. Low morale. Poor communication. Homogeneous .,"Understand your product, people, and have some vision. Stop reacting, and proactively manage. Your subordinates are not at odds with you.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1410.htm
21890,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazom,After being there a year they help with schooling the insurance isn't terrible. Employee discount is always a plus. There's room to move up to hire positions,The pay is terrible. 11.50 a hour just makes the job not worth it. Hours suck for a single parent. They don't take dr notes.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21891,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Good pay about 13$ starting off,Expect to much and treat you like you are nothing,Better leadership,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21892,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - PGM,Whirlwind,"Great community, room to grow, exciting projects, good benefits.","Stagnant middle management. Good upper management/leadership, outstanding individual contributors, but a lot of duds in between.",Hire and develop the best!,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21893,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,"No work life balance, at all","You get the opportunity to work on some interesting things at AWS, it's a good place for a starter job if you don't have an offer from any other big tech company.","Work/life balance, pay, perks, benefits, location, parking, senior management, frupidity, on-call.",At least make it seem like you care about your employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21894,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New college hire,"Some of the best reasons to work at amazon are its incredible culture--the people around you will work hard, strive to improve, and do whats best for the customer. Upward mobility seems super in reach given you provide the results.","A con of the company is its high turnover rate. In addition, its campus recruiting team could do a better job responding faster, giving information closer to the offer, rather than closer to the start date, etc.","I've known many new/potential hires have a horrible experience with recruitment to the extent that they actually tell other people not to recruit with Amazon - I don't know who is running the recruitment program, but lead time and cycle time and stability of information are huge factors that affect whether someone wants to work with the company.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21895,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better than expected,"Supportive coworkers, true customer focus, competitive compensation, great lunch options, awesome tech, great buildings. Perhaps the best place to be a woman in tech I've found yet.","Parking, parking, parking, pockets of overworking old school folks, no annual bonus after year 2 (all signing bonuses), Seattle hipsters will see you as the horseman of the apocalypse. No corporate philanthropy, frankly kind of embarrassing.",Keep nurturing a healthy work environment. Get more women in top positions. The company meeting needs a lot of work. START A PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM.,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21896,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Decision leader,Excellent culture! amazing people! If you are luck enough to get hired by this company you are very lucky. I worked @ google for almost 10 years and it I was horrible compared to amazon!,I would not say that there are any real cons just that everyone is so smart you always need to. E on top of your game,Keep an eye on google! They have many great ideas,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21897,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,amazon culture,if you are able to survive a few years at amazon you can be successful anywhere else,zero work life balance. the culture is based on getting the absolute most of the employees in order to benefit the self interests of the senior leadership.  survival is the order of the day.,stop talking about taking care of people and actually do it.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21898,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company To Work For,"Benefits, time off, short work week","High turnover rate, bad morale","Listen to your employees, show them you care",4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21899,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager II,Managing at Amazon,"Ownership, Customer focus, High standards especially of peer group","Very demanding, hectic and stressful",Make realistic expectations of people,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1411.htm
21900,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inside Sales Amazon Local,"Strong pay, great people, opportunities to pursue work in other departments",Management didn't understand the work they were attempting to direct which led to predictable problems,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21901,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources,The Good & The Bad,"Great people, some of the best I've ever worked with in my career.","Long work weeks at a very hectic, demanding and fast pace. Leadership is out of touch with their workforce and retention doesn't seem to be a primary concern.","They won't read it, so not gonna bother.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21902,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Growing at an astounding rate with a huge market still untapped. High energy, fast-paced environment. Relentless focus on improving Customer Experience.",The growth and required pace of change can be tiring if you aren't able to see the big picture of where Amazon is headed as a global company. Perspective on the long run is key.,"Continue to press into new areas. Market all the great things that are being done for our employees and their families. Remain humble, but share the big improvements we have made in regards to employee satisfaction.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21903,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slave labor camp,Good healthcare and I like my fellow employees,"The place is run by people right out of college with no life experience or respect for those of us over 40. It feels like a prison labor camp from the movie, ""Cool Hand Luke"". I would not recommend working here and I have told family and friends to no longer buy from their website. Oh, standing for 10 hours and picking up about 6,000 lbs a day caused the toenail on my left foot to come off.",Stop hiring kids right out of college to work as area managers or work in HR. I worked 80 hours a week on a construction job with my dad and it was a vacation compared to the conditions at Amazon. The pay should start at $15 an hour at least for the horrific conditions and amount of work expected from those who actually make things happen.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21904,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Horrible, and Don't Let Any Astroturf Amazon People Tell You Different",- Customer focus you will remember for life - mostly because it's tattoo'd on you. - You learn to write. A lot. More than you've ever written in your entire life. Combined.,"- Horrible managers - super passive aggressive, claim to be numbers focused but some how latch on to the worst on their team and PIP all others - Expect to be PIP'd - PIP means performance improvement program before you are fired. This is done with the expectation that you will eventually quit or be fired. Never saw one person make this through. - Compensation was a joke - Whatever you think of the compensation, it's a lie. Not a fudging - an outright lie. For example, let's say you are supposed to be paid $80k in salary, $20k in bonus, and are given $200k in stock options over 4 years. -- First, your bonus. You're going to get that over 1 year, paid 1/12 per month. This will become relevant in a minute. -- Second, your total comp. According to the above, you're now making $100k. Let's say the stock goes up by 20% - win, right? WRONG. Your bonus NEXT year will be reduced so that you're not making more than $100k. So if you get a bump (to $85k) and your next years stock is now worth $60k ($200k/4 + 20%), your next year's bonus will be lower (call it $10k). Congrats! -- Vesting - the schedule is obscene. 5% the first year, 15% the second year, 20% each half year after. This differs from most tech companies which vest 25%/year. -- Now let's loop all the way back to your getting fired - remember that (point two all the way at the top?) - Because you're SO likely to be shown the door (50% of all first year amazon employees are 'managed out'), you won't see 100% of your bonus AND you won't see more than 5% of your stock (if that). YAY.","Honestly, you are rotten to the core. There is no way to reset the company and make it a place I would recommend to even my worst enemy. I hope you find joy in your next life.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21905,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Your experience will depend entirely on your team,"Opportunity to work on things that are interesting/innovative. The company puts a lot of ownership on employees, which is cool.",Lots of churn on projects - you can work on something for months when senior leadership pivots and you have to scrap the entirely of your work.,Let us have a life!!!,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21906,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,internships,good salary for internships can learn lots of stuff,not very much space for improvements bad work/life balance,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21907,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regional Marketing Consultant,Access to all business units within the largest internet retailer in the world.,Senior management for the AmazonLocal business unit making poor decisions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21908,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,At home customer service representative,"Pay isn't horrible, no commute, voluntary time off when overstaffed, stock options, benefits are really good, quarterly bonuses based on performance.","The coaching leads are awful, disrespectful. They will randomly add departments to your required job, and not pay you any more for doing higher level work. No room at all for advancement unless you kiss butt or know certain people. Mandatory overtime especially over the holidays. Work/life balance is nonexistent.","LISTEN to your associates when they tell you something. Take ACTION to correct the problems that have been brought to your attention, and don't wait for months down the road to take action. Inform associates of all the benefits available.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21909,amazon,"Fredericksburg, VA"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Data Center HVAC Engineering Manager,Amazon,"They pay well, but that's it !","Always short term employment, always restructuring, back stabbing turn on your coworker environment is encouraged.",none,1.0,none,none,1.0,1.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1412.htm
21910,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Data Analyst,"Fun, fast paced, able to move up","I like working with Amazon. I have had many awesome managers, and co-workers, great benefits, and Amazon makes it a fun place to work.","Management changes frequently, communication need improvement, unless you want to be a manager, limited positions available to move up to, depending on where you are located of course.",Communication.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21911,amazon,"Wildomar, CA"," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,Amazonian,Lots of great people young and old.,breaks could be a little Longer.,Stop and smell the Roses,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21912,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Great comp,"Compensation is great if you work for at least 3 years, because only then will the stock starts to vest.","The base salary is not as much. And there is no performance bonus. No work-life balance, management can be utterly idiotic.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21913,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Buyer,Buyer,pay is higher than industry average,extremely long hours and no work life balance,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21914,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director of Operations and Fulfillment,Flexible work schedule. Freely use your creativity to improve process and working conditions. Great people and very supportive management.,Tough segment of eCommerce to be in with increasing technology with tablets and other direct competition for inventory. Lack of available fresh inventory is an issue.,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21915,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Jul 9, 2015",Former Employee - Team Leader,This place needs to be erased from existence.,"Its a job. Its better than nothing, and the work itself isn't all that bad. it's an easy job in the right setting.","Its an awful, terrible, horrible place to work. stay as far away as you can, and never look in the direction of this corporation again because you might turn to stone.","yes, I have some very good advice for management. put them all on a spaceship, and launch them to Mars so that they can do something useful.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21916,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment center receiver,Easy work not a lot of supervision good pay and overtime work 4 days off 3,Amount of work can be a lot at times,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21917,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not that bad.,Amazon is a customer centric company. They treat their employees good and you can advance fast. I would only recommended staying a year. Amazon looks great on your resume.,Everything is about rates. Some of their managers are horrible.,"All shifts should be one team. There is an unspoken war between front half, back half, and days and nights.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21918,amazon,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Great people to work, great culture to be a part of, and as a contracted employee they were incredibly flexible to work with.","Third party payment company (MBO) was terrible about communication, payment, and customer service.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21919,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Okay,"Fast paced work, good workout, fun people, some of the managers are great to work with, time tends to pass really quickly. Decent benefits when converting from seasonal to permanent.",Not climate controlled really except in the winter. Management tends to play favoritism. I don't feel challenged enough. I'm often given more responsibility than others but getting paid the same as them with no incentive to take on the added responsibilities.,"The favouritism towards certain individuals is blatantly obvious, so I think maybe they should try and treat everybody equally and give others a chance.",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1413.htm
21920,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AAA,"Responsive recruiter turn around time, ridiculously easy math test",Interview process was unnecessarily complicated,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21921,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,good first job,Really good first job for soemone right out of college. You get to learn a lot,Not so good work life balance,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21922,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great First Time Job,"Easy to start, safe, relatively friendly environment, often voluntary over time available , get paid on time.","Not for everyone, physical, lack of proper training, hard to catch rates, must have a reliable transportation",They might find a solution to transportation for certain areas. Other than that they try their best it is a huge constant organization.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21923,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,I have to enter words,"Terrible culture. The in-fighting was incredible and caused many people who had moved families across the country to work insane hours (7 days a week, 15 hrs/day), which ended in Constructive Termination for most of them. Management had no grasp on how to fix it, and it seemed encouraged to let it spin out of control. I would never work there again.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21924,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Great salary and benefits, casual dress",Micro managing work environment treating employees with ridicule and disdain,Don't always have to show you are the smartest person in the room,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21925,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great experience,Work hard but always fun and challenging,No real downside to working at Amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21926,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Would hire anyone at this point. High turn around,Money quick job the meantime,Horrible management have to kiss butt. Border line slave working,Better training and Trent individuals with respect,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21927,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,product manger,"good salary , good staff, good holiday , satisfaction and longevity expected.","too crowded , senior level achievement tough , location change tough , no stock options for lower level employees , market fluctuations .",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21928,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Review,* Get to work on exciting things from day 1. You set boundaries for yourself. * management is pretty good in terms of listening to engineers (at least for the technical part) * you can grow to be a leader * other smart engineers,* Frugality gets stretched too far sometimes * on call,* invest in the growth of engineers more,4.0,none,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21929,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Fast paced environment. Peers are talented and motivated. Work is always challenging and interesting.,Short term turn around wins over long term strategy.,"Your IP is in your employees, value them.",4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1414.htm
21930,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Overall Good work environment,"Customer Service is evaluated not on if you perform your job correctly, but if your customer feel you resolved there issue. You can follow company policy and still get fired, because the customer answers the survey with a no","Work on Evaluating Customer Service's job based on job they perform, If they have to enforce a poor policy to not penalize them for doing there job and make them feel like there continuously going to lose there job.",3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21931,amazon,"Mill Creek, WA"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Vendor Manager,Gain hands on experience working with top brands in your industry,Work/life balance is hard for most of the year,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21932,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to learn a lot but lots of pressure at expense of life style,You get to learn a whole lot of neat technology at Amazon. It is a very vibrant place and generally the people you work with are friendly. They do compensate you well but there is a reason for that as the explained in the 'Cons' section...,"On-call duties are the worst--very high pressure in which you have to try to solve emergency situation often on code you have NEVER seen before (someone else's code in which that 'someone else' has probably left the company long time ago). Also, getting help from others can be tough at times since everybody is quite busy so you have to find the solution on your own via the company Wiki, etc. Also important is culture: Amazon has lots of 'young' folks and you can sense the condescension from them to older folks. In fact, quite a few of them seem very cynical when interacting with the older generation.","Need to be more realistic that just because you may be an advanced software developer (SDE II, etc.) does not necessarily mean we are going to have the solution before you even ask the question of solving it.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21933,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,Tough company to work for,"Good people, never boring, fast paced, no two days are ever the same.","No one takes responsibility for problems, no one really fixes them. Work your butt off, no overtime, expected to put in 60+ hrs a week. Very expensive area to live in. Reviews are the pits with backstabbing and co-workers who put in bad reviews to see you fall or get fired. Job description and duties will change out unless you set it in stone. Work life balance... what's that?",Dump the annual review and stack rankings. Be more flexible with people and work.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21934,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Voluntarily Quit Amazon,Stower,medical& dental Benefits just to have that status.,"Management is horrible, Treated like children, constant rules changing, hard to make rate when there is no space, favoritism, Write-ups for other departments mistakes, Pay, constant management change.","I think the management needs to be more organized, stop treating adults like children, stop changing rules like making us sign papers where we can Stow certain items such as smalls and mediums or making us only Stow in certain isles during different hours of the day, No Space products falling out of bins yet you tell us to keep stowing and make rate, End favoritism, not fair to other workers no equal opportunity, End Write-ups on other departments mistakes, Pay more an hour, Stop changing management so much its hard to get use to three new managers in 10 month period.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21935,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"not difficult, the questions are basic, you only need to pass one round telephone interview","slow recruitment process, the intern management does not work very well",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21936,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon Fulfillment Center,The pay is good for this area.,"It is very grueling and stressful work. Loading trucks by hand, lifting boxes well over the required 49.9 allowed in the center.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21937,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,they pay fairly well managment could be better,I dont think pay outs are quick enough,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21938,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive/Sales,Flexible Job needs more direction,Casual environment and surrounded by leaders.,Everyone is concerned about their own growth and promotion and no one is on the same page.,The canoe isn't going to move forward if everyone is paddling in a different direction. Get everyone focused on the same goals.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21939,amazon,"Milford, DE"," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Fast paced Co workers Benefits Always something to do,The same as any big company,Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1415.htm
21940,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Safety Manager,EHS Safey Manager,Never a dull moment. Very Smart co-workers. Amazing place to work for a problem solver.,Very little work life balance.,"As the Business grows and adds more layers of jobs, Seattle is becoming very distant from the business on the warehouse floor.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21941,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,-Great team experience - option for overtime,lack of pay over lots of work,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21942,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great!,Competitive pay and benefits. Employees opinions matter. Opportunities for professional growth.,High turn over rate. Unrealistic expectations.,Don't depend solely on the system to measure worker's performance because glitches happen.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21943,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Area Manager- Great money, horrible working conditions.",Nice salary and decent benefits.,"Long hours. We worked 10 hour shifts but were required to come in an hour early and stay an hour late. During the entire shift you are not allowed to sit down. They don't even have chairs on the floor. We had to come in on our day off for ""book club"". We were supposed to read this during out time off and then come to work to discuss it. They would also monitor how much you were logged in to the system from home. If you weren't logged in enough from home they would talk to you about it. No manager there actually cares about anyone but themselves. They are only interested in what gets them promoted or more stock. This was truly my worst employment experience ever.","Doesn't matter because they don't listen. If you don't like it you can leave and they will just bring someone else in. Eventually this will catch up with them especially when they have a manager turnover rate close to 70% every year. That's not people getting transferred, that's people quitting.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21944,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Treat there employees like cattle,Benefits sound great. They had flexible hours and the pay was alright. Inside the place it was not to hot.,They took to long to make there seasonal employees part time. When we got there they stated it would be after the 90 day period. It took 6 months. They were not organize and they kept going back in forth on benefits. You work in a warehouse all day,Treat your employees better. Tell them the truth up front or tell them you don't know. We felt led on in the whole process of it.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21945,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You will burn out,Great experience for further down the road. Amazon on the resume really does open up some doors. There are also some great people to work with. Pay was top notch and hard for other companies to match.,"Despite the promises at the hiring event that Amazon was kinder and gentler, it really depends on who your General Manager is. My first building was great and everything I wanted. Then I got promoted and my second building was decidedly less so. When the encouragement turned into veiled threats it was time to go. As I am finding out now, by talking to HR people at other companies, everyone leaves Amazon for a reason.",Half your managers leave after 2-3 years. Seems like an awful huge expense. You might want to look into it.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21946,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - ICQA Associate,ICQA,The company has a great team atmosphere and relies on team success to achieve common goals.,Pay structure could be better and most positions cap out at the pay rate after 3 years. I would have capped out at $11.75 forever.,People here work just as hard as people in Dallas Fortworth and deserve the same pay. Pay individuals incentives based on their individual efforts and the entire company will see greater results in accuracy and production.,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21947,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Still Day One - for better or worse,"* Hard to beat the size and scale of the problems you can work on * Great products with focused approach to the business * Breadth of projects and size of company means if you move about you can try a lot of different things ( You'll have to make it through the first year first though ) * Lots of smart co-workers * Great for networking: Continuous hemorrhaging of high quality employees means you can quickly broaden and improve your network outside of the company  Amazon is an industry leader. There is a huge variety of positions and products available. You can learn a lot both good and bad in a short time at Amazon. Constant employee churn means you will soon find you know more people outside of Amazon than in. This will help when you decide to jump ship as well.  Amazon facilities continue to expand. They offer few amenities comparable with their peers, but they do offer a downtown campus in Seattle which may be appealing. They dominate the South Lake Union neighborhood north of downtown Seattle so you may find yourself in new construction in a growing neighborhood. There is, however, a lot of friction with existing non-Amazonian residents.","* Extremely high turn over of SDE's and dev managers. You are unlikely to see your third anniversary no matter your commitment. * Too risky for people with families * Performance management and stack ranking may be creating perverse incentives that are harming company culture * Pay is so-so in comparison to peers * Benefits are not comparable to peers * Frugality can make it hard to do your job * Oncall and operational load can be onerous depending on the team * Work/life balance can be bad  A large proportion of new employees don't make it through the first two years and not simply because of burn out. My impression is, at this time, far more new employees are actively pushed out within one or two years than leave voluntarily. If you are young and single and can approach Amazon as a temporary gig, it's worth a try, but I would NOT recommend uprooting a family and moving to take a job at Amazon. It is far too risky. I've seen too many solid engineers who delivered well get booted unreasonably before two years are out. (For confirmation checkout the tenures listed in these Glassdoor reviews. Take those with less than three years tenure with a grain of salt.)  The stack ranking and performance management system is not transparent and can at times be erratic in nature. Bad luck as much as under performance can end your career. To survive the stack ranking process you must have a manager who will go to bat for you. If you have a weak manager, or worse, no manager, you are at real risk. New employees are restricted from moving in their first year, so you'd best hope that you end up with a good manager on a solid team when you arrive. If you arrive to a managerless team, a troubled team or an org under new management that is seeking to clean house, you will have little means to improve your situation and may very well be swept out despite your best efforts.  Manager turnover is a constant. Not only does the software engineering staff turn over or get pushed out at a phenomenal rate, but the dev manager staff also turns over quite quickly. I have been at the company for a very long time and generally have seen dev managers have tenure of under a year in any particular position on average. Not surprisingly, the quality of the dev managers I've seen over the years consequently has been quite variable. You can easily find yourself with a manager with little technical skill, poor ability to manage upward or little ability to coach employees toward growth. Even if you find a high quality manager, it is likely you will find them gone before you've built a solid relationship with them. I highly recommend sticking close to good managers if you can, and you will generally find when one moves within the company, all the savviest employees under them will stick with them and move too. If you are new, and find all the senior staff fleeing, take note, you may want to jump ship as well before it goes under.  For many years what I appreciated about Amazon was that the business leadership was smart, open to being challenged on the fundamentals and tended largely to make correct business decisions. In the past few years, however, I've seen a notable uptick in bad behavior and employees optimizing for themselves over the best interests of the business as a whole.  With a company of Amazon's size, it is difficult to extrapolate one's own experiences to the the wider company, so I'm not sure if this is a problem local to my group or reflective of a wider culture shift. I will note I have seen this as a pattern in most of the recent groups that I have worked with, and many of my friends who are senior SDE's in the other departments across the company have left in recent years citing a similar problems where they work - an increase in employees seeking their own advantage rather than doing what's right for the customer and the company.  The general assumption I've seen others make has been that the performance management system is starting to create perverse incentives for employee behavior, and that either in many cases it is too risky to do the right thing for the business or that over time we've gradually weeded out employees to the point where we now have a disproportionate number who are adept at gaming the system by seeking their own advantage above all else. But all that is, of course, speculative. It is increasingly hard to operate outside of the narrow confines of the expectations for your role. These constraints can make it hard to step up and do the right thing when a need exists.  In general, Amazon does pay well in comparison to small firms, but does not pay well in comparison to other companies of similar size and prominence. Given the rate at which I've seen new employees get fired recently, I wonder whether they aren't also gaming the compensation system by offering a significant chunk of compensation in stock options that l many employees will never see since they will not survive beyond two years. If you find yourself comparing an Amazon offer to another large employer's offer take under consideration the likelihood that you will not see the full value of your stock grant.  The benefits are also notably shabby in comparison to other large corporations. And Amazon's ever present frugality can be wearing. The majority of the staff I work with bring in their own basic equipment, down to mice, keyboards, monitors and even CPU's, because they get sick of the low quality tools the company offers. Frankly, it's embarrassing.  Most groups have some level of oncall commitment. I don't find this onerous, but I know many do, it generally varies in quality and load from group to group. Ask carefully about this if it is important to you before accepting a position. I've known many an employee get caught by surprise when they arrived and discovered they were going to be regularly oncall. Ask what the ticket count is of any group you might join. It will give you a good sense of how out of control their operational costs are. Numbers in the hundreds is a serious red flag.  While, I think, Amazon still has a bad reputation for technical debt and heavy operational load, I do think that this has vastly improved across the company in recent years and the internal dev tools do seem to be getting significantly better. It is a big company, though, and an old company (relatively speaking), so you will find a lot of old code coupled with the high employee turnover which means there is a good chance you'll end up owning a lot of poorly understood and poorly written code. If this is something you want to avoid, try to join a new team without much product history.",Inflexible use of stack ranking is starting to harm the business. The hidden costs of pointlessly churning through new employees is never adequately assessed. (Amazon has never been good at assessing these sort of hidden costs across many different domains.) Employees across the company are prioritizing their limited and temporary personal needs over the needs of the business. The culture of the company is changing in a way that is making it less flexible and adaptable as a consequence.  Amazon has always had a bad reputation locally for employee retention and relations. This too has hidden costs that continue to rise for the company.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21948,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Texas,Sales,Great Company! They give you every possible resource to grow.,Not for everyone. If you are not self motivated and hard worker you will find yourself overwhelmed.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21949,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,receiving,"good pay, 10 hour shifts, 4-5 days a week, expectation and production quotas very clear, feedback in writing weekly","production quotas too high when processing unusual items, up to 11 1/2 hour shifts at peak for 3-4 weeks in Dec., over 2 hours between breaks hard on coffee drinkers on back shift, not enough exception times for meetings, etc. to alter production quota speeds","production quotas too high for used items and one of a kind items, learning curve too steep, explain and train for a longer period, quota rate adjustments for those achieving 95% of expectations if their error rate is way below average",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1416.htm
21950,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough but ok,"Decent Benefits, nice people, good location","very few public holidays, tough work, seattle centris",improve Employee Moral,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21951,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Fulfillment Associate,The place is the what it cracked up to be,steady hours and you get to work with a lot of interesting funny people,The Pay suck ball's big time for amount effort expected All Manager's pretending to be concerned about the associate but at the end of the day it's alll about how they can get you to pack box fast till you quit and get some other poor sap to replace you,"Amazon makes way to much money to be dashing 12, 13 bucks hour to associate that our enduring physical and mental stress to maintain rate",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21952,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,This company rocks!,"flexible, competitive, diverse, leadership, culture, community and social impacts","ownership sprawl is a problem, and business priorities are sometimes not clear","work on the ownership principles, too many cooks in the kitchen sometimes. business priority should be clearly defined and owned, no squabbling in the ranks about it.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21953,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you are in a great team,"Flexible schedule, great stocks options, amazing work environment. There is a lot of room to grow and develop.","Sadly not all the teams are great to work for. You can land on a team that you have to work on holidays, and no flexibility, You can also can land on a super fun an enthusiastic team. Research the team that plan to work for, not just the company",Happy employers are better employers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21954,amazon,"Washington, DC"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - TPM,TPM,flexible of life and work balance in office and good work,it gets monotonous at times and you don't get the opportunity to work on cool stiff,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21955,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Quality Assurance Analyst,Quality Assurance,The pay is fair. Coworkers are very smart. The products & services being developed are exciting. The customer really is king.,"Management style verges on psychological abuse. Constant micromanagement and management through chastisement. Unrelenting deadlines and unrealistic goals. They continually ""raise the bar"" making it impossible to satisfy requirements. The annual review process is broken. Employees are not valued. Lower level management seems to be intentionally making QA dysfunctional in order to justify its elimination in the future.","Reward good behavior (why do I have to state this?). Fix the review process - nobody likes the current process, not individual contributors, not management, it turns many good employees into poorly functioning employees.",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21956,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Intern - Monthly,MBA intern,Work with very intelligent people fast-pace self-directed,It's a very competitive working environment.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21957,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigation specialist,"The company moves fast, there are a lot of smart people, and have a lot to learn. Besides, there are many challenges to face.","Amazon has no clear process. People just jump up fighting for credits. Besides, perks are not that good.sometimes, managers could be harsh.",Pay more attention to how staff feel and employee loyalty is important,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21958,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Merchandiser,Merchandiser - Digital services,"Ton of experience to be gained, and great sense of accomplishments on projects","Long hours, extremely high and difficult-to-meet expectations, ambiguous and constantly shifting priorities and goals",Help lower-level employees to understand vision,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21959,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE,"Great culture, great people, interesting problems, demanding work. Lots of opportunities for learning.","Amazon has a leadership principle of frugality. This translates to people being cheap, corporate sponsored events being few and far between.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1417.htm
21960,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A challenge for the mind,"Fast paced, fun, challenging Smart co-workers whom you can learn a lot from Management who truly cares, down to earth Non stop thinking, it's bootcamp for your brain Above average salaries","Little down time, there's pressure to perform and raise the bar",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21961,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Great place to learn how to build and maintain services,"Work with amazing people, understand how to build and maintain real services.","Compensation model is attractive but realize you get nothing more in the first 4 years after you start. It really makes it hard to want to work a lot harder when you put in weekends and evenings to ship, get an amazing review, and no extra compensation because you negotiated hard when you came in.",Change the compensation model. It's telling me to not work hard and I should leave after 2 years.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21962,amazon,none," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,You have amazing coworkers and supervisors.,"Your performance is based on the responses from customers, and sometimes you haven customers who will never be happy.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21963,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment,Amazon is a good workplace with good pay and benefits for career/long term labor/associate workers.,"Although Amazon standards are high and hard work is expected of its associates, it cultivates a great culture among the associates.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21964,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Assoc.,The benefits are amazing and relatively easy to move up if you do well.,Tedious and not mentally stimulating much of the time.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21965,amazon,"Anderson, IN"," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,picker,Had fun!!! Great people! Great exercise! Good pay for a temp job. Everyone was very nice. Miss them all.,After so long rate became harder to achieve with all the changes.,none,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21966,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Find the right team,Constant change and new ideas/projects to work on,Some teams are highly disfunctional. It's critical to land on the right team.,Find a way to reduce burnout.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21967,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Associate,"Not a bad place to work, but needs a management and HR overhaul","Four day work week, benefits, big on safety, 3 days off, occasional overtime, shift diff pay of $1.00 for weekend","Takes too long to walk to break, no communication from Hr, high turnover rate, huge emphasis on rate rather than keeping current employees and training them correctly. Lots of people in management who shouldn't be there.","Take better care of your employees! Stop showing favoritism, gave people in these positions that are actually qualified, not fresh out of college with a diploma, and no clue about how things are run!",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21968,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Instock Manager,Sr. Instock Manager,"Highly-driven, analytical colleagues. The caliber of colleague at Amazon was higher than other places I've worked.","Lack of development path, particularly in the Retail segment of the business. Focus on week-to-week reporting metrics without room for longer-term, strategic impact or influence.",Align expectations with reality for new MBAs or churn will always cost you a ton of time and resources. Once the growth slows down this problem will get worse and matter more.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21969,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No direction,"great coworkers, solid brand, strong earnings potential","very little ability to impact directly, asks for results, closed-minded upper management",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1418.htm
21970,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quick political perception ship,Smart people that work hard push you.,Perception of yourself matters more than it should. If you are not a rockstar from the word go... better pack it up.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21971,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment specialist,You loss weight ? if you wanna consider that a pro,"Poor pay, Unrealistic expectations of numbers, basically running 15 miles a day to hope to keep your job.",none,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21972,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Getting better every day,What do I love about working here? Every meeting I attend and every conversation challenges me to be better than I am today. If I want to grow in my career there are new opportunities around every corner.,When you love what you do and your business is successful it can be hard to step away sometimes. Not such a bad thing.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21973,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,great job weekly pay and nice benfits,the drive and sometimes the workload can be harsh,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21974,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Very challenging, but very rewarding","It's definitely an intense place to work, but also very exciting and rewarding in the end. You'll get a chance to work with some of the smartest and most driven individuals and see how your team can really make a difference for customers.","Management changes can be very frequent, which can make getting promoted really difficult if you have to constantly prove yourself to a new manager and that person who doesn't know you, has to be your sponsor.",Give people managers more autonomy when it comes to reviews and promotions - let them actually build and manage their organizations they way they see fit.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21975,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Not the Amazon it used to be,"Interesting projects, significant autonomy, not a lot of focus on the peripherals in getting the job done. Enough funds, most of the time, to get the job done. Never bored.","Very sexist work culture. You either need a sympathetic sponsor to guide you and shelter you as a female, or you have to work in a role that people expect women to work in. I got tired of being surrounded by the boy's club and brogrammer culture.","Actually back up your commitment to diversity. Have a REAL onboarding program for the new employees who are sometimes actively critical of Amazon culture, much less accepting and embracing of it.",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21976,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Sort Center Area Manager,Area Manager at Sort Center,Good overall signing package. Great networking. Training in Phoenix and Seattle.,Stocks take forever to vest. Work environment is dreadful. They throw you in with minimal training and expect you to learn everything quickly.,Spend more time on training and all your metrics will increase tenfold.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21977,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Competitive pay, great benefits, promotion opportunities","Management styles conflicting with ideas brought up by associates, don't truly follow their core values",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21978,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Database Administrator,DBA,busy OLTP system to test your skills,working nev is rather crowed,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21979,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,B,There are benefits and 4 day work weeks. Decent pay for the job even though it should be more.,Job is repetitive and boring. Things get old after a while. Management doesn't listen to people's ideas.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1419.htm
21980,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,- Great engineering talent - Moves fast on decisions - Lots of ownership on products,- Not a lot of focus on career development - Hours can be long. Comes with having ownership over your product,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21981,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Easy work Get benefit within first month of starting,Management- lack of leadership Work Hours,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21982,amazon,"Kenmore, WA"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,not a bad place,"I loved the leadership principles, and how everyone lived by them",VP and Directors didnt run the business and listen to their teams. It was odd how they turned a good thing into a bad,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21983,amazon,"Germany, TX"," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Manager Finance,AMZN Eval.,Fast growing e-Commerce with Start Up Culture,Leadership challenges and highly operational,mega,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21984,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,"Great Place, not good for new moms",Surrounded by very smart go getting people,"Terrible understanding of need of mom, maternity leave process was a NIGHTMARE! Pumping rooms are always full. Can't schedule times to pump which makes balancing meetings untenable.","Several moms have similar complaints. Make it possible to work from home 1 day per week, allow longer maternity leave, and add more pumping rooms.",4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21985,amazon,none," May 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Problem Solver/Sherlcok,The company offers great benefits and lots of room for growth. The company gives every opportunity for the employee to succeed whether that be with the company or outside to another employer.,The only thing I can really say about the company is that the turnover from manager to manager and shift communication is lacking in continuity. Every manager has a different way of doing things making it hard to for associates to stay on track.,Stream line the communication process and make a standard for a chain of command for the associates so they know who to go to for issues and complaints.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21986,amazon,none," May 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,Lots of opportunities to explore.,Very fast paced and stressful,none,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21987,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," May 30, 2015",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Good experience,Great company to work for if you are looking to make decent money and continue your education. They contribute to your future and with pay you a lump sum if you finish school and decide to leave. Very helpful to those seeking to improve themselves and career.,"The pay is decent if you have a second income and/or minimal bills. I did fine with a roommate, rent, car payment,etc.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21988,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Compliance Specialist,Better work life balance than other departments/orgs within Amazon Flexible work time (aside from meetings) as long as you get your work done Move up faster than other deparments,"Tends to be a negative environment- constantly under-resourced and coworkers compete with each other for promotions, political","Under resourcing and under compensating or appreciating, while appreciating the idea behind to force an employee to create a more efficient workflow, is a stressful environment that is not conducive to positive growth",3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21989,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Shipping,Ship docker,steady work pace. friendly coworkers. not as strict when rate applies.,favoritism. work environment is harsh. Can be easily hurt if not aware of your surroundings.,treat workers with equality,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1420.htm
21990,amazon,"Mountain Home, ID"," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Consultant,author,"Great environment, nice workers and superb quality",There aren't any cons to this job,Stay focused,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
21991,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Manager,Loss Prevention Manager,"Great pay, benefits and working conditions",work Life balance could be better,Live the Leadership principles,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
21992,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Working under Integrity,"Fast paced work environment, friendly managers, and good pay. The heat in the warehouse can get pretty uncomfy, but 'climate controlled' means that the humidity stays very low. The company does a lot for it's workers, providing everything for proper safety and understanding that people sometimes need help. The breakrooms in PHL7 are awesome, although I really would love some music like classical. Will update more on this position in the future. :)","The amount of physical activity required is pretty harsh, with ten hour days but it is doable with a good pair of shoes and a strong will. Dealing with Integrity is ok most of the time, but they have extremely low tolerance for mistakes - so you have to maintain that. The pace that they expect you to be at is a little high, when you're faced with a goal that is extremely hard to obtain under the circumstances they put you in. But even with how hard the job is, I would never turn down the opportunity.","I understand productivity is important, but your speed is pushed extremely hard - which feels less encouraging and more punishing. I would suggest incentives for keeping the pace up as high as you're expected when the job is so physically demanding.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
21993,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work if you like to solve problems!,"You have full ownership, your voice can be heard, in my experience teams are well run/managed. Love the focus on customers. Appreciate the focus on quality and continuous improvement and innovation. Able to fail fast and get back up.",It is an ambiguous culture so if you need a lot of direction and structure to be created for you this is likely not the right company for you.,"Really focus on the first 90 days with new hires. Although the ambiguity and freedom can be liberating for most, for those who have not experienced this type of culture it can also create paralysis or hesitation",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
21994,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant Intern,Room for Improvement,I learned valuable information about the processes within the company.,"The Human Resource internship was not completely flushed out before my arrival. There was also a lot of miscommunication between corporate and the FC site that I was based at. For example, my actual arrival and the coordination with my team being onsite and available for my onboarding process.","This is not true for all management, but what made it difficult for me to adequately address my project was managerial buy-in. Due to the nature of the FC, projects should be flushed out and then be made aware to management so that its on their radar so emails from interns are not ignored all together.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
21995,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work at only if you find yourself in a good team,"A great company with long term vision that also offers a chance to work with smart people,","At any high growth company, you might find yourself inadequately supported. Sometimes, that's where the stress, long hours and conflicts come from.",It's not the employer's job to bring out the best of an employee. It's its core interest. So work on that.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
21996,amazon,"Lewisburg, PA"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Leadership,Operations intern,Good pay Great company Only work four days a week (over 40 hours though),"Terrible schedule, tons of hours DC environment Locations not close to cities",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
21997,amazon,none," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Customer focused Bias for action Long term thinking,Huge work hours Work life balance is difficult,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
21998,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Stow,Great,Staying busy all day by the time up look up its lunch or time to go,If you make to many mistakes to the curb you go. As with any job,PHX 6 Keep up the good work AFE!!!!!!!! & In Bond stow baby stow,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
21999,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Not for everyone, but an amazing place to work","Challenging work, smart people, decentralized decision making",Long hours and can be high stress...,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1421.htm
22000,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Not for everyone, but an amazing place to work","Challenging work, smart people, decentralized decision making",Long hours and can be high stress...,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22001,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,amazon has great benefit package as well as stock offer,Long hours and on your feet for 10 hrs a day,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22002,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,"You get out what you put in, and a lot is asked of you.","-Smart people -Dogs -The ability to easily move to different teams and learn exciting new things -The level of ownership you're given -Pretty good compensation, even if it is stock heavy, the stock is only doing better and better.. -Interesting weirdness to it all","-Politics -Long long hours -Little work life balance -People are very type A, you need to look out for yourself or you will be stepped on",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22003,amazon,none," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,Good pay innovative company with bright future and promising raise and promotions.,"Not very flexible, alot of responsibilities varying across fields. Focused job, limits option to expand to different places.","Listen to emplyees more dont shut them down, allow them to explore differnt positions perhaps they can use the expeirnce to enhace their job performances.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22004,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,The meat factory rumors are true,The company offers challenging work with smart people and great access to data. Being surrounded by a higher caliber of coworkers definitely inspires higher performance.,"Here are a few top reasons I left: 1. It's so bureaucratic. Every team is playing against other teams often with high conflicting business goals - which is encouraged by management. 2. Pay: It starts off fair, but your quickly realize that to get a 2% COLA at the end of the year is difficult. This leads to employees who've been there for years to be underpaid compared to the market rates. 3. Little focus on maintenance: The entire mantra for Amazon is to build new stuff fast - and show scalability. Little interest is made toward supporting - or improving needed infrastructure that entire divisions rely upon. 4. Work Life Balance: Employees often work 12 hours plus a day. Positive reinforcement is seen as a weakness for a job well done. They just don't value employees. 5. Planning: As they continually grow their employee base, nobody has thought of infrastructure - parking, cafeteria, work spaces, etc. Which brings down morale. 6. Little Space for growth: While horizontal movement in the company is doable, moving up the foodchain means either finding ways to make other teams irrelevant or politicking for the spot. Either way it's more about putting on a good face then promoting on merit.",Show more appreciation toward employees to avoid the high turnover rate.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22005,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon review,Smart people Develop stuff that actually goes places and affects lots of people Teams do a decent job of self organizing,Compensation could be better Getting stuck under a bad manager is really problematic Stressful Scale presents large and annoying problems,Be more willing to negotiate compensation Take individual contributor reviews of managers more seriously Stop with the stack and rank Be more transparent about personnel changes,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22006,amazon,none," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for beginners,Fantastic project and fast pace like start up,no lunch and dinner provided,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22007,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Site Merchandiser,It Started Great,"Smart, fun people to work with Easy access to management Perks of sample merchandise Total ownership of projects","Constant movement of Management - I had 4 leads in 2 years Creative opportunities were minimal Much drama over trivial, petty, low impact issues Lack of vision from management Relied heavily on ambiguity, ""Just do the right thing"", and was quick to reprimand when mind-reading was successful",Find creative people who are passionate about your business. Provide opportunities for internal growth and access to out-side-of-gropu opportunities. Listen to the ideas of those whom report to you. Do not suck the life out of projects with minutia filled spreadsheets. Business minded people do not typically make good creative leaders.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22008,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse associate,"Benefits start on your first day of work. Insurance, personal time and vacation . Many different shift scenarios. RSUs vest after two years.","Ten hour shifts, a lot of walking (5 to20 miles per shift). Lots of rules, no enforcement. Very little management follow through. Lack of honesty in upper management.","Many workplace problems at Amazon could be solved with common sense. If the rules that are in place were enforced, many problems would disappear.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22009,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 25, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Leadership Intern,Operations Leadership Intern,Amazon is one of the most innovative and involved companies I have ever seen. Many talented people fulfill many facets of the company and your experience here interesting nonetheless.,"Office politics is a major turn-off when I worked here. There was constant rub in your face of ""i improved this aspect of operations, promote me!""","Prepare for your interns. My manager/supervisor was not ready for me since she was switching to a different department half way into my internship, I was not given a new person and left on my own. Moral in operations is the number one concern in all facilities I came into contact with, it is a difficult objective but solving this would help all other concerns such as meeting minimums, safety, etc.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1422.htm
22010,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,093958,amazon it good play for work.,I feel very well in my jobs.,Very good Management very frendys.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22011,amazon,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Software QA Engineer,Nice company to work with.,I don't see any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22012,amazon,"Washington, DC"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Network and Systems Administrator,Amazon,Awesome place to work with lot of growth and respect to the employees irrespective of their level. Its been the worlds most customers centric.,Less packages in India i.e Hyderabad city.,Please carry on the way you are..!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22013,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Boring,Paid time off. Managers listen to you gripe but dont do crap about the problems.(con),Problem solvers should be paid more for the amount of stress they go through and the bullcrap managers make them do.,"Quit playing favoritism, Quit hiring college kids that dont know what they're doing. Managers should be hired from wothin the facility.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22014,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Work Place,Benefits and guaranteed 40 hours,standing on feet all day and the temperature hot,Management need to have a training class on how to manage,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22015,amazon,"Goose Creek, SC"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,process assistant tier 3,Easy work and it is nice to have 3 days off each week,Hard to advance. Rules change with each shift,When you make changes to processes please make sure everyone follows them,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22016,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,-3 day weekend -Great people to work with -There are some fun activities that the company organizes for the employees.,-Pay is alright -Exhausting work -Very repetitve -The hours are long -They do not take in account seniority when handling promotions,They should pay the associates a little bit more than what they are paying right now.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22017,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ship dock,I have an easy job,Most of the positions have a rate,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22018,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Internship,Good Place to work,Location is very good and people there were very friendly,Employee get less benefit in terms of Amazon prime or free lunch.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22019,amazon,none," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Web Developer,Great benefits and work life balance,None plus extra words to make five,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1423.htm
22020,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Be careful,Great reputation. You'll get offers from startups. You won't starve while you are receiving a paycheck.,Management and HR will frequently deceive you. You will do the work of someone several years your junior. You will not be challenged for the most part. It's a very slow corporate climb. Very bureaucratic culture. People at just about every level will lie to you. You are not a business partner. Many people here view you as excess support for work they don't want to do. You will not have the support of any leadership.,Don't mislead potential employees.,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22021,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Head,Heartless and ruthless - avoid if you have a soul you want to keep,Brand awareness is high and great to have on your CV. Pay is very competitive at higher levels and chances for advancement internally are good. You learn a lot about intelligent business practice.,"Ruthless, heartless and soulless management all run from the U.S. They will not hesitate to throw your life into the gristmill to keep their engine running and their narrow profit margins in the black.",Morality and ethics are important. Human capital should not be used so easily as fodder to fuel Amazon's fire.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22022,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It pays the bills,Good co-workers Decent schedule VTO available Provides equipment,Management Expected workload Security Higher Management Over crowded work environment,More personable More organized More positive recognition,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22023,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,* always something interesting to work on. * co workers are of a high caliber * ability for job growth,* Long hours. they work you hard. * on call waking up in the middle of the night. * bureaucratics among management.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22024,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Full Time Stower,Holiday Work as stower,Kept you busy and there are managers everywhere if you need them for a question. $15 an hour pay.,They push you constantly to make quota. Can be very stressful at times. Easy to get dehydrated in the warehouse. At times things were disorganized at you had to wait for work but they still expected quota. One of the warehouses is extremely disorganized. Things are just cramped everywhere.,Should have better organization in warehouse 1. And make quota more achievable during holidays.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22025,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Simple bin counter,Descent pay hourly pay for a temporary job. Plenty of overtime during the Christmas seasonal temporary job. Not too many pros for a temporary worker.,The product rate is too high. Too many temps being walked out because of the production rate. You better hope you get trained correctly.,Make the product rate lower so you can keep honest hard working temporary workers to complete the job instead walking them out.,1.0,none,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22026,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Payment is too low.,The opportunity to do extra work from home.,The value they pay for the chores is way too small.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22027,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources,No training in fulfillment center. You learn on your own.,Growing company. Good benefit. Stock price is high. But they have two to four years vesting. Majority would quit before that.,"low morale in HR team (fulfillment center). No training for new HR person. Learn everything by reading from guidlines and asking questions from other HR. One process could have 50 pages in the guidelines. Even when reach out to other HR for help, not all the time they would be available. High turnover in HR team. Between 3 buildings in inland empire California, less than a year, I counted at least 5 HR person quit. That's a very high number. Low pay for HR compare to market. No work life balance. If one HR person takes vacation, the site becomes short staff. Majority of the sites are short staff in HR department.",Invest in HR team. Have an actual training plan. Guidelines should be for reference not replace the training.,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22028,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer returns,"The pay is great, co workers are great.",Only 2 shifts night 10 hour shift and morning 10 hour shift,dont be rude too the people who makes it all possible.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22029,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Working for a Brand Name,- Decent/Competitive Pay in Comparison to equivalent positions - Immediate Benefits - Generous PTO (Paid Time Off),"- Company claims to give employees empowerment to speak their mind but rarely does anything become of the ""employee voice"" - Some in Management can be Pushy, hypermetric centric",Don't drown out employees regardless of whether you're in agreement or not. Given them an opportunity to provide value input without immediately disregarding it because of their stature within the company.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1424.htm
22030,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,The JUNGLE,"I am really having hard time to find ""Pros"" about this place. Let's see, perhaps losing 25 pounds or more could be a pro for some. If you have very limited education, or a Kaplan ""degree,"" it could be a rewarding place at $11.75 per hour. Also, if you are a deranged person, this is a nice place to work.","I will try to make my case as succinct as possible, so you avoid working for Amazon.  First, if you work hard you shall have Repetitive Motion Injury or worse because you will get not enough recovery time. You may go to PubMed which is the medical database and research by using the following keywords, “warehouse,” “worker,” and “Repetitive Motion Injury” etc.  Second, if you care about your work and proud about what you do, you shall be heart broken because at the end, no body would care, even if they do, it will be superficial.  Third, Amazon describes itself--shall I say herself?--as a frugal company, in common English this means Amazon is a cheap company. Amazon will squeeze every bit of your labor with the minimal possible return to you so it can make the best profit possible. Moreover, every action, requirement, quality, safety are going to be based on as cheap and lowest standard as possible. Thus you will be threated as cheaply as possible too.  Fourth, Amazon thinks it is employing Japanese production rules, such as Lean, 5S, Kaizen, Genba [sic,] floor meetings, and some sort of Radio stretching, though the latter part is generally rushed or skipped in lieu of productivity. All of these principles were originally made famous by Toyota, and starting in late 80s they became the hippest thing in the manufacturing sector. All of these principles perfectly worked, and are still working for Japanese companies. However—a very emphatic however—they became a charade in American companies like Amazon. See, the crucial point of these principles to make the employee the center of the process, whatever you are doing, manufacturing, warehousing, regardless . . .  There is one big difference with an American and Japanese employee, that is a Japanese employee is valued as an integral part of the company, and seen as a member of a family. If you work for Toyota, you live in a town called Toyota town, you are certain that you will have absolute job security (in Japan, it is illegal to fire an employee without a just cause), child care, paid maternity and paternity leaves, even your child will go to a Toyota school, paid by Toyota.  In Amazon, and any other American company which is employing Japanese production principles, you will get oh so great health benefits, very limited unpaid time, inhumanely limited PTO, strenuous maternity leave, and incredibly four (4) shares of the company which may be, only may be vested in 2 years time. Do not forget, they will keep repeating, again, and again as if these things are a gift from God. They do know that in most developed nations these benefits are not even seen as a special thing but they are legal requirements of any worker.  Fifth, when you have issues, I mean real issues like random and arbitrary shift changes which will shuffle your life like hay, you shall get zero help and given no recourse. You may beg, cry, plea and they will answer back, “It is not in our business needs to [fill in the blank]” See, this statement is memorized by all HR, Management, and other minions. It is probably provided by Seattle to deal with the disgruntled employee. Amazon minions will state repetitively that you do not need Unions because Amazon employs oh so many ways to communicate, and that every employee is given a “voice” by being able to talk to their manager any time, anywhere, and that employees were given “communication boards” where they can ask questions, make comments etc., and last, the all great “birthday round table.” So you have so many options to raise your voice, you do not need somebody else to talk for you. Of course, anybody, who knows their history, will know that this is union and labor busting language. This is the same language that was employed by the rubber barons. And Amazon, in 21st century, unashamedly is using the same language, ridiculing the workingwomen and men. Amazon minions are educated enough to know that having a union is not about raising your voice or being able to communicate with your supervisors. Having a union is about having decent rights, and most importantly, having leverage. If you do not have a union, you are no different than a bug in their warehouses. Practically you are no body without a union. When you have a real issue, you will be dealing with an entity where its revenues are $88.988 billion and employing a stunning 110.000 people. Ask yourselves, how much are your revenues? How many people are helping you?  In last twenty years, American corporations succeeded to bring down the working conditions and standards of an American employee to a third world country standards so the corporations don’t have to move to a third world country. You may say, what about Amazon France, Germany, Spain, those are advanced nations. Well my friends, in all those weird places Amazon workers have their unions. Actually, when you state this fact, watching the frustration of an Amazon minion is the most entreating thing that you will have there. Also, if you start working in Amazon, do tell this fact to your co-workers, that the Amazon sees and treats French and German workers as special people but not you, you are just lowly stupid American. But you will get the “birthday roundtable,” Yay!  Last but not least, Amazon warehouses are dangerous and filthy places to work. You will breathe chemical dust and dirt all the time, because the only cleaning will be done by the cheapest ways, if it is done at all (remember frugality?) with a stick broom and dry mope. Though your manager will be busy, or non-existing, so the chemical spill may stay on the floor for six seven hours. Thus, you shall crawl in pesticides, harmful chemical spills, and silica etc.  In summary, for the love of god, avoid this place. I know my review here will not change anything. Take this. Have you ever read the Jungle by Upton Sinclair? Amazon is the “Jungle” of our 21st Century. Amazon will squeeze you like an orange, and throw your leftovers away. As a precautionary story, take this moment of mine below. All of this happened, and actually I can prove it, because for their surprise I a note taking kind, I can even state the dates and times:  Place: An Amazon Warehouse. People: Me and AMCARE (health) officer.  Me: Ma’am, I cannot feel my hands, they are getting numb. What should I do. AMCARE Officer: Oh, just change your pillow. Me: But Ma’am, I have been working for 50 hours straight, don’t you think every physical activity, especially the strenuous ones require recovery time? AMCARE Officer: (Stare, no response) Me: Thank you Ma’am. AMCARE Officer: Absolutely! I am happy to help you.  Me: -- Walks away with numb hands and fingers where he still cannot hold things with a proper grip, always in pain, and pretty much with no feelings.",Keep up the good work!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22031,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr tpm,Best brains to work with is a privilege,Insane hours at times also,Keep doing what you are,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22032,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Picker/Outbound,Good if you need quick money and a temporary job,"Decent pay (its not minimum wage), good workout, quick advancement, 40 hours, WILL HIRE ANYONE and if you want to quit it is not a big deal if you're through a temp agency.","As a picker I walk up to 12 miles a day (at least). It is a good workout but when I finally get home at 5:45 I am so exhausted I don't want to do anything. The work gets very repetitive and it comes to the point where you dread coming to work. There is also a lot of alone time which makes the clock go by slowly.  I was an ICQA one summer when I was home from college and loved the people and ICQA was the best department. But since it converted to Amazon the people seem like zombies and the rules are a tad but too much.  THEY WILL HIRE ANYONE, when I say this there are some people who are either really rude, lazy or try to cut too many corners. Just the other day I saw a man kick a bunch of shoes and cuss about how stupid Amazon was because he could not find a cart for picking. Really? Does Amazon put that pressure that if we can't find a cart we could be fired because we won't make rate? Or do they hire just anyone who would fly off the handle like that? Then you have some people who will sit in the isle and talk on their phones. No joke, but if I look at my Ipod I could get yelled at because I am a temp and not a blue badge.  Training was poor. My job is so easy a monkey could do it, but there were some things that came up and I needed to know the companies policy on and I would be ignored or I couldn't find the person who trained me. So I figured out how to cheat the gun and make it do what I wanted to until I figured out how to fix my previous problem, on my own.  Also, they will call overtime constantly. But during the week they will VTO people and once overtime day comes they ask you to go home within the hour. That is annoying at times.  I have a college degree and I would love to work in upper management at Amazon. I have a family member that works there and is doing really well. I just couldn't do what I am doing. It is the same thing everyday with little changes. And while you're killing yourself to make rate, some blue badges are talking, sitting in the break rooms or talking on their phones.","Look more into the people who are being hired. This goes for temps and blue badges. Also, cross training should be practiced more. Turn over is so high because doing the same task for 10 hours a day can get mind numbing. Plus it looks good on the employee if they have training in other tasks if they ever want to advance in the company or get a new job. Also, learn your employees names in your department. It would be nice to be called by my name in passing other than my badge. My manger now is good for knowing our names and I really enjoy him, but other people say their managers call them by their badge ID and that makes your work environment uncomfortable.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22033,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations manager,Salary is good as a whole but after looking at the long hours it is not that great. Check also the company turn over rate...,"Backstabbing is a must if you want to survive or be promoted. Be ready to work nights, this is something they don't tell you during selection process. During ""peak"" season (October-December) be prepared to say goodbye to family or any kind of social life and work 6 days a week 16 hrs a day.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22034,amazon,none," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Wonderful company to work for. Enjoy coming to work everyday, fast paced so time flies by, lots of opportunity for promotion","Work life balance, on boarding and training is minimal, and the very fast paced environment can sometimes be difficult especially during busy times",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22035,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fufillment Associate,The diversity of people you work with. In my experience everyone was very helpful and encouraging.,You get a new manager every couple months which can be both a pro and con. When it isn't busy they offer time off which can also be both a pro and con,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22036,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager I,Not Terrible,Plenty of opportunities to learn and grow quickly within the company. (If you're motivated and define your career path yourself),Typical top-down approach is the common theme. Management tends to look at arbitrary numbers to gauge concerns rather than actually talking to the subject matter experts.,Please work with your employees to ensure they are successful long term.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22037,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It's True: Work Hard, Play Hard",Great work experience (two years at Amazon is like 5 years anywhere else because of the amount of work and projects you have to tackle) Very good company to have on a resume Work with some incredibly smart people,You will be paid less if you were anywhere else for you title and experience Long hours=terrible work life balance Benefits also bad compared to other tech companies,"Take better care of employees by making sure they are happy, feel well-rested, and love their jobs. Watch the turnover rate, the company loses too much talent when people leave within a year of joining the company",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22038,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Very Driven - Great place to work.,It's a very results focused company. I have grown a lot as a result of working here. Expect to be surrounded by people who know how to work hard. And expect to work hard yourself.,Might be all wrapped up in the pros.,Try to give employees the space and autonomy that they need to be creative.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22039,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Control Quality Assurance,Fullfillment Associate,"Great Benefits from d ay one,Time off,",Good Ole Boy Network = bad communication - do not enforce their on policy and procedures,Practice your mottos,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1425.htm
22040,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Stower,it,The pay can be better.,Hard work and little pay,Change it up a little,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22041,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA Life,"Loved working for amazon, my boss was amazing....there are always giveaways, and interactive activities. It was also virtual so no commute. (:","Scheduling, some rude customers....getting blamed for things outside of ones control.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22042,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,"Growing company. If your able, there are opportunities to move around the company.",Work life balance can be a challenge.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22043,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,Lots. Of. Walking.,Great health insurance. No dress code. Flexibility with time off- as long as it's used right. It is a pretty cool job for the right person.,"Security screening means you can't even wear a semi-nice watch or a fitbit or even carry your phone on you. Management is a bureaucracy that is frustrating at times. Unreasonable expectations for picking rates. Not flexible with injuries, especially to your feet.",Get real with the pick rates.,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22044,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"High sign-on fee, it is a pretty good thing","Workload, similar life as in colleage",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22045,amazon,none," May 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem solver,"Great benefits, nice working environment",Long hours and labor intensive,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22046,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,Great Benefits Good career growth Employee Recognition,Too many work hours Schedule is not so flexible,Keep up the excellent job you do!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22047,amazon,none," May 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting, innovative company - but it comes with a cost","One of the toughest work environments out there. The pace is breakneck, the hours are long, and the expectations are sky-high and ever-increasing. If you work here and move on to work elsewhere, you will be very well prepared to meet any other company's standards.","What you've heard about work-life balance is no joke. Though a few years with Amazon may do wonders for your career, you should not expect to enjoy it. It's a matter of priorities - if you're looking for some incredible experience in an environment where you are constantly swimming upstream, trying to solve almost-impossible problems, but (hopefully) somehow finding solutions, then this may be the right fit for you. If you value spending time with family and friends, or leisure in general, or even sleeping, then you will want to think twice.","Focus more on leadership, and less on management. Care about your people. Recognize and validate hard work - even if standards are not being met 100% of the time (they never will be), the recognition will yield harder work and better results.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22048,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive environment,"If you are self-motivated, there is opportunity for career development. You work with some very intelligent people. Compensation is fair.",Sink or swim mentality in some sales teams. Very ambiguous job duties can be frustrating. Overtime was mandatory. Work/life balance difficult if not impossible to attain while performing well.,"Try to retain your existing employees, by offering better benefits or at least listening to their feedback. Provide support and training for new employees to ensure success.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22049,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2015","Current Employee - Warehouse Associate, Line Lead",scanner/linelead,"This job works well for me as a part-time warehouse associate. I have a set schedule with part-time flexible hours. It's ALWAYS busy and your learning, moving at a very fast pace which in turn makes the work hours fly b quickly.","I have found out by working at Amazon, this job requires constant fast paced movement, which can come with walking 8-10 miles in a given 5 hr shift, constant bending, can be very loud at times when the belts are up and running. In my opinion you need to be in above average GOOD health, mainly because the job is NOT for ""WEAK OR OLDER PEOPLE or OUT OF SHAPE PEOPLE"". Job requires VERY FAST PACED MOVEMENTS"" approximately 90% of work time. Also management requires certain ""SCANNING RATES"" which are monitored and viewed by management as a judgement of how productive you are for the company. For myself I have very high energy level and I view the constant walking and exercise that's done on a daily basis as a benefit to staying healtthy. Though this job is NOT FOR EVERYBODY.",Better communication between employees & management on HOW TO become more productive would definitely help. Open lines (I feel) enable EMPLOYEES & MANAGEMENT to understand better what exactly is required from the employees and enable UNDERSTANDING on both sides.,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1426.htm
22050,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Manager,Good stock plan for managers.,Operations finance is a difficult organization to work for with high turnover resulting from resignations or forced releases.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22051,amazon,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - NPI Material Manager,Lab126/amazon,had really cool ereader products,"too many politics, almost all the capable people left company already",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22052,amazon,none," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambiguous but fullfilling,Fast-paced environment where those with strong work ethic can thirve,Poor training for incoming management,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22053,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Below Expectation,Huge platform and data to work with. Amazon challenges you on every aspect. Good knowledge sharing process.,"Not at all employee centric, no perks at all. Way too frugal, esp for employees.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22054,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Order Picker,This is an easy job.,The hours are great 4 days 10 hours each. Optional overtime up to 10 hours a week right now. Soon it will be mandatory which is fine me because I have a family to support.,So far no cons to report. The hours during peek season might be a problem for some people 50-60 hours a week.,No advise needed at this time. They have been very helpful and organized.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22055,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work,Fun atmosphere for those with positive and optimistic attitudes  Relaxed environment,Lack of communication with employees from management.,Improve lack of communication with employees,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22056,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Designer,STAY AWAY FROM MYHABIT,They pay above average salary but it is all just a trap to get you to sign on to the company. Don't fall for it. No amount of money is worth the horrible experience you will have working at MyHabit.,"Super disoriented management, major communication issues between departments and teams, toxic work environment, too many approval processes, outdated systems and processes, micro-management... do I need to say more? Management spends their time coming up with new processes that only confuses the team even more with less productivity time and you can't keep up with all the changes happening so frequently. Do not ever come and work for MyHabit. I would recommend other divisions within the Amazon umbrella. Never have I experienced or even heard of a work environment this terrible. Many people have left within only a few months of working here.",It is a very discouraging place to work. Stop coming up with 10 extra unnecessary steps to try to get a simple task done. Management makes your work even harder to do for no reason but a power trip.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22057,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Not a bad place to work,Open environment. Constant innovation. Smart people.,Operational overhead. Politics sometimes.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22058,amazon,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work environment,"Amazon provides an excellent work environment for associates and allows the opportunity to progress within the compaby, rapidly. Great place to work",The hours can be tiring and working a 10 hour shift is not for everyone Long periods of standing on your feet and the work environment can get hot at time Must be able to communicate with people,Continue allowing progression and to make all employees truly happy The environment is very enjoyable and the work is not very difficult Continue to motivate and push people forward with a purpose,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22059,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fine,"get paid, job security ok","all about fast, no quality, drone-like environment","get real, treat employees like customers.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1427.htm
22060,amazon,"East Point, GA"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Ops,Wage Justification Without Merit,Growth opportunity available through relocating.,Base rate of pay around %20 below national average for warehouse work. Amazon representatives justify this by stating the wage is %10 above national avg for retail work. This is a smokescreen as the work involved is warehouse work with no comparison to retail. Warehouses are almost unbearably hot during the summer and opportunities to cut corners are taken at every chance in the name of frugality at the expense of the employees.,"You can maintain a customer focused/obsession business model and still provide employees the deserved compensation which would improve employee loyalty, positively effect turnover, and raise moral and boost production efficiency within the organization. Giving pride to those employed and raising mural with the feeling of being valued and not just a cog in the machine.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22061,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2015","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Software Engineering",You'll enjoy it (if you're up for the challenge).,"You will learn and grow at twice the pace compare to other companies. Plenty of training opportunities. Best engineers in the world. Very engaged and hard-working workforce. Amazon's 'Leadership Principles' make sense, are used every day, and are what makes the company tick.",Hard to achieve work-life balance. Not recommended if change of direction makes you dizzy. Getting promoted is harder than in other places. If a manager / executive - expect bigger responsibilities but smaller title compare to other companies.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22062,amazon,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Learn much + have fun,"-Fun culture - people who love what they do, who they do it for, and everything in between. So many donuts, foosball tables, game days. -Challenging problems - you'll be given a large space to own and drive with relative autonomy -Super smart coworkers - in every area -It matters - you'll get to see the results of what you do",-Must be okay with significant ambiguity / finding a way to deliver results without all the answers,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22063,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Manager III,"Some groups are great, some arent","-Smart co-workers--some of the best around -A lot of new businesses, and lot of freedom for those businesses to experiment (without too much focus on P&L) -Transferring to other positions after a relatively short time (1-2 years) is encouraged","-Working in the Accounting group (perhaps the worst part of the Amazon org), the hours are bad, they refuse to hire lower level employees, so mid level managers are often spending nights and weekends doing the kind of low level work that those employees would be doing at other companies. -Perks are very light (you pay for your own parking in Seattle, no bells and whistles in the facilities--sometimes all you get is a table for workspace)",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22064,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,pays somewhat decent would hire almost anyone,hard work may walk 30-50 miles per day terrible management,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22065,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - SDEII,Amazon is a place to build stuff,"High technical freedom, enable you to build what you want to build","High workload, on call rotation",Learn management skills,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22066,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,No place for life!,Challenging assignments and good learning experience.,1) Unrealistic deadlines which mandates working over time on a regular basis and takes time away from life. 2) Not at all a company for families with kids. 3) Working long hours and taking sick days to cope up with the sickness and stress is a routine here.,Be realistic about the deadlines. Give newbies time to breathe and adjust. Don't expect employees to be married to the job since their personal lives are hugely impacted. Believe in work life balance.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22067,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Opportunity to see the inner workings of a huge fulfillment center. Very interesting. Can cross-train with different departments to give you a full rounded experience.,"Very demanding, physically. The work is not hard, but walking up to 25 miles daily can take a toll when you are not used to it. Also, the scanners rarely worked properly which made it frustrating as you are trying to keep up productivity working with faulty equipment. Process path usually dictates your productivity level and you could be picking one item from one corner of the warehouse and the next item is clear across the other side of the warehouse and then back again to pick an item where you started. Frustrating.","Find a way to coordinate the process path so that productivity can be reached by every associate. Seems the only way to keep up your rate is if you get lucky and draw a single small cart as the picking path is usually well coordinated with those carts and you are not picking one item clear across the warehouse and moving to a new section only to pick a single item and then sent back to where you started! Decreases productivity, wastes time and takes a major toll on the associate physically.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22068,amazon,none," May 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sorter,I love the pace at amazon. Like to sort the boxes on to the pallets,Didn't have that many hours.,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22069,amazon,"East Point, GA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Pays more than my full-time job Got to meet a lot of cool people Okay for the moment,"There's no time to sit Breaks could be longer Managers, Team Leads and all the higher positions should help instead of just sitting around watching Should be a little more lenient towards workers health Just started and am considering resigning due to the fact that it was a last minute job offer with a sucky 4pm to 8pm schedule when I clearly asked for a morning shift when they asked me what shift I prefer",Stop watching and come help on the floor Pull your best workers for Lead positions not just because he/she asked to be a Lead Make workers permanent from start especially when your offering last minute job offers,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1428.htm
22070,amazon,"East Point, GA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Pays more than my full-time job Got to meet a lot of cool people Okay for the moment,"There's no time to sit Breaks could be longer Managers, Team Leads and all the higher positions should help instead of just sitting around watching Should be a little more lenient towards workers health Just started and am considering resigning due to the fact that it was a last minute job offer with a sucky 4pm to 8pm schedule when I clearly asked for a morning shift when they asked me what shift I prefer",Stop watching and come help on the floor Pull your best workers for Lead positions not just because he/she asked to be a Lead Make workers permanent from start especially when your offering last minute job offers,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22071,amazon,"Kansas City, KS"," Jun 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,False Advertising,Seemed like would be a nice part-time job during the Christmas season. Go in and work hard and make some extra cash for gifts.,Totally lied about pay in the ad media venue. Upon arrival said the pay was 2 dollars less an hour. I was not the only one in about 20 people who felt betrayed. Of course like 60% of the people I just left and found another way to make extra.,none,1.0,none,none,none,1.0,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22072,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2015","Former Employee - Motion Designer, Animator",Great place!,Fun place to work with people that are very friendly and down to earth.,Can be lots of turn over with contractors which can cause some problems in production.,High more full time designers instead of having the contractor churn. Or have someone directly manage the process so that it'll stay consistent.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22073,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - ICQA PA,Great place to work!!!,"work hard, have fun and make history",nothing that i am aware of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22074,amazon,"Dover, DE"," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick,None unless you like being a robot,All they work you like a slave and expect you to have a certain amount,none,2.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22075,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order picker,You will find the motivation to get a better job.,"I've been an order picker on and off for three years now (for different companies), and it's a job I generally don't mind: you usually get to chill by yourself, listen to music and get some some good exercise. And that's exactly what the worst part about working for Amazon is: they take what should be a job that's generally low-stress (sometimes even fun) and make it the most stressful, difficult, and tedious job I've ever done in my entire life.  Like others have said, you're expected to meet impossible standards. Usually that's somewhat of a given when you're picking, and you eventually learn to ignore management and just give it your best effort until they get off your back. Even with previous picking experience, management was not sympathetic to the fact I wasn't making rate within the first week (despite putting up higher numbers than every other new hire, you're welcome). And yes, making rate here is impossible as it sounds. It's incredibly hard to find the item you're looking for because of the bin organization, and oftentimes your pick path will send you walking the length of a couple football fields to get to your next pick (that doesn't get factored into your rate, by the way). This is the kind of job that suits the young and athletic, others should apply with extreme caution (I have a friend who's working at Amazon to raise money to pay off medical bills he got from working at Amazon. What kind of life is that?).  But that isn't even the beginning of it.The absolute worst part about working here had nothing to do with the ridiculous demands and the frustrating nature of the work. The real horror of this job came from seeing all of my worst Orwellian nightmares come true. Your employer will always be suspicious of you, no matter how long you've done this job or how clean your record is. And you will be subjected to thorough technological measures to prevent ill behavior: metal detectors, sat-nav tracking, etc. You're encouraged to isolate yourself from others to better focus on the task at hand. Eventually, you'll come to realize that being employed at an Amazon fulfillment center is a lot like being stranded on a desert island: you're almost completely cut off from any contact with the rest of society, and while that may be comforting for an hour, you begin to feel your sanity slipping with each passing moment.  At every other picking job I've ever had, I always found a way to keep my motivation high. On break, I'd go outside and absorb the sunlight, or chat with a friend over lunch. There is no sunlight here. There is no music. There is only the screaming hum of machinery as you float into the nihilistic abyss.",be nice to people,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22076,amazon,"Crafton, PA"," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Fat ZEROs all around!,Not a damn thing really,Every thing was so horrible,get ur stuff together.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22077,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It is Amazon,"Easy work, nice people to work with, lots of paid and unpaid time off, great benefits, lots of different shifts that can help anyone","No advancement chances if you are not in the right area, limited use of your brain in most cases, a lot of people have a bad way of see the job.","Don't say that there is great room for growth when there is really not, or at least not where I work.",4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22078,amazon,"Newark, CA"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't do it,Only good reason is the employees on your level/other associates.,"Always a miscommunication. Be prepared to work an hour less or more than the time you're supposed to be off. High turn over. Management doesn't help out or do any work. It gets really hot in there. People have passed out. Management lies, a lot! Good luck. Oh, and if you're part time, starting in 2016 you won't have any benefits. And they only hire part time.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22079,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,I had so much fun I love my fiends I miss them everyday I had to move out of the state.,"Well I was there for almost 3 years it was good at the beginning after that they start pushing more and more rate goes up and up they don't pay good the highest you could go is 14.50 .they didn't help me when I needed them I had to move out of the state and they couldn't give me the transfer now I lost my job,my stocks my medical etc... but they told me I could go and start from the beginning is so hard when you built years,experience....etc to start all over from 0 ......2 years to get my stocks and years so I could get more pto and vacation time .ahhhhhhh and the managers in almost 3 years I saw like 8 or 9 managers and when you thought I was getting to know the person they change him.",Please treat your peoples with respect I had one manager he was young like 27 years and he came to work thinking that because he have a title he could treat people bad and never took us seriously always laughing in our face I had to stopped him and told him to respect me and now he is a big dog!!!!!,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1429.htm
22080,amazon,"Baltimore, MD"," May 30, 2015",Current Employee - Receiver,not a bad company a little unorganized at times,Excellent pay. Great coworkers. People are there to help out,Standing for long periods of time hurts feet.,Why not let us take our phones back in the warehouse? We do like music,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22081,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tedious work, low pay.",Choose your own jobs Work online,Low pay boring or tedious jobs,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22082,amazon,none," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Amazing growth at the expense of stability and, often, at the expense of the employees","I have never seen a company grow as fast as Amazon. If your goal is to move up with a corporation, Amazon will give you unparalleled opportunity. It's not unheard of for someone to go from entry-level management to mid or even senior level within 5 years.  Stock grants are extremely good. Entry level management are awarded tens of thousands of dollars in stock from the beginning, and given how fast Amazon stock is growing, this can net you a substantial amount of money if you stay long enough for it to vest. Salary is competitive for the market, and the sign-on bonus is very compelling and lasts two years (first year is often given upfront while the second year is monthly over 12 months).  If you work in Seattle, the campus is huge and beautiful. It's in a fantastic area on the southern edge of Lake Union. There are several buildings with amazing views from the rooftop gardens, and dogs are welcome (even revered). Food trucks are plentiful in the area and serve amazing lunch opportunities. Amazon will pay for your bus/public transportation costs to get to the campus.  Finally, you will be working with some of the smartest, most dedicated, most talented people you've ever met. Everyone who works there is driven, intelligent, innovative, and competitive, and you will undoubtedly become a better person simply for being in the same area as them.","Work-life balance is non-existent. Amazon expects you to marry your job. If you're on salary, expect to work a minimum of 50 hour work weeks. During Peak, you can expect that to be a minimum of 60 hours. Taking time off will undoubtedly put you behind, requiring you to use the time you don't have to catch up.  Benefits are almost laughable for a company this size. 401k matching is 2%, in stock, and vests over time. Employee discount is a nice gesture, but it's limited to $100 a year (10% off for the first $1000 spent). There aren't any education benefits for anyone at Level 4 (management) and above. Finally, time off is much less than the competition: two weeks of vacation with 48 hours of personal time (including sick time) per year, depending on tenure.  While the stock grant is most certainly a benefit, very few stay long enough for the units to vest. The vesting schedule is accelerated over time: 5% the first year, 15% the second, and 20% each 6 months after that (depending on your level). Most will only see the first year vesting, as the average tenure is less than two years.  The incredible growth of the company causes several issues. First, it makes you feel expendable. Can't do the job? There are 10 more who would kill to have the opportunity, so we'll find someone who can. The promise of stock makes the position extremely attractive to outside recruits, this perpetuates the high turnover rate.  Onboarding at Amazon is extremely ineffective. While several initiatives have been put in place, especially for Operations leaders at Fulfillment Centers, it's still a sink-or-partially-drown situation. We have a saying at Amazon: it's like drinking from a fire hose. I have a saying: it's like trying to drink an olympic-sized swimming pool in a single gulp. The amount of information they require you to know is astounding, and you're given very little time to acquire and understand. Depending on when you're hired, you could have your first yearly evaluation in as little as four months from when you were hired,, barely enough time to catch your breath.  Finally, while it's an awesome opportunity to work with such bright and driven people, Amazon stack-ranks you against them. This hyper-competitive environment fosters rivalry and disharmony instead of teamwork and cooperation. Hoarding of information is commonplace. You get the feeling that everyone is trying to ""one-up"" one another. Bad-mouthing and double-crossing are a way of life, and you should never open up to anyone. While it's true that your development is your own to control, you rely heavily on information that you will not get as everyone wants to become the SME (subject matter expert).","Value your talent. Turnover is exceptionally high, there are specific reasons for this. Focus on keeping your talent beyond simply forcing them to lose stock and pay back sign-on bonuses if they leave.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22083,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Director,False promises! Leadership lacks integrity,"+ Density of talent: Really smart people, tough interviewing + Brand: Goes without saying though other companies are increasingly not hiring Amazonians at senior level because of concerns of disrupting their culture as Amazonians are getting increasingly arrogant","- Career growth: Impossible to get to Director, even more impossible to get to VP - Leadership lacks integrity: I was hired as Director and then promised to get to VP within 12 months, I took a pay cut to do so. All those promises have gone out of the window, and now I am getting BS served for the last 3 years, even though the performance is top tier. There was no need to make these false promises. - Compensation: This can be tricky, you can get a windfall or huge paycut depending on the stock price. Really unpredictable.",Build honesty with your employees and external partners alike.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22084,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,loved it,"Smart people, fast pace, empowerment","Aggressive culture, frugal to a point of crazy sometimes",none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22085,amazon,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,You get to work with really smart people and constantly push the limits. Amazon sets the standard for e-commerce which ids really exciting. The company really does try to live by their leadership principles - they don't just pay lip service to them. Excellent pay.,The culture is very competitive and many groups demand you work a lot of hours. Burn out is very high. Employees are stack-ranked. The yearly planning process takes a lot of resources but people don't stick to the plan since we have to change rapidly to adapt.,"Adjust HR policies to be more people friendly and stop forcing quotas for ""low performers"". Encourage better work life balance. Streamline yearly planning.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22086,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazon Local Account Manager,Pay and benefits are above average. Keg Fridays.,Tough to advance. You could have your position eliminated at any given time.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22087,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,Sales,Excellent company to work for!!! If offered the opportunity-Take it!,Nothing to add. Loved every moment at the company.,Nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22088,amazon,"Groveland, FL"," May 30, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Manager,The grass is NOT greener on the other side,Great Pay and benefits if you stay long enough,Usually gets new managers in every year so don't expect to stay over a year,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22089,amazon,"Toms River, NJ"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,"Pros are few but I think management has ""likable"" people. They will tell you that their metrics are ""scientific"" and by the letter. Very strong on metrics and ""meeting"" optimum output. The set-up for healthcare benefits is great, however.","Warehouses are isolated from the communities in which they are built. The biggest con is that despite all the welcoming and wooing - potential employees should know one thing: this is physically demanding work for a modicum wage.Very demanding,older workers really do not have chance. I want to stress the ""isolation' workers feel. What they say - work hard, have fun, make history."" There is no fun when workers are stressed -- and most jobs in fulfillment are stressful and not fun.","Reassess goals. Do you want happy, get-along workers? From my point of view - few workers last beyond 3 mos. Only a matter of time - as Amazon wants to get to local markets when people will know how grueling the work hours and demands are.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1430.htm
22090,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - CMMS,You get out what you put in.,The rhythm of the business is fast paced. There is opportunity to rise through the ranks. The extra compensations.,There can be an excessive amount of overtime. You will be over tasked at times.Workload due to frequent management turnaround.,They should be aware of how employees are over tasked at times.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22091,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service,Fortune 500 Company that Does NOT value it's employees.,"Great health, dental, vision benefits. Offer decent hourly wages and options for stock, 401(k), retirement, etc.  Great options for time off, leave, paid vacation, etc.","-Advancement opportunities are slim to none. -Majority of compensation is paid out in company stock shares. -Bonuses are solely based on customer opinions on surveys. -They often ask for associates to provide ideas which they provide no credit for offering or recognition, but then the company takes those ideas and makes a few changes and passes it off as their own implementation. - Mandatory overtime requirements regularly throughout the year. - No time off usage allowed through the entirety of Q4.","Empower employees, work on retention and better benefits/bonuses/compensation.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22092,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,You gain some you lose some,"Autonomy, potential for owning big pieces, work with thousands of dollars (marketing budgets, businesses themselves), level of intelligence around you is phenomenal","Never enough time in a day, ambiguous/unclear expectations, work/life balance is altered",Career planning should be discussed more,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22093,amazon,none," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough culture,casual atmosphere at SLU campus,Cutthroat management style and some directors hide behind leadership principles to manipulate people,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22094,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager - Kitchen,Sr. Vendor Manager,"Smart co-workers, lots of growth potential, interaction with MANY vendors and multiple categories, tremendous resources, access to a lot of data, great offices, lots of energy, bring your dog to work, very high salaries, massive upside potential with stock options.","Very silo'd. Competitive amongst co-workers (some people would not share data or reports) as you are rated vs one another annually. Everything is based on standard processes for all, but amazon sells everything from tennis shoes to televisions. In the Kitchen category, where you're selling glassware and dishware, things are more apt to break, and vendors are much more MAP strict so 3 - 4 hours were spent each day accepting or declining ""pricing rules"".","Agree to a target with your team and then let them manage to that target. If they do well (selection increases, overall growth, margin, etc.), then commend them and promote. If they fail, then fire them. Don't micromanage.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manage your expectations & have an exit strategy,"+ You made it! You’ve been hired after a grueling interview process that included everyone you’ll be working with and your entire management chain. They made a point of annoying you just to see how you reacted and you kept your cool and showed your smarts. You’re golden!   + Casual atmosphere -- you can wear shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops -- and you can bring your dog to work.   + Because of the “bar raising” efforts, there is a constant influx of smart, driven, talented people that you’ll be working with.   + You’re given a lot of responsibility in your area and a lot of freedom to forge your own path to get things done (using open-source tools, coming up with new processes, etc.)   + You will learn a lot. You’ll be drinking from the firehose. It’s exciting and often overwhelming.   + Initial compensation is very competitive, especially while you’re still getting your signing bonus","- All those smart, driven people that they’re hiring? Every person who’s hired after you is your direct competition. The theory is that every new hire has to be better than the existing average (thus “raising the bar”), and this combined with high turnover and a stack-ranking employee review process means that the longer you stay, the more endangered your position becomes. Knowing how things work does not outweigh being “good on paper” and a new hire.   - Constant employee turnover. Our team lost its entire marketing department within a six-month period. Senior management blamed this on the team and decided to reorganize. And I’ve seen this happen to at least 3 other departments within 2½ years. It lowers employee morale and makes it incredibly difficult to get anything done, since no one has institutional knowledge extending farther than a year or two.   - Chaotic, undocumented, ever-changing processes. All that turnover plus an unhealthy insistence on new launches instead of maintenance & upkeep of existing products means that there is little to no documentation, and you’ll be lucky if you can track down someone who knows how the system is built. This means a lot of emergency trouble tickets and on-call drama for some teams, and a lot of headaches and finding workarounds for others.   - Managerial scapegoating at all levels. This can happen to entire divisions, as well as to individuals. If you are working here and having trouble fitting in, now is the time to evaluate your exit strategy.   - Capricious, poorly communicated, and barely-planned leadership decisions. For a data-driven company, almost all planning decisions seem to originate in the VP’s gut.   - No work-life balance. The only people who get ahead are the ones who ruin their health and sanity by spending all their time in the office. Then they burn out and have to take extended leaves of absence.   - Almost no promotion potential. Make no mistake -- they’re hiring externally for the higher-level positions. During the last round of reviews, out of a team of 200+ workers, 5 people rose one level. Mostly from level I to level II. Your raise, if you’re lucky, will be about 1%.   - Deceptive compensation messaging. You’re told that your “total compensation package” equals $X, but a good third of it is likely in RSUs that only vest after a long time with the company. Remember that employee turnover is such that most people don’t outlast a year or two -- so very few people are going to see the compensation advertised. Despite what they will tell you in the interview, it’s probably a good idea to evaluate the compensation on the base pay, because that’s mostly what you’ll be seeing. (Along with your signing bonus for the honeymoon period.)   - Short-term thinking. This is probably the root cause of all the lack of organization, capricious decision-making, and turnover. No one in the upper management is thinking beyond the next feature launch, the next organizational planning document, the next round of employee reviews. This may be standard in the tech world, but it almost certainly means that without some real investment in vision and strategy across the board, Amazon will be taken down by “the next big thing” when it shows up.","Reconsider the stack-ranking review process. It creates a toxic, political environment that dampens morale and keeps people on a knife-edge of anxiety for months at a time.  Use all that data to make strategic, not tactical decisions. Documentation and planning are not dirty words.  Invest in your existing employees instead of chasing new ones. Raw talent without experience on the job will only get you so far.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22096,amazon,none," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,You work with a lot of smart people and they pay pretty well.,Benefits arent that great and they are seriously frugal when it comes to everything.,Come up with better comp plans for your sales employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22097,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Life of Amazon Employee,Competitive Salary/Compensation and good learning opportunity. You can easily change teams within Amazon.,"I started working in Amazon 3 years ago and from that time I have seen company has evolved a lot. The politics in company increased tremendously. Amazon has a internal feedback tool through which people can post reviews anonymously about any employee. The review is SBI (Situation, Behavior and Impact) based and is totally managed by your Manager. If you are not in good terms with your Manager or you do not have chemistry with your Manager then he/she can totally screw up your career at Amazon. Even though Amazon says it is data driven performance measurement of employee but still there are lot of ways your Manager can play around with it and highlight anything bad someone has mentioned about you. As the tool asks you both employee strength and weakness. I would suggest anyone new joining the company beware of this..  Be prepared to loose your work life balance. You will be working every evening (there is no end to emails/escalations) and almost every weekend.. You are expected to respond to emails even when you are on vacation or personal time off or sick at Amazon. No work life balance...",Employees performance should not be just managed by his or her Manager. It should not be about managing upwards. You should gauge the amount of work that you assign to employee. You expect the employee to think big and deep dive after you assign unmanageable amount of work which is impossible.,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22098,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2015","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Learn a lot,steepest learning curve you will find. You will learn a lot and have a huge impact early.,No sense or care of career development. Easy to get burned out. Terrible benefits.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22099,amazon,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag,"Decent pay, and there's always opportunities for overtime. The people are interesting, managers will take care of you (not always for the right reasons) and there's an excellent health center of you need.","The work is exhausting, boring, demanding, and wears you don't mentally as much as physically. Management seems to only care about profits and quotas - if you get hurt they'll take good care of you, but only because they want you back out there on the warehouse floor. There's no personal involvement. If you ever wanted to feel like a robot or a tool this is the perfect place.",Get to know your workers and develop relationships. A worker that feels connected works better.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1431.htm
22100,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to learn,Great place to learn new technologies. You can try different business models. The culture is pretty dynamic,- Poor salary compare to other tech giants. -Dynamic changes in management -Work life balance is poor,They need to control attrition rate. And also they need to throw away the principle called frugality. I want to get a good coffee from my office if my company expects me to work till midnight. Stop being stingy!,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22101,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Order Picker,amazon,no pros because you work hard as temp never to b hired,"hard work, no pay, they keep you temporary","hire people when they work hard for your company, even if they are temp",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22102,amazon,none," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loss Prevention,Lots of advancement opportunities available in a fast growing company,Often managers are not fully versed on the skills they need in the department that they are put.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22103,amazon,none," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,assist/ step in for managment make process flow without interuptions,Easy to move up great benefits LOA options 401k vacation holiday pay quarterly bonuses,long shifts not long bereavement times,N/A,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22104,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Marketing Manager,Associate Marketing Manager,-Strategic work -Fun atmosphere -Think big -Challenging work,-Big company -Lots of levels -Not a meritocracy,"Continue to be nimble, think big, and challenge the status quo.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22105,amazon,none," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"You get what you expect when working at a company like amazon. If you work hard, they will promote you. If you don.t you see the door soon.",Sometimes it can get pretty ruthless here. Best not to get on your supervisors bad side.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22106,amazon,none," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,inbound stower,They never do direct hires so they can weed out people who are not a good fit,Very fast paced and they will write you up for some of the stupidest reasons,Communicate more with your associates,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22107,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Caught in the Gears,"You will learn. A lot. This company has some of the most challenging, most exciting, most technologically engaging problems I have ever had to solve, and I learned an amazing amount in the time I was there.  You will find something in their culture to value. The principles of leadership are impressive, and the way they interplay with each other actually informs how the company operates.","Your employment will be a blessing or a condemnation depending almost entirely on the team for which you work. I was in Builder Tools on the deployment engine team, and in two-and-a-half years my life was hell. I was forever understaffed, overworked, and unsupported. My manager provided no coaching, no guidance, and no support except on performance ""reviews"" which were almost entirely full of new information. He was forced out of management, but not before ruining my chances of keeping my job. When I brought the matter up to HR and said I was being unfairly treated, their direct answer was, and I quote, ""if we did something about this, we'd set a precedent of letting employees dispute their reviews, and then we couldn't manage."" After that, I had no interest in fighting for my job, since it was clear the company had no interest in fighting for me.","Stop the churn. Yes, you need to raise the bar over time, but you do so by actually caring about your SDE1s, instead of scooping up more college kids into the hopper to be run through the machine. Fix your recruitment process. Most of your new hires are college applicants, which means they don't know what it means to be well-treated by a company yet, which means when you don't treat them well they don't have anything against which to compare. Promote internally. It's easier to leave the company and come back a grade higher than it is to get promoted. Valuing your customers at the expense of your employees is not customer-obsessed, we shop here too. MAKE SURE ""EARNS TRUST OF OTHERS"" and ""VOCALLY SELF-CRITICAL"" is a full peer to ""IS RIGHT, A LOT.""",2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22108,amazon,none," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ehh,Short work days with 2 breaks,Work you to death and you generally have a goal that if not met could get you fired,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22109,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - SDE1,Fast paced environment,"Vibrant environment, lots of smart and fun people to work with, ability to switch your team if you're not satisfied, good pay, nice location in the city, tons of new initiatives and projects... You will never get bored at Amazon!","Most development teams are understaffed and they launch a lot of new products at a fast paced, so often you may only get aware of problems when they exist in production which may cost the company (both in terms of reputation and money)",Hire more software developers instead of PMs and TPMs.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1432.htm
22110,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Level I,Good job,Fast paced and easy to learn Has a verity of different jobs you can do inside the building so you can learn to do a lot of different tasks,The work can get repetitive and if you don't change departments you might burn out of the job function your in,Listen to the Susurrate a little more during the brain storming,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22111,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," May 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Good Company. Substantial growth.Limited opportunity for entry level positions.,no benefits temporary status for months,make employees permanent after at least 3 months,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22112,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Think twice before you accept the job offer,it is a job and you get paycheck. Pay is OK you can find some great people,"1. a lot of office politics: I didn't expect this before I joined the company as I thought that for fast-moving company, people seldom had time to play politics and they should be busy with work. However, I was proved totally wrong. You can't imagine how many office politics there are.  2. favoritism:  Performance review is not based on your accomplishments and contribution. Instead, they are purely your manager's personal favoritism. It is understandable that whether your boss likes you or not will impact the review, however, most companies will have at least some quantifiable metrics for review. This is not how it works at Amazon though. There is no single quantifiable measurement. The management team can totally distort facts and make up things.  3. Job level is the only thing that can determine if you will get response or respect: If you join the company, you can expect that those people whose job levels are senior to you (I am not talking about your manager or manager's manager etc..) will command you, disregard your opinion, criticism you just because they don't like you, and take the credit for all your work. There is NO respect at all.  Most ridiculously, the job level has nothing to do with the person's degree, working experience, professional capability, contribution, and personal attribute. I have seen many people with little or no capabilities / experiences hold high level job while other people with Ivy league PhD. degree, multiple years' working experience, many years' market-desirable working experience and skills have relatively low level.  4. high turn over rate: about 67% people are with the team for less than 1 year, in my team, 8 people left in the past 9month (we have 18 people in total). Sadly, these people are those good people who are smart and friendly. They are the guys that really did the work.  5. double standard:  Don't believe in the leadership principals. The company doesn't really act on those principals.",be nice to your employees,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22113,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," May 12, 2015",Former Employee - AFE Packer,Energetic Atmosphere,"Upbeat, team oriented work environment. Positive, helpful supervisors.","Brief, thirty (30) minute lunch breaks per ten (10) hour shift.",Lower the packing rate by twenty (20) items per hour.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22114,amazon,none," May 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,Benefits are fantastic. Working environment is very professional. Working environment is very fun. Pay is very fair. Leadership was helpful.,"As with other large or in this case, massive companies, sometimes you feel like you are just a number in the grand scheme of things. You tend to move up quickly if you are dedicated to your job, however the entry-level positions tend to get a little tedious.","I would like to preface this by saying that your state of mind determines your feeling toward your job but to hit on something that I mentioned above, the entry level employees tend to feel like no matter what they do (good or bad) it won't matter in the grand scheme of things due to the massive size of this company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22115,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Not a Great Job,It has it moments not a lot of pros,"rotate every 4 months, unpredictable schedules that might end you up in another building with no input from yourself if you want to go. Too many chiefs in this field and not enough team work. Backstabbing all the time","Listen to your people, ask them what building they prefer to work at, give them options that you are listening.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22116,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Smart people, Long hours","The engineers are among the world's best Your work has a visible impact Ultra customer-centric, everything you do has a direct impact on customers","Work-life balance varies widely between teams. If you're on the right team, it can be fine. On many teams, you can end up working long hours. The Dev-Ops model means that you'll carry a pager (typically on rotation with other team members) and get paged in to deal with any operational issues. In practice, the impact of this varies by team, but on some teams, you can expect to be paged multiple times a day, including overnight. Amazon is a very frugal company. This can also mean 'cheap'. They don't do much of anything in the way of employee perks.",Invest more in improving employee quality of life. Loads of your engineers are burning out after 18-24 months and warn their friends away.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22117,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Open work environment, ability to test new idea's, work life balance.","No leadership development, you are left on your own to improve yourself there is no guidance on it.","Build a leadership program to develop stronger leaders, you already have the market on innovation now build the leader just as fast and watch the company to continue to go north.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22118,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Competitive good pay learn a lot in downtown smart people,mgt doesn't care about you loft expectations,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22119,amazon,none," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Needs better leadership,"Pay, perks, people,company polices, products","Mangers, sales, work life balance",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1433.htm
22120,amazon,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's ok,There's not a lot of micro managing. Once you are trained they just leave you to work on your own without being bothered all the time.,The warehouse is so big that it can take 5-7 mins sometimes to walk to the breakroom or bathroom. They expect you to take EXACTLY 15 mins for your break but you're spending half that time walking. It's not fair to the smokers!,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22121,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Enjoyable except for on-call,"Competitive pay, especially with stocks.  Surrounded by smart people. I've never run into anyone that was a moron. A couple lazy people, but nobody that was just dense.  Working on products people use and recognize.  Most everything is home-grown, so if you have a problem with a tool or interface, the code is available to look at and change, or you can track down the person responsible for it.  I've experienced a mostly relaxed work environment with bouts of craziness due to deadlines and big projects. It definitely varies by team/manager.  They give you a transit card and will reimburse up to $160 per month of parking.  I've never heard of layoffs happening ever. The past couple years have been really booming in terms of new employees joining the company. I've seen two people get ""managed out of the company"" for poor performance. They were both basically given a certain amount of time to find another job before they were fired. Both left with another job.  I like the location. Was closer to downtown with one team and now am in South Lake Union. There's plenty of places to eat nearby and lots of new construction popping up.","On-call rotation sucks, there's no two-ways around that. Both teams I've been on have had a one-week per every two or three months, but it still sucks during that week. Some on-call rotations are worse. Once you have 6 or 7 years under your belt and are about SDE III, you can get out of it if you set yourself up as more of an ""architect"" that works across many teams within an organization.  The work can consume you if you let it. I haven't had much of a problem with work-life balance (except around big deadlines and on-call), but I've worked with some people that regularly put in 10-12 hour days. I'm often the last one in and the first to leave, but I make sure to get my tasks done and nobody has said anything about it.  Benefits aren't great. Their 401k match is only 50% up to a total of 2% of your compensation. So if you allocate 4% of your paycheck to the 401k, you'll max out their matching contribution. Medical, dental, and vision come out of your paycheck, but it seems cheaper than previous places I've worked. The employee discount is pitiful, 10% off anything sold by Amazon directly, but limited to $100 off per year. Prime membership isn't even included or discounted for employees.  None of the other glamorous tech perks are included (free food, onsite facilities, massages, whatever). The break rooms have water and coffee and include vending machines that you have to pay for.  High-density seating is annoying, and people are complaining that they don't meet OSHA standards for the number of restrooms available for all the people they've crammed onto every floor. The new buildings going up in downtown (Denny Triangle) should alleviate some of this at least temporarily.  The shuttles could run a little more often, especially around quitting time. It's a 12-minute walk to the bus terminal by the convention center, but that shuttle only comes by every 30 minutes or so. They recently added another shuttle route that services that stop specifically, but the two shuttles aren't staggered, so they always end up leaving the campus about the same time, defeating its usefulness.  Frugality is a core principle that drives a lot of annoying policies like the lack of cool perks and developer equipment. They've finally acquiesced that developers need two monitors at their desks. Everybody just salvaged monitors left by interns or leaving employees anyway, but now they'll give you one if you ask (they may be providing them by default to new employees, now, but I'm not sure).  From what I can tell the compensation lags behind places like Google and Facebook (although is pretty close to Microsoft).",Continue to respect employee's work-life balance preferences. Leverage more international offices to cover on-call responsibilities during US night time. Continue to ignore Wall St and shareholders to do what you think is best for the company in the long run. Perks could be better.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22122,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Operations Associate,First warehouse postion.,"Always something new to learn, great benefits, bonuses.","Work loads overwhelming at times, standing and walking for long hours, pay for certain positions not enough, and Rates Rates Rates!",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22123,amazon,none," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,its was very good working there in had like it.,the money for one and the work is not as hard as u would think it is,u really don't get no time to yourself like that cause u always working,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22124,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - Tier II Technical Support Specialist,Great environment to work in.,Fast paced work place with great opportunities to advance.,Repetitive work process and a lack of transparency.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22125,amazon,"Topanga, CA"," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Great place to learn... fast,Get to work with very smart people and push you to bring your A game.,"Management don't have a clear direction and keep changing their minds, which leads to a lot of rework. Management is mediocre, and usually creates a competing environment agains team members.",Work on career path with employees... most employees I spoke with don't see a clear career path and feel they are stuck in their position forever.,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22126,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,leading backwards,"Really smart colleagues, decent pay and benefits. The largest scale you'll ever work on.",a corporate that does not value people and middle management that do not lead. I'm amazed it how chaotic and wasteful it is. And how the culture leads to a kind of callous disregard for anything other than self preservation.,Start leading. Start living up to your espoused principles.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22127,amazon,none," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great for ambitious, hard workers.",People are always trying to prove they are smart. There are meetings about meetings.,don't judge employee capacity by their level,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22128,amazon,none," May 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Very good technical learning experience, very little politics, good pay.",There may be multiple similar work happening in more than one team.,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22129,amazon,none," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,"Good starting pay, many opportunities to move up the company quickly",Work schedules are constantly changing.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1434.htm
22130,amazon,none," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Center Technician,No micro managing. Easy work,Not very mentally stimulating. Working to get onto another team.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22131,amazon,none," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,Great Company to collaborate and learn.,"Long working hours, forget weekends, and lot of focus on implementation of processes.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22132,amazon,none," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wouldn't recommend for people early in their career,"Laid back environment, doggies at work","Lack of experienced co-workers and leaders, lack of strategy, turn over, contradictory leadership principles and messages",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22133,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,Room to grow with company as well as great benefits,A lot of prejudice and unfair favoritism,More diversity workshops,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22134,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Data Engineer,The work is not so ,Senior management (aka Jeff Bezo and team) provides really amazing new ideas and cool stuff for the future. They like to develop in-house tool so all systems and tools are continuously evolving and employees are encouraged to be creative and propose improvement. I think it provides a ground to keep improve our skills and thinking.,"The company allows inexperience managers to put together teams. I don't really think my managers are people managers who inspire, encourage, and build their staff. Rather, they're more like project managers and they only want to see the results of what they asked you to do.",Gave more training to first-line people managers. They need to have visions and abilities to understand how to use their success in order to reach the success of the company.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22135,amazon,none," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace and fun environment,Coworkers and managers are fun and unique,Very fast paced and only looking for a specific type of person to work,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22136,amazon,none," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its ok,Great pay little hours very clean,They will work u to the fullesr,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22137,amazon,none," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal to full-time,Great location to work. Laid back and fun to work,Not enough hrs when you are a season employee (3-5hrs per day),none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22138,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,A great learning experience,"It is a good company to start your career, as it would get you in the performance driven get stuff done attitude fast.","Things are run in a different pace, which changes wildly from team to team. There is a lot of opportunity to be a self starter and figuring out your place in the organization: you have to make yourself useful and not wait for others to make you useful.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22139,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,"Great company, tough environment","Great people, start-up-y environment, great products/services","Compensation not great, work super hard, burnout environment.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1435.htm
22140,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,Stay far away SDE's,"Lots of experts, nice campus, good internal tech, access to AWS teams.","- Once you RSU's start to vest after many years of hard work you become a target. You probably will never be allowed to vest. - Foreign managers spend all their time trying to get visas for their friends back home instead of doing their job working for your team. - Secret feedback and stack ranking. - Raises max out at 2.5% which is COLA and require an exceeds performance review. Normal is 0-1%. - Corrupt hiring and review process. Sort of like Hunger Games/Tinder. Don't be old, fat, or ugly. - Jeff Bezos Quote: ""Customers expect Amazon to have a young urban workforce"" Blatant ageism.",Rethink your approach to SDE retention.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22141,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,benefits are the best thing that they have.,"Extremely high productivity rate expected every day,10 hour days.",Stop switching so often,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22142,amazon,"Venice, FL"," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Seasonal,The trainers and their system was top notch.,The team lead was a condescending jerk.,Keep a better eye on team leads,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22143,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Stow,I like the people I work with.,Good managers. The pay. Their ethics.,A lot of walking.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22144,amazon,none," May 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great envrionment,Good work culture and team culture,Sometimes unable to manage work life balance,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22145,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources,What you Hear is True- No Work Life Balance & Lots of Turnover,You are part of a company that is really thinking out of the box and doing cool things. Compensation is very competitive.,NO WORK LIFE BALANCE! The culture is just that you work A LOT. The company doesn't take care of their employees. There's a lot of turnover and employees who are burnt out within 1 year. Tenure is usually 1 year. It seems like there isn't a lot of development for managers.,Management needs more development and needs to fight for fixing broken processes. More support for headcount so teams aren't burnt out and turnover isn't so high.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22146,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you are a masochist and a workaholic who thrives on fire drills, look no further","Coworkers are all smart, hardworking, and generally helpful folks. Salary is decent. Opportunity for a lot of responsibility--unlike at some companies if you aren't there your presence is missed considerably. Stock price is high, if your stock ever vests.","High amount of responsibility means you're always on, 24/7. Work is very unpredictable. Constant fire drills--if you have any dependents or demands on your time outside of work this is not the company for you. Not at all employee-friendly or centric company. Churn and burn feel. Salary per actual hour worked ends up being quite low compared to other tech companies. A lot of talk about customer obsessions but in practice execution on this principle is lacking. Figure out how to make company work smarter, not just harder. Management doesn't seem to actually do very much---individual contributors provide all the data and work and the managers forward it on to their managers as their own work. ""Managing up"" takes considerable time and effort that would be better spent on improving products/processes.",Cut out the layers of management and get more employees who actually produce. Provide employees with decent hardware. Provide equitable family leave as with other tech companies in the area if you want to retain female engineers. Eliminate the policy of paying back sign-on bonus if you leave before one year. Management is difficult to deal with and has little understanding of the time/financial cost of their questions. Insist on more testing/higher quality testing before changes are pushed into production. This will increase customer satisfaction. Have more accurate ways of tracking customer satisfaction and what factors actually move the needle. Very high rate of burnout causes a large loss in information. Documentation is sparse and faulty.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22147,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," May 19, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,not for everyone,Good pay for easy work. They will work around your school hours if you give them your school schedule. People there are nice. Great break room and great benifets. Great job if you need money quickly. Abiliy for advancement if your a good worker. Lots of time off.,"Long hours, doing the same thing over and over. Insane turnover. Breaks are short. Quotas can be tough once your tired. Not for everyone. Security is rediculous.",Give longer breaks. The management knows they can get new employees. Actually let employees know if they're fired(they just turn your door key off),3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22148,amazon,"Owingsville, KY"," May 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cut throat,"Great benefits, good pay, many helpful associates",Everything is stack ranked so you only are promoted when others are demoted,Get rid of stack ranking,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22149,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Order Picker,Picker,None amazon overwork employees amazon is like hell,Rate rate rate everyday all day forced to work overtime,Treat your employees like people and not kiva bots,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1436.htm
22150,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Everything is good here having worked for a services company in the past, this is great.",None to specifically call out,"Good going, keep it up",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22151,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager/Senior Financial Analyst,Stay away from AWS,1) Risky RSUs if you can survive the vesting period. 2) Work for the leader in the cloud computing industry.,"1) Work hours are 90+ hours excluding weekends. Sr. Management will work you to death.  2) Constant data grinding producing meaningless reports (if you look at the big-picture which you never get to)  3) The expectations are unreasonable and your manager will always put you down every time to survive.The director will make unattainable promises without consulting anyone and you will be working to fulfill that. You will have no time to fix data or process. You will be building ""bridges"" to nowhere constantly chasing your tail.  3) There is constant mental harassment everyday. People are used and thrown out until there is no life left.  4) There is constant backstabbing at all levels to survive.  5) Only people out of Seattle will take this job for lack of inside information.  6) Within my tenure, almost all people who joined quit voluntarily or involuntarily.  This is hunger games live! Beware!",Please do not take your culture with you if you leave the company!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,34,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22152,amazon,"Shippensburg, PA"," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Review,"Great pay, gives you more fields of experience, room to advance","Not much communicating allowed on docks, when you need someone to help lift something you can never find anyone",Improve on things that were cons :-),2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22153,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,The Amazon Experience,The warehouse is busy and buzzing with sounds of miles of conveyors carrying totes. Great company culture.,"You can potentially work the night shift, and there is a quota to be met.",Listen to employee needs and the employees will listen and follow you better.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22154,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Assembly Line Worker,very easy work but not enough pay,"Friendly Atmosphere,helpful,thoughtful and cares bout your needs",Not enough fans in the building,Nothing really great management team,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22155,amazon,none," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great culture but too frugal,I am proud of Amazon products in general. We values engineer who has the highest standard and deliver a good amount of work. I worked with many bright people and great leaders.,Amazon is care much more about customer than the employee. We work hard to get lass pay and benefit.,"Getting promoted is difficult and, thus, the level actually means something.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22156,amazon,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,tier 1 associate,"great benefits, working four 10 hr days and three days off! The people I work with makes work fun","pay is not that great, after a certain amount of months worked at amazon as a tier 1 associate you do not get raises any more,","be treated how you would want to be treated, also remember associates do the work give them more credit, there job is a lot harder and physical demanding. Being honest and not feed you lies.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22157,amazon,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learned a lot but super stressful place to be,"Learned a ton, very smart people, amazing health benefits","Non existent work-life balance, very very very few women in leadership roles, always on culture",n/a,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22158,amazon,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,Good job for new graduate with few experience,Too frugal to employees and get paged a lot,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22159,amazon,"Saylorsburg, PA"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Trainer,Trainer,money is good. Overtime is always available. Work is not too difficult. stocks vest on an annual basis. raises every 6 months (up to 3 years),"it really depends what manager you are working for, in my case, my manager is not the best one i've worked for in the past (**UNDERSTATEMENT**) and unfortunately, that does influence a lot","closer relationship to her/his associates. listen more to ideas from her/his employees. my manager only works dayshift and never stays past 5.01pm on his shift, so we never see him.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1437.htm
22160,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Supervisor,dock reciever,Pays great and has good benefits,A Lot of hours standing,Stop working us like slaves,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22161,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,decent entry-level pay comprehensive list of benefits a seemingly endless number of career paths to all fields *IF* sought after.,this is a VERY active environment and a great place to burn a lot of calories. Amazon in my personal opinion is an excellent company to work for especially if your intent is to move up or into other fields. I truly enjoy working here and the job is exactly what i expected so the cons are to each his or her own...,"One of the only complaints I would have about fulfillment work is the lack of task variety during the work day. Even though trained to do various tasks in the department, sometimes a worker can be stuck doing the same repetitive job for 10 hours a day without change. This can lead to task fatigue and burn-out especially the closer one gets to the end of the day.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22162,amazon,none," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok for people with no work experience,Great benefits PTO and I can leave when every you want,When ur good at something u get stuck doing it,We're people not robots,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22163,amazon,none," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Reasonable work hours. Great benefits with RSUs,Company has a liking for hiring outside the company rather than promoting upward.,Follow up on the development of your associates and promoting from inside.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22164,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Move fast and do great things for customers,"- empowered and smart employees. ""fueling"" smart people that raise the levels of thinking of those around them - the culture is not about turf, culture is genuinely about solving problems for customers and anticipating future customer needs. so much so we don't need the customer obsession leadership principle on the wall, it is part of our DNA. how we assess, how we speak, how we promote, and how we performance manage etc. - high hiring bar to keep the first bullet above current","- stretch can be challenging, typically pressures are not from above but rather the load can get heavy if you are not able to prioritize and clearly set priorities - company information (org changes etc) is not consistently or broadly communicated - if you need maps or navigational tools to do your job this is probably the wrong place. the environment is a self service environment that breeds invention and asking questions along the way",keep the culture of experimentation. failing fast (and once) so we can learn and iterate and so experiments can stick. empower your employees further with context such as communicating broad organization changes and the context as to why with additional clarity.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22165,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative at Amazon Game Studios,"- Working with exceptionally talented, experienced game developers on games that push the envelope in some aspect. Think Big is taken seriously. - Feels like a small to mid-size studio, but with backing of a huge corporate parent with resources. - I'm excited to go to work every day. - People that don't belong there are moved out. I want to work with a strong team.","- Amazon Game Studios is still finding its way in terms of game development process and what market to address. This has been improving steadily and will hopefully not be an issue in a couple of years. - The frugality principal shouldn't always apply to game development because it can cost time , which is precious, or affect quality. - Projects at Amazon usually are under 6 months, so the longer development time frames of games is something that upper management is learning.","Games are a creative process, and you don't know at the beginning exactly what you are making, so you need to give the process time, as long as progress is shown.  Be more open, not so secretive.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22166,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Picker Packer,Great Company,"Lots of Hours , great benefits, nice work environment",Must be physically fit,Be more personable,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22167,amazon,none," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lift in Amazon,"Start up environment inside a big company, lots of opportunity to grow",It's hard to be promoted to the next level. High turn over rate for SDE I and SDE IIs,Make promotion transparent and easier.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22168,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer Engineer In Test,Work is only 1/2 the job,Highly collaborative environment where your voice is heard. Ability to move around in the company. Fast moving new stuff all the time.,"Continual requirement to present what you did to others, ""impress them"" leads to some people claiming credit for things they really didn't participate in.","Recognize people for what they do, not what they say",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22169,amazon,none," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,"Bottom-up innovation culture, good if you have an entrepreneurial spirit. Good benefits",Not a light-hearted work culture for sure. People take pride in working hard and long hours. Poor Senior Management.,More focus on growing employees.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1438.htm
22170,amazon,none," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service and High Retail Jewelry,"Good Customer Service, excellent communication skills with management, learn to work with people of all backgrounds, and good benefits. A stepping stone in my career to come.",Long hours working 6 days a week sometimes. Only 3 breaks in a 12 hour shift. People stink in the work place and unhealthy hygiene practice with some co workers.,Listen to your employees because they are the ones on the floor doing the work. Always keep your employees in mind when making decisions.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22171,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,logistics,Always room to grow and they help you out with school,Very poor training,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22172,amazon,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not what you expect,-High base salary -Commission -Fun office culture,-Minimal growth -Constant change -Minimal Incentives outside of benefits,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22173,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Interesting work, great pay, can be a steep learning curve","There are a bazillion different projects to work on, and 95% of them are solving interesting, difficult software engineering problems. Compensation package is great. What I like best though is that everyone here is smart and motivated. Almost no slackers. Everyone is talented and (at least on my floor) works hard. Obviously it's a huge company, so my experience is just a small sample, but I'd recommend you give it a shot. Just be prepared for the rigorous computer-science-heavy technical interview. A little preparation is all it takes - there are books available on interview prep that cover all aspects of what to expect...","Learning curve for their home-grown tools can be steep. Nothing seems to work exactly right at first, but it just takes some practice (plus RTFM). Also, the culture is fairly Darwinian, so you are expected to figure things out yourself. a lot of the time. There is no ""five minute rule"" where you get to ask someone for help if you are stuck for more than 5 minutes (which is too bad when it stretches to 5 hours ...)","I like the model here, which is management stays out of the way of each team as much as possible. Self-managed work-teams are real here.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22174,amazon,"York, PA"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Outbound,The truth about Amazon Warehouse work,Great people and great pay for an individual working on a college degree. The people here really care about safety and our benefits are amazing.,Do not get too attached to your manager as most are switched out on a yearly basis. Not all manager come from within the company so when we get them from outside of the company we have to teach them and even then they can only comprehend somethings.,"Always learn, trust your PAs, respect your associates, make sure to show gratitude when needed while at the same time not beating around the bush when giving a coaching.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22175,amazon,"Newark, CA"," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Company,Great benefits and a stable corporation to work for,Low pay and no opportunity for advancement,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22176,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Transportation Execution,A great company to work for,"Open environment, flexible schedule, good pay","No training, no clear path to follow",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22177,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finding talented hardware engineers,"Staffing teams, engineering hiring managers, engineering teams, trainings, exposure to new skills","commute, busy location, compensation caps, lengthy performance review process","Communicate directly with your teams, make adjustments quickly.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22178,amazon,none," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Store Associate,It's good for short time.,You can choose your shift.,"Hard working, and your brain will be in pause status.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22179,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,HR assistant III,"My team is great, everyone works hard and is super cool even with the crazy amount of stress.","very stressful, always so much more work than people. We could literally double the size of the team and be swamped.",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1439.htm
22180,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,warehouse worker,The pay is decent $12 an hour. Guaranteed 40+ hrs a week or more. Good benefits. Friendly diverse coworkers. Constantly cross trained.,Horrible horrible work/life balance. Working 4 ten hour days a week starting at 6-430 just isn't feasible with a job that requires so much standing and physical labor. The 15 min breaks are too short considering they give you 2-3 min to walk to the break room and 2-3 min to get back to your station in a huge warehouse. They do no take into consideration lines to get through security checks or lines to get your food and heat it up. Very hard work mentally and physically.,"Management gets switched around every 3 months or so for cross training in different departments. Its chaos from top to bottom in Amazon Warehouses. Maybe some of the ""customer obsession"" should be shared with the burnt out employees.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22181,amazon,none," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Long days,",Lot's of hours and some overtime.,Not much time for breaks and lunch.,Add 5 mins to breaks so employees have the full 15 mins to rest.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22182,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Sr. Operations Manager,Highly motivated atmosphere with potential to grow,Sometimes physically demanding job with more hours to put,Focus on core groups to sustain talent,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22183,amazon,none," May 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great pay--,Great pay for sure. Lots of good perks.,Very military like. Not much time for family.,Let lower level managers make decisions,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22184,amazon,"El Paso, TX"," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Some of the people (co-workers).,"Inefficient workflow and design of fulfillment center. High work rate, which I enjoy. But it is frustrating when you are working hard and several coworkers are standing around talking. Floor supervisors (Area Managers & Process Assistants) spend more time at their computers or in offices instead of supervising associates on the floor. Supervisors seriously lacking in front line leadership skills, supervising employees, and performance management. Not a disgruntled employee, but concerned about the lack of leadership. I am hoping this trend will change, but it seems hiring fresh college grads with no exp in operations or supervisory exp is having a negative impact.","Spend as much time working the floor as you do focused on your emails and spreadsheets. Work the floor, interact with employees, motivate and set the pace. Don't read about problems or metrics in a spreadsheet and then come yell at everyone to go faster. Learn the job functions of those you supervise, if you can't do it (and meet your production rates - how can you train them to?",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22185,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,Tiring but rewarding,Great benefits and good people to work with!,Long hours are tiring on the body,Work with your staff more and spend less time on the computer.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22186,amazon,none," May 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,It was a great learning experience.,There is some level of bureaucracy that you will have to put up with.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22187,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mturk pay sucks,Work from home. Do as much or as little as you want.,The pay sucks. It's way less than minimum wage.,Pay at least min wage in the US.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22188,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,"Owned a variety of projects from start to finish, really liked most of my team and client group, training opportunities available, manager open to help for career development and weekly syncs, flexible schedule with opportunity to work from home, corporate credit card even for level 4 employees for event planning, traveling and staying at nice hotels with awesome catering for recruiting events. Great role if you want to become a recruiter.","We work in open-wall team rooms which can get really loud and disruptive. There is no privacy and everyone hears when a recruiter is really failing at a phone call to close a candidate or sell a role.  High maintenance recruiters, especially full-life cycles and client leads. Some recruiters can make your job hell by requesting a number of changes when your job is done because they didn't care enough to tell you before you started working on a loop. Some can be really rude in making demands because they are stressed about their metrics.  Lots of stress. Constant fires throughout the day: last minute interview requests with short lead times and no one willing to interview the candidate. This is an even bigger problem when your team asks to do an event last minute. Also interviewers pull out throughout the day and it's the RCs problem to find a replacement. All this while your regular deadline for scheduling other interviews is ticking away.  Your co-workers have varied talent levels at a company that needs to grow quickly along with constant turnover. If the other RCs on your team are crap, all of the recruiters push their work to you instead of the other RC.  After seeing the recruiters at work, I did not want to become one.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22189,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Compensation is decent. Some sites offer opportunity for advancement. That is about it.,"Overall aweful experience. Wasted four good years here. This company takes successful leaders and makes them fail. If you have options, so not work here.",Nothing to say here. Don't think the future looks as bright as the last few years have been.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1440.htm
22190,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good compensation, very demanding","* Good compensation * Interesting projects * Competent people * Really about the customer.  In terms of compensation, I never felt under-compensated. Projects were generally interesting, and the people I worked with were generally very competent.  You get the impression people really care about the customer. It's refreshing, and somewhat mitigates the amount the company pushes you.","* Always demand a lot * Bad - terrible work/life balance * Few additional benefits  Amazon will always demand a lot from you, not just your managers, but your peers as well. Faltering is something that will tend to be noticed.",Finding ways to better work life balance and giving employees more feedback have both been issues in my time at amazon.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22191,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Learn to Launch cool stuff.,"Lots of smart people. Learned how to define, build and launch products in resource constrained environment. Everything I have worked on launched and had customer adoption.","Amazon doesn't invest in people, but career development happens as a by product. We are packed in like sardines. Frugal core value is really just code for cheap. I once went on a business dinner with an out of town team and senior managers wanted everyone to pay for their own dinner ridicules.","Be more aggressive promoting internally, or create more levels. The conservative approach to promoting creates a huge opportunity for companies to cherry pick employees.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22192,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Program Specialist,"interesting work, too many sacred cows",Good Variety lots of experience competent and friendly coworkers work environment,review process micro management internal advancement pay vs external hiring,"Pay internal advancement similar to external hire, stop boomerang employees",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22193,amazon,none," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,pretty ok sometime but othertime no,maid comes during day to clean bathroom,maids shoud clean at night,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22194,amazon,none," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon FC,"Amazon hires from within, as long as you manage the time giving to you your job is secure. you get a decent discount on the amazon website. alot of overtime is offered. you a get a raise every 6 months.",At my fulfillment center there are 10 hr days which are very long and grueling depending on what your postion. the only bad thing about hiring from within is that some of the people hired to be manages are not really ready to be mangers. they are always on you about rate even if there are things happening that you cant control that can slow your rate down.,Figure out ways to tell people that need to get their rate up within telling everyone around them. some people get embarrassed easy.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22195,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Tennessee,tier 1 employee,"good benefits, good friends, clean building",not enough pay and run business like a sweat shop,never allow to promote within,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22196,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,Could be Better management,Four 10 hour work days and at least one weekend day off,you get to work and may be asked if you want to take day off when they could call or text before you stop doing what you're doing and ask,Think about other people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22197,amazon,none," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cut throat section,"Fast paced, friendly environment to work in.","Where do I begin. Currently there's no room for growth. Everyday your job is being threatened. Part Time hours are exactly as it is ""part time"". You slave away in the warehouse without a single guarantee of progression. Mangers are imbeciles. Voices go unheard by the site leader. HR doesn't not represent the common part timer. Hard work goes unnoticed. In the beginning, everything that was told us was a lie.","If you want to fire and let go of people, don't go around with bs rating system. Say what is expected syraight from the get go not 7months down the line.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22198,amazon,"Jersey City, NJ"," May 13, 2015",Former Employee - Order Entry Specialist,"If you can deal with the cons go for it! If not, then run!!",Best people to work with!,"Not enough recognition, Lack of promotional opportunities, Lack of work-life balance. They do not live the culture and values they try to force feed the employees",In order to succeed you must learn from the lost of all of the amazing employees you have had over the years,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22199,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,AWS has a lot of large scale system you can't find in other companies. There are some unique challenges to solve.,It's very busy. On call sucks. In some teams no development could be done because of operational work.  The retail side of Amazon does not do much interesting stuff and is boring to work at.,"Build a real ops team. Stop abusing developers to do ops work. Build a real test team. Make promotion easier in AWS, at least make it on par with the retail side. Adjust the salary according to the market rate. Extreme frugality = stingy",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1441.htm
22200,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse assistant,great atmosphere to learn hard work,not what you want to do the rest of your life unless its your only option,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22201,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard but rewarding work,"Supportive manager, was really invested in my own development Was allowed the flexibility to take on issues and work that was interesting to myself Technical skillets shot through the roof while working here","I had a tendency to work really long hours, even though my manager would try to not keep me in the office. This was a result of the mindset that your performance is viewed not on how much you work, but how much you completed. Thus to get key tasks completed I would often have to stay late.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22202,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,down to earth,a good place to learn and to contribute as well,workload is heavy in most cases,it's good to provide some perks that available on Amazon.com,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22203,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program Manager,Good place with maximum opportunities and great values,Requires improvement in employee welfare benefits,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22204,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE1,Work related to cutting edge technology,Oncalls can be little annoying but manageable. Remote HQ creates some issue,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22205,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,Financial Analyst,You definitely get to choose your career. Amazon is a culture of 'rowing your own canoe'. You can go many directions and I feel that the general consensus of managers support this ideology.,"Depending on what team, you can work longer hours than expected.",Always be open to communicate with your team. And keep things confidential if asked to.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22206,amazon,"Brier, WA"," May 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Every man for himself,Good exposure to different business areas and people. A lot of ownership and innovation.,"Lack of employee development, many teams are ""every man for himself"" attitude and managers are often not effective leaders and will not have your back if it means he/she may look bad or need a scapegoat. Very common.",Fix the cons. This is very bad and a big reason why a lot of good people leave.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22207,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,hard work and not enough pay,Paid time off. Can come and go as you please,Mandatory over time a lot,More associate engagement,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22208,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Good For Some,"Challenging, great life lessons, not a lot of oversight","Negative atmosphere, VERY competitive in a way that prevents working together to better the business,",Making it a more enjoyable atmosphere would help with the challenging lifestyle and retain more associates,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22209,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,Easy labor Benefits and hours,No room for advancement and Management,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1442.htm
22210,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Receiving Associate,Receiving worker,"I lost 45 pounds in 6 months, this was a job I will never forget as ling as I live, If you need some money they will have alot of work for you.I now no what boot camp is like.","you want to be a corporate slave with low pay, no job security at all, you will be raced like a race horse, you will regret you ever worked there, no cell phones allowed and airport style security on your short break.",You all should be ashamed of your selves for working your full time workers on a daily production rate that is like slavery with no job security.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22211,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lot of things to learn and grow,Fast paced and you get to learn a lot and work with smart minds.,"Work/life balance can get a little offset, you need to manage expectations and work around the same.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22212,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Problem Solver,White privilege runs rampant here.,"If your make friends with the Production Assistants or Area Managers, your time there will not be as bad.",Goals are set pretty high and once you meet them you get in trouble the first time you do not.,Indirect roles are seen as a privilege and there for they only seem to be interested in training people they like and not people who actually deserve it.,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22213,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Seasonal Process Assistant,Always Challenging,Developing ideas and skills always room for growth,Fast pace environment can hinder growth at times.,Take the time to give us feed back as often as possible,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22214,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 23, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Remote Customer Service Associate,"I really enjoyed their training- it was hands-on, and was created with retention in mind, using a number of different educational approaches meant to work for all learning styles. They had great support for their CSAs, including great trainers and supervisors, excellent online tools, chat programs and online tutorials.",Amazon's positions are seasonal.,Keep people a little longer so that they can build on what they know and become better agents.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22215,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"No too bad, but FAR from ideal.","- As long as you do what is expected of you, you are generally left alone and you can fly under the radar if so desired - Benefits are decent (but expensive with high co-pays)",- No reward for loyalty - Quick to cap out (3 years) - Hard to advance past Tier III - Generally hire from outside the company and rely on Tier IIIs to train new managers who leave after a year (how long you have to stay to get to keep your hire-on bonus),"- High churn rate due to:           - lack of involvement/understanding of processes by managers           - constant negative reinforcement, (e.g. You'll get fired if you do A,B,C,D)           - you pay us better to leave than to stay! (Quit 3 weeks after getting hired and get a $3000 bonus or stay and get $1000 per peak) - Get rid of rate, focus on time off task. - Increase pay. Capping Tier Is at $12.50 and Tier IIIs at $15.50 after 3 years is a joke. It's sad when people would rather work at McDonald's.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22216,amazon,"Bothell, WA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Employeee review,"Fast Paced Environment, great sense of ownership, huge impact and plenty of opportunities to work","Not a lot of opportunities for upward career growth. Very Chaotic work environments. Work is over hyped. Too much focus on documentation, operational tasks. Not a lot of technically challenging work",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22217,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - I Work Every Department,Inbound Dock Worker,"Technology is always changing,learning different jobs","Changes are not communicated, you are disciplined for not being mind reader,Dont promote from within","Get Seattle to listen to regional wisdom,every region is not the same.Safety does not need to talk down to associates",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22218,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do NOT work here !,Absolutely none ! Don't work here ! Don't work here ! Don't work here !,"micro management, poor management, hostile environment, don't let the good reviews you see fool you this place is horrible",none,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22219,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2015",Former Employee - Regional Marketing Consultant,Regional Marketing Consultant,"Hands on training is awesome, as well as, the opportunity to learn from all managers and teammates. A healthy work-life balance is encouraged...play hard, make money, have fun!!! Amazon is an awesome company with high standards from the best to deliver the best to their customers. Given the opportunity to return, I would in a heartbeat. What an amazing sales opportunity!","The pay is good, therefore, working is addictive and often extends beyond the work day at home. Sometime 7 days a week without complaints. Simply addictive and rewarding all at the same time.","With the technology and connectivity provided Amazon has the capacity to encourage 4-day work weeks and 5 hour days...upper management should take heed - more productivity and creativity with a 5 hour block of time...after 5 hours there is time for lunch, exercise, family, networking, etc.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1443.htm
22220,amazon,none," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leadership behaves like teenagers while Leadership Principals are ignored,Far-reaching company with multiple verticals for options Worldwide reach for relocation A few honest people that actually live the Amazon Leadership Principles.,Leadership operating in cliques with a lack of morals that make Hollywood casting couches look like the Virgin Mary No investment in to people with new ideas. Leadership laying claim to achievements done by others to promote themselves.,"Jeff Bezos should have an honest look Amazon EU management to remove the abuse that exists. Harassment, exploitation, manipulation and backbiting occur on a regular basis. While a few good leaders exist, trading of various favours for promotion is pushing out the few Principle abiding. For those who embrace and cherish Leadership Principles, we wish Jeff luck at cleaning his cherished house.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22221,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,decent,"great pay, amazing benefits, paid time off, paid vacation","work flow, management is not very involved with their workers,",listen more to the experience workers who have been there for years,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22222,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRBP,"Fast paced, lots of innovation, room for growth if you are willing to relocate. Very good resume builder. Lots of learning and dealing with grey areas.","expectation to work long hours, work weekends and holidays. Be prepared to work a night shift. Work 60 hours a week during holiday season.",Make more perks for salaried population. Add maybe a co-pay for education of salaried population.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22223,amazon,none," May 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice Environment, not enough room for improvement",Good friendly environment. Worked with people mostly my age. Training was a lot of fun.,"Not much time for coaching sessions, not enough time for career development",none,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22224,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support Technician,"Lots of hands on experience with a variety of technologies. 4x10 schedule at most sites. Fast paced. Opportunities to work on multiple high level projects, travel to new site builds. Plenty of room to take ownership and a variety of areas. Lots of focus on career development. Unless you steal or make a threat, your job is very secure.","Pays way below what we should be getting. Been told for over tow years ""it's being worked on"". Lots of hurry up and get it done, only for most projects to sit idle afterwards. Rotating shifts, some managers don't care how that affects your life, but to be fair, other managers do make an effort to ease the pain. Very difficult to advance within the company, only because higher level opportunities are few and far between, unless you are willing to relocate. Some members of the team are only there to collect a paycheck and will do no more than the basics (which has the pro of allowing you to stand out from the crowd), it just makes work harder. High turnover, most move on within a year to higher paying jobs.",This job needs to be on a review based compensation system with higher starting pay. Kill the shift rotation. Award those who go above and beyond.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22225,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse worker,Very accommodating to permanent employees.,High production expectations and work place favoritism.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22226,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Dev. Manager,Smart people. Expanding business. Diversity of opportunities. Great enviorment for learning.,"bad work and life balance. Compensation is OK, but benefit is so so.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22227,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Great company to work for,very challenging environment to work for,lot of work pressure every day and you are constantly being evaluated,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22228,amazon,none," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a roller coaster,Ability to create new things and share ideas,The entire review process for performance is broken,"Bar raisers do not scale at our size, the performance process is highly subjective",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22229,amazon,none," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Easy Work, Hard on the Body",Easy job and fast paced,Body aches from hips to feet.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1444.htm
22230,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Building has Climate Control, good medical benefits, keeps you in shape, people are hardworking and nice, nice break rooms and accessible and clean bathrooms.","They have high rates, you will be sweating or you will have to drive others hard to make the numbers.","Increasing speeds, decreases quality",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22231,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Favoritism is Rampant,"They pay you decently, but not really for the work you have to do. The health care packages are decently priced.","Amazon in Kentucky has far more cons then pros. There are a ton of instances of obvious favoritism that management will not do anything about. The pay is alright, but not really for the amount of work you're expected to do in the conditions you're expected to do them in. They can also, and they do this often, call over time on the weekends when there isn't enough work to keep everyone busy, and then if you're caught off task because there isn't any work you get in trouble and people have been fired over this.",Keep a better eye on your lower management and ensure that the favoritism issues are dealt with. Also not calling overtime on days when there obviously isn't enough work to keep your night shift busy would be a good idea too.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22232,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2015",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist Lead,Accept offer at your own risk,You get to have a well known fortune 500 company on your resume,contentious work environment over worked and under-paid no training or development,"Amazon does a great job at acquiring great talent. However, It would be worth your while to grow and develop your employees in efforts to retain them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22233,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it,Flexible Hours but it changes from team to team,Near deadlines things get a little hectiic,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22234,amazon,none," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Advanced technology made work easier. Stocks were a great incentive to work harder.,Work life balance did not exist leading to high leadership attrition.,Treat those that work below you as humans and not a rate!,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22235,amazon,"Cape Coral, FL"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Stower,Stower,Lots of hours and overtime,Lots of layoff and random hours,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22236,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Good hours and excellent pay!!!,Being at amazon fulfillment i learned how to set goals and pace my work,Miscommunication and no buses in area to commute. Must have a reliable ride in order to come to work efficiently.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22237,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,Great experience,"Some of the best tech mind work here. Good exposure to cutting edge technologies, and a lot of opportunity to learn, contribute and grow.","No medium/long term vision. Things happen and change really fast, and at some point, you Erik feel disoriented and exhausted.","Plan well, and try to sick to a well though out plan at least for a few years.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22238,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineering,Everyone should work here for at least once.,* Smart people to work with * Awesome culture driven by customer focus and 14 leadership principles. * Very very less office politics.. again customer in front * challenging projects & work environment,* Compensation and benefits * Not a place for everyone. Can be challenging for some,Doing good.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22239,amazon,none," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive - Sales,Amazon pays well. This is probably the only pro. The base salary tends to be higher than competitors but their bonus comp structure for sales people is bogus and changes often (for the worse),Where to begin?  1. You receive zero recognition from a career lathing standpoint despite being a top performer. 2. Amazon doesn't give a crap about their employees. They say they do. But their actions say another. 3. There is ZERO upward mobility at this company. They say there is in your interview but there isn't. You have to commit most of your time to Amazon and spend years and years before moving up the hierarchy. 4. Management is terrible. They hire senior level people to come in who have no idea what it is they're doing. 5. The benefits are non existent. Good insurance but that's all. Good luck being reimbursed for anything expense wise. They don't do that. 6. THEY ARE THE CHEAPEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD. As I said they pay well but they are as frugal as frugal can be. 7. Their 'leadership principles' are so incredibly silly.,Do more to motivate your people. And hire managers who actually manage.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1445.htm
22240,amazon,"Renton, WA"," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Vendor Manager,Unique and Demanding,There are for many support teams that are always creating new tools for employees to use. they have metrics for nearly every aspect of their business.,hours can be very demanding. It is expected to be available to work nights and weekends if necessary. Kiss your life goodbye in Q4.,Be aware of the fallout that is generated with your vendors when certain initiatives are undertaken.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22241,amazon,none," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,I really like working four ten hour shifts and being able to get overtime. I also like the clean bathroom.,There is way too much favoritism. There needs to be more equality when picking who gets trained for new positions.,The rates in certain departments are way to hard to meet. I would also make all the schedules available in all of the departments.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22242,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Seller Support,Chaotic at best,It's a job and we all have bills to pay,Very disappointing having to explain to a seller the many horrible things Amazon does to them for seemingly little or no reason.These people are trying to earn a living and for some it is all they have. Amazon does not care. So many hands in cookie jar that one team will do something then another does it again. Many horror stories to be told.,It's easy to give sellers the support they deserve without risking your billion dollar company while still looking after your customer.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22243,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Milk you for everything you're worth,"Overtime hours were a plus which would make the paychecks worth it. 10 hour work days so you do get 3 days off, but that is only when it is not busy. During the winter, it gets increased to 11 hour work days. The pay, with overtime included, was the only thing worth it about that place.","Everything! Management sucks the life right out of people and use their efforts to make themselves, and their bonuses, look good. The rate is manageable to hit but don't think about stopping for a minute or they are all over you. Ironic because if you go above and beyond, no one seems to notice at all. Any chance to write you up they will and make sure not to go to the bathroom during the shift since that's an instant write up. VERY strict on breaks (standing back in your station 100% ready to go) or you guessed it: WRITE UP! No second guessing about firing people, which is why the turn over rate is through the roof! But that is what they rely on. Management is quite happy to discard someone as soon as their hourly rate is not what they want, although if you do a good job, they will pull you from one area to do another and another and another. So do not work harder than the bare minimum because you will never get recognized for it or see any sort of promotion. Wouldn't use this job as anything more than a temp. stepping stone to something else.","Absolutely terrible and should be ashamed of themselves for how they use their employees like mules. They have no idea how to do their job, so they find someone else to do it for them and take all the credit. Sickeningly deplorable.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22244,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"A lot of new things to learn, a lot of tasks to do",Sometimes job takes 16 hours a day.,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22245,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Director,"Director, Business Development","Many brilliant people, company is growing quickly, lots of interesting challenges to work on, considered one of the tech leaders of our day","culture is shifting and becoming much more political, harder to get stuff done, no longer focused on great decision making management is much more concerned with optics and managing upward","Need to help build better middle managers (VPs and Directors) which requires a renewed focus on caring about your employees, executives seemed much more focused on finding someone else to blame versus trying to do the right thing",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22246,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Problem Solver,problem solver,allows you to think and use thought in your daily activity.,follow up on employees that do not put time and energy in their jobs and allow the associates that do work pick up slack for those who lag.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22247,amazon,none," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,forward thinking and innovative company,Industry leader in commitment to customer service.,Low pay for leadership roles below management.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22248,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Apr 21, 2015","Former Employee - Stower, Picker, Packer, and Dock Worker",Amazon is a great job especially if you live in the moment.,"No letting people down when you call off, call off anytime take vacation anytime, every quarter you get new unpaid days off and paid days off and vacation is on every check. 10 hour shifts. So much overtime voluntarily, unless it is peak season then some overtime is not voluntary. Simple jobs to do that can actually be fun and you meet tons and tons of new freindly people and even learn abot new products you wouldnt have otherwise even thought about. Pay raises every quarter of 60¢ up to $15/hour. Great benefits.","Peak season (Nov-Jan 1st) would be one other the biggest problems, with not enough parking for all the new temps and employees that come in, I was late for work a couple of times just because of the massive traffic they had because of peak and it even takes 20 minutes or so to get into the facility and they didnt take my tardy off. Thats another thing if your late your late they take it out of your unpiad time off in incremints of 1 hour i think, but if you clock in 20 minites late but it takes an hour off your unpaid time, you will still get paid that hour from the pointyou clocked in. If you run out of unpaid time off you get fired.","Give people a little slack, especially during peak season and slow the rate people need to meet just maybe down by 100.",5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22249,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,Company has a great atmosphere.,Unfortunately there is a pyramid scheme.,Pay attention.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1446.htm
22250,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Running running and running behind the day,"Customer obsessed company, lot of opportunities.",No goals or planning. No work-life balance. Opportunities don't come along compensation.,Planning does not hurt!,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22251,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 7, 2015",Former Employee - Problem Solver,It was a tough job.,You get stocks when you start working there,Work 4 days n 3 days off.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22252,amazon,"Cayce, SC"," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Inventory,Amazon Fulfillment Center,There is nothing I can say that was positive.,I have never worked for any company that has such a blatant disregard for their employees. Supervisors who openly discrimenate against employees. Breaks that only last 10 minutes and you better make sure that during that 10 minute you go to the restroom and have enough time to get back up the steps. Filthy lunchroom accomodations. it was absolutely the worst place I have ever worked,Tr eat your employees with respect and dignity.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22253,amazon,"Reno, NV"," May 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Every job in the warehouse is easy to learn, and most of the employees are pretty nice people.","Most of the jobs in the warehouse, whether it is picking, packing, shipping, etc., take a toll on your body, even if you turn, bend, lift everything properly. At my time there, I met several people who have worked there several years, who said they basically live with what become permanent aches and pains from various injuries.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22254,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,You work hard - company will have fun and make history,Lots to learn Lots of new technologies to learn Amazon internal tools are really good. It makes you more productive. The wiki pages are well written and well maintained. You can find any information on your own. Full ownership of projects (which really means more work),Work life balance is definitely missing. You can easily expect 50 - 60 hours work week There is a lot of micro management. I have coined a new term - nano management for this,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22255,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Loved everything about amazon. Great hours. Great pay and benefits,Vto was favored. Write ups only came when your trying to move departments due to wanting to keep you in this one area till you die.,Communication with employees,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22256,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Fulfillment Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Center,Not bad rate per hour,"Night shift, Long standing hours",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22257,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair but cut throat. Beware,"Amazon will reward you if forced to do so. If not, you'll get scraps and worked to the bone. Be bold, stand up for yourself, and realize the cult mentality is all just an elaborate hoax to milk you for everything you're willing to give.","Crappy coffee, crappy vacation package, crappy benefits, no free food, crappy bathrooms and you have to work at crappy desks.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22258,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Apr 19, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate (Picker),Fun Environment Great pay and Benefits,Long walks.. Sloppy work loads,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22259,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development manager,"You can find ample opportunities in the company, because the company offers many exciting products use diverse technologies. On top of that, Amazon has flexible internal transfer policy that you can transfer to other teams after one year in a team.","Amazon is not a company for everyone. If you want to learn new technologies and explore different areas, this is the company. If you want to learn how to design, test and run a service end to end, you should come.",Turn over is a big concern for the company. Management needs to go above and beyond to retain the best.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1447.htm
22260,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data for data's sake and creepy corporate ,"You can get a lot done if you're on the right team. As part of an internal-facing team, I was able to make a pretty wide impact across global Amazon employees. Many of my coworkers have been incredibly inspiring and supportive.","At Amazon, you only do things if you have data to back it up. For a while, I thought that it was the best idea and totally good for business. However, I started seeing my coworkers running around, chasing their own tails, to find data for data's sake, rather than to be used as an insight when making a decision. Unfortunately, upper management (at least to the VP level) is completely obsessed with data to the point that I think some teams are missing out on awesome opportunities. Also, when you are so focused on data (which is historic), then you miss out on future opportunities. I mean, did anyone see the Fire Phone?  The second gripe-- every single team does everything their own way. I love the idea of it being some sort of wannabe ""startup culture"", but when there are 9 independently-developed services that do the EXACT SAME THING, then something is seriously wrong with how you're doing your development work.  Last, but not least, this odd obsession with ""leadership principles"" that completely run the conversations in meetings and even hallway conversations. I've literally heard multiple use the phrase, ""In the spirit of <Vague Insert Leadership Principle Here>, we should _____."" No, we shouldn't! Throw some numbers and a leadership principle into a one-page document and you'll impress some people-- but you won't be breaking any new ground or be innovating whatsoever.",Work on consistency across your development platforms and avoid using leadership principles as a crutch for the complete lack of community or shared experience.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22261,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigation Specialist,-I love my co-workers. They are fun people to be around and have been working in the department for at least 2 years+. -The pay is well and overtime definitely boosts your overall pay -Benefits are great,"-Your input will not be heard no matter how much you want the department to change -Hiearchy between your managers and yourself. Although managers are great people, they could care less about your input. -The job is droning and repetitive and the room for growth is nonexistent.","Put peoples skills to work because everyone comes from different backgrounds that can benefit the company. Management can't carry a company to success, it's the people who are actually working that carry the company.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22262,amazon,none," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is good but don,Good hours and everything but i dont see myself working here long-term,Feels like you are a slave to the company,Create better bonds with employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22263,amazon,none," May 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse stower,team work and friendships are made,poor management and very unorganized,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22264,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast and some times ambiguous, but lots of opportunity","The company emphasizes individual responsibility and initiative, so if you're comfortable working independently and solving problems, Amazon is a good place to be. I enjoy the flexible work hours and the emphasis on results, rather than process.","There's high turn over when stakeholders leave or transfer. It's like a revolving door - people join, and people leave, just as fast. This situation causes redundant work and a lack of communication.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22265,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Manager,Awesome vision with an innovative culture.,None to call out. Future is bright for Amazon.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22266,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hectic job,Great benefits that start at day 1.,"Does not promote within the company. Overlooks employees with degrees. Education is not important to management, but favoritism is.",Utilize the talent and abilities of faithful staff members and get rid of favoritism,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22267,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Producer,"Simple application, less than stellar management",Set hours Somewhat fun project Good location Project was not rocket science,Low pay Inconsistent management Inconsistent expectations Build some up (with no additional compensation) while ignoring others,Hire from within and actually hire contractors,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22268,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 22, 2015","Former Employee - Business Analyst, Program Manager","Average lengths of employment, 1 year...","You work with some really smart people and can learn a great deal. With the right manager and team members, you can really grow personally and professionally. The majority of the projects I worked on were cool projects that impacted literally millions of people. Compensation and benefits are decent, if you stick around long enough.","There is a reason why on average, people only last a year. They tend to run you into the ground, not a lot of work/life balance. I, as well as many other employees felt like their stack ranking review process was detrimental to team building, as people at times turn against one another in order to make themselves look good during review time.  Management is hit and miss at best. I had a few really good managers and I had some that should never have been put into managerial positions. I saw quite a few horrible managers at Amazon. Just because someone is a good individual contributor, does not necessarily qualify them to be a good manager. A bad manager can cripple your career at Amazon. The other frustrating thing was the amount of time spent in meetings, we had meetings to discuss meetings, often they were a huge waste of time.  Salaries are ok, but a good chunk of your compensation when you start is in restricted stock units, that take four years for all of it to vest. Most people only stick around for a year so they don't have to repay their signing bonus and then quit. They don't stay long enough to ever see their RSUs fully vest, therefore Amazon doesn't have to pay out that money.","Invest in training quality managers that understand how to help and bring out the best in their employees, not just keep a score card.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22269,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2015",Former Employee - Financial Analyst II,Financial Analyst,"Some groups are great others are a mess. Hope for the best, if not wait a year and change teams. The software developers seem to love the place because they are the ones actually working/building the innovative projects. The finance people are simply creating the reports. Good pay and benefits. Smart employees. Serious review process.",Lean headcount leaves teams overly stretched. As a result the promise of project work turns into working fire drills and random tasks 80% of the time. High turnover leaves projects partially done with no explanation of why it was being done and how to finish it as planned creating complete chaos. Poor team dynamics.,"Given the high turnover both internally and external the company needs to focus on the overall transition process to ensure the work done by past employees is well documented so tribal knowledge stays within the organization, creating a more efficient and effective work environment.",2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1448.htm
22270,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 30, 2015",Former Employee - Facilities Technician III,Great company for short term experience not a long term place to work,Good benefits and decent compensation package. Stable and reputable company that will be around for a while. FCs are climate controlled. Demanding but rewarding peak seasons.,"There can be politics played at times and Amazon is not known for great pay raises. Working hard and being dedicated doesn't necessarily mean good upward mobility potential (politics). Internal promotion process is broken and too subjective, you're better off leaving and coming back as an external.","Rethink PODs, you will continue to lose excellent candidates because they are too subjective and do nothing to determine success potential in the position. Seems that the objective of your PODs is if you would sit down and have a cup of tea with the candidate once promoted!",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22271,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place for a college grad,* Initially competitive pay for college grads * A well known company,"* long hours * very political review/promotion process * essentially any code you write (even outside of work) is owned by Amazon * uses open source, does not contribute to open source * a lot of bureaucracy * very little engineer autonomy, your roadmap is set (and constantly changed) by VPs and PMs who are making decisions based on what, politically, is best for their careers",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22272,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com Review,Positive work environment and dogs allowed in office,"no work life balance, have to work many holidays ie) thanksgiving day",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22273,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Warehoure Associate (Outbound),Great job to gain valuable experience and growth,"Chances for growth and opportunity with ability to apply for many positions. Benefits are good, offering medical, dental & vision. Goals/ability to maintain rate is fairly easy to accomplish given your effort Working with KIVA robots is interesting, and they come in very helpful 4 day work week is great","Can become very repetitive, doing the same thing every day. For some this is a good thing though, so it depends how you like it. Disorganization within management, for example my employee documentation was accidentally deleted and I missed two days of work due to something completely out of my control with no pay.","I've only been employed at Amazon for 4 weeks, I do genuinely enjoy it so far and look forward to growing but there is many problems with disorganization. For example, my I9 documentation was randomly deleted 3 weeks in, and I was not allowed to work for 2 days (until I could bring back in correct documentation). While these days are being ""excused"", I am not being paid for them even though I was at work and on time and waited 5 hours at EWR4 waiting for the HR team to try to figure out what happened, which did not only happen to me but many other employees as well.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22274,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Washington,SDE,"very fast paced. Very progressing, at the edge of the technology. Great leadership principles.","Harsh stress. No rest, hard oncalls. too much pressure, less team members than required,",Double team size for all the teams,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22275,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,smart people to work with,Smart people. Lots of work to do. Being in Seattle the salary looks good. Stock options are decent.,Darwanian culture. You have to be good at arguing and have to really shout your way into things if you really wanna succeed. There is nothing call work life balance. They just make you work.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22276,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workahoic,"The best reasons of working in Amazon is Benefits, Stock, and Pay Rate.",Favoritism and not a lot of rotation Not enforcing dress code,Advice I have to all management is to enforce what you say you are going to do and what is given in the manual.,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22277,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer IV,More expectations that compensation,You have some space to grow,Low compensation compared to how much you work,pay more you you want people to stay,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22278,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Trainer,Trainer,"Getting to work in all different paths, meeting all new associates, being able to train all associates according to Amazon standards, learning new and challenging processes.",All associates are paid the same no matter if one works harder than the other.,I would love to advance to management to be able to learn more of the operations side.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22279,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 30, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,good pay,good pay they pay better than most,keep to your self its like high school,play music maybe everyone will mind their business,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1449.htm
22280,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A fascinating workplace on many different levels but physically demanding.,"Great hours and flexibility. I work 8:30 to 5:00 and am currently not required to work a night shift, which is not common in many warehouse jobs. Weekend overtime is often available and you have a choice between Saturday or Sunday, one half day or a full day. Benefits and perks are very good--Blue Cross health insurance, 401K with company match, stock awards, performance bonuses, occasional free food luncheons, tuition assistance, cash payouts if you decide to leave the company early, ample opportunities for advancement or transfer to other fulfillment centers all over the country. Opportunities for temporary transfer to other facilities to assist in training and startup. There is also a great system of voluntary time off--if the workload slows down you sometimes have the option of leaving early or taking an entire day off. That leaves plenty of available work for those employees who wish to put in their full 40 hours. There is a lot of variety in work tasks. You might alternate between working at least six different functions, which keeps the work fresh and interesting and helps to avoid repetitive injuries.",The job is often physically draining because of walking long distances in the warehouse. Wearing high quality shoes and double socks helps to save your feet. You must constantly work at high speed with high accuracy and there can be many obstacles that prevent you from achieving high productivity. Management is reasonable about accepting across the board production declines when there are acknowledged barriers but you must always remain vigilant in keeping up your production numbers or you can be written up. There may be a mandatory requirement to work holidays. The six weeks leading up to Christmas are of course especially demanding.,Structure work tasks to minimize the amount of walking in the warehouse. Vary the expectation for productivity according to barriers that may be present. Create a more defined path toward advancement.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22281,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,High visibility job and a great ownership experience. PM at Amazon get to make all the decisions about the product and they are the mini-CEOs of their products. Quite often the PMs present their analysis and road maps to sr. leadership and get close exposure to their thinking and decision making process,"Work life balance. Since PMs are entirely responsible for their products, it also means that they are working long hours to address to any issues with their product.",Provide more employee development opportunities,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22282,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,Work from home. Coworkers from various States.,Micro-management of call times and survey responses.,Less focus on call times and surveys. More focus on call content.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22283,amazon,"New York, NY"," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Traffic Marketing,Data learning Learn to work with less resources Global opportunities,No work/life balance-work is life Goals are always built to be unattainable so you are in a constant cycle of feeling like a failure Negative culture,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22284,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,The organizational values are amazing. I believe in Jeff Bezos's approach to the 6 pager project proposal in that if you can't articulate your idea and how to deliver it using full and grammatically correct sentences (no power point allowed) then you don't know what you're doing. I learned a lot about communication and thinking through and idea entirely before wasting someone's time with half-baked descriptions of ideas.,Leadership in 3rd party seller tools have no concept of collaboration to deliver on a common goal. The lines of business are driven to deliver on their own goals and collaboration for driving cross-product efficiency is zero. Every employee is out for themselves and the goals are setup to encourage it. I should have had a Kevlar vest to protect myself from the amount of backstabbing I experienced.,"When you specifically relocate someone across the country to deliver on a strategy that requires collaboration across the organization, be transparent with the new person about how difficult it will be to get partnership and knowledge sharing and about how absolutely opposed to internal transfers leadership is when the project fails due to lack of collaboration and leadership alignment.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22285,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,Paid Time and Unpaid Time is nice,Everyone wants to be the boss,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22286,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2015",Former Employee - Associate Program Manager,Fun and crazy at the same time,You can really make a difference,"Stressful at times, often had to work late",Lead by example,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22287,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing for customers, Terrible for employees","At Amazon you will be compensated fairly well (competitive to other large companies) and have the opportunity to be part of a very unique culture. The stock has been performing well which makes it more difficult to leave. However, the culture of frugality equals less benefits for employees. You have the opportunity to work with very high caliber individuals and be lead by one of the smartest (business) people on the planet (Jeff Bezos).","Read the Internet. Everything you read about working at Amazon is true. Customers are first class citizens, and employees are treated poorly and with little regard for their personal well being. The culture is more about survival of the fittest and there is a very 'white-collar, alpha-male' attitude that persists through the development organizations. I've had to cancel 2 planned vacations this year because of a 'crisis' that would not be even a considerations at most companies. Among Amazonians, it is debatable whether that is a good or bad thing.","The time will come (and is coming soon) when you will realize that treating your employees like dirt will impact your bottom line. There are so many companies moving to Seattle to gobble up your talent. I will remain a loyal customer, but am happy to be leaving.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22288,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation Executive,"Fun to work at, open environment","Limited Training especially for contractor, even no starting training",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22289,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Worker,it was okay they dont really sell fake stuff and you can trust them,Experience and great opportunity to meet new people especially if that is an area you want to work in,I do not really knows any cons except for transportation like you might live far from work because there might not be any ones near you,I dont really have any advice so I dont know what to tell the only thing I can say is so your best,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1450.htm
22290,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Work with talented engineers, flexible hours, interesting problems to solve. You can be the change you seek although you may have to struggle to get there. Business keeps growing and there is always something new in the company that you can take part.",I work with 3 managers so far (level 6 and 7) and they all are lack of interpersonal and management skills. They do not care about your career growth nor your job satisfaction.,"Amazon seems to struggle with talent retention. The pay/bonus structure is given in such a way to make you stay for at least 4 years. Perhaps, it is time to focus on intrinsic reward for your employees.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22291,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,At Amazon you are given a lot of responsibility but no training.,At Amazon they trust you to finish a project from start to finish which is awesome.,You are almost set up to fail. It is a self service culture so you do not get any training or guidance to succeed at your job.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22292,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Decent place to work,Good salary Opportunity for advancement Low stress,Expect to move if you want promotions,Need stricter attendance policies,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22293,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great engineering talent and relentless drive for profit,Top notch engineers and better management than most large companies. They have an emphases on accomplishing features for the customers rather than playing in a sandbox just for entertainment of cool ideas.,As the company grew there appeared way too much paperwork and process. The security team is a bureaucracy that fights against any development. The S-Team goals are a huge time waster for managers and their lead engineers.,Offload all the bs from the engineers. Simplify the feedback process and steam bs.,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22294,amazon,"New Albany, IN"," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Fast paces, innovative","Continuous improvement, Fast paced, Engaging","Work life balance, Intense rate",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22295,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 29, 2015","Former Employee - Sales Associate Women&#039,s Shoes",Sales Associate,20 percent off employee discount at Macy's and Bloomingdales.,The attendance point system and the consistency of management,Increase the amount of points they give to employees.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22296,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Burnt out,Very smart people. Fast pace operations,12 hour days 5 days a week!,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22297,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"benefits, hours, work place, environment, area","pay, pay, pay, pay, pay",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22298,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer 2,Technically the work is challenging,Very few benefits for working here when compared with other software compainies,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22299,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Cool company but terrible work life balance,"Live corporate values, innovative company in interesting industries","Terrible work life balance, deliverables prioritized at the expense of people and their development",Keep on living the values but add the importance of people to them.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1451.htm
22300,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pay could be better but overall not bad,"Benefits are good, great co-workers, not a difficult or strenuous job","Can be to overly competitive, lower level jobs are under paid, they preach positivity but it's rare to find",Treat your employees wit a little more respect and show them they appreciated!,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22301,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 19, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Network Technician,Sr Network Technician,"Big name, use it to get a better job, good benefits","Micro-management, work is boring and not challenging, starting hourly",Train your managers to act as managers,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22302,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Online Marketing Manager,"Amazon has it's ups and downs, and high risk reward, like the Seahawks!","Amazon is doing amazing things in so many areas: media, cloud, fulfillment, hardware, grocery, Fire/Kindle. The stock growth over time is great bonus too.","Having multiple managers in a short period of time combined with moving between teams, resets the upward mobility opportunities.  From 3 counts of personal experience (plus colleagues), management failed to take major life changing moments (i.e., birth or a death in the family) into account when allowing for time to celebrate or grieve. Meaning they didn't have a backup plan to cover for employee that was on a leave of absence. So instead of covering, they asked new parent or grieving employee to continue to perform at high level immediately following life changing experiences.","Update Jeff's quote ""Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History"" to be: ""Work like you job depends on it, because if you don't you'll be history"".",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22303,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Seattle,Intense work environment that lacks collaboration and is often confrontational,Seattle is s great city. Amazons campus is absolutely incredible. The low key office environment is great! There is a young and vibrant work force.,Work / life balance. The company lacks a mentorship culture where people are invested in to build long term careers.,"Invest in people, not just productivity.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22304,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Sourcing Recruiter (consultant) at Amazon Web Services (AWS) for east coast,"-I consistently deal with technical candidates that are absolutely outstanding at what they do (code, lead teams/projects, team players, strong customer focus, etc). This is perhaps one the most attractive aspect of working for AWS/Amazon. -Plenty of recruiting tools to choose from. A 300% increase from other companies which I have consulted for on a contract basis (10 years plus). -Management will take new recruiting tool suggestions seriously assuming it is presented with facts. -Hiring managers will spend money on ""out of the box"" job posting ads or larger features depending on reasoning and need. -Recruiting management doesn't micro manage by any means if you have decent hiring numbers. -Fast paced environment but for the right reasons since AWS is growing so fast. Very similar to a staffing agency environment in many ways but I enjoyed working for an agency years back. Move quickly, share candidates if appropriate and build quality pipelines for your hiring managers and everything will be fine. -More pros than cons in my opinion.",-Due to fast paced environment it isn't for everyone. Suggest asking questions regarding this during interview. -Very few Senior Recruiters on staff with 10 plus years experience.,Do whatever you can to retain Senior Lead Recruiters and Senior Sourcing Recruiters. It is a big loss for the business when they leave the company.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22305,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Lead,Learning and Quality Specialist,great benefit package at day one,poor work to personal life balance,show up and engage your associates,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22306,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, simple, and time flies.","Friendly co-workers, and managers/senior staff is always open to ideas and does whatever they can to find ways to help make things easier for everyone. You're recognized for your hustle. Abundant fridge space in break rooms so you don't have to eat the standard fare of vending machine junk food. Cash and prizes on occasion for those hard working or lucky enough.","There are extremely few full time positions available. Being bilingual in any languages would be a huge plus to mitigate miscommunication. Each shift varies greatly in difficulty due to seemingly unpredictable package volumes, the time you leave can depend on the amount of people willing to show up early during high volumes.",Keep being good listeners.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22307,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible,Still thinking of one. good benefit package,Demotivating stressful work especially meeting hour target or quotas,Need to invest in qualified and well trained management and administrative who know what they are doing.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22308,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay.,Great coworkers. Played music on overtime days. Fun events. Fast paced.,"Favoritism. Drama between certain coworkers. If you worked for the agency, you had to work twice as hard as the folks hired directly from Amazon. No balance of work/personal life.","If you're going to play favorites, please don't make it too obvious.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22309,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Ambassador,warehouse associate,good pay and good for students,"very physical, long hours of constant standing and walking. needs union",listen to your employees and implement their resolutions for problems.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1452.htm
22310,amazon,none," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Flexibility to make your own hours, work from home on short notice and freedom to travel and network.","No focus on individual development, extremely metrics focused and competitive, management changes every eight weeks based on reorgs. and people leaving.","Focus more on retention instead of recruitment, do not give managers responsibilities outside of managing their team.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22311,amazon,none," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,"benefits , stock money , 4 days a week and overtime if you want ( sometimes mandatory )","Long hours in on position , hot , and tiring",Have more sup around to help,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22312,amazon,none," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful...Run...AWAY!,"It SEEMS like a great company. And it is if you are a customer. Most managers have no experience and are also tasked with individual contributor work. So, if you are a manager who also wants to do another whole job at the same time Amazon is a great place for you.",There's a reason the average employment time is less than a year. The people individually are talented and nice but the organization is so chaotic and aggressive that virtually no one can be happy or succeed.,"Businesses are about PEOPLE, not money. Leaders AREN'T right a lot...leaders need to care about people and their lives. Isn't that what the world is about?",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22313,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Washington,Amazing,"Leadership Principles, Driven Colleagues",Working at Amazon is amazing. No cons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22314,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It okay, but not perfect","Good company, solid technology, pays well","a lot of hard work, boring at remote office",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22315,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE II,Open to new technologies,Too frugal to the employees,A bit more team out would be nice,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22316,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Project Manager,It is what you make of it.,"Opportunity is what you make of it, stretch assignments, global work. Job Security as it is a large company that rarely terminates in some Orgs.","Work/life balance, it is up to you to control it, as well as your own development, you have to do it all.","Your employees have lives and want to do the best they can for the company, running lean produces sub-par results.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22317,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Vendor Manager,"Get to work at an exciting company where everyone knows -- and is impressed by -- the brand. Really smart people (some are ""too smart"" - see below) in a face-paced place. Great part of town to work in.","Very aggressive culture where data is king. Get all the data. If you're missing any data, you'll be slammed against a wall. People make an impression of you in a few months and it's very hard to change.",Be slightly less frugal and spend more on employees.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22318,amazon,"Columbus, GA"," Mar 13, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Work From Home Customer Service Temp,Work at home seasonal customer service is convienient but also very demanding.,"Work at home is convienient, theres no commute and you can work in your pjs! Amazons system is very well developed and updated so there isnt much confusion when learning it. Social interaction among team members is encouraged. The hours are flexible, they will work with you to find a schedule that works for you. There's also a lot of overtime avaialble aswell as volunteer time off. There's always someone available to help if you need it.",Call volume is high. Back to back calls and chats all day everyday. Expectations are high. You are expected to work within time limits. A customer call length isn't an issue but hold time and aftercall work is limited and can be discouraging when you are learning. Customers can be very rude.,Management was always very helpful and accomidating most of the time but they did seem to be overloaded and not always available. Maybe it was because of the crazy peek time of year.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22319,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager Global Procurement,Buyer Beware,"Ample opportunity to move around once you're in. Very interesting projects. Excellent place to work if you have thick skin and are able to manage your time, and want to play politics. Very smart people to work with who are all there for the same reason ... very few companies offer the diversity of projects with incredible scale and impact on markets. I look at my ten years there as a Masters program where I learned a ton and was paid well. It was a truly great education I wouldn't trade for anything.","Management is largely focused on advancing or protecting their own careers. In 10 years, I had 9 bosses - most of them managed out. Try navigating your own career through that. Change is the norm. Early on, employees needed to think on their feet, improvise and move quickly. There are a lot fewer of those jobs now and most are fairly cookie-cutter. To be clear, Amazon's Sr. levels view employees as commodity, not unlike the stuff they sell.","If you are a self-serving, megalomaniac with little interest people, friendships and life-work balance you'll probably do well there. If you want a good boss, stability and trust at work, keep looking. The corporate performance evaluations have managed that possibility out.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1453.htm
22320,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,terrible job,"great benefits, stock options are a plus if you are they for more than 2 years","basically no room for advancement, constantly being harassed by management about everything, they expect you to not even talk to other people while you are working, manager favoritism is the worst thing about this job., you can not request days off for any reason","find a way to stop the favoritism to receive better roles in your department, should be based on work ethic and experience/ tenure not if you are best friends with someone and hang out with them outside of work",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22321,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Logistics Manager,Organized Chaos,"Corporate culture, fast-paced, challenging, yet rewarding,","work life balance, ambiguity, high expectations/demands",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22322,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great leadership,"Responsibilities, career development, opportunities, international expansion, smart coworkers, workplace is the best In Town, café, Seattle rocks","Work Life balance, medical benefits, stress, pressure, passive agressive management style, results oriented in the short term",Keep going,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22323,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Ops Manager,"Hard working, smart, resourceful folks need apply","Interesting work, ownership of deliverables, and smart peers make working here fun.",Easy to continue to be stretched beyond capacity.,Continue to look for ways to provide balance for your teams.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22324,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Facilities Tech,facilities maintenance excellent opportunities,company has great health benifits,nothing to say about any down sides,n/a,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22325,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"AWS - Fast-paced, full of smart people, and a little bit terrifying","There's always something new to work on: whether it's an upcoming release of a new product or feature, or a new method of attempting to provide a better customer experience. You work with some of the smartest people around, and it shows. Teams are small and maintain ownership of their areas with little to no interference from other teams.  The company's leadership principles are EVERYTHING here. Customer obsession wins every time, which is the way it should be.","Sites that are disconnected from the ""mothership"" in Seattle can be a little bit difficult, culture-wise. Certain things that seem to permeate the overall Amazon culture in Seattle are often missing in other locations. This can sometimes lead to a feeling that the other sites are less important when they are contributing equally to the overall organization.  Most of an employee's development and advancement is self-directed. This is conveyed to new hires but there is very little time spent on what that means in a day-to-day fashion, which is important when such a large percentage of your teams come from environments where having a bias for action was a negative as opposed to an expectation. It seems counter-intuitive, but some directed training on this for new hires would be very helpful across the board.","Amazon (especially AWS) is a very data-driven company. Measurable results are king in this environment, but that doesn't always mean hard production numbers. I recommend making more effort to convey to employees that standardized metrics are only one aspect of evaluating performance, as it's very easy for someone to get wrapped up in numbers and lose confidence if they don't match up with perceived expectations.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22326,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance analyst,Great learning opportunity on the syst skills like access and excel,Teams work in silos. No big picture view. Promotions are very slow,Recognize peoples effort,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22327,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,Enjoy working with very intelligent peers.,"Work is all about profit-maximization, not the consumer.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22328,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bright Future...Amazon is a leader,"Fantastic opportunities for growth & development (both personally and professionally), great people, good benefits although too pricey, vacation/sick time is okay, flexible, offers tuition reimbursement (hard to find these days), free meals, opportunities to travel.","Politics, too much emphasis on bottom line (yes it Host a for-profit organization), low level/ skilled management due to low compensation, we need to get better management on the field, too reactivate when should be more proactive, too many major projects roll out at once causing them to be ineffective or to fail, pay should be more competitive, more incentive programs needed for both exempt & non exempt employees, work",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22329,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Guide,"Active job for active people, new challenges every day, inside look at an interesting business.","Long hours during the holidays, low wage compared to similar jobs in the industry, slightly limited upward mobility.","Listen to the people underneath you, they do the work every day and usually have a good idea of what's going on. Never assume you know everything.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1454.htm
22330,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always Something to do,"Always keep busy, whether its monthly work or ad-hoc 'fires' to put out, there's always something going on. You have the ability to do what you want and go with it rather than seeking the approval of others.","Depending on the group could end up working a lot. Also, can be difficult getting help if needed, everyone's always busy.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22331,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager (Non-tech),Program Manager (non-tech),"Great pay, esp. including equity & hiring bonuses. Challenging & you get an opportunity to work on very high level projects, even at junior/mid-level roles. It's usually expected for you to challenge the status quo, and ""most"" groups appreciate doing so (have heard stories of other groups like Amazon Local who are not as on-board with this style). Overall benefits are good (free bus pass, subsidized parking & cell phone, competitive insurance plans). Some groups are also fairly flexible about occasionally working remotely when needed.","High stress, most groups are growing so fast they have many challenges, and there is little organization, and little time for managers to actually help grow and develop their direct reports. Most groups are very understaffed and the company intentionally runs very lean, and there are expectations most employees at the corporate level are to work 60+ hours on a regular basis.","Put a MUCH higher focus on people management, growth & development. Your manager right now have too much work they are solely responsible for, and the majority of groups do not focus on developing talent. This causes a lot stress and uncertainty for employees, and many leave the company because of this.",2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22332,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Great place to work -- tons of responsibility on the shoulders of SDEs,"Amazon.com is a challenging, fun, and ultimately rewarding experience. You have a lot of potential for career growth, with SDEs able to get promoted to the VP level while remaining an individual contributor. If you can find a good team, with a supportive manager, you can definitely excel.  You are given a lot of responsibility -- even SDE-1s own a part of the software stack and are responsible for delivering on it.  With ownership comes responsibility. You are expected to be oncall and maintain your software end to end. Most teams have an oncall rotation, no dedicated QA staff, and full autonomous ownership of a subset of Amazon.com. I consider this a pro -- I love working in a place that trusts its engineers to make decisions, and gives us full responsibility from end-to-end. As a senior engineer at Amazon, you will come up with the business idea for what to do, help management prioritize it appropriately, design the architecture end-to-end, implement the code, test the code, deploy the code, and finally maintain the code if anything goes wrong. It's exhilarating, challenging, and a lot of fun. But it's not for everyone.  Amazon.com's service oriented architecture ensures that most teams at Amazon own a subset of Amazon services, which means that they are responsible for defining the roadmaps for their service. As a senior engineer, you often spend part of your time as a product manager, helping define the roadmap for your services. It's a great opportunity to grow.  Finally, the promotion process is fair and puts the power in the hands of the engineer up for promotion. You are given a clear document on what it takes to get to the next level (SDE1->SDE2, SDE2->SDE3, SDE3->Principal being the main ones.) Then you are given full power to seek out projects that get you to the next level. Amazon won't care about your years of experience -- it will promote you solely based on your merit, which is great if you can prove yourself.","As a large organization, Amazon is not without its politics. If you get a bad manager, this can be bad for your career, if this turns out to be the case, make sure to switch teams as soon as possible after joining (you're supposed to wait a year, but it can be done sooner if things are bad enough.) Luckily, this didn't happen to me, but I have seen it happen on occasion.","Make the promotion process more transparent. Make stack racking more transparent. Own it. I think the process is great, but there is a lot of misinformation and mystique out there about how it works.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22333,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Minimum office drama SDE has a very big power over their daily project Working on new technology,"Slow career movement, it might takes several years to get promoted to next level Salary is low compare to other tech company","Less Re-org, focus on providing better customer experience instead of just keep adding new features",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22334,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,manager,"Customer focus, Good projects, Move fast",Politics Not employee friendly at all,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22335,amazon,none," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Sales,I should have left sooner.,Being from Amazon is great for you career. It looks good on a resume and you can learn a lot. The company is innovative and the AWS offering is very strong. It can transform a business. There are a lot of smart people here and they will make you better. A couple years here will make you better but there is a price.,AWS is a sham. It was a customer obsessed culture where doing the best thing for the customer was encouraged then they brought in sales management from the traditional vendors and the sales people are all pressured to get customers into upfront committed deals. Doing unnatural things is the only way to make quota. There is no feedback loop so your life as a sales person is in the hands of 1 manager and due to the stack ranking the people who can play the politics game are the only ones to advance. Look at the news about how Amazon deals with authors and publishers and you can get an idea of the culture for employees. Amazon is the embodiment of evil. Do your research and think really hard if you want to give up your life and soul.,Do no evil. It seems to work for Google. Everyone in the Clayeville org is miserable and it shows. It will catch up to you.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22336,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 7, 2015",Current Employee - Part Time Package Handler,My experience was fun and exciting,Adverture exprencing fun busy crazy,Very tiring stress crowded annoyed,Friendly and useful and interesting,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22337,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 22, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,"Great for Seasonal, cannot imagine full on employee",They have many hours to and choose from around your schedule. Made decent amount of money in a short amount of time,"The work is mind-numbingly boring and repetitive. I felt like a walking zombie. Literally no room for growth, i've met people working the same entry position of years.",More activities and opprutunites for growth,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22338,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Day Associate,"The pros about working for Amazon is that they have everything to offer that any person could ever need or want. Amazon stands by their products, provide jobs for people from every walkof life even people who have worked for the U.S.mint. Amazon is a challenge to work for, you get a real physical workout and great training, with room for expansion and promotion. Amazon lives what it preaches, customer focus, mission, vision, strategic goals and KPIs, continuous quality improvement and continuous management. I really enjoyed my employment at Amazon especially meeting new and interesting people who help make Amazon what it is today. Mary Jane Davis-Peralta",Too many times there were errors in my time reporting reports. This is not a reflection on Amazon who hired an outside agency to handle payroll and other time report issues( a wise move on the part of Amazon).,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22339,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Intern,Care about you. Teach you real skills.,Repeated work sometimes make you crazy,Higher compensation,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1455.htm
22340,amazon,none," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Crappy company-- doesn't treat employees fair management incompetent,Don't ask merchants for money upfront Leadership principles of the company make sense and they stick to it. Customer obsessed but NOT employee obsessed. They can careless about the employees.,Everything with this company. Not employee friendly no matter how qualified you are. No internal growth at all,promots internally,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22341,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2015",Former Employee - Instructional Designer,"In the beginning I felt Honored, at the end Disappointed",Pay at Amazon is great. I have worked with several customer service teams and their customer service model is by far the greatest model I have ever supported.,"I was with Amazon 3 years. Amazon is loyal to their customers and down right disrespectful to their employees. After 9 months on my team, I knew Amazon wasn't for me.  My first year with Amazon was pure chaos. I was there almost 4 years and my team had a re-org at least 4 times. I had four managers within the 3years I was with Amazon. I counted 18 people who were hired when I was hired and left within the first 2 years.  I have read other reviews about Amazon and they are spot on. I am one of the many that was places on a PIP because my manager had to pick someone. I was never informed that my performance was below par nor was I informed that my performance was being going to be evaluated against my peers. The metrics used to evaluate my performance were never presented to me, nor was I aware of what elements of my daily work, project work, and goals counted towards my overall performance. Although I was apart of a team I was basically an individual contributor and supported my programs alone. No level of expectations were ever set, I had no clue what to expect from my end of the year review. I achieved all of the requirements of my PIP and survived another year. Then after 6 months my new manager put me on a PIP again because they were concerned that I was not behaving like a level 5 employee.  I left Amazon before I even found another job, it was that bad for me. I rather deal with no benefits (which weren't that great any way) than deal with scrutiny I dealt with. I worked hard to get to the salary I was receiving at Amazon but it just wasn't worth it. When I was struggling with my relationship with my manager I went to HR to seek advice. The SR. HR rep said, well since your on a PIP my only recommendation is to seek employment outside of Amazon.  Ones success at Amazon is based upon who their manager. It is a popularity contest and if you don't play the game right, you lose.","I can't speak for the entire management system for Amazon, only customer service. Stop acting like a start up and think like a enterprise. Instead of having multiple CS teams support certain groups, operating separately work under a Organizational Development Program - where Operations, Training, Instructional Design, and Quality teams all work within it. The system of each team functions separately and collaborate with each without putting much thought in the systematic approach to launching a program / product and how each team effects the process.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22342,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service,Flexible hours and great managers,Low salary but usual compared to other companies.,keep it up.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22343,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,4 day work week most weeks,Management not really in tune with reality,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22344,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - Tote Wrangler,Backbreaking slave work,"Five hundred and forty a week and advancement is very easy to achieve in a short period of time, weekly raffle tickets to win televisions, cameras and what not","The work is very repetitious and back breaking, very fast paced environment, the water fountains are usually not working and the pill dispenser is always out of migraine pills",i would say if the floor managers could pay more attention to the people who made rate every day. More chances for position sign up rosters,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22345,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Smart people,"Smart people, good technologies, innovation","Perks, compensation, commute and operations",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22346,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Apr 2, 2015",Current Employee - Flow Fulfillment Associate,Able to earn a good paycheck with full-time hours and only 4 days a week.,"The scheduling at Amazon is 4 days on, 3 days off. There are opportunities for Voluntary Overtime year-round. The company is a stickler for time and will send you home when you are 30 minutes from hitting 60 hours to make sure that you don't go over. They offer Paid Time Off, Unpaid Time Off, and Vacation which all get earned each quarter - on every check. Most of the Managers are genuinely interested in helping you learn various skills and departments so that you can further your career. The benefits are highly competitive and the best I've had to date, and your pay is Direct Deposited at the exact same time every pay period. You never have to worry about your check being late or coming in on different days. There is a lot of walking and a lot of standing for your entire shift, but you get used to it quickly and it helps keep you from feeling lazy. There is also a clinic on campus, which is nice. The warehouses are climate controlled and there are fans on each floor. The temperature isn't perfect, but there are a lot of employees to accommodate and you are comfortable enough to get through your day.","There are weeks when you are put on Mandatory Overtime which I don't find to be negative per say. However the latest they are required to give notice of Mandatory is by lunch time the day before and that can be inconvenient for a lot of people. Although you are able to earn and receive Time Off, Sick Days are not provided. This can cause a real problem when you have been sick and still have personal business to attend to during the week. During PEAK season you will work 6 days straight for 10-12 hours. It's only for 2.5 months, but it is extremely difficult to pull off and that is when most people quit. There is a lot of standing and walking for the entire shift which many people may not be used to. It's something you need to be prepared for. Communication needs to improve throughout the entire facility.","Communication needs to be improved as it is nearly non-existent. There are a lot of employees who are burned out on doing the same job all the time and some managers ignore those complaints. Putting in for an Internal Transfer gets you nowhere about 95% of the time because managers don't want to train new people or lose people who make good rates. The problem is that the monotony can cause low rates due to boredom. When employees try to talk to Upper Management about their concerns and problems they usually get blown off, told that there is nothing anyone can do, or never get a follow-up even when chasing one down. The lack of communication makes the employees feel like they don't matter or aren't worth consideration.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22347,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great!,"Great atmosphere, friendly co-workers, sufficient salary","Very stressful workload, untraditional hours, occasional rude management",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22348,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unrealistically low hours for such a large company #megacap,Good atmosphere with good management. Compensation is decent for an hourly rate for this caliber of positions. (But is part time)(No health benefits),This particular job does not give nearly enough hours.  The only available full time positions are slim to none.  If you want a full time position you will be competing with up to 500 people for a couple full time position.  You don't ever know when you will be getting off work.(There is a flex up/flex down time interval. up to 3 hour time swing in when you get off work.)The good news is you get told on break whether or not you will be staying or not.  Hiring on hundreds of people part time to save a buck for investors is obscene.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22349,amazon,"Fogelsville, PA"," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,"If your looking for a place with tons of Benefits, Amazon is your place.",They are paying for my CompTIA courses,The work does take a toll on your body after a few years.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1456.htm
22350,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pay is good, benefits and time off are very good",Can make lots of money at Xmas from overtime. Can usually work 50-55 hrs a wk and monthly bonuses are doubles for October nob and dec,10 hr days of standing or walking the entire shift,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22351,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Program Specialist,Program Spcialist,Got to work on several interesting projects and worked with some great people,Very difficult to move up and compensation is not competitive,none,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22352,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Work with very smart people.,Not everyone is friendly. No free lunch.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22353,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Apr 2, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound Associate,Warehouse work,The work is pretty easy. It can also be fun since the inbound stations pair up two people so you can talk as long as you get your work done.,You're on your feet for about 9 hours a day. Management has a lot of pressure on their back so it will trickle down to regular employees eventually.,Separate their own pressure to perform from the warehouse employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22354,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,1. Good Company Culture 2. Healthy Team Environment,1. Compensation and benefits are low comparing to competitor,Increase benefits,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22355,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unrealistically low hours for such a large company #megacap,Good atmosphere with good management. Compensation is decent for an hourly rate for this caliber of positions. (But is part time)(No health benefits),This particular job does not give nearly enough hours.  The only available full time positions are slim to none.  If you want a full time position you will be competing with up to 500 people for a couple full time position.  You don't ever know when you will be getting off work.(There is a flex up/flex down time interval. up to 3 hour time swing in when you get off work.)The good news is you get told on break whether or not you will be staying or not.  Hiring on hundreds of people part time to save a buck for investors is obscene.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22356,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,"You get to see really cool stuff that you never knew exsisted, everything from food to sex toys! The co-workers are helpful. You can lose weight walking 15+ miles a day. You can dress in casual comfy clothes. Training coaches are really good.","Work you like an aniaml. Quotas are unrealistic. The layout of the picking areas could be so much easier to navigate if Amanzon would truly listen to the staff. Breaks start from as soon as you put your gun down. If you are on the third floor it can take your entire break to walk to the bathroom, use it and walk back....BREAK OVER! Department Assistants that tell you you're not picking enough are like robots. Walking 15+ miles a day is beyond tough on your feet and legs.","Instead of having such high turnover rate because you burn your pickers out, try evaluating realistic quotas for people who really want a chance at staying long term",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22357,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Mar 30, 2015",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Inventory Analyst position where I can effectively utilize my skills and expertise.,Five years’ experience as Data analyst in inventory and quality assurance. My skills include being able to solve routine inventory problems that may be more detailed or complex than normal including system analysis and reconciliation of inventory. There would be no problem with referring to an inventory control along with checking data for reconciliation,Not enough communication between the management and mid-level staff.,Consider all the staff as an asset to the company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22358,amazon,"Falls Church, VA"," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Data Center Operations Manager,No leadership,"Fast paced, smart individual contributors, insane growth.",Weak managers from top to bottom. Zero leadership but plenty of punishment to go around for violating policies that no one even knows exist.,Get your top leadership a presence in the geographic areas that have the most employees and stop trying to run everything by remote control from Seattle. Loyalty to Seattle is not a leadership principle.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22359,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Working for Amazon.com Was Great,"You got to be trained in many departments. Departments include: Inbound receive, Inbound Stow (stock), Inventory Control Quality Assurance (counting inventory), Picking (First step in the outbound process), Crisplant (packing multiple items into one box), Singles (packing each item into a box by itself), and loading trucks. You got to participate in a great exercise program (there's a lot of walking involved in working at Amazon.com)! You would also be able to sign up to train new associates! You do get to work overtime if you choose.","Sometimes you had to be sent out of department on an everyday basis. Don't get me wrong, being sent out of department can be a good thing. Sometimes, because the backlog was too low, you got sent home early. Many people don't realize that when you clock out for the day, your pay for that day ends right then and there.","Go easy on people. Try to work with your associates on their problems. If the backlog is low, see if you can send them out of department. Don't be afraid to work a department yourself.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1457.htm
22360,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon sucks,The benefit package is nice,Everything is really not so great,Appreciate your employees,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22361,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,Challenging projects. Fast paced work dynamics,Company not paying very well. Less work/life balance,"Treat people more like assets, not tools",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22362,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Mar 31, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,This company is a so so!!,"The best reasons to work at Amazon.Com is the pay, the teameork, and the benefits.",They aren't organized for example if I went a did overtime for half a day. They will take the other five hours. Favoritism,Open your eyes and realize that there a lot of potential but they can't because the same people are being put on indirect roles.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22363,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 2, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,Amazon.com fulfillment center,pay rate is commensurate with area as are the benefits.,Physically demanding in most associate positions,so far that I have experienced my superiors have all been willing to assist associates when asked.,5.0,3.0,4.0,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22364,amazon,"Skokie, IL"," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,The company and how I felt,It was a great place to work very fun and friendly,The hours sometimes could get pretty long.,Managers can sometimes be unrealistic,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22365,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Corporate Counsel,"Adversarial, distrustful, all-encompassing","Great compensation, particularly in the early years (when it's mostly in cash) Working with incredibly talented and dedicated people is inspiring Projects are cutting-edge: you'll be telling your grandkids about them","Darwinian (Hobbesian, even) ethos takes it toll on your personal life: the company will take everything you will give it, and it won't hug you back. Balance is a bad word, never to be uttered It hasn't grown up as a company: this is not yet a good corporate citizen.","Match charitable contributions Start being concerned about the churn: it cost money and time to hire and train the replacements. It would serve the company's mission, as well are the shareholders (if they ever become a concern), if you were to focus on creating a more sustainable work environment.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22366,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All work and no play make jack a dull boy,The money was great and the talent of my peers far exceeded any group I have worked with.,"The only people you see for the last 5 months of the year are Amazon employees - 6 days a week, 15 hour days was the norm.",Spend some of those billions on more managers instead of space flight and deep sea exploration to show that you really care about your staff. Don't tout such a rigorous hiring process if you aren't going to invest in those people to the tune of 29% manager turnover.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22367,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Apr 1, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Hard work, with a lot of opportunity and ownership","3 days off for most roles, large amount of ownership over the process, gained valuable management experience.","Very high expectations without always getting the tools and resources to do your job well, high turnover makes it very difficult to build a team or gain rapport with a mentor.","Deep dive into why people leave the company, at a facility by facility level.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22368,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Apr 1, 2015",Former Employee - Order Picker,Working at amazon was great you get payed 11.50 an hour and the break room is big.,sometimes you get to win prizes sometimes you would get donuts,you can loss points for arriving to work late,Manegement should make lunch break a bit longer.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22369,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Facilities Manager,Facilities Manager,"Great pay, great products, fast paced","out of date leadership tactics, huge divide between treatment of managers and associates","have tough skin, be ready to work",3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1458.htm
22370,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,I had too many trouble from other employees,I had quick job that's why I can't recommend,never work where are too many one country employee,I have grate advice about management,1.0,none,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22371,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Not worth it..,"Health insurance, A/C warehouse, water stations near every corner, casual dress code..","VERY unorganized company, Rules only apply to some people, 2 10 minutes breaks not 15, Reminded that your expendable,No family/work balance, H&R will take your PTO (paid time off) hours if you do not keep up with it..",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22372,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful,"Pto time, that is abused by many , no pros no pros no pros a pay check only pay check only pay check only....want to he happy","Age discrimination, no opportunity for growth, they hire older people who have been unemployed due to depression because they get a tax break but then they treat them very bad. Most older workers have quit due to harassing number seeking hipocrite managers. managers won't help in job gwth requests, unrealistic goals, no formal reviews or proof of work performance, always threats of poor performance but refuse to show numbers and get written up when you question this or other practices","Show us our numbers, offer ""struggling"" employees another position",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22373,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Here are a lot of challenges from which one can learn a lot,"You can learn very fast here. The work pace is above average. One coworker told me ""working at Amazon for one year is similar to working in another company for two."" That is true!",Some people would say work life balance is a problem here. I personally have not felt that strongly. (I am not a workaholic.),"Amazon's business is still expanding fast, and the prospect is good. I really have no advice for its management. Maybe fostering a coherent culture is good for the company.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22374,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Nice company to work for,Good ideas. Great place to get noticed by improving scalable processes or,"Fringe benefits, very long working hours which reduces the quality of work life balance.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22375,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"A great job, but don't count on it lasting",Fun work. Got to help people. Interesting because of the different sort of things dealt with. Training was good. Good manager support. Felt like part of a team.,"Hired seasonally, and thought I'd be kept on because my metrics were so good. Let go with only one week's notice after making it through the first cut. Can feel isolating.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22376,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,New tech rolls out daily,Treat employees like a #,Be a person,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22377,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product manager,Good salary and benefits Great people and collaborative envrionment,High stress Do more with less attitude,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22378,amazon,none," May 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,None Semi good pay Semi good hours Semi good co workers,They abuse you a lot,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22379,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area manager,4 day weeks when not busy,Stressful and aggressive environment huge turnover and training is awful,Don't bark at people,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1459.htm
22380,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great experience but not a long-term gig.,"Awesome team, smart coworkers, very cool technology, fast-moving, and ability to have your hands in multiple things. AWS is defining what is cloud computing and you can be a part of it.","Work-life balance is tough. Typical turn over is high, around 18 - 24 months. Requests from up top come down and you'll need to run like crazy to respond. Company is also very frugal, to the extreme in some cases requiring you to buy a second monitor or pay for your own parking. Growth can be a challenge as you'll need to be a rock start to really climb.","For long term stability, it may to time to create boundaries around work requirements. Instead of having teams do everything themselves, allow time for managers to coordinate between different teams and resources. Also, I would love a process that shows how to climb the ladder in the company and grow in my position.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22381,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It's an alright company to work for,"Work-life balance is great because its a 40 hour per week job, but you get three days off and work four days. This allows you to spend time with family and relax before going back to work. Also worth noting is the hours they give you to just take off and leave in the middle of the day. So if you just want to work a half day, you can. The individual departments have jobs that are very physically demanding but not mentally stimulating, meaning just about anyone can do them.","Amazon has extremely high work standards and this makes it very demanding of the associates. They base everything off of Lean Six Sigma, meaning the error rate of the associates are limited to a 0.00002 percent. The entire facility is machine-driven, meaning things malfunction, stop, and generally fail multiple times during the course of a shift. Because employee performance is dependent upon machine and software performance it can seem as though an associate is under performing. If things are going well and working as they should, however, associate productivity will be reflected accordingly. Amazon Fulfillment has a high turnover rate but if you enjoy a physically demanding workplace that challenges you, this is an excellent place to work.","I understand that management must do what they are asked of them, but I implore the management team to relate to and be empathetic towards the associates they are there to supervise. And for the love of God please come around and tell us when we are doing a good job.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22382,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,review,big company with talented people,the hiring process is quite confusing,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22383,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,"Worked VERY Hard, had some fun and we did make history...........","Very smart people, fast paced and interesting concepts and ideas.","Long hours, unappreciated, lack of HR support and direction.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22384,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - SDE2,"Tough place. Swim or sink, you are on your own.","Simple offering: If you make it, great: what don't kill you makes you more experienced. First 6-12 months are quite likely the shittiest in your life so far. After that it will improve one way or another. Many quite during that point, and the next job is usually an improvement. Those who do not will figure out how to improve their life within. Both may work.","Pager. Tons of others, but we'll start with that one.",Start treating your employees as well (or even nearly as well) as your customers.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22385,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Apr 12, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,good work experience,"Very good benefits, a lot of time off offered.",Not very understanding to singular incidents or people.,"Do not be so quick to terminate over ""breaking"" a policy, evaluate the situation and determine whether it was accidental or malicious.",3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22386,amazon,"New York, NY"," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Kindle,Flexibility. Freedom to work on projects to present to management. Sometimes they care to listen sometimes they don't. Health insurance is okay not the greatest.,Long hours. No work-life balance. Panic attacks. Depression. They expect you to different jobs outside of your tittle and you don't get kudos for doing so. I can't wait to quit.,Develop talent. Don't think employees will take the time to do it on top of all the work they have to do.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22387,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service,Customer Centric for Sure,Amazon provides amazing benefits. They provide very generous time off policies and a week of paid vacation within the first year. You will get feedback directly from customers about your performance.,"The cons are specifically that direct feedback from customers. There are no other metrics for evaluating an customer service agents performance. The customer reviews and average handle time for calls are all there is. You will be judged by the customers and if you are unable to go outside of the Amazon policy on something, basically, something you cannot change, Amazon will find fault in you for it. They don't set negative reviews at zero, but it is impossible to meet the standards without going against the very well defined company policy. IF you transfer to a supervisor, that supervisor will go outside of the policy and STILL allow you to get the negative review for the customer.","Management, I implore you to review the negative responses customers give. You can get a negative response for a contact that you didn't actually speak to, such as a disconnected chat, you can get a negative response for not giving someone free money to purchase an item just because they say that they can't afford it, people that work the system to get the most free things out of Amazon can write you a negative review just because someone hasn't looked at their account. It is VERY important that the customers are happy, but you cannot make all of the customers happy.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22388,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in seller space,Open culture. Smaller teams which also encourage you to get a Business insight of things. They encourage innovative efforts.,Developer never gets time to implement his ideas. Always a horse race to Complete the project t.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22389,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2015",Former Employee - Lead Designer,Good opportunity to work in data driven experience design,"Good compensation, young and dynamic leadership, flexible work culture...","Not so good work-life balance, slow promotions (rolewise), less scope to travel the world",Multi disciplinary trainings should be provided to employees which will help them grow the ladder.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1460.htm
22390,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Mar 30, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Amazon is a very fast paced and challenging environment, but it is a good place grow.",They are paying for much of my education They have a ladder that is climb-able from the very bottom,"Cross departmental warehouse communication is improving, but it is still a frustration for many.","There could be a lot of time saved by improving communication between departments. Hour lunches or 8 hour days would increase productivity, in my opinion.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22391,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Corporate Counsel,corporate counsel,Great learning experience with earlier responsibilities and little support - sink or swim.,"Average turnover 18 months. No perks. None. Not even maternity or paternity leave. Company baseball game? Buy your own tickets and food. No admin support, so you burn lots of time in self-service. I had no lights in my office when I joined.",You need to reduce churn. Losing people that quick is not frugal - it's penny wise and pound foolish (aka frupid),1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22392,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart people working hard,"Little bureaucracy, can-do attitude, high visibility, good rotational opportunities","Politics, lots of new people changing the core culture",Dive deeper,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22393,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager II,Great Place... ...for doers.,"Very agile in the strict sense of the word. Moves quickly. Embraces innovation. Accepts failures and moves on. Truly focuses on the customers, not on politics. Results focused. It's been said to be more of a start-up environment than even start-ups are, that's how dynamic it is.",Not for the faint-of-heart. Certain departments burn people. Often hard to have work-life balance. Not a lot of perks (no slides...). Not always the highest salaries around. Can be very hard to be promoted.,"Focus on work-life balance. Always prioritize reduction in operational burden, design for it. Don't let the priority of the day randomize your team, push back more to get more stability in priorities.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22394,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer III,Support Engineer III,+ Smart people + Great technology + Awesome mentors + Seattle is an amazing place,- Stack ranking - Work life balance - Advancement opportunities - Politics,"Stack ranking, and constant emergencies burn employees out. Managers are more concerned with their own ranking than with the well-being of their employees. This is causing some of the highest turnover rates in the technology industry. The average person here lasts about 2 years or less.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22395,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Dog eat dog, fast paced, smart people","Smart people, fast paced, lots of open roles","People are not nice, most people leave within 2 years",Model is working despite unhappy employees,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22396,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources,Good pay and benefits are #1. You definitely have a challenging environment that can be quite rewarding at times. You work with a lot of very intelligent people who keep you on your toes. You will not be bored.,"A pretty constant characteristic across multiple lines of business is that you'll wear a lot of different hats in your job. Meaning you'll do a little of everything - especially when someone leaves. Unfortunately, that happens a lot. Turnover is high and the other members of the team tend to get burned out since you are usually already spread very thin. Overtime is not just likely - it's guaranteed. Your success ultimately rests on how good your manager and peers are. Effective and polite communication is hard to come by - it is surely not a warm and inviting culture - but that's not their goal. Amazon's goal is to be ""Earth's most customer centric company"" and that is exactly what they succeed at: being customer centric. The thing they have to realize is that when you look at the internal business - there is a new set of customers: employees. You cannot fail to recognize you need to keep them happy - money and benefits only go so far.","There is a difference between Management and Leadership. That needs to be carefully taken into consideration. Simply moving the gears of the team successfully does not mean that you are leading your people. Employees are talented and capable - otherwise they wouldn't pass the rigorous interviews to get in. They will often be self motivated but that only lasts so long in an environment where they feel stretched, have no work-life balance and are not recognized for their contributions. Are there excellent leaders at Amazon? Absolutely. Are they in the majority? Sadly no.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22397,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Most challenging job so far - in a good way,- tons of smart people - you get the chance to make high value and high impacting functionalities - people listens when you point out the right thing - you manage your own time,- there are lots of cruft. people moves fast but technical debt grows pretty fast. - it can be quite overwhelming (this might be an understatement) - can be quite tough if you're not used to the industry,- stop thinking about your career and start thinking about your team's career. if the team succeeds so will you.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22398,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Mar 29, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,i love working at amazon.,You get great benefits and the people are amazing,you work alot of overtime,stop punishing people who get fired in a different department but are very successful in another,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22399,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,you get paid and live.,DO Not work here unless you want to waste years off your life. It is all favoritism and politics. Do yourself a favor and look somewhere else.,None ....They fail all too much to get any advice,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1461.htm
22400,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Brutal place to work with turnover that is out of this world, especially challenging for managers.","You have a real chance to test your mettle here. Pay and benefits are good, and ample opportunities are always available.","The ample opportunities are because the turnover is outrageous!!! All associates, in every level tend to not last very long. You will be expected to know and understand everything under the sun and be able to report out at a moment's notice. The higher-ups will bash you can disrespect you consistently. If you want to feel small and useless, this place is for you. Also, the HR teams are quite proficient at doing whats best for the company, not you.","People are not robots. People have feelings and breathe air. People want their scheduled time off to relax and unwind, you know, live! You are great at painting a nice picture, but in reality, its nothing but a mud smeared on a canvas.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22401,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Apr 5, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,When I really needed a job amazon was there.,if you need a job... always hiring. Working at amazon is mainly about speed. Working non-stop.,"advancement is difficult.. quality could get you fired, but manage doesn't expressed it. Rate, Rate, Rate is the number one goal.","Management needs to focus more on quality, than on rate. Management need more backbone when communicating with upper management, even staff.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22402,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work/life balance become non-existent,"You'll learn a lot of new tasks, as multi-tasking is fundamental here.","If you value a reasonable work/life balance at all, this is not the employer for you.","Please stop understaffing teams, and actually hire enough people for teams to allow them to work less than 70 hours a week.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22403,amazon,"New York, NY"," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Territory Cloud Computing Sales,"Cutting edge tech, world-class engineering, constant innovation, like of like NY: if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere","People are really just cogs in the AMZN machine, management couldn't actually care any less about the acutal people who work there, there is no expectation that people have lives outside of the job. While AWS leads the cloud world for now there is still massive pressure to deliver more features, services and sell to whoever will listen at all costs, even at the expense of their employees.",People actually do matter in the end and time will be the ultimate judge of what real success is,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22404,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 28, 2015",Former Employee - Manager Vendor Management,Demanding and rewarding Fortune 50 company to work for. Very fast paced with a high level of individual responsibility.,"Pays very well, high level of responsibility, with big challenges.",Long days make it difficult to disconnect from job responsibilities. Challenging to maintain work life balance.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22405,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Instock Manager,Snr Instock Manager,Diversified retail business with lots of opportunity to learn different categories Competitive pay with decent sign on bonus,The same way the aggressively recruit you is the same way they will force you out. There is a big leadership gap and top performers tend to be those in the click with immediate supervisors.,The leadership principles are great but your middle managers are chasing away talent because of they let their egos do the work. Too much micromanaging. Use MBTI and 360 feedback to help develop your managers and build long lasting relationships,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22406,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Was harder initially but slowly it became easier.,"Smart people , lot to learn","No work life balance, always competitive",Care for employees,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22407,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Full time, Good 20 somthing job. Offers many opportunitys.","Guaranteed hours, ok pay, overall compensation","Long hours, somtimes stressfull atmosphere.",Stop changing managers so much.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22408,amazon,"Lauderhill, FL"," Mar 24, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Excellent Place To Work,"Decent pay, good hours, very supportive management teams, and they are VERY flexible. They also work great with students.",You have to be prepared to deal with some of the customers who call in.,"Nothing really, really awesome company to work for.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22409,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture of success,You become what you put into it,"I didn't start sooner....I wish I would have began my career with Amazon sooner...but now that I'm here, im here to stay",Keep raising the bar,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1462.htm
22410,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer IV,Worked to capacity,"Dogs: I love having a work place with dogs when I need to take a break I also love that the emphasis is on what you get done, rather than time you spent with your butt in the chair",They'll work you as hard as you let them. The promotion process in opaque and you don't get the results till April.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22411,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former worker,Great work environment and employee's,I don't really have anything negative to say,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22412,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to build your career,"Its a small division within Amazon and has been growing very fast in the past 4-5 years and taking on new challenges, and you get an opportunity to work on them. Most of the work here is pure engineering and development as it is a very young group.",There are some teams where work quality is not good. The work pressure is always high.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22413,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,President,I worked too many hours,I love my job a lot,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22414,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"low work load, good pay","frequent oncall, noisy work environment.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22415,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fantastic opportunities to make an impact on your career and customers, but don't expect anyone to hold your hand.","Amazon Kindle is an ambitious, forward-thinking place to work. Amazon isn't just creating ""me too"" products, but is instead paving interesting ground with new initiatives. It's rare in industry to be able to work on V1 consumer electronics products at huge tech companies, whereas Amazon widely publicizes many job reqs for new ""secret"" projects. I worked on the FirePhone, which although it did not sell well, was still a valuable learning experience and one that has positioned me to more or less be able to get a job ""anywhere"" in tech.  The work environment is fast paced, but this is somewhat expected as nobody joins a digital products org expecting to take it easy. The work environment is process-light, collaborative, and focused on results versus process. There's typically a sense of the team solving a challenging problem together and celebrating as a unit. Performance reviews are 360, so it's hard to get away with being a jerk to your team or trying to capture glory.  Salaries are great here. Amazon uses a base + RSU's model to determine total comp, so consider the entire package versus base salary. RSU's can be a significant portion of comp, and Amazon stock has been traditionally on the rise.  The engineering leadership org is expected to be highly technical as well as effective as managers. There's no room for ""high level"" leaders: my VP is probably one of the most technically gifted people I have ever worked with. Unlike in some companies where you may have to dumb down presentations the further up the chain you go, at Amazon you'll often find that senior leadership exceeds your own technical bar.  Overall, every company has its pros and cons of course, but the main appeal of coming to Amazon Kindle is the opportunity to work on something big that you'll be able to actually ship in a fairly short timeframe, and it's something that will often find its way to your friends and family. Amazon offers a great tangible experience shipping a product, and is a valuable resume builder.","Amazon is generous about salaries, but frugal about perks. We do still get big monitors and SSDs and other critical stuff, but Amazon's general philosophy is to pay their employees enough that employees can electively spend money on snacks and other non-essentials. We have vending machines, and you'll sit in coach when you fly. If you're looking for a company that will pamper you, Amazon's not it.  Additionally, Amazon thrives on ""ambiguity"" -- this trait is often assessed during interviews and engineers are expected to be able to make progress in a fast-moving, highly agile environment that may not have specs or clarity. This may be challenging for those who come from a more traditional task-oriented or dictating organization. If you're proactive and can make reasonable decisions in the absence of certainty, you'll tend to do very well, but don't expect that there will always be someone available to hold your hand.","Relax your frugality policies. Providing cheap amenities such as snacks costs the company minimally but has good impact to quality of life, and in particular prevents employees from being enticed away by other companies that do provide those amenities.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22416,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - Full Time Fulfillment Associate,Good experience. A lot of work.,Lots of overtime available during Christmas season.,They overwork you & it takes a toll on you especially during times of mandatory overtime. The pay should be higher. The computers constantly down.,Upper management should pay more attention to fulfillment associates. They were utterly clueless when it came to the employees personal lives.,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22417,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Support Function,"A great company to work for at the edge of online technology, growing at a very fast pace globally.","Here, you can definitely learn a lot and help shape the future of the online business if you like working fast paced business.",You need to be willing to give a lot of extra hours into your work and be able to handle pressure.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22418,amazon,"Humble, TX"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Package Sorter,excellent if you just want to make extra money. there is room for advancement but mainly with sone type of degree,It's only four hours of work. The Company has benefits for it's part time employees. Management is helpful. After only 20 days of employment you receive 10 hours of ATO but without pay,The pay is not enough considering to the physical labor that yo will be doing.,. Need some type of degree in my opinion. And management tends to have their favorites.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22419,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good place to grow but only for short term,good reputation good learning experience optimistic future,no work life balance frugal culture growing pain poor working environment,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1463.htm
22420,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Technical,Good programming knowledge builds in Amazon,I dont know the cons.,nothing,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22421,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Smart people, experience depends on manager and team","Surrounded but really smart, motivated people. Innovative work and cool new products. Pay is pretty good for market, though always has you by the golden handcuffs.","Experience largely depends on manager and team. I've been on great teams, and not so great ones. Career is self-service and need to be able to find a good mentor who will get you the right exposure for promotion/career development.  Also not great on work life balance. If you want to work an 8-5 job this is not your place.","Diversity, and more women in leadership positions.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22422,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead,"The Associates were some of the hardest working (and least appreciated) people I have ever worked with. Without these people Amazon would be nothing. Until the Union steps in and gives Bezos some heartburn, the fulfillment centers across the country will continue to be glorified sweat shops.","Management has created a shark tank workplace. An environment where none are truly trusted by associates and where advocates are extremely rare. HR is also worthless, conniving, and borders on evil.","Wake up and see the value of an FC is measured not just in terms of production but by the caliber of its associates and the sweat they leave behind. Without them your numbers would be frightening and rightfully, you would realize how little value you actually provide. Telling an associate they're doing a great job doesn't take away your power over their area. It doesn't take a lot of time and oftentimes would be appreciated more than any amount of swag bucks you gave them-----to buy an Amazon T-shirt or hat with. Really? Turnover is not a concern to you and it certainly shows.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22423,amazon,"Kent, WA"," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Fulfillment Associate at Kent, WA warehouse review.",Great pay and benefits. Many opportunities for advancement within.,Very hectic work environment with very high safety standards.,Keep up the great work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22424,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Stower- Tracy, CA",Decent pay. Friendly coworkers.,"The rate expectation is impossible, due to product given and available space. Not to mention POOR and or NO pod etiquette,that, and having to cut open your own cases and pry some product from their boxes because they are packaged so tightly. This will definitely kill your rate. When you mention these issues it always the same thing were working on that... meanwhile your still getting write-ups for low rates and productivity and eventually they will let you go. (fire you) for your lack of productivity and not making rate. They are ALL about the numbers. If you want to make it here and your in STOW (which is where most start out I believe) Don't follow the rules (pod etiquette) and stow as fast as you can, push out those numbers and you'll make it.. If you believe in INTEGRITY then this is NOT the place to work.","Listen, (don't just hear) Listen",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22425,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Fulfillment Associate,Overall good but then so bad,"Monthly bonuses, the culture is great so everyone is easy to talk to. The hard work can be rewarding in a short period of time, lots of people get promoted in a short period of time. They also have a program that will pay for you to go back to school after working there for a year. The benefits packages they offer are also really good.","HR is really hard to get a hold of and half the time don't seem to know what they're doing so you have to check how much time you have off on a weekly basis otherwise you'll end up fired because they were docking it when you dont come in on your days off. It's a big place so there's a TON of walking and a lot of the work is pretty physical so it takes a while to get used to it. Ten hour shifts with a 30 minute lunch can be pretty tiring as well, especially if they call overtime and make it a 12 hour shift.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22426,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Manager,"smart people, fast-paced, salary and stock","work-life balance, missing extra benefits and perks, rigid promotion process",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22427,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Inventory Control/Quality Assurance,You won't have a life.,The pay is decent for warehouse work and the benefits are great.,"Overworked, you can't really have a life outside of work because you want to sleep all the time. I had to leave work to go to the emergency room because I had horrible pain in my side and I could barely walk. If I didn't have any Unpaid time off or Personal Time left I would have been fire. You are a number to them, they don't care about you. Also with rates and errors, things change all the time. Communication is so bad that you get errors for things they never told you about. There are also rumors of our facility is closing and they won't tell us if they are closing or not.","COMMUNICATION. Realize people have lives, emergencies happen. Don't punish people for getting hurt.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22428,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Mar 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Software Development Engineer Intern,Having three phone interviews and went to the local office. Four hour in-person interview. Phone interviews consisted of technical questions and in-person interview consisted of technical and personal questions.,"Incredibly smart peers and huge career impact(would be vary on your team) My team was great. Whenever u asked a question to your mentor, they will gently answer to your question.",Need to learn. Sometimes they need you to learn new programming language even you have not had any experience. A little pressure of completing a project early.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22429,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Receive Associate,"I am currently in the RSR dept., which separates and inventories special orders that need to go out immediately.","Good Benefits, along with clean working conditions",Low pay and shrinking hours available to work. Need to rotate employees twice a day instead of doing the same thing for 10 hours straight.,"Step above all the other similar companies and retailers and give your employees a raise. Don't be the evil empire people call Amazon. You are a good company with a great track record, keep it up with a small raise to the employees who put out an amazing amount of work. Make them feel like they are real employees of Amazon and not throw away workers.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1464.htm
22430,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's among the best warehouse jobs in the area (but it's still a warehouse job).,"The benefits are great. The medical will even help pay for gender reassignment (if that's what you wish to do) and recognize same sex partners. There is also stock options given annually to all full time employees. You get a week of personal time (paid vacation) in hourly increments, as well as another week of vacation time (also hourly increments). The pay is reasonable (11 to 14 dollars an hour based on seniority). Even part time employees get medical benefits. They also offer a career path (once you've been an Amazonian a year) where the company offers to pay for part time schooling up to 3k a year for four years for certain career paths. The total package (benefits, stock, and pay) is probably 18 to 22 dollars an hour.","It's still a warehouse job, which means you're going to stand on your feet for long periods of time (up to ten hours or more a day). Full time is in the form of four ten hour days (pro or con, depending, because for those four days, you eat, sleep, and work, before having three days off). Don't have any illusions about working M-F during the day, because to start, you're probably going to work both weekend days. There's relatively little opportunity for advancement in the company. There's also relatively little recognition for employees. And during the fourth quarter, you will be required to work four 11 hour days, or even five or six ten hour days, per week, for a period of time. It's hard work.",You need to do a better job of giving incentives and recognition to the lowest level employees that make your business go.,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22431,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Ownership, Accountability, Learning",I loved working at Amazon - the headquarters area was really great once we all moved to South Lake Union. It was nice to meet colleagues at one of the many coffee shops or cafeterias. The stock price increased significantly during my time there so my original stock was worth much more than I planned on - a nice surprise. Working on a team with Jeff exposure was challenging and fun - Kindle in 2010-2012 was a GREAT place to be.,"Amazon is a challenging company to work for - there are a lot of long hours, stressful meetings, and travel. It was tough to take all of your vacation unless you specifically made it a priority. However, I think the pros far outweigh the cons.","Continue to challenge your next generation of leaders with big projects, big risks, and big opportunities.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22432,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive Seller Services,Great experience working with a lot of smart people. Need to be self directed in both work and career aspirations.,"Competitive pay, interesting work, opportunities to work in many fields. Opportunities to work with a lot of very talented people.","High expectations, little to no skill/career development support. Expected to be experienced and knowledgeable when you walk in the door.","Continue to work on managing work/life balance. Provide more opportunities for mentorship, and development.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22433,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AM,"Good experience, you get to manage a lot of people right out of college","Work-life balance, pay, stressful work environment",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22434,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer II,Great culture. Amazingly oriented towards the customer.,Too much low level politics - even between engineers.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22435,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work in amazon. Nice learnings..,Good package and benefits. Working with great minds,No work life balance. Have to work long hours,Recruit more,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22436,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Mar 15, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate/Digital Specialist,For the most part I enjoyed working at Amazon.,A lot of flexibility as far as time off is concerned. Many different OU's to choose from so you can move laterally. As a company Amazon goes above and beyond to make the day fun and exciting (especially holdiays). Lots of overtime. Stock. Bonuses,"Every second of your day is being timed, literally. Many times through out the day you'll feel like you're in school again. You have to work pretty much all holidays, no exceptions. Overtime can be made mandatory, no getting out of that. Your schedule will be changed at the drop of a dime. Before you worked at 5am, now you work at 5pm, have fun adjusting to that. Once you're out of time off, do not come to work 1 second late, you will be fired. After a certain amount of time with the company, it seems they will look for any reason to fire you as they can pay someone much less to do what you do (by the way, I didn't get fired, I had to quit as I was moving)","Team Leads, congrats, you made it. But please, don't act all ""mightier than thou"" towards the CSA's who's pay scale is less than yours. Everyone's just trying to make a living",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22437,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Apr 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse fulfillment outbound/inbound,"Good benefits if hired by Amazon, availability due to large number of workers needed for six weeks in peak season, good as seasonal job through ISS (but without benefits)","labor rates designed to predict daily production of warehouse are unfair and inaccurate predictors of employee performance. partiality in assignments, depending on local manager, managers change frequently no physical accommodations for age-related handicaps without doctor excuse Labor targets designed for 25% bottom-skimming of least productive employees, most achieving 90-99% of labor rates.","Better attention to employee relations onsite (Amazon uses external HR management & site managers have little understanding of production beyond what warehouse managers say. Employee training is inconsistent, directed by managers outside of learning and not supported unless asked by a manager. Make onsite learning more managed by training professionals with hand-on knowledge of what they train.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22438,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Working at Amazon, I've seen that I've grown a lot as a person being in a leadership position.","Decent medical benefits, chance to learn a lot about the a fulfillment business process and make quick but safe and smart business decisions.",Can be VERY stressful at times. May have to work in very hot or very cold conditions depending on where you are in the building. Dealing with peak new hires during holiday season is extremely frustrating because of the total lack of proper per-screening process.,Expect a fast pace environment. Pay close attention when you start and try to understand the process as soon as possible. Senior management love employees that are fast learners and strive for continuous improvement.,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22439,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,A great experience working on a lot of different technologies,It varies from team to team but I had the opportunity to work on some amazing stuff that made me learn a lot about scale and infrastructure that goes along with such a huge eco-system. Another thing that surprised me was how smart a lot of the folks working here actually are.,"Work-life balance isn't that great. Managers are nice and friendly you do get peer pressure to work longer than usual in order to generate the same output as others. Again, working with smart and motivated people who work a lot is both a pro and a con I guess.",Do a bit more to make your developers happy. Just giving them a paycheck is not enough.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1465.htm
22440,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Apr 20, 2015",Former Employee - Sorter/Unloader/Scanner,Absolutely terrible place to work,"Honestly, there was nothing positive about working at this facility. It was just plain awful and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.",Basically everything. You are extremely overworked and under appreciated in all aspects of what you are assigned to do.,"Pay your hard working employees more than $10/hr, and then see if people will actually want to come work for you. Having an employee who scans packages get paid the same wage as another person who unloads the trailers or sorts the packages is an absolute joke.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22441,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General review,"Good work culture, independence, start-up like work environment","Stingy, lack of employee benefits, stock options not very great","Better project management, better market understanding, employee benefits and general infrastucture should be better",4.0,none,2.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22442,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Woker,it would be considered to be a demanding jobs constantly on your feet.,"great pay excellent hours, over time if needed","early morning, heavy lifting nothing ordinary, paper cuts,",the amazon warehouse in San Diego is a job I would recommend to anyone with an appetite for work,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22443,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience here,Was good experience as an intern here but it definitely depends on what team you're on. Learned a lot,Nothing bad here really.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22444,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"By far, The Worst Company to work for in America",For just $11.00x hr. they are transforming a Human Worker into a Human-Robot...,Be ready to be a victim of the most sophisticated type of exploitation...,"If this is the New Model of Business in America, then this is the end of Human Workers...",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22445,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2015","Current Employee - Manager, Vendor Management - Personal Computers (PC) Team",Culture in Amazon's Personal Computers (PC) Team is not good,"This review is about the extended PC or Personal Computers team and holds true most of Consumer Electronics (not just Personal Computers (PC), Components, Peripherals, Accessories, Input Devices). This review will also help someone in Inventory Management or Instock Manager function as they work close to vendor managers). Core Business Experience - In a vendor management function, you get a business experience where you are buying and selling stuff like someone who is running his own store. Agreed that this is not glamorous and you do just one type of transaction 100 times over, it is still a business role and not an advisory/consulting role  Experience in Challenging Category - Personal Computers and Consumer Electronics as such is a tough category where products come in and phase out in very short cycles and are often unprofitable. So you will experience high pressure given that this category has a high topline impact and often adverse bottomline impact. So you can get several years of experience in a few years. (On the flip side, expect to work at least 60-70 hours a week during off peak times and 80ish during Q4)","Culture and Leadership - Amazon has a culture of treating its employees poorly but that is well documented in this forum. The culture of the PC team is probably the worst in Amazon. It is extremely political and the leadership team treats the mid-lower level (esp the Level 6) with utter disrespect. One is made to feel extremely dispensable and people are publically humiliated in meetings. All blame is passed on to Level 6 while credit is readily accepted by Levels 7 and 8. Advice- Get thick-skinned if you want to survive here and get ready to be thrown under the bus.  Growth (Level and Salary) - Once you are in, expect no growth in your salary. At best, you will get 1-2% hike year on year. The only consolation will be that the average hike is less than 1% so you are doing ok. More importantly though, you will not see path to becoming a level 7. There is no such thing as promoting from within in the extended PC team. All the former and current level 7s and 8s have been brought in directly at that level from outside - Amex, Sears, P&G, GE, McMaster Carr etc. You can forget about getting to the next level here. Advice - Negotiate really hard for the best salary and position in terms of direct reports. Once you are here, you are stuck with what you have negotiated. All promises of getting to level 7 or getting direct reports are a way to get you in. Once in, you will be where you are. If you feel that you are not fully happy with the offer, just walk away. Do not join hoping that things will improve, else you will be miserable.  Churn - People come and go like seasons. People with 1 year experience are now veterans in the team. With the churn comes the fact that you have to do the work of the people who have left (with no additional reward or recognition or even a small acknowledgement). Roles are not backfilled soon because NO ONE internally wants to join the PC team. So you will be burdened with the additional tasks for a few quarters before you can get even a part of your life back. Tip - Nothing you can do to avoid this, except maybe avoid the PC team all together. If you join, FORGET about Work Life Balance as long as you are there.","Start treating your employees like humans and not like Kiva robots. Give them due respect, try to see their goals and aspirations and help them get there. Ask not just what the employee can do for you, also ask (sincerely) what you can do for the employee. Don't just ask and say 'discuss that with X or Y' - try to help genuinely. Stop giving presentations about trying to get people to line up to get into the PC team - spend that time talking to employees and asking what you could do differently. Just stop treading all over them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22446,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - ISS Field Representative,Love my job,"Benefits are great, great co-workers, the hours aren't bad. There is always an opportunity for over time. The costumer #1 we strive to meet or exceed the costumers exception",Every company has its cons but thous can be different for every person that works there,Engage your employees more the AMs don't have this problem as they see their employees everyday but upper management need to be more available to their employees. We all understand that you are very busy but take some time to get to know your employees.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22447,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Integration Manager,Amazon culture is like a suit of armor..,"When you put it on, it feels like it was custom made for you. You feel invincible. You can you anything and you want to wear it forever.","Or it doesn't fit. Every time you move it digs into you, it cuts you, and you bleed. You fight and try to force it to change to fit you, it won't. Just admit it. Take it off, move on.","This was said by our guest soaker in my new hire orientation. I understood completely. Management, say this. Repeat it.  I love my armor and I love our culture and wish those that don't would leave.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22448,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 19, 2015",Current Employee - Floor Associate - Stow,Floor Assoc. Stow,Good health benefits and 401k plan.,"You'll need those benefits because they will work you to death. And don't dare get sick and try to bring in a doctors note. They treat employees as if they are disposable, they'll just hire someone to replace you tomorrow!",Hire qualified floor managers who have some people skills. Honest managers would be a plus also.,1.0,none,none,1.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22449,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 19, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Associate,"Enjoy many of the people that I work with. Also, I like the idea of swag bucks received when your hard work is noticed.","Breaks are not real breaks. If your break is 15 minutes it's really 12 because you have to add in the time needed to walk all the way back to your station, prep, and scan your first item on time. Management talks down to employees as though they're less than.",Management needs to be more conscious of the way they speak to their employees.,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1466.htm
22450,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,I was an Area Manager for 4 years,"Good compensation, room for growth if you are liked by your supervisors, lots of vacation time.","You work all the time even in non peak hours, 60 plus hours per week. Nothing you ever do is good enough. Everything changes all the time, and you can never keep up with all of the changes.","Get organized, say what you really mean, and do what you say.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22451,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Making history means a lot of hours...,Fast paced and innovative work/projects,Does not have work-life balance.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22452,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Challenging and fantastic job,"Opportunity work environment and people. Its all good, you do have to be a self motivator. Picking or stowing making rate is a challenge but if you stay on task and work with a sense of urgency you will make it happen .",So much to learn and that takes time. The number of tools available are substantial.Not a CON but its almost info overload but with time you will find your groove.,"Senior Management no advice from what I have witnessed from them but a few Area Managers should ""rephrase"" how they put things to hourly employees. Not an issue as these are rare. I just know of a couple .",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22453,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good for some people, not for me",Working with intelligent people and massive quantities of data.,"Conflict oriented culture, geared to burning people out.",Step back and let developers do their work. Stop pointing fingers as a first response.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22454,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon is a great company to work for if you can make the cut.,"I have been an Amazonian for one year, and I believe Amazon is a great place to work. None of the tasks are difficult, but they can get boring, and mind numbing. If you are a fast learner who can excel in any task they throw at you then you will move up the ladder quickly. Moving your way up the ladder is all based on business needs though, so it takes patience and perseverance. The more you learn the more variety you will have, and the more you will break into positions where you have to think a little more.  +Good benefits +Nice Time off options +Easy tasks +Easy work (if you're in shape) +Great people to work with +No dress code (within safety regulations obviously) +No rules against tattoos +Plenty of opportunity to learn new things","- Rate system (I can write a book about how this is horribly implemented, but I will leave it at that)  - If you are old or have physical set backs this job may not be for you  -Other departments can make your job more difficult by not following the correct process  -Lazy people who don't put work tools back where they belong or leave trash everywhere",I would suggest to only give out coachings and write ups for quality only. Use productivity as a means of work over site. Although I would hand out coachings and write ups based on below average productivity.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22455,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 30, 2015",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,"Discouraging, to say the least.","Lots of great exercise, all the time.",Management is quick to promise and slow to deliver.,Don't make promises you have no intention of keeping. That right is reserved to politicians.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22456,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great Place to start your career after MBA,1) amazing projects 2) amazing opportunities to grow in multiple roles 3) amazing place to be on fast track learning 4) amazing international opportunities,1) frugality everywhere anywhere 2) hours can get overwhelming especially in PEAK season 3) work force reshuffle happens very fast - u may see your team members vanishing within 1.5 years,find ways to retain talent,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22457,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Enjoy working with a lot of people,"Different challenges everyday. Once you've gained enough knowledge and respect, the process becomes a lot easier and moving up is obviously easier as well.","Dog Eat Dog World. Each level is stack ranked against everyone else, therefore be prepared for the back-stabbing to occur. HR is like the principles office for associates, they will take the associates word over yours' more often than not. Not very structured in processes, a lot of grey area.",Acknowledge successes when they occur. We take things for granted and expect success to just happen.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22458,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon,Good place to work at and you get paid descent amount of money,"A lot of work, very little break,","Work hard, efficiently, diligently and do your best",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22459,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Inventory,Love my job here at Amazon,Work hard and you move up,"If you are lazy and don't try, you stay at bottom of barrel and don't move up","Listen to your employees, the ones who work hard, not the ones who complain",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1467.htm
22460,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,DO NOT WORK HERE,- Company uses a bunch of open source stuffs which is cool but there're better companies doing even better like Yahoo/Linkedin/Facebook.  - CEO is a visionary and the overall business has a good perspective.,"- Management treats members like dispensable items, disregard their contribute, and under some extreme cases, harm them in order to promote themselves - Do not think of this as a common scenario you can see anywhere else, during my past 5 years of working experiences, this is the only worst among all those well-known high-tech companies. Thinking of politics in MSFT bad? You can just find it even worse here.  - Some times some people is going to write ""correction of errors"" just because no one else would like to and he's the most junior person. Yes they use this way to shame and discredit you..  - DO NOT WORK HERE UNLESS YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICES. I've seen people getting fired and got noticed on their last day, they got fired due to politics not really their performance (even though they've told so), AND those people can survive just well in many other even more attractive high-tech companies.  - Benefits are not on a high-tech company standard (they're just literately the worst among all Internet companies, seriously, they look like booksellers).  - I see NO ONE speaking good about this company whoever at least worked somewhere else for a reasonable period of time. For those who is reading my comments I'm saving your career & life.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22461,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great entrepreneurial company,"Great place if you are entrepreneurial. You will learn lot about E-commerce in depth, work with very talented people on challenging and rewarding projects both internally and with vendors. You are always learning new skills, working on the latest projects in E-commerce, and challenging yourself.","As with any company that is entrepreneurial, Amazon is a great company to work for if your current career aspirations match the entrepreneurial culture.",Keep focusing on improving processes.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22462,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse associate Tier 1,"Great schedule, lots of time off, the pay is decent after you have been there a while.",The work is monotonous and not very intellectually stimulating.,Promotions are very competitive and not very transparent.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22463,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't go there,"Kitchen, views, coffee, wearing short and t-shirts to work, great views","Crowded cubs, disparaging bosses, cut-throat, unrealistic, fend for yourself, you'll never get those golden stock handcuffs released. Not. Worth. IT.","Stop being such misers and see what terrible, polarizing agents you have for middle management. No teamwork. Backstabbing. Unheathy and stressful environment.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22464,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It sucked,I made some really good friends.,"Short breaks, no communication at all. I hate how you give everything you can to make your rate high and if you don't get to 300 it's a write up. Worst place to ever work!",Yall need some damn training in communication.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22465,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 15, 2015",Former Employee - Associate,"Amazon is a decent employer, who takes decent care of their employees.",Pay and benefits are above market average.,They require massive amounts of overtime.,Retention is your largest problem.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22466,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Not for me,"Training, although fast paced and slightly disorganized was invaluable. Definitely tools that I could take with me to my next destination.",I felt like we were cattle being hearded rather than employees. It was all about getting yeses from customers. Quantity over quality. Your bathroom breaks are timed to a T. Don't be late or you will get an infraction. They asked my team to take on extra hours. I signed up and then they cancelled every other half hour so I had to log in and out every other half our for 4 hours. Real nice.,"Get to know your staff. Build quality relationships or mentorship to help staff improve. Provide more opportunities for growth. I felt like a Christmas tree sent to the curb after Christmas. Literally once the Christmas rush was over, so was I.",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22467,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chaos,Lots of cross group work. Code packages are open for everyone to access.,Leadership doesnt have a clear vision. There is a lot of support for grassroots innovation only to be killed by someone higher up.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22468,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nonstop work to be had at Amazon but if you have a supportive manager it is both fun and fulfilling.,Great coworkers and benefits. Can be loads of fun when you are working on innovative projects.,Impossible to have a work/life balance.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22469,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Challenging work, horrible culture.","Autonomy to make decisions Planning process does not back in from a budget, money is used on the best data Growing company, so less jockeying for status and positions vs working smart","No attempts to create a balance for employees who want to succeed AND see their families Leadership is not willing to be reflective about their own leadership failings, but expect their directs to be better than they are",Grow up and start leading people instead of data.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1468.htm
22470,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Work,"Good pay, a lot of hours, some fun people, bonuses, raffles","You do run into crappy people, a ton of hours can get tiring.",Walk in our shoes before you criticize the effort were putting in.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22471,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good people, good workers, culture of poor engineering practice.","You get to build stuff. You have to support what you build, talk to customers, etc., but you get real ownership of components and subject matter expertise. If you're good, find a good team - or even better, a good manager - and you'll do okay.","Way too many terrible engineering choices being made by mid and senior engineers. There's this Big Software mentality that engenders inflexible, one-shot designs - and pressure from all around to ship results as quickly as humanly possible with or without defects. Over time I've seen this in multiple teams and have effected some change, but it is as a few small pebbles in an attempt to alter a river's course.","Plan extra time for design. Ask for some kind of diagram, some explanation of the component-level design of new features and systems. Coding first and designing later inevitably results in poor architecture, release delays, testing difficulties and heavier team-wide burden supporting software which should have waited a little longer. Don't go all waterfall, but for pity's sake - ask for a design, not just metrics!",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22472,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not a bad work environment at all, but don't expect to have a life.","- Great Salary - Many events, groups, etc. to work in - Great benefits - Everyone knows who you work for - Many learning opportunities in regards to scale and your job as a whole generally - Generally easy to move within the company","- Expect to be working 50 hours minimum... on a slow week - When they say you can work as many hours as you want, as long as you get the work done... they give you 60-80 hours worth of work for that week... unless you are a genious... good luck getting it done - Very anti-conservative / anti-Christian environment... was given grief for being both many times... including by my manager - Depending on which org you land into, it can be very political... make friends quickly in high places.","- Clear out anyone who is not allowing those of *all* faiths, beliefs, etc. to be apart of the company - Stop killing your workers with massive hours as a means of ""frugality"" aka frupidity.",3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22473,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,perception management,good training system and very good chance for leadership skills,boss only cares about perception rather than the performance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22474,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Career opportunities stunted by management.,Large company with the opportunity to change teams and learn something new. Compensation isn't bad as long as your lucky enough to shares and fortune to sell them at the right time.,Management or lack of can be extremely detrimental. Transferring to another team is more often than not the only way to be promoted. On call to the point of killing any work-life balance.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22475,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard work with decent pay and some benefits make it not the worst place to work for.,Time given to permanent workers there make it so your set schedule can be more flexible. Being able to leave earlier or arrive later.,Repetitive work for the most part,Shifting workers from different tasks can improve worker mentality,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22476,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love this company,Great people to work with. Its a fun company and I really learned at lot. Great experience,The challenges for me was learning the systems. Other than that this is a very great company and I would love to work here again,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22477,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A job but definitely not a career...,- Get a great name on your resume - Impact millions of people worldwide,- No work life balance - Poor management - No career development,Treat your employees with more respect. Amazon must spend millions of dollars annually relocating people to Seattle to work for the company. As soon as they get into the door it's sink or swim. Invest time into developing those employees so they stick around longer. The data speaks for itself: average employee lifetime is a measly 18 months.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22478,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,Not bad for a first job,"Good learning opportunity, good people to work with","Work/life balance not the greatest, oncall is stressful sometimes.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22479,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great project. Nice colleagues,Project interesting. Providing a startup-like environment. Colleagues are nice.,A little aggressive culture. Benefit not good.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1469.htm
22480,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for effective multi-taskers,You'll get to learn about how a business is run and how coding helps that goal.,Years of staying here may make you lose out on the latest trends unless you keep yourself up to date.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22481,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,"Company has structure, encourages management to grow and be promoted, hires outside of the company, good insurance.","Good Health Insurance, 401K plan, Stock Plan, and Vacation/Personal Time. If you are willing to put in the work they will help you on your path to being promoted. Willing to transfer you to different buildings and or states. Promote from within and hire from the outside. Lots of changes every day, week, month!","Physically difficult, on your feet 10+ hours, be prepared to work some Overtime and holidays. Outside hires are paid much more than internal promotions. At times Work/Life Balance can lack.",Try to even out the pay difference between external hires and internal promotions. Continue to work on the Culture in individual buildings.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22482,amazon,"Pendleton, OR"," Mar 19, 2015",Former Employee - Data Engineer II,"Used to be decent, but the downward spiral seems to be consistent.","If you get into a department when the department is new, you have a fair shot of a couple of decent years of work.","The current Management trend is to create a perfect work environment to open a department, then gut Management and bring in throatcutters and micromanagers to ""streamline operations"". This doesn't seem to be performance based either - as in, well performing facilities are also subject to the same bad policies after they've been spun up.  Managers belittle their employees behind their backs when they aren't even capable of doing the job themselves.  The Amazon Principles ONLY apply to the bottom two rungs of the company. Anything above that is the antithesis of the policies that they claim to hold so dear. Itemized below:  Customer Obsession: Management is obsessed with lining their own pockets and abandoning their post before they have to be held accountable for their decisions. The customer is an afterthought.  Ownership: The common phrase heard around the office is ""deflect deflect deflect!"". The only thing Management ""owns"" at Amazon are their employee's hard work. Even when they flat out KNOW that they're responsible, they will do everything in their power to blame another department.  Invent and Simplify: Our department was original and simple a year ago. Now it is the same old thing you can find EVERYWHERE, is exponentially more complex than it needs to be, and is designed to prevent the employee from communicating with the decisionmakers.  Are Right, A Lot: They just aren't. I can't say more without disclosing undisclosable information, but they aren't. They're the wrongest thing I've ever encountered.  Hire and Develop the Best: They did this for about a year. Once the facilities were built and the processes were in place, upper management was replaced by external employees. They have systematically been running the ""thinkers"" out of the department. A few levels about the DCO technicians, a boss was overheard saying that ""If they were remotely intelligent they would be doing something other than working in a datacenter."" Respect from the upper eschelons is nonexistant, and most of them wouldn't be able to replace a power cord without calling Best Buy.  Insist on the Highest Standards: Again, this was something that was heavilly leaned upon when the facilities were being built. As time goes on, standards have bottomed out, productivity has gone down, and morale is nonexistent.  Think Big: This is supposed to mean ""think outside of the box"", but Management seems to think that means ""180 degrees from Reason""  Bias for Action: Management moves so quickly that they can't even keep up with replacing their staff.  Frugality: They have spent many many millions of dollars on security procedures that don't work. They are continuing to try to force square pegs into round holes and spending a TRUCKLOAD of money to do it.  Vocally Self Critical: ""Deflect! Deflect! Deflect!"" Management has not reversed a single terrible decision that they've made. Quite the contrary, when it has been made even more obvious that their plans are stupid they buckle down and stubbornly plow ahead. It hasn't worked yet.  Earn the Trust of Others: Their orientation does a fantastic job of this. The trust does not appear to be warranted.  Dive Deep: This is supposed to mean ""look below the surface"" and keep digging until you find the problem. When the bosses of my bosses were informed of the problems they quite obviously dismissed the complaints.  Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit: People who have a backbone are systematically run out of the facility by bad policy and horrible decisions. The latest round is flipping the entire staff's personal lives on end every three months - a policy that doesn't apply to Managers.  Deliver Results: The results that they are delivering are substandard and dishonest.",I'm not sure what I could suggest that would be listened to. I guess I hope that someday you realize how horrible you are.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22483,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping & Stowing,Pay and benefits is ok.,It's very demanding. Turnover is very high.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22484,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Field Sales Representative,Amazon is disillusioned and lost in the real world of sales and retail,"Amazon - the customer service reputation helps create relationships. Initial team hired for offline Kindle sales was strong and amazing to work with. Current business plan will be focused on ""Happy Hour and Party Offs"". College centric recruitment and appeasement to our age...lots of free drinks and outings. Fun if you like to drink.","Admitted Attrition Risks as ""sales"" people are fleeing as fast as they can find another job. Complete lack of understanding of sales including - ""sales numbers are confidential"". Yes, basic sales information is non-existent. No sales goals, no sales discussions, training or tracking. Amazon is an e-commerce and merchandising company with no experienced sales management or sales activities in place and they are proud of that, claiming it is the new ""sales paradigm"". A college friend told me he heard an Amazon sales manager speak and talk about how Harvard would be writing about what the Amazon sales team is doing. He was shocked at how out of touch Amazon was with the real world of sales and business. ZERO chance of promotion - all upper level jobs are placement with a high direct recruitment from Best Buy managers who focus 100% on merchandising and drinking with the team. Lowest paid sales job, no perks, no bonus, no commission, no car allowance, no office allowance. An award for exceptionalism equals - $25 Amazon gift card or two movie tickets. (Seriously) When I have applied to other sales jobs, Amazon is seen as a negative in this area not a positive I could not speak to KPI or any other information and experience they wanted for a sales job. I feel stuck here.","Be honest when hiring and admit you are NOT an ""offline Kindle sales team"" and that you are a Merchandising team. Stop blatantly lieing and misrepresenting yourselves as a sales team. Sales numbers and goals are not the enemy, lack of knowledge is. Quite possibly this is why the team has under performed again, Y o Y attrition in sales according to the retail side is declining faster than any other tablet sale manufacturer and it is 100% managements fault for being completely ignorant of sales and sales processes. How about that Fire Phone.....",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22485,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon is a great place to work if you have a strong work ethic. If you are ok with the pay.,"Great benefits, good company to have on your resume. Lots of overtime and paid time off.","Long hours, mediocre pay, incompetent HR. Also a lot of talented associates get overlooked for promotions with the positions going to ones that were favored by managers.",Show the little guys some love. Everyone works hard and they get burnt out. A little appreciation goes a long way.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22486,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2015",Current Employee - Strategic Account Manager,"Presents a challenging, growth opportunity covering all aspects of online marketing and e-Commerce.",Great opportunities working for the leading e-Commerce company in the world. Lots of different job types from software and hardware development to operations. Strong top-down leadership.,"With such large growth, employees need to work great in teams. Definitely not a start-up.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22487,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound/Receiver,Inbound/receiver,Meet a lot of people from different backgrounds. Have a lot of little contests. Love working four 10's and having 3 days off. Lost 25 pounds and in pretty good shape now.,"Want you to constantly work overtime, even when there is no work. Work can be very boring. Pay should be more. Do not gove enough training for new jobs. lot of favoritism. Hard to advance. Difficult to find out anything, everyone has different answers to same questions.",Appreciate and advance hatdworkers. Stop sdvamcing the kissasses.pay what the job really is worth. Train people correctly.Occasionally look up from your stupid laptop.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22488,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lousy,Excellent benefits and earned time off and easy to use time off.(or at least was),Lousiest mgmt.and operating procedures i have ever had to expierence.,Put people in lead and mgmt positions that actually have seen the inside of a warehouse instead of younguns that have just fell off the college school bus and never had a job in their life,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22489,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"New warehouse opened in 2012, great GM who is very friendly and resourceful. Most are very grateful to be employed.",Great benefit package. Room for advancement. Overtime available.,Work is tedious and high quota to keep going. Try to have fun.,Excellent 4 day work week.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1470.htm
22490,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,Working with very smart people,Upper management and culture is negative,Create an environment that fosters success not fear.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22491,amazon,"Palm Harbor, FL"," Mar 5, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"I enjoyed working for Amazon as a Seasonal Customer Service Rep, it was probably my favorite job.","I loved that I was working from home, they were give out gift cards over the holiday season that helped me buy xmas gifts. I was paid $1 extra per hour worked from November - January in one lump sum as a bonus once my seasonal position ended.",I would have liked to have been given the chance to work as a perm employee.,"Management was great, but the self directed training courses were all mixed up. I had to go through the entire training course and then realized I had not completed 11 modules after I already finished the test. It was a mess.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22492,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound/Receiver,Inbound/receiver,Meet a lot of people from different backgrounds. Have a lot of little contests. Love working four 10's and having 3 days off. Lost 25 pounds and in pretty good shape now.,"Want you to constantly work overtime, even when there is no work. Work can be very boring. Pay should be more. Do not gove enough training for new jobs. lot of favoritism. Hard to advance. Difficult to find out anything, everyone has different answers to same questions.",Appreciate and advance hatdworkers. Stop sdvamcing the kissasses.pay what the job really is worth. Train people correctly.Occasionally look up from your stupid laptop.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22493,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked at a Fulfillment Center for 2 years as an hourly assistant and promoted to salaried manager,"Great pay and teams can be awesome to work with. Lots of support for certain departments and processes but not so much for others. Kind of depends on the flavor of the month. Lots of opportunities to learn, grow and move up. Training is provided for smaller processes and resources are given for management roles",Time consuming. When you are hourly they want to make sure you stay at your assigned hours and need approval to go over. But once you are salary it is expected that you work 60-80 hours per week and more during peak. The company is constantly changing and growing. Managers move on quickly from one site to another. Started out with an amazing manager and then got a new one that was full of himself and had no desire to build off of what was already in place for him. Changed everything and ruined the morale of the site because he didn't listen to those that were already there.,Manage change better. We know it is coming so take the opportunity to make sure it goes smoothly and everyone that needs to be involved is involved. Provide more people training for managers and make sure they actually follow through with it.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22494,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,They have decent pay & good benefits,Management treats employees like a number. They treat everyone under them badly. They play favorites often. Anyone who doesn't kiss up to management gets nowhere. It seems like the more you kiss up & the prettier you are you get everything handed to you on a silver platter.,Quit playing favorites. Acknowledge everyone who does good work. Not just the kiss ups. That's unfair business practices & the more you do that the more people are going to leave.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22495,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Paid time off, Vacation time, Benefits","Managers show favoritism, not an exciting place to work, not an equal opportunity for every employee, does not promote from the inside as far as management is concerned.","My advice to management is to promote from the inside would see better turnover rate, treat each employee with the same opportunities, better pay and employees would be more excited to work.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22496,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,I got to learn lot of things working at Amazon and improve myself both technically and professionally as well.,Work culture is very comfortable. Focus is given on getting things done.,Sometimes work can be overloaded making it difficult to balance work and personal life.,Compensation,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22497,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,"If you have kids, or want to have kids someday, look elsewhere.","I came to Amazon 9 years ago and learned a lot. I was continuously challenged and pushed in the cold, Darwinian way that Amazon loves so much.  This helped me get exposure to processes and technology that I wouldn't have had in a smaller company. It enforced a discipline that has benefitted me since then.","Amazon is a Darwinian environment. You hit the ground running and if you don't keep up your life will be miserable. This inherently is biased toward single, ambitious type-A personalities who live off of Bezos's words and happily spend 60+ hours a week in meetings, projects, meetings about projects, meetings about long-term plans about projects, traveling to remote sites, etc.  The amount of ""heroics"" that I and my fellow engineers had to do to keep things running and maintain and ""average"" review rating was not trivial and looking back it was not always worth it. The humiliation and pressure from management to keep up and get promoted gave me a lot of anxiety and stress-related illnesses that were not worth it in the long-run.  If you decide to work for Amazon you should go in with the thought that you will only stay long enough to gain valuable experience, improve your skills, and then get out. I made the mistake of staying too long hoping things would get better. They won't.  Also, as a final warning, expect a large portion of your compensation to come from RSUs which come twice a year. If you don't budget wisely, you can be in a world of financial hurt even at Amazon's pay scale.","Do not buy into Amazon's internal rating system, and remember that you're managing people, not numbers and statistics.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22498,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,Tons of opportunity if you can survive the fast pace,"-Smart A-player colleagues and high bar for hiring -Fast and dynamic pace -Constant opportunity to work on new and high-level projects -Ability to grow as a professional, gain new responsibility & grow your team -Customer-centric company","-Not enough focus on employee retention, too focused on bringing in new superstars versus grooming its own employees -Overly frugal with culture and perks -A lot of smart managers who don't know how to people manage -Company has grown quite large, a lot of red tape in certain areas -Poor communication from many senior leaders *this is quite dependent on which group you're in",-Start promoting managers who enjoy developing their people -Examine the company culture...is it really as scrappy and lean as you think it is? -How can you make your employees love working here more? Where does frugality cross the line into foolishness? -Look to eradicate inconsistencies in leveling and promotions process -Do more to evangelize the culture and great leadership principles by getting the strong leaders out there to all the teams to spread the message,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22499,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AREA MANAGER,the job is highly or should i say very competitive,basically you will have no time off and your schedule might change with little or no notice,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1471.htm
22500,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,"Hard work, unclear projects, unclear goals, good pay, little advice.",Pays well for an undergraduate intern. 6k per month plus housing. I was in a hotel. Lots of people I knew loved it. Totally depends on your team. Looks good on a resume.,again this all depends on your team. My experience was long hours with less than clear goals. I was given an absurdly difficult assignment. This was later cut down but only after I wasted 3 weeks trying to solve it. (Significant portion of 12 week internship). The assignment was not possible with the code base I was working with. I got off the project only after I showed my manager that it would require a total refactoring (think 5 people working for 6 months) to get it working.  The assignment I was given to replace the previous one was vague. It was boring. I did it but I hated it.,Huge difference in quality of internships. Some sort of way to keep these balanced would be great.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22501,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,"Lots to learn, be ready to work hard and a lot. But you will LEARN",Surrounded by smart people! Some teams are good at work/homelife balance. It's up to you to try to find one that values that. Always opportunity for challenging yourself on new projects and ways to advance your skills. Great vacation/PTO time if you are willing to take it,Compensation over time. Pay increases are small and performance based. Very hard to get valuable increases to support the cost of living increase in Seatte Long hours at times and no understanding from those who have no problem being plugged in 24/7,Put in strategic clear guidelines for employees to grow their skills. It's important for us to learn ourselves but guidance and structure here would be helpful. Value your employees. Many feel as though they are just a number.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22502,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Mar 17, 2015",Former Employee - Inbound,Inbound/Outbound,Acceptable pay Always work to be done Paid time off / Unpaid time off Benefits,Long hours Little appreciation Can be dangerous,Treat your employees equally.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22503,amazon,"Kenosha, WI"," Mar 17, 2015",Former Employee - Pit Driver,Adventorous,Got to meet a lot of people,Not enough work to help us make money,Should explain job and length of job,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22504,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great company with many changes and challenges,Potential to grow laterally and upwards Get to be involved in big projects,"Constant change, without any proper change management Upper level management takes associate input, but doesn't act on it","Have more skip level meetings with your associates, and take their feedback and do something positive with it.",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22505,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,"Commuting is pretty reasonable, pays well.","Parking, its hard to find parking.",Listen to employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22506,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Working for amazon has been amazing. You have good days, some have bad days","Working with amazing management is a plus, I love cvg3 my second time here I been here as smx temp. Came back and got hired on within a month I'm experiencing something's I was taught and learned like problem solve ambassador Full time employee training folks listening to them helping them out this is a great field to learn different techniques amazon use to keep their job running the benefits are amazing.. I never worked for a company that provided you with such great benefits as amazon do.. You can add or change information on your benefits. They even have amazon university if you want to learn about a field at your work just apply.",As I became a problem solver I thought I'd get a raise due to the enormous problems I have to solve everyday I have to work. It can become stressful and will have you as if your ready to just give it up because you feel like you being underpaid for more work you do then an complaining associate that has to receive 300 items to a cart within 30 mins or 120 items within 20 mins it can become overwhelming sometimes but I just push myself through and stick it out.,Just look into problem solving and just give them the correct amount of money they deserve.. Thank you Cvg3 rock RO,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22507,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I honestly felt it pretty stressful but I got to learn a lot as it was my first industrial experience.,"Good salary, would get to meet brilliant and dedicated engineers. Uses all kinds of cutting edge technology and everything from developing to testing is done by the developer.",Managers can be difficult to handle because I think they are trained to be a bit forceful. Weather is depressing most of the year.,Try to handle people with more care and make sure to hire such managers who do the same. Try to reduce stress on interns.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22508,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2015",Former Employee - Producer - Photo Studio,Producer - freelancer,"compensates rates well, innovative, unique experience from industry leader ( a plus to have on resume)","competitive, cut-throat, limits freelancers from too much internal information. difficult to be efficient and manage expectations",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22509,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate/Problem Solver,Warehouse,"Great insurance, steady work. fun products 10 hour shifts 4 day weeks ice cream in summer 10% discount gift cards","low pay $11.75 start top out $14.75, in 3 years. high turn over. people disposable. 30 second training way to many rules some are ridiculous",local management is great company< Jeff Bezo> cheap slave labor.,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1472.htm
22510,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company for new grad students.,There are a lot of fun working there since we do cool stuffs and take things to new levels.,Hard to make improvement here.,Not much.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22511,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Working for amazon has been amazing. You have good days, some have bad days","Working with amazing management is a plus, I love cvg3 my second time here I been here as smx temp. Came back and got hired on within a month I'm experiencing something's I was taught and learned like problem solve ambassador Full time employee training folks listening to them helping them out this is a great field to learn different techniques amazon use to keep their job running the benefits are amazing.. I never worked for a company that provided you with such great benefits as amazon do.. You can add or change information on your benefits. They even have amazon university if you want to learn about a field at your work just apply.",As I became a problem solver I thought I'd get a raise due to the enormous problems I have to solve everyday I have to work. It can become stressful and will have you as if your ready to just give it up because you feel like you being underpaid for more work you do then an complaining associate that has to receive 300 items to a cart within 30 mins or 120 items within 20 mins it can become overwhelming sometimes but I just push myself through and stick it out.,Just look into problem solving and just give them the correct amount of money they deserve.. Thank you Cvg3 rock RO,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22512,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad work life balance,- Extremely Fast paced - Beauty of the organizaton is that it keeps learning and evolving for past mistakes - Collaborative by nature (service oriented architecture),"- For an SDE, it feels like something is always on your head - Lost of operational work and little dev work",Stop hiring pure people managers who are dumb@technology,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22513,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 15, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Good company,Lot to learn and there is never an end in any role if you are working with amazon. only that you should have zeal to learn some,"too much work pressure, forget about work life balance. Very bad benifits compared to any other org of same level","nothing as much, Every one works hard to achieve common goal, I would just say, think of the work life balance of the people working under you",3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22514,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Mar 15, 2015",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,good company,"plenty of room to grow, competitive pay",its faster to promote from the outside then the inside. plays a lot of favoritism,promote from within more and not as much of the kids strait out of college,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22515,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Can be good, but highly dependent on the team","Ironically, the best perk for me is being able to bring my dogs to work. On my team, we've got a solid codebase to work from, a fantastic manager, amazing coworkers, and even our interns can create products that are seen by millions of people. Being able to work on really highly visible projects that have a significant impact is awesome. There is some *really cool stuff* to work on, and a lot of interesting problems to solve.","Amazon doesn't really give a feeling of warm fuzzy caring for its developers. Makes sense, since the profit margin is pretty low and we have to make it up in volume, but the lack of perks and decent developer hardware makes us feel kind of unloved at times (""frugality"" is even one of our core leadership principles). I try to think of it as making us morally superior to companies that splurge on pampering the developers, but I do get jealous on occasion.  Also, depending on the team... there can be a lot of obnoxious interference from business managers, randomization, and terrible codebases (we're moving away from Perl as the main language for website templating, but it's not happening nearly fast enough.) And sometimes teams are just meatgrinders - Amazon has a hard time hiring enough to keep up with project growth, much less to keep up with maintenance and OE. I'm also not a huge fan of future-vesting stocks in the place of actual money for bonuses/part of salary.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22516,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Freight Scheduler,Working with this company has helped me to grow in leadership considerably.,Leadership progression is very high within this company.,The pay as a tier 1 associate is very low compared to any and all leadership positions.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22517,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not people centric... the Walmart of the online world,Great technology and products. Smart people. Truly customer centric.,No people or talent management.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22518,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Mar 14, 2015",Former Employee - ICQA,Warehouse Worker ICQA,"Easy money if you don't mind being on your feet 10+ hours, good benefits,mouth-swab drug test,great social environment easy to make friends.","Time-Off task policy is bull. Physically demanding,Managers have favorites, hard work doesn't always pay off you may just feel like a slave.","Become more understanding,stop being hypocrites,get new scanner guns,quality policy for the department isn't fair all the time.",3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22519,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - CSA,Fun place to work. Very competitive which I enjoyed. Room for advancement if you are ,Fast-paced Competitive Good pay for the area Fun people Good parties,-Lazy managers -Managers screwing employees and a lot of juvenile favoritism -High pressure environment -You have to watch your back as people get screwed over a lot. Even seniority. -No time for anything but work,Pick better management.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1473.htm
22520,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Apr 2, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Outside Supervisor experience doesn't count.,"Ability to manage time allotted sick/personal time however one feels. You can take an hour up to a full day if you want, you just have to have available time in bank.",Outside Supervisor experience doesn't count. Would rather a have a kid fresh out of college with no experience rather than one with a college degree and 12 years supervisor experience. Plan on working like a dog for little pay.,"Instead of saying you don't have enough Amazon time as a reason not to promote someone, use the valuable experience from seasoned leaders and promote them rather than hire a kid straight out of college with zero experience.",1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22521,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of walking!!,"Easy work, not too extensive training","Long hours, on your feet the whole time",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22522,amazon,"Dover, DE"," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,very busy good hours very hard work.,its a good work out this job takes your mine off a lot of stuff,have to keep up with the time walking all day for 12 hours,make brake a little longer,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22523,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 12, 2015",Former Employee - Stow,Lots of great promises but....,I had really high hopes for working at Amazon. They have great benefits. Also the working only 4 days a week was fantastic.,They like to keep there employees in fear of their jobs at all times. The rate that is expected of the stow staff is astronomical because it is based on the company as a whole not the individual building. And every time you don't make your rate you automatically get a write up. I would never recommend this HORRIBLE company to anyone looking for work.,There isn't enough help in the world for them.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22524,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,Not as great as Amazon makes it sound.,Easy work but mind numbing. A monkey could do most jobs as they are so repetitive but a great weight loss program if you are hired as a picker walking a minimum of 12 miles a day.,Walking 12 miles a day. 4 ten hour days. Management thinks your job should be the only thing in your life. Very little family time as there is a HUGE amount of mandatory overtime,"Stop treating us as though we are the enemy. When asked if 80% of the employees quit, management answered *We would hire more people.* They were not concerned at all as to why 80% of the work force is displeased and at that point employees realized how little management cares about us as we are disposable.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22525,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Mar 13, 2015",Former Employee - CSA,Not for everyone,"Pay was OK, time-off policy was great, excellent benefits, great managers. Probably the easiest place of employment to get time off if needed, as long as it was outside of the most busiest parts of the year.","Ever-changing environment which caused work to be very unstable, inconsistent across the board, disconnect between upper management and employees on lower level, lack of communication, high stress, focus tends to be more on the negative than the positive, difficult to move up the ladder.","Amazon prides itself on providing world-class customer service. Employees are considered customers as well. The employees need to be treated just as well as external customers, need to feel some sense of value. Also, while the managers were great, they seemed to have a lack of knowledge of handling customer issues. Additional training would help with that.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22526,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,ok place,"great place to work at, to solve technical problems",It's a bit of a slave ship.,Work life balance needs to be improved.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22527,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Amazon Fulfillment - fast pace environment,"Good training, challenging work, able to make decisions and act upon them. Good benefit package. Overall my 9 year experience with Amazon is positive, working in both Operations and Human Resources.","Work/Life Balance for exempt associates is not great. It is understandable that during ""peak"" (Holiday season) a lot of hours will be worked, but as an exempt associate, and working in an operation that is open 20/hours a day, you can expect to work odd and long hours all year long.","Promoting within is difficult, and when it does happen, compensation is not equal to hiring outside the company.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22528,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sucks I felt like a slave,You meet a lot of different people some are interesting and some are just flat out weird. It makes the job go by if you talk to them,"Make rate or get fired, only way to move up is if you kiss butt",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22529,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good experience working, but often quality of direct management underwhelms.","Lots of responsibility, great co-workers, stable company, good benefits in addition to having many different types of casual meet ups.","Career progression overly dependent on quality of direct manager. If your manager does not have a strong personality and often succumbs to pressure of their direct colleagues or managers, it will be significantly harder to progress in your career. If you are lucky enough to have a strong manager that has a reputation for development you can rise quickly.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1474.htm
22530,amazon,"Hazle Township, PA"," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Straight Outta College,"Getting straight out of college and getting 4 years industry experience in one year. The amount of experience you get from this place is phenomenal, because it is so fast-paced. The trainings are great. They send you to different cities for multiple trainings and its nice to meet new people and see interesting places.  The compensation is crazy. I was a university hire so when I saw the amount of money Amazon was willing to give me, all of the other offers went out of the window. Along with the large signing bonuses, it makes it hard to even compare them with any other offers you get as a senior in college. I was making way more money than any of my peers were making and the signing bonus, I was almost embarrassed to tell my friends in fear they would be envious.  After you work for Amazon for any amount of time, your appeal to recruiters go sky high. Recruiters know that Amazon offers incredible training for its workers and that the managers that work there will not be there for very long. I worked at Amazon for only 4 months before recruiters from other companies were contacting me about other job opportunities.","Where do I start.  Every single negative review you have read about being an Area Manager at Amazon is true. I was that college student who saw the light at the end of the tunnel when I received that phone call from Amazon saying, ""You got the job, here is your huge offer and we expect you to make some sort of decision in 3 weeks."" You're put in a small, cut throat building and told you will only have to be there for 12 months. You think, well 12 months, that's easy right? No not right. You'll literally be counting the seconds until you're able to leave and then when you want to leave, there are multiple obstacles you have to go through in order to even be considered. You're better off asking the recruiter of any launches before telling them your preferences and see if they're willing to disclose that information. *Launches are in huge cities and when you request to go to one, its pretty much 100% youre going.  The job is tough. It requires a certain type of personality to work at Amazon. You will be constantly thrown under the bus and called out on multiple channels on things you aren't doing right and when you do achieve almost impossible tasks, you have to throw it in your Sr Mgmts face in order to get some sort of praise for it.  The company does not care about your needs or your associates needs. The Area Manager has the toughest job in the place yet is always criticized for missing deadlines by support staff who are consistently trying to find more things to put on our plate. You work 12 hour days and 50-60 hour work weeks. And peak is a stress filled nightmare. It goes by fast but its constant reminders of 'meeting expectation'. The associates are treated like a number and not people. We emphasize how customer centric we are yet our employees are our customers too, and we don't focus on them hardly ever.","There needs to be more female representation in this company. We hardly have any female Ops, Sr Ops, GM's or Regional's.   Also the bonuses shouldn't be so high or given so early. Its hard to see the true colors of your job while getting money shoved down your throat.",2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22531,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Icqa Warehouse Associate,icqa warehouse associate,"Great company to work for, great benefits, diverse employees, potential to grow with company fast.","micro management, 10 hours on feet","Have a more helpful hr department, consider having 8 hour shifts you would keep employees longer.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22532,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"10+ years, several groups and projects","On the right team and project, Amazon is a great place to work. Extremely talented people, and interesting problems. Amazon leans heavily towards investing in the long term which means it explores some fascinating areas and makes big bets. Think of it as a well funded VC firm funding many startups (AWS, Amazon Instant Video, Amazon Fresh, etc.)","As it grows, Amazon is becoming more ""corporate"". Also, oncall responsibilities can be a burden on the wrong team.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22533,amazon,"Cleveland, TN"," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Resume Builder,"Opportunity is everywhere at amazon. Joining straight after college, it really molded me into a hard working professional. It helps you identify the type of manager you want to become and gives you insight on how a political corporate american company works. It gives you an experience you will not have working anywhere else. It is an intense work environment and forces you to adapt quickly. Success at this company is a mixture of luck, hard work and political talent. Pay is good and stock options are more plentiful the longer you work there.","Being a manager that has worked here for 4 years I have seen enough managers leave that I have honestly lost count. It is not for the weak of heart. It is very political in a sense that you need to please all parties involved to get promoted. You quickly see your entire management team get replaced with new managers and overtime you gain so much knowledge that you know more than you boss and bosses boss and even your bosses bosses boss. You work 50-60 hour weeks and get paid for 40. You work 80+ hour weeks during peak. As an area manager you have the hardest job in the building and get micromanaged more than you would imagine. People make decisions without asking you and causes frustration. When working on projects there is red tape everywhere. It causes a self fulfilling legacy due to yearly being ranked against your peers which in turn directly reflects on your pay check. You can work months upon months breaking records and ""holding down the fort"" and not get a thank you.","When you arrive at work before breakfast time and after dinner, providing a yearly manager closest is the least you could do. Get rid of the red tape when managers are trying to do process improvements. Servant leadership starts and ends at the area manager position. Attack the process and engage your area managers is never talked about. Get rid of OLR, if you have 30 managers in a building all 30 can be good. If you get rid of OLR, managers will stay longer and make the right decisions more often.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22534,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,Work Hard Have Fun Make History,"If you're lucky enough to be a permanent employee, pay and benefits are better than other opportunities for similar qualifications. 4 day work week is great, and so is overtime pay.","Most jobs at this level have rates that must be maintained, so the ""make history"" part of their slogan rides completely on the ""work hard"" of the entry level army. The jobs themselves are boring and repetitive, but not especially hard. Most associates come in as seasonal associates, working 60 hours during peak with no guarantees for afterwards. Also these are warehouse jobs, so some get very hot, and some spend 10 hours a day standing or walking on concrete floors.",Eliminate rates and actually manage your employees and processes. Cross train more permanent associates and rotate them through different positions so it's not soul-sucking drudgery,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22535,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Coaching Lead,High-stress job with middling pay,"Stock award is a great pay supplement, but you must work two years for it to vest. The company is always growing and changing. Customer Service is given leeway to think outside the box.","Very high-pressure atmosphere where one is constantly reminded that they are dispensable. Customer Service is being shifted more and more to outsourcers. Every holiday is a workday, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. Unpredictable work schedule that can change at a moment's notice.",Remember that a company is nothing without its employees. Everyone needs to feel valued. Don't sacrifice quality for profit.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22536,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A trustworthy company,innovative and always come up with new ideas,sometimes exaggerate something just normal,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22537,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,"You will work 60 hours a week during not peak, 70 during peak.","Decent money, good job security. Big company with mobility to move around.",Political management game. Gaps in pay for same job level.,AMs put in more time than anyone. Physical labor.,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22538,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Receiver,Fun,Laid back. Nice pay. Fun. Great management.,Long shifts. Always on your feet. Very big building.,None. Keep up the awesome work. Don't change how you do things.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22539,amazon,"Savannah, GA"," Jan 13, 2015",Former Employee - Seasonal Work From Home Customer Service Associate,I loved it. Training was Awesome!!!!,Positive atmosphere. Worked with Great people. Got a bonus for setting up my own computer. The traing was so good that I was able to pass all the test without any difficulty. I got great reviews from customers and got a gift card for being a top performer.,I was told I would be hired after the seasonal period but I was on a team that did poorly. My manager called me directly and apologized and said I was a very good worker and picked up very fast but I was on the worst team and he could not offer me the job. He said it was nothing he could do to help me.,"Management needs to look at each individual performance and not an entire team. If the team is bad, then pull out the top performers and not put them in with everyone else. I was truly disappointed. I would still love to work for Amazon. I think it is a great place to work. I just got laid off on Jan 2.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1475.htm
22540,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Great Opportunity for advancement anywhere in the company,work life balance is not always even,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22541,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow,- A place where builders can build - Relatively flat company - Able to learn and grow so much in a short period of time - Opinions are valued at all levels,- Internal development tools aren't the greatest - Salaries can be more competitive - Benefits aren't great,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22542,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Quality Assurance Engineer,Great company to work for,Operates like a startup You will interact with very smart people - the smartest in the globe. Not much politics - mostly ego clashes Very engineering / data - driven,Benefits suck big time Not much option to work from home,Make company more family friendly More benefits,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22543,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Long-time Amazonian (>8 years),"Talented people, interesting problems, good work culture","Stress, Work-life balance, On-call and pager",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22544,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,The implementation of IT companies in Africa is working very well and people like Amazon.com are leading,"Great work environment, proper staff support systems and lots of opportunity to move up the scale.","Everything, the company is cheap, they pride themselves on door desks. Management is very cocky. Hr is corrupt, overall the worst place Ive ever worked","Get with the times, its not cool to completely overwork your employees and not giving them time off. Your leadership is autocratic and you don't care about the input of everyday employees.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22545,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Amazon.com can be a fun and vibrant work-environment. They push you to you limits (which can be both good and bad).,Grind-out culture. Being at work can often feel joyless. The company is known for working people to the bone.,Create a more liveable work environment.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22546,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,A great resource to pay the bills,"Good pay, flexible, bonuses are nice","personal growth, development, relationship with leadership",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22547,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great pay great benefits, 4 day work week.",Very physically Demanding. On your feet the whole shift,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22548,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - AFE Pack,"Good pay, bad working conditions, ugly realization that you don't like factory work.","Good benefits, Good pay about 11-12$ hr",3 breaks first a 15 then a 30 then a 15 again only problem is it takes 5 mind to get out of the work area plus then you have to go through metal detectors equals robbed of most of your break. Second is that they work you like slaves I mean it like modern day migrant farm workers. Your expected to do things at a machine like pace for 10 hours straight.,Give longer breaks like an hour for lunch. Try not to push people to be like machinery and pack a box every 45 seconds.,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22549,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but could be better,"Employees generally work together at times, benefits are good, company values are good","Promotions are slow if you are non-production, leadership can be difficult at times, sometimes the culture isn't followed by leadership","Stick to the principles more, and treat employees like people instead of numbers",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1476.htm
22550,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great product, no culture",fast turnaround when tackling issues,Work you to the bone,"Listen to your staff, they know the business.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22551,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Feb 18, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,"So far, most of my experiences have helped me grow.","Treated with respect, able to earn more the longer i'm here, and able to advance.","Working long, physically exhausting shifts, and hard to really know what some expectations are, as Mangers are pretty tight lipped about what to expect in some areas, although some are really helpful.","Be more caring tot he good employees you have. With such a high turnover rate, don't sacrifice long term stability for short term gain.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22552,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,accountant,"good benefits, atmosphere, employees, and management",slow growth potential and segregated,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22553,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I'm a TA at CS Dept., but for the past 3 semesters I worked as a research assistant in the Software Eng. research lab.","The largest internet-based retailer in the US. Its AWS, a cloud computing platform. Services oriented architecture.",I don't see any cons working at Amazon.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22554,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Great culture. Several opportunities once your ""foot is in the door"". Hard work and dedication is rewarded. Decent pay. Great benefits.","Long hours and hard work, but it can pay off.",No complaints. Managers were great.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22555,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"It is a pretty easy job and pays well, the goals are not hard to meet and all around a fun place to work",Compensation is good Paid Time Off is pretty good They give you plenty of vacation time and unpaid time for the work that you have to do.,Long hours (10 hour shifts) Short Breaks,Make the environment more fun and not just always about numbers numbers numbers.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22556,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, frenetic environment. Customer comes first. Employees last.","Challenging projects and smart driven people can make it fun when things are going well and management is aligned. Good amount of flexibility and opportunity if you are ready to take it on, but you have to be self motivated.",Lots of executive driven churn so you need to be ready for lots of change. Don't expect lots of perks. Growth path in the higher levels is very limited. Extremely competitive.,Create a better long term plan for employee growth and ditch the stack ranking like Microsoft finally did.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22557,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Trainner,I learned a lot from training new associates and improved processes in every department at amazon,New challenges and new faces all time,"long hours, constantly moving to different department",talk to employees and learn about them and find out what causes them to have down time and other issues on the job this would help resolve conflict on the job,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22558,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Easy work for decent pay.,Work doesn't take much thought.,Too repetitive. I went brain dead.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22559,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Custoemr Service Manager,"You will live the company motto, ","For the industry there is great pay, strong benefits package, great co-workers, & visionary leadership.  I'm given the opportunity the opportunity to take on new responsibility and grow consistently over the years. I've had the chance to travel, domestically and abroad, a dozen times.  The company gets involved in the community, not as much as I would like to see, but they are good corporate citizens to our area.  Amazon is the truest meritocracy of which I've been a part. Strong performance is rewarded, while poor performance is managed out or to a a better fitting role. There is always some favoritism in every organization, but I've seen the least amount here.  My favorite thing about Amazon is how it really follows it's mission of being the 'Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company."" Like the Bible or Constitution, being 'customer-centric' can be interpreted differently by different people, but in my experience, a positive impact of customers, and then employees, is at the forefront of every decision.","(Con for some) High paced, constantly changing environment. Extremely competitive.  This is not a company where you can be good for a long time and stay where you are. You have to be GREAT, you have to innovate, and you have to challenge yourself, or you will be managed out.  Customers truly come first, but that means employees may come second. Amazon is content with adding more challenges and expectations on employees, if it improves the customer experience. This is fine for a while, but I've seen it wear down many great leaders until they fizzle out.  To be successful and drive change, it is impossible to work 40 hour work weeks. The management group especially has to be incredibly flexible with their schedules, and often work 50 or 60+ hour work weeks. Sr. Leadership speaks against this and says we have to have more work-life balance, but then they delegate more and more work down. I'm doing work that wasn't even performed by my manager's level 2 years ago. In addition to this extra workload, we shy away from hiring junior leaders, so there are fewer capable leaders to carry the operational workload. - This said, I'm a workaholic that appreciates the grind, but it burns others out.","We pride ourselves on growth and launching new things before they are fully prepared so we can learn and continue to iterate new, better installments, however, in my years of experience, the next, new shiny thing comes along for us to launch half-corked and take our resources and time before we fix the base of our previous launch. This creates a campus of poorly constructed projects that take more time to repair than design correctly the first time.  Last, we cherish frugality, and working with a lack of resources does breed innovation, but we never have the developer or business analyst support necessary to drive performance and change. I've scoped projects that will save us ~a million dollars annually, but they are sidelined because 'we don't have dev support available.' Hire the additional $120K a year dev to repair the $1M problem and reap the benefits.",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1477.htm
22560,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 21, 2015",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,"It is was OKAY not great, payed the bills",-okay pay -lots of OT That's about sums it up... SMH,Management sucks They let me go at the end of the season but never coached me on what I was doing that was not meeting there standards. I had lots of positive hurt reviews though. My manager not spoke to me once the whole season and that was when he called to let me know when my last day was other than that he was no where to be found and never even introduced himself to me. No holiday pay but wanted people to work Christmas and New Years eve and day.,Provide more training and actually care for your workers more offer paid time off and paid holidays.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22561,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,SDET's perspective,"Disclaimer: My opinion mostly represents QA/SDET culture at Amazon.  Amazon's names looks great on resume. Amazon is only one of the very few companies that can claim such a high growth rate for over a decade. Senior leadership is among the strongest I've ever seen in any company.  You will be working with great developers, PMs and designers. You will work on outstanding projects that will impact millions of customers and generate millions of dollars in revenue. Amazon has lots of great tools for developers, which you can utilize as an SDET.","""Work Hard"". Yes, you will be working hard. Nearly every QA team is understaffed and hiring more QA folks. Your QA manager would probably report to Sr Dev manager. Read: your team priorities will be based around developers and their needs rather your own. QA manager does not have much power to change that.  ""Have Fun"". This part was going down across the company, on average. We used to have basketball, volleyball, broomball and dodgeball tournaments. This has stopped long time ago.  ""Make History"". This has become harder for an SDET. You probably won't be given time to try out cool things in testing and be sucked into project testing 75% of the time. Most of it would be manual. When asked about challenging opportunities (improve automation tools, write test frameworks, participate in hackathons, etc.) my colleagues and I have received advice from managers like ""I understand your desire to grow. Of course, we'll do than when we ... [hire more testers, have more time during Q4 and other excuses]. You can always put your own 'extra' time to work on your ideas.""  There are too few company-supported QA tools and frameworks. Each org reinvents the wheel with their own barely working automation, at the best. The only company-wide test framework is being promoted politically.  Summary: I wouldn't recommend Amazon for true SDETs (testers who can and want to code state of the art tools).",Don't make QA culture a subservient culture. Let SDETs grow as engineers,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22562,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning a new skill.,"Meeting new associates, becoming an Ambassador, going to other states to help train associates for the opening of a new building. Peak season is the best when it comes to hrs. It becomes full time until peak season is over.","Trying to train associates who don't really care about quality. The hours are only part time, 20 hrs. a week, could be a little more or less depending on the volume.",The challenges of trying to earn Amazon Swag Bucks for the Swag Store. Benefits are really good if your a Blue Badge Associate.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22563,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Come to learn, but don't stay too long","It's like they say about New York City, you should live there while your young so you can experience all it has to offer, but don't stay too long because it will grind you into dust. The deliver-at-all-costs machine flings bodies left and right. There's a reason the average length of employment is 18 months.  Pros * Some smart people to learn from * Fast moving culture * Opportunity to learn quite a few things as long as you don't linger too long educating yourself","Focus is solely on delivery. They have a set of core competencies, but don't be fooled. The only one that really matters is ""deliver results."" The rest can and will be used against you in the review cycle. You can be a rock star in all others but if they don't like your delivery they will do what they can to make you feel inadequate about it.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22564,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Mar 26, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Long hours. Lots of physical labor. Micro-managed throughout the entire shift.,Good benefits. The pay is decent for a fulfillment job.,The company only cares about your production rates. You are constantly being told what your rate is. It is hard physical labor. Some jobs within the facility are worse than others.,Lots of my managers have quit. These were guys who had been with the company for 5 or more years. They did not agree with the continual criticizing of employees. Production rates are continually raised. Jeff Bezos company is already number 1. It is like he has become paranoid and has to constantly raise the standards and production rates in fear of falling to a number 2 position.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22565,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,It is an amazing environment working at Amazon. The team is great and friendly. There is a lot of team-work.,Nothing bad to say about this company. I would work there in a heart beat.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22566,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Hire and Develop the Best,"Many opportunities in different fields, all over the world",Entry level associates are not developed consistently to promote.,Standardize a development program for all associates,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22567,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Package Handeler,"Easy job, low pay","Easy job, basically you stack packages on a shipping pallet. When the load is about 61/2 feet high you wrap it in shrink wrap and move on to the next one.",You start as a temp employee and stay there. Even though the volume of work justifies converting temp to regular employee this is a rare occurrence. Temp. employees do not get benefits and are paid 50 cents per hour less. Temps start at $10.79/hour and stay there. Average 20 hours per week.,"If you want employees to ""move with a purpose"" give them a reason: benefits and higher pay as a regular employee. Also no chance to advance to management. They hire 20 somethings right out of college so if you are over 30 forget it.",4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22568,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Media Assistant,Team oriented and looks to have you updated on most recent media facts/ information to benefit company,Spent more time discussing position then letting potential candidate answer questions,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22569,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,packer,good pay and benefits good people to work with easy work for the pay,long hrs. being on feet all day having to go threw a medal detector every time you inter the building,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1478.htm
22570,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not that bad!,Pay is great considering you can get hired with no warehouse experience. They hire a lot of people right out of college and ex-military. Lots of opportunity to learn other jobs.,Advancement is limited unless you have a bachelor's degree (great place for college graduates). Most jobs are numbers driven.,Better training needed. Understanding why a task needs to be done a certain way would improve work quality. Many employees cut corners (cheat) in order to make their numbers.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22571,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Everyone is very friendly and has a team work environment.,The pay is very sub-par.,Hire more internally.,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22572,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Seller Support,"Work hard, have fun","High growth ecommerce company with extreme focus on customer satisfaction by improving price, selection and convenience. Individuals with talent, experience and a willingness to work hard have tremendous opportunities to further their career.","With growth comes opportunity but also challenges. The challenge is to attract sufficient amount of employees to support the growth. Unfortunately, there is little time to grow the talent to occupy key positions which necessitates the hiring of experienced key personnel who in turn erode the customer culture in the company by introducing management principles that do not match the company culture. This in turn creates a culture of 'tried and tested' vs breakthrough thinking.","cultivate or hire employees based on customer obsession, hire for aptitude, not for experience only.",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22573,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Disappearing ,"- You work with some of the smartest people around. - Huge range of areas/technology you can work with, depending on the team","- The relaxed and innovation-oriented culture is quickly disappearing, and it is becoming more and more beaurocratic - The fact that management is not doing anything about the infamous retention rate (average 1.5 years for SDEs) shows a lot about where the focus is. SDEs are not valued much, and Amazon is willing to churn/burn through new hires. - Not much perks/benefits compared to other comparable companies",At least try and focus on making the existing employees happy.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22574,amazon,"Campbellsvlle, KY"," Mar 1, 2015",Former Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Provide onsite medical care for all warehouse associates.,Office setting. Very low stress environment.,Low pay. No adrenalin rush.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22575,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon has lots of hours to work so you can pay your bills on time, they also have lots of chances to work overtime","you get paid every two weeks with chances for overtime and work a four on three off schedule, also you get a lunch break and two regular breaks",doing the same thing over and over and over and over and over again. to much repetition of tasks makes work boring and you not want to go in,"change things up, let people do different things. Also focus on talent managemtn and work on promoting those within the company instead of getting all outside managers when hiring",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22576,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Lead,Best in class work culture,"no COns, unless u are from premium colleges",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22577,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,The Ultimate Warehouse Job,They are very flexible when you want to take your time off and unpaid time off. You can let them know 30 min ahead of time and they can't say no. Pay is ok for a starting warehouse job. Nice new building.,"Long hours on your feet, Constant pressure to make your rate, breaks are 15 min long which includes the time it takes to walk there and back to your area. Lunch is too short to actually relax and decompress before you have to go back.",Unrealistic to expect every associate to keep up same energy level for full 10hour shift each day especially for just 10.75/hr or 11.25/hour for blue badge. Breaks should be at least 30 min and lunch at least 45 min.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22578,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Feb 25, 2015",Former Employee - Dock Clerk,Not the place to be.,The VTO and the time they allow you to be off.,"Management, Amazon hires college kids right off the street that don""t know anything about management nor warehouse work. Just a big joke.",Hire with in and qualified people.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22579,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,pay other than that none,"Long hours, short breaks, overtime days",know what your talking about,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1479.htm
22580,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Operationd,Tremendous growth potential for high performers. The business is growing and dynamic. Provides opportunity for engaged leaders of people and owners of process.,Highly demanding environment that insists on the highest performance. Amazon is not for the faint of heart.,Empowering your leaders will help the business to grow.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22581,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,Quality Assurance Engineer,Its a good company to work for. Very fast building environment and lots to learn. All the teams have start-up type environment. You need very strong leadership principles and everyone is willing to help.,"Work life balance is a little screwed up. I have been coming to work over the weekends sometimes. You are thrown into a pool of ambiguity and you have to figure out things for yourself, no training is given.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22582,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity if you make the bar.,"There is a lot that needs to be done and they're poised to accomplish it. As an individual contributor, you can exercise some ambition. You can move internally after a year in your current position if you're in good standing, regardless of your manager's preference... but there could be long-term fallout if you move without that blessing. The high hiring bar means you usually work with very capable people.","Get your compensation target identified up front because that is just about all you're going to get for four years. Raises are sparse if you stay in your position/level - about 1% or so. Some of your compensation is in the form of RSUs. They will adjust your shares if the stock tanks and you will gain if the stock soars, so your best means to get a raise rests on the whims of the stock market. If you level up you can get a bump in pay. That process is subjective and not all reviewers are humanoid.  As with all big companies, the experience varies in each individual group. Some groups have a horrible work/life balance where sticking up for yourself ultimately yields negative consequences.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22583,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Operations Manager,A burnout company with unlimited development opportunities,"- Salary & compensation - Working with dedicated and bright leaders - A great company to provide exposure to leadership and business operation - Ability to manage large scale projects & large teams - Promotion potential is unlimited - You are immediately trusted and depended on, even if you start without street credit experience - High intensity pace is there for those who prefer it","- Work/life balance is nonexistent if you want to be successful - 24/7 operations with unfavorable shift schedules - Promotions tend to be based off of relationships and personality, not merit - The senior level spotlight is always on failures and poor metrics even when 99% of the business is exceeding goal....very few positive at-a-boys are given - Expect to work 60 days straight during the months of November and December....even if it is your day off",Be ready to give everything you have to the business and never achieve all of your critical metric goals.,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22584,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Fedex Ground, Amazon, Arup Laboratories",I would like expecting with friend will be support with job make good for company.,I would like to harder time and on time attend.,N/A,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22585,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Facilities Technician,Sweat shop,Good benefits. Nice stock grants if you're in with your boss.,No work-life balance. Lots of mandatory overtime,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22586,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I'm impressed,Good company very safety oriented,don't allow absences for any reason,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22587,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Dock Worker,Ship dock associate cha1,Lots of good people trying to do a good job,Way to many people standing around not working and it all falls on the few who do work. Management always saying do more do more Only people that ever tell someone they do a good job are leaving other managers are you don't get this done right or you are to slow.,Big managers sit in offices somewhere telling us on a radio we need to do more with less. Not going well unless we are backed up. Need to get managers in offices to come down and run it all the way they yell about it. Most never set foot on the dock,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22588,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Feb 15, 2015",Current Employee - Non-Inventory Receiver,Amazon Fulfillment Center Associate,"Hard work and a good work ethic go a long way. The company is structured to allow associates to grow and develop. The business model is sound and allows for a safe, productive atmosphere. Management is quick to help associates develop and grow within the company. The company is stable and provides stock options, retirement, education assistance and all types of insurance.","Amazon is a large company with a high turnover rate. Thus, it's difficult to feel ""at home"" in this ever-changing environment. Many associate gripe about pay, management, the difficulty of the job, etc., which brings about a cloud of negativity in the fulfillment center atmosphere.","It's tough to manage. No matter your position, some associates will say you micromanage while others say you have no management skills whatsoever. My advice: continue to develop and manage. You will either succeed (keep your job and be promoted) or fail (lose your job). You are in the position and you are in charge of your result.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22589,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Physically strenuous,"You will work hard, and see the results of your work. Good benefits.",Low wage compensation. Long hours and short breaks.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1480.htm
22590,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"High stress, average wage, little to no compensations for going above and beyond expectations.",amazon is thriving so there are lots of opportunities for future career development and their benefits are okay.,High stress in the warehouses. Employees are in a rated function in which they must average above the bottom 10% or they are performance managed and possibly fired. Corporate is the way to go.,None,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22591,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2015",Former Employee - Rissk Analyst,Experience,"It was an Innovative culture with opportunities for Growth within the organization, if you dedicate a number of hours for the company",It was very stressful and had no national holidays too,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22592,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Feb 11, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Operator,"hard work , but time goes fast. overall good, my son worked there too over the holidays, and liked it also.",pay is good. time goes by fas and training was very good.,"back always hurt, had to work all day thanksgiving day. management could be diplomatic and compassionate. almost everyone hired seasonally was laid off after Christmas even though we were told there was opp. for full time.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22593,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Data Center Manager,"Work Hard, Work Harder, Work Some More","-Amazon has its hands into everything and this goes for all its business units. Whatever your profession or career level, you will become experienced with all facets of your job.  -Great compensation package but also known as ""Golden Handcuffs"".  -You are given a lot of responsibility and control over your department. You have a big impact wherever you are.","-There is no work/life balance (60-70 h/w) and due to the aforementioned ""Golden Handcuffs"", you are not given much choice in adjusting any imbalance.  -The Amazon culture is Darwinian. This has led to significant levels favoritism.  -I was forced to stack rank my direct reports and place the lower half on performance plans regardless of their actual performance.",Stack ranking employees is a poor practice because of its subjective approach. Employee evaluations should be more based on quantitative measurement which is very Amazonian.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22594,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,You're rewarded for delivering high quality products.,"Not your typical 9-5. There's always something to be done, so I wind up working more hours.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22595,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Generalist,The rumors are true.... Unfortunately.,You'll do the best work of your life.,You will end up single!,"It's insincere to ask for blood, sweat and tears and not really care.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22596,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Love working for Amazon!,Innovative Company Ability to be bias for action Compensation/Benefits,Work Life Balance Opportunity in training and retaining new leaders,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22597,amazon,"Boardman, OR"," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Data Center Technician II,A challenge allowing me to develop many diverse skills and linked me with some of the smartest people I have ever met.,This is a fun job for those who enjoy challenges and who enjoy learning new things all the time. Our environment is evolving and growing rapidly. There is allot opportunity to develop and most everyone on each of the teams we deal with is willing to share their knowledge and provide insight for any questions you may ask. There is allot of friendly competition but no real issue with people trying to step over each other to get ahead. People here are expected to be skilled and motivated enough to do their jobs without needing too much direction or supervision. Most lower level management have a very hands off approach as long as employees are performing well on their own.,"Growing pains. Currently things are growing so rapidly that instead of hiring management that is used to the Amazon leadership principles Amazon has been hiring allot from outside. The down side to this is that these new employees/managers keep trying to change things to a system they are used to and killing some of the more dynamic and innovation friendly aspects of working here in a technical position. Unfortunately allot of the new managers have a poor understanding of how the technical side of things work as are trying to quantify everything with numbers, meaning they tend to think all projects with related backgrounds should take the same time and effort. These new managers also tend not to listen to people who have the technical backgrounds our jobs are based on, including other managers and instead charge head first into things they know little about. This situation will likely be temporary, but is very frustrating to deal with at the moment.","Listen to your employees and do your best to stick to to Amazon leadership principles. Amazon has gotten to where it is BECAUSE they don't do things the same way as other companies, not in spite of it. Remember that numbers and metrics are nice tools, but you still need to interact with and listen to your employees to really understand how you can best lead them and improve the company as a whole.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22598,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunity to learn and a lot of autonomy,"Open culture, autonomy and a lot of learning","Poor pay master, slow decision making",Reduce levels in decision making,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22599,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 associate,"Great benefits( insurance, voluntary time off, paid time off,stock option, variable compensation pay) Lots of work and opportunity Great environment for a go getter. Company promotes within to those who seek it. A standard vision from top to bottom","Long holiday hours, sometimes 6 days a week. Large amount of temporary associates",Always talk to the PA's and PG's for great advice,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1481.htm
22600,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Case study of how difficult it is to extend culture to large companies,"- Autonomy over your projects: you get to decide how to go about doing your job without micromanagement - Coworkers are smart and driven, and for the most part willing/able to help. - Central downtown location very convenient to commute to/from. - Compensation is above industry standard.","- Terrible job evaluating/placing management: managers are rotated in and out so they can ""try out different roles"" and direct reports have to train them on their own job. This leads to a lack of strategic direction for the team and lots of wasted effort as projects get cancelled/reprioritized at the manager's whim. - The team I worked on definitely put the customer as a second priority to its own goals. Oftentimes leadership principles are used as a justification for actions rather than a guiding light. - Necessary resources are far-flung, often denied, and requires hunting down. 80% of my job was getting around the company's disorganization/bureaucratic rules, and the other 20% was spent waiting for my 2GB Excel spreadsheet to unfreeze on my 5-year-old computer.","- Make sure managers are qualified: have managed others well or have the respect of employees below them. - If customer focus loses out over the top/bottom line, Amazon will become just another business. - The balance between frugality and ""cheap"" too often veers towards the latter. Vital designer, server, and everyday computing capacity gets skimped on, unnecessarily slowing down projects.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22601,amazon,"Woodstock, GA"," Feb 11, 2015",Former Employee - Generalist,Amazon Generalist.,Work and home - paid training,It was a seasonal position,Call me for the next seasonal peak time.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22602,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great atmosphere in the work place,Awesome benefits Monthly payouts based on site you work Stocks Safety is always priority,Manage not consistant. While in maintenance we usually had no manager with my shift and when we would get on they would only last about 4-6 months before trying to transfer out or quit,Better choices when hiring management. If you could fix this problem I guarantee your employees would be much happier,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22603,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interview process,Very well structured interview process,Repetitive questions in some of the interview rounds,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22604,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2015",Former Employee - SDET2,Burn and Churn,"- Fast paced work, - great opportunity to learn technology for someone starting their career - used to be (pre-2011) a large company with a statrup mentality and culture  In my seven years with the company, I have learnt probably 11-12 years worth of stuff. The company moves at a cut throat pace and if you keep up and stay enthusiastic to learn and grow along, its a great experience in terms of how much knowledge you acquire on wide array of technologies (backend service, web UI, systems and infrastructure, android/mobile, AWS/Cloud.. you name it.. they got it all)","- Middle management sux, and just too many managers - Has transformed itself into microsoft v 2.0 - Career growth is not based on merit or work throughput. - Rife with favoritism and empire building - Please your manager attitude at every level - all the way up to SVPs  Most of my cons here is post 2011 Amazon Its a mad race out there, and all people talk about and care about is ""how do i get to the next level"", ""whats in it for me"".. This is a disease and has successfully eroded the erstwhile amazon culture fortress (builders can build, and innovate) The best way to describe the daily life is - swimming in a shark tank, where the sharks are not visible, they dont come to the top.. as long as you swim like mad youre good, once you are out of breath or even trying to just relax your hands a bit (totally intend to swim back up) yore dead.. eaten by the sharks. The legion of sharks meet once a year in a dreadful meeting called OLR and decide the fate of poor souls using a system of stack ranking which honestly doesnt make any sense to me so far.. Customer obsession - which used to be the most common trait, has been replaced with ""Manager Obsession"". Every person dances to the tunes of his/her manager to make sure they keep their job, get promoted etc.. Honestly there is simply too much powers given ti managers, there is no room for reasoning and hence the whole churn and brutal employee exit rate.. It takes a while before you realize you are working your socks off for peanuts and the distant carrot of vesting stocks.. wipe your eyes and you see the fact that youve missed to omuch of yourself and your life working there..",Go back to the roots and ideals the company was built on.. and weed out this culture which you guys got through transplantation of a certain cult of employees who came from other side of the lake. Take out the bloat in middle management. Once any developer gets the jou of working for the company back.. then you can call it a victory..,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22605,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for.,Great benefits and culture are good.,Not any that I can think of.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22606,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Production Manager,"Very limited in growth opportunity, micro-managed, not appreciated","The benefits are good but the work-life balance is not understood by management, the work environment is set up as open space not cubicals to work in, causing complaints about noise disturbing other employees.","Very limited in growth opportunity, micro-managed, not appreciated for the hard work. Treated like a robot not a human being.","Compensation is not fair,",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22607,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Retail,Amazon is a high performance machine that works at a fast pace.,"Employees are encouraged to take full ownership of roles and responsibilities. Project work can be interesting. The place is filled with intelligent, motivated people.",Absolutely no work life balance. The pace is too fast when it doesn't always need to be. The performance bar can be unrealistically high sometimes.,Improve work life balance. Amazon could be a fantastic place to work but management expects too much from employees.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22608,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Good quality Work. Smart people to work with,poor work life balance Operational works,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22609,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to get your feet wet,"Customer focused company with strong, principled culture.",Strategic alignment across company rarely exists.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1482.htm
22610,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Feb 12, 2015",Current Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,Could easily be a lot better,I enjoy the four day work week ( when there is no mandatory overtime ) Easy work Decent pay for this type of work,"Communication is ridiculous. There are many different shifts that overlap. Managers frequently forget this and do not communicate to all shifts. Sometimes we miss changes in work process and can get in trouble for not complying to the ""new way"" despite never being told. Other times it may be changing the work schedule and not telling all associates. I love showing up for work at 6:00 am when I need to be there at 7:30. The points system for seasonal associates is fair if applied correctly by HR. Managers may give you voluntary time off then HR will give you points for leaving early. There are countless times that coworkers have got in trouble because an Area manager doesn't communicate with HR. Bottom line, just don't trust any of them to do their job. I get along just fine but only because I'm paranoid.  Finally, turnover is insane. I started with roughly 20 people in October of 2014. In February of 2015, I am the only one left from that group.",Fix the communication system between overlapping shifts.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22611,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 14, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company to work for,Fast paced development and release of products and features. It has 'It's the proposal and not the proposer' culture.,"Requires dedication to the team and to the company, especially around holidays. Some teams have on-call rotation that can page you any time of the day.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22612,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse worker,Company offers plenty of opportunity,Very little time for other activities throughout the week,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22613,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2015",Former Employee - Sales,nice workplace,"hardworking people, great colleague, nice working environment","no life/work balance, management change constantly",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22614,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,Great Experience,"life work balance, smart ppl","low value stuff, ever-changing teammate",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22615,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Okay,The only pro in my opinion is the pay versus the same kind of job at other companies. Hourly you can make 2-7 dollars more than the same job at another warehouse job not even being management. Also 3 days off a week.,The con depend on the specific place shift dept ect. I have bounced around and found my biggest issues to be the temperature extremes and rate required of work. Other things are management. There's simply too many people for you to matter. It is what it is. Do my shift and get out.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22616,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Amazon is fine, very customer obsessed",Might need to exert much effort to affect change to align the multiple teams in amazon involved to do a simple thing.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22617,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Great company, Poor scheduling",Lots of great training and tons of advancement opportunities. Work with you to set goals and take your career where you want to go.,"Scheduling is tough and is redone about three times a year. Minimal preference given for seniority etc. bottom line is you won't be working convenient hours for you or your family. If you were a student, they will schedule around your class schedule but that's about it.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22618,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Picker,"They love their customers, but do not care to help employees.",Great medical benefits. great community of people.,not enough pay for their demands,Care more about associates.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22619,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Moving Targets,Leverage when dealing with publishers,Compensation is mostly based on how well the stock is doing because base is low while RSUs are rewarded,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1483.htm
22620,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager - think long and hard before you accept.,"monetary compensation (base salary, stock options, quarterly bonuses, sign on and retention bonuses) benefits (fairly generous time off, cheap health plans) company reputation 10% employee discount ability to transfer after 12 months in a position","Where to begin... Everything you'll read in the previous reviews about the Area Manager job and Amazon are true. You'll think that with years of supervisory/management experience that you can handle the job. The base salary, bonuses, and stock options look so good on paper that you feel like an idiot if you don't take it. But the fact is, as previous reviews state, they are a trap (relocation and sign on have to repaid even if you're fired), the stock options are drawn out over four years. The majority of AM hires won't see four years, so think about that. The 401k match is the same. So much of that fancy number on the offer letter is tied to a length of time in the company you probably won't make.  You are micromanaged into a fine dust everyday by your Ops Manager who is more than likely funneling down the same treatment that they're receiving from the Sr. Ops Manager. You will be called every 10 minutes to be asked about something you gave an update on the previous call 10 minutes earlier. The only way to get a temporary break from it is to take your lunches and breaks outside of the building. You will be called all the time, bathroom and all, to be asked 'what's going on in (insert department)'?  Despite having 'manager' in your title you are a front-line grunt, that is it. Your years of industry or military experience don't mean squat. You WILL be explained the simplest concepts in-depth by Ops and Sr. Ops. You have no say-so in how the actual operation is run, EVERYTHING is run by an Ops Manager. You will run every single operational decision you want to make by the Ops Manager first. It may or may not be listened to. You will be asked to explain why your department failed to make plan or rate despite you having had ZERO say in staffing, labor allocation, planning, work flow, etc.  Know that the hourly associates are treated with absolutely zero respect. They do not matter to senior management, at all. There is no attempt to make them feel as if Amazon is a place to make a career. They are required to do more and more every day. And if they don't or can't then they'll just bring in the next bunch of temps to take their place. Their performance is reviewed by the entire senior management team every week in what's called SPPR. Literally one bad day can put an associate on a written warning, one! Management attempts to appease them with things like a board to bring up complaints, ice cream every few months, or an annual picnic that less than a third will attend. And don't ever make the mistake of trying be an advocate for the hourly associates.  When you apply you may be subject to a bait and switch. A position in a popular city may be posted, you'll apply to that position, only for the actual location to be another city when you're offered. They have to do this for the smaller (very small) cities like Campbellsville, KY, Fernley, NV, and Coffeyville, KS. They'll sell you on the ability to transfer after 12 months. What they don't tell you is that it's completely up to the senior management at your site to sign off on it. And if senior management has some site specific rule, such as minimum time in the building, or they aren't full of AM's, your transfer will be politely declined with a smile. And there is nothing you can do about that.  The management team is a rotating door. Your associates (the ones that do actually care to talk to you) will tell you that you're at least the 25th manager they've had, depending on long how they've worked there. Yeah, I'll say that again, at least the 25th. Most Amazon sites have been open only since 2006. Let that sink in.  Don't bother getting too close to the other AM's. The quickest way to move up to Ops is by throwing other AM's under the bus. You'll recognize these AM's because they will send by out bi-weekly emails to the entire management team calling out any mistakes that you've made and what they've done or are doing to fix it. They look for a weak link. And the only way to get it to stop is to do it back to that person. It creates unnecessary competition and distrust.  3 days off sounds good...if it happens. Your shift will probably be called for mandatory OT at minimum once per month, and it will be at the last minute, and it MAY happen on a day that's not your scheduled OT day. Associates have to stay under 50 hours per week, even if they're called in for mandatory OT. That means you'll spend so much time being short because you have to send people home early.  And lastly...you will be required to do physical labor. And not just throwing a couple boxes here and there or picking in the aisles a bit to help. You will do the job that your associates do...a lot! It doesn't sound so bad until you realize that you've spent a huge chunk of your day having to do it... in addition to the countless flavor of the day projects assigned to you or all of the admin duties. Every day. Again, there's nothing wrong with a little manual labor, but a highly compensated and experienced people manager shouldn't have to spend several HOURS of their day doing what hourly associates are being paid $12/hour to do. It's a waste of their skills and talents.","No need to give advice. Amazon knows how they treat Area Managers, and they're ok with that. For every person that quits there will be some sucker out there who thinks that everything in the above reviews won't happen to them....so why change?  Jeff Bezos is either brilliant or he's pulling off one heck of a scam on investors. The company makes almost no money.",2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,142,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22621,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Feb 8, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Returns,It felt more like a family after being there so much. I had so many opportunities to try other things.,Its a very stress free environment. managers worked with you one on one.,Not everyone had a positive attitude or had manners. Some jobs are more struggling than others.,If someone has a problem that clearly needs to be handled then help them handle it. Don't put it off and/or ignore it no matter the cause and then turn around and look us all in the eyes and say how important we are.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22622,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I enjoy working here because I had a great team,"great opportunities, good work life balance, great people to work with, resources.","company politics, process churns, cheap",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22623,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,Good experience with little work/life balance,good experience with steep learning curve reasonable pay hard work and dedication is rewarded,very customer-focused but not so much employee-focused little employee perks shark-tank environment not great for people who want a family life,improve employee satisfaction,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22624,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Huge Mistake... Worth 0 stars...STAY AWAY,Work from home Customer Service... oh I received a free sweatshirt worth $20 with the amazon logo on the front. I almost feel like giving it back.,"EVERYTHING! micromanagement, below poverty level pay, requirement to be customer obsessed with some of the most dishonest customers, scam artists and theives. AWFUL HOURS... 5pm - 2am and mandatory overtime. This place is a SWEAT SHOP of the WORST KIND. It makes me wonder whether Jeff is aware of how his company is being run or where this business model was developed. I have never had a job which makes me unhappy as this. It's so bad that I will no longer spend my money with this company and support this modern day slavery. There is no regard or appreciation for the employees at all!","Have a heart. Re-evaluate your business model and treat your employees with some decency and respect, they are humans and not drones or robots.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22625,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Customer Experience Internship Program,Amazon is a great company to work for. They are super easy to talk with and provide all the necessary information you need to be successful.,"Because the training is self-guided online, sometime you feel you are not as prepared to handle all types of situations when dealing with customers.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22626,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"The opportunity to solve cutting edge problems with incredibly intelligent people. Rapid growth and innovation means there is never a dull moment, and you can rise extremely quickly if you have the chops and are willing to put in the work. The company encourages frequent cross-functional rotations, so you can gain a diverse skill quickly. The matrix environment allows employees to gain a technical, diverse skill-set that is applicable to most tech companies. By far the most exciting place I have ever worked.","The frequent growth and belief in running a lean organization on darwinist principles (""if they can't manage a huge amount of responsibility with a small team, we don't have the right people"") leads to constant turnover, long hours, and sometimes unfair expectations. The emphasis on intentionally rotating talent compounds this problem.  Sometimes it feels like the company is placing too much emphasis on broadening its scope, and not enough on solidifying its base.  Extremely technical environment with minimal documentation for some critical systems and functions, which results in inefficiency/misses, and an aggressive learning curve for many positions.","Spend more more time solidifying the foundation before turning the ""house"" into a mansion with many annexes, or the talent churn/shaky underlying systems will cause a lot of long-term pain. Conversely, don't swing the pendulum too far back, thus hindering innovation. Living in Day One is one of the most important, exciting principles Amazon has!",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22627,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - Stow Pa,best place to work,"treated fair, great benefits, excellent pay",there are no cons about this company. everything is great,keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22628,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was a very interesting experience,"The environment was pretty diverse, therefore all the other employee's were welcoming.",the physicality of the job is demanding and can be a strain on the body.,Take time to get to know your employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22629,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Packer,Impossible quotas,"Fun work, never bored, fast pace",Very hard to keep up with their impossible quotas,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1484.htm
22630,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2015",Current Employee - PACK-SINGLES,They never pay you the right amount.,If you do get paid the right amount its good pay.,They didn't pay me the right amount per hour one paycheck then the next they didn't pay me for the right hours.,HR needs to get there stuff in order and quickly.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22631,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 2, 2015",Former Employee - Sales,Toxic management,"Good coworkers, young atmosphere, good base pay for sales, Amazon provides great name recognition","Huge letdown, overly and overtly political, toxic management, lack of loyalty from Amazon for its employees, concerns of employees are minimized and not addressed leaving negativity to fester, management has unrealistic expectations for sales goals without providing tools, asks sales people to hit a tough quota AND do a lot of side work and projects on top, management is disjointed, huge delusional egos at play, lack of follow through from management, management actually picks on employees, HR is a joke... could go on.","The leadership principles: management frequently uses it to push their agenda, and the meanings can change according to the situation, causing these principles to lose all meaning. Amazon Local has lost A LOT of its best, brightest and most talented people due to the complete lack of proper management and is left with the slackers and people who can't find or are too lazy to find other jobs. People come to Amazon with high hopes and are beat up on a daily basis by disingenuous, manipulative, bullying and bordering on narcissistic managers who are trying to make a name for themself quite transparently at the BIG NAME company. Will promise you career opportunities if you will just do X,Y and Z, ""raise the bar"" the #1 WORN OUT motto at Amazon (which translates to ""sell your soul, drink the kool-aid and do everything I tell you to"", however you will never see any kind of promotion because by the way, you're just a level 4, you have to get to a level 5 by the way... (what is this SCIENTOLOGY??) Employees are pressured to drink the kool aid or are branded as negative if they don't go along with the pushed down from the top narrative. If you like being political, enjoy playing ""the game"" and don't mind kissing butt to get ahead, then you will honestly like it at Amazon Local. The good news is people who have left AL keep in touch because it was such an ordeal, and there is a pretty strong networking group outside for ex-Amazonians :)",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22632,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,hard and long hours,good pay and nice people to work with. the people are patient with you but should take more time with people who don't have experience with that hard work,have to keep up with production or your out,train people earlier on,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22633,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"If you can handle the Pace, this is the place","Lots of mobility within Teams, Some refreshing ways of doing things (examples include how you make product decisions) Small Teams to enable quick decision making",Pace can be overwhelming sometimes Benefits not always at par with other organization,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22634,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Acquired taste,"-Good pay -Decent benefits -Consistent hours -Good life/work balance (never work over 60 hours, and that's a rarity)","-Not ""promote from within"" oriented -Pay scale -Customer-centric means associates second",Encourage leadership development,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22635,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2015",Former Employee - Studio Manager,I learned so much...,"Infinite resources for associate to learn and grow within the company. On the corporate side, there is thorough accountability for management doing their job. Innovation drives this company. If you like to think outside the box, you will feel at home.","If you are salary, they own you 24/7, and expect you will do whatever it takes to meet the expectations given you.",Continue to watch for burnout. An associate withdrawing does not nessesarily equal a lack of devotion or ability to do the job. It could be exhaustion.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22636,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,"Great company to work for. You will work hard, you will have some fun, and you really can make history.",-Smart people to work with -High hiring bar -Pay is good overall (salaries could be higher compared to what is available in the area) -Opportunity to impact very large scale products/programs -Tons of career opportunities,"-Challenging to maintain work/life balance (can be done, but counter-culture) -Pay is much due to stock, would be nice if they weighted more heavily on salary -Bosses can either be amazing or... not. M",-Work on making the pay structure better especially for more tenured employees. It's obvious that newer folks get a much greater benefit from growing competition for top talent. -Work to support better work/life balance.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22637,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,So far so good,Good management Plenty of overtime during the holidays Plenty of possibilities for advancement Great work atmosphere,Monotony can be annoying Can be really slow after the holidays Other than that there are no real complaints,Keep up communication with associates and keep striving to improve.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22638,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alright for the time being.,Decent pay and hours.,Must meet goals or your fired. Only 50 cent raise a year.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22639,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Feb 15, 2015",Current Employee - Picker,"Worked for 3 weeks, Laid off","Decent pay, Lots of exercise, many prizes and incentives to keep you motivated.","Longs hours long weeks 20 miles+ a day during peak dont care much for employess stretching before you start and after lunch, pay could be more for the amount of work you do Brainless","Raise pay, or hire more people to even out work load",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1485.htm
22640,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Intern - Monthly,it was great,it gives you lot of opportunities,perks are less in the company,leadership skills can be imporved,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22641,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Non stop,You work with some really great engineers on tight schedules that force you to figure out the most effective use of your time and the skills of the people you work with.,"An inability to retain staff. Due to the pace of work, typically 90 hours a week there are a lot of folks who decide they can go across the lake and make more or the same for 40 hours a week.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22642,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,temp job,good comp. but was a temp job fast pace job keeps you moving,temp job.. seasonal only. And they had their favorites that have been their before as temps to go full time.,"your better off training someone for long term , because you will get a employee that will be loyal in their job and will stay long term and will cost less to train",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22643,amazon,"Cary, NC"," Jan 4, 2015",Current Employee - Virtual Call Center Customer Service Associate Seasonal,Virtual Call Center Customer Service Associate,"Loved working with customers, you always had help when you needed it.",Not being able to get a FT position after season ended,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22644,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,Compensation. Growth opportunity. promotion. innovation.,work life balance. lack of perks.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22645,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Being a fresher, I received excellent exposure to technologies and coding standards. Was always encouraged and motivated by the team.",I didn't really find anything pulling me back!,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22646,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A company with a very good growth opportunity,"Highly qualified peers and seniors, Very good pay, Good work culture ,Flexible timing",None majorly. I almost like and agree with all company principles,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22647,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 13, 2015",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Financial Analyst Position,Good program Good people opportunity to grow personally,"sometimes overwhelming and focused too much on details, hard to see a company as a whole as an intern",Nothing really,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22648,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon is serious about giving it's employees opportunities to advance and grow.,One of the few companies I've worked for that does more than lip service to the safety of it's employees.,"This is not easy work but as with everything in life, it is what you make it.",Watch the stereotyping.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22649,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I will not do it again,Very smart people work here.,Politics and favoritism at its peak Work life balance Smart people are treated as dumb Employee comes last in this customer focused company,Take care of your people. All your profits mean nothing if you create machines out of humans.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1486.htm
22650,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,awesome,good work excellent learning experience nice enviornmet,deadlines are tight difficult work hard time,hre more,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22651,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Feb 10, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,It's a great job for college students,Starting pay is 10.5 regardless of warehouse experience. There is the possibility for overtime especially during the holidays. Depending on your job it is good exercise. You get the opportunity to meet a lot of different and interesting people. If you can survive the 'black out' period (seasonal holidays) there is a high possibility of converting to a full time Amazon employee. Once New Year's is over you automatically get ATO (approved time off) through the temp agency ISS (Integrity staffing solutions). ATO allows you to miss work or be late without it counting against you.,"I worked as a picker which is exhausting work even for me. I'm young, physically fit, non smoker and yet it was a challenge walking 10+ miles for 10 hours a day 4-5 days a week. You're expected to make rate once you've been there a couple weeks and if you don't someone from the temp agency will approach you and either write you up or reprimand you. Rate on average was about 70 uph (units per hour). There isn't a very good work-life balance if you're working 40+ hours a week. When you're not working, expect to be tired/and or hungry. It wasn't surprising that they had us watch a sexual harassment video during orientation. BEWARE if you're a young woman and even mildly attractive you will have guys cat calling you, making inappropriate comments, and coming up to you throughout EVERY day. If this makes you uncomfortable then don't even apply.","Not all of your seasonal workers plan on quitting. Treat the temp workers as good as your permanent 'blue badge' employees. Also, you're location at SDF8 has a major problem with sexual harassment. Understand that that contributes to the turnover rate that you have.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22652,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Smart people, lack of focus",Very smart and generally passionate people. Interesting problems. Brilliant and inspiring leaders at the very top.,Political nonesense at L7-VP level. Inability to prioritize or focus. Arbitrary review process.,Need to support and engage the big thinkers more. Help leaders create clear goals and allow for creativity. Weblab results are a ridiculous way to judge innovation and the results are not trustworthy.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22653,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Starting salary, team, culture, peers","HR, hours, company doesn't treat all employees fairly.",Make sure associates are treated better for career advancement,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22654,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Packaging Operator,Pleasant surprise,"An incredible place to work, friendly people at all levels, a true learning experience, they hire seniors, an excellent exercising work environment","Long hours Frequently a lot of walking, which is ""good."" Demanding job, but one with proper training and acceptable learning period",Area Assessment (Housekeeping and maintenance) of Work Stations in Packing could be improved,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22655,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Customer centric overgrown and inefficient startup, well tuned non-profit machine at the expense of its own employees","If you read previous reviews you will see several common themes:  1) Interns or junior people with no or limited experience usually write about QUICK LEARNING. Yes, you learn quickly at Amazon, as the amount of work that a regular employee usually gets is 2-4X more than at other more employee-friendly companies. In other words, your learning process is a multiple of workload and time spent at work.  In addition, you will have to catch things quicker because you will OWN your area of responsibilities, which is a good thing… if your previous experience and skillset qualify you to own that. Otherwise, it is usually trial and error learning, while Amazon does not tolerate any errors. In other words, you will learn something, but as soon as you make a mistake you will become HISTORY through the Performance Improvement Process (PIP) process.  The question is why you would not learn at another company at a slower pace with manageable workload and at least some training support instead of self-learning through internal Wikipedia and waiting in long lines to Business Intelligence Office Hours or something similar?  2) Some people write about “GOOD BENEFITS”… If Amazon is the only employer in small town, it is probably true. However, in terms of base compensation it is usually below average. The stock part of the compensation is deceptive, given that the average employee retention period is now less than a year and you will need to work several years to fully vest that amount. Even if you literally survive at Amazon all those years, the amount of stock is still below the cumulative amount of annual bonuses that you can earn at other companies that require to work 60-100 hours per week (e.g. investment banking and management consulting). There are NO other perks, because of the frugality principal.  3) Some people also say hat it is good to have Amazon BRAND on their resume. Many people who have never heard stories of their friends and relatives working at Amazon believe that the company is as good to its employees as it is to its customers. Customer obsession is what drives recognition and appreciation of Amazon’s brand. However, whenever I speak with random people in Seattle, all of them tell me the same thing: “Amazon is the least popular employer in the area. It is famous for making its employees overwork and for its high turnover”. If you get an offer or you are in Seattle area for your interviews, go to a local grocery store or a coffee place and ask people there what they think about Amazon. I wish I did the same due diligence when I came to Seattle for my interviews.  4) INNOVATIVE projects are something that some people also mentioned in previous reviews. Amazon is a laggard that usually does reverse engineering of consumer products that other more innovative companies pioneer. The “innovation” part is how to make those products cheaper by using cheaper materials or reducing functionality.  5) All those SMART, type A personality people at Amazon is definitely a “bundle of joy”, in particular, when it comes of scarce promotion openings. The value proposition of working with smart people is not to compete with them, but to learn from them. You will unlikely have a chance to have a mentor or have decent team work to learn from your peers as Amazon culture is very individualistic, mainly, due to the ownership principle.","My key point here is that Amazon is not a SUSTAINABLE company as it is depleting (not disrupting) the fundamental levers of its business model: 1) It is ERODING PRICES at the expense of its short-term profits and most importantly vendor’s margins. If you are a part of the company, you are also responsible for that consumer paradise bubble. In other words, if you don’t cut down trees in Amazon forest (the one in Latin America), you are still socially responsible.  2) Amazon is DEPLETING TALENT, a key factor to drive company’s success. The retention rate at Amazon is most likely the lowest among all American and global companies. There is no retention policy, well-thought promotion programs, and succession planning. Moreover, the company is constantly hiring people to more senior roles from outside not only to support its double digit growth, but also to close A LOT of vacancies. I witnessed situations when my teammates quietly left on Friday and on Monday we found out that they had quit without saying any word to the rest of the team. It never happened to me at any other company I worked… The key question is when candidates start avoiding Amazon.  The part of talent depletion is also a sexist attitude to women that is actually common among all technology companies. There are very few women in general management roles, including product management. Merchandising/Marketing, HR, design, and administrative assistance are traditional places for relatively few women who work at Amazon. Check it out on Linkedin by typing, for example, “Amazon Marketing”, and compare it with results of “Amazon Product Manager”. I personally joined as Product Manager hoping to develop new innovative products, but for some reason my hiring manager gave me Marketing/Merchandising type of responsibility without any prior consultation with me.  I also felt that if I had children, it would be almost impossible to compete with my teammates, all of whom were married men with housewives taking care of their children. When I started having health issues after all-nighters, 100-hour work week, and stress, I was even punished for taking several hours off to see a doctor/spent time with the 911 team and missing the deadline for submitting a non-critical write-up of a SOP to my manager (same band as me) on Friday night for 15 min (12:15 am instead of 12:00 am)… while being officially on a sick leave... at a hospital. I could not imagine of being a working mother at Amazon and taking time off to attend a school event or staying at home to take care of my kids. It was a definitely the most inhuman, soul crashing experience that I have ever had in my +10 year career.  Depleting talent also means a lack of trained managers. Although there are special trainings for new managers, there is no upward feedback system or evaluation to keep management skills at a certain level. Most of managers hired externally are usually young in their mid, late 20ies or early 30ies, so they don’t come with a lot of management experience. Moreover, the ownership principle relieves manager’s responsibility for subordinate’s failure to some extent, as Amazon’s “ownership” term is individual’s, not team’s attribute.  3) Amazon’s internal operations are INEFFICIENT. The company is well known for counting seconds of associates’ movements and installing cutting edge robots in its warehouses to save pennies, while its internal management reporting system is far behind of company’s current state of development. There are a lot of disintegrated legacy databases and tools that require manual work. Imagine thousands of Amazonians writing the same SQL queries and waiting for hours to get them completed in internal data warehouses, instead of having dashboards with more frequently used queries and preloaded data that is available immediately. The data management system and subsequent decision making are the biggest weakness of Amazon. It is probably why many Amazonians work those crazy hours and where a significant part of Amazon’s profits invisibly drains.  In addition, if you join Amazon, be ready with a lot of manual, routine work regardless of where you are (at a warehouse or at a global headquarters in Seattle) and what level of seniority you are at (associate/analyst or VP).  Finally, Amazon will expect you to have bias for action that is often confused with a lack of prioritization. “Do it now, do it quickly”. As a result, there are less strategic priorities, well thought decisions, and higher probability of mistakes. Those mistakes can be very expensive and they also have a significant indirect impact on the above zero company’s profits.  Finally, Amazon is obsessed with its customers, but it is a one-way street. The company adopted a very reactive approach to communicate with its customers. “We noticed [received one complaint from one single customer] that you overpaid for this item on promotion. Here is your money back”. However, when it comes to testing new product concepts, in other words, to adopt a more proactive communication approach with customers, Amazon fails miserably. It was one of my questions at my job interviews: “How do you test product concepts? Do you run focus groups at all?” I received a negative response. In the best case Amazon runs weblabs to see customers’ reaction to some marketing or merchandising initiatives. However, it does not seem that robust product testing is in place at the ideation stage. The sad stories of Fire Phone and Amazon private-label diapers are good examples to support that observation. Every write-off of such a failed product will have an impact of your illusive long-vesting stock.  To sum up, 1) run away from Amazon if you are working there, 2) reply “Thanks, but no thanks” to your job offer letter or an invitation to a job interview, 3) sleep tight and start imaging a logo of another company on your Linkedin profile, if you are considering to apply to Amazon, 4) spread the word and keep your loved ones away from Amazon so that they can live a happy and long healthy life.",No advice. You are heading in the direction that this company deserved. You are irresponsibly creating a consumer bubble at the expense of your vendors and employees. I don't see Amazon surviving another 20 years. Rest in piece!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,34,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22656,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great business model, with good customer centric services.",Compensation is extremely lucrative.,"You will work longer hours than you ever thought possible. For two months proceeding Christmas, you will work 7 days a week, and often 12 hour days. This company attracks type A individuals and internal metrics often pit good people against one another because of competing goals.",Stop tolerating verbally abusive treatment with operations managers and directors in the company. There is no reason why people deserve to be treated like that.,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22657,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good idea but...,Amazon is a cool place to work. Amazon prides itself of being obsessed with customer service and being data driven. This clarifies the decision making process for all employees at all levels and enables individuals to make decisions in the best interest of the customer. Amazon gives large responsibilities to all employees regardless of tenure/role in the hopes that the best ideas are driven forward.,"The downside to Amazon's philosophy is the lack of consistent direction. There are many teams trying to build new things for their customers and that leads to different agenda's competing for resources. That combined with the very high turn over rate results in teams who are very inefficient due to having underdeveloped processes and inexperienced engineers. This all leads to an environment where you can get great V1 products out the door quickly, but those products often grow stale very quickly due to the fact that the team can not maintain that initial momentum.",Grow more at the SDE 2 and 3 level and make sure you define some processes for code quality and engineering discipline.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22658,amazon,"Wilkes-Barre, PA"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Hard work rewarding work quick burnout cutthroat,"Competitive pay, great benifts, stock options monthly bonuses, transfer options Amazon.com promotes a diverse and unique atmosphere they offer options to move around through out departments as well as transfers available nation wide.",Quick burnout the company is extremely competitive and promotes a cutthroat style of leadership and will go out on a limb for a new idea before consistency one must continue to produce revolutionary new ideas to stay ahead seniority is never a factor,Better communication of what is expected.,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22659,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great experience,"Work with smart people Forefront of technology Fast growth, iterative development Good compensation Flexible work schedule","Vacation days are few in number, only around 5 a year. It's growing very fast, needs to adjust to the growth better.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1487.htm
22660,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to be a part of amazon :),"Nice environment,easy to work, no work pressure","No training,not able to learn more",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22661,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Finding wisdom in chaos, get burned out fast","You will learn a lot, be given ownership over your projects, work with great people, and accomplish things relatively quickly","You will never know enough, your boss may be in the throws of the Amazon Avalanche - so mentorship is limited, some people are agressive corporate climbers, and if you don't accomplish things quickly enough, you may lose people's attention.","Put more time into the MBA placement process and increase transparency in the placement process. Even though we can move to a new job quickly, that comes with a price for the company. Also, a year and a half in a role that isn't a great fit is a very long time.",3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22662,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Great benefits but a letdown after years pass by,"Great Benefits with Stock, 401k, Prizes around christmas time with great attendance, and you get to meet a lot of different characters working at this business.","Time off is regulated very heavy at Amazon and are only given select few days off a year paid and unpaid with more unpaid than paid, After years of commitment to the company they have no seniority rules in place hidden or in plain thought process, Management constantly changes about every 6 months usually, and the training is very little at times or just enough and too demanding for the pay.","Take care of your committed employees that serve multiple years with the company, explain everything to the employee about why you are doing anything, improve the training process and make sure productivity levels are able to be attained by rate for associates.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22663,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"join the good old boys at amazon it is the only way to get a promotion,if you are in the click.",good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!! They use you til you top out in pay and then give you a boat load of reasons why you can't make it to the next level,no promotions unless you are in the good old boys program,hold people accountable,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22664,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse,Amazon,Not too bad for part time work,Ten hour days could be eight,Some people just Standing around awhile others are working hard,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22665,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Absolute sweatshop! Degrading and uncivilized!,-Weekly pay -Opportunities for overtime (although mandatory during peak season) -Co-workers and immediate supervisors were friendly (for the most part),"-Little to NO training (approximately 10 minutes in my case, the facilities are loud and the ""trainer"" had a very thick, foreign accent, so we could not hear her nor could we understand her) -Extremely physically laborious (my body ached at the end of my shift) -Employees are expendable (much like cattle herding) -I was written up on my 3rd day for not packing boxes fast enough (You are tracked and your stats are constantly being recorded, yet I was moved around from station to station for approximately 2 hours because the technology wasn't working at various stations, this threw my stats off, which was not taken into consideration -I was hired at the Haslet location (which is right by my home), yet I was sent to Coppell (which is 45 minutes away) at the last minute and given a shift and days off that I did not sign up for. -Zero work/life balance -Employees that are not management are not allowed to have cell phones on the floor. This is understandable, but when there are other employees (e.g. supervisors, facilities, etc) who are standing around watching you ""slave"" tirelessly, talking and texting on their own cell phones, wasting their own time, it is especially demeaning, is bad business, and reflects poor leadership/values).","This was a set-up for failure. I graduated my university with full honors, have hours toward my Master's, am physically active and in excellent shape, and humbled myself greatly to take this job. I even had aspirations to stay and grow within the company and was excited about the possibilities. However, I left with an extremely poor image of the company and am hesitant to even do business with Amazon any longer, as a consumer.  Management, you need to plan much more efficiently for peak season and train/develop your employees. People are not expendable.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22666,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resource Assistant,"Great company, terrible managers","You get to work with the smartest people in the industry. Everyone is degree'd which may or may not be a ""Con"" too.","No work-life balance, they expect your entire life to revolve around the company. Complete devotion with no rewards to you.","Stop hiring kids out of college with no managerial experience to be managers. There was no development and worst of all, everyone is pitted against each other. So much for ""team work.""",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22667,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,Great company seems to value the staff,Changes made before they are ready for them,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22668,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazong place to work as long as you can cope up with long work hours,"The ambience, the people (colleagues) and the brand value.",A few of the departments have a very biased method in case of growth opportunities,Start hiring and help growth on a talent basis and not as per favoritism,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22669,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inbound pick full time,Good things about this you get paid pretty good and a very basic easy job it's like grocery shopping,The only problem is you walk alot and stand as well die to a big warehouse,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1488.htm
22670,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jan 18, 2015",Former Employee - Seasonal Fulfillment Associate,A good first job experience,"The pay and benefits are good, especially if you are young and are not looking for something long-term. I met great people working there, and management was pretty efficient. If you like to work with a diverse group of people, and stay on your feet 9-10 hours out the stay, it's a really good experience.","During time between peak seasons, there is not much work needed, so they downsize a lot. Performance awards really is number based, and breaks really feel like only minutes.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22671,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2015",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,"Good pay, fun work but no work life balance",Fun and challenging work with smart people,No work life balance and very very poor management in general,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22672,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon. Great for your career, terrible for your health.",- High visibility on resume - Work is interesting and fast paced - Extremely customer focused - Usually can hold others accountable for their work,"- Lack of work/life balance - Lack of career development - Because they do a lot right, corporate shortcomings that much difficult to deal with - Current pay structure, and management style favors high burnout and turnover - Lack of coaching and career development leads to great individual contributors with no people management skills in middle management","I understand the thinking that by maintaining a high pressure, unsupported culture that you can ""weed out"" bad fits for Amazon. I just think that it's incredibly short sighted and that you lose a lot of smart, talented employees who have a bad manager or a bad six months.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22673,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Be a part of history...,"Amazon is an amazing place to work in that you get to work with very smart people on awesome problems. You have the chance to be a part of history as the company continues to grow into the 21st century. If you rock and end up in the right group, there is awesome opportunity.",The awesomeness of Amazon comes at a cost. There is no work life balance. You burn the candle at both ends. It is also a place where favoritism runs rampant.,"Amazon isn't for everybody, don't try and make it such. Better may be to have a smaller company with an awesome culture.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22674,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Loved!,Amazing place to work and benefits are great! This company is up to modern day and it shows everyday I step foot into the building.,"Long hours, but mostly I enjoy what I do so I don't tend to worry about that. You shouldn't have any problem when working for Amazon.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22675,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart peopole,"Very smart people, data-driven culture","too frugal, and the culture is not for everyone",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22676,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Human Resource Assistant,Sr. Human Resource Assistant,"I would recommend, but with strong hesitancy:  -Straight out of college I made $50k with no experience in Human Resources. Heck, my degree was in liberal arts. Very few of my peers could say the same.  -If you want to see different places, Amazon has a lot of different locations around the US and transfers are pretty commonplace.  -You will meet enthusiastic, intelligent people who you will learn to love like family.  -You will grow an incredible amount professionally, I do appreciate what Amazon did for me professionally. I went from a Sr. Human Resource Assistant position at Amazon to a Human Resources Manager position at another company after my stay with Amazon.","-Zero work/life balance. Do you have children? Are you married? If you answered yes, look somewhere else. You will virtually never see your children and/or your spouse. I know mothers and father who were constantly torn between family and career, don't do that to yourself, no paycheck is worth it.  -High turnover in HR and in other departments is a definite discouragement.  -They say you can take personal time at ""any time"" but for Human Resources, that is a joke. Unless you are sick/doc appt/car trouble, you will be guilted into coming in every day except for the precious 7-10 days you take off for vacation. I used my personal time for coming in 10 min late every day for several weeks because I knew I was never going to take off a whole day and I was reprimanded.  -You will be expected to do in 40 hrs a week what should really take 50-55 hrs a week. I was hourly but I regularly took my computer home to work on work without pay.  -They do tell you upfront that you will work the holidays, I was told that in my first interview. But, you have to work the holidays. You will learn to semi-dread the holidays.  -I received little to no training coming into my role. I've heard they're finally setting something up, but Amazon is like nowhere you've ever worked before, and a 2-3 week training is quite simply, never going to be enough.","-Running lean will only get you so far until you've exhausted your employees. Human Resources doesn't have the resources (ha!) to do their job adequately, mostly in the realm of sufficient manpower. \  -Personal growth: Really really difficult to change out of your position or get into another track unless you hound upper management that an Amazon coworker of a coworker who's boss occasionally pings someone in upper management. Make it more streamlined and offer more variety, especially to those in fulfillment centers.",3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,30,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22677,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good program. Lots of opportunities.,Good program. Lots of opportunities.,Oncall has a little pressure. 7x24,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22678,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Spent too much time in a low value division, couldn't get out.",Ability to participate in community actions like updating build tools to work with new languages. It is easy to get help from another team especially if you are good about networking. The leadership model is open to doing things differently. Builder Tools makes some really nice stuff.,Easy to become siloed. Easy to lose track of mission and take on too much ownership. Trouble tickets are not taken seriously. Quantity > Quality is enforced on some teams. Many core tools are very old and written in Perl.,"The ownership of any product which is not under development or still managed by the people who originally wrote it should fall to trained professional operators such as Support Engineer IIs.  Other than that I agree with team ownership of operations, it is synergistic for SDEs to support things but only things about which they already know, otherwise it is nothing but a distraction.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22679,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Plenty-Good-N-Bad,The diversity of programming languages and technologies that you can use are nice. You definitely can't get bored if you love to learn and like new challenges.,The work-life balance can sometimes be a challenge to maintain. It is important to prioritize your work and stay focused.,Provide subsidized athletic club memberships.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1489.htm
22680,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Fast paced, work load can be heavy at times.","Great people, if your a hard worker you'll def. get notice by management and that helps if you want to move forward in the company.",Cons definitely come when a great worker because when where short handed you are pretty much doing everything! And does take a beat on you. pay could be better same goes for employee discount.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22681,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Warehouse Associate,"Easy work, decent starting pay. Managers are top notch.","Hours, time away from family, long shifts","Learn to develop your talent. Re-assess your workforce sooner, learn what they can do, and move them through the company. Too much talent is wasted there, stagnated in entry level jobs that are below what they can do.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22682,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Toxic individuals ruin the experience,"Emphasis on executing quickly. Vocally self-critical, not afraid to challenge the status quo. People are generally passionate about their work. Good stock bonuses.","Toxic individuals and prevalence of bad behavior. Favoritism. Brutal treatment of newer hires. Jockeying for ""good"" projects. Typical stuff really, but I had an especially bad experience. Don't weigh my opinion more than anyone else's.",Get rid of managers who consistently have complaints against them by the engineers (the most important part of the organization). They're usually not making stuff up.,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22683,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hated it.,It's a job with benefits,"Management makes everything difficult, if it doesn't make sense then that's how they will do it.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22684,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,maintenance technician,"honest, reliable, self motivated, team player, positive person, like new challenges, fast learner, strong sense about safety rules, working in continuous improvements activities and always willing to learn and explorer new goals.","little quiet person, when working, I am so concentrated that forgot to take lunch or brakes on time. I am perfectionist on my activities.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22685,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Great learning experience, but easy to burn out","Access to great tools and information, surrounded by (generally) very smart people, industry-leading practices","Heavy peak season, easy to burnout from overwork",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22686,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome !!!,Best place for learning and growing in your career..,Nothing i have to say at this moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22687,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Infinitely better then defense contracting.,Technologically current. Management listens. Work with people who are outstanding in there field. Great food trucks in the area.,I get stressed easier then most and it sometimes has an affect on me.,My manager is very proactive in making sure we're taken care of. If you're up all night with a page he'll tell you to stay home and get some rest. It's great having a manager that you know has your back.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22688,amazon,"Ashburn, VA"," Jan 24, 2015",Former Employee - Network Technician,"A huge company in constant change, using the most advanced networking equipment from different manufacturers","A very friendly environment to work, casual dressing code, very cool workmates, an efficient ticketing system",Standards are not fully respected. Start your job without any assumptions. Lot of people without networking background.,"Integration between day and night shift, improve cost management,",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22689,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,This was a great experience working with amazon,"Office culture is very good. As a fresher, there is lot of opportunity to learn and show your talent. Salary and benefits are good enough",The work load is a little high and the expectations are higher than the known intelligence of an employee. Interview process is really tough if we want to move to other team,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1490.htm
22690,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Nice,It is ok to work there.,I can't think of any,No advice,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22691,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company.,Great work schedule. Pay is pretty good. Able to take time off when you feel like it. Raise every 6 months For the first 3 years.,Stow rate is incredibly high. A huge turn over rate due to people not being able to meet rate expectations.,Should work ocommunicating better with employees.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22692,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Innovate and Simplify, high on deliver results,",Risk of getting kicked out during stack ranking process,Please learn from other companies who take care of people. Lot of bieas,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22693,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with fabulous benefits,good benefits and good pay,long hours with short breaks,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22694,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Strong growth and good values, but not the best place to start your career.","High motivation employees, very good control over development process even from SDE1 role, fast development cycle for a large company.","Easy to work way more hours than you would somewhere else, need to be able to confidently say no and regulate your hours or you'll be in the office 60+ hours a week.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22695,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,It is a fast pace work environment.,"breaks, training, free Gatorade/ snacks, competitions","hot working conditions, long standing",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22696,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Good steady Job, 4 ten hour days a week.",Steady work schedule is a pro with only working 4 ten hour days a week. Overtime is available most weeks if you want to work it,Lack of career growth available unless you want to move to a new location/building,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22697,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Jan 10, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Great place to work, although...",Work is easy and repetitive. Free refreshments. Sometimes give out free food. $10.50/hr for fulfillment employees. Good people to work with.,Leadership / Line leads and Ambassadors spend most of the day talking with their friends. They just stand around and point out obvious stuff that needs to be done. Warehouse gets hot at times. I often times end up doing the work by myself because their friends in my department are just talking it up. You also won't get recognized for being a competetant and hard working employee.,Be on top of the line leads and ambassadors. They slack off way too much.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22698,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," Jan 25, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Great experience! Very physically rewarding, kept me on my toes!","I enjoyed working in a fast paced, loud, gigantic space. I enjoyed working in groups as a team. I enjoyed how we had team meeting every morning to help motivate and encourage us to reach our goals.",Some of the challenges of working for Amazon was mandatory overtime. The job can be very physically demanding but you do get used to it and you will get in shape.,I have no advice for management. I felt that we had a great management team.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22699,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal staff,"Awesome coworkers, really felt a part of a team. Loved going to work","Your a number. If you fall behind, there's more out there to replace you",A little more compassion,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1491.htm
22700,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - ISS Representative,ISS Representatave,It give you the opportunity lo develop a lot of problem solve skills and experience with the vendors and vendor support.,It do not give you the ability to develop the leadership skills that you need in oder to move up in the company,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22701,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - CSA,Great company!,"Concerned about employee welfare, great hours, work from home.",Manger not involved enough about training or coaching.,Need more coaching and more heads up about expectations.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22702,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Interesting work with very capable people,I interned at Amazon for 12 weeks and found the work culture awesome. Many people are willing to help you. A lot to learn.,My team was a relatively laid back team but other interns mentioned there work at Amazon can be quite inte intesne,They have a very nice training program.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22703,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Trainer,Good company to work for.,Good benefits and projected company growth,"Hard work, Management isn't always forthright, sometimes it seems as though employees voices aren't heard.","Focus more on the success of the associate, not so much the bottom line.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22704,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Performance vs personality,OK starting salary Ideas for improvement encouraged Individuals can really impact operations,"If you can BS the boss your poor performance is negated Stack ranking based on relationship with boss not performance If a slacker has the bosses ear, you are screwed Hours worked not equal among managers",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22705,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,"Design at Amazon is fast-paced, challenging and rewarding.","Incredibly smart peers and senior leadership, huge customer impact (varies depending on your team), and industry-leading technology. Things move really fast and if you can keep pace, it offers a lot of personal growth and—to use Amazon terms—bar-raising opportunities.","Depending on the area you're in, turnover is high. Base pay is not quite as high as other large tech companies with the difference made up in (very volatile) stock grants, vesting on a 4-year schedule.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22706,amazon,"Arlington, VA"," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Data Engineer,Great Place to Work,You have a lot of agency. If you can justify why something needs to happen and how much it will cost to make it happen you can affect change at the company.,Bit of a problem with putting too much emphasis on seniority.,Look at the quality of an employees work and what they can bring to the company going forward rather than how long theyve stuck around.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22707,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I am very happy to be working for the biggest online retailer in the world.,Very fast paced environment. Lots of challenges to meet. Great management team.,"If you start out at the bottom, you've got to do a lot of work to make yourself known. With so many co-workers also wanting to move up the ladder you've got lots of competition.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22708,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZING COMPANY,Work from home. Company is awesome. Great employers. Most fun I've ever had!,N/a. There are no cons. The company is great and does. Alot to keep you satisfied.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22709,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Working Hard,You will be always busy and learn new areas. There are no significant boundary. The code base are open. You can access most of the company's code.,The operation work are heavy in some sort. On-call.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1492.htm
22710,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A big company with several opportunities,- The emphasis on being agile like a startup provides a great learning experience for junior developers - Amazon being involved in so many space you can usually find a job in a domain of your choice - Many teams are intentionally small which allows you to play a bigger role and be more productive,"- The company being too dynamic there is lot of churn in employees. If your manager changes, you need to prove yourself again which can be demotivating after few years - Delivery goals for some teams can be too aggressive and might cause burnout. - You have to manage your own career.",- Pay attention to individual employees,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22711,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Get ready for long hours,Challenging work and very quick to change.,Cutthroat working conditions. I knew more than my upper management and was hired to help them but they only saw me as a threat so they beat me down.,"The first person to complain to HR is not always the person who is telling the truth. Take care of your lower level managers, they are the ones on the floor doing all the work to keep workers happy. Culture and values at 'new' plants may follow the company guidelines but legacy plants are like a dungeon and run by using threatening management styles.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22712,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Tough job,"Very intelligent people who work here and have a lot on their plate. Everyone is always busy and if you wanted to, you could work for 24 hours a day.","No work-life balance. You're on call all day, no matter what time it is. They expect you to respond to emails at any time and the stress level is ridiculous. I had to work Thanksgiving, and New Years Day.",No career growth opportunities.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22713,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,- 4 day week - Growth opprtunities,- High turnover - High stress,Be respectful,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22714,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,Decent pay and good benefits,Working 10 hours a shift and night sucked.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22715,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Worst company I ever worked for!!!!,The company is famous and will probably help you in getting your next job.,"Every day will be painful and scary..absolutely no work-life balance..This company is a living example of hell..stay away..Unless you are a fresher, do not join this shithole of a company. Before joining this company I heard that it was very infamous but I never believed them. Wow, I was so wrong, this is even worse than what you can expect in your dreams.","Look after your employees. In the long run, it does not help you if people keep quitting on you. Hiring from another city and paying moving cost, so that the employee gets stuck will probably force him to stay in this hell for a year but you wont be able to stop him from quitting.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22716,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It sucked!,4 hour days...Too many spanish speaking individuals that did not understand english,4 hour days...Too many spanish people that spoke no english.,Learn to communicate,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22717,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,I have learned a lot while having fun.,The pay is good. You meet a lot of people. There is always something to do or learn. There are plenty of shift days/times. You will definitely get some type of workout.,Sometimes it is difficult to find parking. The break rooms are overcrowded at times. Having to go through metal detectors can be a hassle at times.,Continue making it a fun place to work at.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22718,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FA Intern,"Good pay, awesome team of mostly former bankers or ex-big4",no life if you don't move fast enough,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22719,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people,Greate poeple and challenging tasks,Office space is not very appealing,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1493.htm
22720,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,No social life,-smart coworkers -decent pay and location -always learning something new,-24 hour on calls -little time outside of work -high attrition rate -lots of red tape just to get upgrades/necessary equipment,Treat your employees as human beings. The attrition rate speaks for itself.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22721,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Pretty fun, but can be exhausting.","Good pay, plenty of hours, and easy to get promoted.",Your regarded as a number instead of an actual person,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22722,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,QA Engineer,compensation is really good leadership principles,"Growth, Work life balance, Training, Unclear Path defenition",Bad Middle level Managment,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22723,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,The opportunities are possible and endless,The benefits and compensation could be better,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22724,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,I guess it could be worse?,"PTO, vacation time, health insurance, 401k, organized workplace, clean warehouse","There's a tremendous amount of ""shady"" business. Upper management is very condescending. You are not genuinely cared about as an employee, you are more so just another number. The equipment provided for you to do your job is constantly breaking down, but if you don't hit your numbers you WILL be fired. Because of this, many employees need to push themselves extra hard in order to hit their numbers when the equipment IS working, which tends to be physically tiring. Equipment is down 30%-90% of every day. We are told that if we can't hit our rates because of the equipment, we will not be written up for it: this is a complete lie. There is also a considerable amount of favoritism towards the people that kiss up to management, so they get to goof off while everyone else is working as hard and as fast as they can.","The SPPR and SQPR systems should NOT be used to punish employees. If the equipment isn't working at 100%, how can you expect your employees to hit 110%? It becomes a safety issue. Until there is consistency, don't fire those that can't hit 100% because of something they have no control over.",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22725,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Seller Support,Amazon is cool,"Good wages, fun teams, nice atmosphere",My site gets micro-managed like crazy. This depends on site and managers,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22726,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full of crap!,If it's the only one you can find!,Have to keep a rating of 100 per week!,Needs to get over the white and black issue!,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22727,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2015",Former Employee - SDEII,Don't work here if you have a family.,"There was a lot to like. The work is interesting, there's a lot of smart people, and I learned a LOT. If this is your first job out of college and you want to work a LOT, then great. If you have a family, don't work here.","Everyone worked 60 hours a week or more and they'll expect you to work the same. I would get guidance from my manager on what he wanted me to be working on over the weekends. 10pm conference calls are routine. And pager duty is a nightmare.  I got to watch my young son cry because I was working too much. That was it, I got out. I looked at transferring, so I talked to my manager about it. The next day he put me on probation to stop it.",You can see how high turnover is. That's not good.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22728,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good then got bad,Benefits Career choice program Open communication,Unknowledgable managers Pay isn't the best,Pay people with seniority more money and have more opportunities to advance without degree,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22729,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jan 10, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,I thought Amazon did a good job at providing its warehouse associates with good benefits and decent pay,Very structured environment good benefits reasonable hours opportunity for overtime (mostly in peak season),peak season can be very tiresome because of mandatory overtime and shift placement may not be that great not very many opportunities to move up if you start at the warehouse associate level it is factory work so there is a lot of repetitive tasks and they are also on a piece rate system. If you don't maintain a certain piece rate you will be put on probation,In my facility LEX2 there were a lot of warehouse associates that had college education. That to me seems like a good pool of people that you might look into additional training and some higher responsibilities along with those that are exceeding expectations.,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1494.htm
22730,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2015",Former Employee - Administrative,Great place to work (not),The only really nice thing I can say about Amazon is that it's truly a global company where you get to work with very smart people from all over the world.,"Employees are reduced to a data point by managers and HR.  People are hired from the outside while very capable people on the inside are passed over for promotions because the promotion bar is so much higher than the hiring bar. Because of this capable people stay long enough to get their stock options, then leave for better opportunities. This creates incredible churn, much higher than industry norms. So many people leave, you get tired of saying goodbye. And nobody in upper management seems to care.  Dogs everywhere! During working hours, South Lake Union probably has the highest concentration per urban block in the world. The dog owners treat bringing their dog to work as a right rather than a privilege. It's gross to see dozens of people just outside the front door picking up dog mess when you're going out to lunch.",Have a heart. Make personal respect a leadership principle. Make promoting from within the norm rather than the exception. Make people pay for the privilege of bringing a dog to work just like they pay for parking.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22731,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Each team in Amazon is different, but I'd say I got a pretty great team!","-Amazon reviews the code that is submitted to production, so you have an opportunity to grow as a developer. -My work environment is very conducive to collaboration and constant feedback -I can write code that is handling Amazon.com production traffic within a week or two. I feel like what I'm doing is actually useful. -My team has a very high standard for unit tests and other testing strategies, which in turn help you write better code. -Very flexible work hours. You can come in at 6 and leave at 2 or you can come in at 11 and leave at 7. You can work extra on some days to get an hour or two off on other days. Basically get your work done is the only standard, which makes me a lot more likely to work well. -My team has a large diversity - five nationalities, both genders. -Cereal for our floor is a plus!","-Being on call. I'm part of a pretty central service to amazon, so being on call usually means getting paged for a decently high severity problem.","It hasn't become an issue yet, but there are three reasons I could see myself leaving the company for: -Little support for women having and raising children -No sponsored opportunities to go back to school. If I want to go back to school, I'll quit and then see who will hire me for my new skillset, rather than Amazon being guaranteed my work. -My team does not have a level at which you are no longer primary on-call. SDE III's and people who have been there for 7 years are still being woken up at 3 in the morning.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22732,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Associate,No Work/Life Balance,"Learn a lot, get good experience in your field, work with some cool people.","Way too long of hours for the compensation, low pay, working nights and weekends/overtime.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22733,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Stow,Not what I expected..,"Benefits, discounts, pay, opportunities for advancement","Long hours, lots of work, very few breaks",Try to ease up on the employees. The constant threats of being fired for simple mistakes is a bit overwhelming.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22734,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Good for a few years,Great company to get experience in a fast paced operational environment. Quickly growing company with tons of opportunities for getting promoted.,"Horrible work life balance during the Holidays. Expect to work atleast 55-60 hours through November and December. Very political company with stack ranking type of review. Difficult to find mentors with your best interest in mind. You can get lost in the company if you are not a manager favorite. Depending what building you go to, it can be a nightmare to manage the associates. Most are miserable working for the company and take it out on their manager. Managers are constantly getting in trouble for associates complaining about them, you have to watch your every move. Area Managers do not get offices or any place to put their stuff. They are forced to stand at desks on the operational floor for 12 hours a day. Not a company that you stay with for very long because they burn out their managers so quickly.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22735,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not employee friendly,Good pay and benefits package,High attrition rate... growth is completely up to you.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22736,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,"Tough, but exciting","lots of opportunity with ownership, ability to try a number of different roles, transparent communciation",Work/life balance is tough. The internet never sleeps. Either should you.,Take care of your people and they'll take care of you.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22737,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,None everything about this place sucks.,"Everything especially the pay, no chance to promote all about favorites",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22738,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Jan 6, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Brand new facility with awesome new management,"New ""team"" mentality which is different from other Amazon locations. I was in the startup team and it was great because we got to all learn together and work out the bugs of a new facility start up. Plus, it had the KIVA system which I loved working with. Benefits are awesome!",I think the only con I can think of is the size of the warehouse and the amount of people working there sometimes you might not get your answer right away to a problem.,Keep up the good work and team spirit there!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22739,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company,Very competitive compensation Excellent upward mobility options,work life balance can vary drastically from team to team,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1495.htm
22740,amazon,"Jeffersonville, KY"," Jan 9, 2015",Former Employee - Picker,Great company and great people,"I worked here because there were no other jobs available for me in my area. I got a great friend, she is the best in world. Never heard any like her before.","You are a fraction of a large number in the production report. No Wonder, if your manager even does not know your first name after working for weeks.","Maybe Amazon is going to kick off all employees after they get robots to get the job done but right now the machines working are actually human beings. They eat, smoke and get tired.",5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22741,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service representative,Flexible hours and easy job,No room for development and growth,More training,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22742,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good people and a lot you can learn from them,A lot of smart people so one could learn a lot A lot of different projects on different platforms,Strict Deadlines Strange works times - Star from 10 end at 19 (with 1 hour lunch break),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22743,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good.,"Peaceful workplace, great people and descent pay.",More hours needed to create a descent pay.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22744,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Micromanagement,Decent pay and hours for warehouse work. They have a lot of perks around holidays and such.,"Unreasonable rates required for warehouse workers. Management tends to micromanage staff, rather than help them get better.",Invest in your staff.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22745,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic,"Great management and fun co-workers throughout the organization. At least for me, great work-life balance.","Unless you want to move to Seattle, it's hard to find jobs in other areas within the organization.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22746,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2015",Current Employee - Tax Manager,"Dynamic and challenging environment, perfect for those who enjoy a fast pace.","1) high pace, 2) availability of resources, 3) plenty of chance to manage projects","1) Amazonians who have been at Amazon beyond 5 years aren't necessarily technically strong, 2) very large tax team means that it is difficult to get visibility on every thing going on",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22747,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 11, 2015",Current Employee - Inventory Control Quality Assurance,"For me personally, this position has been a positive one.",Steady paycheck is convenient for one who is looking for it. This position is good for someone who is looking for a intro level job and doesn't mind to work monotonous 10 hour days.,"Pay is a little lower than desired. People's outlooks are not always positive, so that doesn't help with morale. There is little to no career advancement when you come in as a fulfillment associate. There are other positions in each department, but the only increase in pay is through tenure and tops out after a few years.","My department has been good in my eyes, but i hear other department complaints ofter.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22748,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon Web Services, Worked on servers, fixed large number of servers. It is a good company to work in.","While working at amazon as a contractor, I learned a lot about their servers. Amazon also had lots of bonuses for their employees.",Team work was bad at amazon. You have to learn everything by yourself and there was barely any training.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22749,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for...,Endless opportunities for growth. Tremendous upward mobility.,Work life balance is challenging. Long work days.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1496.htm
22750,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,"1. Startup like work, with teams owning operational and development tasks 2. Project completion rate is high 3. Get to work with the best engineers",1. Poor work life balance 2. High pressure 3. No perks,Better work life balance,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22751,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketplace Sales,"Easy to start, automated systems",Time management and shipping costs,Increase support for sellers,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22752,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,"Not horrible, could be much, much better","This is for the distribution center. My experience wasn't horrible. The management that I dealt with personally were decent for the most part, when they bothered to remember me.","It's 12+ hours a day, once you factor in trying to get into the parking lot and then trying to leave. Expect no less than a 45 minute wait in parking lot traffic in both directions. Then walking the quarter mile or so from where ever you were funneled in to park, to one of the only 2 entrances at the front of the building, because unless you get really lucky, or get there 2+ hours before you have to actually be there, you aren't parking anywhere near the entrance. So that's one. But primarily it's the way the people working there are treated. They don't care about you, simple as that. Of course one could argue it's not their job to care about you, it's your job to do the job you're hired for, and there are valid points along that line of thought, however they could treat their employees more like humans and less like cattle, or prisoners.  Don't expect to have much time, or energy, for anything outside of work. It's not that it's a difficult job, in terms of how to do it, it's that they run you ragged, so that by the time you get home all you want to do is sleep. On the plus side, if you want to lose weight, it's pretty much perfect. You won't have much time to eat, and you'll be burning every calorie you might take in before it has a chance to settle anywhere.  You can talk to the same manager every day for a week. be off a day, wear something different the next day in and they've completely forgotten who you are. There's no structure and no communication between different management teams. You can be sent on what is supposed to be a quick side task and the manager that sent you to do such and such disappears the rest of the day, so you're left wandering around, but you can't go back to your dept because they've already pulled you out of it.  You don't get to choose what dept or position you get. It's based entirely on what they need, or think they need, the day you start, along with however many 100+ others that started the same day. And once you're in that dept that's it. There's no getting out. I lucked out and got a fairly decent job in packing. However a friend of mine who started at about the same time as I did, was stuck in picking. Well, with all the running and sweating, her asthma kicked in. She was taken out in an ambulance at least twice in the same week. When she asked to be moved to a different dept, SMX's response was ""No. Maybe you should just quit"". So like I said, they don't care about you in the least, and at best you're a nuisance if you take any issue with anything at all.  Breaks: 2 ten-minute breaks and a half-hour lunch, minus the time it takes to clock out, go through security and clock back in, you're down to about a 15 minute lunch. And depending on what dept you work in, you can forget those 10-minute breaks as that will affect your quotas for the day. They use a point system. The clock won't let you clock back in early, but you best not be even a minute late or that's half a point. So plan on spending 3 or 4 of the remaining 15 minutes of your lunch standing at the clock waiting to clock back in - but you aren't allowed to stand at the clock. They dock points for everything, and you only get 6 to begin with.  No cell phones or that's an immediate termination. Seriously. Their excuse is they think you might have stolen it, so they have to check it against the 1-million+ cell phones they house at the facility. Right. Because it's no problem to sign up for cell phone service just anywhere you happen to be when you run across one. For that matter I could have stolen my shoes or my jacket or anything else I'm wearing. Gonna check those items against your inventory too? If you have kids, or anyone else that might need to get hold of you in an emergency, you're given a help desk line to give to those people. The catch is, no one is ever around to answer the help desk line.  Quotas: Every dept has a quota. 135 boxes per hour was the minimum in packing, and every item that goes in each box has to be scanned, with faulty hand scanners that either don't work or want to scan everything they come across. If you can't meet the quota you're out. So next time you order something from amazon and it looks like it was used for a football, it's because of the quota that packers, and pickers, and everybody else there have to keep up with. It's insane. Dropping the quota just 10% would save the company a lot of money in damaged items and returns, because less of the packages would be getting thrown around by their distribution workers and they could take a bit more time to pack a box carefully. I'm not joking when I say that if they could use cattle prods or whips on their workers, they most definitely would.  Favoritism. They have this thing called vendor bucks, and contests to win various prizes like game consoles, tvs, etc. based on production. I think they were even giving away a car at one point. But it all comes down to what dept you're working in. If you're not in the right dept or working the right line, forget getting a shot at those contests. If you're newer than the rest of your team, forget getting a shot at those contests, as a lot of them are based on monthly or quarterly rates.  If you get sent home early because your dept is slow that day and there isn't enough work for everybody, you have to have your badge scanned, then sign out on an early out sheet with SMX, and there's no guarantee that even after all that, you may still lose a point for leaving early, even though you were told to. It happened to me twice.  On top of all that, the pay averages about $10 an hour. No benefits. After taxes, for a single person, you're better off picking up tin cans or mowing lawns. You'll make more and you won't be treated like cattle, or a criminal. On the plus side, they hire anybody that can pass a (rather extensive) criminal background check and a drug test, regardless of your work experience or work history, so there's really no excuse for most people to not get a job there, but don't expect it to be easy and don't expect any kind of respect. I did it for a short time because I needed the extra money. Next time I'll definitely plan better and look elsewhere. But honestly, it makes me not want to buy anything from amazon in the future, because I know how they treat their employees. For amazon to be as huge as it is, it could come up with a much better system than what it has.","Treat your employees like they're respectable people and not criminals. I honestly felt like I was working in a prison colony while I was there, and I've worked a lot of different jobs over the years, some much worse and much more physically demanding than this, but I never got the same sense of being in a prison camp like I did at amazon.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22753,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job interview was there,good work was found out,busy work but good pay,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22754,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chaos is called agile,"Open culture, intelligent people, principled",Top down opinion is often more important than data.,"Weight expertise, conviction, and logic equally with data. Get to know and support your team, not just your boss.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22755,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Decent work environment,"Can be good to work on products that have such a huge customer base. Despite being such a big company, a lot of the teams are still relatively small.","On many teams, i've heard the work-life balance can be terrible. It seems like a lot of people here burnout pretty fast. Largely depends on your team though. Career-wise, there aren't too many positions within the Software Engineering career path. The majority of the engineers get to either the SDE 1 or SDE 2 level before they leave.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22756,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent technology communities, strong knowledge sharing culture. Need better and fair care to employees.","Technical challenges, deep technical domain expertise, great learning experience.","Quite a few tech managers (managing individual contributors) lack of people skills, not knowing how to develop and grow people, not treat employees fairly and respectfully, not set good examples to demonstrate company leadership principles themselves. Unhappy with direct manager has been one of the top reasons of employees leaving.","Listening and knowing how your bottom line managers really doing, letting employees safely providing feedbacks to their managers without being ruthly and unfairly punished by their manager. Amazon does have toxic team managers that need director level and above attention.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22757,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great for your resume, but hard for your family",It was an amazing learning experience and the impact of being surrounded by so many smart people is outstanding.,"The culture is work, work, and more work. There is also a sense of pressure to achieve at any cost.",Focus on building better teams,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22758,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2015",Former Employee - University Recruiting,Recruiting and HR - just say no! Work someplace else!,"+Learn an insane amount in a short period of time - feel like I crammed 2 years of education into a few months +There are a small number of awesome and nice people here +Dogs make everything better. +People outside of the company respect that you worked there, so it can be a good stepping stone","I had reservations about Amazon coming in (partially from Glassdoor reviews, partially from friends who left). Needless to say, the negativity exists for a reason. -Chaos - Every day there is a new fire to fight and you have to drop everything to deal with it, even if it's not your fault. It is impossible to be organized and everything is done last minute. -Burnout - On my very first week at this job, I worked 65 hours. Things just continued to get worse and I averaged 75-80 hours a week for the majority of my time there. Weekends became a great time to catch up on mounds of emails, weekdays were long (730 AM - 10, 11 PM), and you won't be pleasant when you actually see your family. Over the course of my 3 months on the team, 35% of the team quit. That says something. -Poor middle management - Yes, they are also overwhelmed and overworked. But when you come on board as a new employee and literally receive NO training whatsoever, just a 5 page piece of paper with names of people to contact and websites to visits, that is concerning. And when you tell them you are overwhelmed, there isn't much they can do about it since there is so much work to be done and people are quitting all the time. -A very bro-ish culture that tolerates and even celebrates bigots and generally terrible people","-Work life balance does not exist, and employees don't feel appreciated even though they work long hours. -Honestly, I can't imagine the management likes it here either. It's a toxic culture.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22759,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,Good start for new young people just entering the work force,leadership is great at my building. starting pay is competitive,no benefits while working for temporary service. work four ten hour days is nice to be able to spend time with family,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1497.htm
22760,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jan 9, 2015",Current Employee - Associate,Its been different,"benefits(Medical,Dental,Vision) , (48hrs)personal paid time off a year,1 week vacation, also 2 weeks unpaid time a year from day 1. they also pay tuition for schooling after 1 year of service. Yes I do see a future and career.","non adequate(proper training), Very poor communication from lower to upper management. a lot of favoritism. a lot un-organization. The most important would be over looking Safety Procedures and 5s during our Peak seasons.","I believe as Management, they should enforce more team work, better and more adequate training for associates in their direct and indirect roles. Most of all quit allowing so many associates and P.A's doing little of nothing while others are doing the work of others and hardly ever is recognition given to those doing those roles of others to keep production going. Also I would assign associates where they are more productive, rather than assign where are struggling and are not as fit as others, than setting them up for failure. also every shift should have the same procedure, and not their own. Before peak starts is when need to train or move associates around to be trained properly or to refresh those who have not been in that role months prior.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22761,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,Payment is not so bad.,Not so good for a starter.,N/A,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22762,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Okay overall,Highly technical environment filled with smart and nice people,Too much operational work thus less time spent on coding Poor work/life balance but it depends on which team you are in,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22763,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,Bad to employee,"New tech, good for career. Many people worked here got the chance to other companies such as Google and Facebook.","Too frugal, maybe it is the style of Amazon. Actually I have not seen any other company so poor to its employees as Amazon.",Maybe the Amazon should try to find out why so many talent can not stay here for more than 1 year,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22764,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"No Work Life Balance, No Recognition, No Leadership","Definite leaders in customer satisfaction. Amazon has even surpassed Disney. If you are an Amazon customer, you can bear witness of this.  Several opportunities and groups. People can make lateral moves with support from their superiors. Interesting approach of conducting meetings with no Power Point presentations, but rather having everyone spend 15 minutes reading a 6 page document, then everyone having a very productive 45 minute discussion.  Purchases made at Amazon can be delivered at lockers under your building, which is very convenient. No employee discounts, though.  Orca card can be useful, as parking is limited and super expensive in South Lake Union and downtown Seattle.  Best interview experience in the sense that it was quick, very well organized and recruiter kept me very well informed from beginning to end (very hard interviews, though).","No work life balance: Long hours, several midnight launches scheduled even on major holidays and weekends, and no extra days off to compensate. On call 7 days a week every few weeks. Working from home even occasionally, is not well seen.  Frugality is a company value, but they take it to the extreme. If you need a headset because your job requires several phone calls, you have to purchase it. I needed Visio because my job requires several diagrams, and I was told to draw them by hand instead. T&E below the industry, you end up putting money out of your pocket on business trips.  Being self critical is another company value, but leadership understands it as only providing negative feedback, not acknowledging achievements, and disregarding wins. With time this becomes discouraging and frustrating.  Following the example of many managers and directors, people tend to be confrontational and destructive. People confuse being professionally aggressive with being aggressive at each other. Never in 25 years I have heard so many people cursing in meetings and even worse, trying to publicly embarrass their peers when they disagree.  Very high turnaround. In my group, 12 people have left in just five months. This increases the workload even more for the ones still left.  Very hard for people who care about their families to succeed. Especially moms with young kids have a very hard time meeting their goals. If their kids get sick, they get whines for having to work from home. If you care about your family and dream of working in Amazon, think it twice. Seriously.  Look in YouTube for the documentary the BBC produced with a hidden camera in the UK fulfilment center. You will get an idea of how little employees are valued in this company.","Promote a culture of respect. People can be open, but should always be respectful. Eliminate this culture of bringing people down and of embarrassing the ones you disagree with instead of keeping a healthy dialogue. Be frugal, but not cheap. Realize your success is at the expense of many people who leave hurt and frustrated. Be more flexible with people who has to work from home, technology nowadays allows for a very productive telecommuting, as many companies have demonstrated.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22765,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Editorial Manager,"Amazon overall is a great place to work for! The benefits packages are exceptional. I have worked for several Fortune 500 companies and my health benefits are by far some of the best. I am pleased with the compensation packages and how they have progressed yearly as well. It is a fast paced work environment where creativity and hard work are rewarded, which I deeply appreciate. It is a great place to learn and grow your skills in an environment full of well-qualified leaders.","If you get a good team and good manager you will likely love Amazon. But in management you are stretched quite thin, so if you are at the point in your career where you need or expect coaching it will not happen. Amazon is a survival of the fittest type of atmosphere. Each year the bar is raised to weed out the weak. At first this was a challenge I loved. But then as you aspire to move up levels in the company it becomes a barrier, because you can change titles and clearly shoulder more and more responsibility, more and more projects yet they can state the bar for a promotion is out of reach so it becomes discouraging after all your effort. It is an atmosphere of leaders so in order to stand out you take on more projects to get noticed for promotions. Promotions in general are few and hard to come by unnecessarily which discourages you from staying at the company past a certain timeframe. There are many managers that truly have no idea how to manage people. I am truly glad I started my career in other companies that invest more in HR support prior to coming to Amazon as a people manager.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22766,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Smart people makes it worth working for Amazon,"Employees are intelligent and committed and you will get to learn a lot from them. The compensation is good. You will be judged fairly, based on your performance.",It is mostly work and no play. There is nothing free in Amazon - no free food and stuff like that.,Add that missing 'play',4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22767,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Lacks work life balance, not enough benefits but guarantee to learn a lot from some of the smartest people","Smart people, interesting problems, good work environment",Benefits and pay is low relative to industry standard,Pretty political,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22768,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,"Good pay, benefits, hours.",Management at its best is inconsistent and in a constant state of flux. There is almost no opportunity to go from one level to the next until you are already high in the company. Amazon is great at hiring people but terrible at development.,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22769,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Feb 11, 2015",Former Employee - Seasonal Pack AFE,Terrible Medical Compliance,"Easy work, tolerable pay, nice people","Heat, Poor instruction, tolerable pay, wont work with employees to accommodate illnesses",none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1498.htm
22770,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 8, 2015",Former Employee - Tier I Associate,Tier I associate,"Innovative business model, exciting and enthusiastic managers. Opportunity for promotion (for the right people). Strong returns for 401k investment, stock sharing program","Long hours of physically demanding work. Managers always demanding more production. FC where I worked specific details: Production over safety, quality allowed to suffer for the sake of production. Tier III associates set-up for failure, leading to write-ups and dismissal. Department-to-department transfers for Tier I and Tier III associates extremely rare.","You know who your all-stars are. Promote them instead of mediocre associates. Take a lesson in ethics, and apply what you learn.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22771,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2015",Former Employee - Shipping Clerk,"Great company, not good management","Easy to move up in the company, great people if you have a good team working with you. Benefits were good even give you restricted stocks every year.","If your manager doesn't like you, be careful. It will be your word against theirs. The tier 3's are the life line of the building, but are pushed to their limits and not recognized for their work.",Do the work you are asking your associates to do so you can get a better understanding of their jobs and barriers.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22772,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok company,"Ok pay, decent benefits after hired by Amazon","Short breaks, hard work",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22773,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Satisfied SDE I,"Year 1: 90k base salary, 25k bonus, 10k relocation pay.  Year 2-4: 90k base salary (barring a raise), mix of bonus/stock to average out at ~110k yearly compensation.  Healthcare is good, dental is good. Money is decent for the seattle area. Not outrageously good and not bad.  I work ~40 hours a week and am happy with my work-life balance, but I can definitely see how there is potential for a horrible time. Everything is so team dependent here.  I'd advise any potential hires to take this job if it's the best offer you have, but if you're stuck with a bad team/management, find a new job asap.","On call can be terrible. If you're stuck with bad management or a team that wants to overwork you, you have no recourse.","SDE retention should be a major metric of how good a manager/pm team is. I've seen nearly 100% turnover in my time and that should be a MAJOR negative for management.  I have seen how promotions work... and damn. Amazon provides zero incentive for promotion. More work and less time to do that work because of all the meetings in exchange for a small bump in salary. It should surprise no one that people come in as SDE I, then get out even if their team is decent. There's just no incentive to advance our career here.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22774,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software developer,"good company with lot to learn,amazing peaks ,salary is also good. really enjoyed working in this company",stress levels are quite bit more when compared to other companies,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22775,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An typical day is being on your feet for 12 hours a day handling customers orders either picking the items from the bins,"pay every week, overtime and work hours","short breaks/ lunches, health care",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22776,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Intense,fast paced",* The startup mentality at Amazon gives you the opportunities that you can never expect at other organization *They want to see if you will sink or swim *Independent work atmosphere,*Not a friendly place to work *Management is aware of the difficulties in executing the goals but instead of helping to overcome hurdles they will add to your goals each week,Identify the true problems in hardworking individuals and help them overcome it,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22777,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Many good ideas, often poorly executed","Everyone is encouraged to be (and is) customer focused. Willing to try new businesses, even if the opportunity is/looks small at first. Great pay, mostly because the stock price has been going up so fast.","Engineers not given the tools (hardware or software) that they need to work most efficiently. Noisy work environment filled with distractions, including dogs who bark continuously, and fight often. Generally low standard of software engineering. Taking 10% more time to do something correctly the first time is discouraged and sometimes punished.",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22778,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon entry level.,Positive and friendly work environment.,The pay is very underwhelming.,seems to be opportunities if you apply yourself.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22779,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great employer,- A lot of interesting projects - Proposed compensation was well above that I expected - I've got my green card in 2 years after first day - Great CEO with very ambitious plans,"- not much benefits in office (no free food etc) - on-calls - if you are not doing well in your current project, most probably you will be fired - no chance to switch if you under-performing",Sometimes person just not right for the project. So restriction to change project if performance on current project is low - kind of harsh.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1499.htm
22780,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Picker and Packer,Being fair,Working four days and having three days off. Like working the overtime during Peak time.,"Not being cross train in different areas that you sign up for back in Sept. like AFE sort and pack, ICQA, Receiving. Never got the cross training.",Cross train the older employees that have been there longer than the new ones that are now coming in to work.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22781,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2015",Former Employee - QA Engineer,A good place to go burn out,Expectation is that all your waking hours will be spent working. You don't have to think about any other nagging life issues.,Work life balance is frowned upon.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22782,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Just mean business, no frills.great place to work","Data driven decisions, no politics. Merit rules. Everyone loves by leadership principles. Once you get set, there is no better place to work.","Never ending work, very few resources",Ekployers are valuable Skilled and motivated resources with right experience are not easy to get.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22783,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon was a great employer back when it first started but after 15 years w the company it has turned to crap.,not really very many pros working for them anymore. they have good benefits but monthly bonus and give aways and discount has dropped.,Upper management is usually fresh out of college. No chance of moving up w out degree,none,1.0,none,none,1.0,1.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22784,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Its hard, but worth it","I can only speak to AWS rather than Amazon as a whole. And one's experience at a company is at least 50% determined by the quality of their direct manager. So YMMV, but in my experience you will become better at whatever you do.  Amazon Web Services is a hard place to work and is not for everyone. But it does have massive opportunities for those who want to grow. We do work hard. If you want a strict 9:00-5:00 job that doesn’t involve being oncall then AWS is not the place for you. But if you are an engineer (or manager) who wants to grow, wants to know how to code and own a system handling a significant percent of the world’s internet traffic, and work in an environment where you are surrounded by incredibly smart people who will challenge you beyond what you thought you were capable of, then you should be interviewing at AWS.",Its hard. You will work hard. You will no longer be the smartest person in the room. If you don't learn how to self-pace and say 'no' when necessary you will burn out rapidly.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22785,amazon,"Ruskin, FL"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Weekend day shift compentation,"So far so good. Amazon in Ruskin, FL is a new concept compared to others.",Night shift pay rate is $1.00 more and hour if working nights and weekends and day shift gets nothing. I feel this is unfair because day shift is giving up their weekends also. We should get .50 more. I work Friday to Monday.,Does Amazon pay weekend differential during day shift in any other facility?,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22786,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,A great experience as long as you have the patience and stamina.,Amazon has been a good place to work overall. Company growth is outstanding and it is great to be a part of some groundbreaking initiatives. The pay is fair and I like the compensation structure. Once you are an employee it is easy to get visibility and move into other positions if you want to take your career to a different field.,"Work/life balance (on my team) sucks. Amazon can be so focused on frugality that they forget to hire additional support at the same rate that the business expands. 95% of leadership has a type-A personality which can create a difficult working environment. The rapid growth has created many hurdles for project approvals, it can be difficult to find the correct person to talk to and processes have become more robust, not streamlined. Seniority and productivity have little to no influence on being promoted. Too many stakeholders for every change/adjustment to a contract or process. Also, stock growth is terrible.","""Inclusion"" aka diversity means more than just your ethnic background or your sex. Try to be more conscious and hire a few different personalities instead of people who think they are always right. Make some changes to try to reverse the stigma that people can only work here for 2 years until they get burnt out.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22787,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,My experience has been a roller coaster. Lots of highs and lows.,Great opportunity once you are promoted. Fast paced environment with lots of intelligent leaders.,It's a very competitive environment. It's dog-eat-dog when it come to advancement and promotion.,"The money is there, but you earn it. Lots of stress and responsibility with the position",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22788,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Working for Amazon.com,"Amazon is a great place and company to work for as long as you work under certain AREA MANAGERS. Great pay but you do have to work for it because again it's not an easy job and anyone can tell you that. We get a monthly bonus(vcp) which is based off attendance and performance. We get a discount at 10% which is better than nothing. They offer a career program were they will pay for a certification or degree up to $3,000 for 2 years which again is better than nothing. I love working for Amazon overall because the benefits, pay and monthly vcp we receive.",The worst thing about working here is there's too much favoritism in the company. the dust control is really horrible in the warehouses and the break times aren't enough to even get to break sit down and back to work. If we are 1 second late we're penalized and maybe even written up. There is very slim chances for advancement within the company unless you have degree even though most of the employees have a lot of knowledge of the job. They sometimes have mandatory overtime in which we can not decline on or we can be disciplined or penalized as well.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22789,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Review,"Technology, team work, fast pace, better for fresh graudate to get experience","bad working environment, bad manager if you happen to meet, peer pressure, bad work life balance, on call, on call, on call!!!",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1500.htm
22790,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2014",Current Employee - Site Merchandiser,"Great place to work, if you like working hard",fast paced environment where you feel like you are working on all cylinders. surrounded by hard workers who give you the push to be better at the things you contribute.,"stock is included in total compensation, and takes a while to vest",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22791,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,financial analyst II,"Great company to work at as a young professional looking to gain experience in a demanding, high responsibility position.","All about delivering results, even if it involves cutting corners and is not going to scale. Work/life balance is poor and the expectation is that you are always ""on call"" if something comes up(nights, weekends, holidays, etc).",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22792,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Decent salary, no room for growth.",Good pay and bonus to start,Terrible growth or promotion opportunities,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22793,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Stress, long hours, disappointing pay",You get a lot of experience quickly,Pretty much everything else not listed above.,"Respect the time of employees, pay in cash, not stock that goes down.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22794,amazon,"Newark, CA"," Jan 15, 2015",Current Employee - Sort Center Associate,"Great benefits, poorly organized","-Generous time off benefits including Vacation, Paid Time Off, unpaid time off, paid holidays -Small employee discount on items sold by Amazon (10% off on the first $1000, after that nothing) -Several medical/dental benefit options -Guaranteed minimum hours of pay each week (18 hours) -Good pay compared to similar positions at other companies.","-Except during peak season, hours can be few. Currently most people are working about 16 hours each week in my location. -Full time opportunities are few and far between in my facility. -People promoted into supervisory positions are often not qualified. Doing a task well does not make one a good leader. Being a loud person does not make one a good leader. -They say safety is #1 priority but that quickly goes out the window when it comes time to meet deadlines. People in leadership positions are often some of the worst offenders of safety rules. -Communication is downright horrible. The told everyone on night shift that we were working NYE and had to be there, but then failed to call everyone when they cancelled the shift. The told everyone about ""The Offer"" prior to peak, explaining that if we wanted to accept the offer after peak, we'd be given $2000 for staying through the first peak. Recent conversations with HR is that this will only be $1000 since we are part time. In a building that is more than 90% part time employees, why would they not mention this small detail before hand.","Improve communication with your staff. Create full time opportunities for regular staff- people can't survive on 18 hour weeks. Have some integrity. If you make a mistake, own up to it and pay the consequences.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22795,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 31, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Specialist II,"Great Training,great management team ,and well organized. Also great perks even for seasonal employees.",Not alot of growth. My group was pretty work oriented and well organized.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22796,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 18, 2014","Former Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development","Faceless, anonymous corporation where people don't matter at all.","Challenging problem space, some execs are not complete morons.","The most annoying part of working at Amazon is how people don't matter at all in this company. You are a number. No one will give a damn about training you, growing you, advancing you. What you do is completely irrelevant. You will be passed over by the cronies of your newly hired director or VP (mistresses, drinking buddies, soccer team mates, etc.). Reviews and interviews are passive-aggressive-driven beauty contests: for your success it is much more important to be ""nice"" with everyone and not rub anyone the wrong way rather than actually getting something done. Management is all hired from outside, almost never promoted from inside. The attrition is ridiculous also because of that. The pay and the benefits are such that those able to, leave amazon as soon as the all-cash compensation period is over, especially with a stagnant or declining stock. Those who stick around, tend to be those that cannot go anywhere else, and it shows. In my career I have never seen so many incompetent morons with the title of director or higher, spending all their time and energy trying to defend their position rather than get work done. In two years I had the team produce 100x more lines of useless planning documents that no one read or cared about than actual code. The few great people I have worked with were all in the intermediate to low levels and were all leaving or looking around. The technology stacks I have worked on were all put together with tape and wire. More than 90% of the resources were spent trying to get the stratified hacks of ten years to keep working rather than creating something new (and it was a mission critical system). The technical leadership is the division was non-existing. There may be some pocket of excellence elsewhere in the company, but after I have seen the shambles the supposed core business is in, I ran for the door at the first opportunity.",Take a good look at your leadership teams and cull the deadweight. Start a policy of fostering growth of the talented employees instead of flushing them when they don't align. Foster technical excellence.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22797,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigation Specialist,"Nice working with a diverse, international team","No incentive to meet metrics, other than to not get fired.",Create more employee incentives that do not just involve working more hours for good performance,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22798,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very talented and smart folks but deliverables constantly changing and aggressive,- Some of the smartest people in the Industry work here. So get to learn a lot,- Work life balance is poor - Projects and timelines very aggresive,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22799,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Sort Center Associate,They punish loyal employees,There is absolutely no reason what so ever to work for this company. See the cons section for more details.,"Working hard and doing a good job will only get you punished here, this was the case for me. I was one of the best workers at my facility, and they fired me without warning and without reason.",Take a long walk down a short pier.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1501.htm
22800,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Pace and quick to solution team,Exposure to operations was fast and furious with the peek season,Work can be hard on the individual if not use to the warehouse environment,Work life can be hard with the round the clock operations and long hrs,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22801,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Hard Have Fun Make History,"Innovation, Bias For Action, Ability to Influence and Develop Manager, Engaging Associates",Work Life Balance is Extremely Poor,"Develop your Managers, Push Back to Sr Leadership Team on Making a Plan that is Fair and Consistent",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22802,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jan 11, 2015",Former Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Onsite Medical Representative,"The work at times was quite enjoyable. Helping associates with ""real"" injuries can be very rewarding.","As an Amcare Rep. you are treated as the middle step child. The managers are unrealistic, the employees are whiners and HR does nothing to stem the ""bleeding."" Most OMR's will resign in frustration within three years.",Allow the OMR's to do their jobs and offer all the support possible. There jobs can be very thankless and frustrating as well,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22803,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for amazon,"Great benefits, only 4 days a week, opportunities for promotions quick interviews","Lack of feedback after interviews. At times can feel like endless. Very chaotic, politics play a large role in promotion process. Very young inexperienced managers",Look more for people with the qualifications rather than those who can smile in an interview,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22804,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Jan 1, 2015",Current Employee - Logistics,Good for part time income,Management cares about employs and have drawings for prizes every week yay,Needs to challenge employees more. Gets boring sometimes,Keep up good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22805,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 28, 2014",Current Employee - Scanner,Great warehouse job!,"It's easy, mangers always want to hear your take or idea on how to make work better.","People become too bossy, with the little power they are given.",Place works with work they can do well at.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22806,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unrealistic quotas,"Paid every week and decent pay rate...before shift begins and after lunch break you do arobics and stretches, which you're going to need...water fountains located all over facility gifts/giftcards given during holiday seasons","Unrealistic quotas to be met, partial breaks, you spend most of your break going through security. Sometimes you are located at the other end of the building. Racist, no respect for employees. Easy to get written up for unrealistic quotas which they hound you to make and you can't run or speed walk.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22807,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,High salary and low everything else,"Amazon pays well. You will also learn how to be assertive (aggressive) about your opinions, how to work type-A politics, and how to debug difficult code.","Amazon has some insane turnover. A little more than 1 year after I left, most of the people I knew there on LinkedIn have switched companies. It's not because those companies are great, or pay well - it's just because when you've been at Amazon for a year or two, your attitude tends to be ""I don't see how it could get worse than this.""",Treat your employees like human beings and they might stick around a bit,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22808,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Lots of teams and lots of opportunities,Hectic and oncall is generally bad,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22809,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work for.,great pay and excellent benifets,hard to advance and long hours during peak,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1502.htm
22810,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Never the same once Zappos management transitioned to Amazon,Bring A Part of Innovation Recognized Worldwide,Work/Family/Life Balance was Non-Existent Watching an Incredible Zappos Culture be Destroyed Day-by-Day Amazon Treated Former Zappos Employees Like Step Children,Realize that employees are as important as customers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22811,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work there,No good thing about amazon,"Work life balance, non ethical treatment of employees",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22812,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Wasn't very enjoyable and at times, seems unbearable.","Pay, benefits, overtime and good amount of time off.",Favoritism cause severe lack of growth. Often times lack of communication causing confusion.,You need to break away from some of your very situatuonal standard and understand associates concerns rather than throwing the book at them. Many of the employees are miserable because of the lack of understanding between them and the managers.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22813,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,"Your experience is based solely on your team, I got lucky","Felt like I had a lot of real-world impact. My manager was one of few that knew how to treat interns as intelligent people, and gave me quite a bit of flexibility for my project. I'd recommend it in order to grow a career in the future, as I learned a lot.","Some perks would have been nice. Most tech companies offer this, and Amazon tries to drill into your head that frugality is key. While the compensation was nice and I'm not one to demand all of the silly things Google offers, if there was a daily lunch served, this would have made a big difference in my experience as an intern (not having to stress about cooking food everyday = better intern experience = better conversion rate).  Team also wasn't the most social one around, but hey it gave me more time for relaxing on the weekends I guess.","Find the right balance for your interns. Most of my friends were overworked. A difficult project can be rewarding, but it's gotta still be in scope for a college student who is still learning.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22814,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2014",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Go in with your eyes open to the expectations,"Making designs and customer experiences that go live and are used by millions of people is an accomplishment that I'm so proud of as a designer. Amazon offers that kind of opportunity. There is also exposure to incredible minds and personalities, and talent that inspires you to raise your game. I met, worked with, learned from, and became lifelong friends with amazing people here. Collaboration opportunities abounded, and ideas for continuous improvement were encouraged, and implemented with supportive data (which you got to research, write/mock up and pitch). What they say about project ownership is true, but you're as responsible for tooting your own horn and creating visibility around your project too. Type-A drivers probably find it easiest to survive here.  In addition to working on meaningful customer experience design projects, I got a great business education. Designers have access to data and as much business and technical specs as they can stomach. There were fun prototyping explorations, and plenty of exposure to customers via a robust and supported usability department.","Expect to gain weight, go on anti-anxiety meds, and resume your smoking habit working here because you'll kiss your life outside of work goodbye. You can never ""coast"" or just do your job--taking a ""rest"" by working less than 50 hours/week is a sign of weakness and losing your edge--eventually you'll be penalized for it. ""Sustainers"" need not apply, Amazon is only for aspiring leaders who launch stuff and then move on to the next sexy project. If you're even momentarily not interested in leading a team, or continuously working for a promotion, you're given a low performance review. I saw this happen to countless great people. Everyone does the job of at least one and a half, if not two, people, and continuing education is your responsibility and expense (in time outside of work), not the company's.  Would also concur that it's essential to find the right team to work for--if you interview, be sure to read between the lines to ascertain how happy those on your loop are.","As an employer, Amazon needs to flex to the changing life, health, and work conditions of its internal customers, the people who build and make its great products--its workers. People age, have kids, health conditions, priorities shift and not everyone can give 150% continuously. Burnout rates and the company's lack of interest in winning people back makes for a very low barrier to losing some of your best people.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22815,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Good Company to Work,Big Company with a lot of opportunity,"Churn rate is too high, I've changed 3 managers in 6 months.",Try to have more discussion about career development plan with employees.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22816,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Some good, some bad. Mostly good.","Intelligent co-workers, little bureaucracy, technologically advanced, open-minded atmosphere, results-oriented","Work-life balance, location, difficult review process, beginning to become more bureaucratic.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22817,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Jan 3, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Amazon is great a company,"I was proud to say that I worked for Amazon. The reputation of company is well earned. I was afforded travel and business opportunities that I had never had. The company has a fun and carefree culture but is also very metric driven. I learned a lot more about the business world, a pleasant surprise.","Crazy work schedule. Wasn't a good work like balance. Not the type of human resources work I wanted to do. The company was growing so fast it was hard to keep up with the constant, almost daily changes.",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22818,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Notes on work life balance,"Salary (if you enter as an engineer, have an MBA, or hired on at manager level), lots of work, and if you're hungry enough - you can eventually achieve whatever professional experiences and goals that you may want. The environment breeds innovation and rewards intelligence.  Training and ramp up time depends on a case by case basis. Established teams will go through longer and more thorough training, whereas new teams with less than a year of creation will have very little ramp up time (the time it takes to learn a new subject matter can't be taken into account until metrics are pulled from guinea pig teams). A smart question to ask when interviewing in: How long has this team been around, what's the hierarchy like, and how many direct reports will my future manager have - this will give you a better idea of how much 1:1 time you'll get with your manager and learning how to navigate your own path at the company (in the positive direction)","Salary (if you're entering as a contractor, or entry level full time), lots of work, and a pressure cooker environment that leads to burnout.  Same tip as above applies, it's a negative experience if your team has an outrageously high headcount that makes it next to impossible for your direct manager to actually 'manage' you in a beneficial way. For hopeful candidates going in at entry level - be wary of queue work - since your main benchmarks to achieve is to be 1) accuracy and 2) productivity. This leaves a lot lacking in terms of career excitement and growth.","View your employees as human assets - with a strong emphasis on the humanity bit of humans. Be reasonable about OT demands and 7 day a week coverage. Amazon's main claim to fame is Customer Obsession, however, Employee Obsession isn't a high priority.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22819,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Company is growing leaps and bounds and will continue to do so. True visionaries who are changing the way E-commerce is conducted. Great pay and benefits. Everywhere you go, people know Amazon. It is cool to be part of that!","Work-Life balance is not existent. While someone can promote very quickly through the ranks, days off become non-existent. Also, some of the entrepreneurial spirit that founded the company is being lost. The company is forcing changes on building that are not in the best interest of its employees and loosely provide value to the customers.","Stop changing for change sake. If you truly want associate engagement, you have to slow your change process and control it. Your people will give you better answers than you already have, but you have to give them the chance to discover it. Stop eating your young. The attitude that ""we are Amazon"" and people want to work here will wear thin on good people.",3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1503.htm
22820,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Seasonal Warehouse Associate,"Easy Job, breaks every 2 hours, short shifts, overall great jobs and good hours, plenty of overtime if you want it. Site manager is great.","Lower Management can be petty, a lot of separation between part time and full-time employees.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22821,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Knowledge school, too much work",There are a lot of learning opportunities both in team projects as well as tech talks that happen every week. I would say Amazon Web Services is a school which excel in Distributed Systems.,Too much work load. This is connected to the learning I mentioned before. Much of the time is spent in learning which causes to work long hours. But I like this way,Upper management strives hard for good career of each employee.,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22822,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Dec 28, 2014",Current Employee - Ship Clerk,"Quick promotions for smart, hard workers.",They provide great training and benefits.,You can get swallowed up by the sheer number of employees.,Don't just throw new managers out on the floor. Hire more HR.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22823,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Crazy intense, crazy huge learning opportunity",You will work with the smartest people and will learn more than you ever thought possible. Amazon has admirable leadership principles and people actually live by them.,"Work life balance is a challenge. The workplace is extremely ambiguous and you're expected to figure it out on your own, or with the help of wikis that maybe have been updated, but probably not.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22824,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 2, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Virtual Customer Service,"work at home, individual responsibility, short term",answer calls from some of the worst angry customers who are unable to be made happy because of things out of your control,look at the big picture in entry level employees as possible future stars and not cheap labor to be vehicles for angry customers to vent,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22825,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Good place to work,Good compensation in initial salary,Not much benefits for employees,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22826,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Going to miss this.,"I absolutely love working in an Amazon Fulfilment Center in Schertz, Tx. I will be sad indeed when seasonal peak is over and they start firing seasonal workers. All of the bosses are wonderful and really contribute to the team feeling you get there. The work is hard but at the end of the day you feel great about yourself.",The only major con is not really to do with amazon... During peak they hire so many people some are hard to work with but most of my coworkers have great positive attitudes. The only other is the long hours. It's exhausting work and an 11 hour shift leaves you tired.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22827,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2015",Former Employee - Research Scientist,Fast-paced company with poor processes,"Exciting, fast-paced environment with several new investments in new areas. Great for people looking to try something new every couple of years",Management processes are weak.,Hire more experienced middle-level managers that can bring more processes,3.0,none,none,none,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22828,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gain experience very fast but in a demoralizing environment,Gain a lot of experience amongst some very smart people and top performers within the industry with a kind of volume of production that would be 10 times what any other company would be handling.,"No such thing as work-life balance and the company makes no apologies for working you until you burn out. The strong survive and if you're fine with dedicating your life to the company then you can certainly progress. However, what will be expected of you will be held until a week or several days before having to change your life around. Go from 5 days a week and 10 hour days to 6 days a week and no less than 14 hour days.","Hire more operations management during Peak. The volume of work isn't such that the existing managers need to be worked to the bone since the processes already allow for production help from production assistants. Instead, plan for extra coverage in support departments that would allow existing managers to lighten the load of the mundane admin and data correction that takes so much time away from production work.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22829,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"The job keeps me content for the time being, but there are other areas that interest me more than warehouse work.","Pay for hourly associates is fair, and the insurance is good. The work is easy as long as you are motivated to work with opportunities to increase your experience with technical aspects of the job.","The hours can be difficult to manage with having a personal life. Hourly associates hit a pay cap after 3 years of employment, unless you get a promotion. It then resets and you have another 3 years before you cap out.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1504.htm
22830,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Twisted culture, bright if awkward colleagues","- Smart, if socially awkward/challenged colleagues - Great to have on your resume. - Brutal culture of unofficial but very much alive stacked ranking.","- Everything requires data, all data requires SQL. - Training = do it yourself. - Irrationally frugal. - The organization is NOT flat -each level has multiple 'sub-levels' - Company makes no profit and hasn't -writing might be on the wall.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22831,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,"Fast paced, always busy.",Lots of opportunity to move up in the company if you're willing to work hard and show that you care about the company. The benefits are great,Talking to grumpy people on the phone all day can get long.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22832,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,"Lots of smart people, learn a lot, good opportunities for advancement","Some projects are boring, lots of legacy code that needs to be maintained or deprecated",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22833,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Dec 26, 2014",Former Employee - Shipper,good company.,steady work especially the holidays,"stationairy work, two breaks, 1/2 lunch, 10 hr shift",stop calling us by our last names,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22834,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to Work For,"Innovative, fast pace environment with plenty of opportunities to learn",The environment can be very stressful and not enough focus on work life ballance,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22835,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is alright.,Office is in downtown Toronto,The compensation is not commensurate with the likes of Google and Facebook,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22836,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mixed bag, heavy politics, potential to work on cool projects",Potential to work on interesting projects.,Heavy politics. So much focus is placed on being a strong leader that focus on good development is lost.,Focus on quality and customer.,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22837,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,Good pay and friendly environment,Long hard hours and short breaks,Nothing,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22838,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,cold,4 day work weeks were good,working in a freezer at amazon fresh for 10 hours a day,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22839,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its an ok job,The work hers were good ands a lot of the there were ok to work with. It had decent insurance and monthly bonuses.,The only way to get promoted or extra training is if you know some one or if you are a suck up. Promotions are not based on what you know or how hard you work.,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1505.htm
22840,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,Good pay and friendly environment,Long hard hours and short breaks,Nothing,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22841,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work right out of school,"You learn a lot in a short time period here, and working 2 years here is pretty much the equivalent in technical and business skills as a masters degree. There are many options to move to once you're in the company, and their ideals for leadership are good ideals. I appreciate the fact that they follow the idea that no matter your level or experience, your opinion will still be heard. It is not often you get rank pulled on you (but it still happens occasionally).",Expectations of how much you should work seem to be skewed by management. Not a very clear promotional cycle between SDE-1 and SDE-2. It seems very difficult to move up in the company once you hit SDE-3.,"Train your dev managers better. I have yet to meet a decent dev manager in this company, which is unsettling to say the least.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22842,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Dec 30, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse,"Great job for mindless zombies, or someone in desperate need","pay was only about $11.00 an hour, so absolutely no pros","Everything: long hours, horrible schedules, very little opportunity for advancement (way too much competition, about 250 applicants per position), extremely tiring (pickers walked 10+ miles per day and had to pick 50-100 items per hour), same tasks every single day for 10 hours, security checks were unpaid (might take up to 30 mins during peak times), no emergency plans.","Be nice, floor workers are tired of your BS.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22843,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Dec 19, 2014",Current Employee - Packer,"Good pay for easy entry level positions, but lots of hours.","Lots of money without requiring a degree, never cuts hours.",Long days and mandatory overtime during holidays.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22844,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Dec 31, 2014",Current Employee - Sorter,Amazon,Pay good for area and easy to get.,"Impossible stats, poor management, and no work life balance.",Revisit goals and set realistic ones.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22845,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A few thoughts...,Well run company. Learned a ton,Challenging environment. Satisfaction depends on you direct manager.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22846,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2014",Former Employee - Content Manager,Not a good investment of your time,Medical benefits does not seem to be too bad (did not use them a lot as I am in good health),"Constant pressure Management by making you feel guilty all the time No acceptance of your personal needs or Work/life balance Working from home is negatively perceived (but working during nights and Week-end is encouraged if not mandatory) Pay range is 20% below industry standards Frugality is extended to an extreme: laptops (lenovo) are always breaking and super slowish, impacting everyone's productivity Promotion process is humiliating: you get to ask people working with you or senior ones the 3 reason why to not promote you and ask them to send their answers directly to your manager and wait to be 'judged' (not evaluated on your own performances solely) with peers of the same level. Only one per level and function will be promoted, and 5% will get a raise, others will keep the same wage with 0 increase. Lateral move every 18months are encouraged which build no trust and no legacy in any function of the organization. Management is driven by individual ego and appetite to 'kill' peers level to be promoted",Considering your employees as human being that are also your customers and advocates will not kill your profits or position you as a philanthropic (money wasting) company. Weight in your long term development goals to retain talents instead of burning them out,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22847,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome company,"work from home, good pay, fun job,","start seasonal,no benefits unless hired on after seasonal",na,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22848,amazon,"Miami, FL"," Dec 7, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Ambassador,Like any other associate we are just one step forward. We are consider to be in the Leadership team. Work is hard but is enjoyable when you are with the right people and when people respect you as you respect them. Leadership is awesome and there is great communication between all of them.,Associates spend to much time on the belt complaining there paycheck and amount of work. They just stand talking about nothing and want others to do their job for them. Sometimes its noisy with the Pit drivers and the sort alarm. Sometimes temperature got as high as 78 degrees which make it feel like it is 90 because of constant movement.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22849,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE intern,"Great place to work. People are so nice and helpful, you'll learn a lot. Atmosphere is so good, we hangout after work, work load is not that heavy, but work you do is interesting! Salary and Corporate housing are awesome!",None. Perfect place for interns.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1506.htm
22850,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Dec 20, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Good experience,"Training was great Very welcoming, team environment Management did seem to care about the employees","Have to enter building through security, however, I understand why this is done",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22851,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It's a fun, stressful environment.",Sometimes free food. Free coco and coffee,4 hour workdays. Management want more and more just make them look good,Care about our workers back and know what is a good qutanty of work,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22852,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Mixed Review,"-Smart people -Fun projects -Attitude of coworkers to work as team, helpful mentality -If you have the right manager, you could go far","-Not kid-friendly -Unrealistic expectations to move fast and make no mistakes while not having tools that work well enough to enable employees to achieve expectations -Bottom 10%-25% are let go every year -No work-life balance -Aggressive meeting culture, encouraged to interrupt conversations, very intense -Management/leadership gives bad marks for asking them questions","Consider using 3rd party tools to help merchandisers/marketers execute on projects. Unlike customer-facing tools and CX, internal tools are inefficient and cause churn.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22853,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good for starter,"Fast-pace, cutting edge technology, the company-wide training and on boarding program is very good for junior dev. The company has a very unique way to do business.","Work life balance is bad, not recommended for someone with a family and kids.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22854,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tiresome, but enjoyable.","Fast pace, rapid change, high visibility",Change for the sake of change,Amazon thrives on fast actions. But Some ideas ought to be vetted or tested before large scale roll outs.,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22855,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Dec 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company so far!,"Fun culture, lots of associate prizes and incentives",Long hours Work hard On your feet all day,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22856,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work life balance and no growth!!!,- Work on technically challenging problems - working on SOA,"- very political, especially if you are in fulfilment org. - senior management doesn't believe in growing SDEs or managers. This is worst in Outbound in AFT, where the director has blind faith in one person, who is not even a good manager. All rest are not trust worthy. -probably the worst group to be in Amazon.",-look around you and embrace and grow talent. You might be saved several times because of one person but you need to have opinions of your own. -don't recommend this place for anyone. You will be stuck at one level for years and years.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22857,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,Warehouse associate,I love it it's so fu,None a great place to work,Lol I want them to Be nicer,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22858,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 24, 2014",Former Employee - AWS Territory Account Manager,Great technology. Poor company culture. Confrontational management philosophies,"Working as an AWS account manager, you are selling some of the most exciting and bleeding edge solutions in IT infrastructure. Prospects are extremely interested in speaking with you and most customers are ones looking to disrupt their respective businesses by going to the cloud. You are forced to stay up to date on the latest products and enhancements. Also, AWS typically pays well given a qualified background.","Too many to mention. A good summary: -You end up managing your manager when you focus should be on generating revenue -Some managers prioritize their own tasks and deadlines over your own customers' priorities -Confrontational management: highlights your mistakes and shortcomings in front of other team members. Pits team members against each other by asking what you think of your team members -Commission cap: the variable component is limited and accelerators are capped. The bulk of your pay is in salary. Little chance of knocking it out of the park -Microsoft + Oracle culture: leadership and senior team members are hired from these companies and therefore all the negative aspects of company culture exist - bureaucracy, stack ranking, managing up, etc.","When you leave Microsoft or Oracle, leave your bad habits behind.  Let sales reps sell. Stop putting your own interests first.  Invest in your team as opposed in expecting them to invest in you.",2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22859,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2014",Former Employee - Recruiter,Cutthroat and Competitive,Interesting Work and affordable products,"We are so pressured to hit our hiring #s, people do not treat the candidates and each other with respect. It's impossible to feel good about what you do when you are bringing people into this environment. Recruiting leadership is overall weak and toxic. HR knows but doesn't do anything either because they don't care or have no clue how to fix it.",be fair and consistent,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1507.htm
22860,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Seasonal Worker,Great pay Hard Work,I love the schedule. I'm currently working weekend days.,It's very hard work and can be painful to work 10-12 hour shifts.,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22861,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,They do a good job of tracking metrics. A lot of projects need to be defined better before starting.,They could do better project planning. Needs better benefits.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22862,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Great company to work if you dont care about work/life balance,"Salary, Great learning experience, work with really smart peopl","poor work life balance, High % of your compensation is tied to stocks",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22863,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great Company to work for,Smart People Great Technology Solid Brand Name Nice offices Good future Great for all levels of management.,Tough environment to work in due to lot of politics but then which company have not politics?,Try to reduce some politics.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22864,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Bad experience, but very team-dependent","Huge company - Lots of opportunities if you want to change your career path or switch teams  Name recognition - nice to have a big company like Amazon on your resume  Flexible work options - You can work from home without missing too much (team-dependent and job-dependent)  Benefits - The bus pass and 10 percent off discount off of the website are good perks. Health insurance was decent. Kitchenette was available and clean. Some teams/organizations have free food in the kitchens.  Pay - Salary was above average for the area, but still not as much as other big tech companies.","Huge company - You can't turn your head in South Lake Union without seeing an Amazon employee wearing a blue badge. The company is expanding extremely rapidly, and while they are building new office spaces in downtown Seattle, work spaces feel cramped. You'll feel like a number at company meetings.  Work-life balance - On-call rotations are a norm because of the companies notion of 'ownership'. Though I was an software developer, managers are also subject to being paged. My shift usually started between 9 and 10 am and most days didn't end until after 7pm. This was normal for all of my team members. Of course, this is also very team-dependent.  Benefits - The retirement plan is lackluster compared to other tech companies. New hires only get two weeks of paid vacation (10 paid days off not including weekends and holidays). That's lower than all companies I've researched. Not only is it lower than other companies, you are not given your vacation days upfront. You a portion of them per month. Also, Amazon (in the U.S.) only recognizes 5 holidays, versus most other companies which I've seen with a minimum of 8 paid holidays).  Your happiness here is directly influenced by the team you're put on. If you don't like your team, you can either leave the company or wait out until the first anniversary of your employment. After one year of employment, you are allowed to switch teams (if you have a good performance review). You might still need to interview with the team that you plan to switch to.",Allow employees to do what it says in their job description. Managers should manage and developers should develop. Increase benefits and perks and address work-life balance issues.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22865,amazon,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources,This is a company that is growing each day,The salary is very competitive compared to many other companies.,Long hours and work/life balance is the one con that I feel is the biggest issue.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22866,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 22, 2014",Former Employee - Area Manager,Not Good,Lots of experience that many places will not provide,0 work life balance...and I mean 0. Work 75 hours a week and get asked to work more. Left within a year (after getting promoted) because it's a job designed to burn you out since they can't hire enough managers quick enough.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22867,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Dec 14, 2014",Current Employee - Slam Operator,"Amazon.com Warehouse Associate (Pick, Pack, Rebin, Wrange, Tranship, SLAM)","Fast paced work environment, opportunities to work your way up, and learn new things.","The shifts can be 11 hours for 5 days a week during the ""Peak"" (Christmas) Season.","Please Take our advise and suggestions more seriously. We work these processes every day, and know them very well. Our input should be of the utmost importance.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22868,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Dec 14, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,It was a very fun experience,A good job easy to get in,Cant use doctor notes they will fire you if you come in with on and have no time to use. Management favortism. I mean thats everywhere my amazon is bad with.,Learn what you are doing,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22869,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 12, 2015",Former Employee - Stow,Horrible Company,Money is literally the only pro,"Everything is based on relationships and who is doing who. Basically if you're not an attractive person willing to sleep with the management, do not waste your time. A lot of the people they hire (especially at peak) are total idiots.",Stop sleeping with your employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1508.htm
22870,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Lot of challenging tasks. Working around very smart people and learning a lot.,Work life balance can be tough.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,none,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22871,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Coaching Lead,It rolls downhill..Working for Customer Service,-Good Pay -Good Benefits -Work doesn't come home with you often.,"-Poor management can be damaging to careers -Upward mobility is largely based on location -Call Center  Amazon has changed from a company that prides itself on being ""customer-centric"" to being purely focused on the bottom line. Our associates are no longer empowered to do whats right by the customer but rather to tow the company line and say ""sorry about your luck"".  When I started here the culture was amazing but as we grow older and bigger we care less and less. It really is unfortunate.",Recognize talent inside the organization and place people in the positions that are right for them instead of having an arbitrary internal interview process where the position has been decided before the process begins. This leads to a bad experience for those interviewing for a job that has already been promised to someone else.  Manage the managers. The operations managers do not manage their teams well enough. They have a total disconnect from the floor and what happens there.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22872,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Awesome company to work for,Great company. Lots of intelligent people. Tons of opportunity to work on different products and GTM strategies.,"Slow promotions, very political hierarchy. Management is too busy to develop anyone and you find yourself taking on as many projects as possible just to get noticed.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22873,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"flexibility, stimulation, smart people, high paced environment where you can make decisions and be an actor of the company's growth","high workload, have to be willing to be scruffy at times to get work done",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22874,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Freedom and fast pace. Good tech. Management can be better.,"You can run your own agenda inside this company, there's a lot of freedom to try new ideas. There's a plethora of technology experts and internal services that enable you to build great things. There are tech talks all the time by senior engineers. If you have your own agenda, this is the place to go.  Amazon has built a great software toolbox for its own internal operations. A lot of tools are aimed at analytics. This is a data-driven company and the toolbox is there to empower this thinking. I really love that aspect of Amazon.  I haven't had any bureaucracy problems here. This is a lean company and logistics are very high-performing. IT support is fast and effective.  In Amazon, there's freedom, and that freedom is backed by the leadership principles. You can find them on the company's jobs website. This culture is extremely empowering. They ask you to be a leader, in writing. If you like to do so, you feel backed by the company's culture from the very first day.  The buildings are functional and comfortable. You can bring your dog, and there are kitchenettes in every floor. I like my workplace, it's just right for me.  The office culture looks cold. You don't talk to people unless you need to (including saying hi). This was shocking to me the first days, but now I got used to it and I'm starting to think that it's better to maintain focus.","Rather than a ""con"", this is the counterpart of the pros: everyone is busy running their own agenda, and so you need to care about yourself. In particular, you need to be able to back your decisions with data, solid arguments, or evident results.  Now, something that I really don't like is that my boss has been breaking a lot of promises and it looks like he doesn't care about it. That's something plainly bad. I just cannot trust my boss' word.  The food in the cafeterias is rather expensive.  Be ready to negotiate your salary. They will definitely try to save money. Don't undersell yourself.",Don't make breaking promises a policy and give your reports the time they deserve.  Maintain the data-based approach for measuring people's contribution. It's good and fair.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22875,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 16, 2014",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Working at Amazon is definitely hard but I found myself learn a lot in terms of data driven mindset.,Amazon has good training systems. The office environment is lay back. Everyone is very friendly and energetic. People are expected to perform at a very high level.,"Sometimes the working hours can be very long, like 50-60 hours a week. Sometimes I felt that there are too many activities going on in the office that made me hard to concentrate at work.",Encourage discussions in the office.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22876,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Chaotic,Smart people and good salary for the first two years of employment.,Frugal - very little perks. Very big company with lots of moving parts. Lots of dependencies create a slow moving behemoth.,Stop churning engineers. The average employment is around 2 years (right when the initial 2 year sign on bonus goes away and the rest of your compensation is based on stock). I don't want to wait until my next set of options vest.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22877,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,wok hard have fun make history,it has a great environment to work with.,sometimes it takes too much time to grow,Its great to work with but i think the rewards should come soon enough,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22878,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,order puller,"pay, benifets, hours, stock, reputation",treated like cows and idiots,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22879,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 1, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I Intern,Learned a ton in a short period of time,Great opportunity to learn how to build and ship fast. You will experience customer obsession in every part of product development.,The culture was not as open as I had expected. Work/life balance does not exist in most teams.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1509.htm
22880,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jan 7, 2015",Former Employee - Packer,no conversion,the pay was the best,they don't appreciate when you make improvements to their systems to improve production levels,show appreciation for workers that improve production levels,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22881,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Late Great Booz Allen Hamilton,"Lots of smart, dedicated colleagues. Managers treat staff with respect. Great work / life balance. Opportunity to change jobs, roles, position. The firm is dedicated to keeping staff and go out of their way to retain them when relocating.","Since the Carlyle Group public company move -- Booz Allen is a shell of its former self. They've gotten cheap, cut salaries, fired senior staff, reduced benefits, jacked up health care, stopped frim's 401K contribution, moved to hotel concept (staff do not have offices) and went away from a functionally aligned organization (this cuts at the heart of what was a strength).  Booz Allen is no longer a special place. There has been a mass exodus of senior staff. Lots of newbies with cheap salaries coming in. Most senior staff you talk to are not happy and planning their departure.","The damage is already done. No advice I can give. The VPs and CEO lined their pockets. They give out millions in bonuses to VPs but the rank and file get small raises, several years of constant benefit cuts, and further damaging of the once iron-clad unity of the firm. The analysts on Wall Street give the firm a good rating, but they are looking at numbers. They fail to see the rot and unhappiness within.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22882,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Dec 14, 2014",Former Employee - Pack/Stow,Dog eat dog.,"- Decent pay, good benefits, - Easy to move up into management - First come first serve hiring process - They'll pay for schooling - 401k - stocks","- Everyone's trying to get into the management positions causing intense competition - You are constantly being pushed, once you feel like you're going the accepted rate they push the rate up on you - Alot of management is straight out of college",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22883,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Would not recommend,"The only pros I can think of are the benefits package, discounts as an employee and the onsite medical facility.","Near impossible goals to reach, hard to go up in the company, the pay is too low for the job you are asked to do.",Care more about your employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22884,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Dec 13, 2014",Former Employee - Inbound/Receive Associate,Slave Drivers....amazonian=robot (kiva),"Consecutive 3 day-off schedule, there is always plenty of work, hence O/T opportunities.","Poor training, you have to figure out everything by yourself. The management tells you ""Teamwork"", I have helped so many new associates to understand the procedure & trained them, but management have come up to me & said 'My rate is low"", I have a written warning. Could you believe it? They tell you ""a teamwork is a must"" & then they nail you. Of course, they do not give you a credit when you help the other people. They are bunch of idiots!... No work-life balance for 4 working days, compensation is not minimum wage but they push you work to off-limits & they suck your all energy at the end of the day. Walking & standing up (absolutely no sitting) for 11+ hours, too tiresome job, too cold in winter & extremely hot in summer time. Unfriendly, cold-looking, noisy, dirty & dusty work environment. The warehouse setting looks like a modern prison with the exception that males & females together. The management treats you like a number not like a person. They constantly remind you your performance rates through out the day, they play lots of games, all managers are bipolar & have two faces. I have never seen so many tired, cranky, miserable & unhappy workmates together in my life. Obviously nobody likes this job. The management always threaten you that they can fire you in any day. The list goes on & on, just horrible place to work. I am so happy I no longer work here. Indeed, I would like to thank you very much amazon.com & my temp agency ISS to release me from the job (prison), I really appreciate it. You have done a big favor me !... I was luckily separated from this working environment before I have become a permanent disabled person.","Treat warehouse associates like human beings not like robot !.... Stop slave driving just to make your customers happy & your shareholders richer !.... Do not copy ""Japanese car manufacturer's warehouse system & their terminology"", we are in USA, not Japan!.....Your motto ""Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History"" should be changed to ""Work like a slave, Have exhaustion, Make yourself disabled"". You might be No 1 & the most powerful in the e-commerce platform worldwide, but nobody likes you including your employees !....You are just lonely at the top. Watch your back because you have so many enemies.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22885,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Dec 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I Intern,Intern,The experience / dynamics of working on a team in real life on a real project,"As with all companies this large, bureaucracy",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22886,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Pay Benefits People - high hiring bar,long work hours work life balance believe it or not - technology. There are no easy ways to get data and make decision,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22887,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Dec 6, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate (Packer),Great clean environment with good benefits,"Great benefits, great management, advancement opportunity, clean environment especially for a warehouse, great people to work with","A little favoritism is shown, long hours",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22888,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lot of opportunities to learn and work on.,Good infrastructure and support from management.,Developers are usually overqualified and under a lot of pressure.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22889,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work but fun,Total comp is good,Stock is taxed twice and very heavily,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1510.htm
22890,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Researcher,High opportunity for impact at massive scale,"Working on something tangible, something you can explain to friends, family, strangers (e.g., shopping)  Opportunity for big impact  Customer centrism in company's blood","Top down initiatives are often less customer centric than one might hope  Some spending feels wasteful, bad moves from leadership (e.g., a phone nobody wants)  Adversarial culture (but this is true at a lot of companies)",Push back more against Jeff and the S-team,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22891,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Caring, compassionate company, truly care about their employees.","They work with you on shift/hours, they understand life happens.","The work can be hard at times, the hours are long.","Understand your employees have hardships, and families.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22892,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Come for the brand, leave for your sanity","Grade-A talent - by far the smartest people I've ever worked with. Engineering is on par with Microsoft, Google, and Facebook Product recognition - Everyone knows Amazon.","Work life balance is extremely poor. Go into this with your eyes wide open. This is a serious Amazon culture problem that doesn't just happen to other people.  High attrition rate - the average employee tenure is around two years. This is because the signing bonus is paid over a two year period.  Excessive culture of meetings - Developers and managers alike will find themselves in 4 to 9 hours of meetings a day. This is no exaggeration. Meetings are considered the insurance policy of communications. Something hasn't been said if it wasn't said in a meeting, to a group of people that were listed as attendees. (Case in point: this review isn't official unless I invite you to a meeting and have you read it in my presence.)  Promotions are extremely difficult to maneuver. You're better off leaving and rejoining in order to move up a level.",This is for Jeff Bezos and nobody else:  1) The weekly CPR meetings ends up consuming days of effort just to prepare status. It's killing productivity. You know this.  2) Adopt Agile  3) Stack ranking is hurting the company. I've seen great talent get pushed out because of favoritism. What a shame.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22893,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Dec 31, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Oppressive work environment,"Good health benefits, that's all.","There is zero merit for hard work. A socialistic society within.The person that does three times as much work gets the same 25 cent raise at the same interval as the person that does nothing and sits at their desk reading and playing games.Amazon does not like to keep good people long term, they do not value, or respect good employees.When someone has been there too long their methods are harass and bully or find some made up reason to fire.Everyone is treated like a number,disposable, a body filling a seat. Very high turn-over. Very oppressive work environment. Non ergonomic work stations, and they don't care about preventing injury. You cant even get a pull out keyboard tray for your desk, unless you work in Seattle. Unfair policies. The survey that goes out at the end of the call...it used to be that they rated you by the volume of calls that you took and the amount of nos, that was reasonable. They changed that a few years ago to No vs Yes, and that is all they look at. So for instance if only 20% of the people you talked to respond to the survey(which is typical depending on department its usually 10-30%) the other 80% of people you talked to don't count, and that is all they base your performance on. In addition you have to get 7 yeses to offset every no to meet their goals. If a call is transferred to you and drops and you never talk to the person you still have to send the survey.if you have an escalated call transferred a supervisor the associate sends the survey not the supervisor that takes the call.They also count policy nos against the associate. If the associate upholds their policy, and someone doesn't like the policy it is counted against the associate. Amazon has become so big that a lot of internal processes don't work effectively, and no one wants to fix core issues. The motto within is ""disagree and commit"" . Meaning we know its screwed up,but just shut your mouth and do it whether its right or wrong. Amazon is a very sick company on the inside.","Value and recognize hard work and good employees. When everyone gets the same raise in the same amount at the same intervals there is no incentive, and what results is an imbalance of work load and a work environment of people that don't care. High turnover results in money loss due to mistakes made by unseasoned workers, not gain by a lower wage without benefits for new hires. Unfair methods of measuring performance result in an oppressive work environment, unhappy employees and poor morale. Jeff Bezos himself should work in the call center for one week taking calls, so he can see how unfair his policies are.Its not just the warehouses. I recommend he be the next contestant on undercover boss, so he can see how the poor decisions made at the top affect the workers at the bottom.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22894,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,It was a fantastic learning experience.,"A lot of project, code and product diversity.",Pager! Little to no pre-release testing.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22895,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,company with good technology but poor compensation,"smart people, flexible hours, best cloud infrastructure in the world. Overall very talented people working with each other, especially AWS has some of the best calibers in the industry.","poor compensations, on-calls duties, management sometimes don't know what the heck they are doing. Compensation is a joke compared to other competitors in the industry. For the amount of work that people do, at least have some respect and pay them properly!",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22896,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,AWesome company oto work for,competitive environment. People are very helpful,bad city. almost a dead one,you rock!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22897,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Nice company with good management. Tons of opportunity to rise through the ranks and get promoted. Tons of perks too.,"Starting pay is pretty good, with raises every 6 months and a bonus every month. You can sign up for health insurance that's pretty nice.","It's a warehouse job, so you're moving around a lot. It gets pretty tiring.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22898,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on the team,"There are plenty of bright and customer-focused people at Amazon that are generally willing to help people new in their career to learn and evolve. There's also a lot of infrastructure in place to enforce good development practices, e.g. stringent code coverage standards.","Operations is definitely an important aspect of the software development cycle, but a lot of development teams here have to sacrifice development and innovation almost entirely for fulfilling one-off business requests and ""keep the lights on"" work.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22899,amazon,"Ireland, IN"," Dec 12, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place to learn but not a culture of recognition,"Smart people around you, lots of things to learn.","Too much politics. People should be measured against their goals, not against impressions.","Measure success based on results, not politics.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1511.htm
22900,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Great Potential For Long Term Employment, But Management Needs To Communicate More Effectively Amongst Each Other","Salary and monthly bonuses for an entry level warehouse/fulfillment associate is top of the line and unbeatable, all you really have to do is show up and do your job. The ability to enroll in full benefits (medical, dental vision, 401(k) and more) on day 1 is awesome! That's unheard of with mostly all companies.","The biggest con of working within Amazon's FC's for me at least is the Managers never being on the same page. Things change a lot, but information is rarely communicated to all of the managers so it's hard to put your trust in management as an associate because when trying to receive correct info you receive different information depending upon who you are speaking to. It makes management look very unorganized and unprepared to handle 300+ associates. Another Con I've noticed is the managers not truly taking the time to get to know their associates even if they may change roles eventually. I think it's important to show your employees not only that you are running the show, but that if they need to speak with you one on one that you will at least be able to address them by name.",I would like to see Managers get on the same page as far as communication between each other when changes to procedures/policies are made. Maybe developing an email group per FC that is specific to changes within that particularly facility that requires immediate communication can be created so everyone is on the same page even if managers are changed.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22901,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 9, 2014",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,The beat is fading for Amazon Music,- Lots of opportunity to own your projects and deliver - Learn how to navigate and deal with politics :) - Great salary - Great name on the resume - Great cultural values that apply to anywhere you work after Amazon (except for the frugality part),"- Turnover is very high, people usually stick around 6 months to a year. People leave every week. - Toxic frugal culture, too cheap to give you the proper tools for you to do your job (software licenses, equipment, etc) - Dog eat dog culture, political as it gets - Lack of collaboration, people are willing to throw each other under the bus to further themselves - Lack of trust from management, management micromanages and even if you have data to prove why things should be a certain way, they will tell you to do it their way because they override you - No one cares about making a quality product, it's always about just shipping things that just work and never revisiting to optimize or improve the product.","Invest in and trust your employees. Encourage collaboration instead of competition. listen to your customers and address the issues, don't just give them free shipping or products just because they complain. Fix the problem with high turnover.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22902,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Look before you leap,"Ability to drive a big idea to fruition and be part of one of the most innovative, fast-paced companies on earth. Amazon is best suited for highly motivated and unencumbered folks who want to pour everything they have into their work and career. You are your own biggest obstacle in how much you can accomplish. The culture is very entrepreneurial and scrappy, so if you thrive on that sort of environment, you may fit in well. Brush up on your writing skills and ditch PowerPoint as a communication tool, it's not used here. Instead, you will hone the craft of pointed business narrative writing, which is a great skill to acquire in any career path.","Don't plan on a much of a personal life, work/life balance, or relaxing holidays. Amazon is intense and not for everyone. There a very high attrition rate, mostly due to burnout. As a young recent college grad looking to make a notable dent in your career with a Tier 1 brand, it's a great place to work. For those who have years of experience and no kids, I'd say it's still a great place to carve out a cool career, maybe. But for those who value being present in your family life - for your spouse and kids - I'd not recommend Amazon. The pressure and pace equates to lots of stress, which isn't good for your health or that of your family.","I have not seem much community outreach or much encouragement to volunteer. Seems odd. Are we that busy that we can't take time to give back? Also, there's a ton of focus on Work Hard and Make History, but very little on Have Fun. High attrition is not good for the company when you look at the cost of recruiting top talent. The culture seems sterile and cold. Maybe it's a by-product of being so busy 24/7 trying to keep up. In any case, it's off-putting to new employees.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22903,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Work Life Balance,"Great Pay, Network of peers offered support and knowledge.","No work life balance. Expectations for professionals who work in the FC (fulfillment center) are that you must work ridiculous hours to be rewarded. The company rolled out a 'work-life balance' policy. Really? If you have to roll out a policy to tell people it's ok to not work 14 hours a day, seven days a week, a culture change needs to take place.  There are some General Managers who run their building by intimidation and fear. I have heard a GM curse and scream (literally) at an Operations Manager.  People are often moved from one building to another for 'development opportunities' only to discover they have been sent to fail. Easy way to get rid of someone in the FC. Amazon does not care about its employees.",Treat your employees the way Bezos wants you to treat the customer.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22904,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working as Software Test engineer with 1.9 years of experience,It is a good place to work as you learn so much on everyday basis,Growth is subjected and really slow,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22905,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Good work experience for new grads,- pretty decent work life - smart co workers - collaborative environment,- low pay - slow career progression,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22906,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Nov 16, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Lead,"Amazon is a fast paced job, with many opportunities presented throughout the year.",Amazon has many opportunities for promotion within your home site and by relocation. Everyone is new at Amazon so you do not have to deal with seniority issues.,Amazon is constantly hiring new management and old management is constantly leaving to new sites or companies. Many of the Amazon veterans have only been with the company for 3-5 years and all of the changes yearly causes many incomplete process changes as well as communication of process changes.,"Amazon offers a 4 day, 10 hours schedule and has many opportunities for training within the company. Amazon also has scholarship programs and stock benefits as well.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22907,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2014",Former Employee - Corporate Employee,"Was Great , Now Horrible. I worked in corporate there for 5 yrs",work with smart people casual dress nice downtown location transit and parking subsidies,"Every man for himself attitude No perks no career guidance Promotions unheard of stacked seating and honeycomb cubes you can only make lateral job transfers. You cannot apply for jobs above your current level politics, politics and politics","stop living the new Amazon motto ""frugality"" and clean up management",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22908,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture dilution due to rapid growth,"The culture at Amazon is actually really great. Yes, it is tough and they expect a lot from you. Not type-A? May not be a good fit. But, it cultivates an environment where people work hard, collaborate, drive for success, and expect the best of themselves and each other. It's really awesome. Career potential is limitless.","So many new people in such a short amount of time has diluted the culture. New people struggle to figure it out and are bastardizing it. Making it too soft.  Benefits aren't bad, but very basic (healthcare, 401k, etc.). Comp is low with stock options to make up for it. Travel can be excessive in some roles.","Hold firmer on the culture and make sure the new folks get it/live it, get rid of the growing bureaucracy, better salary.",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22909,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon is hiring and growing fast with young talents.,Stock prices have been strong for the last couple years.,Too much time interviewing software engineers for the last 4 years. I spent 15% of engineering time interviewing candidates.,Our compensation system is not effective at all. We have to wait for about 1.5 years to see rewards from our hard work.,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1512.htm
22910,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Kindle Product Management,"Very smart and driven people, who live their values. They are customer focused, have deep understandings of their business, customers, technology and long-term vision. This is a great company for people who want to build things and challenge the status quo.  Leadership is transparent. I clearly understand the company strategy and how I can contribute to it.","Amazon is not for everyone. Repeat. Amazon is not for everyone. It's a big company and everything rolls up to the man in charge. While the pay is good, they are cheap as hell. For example, demanding that Amazon employees fly coach, regardless of the length of the flight, may seem like a great way to save money, but it has a negative impact of productivity. You can't open a lap top and work in coach on a 20 hour trip to India. Also, you're not exactly ready to get to work after you've spent hours with a kid kicking your seat. Amazon is also a really hard place to get a promotion. But, maybe that's a good thing. If you're good enough to get a gig here, be prepared to work hard.","Stay focused on customers. But, understand that happy workers make for happy customers. Keep the bar high for new hires, but make sure you give them the tools to succeed on day one as well as day 1,000.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22911,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2014",Current Employee - Data Tech,"When It's Good It's Good, When It's Bad...","The company offers fairly competitive compensation packages, lots of perks, a great environment in which you can learn and grow. Amazon's one of the few companies where a determined employee can really put in the effort, rise up and make a difference IF you're willing to go the distance.  Amazon's pretty lenient on sick days or unexpected events, and works with you. Never had an issue calling out or needing to leave early (for the most part). You can learn a lot, move within the company and they have fairly good benefits package (don't expect an employee discount though, it's pretty much non-existent).","Amazon has incredibly poor work-life balance. You're expected to work stupid amounts of mandatory overtime (yes, mandatory). Complain, you're told ""You signed a legal agreement stating you'd be available."" to remind you that, legally, you said you would when you were hired 40 hour work week can easily stretch 60+ hours. Being told that comes off oddly threatening.  Internal documentation is next to non-existent. You can find half a dozen different ways to do the same thing on the internal wiki and all of them contradict each other or are woefully out of date. Ask management for clarification, they tell you to look at the internal documents (see above) or to ""do the needful"" in order to make it work. You never really quite know if you're violating a policy on something because everything you're told is nebulous. When you bring up the documentation is vague or contradicts itself you're told ""we grew too fast"". Oh. The rest of it is ""tribal knowledge"". Hope you've got a coworker that knows what's going on.  Employee reviews are stack-ranked. A certain percentage of employees MUST be put on a PIP (performance improvement plan) even if they have NO issues with this performance. This is severely degrading to employees, and outright kills morale (both for people put on a PIP and those who they're friends with). Having a mandatory policy that X% of employees must be punished come review time kills Amazon's talent pool people. It causes unnecessary disruption, and can affect employees who've had to endure rough periods in their life and come back from them only to find out they're now punished with a PIP and are told their employment status with Amazon is now at risk.  Amazon preaches ""frugality"" but doesn't follow it. You can literally destroy thousands of dollars of good equipment in order to do your job and nobody bats an eye (it's the ""cost of doing business""), but you need to expense something and out come the magnifying glasses.","Documentation. Consistency. Don't just tell employees ""You HAVE to do this because you signed a legal agreement."" when it comes to overtime. Work with them. Talk to them. We get sometimes we have to rise above as it's part of the job, but when a company with as much Amazon tell us it doesn't have funding, that we're short-staffed but forces us into overtime it kills the vibe and burns employees out. Paychecks are good, but happy employees are better.",3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22912,amazon,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Specialist,You will grow,"money, technology, projects, extremely intelligent people. This list can go on. You sink or swim, this aspect is a pro.","55 hours minimum weekly and constant "" off hours"" work depending on what department you are in (Con for most)",I don't have many complaints here. This company operates quickly and Issues are no different than any other company.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22913,amazon,"Riverside, CA"," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Ambassador,Amazon Great Place To Work,Very easy to move up if you are motivated. BIG on safety which is a huge plus. Very fun environment to work in the days go by so quick! Great benefits.,Peak season can drain you.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22914,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's all based on leadership roulette.,"The biggest pro for me is the smart, driven coworkers who are passionate about what they're doing. The people on my team are dependable and truly care about their customers, and it's refreshing after previous occupations with people who lazed through the day.","Your enjoyment at Amazon will boil down to whether or not you like to work a lot for potentially low pay but high emotional satisfaction, and the quality of your management -- or leadership roulette, as I said in the title. If your manager is good, then it's likely you'll enjoy your time at Amazon, even if you're working yourself to the bone. If your manager isn't so good, then it's likely you're going to hate the whole venture. Additionally, there's not a lot of recourse if your manager IS bad -- if they're returning the results the higher ups want to see, they're really not going to do anything about the fact that your manager is bad at their job, regardless of how many times you express your concerns about the situation. (HR's pretty much a dead end too.) Results > people at Amazon. When you're supported by good people, then it's fantastic -- but it can be a nightmare otherwise.","Even when a team is delivering the results you want it to, the team may be operating inefficiently due to breakdowns in command, take employees' comments seriously. The emotional health of a team is equally as important as the results of the team -- otherwise you get burnout, and lose employees quickly and without warning. (It's happened twice in the last three months, for example.) Additionally, an employee's growth is obviously that employee's responsibility, but it's also the responsibility of their manager, managers should have the skills needed to help their direct reports succeed. If a manager doesn't have these skills, then they shouldn't be in that position.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22915,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Amazing workplace, excellent environment.","Truly an amazing and innovative place to work. I have had nothing short of joy working with my team and the highly scalable tools that the infrastructure provides. It can be quite the load of work at times, but you are always encouraged to automate and innovate--even when that means tearing out the old stuff you don't like. The whole world is your playground here.","Workload can be high, but it is manageable--they are very considerate about work-life balance, and offer easy VPN access when working from home is necessary.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22916,amazon,"Lakeland, FL"," Nov 27, 2014",Current Employee - Line Packer,Hard work low pay Like a sweat shop!!,I think only pro is health benefits.,So many where to start lets start by being on your feet for 10 hours a day that alone will do you in high turn over rate I started with a group of 10 by the week end we are down to 3 counting me. I would say with warehouse having no AC in Florida it is a nightmare. I know they try to make you feel like a team but your just a number have your team has quota which suck if your stuck on a slow team also supervisors are not out on floor as much a lot people cherry picking what they want to pack and leave all the heavy stuff for you. I have to say for 10.50 and hour it just not worth it and after working at Amazon I will stop shopping there for good. I mean they give you only a 30 min break for working a long 10 hour shift it is crazy you sweat all day and by the time your done all you want to do is go home shower and sleep also with mandatory over time on top of that it just nuts no way to run a company plus you work on Thanksgiving half a day which is lame I can not wait to quit.,Start over and treat your employees better and look at your turn over rate for a reason make changes follow your own core values..,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22917,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It sucks,"The only positive I can give it is the people I work with as most are great and I have only had issues with people that did not last long or ""are in good with the higher up""","Tedious, poor management. temp agency are ignorant and overall have a very bad local reputation..  I do like hard work, I like challenge, I like being able to implement ideas to increase productivity.. Yet This place seems to want you to be a robot, no talking to co workers unless break time (unless you are one of the ""privileged"" who kiss tail and can get away with murder if they do so)  There are an insane amount of issues in IT with how things are done (it has been so bad people have been fired for the computer generating errors)..l IT says there is to much to fix and as I went to college for IT that is only being lazy as I know full well how a database works...  I am a tall person (6'4"") and they will place me somewhere that the station is at my knees, which kills my back. They are also happy to place some one who is under 5"" in pick to have them reaching to the top shelves that even are high to me. So ergonomics must be a foreign phrase to them...  They also have the software to make things far more efficient, yet they turn it on and off at a whim making someone walk from one corner of the building to ""pick"" an item on the total opposite side (which walking takes about 5 minutes because the building is so huge), then get on you because you are not meeting rates  VTO seems to a swear word anymore there also (voluntary time off), I do not know how often I have stood around for over an hour waiting on something to pack out, yet they are happy keeping 100% of the workforce when easily %25 could do all the work and still be standing around with nothing to do  I also had better attendance, better ""rates"" than most last year, yet they were hiring people who had 3x as many attendance points than me, with lower rates before me. I had an average of 140% pack rate, with 3 points as a temp, yet they hired people with a 80% ""rate"" and up to 20 points, yet not me... So yeah I have an issue working for them, I actually had hoped to never step on the property again","My advice is to stop playing favorites, stop making people stand around doing nothing , take into account the persons height, and get rid of the issues not the good ones",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22918,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Retail Business,No reason to come to work here,"If you negotiate well, they'll throw money at you to bring in you in. Cause their reputation is so bad no one wants to come here. You'll see how's being in pressure cooker and how to survive if you're amongst sharks ready to bite you every single day. People come to work with a mental sword and shield to survive everyday. Company is full of internationals so you'll get diversity, poor guys come here with the carrot of immigration support and then are exploited, hope the department of labor reads this. If they were no tied with visa 80% of internationals I know would have left yesterday.","Just search for Amazon work culture and read the first 10 links. The mantra in this company (at least in the Retail, Marketplace and AWS business) is to exploit resources as much as possible, crack whip and treat them like slaves, so either they learn the amazon way of throwing people under the bus and survive by managing up or just leave. People Managers are incentivized if they crack whip and get work done not by motivating. If you are type A, love playing the blame game and insensitive animal, perfect place for you","Are you building a company or an army of hitlers? Bezos needs to teach himself and all its middle managers L6 and above some humility and the real meaning of leadership. The problem is in the leadership principles-why dont we have ""Treat people with respect"", ""Integrity"", ""Honesty"" in the leadership principles? If you exploit vendors, employees why would they work hard for you and help you build a company worth staying. Hitler was also a leader and so was Gandhi. Mr. Bezos--What type of leadership are you promoting?",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22919,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2014","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development",Great product and customer focus,"Major initiatives that can change the marketplace, a great deal of focus on what's best for the customer, top notch engineering and product teams. Lots of resources from across Amazon are available to you if you have a reasonable project. Amazon culture is to stick with a product and make it better and better at every rev, so there is lots of product stability and focus.","Long hours, but that's par for the course in tech industry.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1513.htm
22920,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Stower,Great job depending on your department,"Never a problem getting hours. Great benefits, understanding managers, although their hands are tied in most cases as far as production rates go.","Very taxing work. A job, not a career. The rates are impractical, but doable if you can get some of the vets to show you the loopholes.",Nothing they can do about rates unfortunately.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22921,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,OK.,"Money, however you get paid only once a month","Politics Bad management because they have been hiring fast so you get wheat with the chaff No sense of direction, projects are not what they should be or with a purpose. Whatever goes. This place is going the same way as Microsoft with fat layers.",Seriously? Do they even care to listen?,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22922,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 26, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Lots of learning, Impossible Upward Mobility, Political","Learn from and with the best, grow thick skin and game-changing growth experience. Very well paid, great benefits, opportunity to move laterally, just upwards is near impossible. Employees live the company values, sometimes to a fault.","Political, stuck, cowardly incompetent sr leadership. Optimizing so aggressively always throwing the baby out with the bathwater.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22923,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Must be self motivated, Pays well, great resume builder.","They pay considerably well. You can learn A LOT. Most people working at Amazon are nice and fun to work with, but managent creates a very stressful environment.",Rapid change has made goals from when I was hired nearly impossible to meet. management creates a very stressful atmosphere and handcuffs lower level employees with knee jerk reactions and policy changes.,"PROMOTE FROM WITHIN WHENEVER POSSIBLE. Yes you can find great, qualified employees looking for jobs outside the company, but keep your promises to the good employees you hired and continue to work hard for Amazon.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22924,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources,Everything You Hear is True,"I like my team and the people I work with. I do like the daily job/what I do. Location is exciting (South Lake Union). A lot of opportunity to grow and take on more. If you work hard and do well, there's more opportunity to move up compared to more traditional companies.","All the negative things you hear about Amazon are true: high turn over, tenure is 1 year, work crazy hours, NO work-life balance, no cool benefits like company swag or free food, no appreciation for employees. It's so easy to get burnt out here and they don't care about the employee. They know that if you leave, they will easily find someone else to replace you/someone who wants to work at Amazon.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22925,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,A strong data driven culture. Employees are customer focused and intelligent.,Can be long work hours. High expectations.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22926,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ruthless company, cut-throat management who could careless about employee satisfaction.",- Good brand - Products get to your doorstep as promised,"- Amazon is ruthless company that is driven by profits. They low ball employee salaries yet expect employees to work non-stop and the convenience of upper management who could truly careless about employee satisfaction. - It's NOT an environment for someone who is looking for a true work-life-balance. - Very rigid management with unrealistic expectations around performance. - Hiring at Amazon is a joke. They perpetuates their own problems by expecting every single developer to be perfect in all aspects of coding. They rarely accept developers who demonstrate the potential to excel. If you enter into the interview process, rarely will you ever speak to a recruiter. You are shuffled around and receive very little feedback from recruiting. If you miss a technical question during your coding exercise or phone screen, you will be cut from the process. There are no second chances at Amazon but they will not tell you this. You have to learn it the hard way.",- Lighten up and pay closer attention to employee satisfaction.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22927,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunities but pick carefully,Fast growing company with a chance to make history. Lots of pockets of innovation but do the due diligence before hand to ensure that you land up with the right role. Especially true for MBA hires. Make sure you spend the time upfront to select your top three teams and make sure that you land with one of them,Work life balance can be challenging at times. that is why it is super important to get the right role. training and perks that other tech companies offer not present. But the management is aware of this and are taking measures to correct the course,"Get the right team structure in place to ensure that people are focused on the right things. There needs to be the right balance of BAs, product managers, SDEs and program managers.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22928,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 12, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,salary software engineer,"great benefits, good pay, exciting place to work","long hours, no time to take personal time",loosen up,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22929,amazon,"Charlotte, NC"," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Picker,Great atmosphere and friendly people,Full timers get great benefits,Not enough benefits for parttimers,Look at giving part time people better benefits,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1514.htm
22930,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical customer support agent,"After being hired, we all went through a month long training course before put on the floor. The company offers excellent benefits and many other company perks.","working for amazon in a 24/7 365 operations, you will either work 1 day during the weekend or if you get lucky you will get a regular monday-friday shift.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22931,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,fulfillment associate,people are friendly and helpful,drug testing and using a side company for hiring,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22932,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Nov 23, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Do not practice what they preach,Laid back atmosphere and dress code. Nice break room and facility. Discounts from amazon as well as other companies like AT&T. Room to advance or try new things.,"It like a giant High School with its politics and cliques. They consistently preach providing great employee support and taking care of the customers, yet fall flat due to inadequate training, horribly buggy software, horrendous policies, and a complete lack of interpersonal communications with the employees, everything......and I mean everything is done via computer. Complete disorganization it happily spun as ""constant change"" but leave everyone clueless on what is going on. They proudly proclaim at every opportunity that ""We trust our employees and customers!"" yet every click of your mouse and every second of your day is monitored and recorded. Inadequate training leaves employees frustrated and customers with inconsistent experience when calling in. Sink or swim. Permanent employees treat seasonal employees like crap. You can be exceptionally good at your position but if you are not the squeakiest wheel, you are not going to get the grease. People laid off just before becoming eligible for unemployment benefits.","Technology is great, but it can't replace the human element.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22933,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon sort center,Everything in the sort center that i work with run so smooth.,i Cant think of a con,Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22934,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2014",Former Employee - Amazon Student On-Campus Brand Ambassador,A great opportunity as a student to grow professionally.,Being an on-campus brand ambassador for Amazon Student pushed me out of my comfort zone to engage with the campus in a way I haven't before.,Not too much guidance or mentorship provided once you get started. I wish there was further mentorship along the way.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22935,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Stress stress and more stress,Work with really good people Good pay Impact lots of customers Work with the edge of technology,"Unreasonable workloads with rediculous deadlines. Combine this with Micromanagement everywhere, you get teams that are miserable and doomed to failure when one or two small things go off track.  This results in insane hours to try to fix things as well as bored out front line managers and engineers.",Let Managers treat their teams better. There are smart people throughout Amazon - let them build.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22936,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Nov 23, 2014",Former Employee - Area Manager,Turnover,Working for an innovative company. Peers are smart and great to work with,Senior management - Sr Ops and GM here are terrible to work for and have zero people skills. Favoritism is rampant and completely subjective. You either get fast tracked or seen as a burden. Day to day interaction is limited to productivity discussions. Say hello in passing and get completely ignored. Upwards of 80% of AMs and OPs left in the first 15 months. Everyone else is just waiting for a better opportunity.,I'm sure the building has great numbers but it's in spite of not because of the senior managers. Get some personable LEADERS in these roles and ditch the MBAs.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22937,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2014",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,good place to start a job but not stay long,"learning a lot. there are a lot of things that can be improved, so it is a challenge/opportunity.",no life/work balance. depends on who your managers are. some managers dont spend time on junior analysts and then dont really care.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22938,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not for everyone,"Ok training. Another reviewer said that 1 year at amazon is like 2 years anywhere else, I couldn't agree more. Very challenging and lots of new concepts to constantly master. Decent pay and benefits. Definitely the smartest group I've ever worked with.",Ineffectual upper management. They don't seem to be required to follow the leadership principles that are expected of the rank-and-file. Virtually no recognition for a job well done. Advancement seems to be based more on popularity than actual skills or value added.,WAKE UP!,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22939,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great opportunity,"Awesome work. Great technologies, awesome coding experience and agile methodologies. Get to work on projects which have direct impact on the website, you can actually see the code being executed, especially when your code helps the company during Thanksgiving and Christmas.",Attrition rate is high. Oncall can be bad.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1515.htm
22940,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fullfilment facilities Distribute Merchandise in all USA,Good money compensation and profit sharing,Loong work hours and 6 days,hr is online and hr at each facility lack for information to help filling paper work and follow up you have to be constantly reminding,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22941,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Easy hire, on the spot interviews, started the next day after my interview. Pay is above $9. 11 hourly","Walking for 11 hours is hard especially when you have to meet a certain rate and number of items and if you don't a coach will come by and basically tell you to push harder. Out of the blue without warning my hours and days were changed. I went from working SUN,Mon,THURS,FRI to FRI,SAT,SUN,MON,TUES 6:00PM-5:30AM Got a leg injury from all the walking and got written up for productivity level being low(meaning I wasn't moving fast enough) Lastly i worked overnight and after work i sleep the whole day due to exhaustion by the time my body is settled its time to go right back in , its difficult to have a life and balance",no comment,1.0,1.0,none,4.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22942,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A Positive experience overall,"1. on an avg,you will find quite a few smart people around you ( depends on the team) 2. lots of learning opportunities. 3. can easily switch teams within Amazon.com. you can pick teams working on your area of interest or choose one to learn a completely new problem space/technology.",1. stock price has gone down in the last year thereby reducing the paycheck. 2. inconsistent hiring bar across teams. so you will indeed find difference in quality of engineers you work with depending on the team. 3. fast changing requirements may mean that what you worked on for past 1 year is literally trashed.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22943,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Nov 21, 2014",Former Employee - Recieve Associate,CAE1,It was employment. That is all I can really say about.,"Management, Rates, UPT, VCP, and hourly pay sucked","Learn how to treat your employees. They are rhe ones that make things happen, contrary to their job title.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22944,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok working here,NIce starting wage and training,"poor management, if you get sick and need out for an more than 4 days kiss your job goodbye",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22945,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good so far,Ownership Independence Drive your own way Smart people,It is upto you how to drive ourself Not enough couching,Form a team not a work horse. Some teams have management who like to direct instead of guiding,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22946,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 12, 2014",Former Employee - IT Consultant/Project Analyst,I have been working at Amazon.com full-time (less than an year),"Best place for learning, strongly recommend to the people who wanted to learn design and implementation of system.","Before joining , many people suggested me that you will not have any life there. But i love to take challenge and according to me , if a person is happy with his work, then he can work for 8-10 hours a day passionately. So i strongly recommend to the people who are at there early stage and wanted to learn designing and building large systems. This is the place for them to learn.",For some of the team interview process is not fast paced,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22947,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Nov 19, 2014",Former Employee - Stow,Life at Amazon,I liked working nights and enjoyed my time there as short as it was. July 2014 until November 2014.,As with all Bigger than life is the usual evaluation based on the numbers alone and not on common sense. Experienced employees are replaced by temporarys,Let the productive people do their jobs and remember us in the trenches are the ones who are the most important,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22948,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok pay but very over worked,If your able to get in throu amazon the pay is coo but most likely smx will be the one to hire you,There harder to get hired directly throu amazon and they use a temp agency to do there hiring to pay at a lower rate for productivity at cheaper cost to them and they say your apart of the amazon team but your really not you cam tell by the different gifts and challenges they have for amazon employees amd smx staff,Dunno really kmow what to say i cant ever find them i only saw them once at orientation,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22949,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,good for fresh grads.,1.project ownership 2. learn a lot within a short period of time,1.sometime heavy workload. 2. oncall policy,1. no private office area 2. promotion is difficult sometimes.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1516.htm
22950,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Stay Away. No Work-Life Balance. Management is Hideous, Awful, Narcissistic.","To some it may sound good. Until you hear the ""they are just the Walmart for online shopping."" There's little to hang your hat on. The initiatives get watered down, but at least there are initiatives.","Everything. The company is cheap. Prides themselves on door desks. The Management could not be any more cocky (and I despise that word,) and narcissistic. HR is corrupt. Mostly men, and the women can't keep up so they become bullies and mean girls. No one wants to stay much more than a year.",Understand your employees better. Slow down and stop being so full of yourself. Work on time-off policies and compensation.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22951,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 10, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate (picker),"Publicly traded corporation. Billions in assets. Okay, in other words it's a stable company, you can say you have a secure job. Easy to get into. I recommend waiting when they have a direct hire event to get in direct with Amazon and not thru an agency. You get all the good benefits, health, dental, vision, life, 401k, restricted stock units, pto, vacation, unpaid, discounts etc. all on the first day of employment when direct hire. The fulfillment center is high tech, well ventilated and water stations are plenty to keep hydrated during job. Not much micro managing. HR is easily accessible as they are on the floor. Nice cafeteria style lunch rooms with variable lunch options if you want to buy. Scattered bathrooms thought center as well. What else.. Oh and plenty of free parking.","Rate. I always said this job would be a keeper if weren't for rate. Or a at least doing a different job function where rate does not dictate you collecting a paycheck or collecting unemployment. Picking is amongst the demanding job functions in the fulfillment center. As of late 2014 rate was 114 per hour. Meaning picking 114 items per hour for 10 hours. Shifts are 4 days 10 hour shifts with 3 days off. Back to rate. Rate is what you are in here. You are nothing but a metric of performance. You are to be treated as a robot. Area managers are always switched. And almost always new. So there is no building relationships as coworkers. They are pressured to meet high production outputs or be fired. So in return they have to eliminate the underperformed. That's the way it is. I say get replace workers with high tech robots and save yourself money and increase production exponentially. Rate is robots not humans. At least humans who are intellectuals and are doing the job out of necessity and don't just have an empty head, like most of the unfortunate youth in there.",Establish a more team oriented production output. Keep managers longer in their departments. Reconsider the rate metric or use your billions in cash to develop high tech robots to pick in your facility.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22952,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great place to work, depends on the team though.",- Lots of learning opportunities with wide range of technologies being used - Good pay and benefits - Management cares for personal growth and career development,- Some times work-life balance can be a challenge depending on the team.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22953,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Company values, company culture. The only reason not to advance at amazon is because you do not want to.","The work life balance gets a little difficult toward the end of the year. Also, the continuous rotation of senior management makes ""standardization: a little difficult to maintain.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22954,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Nov 19, 2014",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Its ok if you need something,"The benefits are great and there are great opportunities to advance to further your career. Within my two years of working I was became an onsite staffing agency coach. After getting hired on the company I became a Problem Solver, Process Guide and even became a Seasonal PA guaranteed to be a full time tier 3 PA. All of which has help in my supervisory skills. Holiday hours are great, so seasonal work there is great.","Though I moved up in the company quickly, I was able to realize the bad organization within management. People are not trained efficiently, only selective HR teams are good at helping you, and that depends on what building you are in. All the rules don't roll over from building to building, so this causes internal problems when transferring. The hours are not so good if you want some type of life. Long hours on your feet, and an unwritten rule of no talking.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22955,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Love it good company great pay,Little hours overall very good company,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22956,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's a job,Pay and Benefits are good but not great. Managers and supervisors in my area know my name and are friendly. Workplace is pleasant and welcoming. Everything needed to complete work is available.,There are no real breaks. Supposedly we have two fifteen minute break but are responsible for amount of work as there were no breaks. Some supervisors bully and degrade workers to try to improve production numbers.,none,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22957,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Be here at your own risk,"They have a very high hiring bar, so you will be surrounded by very sharp and motivated people. There is a 'can-do' spirit everywhere. Extremely fast paced. Culture of getting things done. Lots of opportunities available within the company if yo want to switch.","Great hiring bar but equally pathetic on-boarding bar. Nobody cares whether new people come and go. Nobody has the time to talk completely or sit and explain what's going on. ""working in ambiguity"" is the excuse for not justifying why a project exists ""entreprenurial culture"" is the excuse for not investing in processes. ""we think long-term"" is an the excuse to not pushback on projects that don't make sense or don't justify costs",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22958,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,Great technology and internal tools,Working as a system engineer I enjoy freedom of choice of the tools for the projects. The peers are very smart and helpful. All the decisions are pretty quick and reasonable.,none so far. none so far.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22959,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,November 2014,- Smart people - Interesting projects - Startup atmosphere - Fun environment - Cool culture,- Small desks - A tad too many meetings on a daily basis,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1517.htm
22960,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Few bad apples spoil the barrel of wine.,Working at Amazon gives you the ability to learn and to interact with incredibly smart people. There is no shortage of interesting projects or initiatives. Good place to develop writing skills.,"Grinder culture, work is your life, incredibly bad and toxic managers tend to hang on much too long, and in some cases thrive. While everyone is a vocal proponent for direct communication style, finding errors in projects can lead to retaliation.",Nasty personality does not indicate a successful manager.,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22961,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a great place for me but not everybody,"Freedom to drive your career, large problems to solve, phenomenal leadership principles.",The environment can be too goal oriented sometimes and people can lose sight of the big picture.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22962,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst Intern,Smart people around you and you have a lot of chance to learn and network with MBA,Long hours that result to so many work that you need to deep dive and figure thing out by yourself,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22963,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy interview,Mindless work. A good job if you enjoy being active.,Pay raises are based on time worked and not on actual performance.,Reward hard work.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22964,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Looking for a job after your internship completed? Look somewhere else. Seriously.,You'll learn how the corporate world works. The hard way.,"Remember all those nice perks during the internship? You won't get them anymore. No free lodging, no free food, no corporate events, no free tickets to the movies, no work-life balance, no fun. Instead you'll get: an on-call duty (it really messes up your daily/nightly routine), below market pay, stock that never vests and a vague career path. Great deal, right?",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22965,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon FC,"The benefits are outstanding compared to other industries. Plenty of time off is alotted with vacation, paid time off, and a four day work week.",Its hard to move up if management doesn't like youl,"Treat the associates like people, platinum rule.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22966,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager- Customer Experience,"Amazon will make stronger, tougher and more calloused in your professional life. If you can make it at Amazon, you can make it most other places.","Amazon is an awful place to work if you are not a good cultural fit. By cultural fit, you must be willing to back stab, be dishonest, work extraordinary hours and give up much of your personal life to this tribute to Jeff's sizable ego. Amazon used to be a great, cutting edge retail giant. Now, with one misstep after the next, the retail juggernaut is stumbling. Amazon is an incredibly siloed and disorganized company. It's not uncommon for three or for teams to be working on the same project and not know about the other teams until your work gets scrapped or even worse, you're told three quarters of the way that you need to now collaborate with other people. This is very common and a large reason amazon can't launch quality devices. Governance is unheard of at Amazon, and is a major contributor to the ""slap on some duct tape and move on"" mentality of the company. Amazon's internal systems are a joke...they are homegrown and piss-poor in quality. I was stunned when I started with amazon 4 years ago how behind the times Amazon is internally,  In the same vein, amazon's annual review process is practically archaic and a bit heavy-handed. They force every manager to stack rank their people and force them in to a bell curve. People are ranked equally on individual work and feedback from peers. This leads to people torpedoing each other through anonymous feedback in an effort to stay on top. If you happen to fall in to the bottom of the bell curve, you are managed out of the company. I have been forced to do this, because we have to hit a distribution across the bell curve. I fought it, because it was the right thing to do. Compensation is then determined by how a person ranks against everyone else. This is the same annual review process that Microsoft made national news last year for abandoning because it was archaic, reduced overall moral, and made talent development and retention difficult. No one wants to work with the sword of Damocles constantly hanging over them.  Compensation is another reason amazon is a joke. Much of your comp is tied up in restricted stock units RSU's that vest over several years. I was awarded 100 shares last review cycle 2014. I am not able to realize this for two years, because it doesn't start vesting until 2016. My RSU award was based on stock prices at the time ($360), but since stock tanked with yet another quarter of abysmal financials my award is worth much less. In fact, with this latest nosedive, I lost 17k this year in comp. Jeff loves to talk about how he doesn't pay attention to stock prices, he is focused on the long-term vision. That song and dance routine only works for so long with investors and employees. I care about stock prices, 1/3 of my comp is tied to the mercurial rise and fall of amazon stock.  Overall, amazon is a supremely disjointed, disorganized corporate version of the hunger games. Please,think about this before you sign on...what is your integrity worth to you?","Treat people better, employ some kind of strategic governance across the company, and stop hiring new MBA's with no real-world experience. There is a reason that the non-seasonal avg tenure at Amazon is less than two years...",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22967,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, challenging and interesting at first, but after nearly 4 years it's exhausting.",- Signing bonus - Decent benefits - Great location - Opportunity to transfer within company,"-Average salary -Difficult to get a significant raise, even after a positive review. -Stack ranking - You are expected to keep up with an insane pace and a mountain of of work while also going above and beyond - High turnover due to burnout",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22968,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,#1 On-line Retailer,It is a fast paced work environment. Provides a lot of opportunity of lateral and upward mobility. Great for individuals trying to make a career transition into start-ups.,"Churn and Burn culture. Area Managers managing 50-100+ Associates. The expectations are unrealistic at times. For example the administrative duties to keep track of performance management, vacation request on a daily basis is a big challenge. The managers get beat-up by senior management if the manager is not up-to-date on a daily basis.","Consider changing the management structure or the expectations from the managers, if you dont want to burn out the Area Managers.",3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22969,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 16, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Unrealistic Pick Rates expected,Very nice people and management. Very nice facilities offered for the employees. Big break room loaded with TV's and microwaves and fridges to store your lunch.,You are on your feet for 10 hours. Your breaks include the time it takes to walk to the break room and get through security. By the time you get there your break is over.,Reduce the pick rates and expectations for new employees. The warehouse is huge and it takes time to find your way around there.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1518.htm
22970,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Good pay and great benefits.,extremely long hours and fast paced environment.,Develop programs and continuity. Don't constantly change policies and procedures on a daily basis,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22971,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Empowerment,decent pay but no pay raises.,"expectations are very high which is good but tools, training and empowerment are very low. spare parts are impossible to procure. these people will damage equipment to meet their numbers. their PM process is a joke, they do NOT follow up on needed repairs. they preach standard work but have NO technical standards whatsoever. During their peak season when they lock all software, you cant change a timer to make their equipment run better to help their numbers. The tail wags the dog at this company! They do not trust their technical support.","LISTEN to SME's in the field that they are in! You are NOT the SME! You hired the SME ( subject matter expert) Technical professionals, IT and automation employees KNOW more about your equipment than YOU DO. LISTEN. LISTEN shut up and LISTEN... if they say it wont run because of...... order the part.... schedule the downtime. YOU ARENT shipping medicine, no one will die because they didn't get their TV that day. LISTEN and you will actually ship MORE ITEMS. let me say it another way... get a clue get over yourself you went to business school, the math there is simple. LISTEN to people who are ENGINEERS and SPECIALIST and MASTER ELECTRICIANS.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22972,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place to be employed,"Center just launched, everyone's been great to work with, nice tips and advice on how to move up",Long hours if you do OT,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22973,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,Lot to learn and exceptional teams to work with,Lot of new learnings Some of the industry best engineers Web scale,Work load depending on team,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22974,amazon,"Eugene, OR"," Nov 11, 2014",Former Employee - Seasonal Part-time Customer Service Representative,Work From Home Customer Service Rep - Part-time (seasonal),"Easy interview process, simple personal computer navigation related assessment, excellent online training, lots of perks (free gifts, incentives).","Not easy to convert to a full-time position or a permanent position at the end of employment. Ironically, many employees return year after year just for the same part-time position hoping someday they would get a FT position. No company benefits (health insurance, etc) due to part-time position. Not flexible with actual production hours (permanent work schedule). They give you the worst work schedule, including both Friday & Saturday nights. As complex as the job is (orders, returns, policies of thousands of products), they only pay $10 an hour! Not worth it, unless you have no other option!!!","Need to read everything what I wrote above and make adjustments. Phone reps are the first point of contact for the entire company, and its existence, the reps need to be taken care of.",2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22975,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eventually you will know more people who have left Amazon than you currently work with.,"Smart people, lots of internal job opening, you can transfer once every year.",Smart people with knowledge eventually leave. Zero perks. If the stock goes up they consider it a raise for the next year. The stack ranking means you can't really make a big mistake.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22976,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work-life balance an issue, but dependent on the team.","Was given the opportunity to own large and impactful projects, and fully trusted to implement.","Work-life balance. Managers often discussed the importance of this, but would work at all hours of the night. Not exemplifying what they try to teach.",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22977,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,"Sometimes exciting, often frustrating, usually interesting","There are worse things you can do with a B.A. and knowlege of a foreign language. If you're analytical and you like researching and solving problems, this might work out well for you.  Some teams of investigators are doing interesting and engaging work. But be aware that other teams are slogging through task after boring task. You want to find out before you start what the work will really entail and particularly how many tasks you will be required to do per hour. In general, the higher the number of investigations per hour, the more routine the work is.  Colleagues are generally smart and friendly.  Overtime is usually available if you want it.  Start times are flexible, so you can come in earlier if you're an early riser or later if you're a late riser.  If you don't like how things are going, just wait 5 minutes and it will change. The change may or may not be an improvement, but it will be different.","Pay is on the low end. For comparison, including OT pay, it's about one half to two fifths of a sofware developer salary (not counting software developer bonuses and stock options.)  Overtime is mandatory for 2 months out of the year, roughly mid-November to mid-January. You can't take any vacation during the holidays and may be required to work ON the actual holidays.  You're required to work on weekends (Sun-Thurs or Tues-Sat).  You are required to account for all your time in 5-minute increments, which is exhausting and dehumanizing.  It's easy to feel like an interchangeable cog in a machine when everything you do is monitored, measured and assigned a numerical value.  It's not always obvious that the people steering the ship know what they're doing. The investigators are smart and have a lot of collective knowledge, but it's hard for them to make their voices heard.",Holidays should be sacred. We get very few of them. Is the company really going to crash to a hault if we don't work on Christmas?  The investigators are smart and they see what's going on. Listen to them.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22978,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Decent,"Focus on employee happiness, good starting wages, referral bonuses","Stressful work, back to back calls, hard to work around college schedule.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22979,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Not the best job.,Steady pay.  Meeting great people.  It's a good workout.  You get to see the other side of the online retail industry.,Extremely short breaks.  Long hours.  You're on your feet the entire time.  For some reason the warehouse is always hot.  Management sets unrealistic goals.,Give people a chance to wind down during their breaks instead of bothering them about getting back on time. Set realistic goals so people don't get disappointed and discouraged with their own performance.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1519.htm
22980,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,I love working there everyone is so nice,The best reason to work at Amazon because its fun to work then and you working with people that care about you and they pay good,Don't have any everything is easy for me there,You guys are doing a good job keep it up,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22981,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New Warehouse,"New warehouse, lots of good jobs, everyone seems to like it",Lower warehouse pay than other warehouses in the area,Look to compete with wages,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22982,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great place to work for high-functioning, intelligent devs","- Never boring, always learning - In-city location means you aren't forced to live in the God-forsaken suburbs - Noone will find your path for you, emphasis on ownership and personal responsibility (this could be a con if you're lazy) - High hiring bar means you're surrounded by people smarter than you","- Shifting priorities mean some projects never make it to production. - Job satisfaction tied closely to team. Some are awesome, some not-so-much. - Minimal perks other than compensation. Middling health benefits. Amazon is proudly frugal.",Maintain the high hiring bar. 100% medical coverage should be standard for salaried employees. Larks like the Fire Phone are hurting our image.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22983,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources,Worked for large software company M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T for 4 years....what a breath of fresh air at Amazon!!,"Individuality, you can actually own the projects you are working on from start to finish. Management actually listens to my ideas and I get to run with them. Lovely buildings and area in Downtown Seattle. Love the company philosophies and my quality of life is so much better here. Old company I worked 50-60 hours every week for almost 4 years. Bring your dog to work here...what??? So awesome.","I have not found any as yet, except the parking garage has a waiting list for employees. But, this being said, they offer free ORCA passes for transportation around the area and some great reimbursement for other located parking.","Love the fact there is no hidden issues with company, everything is so accessible to employees to read about and learn about all aspects of the company. They have made some great acquisitions in the last several years.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22984,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cutting edge technology and a great environment to learn,Massive amounts of data Autonomy Nice location,Outdated internal system Not enough connections with the open source community,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22985,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,Hard-work pays off with innovative atmosphere,"Smart people, Training, Experience, Network","work-life balance, hours worked, time off",I enjoyed my time with Amazon but found that some of the managers would ride hard and not offer praise for good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22986,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Nov 8, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's a good company sometimes unfair though,Good starting pay. You also work 4 ten hr shifts,Low raises. Very rate competitive,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22987,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Differs a lot based on Team,"Based on the team, Amazon really pushes you hard to improve on your soft skills and other leadership qualities","Benefits, growth is highly variant and not competitive compensation. No work-life balance. Sometimes undue pressure.",Stress more on technical goodness so as to reduce the operational load due to which almost the whole amazon is burning,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22988,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,Large company with a lot of opportunities. Good mobility and good on your resume.,Long hours and ok pay.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22989,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Amazon Review,"A place to work with it's encouraged to think big, dive deep, and work with very smart people.","Minimal work life balance, extremely frugal, and little recognition for your hard work.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1520.htm
22990,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2014","Current Employee - TPM&amp, Lieutenant ,",TPM interview at amazon,They mostly asked generic questions about past experience. Some interviewers were not clear in their wordings. One poker faced guy asked some tech questions.,they should give more authority to TPM,they should give more authority to TPM,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
22991,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great culture who actually focuses on their internal and external employees equally.,Company that lets builders build new process. Not restricted to doing he same things day in and out. Great company culture and environment.,Getting thins done can be difficult unless you can show huge savings which makes sense to prioritize resources it can just get frustrating.,Ensure that you stay focused on the customer experience no matter how small the issue may seem.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
22992,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Excellent place to be,"Working with newer technologies, working on products that are relevant to customers, good work and life balance, great area to live and have a family.","Dev-ops means carrying a pager from time to time, getting paged at 2 am to fix an issue with your team's software or services.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
22993,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Moving to product focus at expense of Technical expertise,Unique approach to online retailing using multiple competing teams to achieve components of an initiative Pays well,"Not nearly as Agile as they say Limited to no testing rigor around software releasing. Rely on ""Beta"" to bug fix",Lead by encouragement more rather than what was missed or not done.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
22994,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Oct 23, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Easy cash,Supervisor was really caring Met friendly people,SMX Coaches Short breaks Temperature in work area,Get rid of coaches,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
22995,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Great place to work, but average compensation.",- Great quality of work (esp. within AWS) - Surrounded by very smart engineers - Management is very receptive to ideas and feedback - Super customer obsessed - Strong company culture. People really believe in company's core values which makes for an inspired work environment - Highly data driven company - No politics BS,"- Average pay and benefits. Amazon is lagging behind other companies in it's class (Facebook, Google, MS, etc.) - Slow promotions in some parts of the company - On call rotation can be bad at times (although it depends on the team).",Improve employee pay and benefits. People are not happy within the company with their compensation. Amazon is lagging behind other companies,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
22996,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,What's the reward for good work? More work!,Very smart group. You'll learn a lot and also contribute/teach plenty.,"Worklife balance sucks especially if you're in an operational heavy team, Project deadlines are unreal. Can be very disorganized at times. Tons of Egos but that's just the IT field in general. AWS struggles to understand what it means to be a sysEng. It seems their idea of sysEng tasks are whatever the devs cannot get to at the moment (this does not hold true for every team to be fair).",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
22997,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Working hard, having fun and making history, after 2 years the first is the one I have been doing a lot","Rules are clear and it is what it is, Amazon is the place to work hard with a médium salary. Benefits are on average when comparing to the market.","_ Long hours, employees are under paid,",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
22998,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It was decent for the year I was there,the pay was good especially for someone straight out of high school,"Top management sucked. It was a revolving door with people constantly getting hired and fired, people barely lasted. It was impossible to move up even if you had the qualifications, they hired people off the street before they moved people up",respect employees more,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
22999,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - CSA II,Temporary Holiday Sales Associate,"Well, the atmosphere is laid-back, and the job is essentially easy. Overall, nice people to work with. For some quick money during the holidays, it wasn't bad. However, they massively downsize again after the holiday season.","If you aren't quick enough, you get cut. If you aren't skilled with computer programming and stuff, you won't really go very far. That 5-star treatment is reserved for the techies.. I","If you see someone who is really committed, develop them, don't let them go and tell them ""you'd love to have them work for you again.""",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1521.htm
23000,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good benefits excellent learning opportunity,No worklife balance lot of oncall depends on team to team,Keep it up,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23001,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Working hard, having fun and making history, after 2 years the first is the one I have been doing a lot","Rules are clear and it is what it is, Amazon is the place to work hard with a médium salary. Benefits are on average when comparing to the market.","_ Long hours, employees are under paid,",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23002,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It can be fast paced at times but also slow and painful since if you're on rate & no work to do.,"It pays well for overtime and learning a lot of the functions that the other departments would only teach one section too new employees, such as picking/stowing/receiving/water-spider functions. It's a great learning experience.",But being new there just recently there wasn't much in the way of training us for all of the positions right away & it was a slow/ painful process and still is.,"There are only two managers that I notice don't really have any spirit or show they care about their co-workers. On those days they're in-charge, it's just a drag to work.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23003,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 25, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon's Failure Staffing Solutions,"The actual employees at Amazon are AWESOME, and that's where the pros stop.","Amazon uses Ingerity Staffing Solutions to hire it's employees, unfortunately it's a rude company riddled with lies and confusion. They work you like a mule, only to belittle you in front of a floor full of other employees. They hire over 1000 employees at once and dangle carrots that promise full time employment in front of you to get you to work hard, and the. Pull the rug out from under you just as the holiday season ends. Integrity is also involved with many lawsuit, even people from last years seasonal employment are back in hopes of full time employment, most are in their third attempt, however those people were still given 11.00 instead of 11.75 that was promised. Seems really suspicious that they wouldn't give their returning employees the full amount since they already know the job.",Hire your own employees and be honest before someone calls the EOE...,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23004,amazon,"Coppell, TX"," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Shipping,"Alibaba, please come and setup your business in America!","They hire people who cannot not get a job anywhere else and they treat them like under developed people. They talk down the employees. Majority of the warehouse workers are not college educated and non-professional. The Coppell Texas Amazon Management, treat the hourly employees like work horses.","Sadly, Amazon could learn from the show ""The Profit"" on how to treat their employees. Also, use the same business model. PEOPLE, PRODUCT, PROCESS.  Their new safety training does not benefit the employee. I attended amazon safety class, the topics only covered ways to prevent an employee from damaging an amazon box, how to tape and ship an amazon box. Nothing OSHA would be approved as new hire safety training.",The Amazon Management Click. If you are not in the Amazon click. Your opinion and recommendation is not welcome.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23005,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No longer raising the bar.,Great ability to own and deliver.,Company is hiring external executives that are not Amazonian and not growing the people in their orgs. The company is focusing on delivering results at the expense of their employees.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23006,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Great,Great place to grow Opportunity for younger people Motivated and smart people Fast paced Located in a great city,"No work life balance, working 16 hours a day at the least, very cyclical Jobs with weekly reviews, ambiguous roles",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23007,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Decent company but not great,This is a place to get experience fast. Hiring process is excellent. Lots of smart people. Reasonable leadership principles.,"Training is a joke. Planning is abundant but almost useless. Managers are vindictive. Zero transparency at all. ""Frugal"" mentality ruins most things.","Talk to employees, don't just sit in your office on conference calls all day with other out of touch managers.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23008,amazon,"Charlotte C H, VA"," Nov 5, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon is a great company,lots of training and great team members to work with,the company strategy is not so clear,put more effort on the hardware design and manufacture,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23009,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A generally good place with some specific organizations doing great work,"Amazon has a high variability in talent and the kind of stuff it works on. There are places which are working on old legacy and so-yesterday problems and either re-writing them or deprecating old stuff. Same time there are organizations within Amazon that work on really cutting edge technology. You get to choose where you want to work. The best organizations also attract the best talent and are the most challenging places to work. The other places are not so great in terms of talent, but it may be a good choice if one is interested in working on relatively safe things and/or interested in a career in management. You can get paid well either way you go",There is stiff competition and work pressure can sometimes get to you. Managing a career is not so easy and there is not enough transparency. You can find out though if you talk to folks who have been around a long time,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1522.htm
23010,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,This company is what you make of it,Pay is OK Overtime during holidays Promos are there Benefits are ok,Pay is OK but for the work you do it could be better  Promos are there but lots of competition,Numbers aren't the only factor in running the warehouse.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23011,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer,"Good pay, many opportunities to get involved","Internal tools, poor work life balance",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23012,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,Good job,Benefits Pay is OK Paid time off,Good employees don't get the recognition they deserve  30min lunch Breaks are short because of how far we have to walk,I think the general manager is great the PA's need a little work and should stop showing favoritism,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23013,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Production Designer,Tons of opportunity,Many areas to grow and learn from very smart people. They have their hands in everything and encourage big ideas. Everyone has the opportunity to make big things happen.,Management shifts constantly. Too many cooks in the kitchen. Perks are minimal.,More perks. Organize management and have point people.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23014,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways Operations Manager,"Dynamic, hand on learning, ability to have huge impact","NOne really, maybe better work-life balance.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23015,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Lot of challenges Technical depth Opportunity work with leaders and enthusiastic folks.,Too much of work most of the time.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23016,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,It's an amazing place to work,"Paid time off, vacation that rolls over, un paid time of 20 hours every 90 days...paid holidays off, demanding of time and pretty cool people to work for.They offer different classes to take to make your experience more fun, you never stop learning. Everyone is very helpful and willing to help associates succeed in growing and promote.","long hours, hot, demanding of time, work most holidays.sometimes associates get discouraged because the competition to promote is huge.","better associate engagement, actively listen to associates needs. cross train more to be better prepared for peak season.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23017,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Oct 23, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,easy to get in to,bad upper management. supervisors are ok but people above them seem out of touch with reality,"dont harp on safety if you can not do your job as a ""safety manager""",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23018,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Oct 18, 2014",Current Employee - Picker,I drank the Kool aid!,I love the opportunities available in the fulfillment center. I walk in every day excited to make an impact in my department.,"You have to work hard, really hard, to stand out. They don't care too much about what you've done in the past or your education until you have put in your time.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23019,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Lots of room for advancement,Pay compared to other top tier warehouses,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1523.htm
23020,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2014",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Ok job, constant grinding with a lot of demand","top company recognition (having amazon on your resume goes far and gets noticed), opportunities to train in seattle, phx, Cincinnati. opportunity to ""manage"" a team","from the moment you walk in the door until the moment you leave every day (which for me was about 13 hours later in the day) you are constantly moving, all rewards and compensation aside from base salary (bonuses, stocks, etc) are tied to a commitment to the company of about 2 years, work life balance is non existent and environment is very ""what have you done for me lately""",stop trying to reinvent the wheel at every moment. have a process in place. commit to it before trying to change everything else. i found the company spreads itself thin way too often because they were constantly changing things in an effort to never fall behind.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23021,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Title of my review,"Work-life balance, personal growth, is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a","I don't think amazon has any down sides to it. Excellent culture, good people. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23022,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Nov 12, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Bad place to work,"Looks good on the resume, either to get into other companies later. Some smart people here.","No work/life balance, sweat shop. Yes, they will wake you up at 2am in the middle of the night. Management truly doesn't care about their employees. Very bad culture, people talk behind your back. Very high turnover, most developers are still unfamiliar with the product they're working on.","Try to improve the turn over. Make software ""better"" and improve processes as well, so you don't have to stay late for the same problems every times.",1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23023,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Love this place,"Tons of autonomy, required mastery, and ability to create purpose.","Zero perks. No gym, no free food, etc.","We overindex on Frugality. It's been proven over and over and there's positive ROI on work place perks (free food, big monitors, etc)",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23024,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,descent place to work,"UPT time off policy allows you take off when ever you want. descent healthcare, dental discount and VCP. get a raise every 6 months.",raises stop after 3 years. Because you can use UPT anytime you want without approval from management it tends to put a strain on those who choose to stay and work. voluntary time off is a popularity contest as far a who gets approved and who doesn't.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23025,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2014",Former Employee - Software Tester,"Tons of work, good money","always stayed busy worked hard enjoyed my job. excellent benifits ,paid holidays, vac and other. had on site counselors, and medical teams ,and high security. walking 20 miles a day benefits extra bonus employee discounts",Overtime Little benefits Too much pressure staying on feet fast-paced following instructions work holidays working closely with others,Care about employees' families,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23026,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Significant growth opportunity, great people, rigorous performance management","Amazon is a great place to grow your career. You'll work with smart people every day, and can move throughout the company. High-quality work is rewarded, as is delivering results. The company lives and breathes by the leadership principles.","There is no work-life balance. Teams run lean to ensure the right work gets done, but that also means that one person is almost always doing the job of five. People get burnt out, and leave.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23027,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Oct 26, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Lots of Pros but some vital Cons,"Generally nice people, great management, high energy, day one benefits","Repetitive motions, 10 hour shifts, constant standing, if you get injured good luck on them caring, pretty low pay.",Great people and a great environment can be trumped by unwillingness to help your employees.,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23028,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Clinically depressed after 3 years. No use in trying to move up. Just here for a paycheck and insurance.,"Insurance and Benefits are good, if you take the initiative and find them for yourself because no one will tell you all the discounts and benefits you can get as an Amazon employee. The stock options are good, if you can stay long enough to ""cash out"" any of them. Average length of an amazon career...14 months.","They do NOT ""hire and develop the best"" (one of their slogans). They hire kids right out of college as managers that have never had a real job (that way, the kids are ""molded"" into the amazon mindset...treat the customers with the utmost respect, but treat your coworkers like the dog crap stuck to the bottom of your shoe, step all over it under it raises a ""stench"" or concern, then take a stick and fling it away as if it was never there). The other end of the spectrum is that they hire ""temps"" who do not have to follow policies ""blue badges"" have to. Policies such as the dress code, vulgarity and PDA are not enforced whatsoever. The ""compensation"" is a joke. Amazon rationalizes the pay to include discounts, stock options, VCP....variable compensation profits. I'll tell you how much I make an hour: $12.00. Do you know what I ""earn"" according to them? $17.48 an hour, based on my tenure and the previously mentioned ""compensation"". My family of four barely makes it from paycheck to paycheck, because I bring home an average of $7.85 an hour with all the deductions for insurance plus the usual taxes taken out. I work 40 plus hours a week at a very physical job ( the average associate walks 10 miles A DAY), and from October until the end of December, forget about having a life outside of Amazon. You will work 60 hour weeks and not be able to take vacation or personal time off (the blackout period) until December 26th. Merry Freaking Christmas.","Treat the employees with at least half of the respect you give the customers and Amazon will truly be awesome for both. A ""Customer-centric company should not devalue ""employee-centric"" need. Without satisfied associates, the customers will not get their ordered products. You want Quality to increase? Lower the expected productivity rates to a feasible level, which should be half of what it is now, and the Quality levels with fly through the giant roofs of the Fulfillment Centers.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23029,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Ehhhh,"Health care package is great and pay is, as long as you aren't in the IT field.",The Operations team upper management doesn't respect anyone in the support staff.,Start treating support staff with respect.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1524.htm
23030,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's ok,Benefits are great and people you meet are pretty cool,Your pretty much a robot when you work there and it's hard to move up.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23031,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Modern Slavery,"Medical, dental, vision coverage and working some with unique amazing people.","I've only worked at the Robbinsville, NJ Amazon Fufillment Center 1 month before I was fired for not receiving 300 items per hour in each receive. I was so happy and relieved to be let go the job was stressful I began to lose so much weight. I barely slept, I began to have foot problems due to standing on the concrete floor for 12 hours a day for 4 days and sometimes even 5 days. Breaks are often rushed you're expected to report from your two 15 minute breaks and your one 30 minute lunch early or you are written up and given points. Amazon is quick to fire cause they know there are desperate white badgers/temp workers and unemployed individuals who are willing to kill themselves for $12.75 which isn't considered much for all the physical, mental and emotional sacrifices they put you through. There's a lot of favoritism and managers are unprofessional and rude. My manager in particular loves to flirt with all the girls when he isn't harassing his other employees to make their rates. At the end of the day it's all about the customers the employees are just mere slaves who are told they should be happy to work here.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23032,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Surrounded by incredible talent, lots of opportunities to grow, awesome coworkers, lots of knowledge sharing, lots of challenging and creative projects","Commute (unless you live downtown or nearby), high turnover rates, cost of living in the area, frugality sometimes hurts productivity, sub par benefits, terrible 401k","Take better care of your talent (better pay, better benefits)",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23033,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Nightmare on south lake union,"- Initial Signing Bonus is Good. Most people start of with 30-40k signing bonus that spreads out over two years. Not bad huh. - For software engineers, there are weekly PoA talks, and learning series that will help you improve your knowledge and know what other teams are doing. - Working here looks good on your resume. Although slowly declining, working at amazon is still a big deal, sort of! - Pet friendly, Urban Campus. - Access to world class Principal Engineers.","- Horrible work life balance. Some teams do a death march for months together, during this time it is expected that you put in long hours(50+ easily).  - SDM's at amazon are horrible. Most of them have no people management skills. I have known managers who were promoted despite having 80% attrition in their teams. no kidding.  - Amazon, for whatever reason, does not file Green Card for immigrant Level 4 employees. The justification given by the legal department about not meeting the criteria is fishy, especially since Microsoft and Expedia are able get the process going for Level 59 employees. L59 at MSFT is equal to Level 4 at amazon.  - SDE-1's are expected to demonstrate SDE-2 behavior for 5 months to be considered for promotion. This is something managers tell their employees every week in 1-on-1. Often, SDE-1s are not given enough opportunities to demonstrate such behavior ie good projects to work on etc  - On call (for engineers) is basically paying the price for your predecessor's mistakes. There is zero documentation. Tribal knowledge is rampant. Due to constant churn and internal attrition, you will end up going on call once a month, which is like 12 weeks a year. Basically this means, for an entire quarter of an year, you will be doing everything except for writing code.  - Finally, the feeling of camaraderie is missing. There are no free lunches, or free happy hours. Team building events are unheard of. You will be looked down upon as a weirdo if you try to get too friendly with your team mates. The expectation is to prevent social cohesion.  - Finally, for SDE's there is no career growth after hitting SDE-2 mark. Less than 2% of engineers make it from SDE-2 to SDE-3 level.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23034,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2014",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,A decent stepping stone...,"Training and lots of opportunity for growth, long hours but decent rewards for performers. A great place to hone ones skills.",long hours and sketchy communication from middle management at times lended itself to tea leaves and terot reading . Inadequate compensation after the initial years employment with no COLA's for hard working folks.,Learn to communicate your vision in a way employees will understand.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23035,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Product Manager,"Poor, unethical treatment of employees","Not much - work long hard hours and you're viewed as a number, a disposable robot.","Several: Amazon has some serious issues to fix regarding ethics, employee treatment, and financial fraud. follow 'at' kvargs on twitter for more detail. Amazon treats its employees poorly - notice of the 14 leadership principles not one has to do with Employees, Ethics, or the Environment and the company is really bad at all three as a result. Its just not important to them.","Fix the issues. Add three new principles to your 14: One around Better Employee treatment, one around Higher Ethical Standards in dealing with customers, employees, partners, and one on Better Decisions that show Environmental Responsibility.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23036,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Dev Manager,High-tech McJob,Easy to stay on top of modern technologies (if your team is willing to use them). OK pay for the area. Looks good on resume. Opportunities to make a splash (if you have time and energy left),"Codified culture stuck in 1994 with elements of a personality cult ""Revolving door"" - high attrition, constant hiring Stagnant compensation, poor benefits Open space - noise, dogs, ""ambience"" like in an IKEA warehouse Trashy office furniture, computers and peripherals Plays politics - for example, pays straight people less than gay couples (to circumvent federal laws)","Stop worshipping Bezos. Newsflash: no, it isn't Day One, but 20 years later. What worked in 1994 may not help in 2014. Let the culture evolve. Use the Leadership Principles to help thinking, not as dogmas that overrule common sense. Add a 15th Principle - ""Amazing place to work"". Don't just run the survey every year and pat yourself on the back. Listen to your employees and do something.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23037,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Started well but quickly went downhill at the Fulfillment Center,-Salary -Stock options -High standards to support customer experience  I managed a great team of both new managers and experienced managers. People really have a desire to do well and learn and improve.,-Management by public humiliation -Poor leadership -Poor management development -Managers treated like commodities -No sense of teamwork or collaboration. Everyone is out for their own agenda. -Very poor work/life balance. Senior management thinks they own you and that you have to be available 24/7 -Very high turnover of managers which also disrupts the hourly workforce and their trust of management,30% growth for the company has led to a rush to open fulfillment centers and hire a large quantity of managers. The team doesn't have a chance to gel or for people to get deep in processes to learn their job before they are moved on to the next building or to the next role. Work-life balance and genuine care for the managers is not there. Managers were made to feel guilty for leaving work ON TIME (not even leaving early) to attend family events.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23038,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"personal growth, amazing technology, independence - but for a price","If you want to work on a huge distributed system with a lot of independence Amazon is a great place. Every team acts like a small start-up and has a lot of freedom. You will learn very quickly and get a lot of responsibility. There is no bureaucracy or processes which get in your way, so you will be able to decide on your own (with peer guidance) and build quickly. I was amazed every day how complex and challenging things I can do and how much I learned.  If you want to have an interesting job where you can grow and do not mind to work hard you may be willing to accept that Amazon is not perfect. Yes, there are few companies which are equally interesting and have a better culture and perks, but it's much easier to fail interviews there - you know, the prettiest girl in town may be fussy like hell. Not that it's trivial to get to Amazon, but it's for sure easier.  The unique knowledge and experience that you will get in Amazon is priceless and worth all the disadvantages described below. You will not learn distributed systems just from books and Amazon is a perfect place to do it. And there is a chance that you will fall in love with the company and stay there for long. If not, what you learn will significantly increase your chances to get a much better job.","There is a lot of stress and pressure, so many people around you will be overwhelmed. For the same reason personnel rotation is very high, so knowledge is constantly being lost and you are expected to live with that.  The recruiter who contacts you at the beginning determines which team you will be in for the first year, you have very little to say about that. So ask about it at the beginning and try to find a different recruiter if you do not like what the team does.  There are basically no perks, free food, raises or bonuses in Amazon as it operates on low margins and invests all profits. That make it very frugal. Assume that the salary & stocks which you get at the beginning is what you will receive for few years. In your office you will find all that you need, but it will not be a pretty place which you want to show to friends.  In most cases you will be expected to be accessible by phone at any time as you are responsible for your systems to be always up and running. On-call duty takes 7 days every 6 to 9 weeks, you will not be able to code or travel during the weekend when you are on-call.  Do not expect too much guidance from managers, often they have little technical skills. Your colleagues will be intelligent, but often quite competitive.","Stop putting so much pressure on lower management, it propagates down to the bottom and destroys morale. Emphasize the value of a team instead of worshiping individuals.",4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23039,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working way to hard for low salary,Needed employment to support myself,Long hours and physically very demanding especially for female employees.,No comment.,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1525.htm
23040,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Oct 26, 2014",Former Employee - ISS Representative,Not a good place to work,Plenty of overtime if you are a workaholic - if you have a pulse you can get a job here. Easy to get hired whether it's direct or through integrity staffing.,Long days with a lot of mandatory overtime - work every weekend,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23041,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Nov 12, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,"Not a wonderful position for the ordinary, stable and reasonable masses of people.",Despite my low star-rating there were a few perks available when working for the fulfillment center. There is a machine that dispenses terrible but free coffee in some of the break rooms. There is a half-hearted attempt to provide some climate control in the heat of the summer months. The price of health benefits are somewhat reasonable for a single person such as myself. Quite a few vacation days are offered which is wonderful because you'll need every one of them!,"Oh my, where should I begin. I guess the very beginning would suffice. I'll try to be as eloquent as possible but I'm not a poet or an essayist (and I don't own any ruffled shirts or tweed jackets)! I should have sensed trouble when I attended the mass hiring event. The facility had not yet opened to it's doors so the location was a hotel in Southern Central New Jersey. I was anticipating an interview as I sometimes enjoy the opportunity to speak with new and interesting people. However, they offered the positions to everyone who arrived contingent upon a successful drug screen and background check. Many potential employees arrived at the event in casual dress and one was actually wearing shorts and flip-flops. I kid you not!      The presentations then and during the first-day orientation were too good to be true. A utopian worker's paradise was promised by the hiring team and the management staff. I was reeled in by the promise that if I worked hard and followed directions I could create a life for myself in the Fulfillment center.      I was employed as a warehouse picker and it was a boring, mind-numbing and thankless task. Some of the members of the management staff were extremely rude, condescending or otherwise lacking in people and communication skills. Berating intelligent and skilled employees is not a proven method of promoting performance. Usually it results in high employee turnover which this facility experienced in the few months I was there. To be fair I believe the managers had shifts that were much longer than the standard ten and a half hours. I believe some of them worked between twelve and sixteen hours a day. Breaks were too short as it took quite a while to travel to the various rest areas. Essentially you had 15 minutes to log out and log back in to your work station. This does not constitute a 15 minute break.     Equipment and systemic computer break downs were common problems as well. The bugs should have been fixed before the facility was opened for business.",Treat the employees more like human beings and less like mechanical devices. Fatigue and injuries were extremely common especially among the older and less athletic associates. Longer rest periods would have helped as well.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23042,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, work very hard","At the employee level and lower management, the collaboration and teamwork is there. Brown bag sessions are held, and training sessions are organized by peers.  The insurance plans are top notch with a lot of choices, and cover most services.","The annual rating structure breeds a culture of doing something to just get ahead. All of the teamwork and collaboration goes out the window when the focus is shifted towards who is the top and who is the bottom.  The principles are not well explained or followed through outside of the corporate office which creates a confusing environment where those who do go between the spaces don't know what to expect.  Paid holidays are at a minimum and it is expected that work will still be done on those days. If an employee doesn't at least check in, then they miss the latest news or evolution of the team.",My advice to management would be to listen to the employees. Let them become true leaders and provide solid career paths.  Focus less on results and more on people.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23043,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job,"Casual environment, no dress code, good pay, some opportunity to work from home (depending on manager)","Busy times can be psychologically exhausting and at times even traumatic. Might intrude into private life at any moment, any day. Not the best for family life.",None,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23044,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Business Intelligence Engineer,"Love and enjoy every moment of it, most of the time!",Lots of things to improve great people to work with and learn from Pushes you to think simple and innovate,"You're personally responsible to manage your time and figure your priorities, most of the time! It's a constant battle to keep your work-life balance!",Maybe make it a little bit more friendly environment!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23045,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Nov 12, 2014",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,"No work-life balance, little pay, long hours.",Sign on bonus and relocation package are nice. Great experience in managing tough associates.,No work-life balance. No structure. Thoroughly corrupt. No standards in hiring.,"Listen to your area managers, help them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23046,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazing company. Well ran.,Great company to work for. They value their customers and employees.,These positions require you to work at least ten hours a day.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23047,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Oct 25, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was OK,Decent pay for certain positions.,Depending on what position you get the job can be either really easy or physically/mentally challenging.,Don't treat your employees like pawns. Maybe ask before completely changing their position and schedule they have adapted to.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23048,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Oct 25, 2014",Current Employee - Service Technician II,it's been interesting.,"What i have liked the most about working for amazon is, all the technology and mechanics i get to play with. In the facility i work in, we have so many different types of conveyance, it had given me a chance to learn pretty much everything there is to know about how the mechanics work. I had no prior experience coming in the door, i started in production packing, picking, ic/qa etc and was able to land a job in the maintenance shop. I have had a wonderful experience learning and being able to teach others. Learning how to maintain and rebuild sorters and conveyance has given me a great push in the right direction. Also ensures that customers will have top notch experience!! Our benifits are outstanding as well!","At this facility is our pay, it is below what the area average is. Chances for promotions are minimal to non existant.","There are a lot of politics that go with the job. the management is not that great. We get a few good ones here and there but most of the come here straight out of collage with a big head on their sholders. Its a game when it comes to management. Our facility is closing here in a couple months so i hope as managers transfer to other sites or companys, they are tought the true meaning of our core values and not using them as needed to get ahead or get someone pushed out, but to help make it a better working enviroment for all.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23049,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management Turnover at a record rate.,Great benefits for blue badge employees. Lots of OT and incentive programs for those who like long days and work weeks. Work/Personal balance does not exist the last quarter of the year.,"Extremely high turnover. High pay area managers and above are resigning at an unnatural pace with no explanation. Education requirements, drug test and criminal background checks have been suspended for peak. Work release prisioners have even been allowed to work as temps at sdf8 in the Jeffersonville, Indiana location.  Low pay and long hours but the work is easy.",When working on solutions to problems please involve the people closest to the action. Get away from the standup areas and manage the workflow. Too many eyes are only interested in numbers and not the people.  Why are you losing so many top quality managers?,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1526.htm
23050,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Safety,"Hard Work, Long Hours, Decent Salary, Good Opportunities",You are in control of your future. Opportunities are available at Amazon to anyone willing to work to move up in the company. The benefits are good. The salary is average-good. People are friendly. Atmosphere is friendly.,Expectations are intense. The days can easily be 10-12 hours long. There isn't a lot of notice given to exemplary work. You cannot expect rewards. Exceptional achievements are the expectation.,I would suggest encouraging employees to maintain a better work life balance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23051,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior program manager,"well paid, challenging, intelligent colleagues","workload can be huge, no work life balance",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23052,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to being a career. Growth can be slow.,"Lots of breadth, can get good work, peers are smart.","compensation is not at par, very top down, promotions can take a while",employees can be put at par to customers,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23053,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Managers,The culture is a definite pro. Amazon encourages managers to test and implement new ideas and to think big.,"The hours are long. On average managers are putting 12-14 hour days and even when they are off, they are checking email.",Take the power of when and if a manager can move facilities from the Facility GMs and centralize it with the Regional manager. This will provide the managers the ability to move buildings within the region and greatly increase retention among the managers.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23054,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Dynamic and challenging work,"Each team is run like a startup. Team gets to decide what technologies can be used, how to design and build their systems.","Oncall can be taxing Workplace needs serious improvements. Office spaces are crowded, parking is extremely problematic and no real perks working in the office",Being frugal principle often gets extended too much. Be realistic and evaluate your policies from becoming frupid.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23055,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Oct 9, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,This company has provided opportunities that other companies have failed to deliver.,One can learn new skills and develop an incredible work ethic in the process.,"One must be physically fit to perform in Amazon, or rather, be able to manage long shifts in order to get job tasks done.",Pay more attention to how employees work and interact with others instead only when you have need of them.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23056,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,You learn a lot in a very short amount of time,Pay is pretty good and lots of opportunity to learn and move up,Lots of politics at amazon,Pay your internal promotions more... Losing ALOT of good talent.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23057,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,If you want a challenge and aren't afraid to work...,"In my previous work I often felt like I would walk into a meeting, look around the table, and not feel intellectually challenged. Absolutely not the case at Amazon! I love that I am constantly being challenged to tackle big, difficult business questions and that I always have a seat at the table to provide input on big decisions - despite my relatively junior level. If you get your work done, managers are very flexible on vacation - except around Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Amazon's Leadership Principles are gospel around here and leadership walks the walk around them. Decisions are made in an objective, data-driven way so there's little reason to play politics. No idea is too far outside the box.","Since the business is growing so fast, teams are rarely fully staffed. As a result you are often wearing 2,3,4 different hats. I'm also not crazy about how fast people move between jobs. It seems like 18-months is increasingly the norm whereas I think 2-2.5 years would be a much better cadence.","Trust the fly-wheel, stay away from knee-jerk responses to problems, and keep honoring our Leadership Principles. Dedicate 30-minutes a week to meeting with team members at more junior levels to get the real scoop on the challenges we face. Keep doing what you're doing!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23058,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Good workers, lacking upper management","They have a good starting hourly wage for young people and the automatic raises are nice as well. It seems lots of the Tier I employees are good workers with good attitudes, definitely made tons of friends here at work. You get the occasional slacker but they tend to not last.  Your health benefits are low cost and provide great coverage.","Work-life balance is one of this companies downfall, they expect you to drop whatever plans you have in order to work the overtime they call on very short notice. This overtime usually falls in line with holidays (New Years, Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) so it's hard to spend time with your family during those holidays. Also don't expect to get Black Friday off unless you're willing to use Paid Time Off or Unpaid Time Off.  Lack of experience in management is another of it's downfalls. They tend to hire managers right out of college, which means these managers lack the experience needed to work with or even discipline workers. Several times I've seen them pawn these assignments off to the Tier 3s because the managers didn't want to get the bad rep. They also don't have the courage to say ""no"" when a request comes down from their management, even if it means it'll strongly impact the stress and workload on the tier 1s below them.  Management's focus on numbers and backing other management no matter what is it's final downfall. Above your AM (Area Manager) they tend to focus less on personnel and more on the numbers. This creates a problem if an issue comes up that needs to be go up the chain of command. This includes employees not being trained when they should be simply because management doesn't want to spend the hours to train. This increases the stress and likelihood of mistakes happening because it's always the same people doing the same stressful job day in and day out and on every occasion.","Consider spending the time and money needed to make sure that the stressful jobs are able to be evenly distributed across a greater number of employees. Problem Solving, PIT Driving, TDRing, etc.   Be willing to backup lower level employees if you know a manager has made a wrong decision and be willing to reverse their action and not just the management's decision as final.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23059,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software development engineer,online assignment: coding is very easy,online assignment: logics is very trick,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1527.htm
23060,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon is a great place to work!,"Rapid advancement, and good benefits. If you work hard managers will cross train you in many different departments which offers more opportunity's for growth within the company.","It really stinks that regardless of whether or not you excel at your job or just scrape by, everyone receives the same raises at the same rate.",Follow through with what you say. Attended numerous stand up sessions and heard that cherry pickers will be wrote up and that never happen.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23061,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,operational load,good infrastructure lot to learn smart guys,operational load cheap stuff no lunch work-life banlance bad,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23062,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a great way to create mental toughness,flexible shifts friendly staff easy to move up,repetitiveness work environment no rewards for your work,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23063,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very positive,leadership principles are fully valued in org.,good experience overall...nothing to specific to call out.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23064,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I liked it.,"Benefits, VCP, Opportunities to progress","Tier step pay system, cap out and have no more room for additional pay as a warehouse associate.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23065,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 2, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate who loved it but hated it at the same time!,"Amazon gives some of the best compensation packages of all the warehouses I have worked for. If you are not working for one of their temporary agencies, you usually get treated with respect.","It is hard work, they expect results, and if you are not going to work your butt off for them, they will get rid of you. Especially during Peak",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23066,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good for new grad, but need to improve",A good place to work hard.,No one cares your life and no one will stop you from burning yourself with extra works. You have to learn how to stop.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23067,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for fun project,The projects here are interesting.,The benefits is not exciting.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23068,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources,"Strong culture, quick change, customer obsessed to the core","Nothing comes before the customer, and you see that in every employee. People at Amazon are proud to work here and proud to share their experiences with others in the industry. Great benefits and stock options and discounts/perks (if you live in Seattle area). Atmosphere is very casual and comfortable. Endless opportunities if you are willing to relocate.","Work-life balance. Even if you can cut your day down to 9 or 10 hours in the office/warehouse, you will have a few hours of work once you get home.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23069,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Build your resume and then get out before it kills you,"Lightning fast growth, big crazy ideas they aren't afraid to explore and won't punish you for trying, super smart and talented coworkers, always focused on the customer experience and customer satisfaction, quick to correct a customer-focused blunder, shaping the future of everything, be in the middle of a revolutionary company at its peak","No work/life balance, crazy long hours every single day, expectation that you will work while sick and on vacation, annual performance goals are set above previous year's goals rather than against previous year's actual results making goals essentially unattainable, constant chaos as teams implode and lose people every month, bias toward youth, if you aren't a business analyst or math whiz you won't succeed, very secretive about even the smallest things, cult like environment, marriage and kids are a detriment unless you intend to see them rarely, health suffers because people go to work sick and are constantly stressed, you can bring your dog to work but it's only because they don't want you to leave the office to take care of him or anything other than Amazon",Unfortunately Wall Street loves this company and management isn't forced to consider employee growth or quality of life so the cons won't change,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1528.htm
23070,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,College grad labor mill. Not for families or those who like happiness.,"Money. That is absolutely the only reason to work at Amazon. With it, they buy your very existence and then thoroughly expect to have it.","It is an entire culture of ""You should have done more."" Expect to wake up and go to bed guilty every day, no matter what you accomplish. They are geared for working with college kids that have never functioned outside a high-pressure institution. They try to mirror the collegiate environment in many ways. It is festive, loud, full of alcoholics, and designed to consume every moment of your life, just like college. If you have a family, a soul, or otherwise want to be a happy person, this is not the company for you. At least not for more than a year or so.","Stop trying to scare the eggs out of your chickens. If you just take care of your chickens, they will lay eggs all by themselves.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23071,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"What I see while working at Amazon,com",Their are many job opportunities within Amazon.com and areas for development in a fast paced highly innovative environment.. Getting it can be difficult.,"Can be difficult to move up without moving out of state. If you work there while going to school, it can be difficult to move into management. They Don't like to promote from within.",More communication and development is needed from management.Most of the management is green from college and do not know how to develop associates.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23072,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,"Glad I worked here, even more glad I left",I learned an amazing amount over the 18 months I worked here. The salary was decent and the view was great!,"Where do I even start... Work environment was the worst I have ever experienced. There were so many people on my floor there was a constant line for the Mens bathroom (My floor was all 6 figure sales people, not a call center). There was almost no training. There was absolutely no transparency as to what type of monetary incentives you would receive for overachieving. South Lake union is hard to get to, and expensive to park.",Take a step back and re-evaluate your process. Everyone is running so fast that no one takes a step back to see if they are going in the right direction.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23073,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Great place to gain industry leading experience in but be ready to sacrifice your life outside of work,"Great compensation package, great industry leading experience and rapid growth. All of these things make your resume stand out as well as having the opportunity to transfer to a different department or city due to the rapid growth of the company.","Poor work life balance, favoritism, racism, constant change. The pay comes with lack of a work life balance as you need to be prepared to work long hours with a short notice. Favortism and racism are alive within the FC's so look out for yourself, trust no one and document everything.",Create a streamline process for fair and concise promotability of internal candidates,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23074,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager Ops,A lot of ownership and hands on experience Managers are generally very open and supportive You normally have complex problems so you will never get bored Tons on innovations,Poor work life balance Long hours and possibility of burning out,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23075,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Oct 3, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Not an easy job, but plenty of benefits",The pay is pretty decent. They treat their employees well and give plenty of vacation time/sick days. There is room for advancement as well.,Shifts are 10 hours which can be a lot for 3rd shift. The work can become monotonous after working awhile.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23076,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,Best company I've ever worked for.,You are rewarded for doing a good job. But prepare disappointed if you expect to be praised for mediocrity.,Salaries aren't too competitive but the stock is where the real money is.  Internal tech is slow moving causing constant room for improvement.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23077,amazon,"Robbinsville, NJ"," Sep 21, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Hard work but good pay,"Good pay, benefits, 3 days off when not on mandatory overtime.","Long days, hard work, standing and walking for 10 hours hard on back and feet.",Look outside of the number ie rate and quality percentages and see your employees as human. Try not to go straight for the write ups.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23078,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good team makes all the difference,"Fast growth means that promotions are common and expected. It's a good place to gain a lot of experience, fast, and get rewarded for it. I am lucky to have a great set of managers, who minimize the (inevitable) bureaucracy and look for our best interests. The workload is very manageable, my team works 40--44 hours a week.  The company is in a dense area of Seattle, so it's very convenient to reach work by mass transit.",Telecommuting is not as accepted as I would prefer.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23079,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work but great opportunities,"Bias for action, you'll never be bored if you're doing things right, easy to move within the company to other roles after one year.","Experience may vary widely depending on your team, you have to fight for your work-life balance",Learn to lead people as well as manage numbers.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1529.htm
23080,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,It truly depends on your group.,"The culture is great, people are smart. The customer really is first all the time.","The leveling is inconsistent across groups, there's some BS politics (depending on your group), and you work crazy hours. Also, after year 4, your pay drops dramatically. It's demoralizing managing people who make more than you on their first day on the job.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23081,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, fair wage","Provides great benefits, fair wage, and facilitates a work-life balance.","As a commerce company, expect to work overtime during the last quarter of the year.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23082,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Tier I Shipping,Hardwork means nothing.,The pay is good and benefits are also competitive.,"The associates who work the least seem to become unnoticed. Management do not seem to like the conflict and avoid coaching these individuals so they do not get reported for harrassment. Meanwhile the hardworking folks are still here picking up the slack. while we do not mind, it is so frustrating.","Stay on top of low performance associates, even if their department has no individual rate and then when it is time to coach you have no worries of that individual scheming a threat.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23083,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Not for everyone (not for most),"I previously worked for another tech company and absolutely hated it, working at Amazon has been a considerably better experience as far as work culture goes.","If you're a workaholic you wont mind but there is WAY more work than people to do it and they don't care and just expect it to be done. ""Frugality"" is one of their main strategies but it just comes off as cheap and they don't cover things almost any other large corporation would. So don't expect ANYTHING. Also my entire department is payed poorly in comparison to a lot of the other departments here, so just be aware that depending on what you're applying for you might get screwed over.","Pay reasonably in all departments, not just your software developers.",2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23084,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great company to work for,This company is great at letting you work the best way you can. Hours range from coming in at 7am - 11am and from going home from 4pm to 8pm. Washington is a great place to live.,Amazon can be very busy at times and you may be asked to work late or on weekends. Also being on call sucks and there is a constant on call rotation in this company.,Have more social events between the busy seasons,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23085,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE At Amazon,"It was very laid back and the work was challenging and interesting. Sometimes you had to spend the few extra hours on work, but where do you not? Has a great culture with lots of opportunities for team outings. I was thoroughly surprised at the amount of room there is to grow in aspects of software and hardware development. You own you're projects and are held at a high standard.",Personally there wasn't anything i disagreed with in terms of company values and leadership. Also there was plenty of opportunities for personal growth!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23086,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Control Systems Specialist,"Lots of change...management is a bit chaotic, but they try.","Benefits, bonuses, and time off are great! Wages are mediocre, but the bonuses and overtime go a long way. I get a lot of satisfaction from being able to develop creative projects and try them out in production.","Tasked with solving complex problems with very little budget and time. There tends to be a large degree of finger-pointing instead of learning and moving forward. It seems as though spying, tattling, chopping legs out from underneath co-workers, and crying ""it's not fair"", gets you ahead in this organization.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23087,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2014",Former Employee - Attorney,"Great work, good pay, tough environment","- very interesting work in an entrepreneurial environment - working with smart people, both in legal and business - great resume builder - regularly learning new areas of law","- hard to maintain work-life balance - legal team is very cliquish - ""frugal"" environment (I purchased some of my own office supplies as the ones supplied were very cheap)",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23088,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Amazon Local: Not the place for you,When I started I had wonderful coworkers. The benefits are incredible. The office space is very sleek & startup-like. Lots of vacation time.,"High management turnover. Promotions are purely political. No continued training. Call center vibe. The values of Amazon Local seemed to be very inconsistent with Amazon as a whole. No one cares whether or not you learn or grow, because they'll just replace you with someone greener, and smarter.",Take pride in your hardworking employees and reward them accordingly. Consistently telling people they're replacable breeds a terrible office environment.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23089,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of responsibility and ownership. Lots of hours.,You have autonomy and ownership.of your business. Given a lot of responsibility early on.,Can be a lot of churn without enough direction. Feel like u are reinventing the wheel.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1530.htm
23090,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"A great place to work, but they definitely get their moneys worth.","Amazon offers above average benefits and decent pay for an entry level warehouse job. They give you opportunities to move up, although it takes lots of work and dedication to succeed in advancement. I have met amazing people and have wonderful coworkers. It can be a lot of fun some days.","It is a lot of work. You are on your feet for 10+ hours a shift, monotonous, boring work. It is not for everyone, but some people really do enjoy it. A lot of favoritism from management which can cause a lot of frustration for some employees. The culture can be a lot of dog eat dog, team work is essential in this environment but some people don't partake it and makes the job difficult.","Care about ALL your employees, not just your ""favorites"", give everyone the opportunity they deserve.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23091,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,"Great place to work for people who like to focus on the customer, build things and innovate",The culture and acceptance of all kinds of people as long as they can get the job done,Time goes by so fast,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23092,amazon,"Pasco, WA"," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Training Specialist,Hard work good advancement,Supportive Development focused Changes all the time,Cut throat  they claim there are no sacred cows but you best not challenge that idea,more communication needed and focus more on promoting from within,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23093,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Love, hate, back to love. It's an endless cycle.","Vacation time, personal time, UPT, stock, and being year over year ambassador for my department. Fun place to work most days.","When I first started at Amazon, I loved it. I loved everything about it and then I finally figured out how it really works when it comes to being a regular tier one associate. It's a popularity contest, high school all over again. Management enjoy it when an associate is willing to go above and beyond to kiss their butts. If you are willing to kiss booty then this is the job for you! Doesn't matter how hard you work, or how high your rate can be, it only matters if you can kiss tale. Management changes more often than you can change your underwear. By the time you finally learn the guy's name, he's already moved on and more likely than not, replaced with someone fresh out of college that doesn't have the slightest instinct on how to run a department of 70 or more associates. In the facility that I work at, there's only a handful of women that are part of management and it seems unlikely that a female will ever become a part of it. It's a man's world...literally! There's no communication between the manager and the associate unless it's during stand up at the start of the shift or after lunch. Sometimes I'll go days and only speak to my PA..(process assistant). The GM at my facility is amazing but it isn't efficient to find him every time I need assistance although it is quite effective. So, in basic words, amazon itself is a great company but the management team absolutely blows...unless you're a butt kisser!","Stop playing favorites and start appreciating your associates. Tier one's are the driving force behind amazon. We do the hard labor. Give credit where credit is due, not just to someone who plays the popular card. Teach your managers to listen to legitimate concerns and not to blow people off just because you think they complain. We're all not just numbers, bodies filling slot, some of us actually have plans to make our jobs a career but it's so difficult to move up and we go above and beyond until we get knocked down so many times that we just give up.",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23094,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No where to go.,"Fast paced, fun environment, local",Very political for advancements advancements should be merit based,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to learn - horrible place to build a career,Lots of innovation and smart people. Great place to learn about many aspects of the business.,"Preference is to hire managers externally vs. promoting from within. The incredibly difficult work-life balance takes high performing employees and burns them out until they have nothing left to give with little to no recognition or compensation. Promotions take a really long time and when transferring within teams there is very little chance to be promoted and starting all over again with a new manager within a lateral move, on a new team can take 1-2 years for promotion. Therefore, don't come to Amazon to build your career unless you're willing to put in a minimum of 3 years before being recognized.","Work on developing. You hire the best so try and keep them and not just by giving them restricted stock units, that's a ""dangling carrot"" but by truly investing in their development and success. Promote work-life balance so people who have lives outside of work want to stay longer-term.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23096,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Learn A Lot and Move On,Great pay (base + bonus + equity) Ownership Some autonomy,"Benefits - what benefits?, Managers who have been in the same group for too long, Home grown systems that aren't scalable or sustainable, HORRIBLE Data management system, Frugality as a principle and excuse = frupidity, no career growth, you have to transfer to a new role at your same level and can only be promoted in your existing role, non-documenting culture, attrition is high (avg tenure is less than 2 years excluding growth)","Invest in your systems, especially data warehouse. Work on your hr culture regarding internal transfer policies. Provide opportunities that allow someone to grow their career other than move groups every year.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23097,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Agile, lacking work life balance",Great people who are passionate about the product. Fast-paced and you feel like constantly contributing to product.,"No enough planning for strategic growth. Work life balance suffers as ""firefighters"" are rewarded for heroic efforts.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23098,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Know what you are in fo,"Pay was OK, but share vesting was poor. Good on your CV Lots of smart people","work-life balance did not exist, you are owned by Amazon 24/7 Micro-managing executives Very bureaucratic with most of your time in meetings, sending/reading emails, writing reports and talking about what you should do for customers instead of doing it","Calm down, you burn your employees out and they end up hating the company. Trust the employees more, they interact with the customers more and know more about their needs than you do.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23099,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,The compensation is very good,I have no work life balance,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1531.htm
23100,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good work, great people - but demanding","Good work, really cool minds at work.",It can get demanding at times with oncall and pressure to be on top tier.,"Work environment is very competitve, hardly anything other than results matter. Time to show employee obsession as well - not just customer obsession!",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23101,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,The left hand doesn’t know what the right one does,"- Interesting problems to work on - No red tape, everything is moving fast - First class facilities - Leadership committed to building software - Review process considers input from everyone - Compensation - Being able to make quick impact","- Too much freedom given to middle management – if your boss is not very experienced, your team will suffer - Struggling to implement uniform company culture across the company (it all looks good on paper but not in reality) - Lack of diversity with certain teams attracting mostly Indian IT employees - No life balance caused by poor management and unrealistic workload expectations - Serious growing pains",Hire more experienced management,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23102,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,Amazon,"Opportunities to Learn, Solid benefits, good compensation","Too much ambiguity. Never a clear path, unless you push for a work life balance you won't have one",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23103,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Very Challenging (and rewarding),Lots of opportunity to learn and grow,"Very long and difficult hours during ""peak""/Q4",None,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23104,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Oct 9, 2014",Current Employee - Logistic Specialist,Great,"Amazon discounts, great atmosphere, great customer service, layed back","hours, compensation, acknowledgement, favoritism","they need to worry more about their team about numbers, but over all, they are great to work for",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23105,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Oct 8, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse worker,"The sense of community and teamwork at the warehouse is very good. I enjoyed the amount of physical work at the job, others may not.",Compensation is set compared to retail establishments and set 30% above instead of set to compete with the manufacturing/warehouse sector which is more in line with the quantity of physical labor done and the metrics which must be met in a day at Amazon. Compensation at the start and the compensation achievable in the future doesn't seem to be in line with being a part of a company as successful as Amazon.,"Last year a lot of temporary workers who believed they had made full-time were let go by showing up to work and finding out their badges no longer worked. On a basic level of courtesy, this is unacceptable. More tact should be used in this situation as the ""sense of community and teamwork"" build up over the course of the busy season is harmed. Whether people are converting or not, it changes a positive view of the company to a negative one and would have been much better handled by having one last day where the people who were going to be let go were thanked for their work during the season. Considering many employees are being called back to work this season, leaving experienced workers with a better impression is beneficial for Amazon also.",2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23106,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Seller Support,"Good job, but not for everyone...","Overtime is welcome all year round, free food is offered when there is mandatory overtime, great training, some room to move up.","If you're on a smaller team you're basically the red-headed step child of FBA. Favoritism is big, it makes it hard to be noticed. Don't expect to make life long friends. From my experience it's short lived. Hours can be hard. Overtime is a must for Amazon... all year round, so if you have kids this may not be the job for you. If you was t to keep your job, you better prove yourself. The weak, lazy loud mouths don't last long.","Stop with the favoritism. No one person is better than the other, you keep this up, no one is going to want to work with or for you.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23107,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Great place to work!,"Good salary, great technology, great people.","Frugality is a guiding principle in the company as they see themselves as a retailer, first and foremost. It doesn't have the mindset of a Silicon Valley company regarding perks for employees such as free food.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23108,amazon,"Brooklyn, NY"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,Degree Need Only Apply,"Yes, Amazon Fresh does provide opportunities for Tier One employees, but only if have a degree or are under 25 years old. The pay for warehouse work starts at $12.75 for Tier One, plus benefits for over 30 hours a week. Tier Three pay starts at $18.50.","If you have experience from past employment, Manager, Owner, Annalist etc., and over 40 years old, they will not even consider you for advancement. Most managers, Tier 4 where I work, are under 30 years old, have no manager experience, but all hold degrees in unrelated fields. One a Masters in Economics, Masters in Foreign Studies, Bachelors in Communications... so why are they working in a warehouse...?  Completely unorganized productivity and instructions from the Management... they say one thing one day and change it the next... on and on and on. They take absolute no responsibility for anything. If 4 people check a tote before it is sent to the customer (including 2 managers), and the tote is supposed to contain 7 ounces of deli meat and 7 pounds is sent instead (yes, this really did happen), then all 50 employees are help responsible.  You would be amazed at the amount of 'passing the work' off on someone else, there is here at Amazon Fresh. Every position, from Pickers to Problem Solvers to Managers...all pass a mistake... in the system... off to someone else. For example, my scanner wants me to stow (put an item on a shelf), flour which is in a paper container, just like the flour you can buy in any store. The programmers have categorized flour as Hazmat or a hazard. We stow all products like, bleach, detergents or any thing explosive or dangerous in Hazmat. Flour is also stowed in Hazmat. So the whole wheat flour in the paper container is being stowed in the same bin, next to the smelly detergents and bleach. The flour will absorber the smell of the Hazmat items since they are stowed all in the same bins, within one row.","Hire people with experience to manage the business. Take responsibility for the teaching and instructions you give. Meet with the computer programers daily, to fix the serious problems in the system, that we tell you about. The lack of experienced employes, from Tier One through Tier Four, will destroy Amazon Fresh.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23109,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Place where builders can build,"get to work with smart people, lots of freedom and ideas can be generated from bottom up","not great work life balance, operations load can be high",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1532.htm
23110,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on the team. It was a roller coaster.,"Your coworkers are really smart people. You get to try new ideas, and the company encourages thinking big and outside the box. The stock options are a good reason to work there for a few years.","Turn over and burnout seems very high, with many employees staying only a year (or less). There is no work-life balance. The expectations are very high -- answering emails at 11 pm, on a Saturday, even for the lowest level employees. It was very dog-eat-dog, with extremely high pressure to go above and beyond. I was told ""if you only work 40 hours a week, you'll never get promoted"" from a supervisor. That person was correct, but even 50 isn't a lot of hours there.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23111,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good company to work,Good people to work with. Direct impact to the customers. Both challenges and opportunities.,Below average benefit and longer working hours. Pay is less competitive than before for veteran employees.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23112,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Passionate Frustration,"Compensation was okay, stock options were the proverbial carrot. The fast pace of the operation kept things moving. Ultra casual attire was cool.",High workforce turn over required constant management / evaluation. Work-life balance did not exist in the distribution system. Mandated 20% management turnover created an environment of constant scrutiny. One strike for whatever reason and you better be looking for another option.,"Realize that performance management when done correctly helps create productive, solid employees.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23113,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Loader/Shipping,wow,the benefits are good and you meet a lot of people,the hours are not that great,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23114,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Sep 19, 2014",Current Employee - Tier III Associate,"The expectations are high, but every one makes an effort to see us succeed.","The leadership principles are actually important to the culture of the company, and not just some nonsense written on the wall. Also, Integrity, hard work, and a customer centric attitude are rewarded.","Standardization is the ideal, yet I consistently heard the phrase, ""at my FC we do ""x"" this way..."" from the trainers that came from various FC through out the country. This created a lot of confusion in the first few weeks that our new FC was open.","A heads up on why we are making a change would be nice sometimes. Even if the only reason is, ""hey, I wonder if this will work"". Can be frustrating for an associate who has just learned a task to have to re-learn it, just because some faceless manager said so with out making the advantage of learning a new way clear.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23115,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard-working Job,reputable company in retail or distribution,lots of physical hard work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23116,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, extreme custom obsession, little regard for employee retention","The company is obsessed with customer satisfaction. Bureaucracy is kept to a minimum. The cadence of releases is daunting, but exciting. Initial signing bonuses are lucrative, but subsequent payouts sub-standard. Amazon has its fingers in lots of pies. It's well-positioned to lead in many areas by it's slow, but methodical approach.","Employee attrition rate is horrendous. Less effort would be needed to attract talent if the company placed more effort on retaining people once they got there. The culture is designed around 18-month burnout/departure. The four-year initial compensation package lacks sufficient cash elements (or bonuses) to retain people after the first two years of signing bonuses. Office overcrowding not only is a fire code hazard but detrimental to morale and productivity. Laptops used as primary computers are cheap, underpowered, and unrealistically on a four-year replacement schedule. ""Frugal"" culture is penny wise and often pound foolish.","Invest more in employees. Improve the 401(k), the medical benefits, and provide more cash salary/bonus/merit. People won't stick around in tech for 1% merit raises and basing 30% of your comp package in stock is too much of a gamble. Fix internal systems. 300 MB Exchange mailboxes? No corporate backup tools? (good grief, we own AWS). No remote access except from a corporate-issued computer? Four audio conferencing systems? Outdated SharePoint and Communicator releases? Make employees more productive.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23117,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,It was ok,1) You may be working on really cool projects,"1) You may get stuck with really boring project for long time 2) Many junior devs in some orgs, 3) SDE2 role is too wide (recent new grads who got promoted and people with more than 8 years of industry experience) 4) Really hard to get promotion from SDE2 to SDE3, 5) Cheap hardware, 6) Stock vesting schedule is quite unfair, 7) No cash bonuses for performance, additional stock bonuses no earlier than after 1 year of employment, 8) No free lunches or basic snacks,",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23118,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Mgr,"Innovative company, diverse workforce, great location","imbalanced leadership skills, lack of women in upper mangement",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23119,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 10, 2014","Former Employee - NAFC Workers&#039, Compensation Manager",Great work experience at Amazon.,"Great flexibility in work hours for management, telecommuting options, base salary and opportunities for new innovative ideas.","Some drawbacks are the number of associates assigned to each area manager to supervise (Too many), lack of standard work and protocol in many job areas, very high turnover, and over reliance on technology in some instances.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1533.htm
23120,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Training,"Fast paced, lots of cool stuff to learn, working with smart people.","I have learned, and continue to learn, a lot of exciting, fun, and cutting edge technology. Amazon Web Services is at the forefront of Public Cloud Computing and as such is inventing tomorrow's services and capabilities. Almost everyone I've encountered is willing to share their knowledge and experience. Even though Amazon.com is a company of over 100,000 employees, AWS feels like a startup with high energy, excitement, and buzz.","Although I'm not too adversely affected by this in my particular role (I travel a lot and am not in the office much), I can see that many people struggle with work/life balance. I don't honestly know whether that's a company characteristic or simply due to people wanting to accomplish more than can in a reasonable number of hours per week.","I have just recently learned (here on Glassdoor, and elsewhere) that Amazon employs annual stack ranking of employees. That's beyond appalling. This Jack Welch inspired system makes some sense in the abstract, but the actual requirement for managers to drop the bottom x% (by a necessarily subjective assessment) is a lousy practice.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23121,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Genius & Monkeys,"Bezos is a genius. He invests in new ideas and takes risks, not just for a moment but for years. Long enough to see if a new piece of the business is financially viable and fits with the rest of the company. The company takes a long-term view with its overall direction and performance. Quarterly wall street response to earnings is not driving the management and that's a model all could learn from.","There is zero regard for employee wellbeing or culture. HR is a joke. Outbursts are a norm, and egos drive much of the day to day dynamics. CYA via crazy email volume is a complete waste of resources. People who manage others generally have no training. You might get lucky and get someone who can help you develop but mostly the managers are trying to keep their head above water in grueling work conditions, are floating nicely under the wing of a favoring higher up, are working like crazy to make the next grade level during reviews or are coasting or their next set of stock options to vest.",It's very unlikely AMZN will ever focus on culture or people. But maybe they could learn something from Zappos and the learning and development efforts that have supported their employees.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23122,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Opportunity like nowhere else,"Great place to get things done and grow your resume. You are working with really smart people and have access to a lot of enablers. The culture here enshrines ""bias for action"" which is your license to cut through the red tape when it gets in the way.","Low titles, lack of performance pay. The appearance of frugality is valued beyond its business benefit. This can make you feel less valued regardless of your salary. Stack ranking encourages people to play the system rather than do the right thing. Negotiate hard before you arrive.","The first few performance reviews here are tougher than they should be and lead to attrition. Managers have to play the system to give promotions and money where they can. Because overall Amazon has been so successful, upper management has failed to recognize the cost of this attrition and how much better performance could be without this problem. We are using up our talent pool and our competitors are skilled at playing up the negative aspects of the culture here.",5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23123,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 10, 2014","Former Employee - NAFC Workers&#039, Compensation Manager",Great work experience at Amazon.,"Great flexibility in work hours for management, telecommuting options, base salary and opportunities for new innovative ideas.","Some drawbacks are the number of associates assigned to each area manager to supervise (Too many), lack of standard work and protocol in many job areas, very high turnover, and over reliance on technology in some instances.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23124,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok Gets the bills paid,They give you plenty of time off...PTO and UPT,HR Doesn't know anything so do your own research,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23125,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Abusive,"Pay, results achieved and interpersonal interactions","Hours, poor management, lack of passion from management, no shift differential",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23126,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Chaotic, challenging, often fun","Amazon offers a lot of freedom to try new things, make your own judgment calls, and prove yourself. You can do basically anything, as long as you can prove its worth to the company.","Management isn't well organized - your career at the company is basically defined by how well your management chain likes you (and each other). The flexibility they offer can come at the cost of no limits to the working hours or effort required, and you may find yourself working around the clock just to meet the deadlines.",Use employee turnover and low satisfaction scores to identify problem areas where employees are being overworked or mistreated by their managers. Make the long-term value of employees as important as short-term gain.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23127,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a hard job. But it's not the best job neither.,Pay was good. (Weekly pay unless converted) some nice people. Everybody's busy. Easy jobs to do in the warehouse. Good benefits also.,10 minute breaks. Not everybody is nice. You may get hot occasionally depending on what you're doing. Sometimes the hours can be overwhelming. Too strict.,Better one on one training. Don't be too strict on some employees. Longer breaks.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23128,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Challenging place to work,Opportunity to influence the business.,"Amazon is not one of those companies that promises great work-life balance and then doesn't deliver on that promise. Rather, Amazon makes no promises that you'll any sort of work-life balance. Although this may be a ""con"", at least you know what you're getting into.",Train your managers and leaders. Don't assume that everyone automatically knows how to lead.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23129,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 27, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Great for a while, not a long term career stop",Amazon is a great place to get some good work experience for college grads or transitioning vets.,The work life balance does not make amazon an appealing place to try to have a long term career. Most people start working on an exit strategy within their first year.,Amazon is a forward thinking company in terms of technology. Start being a forward thinking company in terms of employee retention.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1534.htm
23130,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Manager III,"Good to be a customer, but not an employee",* Very competitive compensation * Widely recognized name on the resume * Intelligent employees * Good engineering processes,* Aggressive corporate culture * Poor work-life balance * Mediocre benefits * Cheap coffee and furniture * Not many opportunities to have fun * Too many employees with sponsored H-1B visas,Before it's too late you need to start thinking about the end-game. Because of the bad internal company culture Amazon is a runaway train with no brakes.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23131,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2014",Former Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,"Nice office buildings with decent amenities: free coffee, tea, clean kitchenette with new fridges, dishwashers. They separate landfill, recycling, and compost.","Long hours, little support from management, and a expectation to avoid overtime and cram as much work as possible into a 40 hour working week (even while short-staffed).","Many of us wished management would advocate for better official training, make more forward-thinking hiring and development plans. Many RCs quit due to long hours, short-staffing, and a sense that they were not appreciated and their development was not a serious concern of the managers.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23132,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Not the greatest company to work for, but not the worst either",Good benefits and perks. You don't work with someone watching your every move. high turnover rate so you can move up fast if you stick it out.,"Extremely Labor intensive, starting pay could be better",Be more lenient when it comes to the learning curves. some of the metrics you hold us to take longer than a month to master,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23133,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wild ride on the hamster wheel!,"This company is not going out of business so you have some good job security! You get to work with some great, talented people and have high level opportunites and experiences. What you learn in 1 year is equivelent to a couple years at another company! Benefits are good, leadership can be good if you're lucky. Good potential for training if you're pro-active.","The company is growing so fast they can hardly keep up with themselves. You are working like crazy so the work/life balance is not what it should be and the vibe is ""work more, work harder"" - a real pep rally mentality about how long and much you can work. Come in high with your salary because raises are far and few between.",There's too much work to do so stop micro-managing - it just slows things down. Try and add some humanity to this big machine by trying to care how your employer is really doing and what he might need to do it better. This is what 1:1's should be about - how the employee is NOT how their work is!,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23134,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Lead,If you don't work in CS a great company,Great idealism. Amazing customer service principles. Talk a great game,"Internal customers do not matter. No growth advancement or opportunities. Uses the ""at will"" employment as a threat for at risk employees (I was not one). As a lead you have to ""manage without influence"".",Value and involve the people below you in decisions.,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23135,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 8, 2014",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Customers First at the Expense of Employees,"Smart Coworkers At Amazon you’re going to work with some really bright individuals. Everyone I work with is very intelligent and very hard working. That’s evident by the clock ticking down to 6:00 and seeing all your coworkers typing still at their door desks.  Interesting Work The work you do at Amazon is already quite fun. On the retail side it’s like running your own business. There’s so much to do and you’re never bored with the work. It’s neat to see how everything you do impacts your business and improves it.  Casual Work Environment It's also quite nice that you can go to work in jeans and a t-shirt. Bringing your dog to work is great also, but really it's just a wait to keep you there longer.","Before I go into the cons I’m going to say that this is based upon my personal experience during my 3 positions on the retail side of the company.  No Work Life Balance 60 hour work weeks are normal. Meetings at 5:00 happen and people regularly work past 7:00. It feels like I go to work, get home, work some more, go to sleep, and repeat. On the weekends I get a bit of a break, but I still am required to work as I have certain reports and other tasks that have not yet been automated to complete. Amazon work kills all hope I have of an outside life.  Always on call Even being on vacation doesn’t matter as you’ll receive high priority emails management wants answered right away. Holidays are no exceptions. I was called once at 6:00 AM on a holiday because of a promotion running at a competitor I had to match. I finished all tasks associated with the promotion at about 8:00 PM. I didn’t have a holiday as a result, but customers were able to get a good deal on the retail products I was in charge of.  Single People Preferred Do not expect to see your kids or significant other regularly. If you mention you have to leave early, like 5:00 (which is a normal 8 to 5 day) to pick up your kids or go to a dinner date, expect to be mocked by your boss after you’re gone. I’m regularly late now to almost all after work events because of work that is given and required to be completed after 5:00.  Too Much Work This is great as you’re never bored, but it also means you’ll constantly be working. Lunch normally doesn’t happen as you’re in a meeting during that time, completing something for later deadline, or rushing for a fire drill. It’s basically survival of the fittest here. You will need to automate your tasks or risk drowning in a pile of endless work. There are a lot of improvements needed to be made at Amazon and management wants them done now.  High Bars Once you’ve automated your work and reached your goals, you’ll be asked to surpass that the next year. Eventually your goals will become impossible to achieve. I’ve mentioned this to management and their answers are normally along the lines of “I’m not sure how you’ll be able to improve, but you need to.”  Small Raises I’ve been lucky that I’ve achieved high ratings on my reviews and so my raises have been just above inflation. Even so, they’re laughable. Raises occur only on your base pay and your base pay is relatively a small portion of your compensation.  Golden-handcuffs Amazon entices you with a bonus your first two years and stock every year afterwards. If you leave the company before the end of the year in which you received a bonus you’ll have to pay it back. If you leave during one of the years in which your stock vest it’s like you worked for nothing. My stock is almost equal to my base pay for example. This keeps you working for the company.  Low Base Pay Living off your base pay is also terrible as the cost of living here in Seattle is rising. You’re income on paper will look like you make a decent amount of money, but only because of your stock/bonuses. If you choose not to cash out of it when it vests you’ll be living by meager means as most of your pay will go to rent and other expenses. Having a low base pay also puts you in a different bracket for loans as they don’t consider your grants and bonuses reliable income.  Frugality Only the bus pass is free. Parking is not and parking is expensive. Amazon will reimburse up $160 worth of parking, but at over $25.00 a day it doesn’t go very far. If you can get monthly parking you’ll pay less, but there’s a long wait list. On the bright side most people leave after 2 years so you may get a spot if you stay long enough. There are also no employee perks that I’m aware of, except free coffee and tea in the kitchen.  Performance Improvement Plans PIP is very real at Amazon. A certain number of people in your department every year will be put on it. Essentially the weakest link will be eliminated. If you don’t perform better than someone else you’ll be let go. Politics are very real and active as well. Consider it similar to Game of Thrones. Make sure someone owes you a favor and preferably that’s someone at a higher level.  Promotions Lateral moves are common, promotions are not. Most people rotate after 1-1/2 years. Getting promoted requires laterally moving to a high job level. Once in that level you will need to perform the job better than coworkers doing the same job at the level you’re trying to get promoted to. This accounts to doing a much harder job with more work at a lower wage than everyone else until you’ve proven yourself. You’re also competing with other coworkers at your level and job for the promotion. This works great for the company, but makes you feel like you’re way underpaid for the job you’re doing.  Turnover I’m not sure the exact numbers as Amazon is constantly hiring new people, but it seems high. I’ve seen lots of people leave Amazon that I’ve worked with. The average stay seems to be about 2 years. After that people leave for better opportunities. Consider this place a stepping stone to the next job. Also expect your workload to increase each time someone leaves until they fill that position. You may be moving on before that happens though as Amazon has a really high bar for hiring.","Amazon could be a great place to work. I actually enjoyed working for the company for the first 1-1/2 years. After that I realized things were not going to get better. My work days did not get shorter, only longer. I now feel like all I do is work and am starting to burn out as a result. I could probably deal with most of the other flaws, but I work to live not live to work. I’m counting down the days until my next stock grant and then I’m heading for the door.  I’m not the only one either that thinks like this. Most people will not speak the truth, even if you ask me to my face I’ll lie and say I’m not going anywhere. I’d lie because I know the politics of the place would stab me in the back if I told the truth. Working at Amazon is a job, not a career.  If the stock ever crashes you can also expect a mass exodus of workers as our base pay isn’t comparable to other offers out there.  My advice is to look at my list of cons and figure out a way to fix them. We do the same thing to improve the experience of the customer, why don’t we improve the work life of our employees? How many good people have to leave before Amazon upper management figures this out?",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,64,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23136,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Stressful but worthy,"Able to get your hands on some latest technology. Seattle is a great Seattle, way better than Bay area in my opinion.","Stressful, workload is overwhelming. No cafeteria, no free snacks, only tea bags and coffee.","Get us some cafeterias, or some free snacks!",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23137,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,A nightmare called Amazon Web Services,"Let us start with Amazon first and then with AWS. Amazon has this unique method of hiring. When there is a fire at Amazon and a dire need to hire, you will be immediately called for interviews and the whole interview process is expedited within weeks and you will also get an offer the next day you are interviewed. After applying for 4 years consistently I got my first call and then got called onsite right away and then an offer within 24 hours. I understood they needed a person on board very badly. Because it is Amazon, you will take the offer right away without thinking and plus the offer is so lucrative that you will just take it. Don’t be fooled with the stock options they offer as a part of the hiring package. Ask for more base salary or joining bonus. Average tenure at amazon for an employee is 1.5 years and stock options mature in 3rd and 4th year and hence you don’t see a single penny of it. Amazon pays you high but takes away your personal and family life. It is a place where everyone tries to prove they are right, even at the cost of other colleagues. So it is a rat race, where everyone tries to outsmart other at any cost. In the end people are very exhausted and look for other options. The office politics gets to you if you believe that hard work is the only means to progress in your career. Not many people know that amazon has this unique culture of laying off 10% of the work force every year irrespective of what you put in. So your relationship with your manager and other managers also will matter when it comes to review. Also, at amazon, anyone can write a review about you at any time, which will count towards your final performance review. So you have to watch your back constantly and have to be people smart and also work smart. This is not easy because even if you put in 120% you may not be in the best books with others because you did company’s good and in doing so, you stepped over someone in some way, who will write a review about you and to which you have no visibility to. So what you will see in your review will always be a surprise. If a decision is made to let you go per the 10% lay off rule, then they will give you 100 excuses and reasons of not performing. Except if you join in the last 3 months of the year, you are in for a review. I joined in September and in 15th week of my service, I was told that I am a part of the performance improvement program, which is a sophisticated name for the 10% people, who are walked off on any day the manager wants. The guard comes with a box and takes your tag and computer and you walk with an embarrassment. The culture is so rough that you hardly make any good friends at work because everyone is constantly thinking you are being nice but not sure if you will write a decent review.","Coming to AWS supply chain group. This group is nothing but laid off/struggling workforce of Dell, who have pulled each other into AWS. The whole group is a big mess as people come and leave in few months. Here the work culture is even worst that the amazon retail groups. The team is small, the work is loads, the ups and downs in business are huge because of which planning almost always goes wrong and you never know how that bad planning affects your work and you are made a scape goat of the events that were beyond your control. Someone somewhere is constantly counting the strikes against you and you will see that in your review or some other way when you finally walk off from AWS. The whole company runs on excel sheets with no ERP system that is strong enough to give visibility to people. So there is constant guessing and errors in what you communicate. Even if this is happening, you should be able to prove that you are smart and good at all times. There is a culture of writing a white paper. Any time something goes wrong you write a 1 pager and publish to the group. The management believes in churning papers, which no one really reads in future but you need to write them for proving your point or to cover of the mess that happened for no fault of yours but may be held against you. These papers take your office time and then you have meetings that never end and the work will start after 5.00pm. They actually have hired someone to help you write these papers. Amazon does not believe in ppt but believes in word documents. They are so frugal that they do not have a color printer on every floor. You may have to go 10 floors up or down to get that 1 colored copy. The seating space is so cramped up and they call it high density seating. You can actually touch 3-4 people if you stretch ur hand on both sides. There is a wait list for 2 years for parking in the building. So you eventually take a bus every day. All I would say is it is a big mess in AWS supply chain group. Which company hires and fires people in a period of 1 year, just because someone wrote something against you. The trust and healthy work culture does not exist. You will lose your health and hair in return of wealth that you cannot enjoy. It is not easy to survive in this place if you are not work smart, diplomatic, very fast paced and consistently vigilant to watch your back. Everyone leaves with a bitter taste. It is very common that on a Monday morning, your very next seat colleague is not at his seat because he worked his last on Friday and nobody knew it till he did not show up. Eventually you will learn he was recycled. Above all, there is no severance package and amazon takes every penny of your joining bonus and relocation back even if they lay you off and you did not resign out of your own will. So do not spend that money you get on something you like, because you never know how long you will be at AWS before you are long forgotten because the show must go on and there are lot of qualified people in the world that this company can afford to recycle. I never had experienced and never believed that a company has a culture that can ruin you, but there exists such a company- Amazon","My management changed every month. Had 4 managers in my 10 month service period. Overall advice to the very senior management- though employees are resources, they are humans and not cattle.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,117,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23138,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Sep 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid growning company. Internal pomotional opportunities can be challenging.,There is no shortage of overtime hours if you want them.,It is easier to get a high level position if you are an external candidate then a current employee.,Promote more people from within the current employee pool rather then favoring external candidates,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23139,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,"I left voluntarily (even after being promoted twice) for a new job, thank God!","Safety is obviously important, and while it's appreciated, usually seemed to go overboard in its enforcement. Somewhat flexible with time off (paid and/or unpaid), but beware of running out of your allotment (even if unpaid) = instant termination!","Mind numbing repetitive work, which is simply learned in a few hours of training. No chairs, no sitting anywhere - ever, over long 10 hour shifts on concrete, except of course, for a brief 15 minute morning and afternoon break and a 30 minute lunch (you'll want gel insoles). Most shifts include a weekend day, forget about trying to get one without. Management seems determined to drive away quality people the longer they stay, because the steady inflow of new hires keeps overall wages reduced. Management also seemed detached, impersonal, distanced and insensitive to needs of associates I was promoted twice within nine months and never received a nickel more in pay or perks. Although I averaged between 150% to 200% of expected productivity, any vertical progression seemed limited or unlikely. Most fellow employees were courteous and pleasant, however there were also quite a few social misfits, outcasts and of questionable hygiene, i.e bed bug carriers - no kidding! Be prepared for mandatory overtime, especially during holiday season.","Demonstrate a little more appreciation or recognition for associates that consistently perform above expectations. Reward (even if small) with performance based pay bonus or with additional time off options, anything! The general consensus among my peers (those that lasted over 6 months to a few years), was that our labors were just a disposable commodity, easily replaced with a never ending stream of new hires.",2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1535.htm
23140,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great place to work,"Ownership: Amazon gives employees a lot of ownership over the projects they are working on.  Career growth: There are tons of internal opportunities for growth and you are able to drive you own career trajectory. Compensation and benefits are very competitive.  Work life balance: I heard some of the complaints about work life balance before joining Amazon, but in my time here I have not experienced any issues with work life balance. The work schedule is flexible and I rarely take any work home with me.","Company can be a bit too frugal at times, not a lot of perks. Fortunately the frugality is not reflected in the compensation. I would like to see a better 401(k) match.",Make the 401(k) more competitive to other companies in the industry.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23141,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I loved the work pace,It have a lot of benefits,Getting your work expectation is so hard,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23142,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 27, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon needs to follow its Culture to a T.,"Great benefits, Great pay, Great hours, Fulltime / Parttime hours, discount, wonderful health services","Doesn't work with you on school schedule and promotions, management ignores are questions and concerns until they become mandatory to fix, horrible food options in break room, to worried about meeting the quota and not properly training first.",Stop caring so much about the money and actually focus on quality and safety and the moral of your associates first,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23143,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,I work with awesome people doing what I like to do - and get paid a whole lot to do it,"I get to work on very visible, customer-facing projects that make a difference to thousands of people a day. My management cares about my career growth and work-life balance. I am paid very well.","Many people, including myself, work 10-12 hours per day pretty frequently. On-call shifts are stressful.","Upper management is open to ideas from people at all levels, and they legitimately care about their employees' career growth.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23144,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2014",Former Employee - Stower,Hardest job I've ever worked.,"Amazon offers great health benefits. Work weeks are 4 days. Eating utensils and condiments are free in the break rooms, also multiple microwaves. Rest rooms are always clean. Kiosks throughout the building where employees can check schedules and time off. Amazon will pay majority of tuition in a highly desirable technical field, after working with them for a year. Growth opportunities are offered. Amazon is safety-oriented.","I was a stower and production rate requirements are incredibly high. Trainer didn't inform us of expected rates, only to focus on quality, so I was completely thrown off when the manager confronted me. Amazon doesn't give raises after three years. Bins can be very disorganized which decreases production making it difficult to find ample space. This results in either re-organizing bins or walking around trying to find less cramped ones, especially for large items. Facility is huge which cuts into break/lunch times. After being ""retrained"" I wore myself out and worked harder than I ever have but still couldn't attain quota. My guess is people stow how they want which creates messy bins. I was very sore at the end of each shift although I did lose some weight. Amazon states they're ""customer obsessed"" which is very enticing and probably reflects why employees are expected to work super hard, resulting in high turnover and a pool of new hires constantly. After all, someone is always looking for a job. I wouldn't have applied had I known Amazon's requirements. I found out about a documentary, ""Amazon Rising"" on CNBC after it was too late.","Treat people like people and not robots. Have interviews instead of throwing a group of people into a room for orientation. Let applicants know expectations, which would probably shut Amazon's doors permanently, unfortunately. Ask yourselves, ""If customers knew how employees have to work so hard, would they still buy from Amazon?""",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23145,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,great co to learn interpersonal skills,"horrible management,, full of politics everywhere",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23146,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com,"They have pretty good insurance, variable compensation pay, and restricted stock units.","This place is very political. If you want to move up, its not what you know...its WHO you know",Learn to hire based on technical qualifications.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23147,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The rapid churn of staff should make someone cautious.,Health care package is very good.,Very bad work/life balance.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23148,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Facility Tehnician,Facilities Tech,"Work with a good group of guys, provide tools and has a fairly good shop of equipment. Area managers are good to work for.",Almost no internal advancement. Very few have been promoted from within. Many have tried and been turned down. Reasons haven't been about experience or qualifications but they don't pass internal interview.,"Look to Middleton, Delaware. Keep treating skilled labor this way and may lose good people or worse.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23149,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fun Challenging Team working on innovating with customer input on the retail website,Own your own product from end to end. From design and vision through to technology stack and ownership,Getting the opportunity really depends on what team you land in within the company. Some roles are fantastic some are terrible,Management needs to go beyond and above to ensure that the people they manage are happy. The fact that they are not complaining is not a positive. If they are not singing your praises then something can be improved. Keep a finger on the pulse,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1536.htm
23150,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,luke warm,people are great to work with,how associates are treated over all,get ready ti kiss butt if you want to advance,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23151,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Telephonic interviews,Brand name and good process.Got a strong interview process. Follow ups are great.Competitive salary.Overall experience was good.,Too lengthy process. Interviewers stick to the text book answers. Need an easy process to bring up the candidates who is theoretically week but strong in work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23152,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting place to work,Fast paced environment. Results are seen quickly,On-call can be brutal. Front line management somewhat lacking in people skills,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23153,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Sticks to their consistent culture,"It's easy to be recognized for skills beyond what your job description states, and have them be nurtured. Mobility always seemed like a possibility in any position.","Commitment to frugal culture led to poor working environment. Desks were cheap, supplies were cheap, and very little flexibility for comfort costs.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23154,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Unique corporate culture that either does or doesn't work for you,"Many growth opportunities. Work with some of the brightest and best around. The culture, if you buy into it, has a lot going for it. If you're not onboard with the culture you won't make it.",Can be difficult to keep your head about water. A lot of fast paced projects that change very little in the overall juggernaut of Amazon.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23155,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2014",Former Employee - Accounting Senior Manager,"Lack of competent leaders, no respect for work/life, smart people",Pay with stock is above average Endless challenges People who devote all waking hours to work are rewarded Can bring your dogs SLU is a nice campus Looks good on your résumé,No ability to do other stuff outside of work Hours can be long - 12-14 a day No option to work remotely Director levels are out of touch with teams and have no idea the impact the quality of life for people below them Replacing people who quit can take 6+ months which means managers end up doing analyst work just to get by Very high rates of people leaving due to stress and hours - average tenure is less than 1 year No perks or special employee benefits Promotions are rare if not impossible,Stick to your own leadership principles and realize its poor management at the top that leads to a poorly performing bad morale team,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23156,amazon,"Avenel, NJ"," Sep 9, 2014",Former Employee - Sortation,Great paying job,The pay was amazing and it was just for the agency imagine for the company.,Waking up for the 3rd shift they didn't have any other shift .,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23157,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 9, 2014",Former Employee - Pick,good place,team members are great good communication.,pay way too low for amount of work,PAY MORE,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23158,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - HRA,Working there 1 year was like working there 3.,"Learned a lot. Training was excellent, they seemed to value me.",Lean. Required to do a lot with little assistance. May processes and policies are changing constantly.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23159,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Highly Competitive,"They have a lot of tools for development so you don't have to set up an ad hoc system on your own. After you've worked there a year, you can transfer to another team or division, and they have a lot to choose from.","This place is all about competition, and they will squeeze people out to keep the teams lean, which leads to people on a team not wanting to be supportive. Most people only work ther about a year. Since teams are lean, they are always understaffed. Even if your supervisor says they're looking to hire someone, don't expect it to happen quickly.","You don't need to be totally competitive with your employees. If everyone feels they need to compete with their coworkers to keep from being pushed out, they will take extreme measures. They won't trust their team mates. They won't work to make the company better. They'll just play the system, sabotage team mates, or whatever the feel they need to, regardless of how it hurts the company.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1537.htm
23160,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Bait & Switch - Non-sort Facilities are Rough,"The pay and benefits were nice, and the job itself provided a nice way to stay active.","First, there are two types of facilities: Sort and non-sort. The latter manages large, heavy, and oddball items. What this means for those involved is that heavy lifting is a requirement. During training, an option was given to pick or pack items. What was not told to us was the frequency which an associate is forced to do jobs outside of their job description. Specifically, I refer to the Outbound Dock. Safety seems to be a huge priority for Amazon, yet very little is exercised on the dock. The pace is breakneck and impossible to safely keep up with, especially with the heavier items of a non-sort facility. You will be tasked with filling multiple trailers, and god help you if they all get backed up (like they always do). If you are moderately ok at the job, you will be tasked with it more and more, instead of the job you were hired to do. The only way out of dock work is through a medical exemption - never mind that it is likely the most difficult and dangerous job in the facility. Weekly injury reports indicate that the dock sustains the most injuries, so the nature of the beast is known by the powers that be. Actual shipping companies pay more and conduct dock work in a safer manner. Feels a lot like bait and switch, with associates being taken advantage of. Also, the breaks are a complete joke, given the time it takes to get through the facility. Glad I'm getting out before the 12 hour x 5 day mandatory overtime starts.","Let people do the jobs they were hired to do, learn your associates' talents, hire separate dock associates, stop pretending Amazon is an aspiring startup.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23161,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great experience. Gave me guts to start my own company,"Great culture. If you want to learn without frills, then this is the place to be. The whole organization is very decentralized with lots of room to try & learn. Each team almost works like a start up in itself. Great brand in your resume as well.","Not necessarily the best pay master. If you are looking to have a very chilled work-life, then do not join. The culture is very frugal too - so no free food, extravagant offsites, company interiors, Mac airs, etc.  Also, I've found that there are many senior folks who are pretty dumb and these are mostly hired from outside. Folks who have grown within are amazing, but Amazon has failed where senior folks are plugged in from outside.","Try focusing on growing folks from within. If you do plug-in senior folks from outside - do try to weed them out sooner rather than later. You wouldn't want to have 3rd & 4th layer behave like a Microsoft now, do we?",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23162,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse,People are just a commodity to be used.,Starting pay was good and benefits start immediately.,"The normal shift is 4 ten hour days, however during the busy season that can be increased to 60+ hours--and it is mandatory. There are quotas that must be met. I found that those making quota on a regular basis were not following the rules. When this was pointed out to management,they said they would look into it but nothing changed.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23163,amazon,"DuPont, WA"," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,The benefits are great and they start from day one,"The shifts are ten and a half hours long, the breaks should be at least 20 min because of the distance to breakrooms","Amazon does an amazing job ensuring employees are treated fairly, but I would suggest less micro management",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23164,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2014",Current Employee - BI Engineer,Challenging place to work.,"Colleagues are incredibly smart and driven. This helps you to grow and improve your own abilities, however the downside is an incredibly cutthroat environment.","The continual push to 'raise-the-bar' leads to long days concluding with working from home in the evenings. Incredibly tough place to work if you have family or desire a work/life balance. In fact I have never even heard a manager mention 'work/life balance' as a possibility. Middle management is also incredibly weak. Most managers are promoted because they are good at their specialty, not at creating a environment to get the most out of employees.",Spend more time considering the work environment and how the unofficial stack ranking practices diminishes morale.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23165,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Awesome!!!,There are so many opportunities!!! Very customer oriented with always pursuing new ways to be more efficient with frugality.,Lots of changes all the time in streamlining the processes for customer experience....,Train your upcoming middle managers to be prepared and give them the feedback they deserve (be it positive or negative)...,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23166,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"i probably became a worse engineer while i was here, a better manager, and a much better bureaucrat","internal tech talks are decent, amazon brand on the resume, great view from the office","Depends on the team - some teams have had all their software development abstracted out into poorly written or maintained internal tools, and you're basically a human grease monkey script. Disclaimer: some internal tools are fantastic, others are horrible and create operational issues. Being on-call is basically a way for them to pay you a 40 hour week, but work you 50-80 (depending on the team)","Reward top performing outliers - either don't place them into the ""compensation calculator"", or fix the algorithm. Raise the hiring bar to 75th percentile",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23167,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Treat management like crap. Everything they say they do for safety for associates, they violate for managers.",Bottom line is money. The company handcuffs managers with bonuses that vest every six months.,"This is a very negative culture as far as management. Managers are treated like dirt but hourly associates are to be treated properly. There is no development of managers, rather your manager will yell at you if anything isn't PERFECT. You could part the red sea, and instead of being thanked, you will be yelled at because a small piece of blue tape came off of the floor and you didn't see and fix it before the GM saw it.  The company talks about safety and doesn't allow hourly associates to work 12 hour days because of this. However, managers are expected to work 14 to 16 hour days every day (I have seen 20 hour days at times). There is no concern for a managers well being or personal life. Hourly associates can unionize and managers cannot - could that be the reason? Managers rarely get a moment to even eat a quick lunch. When this is brough up to senior management, the response is that it is OUR FAULT because we aren't managing our time well enough. Huh? Wasn't it you that added so much to our workload that no human could possibly complete? Oh yes, and hundreds of e-mails each day as well. You are expected to not be at your computer, but you are also expected to know everything that is e-mailed within minutes. (Sorry, not psychic) Amazon treats every manager as expendable and has about 50% to 75% management turnover each year from what I have seen. Yes, REALLY!!! At annual review time, 10% of managers are put on a Performance Improvement Plan, regardless of their individual contributions. I have seen managers who were railroaded out and degraded along the way. But the year prior they were the superstar. How did that happen? You better be in that top 90% or you will likely lose your job. Most of the other managers will be told they are doing a crappy job too. Only the top tier which is about 10% will be told they are doing a good job. Nothing like a bunch of negative reinforcement to de-motivate a management team.",Start treating managers like human beings.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23168,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process assistant,"Amazon is a customer centric company, which is always changing. Processes improve, associates have ample opportunity to move around and transfer. They also have the opportunity to be promoted in a short time. Amazon has fair pay with benefits and we are given stocks every year although they vest after 2 years. It's a fast paced environment with rates for each function. Associates are expected to perform multiple tasks, but honestly, there really is nothing difficult about the job. We want our associates to leave the same way they came to work at the end of the day, just a bit more tired. Safety is number one followed by quality. If you enjoy an environment that is constant changing and learning about lean manufacturing, then amazon may be for you. We have a culture that we stand by and 14 leadership principles that flood our floors. I have had some tough times, but if you take the time with this company, it will take you far. Amazon also offers a career choice program that helps associates pay for education. Amazon also has a fantastic mentor program, that allows associates the chance to develop themselves into future leaders.","Benefits were better in years past. Career choice should offer assistance with a BA not just associates degree. Hiring and developing the best doesn't always hold true. Amazon is a good company, but it has its faults just like any other company. I would recommend it.","Spend more time with your associates. They are the ones doing the work and know the processes. I personally feel that being in the ""gemba"" provides insight into the moral of the workers. Communicate changes more and aim to develop not only the top performers, but the one's having trouble.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23169,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard Have fun Make history,"Nice place to work..Very competitive environment...gives a tough competition for growth..enterpreneurial, smart people...good brand...good learning curve",Work life balance...frugality......not enough ..lot of meetings and documentations,Should improve the work life balance of the employees,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1538.htm
23170,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Darwin walks the halls here - you'd think we were curing a major disease,"1. Incredibly smart, driven and dedicated teams, 2. Scope and responsibility like no where else you'll work, 3. Likelihood of having one or more ""Jeff"" meetings is fairly high depending upon the team you join, which is mind-blowing the first time (then it's a slog), 4. Leadership principles are practiced across all aspects of the business (hiring, meetings, talent management), which is more than I can say for other companies that hand-wave at similar tenets once or twice a year during reviews.","1. Pay (they don't tell you the full story when you're hired) and that signing bonus is a scam. The stock plan is designed to insure that you burnout before reaching the bulk of the $$$, 2. Talent is not developed here ... at all, 3. Amazon does fire people - they burn right through you, 4. Leadership has NO backbone despite the leadership principle. No one disagrees with Jeff, 5. At 18-months, I am considered a tenured employee in my org as most have left, 6. I've worked more in the last two years than I did in the previous five combined, including multiple 100-hour weeks and 7am-1am days. Weekends are not off-limits by any means, 7. If you're female, amplify all the above ^n.",Invest in people. Amazon will find the bottom of the talent pool as you cannot sustain a 1.3 years turnover rate with 125K+ employees. The IP is walking right out the door.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23171,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great Opportunity,Challenging opportunity but you have the opportunity to really meet customer expectations. The organization is very focused on the making the customer and their associates happy.,Focus more on meeting the need of your management staff. Many of them work long hours and do not feel that their work is appreciated but that it is expected.,Engage your managers similar to the way you engage the associates.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23172,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2014",Former Employee - Human Resources Associate,You Will Regret Accepting Their Offer,"by far, the best pro is market leading pay. In every segment of their employee population, from fulfillment center employees to corporate drones, they have strong compensation practices...this tops off with you get to the executive level but everywhere, you will do well financially. In their corporate offices, they also have a casual work environment and you will definitely work with smart people.","Pretty much everything else is negative. You will be asked to do the job of three people (at this point, the fat paycheck starts looking paltry compared to the hours you'll work) and the reward at amazon for doing a job well is just more work. people are promoted so quickly into management that there's no training and plenty of people are promoted who lack any management skill whatsoever. the company is also growing at a crazy pace. This can be exciting - it's fun to work somewhere that's in the news and is dynamic but it also puts extraordinary pressure on employees. Don't read these reviews and think that it will be different for you because you're smarter or work harder or faster. Amazon hires smart people who work at a frantic pace and the only reward for hard work is more hard work. The only people who will thrive in this type of environment are people able to draw incredibly firm boundaries between the personal and professional lives...or people who don't have a personal life!",It starts at the top. all the advice in the world is just noise compared to the cultural overtones established by bezos. This company is not going to change.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23173,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Word Hard. Play Hard.,Work with very smart people.,Limited work life balance available to most.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23174,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Analyst,"Enjoy the challenges, opportunities, environment, and people.",It's exciting being part of a fast paced company that loves innovation and lives their values on a daily basis. I feel adequately compensated for my time and efforts and feel rewarded just for being an employee.,With the fast pace comes the occasional extra long days but when things slow down it's not a crime to take a longer lunch or leave early (full-time salaried). Because of the many opportunities people you work with often move up our out of your org and ideas or projects can go unfinished.,"Never lose the business transparency, keep the open door policy, continue to be involved with every member of your team.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23175,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Liked my time there. Smart people around.,Huge work load. Work-life balance is kind of low.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23176,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Customer Obsessed, Disposable Employees","You can learn a great deal about standing up AWS cloud based services, running various random agile dev methodologies, leading young teams of 5-8 devs and shipping software on a very fast basis. The systems for deploying services and the number of services deployed services are amazing. If you negotiate really hard on the way in, you can get almost $160K + a similar amount in monthly signing bonuses and/or stock grant for four years upon accepting. Just wait though, the catches to this Faustian bargain are baked into the culture -- it will get you.","Your odds of getting hired from an interview are about 1 in 10. Nobody ever gets more than $160K to start as that is the salary cap. While the year 1 and 2 signing bonuses can be nearly that much each, years three and four are entirely stock grants, while year five just base salary. The average tenure at Amazon is 12 months -- more than half do not make it to 1 year. Stack ranking (grading on the curve) guarantees purging of the ranks periodically. If you have a live service, you and your team are going to be on-call frequently and will have to carry a pager to you can provide day/night instant support. Most of the people in the South Lake Union offices are professional technical, and very annoyingly politically correct Seattleites with self-righteous liberal attitudes. Some parts of the company have HORRIBLE senior management that practices random public humiliation of attendees. Plus, you will likely be doing weeks long self-abasing ""correction of error"" documents anytime there is a problem with your software services. The Amazon Leadership principles generally seem like sound business practices, but make no mistake, you MUST drink the kool-aid and live every one of them or else. The employee culture is oppressive and soul crushing by design. Probably the worst part of Amazon culture is the unrelenting moral superiority of their practices. They actually believe they are ""all that"" in terms of software methodologies and that their rivals like Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. know nothing about software and can teach them nothing of value -- it verges on insufferable, myopic arrogance.","""Treat your employees like your best customer"", not your idiot disposable minions. This it the missing Amazon leadership principle that will prevent Amazon from retaining talent beyond 12 month.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23177,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Customer focused, innovative, competent, performance oriented.",High expectations translate into long hours,Provide more opportunities for employees to interact in informal ways.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23178,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Constant meetings,Pay is relatively good with great benefits.,Too big of a company. Work life balance is not recommended.,"If management would tell you how well you're doing and encourage you to keep growing, career wise. Providing a little bit of mentorship would be greatly appreciated.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23179,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice intern at amazon.com,"high salary, nice work environment","no food, no snack, no sports areas",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1539.htm
23180,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,My experience with Amazon has been a roller coaster.,"Some of the best things about working for Amazon is the people you work with. Most of the time, they are wonderful and hard working people.",Senior management can be careless about their associates. I've had three bad experiences with HR and Senior management in the past 5 months.,LISTEN to your associates. Don't tell them you will work with and for them and then not follow through completely.,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23181,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,I left the company and I never look back.,You can meet some really bright engineers here. And you can learn some really good design of big projects. Bear in mind not every project is good and not every engineer in AWS is bright.,"Managers have no clue what is going on and they are not interested either. But they are fond of micromanagement. I unfortunately worked for some managers from Microsoft and all they know is comparing levels and hiring from Microsoft. The turn-over rate is so high you hardly find a knowledgable person that are available to help. Also, since many people just abandon the ship half way through their projects, new comers are forced to pick up some dubious and horrible code bases to start with. Plus the operational stuff is a big pain.",Stop being cheap. Frugality is stupid for a tech company.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23182,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,All work and no play.,Good starting salary  Stock that unlocks the more you stay with the company  Top tier company with a great name on your resume  Interesting work.,"Bad work life balance. Being on-call can kill your plans for the weekend. Management spins this as taking ownership of your projects, but really, it's just Amazon being too frugal to hire support engineers.  Depending on the team you join, management can be either a pleasure to deal with, or a complete pain.  Company is stack ranked, which leaves room for co-workers to inflate their accomplishments at the cost of others. You really have to fight for your promotion here, because others will fight for theirs.  Company is very frugal when it comes to basic office resources. Things like dual monitors and quad core desktops are hard to come by, and you're supposed to make do with whatever you have.  Small, if any, salary bumps per yearly review. It doesn't really matter how hard you work at this company, the increase in pay you receive year over year is usually negligible.",Invest more resources into your employees happiness and satisfaction with work. Eliminate the stack ranking that occurs.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23183,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,TECHNICAL ANALYST,"Good compensation, friendly people and work environment.",Lacks employee development opportunities and lack of discipline in management.,Take responsible actions.,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23184,amazon,"West Asheville, NC"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Work From Home Customer Service Representative,A Bunch of Bumbling Idiots,There are absolutely no pros to the Work From Home Position,"When in regard to the Work From Home position, the people at Amazon are unorganized, unprofessional, and seriously lacking in intelligence. The stupidity is just so far over the top that it is difficult to even fathom as to how this could be possible.","You need to higher educated, professional people to run your company. Those who run the Work From Home Customer Service Higher processes are just pitiful.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23185,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Working at Amazon is the exact opposite of being a customer to Amazon,Overall Amazon pays well once you have been there for a few years. They do provide you with a bus pass and I've met some great people there.,"Overall the work life balance is horrible. If you have a family and/or kids, you are looked down on if you leave at a normal hour to be with them. There soft benefits are almost non existent and the way they do their review process makes people put each other down. They only focus on what is wrong and what they don't like about your work. There is no celebrating the wins.",Focus a 1/16 as much on your employees as you do your customers and you MIGHT slow the the employee turnover. There are too many other big companies out there to work for that will treat you as a human.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23186,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Customers first employees last!,Great experience and brand value. Good set of responsibilities with little or no guidance. At management is always in meetings and works less than 40hrs a week while mid management and lower level employees work 60hrs a week.,Management is not willing to invest in team growth. All work and zero play for most part!,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23187,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,It's a big company and a good place to learn.,You have to be on your own.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23188,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Warehouse,"Decent pay, good benefits, and great place to work overall.","Sometimes management can be over the top during peak, but that's everywhere you go.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23189,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Needs to be more personalized,"Big company, can gain valuable experience in developing large distributed system related projects. Open to many chances if you are a work maniac.",Unexpected call-in times with no additional compensation -- they made you agree with it. The culture makes you feel small about yourself.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1540.htm
23190,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 27, 2014",Former Employee - Packer,Packer,Cool place to work at. As a 18yr old I made a lot of money.,There is a lot of drama that reminded me of high school.,Make room for people to move up in.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23191,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,People around me are good.,The technics of colleagues are very high and they are helpful. The whole working environment improved the technics much.,The pressure is a little bit high. The welfare is not good than other equivalent companies.,The leader can be not that push,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23192,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2014","Current Employee - Manager, Vendor Management","Great for learning, hard on work-life balance","One of the best companies in terms of learning opportunities, the quality of your peers, and the overall quality of management and vision.","Total compensation is great, as long as you are willing to take a low base salary and a lot of stock, particularly in management positions. Amazon supplements your base for the first two years with cash bonuses, but after the third year the compensation is base + RSU vests. So if the stock price increases, you make good money. If it goes down, you find yourself making less than market value.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23193,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Its not bad,"friends- you'll meet a bunch of people here. hours- on night shift the hours arent ideal, but on day shift you get off and can have a life.",lack of movement- if you arent Favorited you will not move.,Stop with the favortism.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23194,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great,-Fast paced work culture -New teams have startup atmosphere -Learn new stuff daily,- Oncall pressure - Perks could be better,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23195,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not good for real engineers,They invented cloud computing. It's an amazing opportunity to see how things work.,"This company has been co-opted by HR, sales, and legal types. There is no real engineering happening anymore... just boring navigation of the existing byzantine bureaucracy.","Things that have worked for you when you were smaller are very obviously not scaling. Engineers go months without a desk, office, computer, or any equipment. You have the cash to make your engineers productive... why not make them productive? All of the worrying about licenses, source control, and technicalities in training are a waste of time. Give people the tools they need to be productive.",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23196,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Research Scientist,"Great company, exciting technology and innovation, but not for everyone","There are top notch people in every aspect of computer science and internet business. You can easily find teams with skill sets and expertise you are interested in and you want to learn. Flexible and dynamic organization. Besides technology strength, this company also advocates business senses. Teach you some important stuff for any internet business",Value confrontation therefore causes a lot of churn within team members and among teams. Limited curb and coaching for highly competitive individuals and teams culture. Sometimes this is what higher management want to see.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23197,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2014",Former Employee - Research Scientist II,What I would have talked at an exit interview (if I had one),"Maybe it will look good on your resume. There are a lot of data and you may be able to do an interesting analysis (only if you are patient enough to wait for your query to run, see below). Work-life balance was not bad for me. There are a few smart and honest people.","Almost everything I wanted to say is in this review by another ""research scientist II"" on Aug 11, 2014 (Glassdoor does not allow a link in the review, filter reviews with ""research scientist II""). Noise level is terrible because of overcrowded office with ridiculously noisy SDEs who have no notion that there may be somebody who needs a quiet environment for his work. We don't have access to academic journals and conference papers, and we need to ask people in academia to get a copy, which I believe is against the policy of publishers. 3yr vesting of 401k matching contributions was what I did not know before I left and what I regret the most.  Amazon claims itself to be the world's most costumer-centric company. That in turn implies it does not care much about the employees. Basically, employees are dispensable and replaceable.  Company is not investing enough for its internal infrastructures, because they are not directly connected to customer satisfaction. Databases have much less processing capacity than what is needed, the situation worsened much more since 2013 and it is not a surprise if it takes more than a few hours to run a very simple SQL query. I wonder how people, especially data scientist type of people, do their work with such a poor environment.  Note that work environments for research scientists may be quite different depending on what area you are in. For machine learning and computer vision researchers, the company seems to be relaxing its strict policy on publications. However, on more traditional supply chain area that I was in, nothing seems to be changing, after all, we are probably not doing state-of-the-art research that is worth publishing. We are just coming up with ad-hoc patches for problems, without understanding anything and accumulating any knowledge.  Promotions are rare and it looks tougher for research scientists compared to SDEs. While SDEs have clearer measurements on their work, it is often unclear how to measure the contribution of research scientists' work. Management, which is dominated by MBA-type of people, does not understand the value of long-term research and they are only looking at short-term cost savings, which are often estimated based on dubious calculations using inaccurate financial figures.  There is no career path for research scientists. Internal transfers to other groups should be a good opportunity for employees to grow, but from my experiences, people are generally narrow-minded and reject you when you do not have past experiences in the exact area, even if you have good records of performance reviews. They basically treat you as just another external candidate.  One last thing. My employment was terminated 2 days after I submitted a formal letter of resignation, even though I was requesting to leave one week later. Not only I lost 1 week of income, I also lost health insurance coverage one month earlier, because I would have been covered until the end of month if I quitted in the beginning of the month as I planned, but they have ""fired"" me in the end of previous month and the insurance was terminated at the same time. I didn't even have an exit interview. I couldn't believe how badly the company treats me after more than 2 years of service. Beware, because this can happen to a person like me, who was performing well enough to get promoted just several months ago. This whole thing illustrates how the company disregards its employees.","I just copy a sentence from the aforementioned review: ""Employees are stakeholders, too -- investing in them should payoff."" Think more about the satisfaction of current employees. Get more organized about the strategy and avoid duplicate efforts in the same organization.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,35,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23198,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great Learning and a big ownership,"Great Learning and a big ownership - very cross-functional experience, working for a company that is long term focused, very ambitious and puts customer first, very strong culture","Very intense, not big on formal training (you are expected to learn on the job), most people find work-life balance getting skewed in favor of work, strong culture means you either fit in or would not survive for long","Provide more BI support to business teams, have a process to check the managers who only manage upward",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23199,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Overall I've had a great experience.,"Training is offered in many roles as an associate. One can decide which role they would like to obtain. If desired after a year of employment amazon will pay 95% of tuition up to 3,000 a year. The benefits are very good,especially their insurance, 401K, discounts, and the people are always positive.","I would say the biggest downfall is communication within the company. Change is constant. Some say the ""rate"" of production is unreasonable, I find it easy to obtain if someone is willing to just do their job. Core values are not implemented on the floor.","Need to spend more time with employees engaging their issues instead of advising them they will follow , which they do not. Personal growth is only utilized if you have a bachelors degree, which holds a lot of potential behind. Overall Amazon is a great place to work, I just wish the advancement opporutunities didn't end at entry level management without a 4 year degree",5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1541.htm
23200,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intentionally Hires Below Your Qualifications,"Casual Dress Coworkers were great people Competitive pay for the area, however the area paid very little","Pay only covered the bills, it was working to survive not thrive. Any bonus was difficult to achieve and even after you don't see it until the end of the quarter (3 months before bonus pays out) Stocks are limited and most don't make it to vesting No upward mobility unless you're ok to do seasonal promotions annually without any permanent roles. Hiring has become desperate and they don't drug test. Employees were literally caught shooting up in the bathroom. If they drug tested they'd have few employees. Phone customer service is the most stressful job I've EVER had, I wouldn't recommend it. The company intentionally under hires. What I mean is that in the same team people had G.E.D.s and PHDs seriously. You're promised a lot if promotion potential but the atmosphere is far too competitive, your managers love you, but someone else has been with the company 10 years so they get the job. (Often they're less qualified). The company takes a lot of big risks without research. New products or services launch without long term plans or answers to common questions. My business degree leaves me concerned the company could fail with a poorly planned launch. The company seems to feel too big to fail.","It's corporate that I feel needs work, management were good people just following mandates from above. Consider your employees, when I started they told us making employees happy helped us make customers happy. This principal has disappeared entirely. We weren't people just a body in a chair answering the phone.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23201,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2014",Former Employee - Work-From-Home Seasonal Part-Time Customer Service Associate,Work-From-Home -- It's Not What You Think,"Home office, no commute, paid full-time training.","Barely above minimum-wage pay, and the company also seems to value negative behavioral reinforcement towards employees (rather than positive), cynicism, and self-serving ideals. They are very much for-profit rather than people driven, despite their ""treat the customer like a friend,"" customer-centric processes. There was a lot of behind-the-scenes customer bashing by the management that was disturbing to me at the forefront. In training, frequent loss-of-job threats involving late completion of training materials were sent out globally, regardless if they were applicable or not. The training process itself was based on a ""survival of the fittest"" premise , and there was little mercy for the fallen.","Positive reinforcement solves more problems than negative, especially when dealing with problematic employees. This environment was toxic for me. Though I had no issues there, the assumption that every worker must be a villain was a huge deterrent, and final dealbreaker, for me.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23202,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,easy work but really boring,"sort center is really easy, no one is on your as unless you don't meet rate, mgr listens but is responsible for too much, very busy","repetitive and boring, not many different things to do. probably 4 different positions in whole warehouse",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23203,amazon,"Cayce, SC"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Sometimes the pay is not worth the stress.,For the job duties the compensation is satisfactory.,"leadership, work-life balance, managers dont always listen to new ideas that associates have.",Communicate more with associates and listen to ideas.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23204,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 23, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Great company with many opportunities if you're willing to put in the work.,"Great company, plenty of opportunities, fun work environment, easy job, competitive pay, good personal growth, ample time-off policies, promotions come bi-annualy.","Company is very strict on safety, can be easy to get lost in the pack when it's time for promotions, raises aren't all that much unless you have been with the company for some time. takes time to get noticed unless you are very driven.",Need to spend more time developing employees and working on promoting from within.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23205,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It's warehouse work...,"Time off is excellent, with opportunities for leaves of absence, paid time off, and unpaid time off. Pay, for the entry-level warehouse positions, stays about 30% above what area retailers provide, and benefits are good. They include a technical-focused tuition assistance program, company discounts, and stock options.  In addition, the company has an open-door policy concerning management, and works hard to provide multiple avenues of communication for their employees.","Many jobs are highly repetitive, making injuries possible. You work ten- and twelve-hour shifts, and some placements in the warehouse involve walking 17 or miles, daily, on concrete. Overtime is often mandatory, you will work up to 60 hours a week.  Expect to be saturated with metrics. In some departments, your every move is tracked, and ""time off task,"" which could simply arise from difficulty finding an item or failing to walk quickly enough, results in disciplinary measures.  As with anywhere, depending on the department and on your managers, expect to deal with favoritism and unequal expectations.","-- Continue keeping your open-door policy and lanes of communication. They're great. -- Hire actual physical therapists to design stretching routines. Current routines are not medically sound. -- Create better systems for training new hires, who are currently basically thrown into the fray and expected to swim.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23206,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never-ending work with little or no opportunity to advance.,"This was not an unpleasant company to work for. I was there for 8 years so something must have been good about it. The office culture was mostly great as you were encouraged to be casual, bring your dog to work, and interact with other employees, both on your team and on other teams. I did enjoy that. With the right manager, personal growth was a priority so that was a benefit.","On the other hand, I found myself constantly working. With the company proudly touting the word ""Frugal"" as the most important leadership principle, you can get the idea of what it was like. They give everyone a company laptop and silently encourage you to work from home after putting in a full day at the office. Well, maybe not so silently since many times meetings were with other teams in India or Japan or China making calls at odd hours of the day in Seattle.  Pay scale was kinda strange. Being there as long as I was I would have expected higher base pay but that wasn't the case. Everyone around me who did reveal their salary to me was making more even for similar work with shorter time at the company. I did have greater stock awards then they did but even with selling those, my annual take home was much less.  Amazon has this long list of leadership principles which, to most people, really make very little sense. It all sounds great on paper but applying to real life and real work situations it's almost impossible. Yes these principles show up everywhere especially in the lengthy annual performance reviews where you're asked to evaluate yourself, your manager and any peer reviews that requested based on these concepts.",Get some consistency in your responses to situations and employees. Stop treating SDE and other developers like they matter more. There are other ways to innovate that don't involve computer code. Throw some support in that direction once in a while and stop treating the non-technical employees as disposable.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23207,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Intelligent, motivated coworkers in a fast-paced environment with constantly-shifting goals.","Your coworkers are generally motivated, capable people. Compensation is reasonable, given cost-of-living in the Seattle area. Lots of good places to eat in South Lake Union.","Emphasis on quantity over quality, in spite of the Amazon Leadership Principles. Engineers are second-class citizens in some divisions where business people rule the roost. Long hours. Lots of internal bureaucracy. Strong case of NIH syndrome. High employee turnover. No company shuttles to the Eastside (Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Issaquah, ...).",Empower engineers to do their jobs well. Do a better job at creating requirements and strategies and sticking to them.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23208,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Aug 19, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Hard work but worth it,You can get medical coverage in 30 days. its high deductible but amazon pays 100 percent for you. great pay and overnight gets even more. no experience needed. Quick hire on and great training. they are very safety oriented and have on site medical care if you need something or don't feel well during your shift.,This job is very physically intensive. The shifts are 10 hours long and 12 hours during peak (November to December) holiday. even with these long shift times you only get 30 mins for lunch and two 15 minute breaks. the break times start when you finish your last task till you start your next so you only really get 7-10 mins for your breaks depending on how long it takes you to get to the break room.,longer lunches and let us sit down if a department has a shut down.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23209,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good company,leadership compensation perks and time-off policies,promotions transing and company values,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1542.htm
23210,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier l Associate,"The pros at amazon are the benefits, stock, and 401k.",Non stop labor for 10 hours straight.,Give opportunities to those who actually exceed work expectations and not those who are just constantly kissing major butt.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23211,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,Great experience for a fresh MBA grad,"Getting promoted is very difficult, management doesn't plan for employees career path",Employee engagement,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23212,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Unique place to work and can teach you good leadership values,"Leadership principles in Amazon makes it still work like a start-up by developing leaders in the small teams to own their systems and products. Each development team works like its own start-up, each day the developers are encouraged to think big and show ownership. Being vocally self critical is highly encouraged and it makes the teams openly identify areas to improve and act upon them. Most people are smart and have their own core strengths. The people who stay long are generally seasoned leaders even though they are individual contributors, they look out for mentoring and developing the best. The experience gained working at Amazon is valuable. It can be applied at any other start-up/other big/established company which works similar to a start-up effectively.",Lots of type A personalities with strong opinions and ideas. If you are able to deal with such members in a team its an advantage. Promotions are hard and can be cut throat. Recognition to the work you have done in terms of getting up the ladder can be challenging. Everyone is smart and hard working which will make it hard to get recognized.,Promoting from within can help with the retention instead of hiring senior positions from outside the company.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23213,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Constant change which offers opportunity and challenges,"Exciting new products putting them into new categories, always looking for new people, you get to work with some great people.","There is never enough time to accomplish all management wants. Very focused on metrics, yet often do not look at what the metrics measure. Very little guidance for career path, often favor an outside candidate over an internal one.",The high degree of internal secrecy makes planning for anything beyond a month or two nearly impossible. For a company that claims to think long-term they are surprisingly focused on the short-term in evaluating employees.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23214,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good experience in general,Salary is good and get stokcs vests over first 4 years. Very challeging nad will push you to your limits and beyond. But good experience with Amazon. You are empowered ot have a direct impact on customers and hte business.,"No work life balance. It might not be the good place if you are planning to stay long. It's a ""sink or swim"" environment.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23215,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Aug 16, 2014",Current Employee - Picker,Okay,"Great work, good people, great pay",Can get overwhelming and busy,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23216,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is a good place to work,You get to work on your own project.,Benefits are not very good.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23217,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2014",Former Employee - Social Media,They won´t retain talent,- Their tough culture will make you strong - You will get a lot of offers after this experience,- No team culture - No perks - Bad management,Focus,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23218,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Sep 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Expect much AT ALL! Don't work here if you care about yourself.,"-Pay and benefits are decent.  -No real dress code (jeans, t shirts, tattoo's etc etc are ok.)  -Climate controlled warehouse.","-Security checks are absolutely insane and take FOREVER. The first day they didn't tell us not to wear belts or carry anything in our pockets. I had to dump out my wallet, belt, wedding band, lunchbox, change and lint, ha. I even then set off the metal detector. They sent me to secondary search and were RUDE AS COULD BE. They used the wand and found nothing and then proceeded to make me unpack my lunch and unwrap everything and said ""tin foil"" set the alarm off, yet it wasn't even on my person. GO FIGURE.  -You might as well forget about so called ""breaks"". It takes about 5mins or more depending on where you're at in the warehouse to walk to the main break room. two 15's and a thirty min lunch equal about 20-25mins all together after walking and going through security.  -No phones are allowed, yet some associates of the power to carry theirs. I understand HR and Supervisors having this authority but, they need to make it ONE WAY or THE OTHER!  -Management and HR could care less about opinions or your workload. Favoritism is KEY with them.  -Forget using the restroom if you're a picker because your quota will be WAY low. You're supposed to pick 1000+ items a day. Keep in mind this warehouse is over a MILLION SQ FT! Some of the ""picks"" you have to make are on the top shelf which is around 7ft. If theres no ladder or a taller person around you, you might as well just move on to the next pick, because you cant reach it.  -Horrible communication with other staff. CUT THROAT mentality.  -Also, you can forget about career advancement... UNLESS, you're in good with higher up people and kiss butt.  -Everyone seems to be in a crap mood, constantly. Emotionally and Physically draining place to work.","Do your job. Don't mosey around and just on look at your staff.  Quit playing favorites.  Be willing to listen and help your staff.  Quit taking your staff for granted, even if they cant produce the insane quota.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23219,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The worst,Dont do it they tell u anything to get you in the door,The pay sucks i make more working in a resaurant,Give out praise,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1543.htm
23220,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2014","Former Employee - Manager, Senior Vendor Management",Do Your Homework - Don't make the same mistake,Will get you e-commerce on the resume if that's what you are after. Experience will hold weight elsewhere. Seattle has it's benefits other than weather.,"To be transparent - I was an experienced hire, left a decent job for promises of greener pastures and financial rewards, and have an MBA from a top 5 school. I didn't last long. Biggest mistake of my life. Here is what you need to know: (1) call it what you want, but if you are on the retail side, you are a buyer at a retailer - and one of many buyers. You're not taking on the worlds problems and conquering. You'll be a data junkie and moonlight learning programming code and systems language. (2) vast majority of people at this place are miserable. The ones who are not? Those individuals who've made smarter decisions than you, been there for 7+ years, and are millionaires with all their stock rewards. While they may not necessarily be happy, they can get motivated solely based upon financial ramifications and the fact they've found a place where being adversarial is encouraged. If you are looking for higher purpose at your place of employment, you really want to look elsewhere. (3) The culture is awful. It's an adversarial culture and encouraged/rewarded. People talk about all the hours they are working as if it's some kind of badge of honor. As if their impressing you or in some kind of unsustainable competition. While at work, people have their headphones on and nose in their computers. Don't look for friends or interaction - the place is littered with the socially awkward, incredibly smart people you've encountered in your journey through life. They've just found solace that there's a company full of like-people. I asked someone who reported to me how their kids were and what they did on the weekend, and they said ""nobody's ever asked me that here before."" Sad. I could go on, but you should get it. Talk to people who are there and certainly talk to those who left to get a real picture of life here. Don't repeat a mistake you don't have to. It's not what you're hoping it is. There was an article written about Jeff Bezos and the Amazon culture in winter of 2013 - find it, read it, and know it's spot on. I think it was from yahoo business, business week, forbes - one of those.",Management really isn't going to care what I say here.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,43,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23221,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Collator,its a job,Good benefits. some people are awesome to work with.,No upward movement from a T3 position,The right person for a position is not always your friends.,3.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23222,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 28, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Good Company - Good Benefits,Many schedules to work from. Good benfits in monthly profit sharing.,High turnover - managemnt is always in reactive mode. Burn -n- churn management,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23223,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a very fast paced working environment.,"Its a company with a great reputation, known worldwide, fulfillment centers all over the world.",It's a constant battle between the management team and the associates. The management team tries to appear as though they are doing everything possible to make the associates work life as good as possible but then turn around and treat them poorly. The associates are given something out of the ordinary and then they want the world/MORE!. It's a no win situation either way. Constant battle back and forth. Draining.,"I think the leadership team should get more extensive training on how to work the most effectively in this type of environment. The leadership team acted like adolescents at times by talking behind each other’s backs, relaying private conversations with associates to others, etc. The HR team was probably the most pathetic group of individuals that I have ever worked with in my past 30 years. They were useless and totally unprofessional. They lacked morals and acted unethically numerous times. The other centers in the node constantly commented on how terrible they were to work with. Embarrassing really.",4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23224,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced,"Pay, Experience, Smart people to work with, Personal time, Benefits",-Things change too fast -Fast turn over rate for managers -Not enough paid holidays,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23225,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Fast-paced, autonomous environment that allows you to work in casual attire.",Work can be intense and demanding with long hours.,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23226,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Visual Designer,Amazon's great....design not so much,"Amazon is a great company, very supportive and the overall work/life balance is good.","Sometimes with looming deadlines, your hours get pretty long, but the company compensates well for it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23227,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources,Choose career or family life,"Growing company. Cutting-edge. Creating jobs for thousands across the US and globally. Opportunities to relocate (manager and hourly associates). You have a change to make a difference in the actually business - have an idea, try it out. You learn you are able to stretch and accomplish more than you probably thought possible.","Essentially, you have to choose between having a career or family/personal life. Unless you have a very understanding stay-at-home spouse, it's hard to maintain a household. Work hours are consistently 12-hours as a norm (even non-peak). Very fast-paced with high expectations which is not a bad thing except when the expectations become unreasonable to achieve. Unless you want a career in the fulfillment center environment, you will have to move to Seattle for almost any other ""corporate"" position. Despite the many additional locations throughout the US, corporate function job opportunities have not grown and expanded as well. Base salaries are low because stock is offered. Stock is nice, but not a guarantee although it is a major portion of the total compensation package.","Stop saying you care about all associates having a work life balance when your practices do not show the same. Frugality is understandable, but you need to provide the resources (team) needed to effectively manage business functions. Running lean only burns out the associate left responsible with no help.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23228,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - FC Worker,It's what you make it.,"Benefits are great. Looks great on your resume. Various types of experience in one place from clerical, IT, managerial, H.R, engineering, warehouse, etc.",Being heard. Moving up in growth. Implementing what Amazon standard are all around. More people are making up their own rules than the rules that are in place to ensure it's a successful work environment.,Listen more to your employees. Figure out how to get everyone working and happy. Be fair & honest above all else.,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23229,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Director,OK experience at Amazon... very unstructured and political environment.,Cool to be part of a growing and young company,Management environment is very difficult. Not a pleasant experience. Experienced managers have very dictatorial style that sucks creativity and fun out of the work experience.,Empower the people that you hire.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1544.htm
23230,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Aug 22, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Business Manager,Amazonian,Love the company and love the people,Too bad I'm not a man,Elevate more women,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23231,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Aug 9, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,If you stay you might not have a real life ever again,"There are daily quota to meet in any warehouse position, if you are among the top in the warehouse you are noticed. They also offer a one time bonus to seek another career if you are not happy there.","20-25 miles a day of walking within your 10 hour shift if you are on target for over the daily quota, this can get to your knees eventually.","Keep up the good work, I never seen Management so well as the one mentioned here, the managers are out there to look out for the Tier I's and are always taking advices for improvement.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23232,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,be prepared,"HR department does a tremendous job in selling Amazon (friendliness, perks, ""chance for growth within""). Good place for college students before graduation.",Training material is not thorough and is not timely given to employees. Lots of waste in fulfillment causing frustration. Working conditions good be improved. Extremely slow in advancing employees.,"Need to revamp many processes and adapt ""lean"" business principles.",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23233,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,I lost a lot of weight working at the warehouse for Amazon. Their open door policy makes it easy for you to talk to management.,The work is very repetitive. Do not look at the clock if you want to survive 10-12 hour days.,Listen to lower level employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23234,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 11, 2014",Former Employee - FC Associate,it was a fun atmosphere and they like to teach you as much as possible so they can throw you in every department.,"co workers tend to be pretty decent people. well organized company, good for people who like to work hard or who are competitive and the benifits and time off are pretty good. its great to get to learn the ins and outs of any department you want and decent possibility of moving up.","pay kinda sucks, they say there is an open door policy but most people feel like they are heard not listened to. if your not good at picking up things fast expect not to last or to want to last. and if your not in semi decent shape i can see how the goals might be stressful. but to fit hard working people job is cake.",learn to listen.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23235,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon will be the Next Cisco,Pay and benefiis are excellent,"They expect 60+ hours a week. Hiring all MBAs and severly overpaying them. They lack people skills. Sr management does not want to listen. Band aid today and fix tomorrow later. Go, go, go. Engage your asociates and make the feel imporatnt... then hammer them when they don't perform.",Listen more and be open to reality. Everything that comes from seattle doesn't work.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23236,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good Company,"Better than average hourly rates, work/life balance depends on you, a most bodacious experience, always maintain a positive attitude.",It really is hard work. You are expected to perform within certain parameters which are not unreal expectations.,Remain positive and proactive for your employees. Remember THEY make YOU look good.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23237,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Not great, but not terrible either.","Pay is some of the best in the industry for a new grad, up there with Google and MS. Benefits are decent.  Most teams work normal 40-hour weeks, unless you get unlucky enough to get put on a team with an insane workload or on-call rotation.","The culture hates developers and treats them like second-class citizens. Due to Jeff Bezos's obsession with miserliness (which he mistakenly calls ""frugality"") you will be given one standard monitor, one slow desktop, and one slow laptop with not enough RAM. If you want anything else, take it from an intern's desk after he/she leaves, or buy it yourself.  In the same vein, funding to fix ""developer pain"" issues is non-existent. Could everyone's job satisfaction or productivity be vastly improved by having a few developers work on environment, tooling, or build system issues? Doesn't matter! You can either voluntarily spend your free time working on it, or do without. Actually lots of business-critical internal tooling is maintained this way, by ""volunteers"". Be prepared for tools you use every day to fall over when whatever random guy maintains them leaves the company! Management doesn't care. All hail ""frugality""!  Your manager will probably technically be a former engineer. But teams are informally run by business people here, not engineers. They love to strong-arm engineering managers into committing to dates for project launches without spending an appropriate amount of time investigating and scoping out the work.  Oh, and the main reason projects take so long is because given a choice between spending two months on doing something correctly, and one month on some horrible hack that makes it kinda work but convolutes your entire architecture, guess what the non-technical people who run your org will pick EVERY time... It's gotten to the point that we have business code no one understands or is willing to touch, simply by ""death by a thousand cuts"" with no time ever allocated for refactoring.  Don't even get me started on the space... I hope for your sake that you get put in one of the new buildings that are ""only"" normal high-density seating, not Amazon high-density seating. Otherwise, your work environment will sound like a high school cafeteria and be about as productive.","Give engineers what they want! You have a tech employees' survey, actually listen to it, even if it would cost you a bit more money. Giving programmers nice tools and offices would already go a long way towards happiness, and cost you barely anything as a percentage of salary.",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23238,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Sr. Manager,Great culture and ownership and responsibilities,Work life balance was challenging at times,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23239,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Too much for so little,Money and extra hours,They work you like crazy and they hire anyone. Too much drama going on in there.,Do background checks please!,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1545.htm
23240,amazon,"Culver City, CA"," Aug 4, 2014",Former Employee - Sanitation Engineer,it was amazon!,"Lots of exercise. great parking lots, wonderfull people, and food, and stuff to see. Soooo much inventory - my gosh! But not alphabetized very well - to many things misplaced. And the buildings are HUGE!! Too easy to get lost in - they should use a staff paging system.",Saw so much stuff to buy! couldn't afford it all! :-( they should pay more so their employees could buy more - they get more biz that way and make more money!,keep up the good work. stock some personal jet packs. Get bigger drones - to ride on :-),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23241,amazon,"New York, NY"," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - On Figure Fashion Photographer,On-figure fashion photographer in the New York City new studio.,Very friendly atmosphere with great opportunities to learn and grow within the company. Management very courteous and professional.,Competition between employes can be high sometimes.,Improve share of information between colleagues.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23242,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,A lot of responsibility Great bran on your resume You will learn a lot Entrepreneurial Higher base (post MBA),"Individualistic Caotic Aggressive Company does not even pretend to care about employees. Employees and vendors are meaningless to them Teamwork, collaboration and nice are words you will never hear at Amazon Company will say something to you (ie we will sponsor your green card after 6 months) and then change its mind telling you you need to work a little harder/longer for it",Employees matter. Saying thanks or training your people is not a sign of weakness,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23243,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Instock Manager,"Fast paced, great people","Smart people, growing business.",Expected to support leadership unconditionally. High turnover.,Need better developed HR department.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23244,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Supervisor,Amazon is the pinnacle of innovation.,"The pay versus work load is satisfactory. The company HR Dept. constantly ""looks"" out and keeps an open door policy for all of its employee including those staffed in. There was never a concern for my safety due to Amazon.com's thorough training and safety guidelines.","Amazon offers a ""good"" benefit plan not the best by no means. The work to life balance is strictly based on how much you want to go home, because if you have the PTO then you can leave at anytime without any problems, but if you are looking for overtime then this is place to work.","I absolutely loved the management, they all did a wonderful job.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23245,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com,Good place to work overall. A lot of very smart people who come from very diverse backgrounds.,Generally work a lot of very long hours. Praise for doing a good job can be few and far between.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23246,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Don't Quit any job to go to work there,Good Pay (that's it!!!!),"- Horrible Work Life Balance  - Sr. Managers must enjoy being sadistic (and are rewarded for it)... I was told to continuously ask a manager a question that they needed their computer to see the most up to date answer. I was to ask when they were away from their computer, just to get them to run back to their computer. And my Sr. Manager would actually rub their hands together and laugh.  - If you are a woman, you will probably be targeted as weak. Even if you are assertive or aggressive, they will tell you that you aren't treating your employees well. Eventually, in an effort for male co-workers to save their butts, they will probably target and gang up you.  - If you are an African American female, you will probably be targeted to be fired.  - You can work all the hours they ask, do everything they ask you to do, but if you aren't part of the ""in"" group with Sr. Managers, you will be targeted for termination. Your results will NOT matter.  - They will fire you and ask you to pay back a proportion of sign-on bonus and relocation... So be careful. They will tell you that it is longer, but the truth is the manager life-span at a distribution center averages less than 18 months.  - If you work at a non-sort as a manager, you will work 6-7 days a week. Almost every week.  - You have to do busy work, and busy projects even if they don't contribute to improvements. Even if you have to come in on your day's off to do them. For example, we moved a work station back and forth 4 times in one month. Just to say we have been working on a Just Do It project that two Sr. Managers couldn't agree on.  - HR keeps a running list of anything wrong that you do so that they can ensure you can be fired at any time.  - You are told to try new things and not be afraid of mistakes. Then it will show up on your performance review as a complete negative, not as a trial.  - The 14 leadership principles in many ways are ideals and daggers. Whatever assignment, task, or work you are doing, one person can say you are ideally exhibiting a leadership principle while someone else can say for that same action that you are doing poorly with principle. Therefore, you can get a performance review written as very good or as very bad for the same actions. They are used to ensure they can elevate or terminate at any time.","Where Sr. Manager's feel that they are using competition and out of reach goals to get the very most out of their managers... They end up with employee's that are more concerned about covering their butts than getting results. If you read your own Annual Report: If We Do Not Successfully Optimize and Operate Our Fulfillment Centers, Our Business Could Be Harmed... That's what it says, but you don't optimize nor engage your hourly employees. You don't take the time to really achieve results, you implement and change and never wait to measure if it was the right change. Just insist on Bias For Action.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23247,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Work hard and Play hard - no joke,"This is a fast moving company that allows you to think big and run with it if your ideas are sound, and can make a difference. There is plenty of support to grow and you are encouraged to work on projects and in areas that excite you.",There is no such thing as work life balance for most departments here. This is a 24/7 business and the delivering the best customer experience is demanding.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23248,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Picker,"HIGH turnover, Some OT and maybe some unpaid voluntary time off",You get to meet people who are from most age groups. If you can stay long enough you can try most anything at your skill level or lower. Pay is ok,Did I say High turnover? I'd say that 50 percent of all new hires leave after 30 days or less. The performance rate they want is hard to achieve considering the work flows they put on you are challenging at best. They WILL terminate you for not meeting rate. You might stay with one manager for about 6 months then either they promote move or leave.,Listen to what your employees say about the atmosphere of the company,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23249,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Dissatisfying,None I can think of.,No perks at all. Very very frugal till the point of affecting employee productivity. Promotions are not based on how well you perform but based on how other PERCEIVE your leadership abilities. No actual deliverables taken into account.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1546.htm
23250,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Manager-III Quality,Good money but employe doesn't care for you.,1. Stocks 2. Interesting Challenges 3. Very smart people,1. Work life balance 2. Very Dev focussed environment so QA is always a support role 3. Benefits are very average,1. Sr. management is ruthless and need to respect engineers 2. Please look at the attrition metric and do something about it,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23251,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Its aight,They pay good and you can get bonuses. Plenty of overtime when busy. You have a lot of room to advance.,"Tiring, you get dusty and managers have favorites and act unfair about certain things.",Be more fair to employees. Pay more money to good employees.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23252,amazon,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Future,"great benifits, nice co-workers, like a second family",lack leadership in the management,compensation,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23253,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Very helpful, growth-oriented company","I am surrounded by great leaders and great co-workers. Everyone is smart, friendly and helpful which makes for a sales-organization pretty much unlike any other I've worked for.","Amazon is not a sales org. Which is not what you would think right off the bat. But I am in one of the few sales-oriented divisions here at Amazon which means that there have been growing pains, to put it lightly. Compensation, goals and metrics have changed on us multiple times since I started.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23254,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 6, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Pay isn't worth the stress,- Good Health Benefits - Decent pay - Company is always growing,- Not much work-life balance - High turnover and extreme overtime discourages people from wanting to move up in the company. After 6 years of being at the same level I'm too overworked and looking elsewhere.,Take better care of your hard working employees by providing a better atmosphere with the opportunity to flourish and you will have less turnover.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23255,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,keeps you busy,"career opportunities, compensation, company values and quality of people who work there.","very high expectations, high time pressure, poor life-work balance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23256,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,Company is really going downhill,"You have the opportunity to do anything that you want to work on. There used to be a lot of A players, so you are surrounded by smart co-workers.","It is almost impossible to get promoted unless you have an exceptional situation. You either need a pushy boss or you need to have a boss that appreciates a yes man. The place has grown too much and has lost a lot of its good employees. People are overworked and do the jobs of 3-4 people with little or no recognition. Senior management thinks they can swear all the time to intimidate employees, but it just makes them look stupid.","Get rid of the OLR process, promote based on merit and equally in all departments. Hire help when people are burnt out.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23257,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,Steady Paycheck and good benefits.,The management is very poor.,Hire someone that is not straight out of college to manage your company.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23258,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be prepared to be fully stretched,- Company growth - Lots of projects you can take on,- No work life balance - Very tough feedback culture - Pay not adequate for workload,Put more priority on talent. Seriously consider retention issues.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23259,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2014",Current Employee - BI Engineer,"Hectic, corporate, professional dead-end","- A lot of people say that Amazon does not pay well, but I was able to negotiate very good salary from the beginning, so I cannot complain about it. Benefit are decent, like in most major corporations. - If you are lucky you can get on a good team. Overall workplace experience varies widely between different businesses within the company and is defined mostly by the director's personality and his hiring policies.  - If you do not have to carry a pager and do not care much for career growth Amazon can be pretty relaxed place to work for. But again, depends on the team - Easy mobility within the company. You can move from team to team within the company pretty easily. There is a lot of variety so you can find a place which will be interesting for you without changing employer.","- If you are an SDE I with on-call duty the work/life balance will be all work and no life. There is a lot of pressure to push code into production ignoring proper design and testing and it makes support very time-consuming. - As a BI Engineer I feel that Amazon is a professional dead-end for me. I do not learn any new skills which can be transferable to another workplace. - Lack of documentation and a lot of tribal knowledge. Combined with high attrition rate during the first 2 years this makes ramping up on a new place very stressful. - lots of time you will have to have conference calls at odd times like 10 pm. - Career-wise, growing can be difficult, depending on your manager. Going from SDE I to SDE II is relatively easy, but after that it's pretty much impossible.","Well, I am no manager. Look at Cons for things to fix.",2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1547.htm
23260,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Experience heavily depends on team and what you put in,"-Flexibility to do work that immediately goes into production -Ship things quickly -Helpful teammates -Linux (and macs)! Seriously, this is a huge plus. unix tools > everything  I really enjoyed being able to work on a lot of projects and seeing them go live. You could literally build stuff and ship on the same day.","-Because we ship so quickly, oftentimes there are issues overlooked -Experience highly depends on the quality of your team -More hours=more rewards for learning, but little rewards from management that is often biased towards friends -Personal growth 100% in your own hands - manager does little to help  This really bugs me. The range of experiences really depends on the team you end up on. If you end up on a team with very few coding standards, lack of good SDE's, a manager who doesn't reward people properly, and lack of technical understanding in the team overall - and these teams are out there in bunches - then expect to have a really mediocre experience, even if you put in the shifts. At some point, when you are critical for every project your team owns, some teams can be very demanding by having you on-call 24/7 - if at any point something related to that breaks, they will call you, regardless of who's on-call.  Also, be wary of managerial nepotism. Some teams aren't entirely meritocratic. Managers might just promote/rewards people they are friends with/most senior, NOT who has contributed the most to the team growth.","Need to root out some management layers that are nepotic or outright incompetent. Need to be critical of people if they make mistakes, even if they're friends.",3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23261,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company but not that great for employees,"Good products, large scales and great people",Doesn't get much back from the compensation,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23262,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,"Good place to work, salary, benefits","lack of direction, hiring talent is not robust",hire and develop educated talent,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23263,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 13, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Horrible,The job keep you moving and pay well.,Management was horrible. Time off not approved for deaths.,Understand your employees views and wishes.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23264,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Packing,Great job if you can physically and emotionally handle it.,Worked in fulfillment center. Good pay and benefits for full timers. Fun job with equally fun coworkers from all walks of life.,They work you like human robots. Constant pressure to keep up your numbers. Numbers seem unattainable to all but a very few.,More smiles. Less numbers.,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23265,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Data Analyst,"Fast paced, but fantastic opportunities","- If you are proactive with your career and engage your management actively, you can go almost anywhere.  - Compensation is good, but tied primarily into the stock. The better the company does, the better you do.  - Darwinistic culture means you generally work with some solid people.  - Customer is the focus and not in the company jargon sense, but really the core foundation of everything we do.  - This is a writing culture, be prepared to write well thought and constructed 6 pagers.","- Work-life balance can be very rough for some to maintain. It requires some backbone however, to simply say to your management that this deadline isn't deliverable and here is why. - Compensation can be tricky since it is tied up so much in the stock. - Some employees slip through the cracks of the performance bar and can make life fairly miserable.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23266,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Shooter,Great place to work !,"They have great benefits if you are hired on regular and not through an agency, they have many incentives that they have where they give away products based on your performance or just a random.","The people that have been working their for a long time try to run over the new people, and times they will change the your schedule from 40 to 65 hours without",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23267,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,nice place to work long term,"long working hours, no work life balance",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23268,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,Management is horrible,I really enjoyed leading projects with lots of moving parts. You had to coordinate with many teams and moved at blinding speed.,"Management is often incompetent they are unable to make a decision. And blow hundreds of thousands with making poor decisions then redoing it all over. The processes are often changed before they ever get settled in and with the quick turn around of managers they keep going back to an old drawing board.  I had a vindictive manager who went out of his way to create issue with all of his employees he was a inexperienced, forgetful, piece of scum. And the worst part is hr backed him on all his make believe stories.",Make a decision before your contractors are locked into a contractual agreement.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23269,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Working with Amazon,Rich technologies and infrastructure is a big plus to move faster and learn at same pace.,"Employees not counted, highly competitive environment leads to wrong choice and employees are sacrificed.","Leadership principals are the pillars of success to business, but those often used conveniently.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1548.htm
23270,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,"Depends on the team, and that can change fast","You get to work with really smart people. You get to make a significant difference for millions of customers. As long as the stock keeps going up, total compensation is above market.",Some areas put a lot of pressure on their employees. Some areas have horrific work/life balance. The constant raising of the bar and the push to top-grade makes it hard to maintain consistency and allow really smart people to fail and stay with the company.,"While raising the bar is good in theory, the way it is implemented forced me to get rid of good people.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23271,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Challenging company which needs to grow,"challenges, qualitative culture, customer obsession, fierce market positioning","organizational bloat (hiring without need), company size, work-life balance, lack of support for growth","avoid organizational bloat, and build more ownership in teams",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23272,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good work, mediocre work environment.","Amazon as a company is growing rapidly. It's going into new markets and challenging big players as well as innovating in markets where it's already quite ahead. There is no dearth of choice when you are working at Amazon. There are a number of teams working on different products across all sorts of areas.  The best part is that the work which you do will get shipped.  That's the main thing which I love about Amazon. Software you write will see light of day in say 6 months. That's how quickly things move here. Teams are small and ownership is more. Process is lightweight and will never hinder you. I have never been asked to fill in time-sheets or made to give hourly estimates. People are friendly. Technical arguments are settled based on data and with respect.  Amazon does most of its development in Java and uses a lot of open-source software. This frees engineers to focus on problems rather than re-engineer software which already exists.  Although some teams have poor work-life balance, the ones which I have worked in had no such problems. I have been able to do a 9-5 on most days without any work carrying over to the weekends.","The rapid growth of Amazon and increasing head counts have put a lot of pressure on the buildings which house Amazon employees. Many Amazon buildings are packed. Seating is cramped and elevator rides can be too close for comfort.  Career growth is hard. Starting developers enter at SDE 1 with a clear path to SDE 2, but from there on out it's hard to get to SDE 3 or above. Employees on immigrant work visas like H1B should know that Amazon does not start your permanent residency process till you hit SDE 2 (level 5). This is where sometimes politics rears its ugly head. You might find really hard working engineers play the game.  Amazon does not give you additional perks if you compare it with companies like Microsoft or Google. Apart from the 10% discount on Amazon purchases (capped at $100) and few team outings you won't get much. Don't expect to get the latest Amazon gadgets for free.",Fix at least the first two problems listed in the Cons section.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23273,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,For beginner's OK. Not for senior people,"If you are fresh out of college, you can learn a lot in a short time and get the name on your resume.","Long hours, legacy codebase and lack of documentation. Burnt out in a few years.",Focus on a few products and services Spending your energy in so different areas results in mediocre quality.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23274,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Aug 12, 2014",Former Employee - Picking,it was a great work place,pays good very good work place and great co-workers,on your feet all day,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23275,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Pack,Smile on the box but not on the face of the entry level employee. The fulfillment warehouses are Americanized sweat shop,"Well it's Amazon so work is steady though so steady income & tons of OT come Christmas Holiday. Day one insurance is nice too. You'll most likely bond with your new hire class & meet other really great people that are at the same level as you within your department. The bad/ugly side of Amazon is coming out slowly but surely, ie. BBC, Forbes & Business Weekly have all done undercover investigations & reports on their facilities.","Training doesn't exist I was thrown to the ""wolves"" in both departments that I worked in, along with my fellow new hires, & was expected (on a curve) to obtain 100% immediately. The pay for what we accomplish on a daily basis is pathetic. To make $11.00/ hour while the average package that is boxed up & shipped out ranges from $10 - $200+ & that's at an average of 1 package per every 60-65 seconds. Health insurance though it's day one to ""blue badges"" is not all that great. I have never received so many bills from hospitals after paying $150 co-pay upon leaving. There are different options for health insurance & trust me we are not on the low grade plan & we still have paid more out than under any other company's insurance. 85% of the management team consists of recent college grads & they have ""Zero"" life, management & people skills to be expected to manage teams of 60+ individuals successfully. I have never been treated so rudely, cut off, ignored & had an ""education"" touted over my head in all of my life up to now. The older more veteran managers tend to be great however Amazon is not their home & usually great promoted from within or find work elsewhere. 85% of the jobs are on a ""rate"" system which is completely flawed for they gauge the 100% expectation of a mean based of the average high percentage & then lowest percentage rates. This system is flawed because you'll have the seasoned employees ""cherry picking"" work in order to exceed rate while everyone else struggles to make rate for the only work that is left for others to do is the more challenging/difficult & low numbered items. In certain departments you even have the individuals that are in a non rate position (support role) cherry picking & aiding their personal friends feeding them the good work & giving you garbage. NO DEFINED CAREER PATH, PERIOD. There are so many positions but there is no clear cut ""career path"" to really aim for. There are positions that one can move into but it comes with more responsibility with no more pay & these positions are usually filled on the ""buddy system"" more so then someone earning it based off of hard work. No forgiveness when it comes to restroom breaks. We understand you're one of the world's largest on line retailer but if it comes down to ""messing"" myself or getting the customer their item(s) I'm sorry the item will be delayed but management doesn't get this & either writes up individuals or threatens with write ups. Not every bodily function can be timed out to be during your break/lunch time. Amazon has 4 types of people under the roof, Amazon (blue badge), temp agency (white badge), security & contracted cleaning company (yellow badge). Everyone outside of blue badge is treated poorly by everyone including department managers. It's shameful & degrading to see & hear the things that take place. They are people too that need to earn a paycheck just as everyone else.","Provide better health insurance, training & pay for your employees. Make a different structure to clocking rates & what individuals are doing to keep work fair & even. Hire more within. Just because someone comes to Amazon with a BA does not qualify them as a department manager. I've seen department PA's that don't have a degree be the only reason a department is successful because they're carrying the inexperienced, yet educated, management staff. Understand that we are humans & not a number producing a number. We have children, illness, bodily functions that sometimes take us out for a few minutes if not a full day but that's just part of life. My wife missed her grandfather's funeral due to Mandatory OT & I asked to be pardoned from this OT but was denied due to grandfather in laws were not covered under Amazon bereavement policy (I even advised I didn't want to receive any kind of pay just have the day in order to care for our children). Make a clear defined career path, not just tier one to tier 3 to PA to management if you're lucky. The people I work with are full of life & ideas but as soon as they step into that warehouse & scan their badge to work it's like they become zombies. The work is uneventful, uninspiring & non rewarding top that off with no hope to move/progress into one of the few other roles you offer makes life miserable. Jumping from department to department every quarter is not a career path by the way.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23276,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great stuff,Good money. Easy hiring. Keeps you active. Work independently. Decent benefits.,The strictness of maintaining an ever-increasing stow rate is challenging and a lot of the fulfillment centers show favoritism among management.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23277,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Don't go,From outsider's perspective Amazon seems to be an innovative company focusingon improving customer experience and offering more affordable products.,"1) unrealistic business targets 2) inexperienced middle management 3) no support to remove roadblocks and, as a result, no work life balance 4) sometimes no respect in communication 5) relatively uncompetitive salary, the stock compensation is a joke given 3-4 year vesting period and 1 year employee retention","in 2-3 years it will be challenging to attract talent, if such a trend continues.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,none,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23278,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Generally satisfied Amazonian here...but I can only speak for my team,"As mentioned in the title, I've only worked on one team at Amazon, and it is in the context of a new/secret project, so I'm not sure my experiences are representative of the company as a whole. That being said:  - Fast pace - Plenty of responsibility - End-to-end project ownership - Smart co-workers","- Not the most ""positive vibe"" - Collaboration with other teams can be a bit adversarial (I guess this is a slightly less vague example of my first con) - Work environment: open work space (lots of interruptions), frequent moving (on a rapidly-growing team, anyway), dearth of conference rooms - Focus on code quality tends to lapse severely in the face of totally arbitrary deadlines -- and isn't usually accounted for at all during planning",none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23279,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 31, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,American sweat shop with decent pay depending what state you're in.,Decent pay and bennies for no brainer work. Good exercise.,Resisting urge to burn the place down can be tough. Total lack of respect for employees by management,Treat people like humans not robots and you will see how much better performance you will get out of happy employees.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1549.htm
23280,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mix Bag of Joy and Sorrow.,"Top Management are super awesum. They think big, of future, motivate to think and innovate","When you don't get a boss who is people managers, you cannot perform. i have been working here for 3.5 yrs..my first 3 years were fantastic and the last 6 months have been horrible.","I know that we are always innovating, but while doing that, senior management should take care of the people at the ground level. I have seen many time that Senior management moves ahead and they leave their team as is..without thinking about them.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23281,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It Transformation Consultant,Best CEO in the world,Best Customer Service in the worls,Keep up the Customer service,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23282,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I enjoyed my seasonal job at Amazon warehouse,"Choose your own schedule, fast-paced work day, very attentive and encouraging, albeit task-driven managers, shift-differential for 2nd/3rd shift","I never achieved the required 140 items picked per hour (on average), too crowded with other workers, my hands, back and feet suffered extensive injury immediately, throughout and after departure, some policies were not made clear with reference to clocking in or out","Do not give seasonal help hope about remaining on board, when only 5 or 6?pickers actually might. Do not allow pickers to hunt for orders with multi-pack items so they easily meet 140items picked per hour. Do not penalize folks for clocking out early on nights where there was not enough work, just because they didn't sign multiple documents saying they had permission to leave - assume, if workload is low - the early clock-out was authorized and f/up with their managers, this seemed dirty and underhanded and meant to give penalty points so staff could be dismissed or laid off. Do not assume lower number of picked items is poor performance if high number of employees are on the floor at same time. Check much more thoroughly for injuries or wear and tear, numbness, pain, etc.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23283,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon Seasonal Employees,Good seasonal income--work pace is very fast and time goes by quickly. Work is through Integrity Staffing unless hired as a permanent employee by Amazon. You are allowed time off without pay after working a few weeks with Integrity.,Plan to work hard and switch tasks frequently during shift. It can be frustrating because you are moved around a lot. It seems like the only goal of the company is to complete the work--not a lot of concern for the employees themselves. Plan on a lot of overtime - can be very tiring.,Possibly keep employees at one task for more than half a shift or even a quarter of a shift.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23284,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Learning,"Start up culture, great learning, smart people",Cant really think of a lot,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23285,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfilment,easy job but the hours can be long,"can be physical, you are just a number with no regard to you as an asset to the company.",THINK about who produces your bonuses,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23286,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,You will learn a lot...and it will cost you,"Very smart people, more than lip service to customers...real customer obsession. The old cliche of only change is constant is very true here.","Churn and burn culture. Highly confrontational culture. High stress and unrealistic work loads in the name of raising the bar. To be successful at Amazon, you either work harder than everyone else (which is NOT easy) or you are a rock star or you are both. If you don't fall into the above categories, you will struggle here.",Stop treating people like disposable commodities in the name of raising the bar.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23287,amazon,"South Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,"Innovative business, tough on employees","-Top etail site in the U.S. & much of the world = great talent, awesome brand -Very smart, hard-working people",-Management often takes a back seat to customer obsession = some teams are very poorly run -Insane work hours if you want to succeed -Low tolerance for collaboration,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23288,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I hated this job. .,"The pay is good, and you can make good hours. You can work overtime whenever you want.",Trying to make rate when there's nowhere to stow the items in the building because it was so packed with product. Trying to make sure you don't get any quality errors.,Make more space in the mods for stowers.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23289,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Very good,"A great company to work for, you are given the training needed to do the job and the rest is up to you. The compensation is very competitive.","Some of the challenges of working at Amazon are some colleagues with very bad attitudes, they approach you in a rude and demeaning manner and that personally makes working at Amazon very challenging. Also, a lot of favoritism within the lower levels.",Take time out to look into some these complaints and make some necessary changes.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1550.htm
23290,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2014",Former Employee - Research Scientist II,A duplicitous and scurrilous employer which will crush your soul and drain your human capital.,"The only reason to work here is that it will improve your future prospects of getting a better job elsewhere. Recruiters know that Amazon has a high hiring bar and employees are motivated to leave. In rare cases and for rare individuals, you will have the opportunity to build something awesome, for everyone else, it is duct tape and bailing wire to survive Christmas.","If you can work somewhere else, you most likely should.  To start with, the work environment is soul crushing and more stressful than working in an airport terminal. The noise level is so great that you will need to wear headphones throughout the day. I worked in buildings which were so overcrowded that you often had to wait for three elevators to find one you could squeeze onto. I am sure that they were in violation of the fire code.  For scientists, you will drain your human capital and have little opportunity to learn new skills or deepen your knowledge. Don't even ask about getting Amazon to pay for journal subscription -- you are expected to scrounge papers from friends still in academia or off the Internet. The ""mentors"" I had were largely useless and it is virtually impossible to earn a promotion without superhuman efforts, i.e., having no work-live balance. In addition, there is a culture of micromanagement which comes down from the top. This attitude makes it difficult to research and to solve important problems which are costing the company millions. And, this is not limited to a single manger -- I had five in two years, all of whom were worse than any manager I had in my 25-year career prior to Amazon.  When you attempt to make changes, it can take six months or more of politicking and fighting the Agile/scrum schedule to launch your improvement into production. Amazon takes the leadership principles seriously, but ""Deliver Results"" and ""Bias for Action"" trump everything, even correctness. No one seems to remember who made $50MM mistakes, but they do remember who didn't deliver the XYZ feature on time by giving up endless evenings and weekends.  Next, read the fine print on everything you sign. Amazon has many pernicious ways of clawing back money from you when you leave, e.g., you must stay two years to avoid repaying relocation expenses and you will only receive matching contributions to your 401(k) if you stay three years.  In addition, the infrastructure is ""frugal"" and often unreliable. If you work in retail and need to run a query in Q4, it can take a day or more to run.  Finally, when the market turns against Amazon -- and it will -- the stock will take a major haircut because of the insane P/E ratio.","Employees are stakeholders, too -- investing in them should payoff. Most of the MBAs I encountered make the work environment worse and are huge waste of salary: they could easily be replaced, in most cases, by software and B-grade undergraduates, who at least would know how to write SQL.  During my exit interview, the HR contact asked me why turnover was so high and what could be done to improve retention -- she was utterly clueless!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23291,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"partly good, partly ","A lot of talented highly skilled people Non-trivial projects ability to develop, enhance skills, learn",oncall: hard to maintain life-work balance due to oncall minimal company benefits,"pay more attention to employees, make the, feel valued",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23292,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It's a job.,The benefits are good. It's an okay place to work. Everyone seems pretty friendly. We get little perks here and there.,"the pay could be better. For the amount of work the expect you to do, we don't make enough. The cap stops at $15/hr, if your there long enough. Promotion is based on how much management likes you. They say you have a voice but they don't listen to employees.","I think it was the worst idea to penalize workers for using UPT. We should be given some leeway, like not penalizing us for using it the first time for the month. I think Amazon is being a little harsh on those who actually NEED to use that time vs those who don't. It doesn't make sense.Where is all the excess money that the people who aren't receiving it going?  On another note, I think small raises should come with learning a new skill. Especially for ambassadors, I'm positive they're saving you bundles by not having to hire others to specifically train. I feel as if we do so much, and financially receive the minimum.  I also believe advancement opportunities should reflect an associates work ethic and behavior, not because they schmooze with management. I think higher management should be more involved in hiring processes.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23293,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Think ,"Fast paced, high pressure work environment with loose definition leads to lots of opportunity to define yourself and make a big impact.",Very little focus on developing people or teams. It's kill or be killed. Mid/Upper management doesn't really have a handle on how to manage people in a positive way.,Get better at normalizing culture between teams and find some way to actually develop people instead of just pitting them at each other and against unattainable goals to see who survives.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23294,amazon,"North Charleston, SC"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Cultish,"Good pay and benefits. Some groups have decent hours, others are over-worked. Nice building with adequate workspace. Co-workers are intelligent. Some offices have good continuous education programs, especially main office in Seattle.","""Survival of the fittest"" management policies and procedures regarding employees. Constantly under scrutiny by everyone, anyone can evaluate you at any time and have that info considered as part of your annual review. Company has a set of mantras that everyone must learn, live by, and is expected to use in conversation.","Constantly being scrutinized doesn't make better employees, it makes them paranoid and less likely to bring problems to management's attention.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23295,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Jul 16, 2014",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,Brilliant people and no life,"Amazon will teach you a lot. You'll be around brilliant people all day and are bound to learn something new from them, even if you pick it up by osmosis.  The things you do are likely to ship. Not everything does, as with every company, some projects get canned or put on hold indefinitely, but most things move pretty quickly. Even if your particular project never sees the light of day, it's likely that some of the things you did will get repurposed.  You'll have a pretty good idea of where you fit into the machine based on your job title and the people around you. This isn't the sort of place where you're going it alone and everyone is siloed off, there are literally thousands of people who can answer questions or collaborate.  If you meet or exceed ""the bar"", you will be recognised to a degree. In most cases, effort in equals reward out.  Being so process-heavy can actually be a blessing in disguise as resources are always available for any problems you might run into and things are fairly well-documented.  Amazon gets things done and one of the key values is having a backbone -- you're expected to stand your ground if you disagree. This lends itself extremely well to things like eliminating code debt and keeping things moving, there's no groupthink. It can sometimes become a little bit adversarial, but it's not a big issue and is a small price to pay for the advantage it gives the organisation. For a huge company, it's outright nimble.  Everything is data-driven, which I'll also mention in the Cons section. As a pro, though, if you have the data to back it up, you'll be able to get what you want. Additionally, your performance is measured with data-driven metrics, so your review shouldn't come as a surprise -- good or bad.","I hope you took pictures of your work-life balance while you had it, because it's gone the second you step in the door. If you're not in the office until 2 in the morning some nights, you're probably not meeting the bar. This is an unfortunate fact.  Salary is average, perks are nil, and bureaucracy is outrageous (though you have to expect the latter in a company of 89,000 people).  ""The bar"" is either something you stand on or it hangs over your head. Not ""raising the bar"" means you're toast eventually. Amazon has a monumental turnover rate, most people will give up after a year.  Office politics happen, largely in the form of needing to suck up to the right people in order to be heard and having to manipulate colleagues to get them on your side. Again, fairly common in an organisation this big.  Everything is data-driven. You can't go on instinct or gut feeling, if you don't have the data, you don't have an argument. Your experience means nothing if you don't have data to back it up.  If something comes down from Jeff, people drop everything in order to kowtow -- which would be fine if it wasn't completely inconsistent with Amazon's stated values. You might lose your job for daring to argue with the decisions of a hypercompetent genius from Mars, but if you want to be consistent with having backbone, that's a chance you have to take. The fabled ""question mark emails"" mean someone's not sleeping for the next two weeks.","I know Jeff is a visionary-slash-juggernaut, but he is not omniscient and sometimes questioning his judgment is a good thing, even if it's just to suss out why something is being done a certain way.  Your people are people, not cogs. Your turnover rate is abysmal, start with fixing the work-life balance and you'll see your turnover rate improve.  Treat your warehouse employees better, if they collapse, you collapse.  Offices that aren't Seattle shouldn't be second-class citizens. Give them the same or similar perks where it's possible, otherwise you start to breed resentment.",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23296,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Aug 3, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon warehouse shuffle,Entry level forklift experience. This is a good way to get into the warehouse field. Easy to transfer between departments to get more experience.,There is a rate and off task timer. The turn around rate is very high. Very little of rotating positions. Very light on training. Sink or swim atmosphere.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23297,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Technician,Get your compensation coming in the door!,They offer training. The job isn't difficult if you are skilled,Management is poorly skilled and trained.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23298,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathetic and downright terrible,"No dress code.Apart from that,I see nothing good.","A horrible cafeteria.Terrible transportation system.BPO atmosphere literally.Hired for a day shift,and now any two days off and night shifts because they won't spend on any new cubicles..Ergonomics is given a damn.If you have health issues,good luck to finding a better job because this place will stress you out.Forget any life that you think you will have.ZERO FUN.",Please give a damn about the happiness of the employees.Customer satisfaction must not be at the cost of the employees sacrificing everything.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23299,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Great company to settle down , but not for freshers",Core Competencies holds good for global professional values,Growth ladder will be difficult to climb when you're fresh out of school,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1551.htm
23300,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Rewarding and Demanding,"* We are obsessed with customers. We live and breathe it every day. It is not a hollow mantra. * The growth is incredible. Don't blink, you'll miss something. Great opportunities for growth. * This is not a ""Good Old Boy"" network. It's about performance and nothing else. * We welcome ""Out of Box"" thinkers. Debating and challenging existing processes encouraged.",* The growth is incredible. I know I said the same under PROS. It can be both a blessing and a curse. * Being obsessed with customers demands that you work non-traditional hours. It can be tough on the body.,"Don't allow the incredible growth to compromise fundamental cultural commitments. Regularly bumping up against the red line on the tachometer is intense. We don't want to crash and burn. Steady, controlled growth will ensure foundational stability. Exponential growth may not be sustainable and may lead to reactive correction.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23301,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied with compensation and work life balance,Salary and work life balance,Nothing new to learn and someone who is only 2 years old in the company,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23302,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,Recipe for Burnout,"- Many smart people who are good to work with - Opportunity to work on interesting projects, at scale","My review is about what it's like to be a business contributor at Amazon. This could be a marketing manager, category leader, product manager, project manager, etc. I will begin with the assumption that great business contributors want to do two things: 'Produce New Ideas' (better ways of doing things, new initiatives), and 'Drive Change'. Now I'll explain why Amazon's environment is essentially hostile to both. The consequence for many business contributors is burnout.  ""High Standards"" has devolved into Endless Fault-Finding -- Amazon suffers from a somewhat unique culture of ""high standards"". Never have I seen a supposed corporate value become so abused. There is precious little innovation in Amazon retail over the last 5 years and much of this owes to the endless nitpicking masquerading as ""high standards"". Amongst executives especially, there is a competition as to who has the highest IQ. This is demonstrated by who has the most effective takedown of a proposed idea, which is usually distributed in the form of a document read during meetings. In this warped culture, an executive would expose himself as a ""naif"" by praising a proposed idea. Instead, ""clarifying questions' and critiques rule. A Simon Cowell impersonation contest ensues. What does this mean for new ideas? It means that to merely suggest a better way of doing things means to be attacked - ""Why didn't you propose this earlier? You've been working here for X years already"", ""Why isn't the team already doing this?"", ""You could do A, B, C, D differently, your analysis on ___ is sloppy and incomplete"".  ….Or their favorite- ""Get MORE data"". Executives don't understand how convoluted the process is of getting accurate data at Amazon because they always have someone to fetch it for them. Amazon not only does not use 3rd party analytics packages, they don't even have an effective proprietary system for dashboarding data or pulling metrics. Most of the requests are done by hand through SQL across a myriad of poorly documented tables in which the data fields are not well understood. Trying to understand what different fields means, requires you to file a ticket - which is sometimes never responded to. Once you prepare the data set, any minor variance in the data is justification, according to executives, that ""you don't understand the underlying dynamics of what you're proposing"". ""High Standards"" has become a tour de force of fault-finding and needless perfectionism that totally deters new idea development at Amazon. Why suggest a new idea or better way of doing things? You know you are signing yourself up for data pull after data pull, document after document, harangued at meeting after meeting. After the initiative is actually implemented, you will never be thanked for the contribution the initiative makes. Instead, other stakeholders will find fault with it, and complain to your manager, who will be all too receptive and that they ""have been concerned about these same issues for some time"". Sadly, this gives a glimpse as to why many business managers at Amazon end up doing bare minimum because being a change agent is filled with pitfalls and very few positives.  Executives do not Engage Business Mangers in Ways that are Productive --  Although mileage may vary on different teams, I believe, in general, Amazon values executives and engineers. Executives mistakenly assume they have all the judgment thats required, and all underling business managers are good for is supplying them with data so they can apply their ""brilliant minds"". Of course, they lack context for all the categories and channels that these decisions require, but that doesn't bother them. They respect engineers because engineers have a kind of knowledge they know they don't, and engineers can always retreat into arcane aspects of tech that are impenetrable to executives. I have never seen a company where executives so totally engage their subordinates at the wrong level. What I mean by this is executives are told to ""dive deep"" and understand the details- an impossible task when they manage dozens or hundreds of people. So what ends up happening is they attempt to micro-manage teams in areas of the business they simply DO NOT have command over. What they do NOT do, unfortunately, is take the time to ask questions of their various business manager to better understand the business, or engage at a high level and try to ascertain if there are significant business opportunities we are not addressing. That might add some value, but they don't do that. Instead, absent context, they launch into highly opinionated monologues on what we should be doing, or play ""gotcha"" with minor errors they spot in the document. You will quickly find out these are not mutual conversations but rather 1-way statements. The other favorite thing to do during business reviews is to not discuss the business, but discuss the layout, formatting, and descriptions in the document itself -- as though that is best use of people's time. Amazon executives enjoy raising their voice at subordinates and are the worst at listening I have ever seen at a major company. Listening is apparently not a valued skill. What transpires is Micro-Management without context. It is a pointless kind of engagement that adds no value. Worse, it squanders entirely the domain expertise of business experts that Amazon has brought on board. There could potentially be excellent synergy between the domain knowledge business contributors have and strategic mindset that executives have -- but that won't happen the way current interactions take place at Amazon. Managers are often indifferent towards major issues confronting the business but lash out in anger at seemingly minor details, a haphazard form of review that leave subordinates unable to understand exactly the priorities of the business.  Politics and Consequences --  Business contributors burnout at a blistering place at Amazon. In my group alone, almost HALF of the business headcount have left the team in ONE year. At the same time, most of the engineers and executives have remained. Business managers often don't have the tools to their job, with inadequate analytics and few methods to improve an ailing part of the business. One of the more unfortunate aspects, which further deters action, is that Amazon can be very political. Most teams are ""2 pizza teams"" - meaning they are self-sufficient. You can easily spend 90% of your time with your own team. But this means that other teams become RELUCTANT to collaborate. They have their own priorities and often don't need you for anything. Let's say you have a Project X which had a dependency that another team owns. When you approach them to make modifications to aid your department, they may well resent this attempted shift in priorities. Now the very manager who told you to deal with a dependency that another team manages, who pushed you to get this other team to change, also is the one who finds fault with you when the other team objects that your intervention is not appreciated. The manager will tell you to orchestrate change WITHOUT anyone balking, which I suppose is easy enough for a manger who himself does not orchestrate change, but largely reviews documents. Given that much has been written about Amazon's ""gladiator culture"", it is silly to think rank and file can go out into the environment and make change happen without ruffling a few feathers. Without adequate support of subordinates, employees will simply stop attempting to drive change with other teams. And many have. When I first joined Amazon, I was surprised how many business contributors avoided the inter-department negotiations necessary to move things along, now it's all too clear (note sometimes this push-back will come from one's own team- and management will be indifferent to the hostile team dynamics). Management has created a no-win situation for that kind of activity. One reason for this disconnect-- Managers themselves often focus on 'strategic initiatives' which have S-team buy-in so different teams have already prioritized that work. Managers who work on these initiatives experience harmony across teams, but can't seem to understand that other initiatives (which are not prioritized by the consumer leadership team company-wide) don't have the built-in support. So when they see there is tension, this contrasts with the smooth cross-team relations they are used to seeing. It's a kind of myopia that hampers cross-team collaboration, the kind that really requires teams to collaborate when it's not dictated from above.  Accomplishments are Lost in the Noise --  The emphasis on fault finding at Amazon culturally prevents the opposite at Amazon - to celebrate an individual or even a team's job well done. The consequence however is that there is little difference between a business manager who treads water versus one who swims a 100M record. Provided a business manger works effectively on a few projects that are deemed important by senior management, that is sufficient. The lack of recognition by management and executives for standout work has become the undoing of morale at the company for business contributors. This may be stereotypical, but engineers can often subsist on challenging work and peer recognition by other engineers. When business contributors go above and beyond, if their accomplishments are simply seen as another bullet point on a document or a brief mention at an annual review, there simply isn't enough incentive. You will always have some % of contributors who will plough forward regardless, but even for them it's a matter of time before the lack of recognition will have them seeking greener pastures.  The reviews saying Amazon is cheap with its employees are true. But they suggest Amazon withholds perks from employees which cost money such as snacks, or events, or bonuses. In truth, I feel like this matters, but not nearly as much as the fact that Amazon is stingy with things that don't cost money -- like recognition and support (support might be your manager vouching for your work rather than undercutting it at every opportunity when criticism is received from other teams or executives). Instead, Amazon goes to great lengths to diminish people's accomplishments, ignoring their successes, attempting to diffuse individual achievements across a team so as to prevent individuals from receiving credit (and critique the individual as ""selfish"" if they try to claim a hand in that success).  What would Valuing your Employees more Mean? --  Amazon's position in the market has allowed it to develop a sub-optimal culture, one that henpecks people for suggesting better ways of doing things, which goads him or her to ""prove it"" using inadequate tools, endlessly faults them, and then ultimately is indifferent towards the resulting improvement. It has management that, all too often, is unaccountable - that does not participate in collaborative exchanges with its team, but rather reads documents and directs ""feedback"". Management is largely indifferent to team progress that doesn't align with S-team goals, but much of the company's success owes to progress in these other areas.  I don't think the answer is ""free beer"" or company lunches. It may one day dawn on Amazon leadership that finding ways to SUPPORT promising ideas and efforts are just as important as critiquing them. That it's management's job to ensure employees have what they need to do the job: that means adequate analytics and tools, assistance in gaining cooperation of other teams, ensuring effective dynamics on the team itself, ensuring quality processes and removing obstacles… even something trivial like making sure that is actually possible to book a meeting room without 5 days notice. That management has value to add to the team, and there is more to do than disappear and work on 'strategic' initiatives. Ultimately, I think valuing employees means respecting that business managers are domain experts and it is their expertise that you are hiring them for, their knowledge and judgment, that the value of that team comes from matching executive strategic insight with it. That requires management & executives to be humble enough to ask questions and have collaborative exchanges and God forbid, ask what a business manager's judgment is on a particular issue when there are different options available. To recognize that business contributors are there for more than simply providing details or fetching data. Great workers may want compensation, but I think they want recognition of their contribution and their abilities more than anything. Providing that costs nothing, only a shift in mindset.  Absent any change, Amazon's environment is a recipe for burnout for business contributors. The company will keep hemorrhaging quality people, having them leave not long after they've begun to master the learning curve in the organization, replacing them with new people who will follow the same cycle- preventing the company from benefitting from its mid-level personnel. More work for recruiters I'm sure. Lack of executive concern towards attrition of business contributors will have a cost- one they may find out too late. The tragedy is the situation is reversible - but indifference, owing largely to Amazon's dominant position in the marketplace, will likely prevent it.",See above,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,33,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23303,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"its only a paycheck at amazon, don't take everything to heart, it not worth the stress!!!",its only a paycheck that keeps you right above the poverty line,Extremely small chance of promotion,Listen to your subordinates ideas,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23304,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 23, 2014",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Very bad, no real upward mobility, purposely have very high turnover rate, backbreaking work","Pay per hour is relatively high in comparison to other readily available jobs in local areas. If you are full-time and permanent, your total hours a week is average around 38+ hours a week Your health insurance bi-weekly premium is cheap. You can take your personal time off without much hassle because it is consider pretty much considered pre-approved. After you been there over one year, you can quickly accumulate vacation time on monthly basis.","You have begin working through temp agency which means you can be fired anytime for bogus reasons. They purposely have high turnover rate among both temp and full-time workers to keep wages low. When checking for transfer opportunities, you are stuck in area where you work currently, in other words, if you work in warehouse, then you can not really transfer to computer tech or office clerk because they made requirements very difficult to meet. They stated clearly that they are not willing to train employees if they transfer to completely different jobs. Top managers including its CEO had stated publicly that employees are not important because there are many people looking for jobs so employees are easily replaceable. They disregard employees' long term consequence of severely straining physical body of employees by requiring to meet outrageous very high numbers for processing products/items per minute. They are not getting any inputs from medical doctors when they determine various work requirements.","You need to consult inputs from medical doctors on determining various requirements. You also need to be willing to transfer employees to completely different departments. When employees transfer into completely new departments, you need to be able to train them on-the-job trainings for several weeks or months.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23305,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Good experience with many opportunities to excel,"work culture, senior management, opportunity","benefits, compensation tied heavily to stock performance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23306,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,Machine Learning,Amazon is a well oiled machine and you'll learn a lot if you have the stomach to stay plugged in.,"Negatives outweigh the positives - long hours, politics, unreasonable demands, and disconnect from leadership principles and from employees make it an environment better suited for robots.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23307,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2014",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,Great name but be careful,"-The people are great. A lot of smart people who are a ton of fun. -If you're on the right team, you can take on a lot of ownership and move quickly. -Good stock compensation if you're willing to wait a few years. -Good relocation (if you don't leave before the 2 year mark) -Work from home. -Name looks great on your resume and can open doors if you market your time well.","-Lots of politics behind decision making. -Relocation payback for employees who leave before the 2 year mark which makes employees resent the company and some people feel stuck. -High turnover rate means projects often stagnate or are passed over constantly. Don't be surprised to have 3+ managers your first year. -Company relies on internal data and tools which may not be transferable to other companies, especially problematic for young employees. -Internal transfers can be difficult, especially for levels less represented in the org. It is not unusual to be told to leave the company + come back in order to get that level up. Also managers can squash internal moves with false negative reviews even if your annual review goes well. -Older teams are not the best for growth. Company is divided into ""growth"" and ""optimization"" teams--avoid the latter if you want a meaningful developmental experience. -The manager//job function you interview for will often be different than the one you actually get and your role can change at any second when understaffed. -Annual review process is incredibly stressful, with some managers mandating up to 15 peer reviews which is difficult for newer employees.","Instead of bringing in new people to replace those who have burnt out, start investing in employee development. Employees don't need free lunches or crazy perks, just acknowledgment of their good work and some sort of stability in their management so that they can make great things happen. You get the smartest people by virtue of being a well known consumer facing brand---stop wasting resources on training new employees and burning successful people out. It is incredible how many smart people just up and leave this place because they can be treated better at virtually any other major company.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23308,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,All work and no play makes you an ideal amazon guy/girl,"leadership, ownership, visibility and great people","all work no fun, too much work, no family life if want to succeed",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23309,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Poor Treatment of Employees,"Opportunity to work on interesting, cutting-edge projects. Generally highly competent, intelligent colleagues. Good 'name' for your resume to leverage for another position.","One of Bezos' fundamental values is 'frugality' and boy do they ever mean it at Amazon! Double-sided print jobs (for those awful memos you have to prepare and discuss in excruciating detail before doing anything) and stays in unsafe, sketchy hotels during business travel will be your life. No free phones here (although you may get a free IMDB Pro account, which is unintentional comedy at its finest). This emphasis on frugality is not shocking given the company barely breaks even but Jeff and his 'S' team doesn't pay the price - rank and file employees do. In an environment in which competition for talent - especially tech talent - has never been higher you would think they would at least pretend to care about their employees. Not so. When Microsoft looks great by comparison on this basis, then you know you have some work to do.  They even went after a former colleague of mine, suing him for leaving for Google, even though he moved to California and they don't enforce non-competes there, which Amazon knows. They did this just to screw with him and to send a message to current employees who may be thinking of leaving (which is everyone below Level 8, at least). Cutthroat and awful place to be. Life is short - why spend it at a place that despises you? When my options vest shortly, I am gone.","Though you don't believe it, there are other important constituents and causes besides customers. Like employees...shareholders...partners...charities. We were not all put on this Earth to maximize Bezos' personal wealth accumulation.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1552.htm
23310,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jul 16, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hard work that pays off,"hours, pay, time off, competitive benefits package, free stock","Management doesn't communicate, morale runs low, improper use of time, facilities sometimes poorly managed",speak to your lower level employees about the processes that are being implemented,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23311,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - CSA III,"Employees don't matter, everyone is replaceable!","They offer work from home, they pay nicely, they offer great benefits, room for advancement.","Nothing stays the same, change is the only constant with Amazon within 3 months I went through 3 managers. They don't care about their employees and view everyone as being replaceable, it does not matter how long you have been with the company, new associates are thrown into the same bowl with you and can take promotions and shifts from the associates who have been there longer just based on weekly stats. They expect a lot from their employees, you may be trained in 4 different skills and may be expected to take contacts in all of those skills while learning new skills in a very short period of time. Management doesn't have much power to help employees and HR doesn't help them either, you are basically on your own!",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23312,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2014",Former Employee - Deal Quality Analyst,Good place to work.,"- Amenities, buildings, location - Pay, the people you work with",Depends on the department Long Hours Working all the time,Value work/life balance a little more,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23313,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Employees are a commodity,Pay is competitive with other tech companies.,"Frugality will drive you up the wall (takes an act of congress to get a 2nd monitor, no perks to speak of). Tools are complicated, frustrating, and slow. 4-year refresh cycle on already underpowered laptops. Lots of people constantly stressed to the limit with oncall duty and unrealistic expectations.","Show that you value your employees by placing value on their time. Spend some money to make employees more productive, and the investment will pay for itself quickly.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23314,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Its ok not much exciting,Company is doing good financially however sometimes it gets too overwhelming,Not the best place to work if you want to grow.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23315,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,High growth potential and leaders that generally care.,No work life balance and leaders that generally care.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23316,amazon,"Winchester, KY"," Jul 17, 2014",Current Employee - Tier II Digital Specialist,"We work hard to be the best in customer service. Rewarding, but challenging.","Nice starting pay. You can earn bonuses. They do have 401 K and stock bonuses as well. I can work from home, but not everyone gets that option.",Very high expectations for customer service. If you do it right you probably will be mentally tired at the end of the day. These are not necessarily cons by any means. I could not ask for a better company to work for.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23317,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good learning experience, poor working environment","- Amazon is going to teach you how to be the best at what you do. The caveat there, however, is that it can be difficult to learn more than just that unless you make yourself a slave to your job. Favorites tend to be cherry-picked by managers and given extra opportunities to be promoted.  - The people that you work with are very smart, but many will step on each other to get ahead.  - Parking reimbursement is a definite plus  - Fishbowls (music/author/actor) events are very fun  - Internal transfer process can help with personal growth and development, but expect to own that process!","- There is literally no work/life balance at Amazon. Even if you try to set boundaries for yourself, they will be shot down. Those who log in until midnight and spend their weekends glued to their laptops will be the ones to get ahead.  - Benefits are not the best due to the spirit of frugality  - Salary is typically not as competitive as many other large companies  - Toxic work environment at times. Management will tell team to not interact/chat/get to know each other during the day","Pay attention to your employees who are efficient and can get the job done during regular working hours. Just because someone is not attached to their laptop as if it's their life doesn't mean they aren't accomplishing the same amount.  Also, refrain from leading your employees on guilt and other scare-tactics. They are demotivating.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23318,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, but worth it","Interesting work, great people, lots of autonomy and flexibility","High performance bar, little to no support, work life balance can be a challenge",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23319,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Sweet and Sour,"There are many opportunities to grow with the company and they like crazy ideas and embrace difference so it never feels stiff to work there. There is monthly profit sharing, yearly stock and benefits on day one.","They seem to hire alot of college grads and older military, this is not a bad thing per say but when they are brought on to manage and have no experience in the warehouse or even in management then not only do they not get the respect but also there is tension and resistance to follow. This makes it hard on everyone and its worse when there is to many of these chiefs.",Stop looking at your computer all day and see what's going on once and a while.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1553.htm
23320,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Jul 14, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Never a boring day,The days go by fast and never boring. The pay is great and the people are very nice. They care about their people and will help you succeed in everything you do.,"Way to many people in one place. You loose track of time and miss your break time, they need clocks or send a message to everyone on the scanner when it's time for breaks.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23321,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Customers first, Employees fifth","If you work as a picker or stower, this job can give you a great workout. The people are mostly very friendly and approachable and it is customary to engage in a little chit-chat in order to maintain sanity. Full-time permanent employees get lots of chances to take time off including paid time and the dress code is very liberal.","While some days can be worse than others, the work is generally extremely monotonous. Burnout is inevitable. The atmosphere on the floor and get lonely and at times depressing as it seems that no one really wants to be here. The rules tend to be hypocritical (you can actually be stopped for moving too fast) and only emphasize how dumb and devoid of intellect this job is.",Don't treat your employees like robots. Music should be played more often to ease the monotony.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23322,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Pallet Builder,Amazon's Management ,"It can be fun, rushing about, trying to cope with a never-ending tsunami of boxes, and working to create a sense of ""team"".","It becomes clear, sooner rather than later, the volume is controlled to harvest the maximum amount of work from the fewest amount of employees, hours, and costs, with little, sometimes, no, consideration for the health, safety nor welfare of the employees.","Stop believing your own talking points. The employees on the floor are not well managed, so it follows that management, all the way to the top, is not as effective as one might hope. Employees are not provided a safe, ergonomic, reasonable work environment. The ""customer-centric"" company policy is belied by a system that frequently dumps product on the floor, smashes it, and crushes it during processing, all the while, endangering employees. On- the -floor supervision seems afraid to acknowledge problems lest they be stained by them. They all (nearly all) mouth the company line regardless how ridiculous. When the principal admonition to new employees seeking clarification of procedure and policy is, ""they'll walk you out of here"", you've got a problem.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23323,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,1 person needs to do 5 persons Job,You can definitely learn a lot in short spam in Amazon as they make you work a lot.,"Random decisions, bad planning, adhoc work and immense work load.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23324,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and cons working here however undervalued,You will learn something new everyday. You will meet some great people that are very smart. Pay is better than average and if you are promoted up a level there is a significant jump in pay although much is awarded through stock,Overworked and undervalued. poor experience with management. A little favoritism will be found.,Show appreciation to your salaried and hourly support roles High Turnover should tell you your doing something wrong,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23325,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Soul Sucking Poor Management,The potential upside of the stock payout in 4 years. Lots of really enthusiastic people (well initially anyway),"Soul crushing work hours. Expected to be available 24/7. Some of the poorest management skills I have seen. Benefits for medical are average and the 401(k) is a joke. You don't vest for 3 years on the company match. Just another handcuff. The Anytime Feedback tool is a passive aggressive way of feedback for any employee to spew frustrations without any justification whatsoever. Oh, and you can spend your lifetime writing white papers that often go nowhere. How archaic in the only way to present or discuss an idea. I don't know how many trees are killed to print on paper (heaven forbid a soft copy) and then to sit all together in a room to read and discuss. Time killing and brain numbing exercise.",Think of ways to be more innovative. Dump those terrible managers. This is not a place to tolerate such poor behavior. be more flexible and provide better work environments.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23326,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Finance is an afterthought,"Smart people, Solid pay when factoring in restricted stock units","Ironically, information systems are bolted together with no coherence...just one-off solutions that get rolled out company wide.",Invest some capital in professional information systems,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23327,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"High Risk, High Reward","Salary is good. Get stock vests over first 4 years. Very challenging and will push you to your limits, and beyond. I have grown as a leader 2 fold in 3 years. Amazon focuses on holding managers accountable and thus creates an environment of success. Highly driven by a feedback-centered culture.","No good training process for managers. It's a ""sink or swim"" environment. This is a product of the internet-speed growth that Amazon faces. This is the high risk part of the job, but if you make it, great things can happen","Don't leave your leadership on a island to ""figure it out for themselves"". This is chewing people up and you're losing great talent. Focus on your leadership they way your leadership focuses on the associates.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23328,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Very labor intensive.,"Decent pay, could be better.","Apply directly through Amazon. Do Not go through a staffing agency, it takes forever to get converted.","Learn to delegate and stop flexing up every single shift, it is really uncool to have a scheduled shift where you may have to work an hour more or less everyday. Most sane people like to go home when their shift is scheduled to end.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23329,amazon,"Hayward, CA"," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,It's been a really good learning experience but stressful at times.,The pay is pretty good and it's easy to get the tools you need.,High stress and demanding at times,You need to work on retaining your key people.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1554.htm
23330,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced and fulfilling while also overworked and underguided,Potential to move and make something of your self.,"At times disorganized, direction and purpose not clear. Not everything thought out before implementation.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23331,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Horrible Leaders & no work life balance.,The company is full of very smart people. Many of them coming straight out of MBA school.,"Most leadership has little to no experience leading a wide variety of talent. The training is non existent and if you don't fit an exact mold, they will claim that you are not performing. There is also a high level of favoritism. This can be seen by managers drilling and requesting additional work from only certain members of the team.  Besides bad management, work life balance is non existent. If you have kids, say good bye to being part of their life. Management will look at your kids as a weakness and will penalize you come review time. Your family life, health, and overall well being will suffer working here.  The turnover at this place is a clear example on how things are broken with management. Not to mention that the company regularly offers $3-$6K referral, yet continues to post job openings in almost every department. Also keep in mind that your total compensation package is much smaller since you will probably be working 50-100% more hours vs your current job.",Have all of your Sr. Management take basic leadership classes. Most members of our team hated working for the Category Leader. The team members had little to no respect for this person. Due to the fact that this person was completely inconsiderate with the way they treated employees. From denying people time off during family births to calling maternity leave out as a negative during annual reviews.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23332,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jul 10, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,A nice experience,"They work with your school schedule if you are a student, summer activities with family members, and it is a very nice/friendly environment to be in. Oh and the pay is wonderful, as well as the benefits (health insurance etc.).","Long hours, and work can be hard on your body at times.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23333,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Imbalance work-life, super frugal, customers and then products are more important than employes' lives","Interesting projects, lost of technical challenges,","Super frugal, can be mean, working space is small, you will need air to breath, PCs, keyboards, monitors, mices are low-quality and cheap things, You have only 1 monitor for working only. Even coffee cups don't have lids or insulators. Managers ask you about your progress on projects all over the time. High bar-raiser, difficult promotions",words to reduce frugality. care more about personal and family lives.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23334,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2014",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Great place to work,"So many pros, I'll do this bullet point style so this doesn't get too long: - Ability to work from home - Flexible schedules, ability to work 4 10 hour shifts and that means a lot of time off (3 days off every week is awesome!) - Great work life balance (I know a lot of people say Amazon doesn't have this, however I think this is highly dependent on what team you work in and the manager you have, i'm fortunate enough to have both a great team and manager) - Pretty good compensation (amazon believes in total compensation, I will go into further details in cons) - Learn a ton on the job and have access to the latest and greatest in Cloud Computing - Occasional free food including free breakfast cereals most of the month - Lots of very smart people to learn from and collaborate with - Opportunity to advance, after working one year you are free to apply for any job in the company...you are really only limited by your own ambition and hard work at Amazon. - Helping fix customer problems makes me happy, but I might be weird - You are always empowered to fight for and help the customer, which makes it easy to do your job","- ""Frugality"" can sometimes go too far, employee perks don't match up with the Googles and Facebooks of the world. This is across the board. They are decent with perks, but not great. - Total compensation means that you will always be paid in both stock and salary, and while its nice to own stock in a good company, it can also be used against you because the RSUs take 2 years to vest, and you can run into situations where because you were previously given a vest, you will not get another one even though it might be warranted (raise, promotion, etc). the continual 2 year vests can also seem like golden handcuffs. - Working in Premium Support at times can feel like a call center, you have set times when you need to be available for phones and chats and that can sometimes be aggravating.","Always make sure to hire and staff a SURPLUS of support engineers to be available to handle all the calls/chats/email cases. It is crucial to continually hire and develop the best candidates in order to stay ahead of customer demand and ensure a positive and well functioning org. With how fast AWS is growing (and specifically support), Less is definitely not More in this situation.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23335,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,"Amazing experience with brilliant people, but upward mobility is challenging due to many layers of middle management.","It's good to be the king. AWS is the market leader, but engineering doesn't act like it. Extremely innovative and fast paced. If you appreciate the technology it never gets boring to sell it. The people are amazing, and because the hiring process is so daunting odds are most of your peers are solid contributors. Great opportunity to make money if you are hungry and resourceful.","There are many layers of middle management that came from far less innovative companies and it shows in the increasing amounts of bureaucracy and politics. The hiring process is arduous and sometimes freezes out good candidates. Upward mobility is really hard, especially with many layers of middle management almost all of which were hired externally.",A lot of management seems to focus on what makes them look good as opposed to what makes their team look good (which has the same result).,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23336,amazon,"Moreno Valley, CA"," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Fulfilment Associate,New employee,"Benefits in healthcare from first day of employment, compensation in vacation hours and personal hours. pay with built in pay raises",don't know any cons yet,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23337,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazon Customer Service,"Position including insurance, the people you work with are nice, some of the management is nice others not so much. If you like being in the military you will like this job.","Unreasonable expectation regarding what management calls ""positive positioning"" which is in reality lying to the customer to obtain temporary positive customer satisfaction rating. Constantly changing managers and teams is disruptive. This is a VERY stressful job not just for the employees at the bottom but up the management chain causing an unpleasant work environment for all. Now that I know what Amazon is like, I refuse to purchase from them but purchase from their competitors at every opportunity as I don't want to cause stress to my former co-workers.","Set more reasonable expectations for NRR by separating if the customer is satisfied with the Customer Service Associate and unsatisfied with Amazon policy. Grade the CSA on the customer satisfaction of the interaction with the CSA solely. Let Amazon policy have it's own satisfaction grade that does not effect the CSA's NRR. The CSA should not have to take the ""hit"" for Amazon's bad policies such as failure of sending a warning email to Prime trial members BEFORE you automatically charge their bank accounts, etc.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23338,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Lots of promise but ultimately frustrating because of internal politics.,The technical challenges and opportunities at Amazon are huge. You work with incredibly smart people on incredibly hard problems. You will learn a lot that will help with the rest of your career.,"There is always way more to do than you can reasonably accomplish. Most teams are understaffed. Amazon has a ""frugality"" leadership principle, which in reality means many things are underfunded and projects are harder to deliver as a result. Also, Amazon still uses the discredited stack ranking and forced curving in its ""performance"" reviews. The predictable result is aggressive internal competition, backstabbing, and other political bs. They'd be better off promoting teamwork and rewarding joint achievements.","Let your people work, promote collaboration and teamwork instead of destructive internal competition.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23339,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Pretty good until if fell off a cliff.,"Entry level/individual contributors are genuinely good people. High energy, motivated, creative, fun to be around.","Absolutely terrible management culture. Non-existent work-life balance. Review system can be arbitrary and capricious. You can work your butt off on a project, deliver it, and get put on a PIP because someone on a partner team didn't like your work style. In the review meeting, your manager might try to present positive data and get told that it doesn't matter.",Stop already with having peer feedback be the basis of the review model. People's managers should have the greatest say in reviews.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1555.htm
23340,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 2, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"A lot of work, but satisfying for those who enjoy it.",Great cardio workout if you're on the floor. people have been fun and enjoyable for the most part. If you get a blue badge the opportunities are seemingly endless.,"Hours during peak season can be a bit much, I hardly saw my family over the holiday season last year. I've heard a lot of things that are said will happen to better the working experience but are nowhere in sight.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23341,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's intense but I learned alot,Amazon has its leadership principles. Leadership principle is not only the guide for interviews but also the guide for internal ratings of current employees. This principle demonstrates good company culture.,"Condensation is good according to other tech companies. Benefit is rather week. Amazon promotes frugality. Working extra hours at work is a demonstration of hard work. However I am sure for all companies, everyone will be particularly busy during launch times.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23342,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 16, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Very peculiar,"Amazon is indeed a very peculiar place to work. There are a lot of opportunities to move around, intelligent people, there is never a dull moment and diverse culturally. My experience has been positive so far, but it differs from team to team. I've known people who left the company due to a bad experience with management. They either left at their own or were fired. The relocation package is very generous and the hiring team does an excellent job of recruiting talents.","Be ready to work long hours, have little work-life balance, bad health benefits, no career guidance, lack of processes, still runs as a start up, little teamwork, raises are miniscule and I wish they were as obsessed with their internal customers as they are with external ones.",Invest in really developing your people. Be more transparent with your employees and develop more ways to reward good performance. Teamwork has actually proven to be a good practice and I think everyone could benefit from it.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23343,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but..,"Working with great talented set of people, opportunities for cool projects","Career growth, salaries (!?, yes, really). If you are in operations, that's hectic job as well. Work-life-balance is not so great.",Recognize the employee's work more effectively,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23344,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jul 21, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's a job,- Office staff was present 24/7 - The company was definitely moving to make things better for employees at the time I left - Decent hours (I prefer the extra days off to having a shorter workday) - One of the few companies still hiring for general labor while most are/were cutting back,"- Poor compensation (benefits, salary, etc.) - Not many transferable skills learned/taught - Mediocre promotion availability (to be expected when you work in a warehouse with 2300 employees)",Keep giving the employees a voice in how to change things and improving the workplace as a whole.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23345,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If it fits for you, a great place to learn and build","this is a company that really sticks by its principles, especially customer obsession your career path is your own to determine, I've always been supported in my changes (can also be a negative, see below) you are building cool things that affect lots of people around the world NEVER A DULL MOMENT, EVER",massive growth can be hard to keep up with not a ton of help guiding your career no doubt it is a rat race. constant top-grading means you need to be absolutely engaged all of the time. your personal life will suffer from the time and attention you give to your job,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23346,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer,"Definitely work hard, hope to make history, but no fun, at all.",Compensation is great. Signing bonuses great.,"Atmosphere of fear breeds resentment and mistrust. It is an unpleasant and sometimes hostile work environment. I would not recommend to a friend. Expect to get huge amounts of pressure, work late, and have unrealistic schedules to deliver results. I would not recommend this place to a friend.","Lighten up. Professionals do not need to be treated as children. Talent will leave, as I plan to.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23347,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,category manager,endless opportunity to advance ecommerce,endless hours can be taxing,work/life balance needs improvement,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23348,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jul 13, 2014",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Hard to promote within if you are starting as a Tier I Associate,"Good benefits, stock options, vacation, personal time and unpaid time.",If you start as a Tier I associate it is very hard for you to promote within even though your educational credentials and work experience excel other associates. Once you are in a specific Tier the company will try to keep you from promoting until they have used your experience up.,"Be more aware of what all associates have to offer. Don't be hard set on keeping hard workers in specific paths just so you can drain their expertise. This action is leading to discontent and ""don't care"" attitudes.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23349,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 15, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,Nice pay. Work in teams of some of the most brilliant minds you will ever meet. You will work on the most innovative projects within the industry and company. Great support from software engineers. Operations is still main focus of company so you can come up with the ideas to make a difference and receive the support you need to get the job done and improve efficiency and reduce costs.,Long hours. Nights and weekends. Heavy turnover. No respect for your personal life. Lots of old school military hires into management. College grads beware.,"Say thank you everyone every once and a while to lower level management. Need to work on manager support, manager recognition, and most of all, manager development. Tough first job out of college.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1556.htm
23350,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager III,"Big impact work, great team, no work life balance","Smart, highly motivated team, initiatives that have direct customer impact, high visibility in the organization. Own your product end-to-end from conception to implementation to delivery to maintenance.","Very aggressive goals, no work life balance. Boss works harder than me because boss has more agressive goals. Company expects to work hard, work smart and work long hours. All teams own online services and you are never off work if you are the manager. Need to invest in a support org for live issues that pop up in the middle of the night.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23351,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Good company to work for.,Work/life balance rough during peak season.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23352,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Tough place to work but a great place to learn,"I spent 10 years at Amazon starting from engineer to growing into senior manager. I did software development, program management, product management and even some online marketing.  If you get opportunity to get into ground floor of a new initiative or business and are lucky enough that the initiative has executive attention and becomes a business and starts growing it will do wonders for you: 1/ You will learn first hand how businesses develop in online world 2/ You will learn how to operate efficiently (very limited resources - people and funding, and many idea - makes decision making and product pivoting crucial) 3/ Your career will grow fast within the company  I have outlined idea scenario that does occur in parts of the company. Albeit to lesser and lesser degree as company has grown a lot and become somewhat of a different beast. So if you are looking at the company and are serious about your investment of years there - be very sensitive to group you go to. You can land at a group that is bigger and older but if so, perform as well as you can and then you must switch to smaller - new business starting group. Otherwise you will be one of many who often complain about the company:  - Only ops, hardly get to write lot of code or ground breaking software, too much internal tribal knowledge - Burnout - big group - crazy boss driven beaurocracy  Lastly, Amazon is place for those who persevere in times of troubles - keep that in mind!","- Work life balance was worst in my first 4-5 years, it got a lot better in last 2-3 - If you are in big group, you will find it hard to get much done - big systems with amazon scale of customers are slow sorry - thats life - If you are in group with systems not yet mature for the scale, you will end up with lot more operations (debugging, finding that bug involving hairy exception stacks, being smart about problem solving beyond just looking at code flow)","while(1) {    printf("" Increase employee discount \n""), }  :)  If you run a big group - know for sure that you have some middle management that is not needed",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23353,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,Fast Paced warehouse environment,Move anywhere in the country,Work life balance. Small fish in a big pond,Don't forget who pays the bills,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23354,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do not value their employees,Always 40 hrs plus plenty of overtime,Very repetitive work with little opportunity for advancement,Treat employees as though they matter.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23355,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a terrible place to work. Great effort and results are ignored if you are not a yes man.,You get to say you worked at Amazon.com,"Favoritism, Executives in Seattle are totally oblivious to what goes on in their fulfillment centers, especially with regards to their managers. I encountered discrimination, and saw people routinely judged on the basis of their orientation as opposed to the content of their character, effort and results. This was the worst experience I've ever had.","Get eyes on the HR teams in your fulfillment centers managers are facing serious issues and HR is not interested in helping but rather ""performance managing."" Listen to your AM's and Ops and look at the turnover rate in amongst them, you can learn a lot.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23356,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - IT,Brutally Fast-paced but Also Full of Amazing Opportunities,"The best benefit of working at Amazon is the amazing array of coworkers. You meet everyone from MIT graduates to post-military special ops (and all folks in-between). Most of the people at Amazon are no BS types who don't like office politics. Those are the people I love working with the most. Amazon's technical environment offers experience and learning opportunities you cannot get anywhere else. Server management, ruby/perl programming, Cisco, Linux, network cabling, project management, etc - all in one job.","""Day 1 Basic Training"" atmosphere. From the moment you walk into the door, it's ""Go! Go! Go! Go!"", and man does that burn you out after a few years. I've seen really good people get burned out, and either quit or get canned because they can't sustain double-speed 40-60 hrs a week. Amazon isn't for everyone. Read through the reviews here. It's not for whiners or folks who want a ""cruise control"" job. There's no cruise at Amazon - only full throttle every moment of every day.",Stop burning people out. Stop micro-managing.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23357,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"never boring, often stressful","The company culture is based on objectivity, responsibility, and precision. This means there is little to no ""politics"" or egos to stroke. Great for people who like to work fast and hard and not waste time. No classism or age-ism like you sometimes see in young hot tech companies.","Frugal company culture means perks are minimal, tools can be subpar, managers can be spread extremely thin and work environment can be unnecessarily challenging.","Considering the hurdles to getting hired here, there should be more of a focus on retention and promotion of internal talent.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23358,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2014",Former Employee - Graphic Designer,Designer,You have a chance to work with cool and smart people in technology side but not in design side. It is totally up to your boss if the job is fun or not.,There is no work and life balance! You have to work and work even on weekends and never leave on time!,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23359,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Sales,Nice environment but insensitive people,Poor management and lack of responsibility permeates the system.,Bring it up the game,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1557.htm
23360,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Stretch, learn, work, work and work",Opportunities abound. Innovative new work being done all day every day. Rapid growth company. Environment that encourages creativity. Autonomy is granted if you know your stuff. Dogs allowed in the office. Casual dress environment. Learned more about business and process efficiency in 4 years at Amazon than I did in 10 years in my prior jobs.,"Chronically understaffed. No work life balance and HR Is not seeking to implement it. Churn and burn environment. Arrogant attitude of SVPs with little or no value of employee and employee contributions - i.e. ""you're lucky to work here"" . Compensation structure is heavily equity based, such that at best salaries are at mid of market requiring sales of shares to meet competitive market salary--leadership principle of ""ownership"" is a farce. Stock compensation is heavily taxed resulting in a lower overall total compensation package. Benefits are beyond skimpy. Tools, and systems for non-customer facing infrastructure work are fragile and require much manual work to prevent failures.","Values and leadership principles are good. Improve benefits, change compensation structure to more appropriately compensate top talent that work hard to contribute to the company's success.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23361,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Hardware Interface Design,"Disorganized, understaffed, politics over products (hardware division)","Seattle campus hires amazing, accomplished designers to work on device platform. The hiring process is thorough but appropriate and the talent level is great.","""frugality"" as a corporate value gets interpreted in ways that are pushing ridiculous. The famous door desks are a good example, they are awful, if you need quiet or privacy to work in forget it, the open space is crowded and offices go only to vps. It's a battle to even get a decent dev/design kit setup. The comp package is totally whack (huge ""signon"" bonuses that extend over the two years before your stock vests, to make up for way lower base than google, ms, apple. And get taxed way higher). Recruiting process was brutal as they seem to outsource the same job to a thousand substandard contract staff. Great, great designers, but understaffed, encouraged to cut corners with some ridiculous cronyism and incompetence as you go up the food chain. You can see it in the current wave of product releases. The arrogance of longtime amazon staff in some divisions vs new hires is horrible and it's no surprise the median time spent there is 1 year. I quit and was contacted months later as to why and if I would consider coming back.",Dump the faux nobility of Frugality and treat employees better. Fix the parking situation in Seattle ) parking is 2-300 a month and the wait list for corporate spots is a year long. Hardware platform design division needs a serious re-org and process. Don't expect employees to work on 6 teams simultaneously with no air cover. Give clear career paths (getting promoted is near impossible),1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23362,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Facilities Area Manager,I have enjoyed my time with Amazon.,Working with leaders from all over the world.,"Expectations are very high, and the work life balance can get out of hand.",Hold all managers accountable for their work practices. Not just the low level area managers.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23363,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Mostly good experience,"Ownership, high impact, fast moving, innovative, lots to choose from, not as political as other cos.","pay and promotion, lack of training opportunities",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23364,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer life sucks,You get to learn a lot and get very good experience,On calls are horrible. You can get paged anytime 24hrs/day for 7 days. Screws up your health,Consider that employees have a life outside work too,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23365,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working experience at amazon.com,very good working culture pretty good opportunities to move into better roles,salary work-life balance depends on the team and project you are working for,take care of employees in the same way you take care of your customers,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23366,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,I love working for Amazon,"* Bottom-up culture. As a manager, I have full autonomy to get things done and drive my short and long term vision, hire fantastic people, and take large risks",* No Paternity leave * Healthcare benefits have much higher premiums and deductibles each year * Stock grant policy can limit options at times,Meetings can be too serious--make it fun!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23367,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jun 30, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,I love this company!,"Pay, Company values, benefits, associates get a lot of time off, customer centricity","Difficult to move up, Tough work-life balance, older warehouses work with equipment that has a tendency to fail and fixed with ""band-aids.""",Start looking to hire from within more than hiring college students without leadership experience.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23368,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,great company for consumers,"Talented people, downtown/near-downtown location. Different teams can feel very different. But overall they hold similar culture. If you are lucky and find a reasonable team, you might be able to enjoy it. But not so much for other teams.",it's better to be a customer than an employee. no work life balance. management expects you to work late. uncompetitive compensation. on-call. political issue. This can be nasty sometimes.,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23369,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Seasonal),Fulfillment Associate,"Pass the drug test you are hired, they put a lot of people in the system. They give you personal days to use at your discretion from day one. If you like wearing jeans, t-shirts and tennis shoes you will love it at Amazon. The warehouse is climate controlled.","They profile people as to what job they will do, and how they promote. If you are young, white, preppy type you are way ahead of the game. Just look around at the people in management positions. Seasonal workers hire on making less money per hour then people with permanent positions, doing the same exact job. Seasonal workers don't get the monthly bonuses, even though they are needed to make the monthly quota. Their incentive is that one day they may become permanent and get these benefits. You will more then likely be let go before this happens and before your medical benefits kick in.","Company concept is awesome, so sad it isn't available to all.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1558.htm
23370,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jun 24, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon - great but not perfect,"It pays decently well, the conditions aren't bad and safety is much better than most warehouses.",Management can send conflicting messages at times.,"Come up with a true set of values and set up all your policies around them. Treat all employees fair, including at the supervisor level and apply every policy the same way every time and the morale would get a lot better.",4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23371,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the company I started with,"Lots of work, new stuff daily, used to be something to be proud of on a resume, lots of travel opportunity.","Overworked, under resourced, review goals/expectations change to suite the mood of upper management, nothing to show for spending years with the company other than stories about how it used to be a fun and exciting place.","Staff your teams, pay them competitively, police your middle management ranks of favoritism/grudges, working people at 110% all the time burns out good resources. Talk to (not down to) your teams, they can help you figure out your business challenges. Its when you don't talk/discuss with your team that they distrust and fret over what you're going to spring next.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23372,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A platform to learn a lot,- One gets to learn latest technologies - Very fast paced company with extremely tight deadlines - Customer centric,- Can get hectic and tiring - Not great work life balance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23373,amazon,"Salem, OR"," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,You'd do better to work for Walmart,You will meet some amazing coworkers from across the country. The pay was decent ($11 an hour) and you get benefits no matter if you're part time or full time. You have a guaranteed set amount of hours and a set schedule. They'll work around your college schedule,"If you work in customer service, your job depends on your customers. Whether you follow policy or not, you could lose your job within a month. Even if you're a top performer and solved the customer's problem, you can be fired because the customer chose to give you a no. They want innovative ideas but every time you give them one, they shoot it down and approve it for someone else later on.",Learn what will keep the good associates around rather than driving them to other companies. It'll be the demise of your company if you continue treating your associates like replaceable trash.,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23374,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Watch out and quit in 1.5 years,"- Salary is competitive. They are willing to give you a 20-30% bump if you switch from Microsoft. - Technology is interesting in a few teams, many teams (like GPS or TRMS) do very mundane work though. - Good career boost when you quit (most people quit in 1-2 years)","Only choose Amazon if you have no other comparable option. Compensation package can be good, but remember that you are trading more hours and peace of mind. - It's not a happy place to work. Everyone is trying to survive and get through their pile of work. - There are plenty of better places to work, with better work environments and work-life balance. - Certain teams (like GPS and TRMS) do really mundane work that no one really cares about. No opportunity for career growth. - Management can be inexperienced and ruthless, a bad combination. Several people on my team were fired with no notice and questionable motives. - Long work hours. Always on culture. - Swim or sink culture. You are responsible for your survival, your managers and peers don't really care if you don't do well. - Lot of churn, people quit frequently or change teams. - Offices are bare and depressing. - Benefits? Just the bare minimum. - There are plenty of better choices. Only",Take care of your employees.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23375,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Learned a lot about engineering and work/life balance,You work with smart nice people. There is definitely cutting edge technology in some groups. Amazon won't crumble anytime soon,"What group you are in drastically impacts your work/life balance, the interest of the engineering, your ability to advance, etc.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23376,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Great company with great benefits and pay,"pay is good once you get into leadership, benefits are good. Excellent training opportunities. Amazon is one of the few companies where the customer is king and will do everything it can to improve the experience. I loved working there.",You'll work a lot of hours once salaried. Sometimes expectations are not explained very well when taking on a new role.,Make sure new leadership gets proper training and expectations are explained fully up front.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23377,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Long hard climb.,"If you are fast paced, willing to sweat..a lot, and can make it through 'boot camp' (the first 4-6 weeks) you can pretty much work for them for as long as you like. you just have to keep up a fast pace..no slowing down. If you shine often and work harrrdddd you will get noticed.","At Tier I you will have very little access to your manager, training beyond the initial orientation, and resources unless you are willing to go in on your own time and explore because if you are dormant for more than 5 minutes you are in trouble. However if you do take the time to do that, the resources are fairly wide open on the intranet, but you are NEVER told at Tier I how to access them, and if you bring what you have learned up, you will get looks like ""how do YOU know that, or the Tier IV managers will get pissed you know something they don't. PS they did away with Tier II, so if you do get to be more than a drone with added responsibilities, you will not get paid for it unless you magically jump to tier III.","There is a lot of confusion at Tier I. Many times the different managers have totally different ways of doing things and this is a symptom of a greater problem. There is no clear advancement path from Tier I to the higher tiers unless a manager just happens to take favor with you. I assume that this is what tier II used to be for. Clear and concise directions, expectations, and training are missing at Tier I if you want to advance. I recommend that they restore Tier II and use it for those associates that shine at Tier one when they have a secondary task added. Have written descriptions of the secondary jobs and hoe those job interlink for particular paths of advancement. Also, when additional tasks are added a small increase in pay should be given. Because much of the normal advancement steps are missing, you must jump up the corporate ladder, and you'll only make it if you have someone who favors you personally because there is no tracking of training and evaluation in those step positions. If you talk to a Fulfillment Center Tier V or VI, ask them how many of their tier IV managers came from lower Tiers. Most will say none.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23378,amazon,"Pasco, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,amazon.temp,the benefits if u could become a permanent were good,"the call center is a revolving door, many are fired or let go within 6 months, employee discount of only 10% off of things only sold through amazon itself is lame. Used to be a great place to work, but the site director and the constant stream of temp management ""seasonal hires"" fills the site with false promises and backstabbing. the internal software is buggy and non-secured. i wouldnt go back if u paid me double i spent a total of 3.5 years there.","you give crummy treatment, youll get crummy employees. fire the site leader in pasco, wa and her minions for the love of God",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23379,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nimble, smart and easily the best work culture",Great company. Smart people. Total independence. Agile and nimble development life cycles. great compensation,none so far. not for people who can not move fast !,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1559.htm
23380,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Depends on the team,"Interesting problems to solve, moves extremely quickly, culture of customer obsession. If you like data, you can make a huge impact on the business. I've found my work at Amazon meaningful and stimulating.","Experience depends on the team. - poor manager training and there are many bad ones - culture that extols confrontation - lack of transparency - no perks whatsoever  Eventually, enough is enough.",Treat employees with respect,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23381,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Harsh culture,"I learned a ton, and understand that each department is different depending upon your manager, but my experience was unpleasant. Signing bonuses and stock plans can be generous depending upon timing and level.",Bad management is not sanctioned at all. Overt sexism by my manager. A high tech software company that has people doing work via hand entered formulas on excel spreadsheets. No work life balance.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23382,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Product Manager,The worst company I have ever worked for,Exciting technical projects to work on Fast Paced environment with a never ending supply of cool problems to solve for real customers,"In 17 years of working for technical companies, Amazon is the first company I have left, because of the Managers, culture and the corporate design around firing and hiring It Stems around their Principles, and the company's poor management training and hiring Managers are treated like prince and princesses of their own kingdoms and most of them are inexperienced and Amazon does nothing to train them better! Think Big - Translation: Over-promise and under-deliver as a culture means most developers never deliver on what they promise and always lose morale Bias for Action - Translation: make important decisions in isolation means first releases will often fall short technically because of a lack of engineering rigor. The stock incentive is built around their broken management system. If they burn most employees out to the point of leaving prior to the 2.5 year mark, then they pay you very little in Stock Awards. Don't be fooled by their stock awards! Most employees will never see the benefit! Right Often - Managers have developed a culture of dishonesty. They require people under them to agree with their plans, and worse, ultimately believe they are the voice of the customer. This means, everyone under them has to agree with them, or if they don't then they are stupid. You don't want to be stupid, do you? Then you better agree with them. Ideally this principle is supposed to make people push for the right thing in an organization, and when you do push for the right thing, you can labeled stupid for six months. Then when your boss realizes you are right, he or she will acknowledge your right. But, do the math, if you are stupid for 6 months, and right for 15 seconds, what do you think your general reputation will be in your group. ...I could go on","Shape up! Your principles are what made me WANT to work for your company. I love your product, but now, having seen what you do to your employees directly, I pause and think twice before buying. Can I get it locally for close to the same price? Can I buy it online somewhere else for close to the same price? If you continue to foster a yes sir mentality in your managers, you will eventually implode. Maybe you are too big now, and your business so diversified that it can weather any amount of isolated failures, but I will not be lending my Intellectual capability or my money to your cause until this gets addressed.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23383,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Jun 26, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,"Pays lip service to putting employees first, doesn't deliver.",Interesting work that was different all the time. Lots of interaction between different departments. Good benefits as far as Health Insurance was concerned.,"Poor base compensation for position, relies too much on stock grants to make up pay. No work-life balance at all and if you are religious, you're frowned up (at least at the location I was at) if you as to have Sunday mornings free. Being moved out of areas of responsibility once you get really good at them and can add value.  While they stress people are important, if you try to work with people if they have issues, your reprimanded about trying to help them. It seems like they would rather just get rid of them and hire someone else. No respect for experience and knowledge learned from other companies.",Customer Service starts with taking care of the internal customers that are not in Seattle also.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23384,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jul 6, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Overall great place to work, pay is not what you would expect.","Very lax place, easy to get along with everyone, especially managers, safety is important.","Not competitive pay, chaotic always construction, changing.","More mobility, rich company, associate pay not great.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23385,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,-A big software stack to explore. Opportunity to learn new things,-to much context switch - High expectations from management - Lower appreciation level,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23386,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,All about preventing unionization,"Salary, young employees, free coffee",Get around laws by working the managers like dogs. Offer no assistance except work harder. Like to hire military because they don't know better.,"You can suck up your time in a FC and wonder why you gave up years of your life or you could go somewhere else. One my lease was up I left, haven't looked back..",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23387,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good workplace, Bad Environment",Great new projects. Good technology. Very competitive environment,"bad work life balance, too much into the hands of your direct managers",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23388,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Opportunity to learn/grow offset by culture of fear, amplified by ","Large company with many different leading-edge technology initiatives. No matter what you want to work on or where you want to learn and grow, there is probably a team working on it. Brilliant, highly motivated and hard working employees. Principals Of Amazon and Friday Learning Series talks are fascinating, informative and give new/innovative ways of looking at things, if you can make the time for them.","The work ""style"" of piling it on is not only Darwinian, it precludes anything other than the fastest path to delivery and creates internal competition rather than collaboration. If you can't play the ""this is an Steam goal"" card you're hosed. ""Bar raiser"" is a euphemism for ball-buster. They seem to lurk and pounce on any oversight or flaw no matter how small. If there's more than one in a meeting, it can turn into a feeding frenzy. Management seems to actually enjoy the badgering. The clever ones wait and then weigh in with a Leadership Principle, usually as a stick rather than a carrot.",Invite a set of external recruiters in for a retrospective. Ask them about what people who leave Amazon tell them and why they rarely refer people to Amazon.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23389,amazon,none," May 15, 2014",Former Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Dishonest in Hiring,"Amazon as a whole is a great company, but only worth joining in the right departments.  The good news is you can move after a year. If you go into AWS Support, work on networking and self promotion outside of AWS Support, then get out as fast as you can. *Never tell anybody you hate support. It's important one pretends to like AWS Support, then transfer as soon as possible.*  If your transfer doesn't work out after a year in AWS Support, you still have a deeply discounted relocation to the Pacific Northwest or Northern Virginia thanks to Amazon. Expect to pay some back if you leave before 2 years, indentured servitude is central to the retention strategy.","Many departments are terrible. I stupidly joined AWS Support as an stepping stone into Amazon when I should have waited for the job I wanted instead of waiting to transfer. During the interview, they will say over and over, ""this is not a call center!"" It's a call center, a very densely packed call center. If you want to be a star, you stay at your desk and respond to as many customers as possible. Don't forget to praise your managers, they have no idea what's going on or what you do, they might not even know where they are most days, but they go crazy for giving them the same insincere praise they give each other and employees.  The job is easy, they don't want people who can think and they've done very well in hiring the people they want. The entire job is linking to documentation or external blogs. Most of the customers are lazy, hence the need to pay somebody to Google phrases on their behalf. As long as you make the customer believe they are special and you care, you might get a 5-star rating, which is very serious in AWS Support. You don't have to do a good job, you just have to make the customer think you did something special to get that 5-star. Then your manager will give you a pat on the head, you'll oblige their condescension by feigning appreciation for their rote praise.  If you get a 1-star rating, your managers will remind you of your terrible inadequacy. It doesn't matter why you get a 1-star, just that you did. They usually don't investigate the 1-star, you're told to have more ""Customer Obsession"" or some other such nonsense. It's the same coin as the 5-stars, just a different side of the same coin. Nobody bothers to understand why you have a 1- or 5-star rating, they just give false praise for 5-star rating or sincere, but ignorant, condemnation for 1-star ratings. From this, I realized most managers could be replaced with simple scripts that send a predefined message on IRC for 1- and 5-star ratings. The desks AWS Support could recover from newly automated managers would each seat four more support engineers.  Literally anything goes to get the desired numbers. ""Engineers"" are encouraged to get many ""actions"", if that involves writing as many short emails as possible, that's good if it creates more ""actions."" No matter what a customer asks, everything is working well and every product is completely without flaws. Never give cautionary advice about AWS services, if a customer asks about a potential downside do whatever you can to avoid admitting any imperfections.  The pay and benefits are terrible. There's no tuition reimbursement, the 401(k) is bad, the pay is low, the vacation days are few, the health insurance is almost worthless, and you get an insultingly poor Amazon.com discount code.","Stop pretending to care about quality and then whining about ""actions"". Stop playing favorites. Stop treating adults like children. Stop the obvious lies, nobody believes anything you say. Take training seriously.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,39,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1560.htm
23390,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2014",Current Employee - SDE2,"Brutal load, but very agile.",Frugality. You will know exactly how much revenue your team is making and how much you are spending and learn to optimize it. You will own products and systems and feel like you are involved in projects that have several times more engineers in competing companies. Compensation is good. People are smart. Development is as agile as Java stack allows. Management is very technical.,"Frugality. From the desks that were previously doors to displays that will hurt your eyes to laptops that are not much more than bricks. Brutal workload. You will always be behind on all projects, no matter how good you are. Shifting requirements. Anything you need to do may change tomorrow. Zero positive reinforcement. Again, no matter how good you are, you are always behind and management will make sure you will know that.",Time to treat your developers the same way you treat your customers. Invest in developers and hire more of them. It's a hot market for developers and it's just a matter of time before they realize they are treated like slaves here.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23391,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,exciting projects that I can work on,difficult to manage both and work life,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23392,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE II,Good people - some of the best I've ever worked with Fun work environment Great tech Great technical problems. Great infrastructure,"Bad benefits - almost zero perks for employees. Lots of people burn out - you must learn to say no! Needless, short-sighted frugality",Make time to resolve technical debt,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23393,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Not worth it anymore,"Brand name, looks good on your resume. Dogs allowed. Good signing bonus","This company, like many others, has become too fat, people have been hired too soon. There is little control over teams and there is a lack of general direction. I have had a manager not sure about direction of projects and has worked to save her skin, they will throw you under the bus when needed. If you suck up to the right people, you will get ahead.",Seriously? Do they even read this?,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23394,amazon,"Patterson, CA"," Jul 4, 2014",Former Employee - Problem Solver,Stepping Stone,"Great Benefits, Educational Programs after one year, and cool Holiday giveaways.",Tier 3 and 4 Leadership are mostly punching the clock. Not enough Genuine Leadership at that level. Entry level pay is very low. Moral on the warehouse floor very low. Not what I expected from a Online giant like Amazon.,"Stop playing favorites. Be genuine increase, and increase Tier 1 pay they deserve it. Amazon company can afford it!",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23395,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Smart people, good atmosphere, great culture.",None I can think of.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23396,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Easy Job Great time off policy,None All work well together,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23397,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Amazon Web Services and Work Life Balance,"Amazon Web Services is one of the best places in the industry to challenges your technical skills and grow as a software development engineers. AWS has an amazingly talented set of senior engineers who provide quality mentoring.  Despite what old reviews might say, you can, in fact have work life balance at Amazon. I have two children under the age of 5, my spouse works, and we have a life. Moreover, Amazonians are there to help you learn how to find that balance.","If you are used to being the best, you won't be at AWS because many of the best of the best are there. Some people thrive this environment as they love learning from their peers. Others finding it too intimidating.",None.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23398,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jun 10, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,"Great company, okay employer","Amazon is the big gorilla in retail and clearly knows what it's doing. This is a hugely successful company, and it's already great to work someplace that is growing and doing new things all the time.","Lots of bureaucracy and rigidity. Casual dress code, but otherwise quite corporate. A large portion of compensation comes in stock, which is great but locks you in (because of the 4-year vest). And you need to be in Seattle to succeed in the long-term (a warning for non-Seattle employees).",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23399,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 26, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Work you like the hamster you are with little pay.,You get to work for a big company. You get to see what they carry everyday. Onsite medic with medication.,You are always on your feet. ALWAYS. You never have time to do anything outside work. Pay you little to where you can't afford a good place to live outside the ghetto. You will always see people being escorted out for either stealing or not moving fast enough. I REALLY MEAN THIS. Everyday. They don't care if your feet hurt. You either get up and get moving or you're fired. They have ZERO tolerance for talking while you work. You need to be moving and working not talking. You always feel like a robot instead of a human. You have to ALWAYS bring you own LUNCH OR DINNER. NO DINERS OR CAFE ON SITE.,"I'm glad the CEO offer $5,000 to the employees that don't want to work for you guys. Amazon. If you are willing to put the product before the employee then you might as well close down shop because a whole lot of people are going to quit.",2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,none,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1561.htm
23400,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,On-call duty is bad depending on the team,People were really smart and talented. There was pretty much a limitless amount of work that computers/automation could improve. Lots of opportunities to be creative.,"On-call rotation was horrible. It really depends on what team you're on. I was on one of the bad teams There is a weekly rotation for each member of the team, and I joined a team that had an average of a page every day (which could happen in the middle of the night, even weekends). But if you're on a team that's a new product or one without a strict SLA, you're OK. People worked a little too hard.",On-call rotation has caused good talent to leave.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23401,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Content Developer,The jury is still out,"benefits, smart and innovative people, opportunities across organizations, customer centric, well reviewed and liked","peer review system, out of touch leadership, work/life balance lacking",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23402,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Working for Amazon,Smart people Great leadership Cutting edge technology opportunities,Work life balance Churn of workforce,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23403,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jul 16, 2014",Former Employee - Human Resources,NO WORK LIFE BALANCE - BAD PLACE TO WORK,Amazon lures you in with high sign on bonuses and chunks of stock,"No work life balance. Overworked - both hourly and management. Sr. Leadership provides no direction...sink or swim culture. Management is hired one step below their last position, with promises of getting back at the same level in the future...and there is no opportunity to get there. Recruiters do not tell you about the long hours and horrible shifts, or about working holidays without compensation for them. Sr. Managers are afraid to the right thing...making things worse for lower managers. Seems Sr. Managers are afraid to tell Jeff Bezos he is wrong sometimes.","Don't be afraid to do the right thing, and stop using lower managers as escape goats.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23404,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cut Throat,Great place for driven and ambitious people looking to do whatever it takes to climb up in the corporate world.,"No work/life balance, excessive politics and favoritism, unfair employee treatment, no perks (you pay for everything including parking), base salary is usually on the lower end but stocks are where you make the majority of your income though they are on a vesting schedule for couple years down the road and most people stay in the company for this reason (golden handcuffs).","Build better leadership skill through coaching rather than a ""sink or swim"" mentality that chews people up, and spits them out.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23405,amazon,none," May 29, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Come with a thick skin or don't make the trip!,I met and worked with some really good leaders in this company. Overall compensation is very competitive. Promotions can come quickly if you are willing to work hard and if you are good at what you do.,"Fulfillment is often shift work for a lot of managers. If you are not good with ""change"", Amazon is not the place for you. Leadership development is very much on the individual, it will not be handed to you.",Keep up the good work! I only left for my spouse's job opportunity and I will be back with the company if they open a facility nearby.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23406,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,A good opportunity to broaden your horizons.,Incredibly diverse and intelligent workforce.,No upward mobility unless in Operations,Increase upward mobility for Support departments.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23407,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 26, 2014",Former Employee - Programmer/Analyst II,eHHHH,Cool employees and nice location.,People higher up the chain are a bit pretentious.,Treat all workers equally plz.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23408,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Challenging, but not rewarding.",You will learn a lot. You will work with some very smart people on some very hard problems. You will grow and develop your ability to use data for effective decision-making.,"You will no longer have a life - expect an intense 8-9 hours of work each day + 3-6 days of on-call each month if you are an SDE (weekends too!) Perks are minimal to nonexistent compared to the rest of the industry. Pay is average. Equipment is outright cheap, and sometimes painful to deal with.","I was lucky enough to be on a team whose manager is nothing short of amazing. All advice below goes to senior management.  Raise salaries. Be more understanding of employee needs / requirements and don't treat them at a large scale like sheep. Employees are not robots but people that need to spend quality time with their friends and family. If you cannot understand and respect that, people will keep leaving the company at year 2 despite the stock awards that vest at year 3 and 4.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23409,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunities employer,challenging environment autonomy to drive changes,work-life balance those who do not know how to compete will fall by the wayside,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1562.htm
23410,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Misled,"Easy onboarding if you don't do drugs, don't have to get up early in the morning","Schedule is misleading, on your feet entire shift, walking to and from break room counts as part of your break, monotonous and physical, workload is often unmanageable, no air conditioning--you will need to go home and shower as soon as you get off work. Amazon has created their own package sorting facilities, and I'm at DFW8. It is misleading to call it fulfillment because all you do is sort boxes. You never know what the product is unless it's in a manufacturer's box. If you are new you will probably be building pallets with boxes that come off a conveyor belt. You scan the box and then the pallet number. I assume the sole purpose of scanning is to keep you from messing up and also monitor how much work you're doing. So far I haven't been trained on any other function. It looks like if you're good at something they just leave you there. Every day we're told they're short-handed and we have to stay an hour late or more, but I have yet to see any other new hires. The work is exhausting and you're running around like a chicken with your head cut off for five hours. I can see ways to improve the process, but I doubt anyone would listen. Meanwhile, the supervisors are standing around unless they need to tell you something's wrong. It's also just like any other company in that they would rather hire the minimum amount of people and work them to death. Lately they've been trying to get us to sign up for overtime that would double the amount of hours I'm scheduled to work, and yet there are no benefits. I'm dreading the holiday season, but I will probably quit before then.","Hire more people, hire more full-time people who want to work longer hours, tell new hires up front the shift is 2-7 instead of 2-6, organize and streamline the work processes.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23411,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Sometimes overwhelming but very satisfying and stimulating work,- Ownership - Customer focus - Self driven. You can seek to understand bigger picture if you want or focus in your specialities. - Easy to change teams. - Fast paced still ready to acquire latest technologies - No limit to the responsibility you can take.,- Grown potential limited. - No encouragement from manager about the career growth unless you seek out. - Overwhelming first year - Goals/deadline mostly unrealistic,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23412,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Liers,Fame Growth potential Stability Innovative culture in some teams,"Managers will have to do anything to meet the goals, so they lie, make you work or threaten to fire you. The house always wins. High employee turnover including managers. Good managers don't like to work there because they can't care about their employees, their job is to get the most from their employees.",none,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23413,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Database Administrator II,Great place to work,Scale and lots of opportunities for growth. Smartest people you will ever work with. Never a dull moment.,"Work-life balance can be tricky. If you're ready to work long hours that are adrenalin filled, this is the place.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23414,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software development engineer,"improve leadership qualoties, culture, personal growth","so much work, perks, timings, benifits","better compensation, benefits, work life balance",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23415,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer,Great People. Lots of interesting projects and teams to join. I never had to deal with politics (although I'm sure my managers did).,On-call support and development environments that take an eternity to setup. Sometimes it seemed like I could never get anything done between configuring a new service or dealing with on-call support.,Get rid of on-call.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23416,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Career development,"Great stocks, growth potential is great! Relocation is available nation wide. Great people to work with and learn from.",Work to home life is tough. Demanding schedule especially during peak season. When your a managers you will work 60 plus hours a week if not more. Turn over rate with upper management seems highs,Pay all employee either from external or internal the same. Some people who have promoted within make less then an outsider coming in to the company.,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23417,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Work with smart people, but be prepared to sacrifice your personal life","Amazon attracts some of the best talent in the world. I am constantly learning from my peers and I'm challenged on a daily basis. It's great working for a company that is defining e-commerce around the world. Most companies say that they care about their customers, but no one lives and breathes it like Amazon. Customers mean everything. It is far more important for Amazon to make their customers happy than their employees.  Amazon has a good compensation program if you're willing to stick it out for 4 years (easier said than done). I'm an experienced hire with an MBA from a top 5 program - my base salary was on par with many corporate jobs (maybe slightly lower). I was given a nice cash signing bonus (a little over half my yearly salary) split up over 2 years. I was also given stock (originally worth about 2/3 my salary) that vests over 4 years (80% of it coming in years 3 and 4).","Be prepared to sacrifice work/life balance. If you are looking for a 40-50 hour a week job, Amazon is not the place to be. You will work nights and weekends on a regular basis - most of the time you can work from home (after office hours), but you're always on a leash. You will also be expected to do the dirty work in any role that you're in (you will need to write SQL to get your data - someone isn't going to do it for you). Know what you're getting into - Amazon can be a humbling place.","Amazon needs to do a better job of retaining talent and improving morale. No one ever sounds consistently ""happy"" at Amazon. At some point, we'll lose great talent to places like Google and Facebook because we don't invest in keeping our own talent.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23418,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I learned both hard and soft skills that carry over to different jobs,"fast-paced, great training, chances for growth","work-life balance, working weekends, warehouse environment",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23419,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2014",Former Employee - Finance Manager,"BEWARE, Amazon tells lies to future employers","Innovative, Progressive company that believes in change management. If you like process improvement this is your company.","Beware, Amazon told lies to potential future employer. Why? Who knows however, potential future employers may receive incorrect information about your work performance. This has happened to numerous former employees.  Quarterly rankings against your peer level, if you are in bottom third you are put on Performance Improvement Plan.","Beware, if you tell lies about former employees you may find yourself in court.",2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1563.htm
23420,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Vary smart people but work environment is a grind,You will learn from the best and will be constantly challenged to go above and beyond. Experience at Amazon is easily marketable to other retail or ecommerce related companies. Most likely in any new workplace you will keep thinking about customers first and customer obsession as the way to win.,"Work life balance is very poor. You need to have thick skin because it is not a culture where achievements receive lots of praise. Most often you will be asked to think along the lines ""What could be done better?"". Famous frugality leads to cramped offices, poor benefits and uncomfortable business travel experiences.",Consider replacing stack ranking of empoyees which is prone to favoritism with some more fair and transparent system,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23421,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No growth for MBAs,Nothing much to say at all.,"Getting in as Vendor Manager at Amazon with an MBA degree is a waste of your intellect. Any good sales person with a bachelor's degree will do the job well. You do a 100 menial tasks which keeps you occupied all through the day, rather than 2-3 big strategic projects. You are really busy and work 80 hours a week but it all adds up to nothing.  Amazon's compensation structure is based on a breakage model where the hope and expectation is that people will quit after a year or two at the company and they dont have to end up paying the big RSU component.  Its a burn out factory.",The wheels will keep spinning until the stock price is high and then what?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23422,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The job is VERY physically demanding.,The company has good benefits and the freedom to leave early with your banked time.,There's a lot of favoritism.,Stop with the obvious favoritism.,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23423,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Working as HR Business Partner,"High hiring bar, opportunity to experiment and do some interesting work that make impact on the business. Ability to bring dogs to work. Good culture clearly defined for employees through the leadership principles.","The company is growing significantly however, promotions to Director seems to be rare. There are HR people in big roles, doing great work whom I respect who have not been promoted. I am surprised and concerned that there really isn't a career path.  Compensation is a concern for many employees since the stock has dropped 25% recently.",Provide advice on how to get to Director of HR.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23424,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2014","Former Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development","Great place to work hard, learn a lot, and make your mark.","High hiring bar so you work with really smart people. Bezos and (most of) the rest of the senior management team takes the long view, so you really are empowered to do the right thing. Customer-focused culture is pretty cool.",People work very hard and the tolerance for people who are perceived to not be contributing enough is low.,Keep taking the long view!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23425,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prettty good environment,Good pay. Would never regret it.,Very busy. Make time for other things than the job,Pretty organized,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23426,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,"Great customer base, passion around the operations side of the business. Always innovating for better customer experience.",Employees have unrealistic goals and very few perks to compensate. Amazon completely relies on their stock price to attract and retain. No consensus on how to move forward with priorities on the corporate side of the business.,More recognition for even smaller goal deliverables.,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23427,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - ISS Field Representative,Amazon,Lots of benefits and activities.,Long hours and lots of overtime (mandatory) especially at the holidays. Not many holidays off.,Stop micro-managing. Stop putting excessive pressure on workers to make your numbers look good.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23428,amazon,none," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Great Pay and benefits packages for managers,Hard work and can have difficult work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23429,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Worst expierience ever as far as how management handles itself, and their staff.","Medical benifits, Employee discounts, Reasonable pay, Paid time off, Vacation time.",No structure amongst managers and employees. No respect level between the both. Treat you like dogs for the amount of work you put in.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1564.htm
23430,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Fresh driving sometimes not so fresh,"OK pay, benefits, bonuses, and tips.",Too many low level college educated managers trying to reinvent the wheel every other day.,"Ask your line employees what we think of your 'great new idea' before you foist it on us, Very possible we already tried it 5 years ago and it failed.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23431,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2014",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,- 3 day weekends (most of the time) - flexible - work with very smart people - great opportunity to move up in the company - great benefits - they are trying to improve the company and how they treat people - rewarding work. Work on projects and sometimes get to travel to other buildings,- long hours ( ~12 hour days) - call over time a day before your weekend so you can't plan much - have 0 say in your location - at least for - relocating can get tough depending on which building you work in especially out of the less desirable ones - physical work. Was so exhausted after my shifts due to lifting heavy boxes and walking 10+ miles per day - claim they care about Area Managers but treat them like door mats - act more as a baby sitter ( depends on the type of associates you have) - People in the distribution centers get treated really poorly - Held up to very high standards and have to write people up if they don't meet the goals,"You have people working for you, not robots. Stop treating people like robots!",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23432,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2014",Current Employee - Business Analyst,A lot of work. Chance to learn and grow. Poor work/life balance.,Lot of opportunities to get involved in different projects.Teams are relatively flat so you get to work with and learn from many seasoned pros. Is a great learning and growing opportunity for younger folks.,Poor work life balance. If you are not an SDE there are very limited opportunities for advancements. Compensation is not competitive when you consider the hours you have to put in.,Non-SDE folks often feel like second class citizens. Would love to see some effort from management to provide some career development opportunities for non-SDEs.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23433,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great sense of community,Amazon has big ideas and always has new ones in the pipeline. It's an amazing place to work if you're not shy because you never know if the guy you just chatted up will offer you a position on a secret project. Compensation is competitive and the work is fun. You write your own destiny here..and there is plenty of support for those that do!,It's a huge company which allows one to become easily overwhelmed. It is not very consistent between buildings (or even teams) when it comes to ammenities or perks. It's very easy to become 'stuck' if you do not fit the mold of the 'Leadership Principles',none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23434,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A good temporary job,"Paid Time off, Bank of Unpaid time for any use, Vacation",Managers show preference for some over others. Hard to advance. Set pay raises,It would be awesome if individuals were paid what they were worth based on quality and production instead of seniority.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23435,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Support - Corporate,"Some stereotypes are true, but I still liked it",Great people. Democratic hiring. Truly diverse workforce. Great opportunities to work your way up from call centers- some of the smartest and hardest working people there. A general ethos of kindness (between colleagues). All ages and backgrounds of people. I felt like I fit in there.,"Too much work, lots of stress, working around the clock at times. Very poor vacation policy for new employees. Benefits aren't great. A lack of accountability around poor management.",Buck the trend that employees are disposable - step up and support your team. Understand their day to day jobs. Help them further their careers. Be a servant-leader. Be willing to listen. Be open to bad news. Make criticism fair and constructive.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23436,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Work hard make history,Good place to work,i don't see any cons as of now,no advice to senior management,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23437,amazon,none," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place,"innovative company, great team, fantastic career opportunities",Primarily Seattle-based but getting more decentralized,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23438,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 1, 2014","Former Employee - Returns Processor, Tote Wrangler, Gatekeeper",Great place to work.,The employees are great. Very helpful.,Sometimes it was difficult keeping up with their quotas and working in severe heat or cold.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23439,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,not too bad,not too long working hour,"oncall, some teams have very horrible management",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1565.htm
23440,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What kind of place is this?,You get the opportunity to take plenty of time off. Also they basically pay you to bs.,They really need to get their management together as it is constantly changing. They also need to stop killing the people who actually work hard for them and letting the people who bs continue to be there. Amazon might be a good company to order from but sooner or later they will go down because of how they treat their employess.,learn to keep one set of management for more than 3 months.,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23441,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,"Always challenging, and exciting place for software developers","The Amazon environment is fast moving and purposely tries to keep a startup kind of feel. Teams are largely independent, and responsible for themselves. Your contributions as a developer, can have immediate impact on customers, code can go from a developers desktop to working in production in just hours. The company values and mission statement aren't just aspirational clap-trap, but affect day to day activities, and decisions.","Amazon has a startup feel, which has some draw-backs. Like real startup companies, the job will gladly consume your life, the priority of projects change rapidly, everyone fills multiple roles, the fast moving nature can be exhausting to try to keep up with, spending is tight, frequently delivering quickly is used to justify bad engineering.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23442,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 11, 2014",Former Employee - Stower,Horrible,"good benefits, pay, niice co-workers",rate system sucks better perform over 94% or your done.,dropping rate syetem and be more human.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23443,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Lots of smart people and the company is growing like crazy,"Great benefits, pay, and culture. You can also bring your dog to work in most of the buildings. Lots of opportunity to move into other roles, but it can be very competitive.",Work life balance is non existence for most roles at Amazon.,Spend more time working on personal goals of employees vs. just delivering on Amazon's business objectives.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23444,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"uncommicative, disrespectful, ungratful","Pay is decent, the company could do better.","Hard labor, little help from managers in paths. Its all about numbers. managera do not care about employees.","Amazon hires people straight out of college, a lot of the managers have never actually had a job prior to working at amazon.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23445,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer,Excellent Working Environment,"The compensation is great. The work-life balance varies, though generally is good. They take personal growth seriously: Constructive feedback given often to ensure you have a chance to reach your potential. Under the right circumstances they'll also let you work from home, which is awesome.  They take the the Amazon Leadership Principles very seriously, and it's a good list. Google for it, they won't let me add a link here.","The times when management has decided on a deadline can mean overtime. This hasn't happened a lot to me yet, but it's happened once in 8 months at least.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23446,amazon,none," May 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent environment to grow and build relationships!,There are no lack of growth opportunities or learning opportunities. Change is constant to continuously improve the processes and business. The leaders are very well educated and professional.,"Too much change causes negative feelings for some, especially if the change was already attempted previously. There are always new managers coming and going.",I love working at Amazon!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23447,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2014",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Challenging culture. Decent job.,Great brand recognition and a good resume builder. Decent level of autonomy and a high level of responsibility. They hire smart people. New businesses are always under development.,"There is very little training and development of employees. Coworkers tend to be individual achievers, focused on their own career growth / survival. People frequently withhold information and help to maintain a competitive advantage. Reviews are a roll of the dice. You better support senior management's project dejour or your days are numbered.","If nobody is ever quite good enough, the failure might be yours.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23448,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good compensation, questionable management","I am being very well paid in the industry, I do work enough to earn it, but","Getting a promotion in this company is very hard, and you have to be a lot about politics, which I'm not. When I say something, its the truth, that you like or not, and that does not fly well over here. Management looks everywhere to please the upper management, and projects don't get finished or get delayed a lot because other projects arrive and they need to get done faster in order to please upper management. Nobody has the guts to say that doing so will hurt the current long term projects. The long term vision is lacking to say the least. Money in a short term is very important to the point that it rarely matters to invest now to harvest in 2 years.",Think on a longer term basis instead of thinking of this year only.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23449,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - FC Associate,Tighter Rules & Forever Changing,"* Decent pay compared to other warehouse work * Varied work. Something for mostly everybody, even older people. * 3 day weekends.","* Ops manager and managers pushing rules on too hard. * Strict rules. Break used to be 15 minutes, now it's 10 with the other 5 being travel time. * Warehouse in KY used to be Zappos. Difficult to adjust to newer, strict rules. * Write ups and vigilant managers enforcing tight knit rules. * Physically demanding. Feet hurt constantly. * Having a 'normal' life and schedule if you work night shift is difficult.",Ease off. Praise more. There needs to be better and more efficient ways of managing.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1566.htm
23450,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - SDE2,Great Development Culture,Brilliant coworkers Tough and interesting problems to solve Culture and tools to enable development Good compensation Small teams means lots of ownership,"High expectations for output can lead to periods of poor work life balance Annual reviews, otherwise you need to be very proactive about seeking feedback",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23451,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Oracle Database Administrator II,It's okay company to work for 2 years. No worklife balance and future for DBA.,"Lot of intelligent people around. You can learn about high concurrent system, scaling and it's troubleshooting. It is truly customer obsession company but not an employee one. Lots of project. Pay is decent.",No worklife balance. Growth opportunity is very less. You will get less time and exposure to learn new feature for Oracle DBA. It's Frugal concept make your chances slim to learn new stuff and feature. Mostly DBA times goes for moving the database from one box to another due to hardware issue. Clearly there is no future for DBA and Support Engineer in Amazon.,Have better hardware and don't think employee are liability. Those are assets.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23452,amazon,none," May 25, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best places I have worked,Great people and culture and they used to have a really high hiring bar..,Employees feel entitled and that permeates through the company and their standard of hiring has decreased.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23453,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay far away from this company!,"if you want to work for Amazon, work as a contractor. You will be treated a lot better then if you were a full time employee.","Expect not 110% of you but more like 150% Be prepare to work hard and if you want to advance you need to not only do the job required but expected to do more. Don't expect this to be your dream job. Very hard to advance. If you are liked by the management, you'll have the opportunity to advice if you can prove yourself. You need to know the cultures and values inside and out, eat, sleep and breath the culture and you'll do ok. You just won't have a life. Amazon is becoming the online Wal-mart.",none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23454,amazon,none," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon takeover not as fun,"Good benefits, leadership training was good",Amazon took over ZFC and quickly forgot about the core values of the established employees and imposed theirs,Not to forget about Zappos core values,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23455,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Picker,Absolutely no job security!,"Pay its decent, but doesn't match work expected.",No matter how hard you work its never good enough.,"Learn to treat the employees like humans, not robots.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23456,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Great learning opportunities coupled with unrealistic role expectations,"Compensation, stocks, diverse learning environments. I've been at Amazon for more than 4 years now and can honestly say I've dealt with every possible scenario a TPM could deal with. My teams have always had smart, motivated individuals who are also team players.","Unrealistic expectations, no work-life balance In the name of being frugal, the company tends to cut corners (read not hire more folks). Also career advancement is a hit or miss depending on how much your manager can swing for you, not based on what you were actually able to accomplish.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23457,amazon,"Dulles, VA"," May 13, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Ops Technician,Operations Technician,"Short work weeks, 3 and 4 12hr days, rest of week off, longer weekends. Good pay and benefits. Good people to work with. Training and Advancement opportunity. Transfer opportunities.",Hours are 24/7. No full weekends off. Working mainly alone or very small group of people.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23458,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," May 13, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,"Salary, time off, freedom to change processes, movement up","no work life balance, lack of communication",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23459,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," May 26, 2014",Current Employee - Tier III Process Assistant,Opportunity and Growth,Career opportunity is endless. You can go as far as you can push yourself to go. Great benefits. Amazon cares about their employees unlike most companies i've worked with.,Pay scale is based a little lower than most companies i've heard about with similar job types.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1567.htm
23460,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - SDE1,Great place to work if work is your life,"Develops your leadership skills and ownership. Good technology, smart people.","Management just care about hitting the deadlines. If you want to be a good company's slave, go for it. If you want to be promoted within a reasonable timeframe, have fun working super late unless you want to also work weekends.",Care about your employees. They should focus in provide all the conditions to have a great working environment.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23461,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Dissatisfied,"Pay was steady, full time, easy hiring process.","Repetitive job!! I did this job for six months and by the end of my stay at Amazon I had practically turned into a robot. I'm not just saying that. Standing in the same place for ten hours, scanning the same type of product, placing it in the same bin for ten hours straight with no change will almost drive a person crazy!","Treat employees like humans, we are people too.",2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23462,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"You will learn a lot, but it will cost you",Lots of Responsibility True Ownership You will grow a backbone Decent pay,Stressful Employee morale is low Company makes you feel expendable,"Employee satisfaction is very important to make a company a great one over the long term. Amazon focus on customers is truly great, but also acknowledge those who make it possible.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23463,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Outbound Order Packer,Do not work for this comany,Insurance is awesome and that's it,Everything...they treat you like crap,"Treat your employees with respect and doing so, will make happy and productive employees",2.0,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23464,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Joined because the products intrigued me as a customer, internally as an engineer, it was nothing short of a nightmare.","Other companies think AWS's products are cool and innovative. Thus they assume AWS engineers must be high-quality, which facilitates the job search :).","People are treated very poorly -- I don't think they are even trying to compete with other top tech companies for engineers.  My team inherited too much technical debt and brittle legacy systems that had been neglected for years despite causing increasingly serious problems as the business scaled. We spent all our time remediating customer issues but never building anything new or even properly maintaining our broken software. The on-call, status reporting, deployment processes, etc., were brutal as well. Overall, every aspect of working here was draining and I left as soon as I could. Fortunately I discovered that being an engineer outside of Amazon isn't so painful :).","Don't allow desperate managers to throw mountains of technical debt/legacy systems at new grads just because nobody else wants it -- within a year, you'll lose those people forever and they'll become detractors of the company.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23465,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2014",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist,Worst Employer of All Time,Flexible start and end times.,"There are plenty of news articles pooping up about how terrible this company is to work for. Everything about working for this company was a nightmare. Some of the worst management I have ever dealt with, not to mention how astoundingly unintelligent everyone is except for programmers and engineers. This company is a joke, and Bezos has no idea how to treat employees, only customers.",Take some notes on how other tech companies treat their employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23466,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 27, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Resume Builder,Amazon provides unique opportunities for people to solve complex problem in a very fast-paced environment.,"Work-life balance is non-existent and most roles are incredibly competitive, If you work there be prepared to do all the heavy lifting yourself or self-promote because the value of your efforts will not be noticed if you work as a team.",Promote women to upper levels of management.,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23467,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2014",Current Employee - Content Manager,Content Manager at Amazon.com,"Lots of opportunity for growth at a well known company. There is plenty of room for innovation and discovery, as well as personal development.","The work life balance is not great, you will work long hours. Some management will provide praise, but others will always keep pushing, so you'll need to have confidence in your performance, because you won't always get a thank you.","There could be more employee perks, but the overall pay is better than other companies in the area.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23468,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Excellent opportunity with great leadership.,"Salary, flex time, and bonuses","Parking, stress, not being able to change jobs until one year.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23469,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"It's difficult to stay with the company, no matter how hard you work.",Benefits. If you hire on with Amazon directly you receive benefits from almost day one.,At the Richmond Fulfillment Center my experience was that little regard was given to training by a majority of management. Work policies were constantly being changed from week to week. For most jobs management seemed to have the idea that a trained monkey could do it so they don't need you. I've seen extremely knowledgable 5 years + employees fired for minor infractions on the spot. It's hard to stay even if you really want to. There is no job security. Just consider it temporary employment and you should be fine.,"Amazon could be a great company to work for, BUT attention really needs to be paid to your infrastructure. Amazon has expanded its business and branched out in so many ways, but it is hollow with no interior support structure. You cannot regard every employee as disposable. There is no inexhaustible supply of low wage workers to staff your fulfillment centers which are your business. If you have to close an entire facility because you've run out of people who are willing or able to work for you (your Arizona facility) then something is very wrong. Either Amazon takes a real hard look at some of its core policies or there won't be an Amazon in 10 years. I was really excited to sign on, I really wanted to make it work, but I can't. It's a shame. I've always loved buying from Amazon, so even though my experience hasn't been great I'm still going to miss it when it crumbles.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1568.htm
23470,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great experience prior to second performance review, downhill from there.","Flexible work hours and the ability to act ""independently"" while maintaining service level requirements set forth from remote management is good. Experience gained was well worth the time invested.","Amazon likes to believe that employee compensation is based on performance but the reality is that even if your performance exceeds your unlikely to see any increase in pay. Make sure you are 100% ok with your offer, be sure to negotiate if not since that's the last time you'll have the ability to negotiate anything with Amazon. There are great teams within Amazon, not everyone's experience is the same.",Treat all employees with the same level of customer obsession. Offer clearly defined career growth plans and stick to them.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23471,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Good for customers - not employees,"well known company, one can learn a lot","terrible management, no work/life balance, favoritism and nepotism are rampant. It's a white american boys' club. You never know who will be your boss or where you will be sitting physically tomorrow. Reorgs and moves are nonstop. In 6+ years I had 12 bosses and 10 office spaces... I would compare amazon.com with walmart in terms of how they are all for low prices to customers at ANY cots and employees are not appreciated in any way...","happy employees perform much better and turnover costs a lot. But I think that leaders already should know that... Strangely, quite opposite is happening.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23472,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good learning opportunity, bad corporate culture","Good pay and the work is always interesting. There are high expectations on everyone, which means added accountability even at lower levels.","Long work hours with few opportunities for promotion. Unless you have an MBA, don't expect to be recognized for your work.","Invest in a more comprehensive long term growth plan for your employees, rather than letting them fall by the wayside.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23473,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,The pay is good considering its a work force. the job is simple and the managers are not bad. the benefits meet the level of the job. Nice job if you do not have any diploma beside high school,Long hours. 10 hr/day is not easy. I never encountered any problem with supervisor because I keep to myself but most people complain of being disrespected and they are not lying or exaggerating.,Be aware of the favoritism that exist in the company,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23474,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," May 16, 2014",Former Employee - Stower,Top Notch,"I was fortunate enough to get hired on as a full time employee at the start-up stage of a local Amazon warehouse. Such an opportunity is rare. Typically, employees start off as temporary workers, who must earn a permanent status over time. This is perhaps the best warehouse position on the planet at the moment, its warehouse was even air conditioned. State-of-the-art technology and efficiency practices are in play.","The hours are long, with 10 hour days, but breaks are nicely staggered at approximately every 2 and 1/2 hours. Break rooms are not always close, but they are well-stocked and filled with amenities.","Evrything was well-run as I saw it, minor kinks were understandable at an early stage. Unfortunately, wages were not high enough to justify a fairly long drive to the site, particularly in inclement weather, also, health benefits were unaffordable for the breadwinner of an entire family.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23475,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,"Ownership, customer-obsession, and collaboration.","I had great leaders who empowered me to take ownership over my space and drive the direction. The team of engineers and designers I worked with were sharp, had a strong sense of ownership and advocated for the customer.","The challenge with ownership is that when things go wrong, you will be in the limelight. It can often feel like your days are event driven.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23476,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,not really a great company for engineers,"you will have the chances to collaborate with lots of teams, since it's a service oriented architecture company. Quickly, you will learn the way to work with others to get things done. Very supportive team environment, have channels to get support from various levels","no perks at all, management level was expecting you to work over hours as normal. when running scrum, sometime it's just the procedure, which caused too many interruptions of engineering work.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23477,amazon,none," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,It is a great place to work as it gives you a good exposure to higher levels.,Its great to work at Amazon though some times you have to spend more time in the office.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23478,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jun 1, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Cool job,Pay well get exercise alot ...vto is the greatest thing amazon ever made,The people there make fun of people how they look ... Always promoting there favorites not the people who truly work hard,Hire people with better personallity,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23479,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Test,Most projects are very interesting.,Deadlines are sometimes very tight.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1569.htm
23480,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Avoid the Kindle organization,"Ships a lot in a really short time. Leading the way in digital media. Amazon talks a lot about it ""still being day one"" in that there is a lot of opportunity in the space they are in. That definitely is true. I got lucky with my team for work-life balance. Compared to a lot of others, I have a pretty sane work life.","Avoid working in the Kindle organization unless you like really political environments. There are some people who are hired with the sole purpose to nag other teams to deliver on their schedule. If you think android fragmentation is bad, try dealing with Kindle internal teams. Components will make changes that break consumers and provide no backwards compatibility story besides telling people to fork their own codebase. People in the Kindle org are very quick to pass blame to others and do things to just cover their own butt. Based on the company values, I'm very surprised that the Kindle organization behaves the way they do. They've hired too many ex-Microsoft who brought the poor culture along (see the article about Microsoft lost decade). Promotions seem nearly impossible here too. Promotion committees are very quick to dismiss a promotion on a single peer feedback even though there is overwhelming good feedback. Also, if you do not have a lot of other people on your team at a higher level than you, you cannot get the required endorsement of someone at that level to get promoted.","Fix the culture in the Kindle organization. After working with multiple teams there, they fail on almost every leadership principle frequently. The worst is that they made bad decisions for the customers.",2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23481,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 31, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Was fine,"Was a good company to get things done. Business grew fast, and everyone contributed to that.","Lots of work, no work life balance, compensation structure is bad. People made money only because of stock growth, and when stock grew, you got lesser stocks.",Start respecting your employees more.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23482,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Buyer,Stay Away,"No Pros, left hand does know what the right hand is doing. Blame when things go wrong rolls down hill. Lazy and uncaring Management. Very disjointed compay",Use you then turn you loose.,"Get your act together. Paying people to quit doesn't solve the problems, try fixing them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23483,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jun 14, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,One of the worst jobs I've ever had,The money is decent and the hours are okay. You might also get in shape.,"You will hurt yourself, even doing things the right way and the management will try and make it all your fault. I even got a verbal warning for time off task when I threw out my knee trying to satisfy my jerk of a boss and I was on light duty. The quotas that they expect you to meet are COMPLETELY unrealistic and if you try and discuss it with management, they just say ""Well, such-and-such makes quota"". Yeah, well not everyone is cut from the same cloth. Some people can work super hard and only pick 985 items a day instead of 1000. Punishing them for it is discrimination. If you...pardon me, WHEN you don't make quota, they will treat you like, even tell you, you're not trying. I busted my butt for this place and got treated like a lazy teenager who was just looking for an easy buck. I saw LOTS of hard working people get fired by management who didn't even know their names, much less how hard they worked. What's worse, management will tell you ""Hey, were here to help. We're here for you. If you have questions or concerns, bring them to us."" Then, when you do, they talk to you like you're dirt, make up excuses, lie, roll their eyes... These are bad people who have learned to sound friendly. The company destroys peoples' bodies, psyches, emotional health and self esteem and then acts like their pathetic for not being able to take it. Of course, management can screw up, be lazy, fail, whatever and it's perfectly okay. There are policies of zero tolerance AND zero accountability. AVOID THIS COMPANY AND DON'T BUY FROM THEM. AMAZON IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA.","Grow up. Be realistic. Stop lying to, abusing and dismissing your employees. Get out on the floor and try doing your subordinates' jobs for a day more often. And when employees who REALLY DO WORK EXTRA HARD come to you with concerns try not to be a jerk.",1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23484,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," May 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Produce Specialist,rewarding and a lot of room for growth,The upper management at my site is great and really work to help you grow. There are many challenges and a ton of smart people to help you figure it out.,Their is a fair bit of stress to deal with. There are some really under qualified people that shouldn't be in their positions.,Weed out people who are hindering the operation.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23485,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The most stressful time in my life,"The best part of working at Amazon was the large amount of responsibility I was given, with very little micro-management.","Amazon is a pressure cooker. If you thrive in that type of environment, then do not shy away, however, work-life balance is something you must work every day to maintain.","Management needs to have less on their plate, so that they can actually be managers. Most teams are left to their own devices.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23486,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Average corporate job,Promote from within if that is your cup of tea. Compensation is average. This is something for people who just want the average corporate job.,"Very high turnover rate, you will rarely meet people who have been with the company for 2+ years. Workplace feels cramped. They strive to be very ""frugal"" in terms of benefits for employees.",Try to retain your employees.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23487,amazon,none," May 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not the worse place to work, but definitely not the best.","Stock Options, 401K, Yearly raises, decent medical benefits","Extreme working conditions, low pay, over payed management with little to no experience.","If you really care about your customers, treat your employees better. The majority of them ARE your customers.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23488,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Solution Architect,"Work Hard, Make History, watch your VP get rewarded for it",Amazon is faced paced. You are working with some amazing customers doing amazing things with technology and you are in the thick of it every day,"Internal systems are a joke, work life balance is largely non-existent, the pace is unrelenting and above all it's un-rewarding. Employees are disposable assets (there's a reason for the very high turnover - which leads to lack of continuity), perks are non-existent and ""bonuses"" are in the form of RSUs that don't vest for 2 years (and forget about pay rises)",Take a long look at the internal IT systems... they're a joke. Look at how you reward people for working themselves into the ground. Customer Obsession and Frugality is one thing but at the rate of turnover there's no continuity and no long term ownership ... eventually the house of cards will collapse (as it's starting to in AppStore),2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23489,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,"Nice people, smart people from all over the world! We are creating world class product every day!",Nothing that bad..work-life balance can be better,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1570.htm
23490,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Executive Assistant,Exciting work but administrative support is definitely viewed as second class.,"Exciting, high-profile and innovative work. A culture of work hard and play hard (when you get the chance). There is a definite divide between the engineering (""professionall"") staff and support/administrative staff. Long hours, The best part of the culture is having dogs in the office.","Administrative support is not reviewed as part of the overall teams, but separate. There is no defined career path, other than no longer being an EA and becoming a program manager, etc. Administrative salaries are average, with minimal RSUs and very low annual raises. Given the minimal job family growth, EAs quickly max out in their compensation band and get little if any increases with stock grants pushed out in 2 year increments. HR is the company advocate and not an advocate for the employee.",Develop a meaningful job family and development program for professional EAs.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23491,amazon,none," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company mostly sticks to its leadership principles,High ownership at job. I like it. Some don't. This might mean that you get to do/have to do the work of 5 different roles. Pay is good. Easy to change roles across the company,Very difficult to excel and perform extra-ordinarily as everyone around you is a genius. Extremely geeky/nerdy culture,Improve work-life balance across the company. Get better infrastructure and give some freebies to make your employees happy.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23492,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I Intern,Intern,"I was on a good team. I had regular 1:1 meetings with my manager. They provided subsidized housing for the duration of the internship. Good pay. You can move fairly easily within the company, so if you don't like your manager or are not interested in your current work you can apply for other positions fairly easily.","Not as many fancy benefits as some of the other larger companies, especially for non-interns.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23493,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Retail company doing High Tech,Fast iterations and get job done in amazing speed Solving cutting edge problems general to all online services,"Most top talents l know leave company in 12-18 months, merits increase is a joke if no promo",Try not to treat tech folks as Walmart to its employees.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23494,amazon,none," May 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very competitive environment,Pay is good . Work is challenging,"Overworked, employees and teams pitted against each other",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23495,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2014",Current Employee - Corporate Counsel,Sort of like a law firm,"Be a mini GC. You get a lot of responsibility and, depending on the role, can become a true generalist. Other companies will love to have you.",Very big company. Very slow moving. It is also a large legal department so advancement isn't easy. Very long hours.,"The GC is not a great leader. He is very aloof and does not really lead the department. While the lawyers are excellent, the department is not a well oiled machine.",4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23496,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 8, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,Exciting opportunity with poor work life balance.,Great opportunity to influence change in an exciting company. Highly talented and motivated individuals as peers and leaders. You're given three days off every week.,The company culture thrives on confrontation to drive success. Long hours and under-appreciated associates and management leads to high attrition and low morale.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23497,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Interesting work. Great colleagues. Love the atmosphere.,Great place to grow your career. Great work life balance.,Limited chance for promotions.,Higher salary range. Better path for promotions.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23498,amazon,none," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,The people are fantastic. Fast moving and open environment. The company caters to its SDEs and knows that they are where the rubber meets the road. Close work with the business to understand their needs and the customer's needs. Everyone is moving in the right direction.,"Work Life Balance sucks in some groups. The worst part is if you get stuck under a manager who has NO idea what leadership and management really is. Amazon is full of AWFUL managers. That is slowly improving, but not quickly. Most managers still treat the employees more like a liability than an asset.",Improve the Dev Managers. Some are fantastic and are focused on growing the people and the teams. Others are still stuck in micromanaging their teams and trying to make themselves succeed instead of their teams.,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23499,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Great place but can be tough,"Great compensation, dogs at work, challenging work","As company grows, they are becoming a bit bureaucratic in some areas. Women do ok here but it's not great.",Pay more attention to developing women,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1571.htm
23500,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is not what you think it is! It is definitely not a place that values family or your personal life.,"Amazon hires really smart people and you will learn a lot really fast. You can also grow fast if you are willing to risk your personal/family life for a few years to get there. If you are money hungry and will do anything for money, this is a great place for you as the money will come. FYI The glassdoor comments are true. Please read. It is not disgruntle employees that write these reviews. Its real people trying to give you the real truth so you can make an informed decision.","Exempt/professional ""non"" Seattle based employees (i.e. operations, HR, safety, security, learning, occupational health, etc.) are treated very poorly. This demand comes from the top, not locally, its the culture.) There is no consideration whatsoever for your personal life especially children or a spouse. The professionals working in the warehouse, you will work 10-12 hr days on a regular basis and work on site 6 days a week and then on-call that 7th day, you are never free from work to regroup and refresh. Nights, weekends, holidays, etc. Merit increases are very minimal about 1-3%. Seattle based employees are treated much better.","Burning very talented people out will eventually get out on the streets and no one of ""any real value"" will want to work for you. Its very sad to treat professionals the way you do. The divorce rate is very high at Amazon for a reason.",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23501,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product management,Challenging. Work with smart people. Lots of data to check yourself on decisions.,Horrible management. Leadership is based on favoritism. Strong women are not tolerated and the white male is the rule in product management. Not a lot of diversity in thought. It is sad.,Get some leaders who understand leadership. Choose more women in higher profile roles.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23502,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 12, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Rough Three Years - for a prior Military Leader,Dynamic and fast paced environment. Great Associates. Awesome customer focus and extensive automated tools to aid individual and group tasks. World class facilities.,Rapid growth means rapid promotion of data driven managers in the Fulfillment Centers. Data driven Managers do not have the leadership and soft skills to develop and lead hundreds of associates and subordinate leaders. Vast gap in senior leadership which reflects in rapid turnover in the Area and Operations Managers. Those who can seek position out of the DCs while those who are frustrated leave the company in droves.  I caution prior Military to think long and hard about joining the Amazon Distribution Center operations. Life work balance and your frustration at the lack of Sr. Leadership will quickly dissolution you.,"Consider extensive leadership training for Sr Ops and GMs for the DCs. Note, not management training but leadership training, how to develop teams, how to grow and mentor subordinate leaders, how to establish vision, how to recognize and reward subordinates. Junior leaders will respond to inspirational leadership and work through the tough times and work life issues, but will quickly burn out in the current environment.",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23503,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Pay, No Life...",Most intelligent group of people I have ever worked with. Great Pay. Challenging and creative work. New ideas everyday. And if you are a workaholic this is a workaholic's paradise!,If you do not enjoy working between 70 and 100 hours every week this would likely not be the place for you. The company has created and maintains by choice a competitive and combative culture which they believe stimulates innovation... it really just demoralizes a lot of good people who leave very quickly.,Train and treat your personnel as the assets they are and you might actually get your turnover under 40% per year. It is amazing how a company who treats its customers like gold can be so the opposite when it comes to treating their employees well.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23504,amazon,none," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Treat your employees like your customers,Best people in terms of skills Benefits are average,Management always looks for some one to be in bottom 10 percent. If you are silent you may end up there even if you are doing ok job at your role,Management wake up you have highest attrition rates in technology companies.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23505,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Can be enjoyable if in the right dept.,"fast paced, a lot of technology used, can be rewarding, OT usually available, work hard play hard mentality but usually just more work hard. Awarded stock but two year waiting period to vest. Benefits day one. Can advance if a go getter and management likes you.","Long hours, can feel like you are robot doing the same thing for 10 hrs, can be hard to advance with so many applicants for very few higher paying positions, can sometimes feel like just a number in the company.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23506,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Lack of work/life balance,Bonus Career growth Location Ability to transfer within teams,Work / life balance Operational load Yearly compensation,Take care of your employees too,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23507,amazon,"Olympia, WA"," May 1, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great place to work for.,"You get to work from home, supervisors are great and there is great support from management.","Had issues with equipment, would be nice to have better pay. Other than that it was a great place to work.",Keep up the good work and keep supporting the representatives.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23508,amazon,none," May 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Can learn a lot from this company.,"Bad word-life balance  Frugal ,,,, ..... .... ....",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23509,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Much happier as a customer than an employee.,"The RSU's. The smooth-as-glass, impressive recruiting process.","Everything else. Horrific work environment. The arrogance (""We're Amazon!"", ""You have two years to be promoted to my position or else you're out of a job."", ""If you don't want to do it there are 300 people waiting to do your job."". Each center operates autonomously like the wild frontier, and I never saw two similar/identical HR situations handled in any way consistently. You have to constantly watch your back. And, best yet, how about physical reprimands? 14 hour workdays were not unique or out of the ordinary. The burnout factor is amazingly high.","Get over yourself, even Rome fell. Take that incredible company and start treating people like the assets they are instead of burning them out and crushing their souls!",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1572.htm
23510,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Apr 29, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,You can't work here forever.,"Decent pay. 11.50 per hour at night and a dollar less during the day. You do have opportunity for advancement but it gets harder without a degree. Also, annual pay raises and after 2 years you receive annual stock which you can sell for decent cash. Also decent health insurance and the best dental I've ever seen.","The grunt work is really hard. You stand for 10-12 hours or walk up to 25 miles a shift. Scanners and scanning causes wrist issues. If you're not liked, you're not going anywhere. After about 5 years you're either burnt out or they're looking for a reason to fire you.","The company's expectations of you managers are really really high. Most managers are overstressed and looking at getting fired during Christmas, the busiest time of the year.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23511,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Apr 30, 2014",Former Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Amazon is an company that succeeds in making their customers happy and satisfied at all possible.,Customer service is very important to Amazon. They are very productive and is willing to do whatever to get the job done.,Some managers out there are not respectful of you or the work. They need more experienced workers for management.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23512,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Great to have on your resume but not a place I had any desire to stay long term,"Amazon is a resume-maker, make no doubt about it. Within months of having updated my LinkedIn profile, I had recruiters from Google, Microsoft, Apple, and others reaching out (I ended up interviewing at several and jumping ship to Microsoft). I'm sure this is partly due to fact of Amazon's reputation as being not the most pleasant place to work (so its employees are receptive to an 'out' more than some others) and because they are known to have a high bar for hiring..  It's also full of very smart people (though many of them are not nearly as smart as they *think* they are) and you get to work on big, challenging problems.  Lastly, their publicly professed focus on the customer is absolutely legitimate. It was great to see how they approached this from the inside as it's something I think Amazon gets uniquely right in the tech industry.","Amazon, like other big companies, will never present a uniform experience. Your experiences will depend on the team you join. There were a lot of people on my team who wanted nothing more than to get out but I have other friends who actually are fairly happy there. That said, there is some uniformity of the culture that has its origin in Bezos Darwinian worldview. The best advice I can give is to read the book The Everything Store as I think it nails the culture. Personally, I found it quite unpleasant. It is a harshly critical environment. Work environments that challenge you to be your best are great, but it seemed nearly pathological at Amazon. Anything I did was corrected by at least 4-5 people whether or not it merited it, partly so they could show off how they were *better* and partly because it's an ingrained part of the culture. One of the Amazon Principles are 'Are Right. A Lot'. I think the corollary to this is many Amazon employees think everyone else is always wrong and feel the need to constantly tell you. It gets pretty old fast. At first I took this personally and thought maybe I was just a screw up but when I started paying more attention I realized EVERYONE received this treatment.  Amazon is also the kind of place that will use you up and spit you out if you let it. I've worked at true start-ups in my twenties and put in hours that would put most of the folks even at Amazon to shame. In doing so, I learned what my limits were, how much of my life I was willing to sacrifice to work, and that ultimately I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. As such, I was well equipped to manage my work load and still be successful. I didn't work crazy hours or get too stressed out. But I saw those that had not had such an experience, and the often ended up worked into the ground because they didn't know how to draw the line at some point.  Lastly, Amazon is an extremely chaotic place. Many people who work there like to delude themselves into thinking it functions similarly to a start-up (anyone who has worked at a real start-up will immediately tell you it isn't really like one at all). The problem is, it's a huge company. And when a company exceeds a certain size, it *gasp* actually needs a bit more uniformity in process and coordinated long-term planning. Instead, Amazon makes pretensions to process but kind of lets teams do their own thing. Frequently, there is process, but it varies by team or if you actually use the 'official' process it just means you won't accomplish what you need to as you'll be mired in some dead-end path. The idea of being 'start-up like' like or 'scrappy' is wonderful in theory for such a big company, but in practice it just doesn't work. Amazon wasn't even particularly fast in pushing out new features, which is presumably the point of such an ethos.  Lastly, the comp really isn't that great. It's okay, but the benefits are mediocre at best, the base salaries are just average (I knew what a number of people were making from having discussed it) and much is locked up in stock that vests over years. It's basically a golden cage designed to keep people at the company despite how miserable most of them are.  And that's the thing I'd really impress on prospective hires, it was very rare I perceived anyone to be truly *happy* to be there. For my part, I did a year and got out. Not because it was unbearably difficult or the worst job ever, it just wasn't a particularly pleasant or rewarding place to be. I think if you know what you're getting into the cost/benefit is there, you get to see the company from the inside, work on big problems, and work with a ton of smart people. But it's not a place I could ever see staying more than a couple years unless you had no other option.","Show your employees you value them rather than see them as commodities to be used up and thrown away. Ditch the abrasive, hyper-critical culture, the unnecessary long hours, and focus on making sure they have a pleasant experience. You cannot hire quick enough to make up for the massive attrition you guys have and eventually it will catch up with you.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23513,amazon,none," May 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,My experience has been positive. The overall principles of the company and its leadership are a perfect match for my own.,Low levels of management tend to get caught up in the numbers. People must be their own biggest advocates to ensure they have a positive work experience.,"Remember that your associates are the reason you have a job. Be the person they can bring everything to, good and bad. Be truthful and open with your team.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23514,amazon,none," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible work environment where worker moral is consistently low,Steady paycheck and you are always allowed at least 40hr per week,No room for growth and very high turnover,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23515,amazon,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 11, 2014","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",If you want to have an impact you need to be in Seattle,Get the chance to work with a tonne of very smart people,"Ultimately, you will hit he ceiling in California working at Lab126. If you want to really grow your career, you need to be where all the decisions happen and that's Seattle",Delegate more. Too many decisions are held too high up in the organization to make it an effective or efficient place to work,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23516,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," May 17, 2014",Current Employee - Picker,Over all its a great place to work . How ever it would be nice to be cross trained and advance in the company,Great place to work Really flexible with school accommodation,"Lots of walking , not much cross training , not much feed back from Management ,",Not much feed back given,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23517,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,The best and worst of times,In most places challenging problems with motivated and competent colleagues working toward the common goal of making the most customer centric company in the world. Good rewards for implementing good ideas quickly. Culture encourages collaboration and access to intellectual resources. Competitive benefits with stock grants that reward pay for performance. The pace is usually exhilarating,Like most dynamic software companies the need for speed and impatience with failure biases work-life balance heavily to work at all technical levels evidenced in increases rates of fatigue and irritability. The pace reduces the time to recover. Q4 can be exhausting.,Pay attention to average fatigue and irritability. See if reducing the average increases productivity.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23518,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," May 8, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate Packer,Getting me by but not worth it in the long run..,40hrs a week great benefits..,They hire the worst people here.. No one likes to work and want to slack off its not fair that associates get to talk all shift and don't make rate etc and get no write up.. They are basically getting paid for free and get picked to do better thingS because they are someone's friend while hard working people get no recognition. Management is the worse and don't care if someone is not working and they don't listen to there associates suggestions etc. No room for advancement I've been doing the same thing for over a year and I work way to hard to still be here. Favoritism is a big problem here and needs to be stopped. Pay is not worth it I mean 11$ For a warehouse absolute nonsense it's not worth it..,Listen to your associates suggestions and maybe your workplace would be a lot better.,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23519,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,"Good company, but different groups range from great to nightmarish",- pay and bonus are good - try to hire the best - dogs in the office - casual work environment,"- compensation packages are misleading-- heavy in stock awards that vest mostly 3 and 4 years after hire. 90% of employees don't make it that long, so they know they don't have to pay out. - EXTREMELY dev-centric. They hire excellent developers, and excellent dev managers. However, upper management has no love or respect for QA, and hire the worst possible QA managers. Some are good, but they always seem to move on once they get sick of being treated like second-class citizens. - Hard work is not respected nearly as much as good old-fashioned butt kissing. So many good testers left, while the absolute laziest got promoted to management, it was demoralizing. - Some groups (not all) require excessive hours - Raises aren't worth the hassle of the ridiculous review process.","- put more effort into RETAINING the best once you hire them, rather than just hiring the best then running them into the ground. - find QA managers that have people skills and solid QA experience.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1573.htm
23520,amazon,none," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chaotic and unorganized,Understanding of how the company works and why it has been so successful. The processes and structure of the organization are outstanding and everything really does operate around delivering the customer.,Lack of training and development coupled with an aloof attitude toward work/life balance.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23521,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to work.,"Launch fast, smart people, great salary.",Speed may not be easy for some.,Ensure that the high hiring bar is met across orgs.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23522,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Can learn a lot. And own what you do.,High pressure environment More politics given current size On-call can be painful,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23523,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great but intense,Lots of growth and opportunities,Shirt deadlines so projects and dev move fast - unfortunately that's means doing things twice.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23524,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,very supportive atmosphere here in this office,"working hours are variable, no balance",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23525,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,The work environment is very hostile and fast paced. The compensation system is designed for people to only stay 1 year.,"Fun technology, cool problems, major impact.",Culture is impersonal and hostile.,Pay closer attention to what's going on lower in the system. Managers use the leadership principles as a tool to hurt people as well as a tool to help people. The evaluations are not always based on reality.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23526,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Product Quality Investigator,Casual atmosphere with driven people,"Training Casual environment Fun, Friendly People Good Leadership",Work-life balance Corporate mindset Slow moving at times,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23527,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a very fast paced and innovative company.,Good pay and benefits with job growth potential.,Not a very good work life balance and aggressive deadlines.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23528,amazon,none," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good tech environment,"Good tech, good product, smart teammembers","oncall experience is too bad, benefit is not good",respect more about what engineer done,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23529,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Grueling job with unrealistic goals.,"If you are unable to afford a higher education, this job may be great for you. Pay is better than your typical fast food joint, but don't expect to be treated any better.","Unrealistic speed and accuracy requirements cause temporary employees to do all the work while full time employees hang about and talk. Your speed is always measured against you, don't help out your overweight friend who is struggling moving around and on all fours looking for a single Lego man in the wrong bin because he's in aisle 32 instead of 23. You better hurry using the restroom, stopping for water, and if you have problems scanning an item with your gun (Amazon's error with these sticker barcodes haphazardly stuck on by hurrying employees), tough luck. So much for the morning you worked yourself ragged for, only 8 hours left in your shift. Even one second late sliding your time card, both when you arrive or take your extremely tiny breaks for 12 hour shifts, adds points toward you being fired. Therefore you cut breaks short to avoid being late, often lines form at check in units where slow employees can sabotage even your most valiant efforts to swipe your card before the bell. Five of your 15 minute breaks are spent waiting at the security check point, guzzling your coffee and jamming down a 75 cent cheese danish is a dream come true.","Dont hire people with an education, save your time and lost revenue. Hire drones with GEDs and offer dropouts who have a reason to work the grind. Don't use your staffing company to grade your employees, you make decisions, especially with all the money you lose hiring respectful employees to be rudely put down by ego driven staffing veterans who insist you grind through four 12 shifts in a row while that ""leader"" discusses last night's reality tv show with their peers. Let temporary employees go earlier than watching them struggle and firing them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1574.htm
23530,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Overworked , Jekyll and Hyde Company. Double standards.",Getting into Amazon is like a dream come true. Exposure to other technologies.,You will become utterly burnt out. They add responsibility to you. Expect to be back stabbed by your colleagues and managers alike. Amazon will take you for every drop of blood you have. If management do not like you they will block your career path and make up every excuse not to move you forward. They are customer centric not employee centric. You are replaceable and their false security that they can keep replacing employees with new ones will make your head spin and demoralise you . Its a battery chicken farm. Expect to work over every public holiday. Christmas and Easter included with no thanks whatsoever. Managers do take these holidays though.,Become a customer and employee centric company. Avoid favouritism to certain employees by HR and Management.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23531,amazon,none," May 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Learn a lot if you are young here, but overall not a happy place","lots to learn, and learn it quick you will. constant feedback will help you improve. I reccommend this for recent gradudates.",Not a place for experienced professionlss (>10 yr). Andersen consulting - chase the carrot type of salary/raise setup.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23532,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Tough place,Talented peers Genuinely nice people Large scale projects Opportunity to make change happen Nice campus Good benefits package On site cafeterias at HQ,"These comments relate to the Operations side of the business: Zero work life balance Relentless workload Zero appreciation for the contribution made in roles which are not core business Horrible review process with no avenue for salary discussion or negotiation, complete take it or leave it approach","Care about the professional staff with the same effort that is given to caring for and providing for Associates, there is a cavernous gap here Employ managers and let them manage. Brilliant engineers don't always make great managers or team leaders, there are differing skill sets here. Quit micromanaging Hire the best and then respect the expertise of these individuals, don't disregard this knowledge simply because these folks haven't worked at the company for many years",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23533,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,"You get to learn a lot and if you have a great manager, your job will be easier.","there is unnecessary drama sometimes. politics, stress.","Frugality isn't being cheap. It's about spending money on what's important - Customers are important, but so are your employees.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23534,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Design Manager,Its the wild west over here with a lot of type A folks.,"You are empowered to have a direct impact on customers and the business. The Sr. leadership team is generally excellent, however, there are a few exceptions that somehow made it past the hiring bar.",Benefits are a little below average and you work long hours. One can also easily burn themselves out if not disciplined in the art of not committing and setting realistic expectations (even when unpopular).,Not everyone you hire needs to be a type A personality.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23535,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," May 23, 2014",Former Employee - Stower,"If you are over 25....Don't bother, you won't last","Decent pay and benefits. The 4 day work week and occasional overtime was nice. They dangle stock in front of you, but no-one stays long enough to get it. Break rooms decent.","Utterly ridiculous production standards. Don't get injured on the job or ill from their non air conditioned sweat shop DC's. If you do, your promptly shown the door. Amazon does practice age discrimination. EVERYONE fired from my group at the San Bernardino DC was all over the age of 50. Just another sweat shop with an over hyped name. Amazon does not value loyalty or long term employees, especially older workers.","Some day Jeff Bezo's...You and all your overworked employees will get old. Maybe then, someone will show you the door. But, you'll never listen...After all, your Amazon.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23536,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,AWS is an awesome place to work,Full of smart people - great support Projects are cutting edge You get training in all of the internal development software,"Not too many cons. Amazon is very focused on the customer and not wasting money so employees do not see the same benefits as some other tech companies, but it is still a very pleasant place to work.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23537,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Amazing if you are ambitious,Fast paced Hungry to innovate Ambitious Independence and Ownership,"Work life balance (as a result of the pros, so can't complain)",Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23538,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,AWS Experience,Compensation is good for a new graduate. The organization is clear so that everyone 's accomplishment is available to others. Managers sometimes are good resources to learn.,"Lots of operation stuff instead of concentrating on programming. It is kind of hard to balance between life and work. Working in a small AWS support team, the career opportunities are not good.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23539,amazon,none," May 6, 2014",Former Employee - Stocker,educational,"working at amazon you can learn a lot in a short period of time, they help trained you for new positions and they are dedicated when it comes to training. Amazon lets you know what you have to do before you do it. schedules are on point, and the directions are very clear.","the cons at amazon would be the parking spaces,the lack of understanding when it comes to school or personal issues, the strictly rules and regulations that makes it impossible to work with. Amazon timely manner are never what they are said to be.",cancel out the 6 point systems and help work with others time and schedule.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1575.htm
23540,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," May 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you like death marches, constant conflict, and crappy benefits, Amazon is for you!",The engineers are generally quite good.,"Everything is a death march. Management drives crises and expects heroic efforts (often involving band-aid solutions) to be the norm. On-calls on the teams are often stuck working around the clock when it's their turn on rotation. Good engineers can't shine under these sweatshop-like conditions. Teams are fiefdoms, and managers constantly fight over resources and priorities, leaving their engineers as the victims. Managers are also poorly trained in handling typical operational matters such as personnel issues. The benefits (healthcare, education, time-off/holidays, etc.) are substandard for the industry.","Behave like adults. Constantly putting your teams into high-pressure, high-stakes situations does not incentivize performance, as you seem to believe. Take a look at how other tech companies treat their employees (as valuable assets rather than interchangeable cogs) with regard to work conditions, work/life balance, and benefits.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23541,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,"nice place to work, stressful, too frugal","the company has very nice software tools that ease our day to day work. The coworkers have good technical background, and one can learn whatever they want easily.","Stressful, needs to carry pager on the rotary basis. The performance review is also hard, especially for those not very sociable people.",respect your workers,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23542,amazon,none," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting, but demanding place to work.","Amazon maintains a very high-bar for performance, which means employees are incredibly intelligent and driven to build the best customer experience possible. Amazon also runs particularly lean so there is a tremendous amount of responsibility and business given right off the bat.","Because everybody is so intelligent and driven with great amounts of responsibility, it is difficult to maintain a work-life balance, unless your life outside of the office includes working too.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23543,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Apr 20, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great place to work here,"They make it fun, snacks, games, etc. to maintain morale.","Hard to make numbers,can be hard putting up with rude customers.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23544,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you can be a jerk, you'll succeed here","Brand Name, Salary, Smart People, HIgh hiring bar","1) Culture/Extreme Micromanagement--This company is run by middle managers that are micro-managers with a stick in hand.  The philosophy in Amazon is hire smart people, give them money so they'll come and then get work done by stick. If you know how to manage up and dont mind being a jerk to people working for you, you can be assured to be promoted  2) Lots of reporting--even at L6-L8 what you do is 50% reporting. They dont hire analyst and even at senior manager level what you do is write SQL query to pull data and do very less strategic work  3) Attitude of - My goal is to keep only my boss happy, even though it may mean i'll give heart attack to my subordinates.  4) Extreme Type A personalities","The company talks about leadership principles--but do the principle say--The best way to motivate employees is use stick? Is it rocket science to understand that if you have hired smart motivated people you dont have to micromanage every single metric.  Do the principle say-be the worst people manager and irrespective of subordinates complaining against their manager, they would be promoted?  Here leadership does not mean motivating and building a team atmosphere, it means deliver result by hook or by crook.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23545,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Run as fast as you can to another employer!!!,I get a paycheck but its really looking like I will leave after my vesting.,"Low Pay Long Hours No respect from managers Hard path to different careers Very combative leadership  They are always doing Mandatory Overtime, repetitive tasks for 10 hrs, can be hard to advance with so many applicants for very few higher paying positions, they love to hire outside the workforce..  The grunt work is really hard and physical. You stand for 10-12 hours or walk up to 25 miles a shift. Scanners and scanning causes wrist issues.Driving the PIT equipment is causing my foot to ache constantly!!! If you're not liked, you're not going anywhere. Its a real kiss butt favorites game to advance!!!. After my 2 years I am getting burnt out.  They hire the worst people here.. No one likes to work and want to slack off its not fair that associates get to talk all shift and don't make rate etc and get no write up.. They are basically getting paid for free and get picked to do better things because they are someone's friend while hard working people get no recognition. Management is the worse and don't care if someone is not working and they don't listen to there associates suggestions etc. No room to move up I've been doing the same thing for almost 2 years and I work way to hard to still be here.",Hire more from within your company!!!!,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23546,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2014",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Amazing culture to be in,"I was an intern here for six months, and being surrounded by people from places like Stanford, Booth and Ivy League schools was a bit daunting at first, but you quickly learn that this company is not hierarchical at all. On the contrary, it's a launchpad for anyone hungry to grow in responsibility and experience, since there is always opportunity lying around just waiting to be seized.","Finding time on people's calendars can be difficult, but the people are super helpful if you are able to meet with them. Amazon will take as much of your time as you give them, however, and oftentimes more, making work-life balance difficult to achieve for those with families, even with the work-from-hope option that's available.","Try recruiting harder for your internship program. It's a fantastic opportunity for anyone hungry to gain real world experience, and people outside the Seattle area should be interested too.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23547,amazon,none," May 4, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A good place to work in the meantime...,Benefits are really good. Pay is not the greatest but most people don't work there to make it a career anyway.,"fast-pace environment, Rates to hit are crazy",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23548,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Apr 19, 2014",Former Employee - Outbound,Amazon eh?,"i worked for SMX and I got converted to amazon at CVG3 in kentucky. People were aswome to work with, and the pay was pretty good. time off was semi convient. and if you were amazon blue badge you got what they call vcp pay, which is at the end of the month your second pay check.","Uh theres a lot of cons to go through that a lot of the others have already talked about. but my biggest problem that I've had there was the bs rate system, and they lied to us about how they judge the snow days by going through the node, with all the Kentucky plants and one night it was snowing real bad and they were talking about a lvl 3 snow emergency, which means we were stuck at work until it lowered but it nvr happened , but they wound up closing all the other plants because of the snow and friends and family that worked between the buildings passed the message to loved ones/ co-workers while they lied to us and told us they had no work.",don't put people on the same job every single night theres a lot of different stuff to do and you all keep us on the same thing everynight.,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23549,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," May 3, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Very engaging, fast paced environment.",Management is often unrealistic with productivity metrics,Need to set realistic and measurable goals as opposed to setting goals in excel and expecting it to materialize on the floor by pushing the workforce to meet numbers you committed to on spreadsheets,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1576.htm
23550,amazon,none," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best for those just out of college with no families,"It's Amazon! In general, they pay well - especially if you are in a management position. Moving up is easy if you are willing to put in the work.",Amazon offers no work-life balance. College graduates with no children are best for this company. Management is young and reacts quickly without much thought. Communication is very poor.,"Management must learn to plan then act. They follow the ""Bias for Action"" leadership principle and act quickly assuming that if a mistake is made, it can be fixed. It just causes more work for the team. They also need to learn to communicate. There is a huge lack of communication within the company.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23551,amazon,none," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work life balance.,You can make decent money during the peak season.,"Last minute mandatory overtime announcements. Only one day off a week between November and December. Very little pay, they want more from less employees.",Good Luck!!!!!!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23552,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Mar 25, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Amazon and AWS - smart people, fun projects, great work environment","Smart people who take ownership. Managers who don't get in the way and are above average. In general, you'll learn quite a bit.","Growing so fast has it's challenges, it can seem somewhat wild, wild west at times. Dealing with and learning the Amazon specific infrastructure can be daunting and feel somewhat tedious. It's still mostly a Java shop.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23553,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer Associate,Loving it,"I have been at amazon for much less than a year. During my first review period, only 6 months in, I received a raise.",work-life balance is kind of lacking.,Keep doing what you are doing!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23554,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2014",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,It's who you know,"Fast-paced, apart of something big, casual attire. Depends on your manager & department, it can be wonderful or awful. SLU is changing and growing, it's exciting to be apart of. Great pay! Stock can't be beat!",Benefits have gone down drastically. 3rd party Leave of Absence team is difficult to work with. Individual contributions are not widely welcomed. HR isn't helpful and sometimes they are the problem.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23555,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Amazon is a place where builders can build, mostly","Amazon has invested a lot in the development infrastructure. There are a lot of tools in place to make writing and deploying code easier, the learning curve can be steep but they really do focus on getting developers to a place where they are adding value. The team you work on will really impact how much you work and how intense your on-call is but my team has very reasonable expectations. I never work more than 40 hours a week and our on-call is very mild. This is not true for all teams.","The focus on ""Bias for Action"" sometimes equates to the ends justify the means and you get people who basically think they can bully you into doing what they want. Your experience at Amazon will really vary based on your team but can be hard to predict in advance.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23556,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall review,Innovative and past pace environment. Have true ownership of your work.,Work life balance can be an issue.,N/A,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23557,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,An all-absorbing environment,-Very smart managers -Always pushing the envelope,"-To meet expectations, it's difficult to have a work/life balance -Senior leadership tends to manage with fear -Highly competitive environment can devolve into finger pointing if leadership doesn't keep people focused on improving the process. -The leader development process is horrible...Amazon operates on an OJT model where you have to develop any lacking skills yourself, or you will weeded out.","-Make a point to communicate to the force when things are going well, not just when they miss a metric. -And if they do miss, is it really necessary to treat the team like crap on the weekly call? -Put some horsepower into a robust leader development program. As you grow, it will become entirely too expensive to turn over a large percentage of the management force every year.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23558,amazon,none," May 1, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Amazon is a great place to work but ..........,"At Amazon, they have mostly good people and a good management team overall. It offers challenges and opportunities. They have a very fast paced environment with some cool tools with opportunities to make a difference.",There are some in leadership who do not treat people with respect however most do a great job. The performance rating system they use is a bell curve that creates a lot of competition among leads and managers. This type of rating system works well if it is used right,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23559,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,The largest startup in the world,"1. Good pay at higher levels (SDE 3+) 2. Excellent range of opportunities - work from UI to the largest web services infrastructure in the world to machine learning to consumer products (Kindle).. If you get bored of one team, moving to another is straightforward. 3. High achievers are rewarded well 4. Super focused and competent senior management","1. The frugality (cheapness) gets old after a while. 2. Growing as an individual contributor after the SDE 2 level is made ridiculously tough and is completely team dependent, an SDE 2-3 promotion in a technically strong team might take years (or never happen) with the same promotion take a few months in some other teams 3. Uneven quality across groups and teams - there needs to be a consistent hiring bar. 4. Employees are treated largely as cogs. The pager hell is real and can be bad depending on the team.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1577.htm
23560,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2014",Former Employee - Brand Specialist,"Horrible, absolutely horrible. Bad management, long hours, toxic workplace","You can bring your dog to work. Sadly that is the only good thing I can say about this company. You may meet some smart and amazing people, but not at the upper management level.","Please keep in mind this review comes from the viewpoint of a Brand Specialist. I can't speak for the software developers, those in other segments outside of the Amazon.com retail business (for example Amazon Prime, Amazon Web Services, or company subsidiaries), or those not in the corporate HQ in Seattle (such as fulfillment center associates).  - Zero work/life balance. Everyone is expected to take their work home. Management pretends to care and tells you to not overwork, but if you don't work weekends you'll get fired. I've received a phone call at 4 AM from work. Insane infringement on your personal life.  - The culture is toxic. On average people quit after just two years. That isn't normal for any company. It's a revolving door. After just one year of employment, half my team was already junior to me. People either quit or get fired. Everyone is afraid of getting fired and discuss it frequently when management isn't around. It's really sad.  - The company is incredibly disorganized, the work day is chaotic. There is an appalling lack of training, people don't know how to do their jobs and are being taught by others who have only been with the company for a grand total of 3 months. The tools you need to do your job are poorly developed and often break down or have limited usefulness, leading to unnecessary low productivity which you are blamed for. Systems are constantly changing and no one knows how to use the new versions - some people like this because they want innovation, but the truth is the company is so large now that you really don't have much freedom to innovate. There is a huge clash between a start-up mentality and a bureaucratic corporate culture.  - Management is poor quality, and downright nasty. Many are not qualified to do their job, lacking proper experience. For instance, some were on a management rotational program that put them in 3 very different roles over 3 short years, while they had no background in any of those functions. It was a joke working under those types because they knew just as much about their job as you did. I witnessed senior managers being brought into the company and being ""trained"" by their reports. Upper level management is completely inhumane - they treat people like machines / slaves / farm animals, despite that many of my peers were incredibly bright and talented people from strong backgrounds and with good educations (Ivy leagues and other Top 25 schools). Management never recognized people for their contributions and hard work, leading to low morale.  In summary, I'd say that the high employee turnover is evidence enough of the lack of work/life balance and the toxic and chaotic work environment perpetuated by bad management. As I mentioned above, after just one year, I was already more senior than half my team. Everyone I had known was gone, and I was training the newcomers. Think about that.","Improve the culture, starting with improving yourselves (I'm talking to you, management). Some changes will take time but are possible, such as fixing the shoddy tools and providing sensible training. But you can start by simply being nicer human beings - that takes no time at all. Start treating your employees with respect - you've got incredibly smart and talented individuals who can, and do, move on to other companies if you don't treat them properly. Amazon wants top talent but is creating a bad reputation as an employer. I've talked to plenty of Ivy league-ers and students at top MBA schools who don't want to work for Amazon. Fix that. If you don't know how, start by listening to your employees. Heck, you might even want to read my review above.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,37,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23561,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," May 19, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Filled with favoritism and politics,"Well established company, with decent pay. They are always in need of people, easy to obtain job there. Some potential to move up within the company.","Many locations have biases based on favorites. If you are on the better side with management, there are opportunities to move up, or get more training.",none,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23562,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2014",Former Employee - Human Resources Associate,Not worth it,Co-workers Compensation/benefits Looks great on a resume,"NO WORK/LIFE BALANCE. Everyone complains about it but no one does anything about it. Mangement just doesn't care about you as a person, your a number.",There are better companies to work for. Get that experience on your resume and run.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23563,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Not everyone's cup of tea,An openess to new ideas,no work life balance. Management not vested n helping you with your career or goals. Very few fringe benefits,Invest in your employees futures,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23564,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Stower,"Decent pay, but inconsistent hours.","Good exercise because I was working as a stower in one of the warehouses, putting books and dads on shelves. The rates increase over periods of time and it is very hard to make rate without cheating. This is because the rate is based on average rate of stowing so the more people cheat, the higher the rate goes up because you can put more books on shelves.",Stressful physically and mentally. Terrible radio playing the entire day every day. Get ready for Katy Perry 24/7.,"Consider letting some people use headphones at work. Since there is not any team cooperation as a stower, I was alone all day and some of my own music would really help.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23565,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"challenging, a dog eat dog environment.",Smart people where you learn so much from. Great opportunities to grow .,Steady stream of new managers proves to be difficult to gain exposure.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23566,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Executive Producer,Interview process,"Very methodical, very thorough. Appreciated the screening based on leadership principles. Process provides great overview of team. Bar raiser helps to strengthen character and reinforces confidence when the discussion goes well.",Long process for all day interviews. More time for questions from candidates would be beneficial. More discussion for understanding levels and compensation.,Add an orientation to how levels work in the company.,5.0,none,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23567,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great place to start, but not to stay","Very talented people all around you, ground breaking tech, tons of drive and innovation","The company does not promote an environment where you are encouraged to stick around, most people burn out very early, there is zero focus on morale.",Care as much about the people as you do about the business,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23568,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 15, 2014",Current Employee - TPM,High Pressure but fun to work with bright people,"I've worked at several large companies, and all have had some very good people (hard working, intelligent), but many that aren't so great. The lazy or slow witted don't survive long at Amazon, if they even get in the door. That is not to say that everyone is honorable, but people are universally bright and quick moving, and I find it energizing to be around very bright people. The corporate kool-aid is a flavor I like (customer obsession, restless continual striving). The technical problems you get to work on are difficult and big, and you are encouraged to think big and solve them in the right way. You are respected for delivering results, and encouraged to stand up for your point of view (if you have data to back it up).","The volume of work piled on you can be crushing and make it difficult to prioritize your work and find time to innovate. You have to be careful not to let the masochistic culture of brutal on-call and long hours suck you into a life that is miserable. Advancement and survival can be political and treacherous. Your first and second level management holds enormous power over your future at Amazon, and due to the frequency that people switch roles or leave (I had 5 managers in my first two years) and groups reorganize, you have to be very cognizant of the political landscape and your status in the current regime. You or your group could suddenly become the stepchild in a second marriage, which could put you in the ""least effective"" bucket when it comes time to cull the herd. There are a lot of very smart, very ambitious people there. Some of them are also honorable, but some are not.",How will the bar raising strategy change if Amazon can no longer attract or find sufficient numbers of new talent to fill the jobs?,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23569,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,New Hire Experience,Fast Paced Great Benefits Set Schedules Opportunities for Advancement Guaranteed 40 hrs,Short Breaks Lots Of Walking Long Hours No Off time During Holidays,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1578.htm
23570,amazon,"Albuquerque, NM"," Apr 27, 2014",Current Employee - Marketplace Bookseller,It's difficult to make money because of too much competition from fellow booksellers and not enough profitable books.,"Work from home most of the time. Occasionally you'll find a high-value, in-demand book that reaps a decent profit, but this is offset by the devaluation of books already listed and/or scarcity of such books. The company does provide fairly good seller service.","Far too much competition from other booksellers on Amazon.com with a ""race-to-the-bottom"" price mentality.",Lower the fee structure and reward longtime sellers with financial incentives.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23571,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development,Everything you're reading on Gawker is true,"Relatively good pay, stock bonuses, Orca card","Soul-crushing, a lot of terrible managers, promotion is next to impossible, terrible work/life balance, no care for employees","Reward people for good work when they do it, don't make promotions so impossible to achieve by constantly changing what needs to be done in order to be promoted, be aware of poor managers and stop them from managing more people into the ground",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23572,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon is the walmart of the tech world,working at amazon is better than starving in the rain fighting hobos and pigeon for cold bowls of bird soup.  working at Amazon is better than watching infomercials.,"Amazon thinks way to highly of themselves. They sell doo-dads over the internet.  Amazon does not value people. Google the gawker article on ""amazons bizarre corporate culture.  If you are a talented young engineer, DO NOT WORK FOR AMAZON.  GO ANYWHERE else.",stop racing to the bottom. Stop acting like the walmart of,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23573,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Strong experience, do not treat employees well","Resume builder, strong salary, are able to work remotely",Being recognized for hard work,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23574,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Data Engineer II,Nice place to work,* Peers  * Challenges in work  * Problem size,* work life balance is difficult to manage,be not so frugal,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23575,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay, okay culture, mediocre values",Pay and benefits are good and fair. They give decent bonuses too. There's decent job security due to the companies rapid growth and a wide variety of jobs to choose from. Office culture is laid-back and fairly relaxed for an office work environment.,"Huge disconnect between leadership and people on the ground. Tons of disorganization, last minute changes, and generally a lot of poorly thought out policies put into place hastily as band-aid solutions. Often time the lower employees on the hierarchy have to pay for the mistakes and odd policies of management in additional time spent at work and added obstacles to daily tasks. It's a bit gotten worse every year I've been here and I don't see that trend stopping. Very greedy company, but that's just the nature of corporations.",Slow down and get things right instead of rushing procedure to make yourself look good.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23576,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Word hard, make history","Generally a culture obsessed with making things, and quickly. They are one of the largest ship-it-and-iterate technology companies. Customer focus is taken very seriously. I've met some great people here.","Team quality can inconsistent: some are great, some are terrible. Hiring can get out of control, with diminishing domain knowledge as senior engineers leave. Don't get stuck working on legacy code if you can help it.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23577,amazon,none," May 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible company to work for,Working four days a week.,"Terrible work environment, most managers at the FC I worked at had no clue how to manage efficiently.",none,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23578,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Apr 18, 2014",Former Employee - Part Time Logistics Administrative,All hype but very disorganized,Catered food during the first week Small sort center Great pay and benefits if you're young and inexperienced,"Very disorganized  Seriously! I was hired on as a part time fulfillment associate then was offered a ""logistics admin"" job that was a 3 tier (As I was told) position yet the pay was the same.  Started with a M-F 2-6 position, then Sun-Wed 1-5 and a few days later 6-2 AM then yet another change to Fri-Mon 1-5 in my first month!!! I got so confused I kept missing days and was fired because they ""contacted me numerous times"" when all I got was 2 calls from a private number with no voicemail ... so how was I supposed to call back?",Please tell HR to not call from private numbers and not leave voicemails! Give employees some stability come on some of us have kids here and we can't rearrange our lives because you can't get it together.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23579,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - FC Associate,"Fast paced environment , 110% expected everyday!","Amazon has great benefits and a four day work week, unless Voluntary?mandatory is called. As a Full time blue badge associate you receive Paid time off, unpaid time, and vacation time. You also receive stock that vests after TWO years and a monthly bonus based on certain performance factors. Open to suggestions for improving processes",Favoritism Pay cap on lower tier positions communication between management and associates can be limited Favors interview performance over experience,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1579.htm
23580,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"work hard, have fun and make history!",interesting people to work with challenging problems,lot of work awards long term employees,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23581,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great opportunity, only if you strive hard","You will find opportunities here, if you work hard. You also get to learn lots of technical skills, across various areas. Working hour is flexible in my team (it may vary in different team), in the sense that you don't have to get to work at early morning, and you can freely WFH if you like, given that you finish your work.",You have to work hard to catch up. It will be critical/tricky for you to keep your work/life balance here.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23582,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - SDE2,An interesting place to work,"A lot of new stuffs to work on, a lot of challenge to face. Less red tape.","Poor work life balance, a lot of pressure from upper management. Frugality makes people less happy",less frugal,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23583,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 22, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,"intelligent co-workers, mediocre middle management, bad place for systems engineers","Some very smart people work here. It is not hard to find challenging and interesting tasks. Great place to learn. If you work hard, smart, and long, you can really get ahead",Stack ranking makes for somewhat strained relationship between co-workers. very poor work life balance if you want to get promoted. Amazon values builders -- which means that sstems engineers are a second class citizen. Turnover for Systems engineers is really high in retail.,People are not fungible,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23584,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Interesting, challenging work","Smart people Technically challenging work You can see the impact of your work very directly Relatively low politics, data-driven decisions Good place to learn SOA, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning",Operational burden: When you're on call you have to carry a pager and spend a week dealing with boring issues instead of coding. Retail industry can get a bit tiresome after a while.,Make it easier to move within the company.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23585,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 20, 2014",Current Employee - Pcker,nothing good to say,job ..getting a pay check,hrs. always worried about being replace,pay moore money,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23586,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 17, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Be prepared to feel like a number,"Very fast paced. Good Benefits. Decent start off pay with $0.55 increase every 6months Always able to get extra hours in for a bigger paycheck. There are a lot of different things to do if you have a willing mind to learn. Very innovative, strive towards greatness","The pay of the Tier 1 positions cap out after about 3 years, so around $15.30? Managers are very biased and can be pretty inconsiderate at times. If you happen to work below expectations even just one time, they will punish you before trying to understand what could have caused the problem. Even though it is usually not your fault as there are many different factors that could affect your work. However even if it's not your fault, the write up stays on your record for about 3-6months.  If you're a good worker in your current position, they will keep you there even if you want to move up.  You can know how to do everything in the warehouse and get the same pay as someone who can only perform 1 function. You can have a hard and vigorous function and get the same pay as someone who does little to no work in their job function.  You have to be ""cool"" with management to get anywhere. It doesn't matter how amazing you work or how long you've been there, you will be treated the same as everyone else and have the same opportunities as everyone else unless you're ""cool"" with management.  If you do bad, expect some form of correction and the event added to your record. If you do good, expect nothing.  Not flexible with your schedule.","Begin to care about your employees and stop being so biased. Rate your employees based on the work they put forth, not on how much you like them personally.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23587,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Overall Amazon.com continues to be a fun, exciting, and dynamic work environment.",3 days off Changing work environment,Base pay seems to be low for amount of work being input,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23588,amazon,none," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management by fear and intimidation,"They build data centers in a very fact pace but speaking of any innovation or new technology, I have to say is non-existent.",This is not a company that likes innovation. They are Walmart of internet. They just like the volume of things.,In several of my reports I was told to specifically change the content because of VP's involvement in the original design. The management at Amazon behaves in a very strange and degrading manner towards their employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23589,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Apr 15, 2014",Current Employee - Outbound,"Job, yes. Career, no.","- Stability. In a year and one-half, I've never worked less than forty hours. - Variety. Amazon offers the opportunity to work in almost aspect of the business, from receiving to shipping. - Overtime. On average, our facility offers fifty hour weeks, for those that want it. - Schedule. Four ten hour days, three days off. - Shifts. The opportunity to change shifts as your schedule deems fit. - Leadership. Through the Ambassador program, Amazon offers entry level 'leadership skills', welcoming new associates into the company/dept. - Workload. The amount of work week to week 'weeds out' unproductive workers, most of the time. - Technology and Efficiency. Amazon has streamlined the processes where almost anyone can succeed at their job. Its almost (almost) stupid proof, and usually easily correctable when a mistake is made. - Benefits. Very cheap and start almost immediately after hire date. - Opportunity. Amazon offers the opportunity to open new facilities around the country. They will pay your travel, lodging, meals and overtime pay for the duration of your assignment. This is also your best option for promotion. Amazon offers an attractive compensation package that pays for moving expenses to open new facilities.","- Overtime. Especially around holidays, the company expects you to work mandatory 50-60 hour weeks. To quote something I read on Facebook: 'Amazon, where you OD on OT.' - Schedule. During 'peak', those ten hour shifts get longer and longer. - Pay. I'd call it 'adequate', but not enough for the amount of work the company asks of you. - 'Bonus'. The 'monthly bonus' is calculated on the FC as a whole. So, the person making 80% gets the same paycheck as the person making 180%. Aside from 'positive feedback', the company does not recognize individual achievement when calculating this monthly 'bonus'. - Management. I have been working since I was 16 years old, and have never seen this much management turnover in my life. My department alone has gone through four managers and 'leads' in the last 18 months. I can't keep up with all the senior management turnover. - Turnover. Not a huge problem in my dept, but as a whole, Amazon has a large turnover rate, more so than most my previous jobs combined. Its hard work, long hours, not friendly to families or the elderly. - Constant Change. While this is a condition we signed up for, management is very unclear and nontransparent when it comes to such change. They observe you working with a stop watch and pedometer for a week, turn your dept upside down, raise rates, then expect you to 'adapt' and learn the new process. - Promotion, or lack thereof. The competition for these jobs are fierce, and graded on some kind of point system. Most of the time, the most qualified fail this system and the least qualified candidate gets the position. Despite the companies claim to transparency, the veil of secrecy surrounding these jobs remains shrouded.","- Listen to your associates more often. We know the job, do it everyday, some inclusion in radical redesign of layout and procedures would be nice. - There needs to be more transparency when it comes to promotion opportunities. - The monthly 'bonus' should include individual achievements. It is grossly unfair that an under performer should get the same paycheck as someone who exceeds rate and makes the effort to show up on time everyday.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1580.htm
23590,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 17, 2014",Former Employee - Shipper/Stower,"grueling work and almost impossible standards, sweatshop","if you really need a job, their pay is above some places","12 hour shifts with little notice, long way to tightly monitored breakroom, cannot sit down on job.","listen to your workers, they still want to do their job correctly",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23591,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting company!,"Many people complain about the crazy hours, but Amazon is a fast paced company and for those who love that it's exciting! Everyday is something new and I love it. Love my job everyday.",Career movement is lacking in certain departments.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23592,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior HRA,New Hire Experience,"Fast paced environment, lots of responsibility, ability to learn the basics and develop.","If you are not organized, it will be tough.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23593,amazon,"North Charleston, SC"," Apr 17, 2014",Current Employee - Production Associate,Not the best place for career growth...,"Decent benefits, pay, time-off. The schedule's great (four 10 hour shifts). The job is incredibly easy.","In the small facility that I work in, there is not much opportunity for advancement. We hire from the outside most often. And you can only move up the ladder one rung at time. As a result, you'll be stuck at the same level for years! If you're ambitious like me, it gets old fast. Management is horrible. They just don't know what they're doing and seem not to know how to communicate with their employees.",none,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23594,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Fast growing company cloud technologies,work-life balance is pretty bad,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23595,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard to grow lots, but don't expect it to be easy.","Great place to be challenged, work hard and grow.","Little work-life balance, demanding customers",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23596,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2014",Current Employee - Advertising AE,Long hours and political,It offers employees interesting projects and data oriented company.,The company is very focused on maximizing the time it works employees. And training is almost nonexistent.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23597,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,SDE Intern,Mentor was friendly and colleagues were supportive,"lot of work, bad work life balance, and pager concept sucks",Have SDET concept.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23598,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"very employee customer centric, with allot of opportunities.",large employee base can make moving up a challenge,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23599,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Deeloper,It is the very good place to work at and will have the most knowledge to learn,I dont think this has any cons,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1581.htm
23600,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Control,"easy job, fun environment, monthly bonuses","long hours, around Holidays, a lot of walking",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23601,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 31, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,"I enjoyed the job, but could not continue due to being unable to adjust to night shift at the time.","If you need a job, seasonal work at Amazon is a viable option. Although people tend to poorly review Amazon, I believe the reason people dislike Amazon is because of the demanding pace and vast amount of walking. Buy some comfortable shoes, eat healthy foods, and drink lots of water, and Amazon is not so hard. I personally enjoy challenging work and breaking a sweat, and Amazon is a great place for those with work ethic.","Some of the computer systems seemed aged, the machinery is loud, and the pace is not comfortable. However it is not the nightmare job that those of lesser work ethic claim it is.","Keep up the good work. The positive reinforcement, safety tips, and stretching exercises make the experience much safer and more productive. My advice to management is to proceed as they have.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23602,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall it was very positive.,Some of the other workers that I met there were very likable. The work pace is fast and conducive to performance.,"The management and operational culture there was diametrical. The importance of safety was stressed, however, there was an undercurrent that performance and production should take precedence.  There was also acquiescence by management towards some ""loafing"" employees. Some of the operational modes were highly inefficient and likely result in higher costs to customers.  The performance based ""contests"" for workers to earn Amazon gift cards and the like appeared to be highly discretionary with winners selected, by the ""luck of the draw"" of their specific assignment during the contest and/or the whim of their supervisors.",Listen to employees more closely. Seek their input. Consider tracking mechanisms to recognize performance equitably.  Amazon is a great company - it could be much better however.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23603,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2014","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Great place to work if you align with the cultural values,-No ceiling on the amount of responsibility you can take on as a individual contributor or manager -Smart people -Easy to change teams/functions and stay within the company -Product managers have the freedom to do the right thing for the customer regardless of the impact on short term revenue,"-High ownership = long hours - work life balance can be tough -Beyond frugal. Aside from salary, Amazon is stingy. Managers pay for team lunches and any celebrations out of their own pocket. Benefits are below average compared to similar employers, and 401K match is poor.",It's easier to leave and come back at a higher level than get promoted. The company shoud not be so risk averse with promotions.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23604,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Customer obsessed yes.........employee obsessed no.,There are some very smart people working here and the company really does have a customer obsession. The offering is way ahead and is really enabling businesses. It is great to work to sell a service that is 100% in the customers best interest - this fact alone keeps me here. It is currently the strongest offering in the market and is the leader of the Gartner MQ.,"No work life balance. No respect for life away from work. Not much respect at all. Massive sales reporting overhead and ridiculous quotas. Way too much management overhead - they seem to think writing plans and reports and forecasts is somehow enabling to the bottom line. This is not a sales focused company. As a sales person you spend more time fighting internal systems and bureaucracy than you spend time selling. Comp plan looks good on paper until you see the quota to get it - they really don't want to pay sales people. Sales leadership clearly has no idea how the product set is bought, consumed or ramps. No career advancement training of any kind - actually no training at all. This place has less training for employees than anywhere I have ever been. Of course you would have no time to train anyway. I expect that most segments will miss their numbers by large margins and with luck this will mean that sales management is culled. I would also expect due to the very low moral that there will be a lot of sales person turn over. Certainly when the competition heats up I will be hunting for a more enlightened and enabling sales org.",Replace sales leadership with someone who gets what we do and understands low sales organization moral is no way to grow a business. Cutting sales people pay is really a motivational. Sure hitting accelerators should be challenging but making it impossible is not wise. Why care if we miss by 40% or 60% for the relative difference in quality of life? When the global sales person of the year leaves is that not a message?,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23605,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2014","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development",Customer and business impact at a world class scale,Customer obsessed company with a focus on the ultra-long term Competitive compensation for high performers High rate of learning from smart peers and leaders Ability to take risks on a large scale Engineering and product innovation challenges Ownership over roadmap and strategy even at junior levels,"High stakes, high pressure environment. Minimum benefits outside of stock and cash compensation Frugality extends even to laptops and monitors",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23606,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,life changing experience,we are constantly changing our processes to find better ways to ship customer orders,never know when you come in if things are going to be different.,communication.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23607,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You get better deal somewhere else,Good name on your CV. Bright people. Mediocre management.,"You get better deal from somewhere else if you are working about the same hours. The salary increase is not even on par with the inflation so you're becoming poorer every year. The compensation basically you're dumb enough if you stay longer than 2 years. After sign-on bonus, you face a personal financial cliff.",You are making your company a Google University by being cheap. Work on retention instead of wasting time on hiring and training. It's not FRUGAL. Learn to do better math and then talk about frugality.,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23608,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good company, terrible people","There are many innovative projects being implemented so you have the opportunity to be involved in something new, exciting. It is common to move around and work in different groups, which is great for personal development. You are mostly surrounded by smart, driven people.","The company culture is horrible. Goals can be impossibly aggressive at times, which is bad for work-life balance. This also leads to people securing their position and shifting blame when goals are not met. Not a collaborative, friendly environment at all. Compensation is OK, not great. This is a terrible post-MBA job","There is a reason why the attrition rate is so high, fix the culture or keep losing good people",2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23609,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard,Have Fun,Make History","Punctual, Hard work,Determination to reach the goal ,Faster, Accurate","MIcro Managing,Short tempered, Hasty at times when not needed.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1582.htm
23610,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Product Manager,Amazon - Sr. Technical Product Manager,"Opportunity to work on really big projects and high visibility (depending on the team) Most folks you work with are really smart You will learn a lot Flat organization - Less bureaucratic Fast paced environment Financial compensation is pretty good. (Negotiate hard if you clear the interview loop. Of course, be smart about it.)","Work-life balance will be a challenge. For the most part, employees are treated as commodity Many managers with foreman mentality, lack core leadership skills to motivate and lead teams. Critical culture - don't join if you are a sensitive type Growing through the ranks will be tough if you join at a Sr. manager level. Continuously you will be overwhelmed with work, you will either adapt or break.",Work-Life balance - making employers work 12 -15 hours per day on a continuous basis does not really allows employees to think out of the box. Invest in employee growth. Foster an environment for innovation. Please train your middle tier management team to become leaders not just managers.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23611,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for customers,Customer obsession is the No 1 value,Employee welfare is too bad,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23612,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Fulfilling career,Knowledge growth is very good. You learn a lot about leadership principles and how to manage people. Benefits and 401k compensation is good.,Work-Life balance is somewhat skewed. Longer hours are asked for then what is sometimes need for the business. Company issues on safety sometimes are not followed and seems to be a choice for some associates.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23613,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,pretty good start for nre grad,good start point company keeps growing,on call fast working speed team manager usually change,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23614,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AM,"Great company to work for, absolutely love the position and opportunities!",Long days during peak and following peak,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23615,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to work with the most talented ppl in an internationalized place,"1. cool peers and open-minded seniors to work with 2. unique culture in terms of leadership principles to set clear benchmark of the role model 3. big name, respectable company for its innovation and customer obsession 4. standard works",1. communication across buildings/regions 2. localization to tailor particular needs of certain regions/markets,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23616,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Apr 10, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Modern slavery,You will never fall short of 40 hours a week Benefits Cool coworkers You will definitely get toned and maybe lose some weight You have 40 hours of unpaid and paid time off upon hire to use as you please,"15 minute breaks that last 5 no matter how hard you work, they want more walking 15 to 20 miles a day for a pathetic 11 bucks an hour They do not accept doctors excuses They tell you in orientation that you will be in pain every day....what kind of business is okay with this",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23617,amazon,"Wilmington, DE"," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Pathway Operations Manager,"Good compensation, tough work live balance in operations.",Obtaining leadership experience. Operations offers you a chance to lead a large group of people right out of MBA. Good oportunities to get into after finishing the program.,"Lots of pressure both from hourly employees and senior management. Looong hours, especially in peak season. Absence of peers you can learn from (in operations). Minimal focus on development.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23618,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,"Work hard, exceed, and burn out.","Benefits, Peers, Exposure, Training, Experience","Underpaid, Underappreciated, Overpromised, Compensation, No Loyalty",None,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23619,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Collator,The walmart of the internet world,"Growing company, and a great place for experience in various fields",Work to life balance is a big challenge,To many chefs and not enough Indians,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1583.htm
23620,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,Overall like the experience,a lot of opportunities to work on fun stuff with celever peopler,"Life balance sucks, literally! Too fast paced!",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23621,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad for working around one year,"not good for experienced sdes, the sdes in some team are not well appreciated.","not worth working for long time, compensation is not bad for beginner. The CEO is doing great, lots of great SDEs, but the management is in mess in some team.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23622,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - SDE3,Great if you have a lot of energy to give,"Depending on your group, you could be working on some amazing world-changing technology that is used by millions of people around the world. If you can handle the pressures and stresses and breakneck pace, you might even be rewarded for it.","Management can be dysfunctional, inter-team communication can be pathological. People are supposed to ""dive deep"" and learn to help themselves but instead it's pretty common for people with knowledge of things to become single sources of all information for others, and whenever operational issues occur - and they occur A LOT - you need to parachute in, try to fix everything with a wave of a magic wand, and keep everything running, even archaic systems that are held together with duct tape and paperclips.  ""On-call"" duties are the worst hoax ever perpetrated on eager software engineers, and this is an unbreakable part of Amazon religion that does nothing but wear people out more quickly and establish broken systems as a status quo instead of the intended effect of encouraging people to make better software.","Dedicated operations, PLEASE.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23623,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer II,"Exciting work, always engaging","The work is varied, and there are so many different teams to work on at Amazon. There are however expectations of working late hours, and owning the product you're working on.","Late hours, no real work-life balance. Depending on who your boss is, it can take a drastic turn for an unenjoyable work experience. I switched bosses almost a year into working here and both of them are not very competent in managing others.",none,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23624,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Let The Enthusiasm Misguide You,There is flexibility and very affordable benefits available for employees. It can be exciting getting caught up in the changes and product releases.,Not all changes are for the benefit of the employees by any means. The pay and promotions available for customer service representatives are very limited and quite small. There are semi-annual reviews offered however there are many things that will exclude you from being eligible for this very small increase so you can stay at a very meager wage for a long time. (The US inflation rate is currently 1.1% however the pay increases in the reviews are so small that they don't even keep up with half of the inflation rate per year),"Amazon prides itself on being ""customer centric"" however it is at a price that is paid by the employees in customer service and fulfillment centers. If performance and feedback is so important to you I challenge you to see how your employees are truly treated. Send a trusted individual in as a ""secret shopper"" and have them go through the recruiting, orientation, and training process for one of your customer service call centers. If you really want to see areas of improvement take this challenge in your VCC. By experiencing how this process is first hand you may be able to make changes that would truly enhance the overall customer service experience for all.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23625,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Apr 23, 2014",Former Employee - Inbound Receiver and Stower,Amazon SUCKS!!!,I enjoyed working here! Started the day they opened!,I was fired for no reason!!!,You need to investigate!!! There was absoutly no reason to fire me and unemployment said that the reason I was fired was out of my control!!!,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23626,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack of leadership at the Sr. HR level,Great pay and lots of learning of supply chain techniques,Lack of leadership in HR and operations...lack of integrity and terrible work/life balance...,Develop integrity in HR and adhere to your commitment to taking care of your people philosophy...have the guts to hear an entire story before making a decision on half truths or less...,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23627,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,Highly Innovative and customer focused culture,"Focus is entirely on results and as such, there is little sensitivity to employees life issues that come up.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23628,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Safety Coordinator,I love working for this company,Everybody is so friendly and dedicated to what they do.,"I think that they salaries could be a bit higher, but we are in a bad economy right now so I understand",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23629,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - HRBP,Very fast paced and constantly changing. A world of chaos.,The pay: the base salary is good and the sign on bonus was great. Some of the people were really great to work with.,"HR is not respected by the general manager. The world works in chaos and each project is constantly changing. You never know what is going to be asked of you each day. Associates are asked their barriers and managers jump to fix the issues but that is not the same on the exempt side. If an exempt employee voices barriers, then they are given a bad review and blamed for the project failing.","The company needs structure. The management team needs to learn to respect their employees, hourly and salaried.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1584.htm
23630,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Chaotic,"Amazon is widely seen as one of few companies that are actively innovating. An Amazon.com stint on your resume can open some doors that might otherwise remain closed to you.  Amazon stock has done amazingly well over the past few years and Amazon is a big believer in paying with stock, with one of the lowest base salary caps in the industry.  As a development manager, I had more authority over my team's processes, the hiring process, the review process, etc., than I had at most of the other companies I've worked for. This can be good or bad, depending on the quality of the individual manager.","Conspicuously absent from the company's core values are such things as ""honesty,"" ""work-life balance,"" and ""treat employees fairly.""  The company is frugal to the point of stupidity at times, with some calling this out as being ""frupid."" Getting access to such things as proper hardware and training took an enormous amount of work since there is a severely limited budget for both.  The middle layer of management, from SDM to Director, has a lot of power to do whatever they wish. How you are treated at Amazon depends almost entirely on your manager. With a good manager, you'll do well. With a rotten manager, and there are a lot of them, you'll do poorly. This includes such things as work-life balance, compensation, and advancement.  The company has grown faster than its processes support. All too often, enormous technical debt accrues and fighting to pay back that debt is far more difficult than it should be, as the VPs only want features.  Excessive upper management meddling in various projects causes a lot of problems, from features that change on a daily basis to features added without any schedule change or any other features removed, and so on. The upper management team, all the way to Bezos, has to sign off on all user experience changes for the major features, tablets, and eInk readers, and that causes a terrible backlog in getting those features defined, as they go through multiple iterations at multiple upper management levels.  Basic project management guidelines, best practices, and tenets are routinely violated. The lessons of ""The Mythical Man-Month"" have never been learned at Amazon.  The stock is likely overvalued, which means that the generous compensation can turn overnight to a much less generous compensation.",Stop meddling so much. Hire good people and then trust them.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23631,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2014",Former Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Culture,"Intelligent people, innovative environment, great technology","Work-life balance, communication style, can be abrasive",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23632,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good company to work with,some times get very busy,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23633,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 5, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Manager III,Not what I was expecting,"Very talented and professional engineers. Interesting problems to solve. Good relocation and hiring bonus, decent base salary. It will be a learning experience, no matter what your background is. Strong company culture and good team spirit.","The high hiring bar and mandatory layoffs every year makes is hard to keep your team fully staffed. You will spend a lot of time recruiting. Management is distrusting by nature, and playing devil's advocate seems to be a corporate pastime. Expect strictly negative reinforcement and to hear that you are not doing good enough. Being a bully is considered a value, and a requirement for advancement.",Start trusting and empowering your employees instead of micro managing.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23634,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Surprisingly pleasant experience,"Smart people, challenging projects, developer centered. But you have to believe in owning your own quality (because you carry pagers)","experiences may vary between teams, stack ranking system. Not for everyone",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23635,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Lot of work, No work life balance, Unhappy employees, Management disconnected from reality.",Lot of exciting work goes on at Amazon. Good opportunities are there but you have to be lucky to be given them. Salary is acceptable.,"The Stock Bonus and 401k match are a way to keep you around longer since you barely get anything without sticking around for 3years, but most don't stay that long. Too many people leaving and new people coming in, a lot of time and money is wasted due to this. Chaotic workplace. The review process is one which Microsoft scrapped, and is one of the reasons most leave. Very few truly happy software engineers here. Everyone works crazy hours. Some start little later, work through lunch meetings, and till 12 and 1am at night and on weekends quite regularly. No one asks you to do it, but everyone does it so it becomes ""normal"". So you work super long hours and you don't even get benefits like free food or snacks even. Work-Life balance is non-existent, be ready to bid adieu to your social life completely if you want to stick around. Amazon knows how to convert exciting work into life sucking torturous work which takes a toll on your health and happiness.","Stop micromanaging employees. Don't keep pushing employees to the extent where they are frustrated and disappointed with themselves. That won't help anyone. Account for unknown issues which can happen, this is where you need to deal with ambiguity.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23636,amazon,"Brooklyn, NY"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Fashion,Amazon would be an A+ place to work.,A great and exciting concept with decent pay!,Hire jr. mature managers who are world wise and cultured enough to have worked with all stripes of people. Do not put boys in jr. management positions.,"Hire mature jr. managers, jr. managers who are world wise and cultured enough to have worked with all stripes of people. Do not put boys in these positions. Hire more women of color (Black, Latin, Asian, and Middle Eastern) in the tech side. Currently tech in this outfit of Amazon is a boy's only club. The women they do hire are simply there for sport so the young men can have someone to flirt with.  Also upper management is best advised to monitor and regulate this behavior. Don't let the good ones slip through the cracks.  I would recommend this company once these issues are cleaned up.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23637,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon isn't that bad.,"Easy job, decent pay, nice management","No schedule negotiation, must work 10 hour days",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23638,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Apr 5, 2014",Current Employee - AFE Process Guide,My experience at Amazon has been a roller coaster.,Pay is decent for someone without a degree. Guarenteed Full time job. You can lose a lot of weight. If you work hard and show responsibility there are a few ways you can take tiny baby steps toward a higher paying job.,"Amazon preaches safety but then makes you perform at a certain rate that there is no way to be safe when doing your job. When you do hurt yourself they don't take it seriously. Managers think they know everything when they are normally hired from the outside and don't understand the process paths. 10 hour workdays with 2 15 minute breaks and 1 30 minute lunch. During peak they are 12 hour work days where you work 60 hours a week. No real opportunity to move up, even though they say it is always offered. Too many politics.","I believe that Management should learn more about what the people they are managing have to do day in and day out before yelling at them for simple quality errors and not making rate. Some people may need to be retrained, and some people may just be having a bad day. The turnover rate of the employees at Amazon might go down significantly if Amazon cut them a little slack and lowered the rate. It doesn't have to be by much, but for the people who make above and beyond rate day in and day out, they would make an even bigger difference.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23639,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall a good job,"Health benefits, promotions, stock options",hours during peak can be excessive,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1585.htm
23640,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Challenging work, but unclear for career growth","Smart coworkers, Interesting Problems, Highly impactful work","Not Employee Friendly culture, Career growth (very team-specific) can sometimes be hard, Too much of operational burden.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23641,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Designer II,Highly metric driven company that adhere's to its leadership principles militantly,"Amazon provides competitive pay and you're surrounded by intelligent people. Even if you're not always interested in the space you're working in the problems are still quite interesting, many times simply because of the scale. Amazon also has a strong mentor program which is a great way to expand connection and skills.","Employment contract prohibits you from doing ANYTHING entrepreneurial. If you have your own ideas and want to work on them (even in your time outside of work), don't work at Amazon. You cannot work on anything related to ANY of Amazon's subsidiaries, which are vast.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23642,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Stow Associate,Just not what the hiring staff claimed it to be.,Decent pay for extra money. Great around Christmas time.,"When you go on your break you do not get the whole amount of time which is given. For example if you have 15 mins, you have 15mins to get where you're going and get back. The same is for your lunch break which is only 30 mins even though you work 10 hours. If you get hired through Integrity Staffing you are not treated the same as if you were hired through Amazon directly. You are constantly being observed, watched and graded for your performance.",Change the hours. Have the evening shift start either around 10pm-8am or 11p-9am.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23643,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great company, not family friendly",- loved the challenges and ownership - believe in the leadership principles - recognition for good work - opportunity to rotate to different groups,"- very stressful - no work life balance. Company makes no effort to try and improve employee experience. use and dispose treatment. - ' you have to leave early to take care of a sick baby ' - too bad, this document needs to be finished tonight",constantly burning out employees takes away the strategic focus and builds them into workhorses instead of innovators,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23644,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2014","Current Employee - R&amp,D",Amazon,"Fast paced environment, smart folks,","can be boring sometimes, lack innovation at times",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23645,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 3, 2014",Former Employee - Multiple Job Titles,This was once the greatest company for customers and the most fun and challenging for work,Prestige… if you land in an interesting department you might be on something cutting edge.,"Amazon is now just another corporation. The frontiership of c 2000 is long over but some of the long hours are not. Annual attrition in some departments, like warehouses (DCs), approaches 100%. Automation and excellent logistics killed the need for world-leading customer service.","You're walking a fine line and I have no advice because I don't think it could be done differently at this point. There is a reason the phrase ""vest in peace"" was a common mantra while waiting for the day you could resign. In the 1997-2001 days, you had hundreds of employees who barely balked at 50, 60, 70 hour weeks because they loved the company so much.  Actually I do have something: the management layer-cake hurts everyone. Any employee in the place used to be able to talk to a VP when necessary. Ideas flowed. The culture was amazing. Responsibilities were covered in favor of asses. Probably gone for good but maybe one of you will take it with you for your own start-up.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23646,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great place to learn lots of things,Overloaded with work all the time,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23647,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,"fair compensation, nice location, good business","stressful, work life balance is so so",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23648,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Apr 4, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,Amazon.com,"You work alone, at your own pace... almost. This is speaking as a Picker, you get to know about interesting stuff as well because of the diversity of items you see. Prepare to walk, a lot.",Lots of walking. Lonely. No cell phones/music players.,Be more supportive.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23649,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Receive Clerk,Exciting job,"Great benefits, opportunity for personal growth and advancement","Long workdays, peak Sean is grueling",Really listen to associates,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1586.htm
23650,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Solution Architect,Relentless pace of work,"Smart people Generally good technology  You will work with very smart and driven people. AWS is a huge market leader and is very useful to startup, small, and medium size companies. Enterprises are the current target and if public cloud takes off could transform Amazon to a top software company.","Work-life balance Difficulty in measuring tasks  The company and each group has an infinite amount of work. The ""con"" is knowing how to determine what to do and what not to do. Priority 2 items simply don't get done. Getting used to the pace and the triaging of work assignments is critical to success.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23651,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Big company with smart people,"Smart people, good managers, very good customer focus which drives all business decisions and helps to innovate. Many good development tools which remove burden. However, since Amazon is big, this hugely varies between different departments and teams so be careful where you go.","Like in any big company, most technologies and tools are internal and make the experience hardly applicable anywhere else. Cheap and sluggish developer workstations (forget SSDs). Strict policies around personal projects even remotely competitive to Amazon business(es).","At least one VP is so full of ego to the point it's ridiculous and obvious to everyone but him. Employees realize when they are treated poorly, even when words speak the opposite.  Also, being such a science and data driven company, it's unfortunate that you ignore all the impact of open space sitting on the productivity.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23652,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 21, 2014",Former Employee - Stow,Very low quality of leadership and management skills,"The pay isn't bad, they start off at 11.50 part time. They pay a substantial amount of tuition if you are in school or plan on going to school, the most i've ever heard a company would pay.","Work and life balance is horrible, you have no life if you work here. The leadership at this company is terrible, the managers weren't doing a very good job with management. The HR department was the worst i've ever seen. They were constantly messing up on payroll and then taking weeks to fix it, so I wouldn't get paid until a week or two after the original pay date. You work 10hrs a day, but I didn't mind that too much. It seems once you get into upper management or supervisor level you don't do much of anything but walk around the warehouse. Too many times I noticed how a lot of the managers and supervisors weren't doing anything but walking around talking about the workers and just goofing off. The work ethic of upper management was poor.",Corporate needs to go into these warehouses and clean up shop. More so the one in San Bernardino CA. Also pay more attention to whom you are hiring.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23653,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,great if you are hardworking,great people. great tasks. a perfect place to master technical skills,work takes major part of your free time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23654,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Recruiter,Disdain and contempt for candidates does not equal Customer Centric,"free pizza weekly, some good co-workers that want to do a good job but get bogged down in sending crappy candidates just for numbers stake not because they remotely meet the bar for the role.","The disdain and contempt that interviewers have for candidates is overwhelming and embarrassing, managers miss calls, reschedule at the last minute or want to talk to people on the weekends....guess who gets the call from the irate candidate on the weekend? They talk about leadership principals and finding the best of the best but they pay crappy, have mediocre benefits....nickel and dime you on stocks that cost you coming and going. Throwing paper at the managers of unqualified candidates who have never been contacted is like a 3rd Party Agency mentality.","Get better tools so recruiters do not spend so much time in between 3 systems, reporting for reporting sake is stupid, capture actual data of results versus throwing paper at managers. Finally have people in leadership roles that have actually recruited with these systems, having a director who has never recruited makes no sense as they have no understanding of recruiting and what good quality recruiting is.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23655,amazon,"Greenville, SC"," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,"Great Place to Work, Bad Place for a Career",Great place to work if you have the right boss and things align well for you. There is no shortage of opportunity to get involved in pretty cool projects and if you like a high pace of change this is a great place to dive in and make a difference.,"If you're in operations understand that the operation runs 24/7. Holidays are just like any retail position, i.e. your working. Generally speaking to move up, the company will ask you to relocate, and if you have a family, that may be something to consider.","People, not metrics, drive success.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23656,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - Inbound Receiver,Amazon is a great company with lots of opportunity to learn different things.,The company has great benefits and pay. A friendly environment and room to advance.,some upper managers are difficult and sometimes its hard to get the experience you are interested in.,Listen to the associate better.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23657,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great Pay - Hard Experience,The money is great. There is ample times for self fulfillment.,Engineers become people managers. There is a expectancy for college grad kids to know how to engage 45 year old associates.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23658,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Seems not a long-term company to work at.,I'm working at AWS. The system is well made but also it's complicated enough to let you spend your time only to learn it for a year long.,"It's a sort of survival game here. Also it seems the company doesn't care about employee's departure. There's always many people on the line willing to join the team but once they join the team sooner or later many look for another opportunity. Management layer is filled with non-engineering people who mostly care about numbers. You should expect working more harder here even weekend. Engineers are responsible to everything that includes operations, deployment and on-call support. Which is fine but I don't feel it's that much cooperative environment. Visibility management is a must here.",What do you think the reason why it's hard to see people worked here more than 2 years here.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23659,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 12, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Fast Paced, Technically Challenging, very Rewarding",- Many opportunities - Productivity is embraced - Agile processes carefully guide each project to measurable success,- Be prepared for your manager to use your peers to keep you in check - Everyone is brilliant so the least productive discussions are usually a mexican standoff of everybody being right,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1587.htm
23660,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,40 hours or more during peak,It seems like your there all the time,Great benefits,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23661,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Work At Home Customer Service Representative,Great opportunity to work from home with great company,"The best part for me, being somewhat limited in movement, was the ability to set up a home office. Amazon provided phone equipment and full paid training.",I didn't find anything that I would consider a con.,Keep on doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23662,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2014",Former Employee - Manager of Stuff,It was an interesting journey.,"The pay for managers is higher than competitors, good benefits.","Long hours, no flexibility for single parents, people caring for aging parents, reservists, children calling home sick from school, ect ect.....Which isnt uncommon for most employers these days...they run so lean, that there is no replacement for flexibility for you to be out of work.",No thank you.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23663,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,"work hard, have fun make history",too fast paced at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23664,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,It was pretty straight. not bad at all.,it was a pretty good job. didnt really hav e a problem with it. i would do it again. Great opportunity.,"Didnt have many cons. if you can handle a big workload then youll be ok. if not, you will struggle.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23665,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Out-Bound Pack,Great company core with great benefits,"health, dental, vision benefits 4 days work, 3 days off (depending on shift) monthly bonus (varies by warehouse)","average pay long hours on feet very physically demanding sometimes you get the feel of being overworked, underpaid and not appreciated but it's work right?",promote the person who deserves it by looking at productivity not by who can lie the best during the interview or favoritism.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23666,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced and challenging environment,Learn a lot of new skills and work with bleeding edge technology.,Work/life balance is very tough to maintain with the amount of work that is expected.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23667,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 13, 2014",Current Employee - Facilities Service Technician,"Recognition is non-existent, as with compensation",Schedule is a plus (4-10's) Company growth.,"Management is amazingly inadequate and incompetent. HR privacy is non-existent. ""Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History"" should be re-written to read ""Work Hard, Work Hard and Get Nothing"" Compensation is minimum. Raises do not keep up with cost of living (if you get a raise).",Appreciate the workers that make the business run.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23668,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Amazing work place, great job.","You have lots of great coworkers. The pay is nice. You get to learn a lot. Amazon is a good company to work for. You get to meet a lot of great, intelligent people. While the job is stressful, it's worth it.","Sometimes long, unpredictable hours. Sometimes hard to balance family/friends with work. Prioritizing what is most important to me. Coworkers can be stubborn at times, but only because everyone is intelligent and thinks in different ways.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23669,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2014",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Financial Analyst Intern,"Great company culture with lots of extremely qualified and smart people, flexible working hours (if you want to work more, you get more if you don't you don't, but you may get stuck in your position), work is interesting, and good location (Seattle).","Turnover is huge, so the people you are working with are constantly changing, so it's hard to build up a stable working relationship.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1588.htm
23670,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Decent working enviroment,1. People are motivated and friendly 2. Projects are interesting,1. Some teams seem to have overwhelming work to do 2. Oncall is a pain,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23671,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Employees do not get treated the same way as customers.,Super-Smart passionate people around you.,Work-Life balance is very unbalanced. Employee perks are almost non-existent. Operational burden is high.,Treat employees the same way as you treat customers. They are the biggest advocates for the company. Management needs to be more transparent.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23672,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good experience,"Good technology, large scale, a lot of technical problems to solve, you will learn a lot","A lot of politics, there is no great acknowledgement of achievements, you have to deliver at every single moment in your life to reach a happy situation, work life balance is really bad and it's really hard to estimate the tasks cost","Work here is very stressful, we are required to perform a lot of duties that other companies don't ask for, If you show some respect to this and understand how stressful employee life is, then, I think you will take the right actions and provide the right employee judgement. Also, it's not wise to estimate a very low cost of a task that should take more than expected time.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23673,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 12, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Technical Recruiter,Technical Recruiter,Smart Hiring Managers Awesome Technology driven projects to sell to prospective candidates Company has a great reputation with their customers. Almost all candidates have been customers at one time or another.,-Massive internal competition between Recruiters often to the detriment of the company -Recruiting Managers tend to have no idea how to lead...lots of throwing the spaghetti on the wall to see what sticks approach to strategy. -Recruiting Managers have their own headcount deliverable..often times unethical scenarios play out where internal referrals are not shared with the team at large. -No work life balance at all. Worked 60+ hours a week to meet their quota -Candidate experience is often very poor -Low onsite interview to hire ratio. -Tons of turnover in Recruiting.,-Work on more knowledge share between Recruiters,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23674,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Good experience, but not generous!","Great experience at learning range of technologies from backend servers, to scripting, to front end website development.","No base pay increase, so no incentive to remain after initial signing bonus give out in 2/3 years. Also, very cheap when providing resources (e.g. 2nd monitors, etc.) to employees.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23675,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Poor opportunities for low-level employees promotion.,The products sound still good. Stocks are still good compared to some other companies.,Low salary. Values of lower-level employees are ignored.,Be more professional. Don't self-feel too good.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23676,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Apr 11, 2014",Former Employee - Ambassador - ISS - Sherlock Researcher,Awful Company,The pay is decent that is literally the only plus,"No stability Constant threats from upper management They love writing people up Very, very limited on personal time allowed to take off Do not accept doctors notes for illnesses Ruled by favoritism 60 hour weeks even outside of peak Shifts are awful- there is no family/work balance HR never does their job and if you have a problem it takes days to fix and multiple tries known problems with their equipment that causes problems for employees never gets fixed Favorites are allowed to walk around and do nothing",Quit acting like you are better than everyone else and actually do your job. Learn how to support your people and actually listen to what they have to say,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23677,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2014",Former Employee - IxD Intern,Interaction Design Intern,Amazing team of experts they are not afraid to give criticism Hold designers to high standards,No Mentor People were too busy to answer quesitons,"Make sure you're keeping up with your mentors so they're participating, not just watching",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23678,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service,Warehouse,"Great work environment, strong safety culture",Long hours! Physically strenuous,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23679,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good career opportunity, motivating and great place to work",work life balance is challenging but part and parcel of life,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1589.htm
23680,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Facilities,Great enviroment,"Fast pace, Positive attitude of entire staff","Large area to cover, questionable experience of managers working with this company.",Life work balance needs to be addressed more clearly to associates.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23681,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great overall experience. Was able to work with very smart poeple,Worked long hours. Overtime was a must,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23682,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Has pros and cons.,"- Leadership principles that one learns at Amazon can be very helpful for he career, and even in life. - **If** you are int the right team, you can have the opportunity to do some really god work.","- Some leadership principles are not applied in a good measured way. By some I mean the principle of frugality. For ex., shitty desktop and laptops, shitty to an extent that they slow down work sometimes. Another example is making it as hard as possible for filing and getting reimbursements. - Very low pay compared to market once you have spent more than a year. Salaries don't increase at all and no new RSUs, until you get promoted. - Bad management in most teams / orgs. - Takes too long to start green card process compared to other companies. - Hiring quality varies a lot. - No subsidized or free food. Very rare happy hours / employee or team bonding events. Even while choosing a lunch place for a rare team bonding for ex., one has to pay attention to not spending more then x amount of money on lunch.",- Please apply frugality in a more sensible way. - Pay attention to employee satisfaction as well. Do at least subsidized lunch. Better computers and laptops.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23683,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer,"Fast paced, customer driving, smart coworker, cutting edge technology","On call duty, horrible management and work life balance. Avoid it if you have family, or don't enjoy firing people.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23684,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging but boring,"Fast-growing company Smart coworkers, ability to launch new businesses very fast and efficiently","No short-term evolution perspectives Many C-Grade people in charge of very basic tasks Many useless processes, no more creativity allowed",Stop hiring over-qualified people,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23685,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,An environment where you are constantly learning and being challenged,"If you are on the right team, you don't mind coming to work. It really depends where in Amazon you are and who you report to. Moving to different roles within Amazon is not only supported, but encouraged. Although you can stay in your role for a few years if you like it, you have the option to move after a year if you don't and internal hires are generally put ahead. Internal networking is encouraged (during work hours) which really sets everyone up for success. Nice campus. Plenty of businesses within walking distance (restaurants/lounges, workout studios, coffee, whole foods, drugstore).","Lots of meetings, which make it difficult to get work done at times. Commuting out of the area is difficult at best. Traffic congestion around campus.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23686,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,"Very hectic work , long work hours",good work with good salary and benefits,"no work life balance, how much you work the managers are never happy and expect you to do more",Employees have life outside work,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23687,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Mar 17, 2014",Former Employee - Manifest Clerk,"Manifest Clerk - generated BOL's, monitored work flow via computer system, ensured timely release of trailers.",Worked in a team environment to complete timely loading and departure of trailers. This was a challenging position which used full resources of my knowledge plus encouraged me to learn new skills.,"This Amazon.com facility was a ""Learning Facility"" for up and coming managers. As a result there was a large number of turn over in managers caused by promotions.",Learn to listen to your employees,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23688,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - FC Associate,"Customer centric, Metric centric, Great Benefits and Hard Work","Great people, Fair, Listens to Employees, Values Employee Opinions","As a growing company and the speed of growth the opportunities for advancement are almost limitless. However, the process to get noticed and advance are difficult and slow at best.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23689,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Learned a lot, but burnout and turnover rate is high.","1. Amazing company, with strong innovative CEO. 2. Company is positioned for long-term growth and uses stock options to help you have ownership with the company 3. Leadership opportunities are available everywhere and you will be surrounded by talented people 4. Advancement opportunities are also based entirely on merit so office politics is very downplayed","1. In operations where I was, work-life balance is not a priority. Night and weekend shifts certainly don't help and there seems to be no set formula in determining if you get the desirable or undesirable shifts 2. During peak season you will work in excess of 80+ a week which is very challenging, but the hardest part is working on holidays which will inevitable impact personal and social life 3. Training and retention is not the biggest priority currently with the company: There is almost 0 technical training for the job before you start working and many people seem to burnout due to the lack of structure",Offer better work-life balance to managers by having total transparency when assigning them to undesirable shits. Promote more talent from within instead of trying to fill positions as quickly as possible with external hires. Invest more resources in comprehensive training that will allow for a more reasonable learning curve.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1590.htm
23690,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon is a great company.,"I like the fast pace work environment and casual work place setting. Amazon also provides everyone with an opportunity to have an impact on process improvement by submitting ideas and participating in JDI's, PDCAs, and kaizens.",One opportunity that amazon can improve on is the communication of holidays. It would give associates a better opportunity to plan for a better work/life balance with family members.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23691,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 27, 2014",Current Employee - Director,"Challenging, no-nonsense environment","You're surrounded by bright, creative people, from diverse backgrounds. Truly a global company, focused on hiring the best candidates from around the world. All-hands meetings teach you about various areas of the business, and the CEO always shares bits of wisdom, followed by open, virtually anything goes, Q&A. Great stock benefits, if you can hold out through year 3. Open environment where constructive criticism is valued. You're typically empowered to run your own space.","When Amazonians start to believe their own press, they can make bad decisions. Many strong referrals are rejected via bar-raiser arrogance, to the point that you no longer want to sponsor references for fear of a bad candidate experience. Too much time is spent finding the ""bad"" in good employees during annual rating exercises. Time would be better spent in making their great employees even stronger.","Maintain the focus on the customer, but improve your focus on the employee. Your culture, that was once strong, is being diluted through massive YoY growth. Don't add to the problem via attrition.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23692,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Fast paced, good pay, competitive",Disconnect between associates and management,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23693,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for the sane,Lots of diversity in tech to pursue Downtown Seattle Location Dogs in the work place Potential big rewards as the stock price increases,Dysfunctional leadership Misplaced priorities Hiring practices that keep teams way too lean A review system that is designed to accentuate the negative,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23694,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Cult of Bezos: Drink the Kool-Aid and leave your humanity at the door,"At higher levels the compensation is good. The campus location is urban. You are around, generally speaking, many bright well intentioned people.","For a company with $100B in Revenue, the systems and processes are extremely sub par. That translates into a lot of work by people that should be handled by software. Cronyism is rampant. Political backstabbing and positioning is a fact of everyday life. Greediness permeates and poisons an already ugly culture. Employees are in encouraged (expected) to believe that Amazon is so much more than this era's Sears and Roebuck. The human component of management is lost here. People management skills are not developed here like other companies I've worked at, resulting in a lot (a lot) of people managers who shouldn't even be in charge of deciding what's for dinner. Decision making is centralized with the S Team( senior leadership team that meets with Bezos) This means that getting approval, which is delegated to managers in other places I've worked, for simple things takes way too long and impairs business and creates apathy among employees.",Check your egos. Amazon takes advantage of two things: American laziness and American consumerism. Look to companies that have been around longer than 18 years and see what they do right to retain talent.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23695,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,- Fast paced environment. - Meritocracy. - Really rigorous work.,- Sometimes too detailed oriented. - Really long hours. - Feel bad taking leave. - High burnout.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23696,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,interview problems,"great city, the office is very nice, interviewers are pretty nice and patient",there is not too many things to complain about,"Each interview during the on-site tested a specific skill/topic required for one to be successful in the position, ensuring that there are no glaring gaps in knowledge. I would say it was one of the best interviews I’ve done for a front-end position in terms of getting a full picture of the candidate’s knowledge and experience.",4.0,none,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23697,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good compensation, but you have to be flexible","- Compensation is great, with competitive salaries and solid stock options - Exciting to be part of a company that's high-profile and genuinely cutting edge - Great location in SLU - Fun, interesting co-workers","- Can be chaotic workplace, lots of putting fires out - Some non-tech departments can seem demanding and very entitled - Burn-out is definitely likely at some point in your career here",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23698,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent coworkers, customer first approach","Good mix of newbies, moderate and senior engineers. Excellent work culture. Great satisfaction of impacting millions of users","Roadmap changes, Senior engineers tend to change teams every 3 years, delivering features quicker can lead to long term technical challenges",Take a step back and invest in architecture for the future rather than hurrying to deliver features.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23699,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Busy.. but exciting work,"Get to learn a lot about Amazon, its scale. Culture is great. hectic but exciting nontheless. I love the empowerment and just do it attitude. Little bureaucracy that I have to deal with and certainly a lot less process and other non value added work",Not a whole lot of time is given to ramp up.. you've just got to pickup and move. Average retention is concerning,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1591.htm
23700,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,AWS review,You can use cutting-edge technology at AWS. You will have a great insight of many services at AWS. Amazon is a good start point for young professionals.,Oncall rotation is very frequent and the workload is heavy. Not many female engineers at AWS. Amazon treats its customers better than its employees. Work-life balance is not good.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23701,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Mar 9, 2014",Former Employee - Pick,A lot of redundant boring work.,Decent pay for what you do.,I walked 15 miles a day!,Actually care about employees...,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23702,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Work hard,"* Lots of freedom * Lots of ability to influence the business * Only bounds on what you do are you * Nobody says ""no"", the ethos is ""just do it"" * Exposure to lots of interesting problems * Builder culture * Good practice for creating your own company","* Flat structure means that there's not a ton of specialization * Not a lot of structure on many teams, need to deal with and thrive on ambiguity",Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23703,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Stower,Can be good if you are friends with the area manangers,"Good pay and benefits. Various cultures of employees, cross training in other jobs around the warehouse","Long hours, kept on a tight rate you have to accomplish by the end of the day. Managers can be very hard at times. The HR department is horrible.",Make more opportunities for every person not just the employees you mostly like. The work hours are way to long.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23704,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,High-Demanding Metrics Focus Company,"Good pay, bonus and stock options. Co is standard work focus and has great leadership principles. I believe in the company's future and innovation to change and become better and better.","Hires too many data smart folks and the job entails managing numbers on computer. 500+ emails a day - ridiculous, communication from Sr Managers is all via e-mail. Face to face is rare. Can't build trust and know your leaders via LED screens. Amazon lacks true leaders that motivate and drive performance. Little time to do what I know is right and engage associates - this is pushing me away from the company, but I believe in it, so I am personally struggling whether I will stay or not.","Hire leaders not just managers. Lead by example. Higher level leaders should not have to be experts in lower level technical aspects - unless you grow with the company. This is why we delegate and develop. There is no true training program for managers. Sending e-mails to the masses is seen as being a strong leader and interpreted for growth potential. Face to face is critical in evaluating, developing, building and strengthening.",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23705,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Long hours and chaotic planning,- Get to work with smart people - Company is loved by customers and its products are used by millions,- Expectations to work long hours and weekends - Constantly shifting deadlines make it difficult to stay on top of your responsibilities - High turnover makes it difficult to form good relationships with colleagues,More structured planning and fewer randomizing demands from senior management would make the engineering organization more effective.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23706,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked very hard and it was rewarding,Great location. cool projects,worked too many hours and expected to answer emails at night,No advice,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23707,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Some real good stuff and some just as bad...,Mostly strong peer group dedicated to doing whatever it takes to get the job done. Good ability to impact business and make change. Usually little in the way of progress. The agenda is full and exciting.,"Work life balance is non-existent. Try to have some and you will be off track. Much depends on your location and manager, but for the most part treatment of employees is pretty harsh from the floor up into the first few layers of management.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23708,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A great company to work for,"Great place to grow your career, lots of intelligent people to work with, and managers are usually very reasonable and considering. Not much politics at all. And of course CEO is the top notch one with great vision.",Oncall sometimes could be a little bit invasive to your personal life but still manageable after you know what you are doing. Benefits is good but not great.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23709,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sucked,"friends, friends, and more friends",management needs to learn to listen to its employees below them and not just the higher ups.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1592.htm
23710,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,internship,"The staff is very friendly towards one another, management can be okay, i understand that at the end of the day they have someone to answer to as well.","Very political company, sometimes felt like a good old boys club. Who you knew definitely paid off in promotions.",Focus on building brands that can carry company to new positions at retail. Evaluate employees on merit.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23711,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Associate (CSA),Great work from home program. Management is awesome. Growth within the company is always encouraged,The pay for CSA is not a living wage.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23712,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,A Company In Transition,"Diversity, interesting problems/challenges to solve, agility, many opportunities in various fields.","Leadership can be absent/unsupportive, constant change without data to back it up (as in ""agility gone too far""), no work/life balance, ridiculous stack-ranking/performance review system.","Take a long, hard look at what your organization is doing and ask yourself if the direction makes sense or needs revision. Truly invest in transparent communication, because far too often it is the opposite. Amazon is a company that is in transition- it is getting bigger and bigger, and isn't scaling effectively in many areas, especially people management. While Amazon has long prided itself on being agile and not stuck in its ways, it has taken change for change's sake to the extreme. It's wearing on employee morale, and there has been a distinct loss of vision. Long time employees with great knowledge, ambition, and a passion for what they do are leaving in droves because the negativity and loss of balance with home/family are becoming too much to bear. In my last year with Amazon, there was a lot of discussion about remedying those, assurances that VP's/SVP's cared about those long-time people and retaining them. And it was just talk- no planning, no action, no actual analysis to see what could be done to boost morale and therefore productivity/innovation. Due to the type of job I held, I had contacts with dozens of departments- and the story was always the same. Disengaged or openly hostile leadership. Loss of vision/focus. Burned out people leaving. I still believe Amazon offers a fantastic opportunity and has many wonderful services and products to offer. Until they start to take seriously the loss of good people and the reputation they are acquiring, a downward trend seems inevitable. A culture shift is needed before it starts eating its own tail, like an Ouroboros of retail.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23713,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Employees not treated like customers,"+ ""Customer centric"" is an understatement + Innovation (AWS, Kindle, Instant Video, etc...) + Freedom to move around and work for various teams and organizations + Amazing development, build, and deployment tools. + Countless new projects and the freedom to make a huge impact. + Smart people","- Employees are not treated as well as customers. - Horrible IC promotion process - getting promoted is a joke, especially for individual contributors at higher levels. Talent is just a minor factor. At most 20% is within your control, the rest is pretty much random luck: is your manager willing to do the hard work, is your manager experienced enough to get you promoted, is anyone else getting promoted on your team? does your organization promote engineers regularly? who do you know? who does your manager know? did you have more than one manager during the last review cycle? did you your team go through a re-org? was the project you worked on this review period ""visible"" enough? The company is shooting itself in the foot by not fixing this problem. - Pager duty. Depending on the team you're on, this can have a very negative impact on your work-life balance. Your overall comp should be at least 20% higher than elsewhere to make up for oncall rotations, crazy load, unrealistic expectations, and at times brutal and uncaring management. - ""Frugal"" is a euphemism for cheap. It's way overdone.",Treat employees like customers. Fix the promotion process.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23714,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 24, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,"Love the job, dislike the politics-but thats life","I love working here. People on the night shift are awesome, hours kind of are a drag but the pay, benefits and bonus helps level that out. I am thankful for my place in Amazon but would love to be able to do more for Amazon than allowed. To be honest, in some positions the pay far exceeds the job requirements and that has a benefit most jobs can not provide. Love that!","Communication is off with management and HR. Certain night A.M. doesnt take time to help with certain cituations, heard lots of complaints on him already. Part time Amazonians are eligable for VERY few job opportunities and Full time associates are few and far between. Would love to be able to try differant positions or areas of the place but the word ""random"" is a definition I dont believe they have down yet. Some P.A's are fraturnizing with the associates instead of doing their job. Can be distracting and leads to poor moral.","Step up the communication!!!! Allow part time Amazonian associates to be involved with the company as much as full time (job opportunities in transfers). Get better scanners and have yourselves step into ""associate role for the day"" to see how it is. These scanners are slow and ridiculously annoying. Cant make rate if equipment is faulty. maybe more wireless accociation for scanners, seems that it takes time to load to server for next package to get scanned. Have someone JUST specified to fix pallets all shift. NOT water spider, but pallet fixer. This would cut down on our time that we have to stop scanning. WE HAVE A VOICE TOO AND WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND OUR ABILITIES IN AMAZON AS WELL!",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23715,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Feb 17, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Customer Service Associate,"Fun and different, however, it is like a call center, even though they say its not.","The perks, benefits, games/food in kitchen.","Call center life, very uncomfortable and boring daily routine. Managers show favoritism.",No favoritism.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23716,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Feb 21, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Operationally learn some of the best, be prepared for the hours","-Learn some of the best techniques in the business -Operationally in the forefront of distribution, fulfillment, logistics -Best systematic processes there are -Compensation is above average, especially if you are around long enough to get stock","-Long hours, 12 to 20 hours a day. My average week was 65+ -Expectation is intense, metrics are looked at on the hour -Can not always influence decisions that Amazon says you can during recruiting/onboarding",As senior management has all been with company 10+ yrs the message to new hires should not be that they are able to change things like we could easily 10 years ago. Process is much more bureaucratic and 'red taped' now. Based on what they are told coming in it is very discouraging for them once they arrive because it isn't easy to change things.,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23717,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,love everything about working at amazon,have nothing bad to say about working at amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23718,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Mar 3, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Walk all day for little pay,"4 day work week, nice break areas, rf scanners are nice, building is new and not very dusty.","Production rates, unorganized picking areas, associates sent to both sides of the building and yet still expected to make production.",Let associates transfer even if they have a written up. I was trapped in picking and terminated because my transfer to pack was denied.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23719,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Great Until Politics Come Into Play!,"Bring your dog to work, good pay, ownership of projects from beginning to end.","Long hours and no boundaries. Its hard to have work/life balance without consequence. Depending on the team, politics can be difficult to navigate!","I'd encourage the company to carefully consider who they put into a manager role vs. individual contributor role - not everyone can be a good people manager.  Also, if you want people to stick around for more than a couple of years, consider improving leadership opportunities and allowing more time for work/life balance.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1593.htm
23720,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Package Handler,I have warehouse experience and forklift experience,Always stayed busy and kept myself occupied,This job didn't have many cons except the part when they laid us off,none,3.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23721,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Good comp, great people. Great Place to work.","Fast Paced, Tight schedules, and some politics.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23722,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fast paced learning environment,"Fast growing business, vast horizon of technologies and verticals","Quality of employees, work life balance",Breath!,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23723,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,It was a nice experience,"Smart people, Lots of learning.","Hectic work life, no work life balance, bad management",Try to create a more balanced work/life environment for employees.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23724,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Cleient Relations,Good job. Hard work.,"Steady job, good people & your free to make your own choices.",Benefits & pay were sub-par. Worked long hours that weren't necessary.,Not really much to say but keep up the hard work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23725,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Coming here is the best move ever for my career. Leaving will be the best move ever for my life.,"Amazing learning experience, have never accomplished so much. A white collar boot camp. Work with incredibly talented people on interesting projects. After working here will be much more effective and efficient in any future role. Focus on customer is absolutely true and permeates every aspect of the company.","Demand more than can possibly be delivered with no acknowledgement of achievement. Brutal culture, extremely political once you get into the management ranks. Many ""manage up"" with no development of their people. Little to no ability for work life balance. If your career is your top priority, this is the place for you. If not, stay away. Never worked anywhere with such poor morale and lack of concern for employees.  Basically, Amazon is the evolution of the corporation. Crappy benefits, no perks, drive workers to the breaking point because there's always someone new to take their place.","After reading ""The Everything Store"", realized that everything that is wrong with Amazon is by design, so Bezos is probably the only person who could change things. Better start treating your people better or there's going to be an exodus as soon as the stock price plateaus.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23726,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2014","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Program Management","Huge, Crazy Organization Growth","At Amazon, you have tons of opportunity, are well compensated. Strong people who thrive in this type of environment can do very very well.","Amazon runs 24/7, and work/life balance can be very challenging, especially with young families. It can also be a pretty brutal organization in terms of expectations and feedback, especially true in such a fast growing organization that isn't always so organized due to so many people.","It is going to be a challenging ride exiting the start-up phase and permanently moving to a very large, structured organization. Resources need to be added to get the company over the hump with structured processes and organizations. This is also very counter to Amazon culture so it will be interesting to see how this changes over time.",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23727,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learn a lot but will pay in stress,"Smart people, Will learn a lot, Good company and culture frameworks",Growing too fast. Outsiders changing culture. Company and culture frameworks have lost their original intent. Turned into political organization.,Get back to the roots of the culture. You want leaders not managers.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23728,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,unique culture,space for innovation and learning. love to work with smart people around,Management pressure and lack of transparency by the management,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23729,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Feb 13, 2014",Current Employee - Tier I Fulfullment Center Associate,A job is a job.,Pros are that the job at amazon.com's fulfillment centers are physical and you can get into shape while also working. I have lost 70 lbs in one year of picking. Plus the pay is enough to keep you content. The hours are long but at least the max you can work is 5 days a week.,"Cons of this job is that it is physical.... If you can't handle a physically exhausting job, this isn't the one for you. I'm in my early twenties and it still wears me out.","Management plays favorites. If you want to do anything special in the FC, suck up to management. Also, you might have to get in cool with the PA's (production assistants) they mostly run the floor when the AM's (area managers) are away. Get on their bad side and you're not going to have an easy time.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1594.htm
23730,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lots of Fun, Great Company","Fast paced environment, Smart people",Work Life Balance is difficult at best,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23731,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Great place to work if you're tough enough and driven,"Flexible hours on most teams. Lots of ownership. Little or no micro-management. Convenient location in Seattle. Fun, interesting work.",Can be political... promotions are not given based on merit. Pay is extremely low. Management treats some people like cogs in a machine instead of valuable resources.,Value your people more - we are your most valuable asset. Encourage us to attend more training and show us we are appreciated.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23732,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"good for junior, hard for senior",advanced architecture. lots of cool things for junior engineers to learn.,"really hard to get promoted in company, particularly from sde 2 to sde3",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23733,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Interview at Amazon - On Campus,"No need to be formal and be stressed. They asked mostly programming, data structures and algorithms. Practice whiteboard programming.","Be best prepared in programming, data structures and algorithms. Questions are basic but insightful.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23734,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Mar 22, 2014","Current Employee - Associate, Ambassador Picker, Packer, Sorter Etc",They have NO respect for their employees.,I would not suggest anyone to work for Amazon unless you want to be treated badly.,It is hard to get the production rate because everytime you turn around they are changing the pick paths so that it is harder for you to get rate. Once you get the rate in any department then they want to change thing so that you can't get the rate. They don't want their employees to work their long they just want temp employees.,My advice to management is to have respect for employees and you will get more and better work out of them.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23735,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Mar 23, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,No Comment.,"Extra few cents, for working overnight. ($13.00/hr)",No balance. No help. Broken equipment. Not enough equipment. No advancement training.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23736,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a great experience,Big companies can have advanages,Management was overall very poor,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23737,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Mar 20, 2014",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Terrible,Pay. Nothing else was pleasant there.,Everything else. There is a reason they are known as a company that chews on their people.,Utilize your lower management. Don't abuse them.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23738,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2014",Former Employee - CSA III,Sweatshop on US ground,"Latest technology, clean working environment, cool and smart people to work with","Micromanagement - managers are inxpencive college kids ready to kiss butts to advance in their career. Constant survailance and ""deep diving"", prison like atmosphere, favouritsm, trickyness at its finest, associates are cheap replacable labor, no chance of advancement","Let associates breathe, take of that fake Amazon leadership mask!",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23739,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,The Best.,"Working for a company that genuinely puts customers first, and doesn't care about profits is fantastic. Plus, you can bring your dog to work.",Not a ton of time off (14 days in first year).,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1595.htm
23740,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Been a great way to start a career,I've learned more in my first year hear than I did in all of college. To top it off you get to live in one of the best cities in the United States.,"Amazon is a very high paced, metric driven business. During non-Holiday periods most positions work four days per week. The company is still growing and very open to new ideas to increase efficiency and customer satisfaction",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23741,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Feb 26, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Long hours of mindless, joint-straining work","Benefits: several health insurance options to choose from, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, health savings plan, long-term / short-term disability, life insurance, supplemental life insurance, and there is also some options for mental health and counseling services. In addition to the benefits, there is always plenty of overtime available. Both voluntary and mandatory.","Non-stop, production based workflow. Amazon heavily stresses metrics and production. Your time off task and bathroom breaks are all monitored. You get one 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks, but the breaks are on the clock and count against your / company production. Your breaks are actually only 10 minutes long because you are given 2.5 minutes each direction, going to and leaving the break room. This is very physical work. You walk and/or stand the entire shift with exception for 50 minutes: lunch and breaks.","Encourage and promote leaders from within the workforce. I met several people at the facility with bachelor's degrees and prior management experience who were interested in growing with the company, however, the same favorites were selected for indirect and leadership roles.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23742,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Decent wage, boring work.",There are some opportunities to move up.,The work can get monotonous.,Better communication,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23743,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Feb 28, 2014",Former Employee - Sorter,I tried it. It was one of those post college break up jobs 2 prove that I could do it*,"Money, all year round, and you push yourself to the limit*","You do have 2 be fast as heck. Some people got it, others don't*.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23744,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"overall, it is great.",you get to work with very smart and fun people.,the promotion system can be unfair,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23745,amazon,"Goldsboro, PA"," Feb 13, 2014",Current Employee - Outbound Employee,"Amazon/ integrity Golsboro,Pa",Free food for are hard work during peak. The Amazon managers treat me better than most people and temp coaches. I'm happy to still have a job after five months of being there. It's hard work but you always hear good and bad feedback which I like to hear. Managers acknowledge concerns. Integrity staffing is ok with approving time quickly.,On a hiring freeze for months I know temps have been there for a year or months and still not hired. I just really wanna become a regular employee so bad. I love it at the warehouse I work in but wish I got paid more as a temp. Workers train workers because you train in to large of groups. I hear from other trainees that they wish for smaller groups. I like helping people but you also want us to be productive. I can't be that productive if I'm taking time out to help someone every two seconds. If staff gives you feedback about safety actions please try to take care of them faster. Integrity coaches could give more feedback and help to new and old employees. I feel like I'm being ignored and it scares me about my job safety.,"Please get off the hiring freeze. You keep hiring temps but that's not cost effective or healthy for the environment. People come and go all the time but I'm always there haven't missed time. I know I would hire a temp that has showing to be reliable, trustworthy and who has been honest. Please try to find a way to hire for Pennsylvania warehouses. With a lot of mandated over time it takes away from my school work and I haven't been able to finish my last 7 creidts to graduate with my degree in Professional Studies with a minor in Management. I would love to finish so I can move up possibly down the road.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23746,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Feb 12, 2014",Former Employee - Inbound Receiving Process Guide,"Fun, yet Challenging","Good pay, fast pace, opportunity to succeed if you have the drive for it.","Long hours during peak, and very little job security if you are seasonal.",Don't lay your process guides off.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23747,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2014",Former Employee - Editor,World's least employee-centric company.,Develop tough skin and learn to work at all hours.,"Emotional and mental abuse, no work-life balance.",Hire managers who are actually good managers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23748,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enough flexibility to drive change,"Room to implement change, good atmosphere, data driven, strong culture","Not enough teamwork, people work in silos",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23749,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,Good work in the software development and validation field,Lots of competition in the software development industry,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1596.htm
23750,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Feb 11, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,in pick department,it has a big job opportunity and benefits .,"it is far for me , I was driving more than 50 mile a day.",any time working a team work by respecting each other.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23751,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Mar 18, 2014",Former Employee - Associate,Amazon sux to work for!,There are no good reasons to work at Amazon after being employed by them. It's all hype to drag in slaves....,"No one, can possibly keep up wit the numbers they have in affect to keep your job, that you are always threatened with.","If you want to keep great workers, Stop threatening them with their jobs and and promote real incentives.....Not false hopes as to permanent employment...... Then again, the number system has to be redone. How can you put up merchandise if there is no place to put it?",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23752,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Operations Manager At A Fulfillment Center,A De-humanizing Company,HIres good leaders and managers.,Turns good leaders and managers into terrible leaders and abusive managers.,Give up when Google Shopping Express starts taking your monopoly apart.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23753,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always expect Monday,Learn a lot and work with the best talents,too much work and yeah,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23754,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2014",Current Employee - Management,Live to Work,The best part about working for Amazon is telling people you work for Amazon.,"The worst part about working for Amazon is working 50-60 hour weeks, work related stress that follows you home, and not being able to sleep at night.",Invest in your human capital.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23755,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - General Manager,great place,tons of learning opportunities here,work life balance can be tough,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23756,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Smart people doing more than their job description,"Salary, Colleagues, Critical Thinking, Forward Looking Company","Work Life Balance, Employee Turnover","Amazing place to develop skills and talents that will help you in any career path, even something very dissimilar to your expertise. Work hours and stress can be tough at times, especially in holidays, but has gotten better. Employee turnover is an issue as one feels they are always training a new hire.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23757,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Know what you are getting into. You will grow significantly at Amazon but you will work very hard to do so.,"--> Culture & Leadership Principles - The Amazon Leadership Principles are not a mission statement that was developed and then forgotten. We live and die by these principles and they drive our culture... and the culture is pretty great! --> Work with super smart, very talented people --> Great Global Brand --> Jeff Bezos/CEO - Having such a strong CEO is invaluable. He is a genius! --> Bring your dog to work --> Business who is truly partnered (in most cases) with recruiting. Recruiters are not order takers - we are a part of our business and our experience/knowledge in our field is valued. --> You're Never Bored --> Fast Paced - makes things exciting and you always feel like the ball is moving forward --> Ability to move fast - low bureaucracy --> Impact - everyone has the ability to make a big impact on their team, their org, and even Amazon as a whole. --> Mistakes are ok - just learn from them and own them","--> Work Life Balance - you will work hard and long at Amazon but you will grow. This is the sole reason I would not encourage a friend to come here. --> Comp Structure - stock is compensation. It is not utilized to incentivize people to stay longer term. If the stock value increases, so does your compensation and it can affect your ability to gain more stock come review time. --> Politics - though Amazon is not as political as many other large companies, it is political. Particularly when it comes to... --> Promotions - often based on favoritism and they are political. --> Lack of perks and weak benefits package (for a top tech company) - we struggle to compete with other large tech company benefit & perks packages. We pay for parking, there are no freebies, and there are a lot of things that are just not offered (tuition reimbursement, paid paternity leave, etc). --> Limited guidance - Amazon is a very sink or swim culture. You own all of your own learning and will not have much guidance, even as a new person. --> Up or out - if you are not growing and taking on more, you will be managed out. --> Pace - gets exhausting at times, it's hard to sustain and many people burn out.",Work life balance is important and we lose a lot of great people because of the lack of it. The market is super competitive and it will only get harder to bring in new talent. Our strategy needs to focus more aggressively on retention.,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23758,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Great place to work and grow professionally,"Great Pay, Mentor-ship driven departments, dress code flexibility and laid back management as long as you are getting your work done.",Being a contractor is not a very great first impression. Very little is paid for and you are already making less b/c you are a contractor. Trying to get hired on can be a nightmare. None of the recruiting teams talk to each other. I was passed up for two jobs that I was the temp for.,More internal communication to keep talent in house.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23759,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,It's a mix.,"Pay decent, golden handcuffs decent.","Insane, misuse of the Leadership Principles to justify poor behavior.","Add ""Integrity"" to your Leadership Principles.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1597.htm
23760,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Based on my internship, loved my team, my project and the company vibe. Returning in the summer full time.","Freedom to do things your own way, whether its the project at hand, your attire, when you come into work, you name it. Pretty flat hierarchy from what I can tell, but I was only there for three months and I have no idea if there is any bureaucracy higher up, I was able to attend and even contribute to a number of decisive meetings with the team.","Little bit stingy, lets just say that you don't get pampered like those at Google. I've heard sentiments of programmers feeling like resources as opposed to assets.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23761,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, smart people and hard work.",Great independence for driving your business,"Demanding work environment, both with time and outputs",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23762,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Not an ideal place for creatives.,Great pay. Good signing bonus and stock options.,Design is undervalued. Great visual design is not a priority. No room to grow as a designer. Designs are determined by developers and engineers.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23763,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Feb 3, 2014",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great company care and benefits.,"Good pay for entry level position, Amazing benefits that begin on hire date. Holiday time and pay included.","Weird shifts times, resulting in short work weeks with long hours.","Look at adding a third shift to cover overnights, while turning all shifts to 5 day @ 8 hours.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23764,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good starter,Time off with pay was a good thing to have,Management likes to micromanage and there isnt even a need for it,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23765,amazon,"Sumner, WA"," Feb 14, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,"Great from the outside, bad from the inside","Great benefits and an interesting environment,","The pay, hours, work, high demand, morale, etc.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23766,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Great Company varying experience depending on your group,"Visionary leadership from Bezos, that is maintaining the 25-35% growth rates in a $65BN company. Opportunities for movement within the company, and a very talented workforce across the board","The turnover can be pretty high as there are a lot of type A personalities all trying to be the next great thing can be exhilirating but also very frustrating. Some groups have mastered the balance and keep their teams happy and challenged, others have not and have just untenable turnover rates that puts stress on the people who remain.",Need to focus a little more on the retention of the company,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23767,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Fork Lift Driver,Worst place I have ever worked for in life,The benefits are pretty good but this place is probably the reason you'll need them,"Don't compensate Pit Equipment drivers for pay, Work you like a slave, Teir 3s look down upon teir 1 employees, Every conversation every employee has EVERY Day is about how miserable the place makes them. Nobody likes or willingly works at this company as a warehouse associate they are either forced to by the economy or other financial crises. Only 4.75 Paid days off per year. Harsh work expectations and lots of write ups. Most Demoralizing, Degrading Company to ever work for. The Entire building is run on Negative Reinforcement. Not only do you barely get enough time off per year they call mandatory overtime frequently maybe 2 to 3 days before your shift. They care about customers ALOT, do not care about employees AT ALL. Low job security turn over rate is unbelievable high stress with regular punishment if you go below your work rate they assign you no barriers or excuses are ever an option. You can tell by the way the company is run they don't want long term employees.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23768,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Facilities Service Technician,"Be willing to accept a shift that is not conducive to much of a social life, however it is a good company to work for.","4-10s schedule, good opportunities to move around and for advancement for hard workers, learning opportunities, benefits","Lack of accountability, poor communications",Without accountability and effective communications things will never run as well as they should.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23769,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meat grinder that lures you in the door and then does not take any effort to develop or motivate you,"Amazon is a great brand and has a loyal and growing customer base. There are very few companies like Amazon that ALWAYS insist on the highest standards and have their core tenets/leadership principles ingrained in everyone's DNA. You will learn a ton - i've been here less than a year and have a great handle on Retail, Marketing, Operations and the industry. Function of working 12-14 hours a day. Despite the long hours, every hour is very intense - another difference when comparing to other tech titans. Amazon is a great platform to learn some great things, make an impact and leave for greener pastures.","I wish even 1% of their obsession for customers would translate to its employees. All year round, I have never received a single ""thank you"" or ""state of the union"" email from any senior leadership - contrast this to any other firm where they sometimes make you feel all warm and fuzzy and motivates you to continue busting yourself and making personal sacrifices. People generally put on a ton of weight at Amazon as there is not much time for work life balance or exercise if you want to succeed. It is a dog eat dog world and there is TONS of backstabbing at all levels, esp. level 6. Some businesses are harder than others and it can get crazy as Amazon is so lean. Amazon managers tend to gloss over the good and scrutinize the bad, and it is EXTREMELY hard to get promoted (think 4+ years at the same level unless you invent the next big thing).",Take time to focus on employees and not just customers. You will lower churn and make people want to develop careers (vs. platforms) at Amazon.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1598.htm
23770,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart engineers, Dilbert-like management",* Some of the smartest people I've ever worked with. * Decent medical/dental benefits. * Stock grants (instead of options),"* Career growth is exceptionally difficult, and not based on merit. * UX:Engineering ratio is abysmal. * Managers sometimes play favorites, with HR in their pocket. * Happy to ship products with shitty quality.","Web Developers are different from Software Engineers, so stop treating them the same. Stop telling Java engineers to write front-end code. Count how many WDE 3s there are, add two zeros to the back of that number, and hire that many of them.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23771,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2014","Former Employee - Manager, Software Engineering","You'll meet smart people and learn a lot, just don't expect to work with the best of humanity","- Fast paced, lots to do. - Top of the line tech, hone your design and implementation skills.","- Stack ranking review process. Every year, low 10% given the axe or asked to leave. - Management doesn't know what to prioritize, competing pulls from busiess. Leads to occasional failure to deliver and politicking to avoid blame (if you are not politically savvy, you'll be the one to fall). - Engineers are treated with less respect than they are at Google or MS, slave driving managers are rewarded and managers seeking sustainable goals are punished for not being aggressive enough. - Brutal oncall.",Don't be evil.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23772,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - MTurk Worker,Amazon MTurk - A great way to earn extra money.,"Simple web surveys and testing provide you with real money. With a lot of work, new qualifications open up that allow for greater compensation.",The compensation is typically minimal. It was difficult to link my bank account to Amazon Payments. This is recommended for supplementing income.,Compensation does not need to be held for 10 days. 5-7 days should be sufficient.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23773,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon's VCC- Virtual Call Center,"No commute- Save money on gas and parking Work in your pajamas. Great employee benefits: 401k, shares of stock, medical/dental, PTO, vacation time Quarterly bonus for metrics","Communication methods with upper Management can be challenging and timely. Ineffective time clock & time off system, many glitches that can negatively impact the amount of time off you have available. Training could be more thorough, many customer situations failed to support a known solution. Lame discount You're pretty much disposable, rather than take the time to investigate a concern, they'll terminate employment.",Be Employee Centric,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23774,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 3, 2014","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development","Work hard, have fun, make history","High hiring bar and the bar is raised all the time. Keeps the company moving forward. You have the freedom to experiment and challenge existing practices, just bring data. Great executive team. They dive deep and challenge you. Make sure you are prepared.",Can be a tough environment for some. The bar keeps getting raised and some long-time employees fall below it and find themselves managed out. Unfortunately the bar is within each org which means there are pockets of deadwood floating around and not delivering resluts.,Make the review process more data oriented like the rest of our decisions. Lopping off the bottom 10% in each organization means that good people go and deadwood remain safe in other organizations.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23775,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Sales management is the worst!!!,"Innovative company. I feel inspired by the disruptive nature that the AWS suite of services is accomplishing. Customers are great to work with, most of the service teams are very helpful and will listen and act upon feedback. All teams except sales are collabor.","The entire sales management team is a complete joke. They are condescending, out of touch with how AWS customers buy or even think, too many layers, each layer wants to feel like they are relevant or important. All of the sales management team manages upward instead of out. They could care less about their employees satisfaction, goals, accomplishments, etc. As long as they can look good to their bosses that is all they care about. Zero leadership skills!","Flatten the sales management org and scale it horizontally. Go back and retrain the managers that they should be hiring employees who raise the bar, and then let them go raise the bar. Today you hire the best and then treat them like children. That's not going to last. You need to also create standards around quotas, comp plans, etc. You're running the risk of showing favortism and AWS is getting too big to run like that. It just takes one law suit to highlight this issue and if you keep pissing employees off that will happen. Or worse, you'll have a mass exodus to other cloud vendors like Google who are hot to hire Amazon employees right now.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23776,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Feb 17, 2014",Former Employee - Associate,Decent pay and benefits,Pay and benefits are OK 12.50-13.50 to start in the warehouse as a general laborer.,Job requirements are sometimes extreme.  Lower level leadership team is very inexperienced and often makes things harder on the associates.  Very arrogant company and culture.,Develop a better promotion and hiring program for management team.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23777,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great people, horrible technology","Intelligent, helpful colleagues. There was not one person there whom I disliked working with.  Excellent hardware provisioning and IT support. I was all setup within a day.  Contemporary building. Good local dining, daycare, petcare... It would be easy to get an apartment nearby and live within walking distance of all necessities.  Nice (easy to update) wiki.  Standard best practices envisioned in the training documentation.  Great opportunities to advance rapidly. If you can tolerate the outrageous inefficiencies and disarray of Amazon, the employee churn alone will advance you quickly.  Alluring sign on bonuses - up to (possibly beyond) double your salary.  Company outlook is good. Amazon has top-notch customer service. They have mastered logistics and they are a logistics company, not a technology company.","Horrible technology stack. Runtime environments and build tools proprietary bastardizations of their open source counterparts with poor/no logging. In other words: You are always working on a fragile environment that routinely goes down entirely for no apparent reason. Countless hours are burned trying to recover your environment. Tremendously disruptive because there is almost always somebody dealing with their broken environment.  Best practices are not followed: - There are few tests, and it takes lots of hacking just to get unit tests in place (forget about IT/functional/e2e as they use prod and customers in target regions as their testing ground). - The teams are seated in open bullpens and tasked with ever-changing-priority duties. There is such a lack of cohesion that any upfront strategy discussed with anybody varies by individual. - There is no scrum process beyond a quick bi-weekly summary of what you completed. - Without tests, there is no guarantee that a newly-released version set will even compile. Colleagues get the bad news upon pulling the new bundle into their environment and watching it burst into flames.  On calls. Wear a pager a few weeks a month and be available 24/7 to troubleshoot all high severity issues. Remember the 'testing' approach? The high severity alarm goes off several times a day.  Golden handcuffs: A big upfront sign on bonus paid in full that tapers off over time. Get hired, receive chunk of money, spend it, discover unpleasantries, be financially imprisoned or pay back bonus and depart.  For these reasons, Amazon has earned its reputation as a meat grinder. Developers must be able to deal with spending several days/weeks accomplishing a task that, anywhere else, would be completed in a few hours. Furthermore, the ecosystem is hacks on top of hacks. Not to mention they are eagerly looking for somebody who is willing to migrate Perl to Java.",Try not to let the schizophrenic nature of this organization affect your wellbeing.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23778,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Broken management structure,Amazon does an excellent job at hiring talent out of college and the onboarding process makes you feel like a part of the company and a bigger team.,"The management structure is broken. Amazon doesn't know what kind of company it really wants to be and there is not enough structure or attention paid to development unless you are one of the ""Pathways"" MBA hires. They have created a culture of ""Have"" and ""Have Not"" among their management teams.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23779,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Feb 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Associate,Above average pay for warehousing work. Average Medical,Work Life balance Flexibility for people who have had major life changing events in there lives.,Over all management Depending on the person can be a great asset. And team members are your best tools.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1599.htm
23780,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Feb 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Associate,Above average pay for warehousing work. Average Medical,Work Life balance Flexibility for people who have had major life changing events in there lives.,Over all management Depending on the person can be a great asset. And team members are your best tools.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23781,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,treated poorly like a child,a lot of over time hours,too many to list treated like child,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23782,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,The sky's the limit if you work hard,"Amazon is a place where people are encouraged to look for challenges to step up to. If you're hungry and nail these opportunities, there's always more, bigger ones to keep knocking down. Top talent at Amazon is rewarded extremely well. Everybody here is scary smart. The brightest can rise fast. As far as software companies go, Amazon is definitely top tier. Our technology is unbelievable, and you won't believe some of the awesome stuff we're working on.","Benefits are just ok (probably more than offset by comp though). The environment can feel like a startup still in a few places around the company, but YMMV and you're more likely to find yourself in a division that feels corporatey. This is much less the case for engineers who are generally shielded from too much BS by their managers. Expect to work longer than 40 hours a week on most teams, in most roles. There can be slack times, but when launch approaches (or it's Q4 for anyone working near the retail website), you'll find yourself leaning in pretty hard for short bursts.","Pay no attention to wall street. Those who ""get"" us and go long will win. Those who don't understand we plan on investing every dollar earned in innovating, delivering value, and anything else that makes customers happy, well they won't be part of this big lucrative ride.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23783,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Success dependent on one's direct manager,"- Work with smart, driven colleagues - Laid back dress code - Company name","- Spotty management - Due to rapid growth many have been promoted to management without management experience - Lack of internal training on processes, policies, culture - Very political. One's success is not about performance - it's playing the game",Leadership needs to address the dysfunctional culture that exists within the data center groups (commonly referred to as the trailer trash of Amazon). Many unprofessional behaviors exist that violate the company Leadership Principles and Code of Conduct. Sooner or later the bottom line is going to be impacted.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23784,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,The company has good vision and good management. The work condition is very good and the company is overal very focused,not much cons to mention but if there were some problems it would depend on what branch of Amazon one was in,just keep it up!,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23785,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Weekly pay,"Break rooms are nice, pay is weekly so that is nice, co workers are nice as well.","Physically stressful, you are worried about being timely when finding products that you should really be in great shape.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23786,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good learning experience,You can get to learn a lot at Amazon. You have a good learning opportunity. You have work from home option and good benefits as well.,The work life balance is not good. You are expected to deliver within a short time.You're responsible for your own career progression and finding the places and teams that are doing the stuff you want to do. No one is going to take you by the hand and help you with that.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23787,amazon,"New York, NY"," Feb 13, 2014",Former Employee - Account Executive,Amazon Local,Great people to work with,Management doesn't know how to treat it's employees. Basically a boiler room.,Stop micro managing and provide the entire team the same opportunity to succeed.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23788,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Cutting edge technology,Challenging tasks. Sharp people to work with. You will always be on your toes.,On calls might be sometimes little hectic.,Need more employee feedback,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23789,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,Horrible Place,Health insurance is pretty good and the pay is decent but not really if you compare it to other places,Low pay the management is horrible they never know what hand is doing what they make the rules up as they go. They cant stand the thought of you talking about a union they work you like a dog and no fun so I am not sure were there motto plays a role cause I have yet to have fun there. I along feel like a slave or prisoner being watched all the time having to go through two sets of security is crazy. They treat employees like crap they think of them as a number not a human. So if you don't make the number then they don't want you. I just wish that the customers would see how they treat their people and they wouldn't support them either. Just another reason why corporate America stinks because these big companies want to kill there employees. The 5 min breaks are nice as well but keep in mind they are suppose to be 15 min and lunch 30 but you know its company policy to cut that short don't matter what the federal law says when your amazon. Oh yeah and they don't that if it comes a snow storm they want you risk your life to come to work and no matter what unless that is you are on dayshift then you can close for the day and not count against you. Kind of strange how that works. So if you want to work your life away with no time with family this is great place but I don't I love my family and they are more important to me then Amazon and if you want to move up then you better know somebody or be ready to bend over and take cause that your only way to the top. I cant wait to be out of there and find a career that has values and morals that I stand for and to work at a place where you matter your not a number or a dollar sign.,"Quit worrying about flying a drone or whatever and focus on the people that make your company which is the people that come in everyday and give up their life and try to keep their heads above water while you all drive around in your 100,000 dollar vehicles and live in your million dollar homes and don't care about the people. Its time you either stand behind your motto or step out of the way a let a real company that cares about its people take over somebody like Costco, Sams club,Overstock.com a these are all true companies. To Jeff bezzo quit trying to get to space and invest that money into your workers families and support them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1600.htm
23790,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer II,Lots of smart people to work with. Interesting and hard problems to solve. Lots of opportunities to simplify and innovate.,"Difficult work life balance. Stressful environment. Strong headed senior engineers who are difficult to work with. Cheap work equipments. Frupid (being frugal but in reality, being stupid) policies.",Take some steps to show that you care about the engineers.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23791,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome!,"Great place to work - Do great stuff in every field - technology, business, processes and leadership.","Tough place to be. They really mean ""work hard"" ""have fun"" ""make history""",Too many layers of management - need to level the structure so top leadership has more visibility and say in strategic initiatives.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23792,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Bad work environment,"At a given point, there are many good engineers there to learn from. They typically leave within a year, but at least they're usually replaced by other good engineers.","The rest. Work/life balance, perks, management, office environment, operational load, etc., are all very bad. The office is crowded, loud, and I'm interrupted for status updates almost continuously. The operational load is unbearable on some teams that were unfortunate enough to inherit years of technical debt incurred by former engineers.",Learn from what people are saying in their exit interviews - you have a lot of data points from those.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23793,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2014",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist,growing too fast to keep up,Great healthcare benefits and package.,"No support from your manager. Had 4 managers in 4 years, goals were constantly changed and growth was dependent on metrics, so this greatly affected my ability to be promoted. So difficult to transfer within or grow. So much bureaucracy! Terribly negative work atmosphere. Felt like a machine.","learn some human compassion and listen to what your team needs! Also, if you want to always raise the bar by hiring better people, remember that you should hire people who are qualified, but PLEASE learn to not hire people who are SO overqualified to do such basic jobs!",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23794,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"The stock is not bad, I guess. And you can say, I'm working at Amazon.",It's more like a business company compared to other giants like Google or Facebook.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23795,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,"Great on paper, but not in reality.",Great Health Benefits. I work with amazing people that want to do their best.,"Exhausting work within the FC environment. I can only move so fast and I am always worried about my rate and I do pretty good. It is really hard to ""move up"" now. I have had a couple interviews and was inclined, but I never was offered a higher position.","Stop the 10% increase in productivity unless you invest in tools so that it can be done without the expense of the physical deterioration of us. The drones are a nice idea, but how about better software and more reliable conveyors. Stop driving data so hard that you forget the people. The ""good"" managers (people managers) leave us and only the ""data"" driven managers are left. The people managers are pushed out and not treated well. They are helping us on the floor and get left out and then judged that they are not doing well. The culture needs to change. It looks great on paper. I am sure Jeff Bezos's thinks that is what is being done, but he is out of touch with what is going on.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23796,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 5, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Best place I've worked at.,"Amazing challenges, problems to solve and people to work with. Amazon is a top notch group of people. Best part is getting to use all the different AWS technologies and being able to experiment.",There is no rest for the weary. Burnout happens. Oncall is not fun and depending on the team you end up on it seems like it will never end.,Provide a better path for advancement of people careers. Follow your core values.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23797,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,abusive,"- they are doing good, cutting edge work in technology","- no work-life balance - long hours and oncall duties - aggressive work culture, people are at each others' throats all the time - sloppy middle management - increasing bureaucracy due to massive growth",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23798,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Pack,Current Amazon Employee,"40 hour weeks, Paid Personal Time, Voluntary overtime offered at times, Mandatory 60 hour weeks from Black Friday To December 23rd.","Lower Management manage using fear tactics, Favoritism throughout the plant. ou are not Judge on your hard work and determination, but by how much you suck up.",Have AM's review resume's for experienced and Qualified managerial candidates.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23799,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Dev Engineer,Do not work here.,Industry-leading scale. Amazon builds and operates some of the largest computing systems in the world.,"Comparatively low pay, long hours, and little respect for the engineers who make the business run. Amazon views engineers as fungible and consumable.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1601.htm
23800,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for people motivated to find their own projects and excel,"Amazon is a very innovative and progressive company. Amazon values employees who are motivated and exceed expectations. There is a large potential for promotion, Amazon is growing at an incredible rate",Very competitive environment. Not a company for someone who wants to come to work do the minimum and go home. Some good employees get looked over for advancement because they don't have a four year degree,Give every one a chance to prove their worth. change the review process!!,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23801,amazon,"Schertz, TX"," Jan 24, 2014",Former Employee - Warehouse Fulfillment Associate,Loved it,"Decent pay for the work, met great people . Great company","Concrete floors , which are pretty common in a warehouse .",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23802,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Advance by being unhelpful and tripping up your peers.,"- Compensation - Career building resume addition - If you land with the right team, it can be an incredible experience - Work from home - PTO - Scale","- If you land with the wrong team, it can be a terrible experience - Career advancement can be very political. - Suck up to the right people, move 100mph when people are watching and 1mph when they're not, be unhelpful to your peers, make your peers look bad... Do all of this and you'll look great and be promoted. - If instead you focus on working hard, being helpful, being a team player, moving at a good pace regardless of who's watching or the visibility, then you won't get promoted.","Due to the size of the company, there can be a massive difference in the health of a team, from one to the next. Spend more time ensuring that all teams have good management, a positive culture, and healthy competition. One of my biggest issues as an SDE during my time at Amazon was that a very good way to get ahead was to be unhelpful and sometimes intentionally trip up your peers so you look better than them. Career advancement should be about the individuals capabilities compared to the bar, not compared to other individuals. This is a cultural imperfect, and those can be difficult to fix.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23803,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,Manager are worst people in this company,"Not that I could find out as compared to any other tech giant I have worked for. Every company has techies, so does this company have. Perks are not that great","The piece of information that recruiters don't share is that Amazon also has stack ranking. Also, the performance improvement program is just a show-off which managers use to save some group of people in their team. On the name of frugality, management saves every penny on the earth. Not good in benefits. Increasing cost of insurance. I will never recommend anyone work for Amazon ever.",Clear your thought and treat employees as assets rather than labor.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23804,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Outbound Problem Solve,My experience so far at one of Amazon's Fulfillment Centers has been great.,"Benefits, pay (could be better though), perks (could be better though), for me the hours.","Holiday season can be tuff, pay could be better, perks should be better,",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23805,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - CSA,Great environment strict rules,"benefits, good pay, work from home","Strict rules, high expectations and constant changes",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23806,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company I have ever worked for,"benefits by far the biggest pro. stocks, insurance, attendance policy, low stress, what else can I say","it is kinda boring, not overly satisfying work, I mean really, we process boxes. I hope your personal life is exciting because your job won't be.",You are not the only ones with good ideas,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23807,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,One of the best tech company to work for with ton of things to learn,- A lot of work related opportunities - A lot of smart people around - A lot of things to learn,- Work life balance - Frugality sometimes effects productivity - Delivering result in fast paced environment sometimes end up sacrificing quality,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23808,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2014",Former Employee - Package,Worked through SMX,"3 12 hour days, nice people","limited time off, parking, traffic out of building, hourly, clocking in and out",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23809,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Operations Support Engineer,The worst working experience I've had working for a company in a very long time.,Here are the positives... <this space intentionally left blank>,"Job description is played down, it's not what they said it was going to be. Salary calculations from offer letter to no match actual month to month compensation. Schedule is random and always rotates, ""core hours"" is played up but you never know when ""oncall"" will be. ""Oncall"" is 8 hour shift IN THE OFFICE. Because of growth tools and process are often broken and the driving engineer and team take the hit.","Clean house from the mid-level down, spend a lot more time on process and verifying process works. Rework the entire hiring process to ensure you are not only protecting yourself but being fair to your canidates.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1602.htm
23810,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shop with them but don't like working for Amazon,"Big company with opportunity for growth and advancement. The team I was in was probably one of the worst company wide. My young uneducated manager kid from Texas was not familiar or interested in cultivating and empowering his staff, Being more concerned with his own performance stats,he preferred scare tactics and scare tactics to make you do your job. I didn't like it.... But you might!","Skill and work quality is all based on statistics, Jeff Bezos must have read a book on how Walmart's employee productivity systems work and put his hardcore Nazi twist on things. He installed cameras to watch you. computerized access, productivity and security. Then topped it off with unrealistic goals and substandard heating and air conditioning. An exciting pressure cooker of an environment if your one of those who ""works well under pressure""! Never have I seen so many miserable and downtrodden employees in one place in my life. But if thats what your into.....could be a great fit for you!","Stop being so bottom line results on the numbers and profit. Go back to school if you never attended and Learn about creating good work environments that cultivate empowered employees, high morale and business integrity. many of the not educated will think I am speaking french. Amazon obviously needs tuition reimbursements!! But then again if your one of those that is better off stupid....... You might enjoy it.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23811,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"Great compensation and housing. A lot of responsibility, and full access to a very knowledgable mentor.",Amazon sometimes uses outdated software for general software engineering. There also seems to be a lack of morale in some departments.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23812,amazon,"Tracy, CA"," Jan 17, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,It is fun and challenging working for Amazon.,"Benifets, the people, the fast pace environment great start off pay",The plans are always changing,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23813,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced and growing fast.,"Analytic, Fast Growing, Good pay","Work life balance, Rating system",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23814,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Network Engineer,"Amazing company to work for, even more so if you know politics",- Fantastic Growth Potential. - AMZN is doing things that no other company is doing. - Great relocation package if you're willing to move to Seattle. - Stock compensation is fantastic. - Gives you the warm and fuzzies to have been part of a company that sets the bar/changes the world/is at the forefront of technology and knows that boundaries have to be pushed and broken in order to innovate. - So much innovation. - Practically limitless strong technical resources at your fingertips.,"- Review process is long, tedious and somewhat painful. - Not a lot of perks (""frugality"" is a core value, which translates to little to no perks. The company discount was a joke and you basically had to buy all your own swag). - Not enough to work really hard, in order to earn senior (and higher) roles you *HAVE* to be politically adept (in addition to working really hard). - Fantastic Growth Potential (only if you're willing to move to Seattle). - Base salaries aren't that strong.  Despite all the cons however, if I had to do it all over again I would change nothing.","Invest a little more in your employees. Pay more attention to those that may not understand office politics, whether intentionally or not. While extroverts get the attention, introverts arguably add more value - recognize this.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23815,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Healthy, fast paced days fly by, you can learn a lot if you want to, very clean environment, benefits are awesome, people are very nice to work with. They do a pretty good job about promoting the best candidates.","The place is so big it's hard to get noticed, Takes a while to get to get promoted, After your basic training there isn't any real structured training. Additional training is basically asking a lot of questions.","Add a pay grade between Tier 1 and Tier 3 employees, Many employees are better than the Tier one and and need the incentive to stay.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23816,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,new technology and stuff. SDE are really good. High hiring bar.,Bad management. Too much indian stuff. Really bad. Not thinking about make improvement but thinking how to let others suffer.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23817,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intense & valuable experience,"Working with smart people, your decision matters. It definitely would be a great experience for those either a data savvy or eager to get exposure to big data.","Results driven, data decides everything",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23818,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great,Awesome environment and competitive people all around,Can be too hectic sometimes,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23819,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Feb 1, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,How long can you do this?,"Many, you can try new things, you'll learn new things about yourself and your limits.",Work-life balance is not recognized as legitimate. We're making history which means you can find another job if that's what you want.,Take a hard look at your internal talent evaluation. It's too subjective based mostly on the interview.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1603.htm
23820,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,They say their small teams operate like startups... maybe like 1990s startups.,Small teams Smart senior people Market leader in products,"Teams aren't integrated together Dated internal tools Slow Hypocritical values on some teams Managers drastically different operating styles, yet you have to stay a year before you're elligible for a transfer","If you say you're agile, do agile, not a half assed inbetween of agile and waterfall. Focus more on building up your internal tools, instead of rushing code for deadlines, you say you don't sacrifice long term value for short term benefit, but sometimes I fail to see it.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23821,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jan 31, 2014",Former Employee - ICQA,"It was fun at first, but all the promises they make come at a cost","their Benefits are good, the regular associates are good people, the assistant managers are the hardest working part of the management team.","Upper management has no clue what goes on on a day to day basis, lunch break is only 30 min., parking is a joke during peak season.","Pay attention to the people in your department, and not just the numbers that are being produced",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23822,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Happy @ Amazon,High degree of creativity allowed. High degree of independence to complete work.,A lot of work to do. Very difficult to get necessary headcount to support the success of the department/company.,Invest internally in things other than FC's and Software.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23823,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jan 30, 2014",Former Employee - Associate,You're just a number to them,Good relationships with fellow employees,"Short break periods for a 10 hour shift, less than competitive pay, HR that is never around",Treat your employees better,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23824,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Instock Manager,"Amazing business model. Under values training, people development, work life balance and goal setting.","Tremendously smart, capable well intentioned people.","No emphasis on teamwork, people development or work life balance. ""You're smart, you figure it out and let us know when you're done""",Slow down from day to day metric management to focus on training your front-line and middle managers on how to develop people and processes,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23825,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Very challenging & competitive environment.,Challenging.Peer quality is excellent. Performance is the only key to growth & survival.,Work life balance. Perform or perish.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23826,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK...,Lot of internal opportunities with the company,Not a great work culture,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23827,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior HRA,It's a great place to be!,"Very upfront about expectations. Things move very fast. Amazon places a lot of emphasis on promoting from within. If you want to advance in ranks, there is definitely opportunity to do so. You have to make an effort though and let the right people know that you are interested in growth and opportunity.","Everyone is placed in categories. There is a separation from warehouse employees (Tier 1) and upper level (Tier 3 and above). At times, people in Tier 1 are ""stuck"" and it's difficult to advance.",Listen to your people!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23828,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Compliance Testing Specialist,Its a very good company to learn about what you are good at and what you suck at.,You are given the ability to think and voice your opinions freely. Everyone around you is extremely talented and very intelligent,You are always replaceable and sometimes you can get lost in the corporate ranks.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23829,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,"Amazon loves it's customers, not it's employees. Very few former employees would ever return.",Located in Seattle.  Uses a wide range of different technologies which gives you opportunities to learn in the area of your choice.  Co-workers and fellow employees are great.  Company itself is extremely successful.  Total comp is normally good (see exceptions below).,"Culture and value put in employees are poor.  Career advancement opportunities get exponentially more difficult and one sub-par review gets you in a difficult to escape dog house.  Base comp is pretty low. Amazon uses it's review process to bump you up (or knock you down) based on how it levels you among your division.  Amazon uses quotas to rank it's employees. Some have to be given poor ratings regardless of performance (see doghouse above).  Your boss may like you but you'll still feel marginally appreciated by the company.  SDE Management talent is extremely thin. The company chose to expand at any cost so turnover is extremely high, including in SDE management. Morale and fulfillment also quite poor.",Show an ounce of care and appreciation toward your employees.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1604.htm
23830,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,Amazon holds to the classic business model by overworking and underpaying.,"Amazing opportunity for growth, Personally and Professionally. Stable and Growing company with a lot to offer if you are willing to move with the company.","Managers are too young, immature and inexperienced. Moods swings like children on the playground which ultimately effects the work flow and production. You can be left in a single position forever and no encouragement to advance.","I work at the worst FC in the network and we make our concerns known to make things better.....LISTEN. Please re-evaluate your management selection process and veer from the good 'ol boy module. Associates are ""customers"" too.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23831,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,Depending on the group you're in- a wonderful place to work!,Being a part of a rapidly growing ecommerce giant constantly expanding into new businesses and geographies around the world. Also- they allow dogs at work! Lots of opportunities to move to different parts of the business.,Long hours. Be prepared to come early and stay late.,Overall really solid senior leadership team.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23832,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long hours...,"Great on your resume, flexible hours and all resources needed available.","Negotiate sign on benefits well, I was there less than a year and still paying Amazon back a pro-rated sign on bonus. Long hours, too many internal customers to answer to, way too many systems to take care of for the team´s size.",Doing more with less is not always right.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23833,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,nice team work and training,"too much over time, work for one day of weekend",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23834,amazon,"Cleveland, TN"," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,i like it the it was fun.,it has great preople basses they will help you out in anyway.,theres really nont any downside to it,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23835,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Great Company,Loved it treated me nice. The people I worked with were also nice. Work wasn't too tough. Good benefits.,Location. The weather wasn't always the best. Rainy days and cold winters were sometimes tough,Not much. Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23836,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, lots of growth, poor upper management.","Great pay, lots of potential to move up within the company.","Upper management gives no direction, then takes your ideas as their own.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23837,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Demanding and rewarding,A company-wide focus on delivering the best possible customer experience is almost impossible to beat for UX designers.,Fast-paced and hectic. You'll either love the pace or it will kill you. Internal tools are poor and can make communication difficult and inefficient.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23838,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Beware, Amazon has great teams and really, really bad ones.",If you are a SDE the company will do their best to keep you. Value of RSUs increasing.,"Anyone else isn't valued. There is an expectation to work 70+ hour weeks. Promotion to senior levels is rare, company instead hires from outside and this is destroying the company culture. The leadership principles used to guide the company but with all the new hires they are losing their value.",Wake up...it takes great employees to keep you at #1 in customer service. Take time to train new managers on what the leadership principles really mean and how to apply them.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23839,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for Everyone,"Health benefits, great coworkers that make your time got by faster","long hours on your feet, manager constantly on your back about your rate.",Ask your associates how they are doing more often.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1605.htm
23840,amazon,"Arlington, VA"," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Great experience,You meet different people and everyone is interesting. Passionate and rising company. Great employers and great environment. Huge company though,"Sometimes get lost in the huge company,",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23841,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jan 23, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,This job is extremely monotonous labor.,"If you need a job that is easy to get and pays more than minimum wage go to Amazon,","The job is very boring and there are very limited opportunities for upward movement. Starting off you get a raise of 25 cents every 6 months,.",Get to know the employees better realize who you have.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23842,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon ntot that good,the only good thing about being full time is having alot of time they give you to take off when ever you want the rest of the job sucks,short breaks poor management you are doomed to fail at amazon trust me,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23843,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Feb 12, 2014",Former Employee - Stowed/Picked,"Fast paced, constantly changing production goals, cold in winter, extremely hot in summer.","You do have a job, and most jobs in a amazon fulfillment center are not that hard, but the constant pressure that is placed upon you to work harder literally makes life miserable for some.",Unrealistic production goals that are guaranteed to increase when you finally do meet their standards. Most area managers and ops managers could not or would not do the jobs that they hold their employees accountable to do.,"Constant turnover in this area due to the hours the managers are required to work and pressure that is placed upon them. Most managers that stay over a year are miserable too, but they are compensated by pay and benefits that are over twice what the average associate on the floor makes, and some of these people don't even know what the people on the floor do for a living. Amazon management in Seattle is well aware of this, as surveys are taken every year, with the hourly employees saying the same thing each time. If the economy ever does improve, Amazon will have a hard time finding employees, at any wage.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23844,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Jan 4, 2014",Former Employee - Receive Clerk,i great job and gave me experience in leading.,"decent pay, monthly bonus, paid vacation, paid time off.","no part-time positions, upper management doesn't listen (GM), shift differences.",make part-time positions for college students,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23845,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Project Manager,"CEO, Business strategies, Strong Vision and focus on Customer Experience","Work culture is poor, Lot of politics, Disrespectful employees, Harassment and Embarrassment are common and it cannot be questioned when it comes from a senior team member.",Respect employees,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23846,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Datacenter Technician,Casually professional.,"Casual work attire, Relaxed work environment, Quickly growing, Fast paced company. They have their hands dipped into many different pots and seem to be doing well in all of them.","Because they do have they're hands dipped in so many places and being so quickly expanding, work can get a bit unfocused.",No real advice. They are doing an amazing job in company the is sending them inn so many directions.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23847,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Their ,The internal development tools are fantastic. It is a technology driven company where developers can help guide the roadmap.,"Every 6 months they look for people to fire and if you don't play the game right, they'll pick you. There is very high turnover, so half a team can clear out in a year. The pace is frenetic on some teams, priorities change frequently, and you can end up with hacks on top of hacks. Some teams have extraordinary operation burdens and technical debt, and end up dedicating all of their time to dealing with that instead of new and interesting work.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23848,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Quality Assurance Engineer,Good to work,"Challenging environment, Good working culture",not much other benefit like bonus,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23849,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Tier I,Amazon is a very enjoyable place to work,the benefits for the area are some of the best management does a good job of listening and trying to improve jobs great people very enjoyable,working most all holidays hard when you have a family and never knowing bout overtime,treat everyone the same keep an open ear,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1606.htm
23850,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,"Big name, good exit opportunity, overall the environment is favorable","Not too much impact, have to deal with details and the relationship with business team",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23851,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work here.,Projects in many every areas and technology.,On call system not good.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23852,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Area Manager,Hard Work,Engaged leadership that motivates and helps,"Lots of work, poor work life balance",Be consistent,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23853,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Warehoue Associate,Hard work pays off!,"Great benefits, 401k, Medical, online discount. lots of personal time and vacation but goes quickly. There are some incentives, like win a free TV or IPAD.","I like working there, but during the holidays I never saw my family, so it was not worth it for me. Lack of communication kinda confusing at times. And you are on production if you don't meet your quota you do get written up then fired after so many times.. Also this a warehouse with lots of people so tons of drama. Just work hard stay out off the busy bodyness and you will be fine.","Communication is Key... Use it! Ooh and don't let the temps think they will have a job, when you really only need one or two.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23854,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,"Work Hard, Play Hard","When you work at Amazon, you are given the opportunity to make impactful business decisions from day one. An autonomous environment, where intelligent individuals can learn to grow a business through experience.","If you don't want to work long hours, forget about working at Amazon. The opportunity is great, but you have to work hard to realize your career potential. It's not worth seeking employment here if you do not intend pushing yourself.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23855,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Solid Company, Growth Potential","Solid Pay, Good Benefits, Opportunity for Growth","Work-Life can be challenging, especially near Christmas time",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23856,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Amazon is full of bright and driven employees, but the culture is not employee centric.",Work with smart people and on cool projects.,You will be expected to work harder and longer hours than you ever have before (including if you were a mgmt consultant or an associate lawyer in NYC!),none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23857,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Picker,OK as a last resort job.,The pay was decent for that kind of job.,Too physically demanding. Environment felt like a jail.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23858,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - Instock Manager,Amazon.com Employment Review,"Fast paced, creative, tons of upward mobility, opportunities to move to other departments, great benefits, very progressive company, incredible downtown Seattle offices","cut throat, 80+ hour work week, not much work-life balance, hiring usually happens after things are on fire so you do the job of several people at times",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23859,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 1, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Mediocrity being driven at a maniacal uncontrolled pace,AMZN stock has done well,"Disorganized, little value for human capital, extremely cheap when it comes to perks",Respect your staff,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1607.htm
23860,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,terrible sales manager,improving products and services with some very smart colleagues,"micromanaging upper management, young immature sales manager who has huge ego and no interest of helping employees to be successful, none-transparent culture, terrible medical/dental coverage, a public traded company but not offering stock purchase plan to all its employees, ""Frugality"" culture and cheap in every single way.",The micromanagement and criticism management styles are from the top down.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23861,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 1, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Tough work place,"Challenging and interesting work, great sense of ownership. Amazon is doing great stuff and is a pleasure and pride to work there with some very intelligent people.","You can kiss your life goodbye. And your kids, your wife and your family. You will work long long hours and will stay be behind schedule. Your boss will pile up the work on your desk and it will keep increasing. Too much work and no life balance. Seriously, goodbye to a life. Too much ego in the hallways with everybody thinking they are too smart. Wrong. However the attitude sucks. They forget that it is Bezos's brilliance and perseverance that has brought this company to where it is.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23862,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,You will get what you want,"- Very customer focussed. Every project you work on will have direct impact to your customers. - You are generally the driver of any project - You can disprove your team mates if you have data-backed insights. Data is king inside the company. - Depending on the team, there is a lot of growth - Depending on the team, you will have awesome fun designing/developing code.","- It is *too* frugal at times. - Compared to Google, the compensation is a bit low",Please look at the Cons,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23863,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2013",Current Employee - Physical Security Systems Administrative,Great company to work for!,"Working here is fast paced and always different from day to day. Even though it's a large corporation, it still feels like a small start up.","Due to have quickly Amazon has grown, parts of the business are still playing catch up.","All of my upper management has been good, no advice needed here.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23864,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Jan 30, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Much happier being an Amazon customer than an Amazon Operations Manager.,Some of the most talented people on the planet,"Roll out the red carpet during recruiting, it ALL changes on day 1. Threats, inconsistent HR practices, physical reprimands from site manager. Horrific experience.",Screen and hire better. Don't hire convicted felons. Make sure all site leaders have both business acumen and a grasp on human resource no-no's.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23865,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Only the strong survive,"Innovative, Strong Professional Development, many opportunities in several different career paths",Sr. Management is to far removed from the process,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23866,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Dec 27, 2013",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,It is great.,"Great benefits, Great Advancement oppertunities",We need longer lunches for 10hr shifts,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23867,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people with a strong focus on the long-term and the customer, with limited attention paid to employee satisfaction",- Highly analytical culture with decisions driven by data. - Culture is not very political. Delivering results is noticed and rewarded. - Roles tend to be broad in scope with a lot of ownership. - Decisions are generally made quickly.,"- Don't expect many pats on the back. Amazon has a highly critical culture where you leave almost every meeting feeling like you could have / should have done better. You will be perpetually pushed to move smarter and faster and dive deeper. You will rarely meet the exceedingly high bar that is set... and if, somehow, you do hit it they will immediately move the bar and tell you to keep trying harder.","- There are many positives about the Amazon culture and strong leadership that have led to amazing business results. However, letting employees know that they are doing a great job and overall employee satisfaction doesn't seem that important to the company. The large percentage of employees feel run down, beat down, and not particularly appreciated (this is the most common topic of conversations among co-workers over lunch and drinks). People do find a high degree of intrinsic value in their work, but as the company gets bigger and roles get narrower in scope Amazon will need to find other means of motivating employees.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23868,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Mixed bag -- good people, good technology, lots to learn, but a challenging culture and poor career trajectory.",You will learn a whole lot about doing technology at scale and you'll have the best tools and processes to support you along the way.,"There's a culture of demanding a whole lot of output and surrounds the path to promotion with a lot of political nonsense. Did your manager change this year? Sorry, can't get a promotion. Is your director of engineering new to the company? Sorry, nobody under him is getting promoted to Senior for the next year and a half.  There's a lot of talk about data driven planning but it all goes out the window when someone says jump. ""Where's the data about where we're jumping?"" ""No time for data! Business opportunity! I said so!""",The company is growing too fast and the culture is being diluted. Do something about it or this isn't going to be the Amazon you believe in very soon.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23869,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2014",Former Employee - Shared Services Accounts Payable Lead,Over worked and under paid.,"The Fishbowls where you can meet celebrities, bus pas, convenience of location.",A lot of managers in the Accounting/Finance department are very hard to work with and many jobs get outsourced. New people coming in all seem to have graduate degrees which is insulting since the jobs are low level.,Treat people like people and not as commodities.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1608.htm
23870,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Packer,Temporary staff at amazon warehouse under integrity staffing solutions.,40 hours at least for up to 4 days,When overtime is mandatory then ure required to show up regardless of ur plans unless ure sick.,Need to make the workplace more deaf friendly environment.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23871,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2014",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Your experience there depends on the quality of your team and its leadership.,"Rapidly-growing company that's willing to try new methods and ideas. They encourage creativity, individuality, and moving to different teams to learn new things. Fun, exciting industry. Stock options and employee discount.","Teams are frequently under-staffed for the workload. Management doesn't listen to employees. Tribal knowledge / lack of documentation are frustrating. ""Do your own thing"" means inconsistent standards.","It isn't still ""day one"" - in some areas it's time to behave like a large, established company.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23872,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 16, 2013",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,"Overall, very positive experience.","Environment is set up to be a self-started experience, and one can learn a lot about the business and technologies used.",Not a great company if you need work/life balance. Some teams are not flexible enough to support that.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23873,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Warehuse Associate,Most dysfunctional operation on the planet,"Work is indoors in a climate controlled environment,not too hot or cold.Wages are above minimum Some benefits Overall, better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick.","Rampant favoritism,Constant misinformation thePETER PRINCIPLE at its finest.Promotion and advancement from within nearly non-existent","How about some consistency in management and not constant focus on production numbers to the detriment of all other considerations, ESPECIALLY SAFETY!!!!!",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23874,amazon,"York, PA"," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Labor,Culture of Disrespect,Pay arrives on time. Parking lot gets cleared of snow pretty well in winter time. They give you windbreaker things when you have to stand outside due to fire alarm in the winter.,"Most ""rules"" are unwritten, are presented differently by each manager, and change a lot. Negative atmosphere. Inadequate training. Dangerous practices: ""team lift"" policy, for example, is a joke ... paper protection for company against lawsuits.","Stop acknowledging how bad you are at communication and do something about it! Don't be scared to write a few things down so people have some idea what's what.  Oh, and how did it come to pass that managers' favorite sport is catching people violating break-times? ... Actually taking pictures from concealed positions in one instance ...  And the company propaganda posted at eye-level above the urinals? Come on! Why aren't those propaganda posters above the toilets in the office restrooms?",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23875,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 27, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great place for entrepreneurs and go-getters.,Ability to have an impact. Big roles.,"Will eat you up if you don't manage your time, just set the right boundaries for yourself.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23876,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazon-So far so good,"Numerous opportunities, growing company. Great place to work if you want experience in various fields. Innovative company, still operates like a startup","Work life balance can be a challenge in some roles and teams, especially during the holiday season. The start up culture demands employees to be hands on.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23877,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Love working here, great people. Fun Job!",Standing all day sucks. People get big headed really quick.,Make me a manager!,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23878,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Exhilarating and on the edge. Crazy schedules and awesome when we meet them.,"Executive focus and engagement in programs is very motivating (and scary for some). No place to hide for under-performers, and super smart and motivated people. Clear accountabilities.","Work-life can take a hit. Very limited training, and public image of company being a sweat shop is de-motivating. Feels like other companies also do amazing things, but somehow people work less there (not sure how).",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23879,amazon,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Mechanical Turk Worker (ID: A167OT77I6TDC9),Worked as ,"Given steady supply of interesting tasks, it is possible to learn a lot and earn a little cash while researching texts to be written for hire for a bonafide, fair taskmaster, or be amused/absorbed/edified by participating in university surveys, typically in cognitive, social, psychological, health, or political science topic area. It is easy to transfer one's accrued cash compensation out of the system to any bank account using an ACH transfer for free, once the account is hooked up and validated with mini deposits (also free).","Staggering Wild West lack of oversight, egregious exploitation, lack of safeguards against unscrupulous taskmasters who first have you perform a task and then refuse to pay the compensation (typical dire scenario: write a 1200-word essay on X, submit it, then have your ""hit"" (human intelligence task) be rejected as lacking quality or falling short (no feedback given) but possibly used for free illicitly by the taskmaster. Compensation is typically menial for the USA but may make economic sense in India or Chile: typically way too too low for the time required to complete the task. Amazon.com is completely unresponsive to complaints, as those are met with idiotic deflections by robotic, out-of-the-country hired help, probably outsourced to India. This is the seedy underbelly of Amazon.com, if we discount its generally inclement, godawful store card customer service as provided by GE Bank for Amazon Store Card. Amazon.com's own customer service for Amazon.com customers is legendary for being speedy, generous, effective and responsive.","Completely redo the Amazon Mechanical Turk system: introduce effective due process for workers/mTurkers as well as the taskmasters, institute some reasonable pay minima that make sense in the USA, better police the marketplace to weed out exploitation/prevent fraud (a typical Amazon Mechanical Turk scam: sell yourself to a car insurance middle man in order to obtain quotes with your (worker's) own personal information, before you might get some menial compensation of a dollar or two for all this trouble and commercial activity on behalf of the insurance companies and the taskmaster, the middle man.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1609.htm
23880,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon internship,lots of good people and interesting experience,there were no cons for working at amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23881,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"good compensation, tough work/life balance in some groups","good compensation (while stock is high), work with extremely smart people. for the most part, management is supportive of doing the right thing for the company, even if it's harder to accomplish","work/life balance in some groups, flat organization with small teams and many individual contributor roles. base salaries are low as much is of compensation is tied to restricted stock units.",need better career development plan,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23882,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,I see amazon as providing many opportunities for career growth,"Many talented engineers, strong infrastructure and good leadership",I have felt cross org collaboration not very smooth,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23883,amazon,"Auburn, WA"," Dec 16, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Specialist,"New fun software, Customers are very diversified, procedures are detailed and work",Hardware for hearing impaired doesn't last,Do more training with veterans back to Viet Era,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23884,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Lots of work, challenging work environment, but interesting work,",Interesting work. Good pay. High profile products.,Very busy. Some difficult co-workers. Office politics. Stack ranking.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23885,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jan 23, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Processor,Passed Over For Promo Opportunity,"There are no pros for this type of employment. There is no future, no retirement, very little chance to advance unless you know someone. But everyone can't know someone!","It is 'who you know' not what you know. They will walk you and work you to death, kick you out of the way and start with 'fresh meat' that quick!!!",Good luck with that business strategy!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23886,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Great Company, but, you need to fit into their culture","- Amazing outlook with CEO as a Visionaire - You could be proud of your contribution to the company as Amazon is now the world class - Fast pacing, result oriented, open to communication and startup-alike setups - Depending on where you come from, you can learn a lot from Amazon's unique value and culture, especially if you are starting your career here. Otherwise, you may have some culture shock, but still gain a lot from. - If you can survive, you will be tough enough to survive anywhere else. - Overall, Amazon is the great company to train yourself both technically and mentally, and to be ""part"" of your resume.","- You may find the communication a little harsh as they can easily be critical and negative. So, basically, you need to be mentally strong to survive. Amazon hires a lot, but, many leaves only after just a year of serving or even less. - I heard that if you are in upper management role, you feel very valued by the company, but, if you are on the other end, you would feel like being a someone who can easily be replaced. Amazon hires a lot and let go a lot. If you aren't let go, then, will experience the flood of workload to keep your job in tact. - Benefits are in low end compared to even much smaller companies. - If you are SDET unless you are lucky enough there aren't much career outlook as Amazon doesn't have QA practice in many departments.","Amazon is not anymore of smaller company. You need to start value the employee more, so that the top notch engineers stay longer",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23887,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Dec 19, 2013",Current Employee - Outbound Picker,Good seasonal job,One of the higher paying picking jobs in The Reno Area. Overtime around christmas,No cons really fair pay for what the work is.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23888,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon has great potential, but over works its leaders.",Great Salary and good benefits,No work and family life balance.,Stick by your principles.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23889,amazon,"New York, NY"," Dec 12, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazon Puts Employees Last,"The pros are what others have already said. Working for this world class brand that is changing the face of retail is exciting (in theory). There is a lot going on in Seattle and to some extent in satellite offices like New York. The environment can be exciting in the sense that we're creating game changing products and services.  You will also learn more here in a very short amount of time than most anywhere else due to the emphasis on testing, analyzing and improving your work. I am basically going to squeeze out as much learning as possible and then parlay this into a better job shortly. I wouldn't be surprised if a majority of employees feel the same way.","Employees simply do no come first in this organization. Employees are way down on the priority list. Thus, there is little attention paid to building a healthy culture, feeling like a 'team', recognizing great work through bonuses and raises, etc. There are absolutely no perks to speak of either which I can appreciate due to the money losing business moves we deliberately make to poise Amazon for world domination in the future. However, the lack of resources and basic things to do your job are painful and just plain bad business. Lack of HR support, tech support, etc. is utterly painful and results in a waste of employee time trying to do basic things. This is especially pronounced in non HQ offices which are sadly under resourced in every way.  Internal systems are some of the most hacked together, pathetic systems I have seen in my life. And I have worked for traditional blue chip companies that do not know their ass from their elbows, for lack of a better phrase! Amazon is on the cutting edge in every customer facing thing it does but when it comes to internal systems, everything is arcane, painful to use, poorly built and just plain pathetic.  Amazon hires smart people but not well rounded people. I find the culture to be impacted negatively by the weird, humorless, dry, and oddly aggressive people that flourish here. Communications are shockingly terse and rude. Things just need to get done, you can spare any pleasantries if you know what is good for you. I guess that's the Amazon way? Very few people will want to tolerate this long term, as evidenced by heavy and frequent turn over.  Finally, leadership at Amazon is probably doing a great job in their bubbles inventing crazy things, but they are severely lacking when it comes to communicating, inspiring and exciting employees. In my time here, I have not once heard from Bezos or for that matter anyone who works for him, in a meaningful way. The CEO is simply non-existent to me. Due to this, I do not feel connected to the company and its mission aside from my direct work.","Pay a lot more attention to employee happiness. You hire smart, capable people who leave on average within two years. That is a problem given the dearth of capable people on this planet. Do more for your employees, build a great culture and cut us some slack on this frugality thing so that we can at least have the appropriate tools to do our jobs! Your frugal (or rather downright cheap) mindset will be your undoing when you have no extraordinary people left to do your bidding.  Install better managers at every level. The people managing teams in this office and from what I hear in Seattle, are often average, mediocre people managers with little to offer their teams. I'm sure they are bright individual contributors, but that does not a manager make. That's a problem.  Work harder to make non Seattle offices feel integrated into Amazon's overall culture and ecosystem. If you can't handle that, don't open satellite offices.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1610.htm
23890,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon is a great company with a unique culture that I'm glad I have been able to experience.,Good pay & Good benefits Respectful treatment and appreciation of employees that is unique compared to other companies in their industry (and really other companies in general),"At Fulfillment Centers the warehouse work is very physically difficult Amazon has high standards for work (rate) that not everyone can meet, even when they are trying","Overall I am very satisfied with the Amazon management, I would suggest that they continue to show lots of appreciation for their employees and continue asking how they can do better.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23891,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former HR Associate,Creative and innovative company. Eventually they'll need to make a profit!,A lot of arrogant employees who drank the kool-aide and really believe they're the best of the best. They're not! Lots of passive/aggressive back stabbing. Hyper critical feedback environment but with no true objective examples. Most is very subjective. Like that's constructive. Managers compete against each other at all levels across the organization therefore they tend to sacrifice their team in order to look good. Not at all motivating to work hard when that tends to permeate the culture.,Make a profit. It's easy to operate and grow when your shareholders only care about stock growth. That won't last forever.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23892,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"If you are not interested in being a drone, don't become a programmer at Amazon","Salaries, stock, and signing bonuses are pretty good. They do wave a lot of stock in front of you in the form of RSUs which vest in like 4 or 5 years. What they don't tell you is that hardly anyone lasts that long.","First of all Amazon is like many different companies rolled into one. What your work life is like depends entirely and absolutely on specifically which group and project you get hired into. You can be in a hell-on-earth type engineering position and be one office away from somebody working their dream job depending on the project you are working on. So take positive as well as negative reviews here of the place with a grain of salt.  That said, this is a negative review.  Generally Amazon is incredibly political with layers of management and various warring factions within the layers. You can easily end up in some project that exists in contested ground leading to a situation in which your contribution will come under undue scrutiny from various actors. The management of the place seems to revel in this kind of culture, they seem to want it to be this way. If you are the typical introverted programmer type who is bad at the social aspect of life, prepare to be somebody's pawn or to be stabbed in the back. You can just ignore the politics but the politics will not ignore you. There are reorgs constantly, one never knows where one stands. One's boss changes frequently. On-call a week out of a month is the norm, sometimes it is the more. You will be expected to work long hours pretty much always.  When I was hired I was told our group would never be put on-call we were after a month. My boss changed after a month to my boss's boss who was literally a sociopath. After a while another programmer in my group managed to engineer basically a coup and got sociopath guy fired but by that time it was too late for me. I was burnt out.  the whole dynamic of software development there is about hiring young people who haven't had a lot of prior job experience and burning them out. I was not young,I had been around the block software job-wise and I thought I could just stick it out for the carrot on the stick but, basically, I couldn't do it. At a certain point I just wanted my life back.","I don't have any ... They know what they are doing, and they run the company well in terms of profits.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23893,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 14, 2013",Former Employee - Packer,Working for amazon,Working for amazon you are always busy the pay is great as well as the people you work with.,The only downside to working at amazon is the crazy long hours I work from 630 pm till 600 am its a lot to get use to.,Some advice take more time to get to know your workers.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23894,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2013",Current Employee - Designer,"Exciting, but exhausting","Great place to learn and grow. Extremely smart people around every corner. I have learned more in the past 1.5 years, than I have in 9 years elsewhere.","Very competitive environment. There is not a lot of collaboration. A lot of teams are doing the same work, but very few ever know because there is not a lot of communication across teams / verticals.","Share, nurture and grow a more collaborative environment.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23895,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2013",Former Employee - Merchant Product Manager,I worked as a category manager in Softlines,Many internal resources to help accomplish goals & drive business.,Saw a lot of people thrown under the bus in meetings with upper management.,The promotion process is archaic and should be more merit based.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23896,amazon,"Richmond, VA"," Dec 12, 2013",Current Employee - Stower,Regular Amazon Employee,"Plenty of hours if you are in need of working hours no question. Lots of moving around, I enjoy moving while I work.",Work / Life ballance. You can't really do anything else if you work here. Working two jobs is almost impossible and making plans in advance to do other things is also almost impossible as they can force mandatory overtime on you at the very last second. I question how some of the supervisor staff got to their position at times. Also have seen unhappy ''problem solvers'' throw things and behave all around ''Ghetto'' at my location.,You're doing alright. Definately provide decent work to those who really need it which is great. I'm not sure if it's possible but giving the workers more flexibility with their shifts would make this place perfect. Overtime hours set in stone and given to us on the fly is annoying for employees who are also working other places. Not that big of a deal for those who use this as their primary work though.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23897,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great organisation...,Very good work environment with loads of fun,Amazon need to value employee feedbacks...,Lower level employees feedback should be considered often seen its just waste of time giving feedback to HR BP,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23898,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Picker,amazon is a great place to work.,get to pick peoples orders on what they buy.,when manitory it should be only half day not full day.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23899,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High expectations, extremely low compensation.","Great company values, customer centric.","Poor environment for employees, too huge ego's leaves no room for advancement. Discriminate personal views run rampant.","Do some better blind investigations into your ""salaried"" staff on a local level in all departments, I think you will be shocked to find out what is really going on in your ""Non-Seattle"" locations.",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1611.htm
23900,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,"Good place to work, can be stressful, sometimes not much on structure, got to invent it yourself.","Good insurance benefits, good stock options. Work hours are flexible, WFH times are possible. Nice pay, extremely intelligent people to work around. Company paid happy hour every two weeks (Yes with EToH). If you make a mistake, own up to it and correct it without penalties to your career.","You write it, you support it (On call to fix it too). Small teams = lots of on call time. Just getting the System Engineer support model in place to take the on call for the developers.","Listen to your employees, loosen up the purse strings on occasion.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23901,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Stock and growth of the company,Work life balance is poor,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23902,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, learn a lot, some very interesting projects, some very boring tasks, big egos, politics, lack of recognition.","I have been a software developer at a subsidiary of Amazon for over 4 years. In that time I have done some very, very interesting things which have become successful products and services. I have also learned a lot about the right way to do things. Employees tend to be high quality, but not as high as they think they are.","I have had a lot of problems with arrogance and hypercompetiveness. I felt very marginalized and taken for granted for a while. When I told management recently I had another job offer they finally moved me into a position that better fit my skills, talents and interests. Ultimately, my contributions were appreciated, but I sufferred a lot of indignities in the meantime.","The culture can be toxic. Aggressive, stupid behavior is sometimes tolerated and encouraged. Despite what they say, engineers are often micromanaged and made to feel like children. Many engineers spend as much as half their time on things like operations and testing which would be handled by specialized staff in other companies. It can be a great place to work if you find yourself in a good project with good people, on the other hand, you can be treated poorly and be unappreciated. There is often a loss of the big picture in the effort to get the details right.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23903,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Web Services,Great people to work with. Very smart and dedicated workforce. Management trusts their people and give them a lot of authority.,Poor work/life balance. They are growing so rapidly and finding qualified hires is difficult so many teams are short handed so the hours for the current employees can be crazy.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23904,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Dec 29, 2013",Former Employee - Associate,Tiring,"It seemed easy to get the job. The work, while physically demanding, wasn't difficult once I got in shape.",50 hour weeks were more common than 40s. Certain managers held particularly demeaning attitudes.,"There was a change in management while I was there, and it seemed to be an improvement.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23905,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2014",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist,Work until you DROP.,"Good pay, lots of overtime if you need it.","No work life balance, management was a nightmare, minimal room for advancement, and hourly productivity monitoring.",Treat your employees like people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23906,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2013",Former Employee - Talent Manager,Great company to work for.,Innovative and collaborative...great workplace. Always cutting edge work and forward thinkers.,"Can wear many hats in this organization, however that is why Amz is growing.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23907,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 25, 2013",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Analyst Intern,"Good pay, great learning experience","Long hours, multiple assignments at the same time",N/A,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23908,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding.","Ownership, pace of learning, supportive yet tough environment. Long term career opportunities and movement within the company--once you've put your time in.","Expect to consistently work outside of ""regular"" hours with the ironic expectation to not go overtime (if hourly), but to stay extremely busy as well. Work/life balance depends on your manager, this is a results-driven company where your performance is almost solely evaluated on analytics.",Find new ways to motivate employees that includes some appreciation and positive reward.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23909,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Exciting company, growing with a bright future, but varies dramatically between groups","Amazon's customer focus is the most genuine I've worked with to date, not like other companies who put some fancy words on the wall then do everything they can to ignore them.  Compensation is decent, especially singing bonuses which are huge. Relocation expenses are generous especially for expat hires. Share plan is pretty decent, if weighted toward later years.  Teams are very small - usually around 10-20 people - so relatively agile groups working on thousands of different things all at the same time so there's always something new and exciting being announced. Coordination between teams is mostly achieved though management which leaves the engineers on the ground free to execute.  Amazon is really ideal for interns, junior and mid-level developers - it's a great place to cut your teeth on big problems, get a lot of responsibility very quickly and rack up those crucial years of experience for your CV with a company that looks great  Amazon itself is clearly still on the way up. For a company that makes no money, it's growing super fast, doubling it's full time staff every couple of years, taking on more and more projects, breaking into new markets and technologies. If there's a peak Amazon is still a way from reaching it and the stock price reflects this  The head office is dog friendly - you can take your dog to work with you which is pretty cool","You'll notice reading reviews here are very mixed, and the reason for this are those aforementioned small teams. While this creates agility, is also creates huge disparity. The manager pretty much controls everything, so score a bad, ineffective or incompetent one and you're life just became hell. Some teams have insane on-call demands, others crazy work hours and deliverable pressure, some dysfunctional processes and decision making, and yet two floors away there'll be a cluster of 100's with great work life balance, competent management and great processes. It really is hit and miss, and if you'e unlucky you're stuck for the next 12 months.  Management in general is also hit and miss. The general shortage in the sector has meant especially in Seattle a flood of ex-Microsoft jumping ship, bringing with them a mentality which is as alien to Amazon's original culture as you can get which is starting to show. Decision making is increasingly pushed up the chain by deadlocked committees that have way too many people present, project launches pushed back, QA blindly executing thousands of test cases which no one has any serious faith in but yet will still block releases, etc.  There is an element of shortest-path mentality to the customer focus (frugality after all is a core value). This isn't Apple - rarely is the ""best possible experience"" a factor in decision making, rather push it into production as quickly as possible and worry about coming back to fix it later, knowing full well that actually never happens. The experience is patchy - some areas of the software will be amazingly tuned while others barely function. Some teams won't do anything without data and an A|B test to back it up, where's others will agonize for months over the right color background for the top-right corner in meetings that drag on for hours way overloaded with senior management.  Benefits are pretty minimal. Sure there's great insurance, commuter benefits, etc. but food is minimal, catering is non-existent, free drinks or entertainment a rarity and leave entitlements stingy. The technology they give you to work with is a joke when 32Gb of RAM costs like $100 these days and laptops come with 4Gb and weigh a tonne. Watch out - your 401k dollar matching is in Amazon stock that won't vest for 3 years, your RSU is heavily weighted to your 3-4 years and most employees don't make it past 2. Pay rises are small and grudging, and bonuses pretty much non-existent. Leave entitlements are really stingy.  Most mobility is lateral - individuals moving between teams - as getting promoted is really difficult, even from SDE I to II. Most senior positions that open up are filled from the market, and career mentoring is pretty much non-existent. Promotions are done by committees with managers fighting each other for a small number of slots, regardless of the merit of each individual, and ""bar raisers"" who will actively oppose anyone not performing above a bell curve that is disproportionately out of sync with the reality of the actual talent pool. For senior engineers don't expect to move up the ladder past your initial hire level anytime soon.","Perks are overrated, but if the bulk of your employees are young and relatively inexperienced these make a big difference to them especially outside of Seattle and makes it easy for other companies to attract and retain them. For senior staff the compensation and benefits are really starting to look stingy, and the lack of career mentoring and growth is just driving these guys away. Even if the junior staff are replaceable, you lose a couple of key senior roles and the whole team becomes crippled.  Amazon is now a huge company and its getting bigger every single day. Give up the fantasy that small agile teams can do whatever they need to get stuff across the line, because there are now 1000's of engineers working on some deliverables and the 2 interns who got assigned the task of building the foundation toolkit that everyone else now has to use just doesn't cut it. Processes and management need to adapt and either radically stem the tide of upward decision making or accept reality and own that process for what it is.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1612.htm
23910,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 1, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Who knew that working toward impossible goals with shoestring budgets could be so rewarding?,Everyone is inventing all the time so there isn't a chance for the job to get dull or mundane.  I work with amazingly bright and supportive people so there is always someone around to teach me what I don't know.,The constant change makes it difficult to predict how long it will take things to get done and that creates tremendous levels of stress.  There is never time to take a breath.,Listen,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23911,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2013",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,Moving at the speed of innovation.,AWS fosters innovation. Engineers from many teams collaborate to get things done and iterate on improving the ecosystem as a whole. It's truly an amazing process to behold.  - Always innovating. - Some of the best engineers in the world at your fingertips. - Learning never stops. - Diving deeper as time goes on. - Flexible with working from home (team dependent). - Fun environment.,"- Can be incredibly stressful. - Workloads tend to be high and backlogs pile up quickly. - Incredibly high bar to get in the door, which makes team growth slow. - Very little learning time allocated to employees, and work tends to cut into personal time.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23912,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Executive / Sales Representative for Inside Sales,"The people are all really smart, driven, and hard working. Awesome company overall that has changed the consumer world for the better.","Very, very frugal. The upper management seems to be very male dominated. Hyper-competitive environment, great for Type - A personalities.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23913,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 22, 2013",Former Employee - Packer/Ambassador,Packer/ ambassador,great company good benefits. stock options.,this company cannot accommodate disability,you need to be more flexible with an employees disability,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23914,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2013",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,"Fast, Smart, Data-Driven. Awesome environment for hard drivers","People - all smart, focused and data driven. Mission - shared vision, play for the long term, make big bets, make choices, own them Values - Creates incredible workforce with broad reaching influence  In general, this is one of the few companies with the will and footprint capable of disrupting most industries it chooses. The ruthless focus on the end consumer allows for clear thinking and brutal feature cuts.","Expect to be on your email from 9-Midnight - while not a 'requirement', the turn around time on expected questions from mgmt is consistent with all-the-time access.  Willing to burn bridges with nearly any industry or partner in the name of better customer. This may not be a 'con' per se, but if you're in the partnership side of the business, know your personal brand may be affected.",Don't change a thing. I'm still a shareholder and will continue to be one.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23915,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2013",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Know your leadership principles and manage your boundaries well.,"Brilliant people. Exciting and challenging things to work on. Many small, iterative, collaborative, and innovative teams with the ownership to deliver results. Look for teams with brilliant business people at the helm that embody all of Amazon's Leadership Principles.","It is way too easy to commit too much time, energy, and your very essence to this place of many wonders. Once you start working 50, 60, 70+ hours a week it becomes nigh impossible to dial it back. There are few paths to leadership for UX professionals. Just as there are many small teams of brilliance and success, there are many other teams full of chaos and dysfunction.",Find better ways to shepherd a new era of brilliant minds in to leadership.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23916,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2013",Former Employee - Product Management,Terrible work/life balance,"Customer focused, innovative, fast paced","Bureaucracy, reporting tools, terrible work/life balance",Take action on the feedback you receive from employees.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23917,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 29, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Demanding but surrounded by fellow employees with a focused mission - CX,"Pays well, not many (or any) internal rivalries (some competing objectives but not many), intelligent people with professional interactions and fun place.",the demands and expectations are very broad and becoming unrealistic for a single individual to possess all the skills required to be successful.,"Ensure there are career paths - if you do not begin looking to promote within IC to people manager, people manager to director, employees with this aspirations will become disenchanted and leave.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23918,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to learn, not so for career growth or the benefits.",Heaps to learn. Great infrastructure. Smart people,No benefits. Career growth severely stunted.,Need to encourage more internal projects.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23919,amazon,none," Dec 19, 2013",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Work hard. Make history. Still waiting for the fun...,-Intelligent counterparts and colleagues. -Great stock and investment opportunities. -Internal and lateral transfers galore!,-Complete lack of anything resembling mentorship. -Leadership only embraces company philosophies when its convenient to the point of hypocrisy. -It's a complete grind every day to perform better than the last.,Invest time and development into your employees!,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1613.htm
23920,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Overall great experience, worked with great people that I could learn from","Great people, interesting problems, great company to be a part of, great company values and leadership principles, good culture, focus on engineers","Oncall can suck depending on the team, general team culture and work practices can vary largely throughout the company","Keep doing what you're doing overall, but make sure that you pay attention to what's going on at the level of individual teams",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23921,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship in the Auth team,Internship projects that make an impact and go into production,Work at some teams may be boring,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23922,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Nov 26, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon knows their process very well,Breadth of experience at an entry level. Opportunities to be cross trained in different departments. The lexington returns FC is a very unique place with lots of opportunities to experience various departments and get to know their process. I was impressed how often Amazon looks to improve its process and find ways to get money back to their customers as quickly as they can.,"Not many opportunities to move up the ladder from the warehouse associate level. Even though I was able to be cross trained in 4 different departments my attempts to apply for different positions never reached fruition. I was also surprise how many warehouse associates had advanced degrees, me included. You could imagine as an employer you would want to put those skills to use in your business, but in my experience that was not the case. The better route to get into a management position would have been to leave and apply for those positions from outside of the company.",Look for opportunities to find future leaders within the talent pool at the bottom level. Also give more opportunities for advancement,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23923,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2013","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Operations",Stressful but a lot of fun!,A place you can always find new challenges and a lot of fun,Could be a bit hard to new birds to adapt the culture,Does this company really understand the local customers before she call herself customer-centric in other marketplaces?,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23924,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Pay, the work environment, leadership","Long hours, life balance, promotions",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23925,amazon,"Glendale, AZ"," Dec 1, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,GOOD,Good pay and benefits for all,Lots of work and engaging.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23926,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very physically demanding.,"Good pay, consistent schedule, plenty of opportunity for overtime.","Lot of favoritism, hard to advance.",Listen to associates more.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23927,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer I,A nonstop learning party!,"-The people are bright but rarely arrogant. -Decisions are made based on the merit of ideas (and supporting data), not who makes them. -The work has substance and I can see the impact of what I do. -The day goes by quickly, I am never counting hours. -Though they can be a bit secretive, upper management has a vision and seem to know what they are doing. They do their best to share what employees need to know. -Leadership principles are valuable and have a guiding presence day-to-day. -Management has genuine interest in their employees' career development. There are a lot of great resources to help you develop and advance. -I learn a new skill or gain new insight every day. Amazonians ride a river of information! -Criticism is welcomed, and heated debates fuel good relationships. -Stock options and benefits are excellent. -The Amazon name is respected -- it definitely opens doors. -People bring their dogs to work. -Amazon brings artists and authors to give performances and talks during lunch breaks. -Seattle is great! Who can't get enough rain, coffee, hiking, grunge, and breweries?","-Most everyone I've met here is good-natured, but not always outgoing in the workplace. It can take some initiative to meet others and expand your network. -Each team is highly autonomous, which is good overall, but has its drawbacks. Experiences vary a lot at Amazon, so what I describe could be different from what you come to find. The good news is that everyone has the option to move around the company. -As mentioned above, upper management can be mysterious at times. I appreciate that they acknowledge the opacity of some topics, but it could be an issue if you need total transparency. -Amazon can be very demanding. This, of course, comes with the territory of interesting work and continuous learning. As they say, ""no pain, no gain."" If you are not willing or able to invest more than the 40 hour week, this might not be the place for you. That being said, I have never felt burnt out, just properly challenged. -Although it seems to do good for my waistline, there aren't as many gimmes (free food, swag, etc.) as you would get at other big tech companies. This is in line with the leadership principle of frugality. The workplace is comfortable enough, so I'm not complaining. -Free daycare is not provided. If you have kids, this is a more legitimate con than missing out on free candy bars or Amazon-branded chapstick. -Amazon is a mammoth of a company in size. I don't find the work menial as a result, but as you might imagine, it's not as personal as a smaller company would be.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23928,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It is fast pacing and dynamic,"Intense work life, definitely learnt a lot of stuff. Great location, great people around. Very easy to talk to senior engineer","bad work life balance. Some teams has very bad on call policy, might need to go to office at 3:00 am.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23929,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2013",Former Employee - Editor,"Good for your career, less so if you're a mom","Smartest people, best in process, excited about the work, definite growth in job skills and functions that make you very marketable elsewhere.","If you enjoy your job, tough -- you're expected to move up or over to another team/role after 2 years or you don't look ""successful"". At least until you move to a level 6, then there's more flexibility. Not a good place for working moms. Inflexible on work arrangements (telecommuting etc)","Stop churning through talent like water through a sieve, show that you care about your employees so they will work harder for you and stay longer than 2 years.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1614.htm
23930,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2013",Current Employee - Recruiter,You can make a big difference!,"Although Amazon can be stressful, you can make a big impact here. Amazon is growing and as a recruiter you are at the center of the growth. You set your strategy and execute with support from the business. They have been understaffed for a while and are always very gracious when you do your job.  Jeff Bezos is a genius, and you feel lucky to work at Amazon at this stage in the company's life cycle. At first I did not notice it, but after working here for a while I realized I had become a much better recruiter.  Amazon does the right thing when it comes to candidates and the hiring process. It feels nice to know that 100% of the time they will do the right thing.","The workload is high, you need to learn to prioritize and work smart vs. hard. As with any organization that is growing there are bumps in the road.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23931,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Software engineer -- learning lots of things at the early stage of your career, while lacking real senior engineers",broad Java technical stack high volume hard problems decent payment,high work load lacking real senior engineers not enough time for development,nothing,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23932,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Programmer Analyst,You can meet some Industry Smart people and be prepared for the slog to clear the interview,Benefits could be better and I don't see any major cons with this company,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23933,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Nov 30, 2013","Current Employee - Returns Processor, Tote Wrangler, Gatekeeper",A good cross training job.,A big corporation with benefits and good bonuses.,"Personal, thank you very much.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23934,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2013",Former Employee - Human Resources Specialist,Amazon Sells A Lot of Stuff,Pays well for the type of work. Good jobs for those with college degrees looking to gain HR experience. Management working on scalable plan for growth.,Rapid growth creates opportunities for high volume everything and to fix a lot of broken stuff. Must have patient spouse. Ideal for individuals without children.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23935,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Dec 26, 2013",Current Employee - FC Associate,"Hard work physically, low pay. Working hard is one thing, they're slave drivers.",Full time position and you do get benefits (although not good ones).,"Very high rates to meet (I work in sort, but have picked, tote wrangled and packed), low pay (started at 11/hr), very physical, favoritism, mandatory overtime often announced at the last minute.  Very hot and dusty environment. Allowed 30 mins. for lunch and two 15 min. breaks for a 10 hr. shift, but that means simply away from your station and or scanning. It takes several minutes to get to the break room and to get back to floor, so it's really a 20ish minute lunch and 10 minute (at best) breaks. If you go to the bathroom during work hours you are ""off task"" and can get in trouble and the few minutes going to the restroom greatly impacts your rate. Your rate drops every second you are not slaving away.  Amazon claims the customer is the most important thing, but its seems rates are. I do make rate regularly, mostly well over 100%, but it's very difficult, PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTING. Such high rates, 10 hrs a day, 4 to 6 days a week on a concrete floor are physically very demanding and not very safe.  Quite a few people cut corners, the cherry pick and pass harder work to others and management doesn't do anything about it. Quality is overlooked for the sake of speed. Customers will get damaged goods or the wrong product, but they'd rather get the item out than ensure that it's in good condition and or the right item. I've seen many damaged items get passed down to the next step and the next, because it would take time to fix the problem. A lot of people just pass it down, instead of dealing with it. Or they damage it themselves in their haste and pass it on. The lazy ones who pass the buck and the cherry pickers make work much harder, and negatively impact the rates, for us with a good work ethic and who care about the customer.  No real opportunities to move up from warehouse associate. Can't move to another department, even if you're cross-trained without applying and interviewing as if you were a brand new associate. There are no such things as promotions at Amazon. Raises are a joke, 25 cents every six months, and not merit based.  Favoritism - some employees, who are friends of supervisors, or PAs at Amazon, are allowed to get away with hardly working and talking for a good part of the day and are given tasks that are easy and tasks that others would like to do (water spider for example), but they slack most of the time.  I truly dread and hate going to work.","Do not allow a hostile work environment to be created towards others by your personal friends (associates yelling and cursing at others even), treat everyone equally, how you'd like to be treated.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23936,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked at Amazon.,Good to have in your resume.,"Too hectic. No proper mentoring. Unpersonalized interactions, not a good place for a studen after college to work in. You should work in a start up to gain more knowledge and be mentored.","Improve mentoring, reduce hectic life, teach work life balance to the youngsters, don't treat them like use-throw material.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23937,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,@Amazon,There are large scale computer science problems to solve and lots of intelligent people to solve them with.,The ship it now and fix it later culture doesn't help the on call burden.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23938,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great company but thankless..,"Learning, Data analysis and Brand","Very less gratitude for your job, minimal promotion opportunities, low base salaries.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23939,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Heavy work load,"Responsibility is shared out and taken seriously, as a customer service agent you are empowered to take care of the customer","Long work hours are the norm, be prepared to separate your personal self from the customer's perception of you as verbal abuse does occur but is not common.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1615.htm
23940,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You work with best engineers,+Strong core values +Innovation + Strong leadership team +Transparent management + Right focus,Overall Amazon.com is really awesome company. Frugality is the only con I can think of.,You are awesome. Keep doing it in the same way!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23941,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fast growing company,"customer centric, fast growing, agile","ops load high, old technology",give more resource to build better software,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23942,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome work environment,- True agile development - Great option as a first company. Work with some of smartest people you can find. - No team hierarchy. Everyone is heard and their opinions are valued.,- Expectation to deliver in a small time frame leading to hacky solutions rather than long term maintainable solutions.,Listen to the developers. They may not know about the monetizing part but they know what the customers want.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23943,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity to stretch,Lots of big challenges and smart people. It is fun and interesting to work on projects at Amazon scale. Working for a company where creating the best customer experience is paramount is great. The peers are high quality and the opportunity for self improvement is high.,Long hours and no work-life balance. Heavy competition and pressure to perform. Problems are sometimes masked and usually process is layered over root causes causing more stress. It's hard to get things done and that leads to varying levels of job satisfaction.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23944,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2013",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,"Great opportunities, terrible work life balance","Smart people, lots of exciting job opportunities, growing business, gain a lot of experience in a short period of time","Frugal environment where you feel more like a slave than an employee, everyone is constantly stressed out",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23945,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Very challenged and indenpendent,Very aggressive and ownership oriendted,No community activity at all,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23946,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,I love the start-up atmosphere in this Fortune 500 company.,"While the Amazon mentality is con for others, it's a huge pro for me. My job is loosely defined and I received no formal training upon arrival. I love that. I had to be self-directed, find my own resources and create a niche in my team. My job can be what I make of it. I define my goals, propose projects, suggest changes to existing projects and choose to meet or exceed expectations. Helicopter bosses are not encouraged but I, as an individual contributor, have to do my part to prove that I can work autonomously. On a daily basis I have to find the data to prove my points before blindly making assumptions, write narratives to support my projects and define (and redefine) my goals. Speaking up with constructive solutions is consistently encouraged. The famous ""?"" email from Bezos, while intimidating, reminds us that everything is open for questioning and smart inquisition is encouraged. Amazon is the only company I've worked for that loudly and proudly displays its leadership competencies. In fact, almost everything I do can roll up into a particular leadership competency. Usually our actions are justified and rewarded in accordance with these core values. Finally, I love that we're encouraged to change positions every 18-24 months (lateral move or otherwise) so no one gets stuck in a single-minded rut. I had the fortune of being asked to move to a better role after just 6 months (a rare exception).","Be prepared to work very hard. This isn't a con per se, but you should be mindful of that fact. I have worked 80 hours per week during heavy times and never less than 55 on any week. No one tells me to work this much, you have to figure out how much time it will take you to achieve your goals and do it. Also, don't expect ""perks"". Again, this isn't a huge con for me. I feel like people who go to work for ""perks"" aren't sincere. If you need rewards or praise for your work, you may not find it here. Finally, the autonomous mentality means that no one on your team is ever obligated to help you unless their manager tells them to. Help is hard to come by more than once so ask for favors wisely. Compensation is ""meh"" but opportunities are great. Also, if you stay long enough for all of your stocks to vest (like, minimum of five years), you'll have a nice little package of money eventually.","I actually like our upper management. I sit a few feet from two VPs and they're very friendly to me. I wish that I knew more of their honest opinion about my work though. Their opinions tend to get filtered through my director, who dilutes the message. If there are concerns about my work, I always want it brought to my immediate attention but I don't always receive that because my director seems to be ""protecting"" me somehow.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23947,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,growth & stress,"fast growth, lots of opportunities, competitive compensation","stress, chaos, lots of work, no work life balance",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23948,amazon,"New York, NY"," Nov 25, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources,Innovative company,"Good Pay, People are hungry for innovation and solid opportunities for growth",I actually do not see any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23949,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 29, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Don't plan to stay for the long term,- good experience in managing complex projects and having a lot of responsibility - people - exciting growth,"- very difficult to develop career. company would rather hire externally than promote within - new hires are typically compensated more than tenured employees for the same job - company moves too quickly at times, considers all problems fire drills. only have time to put out the fire rather than solve the core root cause. - continued lowering of benefits and perks",give your tenured employees the same opportunities as new hires.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1616.htm
23950,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,"Hectic, challenging but high learning curve",High learning curve with good people to work with,"oncall , hectic work and weekend work",micro management is not good,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23951,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work hard but do solid work for a great comp,"compensation is great especially with stock going up quality of work is good, high impact projects","work hours are relatively long, during peak time can easily work weekends",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23952,amazon,"Hyder, AK"," Nov 16, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,- Very good exposure to cloud based development and architechtures. - Good place to learn how to deal with high volume systems - A very challenging and intelligent peer group - Lots of learning oppertunities - A clear career plan,- A bit thrifty company. Its their culture.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23953,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intense but amazing,"surrounded by incredible, intelligent, hard working people, constantly growing, tons of opportunity, great location, learn more here than anywhere else - if you can survive here, you can work anywhere!","constant stress, hyper fast-paced, constant org changes, space issues, very basic benefits, little to no perks",keep doing what you're doing - it works!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23954,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great leaders and honest culture,"The core values of Ownership, Integrity, Bias for Action, Frugality etc., are all things that I personally approve of and have known to work best for me. The culture of the company fits me very well. In my 7 years, I have not worked on anything that was not of any use to anyone. Essentially, no work/time of mine was spent for nothing. Managers and senior managers are invariably always demanding, challenging and make you do more than what you would have done if left alone. To slightly lazy people like me, that is really helpful. People above my level are invariably role-models. They have amazing process, excellent communication and influencing skills. Very structured thought-process and always focused on the customers.","For the work one does here, the money one gets is very low.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23955,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer,"Good work culture, team, opportunity to work with best people in the industry",Too much work pressure. Micromanagement. Work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23956,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Open culture, no job stress",Bias among top level management,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23957,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,The fulfillment of the dreams of a madman,"Challenge and career opportunity. If you need a harder challenge, they will give you one. The company moves fast and is very innovative. They know what it means to be creative. There is always room for people to learn and grow. Amazon is a career accelerator. It is a trial by fire, but you will come away being a far better employable individual than you were before you set foot in the door.  Management is generally pretty good -- on an individual level at least.  The company is also insane as a whole. They make very strange trade-offs, which somehow end up working out for them (as noted with the market valuation of the company).  The people you work with are competent. Amazon has a very high interview bar, and it shows. You can trust that the person you're working with will do their job to the best of their ability, and they will challenge you in return. You gotta make sure you're up-to-date and on your toes, because anything that might be incorrect that you say or do will get challenged and brought to light.","Amazon.com, LLC treats its employees probably the worst of any ""top-tier"" tech company. The number of truly useful benefits they have is small. Their claim that the cash you're making makes up for the lack of benefits is incorrect -- other companies are now paying more with better benefits.  You feel like the company doesn't care about you or your job. The attrition rate is so high that most teams lose about 50% of their talent every 2 years, so there's a lot of technical debt, and you risk finding yourself on a team whose only job is to clean up legacy code that nobody has touched since 2005 -- you don't get promoted that way, but someone has to do it.  The company wants to put all its engineers on-call. If you're not on-call, you're working to become on-call. There is little-to-no ops layer, such that they restrict when you can take vacation during the Christmas holiday. They will page you whenever they decide they need you, including if you're on vacation.  The likelihood that you'll get fed up with the company and decide to rage-quit after ~2 years is very high, don't plan on being at the company longer than that.  If you're a pregnant mother or expect to become a mother -- forget it, don't even consider this company. They demand too much of your time, and they will make you feel like you have to choose between your job and your baby.  Check the list of ""top tech companies to work for"" anytime from the beginning of time until now, you'll find that Amazon is rarely if never on that list, and there is a reason for it.","There is a lot in the Amazon ""corporate DNA"" that needs to go. 'Nix the door desks, make parking free -- you own the buildings. Re-evaluate the way you treat your employees and do something to stem the tide of horrid attrition that is causing you to burn out bright stars and causing your technical debt to jump through the roof. By making a few simple investments in your employees and their quality of life, by showing them you actually care by your actions instead of your words -- you'll turn Amazon.com, LLC into a force more fearsome than Google or anything that has been seen before. If you don't, know that Amazon will eventually pay for its sins in the realm of public opinion, it is only a matter of time.",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23958,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2013",Former Employee - Programmer/Analyst,awesome,the best place to learn something new,sometimes work pressures might be there,help your juniors as much as possible you can,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23959,amazon,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Avoid this place!,"Great CEO, great retail side of the business","Forced stack ranking, hostile environment, no work/life balance, cut throat backstabbing culture, no engineering bonuses, low salaries, terrible hardware engineering leadership, impossible to get promoted",Need to do more to develop employees and get them promoted versus always hiring senior people externally. Need to develop and engineering bonus for project completion to be competitive with silicon valley. Need to approve business travel for engineers who are constantly traveling to China and giving up time with their families. Need to hire more employees to improve work/life balance.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1617.htm
23960,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2013",Current Employee - Intern,Awesome Place to Work,"Great culture, amazing coworkers, and rewarding work experiences. It was the best job I had so far in my career. The best part is the responsibility they give you to impact the business as it is very hands on and a great learning experience.","Can be stressful at times. This is due to the ambiguous processes and fast paced atmosphere. Sometimes, it can seem like there are too many people that are too busy for you too and wont help.",N/A,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23961,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Dec 12, 2013",Former Employee - Picker,"Highly physical, impossible standards, unsafe, treated like a criminal.",The pay was competitive compared to other warehouses and minimum wage jobs in the area. A good place to work during the holidays if you just want extra cash.,"Physically demanding - If you are a picker, you are a told you will walk between 12-15 miles a day. I believe it is much more than that. I would say it is more like 20+.  Rates - Every picker is responsible for ""making rate"" before their shift ends. This means that you have to pick so many items an hour. This can be easy to obtain if you have a good pick path. If you have a difficult pick path, it can be hard to obtain. Management does understand that.  Time off task - Time off task is any time spent not working. As a picker, you have a scanner that monitors everything you do. If you are logged in and have not been scanning any items for an extended period of time, that is considered time off task. Time off task can happen for any reason. It can happen because you are moving from one pick area to the next, you are trying to find totes and carts, waiting on a problem solver, needing to go to the bathroom, etc. Again, management does not take these explanations into account when they ask you about why you have time off task.  Breaks - The breaks are too short for the type of work you are doing. There are two 15 minute breaks and one 30 minute lunch. The 15 minute breaks are really 10 minutes. A person has to spend their last 5 minutes logging back into their scanner and getting to their work area. That is simply not enough for the type of physical work you are doing. After lunch (and before your shift begins), everyone meets at ""stand up"" to hear announcements, safety tips, and perform stretches. The stretches are not enough and are very outdated. They don't help much and sometimes the announcements can be repetitive.  Management - They only care about numbers.  Safety - Management puts a lot of stress on safety, but it doesn't really mean anything. If safety was important, we would be allowed to have more time to rest. The hours would also be shorter. Before you reach the end of your 10 hour shift, you will be tired and your level of awareness will decrease. Add that to the fact that you will be working 6 days a week with only one day off. Everyone is stressed out and tempers flare. If safety was important, Amazon would do what is necessary to make sure their employees stay alert and healthy while on the job.  Security - You have to go through security checks at least 3 times a day. You have to take off everything that might make the metal detector go off and put it in a small plastic box. If you make the metal detector go off, you are sent to another guard who will then do another check. Notice that you do not have to go through a metal detector to go in. It is only to leave. Amazon is afraid that you are stealing merchandise. They are not worried about the fact that a stressed employee might bring a weapon to work someday. Think about that for a second. I don't think a criminal would wake up at 5 am to be at work by 7 am to steal an iPad. Just sayin'.  Overall, this job is for people that don't think. When you think you have done well, it is not well enough. They keep putting pressure on you to see if you are willing to injure yourself just to meet their impossible goals.",Stop being obsessed with numbers and listen to your employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23962,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is great on focusing on right things,Teams focus on real customer problems. Amazon allows engineers to do the right thing by focusing on the customer problems. Teams can work independently without many dependencies across the company.,"Sometimes it is a lot of work to keep a service running and it can be stressful. Team can however address this itself, so you can't really blame company if you didn't do good work in building your service.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23963,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"excellent city, really good company",for me there is nothing bad,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23964,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good learning experience.,You get to learn lots of technologies very quickly. Very fast release cycles. Fast paced culture.,Individual growth is very limited. It mostly depends on your managers. Very stressful and work-life balance is not good.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23965,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Facilities,"Fun , Fast Paced, Hard Work, make History","Great place to work is you apply yourself, fast paced","Pay is typically on the frugal side for opportunity and skill set. High Demand work, High Volume of work.","OLR Process is terrible, Skills training within the company needs to be better.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23966,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Business Manager,Marketplace account manager,"Amazon can be a great place to work, depending on what area of the company you work in and MOST IMPORTANTLY who you work for. The latter is crucial at Amazon, more so than in most companies.","If you find yourself in a group, or area, of Amazon where upper management isn't focused- GET OUT! It will bite you moving forward. Working hard and achieving great results simply won't matter. You'll discover this too late.",Learn to manage people. It's quite simple really.,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23967,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Good but lot of sacrifices,Lot of learning at any point of time,Less work life balance compared to the salary,none,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23968,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Business Manager,It's Better as a Customer Than as an Employee,"Opportunities are endless in this rapid growth stage, it's a culture that supports rotating through different groups means that one will never be bored.  Leadership principles are clearly understood. This means that despite the large size of the company, it's easy to transfer from one group to the other and understand what it means to be an effective Amazonian.","Decisions (both hiring and day-to-day business) feel robotic. As a result, the overall ""emotional intelligence"" needed to thrive in this place is low, and if you are an emotional person (or someone who thrives on positive feedback), this is not be the place for you.  Because everyone is rated on a curve, there is little to no incentive (beyond a feeling of general satisfaction) to help your peers. As a result, it really is sink or swim. Those who do not display natural strength early on, are written off as not being smart enough of, or right for the company.  There are a lot of wonderful, hardworking, loyal, and smart individuals who have been weeded out, and in their place are former military, former consultants, MBAs (I'm one of these, so this is simply an objective statement, not a judgment). It's the purely analytical type and those who are willing-to-accept-orders-under-any-circumstance type who will thrive here.","One key leadership principle is missing: ""help each other out""",2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23969,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2013",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,Kindle is a company unto itself.,"The people are intense and intelligent. They like to have fun, and they work hard. Kindle has autonomy to do a lot of things first, so innovation is rampant.","The team you are on makes all the difference. If you are on a team that is not well-managed, you are in trouble.",Fight for the ones that you find valuable. Sometimes that means allowing people to transfer early.,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1618.htm
23970,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Nov 14, 2013",Current Employee - AFE,It's an ok place to work but I do not like having to be at 100% everyday to keep my job,Good pay Can apply for your benefits on the first day of work,Only Amazonians can make up to 14.50/hr False advertisement on tv and radio for integrity,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23971,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Average pay for hard work,A good place to work,Hard labor intensive job tasks,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23972,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2013",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,"Tough, meat grinder of an employer, but great pay and experience","-You will learn a ton -You will have a LOT of responsibility, really gives you a chance to prove yourself -Get to work with brilliant people at a truly history-making company -Great pay",-Incredibly tough environment. On my team (which albeit was slightly unusual being SO new) we all worked like dogs and got absolutely no thanks for it. -You are on your own. There is very rarely any support.,"Hire from within. It never ceases to amaze me that a company with so many brilliant minds rarely ever promotes its own employees. It was very common for people to quit, work elsewhere, then return at a hire position rather than simply receive a promotion.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23973,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad.,good pay and compensation. big company and reputation. People are very nice and friendly and smart.,A little push compared to other bay area companies. Management should be improved.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23974,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love my job,Working in a smaller site everyone knows each other and most have been there for years. The leadership team works hard to maintain the Amazon leadership principle and they're a motivated team. The company has great benefits and opportunities.,As with any workplace communication is often a struggle but they're always working to improve.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23975,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,Workaholic,The only Pros about the job were the Pay and Benefits.,"No life, lack of engagement from senior team. Favoritism and a lot of politics.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23976,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good as can be FC,"Managment listens to employees on any and all suggestions. Managers and HR have an open door all the time. Moral is always up. Monthly bonus, stocks.","Rotation of temps, communication between shifts, standards being changed but not communicated.","Remember that while something looks good on paper, unless your the one in the floor every day doing it, you dont know if it does or does not work and why",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23977,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Used to be better,"Amazon makes cool software. If you time your moves right, there is a fair amount of mobility between teams within the company.","Amazon is switching to High Density seating. HD should be for data, not people. HD seating means developers no longer get their own cubicles, we have to sit in large bullpens that contain a dozen or more people. This is just terrible for both productivity and culture (everybody is too noisy, so productivity takes a major hit, but you also try to be considerate of your neighbors, so socializing takes a hit). They say this problem will go away when the new buildings start coming online later in 2014, but they really need to just rent more space now. At the rate Amazon is growing, those new buildings will fill up with HD seating just as soon as they're built.  On a similar note about Amazon's growth: it feels like we're in a phase of runaway personnel growth. This means we can't hire front-line managers fast enough to keep up with the development team expansion, and the development teams are getting to large for their managers to handle. Also there are a lot of fairly new managers who really don't know what they are doing. This is resulting in lots of developers not getting the help they need to further their careers.  Software testing is one of those areas that comes into political favor, and goes out again in a couple of years. In some departments, this means the QA teams get absorbed into the development teams (and then those people get assigned developer work and pagers). In other departments, this means that the QA team just doesn't get headcount expansion to cover new teams and team expansion. But the QA team is still expected to do some kind of coverage of these expanded and new teams. This means nobody is happy with the QA teams. Developers are frustrated because QA isn't keeping up, and is stalling releases. Development managers are put upon to provide more headcount for QA, or otherwise close the gap. QA is unhappy from being overworked and/or not getting the services covered. QA also doesn't have the bandwidth to do major process improvements that would improve their productivity.","Rent enough space to seat the software developers comfortably. High Density seating is eroding productivity and culture, and will probably result in much higher turnover in the near future.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23978,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Nov 14, 2013",Current Employee - CSA,Get Ready,"The customer truly is #1--as a CSA, I have the authority to do just about whatever I think is right to make our customers happy (which makes ME happy). The dress code is uber casual (yup, you can wear your PJs to work), it's not a homogeneous group of employees, schedule changes are relatively easy, the environment is fun, and everyone is expected to have a sense of ownership in the company. Most employees are friendly and more than happy to help one another out with job performance issues and even a ride to work.","They are incredibly strict about attendance...they've got you timed down to seconds, and it's not flexible. DO NOT run out of unpaid time off (which is slim to begin with). Amazon is also super cheap (or, eh-hem, ""frugal""). Better pay, benefits, and perks would be great. Employees get a 10% discount...up to $100 per year (excluding Prime memberships--which are totally full price).","Offer better perks and more flexibility to employees, even if it's just to compensate for the less than stellar pay rates. Other than that, you're on point!",3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23979,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Nov 12, 2013",Former Employee - Wharehouse Associate,Taxing,Good pay relative to other minimum wage and wharehouse jobs.,Terribly designed quota system. Physically exhausting.,I don't know anyone who stayed longer than 3 months. Your turnover rate is astronomical. I would consider lightening the load on each individual.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1619.htm
23980,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Dec 2, 2013",Former Employee - Outbound Packer,Terrible expectations of employees (we're not robots!!!),"Good pay, enjoyed the exercise, gave senior citizens a chance too work, loved the management in outbound shipping.","Rate standards are absurd, no consideration given to obstacles (wrong box size, dunnage and tape machine constantly going down or being empty, pieces missing or wrong items in tote, add-on time not being recorded from start of problem to problem being solved). Drove nearly 3 hours a day getting back and forth on top of the 10 1/2 hours in the building. Two 15 minute breaks that weren't 15 minutes because it took 5 minutes to walk to and from your station.",Jeff Bezos is out of touch reality...greedy self absorbed egomaniac...,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23981,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Plenty of opportunities for growth and learning if you know how to find them.,"Amazon has a unique culture with unique values of Ownership, Customer Obsessions, Bias for Action, Invent and Simplify, etc. There is plenty of opportunities for learning, trying new things, and growth if you know where to look for them. It is a fast-paced environment that presents new challenges everyday. You are encouraged to dive in, to take ownership, to disagree, to challenge yourself and others. You work with and learn from very bright people from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives that broaden your views daily. You work with different technical problems and challenges at the ""Amazon scale"" which can be unique in the industry. Working here can be a tremendously rewarding experience.","The line between work/life balance needs to be drawn and maintained by yourself and only yourself. You can get much too consumed if you let it. Amazon values independence, you need to be resourceful and active in finding and fighting your way around. Quality of management varies, especially at the middle management level. Career path ahead can be unclear for certain individuals, especially when their managers don't pay attention to them. You need to look after yourself and find resources and opportunities on your own.","People at higher levels are generally up to a standard I appreciate and have the right values and visions. My advice would be: Be more mindful that middle/lower level management may not be as ""up to scratch"". Make sure that their great visions and values don't get lost down the chain. Pay more attention to your employees and motivate them in the right way.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23982,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Sweet Gig,Amazon is always on the front end of technology. Lots of exciting things happening there across many different product lines. It's also easy to move around from team to team and position to position.,The company tends to overwork you! The company also considers 'frugality' a value - which translates into no perks. This is very disappointing and a drag on the culture.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23983,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"SDE - challenging work, high learning curve, knowledgeable helpful teammates","Working with latest technologies. Team mates are smart, knowledgeable and always helpful. Learning a lot everyday. Can practice leadership skills.",Challenging work environment. Work life balance is not that great. On call pressure. Too much operational works. Less time for coding. Frugality is too much.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23984,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Enginer,Top-notch engineering talent and excellent compensation,"Very aggressive, not lifestyle-friendly, very focused on making money, sometimes feels like a Wall Street firm. Not for the long-term unless you can be aggressive day-in and day-out for years and years","Relax a bit, and respect people more",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23985,amazon,"Fort Worth, TX"," Nov 29, 2013",Former Employee - Stower,Miserable,"Though inflexible, management and HR were consistently friendly.","Inflexible management, respiratory irritants (heavy dust, chemical smells), rigid work schedule, short lunch break with no cafeteria options (with rigid sign in sign out requirements and a lot of walking involved - turning a 30 minute break into more like a 15 - 20 minute one), poor communication practices pre-hire (was not given HR contact info until a week before I started and 3 weeks after I've been hired - and then she never answered my emails), long wait after hire to start working (a month), insulting 1984 ""ministry of truth"" style propaganda at every turn (""Have Fun"" is a motto posted on the walls of every room in the place and repeated daily after every team meeting - no one has fun being a machine for 10 hours without a real break to speak of), not given any say in work hours after starting (was not given option to switch to night shift)","A 30 minute lunch break in a 10 hour shift is sad and pathetic. Give employees the option to leave early for a longer lunch if they want. Get a cafeteria or at least offer more healthy vending machines options than the processed crap currently available, assign new hires an HR representative to get in touch with for any questions as soon as the initial interview is scheduled - and retain that person throughout the process. Do something about the dust or provide masks (a coworker I went through orientation only lasted 1 and a half weeks because of reactions to the heavy dust exposure, and I got sick myself). Stop with the propaganda. Give employees some options as far as their shift rather than simply assigning.  On a broader note, stop selling everything regardless of how ethically it was produced or what kinds of harmful chemicals it was made with. You started out selling books, a noble profession indeed - but apparently that wasn't enough and now you've got your hands in everything. I joined because I heard the warehouse I was working in was for small items like books and dvds. I was saddened to find that was only a small percentage of what trafficked through that warehouse and that I had to work with. Most of my day was spent amongst needless and environmentally harmful consumer crap. So on many levels I was disappointed and unhappy with my experience there.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23986,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,People come and go,A perfect place for singles and workaholics.,Passive attitude due to too many works. Engineers are responsible for most of operational works and oncall.,"I don't think even startups treat their people like this. People leave, majority of new hires are graduates. See the long term.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23987,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Awesome company to work at. Very interesting work. Cutting edge on several levels, surrounded by several brilliant people! Also bring your dog to work!","Its a lot of work, be prepared to work. There are also not too many perks, but I am fine with that. I would just say its more about your work than its about anything else.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23988,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Nov 6, 2013",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Great place to work, unless you are a woman.",You will learn a lot in a short amount of time. Amazon offers a school accommodation which allows you to drop below full time to complete your degree.,"Women are treated poorly. An assertive woman gets constant criticism of being ""too confrontational"". An unassertive woman gets nothing. Meetings start and end with fantasy football, a topic in which I find it difficult to feign interest. Work assignments appear to mirror the progress of fantasy football. There is no work/life balance.","I am dissatisfied because of the disparate treatment. I will not even wait until the ink is dry on my Bachelor's before I am out of there! If you want to hire and retain women, send your male manager's to training to learn how to treat us.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23989,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Oct 23, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Distribution Center,"Good employees and work environment, decent management team that could do more at coaching and leadership of employees to improve overall performance if not just limited to number based performance.","Working during peak season, temporary workforce during peak season can cause issues with work stability","Improve overall communication about company and team goals and what it would take all a whole down to each individual to attain it. Talk the talk, and walk the walk.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1620.htm
23990,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,The retention in this company is really low and there are good reasons for that,"1. Smart people, although most of them leaves the company in ~1.5 years from their arrival. 2. Be part of big projects. 3. The compensation is ok.",1. Bad management. 2. On-call rotation in most places. 3. Parking isn't free for employees. 4. Very hard to get promoted. 5. Noisy work environment. 6. Very low retention rates. 7. Poor work-life balance (I remember more than one month that I've worked more than 13 hours a day and on weekends for the entire month). 8. The company isn't enthusiast about applying it employees for a green-card.,Start taking care of your employees.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
23991,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Not a proponent of Telephonic Interview but thats how it starts at Amazon.,Challenging work environment Innovative products Technology leaders,Interview scheduling process Candidate role mapping,Encourage more initial face to face interviews and enhance the role vs candidate qualifications mapping exercise.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
23992,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Have never worked so hard for so little,"Steady work if they give it to you, opportunity to advance if you are lucky enough to be recognized","Unrealistic productivity quotas, lack of breaks, monotony, treatment like cattle",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
23993,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Nov 5, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Was happy at one point...,"Benefits: Health insurance, 401K, stock options My Time Meeting new and different people","in picking: pick paths were iffy...rates were always harped on weekly! breaks were short (i.e. a 15 minute break was really a 10 min. break) too much favoritism if you hit above/beyond rate or are trying to move up w/o kissing up, its hard to get recognized.",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
23994,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Oct 21, 2013",Current Employee - FC Associate,Growth Opportunity,"A lot to learn for someone young like myself, open culture, performance based, Improvement oriented","50th percentile pay, tuition reimbursement is lacking",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
23995,amazon,"Haslet, TX"," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,A lot of stress has been taken off my shoulders with this job.,"-The benefits: All in all, the benefits are definitely fantastic. Holiday pay is awesome. Management is unbelievably down to earth and understanding to any issues that may occur. They are here to help you succeed as they say. I have never came across a job as helpful as Amazon in terms of caring for their employees. They are huge on safety policies and will not let you work in unsafe conditions/environments The opportunities to grow within this company is outstanding!","I have notice some cases of ""favoritism"" between management and employees. The rates can get difficult especially on those bad days. Sometimes, the system will glitch and I would have to really work tough during these glitches to keep my rate up.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
23996,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Prepare to work your butt off,Fun and challenging problems every day. I get to work alongside and learn from some of the smartest people I know. There are so many ways to have a big impact on millions of people. A chance to participate in history.,"Its really challenging to keep a good work life balance here, and that seems to be by design. It's a bit of a chaotic environment and isn't always the easiest place to get things done.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
23997,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2013",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great,Amazon has an amazing culture and intelligent people. My clients are great and I thank them for what they taught me.,"I haven't found any yet. Once I do, I'll be sure to let you know of my findings. I promise you!",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
23998,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Oct 22, 2013",Former Employee - Stowing,Very good job.,Nice people. great pay and great hours.,Was hired by a Temp service job.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
23999,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great Company, Unlimited possibilities, but they work you HARD",Good environment. Good culture. Comp pretty good. Narrative process is good and helps make things transparent. Business is extremely strong. Exciting and lots of upside and opportunity. Exec Mgmt is good team.,"No work life balance. They work you very hard. i have been working 20+ years at major tech companies and this is the most hours i have ever worked - BY FAR. Employees care more about doing a half baked job and doing it themselves, versus working cross team. Two teams will be doing the same thing on same project because they want to take ""ownership"". No teamwork mentality. no free cokes - really??",Focus more on team work and less on individual accomplishment. Also fix the comp system so that you aren't a drone with a specific number.,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1621.htm
24000,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Oct 15, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Loved Amazon! Great pay & benefits!,"I loved working for Amazon they have great pay & benefits. The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly I would gladly work for Amazon again. You defiantly need computer skills and know how to talk to people, but you have plenty of other people around you that are more than willing to help.",The way they change the schedules every few months and how they decide who gets what schedule makes it hard for people with children. The surveys that are needed to be done by customers in order to get good ratings it's not all that fair some people vote no because you were unable to help them the way they wanted due to policy etc.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24001,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Nov 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I will just stick with ordering from them,Many of the people were cool to work with. The work was fairly easy and self explanatory. Probably would have been better if I was a permanent employee.,"There could have been a better flow of communication and organization. Everybody wanted to be a boss, and the ""leaders"" were not competent in their jobs. Also, a little courtesy and respect can go a long way which some people here have not learned.",There's a reason why there is a high turnover. Figure it out and then maybe so much time and money won't be used to train new employees.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24002,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Writer,A good alternative to Microsoft,Downtown Seattle location is very nice Challenging Work Decent compensation,Poor work environment (open floor) EXTREME Cheapness (to the point of not having the tools to do jobs efficiently) Insane security requirements and legal involvement Hard to hire necessary workers,Recognize that some jobs need quality equipment and sufficient resources. Authorize more contract workers,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24003,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,"Moving fast, maybe a little too fast",- great location - company's involved in a lot of different things - lots of spending on R&D,"- many managers - quality is often sacrificed to ""just ship it"" - long hours",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24004,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,"Very dynamic, very competitive company.","Very high level of talent, fast-paced, performance evaluations are based on real data available in real time, still a young company with high growth and lots of opportunity, good pay and benefits","Work-life balance can be a challenge, high turnover at every level, beginning to get less entrepreneurial and more bureaucratic/political",Guard against unnecessary bureaucracy as the company continues to scale,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24005,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - Picker,its worth working for this company.,it keeps you so busy.,just want to get hired for fulltime with amazon.,I don't have any like the management,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24006,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,A behemoth with a decent soul. But still a behemoth.,"Amazon is a top-notch place to work if one is looking for myriad skills and experiences working in the world of e-commerce, not only for personal development but also as a resume builder. Additionally, they do maintain, in my opinion, a very clear and positive focus on creating ""the best possible customer experience"". That's a philosophy I could easily get behind. Also, Amazon encourages employees to move around a lot laterally, which means that if you don't like your role, it's always possible to find something else internally. Also, given the intensity of the work environment, people leave on a regular basis, creating openings for you ladder climbers out there.","This depends largely on one's department, team, and job function, just as at any big company. But as far as I could tell, most employees are overworked, scrambling to keep their heads above water while maintaining high quality (a must to succeed at Amazon). Amazon is proud to be a ""lean"" organization, which means teams have little or no backup should key people go on vacation, become ill, or take some other form of leave. And it also means that everyone has, pretty much at all times, a mountain of work to climb. If you're looking for a job environment with an ebb and flow, Amazon isn't for you.","Splurge a bit on team size to allow employees room to breathe and maintain their focus on quality output--I've seen people sleep in the office during key launches over the course of several weeks. This is never an acceptable environment. And employees should feel comfortable taking their vacations. Instead, I saw lots of anxiety about the work that would not get down because there's insufficient staffing to pick up any of the slack when people are out of office. Re-think the hiring process where ""bar raisers"" from other teams are given the power to veto candidates who may otherwise have been given unanimous support by the team actually trying to do the hiring. This leads to trouble filling crucial roles, at times.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24007,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2013",Current Employee - Process Assistant Level III,"Amazon is set up to be an amazing company, but must only live and breath them at all times.","The company itself is always growing and therefor always room to advance, in theory. If the culture is actually held up like it is supposed to, then nice place to work. The stocks are very nice as well! If the company ran how Bezos dreamt up, I would never leave.",Upper management can be very difficult to work for and lack the understanding of the bottom man because a lot of them are hired from the outside and have never done the job. Depending on where you are at the pay can be lacking sometimes.,"Listen to the lower people, they will make you or break you!",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24008,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Stoer,"Amazon.com is a very busy warehouse, seems kike you don't rest there.",It's good money and not too hard.,you can't take it easy during peak periods.,Be more explanitory on what your goals and expectations are.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24009,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Oct 24, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,"They talk about innovation, but continue with the same old practices","- People want to work for Amazon. The associates hired by Amazon want to take ownership of their work and their facility. - The pay is pretty good. High starting salary, sign-on bonus, first year retention bonus, stock options, and a 401(k) match are all very enticing. - Opportunities to move up and travel around the world are available. Stepping up in the company typically requires a move to another part of the country (or the world). There are plenty of fulfillment centers around the US and it will continue to grow.","- Senior Leadership still follows the old, ""work harder, move faster"" mentality. They do not treat associates (nor junior level management) with the respect they deserve nor do they follow the servant-leader management style that they profess to look for in their managers. - Work-Life balance is nearly non-existent. Non-peak hours will average 50 hours/week. Peak hours will top out around 80 (12-14 hours per day, six days per week). - Training for one's position (in management) is nearly non-existent. New hires to the fulfillment center will spend one week learning what the associates do, but then are thrown into their positions to learn everything (and I mean everything) on-the-job.",Treat your subordinates with respect. Make an effort to teach and develop them as future leaders. Stop worrying about numbers and start treating people as people.,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1622.htm
24010,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,a place like start-up. creative and dynamic,a place like start-up. not a lot of structure nor support,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24011,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2013",Former Employee - Copywriter,Copywriter,"Salary was satisfactory, but not worth the headache.","After returning from maternity leave, I was laid off. This company functions without a heart and treats employees like factory workers.",It functions with childlike management that don't appear to understand process. This company needs to get a few adults in the mix.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24012,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2013",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Work hard, have fun, make history - in that order!","There's a reason the ""work hard"" part of this company's tag line is first... You're going to work hard. But if you love what you do and have a passion for the innovative, always-pushing-forward culture, this could be a good fit.",Work life balance does not exist. At all.,"Find a way to create, innovate and change the world without burning your best and brightest out!",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24013,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Excellent company to work .,"Team oriented atmosphere, fast paced environment, a lot of room to make independent decisions","Too much time spend on ""thinking big"" that minute details are often an after thought.","Develop from within. Bringing outsiders in damages both morale and culture. While it might be nececessary, do only as a last resort.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24014,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Growing pains/Not for the faint of heart,"Working with some of the smartest people in the industry. You can make a significant impact much like a startup. Excellent benefits, parking reimbursement etc.","We seem to be doubling our workforce every year which means half the company is new to the company (no exaggeration). The culture of ""bias for action"" is lost in some groups. People are more worried about CYA than building the product right in a timely fashion.  No work/life balance, overload of new hires needing to be mentored at the same time as needing to meet aggressive deadlines is very stressful and is currently causing some churn in the workforce.",Don't lose your way. There seems to be some loss in corporate culture over the last few years. Don't let entropy creep in.,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24015,amazon,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 8, 2013",Current Employee - Impact Associate,Good managers with a hard work ethic.,"Decent pay, management was very understanding and helped you accomplish your goals. It is a very competitive atmosphere and the strong competitors will rise to the top and begin moving upwards. College graduates have mobility.",Constant work and tight schedules. You are only allotted two 15 minute paid breaks and one 30 minute unpaid break. Typical warehouse work for those who are suited to do it.,"Offer a little more personal leave to employees, not necessarily during high volume hours, but more available time to request off during down times and low peak days.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24016,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard - yes. Have fun - not so much. Make history - yep,Work with some of the smartest people I've ever met. Fast paced. Live the leadership principles every day. Value calculated risk taking and experimentation and piloting new things,"Too fast paced often... Working in silos, poor program management, project management and change management. Heavy focus on data and metrics, which can be a great thing, but data sources all over the place. Flavor of the week mentality with priorities. Limited closed feedback loops","Set clear priorities, re- evaluate benefits packages, communicate a clear strategy, invest in educating and developing people",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24017,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Oct 10, 2013",Current Employee - Packer,"Fast-paced work, which is rewarded by great pay and all-you-can-drink coffee and Gatorade.","The pay and the daily benefits (all-you-can-drink coffee and Gatorade), reward system for reporting unsafe conditions ($20 gift card)","not for the slow-paced, no ability to accommodate people with school schedules, i.e. no part-time, boring 8-hour-long class to sit through on your very first day",Please offer part-time opportunity to those in the staffing-company phase of the job!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24018,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2013",Current Employee - Loss Prevention Manager,Not a good fit for me.,"Salary with stock options is good. But, the stock vests over several years.","Extremely metric driven, high turnover, even in management.  As manager of support department, must be on-call 24/7. Expect to work 60+ hours/week if you want to meet all metrics.",Give more resources to support teams. Two people in a department for a 1M+ square ft facility that operates 24/7 does not suffice.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24019,amazon,"Coffeeville, AR"," Oct 5, 2013",Former Employee - Floor Supervosor,Awesome!!!,"Structure, Safety and by the book management.",Breaks were hard. You had to walk to break room and go through security to start your fifteen minute break took you 6 minutes just to get there. If want to heat something up to eat...well forget it. For 750 employees there were only 6 microwaves.,"That was my advise. As a floor supervisor myself, I was very successful at an encouraging approach with the production workers. Rather then a a brow beating approach which was the way I was treated when I started working for them 4 years ago.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1623.htm
24020,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,Not worth the pain they would give you,"Smart People --Yes, Soaring stocks--Great to have Learning/Brand name --Yes Love thy customers not thy employees","Full of Type A personalities at every level that can be mean and rude at times, only people good at managing up and run the show with a stick can go up, work life balance is not a word in amazon's dictionary--folks are even called on their cell on their wedding day or child birth and expected to send reports.","Read the business week article if anyone thinking of joining the company, if the CEO thinks its employees as s**t, how can one imagine the layers below him will be humble. Please teach your middle management that if they will always be jerks, they wont be able to motivate employees and improve productivity",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24021,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good people,good people to work around with,bad weahter considering the city where it is,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24022,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Disappointing,Software engineers are highly skilled and helpful.,"Managers are impatient and not helpful. Most of the times, you do not know where and how to seek information and they do not help you either.",Have a solid mentoring & training program to help new hires transition in their new roles better.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24023,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intense Environment,Ability to work on multiple projects,The daily workload as well employee interaction,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24024,amazon,"Tucson, AZ"," Oct 20, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Boring,Work from home Flexible (At first),Get shouted at Gets boring at home alone Tiring,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24025,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Brutal,"The company is very customer centric, and tries to do the right thing for the customer. If you find right manager and mentor, you can build a good rewarding career here. The key is, right manager and mentor. Amazon is not a bad stepping stone to other companies where you can grow technically.","The work culture is brutal here. Sub-standard hardware, open rooms with lots of noise and chaos. Hard to get any work done. Everyday seems like a fire drill. And to add to that, middle management has no clue and is running around like chicken without a head. Managers have no vested interest in nurturing and developing their employees. You basically have to fend for yourself.","Attrition is high for a reason. Understand what motivates your employees and invest in their development. If you want to be a technology company, understand your biggest asset is your employees. And hire managers who have vested interest in developing their employees, and value different work styles rather than trying to fit everyone into one mold.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24026,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,-Interesting work -Smart co-workers to learn from -Good pay -Many web service tech to become familiar with,"-Painful pager duty -Prioritizes quick launches over stable products -Workload can get high -Minimal perks  I think the above is applicable to many large companies, but the pager duty is something specific with Amazon.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24027,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great learning,"Wide range of technologies, projects, and teams.",Promotion process is very difficult. Deadline driven.,Take care of people,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24028,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Very intense, good learning environment, but rough personnel methods",Not in a huge city Interesting work Chance to make an impact,"Senior management and district/corporate management treat everyone at FCs like dirt. It's like the real amazon is in Seattle and the FCs are dirty skeletons in the closet that the ""real"" amazonians hate. The way salaried managers have to deal with hourly employees kind of ruins the whole thing.",Get amazon on one of those best places to work lists by LISTENING and VALUING YOUR PEOPLE!,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24029,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 6, 2013",Former Employee - Principal Product Manager,Customer-centric at the expense of employee-centric,- High caliber of employees - Wide range of responsibilities expected of everyone - Good compensation - Fast-paced environment,"- Work overload. No boundaries when it comes to working nights, weekends, and any time you may want to have a non-Amazon thought. This is after 12.5 years in 6 different departments. - Cut Throat - the culture there is intense, and not for the fainthearted. Since there is a strict policy of cutting the bottom 10 percent per year, it creates an environment where managers are _looking_ for someone faltering. - Customer-Not employee-centric.",- Chill out.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1624.htm
24030,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great reputation","They take care of their employees with good benefits and often stock options. The Amazon motto of ""Work hard, Have fun, Make history"" are always displayed, and they make an effort to create a productive atmosphere that is both serious and lighthearted.","The large scale of this company can sometimes be daunting. The interview process was exhausting and tough. Be sure to follow up. It also can feel like they cycle through temporary workers quite often. So if you are full-time and the other associates around you keep changing, it can be a bit frustrating and disorienting.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24031,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,great place to work,"flexible, challenging work, manager will promote you relatively fast if you demonstrate yourself",painful oncall and poor workplace benefits,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24032,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,Make sure you know what you are signing up for --- Crazy hours and Compensation Traps,-Top tier operations experience -Working with top talent,-Not uncommon to work 60+ hours per week -Nights and Weekends -Compensation traps -Unrealistic expectations -Politics,-Practice what you preach -Follow up,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24033,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Oct 3, 2013",Current Employee - Technician,Fast Paced though casual,"Company name, casual though fast paced atmosphere, nice people. Having Amazon on your resume certainly is a plus, when you go looking for other work. And it is building for FCs across the country so opportunities to move up in the company come often.","Going through security, low pay, departments don't always work well together.",Make hand-offs between day and nights more complete. Inbound and Outbound need to work better together.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24034,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Site Merchandiser,Great company to start your career!,"- Lots of responsibility at a very early stage. Within months, straight out of college, I was managing merchandising for vendors who make millions in revenues with Amazon and doing onsite and e-mail promotions seen by thousands, all with minimal supervision. - Good structure if you're in the leadership programs (MBA, undergrad, etc.) in terms of trainings, social events, and assigned mentors and buddies. I've heard non-program employees get much less structured onboardings, however. - Exposure to an amazing company philosophy and business strategy. Amazon isn't paying lip service when it says it focuses on customers, every business decision is made with them in mind and in center. Managers know what they're doing, which helps eliminate confusion on your end. - Coworkers have been extremely friendly and helpful. I almost feel embarrassed asking so many questions, yet they have been patient and thorough in answering all of them. - Pay is good, although much of it is in stock and bonuses.","- Being 100% customer-focused means that the company doesn't have much attention left for employees. There's very few perks (no free lunches or frequent giveaways, for example) typical of tech companies, and chronic understaffing means employees often are forced to work long hours. - Internal employee tech support and troubleshooting is inconsistent at best, with quality of response and wait times varying wildly. - No one has the time or energy to hold your hand- although help is available, you have to be proactive in asking for it and knowing how to get the information you require for your job. You also have to be in charge of your own career development and networking- there are very few defined career paths and, again, no one is going to hold your hand. - I've heard promotions and raises are relatively rare compared to other companies, with much managerial hiring done externally. Turnover is high, due to both the pace of expansion and new hires and burnout of existing employees","Raise perks to industry-standard level to keep employees, and do a better job at implementing career development programs and communicating clear promotion guidelines.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24035,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Oct 1, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,"Fun place to work, great people, work hard to move up.",Great place to move up if you work hard and make the right connections. Company highly values college degrees. Managers are usually fairly willing to help you in your career.,"Starting pay is decent but not excellent, however you do get stocks fully vested at 2 years. Entry level pay caps out at $12.50, so if you plan on staying long you should definitely look into promoting. Hours can be long, and overtime is called often, but still an enjoyable place to work.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24036,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,A great place for talented self-starters,"Good pay (although not as good as other large tech companies). Fantastic stock growth. It's possible to work 40-45 hours a week and still have a good career there, although this varies a lot by team. It's also possible to advance very quickly if you are motivated and a self-starter.","Amazon won't give you anything in advancing your career. You have to be a self-starter and go get it yourself. The compensation structure works with a figure called ""projected total comp."" This means that if you get a decent grant one year, then the stock price goes way up, the next year you will get a tiny grant to keep your projected total comp at a particular level. It's not exactly unfair, but it feels like it if you think of a stock grant as a ""bonus."" It isn't. Think of stock as salary and you will feel better about compensation.",Bump the comp or continue losing your top talent to Google and Facebook.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24037,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2013",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Zero work/lif balance,Other companies love to hire people with Amazon experience as they know they are overworked but smart and know what they are doing.  You'll never work with smarter people.  Corporate is dog-friendly.,"Zero Work/Life balance. Instead of hiring 1 person to do the job of 1 person, they hire 1 person to do the job of 3 people. It helps eliminates a potential for layoffs, but doing 3 full-time jobs is absurd.  Internal promotions require tons of red tape.","Look at your employees as potential hires - if you would hire them on at a level higher than they are currently, expect someone else to give them that promotion if you won't.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24038,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Oct 14, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Fast Pace, a lot of work, poor work/life balance but good pay and innovative thinking",Some of the best minds you will meet work here... It is very face paced and demanding. The pay is good and job can often feel rewarding,"Sometimes too face paced where it becomes unorganized. NO work life balance. Prepare to work long hours, extra days and work from home with no sympathy given and family life out of order. Because of this it is a higher than normal attrition rate at all Fulfillment centers",Provide a better balance. The attrition rate is horrible and needs to be addressed,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24039,amazon,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 14, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Awesone,"Great people. Great Technologies. Always new projects. Work never gets boring. plenty of things to do workwise, learning wise. Flexible in change in role in career path. Have great Management and exceutive leaders",At times sucks and takes away time from family during launch craziness.,"Care about employee's work life balance,",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1625.htm
24040,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2013",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,"Learned a lot, but difficult work environment","I meet and worked with some very smart people. And I was able to learn some cutting edge technology. Salary was decent.  Advice for new hires: negotiate as much of a salary, hiring bonus, and stock as you can before accepting an offer. You will not get much for your yearly raise.","Dev Managers rule the company. Their decisions will trump other people's feedback. The company promotes those that are technically gifted, but then provides no support to make them good people managers. Raises were small (less than cost of living) no matter how you performed in your review. You will work 60-80 hours a week. Work environment is extremely fast paced and you will have to deal with ""fires"" daily. Very little work perks or benefits. Amazon knows people don't typically make it four years with the company. So the bulk of your stock payout will occur during years 3 and 4. In the department I was in manager retention was low. It was not uncommon to have multiple managers in a year.",Start looking at your employees as long term assets. Provide training for managers so that they can manage people properly. Get rid of the forced distribution stack ranking for yearly reviews - it's demoralizing.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24041,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is a great place to work.,Great place to work. Decent Pay. Climate controlled warehouse so it is never to hot or cold. Great place to work.,"Long hours, working 10 hour days and standing on the concrete floors all day is kind of hard on the body but you get used to it.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24042,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,"1993 called, it wants its coke-covered pager back","- You get that name on your resume and startups with ""scale""-goggles will fall all over you. That will be your actual chance to make a difference in spite of the empty cult talk you hear at Amazon. - You get to try your nerd-gaydar on hapless candidates who fall for the recruiter pitch and actually try to get employed here. Yes, we have a bank of puzzle questions that have nothing to do with the mundane code we wrote everyday.","- You are going to be on-call, a lot and you will carry an actual 1990s pager: just stay away from Cripps territory while you are carrying that clunker since they don't like competition. In that respect, the Cripps are just like Amazon (hello, predatory pricing!) - ""Customer Obsession"" means ""you die"". Metrics are used to ""drive behavior"" and that means you better do what they are measuring, no matter how stupid you think it is. - Open workspaces! Forget focus - just hang on to you your little desk, point your legs in the air, and shoot out code as fast as you can. Oh, forget about going out since you live in Seattle, where tuberculosis is still a thing due to the constant rain. - Seattle! What a miserable, damp, and excrescent metropolis!","- Bezos, I hope the rocket building is going well cause you need to move to Pluto, pronto! - Advice to management of other high-tech companies in the Seattle area, such as Google: hire more here. Many bright people would love to work at a place where they are not beaten senseless all the time.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24043,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,"Overall, good experience.","* Very smart people across the board * Endless opportunities to work on challenging problems * Ability to work on many different types of products without changing companies (e.g. operations support, front-end, digital, web services, developer tools, etc.) * Good stock performance (over past few years)","* Location - South Lake Union (in Seattle) is hip and clean, but also expensive (e.g. lunches, parking, etc.) * Hours - employees more often than not have to work above and beyond to meet senior management expectations (leads to bad work:life balance - i.e. not good for family life) * Politics",Recognize employee talent and accomplishments more.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24044,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love this company,This company has Great benefits,I can't think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24045,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon is fast paced and challenging, which keeps work interesting.","talented coworkers, flexible work hours, great company principles, work environment is relaxed, many opportunities to receive feedback from mentors and managers.","work experience may vary wildly between teams, potential to be overworked, there are a minimum amount of perks on the job as it would contradict a core tenet of being frugal.",I enjoyed the feedback and recognition I got from management upon completing projects. It helps to continue improving and track your career progression.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24046,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fast pace,Many smart and hardworking people and infrastructure is well development/organized,High operational workload and work/life not well balanced,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24047,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Amazing scale, great learning opportunity",The scale at which AWS operates is just unparalleled. One gets to learn a lot through direct on-hands experience.  Fast-paced environment. You get to see your product/code ship fast.,"Pager duty is a bit of a drag, because you can get paged in the middle of the night. Depending on the team, pager duty may end up being for a day, every few days or a week every few months.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24048,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Pack Line Associate,Good Company,Great Company to work for. High Energy and very helpful to new employees,"Don't screw up or make rate after probational 3 weeks because I saw many firings after the probational weeks. I cut my finger by accident and was on the chopping block, luckily I was leaving that week anyways because it was just a summer job.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24049,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Some great teams, and a lot of terrible teams","Great tools for programmers. A lot of them are very proprietary, but the concepts are there, and the whole software ecosystem meshes together well.  Some really smart people scattered throughout the company. I've learned a ton being here.  If you find the right team, you can build products that customers love and have some say in how they're built. If you find a small team that's missing say a project manager, you get the chance to take on different roles.  The ""leadership principles"" - while receiving a lot of scorn from some employees - are awesome guiding principles for how to act. They're burned into my brain for the rest of my life.","Lots of crappy programmers. Blind leading the blind means many college hires get indoctrinated with bad practices  Here's your choice of teams:   - Small agile teams that are building cool products quickly   - Massive orgs that have built themselves into corners and make every simple task take days to get right   - Teams owning some of the oldest software in the company with crazy high attrition rates (think avg 6-8 months)   - Teams that grew too fast and have 10 awful hacks for every good programmer, causing nightmares for whoever's on call  If you're looking to work at Amazon, you NEED to talk to the manager/coworkers on the team you're being hired for. If they look defeated and sad, look elsewhere!",The best teams are small and agile. Building a huge organization and trying to coordinate across it just gets you in the area of diminishing returns. Asking people to move quickly and hamstringing them by forcing them to use crappy tools is pretty Orwellian.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1626.htm
24050,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Amazon,best place to work. great people and great company,difficult to crack the interviews,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24051,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,There is a reason for their tag line ,Learn a lot fast. You have to go the extra mile in every project and that helps you see and learn new aspects of a project every day.,"Management is very political and at times blindsided to employees that have good judgement. Moving up in the ladder is not that easy, and at times it could be impossible.","Promote and celebrate everyone equally, not just your favorites.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24052,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,Work of a global giant,Believes in celebrating success of others and recognizing those who have succeeded to different level within the company,"Among some of the Area Manager there is huge amounts of favoritism. This company also base your performance on numbers. Looking at someone is a good form of constructive feedback, however this kills morale among associates and push many to find of places for employer.","More communication on pending change in the company that will or could effect associates directly. Find a more constructive avenue for increasing morale among associates, because performance rates are producing high turnover which sends a negative message to prospective associates and the community.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24053,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Life balance,Not existent and not a priority,"Wok nights and weekends. There is always something which is urgent. If you are not aggressive, you performance will take a hit",Hire for appropriate wokload,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24054,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 22, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Growing so fast that middle management is poor,"Startup feeling in a company with tens of thousands of employees A great community especially in Seattle, outside of Seattle in other offices the feeling is a very stark difference to the Amazon culture (could be a con) Lots of projects, sky is the limit!","The company likes to promote within for middle management but does not commit to training these managers to be good managers. Managers rarely can be an individual contributor and a manager effectively at the same time however there does not seem to be the same focus into bringing management on par with the ideals of Amazon. In the last couple months I've been told don't worry about the customers, be selfish, the team doesn't need to know why you are making these decisions, etc.",Take a strong look at the course of the company and remind middle management to stop changing the bar to suit their needs and twisting the leadership principles.,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24055,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Oct 24, 2013",Former Employee - Dock Clerk/Associate,Always wondered what it would be like working in Communist Russia,"Pay. Thank god for capitalism and the free market or else they'd pay you chump change. Turns out they actually pay you really well (if you're not a temp) and give you ALOT of time off (again, if you're not a temp.) This is because of the cons. Also, don't plan on having a life between OCT and JAN 1st. Youll be working your bum off 60 hours a week. Last ""peak"" season I would work 730-6 Mon-Sat mandatory then sleep all day sunday cause I was exausted...My sleep pattern became so messed up it really threw my whole body for a big shock.","Basically everything. To be a manager, you just have to hold a degree in anything. So your being led by some guy with a 2 year liberal arts degree. This company tells you outright it doesn't give a ____ about you, it cares about its customers. Again, thank god for labor laws or else they'd fill their huge warehouses with slaves.",Take some management classes,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24056,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Work with great and very talented people, really interesting, challenging, and well rewarded","Work with really talented people, work on very interesting and challenging projects, learn how a very fast moving organization works. Lots of decentralization and autonomy gives great flexibility. Can work offsite and on the move easily. Great support and work atmosphere between peers.",Management is immature and not people oriented - lots of talk about it but not in practice HR goal is to minimize damage and keep management safe Two track evaluation process with no relationship required between the two tracks Very decentralized and lots of practically autonomous teams can also result in chaos,Work on treating people better. Implement time off for extra effort - people work really hard and really long hours for the company - give them some time off when needed in return. Re-examine how the review process is implemented and remove abuses of the system.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24057,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2013",Former Employee - Intern,"Amazing company, very innovative","Ownership, agility, flexibility. Very friendly employees, smart","culture, work life balance isn't great",focus more on organizational structure and middle management,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24058,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2013",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Great company culture,"Since the company centers itself around making the developers happy, it makes a big effort to put on ""fun"" events during the work week (i.e. fish bowls where they bring in bands, authors, other cool and interesting people, etc.). They encourage employees to move around the company and try out different positions before settling which is good for those who want to see other areas of the business. They also have a great rotational program for MBAs.",Personal issues that had to do with my manager/team rather than the company itself,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24059,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good pay, hard work",They pay a good lot amount with all fancy Benefits. Their business is thriving with no obvious challenger so you can except the job to be stable.,"You have to work over time a lot of times, a whole lot of times.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1627.htm
24060,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Sep 17, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources,Great opportunities for growth,Great benefits program and maternity benefits. Pay is very competitive for all positions and the company is constantly making changes to improve.,"With the increase in growth of the company, it has been hard to keep staff in some departments",Put yourself in the hourly associates shoes for a day to understand barriers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24061,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Learn a lot,"If you are on a good team, you will learn good technical skills and build the foundation for a good career anywhere","on-call can cramp your schedule, high work-load at times",fast expansion threatens company culture,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24062,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Smart people. Neat projects. Terrible place to work.,People that know what they're doing. Lots of interesting projects floating around.,Constant pressure to get more done faster. Oncall shifts. Being pulled in different directions by different projects. Constantly having to trouble shoot systems you don't fully understand without time to learn it.,They're a natural way developers communicate and work with each other when they're collaborating on a project. Don't break that up because someone gave you a deadline.,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24063,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Oct 16, 2013",Former Employee - Picker/Stower,"Appears at first to be a company that cares for its employees, but only really cares about items shipped daily.",You can say you have a job.,"Hot in summer, cold in winter, unrealistic production goals that are subject to change at any moment. Managers either drink the Amazon Kool-Aid, or are terminated. The only way to tolerate working for these people is to buy into their program totally, keep your mouth shut, and work your a>> off. Do not anticipate any advancement whatsoever, unless you are a real good friend of someone in management.","Get real. People are human beings, not dogs or robots, and would appreciate being treated with respect.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24064,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Sep 19, 2013",Current Employee - Retail Tier Generalist,Absoluting Amazing,"Benefits, Friendly Environment, Pay is good starting out, Training is comprehend-able.",Sometimes hard to get a hold of management,"Overall, Amazon is a great place to work for. I would recommend this career starter for anyone.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24065,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Pays well, but works you hard",Tons of room for growth. Strong company.,Management likes the high amount of employee turnover. LONG hours.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24066,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Fast paced,Excellent Learning Opportunities. You can drink as much from the fire hose.,Not favorable for work-life balance. You really need to stay here looong to get the rewards.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24067,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great Company!,Great Benefits People are fun and easy to work with Ability to work from home Always have ability to develop and work your way up the ladder,Policy on only one self shift swap a month,Faster response to employee questions and needs,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24068,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GReGoo,-Good place to learn things -Lots of smart people - great infrastructure to develop stuff,- Takes a while to figure out internal tools - Frugality sometimes means that you dont have 2 monitors,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24069,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 16, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,Great resume builder for your next role,"- great experience, kind of a sink or swim environment so being proactive and taking the initiave and quick learners are a huge plus. Either way, you are going to put in situations outside of you comfort zone. - Nice signing bonus, mediocre salary - great resume builder, especially for any candiates that came straight from college like me - Lots of responibilites so the work is more rewarding","- Long hours, I had to open the building at 6:30am (my shift was 7am-5pm), didn't end up leaving til 6pm every nite - Even longer hours during ""peak"" season, I'm talking about ridiculous long hours like 6 days a week/12hr days for a couple months is normal during holiday peak season - The environment, between the managers, it is very competitive for your department to hit rates, this creates an environment where any manager will talk behind you back at your expense to make themselves look better - Yes you have vacation hours but using them is very unlikely, hard to take time off. You can count on not making it to you family thanksgiving/christmas events.","- More involved in daily operations, as in periodic visits to the floor, just so the area managers feels more involved with senior management",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1628.htm
24070,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Fast-paced, challenging role, metrics driven, straight forward communication, promotion potential, and good pay.","Mentally and physically exhausting, culture drives long hours with little to no downtime during your shift, very little reward/recognition for exceeding productivity metrics - especially if customer target ship date is missed (resulting in upgraded shipping = costs) during your shift, corporate culture is clearly customer focus but at the cost of employees.","Buying into customer driven culture makes sense - but employees (at all levels) need to ""feel"" as if they are as important to YOU as the customer in order to sustain the energy needed to remain customer focused.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24071,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast-paced, quick to burn out if you're not careful","You will solve tough and interesting problems that, literally, no one has solved before. You will work harder than you ever have. You will learn a ton.","You will have to manage your work/life balance very carefully. They have no problem letting you get sucked in, at the expense of other parts of your life. Their ""Insist on the Highest Standards"" leadership principle often results in putting staff in tough spots.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24072,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, Okay Job","You have a sense of personal accomplishment, the job is not difficult, there is good pay for the work done, and there are reasonable advancement opportunities.","Monotonous work with customers who are often ignorant, irate, or both can leave you drained, you begin to feel as if you spend your whole life at Amazon or worrying about Amazon or buying things from Amazon.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24073,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Review,Excellent Company and great people,none so far in my experience,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24074,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Amazon is no longer a teenager. Oh the levels of approvals and top heavy management.,Very smart people. Cool problems to go solve for the ecommerce retail products.,"There are many people that will do anything to get the limelight. Save the day individual contributors always looking for that pat on the back to feed their egos. Not a pro female, collaborative environment above a certain level. Consensus building is a skill that is desperately needed in large corporations, but looked upon as weakness at Amazon.","As you build your empire, invest in team building skills and management principles. The values at Amazon are the best I have ever seen, but are contrary what you have to do to build a personal empire so that you get your next promotion. With management being top heavy now, you need teams more than ever to survive and most managers at Amazon only know how to be IC's and check in with their directs in 1:1's.",1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24075,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better for the customer than for the employee,"Amazon Services, a sales organization, is fast-paced and data driven. Be prepared to learn a lot and learn fast, or come already equipped with your MBA and cutting edge knowledge of retail, web, technology, and the intersection of all three. There is a direct line between performance and achievement, and for the most part it is a fair meritocracy. They are hiring many positions and growing fast. If you have a great idea and can prove its potential with data and then demonstrate its success with data, you will be a rock star.","Amazon is not generous with it's employees, either for salary or time off. Stock and bonus are great but tied to your length of employment. Keep in mind that the average employee only stays here 1.8 years and to reap the full benefit of bonus/stock you have to be there for more than 4 years. This organization within Amazon is very rigid in terms of the hours you work and being on site almost all of the time. Work/life balance is nearly non existent for anyone who wants to succeed in this culture. Most employees are in their 20s and 30s and there is a strong preference for young MBAs willing to put in 80 hour weeks. No matter what job you have, you will be required to also demonstrate proficiency in business writing and data capture and analysis.","Nurture employees with more training. Match funds for charitable giving. Create policies that support flexible hours and work from home. Increase base salaries rather than tie up earnings in length-of-employment bonus and stock. Focus on retention, not just hiring.",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24076,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not what I expected.,Very flexible with time off. Benefits are decent.,The work is very physical. Very demanding. It is very stressful trying to meet production goals. There is no time for proper training.,Leadership needs to communicate among themselves. Supervisors need to get together and decide how processes should be carried out. Everyone wants it different.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24077,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard have fun,Good quality work with the opportunity to make a difference,work atmosphere can be tough,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24078,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2013",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,HORRIBLE PLACE TO WORK,NIce buildings and good cafeteria food which you will need because if you are not a software engineer you will NEVER leave the building.,"Everything. I do no have one positive thing to say. My first week of work I was scolded because I did not take my cell phone to the ladies room with me. REALLY. If you want to work 15 hour days in an incredibly stressful environment for slightly over the market rate for support positions this is the place for you. Executive Assistants - ask yourself if money is worth more than your life. Stay away - this company does not value people. It values Jeff B.'s bank account. Do not fool yourself into thinking anything else. Pay attention to how many people only stay here for three years and then leave - you have to stay three years to cash in on your first stock award. Some people get hooked into the cycle and stay longer, but many choose to leave the insanity at the three year mark. Everyone I have talked to who left the company is THRILLED to not work there anymore. Amazon churns through people and simply does not care - hopefully Karma will catch up with them at some point. This is the only company I have ever resigned from and that was the best decision of my life.",Learn to be human. Recognize that the only reason you exist is to pad Jeff B.'s bank account. Enjoy your Tesla before you have a heart attack.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,32,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24079,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Amazon story,Opportunities for growth. It is possible move up from entry level associate. Growth is associated with performance. Day to day features new/different challenges. Focus on the customer is contagious.,"Change is constant, if you don't like change you will not succeed here. Expectations and workload can be excessive at times.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1629.htm
24080,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lots of opportunities, find the right one!","Met lots of smart people, and have made some great friends.",Lack of company culture is a little disappointing.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24081,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon Process Assistant,"The company is great to work for and has many opportunities for moving up higher in the company. It is tough, warehouse based work.",Amazon may be a different experience depending on the site location. Various sites have various ammenities. It really depends on the site.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24082,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"glory dates in the past, looking bad from inside. middle management has no brain and people promoted based upon how clos",for those who can't get better places/companies,-- middle management is completely corrupted with politics -- managers will take the credit from your work and dump the discredits to you -- as big as Microsoft but no monopoly product in the market,fire quite a few middle managers,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24083,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 15, 2013",Former Employee - Picker,bad,pays compective good benefits starts day one.,no off time during peak season,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24084,amazon,"Gouldsboro, PA"," Oct 5, 2013",Former Employee - Product Prep,Talk to the community before working at Quidsi,Some nice coworkers that I got to know for two weeks.,"Out of work for a year, I could not afford a cell phone. Two weeks working at Quidsi, I was accused of having a cell phone and dismissed. As soon as I was off premises, I ran into other black and brown people also dismissed for similar reason. How do you prove that you do not have a cell phone when management accuses you of having one? Looking into the building you can see others pointing out people they used to work with like it was a common game. It was surreal. The Department of Labor really needs to look into why there is such a high turnover in product prep. People that knew Quidsi told me to stay away from the job but I did not listen because I thought it was an exaggeration. YES, it is that bad and it is an abstract form of discrimination...you can't prove it...yet it exist.","No advice to management, I will personally not shop through Amazon.com or any other etailer that uses Quidsi for distribution.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24085,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great work environment,"Great work environment. The opportunities for career growth are numerous. Flexible work schedule. Inventors can invent, and most teams can spend time to drive quality into their products.","PAGER DUTY...BEWARE! Get a good sense of what type of situation your perspective team is in before entering (broken glass zones, etc).",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24086,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Oct 6, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,it was ok,meet alot of people. people are helpful. there alot of new things.,on feet for long period of time and hurt knee because of it,they are helpful but dont care about their people health,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24087,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Agile, challenging, learn something from new every day. Best job I ever had.","Beauracracy, but that's true for any big company. Career growth is highly dependent on what team you work for. Thankfully I work for the right team :)","Keep the bar the same or higher, our talent level is great.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24088,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Sep 9, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,Less than ideal,"Amazon is very gracious with their compensation. Mine included a substantial bonus, complete relocation package, and high salary.","Very difficult work/life balance. Typical 4 day work week is still in excess of 45-50 hours, with 60 - 70 hour weeks very common. Seems to be a poor plan laid out to cover the extreme growth of the company, leading to a very high turn over rate of management.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24089,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,Good bonuses and stock plans. Ability to move around the company quite freely and change your career path if desired is a big plus.,"Kindle has a high burn-out rate due to terrible work-life balance. No training is ever really provided when you first start. Amazon likes to say ""you need to show a bias for action"" as an excuse for never providing any sort of training to help you ramp up.","Stop promoting people to people management roles for their work as non-people managers. People management is something that needs to be learned, and just being good at your job doesn't mean you'll be a good people manager, but Amazon has clearly missed this boat.",2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1630.htm
24090,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Aug 30, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Working at Amazon.com,Brilliant People. Great experience. Great pay. Great benefits. Good stability.,"Fast paced, which is challenging. Little room for error, but still worth it.",Be on your A game.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24091,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good in Amazon,Agile env is very good.,On-call is kind of heavy.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24092,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Oct 6, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,it was ok,meet alot of people. people are helpful. there alot of new things.,on feet for long period of time and hurt knee because of it,they are helpful but dont care about their people health,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24093,amazon,"San Antonio, TX"," Aug 29, 2013",Current Employee - Tier III Associate,Awesome company,"Work hard, talented people, nice place to work.",I have no cons to report.,Great opportunities.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24094,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to work but slow advancement,"Top notch people, constant innovation and a brand that plays an increasingly important role in peoples' lives. People like being a part of a company that customers genuinely love.","Poor work/life balance, ho-hum benefits, path to promotion is murky and slow. People are so heads-down there is little time to address structural problems with orgs/straetgies.",Take a hard look at why so many good people leave and try to fix those problems.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Current Employee,"Amazon is great because they let you own your career. It is a fast paced, innovative culture that drives for results.",Amazon works their employees. You will never get your job done and always have more on your plate then you can ever do.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24096,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Company, Poor Work/Life Balance","Great Culture in Seattle, Very Smart Management",Management in NYC was awful,Know whats going on in your satellite offices,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24097,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work,awesome challenges and abilities to learn new stuff you wouldn't get a chance anywhere else,lots of work. work life balance lopsided,appreciate your front line employees more,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24098,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazon,"Great benefits, stable company to work for",Little ability for upward movement,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24099,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2013",Former Employee - Manager,"Great on resume, rising stock, but often chaotic","Good brand name Located in downtown Seattle, which has many bars, malls, good if you are young and single They front load your pay with bonus and stocks Above average people to work with depending on the department People do get things done, strong bias for action","Could be a cultural shock to new people, no1 speaks during the meetings and they may find faults in the doc such as formatting, rephrasing English, rather than on the meat of the content. Its a sink and swim culture, you are pretty much on your own without any direction. Everyone seems to find fault with others, finger pointing is encouraged. Sometimes managers don't know what to expect of PM/TPM etc Very less focus on code quality. People tend to work backward based on preset dates, without taking into account if the date is achievable, resulting in either poor quality or missed deadlines or both. Many projects get cancelled and reorgs happen often, some people get affected during reorgs especially if they are not SDEs Leadership principals will often be used against you even if they may be contradictory, especially for new hires","Its as it is hard to hire employees, with the imaginary bar. It wouldn't hurt to try retaining employees. Trying to push employees in lower 10% even when they have performed is not a good idea.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1631.htm
24100,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Smart people, challenging problems, long hours, good luck getting promoted",Low tolerance for bs Document-based meetings make sure people have thought things through Very smart leadership,"Managers are too busy to coach, or manage Long, long hours Un-even promotion bar across departments, low promotion rate to Sr. Manager or higher - bar is a lot lower for external hires into higher level position than in-house promotion","If you find someone good enough to rate at the highest level for three consecutive reviews, promote them or coach them, or they will leave and work for your competitor.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24101,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware of Digital Products (specially if you have to work with Lab126),"- Competitive compensation - Acceptable work/life balance - Career opportunities OUTSIDE of Digital Products very promising,... if you are allowed to transfer out","Please keep in mind that these comments apply to Digital Products in Seattle working with Lab126. - Complete lack of leadership, vision or direction from ""leaders"" in Lab126 - Minimal to no feedback, promotion opportunity or decent, constructive review from management (again, management being in Lab126) - No career advancement opportunity. Peers in the Sunnyvale/Lab126 office will have significant advantage just for being ""local"" to management - HR in Lab126 is aware of issues in her organization and chooses not to do anything about the problems, effectively sacrificing and derailing careers of very capable individuals. HR and management in Seattle seem to have their hands tied or chose to look the other way. VERY unfortunate!","Accept that you are brilliant engineers and take individual contributor roles. You, the company and the products you work on will truly excel. Leave management (or individuals as well as programs) to capable individuals. You are not a decent manager and definitely not a leader! If you don't like your teams in Seattle, do not sacrifice them in OLRs. Instead, work with them (or better yet, allow a good manager or a decent leader) to work with them to transfer to other parts of the organization so they can deliver value and you don't have to work with them. Yes, you have talent. No, you are not a leader!",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24102,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2013",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,"Fire hose, lots of talent, constant change, high bar, rewarding.",I'm with the AWS side of the company and I've been impressed with how much talent you are surrounded by. Things are very dynamic with often interesting problems to solve and great community feeling of knowledge sharing. Also fun with frequent parties and beer bash type social events.,My view is that of an SE which is a smaller subset of the people at Amazon. The skills you need to get in here aren't going to be used (generally speaking) once you get here. Lots of things are done in very Amazon specific ways (for scale) that may not translate to smaller companies. This isn't a 'con' so much as a word of caution depending on your career goals and position.,Sometimes there's too much overhead. Dealing with external vendors for example which is a requirement in some cases.. is very painful and protracted. Another example is the work built around forecasting... For a company that changes direction with major projects so frequently is it really wise to spend so many cycles forecasting out more than 1 year at the team level?,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24103,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,No care for employee satisfaction,-Brand Name -If lucky then you can get to work with some smart people - Innovating new stuff,Where to start? - Overworked - Not compensated well according the effort and hours - Weekends are not fun anymore -Manger doesnt care how you feel,Managers need to care for their team members and should try to motivate them rather than micro-managing to an extent of eating habits. Cmon!! Some of the managers here are just due to the experience with no quality education or good skills. where is your HIRE RIGHT ?,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24104,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Sep 6, 2013",Former Employee - Problem Solver,"Was difficult work but got paid well, For the type of warehouse job I was doing",Good pay for warehouse work,Long hours and hard work.,Make sure you don't treat your employees like grade schoolers as if they do not know anything. Some of them may have masters degrees and you won't even know it. Just sayin...,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24105,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Exciting and good work, but some teams work too hard",Lots of exciting development going on with continual growth.,"On-call process: most SDEs take turns going ""on-call"" and carry a pager, often having to respond to system failures in the middle of the night.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24106,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,The colleagues are really nice and they are really helpful when you have problems with your own project.,The environment is very friendly. People are hard-working. The manager do not push hard.,"The dinning condition is a little bit tough, there are food trucks, but you have to wait for a long time to order your lunch.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24107,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vender Flex PA,Fast moving from tier 1 to tier 3,does not promote from within hardly,look for managers closer within the building,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24108,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 24, 2013",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Great experience but at the cost of a not so great personal life,"Amazon will give you great experience in prioritizing enormous workloads, understanding how to manage your manager's expectations, and making your own decisions. You get to work with a lot of extremely smart people and you will grow faster via diverse experiences here than you would at other companies. They also give you the opportunity to switch roles every year or two. I've been with the company several years now and have been through several different roles. The pros and cons span across my experiences.","Despite the ""tech company atmosphere,"" the atmosphere is intense and stressful most of the year and it can easily overtake your life. For most roles, there are expectations that you be in your e-mail inbox around the clock and through the weekends. The work life balance is extremely poor. Because everyone has so much on their plates, it's difficult to get much of your manager's time for feedback or coaching. Most of my time is spent fighting fires and patching problems.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24109,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2013",Former Employee - Development Support Engineer,"Hype, Smoke and Mirrors. No Substance and no longevity.","It looks fantastic on a resume, I think.","Amazon charges you to work there in forms of food, drinks and so on. It's a very expensive place to work, staying on campus and eating ""healthy"" will run you roughly $18-20 a day, or $100/week. That means before taxes you should expect to spend $5200/year on simply being at work. After taxes that's almost a single paycheck. Paychecks are only drafted on the first of the month, meaning if something happens and it drains your account, you may be looking at up to 30 days before you see another dollar.  Management doesn't care about you, you're replaceable and they make that very clear to you right on day one. Don't like it? Well, we have a relocation and bonus hanging over your head to live in one of the most expensive cities in America. We can -- and will fire you and then you'll owe us 10-15 thousand dollars, or we'll sue you.  It's abysmal, not worth working here. If you want to live in Seattle. Work at Boeing or Microsoft.  I came up with my indentured servitude payments and quit. It cost me $14,500 to realize that Amazon was a horrible place. Don't make the same mistake as me.","Quit. All of you, quit.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1632.htm
24110,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 25, 2013",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,"Fast paced, innovative, and extremely demanding","Exposure to all aspects of business, good compensation, opportunity to advance both vertically or horizontally, good networking, excellent distribution experience.","Upper management is very rigid, expectations are often unrealistic, relatively poor working environment (no AC in Las Vegas DC), culture is ""cultish"", things move so fast the human element is often lost, many hourly employees are extremely dissatisfied and are challenging to manage.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24111,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Definitely right up there,Great ownership and technical challenges.,Lack of proper project planning at times.,Lack of proper project planning at times.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24112,amazon,"Petersburg, VA"," Sep 18, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,Scary and Non Family Oriented Environment for ,"Constant expansion Stock value consistently rising 4 day work week (Kind of, you are pulling 60 hour work weeks minimum)","Constant expansion does not mean greater potential for promotion. The company is spreading itself too thin and has lost sight of its operations and supply chain structure.  Expectation of managers to work 55-60 hours during normal weeks, 70-80 during holiday season.  Will work one day of the weekend Will have to work at least 12 hours per day Zero job perks, i.e. free food, gym membership, discounts etc. Zero positive feedback, stellar performance is expected. Satisfactory performance is not tolerated.","Call Target and Walmart and and see what they are doing in terms of leadership development programs and culture. They have been doing it for a long time and if you keep on the path you are taking operations, you will eventually become an upset for your customers who are as well many of your managers who are no longer with you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24113,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Innovative company, difficult for upward movement",Innovative Free reign Working for the winning team,"Extremely frugal, lack of resources, extremely lean Impossible to get promoted",Some leaders are very poor choices. Do not have backbone.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24114,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,beware of role mismatch with the startups with in Amazon,"Best Pay, Great leadership principles and there are several departments that are doing great. I wish they let people learn and grow as they boast about ""hire and develop"" the best talent",Narrow minded executive team. HR has absolutely no culture and can talk any crap. There is no scope for growth for the externally hired candidates. They don't respect experience. A 5 yr experienced Amazonian would be a manager and 25 yrs experiened new hire will report him irrespective of talent. THERE IS CULTURE,"Understand the roles and their responsiblities. If you got no clarity on what you need, please take advice from Jeff and don't make Amazon a worst place to work.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24115,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Business Development,AWS review,- good pay - lots to do - empowered to make decisions and BIG ones - company is exploding and you can ride that wave - take on greater responsibilities - highly visible roles (to outside world),"- extremely political - cya mentality at the expense of the team - there is no i in team but everything is an i at aws - paranoia - mentality that everyone will screw them over - poor vendor relations - amzn squeezes every last drop of blood on every deal - they will pile on more and more and more and more until you are buried - most employees don't make it through year two - no life outside work - you must constantly be ready to defend yourself against someone throwing you under the bus - you will be put in a position where you may burn bridges due to negotiation of contracts - the promotion/title leveling up process is totally lame - similar to msft in that a fair amount is based on peer input and it only takes one negative person to essentially tank a promotion - also there is a fixed percentage of employees rated such that they'll advance, the rest remain in current slots or get managed out",Come judgement day you may have built the biggest company but you didn't get there by doing the next right thing at every step along the way.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24116,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,Fantastic training ground for business management,"In a business management role, you'll have a high level of autonomy and potential to make significant financial impacts immediately. They will give you an extraordinary amount of responsibility right away because the company is growing faster than they can hire.","Very stressful having to answer questions from upper management all the time on your business' performance. Data reporting systems are rudimentary, so you'll have to learn how to pull your own data and process it, which can be very time consuming. Also, this isn't the place to go if you like to receive positive reinforcement regularly. They won't recognize your work unless you do something groundbreaking.",Invest heavily in better data reporting infrastructure. Consider putting more emphasis on a culture of mentorship and positive reinforcement.,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24117,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Super-strong company,So much smarter a company than Microsoft (where I came from). Middle-managers know what their job is...reconciling inconsistencies between teams and setting the right priorities for customers.,"None, I love working here. The people are smart, management is awesome, and the company is growing every day. Technically, the engineering is Service-Oriented-Architecture hell...it takes forever to introduce a change and integrate it with the rest of the environment because everything is so complicated.",Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24118,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great people and opportunities here but the company and structure can be a grind,Opportunities to do a wide variety of interesting projects due to the large scope of Amazon's business.  Large population of employees who have broad experience. Someone who knows something you need is probably on a relevant internal list.  Most people there are pretty nice. I know this sounds vague but this place has a refreshingly low jerk count.,"While the company puts customers first, the same isn't done for employees.  Burdensome operationally. You'll have a pager rotation which varies from awful to not too bad (other than you need to be able to log in at all times). Tons of overhead tasks like hardware planning, permissions audits, monitoring etc. These take a substantial amount of time and are about as uninteresting as it gets in engineering.  Annual review process is political, confrontational and even hostile. Everyone is stack ranked. This is common in the industry but Amazon takes it to a new level. Other managers in your division are motivated to push you down the ranking scale to get their own employees higher up. They have incentive to trash you in the ranking meetings so you have to watch your back. There's high manager turnover so if you have a manager who is inexperienced at this process, you're at risk of being downgraded which happens quite often. They don't care much because they'll just higher many more brand new engineers. Nobody seems to care that the company is overwhelmingly staffed by relatively inexperienced engineers. If you're not, you're expected to mentor more and more of them and if you don't do that well, you will get a poor review.  Promotions are extremely difficult. Other than from SDE I to SDE II, it's quite difficult to get promoted. I know many top notch engineers that have remained at the same level for 5-10 years.  People do get promoted and many deserve this but there's an art to it. You have to be fortunate enough to have a champion there who is willing to sponsor you and support you and do an incredible amount of documentation proving why you deserve it. They'll also need to rebut inevitable arguments against your promotion by other managers (see above). Lots of the time the promotion won't happen. It's not explicitly quota based but that's how it works out.  Obviously I have mixed feelings about Amazon. Ipet",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24119,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2013",Current Employee - Control Systems Specialist,Different view when inside looking out,Probably a great company for young aggressive people who want to succeed with just a high school education,More of a sweat shop environment with very high employee turnover,Recognize talent and pay them accordingly not the one size fits all approach and now all things within a successful organization can be built from the top down,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1633.htm
24120,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience here at Amazon is good,learn a lot about software development.,There're room for the working environment to improve.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24121,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Sep 1, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Fired while still in training for asking for an hour of personal time,It was great to be able to work from home They take good care of their customers Will be in business for a long time,"(Sorry this is so long-- I left my job of five years to work at home for Amazon and was fired while still in training. I want to let prospective employees know how very little it takes to get fired though, and how you may not even know it's coming.  --During interview and recruitment, I was told I would be on a 'chat' team to assist customers with technical issues via instant message. This was not true and I was assigned to a frontline phone support team-- a horrible assignment and definitely not one I would have left my former job for. I really doubt it was intentional but it certainly something they should have told me.  --They called me back a few days after the interview and asked if I could start two days later (!). I could not since I had been with my employer for about five years and wanted to give them two weeks of notice that I was leaving-- only fair since we had a great working relationship and they depended on me for many things. We're still friends outside of work. The recruiter agreed (or said they did, anyway) and rescheduled me for training so that I could give notice and I thought everything was looking good, until training started.  --A little over a week into training, a situation with family came up and I needed an hour of personal time-- I asked for the time and was told how to handle these requests. A couple of days later, I was contacted by my manager (which is pretty funny because didn't know I had one until then) and they wanted to talk about my attendance issues-- surprising since I didn't know I had done something wrong (I didn't say this, of course). About 10 minutes into this call, my manager brought in someone from HR as well. It was immediately clear to me that this was a well-versed routine and that they were trying to pressure me into quitting (which I wouldn't). With the HR person on the call, my manager went on the offensive and immediately asked me why I punched in precisely 20 minutes early every single day--- a really strange accusation since it's completely untrue-- I signed in and out exactly when I was supposed to and I still wonder where this question came from. Did my manager have the wrong person, or was it just an attempt to throw me off or provoke me? I'll probably never find out. We were told in the training that we had a window of approximately sixty seconds to punch in and out, which is really not enough time since we had to use an RSA token and PIN to sign into their VPN (a little device that gives you a code to sign into their network), then had to remotely connect to our desktops, then finally login into a time-keeping site and hit the 'punch clock' button. After that, you had 4 minutes left to sign into four different communication platforms (email, group chat, instant message, and their knowledge bank.  I can only imagine how many of the other trainees had similar experiences or worse... A shame since I was a huge fan of Amazon before I went through all this.","Be more transparent about what criteria your employees are being judged on-- every other company I've worked with has been clear: ""Do this. Don't do this."" This is really important if you want your employees to succeed. Really doesn't make sense to me since Jeff Bezos is so data-driven and objective in judgment (it seems like to me, anyway).",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24122,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2013","Current Employee - Manager, Vendor Management",Challenging and Fast Paced - Great training ground,"great place to learn about retail, fast growth environment, high caliber colleagues, gold standard of e-commerce","not employee centric, not concerned about retentiona",start paying attention to employee retention to avoid brain-drain,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24123,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Tethered to a pager,Opportunity to work on systems on massive scale,There is no work-life balance for SDEs at Amazon. You are expected to respond to issues 24/7,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24124,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,You get what you put in,If you are self directed and a creative problem solver you can quickly move career forward here. You will never lack for work to do and you will learn how to write a document that any senior executive can follow.,"Until you learn the culture specifically how to prioritize and communicate this prioritization, you will have no work life balance. Additionally, quick promotion require long and smart work but the appearance of long work hours is often confused with inefficiency so you need to conceal your hard work such that you are judged by prolific outputs versus peers. Finally, the promotion and review process is extremely opaque.",Focus more on developing talent such that retention improves. Break the practice of paying top performers who have been promoted less than external highers as this is a huge demotivator and incentive to leave.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24125,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,Life is better on the outside!,Participate in interesting projects with real impact,"Culture that doesn't value employees, culture of arrogance ('smartest person in the room' syndrome), stingy compensation",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24126,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Sep 13, 2013",Current Employee - Stow,Difficult job,Some nice people to work with,"Turnover is high. Just got air conditioning this year, most difficult job I ever had.","cross training would be a plus, treat employees better",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24127,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Intern,"Learned a lot, everyone is young and friendly and helpful.",None that I can think of,Keep up the good work!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24128,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 16, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative People Beware...especially in Kindle Marketing Org,-moves at the pace of a start up -you to get work on projects that are seen by mass audience,"-micromanaging managers -way too much work on too few people -executives who second guess their decisions -team members beat down and overworked who do just enough to fly, unseen, under the performance issue radar",Bring in managers who have experience in the creative industry of advertising and storytelling.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24129,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to advance your career,"Lots of possibilities to move around, lots of friendly and smart people to work with. Lots of great products and innovation going on. Innovation is encouraged.","The hiring process has brought in too many engineers that just know java. Not much uniqueness, just people who can code interview questions. Ltos of operations, handled by engineers oncall, which eats into coding time. Web developers are often seen as second class to ""software engineers"" even though it is a different type of job, different skill set. Its near impossible to move levels","Create 20 levels, so its more rewarding and easier to achieve. The more people see people achieving levels, the more they are going to see the possibilities of doing this themselves.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1634.htm
24130,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dominating the News for a good reason,"Massive fortune 50 company, looks like it will be around for a while. Growth opportunities, as long as you're willing to travel.","To much information for one person to process, literally have 12,000 emails just in one of my 100+ email folders, HR policies discriminate against heterosexual relationships.","Make an effort to see your entire team more equally, if you've got members working different shifts, maybe it would be nice for them to see you more than 10 minutes a rotation.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24131,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2013",Former Employee - Finance Manager,I wish I had asked more questions about the FC experience.,"Because of Amazon's rapid growth, career opportunities are almost endless, for those individuals starting at an FC, it's usually only a matter of months before the invitations to move to Seattle start. The company's legendary customer obsession is truly part of its DNA - managers will not think twice to drive a single package 35 miles to a UPS sort center to make a shipping cutoff - the employees genuinely care. Amazon hires incredibly smart people, and you'll learn more in 6 months there than several years at other employers. The caliber of regional managers at the corporate level is very high - the overwhelming majority take an active interest in your development and want you to succeed.","Life at an FC is very different from the corporate Seattle experience - most FCs are only closed on Christmas Day, so almost every holiday (Memorial Day, Labor Day, July 4th, etc.) is typically a work day. Amazon's 24/7 schedule forces most managers to sleep by their cellphones, conference calls can occur at almost any time of day or night. Peak is a blur for FC employees - manager workdays span 16-18 hours a day and sometimes cross over the weekends - definitely an issue for families wanting a holiday with Mom or Dad. Amazon's culture is a little rougher than most large companies - ""constructive tension"" means that you need to feel comfortable going toe-to-toe with everyone from Area Managers to VPs if needed. While internal growth leads to promotion/transfer opportunities, it also creates a high level of open positions with work that needs to go somewhere. Relo benefits are lower than most companies - make sure you have a thorough understanding of the program and repayment period if you jump on board.","Amazon puts the customer first in everything, but Amazon hasn't recognized the importance of employee continuity to make that happen - while the company has rock-solid processes and training, an unsettling number of managers are leaving at the 1-2 year mark. There is a wide discrepancy in programs and opportunities between Seattle and the FCs - while relo is an option, there has to be more support for those individuals unable to move due to family commitments or the high cost of the Seattle market. Senior managers should make every effort to get out in the field - it's where the customer ""touch"" is the closest, and it's disheartening that the only time we see some of you is on a recorded video feed.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24132,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Aug 19, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,It's a job.,Good benefits. Above average pay.,Poor communication between departments. One-on-one training is poor. Humanity is lost due to walk-out process.,Each department manager should own their own department in human relations.,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24133,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,"There a lot if benefits with amazon. Working conditions are a lot better than other warehouse jobs. Reasonable on time off, benefits, stock in company, and easy to learn tasks.",Work schedules can be unreasonable especially during high merchandise seasons such as Christmas.,"Put people with the right skill set, degrees, certification in the right areas.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24134,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 4, 2013",Current Employee - Safety Coordinator,Amazon is a great company to work for. Fast paced and FUN!,"Excellent pay, and great benefits. RSU are nice.",Can sometimes work lots of hours.,Recognize the talent around and give good advise,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24135,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2013",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Endless opportunity,"smart people, diversified business lines, fast paced environment. Amazon is much more than an online retailer.","people who don't operate well with ambiguity may have trouble, very limited documented standard policies... big company that operates very much like a start up within certain newer divisions of the company",Mentoring program at Amazon is not the best,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24136,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Aug 1, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,Solid but could be better,"Fast paced, day goes by quickly. Freedom to run area as you see fit. Senior management receptive to suggestions and changes. Good associates.",No work/life balance. Short sighted at times as the push for continuous improvement doesn't allow for systems to become established and work. Difficult to remove under-performing employees.,Don't rely so much on the Pathways Program.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24137,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great perks, awesome environment","perks, environment, responsive bosses, creativity fostered, great career path","hard to name any, some peers are less than supportive and very competitive",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24138,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good somedays others its hell,Some PA's are so much better to work with. The benfits are not to bad,Upper management not being open to the workers ideas,Upper management needs to listen to the assicates when changes need to be made. After all we are the ones working the floor so we would know more what will and will not work,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24139,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior software engineer,"Compensation, $$$$$$, latest technology, did I mention the pay, smart coworkers,","CRAZY work hours 12+ on a daily basis, but I guess that's why they pay you CRAZY amounts of money. If you don't work more than 8 hours on a day then you are looked down on, and probably be fired. If you have a family, you will not get to see them that often.",Stop forcing us to work 12+ hours on a daily basis,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1635.htm
24140,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Supervisor/PA,Opportunity to grow with the company was what I was able to contribute and it works. always allows innovation,benefits and allow to be innovative as a hourly associate up to sr management.,concesntrates too much on the degree for management promotions,Be organized and manage leadership principals to the extreme.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24141,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,you have alot of flexibility,at times can be very tiring tiring,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24142,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Jul 28, 2013",Former Employee - Pack Ambassodor,amazon is a great company,good pay and fast paced,some days are dead and suck,they need to treat employees like people not robots,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24143,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sweatshop,Looks good on your resume,"Annual culling of bottom 25% results in a really nasty competitiveness...e.g., nice to your face then stab you in the back. Extremely poor work/life balance. Difficult to move up career ladder.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24144,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 30, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,It was great and they are a good employer,Great benefits and friendly upper management. Loved the enviroment and people always seemed happy to be there. It was a great time and experience.,"Long hours with overnight shifts. Not the best for work and life balance, but still manageable. Some of the employees were not the best to be around, but it will be like that anywhere.",Keep up the good work and make sure to relate to lower level employees,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24145,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Aug 9, 2013",Current Employee - Stow,Amazon Stow Dpeartment,You are left alone to do your work. Very good for motivated people who don't like to be micromanaged. The shifts are 10 hours long but you get three days off usually.,Making rate is possible but can get tricky sometimes. People are very good about helping and the trainers do a good job.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24146,amazon,"Lenexa, KS"," Aug 13, 2013",Former Employee - Inventory Control,Not enough advancement oppurtunities,Its a fun place to work with a competitive benefit package.,Management has no communication with employees and poor recognition for top performers.,"Clean up the ""favorites"" system that they run off. People who deserve the promotion should get the opportunity to show you their potential. Instead, they pick who ever kisses the most a**.",3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24147,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Gainful employment, painful experience",1. Fast paced and diverse opportunties. 2. Very talented employees due to high hiring bar 3. Good pay.,1. Transactional (financial and not social) contract between company and employees. Poor work life balance and lack of employee satisfaction improvement measures. Lots of employees leave within few years. 2. Matrix structures and cross functional teams cause excessive tension and performance drain. 3. Messaging and projecting are valued more than execution.,"Please invest in improving employee satisfaction by providing them an environment to perform better and also developing their career. The company culture rewards cool ideas and bold people. Ideas are dime a dozen, its the execution that matters. Value hard working people who actually move the needle and not just the loudest ones. Recruiting highly talented resources , squeezing every bit from them and relying merely on high salary payment for retention is not a sustainable solution. The company needs transformational leadership.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24148,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 11, 2013",Former Employee - Courier,nice place to work,"team atmosphere, benefits, good work environment",having to work atleast 1 weekend day a week,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24149,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great professional experience with smart people,Tons of opportunity if you are ambitions,It could be hard to maintain work/life balance,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1636.htm
24150,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Decent work . interaction with Intelligent people.,Bad work life balance. Support load,More focus on career developmnt,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24151,amazon,"Greenville, SC"," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Coordinator,"Interesting, better for right out of college.","Ability to be relocated to many places, Monthly bonus, high sign on bonuses, fast paced environment which builds on leadership.","Small base raise for annual reviews, compensation structure & raises built around inital reserved stock offering, long hours, no holidays off except Christmas and New Years day.",Focus more on your staff as they are the customers as well. Strong leadership and less politics would make it a lot better place for everyone.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24152,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Stressful,Advancement if you can take the hours,"Stressful, no down time for the capable and strong","Standards vs. Goals, create conflicts in many areas.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24153,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced,You will get to learn and touch all type of systems and see changes occur at rapid speeds.,The same rapid speed of changes may be daunting for most.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24154,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Big tech company,"Fast paced, a lot of ownership and upward movement. Coworkers are smart, fun, laid back. Very flexible working hours. Everyone is very passionate about what they do.",Expectations about innovations and productivity are high. Long hours are often required to get everything done. A fair amount of turnover due to burn out.,hire managers from places besides microsoft.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24155,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 8, 2013",Current Employee - Picker,a lot of walking,"nice money, easy organzied, overly montinored","leads need to be cooler, plus the time clocks closer!",same a the Cons,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24156,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Be prepared to put in the hours, however growth and development opportunities are limitless",1. Total compensation: very fair - you are being compensated very well especially for college hires 2. Development opportunities - you will be pushed every single day at work - there is never downtime 3. Growth opportunities - with the stock shooting over 300 for the first time and the year over year growth the opportunities are endless,"1. Shifts - There are desirable shifts and there are undesirable shifts: For example, you can work Wed-Sat Nights which most people would feel to be an undesirable shift. Due to business need senior management may adjust your schedule as they see fit 2. Training - while the on boarding program is quite good, almost all of your training will be on the job. Be ready to ask your peers for support and learn as much as you can on your own.",Put together a more transparent plan for moving managers around shift-wise. Develop a concrete training program that allows for new managers to transition into there roles more effectively.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24157,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great Place to work at,The company takes bottom-up ideas very seriously. Developer has a lot of freedom to design products and the release cycle is super fast. People are very nice and professional. The technology used for development is top of the line.,Sometimes oncall is stressing for new SDEs.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24158,amazon,"Shelbyville, KY"," Jul 16, 2013",Current Employee - Returns Processor,One of the best places to work,"Worker-centric culture, well known for caring for their people","Frequent changes in operations, with almost no plan good enough to stick to.","Get an idea that works, then maintain it, tweak it, but don't change it unless it breaks.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24159,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jul 21, 2013",Current Employee - Ship Clerk,Good very place to work,Multifunctions available in every warehouse,If you can handle being on our feet for 7 to 9 hours dont apply,Look at gettinr your tier 3 employees more money,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1637.htm
24160,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 24, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,People are treated as a commodity,There are a few at Chattanooga who are right for their position. Some are in HR and some are managers. They take an interest in feedback and communicate well.,"Hired in one department but trained in others. All departments, inbound, stow, pick, sort, pack are judged by rate. In pick for example associates are to pick 100 items per hour in a 10 hour shift, in a 3 story pick area larger than a football field, regardless of the ridiculous pick path that is given to associates. The density of a pick path can very dramatically. If you make your 1000 items per shift you are left alone but fall below the 1000 per shift and be ready for punishment. Averages over several weeks are used to rate employees performance but be ready for verbal and written warnings if you don't meet their arbitrary goals. Managers say things will average out but that is not based on the reality of an actual associate. If you exceed rate per hour for months and months and then management changes things which causes your rate to drop you are pounced on. All that matters is rate at the expense of associates. Amazon has lost a lot of good people just because of the harassment by management and the physically brutal expectations of walking for 10 to 15 miles, or standing for 10 hours as a packer.","Develop software to save associates from the brutality of walking 10 to 20 miles per shift. Stepping into another's shoes is a simple concept. We all understand it. But, how often do managers proactively practice it? Management needs to take on the jobs of their employees for one day to see what it is like. Don't just work for an hour or so - do the 10 hours. Next time you implement a change see what can you do to understand the associates point of view? Don't underestimate the intelligence of your associates or the power of stepping in their shoes.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24161,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Great tech company to work for,"Technical growth, Learning, Work Culture",Work life balance is bad,Don't move so fast. Give time to people to do whatever they're doing well rather than throwing out half baked stuff.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24162,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Aug 7, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,Truly a regrettable decision,"Great people that are smart and are capable of doing the position. Generous with relocation benefits. Very nice stock offerings. The first week of training you meet ~50 new managers and make some really good friends. Then 3 months later you attend ""Planet of the Ops"" and get to spend another fun week with the friends you made the first week.","Overall it was a regrettable experience and only served to make me regret leaving my previous job and appreciate what I had before. From the beginning I was lied to about what to expect and told things that enticed me to join them. I had hoped working there was a great as being a customer. After you get through their intensive interview process, you will feel like it is a great place to be and that it is everything that you wanted in a job. After they moved me and started at my sight, I realized I had made a mistake. That was only within the first 3 weeks of being there. Associates and mangers are treated as numbers. Your input is not regarded in any decisions and you must accept whatever senior management wants. If you are a leader that cares about the people that work for you, this is not the place to be. Everyone is treated as if they are disposable. During my time there, I saw approximately 30 managers leave from various levels. That equated to an almost 30-40% loss in management. With the losses, no one was replaced and the work volume was dumped on those that remained. When new managers are brought on they send them to a one week training at another facility with 50 other managers to prepare for your new job. The week there is great, but it truly does not prepare you for the madness that is to come. Every week they have 50 new managers in that training. What does that tell you that they can hire 50 new managers every week and continue to always have open positions? They will say it is all the opening of new FC's and constant promotion to higher levels, but the reality is attrition. I asked specifically during my interview and that is the response I got. So if you have read all of this, be careful what you wish for, being employed there is not as great as being a customer.","We are not all just numbers and rates to you. I get efficiency and keeping the best, but you hire the best and then break them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24163,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Aug 16, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse,Its ok but not great,good pay and benefits when,horrible conditions and bad management,fix it,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24164,amazon,"Detroit, MI"," Jun 9, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Work hard, have a huge impact",+ Your work will likely be seen and used by millions + Fantastic company values that people actually care about + Great co-workers and transparent management,- Fairly stressful environment - Monthly on-call rotation,"Frugality shouldn't mean it's not the default to have the best tools for the job (dual monitors, newer computers) even if it's possible to get these things without too much trouble. Otherwise, I wouldn't change a thing!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24165,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Recruiting Manager,"Great Leadership, tough work-life balance",Strong leadership at S-team level Internal movement Cash joining bonuses in Years 1 and 2 Bar raiser interview process Global value proposition,Limited work-life balance Toxic culture in many departments Year 3 and year 4 compensation heavily reliant upon stock performance Lack of talent management Promotion process is inconsistent and more a popularity contest than performance driven Technical bar is inconsistent and skews hiring of software engineers company-wide,Provide an on site day care facility Increase subsidy to parking Reduce pricing of cafeteria food,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24166,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jul 22, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,OK... if you really need a job,Tasks are extremely simple. Expectations are not hard to meet. Benefits are really good with lots of paid time off. You get to see an amazing variety of products. Take home pay is ok. Job security. They have lots of contests when they need a lot of people to show up.,"The work is boring and lonely and repetitive. Lots of rules. Management changes things very often. Poor morale everywhere. You will see very little of your manager, they may not even learn your name. Not much time spent on training, you sort of train yourself. Take home pay is ok. Hard to move up unless you're willing to work jobs/shifts no one wants.",Get to know the people that work for you. Earn their respect. Spend more time looking for talent and help them on their career path. Don't use gimmicks to keep employees working.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24167,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Jul 22, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"OKAY, If your in need of work","good, benefits, plenty of overtime between October and Janurary","Awful conditions, management needs classes on management, pay should not be the same for all departments",Learn people skills and time management,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24168,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,I have a manager who is self-focused. She only manages up and this has created poor morale.,"Fun, diverse people. Casual atmosphere (sometimes almost too casual) Subsidized parking rates, good health care plan.","Always shifting management. Each new manager is allowed to make the team they are coming in to head up whatever they want it to be. Hence, those on the team have to continually adjust to changing expectations.","Do less and focus more on core responsibilities. Many managers I encounter are so busy doing things for a promotion, that they dismiss any suggestions or feedback coming from people working under them. You are missing opportunities to leverage the investment you have in your people. They are being stifled by management.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24169,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Engineer,fast pace company high turn over ratio,you can learn a lot in the fast growing company,"Young co-workers, high turn over, not family friendly.",retain people,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1638.htm
24170,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2013",Current Employee - Investigator Specialist,Investigating Specialist,This position will pay overtime.,Requested to be very flexible yet given very little flexibility. Have to work a Sunday - Thursday or Tuesday through Saturday schedule. Difficult to take vacation time. Difficult to implement change. Very unorganized and unprofessional throughout management to HR.,Stop micro managing and treat your employees with respect.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24171,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Big tech company,Amazon is a fast growing company with its tendrils in numerous areas of commerce and technology. Its great to work on something that has a major global impact.,Its a big company that can have some issues with bureaucracy weighing down innovation. There are also pockets of political fiefdom where ambitious individuals will put their own needs ahead of those of the customer.,"Stop hiring so many execs from Microsoft ,)",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24172,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2013",Former Employee - Site Merchandiser,"And I quote, ","Dogs in the office, Tom Douglas restaurants on campus, buildings have gorgeous views","0 work/life balance, expectations aren't shared, little to no pride in the company or job, high turnover, review system seems designed to fail","Employees work better when they feel inspired, and when they can sleep soundly at night without having nightmares about work (whether that's being fired or just disappointing management). Expectations for each job should be shared freely, not only when the employee is going through performance coaching due to a poor review. It needs to be easier to be promoted, and a few perks (free Prime, for example) wouldn't hurt...",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24173,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work for,Great benefits and beautiful Seattle views. The people who work at Amazon are among the best and very capable. Some of my best confidants have come from my coworkers. At Amazon I feel happy and like I'm making a difference.,"There aren't very many cons when it comes to Amazon, but I suppose one possible con could include the fact that it's in the city, which personally I love but isn't some people's cup of tea.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24174,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,"not hard-working, bad on call",just work 8 hours a day,"not every colleague good ,they need to improve",smaller groups and work harder,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24175,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Great place to learn and burn,"Great place to learn about how to develop software, and how to support it. Learn what it means to be customer focused.","You have two choices: Burn out with over-work, or play politics to save your skin. Promotions are based on favoritism in many cases. If you complain to HR about abuse from upper management, be sure they will rat on you and collude to destroy you. Leave before it gets to that.",Respect your employees,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24176,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Inbound and Outbound,Hard to keep a Job at amazon.com,"The pay is good, and good benefits. Fun working with books and dvd's. I liked working the three 12 hours shifts over the weekend.","Most people get terminated. Constant complaints from management, Discriminate against the older worker. Security is bad in the parking lot.",People need permanent full time work and be treated fairly. Quit showing favorites towards certain workers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24177,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jun 30, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great company to work for,So many opportunities to do any number of different jobs. You will work hard but be very well taken care of.,"Long hours, and very little time off. But if you enjoy your job it really wont matter.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24178,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,Unbelievable growth opportunity,You get to work with some very smart minds and experience the cutting edge in distribution.,"Very long hours, high-stress during holiday season",Work with managers to better understand the barriers they encounter as well.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24179,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"they tell you to climb their ladder, but put a cap on the first step!!!",its a job in this down market,"no foreseeable long term growth in the company, just one step for about 95% of employees","Stop what you are doing and ask the little people what the want and really listen, don't just listen to them about ways to improve processes and squeeze every last drop of positive energy out of the little people. Listen to what they really want about the quality of life feedback (pay) , why is it that the individual who has no rate has and no pressure for quality gets the same pay as PIT driver the could very well lose their job for a small accident or a dockworker who forgets to check a box on a piece of paper but everything. Even though i have only seen about a dozen of those instances, just the stress alone of am i going to lose my job over an unchecked box should see pay increases,the final note is why is cost of living not accounted for in pay example, the pay in the Tennessee is the same as Arizona or even California, $12 an hour in Tennessee is an average to above average pay for that area, AZ its on the lower end for instance other warehousing pay in the area is $14-$18 starting, and in California any job less than $20 is constant stress and worry",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1639.htm
24180,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2013",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,Geeks vs. non-Geeks / Technical vs. non-technical people,Amazon is a force for Human Progress.,"Everyone knows that Amazon sells at a deep, deep discount, to gain loyalty and market share. Amazon is a big bully.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24181,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,good place to start,good place to start career but not good to stay,not good engineering environment and technical background on managers,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24182,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,mobile app automation test,"great technology skills to learn, very open to share the knowledge",I don't have the specific Cons.,know more details what employee needs,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24183,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jul 15, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Assc Tier I,"Overall its alright, Great for grinders","Money, co-workers, range of different types of jobs","Upper management, have no life out side amazon, long hours, no part time, moral is usually horrible",Its better if you actually communicate with each other seems to be a big discourse between management levels.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24184,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 30, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hard but fun working place,"Easy job, good pay, tons of opportunity for overtime",not much chance to move up in the company unless your military experienced.,Don't throw the book at people if they have one bad week and let people move up if they are qualified.,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24185,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jul 15, 2013",Former Employee - Associate,Customer focused at the expense of employees,-Higher rate of compensation than average -Good benefits,-Inexperienced lower management -Very impersonal relationships -Brutal time off policies -Production rate requirements constantly in flux and rising.,Give associate morale more weight when reviewing the performance of direct supervisors.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24186,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 8, 2013",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist Chinese Language,Investigator Specialist Chinese Language,"Innovation: A lot of talents in the company Lead ahead: A lot of rich resource knowledge and learning opportunity, you will grow with the co. and benefit the sucess Management: Productive, efficient, skillful, problem solver","Management: Micro management, electronic monitoring, poor communication Long hour: if it is not a torture-land it is a slavery camp. It is hard to balance family and work. Data Driven: Twist your arms and get the job done. Core value: misuse company core value on everything Change quickly: Decision was changed all the time, you begin your doubt about what is going on","The manager should stop using people for new ideas, and later throw people away like an old shoes.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24187,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company to work for, however, as any other company it is not perfect and can improve a lot too",It offers competitive salaries for management positions. It is growing fast. It is very innovative. They love change.,It is too lean some times i.e. they do not spend too much on things that improves morale. The operations team (associate and management) works very long hours. There are not too many perks as other tech companies related to them.,Improve morale to make sure people work even harder to improve the business.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24188,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 5, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources,Love and Hate it all at the same time!,"You are pushed mentally, physically, morally, and every other ally.",You will work extremely long hours and have to be perfect all the time.,Hire more people!,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24189,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Jul 11, 2013",Former Employee - Packer,This company took a lot out of me,The supervisors were friendly and personable. The benefits were good.,They weren't fair with some of their policies such as being cross-trained in different areas. Also they forced overtime when not needed. Would not let the workers lean on something making us have to stand in one spot for 10 hours. The air inside the facility was harmful to me.,Lighten up and treat your employees better.,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1640.htm
24190,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wrong company for those who seek a work life balance.,Good reputation with their customers,Oppressive work environment with no collegiality.,Listen to your employees when they are providing candid feedback.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24191,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon's the world's largest non-profit startup,"Almost everyone at Amazon is very talented, and the culture that Amazon explicitly values is positively unique among other megacorporations. The company is pretty generous with stock grants, though they tend to have protracted vesting schedules (could hardly be more so).","What you've heard about pagers is true. Amazon is frugal to a fault, and most technical roles involve at least some portion of after-hours on-call operational support, no matter how talented you think you are. AWS is something of an exception, that org has more outsourced support teams to help with some of the more established service issues. Negotiate on the way in because, like many companies, annual compensation increases are modest at best. The company also has a very bad habit of buying the cheapest possible laptops for even its technical employees.","Avoiding attrition by valuing your contributors is important! Small things can matter a lot more than they cost. Even young people need work/life balance for long-term success, and people at any age need to sleep uninterrupted most of the time.",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24192,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst II,A place where integrity and intelligence meet ingenuity and creativity to make customers #1,"It's a great place to learn, grow, innovate, create, and make history. You have an amazing opportunity to do some amazing things here.","Work-life balance could be better. They still joke about ""owning"" you after you become a blue-badge. Working OT is expected and basically a ""norm"" to survive the pace. Typical work week can be 50+ hours if there is a lot of deadlines to meet.",Communicate better about organization wide changes and business direction.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24193,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Leave amazon alone if you're not a workaholic,"-decent pay & signon bonus. -Big company, talent teammates.","-unrealistic project schedule, but manager don't think so, they think devs can solve all the problems in a short time. Managers don't care about devs. -teammates are very aggressive. -oncall is horrible. you're paid as SDE but you're also doing the job as SDET and support engineer","Slow down a little bit and do a better schedule, if you're not coding, please take some time to rethink if some features are realistic for the devs. Try to be nice to non-native speakers, we're human not machines.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24194,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2013",Former Employee - Manager,Great place to work with brightest minds around you,Great people who always raise bar,Worklife balance has to be improved as employees run against time to deliver.,I would want Amazonians to have improved work life balance,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24195,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 27, 2013",Current Employee - Picking,Bait and Switch,Facility was very clean is pretty much it.,"A/C set at 87 degrees in Phoenix in July. Employees are rude and run into you. Many employees sporting gang tattoos and apparel. Was not told during orientation or first few days that 10 minutes were allowed daily for bathroom breaks, if needed, which means in the calculated 24 minutes a day, per shift, that you can sit down on a break/lunch, you deduct more time if nature calls. They see sweaty people rushing about like ants on crack but will not allow PowerAde or Gatorade onto the floor, where health wise, when you sweat like that, water doesn't cut it when you marathon walk for three hours at a time.","Raise the A/C temperature. Be nice to your employees by giving them 20 minutes per break and 45 for lunch. Maybe having a variety of schedules of part-time or 8 hour shifts. Stop hiring gang members - that tats give them away, hint, hint. Have staff go around checking on employees to make sure they are not having heat exhaustion. Drop your times so they are not so ""only a professional athlete"" could run the mods -- I had two minutes to get from one end to the other and there was no way I could do it, it wasn't fair.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24196,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Fun making history,Compensated well while being held accountable,Long days and nights during and after Peak,Be true to your word,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24197,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jun 30, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,A lot of advancement opportunities if you are in ,"Above average compensation, good benefits","Very hard to make a name for yourself if you are not in ""The Boys Club"". This generally means that you went to some prestegious college with an MBA or are ex-military. If you are not willing to work at least 60 hours a week and have Amazon be your #1 priority you are perceived as a slacker and lazy. There is definite favoritism by upper management. If you do not fit the mold do not expect to be promoted or last long with the company.",Invest time in your managers. Give them constructive and positive feedback on how to get to the next level. Don't treat your manager as they are always replaceable. It stresses them out and causes them to look for a job elsewhere.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24198,amazon,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 28, 2013",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,"Very fast paced work environment, that is rewarding if you put in the work necessary","Great people, very optimistic future for the company as far as job security as well as great bonuses",I have yet to find a con about working for Amazon.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24199,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible place to work..,10% off on Amazon products..,"What do you get when you combine the retail mindset of Amazon with the hubris of Microsoft? AWS!  From top to bottom, this company drinks Bezos koolaid so much, its scary.. For example, why are there 13 leadership principles? When someone asked that, first he got stares from everyone in the room, then the official answer was ""that was Jeff came up with""..If you go any further, you are not ""Amazon caliber"" hire.. You are not supposed to use Powerpoint at meetings. Why? Jeff said so.. You are encouraged to rat on everyone else in your team. There is even an official process for that via surveys.. The first thing you will learn is how to avoid a lawsuit.. Just read how they treat folks that works in their warehouse before you join AWS...  There are tons of good options in technology.. Why waste your time with this zoo?",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1641.htm
24200,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 16, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,Overview,Opportunity for limitless growth with willingness to put in the work,"12+ hour days regularly, over very large work force",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24201,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,LOVE amazon,The associates you work with are amazing!! It is a fun and rewarding place to work.  They offer great benefits and a challenging work environment!,"Some days you work long hours, specially over peak season, there is a lot of turnover with the tier 1 associates and do not like amazons point policy.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24202,amazon,none," May 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was the best of times...it was the worst of times...,DIY attitude. The compensation was good. People were very friendly.,"DIY attitude. If you are not used to patching things up with duct tape, then this is not the company for you. The management can be non-existent and ineffective at times. You must be the type of person who can work in ambiguity.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24203,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for young people to start their career,"smart people, fast paced environment, lots of opportunities to learn","long hours, bad work-life balance",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24204,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jun 16, 2013",Current Employee - Wharehouse Associate,Great place to work,Company is very competitive as far as wages and benefits. They offer good hours and regularly offer overtime. They treat everyone fairly and getting hired or promoted is a sinch if you work for it. I have never worked for a company that has such a strong culture on saftey and customer obsession. They do a good job at giving credit to the associates and put them in the spot light.,The building is a bit far from my home. The hours are a little outragious during the holiday season. The H.R. department is a little lacking in the overnight hours.,Keep it up,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24205,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon - For the fast and furious,"At Amazon the perfect is not the enemy of the good. It's a place where one can produce good work quickly along with a plan for incremental improvement that moves toward perfection. Lots of resources means that although Amazon may be behind in an area, when the business sees that something is important, it can ramp quickly to the status of parity and even as a pace setter. Lots of ownership. Lots of latitude to resolve ambiguity in creative ways. RSUs are super! Relocation! Cash bonus at signing! Royal treatment during recruiting!","Siloed. Managment by project sometimes makes people managers of project managers. As a result, it can be hard to get support for personal development. The pace of work is often too fast to deliver the ""highest quality"". So rework is often required. Leadership principles are excellent as a guide, but could use improvement in consistent execution. More time should be spent developing people and modeling the leadership principles and core competencies.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24206,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2013",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Great company to work for,"great pay, nice people and extremely good environment. As a mid 20's male with a Bsc and Msc - this was everything I wanted and more",it can be tough to get noticed and have your work appreciated. they do work you hard but it is to be expected,Recognize people more!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24207,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,"professional career growth great work place good camaraderie with fellow colleagues career development advice and good work ethics everybody is pushing for the same goals centered on the customer (big difference with Microsoft). Promotions are gated by well written promo guidelines with focus on delivery, and impact, not on internal politics. People spend less time campaigning for their own promotions (seen cons). Much better healthy relationships between teams/orgs/people. TOP performers are heavily compensated.”","Less levels than at MS, hence promotions are farther apart. Most individual contributor job families only have 4 levels (junior, mid, senior, principal) with very few people in the upper two levels. Big raise on promotion happen less frequently. Average raises for the average people. Most people from MS usually come at one level down (principal -> senior, senior lead to MGR III).",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24208,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slave Camp,There are none...I would rather work at McDonalds then this place what a zoo...,Bad managers..They are clueless and could care less about the workers..This place needs a union bad...God help you if you need a day off...I think I will move to europe they treat workers better over there..Amazon you suck and so do your Nazi managers..,You suck,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24209,amazon,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast Paced, Customer Orientated Atmosphere","There is lots of opportunity for career advancement if you are willing to put in the work and study Amazon's core leadership principles. The fast paced days makes time more bearable. The benefits may be a pretty penny out of your pay, but it is worth it when you need them. Stock benefits are a bit plus. Your voice may not be much as one sometimes, but Amazon makes sure it hears their associates in numerous ways such as associate surveys and round table meetings.","The vigorous work schedule messes with your life outside of work. The pay may be nice once the check arrives, but there isn't much time to enjoy it. They also do not have much help for single parents without spending the rest of your paycheck, which can lead to times of turmoil at home.",Step up your engagement and really hear what your associates have to say. Just a thought.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1642.htm
24210,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Bad and sometimes great place to work,In general good place to work. Lots of exciting stuff,No real commitment to emplyees,Care more about the people who got you there.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24211,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Jun 22, 2013",Current Employee - Team Lead,"Not what I was expecting, great potential if working in another dept","team work, wonderful people who work hard","hours, pay, work balance, micromanaged",listen to your employees and review the workload,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24212,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2013",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Great place for go-getters,Lots of opportunity at a growing company,No attention or resources for those looking to have their hands held.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24213,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job,Decent living wage. As long as your willing to work you will be fine.,As soon as you get used to something they change it. Sometimes for the worse.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24214,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Depends on the team and the manager,"Good salaries/Compensation, Sign in bonus is good as well. Lots of talented people ( some of them are pricks as well)","- Pager Duty, 15 minutes to respond in the event of an alert - Managers main goal is to suck blood out of you. Most of them are micro managers.",- Stop hiring managers from consulting companies who have never written a single line of code.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24215,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jun 20, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great for high school grads,Good money straight out of high school. It is easy to get recognized if you are working hard.,You better be ready to work hard. There is no sitting around or stopping on the warehouse floor for 10 hour shifts other than lunch and breaks.,Better and more monetary incentives.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24216,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 5, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources Generalist,Great Place to Work,"Challenging, empowered, fast paced, lean processes, great people","Work/Life Balance, Difficult to keep up with the growth sometimes",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24217,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Jun 4, 2013",Current Employee - Stow,Fairness For The Company,"Insurance, stocks, 401k, variety of shifts, variety of departments.","Hot, hard to move up without a college degree",Do more development plans and stick with them to make sure the associates are developing.,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24218,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 1, 2013",Current Employee - Operation Manager,Worst work environment for non-tech people. They do not provide much growth opportunity.,You are always surrounded by the smartest engineers and skilled project managers. Very innovative and you are always asked to come up with new ideas and improvement.,"No work-life balance, and the management does not show interest in your work-life balance. I have reported to 6 different managers so far, and only 1 of them showed sincere interest in the employees well-being.","You need to offer growth opportunity for those who are 'home grown' long time contributing Amazonians. I have seen many long time contributors (mainly people with non-tech positions) who end up being managed out but provided very little opportunity to continue contributing due to the company's very fast growth in the past 5 years. Even when you manage out, show some respect to them. They worked hard for you to establish the basic of Amazon. Pay more attention to their employees well-being too.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24219,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon Web Services,A lot of interesting projects and smart people to work along side.,There are very few cons to this job.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1643.htm
24220,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rewarding for the Working,"Fast Paced, Constantly Innovating, rewarding for those who put in the effort. Has great benefits and decent pay for the immediate area. Can quickly move up!","Some low morale, has serious problems with communication. Can promote Safety, Quality, then Safety, although productions needs seems to trump these procedures.",Keep your heads up and obsess over your associates.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24221,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2013",Current Employee - CSA III,Hit or Miss,"Amazon has great core values and strives to constantly innovate. They aren't satisfied with the status quo. They make moves that others won't and they continue to get better. I *like* the company and want to stay here but due to the con's, it's challenging to do so without having lobotomy.","Working in customer support is really challenging. What makes Amazon great as a customer is what makes working as a CSA painful. Amazon has created horrible entitled customers and gives in them constantly. There is no room to move in the VCC division (work at home). If a position opens up, 3/4 of your CS team are applying for it along with the dozens of other CS teams not to mention other Amazon employees and outside. They don't pay well (though benefits are good). A lot of what they espouse for their values don't seem to apply in the VCC team. It's almost a separate company.","Pay attention to this VCC team. The people YOU are choosing, are killing it. You may hideously bad decisions for leadership, knock down the good people, and coddle the drones who do nothing but give out concessions to keep their metrics good. Practice what you preach. If you really do believe the tenets, let it come to play in advancement and promotion---not just show up on paper.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24222,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer,"Not a lot of politics. A good environment for solving problems and building cool things. Great internal tools, both for deploying and building services and for data storage, etc.","For a tech company, there is a large business side. This means you spend more time than you'd want trying to convince and work with the business instead of just creating cool products.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24223,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,Life on the fast lane!,Never dull. Fast paced with plenty of things to do. Great role and responsibilities. Truly cares about customer benefits. People respect and listen to you if you are smart. Great brand value on your resume.,Fast paced. Takes a toll on work-life balance. As they have very small teams there is not enough fair distribution of responsibilities. Some people get overburdened and burnt out. Not enough mentorship. You either make it or you are asked to leave. No body cares about investing in people and making them successful.,More mentorship. Invest in people and make them successful. Don't overburden employees. Hire more people instead.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24224,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2013",Former Employee - WAH Customer Service Representative,Amazon WAH Customer Service Agent,Working from home. Equipment provided. Decent pay.,"Management hard to reach at times. Very impersonal, having to give everything under the sun to everyone who called to complain.",Be more available to your employees and don't push everything off onto your leads.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24225,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer II,Good working environment with smart people around.,Not very fancy hardware to work.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24226,amazon,none," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, much better than most companies. They make a serious effort to meet their employee's needs",Very generous. Plenty of opportunities for advancement. Easy to have your voice heard. Happily accepts input.,"Needs better organization. Also, better communication of the opportunities available within the company would be helpful.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24227,amazon,"Gouldsboro, PA"," Jul 2, 2013",Current Employee - Fulfillment Specialist,Ridiculous policy ridiculous turnover rate,They keep you informed about what is going on in the company benefits are great and pay is getting better,"They go threw employees like no other company I have ever seen I was only there for a little over a month and employees were dropping like flies it is a concern for everyone that works there everyone who works there asks how much longer till their number is up I personally know of at least 18 employees being fired just since I was there some deserved it but most where excellent employees that were fired for ridiculous reasons like stretching, telling management a concern they had, and even for writing the wrong date on a piece of paper for overtime.if you're honestly considering working for this company do yourself a favor only plan on it being extremely temporary while you look for another job....unless of course you are absolutely perfect and flawless in every way just because you show up when you're supposed too and work at 110% is not enough for this company!!!!!!!!",If you have an employee that is a great employee you should keep then working for you and not make it impossible to keep working hard for you,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24228,amazon,none," May 28, 2013",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Great opportunity for anyone who is not thin-skinned and is ready for a challenge!,The company is still growing! Advancement opportunities are enormous! Pay at the leadership levels is competitive.,Daily changes at the local level often keeps things from moving forward with buy-in from the entire team and often results in no improvement overall.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24229,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2013",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Very challenging, some favoritism but great learning opportunity",- Colleagues - most are very smart and extremely driven - type of work - new grads can be put on big projects very quickly - competitive base salary - metrics driven - I've seen Senior financial analysts successfully contest comments from directors using metrics,"- no surprise, long hours - very ""pressure cooker"" type of environment, can get tiring very quickly - colleagues are not always the friendliest - benefits compared to other tech companies is sub par",Improve work/life balance and benefits - long hours with low benefits is never a good formula,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1644.htm
24230,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 27, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Working at amazon,"High talent, high ownership, responsibility","Demanding, long working hours if you want to have a successful career",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24231,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2013",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,almost two years,"innovative culture, chill environment, chill dress code, company subsidized café with organic food, respectful co workers","unless you negotiate well going in, don't expect a further opportunity at end of year review unless you are an executive not all managers provide a challenging environment salary is low so stock is vital benefits are great Orca card shuttles between buildings and to train station great tools to do your work re IT people are predominantly nice","instead of signing bonus split over two years for the under $100K employees, make it one lump sum for one year",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24232,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2013",Current Employee - TPM,Great learning experience while drinking from a firehose,"""A month at Amazon is like a year elsewhere"" is the standing joke. You learn more than at most companies and are given high level ownership from the outset. The co-workers are amazing, smart, and collegial.","The hours can be daunting, often requiring work past 10 pm or midnight for weeks on end. The compensation is negotiated upon hire and will remain largely unchanged. The company intentionally underhires. Sacrifices for the sake of the company are not always appreciated as much as expected. Company culture a few years back was phenomenal but has steadily been disappeared with high level hires from other tech companies.","More mentoring, and set employees up for success with regular feedback. Move away from static annual reviews when the technology changes faster than the goals at the beginning of the year.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24233,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Jun 8, 2013",Current Employee - Team Lead,A great deal of self-preservation must be take place if your true desire is to be successful.,Leadership team. The team has been built on a lot of educated individuals that really know what they are doing.,"Human Resource inconsistency. Having the knowledge and ability to answer/provide important data to what should be a companies most prized resources, human resources, is imperative.",None,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24234,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 27, 2013",Current Employee - Recruting Manager,Three and a half years and still loving my job at Amazon!,"I feel very empowered, have great work-life balance, great unique culture, I am recognized for my contributions both financially and by the respect given by my leaders and peers. Amazon.com is a company that you can believe in and feel proud to be a part of.",I think that we need more creativity in our benefits. I think we could do a better job in employment branding.,Understand the competition for great employees and continue to strive to have a strong employee value proposition.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24235,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," May 24, 2013",Current Employee - Process Assistant Tier III,Process Assistant,"Decent pay, great benefits, plenty of opportunities for advancement.","High turn-over rate and management shifting, due to the rapid growth & development.",Stick to your leadership principles.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24236,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2013",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,I love the Amazon culture and business practices.,"Smart people, good benefits, great company atmosphere.","Growing so fast, sometimes it has a hard time catching up with certain services.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24237,amazon,none," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, an exciting place to work for",A lot of opportunities for newbies,Management teams change often unexpectedly,Keep entire dev team motivated for new ideas and products,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24238,amazon,"Chester, PA"," May 21, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Most innovative company and better place to work,Good working environment with best benefits,"Stress but manageable, management tough",think big thing for all employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24239,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," May 30, 2013",Former Employee - Packer,Warehouse experience,The pay was better than other warehouse positions at the time. They also have decent benefits for their employees.,"Long hours and stress of rate, they stress to you about your rate daily. The shifts are long and can be tiring on the body",Be more understanding toward employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1645.htm
24240,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Good Exposure to a Highly Successful Company, But Don't Expect Adequate Compensation or Upwards Mobility",Very smart people. You will get to work with many high achievers from both the engineering and business worlds. Engineers get to learn a lot about business and see how high-achieving business managers function. Business managers get to work with and see how industry-leading engineering teams work.,"Ridiculously hard to get promoted. You're more likely to see incompetent managers get hired into positions that they don't want to promote you to. Performance reviews and compensation systems are set up to allow the company to work you harder and pay you as little as they can get away with. Basically, you will only get a promotion or a decent raise when you work so hard that management runs out of excuses not to reward you properly. Very top-down management style. Every engineer's goals are the result of his or her manager's business goals which are trickled down from the ""S-team"" - the top level VPs of the company, and so bottom and mid-level creative initiatives tend not to happen. Engineers have to deliver on project after project with overly aggressive deadlines, support a huge operational load (i.e. pagers going off in evenings and weekends), and are then held accountable for quality-related issues. Many teams with bloated mid-level managers who demand lots of meetings, book keeping, reporting etc. TPMs and Dev Managers have to depend on tribal knowledge and personal networking to get anything done. Company emphasizes ""Leadership Principles"" which are the basis for how everyone ought to behave, but is vague and contradictory and only gives the impression - to those who drink the Kool-aid - that the company appreciates hard work as well as results, but in reality, they're no different from any other company who stack ranks their employees based on all sorts of subjective opinions. Reviews are full of BS and are mostly written after ratings have been determined. Eventually, the only engineers with rewarding careers at Amazon tend to be the fortunate ones whose managers know how to game the system, rather than play along with it. Everybody else eventually leaves - burned out and under-appreciated.","Shift the culture away from top-down, middle-management-heavy dynamics, and start fostering more focused and creative teams from below. Reward more. Promote more frequently from within. Recognize who the incompetent bozos are among management, and stop rewarding them more than your developers. Stop force-feeding the Kool-aid. Few are buying it - they're only playing along because they don't trust that you'd reward them for honesty.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24241,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," May 27, 2013",Current Employee - FC Associate,Started out great. Loss of culture and morale shows since Zappos/Amazon transition,"Paid vacation, free lunch, 25 cent vending machines that go to charity, decent pay.","Transition from Zappos to Amazon difficult. No more free health insurance. Too many rules put in place. Management pushing endless numbers. a lot of unnecessary overtime, no air conditioning in one warehouse. Loss of culture and fun activities. Starts to drag on and you feel worn out by the end of the week. Anti-fatigue mats unsatisfactory.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24242,amazon,none," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Rocks!,"- Innovation - There are always big interesting problems to solve (fun projects) - Smart, very smart people - If you are looking for career advancement in terms of intellectual advancement and experience advancement, this place is great - ""Work hard, have fun, make history"" - this really sums it up","- Tough, high expectation to deliver - No specific process to succeed, you have to figure it out yourself and every situation is different - If you are looking for career advancement in terms of title and ranks, you will be disappointed.",Stick to your leadership principles,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24243,amazon,none," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,easy good great fast pace,goosip talking about you behind back,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24244,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,A Great Place to Work if You Want Someone to Demean Your Work,Great place for someone fresh out of school with no work experience and no realization of what a real work environment is supposed to be like. Great minds are at Amazon. Meet them before they burn out and leave. Build your professional network. They have relatively good benefits.  This is a great place to work if you’re one of those people that enjoy pushing your work off on others (also called “delegation”) and then claiming their success as your own. You will be recognized as a “leader” and be promoted despite your experience or lack of skills.,"Horrible place to work if you’re already established in your career, have a family, or enjoy unplugging from work long enough to enjoy your evenings, weekends, holidays or vacations. Amazon is not a family friendly company, despite what they say to the contrary. You’re penalized for working from home even if there is a legitimate reason even if you’re more productive there than at the office.  Amazon also holds onto the delusion that they are a start-up going after the big players in the market. They’re not. They are a mature “big player” company pretending to be start-up. All of the tools and data are home-grown, that translates into lots of bugs, inconsistent data, lack of a clear owner or desire by owners to maintain or fix their software/data, and catalog data that is lacking on details or consistency. This last point is important. If you’re the kind of person that loves making up data to suit your hypothesis, this is the place for you. If, however, you’re bugged by the inconsistencies you see from the same data sets but with different interpretations, you will be plagued with indecision and lack of confidence on a daily basis.  Be prepared during your tenure to have your self-confidence and self-esteem battered on a daily basis. The position you’re applying for now will not be the same one you’ll be performing on a daily basis. You will be doing menial tasks daily, predominantly data entry, data validation, report generation and ticket resolution (and that’s if you’re a business owner like a vendor manager or product manager). In any given week, you’ll have about 8 hours total that you’ll be able to devote to your actual job, though you can easily do 40 hours a week if you work evenings and weekends.  Amazon’s strategy for attracting the best and the brightest is to hire in the cream of the crop from colleges around the country, suck the creative juices and ideas out of their employees, then toss them aside with no clear path to career succession while they go ply the universities for other unsuspecting candidates. Their restricted stock plan is designed in such a way that you get trivially small amounts of stock in your first two years before it balloons for another two years. They do this because most people that go to Amazon leave or get fired between the first and second year.  Competition is fierce at Amazon. Not just between Amazon and the outside world, or between the various Amazon teams, but within your own team. You will be forced to compete in terms of your effectiveness or production rate with your co-workers and you will be publically called out for not achieving arbitrary goals. The definition of “productive” is also a very arbitrary term at Amazon. You can have someone that does the bare minimum, who gets others to fix the problems they cause and who claim credit for work others did get called an “effective leader” and get promoted. You also get folks that work hard, long hours, usually 10 or 12 hours a day, late into the night, on weekends and holidays, who don’t take vacation, who then get fired within their first year because they weren’t “productive” enough.  Amazon is highly fractured internally, with each group given a set of goals to achieve that are not aligned at the corporate level. The result is that you have groups duplicating the work of others, building solutions that solve their immediate need but create more work or disrupt business processes for others, and management groups often make poor business decisions because the mid-tier managers tend to only talk about the wins, not about the blockers or issues. Amazon, as a whole, is highly dis-functional whose mandate of becoming the largest online seller of “stuff” in the world has certainly made them successful externally, but has created a huge list of issues and process misses internally. Unless major amounts of resources are devoted to resolving the business processes and data integrity issues within the next few years, Amazon will see an increase in employee satisfaction, and higher costs of doing business (due to hiring in people to maintain antiquated data schemas and coding band-aid solutions rather than scraping the entire system for something much more scalable and less prone to bug defects).  If you do get hired, you will have a significant ramp-up period on the order of six to nine months. Nothing is well documented at Amazon, despite their assertion that the Wiki has the information you need (which was true when they created the page two years ago but doesn’t reflect the actual state of affairs today), so you will have to train yourself on how to use the tools or from your co-workers if you’re lucky enough they can pull themselves away from their data processing long enough to help you.",Stop listening to your managers and talk directly to the employees. A lot is going on that they're not telling you about.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,41,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24245,amazon,"Chester, VA"," May 20, 2013",Former Employee - Area Manager,Fulfillment is a meat grinder!,Compensation is great. They have nice bonus incentives for new hires.,Long hours. No care for your well being and very little interest in developing people. Training is very poor and they treat the bottom level associates like cattle.,Wait 90 days to pay out any bonus money to allow people to make sure it will be a good fit.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24246,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," May 9, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,"A busy, constantly on the move type of job.","Pros: decent pay, good people, good exercise. You get some employee benefits and learn how Amazon works from the inside.","You don't really get a break. Your feet hurt after awhile, your lunch break is short and the shifts are very long. Pretty taxing. Can be mind numbingly boring at times.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24247,amazon,none," May 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work...,"Smart people, innovative culture,interesting work",Nothing that I can say right now,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24248,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," May 18, 2013",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Challenging, fast paced, innovative, interesting",Amazon has been good to me and has taught me things I would have never learned elsewhere. There are many opportunities if you work hard enough.,Communication between departments and on a facility wide level. Disorganization in some areas.,"Engage your associates, appreciate the smallest jobs because without or associates, we wouldn't have a job.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24249,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Would not suggest my friends to work for amazon,sign-in bonus and relocation fees,"- if you work there for less than a year, you have to return relocation fees and part of bonus - work overtime because of bad project management - work employees hard - cheap work environment - drink is not free, free coffee, but not good","- schedule is not reasonable, so work employees hard - managers simply throw tasks at employees, not to take responsibilities",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1646.htm
24250,amazon,"Nashua, NH"," May 5, 2013",Former Employee - IT/Facilities Technician,Very growth oriented.,"Stock compensation plans are generous. Managers push you to develop to your full potential and beyond and will support you. Very family like culture and if you make or exceed their minimum requirements when you first come on board, you do have a real opportunity for success. Amazon deeply appreciates anyone with solid leadership abilities. They aggressively seek to recruit military personnel and will take seriously any genuine recommendations for improvement even from their lowest level associates.","There can be a lot of hard work with little time to do it in. Work life balance can be very challenging. Amazon practices a lean culture but it is at times a little too lean to the point where resources are not available achieve goals. They also focus a lot of relocation so if you really want to go far in the company, don't expect to settle down in one geographical area for many years.",Keep doing what you are doing while still recognizing that at the end of the day family is what life is all about.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24251,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," May 11, 2013",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Patience,Job stability and growth of the company,Takes to long ti move up the ladder,Its all about the associates,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24252,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Great company,"Pros: + Like others have said, you are really encouraged to act as a business owner. + Work is fast paced and can be a grind, but there is never a dull moment. + Strong commitment to the Leadership Principles. + Commitment to the long term goals of the company vs. parity with retail competitors. + Employees are rewarded for their work and compensated appropriately. + Beautiful campus","Cons: - Can be a grind - long hours are the rule, not the exception. Work life balance is heavily weighted to work. - Management and management expectations varies greatly from business unit to business unit. - Typical red-flags within a company (like high turnover) are not investigated. - Culture is very male-centric. Women need to have thick skin and be willing to speak up and be heard.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24253,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Challenging and intense environment.,"You learn new technologies and are challenged every day. You need to be at your best every day. There are many brilliant colleagues which keep environment motivated and challenging,","Once you join, there is very very limited scope of growth (compensation wise and career wise both). So if you do not negotiate well at the time of joining then you might repent afterwards. Since there are very few levels so promotion takes 6-12+ years from Mid to senior level.",Create more fun at work environment and create more opportunities of growth.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24254,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Push yourself to the limits while dealing with stretched goals,Amazon promotes leadership skills to every job type and level. It sets clear guidelines as to what is expected out of one's job role to become a good leader. Amazon values its culture fit and put a lot of efforts in hiring people who resonates with these leadership principles. Goal setting is pretty aggressive and pushes people to their limit to achieve that goal. For a young software engineer Amazon has all that is needed to grow in the industry and excel in her career.,Work-Life balance couldn't be maintained all the time since Goals are aggressive. It is in the philosophy to have stretched Goals (and not easy goals) so everybody is under more or less stress. One has to handle this stress in order to survive in Amazon.,Giving good compensation and focusing on employees' workplace satisfaction would help the employees cope up with this increased stress. Somehow Amazon's higher management does not seem to value its employees' well being. This reflects in poor workplace amenities in various offices in comparison to other big companies like Google or Facebook. Frugality is taken to its extreme in this sense. People leave the company when they cannot cope up with the stress though the work they get may be challenging and satisfying.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24255,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Customer focused, not employee focused","You will learn what it really means to be customer centric. Company is much less bureaucratic than other large tech companies. If you are smart, motivated, single and have no other commitments you can succeed. You will learn a lot and ship a lot. It is true that 1 year experience at Amazon is equivalent to 2 years at any other large tech company.","Company is customer focused, not employee focused. Management does not care about you as a person. If you have kids and your wife is working, then Amazon is not for you. A lot of churn in many groups. Plans, designs and everything else changes all the time. You have to be good at handling such churn. A lot is expected from you. You need to be able to handle a lot of stress, be great at multitasking, and should be available round the clock (e.g early morning meetings with Europe and late night meetings with teams in India).",Middle management is trying to achieve ambitious goals through brute force instead of coming up with creative solutions.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24256,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," May 16, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Nice pay, but not enough pay to deal with the favoritism and discouragement from higher tiers.",Good pay and time off once hired.,never good enough to some managers esp. if they already don't like you,Bring better attitudes and respect to the table and you will def. get the same in return,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24257,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 6, 2013",Current Employee - Facitilies Tech II,Highly political and cut throat People that do the least are the ones most recognized as model employees.,to be employed and not on unemployment,Unless you know someone higher up to watch your back you will not go anywhere with the company.,what management. Everyone is busy trying to build their own little empire,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24258,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,"Great company, lots of opportunity to learn.",There are lots of opportunities to learn and try different jobs. Coworkers are smart and motivated. The company thinks long term and is constantly innovating. Employees are empowered to drive change.,The company lacks processes in certain areas. Training is limited but getting better. Good place if you like to work in an unstructured environment.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24259,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2013",Current Employee - SDE-intern,Great,you can work with best people their..with rigorous learning,I cant think of any,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1647.htm
24260,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Work, Work and have no fun, life",Amazon will let you bring your pet to work. The dress code is very casual. The downtown area where headquarters are located is beautiful.,"This company has grown so fast, it has placed incapable individuals in high and mid level management roles, that makes things very stressful day to day. Managers only care to blame someone to cover their own shortcomings. The work atmosphere is anything but fun it feels like a sweatshop. There are too many managers and very few employees who do the actual work. Most people working there are impulsive, irritated and burnt out from overwork. It is not a family oriented company, work days are very long and stretch into weekends, one person’s work load normally equates to 2-3 people’s worth of workload, if someone complains about workload, they are told that everyone around here works 2-3 people’s worth of work, so go back and work harder. Eventually, everyone burns out and looks for better jobs elsewhere. This causes a constant churn of employees, new people are constantly being brought in and there’s never a stable team. Moreover, there is no recognition of employees. Even after delivering stuff, there is hardly any feeling of achievement because it is not attributed to employees and they are not recognized. Too many layers of managers who do nothing but micro manage their employees and play dirty politics. The annual review process is completely flawed, it favors connected and old timers over the new employee. Pay raises are very low to none, promotions are only given to people who are not qualified but are well connected to the top. This company has such an excellent customer service for outside customers but it has most terrible service for the ""inside” employees.","Stop treating your employees as disposable assets, you do not have to constantly recruit people, treat your employees well and they will stay longer with the company",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24261,amazon,none," May 9, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,My career at Amazon has been one of opportunities and growth.,"There are amazing opportunities to grow as a leader. If you are willing to put in the work, the sky is the limit on how far you can go at Amazon.","As a manager at a fulfillment center, there is no guarantee of what shift or what days you will be working. The hours can be long at times and during the holiday season even more so.",Continue to provide opportunities for growth.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24262,amazon,none," May 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is the best warehouse job.,"The pay is good, you work 10 hour days and only work 4 hours. i worked the night time shift which still wasnt that bad.",It gets really hot in the summer time. Depending on your job it can get repetitive and some jobs require more exercise then others.,Place more water throughout the warehouse.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24263,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Junior Financial Analyst at Amazon,It has good promotion opportunity,You got huge pressure while working.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24264,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2013",Current Employee - Database Administrator,Amazon.com is a very good place to work... thought the environment is hectic,1) Working with a lot of smart people 2) Learn a lot in you field,1) Hectic work environment and will be very difficult in the initial years,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24265,amazon,none," May 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not sure about this role,"Smart peers, fun environment, doggies! Developers and product managers are key to the success of each team.",Middle management needs work. Not great at developing direct reports or helping them get to the next level of their career. This is my only experience on one team at Amazon. I'm hoping this is an isolated situation.,Need to learn to lead by example and help develop the talent they have.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24266,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Started off great, turned into very disappointing",I appreciate some of the benefits but employee costs needs to be lower to compete with other companies.,Time off needs to be updated - vacation time and only having a total of 6 holidays per year is not competitive. Ability to be promoted is talked about in the interview process but in the end if you come in as a mgr or sr. manager the opportunities are few and far between at the next level. You are expected to relocate laterally across the country for a same levle job/lateral move - no additional money and hoped you will be promoted but then does not happen. If you can get promoted you are expected to do the job for a long time (12 - 18+ months) before promo and increased occurs. Increases to base pay will be very small. Many employees are not friendly and throw others under the bus in order to get ahead.,"Focus on opp's for middle mgmt - create more opp's, change promo process, focus on retention - if not it will catch up very soon.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24267,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jun 3, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate (PG) Process Guide,Was not what I was expecting!,4 day work week thats about it.,No room for growth! They take advantage of persons with experience and previous training and pay them the same to do jobs and functions that should easily be a tier III position,"Hire managers and people for what they are worth based on experience! Hire Managers that have had working experience! Take care of the employees, we were the ones making you who you are",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24268,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Avoid it at all cost if you are not a workaholic,"- You will be able to learn a lot here. There are many interesting problems to be solved and you can be owner of the project pretty quickly. - Seattle. While it gets really cloudy from September to April, it has really nice summer weather. Also, it does not snow much. - Flexible hours. You can come to office pretty late and leave late if you have to. - 401k, medical insurance. - Free coffee, tea, and hot cocoa. You can have as many as you want. - You can bring your dog to the office. You will be able to meet a lot of dogs here. - Decent base salary with stocks. Amazon gives you decent amount of salary.","- On-call rotation. You will have to carry a pager and be in an alert 24 hours because one of software that you manage can go down, and system needs a way to tell you about it. It is not fun for anyone to wake up 3am or 6am in the morning once in a week to solve the problem. This brings a lot of time to be spent on operation rather than developing your skill sets. - Bad work/life balance. Tight dead lines. On Thursday, some problem gets escalated and you need to solve it by next Monday, before your manager's meeting, which means you have to spend your weekend. This happens very frequently depending on your team. - Not so much room for salary increase. Amount of increase of your salary will probably the lowest in the industry unless you get promoted. If you are exceptional but did not get promoted, you will likely get about inflation rate (or lower) increase in salary. You will soon be able to find out that people who joined a year or two later than you getting higher salary with less skills. - Frugality. You don't get free food or perks. You will have to work everything on your single monitor and they will not accept your request to have multiple monitors. - This is just a minor thing but 780 square feet office with 11 developers and 2 managers isn't a good place to focus on your work. You will be able to hear a dog barking every other 10 minutes in the office next to you.","Amazon is infamous for high turn over rate, and obviously, there is reason for that. The management needs to realize the cost of developers leaving the company, and treat employees well to prevent it. Otherwise, developers will leave and future developers will need to catch up and clean past works, while keeping tight deadline for new projects.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24269,amazon,none," May 5, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"It was a lot of fun working for the company, and spending time learning a lot of new types of things.","You work lots of long hours, which cuts into your family time, and creates more stress for you and everyone else.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1648.htm
24270,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I am very satisfied at AWS,"Given a lot of important tasks, and a lot of opportunities on the team to make contributions",Work can be quite stressful at times,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24271,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2013",Former Employee - Premium Support Engineer (DSE),Smoke and Mirrors,"Free coffee, smart people and a 10% Amazon discount across the board. Macbook Pros are nice too.","Working at AWS in their ""Support"" department was a real let down for me. I went from owning projects and creating new systems to answering phone calls and chats explaining to moronic customers that they are wrong, how to fix it and then wait for them to fix it while having a read-only view into their environment. My job could be done just as easily without a real computer, I only need some device to stream details out of our many databases.  Indentured servitude. Seriously, soon as you join Amazon you're not allowed to leave for a year or you can owe them over $20,000 really quickly. Beware, only take this job if you want to answer chats and phone calls all day. For anyone who craves or needs hands on, this isn't for you. I'm leaving before I jump off the 27th floor of the building for having my soul sucked out of my chest, I'm eating the bill from Amazon and filing bankruptcy. Nothing else I can hope to do. My personal joy in life is worth more to me than the bragging rights of working at Amazon.  Lunch and food on site is overpriced, management usually hides in their office cubes with no interaction and the emphasis on ""numbers"" is there even though they claim it's not.","8 month experienced managers telling people things that are obviously wrong like ""The CentOS project is the upstream for RHEL"" is ridiculous. Why interview technically if no technical skill is required to do this job? Why not just hire Comcast Tech Support drop outs instead of wasting engineers in the work force?  Explain the job role properly to prospective engineers, you got me in on false pretenses. I want to walk into your office and scream ""F*** YOU"", but I can't.",2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24272,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great place to work, but not without downsides","-Awesome coworkers, They keep a really high bar, at least for SDEs. Ownership is a real thing, not just management-speak. Every SDE gets to own the entire service/product and has insight and input into every step - requirements gathering, design, development, deploy and maintainance. This is particularly true in new or relatively young services. Each service is also independent of each other. In most aspects, this leads to a startup culture within the big organization. At the same time, being a large organization allows great shared platforms and technologies to be used by all the mini-startups within the company.","Lots of management hires from outside the company recently, a recent trend is to crowd out engineers out of meetings. Not sure how it is going to impact the culture long term.  Another big con is the compensation. Performance reviews and compensation revisions don't go hand-in-hand. Compensation change follows a really opaque process, with the end result being most pay hikes are paltry, even with great perf review scores. Only saving grace is the stock grant you get on joining and vests over 4 years. That is why so many people leave after 4 years - there is big drop in effective comp at the end of 4 years. In short, if you are joining Amazon, remember that you are basically negotiating salary for 4 years, not just the first year.","Beware of 'death by commitee'- too many managers kill a product, not allow it to focus on customers. Rethink compensation strategy to allow retaining your best for more than 4 years.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24273,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2013",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Some good opportunities but will mostly just use you,"Some good people working there so you can network and meet people that might help you with your career. If you get a position where you enjoy the actual work, you will get to do it All the time so if you love what you do, there is no shortage of work. It is rarely dull. There is good opportunity to work on your portfolio/experience etc.","There is very little work life balance here. Prepare to have to work all the time. Unless you have a really good manager, you are going to feel like just a number where there is very little care for you and your time. I experienced extremely negative and detrimental treatment while working here. In fact, if I didn't have obvious good work in my portfolio, my experience with Amazon could of ruined my career entirely. They brought me in for my skills, had me teach them to others, and then simply treated me like something disposable that could be thrown out like trash when they didn't want to pay me anymore. Alot of the managers aren't on the cutting edge of technology like they try to say and live in a little conservative bubble. Outside the box thinking is going extinct there. Most people working there are extremely angry all the time and burnt out. They think throwing more developers at a problem will fix it, but some things aren't fixed by more code.",Make the environment positive to work in and end the culture of fear.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24274,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," May 1, 2013",Current Employee - FC Associate,"A learning experience that is very fun, keeps me on my toes","Being full time, you do receive great benefits--health, paid time off, vacation time, etc. You get to work with a lot of different people. And get to know a lot of people as time goes on. As well there are times to do culture activities.","Due to working in a warehouse setting, lines or sorters get jammed here and there, thus stopping the work flow. As well after peak season, managers get rotated and you have to get used to various managing styles.","Keep a balance among shifts when it comes to overtime, sometimes it feels some shifts get more and others get out of overtime. As well have processes in place when it comes to doing skip pick auditing (i.e. one shift has auditors turn into leads, another to someone else).",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24275,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Work is dreadfully boring, but pays extremely well","Palletizing, stacking totes, so easy a monkey could do it, for the most part, you won't lift more than about 30 lbs...not that heavy. As long as you make rate, you are left alone for the most part. Most employees are very nice and respectful. The job pays extremely good money for such easy work---especially night shift 4 nights a week (off-peak)","The job procedures are a bit nitpicky (EX: above 4 pallets, get a partner, which ain't always possible especially when there are few people on the EOL line and you get weighed down with so many totes)  Some associates like to boss you around as if they are your supervisors...annoying  The job is extremely boring and tiresome, you do the same thing over and over and over for weeks and weeks before being given another assignment",Make the job more exciting by switching up assignments every other day.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24276,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Roller coaster of change,"Opportunities to influence change are abundant. Continuous change, so if you don't like something...just wait around a bit. Lots of OT during the holidays.",Long days. Can be stressful depending on your position. Lots of OT during the holidays.,Try to be as transparent as possible...it allows your associates to accept change easier.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24277,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital growing pains,"working to create new digital experiences and new platforms is cool, get to work with some smart people, brand recognition of amazon is great, stock price is doing well.","HR/Performance management systems are stuck in the 90's and don't encourage growth or risk taking. Middle management is under trained and in experienced - folks getting promoted based on politics and connections not on skills. Lack of people investment, people are worked hard and get burnt out.  The digital org - kindle + others - has grown incredibly quickly leading to some of these cons. Not sure how these issues exist in retail, aws or other orgs but lots of people are leaving digital for those orgs.","Communicate vision better, talk more to ground level employees, clean up mgmt orgs - take care of your people",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24278,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Apr 26, 2013",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Great Benefits,Benefits are top notch for the area.,Upper management has little interest in promoting qualified associates.,"Become more transparent, let the people know what is really going on. Reward them for the good they do!",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24279,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse employees are REQUIRED to work to the bone! Beware it is tuff work!,Amazon offers great benefits like stock shares when you are full- time. Always busy so hours aren't and issue and competitive pay raises**! You receive a raise every six months then they are given annually. Quick and easy to make money with a seasonal position.,"Seasonal is comparable to sweatshop work! Very tuff physical labor and expect a mandatory schedule of 60 hours.- full time positions have been rumored ( and lived up to) unemployment after "" maxing out on their payroll scales... Warehouse workers will make about $14 hourly and they find ways to fire people ( not my experience) after they have been maxed at the $14** hr mark.... You max out after about 4 years, right when employees are comfortable with their position and relying on the income... Amazon hubs do not seem to value their employees and do not tell a whole lot about their company in whole upon highering... Let alone your position and what your position means to the company.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1649.htm
24280,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Apr 25, 2013",Former Employee - Finance Manager (Controller),Amazon Fulfillment-- Cutthroat and soul crushing environment that looks like a ticking time bomb from within.,Compensation is competitive-- as long as the stock price continues to climb. Turnover is high so there are plenty of opportunities for promotion. In the fulfillment centers Controllers work with a high degree of independence.,Turnover is high which hurts continuity and effectiveness. 60-70 hour work weeks are the norm rather than the exception. Management is often verbally abusive and behaves with a sense of entitlement. Financial consolidation and reporting is a nightmare as it's a patchwork of Excel workbooks tied together with buggy VBA code. Finance tools available at every other medium to large business are non-existent. SOX compliance terrified me given absence of tools to establish effective control of assets and inventory.,"The number of employees willing and able to absorb the abuse required for being part of a startup is limited. The mantra in Seattle is that ""it's still Day1"" but the truth of the matter is that you are now a very large company and the pool of candidates will to absorb the abuse that comes with a startup has been exhausted. Now that the pool of potential employees includes a lot of people just looking to hold a job and grow a career (not looking for the giant payday associated with a start-up) the management approach needs to change. The extremely high turnover rate (25-30% within 12 months) should be a clear signal that your current culture limits your growth potential.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24281,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Apr 17, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,I enjoy my job,"Amazon is always trying to improve the way they do things. As an employee, I like being made a part of some of these decisions. Amazon's healthcare benefits are amazing and I would be hard pressed to find another job with comparable coverage.","The hourly pay as a warehouse associate is mediocre at best. However, we enjoy monthly bonuses",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24282,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 22, 2013",Current Employee - Content Editor,Putting people through the wringer,Benefits are good and there are lots of opportunities for career development. Casual work environment.,"Work/life balance is nonexistent. Workload is constantly ratcheted up without adequate support. Salaries are just average. Vast, bureaucratic organization includes a lot of careerists acting in nobody's interest but their own - lots of defending turf.","There is a reason so many Amazon employees burn out after two or three years. Workload demands are simply not realistic. I'm tired of losing co-workers to places like Microsoft, where they can make just as much money and have evenings and weekends to themselves.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24283,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An excellent ecommerce site that has growing pains.,"Great communication and integrity, unlimited opportunities","Growth has been so rapid, it is no longer the A+ site for independent book sellers","When you go for it all, you lose something you started with that worked.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24284,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Fast paced, Customer focused",Amazon is great company if you like the fast paced environment. Company tend to focus on what really matters and that is customer experience. People are solution oriented more than problem focused.,"Employees don't necessarily get any perks (not even Prime), long hours are expected. The work/job satisfaction can vary dramatically based on the team you are in.",Treat employee as your internal customers.,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24285,amazon,none," May 2, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quantity is top priority with Amazon,Loved the four day work week.,Not knowing if you are working overtime until a day before.,"None, I wasn't there long enough to work with the new management put into place.",2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24286,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make an impact!,"They legitimately want to remain number 1 in the industry. If job security is important to you, then you definitely want to work with people who have a clue. Their is a healthy paranoia around staying number 1 and targeting seemingly unachievable goals (but somehow always achieving them).","You will work hard. You will not be able to slack. Slackers don't last long. If you think you can ""work less but work smarter"", this is not the place for you. People here are both smart AND they work hard. That's not to say their isn't a work-life balance. It's just that slacking is not culturally acceptable or tolerated as it is in other companies. Want to ""ride it out"" to retirement? Again not the place. As long as you work here, you will work hard, but also contribute to great things.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24287,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Apr 26, 2013",Current Employee - Senior IT,All business,Seemingly endless headroom for advancment.,The point policy for IT is crap considering we are expected to show when the warehouse needs us but also held to a set schedule which is contradicting.,Treat you IT staff with the respect people in that position should be treated with. We are not an average floor worker.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24288,amazon,none," May 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful and worked long hours,"Strong teammates, cutting edge technology, and you learn a lot",You work very long hours with extreme expectations. There is no work life balance.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24289,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good senior leadership, and great customer obsession",The company really is obsessed with the customer. There are a lot of really challenging projects inside the company that are a blast to work on and you get to be around a lot of really intelligent people.,"Frugality being a core value sometimes comes at a cost. There aren't many company holidays or vacation days for employees. The work-life balance is definitely tilted more towards work. Deadlines are often tight and goals are very big, causing lots of late nights.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1650.htm
24290,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,they want all of you. Period.,"A lot fo things happening, growth",no work/life balance at all,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24291,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2013","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Everything I hoped for and feared,"The culture is remarkable here - this is a company that truly abides by its leadership principles. Two in particular stand out. Customer obsession: If you believe that building great products and businesses starts by understanding the customer and committing to solve their goals, you will fit in well. Ownership: If you do your best work when you feel like a business owner and want to have the freedom to dive in, you will fit in well. If you don't match up with either of these statements, you won't succeed.","Is the workload a lot? Sure - solving big problems with customer focus takes focus and determination. Expectations are high. Amazon hires the best and then expects the best from its hires. In my experience, the workload is consistent with other top tech companies that want to win.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24292,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," May 11, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,A grueling place to work...,"If you become a ""blue badge"" the benefits are pretty decent. You get excellent medical/dental/vision for an affordable cost, and you receive RSUs (Restricted stock units) which vest after 2.5+ years. You also become entitled to a monthly performance bonus (based on how the building as a whole performed) and if you work for AmazonFresh, you will receive extra money from a tips pool.","The working environment is pretty harsh. All direct functions (picking, packing, shipping, etc.) have production rates which are closely monitored by a computer system. If you don't make rate, the computer will automatically write you up (3 write ups and you're gone). Most managers on site are inexperienced and micromanage employees. Picking is the most common function, and your average picker speed-walks distances between 10 to 20 miles per shift. So the job is extremely physically demanding. The base pay is OK considering the industry, but for the amount of work you do you'll quickly feel like you're not being payed what you're worth. Also, don't expect to be promoted, as you'll be always competing with every other employee, and Amazon does not promote based on tenure-ship.","Stop micromanaging. Put less emphasis on individual rates and more emphasis on team performance. Don't implement changes to any processes with out either first testing the change, or getting feedback from the tier-I associates who have to work with the processes for 10+ hours a day.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24293,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,amazon web service review,Great place to work in. Lots of smart people. Good work life balance. Decent pay. Interesting projects.,Oncall stuff is quite burdensome. Sometimes needs to work on the weekend. No free food.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24294,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - AWS Team,AWS is amazing mid level mgmt is lacking,Amazon builds amazing product and Bezos is a genius.,Mid Level Management and BD for AWS is based on egos and face time. They do not participate until they sense success then they push the actual contributor aside and literally take over. Mid level style is very political.,"Get rid of the political, ego centric behavior. Encourage Mid Level to improve management style that encourages risk taking and outside the box.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24295,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon web service intern,Great environment. Grow fast. Perfect for fresh grads,No cons in my intern,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24296,amazon,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Apr 19, 2013",Current Employee - Picker,"Great place to buy from, not so great to work for.",Above average pay for entry level warehouse work. The general attitude of Amazon is pretty nice at first. Training is thorough.,"Long hours (10 hour days), tons of mandatory overtime, extremely strict policies, constantly changing procedures while still writing up employees.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24297,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some teams lack work and life balance,Work with a lot of smart people,On call duty can be very heavy depends on which team you are in. Totally lose your personal life if you are on call.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24298,amazon,"Jeff, IN"," Apr 10, 2013",Current Employee - Trainer,Great company to work for,Company is growing like wildfire. And the really care about their employees,They dont promote management from with in on a regular basis. It is extremely hard to go from a tier 3 to an AM postion.,Start promoting more tier 3s to an AM.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24299,amazon,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Apr 11, 2013",Current Employee - Trainer,"I love working at Amazon.com, the people are great and there are many opportunities for advancement.",Amazon.com care about its associates.,There are long hours during peak season.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1651.htm
24300,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 17, 2013",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,UX group within a developer driven world,Individual contributions have the potential of making a huge impact. Depending on the group work-life balance is good.,Developer driven organization so UX only gets in when they can fit it in. Organizationally AWS is incredibly siloed which limits how great the UX can be.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24301,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Working with very smart people. Will be able to learn a lot of cutting-edge technologies. Plenties of fun projects and you can choose what you want to work on.,Benefits is not good enough compared to its competitors.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24302,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Apr 13, 2013",Current Employee - Pick,You have to be made of steel to work here.,The pay is ok for starting off i guess. You can advance if your a kiss ass. I think those are only the good.,"There is alot of ""favorite's"" here. I think there safety team is ridiculous! They make up rules as they go along. Job security? Oh what. Nope never heard of it being here... You will get written up for being 1 point below rate. You can get fired in 3 weeks. Your only allowed 2 doctors notes a year. And you get pointed 1.5 points for 1 day you miss. Your only allowed up to 6 points. Your nothing but a number. My AM ""area manager"" tells us every time at the start of shift ""GO HARD"" meaning bust your ass! For 10 hours a day! You can't slow down. Or else your rate will drop, and if that happens you will be written up. And this is just a few things about Amazon.com Fulfillment Center in San Bernardino CA. Hope this helps.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24303,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good place to learn open source and linux,You can learn many open source project and Linux on the job,"As an engineer, responsibility is not communicated clearly from manager, lots of legacy technology and hard to grow in technical depth.",They don't listen to advice.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24304,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good but not great,Very active culture You get to work with very smart people Things move very fast so you don't have time to get bored,"Your progress will largely depend on your manager, their claim to love numbers more than anything applies only where it is convenient. Horrible life work balance - you are pretty much expected to do something extra just to keep up. Compensation is 'OK' don't expect to see any bonuses, at work place perks. They take frugality and turn it into penny pinching.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24305,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be prepared to go the distance,"Hardworking people committed to constantly innovating and reinventing, ability to create and monitor content, vast and immense experience working in a fast-paced environment that can turn on a dime.","Be prepared to give up work/life balance, as most jobs require 50 hour weeks absolute minimum. Willingness to be on call 24/7. Depending on your team, proper social form goes out the window, it's a sink-or-swim type of place.",Rethink the review process - soul-crushing and not reinforcing.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24306,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Working environment,"industrial leading technologies, flexible working environment","oncall load is annoying, somethings operational duty is heavy too.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24307,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Sr. Recruiter,Working with smart people Ability to influence Act like an owner Always challenged to do better Never a dull moment Scope of your role will always get bigger Have an equal voice across all levels of leadership,Amazon is an up or out kind of workplace. This is not an environment for anyone that is not interested in advancing their career.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24308,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very Top Down manage ment,Fast paced work environ ment,Employees are not valued here,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24309,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Apr 16, 2013",Former Employee - Shipping Clerk,Good for Temporary Position,"Very organized work place, clean place to work. They have a process for everything. But they need to have tight control with 1000's of employees working.","Did not get any proper training for 3 months on position I was hired for. Instead, I was just a FIG ""Fill in the Gap"" to help boost the service / production numbers at facility I was assignd to.",Need to recognize talent when they have a good hire.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1652.htm
24310,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," May 2, 2013",Current Employee - FC Associate,"Used to be a fun job, but that changed drastically.","Job security: In this economy, job security is a precious commodity. If you can get hired on full time, you have to try hard to get fired. Production quota seems hard to meet at first, but once you're familiar with the process it gets much easier to make rate. Their attendance policy is hands-down the most lenient I've ever seen. Because they use an attendance points system, if you manage it right, you can come and go as you please. If you want to leave early or take a day off simply because you feel like it, you can do that without any retribution.  Benefits: The health insurance is mediocre, but all other benefits are far better. You get free life insurance, free accidental death and dismemberment insurance, free short term/long term disability insurance (which saved my bacon when I was out on medical leave), tuition reimbursement, and $1200 worth of stocks each year.  Co-workers: I've met a lot of great people during my five years at Amazon. You'll have no trouble making new friends.  As a business I have a great deal of respect for Amazon. I've met Jeff Bezos. He's a good guy. A few years ago, he visited our facility for a few days and spent a full shift working in a process. That says something about the man who signs our paychecks.","Unfortunately, though I respect Amazon a great deal, I don't think Bezos has any idea what really happens on the floor of his fulfillment centers. So here's a breakdown:  Moral: The atmosphere has become extremely negative. We used to be encouraged to talk to our co-workers while on the floor (as long as we stayed productive), because it was good for morale. As morale was boosted, so was productivity. Now, the attitude is if you're talking, you're not working hard enough. If we don't keep our head down, eyes front, and mouths closed, we get ""coached"" about work ethic. We also used to be encouraged to give feedback to our managers. Managers called it an ""open door policy."" After all, there is no better expert of a particular process than the people doing it all day. That philosophy worked, too. But that changed. Now everything's micromanaged by middle management, and any feedback, no matter how constructive, is treated like an attitude problem.  Workload: At first glance, the work doesn't seem hard. But that's deceptive. Labor hours have been reduced to a skeleton crew. Few people in certain roles are pushed past their physical limit, resulting in injuries. And if you get hurt on the job, they report it as a non work related injury, even though it isn't. Thus, not only are you disqualified from Workman's Comp, but they can also fire you, and keep saying on record how safe they are.  Pay: They say competitive pay, but they don't tell you that they're comparing you with general retail jobs such as JCPenny, Sears, and Wal-Mart, although it's a warehouse job. They don't compare our pay to other warehouse jobs or distribution centers (ie. Meijer Distribution, CostCo, etc.) because they're all union jobs with excellent pay.  Opportunity for growth: If you aren't a military officer, there is no opportunity for growth. There is one promotion you can earn, after that, that's it. Area managers and above are hired from outside, usually from the military, and anyone applying for a promotion are told they're not qualified, in spite of their degrees, years of experience, and expertise of the process. They tell you what you need, only to move the goal post the next time you apply.  Work-life balance: There is none. It's that simple. I come home from a ten (sometimes twelve) hour shift too tired to eat dinner. That's not an exaggeration. My daily life is: get up, go to work, come home, pass out on top of my covers on my bed with my clothes still on. Sometimes, I have to settle for the couch, as the stairs prove too much of an obstacle. That's not a rant, my roommate made fun of me about that the other day.  All in all, after five years there, I'm pretty miserable. It's a good short term job, especially during the holiday season, but don't make a career out of it.","Your employees are not an expense that should be undervalued and minimized. They are an asset that should be maximized and invested into. The job market isn't going to stay this grim forever. When more jobs come back, employees will need a pretty compelling reason to remain loyal.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24311,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"They treat you really well, but there's still politics","Good compensation, talented people, pretty interesting projects that impact millions of people on a regular basis. You can see your changes have dramatic affects on the companies bottom line.",You don't do very much visual design. Amazon makes so many VERY small changes that it gets to be a bit boring if you're more interested in DESIGN instead of min maxing the smallest details with web labs and A/B testing.,Take more risks and innovate on a larger scale without being so timid and immediately rolling back changes when a small population gets upset because they dont understand how useful a change will be.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24312,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Manager,"Intelligent, face paced, hard working people and environment",Relatively lower pay offset with stock,Management is above average,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24313,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 3, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,Some great engineers. An impressive suite of development and deployment tools.,To many layers of management. Most of those management layers don't have anything to do but play politics.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24314,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Vendor Manager,"Work/life balance depends on your manager, your manager will probably change many times","• Great customer focus, makes it worth building/optimizing customer-facing experiences • The company encourages moving around every 18-24 months, so the exposure to variety is great if you can survive the demanding work environment • It seems to be widely known that this is a harsh working environment so it speaks to your dedication and skill level to work here for any extended period of time.","• Work/life balance - Promotion (dedicate your days, nights and weekends) - Maintain your level (have solid wins, be ready to push back in order to get a better work/life balance) - Squeeze by (you'll probably get fired fairly quickly)  • Even high performers get screwed on promotions and compensation, your offer pretty much explains exactly what you will be paid over the first 4 years","The stock can't get people here forever, work on surveying your employees to find out what they really value and start offering that.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24315,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - Safety,"Work hard(er), have (some) fun, make history.","Pay. You are well compensated for your time while hourly, but once crossing the bridge to salaried... stocks. Variable compensation bonus (monthly or quarterly) . You will work hard, but its challenging/interesting work.","work. life. balance. Have a kid? be prepared not to see them. Same for a spouse. Once you are a level 4 (area manager and up) prepared to work from home answering emails almost constantly. Its a fine fit for someone young/single but beyond that, the hours 50-55 regularly, 70-80 during ""peak"" if not more.","Balance the work loads better by hiring more staff. Standard work is a buzz word we throw about constatly, but its not practiced from building to building and shift to shift.",3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24316,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service,"Growing too fast, things slipping through the cracks",Coaching. Employee Discounts. Customers that are appreciative of assistance. Opportunity to telecommute. Chance to earn prizes and bonus.,"Cost of BYOD [bring your own device] far more than communicated and ultimately far less valid given the limited seasonal employment. Probably spent at least my first week's pay covering the cost of working there for 3 or 4 months.  HR is not very competent. Told I would be hired, then ap lost had to drive across state to another recruiting drive elsewhere to get situation addressed. Also scheduling tools inaccurate - dinged for taking time systems said I had. Also was yanked back and forth on holiday scheduling multiple times daily during holiday weeks as to whether I would be working. Showed up then told I wasn't on schedule.  Felt training was inconsistent. Great to have it, but some trainers were not very knowledgeable. Lots of valuable time wasted on silly stuff. System errors often caused need to retake tests, and some answers were not current. Tactfully / constructively mentioned errors but not sure feedback was entirely appreciated :-)  My metrics / ratings were good but not hired on post season at the last minute. Cannot get unemployment because they haven't filed my income with the state. Lost out on a new job because last step was potential employer need to get more than an employment verification. Cannot apply for jobs with Amazon from outside because the system still thinks I work there and need to apply via the internal system.",Growth & taking risks is great -- just don't become the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory  Probably would have rated you three stars while I was there.  Dropped to one based on how things shook out and how poorly treated after giving heart and soul during holiday peak.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24317,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2013",Current Employee - HRBP,Great company becoming good!,Lots of opportunity! Great work environment with lot's of growth. Opportunities to roll up your sleeves and get work done.,"Way too many hires from Microsoft and the company is becoming bureaucratic with a lot of posing and undermining others. Before you did not have to worry about politics and could focus on your work but now work has aloes down, more meetings and ess productivity. Many old Amazonian's have left, not simply from stock vest but because the work-people are coming to the company since the stock has done well, not because they want to work hard, have fun and make history!",Do something to screen people who are interested in the company for greed and a self interest. HR needs improvement. No ethics!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24318,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2013",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,"A place where my voice is heard, and I look forward to going every morning.",Excellent job satisfaction (coming from customer focus) Very laid back dress code & atmosphere Can bring my dog to work. reimburse for parking Lots of extremely smart people all around me highering bar is very high which means people who make it in are,"Can get hectic at times - meaning some weeks are difficult and long. Some people who don't set boundaries can burn out fast Turn over can be pretty high - usually due to moving on and up to better positions, but sometimes due to burn out.",Be aware and take steps to combat burn out so the people who are raising the bar are able to continue working at the company. Keep doing everything else just as well as it is.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24319,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Burn out with descent pay, Horrible place to work, You Are a Replacement Part",Challenging. Innovative. Iterates to perfection. Customer Centric. Opportunities to roll up your sleeves and get work done.,"Bureaucratic. Overburdens employees. Cheap, not frugal. No direction. Got to figure out everything on your own. I can't imagine having less work-life balance. Good money but awful work/life balance, hours, pressure.",Hire for the work needed rather than assign work to whomever is available. HR needs improvement. No ethics!,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1653.htm
24320,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Mar 27, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,Short shelf life,Good chance for an entry level job which pays well while it lasts.,Short term holiday employment. Well over 90% of the holiday temps will be let go after New Year's Day.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24321,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Apr 10, 2013",Current Employee - ISS Representative,Review into the inbound support services,tier 3 position in inbound with responsibilities,not many with management buy-in,provide development for the ISS rep,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24322,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company that really cares about their employees,"Great benefits, awesome management, fun environment","Some of the normal disadvantages of a retail job- hours are not a normal 9-5, etc.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24323,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,Working with very smart individuals.,Jack of all trades and take on workload of BI. Work on nights and weekends to fulfill all requests.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24324,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It has been a good experience so far and the work is very challenging,"Lot of challenging work, good and smart people to work with",Compensation is a bit low,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24325,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"No desire to keep the best of the best. In with the old, in with the new (cheaper) employees.",The company truly does care for the customer.,The company truly doesn't care for the employees.,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24326,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2013",Current Employee - Sales,"Get off my back, out of my way and let me sell!",The most innovative company in the market with an incredible offering that really enables the business of the customers. The people who work here at all levels are astounding and brilliant. The product helps the customers like no offering I have ever been a part of. A trully game changing set of tools and solutions.,"Lots of the cons depend on your sales manager as with all sales jobs. I struck out and landed the worst manager I have ever had. The company already has a culture of who can work harder and longer hours but my manager likes to assign mindless busy work. He never listens to his people and never under any circumstances agrees with us. The company has not had a sales staff so they have yet to learn how to get it done. They saddle us with onerous busy work - reports, QBRs, strategy documents, reviews on and on. Can I go sell please? Comp plan is fairly weak as well (recruiters really over sell it by a lot). I'll put up with it for the short term as I like enabling my clients but when the competition closes the gap I'll go find a culture that enables the sale people rather than micro-managing and dis empowering.",The Romans did not rule the world by having meetings or doing reports. They did it by killing all who opposed them.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24327,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Apr 3, 2013",Former Employee - Back Office Associate III,Loved the job until I was dismissed with no warning and no notice,"Pleasant environment. Often freebies, snacks, food... etc. They seem to care about customers","The pay isn't the greatest, but good for the area. They can fire you out of the blue with no warning and no discipline steps.","Don't let HR bully you management, stand up for your employees. How can you admit you don't believe there was any intentional wrong-doing, then fire a person anyway with no written, no final, no nothing. This was the only job I've ever had that I actually liked. Thanks for ruining it for me.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24328,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer I,Amazon will eat your soul,"The best part about Amazon is its focus on ownership. You really have the opportunity to contribute to your project, and in more ways than just ""here's the feature, code it up"". You get to think of how you want to improve the project and are encouraged to do so in anyway you can.  There's not much to say about compensation and benefits. They're around average, but I still list it as a pro.  Free snacks in the kitchen.","I can't imagine having less work-life balance.  We don't get sick days, so when you get sick you come in to work and give whatever you have to everyone else (and they return the favor, hooray!). They don't bother mentioning it in the offer, so it comes as a pretty big shock when you get sick - ""Oh, by the way we're the only major company ever to not offer sick days."" Of course you can take some of your very limited vacation days instead if you want (that is, if you even have any saved up).  Another perk they don't tell you about: being on call. They don't have Ops teams here and barely have Customer Service, so as an SDE you get to play both. Getting paged at 3am for issues beyond your control is not a lot of fun, and neither is responding to customer issues all day with ""this behavior is expected"".  And I hear if you're in Seattle, it's even worse (as in, even less work-life balance). God help our Seattle brethren.","Management is pretty open about the high turnover rate (gee, I wonder why people are leaving) with the average person leaving after about 6 months. So my advice would be: If you're *that* aware of the problem, *do something* about it. Let me recover when I'm sick. Stop taking your product so seriously that if a small portion is down for a few minutes you need to wake up your devs to ""fix"" it (sit around and wait for it to fix itself).",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24329,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I like my job for the time being.,I have great coworkers and like the type of work I'm doing for now.,Getting promoted is really hard.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1654.htm
24330,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Associate/Ambassador,"Things Seem To Be Getting Better, But Still Some Issues....","Its been 18 months since my last review, and since then I feel that things have been improving. Amazon started coaching managers in how to do the associate's jobs, and that has made it easier for them to understand problems and help make solutions. Our management in the areas of outbound where I work has been great and they have been very easy to get along with. I have been employed for nearly 5 years now and it seems that in the last year and a half more emphasis has been placed on quality and safety than in years before.  There has also been a more postive outlook among the associates in my area, which has made working here more enjoyable. (Or at least they are not complaining as much?)","The worst thing about this job is the constant management turnover. As soon as you get used to somebody they are gone. I understand that they want to move on up, but for some reason they have to go to another facility to do that, when that particular job opportunity is also opening up in same facility. It doesn't make any sense. They also have a bad habit of hiring outside the facility and not promoting from within as much as they should. I don't know if there is some sort of quota the facilites have to go by, but plenty of associates have applied for tier 3 jobs only to have another employee from another facility get the job.  This last peak season we had issues with filling hiring slots. Amazon has been in our town long enough for the whole place to know what it is like to work here. I have heard from people ""on the street"" ask me what is going on over there, as they know people who have worked here and they do not want to go back. Every time it has been about the picking department. They all say the same thing, ""we feel that we are set up to fail"". Until the pick department takes care of this problem the hiring for peak may get worse and worse. The associates who work in the facility do not like to go to pick, and it has been like this for the 5 years I have been there. I have read the VOA board and their has yet to be any solutions for the problems with the department.","This would be more for the company: PLEASE take care of your area managers, Ops, Senior Ops, and everyone else in tier three. For those with family the work/life balance is horrible, especially around the fall and peak seasons. 90 hours a week at peak may be ok for an unmarried person, but for somebody who has kids and a spouse it seems very anti-family.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24331,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 15, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good company, but easy to burn out",Challenging. Innovative. Iterates to perfection. Customer-centric.,"Bureaucratic. Overburdens employees. Cheap, not frugal.",Hire for the work needed rather than assign work to whomever is available.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24332,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Like a Phd in large scale systems,You'll work with smart people and learn a lot,Decent but not great compensation. On call can be painful,"The teams I've worked on where there's a separate on call group to handle the pages and only escalate to SDEs when necessary have been less stressful and just as effective. Use this model more. Also, getting promoted from SDE II is a hit and miss proposition (a lot depends on your manager), fix this, as you're losing good people because of it.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24333,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My time there was fantastic.,Amazon is a fantastic company to work for. Great business model and enthusiasm throughout each facility.,You will surely work hard. Not sure if that's a problem?,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24334,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SE intern at Amazon,Big techical company is good for me to develop my career.,It should be very stressful and may encounter some problems while working there.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24335,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,Bring your dog to work. Lot's of chances for ownership.,Upward mobility is difficult managers can tend to look at the negative,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24336,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not a company to work for long term,"Salary is probably on the high side compared to other hi-tech companies for the equivalent positions, though no where near compared to Google or Facebook. Company outlook looks good.","Work/life balance is probably the worst for SDE's in the hi-tech industry. Oncall experience can be really bad and you have to work at nights but yet the manager stills expects you to work next day during day time. Work is fast-paced and majority of projects are short-term thinking. They just want to lure the customers in and worry about the rest later. Health insurance benefits is on the bad side compared to other hi-tech companies. The signing stocks grant may be attractive but don't expect the same after 4 years. Basically you should look for jobs elsewhere after 4 years unless you perform on the top 10% compared against peers. I have unfortunately worked for some mean managers who clearly indicated that you have to work overtime on a regular basis to get work done, no matter how unreasonable the schedule is. The commute becomes bad now since they moved to SLU campus.",Please treat your employees well and treat old and new employees equally well. The pay structure clearly favors the new-hires.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24337,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Learned a lot to work a lot,"Great training, latest equipment, good start out pay, great people to work with","Family referrals for employment( husband manager, wife in a different management position as well). Managers and.leads are not coordinated, no chance of advancement Empty promises, customer obsession should be declared as psychological analysis of frustrated individuals. Metric system is totally inaccurate . Long working hours, enforced shift bids, hardly any vacation time can be taken....","Keep on outsourcing and see the results in a few years.Cant have people in India, South Africa and the Philippines taking care of re occurring problems just because you want to go cheap",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24338,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 30, 2013",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Ideal for those who like it intense and fast-paced,Things move quickly Lots of opportunities to have a big impact and grow Opportunities to build your own tools/roll your own Challenges of large scale of data and systems,Nothing significant (your mileage may vary),none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24339,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunity,Worked with some of the brightest minds in operations management,Pay could have been better but it goes with level of experience,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1655.htm
24340,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Exciting yet challenging environment with very high intensity,Very smart development staff implementing academic computer science solutions to meet incredibly large scale of data and transactions.,Very intense environment requiring huge commitment without any room for work/life balance. Say goodbye to your family and any hobbies during your tenure.,"Stack ranking places peers in direct competition, limiting collaboration among individuals as well as teams. Managers hold absolute sway over their reports. Abandon stack ranking.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24341,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,Great learning experience..either management or technology,Better work life balance...employees tend to burn out..,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24342,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Only work at Amazon, if you absolutely can't do better","Amazon is a well known, and well liked company -- they actually do care about customers -- and take customer trust and experience very seriously. Different groups and teams are reasonably decoupled, allowing a lot more independence.  If you're the sort of person that likes to work on lots of different bits of software, and constantly jump from fire to fire, it's definitely a better fit than someone who prefers quality.  Amazon also copes very well with the high-level of turn-over by making sure that exposing a lot of people to a lot of things -- to keep employees fungible.","Amazon makes no absolutely effort to attract high-quality people (in fact, they do quite the opposite with their self-claimed 'frugal' -- absolutely-under-no-circumstances-any-benefits policies).  When Amazon tells you about 'Work Hard', what they mean is that they make work hard. Like all the stuff you're expecting: a powerful developer machine, or a second monitor, are things Amazon has a policy against (Although, as they will tell you -- you're allowed to buy and bring in your own stuff like RAM, SSDs and Extra-Monitors ... lucky you!).  And what about Admin access on your developer laptop? LOL no, that would make life easy. To be approved for that, you need to be literally 4 levels up from the bottom! Root access on your Desktop? Nah, but they'll give you sudo, but you can't actually use your desktop for development -- you'll have to work through a VM. And to make sure you don't enjoy it, your development VM will be some ancient Red Hat image, with absolutely nothing newer than 5 years old (literally!). Just in case you ever want to google something, all the libraries/function/features made in the last half-decade won't work.  The internal systems at Amazon are so painful, that I suspect that a large percentage of employees after a hard-days work, come home and put needles in their arms for fun. When stuff works, its slow and largely unusable, and a dozen times worse than any freeware you'll find on the internet. The source control, build systems and all other developer tools seem like it was developed by a retarded monkey after he drank too much that night. Apparently they're now working on an ""internal github, that works on more SCS than just git -- and has an awesome advanced security model"". I wonder why they don't try get their page-load times under 10 seconds first.  Even things that you thought were solved 20 years ago, Amazon manages to break with their own special flavor of retardedness. Like the mailing lists. It's an accepted fact, that it's impossible to *reliably* filter a message to a folder, because the send is not from the mailing list -- there is no mailing list header, and no required subject prefix! Another great joy is, after sending a message to a mailing list, your inbox will lag for *literally* the next 5 minutes, as you get spammed by ""Out of Office"" replies. But no one excepts the Amazon workplace to be functional or enjoyable, so this is just the normal.  And of course, then there's the bureaucracy. At first, you'll try fight it, and try do what's best for the company. But soon you'll realize, like half the company is nothing but paper-pushers -- and you can easily waste a month just trying to get approval for some trivial thing. In the end, you'll be a lot happier here if you treat it as a job, don't try fight it, don't try enjoy it, put in your hours and leave at the end of the day (hoping your pager doesn't wake you up in the middle of the night, over some stupid issue)",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,30,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24343,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 20, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Be Prepared to Never See Your Family and Friends Again,"Obscene signing bonuses, great stock offers, lots of opportunity to move up and over, fast-paced","No support for work-life balance, grueling 70-80 hour weeks are pretty standard, benefits definitely sub-par relative to Microsoft/Google/Nordstrom, high attrition means disruptive turnover, parking is a nightmare. Oh and you can forget about Christmas - you'll be at the office like everybody else.  I was actually told by my GM that ""Amazon deliberately under-resources teams in order to squeeze innovation and automation from employees."" No concern for employee health and well being whatsoever. I saw many people quit because of stress-related health conditions.","Lighten up and let employees have lives outside the office. Retaining talent means investing in more than just employee output - it means treating employees like human beings, not machines. No one can work 80 hours a week ad infinitum.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24344,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Mar 27, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,A lot of opportunities to move up Great benefits,Not flexible Poor raises The pay is not worth the work,HR department can be more organize,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24345,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Mar 27, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Boring, but pays descent",The pros are Pay. Benefits. Shifts,The cons are PTO and Vacation cap,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24346,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"cool technology, but company treats employee poorly","Cloud computing is game changing technology to the computer industry. AWS is the undisputed leader in the space. AWS leaders have been able to drive innovations at a very fast pace, adding new features all the time, and reducing price all the time! It is quite cool to work on exciting technology and see the results impacting the world...and at high speed.","Well, employees are not what Amazon cares about. Period!  There are too many things to list here when you compare with other technology companies: lower than industry package, very slow/hard promotion process, many bad managers who care little about employees (the only way to be a ""good"" manager there), very stressful work environment, work-life balance is non-existence... Employee turn-over is very very high. Very few employees stay more than four years. On top of that, the hiring bar is extremely high. No wonder there are never enough people to do the increasing amount of work.  Two things are particularly stupid: - Your review pay increase is limited by your previous stock grants! If you have many previous stock grants, either from your sign-on bonus or previous review grants, during employee performance review you could get _zero_ increase even if you did an excellent job that year. The company thinks you are compensated enough! It seems they are afraid of employees making too much and ensure that won't happen.  - If you are an entry level engineer who need a greencard sponsor, stop join Amazon. The company won't sponsor low level employees until they are promoted to next level. PhD does not matter! That is 3 to 4 years delay in the greencard process. That is a huge deal for foreign origin employees. Many new engineers just left once they found out that.","Next time you plan to lower AWS feature prices, consider holding back 10% for your hard working employees. Maybe then you don't have such high employee attrition. Treat employees like human, not tools for business.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24347,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its fun,"great work culture,highly challenging,learning a lot",no cons as for now,no,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24348,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced Environment With Very Smart People,+ Working with some of the best people in the industry + Very Challenging work,"- Work-life balance can be an issue, need to find your own way to balance. - Management/Leadership differs from team to team",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24349,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Mar 23, 2013",Current Employee - Production Assistant (Tier III),Very heavy workload without much reward (Fulfillment Center),challenging environment- good place to really grow as an employee great job security and company growth 10% discount on purchases on Amazon.com,changing and conflicting job expectations extremely heavy workloads low pay caps in the FC world high manager turnover no substantial tuition reimbursement,Provide more opportunities for the talented employees you have. Investing in the tier 3 employees that carry shifts through manager after manager might lead to higher morale and more associate interest in advancing with Amazon.com.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1656.htm
24350,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long-time Amazonian,"The people that you will meet and closely work with are some of the most well-balanced intelligent people around. Amazon has grown systems internally, and operates at such a large scale, that solutions that other companies would not think of are built at Amazon.","With the recent growth of employees, there has been a huge addition of upper management brought in from other companies to help manage the growth. However, this has resulted in a degradation of internal systems, product and team knowledge, and new managers that make poor decisions and focus on reporting instead of problem solving.",Better manage growth and training. Better understand the systems and problems staff are dealing with. Rely more on bottoms up feedback. Ensure that the Amazon culture remains intact.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24351,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,You Are a Replacement Part,"Get hands dirty on work millions use on daily bases. Unlike Microsoft, this company across the lake does ship code.","1. Very twisted compensation package. You are evaluated based on salary+stock, which should be 'given' although not vested, but the management sees that as 'you are well compensated' and would give away next to nothing for the hard work next year.  2. Terrible on-call. It's really a nightmare. Work-life balance is as bad as the worst story your friend told you. IT'S ALL TRUE.  3. Very bad benefit package. But you knew it when you got the offer, so can't complain too much about it.  4. Middle management is not transparent at all. You see the tree but not the forest. Sometimes they'd lie about promotion/compensation to get you work extra on top of already overloaded work-life balance. But it could be just my case.","Upper management has great vision and the direction is great.  Please treat your employees well. They are NOT replacement part. Being frugal is ridiculously emphasized. You can keeping hiring people with high turnover rate now, but this is not right. Bezos said 'kindness is a choice' during his Princeton speech, well, 'kindness' is definitely the choice Amazon chose to treat its employees.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24352,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Manager III,Love / Hate Relationship,"Lots of smart people, lots of cool projects, really value their top employees, good compensation","poor health care benefits, caustic work environment (dog eat dog), high attrition rate, too much work not enough life balance, really only values top top employees","Consider the reputation that you have in the community. You have 1/2 of an incredible company (i.e. the smart people, cool projects, $ to spend, customer focus), but your regretted attrition rate speaks to a culture that doesn't truly value its employees.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24353,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Amazonian,"compensation/RSUs, innovative culture, fast pace, allows dogs, opportunity for advancement","work life balance, career development is often self-driven",Find more ways to show you value your employees contribution to the team and company.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24354,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Small Business Feel - Get a lot done but don't spend any money,"Very collaborative environment, constructive meetings, serious customer focus, and amazing long term perspective. Nothing is done to make this quarter look better, it's allways for the long haul.","Engineers own software that is delivered as a service and they own every aspect from design to development to test to operate to firefight to maintain. This is largely a good thing, but being on a pager duty rotation can put a damper on home life.",Foot the bill for ops folks that can resolve more tickets.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24355,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Mar 18, 2013",Current Employee - Trainer,Working in the Fulfillment Center,There will always be work for you to do and you have the opportunity to learn different process paths if your area is slow.,"People are treated like machines and numbers take precedent to anything else rather than customer obsession as the company claims. I find that operations and management are consistently inconsistent. I understand CAE 1 is a start up building but it should over the hump by now. Training is offered but managers are so number driven to where they won't even allow associates to complete their full training so they can hurry to get them on the floor to make a million mistakes, SMH.","Learn how to manage people effectively and goals will be met. Too much cut throat, dog eat dog atmosphere in the fc's but there is always room for improvement. A college degree DOES NOT make you an automatic manager, need to scrap that philosophy very quickly.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24356,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fine company,"Fast moving, aggressive road map and interesting projects","workload is high, compensation is no longer very competitive",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24357,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Progressively Structured and Formal,"Customer-centric and fast paced. Always launching new services to customers. Great peers and direct reports, everyone genuinely comes to work ready to work hard. I've seen many entry level employees move to management or analyst positions over the years. Some of the smartest leaders and managers I've worked with have come through the doors at Amazon. Pay is competitive.","Where once there was an environment for innovation there is red tape, especially in operations where front line associates want so badly to be heard and respected. Fast growth and formal structure is overtaking the informal and unstructured culture that was once sought after. Poor hiring decisions - There are so many new mid/high level managers hired externally who do not exude Amazon leadership principles. They have MBA's but don't know how to work with people, develop or inspire them.","Company culture is waning. Remember what it means to be an Amazonian, and the pride behind the brand years ago. I've seen more reliable, smart, inventive people who were going to be lifers with Amazon leave in the last two years. My newly hired peers typically shy away from healthy debate. Hear what your front line employees are saying they are the backbone of the company.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24358,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Fun environment, many opportunities","The pay is good, and there's a great work environment there, with many chances to prove yourself. There is a constant push to advance your career, and you are given many opportunities to succeed.","There are not nearly as many perks as working at a place like Google. Above the base salary, the only other good perks is the stock units, which is pretty standard at any big company.  The atmosphere of frugality goes too far sometimes, as it can be hard for an SDE to even get a second monitor",Loosen up some and give your trusted employees the same kinds of perks that other top-notch companies give if you want to be considered a top-notch company,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24359,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,Fullfillment Center,People are very friendly and people are asked to do things not ordered,Sometimes there are no consequences for employees actions or behavior,"Befirm with employees and if needed, let them go.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1657.htm
24360,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2013",Current Employee - Other,"Decent workplace,local company, recommended","Growing company, very diversified, benefits",With any job there's cons,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24361,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,Lots of responsibility... Focus on Execution... Good mentorship... Decent compensation... Most prestigious function in the company... Visibility...,No direction. Got to figure out everything on your own.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24362,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Horrible place,"big name on resume, you will learn to see the things end to end","Salary is less compared to other leaders in industry, absolutely no work life balance, no training, no personal development, no good leaders in upper management. The management can take time to complete its deliverables but SDEs do not get extension on deadlines. Too much politics in the organization. Amazon.com Shipping/Transportation dept is the worst department ever for SDEs. The SDMs look like kids from kindergarten with absolutely no people management skills.",I am sure amazon.com Stock is a big bubble which will burst very soon. Company has 30-40% growth in revenue but the profit is negative,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24363,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer Intern Interview,A lot of technical questions.,Sort of a slow process.,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24364,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Merchandiser,What You'd Expect from #1,"-You're working at the #1 online retailer in the world, thus many of the projects you work on are truly meaningful and rewarding. -You're working with tons of other passionate, overachiever, type-A, business geniuses who genuinely care about the success of the company. Lots of employees are loyal Amazon customers and are working to ensure that the company continues to provide great selection, prices, and customer service. I learned so much from my colleagues, and they inspired me every day. -The new campus is a great working environment. There are tons of dining options nearby, in a variety of price ranges. Parking (if you can land a subsidized spot in a garage) is pretty affordable, dogs are allowed in the buildings, which makes for a relaxing midday break, lots of offices have views of the water, the Space Needle, or the mountains, and there's easy access to downtown, Capitol Hill, or Queen Anne. -Compensation is top-notch. You work hard, yes, but Amazon compensates handsomely in return for all that stress and 60-hour workweeks.","-Amazon can be a pressure-cooker sometimes. It's often extremely stressful, especially during Q4. Plan on having your work email and calendar on your smartphone, and plan on getting urgent emails from upper management in the evenings, weekends, during holidays, you name it. You're expected to be unofficially on-call 24 hours a day. -Advancement here is notoriously difficult, especially in the lower-level jobs. I've known dozens of employees who spent 5+ years in the same job, even with excellent reviews.","Overall I think Amazon is a fantastic place to work, especially for those hired on as mid-level or senior management. Keep it up!",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24365,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - Sourcer,Not for people who want to slide by in life.,"-No micromanagement. Everyone is encouraged to do their job the way they think will be the most productive. You're free to be creative in order to be successful! -Great culture. Dogs, jeans, high-fives, gongs, and some of the smartest people I've ever met! -This is by far the most innovative, progressive, and collaborative business I've had the pleasure of working for. I'm blown away at this huge corporation's ability to function like a start-up. -Upper management is very involved in all day-to-day processes. It's a flatter organization than most.","-It's hard work. Every day. -The organization is ever-changing which makes it difficult to ""get used to"" your job.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24366,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good people, interesting work, global impact.","+ Fascinating work + Immediate global impact + Folks are generally motivated, smart, and capable. + Scale.","- Company is so cheap it's insane. Devs are forced to buy your own hardware in many cases. Amazon pays $250k / year for an senior engineer, and then provides a $399 laptop and won't upgrade it for 3 years. No dual monitors. The list goes on and on. It's insane and frankly just stupid. - On-Call. This is core to Amazon, and is really a huge place of indescribable suckage. - Mysterious review process. Just as bizarre and opaque as Microsoft's. - Parking. There is none. Amazon doesn't pay much towards it, so you're stuck paying out of pocket. - Starting Vacation is 2 weeks, no exceptions. Coming from MSFT I had 5 weeks / year. - No tuition reimbursement.","1. Frugality is one thing, but stupid is another. Buy modern hardware and software for folks who need it. 2. Figure out how to treat employee's better. Parking. 3. Competitive benefits package, especially around vacation.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24367,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - TPM,Frugal all the way,Like any other software company,Frugal to the power 10,Think about employees for a second,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24368,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Intense, dysfunctional, yet satisfying","- Strong, customer-focused culture - Work with brilliant and motivated talent - Decent compensation (as long as stock keeps defying gravity) - High degree of ownership, feel like you can make a difference","- Micromanagement culture - Senior leaders don't speak plainly, expect you to mind read - Challenging work-life balance","Set clear and aggressive goals and expectations, then get out of the way. The micromanagement and death by status meeting is a growing problem...",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24369,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Feb 26, 2013",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Fast paced and exciting,"Good pay, excellent benefits, and opportunities to advance",Training minimal and the feedback system needs improvement,Put more effort into training your associates to be ready for the next level.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1658.htm
24370,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good money but awful work/life balance, hours, pressure","money, room for creativity/openness to new ideas and trying new things","many unreasonable expectations, 60 hour+ workweek",Care more about your people's work/life balance and do something to make it better instead of ignoring the problem or thinking just because your worklife was/is hard you have to make it so for all that come after you.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24371,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Management,FC management,"Great benefits, salary, and career opportunities Surrounded by top talent Looks great on a Resume","Work/Home life balance is difficult Change comes too fast, too often, and it does not have a common sense approach. Change comes in silos and is usually done for window dressing rather than attacking root causes to barriers. Knowledge comes at a premium and is hoarded, not shared.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24372,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rewarding work for a great company. They need to focus on employees for next stage of growth.,Lots of ownership in work product Restricted stock units Lots of autonomy,Can be very competitive Not a lot of training or feedback.,Help people to grow in their jobs. Promote from within.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24373,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Lot of technology to learn,"Good peer level, technology and work.",Not great work-life balance. Need better training to new employees.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24374,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Must Love Panic Attacks,Amazon is innovative and moves quickly--you'll have the opportunity to learn a lot in a short amount of time--if you don't burn out first.,"After speaking with numerous other ex-Amazonians, I can honestly say I'm not alone when I tell people this company has given me post traumatic stress disorder. When people at Amazon say the teams ""run lean,"" that means they hire one person to do the job of multiple people. Be prepared to be overwhelmed by the amount of work that needs to be done and the long hours you'll work (there's a reason they issue you a laptop here--so you can come home from the office and continue working).  Some folks love to work at a constant fever pitch because it motivates them, but it inevitably takes its toll--the company has a ridiculously high turnover rate because of burnout. You might think all of the current employment opportunities at the company are because they're expanding. Not really--they're mostly constantly trying to refill positions where folks have freaked out and left. If you don't have a social life or home life, and want to constantly be on-call, then this may be the place for you. if, however, you want to work for a place that cares a little more about their employees and less about their bottom line, look elsewhere. Yes, the company seems to pay well, and it can be exciting to work there, but you might need to be on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds to do it...","For Pete's sake, hire more people! I know it's like hitting the jackpot when you find a single person who has the skills to do 5 different jobs, but that doesn't mean you should make them do it! Respect that an employee wants to give you their best, and that it's difficult to do when they're completely overwhelmed and no one cares enough to fix the problem.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24375,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2013",Former Employee - Corporate Counsel,Pure misery - much worse being an associate at a law firm,Very competitive salary for Seattle market,"- Workload and work/life balance (was even worse than being at a big law firm) - Inadequate training - Uninteresting work (get ready to spend your days writing disclaimers) - Few perks - Unsupportive environment with virtually no secretarial or paralegal support - Cramped, noisy and dark offices - Endless goal setting and review processes that keep you from doing your work - Dishonest personnel misrepresented the nature of the job and the benefit/compensation packages I would be given during the interview process - Only 2 weeks paid vacation per year during first 2 years of employment - Dogs all over the office - if you don't like hearing/seeing/smelling other people's dogs all day, you'll be miserable","If they have any interest in retaining talent, they should try to improve training and support, improve work/life balance, streamline the endless cycle of goal-setting and reviews and generally encourage an environment of teamwork and mutual support. Backbiting and dishonesty pervades throughout the legal department, beginning during interview process and lasting past when I gave notice. It surely is costly to have a revolving door of a legal department, but virtually everybody I know there left, or intends to leave, at the first opportunity.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24376,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Mar 3, 2013",Former Employee - Support Staff,So much for ,Competative pay Good benefits A few decent people still work there.,"Shady operation- when something doesn't work, they don't look at the broken pieces, they blame the people rather than work with them to correct the problem.","Don't play the double jeopardy game (have a corrective discussion with the employee then turn around and write them up for the same issue that had already been discussed and corrected). Also, quit changing policies just because you're not getting the results you want. Give the current policies a chance to take hold and results to happen.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24377,amazon,"Greenville, SC"," Mar 23, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,SMART goals nearly non-existant. Extroverted personalities welcomed,Money is the only thing and there are similar paying jobs. The sign on bonus is why people stay for a bit,"Operations Environment has high turnover Overworked High Stress Due to the clickish nature of upper managers, you may or may not be liked. And, you may or may not hear about it, but it is likely they told someone who told someone.","Learn an effective way to teach your managers to lead, learn the business, and protect your lower level managers from being treated horribly until the quit. You (not we as I no longer like working for this company) are losing talent for no solid good reasons.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24378,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"If you are relentlessly driven, you will succeed.",The pay is competitive. The insurance is very good. You are given a significant amount of responsibility in order to develop.,"You are required to work at least 1 weekend day every week. Compensation is based on the time you have worked for the company, not performance. Responsibility and expectations at the management level can be overwhelming at times.",Get around the facility more often. Meet the people in the departments and give more real time quality feedback. Actionable feedback allows for more effective shifts.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24379,amazon,"Cayce, SC"," Mar 19, 2013",Former Employee - Outbound Pack,Amazon bad job,Can not think of one reason to like this company,"Jeff Bezos should pack in one of his ""Fulfillment Centers"" for about a month undercover to see just how bad the company is. Company does not care about employee retention. Turnover is at 55 %. Does that sound good to you?","Start treating your people as people NOT machines, If you want machines BUILD THEM.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1659.htm
24380,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,It is very fun and challenging.,Interview process is very long.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24381,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Company of Smart People,Great attitude towards customers at all levels and all job functions resulting directly to very happy customers. Very smart colleagues Fun atmosphere Excellent tools People do try to do the right thing,"Having very smart colleagues means it is harder to stand out While pay and stock grants are pretty good, other benefits are basic. Company maintains a culture of disciplined spending/frugality. I don't really think this is too much of a problem although other people seeking the ""Google"" perks will probably be disappointed.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24382,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 1, 2013",Current Employee - Trainer,"It's a fast-paced, ever-changing, figure it out as you go along job","4 day work weeks for most positions, clean and safe work environment, flexible work schedule, stock grants, health care benefits","Very boring, repetitive work for labor positions. Difficult to get promoted from hourly to management, poor communication, loud environment, no time to have any fun, good work gets unnoticed",Treat employees better. The company can afford higher pay. Let them know when they do a good job.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24383,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer,Great technology challenges,"* Engineers are valued. A lot of focus on giving Engineers the work that is challenging. * Good technological challenges. A lot of interesting problems in the AWS space which are challenging and need creativity. * High impact work. A lot of customers use AWS, and hence the impact is visible in terms of usage, growth, customer feedback.",* Design is owned by Principal Engineers. Sometimes it is hard to get the opportunity to design a system as it is owned by Principal Engineers. * Oncall duty can be bad on some teams. But it is ok for some teams.,* Focus on operational pain reduction as much as new features..,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24384,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard working, smart people, cool projects","At Amazon you are surrounded by the most intelligent, creative, problem solving, hard working people from all over the globe. The people are truly amazing. The people are definitely why the company is so successful.","It feels like Amazon grew too fast, they have some archaic practices that make some day to day things unbearable. It also felt at times the culture was very fear based. I was told I was doing well, but it seemed clear that the consequences would be dire if anything went awry. I also have never worked so many hours in my life - I went into that job with my eyes open, but still was unprepared. I think that goes back to the fear based environment. It is a cool company, with crazy smart people I was glad to work next to, and I am glad they are in Seattle, employing so many people and contributing to a good local economy, but I was so happy to have my weekends AND nights back after leaving.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24385,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,Not the best place to work,Good relocation compensation. 3 days off.,Amazon treats it's employees really poorly. You have no say in what shift you will work...you basically sell your soul to the company. Work extremely long hours. Extremely disorganized company. Don't offer any type of valuable training. Expected to micromanage even though they claim that it's not what they want to do. Very high turn over rate. Amazon doesn't do anything to keep it's managers happy. Work environment feels like a sweatshop.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24386,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Not a great place to work as Full-time perm,lots of money and good benefits,no time to live your life. The hours will kill any family life you want. They hire you and you have a brief honeymoon period of about 1 month but after 2 months the honeymoon is over. Be prepared to work your butt off and if you can't then be ready to work somewhere else. Oh and the signing bonus they will want that back if you didn't last a year at amazon. I feel sorry for all the college students getting out of college and working for amazon. Amazon is using and abusing you. Believe it.,get rid of the CEO,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24387,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2013",Current Employee - Buyer,Work is a four letter word at Amazon.,"Innovative and creative, Amazon pushes the boundaries of e-tailing.","They will work you like a dog. Get ready for long hours, weekends and a work life balance that will be throw off your social schedule. Amazon will due the bare minimum to fall in line with city, state and national laws and regulations but don't expect anything more than that.","You will continue to see high turnover as long as the current structure exists. Lack of respect, trust and career development are just a few shortcomings of the Amazon culture.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24388,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,"Good pay, nice people room for advancement",Hot in the summer but the problem has been since fixed,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24389,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Manage your own work/life balance, and it's a great place to work","Smart and passionate people, interesting problems, and a great connection to the business","Oncall, managers who ask for more until you say enough",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1660.htm
24390,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to gain varied experience,- High Hiring Bar - Your career is your responsibility - Gain a lot of experience in a short time - Autonomy is readily granted (just keep on track with your annual goals) - Great place for recent graduates to start careers,"- Need to wear a lot of hats - Review process is short and intense - Some managers have little time to advise career development - High pressure environment with long hours expected (work-life balance can be difficult)  Not a con, more of a note of advice: One needs to keep skills and qualifications on par or above the current hiring bar. Even with hard work and dedication, one can become no longer be qualified for the current job easily. Keep note of the qualifications of new colleagues and strive to equal them.","Push the mentor program. Since mentors have chosen to volunteer their time to help others, employees might find it easier get career development help. Senior execs tell employees to contact their managers for career advice, however managers are usually very busy just keeping up and may not have time available.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24391,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 14, 2013",Former Employee - SDE2,Overworked and not cared for,Career builder. You will be in the cutting edge of todays technology.,Overworked and you have no life while you work for Amazon. The rare cases of people staying with them for longer than 4 years are actually the ones that have learned how to work the internal system.,Empower the SDE-s. Don't look after M$ b/c you will end up like them.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24392,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor emphasis on employee development,Strong Focus on the customer,Unclear management creates a chaotic environment to work in,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24393,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,Innovative and fast place to work,-Innovative -Fast paced. -Lots of smart people.,-Lack of proper career growth. -No tuition supplement.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24394,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Mar 12, 2013",Former Employee - Picker,Warehouse slave work,Sometimes you would find an open box of candy to eat.,They worked you like a slave. The breaks were not enough for all the running we had to do throughout the ginormous wear house. They should definitely pay more. In the summertime it was beyond unbearably hot and it is very hard to make rate as a picker.,Restructure,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24395,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Great experience,Smart people Successful business Builds new stuff,"Only good for rockstars, if you are not planning to be the best - don't bother. Even from a money perspective, only rockstars get promoted and the big bonuses.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24396,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Solid company with lots of opportunities,Strong customer focus. Good career advancement Choice of many different projects Very smart peoples Great stock price increase,Sometimes a bit bureaucratic A bit too frugal about their employees.,Consider more the input of engineers. Make sure that software built of high quality has a good chance of shipping.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24397,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 4, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Satisfied,"Good pay Decent people Once peak was over, everything became simple","The security agents are pretty rude. During peal time, the long hours can have a negative affect on your life Be sure to invest in some insoles for your shoes, you will regret it if you don't.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24398,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for,"1. Very positive working environment for engineers, coworkers help each other out. 2. Be able to work on cutting edge technologies in Amazon. 3. Amazon got a great leader, Jeff Bazos, who is very smart and has made many right decisions. 4. Amazon dominates the e-retail business. 5. Amazon Web Services (AWS) are doing really well in the cloud computing market.","1. Operational tasks take a lot of time, as a result fewer time can be spent on actual development. 2. Oncall overheads in some teams are crazy and oncall can be paged many times. 3. Employee benefit is not that good.","Consider increasing the salary, which is not that competitive anymore.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24399,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A really good place for new grad,"fast-paced, working friendly,can learn a lot a lot","I just stayed there for 7 month, so I do not have any more to say.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1661.htm
24400,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great place to learn and build a new business, super smart and friendly peers, but be ready to work work work.","Learned a LOT by doing lots of different things, good guidance from managers and peers, had tons of responsibilities, great experience post-MBA. Super smart co-workers. A strong customer oriented, disruptive business philosophy that drives amazing innovation and build news business. Great CEO.","Worked a lot with little work-life balance. Management and supervisors care little about your career, or personal time, or overall career growth.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24401,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2013",Former Employee - Category Leader,"Innovative company, smart people, no work-life balance","Amazon employs the best and the brightest, the culture is metrics-driven and employees are given autonomy and empowered to make decisions.","The Director-level management and above simply do not care how many hours you work or about development. They are managers, not leaders. Many of them lack a simple understanding of how to select, hire, and retain talent. Nor do they care. They rely on Amazon’s stock performance as a retention method. The review process is a forced-ranking cage-match, therefore peers are more interested in highlighting their wins and trying to tank others in order to get ahead. It’s an unhealthy, toxic environment.","Understand the value of productive employees with industry knowledge instead of hiring “smart people to figure it out”. MIT grads don’t’ have practical experience and are often not effective. Smart people often reinvent the wheel. Learn what systems should be developed in-house vs. leveraging something already existing in the market place. You are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for dev teams to invent something that is already in the marketplace, with better functionality. Create succession plans",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24402,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Okay projects, bad work environment, terrible benefits","Projects are interesting. You can get technical challenge with fellow software engineers. There're lots of smart people, here.","Work environment is not great. In the beginning, A shared desk was assigned to me without cube. A small war-room kind of office with 7 software engineers and there's no privacy while others kept complaining about smell of my coffee. I've never been in this kind of atmosphere. It might only be my team but quite discouraged to be creative. The benefit was even worse. In normal company, HMO is the cheapest plan but Amazon offers the most expensive HMO option and there's wierd plan of health fund. Health fund is okay for who doesn't go to see doctor more than 7 times per year but totally out of sense when you had family. Premium was already high but out of pocket cost for hospital is another story. 401k matching is very low and the company tries to get employee's patent idea for free while my previous company always paid for it. Parking reimbursement wasn't enough to drive your car to downtown. There's no ESPP. And so on.. There's no formal training except new hire orientation which took only half day. No education support. It seems like this company only want to use your knowledge and has no interest to develop it. On call duty is also painful. You need to carry the pager and it might beep in the midnight and must respond it within 15 min or it'll be escalated to your manager, director, vp, ...",You need to care your employees as human being.,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24403,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,You will work with smart people.,Can be hard to move up,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24404,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"I've been generally satisfied, but as Amazon balloons in personnel I worry.",You get to build some of the world's leading software.,"You must support and maintain crap that somebody else wrote, but your team ""owns"" even though you don't have resources to make it better.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24405,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"This company has lots of perks to working for it. Insurance from day one, 10% off Amazon fulfilled products and Paid time off and vacation accruing after 1 pay check.",Sometimes the management can be a little harsh,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24406,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Feb 4, 2013",Former Employee - Ops Manager,Amazon Ops Manager,Great employer. Excellent apy and benefits,WOrk hard is right. Forget anytime off in the fall,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24407,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Infinite opportunity for the taking, but not your typical tech company benefits.",Tons of opportunity to move around to different businesses Lots of autonomy Opportunity for ownership Really smart people in business and tech Fast paced,"Lots of writing and analysis - everything must be proven Company is very stingy (employee contribution for medical is high for the tech industry, cheap desks, etc.)",It is easier to leave Amazon at one level and come back at a higher level than to promote. We need to streamline promoting from within.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24408,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Mar 7, 2013",Former Employee - Packer,Worst Place I've ever worked,The Staff Managment Group hires real quick. They don't even check back ground!,"Hire through temp service. While being new hire you are treaten by there rules. Breaks and lunch start from your work station, cuts 7 minutes off. The older you are the harder the job is (manual labor).","Quit telling lies to new hires. The harder you work, the better chance you have to become an Amazonian. You'll be one of the ones they keep. I'll put in a good word for you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24409,amazon,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Pretty mediocre company for which to work,"Nothing special, really. An advantage is that you can push hard for something, and if you're willing to put in the time, you will be able to get it done. If you've got the energy, drive, and chutzpah, you can do well here, but this is a production environment, don't expect cutting edge.  Pay is good.","Amazon is basically a big store with a huge web presence. Don't expect anything really exciting to happen here. Although, occasionally, something may pop out.  When you work here, consider yourself a cog. The catch-phrase is something like ""a good software developer can do anything."" What this means, in practice, is that everyone seems to be working on stuff they are not particularly good at. If there is a need to deal with a web scalability problem, there may be someone two desks down who may be an expert on server scalability, but is instead working on UI. No effort seems to be made to fit people with their strengths.  Amazon's emphasis on frugality makes it so the work environment is not particularly pleasant. Be prepared to work in a ""start up"" work environment with power cords hanging from the ceiling, cheap desks, no partitions, etc.  A real issue with the frugality mindset is that Amazon tries to develop on a shoestring. The build procedures are poorly planned, and tools are pretty primitive. Most infrastructure groups are woefully understaffed and it shows. Because the infrastructure is so poor, developers can expect to spend more time dealing with infrastructure issues (such as build issues) than in other companies. So much time is wasted dealing with issues like this, that you can expect to work overtime just to get a normal amount of work done.  Lastly, benefits are not great.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1662.htm
24410,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company if you're a cultural fit,Rapid growth Strong leadership Lots of opportunities to grow and work on exciting projects Amazon culture (if you're a good fit),"None of the usual tech perks (e.g. free lunch, etc.) - in fact, frugality is a core tenet Promotions are a reward for having done the level up job, not a prerequisite to doing the job",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24411,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Chewed up and Spit out,Stable company that has high safety standards when many other warehouses do not,Amazon has a habit of working their employees very hard. Most of them burn out or they find a way to terminate the rest of their employees after two years.,Honesty Integrity and value your employees as people,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24412,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Feb 11, 2013",Current Employee - Tainer,Managers are very inexperienced,I work as many hours as i want.,no leadership qualities in managers,Train yourselves better!,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24413,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Jan 27, 2013",Current Employee - Pick PA,Great if you can work well with others.,"Great communication with management, everyone gets treated equally well and trained as opportunities arise.",Organization could be better at times as new processes get developed.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24414,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Very talented people and lot of oppurtunities for improvements career wise.,Not good enough for international employees who wants their green card processing done.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24415,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growth Abounds at Amazon,A forward thinking company that operates at the speed of the Internet,You'll work harder than you ever have in your career!,Keep up the good work!,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24416,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great place to work,Amazon has key leadership principles that they live and breath by. Everyone is passionate about what they do.,"At Amazon you need to be able to manage your work life balance. You will be passionate about what you do, and everyone else is as well. It's very easy to take work home with you!",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24417,amazon,"Chester, VA"," Feb 27, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Great Place to Shop , not a good place to work (fulfilment center)","Pay is ""ok"" for starting pay Hours and schedule ar great",No promotions ops Goals are NOT 100% attainable Breaks are lost during commutes to breaks rooms Rare positive feedback,"Promote from within, managers should be able to complete the work they hold employees accountable for.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24418,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2013",Current Employee - Administration,You Work Hard AND Get Paid Well for It!,"Challenging, face-paced work environment with a strong customer service focus. Employees are encouraged to ""Work Hard, Have Fun, Make HIstory"". That's just what we're doing!","Uneven workload distribution. High performing employees seem to get ""dumped on"" while low performers slide by while pocketing the same salaries. Very discouraging and unfair. My peers have time for chats, social networking and extended breaks while I can't seem to stay above water.",Implement work logs and pay attention to workload distribution. Don't burn out your best performers!,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24419,amazon,"Shepherdsville, KY"," Jan 24, 2013",Current Employee - Safety Coordinator,Positive Change,I appreciate their focus and structure. It seems to me to be a very effective company. We've just recently begun making the transition to an Amazon run fulfillment center and the positive changes are already apparent.,Any negative thing I would have to offer is in regards to the transition and that is not a fair assessment of other facilities.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1663.htm
24420,amazon,"Greenville, SC"," Feb 6, 2013",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations manager,"Great company, great pay, can be a lot of fun, great place to lose weight, outstanding training! Love Jeff Besos!","Extremely long hours, lack of care and empathy for hourly associates by senior leaders at local facility, all about numbers (felt like a slave driver), low regard for former military members at the local level, little to no loyalty to anyone or anything (with the exception of production numbers).","Get rid of General Managers who never show up during off shifts to observe the challenges of night shift personnel. Additionally, senior General Managers must attend and learn ACES.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24421,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place! Very smart people,very smart people who care about the company vision and the end customer. Leaders in ecommerce so obviously a lot to learn from one of the best in this space.,can't really think of anything. I guess as it gets bigger there are the inherent dangers with size that may impact culture but didn't see much in my time at least.,continue doing what you do - focusing on the end customer,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24422,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Feb 23, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Unfair, not very professional, and little to no interpersonal skills.",-Overtime -Work 4 days and 10 hours a week. -Stock opportunity,"-Unfair management -Favoritism at an all time high -Management and employee turnover at an all time high as well  -Associates aren't allowed to fully enjoy their breaks and lunches due to their travel time being included in their break time. For instance, if you start walking towards the break room at 9:30, and you get to the break room and sit down at 9:33, that travel time is added against your break time.  -Communication issues between management -Micromanaging -EVERY MAN FOR THEMSELVES  -Managers and HRSB's often harp about there being an ""open door policy"" and a voice of the associate board for associates who wish to voice their suggestions, comments, and questions, which often goes unacknowledged because they selectively read what they want and respond how they want. If it's something that isn't complimenting THEM or anything positive about the job in general, don't count on for a response from them. If most of the comments are negative, then they will only suggest for the associate with the issue to come to their office or report it to an immediate manager at any time so that it can be properly addressed, which rarely happens.","-Seeing as how the turnover rate for this employer is ridiculously high, I guess it wouldn't make sense to waste time and money training new and/or relatively seasoned employees in multiple functions.  -The first few years of the Amazon - Whitestown IND1 opening went really well because of the consistent record -breaking of units processed. Good management and incentives played a role in that until the GM decided it would be a great idea to swap them out for new management and things took a turn for the worse. Micromanaging and little to no incentives played a role in how the customers were always receiving wrong items, how employees were overworked and making a lot of mistakes, and how coachings, first/second/written warnings are second nature if an associate isn't performing 100% or better. Like for instance, an associate can and will be written up even if they're at a 99 percent for the week. Take a look at how associates did the first years of Amazon opening, then take a look at how things are going now. It goes back on how things were managed, not the associate. If termination should take place, it should start with the managers.  -Hire managers that actually HAVE good interpersonal skills and have actually dealt with people instead of hiring fresh young faces that are seconds out of college with little to no management experience. Amazon is too big of a warehouse for anyone new to handle that big of a responsibility. I understand that you have to start somewhere, but Amazon is NOT the place.  -In order to have a happy customer, you have to have a happy employee. Make sure you treat your employees well, and by well, I mean actually making sure they have their FULL 15 minute breaks and full 30 minute lunch.  When you have money hungry managers that are very customer centric and only care about numbers, you're bound to see a downfall somewhere, usually in productivity and attendance. You're overworking your employees and they usually have nothing to show for it. There's a lot of money put in your pockets from overworking your employees, and what are your employees getting? $5 gas cards or a gift card to a place they don't even shop at or never knew existed until after the fact.  -Stop berating your employees like children when mistakes are made and customers are receiving the wrong items due to carelessness, fatigue, and your unrealistic demands that you won't admit to. It all starts from YOU guys and how well you treat your associates. When you start treating your associates better, I can guarantee you will see a much better result.  -Don't think that just because you're manager and you have a title, that you are always right and have no room for criticism as well as improvement.  -Communication between managers is bad. Very bad, which is why the ""open door policy"" and VOA board is such a bust [let's not forget flawed] because they don't properly address the comments, suggestions, and concerns that need answers. I find it odd that communication between them is bad, yet they will bend over backwards to make sure they deliver a coaching, first/second/final written warning to an associate with the quickness, but will take days to address an associate's need. You can't be that busy if all you're doing is looking at spreadsheets.  HR is not your friend if you're an employee. They are only there to defend the employer, not you. Unless you're being threatened, sexually harassed, or being discriminated against, then don't count on HR for anything should you seek ""assistance"" [or lack thereof] from any of them.  -The rating system is flawed, but they will never admit it. They expect you to process X amount of units per hour even when bin space becomes limited, but will still hold you to that standard because the senior OPS manager needs to see that the ops manager is seeing into the area manager taking appropriate action on the associate not being 100% or better to make them look good.  GET RID OF STANDARD WORK IN INBOUND.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24423,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 11, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Very mixed range of skillset, experience, and intelligence",- The smart ones are some of the smartest teammates you will ever have - You WILL learn a lot - you get paid like a boss coming right out of school,"- The dumb ones are some of the dumbest people you will encounter (and may drag you down with them) - Every once a while, you may be put on a nasty project. sometimes by yourself. sometimes without any help, but they have expectations that you'll finish. early. - you will have to wear a pager and be on call some time (some teams have light schedules, with one week per every 4 months, but some teams make you go on call one of every 3 weeks)","Don't let someone be a manager just because they have been there for 10+ years. if they're not fit, it's time to recognize that and either add someone else or just swap him. Horrible Management means capped creativity (which kills a product innovation team)",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24424,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jan 11, 2013",Current Employee - Ad Operations,Great company to work for,"Strong work environment, good compensation, and good support from Managers. Also a strong team.","Not much upward mobility, only way to advance is to switch departments though they are helpful when you do request a transfer.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24425,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2013",Former Employee - Picker,amazon is a horrible place to work,they are just good in price and they treat customer like angel but treat their employee like dirt,"this is place is too much pressure to work especially in pick department, they push you too hard to make atleast 100 items per hour and that is impossible to do specially in the pallet land.. they think that you are a robot can walk fast. and number 1 safety rule ""no running"" but workers are almost get to the point of running so that they can make the rate of 100% coz if you cannot make it they will fire you.. and you get only 15 minutes break, but you have to walk 3-5 minutes to breakroom, they just want you to go sit in the break room and go back your ass to work.. WORST COMPANY TO WORK EVER!!!! they are very bad about calling you over the phone for your termination because they are chicken to see you in person, and sometimes they let you come to work but dont tell you and your badge is not working so you will not get into the gate.","management they need to listen to their employees and lower the minimum rate, before the workers end up hurting therselves just to make a rate.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24426,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer for amazon,"Great people, scalable systems and pet friendly",I like the culture so there are no pros.,nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24427,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,great payif their stock is doing well smart people dedicated people,"long hours, chaotic work style, no work/life balance",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24428,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Growing,"a lot of growth, talented work source, above average benefit","a lot of work, overtime, lack of work and life balance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24429,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Jan 3, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate (Packing),Great seasonal opporunity,"(Reviewed as SMX Temp, from Nov-Jan) Good starting pay, lots of hours during peak. Lots of focus on safety and quality.","11 hour days during peak, could have had more breaks. 30 minute lunch is quite rushed. Odd shifts, mine was Sun-Thurs. Horrible, repetitive music.","Please no music, or if music, require it to be changed every hour or so. Hip hop all day long was quite annoying. 11 hour shifts should have longer breaks or at least a longer 45 min lunch.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1664.htm
24430,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Jan 11, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Generalist,"Fast-paced, never a dull moment!","fast-paced, competitive pay, great employees, fun co-workers","lack of work/life balance, lack of communication from management",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24431,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 27, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No MBA? No Future!,Positive work environment. Dogs allowed at workstations. Online resources to self-teach.,Company actively pursues and recruits MBAs with no relevant experience and discriminated against Bachelor holders with relevant experience! No work life balance.,You need a good balance of education and experience. Graduate school can't teach you everything!,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24432,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Not as much opportunity for SDETs,* Exciting projects that have high visibility and use * Customer-centric focus * Lots of good software engineer tools and frameworks in place,"* Not a whole lot of opportunity for SDET or test career. Sure, there are pockets of them, but I wouldn't count on Amazon as a long term place for a test career. Not uncommon to see the senior test folks eventually leave due to lack of promotion process for them. * Heavy emphasis on on-call activities with less emphasis on building quality in from the beginning. * Fairly young engineering management","If you want to attract and KEEP test professionals, hire more test managers and some test VP or Directors to help keep the culture alive.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24433,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 30, 2013",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Good salary, Fair opportunity for advancement, smart people","Unfair manager rating systems. Popularity contests, too much of a ""ME, ME, ME"" culture where people try to exceed at the expense of their peers.",Be more consistent and look at merits rather than popularity,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24434,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 30, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great for people without college,3 days off per week,Communication very poor very young managers do not promote from within as much as they could Feel like cattle being herded Some managers treat hourly workers like children and with disrespect I am a college graduate and tried move up but their communication and interview processes were so poorly run that I left and much happier at company where I am respected and valued,The training is a joke Managers need more mentoring (young and old) not just those right out of collegE Procedural changes n red to be better communicated,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24435,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon is a great company to start at.,"-Competitive offers (not the best, but still well above average) -Many of the teams have a similar feel to a start up -It is in Seattle (I have mixed feelings about this) -The people here are smart and motivated -Has a kind of ""hands off"" management style, at least where I work. The mentality is that as long as I get my work done appropriately, all is good. -You can go from team to team, department to department, and continuously learn new things. You can jump from low end server management to high end app development for example. -The company is going places both from a financial sense (have you looked at their stock recently and its trend?) and a technology sense -The teams are generally kept small and for my team at least, leads to better communication","-With some teams, work life balance is horrible. This is not all teams however, mostly the ones that manage the website directly and are responsible for keeping various services up and running. I have seen it both ways. -It is in Seattle (I have mixed feelings about this) -It can be difficult at times to get recognized for your hard work even if you go above and beyond the call of duty (please note I have not personally experiences this. Rather, it is a conclusion I have reached based off of my interactions with others and what I have seen) -Team culture and work life balance varies from ""I want to get out of here"" to ""I absolutely love it here and can't imagine myself anywhere else"" I understand that this happens in many different companies, but I wish Amazon would work more to normalize this spectrum.",Make sure employees know that their work is appreciated.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24436,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2013",Former Employee - Manager,Great place to work if you can embrace the culture and work with others.,"Some of the smartest and passionate people you will meet. When Amazon talks about putting the customer first, it is not just talk. The entire focus of every team is figuring out how to serve their immediate customers better which in turn can be very exciting. The influence that a single person can have is great as high performers are able to take control of their career and do what they wish with it.","Some of the Microsoft-esque HR policies are infuriating. Pay is highly dependent on job family, which is silly when they encourage individuals to have an impact, regardless of job title/family.  The pay is not always going to be market level, especially if the stock is not doing well.",Get rid of the job family guidelines for top performers.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24437,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Jan 24, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative III,Was better before all the changes,"Friendly coworkers and relaxed environment. Pay and benefits are great, hard to find another job that meets what they offer in this area. Work from Home opportunities","*Training needs to be changed. When I first started training was in depth and I hit the floor knowing what I was doing. With the past few positions I've taken, training has been minimal and I feel completely unprepared for the job at hand.  * Work from home staff gets forgotten and left out of on site functions.  * Monthly internet allowance of $25 doesn't cover half of my internet or phone bill.  * Leadership needs to be available more often and monitor the team members available time  * Huge amount of favoritism  * Under appreciated  * Company is micro-managed and has grown a lot faster than it seems can be handled at times","Pay attention to your team. Make sure people are in avail when they should be and treat everyone on the team fairly. Don't offer special treatment to people or single out others just because you're buddies with them. This leaves workers on the phones short handed and feeling angry towards their leadership. Offer more to Work From Home. This is a large part of your company in Grand Forks, make sure we feel appreciated.",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24438,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst job I had,You have chance to learn new things,Amazon is a good place for young people but not experienced engineers.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24439,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jan 25, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,manager,"start you off with great sign on bonus and benefits, relocation company they use is great, and the stock options are great.","too many to list, no home work balance, growth potential too slow unless you uproot your family again. This is the reason the turnover rate at amazon is so high, will they ever get it?","open your eyes and promote the people worth promoting, if they would stop moving people around every 2 months then the growth of managers would actually be seen.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1665.htm
24440,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,"Recruiters are polite, thorough, very organized. Schedule phone screenings and any additional phone interviews as needed. You are given sufficient time to ask and/or email all questions and I found HR to be quite helpful in the early stages. It is a lengthy process , however they are clear about this upfront.","Mid Managers are not impressive. Don't like to be questioned or challeneged. For the most part , the are not ""experts"" in their fields and designated markets. I was actually surprised as to how little experience middle to upper management had in certain departments, given the amount of interviewing and screening required before one is even made an offer to join a team. That said, certain areas are definitely better places to work than others. Not a fan of the sales leadership/division and do not recommend working there.","If you expect the best from people you hire, you should in turn provide the best management and leadership possible. Lead by example.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24441,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Good,"Very Dynamic, good place to start career, learn lot of things in less period of time, Business is growing and expanding so too many things to learn",One gets lost on the core and delivering due to so much happening around. Too much volatility due to continuous change in the business. Promotions are hard. Career and self development is neglected.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24442,amazon,"Covington, KY"," Jan 22, 2013",Former Employee - Labor,Doing the same tedious work over and over.,Easy quick hiring process. And for that it does pay better then most quick hire jobs. Easy to learn operations and decent work out.,"Hard labor and working with the dumbest people ever. After making a suggestion I was told just to do what I'm told because this is like ""slave labor"".",Improve training process for new employees so that they can learn multiple jobs. Thus making days seem more interesting because one wouldn't be doing the same thing over and over. Maybe this would help retain good workers.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24443,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A lot of website maintenance and operations,Good hiring bonus Their stock keeps doing well Good company for college hires,Extremely hectic schedule Oncall duty for SDE isn't fun Stocks take about 3 years to vest,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24444,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2013",Current Employee - Research Scientist,so far so good,amazon is a growing company with many interesting problems. the complexity and scaling of the business bring a lot of challenges.,"pay-wise is ok but not great. one leadership principle of the company is frugal, so do not expect great packages and benefits",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24445,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 8, 2013",Current Employee - ICQA PA,Awesome!!!! place to work,great workplace specially with my co-workers,nothing got yet...good for me lol,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24446,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,It is a great place to work!,I am impressed by what I have seen in Amazon so far. it is very efficient and well managed. The sense of ownership and customer focus is so strong that you can feel it from employees in all levels. You have opportunity to work with bunch of smart people. People here are kind and willing to offer help as long as you ask.,The ramp up curve is big. It usually takes about few months to understand Amazon technology and culture. No formal training program.,It is a challenge to grow so fast but still keep the original culture. Middle layer management team is the key.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24447,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,software development,a lot of talented people,to many employees in the company,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24448,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Interesting and challenging problems to solve, good mobility, plenty of opportunity to improve and challenge yourself. Amazon is ""a tech company that just happens to do e-commerce"", and so developers are first class citizens and the business revolves around delivering technology.","The fast environment can lead to high pressure that is not for everyone, and higher turnover means less people which means more pressure (but also more opportunity).",Better sprint and project planning tools would help us be more productive.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24449,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Growing company, not perfect",Industry leader Long term vision Great in execution,Work life balance Getting big Pay and benefits,Pay more attention to people.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1666.htm
24450,amazon,"Gouldsboro, PA"," Feb 7, 2013",Current Employee - Fulfillment Specialist,"If you want to have a life outside of work, look the other way.",The only pro is that the facility has a set schedule 99% of the time. Cheap benefits that people can afford.,"No job security.. If they do not like you, they will not promote you. They promote people who are not with the company for a long period of time. The pay is horrible for the type of work you do. One hand doesn't know what the other is doing.  The fulfilllment center is disgusting. Nothing is clean. Food products are in bins next to soap products and or pet food. How is that sanitary??  There is no motivation whatsoever for employees to do their job. Promotions are not based on how long you've been there, it's based on an attendance point system.","My advice to management is to look in the mirror. Are you satisifed with the pay check that you are getting??/ This company is getting worse by the minute... You guys are collecting a pay check and not earning one. Try getting dirty for once, work with your employees. They are the ones who are making the company operate and meeting the company's goals. Try being a people person. Don't talk down to the employees as if they were a 5 year old. Treat people with respect and you might get some in return.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24451,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Tax Manager,Tax Manager,1) Pay is market rate 2) Very smart people,1) Could be stressful 2) Management might be too busy to meet with staff for personal development.,Please ensure employees get work life balance.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24452,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Feb 8, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Stealing their way to the top - one overpriced book at a time,"fast paced, fun, 4 day week, new and improved onsite coaching, weekly pay, paid training","bell model based land grabbers with lacking personality skills, even if you work hard and know you are working hard, HR will make it their responsibility to find you a position where you can struggle so they can follow company model of keeping the majority of their employees off the books. great for a young person. still in conflict over their original lease agreement since day one. unable or unwilling to pay corporate debts to original investors.","smile, you have a job",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24453,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jan 17, 2013",Former Employee - Ship Clerk,Decent place to work,The people were great. I met a lot of people that I was happy to work with. Most of the area managers were good people.,They do not hire real managers. Most of them do not know how to deal with people. It is all data management which for Tier III or lower makes life miserable. We never had the help or people to accomplish what was needed. I personally got very little support from my managers.,Need better communication. One purpose to a chain of command is that messages get passed down to those that need the information. Too often it was last minute information instead of planning and talking to people who need to be in the know. Very disappointed.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24454,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager With Development,Great place for start up meets big company,"Very innovative, very start up and very smart people. You must be on top of your game to survive. There is an inherent culture to minimize internal politics.","Very relentless, high pressure, fast burnout.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24455,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,"Your peers are smart, but the culture is harsh","Amazon hires very smart people. Getting hired is hard, but you will work with some of the brightest engineers out there.  The total compensation is nice. Do not flinch at having part of your compensation be RSUs. Even if stock price goes down, your compensation will be adjusted. Because Amazon sees RSU as part of the compensation, they will fix it with market fluctuations. There really is only upside. No, you won't retire on RSU....won't buy a house....maybe a nice car is stock goes through the roof.","The culture is one that encourages harsh behavior. If you present an idea or argument and can't back it up with data or facts - prepare to be humiliated. I tend to see folks last < 1 year or more than 5 years. In other words, you either are cut out for this environment or you're not.  The more senior the position (as management or as an individual contributor) the more aggressive you need to be.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24456,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Amazon is a awesome place to work!,Amazon is a excellent place to work.,No cons to describe here.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24457,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jan 5, 2013",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good pay...does not care about employees,The pay at Amazon is very fair,"They treat their employees as capital recources, not people.",Actually show some real concern for your employees. You will end up with a happier and more prodcutive labor force.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24458,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,You will learn a lot... and will be stressed out most of the time.,Coworkers are really smart You learn a ton Generally very fast-paced,High-pressure environment Long hours Burn-out is likely,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24459,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Intense company. Intelligent and dedicated people,Stock keeps going up :) Get to learn a lot from team mates. Great managers (for the most part) You can take on as much responsibility as you want and grow. Chance to be part of one of the fastest growing 100Billion company,on call job can be stress full at times a lot of people are workaholics which pushes everyone to work harder and harder,"Get support engineers for all teams. There is no good justification for hiring expensive software engineers and making them do support work. Build better internal tools for SDEs (this is improving quite a bit, but there is a ways to go)",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1667.htm
24460,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 1, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Work hard, have no fun","Smart people, company is growing, lot of opportunity if you can connect with right folks. City of Seattle is beautiful (more on it below)","At Amazon, there's no balance between work and family life, working hours are very long, you will have no time for yourself or friends and family. For newcomers, it is a complete sink/swim scenario, managers do not care for their employees, you have to watch for your back. People are unfriendly, you will be doing tons of things right, but one wrong thing and you will be criticized openly in front of your seniors and peers. Lot of politics at the higher level, top cares about themselves and to save their interests they do not hesitate to sacrifice the employees, games are played at employees expense. The annual review process favors old timers and well connected. Company is full of ‘A’ type robotic employees, they are very high on the company Kool-aid. You will work hard but it will not be fun. There are lot of product and project managers but not enough engineers to do the work. If you can master the game of passing bucks, you will do well. City of Seattle is beautiful only for 1-2 months, rest of the year, it is cloudy (low hanging grey clouds), rainy and cold. It can get depressing without sun shine for a long time.","Attracting smart people as employees is good thing, make sure that they can stick around, welcome them and help them assimilate in the company culture, employees are assets, treat them well.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24461,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Boring,"Good pay, talented & fun coworkers, flexible hours, work from home, wide selection of food trucks at lunch time","This was a developer position, and I barely got the opportunity to program, and when I did it was mind numbingly trivial. I worked in Retail Systems, and they are mostly bogged down in trouble tickets and constant feature requests from the business side, leaving little time to actually develop software. Furthermore, the paranoia about losing money leads to aversion toward software change, which means the code-base is a monstrous pile of incremental changes accumulated over the years. Almost no documentation, and I frequently would hear sentiments that documentation or comments would be a hindrance-- since that would mean having to maintain the documentation or comments in parallel with the code (this might have just been a cultural aspect of my team). There seems to be a revolving door for young developers, as well as people jumping around from team to team, so teams' know-how deteriorates to the point where there are large portions of code that no one is familiar with. And yet, you have to support that code when you are on-call. If you aren't familiar with on-call, it means getting paged at any time of day when there are problems with the software. You might be thrown into a scenario where you are responsible for Amazon ordering being down, and the problem lies in your team's software, but you aren't familiar with that part of the code. You will probably just have to relay this to your team members-- which is fine-- but needless to say it is stressful.  I was promised to eventually get the chance to do some real software development, but perhaps not for a year or more. If you are in it for the long haul, maybe it could be okay. I didn't care about the money, and it didn't make it worth letting my career stagnate for 2-3 years waiting until I was senior enough to do maybe have the chance to do some real work.","Slow down feature requests, and realize that technical debt and software cruft are a serious detriment to the companies future, and drives away talent who would prefer to design and innovate in a way which would secure a better future for the company. Treat your employees better-- the ""customer obsession"" and ""frugality"" mantras alienate employees to the point where they feel like customers come before them.",1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24462,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Dec 21, 2012",Current Employee - Onsite Medical Representative,Fast growing company with room for advancement,Multi-billion dollar company that is relatively new. Plenty of room to climb the corporate ladder. They count two years of Amazon experience as a bachelors degree.,"Corporate BS, but hey, what job doesn't have that",Free health insurance,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24463,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Human Resources,Best Company on Earth!,-competitive salaries with RSUs -entrepreneurial spirit and ability to make a difference -work/life balance is possible if you manage it,-Seattle weather -hard to get promoted,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24464,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Better than your average sweat shop!,"Good benefits. Very sharp people, cutting edge (with some blood flowing). Excellent hiring bonus. There are excellent ""pockets"" of staff -- but they tend to be the exception and not the rule.","Still suffers from high turnover with staff. Lack of significant experience in management result in a lot of pro-forma decisions and little empathy. There is a general feeling that employees are temporary (and will voluntarily or involuntarily move on) once they slip out of the top 40% of performers. Most recruits are straight from University and as a result, tend to be accepting of abuse that is common in grad schools.","Rethink your IT people growth -- Amazon profit margin is dropping towards negative fast. Shareholders may push for cuts -- and IT personnel costs is a big target. If you do any IT layoffs, this may result in the best moving on quickly elsewhere....",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24465,amazon,"Middletown, DE"," Jan 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon sucks,"Pays is decent, not the best but decent",Managers are a bunch egotistic power hungry bullies who pre on lower staff. They are a bunch of malfunctioning idots who needs to realize that the regular worker is just as much of the companie's success as they are.,"Hire regular people, not morons to lead the staff!",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24466,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2012",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,Great if you love constant competition,"the ability to impact your business quickly and in an action oriented way smart talented people, some of the smartest I've ever worked with good benefits",constant competition breeds need for everyone to want to be 'right' in the room and be the first person with the answer stack ranking of employees during review time weeding out good or great employees because not everyone can have a great review statistically lack of expectation for management to actually do a good job managing. Working out issues is the employees problem 24 x7 workload,stop stack ranking your employees and breeding an environment of constant competition. Eventually you will crush your innovation,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24467,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A place to start,Amazon is a great entry place for engineers. A mix of some ability and some drive will get an entrant into the full engineering exposure at a fast pace. Most of the direct software managers have engineering backgrounds mostly as experienced engineers at the company they don't just know about the technology but will have insight into relative teams too.,Management ability is completely random. Many do not have the training or ability to manage. The rise by force of will culture leads to a culture of it's everyone's responsibility who has a certain level of competence to do everything. Organization makes no sense in that way.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24468,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 19, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Amazingly Intelligent People but No Work Life Balance,* Learn from the best * Plenty of opportunity to move around - (If you last long enough) * Decent to Good Compensation - (but maybe not so much if you divide by the number of hours you work.) * Compensation is good related to cost of living in Seattle,"* No work life balance. Working long hours, 12 plus a day, is common and a badge of honor. * Working holidays and weekends is common - especially Thanksgiving and Christmas - but ofcourse this is a commerce company. * Turnover rate is pretty high. Average employee lasts 1.5 years * Lots of burnt-out employees. * ""It is what it is"" is a common phrase heard around the company when asking employees if they like the long hours. * Very competitive work culture. Lots of nice people but most don't have much time to give guidance. * Bad documentation and little training make it difficult to get up to speed. Be prepared to have lots of work and responsibility thrown at you from day one. * Culture of frugality means little investment in employee training and perks. *","* Invest in training and mentorship as there are many good, smart employees willing to work the long hours if given guidance and support * Try and achieve work life balance as happy employees tend to be more productive and dedicated.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24469,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Great place to learno about a global business,There is no downsides eworking there.,Give your best to get the success.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1668.htm
24470,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Dec 22, 2012",Former Employee - Human Resources,Not Worth It,"Good salary, some nice people, lots of change, mangement open to ideas.","Expectation is to work long hours, weekends and holidays. Starting salary is nice but yearly increases are extremely low. Some managers take the fact they work for Amazon.com as a green light to be rude and arrogent.",Work on ways to reduce turnover.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24471,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Manager,The unending barrage of work and stress are poorly mitigated by one retention method - monetary compensation.,"Working at large scale, service oriented architecture, operational effectiveness, resume experience.","Dev ops percentage higher than actual development, high pressure, poor work-life balance, unfairly biased towards single employees without families.","More transparency both internally and externally, particularly with the open-source community. Amazon highly leverages open-source but rarely contributes anything back. The stack ranking system of performance reviews leads to unfair competitive practices, internally within the company. This needs to be overhauled. Stop throwing money at people to keep them in jobs they don't like. That satisfies short-term needs but does not work towards the long-term with regard to employee retention. Too much focus on business growth in terms of market share but less on product features that add customer value and contribute to customer retention. Far too little time and energy spent on developing employees, which is one of the supposed core leadership principles. Other leadership principles such as ownership are often a demonstration that some teams and individuals don't do their job, resulting in someone else ""owning"" it and being rewarded while there is little to no accountability for the lack of ownership that lead to someone else taking it on.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24472,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Lof of learning, great place for new college hires but management enforces hierarchical structure.","Lot of learning opportunities. Very intelligent co-workers. The scale of problems are so big, only few companies have problems at such large scale.",Not a startup and they keep saying frugality drives innovation but we do not need to be frugal any more so generally we get away by adding a few hundred machines every time a scale issue comes up.  Management forces SDE-II/SDE-III to be influential but that creates a bad work environment. Senior engineers have to force their decisions on junior engineers to meet their goals. Works well until you are SDE-I but as you become more experienced you would probably like to understand why trade-offs you are making in your design/development are worst then suggested by some other senior engineer.,Make goals that allows people to work together instead of forcing them to be rude.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24473,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"It will be a hard slog, and if you start at the wrong group you're in big trouble",- Cutting edge technology (at least in some groups) - Excellent tooling/infrastructure for SDEs. Good (not too burdensome) processes. - Smart engineers - Good pay and decent benefits - Stock doing well so RSUs can be worth a lot (if you join at a low point in stock price).,"- Terrible oncall in almost every group. You will get very little sleep. All manner of abuse of employees is justified on the basis of Customer Obsession (employees are not treated as 'customers'). - Software quality is often sacrificed by managers to meet deadlines and blame for failures placed on engineers (so the only way for a SDE to deal with a sev-2 is to kiss that long weekend goodbye and at least show you are working on the problem). - Turnover rates in some groups are very very bad, particularly some platform teams. Managers last less than six to twelve months (these folks typically leave Amazon because you can't transfer internally before 12 months are over). If you are an SDE, forget about stability and continuity. - As AWS becomes successful, the platform teams are getting political at the manager/sr. manager levels. The organization runs on fear. You don't know when you'll get thrown under the bus. It's less of an issue at the SDE level. - Expect to beg for productivity software and decent quality laptops/computer peripherals (or buy your own). This applies across Amazon.","- Don't create a bureaucracy. Maintain a flat org structure like Google. - Hire managers who write code around 10% of their job (these type of people tend to spend less time playing political games). - Give developers some breathing room to be creative, and work on hobby projects to expand their horizons. - Create dedicated operations teams to reduce oncall burden. - Don't overwork engineers and managers and tell them they are fortunate to be working for a company like AWS. It won't make up for sacrificing your best years with family, or getting divorced, or losing your health. I've seen people going through all of these things at platform teams in AWS, due to the politics, stress and fear.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24474,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to learn,1) diversity in teams you can try out 2) Solid technology company 3) smart coworkers,1) No perks aka stingy 2) operational burden can burn you out in some teams,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24475,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a happy place,You will learn a lot. There are some great people here. South Lake Union is lovely.,You will be thrown under the bus. Amazon is notoriously cheap. There is no work/life balance. Appreciation is rare. Too many Microsofties are creeping into the company. Amazon's innovative culture combined with Microsofties who punish innovation creates a strangely schizophrenic environment.,"It doesn't matter, you won't listen.",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24476,amazon,"San Bernardino, CA"," Dec 8, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,For to the amount they pay you i have no complaints about the work load,They give a good start up pay with monthly bonuses Healthcare Plans,During peak season you work up to 50+ hours a week,Have none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24477,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,"Fantastic (hard work, & fun) in Seattle, ruthlessly taxing in India","+ Very smart people -- people aren't only smart intellectually, they are also fairly diverse, so you can actually start to live a normal ""life"" even if you hang out only with work friends. + Opportunities are easy to come by if you are: a) Able to prove that you can get stuff done, and b) Driven to find the opportunities. All you have to do is ask.","- Often, it is easy to lose sight of the personal life of people. Most managers are all of the same kind -- the personal side of the employee comes much later in the decision making process unless the employee puts it front & center. - The ""NPI""s will often derail the best carrots put in front of employees, a project that you were looking forward to this year will often be delayed by a year because of something else that is necessary for the company.","-- Be more mindful of how the compensation plan is structured. Often, employees feel that they have to pay for contributing to the success 2 years ago by getting a small compensation in an existing year. -- Expect all remote development centers to work just like the main ""mothership"" in Seattle.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24478,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 30, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Innovative and fun company to work for,"Pay very well with good benefits Allow for creativity. Anyone who has a good idea is told to go try it, if it works it's implemented throughout the company","Always changing environment. While this can be a good thing to avoid totally monotonous work, it's kind of demoralizing how things change as soon as you get good at it. Tough work-life balance, especially during peak time","I worked as a lower level manager, but upper management was very up front with reviews and accessible. I didn't have any issues with the upper management team",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24479,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 1, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company with extremely bright people,"Amazon has a high hiring bar with competitive compensation and bonuses, and therefore bright people you can learn a lot from about new cutting edge and large scale technologies.","Benefits are at ok level, and you can expect to be doing multiple types of activities during your tenure there - beginning with requirements definition, and finishing with operations support and being on pager duty.","I wish the technical side of the company was more structured into Operations support, development, QA.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1669.htm
24480,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2012",Current Employee - Digital Specialist,Amazon is unique and very supportive,You're always going to have opportunities to grow within the company. You have a great way to gain experience through mentor-ships. Amazon has a very casual work environment.,"Amazon is a very frugal company, therefore no free lunches daily. Restaurants around campus are somewhat expensive. No free Amazon Prime or Kindle Fires.","Having a monthly appreciation party would be great! Though not really advice, you guys are awesome!",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24481,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager III,A visionary founder and inventive company that disrupts entire industries - it's pretty fun.,"Amazon keeps making bold moves and placing big bets, and while it may appear to be a sophisticated company that is laying waste to competitors on the outside, the culture is self-critical and constantly looking for new ways to invent and deliver new and delightful services to our customers. If you work for an influential technology department at Amazon, it is a fantastic place to learn what it means to launch a business from the ground up - from the inception of an idea to getting a public launch across the finish line.","Performance reviews are less about your actual contribution at the workplace than they are about managerial opinions about your leadership skills and growth potential. Most review assessments take place before an employee assesses their own goals and although you may have agreed upon your goals with your manager for the year, they may not contribute much to your overall performance review for the year. The review assessment seems more based on judgement rather than measured contribution.","Drive bigger goals towards reducing operational burden among the developers at this company. Too many TPM's and PM's drive to evolve the scope of software because it's expedient to do so, but this is done at the expense of good design which maintains a high operational burden for everyone at the company. If Amazon could keep tilt the operational scale to something more like 80/20 between development and operations, this company's achievements on a launch timeline each year would be incredible.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24482,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Lots of Effort... Lots of Reward,"pay, growth, opportunities to learn and innovate","work life balance, becoming increasingly bureaucratic",Hold less Meetings...,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24483,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,my experience at amazon was good,good salary is the pros,hard work is the cons,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24484,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Crazy Time Tables and Expectations,-The compensation is pretty good overall -Offices have ping pong tables -Fully paid bus pass is pretty nice to have,"-No time provided to deal with ops issues, though still expected to as they pile up -Cheap in the name of frugality, dev boxes are hardly sufficient -Projects hardly given real (and never realistic) schedules, and when you don't complete something which you were never given time to you get reprimanded -Managers with out people skills can really drain the life out of you","This growth is not sustainable. You should look to improving quality of life for the employees, because a lot of them aren't sticking around.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24485,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Fast-paced, Customer-centric, but the workday never ends","Restricted Stock bonuses are very good (as long as the stock continues to appreciate.) Smart, highly motivated people -- similar to B-School. A wealth of opportunities.","The workday never ends - It was not uncommon to receive e-mails late into the night with requests to deliver something by the next morning. If it's a weekend, you're on vacation, maternity/paternity leave, Thanksgiving, etc. it doesn't matter. You're still expected to respond immediately. There is no respect for your personal life. The attitude is, 'why would our customers care about your personal life?'  Inconsistent management - approx. half of the managers are very good, the other half were promoted too quickly and have no people management skills. Stifling micro-managers can deflate the morale of a group, but as long as they get results, they're viewed as a success. Unfortunately, this leads to high turnover rates and results in even worse work/life balance.  I have an MBA from a top-5 school (as many of my co-workers did.) I would encourage MBAs to evaluate opportunities at Amazon vs. Consulting or Banking rather than corporate jobs because your tenure and work/life balance will be more comparable to the former rather than the latter.","Reward and/or promote managers who get the right results without burning out the team. Provide management training so managers learn that communication is about more than sending out 100+ emails per day. Communication involves listening, understanding, and responding to employees.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24486,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Ops Manager at Amazon,Commitment to customer excellence. Ability to effect change at all levels. Maintaining an entrepreneurial spirit in a large company. Amazing growth potential. Opportunities to grow in role and experience Globally,Frugality principle at times leads teams to worry small savings immediately and miss the larger longer term financial impact.,"Continue to emphasize Servant Leadership. Continue to embrace lean - not just the tools, but building a lean culture of engaged associates who are skilled problem solvers. Start focusing on supporting front line managers.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24487,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate Tier I,returns specialist,amazonis always changing oppurtunity does rise and fall,structure is a little unsound and the turn over rate is high due to managment,hire more experienced managers!,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24488,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2012",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Fantastic team of go-getters.,Great leadership that sets the tone right with long term strategic bets. You have the platform made available to lead from the front on things you want to change. Lots of opportunity to work on high impact problems.,"The design org is a bit geriatric and the leveling system for career progress is still very flimsy. There is a clearly evident glass ceiling that will easily put off ambitious young designers with keen abilities in a few years. You are expected to put in a ""fair"" time before you can move up the ladder.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24489,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,"Fast-paced, innovative business, good people","-You'll work with some of the smartest people in the world...literally -You'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge businesses that are changing the landscape of almost every industry -People are cool and down-to-earth -Decisions get made quickly, bureaucracy is limited -Reputation for poor work-life balance is outdated","-Ugh...tickets. If you need to get anything done, you have to file a ticket, which can be frustrating -Things do change frequently, so if you aren't comfortable with change, you may find it uncomfortable -Direct culture can be jarring at first -",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1670.htm
24490,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work,Fast paced environment Recognition Growth Excellent co workers,None as of now. It is great place to work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24491,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company with a good future!,"Good compensation, lax working environment.",can affect your social life if not managed well,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24492,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Meet Customer need - NOW!,"Coming from MSFT as a Program Manager, I find Amazon's focus on the customer to be an amazing and generally fulfilling experience. - Generally work / life balance is OK, with peaks and valleys (peaks near launch obviously). - Salary is better than I had before, so no complaints - Health is OK (though I had Premiera @ MSFT, so hard to compete w/that) - Stock is good - for now.","- Commute is OK if bus, poor if driving (I live on the East side). I do miss the Connector & its WIFI, though I get by with tethering to my phone - Overall compensation system is confusing -> if I do really well one year I may not get that much @ review time in stock b/c AMZN looks at the overall compensation w/your existing grants included..? - Promotion model seems to require 100% approval from everyone who can comment (including folks that did not work w/the person).","1. seriously consider adjusting the review compensation model -> it's a bit deflating to see an EXCEEDS & strong growth and then get told you don't get much in stock b/c you negotiated a great package up front. Not very motivating to work hard if I'm not going to see much of anything. 2. for SEA workers, consider investing in the PRIME card as MSFT has. when I get to spend time w/my family, having that card is a great way to save money && enjoy a lot of different activities all at the same time.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24493,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,sad place to be,learn a lot of advanced distributed system technologies and see it work at super large scale,"pager duty, heavy work load, low compensation",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24494,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Nov 11, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Best company on Earth,"Company is heavy on tech savvy individuals. They constantly strive to develop their employees to re-think their current level of thought and learning by challenging them to expand their knowledge base with new means to expand their willingness to ""be right a lot."" They have a high hiring bar, and those who do meet those expectations work to meet expectations to become permanent employees. Amazon also encourages constant reevaluation of their practices by all employees, in the form of weekly meetings in which a team member can suggest changes directly to the management team. Also, Amazon recruits from a wide variety of disciples, not only technical, which I personally feel is a huge positive.","The learning curve can be difficult at times, but due to the high level and intellect of the employees, it is easily adapted.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24495,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,As a first company experience it was a valuable experience,1. During your internship you get to work on real projects 2. Mentor and other colleagues are knowledgeable and helpful 3. Salary and relocation package is very good 4. Interns are considered for full-time job offer,"1. Sometimes conflict of project goal as suggested by mentor and manager. 2. Project was a bit lengthy 3. Testing and releasing is a lengthy process 4. Projects are not that much intellectually challenging, kind of regular programming, not much scope of research/brainstorming",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24496,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 16, 2012",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,Steep learning curve. You will get a chance to influence products that are being used by millions. Experience looks good on your resume.,"I would not recommend MBA's to join Amazon. There are a few roles out there which offer good experience but overall I would say 75% chances are that you will get disappointed with your experience. Talk to your colleagues (software and product) before taking up an offer.  The company is very political in director level and up. Contrary to what some say, I have experience it first hand. Smart people in the company are typically not good manager and still get promoted.","Company is growing, pay attention to the cultural shift. It will to too late to change otherwise. Folks come here to work on the cool products but not for the company.",1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24497,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Safety Coordinator,Keep on getting out of bed and getting to work 10 minutes early.,Customer centric and employee friendly.,Not enough time for training for longtime employees.,Promote from within and always give your voice to the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24498,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Warzone, Petty, Terrible to Employees",average benefits but nothing compared to others in s/w industry (2007-2008 timeframe),"petty atmosphere, hostile/harassment behavior encouraged by some managers and ignored by others, caught management actually lying to customers and potential customers to get sales (lack of morals/ethics), cutthroat, employees told to be thrifty as reason why there are no good s/w perks in company (ie. frugal) but then treated like slaves (everyone I knew in s/w group wanted out but was too terrified to leave because they believed management spiel that they wouldn't ever get a job again)",grow up and act like responsible leaders,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24499,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 24, 2012",Current Employee - QA Manager,Is not the company I joined six years ago,1. Technology driven at the core 2. Guaranteed to work on hard problems 3. Get to impact the customer 4. Really smart people,"1. Long, long, long work hours 2. Will impact your family life 3. QA field is still treated like second class citizens 4. No long term carrer prospects in QA field 5. Has become too political, where who you know makes more difference in your carrer growth than what you do",Start looking into long term carrer prospects for QAs in Amazon. They seem to be leaving in droves,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1671.htm
24500,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer/Analyst,Great feeling being part of an enterprise thats making history with everything it does!,- high density of smart people - amazing brand name association - good salaries - RSUs is a great way to ride the wave of the company's success - experience of working in a company operating in multiple industries,- company is still evolving so processes might not be robust.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24501,amazon,"Irving, TX"," Nov 8, 2012",Former Employee - Area Manager,"I enjoyed working there, but in the end, had other opportunities to tend to.",Great culture. Large company. Lots of opportunity with Kaizen and process improvement. Plenty of autonomy as a manager.,"Long, long, long hours during the holiday season.","My only real issue was that I had things I enjoyed doing outside the company. As an actor, I had a role come up around peak season that needed me for four weeks starting in late November. I had the vacation and personal time to cover it, but it just wasn't possible. Wish I could have worked around it, but the opportunity was too great for me.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24502,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Going on 7 years...,"They do try to keep morale up with company parties and picnics, individual groups also have frequent outings. Good benefits, health, life, local transit. The longer you work, the more vacation you get...tops out at 4 weeks per year.",Lack of resources is pretty common--do more with less at all costs even late into the night.,Trying to advance your career path shouldn't have so much red tape...it should be easier for individuals to try out new groups and opportunities.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24503,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2012",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,"Awesome working environment, great culture, good benefits.","Company advancement, very good benefits.",can't think of anything at the moment.,"Increase belief in employees abilities, increase knowledge of leadership principles.",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24504,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazing culture,The management is amazing and the internship experience is equally amazing. I have learned more at the company in 3 months than I did in my entire degree in college.,"The job is in Seattle and as everyone knows, the weather there isn't amazing. Also not a big fan of the city.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24505,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Job Review,Career opportunities and development path,Compensation and benefits are so so,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24506,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Fast paced, lots of old stuff",Amazon can be a great place to work depending on how you want to job to be and where you want to go with your career. There are lots of great opportunities but the job is frequently rough. - fun culture - lots of interesting work - company is currently heading a great direction,- some teams have LOTS of legacy baggage - resistance to change - huge amounts of time spent on operations - you should know you'll be carrying a pager around,They're In a tough spot. A little too tactical i.e. micromanaging sometimes. Management might want to step back a little bit and put some trust in engineers.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24507,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Find a good manager on a good team - interview THEM. Make sure they fit YOUR needs,"Smart people, best of the best. Leadership Principles can be very inspiring when everyone executes them accordingly.","Worst management I've ever seen. Very frupid organizations within company (not all though). Leveling of employees is broken. Worst vacation/holiday package. Pay attention to whether you're an hourly or salary employee. High turnover. They like to constantly build new tools but never document, fix, or maintain them. Retaining valuable employees seems to be non-existent but the pain can be felt on remaining team members. Very metrics based company even when the numbers lie or don't tell the whole story.",Advice to upper management? Schedule 1:1 with lower ranking people and ask specifically about their pain points.,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24508,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer I,-CHallenging work -Fast paced environment -Learn a lot in very short amount of time -Satisfying job -Excellent team,-Stressful and can be overly busy -A lot of workload so sometimes it's hard to find time for personal relaxation -Not as many holidays as other companies provide -Other perks are basically non-existant,-Delegate tasks better -Plan sprint better,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24509,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Dec 6, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Worked myself sick for long hours, and they don't seem to care.","The pay is decent, and there do seem to be plenty of opportunities for advancement if you're looking to stay in this line of work.","(Full disclosure: technically, I work for SMX|Staffing Management, within Amazon's CVG3 warehouse - ""building 3""). The 10-hour-long shifts are dreadful when you're spending the entirety of them hauling heavy carts or pallets loaded down with product back and forth across an enormous warehouse over and over again, all day long. I was assigned to this and similar tasks every day for over three weeks, in spite of supposed rules in place to prevent this, and I developed blisters, back pain, and bronchitis rather quickly (oh, boy!). They won't excuse an absence due to illness without penalizing you in their ridiculous attendance ""point"" system. They wouldn't exempt me from mandatory overtime for an important appointment that was scheduled weeks before said overtime was even mentioned, nor would they give an exemption for something as personally significant as attending my brother's wedding! They just said, ""oh, you'll have to take a hit on your attendance."" Gosh, thanks! I guess they don't expect associates to have a life outside of the warehouse when they schedule 60-hour work weeks with no exceptions, saying, ""come in to work, or else,"" and then inexplicably send about a third of the workforce home early because there's not enough for them to do! Sometimes it seems like the place is run by a mob of imbeciles, and I'm literally and figuratively sick of it.","Revamp your associate training schemes so everyone is actually on the same page as far as procedures and policies, and be a little more open to the notion that your employees are human beings with lives that don't always revolve around rates and TAKT times!",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1672.htm
24510,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Worked in several teams,"Extremely customer-centric, values are in the right place, consistently interesting work","Career progression can be hard in some roles, can come across as a bit too frugal at times",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24511,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Two years is enough,"Amazon ""hordes"" smart people and you work with a lot of smart people. The business is ever changing, even expanding so you get lots of opportunities and challenges.","Amazon likes to hire smart people but once they are in, the senior leadership does not spend time developing the people and does not ""care"" about them. Sometimes they hire people who are really over-qualified for the tasks, thus demoralizing people. Working people hard is ok, but leaders also must show that they appreciate and care.",show that you care,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24512,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,A place where builders can build,- Great development and ownership culture - Quality products are valued and efforts are made to fix low-quality ones - Fantastic quantity of components and services to re-use - Management cares about their employees,- Difficult to get rid of technical debt - A lot of house-made solutions to replace industry standard,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24513,amazon,"Spartanburg, SC"," Nov 2, 2012",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,"I have never worked for a company that cared so much about their employees' health, well-being, and happines!","Everyone works hard, but at the same time, we all have fun while working. All the employees are there to help you with any issue.","I can't see any cons to being employed by Amazon.com. It's a great place to work, with great benefits.","I have an Associate's degree in Computer Networking. I have mentioned this to my bosses, they asked me to e-mail my resume` to them, so that they could forward it to the boss of the IT Department at the FC. Instead, they hired someone else. i was disappointed, as I have been out of college for a year and a half now, and I am eager to get my IT career started with Amazon.com.",5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24514,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,good place to work,"smart people enjoy the work and less smart people complain the work, it's a place that makes you grow up.",on-call policy really makes people stressful and so far didn't hear there's any reward for on-call guys.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24515,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Poor Work Life Balance,"Huge amount of stock, so as the company does well so do you",No work Life Balance...not good for a working mother,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24516,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Awful codebase, awful documentation, awful company culture, extreme support load",They pay well. That's it.,"The management pushes very tight deadlines. You NEED to fight back on every project just to have enough time to get it done at all. If you want to write quality code, or documentation, or do proper testing, you will need to fight even harder for that time. Unsurprisingly, Amazon's code base is a complete mess, and the support load is insane. Have fun when you're on call.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,none,4.0,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24517,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good Computer, Just try to apply it.","Big Computer, the benefit is good for new graduate, also, you can study the newest technology here.","There are lots of teams, so individual.",People here is so nice,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24518,amazon,"Portland, OR"," Nov 10, 2012",Former Employee - Security,very good and so good,great benefits and good benefits,very noisy and noisy level of noise,listen better to employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24519,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Nov 2, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,"So Far, So Good","Great Pay for the position. Lots of opportunities for advancement. A solid, well educated, brilliant management team. It is clear this company seeks out and hires the best! Stock Units and great signing bonus that spans two years.","The work life balance leaves something to be desired, and the learning curve is steep.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1673.htm
24520,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2012",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Good growth opportunities and support,Good growth opportunities and support,There are pretty high expectations,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24521,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,"Good place to work as a full time, not too good as an intern",Gain a lot of valuable experience while working on cool projects,"Their mentor program sucks, they assume you know a lot in advance and they guide you, like they do in Google or Microsoft",Get better mentors for interns,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24522,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Oct 24, 2012",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Challenging but rewarding,Extremely smart and passionate people. You will learn alot by working here and it is not something I would regret but it's a decision you will have to make.,Everyone is obsessed with work and long hours. People can be very stressed out and not understanding. Also sometimes hard to work during peak where people live at their offices however it is usually only a 3 week period.,Working long hours wears people out and makes them unmotivated.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24523,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2012",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Smart People Abound at Amazon,Smart People Abound at Amazon,Little job training is offered,Not qualified to advise them.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24524,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be prepared to work hard,"Hires the best. I have worked with (mostly) amazing people. That is one of the biggest pleasures of working here. There are some truly great people who work here. It's a very creative, fast paced company that expects a lot out of the people it hires, which means the people that get through are ready for a challenge.","I've seen a lot of people get burned out very quickly. Make no mistake, you work long hours and there is always something changing or improving or needing attention.",Appreciate your employees and let them know it.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24525,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Great place for youngsters to start careers, but not many avenues for growth","- Good name on resume, and accelerated experience at all levels - Decent salary packages, with sign-in bonuses and RSUs - Somewhat decent exposure to upper level management compared to many other companies - Fast pace of work - High growth company with several positions open most of the time - Good opportunity to gain some leadership experience at all levels - Great customer-obsession driven environment, and people truly live by that value!","- Absolutely NO promotion potential or opportunities. Promoting from within is not in Amazon's DNA. Most senior leaders are brought in from outside who have been in that ""title"" position elsewhere irrespective of scope of their responsibilities. - Poor HR and recruitment policies, HR never visible anywhere. - Sub-par annual raises (common to receive < 1% raise for great performance) - Below average benefits compared to other tech giants that Amazon ""wants"" to compare itself to during recruitment process - Brutal, non-responsive, no feedback recruitment culture, often to the point of arrogance - Even lateral movement within company is tough or nearly impossible - Most offices organized like ""call centers"", with people butting up against each other at elbow distance - Too much politics since everyone is trying to move up in the organization but can't. Information hoarding is common. - Amazing how many people leave in their first year!! Employee retention doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar, but attracting new talent seems to be. - Extremely slow decision making - Too much churn","- Start thinking of your employees as ""customers"" as well and obsess over their interests/frustrations. Unhappy employees rarely provide happy customer experience - Get creative about employee incentives (i.e. if can't promote on levels, perhaps think about better titles) - Encourage internal promotions with proactive recruitment/reach out to internal employees about career path discussions. Encourage managers to hire from within, even if someone lacks the 10 out 10 bullet points on qualifications. People want to be challenged and appreciated. - Have senior leadership talk to employees 1:1 on a routine basis. - Allow more location options (work from home, telecommute, etc.)",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24526,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great place to learn, contribute and grow.",Challenging problems from real world combined with Amazon scale makes most scalable solutions obsolete in few years. Pace of development is fast. Each employee is a leader and an owner. Its great to be among people who are constantly improving things because they want to and not because they are asked to.,"Oncall support can be bad. Work life balance, growth, etc - A lot depends on your manager. I am lucky to have a good manager but not everyone is.",Try to ensure the culture doesnt dilute as you hire more and more new people. Also the hiring bar seems to be going down. Its not as much fun to work with mediocre people.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24527,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Great potential and awesome culture... everyone is bought in to the mission to provide for our customers,Micromanagement and management strictly by metrics,Trust your managers,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24528,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon has been and is amazing.,"I interact with extremely talented and intelligent people who continually challenge my professional and personal development. From working on new MBA projects to advising on global strategy my Amazon experience s far has add to my stack of skills, insight and optimism in the human spirit to innovate simplify and evolve customer experiences.","People management skills are lacking within Amazon. Be ready to self start, self train, and ask allot of questions. you will feel under water for the first 6 months",Be sure to preserve our peculiar ways. as we have grown so rapidly it is important for leaders of leaders to hear our origin stories and be able to inspire the wonder of truly making history at Amazon.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24529,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,"You work alot of hours, but the people are great.",The people care about each other.,Alot of work especially during peak.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1674.htm
24530,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Not much really. The org i work in is has few avg engineers. There is somethings you can learn ""What not to do"" in software","Transportation has no clear vision, no good leader. sMostly operational work, Fix , Fix, Fix, Fix, nothing to develop much. aweful workplace. I have nothing good to say","Learn respecting people and respecting their life. You have not hired people for 24/7. Fastness is not the key, invest in your software.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24531,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Amazon LLC,"Smart People, Big Ideas, Big Business, great pay","Burn out employees, no employee perks, no career development",Develop Employees better,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24532,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2012",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Work - Life balance is a big challenge,".Amazon is very hot now, grows up really fast, and attract a lot eyes, the business model and future is brilliant, job here is kind of stable, not lay off.  .The interview technical bar is really high, only best is hired, you will be proud of becoming Amazonian.  .The compensation package is good, but not perk or freebies.  .A lot of new technologies and really smart engineers around, everyday you will meet new questions and people around always can help you out.",".For me, the biggest challenge is balance of work / life. At Amazon, you are absolutely not expected to work 8 hours per day, be ready for work 12 - 16 hours per day. I have a 1.5 years old baby, no enough time to play with her because of oncall rotation, workload and CM execution in the middle of night. If you are not young or workaholic or having baby, ask yourself twice if it is right job for you or for your family, you may get decent pay, but you will spend LONG hours on your work.","Hire enough engineer, don't get engineers burn out quickly.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24533,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Oct 26, 2012",Current Employee - Packer,Strict!,They have shifts for everyone,"Strict attendance, 1 minute late to the clock you get a point 6 points your fired",treasure your employees!,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24534,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2012",Current Employee - Security Engineer,Enjoyable experience,"Like minded people, lots of potential to learn",Frugality isn't a very useful factor.,Give out more swag! Make e-commerce sound more sexy(it is!),4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24535,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"It can be awesome, and it can be tough. YMMW.","You can get to work at some cutting edge stuff -- if you manage to find a good team. At its best, Amazon can be a great place to work.","Work/life balance can be off in certain orgs within Amazon. It really depends where you end up. In some orgs, many junior, and not so junior, engineers are spending years supporting critical legacy systems, and hardly doing any new development.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24536,amazon,"Charleston, TN"," Oct 14, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,amazing experience and room for advancement,"great work environment, always something new to learn and be tought. great challanges and goals.","there is a saying at amazon, the only thing that is persistant is change...",be willing to get your hands dirty and help where you are needed. associates respect a manager that is willing to jump in and help more than a manager that just directs from a distance.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24537,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2012",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Great Opportunity to Work With Tons of Smart People,"Opportunity to work with lots of super smart people Plenty of opportunity to contribute meaningfully at any level I haven't seen the problems with power plays, politics, or management egos that I hear about in other big companies.","It's a big company, and some orgs/teams are much better to work for than others. Marketplace is great. I hear great things about AWS. FBA is struggling to keep developers and good managers.","From what I hear, the culture in FBA needs a serious overhaul. It's chewing people up.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24538,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Nov 11, 2012",Current Employee - Outbound Pack,Amazon not the best compamy to work for,"Salary is ok, not the best for the work required, Benefits are great","Most work is tied to production rates. if you don't make rate , you loose your job, and they don't tell you that going in",Stop treating your employees like numbers and if you want machines to do the work then you should build them. I think Jeff Bezos needs to work in one of his FCs to get the picture,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24539,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2012",Former Employee - Various,Exciting but draining,Extremely customer focused - it is engrained in the company's culture to think about the customer in every aspect of decision making Fast paced environment that encourages quick ship cycles Frugal,Frugal to a fault - sometimes its better to spend on employee morale Very cut throat culture Sometime the pace can wear you down No work-life balance,Value your most important asset - the employees!,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1675.htm
24540,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Oct 19, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,FC Warehouse Associate.,The pay was fair compared to local competition.,"Heat was a major issue. There was also a pretty sharp lack of respect, but that was not universal. My immediate area manager was fantastic, but most of the time you'll be sent to departments you weren't hired to work in with little to no training and then be hounded for not making the same numbers as that departments highest output workers.","Listen more to the people on the floor. I know they tend to be highly reactionary and don't know the finer reasons for the decisions that are made, but they know how things work best.",3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24541,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Amazon burns through employees,"Great customer service, name recognition, taking risks","Dysfunctional micro-management, extreme stress, on-call pager duty, lack of respect for developer skill and experience.","Quit treating engineers as ""fungible"" (yes that's exactly what they call it) and treat them with respect, care a little about employee retention. Quit abusing overtime law to extract on-call operations time from experienced and skilled engineers. A little vacation time. Oh, and when a project has more of you (managers) than enigineers it might be a key indication that something is horribly wrong.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24542,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 10, 2012",Current Employee - Picker,North American Sweatshop,Get hired through Integrity very fast. Amazon will hire anyone. Friendly co-workers.,"Huge facility, phones need to be locked up a mile and half away from work area. Excessive walking, low pay for 10 hours constant work. Quota's are too high requires such speed you can't even go to the restroom.","Pay employees more per hour, extend the break time to compensate for the mile hikes to restrooms and phone or install more throughout the warehouse. Offer partime employment as well.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24543,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 20, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Lots of hours, bad shifts, but great company to be a part of.",Amazon is a revolutionary company and tons of growth potential,Long hard hours of walking around for 12 hours at a time. Tough physically and mentally. And ZERO training for a new manager leaves you feeling stranded.,TRAIN! Management needs to understand more about the entire process.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24544,amazon,"Cleveland, TN"," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - P I T Trainer,Likes and Dislikes about work environment,Always room to grow if you want to.,If you want to grow be prepared to move for that growth.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24545,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,One word: Awesome!!,"- Very, very bright people  - Very supportive and nurturing environment",- Less perks such as free food. Could be nice for some employees who are working late.,- Free food on campus would be nice,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24546,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Innovative,Innovation is key. Keeping an open mind to make changes for the better. Keeping on the move at all times to make changes and better the process is necessary to survive.,Some members of management became entitled. They used that attitude towards other management members who actually worked well with associates on the floor.,Work as an overall team.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24547,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Amazon.com,Great company to work for.,"Strong leadership, above average pay, and a desire to see their people succeed.",None. Very satisfied with my job and my company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24548,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,good work culture,"good corporate model and good teams. Enjoyed working here, everyone is very helpful and enjoy working on our project. good choice for new grads.",work life can be more balanced.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24549,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2012",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Thankless, dog-eat-dog environment",Strong company focus on innovation and providing a good customer experience,"Boiler room dog-eat-dog environment, intense non-stop pace, little real focus on employee development, arrogant 'smartest person in the room' atmosphere  Amazon treats most employees, especially non-tech employees, like a necessary evil. It is communicated to employees implicitly or explicitly that it is a privilege to work there, and that they should be thankful.  Working at Amazon is like being in an abusive marriage with the homecoming king/queen that looks shiny from the outside, but hides a lot of misery on the inside.  One of Amazon's leadership principles is ""Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit"". But many managers use this principle to bully their own subordinates into submission. Amazon is the dream workplace of every micro-managing, opinionated boss.  Decent, well-rounded individuals with integrity are generally not happy and don't do well at Amazon.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1676.htm
24550,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2012",Former Employee - Category Manager,"Fast paced, top notch peer group","Speed to market, great talent, nice perks, cutting edge tech. I really liked being at the center of the rebirth of the retail giant after the .bomb commentary. Autonomous work environment allows for as much success as an individual can create.","Long hours, lack of work/life balance were challenging as I have a family and most of my peers did not. The internal company can be confusing, but I have heard that this has been alleviated of late.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24551,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like the Comapny and the growth,Fast Growing company You get more space and freedom to work your way,Stupid Frugal practices. Low perks,Invest more into people,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24552,amazon,"Cincinnati, OH"," Oct 11, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Fulfillment center experience,Great health benefits. Free parking.,Poor management. No career path. Poor pay.,"Establish training plans, goals, expectations, ratings, etc. Basic managerial skills and duties.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24553,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Sep 27, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Best Company I've Ever Worked For,-Approachable leadership -Thorough training to feel confident that you're doing your job correctly -Plenty of staff to assist you if you have a question -Friendly work environment -Great pay for the position -Excellent health benefits -Plenty of room for growth -Plenty of locations if you decide to move -I feel valued -Awesome facilities -Flexible schedules,-Perks could be better (I've read Googles & I'm a tad jealous -Better discounts,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24554,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Great Place to Work with Smart People, but You Won't be Coddled",- Smart People - Innovative Company - Lots of Autonomy in many areas of company - Intense Passionate Place -- I consider this a pro most of the time :),- Work/Life Balance is not great for many - Based out of Seattle-- it rains a lot - Experience varies widely from group to group -- choose carefully,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24555,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Oct 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Physical torture,You get paid every two weeks.,Management treats associates like they are ignorant. They gave unrealistic expectations to meet pick and pack rates. Order pickers have a path that is determined by Amazons computer system. Associates have NO control over this path yet we are judged by it. Management even states that pick paths are poor yet when the weekly review paperwork arrives this fact is forgotten and we are to blame for any shortfall. Packers are rated by units per hour without regard to events that slow them down beyond their control - how insulting. Management ignores feedback and moves forward with a deaf ear to reality. Regular unannounced mandatory overtime without regard to associates physical weariness is comon. More people need to be hired to address the workload but there are only so many people available in a geographic area. Eventually they will run out of people who will put up with the abuse. Opportunity to train new employees by current employees results in most of them goofing off and not working.,Listen to your associates. We are smarter than you realize. If you don't believe we are working follow us if you can keep up.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24556,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Support Specialist,Best place I have worked.,Company shows real desire to help you improve yourself. If you make the effort you can move up.,"Work can sometimes be frustrating, but not the fault of the company.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24557,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2012",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Happy to go to work everyday!,"Great culture. You are an owner and that mentality is seen throughout the organization. If you have an idea, you go with it and management allows you to drive initiatives for the most part. Fun atmosphere. Our saying is very accurate: Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History!","Sometimes you are just too busy, but it comes in waves and is definitely manageable.",None,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24558,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Oct 4, 2012",Former Employee - Safety Coordinator,"Safety Coordinator - High level of responsibility, good benefits, compensation lacking for level of work.","High level of responsibility. Amazon is growing bigger and bigger every second of every day. Self directed independent activities 85% of the time. Great place to gain a ton of experience and increase knowledge base to expert level in health and safety field very quickly due to volume, number of employees, and organizational structure. Good benefits/Variable compensation plan (monthly bonus)",Internal politics between safety and operations leadership is high. Safety spends a lot of time doing things that are by policy the responsibility of operational leadership and not directly safety related. Safety Coordinators are compensated terribly in comparison to level of responsibility and functions performed. Never ending 5S projects - Many hours of laying and scraping floor tape (which is ignored as a control and operationally changes daily) to make somebody/somewhere happy.,Restructure safety team classifications. Safety Coordinators should be at a minimum reclassified as hire Level 4 employees allowing for more negotiable compensation based upon ability/performance. Specialists should have increased standard of work requirements to justify increased compensation over coordinators if they are to remain in the structure. Revamp safety standard of work to be more inclusive of day to day expectations and audits to reduce safety being pulled into non safety activities. Establish facility 5S sustainability teams comprised of operations Tier 1 employees who can be pulled to complete 5S projects as needed. This would allow higher level and skilled employees to perform their essential functions.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24559,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting and dynamic group of smart people working on the next gen big things,Technology obsessed smart people around you. Strong and visionary leadership team Lots of growth opportunities,"Very few perks, unstructured in terms of HR. Very long working hours",Employees need some more fun than just exciting work!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1677.htm
24560,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Salary well above industry average. I also find agile development practices such as scrum and continuous delivery being very motivating.,"From the start, the recruiting process is deceitful. I was approached by the recruiter. I told her I am only interested if I could be placed in an intermediate but not beginner position. Instead of telling me I may not be qualified to intermediate position, she sign me up for an SDE I anyway. I should have suspected it when my interview questions are standard algorithm/design questions that I could answered in my sleep. Then, I realized being SDE I is the least of my problems. I spend 80% of my time doing operational task and 20% on programming tasks. I am sucking at my job because I suck at operational tasks. Instead of testing me in computer science they should test me how well I can follow a huge amount of trivial instructions. But there is no possibility of changing position until I am here for 1 year. 1 year does not sound that long right? It's only been 4.5 months and my blood pressure has already went up. I can't quit my job either. I would have to pay back the relocation expense, which they did NOT explicitly mentioned in my contract.",Understand who you are hiring.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24561,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Really depends on which team you join,Work with lots of talented individuals on products that are used by millions of people Path for promotion as an individual contributor,Easy to get stuck doing something you don't like Managers like to micromanage Oncall can be very frequent Hours can be very long Company very frugal with perks Projects are frequently planned to force developers to work overtime to meet goals Managers can be too focused on looking like they are working hard instead of delivering results,Trust engineers to deliver solutions to problems,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24562,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good Team to Work ON!,"1. Pay is not bad. 2. Work is fun and promising. 3. Most importantly, team is good!",1. Do not support GC support for SDE1. 2. Frugality. :),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24563,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good experience in general,"Smart people, cool problems, bottom-up decision-making  If you are young and aggressive, this is a place you can make real difference. Just make sure you get into a good team with a good manager.","Most Devs have to spend a significant amount of time in operation and supportive work, which can be a big distraction sometimes.  The operation mentality gets in the way of innovation too. Some managers are so afraid of making mistakes or causing customer complains, that they'd rather take mediocre baby steps rather than addressing the root causes. The company has a slogan: Amazon does not believe in Big Bang, which is totally understandable, but this is sometimes used as excuses for taking short cuts, making safe bets, and rewarding mediocre.  If Amazon pays so much attention to operation, you'd imagine that they would put much focus on QA, but ironically, QAs virtually do not exist at Amazon. The end result is that many Devs spend so much time fighting with the legacy system rather than building the new ones. I simply cannot understand the rationality of hiring top-notch Devs to push buttons, handling customer requests, and trivial bug fixes with over 6-digit salaries. Sure, any SDE job would come with a list of not-so-interesting tasks, but I haven't felt so mundane at my previous jobs, so I don't know.  Finally, the immigration service at Amazon is horrible. That only costs you a few thousand dollars, which is a tiny fraction of a SDE salary and your operation cost. Why don't you fix it so your International employees can spend less time worry about their GC and spend more time working for you?","Hire more middle level managers, and try to reward the good ones.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24564,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Keep away, they'll squeeze you until the last drop.","The company pays good salaries and, for the lucky ones, they offer a decent environment to work. Amazon is a huge channel and will make your work reach incredible visibility around the world, but don't fool yourself, you won get any extra bonus because your uncountable extra hours of hard work","During the hiring process, how about asking to your interviewer about company turnover ratio? The HR works hard to hire good engineers, but the internal culture of Zero training makes everybody to burnout in the first months. The managers have unreal expectations of all employees. They won't think twice before making a bad review of you because you didn't reached the ridiculous bar they set to you.","Get real, employees need training and time to digest the culture. You're losing talents to Google and other companies because you're too frugal to buy a pair of glasses to see what is happening. How about using your own principles against yourself?",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24565,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2012",Current Employee - SDEI,great place to work,friendly smart people and good management depending on team,on call will take a chunk out of work/life balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24566,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love their associates! Great place to work!,"Great, friendly, relaxed environment. Excellent benefits",Can become repetitive dealing with customers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24567,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Interesting and challenging position that leads to a dead end...,"Co-workers who are self-motivated, You can have an enjoyable work environment, Associates have a voice and, if persistent, can affect change, Management is starting to make positive changes in how they interact with Associates, Annual Pay reviews determine increases, Monthly performance bonuses and annual gift of Stock options,","Co-workers who are no longer self-motivated and not held accountable, Manager rotation requires you to constantly train new Managers, Continuous improvement is actually just Continuous Change as new Managers implement old solutions, Changes to processes and/or standards are poorly communicated or ignored, Annual Pay reviews are based on Local averages and do not factor Cost of Living, Managers do not have the time to develop Associates for the next level, Management turn-over (resignation) is high,","We are struggling to fill and keep leaders due to the failure of preparing our direct reports for advancement, Favoritism due to performance in specific task(s) inhibits the development of Associates and the company, Do not sacrifice the Safety, Quality or Productivity of the internal customer in pursuit of your departments goals, Please change how you interact with each other, Do not assume Push Back is only because others do not understand your idea,",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24568,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company if you are in your 20s,- Incredibly talented and driven people - Non-existent politics - You learn a LOT every day,"- ""NO"" work/life balance. It is a great company to be in when you are in your 20s and can spend a lot of extra hours - Every mistake gets highlighted in the review - No credit given for going out of your way to do something (because that is expected) - Very poor (read non existent) perks - Very high churn (within one year I was the third most senior member of my team). This means that you have to constantly pitch in to mentor/train new hires (mostly new graduates)",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24569,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 8, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,"Work hard, have fun, make history...empahsis on Work Hard","The compensation is good, the working environment is excellent, and you are surrounded by motivated, intelligent people.",The commute can be a pain if you don't like in SLU. Long hours and extreme productivity are always expected but there is nothing wrong with that and part of the reason the company is so successful.,There are dogs all over the campus. How about kids? On site day care would be a huge benefit to your employees.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1678.htm
24570,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2012",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,There is no work/ life balance and they have unrealistic expectations,Company is driven by metrics and making money but they will gobble employees up along the way.,"They will tell you that you are doing a great job and 6 months later push you out before you are vested in your stock......beware, they are all very inexperienced merchants and do not care about their employees.","look in the mirror, you could be next !",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24571,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,You will never regret,"The biggest pro is that, there are so much things you can learn. You will never regret it. (Do internship here if you have an opportunity) Before I join Amazon, I did not know the company had one of the best technology to manage overall systems & environments. Very flexible work hours. I get to office by 10am or 11am. Good compensation, and stock options which is rallying every month. Good benefits, some employ discounts, free public rides in Seattle. Having Amazon on resume is definitely pro. Few years ago, environment for SDEs were pre-mature, but I think it is very stable nowadays, and you can take great benefits and speed up development process.",Hard work (but will give you a lot of opportunity to learn) Some level of frugality,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24572,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Sep 22, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Awesome Place, Rewards Talent",Meritocracy is promoted and rewarded 3 Days off per week The speed of growth of company enables meteoric rise for high performers,Get to live in remote locations Follows very rigid chain of command for everything,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24573,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Engaging, interesting work with incredibly smart people - sometimes it's overwhelming but it's always exciting","- Incredibly interesting work even for an administrative role - Global exposure - Inner workings of a company building an ecosystem - Good communications - Company culture expects high amount of research, data-driven analysis and written assessment (1 and 6-pagers) which leads to great discussion, vetting and decision making processes - Regular process changes are made using Kaizen principles - Relatively flat organization in terms of its size. Anyone at any level can speak up and is expected to.","- Incredible workload, and expectation for you to manage your balance of a workload that is always too much (this is almost a pro as it teaches you a lot, but man it gets tiring) - Response time to senior management inquiries is typically expected within 24 hours. This can lead to scrambling and poorly summarized responses at times, but there is an expectation to speak up if you don't think its done well enough - Work life balance is hard for parents, but this is probably the same at any technology company. 24 hour global operations lead to full inboxes day and night. - Some basic company systems are sorely in need of enhancements to scale",Ensure the link between our incredible technology innovations and our own company systems,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24574,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Work hard, party hard","The company is objective, unemotional and focussed. For a certain type of old-school mathematician nerd (not the new-age script-kiddies), this can be a good thing. There are no company wide memos on ""culture"" or ""grand visions"". Everything you do has an objective, and a measurable, well-defined outcome. You know why you're doing something and that helps you make decisions faster, easier and more efficiently.  The company is growing, aggressive and I believe the only company able to withstand Apple. The company genuinely cares about customers - that's not rhetoric. You can find an Amazon engineer at 3:00am in the morning, shake them out of deep sleep, drug them and ask them why a certain decision was made. Whether they're on-guard or off-guard, the answer won't change. If something impacts customers in a positive way, it will be done.","The above pro can become a minor con since there is little to non-existent romanticism about any type of work. The biggest con is facilities - I came from a company with lots of facilities, on-campus laundry, etc., so I was used to convenient parking and a lot of campus-wide services which was a mild annoyance to me for a few months. The hours aren't quite flexible, so it gets difficult to manage your time if you have to visit other businesses during business hours only.","I like to attend meetings during the day while doing other stuff like groceries, etc. during the day, and then spend a coding session at night where I am undisturbed. Fixed business hours for developers is a pain - sometimes you get stuck in something and just sit there staring at the screen, because you get criticized if you're not present during core hours.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24575,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Your experience highly depends on your group,Chances to work with brilliant people on products impacting millions of customers. Lots of interesting challenges. Potential for high visibility projects.,"Teams can vary greatly across the company, and many will suck you soul. That said, there are a lot of amazing opportunities elsewhere in the company. Hours can fluctuate wildly. If you're working on a key product, your work/life balance may get destroyed periodically.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24576,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Associates do not receive raises.,"Once you learn the warehouse process, the job is fairly easy and you are left alone as long as you are making rate. A 4 day work week is nice (Only off-peak) Overtime is available for those who need it.",No raises or performance based incentives. Performance rates are constantly increased. New employees are trained constantly because of high turn over.,"Associates have no incentive to improve their production. If they perform better, you will just expect a higher performance rate. Associates sand bag. Try performance based incentives.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24577,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Cheap Company,Talented people and fantastic ideas. Salary high. Seattle nice city for summer.,Too heavy workload depending on teams. Bad heath care and insurance plans. Money only company. And no free soda which really sucks.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24578,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not treating experienced employees well,AWS is the right direction,oncall is too much unfair compensation,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24579,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,An Emotional Rollercoaster,"Great Benefits, Wages, Monthly Bonuses","Young Inexperienced Managers, No Recognitions, No Inspiration, No Encouragement, No Respect.",Present yourselves in the front lines consistently. Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty and break a sweat. Stay Humble.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1679.htm
24580,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Sep 13, 2012",Former Employee - Stower,Stower Review,"Good pay, a lot of room to work at your own pace and make your rate. Well ventilated areas and easy access to water or free Gatorade.",Rates sometimes can be slanted or unrealistic depending on the amount of space given. Don't expect to be able to use sick days or get much personal time off easily in case of an emergency.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24581,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Writer,Pick your manager carefully,"The company feels very exciting and innovative. They are growing rapidly and driving creative solutions for customers. Some managers and development groups are really good, and some not. If you find a good manager, you might have a good experience.","Management can be confused and disorganized. They have inconsistent expectations, sometimes aimless demands, and no training (or the training they have isn't working). Work/life imbalance. Great ideas, but often sloppy execution. When things get tough, the tough start looking for scapegoats. It can be a very hostile place to work. Bad managers can ruin your work to promote themselves and you're at their mercy for your annual review, even if others have praised your work.","Set clear goals, set clear metrics, train existing managers and communicate. Build some consistency in the management ranks. Encourage collaboration. I'm rating the overall company low because they need to realize that their staff is one of their greatest assets, and they do not value their own workers much. Better management would go a long way towards keeping workers satisfied, productive, and committed.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24582,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience in Ops,"Career Development - Amazon has a create performance management process and toolset compared to other small, medium, and large companies I've worked for. Goals & competencies to be evaluated against, and a discipline of regular 1:1's really helped.  Focus on Operations - Amazon understands that poor availability is as important to the bottom line as new features.  The People - the people are smart, from recruiting to development to infrastructure. They believe in the vision of the company and in the products, and they produce high-quality work because of that.","Work/life balance - It was always difficult to manage the balance between work and home life due to the sheer amount of work involved in creating and supporting the wide array of products and services Amazon provides.  Valuing non-technical people - I was a technical manager with a non-technical background. While Amazon believes in the importance of focusing on people management, I was also expected to excel at being an engineer. Very difficult to keep a pulse on technology while try to take care of your directs.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24583,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,Oracle ERP Developer,"Salary is ok, initial stock offering is good","No promotions within ERP, no training offered, no career growth, stock and signing bonus used as basis for yearly compensation for 4 - 5 years. Long hours are normal.",Value your employees more. Ask about their career aspirations.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24584,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Customer Obsessed, Right Foundation/Principles","Cross-training available Opportunities to advance with consistent work Good benefits, average hourly pay Feedback is welcomed both ways: from employee to management or vice versa",Can present fluid or inconsistent situations Leadership can forget how important employees are Can be monotonous and tiresome work if in a fulfillment center Communication about everything is inefficient and inconsistent,"Establish more transparent avenues for internal advancement, communicate throughout the network so employees are informed",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24585,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Buyer,"can be ok, but is rapidly becoming the standard corporate experience",- Fun work culture - RSU's - Seattle is a great town in the summer,- culture of seat-time is becoming more and more prevalent - Bad managers -Base pay sucks,- up the game as far as middle managers are concerned - stop worshiping MBA's,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24586,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,save yourself before its too late,Nice compensation package and workspace.,"20 hour work days ,on call rotations, limited holidays.",Learn how to estimate schedules.,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24587,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,great company to work for,Aamzon is a great company to work for,Work life balance is something to watch out,N/A,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24588,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Work hard, play hard, be challenged",Great environment and team members. Challenging problems to solve and you get to own the entire end to end chain. some people see this as a burden I see it as valuable experience. Close to the city makes it very easy to access people and places. Work on problems that need to scale,Can be a little disorganized at times due to the sheer growth of the company but I think they are doing a good enough job considering.,Keep the innovation flowing as the challenge inherent in interesting problems is a good lure for bright people,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24589,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Once you are in the company, there is very little room for negotiation",Very smart people Vast variety of businesses which in turns allows you the flexibility to move around,"No community involvement no employee growth focus Once you are in the company, the salary increments are not much",I worked in Amazon for 3 years and 70% of the company NOW started after me. That says something about your work culture and also the salary increments you give employees year over year,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1680.htm
24590,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Fast paced, high salary, not always nice",Rock solid core business. Exceptional growth and cool projects all around. Good middle management and excellent Senior/Top management. Smart SDEs all around.,Oncall system. SDEs are asked to carry on the pager in an oncall rotation. Depending on the team your are can be OK or truly a nightmare. Nightly call if you work with an Indian team and live in Seattle. Scrum is heavily adopted and keep the peace very very high and intense. Happens that the projects are more workarounds than real fully designed solutions as there is no time to focus on the solution. Scrum makes the due date your enemy.,"Keep listening SDEs for new ideas as you already doing. Move away form the oncall stuff, hire support engineers and make the SDEs happy. Free lunch would be a nice perk.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24591,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Lots of work and can become stressful sometimes. Very open culture and you can learn a lot.,"You will learn a lot, especially if you are in the beginning of your career. You will have the chance to learn about the bigger picture and will have a say in deciding the future of the team. You can even propose ideas targeting specific problems that you have observed. If the management likes it you will get to work on it.","Work, work, work. Not many company activities or perks Frugal to a fault. You don't even get two big monitors!!!","More team and company activities please. Can improve working conditions a lot if some attention and money are given to areas like food, facilities and equipment.",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24592,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great learning opportunity with disparate work/life balance and recognition,Role changing versatility Rapidly growing company,Work life balance Lack of training,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24593,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Great pay, management and enviorment need a little work","The pay is awesome, 3 day weekends, montly bonuses, stock options, 401k","Not a lot of hiring from within, EVERYTHING requires at minimum a bachelors degree, management is uncaring, having fun is at a minimum","Start hiring from within to management more. It is very difficult to inspire change in a company, especially one that you love so much, when being a tier 3 or below. There are great minds that get passed up everyday because a piece of paper is so important. I have been lucky enough to have some of the greatest management experience here, however I feel that people with great ideas are usually just passed up.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24594,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Writer,Great salary. Fast Pace. High stress.,"Lots of challenges. Easy to move to a different job in the company. Always something new happening. You have the software, hardware and training you need. Nice offices in Seattle.",Can be hard to get the resources you need to do your job. Meetings are often confrontational. Hard to get promoted.,Promote collaboration between departments.,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24595,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,"Challenging, a great learning experience, but impossible work/life balance","Everyone you work with is amazingly intelligent. Work and technology moves at a fast pace, so you're always challenged to learn and become efficient at every task.","Little appreciation for employees and no recognition for the wins you have. Very difficult to have work/life balance as you have multiple responsibilities and projects that get piled on. Due to this being an online environment you can rarely ""unplug"".",Positive re-enforcement is great motivator and moral booster for your teams. Use it more -- it's really ok to tell someone they're doing a good job.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24596,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,UX at Amazon,Working with the smartest and brightest people in the industry,Very little to no career growth for User Experience discipline,"People whom I've interviewed with on the retail side of the company (non-AWS) are mostly stressed out, narrow-minded, unorganized (don't know what they want), too formal, and unnecessarily arrogant. It's no wonder the attrition rate for UX is high as well as difficulty obtaining new talents.",4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24597,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Work Hard, Have Fun. In that order",Extremely driven and intelligent workforce. Technically saavy and able to use technology to improve processes.,"Extreme expectation for hours worked on availability when not at work, Difficult internal interview process that handicaps internal promotions versus ecternal candidates.",Strive harder for stability and you will reap the rewards. Too much shuffling of jobs and roles creates workforce churn and dis-satisfaction,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24598,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 22, 2012",Former Employee - Area Manager,You can only be sucessful if you are single and want to work all the time,"Innovative, opportunity to impact changes easily, exciting fast paced environment.",They do not recognize results or hard work typically. They seem to promote and value the managers that spend the most time at the facility. Hours are extremely long for a manager. Typically 10-14hrs a day depending on the time of the year. The intensity of the environment in addition to the hours in impossible.,Amazon is a great place to work but offers NO work life balance. The level of daily intensity required in addition to the long hours are unacceptable. You will lose talented employees if you cannot remedy this. I would have stayed with the company if I were single and didn't have children only.,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24599,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 14, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Fast paced,"Fast Paced, surround by like minded professionals, great compensation.",Not much of a concern for employees to have a positive work/life balance,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1681.htm
24600,amazon,"Columbia, SC"," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,So Far So Good!!!,Just Started and I already have so many opportunities to succeed with the company.,The Productivity Rate is the only thing that may present a problem.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24601,amazon,"West Columbia, SC"," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Stower,Ok Pay! Great medical but isn't for everybody,Great Hours with starting pay at $11 which isn't the best but get an 25cent raise every six months. medical and dental is great,"Very Hot in warehouse, if you don't meet production rate your out the door, and don't really get a full break",Listen to the employees and have there back instead of worry about the bonus at the end of the month witch we don't get much of,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24602,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Talented People but too many cons to stick around for long,"Amazon hires some of the most motivates, talented people I have ever work with. Everyone seems to care and the weak tend to leave the company pretty quickly. The signing bonus and stock options are good but only for the first four years. Company is growing so lots of career opportunities.","Company has almost zero programs for talent or management development. Amazon will sell the company as a start-up but they only mean this by the number of hours you will work (at least 60 each week). There is no effort given to any sort of work/life balance and management is very dismissive of this. If you complain, you are not Amazonian. Management will require an obscene amount of reporting and spend ungodly amounts of time to wordsmith every word in all your documents. Everything you do must have a metric wrapped around it. If you cannot report on it then why bother doing it? Seems that there is no real risk taking here anymore with new business ideas being copied from other businesses. People are randomly fired, moved, or promoted and no one is notified. Highly secretive management leads to distrust of superiors.","You need to value the people you hire. We are always understaffed and you treat the current employees poorly by making them do double and triple the work. Complaining is not un-Amazonian, its a message for you to improve and support your people. Start-ups don't have time for the many documents you require so don't sell yourself as such.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24603,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Hardworking company but long hours,"Everyone is definitely hard working, and there is always the atmosphere to seek out the best and do the right thing","with hard working comes long hours. You are often asked to reply to emails after hours, and be available even on vacation sometimes.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24604,amazon,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Needs vast improvement in upper management,The pay is reasonable and customers are treated great. Works hard to satisfy customers needs and wants.,Unfair to long time employees and majority of managers are fresh out of college instead of investing in current experienced employees.,More internal transfers and not to children out of college with no experience at all. This is degrading to your devoted employees.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24605,amazon,"Philadelphia, PA"," Aug 2, 2012",Current Employee - Associate,inconsistent application of policies,job security and opportunity to travel if you wish to help open new fullfillment centers or ambassador new hires to amazon,"promotions are hard to get if you start at the tier one level, irregardless of your background - brand new college graduates and military get greater chances than college-educated, managerially experienced current associates",consistently apply policies,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24606,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2012",Former Employee - Application Engineer,Good place to work as a slave,their architecture internal eco system some of the best minds are working around you visionary management,"you will not know how much you lose until you come out. Amazon has the ability to suck you until dry - and make you enjoy it at the same time. there are lot of pros as listed , but you will never know when you are going to be the scape goat for some silly thing like a server peaking its CPU. Oncall rotation is another thing that can feed on your life as a dementor. but beware - you will not notice any of this unless you come out - or they send you out .",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24607,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 14, 2012",Former Employee - Software Developer,Don't work here unless you enjoy stress,"Smart people, interesting projects IF you are lucky enough to be on that team.","A lot of management overhead and redundancy, a lot of NIH syndrome, and a LOT of stress due to every engineer doing on-call. On a large team this might mean one week out of every 3 months.. On a small team it might mean one out of every 3 weeks.",Get a grip on how you treat your employees. Not all engineers are interchangeable cogs and 'fungible resources' and not everyone thrives in a constant 'go go go' environment.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24608,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Like 50 Companies in One,"Most teams at AMZN are packed with smart people who just want to build awesome stuff and do it cheaply and efficiently. Management honestly cares about customers and the bottom line at the same time. The community of people there will jump to help a colleague with any problem, professional or personal, with a smile. Many more teams care about work-life balance and operational happiness in the last few years.","Some teams are bogged down with uninteresting, unskilled hangers-on who want to get their salary as quietly as possible, finding as much work to do as possible whether or not it is relevant or needed. The performance measurement process is so broken it's humorous in retrospect. Managers can skew results in any direction they want. Jealous peers can kick someone out of their team with little effort or repercussions. Internal politics rarely but unavoidably create extra work and stress that ends up being for naught.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24609,amazon,"Wilmington, DE"," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,Either I like you or I don't,"Consistent growth, Safe, and Decent Wage","Annual Reviews not based on measurable goals, it lends itself to whether you've stroked egos accordingly, Work-Life balance incredibly off kilter, and high turnover rate",Your turnover rate is because you have a crappy environment.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1682.htm
24610,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 2, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,Fast pace work environment,A very results driven company where you have opportunity to shine,Constant change is very difficult to keep on track with,Ensure management has access to constant individual training.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24611,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 2, 2012",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Over all other places Iworked for,Good pay fast enviroment. the coworkers are some of the best persons you could work with. Security personal is some of the best around.,"Management are friendly & courteious, but in my openion dont have a clue on how to manage & expolite or utelize there employes to there fullest extent.",GET A CLUE!!!!!!!!!!,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24612,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Associate,great place to work,"great schedule, ot available occasionally now, will be plentiful during peak season","grueling work at times, very little training, but its possible to get individual training in most depts I've worked in",more and extensive mgmt training for inexperienced new mgmt,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24613,amazon,"West Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Challenging and rewarding,-Always challenging work -Make a difference to bottom-line -Always helping customers -Learn from REALLY smart people -Great pay,"-Oncall can cut into life -Always lots to do, so don't expect a slacking week -Expensive lunch choices in caf and around the area","Think employees first, then customers.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24614,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,Great Working Experience at Amazon.com,"Culture, People, Experience, Atmosphere, Business insight","Lots of hours, no real on-boarding process",Fine tune on-boarding process,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24615,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Like company's culture, which is customer driven. Not just for money. Like start up like atmosphere. Everyone is talented and works hard.",Benefits are not good enough.,No so far,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24616,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good if not great place to work,1. Opportunity to work with large scale systems. 2. Great for new grads to learn how service oriented systems work. 3. Work with smart people.,1. Virtually no perk. 2. Very stressful on-call/pager duty. 3. Very bad criteria for qualifying for green card processing (applicable to H1B visa holders) 4. Insignificant salary increment. 5. Frugality actually means being cheap and provide employees with cheap and inadequate hardware.,Please address the cons I specified above.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24617,amazon,"Herndon, VA"," Aug 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,Exciting workplace for top talent,"Amazon is one of the few companies in the United States where a software development engineer can create products (e.g., EC2, S3, EBS) that customers are rapidly adopting all over the world. And you can be sure that the engineers you'll be working with will be very talented and productive too.",No major cons at Amazon.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24618,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Management,review of my experience at Amazon,Excellent company growth with a lot of smart and driven individuals,Poor work/life balance Minimal mentoring and coaching unethical employee practices,put a greater focus on people's careers. Me along with several of my peers and people reporting to me are extremely frustrated of the constant changes of managers and roles. In my first two years I had 6 managers,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24619,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2012",Former Employee - Network Engineer,"Disorganized, micro-managing, and no respect for staff","Some of the most fun and brightest people I've ever worked with work at Amazon Good location in downtown Seattle, as opposed to a suburban campus Fairly good pay (make sure you negotiate for it)","Management in AWS is disorganized, lacks cohesion with its plans and does not communicate to staff effectively. Managers have a tendency to micromanage and treat staff as mere dogs bodies rather than to act as people managers, lead their teams, and let their staff do their jobs.  No perks.  Extremely long hours for many, particularly some SDEs, but also infrastructure people.","Share your plans with your staff Listen to your staff Get rid of all the micro managers, promote managers who are capable people leaders rather than former engineers Recognize you are no longer a small nimble start up and need adjust the structure appropriately Accept that ideas and best practice can come from outside Amazon, the not-invented-here attitude has to go Hire more staff so your staff can work more reasonable hours",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1683.htm
24620,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Has its moments,Monthly bonuses. Health dental and eye insurance. Growing company if you put your time in you can move up in company. Overtime available and 401k options,Holiday season people buy a lot off website forcing 60 hr weeks mandatory,Communicate with each other and get on the same page. If you want your employees getting along with other shifts and day or night shifts then you need to set the example by being a role model. Area managers making 70k a yr with new shares of stock each month should be able to handle confrontational employees toward other shifts,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24621,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Tough environment, shark eats shark","Smart people, some challenging computer science problems on _some_ teams. Growing stock","Unimpressive pay, heavy oncall/pager duty, unfair compensation structure, _NO_ perks compared to competitors. ZERO work life balance",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24622,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Burning out the Talent,"Despite having a bad experience I would still recommend working at Amazon. I can only speak for my experience within my team, not the entire company. Some Pros are: You have the opportunity to invent and not be tied down by too many processes and paperwork. Great internal resources and tools to grow. A lot of talented team members. Fun work environment. Compensation and benefits are very competitive.","I have seen too many full time employees transfer out of a dept or leave the company. All blame work/life balance. There seems to be this ""boil the ocean"" mentally with leadership. People I know including myself, worked 10-12 hour days and weekends just to keep up with the demand. This was just peaks and valleys based on project phases. This was constant. Its all about driving results with no consideration to the toll it takes on the team.","Actually more advice for the staff - manage your manager or they will run all over you. During your interviews ask what are the things the team wants to accomplish within a year. If you get a different answer from each interviewer - run. Also try to start at the beginning of the year so you have time to ramp up before next year planning begins in the second half of the year. And most importantly, your performance reviews are usually based on your performance in Q3 and Q4.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24623,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Specialist,Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History.,"Amazon hires only the best and brightest, so you will work with an incredible smart bunch of people. They also do cool things. Every day. So you will work on some of the most exciting projects anywhere.",The hours are long. The pace is extremely fast. The learning curve is steep. The burnout-rate is high. It is an extremely stressful place to work.,Treat your employees as a more precious resource.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24624,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Pretty awful,"Never bored, lots to do.","I had a bad experience, perhaps I was unlucky. I think most stay due to visa restrictions.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24625,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2012",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,A great place to learn,"Amazon is a great place to learn, but the company will burn you out if you let them. Most people at the company are fairly young due to the demanding schedules, but it is a challenging, fun place to work. Pay is average, but stock bonuses raise total compensation above most employers especially when the stock price goes up significantly in a year.","Promotions and good reviews are dependent on having a good manager. A bad manager can ruin your experience. Definitely not the place to work if you are into being pampered and having your feelings catered to. People are very direct and to the point. It helps business get done quickly, but there isn't much tolerance for politics and little concern about creating a ""feel-good"" work environment.",Invest in employees more and keep turnover down especially among developers.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24626,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great experience,Great corporate experience Interesting projects Inspiring people Energetic corporate culture,you have to take initiative to find projects and drive your project through because others might not be very responsive,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24627,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Fast paced, high stress, high pay, but tough on the family","Pay and benefits are very good for management. You can also get promoted faster than just about anywhere else. You are judged on your performance, not just who likes/dislikes you.","Expect 80 hrs/week from mid-Nov through December, 60-70 for another 6 months of the year and 50 for the rest of the year. Micro-management is the standard, not the exception. It takes senior management in each building to make even the smallest changes. It is common for one shift or department to leave another in a bad place in order to make goals/set records.","Develop leadership skills along with management ones. Allow lower-level managers some freedom to make decisions. Develop teams, let them grow.",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24628,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,transparant policies and double standards,There is always work available Meet and work with awesome people Brand name company Offers bonus and RSU's,"Poor management - Managers will set unrealistic goals and hold people accountable for things they were just to follow orders.  Associates are picked ""at random"" to take on indirect tasks while others carry on the hard labor. Favoritism is its biggest flaw with promotion and growth internally is only offered to those who are not qualified.  Fight for the finish - associates struggle daily to meet expectations and are held accountable and questioned when they aren't making their numbers. Despite the fact that equipment malfunctions and programs change and tend to run buggy. Ignorant to important policies and values that the company itself is big on. Safety gets overlooked at times to make customer promise. quality of work and of the product is overlooked to make expectation standards that are unrealistic and unhealthy leaving the associate to decide at times whether to go to the restroom or risk discipline and harassment for not making expectation.  To not be held accountable only means you are favored and one of the lucky ones. For now.  Upper management are a bunch of yesmen and don't have a backbone to defend the real issues and problems and confront them with realistic solutions. Solutions which are handed straight to management from the floor associates and nothing is done about the problems.  Punishment for those who stand up and have a backbone for the real solutions.  Full time employment given to temp associates that cheated to make their numbers leaving associates that did use high quality and safety standards in the dust because they were doing things by the book.  Bonus is offered but not obtainable by any means. Its the prize at the end of a million mile full speed treadmill working against you.  It is said to use the highest standard of safety and quality and yet when it comes down to it management will look away from a safety incident to take care of work first.","Hire the associates that meet the expectations of your high safety and quality standards and follow closely the numbers they produce and use those as your metric not your highest performer new associate that is doing everything they can to make numbers and skipping over your standards you set when your not looking.  Pay your associates that do the dirty work more to expect more out of them. You get what you pay for so don't pay for mediocrity and just enough. Give the jobs value and those who work hard will work hard everyday happily. A happy work environment is rare and should be found in this type of work environment.  Hire managers that actually show care about safety and keep the workplace safe, and develop the leadership properly and train them properly instead of leaving them to do the managers dirty work and holding them accountable for the test not working.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24629,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great pay and benefits but no life.,"Great pay, benefits, name brand company. Never a dull moment. Some of the people are really cool to work with. Truly focused on customer experience.",No work-life balance. People move between departments so often they never master anything. People enter new departments without basic skills. Senior management too concerned with taking credit for subordinates' work. Little respect for each other in the management ranks. Most times we just fought to protect our kingdoms.,Learn to respect others. Actually listen in conversations.,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1684.htm
24630,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Content Evaluation Specialist,Enlightening and challenging,"Relaxed, casual environment where I feel valued and I feel like my opinion matters. I can talk to anyone about anything. People listen when I point out problems and how to fix them. Everyone is really friendly, I get along with everyone on my team. When I have a question, it's easy to find someone who knows the answer, or who knows the person who does.",Sometimes I don't feel like my opinion matters enough. The pay could be a bit better. I feel stifled by process sometimes.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24631,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 24, 2012",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon is a great company with hardworking people backed up by a great compensation,The good thing is that they pay you for your work. in addition they have some really great and smart people that you get to work with. The best people usually move up in the company.,They work you for long hours. In addition there is always a big turnover rate and one that should probably be addressed as soon as possible.,Please take into consideration the people that work for their money. Sometimes they deserve more.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24632,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Excellent place to work,solid technology company that provides you multitude of challenging opportunities for your career. SLU campus is a great place to work at. Overall my experience has been mostly positive,"Not enough perks. No free food. No bonuses. Unless you get a promotion, yearly raises are minimal.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24633,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2012",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Great Company to work for,"Very challenging, they constantly push you to do you best.","Tendency to overwork their employees, employee retention is not very high.","Clearly state what could be done better, don't be so ambiguous.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24634,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Aug 8, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Look elsewhere for a job.,Pay...tolerable. Benefits...just acceptable. Good place to work to see what's out on the market...product wise.,Extremely unsafe working environment...they address safety hazards by creating them. Management has an abusive attitude to labor...they use threat and duress as motivation. Mandatory OT...no excuse for it. Favoritism and discrimination guide advancement.,Wake up! Were not in the 19th century anymore. Labor is not your adversary unless you treat them as such.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24635,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Growing pains of a company becoming huge.,"Good comradely among the engineers. Very customer focused. You can pretty much kill any bad idea with ""customers will hate it"" argument.  Agile program management means you'll keep up with what your team members are doing on a daily basis.  Nearly everything is client/service architecture. Which if your team does it well, allows your to do whatever is best for your solution to your problem area without having huge migration issues with your clients.  Generally managers are too busy to have those useless weekly meetings. (If you have daily ones why have a regular weekly one? You can always schedule a topic meeting to go over design issues etc.)  Good and getting better support for bicycling to work. (bike cages, showers, lockers, and towels)  Discount on buying stuff on their website.","On call. Nearly every engineering team has an on call rotation, so count the number of members and divide the number of days in a year by that number and that's the number of days you'll be on ""house arrest"" Because a page must be answered within 20 minutes any time day or night when you are on call.  There seem to be more frameworks than teams. Everyone wants one and they tend to get imposed on your project in order to interface to some other needed service. Then the company drops support for it and you'll have to migrate your service.  Difficult to do volunteer coding, ie help with your favorite freeware system, as you need approval from legal. It's not impossible but it's not straightforward either.  Annual reviews tend to emphasis the negative vs the positive, that is you have peer feedback but your manager can pick and choose among the comments to either promote you or squash you. Very little opportunity to complain about it via HR.",Need to train junior managers. Company tends to promote engineers grade 3 into first line management but then doesn't train them.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24636,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Trainer,Amazon,"attendance policy, and the values of the company even though they are not followed.","pay, communication, opportunity to move up without a degree, rates for uph",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24637,amazon,"New York, NY"," Jul 29, 2012",Former Employee - Sales,Worst place I've worked,- Above average compensation packages if you negotiate for it - There are some interesting and unique initiatives to get involved with. - Some people are fun & nice to work with.,"- Political and unethical leadership. There are fifedoms that go unchallenged.  - Poor people management & lack of quality leadership. It is not uncommon for employees with little aptitude or relevant experience to be promoted based on politics. They often make poor managers and contribute to negative employee morale. I've seen wonderful & talented employees ignored in favour of less competent counterparts, due to nonsensical personal politics wielded by snr management. Without exception, they all have walked away & into much better jobs. Amazon find it hard to keep talent, & when they get talent they dont seem to know how to leverage it.  - The Amazon value of ""frugality"" is in theory a good one, however the way in which it's leveraged within the organisation, leaves many employees feeling used and abused. The constant pinching over basic expenses, door desks, computer equipment etc results in employees feeling demotivated and uninvested in the company.  - Type A micromanagement. Everything from MBA managers telling you how to write an email or telling you how to do the job you've been doing for the last 15 years - a job in they haven't done. There is a pervasive sense from snr management, that they are 'superior beings' and this grates, particularly if you find them to be ineffective. There can be lots of focus on face time & clock watching. I was based in HQ (not in a distribution centre) but it felt like I was working a shift job where I had to punch in & punch out. If I was 15 mins late they would want me to stay 15 mins more at the end of the day.  - Incredibly high employee churn. This is for a multitude of reasons: lack of work life balance, Type A culture of micromanagement, 'frugality' & poor people management in which unethical politics pervades. The company bleeds talent constantly, but there doesn't appear to be an interest in addressing the issue of churn - in my team, snr management stopped telling the team when a coworker had resigned, because to do so would possibly mean having to address the underlying & aforementioned issues of why employees leave.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24638,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 11, 2012",Current Employee - Business Analyst II,Not for those looking for a work-life balance,"decent pay, nice location, can be fun place to work depending on the team/boss.","mandatory weekend, night work if needed, super fast pace, no training whatsoever.",High turnover is just as costly. You cannot work people to death without recognition or reward.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24639,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Jul 1, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,"At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented,",“Amazon is a great company with an elite operations arm.”,Shift life can be rough for individuals with families. You have little say in which shift you will be working and I have found a lack of a succession planning for the more desirable shifts.,More career development for junior managers.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1685.htm
24640,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Jul 10, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate (Nights),Warehouse Associate Outbound,"Good pay, Overtime opportunities, and multiple warehouse locations gives transfer opportunities throughout the united states.",Lack of communication and high management turnover.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24641,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2012",Current Employee - Research Scientist II,A great place to work at,1. Super exciting projects. 2. Strong colleagues. 3. Decent payment.,"1. Bad work/life balance. 2. Management team is pushy, but sometimes thoughtless.","Respect your employees, stimulate them instead of pushing them.",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24642,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Jun 24, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Pathways Program a joke,"Signing Bonus*- Or so its called. It's actually your stock grant for the next 4 years. Its a nice chunk of change assuming the stock price stays absurdly high. If it comes down to the rest of the market, your SOL.","Turn-style of management. Complete unfocused. All projects are flavor of the month for pathways guys to make their presentation to the VP. None of the projects actually sticks. Its all about numbers, but you aren't allowed to influence them using known best practices in the industry.If you are willing to lie, cheat and eat your young, you can move up...where there are bigger lies, cheats and canibals.","Build talent, don't try to hire it. Revamp the 'forced curve' evaluation program (aka Popularity contest and Pathways promotion point.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24643,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 21, 2012",Current Employee - Problem Solver,I like going to work....small things could help....,They have good benefits and they try really hard to work with their employees. They are a customer driven company.,"It gets to be very tiring to stand for 8 or 10 hours every night, Just having a stool to lean on would be much easier on the moral of the employees.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24644,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Energizing Workplace,"Great climate, strong push to deliver results, big organization yet fostering innovation and start up mentality","Growing fast, better hang on, and don't bother join if you cannot manage change",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24645,amazon,"Gouldsboro, PA"," Jul 1, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,This company likes to put band-aids over broken bones.,The other employees are great to work with and a few of the managers actually do care. They always need help so overtime is no problem.,"Low pay for the area. The managers only see what they want to see. There's no follow through with anything. No actions are taken on people who don't follow the rules. Carbon copy yearly review process. Unless you're a ""popular kid"" with the managers than you're going no where in the company. The managers don't care what you have to say unless your nose is brown. The office area is like a playground, they're always throwing stuff at each other and playing games.","Leave your offices and watch how hard some of your employeess work. Stop judging the employees as a whole and realize that we are individuals. Stop catering to your ""favorite"" employees.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24646,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great learning. salary yet not so good employee satisfaction,"Compensation is cool. Good joining bonus and stock options (but it is distributed over a substantial period of time as part of emp retention). Great learning about various latest technologies, scalability factors, immediate impact etc.",Bad employee satisfaction. No one cares about emp workspace / perks (like shuttle / food / sports memberships etc).,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24647,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Amazon is fast paced company,"Employees are encouraged to demonstrate leadership skills at any job level. Encourages knowledge sharing, changing of job roles and internal transfers. Amazon maintains internal wiki, which contains lots of information, it is useful during initial learning curve for new employees","Amazon is fast paced, so documentation is not thorough for some components. Lots of knowledge would come from experience using different tools or discussing with senior peers.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24648,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,steep learning curve,exposure to the brilliance of 100s of smart developers work with latest technologies constant improvement in tools that aid in development,"hectic work culture not much fun, very frugal in perks unattractive employee discount even in Amazon.com",make working in amazon fun,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24649,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Jun 15, 2012",Former Employee - Reverse Logistics At CVG2,Amazon Review,"Excellent team work, Safety number one","Being treated like kinder-gardeners, the supervisor talking down to you. Lots of back handed complements.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1686.htm
24650,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,SDE,There are lots of big data sets with opportunity to apply machine learning techniques. There are many talented engineers making this a good place to grow technically.,"There is an oncall rotation that all sdes share. It has pluses and minuses. You learn to build more robust systems, but at the expense of getting woken up in the middle of the night.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24651,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2012",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Great place to start your career,Startup feel Talented team Broad scope of work Rapidly growing business,Long work hours Spend thrifty management,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24652,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 16, 2011",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,"Face paced, ever changing company with a start up feel and plenty of room to explore and learn.","FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION: Amazon does a good job communicating at the employee level. At many large comanies, the sheer size of the company means things slow down. Amazon does a great job focusing on communication tools to ensure information is disciminated as needed. Use of email, OCS, IRC, multiple ticking systems, and ancilary tools to find people help ensure information can get to where it needs to be now.  OWNERSHIP OF TASKS: Each department has authority to do what it needs to do without excessive input from management. Even during major issues, regular employees can make the call to execute large scale solutions without having to go to management for approval. Teams themselves own day to day tasks and are responsible for them, often operating as a small business within the company . This allows each team to support their internal customers quickly with out office politics and meddling by multiple levels of management.  LEARNING ABILITY: There is so much to do that after 1 or 2 years in a position, you are encouraged to move to another department if you so desire. This allows you to take your current skills, build on them, and grow into a new job. However, if you decide to stay put, technology changes so rapidly that you'll be constantly learning new programming skills, new operating systems, and new tools.  MANAGEMENT OF POOR PERFORMERS: Up or out. It's that simple. Not performing, improve or you're gone. Poor performers cannot hide and are not tolerated. Managers have to fight for their employees every year and explain why everyone is valuable and should stay. If you don't perform, you'll be at the bottom of the pool and looking for your next job.  KNOWLEDGEABLE CO-WORKERS: Although Amazon does not focus on education but multiple factors in hiring, it seems as if most people have advanced degrees. Not just that, but everyone is a super-star. If you think you know all there is to know about your job and are the top person in your company, Amazon will show you there are plenty of people better than you. That provides the drive for employees to learn, grow, and improve.  FOCUS ON EMPLOYEES: Of course, this depends on the department as well. But, most departments do a great job of focusing on employees. Many jobs can be stressful and hectic at times. But, management takes care of their employees. Some teams have a cereal breakfast bar available every day, a Friday afternoon happy hour with food, beer, and wine (yes, in the office!), and quarterly fun events / outings. This is in addition to the Director or VP walking the cubes just to pop in and say hi and see how things are going.","DRIVE TO PERFORM: There is a constant drive to perform and produce. What you did last year or last month no longer matters. What benefit will you contribute to the company this week? If your answer is ""I want to sit back and relax"", this isn't the place for you. The drive to perform can be overwhelming for some as it requires constant work and improvement.  POOR DOCUMENTATION: Amazon is a software company that moves fast. Documentation is an after thought. That causes problems when you don't understand something. Granted, there are internal help documents that any employee can create or update, but that doesn't get done regularly. You'll have to have a keen eye at understanding that a document from 4 years ago that contrasts a document from another department from 2 years ago may be 1/4 right and the new document 1/4 wrong. And, I guarantee once you figure it out, you probably won't go back and update the documentation for the next guy.  A LITTLE TO FAST PACED: Things happen so rapidly that it is sometimes counter productive. That software you just wrote or the fix you are being asked to do may only be in production for 2 months. Then you'll have to completely rewrite it. Amazon uses the excuse of the sheer size of operations to justify projects that only have a life span of a couple of months.  ONCALL: Not use to on-call? Get use to it. No matter who you are you WILL be on-call at sometime. Some teams make it easier by having a ""follow the sun"" approach (you might be on for 12 hours during the day and someone in India on for 12 hours during your night time). Others give you a day off to ""compensate"" you for having to work on the weekend. Regardless, if you don't think you will be on-call or don't think you'll get paged, change your mind set - it will happen!  FRUGALITY: One of Amazon's core tenants. However, it almost goes to far sometimes. You'll have everything you need to do your job (pens, markers, computers, even multiple monitors if you're in the right job slots), but don't expect other employee perks like free shirts, a mug, or something else. Think of it this way - if it doesn't directly benefit the customer, it's not going to happen. So that ""company wide free day off because you're so cool"" - nope. A nice Christmas present? Ha. Your anniversary gift - well at 5 and 10 years each you get a new badge, but that's it.  Do I like it here? YES. Are the ""cons"" worth the benefits? HECK YEA. Will I get burned out? Most likely, but at lest in the mean time I'll have fun and make history.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,76,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24653,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Jun 6, 2012",Current Employee - Outbound Warehouse Associate,The best company I've ever worked for,"Great benefits, easy-going, understanding managers, you get a raise every 6 months as a Tier 1 associate (aka entry level position), monthly bonuses for every employee, multiple shifts, they allow you to switch shifts/positions after 90 days in a position","No air-conditioning, but we do have ""cooling units"" and heat during winter months. Security is pretty tight also so we aren't allowed to have our cell phones while working unless you are an area manager or Tier 3 associate.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24654,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jul 18, 2012",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Not a good place to work,4 day work week is great,Area managers are young fresh out of college,Put people in management with experience....listen to associates better!,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24655,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Recruiting for the fastest growing and most exciting team at Amazon,"- working on innovative, cutting edge technologies - being part of something which will affect millions of people world wide - being surrounded by the most talented, passionate people in the software industry",- would like better recruiting systems,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24656,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2012",Former Employee - Finance Manager,"Stock price tripled while I was there, lots of hard work","By far the biggest pro is the stock price: stock tripled while I was there. Also, at Amazon I had the chance to to work with some of the most dedicated and hardest working individuals in my life. This can be good or bad, but I am putting in the Pros: everyone I worked with at Amazon is very smart.  If you work incredibly long hours after a few years you may get promoted. And if the stock price is moving in your favor, this could be a big chunk of change in your pocket.","I also had the opportunity to work with some of the meanest, most selfish, most back stabbing individuals in my life. Lots of stress and turnover.  I am putting the following on the cons (for some people it may be a pro) - Amazon is a high performance, high energy company. This means lots of long hours, once you are not performing you will be out the door in 3-4 months no questions asked. This applies to new hires as well as ""tenured"" employees.  I am also putting this in the cons (for some people it may be a pro) - as you stay in the job and as you are performing, your job will get progressively harder and harder and your responsibilities will progressively increase. But you not get any pay increase or bonus for years to come.","Advice to people who are thinking to work for Amazon - read the job description carefully. This will be what you will do for the first couple of quarters. After that, the job will become progressively harder, and harder. Compare that with what you get from other companies and make up your decision.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24657,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,"I would stop my friends from working here, unless I really hated my friends","* Good experience for a junior recruiter looking to learn the ropes -- suck it up for 2-3 years  * Great for an agency recruiter to make the transition to corporate  * The business (in theory) has ownership over the recruiting process ((in theory, recruiting is not a back office function)  * Take your dog to work  * The pay is okay, but you have to negotiate for it (including an additional week of vacation in the first year. And go for a high salary because you won't want to stay long enough to get your stock.)","* Recruiting leadership at the executive level is non-existent. There are a number of peers and no one on the ""leadership team"" is having the tough discussions about how to build a scalable recruiting org. They openly dislike each other so the opportunity to build a world class recruiting org is lost. The solution continues to be ""hire more recruiters"" rather than build a flexible, scalable org with the right recruiters and leadership.  * Recruiting leadership at the business level is poor. There's favoritism, lack of transparency, lack of strategic direction, no investment in the development of current team members, plus avoidance of conflict and lack of pushing back on the business. In Retail recruiting, morale is worse than it has been in years.  * HR does not value recruiting.  * Retention is terrible and you won't be able to develop and get promoted without a strong manager being supportive of your promotion. So you're basically screwed.  * There is an absolutely enormous amount of duplicate work because of the poor org structure.  * There is an absolutely enormous amount of internal competition (and by competition I mean fighting) over candidates -- tech recruiting is the worst and if you are a tech recruiter your career will be ruined working here.  * You have to work in three ATS programs that don't integrate well (this is the most manually administrative job I've had in my entire15 year career). This is the worst reporting I've seen in my career. For a metrics-driven company, everything has to be done manually. Crazy.  * In appropriate/unethical things go on but there is no where to turn because upon starting you are told that ""HR for HR"" is terrible and not to trust them with anything. Wait? You're in an HR function and you're told not to trust your HR person? Disgraceful, yet true. So sad.","* Recruiting is broken because of lack of leadership-- hire a VP of global talent acquisition IMMEDIATELY and allow them to do their job.  * Have a tough discussion on recruiting org structure and fix it. Centralize some sourcing. Centralize research. Standardize process across businesses. Ensure compliance.  * Audit the quality of recruiting leadership and hire/fire as needed. Assess morale on each team. Assign new HR for HR for recruiting in order to earn trust and work on fixing what's broken.  * Make candidate experience a priority. If we treated our candidates like customers, we would allow them to decide on their career path, rather than secretly fighting over tech candidates who get no say about the job they are interviewed for. Craziness.  * Standardize metrics across the org -- time to fill, conversion rates, etc. -- and get an ATS that will actually report on it. Hundreds of recruiters reporting manually because the three systems we have don't work is a huge waste of salary time.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24658,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,high operational load but good projects,"Retail and Search are good . they actually work on developing new features and lot of opportunities to work on cutting edge technologies . amazon highly focus on perl - mason , java . Many systems are already in place so you can reuse existing system and work on developing new features . very good monitoring tools and great place to learn if you land in right org .",orgs such operations is not a good org . they have very high operational load and projects are not very good .  if u r hired as support role in amazon.com then becoming sde is very challenging . people lie that you will have opportunity to become sde by doing development but the fact is that support role do not really get any development opportunities so beware . very dynamic and agile so you end up pushing incomplete feature or work very long hours to meet the deadline .,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24659,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Jun 16, 2012",Current Employee - Junior IT Support,A long journey.,Dynamic environment and valuable experience,Erratic schedule and distance. Management does not think things through well.,Hire more staff,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1687.htm
24660,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 3, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Great place to work,Amazon is a great place to work. Management does a great job of engaging associates. Get hired if you can! great growth opportunities.,"Management can be a little over the top with engaging, they will engage associates and hear their barriers, but they don't always fix or explain the reasoning why they can't fix the issues.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24661,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good place to learn, bad place for live",- Nice colleagues - Good ownership - Customer oriented,"- No process or support, bad documentation - Duplication jobs across teams - On call! Bad work-life balance",Think more for employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24662,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A big pond, even if you're a big fish!","Innovative, lots of career opportunity, decent pay, better than average benefits. Exponential company expansion: every day there seems to be an entirely new group or division created.","Expect to work more than the average 40 hour work week. HR department is a disorganized nightmare. It's easy to become pigeon-holed into a role or group, making it difficult to advance out of that group. Even intelligent, hard-working ""super-star"" employees are lost in the shuffle at Amazon because nearly everyone working here is like that, making it nearly impossible to stand out.","I think they (Bezos and co.) know exactly how the company is doing, and they are just fine with that...",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24663,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Roller Coaster Ride to nowhere fun,"location, salary, bring dogs to work","over taxed with workload, too many people in small places, poor management",get some people skills training,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24664,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Life At Amazon,lots of challenging problems and deals with lots of data,sometimes work-life balance is a mess,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24665,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2012",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,"Great place to work, but does have a big corporations feel.","Amazon is vary quality and customer focused. It is great to work for a company that truly cares. Most of the people are fantastic. They are very smart, and knowledgeable. On the other hand they are not stuck up like some people. You can get lots of work done without playing ego games. There is always something new and exciting to work with/on. For the most part resources are there when you need them.","Although in some ways Amazon feels small. Some times your progress gets killed by big company policies and procedures. The management structure is very traditional, which is disappointing for such a progressive company. There is no way to get an independent review of any managerial actions, and the manager are given a lot of leeway. Because of this the flavor from one team to the next can be quite different. So you can't go by the way it is for your buddy, unless you are working on the same team.","Establish some checks, and balances in the review/management process. Establish a method to have independent reviews for employees that are concerned about management actions. Hold all managers accontable to follow the company principles.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24666,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Amcatrz,"- No prior experience needed to join. You don't have to be an expert in distributed systems to get a job. The interviews are also not that tough. If you go through all the interviews posted at glassdoor.com and careercup.com, you should be fine. - Great co-workers. Team work is really good at Amazon and you see heros all around, constantly fighting the madness. - Product moves fast and very little beaurocracy (no three month long project reviews, you deploy the code and see what breaks, then fight to stabilize things overnight).","I will speak for AWS because that's what I know. One word can sum up the work here - pager. Responding to the pager is what engineers are hired for. You do get to code snippets now and then, but in all likelihood, you will write more code during the interview than in your actual work at AWS. There is an elaborate system to track who's supposed to respond to the pager when, who all that person can then page when he's unfamiliar with the problem (happens a lot), how many pages were encountered during the day, how many pages were encountered during the night, what to do if you see the same issue when you get paged next. Everything, expect how to fix the problem that caused the page. Yes, that's discussed superficially at meetings, but then there is no one to actually go and do the fix, because all the engineers are attending to the pager, or waiting their turn to do so. People keep joining and leaving the team every month ( it's a ""revolving door""). At the end of my eighth month, I was the second seniormost person on the team. Most people who hang on beyond a year have under water mortgages or kids in college to pay for. If you do join AWS, don't at least buy that million dollar condo.",Why pretend to be a technical company? Just accept you are a retail shop and hire some sys admins in Bangalore who can restart the machines during their daytime.,2.0,2.0,none,1.5,3.5,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24667,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,,"*NOTE: these are generalizations. Crappy managers and co-workers do exist*  -Smart and skilled people -Highly motivated people -During any type of ""political debate,"" asking what is best for the customer usually gets people on the same page -Easy to move around the company. In fact, it's encouraged. -Things are done for a reason -Managers seem to be s**t umbrellas rather than s**t funnels. -Due to the ridiculous scale of our systems, the one in a billion edge case keeps us up at night -The promotions thing is done on a strict merit basis. If everyone in a department deserves a promotion, they all get it. There is no quota. But each promotion / review is heavily vetted with a bunch of management folks. -I can drink on the job. We have weekly beer bashes and occasional nerf wars. It's a pretty good balance of youth and older, more experienced folks. -Management is in tune with you, and what you want to do / are doing. Most teams have weekly one-on-ones with their manager to just chat. -Management is responsive and receptive","-Your career growth is dictated by the opportunities made available to you at the team you're on. -People switch teams about every 2 years. Which is great, since it enables you to move around easily, but it also causes some turnover pains. -Depending on the team, the pager thing can be annoying. But it's not that terrible, and many teams don't have a rotation. But you do have folks in Ireland / India to take them during the night.","This is happening in some organizations throughout the company, but I think it would help to re-focus on what the role of a software engineer at Amazon should be. Are they primarily coordinating projects and leading the design? Are they the actual people on the ground coding solutions? Are they just supporting current implementations / deprecating legacy code? The role varies greatly throughout the company depending on the team. And if you're a new hire, you are leaving it up to luck as to whether",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24668,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test,This is definitely a fantastic experience.,"It's well known, and you could gain much work experience for your future career plan",I don't think there is much promotion space in this position,Nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24669,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," May 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It is a decent job, hours pass by quick because of high work volume.",Overtime almost always available. Opportunities for advancement. Variety of shifts.,The pay and benefits should be a lot better for the amount of work you do and for the size of the company.,none,3.0,2.5,none,5.0,2.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1688.htm
24670,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," May 8, 2012",Former Employee - Outbound Associate,"Fast-paced, long hours, great people.",The people are real down to earth and the pay is decent for the line of work you do.,Long hours. Constantly on your feet.,Keep up the good work!,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24671,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 14, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Good work smart people fun city!,"I had a good time working for the funnest team at Amazon. The people were super chill, the work is allright, the pay is good.","Amazon is on the cheap side. There are no snacks, catered lunch, or any of the niceties that google provides for its employees. I'd rather take a smaller pay and have more benefits to the job.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24672,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 13, 2012",Current Employee - Facilities Lead Tech,Amazon is a challanging and fufilling job,Amazon encourages personal development and strenth building in the daily operations .Amazon also promotes safety and a safe working enviroment,"Amazon has many departments. I would like to see better communication between these departments,Consider all departments as a partner for the consideration to changes in process",Include all departments in all process changes. most of the departments can bring many Ideas and expertise to the processes. this will help in not wasting so much time and money's on frivilous ideas,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24673,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,it s great experience at amazon,challenging but very exciting at amazon,time consuming and less wrk on PPT presenations,work life balance should be more encouraged,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24674,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 19, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Labor mill,Amazon is a place where you have an unlimited amount of issues/projects to work on. The company is operated very lean - which means there is always work and interesting problems to solve. You are surrounded by the best of the best when it comes to co-workers. All very bright and focused.,"As I stated - the company is very lean. This also means that alot is expected each employee. Finding a work/life balance is very difficult. (i.e. early morning meetings, evening calls with off-shore partners, pager duty/oncall)",none,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24675,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 9, 2012",Former Employee - QA Engineer,"Very Intelligent ,bright and friendly people to work with . Absolute lack of process,no direction,chaotic.",1.very smart people 2. Friendly environment for the most part 3. Very heavy on technology and services,1.no process-no direction 2.features will get dumped on you in the very last minute 3.management does not seem to care about how much pain and craziness the individual contributors are going through. 4.Deadlines almost never change 5. I have not come across one single amazonian who is not over worked or has not complained 6. You are expected to check and respond to your Emails even on weekends and long weekends,"1.Please give importance to work life balance 2. Introduce processes that work and not just talk about them 3. Understand that there are few things that individual contributors will NOT be able to change without higher management help. So please do not say that ""You take care of it , I will back you up"". It just does have as much weight when we say it and it gets lost and ends up in lot of frustration and eventually attrition.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24676,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," May 17, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Decent pay, decent culture, bad at communication.",At this call center they hand out candy every once and a while. You can decorate your desk any way you like. They give out food for certain holidays/occasions. Most everyone is nice and the pay is good for the area.,Communication is pretty poor and they focus a lot on statistics. They watch your time closely.,"Managers should get to know their employees a lot better. Don't focus solely on statistics, it can stress out the employees and therefore make them not as productive and effective.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24677,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,It's a contentious workplace environment where escalations up the management chain rule the day.,"Lots of intelligent employees, and a culture of hard work and data-driven analysis.","Proprietary technical systems with a steep learning curve, gained knowledge is completely esoteric",Middle management doesn't serve a meaningful function.,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24678,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"hard work, limited growth",lots of projects to choose from,bad work life balance and career growth opportunities,none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24679,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok job with losts of hours,Great advancement opportunities if you put in the work and time. Not great for someone with a family and needs to be home every night before 6pm.,"Have to work holidays and OT when needed. only 24 hours required to be notified of OT needs. During peak season, average associate works about 65 hours a week.",none,3.0,2.5,none,5.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1689.htm
24680,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty cool,Nice working environment and good compensation,No work-life balance and quite stressful sometimes,Pay more attention to your employees,4.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24681,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2012",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Love it here!,"Great, stable company. They absolutely put the customer first. Really smart people work here, and everyone seems to have that ""of course we can!"" attitude.","One word: Frugality. It's one of the core tenets here. Which in and of itself is not bad. However, it means that some benefits you'll get at other technology companies, you won't get here. Vacation time is much less than other places I've worked. Also, there is nothing free here, except really nasty coffee and water. In the technology field, it is a rather spartan style.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24682,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Whats not to like about having fun and making history!!,* The environment constantly pushes you to learn something new * Always a new problem to solve - Not boring at all. * Making a difference to customers - Satisfying,* Work life balance needs to be watched out. Its tempting to forget it all and work all the time. But its up to individuals to balance.,Great going!,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24683,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It has been challenging, but I have received a lot of opportunities for career advancement.",Career growth is unparalleled Challenging work Smart people Interesting projects Strong compensation package,Lack of work/life balance Cut throat/difficult personalities workload too heavy,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24684,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,huge workload and tons of system tools to learn,surrounded by smart people prime location - downtown seattle ok compensation young work force world class technology customer focus and obsession,"career path is not well defined, promotion takes long time, huge work load, steep learning curves to new comers, system tools are redundant , lunch is not free","well define employee's career path, improve transparency of performance measurement promotion based on merits employees need more vacation time improve training program",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24685,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,The AWS manager said...,"There are great engineers all over the company. And the older divisions, like retail and supply chain are reasonably paced and supported.","AWS was horrible. When I told a manager I was working harder than I'd ever worked he replied ""Well, I don't want you to work 80 hours a week."" And I thought, great, your threshold for overwork is 20 hours past mine.  Also, the pay really isn't great. When I left my salary went up at least 10% and my time working dropped 20%.",Hire some more people. You interview for only the smartest. But then you stick them with jobs that many engineers could do fine.,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24686,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,great!,a good place to learn,sometimes it is very busy,give more benefits to employee,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24687,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 23, 2012",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Used and abused,"Resume padding, Cool people come to promote their books & music, nice location in seattle","Really depends on your manager, but very abrasive culture. don't be surprised if you are expected to read your manager's mind. Hypocritical leadership...everyone is socially awkward to some degree. lots of introverts...play a lot of guessing games",Actually set goals with your employees...and follow them. Don't just expect them to do things for you on a day to day basis.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24688,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Apr 16, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Interesting Company & Still Improving,"Great benefits There is a great deal of in-house hiring Employees come from very diverse backgrounds, most employees are very nice. Great tools provided",Work can be repetitive Constantly change work processes Lot of walking involved Training for workers who have been with the company for many years is almost nonexistent Pay cap for warehouse workers,"Take time before changing the work processes. You need time to understand them. Make changes parsimoniously. Make sure they are applied across the board. Performance metrics alone won't help you. Performance is all about processes (i.e., managers' job). Use them to improve the processes and not to reward employees. Teach your employees as many tasks as possible to avoid repetitive tasks.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24689,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 6, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Recruiter,"Work @ Amazon, sell your soul","Great brand recognition and smart employees. Good vacation, medical, dental, health benefits. Is dog friendly in most of the campus.","Poor management, non supportive, secretive. Retention problems, revolving door atmosphere. Extremely metrics driven. More, more, more recruiters is the ""solution"" for talent acquisition. So many that it becomes counter productive with candidate ownership issues and internal competition. No value given towards positive candidate experiences. Management tends to look for reasons to NOT hire. Too many obstacles in place towards making hires. No work/life balance. Tendency to down-level. Numbers-driven Agency mentality. Laughable ""culture"", crappy desks with no attention to ergonomics. Unethical leadership from top on down. Management kudos given to top brown-nosers. No shortage of Kool-aid for everyone!","Keep your corporate ego in check, you're not as great as you think you are. Keep a mirror handy for self reflection.",2.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1690.htm
24690,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Feel good to work at Amazon.com,"Flexible work environment, challenge tasks, friendly teammate","not as many cool products as rival google , apple",long term thinking,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24691,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Financial Analyst,"Lots of smart people, lots of freedom to invent and develop business solutions and lots of growth potential generated by how much the company is growing.",Lots of iteration because of an emphasis on addressing the customer needs first and then developing ways to measure performance and manage the business.,Recognize the value of standardization and lessons learned so that the company can scale as efficiently as possible. A start-up mentality can be fatal to a company if it gets too big and inefficiencies are exponentially more costly to correct.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24692,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,"Difficult, but very rewarding",The best thing about working at Amazon is getting to work on extremely difficult problems with incredibly brilliant people. The environment encourages proactive people and empowers you to change the things you think are broken.,"Hard work is hard work, and difficult problems are difficult. Oncall is a big issue for most engineers at Amazon. The oncall burden varies by team. The competency of management can also vary widely by team. The good ones are exceptional, but the bad ones are pretty bad.",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24693,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Apr 20, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service,Generally a great place to work but at times things get political.,Tremendous growth is continuing offering many new opportunities.,"Managers feel compelled to find something you did ""wrong"" and ding you in the annual review. Not the way to foster employee loyalty.",Respect the people who've put time in the trenches and look there first for promotion opportunities.,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24694,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Apr 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad but be careful which building you hire into!!!!!,Benefits growing and ability to transfer,Some of the building use HRBP's as HR Managers and some are not qualified to be in charge let the power go to their head. Then the company loses a lot of good management because it. All buildings should have all levels of HR Management.,Look into why AM's are leaving and HR positions can not be kept filled could be a problem within the HR office?,4.0,1.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24695,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer I,Really depends on your manager,many teams working for different business. relative open technology. small team.,"really bad immigration policy comparing to similar companies.  oncall duty, work load, for sde to much supporting on legacy systems.",give new workers more information they need to know. Let them know what they would expect from their manager. Very important. Many new employees didn't even know if their managers are doing good job or bad ones.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24696,amazon,"Lebanon, TN"," Apr 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job I have ever had,Amazon has amazing benefits. Promotions are always avaiable. Cant complain about the pay. Have been with company for 9.5 yrs and dont plan on leaving.,Shift structures are a little difficult but not undoable. Really my only complaint would have to be the shift structure.,Get to know your people. Everything looks good on paper but get out there and ask the associates what they think.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24697,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 5, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Fast paced, Insane deadlines, Flawed Advancement, and kinda boring","Amazon.com is a great place to get started in your career. It will teach and challenge you at the same time. Project work can be challenging (5% of the time)  The kind of people who work in the company are very smart and will keep you on your toes. The customer centrism is a strong guiding force in the company, and it is reflected in everything the company does.","Amazon.com has been slowly degrading as a great place to work. It took several years for me to notice, however there it is.  Project deadlines are insane (95% of the time).  The company's customer centrism works against it as a workplace as company employees are not customers. Your needs come secondarily to the customer. Which means:  No perks, no philanthropy, small raises if any, low powered equipment, and a general lack of care by upper management for the operations load generated by rushing projects out the door. (So that pager going off in the middle of the night? yhea... tell me that isn't irritating at 4 in the morning)","Treat your employees as customers Increase the number of available career levels to make it more granular Promotions process should be made transparent and deterministic (remember... these people you employ, like predictable things in their lives)",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24698,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 7, 2012",Current Employee - Inbound,Amazon can be exciting and frustrating at the same time.,My pay check to start. I like the fact this is a growing company. I am very open to new ideas just as Amazon is. I feel that this company will far exceed any expectations most would give credit for.,Management is never on the same page. Employees don't know what standard to follow half the time. Or who to follow. The younger management teams are very rude. The older management teams say it how it is. A lot of favoritism among department heads. Also grudge holding. There is to much talking among the younger employees and not enough working. I see employees hiding in the stow mode. Huddled in talk groups instead of working. Employees always going to a area such as prep to hide. Making the regular department associates work harder.,"Get on the same page. One shift is run one way and the next is different. Don't just give employees the rates each stand up. Talk about the changes, if any. Open your eyes to new ideas. Not just say you are. And last... have the younger management team learn not to be rude. Talk to me not above me.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24699,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a great company to work for.,You are in front and make a significant difference in emerging markets and budding technology not only in the US but also globally.,I think that work can be improved by having additional benefits to the employees especially discounts among existing programs and products possibly similar to Microsoft employees.,I think I would say to continue what they are currently doing. I believe in the Amazon leadership.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1691.htm
24700,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Apr 4, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,Unorganized and Chaotic with little to no support from Upper Level Management,Benefits are comparable to any large company. Annual Salary and Bonus will draw in most outside talent.,The cons far outweigh the pros with Amazon. Little to no communication from uppers on process changes and/or ideas. Constant change with little to no direction on what the change is impacting. Constant pressure to perform with no acknowledgment for a job well done. A rat race in the truest sense.,Take a look at why the attrition rate is so high for your managers. People leave for a reason.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24701,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 30, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Engang,Opportunity to learn new fields and areas of the business. Fair to hourly employees. Good Opportunities for advancement,There are a lot of politics. There is a lack of accountability in certain aspects and paths. The standards and expectations are not followed across all shifts.,Have standards and expectations followed on all shifts. Create a better way to make decisions on temporary associates getting converted.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24702,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get ready to work long hour,"Competitive Salary, Good benifits, WFH flexibility",On call hours. Work place burn out,recognize when employee states they are burnt out,2.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24703,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 12, 2012",Former Employee - Buyer Assistant,"(*reviewed as a contractor*) Smart workmates, intense jobs, walled off from employees","-Seemed like I was surrounded by a lot of top grads and MBAs, even in the unsexy Vendor Management area. -Floors I worked on pretty well cleared out by 5:30-6pm, so employees not encouraged to stay late (though some were definitely having to remote in from home after they left, I'm sure). -Folks were encouraged to jump around to various departments and job titles to continue their growth. -Get to add 'eCommerce' with the world's biggest online retailer to your resume. -Lots of room to maneuver and responsibility in your job title -Very respectful attitude toward employees. You could 'question authority' for real. Actually saw VPs show up to team meetings regularly in one dept., and you were expected to ask them difficult questions. And Amazon's famous cheapness (yes, they do really use hollow core doors with 4x4s bolted on for desks) extended to VP offices - smack in the middle of the cubicles. (Worked at a small company before this and we never, ever saw the VPs.)","-They came up with some pretty nutty work campaigns. I was told that in one dept. employees had to take turns doing four hour shifts 24 hrs./day throughout one December to monitor competitor website prices. The way it was told to me, they'd sometimes have to get up at 2am, work till 6am from home, then come in and do their normal shift. (To their credit, some of the worst shifts were apparently reserved for the managers involved.) -The above story reminds me that in giving employees such autonomy, you're probably going to have a few more half-baked ideas get executed. ,) -I was under the impression that employees were paid pretty well, but contractor work can start at $15/hr for even somewhat technical work. -Like probably any other company nowadays, a contractor here can find a wide range of attitudes within Amazon about how they should be treated. The key seems to be your manager. Your workmates will likely , so be leery of the unfriendly job interview where your new boss-to-be has no time for pleasantries.  .","Contractors will always, partly of necessity, be treated differently from full time employees for various reasons. Best to encourage managers to still maintain a friendly relationship with them, though. Helps make working with the team more effective and, who knows, this might be someone you want to hire at some point. (I, for one, have since gotten a call from Amazon recruiting.)",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24704,amazon,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Apr 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SO SO,Good Benefits Tons of opportunity network wide,long hours busiest time of year is during holidays high turnover high emphasis on the customer little on employees,You work from the customer backwards but where do the employees fit into the mix?,2.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24705,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company, but not always a great place to work",It's great being an Amazon customer Amazon is an interesting place to work and a great brand Technology is often cutting edge General talent level of employees is very high A good place for people who want to 'make things happen' A good place to learn,"No always great being an Amazon employee Quality of Amazon mgrs, directors and VPs is very uneven (some great, some are simply terrible) Product focus is often short-term (get something shipped, and we'll fix it later..) Employees are treated a bit like contractors (little real investment in employees) Amazon benefits are worse than nearly all comparable companies On-going financial incentives are heaped on the top of the pyramid- not the rank and file (negotiate hard before accepting a job) Amazon rarely helps an outside cause, the community or a charity Amazon is not particularly concerned about who it steps on as a consequence of its ambition","Try to build lasting value in your organization. The easiest employee you'll ever hire is the one you already have. Find a way to get a focused bottoms-up review of people at the director and VP level. (There are way too many terrible leaders in important jobs.) Consider writing 'tenets for mgmt' at Amazon that include something like respect, consideration or fairness for employees. (Being an Amazon customer is a great experience, but it's too bad being an employee is not so much..)",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24706,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Apr 10, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Horrible and heartbreaking, life changing in a bad way.",The pay was most definitely a plus especially in this hard of times. The only other thing that was at all positive were the people that worked there.,"I normally never write reviews for anything, especially jobs, but this is required. Amazon does not care about any individual employee, they act like they do to your face, until all of a sudden 30 people are all 'terminated' at once, for no reason whatsoever. People who had worked there for 15 years sometimes longer and some who started from the ground up with them and worked there for a year to three years. They just let you go with no word or explanation, they are outsourcing all of their jobs, so why did they need to build a new building? Because they are selfish. I refuse to even buy anything from the site anymore because of how I was treated as an employee and after I was treated after I was 'terminated'. They do not deserve the praise that they get, and they sure do not deserve the business they get. From working behind the scenes I know, without a shadow of a doubt that they do everything for themselves and nothing for the customer. Customer's were so unhappy about things but they just did not care, and still don't. Everyone currently working there or thinking about working there need to watch out, they are next, for no reason at all they will be left without a job, with bills to pay for and no money. Run far far away from Amazon!!!","Value your employees more, and treat them with respect. If you let people go like you have in the past two years, no one is going to want to work there, because the word is going to get out of how poorly you treat your customers.",1.0,1.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24707,amazon,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rocks,Amazon has very talented people and open work environment. It's a great place to understand how web companies operate from ground up.,Amazon is too frugal and company benefits are nothing compared to other employers in the area. Depending on the group pager duty can be atrocious.,Leadership should keep doing the great job they are doing. They should be more open to contributing the open source.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24708,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager - Retail,Customer-centric NOT Employee-centric. Focused on the Customer...period,-brand name (for now) -being associated with the #1 Ecommerce company in the world -bring pets to work -casual dress -#3 company admired by customers,"-Confrontational environment, nothing is ever good enough...always grow grow grow. Exponential growth. -It's a marathon, except that you're not jogging but always sprinting it. -Pay sucks, they give you a below market salary but entice you with RSUs, but get this, the vesting period is not the traditional 25% over 4 years. Because the company has an employee retention problem majority of your RSUs don't vest until Years 3 & 4. It's a horrible carrot & stick. -Average Amazon employee lifespan is 2yrs and declining. Why else would they have RSU vesting towards Yrs. 3 & 4 instead of evenly during Yrs. 1 & 2. -Company treats vendors and employees the same...like crap. -Mgmt rules by fear...employees are terrified to make a mistake because people get ""called out"" during Weekly meetings. -Forget about being in a lean company. This place is anorexic. Mgmt doesn't care that there's only 1 person doing a 5 person job, but God forbid you make 1 mistake and you're dead. -You would think a technology company would have systems to pull data much easier. What would take a few minutes with competent systems, employees have to use SQL & ETL queries to pull their own data. And trust me when I say the data never matches. -Skills learned here are not very transferable to the outside world, because our systems are all homegrown. -We have acronyms and abbreviations up the ying yang -Mgmt is not consistent with goals and lacks processes. Everything is ad hoc and ""winging it"" -Mgmt does not celebrate or showcase ""wins"" only losses. You would think the company is sinking when you walk around and see the stress and mood. But the company is doing well. But it's always spotlight on the negatives. -While the rest of the world is growing 1-2% or declining, mgmt complains 45% growth YoY is not good enough -Mgmt states we think long term, but every category leader is short term focused to hit their own metric goals. Many times 1 person's metric goals contradict another person's metric goals. -Everyone is looking out for themselves with ulterior motives to meet their goals. -Lastly, the company does nothing to develop employees. They hire the best & the brightest and expect them to run & run & run and eventually burn out.","The company is awesome if you're a customer. Where else can you order something online and magically have it delivered to your house in 2 days for free? I am a huge fan of the company...as an employee. But all this success and growth is placed on the backs of extremely overworked, unappreciated employees. MBAs are dropping like flies. They should utilized an attrition metric and see how many people actually leave after only 1 year. It's like the Wizard of Oz, when you finally look behind the curtain all you see is ""glue & duct tape"" holding this hole place together. Mgmt spends too much time looking at granular Week-over-Week data. We have weekly business reviews, monthly business reviews, quarterly business reviews. Employees spend hours & days to gather all this information to just drive looking through the review mirror. Constantly looking backwards.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,54,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24709,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible place to work - stay away if you like yourself.,Customer-centric. People are generally impressed when you tell them you work at Amazon.,"""Ownership"" is a double-edged sword. When you ""own"" something and things go well there is no praise. God help you if you ""own"" something and things go wrong - errors are never forgiven. Often you are blamed for things that you do not ""own"" as well.  Terrible middle management (Directors/Senio managers) for the most part. VPs and SVPs seem better - atleast the ones I've interacted with seem humble.  Many Amazonians who've been there for 2+ years know how to game the system. Do minimum work while ""pushing back"".  Terrible for new-comers to the company, there is no help getting ramped up in a culture that is so selfish and individualistic.  Your manager ""owns"" your review - so if you want to ""do well"" make sure your manager has a good opinion of you, doesnt matter what work you actually do - just ensure your manager thinks you are working hard - and you will stay happy at Amazon for many years.",Make the review process more data driven and holistic not opinion based! Think of your employees because once they become ex-employees after the churn-burn process they will hate Amazon! And your employees are your customers too :),1.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.5,2.5,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1692.htm
24710,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,It's ok but not great,"Fast paced exciting opportunities to work on always something to do, never have to be bored smart people to work with","no work life balance very hard to get recognition as everyone is trying to outsmart each other crappy legacy systems sdes spend so much time interviewing, dealing with other third party companies instead of doing real sde work immature development practices here and there",none,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24711,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Mar 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK but needs improvement,This is a great place to work with all the development opportunities and moving up with your career  benefits and time off are amazing,"The cons are the raises and how they are distributed, not exactly fair to everybody  There is always that feeling that you never know who's on there way out next.  Feeling under appreciated",none,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24712,amazon,"McDonough, GA"," Mar 15, 2012",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,"The pay was decent, but management had trouble communicating with employees.",Stable work Hourly rate is competitive Paid Training Pretty decent benefits package Certifications are all done on site which makes getting work going a breeze,"Once certified, management must then decide to put you to work in your specific area. (Forklift for example.) This took 3 weeks for me, and all the while I was paid a lower rate to do sorting work. Management is not very good at communicating with employees. I just stopped asking where to work, and assumed I was a sorter even though I was hired to drive a forklift. Finally management got back with me about the forklift position.","It does not take a lot to keep your employees happy, a little communication goes a long way. If you hire someone for a specific position, try to at least let them know they may be working a lower paying position, for some time. This goes directly to communication.  I do not feel this extends to upper management.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24713,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer Intern,Its a great place to work and grow,"Very fast paced development cycles. Small teams hence each member has good responsibilities and ownership of project. Small sprints of design, implementation, test and deploy.",Very less interaction between team members about the project and also across teams. Work life balance not so good.,Improve communication channels between senior and new employees. Not enough team building activities,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24714,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Mar 4, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Overall a good experiene,"Good schedule, generous personal time, great benefits","High turn over, It is too easy for inferior employes to survive the initial trial period.",require more respnsibility from the Associae,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24715,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Through the meat-grinder,The company has some amazing engineers and a few good development managers. They'll provide nice new Macs for work as well.,"Impossible to advance with the limited number of grade levels, senior management really doesn't want people to be promoted to any of them. Very high turnover of SDEs. Give serious consideration to not working here if you are mid-career.","Be honest that you only want mercenaries, if you set this expectation early, people won't expect to be able to grow their careers and won't leave so quickly.",2.0,2.5,none,1.5,2.5,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24716,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting business but company lacks heart and focus on employee development.,Company offers many opportunities. There is a smart workforce and strong focus on execution. There is minimal hierarchy which allows the ability to get things done quickly. There is a good opportunity to be exposed or work internationally.,There is minimal time and support for ramp-up. There are overly high and sometimes unrealistic expectations of employees performance and the scope of responsibilities assigned to them. There is an up or out mentality. There is limited focus on training and development,I would be more deliberate on how to leverage the specific strengths of the talent pool appropriately and apply more focus on hiring individuals into the right roles rather than just filling open roles.,2.0,2.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24717,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent opportunity for learning and personal growth,"Looks great on your resume. :-) Once you're in, there are multiple opportunities to move around, learn new skills, and you can really create your own path up to a point. Beautiful campus, beautiful city (Seattle).","Terrible life-work balance. Everyone works so much overtime. If you don't do it too, it makes you look bad. The annual compensation review process at Amazon is one of the most tortuous I've ever experienced. No revenue-based performance bonuses, even when the company is having a stellar year.","Revamp the annual review process. Everyone at Amazon is a rock star, so laying off the rock star that either wasn't able to make themselves visible enough to be appreciated for their contribution or isn't represented well by their manager, is unfair. Don't throw the babies out with the bath water.",3.0,2.0,none,4.5,3.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24718,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2012",Former Employee - Recruiter,Amazon. If you you thinking of joining know what you are in for. Then have no regrets.,"Pro's at Amazon include great customers and some co-workers. There are lots of very smart, motivated, professional people at this company. Working with them can help you raise your game. Also, should you be both lucky and smart with your expectations, with the right if timing when joining Amazon you can make decent money over their 4 year vesting cycle. Thats provided the stock is low enough to see the effort pay off.  Oh, you can bring your dog to work.  I have no regrests for having worked at Amazon. I knew what I was signing up for when I joined.","Downsides are many. Start with that you are working in dog-years. You will work harder then you ever have before. Next the number of not-so-great internal customers and crummy co-workers overbalance that of the good ones. A good size group of people at Amazon are overloaded, working insane hours to just keep ones' head above water. Next there is a much larger group that floats along, doing passable work and maintainig relationships to stay in place. Then there is a small number of ""chosen"" few, those who benefit from their managers favor with decent hours expected for work and favoritism for advancement. So those doing the majority of work are in the minority.  Another big issue comes up when reviews come around and a single digit percent of the population is to be managed out. This can have to do with performance, but it can also be that your manager just likes someone else better. To bad, but Amazon has to ""keep raising the bar."" The average employee may get a small increase and a little bit of stock. Those with favor from the boss get a nice batch of RSUs and cash, too, as a bonus (Dont let them tell you theres no cash bonus - its there just for a few). Just remember that if you are getting an offer from Amazon know that they will try to shill you coming in the door and screw you while you are there, So dont take the first offer. Make sure to get as much stock and base as you can because you will not see much of an increase over time, nor much additional stock grants even if you do a great job.  Then there are the managers and mid-level leadership. When I joined Amazon there was a good size population of good, even great, managers. Those who wanted to help those around them succeed. Over time these people have left, only to be replaced by the average Amazon manager. This person does not care about you. He cares about his bonus (see above). He wants his manager to be happy and show the love. You are just a way for him to benefit. This deportment of a manager is not uncommon, its anywhere. Its just that the bad actors have an added fuel of the Amazonian attitude.  The Amazonian attitude is a cocky, I'm-so-much-more-smarter-than-you, obnoxious, the world owes me attitude. Kind of like a smart mouthy kid who takes the ball home when he doesnt get his way. A majority of the managers at place really have this aura, as do many many others. The place reeks of this cocky snarkyness. And you'll be that way, too, if you work there. It creeps in and takes over. You might not know its there until your spouse tells you so. Then again you are smarter then your spouse! Ha! They couldnt get a job at Amazon!! You might not know you have the attitude until after you leave the company. Then its a hangover when you go to your next company. Amazon thrives on a culture of argument. You want to win? Better have good metrics and a stomach for confrontation. If you cannot argue well you will be eaten for lunch. At any and all levels across the company. That attituide doesnt work in the real world where you coorperate with your peers and co-workers, say please and thank you, are polite. Try some of that argumentive agressive manner with yor new company and it will be noticed in a negative light.  And then there is Amazon HR and recruiting. Amazon was at one time a great place to go to work and prove oneself. If you could make it there you showed to the world that you had great skills. Thats no longer the case. The team has grown huge and the bar for competency has dropped. The lower it goes, the more recruiters they hire. And the bar drops again. The chosen few I spoke of above is really the case in HR and recruiting. Sad, but true. Win your managers favor and you'll go far.  In sum my opinion is that Amazon is not a classy company. That venier of friendliness to the outside world hides the crass, boorish behaviors within the company. Want to work there, great! Yes, if you want to you can bring your dog to work, and/or dress like a street person. Just know theres a price to pay for the opportunity.","Having a high turnover rate should alarm you. You are not raising your bar with ejecting a yearly set percentage of your staff. Especially since the replacements hired are like the interviewers and hiring managers: Average. Should be a clue, too, that to grow the staff you end up relocating so many people to work at Amazon. this due to a large number of Seattle locals do not want work at Amazon due to the poor reputation and those former Amazonians who refuse to go back.",1.0,1.0,none,1.5,3.5,3.0,51,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24719,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 22, 2012",Former Employee - QA Engineer II,Stressful,"Fast Paced, work on interesting and complex projects. The computers and equipment were newer. Free Happy Hour on Fridays",Managers are disrespectful. Yelling seems to be acceptable behaviour. No clear goals to be measured against. People from other departments are hostile and don't want to work with other departments for the common good. The yelling from the manager killed off all 7 contractors. The lead developer would yell over the slightest issue. It was later discovered he was fired from previous job because he couldn't get along with anyone.,Get manager's with some social skills. Yelling is not going to get you heard. Communicate changes in a respectable manner.,1.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1693.htm
24720,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great learning opportunity,Amazon had a very competitive internship salary. It also provided a great chance to have ownership over a meaningful project.,Amazon had long hours and very tight deadlines. Many of the employees seemed stressed and contemplating a job change.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24721,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and rewarding,"Fast pace, ownership, great brand, top company, great peers","Aggressive communication style, promotions are hard (high bar), people are rewarded for being jerks",Keep investing in employees and THEIR career growth (in addition to company's growth),4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24722,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,"The money is great, the work/life balance is terrible","Amazon offers cutting edge technology, successful online retail, beautiful campus on South Lake Union in Seattle, and company name recognition.","Door desks, aversion to business and process standards, internal politics, pager duty, micro-management from the executive level, expensive parking, stingy benefits especially when compared to the industry, stock accounts with sub-standard brokerage house.","Stop treating employees like commodities that can be thrown away once they are 'used up'. Your data-center business practices are unsustainable, does ITIL not make sense to you? AWS is a mess, services are not secure by default, little thought is given to cross-service functionality and capacity planning is an afterthought left to inexperienced program managers.",1.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24723,amazon,"Huntington, WV"," Feb 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Surrounded by smart people, new challenges every day, and given an opportunity to really influence the business. Rapid growth means tons of opportunities to grow.","Work / life balance is a real challenge and for a company this large, it's not always the most organized place.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24724,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Positive growth in a target-rich environment.,"There are many things to work on in Amazon - there are few problems that are well solved and do not require further innovation. This can be a huge benefit when you come in to Amazon, there will definitely be something to which you can apply yourself.",A negative is that often you are dealing with all of the daily work and don't have the chance to make framework improvements or large-scale changes to the software you are working on. Too often stuck with finer details and management may not make time for the larger changes.,"There are many ways the company asks you to work on big improvements. Through the leveling documents for promotions, for peer feedback, and the way the company lauds these efforts with other awards. However, there is little to no time allotted for this kind of work.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24725,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Feb 25, 2012",Former Employee - Area Manager,Beware....,"See review titled ""Please understand what you are getting into"" High growth rate. Well respected by consumers. Was able to participate in the world's largest FC start-up. Ability to move to several FCs within the network.","See review titled ""Please understand what you are getting into"" The above review is spot on. The average Area Manager's total compensation package is $100+k/year. Take that number, divide it by 60-65 hrs average off-peak work week and 80-85 hrs average peak work week and be astonished at the hourly rate of pay. Yeah, that is why most managers never do that exact thing. The company is growing so quickly, they recruit recent college graduates. I have nothing against college graduates, an AM has to be one, but an experienced manager is now expected to guide 200 hourly associates and teach ""green"" managers how to manage. Throw in high production standards and other high stress factors and your head will spin. Amazon rarely gives yearly base pay raises which even begin to keep up with cost of living increases - they issue stock instead. I was the top performing manager at our FC and received a 1% pay increase. Interested in a promotion? Get in line behind the ""Pathways"" managers. These folks, regardless of performance, will be promoted or placed in the path of least resistance. Some were very good, but many more could not handle the daily stress of the shift. Out of the original 23 managers hired for the start-up, only 3 remain with the company as of this posting. We were to open the FC with 50+ managers, our first peak consisted of 31 managers, leaving those 31 to pick-up the hours of the missing 19. Please don't let the dollar signs dictate your decision. Sign on the dotted line and kiss work/life balance good-bye!","At some point Amazon's growth rate will exceed their ability to hire experienced managers. Start taking care of your Area Managers, they are the foundation of the business. Without them, who leads the company? Certainly not the Operations Managers.",1.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24726,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," Feb 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"if you do your job correctly, you will always have a job!!!",Insurance is one of the main pros. they give you stock every year! 401K is a good benefit as well. Get to meet alot of people. Make tons of friends if you wish to interact with them.,"Lack of communication Unfairness towards others Does not like to work with you when your family needs you the most Pay raises suck. Been with Amazon for over 5 years and I am topped out with pay Does not take into consideration of cost of living Pay taxes on gift cards they they give you for gifts, then get taxed again when you use it. One gets fired due to the point system and they can turn around and come back with a temp agency!!!","I know that you all hear this all the time, but communication is still something that needs to be worked on. You will keep it up for a short amount of time, and then it stops. Please stop moving managers from dept to dept every year. It gets old when a mgr comes in and does a super job, they leave and then the next one comes in and changes everything! Very frustrating for us the employees. Pay raises would be great. Especially when one has been with the company for 5 years and more. At lease let us look to something more to look forward to. Don't think that when one gets fired, that they can turn around and come back and join with the temp agency. That persons should have to wait a min of 30 days before able to come back.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24727,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,Steap learning curb. Senior management very inconsistent in treatment of staff,Great pay and great compensation package. Wonderful healthcare provided. Great exposure to process improvements. Opportunity to participate in kaizen events.,"Poor work life balance. Does not invest enough time in the development and training of workforce. Lots of development needed in establishing standard work, and general procedures. Improvement needed in establishing better safety training and practices. Managers often are limited in time to engage with associates.",Spend more time in departments to understand processes and procedures. Support their management team better.,1.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24728,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding but Rewards Effort,"Good company that is growing fast and expanding. Has the potential to be a great company, Lot's of opportunity to move and grow in your career with good stock benefits if it keeps dominating the market.",Immaturity and Politics could kill this place. It runs a bit like a high school clique.The company is getting too big to continue to run on personal relationships so infrastructure is badly needed.,"Listen to people telling you your shoelace is untied. They are not trying to be negative rather, trying to keep you from falling down.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24729,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was simply amazing.,"The workplace is like no other, and the people that I worked with were all very intelligent. It was a pleasure working with all of them.",Sometimes the hours were rough. We had to put in 11 hour days to complete a project occasionally. That was the only tough part.,"Keep doing what your doing. I loved working for amazon, and if I hadn't got an offer from somewhere else, I would still be there.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1694.htm
24730,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Feb 7, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Amazon has a lot to learn on how to treat their associates and managers.,Pay Lots to learn Movement with in the facilities,Long hours No holidays off to spend with family Always on call Working 14 - 16 hour days Being moved from location to location Non conveyable operations very disorganized in comparison to sortable operations Little direction and feedback,Need to treat your employees as humans and not robots. People are not effective with long hours and little rest.,2.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24731,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,The reviews (pros and cons) here are right on!,"Challenging, very intelligent people, great product, new innovations, plenty of opportunity to move around the company and find a match for your skills & interests.","It's never enough...  Never enough time to do the work Never enough work done to satisfy management.  Ultimately, frustrating for people who are high-achieving (which is everyone here at Amazon).",Is it really worth it to burn people out?,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24732,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Warning Things you Should Know Before Saying Yes To Your Offer,Opportunity to learn how to develop software that is Web Scale.,"Company rewards narcissism over hard work. Encourages people to share the bad about their fellow employees. Management makes most promotion decisions based on heresy rather than direct observation and knowledge.  Beware of bonuses offered by Amazon. If you leave before the vesting period you could end up owing Amazon more than you actually received. Example suppose you receive 30K in signing bonuses and relocation expenses, and you decide to leave or are let go before your 24 months is up. Amazon pre-deducts the taxes for your bonuses up front, so you may only actually get a check for 20K and the other 10K goes to the government. If you leave after the tax cycle ends, then Amazon will want back their full 30K and you will have to figure out how to get the rest back from the IRS on your own. Also, even if you pay them the full 30K there is a very high degree of possibility that they will not send you an updated W2 and will hope you just let them keep the 10K tax free.  BTW the full 30K would be due and payable within 30 days of termination.  They don't call it claw-back for nothing","Please stay at Amazon, I don't think I would like you to come to work at my company.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,89,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24733,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 30, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,I love the challenges !!,"I love to work for Amazon because they have an amazing work environment, the challenges always keeps me motivated and all the management staff is very down to earth.",Some inside rules may stop you from growing if you are trying to do so. Everything takes its time here.,Give more feedback to non salaries employees about their performance. Try to test one or two improvement at a time and get associates more involved in new projects.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24734,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2012",Current Employee - Human Resources,"Amazing company, with super-smart people and a great atmosphere.","-Casual, but intense work environment, surround by smart and engaging people -Relaxed dress code (jeans, t-shirts, etc.) -Great environment if you are a ""peculiar"" Amazonian -Right in the city, with great access to restaurants, shopping, etc.","-Expensive lunch options (~$10+), since there are no company subsidized cafeterias -Parking is costly, and public transit is OK -Benefits are OK, but not on par with Google or MSFT","Keep up the great work and keep the emphasis on mainting the current culture. Continue hiring great talent, even if it's challenging getting the right people.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24735,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High Pressure, high growth and compensation",high growth and high compensation,High Pressure job. Should have better work life balance,none,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24736,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great tech company,Great place to build software - engineers are given a lot of space to find the right way to solve problems.,The holidays are overly busy and instead of being able to relax and enjoy some time off - the place is hectic.,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24737,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 27, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,They make you work 3 times and pay you 10% more,- Flexibility to change jobs and roles,- No strategy work - Mundane work - Repetitive work - Top down company - Not much to learn after some time - A yes boss company,none,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,5.0,1.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24738,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2012",Current Employee - Recruiter,Fantastic place for growth,Fantastic place for growth Ideas are encouraged Fast paced and energetic Work with the smartest people in the country,Work hours are a bit long,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24739,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2012",Current Employee - Merchant Product Manager,Great place to work at,"Fast moving, innovative, numbers driven approach to solving all issues with a customer centric focus. There is enough freedom within the company to try new things and you are allowed to run with ideas by the management. You are also allowed to take on responsibilities as you progress.",The fast pace of change comes with the need the there has to be an extra effort out to keep pace with updates in the company.,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1695.htm
24740,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a great place to work if you have ownership ethic and like to get things done.,data driven meritocracy very smart people world class leadership,frenetic huge number of priorities autonomous teams aren't completely independent,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24741,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture of blame and bad experience with business,"-Very bright technical people to work with. -Fast paced, energetic -Projects that matter and have impact",-Some departments have business wing assuming the role of little bosses. -Business jobs have least amount of work and they take all credit for successes -Business will throw blame of any failure on Technical,It is technology that drives your business. Not the talkative product managers who throw blame around and take credit. Learn to appreciate your technical resources more and respect them. Downsize the bloated Product Management as their contribution can easily be replaced by others at Amazon,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24742,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2012",Former Employee - Manager,"Fast paced, Highly operations oriented","Smart people, fast moving company. Compensation is stock oriented, so timing plays a role. Very customer oriented and frugal. Great for customers.","High burn out rate, no measurement of ROI on projects, focus on ""buzzword"" projects/services which do not generate revenue or profit.","Company is getting too big and decisions across divisions are at cross purposes. Too many layers and still a ""manual"" company requiring lots of people power.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24743,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jan 23, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Pays the bills, sucks away your life, keep looking for a better opportunity.",Stock payouts Good Insurance Raises until you max out in 3 years... @ $16/hr. Challenges every day. Good experience managing large number of associates.,"ZERO work life balance. When requesting time off, I get dirty looks from my managers. Almost no communications between tier 3's and management Almost no recognition from superiors. I find myself training managers who are supposed to be developing me.",none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24744,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Great pay, benefits, advancement. Benefit from being able to be part of a team that encourages economic growth and employment.",Lack of interest in employee's emergencies. Will fire you if need be just like any other employer who is large.,"Listen to your employees. Dont fire them because they have an emergency that they have no control over, especially when times are tough for all families.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24745,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Treat as a Learning Experience - but already have a plan to leave before you start here...,"Fast paced delivery to customers - customer centric truly is the core of the company Opportunities to break new technical ground and solve big problems in short (often too short :)) timeframes VERY smart co-workers (particularly the new ones who aren't yet completely burned out and spiteful) Jeff is a visionary - he really does have a talent for making very smart (on the big scale) decisions, and is in the details a lot (which is also a con). If he only was even 1/10th as smart in managing people and culture this would be a great place","The list will be long and read like many others... First and foremost, the core truth is that this company cares nothing for any employee without SVP or higher in their title... You are a replaceable part in the machine, and you will be told so. With the current market and their rising stock - it is true... there are lines of people waiting to work here and put this on their resume. You should be prepared to have a 2 year absence of a life outside work and be aware of that being the cost for putting this on your resume. Second, what isn't fully clear until you see the review process is that you will actually be penalized for the stock doing well. They have a target for what you should be paid (and it's not at the top of the market :)) and if the stock appreciates more now, you will simply receive less in the future. If this stock ever has a significant falloff half the people working here will be gone the next day. Third, micro-management is extreme - (from VP/SVP on down). You will be measured on taking ownership, but not ever truly allowed to have it. You will own any of the mistakes from your management chain on down - your management (director up) will own the success. If you come to work here you will learn things - some about technical skills, solving big problems - some about how not to run a company populated by human beings, but make sure you have a long term plan to leave before you start - as the compensation and value will start to rapidly diminish after 2 years.","I will give some - but I think the way the company is is EXACTLY as the senior management want it to be. They are too smart to have this situation be by anything but design. They want to bring in new blood, drain it dry, and then throw out the husks every few years - that is their management plan.  But, my advice would be to be careful about the ongoing top/bottom grading process, as you are starting to reach a point where the negative perceptions are hurting the ability to hire... you are 'raising the bar' with people who actually lower it and the long term future of the ability to compete in the tech sector is diminishing with this.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,36,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24746,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Jan 18, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Difficult but high chance of future growth in the company,I believe that this job requires that you have a strong work ethic. By having a strong work ethic will lead to personal growth within the company.,Sometime the work conditions are not hospitable due to the heat during the summer. This is due to poor planning.,Management needs to correlate sometime to achieve the overall goals that are present everyday in the Amazon.com fulfillment center,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24747,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,smart and aggresive people around,"Good reputation, learn a lot, leadership, time management, independent, have to act very quickly and effeciently, learn how to build trust among coworker, learn how to earn respect from coworkers, learn how to survive and get things done to meet deadline",no balance of life and work too much pressure,more caring,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24748,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and fun place to work...,"Been at Amazon for 6+ years and every day have felt challenged and felt empowered to make important decisions. Though the work is challenging, I've never felt like a victim and have always felt that I can make things better. The brand is very strong and I get very positive reactions when I tell people I work for Amazon -- there a lot of happy customers out there!","Amazon is very fast-paced. Tons of change and though most of it is for the good, company could do a better job thinking through the impact of some of its decisions.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24749,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jan 18, 2012",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Hard work, horrible management, but fun if you like a hectic on your toes kinda job",Physical. I love physical work. Makes it less like work and more like working out. For the light headed or weak might not be so fun.,Management clearly sucks. I have mentioned several idea's to upper management about how they could improve productivity. But they never listen nor do they bother to do their basic responsibilities that will also improve productivity. They expect all of us to do all of the work while they sit back and chat with everyone in the office.,"Do your job. Really it is your job to help out everyone. Yeah I can do your job like fix all faulty equipment, because it would be slower to get you. But it is slower for me to leave my station in order to do your job. And if someone can't keep up with their job allow me or someone else who can do all jobs amazingly do it.",2.0,1.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1696.htm
24750,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Incredible learnings bad work environment.,Smart people. Fast paced. Amazing problems to solve. Huge business opportunities to pursue. Big jobs. Great experience. Made me better.,Philosophy of getting the most out of people and paying them as little as possible. Survival of the fittest with no focus on people development. Too few people. Not supportive culture. High turnover. I see many employees who are not growing and who are developing very bad people management habits due to the example provided my their management. No end to the work you are ased to complete. No celbration of success - instead on to the next problem tosolve. Nothing is built to last. Things are built with duct tape because insufficient time invested to make things bullet proof.,"We are among the most successful businesses ever, yet we are not in any lists of Top Places to Work (whereas our key competitors are) because of the below average people leadership, no commitment to work/life balance and the lack of investment in the work environment.",1.0,1.5,none,4.5,2.0,3.5,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24751,amazon,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jan 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I survived peak,"It is a great atmosphere, people are genuine. even the GM will get out on the floor & do the hardest jobs. LOTS of overtime at peak!",You will work really long hours during the peak season but you know this going into it. You are worn out by Christmas day.,"There could be more personal recognition & rewards for those doing a great job, making rate, staying safe, and attending.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24752,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jan 10, 2012",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Eh. It's a job.,Pay is decent Easy work It's no problem to make rate as long as you don't goof off. Met some grreat people there.,Temp job. Management had no idea who I was after 3 months of being there. No benefits Laid off during the middle of a working day with no notice.,"Take time to get to know your employees maybe? I know that they hire a lot of seasonal wokerers, but still.",3.0,3.0,none,1.0,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24753,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jan 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unfullfilling,"Great Company...to be a customer of, and to be an hourly associate of. A lot of room for advancement if you enjoy the Amazon environment. People who work there are for the most part Okay, the Amazon culture is terrible.","If you want a life outside of Amazon do not be a manager. If you wan to enjoy your life, do not be a manager.","Good luck! with 100% turnover at Amazon, you must not have another opportunity elsewhere if you stay. Way to go management, hopefully senior management some day will get better.",2.0,1.0,none,5.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24754,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,"Great place to work, great career advancement opportunities","Amazon is growing very fast and provides lots of opportunities for employees' career growth. Lots of great people to learn from, a huge internal knowledge base. Many different teams with different kinds of work/technologies, easy movement between teams. Very encouraging environment for people with a strong work ethic. Compensation is better than most in the industry.","Needs more time commitment than other companies. Sometimes need to carry a pager, which can restrict what the employee can do on those days/nights, sometimes need to wake up at night to fix issues.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24755,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Amazon is worse than the worst nightmare you had!,Fast growth opens many positions to advance your career. Stock Price.,Most Horrible Work Conditions for employees. Incompetent Regional/Senior Management who know nothing of how business runs daily but make all decisions. No recognition for hard work and/or smart decisions. Too many changes that dont make sense and create lot of churn. Poorest work life balance. Lack of good systems and infrastructure to support employees who then have to make up through working even more.,"Be the most customer centric company on earth, but try to also be an employee centric company too.",1.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24756,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2011",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Great experience, challenging, and fun","Meet smart and competent people, excel your leadership and communication skills.","It demands a good level of prioritization, if you can't do that you'll end up with too many things to do.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24757,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 27, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Smart people, Great Products, Some managers need humanity injection",Amazon has the smartest and most passionate people you will ever work with. The scale and type of problems to be solved are unlike anything anywhere in the world and will give you an incredible experience that can be used anywhere else.,"Most of the managers at Amazon are great, but some of them - especially those thrust into the role - lack empathy and often expect far too much of people. Make sure during your interview, you understand how the manager operates. A great manager will mean an amazing experience.",Ensure your managers have empathy training and have appropriate people skills to understand this is a long term proposition.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24758,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Shipping Clerk,Its a busy place,Amazon is a busy place with a lot of career opportunities. The company is growing really fast and opportunities are available worldwide. Internal transfers make it possible to move to a different city where the company is located.,From end of November to end of December is a blackout period at the Amazon fulfillment facilities. No vacation time is allowed during this period.,"During peak there is a lot of pressure to meet targets, some managers approach this as to mean time to be aggressive with the employees. Getting along during this time is the way to archive more from the employees.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24759,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast pace, good opportunities, but work hard","Fast, easy to get tools, Lots of challenges and opportunities, great location","Can get lost in shuffle, and sometimes there are pet projects",Stop with pet projects of middle management,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1697.htm
24760,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2011",Former Employee - Retail General Manager Intern,Find a Great Project w/ a Measurable Outcome,"You have a lot of autonomy and responsibility. You are given a lot of respect for being good at your job... I didn't find much internal politics (even though I've sure it exists elsewhere in the organization). This may be one of the main reasons that Amazon is such a respected name on the the resume.  Also, the MBA intern network is great. There were ~180 MBA interns (3x as many as Microsoft) from all the top schools in the country (HBS, Wharton, Stanford, MIT, Berkley, etc). We all hung out together after work, and I've stayed in touch with many colleagues from other schools after the summer.","As an MBA intern, it's very important to fit a good project. You are evaluated on how well you complete your project and write your white paper, so make sure you pick something where you know what the end result should be. Open-ended projects, where you don't deliver something tangible (like a new web site feature, new marketing campaign, new product, etc.) will most certainly get you dinged during your final review.  I had friends who loved their experience, and I had friends who hated it. I think the major reasons people didn't like their internship were:  1) Their project was not well-scoped and overly-complicated, so you didn't know what the end result should be, and  2) People were expecting a culture like Google or Facebook (lots of benefits and perks), even though Amazon is as much a frugal retailer as they are a tech company.","Even though a more formal structure to the summer internship may be helpful, don't do it if it hurts an intern's ability to think independently and ""hack"" stuff together.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24761,amazon,"Nashville, TN"," Dec 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average,Good experience for entry level associates,No tuition re-embersment for those wishing to advance,none,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24762,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager Product Management,Requires people to work hard but encourages ownership and leadership.,Innovation and forward thinking of senior leadership.,Competitive salary and focus on frugality.,Keep building cool stuff and focusing on customers.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24763,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The pressure to perform is high and the pace fast, but it is a fascinating, fun place to work, too.","Continuous improvement and innovation is an authentic core value. I have never received as much internal training and thoughtful orientation at any other employer. Workplaces are very safe, clean and comfortable compared with other similar workplaces.","Being a retail company dependent on and committed to customer service means that employees sometimes have to work extra hours, on holidays, and sometimes experience changed schedules.",Invest more in community relations and corporate citizenship. Amazon has a tendency to just move forward at lightning pace without taking the time to develop relationships.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24764,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Pretty good,Growth is pretty good! Lots of smart people in the company!,too much oncall workload. should invest more on automation.,better career path,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24765,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 1, 2011",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Outstanding opportunity, Innovative","Amazon encourages innovation which is a huge difference from previous places I've worked. It is extremely fast-paced with a lot of ambiguity, so to be successful, you have to have a strong bias for action. If you do, you will be able to advance quickly because Amazon is growing so fast.","It is very hard work. Amazon is growing very quickly, and keeping up can be a challenge. The rewards are worth it, however.","Amazon has a very high hiring bar, which is a good thing. I think that Amazon would do well to take a more holistic approach to talent management.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24766,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,limited in the professional growth opportunity,"- learn about eCommerce - learn about the product management, managing metrics",- limited professional growth opportunity - too many A type personalities (company loves to hire MBAs) for too few opportunities,- leadership. I am yet to meet a good leader at Amazon - developing and growing people is not Amazon's core skill,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24767,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 28, 2011",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great co-workers, harrowing work/life balance","Great people, innovative, lots going on",Be prepared to be eaten alive. Nights and weekends are the norm.,none,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24768,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Great place to grow professionally,Fast paced environment with great customer focus. Lots of cool new ideas being worked on and major investment in ideas for the future.,work life balance is not always great.,Balance speed of execution with how employees are treated in the process.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24769,amazon,"Covington, KY"," Dec 3, 2011",Current Employee - CSA,Not the best,"Being able to work from home is good, they give you all the equipment needed to get your home office set up.","The training for WFH associates is a joke. 3 weeks and I didn't learn even half the stuff I would encounter in the day to day calls. Not quite sure who my management team is, except for one person. Other associates can be very unpleasant during transfers.",Listen to your associates when they reach out to you for help. Offer better training for the WFH department. Don't allow teams to grow so large that management has no idea who you are.,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1698.htm
24770,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,just so so,the job is stable. colleagues is nice,not well organized company. big pressure and busy,should constantly heeded the opinions of the employees,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24771,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Roller Coaster Ride,Amazon is pushing the envelope with new technology especially in the cloud computing and ebook space. Amazon has many interesting projects to take advantage of all the interesting information it has on its user base.,Amazon can be extremely stressful and political. Personal freedom to get interesting work done has virtually disappeared in the recent past.,Spend more time listening to your people and find ways to grow them. Don't think linearly about each person's role as many people have interest in trying to contribute to the business in new ways (ex. Engineer moving into Program Management),2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24772,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Nov 1, 2011",Former Employee - Operations Leadership Intern,Most meaningful experience.,Great compensation. Extremely fast growing company. Amazon shares with you how they manage one of the largest supply chains and how there are able to handle their operations to meet high demands.,Amazon encounters many problems day to day with their operations. This creates tension between managers within fulfillment centers. They are growing at such a fast rate it can be overwhelming for employees.,Communicate the aspects of the internship more clearly. The desires of an intern's manager gets in the way of the desires of HR and what they are looking for in return from the interns.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24773,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It will chew you up if you let it,"If you can get away from the legacy technology there's a lot of cool new stuff being worked on, and the people there are generally brilliant and passionate. It's a good place to learn a lot about technology and best practices.","Your job has to come before your life -- beyond the dreaded pager rotation, people routinely work evenings and weekends at home, and in general you need to have your head in the job 24/7.  Amazon has a deservedly bad reputation for how it treats low-level employees, partners, and basically everyone it does business with. Not a place to work if you want to have a warm fuzzy feeling about your employer.",none,3.0,2.5,none,4.5,3.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24774,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Nov 30, 2011",Current Employee - Wearhouse,Bad place to work,"The only pro I can think of is that the hiring process was very very fast, maybe too fast for me to make an informed decission to work there.","The list can be so long. hard back breaking work, not easy on the body. the company and management treat you like a slave. more than 1 second late from a break and you get writen up. Written up really? is this Jr. High? Break starts from the time you leave your ""station"" and it takes 5 minutes to walk to break area. So in a sense your break is only 5 minutes long.  Management has an attitude that they are better than you.  It's a low paying job at only $12.50 an hour and you are rated on how many packages you handle on top of that.  bad company policies for employee's","Get a clue how to treat people. People are not numbers, we are not machines. Have a little humanity. You are a manager in a wearhouse, get over yourself, you are not that special. maybe do something about company policy as well.",1.0,1.5,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24775,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"If work/life balance is important to you, DO NOT accept a position at Amazon.",The salary and signing bonus are pretty good. Amazon might look good on your resume. You may gain a good reference or two.,"Pay is ultimately lower than most companies, due to the number of hours required to perform the three jobs you are doing, for the one job offer you accepted. Too many meetings, not enough meeting minutes. Lack of communication between departments. Fighting fires daily can grow tiresome. Unrealistic project deployment dates. No work/life balance.","Look at the attrition rates by department and focus on retaining your employees like you focus on keeping your customers. If you don't respect your own workers, then don't expect them to stay very long.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24776,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Nov 4, 2011",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"It was ok, but many changes in short time",Amazon can be a fun and interesting place to work. They do not care how you dress and they like cake. They also do some nice things like potluck meals and allow kids in for halloween. They do provide you with good computers and the comfort stuff you need to sit for hours.,"The biggest problem I see is a lack of communication between people and it's hard to tell sometimes who is the boss. They are very security tight, badge in and out and manage your time and breaks to the minute.",Your recruiters could be more professional and communicate better. There seems to be a lack of accountability but much is made of the bar raiser.,3.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24777,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Director Software Development,"What a ride! If you like to build things, this is the place for you!","I've been here over 12 years and have had the opportunity to build all kinds of elaborate systems that changed the company. The early days were quite demanding, but the satisfaction was immense. I'm still challenged, but at a sustainable rate.  The growth curve is like few other places. I interviewed an old mentor from HP 5 years after I'd left. I felt he'd atrophied, but the real deal is I'd grown tremendously.  Most jobs (I'm sure there are exceptions) use strong, current technologies. We clear the table and rub two sticks together to make a fire. As the smoke starts to generate, we may notice we've moved a pack of matches- but alas, we know this fire and where the hot spot is. Keep rubbing the sticks together. This is also a competitive advantage, tight integration w/ every other piece of the system.","It's clearly not for everyone. If you want tenure based promotions, silo org'ed structures, find a job somewhere else, and count the days to retirement. There is a bit of a libertarian angle on many decisions which doesn't bother me. It is getting very large.","Stop it w/ the top level micro-management. I've only seen two cases of it, but the 2nd one was recent. Three used to be none. Examples would include telling a line manager he must hire someone w/ a college degree. I'd rather hire the best person.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24778,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Experience was enriching but could have been more appreciative.,Highly motivated environment and good culture Very technology driven and focussed.,Low work life balance Lack of appreciation from higher management At times very imposing,none,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24779,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Excellent,BEST innovation company of US,"no found, no found, no found","More salary, more salary, more salary",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1699.htm
24780,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 31, 2011",Former Employee - Product Manager,"great learning opportunity, but the culture is intense",- They are working on some of the most interesting products today,"- Not a friendly place to work - Not a happy place, like most tech companies are",- Improve the MBA hiring. The criteria you use right now is extremely arbitrary,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24781,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Nov 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very dynamic place,Tremendous ability to make changes. Increasing use of lean production principles creates a great laboratory to master LEAN. Work with the smartest group of people imaginable and move at breakneck speed. Make an impact bigger than yourself.,"Managers are servants and garner much less respect than the hourly employee, a good thing up to a point that is often surpassed. Meanwhile the hours can be quite long and there is tremendous ambiguity matched with a high degree of accountability.","Appreciate your managers, trust their judgement, and assume they intend to do the right things.",3.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24782,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Work hard 24/7 and have fun when you can,Very competent management. Talented and efficient colleagues.,"Huge operational burden and ""oncall"" pain in most teams. Hard to move up. Difficult to work on big projects from scratch unless yo uare a principle engineer, which is really high up the ladder.",Think about why Amazon does such a bad job at attracting and retaining senior technical talent.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24783,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Heads down hard working culture, not a lot of fun","Constant innovation, smart people, good career advancement available","High expectations, long hours, culture varies significantly by team",none,2.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24784,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Sep 23, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,Great company to work for if you are willing to work fast and hard,Great opportunities to implement ideas and to prove yourself. Easy access to resources and people. People are willing to help you be successful.,You may have to work longer hours than desired at times. The company loses a lot of talent because of work hours. It can be a challenge to keep a family/work balance.,I was happy and satisfied with management. They always made time for me and helped individually to be successful. I had access to great leaders.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24785,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work if you don't mind a pager,"Good pay, benefits, freedom to move around, ability to peruse good ideas.",Operational load. Occasionally non-engineers make engineering decisions.,Allocate more resources where they are needed.,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24786,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun learning,Lots of fun with Team and Company interns More learning of Amazon stuff Good Team to work with Nice place to work for,More work load in project Less career focus for employees Less communications between team mates Less freebies than compared to other at Seattle,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24787,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,Great place for those early in their career to learn.,"Some of the smartest people in the technology and retail world work at Amazon. That being said, every day becomes a learning opportunity. For someone early in their career (less than 5-6 years of work experience), it's truly a great place to work. Amazon is unique in that it's a pretty small company that manages to accomplish a lot. That means leaner teams and everyone becomes experts in multiple areas. As a ""stepping stone"" job, it's a good place to learn new skills (especially in the project management arena) that can lead to bigger and better things.  I became a new dog owner when I was working there, so to be able to bring my dog into the office was a huge plus. Granted there are rules and restrictions (especially in certain buildings on the new campus), but I still thought that was pretty cool.","It's no secret that compensation is a major pain point of working at Amazon. While HR claims that compensation is ""industry average"", it takes into account salary, benefits and stock. The restricted stock units take at least 3-5 years to vest, so unless you stay for that long, you're not really getting industry average. Benefits are run of the mill, nothing special and no real perks.  Amazon is also famously known for its high turnover. I remember on my first day at the new employee training, someone told me that the average person doesn't stay for more than 18 months. I now understand why (especially since I left exactly at the 18 month mark). Amazon works their employees hard (see aforementioned lean teams) and they're pretty nonapologetic for it. The feeling you get is that you should be lucky that you get to work there. Seeing as it is an extremely successful and highly respected corporation, I get it. But at the same time, it can be incredibly frustrating. The lean teams means that promotions and movement from team to team is challenging. While the level of job flexibility (timings, working from home, etc.) differs from department to department, it tends to be pretty rigid.","There are a lot of new products and services being worked on outside of the core retail and Kindle businesses, but the teams working on those products are treated like the red-headed stepchildren of Amazon. Turnover tends to be higher in those teams and unless there is some sort of overarching cohesion between the businesses and Amazon's corporate strategy, turnover will continue to be high.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24788,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,company that likes geeks,Innovative CEO has long term view Great if you are a data driven person,Work life balance Average pay to non-tech people,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24789,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2011",Former Employee - Network Engineer,White collar sweat shop,"Amazon looks good on a resume and it will get you a better job, when you are finally done with this place.","If you read about horrible conditions at Amazon warehouses, know that their white collar employees are treated only marginally better. It is true that you would not have to work in a 105F degree environment with no A/C, however you would be expected to work 70+ hours a week, including weekends. If you don't, and say you only work 50+ hours, your manager won't tell you much, however when time comes for your performance review you will be unpleasantly surprised. It does not matter if you achieve all your goals, your manager will find a way to give you a bad review and make your life miserable to force you out of the company. If your manager is a half decent person and refuses to exploit his people, he in turn will be be forced out to be replaced by a slave driver.","Quit and go to work for a company that treats their employees better. This fish rots from the top, so it is not likely you can change anything here if you go against the grain.",2.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1700.htm
24790,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon the New Microsoft,There is a lot of work to get done and with frugality being at the core the value trickles down to the customer. Smart people and great opportunities to work on projects where you learn more on the job than any other organization. Demands of delivery are high and rewarded but politics are the new game you better learn to survive at Amazon. Now that we make money everybody wants to jump on the train and Amazon's doors are open to anybody who is willing to work hard even though people joining are joining to make the bucks not because they want to work for Amazon or believe in the customer.,Politics rule now at Amazon. Growth is great but not when you put people in positions they are not prepared for causing more damage than good. Bezo's has lost touch with what is going on in his own company. Truth tellers who care about the right thing are labeled as a problem just disappear while others watch and stay quiet so they can rest and vest collect the next stock vest and get out.,Reward your truth tellers instead of making them the issue. Silence equals death if you really care and want the truth. Rewarding liars who undermine others and inflate their own capabilities without any ethics destroy others and good companies. Politics and superfical niceties rule over competence and caring to do the right thing.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24791,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good place to earn money,pay is good. flexible working hours. be respected when sharing my ideas. can learn a lot from the fast-growing company.,no good mechanism to guide a new employee. IT support is far from perfect. no free meals or even soda.,timely feedback is preferred. should create a better way to get new people on track. spend more money on employee's warfare.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24792,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Get worked to death, get paid well, and fight incompetence every day","- Excellent pay and benefits - Very cool technology - Generally good managers (senior management is another story though) - Flexible hours on some/most teams - Most coworkers are friendly and helpful, with very few exceptions","- Incompetence on some teams (forgotten deadlines, lack of ownership etc) - Teams are encouraged to release prototypes as production software - Testing is extremely rare/sparse - Unreasonably high expectations come from upper management - Teams are too small to effectively handle their workloads, resulting in high tension and stunted productivity - Weak development hardware - Terrible internal software development tools (fighting with them every day!)","Build larger teams, and dedicated development+support teams for each product. Don't allow prototypes to become the product. Encourage design and testing.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24793,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Flexible and comfortable,"Very comfortable, flexible schedule, just arrive and leave anytime to get your work done. Good mood in the office, happy hours :) And Seattle is a really great city.","Too frugal to employers. Really poor benefits, no free soda or gym or meals, compact office. Most projects are somehow too customer oriented and not that attracting.","Amazon is too much customer oriented, or product oriented. So it's the spiking of ideas is not really taking place in Amazon.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24794,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Experience from various Amazon departments,Amazon does a great job of hiring the best people. You will get to work with some of the smartest people you'll encounter anywhere. I met more people with 2+ advanced degrees while working in the supply chain group than anywhere else.,"There is hardly any chance of a person receiving a promotion. Part of the problem with hiring the best people is that really good performance is considered average. With hundreds of engineers in an organization only a tiny number would ever be promoted in a year. It's very discouraging.  There are 2 very different worlds in Amazon, the older areas and the newer ones. Working in the original operations or retail areas you can have a work life balance. However, in the AWS division people are expected to work roughly 60 hours per week. There is no work/life balance. If you have a family your spouse really can't have a job.","The AWS division should learn from the rest of the company how to treat its engineers. In the rest of the company engineers are expected to think like business owners and their opinions are valued. In AWS, or at least my corner, management doesn't want engineers to make suggestions.",3.0,1.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24795,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,Engaging and Busy... Sometimes too Busy,You'll be surrounded by some of the smartest people around which allows growth and development. Amazon strives to be innovative and say ahead of the curve which offers a level of pride and fosters drive in employees to continue pushing to be the best. There are a lot of opportunities to work in different departments.  I don't think anyone is ever bored working for Amazon as there's always more than enough work to do. Many projects are really cool and exciting to be involved in.,"Amazon is a tough place to work if you need a work-life balance. I sometimes feel guilty when I take vacation or am ill because of the things I miss when I'm gone. That said, I'm never 100% out as my e-mail is available on my phone and I'm always connected.  Interdepartmental communication could be improved. Each team operates somewhat separately and communication is almost non-existent until there's an emergency.",none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24796,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Sep 10, 2011",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Becoming an Amazon Warrior,"The benefits are decent, personal time, vacation time, and gloves and box cutters are provided. The dress code is reasonable, the most they tell you to do is wear a good pair of sneakers to work. They also train employees on heavy lifting equipment.","-The hours can get crazy! They have made employees work 50 hour weeks for about a month at a time and gave little insight as to why this keeps happening, other than people aren't working fast enough. -Temp to Hire - A person would have to become a temp before they are hired on. I feel like most of the temps don't hold a lot of hope in getting hired on, so they don't put a lot of effort into their work. I feel like most of the temps feel lost in the shuffle of things at work, and don't feel like the company puts very much investment it them. -Short breaks - We get a half hour for lunch and 2 fifteen minute breaks. It's tough to really take a break in that short amount of time. - Permanent employees that set a bad example - Some of the Amazonians really don't put a lot of effort into their work and set a poor example for the new people comming in. I really don't feel like management takes these things seriously and adds this chain of events up as to why work doesn't get done.","We need to come up with a better plan for hiring and training new warehouse associates. I understand that they are doing the whole direct conversion plan, but I'm not so sure that that would be the answer to the problem. I worry that this plan might rely on interviews, which places that put a lot of stock in interviews tend to hire people that talk more than they can do. We also need to maintain the work ethic of current Amazon employees.",4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24797,amazon,"New York, NY"," Sep 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,awesome !!,Technically sound and financially fit . Everything happens for a reason here at amazon.awesome benefits offered with great working conditions,Much stress. Much competition.Lesser chances to grow up. Hidden agenda prevails.PM s sometimes show more care or are partial.,Recruit more people to avoid the increasing stress of employees.Make amazon available at more places so that there will be more to offer,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24798,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Oct 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor employer,Growing company that provides jobs to the community. Some managers try hard to make it a good place for their employees. Average health benifits and 10% discount on Amazon products.,Company prays on the poor economy to pay low wages and manipulate employees. Hires hunderds to fill dozens of jobs. Does not value employees but treats them as interchangeable parts. No promotion from within. Expects management to work 60 + hours per week.,Learn to promote from within. There are very good employees that know the business that are overlooked so that someone from outside can come in with out a clue how the company runs and then quickly drops out when expected to work 60 to 70 hours a week.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24799,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2011",Former Employee - Human Resources-Recruiting,OK,"Lots of smart people, great projects, good values employees can support for the most part, and it has fairly good opportunities to work in other areas if you desire.","1. Very bad work life balance, and the company is more than ok with hiring employees and just burning them out, "" they can always be replaced"" is the mantra, and thus work life balance is out the door.  2.Comp is ok for Seattle, but poor industry-wide, as they trick you with stock grants, thus you don't make the money unless you stay for 4-5 years, if you get a promotion, you will see a small base salary increase, and stock grants (which you will not see for 1-2 years) Thus, they promote you, have you work even harder for 1-2 years, just so you can get the money your promotion came with 2 years earlier....really underhanded of them as a company. 3. Recruiting at amazon is hard, and some of the recruiting managers are great, others are down-right just mean people. The buisness is fun to work with, but usually you don't have enough resources to do right by them as the turn-over in the company drives high hiring volume- which you will never fully get ahead of due the poor quality of life all around in the company. As a recruiter you will work a lot, and for the pay its not worth it.",none,2.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1701.htm
24800,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,exciting and challenging at the same time,"ownership, customer driven focus, agile development methodologies, incremental releases to deliver value iteratively to the customer",not a healthy work life balance,none,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24801,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not great, you can do better",Smart people to work with Fast paced,Not focused on employees....just out to use them,N/A,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,1.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24802,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2011",Former Employee - Product Manager Intern,Great Internship,Lots of smart people. Very collaborative. I was given a high-value project for the summer internship which was very rewarding.,Hard to stand out (everyone is pretty smart). Some interns didn't have interesting projects (but not me!). A lot of pressure on the final presentation.,Don't require every intern to learn SQL. It is more efficient to have dedicated staff to pull data.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24803,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Aug 17, 2011",Current Employee - Finance Manager,I have enjoyed working for Amazon and continue to learn daily,Always new challenges and things to learn A company you can be proud of the way they treat their customers A company growing is alway more fun,Work life balance becomes an issue. At Amazon you get the job done period and that can come a cost to your family balance. You have to love working here. You will either love it or hate it.,none,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24804,amazon,"Carlisle, PA"," Sep 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not great but ok for experience,-exposure to lots of very smart people -exposure to lean/six sigma/management opportunities,-micro managed - cut throat for advacement,invest in information infrastructure. often managers do not communicate and duplicate efforts or worse by constantly changing processes,3.0,1.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24805,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Frantic and stressful, but empowering and educational.","Learn a lot, make decent money, and it's a feather in your cap for your resume.","Virtually no work life balance, they'll take everything you give, raises at promotion are less than impressive.",Place a higher value on rewarding high performers. Lots of people leave because they get promoted without getting compensated accordingly.,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24806,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," Sep 4, 2011",Current Employee - Process Assistant,The culture is very demanding with a high level expectation.,I personally like working with the associates and getting to know the very different cultures that they come from. The feeling of knowing that every piece of inventory you touch will eventually make it to a customers front door step is rewarding.,Working many mandatory overtime days due to poor planning by upper management gets to be a real strain leading up to another peak season.,Provide better training to the new starts and raise the bar from the Temp service and get employees that can live up to the high expectations in each process path.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24807,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Lot's of travel made for lots of fun!,You have the opportunity to work with some really smart people. Everyone in finance was really freindly and created a great work environment.,Budget cuts every couple of years would interfere with department operations (including travel). It seems like one year they would spend like crazy only to tighten the belt too much the next.,Take your employee benifits seriously. Even the littlest of things (like free soda) can make a huge difference in employee moral!,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24808,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2011",Former Employee - Product Management Intern,It is a very entrepreneurial place where each dept is run like a small business,Great envronment within the intern team,The departments don't speak to each other to share learnings.,Get some cross departmental learings started. They function in silos and there is so much to share!,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24809,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Pay is good so far,Culture is ok but cld improve,Nothing in particular for now. The company is doing well and seems to know its future direction. The management is good too.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1702.htm
24810,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Aug 23, 2011","Current Employee - Associate, Ambassador","Decent, nothing special","I wrote a review exactly one year ago, so I felt it was time to write another one. The pros are pretty much the same, good salary considering you don't need a college education, and it is easy to get hired here, so if you want to work and you work hard, then you will be hired. The insurance is really good and you have a 401K. Amazon really is customer centric,to a fault. My FC got AC for the summer!","Working hard is a Pro and a Con. The bad side is the harder you work, the more they expect. They take everything you have and you do not get a whole lot back. Sometimes your reward for working hard is mandatory overtime. Over the last year, our perks have changed for the worse. We used to get $10 and $20 Amazon gift cards, and last peak that turned into $5 gas cards. When I found this out it was pretty discouraging. As much as this company makes you would think that the perks would be getting better, not worse! We just had a rate increase for my department, which is no big deal, but there was no compensation for it. As far as work/life balance, that is still pretty bad. For associates it's not near as bad as managers, as Amazon will suck your life away. As I said in the Pros, Amazon is customer centric to a fault. The company needs to compensate for the hard work of the employees. I believe that if they did this, then the attitude of alot of the employees would change for the better, as there is quite a bit of behavioral problems and negativity. As I mentioned in the Pros, my FC got AC for the summer, so at the least we dont feel like we are working in a sweat shop.","My advice would be, reward your employees. Make them feel like the work they do is worth it. Being customer centric is fine, but when the employees suffer so much for it, it is going too far. People who enjoy working in an area should be allowed to work there, instead of constantly putting people in areas they do not like. This is one of the major complaints in my FC. People who enjoy what they are doing will be more productive.",3.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24811,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 24, 2011",Current Employee - Data Engineer,"Tones of data, very complex SQL, a lot of KOL tasks, no training, lots of fire fighting",Dealing with huge amount of e-commerce data Super scaling DW infrastructure Strong hands-on for end-to-end BI/DW practice Unique ELT framework,"Throwing hardware upon problems Barely polished data model KOL and operational pressure is very high Poor medical insurance compared with Google, MS, Expedia in Seattle area High turn-over rate If stock price goes up, then you get less RSU next year because your previous RSU's value is too much","Pay attention to retain people. Smart people can contribute more if they feel that they are treated fairly.  Time to innovate should be allocated within 40hrs/week timeframe, instead of out side the 40hrs.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24812,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Burn-out Mill,"Salary. They pay you piles and piles of money and stock, although a good portion of the money is in the form of a bonus that you owe back (prorated) if you leave _for any reason_ during the first year, and a similar scheme for year two.","This is a place that has no respect for it's employees or any life they may have outside of work. Within 2 weeks of starting, I was informed by my manager that I the other members of the team all worked nights and weekends, and that the same was expected of me. Things went downhill from there, until I was working 80-90 hours each week and burnt out on anything else. Amazon fires a good percentage of its workforce each year, and only gives raises to the top 20%, which produces a culture of extreme fear and competition, with team members sabotaging each other, and plenty of inter- and intra-team politics.","Genuine creativity can't happen when people are being ground out - many studies show that happiness, not money, are the motivators that give you quality performance from people who work with their minds.",1.0,1.5,none,2.5,5.0,2.5,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24813,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Aug 4, 2011",Current Employee - Leadership Intern,"overwhelmed, everyday is a learning experience. requires strong physical and mental strength","good pay and promotion opportunity. the fast growing pace of the company brings high Job security. It is relatively easy to get into the company for the time beeing, since Amazon is desperately seeking to expand it's work force and business.",Usually long work hours and frequent mandatory overtimes. Non-standard work processes and procedures. Everything's changing at all times. It requires Amazon employees to be quick learners.,"My advise is probably obvise to everyone who work at Amazon: communication is vital. With the rapid growing speed of the company and improvement of the operation processes, it is important to keep everyone on the same page. I like the idea of Standard Work. Process standardization really makes the business run smoothly.",4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24814,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Extremely focused on your ability to interview rather than your ability to perform the job.,Competitive pay and benefits package with RSU's. Some jobs can be very interesting but most are just repetitive. They are focused on change and look for ways to improve thier operations.,Most jobs are extremely repetitive and the culture is too focused on change. Communication is terrible and changes can occur weeks ago before you are notified. Usually by being asked why you are not in compliance.,"Build the people you already have because they know where your problems are. Communicate, communicate, communicate, because you are terrible at it. Learn how to motivate your employees. They realize this is an issue as it is a repetative theme in their interviews.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24815,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Aug 20, 2011",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Not for Everyone,decent pay. good training. fun people to work with. good benifits and stock options after full time.,schedules are not that great. you get schedules by bidding for them - if you dont have great scores you get bad hours. cant take time off if you dont have any banked. it is a call center - its not for everyone.,pretty buddy buddy but nice on the whole.,3.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24816,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2011",Former Employee - Recruiter,The worst professional year of my life..,"-Good base pay. -Seattle is a decent town to live. -If you like working 10 hour days and on weekends, this is the place for you. -Ability to impact the business (if you don't get fired first). -Some very smart people to work with.","Although Amazon is full of really smart people, I think the smartest people realize how dysfunctional the environment is and get out quickly. The money isn't worth it in the end. If you don't drink the Kool-aid immediately you will be fired. 30% of my team was fired in one year (they were usually escorted out while we were all at team meetings and we weren't allowed to talk about their departure). In fact, they don't like you to criticize at all. I was told by my manager 'if you don't like it, find something else'. So I did. In addition, I was asked to sign an agreement when I left that I wouldn't sue the company or speak ill of them. Very interesting.  If you make it past your one year anniversary, it means you care more about money than your health and personal life. This was the most under-resourced operation I have worked in. The teams are trying to scale with no additional resources. Most folks i know at work are seeing therapists and on meds for anxiety. I would avoid this culture at all costs.",Hire peers with management skills instead of promoting people that don't know a thing about management. Take a look at your employee value proposition. It's so bad that you're losing tons of smart people.,2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24817,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Aug 27, 2011","Current Employee - Picker, Packer","Very discourgaging, miserable, unachievable rate expectations","Amazon is a huge growing company with excellent benefits, so the chances of a lay-off due to lack of business won't happen.",We are treated like machines set up to meet impossible rates per hour. Mandatory overtime working 50 to 60 hours a week and it's not even peek season yet. It often reaches 110 degrees in the warehouse. 15 minute breaks are taken up walking across the building to get to the breakroom or outside.,"Treat us like individual human beings, not robots. Instead of trashing books, toys and other goods donate them to Goodwill, Salvation army or other charities! It is such a sinful wastes to just trash all these products when so many people are in need!",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24818,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2011",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Manager,"Give Give Give, Take Take Take - Completely unrealistic quality expectations - give give give take...",Great Quality Aspirations Team Effort to Quality Outcome Excellent Design Standards Intense get it done environment,"Sr. Mng - Utterly unrealistic quality expectations - no time, only mistakes matter and cost dearly Amazon doesn't have QA in many groups or they are woefully under staffed No Sr QA Mng clout or support (Director/VP)- notice there are zero QA Manger reviews on Amazon No refined QA Standards/processes across the board - did I say zero YES Double edge review process - don't rock the boat just be loved by all Frugality - means QA wont have resources to be successful - just live with it (die with it) Software Security Team - PARANOID no open source software tools - who cares about success","- See Cons - Study Cons - Act on Cons - You do so many things right, but QA is NOT one of them - sustained success depends on it.",1.0,3.0,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24819,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Aug 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture of Immaturity,"Amazon is still a relatively new company, as such, there is a lot of room for growth if you are patient and like to promote yourself","Managers care mostly about what benefits them and not Amazon. Very little planning. Most communications are passed along at the last second. They will tell you they provide paid holidays, but what they mean is that you will be required to work and they will pay you for it. They will hire you for one task, but then create walls that prevent you from doing your job.","People really do need work areas. My file cabinet is a cardboard box, my desk is anyplace I can find to set my computer. Recognize peoples talent and let them do the jobs you hire them for.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1703.htm
24820,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Startup mentaity,- Amazon has really strong people that get things done - very little passing the buck or status-quo. - Very open to new ideas / empowerment - Relaxed culture and work environment - Strong growth - Good compensation package,"- High growth means growing pains - staffing issues, no time to train, process changes - may result in overtime / burnout if not managed properly",none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24821,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Aug 1, 2011",Current Employee - Leadership Operations Intern,I learned a lot but wouldn't make a career out of it.,A lot of room for growth so you can make a large impact on the company even when a lower level position.,"Communication is essentially nonexistent between upper management and associates. Many problems have been overlooked because of such explosize growth and many foundation pieces have been thrown together hastily. There is a lot of room for improvement, but a lot of upper management is unwilling to make the necessary changes to strengthen the foundation of the business because they don't want to scare off FBA sellers and customers.",They need to start communicating long term goals with associates and make some changes to strengthen the foundation. Growth needs to be scaled a little better.,3.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24822,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be ready to work,"Competitive pay, nice employee stock program (if you make it to year 3), new offices provide a good corporate feel. High growth market leads to interesting new challenges.","High stress environment. The company strives for financial efficiencies through overworking employees. Lack of clear processes leads to ""get the job done"" mentality and no clear roles.","I do enjoy working at Amazon, but I do fear the possibility of being fired due to poor communication regarding when / why people are being let go. I also feel that if management doesn't handle the post-honeymoon period more effectively, the company will continue to struggle with a high turn-over rate, and risk losing valuable employees to its competitors.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24823,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Mixed situation,"Fast paced. Giving employees a fair amount of stock-based compensation. The company is still growing in general. I do like its ""Just Do It"" culture.","Not for real technology-centric engineers, unless you work in AWS space. Highly likely, you will be doubled up as a tech support as well. You need to deal with quite a bit of pager duties.",Do not place an experienced engineer from an established technology centric company into one of Amazon's relatively technology chaotic technology team that are tied to Amazon's retail business. Culture differences are too big to bridge in most cases.,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24824,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jul 17, 2011",Former Employee - Forklift,working for amazon has it's benefits,"decent wages, time off available for temps, paid time off for full time associates",being a seasonal worker isn't always guaranteed to permanent position,"Pay more attention to your temp workforce, they provide more help the the permanent workforce",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24825,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Arguably the most prestigious high-tech job in Seattle area but definitely not for everyone,"At Amazon, a developer is like a clown in circus -- must be able to perform all kinds of tricks on acceptable level to get the job done. Same time, you will learn a great deal and will understands IT end-to-end.  For an SDE, being a part of Amazon Web Services gives you the edge to work on truly high-scale projects and buys you a free ticket to many other work places when you decide to leave. Interestingly enough, right now there is an exodus of Microsoft people willing to switch over and work for AWS.  Amazon is definitely not for everyone and requires a lot of effort to stay sane. Yes, you will be stressed out almost every day: either being on-call fixing stuff you never seen before (the timer is ticking btw) or managing unrealistic project deadlines or very often both in parallel. However you may look at it from another angle -- this is how people bond and develop trust when they go through hell together. Your Amazon co-workers will be like your good old army friends forever.  On-call can be horrible depending on the team or time of the year but don't create illusions because the industry is shifting the majority of software jobs towards developing and running services. Amazon will take you ahead on that and you will learn how it's done on the large scale. As a matter of fact, at Microsoft more and more devs carrying a pager too and also staying sleepless (yeah a bit to the East, in Redmond.)  I like the fact that people don't slack around here and majority of managers are occupied with a plenty of real issues and getting paged too. There is very little of bureaucracy here: know the right thing to do? then go and just do it! You will feel empowered when you realize that you control such a huge fleet. You will find a lot of smart people around you and most of the time they say what they mean.  After tasting Amazon it is hard to go back to the traditional IT company where everything is slow and managers are afraid of changes. If you prefer true ownership of what you are given, you will find Amazon a decent company to work for.","The attrition is very high which is not good for the moral but again those people who are leaving now will call you some day with a job offer.  Agree with other reviews that you should know a lot of stuff before joining Amazon because there is no time to learn or take a class on anything. It is a sink-or-swim environment. Taking this into account, I would say that entering Amazon is probably better as the second job when you already know quite a few things, learned to code well, understand how to manage priorities, and now it's time to turn your brain on full throttle.  Amazon has the worst choice of medical plans across pretty much all high-tech non-startup companies in the area and I don't count MS at all here.  Honestly, I do not recommend Amazon to my friends because it is not a comfortable place to work at. There is a lot of pain going on here and I'm not enjoying it but for myself I consider it as the growing pain.",Fix the high attrition situation. Stay all you want frugal on free soda and finished walls but don't be cheap when it comes to important stuff like medical plans.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,40,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24826,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, have fun, make history","Having been unemployed for a significant period of time it was refreshing to be hired immediately by Amazon at their mass hiring event here in Phoenix. There is job security in this position if you meet the required expectations of your position. This is not that difficult a task if you are willing to ""work hard"". We are making history as the prototype for all other FCs (Fulfullment Centers) and at the same time we try to have fun. Sometimes this can be difficult with the amount of work that is expected to be achieved during the course of a day but that's the nature of business. Overall it has been a good experience and I am hopeful that the opportunities will be afforded to me as I continue with the company.","With this being a new facility, much of the staff is unseasoned and often times subject to ""on the job training"". The communication is generally good but can sometimes be slow in forthcoming. The communication during the Advancement process is minimal and generally the applicant has no idea as to where they are at in this process.",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24827,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Not worth the effort needed to work here - If you have a family FORGET IT,"Pretty decent salary Nice location Looks good on resume Get to work with some really smart people (doesn't mean they can manage well though) Depending on the category, the product samples can be quite nice","1) The expected work hours are insane and I'm not just talking about the 'holiday push'. I actually worked 70+ hrs for 6 months straight and that still wasn't enough really. Most of the categories are severely understaffed. The strategy seems to offer slightly higher than average salaries but require staff to do the work of two people!  2) Management is worthless. While I can say that most managers I met were incredibly bright people, I can say that almost all of them have ZERO people management skills.  3) MBA recruiting process is a joke. They had the gall to completely change the program AFTER everyone had accepted offers.  4) Benefits are horrible compared to competition.",Treat your employees like people. Get some MANAGEMENT training.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.5,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24828,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2011",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,"The company is always changing, and you must be able to adapt on the fly to survive and thrive.","Flexible hours of operations allow work from home via VPN. Bringing dogs into the office is fun and makes people smile. If you are a hard worker, and interested in tackling challenges head on, by inventing and innovating than Amazon is a good place for you. No one discourages you for political or sneaky reasons, if you have good ideas, and the balls to speak up, most coworkers are positive and will be supportive.","Not much training for new hires, you need to ask all the questions in order to learn how things work. The company moves people into new offices all the time, almost every 6 months we pack up and relocate again. Certain buildings do not allow employees to bring dogs into work, so that is not gauranteed, and could be lost...",none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,3.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24829,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 21, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,great place to work.,some of the best reasons to work at Amazon.com  good benifits,some of the downsides of working at Amazon.com  shift work,build in east phoenix,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1704.htm
24830,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,You get out what you put in.,"Don't expect anyone to help you drive your career, it's all up to you. However, if you invest in yourself and work hard, you will find that Amazon is about as close to a true meritocracy as you'll find in the corporate world.  Senior management is excellent. They are aware of the details of the business and actively help push the company in the right direction. I'm continually surprised by how very smart these leaders are and how fast they can understand and help solve complex problems. These are not backseat drivers.  Amazon is not for everyone. You have to be the type of person that thrives in a chaotic environment. Every day is a new challenge. There's always some new focus of the week and you need to be able to balance your day-to-day work with the chaos going on around you. If this doesn't sound like fun to you, look elsewhere.  People that seize control get control. Amazon is not about what level you are or how long you've been with the company or anything else. The only thing that matters at Amazon is being right. Speak up and back up your position with data and you'll get a lot of ""street cred.""","Amazon's a BIG company. There's simply no getting around that. This simply means that, unfortunately, there are more people stuck in big company mentality that you'll need to navigate around.",SDEs are most productive when they can go in to bubble mode for a couple of weeks. Foster this. Encourage people to build POCs for really big ideas. Encourage people to execute on their big ideas. The time is already there. SDEs will give it up for free if you give them a framework to thrive in.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24831,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2011",Current Employee - Accounting Assistant,Challenging,Make me grow and set up career path.,Career advancement & support need to be improved,Empower the lower level workers,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24832,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dissatisfied!,"Because you work so much, you get to learn a lot.","Overworked, not fair compensation, work atmosphere sucky.","Keep doing what you are doing so you can lose more talented employees. As soon as the economy turns around, my ex-coworkers are going to start leaving. They are tired of how they have been treated!",1.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24833,amazon,"Plainfield, IN"," Jul 14, 2011",Current Employee - ICQA,An eye opening experience,The start off pay is good for this economy. You have the opportunity to work with some really good people.,The communication between departments is very poor and can use some improvements the training isn't up to par it may last an hour or 15 minutes it depends on the person .,Treat the people with more respect and you can get more out of them. Things shouldnt be so black and white with the way they treat people.,1.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24834,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2011",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Amazon is a dynamic fast-paced environment that offers many opportunities, but little in the way of work-life balance.","Amazon pays better than other tech companies, such as Google or Microsoft. Signing bonuses of $50k are common for mid-level positions, and up to $100k signing bonuses occur with regularity. It’s usual half in cash, half in stock grants. The cash is over two years, the stock over four.","As opposed to most other tech companies, Amazon is a low cost RETAILER. Amazon teams are notoriously short staffed, from high turnover and from intentionally lean budgets. Be prepared to work 80+ hours a week, flat out, week after week. It’s common to work weekends, and overnight. With the rapid fire pace, Amazonians are always taking shortcuts. That means crappy initial code, poor QA and no documentation (isn’t a good thing when you have high turnover). I can’t understate how intense, stressful and unbalanced the work-life is here.  Amazon offers none of the extravagant benefits that other tech companies do. You get health insurance, and that’s about it. (there are annual stock grants tied to your review performance, but most consider this to be part of your wage compensation). Oh, and you get a total of $100 off of Amazon sold products per year. Yippie!  In addition to lacking any balance, the environment is highly politically and hierarchy-based, and filled with newbie tech managers, many of whom have no managerial skills or experience (remember the high turnover).  By running the company with an anemically lean staff, paying no benefits and squeezing every bit of life out of their employees, Amazon saves money… a lot of money. So much so, that they can throw a little of it back in the form of industry leading pay rates (if you negotiate for it). But don’t be fooled by the carrot, once you a lured in, you’ll get hit with the stick.","Take a cue from Google, Microsoft and other and significantly improve the horrible work-life balance at the company. Burning through employees as if they are an unlimited resource might be one to do it, but investing in your people, reducing turnover, retaining those with tribal knowledge and experience will do a lot more for the company's success in the long run.",3.0,1.5,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24835,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 27, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Dynamic, but very disorganized and not respectful environment","- Good sign-on bonus and initial stock awards - Opportunity to work with very large distributed systems (at uncommon scale) - Working for Amazon Web Services looks good on the resume - Opportunity to get better at operations and how to debug and fix issues more efficiently (although sometimes under a lot of pressure) - Learn development from end to end (design to deployment to operations) - Dynamic: depending on the team, you will have the feeling of being in a startup but without worrying about having money for your project.","- You do some development, but you are not a software developer. The title ""software development engineer"" is misleading and this is the first thing to be aware of when considering Amazon as employer. You may develop, but the vast majority of people spend most of their time doing other things, like fixing issues, testing, documenting, trying to plan the project, handling bureaucracy, adapting existing code, and doing some program and project manager work. After a few years at the company, I would say that I may have actually coded 10% of the time. You are more of a ""software engineer"", if this breadth of experience attracts you, but few will be technical experts that develop a lot.  - Operation burden: there are teams that suffer with a lot of operation and the vast majority of developers need to be on-call – yes, you will be tied to a pager. The problem is that pager duty are usually 24 hours for 7 days and there is little to no respect from management about people that has to work around the clock. Don’t expect to have follow-the-sun model or any other arrangements unless things are very ugly (particularly true for AWS). Just to give you some numbers, there are teams that get paged more than once every hour of the day (yes, 25+ pages a day). You are expected to be online in a few minutes, so don't think that running a quick errand while on-call is a good idea if you are on such a team.  - Long hours: examples are better than just saying things here. These were rewarded in AWS' all-hands meetings: a developer who called in to help debugging a ticket during his daughter's wedding and another developer that was working while his wife's baby delivery. This is the message that is sent and the bar is set so high about the dedication that, if you try to meet it, your life will be your work. Many do, especially if they are young. Some seem even think it’s worth the effort.  - Long-term compensation: Amazon typically offers good sign-on bonuses and initial stock awards, but what is not said is that these bonuses and awards are going to be used in the following years not to give you any additional bonuses (manager’s talk is ""including your shares and sign-on bonus, your compensation this year is pretty good, so I can't give you anything else""). There isn't cash bonus during performance review and, when managers give you stock awards, they are much lower than your initial stock awards.  - Short-sighted: although Jeff Bezos is visionary, Amazon is still not a technology company and all development is target at the near future and how much revenue it will bring. Some AWS platforms would require much long term investment and vision to be more reliable or develop the in-house expertise, but they are often rushed for the business sake, which affects a lot of technical decisions. Although backed by a multi-billion business, Amazon is still not the company that will invest a few years into an effort without seeing the dollar value of that venture.  - Lack of QA teams: since it's short-sighted, QA is very much below what one would expect for such large company with such systems - especially if we are talking about infrastructure for so many other companies, like AWS is. It's not uncommon to see tens of SDEs without a single person dedicated to testing (QA engineer, SDETs).  - No learning/training on the job: do not expect to have much chance of learning on the job. You must do it on your own if you want your career to progress.  - Career progression: your chances of career progression vary substantially depending on the business. Retail, AWS, and Digital are very different in terms of promotion and, depending on your group, the bar may be so high that it seems impossible to meet it in practice. That opens up a lot of opportunities for politics to take place. You may be stuck in your position for many and many years – do not be surprised to see competent people being SDE II for 10+ years, without prospects of any advancement. Also bear in mind that, although you can transfer internally, in practice that resets your history, so you better put up with your current team and do what your manager wants if you want to have any chance of being promoted.  - Benefits/Frugality: they are OK, but nothing compared to other companies. You will have 6 paid holidays – no day after Thanksgiving for you, for instance. You will have to pay for your coffee at the company meeting. Good, but not the best hardware for your development – it’s not uncommon to see people paying out of their pockets for keyboard, more memory, better chair, and sometimes even buying or bringing monitors from home. Depending on the org, you will be able to expense books, but oftentimes it will be so much work to get your manager’s approval (including proving that it’s work related) that will not be worth all the effort. Team lunch? Be prepared to chip in as team events are rare and, not uncommon, your manager’s budget will not cover it all.","Respect your employees, create an environment for growth and for long-term employment, invest in divisions of the company other than retail for the long term.",2.0,1.5,none,1.5,3.0,3.0,45,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24836,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Jun 19, 2011",Current Employee - Leadership Operations Intern,"It is fast- paced, challenging and rewarding all at the same time.",Its Amazon a wonderful company,Long hours work over 55 hour weeks Management is dissorganized,Be there for your employees and be more understanding.,3.0,2.5,none,4.5,2.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24837,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jun 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor Leadership,- benefits - RSU's - wear jeans to work,- no work/life balance at all - high expectations,- they need to remember people are the key to success,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24838,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Excellent,Very good company to work for. The people are very friendly and helpful. The technique problem is very chanllenge and exciting.,Maintain web service can be stressful at any times. People can be paged at 3:00 am to fix a pointer bug.,Good Management overall. Managers are trying to have one on one meeting with their employers every week to gather feed backs,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24839,amazon,"Charleston, SC"," Jun 3, 2011",Former Employee - Account Manager,repetitive,"easy, you can move into any position without any knowledge.","boring, repetitive, 30 min lunches, drama, favoritism",get more involved,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1705.htm
24840,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Chew you up, spit you out",Working for a revolutionary company. If you came in when the stock was low -you're in a good spot. If you are coming in now - it's not worth it.,"I worked at Amazon for over 5 years. I put in on avg about 60 hours per week, which is typical for most employees. Work/life balance doesn't exist and you are expected to be available at all hours of the day. I got a call from my boss at 2am once (everything is a fire drill). I would be more understanding if they instilled a sense of appreciation for their employees, but they don't. Lots of work with very little praise. You get tons of criticism though. It's also a very political environment due to their ""Top Grading"" process. They have to let go 10% of their employees annually and managers are often forced to down grade reviews to meet this curve (this is literally a company goal that all SVPs are held accountable to). I've seen it happen multiple times with out just cause. They've relocated people from all over the world and then a year later fired them. Very little respect for people and their families.  I know I sound like a bitter employee, but I'm really not (I actually left on very good terms). I just want people to know what they are getting themselves into before they do it. If you are thinking about relocating for this company, don't do it. It's too risky (especially if you have a family).","I know that the customer always comes first, but don't forget about your employees. They aren't as despensable as you might think and it's going to catch up with you. Stop running your company like a start-up. You aren't one anymore.",1.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.5,30,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24841,amazon,"Breinigsville, PA"," May 22, 2011",Former Employee - Picker,"Good pay, work sucks","Pay rate was good, started at 11.50/hr.","You will get blisters on your feet from walking 20+ miles a day. Your feet hurt after 4 hours of your shift which does not seem to go away (even for weeks after). You are told of mandatory overtime for the next day only hours before your shift is over. For this particular location, you needed to get there an hour before your shift started just to get a parking spot, otherwise you have to walk about a half mile or so to get to the building (in the rain/snow). There is only one exit out, so you will sit in traffic getting out of the parking lot for at least a half hour. There are thieves that steal lunches while no one is in the lunch room. Someone's coat with their car keys were stolen out of the lunchroom and there are security guards on duty only feet away, and no one saw this happen. Hundreds of people are hired per week because tons of people quit each week due to the conditions and the B.S. that goes on there.","Hire direct, not through the staffing company, and offer the better wage and benefits after 3 months. A lot temps stay thinking that they are going to get hired on, just to get let go after a certain period of time.",2.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24842,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,unhealthy environment with incompetent leadership,"signing bonus stock working for very recognizable, seemingly innovative company",horrible senior management no team atmosphere high turnover (feels like an entry level cold calling sales factory) no respect for employees no work / life balance unrealistic expectations set on purpose,value your employees,1.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24843,amazon,"Lake Forest, CA"," May 12, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,challenging and productive,"a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc. Developed the amazon cloud player (San Francisco) and amazon appstore for android (Lake Forest) startup-like culture - fast growth, challenging work","compensation is on the lower side besides, no great benefits for interns apart from the usual ones like relocation allowance or corporate housing, luggage transfer allowance, travel allowance.",none,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24844,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Awesome place to work,"Very smart people, decentralized and flat organization structure. Like a startup company with teams building out their own features like a small company.  Very customer centric","long hours, minimal yearly salary increases, no cash bonus. Software Development engineers are required to be oncall which is touch for families",Offer better salary increases in yearly review. Minimize oncall with support team to be build as a standalone team for 24 hour support,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24845,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Its ok,Good stock grants(granted when stock was cheap).,bad medical benefits. Very chaotic to work. on call is a burden on work life balance. Amazon is a customer friendly company but not an employee friendly company,Dont treat the employees like a commodity,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24846,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2011",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Eye-opening and relaxed.,Dogs are allowed to come to the office! Very relaxed atmosphere is encouraged. Creativity and teamwork are two great focuses.,"It's only my third day so I really can't gage any cons yet. However, I have already seen a lot of office politics that I'd rather not be a party to.",none,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24847,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 18, 2011",Current Employee - Account Executive,Bar keeps getting raised - Very Political,"Challenging environment, which is changing from an enterprise level Biz dev environment into full on call center","Very political, where you feel like a cog in a machine. The management seems to think that tenured employees are very replaceable. Lots of political nonsense which creates a general lack of morale.","Stop the attrition, focus on development of your employees. We're not replaceable and the overall work environment is getting steadily worse with each employee that leaves.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24848,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2011",Current Employee - Research Scientist III,"BI, research, and optimization (math/statistics) for Amazon's business",Tools and resources are available for research Easy access to data Get help from peers when needed Flexible work hours,Slow raise Small work space (less than 1/4 of my previous compamy) Below average benifits and 401k match Involved too much in production,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24849,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Self Promotion is more important to,- smart co-workers - interesting problems to solve - good initial stock options,- work/life balanace - review/promotion process - you will need to learn to manage your own carrier development - essential to be your own cheerleader and Self Promotion is very important. - managers are not trained and their incompentence hurts you and not them,"Work on true career development, compensation and benefits. Managers should be taught to manage and train them to set their employees up for success.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1706.htm
24850,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awful for engineers,"-smart people to work with -fast paced, you get to learn a lot",- you have to carry a pager - incompetent middle managers - treats employees like furniture,none,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24851,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Apr 18, 2011",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Great Job, Not For Everyone",Company is fast paced and very dynamic. You are afforded the ability to work with some very intelligent people and some very hard working people. The opportunity for growth is huge as the company is constantly growing.,You are at the mercy of the customer/business needs. This is only a con if you are not willing to buy into the company and share a common goal. There is a high probability of working nights and weekends.,"So far I am very satisfied with my managers. I have heard of less competent managers, but I have had no business interaction with them.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24852,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but...,"Lots of very smart talented people around Opportunity to make products used by millions around the world Working on new, interesting technologies Startup-ish and agile, far less bureaucracy than in other big companies","Developers are not valued as much as in other places Agile often turns into ""ridiculously disorganized"" Raises are relatively low Worst benefits I've ever seen",When you and recruiters complain about how hard it is to find good people consider that many 'good people' simply don't apply or respond to Amazon. Mainly because of the bad rep it accrued due to issues mentioned above. Start treating developers better and improve the benefits.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,2.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24853,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 26, 2011",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Fast paced, agressive, innovative culture but hard to balance family & career",Leader in industry. Innovative - always challenging traditional thinking Great benefits,"Pathway promotion program makes it difficult to be promoted from within Personal time is challenging Pay if fair, but not indistry leading",Improve promotional oportunites from Tier I up to Senior management,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24854,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work...if you can handle it and have the right personality,"If you fit the culture, then there's no better place to be working in retail or IT","If you don't fit the culture, or desire a work/life balance, then this isn't the place for you",none,4.0,2.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24855,amazon,"Reno, NV"," Apr 16, 2011",Former Employee - Area Manager,Amazon is too distracted,"It's nice to be part of a growing company, everyday is a challenge, company really does put customer first. If you have energy, they have projects to do and want you to do them.","Management turnover very high, HR is pays more respect to temporary help than its own managers. Pathways program is a major failure for those in it and those not. Many in senior management do not have professional experience or conduct. The senior managers dump all their work on the Ops, then tell them they suck if they don't perform. The software in the scanners absolutely sucks. What they call 'being frugal' most people call cheap.Their long term plan is one week. If you work less than 60 hours you're not a good leader.","Stop staring at spreadsheets and actually do something. HR should spend less time on temps and more time on development plans. A high hiring bar doesn't mean being a workaholic from Harvard. Good managers don't need to be the smartest people in the world, they need to know how to keep people motivated and give them the tools to do so.",2.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24856,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Apr 4, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you like warehousing work,Good Pay & Benefits Management treats employees with respect,Monotonous work Too many hours during holiday season.,Hire more people during holiday season so employees don't have to work 60 hour work weeks.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24857,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay away!,"Competitive pay, reputable company, decent benefits","ZERO work/life balance, Inconsistency among departments about Flex time/flexibile scheduling, Managers are not effective at training or developing employees, Managers play favorites and if you aren't part of the ""in crowd"", you are railroaded out","Train managers to actually manage people, Offer employees flexibile schedules consistently - should not be left up to managers to decide who gets to work flexibile schedule and who doesn't",1.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24858,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Apr 11, 2011",Former Employee - Ship Clerk,It was an up and down ride.,"Great benefits, 401k, stocks each year. All the work is very easy to learn and perform. This may be important to some, but background checks are irrelevant there.","Very child-like atmosphere. Lots of rules created every day that prevent you from doing your job. Very little chance of being promoted. When it comes to be a manager, you have to have a 4 year degree in business and must have military experience, There is lots of favoritism when it comes to promotions. The salary surveys are compared to irrelevant companies in the local area.",More communication. Look to promote more from within than going outside of the company. Treat employees like adults and stop with the childish safety rules every day.,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24859,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 8, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work if you land in the right workgroup. Limited ability to advance w/o leaving and coming back.,"Amazon is a very healthy, growing company and if one wants to work in the Amazon Web Services division it is growing very rapidly and is a good resume experience-builder for younger developers.  Overall, I have had excellent cooperation from management in having a flexible schedule and support in managing difficult family matters,  While not as cutting-edge as Google in many respects, Amazon does tend to make use of recent technologies and moves along technically at a fair clip in most areas.","There is very, very poor support for growing developers technically - virtually no formal training available: if you don't pick up new skills by yourself, you will not be getting any assistance in acquiring them from the company.  Highly chaotic development environment with constantly shifting priorities and - from an engineering standpoint - very little formal process. Younger developers (whom Amazon courts heavily) do not get an adequate picture of what good software development practices are like, and are very likely to have severe culture shock when they move on to companies with better development shops.  There is far too much emphasis and praise heaped upon the developers that engage in ""heroic"" efforts while the people who perform consistently and steadily are virtually ignored. Also, it is very difficult to get a promotion at Amazon: the process for it is overly political.  The development tools and infrastructure at Amazon can be very cumbersome and frustrating to work with.  Amazon is really behind the curve in developing sustaining and operational teams for software and software services, placing an undue burden on developers, impacting their primary development work. Any developer should be aware that there will almost certainly be a frequent on-call obligation for them in which they are chained to a pager 24x7 for a week. For many of the smaller groups, developers end up being on-call for 1 week in every four.","Make the advancement and promotion process less political and more a matter of facts and evidence of competence. Place more value on consistent performers rather than on the ""heroes"".",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1707.htm
24860,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,It's a grind,Strong innovator with lots of opportunity if you get connected with the right team.,"Operates like a start-up, but has no start-up upside",It's time for a change at the top.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24861,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,You will be Jack of all. Master of none. I would never work again here.,Seemingly better pay. Stocks (But you may not stay here for 4 years to reap the benefits). Smart people.,"They hire you as Software ""DEVELOPMENT"" engineer and making you do everything : QA, Ops etc. They have short project deadlines (<1 month sometimes). This translates to excruciatingly long hours of work. It drastically impacted my family life. Pager supports keeps you awake on a friday night. I used to see fellow Amazonians carrying pager to museums, parks with their family. They may have to stop having fun and work on thier laptop at parks. The compensation sounds interesting for first two years and then falls flat. They talk about frugality all the time which means hardly any office get-togethers.  I would discourage Amazon as your future workplace unless work is everything you have in life. Not a engineer friendly company. I moved to bay area and a very happy person now working for Google.","Stop being cheap. hire some QA, ops people. do not make engineers do all the things and put pressure on them. Stop being frugal when top execs makes billions every year.",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,2.5,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24862,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 3, 2011","Former Employee - Associate, Ambassador Picker, Packer, Sorter Etc","Back breaking work with penalties for taking a break for restroom or to rest legs arms, back etc.",pay was good. 12/hr. only 4 workdays 10 hour days.,"large fans in warehouse blow dirt dust cardboard particles everywhere. When working the pollution inside would irritate skin and lungs. concrete floors are not good for walking fast and painful on joints after a few hours of work. Penalized for taking restroom breaks. Walk over 20 miles a day and need to drink lots of water which means many workers need to relieve themselves. Your ""rate"" is still counted when in restroom. Not a true 30 min or 15 min break. penalized for 1 minute after clocking in even if there is a huge line because there isnt enough machines to clock thousands of people in efficiently. Limitied days off and penalized for taking days off of work for medical issues (strep throat) even if medical release is accepted its counted on ur days off as well.","True breaks for workers. chairs to sit and rest legs. lower quota, not everyone can work as fast and safe as they demand you to.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24863,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Learned a lot from smart people, but really depends on the team you are in",still quite fun since it allows teams to run more independently with clear ownership and reasonable autonomy.,"some teams and some work becomes uninteresting, because of the pursuit of keeping things run better rather than inventing new ways to do the same thing or new things to do. management can easily become boring and impersonal when the managers are incapable or uninterested in making real positive changes and take some risks. many middle-tier managers should be fired or demoted for that reason.","don't just be content with meeting the redefined operational plans. you need to encourage something different and unexpected from your team and do that with your heart, not the leadership principles.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24864,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I have no life and want to be micromanaged and unappreciated,- other developers on my team are really smart - other developers on team to socialize and commiserate about how awful it is - working for a company that tries to treat its customers well,"- completely disrespectful management with no people skills who think they can develop this project faster and better than anyone on your team and have no interest in listening to anything you say - what do you mean you have a life outside of the office??? (on call rotation, completely unrealistic schedules for completing work items, expectations that you will work late, on weekends and on holidays. I asked to take one day off in 3 weeks, I was told ""No"", a week later, my manager goes on a 10 day holiday.) - frustrating development tools and environments. non-industry standard, outdated documentation","- DO pretend engineers are people, with their own strengths, interests and lives - DO NOT make a person who doesn't know how to interact with people a manager  Recognize the following: You want to hire a lot of engineers and have a high hiring bar, but you don't care about retaining any of the ones you have... There's an extremely high turn-over rate, which you need to recognize as a problem of company culture and not just the people who left.",2.0,1.0,none,1.5,1.5,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24865,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a great experience.,- Good compensation - Great technology - Start up mentality - Fast pace - Detail oriented - Multinational corporation with global reach,- Bureaucratic - Retail/operational based culture - Quirky methodology - Over paranoid - Company focus on tactics more than long term strategy,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24866,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Work atmosphere is very agile and dynamic.,"If you like your work time spent in actually 'doing' your job and not divide it between attending various planning meetings, then this is a place to be.","There is actually no process in place for any thing. For growing company, it is time they have some of the basic processes in place. Employees can then spend more time doing their job rather than spending time developing such a process for themselves. Since the process is ad hoc, any changes to the system results in spending some more time in adapting the individual process to the system.",Same as above,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24867,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"If you value your life, don't work at Amazon as an engineer","Lots of very smart people, stock's high. As a new grad, you will learn a lot of things very quickly.","As an engineer, you will work long hours and will likely to be oncall. It becomes impossible if you want to have a family life and advance in career at Amazon.",Make engineers' lives better and you may win some engineers from Google or Facebook.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24868,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,"Challenging, interesting, exhilerating","Engineering decisions are bottom up, not foisted upon from top managment, you get to choose what you think are projects that make for a better customer experience, and also make your life easier. The people who one works with make all the difference, the people here are bright, and friendly. The customer obsession thing is not a lie, which is somewhat refreshing after money grubbung at other firms.","The operations burden can occassionally be a drag. And _everyone_ has an ops burden. Carrying a pager, and being a front line engineer has its pros -- interesting problems, triaging and diagnosing on the flyt -- but it can also be very tiring at the end of e week on call. When deadlines approach, there are times when one does spend more time at work than usual.",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24869,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Crazy busy and unreasonable expectations, but fun at times.","Very dynamic work environment, always something new to do. We do some amazing stuff and the release cycles are quick.",Executives set ridiculous stretch goals and burn people out trying to achieve them. They have an endless appetite but don't always fund their mandates.,Prioritize! You can't have everything all at once. Rigorously force sponsors of new business innovations to make their business case and stack rank the opportunities.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1708.htm
24870,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Other than a few groups, very interesting work environment which has lot to offer for career growth.","Provides opportunity to work with very smart people. Best part is to be able to move around within the company and work at other groups. Since the company has a lot of diverse functions - retail, AWS etc, you don't have to be stuck with the same group for many years.",A few groups might be uninteresting to work for.,None,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24871,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 13, 2011",Current Employee - Instock Manager,"very challenging, high expectations, almost zero possibility of work/life balance if you want to succeed","challenging, great people, complex problems","don't find pay to be awarded in-line with the level of responsibility, all teams under resourced (deliberately, to stimulate more efficient work practice) but this policy is bordering on sadism in some teams where we have less than half the number people that we actually require to do the job effectively.",employee more people. most people are over-worked and intelligent people who want to succeed are burning out and leaving the company. start caring about your employees and become a more humane organization.,3.0,1.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24872,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Mar 5, 2011",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Fantastic,Compensation is well above others.,Work life balance is not sufficient.,"Nothing, you are perfect",4.0,2.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24873,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mostly positive, but could have been improved",Really exception coworkers and a casual office environment.,Minimally competent middle management can make doing one's job a huge challenge.,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24874,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High-tech pressure cooker,"Leading edge technology Smart, motivated employees Healthy, very-rapid growth in business Great customer service ethic Positioned very well for future expansion Sound strategy","Pressure cooker, working environment is very stressful Lots of ninja fixes, patches, nannies, workarounds, and hacks (""spit and baling wire"") On-call 24X7 for almost everyone in software development and management Rapid organizational changes and reorganizations are common Very political environment, everyone is consolidating power or protecting turf Many generations of software in various stages of ""decay"" with deteriorating support Organizational and institutional entropy is continuous","Strive for a better work-life balance, less 24X7 on-call Be willing to invest in supporting legacy systems as part of the price of developing new software Appreciate the difference between being frugal and being cheap Develop a top-down, long-term coherent strategy that makes sense",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24875,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,"Work Hard , Have Fun .. forget your family!",Great people to work with! Technology is cutting edge!,"Fire drills Fire drills fire drills, every day. If you like that then you will love it here!",Time for personal life is important to perform! Spend some money on your assets!,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24876,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jan 28, 2011",Former Employee - Picker,Dystopian Machine,Pay is above average. There are more good people at Amazon than what I'm reading here. Fairly autonomous environment. Good benefits.,"Once again, so many to list. But basically this place is the very definition of cogs in a machine. As someone who works on the floor whether you receive, stock, pick, ship, etc the only thing that matter are your numbers. NUMBERS NUMBERS NUMBERS. That is the most often emphasized theme there. It is their mantra for goodness sake. Low end employees while I worked there weren't really mistreated but largely ignored unless you had a problem. I think Amazon is really working on improving the workplace atmosphere. Because Whitestown was not nearly as bad as others are describing. But people randomly walk around and check in with you on your numbers and if they aren't up to par you will be gently encouraged for a limited time until you are basically fired but complimented for your contribution. The pace there is outrageous. There are some positions where some people can simply just not keep up. So if you work there you can make it work but be careful to choose the right position for you.  I found that our direct management was actually pretty decent. They would encourage you to come with them for issues but the problem is they would just repeatedly fix issues and not fix the root cause. And by extension creating more down time and frustration for the employee who's numbers are dropping while they fix their scanner or some other repetitive issue. Whenever you address an issue that clearly exists that needs remedied on a larger scale to prevent other future issues middle management shrugs their shoulders and just says oh well. And I have a distinct feeling that upper management probably doesn't care what the underlings say. I find this indifference and ignorance odd since the whole company's mission statement is based on efficiency.  There definitely are some bad managers who just need a whip and they'd crack it. Although surprisingly I would say that was the exception more than the rule at this particular facility. Be that as it may just more transparency and more respect for people who are obviously smarter than the rest of the work force would be nice. There are plenty of people who are happy to just work their butts off and go unnoticed but if your someone who can figure out things on a larger scale and structure and see the inefficiencies or issues you will be very frustrated not only by realizing these things, but peoples indifference to their existence.  Then of course finally, work/life balance. I won't go on about it. But it is literally once of the worst place to work in regards to that. You may be a worthless drone to them but dangit you're THEIR worthless drone. But most people go in expecting that as well. So just be prepared.","MORE TRANSPARENCY! Actually strive to recognize the issues brought to you by lower management and other employees and seek to correct them. Make sure those in management have some level of people skills and make sure they understand the very company they work for. If one of their lower employees can figure things out and they can't, that's a bad sign. HIRE MORE PEOPLE! You definitely have the deep pockets to hire more people. During off season or normal season maybe not as required. But when it is peak or busier just hire enough people to balance the load so people don't have to work at insane paces in tandem with insane hours. This is not China and this is not a sweatshop. Show a little respect and gratitude and stop it with insulting rewards system you throw around for free vending items or the slim chance of winning prizes during peak season. I guarantee most people find this marginally motivating.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24877,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced with lots to learn,"- Everyday there is a new challenge, keeps you busy - Good overall compensation",- Lot of stress and low work/life balance - Appreciation and recognition from management is limited.,- Provide career path to all employees and more candid reviews for development,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24878,amazon,"Goodyear, AZ"," Jan 22, 2011",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Great short term seasonal work position,"I worked with Adecco seasonal and short term staffing agency. Amazon.com paid $11 per hour, which was great. Everyone was cool. The management was excellent. The safety policies were amazing. There is no way you should get hurt there, because it is very well organized. They have suggestion boards, awards they give out, good security etc. Also had good conflict resolution department.","Just a few corporate policies that irked me. 15 minute breaks. To me that is too short. I would have to choose between eating a snack or going to the bathroom or getting water etc. Personally I am not used to being treated like a kid. If I need 2 or 5 minutes extra on a break I want to take that. I hated the 15 minute breaks. Often clocks didn't work, soap dispensers in bathroom didn't always work. Need to fix and or add some microwaves.","Get more floor mats for people who are doing the boxing/ranpacking etc. Have a supervisor come by the ranpacking line and do a few minutes of coaching everyday. Giving a few little tips and building team work. Teach people how to introduce themselves and do some tiny team building exercises. It sucks working with people you don't know. Especially if they are grumpy or stand offish. Get more sizzors, get more tape guns and make sure all the sharp edges on the equipment is covered up. Fix the water coolers please.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24879,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2010",Former Employee - Divisional Merchandise Manager,"Becoming a political, toxic environment","1) A successful model that will one day probably make it the largest retailers in the world, 2) Pay. Employees are very well paid and it makes it hard to leave even if you are miserable. 3) Very smart, talented people to work with. 4) It is cool to say you work at Amazon.com 5) Jeff Bezos is a visionary and always thinking 10 steps ahead. Yes Jeff it is still day 1.",1) The Top Grading policy of getting rid of the bottom 10% is ridiculous. Amazon already has most of the best people. There are a lot of empty chairs. We have gotten rid of a lot of good people because they no longer met the bar. Well the bar is now too high and there are not enough candidates to fill them. We are interviewing people that we passed on years ago because we have let people go that were better then them. Those people will be let go in less than 2 years and it will cost the company a lot of time and money. Some of the great people that were let go should be hired back over the candidates that are available now. 2) People are miserable because of #1. They feel like it is only a matter of time before they are let go no matter how hard they work and how good they are. Truly a toxic environment where people are being paralyzed by feer. This is not what Jeff intended. 3) Management that is excelling and moving up are the ones that operate best in this environment and play the political game. Move to a new area. Lop off a bunch of heads (of good people) and say that you have raised the bar when in fact all you have done is create chaos and fear and actually slowed down the company from becoming the greatest retailer in the world. Shame on you it will catch up to you in the long term. 4) Some really great people no longer want to work here because of this enviroment and if you want to leave and go work for a company that does not treat people this way as a manager you may get type cast when in fact you do not believe in this at all.,The top grading policy should be seriously revamped. People should not be fearing for their jobs all the time especially when the company is successful as it is.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1709.htm
24880,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Controlled Chaos -- And I Love It,"Amazon still totally feels like a startup. There's way too much work, way too few people, and endless opportunities to improve things and make a difference. Fortunately the management is good at understanding that they need to balance projects as well as people, so you're never going to be forced into overtime you don't want to do. Working here is a total blast, the pay is good, and the people are awesome.","The chaos can be a bit confusing if you don't enjoy working in that type of environment. It's a very fast paced place, and you have to understand how to balance competing demands for your time and make judgment calls for yourself on what your time is best spent on.",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24881,amazon,"Allentown, PA"," Jan 14, 2011",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Tough, Challenging, but rewarding",Good Pay Ability to Move up,Long Hours Micromanagement at its finest,Lose the micro management piece of the Amazon equation as soon as possible.,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24882,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,neutral,the company is growing fast,"workload is heavy, if you want to work hard, there is plenty of opportunities.",no advice at all to the mgmt,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24883,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very short term and a sweat shop,Doing leading edge work (Kindle AWS). Running an internet scale business. Stock is doing well.,Very short term focus. Very operational and day to day issues to deal with. Bit of a sweat shop.,none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24884,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Jan 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A rollercoaster ride that is full of chaos and firefighting.,Constant change and some really cool innovative ideas and best practices. The best part of the job is the people that are the lifeblood of the organization. These people make the machine run every day of the week with passion and an energy in which never ceases to amaze me.,Communication is not the best.,Communication lapse and gap between middle and senior management. This gap is the next thing that needs to be addressed before Amazon can begin to meet continuous increased customer demand.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24885,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2011",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Chaotic and disorganized work environment,"Sexy, well known entry on my resume. World class services to the world.",QA role not valued. Chaotic prioritization. Inefficient and error prone processes.,none,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24886,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fast agile place for workaholics,"Aggresive, fast and agile work environment. Metrics driven technology. Good software infrastructure.",Poor work life balance. Heavy load of operational work (on-call duty over weekends).,none,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24887,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2010",Current Employee - Product Manager,It is what you make it - lots of opportunity,This job is challenging and rewarding but be prepared to bring your A game. It is self directed and you will need to be able to work without a lot of management.,There are some politics and a lot of vying for recognition. There is also a wealth of information inside the company but due to the sheer scale you will probably be on your own as far as discovering all of it.,You spend a lot of time bringing in qualified and talented people. The interview and hiring process is intensive & there is HR support the whole way. Once the person is hired the HR support ends abruptly and the transition is a little stark. It might help have the HR help to transition for a week or two (or even introduce themselves in person).,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24888,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2010",Current Employee - Recruiter,Misleading and Stale,Highly respected and known brand globally.,Stuck in their ways. They always say that is not how we have done or do things. Even after saying they want innovation and change/new ideas.,none,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24889,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2011",Former Employee - Site Merchandiser,An amoral company whose employees have no work-life balance,They pay well. The email targeting is fascinating.,"There is absolutely zero work-life balance. Pressue from management is extreme, and every department is horribly understaffed. Every employee has far too many deliverables to learn anything here, You simply get plugged into a system and have to work as hard and as fast as you can.  If you are the kind of person who values a life outside of work, avoid this company at all costs.",Learn to respect your employees. Right now you treat everyone as if they are disposable and there is no effort made to respect a work-life balance. Eventually this will catch up with the company.,1.0,1.5,none,1.0,4.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1710.htm
24890,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2010",Former Employee - Technical Product Manager,Great place to work .. if you are entrepreneurial but want the comfort of a big-company,"Strong culture of ownership - engineers support the software they create through an oncall rotation process. Note that different teams in Amazon - like any big company - operate differently, and some are much more mature than others. This means that even if you are more comfortable with structured processes, there are several places where you can feel at home and contribute meaningfully. Plus -- its a VERY high-energy place.","Strong focus on customers, sometimes at the cost of employees. Benefits package could be better, and work-life balance is really up to you. Mostly, since we are a 24x7 internet retail site, be prepared to be up some nights and weekends firefighting technical issues, dealing with clients or addressing management's questions on product performance.","Try to avoid some of the thrashing that is typical of Amazon's culture. Also, increase focus on employee welfare now that you have the size to be able to do so.",5.0,3.5,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24891,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 19, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Strong technical growth opportunities,"Very smart people, lot of opportunities to learn from peers.",Slower growth ladder for technical folks.,none,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24892,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The people are great, but the work life balance is terrible.",You work with really smart people and learn a lot. You have good opportunity for advancement and growth. People are generally friendly.,You work way too much. Luck plays a major role in promotions because everyone is very good at what they do and everyone works really hard. This makes it hard to differenciate yourself.,"Focus more on work life balance, retention, and faster hiring. Teams are consistently short over 20% of their headcount, which stretches everyone thin.",2.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24893,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2010",Former Employee - Product Manager,Unfortunately the company does not invest in their employees and leadership is not positive.,It is a large profitable growing e-commerce company- great experience to see how a company like this operates. It is in a great city- Seattle- with locations all over the country and the world.,"Poor leadership - a culture of distrust and mean-spirited competition vs. healthy teamwork and all striving for similar goals to advance the company. Instead there is manipulation- dishonesty, and backstabbing that runs rampant within the ranks.",Listen to your employees- realize that you are a growing company but you cannot treat employees as disposable resources forever. Even though there is a large talent pool applying the attrition rates are phenomenal and while employees don't want to leave the culture can be so detrimental that they get to the point of no other option. If a program was instituted to address this it could become one of the top places to work- but they are very far from that spot based on their past treatment of those going to work for the company.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24894,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2010",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Internship program is very competitive in terms of keeping interns at the company for full time positions,Amazon has a very casual and unstructured working environment. You can wear anything to work!,"The company is still relatively. Many process are not perfect, and needed to be constantly updated and improved.","Some management are very opinionated, expectations are unrealistic.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24895,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Enjoyable place to work,Good salary. Growth in stocks. Good development culture.,Inexperienced dev managers Frugal comparatively to the other big techs On-call rotation Lack of testers,Increase the bar for dev managers.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24896,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Nov 8, 2010",Current Employee - Stower,"Unfortunately, the highest pay in this area.","Number 1 in technology, very efficient in areas such as customer service, and having the products that people want, almost regardless of what that may be.","Some mid and upper management personnel seem to to be in a total disconnect from the average worker, ""associate"" on the floor. It's hard to tell someone how to do something when you obviously don't know how to do it yourself. Having a college degree is one thing, having basic people skills and common sense is another.","Treat your fellow employees the same way you would want to be treated. People are not consumables, they are human beings.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24897,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Nov 25, 2010",Former Employee - Cs MANAGER,"High potential to be a great place to work, but...","Great business model - customer satisfaction, wide variety of products, lowest prices, and convenience. That combination is hard to beat when executed well. Casual dress code is awesome (jeans, t-shirt, flip flops, baseball cap). Company profitability and stock price has performed well. The company is finally trying to improve their work culture and make it a decent place to work.","Upper management leaves a lot to be desired. They only know how to manage up and are not supportive of direct reports, causing a lot of potential leaders to make quick exits or end up failing. Lots of managers and leaders chasing AMZN stock, frequently checking the price throughout each work day. There is very little information sharing passed along, making it hard for new hires to quickly acquire the ""tribal knowledge"" necessary to do their jobs.","Invest in professionally developing the managers so they can become good leaders. Turn the ""dog-eat-dog"" culture into a more supportive one. Rein in the frugality so employees don't have to purchase the office supplies and furniture they need at their own personal expense. Address the work/life balance problem head on. Focus on reducing the high turnover rate instead of ignoring it (when employees resign to go work at other companies, try finding out why instead of getting upset about it). Recognize and praise a job well done. Challenge MBA's and other skilled leaders with meaningful work, and reduce the tactical workload to a more balanced level.",1.0,1.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24898,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2010",Former Employee - Software Developer,Awesome place to work,"Getting to work on new technologies, Flexibility in work environment. Genius people around you. Compensation given to the new developers",Clarity of job role. Communication with the management and peers.,"Just be more open to the employers , rest everything is amazing",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24899,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Loose Federation of Small Interdependent Teams Working on Diverse Projects,"After working as a college intern at the company I was offered a full-time position which I accepted. As a first-time job out of college I can't recommend it enough, just make sure you're on a team working on an unreleased product. An Amazon team in heads-down development mode is an amazingly productive and inventive thing. Projects are rapidly prototyped, torn down, and built anew. The build system is bar none the best I have ever used, if you need some library to do something, you just depend on it. Done.  We had a senior principal engineer acting as a sort of roaming quarterback among our teams and he frequently sat in on design brainstorming sessions. He also sat ten feet away from me, so bouncing ideas off of him was frictionless and really helped me grow as a fault-tolerant systems architect.  People wear many hats at Amazon and you can quickly make a name for yourself as ""the X guy"" if you devote yourself to being an expert in X. Plans change and you can get a golden opportunity in your lap if you're lucky. For me it was defending our system architecture against three senior principals. Get your name out there and you'll have other (potentially cooler) teams trying to headhunt you from your current one. I would recommend this strategy: stay on a project long enough to make a name for yourself in some way and then jump ship to another team. A year and a half to two years is a good periodicity for this process.  The best thing about Amazon is that if you find yourself getting tired of the same old drag in your current position, you can jump ship to another team and work on something entirely new and exciting. This is not Microsoft: there is little animosity between teams and no hard feelings will be had. You can be writing servers in Java one year, virtualization modifications to the Linux kernel the next, and messaging systems in Erlang the next.  Corporate culture is good. There aren't as many hokey ice-breaker or get-to-know-each-other events as in other companies. I once heard the company described as ""having a good drinking culture,"" which certainly was true within my team. Our outings were more like pub crawls, with pool and bowling often thrown in as an afterthought as we wandered around Capitol Hill. Good times were had.  The pay is pretty good too and I hear the stock ain't doing half bad, too.  In summary, I wholeheartedly endorse Amazon as a first out-of-college job for people who want to learn a lot about anything. Just don't dig down too much in one team and you can rise to prominence in any area you want. Within a year I was designing and implementing key pieces of our architecture and my ideas and proposals were taken as seriously as those from people with a decade or more with the company.","N.B.—My team probably ranked in the top five for pager pain metrics. I've seen the histograms, and there is a long tail. You'll likely find yourself in a team with far less pager pain, but be warned that it can be bad.  Yes, you have to carry a pager. Yes, it can be hell. You will invariably try to go to a pub one hour before your rotation ends only to be paged into an event that requires a conference call with multiple VPs and on-edge datacenter engineers. You may go to bed at 1 AM Sunday night, be paged at 5 AM Monday morning and not stop firefighting until 2 AM Tuesday. It can be draining.  People say Amazon never ships a version two of anything, and I think this is the reason why. Asking your educated thought workers to sit around doing menial ""keep the stack running"" tasks can be a pain, and the small team sizes are great and all, but you'll find yourself wishing for more people to share the pager pain, misery loves company.  At one point my project entered a dark phase in which all feature development tasks were superseded by the need to just keep the service up and running. Hacks and kludges were put in place to reduce the load and extreme measures were taken to keep us up and running. In retrospect, our project was characteristically different from other web services and this sort of thing was predictable, but we didn't get ahead of the problem quickly enough. One tends to blame management when these things happen, saying ""we'll take the technical debt and put it on the backlog for now"" one too many times can result in one hell of a lot of interest to pay off.  The whole period seemed like hell when it was happening, a team member switched teams, the intern went back to college, the managers did a nice little switcharoo, we had three developers to actually code. But it passed. And I got an offer with another team with essentially no oncall rotation and whose work I really admired. I didn't take it because I knew I'd soon leave the company due to a cross-country move (I didn't want to join a brand new team for only two months), but the thought crossed my mind.  So if you have a needy family, enjoy sleeping, or can't bear the thought of a pager, maybe Amazon is not for you. If you're willing to look past that in order to work at a company that actually ships products (rather than having them always in beta or research), I say the pain outweighs the gain.","Being second to market is not always the end of the world. Ship early, ship often is fine, but when crucial flaws are found putting band-aids over them and saying ""we'll take the debt"" is not a good solution. We don't have anyone nearby in the web services category and I'd rather see things ship perfect than them ship first and have terrible performance issues.  But I'm not a manger and I'm not a businessman. Perhaps the added personnel and hardware and emotional costs are eventually overcome by all the cash that comes in.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1711.htm
24900,amazon,"Campbellsville, KY"," Oct 19, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager Review,Amazon.com is a great place to work due to its rapid growth. There are many opportunities due to the opening of new facilities nationwide.,Amazon.com involves a lot of extra hours with no overtime pay. The salary could also be improved for the amount of work that is put in.,The management at Amazon is great since it allows employees to implement ideas without much resistance. The communication between various managers needs to stay at a high level.,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24901,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its a job but know what you are getting into before you fall for all the smoke and mirrors,get to meet some nice people in the same boat. location is good. benefits are good. head hunt from collages,"long hours,average pay,Seattle gets perks production centers do the work, disrespected when you have issues that involve HR",learn from your workers. threat us as human beings not numbers production means nothing if the work is not done correctly in the first place.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24902,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Broken Promises, Lack of Respect, Only Good for a Steady Paycheck",Pay is a bit higher than average. I am a temp so I cannot comment on much else,~Horrible management. ~Management is expected to dedicate their life to Amazon or they are not considered a team player. ~They don't want anything but performance. ~They want your ideas and to use and abuse you and give you nothing in return ~Don't expect to get hired here if you start as a temp. They will give you every excuse in the book!,Start listening to your people. You have very smart and talented folks working for you so stop thinking that they are only there for you to dump on. Make them partners in the teams success!,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24903,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,It's a sweatshop,-small teams - pizza teams -stocks and pay is good -smart peoples (though a lot of them are primadonna),"-lack of work/life balance - you are expected to work crazy hours and meet arbitrary deadlines set by the management -management lacks respect for the engineers - often they yell at employees -management promotes engineers who are loud and obnoxious -operation support - you have to carry pager 24 hours that sucks the life out of you -lack of tools/support - extremely bad tools support for build, deploy, IDE -poor computer hardware - you have 5 years old machine -dirty bathrooms and carpet - Amazon is known for being cheap and it saves every penny even on cleaning the bathrooms.",show some respect to the engineers and create some work/life balance.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24904,amazon,"Palmdale, CA"," Sep 6, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Ride,"great people, interesting projects, big impact",some technology could be a bit behind other major players,10% time,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24905,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon is a great company and global brand. Working here has its downsides, but I'm quite satisfied overall.",Globally recognized company Very smart people Fun work environment Kindle is a great group to work in. Cutting edge and endless possibilities.,Politics can be a bit much. Overly frugal environment can be a drag Benefits aren't as good as some other companies in the area,Need more senior management that has a high technical bar. Sometimes it feels like there isn't a good overarching technical strategy that covers large organizations.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24906,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 8, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A hard place to work,Smart colleagues Good projects Constant new product flow,"Some managers have NO emotional intelligence. If you get one of these, start looking for a new job.",Ensure consistent management practices,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24907,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 7, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a Long Term Career,Incentives for Year 1 & 2,Amazon does not believe in world life balance,Employees are people,2.0,1.5,none,1.5,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24908,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Aug 23, 2010","Current Employee - Associate, Ambassador","Decent place to work, but more needs to be done.....","Salary is better than most other places that don't require a college degree. The big upside is insurance and a 401K. I have had three managers in three years and they all have been very good to work for. All completely different personalities and how they do things, but they have been willing to listen and work with you to get better. I have enjoyed the friendship of the associates around me.","I don't see myself working here until I retire, because the environment isn't really good for your health. You walk on concrete all day, there is lots of book dust, and it's extremely hot in the summer. Turnover happens on a consistent basis, and you never know when you will have a new manager/PA until almost the last minute. In the summer with the extreme heat, you are still expected to make rate and they push you pretty good, which I think is unfair. My manager has also been talked to about my rate two weeks ago, the same week I was training three people. Apparently I am still supposed to make rate WHILE I am training. Go figure. Even though I enjoy working with the other associates, there is alot of complaining that is both unfounded and also founded.","Leadership above manager level needs to know how to work the floor and also DO the work. I believe that would help them understand what we go through, and what can get accomplished everyday. Rules need to be enforced to correct the many behavioral problems of associates. I believe floor managers need to have more support in enforcing the rules to correct bad behavior.",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24909,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 19, 2010",Former Employee - Receiving,I would strongly advice against this place,"It is a good temporary job, but the staffing service they use leads alot to be desired. There were times to get in overtime.","High turnover for Human Resources, management and general employess. Why does Jeff Bezos treat people this badly?? Churn and burn.","Change the atmosphere to be people friendly, what goes around does come around. Quit having favoritism in the workplace, need to monitor their employees more. Need to have outside security for the various cars that have been broken into.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1712.htm
24910,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cool technology, ambitious goals.",Working with new technology on a scale you'll find in very few places. Very smart engineers working hard to do new things.,"Employees seem to be viewed as consumables. Promotions given to those employees that are great at ""managing up"", or presenting the best picture to their manager, instead of what was actually accomplished. Mid-level management seemed to not be focused on their teams, but rather on getting promotions for themselves. Amazon is a big pond with lots of big fish, this can be a real shock to someone who has been a big fish in a small pond. Be prepared to work 50-60 hrs/week, or you're not pulling your weight.","Bezos is brilliant in technology, not every bet is a winner, but enough are. Bezos has a blind-spot for management of people. Not his strength.",2.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24911,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Customer focused, get it done culture","+ Engineers in the company work very hard and are great peers. + the company puts the customer first and is numbers drive - a great place to learn decision making + software teams across the company get a good view into the core technology stack. if you want to learn how to build a very large scale distributed system then its a great place to be + engineering teams own the business function, product definition etc",inadequate focus on quality benefits are so so lots of churn,middle management layer is beginning to get bloated.,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24912,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2010",Current Employee - Manager,It's Not A New Age Fairy Tale,"You won't be working with idiots here. Amazon hires some of the brightest peolple around. If you have any leadership ability at all, you'll stand out. The place is attractive and clean. The starting compensation was way above average for my field.","Everyone here is smart, so people sometimes have a problem not getting their way. No expectation that you have a personal life. Long, long hours and weekends, or you're not a team player. (Bad.) Co-workers will take credit for your ideas and work because the atmosphere is hyper-competitive. Prepare to be talked about behind your back. You'll feel emotionally and physically burnt out very quickly.  Amazon is not a dreamy world of brilliant hippie hipsters. It's as corporate as any place in NYC.","Like if, or leave it. This is the Amazon culture. However, would say that we have enough intelligent people here. How about hiring someone with organizational abilities or leadership qualities for a bit of balance?",3.0,1.0,none,3.5,2.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24913,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2010",Former Employee - Inventory Planner,"Decent pace, horrible management",The ability to make an impact at one of the fastest growing companies in the world is exciting. You are not going to find a better resumer builder.,Too much trust given to computers instead of human capital. They want algorithms to run everything and is willing to outsource much of the work to India without enough quality controls. Turnover is about 80% in 3 years.,management needs to stop stepping in to make decisions for the employees. They need to take responsibility when something goes wrong as a result of their own mistakes.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24914,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2010",Current Employee - Associate Vendor Manager,its a tough road but you will learn a lot,work hard play hard is definitely the motto,you will work nights and weekends if you want to move up,promote people when they deserve it,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24915,amazon,"Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 9, 2010",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,"It was extremely hard to meet their performance quotas, nearly impossible.","The schedule was to work four days in a row, ten hours per day, and then have three days off.",The pace you had to keep to try to meet the performance quotas was exceedingly difficult. It was impossible for most people.,No advice.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24916,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Technical,"Video On Demand, a horrible experience",10% employee discount on first $1000 dollars spent.,"Don't know where to begin. Let's see: Insecure and incompetent manager, focused on his own survival-get rid of anyone who might make him look less experienced or anyone who challenged his way. Manager took others work and used it as his own Slow and painful build experience Middle & upper management, a bunch of ""yes men"". Oddly enough, no women in upper management...hmm...Really? No one very passionate about what they are doing - people in in the group were either unhappy or pissed off, but not passionate.",Start walking the walk. Take responsibility for your own mistakes.,1.0,1.5,none,3.0,1.5,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24917,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Working at Amazon is great!,"* Hugely innovative company * You're never working on the same thing for very long * Movement between teams and around the company is encouraged * Strong culture of knowledge sharing and collaborative problem-solving, both within your team and throughout the company * Amazon's computing needs are among the most extreme in the world--there's never a shortage of challenging problems to solve",* The benefits package isn't all that great for a company of Amazon's size * The culture of frugality has a tendency to disappoint: employee perks are at a minimum here * Parental leave policies are bare minimum * Stock-based bonuses take a while (years) to kick in,Nothing really,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24918,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2010",Current Employee - Merchandising Specialist,Worst Place to Work Ever!!!,"You can bring your dog to work, you can work from home (sometimes)--which you will be doing ALL the time (NIGHTS and WEEKENDS.)","Management on ALL levels are horrid! You are just a number and unless you brown-nose, you will go nowhere. You will be working at MINIMUM, 55-70+ hours a week (NO work/life balance). You end up spending your valuable time having to constantly train new employees because of the 70% attrition rate.  Here's a simple breakdown for you: -Benefits are poor -No work/life balance -No respect at all -You are just a number -You will have no social life -You'll be thrown ""under the bus"" by your peers and management -Don't expect to be at Amazon longer than 2 years -Discount is a joke  Amazon is not the ""great"" place everyone thinks it is. Yes, they treat their customers great (for the most part,) but they treat their employees like dirt. I don't know many people that have been here longer than 2 years--it's a rarity. It's basically like working at Wal-mart, but online.","I read a previous post suggesting Amazon employees should form a union. I STRONGLY agree with that suggestion!  Not everyone you hire is a leader. Let them excel in what they are good at. You are pushing out some fantastic employees. I have witnessed on my team at least a 70% attrition rate in the last 2 years alone. Value your employees, after all, YOU were part of the decision making in hiring these valuable employees, see them for their qualities and what they bring to the team.  The hiring bar at Amazon is EXTREMELY high to begin with, since the attrition rate is always 50% - 70%, management should realize that their employees ARE valuable and worthy, management should trust their original reasons for hiring them in the first place!  Oh, and the review process is unbelievable! Expect to be working on your self-review from mid-January to early-March, plus you'll have to do an upward review of your manager (watch out--if you give your manager a poor review, expect to have retaliation), and at least 3-10 peer reviews!  Please allow a work/life balance, it is seriously lacking.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,30,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24919,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Jul 29, 2010",Former Employee - Area Manager,Not So Glamorous,"Decent pay, decent benefits. You can move up in the ranks if you are willing to throw people under the bus and use buzz words such as green-belt, six-sigma, standard deviation even though you don't really understand them completely.","Company motivates employees with fear and pressure. Senior management pressures associates and managers to just get the job done without offering any help or guidence. This is because the system is broken and they don't have the answers either. But instead of realizing this, they will throw you under the bus any chance they get because they fear for their reputation.  Because the business model of Amazon includes very tight margins on their products, the company tries to save money everywhere, as a result, the facilities are run like sweat shops and associates are treated like slaves. In addition, equipment is very rickety and often creates safety hazards for workers.  While the pay is decent, as a manager you will end up working so much overtime that your salary will be comparable to an hourly associate's (again, part of the business plan to cut costs). The retention rate for Area Managers is ridiculous--something like 2-3 months. And the reason they like to hire military is because they know veterans are likely to put up with more crap than their civilian coutnerparts. My guess is if they didn't hire military, the retention rate would be right at about 1 week.  Don't be fooled by the name Amazon and the appeal that it seems to carry because it is an ""innovative"" dot com company. Instead, think ""Online Walmart"" who is actually one of their biggest (if not biggest) competitors.",There's really no hope. My advice would be to get a new job if you believe in karma or would like to have a clear conscience.,1.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1713.htm
24920,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2010",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Growing..bumps along the way,"Growth and opportunity, if you're willing to swing away without giving up. More potential than any other company I have ever touched (consulting or working for). Long term success of the company. I truly believe that this company is very strong and will be amongst the giants soon.","Too much ego. folks that have been with Amazon for a few years have a better than thou complex. Lot's of smart people, but lacking a warrior ethos. Focus on external customer is maniacal, but internal is missing. Work Hard. Make History. Yes, I believe! Have Fun....ok, if it's up to me to do it on my own.","Hire more leaders. You can train and develop technical, if you build that department some day. You cannot create natural leaders. Go find some more.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24921,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2010",Current Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Great opportunity if you're hardworking,-Lots of responsibility -Good pay for an internship -A great chance at career advancement within Amazon -Internship is well wortht the stress,"-Difficult to obtain access to managers -Amazon does not hold your hand, you will simply have to figure most things out -Will feel extremely overwhelming in the beginning","More training for interns, but keep up the challenging atmosphere. Also please hire a more diverse pool of finance interns, right now it feels homogenous!",5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24922,amazon,"Boston, MA"," Jul 1, 2010",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Amazon does a lot right, but their ego is one thing that trips them up often",Culture of change. Challenging the status quo. Try different solutions to problem solving.,"Unrealistic productivity rates. Walk up to 15 miles a day. Repetitive tasks. Management plays favorites. Management promises opportunity for growth, never happens. Favoritism is rampant. zero respect for the associates on the floor from managers. Treated like children. The culture is all about one-upping the next person, from senior management down to the warehouse associates, it's very demoralizing. It's who you get along with not your talents/productivity that dictates where you go in the company. They work you very, very hard....which is not a problem with me, very physically intensive.","I agree with a prior comment that the website has entirely to much info crammed onto it. Uncomplicate it. Retention is awful amongst Tier one associates, Turnover a serious issue. Increase pay retain those that are good and increase your chances at attracting better people than the ones you chew up and spit out through the temp agency. Dont you think in the long run it would make you more money via productivity, cross trained experienced associates, responsible team members?",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,4.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24923,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Jun 24, 2010",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Needs less ex-military and more business professionals,"If you work hard they will reward you, the pay is very good for warehouse work and promotions are there if you work hard and play the politics right.",They tend to hire under-qualified ex military personnel into management. They also required a BA/BS degree but do not care what it is in. So you end up with people who went to college for physical fitness in a management position they should never of been allowed into.,"Dont treat your employees like amazon is the army. Hiring ex-military is good, just make sure they went to school for something business related.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24924,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2010",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,What you'd expect,"Surrounded by smart, talented, hard working people. Decent pay, good locations in Seattle, moving to a new 11 building campus soon.",Most people are overworked and on salary so the good pay kind of evens out. Nerdy culture leads to a lot of people just working with their heads down.,"Clean up the website, stressing innovation and new features has led to a cluttered, complicated site that is imposing to new users.",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24925,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great company,"fast paced culture steep learning curve, casual environment, surrounded by smart individuals.",very data driven a lot of number crunching and report churning,keep the restricted stock in place it is a great incentive,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24926,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Jul 22, 2010",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,no respect,"the pay is ok, but you are treated like crap. there is favoritism no matter what.","favoritism. leadership is not positive. reviews are not done properly you get told youre going to get written up for behavioral issues for using personal time in the morning, rather than in the evening. they dont actually know how hard you bust your ass, and their computers dont calculate rates correctly. you get treated like a child, and that you are their pet. they threaten you with your job in different situations",become more employee eccentric as well. talk to employees like they are on the same level as you and get off your high horse.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24927,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," Jun 30, 2010",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager Review,Some of the smartest peers I have ever had. Problems can be complex and solving them can be very rewarding.,"Golden Handcuffs really apply here. They pay to relocate you, a signing bonus, and RSUs to motivate you to stay for at least that long.","Take everything with a grain of salt. Senior(er) Manager's will often explain simple concepts to you in depth, as if you needed it. But just say yes and nod and space out and you should be fine.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24928,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Jeff Bezos is a genius and a visionary,"Jeff Bezos has a great vision. These are the smartest, most motivated, and professional people that I have ever worked with. Amazon puts the customer first. There are a bunch of great projects to work on.",Work style is confrontational. Entire company is micromanaging everyone else.,Great future vision for customers.Review the culture so that employees feel secure enough to take risks to improve things.,1.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24929,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2010",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Single, looking for soul-mate (Corporate)","Work with smart, driven people, get paid extremely well, and for company growing at an amazing rate.","Cash-bonus (at hire) and stock grants all are structured to keep you here through thick and thin.  Take risks/chances on stretch-assignments at your own risk -- your manager will not be there to support you when you come up short, even if he/she has bought into all your progress steps. All part of the shoot-the-messenger culture. HR is without a spinal, echoing whatever ego-driven conclusions your management group has.","Hire some mediocre employees to do the daily boring work. Giving smart, talented and bright people unchallenging work just creates an environment of exaggerated task difficulties, and competitiveness of who's logging more hours.",2.0,1.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1714.htm
24930,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work if you do not mind the operational burden,"It is a place with very interesting technical challenges ---if you are looking for great technical problems and bright people to work with, then this is the right place. Also it has a get-things-done culture: things develop very rapidly and it is a short distance from idea to execution.",The biggest disadvantage of working here is the on-call burden. You are required to carry a pager on a rotation basis and it binds you down whenever you have it. Some teams have a very heavy on-call load which interferes with regular development.,Using support teams to reduce the support and operational burden on the software engineers would let them focus on what they do best rather than try to fix operational problems and at the same time deliver new products.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24931,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,lots of potential,salary is not that par unless u r in position to negotiate technologies u get exposed are great great minds work around you,office space is not good to work,"you are doing good , but a little more focus to employees will make things better needs to add more fun to the env",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24932,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2010",Former Employee - Technical Analyst,"Cheap company, bad decisions at lower level management, and other than developers, lack of direction.",Compensation. They pay you a lot to get you in!,"After your big signing bonus and good salary don't expect much more. 2% raises are basically the max. When the stock goes up a bit don't expect to get more if you're in your first four years. Work the weekend at 14 hours per day to make a big impact and you'll get a 5.00 Starbucks card on Monday (this is no joke). Five lousy bucks! Work long hours for projects that are always high priority and have short time lines. Work operations up to 30% of your time (think tickets, on-call, etc....). Amazon throws money at you to get you in but the job is no good, they don't do anything to make you happy. Turn over at Amazon is very high. Job satisfaction very low. Work hours are extreme.","Lighten up on budgets. Do more to get morale high and stop the, ""frugal,"" mentality. It's time to spend money to retain top talent and become a true global place to work. Make work life balance a high priority! Get operations off of the shoulders of the development groups. Unfortunately because of a few great decisions, Amazon is thriving financially which means there is absolutely no incentive for management to fix the actual underlying problems of the company.",2.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24933,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Jun 14, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unhealthy Culture in Distribution Centers,"Reputation as ""cool"" employer Associate discount",Long hours Extremely unhealthy culure - a tremendous amount of backstabbing and finger pointing. Everyone seems so afraid to make a mistake that blame is shifted continuously. Very high management turnover,"The lack of infrastructure on the distribution side was disconcerting. Very fly-by-the seat of your pants. Everything was a fire drill, even minor issues.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24934,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2010",Former Employee - Account Executive,"Great company to work for, the sales department is horrible","Pay is great. Benefits are great. Most employees are great, intelligent and driven.","Management is sales department is horrible. I was top in my sales but because my manager just didn't like me, he made my life a living hell despite my hard work, and devotion to the company and my goals. My manager sometimes ignored me for several days for asking challenging questions of him, He hired a person who had a terrible performance record but hired her on our team becuase she cried in the interview then the rest of the team had to pick up her slack. I was also told from the same manager that I would not get as good of a review because I chose to advance as an ""individual contributor"" instead of going down the management road. Our sales team was once yelled at for over achieving on our quarerly goal, becuase they would have to pay us more than anticipated. Also went back on their agreement to pay out full commission to an account executive who acheived an unexpected high goal past his quota. I was also told by my manager verbatim: ""You think like a girl, you think too much."" I've had one excellent manager in the four years that I was there, but the rest of managers on the sales team were completely inexperienced, immature, unprofessional and rude. The bad managers were more focused on playing the political game and not being an effective manager.","Put every manager through intense manager training. Require them to go through an educational program to learn people skills, business skills and understand the business they are working for.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24935,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2010",Former Employee - Manager,"If you decide to work here, ask in the interview what Top Grading is, and what its counterpart is.","Lot's of bright people work here, and you will most likely be paid well. There are a lot of interesting problems to work on at a scale few companies can offer. Probably a very good, tough environment for a smart kid right out of school with no significant other or kids - or hobbies or any life outside of work.","Unfortunately, even though I was paid more than what my position usually commands (a red flag right there I should have noticed), it just wasn't worth it. There are a *lot* of reasons I'd recommend not working here, but the two that stand out are the culture and the hours. You will work a lot of hours in whatever dept. you're in, almost without exception. But the real overriding factor in everything that makes it such a horrible place to work - the one that all the other issues grow from - is its culture.  Here's the long and short of it: front-line and middle managers here are really the 'bottom of the barrel' types. No self-respecting manager would try to manage any team in this environment (unless they didn't know anything about it when they were hired - ahem!), and that's because of one corporate-mandated policy that destroys any possibility of teamwork: Top Grading. Let me explain...  Top Grading sounds like a good idea when you only look at the 'top' part. What that means is the top 10% of performers on each team get the bulk (or all) of the raises for that team that year. This happens every year (depending on your dept., anywhere from Feb.-May), and is something so pervasive in the company that you really do risk your job if you try to stand up against it (pretty much Bezos's idea - so if your chain answers up to a Sr. VP that answers to him, it's gonna happen).  But why stand against it? Well, let's say you have a great team, and everyone's pulling their weight. The problem with this policy is, it also includes what some have called Bottom Grading - appropriately named, as it spells out the rest of the truth of the happily named Top Grading. The full truth is, you have to get rid of the bottom 10% of your team every year - period, end of story, no arguments. Basically, Amazon's 'high bar' with 'bar raisers' in interview loops comes down to little more than an inflexible ideology.  So just try and make a team in that kind of environment! Even just trying to be part of one is horrific, after all, you could be next. It's either you or someone else on your team - probably a couple or more. And this includes managers and directors.  I'm betting you can guess the result: a highly politicized environment, where everyone's going for the immediate win and doing their best to suck up to their boss at every moment, as once you're clued in, you realize your manager's or director's hands are tied. You walk on glass, and try not to *ever* cross them or give them a reason to put your name in the bottom 10%.  So that's it, in a nutshell - ideology 'tinkled down' from above loses to allowing managers to manage their own teams independently. Which pretty much explains why no competent managers would stay there, and why I left. And also why their attrition rate is horrible - 10% must go, combined with no healthy team dynamics whatsoever. It's just a real disaster over there.","Stand up to the policy of Top Grading, plain and simple. Let upper management - and especially Jeff Bezos and HR - know that you're the one who's best for judging your team's performance, as a group or as individuals. Get rid of that, and I guarantee you the attrition of smart talent will disappear almost overnight.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,34,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24936,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon is a great employer to work for!,"agile environment, flatter hierarchy, greater autonomy for developers","benefits not great, no espp, 401k options limited",keep up the great work!,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24937,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2010",Current Employee - Manager,Continues to get worse,Comp is good if you got your stock grants when the price was low Individual contributors are generally solid performers,Not a very positive work environment,"You say you want to manage by the numbers, so do it and stop managing by perceptions.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24938,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2010",Current Employee - Contractor,intern,looks great on a resume,Employees are not allowed a healthy work life balance,Treat your employees as human beings not cogs in a machine,2.0,1.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24939,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's like a pirate ship.,Many challenging technical problems to tackle as an employee. They give lots of room for you to shine but also rope to hang yourself. It's a very dynamic culture and promotes best solution at the time. This could be bad though since it also means a lot of bad solutions are introduced before the best comes out.,"Be prepared to move groups every year or two. You will get managed out if you're in lower end of reviews. Middle management changes direction too much. It's a very operations oriented culture, that means pager duty for everyone. Depending on group you could spend a lot of time fire fighting.",Gain some stability in managements own hierarchy. It like a revolving door every year. And this trickles down such that teams have constant churn.,2.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1715.htm
24940,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,good company,"There is clear career direction and growth which is offered via documents that indicate how to get promoted and what qualities you need. The work environment is a meritocracy. If you back up your ideas with reason, people will listen. There are many opportunities for learning, growth, and achievement. You just need to show some initiative.","The management is hit or miss. There are some managers who really know what they are doing, and they get promoted rather quickly. There are other managers who are not that great, and eventually get promoted because of the results they command from their team. It can take a big effort to convince management their plan is not good.",Take care of your direct reports and set reasonable goals because a happy worker is more willing to put in the extra effort to complete a project on time if time lines slip.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24941,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2010",Current Employee - Editor,Stay away from this place--toxic as hell,"Working with smart people, emergiing technologies, challenging work","Misguided management makes daily existence miserable, brown-nosing rewarded over actual work, liars profit from the spoken word more than the done deed.","Watch and observe for an honest and truthful perception of the situation--most underlings are telling you what you want to hear,not what actually is happening. Wake up and quit listening to those who are stroking your ego. Most are using the ego-stroking as a substitute for real work.",1.0,1.5,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24942,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Churn and burn,Its like a war zone. You have to learn very quickly in order to survive but the only catch is how long can you keep going like this? One year here is like two or three years in any other company.,Consider that 50% of the company leaves after two years.,Stop treating your employees like sanitary pads that you just use and throw away. Stop rewarding the Machiavellian middle management that only manage upwards and have no clue as to what is really going on.,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24943,amazon,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 24, 2010",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Amazon is fantastic, but encourages a destructive work-a-holic culture.","+ smart application of manufacturing tools/techniques which are effective and efficient + Toyota LEAN concepts applied to drive continuous improvements + fast pace, high energy, talented managers / specialists + goal clarity and focus: safety, quality, productivity. + routine metric measures + innovative, growing existing business and expanding to new horizons","- priorities piled on. Managers invariably work too long and/or miss deadlines. - focus on fast to execute discourages pushback / challenging questions - no time for team or individual development. - ""peak"" season shouldn't mean working 70 hrs/wk. And if you work 55 hours, you're ""not committed"". - base salary too low. - Pathway program demotivating for those not in the program who perform well.","Start less and finish more. Dare to break the workaholic culture by establishing org structures/mgmt coverage which can deliver metrics AND send managers home after a 50 hr week....ok 55 at peak. While we should strive to root cause and error proof, keep the Safety agenda sensible and hold careless associates more accountable.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24944,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work if you are willing to work hard!,"Lots of +ves about Amazon like - ability to make an impact to end users - talented and smart people to work with - no need to re-invent the wheel for the most part, so get to work on exciting stuff","-ves - pager duty for SDE, this sucks you are pretty much tied down to your work/home for that week as you need to respond to pages within minutes - do not agree with stack ranking for reviews - higher burn out rate, usually see developers lasting about 2 years before they move on","lower the attrition rate, hire QA teams which gives developers time to build systems, reduce operations/support overhead on developers.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24945,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience depends on your manager,"You get to work with a lot of smart, talented people. Amazon has a fast paced environment that encourages innovation. You can work on a lot of interesting projects and get to try out new ideas.","Most people at Amazon will have a lot of managers during their career. A colleague of mine had 13 managers in 4 years. Your experience at Amazon largely depends on your manager. If you have a bad manager, you will have have a bad expeience at Amazon. Poor managers do not give any feedback to their direct reports and emphasize face time over results. I know of many people whose manager actively blocked their transfer to another group. Going to HR also does not help as they will always take the side of the manager. Also, you should expect to work long hours at Amazon.",Human resources should listen to employees and work with them to provide career opportunities. Take action against managers with multiple complaints. Many high performing employees are leaving due to poor management.,3.0,3.5,none,1.0,4.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24946,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2010",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,No work / life balance,"Looks good on your resume, the RSU's are nice if they vest in time (and Amazon's stock is high)--before you go mad from the insane hours you work (while being on salary), and that's about it.",1) No work/life balance 2) No respect 3) No advancement 4) No guidance 5) No real leadership from management 6) No fun 7) No employee retention 8) No rewards for hard work,"Try to retain your employees, they're your best asset.  Treat them with respect, give them the proper training, allow them to excel in what they're good at, and reward them for their hard work.  GET RID OF ""FORCED RANKING,"" IT DOESN'T WORK!!!  TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS YOU TREAT YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!  WORK/LIFE BALANCE!!!",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24947,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2010",Current Employee - Designer,Avoid Amazon at all costs,"Great compensation - Amazon needs to retain top talent at least for a little while. Good benefits. I happen to have a good manager, which is great, but rare company-wide. Working with very smart and capable people.","Worst work/life balance I have ever had at a company by far. Management expects you to sacrifice everything for the good of the company. If you don't do well, they can put you on a PIP or fire you at any time, BUT if you exceed expectations, you have to wait a full year for review and compensation. There are no mid-term or end of calendar year bonuses, etc - hopefully you are fine with just a pat on the back. Most folks I work with hate working there and won't leave out of fear or because or the golden handcuffs (RSUs). Seriously RSUs are not rewards, they are a retention device and nothing more. They toss their money around to attract the top talent, but in the end have a lot of turnover. I am desperately trying to leave, but have to wait for the right opportunity. Amazon sucks.","Amazon and HR simply need to think about and care about their ""internal customers"" more. Senior management is unorganized and seriously doesn't know what the hell they are doing. They micromanage, they don't trust their professional employees at all and they are, for the most part A-type ladder-climbers who will throw their team under the bus in order to move up the chain. I think that Bezos is a really incredible guy, but very very demanding and precise. I have nothing against him personally and respect all of his achievements.",2.0,1.5,none,2.5,4.5,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24948,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Very interesting and challenging work,You're surrounded by very smart people and work/projects that are technically challenging and interesting. Amazon seems like just a website to most but the technology in place behind the scenes is very fascinating. Highly distributed systems built to scale at massive levels.,"No real perks besides a bus pass but that's made up with competitive compensation. You work A LOT and the pager duty can be a real pain sometimes. Then again, by working a lot I'm learning a lot so its really how you perceive it. Wish the remote development offices had more interesting work (my opinion), sometimes I could use a break from the Seattle weather",The vision of this company is great and the fact that pleasing the investors is not the #1 priority makes me proud to work here every day,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24949,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work,"The scale of the problems Amazon needs to solve are often unique. If you like large scale distributed systems you'll love working at Amazon. There's really very other places where you'll be able to have as much fun. Hours can sometimes be long, but well worth it.","Advancement is quick for the first couple of levels, but you can hit a proverbial wall once you get a more senior position.",I wouldn't ask that much be changed other than what's already been noted. Company is doing very well so I have no complaints.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1716.htm
24950,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2010",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Expect to work hard,You get to work for the industry leader and be on the cutting edge. Your learn a lot. You are surrounded by smart people.,Unless you are a workaholic you will have to work more than you would like. You work until you get the job done. There is little praise for doing a good job. That is more expected.,Make sure you let your employees know how they are doing and what they could improve upon. Feedback is important!,3.0,1.0,none,3.5,2.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24951,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon: Mixed bag,"In general, the company and th emanagers set very clear business goals. The product planning team works very well. Morale within the teams is generally quite high.","The work is often not very technically challenging. While reviews by Jeff are very inspirational, sometimes the lack of academic or technical challenges is a bit of a downer.",Keep up the great work. In general employees are very happy.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24952,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Site Merchandiser,"You Will Learn a Lot, Have Opportunities to Really Have an Impact, and Have No Personal Life","SMART People Amazon is truly dedicated to its customers Amazon is constantly striving to innovate There is a very flat structure at Amazon. Fewer layers and a real willingness on the part of even Sr. VPs to listen and engage means there is real opportunity to grow and make things happen. The scale of this store makes it unrivaled as a testing ground for ecommerce and user experiences. You can get enought traffic to test an idea at Amazon in one day that would take months on another site.  Look, overall this is an amazing place to learn ecommerce at the highest levels, but they don't care about you or your life, and there is a trail of broken families behind many ex-employees. They'll give you the opportunity to work effectively on interesting stuff, then let you burn yourself on it and pay you less than you'd get elsewhere for doing less. Some thrive on it, others do not. I don't think anyone regrets their time here.","You will work every night and every weekend. This company has a very short memory. Last week's numbers are what matter. Because the structure is so flat and the VP pool still relatively young, there are limits to advancement in many job categories. The pay is not competitive They don't care about you.","Keep your focus on the customer and growth. Overall, you are one of the smartest management teams on the planet. But realize that some things can only be stretched so far, and be careful of trying to cut costs too much, as quality is slipping in some areas.",4.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24953,amazon,"Whitestown, IN"," May 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looking somewhere else,Stocks Benefits Learning new skills Overtime pay Safety focused,"Senior leadership doesn't communicate with or respect their associates. HR doesn't help the people, just the company. Amazon only cares about their bottom line. No way to get promoted above tier 3 unless you have BA and there is no college reimbursement. Cap off pay. Management curses at each other and associates. The only punishment for harassment is a ""write-up"".","Start appreciating your associates more. Just because they aren't managers, doesn't mean they aren't people with families who deserve the same respect you'd give anyone else. HR dept needs to be more focused on protecting the employees, not the company. Be more professional in the way you speak to people and don't tolerate hostility from ANYONE. There are lot of good workers looking for other jobs because they are dissatisfied with Amazon. I heard that Jeff Bezos once said that his greatest asset and his most disposable was his employees. I'm not sure if that quote is correct but I definitely see that attitude in the company.",1.0,1.0,none,1.5,3.0,1.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24954,amazon,"Lewisberry, PA"," Apr 22, 2010",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Temp position at an Amazon warehouse,"The money is great for a temporary job! The job is good excercise, and employees have the potential to be trained on heavy lifting equipment. Plus they provide work gloves, box cutters and they don't have a restricting dress code. Facial piercings are allowed!","The hours are long and the breaks are extremely short. The breaks are so short that going out to lunch is not a possibility. They have strict safety rules, and it gets kind of ridiculious how they are with injury reports. If a person gets a paper cut they have to fill out 4 pages of paper work. They are really strict about line and picking rates. Just because a person gets hired on as a permanent employee doesn't mean that they are excempt from making rates. If you are hired late in the season you will have less likely of a chance to be made permanent, so if you are serious about the job start applying early.","An extra 5 to 10 minutes added to breaks would be a nice reward for employees. It would also be nice if they had part time shifts for people who are great workers and want to try out Amazon, but are too afraid to quit their full time jobs that they currently have.",3.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24955,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,Work with the best and the brightest - while working against difficult odds,"Great pay and stocks Relaxed dress code Opportunity to work with some of the most talented, intelligent and creative minds The American dream of advancing up the chain exists here, if you have smarts and drive There are some great managers here (but also some completely awful ones)","Upper management is to be obeyed under all circumstances, which can sometimes mean that a project must switch gears or be held up waiting for senior management approval.  Company has gotten so big that bureaucracy rules the day - getting resources from other teams or getting sign-off requires filling out forms, attending meetings to beg for things to get done, all while your own project must be done at breakneck speed.  Topgrading philosophy means that bottom 10% of employees are automatically ""managed out"" of the company with no exceptions. This can sometimes mean that employees that we would hire according to the hiring bar must be fired. This also breeds a culture of fear, and doesn't inspire great work performance, but instead preening in front of managers to get good marks while throwing others under the bus.","Get rid of the topgrading in performance reviews.  Do a complete overhaul of your HR department, in fact. It seems to have a culture of fear and has no concept of employee as its customer.  Be aware that your requests have power enough to cause an entire org to scurry doing extra work over the weekend, so work to change the culture so that we don't fight fire drills and instead think more for ourselves.",3.0,2.5,none,5.0,4.5,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24956,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work and develop your career,"There are a lot of smart people at Amazon. We work on the cutting edge of technology, and all of our problems are interesting. As for the teams I've worked on, it feels still like a start-up, each product is still immature, it's your job to make it better, and to scale it.","Amazon is a cheap company. Period. They make up for it with compensation, but don't expect frosting on the cake. Sometimes you feel like the tools are working against you, there is a lot of legacy code, and you may need to maintain something that has nothing to do with what you are developing. On-call rotation can be pretty stressful and demanding, depending on your team.","Make things more transparent to developers. We are an opinionated group, but we like to be in the know. Frame things to make it feel like we are always progressing to a goal, in concert.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24957,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2010",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,good pay & benefits empowers employees smart coworkers,"Hard work and long hours, not great work/life balance","More levels so there are more smaller promotions -- per Tony Hsieh in the All Hands meeting, continuous small promotions help to make people happy.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24958,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"They expect long hours and little work/life balance, but at least they're honest about it from the time you interview!","Amazing growth in a number of ""cool"" spaces Will continue to expand, not afraid to try new things Hire really smart, talented people Job scope is typically broad All about the customer Bezos is a strong leader and very involved","Um, no work/life balance Long, involved hiring process Hire as few people as possible to get the job done Base salary for new hires (at all levels) is capped, but at least everyone is in the same boat",Keep taking risks and focusing on the customer-- it's proven to be a winning formula Remember that there are only 24 hours in a day and some people have families,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24959,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2010",Former Employee - Buyer,horrible experience (stay away from retail!),free crap from vendors hush $/severence when they let you go.,"no work/life balance 24/7 blackberry - on call 365. management is completely incompetent HR is not there to help employees - only to keep management from getting sued. do not go to HR for any reason including anything legal, best way to get yourself fired.","i would say get a grip on the turnover, but since people will still want to come work for you, you have no reason to change anything.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1717.htm
24960,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place for a new college grad - some teams better than others,"I moved to Seattle right out of college to take a job in the risk management (anti-fraud) department. It was a little intimidating at first, with a learning curve like any job, but after a few months I was doing a lot of productive work. I was given significant responsibility early on and after 3 years, I was the team expert on several major systems.  Work/life balance was pretty good in my department, though I heard stories about others not being as good. Definitely ask your potential manager about pager duty - everyone has it, but it's much worse for some. Eventually we got 12x7 India support, which meant no more being woken up for nighttime production issues. As far as working hours, I put in my 40 hours a week and went home. No weekend work except for the occasional on call. I rarely *ever* put in any overtime, with the only exceptions being around the holiday season, which is considerably busier for most people. My manager was very good about respecting the importance of family and other personal needs. Work schedule is ridiculously flexible (sometimes a bad thing) - generally you could come in at 7 am or at noon, as long as you put in your 40 hours, and no one is counting either.  Benefits are pretty good. You get a bus pass that gets you free unlimited bus rides, including commuter buses. Some pretty famous people come to give talks/book signings for the employees. Parking at Union Station is free after reimbursement if you can get one of the cheap enough lots. Not sure what the situation will be after the move to South Lake Union.  Pretty easy to get promoted within the SDE levels (1/2/3). I think lots of people get promoted from 1 to 2 in the first couple of years - this carried a $15k raise for me.  Technology is fairly up to date compared to other companies. You get a laptop which you can take home with you. Lots of super smart engineers. Casual, informal work environment is nice.","Operational burden can be rather high, by that I mean you can end up spending a lot of time doing things that are not related to software development (reading lots of email, answering questions asked by employees in other areas, pulling data that your manager needs, metrics, etc.)",Hire some operational support engineers to let the software engineers focus more on what they do best - developing software.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24961,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Early opinions of working at amazon,"Exciting. If you have the right team, it can be a very pleasant place to work in. Unlike others, I find the operations burden refreshing (I come from working as a federal government contractor). On call pages are often opportunities to learn thing, and I like the investigation","Sometimes I spend too much time at the office. Parking spaces are limited. If you have a bad manager, life can be ... difficult.",Too early for me to have a real opinion yet,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24962,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,workaholics,"pay is good, work is fun, lots of interesting things to work on, 10% discount on books and other amazon.com stuff",too much work cheap atmosphere too much support work bad perks no soda everyone is working around the clock.. no sleep,"treat employees better, that is about it",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24963,amazon,"Wilmington, DE"," Mar 28, 2010",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Amazon.com is always evolving.,It's always changing. It's still growing after 10 year old company,Communication is awful. No people skills among management,"Listen to the associates, they are the one making it happen. Stop making everything a be impacted by number, e.g. kaizen",2.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24964,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 12, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History!","+ Limitless opportunity. If you want it, work hard and you can get it. + Growth & Change - We've doubled in size in the last 4 years through developing great products and services. With that kind of growth you get to try just about anything you want.","- Amazon doesn't have a great focus on the satisfaction of their employees. Thus, benefits are light and you should expect much from the company (other than great comp) to keep you satisfied.",Keep up the innovation!,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24965,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2010",Former Employee - Product Management Intern,Good internship program but watch out for caveats.,"Definitely good program as an intern. Lots of networking and learning opportunities. Give you a good exposure about the internal workings of this consumer-centric, often-fragile company.",I choose corporate housing and it turns out to be a huge amount of taxable income (albeit non-cash) on the W2. Called back HR and she wouldn't give detailed breakdown. The benefits appeared great to intern but the taxing is huge! (I have other income as a grad student so the benefits turn out to be costly).,Wish the internship is more structured. Have to change gear to a totally different project in the middle of the internship. In hindsight I could have accomplished a lot more with the first one.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24966,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 18, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great company,Senior management makes the right decisions and promotes innovation. Its rare to fine a company with such great vision. An obsession with the customer means that more often than not the right thing is done.,The org is massive. There is a lot of red tape to fight through to even get the simplest task done. Schedules are constantly hijacked and feature creep is rampant. The release process needs to be refined and groups held more accountable for their deliverables. Frugality is often overly practiced at the cost of productivity.,"Keep up the vision, approach, and decision making. Refine the effectiveness of group interaction, accountability, and middle management. Don't be so frugal when it comes to IT and employee perks because you lose money in the long run by doing so.",3.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24967,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 5, 2010",Former Employee - Human Resources Group,Stepford Wives,free onsite events with free books and music giveaways. allows dogs at site and in your work space. decent cafeteria.,"backstabbing people in HR, it was just awful. Rumors galore everywhere. It seemed like quality output was not the goal, rather looking busy was.",Get training or a new job. management training if it existed did not seem to help because it appeared management was not held accountable.,1.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24968,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Lots of opportunities and good compensation. Operational support can be burdensome.,"* You get to work on challenging and interesting problems * The types of problems and challenges vary greatly from group to group giving you plenty of opportunities to try and learn new things, if you're looking for a change you don't necessarily have to find a new job, just a new group. * In general you get to work with really smart, competent and experienced developers that will push you. * Good compensation * Performance is generally acknowledged * Developers and principal engineers choose the platforms and technologies used, not the business teams or management. * The mantra that ""it's all about the customer experience"" is actually true and enforced. Whenever a tie needs to be broken on how something should work the answer to this question is usually sufficient to break it.","* Being on an on-call rotation and carrying a pager. The operational burden placed on developers varies significantly depending on what group you're in, but some groups are pretty horrific. * Middle management is often woefully ineffective (of course there are exceptions) * Compensation doesn't always correlate with performance, developers in the same level are almost always paid about the same regardless of how much they accomplish, promotion is the only guaranteed path to compensation increases. * The hiring/interview process is a complete crap-shoot, bad people get in, good people get rejected, when things break there's almost never any attempt to look at what went wrong and how to prevent it in the future. * RSU (stock) based compensation is highly variant depending on the stock price (when you are awarded the stock and when it vests can be separated by years). In some situations this is positive and some situations its negative, but cash based compensation would be more predictable. If the stock does go up one year your compensation the next year may go down in order to compensate. * As inevitable with large companies, Amazon is becoming more process oriented, this means more pointless meetings (this is often exacerbated by poor middle management who care more about process than results, and rarely take a step back to see if what they're doing is actually adding value). The weekly metrics and change management meetings that some groups have typify this problem.","Focus more on results and less on process. Don't measure something because it's easy to measure, measure something because it actually has real customer impact. Look for ways to ease operational pain so that developers can focus on creating new solutions rather than continually and hopelessly patching bad ones.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24969,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,amazon.com review,"smart people, good projects, fun work","pager duty, career advancement, pay",More opportunities for career advancement,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1718.htm
24970,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Depends on where you land,"There are some very challenging problems and smart people at Amazon. If you find a group with strong management and smart peers, you can learn a lot and work on satisfying problem sets.","Some groups do not have great accountability, the company can be very cheap about things like hiring QA or support engineers.",Embrace the value of spending money on operational support and support engineers. Give people enough time to design things with a longer-term horizon in mind.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24971,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,I'm enjoying it,"Able to maintain a healthy work/life balance. Fun, friendly work environment. Interesting projects. Amazon is a very challenging workplace. You're expected to get things done very well and very quickly. There are a vast variety of projects, big and small, to work on to stretch your skills. You're not just interacting with other software developers, so you can use it as an opportunity to learn a lot about business in general and people skills.","Despite the long-term vision of the company executives, it seems that a lot of the lower-level managers have very short-term vision. They will cast your best laid plans asunder in favor of rushing out a completely new project in a very limited timespan so they have something to show in their regular meetings with top executives. As an SDE, you have to learn how to push back and get time to make a solid plan.  Your developer as a programmer may be limited in terms of the developer tools you learn (and can use to pad your resume). Amazon uses a lot of proprietary developer tools.  The on-call rotation is very frustrating and exhausting at times, but it's a necessary evil. It has driven people out of the company. But the severity of it is something that varies greatly from team to team.",Lower-level managers: Communicate to your reports what your mid-term and long-term goals are more clearly. Push back on features/projects expected to be done within a month.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24972,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 17, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Interning at Amazon.com,"Great work environment Great location Interesting tasks Amazon treated interns fantastically. They had social events for us, set us up with housing and paid well. One thing I really liked was that each intern was given a project to complete. In other Internships I've had I've just been added to a project, here I got my own.","I worked a lot of overtime. Most of it was because I'm a slow coder, but I felt like I needed to get things done so I stayed late to do it.",I thought the management at Amazon was very open. It was easy to talk to people there and if they caught me staying late they invited me out for drinks.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24973,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Mar 25, 2010",Current Employee - Area Manager,If you want to be a number and work with the worst Senior Leadership Team then come work here.,salary/stocks benefit package is attractive work with some real talent,Micro management to the extreme Worst Sr. Team Treat employees like a number and don't care about revolving door,"change culture by removing Sr. Team bringing in new Sr. team that really knows how to lead, motivate and retain talent",1.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24974,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Life as an SFA at Amazon,-Recognizable brand name -Fast paced environment -Opportunity to learn and grow -Smart people,-Lack of strong leadership -Limited opportunities to advance,Promote from within and offer better guidance on the vision and mission for your respective teams,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24975,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 4, 2010",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Intern Experience,"One of the best parts about coming to work at Amazon was the fun and laid back environment. Dress is casual and people were allowed to bring their dogs into the office. In terms of work, most people work on teams depending on their area and work together to function as a team.",Often times I was unprepared to deal with tasks at hand. I was an intern and excited to learn but felt that I didn't receive the training I needed to succeed in my role.,I would spend more time developing a better training program for interns and making sure they are given the tools needed to succeed.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24976,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Feb 25, 2010",Former Employee - Operations Manager,If you want your self-esteem to be degraded - come work here!,Innovative company Good compensation and benefits Room for professional growth and advancement,"- Priorities are constantly changing so that you don't know what you should be focusing on and you are not able to accomplish much because you get pulled from one project or priority to the next - Work is piled on you so that you learn to manage NOT doing things and ignoring requests just to keep you head above water - this is not something I felt good about in trying to do my job - Performance feedback and professional development advice was inconsistent from one of my superiors to the next - Their motto is ""work hard, have fun, make history"" - the fun part s definitely not there. As managers we were afraid to talk to eah other on the shop floor and be seen smiling or enjoying ourselves for fear that a senior manager would see us not being serious & professional enough. -Work/life balance - that is practically non-existent.",Pick a limited number of priorities/focuses for the year and STICK to them! Don't change them or add on more. The work environment needs to be more fun and more positive - we're shipping books & toys to customers for pete's sake - not doing brain surgery! Work/life balance needs to start from the top with senior management demonstrating and encourgaing it for their managers.,2.0,1.5,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24977,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Schizophrenic,"You get free coffee, can learn about how to build an application at web scale, and work with some smart people.",Smart people doing stupid things. Well intended management / leadership doing stupid things. Lack of strong career planning ... happens once a year. Be prepared to be anal about details. A company that is still trying to be a startup (act like one in terms of results) but with big company bureaucracy (ie. better cover your arse).,Are people an asset or liability?,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24978,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,"Good compensation, varied and fun job possibilities. You get to work with a lot of smart people every day. It's good to work at a place that is well known so you don't have to explain where you work to everyone you meet.","Job promotions are hard to come by, and seems to be dependent on knowing and talking to the right people. Hard to advance as a software developer if you just want to be a skilled coder.","Make promotions within software development be more related to software development skills, not the ability to smooch up to people or hold presentations or abilities that doesn't really speak for an individuals ability to create and design good software.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24979,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 6, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,work hard and good pay,"challenging projects, good pay (considering RSU), talented coworkers, good place to learn, get to work in various areas (project management, planning, architect, development, maintenance, monitoring, metrics, etc etc)",lots and lots of work - i completely agree with other that there is NO work/life balance in amazon very aggressive coworkers - you need to be tough,more communication.,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1719.htm
24980,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2010",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Experience here 100% dependent on your group/manager.,"Startup environment Smart, hardworking, generally fun, people. Good stock grants (when stock price is high) Pride in creating an unmatched customer experience. I wasn't in a technical role but in my group the sw developers (SDEs) were great! Relocation package. Ask for it and they will give it. Convenient work locations if you live in Seattle Subsidized mass transit","Duct-taped back end systems. Amazon is a great customer experience, but better to not know what's going on behind the scenes. Vastly different environment/culture between groups Unnecessary meetings (on many days back-to-back for 8 hours) Absolutely no requirement for people management skills or even some basic level of self-awareness of your own abilities to be a manager at Amazon. In my group a voluntarily terminating employee was given severance pay because a manager's conduct was (in my opinion) actionable, but the manager was given no reprimand and continued to have more employees placed as direct reports. Competing for resources/funding sometimes lends itself to a reality show ""today's challenge"" environment. I couldn't care less about work/life balance and am a life-long workaholic, but there is absolutely no downtime in some roles. The job I was in broke me and I've now changed careers due to my experience. Ask your recruiter what the turnover rate is in the organization you are interviewing in. They know - everything at Amazon revolves around metrics. People generally don't quit in high numbers with a manager/org that has their back and treats them right.","Your mid-level managers will make or break your retention of good people. If your org has a high turnover rate, ask questions and make changes if you want to keep good people in the trenches.",2.0,2.0,none,4.0,2.5,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24981,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2010",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Amazon careers for the future,Great friendly culture. Everyone is hard working but has fun. We are frugal and care about how funds are allocated within the company. There is a lot of growth which means many job opportunities.,The company is experiencing so much growth that many people are overworked as positions change and others are promoted. There is a lot of back fill but this is also an opportunity for personal growth.,Amazon should encourage employees to take sick days instead of coming to work to avoid flu bugs spreading to everyone. There are a lot of coughs at work.,5.0,3.0,none,4.5,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24982,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2010",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Good place to work,Lots of smart people. Will learn a lot,Slow growth. Promotions are hard to come by.,Give people room for career growth,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24983,amazon,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 26, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,good employer,job security good work environment fun place to work easy access to resources good for freshers,"low salary...need to change the policies..., make some changes for work culture and give some more liberty to the people/employees",salary hike for everyone,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24984,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 15, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Interview for SDE-I position,Extremely smart people. Very open communication. I probably learnt more there in 1 year than all of my education and past work experiences combined. Casual dress code. Total ownership of product.,"Total ownership of product. You are responsible for design, development, test, deployment and maintenance. On-call rotations play a bit of havoc with work-life balance, but definitely manageable.","Allow a bit more freedom to move within the org. Its currently difficult to switch teams due to the rigorous interview process even for current employees. If someone is doing pretty well in their current position, they will do well in their next one at Amazon.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24985,amazon,"Newark, NJ"," Feb 8, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Long Hours, but the benefits make up for it","Great benefits and compensation, good work environment",LONG HOURS. Don't expect to have a social life while working for Amazon.,Offer more training to its entry-level employees.,3.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24986,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 11, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Tough, Love","Real corporate culture -- it comes from the top, it is consistent, it is communicated, it makes sense, it makes customers happy. People really refer back to it when making decisions. Kind of tough on the employees but you can't have everything. If you perform, stock options are excellent. If you want to be a leader and you can do it, you can get extremely educational access to incredible top people.","Stressful. Work-life balance is poor in many groups. High operational burden in many groups. Benefits are bare minimum -- their philosophy is they would rather give more grants to reward the productive, then to have benefits that go to all employees.","Recruiting is overly decentralized. Too often a candidate gets ""grabbed"" by an inappropriate group, and then the candidate will either be turned down or unhappy they didn't get a good match.",4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24987,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,I love working here,"Working at Amazon for the last 4 years, it has been the best place I've worked so far. Engineers and management loves the customers. Pretty much any great idea can be taken to market - who would of thought a book selling company would be a world leader in cloud computing ? There is also lots of opportunity to move around the company provided that you have good relationship with your peers and direct manager. Last but not least, the CEO is really really smart and genuinely cares about his top performing employees. Whether he anticipated it or not, the hiring freeze BEFORE the recession hit was pure genius. One of the few companies with zero recession layoffs.","Biggest complaint is the spotty performance of managers, especially the bad apples. Bad apples are allowed to work their employees like a dog and fire them even if they are really good performers. If you get stuck with a bad manager, be nice and quietly change groups before they ruin your reputation. If you are not a top performer in reference to your peers, best not join the company because your pay is highly tied to how well you do in your performance reviews.","Give employees the opportunity to move groups even if their manager gives them a poor performance review. Other than that, stay the course and keep innovating on behalf of the customer.",5.0,2.5,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24988,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Jan 25, 2010",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Amazon.com a good place to work,"Amazon is a fast paced business that prefers to act rather than wait indefinitely for the perfect solution. The organization is very flat, so responsibility is yours for the taking. They take leadership very seriously, and expect great things from their managers every year.","Can be long hours, but that comes with any operations job.","Like many companies, they sometimes approve savings and projects on loosely formed data. I believe Amazon could use learning a more standardized method of data analysis to better understand and validate the projects they take on and approve.",5.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24989,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,"Good place for SDEs, can be very frustrating at times",You learn a lot. Get to work on some very complex problems. Get to use a lot of new technologies. Lots of smart people.,A lot of legacy software that should be deprecated. On call support. Cross team communication can be frustrating at times.,N/A,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1720.htm
24990,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 13, 2010",Former Employee - Editor,"overworked, over-stressed, under-appreciated","smart people, new technologies, entreprenurial spirit","too much work, too little appreciation and recognition, unequal work-life balance, extreme favoritism (and I wasn't one of the favorites!), lots of brown-nosing required (not one of my talents!) management's truth is the ultimate truth--there is no overcoming it, overall the worst work experience of my life.",get a grip on reality...people are telling you what they think you want to hear--not the real situation and how to solve the problem.,1.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
24991,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2010",Former Employee - Director,Great place to work,"I am very proud to have been a part of Amazon. It could be a frustrating place to work, but it was never boring. I have never felt so mentally stimulated.","Be prepared to work hard. Jeff Bezos is amazing but he has no concerns for you individually. That didn't bother me at all, but you have to know that going in.","When I worked there many frustrated me, and I would have passed them on to senior management. Now, however, looking back on what they have achieved, I wouldn't suggest they change anything.",5.0,3.5,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
24992,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,be prepared! You have to work very hard.,good for development for a new hire. You'll learn a lot from peers. Good money too.,tough operations. slow in promotion.,stop micromanagement! trust your engineers.,4.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
24993,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2010",Current Employee - Product Management,"Savvy business management, poor employee management","Powerful business model on core retail business that drives seemingly unlimited growth. The basic principle that the company was built on which by driving lower prices it can fuel sales, gain leverage and reduce costs from vendors to further reduce prices fuel growth, etc. is brilliant due to its simplicity. In order to be successful this model requires long term thinking and Jeff Bezos is famous for that, which allows folks to focus on projects that may add a lot of value 5+ years down the road. This also leads to plenty opportunities for innovation, which are key in creating a sustainable business.  Another pro is the fact that the company focuses on three things that do not change no matter what the economy does: great prices, great selection, great customer experience. No matter what the state of external elements might be, focusing on these three things gives a company an edge.  Finally its obsession with customer satisfaction is a lesson to be learned. Being in that environment gives a unique perspective on how to manage a business that needs to be seen in practice to truly absorb.","Unfortunately despite all the great strategy surrounding the business, the people management is absolutely terrible which I suspect will have long term negative consequences. There is little to no structure on how someone can grow which puts your fate completely in the hands of your manager or manager's manager. Obviously in any company they will always have a very strong influence in your career, but the lack of structure provides you with no safety net in case you happen to land on a terrible team.  There is little to no training when you start in the company, but you are expected to work your butt off and get results. It is not uncommon that managers will say that you should spend time with your families, but give you so much work that makes it almost impossible. Additionally there is little room for errors, even if you have had years of recognized achievements, a couple of months of bad luck and your thrown to the dogs.  I do have to clarify it is not like this in all departments. There are pockets of good people, but overall the senior leadership simply does not focus on their employees as much as they could/should.","Simple things such as defining a function and what is expected in each level of the function would go a long way in helping people grow or at least understand why they are not growing. Evaluating managers creating a good working environment in addition to an effective one would also be helpful.  Probably the root cause of what I would call Amazon's inept HR management is the fact that Jeff B simply does not spend much time thinking about his employees and therefore does not put pressure on his top captains to create a hospitable working environment. If they valued the employees half as much as the customers, Amazon would be a great place to work at.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,1.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
24994,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Jan 11, 2010",Former Employee - Commnunities Supervisor,Great advancement opportunities,I'll never complain about the advancement opportunities at Amazon. I was able to move around quite a bit in the company which kept the boredom off,"phone shifts were long and dealing with the elderly callers who didn't understand how to use their computer, let alone order online kept those calls going and annoying.",I have none. I was given many opportunities that i was very happy with. I really can't complain about it.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
24995,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Writer III,technical subjects,"1. challenging and helpful to write all these different topics 2. As regarded, you will get lots of help from team mates when needed","1. too much time spent on stuff 2. regards to all files in place, some are being to close minded.","1. challenging and helpful to write all these different topics 2. As regarded, you will get lots of help from team mates when needed",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
24996,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 31, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, interesting opportunities at Amazon","Good opportunity to work on real-world scaling problems.  Lots of new project initiatives, and still some good challenges in migrating from legacy systems.",On-call rotation for almost all engineers.,"Process is good, but don't make it and end in itself.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
24997,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's A Job,"Work with different technologies, in a highly scalable environment. Not a lot of structure.","Amazon would rate significantly higher if it were located somewhere else. Unfortunately, it is located in an area that has a poor quality of life. If you are single, and unencumbered then it is not a bad place to work at all. it isn't a place to work for the long term. It's a short term gig because it is not really easy to work at Amazon and also have a life. Seattle is either crazy expensive, or just plain screwed up depending on where you choose to live. Bad government, makes a bad place to live. Amazon does it's best in a bad situation but it could definitely be much better.","Move the entire operation out of Washington, and put it somewhere where the cost of living hasn't gone completely out of control and where life is livable and pleasing. Put it in a place where people care about other people and not just surviving the next pay cycle, where social justice is not just a word in a book and where people actually know how to drive their cars.  That said, Amazon is making money hand over fist, so I guess it doesn't matter.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
24998,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so great,"I have hope that my experience isn't the norm as I've been with the company for about a year (but these reviews imply it is) - but this company is not great. However, it is a good name to have on your resume - so probably a good place for people without a lot of experience or are looking to only stay somewhere for a few year.","As a rule, people are terrified of management, so they will avoid being held responsible for any decisions made and will look for a scapegoat when possible. Communication is terrible - teams don't share information and then find someone else to blame when a VP gets upset he (because there are no women) doensn't know something he feels he should. Hiring decisions, promotions, and the occasional contracts are awarded too often because someone ""has a buddy.""  Management is no help. I can't stress this enough - take your most minimum expectation of what a people manager should do and reduce it by half, then by half again, then maybe one more time - and you have the role that your manager will play in your career. I once asked for advice on how to deal with a difficult VP, one who I could not work around, and the advice from my direct manager was ""oh, you don't want to deal with him."" I've been told if I need help with a business partner that it cannot be escalated within my mgmt line, because the director won't help - this was then confirmed directly by him.",Treat people with a little respect - they might stick around for a while. Train your managers in basic skills of people management,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
24999,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2010",Former Employee - Associate Buyer,good luck - you'll need it!,can be exciting with authors and bands stopping by lots of room for lateral movement within company 10% employee discount,"very high turnover ZERO work/life balance 24/7 blackberry attachment extremely poor managers (very ignorant of basic management skills) you are a number, which can be easily replaced (and are made aware of that)",get a grip on the extreme turnover! A company your size should not have a 30% YOY turnover rate! Train your middle management better - All they are concerned about is getting Jeff Bezos's attention for promotion purposes.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1721.htm
25000,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2010",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,"good company, terrible managers, worthless HR.",bands come by and play conference rooms promoting CD's. author's come by and do book signings for employees. free crap supplied by vendors.,"Amazon.com treats its employees like dirt. i worked in retail downtown [seattle] for several years. i started when the economy started going south and watched the company change with it. you got a really good sense from management that if you didn't like the way you were treated, good luck finding another job. and better get used to having your blackberry on 24/7.  the problem is simple = poor, untrained managers. some of the worse i've ever experienced. amazon corporate is not large. middle management in seattle is only a few people removed from jeff bezos and his ""S-team"". if you are some joe-blow manager at amazon you are within reaching distance of being a millionaire (stock, not salary). they are the problem and the rest of the staff suffer because of their desire to be noticed by jeff.  the turnover rate at amazon is ridiculous. it's so bad the SDE's created something called the ""old fart tool"" based off your employee ID so people that have been there a while can verify just how lucky they are. i checked mine at 20 months in, 4 months before being let go and it showed that of all the people hired AFTER me, 32% were still employed. 80%+ of the company has been there less than five years. what does that say?  oh and HR is a joke. if you have any problem with anything at amazon don't think for one second HR is there for you. they are there strictly to protect management from lawsuit. period. they are as effective at human resources as the management is at managing.  i'd be willing to bet most of the positive reviews on here are new employees or the managers i refer to above.",i don't know what to say. jeff and the S-team seem so far removed from what goes on in the cubes of the TCC. it would be nice if they stopped the mandatory turnover and let employees turn off their blackberries once in a while. it would be nice if jeff made his managers treat people like human beings. Jeff you should realize that excessive turnover is a sign of a problem right?,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25001,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,None,High accountability for all. You get recoganisation for your work.,Career growth is slow. No bonous and etc,Should come up with plan for career devleopment,4.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25002,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be Prepared To Do Your Worst Work!,"Location, location, location - easy commute if you live in Seattle.  Some smart folks working down in the ""trenches"".  An ""OK"" job for someone right out of school, and never experienced anything better. But a <b>horrible experience</b> for a seasoned professional.","Multiple projects mislead by mid to upper level management who had no idea what they wanted. Really guys, can you waste anymore of my time on such a simple project?  Upper management caving to whims of executive management during project reviews - upper management would say one thing during a team review and do a complete 360 during executive reviews.  A dry, sterile work environment…not a lot of happy folks to deal with on a daily basis. A fair number of personality challenged individuals.  Archaic publishing systems and mediocre hardware provided to employees.","If you are going to hire experienced employees, please stop with all the micromanagement. This is so very wasteful.",1.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25003,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Not for everyone. Mostly A-type personalities preferred.,"Data driven, lots of development, chance to innovation, smart people, high hiring bar, rewards the achievers, cool technology, freedom to write code, management buys into logical arguments, good compensation, very little politics, no glass ceiling, frugal, ability to switch teams easily (still requires interviews), intense customer focus, and passionate people.  SDEs are the bread and butter of this company, nothing moves unless SDEs make it happen. Management structure is thin, but hit or miss, but when they hit, its usually a homerun and you wonder why they decided to work at Amazon and aren't running their own startup. SDE are given very direct access to upper management, Directors, VP and sometimes the senior VP. Management structure is flat, makes it easy for superstars to stand out. Good work is recognized and rewarded. Average and below average engineers see little monetary increases in salary, very much a meritocracy.","long hours, company takes too much time to learn from mistakes (but usually the mistake is immediately quantified and the fix justified in terms of cost or opportunity cost), little work-life balance, benefits are low, 401k match is on the low side for a fortune 500 company, many people have pointless dead-end jobs in pockets of the company, often pass on good candidates during interviews, interviews focus on wrong things. They build heroes and superstar SDEs, others are support staff. Stress level is extremely high during Thanksgiving->Christmas. Too much focus on stock grants and not enough on base salary, but when stock is doing well who can really complain? Sometimes way too frugal, expensing team lunches or outings for team building is a contentious topic. Average engineers may see very little monetary benefits. Bad engineers and underachievers take up too much headcount. Not very family friendly, long work hours + virtual freeze on vacations during the period from Thanksgiving -> Christmas.","Keep doing what you're doing. Pay more attention to the voice of the engineer, they know the problems. Get rid of the bad engineers replace them with good ones. Really need more levels. Morale suffers greatly at Christmas when it should be a time for family and friends, figure out ways to compensate in other areas.",4.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25004,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good for customers, Bad for employers",smart colleagues interesting projects good learning opportunities,"no work/life balance poor people management managers don't care about employees, promotions depends on manager favoritism high turnover, no happy employees","start taking care of the employees, we are your 'internal customers""!!!!!",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25005,amazon,"SeaTac, WA"," Nov 28, 2009",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,"Learn on the job, fast-pace, always changes, reactive","There are a lot of smart people who are passionate about their jobs. If you are not afraid to express how passionate you are, then this is a potentially good environment to work for you. I say potentially because if you disagree the right way, people will listen. Decisions are made with data support and tradeoffs are made when it benefits customers. If you understand you get the next job by doing it first, then it is the right place for you.","Work/life balance can become a big issue if you want to get promoted. Still too reactive at times. Dinosaurs who have been working there forever and remain the same slow the company down. Need to provide better benefits for employees (i.e. vision coverage is insufficient). If you expect the next job simply as the next step of your career progression, then look elsewhere. It's very much learn on the job with little development provided.",Additional development opportunities should be provided,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,3.5,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25006,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 16, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager,Amazon is a meat grinder that chews people up and spits them out - avoid avoid.,I thought the base salary was pretty good.,Chews people up and spits them out - high high turnover.,"Treat high quality people more as strategic, long-term assets versus like disposable cogs that can be churned through in avg. of 18 months.",2.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25007,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 21, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Opportunities are there if you're interested.,"For someone willing to push for what they want, Amazon is very open to people taking ownership, transferring to a group they're interested in, advancement, etc. If you're not happy with your current position, you can soon transfer to another group. I'd say that's the largest benefit, having the ability to basically choose your own career path and drive it at your own pace.","Benefits aren't the best. As Amazon has very few formal policies company wide, you will encounter a wide range of management styles. So beyond your first position (where you'll not likely have much of an option), you'll want to be careful about choosing a group and manager you'll enjoy working for.","Work on more required training for new managers. Particularly those chosen from the software development staff, as they tend to not have a clue what they're doing.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25008,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2009",Current Employee - SDE I,A place to grow as a developer,"Amazon is the kind of company you'd go to, when you want to earn your programming chops. I know so many awesome developers who started out at Amazon before they moved on to bigger better things. You'd think that a company with a core value of frugality wouldn't have some of the best salaries and benefits of all the big tech companies, but you'd be wrong.","Source code wise, Amazon as a company isn't a huge contributor to the programming community - there seems to be a real reluctance to share and collaborate outside of the company, or work on open source software.",Yearly planning is an amazingly painful process. There must be someway to streamline it.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25009,amazon,"SeaTac, WA"," Nov 17, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,pretty decent. nothing exceptiponal,good people. good benefits. some projects are fun,seattle is a big turn off for me.,have significant presense in CA,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1722.htm
25010,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2009",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Depends on what kind of manager you get...,"Challenging work - which means you learn a lot. Somewhat of an open door policy, where you can talk to senior management. High level of responsibility but equally rewarding financially and professionally. Lots of smart people.","Too many meetings that sometimes seemed like a waste of time. A lot of known issues that have not been fixed for long periods of time really surprised me. Almost everyone is overworked, putting in over 40 hours a week. Probably closer to 50, and especially senior management. Sometimes there was lack of direction, so you have to figure things out for yourself.",Focus on fixing known problems that drain more money than new projects bring in. I saw a lot of this and nobody seemed to care.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25011,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2009",Former Employee - Vice President Hardlines,AMZn is place to be..,You can see results in minutes not months,"Long Hours, lot's of issues with system","Keep pushing forward, you are light years ahead of other retailers.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25012,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Choatic, Hectic, Cutting Edge, Smart Corporation","New exciting technology, problems and challenges. Lots of smart people. Now focused on improving developer experience and making improvements to development ecosystem.",Frugality taken to Cheapness and not investing in right things internally. High turnover rate until recession hit. Pretending to be a start up but really a corporation with increasing bureaucracy and HR ridden rather than the feeling of a company where people know each other. Not focused on individual development and growing people to next level. Have a lot of mini-cultures so a diverse culture in different department and organization which is good if you are under a progressive management hierarchy or hell if you are in the wrong organization. Do not recommend Operations organization to software developers very hectic and heavy on supporting old legacy hacked low quality software.,Your customer focus is awesome now treat your internal customers (employees) same or better than your external customers they are both your ambassadors and implementers of your future. Hire less but high quality HR people.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25013,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Nov 13, 2009",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Amazon is a good place to get started, but once you have experience move on.","Pros  For someone leaving the Military, Amazon was a good place to go. They aggressively recruit and find new talent. It made finding my job here very easy. The base salary is a good wage and if you plan on sticking around, the stocks and bonuses are very good. The company does grow every year so there are new opportunities elsewhere in the company if you are willing to move.","Cons  There is a revolving door for both managers and hourly associates. The leadership structure is extraordinarily flat, leaving almost no room for promotion for the hourly associates. As for managers, a lot of their aggressive recruiting currently is focused almost entirely on MBA students who enter at the base management level and then get auto-promoted on a semi regular basis. This is as long as they don't screw anything up too bad.     The 401K plan is terrible. It matches 1/2% up to 4% (in other words you put up 4% and get only 2% match). You are only vested in the plan after 3 years which is longer than the average young professional stays at a single job. When the annual review comes around and compensation is increased, it is always at the cost of another pay. So if you get more base pay, you get less in bonus or stocks and vice versa. The only way to make more then what you are currently making is to get promoted. As somebody on this site already mentioned, the only way for this to happen is to work so much and long that senior management feels sorry for you.     The company also somehow manages to mess up the ramp up to the holiday season every year. Even though we have multiple planning meetings before and after peak, we are not able to staff correctly. It is mostly due to the companies unwillingness to have one extra employee rather than be short by 10. This leads to managers and associates alike getting burnt out during peak.",Advice to Senior Management  Communicate with your associates more. Rethink not having more intermediate leadership positions. These associates who fill new slots will get valuable leadership experience and will be monetarily compensated for their more difficult work. Then they might take more pride in their jobs and they will do them better. It could also lead to more internal promotions.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.5,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25014,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Learn,My experience at amazon was a good one. I learned more there in 6 months then i did in 2 years at my other job.,The hour can be very long and times. How you like it all depends on your team and your manager.,"Evaluate manager more often, to make your they are actually managing there teams and not throw work at them last minute, then throwing them under the bus when it doesn't get done on time.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,2.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25015,amazon,"Charleston, SC"," Oct 7, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,â??Great place to workâ?,"-Good Projects, - Management is aware of problems with technology, - Highly talented employees, - Great reputation, - Excellent work Environment, - The quality of SDEs is pretty high, - Decent compensation. - Opportunity to work with the latest technologies.",- made up of relatively small teams. - Very aggressive place - Groups within Amazon vary a lot in terms of work.,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25016,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work here. Most difficult year of my life. During this time I had to go on a 1/2 dozen medications just to cope.,"Forward thinking mentality. Customer centric. Smart colleagues. Good learning experience for how to be frugal, work harder than you ever have and get no feedback or praise in return.",The intensity would be too much for anyone to deal with. It is very normal for senior-management to yell at each other in large groups and employees. Managers get right in your face. I've always been on the top tier of employee reviews which doesn't matter. Everyone at Amazon is anxiously waiting to get out. So many statements and commitments were broken from the time I interviewed to the time I got the job. My boss changed his tune about almost every issue.,Monitor your senior leadership. Encourage enthusiasm and happiness. Enforce a zero tolerance for hostile work environments. Be honest and straightforward.,1.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.5,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25017,amazon,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 23, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good place to work fun,bad pay - raise more .,give bonus,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25018,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Depends on who is leading your team,The people here are the best and brightest that I have worked with. The level of responsibility and input into the company's direction is amazing.,I have been at the company for a long time and have had 8 different managers. My experience has been largely dependent on the quality of my manager. That can be hit or miss.,"make sure that you are directing your employees to do what you are actually expecting of them. More than once, I have worked hard to do what I thought was being asked of me, only to find that my success was being measured through something else entirely.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25019,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2009",Former Employee - Site Merchandiser,Solid Job,"Fun work environment, casual attire, quality not quantity, intelligent coworkers...","Overworked, involves staring at a computer screen all day...",transparency!,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1723.htm
25020,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Sep 29, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company. Makes you get out of your confort zone! Jeff Bezo is great,Data driven company with leadership development focus. Values MBA,Too based on e-mail communication.,..,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25021,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,hit or miss,awesome large scale problems to work on.,"hit or miss - depends on what group you end up in. platform groups have been awesome technically, but you're far from the customer. app groups are stressful, but you have the pleasure of building customer facing stuff.","value your engineers through compensation, not just lip service.",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25022,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2009",Current Employee - TPPM,We are not a company that prides itself in work/life balance,"If you need a resume builder , and want to gain experience learning that things do not get fixed until t they are broken, and becoming a master at spreadsheets, then this is the place for you. If your lucky to have a good manager, then you can have a great experience.",Managers have no training Company is not interested in work life balance Tribal Knowledge runs deep Managers who monitor your calendars Sign on bonus is used to lock you in for years of work. No help getting an MBA,A company that has no work/life balance will continue to churn employees. Put managers through a training program. Many technical managers are not people managers.,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25023,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,OVerall good company,amazon is overall good company,there is too much bureacracy,reduce the fat and fire some middle mgmt,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25024,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,"Nice place to work, but an odd culture.","-Lot's of autonomy. -Decent compensation -An attempt to keep Amazon from being driven from the top down, like lot's of big companies. It's actually partially successful. -If data is available it rules the conversation, no matter what the rank are of the people involved. I'll take data driven over ego driven decisions any day. Amazon is a VERY data driven environment. -Because Amazon has such a large variety of systems and technologies in use its an easy place to get lots of exposure to large scale systems used for lots of cool stuff without job hopping.","-Amazon has an odd culture, due to the fact that it's made up of lots and lots of relatively small teams. While this promotes lots of bottom up innovation, it also leads to having to sometimes deal with a lot of people to get things done - and their priorities don't always line up with yours. It makes for an environment where informal relationships make all the difference. -If you're on a team responsible for systems with significant software issues or a team that hasn't made the investment in documentation to get the support team to take most pages, pager duty can be hell. It's a lot better today than in times past and there are corporate level initiatives in place to drive changes for the better. It seems to be working. -Like all workplaces if you don't set some boundaries Amazon will take all of your time and ask for more. During peak season expect to work lots of extra hours if the heat is on your team. Otherwise, if you're burning out you'll need to have enough spine to set some boundaries.","On the whole you're doing pretty well in an environment where others founder. That's good, let's have more of that. Pay more attention to the data warehouse and HAM systems though.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25025,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pros and cons,flat culture fast paced environment smart people innovation growing company,frugality career advancement could be structured better,offer better benefits,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25026,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com provides tough challenges and safe employment,"You'll get big responsibilities and opportunities if you want them. Although your salary won't grow much, top performers will see their bonuses and stock rewards surpass it.","Very little professional development is available - you better be trained before you start the job because you won't have time to get your training elsewhere either. You'll only get promoted if you befriend Directors and above or work so long they feel sorry enough for you that they finally promote you. As a result, most competent people leave to grow their skills elsewhere and only those who can't get a job elsewhere stay to rise into upper/middle management (e.g. most Directors, VPs, and at least half of Senior VPs are incompetent). A lot of smart people in the bottom of the org, and a few smart people at the top (e.g. Jeff Bezos) run the company and often bypass people-managers in the middle.","Why aren't there black, Hispanic, or women leaders at Amazon? Why do Indians make up a fraction of the the company's leadership team when they dominate the lower ranks? Amazon is so white and testosterone driven that whatever ""diversity"" makes it in despite not belonging to the ""good ol'boys"" network, hits a very low glass ceiling and runs! Please, check people's qualifications before promoting and hiring them versus doing so based on who they know and the fact they look like you. Better yet, ensure women and minorities are getting recognized for their work because the 40ish white male middle management ignore talent to do favors for their BBQ/beer buddies.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25027,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Oct 11, 2009",Former Employee - Area Manager,Not a good place to work,Decent Stock grants after 2 year mark A lot of exposure to LSS and Process Improvement,Extremely low pay Micro management by barely competent senior management Absolute lack of work/life balance Middle management and below treated poorly by the company Abnormally high employee turnover rate,Too late to fix systemic problems,1.0,1.5,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25028,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Sep 14, 2009",Current Employee - Area Manager,if you can work here you can work anywhere,"Growing company with a great reputation behind its name. Very innovative and always looking at ways to make process better. Always searching for new talent. Uses business principles and concepts in everything they do. In short, looks great on your resume. They try to take care of the hourly associates.","Long hours. They change their shifts whenever business needs dictate, but you are at their mercy if they decide to put you on the new shift whether you like it or not. Some of the new talent that's brought in dont have any leadership experience or inter-personal skills. 401K plan is crap. You have to wait years before you can get the full match. No one really looks out for the managers.",This company's business model is one to admire. It has an uncanny way of saving money through reducing labor but increasing responsibility for everyone else. Seems like they are willing to accept the high manager turnover to reach some of their goals. My only advice would be to try to take care of your managers just a little better.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25029,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Terribly busy place to work,"good stock, good location, smart engineers around you, very good to customers, good name on your resume, nice restaurants around the company.",You need to work very hard. They treat you like a dog. No good future for career advancement. Not recommended for senior people.,Treat your employee well. Give them good chances to grow their career. Get rid of bad managers. The company needs to get improvement.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1724.htm
25030,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2009",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Great place to work,"Get to work on great projects, excellent networking opportunities within the company, quality coworkers, smart and savy senior management team, lots of opportunity for lateral movement within the company","Every workplace has something to complain about and Amazon is no exception. Any given day you could conceivably complain about being micromanaged, having to work with a thick headed coworker, feeling unappreciated, etc. However, the good typically far outweighs the bad.","Keep doing what you are doing. I have lot of respect for the senior management team at Amazon and appreciate the whole ""thinking like an owner' concept.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25031,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Some places at Amazon are really good... and some aren't,"Amazon is a very decentralized company and silo'd company, so many areas are great for developers and managers to work in. In these good areas, devs get: * A lot of freedom to do the right thing * Great support from upper management * The ability to experiment with new and interesting technologies * A strong commitment to building tools and infrastructure to make life easier for devs  As a manager, if you're in these shiny areas, you own your project, soup-to-nuts. You will work *with* program managers and product managers, not for them. It isn't an easy environment to manage in: you're generally expected to do a lot of things that other companies use TPMs for, but I personally find the challenge very rewarding.","Amazon is a very decentralized company and silo'd company, so many areas are essentially rat holes that developers can easily get lost in. Most of the negative reviews are probably from those areas, and they are every bit as bad as you might imagine.  Rather than repeat the bad, I would encourage anyone looking seriously at Amazon to ask a few things of the developers (not the hiring manager) that they talk to: how often are you on call? How often do you get paged? What kind of schedule does this position require (45 hour weeks? 60+ hour weeks?)? When was the last time you worked a weekend when you weren't on call? How much legacy/technical debt is the team responsible for? And probably the most important question of all you have to ask yourself: is this team solving problems that are interesting to me? The teams that aren't are teams you will never be happy at, no matter what the rest of the environment is like.  The final tidbit that does somewhat makeup for some of the less ""optimal"" teams: Amazon has a policy where anyone can change positions after they've been in their current position for a year (provided you don't get a negative review). So even if you don't like where you're at, you can always move, which is great if you don't want to lose your vesting stock grants.","We measure success and efficiency on so many dimensions, I think it would be worth taking a deeper look at what makes a successful development team inside Amazon. We would all benefit if some light was shined into some of these teams with high attrition even among veteran Amazonians: what these teams cost the company is hard to measure, but it's certainly larger than a breadbox.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,2.5,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25032,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Bias For Action is Not Always a Plus,"No monoculture or bureaucracy - within your team you have a lot of control over what tools you use. The quality of SDEs is pretty high. No ""architects"" or ""research teams"" sucking up all the resources.",There is never the resources given to build things properly. Rather there is continuous pressure to build things as soon as possible and just apply band aids rather than addressing underlying issues. The internal tools are pretty poor and you can easy waste as much time fussing with getting them working right as you do actually building things.,Stop starving all the retail development teams of new headcount.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25033,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work at with lots of smart people that you will learn from and admire. Be prepared to work hard!,Chance to work with the latest technologies. Chance to try out new/innovative ideas. Work around lots of smart people. Very aggressive place if you want to grow. Company is in a hight growth area.,Can tend to be a bit Chaotic with changing priorities. Groups within Amazon vary a lot in terms of quality and work. Oncall duty. Inter and intra group politics.,Treat your employees with a bit more care. They are your biggest investment.,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25034,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2009",Current Employee - Buyer,Company with great ideas but with mediocre middle and senior managers,Working with very smart people. Recognition of the Amazon brand.,"Very poor people skill from middle management. Difficult to be promoted based on work results alone, many promotions seem based on friendship rather than evaluating real talent.",Be smart enough to see through the blah blah from good talkers and appreciate those who really do the work.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25035,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,"Amazon.com is a great place to be a software developer. You work with some of the smartest minds in the industry, you work on challenging problems, and your code will be periodically exposed to customers. The internally developed tools at Amazon.com make this an even greater pleasure. Furthermore, the compensation is good, the benefits are good, you can work from home at reasonable intervals, and hours are flexible (in that you can basically work whenever you want, within reason.)","You will be on-call one week out of ever 6-9 weeks. During this time, it may or may not be possible for you to be paged at night (depending on your team.) Also, the emphasis on ""frugality"" can get annoying.","Don't be afraid to take risks, don't be afraid to make investments in developers. And try to avoid the recent mistakes of Microsoft.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25036,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good job, on-call gets very old very quick",- interesting work - deal with scales you can't get in many other places - can feel like you're contributing to customer experience and the bottom line,- on-call - crappy offices - crappy computers - career growth is nill for those who don't kiss ass - on-call,"make the promotion process less draconian. it's ridiculous that it's considered easier for me to leave, go work somewhere else for awhile, and then come back in order to get a promotion",4.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25037,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2009",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great company but lots of grunt work and little feedback,Get exposure to most of the best practices and trends within e-commerce. Good compensation and fun work environment in growing company that offers many opportunities.,"Growth of the company has exceeded the skills of most of its management. People management is especially poor and the company is developing a bureaucracy and ""drinking the kool-aid"" mentality that holds back innovation.","Need to really assess how useful the ""Amazon Core Values"" are given the size of the company and whether your people are managing based upon them or just steering the ship. The core values speak to the importance of dissent, analysis and innovation but many managers run things completely ""by the book"" focusing on financial management, taking few risks and assuming success just because the high level sales numbers are growing.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25038,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,a good company,decent pay for new hire,not so good benefits for spouse and kids,no idea,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25039,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2009",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great place to start a career,Pros: -Great co-workers -Constantly changing responsibilities and tasks -Above average pay and benefits -Many opportunities to learn -Heavy emphasis in Finance/ Accounting on rotating teams every 1-2 years,Cons: -Work/ Life balance is an oxymoron. Everyone works a lot. It is required to get promotions -It is hard to take time off with so many responsibilities -Not a good place to work if you don't like dealing with ambiguity and change -Outdated internal systems and processes,Spend more time developing and growing the skills of employees. Don't force employees to leave for a couple of years to gain important experience elsewhere.,5.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1725.htm
25040,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Good place to work,"Lots of room for growth, learning and advancement.","There is little consideration for people's personal lives, and the impact that their work may have on their personal life. Transportation pass is a really good benefit, but really the only benefit outside of basic medical/dental/401k.","For the most part keep it up, but at the same time, hope they realize the impact of the cons in the longer term.",4.0,1.5,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25041,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible Experience,"Large company, maybe a good place to start a career if you don't plan to stay too long.","Horrible experience. Nepitism, favoritism, lying, distrust, forcing out one employee after another. Seriously, I have never seen anything like it. Easily the worst employee experience of my career. Every three to six months management seems to pick a certain percentage of employees and force them out. These are quality, hard working, dedicated employees. Your manager will take credit for all that works well and zero responsiblity. Also will not support employees. Culture runs contrary to all modern management. Each quarterly meeting they have all of the new employees stand up, and 40% of the room stands. I thought it was impressive as it showed growth, but I suspect it is mostly turnover. Very very sad.","Get a grip. Employees are the most valuable asset. Stop all dishonest practices. Look at who is leaving and who is being promoted and why. Bezos talks a good sound clip, but either has no idea what is happening below him or is well aware and doesn't care. Foolish arrogance.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25042,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Buyer,"Robots, Anyone?",Great opportunity to work on exciting projects and to reach the customer directly with your work,"Get ready to be a Data Freak Robots, anyone? Have you seen my promotion paperwork anywhere? Metrics, metrics, metrics Lunch is something enjoyed at around 3:30 and for at least 20 minutes at your desk, whether you need to eat or not.",Do not treat this company as if it is holier than anything else.,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25043,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 3, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,As much as you make of it,"career growth, opportunity for innovation, ownership","on-call support requirements, random one-off projects for business teams",Give engineers more opportunities to automated process and innovate,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25044,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good place to learn, and not only software","Advanced software platform (most of it anyway), creative teams, full control given to developers.","No central support, little QA, messy cross team coordination.",Pay more attention to QA and user experience.,4.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25045,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,No Work/Life Balance,"Amazon offers lots of autonomy, flexibility in schedule and working from home. Also, you can bring your dog to work.","There is a lot of pressure to get results, no matter what. Data is everything - which is ok, but the data must be rational and reasonable. Some groups work harder than others, but don't expect a lot of help from your teammates or boss - you need to perform on your own.","Instead of focusing on what the employees need to develop, how about focusing on their strengths and how Amazon could use them best?",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25046,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 3, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Middle Management Culture is Dysfunctional,"Good Salary, Interesting Technology & Problem Space","Middle Management (Directors and Senior Managers) is typically hired externally with the candidates making unrealistic promises. Typically, they grab a difficult project and commit to unrealistic deadlines, then death march the employees through these missed deadlines and finally are let go for failure to meet goals, having alienated their subordinates. I have been under three separate senior managers who followed this pattern and have seen countless others outside of my command chain.","Middle Management - Listen to your grass roots for deadlines, rather than your career ambitions. Senior Management - If someone make promises seems to good to be true, they probably are.",2.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25047,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good if you have the personality for it,"Profitable company. Things move fast. You can see your code changes in production in no time. Looks good on resume. Cubes have a nice view if you get a lucky seat. Some, not all, of the technology is cool.","Obsessively driven co-workers with no lives. You will be expected to work 45-50 hrs a week just to keep up. October to Dec 25 is treated as crunch time because of the holidays. Mandatory Oncall from 1 of every 4 weeks to 1 of every 8 if you are lucky. Developers are 30% tech support for their service, 40% business analyst and 30% developer. You will spend far more time learning the intricacies of shipping boxes through UPS than working on ""cool"" things and you will be expected to feel passionately about those boxes. Standard ""lean"" process speeches from senior management over and over. Priorities change at the last minute. Chaotic undirected environment with everyone competing for air time. You have to learn a thousand buggy in-house made tools You will be a cog in the machine. Squeak and you will be replaced by a new college grad. There is a reason nearly everyone there is under 30, think about it.",Treat employees like people not code. Give better bennefits (medical/dental premiums). Why cant we all have Kindles? Stop reading all the stupid lean manufacturing/six sigma crap and think for yourselves.,1.0,2.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25048,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2009",Current Employee - Associate Buyer,"Fun company, tough to move upward","Fun company, good stock and benefits, challenging. They are building a new campus that is dog friendly and on South Lake Union!","Lower salary, hard to move upward, poor work/life balance. People tend to work a lot of hours here so it is important to try and define boundaries from the start",Don't be too busy to mentor talent. There is a lot of good young talent that needs nurtured so that they stay at Amazon for the long haul.,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25049,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Manager II,Amazon is a great place to work,Strong sense of ownership at the team level. Fast paced environment. Cutting edge technologies. Strong customer focus. Opportunity to make long lasting changes at all levels.,Can be chaotic and challenging to navigate the extra-team environment. Leadership development programs somewhat spotty. Manager support lacking. Infighting between senior managers and VPs can be tiring.,I would spend more time with the senior leadership teams to enable more alignment across divisions so projects can be completed more regularly and without last minute interruptions or cancellations.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1726.htm
25050,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,i've enjoyed ed,"a lot of opportunities for career growth and challenge, but you have to make your own opportunities-no one is going to give them to you",everyone works so hard to be the best that sometimes people forget to be collaborative to the point of being internally competitive,listen to the little people,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25051,amazon,"Charleston, SC"," Jun 8, 2009",Current Employee - Information Technology,Challenging opportunity that rewards quirky genius and strong professional skills,"A large pool of potential mentors, seems to be adequate support in teams for cross training, skills rehabilitation, professional growth as communicator and contributor. Excellent knowledge sharing in the form of collaborative tools such as mailing lists, chat, wiki, SharePoint, etc... They support Mac in the enterprise! Lot's of room for new ideas.","Extremely large company with distributed interests presents the considerable task of navigating various intranet resources and offices to locate information. It pays to ask for help, not necessarily a bad thing. Not much in the way of centralized information, that is left to the management chain with predictably inconsistent results.","Let your people know what is needed and when, and that you are fighting for their interests.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25052,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2009",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Good learning environment but really cold culture,The learning curve is very steep. You learn a lot in your first few months as the company operates in a very different way from other retailers.,"The amount of work one single person does is ridiculous. Also, there is no formal training. You learn everything by doing it yourself. You get no support from your manager. Basically, your manager is there just as a title who does your performance review at the end of the year, which by the way will come as a surprise because there is no feedback on your performance, even when you ask for it because the managers have no time to do it until the end of the year. The company culture is COLD. Your co-workers will not verbally interact with you even when you try. They are an awkward bunch. They only respond well to emails. Your ""manager"" has no previous training or experience in people management and will not take any interest in your professional development. In fact, if you are better looking than your manager, or dress better than your shabbily dressed manager (no dress code at amazon), your manager will probably dislike you. And I want to again emphasize that your manager will take NO interest in your professional development.",Please take interest in your subordinates. That will also reflect on you. There should be some kind of training for managers that teaches them how to manage people.,1.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25053,amazon,"Fernley, NV"," Jul 4, 2009",Former Employee - Order Picker,,I believe that company has no respect for it s employees nor does it have trust of its employees I felt obligated to show for work not compelled.,"Everything about the company is a let down , I was promised great benefits only to told I had to pay for 80% after they hired me",Get a new way of thinking get down with your low level employees attempt to grab some morale among our employees .,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25054,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 1, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Less than human,"Competitive salary, emerging technology, smart people, dynamic work environment","Senior management has little idea of the corporate environment beneath them. The worst management experience I've ever encountered--bullying, lies and intimidation.","Senior management at Amazon needs to improve the review process. False statements are given the same weight as valid ones-no attribution is required by senior management. Managment prefers to hear what they want to hear, instead of hearing the truth. This greatly complicates processes and adds unnecessary time to the development of effective processes. In my experience, Amazon gave me the experience of the worst boss I have ever had.",1.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25055,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2009",Former Employee - Systems Manager,Chaotic and disorganized company,Casual environment. low level of bureaucracy,incentive scheme pits one employee against another. No social responsibility agenda. Speed to market strategy kills quality.,"Develop strategy at how to make this company a great place to work. Take care of your employees, employees will take care of the customers. Get rid of your draconian performance review process.",1.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25056,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2009",Former Employee - Control Buyer,Great Place,"Best Concept for work, a vision that one could stand behind and be proud of. Doing something no one has done before.",Most political company ever. Senior management has multiple pre meetings to ensure that correct words and phrasing is used at all times with other senior management.,"Get back to the vision, stop worrying about options packages. Millions can come if the vision is actually followed. Will never happen if reality isn't spoken about.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25057,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2009",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Fist 2 years.. not so good,"The best reason to stay here at amazon is the Amazon RSU. Since Amazon's stock is doing so well, employees are getting a great deal from their stocks.","The base salary compare to other companies are low. For the first 2 years, we don't get very little stocks. In addition , working here can get super stressful with multiple deadline due at the same time.","Middle management at amazon should focus on balancing the company objective and doing what is right for the business. Many times, they would make a decision based on what's given to them from the execs instead of doing what is better for the company.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25058,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Amazon.com, Worth 2 years of your life but not much more","Amazon hires very smart, reasonable people. While people are A-types, people are cooperative and willing to work toward the greater good -- customers. That said, it is _very_ customer focused with a very strong corporate culture. The technologies available to work on are world-class, albeit it can take time to learn it all as much of it is steeped in tribal knowledge.","Work-life balance is tenuous at best. Even in relaxed areas, the only way to get ahead is to put in a lot of over-time. Some areas talk of 40-hour weeks, this is what it takes to just stay afloat. This can lead to lone warriors pushing changes to team code. A lot of agile team de-evolve into ad-hoc processes. A lot of work is geared toward maintenance engineering than cutting-edge engineering, the challenge is to remain stimulated. Operational support can vary from team to team, in some instances being on-call is minimal, in others it can drown you.","Amazon.com is great company overall, with a mission to serve its customers. It is not a perfect fit for myself, and not a place I wish to remain at for developing a career in the long-term due to its lack of work-life balance. While pay is extremely fair, it is not worth the stress to remain in the environment longer than 2 years.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25059,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Mostly interesting - still has some growing pains.,"Amazon is a dynamic, interesting company with a unique structure. Pay is competitive, but hours are long, depending on your group. Interview for the GROUP you're working for, rather than the company itself. There is some room for mobility within groups, but the longer you're in the same one, the harder it is to move around. Some groups definitely work harder than others, and some make better software than others.","The hours can be long and the work can be boring (mine was). But again, it all depends on the group you're a part of. It is also clear that some people are just there ""putting in the hours"" while others really care about developing their careers and the company.","The structure of the company when I was there was very different than any other place I've seen. The company was structured more as a collection of startups than a coherent entity. This led to very strange internal billing and hour allocation practices. For instance, I wanted to implement a feature for someone who sat next to me (another developer who was a user of our product), but since he was technically on a different team we had to get management approval and so on and so forth for the additional work. What could have been solved with 15 minutes of coding took 3 weeks, several design documents, and probably collectively 10-15 hours of people's time.  My advice to Amazon's senior management - grow up and get over going for the ""startup"" feel. That worked for the first few years but it isn't a sustainable model for a large company.",3.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1727.htm
25060,amazon,"Coffeyville, KS"," May 5, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Technician SNOC,"A strenuous interview process, but the company is filled with top notch people and it was a GREAT experience.","Huge growth potential. All current managers all the way to senior VP moved up the ranks and are quite familiar with internal processes. Regardless of employee perceptions, good or bad, it is hard to argue that the company is not a winner and effectively managed.","The company style is extremely academic. All of the policies read like a checklist from an Ivy league MBA thesis on management. The problem is that every time management theory changes, so do policies and they require all of the managers to read and learn the new way. I found it a bit frustrating. Educational degrees and certificates carry far greater weight than prior outside experience.","Previous experience is often under appreciated, but I think this is more my perception as the company is very structured.... Something that I don't fit quite as well. My advice would be to settle on a common sense management style and quit following the wind every time someone comes up with a new best management theory. A tremendous amount of money is expended in changing processes so frequently. The process should be changed when there is a measurable improvement, not just theoretical.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25061,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not an engineering-oriented company,"Part of something big and generally good - Amazon is truly a customer-focused company that has brought some real value to the marketplace. Ability to have large-scale impact in your work: stuff I've worked on has been deployed on hundreds of machines and handled $100 MM+ in business. Colleagues are smart, pragmatic and get things done. The colleagues here are some of the best that I've worked with in nearly 10 years in the industry.","Operational overhead - if you're lucky you will be on a newer team without much operational overhead. Most likely, you'll be spending a significant portion of your time dealing with operational issues (pages, data backfills, investigating production alarms, resolving issues with other teams, etc).  Work-life balance is hard to maintain.  Very little professional development - aside from the internal speaker's sessions, there are few opportunities for professional growth and development.  Email - I have grown to despise Outlook more than ever before. How can people read this much email?  development process - some teams do agile, some operate in a chaotic code-and-fix mode. There's little support for best practices across the company. If you are coming from outside and have done some reading/practice in software engineering processes, this place will feel like a gigantic step backwards.  HR - there is essentially no human resources department in this company. For almost all questions you'll be talking to an email alias.  ridiculous upper management escalations - seriously, do you need to critique form layouts when they've been designed by a UI expert? And your background is in what, again?  internal build tools and frameworks - outdated, can be frustrating, little documentation","If you want to reduce long-term costs, invest in some support for your engineering teams. Building a true engineering culture is tough, but worth the investment.",2.0,1.5,none,1.5,3.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25062,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazon Interview briefer.,One of the best technology companies to work for.Best Te,You have to remain on-call at times to handle tech-support issues.,none.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25063,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Realistic Amazonian,"Smart people with a desire to get stuff done. I really love the intensity of the dialog, competition, and the desire to be the best.","Getting a bad performance review for reasons outside your control can mean death within the organization. HR policies are unforgiving when people are put into a bad situation due to circumstance. Thankfully, it rarely happens.",Keep up the intensity level.,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25064,amazon,none," May 4, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"A solid company run by competent people, but I wouldn't recommend to others","Super-smart and very competent coworkers make it a great place for driven people to work. The CEO is not afraid to take risks and invest for the long-term, and all of the senior management are superb. The pay is relatively high, and it is possible to find a good work-life balance with some effort and setting of boundaries. Amazon runs a tight ship, which means there's always work to get done, but it also means a developer has a wide scope to do far more than write code, from helping to make business decisions to managing projects.","Burnout takes hold quickly for many employees, leading to high turnover in some departments. Amazon loves to celebrate all the new people who have joined since the last company meeting, when most are just replacing others who have left. Finding a good manager to work for is the key, but you can expect a new manager every six months to a year, which means you'll inevitably end up working for someone you don't like.  The company used to be fun to work for when it was younger. Amazon now only hires the best of the best, which seems to have driven out all the interesting people on its way to become a well-oiled corporate machine. The average age of the company is still very young, and Amazon likes ambitious new college graduates. For those a little older, learning new skills to stay relevant in the company is something you'll have to do on your own time and money.  Pager duty is a major pain. Smaller teams can expect to be on-call at least one week per month, while larger teams spread out the pain longer. Getting paged in the middle of the night for a high-severity problem that take eight hours of investigation to fix is enough to drive many to quit.","They've got great vision for the company. My favorite quote from Bezos is that, ""advertising is the price you pay for a mediocre product"", and that by treating the customer right, word of mouth makes a much more effective way to grow the business. The company has become a haven for the some of the smartest developers in the world to work at. However, Amazon needs to focus more on growing smart people for the long-term rather than treating them as disposable talent.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25065,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon is a great place to work,A challenging problem space with a lot of opportunity to develop interesting and complex problems. It is a company filled with great people with good ideas who have a passion for developing software. The compensation is good and competitive. The work life balance is excellent. Telecommuting is welcomed. Hours are flexible.,"Infrequent on-call duty for operational support. Poor knowledge sharing within the company. Outdated platforms and technologies in use. Occasionally, the need arises for late night support work. The operational burden of owning software is a both a plus and a minus for the company.",Continue pursuing a long term customer focused approach.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25066,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Stock Plan Administrator,Small company atmosphere with big company stability,"Small company atmosphere with big company stability. Profitable throughout the worst economic downturn in the modern era. Not stuffy like MSFT, but not as","Lack of direction and corporate rigidity are not for everyone. It is a young company, that has grown in leaps and bounds of late - so the typical growing pains can be expected.","Too much focus is placed on the top 5-10% performers, as while they are well rewarded, those at the 11-20% top performance level are the ones that are often grossly under-rewarded for their work - and the difference between being in the top 10% and just out of it is so slight that the most dissatisfied employees are those that are outstanding performers, but not the rock-star of the group.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25067,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,Amazon: The big company that thinks it's a little company,"The entreprenuerial culture makes Amazon a great place to grow your career if you're the kind of person who will not only pick up the ball and run with it, but will make the ball in the first place. If you're looking for someone to lead you by the hand, though, Amazon's not for you.","The company can be frugal to the point of being penny-wise and pound-foolish, and communication between orgs isn't great. Maintaining work-life balance is also difficult, though in my experience not as tough as it's sometimes cracked up to be--you just need to set and maintain the boundaries that work for you. I'm in a fairly supportive group, though--I've heard horror stories from colleagues in other areas of the company, and there's a ton of turnover in some areas.",Do more to encourage appropriate work-life balance.,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25068,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 23, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Truly dedicated to the Customer.,"High pay for Seattle, which is not the cheapest but definitely not the most expensive city. As a software developer there can be a lot of leeway for technologies used. A single engineer can be involved in all aspects of product life cycle, there's little division of labor. UI, schema design, implementation, testing, maintenance... High hiring standards have paid off - your peers are very competent and many downright inspiring. The company really does make long-term strategic commitments and stick to them. Employees truly do frame meetings around ""so how is this good for the customer?""","Hours can be long. Pager-duty is a burden. (Both of these vary widely by group). Company-wide, there's not much room for promotion on the technical track (doesn't mean you can't get a raise or large RSU grant). Praise doesn't come easily. 401k match is a garbage 2% of salary. Absolutely no support for continuing education.","Keep listening to the customers, it's worked wonderfully. Quit with the RSUs and give us an ESP plan. RSUs don't breed ownership.",4.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25069,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 7, 2009",Former Employee - Manager,"Very interesting company, not a great place to work.","Lot's of autonomy and the opportunity to work with very smart, very hard-working people. Cutting edge technology and very successful business model.","Very individualistic, non-team oriented. A pass/fail attitude that rewards a few for heroic, individual effort, but few systems, support, or clarity. Very spartan work environment. And even lower quality of work life - although some of it is by personal choice, most people look stressed and often frantic.","Keep up the aggressive business model, and feel free to continue with the unsatisfied, running scared, high turnover work enviornment if you think you can always find people to replace those who leave. But Do a better job communicating the business model to current employees and be more up front with potential hires about the slim resources and spartan office environment.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1728.htm
25070,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2009",Current Employee - Non Developer,Continual chaos and turf wars - but nice view of the harbor.,fast paced. ownership of issues. so many issues arise you can pick the ones you want to work on,"in the 6 years I've been there it's as if we *NEVER* learn anything from our mistakes, and commit the same ones over and over again. Senior management is completely disconnected from the workload of the workerbees and completely ignore the chaos and broken tools.",Stop counting your stock grants and spend some money on developing working tools for your lowly workerbees whom you expect to be on call 24x7 because you're too busy with your games to follow the issues.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,1.5,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25071,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 27, 2009",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn,"Assuming you pick your group properly: Great co-workers, fun projects, great products and managment that actually listens.",Benefits package is below average. The high hiring bar isn't applied evenly to all teams leading to some teams that are way below par.,Look for groups that are lowering the bar. When a manager lowers the bar hold them responsible!,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25072,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2009",Former Employee - Account Manager,"A confusing, stressful job for young people before they go somewhere with real career prospects.","In a lot of ways, Amazon's weaknesses are great reasons to work there. It's a frequently disorganized company that does high tech work on a discount retailer's margins, so there's plenty of opportunity to take on complex tasks, self-initiate projects, drive them to completion, and work across groups. One thing that's basically guaranteed is that your job description doesn't cover everything you will have to do, or will have the opportunity to do. Also, it's fairly hard to get hired there--their interviewing process is nightmarish--so you do get to work with some very smart people once you're on the inside, and have great opportunities to create new products and drive concrete solutions to complex problems. At the very least, it is a very creative environment.  Once inside the company, you also have a lot of opportunity to change rolls. After a year, you're welcome to start trying to interview with different teams for new positions, and there is even the opportunity to move overseas for short-term assignments.","Pay: Amazon doesn't pay especially well in terms of salary. They have ""total compensation"" which probably includes two years' of cash bonuses after your start date and a package of RSUs which really don't start vesting for two years. My ""total compensation"" was $10K higher than my salary, which isn't bad but leaves you at the mercy of the stock price. Advancement is slow, aside from a nominal COLA-like raise once a year after reviews, it can take a few years to get promoted a single level within the company, and even then the raise may not be that impressive. Basically what it comes down to is, your salary when you enter the company largely determines what your salary will be during your career there, they're mostly going to reward you with RSUs, not raises, which are really intended to keep you at the company longer.  Advancement: This is a complete mystery to everyone involved. Three-plus years and I never figured it out, except that it has to do mostly with your direct manager. They're responsible for representing you in the process, so a sleazy manager who promotes you heavily is good to have a review time, but a disinterested one or a bad communicator will basically leave you hanging. Sadly, in my experience, this is how advancement and reviews work at Amazon, they don't have much to do with the quality of the work at all.  Management: Management is totally mixed at Amazon, some are great, some are terrible (in my experience MBAs are let run amok, and seem primarily to promote one another, at least in my group--we had a bunch from the same school). Some people get micromanaged, some are left to their own devices. As a matter or practice, Amazon hates managing people--most managers have no more than three or four direct reports, so there's a lot of mixing things up on teams: senior employers get one employee stuck under them and that sort of thing. That's one of the main reasons the experience of management can be so mixed--there's so many people managers who may or may not actually be assigning you work that it becomes a matter of personality.  Environment: The workplace is weird at Amazon--it's aggressive for sure, but not exactly a boys' club, so that's a plus. It is a very accepting of diversity place to work. But overall, there's a lot of confusion. They're constantly shifting levels of management, and theoretically everyone ""owns"" a core set of tasks or products or whatever, and there are channels that are supposed to be used to communicate with other owners and teams (""up and over""), in practice, this rarely if ever works, and if you want to be successful you have to friendly, reliable, and willing to take on other tasks for other people and work constructively with others, because frequently employees simply get together to solve simple, short-term problems and completely circumvent management (who prefer to have lots of agenda-less meetings to deal with problems). In that sense, Amazon is an extremely political place to work, because you constant risk stepping on someone's toes, crossing an unseen boundary, or things like that. If you're not a communicator or not friendly, this may not be the place for you. It's also a company that's basically relentlessly positive--it's typically bad for you to ""go negative."" They don't like to blame individuals for problems, even big issues are typically dealt with with a meeting where all the stakeholders get together and divvy up blame so that no one's left with all the responsibility. In a lot of ways this is good, but by the same token people's unwillingness to risk seeming negative creates an environment where there's a lot of evasion and frequently an inability to hold poor performers accountable for their work, particularly if they're gifted at skewing metrics in their favor. Remember, it's a political place to work, and if you can't explain something to a manager in a Blackberry-friendly format, they simply do not care to learn.  Career Development: Aside from the fact you'll get great experience, learn a lot, and have a great thing to put on your resume, Amazon is a horrible company for career development. Lots of people leave after only a couple years. The weak pay scale means that you can get paid more with the experience you get there, while Amazon is largely incapable of communicating anything about career development that's useful. There's lots of talk about it at review time, but no follow through. There's virtually no internal career development opportunities, especially if you're not a developer. That said, it is a company that invites moving around internally. After one year, you're free to look for other positions in the company, and most employees are perfectly happy to sit down for lunch with you and discuss what goes into their job and what their team's looking for. So basically you have to network the rest of the company if you want to get anywhere, but be aware--changing jobs does not by any means equal pay raises or advancement.","The divide between senior management and the people doing the work below is a gaping chasm. The company really likes to believe that Amazon has a horizontal rather than vertical structure--that there aren't a lot of levels of management. In practice, this is sort of true, but you will rarely if ever deal with your team leader's boss at Amazon. There may not be a lot of layers of management, but it's definitely stratified. Having been at the bottom of the chain, I saw quite a lot of brown-nosing going up the chain--frequently managers would work long and hard to produce theoretically objective reports and metrics that obscured complex problems. Surprisingly, in the management, there's a real opposition to complexity. If it's not possible to put in a Blackberry-friendly email format, they honestly don't seem to care about it until it blows up in their face.",3.0,3.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25073,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,"Way to go, Amazon.",Great vision with great people.,Not so good benefits. No paternity leave.,Doing good!,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25074,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Much promise, dismal reality","Better than average quality of employees.: Amazon has a good hiring process and the newer employees are all competent. Employees are generally devoid of arrogance, which is a common complaint about companies like Google.  Innovative department structure: The two-pizza team structure is innovative and offers a fair amount of departmental autonomy in theory(does not always work in practice) . If you prefer(as I do) an agile developer run process, Amazon has the advantage of not imposing counter-productive heavy processes. Developers have considerable autonomy to complete their assigned job on a day to day basis, though expect to be blocked ruthlessly and unreasonably if you try to be innovative.  Developers treated relatively well: You will get your extra flat-screen monitor on demand, no questions asked when your manager wont. Your manager's digs will not be much better than your own.  Weekly tech talks etc.","Excessive, incompetent and unnecessary middle management: Too many less competent people from early days. are now in middle management Middle management rarely seen to come up with a constructive idea but will block and side-track ideas from developers. Tracking metrics is a cultish obsession. ""Churn and burn"" culture: I picked up the phrase ""churn and burn"" from a posting on another website by an Amazon manager, but it fits so I'll use it. The philosophy seems to be to mindless pressure the employees to improve ""productivity"". Amazon seems to do this way beyond the optimal point. This may be a trait of Jeff's that filters through the organization and manifests in a distorted form. The death march feeling is always there and morale is poor. 24X7 pagers are common but you may not be told in the interview process. Intellectual pretensions in technology: Possibly due to a lot of bright but immature young hires there is a bit of a poseur culture regarding what is appreciated. IME outside the main website there is more of a desire to impress Slashdot than win and keep new customers(e.g. Mechanical Turk with no attempt to engage real users and customers for it) Awful cramped working conditions: There is NO attention paid to making the workplace brighter and fun. People are packed as tight as possible. There are no recreational facilities or a couch to sit on and read an industry magazine. I guess they want to keep employees ""productive"". Move to the burbs if necessary but give people some breathing room, please!","You hire excellent talent but then box it into mediocrity. Don't buy racehorses and use them as draught animals. The sweatshop-like work environment is soul-killing. What is the need for the cheerless workspace? Is this really frugality? Startup culture means more than cultish symbols like ""door desks"". Ask hard questions about what middle management is doing for you. Destroy fiefdoms. Make sure customer focus is reality outside of retail website.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25075,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 23, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Good career experience but there are companies that treat employees better,"I'm impressed with some of the company values like innovation and customer focus. Good learning experience. Not hard to move around across groups, laterally though.",limited career advancement opportunities because there are very few levels. It's all about being on the right team with the right manager working on the right projects. It doesn't value employees. I've seen extremely high turnovers over the years.,End of the day your most valuable assets are people. Treat your people well and it will pay off.,3.0,3.5,none,1.5,2.5,3.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25076,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 19, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fascinating high tech environment,"Interesting problems to solve every day, very smart people all around to work with, scale of operations make you push your limits, relatively short lifecycle of projects enable you to see the end results sooner than later, every engineers voice counts if you know what you are talking about. Different organizations of the company are like a startup within itself, there are always new technologies being developed, it's fascinating the amount of high tech impact each one these projects has.","Operational load can sometimes overwhelm engineers, since there is so much at stake when you are making a change to the architecture.",Pay more attention to what's happening at lower levels,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25077,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 12, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great people,"Smart motivated people, challenging work.","24/7 pager expectations, long hours, unpaid overtime.",Adopt follow the sun support.,4.0,2.5,none,4.5,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25078,amazon,"Hebron, KY"," Apr 20, 2009",Current Employee - Picker/packer-Outbound,Best job I have ever had!,Good pay. Good benifits. Great people. This company is a very good place to work. If you get a chance to work for Amazon.com DO IT!,During there down seasons they cut your hours. There peak seasons are around Christmas and mid summer. During other times you may see a big drop in hours. They just dont have the orders to put out sometimes. It verys week to week. Late Jan. my hours droped to about 25 a week. There was one week that I only had 12 hours. That is the only reason why I had to quit. It was one of the biggest mistakes in my life.,Nope they are great. The management at Amazon really care about you. If you need help with anything all you have to do is go to them and say something.,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25079,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2009",Former Employee - Database Engineer,Work hard and smart.,They get stuff done. There are a ton of technical problems and smart people working on them.,Work/Life balance has to be self managed.,Shield your employees.,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1729.htm
25080,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Worst. Job. Ever.,"You're on an H1B Visa and its the only job you can get, or you're right out of college and having a ""Big name"" on your resume is worth it.","The primary, fundamental, downside of Amazon is that Senior Managment is both incompetent and arrogant. Amazon is a technology company but they do not have technologists managing people, even at low levels they bring in people who don't know anything about technology to manage engineers. At higher levels they have MBAs making technology decisions. Worse they are arrogant, they don't respect or value employees. They don't treat them well and they have built an HR department who sees its job as keeping employees in line rather than keeping them happy and productive.",Amazon.com was the worst place I've worked in my 20 year career and it is ultimately your fault. Go get a job at a non-technology company where you might not be exceeding your level of competence.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25081,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2009",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,good company to work for in 2009,"fundamentally sound company. strong growth YoY still, and should become a force in the retail industry for years to come as internet continues to become a bigger part of our life.","everyone works hard for long hours, but salaried employees do not get overtime",no,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25082,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Good place to work for awhile - but come with strong will and tenacity,"Amazon is cutting edge, innovative, well recognized, and a market leader. They have shown the world they not only can survive amongst a very competitive landscape, but thrive in a down market. That is due to world class operations, relentless focus on margin improvement, and a very frugal internal attitude. As others have mentioned, due to the speed and lean environment, it's somewhat in a disarray internally which leaves mountains of opportunity for self-starters to make immediate impacts to the bottom lines. Opportunities to move within the company are good and encouraged which expose you to the full scope of the business thus deepening your understanding of how all the pieces fit together, what works, and what does not.","The chaotic lean environment. On the pro side it leaves loads of room for opportunity to make a difference, which is possible. Just when you think you've made a difference by performing 15 different tasks to accomplish a goal (10 of which were not really yours to do, but you did them because there was no one else to pick it up), everything shifts in frequent re-orgs. Resources are lost, roadmaps change dramatically, documentation is poor to non-existent, which causes lost momentum that sucks the life out of you.  The lack of processes and routines. This is not true for 100% of the company, but is for many areas that one would think a company of 10+ years would have nailed. The constant reorganization of teams and leaders breaks any continuity that was established prior to the reorg. I was dumbfounded when I learned that a certain team in the company had absolutely no idea of the steps it took to issue a payment to a supplier. I think they thought it was all black magic. Project processes were another area that some key development teams made up as they went and changed quarterly. This created loads of knee-jerk reactions for many teams impacted across the company and challenged goodwill with internal relationships.  HR could care less about employees. Loads of lip service from the HR teams to make you think they care. Like many other groups in the company, their individual teams don't seem to talk to one another, or know each other for that matter. It is as if each team has blinders on and they only know and perform only their function in strict confines. There is lots of ""that's not my job"" attitudes. As an example, I witnessed on more than one occasion where great performers took international assignments only to return to leave the company because the company did nothing to help reintegrate the employees. What I heard is that HR managers and recruiters did nothing to assist these employees returning from their assignments, each one saying it was not their job. It was left to the employee to figure it out themselves. So after the company spends tens of thousands of dollars to move staff around the world yet the company expects nothing in return? How dumb is that?  Below market pay. Amazon is known for paying below market in terms of base salary yet expects people to work at least 50 hours per week. Many teams due to them being lean require 60+ hours a week. HR sells the entire compensation package with stock which can be great in a up market and if you live in the US. The odd thing is the mixed message they send with it: the stock makes you an owner of the company but because they call it comp, they expect you to sell each time you vest. I would rather have a larger base pay.  Amazon is no different than other companies in that it has it's own dysfunctions. If you have an iron will and a high tolerance for stress, you will do well there. Use the company as much as it uses you and it will be a happy relationship.","It's not ""Day 1"" no matter how many times you say it. Those days are long gone.  Get a succession team in place for Jeff. Having a single person steering the company based on his whims of what gets resourced and what does not creates too much churn throughout the company. It seems that some in senior leadership roles act as if Amazon is still in start-up mode and wants to do lots of different thing marginally rather than focus on doing fewer things top-notch.  Treat your staff better It costs more to recruit/train new employees than it does to retain good people and that would help the free cash flow. Get someone to run a world-class HR org.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25083,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2009",Current Employee - Systems Manager,Petty resentments thrive within management at Amazon.,There is no explicit path to promotion. One day you are all of a sudden approached as a candidate for management. .,"There is no explicit path to promotion. One day you are all of a sudden approached as a candidate for management. If you keep your nose clean, you are a candidate for a ""great new job"" with no training in how to be a manager. Like every role at Amazon, one is left to sink or swim and of course the danger of sinking as a manager is that you are taking your direct reports with you. Amazon uses ""Situational Leadership II"" methodologies, but one is implicitly expected to reject those philosophies as ""lame"" and ""soft"". The unspoken theme of survival at Amazon is ""zero-sum"".",Walk the talk. Amazon boasts about how working hard and being smart will lead to good things. The reality is that it is all about who you know in the company and how they feel about you.,3.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25084,amazon,"Miramar, FL"," Apr 3, 2009",Current Employee - Buying Assistant II,Simply great company to work for,Great career opportunity and a fun job if you are doing what you like in this company which is I guess 90+% of the employees. They make sure that they hire the right people with desire to work and have fun on the job. The interview process is kind of thorough I my point of view is that it is also effective. They don't want people coming from the street just for the money. They seek for people with passion and expertise in the area that they are applying for. Employees are getting rewarded accordingly with stocks and other benefits.,"Their Headquarters is in Seattle which is not the best state. They have fulfillment centers all over US, however if you would really like to get a job in the Headquarters you have to move to the state were it rains the most throughout the whole USA. In addition, everybody is saying that Seattle has the highest suicide rate because of the weather. If you are applying into FC (fulfillment center) you have less positions to choose from, however you have more states and locations open for opportunity and international revocations are also good opportunity to see the world and enjoy life.","Appreciate the work that the employees are doing for you and reward them. If has saved you 8 hours a week of your job by automating a process, reward him. Don't think it's his job - it's his creativity and knowledge and everybody likes to be rewarded.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25085,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Control Buyer,Resume and skill set builder,It will provide you with the broadest understanding of how a business should work and will prepare you for your next experience,The work life balance is not balanced.,Less politics,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25086,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard...yes, that part of the tag line is reality.","It is a big company with amazing brand recognition. The company is doing very well, not said about many companies in these hard economic times. If you truly enjoy working very hard and put most of your energy into your work this is a great place to work. There are no nine to five jobs at amazon. It is a great place to work if you are truly committed to self-development-don't expect the company to teach you how to do your job. You will be surrounded by people who are bright and future focused...there isn't time to get caught up in the past.","Work/Life Balance is of no importance to the leadership. The company doesn't implement any programs to allow the people working there to feel respected or valued.  Compensation: Your first two years with the company are the most financially rewarding...if you accept a job be sure to determine where you are in the payscale. Chances are you may have been placed at the top of the pay range, which will ultimately lead to a very small increase to your base wage.  Development: Regardless of your position, your development must be owned by you. The company offers very little opportunity to develop your skills. The value placed on education is very high.","Value your people. Hiring ""smart"" people isn't the only way to build a bench. The company places too much value on educational experience from a few big schools. People are more than what is on their resume.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25087,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2009",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,A legend in its own mind,"If you are interested in massively scalable systems, Amazon is great to understand what true scaling means.  If you are early in your career, Amazon can expose you to a wide range of technologies, and give you a a lot of responsibility quickly. There will also be a lot of people like you to hang out with, develop friendships with and so on. Amazon does a lot of college hiring, so there are a lot of like minded bright people in the software engineering areas.  There is an employee discount, which is nice to have.  Seattle is a great area.  Amazon has a lot of tools support for software engineers, and puts a lot of effort into making it easy to build, deploy and update software.","A weird mix of micro management and a demand for ownership. One of the key concepts at Amazon is that individual teams own their product/project, and the teams are encouraged to understand and drive the direction of the projects. At the same time, there are a lot of mandatory corporate initiatives that you have to do, sometimes leaving you with very little time to do the ""customer-centric"" things that are supposed to be the mainstay of the engineering work. There's also a lot of nit-picking and second guessing if you actually take that ownership.  Almost all engineers are responsible for supporting their own software, which is supposed to encourage the building of quality software. In practice, this means that software engineers are on-call for a week, and have to get up in the night to answer any issues that come up. Not so bad if you are on a 8 person team, which means you have to do this once every two months, but really bad if you are on a 3 person team. This burns people out pretty badly, and leads to bad code - you can't focus if you were up all night.  An arrogant believe that Amazon engineers are better than almost anywhere else. I've worked at a lot of good companies, and while the new college hires are natively bright and talented, many of them are inexperienced. Amazon doesn't seem to have a lot of engineers with 10-12 years of experience, who could grow the skills of these talented newbies. I've been in places with much better engineers. But I've heard Amazon middle management claim that they can pull off extremely ambitious schedules because they have Amazon engineers.  Pressure.... pressure .... pressure. A lot of demands, a lot of context switching, and a lot of statements that imply that you need to step it up and deliver.","Understand that you are burning out your engineering staff, and stop blaming them for wanting a lot on a very tight budget (of resources and time).",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25088,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart, and strong willed people will thrive here",You'll work with some of the smartest people you've met,"You must be a strong willed individual and be ready to prove your case with data and to fight for your viewpoint against the odds. If you aren't willing or capable of doing this, you won't enjoy your job much.",Treat employees with as much respect as we treat customers,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25089,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,"A good place to work, for a short period of time.","Most everyone has an opportunity to add value at Amazon. It's definitely a culture where great ideas are appreciated and,. sometimes, acted on. You are surrounded by smart, ambitious people.","It is a very competitive, cutthroat environment. Lots of smart people, but all are trying to hard to move ahead by any means neccessary. Many of the directors that I dealt with were very very poor people managers, but great at managing up. Not a place for the light hearted or those that need coddling.",Pay more attention to mgmts people management and leadership abilities. There is value in having people stick around.,3.0,3.5,none,4.5,2.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1730.htm
25090,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 3, 2009",Former Employee - Web Development Engineer,"Great coworkers, but subpar pay and recognition.","The best part is the flexible hours. The job is project based, so as long as you get your stuff done, you can come in early, late, whatever. While the job is technically an office job, you can work from home on days that you have a doctor's appointment, or if you are feeling under the weather. You get a laptop, which is nice. The BUS/Transit pass was a real nice perk. You can opt for subsidized parking if you prefer. You get stock grants, and good health benefits.","General salary information for jobs is not provided. I never knew what my coworkers made. When you are applying for an internal job, there is no mention of general pay scale. For me, that made it difficult when trying to gage where I wanted to go in the company. Recognition of accomplishments doesn't happen very often. For example, if you create a new tool for your team, almost no one notices. But if you make a minor mistake, you get in trouble with management. I suppose that could differ from manager to manager though.",Give more transparency for job progression and salary. Recognize accomplishments.,3.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25091,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,A great place to work if you are in a software development role,"You get to work with some of the smartest people in the industry. The environment is very competitive, you would stand out as a sore thumb if you are not performing as well as the others.  The work is quite interesting depending on what aspect of Amazon you are working on. You get to work with latest technologies in the field. You are expected to be a self starter and have the ability to learn on the job and adapt to rapidly changing work priorities.  You should be flexible with your work hours as you might be working weekend when the work is real crazy.",Work longer hours Not much growth opportunity in a QA role Bonuses not as good as offered by competition,None,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25092,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 15, 2009",Current Employee - Buyer,Great company.,"Compensation is fair, work is interesting, and opportunities are vast.",Work life balance can be difficult to master.,I have much respect for our leadership team.,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25093,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2009",Current Employee - Director,"True customer focus, but not the right place for everyone","1. Customer focus is truly priority #1 throughout the organization. 2. Long term focus of management means consistent message and direction. 3. Plenty of smart people, and very few places for the ""dead weight"" to hide. 4. Very easy, and expected, to rotate through various functional areas of the company. Most people switch roles at least every 2 years.","1. Extremely detail oriented culture. It is expected (and considered a strength) that management ""dive deep"" into all details. This can be very trying at times. 2. Organization is very lean in terms of staffing. While there is the argument this can drive innovation, and has positioned the company well in the current economic climate, it means there is ALWAYS more to do than time to do it. You need to be able to draw your line (in terms of what you are willing to give) and hold to it while delivering on the top priorities. 3. Not the place to go to be ""developed"". It's very much a ""sink or swim"" type of culture. The expectation is to hire smart people and then it's up to them to deliver and make their way through the organization.",n/a,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25094,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Fun, interesting challenges. Not for everybody, though.","Amazon has a variety of interesting business and technical challenges which continually provide an opportunity for fun work and fun problems. I started at Amazon after college and I feel that I'm a better software engineer now that I would have been had I been employed elsewhere.  I also feel that Amazon does a good job of allowing ideas and solutions to bubble up from the bottom. In my experience at the company, I feel that I've been given a great degree of freedom to develop software that I want to develop when I can demonstrate that my solution is superior to existing ideas.","Amazon has a horrible ""not-invented-here"" syndrome. Amazon has a self-prescribed culture which believes fundamentally that it has problems which are unique to the size and scale of Amazon's operations. While this is true for a number of systems throughout Amazon, the culture permeates to systems which should be more than capable of leveraging existing software and solutions.  Amazon also has an excruciatingly high hiring bar (which is a good thing). The result of this, however, is that some engineers who were used to being the rock-star amongst their peers can feel overwhelmed by the aggregate level of talent and ability of other engineers.",keep up the good work,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25095,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 17, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Fun but not for everyone,"There is a lot of freedom, and the sense of ownership is really valuable. Groups are small and usually pretty nimble. Logic usually prevails rather than politics. The customer focus feels nice, and the scale things operate is great. There is always more to learn on both the technical and business fronts, and you don't have a multi year personal backlog then you've got blinders on. If you like a challenge then it is a pretty nice place to work.","There are a reasonable number of ""taxes"". Things that need to get done that are pushed top down. While only a few per year, they can end up consuming a good chunk of time. This causes a lot of rework between the many small teams.","Encourage more learning and bottom up leadership. Maintain the risk reward trade off value, and try not to lose sight of what makes our environment fun and fosters innovation. There is already a lot more we could get out of employees that we do not simply because the energy has dissipated away and no one is really bothering to stir things up.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25096,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2009",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Good, solid company to launch your career","Good, profitable company to work at. It's really one of the very few retail companies that are doing well despite the current economic downturn. The company truly values and is, indeed, obsessed with serving customers...so that is a good side (maybe good for long term)","Seems there are 3 different parts of the company, marketing, operations and technical...not sure if those 3 functions are as integrated as they should.",Continue to retain talent. One way is to review compensation to make sure they are competitive.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25097,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Good for the resume, tough life as an employee","Amazon is a brand-name company which looks excellent on a resume. It will probably give you an inside shot at joining a good startup when you're ready to move on. You get a fair amount of freedom in how you do your job. The base pay is decent for the Seattle area, if perhaps not so much nationally. And most of the non-management people I've come across will go out of their way to be helpful.","Employee retention is bad, which should give you a lot of clues. In fact, sometimes I wonder if management doesn't want to retain employees beyond two years so that they don't have to pay out all of the restricted stock. I mean, there are no cash bonuses anymore that I know of, and the raises -- if you're fortunate enough to get one -- probably won't even keep pace with inflation. As others have said, the non-salary benefits are poor in comparison to other large companies. Your actual workspace is very spartan, and good luck getting a fast laptop or desktop and a monitor that does better than 1280x1024.  There is a vast amount of crufty old code sitting around the backend databases and systems that nobody wants to touch, the original perpetrators of which are long gone, and management often does not have the foresight to rewrite. If you take a job here, keep in mind that you might suddenly find yourself assigned to maintain this pile, even if you have never done Perl or C++ in your life and you were supposedly hired to work on something else. For the most part, developers double as operators, so have fun wearing the pager while you're at it. Getting paged while on call should be the exception, but at Amazon, it's the rule.  There is a lot of homebrew and non-standard technology in use which is usually poorly documented and difficult to use in any case, and if you're familiar with doing things the way that the rest of the industry does, you might find yourself frustrated.",Sponsor wholesale rewrites of legacy systems.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25098,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Mar 14, 2009",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon.com a good place to work,"During peak season there is opportunity to work a large amount of overtime. The pay is reasonable for the job. Although not all of the bosses are good, my boss is amazing. I feel a sense of accomplishment when I leave work.","During peak they sometimes require mandatory overtime, and this can interfere with personal obligations. People steal, so there is tight security. Lots and lots of walking.","Don't wait so long to convert temporary associates that they leave the company. Currently there are a number of excellent employees seeking employment elsewhere, because management has not made the move to hire these excelling individuals on.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25099,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Great place to work, smart people, innovative culture, good benefits and good growth","Longish hours, pager duty is a bit of a drag when u have to be on call for a week once a month or so.",none,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1731.htm
25100,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for the initial years,You can learn a lot in a short period of time. Lots of smart people and they run a tight ship which is all good. A great place to start your career or until mid level,"Top down management always. Boss is always right attitude starting with the CEO and all the way down. Professional growth is limited unless you can build good relationship (read ""sycophant"") with manager. Not a good place to move from the outside for middle level managers, you are better off working some place else.  In addition, i found the arrogance of some of the mediocre folks pretty annoying. I have not met many modest people. Everyone likes to always ask a ton of questions to others while not holding themselves to the same bar for their work. All in the name of ""Data Driven Company""",Respect for people,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25101,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2009",Current Employee - Digital Media Operations,Amazon the super-positive!,"Very supportive of your career path and understanding of the demands outside of work. It is one company who despite the economy downturn, continues to grow and stay positive. The main reason for this is the central focus on the customer, their needs and their interests. Another reason they are so successful is innovation, they are very willing to listen to and incorporate ideas from any of their employees. The ""all-hands"" meetings, held quarterly, are fun and informative. The management is approachable and are willing to help with any aspect of your position, whether its corporate questions down to the individual task.","Like more companies Amazon holds a review process over the first few months of the year. It consists of each individual goal setting for the year, writing up a self review, a management review, and three to five peer reviews. The reviews are then processed through an detailed and lengthy review process of their own, where a score is determined after comparing the individual to the company's core values and core competencies. This score determines your raise and also follows you throughout your time. So, if you score low, you will have a tougher time moving up or into new positions. It results is some good feedback, however is extremely time-consuming and can be potentially damaging to your Amazon career.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25102,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon can be great but management wants fast hacks that will page you awake.,You will be given the chance to work out interesting problems with some great people. If you have the motivation to drive your own deadlines and you can sell yourself to an MBA everything is pretty much great.,"Long hours, average pay, upper management is perfectly happy with horrific hacks because they are never paged. Pager duty.","Let the developers come up with long term technology goals, and stop micro managing.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25103,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 8, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer Test I,N/A,* Very hospitable working conditions * Great people and management * Exciting projects to work on,"* Benefits aren't as great as larger companies, but very good overall * The Frugality motto can sometimes go a bit too far",N/A,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25104,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2009",Former Employee - Product Manager,A great place to learn online business,"Being able to work in the fast paced environment of online business. Highly talented people around. Can improve your analytical skill. The business is all about analyzing numbers whether it is pricing, inventory management, or business process re-engineering.  Many people who left also agrees that they have learned a lot working for Amazon.com. The skills acquired at amazon is very useful for working in another companies. The business model of Amazon and how you analyze business can be applied to any other online company. Many who left were successful getting higher salary and higher job title. I am also one of them.","People are not compensated as well as other top companies. If they had paid well, retention would be higher. There are many people who wanted to work for Amazon and did not negotiate its salary when joining as they should. Many of them assumed that if they performed well, it would be compensated with raise. However, the raise is very small. The company started to give more RSUs which is a good sign. Even with these changes, RSU and cash bonus are not as competitive as other online companies.  Another is, if you are not used to fast paced environment, you will feel left out.",Compensate the top performers.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25105,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2009",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Big name for the resume, but tough environment","It's pretty cool to work for a company where you can call yourself a customer and an owner. Amazon truly does think about the customer first, and all business decisions are generally made with the customer in mind. It's nice to have access to some of the creators of one of the best (if not the best) product recommendation tools. Amazon definitely has the power of a large corporate company (along with all of the red tape that goes with that), but that strong corporate brand name alone helps secure meetings with potential partners. The Amazon discount is small, but I suppose it's good that you get one!","Amazon is a very top-down focused company. Upper management scrutinizes and edits every small detail in a presentation or proposal, and lots of unnecessary time is spent making an unimportant item perfect. The company talks a lot about being able to think of an idea, develop it and implement on the site quickly, but there are layers upon layers of approval needed. Management definitely works a LOT of hours, and expects all team members to do the same, so the work-life balance is fairly nonexistent. Employees are expected to be available at pretty much all times, but then they won't pay for a Blackberry or email-enabled phone.",Trust the people you hired!,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25106,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 28, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Come here to work hard, have no social life, get treated unfaily by management BUT have a bigger bank balance","The compensation package, provided you negotiate it at time of getting hired. Opportunity to work with the best e-commerce platform out there, and you will learn a LOT. Great name to have in resume","The hours are brutal with little regard to work-life balance, especially if the team consist mainly of unmarried engineers. Over emphasis on agile development methodologies. QA and operational (aka midnight pager beeping) burden on developers. Management not interested in career growth and is short sighted as to only being concerned about developers finishing that month's work. Lack of morale and mutual disrespect between team members. Definitely not a long term workplace for the non-workaholic","Please understand that software engineers are not commodities and are real people who have a life outside. And lower the number of TPMs (technical program manager). However elaborate they say their job function is, its still is mostly about scheduling meeting rooms and reiterating things other people have already said. And don't automatically think that if a person says they are more to the ""business"" (except for the real business people such as the finance folks) side of things it equals them being more important to Amazon and an overall smarter person deserving a higher pay scale. Its still the awesome engineering output that keeps Amazon in the edge",3.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.5,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25107,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2009",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager III,Amazon - a mixed bag,Some of the people I've had the pleasure of working with have been nice and very bright. It's really been a pleasure to work with them.  Having a world class internet retailer on your resume if you are interested in the industry helps to get you noticed. Amazon has been incredibly successful (we even had a good Q4 despite the economic issues plaguing other companies) so if you do work here you can learn how it happened. You can also see first hand how what works when your small can create a lot of internal turmoil when you get big if it doesn't change.,Launching products is considered more important than ensuring that code is robust and documenting how things work.  Despite Amazon's large size it doesn't have a lot of well developed work processes & groups often have different goals & missions. This makes getting things done for a project challenging since a team that needs to do work for your project might not think it's important and might not be able to accommodate your needs.  It's a pretty competitive and political environment. There are people who will take credit for your work (since they are looking for their next promotion) so make sure your keep your manager informed of what you are working on.  Most teams don't get it right the first time so make sure you get everything tested.,The level of internal communication is incredibly poor.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25108,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Why does it feel so bad to be so empowered?,"in most parts of the company, people are treated as adults. Diversity is valued, intelligence usually wins out","very little social fabric, very chaotic, lack of long-term planning",communicate and lead more,3.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25109,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Would it hurt to try and make Amazon earth most employee centric company as well.,Amazon.com is really a great company. Especially when it comes to how they treat their customers. They really do put the customer first and that is something that is in the DNA of the company. I have worked for a lot of companies who say that they put the customer first and listen to what they want and its mostly half hearted PR speak. At Amazon.com this is not the case and they strive to make the customer experience better.,"This greatness of Amazon.com and how they do business with their customers does not translate into how they treat their employees. This is the biggest company I have seen that is held together by duct tape. Everything is practically a hack or a workaround and you need to know the right people to get things done. That's on a company level.  In terms of middle management level, they seem to hire a lot of incompetent, ineffective brown-nosers who want to climb the management ladder.",Do you guys not see that there is a huge morale problem here? There is a reason why 50% of people leave Amazon within the first 2 years.,1.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1732.htm
25110,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,An interesting place to work... for a while.,"If you are on the right team, your work will have a tangible impact on millions of people, and as an engineer, it is interesting and gratifying to work on the large scale, difficult software problems. Direction is still very much set by Jeff Bezos, but to his credit he has made a lot of bold but correct decisions in the lifetime of the company. While the startup culture has faded a bit, that does mean that you can maintain a surprisingly good work-life balance while still working on interesting things.","The culture at Amazon is notoriously frugal, and that can feel penny-wise, pound-foolish after a while. The startup culture that existed in the early days is also not as prevalent, which can make staying motivated somewhat challenging when surrounded by people of varying levels of motivation. In the technical career track, Amazon does a pretty poor job developing and enabling the growth of their employees, aside from the very early stages of an engineers career, unless the employee is inclined to move into a management track. This lack of career development can be compounded by the large operational responsibilities of many teams, which makes it difficult for engineers to find the time to interact with groups outside of their general are and explore other opportunities that could help foster career growth.",Institute mechanisms to enable lower level employees to feel more empowered and connected to what is going on in the company.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25111,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Jan 22, 2009",Former Employee - Process Engineer,Amazon is a great place to make a difference,Great enterprenuerial environment where one can really make an impact on the business. Great co-workers who work hard at what they do. Input was actively solicited by Senior management and I felt that my opinion was valued and listened to.,Working in a fulfillment center prevented me from enjoying Christmas and Thanksgiving since that is the busy season. It was all hands on deck so I couldnt travel to see family. As the company has matured it was beginning to lose some of the laid back culture that it had. Very much a place where you are expected to jump in and contribute - the downside of this was there was not a lot of training - though there were resources for support,Keep innovating and try not to become a 'typical' corporate environment.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25112,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2009",Current Employee - Recruiter,Go Amazon,Amazon has a great future and it is exciting to be a part of that.,"We are a very frugal company, but I would rather be in business then have to be making cuts.",None.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25113,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2009",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Hard work will pay off.,"The best reason to work at Amazon is that it gives you the ability to control your own destiny. If you are assertive and hard working then you will go places, just keep up the hard work and people will notice.","There are some issues with work-life balance for some employees. Although hard work does speak loudly, there is a level of politics that still goes on that is distracting, demoralizing and old school business.","As long as senior management can compensate the employees that perform best, then they will keep that talent. Focus less on politics and more on employee development. Listen to the employees and allow them to make business decisions - be employee focused as much as Amazon is customer focused.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25114,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 26, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon started me off on the right track,You will get the opportunity to work with lots of other bright people on massive scaling problems. Amazon is an excellent place to work right out of college. Your mileage will vary depending on the particular group you work in but there are lots of opportunities to move between teams once on board. I have been able to secure interviews with ease since leaving Amazon and managed to sharpen my C++ and SQL skills pretty dramatically while at the company. I was given a raise every review cycle during my stay at Amazon and was happy with the salary and benefits I received.,"The work-life balance is relatively poor--most engineers will have to carry a pager on a regular basis. Sixty hour weeks were not uncommon in my organization. I've heard Amazon referred to as a ""burn and churn"" unit and I tend to agree with that. If considering various opportunities within Amazon and work-life balance is a big issue I'd steer clear from the retail and payments groups. If you enjoy building software from the bottom-up you probably won't get to do a lot of this immediately. There is a lot of legacy cruft to deal with and a lot of operational overhead is incurred as a result. I would not suggest Amazon to an engineer who is passionate about working with bleeding-edge technologies as I spent most of my time building code around application frameworks that were 5-10 years old.","I would advise senior management to treat people better. Though difficult to quantify, the attrition rate is costing the company more than anyone is willing to admit.",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25115,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,A factory job for software developers. Tops down management at its best.,Good opportunity to learn about eBusiness at a large scale. Innovation does happen at Amazon. One can move around within the company and gain exposure to various aspects of the business. Compensation is pretty good but not if you consider the benefits and time demands.,"Culture of micromanagement - very little trust or delegation of ownership. Management is encouraged to drill into every detail and required to defend every decision at every level. Metrics driven customer focus does not take the employee into consideration. There is no work-life balance at this company. Management applies manufacturing discipline to all aspects of the business. So if you want to feel like a factory worker while writing software, this is the place for you. Very little time off. If your salary looks good, make sure you consider the benefits too. Poor 401K matching, poor time off, poor holidays, etc.","Keep the customer focus, add employee focus.",2.0,1.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25116,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2009",Current Employee - Gopher,Grey like the weather,To get paid a decent wage,60 sometimes but mostly 70 hour weeks,Be nice,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25117,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great place for software engineering,"I highly recommend Amazon. As an engineer, you have a vast amount of resources and tools to get the job done and the infrastructure is such that you don't have to bug IT to install this and that on your servers (unlike other companies). Your team takes ownership of almost every aspect of your product, so there is a lot of opportunity to improve how it runs with limited red tape. There is a huge emphasis on working on large-scale systems which is both fun and an educational experience.","As owner of your product, your team will also respond to downtime, most likely with a pager rotation.  Depending on your team, you might experience some micromanagement from the Senior Management, but in my experience it happened on an occasion rather than constant basis.  Also, sometimes the autonomy that teams have can be detrimental to cooperation. Some times work is duplicated instead of shared properly.","Focus on clear, attainable goals to avoid fiddling with the details yourself. Foster an environment of cooperation between the teams.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25118,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2009",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Work-Life balance = 0,Compensation. They pay well and its looks great on your resume. But they dont pay overtime and EVERY person works 55-60 hour weeks at Amazon. They get their money's worth.,NO work life balance. Too stressful and one person does the work of 6 people. Most managers have not undergone any kind of training and just happen to be manager because they have been working there for a few years. They do not know how to manage people and their employees. Al they ever do is point out the negative things and never encourage and say go job for anything to anyone.,promote ppl not based on the number of years they have been at amazon but rather on the amount and quality of work they do.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25119,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 12, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great tech company with limited bureaucracy.,"There is little bureaucracy and a relatively flat hierarchy. Many members of senior management have a technical background and are very intelligent. They are also open to ideas and respectful of other employees. One of Amazon's corporate values is frugality which usually leads the company to avoid and cut unnecessary spending such as fancy furniture for senior management, or expensive benefits packages for niche groups. Amazon is a relatively efficient, fun, profitable company to work for.","The on call schedule can be a serious burden. It limits the ability to make and keep commitments outside of work at times and can be a drain on an employee's family. They are also starting to lose their young, lean company feel. Process sometimes trumps results.",Continue to focus yourselves on the technology and the people that create the technology. Avoid the temptation to allow corporate fat and excess.,5.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1733.htm
25120,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,Poor employee retention,"Good company, great products, forward looking and innovative","Bad work-life balance, need to think more about employee retention and career growth.",Think harder about how to hire and retain exceptional people.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25121,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Lots of smart people, a bit of a meat grinder","Amazon has quite a lot of smart people, and they're given free reign to solve problems the way they think best (after all, they have to deal with the aftermath). The result is a streamlined, low effort, build/deployment system, fairly low bar for building new services and tools, and the opportunity to try new things in a safe manner.  the technical environment is top notch, and the important parts are implemented well enough (always some room to improve).  Amazon is obsessed with metrics - when a service is deployed, part of the process is choosing metrics and monitors to ensure that any problems are caught automatically and fixed, due to the good tools, patches can be pushed out in hours, and rolled back in minutes, so responsiveness is expected.  Senior management communicates fairly openly, the CEO fields questions at the quarterly meeting, and welcomes hostile or difficult questions, which surprised me. At a divisional level, I always had a good idea of where things were headed and the priorities.","Amazon will eat your life - pager rotation sucks, and if your service needs babysitting, you may not have an ops team to handle the general things. What this means is that a lousy service will take your free time and interrupt your sleep one week out of 6-8. This would be as expected for a lot of things, but some services are naturally chatty (external systems, upstreams that file a pageable ticket to find out why your service is acting up, etc.). In addition, the workload can be high if you find yourself in the wrong place - choose wisely.  The downside of free reign with teams is that there is often little consistency of behavior, as each team implements what it needs, this can cause problems if you need something not offered. It also impacts crosscutting concerns - coordinating multiple teams is almost impossible.  Payments is a high stress area, as is anything that supports warehouses. Having been in payments, it's getting better, but I didn't get along with one or two of the managers, I got a bit burnt out, then was denied vacation that I desperately needed and tossed on a deathmarch project., so that colors my views a bit  Amazon has cheap benefits (frugality is the watchword, but it burns a bit when the most significant bennie is a bus pass). On the flip side, you are paid well if you do well.","Not a lot - planning for a post bezos world is important, as is ensuring that the leadership is strong, but I haven't run into too many problems of their creation. Well, except for stack ranking - fire the low performers sure, but don't force managers to make someone the 2.5 review just because someone has to be on the bottom. Sometimes, you've got a team of stars.",4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25122,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 1, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,"Great place to learn, Some teams are better than others, Incompetence exists just like any other big company.","The problems you have the opportunity to solve are large and unavailable at most other companies. It's extremely exciting to see your project talked about all over the tech press and to think about how many billions of times a day your code is being run. At Amazon someone who is right out of college can easily have the opportunity to design a big system from scratch without being told what to do by other more experienced people (although this is a negative if you are that experienced person having to clean up after the newbie). This of course allows you to learn from your own past mistakes since you are allowed to make them. And, after you eventually leave Amazon you'll have that recognizable name on your resume.","On-call! On-call sucks! It's possible to have a decent on-call experience, on one team in the past I had just that great experience, but most of the time it sucks really bad. The worst of all is being on-call for horrible software that you didn't even write and not getting much opportunity to fix it. The work environment is pretty horrible, if you care about working in an aesthetically pleasing environment then don't work for Amazon (although it might be different once we move offices to South Lake Union in 2010). The benefits aren't as good as a lot of other big companies, if you have a family then you might not want to work for Amazon. Some parts of the company are run by completely incompetent people, you really need to get lucky when you start working for Amazon to get a good group, although it's pretty easy to move around once your manager realizes that you're an engineer that Amazon should try to keep.",Stand up to Jeff B once and a while. He's not god. You're not going to get fired for telling him that he's wrong. If he has a stupid idea tell him it's stupid. And if he wants you to do something really quickly make sure he knows what you're going to have to trade off for that. Jeff is normally a pretty good CEO but he can only successfully do his job if you stop kissing his ass so much.,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25123,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon great company lots of challenges,"Challenging problems, smart people, a company known for innovation.","First year at Amazon is very challenging, not a lot of process or structure. It is left to the employee to take the initiative and learn. There is upside and downside to this approach.",Keep working on career development and making it easier for people who join to grow and be successful.,5.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25124,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2009",Former Employee - Recruiter,In this market...its a job.,"Looks great on a resume. If you can survive at Amazon, you can be successful most anywhere.","There is absolutely no work life balance. I'm not just speaking for my personal experience...this is accross the company at all levels and in almost all positions. The philosophy at Amazon is ""live to work"" NOT ""work to live"". Also...there is a very adversarial relationship between the internal customers and HR and business partners are completely disrespectful, bordering on abusive.","Amazon has a bad reputation as an employer. ""Burn and churn."" Work on building a reputation of being an employer of choice. Work on being an ""employee first"" company. Build internal relationships based on mutual respect.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25125,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top company to work for in Tech Industry,"Challenging work, very high hiring bar, difficult to get a job there, but once you do, you will be working with the top talent in the industry. Many different profit centers within the company (vs. Google, which is highly dependent on ad revenue almost exclusively) and lots of innovation, so there are always new projects going on in almost every area of the company. Amazon has arguably the best cloud computing environment in the industry and is the industry leader in online retail (both the bread-and-butter of the company), but also does many other things (third party merchants, eCommerce platform, subidiaries such as IMDb, A9, etc.).","Not for everyone--you need to be smart, innovative and independent",Continue to fund growth during economic slowdown.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25126,amazon,"Kennewick, WA"," Jan 10, 2009",Current Employee - Tech Specialist,Amazon is all about the people!,"They are very people oriented. Both in the way of employees and customers. As an employee, there are so many perks and enjoyable things that make it fun to work there. During the holidays and especially on the cold / snowy days, the management team made chili, pancakes, waffles and other delicious ""warming"" foods. They pass out candy and all other many of treats to keep everyone going on long days. And, as far as customers, we employees are given the tools to really help them. It's not often that we have to hide behind a policy, because our policy is to leave our customer's with a good experience. Period.","The schedule is very rigid. You sign up for a schedule that stays the same for at least a few weeks. In my case, I have a schedule that I love. It's a rigid Monday thru Thursday, 10 hour days, and a three day weekend. That's nice. However, it's not a given that I will keep that schedule in the future. I guess it's a ""downside"" and an ""upside"" that schedules are bid for, and they are given according to how well you are doing. I've always had the schedule I wanted, but I still have the slight worry that I could be stuck with a schedule that I don't want.",I think y'all are doing a great job! I've worked for call centers before and I've never enjoyed them as much as I enjoy my job now!,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25127,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2009",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Amazon.com: Hard work and high visibility,One of the selling points for this job and for the company was that there is a high level of employee visibility.,"There are long hours, but time flies as the work is interesting.",There are a lot of people who work hard to make your job easier. Remember those people!,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25128,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon - Smart people, innovating quickly to create a better customer experience.","At Amazon innovation and efficiency are prized. Amazon's customer obsession is a big positive. The company prefers to invest in long term decisions which are positive for customers over short term decisions which may give the company a temporary boost. While no company is a true meritocracy, Amazon does a great job of rewarding performance and delivery of results. You will also get to work with very smart people at Amazon. There's always an opportunity to learn from your peers or management. There are many mechanisms for feedback and your job will have a lot of visibility and potential for impact.",Amazon is a great place to work but because people are quick to give feedback and/or share an opinion on your work you really need to have a thick skin or be able to take critism well.,Allow line managers to have more fiscal responsibility.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25129,amazon,"Manchester, NH"," Jan 6, 2009",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Great managers that are easy to talk to. Easy work.,The jobs become very repetitive.,Better communication,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1734.htm
25130,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 5, 2009",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,It's not for everyone to work here.,It's a place where I'm allowed to implement the ideas I have.,Middle management sucks (which is valid for any relativeley big company),Give more opportunities to employees having long experience with the company. Many people still work for the idea sitting behind Amazon. Give them the chance to grow rather than looking for outside people who'd leave the company for the first opportunity paying a few extra $.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25131,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Not your small startup anymore.,Be part of the leading online retailer.,"Amazon used to be the place where you ""acted like an owner"", and everybody went beyond their job descriptions and did what was best for the company. They've morphed into a standard large company where people now answer ""not my problem"" instead of ""I'll take care of it""","Value your employees. Give a little - get a lot. It was disheartening to hear Jeff answer questions about perks and such at every quarterly meeting, and have him dismiss every comparison or request that was made as unnecessary. His attitude is you don't like it, get out.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25132,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Manager,Fast paced environment,"An innovative, fast paced place",low salary and poor benefits,focus on retention,4.0,2.5,none,4.5,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25133,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Lots of smart engineers and groups, but be careful of poorly run oncall rotations","There are a lot of smart people and lots of opportunities to learn from them - frequent tech talks, generally open communications policies. All of the managers I've had have been people that I've felt like I've worked _with_ rather than _for_ - they've been generally interested in figuring out what's needed for our customers and getting the group's feedback on how to get it done. I haven't experienced any of the micromanagement styles that I've seen mentioned in other reviews here.","Most software groups are responsible for software that is used by a production website or service -- that means that depending on how old the software is or how well it was written or how well its operations were thought out, it can fail gracefully or not. Some groups have frontline oncall support teams, but many do not, so if the production software fails a lot, you may be on a pager rotation that can cost you some sleep :(.",Make sure that your groups have a sane operational support plan.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25134,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 11, 2009",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"-Just started, but already noticing trends","-Fortune 500 company that has a strong corporate culture -Generous pay -Good organization -Useful benefits (bus pass, shuttle service between buildings) -Creative company -Cheap cafeteria -Everyone working there is pretty well-rounded and genuinely nice -Lots of opportunity for self-improvement and process improvement","-Many days when you feel like your work goes unappreciated -Understaffed, so overtime is pretty much required, despite the pay -Feel pressured in many ways to outperform -There are many days that you work overtime and are not compensated for it.",-More training and opportunities for professional growth -Stop playing favoritism and creating cliques within the group -Treat everyone fairly,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25135,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon, interesting work, long hours",Industry respect. Focus on the engineer and finding creative solutions.,A normal 40 hour work week is virtually unknown by anyone working at Amazon. The company's value of frugality sometimes is penny-wise and pound foolish. Don't expect as many perks as you'd see at Google or Microsoft.,I really respect the senior leadership team. I think they have the very rare quality of looking at the long term and investing in ideas that they think are good regardless of if there are any immediate profits to be had.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25136,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 4, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,A learning experience...a stepping stone for success elsewhere.,"An opportunity to work with some of the smartest people around and a chance to see impact on a massive scale. The smallest change can impact millions of people. Every decision, every thought is driven by numbers which changes the way you think and forces you to focus on results.","Extreme micromanagement, lack of trust among peers and management, lack of communication and team work, no work-life balance, chaotic management...and last but not least, very little room for risk taking and creativity. Every idea is scrutinized and must be justified with numbers, which brings clarity but often destroys the very essence of creativity and risk taking.",Build more trust in your people and encourage a stronger sense of team work. Encourage communication and bring some balance between customer-focus and employee-focus. Stop micromanaging and don't assume that a customer is always right :),3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25137,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2009",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Great place to start but wouldn't stay long-term,Improve your ability to work in a fast-paced environment.,"Long hours, little recognition if that's what you need to feel fulfilled.","Come down from 30,000 feet for just a week or so.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25138,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 15, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for if that's all you want to do.,Extremely smart people and a fast-paced environment.,"Work-life balance. HR Group was pretty dysfunctional, with adversarial interactions vs. team environment.",Lead your people. Drive your people...not into the ground.,1.0,1.0,none,3.5,2.5,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25139,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Encourages ,"A great experience if you want to make a difference ay a major corporation. Employees can diretly impact the business and the company encourages you to ""just do it"". I've been a long-time employee and i my whole career has been at Amazon but feel that i have had ample career growth opportunity.",It can be extremely stressful. New fire drills daily and work-life becomes hard to balance. Managers shift frequently making it difficult to maintatin consistency in terms of career. Seem to spend more time preparing reports and summaries than i do on fixing the actual poblems i'm reporting on.,Invest more in marketing and research. We are a product-led company and this need to be balanced by investing more time into research whether the money we are investng in are indeed the right opportunities.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1735.htm
25140,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 26, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great learning environment. Tough culture for advancement.,No better place to learn about the ins and outs of e-commerce and sound web-based application development. Truly breaking ground with a scale no one else can match. I find that the lessons I learned at Amazon are useful in my current job and anticipate that I will continue to find new uses for skills honed there.,"If you're business isn't the main focus of the company, then it can suffer, and you suffer, too. Amazon's core retail business and recent technology platform businesses took precedence over the Amazon Services busines, placing our team in a very difficult position--unable to please both our ""master"" and the client.",Apply the same customer-centric approach taken with individual customers to technology and retail partners as well.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25141,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2008",Current Employee - Director,Long timer's perspective.,"Amazon is a place were you work next to really smart people who are motivated and excited about what they do for a living. While our workforce has changed over the years, the culture instills a focus on knowing the details of your business, maniacal focus on the customer - even if that means short term and perhaps long term pain - because that is the right thing to do and a willingness to take risks. People who love change and deal well with ambiguity thrive at Amazon. Those who want to be told what to do and who desire a clear road map get very frustrated. Every job has it's ups and down and Amazon has had it's fair share and more, but the company continues to innovate, continues to eschew the trappings of success and the employees take pride in their work.",Promotions are few and far between. Stock is a big part of your compensation and because our stock swings wildly it can significantly impact your income from year to year. For a new person Amazon can be quite a struggle to find your place. Most groups are sink or swim and if you are hired you are expected to seek help as it won't seek you.,Jeff is a real ball buster if you don't have your act together and he will often be way over the top when critiquing work. Other senior leaders need to step up and defend their teams.,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25142,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 31, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great for customers, bad for employees","Amazon truly values the customer. There were a number of instances where Amazon would do something which short-term wasn't good for the company, but was definitely good for the customer. Bezos strongly believes that doing the best for the customer will also be best for the company long-term.","I worked there for three years as a software engineer. There is constant turmoil and shuffling of people and managers. The company is basically a meat grinder for employees. Engineers carry pagers and spend significant time temporarily patching up things that are broken.  The focus is on new shiny things rather than truly fixing things that are broken so that they work right. For each group doing the ""next big thing"" there are three groups doing maintenance work of some horrible legacy system.  The rate of attrition is unbelievable. One area of the company I worked in had about 45 engineers and had a rate of attrition slightly over 100% meaning that, within one year, every engineer had left and been replaced.","Focus on regretted attrition. Treat employees like you treat customers. Figure out why they're unhappy, make the environment better. Focus on making the internals of Amazon operate as well as the public image.",1.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25143,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 9, 2008",Current Employee - Manager,"A great company to learn, good opportunities for different roles, but prepare to fast and challenging work","career growth, ability to impact business, ability to make a difference","work life balance, lack of detailed training, must have ability to shape actions from vague goals",Promote talented folks with proven records,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25144,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,End the good ol' boys club at the S-Team level,Ability to lead initiatives since management ranks are lean.,"Amazon at its top S-Team level is a good ol boys club - all ivy league, male, and white - and promotions seem to follow that trend. Management actually isn't all that impressive aside from Jeff Bezos and a couple others. People are also so jaded that communication and proactivity are abysmal. Catalysts for growth are few, given worries about sales tax nexus, decline of core hard media goods, and inability to grow well into non-media verticals.","Foster a more open, diverse and nice culture, and less of an alpha male Ivy League frat culture at the top.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25145,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2008",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Work hard, get paid, sleep afterwards.","It is a fun, fast paced environment. Lots of opportunities to advance with the rotational program which really gets the creative juices flowing and moving between teams. People are highly motivated and want to change the world, very serious about the company mission. Everyone is treated with respect and team environment is great. Relaxed work environment, I can chat with anyone around me and listen to my music, then go out to happy hour after work with some coworkers.","They work you very hard, you're expected to work a ton of overtime. Company isn't growing at breakneck speed of early 2000 so opportunity for advancement is not as big. Very very high hiring bar.","Be more understanding of the work load. They are usually very good managers though, they got there for a reason.",5.0,2.5,none,4.5,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25146,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Hectic,and heavily micromanaged.","Truly a start up. Although a big company Amazon still enjoys a start up environment, you will quickly get responsibility over diverse areas and will have a unique learning opportunity","Hectic. Sink or swim. As said, Amazon is truly a startup. But that doesn't really work well for a company that size. There is significant lack of structure and support. Learning is hard as the communications between teams are not good.  Heavily micromanaged. This trickles down directly from the CEO. Jeff, trusts no one and knows better then everyone, and as a result most managers act the same.",Delegate and trust more. Work to empower employees to make good decisions and succeed.,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25147,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon.com provides the working environment for you to think big and have an impact.,"At Amazon.com you have flexible work times and the option to work remotely (as long as it is in moderation), and the managers are very supportive. These have been important factors for my performance, since I feel that I am most productive when I work without disruption.  In my opinion, the best aspect of working at Amazon.com is the fact that you have immediate impact on customer experience. The projects are usually short (on the order of weeks), iterative and deployments are painless, making it quite easy to innovate and get instant feedback. This also means that you get to work on a variety of projects that stretches you on different levels.  Teams are usually small, which fosters team spirit and sense of ownership. You are always judged by your merits. Your opinions are heard, and as long as you can make the case they are most often adopted.  Amazon.com, today, is more than an online retailer: it has variety of other services to offer, like Amazon Web Services. This means, there are a large number opportunities to advance your career in a variety of aspects -- without you having to change your company. And, did I mention that you will be working with some of the top engineers in the industry?","Working at a fast-pace company like Amazon.com has some downsides as well. Documentation is scarce and often times out-dated and people mostly rely on the ""tribal-knowledge"" accumulated over time to get things done. There are ongoing initiatives that address the problem, but I think it is inherent to the agile software development process, which puts less emphasis on documentation and more on delivering shippable software. However, this does make it challenging to troubleshoot a problem (you end up nagging team members, getting frustrated) and also reinventing the wheel sometimes.  Amazon.com is a push-to-web type of software (contrast with ""shrink-wrap"" software, which you are generally off the hook after the project is down, so quality plays a great role), and there has not been much emphasis put on the quality of software until recently. In other words, quality assurance is nascent at Amazon.com, and resources are scarce. I admit that testing a software at Amazon scale is very tough and it is also not easy to find good test engineers. As a result, developers are sometimes asked to take on some QA-specific tasks, which might be off-putting for some. However, I would also argue that this is an opportunity, because there is enough room to try out new ideas and to tailor the process for individual teams' needs.  Frugality is a core principle at Amazon.com: don't expect to have access to free drinks / food (except coffe/tea).",I would love to see more frictionless and frequent communication medium between senior management and employees. I sometimes feel like I am not quite sure what kind of impact will my work have in terms of business and future direction.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25148,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Manager,"Shop there if you want, but don't work there.",Focused on the customer and creating a good expereince for them. There are opportunities to work outside US if you want to spend some time working at elements outside US. Most of the survivors are an intelligent group that try to believe in what they are doing.,Most manager micromanage the small stuff and do not provide any strategic vision. Way to much turnover as people leave or move to avoid the bad managers. Poor compensation levels and you have to compete with your co-workers for any raises you get as raises are capped. If you are not one of the favored folks you can forget about being promotoed.,Start innovating to a strategic vision versus changing things to change things. Too many groups change things to prove their worth while the website just keeps getting more and more confusing while needed features are ignored. World's WORST product page.  Start supporting the needs of the employees as opposed to focusing on the needs of the executives.,1.0,2.5,none,1.0,1.5,1.5,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25149,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2008",Former Employee - Manager,Prepare to be overworked and under paid,"Amazon was a great place to learn and hone skills but an incredibly stressful experience overall. It's nice that they really do put the customer first, and I will continue to be an Amazon.com customer.","Prepare to be overworked and under paid. Senior management is a boy's club and management doesn't treat their employees the way they should be treated. When they say the customer comes first, they mean it, as employees come last. The kicker was when I had to work on Christmas Day, without any compensation, for something that truly could have waited until after the holiday. Communication can be antagonistic at times and there's a general lack of respect.",Non-Ivy league educations are usually just as good as Ivy league educations.,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1736.htm
25150,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2008",Former Employee - Tier II Customer Service Representative,The best job I've ever had.,"Excellent medical/dental benefits, good pay and interesting work.","Long hours sometimes expected, work can be repetitive.",Offer telecommuting option for employees who are interested.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25151,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous,Mixed bag,"Employees are challenged on a daily basis. Decisions are made quickly and people are willing to listen to new ideas. People work hard and are passionate about what they do and how it benefits the customer. Amazon consistently hires very intelligent, motivated, and ambitious employees.",Constantly changing priorities and goals. Unpredictable work schedules. Some company objectives are in conflict. When everything is important it is sometimes hard to figure out which tasks to push out and which deliverable you'll be asked for next. This can generate a lot of stress and uncertainty. Managers usually rely on employees to figure out what is most important because they don't always know what's expected next either.,Be clearer about goals and priorities.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25152,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Customer comes first, employees are last",New opportunities and the chance to work with smart people,"Lack of leadership and professional support or development. Bully mentality of senior management as the ""right way"" to get things done. Being cost effective and frugal is one thing - being stinking cheap is another.",Start treating your employees with the same kind of respect and attention that you offer to customers.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25153,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2008",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"Great customer experience, but can be stressful to work.","Customer orientation and innovation. Customers love our site and they keep coming back. It really pays off when you see a ton of compliments from customers about a product/offering. Also, having smart and driven people working around you helps develop your thinking on different aspects of the task.","Due to extreme detail orientation and micromanagement, people are continously stressed. Every task is urgent and cannot wait, hence making your day-to-day life miserable. People do not respect your schedule, priorities or even health. Also people management/development is not prioritized, while everyone is more interested in getting the job done. It is very normal that you will come home with a headache and thinking about the lenghty to do list for the day after.",Needs to work on people management skills for middle-upper management.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25154,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2008",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Work is challenging , but i dont think i am rewared for the amount of effort i put in","New Technologies, Challenging environment, good core values","Work life balance is spoiled, no talk anout overall growth development",Push for a meritocratic organization,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25155,amazon,"Hazleton, PA"," Dec 22, 2008",Current Employee - Temp Associate/Integrity Staffing,Amazon says: ,Working for Integrity Staffing for Amazon. Do not know if there is any pros besides the pay rate?,"Lack of Promotions, Lack of Communication, Lack of Leadership, Lack of Knowledge, Mistreatment of employees, Favortism.","You need to treat the little people better. We bust our butts everyday so you all get your bonuses and reviews. If it was not for us, the work would not get done. Better Treatment and More Open Communication.",1.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,1.5,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25156,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A lot of experience and a lot of work,"- Work experience is excellent, with exposure to many different technologies. - Amazon Web Services is a technology leader in some fields, which makes working on some of the web services projects extremely interesting. - Their are some excellent managers and team leaders in Amazon, with great insight into the process of software development. - Amazon has a higher hiring bar than much of the industry, which ensures that most (but not all) employees are competent and good at their jobs.",- Management are cheap when allocating equipment like desktops to developers. - The company does not sufficiently support a good work/life balance and does not have any problem requiring you to routinely answer calls and tickets in your free time.,"The software development process at Amazon is inefficient. Small changes to the way developers are supported would lead to a large increase in productivity and software quality. Most of the issues are small, and could be addressed by allocating a small amount of money to development teams to improve their environment.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25157,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Poor engineering makes Amazon.com a training experience for a better job elsewhere.,"Good place to learn about e-commerce. Seattle is a great city, and Amazon near the core rather than stuck out in the suburbs. Great coworkers. Amazon.com looks great on a resume. You get to roll-your-own engineering much of the time.",Bad place to learn about software engineering. Amazon.com is a Rube Goldberg machine that sells books (and other stuff). Many SEs spend more time in support than development. Management quality is very uneven. Everyone else also gets to roll-their-own engineering. The dynamics of the resume system mean you are most likely to be hired by a group with high turnover.,"The poor engineering retards progress on new projects. Why pay recurring support costs instead of the one time cost to fix poor engineering? Pager duty is not an answer. Stop reinventing the wheel with software engineering tools, some of the home brew systems are okay, many are frustrating to use, poorly documented and supported, and cheaper solutions already exist in the marketplace.",2.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25158,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,How much do you devalue yourself?,"If you want to develop a total retail frame of mind, this is the place to do it. Likewise, if you wish to sharpen your cost-costing skills this is the place for you.  If you have little faith in your decision making skills and require micro-management to make it through your day-to-day activities, Amazon is a good place.  Amazon is also a great place for the ""meat-eaters"" to work. You will have ample opportunity to ambush slower animals.","Micromanagement is at the heart of the culture  The executives always have the right answer  Management decisions are often made in the absence of objective evidence or without informed opinion  You will hear people say that it is a flat organization. It isn't  ""Fruguality"" is taken to functional idiocy. Flying to India? You are going coach  You are expected to be a workaholic. The concept of working smart is exchanged for working hard.",By all financial measures the company is a success. Management is not going to change a thing until such time shareholder wealth is eroded to levels that demand change.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25159,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager Review,"Work with really smart people. Pay is good. The brand is very strong. You get to work on very cool products and because there are so few product managers, you get a lot of responsibility. The company is moving in a really cool direction from a technology and business standpoint, and there is a strong sense that this company will be continue to be a leader in the long term.","Because the company is so lean, there is a lot of work to do - so you have to put in a lot of hours. Positive reinforcement is a bit lacking.",Provide more positive feedback to employees,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1737.htm
25160,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Overall good company to work for,"Amazon is a fast paced environment that allows one to learn a lot from developing large scale software. The company does care about it's customers. You can often end political arguments by focusing on the customers. You will work with a bunch of smart workers who are very talented. The work life balance is decent, but it also depends on the team you are on. The senior management has been pretty good at listening to people below them, and giving the workers the proper support they need. Senior management also has a pretty good idea of how to progress the team for the future.","The biggest down side is carrying a pager around. Depending on your luck of the draw, you could be working on holidays. Some teams within the company are not as responsive to taking ownership. i've also seen many talented SDE 2's that have worked at Amazon for many years that have not been promoted to SDE 3. It seems that jump is a huge roadblock for the SDE career path. The health benefits are not that great when compared with some other companies. Also, the company's only perk is a 10% discount towards Amazon.com purchases up to a total savings of $100 a year. Even if one of the company's core value is frugality, this is too frugal.","For the most part, i believe in the senior management at Amazon. They are fairly approachable, and you also feel you can escalate an issue to them and have them actually listen. The senior management also does a decent job of giving praise when the individual has done something to deserve the praise. That type of recognition is always good to have.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25161,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2008",Former Employee - Unix Systems Engineer,"Could be great, but management treats employees like crap","You'll learn a lot and its a growing environment. I used to get really frustrated about the focus on frugality and the not-invented-here and build-it-over-buy-it mentality there. However, seeing how the rest of the work does IT, I'm good with the frugal approach and building it and doing work. Most people out there do IT via spending money on products to expand the domain of the IT manager, without any focus on the business, and without any metrics for success -- Amazon is the opposite fo that. Everything needs a cost justification and its difficult to build empires without any competency.  The topgrading environment is actually good in some ways because it does eliminate a lot of the people that you have to put up with at other jobs who are totally useless. The bar raising interviews and stack ranking does actually mean that you might be working with a bunch of other decently talented people rather than trying to drag a department along single handed.  I usually get bored at a company after 2-3 years, but I stuck with Amazon for nearly 5 years before getting bored with it because it was growing so fast (grew from managing 400 servers to 30,000 servers in 5 years). At some point, though, I'd learned most of the lessons dealing with scale, and that exposed the fact that I simply didn't like working for the company or the upper management (Bezos in particular).","Frugality get taken to an extreme. It leads to bad decision making if the payoff cannot be measured. If you simply argue that a technology will be able to be leveraged in the future and is forwards-looking it will go nowhere with upper management (although Bezos gets to make bets like that, but the engineer on the ground doesn't get to make that kind of call). Also, the focus on frugality leads to lots of turnover with the employees as they get treated like replaceable cogs.  The topgrading environment is also a little abusive. It doesn't allow for someone who is simply doing a necessary job and doing it well to stay in that job, a lot of good people have been chewed up and spit out by Amazon, which increases churn. They would also do well to relax the focus on topgrading without abandoning it completely.","If you'd spend 1-2% more on your employees to keep them happy and treat them less like replaceable cogs it would vastly help with retention. Upper management agonizes over retention and them implements policies which alienate the employees. They wouldn't need to completely abandon their whole philosophy of frugality -- they don't need to replace all the door desks and bring in aeron chairs. A little bit of a budget focusing on retention would go a long ways though.  Since Bezos will never go for that, though, the best you can hope for is a chopper crash that he doesn't walk away from...",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25162,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fortune 500 .com,"Entrepreneurial opportunities within company, the CEO and some of the SVPs are the very best, no red tape, smart people, stock, brand.","No career path or mentoring, middle management is very tactical, below average benefits (401k and health).","Too much of optimizing for optics, hold people more accountable for results, look at what was promised and delivered in previous year's operational plan while looking at next years. Improve health benefits and 401K, identify and mentor performers.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25163,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Amazon.com is an average place to work,Casual Attire allowed everyday of the week,Low Pay with no room for advancement,Communicate,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,1.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25164,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,"Good place to learn, must have thick skin to stay long-term",good career growth with exposure to a high-success way of doing business. Great to focus on the customer rather than on stock share prices.,"Limited performance feedback.....senior management tends to focus on the negatives rather than providing praise for job well done. The pace is intense, so those seeking quality of work-life balance should be forewarned.","Spend time developing others and letting them fail without fear of blame or public humiliation. Failure teaches us more than success, so allow people to fail gracefully now and then.",3.0,1.5,none,5.0,3.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25165,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"A great place to bootstrap your engineering career, but don't stay too long","Very strong IT engineering, lots of extremely smart people, plenty to learn, interesting tech challenges. Minimal formalism, engineers often have direct contacts with their business customers. Generally, there is very little balance, practically everybody I've met in different parts of organization were true professionals.","Lack of formal testing organization. Production support is performed by developers (pager rotation), you'll often get paged in the middle of the night just to find out that something broke somewhere having nothing to do with what you are supporting and people have no clue whom to page. Engineers don't last long (many leave in 1-2 years), turnover is pretty high. Benefits are rather mediocre for a large company.","Treat engineers more humanely, been bullish and plain rude offends people.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25166,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2008",Current Employee - SFA,work here for few years to get experience,growth and money you can grow really fast,no work life balance for your family,should allow for work life balance and more team activities,4.0,2.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25167,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Creativity in the midst of chaos,"Work with empowered, very smart people. Lots of interesting technology. Individual groups have a lot of autonomy and are empowered to make their own decisions.",Support of the tier-1 systems can be exhausting at times. Hundred of groups with lots of freedom sometimes creates duplicate efforts and mismatched goals.,Stay focused on providing the best on-line retail experience for our customers. Revisit auctions and figure out how to make them work. Revisit search and consider improving its results.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25168,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 28, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to get your career started,Got to work on a cool project that the whole world can see.,Large company bureaucracy and fiefdoms.,Thanks for the ride.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25169,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,amazon.com slow and steady,"Would have been a great career opportunity for advancement, however we are all aware of the great crash of 2008 and the impact this is having on consumers. Hence this is a tough year to be in retail and a time when most management are fearful of making investments. However, this could also be a time of great opportunity for visionary leaders who are willing and able to invest with an eye on the future. How will American consumers buy post this crash, online of course! Hence Amazon needs to position herself to lead in this future. In fact, feel responsible for driving, creating and innovating to bring this future to past. Other positives, great location, awesome discount on website products and opportunity to learn about retailing","Not a technology company and doesn't invest like one. Given the current opportunity post recession, Amazon is in a strong place financial cash flow wise, to make investments in technology today that will bring leadership tomorrow. Of course, this is not throwing money at any project but to search for the key ones to invest in and require deep thinking while requiring the frugality in execution that is in the company's DNA.",Invest more for future result.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1738.htm
25170,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Hire the best, and then empower them to make the company great",The company hires really smart people and create a great product that really focuses on the end user.,Micromanagement is pervasive through out the company. This appears come from the top down of diving deep. There appears to very little trust that the smart people they hire can make the right decisions.,Learn to trust the people you hire.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25171,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Know what you're getting into,"It's a well-respected company, and a lot of exciting things are happening. I think the company has a good long-term outlook","Pager duty (and supporting software 24/7) as an SDE. Having to coerce other teams into helping you with things. Documentation is lacking on pretty much everything, so there is a lot of frustration starting anything new.","For the most part I think senior management is doing well, and leading the company in a good direction.",3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25172,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Good long-term approach and great focus on customer,"The company provides a lot of opportunities to work on various projects and interact with different groups. In addition, it is fairly easy to move around to different groups. The results of your projects are very visible and you will have the opportunity to interact with management. The company has a very long-term approach and seems to be well positioned for the future.","The hours can be long. Because a sizable portion of the business happens around holidays you might not get these off. Additionally, management can be prone to micromanage its employees. This is very frustrating at times and can suggest that there isn't a lot of trust placed in employees to make decisions.",Put more trust in employees.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25173,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2008",Former Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,There are worse places tro work,"Good, long term vision that seems to be paying off.","It's very easy to work day in, day out without much reward and get burnt out. There is low morale in several groups, and in my particular group it was fear rather than interest that was driving people so hard. The company's frugality also begins to wear on everyone after a while.",More respect for the grunts and better benefits.,2.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25174,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Experience (Amazon years = Dog years), Superb Colleagues, Plenty to Improve","Scale -- Amazing opportunity to have exposure to large-scale ecommerce, website, infrastructure. Truly the most top-notch security folks I have seen anywhere.  Solid Company -- I believe that Amazon has a good, solid core business and that Jeff truly does have vision.  Amazing colleagues -- Some really smart, good people that I have loved to work with. Exceedingly competent software development overall.  Vacation -- stay there long enough (7+ years) and you'll get a decent amount of vacation.","Compensation -- get the best comp package you can when you start, because you won't get much thereafter and everything will be based on that. If you luck out with a good manager that will fight for you, you may have a chance. Otherwise, the only way to get any decent raises is to get really well known and a lot of senior management to think on you favorably (without making any enemies) so that when your name comes up in a ratings review meeting.  Reviews -- feedback/actual performance and compensation are unrelated. Promotions are fights requiring significant documentation and a boss that likes you and a boss that likes your boss.  Management is generally very hit or miss -- a good manager can make all the difference in the world and a bad manager can be only mildly damaging at best. Employee recognition (especially for non-software developers) is nonexistent unless your particular manager cares about it. As with many larger companies, the individual group you are in makes a huge difference.","I have to agree with the succession planning for Jeff suggestion in another comment was right on. Find senior execs, who are actually passionate and interested in the company, the products, and all aspects of technology.",3.0,4.0,none,1.0,2.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25175,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Happy working there,"There is no micromanaging on my team, and I'm free to make whatever corrections I deem are necessary. If I see a problem and decide it needs fixing there is nothing in my way, and I enjoy this freedom.","On-call duty can be painful at times. Essentially house arrest for a week at a time once every two months can be frustrating. This can vary greatly from team to team, however my team is particularly bad.","Stay the course, in that, we have time to fix problems that don't necessary advance the business but will allow expansion later on.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25176,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Burnout is likely,"The people you will be working with are amazingly clever. The ""bar raising"" approach they bring to interviews really has done a lot to keep the employee base competent.  You will be building software used my hundreds of thousands of people.","My only real problem with Amazon was the massive time drain and how it ate into my personal life outside of ""work hours"", 60-70 hour weeks were the norm. The team I was on owned a very high profile though and others didn't seem to have this problem. I suspect that this was a perfect storm of my own tendency toward working a lot, a manager that always wanted more, and the company culture -- maybe if you are a bit better at separating work and life or the team you're interviewing with is a bit more slack you won't have the same burn out I did.  Just a note: I lived across the lake which meant an additional 1.5 hours each day on the bus. While it is more expensive in the city it's probably worth it in the end. After Amazon was done with me those hours on the bus were pretty valuable.",None,3.0,3.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25177,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 23, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company,"Good compensation package, no state tax in Washington. Competitive with Google and Microsoft.  A lot of exciting teams to work on, which was surprising, especially to those that view Amazon as a ""bookstore.""  Teams are usually small, divided into two pizza teams, meaning that each team can be fed by two pizza. This is nice.","Employees don't get their own offices, which can sometimes make it hard to program. But of course, this is the case at most programming companies, so it's not really Amazon specific. They have no offices in California, so you pretty much have to move to Seattle.","Mixed feelings, some are great, some are so so.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25178,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,Stifling Micromanagement,"Philosophy of focusing on the customer and they truly mean it. Many times we made decisions that were bad for the company short-term but better for the customer. Great to be guided by what's good for the customer.  Strong sense of innovation - they try to do things in a new way and think big and ambitiously. You will have the opportunity to build interesting products and features.  Stability - Jeff Bezos has a very long time-horizon and runs the company for the long term. Although the stock has traditionally gone up and down, the overall investment strategy is actually conservative. This company is unlikely to have anything that's a big hit that causes the stock to shoot through the roof, but you can count on fairly steady growth and I would not be surprised if the company is never forced to go through significant downsizing again.  Size - The company is actually quite small. Don't be fooled by employee headcount numbers, most of those people are working in distribution centers and customer support. The actual meat of the company, the people building things, is small and fits in a couple buildings in Seattle. The product management leadership is a small group and it is easy to make an impact.","Amazon's culture is extremely top-down and micro-management oriented. You will not be able to make any important decisions about your product without management approval. Escalation to management is very common -- when you aren't doing what people want (or your work priorities don't fit what a peer wants you to do) employees will quickly give up on working it out between themselves and escalate directly to managers. You literally - I am not exaggerating - will receive customer complaint emails forwarded by Jeff Bezos and even if the issue is small you will have to dedicate disproportional time to it because it comes from the CEO. The micromanagement is absolutely stifling: Your boss will ask you to do something and then ask you again every day if it has been done yet. Your boss will ask to see your press release and will make word-for-word comments and suggestions over and over again until you realize you have been through 10 revisions and a half hour conversation about whether to use the word ""user"" or ""customer"".  The culture has a sense of fun to it but it masks a disrespect for the people working for management. There is a clear assumption that management knows best in every way, and so they have to watch over every detail to ensure that the dumb workers do not screw something up. This will just suck your soul - there is no presumption that you know what you are doing because you earned the job there.  If you do a good job you will be rewarded relatively handsomely, but the pay stinks until after you have proved yourself. Because the company is so small and growing slowly, career options are limited. There is little upward mobility because there are only a handful of senior managers, and there is limited options in the projects available. Would you like to run the DVD store or the Kitchen store or the Book store, etc.  Working with Jeff Bezos is not on balance a good experience. He is very smart and you will learn from that but he is detail oriented to a fault. This is part of the reason managers are so anal. You may go into a design review with Jeff Bezos and be thrown off track immediately because you did not label the document in the way that he wanted. Then he will read the document and circle your grammar errors and harp on that and forget to comment on the design itself. Then he will be abusive and call you an idiot.  Within the company, the implications of this micromanagement attitude are well known - the company consistently misses goals for retention of its best performing employees and I believe that is because smart and able people do not like having no freedom to make decisions or priorities and do not like being treated like they do not know what they are doing. This brings up the final drawback, which is that people are not as smart as at the best companies. They are certainly above the median, but if you get a taste of working with people at a company like Microsoft or Google you will see the difference. Nearly anybody at Microsoft or Google could get a job at Amazon but not the other way around.  Summary: Amazon is a great company and will continue to be financially successful under Bezos' leadership. But it is not an enjoyable place to work. Buy the stock instead.","Think about succession planning - Jeff has such iron grip on the company that it will be lost without him. Encourage some bottom-up development and decision-making: Start a new group and isolate it from the old-school management so they can't interfere. Pay people more out of the gate - after all, you interviewed them and gave them the job, so you should give them more benefit of the doubt to start.",2.0,2.5,none,4.5,3.5,2.5,35,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25179,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2008",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Worst company in Seattle,"The money. They pay you a lot to work a hell of a lot. No work / life balance so kiss that goodbye. The benefits are okay, but honestly, this is probably something you won't even have time to enjoy depending on which department you work for. If you are an IT professional, run don't walk away from this company. They work their IT employees extra hard and not much appreciation is awarded. Other than that, there are SMALL perks by working for Amazon. Visiting book authors will stop by and employees get a chance to meet them and hear them talk in a conference room. That's about it!","The management. Ever been yelled at by Jeff Bezos in a meeting? Then you haven't really experienced Amazon. :) I would always hear rumors about the executives coming back from meetings either with their tails between their legs, or just coming back red in the face having just been screamed at by Mr. Bezos. I think the day this man decides to stop micromanaging the management and let them take the reins and do their jobs will be a much happier time for Amazon employees as a whole. It all comes straight from the top and trickles down to the employees.",Grow a heart. My experience there was horrible working for a complete tyrant when it comes to his employees. It would create a negative environment and I saw lots of tears flow when it came to management and employees. People were actually afraid to walk by our area for fear of running into my boss :) That was great for my career and mental state.,2.0,2.5,none,1.5,2.5,1.5,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1739.htm
25180,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Very intelligent, but also very idiosyncratic.",Genuinely intelligent co-workers. I have always been very impressed by the quality of the people I work with at Amazon.,"It's a very idiosyncratic company. I have read that the personality of company springs from the CEO, and that is certainly true at Amazon. Jeff Bezos is present in the company in the same way that Steve Jobs is or Bill Gates was. That has its upsides and downsides.","Amazon does not have a love of its employees. Ultimately, there is a sense that every employee is expendable. It's not that those employees aren't valuable per se. Just that there is another similarly impressive candidate to step into any position.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25181,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2008","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development",pretty good place to work,If you are good and can handle the pressure you will go far,You better be ready to back your opinions up with tons of data or they will laugh at you.,Communicate the specific strategy to the employees,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25182,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2008",Current Employee - UI Designer,"Micromanagement will drive you crazy, but opportunities are there.","Opportunity to work on many different projects, smart people in general. Genuinely oriented towards customers.","Constant, time-wasting micro-management. Absurd attention to tiny details by the most senior managers and VPs, and certainly by Bezos himself. Often a sense of wasted effort when some VP's whim changes. A very decentralized organization, which can make things very political--often the loudest jerk wins the argument.","Trust employees to do their jobs better. Stop meddling. Provide actual strategic leadership, not vague ideas about ""doing better."" Also: get your dicks out of your hands and start providing some resources for professional development: educational and training budgets, conference travel, etc. Amazon is very frugal, to the point of being stingy with pretty much every benefit other than salary.",3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25183,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2008",Current Employee - Supplier Manager,Hard work pays off,The place is fast paced and challenging,People work very hard. By very hard I mean damn hard.,don't change a thing,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25184,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2008",Current Employee - Manager,not for everyone,"The company has a very clear vision. If you are sufficiently extraverted and political, opportunities for advancement can be good.","The environment is very political. Although one of the company core competencies is ""not optimizing for optics"", the company is infested with brutal politics and appearances are more important than actual performance. This is partly a result of the darwinian management style (10% of employees are managed out every year as part of the performance process, and can end up getting the message throughout the year that they did a good job, and suddenly they are being managed out) Communication, both between groups and up and down the management chain is terrible. The company is incredibly secretive. Pressure to work long hours in this environment is incredible.","Foster communication. Loyalty is a two-way street, if you are loyal to your employees, they will be loyal in return.",2.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25185,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,This place is still being run the same way it was when it started (with some minor improvements),"It is the place to be for e-commerce. You won't get this kind of experience anywhere else. For someone with little experience, its a great place to get a lot of responsibility quickly.",The company hates to promote engineers. If you want to get promoted past SDE-II you're much better off becoming a manager. Some groups have bad support burdens and management doesn't seem to care. The environment itself is pure chaos. Goals and priorities change constantly.,"There is a huge gulf between Senior management and what really goes on. Lip-service is regularly paid to the idea of improving, but rarely does anything really change.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25186,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Challenging and fun place to work,"- Interesting/hard issues to attack. Challenging and fun. - Fast release cycle. - SDE does work in multiple areas - some development, some QA, some PM, ... - Encouraged to explore new technologies and get experience for other teams. - Brilliant, knowledgeable and friendly coworkers - Friendly management style.",- Work does get hectic sometimes - need to work extra hours some times - On-call rotation - have to provide 24/7 support for software - Cooperation between teams is very hard - a lot of teams are overly defensive -,More transparency,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25187,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2008",Current Employee - Tech Leader,Are you part of the 8%?,Customer focus reigns supreme. Lots of smart people. Very clear focus on what they want to do.,"Little work/life balance or respect for employees. 8% attrition target for ""top-grading"" regardless of performance of groups. Penalistic culture - ""whose fault is it"" rather than ""how do we fix it"".",Treat employees fairly.,2.0,1.5,none,1.0,3.0,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25188,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,You can learn a lot but say goodbye to your free time,"If you are fresh out of college, Amazon can be a great place to pick up loads of skills. You wind up (mostly) managing your own projects end to end, so you wind up learning about build, deployment, system administration, schema design, as well as any coding required for the task. You also learn about scalablity. And of course, you get to work with lots of cool distributed technologies. There's something to be said for having software that runs on hundreds of servers. There are a few nice perks as well, such as a free bus pass and occasional keggers. The environment is pretty relaxed in that you don't have to dress up or watch what you say.","You get a pager pretty shortly after starting and are expected to respond to it at all hours. Management expects everyone to work crazy hours and thinks nothing of asking you to work weekends, nights, or even cancel your vacation to support a project launch. Cooperation between teams is nearly non-existent and you will often wind up implementing necessary features yourself. Due to political wrangling you can wind up taking on responsibilities far outside of your realm, like taking over QA's job for a spell. You are expected to provide frontline support for the databases despite your level of database knowledge. Unless you are really lucky or really senior, expect to spend < 25% of your time actually writing software - most of your time is spent troubleshooting or triaging emergencies.",I would advise they focus more on quality and stability for a time rather than forcing releases out the door.,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25189,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great pay, low benefits, great environment","Small teams encourage start-up-like mentality and working environment. Compensation is top-notch. All teams are limited to some 8-9 people, which allows each person to assume a comprehensive role covering all aspects of software development. The job also gives very interesting technical challenges.","Lack of benefits, health plan is lacking, company is ""cheap"". Company seems unwilling to spend on equipment, perks, and other niceties to improve productivity.","More perks to compete with your local competitors. While your pay is great, other companies in the area have superior health plans, and the lack of such benefits chase away family-oriented employees, leaving the company staffed with college grads who don't care about health insurance.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1740.htm
25190,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2008","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management","Great place to work, slackers need not apply","I get to work with very bright, very customer focused people, who are also genuinely decent and caring individuals. I get to work on some amazing technology and I can see how it will change the world when it is in the hands of our customers. Senior management is smart, intense, focused, and driven by results. They are also very accessible via email, and will take the time to respond. There's a total lack of politics, game playing, and manipulation. The product cycle is short, so the work you do today will be in the hands of customers tomorrow. You can bring your dog to work. Having fun and helping to make Amazon a fun place to work is a core value and doing this right can even have an impact on your review.","Make no mistake, you will work hard at Amazon. This is not a place for slackers or for those who want to work 40 hours per week and then go home. The email load can be intense and the pace of the business means that you are expected to respond quickly. If you can't think, respond, act, and perform at web speed then you will get run over. Amazon's now legendary emphasis on frugality means that you will be working at a so-called door desk, and that you may be crammed into a small office with a couple of other people.","Invest more in physical facilities. Dingy offices and door desks may have been cool once upon a time, but now they are depressing and even unprofessional.  Invest in employee benefits, pump up the insurance plans, and help us to save more money for retirement.  Make sure that your employees really do feel appreciated for what they do.  But, by and large, keep doing what you are doing to keep Amazon in the lead as a technological innovator.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25191,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"love to be shareholder, but not employee","they are doing good business for sure. as a shareholder I would love to own it. their philosophy is customer centered, everything is to create the best customer experience, even at the expense of low profit margin, which I totally agree. the loyal customer base is essential.","however, they extend their frugality to its employees, plus awful operational load, crazy releasing cycles all contributes to its high turn over rate. if you are single new graduate, this is a place for you, there are fun projects for you. however if you are with family, think twice before you come.",try to save your current employees rather than spending money on recruiters,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25192,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Amazon, great place to work for a huge jump start on a great career.","If you are interested in moving ahead, particularly as an Engineer, it is all in your hands. If you are smart, work hard, put in extra time, you're almost guaranteed to move ahead quickly. Politics don't come into play nearly as much as results.","Amazon is not the kind of place where you would pick a job and work there for 20 years. Amazon expects people to switch jobs every 2-3 years or so, work extra hours, and push hard. If you're happy with just doing your job, the 9-5 thing, it will not generally work too well. Amazon is a good place to work hard for 5-8 years, and then hop into any position you want somewhere else.. or work hard for 10-15 years and retire :) The benefits package isn't all that impressive compared to other companies, but they focus rewards on the financial side rather than benefits / time off.",Senior management is highly respected for the most part. Focusing on benefits (or the perception of benefits) would always be good.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25193,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Still new in amazon, so far so good","The work is pretty chanllenging, lots of new things to learn. and the money is pretty good.",It is a little bit overwhelming for new person.,Good training program needed.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25194,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2008",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Great Place to have worked,"Really smart, motivated employees. You ship software often and can see the results of your work frequently. One year at AMZN is equivalent to several years of experience at most other companies. If you look around you can find really cool projects, many of which are greenfield and do not require supporting old code. Having Amazon on your resume will also open a bunch of doors for you. I received a never-ending stream of emails and phone calls from recruiters while I worked there. Generally speaking, you have a great deal of latitude in working on things that interest you.","Jeff Bezos is never going to retire. This means that VPs and above who are at Amazon are fully aware that they will never be CEO. It can be argued that this reduces the pool of talented leaders who are willing to work at Amazon. In my experience, the executives at Amazon tend to be less competent than at most other companies of similar size. Also, although they will claim otherwise, it's an intensely political environment. Many directors, VPs, etc can fail over an dover because they have been there forever.  Carrying a pager is either neutral or a big negative. If your team has its stuff together it's minimally invasive. OTOH, if you're supporting crap pager duty can be hell.",1) start pruning the maliciously incompetant directors and VPs. Just because Jeff Bezos likes them and they've been there forever shouldn't mean they can fail upwards  2) Reduce the turnover. After 4 years 90% of the people with whom I worked my first year were gone.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25195,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Think like an owner!,"Amazon is packed full of opportunities. There's plenty of space to grow both personally and technically and challenges abound. The real beauty of the place is that individual groups and teams are given nearly full reign in how they operate as long as they produce the desired results. This level of freedom means that those teams which require strict SDLC methodologies to meet high availability requirements can apply those, while teams who do not require as strict of a methodology are also free to explore agile approaches. There are lots of available tools for working in certain ways, but teams are not required to use those tools and are welcome to use others of their own choosing. This freedom keeps the work environment fresh and interesting, even as Amazon has grown into a truly large company.  The other aspect of Amazon that is truly rewarding is the ""ownership"" attitude that is fostered. Not code ownership, per se, but rather company ownership. Any employee is encouraged to think about how the project they are doing improves customer experience, drives down costs, and overall improves the business. Anyone can say ""I don't think that this is a good customer experience,"" and people tend to listen.","In short: Chaos. We haves it. I've personally witnessed complete priority shifts take place in 24 hours. If you are the kind of person who will be upset if the project you were working on for the past 2 weeks (or months) suddenly gets tabled in favor of some super ultra high priority mission, you won't like it here. Personally, this doesn't bother me. Both the tabled project and the new one will generally be interesting, and if the tabled project had a real business need behind it, it will come back around to completion one day down the road :).",I'd mostly say to continue keeping your eyes on the ball. Serve the customer first and all else will follow.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25196,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Decent place to work if all you want to do is work.,"There aren't too many rules or established ways of doing things so if you're the type who wants to try out new things, write new code or that kind of thing you'd love it. You wont hear No as long as it doesn't cost the company money. If it doesnt cost any money then you can do virtually anything you want. Probably half the cool stuff on our site comes from ideas people had and tried out on their own. It is definitely a good place for people without much else going on in their lives because your not going to have time for any thing else.","The hours are very long. Expect 12 hour days at a minimum and you will work every weekend, except they give everybody a laptop so you can work at home so some of that 12 hours is at home at night too. Everybody has a blackberry because its expected that you be available at all times, even when you're on vacation. If you want a work life balance, start running in the other direction. Its basically an environment of work the person as hard as you can as long as you can, and when they collapse and die, people say they just didn't have what it takes.",I wouldnt bother. They have their view of the company and one employee writing on a website that they'll never read isn't going to do much.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,1.0,3.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25197,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Great place to work if you are creative and also execute on you ideas. Mere visionaries will find it hard.,It is a big start up company. Original ideas are respected and you see the sprite and growth of a start up company. Unlike many high tech companies that I have worked - I like the frugal ways of Amazon. It is more long lasting that way and enhances the share holder value in the long run and as an employee you do hold a large amount of company stock. There are lot of new initiatives which keeps the innovation level very high. At the same time mere visionaries and arm chair thinkers have no chance of surviving in the company. Innovation is only respected if you can execute.,The operational aspects get to you sometimes.,Keep doing what you are doing,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25198,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,good experience,"the people were great, the brightest i've worked with",the hours were crazy all the time,work life balance,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25199,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, but low morale at the FCs",It's great to work for a company that you're also a customer for. It definitely creates a more fun working environment.,"I worked at the Fulfillment Centers at Amazon.com. That being said, at the FCs, attrition is high and morale is low. This is probably because everyone works long hours, there is no AC in the warehouse, and also there is an intense focus on productivity rates. So in general most regular hourly workers seem quite depressed and robotic. This makes for a depressing work environment. As a result of this, there is frequent turnover among the staff.","Although Amazon is striving to lower costs continuously in order to pass on the savings to customers, management must be careful in how these initiatives affect the line workers and ultimately, the morale and working environment in the FCs.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1741.htm
25200,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Sweatshop,The company is very successful. Diverse workforce. Smart people.,Pager pager pager. Bizarre custom tools.,H1 employees are indentured. The system works.,2.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25201,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2008",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Join if you need some experience, but stay away if you are looking for a promotion.","Since the company is growing, there are a lot of opportunities to dig in and make a difference. If you don't have a lot of experience, it's a good place to start and learn. Additionally, the company is making history almost every day, and it's great to be part of the company's achievements.","This requires a laundry list: -The company is getting big and bloated, which gives departments reasons to be bureaucratic. Some departments take liberty with that and it can be difficult to persuade others in the company to do work that only their department is capable of doing. -If you're entry level, don't plan on moving up the company ladder here at all. I've seen high performers sit in the same job level for 7+ years. There's no structure for building your career - you have to figure out how you want to do this on your own. -A lot of the entry level work is simple and arduous, and only the managers get to do the interesting and satisfying work. -Frugality is defined as one the company's core values to a fault. Truly, being resourceful is one thing. But being cheap and preventing employees from getting resources they need to do their jobs is another.","Start defining departmental responsibilities and hold people responsible to those responsibilities. For example, if a group of software developers builds and internal software suite for another department to use, don't let that department just build it and not support it. The structureless environment at Amazon will eventually cause a lot of waste.  Jeff Bezos has the vision, but I'm not sure the operations folks at Amazon can carry out the mission well enough when Amazon is a 50B+ company.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25202,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2008","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development",A great place to work if you can get through the initial fire drills,"Innovation, innovation, innovation. Work hard. Have fun. Make history. It truly still is ""day 1"" at Amazon. Amazon loves to try new things and we give people room to fail. Failure is important if one learns from the mistakes. And every now and then great new ideas are born. Look at Web Services, look at things like Mechanical Turk. These are awesome, awesome projects to work on. Amazon has some of the smartest people in the industry. Think of what you can do when you are together with so many great minds!",The amount of work is often borderline insane and we have a tendency to burn out people. We need to watch this.,Watch attrition. Too often people burn out too early in the process (e.g. after <1 year),4.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25203,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2008",Current Employee - Finance Director,Amazon,Very dynamic company and high growth,not a lot of information sharing or development,share the information,4.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25204,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,great place to work!,great experience to work with very clever people,too much demand from employees,na,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25205,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineering,"Amazon - Lovely to visit, poor to stay",Great place to get started. You can work with a lot of difference technologies and get the Amazon stamp of approval on your resume.,"My personal experience as an SDE Intern screened me from a lot of the downsides of working at Amazon, but I know many other fellow interns whom had to work continuous extra hours (all the time, not just at push). In addition the Amazon work model lends itself to being ""on-call"" - a.k.a. giving up your personal life for a week once every two months to support your team's software.","One manager and mentor assigned an intern a project that a SDE III declared ""impossible"". They then subsequently saw his efforts at completing his other project to push something useful out by the time he left as being inefficient and blamed him for the original project's failure. Don't worry, we interns won't forget that episode so easily.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25206,amazon,"Louisville, KY"," Aug 27, 2008",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Amazon.com- work hard, no time for a life.","Fast paced, huge company. There is a lot of development and expansion going on, the company is experiencing global growth.","There is an over emphasis placed on numbers and completing Kaizens without any being placed on personnel development and retention. With the frequent change in staff at all levels going on, it is hard to properly train and develop teams. Morale is low because no matter how hard teams work, overtime and lack of recognition are a constant. There is not a work/life balance for managers. Employee turn over at the area manager and operations manager level is high.",Place more emphasis on getting to know your staff and establish a work/life balance so staff will remain happy and productive.,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25207,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Good place to cut your teeth and learn where you want to go next.,Amazon is a fast paced company where you get the opportunity to work on just about every aspect of a problem to get it done. If you have the right type of personality (I do) then this is a great chance to try out allot of different job roles without switching companies or positions.,"Due to lack of inter-team coordination developers are often required to take on job roles that they might not be interested in or suited for. It's not uncommon to see your manager acting as a technical lead, developer, manager, project manager and marketing person all at once.  Also, Amazon lacks any sort of training programs for it's staff. You won't find any sort of training programs at the company..",Improve inter-team coordination and spend some more time investing in your top talent.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25208,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intelligence demanded. Leadership neither expected nor given.,They pay to relocate you back to the Pacific Northwest.,"Lot of smart people but zero leadership. One of the funniest things that I saw there was our performanc evaluation system, which overall isn't bad, but one trait is 'always right.' This implies that good leaders are 'always right.' It doesn't at all talk about leveraging your employees to 'come up with the right f' answer.' I've been at tons of meetings where people just fight to win the argument. Not very much leadership. Immaturity starts at the top.","Stop promoting people who are you friends. Get rid of your incompetent peers who got to that level simply because they started early. Get rid of that sophomric 'always right' trait on performance evaluation. Interview and hire for LEADERSHIP not INTELLIGENCE. One's intelligence is a sub-skill of one's ability to LEAD. Intelligence in and of itself is useless. I met a lot of smart idiots at my time at Amazon (e.g., who could had photgraphic memories but couldn't focus their employees or engender trust).",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25209,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2008",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Great place to work.,Work with many smart and talented people.,Lack of personal time when on-call.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1742.htm
25210,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good place to cut your teeth!,"Everyday at Amazon was a challenge, but in a good way. I enjoyed the people a lot...and there were a lot of interesting people that worked in Seattle. The development community was always there to help. Same goes for managers and top execs.","Used to be a small development shop. It is now a larger corporation, and feels like it. There is a lot of red tape getting things done, especially when projects collide and require the same resources. If it is a ""Jeff"" project, those always seem to win.",I loved every minute of it.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25211,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great brand, great stock, poor professional growth.","Amazon is a great brand. If you tell someone you work at Amazon, outside of Seattle at least, you will inevitably hear, ""Oh, I love Amazon!""","It is a very high entropy work environment, and so far I have a pretty dim view of the lower level managers. It doesn't seem like there's much opportunity for professional growth. The professional culture is mostly male and alpha-geek-centric.",NA,3.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25212,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Burn and churn isn't good!,"You work with some really good people, you work on large scale problems and you can learn a lot about distributed systems.  There's a lot of good automated infrastructure to help you get your job done.","There's a definite work-life balance conflict. Standard practice seems to lean toward over-hiring for positions with duties inappropriate for backgrounds.  Infrastructure isn't complete - while there's great infrastructure for build/deploy the complications of the systems causes lots of development down-time and a lot of home-grown in-team solutions. Given the high requirements on individual teams, the amount of team-to-team sharing is pretty small.",Be very clear on roles and empowerment before recruiting!  Think hard about how you can build an effective organization that people want to work at and enjoy working while they are there! Burn and churn is a horrible way to run an organization.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25213,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineering,Excellent place to work with great starting pay with slightly too much demand for your personal time.,Amazon provides excellent starting salaries to interns and recent college grads. The benefits and moving packages are excellent and they help you get settled in. The atmosphere is comfortable. While you are only one person in a large company you will find it easy to meet others and they do a good job of helping you feel like part of the team.,The excellent starting pay may not increase as much as you would like it too after working there for a while. If your team is small expect to be on call a lot and when you are on call expect there to be a lot of problems and little sleep.,"Rather than run your employees ragged by requiring too many hours, why not just hire a few more and keep everybody fresh and able to produce higher quality stuff with less problems. Everybody wins!",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25214,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's fun if you make it fun,"1. Challenging problems (depending on which part you work on) 2. Fun environment 3. A lot of ""not invented here"" -- if you can play it right, you can build quite an engineering portfolio for yourself 4. If you are an adrenaline junkie -- you will enjoy the rush of having to fix a broken website in real-time. 5. Management seems to recognize some failures and is remedying them, slowly but surely.","1. Boring work (if you don't work in a good group) 2. Too much decentralization -- lots of inter-group bickering that wouldn't happen at other shops 3. Too much ""not invented here""","It may be time to decide that the ""service owner model"" is no longer viable, and begin centralizing",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25215,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - Programmer,The company is decent,There is an excellent and competent workforce.,Jeff Bezos runs the compnay. It's his baby. There will never be a chance to take the top job.,Focus on giving the sr. programmers more detailed visions so that they aren't struggling at the last minute to finish products.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25216,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 16, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Engineer,"Very good place to work, if you are willing to commit yourself","High quality and dedication of employees. Interesting and challenging technical problems: scale AND (application) complexity. Cooperative working environment, not excessively political. Amazon still has a lot of new things left to do. Frugailty is taken seriously: the work's the thing. Totally. Seattle is a great place to live.","Difficulty being able to leap-frog the state of the art. On-call can be very draining. Compensation is only average (but at least it seems to be average). Benefits aren't stellar. ""It's still day one"" gets tiresome. Frugality is taken pretty seriously: no frills (i.e. no free anything). Hard to publish or get permission to talk about work outside the company.","Be more strategic, less focused on the near-term problems.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25217,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Challenging environment with a multitude of opportunities.,"Amazon still feels like a startup in someways, in that everything is moving quickly and there are many opportunities to make a difference. I have felt empowered at Amazon to make impacting decisions that at other companies may have been slowed by bureaucracy. Amazon is not perfect, however that results in opportunity for you to fix the imperfections and get recognized. There are many diverse job roles at Amazon and many different business groups and you are able to move to different business groups fairly easily if you perform well in your current role. The people working at Amazon are smart and most seem fairly happy. The company is still growing fast and the total compensation which includes generous stock awards is very competitive.","Amazon may not be the place for everyone. It is a challenging environment and for some job roles the workload can be demanding. The benefits could be better, they are adequate at best. Your annual salary for the first few years can be on the low side (before your stocks vests).","Overall, I feel the company is moving in the right direction. I would perhaps recommend expanding internationally at a quicker pace. Amazon only has websites in 7 countries, however half of the revenue comes from outside of the US. I believe there is opportunity in South America, Southeast Asia and Australia to start expanding operations and building the brand.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25218,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Burnout is the order of the day!,The opportunity to work on projects that have great impact both internally and externally. Ability to move around the business and not get pigeonholed into a particular function/job. Should be a more formal process... People think you work at a great company and are very impressed when you tell them you work at Amazon...that is unless they know better. (i.e. ex-Amazonian or know someone at Amazon),"Lack of work/life balance. Burnout is the order of the day here. You are considered a slacker or not committed, if you work 40 hours on a regular basis. The benefits are average. They are not comparable to Microsoft's coverage. The compensation and stock grants could also use a boost. Heavy reliance on the stock grants in lieu of salaries. This weighs heavily on their retention problem. People are leaving left and right. They bail as soon as their stock vests, if not sooner. Their selection and development of the management team is a bit scary. Some people should not be managers. What criteria is used to promote people into a manager role?...Communication across the company sucks...little documentation, lack of formal processes, training etc. Too much focus on metrics and goals in each siloed department. Groups that work closely together are at odds with each other because their metrics and goals conflict with each other.","Focus on developing your management team, retention and communication skills Get the teams on the same page. Everyone thinks they are working together on the same goals, but they aren't. By the way, what is the goal anyway?",3.0,1.5,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25219,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2008",Former Employee - Business Manager,"You'll work longer, harder & smarter than elsewhere - and then you'll burn out.","You'll be working with some of the smartest, most able, most passionate people you'll ever meet. You'll get opportunities to succeed (and fail) beyond your abilities or scope and if you're good, you'll get a lot of responsibility fast (though maybe not the title, salary or recognition that responsibility deserves).  You'll work on projects, programs, innovations that touch millions of customers worldwide. Rarely will you work for a company whose customers feel so passionate about the service - and tell you about it too. If you're data-driven, have good judgment, like to build things and like to move quickly, Amazon will be a great place for you. And you'll have great stories when you go to parties (except of course, they're all business confidential).","The hours (like the rumors of Microsoft only more so - especially during Holiday Season). The lack of employee recognition (the downside to constantly looking for ways to improve something is you often forget to stop & acknowledge work well done). The salary. People (distant cousins at Thanksgiving, acquaintances at parties) asking you to help expedite their problem order (only partly joking here - of course it happens).","Treat employees with respect. Develop coherent career paths, invest in training & developing people formally (rather than just trial by fire), and stop being so cheap: a little more investment in employee recognition would go a long way towards making people feel appreciated. Along those lines, give your people managers tools & resources to manage their people (and should they have to pay for that team lunch themselves?).",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1743.htm
25220,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Exciting challenges in scale and availability to solve, but benefits could be better","Chance to work with great engineers, exposure to scaling, availability and reliability issues in software and systems, and great senior management who apparently know what they are doing. The stock units aren't bad either with the way the stock is doing lately.","Heavy oncall load in certain orgs/teams, few benefits compared to Google/Microsoft/Yahoo etc. Plus, too much emphasis on frugality to the extent of being cheap in too many issues.","They are doing an excellent job with the vision and company direction, but employee satisfaction is very important and some things could be improved on that front. Like better benefits for instance.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,2.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25221,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2008",Current Employee - Associate Buyer,"Driven Amazonians find time for fun, feedback can be lacking","At Amazon, you are constantly interacting with very intelligent, driven people. Yet most Amazonians also know how to have fun, and it is not unusual to find teams gathering for lunches, after-work drinks, summer baseball games or other activities.  The team I am on is a large team but a very open team. Although most of us sat in cubes, the ""open-door policy"" was always practiced, even with the management who had the walled offices. Communication between levels is expected, regardless of what level the comment is coming from and what level it is going to.","As with most companies, Amazon performs annual reviews of its employees. Throughout the year, feedback can be lacking. Some teams are very diligent about providing frequent feedback about team members, other teams are not.  Depending on position, the salary can be less than, equal to or above the average for Seattle.","Though we have been, are and always will be a customer-centric organization, employees are customers, too, just internal ones. By providing the resources (tools, headcount, support, feedback, etc.) that we need, we will be better equipped to then serve our customers.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25222,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"You will do some great work, then burn out.","Good brand recognition, it will work for your resume. You'll also get to work on some interesting projects and around really bright people. If you have a great idea and plenty of motivation, you may get a chance to champion your work.","Everyone makes a 24x7 commitment to their work and there is tremendous pressure. You will burn out, management is trained to recognize burn-out and offer you various forms of time off depending on the seriousness of the matter.  Leadership also has a tendency to dabble in the weeds a bit, I've worked with Senior VPs who felt it necessary to review APIs and database models, mine metrics reports for flaws and question seating arrangements.",Make a freakin' decision about what is going to be important to the business.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25223,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Startup or Corporate? Maybe both.,"Interesting technologies, great new projects, with tremendous positive impact on the customer. It's a great place to learn about how to run a business. You can have exposure to as many facets as you please. It's relatively easy to move internally. Lots of great people who work in this company.","Operational load. It is assumed that employees also take on operational duties off hours during a prescribed rotational schedule. Depending on your team, this could be very taxing. Ideas a sought after, but they are rarely pursued, it is very hard to turn an idea into a product in any company but Amazon is still more corporate than startup in this aspect.","Have a formalized way for ideas to prosper into products, business or features from the bottom up. Give ""funding"" for small teams to launch their own ideas so they may prototype.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25224,amazon,"Grand Forks, ND"," Aug 20, 2008",Current Employee - Customer Service Team Lead,Could be better could be worse,Its a fairly decent company to work for although it can get crazy and hectic come the holidays. The pay scale is fairly average I suppose however for the amount of work that you're required to do (ie putting in OT alot) and constantly changing work schedules (tends to change every 6-8 months) and dealing with angry customers makes it seem below average. Communication between management and employees can go either way. All in all not a bad place to work.,Schedules being changed every 6-8 months and the stress of dealing with really angry customers.,n/a,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25225,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2008",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Overall Great Company to Work For,"Amazon.com employs some of the brightest technologists, shrewdest business people, and creative merchandisers. I am continually impressed with the caliber of Amazon employees. Most attended the premiere schools for their specialty and have work ed with a wide variety of top companies. Despite vast accomplishments, employees are very modest and rarely mention achievements or backgrounds. The culture is very egalitarian and casual. Without recognizing faces it is hard to differentiate the CFO and SVPs from low level managers. The company has zero tolerance with politics . The environment is very fast-paced and entrepreneurial.","The salary and benefits are not as high as some competitors and the company is very frugal and perks are limited. It is time consuming to be hired. Although many positions are open, teams move slowly to maintain a high hiring bar.","More movement should happen and information should flow more between areas such as retail, management, and software development.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25226,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 14, 2008",Current Employee - Dev Manager,"Amazon.com, it's not fun, you won't remember it fondly, but you may learn a few things and make a few bucks.","- Money - once you have 2 years in, the salary plus stock is very competative - High visibility product - Technology focused - Smart people - Freedom to make technological decisions (i.e. not centrally mandated) - good performance review process -- highly based on peer feedback","- promotion is difficult past a certain point -- very few job levels - many engineers young and arrogant -- it is a culture of arrogance - poor communiation of company direction or vision - most employees will not feel valued by their senior management - no perks. Frugality means no t-shirts, free pop, or even subsidy of the cafes. Bare bones work environment.","Not all engineers are fungible.... they are not just a commodity than is disposable and replaceable. Employees appreciate communication, let them know what is going on in the company.",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25227,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 29, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Manager Software Development,Amazon is the best customer centric company,ownership and dynamic culture. Strong technology focus,Carrying pager and operational burden,Reducing the operational burden,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25228,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,I wouldn't do it again.,"You'll be working with systems that function on a scale that very, very few other companies have to worry about. Every year, they have to push the envelope to survive the Christmas season without melting down. It's something that you don't get elsewhere.","On call and operation load is a significant part of the job, but not a significant part of the job description. There is little effort to retain or reward employees.  Employees are given responsibility over projects, but not the authority to make changes. It's a very top down company, and sadly, there are often cases where a project is redesigned at the last minute because middle management didn't get sign off from senior management, or senior management was flakey.  There's no institutional memory, because of the high turnover. This means that people are reinventing the wheel a lot, often in parallel.","There is an assumption that employees are perfectly ok with giving up a major chunk of their lives to the oncall burden, or to rush to meet an arbitrary deadline for some VP's pet project that will then be killed right before launch.  Amazon does a good job of recognizing employee accomplishments for good work when things are normal, but they are pretty lousy at recognizing and rewarding employees when situations are crappy -- there's no reward to compensate for particularly nasty oncall rotations, or for working overtime.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25229,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 26, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Perfect fit for people who like to build, test and maintain their code.","Very good pay compared to the industry. Developers are responsible from design to QA, deployment and maintenance of software. This allows great efficiency and ensures little overhead of dealing with multiple groups on one project. Developers are very good at what they do, and are helpful in general. There are internal tech talks and learning sessions almost every week to keep other developers abreast of what's happening at different units. Most managers came from a technical background, therefore they understand and communicate with developers well. There is little office politics I can see of. Internal transfers are encouraged. This is great because there are always exciting new projects going on within the company.","Pager duty. Depending on the size of the team, it's usually one week out of six-eight. The rather high turnover rate can be annoying when you need to understand the code written before any current devs joined. The benefits are on the slim side, however the generous stock options somewhat compensate for that.",Do better at retaining developers. Encourage more inter development team cooperation.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1744.htm
25230,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Fun start-up turned toxic,"Smart, passionate, driven co-workers, highly collaborative, high energy environment","Horrible work-life balance, poor people management, bad company morale","Invest in your people! Keep talented people on board. Create a supportive, rewarding culture instead of a culture of fear.",3.0,1.5,none,4.5,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25231,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"you will do shxt work most of the time, think of the job for an operator in a laundry room","open environment, u can do a lot",u will do shxt work and get paged at 3 am in the morning,"stop accumulating mediocre employees, find some true stars and treat them right.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25232,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 16, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Chaotic, but a rigorous and valuable learning experience","Amazon is a great place to learn about lots of interesting and hard software problems like massively scalable distributed systems, personalization, internationalization, user traffic analysis and data mining. The sheer scale of Amazon makes software development rewarding: millions of people will use your code (or find your bugs). The code you write can have a significant impact on both people and profits. You will also get exposure to many cutting edge industry problems that give you very marketable, appealing skills as a software engineer. When moving from Amazon to other tech companies, I was surprised at how highly regarded my experience at Amazon was, and how useful what I learned there has become at later stages in my career.  The company overall is very analytical about everything it does- absolutely everything is measured, and decisions are made based on data, not feelings or politics. All projects and individual performance are evaluated against the same set of technical and leadership corporate values. Everyone is held accountable all the time for the measured quality of their work, which forces yearly evaluation and rewards to be quite fair.  The workplace environment overall is good- management is very aggressive about enforcing standards of good conduct amongst employees, and the engineering community is very vibrant and collaborative. It has the feel of a startup in many ways, even though it is a multi-thousand person company. The developer community in particular is great- the density of smart people is very high, and there are more opportunities than a single person could take advantage of to broaden their tech knowledge and skills.  The benefits and compensation are also generous.","Amazon has the feel of a startup in negative ways too- many people have described it as controlled chaos. Because the corporate structure is very flat, orgs tend not to know much about what others are doing, which leads to lots of reproduced work, and unnecessarily reinvented wheels. Interdependencies between teams aren't effectively managed, which leads to groups adding large amounts of work to other groups' schedules, multi-group projects having difficulty getting the resources they need to succeed, and groups with downstream dependencies not properly serving the needs of their clients (I once got an email from a developer tools team saying there were deprecating a key component of my sev1-level system, because they didn't think anyone was using the component anymore).  In the technical community, there is a tendency to reinvent the wheel, when perhaps it is not needed. Amazon uses almost entirely homebuilt tools. For some technical areas, Amazon does have very specialized needs that justify this (deployment and build systems for example), but in others (java server frameworks), it doesn't. Rebuilding the wheel leads to lots of wheel maintenance work, and prevents Amazon from reusing solutions to already solved problems, thus saving development time for more important problems.  Also, there is the famous pager. It's not fun to wake up at 3am or tell grandma you have to leave thanksgiving dinner because they product detail page in japan is taking 3 seconds to load. In theory pager rotations should be in groups of 6-8, but in practice the one sucker who bothers to learn how to fix the really icky system components (me) gets called constantly even if they aren't officially oncall, and often rotations are much smaller- 3-4 people. Being forced to be 20 minutes from a computer for 25-33% of your life gets demoralizing (unless you are trying to avoid your life, in which case it is convenient).  Also, Amazon is very cheap- there really is no such thing as a free lunch. I have had to pay my way on every single group ""morale"" lunch I ever attended. And because I am not an XL-sized person, I have had to request custom desks (take forever to deliver and are so freshly cut you have to file down the arm edge yourself), and purchased my own office chair.","Hire ops people to handle the oncall. And stop saying ""it's still day 1!"" The folks at Amazon have worked long and hard enough to deserve a day 3 or 4 at least.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25233,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon is an amazing place to work at.,"Amazon is a very innovative company with never a dull moment at work. Management greatly encourages new ideas/technology, given that you can get some free time off your operational load (see below). The company has some of the smartest people around and provides awesome learning and career growth opportunities. If you ever wonder what does it take to keep a large scale distributed system working where the customer never even realizes the machinery behind amazon.com, you need to come work at Amazon. Great place to work at, learn some new stuff and have fun while doing it. Amazon totally rocks!",Operational load messes up your regular development work. Be prepared to live with chaos.,Focus on reducing operational load for developers.,4.0,2.5,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25234,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Challenging, engaging work with a lot of freedom - but beware the pager","As a young Software Engineer, there aren't many places that will pay you like Amazon. The pay is very, very good. Figured I would get that out there up front.  I have a good deal of freedom with my job, and with small exceptions, I haven't been overburdened with long hours, either. From talking with other employees from other teams, and reading these reviews, I think it is somewhat the luck of the draw with Amazon - because teams are very independant and decentralized, your experience with one team can be wildly different from another. Luckily, I believe I am on a very good one.  Management has been great, in my experience. My manager is a coder/manager, so while he isn't the best project manager I've ever worked with, he works very hard to understand what is going on at a low level with the team, without micromanaging. I rarely have had to deal with upper management, and when I do, the experience has been positive.  Work/life balance has also been good. My team is very understanding and somewhat liberal when it comes to giving time off when necessary. The schedule is also very flexible, we can come and go as we please, work from home when necessary, etc.  Amazon's recruiting process brings in the best and brightest. I have yet to meet an SDE at Amazon tha I thought ""slipped through the cracks"" and didn't belong. Everyone at the company seems capable of contributing at a high level.","As most SDE's at Amazon will point to - pager duty. I fully support the concept of ownership and supporting the software you write. The downside to oncall duty at Amazon is that much of the software is legacy code that was written long before you (or anyone on your team) was there, so debugging it can be a hassle. Also, some smaller teams share pager duty, and while this means you are oncall less often, it also means that you can end up supporting code you know nothing about.  Amazon's mantra of frugality slips a bit too far into the benefits. While the pay is very good, the benefits are not. There is no tuition reimbursement, 401k is sub par, and the health care is not cheap.  While overall the decentralized nature of the company is a positive, it can be difficult to work with other teams. If you need something done on their end, but it is low on their priorities....tough. This can be frustrating as deadlines come very fast.","Show that you care about your employees by offering better benefits. While the company brings in great talent, they don't always retain it, and I feel the subpar benefits package is a part of that.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25235,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Jul 21, 2008",Former Employee - Learning Manager,"Work hard, learn, leave...","Good name and good experience. You get to work with a good number of smart, driven individuals.","Working long hours, especially during peak season. Little upward mobility. There was a perception that senior management had a three year and out perspective. In other words, talented people would come on, work hard for three years, and then be expected to move up or out. Turnover was extremely high within operations, and there needed to be a focus on creating a sustainable workforce. This high turnover created undo variance and troubles within the processes and for managers.","Be sure to focus on the people, not just infrastructure improvements.",3.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25236,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 8, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place for the right person.,"You work with lots of smart people who really want to do a good job. We really are customer focused, which makes you proud of the work you've done at the end of a long day. Nearly limitless possibilities for moving around internally and learning new skills.","Benefits are decent but uninspired. No tele-commuting, no paid educational benefits, no charitable matches.",Generally speaking the leadership I see is thoughtful and customer-focused. My one criticism would be that it is part of the accepted culture to overload everyone with more work than can possibly get done. This is good in that it forces you to carefully prioritize what you're doing and make regular decisions about what not to do but it's bad because it eventually burns good people out. It's hard to give 110% all the time and still know you're not getting to everything you need to.,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25237,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2008",Current Employee - -,Opportunity with responsibility,"Amazon is doing a bunch of things that are really at the cutting edge of information technology. Massive scale? Check. Cloud computing? Check. Utility web services? Check. Internet media? Check. You get the freedom to do amazing things. (Mind you, along with that comes the responsibility to do them right.) That's from the engineering point of view. I can't really comment on the retail and supply chain parts of the business.","You own what you build, which means that you own the operational burden. Also it's a secretive place (not surprising given the retail angle), so don't expect to become an open source hero or A-list blogger. It's frugal - retail margins will do that - so don't expect Google-style goodies.","Recognize that engineers aren't fungible. Expertise matters more than you realize. And while the door-desk is a nice cultural icon, it's an ergonomic disaster: let's get rid of them when we move to the new Campus.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25238,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Amazon - have fun, work hard, make history",Very bright people. I have never been bored. You can see the results of your work quickly. Innovation is encouraged. Developers have the opportunity to use new technologies. The private book signings with authors that are offered to employees are great.,"There is too much work for too few people. On-call is onerous. Whether you have a good job is determined by whether you are lucky enough to have a good boss. The management is young, and can lack experience. The operational burden that falls on software development engineers can be very distracting. While there is work on improving tools, the spin up for using proprietary tools can be difficult.","Instead of accepting that high turnover is a given, realize how much it costs the company whenever an employee leaves. In a company that moves as quickly as Amazon, documentation is often ineffective, so the knowledge that leaves when an employee leaves is really very valuable.",3.0,3.5,none,2.5,2.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25239,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 8, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great place to work and make history, but doesn't leave that much time for fun.",Fast paced dynamic environment. Smart co-workers. Strong sense of ownership in the decentralized model lends itself to designing and writing better software. Flexibility to explore alternate career paths.,- Benefits are poor. The 401k match is just 2%. Medical and dental plans are pretty ordinary. - Pager duty. Getting paged 40 times a week can be annoying. - Work/Life balance. I find myself working long hours more often than not.,"The engineers at Amazon are above average. They work harder and smarter than most average employees. Compensation should also be above average, but the management seems content being at or below average when compared with the industry.  Focus on reducing the operational foot print. SDE time is too precious to be wasted doing mundane support work.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1745.htm
25240,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 8, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Still an exciting place to work (provided you are on the right team),"Amazon is still growing, and there are a lot of great teams to work on. If you pick the right team with the right manager, there's a lot of opportunity to work on fun things like AWS or Digital Services, and get recognized and rewarded for your achievements. Some of the other highlights include: weekly tech talks to educate engineers on what's going on in the industry or to talk about a cool new technology that a team is working with, ""fishbowls"" - where popular authors or artists come to talk about their latest books and albums and of course, all the benefits of working in downtown (or close to it) Seattle.  The dreaded pager duty that many Amazonians complain about again depends on the team you work on. On a large team, you can foresee being on pager duty once every 6-8 weeks. If your software service is critical and has a penchant for going down, this can definitely be hell. For some teams, where the service is not critical (support for internal teams, for example) or not prone to outages, pager duty can be considered a mild inconvenience.","The benefits are OK, but not up to par with the other leading tech companies, like Google and Microsoft. Stock bonuses are great when the stock price is high, but if the stock market takes a dive, suddenly that 10k bonus you were looking forward to could be more like 5k through no fault of your own. Being a large company means there is a lot of information spread around the company (a lot of it wikified in the internal company wiki), but it also means it can be hard to find information when you need it.  There also seems to be a growing trend towards attracting new hires with higher and higher salaries, while not maintaining a sufficient wage increase for current employees. This leads to new hires coming in with higher base salaries (excl. bonuses) than some of their teammates who have been there for two to three years!","Focus on keeping your best talent by giving them incentives to stay (money helps, but better projects can be key). Realize that the US economy is entering a recessionary period, and look towards divisions other than your regular retail business to help pull you through this stretch.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25241,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great company to work for but also depends on the groups you will join,Its growth will bring a lot of opportunities for future career advancement. Fast pace and dynamic work environment.,I dont know which group I am going to work with until a few weeks before starting my job. Some groups sucks and I cannot do anything with that except waiting until it is time to move out to other groups.,"It is good for candidates to know which group they will join before having them making a decision. For me, I must say yes/no before knowing this and it happened that the group I join is one of the most boring one.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25242,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2008",Current Employee - Site Editor,Great for the resume if your psyche can handle it.,"The best reasons to work at Amazon would be the following: resume building, experience in a dynamic environment, where you could design and run with a project. There can be room to make your position what you'd like it to be if you're on the right team.","The downsides to working at Amazon would be the following: it's very political, there are a lot of back-stabbers, you cannot trust your peers or HR, you do not get the support you need to run projects, you don't have the tools you need to do your job, and the constant changes make some processes very manual.",Start treating your employees like you treat your customers.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25243,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 4, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A great place to learn how business and technology work together.,"A great place to learn how business and technology work together. The vision and communication from senior leadership is good. Amazon supports a great work/life balance (depending upon your manager). If you ask, you will get answers and justification for various things from compensation, promotions and career advancement. If you are smart you will be rewarded, do not be afraid to challenge. Amazonians respect smarts.",In some teams the pager duty can be taxing - since developers also must support what they develop.,Better career advancement for software developers.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25244,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Manager III,Pockets of incompetent Directors and VPs. Practice politics to survive.,"free FlexPass, smart people, casual environment, can learn a lot to build things to scale","highly political, incompetent management chains, CYA atittude. Poor benefits","Fire all the Directors, take a look at Senior VPs to see if they are doign their job.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25245,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2008",Former Employee - Business Manager,Amazon is a great stepping stone for the young and unencumbered.,"The best reasons to work for Amazon are that it's the best experience builder and resume builder you will ever have. A year at Amazon is like a dog-year - it's worth 5 of anywhere else. I've had no trouble getting my foot in the door elsewhere simply because I worked for Amazon. Right now also the pay is pretty good because of the stock options, though that didn't use to be the case and certainly there is a belief that Amazon does not share the wealth the way it should.","Work life balance is not possible at Amazon. Everything is on ""Internet speed"" which means all the type-a people who work there run around like they are on some kind of amphetamine. Usually this is unnecessary and causes of lot of unnecessary churn and drama. I was at an all-hands meeting where Jeff Bezos said to the entire workforce that if you want to spend time with your kids then working at Amazon probably isn't for you.",Take care of your workforce and remember that it's more costly to replace someone than to just give them a little bit of time off every once in a while.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25246,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,Know what environment you perform best in - then see if Amazon's culture is a good fit,"small company entrepreneurial feel with a big, reputable company brand name","small entrepreneurial teams are good for the company, but hard to distribute needed information throughout the company. Lots of redundancies.","Allocate at least 50% to actually managing your staff. todays world requires managers to produce too much themselves, thus reducing the time available to mentor and train new employees.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25247,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2008",Former Employee - Vice President,Love the good with the not so good,"Great, smart people who are passionate about their roles as builders. High bar for excellence and analytics. Challenging and constantly changing business opportunities that make each job ""new again"" on a regular basis. Jeff is a visionary and is one of the few CEOs of Fortune 500 companies that is actively involved in creating value for shareholders.","Zero work/life balance, too much communication by email rather than face to face collaboration, customer focus spotty although a core value, overly dominated by software development engineers who lack general business management, leadership or basic social skills, there's the feeling that anyone/everyone is ultimately expendable with the exception of Jeff which leads to a subtle ""temporary"" feeling to anyone's tenure at the company.","Great companies are comprised of great teams."" Remember that unregretted attrition is a costly inefficiency.",4.0,1.5,none,4.0,2.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25248,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Decentralization means autonomy... but also chaos.,"Amazon.com is an amazing place to learn. The decentralized, self-starter atmosphere strongly supports and encourages people who are motivated to try new things. In just months of being here, you'll end up having responsibilities that most companies wouldn't hand off from the legions of middle management for years. You're able to touch every aspect of the business, from the actual business side (TCO, business justifications, cost/benefit analysis, etc), to the deeply technical side (even all the way to choosing whatever technology, language, and platform you like). Every role has a huge amount of autonomy and responsibility.  Additionally, there are no middle-management drones here. Every person I've met here is top-notch, blisteringly intelligent and an extremely valuable asset to the company. Like most companies, there are some folks who might do better in other roles... but I've been overwhelmed by just how GOOD these people are. Coming from a different company where a lot of people just ""coast"", this is a nice, refreshing change.","Unfortunately, that ""decentralized, self-starter atmosphere"" can also be chaotic, frustrating, and wasteful. While it's wonderful that we all have total autonomy to determine what platform, language, and technology to use at every turn... do we really need to spend the next two months rewriting a build system? Or an issue tracking system? Or a multicast protocol? Really? These problems have been solved already, and there's no need to go back and reinvent the wheel. The decentralization, coupled with a focus on autonomy, leads to a strong ""roll your own"" syndrome. We end up with sometimes as many as twenty different solutions to the same problem, each slightly customized for a given team and unusable by anyone else.  Amazon requires patience, and an ability to sift through the chaos to focus on what's necessary. If you cannot prioritize your own workload, you will not do well here.","Senior management at Amazon is surprisingly hands-on for a company that prizes autonomy as highly as Amazon. Yet, the hands-on nature, coming as it does from someone with ""senior vice president"" in their title, ends up randomizing entire teams. When an SVP wants an answer to a question, hordes of engineers are taken off their existing projects and moved all around. I would advise the senior leadership to be more the visionaries we expect them to be - and leave the tactical stuff to their teams.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25249,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Dynamic environment with smart people who know they are smart.,Amazon attracts very bright engineers who are motivated to solve large and complex problems. The culture encourages creative and diverse solutions and promotes knowledge sharing through brown bags and tech talks. Amazon has created a robust technical community within the company.,"Amazon can be a very dynamic environment that some might consider chaotic which is a tough environment for technical program managers. TPMs often work with 6-10 other teams, all of which claim to have limited resources.  Also, since Amazon hires very smart individuals, it seems that in meetings, everyone thinks he/she is the smart person in the room. This can lead to contentious debates and more chaos.",Treat your employees as well as your customers.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1746.htm
25250,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Be owner, make the history.","High ownership, and ability to make significant differnce. Each individual has lot of power and freedom to make the s/w better. Employees are generally not restricted by process.","Exteremly Dynamic, The so called orgnized Kaos can cause occasional imbalnce in work/life. This is however is improving.","There needs to be more transperancy and communication regarding the decisions being taken that drive measure software projects. Also the Job leveling schould be clear and well documented, informing/helping employees to grow from one level to others. There needs to be opportunuities being provided for the grown to the employees.",4.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25251,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not a place to stay long-term,"There is good opportunity for professional growth, there are plenty of chances to lead, and plenty of hard and interesting problems on which to work. Also, the company treats the customer very well. It treats the employee less well, however.","Benefits, especially for families, are poor. I pay about $4000 in medical premiums each year _before_ the $30 copays. Company not particularly charitable: not invested in Seattle and doesn't provide company matching.  Oncall duty can be easy or awful depending on your group.","The best and/or most experienced engineers seem to eventually leave Amazon because they get fed up with the company, either because the management structure is a mess or because the employee benefits and treatment are better other places. Amazon has a high attrition rate. These departures produce a company with too few experienced developers.",2.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25252,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Engineer,"challenging, hard-work, operations-heavy","very interesting distributed system, large problems, can get work done,","sometimes hard to get all the right groups working together, I hate watching the same mistake happen just because it's a new team, operations load is non-trivial, sometimes it feels like a bad cross between a startup with not enough resources and a big company with too much bureaucracy",a little more slack would go a long way. more should be invested in on-purpose making engineers better,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25253,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2008",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Interesting place for a short stint,Powerful technology Relatively non political Friendly culture,No work life balance Chaos Poor leadership,Stem the chaos,2.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25254,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,"Challenging work environment, not for the faint of heart",Working at Amazon is technically challenging. Amazon has a very high bar for its employees which results in a company of smart and dedicated people. It is a great place to learn and provides lots of opportunity for growth both in terms of technical skills and in terms of job opportunities. It is very easy to get information about what other teams/groups/departments are doing.,"Work and life balance are hard to maintain at Amazon. Amazon can, and will, suck up all of your time if you let it. Some development teams are heavily burdened by on-call support.  One of Amazon's core values is frugality which results in less than optimal health benefits.",Senior management needs to find a way to minimize the burden of on-call support on development teams.,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,2.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25255,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2008",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager II,"I'm grateful and I learned a ton, but it wasn't a lot of fun at the time.","Amazon has high hiring standards. I worked with people I respected and admired.  Amazon people said what was on their mind. A great example was the quarterly all hands meeting. For an hour or more at the end of the meeting, senior managers would take questions from any employee on any subject: from the company's business strategy to its work environment to its food.",High turnover.  Inexperienced management.  Not a lot of communication from managers. Get used to hearing about major re-orgs over e-mail.,I know Amazon's senior management commits to frugality and skimps on employee perks. But there's nothing frugal about recruiting and training new people to replace the ones who've left.,2.0,1.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25256,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Challenging environment with great rewards!,An extremely fast moving environment where you are empowered to conceive of and champion your own ideas to fruition (as long as they are based on core values like customer-focus). This autonomy can allow one to accomplish a lot and advance.,Can be a little too demanding sometimes and one has to be careful about balancing work and life.,"Sr Management provides great vision and leadership. I'd like to see that disseminated more effectively. Also, promote Amazon.com brand among the engineering community by allowing a more open sharing of ideas externally (to show off the types of problems we solve here).",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25257,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,I love working for Amazon.com!!!!,I can make a direct impact on Amazon's bottom line and customer experience.,Could be stressful for some.,Continue to allow amazon.com to innovate and take risks.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25258,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,If you have nothing else to do in life this is a great place for you to be awake all the time...,"Because you are everything (PM, SDE, SDET, Build/Deployment Engineer, Support Engineer), you can learn a lot. But this comes at a huge cost of sacrificing your life. If you have nothing else to do in life this is a great place for you to kill your time.",Long working hours carrying a pager which will page you 100's of times when you are on call no work life balance.,clean people and process.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.5,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25259,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,I love working at Amazon.,"I am a Software Engineer, and I love working at Amazon. There are a lot of smart people that work at Amazon. We are very focused on working on things that are very important to the company's core businesses, but willing to create new ways to expand the business. Not a lot of theory, all practical engineering.  Most of the time, I am driven to complete projects because they are interesting and important. I very rarely don't care about what I'm working on and need to be pushed into doing something. Most people that work there can operate independently, and those that can't usually don't like it very much. I am very independent and self-motivated, so I love not having a boss tell me what needs to be done all the time. There is a flip side to that though- sometimes I feel like my boss doesn't necessarily know what needs to be done.",The culture has changed quite a bit in the last two years. A lot more project managers that aren't especially knowledgeable about software have come on. There can be a tendency for things to get political between organizations.,Hire Technical Project Managers that are technical,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1747.htm
25260,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good corporate values, still small enough to retain that entrepreneurial spirit, but watch out for the pager","Amazon's decentralized structure gives teams a good amount of autonomy and freedom to set their own roadmaps and schedules. Everyone feels a strong sense of ownership in the systems they build. You are not just a code monkey.  The decentralized nature also means that the employee experience may vary depending on what part of the company you work in, so my observations may differ from those of others. (If you're working on base-level functionality such as the order pipeline, you will have different pressures placed upon you than someone working on higher-level or internal-facing features.)  One of Amazon's core values is frugality--a fact which doubtlessly helped the company survive the dot-com crash of the early 2000s, and should continue to serve it well during periods of economic uncertainty. This adds a nice degree of confidence in the security of one's job.  Upper management attitude is that we should always be innovating, and based on the features the company has launched over the past few years, you can tell they aren't just using that as a buzzword. Amazon is still a relatively young company, so there is still a willingness to experiment.  Look forward to the mid-2010 move to Seattle's growing South Lake Union neighborhood. We're building a new campus from the ground up. It's nice that they're using employee feedback in the design process.  I've seen some headlines that seem to imply long hours (though I can't read the full reviews yet)--fortunately, that hasn't been my experience.","The majority of software developers participate in an on-call rotation, meaning you can expect to be paged at 3 AM from time to time. A typical example is one week of pager duty every 6-8 weeks, but the operational load varies considerably from team to team, so be sure to ask about it during your interview. (Typical Amazon development teams I've encountered consist primarily of SDEs with 1-2 management types, Microsoft-style ""test engineers"" are relatively rare, and all but a few teams handle their own operational support.)  What is the line between ""frugal"" and ""cheap""? This is one of the continuing debates among engineers, as Wall Street worries occasionally lead to the tightening of the purse strings. There may be some bureaucracy if you want to request new hardware, and periodic requests to justify your use of resources. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as efficient use of resources is a good philosophy to have for long-term survival, but don't expect Google-like spending.","In the high-tech world, it is important to keep up with the latest advancements in technology and software engineering practices. My top recommendation would be to invest more in the professional development of employees, perhaps in the form of ""tech talks"", video training, or additional developer conferences.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25261,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Great company to work for,It is a great company,Very long hours. Live site escalations,Avoid red tape,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25262,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Manager - Retail,"Great, innovative company with smart, fun people. Work Hard. Play Hard. Have Fun.",You work hard but the people are smart and they are committed to what they are doing. It's great to work with a fun group of intelligent people that are continually innovating and improving.,In some ways it's still a company that is growing up and evolving and that can be frustrated at times because it's old enough to have structure and some bureaucracy but not so old that it has everything worked out yet. (Like a teenager.) Most people I know have a love - hate relationship with their jobs.,"Employees are customers too and the company should really focus on keeping abreast of the needs of the employees and address them. I would say the company is just ""OK"" at this and Jeff B needs to be more committed or we'll lose some of the best talent that we have.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25263,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"It has made me hate the world, and human race as a whole. 2 years later, I'm still trying to undo the damage.",The initial offer was the best I seen in the industry.,"I joined my team last, but somehow became the most productive person in the team of 7 after 1.5 years. Probably due to the fact that I was young and naive, and believed that more good work I produce, faster I would would get promoted and receive raises. Not quite.  I was working 140 hour weeks, having almost zero social life. They gave me a 1.5% raise after 1 year, citing that promotions and raises are not normally dished out to people who has been their for more than 1.5 years. The max raise was 3% annually, which was only 6 months after my last review period (which was discarded because I was too ""young"" in the company). So despite the highest performance rating on the scale, I received a prorated 1.5% raise.  I was the engineer primarily responsible for launching a new store in the company. 5 days of almost zero sleep in the war room. Before the launch, my manager promised extra vacation for me to unwind, big raises and promotions. After launch, I barely saw the guy anymore. I quit soon afterwards. Then I found out the guy was trying hard to climb into the director seat. Which he did.  While I received no pad on the back, no raise, no promotion, no extra vacations, the VPs all recieved a 2 million cash bonus, and directors 1 million. The only recognition I received was a $1.50 coffee purchased by my VP after 3rd night straight in the war room.  When I played a small part in accidentally revealed project on the main site, which received wide press coverage. (Many other played a bigger part). I was the only one to own up to my mistake. Therefore, I was single handly scapegoated for the incident. I was not allowed to defend myself in front of the post-modem committee, because management deemed 3 hours out of my time would jeopardize the project. So they wrote something in my place admitting guilt.  When I was leaving, I was appointment manager of two new hires. Even though I was still SWE1 (they never talked to me when the HR promotion cycle came and went). Both new hires were paid 10k more than me a year, plus 5k more cash bonus. That's when I just left.  If you are a masochist, or curious about what complete hatred for the human race feels like, go work for Amazon.com. For that, they won't disappoint.","Stop trying to build your career by stabbing your employees in the back. Bazos, stop micromanaging, you are not the smartest person in the company.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,62,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25264,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Great people, good company, incomprehensible compensation model","The people are Amazon's greatest asset. They put a lot of effort into hiring the best people they can find, recruiting is taken very seriously. Some of the smartest people I've met have been colleagues at Amazon.","The technology can be a little too dated, it is difficult to introduce new technologies, particularly open source technologies. The compensation structure is a complete mystery to most employees, if you come in at a low paying position, your salary will never get very high, but they will make up for it with equity. This isn't everyone's cup of tea.",Listen to the employees and the attrition level will probably go down.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25265,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,none,"Fast-paced, innovative, breadth of experience, learning opportunities. One of the best companies in the internet space. Fundamentally a technology company that built pretty much everything from ground up.","Work-life balance, at all levels. Career progression beyond a certain level is too political (at least in my experience). Amazon, for right reasons, is improving its internal processes but in doing that some bureaucracy is introduced as well.",I like the executive management of the company. My recommendation to them would be to define goals and communicate the vision more clearly.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25266,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Amazon is among the greatest large-company employers on the planet.,"Amazon.com is the cure for the traditional, command-and-control work environment. Jeff and the rest of the S-Team (top executives) do an amazing and consistent job of setting and refining top-level priorities while doing everything in their power to empower engineers to be able to just build.  There are a wide variety of teams at Amazon which work in a wide variety of ways. Teams whose software is core to the primary business (SELLING STUFF ON THE WEB HELLO!) tend to have to move much more slowly and carefully, and are obsessed with keeping software highly available and operating at maximum efficiency. The problems of scale are many and from this area of the business comes a continuous stream of innovation to allow the business to keep growing leaps and bounds each year.  Teams whose mission is less central are free to innovate in a wide variety of ways. With a world-class technology platform powering thousands of distributed services, new businesses and programs come online every day with much less overhead than any other company I've ever seen!  Compensation for top-performing individuals is extremely competitive. While here I've had offers from Apple and Microsoft which could not touch it.  Amazon.com is a global powerhouse with exciting problems being solved all over the world. With decades of growth ahead of them there will continue to be significant opportunity for all of its employees.","For engineering and development teams, operational support is a pre-requisite. Most are oncall 24x7. With continued global expansion some teams are able to transition late-night support around the world. Although it can be painful, I find this creates the right incentive for product teams to build systems which are operationally sound and maintainable.  At the corporate office, many of the lower level managers are actually quite terrible people managers. I have had very mixed experiences: some give very great feedback - others, none at all. One gave me a week's free vacation for top performance - another passed me over for a promotion for no reason at all.  Amazon's recruiting machine is completely broken and doesn't care about you. Simply: if a group is interested in someone they can interview them - you will not be presented many options about where you land within the company. This is because recruiters are graded based only on filling a few specific positions. If you are considering working at Amazon and they are interested in you -- ask about other positions in the company. Make sure you understand where you are landing and that it is a good fit. There are such a wide range of opportunities that something will be a good fit but quite possibly not what they are interviewing you for.",Train people managers better - provide oversight to ensure that people are being appropriately managed.  Fix recruiting - particularly for the corporate office - so that candidates land in the best place possible for them.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25267,amazon,"New Castle, DE"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Amazon.com is a really fun and exciting place to work,"The energy and pace of growth makes it a really exciting place to work. Coworkers are generally interesting and fun people. Work environment is casual with a true open door policy, lots of manic panic in the hair of management, and other similar monikers of a laid back internet company culture.","Communication about initiatives is a bit lacking, things move so fast you need to take responsibility for your own development. Work/life balance can get out of hand and you have to learn to place limits on your own time. If you let yourself work 24 hours a day, there's plenty of work to do but you need to manage your own time.","Improve communication, focus on developing people. work on training new management so that as we grow our culture and values are not diluted. be wary of administrative nonesense one of the things that makes amazon work is the freshness and energy of the company, we need to find the balance between necessary structures that enhance accountability and bureaucratic red tape.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25268,amazon,"Tempe, AZ"," Jun 15, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great place to learn, awful managers.","You get to work on the cutting edge architectures - webservices, SOA, middleware. There's a 360 degree view to engineering where you can get involved with not only the end-to-end SDLC but from an enterprise architectural perspective as well e.g. capacity planning, load/performance testing, senior management reviews and presentations etc.","Operational support, operational support, operational support! The development center I was working at (Tempe, AZ) had a slave driver for a manager. He replaced very competent, intelligent and hard working people with suck-ups. Completely took the joy out of working for Amazon due to his micro-management and paranoia - his philosophy was to be a dictator and believed any one speaking out for anything meant that it was a bad reflection on him so he was hard on those who raised ANY concerns. The MAJOR issue with all of this was that senior management in Seattle was made aware of these issues on multiple times and NO action was taken ever. This eventually made a lot of us to leave.",Please develop empathy for those who work on your teams - your people are your biggest assets. Look beyond HQ and listen to people in remote dev centers as well.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25269,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,"Great place to gain experience, cash in on it when you leave.",You are a part of a company on the cutting edge of ecommerce technology. When working with other companies you have a considerable degree of clout given Amazon's place in the marketplace. Great focus on the customer experience as well as amazing efficiencies on the operations side.,"Given it's size and success, Amazon has a difficult time ""playing well with others."" They commonly engage in bullying and stonewalling their partners and this makes it difficult to build long term positive relationships.",Treat your partners with the same respect you treat your customers.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1748.htm
25270,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2008",Current Employee - Director,Thumbs up for Amazon,"It is one of the most innovative companies on the planet that never sits back and rests. Amazon has a humble approach to everything which I find very appealing in today's world of companies screaming about how great they are.  Amazon also has an extremely high hiring bar, and the company is loaded with really smart people. That makes it easy to come to work in the morning.","Amazon is unlike most companies out there, and this can sometimes be a problem for new employees, especially those not right our of school and have worked at other companies. Our culture is a little different, and our priorities are little different.",Keep doing what you are doing-- stay focused on the customer.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25271,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great company for customers and shareholders, but only so-so for engineers","I'm a career software developer, so my review will be slanted toward the environment Amazon provides for engineers. I can't speak to what it's like to work in the operations, retail or other areas of the company.  The single best reason to work here is that Amazon has done a good job hiring smart people. I'm surrounded by people with a variety of different talents, whether it's design skills, algorithms knowledge or general programming skills. I am consistently stretched in my development by being exposed to different, intelligent viewpoints. That's mixture of DNA is vital to a thriving environment where people continue to learn and stay engaged.  One of Amazon's other key strengths is its ability to remain focused on customers and building long-term value. I've worked here for over 10 years, and we've consistently found innovative ways to improve the experience for customers. Many projects don't reap immediate profit or cost savings rewards, but because they're the right long-term move for the company, we do them anyway. That's great to see as a long-term employee.","Amazon started out with a huge focus on software and technology, but over time, that has given way toward operations and retail. We are not a software company, if we ever were. Software quality is not a priority in any meaningful sense of the term. Software projects are driven by operational and project deadlines. We're slowly starting to realize that short-siding quality hurts in the long term, but software development is still incredibly focused on the short-term. Any project that requires coordination across multiple teams (most do) becomes a nightmare, as we have lost most of our previously-effective project management talent.  The culture here as become infected by turf wars, something I saw change as the company grew quickly and hired senior management from other companies. Many teams now focus on ""their"" projects and are reluctant or unwilling to help others. It's a shame to see this become part of the company DNA, as most software teams I've worked with seem biased toward cooperation. The fierce competition for resources and constant bottomless list of scaling and growth projects leaves very little room for discretionary projects. Part of this is the result of successful growth at the company, so it could be worse.  Round-the-clock support is also expected of software engineers. Although there is good coverage from support teams, someone is on-call 24-7 on most teams. You are expected to be no more than 15 minutes away from a dial-in/VPN location at all times when on-call. That doesn't even give me time to go to Costco, and makes commuting a pain.","Over time you get the engineers you deserve. I worry that Amazon's senior management is good at long-term company planning but just not interested in building a great place for software engineers to work. The people are smart, but egos aren't lacking either. I stay here because of the talented engineers, but if I found a smaller company with less politics and more humility, I'd leave even if it cost me 10-20% on salary. Being happy at your workplace is a huge plus, and senior management seems indifferent to workplace quality. It's often attributed to frugality, but at some point it's foolish not to provide a workplace that people *want* to show up to. Smallish cubicles are the norm, bikes and pets aren't allowed in the buildings (except one), office furniture is extremely crappy, Apple laptops are unsupported and even prohibited.",4.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25272,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Reasonably satisfied engineer,"You get to work on challenging problems and learn from some of the best engineers out there. There also tends to be a clear correlation between what you're working on and tangible business objectives. Also, individual development groups have a lot of autonomy in how they work. (This has it's downsides, see below.)","Amazon's philosophy of minimal top-down policies on how work gets done leads to a lot of duplicated work, a lot of ways to do the same thing depending on which group you're working on, and a lot of confusion.","In general, I think the overall strategy for the company is proving to be successful. As far as leadership goes, though, there appears to be a little room for improvement in terms of giving more specific direction and guidance for how things get done.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25273,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recommend Against Working There,"Amazon is a great company in many respects -- the core retail website and Amazon's customer service operations are outstanding. Given it's established status as a successful online retailer, it's in an advantageous position to sell digital media which will of course become an increasingly huge market. The company also has an extremely driven, hands-on, engaged CEO.","The management style in many departments is almost comically top-down. As a result, it often feels like Amazon hires a lot of smart people to perform tasks that don't really have a lot of strategic significance -- a lot of tactical decision-making gets made at a very high level. So while everyone is working really fast, things tend to happen slow. As much as anything, I think this explains the very high level of employee turnover at the company.",Hold senior executives responsible for failure.,1.0,1.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25274,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Are they really paying me this much?,"Very flexible. If you are on the right team then the work is awesome too. The pay was incredible, even as an intern. Overall I love working for Amazon. In general I get to work on interesting problems and the experience I am getting here will transfer well to anywhere I choose to go. Cloud Computing FTW!","Oncall. Politics. Lack of postive action for known issues. Some issues with reviews, especially when someone I consider incompetent gets promoted and I don't, but that is probably just localized to my team (I hope).",Lighten up. If we miss a deadline it's not the end of the world.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25275,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Amazon is Secretive and Cheap,"I work for Amazon Web Services, which is definitely the hot spot in the company. Great game-changing technology that is shaking up the industry. Absolutely no complaints about what we are doing.","Amazon has a culture of secrecy, both inside--and especially outside-- the company. They are so obsessive about this that it costs them trust. And trust is money. But worse, Amazon describes itself as frugal. Translated into your experience as an employee, that means cheap. So they do things like delay expense checks, apparently in order to maximize float, and cut corners on salaries and benefits compared to tech industry norms.","Stop power-tripping your management food chain, and replace power-hungry VPs with leaders.",2.0,4.0,none,3.0,1.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25276,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 26, 2008",Current Employee - Business Manager,Although frustrating at times it's still a vibrant place to work,"Entrepreneurial environment still exists which makes your job interesting. There is little time for micro-managing of employees - people who last and succeed at Amazon.com loves this aspect. The company's stock performance has been very strong which makes the low salary ranges easier to deal with during reviews. There is still a lot of ""out of the box"" thinking when tackling problems. There is accountability within all levels of the company.","There is a ""promotion"" ceiling in the company - once you get to a certain level it is nearly impossible to get promoted to the next level, especially on the business side. There continues to be weak communication links between levels of management which often causes redundant work for employees.",Acknowledge and recognize the talent within the organization.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25277,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,Great place to work as long as you like to work hard,"Very litle politics. If I do a good job, I get recognized. Things happen very quickly here - there is little red tape/beauracracy and people tell each other the truth.","We work really hard. ""We can't do that"" is not a good answer - we are constantly pushing to solve the impossible problems faster. These are all good things, but they add up to a lot of work and I wouldn't recommend it to people who aren't used to working in a fast paced environment.",None,4.0,2.5,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25278,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Satisfied SDEII says you'll learn alot, some of it will be applicable elsewhere.","Amazon has a lot of interesting projects going on at any given time. You will likely be dealing with projects that have a scale that few other companies can compete with. This will well prepare you for your next job.  If you're interested in a project that you are not working on you can still access the code and explore the development environments. This helps when starting a new project so that you can see how others have done things before.  Amazon tries to hire smart people, this means that you will likely be surrounded by people that will be able to teach you something.","The biggest downside is also one of the upsides. There are so many projects being actively developed at one time that often the wheel is re-invented many times. This can makes it difficult to decide the right way to do something. There are also a ton of proprietary tools. The build system is very complex and some would say overkill for java development. That's understandable considering it was built for complex C++ linking and library managment. The deployment tool is very robust, and thus hard to understand resulting in a large learning curve for even the more senior developers. Hopefully someone on your team knows how to work the thing!",Senior management is actually doing a good job on focusing on developer pain points. It takes time to migrate a large organization and update existing tools while simultaneously keeping the giant machine moving.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25279,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon opportunities vs. poor follow through,Career opportunites and advancement are available for those who are willing to work hard,lack of focus on improvement initiatives. new projects are started while leaving numerous existing projects half completed.,"Slow down and complete projects before starting new ones, and do critical analysis when completed.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1749.htm
25280,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,I love what I do and am glad I get to do it Amazon.,"Smart people and fun, casual environment where you are given tremendous responsibility from day 1",Chaos rules. Your experience can depend upon the team you work for and your manager.,Keep doing what you're doing - it's working!,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25281,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Disappointed,"The stock compensation. However be aware, if you join before Jan 1, in your next review period you won't get awarded any stock grant. The initial stock grant vests in 4 years. 5% 1st year, 15% 2nd year, 40% 3rd year, 40% 4th year. Future stock grants vest in 2 years.  If you are really ambitious and willing to work hard, I mean not have a life , 65+ hours weekly, pay for your own Blackberry then you will get promoted fast. That is if you don't piss anybody off. But hey if you are wiling to do the time...","This company is an insane asylum of ideas. Just have to see which one sticks...  Recruiting here is awful. We try to go to UCLA/Cornell and hire engineers at a support engineer III level/software engineer I level regardless of whether they have a BS or MS. Hiring an industry SDE II or III is awfully hard since they expect individuals with 5-10 years of experience to still be able to answer college grad questions. And Amazon is all about pager duty.  Many SDEs here also have an inflated sense of worth. Since we can't hire enough to barely account for attrition, SDEs here make all the rules.  Compensation is actually mediocre given how much one works.  Senior management is highly variable. Some are remnants of start up Amazon. If you get one of those, you are SOL since they have no managerial skills whatever. Others are good.","Adjust the recruiting bar accordingly. Break support and software development into separate teams and then hire/pay accordingly for those teams. You will make everyone happier.  Ditch the no politics statement BS. This company is all about politics, which Amazon calls networking. What a bunch of crap.  Pay realistically. Turnover is insane. There is a reason. This company is not that great to work for.",2.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25282,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Manager III,Amazon - where you want to be!,"Amazon is a company full of smart, driven individuals who work hard and smart for the most part. Always on the cutting edge and every individual in the company has the opportunity to contribute. Everyone all the way up to JeffB fosters innovation and creativity. No tolerance for underperformers and great recognition for those who do well. A company that seeks out leaders and gives them opportunities to grow. Very driven management with vase and diverse experience. No hierachical red tape and beauraucracy. A fantastic place to work and grow!","As with most companies, there are inefficiencies that can be ironed out. Sometimes, there isnt good communication between the different teams.",Keep doing what you're doing! :),5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25283,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Can be a great place to work, depending on what team you're on.","Teams tend to be very small and they work fairly independently from each other, which helps keep things moving along quickly. Teams also own their business, which means individual members can have a large impact on what the team produces and how their business grows. Most of the people you work with are very smart and produce quality work.  Amazon's business and scale provides has a huge variety of problems to solve (it ranges from building cool web applications, to optimizing order fulfillment and shipping, to personalization, to web services). If you are unhappy with your current team, odds are there is a team elsewhere in the company doing something you find interesting. Internal transfers are fairly easy and happen all the time.","The model of having many small independent teams has several downsides: - There is often duplication of effort because you can't convince a team you depend on to prioritize work you need, so you might end up doing it yourself. - Most teams do not have dedicated a support or operations team. This means SDEs are responsible for deployments, operational issues, selecting hardware, etc. Most SDEs are part of an on-call rotation.. when they are on-call they have to carry a pager and need to be able to respond to pages within 15min. The frequency and intensity of oncall varies greatly by team. - There is a huge variance in quality of life depending on what team you're on. If you work on a team that has a heavy ops burden or owns a lot of bad legacy code, you will probably hate it.  In terms of culture, Amazon is a very frugal company. No extravagant benefits, fairly cheap office equipment, etc.","I think management needs to work on being more open with their employees. Amazon tends to keep decisions secret until they need to be shared. While this makes sense for new product launches and such, it's a little ridiculous when it comes to root causes for outages, employee feedback, and organizational changes.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25284,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Passionate people makes everything easy,"Salaries, freedom of action, responsabilities",Slowness in managerial decision making,"Get to the point and when questions are raised, converse with the expert employees you are paying to tackle those situation instead of believing in top down management",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25285,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fairly Satisfying Position,The great things about amazon are definitely the salary that the company pays its employees and the fact that the company is still young and has lots of market it can still capture. Another huge bonus is that they have a downtown office that's right off the I-90 corridor (but that's going to change soon),"I think that Amazon.com hires many amateurs, so it's tough to find experts/mentors, unless you're in one of few technically innovative groups. These isolated areas tend to also be the only areas of true technical innovation. The company also has a preference hiring talent instead of developing internal talent.",Focus more on quality rather than quantity of features.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25286,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for and lots of talent to learn from...,"Amazon is a very dynamic workplace with lots of interesting challenges and technologies to work on. With mix of retail and cloud computing there is a great deal of verity that Amazon offers to its employees. It is also encouraged to change groups periodically to help with career growth of employees. Comp is good and at par with industry standards. The workplace is not very political and management tries to remove road blocks where necessary. Career growth wise, you have control over where you want to be and set proper goals to reach your target. Management will encourage you every step of the way.","Being a retail driven company availability of the website is very important for the business. This can cause some tensions specially if you are not used to working in operationally critical environments. There are going to be times when you are required to carry pagers. Although things have greatly improved in terms of quality of life, while oncall you are bound to your laptop. On the other note, benefits at amazon are not the best. Some of the other companies in the area do offer better benefit packages as compared to Amazon including the 401k matching, medical, fitness center membership and espp.",None,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25287,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,Stimulating place to work -- helps to be thick-skinned,"1) On-going flow of innovative ideas that provides a sense that you're working on the cutting edge. 2) Smart, capable and interesting colleagues.",Extremely high expectations. Brings about great effort but scant feelings of having done a job well.,Greater recognition of accomplishments would go a long way,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25288,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great place for coders, long work hours, little appreciation","1. High stock price and when most of the bonus is in stocks it makes a significant difference 2. Innovation, challenging work environment. 3. If you are geek this might be best place to work 4. Code-code-code. If you like to code this is one of the best place on earth 5. Very high hiring bar, ensures you always ends up learning from your co-workers","1. Limited career growth, organization is very flat 2. Have not completely evolved in internal processes management 3. Frustrating internal tools to get work done 4. Not much appreciation",They should start treating their employees better by giving them ample growth opportunities and never should employees feel stagnated at one job level,4.0,3.5,none,1.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25289,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Engineer,An amazingly rewarding but very challenging place to work.,"The scale and breadth of the work is energizing, and I am free to solve problems in just about any way I like. The people are also generally charged, smart and inspiring making it fun to meet and work with most everyone.","Projects are often under resourced and overly ambitious, creating an frenetic unfocused environment that can sometimes be hard to get simple things done.  The frugal mindset is sometimes just cheap, which can cost more in the long run. It's okay to spend money when it ends up being well amortized.","Allocate more free time to developers to solve their local problems and optimize their own space, so that they can then optimize the bigger spaces.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1750.htm
25290,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Demanding and Intense,It is the place to learn the the latest in customer centric web technologies and online retailing. It also pays very well.,Very intense and demanding environment. Expectations of employee dedication are very high and management does not respond well work-life balance requests. Management is very intense and has very high expectations of employees and does not respond well to mistakes. It is a low margin retailing company and the perks are very small compared to other high tech companies.,Chill! Yelling and pounding the table in a way that degrades your staff does not make for a healthy work environment.,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25291,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Jun 25, 2008",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon.com A Innovative Company,It's a growing company with a lot of new ideas and you get to make a lot of people happy. They are always looking for a way to expand and grow. Once you get your foort in the door as a manager you have a lot of room to grow. A wide variety of job titles.,Pay if you are a Teir 1 or 3 associate. It's a 10 year old company but still seems new at running things. Safety is only claimed to be its priority. As a ever changing company you can get lost day to day in decision making and changes.,"Act like you care about the employees go all out on occasion. Don't just give us a baked potato, we like butter and sour creame. Focus on safety not productivity.",3.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25292,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Project Manager,"Great place, lots of talent to work with and learn -- if you have NO personal life",Cutting edge company. Prestige on one's resume Working with extremely talented people. exposure to leading edge technology and opportunity to understand same,"no personal life, no rewards for long hours on salary (no overtime paid), rewards for good job far and few between, preferential treatment given to staff grown within amazon from earliest days (crony syndrome) regardless of talent, no cross training opportunities for growth within, knowledge is not freely shared, it is a commodity to hold native to group that one works with.",treat your people like you do your customers. value every single contribution no matter how simple or complex. provide more balance between personal and professional lives.,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25293,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Legacy code green-card sweatshop from hell,"Surviving the abuse will give you unbelievable skills. Most of your peers are incredibly smart, competent, and talented people who will teach you all the things you didn't learn in school.","They don't tell you that ""TDD"" stands for ""Ticket-Driven Development"". The whole company lives and dies by the trouble ticketing system, but generally the accepted software engineering best practices are ignored. Since there is such an amazing trouble ticket system and nothing gets done unless it's a ticket, managers force death marches to launch awful code that is debugged one high severity ticket at a time by whomever is on-call. The attrition rate speaks for itself.","None - they wouldn't bother to listen, they would be too buried in 1000 pages of metrics reports and financials. Money talks, you know what walks - most of the employees. Having 3.5 years of Amazon on my resume opens a lot of doors, and the stock payout wasn't anything to cry about either.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25294,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"ok,,","the initial salary, signing bonus, and the stock is not bad. the people are generally pretty smart, projects are of interesting complexity.",no substantial salary increases after you are hired.,the way to reward hard work is though annual raises. money talks.,3.0,4.5,none,3.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25295,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Stop calling being cheap frugal,Good for new graduates to work for 1 or 2 years.,no work life balance. below average benefit package. bad working environment. regular overtime is expected. software engineer needs to carry pager to keep production system running. often gets waken up at 3am for issues in code not written by you.,"stop calling being cheap ""frugal""",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,1.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25296,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Buyer,Stop burning out your employees,Company is profitable and health today.,No chance to have a life. Nights and weekends are not off limits. Run very lean and burn out their employees and just roll in new ones.,They seem to be out of the office quite a bit more than their employees. It is tough to call yourself a startup after 10 years. Seems the Execs with all the stock when Amazon was an actual startup are the ones pushing the employees without large stock grants into the ground. The startup excuse to overwork your employees will not work forever.,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25297,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2008","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Software Development","You'll always be challenged and empowered at Amazon, but make sure you take your career growth in your own hands.",Amazon has consistently surpassed expectations and is one of the most exciting places to work for. As an individual Amazon greatly empowers the employees for decision making.,As a company Amazon has only recently started to really pay attention to invest in professional growth and career development. The amount of resource it spends on professional growth for employees is below the bar.,"In addition to work hard, have fun, senior management should also focus on employees' well being, and openly discuss work, life balance.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25298,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Totally worth the experience,"The engineers are generally motivated and talented. Incompetent people get fired (that sounds scary, but the opposite is true). There are interesting problems to solve. The pay is good to very good. Engineers, generally speaking, get more respect at Amazon than other companies for which I have worked.","Like everywhere I have worked, some groups are better than others. Also, the overall quality of managers seems poor compared to other companies. I think that is because they get burned out and quit.",If Jeff Bezos ever quits I trust your abilities so little that I will be next out the door. Start to add some value or leave!,4.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25299,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Manager,Amazon and Innovation,"Amazon has a strong bias for innovation and out-of-the-box thinking, and tends to ignore title/position -- anyone can invent. They have a ""Just Do It"" award that is given to people every quarter for stepping outside of their job and creating an innovative solution to a problem, which exemplifies this bias. Amazon has a strong commitment to these innovative ideas, and doesn't have the ""sink or swim in 9 months"" mindset that many other companies have. Amazon sticks to an idea to see it through.  Amazon offers a reasonably balanced work environment, and expects you to have a family and friends outside of work. You work hard, but you can also have a life outside of work.","If you're looking for just 40 hours a week, Amazon is the wrong place. Realistic hours for a technical position are 50+ per week. Q4 is a special time of year, so if you like taking the month of December off work, Amazon isn't somewhere you should look.","Frugality is great, but can be taken the wrong way. The frugality message needs to be changed to being frugal in the right places, understanding the whole problem, and not optimizing for pennies.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1751.htm
25300,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great place to learn, schedule is a strain.","Learn the workings of a large distributed system and huge world-class website, learn technologies and software development ideas from coworkers. Good money.",The on-call load and pager duty is onerous for Software Engineers maintaining servers. Promotions are rare. There are many non-technical managers leading technical teams. Frequent re-orgs are confusing and disruptive. Java-obsession in some parts.,"Expand the software development platform and hire more software system engineers and specialist web developers, enable software engineers to write software more, and to set up, configure, and maintain servers less.",5.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25301,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great place, great pay, HARD work, fun atmosphere","Amazon pays really well and lets you pursue your interests within the company. There are so many different types of engineering jobs available, you wouldn't believe it.",Only has offices in the city,Keep on doing what your doing! Pay attention to the employees a little more than the customers though.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25302,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,amazon.com is a fantastic place to work,"being surrounded by very smart and passionate people who come from all over the country, great pay and options, job growth and opportunities if you demonstrate talent, they take technology very seriously and encourage experimentation and give more than enough resources, the pride that comes from working on a mass-scale consumer product for a globally recognized company","being in seattle, the weather is horrid, coworkers just running out the clock due to being discouraged to contribute big changes to a huge corporate bureaucracy with a million constraints,","they are exceptional and make very smart decisions, though they are far too risk averse to protect the cash cow, which likely prevents amazon from making revolutionary break throughs, but it's not for lack of good ideas trapped within the bureacracy, with so many super talented people, the ideas and potential is there, it's just from people not wanting to get pinned with any failures",5.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25303,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 3, 2008",Current Employee - Director of Business Development,Don't think that Amazon is a place to advance your career.,"The company is certainly doing well from a business perspective...but that is on the backs of their employees. Benefits are OK, but there are plenty of other companies that provide better.","VP and higher are getting incredible packages with options but the rest of the folks only get RSU's. Sebastian Gunningham received 350,000 options and I can't see why he should receive that higher number based on his overall performance.",Start thinking of retention of your employees...the average employee stays 22 months and the cost of constantly rehiring and retaining is significant.,1.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.5,2.5,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25304,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Amazon.com and you're done.,Being surrounded by talented and dedicated people. Seattle is a great place to live. The signing bonus wasn't bad and staying at the W hotel was nice. Can't wait til headquarters is moved to South Lake Union. It's just plain cool.,It's 24/7. You're always plugged in. The employee discount isn't all that. Tribal knowledge is rampant. Departments tend to work in silos. The food gets old after a while in the International District. Seattle winters are long and dark.,Encourage career growth more. Give employees more incentive to want to work 15 hours a day. And encourage workers to step away from their computers throughout the day.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25305,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Quality Assurance Engineer,Work life balance is not part of working at Amazon.com,Working at Amazon exposes you to a unique work environment. Coworkers are some of the best I've ever had. You get to work for a company where you know you are impacting the way people purchase products on the internet.,"Benefits lacking, management entrenchment, and a homogenized work environment that does not value diversity. Poor code quality, and little desire to change that within the organization. You have to carry a pager and expect to be on the hook for tasks that are not traditionally part of your job description, i.e. production operations support, because there is not an operations team, for instance.","Quality does matter, and investing in quality up front from an engineering perspective saves money and churn in the long run. Also, As your workforce matures, benefits need to mature as well. Frugality does not mean cheap.",2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25306,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Ultimately it's a job.,"There are a couple of good reasons to work at Amazon. You'll probably see some of the same words used to describe other companies within the tech sector, smart, driven, intelligent colleagues. In general you get to work with smart people. Rarely have I met somebody who was incompetent working there. Inexperienced but never incompetent. For the right personality types, this is a way to experience start up life (wearing multiple hats, frugality) while also having a semblance of security. The company is still growing and Jeff is willing to make bold long term bets even if the stock market doesn't like the expense in the short term.","If you're looking for a startup, Amazon is not it. It acts like one but you're unlikely to strike it rich. It still has some of that chaotic nature from the hey day of the internet boom. But it is a mature company. For me the biggest thing is the pager, I like most aspects of my job but carrying a pager is really grating on me. We've gotten better but my patience with the pager has starting to wear thin. Not to mention a couple of breakdowns over the years. Amazon is a place where you can lose your work life balance unless you're strong enough to advocate for yourself.","You're doing the right thing. As an owner, you guys are doing a great job. As an employee, I'm on the fence.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25307,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,"If you love spending the majority of your waking time working, this is the place for you","The environment is a very fast-paced, get things done no matter what quality you can deliver. The people are very smart and for the most part everyone has some business sense to them (whether you aspire for this or not). There are some really cool projects (e.g. AWS), but they are saved for people who are Amazon veterans (i.e. don't think you'll come into Amazon and work on a cool project right away, unless of course you know someone). The overall compensation is definitely above average (assuming the stock isn't plummeting) but you have to be willing to sacrifice your personal life.","Amazon is a very frugal company (they still use doors for their desks, the facilities are very blah, no free sodas, they do not donate any money to charities or the arts like MS, Boeing, Washington Mutual, Starbucks do, etc.) that has very high expectations of their employees, including sacrificing your life side of work/life balance. Getting in 50 hours a week was a luxury week, the average is more around 60 hours. The majority of the technical side of the company are SDE's, with proportionately very little QA or PM staffing. This means that organization and quality are not part of deliverables, and leaves room for a lot of chaos throughout the company. Operational burden is also very high, and in some of the groups the Tier 1 support staff are the SDE's 24 hours a day (don't think you'll spend a lot of time coding as an SDE, because in some cases you will not!) -- everyone has heard of the dreaded pager stories, yes they are true! Project execution is like shoving a square peg through a round hole – very little planning is ever done and many times the atmosphere is simply survival. And, for all of this sacrifice and hard-work you put in, end of year reviews are very demoralizing and non-rewarding. The majority of the compensation is focused on stock rewards that vest at an escalated rate through 4 years. If you want to see any of that compensation, you need to hang around for at least that long – this is a rather large commitment and sacrifice so be prepared.","Pay more attention to your IC's -- they are the work-horses of the company and without them no Amazon products or services would exist. Reduce/Remove the politics, games are for kids -- up-front honesty, trust and respect will make you more successful, both professionally and personally.",2.0,1.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25308,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Like working at Wal-Mart, except you write software","Great place to learn the fundamentals of highly distributed/scalable transaction oriented development. Must be young, hungry and kid-free to fully appreciate the experience, it's fast and furious.","You work very hard, not so bad unless you like to see your kids. The fact that the developers often become first level support for mission critical services, yes this means you will often carry a pager that will wake you at 3 in the morning because a server in Japan is performing aberrantly. There is this aura of thrift that after while creeps darkly into your morale, notably the ""horse stall"" like offices. It literally seems to be modeled after a warehouse-based sweatshop, right down to the ""desk doors"". It goes without saying these people are not great followers of Feng Shui.","Please rethink the decor, seriously, as silly as it seems it does affect morale. Read some of those books you sell. Quit embracing SCRUM like it's the last savior of mankind, embrace your people, they have souls from which creative non-linear thinking produces the very ideas help you innovate.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25309,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Not. Getting. Better.,"getting to work on massive scale, seeing how the whole process works, there really is a lot of ownership given to smart developers and teams, with mostly fairly little oversight. You are surrounded by smart and passionate engineers, for the most part, who have choices and want to be there.","no concern whatsoever for work v. personal life, with the examples starting from the VP level on down, developers spend much more time supporting legacy systems than writing new code, pager duty is unpredictable and can be nightmarish, inducing Stockholm Syndrome, more politics every year that make the place genuinely not fun to put your head down and do good work.",what's the point? there's no evidence they listen.,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1752.htm
25310,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Not a great place to work but not bad either,Compensation and work life balance. Location in downtown seattle is nice for commuting. Benefits package is fine for someone who is single but not great if you're married,"Not much innovation or opportunity for advancement. your yearly awards are not just tied to you past year's performance but also how much you got in previous years. while this may seem fair to the company what it does is penalize people who are consistently good. If you're consistently good, you should be rewarded regardless of how much bonus/stock you got last year. what this does is de-motivate the person to not even try anymore if they did good the previous year.","Reward based on performance, not anything else",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25311,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Control Buyer,Great experience for n00bs.,Great learning experience. Great environment and culture.,"Very high stress, Low salary pay and high turnovers.",Should take some time and help out employees when they are overwhelmed.,3.0,4.5,none,4.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25312,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it!,career opportunities and room for advancement,door desks & space issues - but in 2010 that will hopefully be better,door desks are awful!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25313,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer in Test,Amazing,Great culture. Smart people. Customer focus.,Operational burden. Benefits and career development.,Keep up the customer focus,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25314,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Easy come easy go.,"Because Amazon is not focused on previous experience, it is easy to get hired right out of college. Amazon is an environment where you can easily grow and learn a lot.","Despite the above, Amazon has a VERY high turnover. This is due in large part to the fact that there is nowhere to advance to. It is virtually impossible to achieve meaningful advancement without leaving the company.","Retention is currently the largest problem facing the company as it has very wide reaching effects. Something should be done to address this, as there is currently no sign that anyone even cares.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25315,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist II,Rating for the Employee Experience: Improvement Needed,The name: working for Amazon is instantly recognizable. Amazon does amazing things for it's customers. You will definately get challenged.,"There is no employee support. Areas of the business are segregated and managed according to the personalities of the leaders for that area. Compensation is targeted differently for different groups and employees are expendable. Employee investment is minimal. Benefits suck for the price. Pay mix is so stock heavy that, even at entry individual contributor levels, you are constantly watching a stock price you cannot affect in a meaningful way, waiting for your vest dates to make major purchases and pay property taxes. It does not contribute to a feeling of ownership, it must be what prison is like, marking the days.","Realize that you must invest in tools and resources for your employees. That they deserve as much respect as the customer. That employees making below 100k should not have to bear an 80/20 pay mix. That you should make an investment in developing talent by providing tuition reimbursement. That you should champion a realistic workweek, and push communication ALL THE WAY down the chain.",2.0,3.0,none,1.5,2.0,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25316,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,The only place where senior managers who cause 100% attrition five times over can still get $2 million bonuses.,"The starting salary is extremely competitive. The hiring pipeline is also extremely efficient, empowering Amazon.com to court and successfully hire some of the smartest professionals out there. Unfortunately, those are the only positive thing I can say about the workplace itself.  Outside of work, when you aren't getting paged up the wazoo by legacy applications no one in the company has any idea about, life is awesome. Seattle is a beautiful city with plenty of culture and no lack of things to do. A nice side effect of working at a place with insanely high turnover and high starting salary is that you end up with tons of young professionals, all new to the same environment and in the same stage of their lives ~ if you're one of them, there are plenty of people to meet and hang out with.","Amazon does not value its employees and this severely affects every aspect of worklife. Employees are treated as replaceable, renewable resources, not as members of a working team to grow with the company. The focus is on new hiring with the expectation that any semi-intelligent employee will leave within the first two years.  New hire salary is incremented at well over 2x the rate that top members of a team are given raises. New folks regularly make 5-10K more than their tech leads who are the highest contributors on the team, breeding poor sentiment. Promotions are easily promised during crunch times requiring 100-hr work weeks and just as easily forgotten when promotion or bonus time actually does come around. Additional responsibility, both in person and in project management, are regularly compounded upon top contributors without promoting individuals to the authority such a position requires, making it difficult to get things done in a culture where cross-team cooperation is like pulling teeth.  In terms of quality of work, there is no value given to developer time and no emphasis on the importance of infrastructure. Build tools are down daily and ownership is a lost concept. Scapegoating is a regular occurrence when site-wide post-mortems require heads to roll. Few things are properly documented, rarely anything is QA'ed, and as all original product engineers tend to leave within two years, nearly everything is a legacy application. The product-development lifecycle emphasizes pushing new features/products out quickly, leaving little or no time for QA cycles. The same engineers who coded the features under crunch are sometimes asked to do QA sign-off. Yet when they come back to management with lists of blocking/non-blocking bugs, they are asked to hide the lists and just to provide the sign-off. The result ends up being shoddy services held up by a company of already-overworked engineers serving constant on-call rotations who know they will be paged, but even knowing this are rarely able to figure out how to even begin debugging the systems.  When I joined, every single person on the previous generation of my team had left. I later discovered that this was a regular occurrence which had already happened for the third time. All the great projects and career opportunities I had been sold on before joining were back-burner items reserved for interns and other people they had yet to sell a permanent position to. Regular employees were delegated to continuous on-call rotations for applications no one knew anything about and left to debugging bugs hardcoded years before. The overwork, stress, and lack of self-fulfillment created quite the back-stabbing team. In my first week as a new hire, I was angrily told by my mentor ""Every time I sit down to get something done, you ask me a question."" Later the same day, I was told by my manager ""So I've talked to the team and they say you never talk to them or make use of their expertise ~ you simply putter in a stuck corner when you could just ask.""  As my time there progressed, I regularly discussed the lack of opportunities and the disparity between my expected and actual roles with my manager, who always promised clear action items to address my concerns ~ none of which ever happened. When I found a new team where I thought I could make a greater impact, my manager blocked my transfer, going all the way through HR to accuse of poaching. When I tried to leave the company, my manager tried to delay my resignation. Good stuff.",I know that you've noticed when your individual teams have experienced 100% attrition five times over ~ what in blazes have you been doing about it?,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,40,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25317,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"An okay place to work, has it's issues, but also has its positives.","There are lots of varying opportunities, some really smart people, and the problems they are trying to solve are huge.","The management, lack of office space, the management, poorly executed products, insular teams that are so overwhelmed their first instinct is to push back on any request, lack of communication, lack of QA, no real documentation of any kind, and lack of a standard development platform.","Promote and hire from within, don't be a jerk to other teams, own up to your software, look to the long term and not the short term.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25318,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Amazon.com: you will learn a lot, but you will probably end up hating your job.","You learn a lot. You work in small teams where you are an owner of your software. This means that you own everything, from writing the code to testing it to deploying and managing your fleet of machines. Depending on which team you are on, you will end up working with some cool technologies. This includes Amazon Web services (S3, EC2, SQS). You will most likely end up writing large-scale distributed systems.  Like I said before, you will learn a lot. Depending on the team, you will not have support engineers or QA people to help handle operational issues and testing. You have to do everything yourself. This is a good thing, in that it gets you into the startup mindset.","You have to carry a pager to support your software. This means that you will be woken up in the middle of the night when you are on-call.  Everything moves at glacial speeds. Projects that should take 1 or 2 months take 6 months. The bureaucracy is stifling, depending on which team you end up with. Any sort of project that requires work from multiple teams ends up progressing very slowly.  Depending on the team, management can be very reluctant to approve of any clean-up work to improve legacy codebases.  Pushing a new idea through is very difficult. I have tried doing this myself, only to be turned down. I have heard of many other cases where it takes up to 2 years to push a good idea through all the levels of management.",Stop treating your employees like a commodity.  Encourage innovation and encourage people having new ideas (as opposed to just saying you encourage this).,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25319,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Designer,fantastic projects and people vs. top down micro-management...,"You get to work with fantastic people. The projects, in general are very interesting, and if you are lucky enough to work in PacMed building, you can bring your dog. Once you figure out the culture it can be very rewarding.","Top down, (all the way from JeffB) can be very useful (Everyone seems to have good ideas), but also limits the amount of ownership you can have in your work. No matter what you do, someone above is going to change it. Until you figure out the culture, it can be frustrating. The average tenure here seems to be very short relative to other places I have seen.","Let the incredibly smart, passionate people who met the high hiring bar we have at Amazon do thier job.",2.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.0,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1753.htm
25320,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Amazon a hard working and performance based rewards company,Amazon is an excellent place to work if you are driven and enjoy a fast paced and rewarding career with excellent upside potential. I like it how performance is rewarded with increased responsibiliites and stock based awards. The company is truely customer centric and is continuing to strive toward a better customer experience in all aspects.,It has very long hours and sometimes difficult to have a good worklife balance. Goals are very aggressive and there are expectations of weekend work.,Maintain the aggressive stance but understand the impact on work hours.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25321,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Buyer,Challenging work environment,"My peers are bright, highly motivated people that I learn from Have improved project management and Excel skills Competitive compensation package.",Being exhausted at the end of every work week. There is absolutely no work/life balance. Depends on what group you work for but my group lacks leadership and communication across the team.,Improve the tools. You can not expect to expand into product categories if your tools can not support the growth. This stretches your team to the limits and is not a sustainable pace.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25322,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,It's a love/hate relationship,"Leading the market in innovation and constantly finding ways to bring savings and value to our customers. There are a lot of very bright people here that think out of the box to create value both short and long term. It's exciting to work for a company that truly has unlimited potential both today, and many years down the road. People here are relentless are driving internal cost savings that deliver value to our customers. On the flip side, others are relentless at finding new streams of cash by identifying underserved market segments or identifying completely new segments. It is invigorating being part of a very unique company.","Long hours, making tough choices on what gets delivered, complex systems. I've seen time and time again where managers try to push lower level staff to do more and more and more - and in many cases the staff members are incompetent beyond their original skill set. Not everyone here is a bright bulb and some are continually rewarded despite their lack of knowledge/skill/tact.",Make sure your teams know and understand the vision and plan you are selling upwards - it helps buy in.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25323,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Fraud,Amazing Amazonians,"It's just great to be here, a company filled with people with good work ethics","No Perks, a huge amount of foreigners and many don't speak English very well",N/A,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25324,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Amazon = ok.,Cool company that offers a great service. Good work/life balance. Good comp.,Very political. Many stupid and pointless internal initiatives in the company.,The people working for you will try to spin everything to look good. Pay attention to what is failing.,2.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25325,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You learn a lot but not a place you want to stick around more than 2 years if you want a life!,Learn a lot about the mindset needed to run a business effectively - more than you can learn at most other companies,"Bad work-life balance, too much politics, lack of recognition - especially if you come in with lot of experience. At Amazon people who ""grow"" at Amazon coming in as fresh college grads tend to do well- because local Amazon business skills matter more than your technical capabilties. You have to unlearn lot of stuff to be effective at Amazon.","If you want to retain good employees, and make Amazon more than just a retail store, it is still time to change some things- reward employees based on what they achieve and not based on how much politics they can play. Make the review processes more transparent and not controlled by the manager only.  Amazon is probably the least collaborative work environment I have seen among the few companies I have worked at. This really hurts Amazon's employee productivity. It's a very negatively competitive environment where people are only rewarded for their own personal productivity for the narrow goals that they are set to achieve and not for how much they contribute towards the productivity of the whole group - this makes them inclined towards not helping each other and tend to not volunteer information (which is usually not documented well) that would make other people more productive.  The surprising thing is that there are lot of good-hearted people at Amazon -and they still end up helping each other to some degree (like in grad school) - just as human beings with souls- despite the huge disincentives created by the work environment and reward structure.  There is an easy way to fix this - reward people based on their soft goals also- make sure the time alloted for projects separates out the time that the manager requires you to spend helping other employees- new ones, junior ones, and in collaborative scenarios where one of them does not ""own"" the problem. This will help people find the balance- especially your most productive, knowledgeable people - not the opposite - force them to leave Amazon because they are pounded by extra load as they become more and more effective every month!  The above is a top-down problem. Unless senior management takes such soft productivity into account when forcing senior managers to meet their goals by passing the force all the way down, this is not going to change and you will keep seeing the extraordinary attrition-rates as compared to competitors.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25326,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,You don't realize what you gotten into...,"Good compensation, interesting projects, a lot of opportunities within a company",You will learn to enjoy working at nights and weekends as well as carry pager,"Set realistic goals and do not demans ""death marches"" from middle management",3.0,2.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25327,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,"Working at Amazon is a crapshoot, it all depends on which team you join (most suck though!)","Good compensation package, millions of customers, some very interesting technologies especially in the area of distributed computing, some interesting talks, AWS teams seem to be the best organized with the highest level of morale","High-stress oncall rotations, dysfunctional engineering and project management, mediocre development environments with little testing, not invented here sydrome, lots of cowboy programmers, immature organizational structure","Set standards for how to manage projects, improve development environments, offload operatoins from engineering, improve testing frameworks, teach managers how to use their engineers as a team rather than individual henchmen",2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25328,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"High Salary, Hard working",The salary is enough high,The work is so stressful,No too much feedback given to Management,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25329,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Welcome to the Matrix,"In the old days (1995-2002), the people who worked here were incredibly smart, talented, interesting, versatile. I have never worked with a smarter group. Ever. It was like being in an elite college--that level of intelligence, but in a work environment. Very fun and stimulating.",Treat employees like disposable batteries. They will use you up and find fresh batteries to replace you.,"At some point, you may run out of eager young ambitious candidates from all over the world who want Amazon on their resumes. We'll see if you care about rentention then. Or just give it lip service, the way you do now.",1.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1754.htm
25330,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Director,Amazon.com - beware!,A respected name in e-commerce and one of the most powerful forces in retail. Innovative ideas that enhance the shopping experience (and Amazon's revenue potential) are abundant. Seattle is lovely and the cafeteria burrito bar is one of the best!,"Unbelievably long hours, no recognition, poor management, micro-management from the very top, no appreciation of staff ('just can them and get someone else'), incredible arrogance towards employees and business partners, etc.","Stop and listen to the employees - they sometimes know what they are talking about. Set realistic goals and if they are achieved, at least congratulate the employees for their hard work. Get a reasonable bonus system - $500 annual bonus to a high-performing employee is simply embarrassing.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.5,1.5,36,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25331,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Independent Software Engineer,Replacing you is cheaper than paying you more,You get to 'own' what you work on - no one will come rescue you. So you'd better be on top of things,"Chaotic, last-minute changes, endless bickering over details, extreme lack of long-term vision planning and communication, little understanding at upper levels of efficient ways to work better, management requires working demos (requiring enormous amounts of throwaway work), management forgets previous decisions at every design review meeting, extremely poor benefits package (they're just cheap!), offices and furniture are often shabby and worn, reviews are simply random facts, managers are not accountable for bad decisions, bad people skills get you ahead, ""good"" managers are those that avoid work and foist off their responsibilities to others, hard work is *not* rewarded or even recommended, but endless meetings about what should be done are the way to succeed.","Stop requiring working wireframes - learn how to conceptualize! Stop changing your minds because you think you have all this ""free"" labor that will work weekends endlessly trying to figure out a solution that meets your unclear dreams. Learn that ""rewards"" such as ""top employee of the cube farm"" are not the same as cold hard cash: Show Me the Money, Baby!",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,1.5,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25332,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Office Space,"The office space is amazing. Lots of cubes: rows and rows of cubes. Some windows, some chairs, etc. Some kitchens and sinks if you know where to look.",The office space isn't that great. Lots of cubes: rows and rows of cubes. Not enough windows or chairs.,"Put more energy into improving the office space. I would prefer more windows and chairs in the offices, if that's possible.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25333,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Amazon.com - a challenging environment where the sky is the limit,innovative projects darn smart people everywhere you will learn a lot data is king SDE's rule,employees are treated like a commodity few perks competitive salaries only average and you have to practically beg to get a bump,treat employees as well as you treat your customers and you'd be better off,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25334,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Decent for a first job out of college, but don't stay too long.","You're given a lot of responsibility (depending on the team, of course), which is a good learning experience for someone fresh out of college.  You get a 10% employee discount (okay, I'm running out of good things to say, and I need to get to 100 words-- seriously, if you are ambitious, there just aren't a lot of good reasons for you to stay at Amazon).","You are a cog in the machine. It's run by MBA-types who make stupid requests. Pager duty sucks. There systems are extremely fragile, and you will have to spend nights and weekends because of the incompetence of others.  People clock out at 5pm. There is very little passion among the other developers.",Reward high performers better.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25335,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SO WHAT'S UP WITH PERSONEL AT AMAZON,"WELL KNOWN, STARTUP COMPANY. A PRESTEGOUS IMAGE. EXCELLENT FOOD SERVICE. SEEM TO BE HIRING LOTS OF PEOPLE",SENIOR MANAGEMENT SEEMS TEMPRAMENTAL AND SOMEWHAT POMPUS. VERY QUICK TO POINT OUT MISTAKES AND TO THROW HISSY FITS WHEN MISTAKES ARE MADE. MANAGEMENT APPEARS TO FIRE PERSONEL QUICKLY AND HAS 20-100 PEOPLE REPORTING TO NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION EACH WEEK. DOES THAT MEAN THAT 20-100 EMPLOYEES ARE FIRED EACH WEEK?,SUPERVIZE YOUR CONTRACT STAFF VERY CLOSELY. THEY REPRESENT AMAZON BUT ARE SUPERVISED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO AMAZON. EMPLOYEES HAVE NO LOYALTY TO AMAZON,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25336,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Director,Make sure to look behind the curtain. This place ain't Oz.,Some great people work for the company.,"Sweatshop. Very poor employee morale. Most employees I know are very dissatisfied with their compensation, the poor raises (range = 0-3%, 5% is practically unheard of), high healthcare costs, and lack of career development opportunities (i.e. promotions are rare and there's no clear path to getting promoted ... most promotions require lots of political maneuvering). And the continuous change of focus, priorities and resources whenever the CEO comes up with a new idea (aka a ""Jeff project"" that will make your project no longer a priority) proves disheartening to everybody at some point in their Amazon career. This culture all comes directly from the CEO and nothing will change until he changes.",Stand up to Jeff once in awhile. It's a one man show.,1.0,3.0,none,1.5,2.0,2.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25337,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A review of Amazon,I really appreciate the customer focus.,"While they pride themselves on long-term strategy, it's not a universal theme, and many areas are too focused on short-term success. Not enough clear organization and planning, poor communication.",Support innovation and risk. Really.,1.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25338,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place for interns to start their careers.,"The people here are good, and the company has accomplished some great things. The interview process is grueling but effective, there aren't very many people here lacking in intelligence.  The management has realized the value of a balanced life, we aren't asked to work extended hours. At least in my group, they're doing their best to keep the unpleasantness of being on call to a minimum.  The mentoring program seems to be pretty good, the principal engineers put on some pretty interesting presentations describing the technologies that they're working with, and technical issues that affect developers.  There are some interesting technical problems to solve at Amazon, so if you're lucky enough to be on a team that's solving them, you will probably be quite happy here.","For the most part, the work is maintenance. Most engineers end up spending more time wading through low-quality code and fighting with configuration problems in the development environment than they do coding. Unless you're on a team that's developing new software, most of the code required is little more than patches and glue.  Most of Amazon's technology is out of date, including the low-end computers that the developers receive as workstations. The main platform is several years and two versions behind the times, and there's a surprising amount of business-critical code written in low-quality Perl.  All of this is exacerbated by a fairly mediocre benefits package.","Take a look at what most of the developers are doing, and how underutilized your talent is.",1.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25339,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,I can't believe I get paid to do what I love!,"Amazon.com has endless opportunities, not only for career advancement but for breadth of opportunities. In fact, they have a new shoe and handbag store called endless.com, check it out. Not to mention, amazonfresh.com (grocery delivery), smallparts.com (hardware store for R&D), web services for enterprise clients (target.com, sears.ca, etc.) and just about everything else on amazon.com.",It's tough to stay focused on one career path with so many different competing opportunities.,Senior Management needs to get in the trenches every once in a while to truly understand the challenges we face with the customer. The manager that do this always seem to have the best perspective of what we are dealing with everyday.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1755.htm
25340,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 23, 2008",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,About what you'd expect when you sell your soul. You get a good price for it though.,"Money, Money, Money, Money, Money","Working conditions (small cubes), tools available (one-size-fits-all computers don't really fit all sizes), competence of project managers (disorganized, no formal requirements setting), the need to maintain your own systems (nighttime and weekend calls/pages), lack of testers, lack of support staff. Basically, engineers are highly skilled web developers and system administrators. The compensation scheme also doesn't put much emphasis on performance, so the compensation is pretty similar if you did a good job or a bad. And people who are jerks, who don't get along with anyone and disrupt teams, aren't handled. They stick around forever.","Faster turnaround on evaluations, and put more emphasis on performance when determining compensation -- maybe move to larger bonuses (immediate bonuses -- 2-year-away stock doesn't count). Realize that a significant percentage of the best developers in the industry change jobs every 2-3 years. Make Amazon a place they want to stop in. Give developers more freedom to get more tools. You spend over 150K/year on them, but won't give them another gig of RAM? or a third monitor? Invest in TPMs. They need to be technical and understand requirements. Make it easier to get rid of people. Why can't we have more webdev's to do html? Why do most of us have pagers and not support staff who aren't developers? Why don't we have more testers?",3.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25341,amazon,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Writer,"A fair website, but sucks as a place to work",You own your own work,"Highly politicized. People are literally not important. Career development is a joke. There is only one upgrade path.  Failure in anything means a halt to upward movement. (I've seen great people stopped because of a relatively trivial error.)  Compensation is truly horrendous, and benefits are Scrooge-like.  Developers are a commodity, and work 80h weeks with oncall duty performing system maintenance.  This is the most seat-of-the-pants and blame-the-victim company I've ever worked for.  Hard work is not rewarded, because it's usually throwaway work.  Long-term planning is a joke.",What do you want to be as a company? How are the actions you take today related in any way to your future? Why do you discard great employees so easily? Why do you hire extremely talented people & then give them gruntwork to do?,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25342,amazon,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 22, 2008",Current Employee - Sales Director,"Amazon isn't all it's cracked up to be, unless you're an engineer you probably won't be happy",It looks good on a resume. The visibility of the company may allow you to catch the eye of recruiters in the future.,"The management is arrogant and unprofessional, the seem unqualified. There is such a strong emphasis put on the engineering side of the business, and none on the biz dev side. They do not understand what a sales person needs to be successful, if you are interviewing for a ""sales"" what they really want is a telemarketer.","Take a management course! Where you went to college shouldn't matter when you are 40+ years old! Take the time to learn how to run your department, understand that engineering isn't the only component in a interactive advertising department/business.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25343,amazon,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 22, 2008",Current Employee - Operations,Pay raise? You get stock!,"Name recognition. Free candy. Color printer. Coffee comes quickly and often. As it is required for someone to submit a comment that has a minimum of 100 words, a brief sentence to explain what is necessary can be used to do the needful. Run-on sentences comparing unnecessary aspects were popular in previous corporations where once I worked. How at this point can one bring oneself to reflect upon such experiences yet get some complication out of simplicity can boggle one's mind briefly.",Low pay. Very crappy technical support internally. Overburdened with life. The office decor is falling apart with disrepair.,"Instead of yes men, give El honcho grande a dose of reality sometimes.",3.0,4.5,none,4.0,1.5,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25344,amazon,"Lexington, KY"," Apr 23, 2008",Former Employee - Systems Administrator,Long hours and low pay.,"If you take advantage of the discounts, you can save a good bit of money. You definitely get recognised for doing good work and you can quickly earn respect throughout the company if you earn it. Comp time is easy to arrange if you have a decent manager.","60-80 hour work weeks are not uncommon during crunch times. You can usually take off a good chunk once the flames die down but Amazon would work you 24 hours a day if they could. Overall, IT staff are stretched thin and severely underpaid for what they are expected to accomplish.",Either hire more entry-level people that are quick learners to ease off on the hours of senior admins or pay people what they're worth. Long hours and low pay do not lead to high retention rates no matter how good it looks for the stock-holders bottom lines.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,1.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25345,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Sps Associate,SPS Associate,Amazon is the leading e-commerce company and the best to work for right now.,Not much cons as its the best place to be at.,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25346,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,free drinks and free paarkimg so its good,long hours and 10hr shifts,none,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25347,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Language Specialist,German language associate,less work stress at workplace,Growth can be slow depends on your own.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25348,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work with,"Ambience, facilities, support and everything is great.",Opportunity wise need to work more to show more and to grow more.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25349,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound Picking,Fulltime,Offers of Great Opportunity and good Benefits,Work is competing process sa me employee don’t give way,Don’t put the work in Rating system,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1756.htm
25350,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Experience,Work/Life harmony Leadership principles really applied day by day Very well designed recruitment and on boarding plans Enough time to learn before start having responsibilities,You can feel lost at the begging with the selfie service culture. Sometimes a little bit of more guidance would waste a lot of time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25351,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Datacentre Technician,Datacentre Technician,You get hands on experience,It's a lot of hard work,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25352,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working enviroment and supportive leads,Work from whichever place you want,Holidays are very random . and overtime are hectic.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25353,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Kindle,It's an amazing company for employers.,Employers won't be able to work on over time,Please take care of employers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25354,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very nice place to work,amazing people good place to work,no major cons i guess,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25355,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE overview,Great impact. Professional people. Chance to solve complex problems.,You should be on-call according to a team rotation. As a development engineer you can end up doing more system engineering then writing code. Stressful environment.,None.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25356,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,A great place for freshers,Amazing work culture and atmosphere Well organized and helpful supervisors Wonderful infrastructure,Role is monotonous Selection criteria is stringent,Kindly work upon your training staff. There is a clear lag between what is taught in training and how things are done on the floor.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25357,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Keep up the good work.,Amazing work culture and pristine leadership principles,Nothing as such. It's a great company to work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25358,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Selling Partner Support,AMAZON- The best place to work and start your carrier,"Amazon has good surroundings to work with, i love the infrastructure and the way they treat everyone is just amazing... Its a great start for the one who is starting their carrier in AMAZON because they have choose the right path. One can grow well in their talent and everything is appreciated here.. The amazing thing is that no dress code and we follow ""Be yourself""",nothing to share because everything is simple amazing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25359,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Machine Learning Data Associate II,Great company to work.,1. Work culture is good. 2. Your innovative ideas will be welcomed in any process 3. Growth is certain if you can quantify and achieve a good impact with your ideas 4. Relationship with managers will be crucial for growth. A good manager will ensure that you grow. 5. Learning should never stop. New skill sets are always encouraged. 6. Millions of opportunities if appropriate skills are learnt which will help in improving the performance metrics necessary for growth. 7. Gender diversity is good and no bias observed by me. 8. Good leave policy and no hassle for getting them if you plan them well. 9. Cab facilities available for employees and lower level employees get some amount as transport allowance if not using cabs which is great.,Very few from my side. 1. Shifts can be a pain sometimes on health if you are not okay with working on shifts. 2. Sometimes anonymity of certain aspects of work can hinder you to get the complete picture of the process you work.,Communication across all levels is great. Please continue keeping this in current state.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1757.htm
25360,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Incredible place to worf for,- demanding and challanging culture - meritocracy - smart people all around the place,- sometimes working times are long,- if you put back togethere the work-life balance issue and give more flexibility to employees (work from home etc.) you would be n1 employer in 1 year,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25361,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Challenging problems. Very clear promotion criteria, and plenty of room for growth in a steady manner. You choose your lane.  Decisions are very data-driven, and are usually made for the benefit of the customer.","Internal tools are often clumsy, and are probably the most frustrating aspect of work you would encounter.  As a software developer, you take operational responsibility for your applications and have to do on-call work.  Collaboration between teams in different offices often takes a long while.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25362,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good and earns alot a week,Long hours and really hard to adjust,Listen to workers more,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25363,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigator,Professional environment Multi cultural work area,No meal vouchers No fully transportation cover,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25364,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Sucess Manager,Partner Sucess Manager,"Amazing tech, exciting and very fast moving,",Hard work that can suck you in if not careful,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25365,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Project Manager,TPM Experiences,"Amazon has always been a busy and fulfilling place to work, the technical innovation provides employees to a platform to be involved in shaping the future of cloud services. This allows employees insight into the company's core and provides opportunities to continually grow and move roles in sync with their interests.","Things move fast and teams grow, it can be difficult to keep up with the pace of change especially when that dictates that teams have to reshape to better serve the customer.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25366,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment,"Work culture, work life balance",Promotions are difficult to get Heavy competition for promotion,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25367,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Methodological innovation at fast pace,"- Mobility is encouraged, engineers can switch teams at very high frequency (I will not advice that though, as per me engineers should try a team or role for at least six months) - Deliveries and results are appreciated, executors can grow easily and just verbal claimers cannot survive here - Hands-on career tracks are deep, software engineers can grow all the way up to distinguished engineer e.g. James Gosling",- Engineers or Managers looking for a limited hour job may not get so. Work is at times demanding though work life balance is encouraged and possible.,"Ensure culture and principles for new hires, for Level 1 to Level 5 employees remains same as what it was 10-15 years ago.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25368,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - Enterprise Sales,AWS Enterprise Sales Intern,- amazing environment and culture amazon truly believes in striving to ensure customer satisfaction and does not only believe in it they live it. - great place to start a career - great management and staff,-longer hours -hard separation between work and home balance,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25369,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,A good ecommerce company,"Friendly environment, good work culture","Travelling time is alot, work stress",Please be a little employee friendly as well.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1758.htm
25370,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Investigator,Risk Investigator,High exposure. Great culture. Fast paced.,Work life balance. Average pay.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25371,amazon,"Bolton, England (UK)"," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,Amazing pay Good team leaders Free drinks Cheap food,On your feet along time Only 2 breaks,Add another break,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25372,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Comfortable and easy going,Good working and friendly environment,Always has an Open doors for improvement,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25373,amazon,Paris (France)," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great Company,Great induction program Truly Worldwide Great atmosphere,Not known yet but some people seems very busy :),none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25374,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great company to work for,"Great career opportunities, however you have to look for them and be avid for growth. You can grow a lot with the company if you're in the right setting",Can be difficult to survive if you don't have the right management. Compensation is not on par with other big tech companies in some of the roles. Work-life balance depends on you and the management you have.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25375,amazon,Coimbatore South (India)," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good company,Very great work culture and environment,A very good company no cons as worked only for a short period of time,no,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25376,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,Transaction Risk Analyst,"Excellent Career opportunities if you have/develop new skills like SAS, MS EXCEL, Photoshop, Video Editing, etc.",Certain departments have become stagnant.,More involvement with grass root level employees and provide better opportunities for skill development and career growth.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25377,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to start,"Fun time, never get bored because of the activities they conduct, foosball table, table tennis, carrom and pool is even in the cafeteria to get out of stress.",Not found yet will update in future if any.,Please take care of employees in IJP if one is missed becaus of your staff mistakes he should be compensated or given a next chance when it's highlighted,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25378,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great benefits including Stocks, Internet, Health Club or Gym",I guess the company has really high performance standards and sometimes gets too stressful,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25379,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a good and fun place to work,Good team great environment fun loving people great path to learn good career,look in a positive way,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1759.htm
25380,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work place,Its a good work place with lots of opportunities and has friendly culture,Nothing as such only small issue is that we need to manage our work life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25381,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Amazing Place to work,Work amongst the best minds in the industry Amazing career growth options Leadership framework and principles - never lets you fail,"Hardly any. Just the process of recruitment is time consuming. However, after joining I realised it is for a reason. Definitely, there is room for improvement though.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25382,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Software Engineer, Amazon","Fast moving environment, good opportunities","Frugality, bad work life balance, no facilities compared to competitors",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25383,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome learning curve with loads of oppertunity,1. Awesome learning curve for new joinees as well experienced person 2. New challenging problems to solve,Chances of burout given the pace amazon is growing.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25384,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,seller support associate,nice work space nice salary nice bonus,hectic calls work pressure boring job,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25385,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Every Day Day-0,1. Fast learning environment 2. Supportive peers but exhaustive work pressure,1. Worklife balance becomes an issue sometimes,Take care of your experience assets,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25386,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Operator,I'd recommend,Great pay and easy application process,Tough and demanding job at times,Treat younger employees as adults,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25387,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,A good company at the start of your career,"Good experience, A lot to learn.","Can be hectic some times, but not if you enjoy your work.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25388,amazon,Paris (France)," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Agency Development,the still day feeling is amazing,the frugality can be frupidity sometimes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25389,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun to work at,"Good salary, cab benefits, meal coupons",Unsure of decisions taken by management sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1760.htm
25390,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Trainer,"Great Working culture, Core Principles, Leadership","As you have to travel a lot, consumes +2hr daily, after a point learning stops.",Nothing,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25391,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,Interesting challenges with very motivated and high-caliber individuals.,"As expected for a large company, processes take a long time.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25392,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Research Analyst,Research Analyst,Great people to work with. Fun at work.,Cab services are not good .,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25393,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Amazon sde2,Stock historically has performed well,"* getting promoted is a frustrating experience * Career growth is a priority, but some teams have very few opportunities * Some teams oncall is a dumpster fire","* invest into operations, help shift on call load to devops teams * Prioritize assignments based on growth opportunities for developers",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25394,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Manager,Great place to start working and grow.,Need to stick to the Original Principles of company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25395,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,"Work from home facility, 5 days week",Local leaders changing the Amazon  atmosphere,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25396,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer service,"Lots of benefits, great work environment, schedule flexibility, and people always willing to help , been working here for 2 years and I have no complaints, they are always helping you growing as well","None, so far everything has been great",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25397,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Cust,Best Company to start your career,"Good colleagues , better work environment , Adequate training provided to execute day to day task at work place.",No as such but morning shifts are problematic if you live at a distance from the facility,Provide cab service in the morning shifts.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25398,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top Employer,Interesting Roles Plenty of Progression Opportunities Good Pay Good Work/Life Balance,Nothing at all to note.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25399,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Operational Head,Operational head,Great place to work friendly enviorment to process with all work,shift management should be analysed with the management,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1761.htm
25400,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,A good company at the start of your career,"Good experience, A lot to learn.","Can be hectic some times, but not if you enjoy your work.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25401,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary at amazon,Superb place to learn from,Politics here internally is too much.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25402,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Amazon SDE,"You will learn latest technologies, the work quality here is better than other big MNCs.",Perks are less as compared to other firms.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25403,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a culture fit,"You're challenged and need to be both physically and emotionally invested in making each shift succeed. If you are competitive, become fully immersed in your work and see what you do day to day as a purpose then this company may be for you","You're challenged and need to be both physically and emotionally invested in making each shift succeed. If you're looking for work which compensates you well whilst leaving you with enough energy and mental capacity to pursue interests or hobbies outside of work, this company will likely not suit you",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25404,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support,Very Professional Attitude towards work,Few growth opportunities in the initial years,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25405,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Great culture in the office,Not enough pay to suit the work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25406,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Awesome place,Everything is good.. you can be independent in your work.. No stress,Nothing as of now. But it could be better at handling csa's at peak time,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25407,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Amazon is a good place to work. Here you'll get a chance to work in complex problems and large scale distributed systems. The work culture will encourage you to experiment and try out new things. Leadership principle are unique and add a lot of value to anyone's personal development.,It's a fast pace environment and work life balance can be affected in some way.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25408,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDS Associate,everyone is very helpful always willing to give you a hand if you need one. Doesn't matter what level they are,lack of paid holidays - very stressful environment,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25409,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great culture, environment, friendly people",Nothing of which I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1762.htm
25410,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Self Learning Environment With Unlimited Opportunities,"--> Talented co-workers --> flexible work timings --> work from home option --> extra benefits like cab allowance, meal allowance, health-internet-mobile reimursement and a lot more.... --> probably the maximum number of leaves compared to any company.",--> Sometimes you have to stay late for work but its everywhere. --> Management issues ( a little but still exists) --> scarcity of free snacks --> recreational room is good but can be improved a lot.,"""Teach the employees so much that they can leave, Treat the employees as such that they don't want to""",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25411,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE-II,"Diversity of Technology and ease of switching between teams. High standards of software management, security etc. Mammoth Scale.","1. Workload is too much in some teams. 2. HQ has better quality of work, than India or any other office. 3. Work life balance may be impacted, due teams located all over the world, meetings extend over to anytime.",1. Setup some norm for meetings between 2 teams located in different timezones.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25412,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Resoultion Specalist,"Work Culture. Great People. Great Peers and workable environment,",Constant day to day changing shifts. No static management. Internal Politics.,Hire some good leadership team and people who grow internally as those people have an Idea how an company works.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25413,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,TRMS Review,"Best Work Environment, Achieveable targets",A better packge should be provided,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25414,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work in,Good place for professional development,Quite stressful and long working hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25415,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Making application,Easy to work. Getting paid by Amazon gift cards and getting so many cashback,Taking time to get salary. Not much getting paid,Please increase the salary we are poor,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25416,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Application Engineer,Overall Very Good Work Culture,Individual but scalable services based structure,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25417,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,data associate,"work friendly, pleasant work atmosphere",no regret working in amazon,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25418,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It’s good to work for amazon,No work life balance is seen,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25419,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Translator,Good for experience,Chilled-out environment and flexibility. Good start for a fresher.,Slow growth and monotonous. Have to always be on a look-out for something new.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1763.htm
25420,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History","Sometimes you will find lack of management, again it is only specific to few locations/processes",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25421,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good company to work for.. Had a good time and learnt a lot,There are no cons as such,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25422,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Great place with loads of smart people,Work environment seems too competitive sometimes.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25423,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Aws,Nice place to work very professional,I can not see any cons,I can not see any advises at the moment,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25424,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Great experience, Good Environment, Employee friendly policies","Stress in peak, some areas of the departments are stress full and have a lot of work as compared to compensation",Customer service is good for a entry level job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25425,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Recruiter,"Great Work Culture, excellent opportunity to learn, constantly being challenged which makes you think out of the box to resolve unique problems.",None that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25426,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area manger,very dynamic environment to work,work life balance needs to be improved,NA,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25427,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Opportunities at its best!,"Excellent company is terms of growth and learning. Being a part of mid level leadership team, I know the efforts the company is putting to make the employees feel happy and satisfied with their job.","As is the case in all companies, there are few employees who will always spread negativity without knowing too much about the background. Better to not get demotivated as performance is everything in Amazon and in case of any issues, HR team is extremely strong and powerful.",All good.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25428,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Manager,Peculiar in a GOOD way,Very customer and employee focused with excellent training and development resources. Working with team of great professionals and effective communicators.,Pace of change and innovation is challenging,Easy on the acronyms,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25429,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager 2,"Good people, environment and projects",Too much documentation and focus on communication,"Leadership is dedicated and inclined to making Amazon the most customer centric company in the world, but there are only a few rare instances of making work place a more employee friendly one. Should focus on employees as well.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1764.htm
25430,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Company to work with,"Working environment, Good salary, Balanced Life",No major cons as such,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25431,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company to Work !!!,1) Best Work culture 2) Friendly environment,Nothing as such to cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25432,amazon,Noida (India)," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer service at Amazon,"Best infrastructure, you will always get good vibes when you work with them.",Sometimes night shift becomes hassle.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25433,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation,Transport,Taking challenge and respected working are mysterious,Good community and ability work and change the different humanity will there also,Best supporting team and advisors,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25434,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,Flexible policies Helpful work environment.,Limited on site opportunities Can be better at transparency,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25435,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWSome place to work,"Amazing culture, data driven, good focus on goals, unparalleled customer obsession",no cons to talk about yet,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25436,amazon,"Tampines, East (Singapore)"," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing,AWS - a great place for professional and personal development,"- Impressed with the quality of the people, the place has low tolerance for BS, so colleagues are professional with a good heart eager to grow with and for the customers - amazing growth momentum of AWS means exciting projects that scream innovation, it's a progressive place to be. You learn and re-learn every day.","- Yes, it tends to be fast-paced, so it may not be for everyone. - You need to juggle the different balls, but if you do that well in life (not just at work), that spells you are likely to be successful at AWS","- Continue to be customer-obsessed, and that includes employees-obsession too - AWS aims to support customers with a long-term vision, so on metrics tracked for business, look long-term too. To go faster, don't over-analyze",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25437,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,"Overall Great place, but not for everyone","Great Salary  Great Benefits  Growth opportunities* (read cons)  Free healthcare, union, on-site doctor, popcorn, cafeteria, CR is the most spoiled site worldwide  Great environment  Good parties  Very nice and transparent culture  No Phones (if you're on back office)","During orientation and interviews, ""outside the box"" thinking is desired, however, at the time to do the job, you're not allowed to do that whatsoever (unless you're a manager)  From 4 weeks before black friday until mid february, don't even think on getting sick, asking for a shift swap, vacations, leave of absence, running errands in public offices, going to classes or overall anything that could land during your work days as it's easier to go to the moon than get anything approved. (If maternity leave wouldn't be legally obligated, they wouldn't allow you)  ""Growth Opportunities"" are plentiful, however, they often indicate high attrition (specially upper management) For leadership positions, you're not allowed to apply unless you have previous ""proven"" experience. More often than not, outsiders are hired. Highly recommended to have an MBA or Six-Sigma certification if you want to grow here  Upper management (2+ levels above regular employees) is completely disconnected from the regular population  Every single new tool launch is met with severe impacts on productivity, bugs and more problems due to lackluster project management and lack of understanding of what those who will use the tool actually need. Not to mention, you are still requested to hit your metrics despite something clearly impacting you and you explaining, Upper management only sees the red on the excel sheet  Usually the tight metrics and demands to perform well, lead to many cheating the system and altering their metrics by any means necessary (often the ones promoted)  ""Networking"" is crucial to have good results on interviews  Adherence to procedures is so extreme, that you'll be incredibly fearful to ""think outside the box"" and come up with solutions (like requested on interviews) because of a poor score on your weekly numbers.  You're not allowed to think freely on solutions or improve on processes if you don't know with whom to talk to  Bureaucracy plagues every single aspect of TRMS",(Not that they'll read it)  Improve the connection between the operations floor and them  Loosen the load on supervisors to insist on hitting unrealistic metrics after new processes clearly impact them  Reduce bureaucracy  Have a clear line of communication between teams so solutions can be achieved more easily,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25438,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,Good pay Good food Nice people,Long hours Taxing on the body,Keep doing what you're doing,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25439,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place but poor training,Good company always innovating Medical insurance Decent salary Transportation and benefits,"Poor training, you are not trained with all the information you need to have",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1765.htm
25440,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Software Development Engineer, Intern",Good Quality of Projects. The working environment was very good,No cons as such. It is a great company to enhance your skills,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25441,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,2 years in and still enjoying it!,"Challenging, lots of opportunity, great people","If you don't buy into the Amazon way, you will struggle",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25442,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!!!!,very good environnement ! challenging projects,"nothing, maybe sometimes a lot of work",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25443,amazon,Secunderabad (India)," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Specialist,Employeecentric,Best place to have fun and achieve heights,No proper balance in supporting system.Where there are happening many changes,Providing more opportunities to the employees where they can shows there skills and knowledge for the development of both the organization and employee,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25444,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Catalog Specialist,"Great Management,Structured,Great people to work with",Carrier Growth opportunities are less,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25445,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company to Work !!!,1) Best Work culture 2) Friendly environment,Nothing as such to cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25446,amazon,Noida (India)," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer service at Amazon,"Best infrastructure, you will always get good vibes when you work with them.",Sometimes night shift becomes hassle.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25447,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Executive,Hard-working. Excellent communication. Take effective feedback and work on it. Patient. Good at time management.,That's for the management to say,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25448,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work in,"Competitive environment, payment is justified","Too much workload, not free even during weekends",Lessen the workload so that some time left for social life,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25449,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support,Always best place to work to enhance our skills.,"Good place for freshers, always fun in work, challenging at work. Amazon will pay well and give you all facilities which will beneficial for company point of view. Flexible Work from home option.","Meal vouchers value is very less, doesn't enough for a month.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1766.htm
25450,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer II,Cloud Support Engineer II,Amazon provides equal opportunities to all its employees. Manager never say NO to any idea that you have. You can go higher the ladder with string LP's,NONE - Its at The Best,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25451,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Relentless Iteration,Amazing place to work with amazing people. I learnt so much about how to grow an organisation through relentless iteration.,The rate of change is phenomenal - not everyone can deal with it but if you can keep up it will be worth it.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25452,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Ex Employee,"Very busy, Hard working, demanding",Can be flexible regarding you to taking holiday and time off,"It is full of favoritism, no equal opportunities exist, no respect at the work place, you are just a number.",Not going to listen you.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25453,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer intern,"Always on the latest technologies, good work environment, like a startup",the work comes in phases and work pressure can get really hectic,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25454,amazon,"City of Westminster, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,self employed,"Am a good time keeper, 8 years experience in deliveries,logistics industry.","working as a delivery personnel, it hectics on unforeseen circumstances , like bad weather and accidents",good staffing in all area of a company or firm. large and small businesses,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25455,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work culture,Good work culture Rewards for good work,Takes a lot of time for promotion,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25456,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Culture at Amazon,The leadership principles of Amazon build a balance from aspects of making decision and people here can usually benefit from this to make quick and right decision.,"Like many things else, if the balance was not referenced correctly or too aggressively, there are potential negative impact introduced to decision making.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25457,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hard work long hours but decent pay,"4 day work shift, can work day or night shift decent nightly pay",very hard work high targets constant reviews,ease up on targets and allow longer breaks,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25458,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Junior Payroll Analyst,Payroll,The people work with and the environment are very nice and very international. Many options to develop yourself in many levels.,Too much overtime unpaid and the management is unexperienced.,More open and fair treatment to employees. Difficult process for promo.,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25459,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company. Fast pace and great colleagues.,Earths Most Customer Center Company,Fast organization but benefits not the best in industry,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1767.htm
25460,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture & ethics,Everything is good at amazon,I do have only issues with travelling as office was quite far from my home,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25461,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Manager,Enterprise Account Manager,"Smart People, Amazing Technology, Strong Customer Demand, Great Working Environment","Unusual red tape, too many internal emails.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25462,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior TPM,Sr. TPM,Culture of innovation Excellent talent Stretch you to give the best,"Workload can be daunting at times Have to work across time zones, requiring late evening calls",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25463,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great place with explosive growth,"Smart colleagues, Growing organisation, Interesting strategy",Can be a bit clunky for those used to big corporates You need to operate at all levels - some aspects of the role are administrative. Unclear salary and career progression,Keep raising the bar. leverage technology to make a big company feel small with connected teams.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25464,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions Architect at AWS,Work with very talented people Possibly the best place for learning and development Great benefits package and compensation,"The very fast pace of change, which is difficult to keep up",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25465,amazon,"Ḩawwārah, Amman Governorate (Jordan)"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Any Software Engineer Should Experience The Work @ Amazon,"Clear Process, Huge business, Best Practices, Good Compensations and Benefits, Lot of Growing Paths and Lot of Events and Training sessions.","Communications Challenges, Time Differences Between Teams.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25466,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - EU Central Flow Lead,EU CENTRAL FLOW LEAD,"New learning everyday, high responsibility from initial point, salary, environment.","The worst thing, of course is the schedule, however is sth that you know before starting in the company. And also is sth that is related to operations jobs not only in Amazon, but also in every position related to OPS",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25467,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Manager,A place where you can be yourself!,Very structured but relaxed Awesome growth possibilities Work with some of the smartest people in the world Opportunities are endless,The massive size of the company makes it have too many departments which you dont always know about until someone says something. This downside also makes it a PRO because your career moves are that much wider!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25468,amazon,"Castel San Giovanni, Emilia-Romagna (Italy)"," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,"open mind culture, challenging environment, quick decision, great opportunity to growth: friendly and young environment","difficult work life-balance, sometimes not completely awareness and alignment of the different projects in place",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25469,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Resolution Specialist,Total leaves are 50 thats great,frugality is the major concern,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1768.htm
25470,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job,good salary and benefits for employees,work life balance is out of the door,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25471,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Supply Chain Analyst,Excellent place to work and grow,Better communication with the management,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25472,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer 2,You will get exposure to new technologies. Work is innovative in most of teams.,Annual bonus is in form of stocks which gets vested after 2 yrs.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25473,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,As a software engineer in Amazon,Understand and work with distributed software systems Scale is an integral part of the organization be it the software systems or influence that you have on your peers,"OnCall - Some of the teams may have a gruelling on-call that may take a toll on your life if the system is not handled well Too many people move between the teams, at times it is hard to find tenured expertise",Focus on employee work-life balance Find mechanism of rewarding employee retention in the team Focus on building expertise and not just software systems that scale,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25474,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer intern,"Always on the latest technologies, good work environment, like a startup",the work comes in phases and work pressure can get really hectic,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25475,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Process Associate,process associate,Awesome learning for new joinees as well experienced person New challenging problems to solve,Chances of burout given the pace amazon is growing.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25476,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Visual Designer,Amazon,Amazon has amazing principles to help the employee,Management not following the principle to help the employee in India.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25477,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Data Warehouse ETL Developer,Warehouse,"To experience , learn, encourage, communicate,being part of it","Bringing awareness, innovative, challenges, change, opportunity",Grow more,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25478,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great start for a fresher,The work environment is pretty cool and anyone will love to work .,For the employees who has completed more than 2 years should be given some advantage over the new joiners,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25479,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation operation especialist,Helps to improve CV and gain experience,Low salary  Management  no benefits,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1769.htm
25480,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work atmosphere,"Fast paced, latest technologies, helpful team",No major cons for me.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25481,amazon,Noida (India)," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,consultant,good environment good culture helping seniors which will fab for all. come soon,work load night shift it is all fake plz not take it serious,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25482,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Grow,1. good compensation 2. great office culture 3. many opportunities to grow,"depends on the individual, personally found no major cons",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25483,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,good for working and enjoying,nothing to tell bad about amazon,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25484,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive vibe so far,Fantastic and very bright colleagues Lots of opportunities for growth Internal Mentor ship program,None at the moment,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25485,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,"Shiny on the outside, slightly rotten on the inside","Opportunities, diversity of work, global presence","Questionable morals and ethics, employees have little human value, some business areas rely on a hire, burn out, fire mentality","Turn managers in to leaders, and remember employees are actually humans",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25486,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,every day is very exciting. New projects every day. Colleagues are very smart. Can learn a lot from this job.,Working environment not very friendly,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25487,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,cool place keeps you busy nice pay for evenings and you find a wide variety of peopleto work with,Middle of nowere strict on breaks i find it hard to got toilet invasive drug tests,believe in your staff more lets avoid a culture of fear and collegues telliing on one another to cut down rivals or collegues.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25488,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Employer,Good working environment and some great leaders/talent,Low Personal work-life balance Micro management at some levels,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25489,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,"Smart People, growth opportunities, innovation options, movements","Documentation, legacy programs, people movement",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1770.htm
25490,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer (SDE - 1),Loved the work. Friendly people. Good compensation.,The sports room lacks equipment,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25491,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Sales Associate,amazon development center,they have very good working culture,growth is difficult in amazon,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25492,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Nice support during my time here,No bonus but still worth it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25493,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - QAE,Good place to work,has innovation and growth opportunities,Bad work life balance is not good,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25494,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment Associate,"I’ve worked at Amazon for 2 weeks, and it isn’t what I was expecting from the reviews I have read. To clear some things up....you are of course allowed to go to the toilet whenever you need to, but if you are constantly going then they may ask why, just like any job. Yes it’s tiring, you’re on your feet all day, it is not an office job. Yes you have to walk to the canteen, it takes a few minutes but people leave their work stations a few minutes before their break starts to ensure they get their full allocation of break. You do have to go through a metal detector,, so just make sure you have no metal objects such as keys, coins etc in your pockets or on your clothing and you want get stopped. Yes there is compulsory overtime at Xmas, but they give you plenty of notice when it starts and if there is any problems you can always speak to a manager about your shifts. It is boring some days as you may just be packing or picking, but the day does go quick and to be honest I get paid more at amazon for packing boxes then I did in a call centre & I don’t get shouted at by rude customers. The managers are really helpful, so are HR . It really isn’t as bad as people make out, as long as you are prepared to work hard be be on your feet. So here are some tips: Drink plenty of water throughout the day On every break have something to eat Wear comfortable clothing and shoes Get plenty of sleep every night and you will be fine!","Long working hours, some lazy staff who will literally walk round the building, do minimum work and complain about everything",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25495,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - ML Associate,alexa data services,"good,awesome ,friendly ,f un, entertainment, outings","none as such,no stress,fun,floor activities,pay,hike",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25496,amazon,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supervisor,"Good benefits, discounts, quick career progress","Crazy working hours, staff fluctuations",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25497,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Learning curve is great especially when beginning your career,A lot of automation going on so the role and responsibilities change quite a lot,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25498,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good place for a starter to join,politics are huge and shifts vary alot,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25499,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Low work life balance but good growth within company,Learning is great and fast paced environment Ownership,Low work life balance. Low pay,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1771.htm
25500,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Low work life balance but good growth within company,Learning is great and fast paced environment Ownership,Low work life balance. Low pay,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25501,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support Associate,Work culture is great and great opportunity in terms of sales.,Salary structure is less. People stuck in the wrong job profile can't change to the right profile withing the company before 9 months.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25502,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Sales Associate,Healthy thinking helps build appropriate environment to work.,Always respect and understand the visions Opposite will reple.,No advise.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25503,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data engineer at Amazon,"Being data/fact driven, Amazon provides a lot of opportunities working with huge Data volume. Technical centric and growth oriented culture. Huge emphasis on working backwards. Freedom to work in your own way in terms of timings, estimates, etc.",Fast pace growth causes more tactical implementations than a longer term strategical approach to problems and requirements. To frugal in,"Please increase focus on employees, compared to policies and processes.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25504,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Process Associate,Senior Process Associate,"Good name in Market, Benefits","Degrading work culture, Less hike, Work pressure, Poor management",Please have respect for all the work levels,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25505,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data analyst,Good Emplpoyee benifits and best work culture,Senior management is worst and no carrer growth,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25506,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources,Life @ Amazon fulfillment Canada,- very analytical - cutting edge technology - best place to learn operations and supply chain - very quick decision making - good brand,"- no work life balance - very little time for anything, there is a constant feeling of not being able to complete your work - almost everyone feels overwhelmed it is accepted as the norm by leaders at all level. - toxic work environment disguised as the 'callout' culture - an excuse for people to blame each other for what happened. - emotionally and mentally exhausting work - HR is very admin and transactional more of a time and attendance office than HR",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25507,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support Associate,"Great environment, great place to work and AMAZING opportunities.",Schedules sometimes are not that flexible. But management always listens and finds a way to do it.,"Keep doing the good job, and if you implement something, do not quit it after 2 months. (Wed activities)",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25508,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Tough interview but great experience,Amazing culture and leadership principles. I believe they must have carved out this principles from Scout and Soldiers analogy. I get to work with best minds in the world - What else is more satisfying,getting interviewed for a grade and get offer letter for lower grade is not uncommon. but leaves a bitter interview experience,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25509,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,"work place, culture, management, benefits","shift timings, bonus, week off, promotion",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1772.htm
25510,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,good work environment and salary,sudden changes and frugal in nature,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25511,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Workplace Environment,Good Workplace Environment for Employees,There are Irregularities in Mid-Level Management,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25512,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Busy,"Good work culture , food for brain",work Life balance is one of them,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25513,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Awesome place to work,Good working environment. Friendly staff. Fast growth.,Salary is low compared to other company for the same process.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25514,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Good place to work Helpful work envirnoment,No upraisal No promotion on time,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25515,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome Place to work,One of the best companies to work,No Cons . Best place to work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25516,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Solutions Architect,Great company to work and to learn!,"Culture, learning, benefits, work/life balance","If i had to say one would be people tend to move a lot between departments and there's a lot of new people because of the growing, so some things can sometime get lost on this process.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25517,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Great place to work, Company wise the commitment with the employees is showed since day one.",No caramel Pop Corn twice a week...,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25518,amazon,Puntarenas (Costa Rica)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - VCS Agent L2,A dream Come True,The Best Company compared with all the others in my experience Chances to Growth VCS its the future Spend more time with my my family More than worker care its worker love,"It does not exist any con, its perfect",Continue this way,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25519,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Premium Technical Account Manager,"Best place to work! Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History by Jeff Bezos. Awesome company!","A lot of benefits (gifts, transportation, hundreds of opportunities over the world, options to travel, a lot of growing, learning experience (programs to develop yourself as a leader), you are a direct employee of the company, fun activities, and more). - You have a different line of businesses where you can develop yourself. - Employment stability. - We are making history. - A lot of positions offer Work From Home. - Awesome work environment. - I have been in Amazon Selling Partner Support for over 2 years and I can tell that this is the best company to work!!  I feel proud to be an Amazonian, would you like to be one? If yes, apply for a position now!  Regards,","When Jeff Bezos said ""Work Hard"" he really mean it! So, if you are looking for a place to have fun without working hard Amazon is not the place for you.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1773.htm
25520,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,"1) Great working environment. less work pressure. 2) Flexible work hours 3) Lots of learning, progressing opportunities 4) Energetic colleagues 5) supports Multiculturalism 6) Work / life balance","1) Need to be active about career growth. Normal day work done well is the minimum requirement for promotion. 2) If not aware, can get very specific to just aws services, which might not be something most people want",Keep mixing things up and get every employee involved in activities outside work.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25521,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,good,communication is good increases the experience,"stress is high , people not friendly","no advice, they will not improve anyways",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25522,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Business Development Account Manager,Business Development Account Manager,"Great benefits, enjoyable workplace culture, good level of responsibility","Rigid upper management, career progression seemed a little slow",Loosen up and start listening,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25523,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer job at Amazon,"Good co-workers, opportunities for high impact work. Shares are good.",This varies depending on teams.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25524,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Process Associate,Good only for technical profile.,"In Process associate profile, the perk are good, they provide cab and sodexo coupons. Mostly everyone is young in the team so there's good coordination.","Reppititive job, change of shift, overtime during peak season, low salary",Engage the team by making them do something productive.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25525,amazon,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sourcing Manager,Senior Sourcing Manager,"Global Company, Innovative Company, Top industry",Spend a lot of time in writing down what and why changes are needed instead of making things happening,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25526,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Mostly Positive - Area Manager,"Great variety of work experience. 1 year here is probably equal to 2 years elsewhere due to the project work, metric deep diving, and the headcount reporting to you. Currently I have 200+ associated reporting to me.","A lot of focus on low level employee engagement, but none at all aimed at management level and above. They expect the higher salary to be enough (and some Snr. managers will say this to your face), but there's only so much time someone will stay in a higher paying job if they are getting increasingly more unhappy each month.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25527,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Learning Experience,"Ambitious organisation and peers Smart and kind colleagues Wealth of training, learning resources and learning experiences Interesting engineering culture, very customer centric","Lots of tech debt Not much autonomy at team level to address issues Very waterfall, requirements gather slowly, product lifecycle needs slimming down Oncall experience was pretty taxing on personal life at times","A part of customer obsession is empowering your employees to obsess over customers. Obsess over what makes it difficult to do their jobs and what makes the good ones leave.  Keep focusing on the hiring bar, quality > quantity",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25528,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - CSE,Retail,"Leave policy, transport allowance, friendly work environment, activities on floor,good training plan","Rigid and new policy, stagnant growth, partiality",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25529,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,data analyst,desirable to prove our skills,every moment challenging and we are flexible for rotational shifts,be patient,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1774.htm
25530,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr program support specialist,Good work culture in amazon,No work life balance Low salary,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25531,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate,Device associate,Work environment Treating every employee equally Being a fresher you can start your career here,Hike! They won't provide u much hike. Promotion! You need to wait at least 3 years until you prove something that you are worth to it.,Please give proper hike to the employees and at least increase base salary for this job role.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25532,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk Investigator,Nice work Culture Growth No work pressure,Night shift (not a con for me),"Nothing at all, brilliantly managed",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25533,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not for everyone, but ideal for some.","Autonomy, responsibility, working with the best. Always focus on the customer.",High bar = high stress. No one gets away with mediocrity.,"Clarity in direction is important for any employee. A startup environment is great, as long as it doesn't feel like we're pivoting every other quarter.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25534,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Associate,Good if u go in a tech back,Nothing much can be said,Should give better career based opportunities,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25535,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Company and Great vision,Great teams Great vision Greak Work life balance Good salary package Good growth opportunities Great career goals,None as of now and hope nothing will be,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25536,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Great Place to Work,A place where we can exhibit ownership and pick up work that interests us.,"Seems like there are a lot of unhappy workers to the outside world, which is not always the case.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25537,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"The work culture, office insides, your boss will only want you to get ur work done nd then you can do whatever you feel like","Compensation must be increased, night shift allowance must be increased",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25538,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Head of Field Enablement - India,Great place to work,Culture Empowered to Thing out of the box Great colleagues,"There are many internal tools and resources, could be quite daunting in the beginning",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25539,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Awesome workplace with cool environment,1. Great work environment. 2. Good work life balance as you can do work from home without hesitations. 3. Intelligent folks around to work with. 4. To many technologies to explore and make your career.,No cons as of now.,Nothing to mention as of now.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1775.htm
25540,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Selling Partner Support,Best workplace,Gets recognition for reaching every milestone.,"None, Amazon makes it's employee to feel valued working here.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25541,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Nice environment. Always occupied with work,Learn and grow a lot.,Work Pressure exists at times.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25542,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Apply if you can identify yourself with the leadership principles,"I can not imagine working for any other company right now. At Amazon one is given all the freedom to decide what one wants to work at. At Amazon one is surrounded by very smart and ambitious people, but without loosing the human touch.",With the freedom to choose comes the responsibility to look after your work life balance. We have more than enough interesting projects to work on hence one needs to choose wisely to not overwork themselves. This is not a place for you if you don't know how to say no.,Remember to always act in accordance to the core leadership principles.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25543,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Freedom and ownership whatever the task Lots of responsibilities in early stages of career Very talented and motivated colleagues (mostly overachievers) Room for improvement and inventions at everyday basis No micromanagement (very horizontal structure) Flexible working hours,"Lack of balance between necessary effort vs benefits ratio 150% is expected of everybody at all times, severe multitasking with high distraction levels is ubiquitous Very low salary compared to the market average Weak leadership (senior leaders) Not a good place for employees who don’t know how to set boundaries and impose a healthy work-life balance on themselves Slow career development (latency in promotions, difficult to get out of entry level)",none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25544,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,investigation specialist,Amazon's team environment Supportive team good benefits,not too much to learn,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25545,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - KYC Investigation Specialist,KYC Investigation Specialist,"Environment, Carrier Development, Challenging, Good Managment",Several changes in the processes during the last months,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25546,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,As it is the leading company...there are very gud oppurtunities for freshers and environment is just awesome,"They are not up to mark,using new technologies are getting lower",-,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25547,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer,Excellent Company to work for,None that i can recall,None,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25548,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,pay is not that great,breaks are not that great,longer breaks,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25549,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Organization to work for!,Challenging and exciting work Great colleagues to work with Great learning Fantastic Culture,Stakeholder management and alignment takes a lot of bandwidth given the size and multi geography presence of the organization.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1776.htm
25550,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon interview for voice,Nice pay and allowances and also good workplace culture.,Work Shifts changes once in 3months.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25551,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Customer Service Representative,Customer service associate,Nice and spacious office ambient to work,far from the city. Too much work load Treats employees like robots Useless HR team Internal politics Lesser growth oppurtunities Always a peak and always OT's at last minute,"Please treat your employees like humans than robots and also if you want to be the worlds most customer centric company, Then I suggest you to be first a employee centric company for your own better good.",3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25552,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service Associate,"Friendly work environment, appraisal for work. There are various awards and gift cards distributed to associates for their exceptional service.",Too much shifting from one Operations unit to another without prior notice. In the name of Business requirements they are trying to minimize the incentives or sometimes employees don't get their performance pay which they deserve to get.,Please don't make hassle to yourself and your employees. Due to all these changes a well know Organization loosing its value and status.,3.0,5.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25553,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,All good,"Great environment, positive management and peers.","London is expensive place to be, salary could be a bit better given the cost of renting.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25554,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,Wonderful work culture for fresher,I don't see any cons,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25555,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Incredible place to work with a few pain areas,"Amazon is one of the most exciting companies to work at. The growth rate and bread of the business mean that the atmosphere is great and everyone has a real sense of pride in what we do. The work is interesting and challenging, there is a focus on employees learning and development and this is an extremely progressive company to work at.  * Easy to move internally to gain a breadth of experience * Easy to move internationally * Exciting projects to work on * A high bar of talent * Diverse employees and good track record on diversity and equality * Exceptional offices * Great Christmas and Summer parties * Good pay as long as the share price is moving upwards","The pros easily outweigh the cons, but the cons can start to grind. Currently the company is going through some pain as we restructure our business to reflect the increasing automation of Amazon's Consumer Retail business and grow Amazon Advertising and Web Services. Hopefully within a year the pains will be lessened  * Low quality managers who receive little to no training and are often not suited to the role of manager * Admin heavy for those below head of department (L7) * A cumbersome senior leadership structure with an 'auditing' culture. A high proportion of time goes into leadership updates which rarely result in a clear outcome or decision made * Low 'team' engagement. Teams are usually disparate, filled with individual contributors and with managers and leadership who do not drive engagement. You therefore do not feel a sense of belonging or energy in a team * Promotion from senior manager to head of department (L6 to L7) is taking longer with an unclear path currently, due to a recent restructure * Goals are stretched beyond what is achievable, with timelines short and expectations high. This results in low quality or sub optimal outcomes throughout the organisation, and tends to add churn","If I could ask for just one change, it would be to professionalise management. Span of control has helped rationalise the hierarchy, but we now need to train our managers on soft skills, coaching and people development. We need to put more value on the skills of management and only promote or recruit people into management roles when that suits their skill set. Management should not be the next step in everyone's career trajectory but rather a role for those who will excel in managing others.  My final advice would be to curtail the churn on Doc writing and reporting. Jeff has said that the purpose of reporting and Doc writing is to drive an outcome, yet more often than not there is no outcome at all, or the outcome is more Doc writing and reporting. Many L8s+ rely on auditing to validate their jobs rather than using it to equip them to make decisions and drive outcomes.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25556,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Compliance Manager,Best company to work for,Independence of decision making Embedding the leadership principles at every step Beautiful workplace Large & Diverse teams Package Opportunities Work flexibility Well Organized teams Pretty fast paced environment,"None at the moment, may be later",Doing a pretty good job already.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25557,amazon,Noida (India)," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good to work as a fresher,"Friendly culture, Friendly managers, work in a college like environment","A very small amount of breaks, 9 hours shift with 1 hour break only, you have to work straight 8 hours, without a rest",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25558,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - BOLD Operations Manager,Challenging yet inflexible,- Competitive culture - Good leeway to work your way,- Erratic timings - Stock option takes too long to vest - Low flexibility in changing job family,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25559,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hr associate,Great work place and environment,Can give more oppurtunitues and promotions,Keep going,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1777.htm
25560,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk analyst,"Friendly management, zero pressure, lot of opportunities to grow","Lots of politics, low nsa, need good managers",Find the best and promote,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25561,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Organization to work for!,Challenging and exciting work Great colleagues to work with Great learning Fantastic Culture,Stakeholder management and alignment takes a lot of bandwidth given the size and multi geography presence of the organization.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25562,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,customer service associate,work culture really cool for employees to be stress free.,very low growth opportunity for employees.,Be innovative,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25563,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Investigator German Language,Good pay for German investigator,Good pay.. Good management.. Get lot to learn,Rotation shifts no work and person life balance,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25564,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good work environment,Good people good company good,Heavy work load and very hard to achieve metrics,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25565,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work with in case of environment,Awesome and friendly work culture,Low salary compared to others,Low salary,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25566,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,As part of rating my company,Great company and talented colleagues,Not many cons to call out.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25567,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job review,You can take your ideas to the next level if they are good no matter which level you are at.,It is always greener on the other side.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25568,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aaaaaaaa,Good company and high stock value,Development Limit for non-US employee,Dive deep,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25569,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Biggest Corporate Startup of the world,"High-risk taking environment, Good ideology, very smart people guiding the company at top leadership","Employee perks, better food vendors",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1778.htm
25570,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,Work Life is OK at Amazon,"Good place to work at. Lots to learn, develop and grow. Company offers decent medical insurance policy.",Middle level management needs to be more liberal. IT and employee transportation services need a change or an improvement.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25571,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its still day 1 @ Amazon,"just mind blowing org. very employee friendly... manager who is three levels above u also will talk to u in a very humble way.in terms of benefits and salaries, all are great.",Nothing as such! I had a great time working there.,Its your responsibility to take care of your employee not because you are in charge but cause they are in your charge.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25572,amazon,Melbourne (Australia)," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Cloud Security Consultant,Great innovative people but beware of management,"Some of the best, smartest and humble minds at work, with reasonably good salary. If you get a good manager, who can help you in your ambition, your career is set!","The Super power given to your supervisor/manager - the person can make or break your career. There is no one, I repeat, absolutely no one, will be able to help you once you get an incompetent manager - Get this: *Not even HR* will be able to help the employee.","Please make sure you enforce the leadership principles on people's managers: ESP: Hire and Develop the best! If your managers can't look after the people who report to him/her then your customers will suffer in a long run - it is as simple as that! Empower your HR to investigate the matter raised by an employee (About his/her manager) with *multiple* inputs (Such as inputs from account teams, inputs from customers, and all the other people he /she worked with) and not only ""check"" with the employee's manager.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25573,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Social Media Specialist,BEST place to work,Great environment to work and also gives the possibility to grow as a professional. Lot of benefits,There is no cons about amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25574,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager II,Good company to work with,"Many career opportunities, you can switch roles as you progress",You will spend most of your time doing redundant stuff.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25575,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,happy to work here,"In Amazon, our hard work gets recognized. We feel like we're an important part of the company and more than just an employee.","There aren't any major cons, apart from the crazy schedules some new employees might not be used to.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25576,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Specialist,Amazing Place!,Good environment. Helpful colleagues. Hard work recognition.,"I guess politics, but then which place doesn't have it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25577,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chaotic,"Brand Name, internal opportunities and employee benefits","Its chaotic and ever changing. That, is different from dynamic. The leadership focus keeps on changing all the time creating confusion down below.",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25578,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Investigation Specialist,Specialist,"work-life balance, salary, job flexibility, culture","Management, Job Security, Org culture",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25579,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Working Environment,Good Management Good Employee Buy in for H&S,None - it was a good company to work for,Keep it up,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1779.htm
25580,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Process Associate,Process associate,1. Good training period 2. Work environment is awesome. 3. Good support from seniors,1 . If you are looking for high paying salary then this isn't the right job,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25581,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,From A to Z,"You are part of an Ocean with abundant opportunities, provided you are able to make use of it.","A lot of roles require you to work with non traditional shifts and week-offs. You don't learn much in such places and the work is monotonous but if you can make use of your time to enhance your skills, you can go places within and elsewhere.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25582,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Operative ( 4 months),above minimum wage. Ideal for university students during the summer. employment process is very quick and easy. no previous experienced required,long 11 hour days. managers give the impression you as an individual matter to Amazon which is not necessarily the case,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25583,amazon,Uppal (India)," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Tron Associate,Just for time being but new process,Nothing to learn but new process,"Very slow learning curve, poor hike, bad work culture",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25584,amazon,Taramani (India)," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - KCS,Lot of politics in work,Lot of outings and freebies often.,More politics and promotions are not based on hardworking but based on manager relatives and their religions.,Amazon Culture is spoiled due to Hiring BPO managers.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25585,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS investigator Amazon,Good Company The shift will Change every 3 months Meal coupon - Rs 1100 Free Transport Night Shift allowance Great working environment Work from Home for few teams  Annual appraisal assured for Best performers No micromanagement,No issue with Amazon as a Company Maybe with some managers for few employees,Can provide few benefits like free Prime membership in Amazon India,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25586,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Applied Scientist,Awesome place to work!,You're leaning so much about state-of-the-art modern retail system and software development process.,"There are so many things to learn, but this can be a good thing at the same time!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25587,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - LOA Case Manager,Nice place,"Good benefits (medical, stocks, wfh, etc)",None so far. everything is good.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25588,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Transaction risk analyst,The work culture and the pay is very good.,Shift timings are a bit bad.,Nothing yet,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25589,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer - L5,Very good place to work,"Work-life balance, Talented people, good work culture, obsessed with the customer, a good place to learn a lot.",There are no cons as per my experience.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1780.htm
25590,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good place to learn,Work life balance Great work culture,Can't think of any Cons,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25591,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Good company for a starr,"Great environment, cooperative management, you will get to Play on the floor.","Breaks are given in between but u have to be so punctual, even u are 2 min late it will be on your profile for a week.",Small breaks should be increased from 15 min to atleast 20-25,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25592,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work good environment,Good growth. Your salary in your hands. They have best environment. Understands your problems and help you every time.,Salary hike takes long time for hike. No cell phones allowed for non voice process,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25593,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good job, but tough to have work life balance","Good job, flexible pay with options of over time.",Managers can sometimes forget to focus on the growth of the employees. Tough to maintain work life balance.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25594,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Operative,Good pay and reasonable breaks,Hard to reach the target depending on the role taken,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25595,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful company to work for with one caveat,"Work Life balance, Overtime payouts, Job flexibility","Work Shifts, Middle management, Career growth",Try to understand the work and issues from the perspective of the employee rather than trying to create solutions to problems that do no exist,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25596,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Instructional Designer,Amazon,"flexible work, no real people manager","Chaos, no organisation, unnecessary stress",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25597,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Analyst,Amazon,Complete Control Over Career. Greater Responsibility beyond job description. Acquire greater recognition for accomplishments. Acquire significant exposure to new practice areas. Flexibility.,Lesser availability or resources. Lower Pay or Inadequate Remuneration. Restricted mobility Or Growth. Lesser job security. Greater likelihood of menial tasks.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25598,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon is the best job ever!,"Amazon has flexible schedules, work environment is super fun and they really care about you. They really pay for your job. If you have the opportunity don't doubt it and come over here, you will love it. Growing opportunities are reachable and they recognize your effort and hard work.","nothing so far, I am more than pleased to work here after really bad experiences working in call centers","Thanks for your care and support, I am the happiest woman at Earth here, and eager to grow!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25599,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sales Executive,Customer Obsession to build lasting business relationships,Amazon Web Services is as all Amazon Subsidiaries a truly customer obsessed company that builds business relationships to last for decades. Never before I was with an employer that puts the customer in the middle of everything they do in such a consequent and sustained way. AWS hires the best and smartes people so they can give their employees power to run business and think on their own.,"The speed in Amazon/AWS is sometimes a challange. Releasing more than 4 new services and features a day on avarge is quite demanding. Although being fair, the sales targes are tough and reflect the fast business growth.",Be cautious in hiring too many managers from the old IT as their speed and agility is slow and causes sales managers to push to hard on growing business wich scares away customers and enhances customer churn. Do not get too pushy and do not cut too much of the freedom you give your employees as this will lead to losing the smartest and best.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1781.htm
25600,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Difficult, not for everyone","Pays well, fast progression. No dress code.",Work/life balance is extremely difficult. Pressuring culture. Hard work is not always rewarded. Attrition is very high,Work on treating employees well and not milking them for every ounce of their energy.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25601,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Transaction Risk Investigator Experience,"Culture, Employee engagement, Casual dress code, IJP's.",Micro-management is a growing concern.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25602,amazon,Kolkata (India)," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for learning but no work life balance,New challenge comes every day Learning new things Flexible timing,"No work life balance, even you may have to work during Diwali & other festivals Need to be self motivated to get things going Micro management in every task",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25603,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Specialist,"Good work culture and environment, young crowd, so much to learn, good principles and some amazing mangers to work with","Politics to the T, bad upper management, predecided internal job posting candidates, unrealistic expectations,micro management","To not be biased,give equal opportunity to everybody, consider all employees, listen to their problems, employees are also your customers,treat them well",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25604,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Alexa Data Services,Good company,"Flexible work timings, Good work, good team and competitive spirit to work with them. Amazon cares a lot for you and their employees, Always gives excellent services.",Nothing much. Work hours do look more. Apart from these everything is good at Amazon and it is best for the freshers.,good management,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25605,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Network Transportation PM,Transportation Network,Have the possibility to work with very professional and smart people from all around the world. Solve complex logistics issue that very few companies could face. Unlimited possibility to expand your career,Working hours can be very long and most of the time because of new process or unexisting tools. Tend to hire overqualified people for new roles. Very fast paced environment.,Guarantee more stability on Operation Team. Always changing Process and Organization sometimes creates more cons than pros. Improve the communication with Headquarter in Seattle.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25606,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality analyst,Good work culture Work life balance,I don't see any cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25607,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Centric To a T,Amazing Customer First mentality - Frugal on ourselves to invest in what our customers would want instead Stock based compensation truly reflects a business owner mentality Everybody is generally friendly and wants to succeed as a business,Staying motivated takes work Frugality will lead to a different working experience vs. other companies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25608,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Softwa Development Engineer,Challenging environment with smart people with opportunities to learn new things and be customer obsessed,"Too much competition, hard to make career progress, no good benefits",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25609,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best people to work with,Everything from administration to subordinates everything is as per expectations,Nothing i know of yet,Keep it up~,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1782.htm
25610,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Great company for freshers and employees with one year experience,It has one of the best work culture in INDIA. Flexibility in work time and leaves. Work-Life balance is good,"Even though it has a structured promotion guidelines, sometimes promotion is completely depends upon the managers. Very less night shift allowance. Pay scale has to be improve",Please check with any employee who has more experience yet struggling to move to next level. He might has achieved all the required thing from the promotional guidelines yet unable to move due to manager.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25611,amazon,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,so far its great working in amazon colleagues are very friendly and managers are helpful.,pays great and benefits,wish they could allow us to wear confortable shoes since we used a lot of standing and walking.,please be more approachable and helpful.,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25612,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,Assistant Manager,One of top 6 companies,Nothing I have seen as negative in Amazon,Looking for a opportunity,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25613,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support,Awesome work new work everyday,Boring office environment and leaders,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25614,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data associate,Good work environment Good work life balance,Nothing as of now Takes time for promotion,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25615,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Good place to start a career from,"Great org to work ,pay is excellent",Some u get very little all as there is so much work,"Some teams has good management ,some suck it's ua luck",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25616,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great culture but low compensation,"Brightest people, very strong culture",Compensation is boring! Promotion process too rigid.,Be less rigid in promotion process to keep good people,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25617,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for cv,"Flexible working hours, good working environment","Long working hours, no parking",Keep going as you are!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25618,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - L-3 Risk Investigator,Risk investigator,good work culture higher level ICs easily approachable,unrealistic targets stagnant growth,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25619,amazon,Las Rozas de Madrid (Spain)," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Analyst,Nice people. Easy to move within the company.,Bad salaries. Difficult to get seniority.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1783.htm
25620,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,The best,Leaders who are ready to teach you,Well there are no cons,Its always the day one!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25621,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Good pay, small teams, helpful managers","Lots of standing, repetitive work, constantly being monitored",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25622,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,About Amazon,"Very fast working environment, great company. In amazon is always day 1 and u can learn a lot about the company, there is a lot of positions suitable for everyone. U can also travel abroad and apply for a position.","It s necessary to really manage your time as in amazon u start the day whit 10 things to do, during the day new challenges rise up, new stuff to do and u can finish the day whit more work that u started.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25623,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,Potential for growth opportunity Good working environment,- process based - highly repetitive - no room for creativity,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25624,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support,Awesome work new work everyday,Boring office environment and leaders,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25625,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data associate,Good work environment Good work life balance,Nothing as of now Takes time for promotion,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25626,amazon,Las Rozas de Madrid (Spain)," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Analyst,Nice people. Easy to move within the company.,Bad salaries. Difficult to get seniority.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25627,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate,Device Associate,* A great exposure where we can learn tons & tons * We can equip ourselves as per the different principles,Will be hectic at initial stages,Nill,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25628,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Customer Service- Technical Support,Good place for freshers,"Simplified Training process, Easy to connect with cross functional teams","False commitment from HR on package, No clarity on growth",Please provide hike and not the stocks options,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25629,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great place to work at, a lot of fun.","Nothing really, had a wonderful time",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1784.htm
25630,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,quality specialist,Good work life balance Less Pressure,Growth is a bit challenging,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25631,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Testers,Tester,Good Employment benefits and great working Environment,Low salary and no value for work,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25632,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction risk investigator,Overtime structure is quite good .,"Many , difficult to write down all",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25633,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - H R Administrator,Hr administrator,good environment and friendly workplace,the salary is to low,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25634,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse,Great if you are use to warehouse work,"PTO Paid time off can be taken at any moment without notice up to 20 hours per year. Stock match up to $100 per pay. On site ""grocery store"" (cafeteria reasonable prices apx. $10 for a lunch, sandwich drink chips) 4 10 hours shifts. 3 day weekends. Safety bonus up to $1000 per quarter. Raise every 6 months ($0.50) ever employee makes the same wages (Equality) Very open communication (24hour HR)","Mandatory OT for Holiday season albiet paid at 1.5 times after 40 hours. You can refuse overtime but if you do You cannot ever work overtime. i.e. take it or leave it Permanently. Breaks are 30mins Inclusive. (if it takes you 5 mins to walk to staff room and 5 mins back to station you would technically only get ""20mins""",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25635,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience,amazing atmosphere and very positive managers,quite low salary but it's ok,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25636,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow,Decent pay Benefits I don’t have anything else,"So confusing, no two people have the same answers. Extremely physically challenging. Trainers are useless. I barely even see mine. Staff can be really rude and unhelpful in answering questions. Too many acronyms to keep up with what they all mean",none,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25637,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Support Associate,none,Overall a good place to work and meet new people,Shift timings were a bit hectic,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25638,amazon,"Tarlac, Tarlac (Philippines)"," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,It good specially if you don't have any job,Working like a zombie but good ambience and workplace,Good and pair enough,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25639,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Fraud Specialist,Flexibility is good... the approach could be more ,Flexibility (starring time) Amazing facilities,Difficult to get a promotions (leaders are making it harder ) Low salaries,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1785.htm
25640,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Tron Analyst,analyst,good atmosphere friendly h insurance vouchers other benefits,rotational shifts work pressure transport low pay job security,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25641,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, create a career path and pursue your professional goals",Management is really interested in finding a balance between business and employees needs. Growing opportunities are readily available by talking to the Supervisor/Manager and maintaining the highest standards while performing the daily tasks.,"Everybody here is at top of their game, so the work environment could become very competitive.","Inform the short and long term goals to your teams. Make sure they understand them and know what must be done by each of the members in a clear way. Also, keep meetings productive and to the point, and avoid meetings just for their sake.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25642,amazon,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions Architect,"Environment, people, culture and life balance","On the Mexico office, you can't bring your pets.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25643,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,A very rewarding employee environment.,A very high pressure environment.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25644,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company ever,"I consider myself lucky working in Amazon. In my previous job was not recognized by all my efforts, however, here any project I do is noticed by everybody.  Also, all people I have met in Amazon has been very trustful, and the open-door policy is very evident.  You really feel that you are working hard, make history and having fun, all days.","I consider that you might become workaholic, because you will love what you do.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25645,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Aces,Amazing place to work,1. Very experienced team to work with 2. Diversified learning,I have not experienced anything till now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25646,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,"Highly paid , no dress code policy , swaps available","no work life balance , taking leaves is a messy work , employee engagement is too poor with respect to work culture and companies standards",work life balance for employees is a must and this needs to accommodated as per leaves availability,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25647,amazon,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Life in Their Hand (Stow),- Colleagues are great and friendly. - The benefits is great but I haven't use it yet. - You get the chance to use PTO (Personal Time Off) anytime without permission. - Discount on Amazon (though it have limit once a year. Like how cheap do you have to be??) - Three days off,"- Three days off woohoo!!!!! BUT they can call you in for additional 10 hours on top of 40 hours. Even worse... 20 hours. We were trained about the 10 hours part but not the 20. - They can call us in within few days notice. - You do get timed for everything you do. - Managers complain about stowers wrapping up 5 minute before the break (because it's a long walk to the cafeteria) but want us back within 5 minute after our break. So technically the break is 20 minutes. - NO SUNNNNNNN!!!!!! (Well, I'm front half so 7 am to 7 pm) so it really get depressing.......... - It get really hot but they will send someone to check up on you if you try to relax so it's annoying - Accidents can happen because people aren't calling out everytime they cross aisle. - Almost minimum wage.",Be more clear about the hours in contract and make it more accessible. It's annoying trying to look up informations from within Amazon and not my own home. I don't want to be there more than 10 hours.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25648,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,good working atmosphere and friendly,stereo type work and boring,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25649,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Challenging but fun work place,--You get to work with the best minds in the world. --Innovation Innovation Innovation --Good employee benefits and stock which is skyrocketing.,I never saw any negatives.If you are able to cope up with the environment and have a zeal to learn you will see any negatives as positives.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1786.htm
25650,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Good Oportunities,"Better Opportunities with good environment, convenience of learning new techniques are more in the organization, people here are encouraging each others to grow further.",Salary Structure is less for L3 and below.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25651,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support engineer,"Good Pay, can learn a lot","over load, no job security no worklife balace",please spend some time to analyse your employe before keeping in dev plan,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25652,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,- challenging - interesting work,- long work hours - highly administrative,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25653,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Good benefits, great colleagues. Opportunity to learn.","Lot of work, especially in form of operational load.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25654,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer service representative,Nice place to work and the management is quite good.,Salary to the campus hires can be increased a bit.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25655,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast moving environment,Consumer is the center of every discussion,A lot of time lost in writing documents,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25656,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Ample opportunities Challenging environment Fast career growth,You give up work-life balance,Make projects more regional - allow people to stay in the same region they are working for,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25657,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Amazon at aglance in my prespective,Good Place to work where you can work on your own and co-workers are quite friendly and helpful. You don't have the feeling the corporate feeling it's quite like open culture. You can approach anybody quite freely be it someone quite higher the hierarchy. Career growth as abundant but you need to hit at the right moment. Strict 8 hours of work only.,"The only cons I can come with is that the pay structure is quite lower than the others in the industry like Google, Microsoft, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Accenture and many more. No educational support provided while like other companies.",Pay structure for Indian employees needs to be revised and employee compensation needs to be highlighted,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25658,amazon,"Ḩawwārah, Amman Governorate (Jordan)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great work environment Access to Linda which is a great website to study from.,"We don't have tuition assistance programs, some countries do but in Amman, Jordan it's not applicable. The health insurance should be better, 1500 jds outpatient isn't enough.","This comes from a souq.com employee( a company purchased by Amazon) the leveling is unfair and our managers ( who don't have any experience in leveling) approved our level. The HR should sit with each employee and discuss the duties and decide the level and the job family. As my level is a junior and I write and execute strategies and that doesn't make any sense and I'm placed in the wrong job family. If you noticed a lot of people are quitting because of this specific issue. I think you should talk to each employee and not the managers only, you can do it via a survey if you don't have the capability to talk to each employee. I just want to say that I talked to other employees in Amazon with the same duties as me to send me their level guide and they have a much higher level, I'm saying this out of a research.",3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25659,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GREAT,Great company with great values,A great company with no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1787.htm
25660,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support engineer,"Good Pay, can learn a lot","over load, no job security no worklife balace",please spend some time to analyse your employe before keeping in dev plan,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25661,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job review,"Environment to work, gain relevant experience",Salary for interns could be higher,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25662,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Compliance Manager,Challenging environment,"Diversity, international oportunities , cooperation, workplace, facilities","Lack of tools, high workload, ambiguity",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25663,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Problem solver,"Ok work place, enjoyed it","Long hours, some times drags",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25664,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazin exp,amazing benefits great workplace environment. great money,fast work pace environment. no work/personal life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25665,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,- challenging - interesting work,- long work hours - highly administrative,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25666,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Associate,Amazon India (Digital Associate Interview),Best work culture Good environment Friendly Managers Employer's Benefits,No cons in Amazon. It is just filled with positive vibes!,"Wonderful, the management clearly knows what to do.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25667,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - ERC Specialist II,ERC Costa Rica,"Nothing really, they did not comply with what was promised in the contract.","Poor training, poor salary, poor working conditions. An overheated hall with miniature cubicles and complaining employees calling all day long. After 3 days of work I got a 0 QA grade and a warning, as I helped a guy with his bereavement time request, after his brother died. The reason? When he provided me with his full address, street, city and all he did not mention the last number of his house. Of course, I did quit next day. Dignity comes first. $900 per month is a really bad salary for the Costa Rican average.","If you promise a 4-week training, deliver a 4-week training, not just 2 weeks and a half, and then send QA agents to harass new-hires.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25668,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Great to learn, easy to burn out","Lots to learn, good in level growth (but promotions can be more challenging), interesting work, great scale and impact, Good compensation if the stock goes up, 6 weeks parental leave",Amazon demands a lot from their employees. Managers work easily 50 - 60+ per week over a long time (6+ month or some permanently). A lot of burnouts and overworked managers. Health benefits are not good (look into the details!),"Burned out manager make wrong decisions, less pressure on managers will lead to higher quality teams.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25669,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Nice company,Amazon is continuing to create many innovative services everyday. Employees have culture that they change their success case to structure for others.,There is sectionalism in Amazon JP.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1788.htm
25670,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - AVM SVS,Forward thinking company - great opportunites,- Work with lots of bright driver people - On the cutting edge of retail experience - Plenty of responsibility given from the offset - Lot's of opportunities to take part in projects all across the business - great benefits and share options,"- they can change your job role when it suits the business needs- that is in the contract - working above hours isn't asked for but with the culture it is kind of expected, especially if you want to get to the next level",- Allow staff to have a say if they want to change job roles or not rather than fore it upon them - The level of automation can interfere negatively with the supplier experience,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25671,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Shipping Supervisor,Ship dock supervisor,Great work culture and atmosphere. Fast paced environment and benefits,Average salary and no recognitions,Could hire better interviewers,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25672,amazon,Perungudi (India)," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Services Associate,An honest review about amazon,"Excellent work environment,It's a company that gives a good start for freshers",I don't find any cons as far as I'm concerned,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25673,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Support,good,the benefits provided are fine,management is turning out to be very biased,stop being biased or showing favoritism,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25674,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Content Developer,great deal overall,"home office, lots of flexibility, overtime is given back, sabbaticals, getting time off for personal stuff,",everything is decided in the US,promote people outside of US more,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25675,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,Challenging Good salary Great people Nice building,Stressful env. Big workload Lack of training,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25676,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Executive,This company keeps you challenging with a right rules placed from top down.,Very connection between Senior Management and Junior guys.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25677,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - CSA,Excellent,Best place to work at,The company is best in everything. Nothing to mention for Cns,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25678,amazon,Baran (India)," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No reviews,Nothing just the name Amazon,City job holiday feel good,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25679,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior CSA,Best to worst (currently),"Good work culture, lot less pressure compared to competitors, cab facilities are good.","Worst employee retention, lots of politics, hard to balance work life balance , worst salary increments in current and new roles via ijp. Worst capacity planning, device launches, pre determined OT policy, Lots of experiments where employees get the burnt end. HR team supporting management is the wrost of all.","OT are not mandatory so don't force people to come to work by rostering their cabs either preshift or post shift. Also when new devices are launched make sure to help them in up coming ijp by giving them priority also those who supported them earlier. When I joined Amazon it was the best place I could hope to join now I want to get out as soon as possible. Going by this, down the line there is no difference between Amazon and 3rd grade company, people will surely stop showing interest in Amazon which has already started.",2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1789.htm
25680,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior CSA,Best to worst (currently),"Good work culture, lot less pressure compared to competitors, cab facilities are good.","Worst employee retention, lots of politics, hard to balance work life balance , worst salary increments in current and new roles via ijp. Worst capacity planning, device launches, pre determined OT policy, Lots of experiments where employees get the burnt end. HR team supporting management is the wrost of all.","OT are not mandatory so don't force people to come to work by rostering their cabs either preshift or post shift. Also when new devices are launched make sure to help them in up coming ijp by giving them priority also those who supported them earlier. When I joined Amazon it was the best place I could hope to join now I want to get out as soon as possible. Going by this, down the line there is no difference between Amazon and 3rd grade company, people will surely stop showing interest in Amazon which has already started.",2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25681,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Riveting on a daily basis,"Fast-paced, opportunity to work with extremely talented and driven individuals, and lead huge teams and ability to make an impact on a daily basis be it people, process or projects.",steep learning curve and misappropriation of work/responsibilities especially if individuals in team are not able to pull their own weight let alone punch above it...,"Utmost emphasis on strong recruitment and filtering process, and upskilling individuals to make better hiring decisions based on sound criteria and prior work experience",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25682,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Very supportive seniors And work atmosphere,Unwanted pressure to the customers,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25683,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great place,1. you are surrounded by most talented people in which ever domain you work in   2. Good Pay   3. flexibility to move around different functions and teams   4. Allowed to make decisions   5. Given a free hand to work in own style,1. Work life  2. Redundant processes  3. Too dynamic and sometimes it is difficult to drive your own initiatives  4. A  5. B,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25684,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,"Extremely fast moving, quick decision making,",Collaboration is not incentivised. Cut-throat competition to get ahead of your peers.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25685,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA specialist,Great place and flexible working hours,Not much of growth Politics in management,Provide more opportunities to existing members rather than taking freshers,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25686,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,"Good skill development possibility, good training and ownership","low salary, bad work hours, slow growth",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25687,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA,Good work culture. Postive enviornment,Org lacks in Cafeteria. Needs improvement,Cafeteria needs improvement,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25688,amazon,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Manager,Customer and people obsessed,"During the recruitment process, I was surprised on how friendly and people focused the company was. I felt right at home and treated with the utmost respect and interest. After being through the somewhat peculiar (and very exhaustive) recruiting process I am more than pleased to see that this has continued on ""the inside"". AWS is a very humane and people centric company. They are customer obsessed in the true meaning of the word, it's not just a slogan. The mind the competition, but they don't obsess about them. It's all about doing right by the customer. The company culture is very much alive and they strive for excellence while maintaining the ability to serve customers by being agile and forthcoming. Development opportunities within the company are huge. You are expected to move around, share your expertise, dive into new areas, and grow as an individual and a contributor to future success. There seems to be no end to the possibilities.  I would really recommend to look for a job with AWS if you want to be at the forefront of technology, are customer obsessed, while maintaining a good work life balance. It's a place where I can feel good about the work I do.",Being the leader on cloud computing and at the same time behaving like a startup has both advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it feels like we're inventing the wheel all over again. But sometimes the lack of mature processes is giving us the edge to move quickly. There is not super much structure so if you are looking for that you may be disappointed.,Strife to maintain the startup mentality as the company grows. Focusing on the founders mentality is the way to go.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25689,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,Good pay and Flexibility Wonderful idea by Jeff,Bad management no proper training jeff hopes are ruined,Improve proper training for new joinees,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1790.htm
25690,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,Overall Review,* Good incentive * Good allowances (overtime / night shifts / travel / relocation ) * Fast paced * Great work environment,* leave shrinkage during peak (nov-jan) is close to nil. * Not much effort given from higher management learning / skill.,* should allocate responsibilites amongst everyone rather than selected few to promote overall learning and development.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25691,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,Nice work culture Decent Salary,Long hours Cab delay Not much cons,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25692,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good exposure but a bit bureaucratic at times,"Work alongside some of the greatest minds of the industry, pioneer mass-impact innovations.",Bureaucratic at times. People re-invent the wheel a lot here due to the sheer size and unprecedented growth which we are still trying to cope up with.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25693,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Very supportive seniors And work atmosphere,Unwanted pressure to the customers,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25694,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,Ok okay,Work life balance Great place to work,No hike And partiality and,Please take care of your employees,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25695,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,This is the best company to work with,There are no Cons at all,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25696,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,My experience at Amazon has been great. One of the top paying software companies in Toronto.,Chance to work with great people. Good work-life balance.,Most teams have on-call duties. Lots of churn with teams as people are constantly coming and going.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25697,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Specialist,Snake pit!,"Multicultural environment, but beware it can backfire on you!","Where to start...it's a snake pit. I will try to elaborate, I was working as L4 employee, full time permanent and salary is super low when comparing same positions in Amazon and other companies. Other companies are offering at least 50% higher income when comparing with Amazon HR Services in Prague and better benefits.  Many youngsters start their first job there straight off college or high school, so don't expect good work ethics, respect or knowledge from them as building is filled with them. Lot of mess!  Team Managers are one word...'joke'!!! Zero experience in people management, zero empathy, most of them don't even bother to listen to their direct reports and they're only looking after themselves and their 'career' path.  Senior management isn't very far from TM's, they're only looking after themselves and trying to impress their own managers over other people backs.  Lot of people will give you their hand, but with other hand behind their back ready to backstab you!  Also, other benefits which Amazon in Prague is advertising as benefits are ridiculous. Example, health care. Health care in Czech Republic is public, which means it's paid through your salary, so you will have it regardless of where you are working. Public transport reimbursement is also advertised, however they fail to say to you that you will pay yourself for full price then once you ask for reimbursement, they will deduct around 20-25% of tax from your salary.  Working from home also...it's so rare you might get it once a month or you won't even get it. Salary increase is non-existent, this year they offered us salary increase of 50CZK per month (fifty CZK) which equals to €2 , which is complete disgrace for Amazon and the richest company in the world.  Career opportunities don't exist, cause your manager won't let you go, and they will hire someone from outside with zero experience into HR rather than hiring an internal candidate. Recruiters are rude, they lack of communication skills, and Amazon's 2&5 promise doesn't exist.  Amazon was a good company to work for, once it came to Prague, but now, they are just horrible. What's even worse, around 200 people left suddenly to other companies from January 2018 - March 2018 from Amazon HR and around 60 people from TRMS cause of its management and salary increase decline.  My advice, if you want to get some first hand experience how business should not be done, to be treated like a child, people patronising you, being managed by people with zero people management skills, and to witness nepotism...join Amazon in Prague.","My advice's have been heard and then stolen ideas and then presented as their own! From professional perspective, this HR hub needs a major overhaul starting from top to down to be fired!",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25698,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk investigator,.zeta . cab .leaves . good office infrastructure . no formal attire,".the high end managers are basically from BPO background and they've screwed up the Amazon work culture. . they want you to work like a donkey and they won't care about your career growth. . TRMS should be your last option because you learn literally nothing here, it's just a waste of time working there. Join TRMS if you want to do MBA as the Amazon's brand name is good. . Working at TRMS, Amazon is as bad as working in a BPO so think about it before joining it",Stop hiring managers from BPO! treat employees with at least the minimum due respect which they deserve.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25699,amazon,Rabat (Morocco)," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Capacity Manager,Bad culture! Horrible favoritism.,Customer obsession. That's about it.,"Everything else is a nightmare. Long hous, floods of emails, favoritism, bullying...etc",PIP is used unfairly. Some bosses need to go back to school.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1791.htm
25700,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,Good pay and Flexibility Wonderful idea by Jeff,Bad management no proper training jeff hopes are ruined,Improve proper training for new joinees,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25701,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Just an average place to work,"Competitive compensation, many growth opportunities, relocation options, diversity and variety of products","Bureaucracy, corporate toxic culture, inexperienced managers, stressful atmosphere and pressure",Split the company,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25702,amazon,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Sales,Amazon Web Services,"Base salary, growth of the company, technology, stock rewards.","Lack of fun, lots of pressure due to under utilizing the teams resulting in people leaving and a large risk for burn out's, people seem to stay in the job for the stock rewards. Once you leave make sure you get the money you are entitled to! Feels like getting a claim approved at RyanAir..","When growth and customer success is key, spend more time on retaining your key resources and it will take more than just RSU's..",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25703,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,transaction risk investigator,"Good opportunity to work with Amazon, competitive package, WFH on need basis","more focus on targets, black out period for leaves, where you cannot take leaves, leverage given only when you are seriously ill, 24*7 process","take care of your employee, they will take care of your customers",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25704,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Best place to work for expirenced employees,"Amazon has best workplace for freshers and expirenced, good support from seniors and no work pressure. There is no formal being culture, everyone here is friendly and cooperative. On time salary credit and good perks. Quick promotion or growth opportunities.","You may be moved to any process or skills without prior notice. Lot of Politics and favouratism, be prepared for that.",Need to hike the salaries on all the levels. need to stop being partial and stop favouratism.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25705,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Advisor,Good but not the best,"Great ambiance and teammates, friendly management, salary above the average in Bratislava",Many changes happening in many departments.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25706,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant II,HR Assistant II,I would Working at Amazon for the Work Culture they have and They have challenging work every day,Sitting in one place for a whole day can get very tiring. Some people like to move around more.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25707,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Team Advisor,Fresh company,"Very good atmosphere and work environment, amazing people.",Sometimes work can take a huge part of your personal life.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25708,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Business Intelligence Manager,Chaotic company to work for,"Pays very well, nice office locations.","As an business intelligence analyst, I would have thought that Amazon has centralised reporting. The reality was that every team was building out their own reporting solutions, leading to a large disconnect across the business. Most teams worked only off excel based reports with data they had pulled themselves from the datawarehouse, so in a lot of cases the reports were not complete. If you were an analyst on a team, you were not likely to have any support from any other analysts and were expected to manage all aspects of reporting, resulting in a lot of fire fighting.",Build a centralised reporting solution that every team can make use of and KPI's can be managed across the business.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25709,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - ML Data Associate,Growth Opportunities,Just the name of the company.,"The leadership principles are of high values but only if the management abide by it, unless it doesn't make any difference. No perks. Stands totally different from amazon culture (wondering if there is such one)","At least by at the high attrition rate , the management should look out for options to enable the growth of the employees.",3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1792.htm
25710,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good Company to work,Transportation Acceptable Salary Good stability Grow opportunities Inclusive workplace,Salary is just acceptable for the amount of work to be done,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25711,amazon,Coto Brus (Costa Rica)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Team Manager,My Amazon career has been like The Flash,Great Working environment Tons of growing opportunities Steady company growth Competitive compensations Always changing in innovating ways,"Difficult to know everything there is to know, as everything is constantly changing  People grow so fast that you get to see great friends go out to different sites and even countries due to promotions on their careers",You need to have a VERY open mind and be a VERY adaptable kind of professional You need to be ok with it always been day one on your role because every changes very fast,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25712,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good times,"Great smart team, challenging work, allows for mistakes","Constantly growing, support functions (HR) can barely catch up and are always a step behind",Keep it up,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25713,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Trainer,Great Profess,"Ethic company, lots of perks, and very intense!","No cons! if you want to spent time in a great company, where a LOT of things happen quite fast, this is the place for you",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25714,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Best place to work here,Politics a bit on higher end,To be a lil more transparent,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25715,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,AWSome place to work,- Smart and motivated co-workers. - A lot of opportunities.,"- Fast-paced work environment (it could be ""cons"" for some people).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25716,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Great place to learn, grow, and make a global impact for our customers","Amazon continuously improve to be more customer obsessed each day. Data and metrics are reviewed on a regular basis to ensure we're focusing on the right things. Better yet, in Fulfillment Technologies, the impact of the work directly affects how packages get delivered to our retail customers. If you want to solve complex problems optimized for world wide scale then this is the place to work.","Amazon is not for everyone. If you don't want to be challenged, don't want to grow and learn, or afraid of owning software that's used 24/7 and requires high availability and resiliency, then this isn't the place you want to work at. There's no QA or production support to throw your work over the fence, so you eat your own dog food. The better you build your software the more enjoyable your work life will be.",Provide a clear vision and frequent communication on what's important to senior leadership. Clean up ownership of software that's been inherited over the past years to increase speed of innovation. Continue to review tech survey results (voice of the SDEs) to implement improvements for software teams.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25717,amazon,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Amazon,"Great customer focus, little internal overhead, lots of flexibility in how, when and where I do my job - but you work a lot, as in any other high-tech shop nowadays. Constantly encouraged to take trainings, online or classroom, all paid, anywhere. It's like a MBA in cloud working here.","Finding tools internally is kind of hard, once hired salary doesn't keep up with the market as much as one would want (and in here inflation is high). Poor on benefits, compared to other high-tech companies around here.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25718,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Assistant Manager Ops,Ops manager,Good career growth and expanding company,Long working hours. Competitive culture,please take care of work life balance,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25719,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer Job,great for making couple more quids trough summer,might get really boring after some time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1793.htm
25720,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer Job,great for making couple more quids trough summer,might get really boring after some time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25721,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Support Analyst,Great learning curve,Scope for learning was abundant,I cant think of any because of my duration of work,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25722,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Good company to work with,Good working environment & Salary,Nothing to say as I didn't see or find any negativity,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25723,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,An overall opinion about the culture and work at Amazon,"Culture, Leadership Principles, Opportunities, Growth, Learning",Not as much travelling opportunities as some other companies at the same level,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25724,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,Great culture and values. Excellent training,"If you want to do this temporarily, make sure you get out at the right time or else you will get too comfortable",Mostly none. Free lunches like google would be great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25725,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Auditor,Auditor,"flexibility, obedience, accountability, leadership, culture","slow growth, incentives, assessment, managers, recognition",Create more opportunities for current employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25726,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its good,I love this job very very,"No cons at all, all I can say",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25727,amazon,"New Westminster, BC (Canada)"," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Paid Time Off and Free Coffee.,Work shifts usually go up to 10 hours for 4 days a week.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25728,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Adviser,Great Place,"The work is not hard, great bunch of people who are passionate in the store they work. Good management, plenty of breaks. Discount card.",Some people just have no work ethic and you end up carrying them. No chance of overtime once you hit 39 hrs.,"Trust the people who work in their departments. They know their customers and what they want. Sales would improve if allowed to do their jobs instead of dancing to the whim of a managers.  Take focus off on how great a store looks and focus on having the stock on the shelves, you cannot sell what isn't there. I'd rather make money than have all my labels facing the same way.  Build a better relationship with members of staff. Schedule breaks at same time as other departments so can interact on breaks.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25729,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Catalogue Quality Associate,Catalogue Quality Associate,Freedom to wear anything and a friendly environment,Corporate activities limited to teams,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1794.htm
25730,amazon,"Ichikawa, Chiba (Japan)"," Oct 28, 2018","Current Employee - Recruiting Assistant, L2","Recruiting Assistant L2 (Disability), Japan",Clear perspective of human rights. I have never over-worked for irrational reasons. And the environment is fair and not discriminating compared to normal Japanese companies' attitude to handicapped employees.,Limited opportunities for handicapped employees to be promoted. But there is still more chance than normal Japanese companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25731,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Enterprise Services Manager,AWS is a great place to work in Australia!,"Great people around you, wonderful benefits, career opportunities everywhere. Beer taps on every floor.","Hard work, potentially little active support.","Stock based total compensation can be annoying for employees, adjust base salaries too!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25732,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Associate, QS",Lot of innovations are happening here in daily basis. Less work pressure.,I cant find anything yet because I am a new joinee. If found something i will update here.,"Provide more approchable point for clearing doubts regarding Payroll, Benefits and Compensations.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25733,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - QAT I,Awesome place to work,1. Awesome ambience 2. Career goals can be defined 3. Recognition is appropriate 4. Great employee benefits,1. Not a transparent management but they try to make it transparent,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25734,amazon,Paris (France)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Real Estate Manager,Real Estate Manager,"Innovative projects, lot of opportunities, trusted responsibilities, easy access to leadership, great peoples.",Fast path challenging environment that requires flexibility.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25735,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Quality,Not a dream job!,Whiteboard posted so that employees can write down suggestions and see managements response.,"2 half hour breaks but by the time you walk to the break room and then back again when your break ends you only get a twenty minute break. Heat is cranked up so high, even when you dress for summer temps it is a very uncomfortable work environment. Almost like being in a sauna, you feel like you could actually pass out. (I was on the 2nd level, I'm told that heat is worse on the $th level) Employees hover around the time clocks waiting for the ""right time"" to punch in, in order not to be awarded points. You get a report card! Earn 5 points and your time at Amazon is up!","Make sure 3 or 4 people are working at Human Resources at the end of every shift! After working 3 hours on your feet, people need a break and they don't want to spend thier ""20 minutes"" break standing in line at HR! At least if you go to HR after your shift you can go home. Having one person at HR at the end of shift to help 10 to 12 people does not work. Waiting 30 minutes to get help from HR at the end of a shift is unexcusable! Employee's time is just as valuable as company time. Why assign MET! Over time should be optional. There are a lot of people out there that would be more than happy to work your over time shifts!",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25736,amazon,"Leeds, England (UK)"," Oct 20, 2018",Former Employee - Sortation Associate,Warehouse Operative,Good pay and prompt payment,"A bit stressful, as it involves standing for long hours.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25737,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Good Place to Work,"Environment Friendly, Fantastic Culture and the Most Important Amazon gives a liberal time for Personal life, which is not there in any other Corporate company.","Onsite Opportunities are less, Slow growth",Can increase the Transport allowance and Meal voucher.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25738,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Software Development Engineer in Test II,Great company to work with. New challenges daily. This is for people who love to face challenges every day.,Little imbalance in Work life,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25739,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support,Good Benefits. Nice office. Nice people,A lot of changes and without previous communication. They do not have in count feedback from employees despite they are always asking for it. Shifts not flexible at all and you have to fight to be able to go on holidays or change a day. Not planing on promotion as it is nearly impossible.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1795.htm
25740,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Can work proactively to deliver result.,Many smart people works. You can learn fast.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25741,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Operator,Amazon.co.uk,"This is a fantastic employer with transparent avenues to ascend in the business, in other words plenty of opportunity to thrive and be successful.",Unfortunately there are some employees with goals which one could deem unattainable or unrealistic and could rub others the wrong way.,The only advice that management needs is to know that they are wonderful managers with an exceptional work ethic that set great examples for employees equally as hard working.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25742,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great work culture and ambience,Nothing much! A good place to work with.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25743,amazon,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Oct 28, 2018",Former Employee - Retail Vendor Manager,"Great for career boost, unsure about long-term",- Opportunity to work with super smart people - Challenging and interesting problems that push your limits - Pay is above average in the e-commerce / retail industry - (Depending on when you join) RSU compensation can make a big difference,"- Career progression can be slow - even if you work as hard as you can, average promotions take between 3 - 5 years to happen. There is not a lot of emphasis or attention put towards career development - Tough and confrontational working culture. - Expected performance bar is set really high - Overall compensation is highly dependent on stock performance (which you cannot influence on an individual performance level) - No individual performance bonuses","Improve the way you value your employees. Instead of seeing them as means to achieve an objective, treat them as valuable assets to the company. Amazon is what it is today thanks to some very smart people, not just algorithms (because someone had to actually create them)",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25744,amazon,Pune City (India)," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Nice place to work.,"There are a lot of pros for this company, one of them being the work culture existing in here. The work culture is excellent, and is really supportive. When you got a problem, there are a lot of people who are ready to help you. The management comes up with new schemes and program mes that encourages new and tenured employees equally to perform and flourish inside the organization.","The job is repetitive and hectic. The management fails to provide that the employees who works hard to ensure the company stands top in terms of customer service , equal opportunities to grow. The management needs to spend more time to investigate the root causes that is ill affecting the true potential of the workforce.",Instead of conducting programmes and workshops to keep the employees engaged try to see the actual issues that are creating instability in the organization structure.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25745,amazon,Noida (India)," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Best organization in India to work for,-Work Culture -Fun activities 24/7/365 -Employee Centric -Good Pay -Recognition -Independence -Respect -Transparent growth opportunity -No politics -Leaders -Understanding,You will love the work so much that you get bored on weekends. Even in the week-offs you feel like going to office.,Please drive the culture like this always.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25746,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Internship,Intern,it is a Good learning experience,it is A lot of work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25747,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,4 days working and 3 days off in a wee.,Fast face with work pressure. No human value considered. They used fire people for low productivity even though their productivity is 99.99%,Please consider your employees husan values,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25748,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Enviroment and Professional Progression,Maximum job flexibility and challenging environment,"Poor ""generalist"" preparation, in case you look for one, you end up being focused on your stream. On the other hand, it is possibile to quickly develop specific competences.",none,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25749,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Client Support Specialist,job experience,Multiple opportunities to earn during PEAK,Too much work load and micromanagement,Flexibility,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1796.htm
25750,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Worth using your life time.,i feel like second family here,operational and operation oriented teams are high,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25751,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Device Engineer,Best place to settle down,Company is amazing until you have your managers favor.,"Politics - 100% If you are found with 1 error at the job, it will be spoken through your carrier and they will corner you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25752,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical account manager,best company I have worked. environment is awesome.,growth is slow in my process. over all no issues,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25753,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon graduate area manager,"Very good support and infrastructure, motivating environment","Huge amounts of work and stress, high expectations, hard working conditions in the warehouse especially from mid nov to end dec",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25754,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Used to be a Great place to work,"Culture, Work Style, Hierarchy, HRBP, Pay Hike","Too Much Work Pressure these days, No more flexibilityy",Remove the top level management which you have hired from HSBC and things will get right automatically.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25755,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Business Partner,Good work environment and good training,Working hours Work/ Life balance Aggressive targets,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25756,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Best Culture to work in. Good employee engagement,"Rigorous targets, Forcible night shifts for associates",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25757,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Customer Service Manager,Lots to learn Opportunities to grow in any vertical,Still getting setup No option of work from home,Connect with people,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25758,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work with,Good and open work culture Freedom to explore and implement,slow promotions in every team high competition,Please recognize the hard work of employees and value them,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25759,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,the pay was ok for the job,the work becomes very repetitive after a week or so,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1797.htm
25760,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good environment, hard-working",good environment to work at,10.5 hours daily hard-work is not easy,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25761,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment Associate,"Good pay, great benefits, 4 days a week",Not much but feet hurt at first,Great work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25762,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst Support,Good,Product based company allows to learn many things with out time constraints. Technical growth is way better than service based companies,Time management is one of the main things that need to balanced. Managing personal life and professional life is little difficult,Nothing particular. Little control over in takes of new people from colleges. More Refined interview process is suggested.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25763,amazon,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Sales,Sales associate,Larger company with good teammeber foster the communication and interpersonal skills,Lack of communication and teamwork due to the competitive communication individually,"Good team lead, give more people chance to come and some coop students also need job opportunity",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25764,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Awesome place to work with.,Very supportive Managers and Supervisors,Shift time might be an obstruction between work life balance,Everything is good,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25765,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Data Center Technician,Too much pressure - One of the worst positions in Amazon,They pay well and their brand name is solid. If you manage to get a desk job you will manage to have a somewhat acceptable work-life balance,"- Immense focus on numbers, very little regarding quality of work - Employees tend to form certain cliques with their specific nationality, pretentious teamwork that does not help and it's only for the show - Very long hours, work-life balance is non-existant, on top of that they are understaffed (and they're always going to be ) and there are frequent requests for overtime - Their ticketing system is a mess and counter-intuitive - DCO tech is really the closest thing to the blue collar working at their warehouses, Nobody cares about you. - Training is a joke.","Chill of a little with the numbers, and focus on proper training and employee needs",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25766,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Benefits and flexibility a we so me,low salary no words a,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25767,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,I have worked in Amazon for more than 4 years,Good brand name for the company Excellent work life balance,It is pretty difficult to get the satisfaction,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25768,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruitment,Lots of Opportunities Fantastic Direct Manager,"Work/Life Balance can be challenging at times, but is up to you to manage",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25769,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Good Salary, higher than average",Working during Night Shift for a long period,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1798.htm
25770,amazon,Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Not happy,A kind of decent salary,Everything else you can think of was bad,"Treat people like human beings, not machines",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25771,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 25, 2018",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,Go if you have no aspirations for life and want to go to prison,You get a salary and a desk. Suits someone with low expectations of life.,"Place feels like in the movie the “matrix” where people work monotonously and robotically for the “evil kingdom”. Culture is of disrespect and harassment. Even real prisioners are treated better. You are just a number, and there is nothing important about you. Further than that, you are constantly brainwashed with “koo aid “ by management of the sites and constantly harassed by evil people who only know how to kick people out.  Constant negativity among people, although there are few good ones out there, but mostly they are not. A blame culture, also a culture of fear and punishment.  Some coworkers are nice people, but due to the overall environment being a negative one, the overall vibe is negative and pretentious. Generally the encouragement is of selfishness.  As for the job itself, they even have the audacity to call it a skilled job, and saying that workers are “highly valued”. The amount of distortion of reality is unreal.  Just like in the matrix, you have to trust your instincts. Think carefully. Think wisely. Think about your future. However, if you got no options and have low expectations of life, then doesn’t really matter.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25772,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good payscale with bonus,Good payscale with great employee benefit.,Hectic work schedule. No Work life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25773,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Shipping and Delivery Associate,Nice experience,"I love company, good working experience","Nothing still now, increasing the salary for better employment",Salary is low,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25774,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Device associate,"Good working environment,good facilities.One can see the growth.","Night shifts,less leaves.No work life balance",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25775,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazon,"High business values, strong leadership principles, ability to identify and hire the best talent.",Aggressive requirements. High cross border influence.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25776,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is slave labour,If I could only think of something,This company will work you to the bone and toss you out once you can't move,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25777,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse operative,35 % discount on Amazon products online,No transport and trian service's running for night shift workers,Don't act stuck up,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25778,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Friendly Environment, Infrastructure, Perks, Incentives","Politics , Unfair judgement, Global Change,",Treat all employees equal irrespective of designations. Life is life.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25779,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Representative Operations,Great place to work with,Training given by experienced and professional trainers. Full support of managers. Great work environment.,Growth in career is slow,"Instead of hiring from outside, promote the insiders and experienced personnel.",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1799.htm
25780,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS WFM Analyst I,It gives you the freedom to work efficiently,Changes from situation to situation,They should come up with employee education,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25781,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Senior Vendor Manager,"Flexible workplace, good parental leave package, great teammates",Compensation does not match industry standard for the job. Scarce benefits.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25782,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software Engineer II,"The best of working for Amazon is the high salaries. Amazon is a company with a great Software Infrastructure, outstanding I would say in term of potential growth, as software engineer that is a good challenge to get a good picture of how everything works, but after few months once you get used to for that your working days become repetitive, day after day just sending email, writing docs and reviewing other people docs.  Mostly everyone working in Amazon is very qualified and clever, but in the flip side most of them lack of professional experience out of Amazon, that comes down to developers who does not have real experience in software development just on amazon development which is not necessarily the same as Amazon provides very particular and unique way to work.","The concept of teams and collaboration is not prmoted by the company, instead Amazon promote values which derive in a environment of arrogance and compatibility which is not healthy and makes some team member very uncomfortable. My personal experience was that everyone is just looking at their personal growth instead of a team success and sharing knowledge and experience was a very rare occasion.  In my opinion the worse of working for Amazon is the level of abstraction that infrastructure brings which ends up in making developers only good as Amazon developer and not a just developer. As developer was very disappointing to feeling that everything I was learning was going to be useful in meanwhile I stay working for Amazon",Less promote individual growth and more team building and knowledge sharing.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25783,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but poor management,"Great company, flexible work hours, lots of things you can do and implement, never a boring day.","Company is experiencing growing pains, and it shows in management levels",Invest more in people developement,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25784,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Great,"Amazing atmosphere, Great to wok","too much , workload to handle.",Please take care workload during peak.,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25785,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon RME,- Great team - Good benefits - Strong leadership - Clear strategy - Free hands for own work,- Really fast changing environment (in positive way) - not for everyone,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25786,amazon,Shamshabad (India)," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Supervisor,Supervisor,It's an international company n in top position in our country,I don't have an idea,Make some more safety rules because Amazon work start from dock,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25787,amazon,Pune City (India)," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,focuses on cost cutting,"Some of the managers are good, but the new hiring is bad, they cannot handle anything, this is why customer service is being affected recently","HR would think more from the company's side, they do not understand the employees, it's like hire and fire system here, You would never know why your prp would get cut off, you get paid less than a security guard or a driver, workforce is a lot, you work like a donkey but in the end, when you are about to earn something they would take it off from you..","poor management, please focus more on employees rather than cost cutting , getting 7$ for good performance is not worth Amazon...",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25788,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,catalog Associate,Flexible Timings Work from Home Options Cool Place to Work,Less Pay for the amount of Work we do. Too Much of Goals/Expectations,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25789,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud computing,Good job don't mind it whatever,Well well we'll well,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1800.htm
25790,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work in,Very good atmosphere to work in. Very efficient management and smooth workflow,Shift timings are a bit awkward.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25791,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Risk Analyst,Not a employee centric only customer centrics,The culture in the USA! Open hierarchy!,The culture in India influenced by management hired from other stupid companies. Open hierarchy but closed minds and ears - again down to the non home grown managers.,Put you employees first and they will in turn put your customers first.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25792,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Friendly Environment, Infrastructure, Perks, Incentives","Politics , Unfair judgement, Global Change,",Treat all employees equal irrespective of designations. Life is life.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25793,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company. Bad Pay,Fast pace work environment. Opportunity for growth.,Very Bad Pay. Lower than the industry average,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25794,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,"Minimum work pressure, Leaves policies",Cab facility need some changes,Non,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25795,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - ICQA Lead,ICQA lead,Many ways to develop your career. Good place to work.,Pressure as you will find in other organizations,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25796,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Team Manager,"No dress code, good work environment, good crowd, good growth opportunities if you are focused and dedicated, lot of opportunities to move within teams/ departments within Amazon, good salary.",Shift timings were not flexible in my previous team were we were doing a permanent night 8-5 shift with no weekend off. In my current team no complaints as we have only fixed day shift with weekend off.,"Lot of managers from 3P companies have been changing the work environment causing unrest and dissatisfaction among st employees. In a fast paced and a dynamic environment, change is necessary and we need to adopt, however there should be better ways to deal with it.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25797,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operation Exectiuve,NA,to work in amazon it was my dream,amazon is the best place to workfor us,more promotion is required in amazon..personal request,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25798,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Catalog Specialist,"Work culture is amazing. Flexibility of timing and interesting work, also this field actually is the combination of coding, data analysis and tools, so it helps you to choose your interest and further career options.",Work is not certain and stable..changes according to business requirement.,RnR's should be conducted on time.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25799,amazon,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,Customer Focused and Data Driven,"Amazon has a culture focused on the customer. This focus, combined with being completely data-driven, means that we are always working on the most impactful projects and features.  Moreover, this culture allows every employee, independently of the level and position in the org, to promote their ideas and see them delivered in production, as long as you can prove your point with data.  Each manager is instructed to think about the growth of the people reporting to them, beyond their own team. Amazon employees can easily pursue growth opportunities, changing team, org, job family, and country: all without having to change company.  Undoubtedly, the best company I have been working for.","The bar of the talent within the company is always raising: if you do not like to challenge yourself, constantly learn, and have a ""always day-1"" mentality, it might not be the right place for you.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1801.htm
25800,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,"Good salary, micromanagement","Good salary, you can learn a lot about processes in big companies","Micromanagement and fast paced, no flexibility",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25801,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Support Representative,good company to work with,Best salary benefits food coupons night shift allowance,rotational weeks offs Monday Tuesday or Tuesday wed .................you may get sat Sunday also no cons much,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25802,amazon,Manama (Bahrain)," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Associate,LOGISTICS ASSOCIATE,"Very professional, Good work and life balance, good package and very friendly working environment","Too much travelling, Complicated system",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25803,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible hours available when requested,- flexible hours - big challenges - smart teams and colleagues - opportunities to grow and move between teams,- self serve - you are responsible for your own destiny - limited processes documented,Offer and promote options to work flexibly externally,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25804,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very stressful,Flexibility to do work from home,"Baised mangers towards gender, promotion are given only to those who are close to mangers and favours gained by them .","Please give manger promotion to people who have people management skills,not seeing their project and experience",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25805,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,"Jack of all trades, master of none","Good compensation, Brand name, Exposure to AWS tech.",You will be thrown to any technology even if you like it or not. WOrk is not so much exciting. Too much friction in working with different teams and sometimes with the same team. The workload is high. Worklife balance is not good.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25806,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Associate,Amazing place to work with life balance,High Targets which are unachievable,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25807,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Data Entry Operator,Data entry,World best company and be a one of part me,It s a delivery online part succssefull and growing company,Team work of Amazon company,2.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25808,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Help Desk,6 month,Job timing good. salary very well.employies behaviour good .Amazon is trusted brand.,I accept challenge for work here,Work well,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25809,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Advertising Sales Director,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",Amazing smart people who are focused on delivering a great experience for our clients and customers. Strong leaders with inspiring vision on direction of the business. It's great to be a company that truly lives by it's Leadership Principles on a daily basis as opposed to others where these are just used to hire and evaluate once a year.,Single threaded org structure can sometimes result in duplicate or conflicting priorities across teams that need to collaborate.,Provide more opportunities/incentives for people to better understand other sides of the business.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1802.htm
25810,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon lower level work condition(l2),1.good working environment 2.work life balance 3.timely salery 4.any maters can be spoken with manager of any issue,lots of politics at every level,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25811,amazon,Habiganj (Bangladesh)," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Student Employee,"I am new, I have no experience",If you give me this job so its very helpful for me,All jobs are challenging every emplyees,"They are always good, so i have complement",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25812,amazon,Coimbatore South (India)," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service ssociate,More opportunities to advance. Develops leadership skills,Highly stressful Difficult to handle verbally abusive customer,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25813,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer support associate,Without much work you'll get a decent pay,If one doesn't want to improve their knowledge in different skills should this profile,Shouldn't make people feel stress at times.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25814,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to develop,You learn a lot every day Great team spirit Drive to improve all the time Flexible work from home policy,Strategy changes all the time Poor work-life balance Recognition comes very late depending on what team you're on,"Improve work-life balance, increase flexibility on people performance management",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25815,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon india,"Good work culture,Always something new to learning",till now i didn't find anything,may be later sometime,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25816,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops supervisor,Good pay! Motivation Learning and Development,Demanding Long hours mandatory overtime,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25817,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good place,No pressure if you are working fine,For Promotion have to work hard and manager shuffling is too much,Dont make Amazon as BPO (MIYS),4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25818,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Associate Job at Amazon,It is really great experience to work in such a awesome company. You will get a team outing and party in every three months. Most importantly this company has transparency .,This job is repetitive and very boring.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25819,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start as a developer!,"Really good office, good pay, lots of flexibility, smart people to work with & interesting work (atleast for freshers).",Have to live with Furgality and we aren't pampered sadly as the case is when working with Google. Some people complain about it being really hectic but I personally do not feel it so.,Can spend some more for the comfort of employees.,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1803.htm
25820,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start as a developer!,"Really good office, good pay, lots of flexibility, smart people to work with & interesting work (atleast for freshers).",Have to live with Furgality and we aren't pampered sadly as the case is when working with Google. Some people complain about it being really hectic but I personally do not feel it so.,Can spend some more for the comfort of employees.,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25821,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 18, 2018","Current Employee - Near New Vijayadurga Tiffin Centre, Hot Chips Building",Software,I need platform to prove my talent,Nothing should be downside,"Good communication skills,self motivating person",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25822,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazing company,"Great work environment, open culture","For this position, because of the tube zone difference, we had night shifts",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25823,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Payroll,Payroll,"Non professionnal Managers ,They are afraid of skilled associates",Fire all the payroll Management and hire new responsible ones,DO NOT BE AFRAID OF SKILLED ASSOCIATES,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25824,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service,"Not a perfect company but if you speak to the right people, have good intentions, you can easily solve blockers.",Pay and benefits are great. Very tailored to making sure we are happy. Company growth rate and how its always changing gets you excited to see the future of the company. Training programs and support. The vibe and colours in work spaces.,Sometimes peoples levels give them a sense of self entitlement. This is generally more the mid level positions who tend to treat lower level associates in a rude manner. Associates across teams and levels try use feedback as a tool to get someone into trouble. Most times I have seen that we react rather than being proactive which is a big worry. We seem to be too comfortable with working in a fast paced environment that we do not stop and take the time to be pro active. Customers deserve to have a support team who pro actively work on making customers happy. Sites across the world wont always work as one team. Some will go against policy or make their own policy. Customers could easily get conflicting answers because of this.,"Work more on being proactive and even try do so with people who have been with the company for some time as we may have already tried things that you want to implement. Some employees may even have strengths and talents that can be used in house. If we are going to be customer obsessed, we need to try avoid issues even if they seem unlikely to happen. Service teams need to have a service level that matches CS service level to ensure customers get answers and don't wait too long.",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25825,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Credit Risk Analyst,Online credit risk,Work Culture Employee benefits knowledge Culture exchange Compensation .,3 months rotational shifts weekday or sometimes weekend weeks Low Night allowance Not much of sports activities Recreational activities,Nil,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25826,amazon,Naples (Italy)," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Salary not alligned with workload,- Work enviorment and culture - Work/Life Balance,- salary - workload - benefits - Entirely self service.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25827,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bored,Met some skilled people there,Just another cog in the wheel,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25828,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Company is good and provides a steep learning curve. Be ready to constantly improve your knowledge.,"If you want to learn more about Cloud technologies, this would be the best place to learn so much so quickly.",Job gets very stressful at times. Constantly learning something new plus working under pressure.,"Take care of your employees, provide better salary packages & perks.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25829,amazon,"Milton, ON (Canada)"," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,My Job at Amazon,"Great staff very well organized, the break rooms are always a dope thing.","It's amazon, they treat you like slaves",Frick off will ya?,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1804.htm
25830,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Cloud Engineer,"Great Place to work, not enough pay",- really cool environment - lot's of fun doing the work - lots of travelling - technical freedom - career progress,"- compensation was low, compared to cost of living - started to become a for profit company instead of focusing on the people","pay attention to the current cost of living in the city, and the level of engineers you are bringing to the company, and adjust your compensation according to that",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25831,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environment,"Nice work-life balance, environment is precious",Salary is not good for me,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25832,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice company,great work culture here in amazon,"none, no cons about amazon",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25833,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It's a great experience to work there, great exposure",You get accustomed to change You have a lot of opportunities to learn new things You can move in between departments You get company shares You are free to work on projects which interest you (at your own time expense though) Numbers measure the quality of your decisions in most jobs,You need a degree to progress or 2 years in the company minimum before you can apply to become a manager You tend to work a lot of hours because the standards are so high You can find it disheartening if you're keen to progress,Stop working all the hours under the sun! Not building a great culture by doing this.,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25834,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,"Paid weekly, overtime pay is good","long hours, no flexibility, bad management",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25835,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Business Partner in Distribution Centre,Great for someone that wants to get experience of working for a global organisation,Not a true HRBP role - just glorified administrator. Although on 40 hour contract you are looked down on if you attempts to leave in time. Massive blame culture.,Let your employees have a better work life balance,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25836,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Data Engineer,Work life balance - skills,will get hands on experience on cutting edge technologies.,I am writing this after 5 month of my last working day with Amazon. I feel that the time may change my mindset. I am still feeling that there is no life when you work with Amazon. Managers will over commit all the time and they force employees to commit. The Situation will be worse when you work in India. you need to work during our day time and you have to attend meetings during our night time. It will be pathetic. You feel your weekend will be golden days. The leadership principles are contract one on the other.,Dont over commit on timelines.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25837,amazon,Paris (France)," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - General Manager of Operations,Amazing,"Hard work, have fun, learn a lot",There are no cons it is really great,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25838,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice place to work,cool job and coll people,no negative from my side,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25839,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,10 hours No extra for work on weekends,just 1.30 hour of brake,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1805.htm
25840,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales manager,"Culture, flexibility, technology, people","Workload, documents writing, work life balance",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25841,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Work from Home,"Very comfortable, good work environment",Less scope for growth and lateral movement,Better focus on continuous learning is required,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25842,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,tech support analyst,challenging environment. Awesome work culture and facilities.,No growth. No knowledge gain,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25843,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All good but management,"Good Salary, shares, nice projects",Really bad management and leadership,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25844,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Opertive,Hard work,Good pay A lot of work available,Hard work strong targets Little progression opportunities,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25845,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Hyderabad,"flexible ,Good salary ,amazing culture","High targets are set , language resources have had no language related work ,opportunities are limited ,promotions are rare",do not lie about the job profile to candidates also please do a little preparation before calibration sessions,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25846,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is good. Enjoyed my experience,"Flexible work timings, overtime pay","Politics , long working hours, sometimes extra leaves are taken by employees",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25847,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,catalog,overall better and it can be imoroved,lack of growth and loack of skills,improve leadership and management better,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25848,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lovely Place,- competitive salary - competitive salary - competitive salary,- work overload - work overload - work overload,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25849,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Vendor Management,Great company to work,Flexible shift timing and perks,No cons as of now .,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1806.htm
25850,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Web Developer,Web Developer,Very good working environment with good culture.,Problem with time shifts like it has 4 shifts.,Make timings flexible.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25851,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good working atmosphere,"Work for good pay, holiday",Lot of work and shifts are bad,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25852,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Launch Specialist,Great company to work and grow,Best benefits and fast paced company,Nothing at all. All good. Just join it.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25853,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance n accounts,Work environment.. Salary is best in industry,Work life balance is difficult at times,Pls improve the work life harmony,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25854,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data associate,Good salary And good benefits,"Partiality sometimes, sometimes hectic work schedule",Partiality,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25855,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,seller support associate,good to work at amazon,must focus on career opportunities,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25856,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Few extra time, every extra minute was paid.",Rude manners when I was given the sack.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25857,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Opertive,Hard work,Good pay A lot of work available,Hard work strong targets Little progression opportunities,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25858,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer (AWS),Huge growth opportunities and working with colleagues from all kinds of backgrounds and expertise.,Not much business exposure and some repetitive work.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25859,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Steep Learning Curve,"Great learning experience. You cannot get away with mediocrity which in turn it helps you grow. There are enough enablers in the organization - your manager, peers - to help you learn and grow with the organization.",Difficult to find a con at this stage. I would say data availability internally becomes tedious - not impossible.,Keep raising the bar,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1807.htm
25860,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Steep Learning Curve,"Great learning experience. You cannot get away with mediocrity which in turn it helps you grow. There are enough enablers in the organization - your manager, peers - to help you learn and grow with the organization.",Difficult to find a con at this stage. I would say data availability internally becomes tedious - not impossible.,Keep raising the bar,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25861,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Compliance Analyst,Complaince analyst,Best company to work in,Too much politics with higher management,Management is f9,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25862,amazon,Melbourne (Australia)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist Sales,"Great Company, brutal interview process","Really genuinely invested in their employees. Everyone is really smart, I often feel a bit like an impostor :) The teams are really welcoming and supportive.  The interview was one of the most amazing experiences professionally. It took lots of preparation but all of it was worth it.","It's all self-service here. You have to be a natural self-starter. It can be really easy to get sidetracked not doing your job.  In the interview, you can feel like you are in no-mans land, it's just the internal process they go through.",None so far. All open and welcoming!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25863,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Nice working environment. Competitive salary,work-life balance can be tricky,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25864,amazon,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Make Amazon your place,Amazon is a fast growing global top 2 big company. A lot of reason to drive a huge company to growing fast. I'm learning everyday to be on pace.,"I like Amazon leadership principles, and Bias to Action, Are right a lot. That allow me to take calculated risk.","I'm still learning Amazon culture, be humble.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25865,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Awesome benefits for company leave policy are good,Please stop hiring call centre background,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25866,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Operative/Picker,worst place i worked at,the wages were good,if you didnt meet the target of picking products you would get told off,be more nice to your staff,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25867,amazon,"Scurlage, Wales (UK)"," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,As long as you do your job your fine,terrible work rates very busy Not enough breaks,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25868,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,benefits and balance life internal transfer opportunities.,"long hours, 10-12 hour standing and walking.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25869,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spend at least 2 years of your career with Amazon,The work culture is great. Leadership principles are the backbone of the company and every leader across the company focuses on inculcating and applying them.,"After 9 years of working here, I still can't think of any major reason to quit this place.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1808.htm
25870,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,"Less work load , High pay , various growth options",Job satisfaction for support engineer,"None as of now , good",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25871,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,Wonderful place for freshers,Work culture is amazing and employee friendly,Cafeteria is not that great,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25872,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to kick start your career after a break,Great atmosphere to work Work life balance,Not much technical exposure and completely depends on the team you get into. the Bar is too high and not much hike unless you perform extremely well.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25873,amazon,Pune City (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great company,Incentive zeta transport leaves shift,Stressful not much cons,Should be more transparent not bias,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25874,amazon,Bhopal (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Manager,Manager Logistics,World best company and Still Day 1,Every day is challenging and continuous updates require,Take care of employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25875,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,Ok for making extra money,"Bad management, not clear when you are new",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25876,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE-1,Good Pay considering stocks Work Life Balance,Avearage quality of work and visibility.,None,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25877,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Good company to work with,Bad payment they should pay more,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25878,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Social Media Specilast,Good working space nice friendly people,Cost cuting is being implemented.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25879,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Quality Assurance Analyst,Best place to work,"Enjoy Work, Work Hard, Stress Free, Have Fun, Make History, Work/Life Balance","Career growth, internal Job opportunities, Stream change",For any new position or role priority should be given to the internal transfers/existing Employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1809.htm
25880,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Good place to work for freshers,Good work atmosphere Flexible leave policy,Internal politics in promotion People in India have forgotten the work culture of Amazon,Try to understand the people under you and do not put pressure on them,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25881,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work for freshers,Nice environment and good start for freshers,I don't have any cons,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25882,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions Architect,It is amazing the freedom you have in the company. This might be good or bad but I get constant support from my peers and that helps me steer on the right direction.,If you are a person without initiative or need to be told what to do this might not be the right place for you.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25883,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Certified Trainer,Better than the best,"Great Culture, Innovative, Growth and Learning.",Could improve compensation plans as per current competitors.,NA,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25884,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Manager,My Association with Amazon,1. High pay compared to Market 2. Job security 3. Flexible to Work 4. Accountability 5. Dive Deep 6. Customer Obsession is too high 7. Working backwards to fix the root cause and ensure that the issue doesn't occur in future for the same. 8. Promotion process is too good and challenging. 9. Equal opportunity 10. Trust on Employee,1. Few set of people are in comfort zone - especially with vintage. 2. very relaxed organization,None,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25885,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great Place to Work and learn,Good work culture Right Salary structure Learning is huge Facilities and Infrastructure,You may miss work life balance at times but it's how you plan at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25886,amazon,Kuttiadi (India)," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Associate,I buy products from Amazon.... I trust this app very well,It is very nice app... You can trust this app and buy product,I believe that a i can reach my achievements from this,I try my best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25887,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Good to work with this company,Slogging for more hours in the company,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25888,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company to work for,A lot of talented and motivated people Strict code quality guidelines Has some of the best data security practices as part of developing every piece of software Opportunity to take your career growth into your own hands and shine,Work load can be high at times Work culture / stress levels are team dependent and so there are some teams with heavy work load / stress levels,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25889,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good company for startups,excellent work ambiance and teammates.,too much of workload during peak time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1810.htm
25890,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - HRBP,Experience,Good exposure and variety of work. A lot to learn. Opportunities to move around internally.,"Demanding work, but again work is really good.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25891,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support Engineer,Good place to work in a short run,almost no career growth possible,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25892,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,Flexible and less work pressure,"Less hike, low salary",Give good salary,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25893,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard have fun,Fun. Flexible work timings,Low pay Low Annual leave,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25894,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process assistant,Good attitude and displane time mentioned of employees.,Here we are Clients our amazon team monitor daily employees,Be maintained sincerity good attitude dedicated any wear goal reached.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25895,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Get out as much as you put in,Lots of interesting projects to work on. Lots of opportunities for career growth and to learn new things,You need to be able to prioritize your workload and work independently,Ensure that processes and resources keep up with the increasing complexity and size of the company,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25896,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,VCM Associate,Good Work culture and better understanding of retail operations,Nothing much as of now....,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25897,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Former Employee - Graduate Area Manager,Graduate Area Manager,Great experience and salary. Especially for new graduates. Lots of responsibility and autonomy from day 1. Work is constantly varied and you learn a huge range of skills. Great opportunities to progress and move within the business.,"Long hours, high expectations. Conditions are highly varied and dependant on where you are placed and your direct manager. Sometimes you have to treat employees in ways that you may think are unfair. (The bad press it gets is mostly sensationalism though) Can be a face fits company.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25898,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work,"If I say in simple words, You have your own space to work even if you have hell lot of work.",No Specific Cons As of Now,Can bring Auto promotion,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25899,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bets Place to Work,"Good Package, Excellent Culture and Environment",No cons to write here,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1811.htm
25900,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process assistant,Good attitude and displane time mentioned of employees.,Here we are Clients our amazon team monitor daily employees,Be maintained sincerity good attitude dedicated any wear goal reached.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25901,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,TRMS Transaction Risk Investigator,"- good infrastructure, facilities. - Engagement activities keep taking place.",- high work pressure - degrading work atmosphere with time -low or no growth,"Agreed india is a third world country, but such work as operations should have certain boundaries of allowance of pressure to be exerted on employee.. That is work volume should not be allowed to increase at all beyond a certain point.",2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25902,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Loads of opportunities to develop,"* High hiring bar = super-smart colleagues * Broad range of projects across disparate domains, allowing for new challenges without moving company * No ivory towers: everyone shares their knowledge, and anyone can challenge anyone else's proposals regardless of level or experience * Plenty of career opportunities: role shifts encouraged & SDE progression does not mean management (although I chose to!) * Competitive salary, benefits & RSUs","* No-one will stop you taking things on: if you don't learn to say ""no"" you can easily get swamped * Extremely wide grades means promotions are infrequent (it may take 10+ years to get promoted once you've reached 5+ years' experience) and very high-effort",* Fix the grading structure and promotions system,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25903,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Distributor,"Great team, decent salary and helping customers","I had bad hours, hard to have work/life balance.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25904,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Nicee,Great work culture for every fresher,"Nothing much as cons, its cool",none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25905,amazon,Mira Road (India)," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Delivery boy,Company should be good in market where I can make my carrier,Person are good in company with there speak and behavior,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25906,amazon,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Stower,stow,okay just started don't really have much to say to early,no washrooms on other floors only on the main one and you do get timed,should have washrooms closer for females sometimes females need that washroom close so they don't impress themselves. walking down 4 set of stairs and to the other sided of the building is a long way ladies could have a accident by the time. No one want to feel embarrass about going to the washrooms.,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25907,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Misleading job description,"Good location and cool offices. Plenty of space, ping pong, xbox, etc Possibility to meet people from many countries and make new friends. Occasional home office in some departments. If counting with the right experience, easy internal transfer between countries aswell. Good to have on CV and for fresh graduates is a good opportunity to gain valuable experience.","Average salaries and be ready to work a lot! In my department we ended up taking over tasks which had nothing to do with the advertised job description, which lead to frustration. High pressure environment and extra hours (paid at least) Benefit package below average in Prague, no meal vouchers nor sick days.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25908,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gud hr interview,Pays better good work nature,Be genuine while working keep itself updated,Be firendly,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25909,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Good growth Work culture is modern,Nothing much concerning at this time,Continue doing what you are good at,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1812.htm
25910,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place work,"Nice work culture,amazing benefits and all together best place to work.",Everything are up to the mark.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25911,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Work culture is simply awesome,None to tell about this company,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25912,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Specialist,monotonus job,work life balance more money for what you do,no future must have to look else where for bright future.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25913,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Transcation risk investigaotr,The working environment is very cool employee friendly .,"The only pros i see in my job is that i work in shifts , i am flexible to working in shifts but i prefer working in normal shift",To encourage the employees to achieve their goal,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25914,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - EHS Officer,Excellent pay and benefits but no work-life balance.,Pay is comparatively high and performance bonus are attractive.,No personal life as you are constantly connect to work.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25915,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Sr Manager, marketing",the company's total compensation is competitive,less friendly environment vs other tech,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25916,amazon,Balanagar (India)," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - SSA,SSA,Good job and free and verry intresting job,Simple and verry good private company and nice jobs in amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25917,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,"no dress code , nice environment",work hard no fun this is followed by few teams,none,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25918,amazon,Sangrur (India)," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Consultant,Glassdoor,Because this is a biggest company,We have to Work on time..,Open the office in every city,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25919,amazon,Hell (Cayman Islands)," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Learning Coordinator,Learning Coordinator,Pay- nothing more than this.,"Everything else. We are left to our own to figure it out and expected to support the station 24/7 yet ""not work off the clock"" because we are hourly. Take texts, IM's, calls at all hours and on weekends when I am not in or sleeping because mngt is CLUELESS and chooses not to put their brain into drive. Lack of support when things do go right, and when they do not... hold HR meetings about how you fail. Even worse if you are female, lgbt, or quiet/shy. They will abuse and walk all over you.",Show some respect and support. Back the off when we are so overwhelmed because we have no support (and get us some support from a permanent T1 position) that we do not accomplish your laundry list and dry cleaning when you want it done.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1813.htm
25920,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good pay for a warehouse job,Employees are looked at as numbers or even machines rather than human biengs.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25921,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - 3D Artist,No proper support from managers,Good environment to work. Great infrastructure . Good salary package .,No support from manager after all the problems you face. Well I was in contract bases and they response from manager's I got was not at all helpful. If you have any problem and if you share with them but no action you to be taken on it. Very partials with the employee. Don't understand what problem we go through as a artist. Unrealistic goals were set. Distribution of work among employees were not proper some one getting high no. Work some getting low no. Of work for which it use to effect our productivity.,Have a fair decision with all other employee don't be partial,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25922,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager -II,Great Compnay to work for,1. Accountability 2. Ownership 3. Value to your hard work 4. Competitive Salary some time best in class 5. Data Driven (say with data people will endorse your ideas),"1. Sometimes it gets very hectic 2. Heavily document (6 pager) driven, some time you need to write a lot of white paper 3. Sometime very high salary parity between people at same level",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25923,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Content Test Associate,content test associate,Only facilities is the pro,"no work life balance, less pay",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25924,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A challenging and fast paced environment,At Amazon you live and breath the leadership principles and this creates a supportive and innovative culture where every day is always Day 1. You never really realize how many different jobs are available until you are in the company and you are encouraged to grow and develop by swapping roles.,"The fast paced pro-risk culture associated with innovation, think big and bias for action is not suitable for those who enjoy a more predictable work-life balance. The hours can sometimes be relentless.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25925,amazon,"Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (India)"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Data Entry,It's greatest.,It's helpful to people someone telling us.,Achievers in leval by leval.,It's A best,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25926,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Can earn good sum of money,Situations can sometimes be stressful,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25927,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a McDonald's in IT,"Talented engineers, new technologies, international environment","Like I mentioned in subj, Amazon ""burgers"" are ok. The company good in sales, however taste of the ""burger"" should be better. Basically they care more about numbers, than quality of a product.","Top management should sometimes try Amazon products and competitor's products. Also, engineers should have more power, comparable with their management, as in most IT companies.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25928,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Needs improvement,"workload, shift hrs is not suitable","payment, professional work environment , friends",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25929,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Research Analyst,Pressure cooker... For low level to high level,"Colleagues, salary, your boss(most of the bosses are good). Your boss understands your problems and if failed in something, they will support you. Not like the other companies where they screw u up for small things.",Long working hours. Lot of work. No work life balance,Nope,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1814.htm
25930,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Operations Analyst,Amazon is good place to work,"Leading E commerce industry, Treats Employee better",Tuff for work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25931,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work so far,"Free coffee at break, good work environment and chance to grow with company.","Standing on feet all day, mandatory overtiime and 11 hour shifts.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25932,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Amazon RBS,Thus company is excellent for professional and personal growth The people is friendly You have owner projects You have the possible for automatize you work,Decentralized processes This company need a collaborates that have more pride in belonging to this company,The areas can be closer,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25933,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality service Associate,Good place to work. Peaceful environment.,It takes long years for promotions,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25934,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Security Engineer,Security Engineer,I've worked with some of the smartest people I've ever meet and from them I learnt a lot of new stuff.,Information Security is experiencing a severe morale issue due to their Senior Leadership being totally absent (or caring of their own affairs) and when present continuously changing direction just to satisfy their boss in order to get promoted. Business travel and trainings at employee expense due to the same Sr. Leadership running out of money with their own spending. This resulted in projects delayed and put on hold. There is no budget for remote offices to visit the HQ but they want to hire in new locations.,"Talents need to be motivated to stay otherwise they will continue to leave. InfoSec already lost a number of talented engineers and all agreed that the main reason was the inability of Sr. Leadership to recover the morale problem. Unicorns are for kids, not for professionals!",1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25935,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Flexible, constant stream of new challenges, management genuinely respectful towards low-level associates, rewards hard work.","Work-life balance could be better, on occasion progression opportunities depends on your manager's ability to sell you. Attrition can be high with management due to high-stakes/pressure culture.",Keep working to slowly change the intense culture of the past and adapt to the 21st century. you've already made a lot of progress on this but keep working.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25936,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon TRMS,Great company to work for. Excellent growth opportunities within the company.,There are no downsides of working at Amazon,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25937,amazon,"Nakanoshima, Osaka (Japan)"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Earth's most customer centric company & anyone can find career oppotunity,Company Mission Leadership Principles Internal Job Transfer program,Hard to find out internal business stakeholders,"As a people manager, you are responsible to support your team member's career growth.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25938,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,"Work culture , Salary ,Cab facility , Wfh",No cons . Everything is just fine,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25939,amazon,Melbourne (Australia)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sales Executive,Great place to work,Lots of opportunity Growing business Great team of people Good management You own your own business The business trusts its employees to make the right decisions,You have to enforce your own work life balance boundaries It’s very fast paced which can become overwhelming,As growth continues Focus on employee development and keeping the culture,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1815.htm
25940,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Specialist,Amazing Experience,"The culture is too good , superb facilities, cabs are extraordinary.",nothing as off now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25941,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Best environment Good people I likeit Awesome Mast hai,Low salary High timings But good Shifts And,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25942,amazon,Pune City (India)," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,CSA,Ambience is great Good Managers Food is Good in the cafeteria,Continuous Calls during peak sales,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25943,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Selling Partner Support,An amazing place to work,Good working environment. They encourage your professional development.,"Sometimes, you have to know how to work under a little bit of pressure.",Leadership Principals,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25944,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Picker,good standard and can make good friends,"long hours, some PA don't know how to talk to employees. so rude.",make it 8hour shift,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25945,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a McDonald's in IT,"Talented engineers, new technologies, international environment","Like I mentioned in subj, Amazon ""burgers"" are ok. The company good in sales, however taste of the ""burger"" should be better. Basically they care more about numbers, than quality of a product.","Top management should sometimes try Amazon products and competitor's products. Also, engineers should have more power, comparable with their management, as in most IT companies.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25946,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,Opportunities are all over the company,work load sometimes drops in q3 and then ramps up like crazy in q4,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25947,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job Review,One of the best company to work with.,Work/Life Balance will take a hit,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25948,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Nice Workplace,No work pressure.Nice work environment,hike perrcentage should be increased.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25949,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"culture, fast pace, learning","work life balance, people development",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1816.htm
25950,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEII,Working culture. Salary structure Advanced technologies Great ceo,Work life balance Office location Food,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25951,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Market Research Analyst,It was okay not great not worse,Friendly environment with ua fellow mates but with higher officials it’s a bit abyss,The level of interaction between level 2 associate and higher management is not up to the mark,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25952,amazon,Visakhapatnam (India)," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Computer Typing Work,I can have a some experience that I have worked here,The best reason is that Amazon is the most popular and I have also dream to work here so I have thought my dream may be work here als,Seriously I don't have any experience till now how can I tell thee cons in amazon,Nothing,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25953,amazon,"Bedford, England (UK)"," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great to work for,"Flexible shift pattern, good rate of pay",None that affected me then,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25954,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer support,Best place to work,Nothing Till date and may be nothing in future,Awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25955,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Amazon HQ shines (even when the weather in Luxembourg doesn't),"- A lot of opportunity to work on interesting projects that have a material impact - Work with very high quality people from around the world - Learn from the best, access to global subject matter experts - Competitive Pay - Depending on the role, travel across EU and to the US - Fast pace, a great place to develop and grow quickly - Leadership principles are taken seriously, this is a company with a grand vision and mission and folks are generally in step with that vision - You can pitch as many innovative ideas as you want - Data Driven, attempts to be meritocracy","- Work/life balance (or ""Harmony"", as some would suggest) is not an option for everyone. I was lucky but others are not, it can depend on your manager. - Professional growth depends largely on your team, in some roles you might shine and others you might just blend in with the other (hopefully) high performers.","Lead through inspiration & understanding. Amazon does not need a class on business effectiveness, but burn-out is common on some teams and individual growth/development seems to be an afterthought. While each person is inevitably responsible for their own personal development, proactive structure might help people feel more fulfilled.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25956,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Assistant,My Opinion on Amazon,Very comfortable place with good colleagues and surrounding.,Sometimes there will be unsatisfaction form the managers behaviour.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25957,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Big Data Engineer,"Great Company, always challenging","* Workplace that necessitates and rewards continuous learning, exploring and thinking out of the box * Great Compensation compared to industry standards * Opprotunity to move to any team in anywhere in the world (of course where Amazon has a presence)",* Sometimes you may have to stretch a lot to meet deadlines * Oncalls and production support may be hectic in some teams but the good thing is senior leaders are very serious about reducing operational load for tech teams,Nothing specific to tech roles. They're already very responsive and have built many tools for understanding employee sentiments. Keep up the great work!,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25958,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Automation Engineer,Great talents -Engineering,"Highly innovative people/team. Even though I joined as an experienced Automation Engineer, I still found out that there's more to learn as there are always positive challenges on your way. As an Engineer you'll get to improve/sharpen your overall skill sets, your confidence is not only regained but well built up again. I will always encourage and recommend people to this great company.","The cons here are - Highly competitive place as things change at the speed of light. Also, some folks take to bureaucracy but work is in progress to tackle this.",So far at my local site the management team is really doing great. I also believe they can do better as there's always room for improvement.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25959,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Controllership Spec,Great place to work with a great work culture,"The work culture is really great. If you are innovative and take ownership of the tasks, you can go a long way.","If you happen to have a good manager and a good mentor, there really isnt anything that pulls you down here.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1817.htm
25960,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,- Very productive working environment - Great team work - Interesting and challenging projects to work on - Flexible working hours - Employees are well supported by management - Employee ideas are supported and encouraged,- Might need to do 24/7 on-call support rotation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25961,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE-2,"Responsibility includes a lot of knowledge on systems end to end. From requirement gathering till deployment and maintenance. This gives complete understanding of a software life cycle. As SDE's are the ones who architect the systems not just code, it gives complete motivation and long careers. If you are a geek, you will enjoy the stuff you do at Amazon.","In my view, only bad with Amazon is just because of bad managers, they are more in number.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25962,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,One of the best place to work,"Amazon is the place where you can work hard, have fun and make history. Every day you interact with many customers solving different issues, customer obsession is one of the leadership principle of Amazon.","Cons would be difficult to provide, you get to work in so many departments which is definitely going to help you in future.","Nothing, I feel the management in Amazon id quite friendly, they support you throughout your journey within your organization and help you to grow.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25963,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Technician,"Friendly environment/work place, Huge expose to new technology, Learning new skills, Good salary","Work/life balance, Changes on simple procedures takes too much time",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25964,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,I have been working past 1 and half year in the company,Amazon provide us a wonderful work environment for employees and there is no much stress and target. friendly,"Pay is not good for as per company standards, not all teams/process good",Nothing to say just continue same work environment in future also and provide more benefits to employee and increase the salary.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25965,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Proud to work for!,Very well known brand Busy environment - Energetic Continue to expand in all regions,It can be too fast pace for some individuals.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25966,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Software Development Engineer II,Career growth opportunities Diverse environment Work is oriented entirely on goals International environment access to traveling and conferences abroad. Competitive Salary,The tasks given are often abstract Not actual coding or writing software (Mostly investigating creating Knowledge base),Don't push on everything just for the sake of pushing. The pressure is not always the right call for every situation. This drives teams to exhaustion.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25967,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great organisation to work for,"Learning, Freedom to try new stuff, work with great leaders, good money","poor work life balance, recruiting team hardly get to enjoy the 2 days off a week",please look at work life of employees,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25968,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Good Employee Friendly Company With Lot Perks,"You will get to see lot of benefits in terms of  Benefits Facilities Etc. Things work pretty fast at Amazon, everybody will be on their toes and you will see most them happy most of the time which is a good sign",There are some with regards to benefits again where some of them are not fair like transport amount allocation and deduction.,"Nothing as of now, except the Transport amount deduction for people who opt for Cab which seems unfair.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25969,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Work and Growth,The work culture and environment also the fun activities.,"Compared to old work life now it's bit stressed and forcing the employee's more to get the work done, the way of managing the things are not that great now a days. When it comes to career growth i could see many politics here.",Should take a good manager who can manage the things well and not showing any partiality.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1818.htm
25970,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Compliance Officer,Compliance,"Well known company, access to millions products","Bad salaries, staff never last long term",Stop changing things around every day.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25971,amazon,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Vendor Success Program,Lead Vendor Success Program,"Amazon worries to have the right people in the right place, pays for every kind of training you will need to have.","There is no home office, the lack of organization and no metrics to be defined is stressful, you need to have data base skills lik sql and the work hard principle is the most strong in the whole org.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25972,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction risk management services,"Amazing growth , fast paced environment, challenging work",Fast paced environment and change is just too quick,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25973,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Details about current and past salory,Very good company to work,Sometimes its to hectic to work,Nothing right now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25974,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - QA Engineer,good,"You get can,food for free and good ambiance",Mam the best company to work,Yes,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25975,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Free drinks, paid 30 min break",Break times are not true amount,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25976,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent company,Options to try different roles,"No perks, some dumb bosses",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25977,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde 2,Works on cutting edge technology,work life balance and transportation,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25978,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Approproate title and great company,Good flexibility and smart people,Inability to move roles frequently,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25979,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,investigations specialist,"good work life balance. flexible working hours. nice working environment, fun activities during busy seasons, dress casual everyday.","low salary, work is repetitive and productivity is under supervised by a system at all time. limited break and lunch time during work, do not have too many chances to gain skills to achieve career development",more training opportunities needs to be provided. managers should know more about the investigators daily work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1819.htm
25980,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review about SDE-2 job role,1. Good learning environment. 2. Good stock benefits.,1. Poor work-life balance across the company (all roles).,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25981,amazon,"Warrington, North West England, England (UK)"," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,The company is just simply too big to provide the necessary individual attention for career progression...,- pay increase from 1st November ‘18 - set working days - benefits - communication - organisation - good for weight loss and exercise! (Expect lots of walking for some roles) - HR really try to engage with people and create a fun working environment - flexi time - on your days off you’ll feel like you’ve got your life back! - weekly pay,"- no work life balance (better if you live local to a fulfilment centre but if you want a full decent nights/ day sleep you’ll only have a couple of hours each day when you’re working to do other things) - exhausting (rest days you will be a lot more tired than usual, your feet and legs, hands will ache a lot for the first couple of weeks, mentally it can be very draining - depends on your mood) - atmosphere can feel oppressive at times - ‘mandatory overtime’ which is BS (they can’t force you to work overtime during peak and prime week, you can ask for an exception from your manager if you have other commitments) - language barriers... - you are just a number to the lead managers they will ask you to do jobs you’ve had no training on and throw you in the deep end. This is because they are under a lot of pressure and just need the job done. - false promises and confusion at times with opportunities - sending you to work in other departments with no notice - more opportunities for if the ‘face fits’ or you’re apart of the ‘boys club’ - depends on who your managers are. - breaks are VERY rushed! - days and weeks can feel very long at times... - I hated packing but enjoy working in stow (personal preference) - you will never get a lead mangers role unless you have a degree end of. They seem very unwilling to budge on this so without a degree you’ll only move up to a T3 max. - manager all seem very approachable and understanding despite the pressure they’re under. But could be luck of the draw. - high targets (they are achievable but expect to sweat for it)",- offer part time contracts - offer T4 roles to hard working dedicated associates without needing to have ‘a irrelevant degree’ - more strict on training and not just throwing people in the deep end and expecting them to get on with it. - no false promises,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25982,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Manager,Challenging and rewarding,Interesting work. Great people. Good pay. Growing firm.,Can be a stressful environment.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25983,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Innovation, Think Big, work in an independent way",nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25984,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process associate,Great company to start your career.,no cons i find here,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25985,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Csc,Good work here and nice encouragement,No cons as of now bettering good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25986,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operation analyst,Here in amazon we have lot of growth and the management is very helpful in every aspect and the Hr management is also good.,"But there everybody are not perfect,every company has some downsides,right now the leadership team is changed and due to organisational changes there is no hike and transport issue and work culture is changed.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25987,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Process Associate,One of the coolest places to work!!,"Very Good atmosphere,very friendly managers,lots of perks,decent salary,cab facilities.",the targets set by the management team are most of the times impossible to achieve.,"Well done continue the good work,and try to reduce the workloads.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25988,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,"Amazon is built on a set of principles, and any defense can be put forth on the basis of those principles",-Work life balance is joke -Number management done to a crazy level,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25989,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"Free drinks, paid 30 min break",Break times are not true amount,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1820.htm
25990,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leadership principles brought to life,"Amazon's Leadership principles are how Amazonians live and breathe everyday -- this gives all Amazon employees a common framework to work against, challenge each other against, and use to drive innovation at scale. I've found Amazon's ability to grant autonomy for its employees to act as owners, collaborating quickly and across teams to make decisions on behalf of its customers an incredibly rewarding and mentally challenging (in a good way) place to work. In particular I've really appreciated the speed at which my role at Amazon has evolved -- I began working on one specific business, within 6 months I was working on launches in new countries, and within 12 months that had continued to expand such that I was leading global strategy and rollout","Like all large companies, Amazon will take some getting used to in terms of internal complexity.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
25991,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,"good for interns, not sure for full timers","the pay is good, you get to work with smart people, some projects are really interesting","the atmosphere looks like is pushing you to work as much as you can, maybe sometimes more than you can.",you should care more about what are interns doing,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
25992,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data associate,Good work place to start career,Nothing more to tell about,Good,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
25993,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Amazon,"work life balance , work from home , caring towards employees, benefits are awesome","Salary , no scope of growth as it already in top",increment to be set high,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
25994,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good for begineers a bit long hours,location is a constraint for many,customer centirc,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
25995,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"High total compensation Large scale, challenging problems Ability to make a huge impact Talented peers",High pressure culture of rushing to meet artificial deadlines Non-technical managers,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
25996,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Associate,"Open culture, good peers to work with","No work life balance, pay is less","There will be favours if the manager will be of the same region of the Associate, else there will be no favours for instead they target us",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
25997,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Courier Driver,courier,I am self employed and I work on days that fit me.,The staff have very bad communication.,Do no lie to drivers about the hours and workload.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
25998,amazon,"Pratapgarh, Rajasthan (India)"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Management,There are no amazon saller and i want to creat amazon And grow this area,Now runnig time amazon is best and biggest saller,I want to creat a amazon and i will manage it,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
25999,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Amazon not anymore the best workplace to be associated with. Just take a sip it's not worth fulfilling your thirst.,Workplace. Environment... Culture. Leaves people,Ridiculous management.... Not any more a progress driven leadership,The management has has been degrading. The leadership is lacking employee bond and aiming at cost cutting which will give them a great surprise in terms of quality in the near future.,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1821.htm
26000,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Auditor,Quality Auditor,The best place to work! The culture is simply brilliant and the management is responsive to all of the employee's needs.,Opportunities for growth are quite difficult.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26001,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid unless you got a deathwish,Shares. Colleagues. The offer. The are worse places.,"Clueless managment, brown nosing is rife, team leads trying to be bullies if you allow them to.","You can't manage a kebab van, let alone a fulfillment center.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26002,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Manager,FinOps Manager,Excellent Environment and very good work life balance and a good pay master,Not observed any Cons as of now,"Keep the Employee Happy, In turn Employee will keep the Company Happy",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26003,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Graduate Area Manager,Amazon Area Manager Graduate Scheme,Flat hierarchy You only work 4 days a week Great people Very well paid Great benefits,"They do not tell you your shift pattern until you start. I was told after my first week that I would be working from 18:00 - 05:00 from Wednesdays to Saturdays, so I had no social life. Location isn't great They told you very little about your role until after your first week",More information,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26004,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Investigator,Good overall,Excellent company and employee centric. Talented people will grow.,Shabby managament in few departments which ruin careers of many people while the managers pick and choose who will grow. People who pamper managers will also grow.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26005,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Data Associate,Data Associate,Friendly Environment with your space for innovation and development . Managers are really cool and help you a lot in times of need.,"less salary package.  The below are particular cons i faced in Amazon ADS, MAA, Chennai.  Sudden implication of new rules particularly like restricting employees from having snacks or coffee on their desk. Sudden Intervention by the L7 manager on the floor for catching people who aren't at their desk and pulling out their records.",Please don't try to change the work environment.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26006,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Investigator,Risk investigator,Nice to work here Management is understanding,the work here is very Repetitive,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26007,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Intern,"You are assigned your own project. High level of autonomy, steep learning curve and wonderful people to learn from","Sometimes little guidance, demanding projects",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26008,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support,Amazon'ing,"Great staff, Good benefits, Decent people and no work politics.",Locker system for phones. Nothing than that.,Remove the locker system for phones and everything will be great.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26009,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head Business Development,Awesome work life balance and culture.,Document writing culture takes away the fun,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1822.htm
26010,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head Business Development,Awesome work life balance and culture.,Document writing culture takes away the fun,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26011,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great environment to work, team support","great environment to work, team support",during peak over load of work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26012,amazon,Melbourne (Australia)," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Fantastic place to work with super culture,"Culture is key, and as an employee I feel valued by my company and management. People are very helpful. Just, a great place to work!!","Honestly, nothing comes to mind at the moment. I have been here for 12 months now.",Keep the culture great!,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26013,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Category Leader,What a great place to work!,"Excellent customer obsession and long term thinking. Very data based and process driven company with superbly articulated leadership principles. The culture is best encapsulated by""Work hard, have fun, make history"".",Some activities have a lot of headquarter (seattle) dependence and hence the decision making on these can slow down for a country like India.,Keep going- you are the leaders and will continue to be one.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26014,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Time Schedule Benefits Career Growth Night Shift option,Very Difficult work Unprofessional Work Culture,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26015,amazon,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Coordinator,Little Regard for the little guys.,Prompt payment of salary,Excessive work load and stress,Not enough attention paid to the workers at warehouses who fulfill orders. top management only concerned on how best to save their skin in crisis times. blame the little guy.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26016,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon brand name and learnings,Amazon is one of the leading E - commerce companies around the globe. One will learn a lot while working here.,"Being the best in class, there is a lot of pressure of each and everything.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26017,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Graduate Engineer,I’m happy with you,As i want to prove myself which i can do to your company in a good way,There is nothing much to say about. As i want to do the work with my own interest and in a proper way.,"There is no advice from my side. As i want to say onething that, if you recruit me in your company then I’ll work in a keenly way with friendly nature with all colleagues over their and I will do my job as responsible person to your company.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26018,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Job Security, work culture, big company","Not sure yet, but international job opportunities are very hard",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26019,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfilment Associate,Free Hot & cold drinks Higher pay rates as compared to other warehouse jobs,"It's impossible to make management happy with your work. How much you push yourself even do more than the target you never get appreciated. Being at Amazon, I learnt that feedback is always negative. They won't give you any positive feedback telling you that you're doing a great job. I dislike the working environment.","Give Positive feedback, it's really important. Stop giving ridiculous feedback which doesn't make any sense.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1823.htm
26020,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Good place to work,- Culture - Compensation - Team - Fun activity,"- Slow professional growth. Other than that, no other callouts.",- Be more employee friendly in terms of support.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26021,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation specialist,Good company ans good culture,Career growth is very slow,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26022,amazon,Ghaziabad (India)," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Regional Sales Manager,"Sir, I am thankful to previous organization because I have learnt a lot of things from there .","Sir, My short term goal is to a get a job in reputed company where i can utilize my skill and improve my career path my longterm goal is to be in respectable position in that organization","Sir, I am an honest, self-motivated and hardworking boy with a positive attitude toward my career and my life","Sir, it is a great privilege for anyone to work in a reputed company like yours when I read about your company I found that my skills are matching your requirement where I can showcase my technical skills to contribute to the company growth.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26023,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Operations Analyst,Senior Financial operations Analyst \,"Great place to work, You work hard, Have fun & Make history",I dont want to Discuss on Cons part.,Great place to work,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26024,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Associate,Great employer!,"Amazon really takes care of his employees, I feel they take care of us so we can take care of the customers, that is a great way to motivate us.","Not too much to say, anything that comes to my mind now to write down.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26025,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE-2,Good Company with good package,Work life balance is ok,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26026,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Currently Working as Team Manager,"Great Experience, Have been working for 5 years , Lots of growth opportunities.",Not Applicable. I dont have any bad experience as of now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26027,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Good,Work life great good growing chance,Night shifts too much of work,Looking for on site opportunity,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26028,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon Work,It is a good place to grow and hone your skills,There is always some work to deal with,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26029,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Security Engineer,Absence of InfoSec Sr. Leaders and you have to pay for your trainings and business travels as they run out of money.,"Some managers I had were great, very focused and willing to help you growth.","InfoSec managers and Sr Leadership do not have any backbone. As soon as a VP changes direction they all change direction for the sole purpose of accomplishing the VP so they can get promoted. Engineers are continuously randomized and not allowed to focus on their projects and deliver on the same. Engineers are then marked as underperforming because they did not deliver. InfoSec employees are asked to pay for international business travel, training courses and even national business travel out of pocket because Sr. Leadership run out of money with their own spending. The overall org morale is terrible and there is no real plan to address this problem. The only thing Sr. leader offered as solution is to call engineers Cloud Unicorns which is clearly the most stupid thing ever done.",When I joined InfoSec the situation was way better as the moral was. We lost a huge number of great engineers due to poor InfoSec Sr. leadership never present and/or continuously changing goals. They still do not see the problem nor they are planning to remediate. I am myself planning to move away from InfoSec to be able love my job again.,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1824.htm
26030,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Receptionist,Nice work place,Nice people and nice atmosphere at work,"Huge corporation, difficult to make people hear your voice",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26031,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist,"Being owner of the startegy, implementation and results",Promotion process can take time and effort,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26032,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Selling Partner Support,Best place to work,"-Friendly colleagues and managers. - encourages associates to grow in the job. Promotion opportunities after completing 9 months in the job depending on performance. - loads of fun activities and freedom to enjoy and have fun in workplace provided you have completed the work for the day. - can wear anything. I have seen colleagues coming in pyjamas and slippers. - awards and vouchers for best performance. - work hard, have fun, make history","-High prices in cafeteria - shift timings are erratic and changes frequently depending on high work load. - need better hike - insurance doesn't count parents, only spouse and I am unmarried","Keep doing what you are doing! However, please be a little employee centric with regards to salary hikes and perks.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26033,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,"People often mention that life in Amazon is stressful, on-call load, work life balance issues etc. Trust me that's all wrong. I am in Amazon for close to 5 years now and I really enjoy working at Amazon. I am motivated every day to go to work and solve some real complex issues related to business or tech, and what keeps me motivated is the peers, team, senior leaders that you work with. Amazon has the best workforce at all levels and you get to learn a lot from them and become successful in your career. Amazon takes care of work life balance, lots of employee benefits, work culture is the best. When I joined Amazon almost 5 years back I had heard similar stuff about slogging, work life balance etc. but it all turned out to be wrong and I am happy that I took the right decision at that time and did not go with what rumors I had heard.","Politics at higher level, and that's part of every other company.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26034,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review of Amazon,Culture challenge nice pay learn development and warmth,Stress numbers target housekeeping too many numbers,Appreciate more people,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26035,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Good working environment and support,Politics is there but at the end depends on ur hardwork,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26036,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,It totally depends on which team you're in,- Relatively good salary - Too many opportunities to learn and move forward,- Bad hikes - Some teams might get on your nerve with their bureaucracy,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26037,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Success Specialist,"Customer focus, Innovative Products, nice colleagues.","Incompetent team leadership/management, roles creation without added value and competences development - roles seem to be as short/long term projects. They dismiss professional people without a good reason to hire young graduates to pay less money.",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26038,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Associate,Company to work hard with fun and joy.,"Excellent work culture. We have our freedom to work on our own, not pressurized for anything.",Nothing to say in Cons.,Nothing to say.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26039,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing to work at Amazon,Work culture is pretty comfortable.,Can't remember any as of now.,Keep innovating to improve more and more.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1825.htm
26040,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Freedom to work the way you want,Nothing as such keep going,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26041,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Pay and horrible shifts,"overtime facility, decent pay, other then TRMS all other jobs are good, good pay for other jobs but not TRMS employees",they will give u work from home facility but with complete night shift. Then what is the point of giving work from home???? All BPO managers are making amazon work culture like BPO,stop making TRMS like bpo,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26042,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 1, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Associate,Good place to learn,1. You get to work with smart people. 2. You get a lot of respect from people in the industry because you work for the market leader. 3. Steep learning curve 4. Lot of small perks. You'll not notice them till you lose them :) 5. Good career opportunities. Easy to switch teams.,"1. Bureaucracy. Some employees are worse than government employees in India. They take hours of breaks and you can never depend on them to get your work done. It was also one of the main reasons why I quit. 2. Middle management gives extreme timelines, like get something done by end of day, which is almost impossible. They give such extreme deadlines even if it's not an urgent issue. Employees tend to burn-out due to this. 3. Some colleagues can be very toxic. I never heard a single positive thing from them, all they care about is themselves.","Get the bureaucrats out of the system. Stop hiring L5-L6 managers from outside. These posts should be filled internally, there are a lot of hard working & talented people coming from the bottom of the food chain.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26043,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A different approach!,Technology and new approach in the market are key elements in the working experience. Possibility to try and make mistakes is appreciated and is helping and speed up the learning curve,Not always easy to understand area of role and responsibility. Uncertain and ambiguous situations don't facilitate a clear role definition,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26044,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Associate,"Good place, good working environment, great place to start your career.","Nothing much, will update later",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26045,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,TRMS Investigator,"The best pro to work at amazon to have the opportunity to work at home, the environment provided by your team, and manager , free transportation is a very good benefit and also that your feedback is taken into consideration makes you feel listened","1.AsoAmazon has a lot of benefits that aren't useful at all and could have been improved ( Example: college discount in the enrollment 15%, however the college offered me 25% so the benefit exist but not useful ) 2. Multiple jobs at Costa Rica have the benefits that Amazon career choice offers (which is amazing ) with the ability to take advantage of it with a degree higher that a technical degree.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26046,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Receptionist,Nice work place,Nice people and nice atmosphere at work,"Huge corporation, difficult to make people hear your voice",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26047,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Administrative,"Good starting job, don't stay too long","young crowd, supportive management, fun after-work parties",very low pay compared to other companies with comparable positions,raise pay,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26048,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great job!,great job opportunities inside Amazon!,I didn't found any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26049,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,kudos,excellent management and confidence to do your work,very fast paced environment for newbies,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1826.htm
26050,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 1, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Associate,Good place to learn,1. You get to work with smart people. 2. You get a lot of respect from people in the industry because you work for the market leader. 3. Steep learning curve 4. Lot of small perks. You'll not notice them till you lose them :) 5. Good career opportunities. Easy to switch teams.,"1. Bureaucracy. Some employees are worse than government employees in India. They take hours of breaks and you can never depend on them to get your work done. It was also one of the main reasons why I quit. 2. Middle management gives extreme timelines, like get something done by end of day, which is almost impossible. They give such extreme deadlines even if it's not an urgent issue. Employees tend to burn-out due to this. 3. Some colleagues can be very toxic. I never heard a single positive thing from them, all they care about is themselves.","Get the bureaucrats out of the system. Stop hiring L5-L6 managers from outside. These posts should be filled internally, there are a lot of hard working & talented people coming from the bottom of the food chain.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26051,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A different approach!,Technology and new approach in the market are key elements in the working experience. Possibility to try and make mistakes is appreciated and is helping and speed up the learning curve,Not always easy to understand area of role and responsibility. Uncertain and ambiguous situations don't facilitate a clear role definition,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26052,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Associate,"Good place, good working environment, great place to start your career.","Nothing much, will update later",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26053,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,TRMS Investigator,"The best pro to work at amazon to have the opportunity to work at home, the environment provided by your team, and manager , free transportation is a very good benefit and also that your feedback is taken into consideration makes you feel listened","1.AsoAmazon has a lot of benefits that aren't useful at all and could have been improved ( Example: college discount in the enrollment 15%, however the college offered me 25% so the benefit exist but not useful ) 2. Multiple jobs at Costa Rica have the benefits that Amazon career choice offers (which is amazing ) with the ability to take advantage of it with a degree higher that a technical degree.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26054,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Analyst,Job openings,"environment is very friendly,no work pressure,no time line","no parties,no project parties,low sound,no motivating factor,no carrier related mails in amazon","need to more do active aprticipation in other activities like celebrations,parties and all",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26055,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Administrative,"Good starting job, don't stay too long","young crowd, supportive management, fun after-work parties",very low pay compared to other companies with comparable positions,raise pay,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26056,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great job!,great job opportunities inside Amazon!,I didn't found any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26057,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,kudos,excellent management and confidence to do your work,very fast paced environment for newbies,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26058,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Strategic Vendor Services,"Lead, Strategic Vendor Services","Very Open Culture, If you put efforts you will get the outcome, Challenging role, Can learn a lot on supply chain and inventory related issues.","So far have not found anything, If you miss anything then it's our fault as company gives a lot of space to think big and fail.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26059,amazon,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,I get to work with the most brilliant people every day! And for a company where we actually stand by our word and all work hard to deliver the highest standards to our customers.,"If you want to hide in a corner and not speak your mind, this is not the place for you cause you will be called upon for your thoughts and opinions.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1827.htm
26060,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CS,there are no positive things .... wants to make you fat giving you all kinds of fast food,"low salary, promised things they wont do","Stop playing with people's time, keep it real, do not lie to people teling them will stay in CS for 3 months then will be transfer to fraud. Liars",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26061,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Good atmosphere and good people,hard work and very poor work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26062,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 29, 2018",Former Employee - Lead Recruiter,"Good employer, excellent recruitment strategy and tools","Multinational working environment, good benefits",I can not write cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26063,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,"Constantly challenges you, every day you learn something new and you need to set your pace.","The leadership principles really is the key component of the culture. Great career opportunities, cutting-edge technology, work environment, salary and benefits. You get shares, reimbursement for phone, etc.","If you try to take on every challenge thrown at you, probably you will feel overwhelmed. Be careful setting your pace.",-,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26064,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Decent company to work for,Dynamic environment. Structured access to info and trainings.,Work-life balance. Shift timings. That's it.,"Please concentrate on your customer experience, rather than coming up with new metrics every quarter to measure your employees' productivity.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26065,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Internship (Business Intelligence),- Scale and impact - Learning curve - Combination between business and technology aspects,- Working hours - slightly lower pay with respect to other top N - Little or no benefits or freebies,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26066,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Employees feedback should be important,Benefits and way of work,"Favourism in assigning work, which indirectly effects performance rating resulting in termination of job",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26067,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Perfect company to work with,Salary perks and work culture,Nothing as such till date so nothing to mention.,Sometimes try to consider the employees request even if its not a medical issue.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26068,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Associate,Amazon Warehouse Associate Review,- Good pay - Good staff - Free parking,- Lots of CPT during Peak season - Mandatory 60 hours during peak,- Stop favoritism,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26069,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate salary DE,Good pay and subsidized meals,Although the hourly wages are good but still the work is also very tiring.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1828.htm
26070,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Fire TV Stick(Install and Demo),Amazon fire tv stick(Install and Demo),"In India, Some People They Don't Know Some Basic Thing Like Prime Membership and Other Futures of Amazon fire tv stick .Consumer they have to Know they can watch both New Indian Movie and IPTV channels in Amazon fire tv stick.","Amazon, they have to Select in Each Area one Delivery boy how know about Amazon fire tv stick to Install and Demo.","Great, Relationships with Amazon As Far as Possible.Thank you",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26071,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing work culture,Nice work environment and they always keep you staisfied. Equal opportunities for all. Friendly people.,Varied shifts. These shifts affect your daily routine and health.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26072,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Finance,"If you want to work 65 to 90 hours a week, work during weekends, bank holidays and don´t have a life other than your job, then this is your place to work.","If you want to work 65 to 90 hours a week, work during weekends, bank holidays and don´t have a life other than your job, then this is your place to work. By the way, they will NOT pay your for those extra hours. If you like an aggressive work environment were your co-workers will be ready to step on you to get recognition and work in the most individualistic place in the work and with less work-life balance then Amazon is your company to work for.  Before thinking to work for this company, check on the internet, do some research on articles and videos of what people think about what is working for Amazon. And don´t think that this is only on the warehouses, actually on the offices and headquarters is way worse. Why? Because in the warehouse at least the time is regulated and you clock-in and clock-out and they will pay you for your extra time. In the office, you will sign a contract for 40 hours, you will get pay for 40 hours and you will work at least 60 hours because of the level of work -oad and push from managers. By the way, do you know that Amazon pay people (have employees, under their payroll) which function is to write positive opinions about Amazon on the social networks? Yes, unbailable but true, so how are you going to thrust any positive opinion?  If you have a family, kids or like to do something else other than work in your life, and you don´t want to be a slave in the XXI century, this is definitely the last company you want to work for. As some employee in the USA mentioned one time, a year in Amazon is like a “dog year” working here for 1 year is equivalent to working for 7 years in any other place.","Do not be so pushy to the employees. The CEO is already the richest man in history, you should try not to be the most customer centric company but also to treat your employees a little better.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26073,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Operation Working Perspective,"Big Organisation, A lot of things can be learned if middle management has a vision and the patience to hear others saying.  Else, don't bother and play with your career to be in Amazon, trust me in a months time you will have the urge to leave.","No Culture, Leadership lacks vision (middle Management), No Long-term vision, Zero Learnings.  In short, if you want to dump your career down a gutter, Join Amazon.  Personally, I am leaving amazon in 2 months","Kindly educate your middle management in how to be great leaders and not a mediator. Also, add vision to their curriculum, they certainly lack it. They have made a mockery out of the company principles.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26074,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Opinion On Amazon,. Office space Ambiance is good . Compensation is good . Good place to learn especially for freshers,". Worst work life balance . You have to take calls till 12.30 am . Regional politics in some team . Even through you are performing well, no job security. . Everyday employees are asked for feedback about leadership, company, but no action is taken . Only work, work, work and project delivery, no other activity or events",. Management should take employee feedback seriously and take strict action against leaders who are not performing well and play internal politics . Improve work life balance,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26075,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Work Pressure,Good Salary. Great people to work with,More work pressure. work life balance is poor.,Work Life balance should be improved,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26076,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Low in work culture,"Colleagues are usually talented, you will get to learn a lot. Mostly not stingy with travels even for non sales positions. However, only economy flights even for frequent flyers. The company is growing rapidly, a lot of opportunities for career growth.",No attractive bonus for career progression. Everyone has more that what they can handle on their plate and no one is free to hand hold you. You have to figure out yourself.,Create a culture in the office. Culture in Seattle is strong but not seen in Singapore office. Many people travel all the time and it's hard for any social activities. Create activities that draw people nearer and this will facilitate collaboration across teams.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26077,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My brother works at Amazon,Company is good for programmers,There is no cons here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26078,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Catalog Associate French,"Good work environment, best culture","Sometimes you have to work long hours, but thats ok",Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26079,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Really friendly people. Will always help you out. Great place to work at. Loved working here,No cons as such. Found it a really great place to learn.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1829.htm
26080,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work in UK corporate,"Talented people, great workplace, opportunities to progress and to work across functions.",Tight processes often lessen opportunity to innovate.,Think about fu,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26081,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,om,really good company to work for,nothing bad at all Nothing,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26082,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Bookkeeper,4 Cities Furniture Removals - thank you for the awesome 5 years,Simply awesome bosses has made the past 5 years at 4 Cities Furniture Removal the best years of my working life.,None to mention at this point!,Keep on with your awesome attitude towards employee satisfaction and customer service.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26083,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company,Open to different career path choices. Start up vibes,Slow recognition for employees few teams,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26084,amazon,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,amazon company,good salary benifits get chance to promote,hard work long walking rating,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26085,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work,Employee friendly and the best place to work so far in India besides Google and Facebook.,Too much politics which needs to be reduced.,Too much politics which needs to be reduced and it should begin at Senior level.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26086,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions Architecture,Very good for technical guys to improve his/her skills.,Low salary for long services employee,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26087,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"Vivid, positive, friendly working enviroment","paid less than other major players. However, the stock is sky rocketing.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26088,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,Good One,Enviroment is friendly one love to wokr,Management people was not good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26089,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - SDEII,No Peace,Compensation(Although this is averaging to industry every day) Learning on AWS,"Manager is made powerful by Dev Plans No explanation of management decisions though your each task is scrutinized Lot of politics and unnecesary documentation, particularly in Fintech",Please change,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1830.htm
26090,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - SDEII,No Peace,Compensation(Although this is averaging to industry every day) Learning on AWS,"Manager is made powerful by Dev Plans No explanation of management decisions though your each task is scrutinized Lot of politics and unnecesary documentation, particularly in Fintech",Please change,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26091,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"good work environment, work culture",Lots of operational load and fast paced,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26092,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,Strong developers all around. Less micromanagement,Too tough to much up,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26093,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Investigator,"Good organization, lot of opportunities",Nothing to learn. very monotonous job,Bad politics which should be recognized by higher management,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26094,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,Good work culture and good management,Too hectic and have to ensure high standards in code,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26095,amazon,Vijayawada (India)," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Shift Supervisor,Its Good,for the employs growth will be there,Job needed n salary package was good,Nothing to say,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26096,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Associate,Sr. Data associate,"We have our freedom to work at our own , not pressurized for anything .",Till date haven't found any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26097,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Not worth the stress,- You get paid on time. - You get 2 breaks.,"- Job is too demanding both physically and mentally for the amount of money paid. - Stand on your feet for 10 hours, even taking a break requires a long walk that will pretty much finish the break. - The so called paid time off (PTO) is 2 days worth - up to 4 for the entire year. - Benefits aren't from day one, you get it after a month and half of being employed to see if you can last long enough to get the benefits. - If you get injured and go to their medical unit, you'll be told just go back to work its ok. Work condition there is border line unsafe. - You may waste an entire break if you want to talk to HR, not enough HR reps to the number of people who have questions or concerns all the time. - Alot of discrimination there. If you are from India or white, you will succeed there likely. Other races, too bad.",- Stop discriminating based on the manager's own race. - Be more involved with the employees and their needs/concerns. You will see an actual raise in the productivity rate and therefore revenue. - Pay a more decent wage for the amount of work being done.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26098,amazon,Port Elizabeth (South Africa)," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - VCS Customer Service Representative,Work from Home (Amazon VCS),Great environment. Great people. Amazing growth oppurtunities. Awesome training material and management support,Need more team building Focusing on Metrics for most promotions,Get more team building exercises in place,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26099,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud Support Engineer,Very smart and highly skilled people on the team. A lot to learn from them especially if you're a graduate new hire. Not a conventional support role where you send pre-framed responses. Every case poses unique challenges and one will learn something new every day.,"A major contribution to performance evaluation is customer ratings which hurts the employees since most of the low ratings are baseless and due to the client's frustration with their inability to read the terribly written documentation.  And, the funny thing is, the management thinks a customer gave 2 stars due to the engineer not greeting the client, or some other silly reason.","Try to judge whether to remove a low star rating from an engineer, on the basis of the response's technical accuracy. A client in production pain cares if their problem is solved and not if he/she was greeted or not.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1831.htm
26100,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,Lead - Retail Business,No dress code and work culture is different,NSA is less compared to other companies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26101,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced environment,"Very well organised, always plenty of work and working in really high tech warehouse.",Long hours and it can get very busy.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26102,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Civil Engineer,a platform where i can grow my career,"I believe the true motivation comes from really enjoying what one is doing and being highly involved in it. My aim is to work with a company, which believes in teamwork, respects talent, rewards performance and provides scope for long-term relationship.","Name : Quality Analysis and Construction Of Flexible Pavement.        Team Size : 5        Duration : Nov 2015 - May 2016            Flexible pavement is composed of a bituminous material surface course and underlying base and sub base courses. The bituminous material is more often asphalt whose viscous nature allows significant plastic deformation. Most asphalt surfaces are built on a gravel base, although some 'full depth' asphalt surfaces are built directly on the sub grade. Depending on the temperature at which it is applied, asphalt is categorized as hot mix asphalt (HMA), warm mix asphalt, or cold mix asphalt.",i like to see your organisation as a bench mark to other organisations,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26103,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Great work culture,Company that offers you the empowerment to be successful in your role.,More empowerment brings more responsibility... You may find it challenging to maintain work life balance.,Be more people centric. Our people are our greatest assests.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26104,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,Good environment and Easy process,Less growth and its tuff to find relative job profile,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26105,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Very friendly environment and dynamic nature,"Great opportunities, good salary ,","No , much , growth",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26106,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,dont work here,free parking and hot drinks,everything - too much stress on the body - standing for 10 hours a day - breaks are timed - i felt like i was working in a gulag.,make it a 5 day work lunch should be 1 hour and the shift should be 8 to 5,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26107,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Content Associate,Home like place to works,It feels like as if we are working in our home like environments. and the culture is quite different here.,nothing i found to be cons,good works,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26108,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Work Place,Excellent people place and Benefits plus Great possibilities to Grow,I don't have any coments on this.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26109,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Applications Analyst,Grat Place to Work,"I like to work here because I have flexibility, an amazing team, and people very up to date always available to help each other. Also here I see really, competent persons and customer-obsessed.","If you do not control your self you have job to do 24 hours per day, but If you control everything right you can void this situation easy.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1832.htm
26110,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Development Centre,Best work life balance,Can improve in giving yearly hikes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26111,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Ao Specialist,Best,Work culture is very great. Managers are best. Love doing my work,No cons as of now,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26112,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Shared Service Manager,Best Place to Grow,Employee friendly culture and policies gives more importance to employees. Opportunity to Learn the business and latest update. Up to date in technology which makes employees life simple.,Work life balance may be there in all the teams.,Adhere to the company policies.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26113,amazon,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - BDM,BDM,"this is the first time for me working with international company , so i touch the different by having a clear and organize system .",actually i have nothing make me feel negative,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26114,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,great,work life balance and great opportunities,cant think of any thing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26115,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Associate,Company Review,Great Environment to Work and Great Culture,May be some people will feel difficulty,Proper Work Management should be taken Care of,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26116,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer intern,Food benifits and relocation,Worst people around. No ppo offer,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26117,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good experience,Compensation is the best and nothing else,No growth No good hikes No better opportunities,Treat everyone equally and also treat them with basic respect. They are humans,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26118,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experiance,Good staff . Good environment. Lucky to work here,No downsides. Good shift timings,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26119,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Risk and Resilience Analyst | Security and Loss Prevention,Employee Friendly but not Employee Engaging,"* Decent Package * Option to Switch Internally to better Positions * Employee Friendly Management * Additional Benefits like Transportation, Food Allowance etc * Clear Cut Policies on everything * Brand Value in Resume",* Scope of Growth is dismal in the entry level rungs * Can do better on engaging the fresher community and show grown scopes for Campus Recruits,Pls try to engage the entry level campus recruits better so that they have an optimistic outlook about their career.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1833.htm
26120,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse employer,Temp.job good money plus good working hours,It gets really busy sometimes,a bit more flexibel with holidays,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26121,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 9, 2018","Current Employee - Browse Developer &amp, Taxonomist","Okay for learning and growing in corporate culture, but not so optimistic in terms of long-term career development",Good working culture (but also kinda depending on the team and senior management) A lot to learn both inside and outside of your org,Pay kinda low in CN and getting a pay raise is hard (they would argue that the stock has gone up too much so they won’t offer pay raise in your base pay) Bureaucracy (also depends on where and whom you work with),none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26122,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,networks,nice place to work offcours,bossy act otherwise peaceful to wrk,na,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26123,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to express yourself!,Full freedom to work Great learning opportunities New tools and systems (though mostly internal),No subscription/support for any external learning/certification,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26124,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions Architect,easy to access cutting edge cloud tech and trend. fun to work with most innovative customers. opportunities for next job.,everything changes anytime. maybe pros for somebody but maybe also cons for someone else.,"day 1 is quite cool culture, and it would be a challenge if a org become too big and grow too fast.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26125,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Awesome work station,No dress code  work from home excellent package,rotational shifts and week offs,If we could have week end's off,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26126,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Manager,"Best work Environment, love the culture here and You will never see any company which is so employee friendly. I worked with other 2 companies, but Amazon is the best.",I don't have any to disclose,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26127,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,By far the best company to work at,"The team is great. The environment is challenging at the beginning but it'll get more familiar with the time. Getting a lot of responsibilities fast. A very high bar, and working with super intelligent people. Great management, and stress-free working environment.","Some parts of the project are quite old and hard to understand. Amazon is huge, and it's hard to have a grasp of how the whole process is going.",Great Job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26128,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr Program Manager - Risk,Freedom to execute work in a startup environment though a large corporate Safe environment Large-scale learning opportunities,I do not have any cons to point out,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26129,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Join only if you have the abiliy to learn,Amazon is a vast pool of knowledge. The best part about Amazon is the Leadership Principles. They help you to take decisions in daily work as well as personal life[some leadership principles do]. They are a great source and a guiding light. The candidate's who wish to join must have the ability to learn at a fast pace. It's a great thing because it helps personal growth. Compensation is competitive. The company is growing rapidly. Immense opportunities to choose from various career options. Great place to work with smart people.,Seattle centric decision making. But that's obvious because that's the headquarter. Work-life balance sometimes goes for a toss.,"Too much Bias for action is seen many times. This is specifically about products, we have lots of unfinished products launched which could have been polished and tested before the launch. Career path needs to be planned for employees. The current promo process is just not up to the industry standard or Amazon's high bar/high standards. The tool does not support all the teams.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1834.htm
26130,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Awesome Company to work with,1. Good salary 2. Many Things to learn 3. Growing very fast,1. No free lunch 2. Gym can be there in the Complex,Keep doing the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26131,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review about working for Amazon.,Best company to work for,Have not had a bitter experience so far,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26132,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Great place to be and grow your skills.,"You are surrounded by engineering talent, that has passion, knowledge and desire to innovate. Leadership is tuned into innovation grow your skills and career. Having Leadership Principles (others call values) help you to navigate complex systems and thinking long term. Office space in dublin is neat !",Dublin is expensive. however we have a shuttle bus service to connect from train stations.,ensure that grow is steady and culture is retained.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26133,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Management,Great company for those who love challenges,"Always changing environment, always learning and challenging yourself, you feel you are growing each day. You can build up your careers, start new projects, innovate. Young and international team, open minded, passionate about their work, flexible working hours if needed, easy to work from home too, salary on average.","High demanding and fast pace environment, if prone to get stressed, not the best place. Tools and resources are not as accessible as we would need, so sometimes it is hard to take number-based decisions, or tasks take longer to run. On peak season lots of extra work hours to meet goals. As promotion is based on the extra mile tasks and projects each of us drives aside owned regular tasks, pursuing a career promotion can be exhausting and tiring.","Provide better support with tools and resources, do not wait and let team burn.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26134,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,Culture of fear,Nice colleagues- made some good friends there Good Laya health insurance package Sometimes you get free stuff like ice cream and fruit,I felt like there was a culture of fear there. Employees were terrified of making mistakes. There were rumours that some employees were let go just because they had some mistakes in their quality. This is not right. People make mistakes and should be given the opportunity to learn from them.  Every minute of your day is counted. You get 30 minutes for lunch and 2 15 minute breaks. If you exceed your break time you will get an email saying you exceeded it. Meeting time is also very strict and managers seem to be terrified of going over time. For example when our team had 15 minutes allocated for meeting time once the 15 minutes were up our manager told us to quickly get back to our desks and change back to available. There is no flexibility whatsoever.  There are no public holidays for Cork office. You are even expected to work on Christmas day.  Communication in the company is very poor. Things are constantly changing but employees are never really given reasons for the changes. They are just told that's the way it is now.  The office environment isn't very nice. There are very few windows and hardly any natural light. The fluorescent lights are very harsh.  I felt like teamwork wasn't really encouraged. Everybody was too worried about their own IPH (investigations per hour) and couldn't really take time to help others (Even though most people were very nice and would have liked to help others) . I feel this is a very individualistic culture (typical American culture).,"Have you heard of the psychological contract? Basically it means if you treat employees well, respect them, trust them, etc. they will respect you, trust you and be motivated to work hard. I felt like the psychological contract in Amazon was very poor. The way everything is micro-managed makes employees feel like they are not trusted. Some flexibility surrounding time would be nice.  Adapt to the local Irish/ European culture. I feel the culture is too American (i.e. the individualistic culture mentioned in cons). Irish/ European culture is more relaxed/ sociable.  Let employees know it's OK to make mistakes sometimes as long as they learn from them. Change the culture of fear to a culture of support.  Improve communication. When you need to make changes give good reasons for the changes.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26135,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,HR an utter shambles.,Nothing that I can report on!,Complete balls up of interview scheduling meaning that they were interviewing me after roles had been filled.,Improves communication with HR and maybe value candidates a bit more?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26136,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Work on new ideas and freedom to try out new concepts,"zero work life harmony, most of the things suggested by management team is useless.",Avoid using leadership principles based on situation,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26137,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,"Flexible hours, driven culture and good people",Ad-hoc and lacks benefits due to the principle of frugality,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26138,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Catalog Specialist,Overall positive with some cons,"Big company, challanging, open minded",work life balance could be better,invest more in people development,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26139,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Chargeback Specialist,Awesome place to Start your Career,"Work Culture, Working environment, Salary, Good Opportunities, Work Life Balance","Growth is not that fast, when you want to move between departments.","When recruiting for a particular role, apart from skills and experience, also look into the interest/passion of the candidate.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1835.htm
26140,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Good opportunities and lots of learning,Independent and end to end ownership to a team for given tech solution. There isn't much bureaucracy even with large organization size. It's pretty much like running like startups with advantage of big organization.  Leadership principles take care of day-to-day noise that one would face otherwise. They provide common ground and yet encourage discordant views.  One does learn a lot everyday with diverse and smart team mates following peculiar organization culture.,The distributed service oriented architecture is two edge sword. One team can fast pace being independent and yet stuck on other's dependency if the priorities of them do no align. There is concept of away team work but it does come with a price.,Need to work on getting better alignment across organizations for priorities wherever goals clash.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26141,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Business Operations Associate,Amazon,"Work Culture, Visibility, Opportunities and Flexibility with Work Life and Personal Life(Balance)",Distance is the may concern,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26142,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very good working atmosphere and motivation,Too much workload and exhaustive,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26143,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Associate Contact,"Love the work, but the stress level is high","Interesting, no day is the same, enjoy the work that I do, can earn a lot doing overtime","The stress level, and stress put onto associates is high",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26144,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Mixed,"Great pay, a lot to learn",Your work metrics will become your life,none,3.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26145,amazon,Sapporo-shi (Japan)," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate Digital Support,Customer Service,"Attractive benefits! Top global management seems quite clever, Company is growing. Keeping myself always busy with things to do, system is organised, systematically and execute mechanism way.  Surrounded by hard working people with kind, good mental. it is slightly too obedient, too polite to communicate rather awkward., it could be Japanese Customer services' culture. Keep changing, innovative and Kaizen environment.  When you watch Amazon ads TV, you proud of yourself as part of the team, Amazonian.  Never get bored as you can occupy your time with learning new things, changes, new products etc..  Those who are not good at developing good relationship with colleague or managers, it is ideal environment, as it is not mandatory requirement throughout the work, as long as you can chat or communicate via email.","Salary is too low. Work like a horse or robot. 90% of the day occupied with working on PC dealing with customer, not much communication with colleague unless you personally spend the 15m x 2 and 60min break and lunch time proactively communicating with your colleagues.  The lower your position is, the harder you will climb up ladder unless you apply higher position from outside not even try internal transfer, extremely hard to pass the interview.  Having seen people from outside tends to get higher position without difficulty, with internal transfer, you can not level up +1L but slide the Level, in the event of next promotion period, you can get +1 Level.  Managers.... Less communication within the team, wonders what the mangers are really doing or good for us. Mangers of this department is very unique comparing to my previous companies, never seen such managers not necessary to develop relationship or cheering up their team by communicating proactively with subordinate.  Overall, I can only recommend my dear friends to join Amazon other than customer service department or higher than L4. L2-L3, it is poor salary but required to work like a robot.","Share more global news within the department. More proactively communicating with subordinate. Those who work over 5 years on the same job time as customer service, Managers should lead and help their career path.",3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26146,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Project Management Engineer,Enjoyed my year so far!,Fast-paced No Bureaucracy Really follow the 'Get It Done' principle Supportive Team & Company,Hours can sometimes be long dependent on the project No set structure on processes - still being developed,"Keep doing what you're doing. The reason such a big company can still operate successfully is because it runs as a start-up, and you can see that in every part of Amazon. Every Day is Day 1.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26147,amazon,Tiruppur (India)," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Data Entry Operator,Home based data entry,"AmaZon is a great, good,confident",Big opportunity and my life style to changed work with Amazon,Pls quick to my ID actived in amazon company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26148,amazon,Allahabad (India)," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Trust worthy so it is Safe,Time facing problem so Ok,Please don't be strict,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26149,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,- Clear progression path - Very intelligent co-workers - Good compensation - Decent benefits although pension could be better - Organised culture - Interesting and varied work - Not a desk job - Pushed to be your best - Many other job roles and careers open to you once you start at Amazon - Opportunity for travel and to launch new sites,"- Very competitive nature, be prepared to be called out to multiple people for your mistakes - Salaries don't increase by enough between levels when you look at the additional stress and responsibility taken on - No holidays allowed from Nov-Dec - Long days","Give managers back time worked in lieu, sometimes we work 13 hour days and always at least 12 hours every day. Accounting to about 40 extra days worked per year!",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1836.htm
26150,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Work life balance and leave policies is good,No competitive pay and too much politics,Stop supporting the internal politics and focus on skills,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26151,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,"Worst management, good for newbies, Seasoned IT professionals are not favored","- Good for new starters in IT like Grads and Interns - Most of colleagues are nice but some can be extremely political and sabotage others to move forward - Free Fruits, Drinks and Nuts - First few months are pretty exciting learning new tech, but gets boring after a while - Heaven for newbies, if they can be good with managers and do hardwork, they can progress in their career pretty quick, sometimes even surpassing salary of seasoned IT professionals. The keyword is the employee have to be their manager's favorite.","- Not industry standard remuneration, below average remuneration - Stock is heavily used to compensate the base salary, which in many cases just gets lost if you leave the company in first 2 years. Most of the stock are vested between year 2 and 4. - High pressure work environment and highly political work environment - Micro management to the max - Lots of new managers only focused in progressing their own career and sacrificing the lower level staffs for their own gains. - Metrics, metrics, metrics and more metrics, if metrics are not met, good bye in annual review period. - If you are not in good books with your manager, your career is over. Manager will stop you from progressing anywhere despite your genuine talent. - Hiring manager always listens to the employee's current manager. Manager's mafia style ruling is highly evident. - Hellish place for Seasoned IT pros as they will be treated as school kids similar to new graduates who all work on the same floor. Do the same job and also get almost same pay. - Extreme focus on KPIs and metrics that are beyond engineer's control (like Customer ratings) - Short visioned managers sabotaging engineer's life and career. - Extreme favoritism, the same engineers who is close to manager and manager's favorite gets opportunities everywhere, flying across the globe and doing whatever they want to do. Hence misuse of corporate funds.",Go learn some people management skills and learn theory of motivation. Don't treat employees like Cattle.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26152,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Investigation Specialist,The culture and environment to work are very employee friendly!!!!,Cultural change towards stringency but is still good to work at.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26153,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Support Associate,"Let me keep my Shakespeare English off as it would irritate one who reads..I don't want to show that I'm a verbose..So for easy Understanding.... It was the best time in Amazon,learned a lot with their diversified process and how thing go there 1.Firstly once your recruited you'll be called upon to assemble the first day and will be assigned under a Trainer under whom you'll reflect,once you go they'll tell you to Graduate in Process,just like your UG school,once you meet their requirements you'll be put on productivity and will have a set of goal to attain under a Manager,lucky part is you'll be shuffled under different Managers and so it won't be boring and also you'll be safe(Nepotism). You'll learn a lot and have to use that skill in your IJP's (believe me it's a swarm of competitors)who want to get promoted same as you so it's always recommended to be a bit updated rather than other to be in lead.You can apply for IJPs after 6 months which is good here ,Talent is always recognised here",Work balancing is absurd..Shift timings is one heck..Night/Day with rotational weekoffs,"Taking leave is like commuting a crime,please prioritise it",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26154,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,"Flexible hours, driven culture and good people",Ad-hoc and lacks benefits due to the principle of frugality,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26155,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Work Hard,"Amazon is a unique company and gives you a life time opportunity to learn many things within really short period of time. Some people would find it challenging and hard, some people would consider it as a great work experience and learning. Amazon is truly customer centric company and I'm endlessly grateful that I had a chance to work here for about 4 years.","Sometimes you get a feeling that 1 months at the company counts for a year. Actually, you have this feeling all the time - sometimes the workload is crazy, there is a lot of ambiguity and unless you excel in time management and stress resistant, you don't have the chance to survive.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26156,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Analyst,Senior Analyst,A great place to work and will get wider chance to grow up in your career. Benefits are really awesome.,I haven’t find one to share in this,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26157,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Good pay Good equity options on senior level,Office politics Patronizing and micromanage herd like culture No credit on performance but on your relations and closeness with your immediate manager is the only way to succeed in this company which is harnessing a slave farm which will get slaughtered in due time.,Senior management should look into the kind of culture brewing and nurtured on ground level by the old managers who have complete lack of managing team except by threatening employees with help of HR who are in it to make it look good for themselves and hamper others' career.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26158,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Graduate Area Manager,"DO NOT WORK FOR AMAZON!!! Terrible work environment, terrible operation managers and no sitting allowed!","Wage (£41k but with the bonus included). 4 days on, 3 days off. Career opportunities across the company (but only after being a slave for 2/3 years or more).","- Terrible Pathways Operation Managers with 0 people skills. Notorious micromanagement. My manager was the worst!!! - No chairs allowed!!!! Constantly standing for 12/13 hours straight, feet and legs always in pain!!!!! - Work more than 50 hours a week when contract states only 40. - No training! They will dump you in a department with absolutely no training, leaving you having to rely on your team- leads all the time which is stupid! - Unrealistic targets and goals set for you to achieve. - General work environment is a complete mess. There is no order. - Managers have a culture of bullying new-starters, making them look incompetent, when they are just new and don't know anything! - Mandatory overtime with no extra pay! Completely illegal! - Canteen food is worse than prison food. Just disgusting. - Security guards will treat you like criminals. Airport security every-time even as you go to breaks. - Timed toilet/lunch breaks!!!! - It takes 5-10 minutes to get through security and even get to the break room, leaving you with nothing more than 15 minutes for a lunch break. - You can get sacked for being sick 3 days or more. Unbelievable. - Work weekends and nights. You will not be told your shift until the last minute. - You might be thinking the wage is good, but you have to pay most of it back if you leave within 2 years. The job is just not worth the money. This position needs to pay at least £55k or more for it to be even bearable.","Give chairs to employees, better canteen food and give proper on-the-job training to managers!!!!! JEFF BEZOS CAN AFFORD TO DO SO!!!",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26159,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good,Good work culture and no dress code,As a bpo it is stressful to keep talking to customers,Bit better,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1837.htm
26160,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends,"smart people, access to great positions over the world","amz Culture could be a trap, difficult to life balance",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26161,amazon,"Warrington, North West England, England (UK)"," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,fulfilment associates,benefit is good compare to other warehouse. working environment is ok.,Everything is about a productivity rate. So be prepare to work like a slave.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26162,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My 6yrs at Amazon,"Fast paced environment, lots of growth opportunities, flexibility to move across roles","Stress levels, too many expectations from very little resources",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26163,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Do not work there - If you are not used to standing for more than 10 hours,- you get free hot drinks - good pay for overtime,"- not realistic targets after the three-month probation period - breaks are too short - by the time you reach the canteen, 10min of the break is already over, and you get only two 30min breaks - can't talk to anyone as it is a loud environment - long working hours drain you, especially if you don't live locally - during Christmas time (mid-November to December), you have mandatory overtime where you have to work five days a week at the normal pay rate",- give people more realistic targets,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26164,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PCS,"Good compensation, holidays, international environment","3 shifts including night shift, work from home not allowed, a lot of pressure from management","be more proactive, more empathic, support subordinates in career development",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26165,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ads,nice company and environment is good,nothing negative in the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26166,amazon,"Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Telecaller executive,amazon is a good process.so i have to know about the work process of amazon and gaining a lot of experience from this process.,I am very glad to work in this process.to gaining the knowledge about this process i am here to work in this process.,i don't about the management system of this process so i am not able to share my advice to the management .,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26167,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - IT Analyst,Good work,Good work in company salary ingeryment,"Food not alowd,time long",Free food,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26168,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Production Designer,Worst Place to Work in Design Scaled Service (DSS) Team - Amazon Bangalore,You get to work in one of the world's fastest growing companies.,"This is a design team where managers think they can make their own rules. Even if there is national holiday or company declared list of mandatory holidays, managers do not respect it and they kind of pressurize employees to work on these days. There are list of optional holidays which employees have right to avail, but if employees take all of their(5 optional holidays allowed in a year) optional holidays, then they get negative impression/ feedback from managers. Managers think working from home is a bad thing but they can working from home as they are BOSS.","Give value to employees, do not forget you also work under someone else.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26169,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Specialist,Quality Specialist,"Great exposure to variety of people, Opportunities to explore various lines oh job, Great compensation and reimbursement plans",Work culture has deteriorated over the years to a large scale.,Stop micromanaging and stop encouraging dirty politics.,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1838.htm
26170,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good place to learn but move on if you are not being recognised,You will get to work on the following:  - New products and latest technologies - Great projects and learning opportunities - Good work culture - A lot of flexibility,"- No work-life balance - A lot of favouritism when it comes to growth opportunities - No rewards or recognition, especially if you are on a global team and not based in US or Europe.  Above all, it mostly depends on the team and the team manager. This might not be the case for other teams and departments.",Do not discriminate people based on their location.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26171,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Good Place to learn,"Great People, interesting work, fast paced work",Too big a set up,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26172,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Senior process associate,"Brand Amazon, Employee benefits and work environment.",Carrier Growth and internal politics,Promotion plans should be done transperantly,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26173,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good Learning Opporutnities,Amazon teaches you everything from ownership to improving your skill sets. Work load depends on team to team basis.,You need to really thrive for success.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26174,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,No place for junior-mid level engineers,"- The work culture / leadership principles - made me a better professional - An insight into doing things massively, properly, at scale, and leading the industry - Managers are usually ex-engineers. I've had 3 managers and they all have been fantastic - An obvious one: Amazon is killing it lately and looks great on your resume. The long-term prospects are also good. - Things do change internally - Loved the corporate events and outings - shout out to the events team","- The nature of work itself in operations is absolutely horrendous. The only good thing about the role was transitioning out of the role: literally, every conversation I had with my managers, where I raised concerns, was turned into ""Work harder and get promoted out of this"" talk. Engineering-wise, this has been the most demotivational role in my career. - Stress-driven operations. You're subjected to stress and that's how it's all meant to work. - You're pushed to work extra: while it is not explicit, the annual performance reviews, career progression and customer obsession are designed in such a way, that you will fail without going overtime. I had committed a bulk of my personal time to get promoted once, succeeded – and it was totally not worth it. Very little had changed in terms of my work (or compensation for that matter), and the conversations with my manager then turned into ""Now, work harder and get promoted into the next thing"" (goto con #1). - Pigeonhole - it's a big corporation and the roles are very well defined and specialized. I think you can really boil down any job spec to 3 main responsibilities that you will do day-to-day. Training is advertised and provided, however it will likely be after hours for you, as your time is already 120% full, and training is not how things are learned anyway – it's training+PRACTICE, and you won't be practising any of that at work – you will be right back in your pigeonhole after the training. - An unpleasant surprise (or, borderline dirty move) in the way the stock benefits are accounted for in your annual reviews.  Overall, I would strongly recommend against getting on board if you're a junior or mid level professional – you will get way more technical experience and interesting projects in other companies. Here you will be selling your time for a big name on your resume (and then recovering your rusty technical skills later).","You have a really well-oiled and successful system in place, and don't need advice from me. I won't be a part of it, however.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26175,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Good company but it could be so much better,flexible working hours work from home there are many smart people around you who are more than willing to share their knowledge,work-life balance not so good highly political flying economy on inter-continental flights no matter your level very rigid HR compensation could be better no perks such as a car on leasing no food provided on campus no tech courses (such as Machine Learning University) in Europe,Don't be so frugal with your employees who are killing themselves from work and organize more technical courses in Europe so that everyone can benefit not only Seattle-based employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26176,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Fraud Specialist,Excellent and Diverse environment,"Shares, Health Insurance, Pension scheme, Opportunities to Grow, Relocation packages.",Micromanagement: It should be simplified and provide more autonomy.,Less Micromanagement and enabling all people to contribute.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26177,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Bad,Good pay and share value,No work life balance Bad higher management 100% politics People who show off are more valued than the ones who have talent,Hire and develop the best should also apply on higher management,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26178,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Work Hard Have Fun Make History,1. Less Office Politics 2. Great leadership principles 3. Ownership,1. Oncalls are frustrating 2. Great salary but less employee benefits,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26179,amazon,"Norwich, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Operative/Picker,Company Review,"Great company, free drinks, good pay","night shifts, poor management and long hours","While implementing something on the line, they should first think of employees",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1839.htm
26180,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working environment. Will get to learn alot,Good team Challenging job horizontal hierarchy good salary excellent team,lot of pressure lot of work,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26181,amazon,Bhopal (India)," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Data Entry,Data entry work in home,I want this job because I needed. I request to you please give me data entry job,I have 18-20 years experience in bhel company,I will complete every work,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26182,amazon,Roscommon (Ireland)," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Assistant,Supermax,Im hard working and puntual,None that come to mind at the moment,None that come to mind,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26183,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Process Analyst,Great Experience,"Felexible, 4 days a week , opportunities","Shift changes , fast moving which requires ro be very felexible",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26184,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work in,It's one of the best employer in the world. You do have work pressure but here's when the learning meets .,There's nothing as of now.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26185,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Dynamic, fast-paced and ever-changing",1. Get to learn a lot in a short duration 2. Teaches one to adapt to ever changing business requirement,Work pressure can be daunting at times,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26186,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard. Have fun.,"Great and dynamic environment, good work-life balance","career opportunities, promotion and targets",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26187,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,"Fast pace, fast learning",- surrounded by a pool of very talented people - fast pace - employees empowered to drive their career path - continuous innovation,- sometimes business results jeopardized by individual career goals,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26188,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA,"Good Working Environment, Culture and values of the company are good, customer obsessed.","Less Wages, Perks are very less, Will not have any time for Social Activities with co-employees, No work life balance, cabs reach half an hour before log in time and may start half an hour later after the log out eating one hour of your time apart from the 12 hours which include the travel time along with working hours. Prepare to loose the work life balance. No growth.",Their should be work life balance and salary should be increased based on the inflation levels and provide more growth opportunities.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26189,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Specialty Trainer,I beleive you will be heard!!,"We live, breathe, walk, talk and swear by the leadership principles. The best leadership principle and my personal favorite is ""Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit."" I have worked with Amazon for 3 years, 7 months, 13 days (as of today) and I have never been afraid or hesitant about it!","On the contrary, the same leadership principle ""Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit"" is written well on paper and when practiced, often gets misinterpreted as ""Lack of Earn Trust"" ""Closed to Feedback"" and ""Emotionally driven."" As much as I swear by it, I followed it religiously every day of my life with Amazon, however, at the cost of my job, it was misinterpreted and I have been dealing with perception since day 1.","Humbly request you to look into issues by working backwards, just as much as we do it with our customers. From where I stand ""Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit"" is a Taboo. Amazon will be a safe and customer-centric company when an employee is not afraid to execute this Leadership Principle in particular and that is clearly not the case in BLR India.  I love this place and will be my favorite any day!!",5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1840.htm
26190,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,System Engineer @ Amazon CDC Bangalore,"*Shares. *Good learning, *Coding and more in to AWS cloud. *A lot of opportunities for self staters. *Python is recently everywhere evolved, at Amazon too. So a lot of code base to refer and learn.","*Less package comparing to the market standard. *Everything is automated and portal based, if you are from system admin background, there is nothing much to implement here. All is to automate and more into coding. *Amazon is a data driven company and more focused to customer satisfaction and have many leadership principles to follow. Few people likes and most of them not. *HR is clubbing shares and joining bonus to salary [L4 and above], after two years it actually fall back to offered package if yearly hike is 10 or less percentage. Expectation is on the share value and would only allow to vest after two years. *No external training provided, all is Amazon internal training. Amazon does not believe in certifications or third party trainings.",*Please match up the salary to current market standard for all existing employees. *Allow employees to raise their bar rather just working on tickets and take values from their resolved count. *HR team should be more in sync with the employee and with the team.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26191,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job conditions and career prospects,"I joined Amazon 15 months ago and I am very happy with the working conditions and office atmosphere. This company promotes a very healthy work-life balance, meetings are meaningful and there are opportunities for training and growth.",I have nothing so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26192,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon full time job,Hard work Managment not really treat well,"The bar of the talent within the company is always raising: if you do not like to challenge yourself, constantly learn, and have a ""always day-1"" mentality, it might not be the right place for you.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26193,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Care Representative,Amazon India,You can get promotions by using the right connections.,Not at all employee friendly.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26194,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,bleh,lots of o/t and perks,ridiculous quotas must work hard,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26195,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer (Linux),Cloud Support Engineer - Glorified Call centre on the name of premium support,Learning opportunity Good brand and globally recognized,"Micromanagement - Management is only interested in customer ratings and the number of cases an engineer does. Quality is something management is least interested in. Engineers explicitly ask customers to give 5* ratings and managers are just okay with that.  A lot of favoritism, if you are in good books of manager, you'll get - Good hike, Shares, and travels if you are interested. An engineer can become Operations manager in just 1.5 years if you know how to manage your Manager :)  A lot of disparity in terms of compensation offered, Few are getting paid sky high and few are getting peanuts, however, they are working on the same kinds of stuff.  Hiring bar is really lowered down just to hire more and more irrespective of the quality. Every tom and harry on the floor is SME now, few of them deserve this crown but most of them are just forced and helped get this achievement (By conducting in-house SME interviews.  The interview process is really screwed, on the name of leadership principles they expect just fake baked stories. You are out if you dare speak your heart out.  Other sites just treat India site as a cheap labor hub and so they respect engineers same way.",Get rid of fake people who just pretend to be true Amazonians.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26196,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Dynamic, fast-paced and ever-changing",1. Get to learn a lot in a short duration 2. Teaches one to adapt to ever changing business requirement,Work pressure can be daunting at times,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26197,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - CS Associate,Good company to work,Work culture is best as compared to any company in Pune You can get leaves if you can provide the reason. Career opportunities,"Call Flow is very bad sometimes After some days there are offers at Amazon Whenever there are offers, the callflow increases",Increase salary for tenured employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26198,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Social Media Ambassador,social media ambassador,great benefits and not so bad salary,everything is fine! good job,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26199,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,Senior Analyst,"Flexible Work timings, Highly knowledgeable Peers, Good Pay and No Politics","Job securuty for low performer, Work is hectic at times",Few of the managers take undue adbatnatge of their positions. Directors/VP should create an environment to reach out to lower level employees directly to understabd ground reality,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1841.htm
26200,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Always Day 1,"Everything is driven through the lenses of the Leadership Principles, so it's very easy to know how to succeed and grow here. There are incredibly smart people here, so it's very difficult not to learn and grow your career at an accelerated pace. Above industry average compensation.","No-one will manage your career or workload for you and Amazon will take everything you want to give it. So if you're overworked, it's your job to not let that happen. If you're not good at pushing back, don't apply.",Look at compensation target strategy. You will lose a lot of good people after the initial offer package expires if there's no good follow-up to ensure the compensation target after that time is fair.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26201,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - CS Associate,Good company to work,Work culture is best as compared to any company in Pune You can get leaves if you can provide the reason. Career opportunities,"Call Flow is very bad sometimes After some days there are offers at Amazon Whenever there are offers, the callflow increases",Increase salary for tenured employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26202,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Social Media Ambassador,social media ambassador,great benefits and not so bad salary,everything is fine! good job,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26203,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,Senior Analyst,"Flexible Work timings, Highly knowledgeable Peers, Good Pay and No Politics","Job securuty for low performer, Work is hectic at times",Few of the managers take undue adbatnatge of their positions. Directors/VP should create an environment to reach out to lower level employees directly to understabd ground reality,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26204,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Analyst,Work from home Work culture Management,Rotational shift Rotational shift,Not applicable,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26205,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great Culture to work in,Of late the company is Loosing agility,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26206,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Processing Associate,My Experience as an Employee,Safe Environment  Regular one on one's  Easy to reach any level  No Dress-code  No Specified Break time,Shifts  Sudden Business Requirements  TIming should be well maintained,Make job more organized,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26207,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,Reasons to work at Amazon,1) Quality work 2) Amalgamation of research and business oriented problems 3) Good work environment,1) Tough competition 2) Lesser number of time offs,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26208,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,It is great for career opportunities and learning a lot.,You get a lot of work and sometimes have to spend even your weekends in the office,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26209,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,INVESTIGATOR sPecialist,Good work life balance and salary,Limited opportunities Same work and routine,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1842.htm
26210,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Concerned Worker,Fantastic Company. great vision.. great culture Enough said,Constant Micro management and bully tactics. Unfair growth potential as metrics dont mean anything against a managers pet. internal politics and unfair labour practices are the norm. Constant belittlement of staff and intimidation tactics cause low moral. The majority of managers are unskilled and untalented and are not capable of leading the staff in the right direction.,To Senior Management. Please have unbiased discussions with the lower level staff without management being present to gain a better perspect on what is ACTUALLY going on. With the correct people in the positions you will have happier staff and overall a much much better work place. I could go on but you would end up reading a book.,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26211,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,8 Years working for Amazon.,"Excellent benefits. 4 Night shifts, 3 Nights off. A lot of staff to befriend and become part of something more.",Can be monotonous. Pay slightly lower than most jobs of same expectations.,Better people management required.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26212,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, and great place to learn","Fast paced, and great place to learn. Good Transparency and 360 degree feedback.","Flexible, but long work hours",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26213,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Group Manager,Amazing Amazon,From being a customer to being for customer. Its amazing to learn how Amazon is so customer obsession.,While you are working for Amazon you tend get pampered with the amount of employee engagement initiatives.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26214,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best place I have ever worked in!,"Great work atmosphere Super colleagues The work is enjoyable The pay package overall is fine If you're good, you'll go far!","None for me, I have no Cons.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26215,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support and Customer Service,Lots of career growth potential Multiple divisions to work in Corporate and medical benefits,Not the greatest in flexibility Potential to be pigeonholed in a specific,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26216,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,Good work environment and growth opportunities.,Nothing I can think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26217,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,company,"fast, high standards, start up environment, intelligent people","recruitment process, too much DIY",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26218,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Support Associate,Customer support associate,"Best workplace, fun and everything",Increase salaries for the employees,Pleas increase salaries,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26219,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Research Associate,Executive Recruiting Research Associate,Varied and interesting search projects. Exposure to most senior leaders at Amazon. Trust from the team.,Workload can be heavy at times meaning long hours. Global searches often extend working hours due to time zone differences. Unclear progression structure.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1843.htm
26220,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Short Thoughts,{Freedom to think on the different views },Not that I think of except mgmt.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26221,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Trms Investigator,TRMS Investigator,"Stress-free work, flexible enough to balance work n life, great prospectives through IJPs.","Shifts changes every 3 months, Amazon free culture is getting extinct due to few management decisions.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26222,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon Program Manager,"Good Learning, people appreciate common sense, simple processes, innovative company, higher standards for principles and values, ethical","Delay in providing credit, employees are tested even after hiring(which should be done before), Should be open to learn from new employees and take the feedback as well.","Should be flexible and allow employees to contribute where they fit well, pro-actively. Always look for opportunities to think better and look to take the processes to next level.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26223,amazon,Noida (India)," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Support Associate,Facility,Great Facility great support from seniors,Too much hard work for freshers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26224,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A multinational that feels like a start-up,Great colleagues. Moves fast. You feel you can achieve anything.,Can be chaotic and re-orgs happen all the time. Seattle dominates everything.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26225,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,excelent work culture,"working enviroment very good , supportive management",no downside i feel,management should give visiability to their employe on work basis,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26226,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 20, 2018",Former Employee - SDE-II,Software Development Engineer II,The products are earning money,"Bad people, high-pressure workload, environment is bad. No beverage, no food, only coffee. The oncall is horrible, sometimes you are weakened up in the mid-night to deal with tickets. Management is bad, the managers like to use PIP to threat the developers, so that press them to work. This is a cold place, average staying period is 11 months, people flowing very quickly. The leadership principles are like brainwashing, people like to use LPs to speak to each other, and set obstacles to other team members to show their self values.","Management is bad, the managers like to use PIP to threat the developers, so that press them to work. I had seen a lot of bad managers across Amazon, they have power to PIP an SDE, so they can do whatever they want to SDEs.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26227,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,"AISPL (AWS) It’s a sales focused company, technology has no value",Very dynamic environment Fail fast policies Working ambiance Travel and stay luxuriously Great visibility from top Excellent support teams (IT & Travel arrangements),"Huge and not organised Sales and revenue focused, technology is secondary SAs used as slaves for sales, running at the BD’s call TAMs are just support engineers doing documentation Sales guys are the rulers here Culture of big advertisement for achieving something very small. Lot of them blow their own trumpets. Even a discussion in a closed room goes around as a big achievement news with photos internally",Don’t live in laurels of the past. It’s not employee friendly company anymore. Please revisit policies and check if they are getting implemented at the ground. Please focus more on exit interviews and take their feedbacks.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26228,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to start but growing is major concern,Work culture Dress code Leaves Package for fresher(gets horrible in hike part though) cab facilities,Random planning Nothing new to learn Unexperienced management No hikes Lack of job security(they say they dont support laying off but the way they mentally harass u will make yourself leave),"Amazon as a brand its doing amazing job,but there are process which never let u grow,often demotivates u to leave the company,not giving breathing space to learn and adapt for new things atleast for 15days .Always falling in their own intutions never stand and understand the investigator perspective.Oftn threatning with random plans whenever they require support they stand but whenver we need they shooo off saying plans name",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26229,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,"Overtime Allowance, Transport Allowance, Night Shift Allowance","No learning opportunities, Unsupportive and poorly skilled people managers taken from BPO sectors, Regionalism politics, Very bad shift timings, Changing weekoffs (Bangalore)","- Hire better people managers from other sectors who are proficient in understanding the process  - Please encourage innovation in terms of process improvement. Your managers are only proficient in over enforcement learnt in the BPO segment, affecting the employee experience",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1844.htm
26230,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,One of the Best Companies to work for,"Employee friendly work culture Freedom to think out of box and also make your ideas reality As you are part of firm which is trendsetter, you get an opportunity to learn number of new things.",Nothing I have come across until now.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26231,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Senior Technical Program Manager,"De centralized decision making, Data driven decisions, Opportunities to work on new technology and programs, flexibility to move across teams and roles",Some times too many things are tried at same time making it difficult to focus.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26232,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Well-defined software architectures. Good experience on large website design. Chances to work on different projects.,Sometimes bureaucracy as I know,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26233,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager Risk,"All Good, +ve experience, recommended","Nothing much, All Good, +ve experience, recommended",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26234,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 1,smart people to work with....Gr8 experience,Nothing top of my mind,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26235,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,Analyst,"Amazon is very much flexible in terms of the work, Amazon lets the employee drive his project the way he wants it to. Various projects to be taken an initiative on.",The salary offered to the employees at the same designation in a different firm in the league is much higher than at Amazon. It sometimes becomes really hectic and there is nothing in order to compensate the employees in place for the same if the employee stretches from his usual working hours.,The salary offered should be decided on the basis of work and skillset of the employee. Which is currently not the case.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26236,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Network Development Engineer,Awesome fast paced not for everyone,Good quality work om latest tech,Fast paced and need to cope up,Nothing as such.going good,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26237,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Team Manager,Team Manager,Awesome place to work and learn new things everyday.,Not applicable for me rather.,Not applicable,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26238,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Compliance Associate,Culture is really great worth,No Cons as of now,Doing Great work All of you guys,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26239,amazon,"Ichikawa, Chiba (Japan)"," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Team Member,Logistics,I want to work because I have 3 kids and my wife to take care of,Friendly environment and good people to work with,Be good to employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1845.htm
26240,amazon,"Ichikawa, Chiba (Japan)"," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Team Member,Logistics,I want to work because I have 3 kids and my wife to take care of,Friendly environment and good people to work with,Be good to employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26241,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Senior Associate,The best reason to work here is the work culture,The downsides would include shifts,It should be more employee centric,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26242,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Work environment and facility provided is good,No cons as of now,No advice,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26243,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Tron Analyst,Tron analyst,"Superb Culture, it's always day one","No cons, can be improved more",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26244,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Employee benefits and fairly set market value pay. @15.75$ an hour for all the walking,Non stop running around for 10:30 hours a day with bossy team leads threatening that I might lose the job. Like Everyday was my last,Give employees freedom to use washrooms. Not like it's going to make a difference.,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26245,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - FBA,really good range of incentives,"good env, fun activities, incentives, transport,",performance metrics and bugging about it,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26246,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambivalent workplace,"flexible work pattern, smart people, stimulating environment","environment puts you under pressure to perform better and better with each project/year, high turnover rate in most departments, too many colleagues that come straight from uni and thing they have to re-invent the wheel, less appreciation for calm and experienced colleagues",Please value the knowledge you have in your teams just as much as innovation and new ideas,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26247,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Investigator,"Exciting, vibrant team. Fun to work in different languages.","Poor management, a lot of turnover, a bit draconian with tracking time and productivity so not so much respect for the employee.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26248,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sde2,Good working experience and growth opportunity,Sometimes hectic load during release,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26249,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Amazon in a nut shell,"Its massive scale translates to almost absolute freedom to pursue whatever technical direction you wish, Great culture and work environment, Ample career opportunities.","May not be as efficient as expected or perceived, Does move as fast as needed, A lot of legacy systems to maintain,",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1846.htm
26250,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,data analyst,"salary, environment, management, shift, co-workers",none at the moment maybe latter,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26251,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,seller support associate,everything is better than any other company for same field.,we have to be ready to work 24 hr shift,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26252,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Best company to shop. Worst company to work.,"Very bad leadership, you are treated like nothing.",Go back to school.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26253,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Benefits as of day 1,"Low wage, long days. No real way to plan to advance in company.",Advice of way to advance besides taking their courses when you already hold the same diplomas that they encourage to go for.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26254,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Lack of clarity,Cab service good pay OT & nightshift allowance,no work life balance. lacks clarity. customer centric but not employee centric,put more in effort in being employee eccentric.,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26255,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunity,"Good Management , teamwork , training, human resource","CEO, Salary, allowances, employees, and distance",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26256,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good to work,"employee friendly, reliable, great place to work",things are changing but not for good,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26257,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Challenging and environnment good team,"pressure sometimes, lack of transparency",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26258,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working Student,"Flexible, good, healthy, coffee, free food",too much work long hours low pay no benefits low discount,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26259,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"competitive pay ,managed workplace ,overtime possibility","too demanding ,supervisors expects 100 % or close accuracy",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1847.htm
26260,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Working at Amazon was good until some recent changes in policies happened,"Good work culture, fun activities, salary,","Growth oppurtunity, micro management,frequent manager changes",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26261,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,Lot of opportunities inside the company,Work life balance is difficult,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26262,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,"Amazon is good for working, if surrounding environment is good.",1. No time restrictions 2. We will get good benefits for employees.,1. Work load 2. Project changes for every 6 to 7 months.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26263,amazon,Secunderabad (India)," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Data Analyst,I have been working with Amazon for the past 4 years and have worked on sql and tableau,It’s employee centric and friendly,Metrics are bad and need to be revised,Please be more transparent about your policies,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26264,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Investigations Manager,Never again,Some of your peers are nice.,"There are a lot of cons. The encouragement of micromanaging, the use of scare tactics, the lack of communication, lack of transparency, the cult of personality. One of the worst things about TRMS in Cork is the complete lack of competent managers at all levels. There is a terrible clique of one L4 manager and several L5 managers that are implementing a call centre style of management to the department. This is primarily because it is all they know and therefore think that it works well in all situations. It doesn't and that is why the site is losing people on a weekly basis.  There is also a metric for everything. As a manager you are given access to a dashboard that tracks your team members' performance in all areas. This is not a pro, it is a tool that is used to create a climate of fear. There is a Gantt chart that will show you how much of a robot someone is.  There is also barley any recognition for achievements. If you do something well don't expect it to come up in your annual review.",TRMS is not a call centre. It is a corporate service. Treat the employees with respect like the adults that they are.  Perhaps clean house of the L5s who are incapable of adapting their management style from that of a call centre.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26265,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk Analyst,"Amazon is a great company to be employed with, Having access to huge resources. Its great to have a start up culture for such a big MNC.",Management is too biased. Having mis-using amazons open door policies in Hierarchy.,Dont be biased,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26266,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,"All good, a nice work culture",Maintain the same as doing,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26267,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trms Risk Investigator,We get to learn new things in compliance domain and how the process of sanctions work and what can we do to improve our customer experience.,Sometimes the job might get monotonous but that again depends on individuals.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26268,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - DCEO,DCEO,Opportunities for Advancement Good Working Culture and Environment Good Medical Benefit Management are helpful and professional,No attractive bonus Fast pace company,Suggestion for more travel opportunities for culture exchange and training purposes,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26269,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,"Good salary, flex schedule, managable",Heavy job for girls coz u have to lift things,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1848.htm
26270,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Support Associate,It feels great to be an Amazonian,"I'm learning a lot, and I'm developing new skills. Also, I'm taking on more responsibilities, which is really good if you want to grow professionally. I receive both positive and negative feedbacks on a regular basis, which is something that is really making me grow as a person and as an associate. I feel valued at Amazon. And I feel that if you work hard they see and reward it. Also, the work environment is great, and people have a positive mindset. Another great aspect of working at Amazon that I value a lot is the diversity and the importance given to it.","During the selection process I was told several times by different people that if you work hard there are many growth and promotion opportunities at Amazon. Unfortunately, after I joined Amazon something in the organization changed, it seems that everything froze, and there are no growth opportunities in my department - at least at the moment. But I guess it's something temporary. Also, I think that they give more importance to quantity (metrics) instead of quality (how you actually interact with partners and the effort you put in order to deliver an excellent experience). However, these are the only two flaws that I can find.","It's important to use metrics, but I think you should also take more time to measure quality. It's essential to evaluate associates by reading more their cases, to see how they really interact with vendors/sellers, to see who are the associates that personalize the interaction with the vendor and go that extra mile to deliver excellence to the selling partners.",5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26271,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not at it's best,Best Workplace. (Interiors and interiors only) few Managers are very friendly and helps you to have a clearer goal.,No growth for Senior employees. Their mindset is to hire two freshers instead of one senior employee. They give you less time and expect you to achieve more . No proper explanation on decisions made . Trying to bring BPO environment or culture . Looking for growth ?? put butter and you will shine.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26272,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Best Work Culture,flexible timings cab facility team outs fun activities friendly management,internal politics high work pressure targets cab issues cafeteria food cost,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26273,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software development manager,"Growth opportunities for smart people. You need to be good at technical, communication and writing skills to grow here.",Political and requires good support from your manager to grow.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26274,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Challenging,- Every day is Day 1 - Challenging - Good rewards,- Management Politics - Not much growth,work on hiring better.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26275,amazon,Gdańsk (Poland)," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Being SDE1 at Amazon, Gdansk","too frugal, bad work conditions",nice people to work with,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26276,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great peer group, good pay",- Most employees have very high ownership - Good pay - Good people around you :D,- The size of the organization can be overwhelming,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26277,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Development Manager,"Innovation, Customer Obsession, Flexibility, Career improvement, teamwork","Internal Growth is almost impossible, a political environment",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26278,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Awesome work environment and handsome salaries!!,"Flexible shift timings , employee friendly policies",Deadlines and a really high bar to compete with,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26279,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Good benefits. Nice management . Great working environment,Dnt have any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1849.htm
26280,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The place to be,experience work knowledge team meeting,"Amount of work, salary time stress",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26281,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Services,Review About company,Very good place to work at amazon especially for women. It gives you a great career growth and opportunity to enhance your skills.,Nothing to say about this company,Very good management,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26282,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary and Compensation,Good atmosphere and freedom to explore new innovative things at work. Also company shares in addition to annual CTC is a perk.,Nothing as of now for me,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26283,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Amazon Manager,"Active, share rewards, licence to innovate so long as result supported",Competitive culture is essential but unfortunately creates too many lower level managers that use aggression as opposed to more sophisticated and productive leadership techniques,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26284,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Is the best place I have ever worked,"Flexibility and ownership. If your manager is awesome (like in my case), there is no challenge that cannot be faced. I learn something new every day.","Amount of work, responsibility. You need to be the owner of your work and do not expect others to say to you what you need to do.",Life & Work balance is a must if we want to retain talent,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26285,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great people to work with,Can be high pressure soemtimes,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26286,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Engineer,"A unique, demanding place to learn, build stuff and grow career","+ Probably the only place with cutting edge technologies and massive amount of sales data + Freedom to move to different teams across globe + Good work culture, talented crowd + Customer obsession policies + Leadership principles based direction",- Extreme work load - Pay is not as competitive to Apple or Google - Constant change in priorities,"Improve the pay, update the pay scale for all job families, along with SDE family",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26287,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Great Place To Worklll,"Opportunities to learn, contribute and grow are immense.",Peak period is one where work-life balance gets affected.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26288,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great for the most part,"AWS: Great opportunities for learning, challenging and cutting edge. Super people to work with.",AWS vs Amazon Retail... Seems the Leadership Principles are not lived as much in the retail world???,"Model the Leadership Principles more, especially when times are tough. Empower mid-level management more.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26289,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - SDE2,Lots of businesses,You have the chance to deal with large amounts of data.,You experience can be very different from team to team.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1850.htm
26290,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice environment,The salary was competitive for the type of work compared with other similar companies.,Little opportunity for extending fixed term contracts,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26291,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service associate,Good environment. Friendly People. Easy to work.,Less growth oppurtunities. Easy change of policies.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26292,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,amazon,good environment and easy work,cant listen to music while you work,need to allow some sort of music for full time employers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26293,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Developer Engineer II,"The Salary and Benefits are well paid above average. It's possible to have a work-life balance an the have a career for all your life.  Amazon manages several frameworks, technologies so you always could learn and innovate.  The reputation of the sde is very good and you could find and have multiple challanges.  The personal quality of 90% of the people is extraordinary one of the best things of Amazon.","As other companies it's very important the team in which you will work in which it could fit all your needs (carrier development, technology, ..)  The competitiveness is sometimes extreme, and it's important to have a good manager that help and trust you.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26294,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Awesome company to work in,work hard have fun and make history,Nothing its an awsome place to work in,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26295,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Dangerous Goods Associate,Loved being Amazonian,"Employee-centric , Good Facility & Promising career.",There is no as such negative point.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26296,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Organization with wondeful work environment.,"Challenging and fulfilling role - opportunity is afforded to work in an ambiguous and technically sound environment. Peers are strong both technically and from the product standpoint. Independence to execute, improve and manage.",You get to learn a lot while working here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26297,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Testing Domain,Amazon is good platform,Good opprortunity for career growth,Routine level of the work should be changed,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26298,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Service Associate,"Associate, Quality Service",* Good Ambience * Excellent work Culture *Friendly colleague *Perfect Place For Freshers To Get Sarted,I Don't Have Any in Cons....!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26299,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Simply Awesome,"One of the best company to work in, work culture/environment , infrastructure, other facilities are simply awesome. Good CTC, ample leaves/holidays, work from home option etc",As of now I have found no issues. But there are couple of teams/process where managers are not that friendly which is quiet common in every company I believe.,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1851.htm
26300,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Development Manager,"Innovation, Customer Obsession, Flexibility, Career improvement, teamwork","Internal Growth is almost impossible, a political environment",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26301,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE-II,Exciting to work at Amazon scale. Great pay and perks.,"You own your team's work like a startup, so you own the losses too",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26302,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In-Stck Manager,Learn a lot and work with super tech,Limited visibility into retail systems,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26303,amazon,Chennimalai (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Good environment,Good to work and learn,Nothing much negative impact here,Nothing,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26304,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Pros and cons at work,Lot of free time once work is completed,Not much to work. Better pay for lower level employees,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26305,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexibility and benefits -wow,1. lots of information and well organized 2. good onboarding experience 3. good benefits,"1. inclusion of diversity leads to even hiring wrong talent 2. leadership principle just shouldn't be hiring criteria, even technical skills needs to be assessed","For the sake of diversity, don't hire wrong talent and spoil the environment",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26306,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE1,"Good Career Growth, Flexible Timings","Legacy tech stack, Dealing with supporting existing framework rather than making new services, Work-Life Balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26307,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Great place to work!,"Flexible work environment, good senior level management. Organized in every aspects, good growth opportunities sometimes very fast growth and promotion. The internal job posting is a good thing and every team supports. People are supportive both professionally and personally.",No much cons. Only thing is different teams have different beginner level. Some teams have really good salary and some teams have low or average salary. And for some teams work timings and week offs are a issue.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26308,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Is the best place I have ever worked,"Flexibility and ownership. If your manager is awesome (like in my case), there is no challenge that cannot be faced. I learn something new every day.","Amount of work, responsibility. You need to be the owner of your work and do not expect others to say to you what you need to do.",Life & Work balance is a must if we want to retain talent,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26309,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facility Cordinator,"Good Safety Practice, Work Appreciated etc","High Level Politics, Lengthy Vendor/Process/Procurement Path Change Process etc",Need to Observe Politics & Change Lengthy Process from time to time,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1852.htm
26310,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,good money for boring work,"good salary, famous brand, smart people","unhealthy environment, big pressure, boring work",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26311,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Comfortable offices,"comfortable offices, good facilities, enough money to keep you quiet","too much work pressure, internal politics",follow the tenets,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26312,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good workplace,Learning opportunities and a lot of perks for employees,Automation makes it harder to switch skills.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26313,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working environment,"innovative, encourage you to take some risks and fail","challenging deadlines, very demanding everyday.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26314,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good one,good management and career progress,tough environment hard to maintain steady performance,be more flexible,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26315,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Team Leader,Harder to grow in the organization,Flexible and supportive management in the organization,Should increase the payout,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26316,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,Flexible workspace,Flexibility Well planned Own the projects Globalized team to work woth Hi Pay master,Nothing centralised Few Indian managers mess up the workspace Formulate better work standards,Take a deep dive through the hierarchy to understand the concerns,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26317,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Will get to learn manythings,Growth is very slow and not fair,Reduce the work pressure so that it is good for freshers,4.0,none,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26318,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,Personality development Communication enhancement Great initiative,"Not for passing time, hard working people only.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26319,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,You have the best feel best environment which i bet no company will give salaries are best with every allowance,For getting recognized you need something which no ones got!!,Let it be the old amazon,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1853.htm
26320,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,They trate you as a slave,You could make some serious money if you have your own van but you will not have a life,They don’t provide paid trainning because you work for a third partier... but I believe amazon should get involved there and provided various paid training,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26321,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,AMZAON,"Pay and benefits are good, Open minded and no dress code.",No work and personal life balance. 24/7 shifts are hectic,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26322,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good,Transportation Health insurance Food coupons Fun at work Games Work environment Extra time benifit OT,"Fixed shifts Fixed weekoff : mon-tues, wed-thurs, thurs-fri",Nothing,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26323,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work @ Amzn,"Great place to work, master in pay",Some teams may be overloaded with too much work,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26324,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,work experience,"-Amazon is the best compared to other companies -It only follows a single quote ""work hard, have fun, make history"" - the work culture is excellent",no cons at all,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26325,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good pay Good products to work on,Work load is high Frugal company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26326,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,"Salary and benefits, compensation, opportunities",Long hours and stressful,Employees are humans,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26327,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Security Officer,Security officer,Im a police office in philippines Been to a training with regards to security Completed training with response to active shooter,Culture adoptation specially introduction of new language,I am very much willing to undergo training and cultural changes,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26328,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Brand Specialist,Great learning experience,- exponential learning capability - flexible working hours - high level of autonomy,- crazy difficult promotion process. Not always fair and transparent.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26329,amazon,Coimbatore South (India)," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service associate,Nice place to work.perfect place to increase knowledge.no work pressure,Best salary provide on employers . Shift time more facility,No commands,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1854.htm
26330,amazon,Hachiōji (Japan)," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Perfect company for Engineers,"Amazon is such a great company. Everyone can work full remotely, so it is very helpful who has to care their children. Also, employee can buy anything if it is necessary for their development of skills. Coworkers are very kind and friendly. It is a best place to work!",Nothing to complain about Amazon!,Well management. great team work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26331,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,"great place to work, work from home options available.","no career growth, not good hike and promotions",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26332,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Associate,Very Happy to work with a brand like Amazon :),Amazon takes care of its employees very well. A very good place to learn things and proceed in you career. It has the most flexible and accommodating environment for its employees.,"The hiring process is too long. You might feel at time that you might have lost it as there are not many clear and often communications about the interview status. But once you get through it, you are going to enjoy your job.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26333,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Great place to work,"Challenging and fulfilling role - opportunity is afforded to work in an ambiguous and technically sound environment. Peers are strong both technically and from the product standpoint. Independence to execute, improve and manage.","Sometimes it can get a bit hectic - depends a lot on which org you move into. Also, some orgs do not utilize the full scope of a TPM... as in utilize the expertise only on program management and ignore the tech part.",Continue raising the bar,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26334,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Amazing company,You can learn a lot,Startup culture is there which leads to stretched work and pressure at times,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26335,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good exposure,Benefits given by the company,no cons. A good place to work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26336,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Pretty Chilled out atmosphere but not great for a long career,* Very Chilled Work Atmosphere * Balanced Work-life * Good Benefits,* Night Shifts * Mediocre Salary * Stagnant at Level 3,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26337,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Procurement,Amazon,"Good head office, good work social activities, exposure to all levels of the business.","Bad work-life balance. Extremely fast paced working environment, which makes it difficult to be strategic and plan ahead, your work is often reactive. Bad salary for the size of the company and level of responsibility. Opportunity to be promoted, which comes with a title change but the promotion is not reflected in the salary.",Pay according to the market.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26338,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Japanese Language Expert,Japanese Language,Good hike and salary every year,Facilites not pdovided compare to Microsoft etc,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26339,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Associate,Cloud Associate,Cool Culture and Learning is high,No cons as of now,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1855.htm
26340,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Associate,Cloud Associate,Cool Culture and Learning is high,No cons as of now,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26341,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Best place to start your career,1.Best peer group 2.so much to learn from managers 3. Fun place to be,Monotonous nature of work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26342,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Legal Trainee,Legal Trainee,-Working for the #1 company of the market -High-value deals -Being mentored and trained by top-notch professionals -Friendly environment -Lots of opportunities organized by Amazon outside work -Never boring,- There's really nothing I would change,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26343,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Investigation Specialist,Amazing place to work at.,High scope for career growth,Varying shift timings could be a problem for some,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26344,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Area Operations Manager,Work life balance !!,Great to work those who have ideas and can drive them furiously..,Work life balance is something you'd end up managing..,Great leader ship.. micro management can be reduced to a practical extent.,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26345,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - QS-DA,QS-DA,Good work is making our lives easy,Poliitics inside makes us pissed sometimes,Nothing to advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26346,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Operative,Long hours so good pay Easy Work,"Long Days, Boring, Repetetive, No incentives to work hard",Make it more interesting,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26347,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst employer I've ever had,"International exposure, largest firm in its field, great name on your CV","Toxic working environment and no growth opportunities (at least in Germany), improvised operations, rudimentary digital systems (basically excel) and all in all an air of heavy politics and stress: no free communication or innovation. People are afraid of each other and hide themselves behind masks.","Money doesn't make up for such an environment. After a short time, your best talent will leave. As shown by the high management turn-over and desertion rates of training programs.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26348,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Kindle Tech Support,Nice people and good benefits,Work is pretty tedious and management doesn't always pay attention to resources,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26349,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good salary for a fresher,"Great Work culture, Freedom",i do not have anything for now,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1856.htm
26350,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Operations Associate,Massive Learnings,Making Business Decisions Good Team Lots of Learnings Headway to shape ones career Managers with great knowledge,Low Salary Heavy Workload No Growth Less appreciation,To better working conditions and streamline job descriptions so that daily tasks are made important than additional tasks,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26351,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud Support Associate/Engineer,- Increases your breadth across technologies. - Helping Teammates. - Know the customers and how they are using technologies/AWS Services. - Insights of AWS Services which all are using today. - Get Benefits of Amazon's growing shares. - Get to travel to different AWS PS sites.,- You will be Jack of some and master of none. - End up taking calls/ chats/writing emails all day. Full Support. - Don't expect to get a Development Role after this Role. It might take you ages. - No personal development is encouraged. - One bad rating will make you the culprit in the team. - False expectations of Job Role. - Have Weekend Shifts. - No Festival Holidays you will get due to availability.,"- Stop Micromanagement - With the exponentially increasing workforce, it's important to maintain Amazon's peculiar culture. Which is lost now. - Acknowledge that you are not able to handle the increased workforce and make your decisions wisely rather than forcing employees to change in every step. - Value Employees, they are the ones getting you money. - Instead of focusing on demerits (aka Constructive Feedback) provide recognition and respect at the same time. - Don't manipulate LP's according to what you think. LP's are for a motivation not for picking demerits/stopping promotions.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26352,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Contact Management,Vendor Contact Managment,Good working environment Best colleagues ever,Low wage Limited possibilities to grow,Work hard and have fun,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26353,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best customer centric companie,"A good Manager/Team lead of a software company will let you in to the world of possibilities, where your ideas and thoughts are appreciated and converted in to reality in the means of software programs and give’s you chance to contribute to the whole society.     Good payment for your work and recognises you if you and your work is worth of.     Gives you corporate and real time experience in which you can master, Career growth and allow you to demand a good package for future company.     Employment programs such as train and hire are now in favour of both trainees and company.",Few or most companies bound you to the limitations of their work environment.     Exposure mainly depends on amount of time spent in a company rather than the quality of work delivered.     No time and space for personal life at the initial stage of your career in most of the software companies.     Few companies are worst for fresher's in case of management and behavior towards them.,"Builds effective and responsive interpersonal relationships. Reporting staff members, colleagues and executives respect his or her ability to demonstrate caring, collaboration, respect, trust, and attentiveness. They depend on this manager to treat colleagues with dignity and respect, to keep his word, to exude integrity, and display dependability and character under even the most challenging occurrences and challenges.     Communicates effectively in person, print, texts, and email. Listening and two-way feedback characterize interactions with others. The manager is also open to receiving feedback from colleagues and reporting staff. He avoids a defensive response and is willing to change his behavior when the feedback is on target. But, mostly, he understands and acts upon the power of interaction.      Builds the team and enables other staff to collaborate more effectively with each other. People feel as if they have become more—more effective, more creative, more productive—in the presence of a team builder. She is willing to sit down and problem solve when teamwork or team tasks are not on target and working effectively. She's able to let employees know directly and candidly when they are impeding the team's progress.     Understands the financial aspects of the business and sets goals and measures and documents staff progress and success. This allows the team to feel a sense of progress, that they are reaching goals and exceeding expectations. People want to know how they are performing against expectations at work.     Financial and other goals let them know. Painting a picture that employees can agree on is effective for noting progress when numerical goals don't exist. Good managers understand and play the appropriate role in creating this picture, feedback, and communication.      Knows how to create an environment in which people experience positive morale and recognition and employees are motivated to work hard for the success of the business. Understands that she is the most significant factor in whether employees are happy at work. Her interaction with employees sets the tone for the workplace every day.     Leads by example and sets the pace via her expectations and behavior. She provides recognition when others do the same. She walks her talk. Employees know that she is the real deal because she says and does the same thing.      Helps people grow and develop their skills and capabilities through education and on-the-job learning. Brings career pathing to employees so that they continue to grow and develop. Makes employee career and personal development a priority in the workplace. Employees feel as if their manager cares about their careers and progress. This is one of the most significant factors that employees need from work.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26354,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great Experience,Amazing environment to work at.,Week offs are not on the weekend most of the year.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26355,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Data Engineer,Only good thing is stocks which you get will be good.,No new technology in data engineering field.All about their own tools which is of no use outside company.Very less design work just modify existing sql or write new sql queries.No ETL neither any good tools company has regarding hadoop everything will be taken care by SDE so no scope for de to learn.Lot of operations work.,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26356,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,AWS Premium Support is a call centre,You learn a lot initially. Good people willing to help. Very good place to learn how not to manage people.,No matter what the recruiters tell you it is just another call centre. All they care about is numbers. If you cannot make the required numbers they will replace you with someone who can. No matter how good you are they work out a percentage of people yearly and it might be you. Some very bad upper management decisions and appointments in recent years.,Don't try to fool the employees. Call it a call centre and get people in that want to work in a call centre. You are wasting the time of a lot of actual engineers.,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26357,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE,Smart people around you. Deal with some scaling issues.,bad management. Large amount of operation load over SDE,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26358,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Process Associate,process associate,Friendly and explorable environment for employees,Low growth opurtunities and its more of customer centric than employee centric,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26359,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Management Analyst,Risk Management,"very friendly and cultural environment, great environment to work in.",shift timings should be consistence.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1857.htm
26360,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,A good MNC experience Able to meet multiple people with varied interests Dynamic work place environment Entry into corporate world.,Work life imbalance. Growth opportunities are limited,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26361,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Translation Specialist,The best place to work indeed,"REAL Opportunity to grow I learned from another point of view about the trade and it has helped me personally in how I treat retail workers in my every day Fun environment: it's always changing but in the best way, I feel like they really hear me Local benefits (at least for Costa Rica) like different transportation routes, insurance that you can REALLY use",Schedule might not be the best one at the beginning,"Keep on hearing us, it helps us both physically and emotionally",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26362,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"great exposure, latest technologies, Innovation at the best, Attractive CTC",Too much documentation and meetings,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26363,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Amazing,Friendly environment to work without any pressure.,Greater likelihood of menial tasks.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26364,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - DCEO,Great atmosphere,Freedom to choose your own path. Surrounded by great people. Sense of pride and achievement. Trusted by your manager. A nice place to work.,The company is growing so fast that a lot of basic things get neglected. Pay is below average. Benefits aren't actually that good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26365,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate (Virtual Center),Great company and awesome benefits including the kindness of working from home.,Experiencing difficulties about career opportunities but keep trying.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26366,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support associate,leads are very supportive and helpful,shift changes should have more frequent,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26367,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment,Good Pay and task is relatively easy,"Make you stand up for 10 hours, and work is too braindead and repetitive. The whole process is too monitored, as in they thoroughly check when you co.e back from break and what not",Reduce hours to 8 hours,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26368,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what you think it is in reality,"Only pros is that you only get to be called that you ""Work for Amazon""","You only get to wear a name tag of Amazon and be called great but in reality its worse than a call center. With new people (operations or group managers) getting in to the organization from other companies and having their ideas put in, its turned itself from one of the best organisation to the worst one, (by worst I mean literally worst), they show you that the internal management and the leadership team looks for all the well being of the team but reality is they only do the ""smooth talk"" and some ""vain promises"" which after a while even they don't remember. No appropriate career growth opportunities if you're an L2 Associate. They do promise you with golden words that ""we are customer centric and employee-centric"" which is actually a big fat fake. No matter how many feedbacks you provide them they just yell out that ""yeah we're already working on it, when in real there isn't anything happening at all"". Everyone looks for their own growth. No proper team bonding or a kind of proper discipline just everyone in a zombie rat race.  The line Amazon uses is as this ""work hard, have fun, make history"", which in reality is ""work hard L2 and L3 employees, have fund and make history L4 and above"". Pretty odd but very true.",Nothing. Wouldn't help even if an Advice is provided,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26369,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst is yet to come,Shift flexibility Number of leaves,Working for Indian site is absolutely not worthy...,"Treat the associates properly, they aren't robots which designed to type.",2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1858.htm
26370,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Test Engineer,Test Associate,"Best Company to work at, its casual with professional approach, chilled out atmosphere with expectations to deliver your best","Certain Teams has minute management with the employees, which always depends manager to manager",HR's need to interact with the employees and not only the managers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26371,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,Awesome Work Enviroment to work in,Work - life balance issue,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26372,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Amazon is always Day 1,It's always day 1 and there is second day that you will see.,Too dynamic to work and you have to on the toes to deliver results.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26373,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Amazon,CTC and Culture and People,Competitive environment and work life balance and Leadership,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26374,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE-1,"Salary and Stocks, Get to work on Big projects. Will meet some brilliant people.","Too much work. Lot of dependencies, permissions require even for small task. No work-life balance.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26375,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good for some,you learn alot in fast paced,you dont get much work life balance,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26376,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - NON VOICE,Good,Very reputed organisation and it’s my dream company,To achieve target in time,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26377,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associates,Good company. Work environment,Lot of pressure. Work load increased a lot than compared to the previous year.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26378,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"autonomy, flexible working hours and responsabilities",fast company. your job may disappear in a while,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26379,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Sep 2, 2018",Former Employee - Writer,Helper,Good reliable there are many great items for sale such as amazon fire TV and many more,There could be trouble with amazon account you would see pop up errors appearing plus item could take a while for delivery on certain locations,Keep check of all stockings and accounts make sure that everything is accounted fore that everything is in check,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1859.htm
26380,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Best Place to work,"Good leadership, Employee satisfaction and various internal learning",Aggressive learning can be little fudgey for few,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26381,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Good Company for Long Term and Strong growth,"Decisions are well thought through. Good balance of the Leadership principles at work. Good Work Life Synergy. Amazon has a lot of teams. It is like a large company with many startups within. Once you feel that you have contributed to your team, learnt and grown, you can switch to other teams and continue your growth trajectory.",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26382,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development Manager,The leadership principals sets the cornerstone for everyone’s alignment especially during critical decision making time.,Organisation is very flat.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26383,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - CS Team Manager,Amazon Workplace and it's culture,Excellent workplace and culture wherein one can work and have fun at the same time,"In my point of view, nothing!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26384,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Work Hard, Have fun, Make history","Amazon provides a fast paced learning environment. You are constantly working on interesting projects, which is a big plus. The roles you play at Amazon are fluid, ie you are owners of your software and for its success you need to play any role that it needs you to. No fixed working hours. Tasks have deadlines and usually deadlines are strict. You specify your own estimates, and are expected to deliver on time thereafter.","Close to delivery, alot of pressure mounts on individual developers, and work life balance goes for a toss then.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26385,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place where to work,"No frills company - provides what you need to get the job done. Competitive pay, a lot of autonomy and career opportunities.",No frills company if you like those kind of things.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26386,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,"Experiment, learn and improve yourself!","Amazon gives you the means to try new things out, learn from the results and fundamentally improve yourself on the professional as well as the personal level.",You need to work on your backbone (it's okay to say no!) or you will never find your work / life harmony here.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26387,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Tough to get in, great place to be","Pro’s Full of intelligent people, no one is negative and everyone is challenged which creates a very positive environment. The work is good, challenging and what you make of it. Travel is common if you're into that. Great support networks for different groups (Glamazon, Parents). It’s common for people to move around within the org, and that’s seen as a good thing = you learn more, customers get a better experience and the business grows. Great building and environment, free fruit, great food, fuse ball tables, lovely seating areas to work in, great views and good quality office equipment – best office I’ve worked in. Compensation is very good and structured to have a good shares package (dependant on level I’m sure) so you think long term (one of the Amazon behaviours).","Long hours Expectations are high A huge doc writing culture, meaning a lot of time is spent writing a short update (sometimes days) for someone to read it and not even question or seem interested. Roles are sometimes unclear as the business is growing so fast, on one hand this is good if you suit it, but I can see it giving some people uncertainty and not suiting it.",Less doc writing - more actual doing stuff. I dont often see leadership.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26388,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,AWSome place to work and grow,Always curious to learn and strive for the best effort. Great package and working environment.,The stuff you have to learn in the beginning is a bit overwhelming.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26389,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,OverAll very good experience,1. Flexible team change 2. Good team culture 3. Full team parties,1. Sometimes lots of meetings 2. Sometimes workload can be a problem in some teams.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1860.htm
26390,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,"Really the best company i have worked for three times .I worked for AEG ,Siemens,GEC Alsthom ,Krier Africa.I like there mentality .Work hard get paid weLl.",Amazon really discriminated against me for the fourth time they gave me a start date and turned me away at www.amazon.co.uk EDI 4 because i did not disclaim i was suffering from schitsophrenia,Stop turning over management staff.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26391,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Digital Imaging Technician,Great place to improve skills,"Nice place to work regarding managing hour and ownership. Good opportunity to improve managing skills regarding reports and people. Good monthly compensations and benefits like pension plans, employee discounts, and safety furniture.",So difficult to improve your career and grow your level. It's necessary several approvals for different levels where don't even know you or seen you. You should follow 14 leadership principles and follow them like a bible. So difficult the communication with the leaders and managers 2 level more than you. You should sacrifice a great piece of your daily life for the company in order to deliver the result every day.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26392,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,My Review,Facilities Employee Friendly Quick Exposure Monetary Benefits Automated systems for everything,Focus is required more towards work Procedure variations within functions,Nil,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26393,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Customer Driven,- good development personally - high standards and never sets for anything less,- work life balance,Continue focusing on our goals and LPs,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26394,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,interview with Amazon,"good salary, good international atmosphere, good friendship.",if you dont like working you should find another job.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26395,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,It was a fun company to work for. Managers were cool.,- Developed a lot on interpersonal level. Had a great confidence boost. - Met a lot of people from different parts of the country. - Office work was done in the office and I never carried any work to home.,- Rotating 24 hours shift. - Growth was slow because of the number of people you had to compete with. - Did not learn any software skills that would be used outside Amazon.,Hire better managers,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26396,amazon,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Associate,Not what they say they are!,only and only pro is benefits. and they squeeze you in the name of benefits.,"Management verbally abuses and torments associates. They only care about rate and don't care about employees welfare, you are like a robot for them, will make you work like machines, they will keep reminding you of the rate and termination termination if you dont get upto a rate. You get 30 mins two break  in 10 hours long shift and in those two breaks you have do washroom, have lunch, talk to HR about any mistake you made and want to get it correcte. You are running whole day from isle to isle to pick the things by the time your shift is over and you come out you are so tired that you dragging your feet, your feet are not able to accelerate or depress brakes. You are writen up or fired for anything. Poor training. You don't know what department youre in.","Treat your employees as humans not like machines, don't belittle associates, that's a reason why many people have starting quitting. you can't keep people",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26397,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place where to work,"No frills company - provides what you need to get the job done. Competitive pay, a lot of autonomy and career opportunities.",No frills company if you like those kind of things.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26398,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Create History and have fun,A lot of new things to learn,Org chart in APAC is a bit strange,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26399,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Amazon,Competitive pay No dress code Good culture Transport,Bad work timings Monotonous Ever changing Metric goals,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1861.htm
26400,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Service Manager Enterprise,"Have fun, make history!","Internal Structures Forget old ingrained hierarchical structures and internal dictatorships. Here you are part of something greater, part of history and everybody has a voice.  Communication It's amazing how such a large cooperation manages the fierce firestorm of internal and external communication. In the end, you get the message, even if the onslaught of emails from around the globe seems overwhelming at first.  Colleagues There hasn't been one person that hasn't offered help - With a smile. Colleagues are not concerned about power plays, but rather how to achieve successful outcomes for the team and the customer.  Work-Life Balance Work-life balance is a matter of personal priority. However, my job demands a lot of me and I am happy to give it. For other times, AWS makes sure I have fun and I make history.  Manager I wouldn't call it boss, but rather my mentor and peer. While he manages my area, I feel as though we have a partnership and a person I can go to for advice.  Work Environment Whatever you need - AWS makes sure you get it. From desks that can be moved up and down, to ergonomic seating, to dual monitor systems on every desk. Never had it like this before.",Rapid growth causes confusion in the ranks sometimes,Keep up the good work! Thank you.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26401,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Products Listing,Products Listing & SEO,Because Amazon is aa freedom work.,i think there have No downside.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26402,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Program Specialist,Great and awesome place to work with,Dynamic Learning Environment to work with,Nothing as such to comment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26403,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business operations specialist,One of the best companies to work for,"No cons that i can think of particularly. However, peer review systems are to be improved and considered for annual review and salary hikes",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26404,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,fulfilment centre Dont unless you like slavery,The fellow colleges and one cool manager who was quiting,"Everything timed toilets, gifts on arrival to keep you sweet before the whipping e.t.c",Just hire robots and stop pretending you also dont have a bunch of secret offices your allowed to sit in,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26405,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Educational but tough,Lots to learn and understand,Hard culture and self learning,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26406,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,Good company to work with,1) Competent Salary 2) Flexible timings and WFH 3) Transport provided. 4) Good teams to work with,"Rather than cons, would say you need to look at your team as a startup, work to pull work to yourself rather than a corporate company culture where work will come top down.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26407,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer II,Cloud Support Engineer,"Amazon Leadership principles and company culture, ++ holidays and fixed time working hours",Work load and continuous stress + Customer rating,add more metrics to the customer review and engineer performance,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26408,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Amazon company level review,- Compensation is good - Peers are approachable,- Poor work life balance - Inappropriate deadlines (They don't have the concept of dev effort. You just need to meet the deadline dictated by business),Devs should also have a say in deadlines. You cannot have 1 week deadline for a 1 month project.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26409,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,I want here i love to work,Because i love working i need to work with Power i need to make use of my time,Yes and need use my time,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1862.htm
26410,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,It's always day one at Amazon,"Lovely environment, amazing learning and growth prospects available.",No such cons. Little bit of office politics and favouritism.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26411,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Service Manager Enterprise,"Have fun, make history!","Internal Structures Forget old ingrained hierarchical structures and internal dictatorships. Here you are part of something greater, part of history and everybody has a voice.  Communication It's amazing how such a large cooperation manages the fierce firestorm of internal and external communication. In the end, you get the message, even if the onslaught of emails from around the globe seems overwhelming at first.  Colleagues There hasn't been one person that hasn't offered help - With a smile. Colleagues are not concerned about power plays, but rather how to achieve successful outcomes for the team and the customer.  Work-Life Balance Work-life balance is a matter of personal priority. However, my job demands a lot of me and I am happy to give it. For other times, AWS makes sure I have fun and I make history.  Manager I wouldn't call it boss, but rather my mentor and peer. While he manages my area, I feel as though we have a partnership and a person I can go to for advice.  Work Environment Whatever you need - AWS makes sure you get it. From desks that can be moved up and down, to ergonomic seating, to dual monitor systems on every desk. Never had it like this before.",Rapid growth causes confusion in the ranks sometimes,Keep up the good work! Thank you.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26412,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon Seller Support,"Good Payout, Overtime can earn extra bugs","Bad management, Stupid compliance Too many expectations without proper training",Learn leadership management,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26413,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,SDE III,Hard to find any pros,Outdated technology self developed local technology Hides behind customer focus to push quick and dirty No agile process at all super individualistic no real investment in improving code base Oncall rotations of 12hrs including nights The company hires talented people to just setup a luxury oncall unit Ops work overload Management takes decision on technical aspect,Stop lying during the recruitment sessions and focus on quality . Less features but more quality should be your unique value,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26414,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,UI Designer,"Employees are generally open minded and higher digital literacy. So if you are digital designer, it’s more comfortable workplace for you. Report line and mentorship are well considered in this company. If you are a type of a person seeking to grow or learn with rigit manner, I think this would be a good company to be.","Sound like mispositioning is often occur, especially when the team is still new. Actually, I’m my case was mispositioning we both admit. Otherwise, I would liked working for them.",Have job interviewer to review actual work role with a manager.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26415,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding but very rewarding,Smart people - really look into customers needs - innovative,"hard working company, be ready to invest time",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26416,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Fact paced Good Brand,Work life balance Too aggressive Very low tolerance related to people practices making it suffocating at times,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26417,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Technology, Highly qualified colleagues, ESOPs","No clarity of goals, Long working hours",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26418,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Great culture and flexible work culture,Culture of constant learning and improvement opportunity to work with very smart individuals Great flexibility - I say from my personal experience as a working mum,Not really a con per se but it's a fast paced environment so some people may take more time to adapt.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26419,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,"Great company, great culture","Interesting, fast paced environment, working alongside a very bright and well aligned group of people. Also, the opportunities to grow vertically and horizontally throughout the organization are unlike anything I've experienced previously, even in management consulting.  Base compensation is good, though not great. When topped up with variable compensation however, it is very attractive.","The culture demands that you're able to defend your views or decisions in a rigorous, data driven way, and accept criticism constructively without taking it personally. This doesn't suit everyone, however if it does, then both these things become significant Pros, adding to your experience and growth.","Keep raising the hiring bar, and focused on the long term :)",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1863.htm
26420,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2018","Current Employee - Digital, Devices and Alexa Services Technical Support",Amazon.com,good place to work at,"work hard, have fun and make history",Remove CHT from all the skills,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26421,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Product Manager,Product management,"Opportunities for innovation, your ideas are valued, easy accessibility to senior leadership, no micro management, organised project management techniques, Some excellent brains to work with, encouraged to question the status quo",Pay and benefits can be improved,There are lot of changes with respect to organisational restructuring and reporting lines etc quite often which might create confusion.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26422,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Being an Amazonian,"You work with best in class people and technology, clear growth path, adequate employee benefits, WW presence, strong leadership","be ready to be ultra competitive and flexible, but that is not really a con but a major learning curve",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26423,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud support Engineer,"Learning a lot, and a lot of opertiunites5","Low salary, They don't care about the employees. You will learn a lot",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26424,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Opportunity to learn the latest technology,"Appalling communication, the reality of working in Amazon is entirely different to how its portrayed in the interview process. Most employees stay only about 1 year -18 months max.",look at other companies diverse outlook . How do they retain staff?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26425,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most customer centric company to work for,"Possibility to grow, develop and move department/level if motivated. Possibility to propose new ideas/projects and get them implemented if they have a high value for the company. Possibility to work independently and take decisions on our own.",Not structured processes. Need to work fast and under pressure during some periods of the year and take decisions quickly,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26426,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Retail Business Associate,Vendor contact management associste,Excellent working culture Amazing work-life balance Good perks Good opportunities for IJP,Ever rotational shifts that change every 3 months,Na,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26427,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - EAM Administrative,Maintenance,Good pay and great people to work with,can be taxing on family life,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26428,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Good start for newly graduated people, horrible for those who have prior experience","Good, cool work environment","Management sucks, lies and does not own it up.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26429,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,Good and flexible place to work.,Flexible and positive environment. People are friendly,Politics are there but I avoid that,IJP doesn’t work well and also the recruitment system is damn slow,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1864.htm
26430,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Processing Associate,I need to job,Amazon is best performance company and good company,Not downside amazon is best company is e-commerce,good management,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26431,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The toughest customer service job ever,"Free coffee, fruit, good quality canteen.","If you do a customer service role, you are basically chained to the phone and computer and answer phone, chat and email queries nonstop. Of course, you've got your lunch and coffee break but make sure you are not late when back to your desk, not even seconds as you receive a penalty point.","People are not machines, let them breathe.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26432,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,- Team management experience - Good operational processes in place,- Work Life balance is poor,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26433,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,- Many opportunities to progress your career - High levels of ownership in roles gives you latitude to drive through big initiatives,- Tough working hours - Lot's of meetings that aren't always an effective use of time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26434,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,explore your knowledge and learn new every day,heavy lifting and sometime no work on off season,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26435,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Training Specialist,Great workplace,Good salary and good work culture,Should be fair during the full and final settlement,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26436,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sal,good exposure for your career,Work Life Balance is something to look for,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26437,amazon,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Embracing Amazon Peculiar ways,"Its been over a year for me @Amazon and I could say that there are many lessons I have learned while adopting Amazon peculiar ways of doing things, such as taking opinions and basing everything on facts by deep diving, Customer obsession and how it can build a better customer journey as well as many lessons when hiring and developing team members to name a few.","Company is getting bigger by the day, which sometimes makes it harder to move fast.",Keep iterating on Amazon way of working to accommodate the reality of company size and continuous growth,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26438,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to work in,Working in Amazon is the next best thing. We work as business owners and not labors. All benefits given to employees. Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History is the slogan of Amazon,Nothing to complain of.,Thanks,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26439,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,3 months in and enjoying life at AWS,"Challenging work, high calibre colleagues, interesting technology, very strong customer focus, great offices, lots of free food.","As a west-coast based US company, there are frequent late-night calls to attend.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1865.htm
26440,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,production operator,"plenty of hours, shift rotation was good",Insanely high targets and expectations. They would fire you on the spot if you didnt work at 500mph.,increase the pay for that type of slavery,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26441,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Pricing Analyst,Pricing analyst,Awesome place to work. Super cool environment.,There are no cons at Amazon. It's just Amazing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26442,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,"Good work environment , easy going",Less opportunity for lower employees,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26443,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Everything in terms of benefits,none that i can think of,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26444,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Associate,Associate in Fulfilment centre,Freindly environment to work,managers are little disrespectful towards the team nothing cons are left,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26445,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not best year for review-ing Amazon . . .,"Amazon's culture does promote healthy work principles, the environment in non-conflictual, they invest interest and money in day to day work comfort and safety, people are in large majority nice, they facilitate and encourage continuous learning.","Management systems and knowledge seems stuck in 2000 and late, too many managers, too little talent and technique. Their activity does not seem to be objectively evaluated, Gemba ends up failure carrier & ""customer"" when business graphics go red.",Invest in upgrading management corp and systems to 2018.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26446,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most customer centric company to work for,"Possibility to grow, develop and move department/level if motivated. Possibility to propose new ideas/projects and get them implemented if they have a high value for the company. Possibility to work independently and take decisions on our own.",Not structured processes. Need to work fast and under pressure during some periods of the year and take decisions quickly,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26447,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Pricing Analyst,Not a place for talent,"Free work place, flexible timings, facilities and gratuities from company","Worst management, particularly in pricing teams. U won't get recognized for hard works",Give respect to employees' talent and hard work. Don't discourage,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26448,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Best place to work,Nothing as of now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26449,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Device Associate,"you could get free time in your work hours, no dress codes and that's it.",lots of internal politics have to do lot of extra work than mentioned in your job description even then you wont be promoted if you are in good terms with your manager.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1866.htm
26450,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - QAE,QAE,Management is very good and lots of career advancement opportunities,Should take care employement benefits,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26451,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Job review campus placed,good work life balance additional performance incentives are good,Growth of an employee is very rare leadership is only concerned about the results and metrics,Get a option of switching the employee according to his/her suitable domain or interest.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26452,amazon,Gdańsk (Poland)," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Great competitive environment,A place where you can challenge yourself. Really intelligent and motivated people.,Management tends to leave their teams without any guidance.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26453,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Vendor Contact Management Associate,Associate,"This is one of the best companies that have worked with, work Culture is amazing. The kind of people working here are also simply amazing. Offices are like the Disney world of offices. The perks that the company provides is simply amazing","Too big a ladder to climb, as in there is a lot of competition and politics.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26454,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,General review,Direct impact on product soon. Ownership of deliverables,Aggressive targets leading to stretching work hours,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26455,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better than most,"Employee benefits are better than others, Scope for learning","Ambiguity, bad work life balance, stressful.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26456,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You'll like it,"Opportunities, culture, environment, pay& incentives",Workload and Mandatory over time.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26457,amazon,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unorganized,Benefits are great,Everything is unorganized the first week.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26458,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Is a decent company to work for,Home office holidays company culture,too much work unstructured strategy,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26459,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,- Proactive scenario  - Fun environment and excellent team,Almost none opportunities to grow or to move to another team.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1868.htm
26460,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Territory Business Development Manager,Territory Business Development Manager,"Great Culture and great colleague (most) Once join in, many new opportunities will come to you.","Too much need to learn, quite hard to follow the pace. Many writing, every recommendation based on data.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26461,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Costa Rica,"Door-to-door transportation, flexible schedule, paid training","From my experience, no cons.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26462,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Services,I have been working as ERC Associate and I am happy with my job,Good infrastructure and good environment to work. Very good salary. Growth is immense.,Rotational shift sucks. There is no much cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26463,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging but rewarding,"Work culture , freedom to make decisions",Change in management impacts career,Hire only from similar culture companies,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26464,amazon,"Dunstall, England (UK)"," Sep 30, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Horrible Working Environment,- Hourly pay is good - Free coffees & teas,- Long hours of work - They treat you like a robot - Bad mangaement,Learn how to treat people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26465,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finops manager,"Value for the name, good salary","No work life balance, poor employee relationsa",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26466,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,i have been working as full time employees for 3 year,1. Good development work. 2. Good collaboration.,1. no work life balance.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26467,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Great opportunity to learn and grow.,"No work life balance, too much work pressure.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26468,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Digital Content Associate,Good One for Freshers,Work Culture Team mates Starting as Freshers they give you Best Salary,Politics Dont go in for a Contract,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26469,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service associate,"Friendly, fun, good environment and more incentives","Low initial salary,shift timings",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1869.htm
26470,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Devops Engineer,Work Review,You will always have something to learn. Senior Management is very supportive and help us to grow. Multiple opportunities for career development.,No cons. This is a great place to work. Work culture is good. You just need to take care about your work life balance that's something you might miss...,Doing great work. Keep it up,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26471,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Manager,Good place to work / good evironment,Bad management / leadership issues,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26472,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,"multicultural environment, healt scheme and pension plan.","It is not in the city center, if you don’t drive take the bus can be stressful",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26473,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Good,Good working environment Career growth,No cons as of now,Nothing,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26474,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,The work environment is really good. Very friendly management.,Constant stress on meeting the target.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26475,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Support Representative,customer support associate,good salary package and support from management,not an employee centric company nowadays,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26476,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"exciting, challenging, engaging, fun, awesome coworkers","sometimes stressful, complex systems, emails",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26477,amazon,Lisbon (Portugal)," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Development Manager,Did not look back!,Team collaboration spirit Individual empowerment Flexibility Invention and initiative are fostered Startup (It is still day one) spirit,"All (if any) of working for a high pace, innovative and startup by heart company",Keep on listening to the client and your internal resources.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26478,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work on challenging problems,Good work and cutting edge tech,No major perks and pushing environment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26479,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Investigation Specialist,Average,"No hierarchy, You can present your ideas to anyone,and people are open for ideas. Lot of bright minds","The higher management expect all the associates to follow amazon principles which the associates do but the management fails to follow the same. Bias for action being one of the them and are right a lot go hand in hand. Which seems to be missing a lot. Too many structural changes, the department seems to be testing new metrics without proper analysis and fail in terms making the associates suffer with multiple changes which hampers the growth and trust of the associates.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1870.htm
26480,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Investigation Specialist,Average,"No hierarchy, You can present your ideas to anyone,and people are open for ideas. Lot of bright minds","The higher management expect all the associates to follow amazon principles which the associates do but the management fails to follow the same. Bias for action being one of the them and are right a lot go hand in hand. Which seems to be missing a lot. Too many structural changes, the department seems to be testing new metrics without proper analysis and fail in terms making the associates suffer with multiple changes which hampers the growth and trust of the associates.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26481,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Operations Lead,Technical Operations Associate,Good work culture. Managers will help you to reach your goals. Company is very flexible and you can choose different career paths based on your interests.,"As it is well established company, no cons so far.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26482,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,good place to work,VCC option good work space,no major cons to say,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26483,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - FIN Ops Specialist,Fin ops specialist,Great place to work and good,less amount of work life balance,Plz have a look at employee performance,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26484,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data associate,Good work culture Good ambience Great teams,Too many night shift Less pay,Increase pay,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26485,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon full time employee review,Nice pay nice compensation good management,Work life balance no time for your own needs,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26486,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,Amazon gives good exposure to its employees.,Micro management is increasing in the department.,To make the work less monotonous.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26487,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CS Asoociate,Friendly environment and no dress code,Goal pressure and tight timings,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26488,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associates,good company to work amazon,no issues within company amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26489,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Ethics and work environment,The large scale technical products.,"Handling of sexual harassment is unethically poor, victim blaming, and puts employees who report in danger, forcing a lack of anonymity. Sexual harassment is often buried and is preferred to be dealt with informally and off record.  Managers are given absolute authority with regards to performance evaluation, even on unverifiable claims, and can abuse this to entirely sabotage someone's career in 2 steps over a few months. This has been directly used as a tool of manipulation. The process to report such abuse does not protect the victim and antagonizes the abuser who still remains in absolute control.  Culture is broadly sexist. Good luck getting a word in, let alone one that is considered, in a technical discussion, ladies.  Casual South African racism is just as entrenched in Amazon's local culture.  While there is a weak push to not spread bro culture, it is no less of a boy's club.","You have an ethical obligation to fix damaging, and especially biased, processes around you. If you find yourself in absolute unchecked control of another human being, fix it. Speak up.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1871.htm
26490,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wouldn't recommend,"This is a best company in ecommerce for now. The company is always really busy in making money and getting richer day by day, where it's employees are at the same level with increased hardwork and pressures, are sitting there at the same level and positions. Only pro about this company is learning and work environment.","Everything is a con about this company. No work life balance. Lot of pressure. No family time. You are never understood by your superiors. Worst mentors. Worst management. Your managers are definitely friendly. You do a lot of hardwork but end of the day the managers have to select only their favorites for promotions. Worst company ever. Amazon is the richest and you should see the rewards they give to you for your work. 500,750,1000 rs. Wow. Like really? Worst company. One can never grow here unless they have a good rapport(if you know what i mean) with managers.",You guys should start recognizing the real talents. Otherwise you'll make Jeff's entire hard work go to dogs. It's high time now. Start recognizing! Stop being stupid.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26491,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse hand,Good hourly pay and lots of shifts available,"Very tough conditions, difficult targets, pressured overview. Try to force overtime. Ridiculously short breaks",More realistic targets,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26492,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Support Associate,Amazon,"Awesome place to work , friendly enviornment",Not yet found any cons,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26493,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, super smart people, lot of pressure",Everyone working here is smart and keen. Flexibility in work time management. Freedom to pursue projects driven by personal interests.,"High pressure, high speed in working decisions and transitions.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26494,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Good for freshers,Fun place Nice environment Zeta meal coupons,No growth no good food in food court,Give proper recognization to those who deserve,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26495,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Exposure to the latest cloud tech, but rapidly expanding org can have a few holes",- Encouraged to learn at all times - Exposure to the latest cloud technologies/deals - Opportunities for roles across the org,- Slightly cultish at times - Pulls no punches when trying to squeeze as much as possible out of employees - Orgs fast expansion means there are occasional gaps,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26496,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - QA Engineer,Very good company,Very good company to make career,work load can be seen,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26497,amazon,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,courier driver,"easy jog, good money, nice management",some delivery routes are tough,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26498,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction risk investigator,Nice company to work and balance life,.you can just feel it as your second home,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26499,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good work, high stress","Good work, interesting technologies, hard to become obsolete.",High stress and focus on delivery.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1872.htm
26500,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very good company,Work benefits are more in this,Nothing every thing is good,Good,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26501,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,Too much work and various types of teams available,Some teams do crappy work,none,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26502,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Site Training Specialist,Site Training Specialist,To learn the principles and the structure of the work a reputed company would follow. To practice and apply most of the principles i have learnt during my work.,Career Growth is limited to the structure of the company or atleast for my stream.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26503,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Working with smart people,Extremely demanding and high stress. Verbally and psychologically abusive management.,Don’t hire psychopaths as people managers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26504,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company very well run,"well run, good working environment","Long distance to job, wastes time and do not get paid for travel",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26505,amazon,Mewat (India)," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Starsem,working & culture,"no doubt, amazon is giant in e comm. wonderful payouts, 2 week off,","work pressure is high, long shift hrs",less L3 promotions to L4,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26506,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,Nice salary and amazing team,Work burden Lots of expectation from managers,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26507,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Global Risk Investigations Advisor,Global Risk Investigations Advisor,Good incentives and quick growth,Work pressure and Shift timings,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26508,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,NA,"Mediclaim facilities are hassle free, work place environment",Used to be good not now. No work life balance at all,nothing will be changed with my piexe of advice,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26509,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Sr. Recruiter,"We are pioneers, we lead the way we dont copy, which means we are always best in what we do, never second best.","Change, if you struggle with change then this is not the best environment for you to work in.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1873.htm
26510,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,HR ERC,Growing opportunities Great work environment Health Insurance Very organized company,Lack of schedules to choose when you are hire.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26511,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Workflow Analyst,Working at Amazon,Great schedule Great environment Constantly faced with new challenges Has work from home The Company really values their employees.,Each Lines of business is completely independent so communication sometimes is a struggle.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26512,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Associate,Really love the culture,"You have all the spotlight and opportunities to grow, as long as you have all the necessary skills.",Area of improvement in business ops management.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26513,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unstable Working Grounds,Dynamic. Keeps everyone updated about the daily changes with the work related policies Not a monotonous job while working with Amazon The 14 leadership principles are the bible of each and everyone who works with Amazon,"Way too much customer obsession and way less Seller Obsession (not in terms of an associate perspective, but in terms of the so called ""Business Development team"" perspective)  Management (in Bangalore) is unstable with what they promise an employee and what is delivered finally.   The brand quote should change to, ""Work ridiculously hard, Do not have fun unless you are the pet favorite of the higher management, Make history about stuffs you highly regret working for the organization  Amazon teaches us about their culture and how they are growing to be the Earth's most customer centric organization.  But trust me on this, I am an associate who helps our vendor and the vendors who have been with Amazon for over 5 years to a decade and have not failed to mention how Amazon is a deteriorating organization from their Seller's perspective.  Forget recommending someone to work with Amazon, I wouldn't encourage anyone to Sell with Amazon based on the overall experience I've had with Amazon.","It's of no use to mention the details since the feedbacks are vaguely taken into consideration.  Having said that, the management ought to know that the level 3 associates are the working class of the organization who are followed by the level 5 and up ( Management), who are the supporting class of the organization.  In short, there is no point in providing a ""feedback"" system for the management as it will backfire on yourselves for your own growth with the organization, irrespective of how dedicated you are with your work.",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26514,amazon,"New Westminster, BC (Canada)"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Full-Time Warehouse Associate,Tier I,"Training provided to meet or exceed expectations. Stable provided you work smart and hard. Voluntary over-time and time-off. Through out the day, you are valued for your work and safety, moreover, the meaning of life.","Self-study on Continous Improvement, employee managment. In-house ""certification"" differ from certified trainers in the inustry.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26515,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - VCM Finops Associate,Amazon Work Life,"Amazon has a very dynamic work environment, indeed. You must be always up to date as the things are developing day by day. I would definitely highlight the working culture, diversity and ""work hard"" -> ""have fun"" principal. There is a lot of entertainment through the year and always some nice cheerfulness.",Time to time work pressure like everywhere else.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26516,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Good job experience, amazing work culture, cool people!",1.Brilliant Atmosphere 2. Co-operative management 3. Good leave structure,"1. A little hectic, especially during the peaks. 2. Food can be a little bland sometimes.",Have fun as you already do! Lol :),4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26517,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Forge your own destiny, compensation vs other employers significantly higher",High expectations but support and compensated for,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26518,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,Benefits are really good.gets overtime as well,It’s a long shift and gets too tiring at times .rest all is good,Management is good,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26519,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Less opportunities,Learn a lot from others - smart people,Work life balance. Lots of unhappy people. Very hard to progress career-wise and getting harder.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1874.htm
26520,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Process/Team Lead,Team/Process Lead- Human Resource,Developing Company Learn Lot of things,It need to evolve more in employee engagement,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26521,amazon,Gdańsk (Poland)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Associate,Senior Compliance Associate,"High Culture, Great Atmosphere, a lot of useful trainings. From the first day in Amazonians' office, you can easily fell like one of them.","Frankly speaking, no cons to add.",Very helpful crew. No advices to add actually.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26522,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place for people who work hard, make history and have fun","Strong corporate culture, great high quality people, interesting intellectually challenging projects, positive atmosphere, fact-based, performance driven environment","I have not found any strong ones so far, maybe this - one must be used to self-service - you need to take care of all administrative things (travels, buildings access), takes a while since you get used, but once you do, it does not bother that much anymore and you are fully in control.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26523,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Specialist,Great experience,"Work environment, Management, Team, Learning","Goals, Automating Things, shifts, weekend works",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26524,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,Lots of opportunity to drive initiatives and to be involved in doing things outside your role.,Only customer obsessed. Need to pay attention to employees too.,Need more attention to being employee obsessed.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26525,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - VCM Finops Associate,Amazon Work Life,"Amazon has a very dynamic work environment, indeed. You must be always up to date as the things are developing day by day. I would definitely highlight the working culture, diversity and ""work hard"" -> ""have fun"" principal. There is a lot of entertainment through the year and always some nice cheerfulness.",Time to time work pressure like everywhere else.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26526,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Good job experience, amazing work culture, cool people!",1.Brilliant Atmosphere 2. Co-operative management 3. Good leave structure,"1. A little hectic, especially during the peaks. 2. Food can be a little bland sometimes.",Have fun as you already do! Lol :),4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26527,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,start learning new things everyday,"unorganized, management just throw you into it and expect great results",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26528,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,.,"Stock, quality of people, benefits","Work life balance, unrealistic deadlines, US vs UK culture, difficulty of career advancement",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26529,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon chennai !,Best workplace and career growth.,So far no cons !,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1875.htm
26530,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Review,Great work culture Great management team Awesome benefits per the positions,"RS U Shares to retain employees at a good position No free food No free cabs for Level 4 and above Sometime there is diplomacy and politics, but hey, where isnt?","To ensure you derive at an answer after doing a through dive deep, for be it anything!",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26531,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer II,Cloud Support Engineer II BigData,Work with cutting edge technologies Work Life Balance Great Stock Value,Base Pay comparitively lower than market standards,Dont try to be frugal on small things with the employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26532,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources,HR Associate Contact,Great job environment and amazing benefits for the associates.,"none , could be the life -work balance",eye on details :),3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26533,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Operations,"Lovely people, you learn a lot",Low salary comparing to other companies,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26534,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Kyc Investigator,KYC investigator,"face pace company that seeks continuous improvement daily, provides training and various opportunity to implement leadership principles. the company reviews employees based on metrics. It is a good start for one's career. Work-life balance as you don't have to be stressed out about work when your shift ends.","poor communications, no bank holiday (only Cork)",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26535,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 17, 2018",Former Employee - ANDHRA PRADESH,Excellent work place,Timely payment Scope vast for growth,High performance standards Rotational shifts Highly dynamic If you can accustom to these there are no cons,Great job,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26536,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting!,"Exciting! New things to learn daily, fasted paced environment, very engaging.","All the negative side effects of the above, but if you are into that kind of environment, no cons really.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26537,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to start,I worked there for 8 months and those 8 months was like nothing because of their friendly environment.,If you can listen to other problems everyday without getting irritated then only choose Amazon.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26538,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I'm currently working here,Good for freshers Very good infrastructure,I have not seen any cons here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26539,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Translation Specialist,Translation Specialist,"good opportunities, good career growth",too much work pressure,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1876.htm
26540,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and baf,Culture and its environment is cool,Growth is not good. The salary package is less for a fresher,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26541,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE2,"Great salary Great project, Great peers start up culture",Low work/life balance No social events at office employee are taken for granted as slave,-Respect work/life balance for employee,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26542,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Finance,Some great things and some not so great things,"Good fun team, ambition and drive to move things forward","Very difficult to change things internally, often a huge amount of pressure placed on with not much support","Understand what adds value, what doesn't and cut what doesn't!",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26543,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support Associate,"Best employer, Good package for freshers and leave policy is splendid","Break timings are very strict, cannot even go to restroom if we have used the 5 min of personal time for the day. The maximum hike that they provide is very less, needs to get changed. Very less time to interact with even the person sitting right next to you.",Have to work on the above cons,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26544,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,Excellent development opportunities and inclusive environment.,Lower VCS positions for development,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26545,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,GREAT EXPERIENCE TO WOR AT AMAZON HAVING MOST TLENTED PEOPLE AROUND ME.,there was great salary pacage ang extra bonus according to the wor you perform.,The wor life is more means we have to wor more than 6 hours which is very high for me,"I thin its my personal choice to leave but the management team is really great,",5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26546,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - DART,Dart,Best environment to work with..,Work life balance is less,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26547,amazon,"Hyderābād, Sind (Pakistan)"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,TRMS,Best in operations . Payment is good enough . No politics .,Nothing new to learn generally .,None,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26548,amazon,Vadodara (India)," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Supervisor,Overall Good Experience,"Good exposure., good career opportunity, young and enthusiastic staff....",Did not face any difficulty..,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26549,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Resolution Specialist,Good.. exciting.. nice.. stress-free... Fun,None none none none none,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1877.htm
26550,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Resolution Specialist,Good.. exciting.. nice.. stress-free... Fun,None none none none none,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26551,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Client Service,- Good work Culture - Learning - Strong Principle,- Lower Salary but high Growth Potential,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26552,amazon,Kolkata (India)," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Investigator,less growth but stable company,good environment healthy competition overall,slow progress of getting project,no advice needed,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26553,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Manager,Good place to work is what I can say,Nothing which strikes my mind,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26554,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,"Amazon brand, Facilities, Employee friendly, IJPs",Management in certain projects are not upto Amazon's standard,Say no to micro management,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26555,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - ANDHRA PRADESH,Seller support executive,The company offers you a good atmosphere,The night shifts are a problem,Good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26556,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very satisfied,- Flexible working hours - You own your career path - Talented team to work with,- Intense work environment (not fit for all profiles) - May involve long working hours during peak periods,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26557,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst,Amazon was having the best work culture couple of years back.,Recently amazon is hiring some dumb and idiotic managers from genpact and they are making it worst,"Promote the people with in the organisation, than hiring dumb managers from BPO",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26558,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start the career with!,Most of the managers are from premium b schools. Working with them is eye opening experience.,Not good for females. Non MBA managers are workaholics. They expect the same out of everyone.,Promote learning environment,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26559,amazon,"Motherwell, Scotland (UK)"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Shift Manager,Great for progression,Great place to work and if you would like to progress within work hard and you will be rewarded,Work life balance at busy times can be punched hard,Continue to develop staff,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1878.htm
26560,amazon,"Motherwell, Scotland (UK)"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Shift Manager,Great for progression,Great place to work and if you would like to progress within work hard and you will be rewarded,Work life balance at busy times can be punched hard,Continue to develop staff,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26561,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,"Great company to work for, good benefits, nice environment, possibility to work on projects.","Low salary, too difficult to climb the ladder","Listen to your associate's concerns and try to be more human and less ""business"".",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26562,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - CSA Seasonal,Great,Great company to work for.,Nothing as such to mention,Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26563,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE III,- CD/CE pipeline - ownership of services,there was a brutal on call rotation,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26564,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Associate,Worst,"Nothing, it was good. Recent change made things worse.",Organizational change is the worst,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26565,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 12, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good work environment,Best salary for freshers Sodexo coupons Good canteen Young environment Cab facility,Workload is too much Politics to next level,For promotions consider the ability rather than favouritism,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26566,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I worked till date.,"good company, with a flexible environment.","A mixed bunch of eopl, some good, some bad.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26567,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC associate,A very good and caring company,workers required work on a very fast rate which is beyond their capacity,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26568,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual customer service associate,No strict 9-5 because you work at home,Shifts are awkward and you have to wait for probation period to finish in order to bid for shifts.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26569,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Manager,Opportunities to grow Culture Specific benefits for employees such as insurance and so on.,Nothing I could think of right now.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1879.htm
26570,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Pricing Ops Manager,Amazon offers decent pay in comparison with the other players in the industry. The benefits offered are best in class.,"The work life balance takes a hit while working for this organisation. The expectation is that you are on cal 24/7. While we get adequate leaves, it is frowned upon when you utilize the same.",Follow the policies set in sprit and letter.,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26571,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good for freshers,"Salary, work environment, friendly staff",Along with the company Politics is something that is growing,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26572,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales in Amazon Web Services,"Great company, good benefits and the culture of the company is very good","terrible management, micro management was rife while i was there, and despite being successful my manager hounded me out of the company. Seem to be rapidly going away from putting the customer first. Poor career advancement also leads to quite a high turn over of staff","Consider carefully what you want to company to be, is it following on in Amazon's footsteps of great customer service and the customer buys when he is ready, or is it going to become just another tech giant that rams its products down companies throats",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26573,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service,Virtual Customer Service,"work from home, medical aid","salary, no opportunities for advancement",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26574,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Delivery Associate,"Good salary. Lots of overtime opportunity, especially on holiday season.","Dificult packages, dificult routes, accountable for stolen packages and delivery problems.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26575,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Investigation specialist TRMS,"Amazon environment, not overtime required and if you do it you get paid for it. Learn about regulation in e commerce, what you learn here is way better than same areas in other companies: Banks value a lot the skills you got here. Once you do your hours you go home. Working from home is allowed many days per month.","Difficult progression inside the department, and the company. You're required to know 3 languages perfectly for this role, and graduated or BS degree is a plus. Despite that background you barely survive with the salary as is too low. The entry level is also lower than other roles at Amazon. Many times you try to go to another department and they will reject you as your level is lower than the one that's being offered and they will hire someone from outside with less experience even though your CV could be better in different ways. Once you are inside the company levels are important and some times you will be rejected just for your level even though you are applying for an entry level, so it might worth trying to get a higher role the first time. The majority of the people leave after some months to get better salary and more responsibilities.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26576,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Deducting 2 stars becuase of the upper management and managers' behaviour in general.,"Cab pink up and drop , 12 CL , 12 SL , 15 AL , Mandatory offs, emergency leave , no dress code , chilled out atmosphere , stocks , yearly bonus , work from home option.","Some of the managers in our process are not very nice . They do not know how to behave with investigators , spcially female investigators .","Please make good ""manager hiring decision "" for TRMS process atleast.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26577,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Awesome Company,"Great career opportunities, compensation and awesome culture. You are the owner of your career inside the company and your manager and colleagues help you know how to get there. Great health & dental plans also.","Regardless the RSU and Hiring bonuses, monthly benefits are lower than market average (low meal allowance for the neighborhood & position and no supermarket allowance). It's the only downside I can say.",None so far.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26578,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Retail Associate,The best place to work at!,Benefits Opportunity to grow professionally Great work environment,"Nothing, everything is totally amazing!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26579,amazon,"Lagunilla, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - TOC Support Amazon Logistics,why Amazon,is a company that gives you the opourunidad to grow regardless of the age you have working there is a very good atmosphere and a good relationship between managers and collaborators,unexpected changes in the schedule may be the only factor to improve,it is very good there is a whole program and always ahy some manager to help you,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1880.htm
26580,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,Great workplace and excellent colleagues,Management in my team was the worse.,Hear from your employees. Good for the org.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26581,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Content Reviewer,"Complete tolerance to your dressing preferences, sexual orientation, religion, etc. Open doors policy Fun environment Many learning opportunities",Many jobs require working weekends and/or holidays and some folks just don't like that.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26582,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Supervisor,Manager I,"Fast paced environment, continuous learning, tremendous opportunities and great culture",workload can be sometimes overwhelming,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26583,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - CSNA Resolution Specialist,The Amazon has as many trees as we have happy employees,Work from Home Great Schedules Lots of Support Positive work environment Changes occur constantly Many career paths,"I cannot complain about my salary as I very much appreciate it, but taking into consideration that we are working for the biggest company on Earth an increase would be good.",We have to find a way to make our job less stressful and more rewarding.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26584,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Worst of the worst,Big company better life best for future,Worst no perfect timing for work,Stupid people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26585,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,DATA ASSOCIATE-Alexa Data Services,"average pay, friendly staff and overtime compensation",Lot of work pressure no growth opportunities The work environment is purely of a BPO. Working hours =45-50 hrs a week Sometimes the managers will be behaving as a school teacher. No learning,Identify the qualities and strength of an employee within the organisation and give the opportunities related to the same.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26586,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,employees are not valued enough,"relocation opportunities, easy to switch jobs inside","leaders do not care about employee wellbeing, culture is based on fear and escalation, too much unnecessary asks, no rewards",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26587,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Catalogue Assistant,Amazon is not a company it is a university to develop your leadership,Amazon value your ownership. Good platform to work as a leader in each level with the leadership principles. Have scope to learn by mending our mistakes.,Cons - Nothing as such with Amazon.,They have scope to dive deep with their goals.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26588,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great workplace,Great work-life harmony at this organization,Involves too much stakeholder management,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26589,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Good hard-working place to work,At Amazon you are continuously learning. Everyday is a new challenge and if you are a problem solver you will have a lot to do in Amazon. Its a very high changing environment which means that you have to keep adapting and keeping up with the Company which makes it interesting and non-boring. From day one you are given a lot of responsibility and you are expected to deliver. Amazon takes care of its employees and is always investing on career opportunities and growth for each of us.,I find Amazon to be a very individualist place to work. You have goals as individual and as well as a group but you work on them by your own which makes it difficult sometimes to deliver what its expected from you. The goals are very high and day to day work can be overwhelming to people not used to working with pressure. You are expected to deliver good work in a short time of period which usually turns into working for more hours than your daily required.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1881.htm
26590,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigations Specialist,"quite good benefits, friendly work environment","career opportunities, communication, can't think of anything else",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26591,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse helper,"English speaking company, Very flexible with time and services, opportunity for growth.","Some employees were harsh with a lot of other employees, you really have to do lot of labour work, pay was OK",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26592,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,SDE Intern (2 months),"Lots of learning High insistence on writing good and optimized code Learn a lot on testing, and owning your code Write, design and test at scale Work deployed into prod will immediately go live and affect customers, so impact is high Very steep learning curve Will learn how to handle steep deadlines, and will bring out the best in you. Teammates are very helpful and friendly, but the degree of this could vary according to team. Freedom of implementation, no micromanaging. Pre Placement Offer depends almost entirely on the quality of your work, hence fair and square. Accomodation provided in a very lavish 4 star hotel for 15 days, free transport and 40k rupees per month stipend.","Can get very hectic to someone with no prior experience in industry. Frugality is a core tenet, hence don't expect the company to splurge on you. 2 months isn't a lot of time, and the amount & pace at which learning needs to be done becomes uncomfortable at times.",Extend the duration of 2 month internships to 3 months. Provide results about conversion from intern to full time before the internship ends.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26593,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Analyst,The Most Employee Centric Company,"Amazon has been by far the most awesome company i have ever worked with, the list of reasons as to what i like about the company is endless, still would try to jot down a few. 1. As my title suggest the most employee centric company. 2. work culture and people are fantastic, i look forward to come to office everyday. 3. and for the management, its a big thumbs-up, eveyone is so approachable and friendly. 4. this company truly believes in work-life balance there has not been a single day wherein i felt its dull or gloomy.. everyday is superbly exciting",i can't figure out any cons about working here .,awesome!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26594,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRS Project Manager,"Work Life balance with work flexibility, Internal growth by applying through various available openings, work culture aligned to global work style, Leaves structure,",Technology should be more updated and compensation better for all levels,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26595,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Specialist,Experience working on Amazon,"The environment, the colleagues that you work with, the facilities",There some benefits on the day-shift that graveyard doesn't have,Keep working like you are doing it right know because you are the best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26596,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Amazing place to be - highly recommended,"The best part of working at AWS is being surrounded by extremely knowledgeable and skilled colleagues. Each person brings something different and it's a great feeling to know I can learn something from everyone around me.  The work itself is exciting and interesting, helping customers define the best architecture for their requirements and adopting best practices. It's very gratifying to see the benefits that customers get from our interactions and the excitement around AWS in general.  Lastly I love the strong company culture and how committed everyone is. Although the company is quickly growing I found everyone to be accountable for their actions, open with their areas of improvements and happy to receive feedback.","Given the high calibre of both colleagues and customers it can be humbling from time to time. It's very important to be disciplined to continuously learn in order to avoid being left behind given the fast pace that AWS is going at.  These are not really 'cons' in my view, it's always important to look ahead and grow, this is essential to do well at AWS.",Keep up with the great work you're doing by keeping our culture as we grow and keep raising the bar.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26597,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Awesome Company,"Great career opportunities, compensation and awesome culture. You are the owner of your career inside the company and your manager and colleagues help you know how to get there. Great health & dental plans also.","Regardless the RSU and Hiring bonuses, monthly benefits are lower than market average (low meal allowance for the neighborhood & position and no supermarket allowance). It's the only downside I can say.",None so far.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26598,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Key Account Manager,Perfect employer for people who like the way amercian companies work,"flexible working time, amazing colleagues, really good compensation",really quick and unpredictable changes in structures,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26599,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service,customer assistant,their a sense of cooperation was quite impressive.,but the salary was a little lower than I thought.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1882.htm
26600,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Amazon Tilbury,Competitive wage structure 4 days week Pension plans and other benefits,Hours can be long and tedious Nepotism and favouritism Unfair treatment of employees,Employees are the company's main assets. They should be treated fairly and considerable.,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26601,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Job security,Good work culture Different technologies to work with,No job security HRBP are only for managers,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26602,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Executive,Awesome Work Culture Leadership is approachable anytime Open minded people It's the best place to work It also give a huge importance to have fun while working,Number of working hours can be decreased,Please make Amazon's own campus in India,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26603,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Manager Customer Service,Great opportunities waiting for you all,"Great opportunities to learn and grow, Free hand and ownership to take your own decisions, Innovate and simplify and no one to stop you here",Work life balance could have been better,All going good,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26604,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment,My colleagues are the most hard working and adaptable people I’ve met to date,"Management couldn’t care less about their staff on most occasions. Work and responsibilities have no end, no matter how hard you work or what ever targets you reach amazon will throw more at you. Want the best work and results for poor pay.","Slavery has ended. Stop using lesser fortunate people(associates) to fulfil your career aspirations, maybe work harder and smarter and see where patience can take you. The policy is not always right sometimes use discretion you are allowed to!",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26605,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,HR Environment,1. Good Pay as per Costa Rica's standard pay rates. 2. Schedule Flexibility. 3. Growth Opportunities (As long as you have the requirements). 4. Good Work-Life balance.,"1. QA could be very unfair, which will lead to your opportunities being literally destroyed. 2. Workflow could also be unfair with Time Off exceptions when it's most necessary. 3. Job Safety, even if you are a good agent, you could be separated from the company for ""Business Needs"".",Just take a look into the development of your associates in the HR as there are lots of them with the same position for over 5 years or more and not necessarily comfortable doing what they are doing.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26606,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,Trms,Good work place and share is given,"Less growth, non tech job",Be open more,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26607,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Good job,"good company to be working, good workplace",base salary could be higher,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26608,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,The best company to grow in career,"Employee-friendly environment, Amazing infrastructure, exposure",Nothing as of now i find it great,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26609,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - CS Training Specialist,CS Training Specialist,From Work culture to the growth rate. Everything is Awesome here!,Amazon in India started to loose the peculiar amazon culture and works like a typical corporate.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1883.htm
26610,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,"Good company to work for lot of exposure,You can learn a lot of things one of the best place that I can say",1. Very good company 2. Good facility right from cafeteria to cabs pick and drop service 3. Good and Healthy environment 4. Very good medical policy very very helpful 5. Senior authority's are reachable and your feedback is taken seriously 6. best place to grow 7. Co employees very very helpful,1. The growth is a bit difficult now as the environment is very very competitive,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26611,amazon,Paris (France)," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Data Centre Operations Technician,AWS Datacentre review,Good benefits. Meal vouchers Good overtime pay,Hard for manager to make an impact when it comes to pay rises and promotions.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26612,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Software Dev Engineer India Review,Good for learning new things.,A bit less pay than company standards,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26613,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service Associate,Very good company to work for,The work keeps on repeating,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26614,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,Highly Competitive Environment. You get to team with best minds.,Lots of work pressure and unrealistic deadlines.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26615,amazon,"Leicester, England (UK)"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Trainer,Trainer,we are working as a team. I have so much experience in amazon because i learn so many new things everyday.I am flexible.,Sometime i feel so much pressure because i try to finish everything on time and also i i feel stress as well.,"I think if we have much more support and proper communication then we can solve much more problems on less time, Then we can achieve more success.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26616,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Best Place to work Full of Opportunities Amazing infrastructure,Amazon in India started to loose the peculiar amazon culture and works like a typical corporate,Nothing,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26617,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary is not good as compare to work,"Good leadership, skill development, 2 weekoffs","HR is not good, No job security, Salary is not good, No growth",Nothing,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26618,amazon,"Richmond, London, England (UK)"," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,depends on your team mates and stakeholders,high caliber of people. Tend to be respected for working there due to representation as tough,some people are insecure which can lead to horrible working environments and politics,don't hire so many wankers,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26619,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Team Manager,"It's a great company, you just need to be in the right department. Each department is run differently.","Perks, work infrastructure, leadership principle driven culture, flexible internal movements","No work life balance, no grooming and coaching of mid management, lack of MIS resources",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1884.htm
26620,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Very casual environment but at the same time very professional in outlook. Well defined remuneration rules.,Most of the jobs are backend in nature. Leadership not that efficient.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26621,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Financial Operational Analyst,good company to work,friendly working conditions. good pay and even 1 hour is calculated and paid as overtime,sometime more time at worklace,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26622,amazon,Werne (Germany)," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Pathways,Pathways internship program,"Amazing challenges. A lot of autonomy, you have people really willing to help you, true exposure to the high management.","Very poor guidance, your managers and mentors were always away for some reason, regardless if you have a lot of experience developing improvement projects they will judge you and approve if you move forwards.","The project I was assigned was extremely challenging. Part of my job was to limit the scope of the project itself. Taking into account that we were only given 3 months to finish the project and the previous team of 3 people had been working for the last 3 years ... it was needed! However, when the evaluation came it was seen as a downside and I was evaluated badly.  In summary, the design of the projects can be wrong and it shouldn't be judged by the reduction but by the outcome of the internship.  It was very frustrating not to have any feedback on the reasons why I fail.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26623,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigations Specialist,Ok compensation. Looks good on your CV.,"Extreme micromanagement, promotions are only given to the manager´s pet and personal performance and metrics have no impact on that, opaque management decisions, continuous senseless changes, employees are forced to smile and pretend to be happy even though the working conditions worsen every week.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26624,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,A trillion $ company!,"+ A place you can survive easily. Just make a godfather, and you are untouchable. You can do whatever you want in the name of innovation and raising the bar. Even play with customer experience. Your godfather will easily protect you based on your perception. + if you are not able to find a godfather, do not worry. Keep changing roles every 12/15 months or so. It is normal and quite easy to change roles. + If you have gift of gab, you will love the place. You will be treated with respect and promoted quickly. Tip: If you talk a lot, good. Occasionally, just throw in some numbers/data and blow up a problem and make it feel like sky is falling. That's it. + A perfect place to play politics and have fun in the process.",- HR team is very political. Not easy to trust them. - Do not expect a continuous and direct feedback to help you learn and grow. Feedback will come but only when something goes horribly wrong or during appraisal cycles. Too late by then. - Cut throat environment where people will want to step all over you. And this is encouraged. - People may plan against you to the extent of raising complaints together. - You always need to be careful and live in a constant fear of who might put you under the bus next.,"A quick question - For a 21 year old company, why are employees with Yellow badges (5 years) hard to find? Red badges (10 years) are rarest! If we hire and develop the best at Amazon, why dont these best people survive longer than a year or two?",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26625,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"Good pay and shares, many role opportunities",Work life balance is poor,Be more structured and organized,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26626,amazon,"San José, Alajuela (Costa Rica)"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Fast Pace environment, challenging and with lots of growth opportunities. Very good benefits and compensation packages. Aggressive and technologically updated. Lots of talent to develop and to learn from",Poor coordination across functions and with significant overlaps in priorities. Business implementations are not well planned and there is a high number of projects and initiatives that fail due to poor planning.,Bigger organizations require better and more stable organizational structures. This company is growing exponentially but the organizational structure is not up to speed to the operations volume growth,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26627,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical support,Good payscale for entry level job. Career development,Work from home is boooring,Good,4.0,1.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26628,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,5 years with Amazon and counting,Great Employee benefits and Employee friendly place Flexible timings depending on teams. cab facilities No issues with leaves,"May get monotonous, stressful and disrupt work life balance at times.",Management is just great!,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26629,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary is not good as compare to work,"Good leadership, skill development, 2 weekoffs","HR is not good, No job security, Salary is not good, No growth",Nothing,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1885.htm
26630,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,5 years with Amazon and counting,Great Employee benefits and Employee friendly place Flexible timings depending on teams. cab facilities No issues with leaves,"May get monotonous, stressful and disrupt work life balance at times.",Management is just great!,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26631,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,It's a good organization to work with.,Work culture. Well managed. Good pay.,Nothing as such. People sometimes loose on work life balance,All is going good.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26632,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,One of the best company to work with,"Flexible timings... good office ambience .. co opereative managers .. Competitive Environment, Innovative company,","Work pressure, and work life balance",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26633,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great place,"A lot, Zeta food coupons, good salary good additional income.","Nothing as such, everything is just great",Great place,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26634,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-1,Good Allround development,1. Will learn a lot. 2. Challenging 3. Multifaceted Job,1. Stressfull work hours. 2. lot of load,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26635,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Best place to work with,Work-life balance Work from home option Flexi timing,It is difficult to get level growth,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26636,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data engineer,Good people around the team,less coding in the role,N/A,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26637,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Forklift oprater,"Nice environment,Good nature of workers",Less pay work in bad weather,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26638,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture at Amazon - Alexa Team,* Helpful colleagues * Nice Manager,* Sometimes too much production work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26639,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SR. Product Manager,"Exciting projects, amazing scale, mostly competent people","Bad culture, bad people management, no processes, hierarchical",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1886.htm
26640,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work atmosphere,Work life balance is better.,Tedious in quite few process.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26641,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok place to work,Good day-to-day work with nice work/life balance.,Career growth is slow after the first jump up,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26642,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Packing Picking,Looking for Job,About 5 months like packing in Boohoo,dont have cons i can work,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26643,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Classification Specialist Slovakia,Fast answer by email and fast to schedule an interview.,No one at the moment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26644,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,mixed bag?,Very decent salary Pretty flexible working hours,"Super strictly defined promotion criteria stifling promotion flow (tick the boxes) Crunch (just this one time, again) Micromanaging program team",Consider occasionally listening to SDEs without waving away their concerns.,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26645,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Catalogue Quality,Good company where to start,"International environment, many different teams and departments to learn from","Often tasks are repetitive and monotonous, and some departments have high metrics to be achieved",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26646,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very bad comfort to get used to,- Huge environment - Easy to go with dress code - Friendly atmosphere - Yearly Bonus - Monthly reimbursements,- Micromanagement - 0 learning scope - Stagnant salary,Hire people who arent from the customer service background so that they stop introuducing micromanagement into this field of work,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26647,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Very causal environment, good pay structure","Lots and lots of work, no work life balance, average work is about 60-70 hrs a week",Work life balance and internal movements should be easy,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26648,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,You can get the opptutunity to work on multiple technologies,"Politics, Some people in the team will create a pear pressure for you. They will work in day-night.",none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26649,amazon,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,The Fun Company To Work With,You got to learn the best technology available to date and the knowledge to gain is endless.,"Have to keep up in order to be the best. Work hard, have fun and make history.",Leaders are welcome to do more down hall meeting more often.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1887.htm
26650,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Team Manager,"Benefits, Amazon Culture, Growth Opportunities","Hiring Process Length, when you're applying as a new employee it could take months for you to get hired.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26651,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best place to start,Mentor/AA/Supervisor are always available to help if needed be. Open to suggestions. Project volunteering. Freedom to learn and explore several operational tools.,Nothing as such for now.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26652,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Operations Lead,"If you like actions, speed and end to end ownership. This is a place for you !!","With the speed, lacks the structure and methodical approach.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26653,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Amazon Rocks!,"Great on-boarding! Amazon insists that all new staff ""learn to walk before they [are allowed to] run."" Lot's of training in the unique Amazon ways.  Support from management -- locally and globally -- is terrific. They are as invested in your success as you are, which is really refreshing.","The unique recruitment process can be very long (4-12 weeks, or longer). A ""necessary evil"" to screen and recruit the best and brightness but potentially agonising for some candidates.",Keep up the great work!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26654,amazon,Sonipat (India)," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,It's still day one,Excellent working environment with a data driven approach,Difficult for newcomer to handle such high pressure,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26655,amazon,"Milton, ON (Canada)"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,Static Schedule can allow for work life balance so long as the company doesn't spring mandatory overtime.  Part Time Off hours can allow you the ability to deal with an emergency situation.,Pays less than other warehouse jobs. Dangerous business practises. Creates their own high turnover rate.,Update the rate of pay to deal with high turnover rate.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26656,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,2ND ASSISTANT PRODUCTION COORDINATOR- ,"Great team of people, executives and assistants.",Episodes filmed like Feature Films with little compensation for additional time worked and amount of work given . Worked the crew to the bone.,"Spend more money the crew that is making your shows happen. Increase their salaries, make the days shorter and compensate for time and you'll reap the benefits of a happy, rested and fulfilled team.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26657,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice to be here,Aweosme is a small word to describe,Hike is very low at the end of the year,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26658,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Center Technician,"Best Salaries, Good Benefits and possibility to travel abroad",Shifts are not good if you want to have a good life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26659,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer Supoort,I worked as part of the team,working in fast speed at busiest time,none,4.0,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1888.htm
26660,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Project Coordinator,Good scope for learning,Good company to work with,"no Work life balance ,have to work the entire day if you want to grow",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26661,amazon,Fursungi (India)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Amazon Development Centre,Cool and Friendly work environment,"They Brag a lot about their culture and Policies,yet its not the same.",Try and be normal.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26662,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - CSA,CSA,The people are nice and friendly.,Very little room for progression.,Create incentives to retain CSA after temp work.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26663,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Crazy work place to be,Everyone follow the key leadership principles.,Lot of competition to get promoted to the next level which is nice to have.,Do not change the Amazon Culture.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26664,amazon,Seoul (South Korea)," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Amazon-Various experiences and opportunities on the market leader site,"Flexible, Horizontal organizational culture, High level co-worker, High business growth, A lot of global experience opportunity","High work intensive, Short tenure",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26665,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - CSE,Cloud Support Engineer,Very good to learn and ramp up your career. Work environment it is awesome and company treats you very well.,As the challenge it is huge it might be overwhelmed at the beginning but managers and co-workers are always helpful with you to deal with the pressure.,Keep it up.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26666,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - ES D2AS Senior Associate,ES D2AS Sr Associate,The oportunities to grow in the company,The trafic to arrive the site,More Work From home oportunities,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26667,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Software Dev,Amazon,Good pay out with stocks,Very political work environment and work culture,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26668,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great carrer growth,"Vast opportunities, data driven, Salary","politics, work life balance, bureaucracy",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26669,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great company with very smart and innovative people,Challenging atmosphere and people can be super difficult to please,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1889.htm
26670,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employes does not get updates on referral & discount,Amazon is an employee friendly company,We do not get any discount when purchased from Amazon as an employee discount.,"Please let us know the status of the referral through mail or message if the referred person is eligible for the process or not or kept on hold, so that we can action as per the updated",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26671,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with not so good senior leadership team now,"Casual environment, No dress code and leaves policy","Senior leadership team is behind cost cutting and one day they will come up to you and say we are changing your level from L3 to L2, They will ask you to support a different skill and you have to do it, Metrics stress etc",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26672,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Was employ friendly..,"Good infrastructure, transport, growth, good chain of management","No salary hike, Organization changes are terrible.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26673,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Fruad Prevention,Amazon is giving hard time to the employees,All I can say is Amazon has been changed drastically and trying o implement cost cutting in everything and implementing HSBC policies. Becoming worst day by day,Working at Amazon is the con,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26674,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Warehouse Operative,Weekly pay was a plus,"Treated as a number, long hours and no flexibility in work.",Treat staff equal,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26675,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst leadership member in Benagalore advertising team,No Pros at all to review and say to people outside.,Leadership member is not looking at the achievement and the works and all for the promotion and all. That person is doing promotion activities based on his/her based on which people supporting his/her in doing activities inside the team.,Please don't hire this kind of person and spoil a people career and even company culture,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26676,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Outbound Area Manager,Outbound area manager -Mumbai (Bhiwandi ),"Great Package .especially for freshers its awesome package Shares option (stocks) Support facilities are very good colleagues ,peers are good Infrastructure especially IT infrastructure is world class","1.Night Shifts ( evening 7 pm to 6 am ….may extend more depending upon requirement )  2.transport facility - Cab is provided to all manager above L4 at Rs.4000/month . for some a person may have to travel to Point of Cab, 2 -3 persons are combined together need to call cab driver when you are about to leave .then depending upon weather ,road /vehicle condition driver will reach in 10 to 40 minutes  3.Fullfillment centres (warehouses) located outside the city .atleast 12 kms from nearest residential zone s  4.CPT chasing -need to search for products as per their scheduled delivery time . its like having laptop in one hand and searching for products looking at images  5.Manual work of packing ,Picking (material from store).As a manager need to ensure high throughput per hour .all workers working relentlessly .pickers walk approximately 4-5 kms in day across FC (warehouse) .as a manager need to continuously monitor their rates , IDLE time",If possible try to divide 2 shift work procedure in 3 shifts type .,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26677,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full time employee,Great working atmosphere and facilities,"Increment is less, growth is less",No advice,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26678,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Amazon development centre,good facilities and free about thoughts,nothing to say as cons,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26679,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Its Good overall. lots of things to learn,Too much work load. Sometimes work gets hectic,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1890.htm
26680,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Its Good overall. lots of things to learn,Too much work load. Sometimes work gets hectic,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26681,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Transaction Risk Investigator,"identify risky patterns,validate documents, identify brands, formulate SOPs and work with Program managers to strategize process ideas",No growth and management doesn't focus on the team. Focus of management is on making a name for themselves and driving numbers. Employees are not encouraged to think out of the box even though that is one of the Leadership principles of the organization,focus on employee careers and learn to follow the Leadership principles yourselves first rather than forcing the employees to learn them,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26682,amazon,Gdańsk (Poland)," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Associate,"Great Tools and Opportunities to Grow, Stuck with Management","You can dive into Great Lake of information. While you’re working on one project, can learn about another. Most of the tools are available for those who want to learn. There are a few but really helpful people among internal mailing groups.","Low level managers work completely against of the Leadership Principles. They think short term and aim for saving the day results. Long term mindset is absolutely missing at Compliance. While there are lots of improvement opportunities for both people and operation, manager titled people just manage but hesitate to lead.","Read the Leadership Principles properly, understand that people from different background can bring value. Don’t fear from different opinions. Embrace them not on mouth but also in heart.",2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26683,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Support Engineer,Salary is good and the work is less compared to a developer,In terms of growth in learning - you don't get to code daily and learn new stuffs. Its always working on tickets and then less time to work on projects,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26684,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work for,"Great job and coworkers, as well as opportunities for development",Some roles in Europe are of limited scope,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26685,amazon,"Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)"," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Last Mile Operations Manager,They suck everything out of you. No work life balance. Very long illegal working hours. Good learnings though.,Working with latest technology and learnings out of it is great.,No work life balance due to some bad and promotion greedy bosses. Never ending jobs and it's difficult to get out of that trap.,People do not get paid for overtime. Forced illegal punch out entries are maintained sadly due to some bad bosses.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26686,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,I love this place,"I joined Amazon straight out of college as an Customer Service Associate, just under a year, I was able to become Data Analyst and in another year Business Analyst. I don't know of a place where you can grow this quickly.  All the managers in my 4 year tenure were awesome. They are the walking definition of the term ""People's Manager""","As part of the organisation, one is not eligible for most of the contests/lucky_draws that happen on Amazon website.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26687,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good place to work,"Good culture, competitive environment, interesting work","Power hungry people managers, atrocious data management",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26688,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,Amazing place,"Work culture, Exciting stuff and Work life balance",Not sure it is con but highly result centric org.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26689,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place for Fast Paced Work and Growth,"Great Working Environment, best colleges, Employee Friendly policies and challenging work",Nothing that I have experienced so far.,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1891.htm
26690,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATE,I don't have any pros,The job just sucks. You get to hear that the work culture is amazing and blah blah but in reality the job and work culture sucks.,none,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26691,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Support Associate,Healthy Work Environment,"Good Place to Work,Lively workplace",Internal growths are a bit difficult but you'll have a lot of opportunities,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26692,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,- high expectations - hard work gets rewarded - great culture,- fast paced - need to do a lot of extra to get recognition,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26693,amazon,Noida (India)," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,senior management,Good working environment and culture,Its too far from my home and leadership team is not paid for any kind of OT,Leadership team should also be paid OT,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26694,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - SDE2,Work hard party harder,Great Pay. Salary includeing bonus and stocks is easily more than double its peers. Only company in India who come somewhat close are Google and Flipkart,Too much work. Too much bias in assessing people,"Make Performance appraisal fully automated , there should not be human manager inbetween.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26695,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very much team dependant,"If you end up in a great team under a good manager, it would be a great experience!","If you end up in a bad team under a bad manager, then you are done!",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26696,amazon,"Tilbrook, England (UK)"," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good Opportunity,Great perks and benefits to working at Amazon even just as an associate. Usually there's overtime available with 40-50 hours being paid at time-and-a-half and 50-60 hours being paid at double pay. Paid weekly. Daily prizes for top performers. Lots of opportunities to move around and be trained in different roles. £8.20 an hour (night shift is an extra ~£1.96 an hour if I remember correctly. Plenty of parking.,Long hours. Day shift starts at 07:30 and finishes at 18:00. Not sure about night shift. The upside is you only work 4 days a week. Very difficult to change your shift.,Don't really have any complaints. I would like to see more opportunities for promotion however I understand that there are a lot of associates and only so many other positions.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26697,amazon,"Milton, ON (Canada)"," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Shipping and Receiving,"Ship Dock, Conveyor, SCIOC Testing, Rebin","Learned so many things about working in warehouses, learning about shipping and receiving, how these huge companies get orders out on time, its a non stop learning environment","If you are not ready to work and be on your feet for 12 hours a day, then this job isnt for you",A little more relationship building and focusing more on a personal level with people would be great.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26698,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - QAE II,Good work place,Good work environment to work at.,Comparable less work life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26699,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,TRMS,awesome place to work ever,everything is good no issues atall,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1892.htm
26700,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Workplace,Very positive work environment.,No cons seen till now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26701,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Culture,"I joined as FTC (Contract) but now am a Full time employee. Due to my performance, quality and scores in test, they make me as full time employee. Managers and peers were motivated me a lot. 1. Good transport facility 2. Meal vouchers 3. Good IT support 4. Casual culture 5. Always encourage us",There is no specific cons.,Kindly select a less number of FTC and convert them as full time employee. It is my humble request.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26702,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - SDE1,Awesome work,Enjoyed my work thoroughly in Amazon,No cons as I could think of,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26703,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,You get perks like any other company No dress codes Sodexo coupons,Internal politics Get promoted if you boot lock Worst company Not recommended,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26704,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Test Associate,salary for test associate,Good for learning and having fun,Very less salary for manual testing associates,Please raise salary for employees,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26705,amazon,"Dundee, Scotland (UK)"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse,Warehouse operative,Good wage and easy work,Night shift not getting paid properly not getting shifts,Stop hiring people to sack them a few weeks later then hire more people and do the same...,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26706,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Food and ambience is good,No growth as there is lot of staffing,Provide more opportunities,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26707,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good place with great personnel,not paid extra worked hours,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26708,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,coolest environment to work but very bad with employee retention,"one of the best work environments, fun, on floor programs and facilities like transportation and meal card, etc.","management is least bothered about employee retention, you are valued till you meet the bars, though you are regular and are most tenured, they wont count if the metrics are not met. Growth is very slow",please provide in time hikes and try to value the experience employee carries with you,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26709,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Team Manager,Good place to work if they start using their talent pool.,Incredibly customer focused Truly brilliant individuals,Under utalising the talent they have Poor decisions made by people who dont understand all of the complexities. Potentially issues of promoting incorrect candidates.,"Stop ignoring the talent around you, to many times the perceptions by 1 or 2 people dented so many people in there. Give your staff the kudos they deserve.",3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1893.htm
26710,amazon,"Holborn, England (UK)"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - National Sales Representative,Sales Consultant,"Leadership principal lead, great development and rewards",Culture difference from values set as corporate not being followed through,Check back on leadership principles - ensure that these are embedded and make it the focus again,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26711,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Short Term Associate,Oceans of learning,Challenges to learn something new evryday,To learn and solve challenges coming,Priority to each customer,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26712,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Work environment is perfect and,Distance from my home was to far,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26713,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS work environment,Co-ordination and co-operation between team members are good. The work environment is also good which makes it fun to work here.,Nothing which I can think of.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26714,amazon,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Team Leader,Sales team leader,Being part of the best company in the world,There is not even one thing,Keep rocking the same way,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26715,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Finance Manager,Working in a very international environment with highly qualified colleagues Good environment within team Flexible schedule and work from home options,"Work-life balance is not a priority, very high demands without adequate resources Poor quality of upper management Rushed decisions, no clear strategic thinking and analysis of internal decisions",Take care of your employees as you do of your customers (Customer obsession should be applied to employees),2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26716,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - CSNA Resolution Specialist,CSNA Resolution Specialist,"Flexibility,work from home opportunities, Job variations in different fields, good work experience, skill learning and talent development.","If you are hired already there are certain Job positions like Fraud investigator in which they are hiring externals most time of the year, for this position there is hardly ever an opening for internal employees :(","Keep it up with great programs like thrive, Keep up career development and growth opportunities. Yet please improve internal hiring options for positions like TRMS as I know many who want/have quit thier job because of the way this is handled.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26717,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Flexible working hours people oriented organisation,very aggressive and very ambiguous,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26718,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work,Cool company to work in chennai,no growth in manual but good for development,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26719,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Food and ambience is good,No growth as there is lot of staffing,Provide more opportunities,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1894.htm
26720,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good place with great personnel,not paid extra worked hours,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26721,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,too big,"Really cool team, the people you were with are usually smart and interesting. I made some good friends there","- There was a clear preference for British staff who would get promoted much faster than the non-brits, to progress you had to do side projects, however they were not made public but were discreetly attributed in the background.... - If you had issues, you could not really voice them unless you wanted to be black-listed and labelled a negative grump. - The quotas were simply impossible to reach unless you cheated, which most people ended up doing (would it be stating you did 8 hours work when in fact you did 10, or other stuff...people got real creative). - At the end of the day you are very much a number in a massive machine and there isn't really a feeling that you are truly valued.","It is tough on management because ultimately they have a lot of pressure on their shoulders too, it comes from much higher up, and let's face it, Amazon can take the turn over, people are rushing at the door to work there because it looks good on the CV, I cannot see them change or why they would want to change because from their point of view, it works..",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26722,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ACMS (Amazon),I did a project with Amazon for 6 months Pros are: 1.Salary-you get paid well 2.Innovative work,Cons are: No work/life balance People had meeting till 2 o clock at night,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26723,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Principal Product Manager,"Amazing company, weird culture",Amazing Innovation and cool stuff to work on.,Passive aggressive culture and bullying,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26724,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Technician,Having Fun at Amazon,"All the means to do your job in a excellent manner, open-minded coworkers coming from all over the world",Offices location are not close to my home,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26725,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great workplace,"Good compensation and shares, challenging workplace, easy to move around.","Not many perks, salary below FB and Google average.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26726,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog associate,"Great people and and amazing working place , good coffee and a lot of fun",Anytime is a good time for improvement but always we have to look to the bright side. Cons are everywhere.,Keep up the great job,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26727,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to Work,"Salary, Hours, Stability, Interesting, People, Facilities",No Amazon Prime Not so many vacation days,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26728,amazon,"San Francisco, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Design Director,Creative and Design Director,"Great place to grow, there are no limits.",I don't find any cons in my job,Always inspire their people,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26729,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place,"Customer centricity, great minds working together and of course pay",Long hours sometime can be an issue,No complaints.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1895.htm
26730,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place,"Customer centricity, great minds working together and of course pay",Long hours sometime can be an issue,No complaints.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26731,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - FC TRAINER,Amazing,Leadership principles. A place to work hard having fun and make history.,No cons as such in my view,No as such,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26732,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Investigator At MRI (TRMS),Awesome place to work,"Its just mind blowing org. very employee friendly... manager who is three levels above u also will talk to u in a very humble way and are always approachable.... Employees and der preference comes first.... ur voice is heard, every time its raised.",Rotational shifts and Rotational week offs,Keep rocking... do not get influenced by other workaholic companies.... keep frugality as the last principle... and fun as the first :),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26733,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,great company and nice places to work,the company has no cons till now,no advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26734,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,Only good thing about this position is the salary which is higher than what is paid to employees in other companies for same kind of work.,"No work life balance due to shift system.Due to continuous shortage of labours PA is expected to cover up for the defficiency of labours,complete own work and help Area Managers in their work.No growth in skills as 90% of the time PA will be doing the labour job.Constant yelling and high level of discrimination with people from different background.",An employee spend 90% of each day at your place.Do not think you can compensate it by giving salary.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26735,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"It is a holistic role which lets you get into technical, operation, management and Interaction with higher officials. Perfect balance of all.","If you are not innovative and strong in technical, you will only end up doing ops and get no where",They need no advice. They have kept the level way higher that other companies and they are raising the bar day by day.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26736,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,good work culture and environment. Pay and benefits are medicore.,-Positive work culture and environment -Career progression support -Working flexibility (dependent on team working in),-Poor benefits package -Pay is average/low for Edinburgh,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26737,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,x,good salary and good food and tea,"bad experience, bad bosses, bad work life balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26738,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is world top,Top company and reading company,Hard work is cons but i want it,Go guys,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26739,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazonian,Freedom to fly and implement your ideas,"After sometime, if you don't grow in the organization, less to no learning",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1896.htm
26740,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development,Business Development,"It nice to Work with Amazon , Culture is very nice. Good Pays and Career Progress provided u are ready to Work Hard.","Work Harder, Work Harder and Work Harder.",Focus on Work is good. But some team specific Extra curricular activities should also be done.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26741,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-II,Good company,Great minds great people. Get to work on all latest technologies.,People are too much career oriented,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26742,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average Company to work for,Relocation policies are good here,Too many processes in amazon,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26743,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Fraud Specialist Investigator,Fraud detection specialist,"Nice coworkers, nice office, free coffee and tea. My team leader was great, the director of the department was not.","The daily job could be internesting, but they ruined it putting absurd controls and rules. All the day we were controlled by status and unachievable metrics. Not even 10% of the people achieve the metrics, so they could not apply to be promoted or move to another department. At a certain point there was nobody achieving the metrics in the department. The times for lunch, toilet and every other were strictly controlled. It was not possible to take a certain day 40 mins for lunch and then stay 10 mins longer to compensate it. After 30 min 25 seconds your manager received an automatic email warning him that you have overpassed the permitted time for lunch. During the black season they introduced the rule of 6 mins to go to the toilet, so sometimes you had to explain to your manager why a certain day you stayed 1é minutes in the loo. When I entered the department there were 65 of us, I left 7 months later and there were only 20 of them, just to ilustrate the massive braindrop in that company.","Please, control less, trust more",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26744,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Vendor Manager,Associate Vendor Manager,"Really good enviroment, you are surronded by smart people that are willing to help you through. You are business owner of a relevant part of the business and you are free to take important decisions.",Sometimes really hard deadlines to meet and overall the ambient is quite stressful as it is a really result-driven company,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26745,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,"Work culture, Talented people around, Lot to learn","Huge work load, Fast paced environment",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26746,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The experience at amazon is very good. People are good and supportive. Friendly and awesome work environment.,"Great scope of growth, Good work culture , Flexibility, Managers are hepful and understanding, Decent pay",Cabs only for dark hours,Great work culture! Everyonene is veru supportive and Amazon connections is a great initiative.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26747,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,* Good Salary * Stock prices are rising,* No work life balance,Don't involve politics.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26748,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Retail,High Rotation,Good Salary and RSUs. Long learning curve,"- NO Work/Life balance, - Horrible management - Very slow promotions even for the entry level positions - Frugal Culture - Super Individualistic and 0 team work - Managers don´t coach or manage and take full ownership of your work","- Grow people, don´t just exploit them for results. Promote lvl 3s don´t leave them stuck for years. - Coach and Mentor, that should be a big part of the job if you have reportees.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26749,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 2, 2018",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Poor people treatment,Good line to have on your CV to prepare you for your next employer,Absolute lack of people retention policies and behaviours from Management.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1897.htm
26750,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Get to work with brilliant minds,"1. Your peers will be very smart and you will always learn from them 2. A lot of training and internal study materials 3. Good cafeteria 4. Gaming zone with Xbox, TT, golf, cricket, pool, foosball, carrom etc 5. No policing by leads and managers on every activity as long as there is no escalation on you and you meet the metrics 6. Pay will be more than market standard 7. Ease of taking leaves 8. Frequent team dinners/outings",1. Customer ratings. This is taken very seriously and has a great impact on growth 2. No special discounts on any Amazon products: retail or prime :(,As of now nothing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26751,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Amazing company to work with,"Culture, employee-centric approach, policies and benifits",N A #N / A,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26752,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jul 29, 2018",Former Employee - Lead Engineer,nice,good salary good work and team,working hours holidays city everything else is amazing,take care work and life,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26753,amazon,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,good team skills and understanding,nothing is wrong all is well,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26754,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Process Aggregator,Problem solver,I have enough exp in warehouse to Handel  multiple operations an work with .,Looking forwad to work for growth an bright future,Allow us to share our ideas to implement and business devlopment .,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26755,amazon,Noida (India)," Jul 29, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Care Representative,good company to work for but not as CCA,good pay travel allowances food coupens cab facility.,work timings are not good. they should be changed.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26756,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Telangana,Good.,There is good work life balance There are benefits they offer which are really good The compensation is far beyond the competitors,"As they offer good compensation and other such benefits, the hikes and promotions are lesser. Slow growth and limited opportunities.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26757,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Growth only if you can please bosses,You can be sure about your work hours.,"MNC culture only to name , works like a bureaucratic government organization",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26758,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,poor work life balance,"salary, international environment and culture",work life balance and poor culture in IT and ES marketplaces,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26759,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk investifator,Used to have good work culture.,Work culture deteriorating which blows,Maintain proper work culture,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1898.htm
26760,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job,good place to work overall,there are no cons about amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26761,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for the right people,Leadership principles are more than words on the wall and can be felt through the company. Lots of opportunities to learn and have a positive impact for customers. Every colleague is ready to help you or answer your questions.,Can be challenging if you are not a self-starter. People around you are ready to help but you have to help yourself first.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26762,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Advisor,Great Place to work and develop,No cons in this workplace,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26763,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Good Environment,Timely Salary Friendly Environment Stress Free Work,Increment is very less.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26764,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 29, 2018",Former Employee - Testing Associate,Best Working experience,"Flexible, Good, culture nice colleagufe close to home",Small buildings Work load Micromanagement Not that great,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26765,amazon,"Warrington, North West England, England (UK)"," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,"Makes you work overly hard, No work/life balance",Good rate of pay compared to other local jobs,"The tasks at hand are beyond means during 1 shift, Blame Culture, Favourtism and Opportunism with individuals progressing more because of who they can suck up to",Understand the processes better on what the teams leads have to do by immersing into the role for a shift.,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26766,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE @ Amazon,Scale at which company works. Vast Internal Ecosystem to learn from.,Work-life balance. Internal systems are too developed ---> learning won't be great for wider industry.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26767,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Office Worker,Office based - AMZL,Blue Badge hourly employee's are entitle to 176 hours (22days) plus Bank Holidays (8 days). Pretty good.,"Embargo's (but that's expected from these kind of companies, they have a bigger volume of work in Christmas)","Make sure your delegates know were company policies are, make sure they read them and understand them.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26768,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Support,Good place,Friendly atmosphere Cool office Timely salaries,Nothing about cons as there are only pros,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26769,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Worst ever company to work for!,"Leadership Principles (only)... on papers - Helps make the company profitable! If you wish to hit your death bed sooner in life, just join this company.. now!","Poor Leadership! The company doesn't simply invest in grooming, coaching & developing good leaders. Anyone successful in any other company could just be Irrelevant and useless in this company.. Horrible leadership at every level. Company does not care about people - well, no one has time for it! All that matters is deliverable, targets, timelines! Company least cares about your personal life... when I say company, obviously it's the so called ""Leaders/managers"" - blood suckers...","Your leadership principles are fine on papers and for the company to be successful... After all, it's the people that makes or breaks the company. Please invest some time, efforts and money in developing good leaders. They will develop good society.. a good civilization.. it's not good enough if Jeff B alone grows... he has to contribute to the world from where he has gained whatever he is or has today!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1899.htm
26770,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Amazon is good,Best working Environment. Great Campus Good to start a career,I dont think as a whole there is any issue with amazon,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26771,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SCM Customer Experience,Innovative company Dynamic environment Growth opportunities,Work life balance in operations team,none,3.0,1.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26772,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazon Experience.,"Really good experience. Different opportunities to grow, you can shine at your job. Very Good relation ship with all your peers and management.",You really need to work hard.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26773,amazon,"San Francisco, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Manager VCS,"Work from home, more time with your family and less time commuting. Great environment and the possibility to work even if you are not from San Jose, Heredia or GAM",System issues can be challenging,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26774,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Great Team Environment and always keeps you growing with more trainings and learning new tasks,None I have no complaints,All is good there,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26775,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Student Worker,Collector customer service,"Values, breakthrough results, stability, honestly, fairness.","Respectful, grow, set the speciation.",Human resources encore,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26776,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Creative Manager,Creative and Campaign Manager,International and inspiring environment that can help you to reach your goals.,Internal burocracy that sometimes make processes slower than you expect,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26777,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Italy,"Fast moving and growing company, innovation oriented, young and smart people, motivating and fun environment, strong values and culture",Intense pace but more than acceptable,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26778,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Shipper/Receiver,Shipping and Receiving Associate,Good benefits and a lot of overtime if desired,"overtime is mandatory, your contract says you can be fired for any reason they see fit at any time. Long shifts, bad management, favouritism is rampant.",N/A,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26779,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Worst if you want HR,Only one if you get night shift use internet to learn something or earn certificates,"Say Pay per Performance, give as per relations No metric or KRA, trust me i'm HR and still feeling pathetic about my job. No Work Life balance. No Job Security they even terminate for taking Planned Leaves. Earlier you might find salary to be good but they will ensure that you become under paid.","Stop Hiring non deserving Tier-1 Collage Student in Top Position. you dearly need experience and Talent, and not Brand.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1900.htm
26780,amazon,Indore (India)," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - E-Commerce Specialist,2monyh,Contractual base in the hire me,Customer service associated in the company,Best,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26781,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Mediocrity rules in here.,The first 6 months are awesome. Until you understand what's going on.,"Mediocrity rules in here. If you just do your stuff and keep the ball rolling, you're fine. Don't speak up on any issue or you get in trouble. Say YES, you'll be ok. Ask WHY and a tons of troubles will hit you. This all depends on your direct management, of course. I'm pretty sure Jeff would definitely not like it.",Listen to your people. Don't just look for easily manageable YES-men. Be fair to each. One sentence only? Grow up.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26782,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon may be good but managers can wreck your life,In a good team/role you can accomplish good things and feel proud.,"New managers and bad managers, they can give you vague feedback, put on Pivots, wreck your life. Be really smart about documenting every interaction with manager, documenting your accomplishments.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26783,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 10, 2018","Current Employee - AM, Retail Business Services","Decent pay, facilities ok ok but too much work pressue and a lot of micromanagement",1. They pay good salay 2. Stocks are good option but not balanced 3. Joining bonus and relocation amount is good 4. There are a lot to learn 5. Too many teams and normally we can switch teams,"1. Micromanagement 2. Too much work pressue 3. Getting promoted is big challenge 4. Normal working week hours are 70-80 hours 5. Managers are made big things and can really make a big impact mostly in bad way 6. Managers change very frequently 7. Every week they meet to discuss about your last week contribution, every single week. And they can humiliate in professional way.","1. You are growing, can give people little life. Specially in RBS.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26784,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Data associate,excellent work culture great teams to assist and grow,i found none so far in one year.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26785,amazon,Pune City (India)," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Business Partner,Sr. HRBP,"If you are someone who is highly action oriented, who is willing to make a difference and learn & grow in a fast-paced environment, Amazon is the place for you.","I am still exploring, none so far....",Travel often and connect more with the employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26786,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - SDM,Software Development Manager,Metric and data oriented company AWS for faster development,Too much documentation and academic nature Slow growth Too much emphasis on leadership principle and are mostly force fitted,Hire the talent based on Tech expertise they bring from previous experience and not just on problem solving Get rid of old timers,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26787,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,TRMS - Risk investigator,"Dress Code and nothing else, trust me on this","Night shitfs, horrible management , the TRMS department now works like a BPO, no work life balance, would not recommend anyone to join this part of TRMS until sometime. Managers are hired from BPO's and they are trying to introduce the same culture. Too much unwanted politics. Absolutely no growth and even if you work hard nd be the highest performer which i was, i was denied my promotion stating there are people with higher tenure ..if u want a job and have no life apart from that join this role. any other part of amazon is amazing with good work life balance ..i would never recommend anyone for this role for sometime",Kindly stop hiring BPO managers and respect the employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26788,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,"Amazon is an amazing place to work. There is so much going on that you will never get bored. The standards are really high, but that just encourages you to be your best when you're at work.","Being based in Europe, the time difference with Seattle can sometimes be challenging, but you learn to manage it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26789,amazon,"San Francisco, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Workforce Analyst,Workforce Analyst,- Great environment. - Stable and strong company. - Equal Opportunities to grow for everybody,"- It might be a bit hard to grow, depending on the department you're in.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1901.htm
26790,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - VCS Agent,Virtual Customer Service Agent,"There are only Pros when you work from home for Amazon. I'm very happy to be able to have this job, i love it.","sorry, i can't think of one.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26791,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazon,"Amazon is the best place to work, there are a lot opportunities to grow in different areas, we have many benefits as employees and it helps a lot, it is a place to work hard, have fun and make history, if you wants to grow up professionally and learn more than expected Amazon is the best place, the environment is really cool and the people as well, you feel better than home. Every day is so different and you enjoy it much than you think... Amazon is my place.",In this moment I do not have some cons about it.,Bringing more opportunities in management areas Has more ideas to compensate the great work from every employee,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26792,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,working at Amazon,Lovely coworkers and work environment and the Voluntary Time Off it's the best.,Difficult to move forward to another position.,nothing to improve,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26793,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,Amazon,Good company for those who are hard working Gives you great opportunity to learn You will become a part of a big community Good place for those who like building things,Really nothing is there to specify..,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26794,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Its still day 1,Its still day 1 in Amazon because each day we learn new things.,The process should be bit revised to make it simpler for sellers as they get irated and it will effect our metrics,Doing good and keep going with the same flow,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26795,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Best Org to Work with & PROUD TO BE AN AMAZONIAN,"Growth, Recognition, Perks, Regular motivational events, Support from the Managers",Probably the relocation/transfer options are limited and not encouraged,Great job till now. Look forward to have a long term relation with AMAZON.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26796,amazon,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazing place to work,"Unique company culture, a big company that feels like a startup, great technical challenges, really smart people",None that I can think of,Just keep on doing what you're doing. You're great!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26797,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The future,amazing initiative and ambition all around,most of the money goes to the top dogs,pay your staff better,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26798,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Cloud Support Engineer II,It's an IT call center,Free AWS account. You get to learn a lot.,IT'S A CALL CENTER. Management is terrible. HR inexistent. Most people aren't always treated alike. Hierarchy is a huge thing and you WILL BE HARASSED by management if you question them.,"The most customer centric company should focus on keeping employees happy as well as customers. Too much pressure over number of cases worked and poor poor management. People only do stuff for recognition and don't really care about your life and how effort you put to solutions - their first reaction to everything is always ""NO"" and you must keep pushing back all the time. Keeping a startup mindset is not always intuitive and interesting when all you focus is numbers and profit.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26799,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Training Specialist,Training Specialist I,"Culture, Stocks, Growth Opportunities, Development, Connections, the people, leadership principles","Some managers, ambiguity for promotions","Learn culture at Amazon, do not micro manage, be motivational, develop, encourage, be fair!",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1902.htm
26800,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Training Specialist,Training Specialist I,"Culture, Stocks, Growth Opportunities, Development, Connections, the people, leadership principles","Some managers, ambiguity for promotions","Learn culture at Amazon, do not micro manage, be motivational, develop, encourage, be fair!",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26801,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon is a place for brave hearts,1. Abundance of opportunity to work on various business problems 2. Easy to shift between teams and intra-company,1. Not matured systems and processes 2. culture of document writing & no presentation 3. LIFE is WORK and WORK is LIFE,Focus on systems and processes,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26802,amazon,"Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Awesome place to experience dynamic environment,"Fast, evolving, learn & unlearn, great colleagues, great work culture, good superior subordinate relation",A bit hectic work schedule,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26803,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Leadership driven, agile, independence to manage tasks on your own","Work pressure, not a great payer for all types of roles",Improving work culture at Manager level,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26804,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Associate we work with an artificial intelligence device.,Good work culture good reputation well recognised,Promotion is difficult really difficult as there is alot of bias all around,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26805,amazon,"Ḩawwārah, Amman Governorate (Jordan)"," Aug 8, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product manager,Good opportunity and good management,Low widgets comparing to the market,Non,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26806,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Good culture, Good environment at work",Not so well defined goals,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26807,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,digital marketing,creative and amazaing place to work,hectic and benifits are poor,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26808,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Operative,"Chance to advance in role, able to get longer hours.","Terrible conditions, requires standing for 10+ hours, very anti-social.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26809,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Manager - Risk Management,Risk investigator,Good people around and people loose their mind Because of these metrics managers manipulate people here and make them fear of loosing their job and there is no pro regarding this .,Third party managers shows their skills in their growth path and in this process many people are suffering and the company completely lost its face which was once there the glory the charm of work culture swept off with these third party candidates who become managers here they can’t digest people having fun a complete package of micro management people are in TRMS mri hyd everything we say or do is interlinked and it seems like lots of internal politics run around and no matter what they don’t care end of the they just think of their own growth Jeff has started this company for the customers not for metrics . They don’t even realize this.,Please don’t hire managers from other companies they are greedy for growth and they’re not going to help the customers they just help themselves getting big and making the culture and employees small,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1903.htm
26810,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Better place to work,best place to work ppl are really cool managers are cool for freshers its good lost to learn.,food mediocre transport mediocre senior managers wont care much for our pains. low benefits.,"Sudden changes, micro managing please stop it !!!",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26811,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Customer Service,"Good salary,simple work environment,fun activities,cheap food,professional work environment",Amount of work is more,Please reduce the workload a little,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26812,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Visual Designer I,Inside Amazon India's fashion team,Freedom to explore and grow your learning in the direction you want to,There is too much pressure to meet the end-year objectives and to constantly out-perform.,May be its better to set realistic goals and understand the bigger picture rather than chasing sales.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26813,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Team Leader,Fantastic Company,Atmosphere is great and find open minded people,As usual company politics and north vs south issues. The place mostly works on the management’s perception about you,Care more about people. Do away with false images and perception based judgment.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26814,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Amazon not the same like before.,"Benefits are good, meal vouchers, insurance, transport",Too much favouritism and politics and changes not employee favoured.,You will lose your best with the policies and favouritism,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26815,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Strong leadership skills can be developed. Great Data and analytics. Very well defined processes. Team of overachievers you get to work with. Good experience for building portfolio.,Very aggressive and demanding. High burn rate. Reductionist model of human service. Processes can trump human effort.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26816,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Best Place To Grow!,Amazon offers a great platform to learn and grow. This is the best place to develop leadership qualities as well! It is totally onto us to use the opportunities.,Your Career is totally dependent on your manager. But if we can still handle the challenges and just focus on our goals. Nothing like it.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26817,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Representative,Best place,It's the most cool place to work at and work and fun both come together,Salary is an issue but nothing can be done in that,Raise the salary bar for CS,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26818,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive CUstomer Relations,Absolutely blessed to work with Amazon,May be should have some basic degree for the recruiter rather than recruiting 10th and +2,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26819,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company,Free transport no work pressure free food and many employee benefits,Nothing as of now keep it up.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1904.htm
26820,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Work culture is amazing and new things to learn,"Amazon is an ocean, we can learn so many things",You can be a leader at any level,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26821,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work environment is best,Work environment is best Can learn more than other plateform,Inside growth of employees is very less,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26822,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"teamwork, professional growth, always day 1, challenging , satisfying",the balance between work and personal life is nonexistent,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26823,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 2,1) Good Work 2) Full Support of manager in case of new initiatives,1) Worst Work life balance,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26824,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Zero Employee Obsession,"If you join Amazon at a leadership position, things might work great for you. If you join at an entry level position, you're in for a surprise.","I joined Amazon on May 2016 and work as Tech Support Associate (North America region) for Amazon. I work out of Amazon Development Center, Hyderabad, India. Our site looks after all Amazon International marketplaces like North America, UK, IN etc. for all roles like Customer Support, Seller Support, IT and Software development, Transaction Investigations, etc.  I provide technical support for Amazon AppStore, Fire devices, Alexa devices, Amazon Music, Prime Videos, Games and Softwares sold on Amazon, Amazon Drive etc. I work as a Tier-2 Support who are required to provide end to end support for Amazon products and services mentioned earlier. If any issues are not resolvable by existing troubleshooting, it is my responsibility to escalate it via a ticket on behalf of the customers and follow up with them till it gets resolved.  Following are first hand experience I've as an associate working for Amazon :  - Zero caring for employees who are working at entry level positions. Entry level positions are Level-2 and Level-3 employees. Level-2 employees are basically customer support associates (Phone, Email and Chat), Fulfillment Center associates and Level-3 employees are certain associates at Tech Support roles and other support functions like QA, WorkFlow etc. Each level has pay scales. Higher your level, higher the pay.  In US, the minimum wage is around $ 7.5 per hour. In India, we don't have such minimum mage per hour laws. This makes every company local or international take advantage of the people.  Amazon pays around INR 400 to 450 per DAY to Indians. Which means $6.4 approx. PER DAY !!!! This amount is calculated based on the CTC offered by Amazon. This CTC gets even lower sometimes. Amazon already gets to hire an Indian for 1/8th of the cost they incur on hiring an American. Still they look for cost cutting by changing existing Level-4 job roles into Level-3 and Level-3 job roles into Level-2.  This way, they make the same work done by a cheaper person. This is how they get to be profitable after years and years of losses in business internationally. I'm referring to Amazon.com. Please don't mistake it with the profits which comes from other Amazon businesses like AWS.  Remember, the change in Levels are done only with non-leadership positions. They won't ever do it to a person or team in the leadership position. They know that if they lower the money offered to persons in the leadership, the people will just quit. It is very difficult to hire a person in the leadership, so they will always keep them happy. Thus the happy reviews by others. I mean how many associates leave Glassdoor reviews anyways.  When someone questions the reasoning behind downgrading levels, they just say 'business requirement' like it actually explains everything.  - They treat you like you're nothing. Make sudden drastic changes to the policy, your team, team roles, responsibilities etc and say it is as per 'business requirement'. - Amazon expect you to be professional with their customers but when it comes to the leadership, zero professionalism. Bunch of pathetic people who join the company to fulfill their own agendas and use the associates for their own professional gain and growth within the company.  People in Level-6 and higher positions are Operations Managers, Sr. Operations Managers, Program Managers, Site Leaders etc. They're people with MBA's from A-grade business schools in India. They have to prove their mettle to move up the chain of command. They do this by taking up projects. This projects could be anything. Usually they're supposed to make a lot of meaningful difference in the working of Amazon. If it results in huge cost savings, they're usually accepted. The person who offered the idea and the project is then offered a overseas position at Seattle or someplace else in US. This is what everyone is after. Everyone in the senior leadership wants to go to US and settle there with their family.  They could throw a team of 1000 associates under the bus to achieve it. When this associates demand answers, they get 'Business Requirement' as a response.  - H.R is useless. They're just there to recruit people and they just listen to people from the Operations. No point in reaching out to them.","- Amazon says they're the most customer centric company on Earth. But they're not employee centric. If you want to know how good a company is, just observe how they treat their entry level employees. People working at leadership positions are treated fairly everywhere. It's how you treat the entry level employees which decides how good you really are.",1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26825,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Excellent place to work,Take the initiative to grow yourself. Flat hierarchy and depending on your manager one can direct the course of your own work,Sometimes can come across as disorganized,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26826,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 1,"Good culture, nice projects, flexible timings",Not something good to specify.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26827,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"Learnings, Custosmer Obsession, Ability to change roles!","Lack of employee empathy, work life balance",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26828,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Finance,Great place to work. Lots of learning,Don’t see any cons as such,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26829,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - VCM Associate,"VCM - Note :: Review is only for the team( VCM ) I am/was a part of ,",* Work is not Rocket Science . *Amazing place to work a couple of years back . * Leaves and Vacation easy to get approved if planned well in advance . * Good Infrastructure.,"* If you are CAREER ORIENTED this is the place you DONOT want to be . * The leadership team (Managers and OPs Managers) have been hired from Call Centers and have completely changed the Amazon Culture to BPO. *All the decisions taken by the Leadership team are REACTION to an Issue or a problem and no thought process is given on how to tackle the problem well in advance. *Same repetitive job Day in and Day Out. *Promotions are vacancy based and no one knows when the next opportunity will pop up .They say it’s based on Forecasting .You will end up sitting forever waiting for a chance .Moreover once your Manager decides whom to promote rest all is eyewash . *Unrealistic training schedule - You will be trained on certain skill sets in 5 days which normally will take couple of months to get familiarized. Once done you will be told to handle the Volume. *Focus is on QUANTITY of work being done and not quality of work .This was not the case an Year and Half back. *The HR team will eventually end up taking sides of the Managers in case of any issues. *Lots of fake promises being made - Promotions, Hiring, Training etc. but nobody gives you in writing. *When the SENIOR LEADERSHIP team from SEATTLE visits your site the leadership team tries very hard to portray hunky dory atmosphere by putting on banners and posters just before they arrive. You will not be able to directly connect with the SENIOR LEADERSHIP team as the Questions and Employees who are supposed to ask are chosen prior. *Lot of attrition lately as Experienced employees have been trying to move to another team because of the change in Work standards and Work Culture past year. *You will struggle to write a COMPETATIVE RESUME once you quit or are planning to quit as there is no additional skill added to your resume. *LOTS to write.  PS : Look for opportunity elsewhere if you are very career oriented .","If you cannot keep your Employees happy how will you keep your customers happy? We touched a trillion dollar market value recently. Maybe its time to take care of employees a tad more, especially back in India .  Worked Hard , Had Fun , Quit before becoming History",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1905.htm
26830,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - VCM Associate,"VCM - Note :: Review is only for the team( VCM ) I am/was a part of ,",* Work is not Rocket Science . *Amazing place to work a couple of years back . * Leaves and Vacation easy to get approved if planned well in advance . * Good Infrastructure.,"* If you are CAREER ORIENTED this is the place you DONOT want to be . * The leadership team (Managers and OPs Managers) have been hired from Call Centers and have completely changed the Amazon Culture to BPO. *All the decisions taken by the Leadership team are REACTION to an Issue or a problem and no thought process is given on how to tackle the problem well in advance. *Same repetitive job Day in and Day Out. *Promotions are vacancy based and no one knows when the next opportunity will pop up .They say it’s based on Forecasting .You will end up sitting forever waiting for a chance .Moreover once your Manager decides whom to promote rest all is eyewash . *Unrealistic training schedule - You will be trained on certain skill sets in 5 days which normally will take couple of months to get familiarized. Once done you will be told to handle the Volume. *Focus is on QUANTITY of work being done and not quality of work .This was not the case an Year and Half back. *The HR team will eventually end up taking sides of the Managers in case of any issues. *Lots of fake promises being made - Promotions, Hiring, Training etc. but nobody gives you in writing. *When the SENIOR LEADERSHIP team from SEATTLE visits your site the leadership team tries very hard to portray hunky dory atmosphere by putting on banners and posters just before they arrive. You will not be able to directly connect with the SENIOR LEADERSHIP team as the Questions and Employees who are supposed to ask are chosen prior. *Lot of attrition lately as Experienced employees have been trying to move to another team because of the change in Work standards and Work Culture past year. *You will struggle to write a COMPETATIVE RESUME once you quit or are planning to quit as there is no additional skill added to your resume. *LOTS to write.  PS : Look for opportunity elsewhere if you are very career oriented .","If you cannot keep your Employees happy how will you keep your customers happy? We touched a trillion dollar market value recently. Maybe its time to take care of employees a tad more, especially back in India .  Worked Hard , Had Fun , Quit before becoming History",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26831,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - SDS Associate,sds associate L2,no real stress from management untill its necessary,"real slow growth,low salaries compared to work",they behave according to volumes,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26832,amazon,"Port Coquitlam, BC (Canada)"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Computer Technician,Computer Technician,"No one will stop you from trying a new idea Learn so much about building, delivering, and monitoring software Amazon values aren't just words - they live and breathe the values. Customer obsession is key. Its fun place to be at","Cant really think of anything that will make me think of leaving Amazon. After signing bonus is up, bonuses afterwards are underwhelming - many just stick it out until vested.","put more emphasis on allowing developers to fix problems that cause them pain - on call is a huge issue for developer retention, and when people go, their knowledge and expertise goes with them. Systems that keep breaking and paging developers dont just impact developers either - developer pain leads to tired/unhappy developers that have less time to deliver cool features, and short term hacks to get around that pain, which cause customer impact",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26833,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,Fast moving Quick learns Hit area to work in Quick promotion based on work,Some may not be able to deal with the pressure,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26834,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,... .... ... ... ..... ....,The best place to work. Good atmosphere.,No cons. Nothing much to say.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26835,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,associate,free lunches and paid time off,"High volume, Mismanagement, Work like robots",Unfair management,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26836,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Quality,Associate,"Great enviroment, flexibility and learning","Difficult to promote, grow and burocracy in between",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26837,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Interesting challanges, great people, tangible impact","- Never have I heard the phrase to show supporting data more than at Amazon, truly a data driven company. - At the size of Amazon even small engineering problems prove to be an actually great and interesting challenge - Working with smart people, who genuinely want to help - Fixing even a minor issue or shipping a small feature impacts the life of a lot of people","Its a big company, most tasks require more back and forth and end up being more complicated than one would think, even if there is a strong focus on keeping teams small and independent there is no way to escape this.","The leadership principles are so important, this can not be overemphasized.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26838,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Cab facilities, Food, employees, Team work, Week-offs",Working hours during peak time.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26839,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Fraud Specialist,Fraud Investigation Specialist,"good environment, sometimes you get cake or ice-cream, if you are lucky and you got a very nice manager, there will be more bonus",TRMS is a damn prison,"You only have 1 hour break per day, you can do 45 mins lunch and 15 mins break or 30 mins lunch and 30 mins break. Be really careful of HR business partner, and some female Level 5 managers, treat employee totally different and some of them are usless, the only thing they know is kicking people out, even your working metrics is trending very well, but they will still not let you pass your 6 months probation anyway. They taking people like temporary worker just for peak time.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1906.htm
26840,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good company,good atmosphere and great culture,salary is very less compared to market,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26841,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent work place,"I enjoyed working at amazon. It has great work culture, lively environment and friendly seniors.",I dint find anything wrong at this place. Just not comfortable with the shifts..,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26842,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Oracle Database Administrator,Worst work culture and no work life balance,Joining Pay looks Good Initially Lots of learning will be here,"There are lots of cons about this company and few i am listing here.  1. There is no work life balance in this company. They will load hell lots of work on employee where employee have to work 14-15 hours per day. Even weekend will be sacrificed due to tons of work. 2. Organizations says we don't follow bell curve but internally they will strictly follow it. HR BP partner will ask manager to put 10% of the employee in the team in (Dev + PIP ) plan, so manager will be looking for the scapegoat to whom they can put in Dev plan. The smallest of the mistake employee do they will make their life hell and put them in PIP plan and ask lots of activity to do to come out of dev plan. Literally they will grilled the employee and treat them like a slave. This unfair treatment is more to India employee compared to onshore employee. 3. Employee here doing a great job so the company is growing but during appraisal time they will have n number of reason for not giving a base salary hike. They will say shares prices are increasing so no hike for you. 4. They have three salary component (Base+Joining Bonus for 2 years+ shares) . so in general employee effective salary will be the same for 4-5 years and after 2 years drastic drop in salary and after four years even further. 5. Totally manager driven company and no role of HR BP. Managers likes boot licking employee and ignores the actual talent  Will advise all to think twice before joining Amazon.. Don't look just the initial compensation because here your work life balance will be sacrificed and health will be in toss due to stress. ""Health is Wealth"" you can earn money any time.",Please do not treat your employee as slaves,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26843,amazon,"Norwich, England (UK)"," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,UK Solutions (subcontractor for Amazon) review,"None, none, none, none, none",They will block your number and not pay you once you leave. Really badly managed. Overworked Underpaid Cancel shifts at last minute,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26844,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Good place to learn quickly,A amazing place to learn and grow,Too demanding in respect of performance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26845,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good company for freshers to start career,Pay is low compare to market,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26846,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Room for improvment,"The people you meet. Company events, Discount.","The hours and pay, poor support for senior managers across all departments and shifts.",Improve associate engagement.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26847,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Compromise,great office culture less stress no pressure Leaves Great leaders,less compensation Less opportunities Internal promotion exam not constant External hire prioritized than internals,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26848,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - HRS Specialist,Good experience to have,"Often flexible hours, possibility of career growth and training, fast pace environment","large company with often rigid processes, not a great employee care (even though that strongly depends on the position)",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26849,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Support Associate,Good place for freshers to build a career,"Salary on time, Good incentives, multiple activities","Too much work pressure, Leadership is strong on papers not in reality. They are puppets never favors genuine employee if makes a single mistake. At least give a chance to improve it. Leadership will listen to employees opinion however never take a stand for it. Simply messed up and bogus leadership under the so called biggest and best brand.","At least stood for employees as they work hard. Lacks in appreciation. Excessive cross skilling should be stopped. You are playing with someone's career so smartly. A lot to discuss but who cares! All the best, so called big brand. Lost the faith in Amazon!",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1907.htm
26850,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Risk Investigations Specialist Level 4( Equivalent to Manager I),awesome work environment and great facilities,late night shifts sometimes is the only con,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26851,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,Transportation Specialist,Great place to work lots of benefits professional development,To be frank not many high stress atmosphere,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26852,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service Associate,Best place to work Fabulous work environment Great facilities Best place to grow if you have that thing in you Process very good For a fresher great place to start career Employe centered company,Everything good nothing as such if you are a fresher would like to grow then must start from Amazon,No advices management at it's best,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26853,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,- Fast-paced environment. - Opportunities to progress. - Support from leadership.,- Salary is not high on the scale for the industry standard.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26854,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CS Team Lead,Learn a lot from a well structured and organized organization. Amazon have a great way of teaching you the skills needed for the next level. Great culture/office. Good benefits.,"Career progression can be difficult in CS. Amazon seem to have a culture of recycling staff despite performing well and happy. The pay/compensation seems to decrease as time goes on , despite good annual reviews. This only led to having to look elsewhere. Snr management changed a lot in my time here. CS seemed to be the unwanted child of the Support org.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26855,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern at Amazon,1) Good perks for interns 2) Helpful People,1) Very lengthy review process for intern conversion,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26856,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Transaction Risk Investigator Specialist,Sr. Transaction Risk Investigator Specialist,Culture and values are good.,Career growth is very limited.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26857,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Security Operation Center Technician,Very fast paced working environment with high stress loading,"Very innovative, a lot of new high technology tools, very efficient company working culture",extremely high pressure working environment. pushy style management culture,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26858,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,"Good for carrier, good packake chill environment",Hectic work due to calls and rotating shifs,Please increase break time. One hour is really not enough,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26859,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work for,tons of good work to do,you might get addicted to work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1908.htm
26860,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 17, 2018","Current Employee - S&amp,P ECR Specialist",Great work to develop your career,Excellent benefits Awesome coworkers Excellent environment Company invest in personal growing,Employees outside the US may not have the same benefits as the US employees.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26861,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice working with amazon,Great work culture and great minds are always welcome here.,I did not see any till now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26862,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Good company to work,"Take care of employee, internal growth options",Very high pressure environment & high expectations,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26863,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Amazon was my dream and it came true!!,Amazing Atmosphere. Work culture Good policies Good health benefits Good leave policies Emergency assistance,No gym Cafeteria food has soda causing stomach aches,Look after your employee's health. get a gym or get a gym compensation.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26864,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Still Day 1,More ownership and learning the latest technologies. Working with great minds and talents in the industry.,Sometimes less work-life balance and more work.,Nothing,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26865,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good one but not for everyone,Good office environment Good People Good management Two way cab provided,Poor salary Contracts are there,Please give hike every year,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26866,amazon,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Ops Supervisor,Amazon Logistics,Good people to work with,"Hard work, long hours relatively low pay.","Longer breaks, abd get a better grip on expected volumes.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26867,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate FR and VAT Support FR and ESP,I had a very good manager who was listening to every query and was there if needed. This manager also supported me in any way he could (by recommending me for te positions I wanted) in order to get the job of my dreams.,"Very poor communication between managements, and when I left few months later they downgraded my manager to a team lead position, when in fact he just tried to make things better by improving and creating a VAT team inside our offices... that wasn't very appreciated by the then director and my former manager left (thank god he did) his position towards another one in Germany, where he is still working and is happy. Highest command in Amazon, Cork was awful at that time.  Another one would be the shifts... they were horrible! one day I have worked 11hours after I ended my shifts which was the legally limit you could have! Awful! no rest at all and long hours of extremely stressing times...","Try to focus on what the workers need in order to make them happy, not only the customers/sellers... as the workers are very important for your daily support towards customers!",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26868,amazon,Ahmedabad (India)," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Good,"Healthy work life, process strongly","Stressed life, personal life distribution",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26869,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Lead,Catalog Lead,"Employee Satisfaction, Friendly, Flexibility, Cab Facility","Change of manager frequently, Should be more transparent",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1909.htm
26870,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Manager,AWSome place :),"Amazing company, structured and organized, yet agile. Lots of resources, help and support.","None at the moment, very happy here.","Keep doing what you are doing, it is an amazing place!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26871,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,IT,"Pathernity leave, no dress code, excellent managers, excellent teams.",Everything is good in Amazon. You can make history here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26872,amazon,"San Francisco, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Representative,General review,"Amazon as a company is just great, it has a lot of opportunities to develop your best and the options as the shuttle for free, the competitive salary, the doctor at the site and more are some of the reasons why I think that Amazon is the best place to work. Also, the environment here is awesome. People are happy most of the times, which helps you to work great and do your best to achieve your goals.","The schedule flexibility, once they give you your shift, there are minimum reasons that will allow you to change the one, the time off options are not that common and depends of the team manager that you are working with that you can get 1 exception",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26873,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Full stack SDE 2 developers,Good and flexible work environment,Sometimes project got delayed due to management.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26874,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life @ amazon.com,They are always bound to ethic. Best place to work @ and company to work for...,No complaints about the company.,No complaints.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26875,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Nothing better,"The best thing I find about Amazon is that I can constantly improve myself. The 14 principles if followed like the Ten Commandments will surely make you the best on your Day1 and all the Day 1s to follow. Also, Amazon makes it a point that an employee is never forced to come as they please, we have our own freedom of what we choose to look like, dress like which are great components of building self confidence in you and trusting your employer.  We are here to deliver results and for each result delivered small or large we are appreciated and advised to push ourselves to improve each tym and break our boundaries.  And last but no least the level of patience that it has to the employee makes it feel like a family and not a organization running behind profits.","Pushing the boundaries can sometimes go out of hands and employee can forget family and food, but Amazon will remind you that Job is not the only thing and you have to have other priorities in life.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26876,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,One of the best company,"No, none, never, nill, Nothing",Focus on new employees please,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26877,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Direct access to real users of the app,there is not any negative about Amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26878,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA for Amazon Retail Spain,"A great place to be recruited. You learn every single day a skill, great work environment.","I haven't found yet cons about this place, To be honest I'm really happy here.",It is important to work with your staff to achieve your department and your organizational goals.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26879,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Operations,Operations,Literally none. Cold conditions and no benefits.,"Spoken to rudely, timed toilet breaks, at xmas they asked us to bring in our own food and come to work early to have a 'party'???",Treat people with respect,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1910.htm
26880,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Strategic Account Manager,A world leader employer with peculiarities,"- The culture is authentic, truly inspiring - Leadership principles at the core of everything we do - Flat structure, you can talk to anyone - Opportunities for progression, genuine employee mobility - Ownership of the company, shares as part of comp plan - Very bright individuals playing for the team - Investment in people and functions is unparalleled - Failure is seen as part of growing, learning opportunity - Bias for action, for those who don't like sitting around, this is a massive plus - Training is constant and of high caliber. No one does Cloud like AWS. - Long term focus, for someone who has lived life on a quarter-by-quarter basis, this is refreshing and opens up an opportunity to create something bigger - You feel like you are part of and making history","- Frugality as a LP means you don't get perks that customers don't want to pay for, so forget about business class, expensive hotels and so on. - The pace is fast, not everyone can keep up.","You are achieving an extraordinary pace of growth for the size of company you are running. Keep inventing, ripping up the textbooks and looking after the people that bring innovation to customers. Also deal with any un-Amazonian behaviour early on, there are only a handful that don't live our values, that are showing a Day 2 mentality and they don't belong here anymore.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26881,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Other,Amazing Amazon,"I had an amazing time working with Amazon. Many learning and growth opportunities. If you are talented and interested, you can move to any field in Amazon. Work culture is at par with any other Company.",Salary. The Only reason why I am not trying to join Amazon once again is because of their Salary Structure. We cannot depend on incentives and facilities all the time.,Please improve the salary structure,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,122,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26882,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Process Lead,Great Place to Work,International Standards and equal treatment across all level of employees. Separate budget for each team for fun activity and refreshers,"Although the standards of the company are high, few internal politics irks some times and few employees have left amazon due to these politics",Top level management should adopt best practices to prevent bias and should help the associates to grow as per their talent and efforts. I have seen few cases where people are getting promoted based on the favoritism of the managers. The people who are worth are struck in the same level without any growth and are getting frustrated.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26883,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Best team, highly driven and competitive environment. fast paced",Too competitive at times. India at times becomes dependent on global roadmaps etc.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26884,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced Work Environment,New technologies real world problems,Work life balance id difficult to maintain.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26885,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome company,good environment and good staffs,"less hike , poor management",need to treat emp good and provide them correct hike,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26886,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment Associate,weekly paid. 4 days working 3 days off. always overtime available,"long hours working, unpolite people, do not care about others, a lot of pressure. Everything means numbers. If you do not get a target you get fired. Just get a promotion just the people that they like",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26887,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer,- Type of Work is awesome,- Work Life balance is not that great,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26888,amazon,Noida (India)," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Support Executive,Friendly environment to work No dress code Scheduled job timings Transport facility Great Incentives Good salary packages,I haven't found any con working since past 10 months.,Nothing. Everything is perfectly good.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26889,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Pay in Milan,"Base pay above average, nice contribution from stocks","High internal competition, pressure on the job",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1911.htm
26890,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Lead,Catalog Lead,"Employee Satisfaction, Friendly, Flexibility, Cab Facility","Change of manager frequently, Should be more transparent",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26891,amazon,"Gurgaon, Uttar Pradesh (India)"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Generalist,Human resources,Brand name and HR colleagues from promise b school,"Very restless HR team and unprofessional. They make offer on a pretext of career opportunity and then aggressively push you to join early. They don't accommodate notice period. On serving notice period , they withdrew the role offered to me and gave me another role in HR which is not as per my capability.",HR should be professional. I am ashamed to be part of such HR team.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26892,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Customer Service Associate,Working from the comfort of your own home,Long hours with chances of no breaks,Listen to your employees' grievances,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26893,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Startup Spirit in a Global Company,"Opportunities to develop your skills, try new products/features before going to market, opportunities to develop projects or initiatives that impact society, build strong relationship with different internal stakeholders that help you improve your own day-to-day job","It could be hard to adapt yourself to the ""startup"" environment, where everything change very fast and decisions are taken quickly. Despite having many resources with updated information, it's a bit hard to find the right owner/s or POCs of the different internal processes, products, content.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26894,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,csa job,"good work culture, great incentives, great people","low pay , not for a technical person,",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26895,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fin Op's analyst,"Got knowledge about finance and application like OracleR12 tool , experiencing the challenges,",Nothing to say about negitive,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26896,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Best place to work Great culture,Bad Food and food beverages Poor Shift timings Team meetings,Please stop shift timings and maintain 8-5 shift,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26897,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 14, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Representative,It's a good company but opinions will be based on the position you've hired,We have good benefits along with our salary,No job security because the branch and department which I worked is different from other departments and branches.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26898,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Good opportunities, if you tough it out",Lots of advancement opportunities 4 day work weeks (most of the time) Relatively good pay Technically strong colleagues,"Sometimes toxic culture High expectations, little recognition Work hours (during busy times of the year) Very competitive Some shifts = no work-life balance","Give us more development opportunities in transferable skills, not just skills we need to do our jobs.",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26899,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great to start your career.,friendly environment: good team & coworkers,Could be difficult to find interesting projects,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1912.htm
26900,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Tcsa for Aws,"Very organized company, high standards, good resources to work with.",Good benefits and nice work environment.,Customers are more important than employees. Metrics are hard to reach.,"Supervisor was not accesible, poor care of employees. To be productive was the most important thing.",4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26901,amazon,Haveli (India)," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,It’s damn good here,"Transparency, opportunities great leadership team and I am not a puppet whom the managers has asked to leave a good review this is a honest review truly great","Transport sucks and cafeteria food sucks sometimes (depends on vendor, some are good some are not)",Start cross skilling the employees and start up skilling them these both are two different terms,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26902,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good company, great opportunity for motivated people","no one, demanding environment but fair.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26903,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Team Lead,"Great responsibilities, fast pace environment, work culture",Work life balance should be improved,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26904,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Device Associate,Good place to work. Work culture and Higher management is awesome,Growth depends upon the team we are working in,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26905,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It’s awesome to work here,Fair opportunities Stress free work culture,No clear career path,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26906,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Fancy Sweatshop,"- You will learn how to work efficiently and manage stress. - You will also learn about large scale backend systems. - Money is good. - Nice entry in the resume.  If you feel like you're objectively smarter than everyone, constantly have to carry your lazy colleagues to complete projects, and barely receive any compensation for that, Amazon might work for you.","- ""Fungibility"". Means, you are expected to work on whatever needs work, regardless of your skills or preferences. You are also replaceable at a moment's notice. - ""Efficiency"". They will do whatever they can to squeeze you for every last drop of your energy. This is a direct job of your manager. You will be subtly coerced to work overtime and heavily shamed for any non work-related activity. - ""Randomization"". This means as soon as you half-done with one emergency project, you will be asked to drop it and start working on an even higher priority one. That's the normal flow of your work. - You know how everyone says ""in Amazon you get to work with smart people""? That's used to shame you when you are not enthusiastic about doing something or fall behind in any way. Your manager will discuss that maybe you're just not as smart as you should be. - You will see people emotionally broken and crying after meetings.  If you care about being nice to people, or you're someone who would say ""work is not a #1 priority in my life"", or if you have any serious weaknesses at all (like you're too shy or your ego is too large to reach a compromise), Amazon might not work for you.","No advice. You make $$$, so something seems to work right.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26907,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Company does things that make an impact. Fast paced and lot to learn,No real con as such. Work-life balance a little off,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26908,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Decent experience,"Good paid salary, free food",Too much work to do sometimes,Nothing to complain,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26909,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Good place to work without any stress for those who don't except career growth.,1.Excellent work culture. 2.Good benefits for Women employees.,1.No career wise growth. 2.Pay is very low.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1913.htm
26910,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Tcsa for Aws,"Very organized company, high standards, good resources to work with.",Good benefits and nice work environment.,Customers are more important than employees. Metrics are hard to reach.,"Supervisor was not accesible, poor care of employees. To be productive was the most important thing.",4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26911,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,A very good company,"Awesome work culture, lot of fun activities internally. No Sir/Madam place.","pay is less, A bit less care about hard working employees",better pay,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26912,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Graphic Designer,graphic design,One of the best organization in world,I like our atmosphere and organization,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26913,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Still having fun,"Smart people, culture of getting things done",None that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26914,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Company that stays true to its leadership principles,1. Fantastic peer group- some of the highest IQ people you will find in any org. 2. Cutting edge processes & programs in the E-commerce space 3. Good Salary+ Stocks + Joining Bonus,1. Internal strife between some internal teams (as multiple teams/leaders are owning same/co-owned goals) 2. Slightly hierarchical in terms of Levels (atleast in Bangalore WTC office),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26915,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fabulous work platform,Fantastic place to work Learn and grow.,None as of now since the day I joined,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26916,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Customer Support Specialist,Best Place to work. Best Place to earn,Not that much found within 9 months,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26917,amazon,Medchal (India)," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Specialist,Quality speacialist,"Superb job culture, fun atmosphere, colleagues who are more like family",Sometimes it can be frustrating to not get the recognition after putting all the effort and hard work.,Just Make sure that every gets the recognition what they deserve.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26918,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Telangana,Amazon,Amazing culture and pay with good benefits,"Poor leadership, managerial favouritism and monotous work.",Please aim to reduce politics and promote genuine talent.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26919,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Learning, Best place to work for freshers","No Work Life Balance, Politics",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1914.htm
26920,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 21, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great for your CV, train-wreck for your life and sanity","A lot of responsibility and autonomy, opportunities to be involved in some very exciting projects and programs.","In order to last here longer than 2 years, you need to be comfortable with adopting a sycophantic approach to the company culture. Everyone gets along provided they pretend that the corporate culture is infallable and beyond reproach. Emperors new clothes.  The more senior you become, the more you have to be seen to be enforcing the Amazon way, often resulting in senior managers sacrificing everything (including their teams) for their own careers. It's savage, unforgiving and just like the horror stories you hear (and I didn't even work in a ""fulfilment centre"" - aka tax dodging term for a warehouse.).  I was expected to work at lest two time-zones, with the US teams have an incredibly blinkered view of the company (its mainly the USA right? every other country is just a little add-on that we don't need to think about).  Great for your CV, but have an exit plan ready.","Strap on a pair and have the courage of your convictions to say what you actually think. Everyone repeating ""we're all peculiar, let's celebrate it"" isn't individualism, its collective delusion.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26921,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,good company for freshers,working environment is okay,salary is extremely low and hiking polices are not good,Please look into hiking and salary policies,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26922,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing,Fast paced and highly innovative company to work for.,Good benefits Great open working culture,High Expectations Potentially Long working hours,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26923,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Actually I luv the principals of Amazon...,Team leader are well known about process..they are guiding us in simple language...safety is most important here.,There is no challenge...gud environment here,Associate don't get salary as compared to work......other allowences are ok...,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26924,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Receiver,Receiver,Very good management and friendly staff,There were no cons at amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26925,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Analyst- chennai,1. Good work life balance 2. Friendly and helpful co-workers. 3. Cab services,1. Pay 2. Not much cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26926,amazon,"Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Love to work in Amazon,"Its my best time in my professional carrier. I love to work in Amazon because of hear we learn new things every day, hear i can invent new ideas to make operation easy and help full for my team mates.",There is no downside in amazon.,We need to work on more activity's for associates engagement. Its really work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26927,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best place to work. Proven.,If you have the right skills then its very easy to grow in this company.,No cons here as long as you are working efficiently.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26928,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - SDE2,Colleagues are OK technically but managers are totally nontechnical,"People in your team except the manager are very strong in technical knowledge. You get to learn a lot of from these people. They have standard build tools, so you don't have to fight a lot over pitty issues of build process.",Managers are totally non technical. They have no.clue about the development process. They just bargain on number of days to finish a task. And randomly put you on PIP if you dont agree to their unreasonable delivery demands.,Think twice before hiring software development managers. They are causing terrible.loss and mental pressure to the developers.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26929,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,Its still Day1,Its still Day1. Multiple technologies to expand your knowledge and take control of your career,sometimes oncall gets super crazy.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1915.htm
26930,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Back Office Associate,Back Office Associate for VCM,"Benefits, good environment, Amazon culture","Leadership people, politics within the company",Make your people feel more appreciated,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26931,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Boring Work,Initial package was good and the best work atmosphere,Same work everyday with maps,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26932,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Procurement Executive,Nice work culture and flexibile working hours,Slight work pressure during peak seasons.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26933,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Transcational Risk Investigator,transcation risk investigator,the work is to make sure no fraud lent activity in amazon platform,nothing as such.more comfortable to work,need to work more on customer outcome,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26934,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design,"Great people, nice building, good benefits, some internal courses, working from home a day or 2 in the week depending on manager.","Poor management, bad organisation expensive food, promotion levels insane, too much politics for no real reason not saying lives or being a brain surgeon, hoops and more hoops to get 1 simple thing done, kills creativity","Be leaders and inspire people, micro managing kills growth and creativity. Learn from the people you hire and for top management make sure that fresh promoted manager doesn't stop the growth of the team due to the lack of experience.",3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26935,amazon,Sholinganallur (India)," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Services Associate,Service Associate,Good Environment around the place,No inspiration for hard workers,Recognise correct people and help them to develop their career,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26936,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Not the best, but I know worse.",Money good enough. 3 days off.,"No social life. I mean seriously. For three years in a row I didn't have free friday or saturday. You're only a number here. They don't care about your feelings, your problems atc. There are way more cons, but I could be here all day long.",Care more about people and not numbers.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26937,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk investigator,Good work culture and environment,No work-life balance at all,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26938,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best place to work.,The work ethics and culture.,Internal politics and hiring leaders from other organisation.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26939,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best place to learn, have fun and grow",Work culture is the best thing here. Learning is continuous but it is self motivation. Oppertunities to grow in different sectors when passion is showcased.,Leaders can sometimes micro manage,Rock the way you are currently doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1916.htm
26940,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best place to learn, have fun and grow",Work culture is the best thing here. Learning is continuous but it is self motivation. Oppertunities to grow in different sectors when passion is showcased.,Leaders can sometimes micro manage,Rock the way you are currently doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26941,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - IT Technician,"FCs, Quite comunist environment","Good work environment if you have a good/fair manager, you can improve your skills and develop your career.","Very friend-based promotional system, it really matters who you know and how good you can get under some others skin. The JobLevel criteria is the 1st to drag you down and be rejected if you apply for a better/higher position as they will tell you, you can't jump over level, even though the other position is not within your department (but for some people are exceptions)","Keep an eye on FCs leaders as it's a small Babylon, Promote people based values, not based on Levels or friendship!",2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26942,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Its a great pleasure to work here,Fun Filled work with People,Nothing wrong with the environment,Great effort make this all time,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26943,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer satisfaction,"Perks, good infrastructure, work environment, cab facility","Less growth, monotonous work, night shifts, less salary",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26944,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work,Everything is good the work environment n salary,None as such it's simply good,Nil,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26945,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full-time Engineer,- Good pay - Interesting projects,- Work/life balance can be better - Perks can be better,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26946,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazon - A 360 Change,"Private Medical Insurance for all CR employees Learn the Amazon Culture - This will help you in any job Growth Opportunities - You don't need to stay in one place, Amazon has thousands of opportunities for you to move around, learn, experience and achieve your goals","Like any other job, workload may get tiresome, however, I personally don't see any cons that are not experienced in any other place.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26947,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Network Technician,Network Technician,No. 26 in the top 500 companies,The shares are pretty high,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26948,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Es Resolution Specialist,The best place to grow,"Amazing work environment, growth opportunities and benefits.",Heavy work load and sometimes operations focus on numbers and not in the people.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26949,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Nothing is Impossible at Amazon,"There is no limit. Nobody will tell you ""you can't do that"". You could end up talking to a high level engineer and is not going to point fingers for doing it.",Every company has areas of improvement. There is some specificity when it comes to those areas.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1917.htm
26950,amazon,"San Francisco, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,Place of opportunities,I have been in this company for almost 3 years and I have been given the possibility to grow as person and worker. Amazon provides your daily growing opportunities and I cannot think about any other company so focused on employees development.,"Not a lot to mention. All I can think of, is maybe you do not always have full balance between work and personal life but it does not mean its not possible to get it. There are multiple schedules and there are always possibilities.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26951,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,It Can Be Anyones Dream Work Place!,Everything is a Pro at Amazon except for one thing which sounds unfair to me. Work Culture Work Lifestyle People! Infrastructure Colorful Interiors Cafeteria Food Events Parties Hardware which employees use You can scale up quick Shares!!! Mobile Bill Claim Internet Bill Claim Gym Bill Claim Education Bill Claim Medical Bill Claim Travel allowance,"Yeah, that's the PF part, which is included in the salary itself. Your Pay slip will have Employee contribution and Employer's contribution.",Continue doing your good work. Treat everyone equally. PLEASE!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26952,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Very Good company to work,"""You get to learn a lot while working here"" Good culture and weekly offs and rotational shifts",None as of now since the day I joined,just keep simple,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26953,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Best place to work,"Best place to worn and the work culture is just amazing, very supportive managers, no dress code like other companies. We at amazon always follow one rule work hard, have fun & create history.",Not at the moment coz everything is fine.,Keep continuing the same.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26954,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Amazon,Great environment Good pay Flexible working hours,Night shift Mid weekoffs Lack of employee engagement,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26955,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,seller support associate,"Amazon is a great place to work, You get paid well enough for the work you do and not only that we get tons of opportunity to develop our skill set, move into new roles. The work environment is really good. As an employee you are valued as a wonderful asset to the company and no matter what people from all hierarchy level support you if you need any assistance regarding any type of issue which does not happen in most of the places . Benefits are the best part in the company be it leaves or additional medical benefits.",Being an amazonian I would say there are no cons that i would count upon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26956,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,Waste of time working for Amazon.,Decent amount of hours per week. Good benefit coverage but it could be better.,Managmwnt doesn't care about workers saftey as they claim. Productivity and quality errors are flawed on their system so the employee gets blamed for their errors. At the brampton locations there is a lot of favouritism with managment. The work is really dull and boring since you're doing it for ten hours a day. The day one benefit is pretty much a lie. You don't get the card for your benefits until one to two months later after employment. Fake promises of increase in hourly wage to all workers but not has occurred for months to almost a year.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26957,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics,"From Logistics Perspective , you get good exposure and learn many things fast, and there is numerous Opportunities to move to different teams or countries within Amazon","No work life balance if you are applying for logistics role, need to consider before applying",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26958,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Inside Sales Account Manager,Sales Account Manager,Fully customer centric company. There is no so much target/sales pressure. The main thing is building good relationship with end user and fulfill their needs.,lack of well developed partner environment.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26959,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Group Manager,Group Manager,good fun Challenging work here,sub bar pay. could have been better,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1918.htm
26960,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Good Policies,-Good leave Policies: Amazon provides one of the best policies when it comes to general and maternity leaves. -Work culture in general is good. -Company promotes inclusive environment. -The span in which you get eligible for an IJP is low (as low as 3 months in CS).,"-Amazon (especially CS) pays in pennies. The pay is too low as compared to other forms. They pay less than 2L/ year for international voice process! -The Resolution Specialist role is a lead role in Amazon but outward letter does not mentions Lead title which results in issues while seeking new jobs. -Firm believes in cost cutting wherever and whenever possible. So do not expect lavish parties or anything else. Everything will be result of cost cutting. Policies are designed in a way that cost cutting is center of planning them. -Management in Pune is not sensitive to employee issues. Especially L3. -The policies regarding variable pay, promotions etc change too frequently causing employees to lose on the benefits. Nothing is done to compensate for this. -Initially the hiring bar was high. But now, its just college students with no skills and discipline whatsoever, who resign after 1st salary. Its just like any college in Pune.","-Start paying well. At least to your RS/Leads. -Start respecting the work that L2 and L3 employees do and stand for them rather than saying something is a policy. if it is, try to voice out your opinion to change it for good. -Be as employee centric as customer centric you are. -Raise the hiring bar with salaries.",3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26961,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Interpreter/Translator,i would like to grow up with your company for life and future.,To work with present association is great with which team i have and i got excelent experience with these all.,i can't grow up with this work.,none,3.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26962,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Analyst,Stock options for L4 employees and above Free Transport Meal Pass,Rotational Shifts Rotational Week offs Overtimes Strict adherence to break times,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26963,amazon,Nanded (India)," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Civil Engineer,good,good culture and weekly offs and rotational shifts,more work and hectic schedule,just keep simple,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26964,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - QAE,QA Engineer review,1. Salary 2. Flexible timings 3. Stock options 4. Lot of smart people to work with. 5. Can easily switch teams within India as well as outside India.,"1. Less perks - Cafeteria is bad in almost all India offices, 1100 Rs. are given monthly in Zeta which is very less. 2. Incompetent managers - technically challenged, some even don't have managerial skills. 3. Managers don't care about work-life balance. 4, Managers misuse their powers and screw your life and senior management/HRs also don't help. 5. Too much favoritism and politics. 6. Micromanagement. 7. Everything is chaotic, there are no well defined processes. 8. Work is not challenging. 9. QAEs do only manual testing, no automation. Would not advise fresher QAs to join Amazon. 10. Agile/scrum no methodology is followed. 11. You will not get an idea of end to end SDLC, you will be confined to your assigned area. 12. High attrition.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26965,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Database Administrator,,Learning and working on the latest technologies. Amazon culture and the work environment is really very good. Growth and recognition Work life balance,Nothing as of now. All is well :),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26966,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer,Very good work-life balance and lot of opportunities to learn new technology,"Average Salary, compared to competitive companies",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26967,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to work,"Great pay, good work life balance",Bureaucracy stop creating multiple layers when not needed,-,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26968,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Great company,Amazing culture. Great opportunity to learn & become a better leader.,Frugality makes sense but isn't fun.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26969,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Nice Company,Good Workplace and Friendly Management,Salary Improvement and Work-Life Balance,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1919.htm
26970,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Nice Company,Good Workplace and Friendly Management,Salary Improvement and Work-Life Balance,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26971,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of opportunities,Love the fact that you are pushed to become a better version of yourself through the leadership principles. In addition my role is really engaging and with lots of future careers opportunities.,Some of the people working with you are not really the best examples of Amazonians...,"Well... hire more carefully the people, not just rushing because there is need of workers.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26972,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Keep it Simple,Good Workplace and Friendly Management,"At times, inefficient to manage the scale of growth.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26973,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Great place,"While you do your job, everything is ok, you're free to take decisions in order to help customers and more.","A little bit ""eccentric"" with the phone use in the floors even when you're doing nothing","Would be perfect to get the bonus back to the retail workers, it was like a great reason to do a better job",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26974,amazon,Bucharest (Romania)," Aug 12, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service,Only the fact that at that time and at that project it was work from home.,"The well known Amazon trade mark ridiculous almost unachievable targets, being outrageously underpaid, it's always your fault no matter how insane and wrong the customer is and the list cand go on and on..",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26975,amazon,Kolkata (India)," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Process Manager,Not Employee Friendly.,As Amazon is MNC brand. Helps in future.,Worst work culture Not employed friendly Managers treats employee as servant No fixed weekoff,Be employee friendly. And treat him as Amazon employee not as servant,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26976,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Group Manager,Good Culture,"Employee friendly, the leadership principles are actually demonstrated",Pune location building is not great,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26977,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Nice place to work, a lot to learn",a lot of work spent outside your job time for the promotion document,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26978,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Network Engineer,Good opportunities to get exposure to automation,- cutting edge technology - many of opportunities to learn automation and scripting - work with a number of smart peoples,- poor work life balance - many repeating tasks.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26979,amazon,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Applied Scientist II,ML @ Amazon,"High salary, dynamic work environment","excessive work load, management creates internal competition, research jobs are a bit too development\engineering oriented",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1920.htm
26980,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Investigator Specialist,TRMS,1. Better pay than market standards 2. Friendly environment,1. Less growth/ No future 2. 24*7 Shifts,Please promote internal candidates for manager's role rather than hiring from outside,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26981,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer II,Opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies,Too much process oriented for any damn thing,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26982,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best,I knew this is a reputed company,There is nothing to say negative,Keep on increasing things,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26983,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,No work life balance,No pros for this company,No value for the employees,none,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26984,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Paid the bills,"Overtime payment more than decent and available most of the time, lots of different people from all walks of life, clean workplace, cheap canteen","Compulsory overtime, unsociable hours, high managers turn-over rate",none,2.0,2.0,none,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26985,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work at,Excellent office atmosphere to work in,Rigorous work and night shifts,Pay a little more please,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26986,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Risky Analyst,Risk Investigator,"great working environment , and great compensation.",working becomes monotonous and stagnant growth after certain level .,-,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26987,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looking for the job.,Good ambiance Better environment Good facilities Better opportunity Builds once carieer,Company is outside the city limits.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26988,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for experienced and Campus placed freshers,High working standards Flexible work hours,Overloaded tasks Have to forget family and home,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26989,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Great company,"Work culture, salary and benefits",Shifts rotate in every 3 months which creates problems in work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1921.htm
26990,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,data associate,amazing place to work in,it is a monotonous job,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
26991,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it was good working here,"have great work life balance, helpful",not yet as of now,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
26992,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 4, 2018","Current Employee - Senior Associate, Data Management, Human Resources Services",I am a amazonian...,Its been 3.6 years in Amazon. I love working at Amazon because am able to balance my professional and personal life. Amazon is a place where everyone can work because of the friendly work environment.,"As For me, there is no Cons",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
26993,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Work culture is too good,"nothing is there , good place to work'",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
26994,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Work life balance was not really good,Good company and good shares. A very good location to work,Too much of politics in the company.,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
26995,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picking and packing,the shift are 4 days on and 3 days off,The job is very systematic and a lot of hours standing,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
26996,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best compant to work for,"competitive salary, career growth opportunities, stock bonus","no free food, less work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
26997,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Senior Customer Service Associate,The best place to work,Recent changes have made it a bit difficult to work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
26998,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Great Place for Work,Great place to learn and innovate. U will find lot of people who are very experienced and u are free to move to your line of interest,Nothing as of now . Everyhing is good,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
26999,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Amazon,Amazon is the best company to work where you will be working with some of the smartest people in the world.,No cons from my end,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1922.htm
27000,amazon,Courbevoie (France)," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,A great challenge!,"It's always Day 1! The innovation never stops. We're at the heart of the global IT transformation. Amazon is incredibly customer-centric, we think long-term, driven by the benefits for our customers.","Amazonians can quickly be overwhelmed by the number of external and internal solicitations. So the time management is essential, each one of us must always focus on her/his priorities.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27001,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,CSA,"Growth and recognition, Friendly leadership",Important to be self-driven at times,(Y),5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27002,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Technical Support,Digital technical support,"There are a lot of advantages in be part of Amazon, someone like me with a lot of experience in call centers can say without any doubt, Amazon is the best place to work in Costa Rica, here you have, not a few, but a lot of growing opportunities, you can also go to the university at the time that you are working in the best place, if you need permission due to a family issue, Amazon managers are train to help you, even if you need to get out of the country for some time, you just request permission and go, I would not stop talking about good thing, no other place is like Amazon.",There are no bad thing to talk about Amazon at all.,"Management could be more open mind about candidates to grow, the experience counts more than titles.",5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27003,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,Best place to Work,Lots of benefits Great environment,Schedule problems sometimes No discount on the webpage haha,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27004,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS Cloud,Competitive in the cloud market,Azure could be easier to use,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27005,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Such a disappointment,- Friendly environment - Nice Offices - Very nice and helpful colleagues - Funny work activties around Christmas time,"- Incredibly low salary (which is a shame for a leading worldwide company that makes billions and billions every year, and that often hires highly-skilled employee who would deserve so much better) - Boring and overly repetitive job - Management is poor, patchy, disorganised. Managers are often moved from one team to the other, and therefore hardly know how the various teams work. Often you ask your direct managers for advice on how to do A or how to get to B, and they have no clue of what you're talking about, which is well frustrating and potentially directly affects your performance (upon which the confirmation of the probation period is strongly dependent). - Frustrating gaps in the operating procedures, which change constantly without no one bothering to tell you and forcing you to make dangerous decisions while carrying out tasks that are not covered at all by the Amazon guidelines, and that may severely affect Amazon customers and your job at once. - Pretty poor employee bonus in terms of discount on Amazon marketplace (which is a shame for a leading worldwide company that makes billions and billions every year) - General huge disappointment for a leading and (outwardly) exciting company, which is left instead to the sloveliness and negligence of the poorest management","It is of paramount importance to focus less on big words and motivatonal fluff, and more on caring more about your employess in terms of salary and gaps in the operating procedures, which make their work largely frustrating, and also on a far more solide training of your managers and team leaders, who often have no clue of what their teams' work is about.",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27006,amazon,Surat (India)," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Ops Manager,Ops Manager,"5 days working, 2 week offs. High paid salary for L4 and above levels",Zero work life balance. Need to work in shifts. All 365 days working. Too many metrics too follow. Low growth chance,NA. Management not ready to listen and take feedbacks. Too much politics,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27007,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Content Test Associate,Content Test Associate,"Work Culture is great, Knowledge hub of talented people.","Monotonous work, an excessive effort is required to excel due to high competition.","To carry out KT sessions frequently, would be beneficiary to the employees.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27008,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Amazon,great environment and you get to meet talented individuals,"Depends on which role you are in, salary is a bit low for operations",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27009,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good pace to work,best minds to work with.,work life balance is not good,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1923.htm
27010,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - ERC Associate,Hi,"Awesome, best company. I loved it","Everything was awesome, best trainers, managers.",Increase vacancies for ex employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27011,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Sr. Manager,Dynamic company gives you a lot of exposure,People in influential roles form opinions and given the amount of power individuals in such roles have can steer your career in either way. As a truly global company they need to have stronger checks for such things.,same as above,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27012,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,One of the best employer,Amazon's leadership principles Culture Developing leaders Focus on creating mechanisms,"At times, inefficient to manage the scale of growth",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27013,amazon,Ahmedabad (India)," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Facilities Site Lead,Appraisal about my job in amazon,I am very glad to be working in Amazon.Work culture are really nice.Amazon policies are flexibility with all employee.,Still I can't found any downsides.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27014,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,"Literally, the best place to work!!","Great benefits, great bonus, a lot of schedules, a lot of flexibility, Amazon loves people . Amazon is simply the best place to work. No dress code,","No Cons, 5 year in the company and I don't have any regret.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27015,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,I wanna be the very best as no one ever was!,"Opportunities EVERY SINGLE DAY. Amazing work environment. Everyday is a challenge, it never gets boring.","Is very fast paced, like VERY fast paced so you end it up working with process that are not always complete or fully understandable nor even by management","Just don't listen, do something about it when the people are telling you something.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27016,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Make sure to be a good experience,* There's a lot of chances to grow in the company * Free Private Medical Insurance * Free transportation * Competitive salary,"* It can be exhausting to assist angry customers * Because SJO1's location, can be really hard get in and get out of Heredia because transit","Keep the routes that have a low amount of people using it opened, it's really complicated to get to the building from certain locations.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27017,amazon,"San Francisco, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Audible Program Manager,"Word Hard, Have Fun, Make History","I have grown tremendously within Amazon. It is hands-down the best company I've worked for and there are countless growth opportunities, regardless of the specialty. As something that happened to me, if your career path is far from a Customer Service world, you can still develop a variety of skills that will help you grow personally as well.",There is little I can say as a con... The only thing I can think of is that the value Amazon gives to an interview process has a lot of weight versus the performance provided.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27018,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,You have to work on software development tasks to meet Amazon's business needs.,You get to work on a variety of new technologies,Work-life balance is difficult to maintain sometimes.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27019,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Seller Support Associate,Work environment,"working environment is very good, work ethics. good place to start your work. very helpful peers.",Have not found any cons yet.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1924.htm
27020,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Ops Supervisor,Amamzon - UK - Banbury,More than 40 hours per week,"Terrible place with Romanian and Polish people who cannot speak the language, but bcs nobody else want to work there we need to use them.  - Low salary (£10/hour) - Unpaid break",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27021,amazon,Surat (India)," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Ops Manager,Ops Manager,"5 days working, 2 week offs. High paid salary for L4 and above levels",Zero work life balance. Need to work in shifts. All 365 days working. Too many metrics too follow. Low growth chance,NA. Management not ready to listen and take feedbacks. Too much politics,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27022,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - Software Test Engineer,Testing,good work culture free meals coupons free laptop,"Amazon now started with Pol-tics environment ,if you are fresher and looking for carrier growth then don't join with Amazon .No support from manager and Hiring team ,employees take laptop and give full sound ,No feel free work load more ,working hours more .feel like school -employees are running here and there ,playing sounds everywhere","Give free environment,no supports from HR and Managers ,Every time we cant depends on facilities",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27023,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Operations Tech Support,Virtual Operations Tech Support,"Insurance benefits, nice work environment, career opportunities.","Schedule constantly changing, mandatory overtime, working on holidays.",Offer special schedules to people who is studying,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27024,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at!,Positive environment and amazing people to work with,Internal job movements are slow,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27025,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with great employees policies,Lot of employee centred policy and benefits . Management from US tries a lot to create transparent and good environment.,New operation and management people hired from BPO are spoiling the work environment. No transparency. Excessive pressure building on the employee .,"Adopt to the culture , donot change it. It may feel the work culture is too relaxed but it gives a lot of output",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27026,amazon,Warangal (India)," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Data Entry,Exciteing,It's genuine company and it is world's largest and greatest company.. Iam excited to work,Nothing to say I want money,Nothing to advise they well trained persons...,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27027,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources,Human Resources,All the bebefits de have,The evironment un regates leadership,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27028,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 6, 2018","Current Employee - D2TS Associate, Tech Supp Specialist",Customer Service Associate,non at the moment. our experience was not good.,1. I sent CV twice because the person never received the call. 2. Finally they called. And this person speaks excellent English so he did the test online... they sent a message saying that they will not continue the process. 3. No feedback provided. We don't know what happened with the test.,"If many types of people work here, and amazon gives an opportunity, place do it for EVERYBODY. I know this person very well.",1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27029,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing experience,there are lots of smart people around. most of the people are very friendly. you'll learn lots of new approaches to solve problems. working here will imrpove your perspective. payscale is good.,I don't think there is any serious cons here. Maybe somewhat stressing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1925.htm
27030,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY,Very good work culture and management is always good.,laptops can be provided to everyone.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27031,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Procurement executive,Good leadership principles Flexible working hours,Extra work Poor work life balance Stressful environment to work,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27032,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical support associate,Work culture was good initially,Diminishing work culture these days,"Start thinking of your roots, rathar than beconing one another MNC",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27033,amazon,Cairo (Egypt)," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Agent,The whole company is like a family and the people are supportive and since day 1 you'll love the place and the work and you'll be proud of what you're doing.,None. This place is way too professional.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27034,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Copy Writer,Nice,Paid writings And any easy jobs,Home jobs only im available,Give maximum salaries,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27035,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - HRBP,Amazing org to work in,"Culture and colleagues High performance driven Growth , learning opportunities",Work life balance Job insecurity,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27036,amazon,Mata de Plátano (Costa Rica)," Jul 14, 2018",Former Employee - CS Associate,Doesn't provide all the necessary tools,"Work from home position, self schedule management options, company´s customer service obsession teach you a lot as well as the data protection policies.","Poor management, lack of workplace culture, trainnings are really poor in quality and to cover important subjects, not real carreer opportunities, the equipment provided isn't enough to provide the service level you expect from the agent, CSOS needs a huge update respose times are wait too long, and the bugs are a daily basis struggle, there was no supervisor feedback regarding how to improve the contact handling.","Re-arrange the whole virtual deparment to provide the tools necessary, better trainnings, supervisor's lack of professionalism and the workflow team makes you look real bad, and unprepared for the virtual positions. Virtual agents are left alone, metrics are not a real way to meassure the effectiveness.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27037,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment Associate,You get to work for a popular company.,You will be standing for a long time .,O,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27038,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - IT Support Engineer,IT SUPPORT,to get more knowledge on bussiness and in engineering,less stength to handle any opportinity,be a strength ful in any work,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27039,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Great,"Great, honest, working culture, pay scale",Nothing to add as cons for this company,Great work. Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1926.htm
27040,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,Everything is awesome! Good job!,Nothing as of now! Will keep updating,Great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27041,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 3, 2018",Former Employee - Retail,Amazon killing retailers by the thousands,"The product is so low priced. So low it's leaving no profit for them, for online competitors and especially bricks and mortar retail stores. Thus killing hundreds of thousands of jobs all over the world in retail. But at least Jeff Bezos is rich. The richest man in the world! Congrats Bezos, how much is enough? And to the detriment of how many jobs, lives and companies. I know quite a few people personally that can say they closed their businesses down directly because of Amazon.","Yes Amazon is cheap, but you get what you pay for if you want to destroy the economy. Wayfair and Amazon both operate at a ridiculously low profit margin for any business. Looks like 1 to 4% profit... What's wrong with that you ask, ""they're not greedy"" you might think. They're killing retail stores by the 10,000 thousands per month in the USA alone. They're prices are actually so low that it leaves no possibility to Brick and Mortar retail stores of making any profit or matching prices. As a result, 30,000 people lost their jobs in one month alone in 2017... and over 10,000 businesses closed in ONE MONTH as a direct result of Amazon's price structure that used to hover around 4% profit... That's before Wayfair came around. Wayfair, to gain market on Amazon, has lowered theirs target profit to 1% and even slutting-out product at an even more ravaging rate to online competitors and retailers. Because of Wayfair's ultra aggressive approach and functioning at 0% profit after expenses for over 5 years, they're doing-in furniture stores, decorative item stores and so many more categories. Congrats Wayfair and Amazon for triggering the demise of the economy even more. Soon they're be no retail jobs for kids coming out of school, let alone adults having a hard time finding work now. The joke is... they don't even need to cut into prices that much and what they're not leaving on the table, is a lot of profit for themselves... but you gotta keep the shareholders happy right.",Raise prices so you don't kill brick and mortar businesses and destroy retail jobs by the hundreds of thousands.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27042,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Mgr,"Entrepreneurial, lots of opportunity to lead and innovate","Now become a big company, so decision making can sometimes be slower than expected",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27043,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work for,"beautiful building, bonus and zeta card",work pressure is too much,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27044,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Good team and work environment,Salary could be better and Growth curve slow,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27045,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Process Associate,Good,"Good things are there to be learnt , good salary , employees are friendly.",No growth in this position and target is there to be fulfilled,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27046,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Stower,fulfilment associate,pay was alright. work place was close to my home,compulsory overtime supervisors could be rude,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27047,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company,Working on projects on a large scale,Salary is much higher in Seattle.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27048,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good - love the company!,+ dynamic + good team + challenging tasks,- base pay could be better adjusted yoy,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27049,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Senior Associate,Open to changes and negative thoughts so that they can improve their services,They work hard to over come their negative issues thrown by their customers and will see to it that it should be taken care,They should not change their approach towards achievement,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1927.htm
27050,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Senior Associate,Open to changes and negative thoughts so that they can improve their services,They work hard to over come their negative issues thrown by their customers and will see to it that it should be taken care,They should not change their approach towards achievement,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27051,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Disappointing,"Good colleague, Awesome working atmosphere",Salary in case you're from a rich background than it's okay to work in this organisation. However if from middle class than absolutely not as the hike in salary is very little as much as 900 rs a month and performance doesn't matter for hike in salary so the best earning is equivalent to the worst and if you want to discuss this with HR their logic will give you a heart attack,N/A as advice can only be given to non political organisation not Political and bias,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27052,amazon,Indore (India)," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Virtual Customer Support,This company is just about lying.,"For a customer support profile, there are none.","They break policies on their own. They bluff to make you work extra. Poor salary, forced to work overtime, no proper training. Not much leaves. Working on weekends and holidays. Even they lie to customers.","Be an employee not a slave, and don't make other employees slaves. Your not giving blank cheques, just giving a tinie tiny salary.",1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27053,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Investigations Specialist,"Rapid growing environment, a lot of prospect to improve yourself and take your career to the next level.","Continuous changes in the company are considered a disadvantage by some employees, but everything depends on each person's perspective.",Keep trying hard to provide the employees with more information about the way to grow professionally and to understand their role and place in the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27054,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,"Good people, Environment to grow, Internal Job posting Priority",Not found anything yet.Let you know in the future,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27055,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Uk DART,UK dart,"environment, friendly people and staffs",salaries at the basic level,NA,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27056,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn,Good Salary Flexible working hours,No work balance More politics in work Environment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27057,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Picker,Great company to work for,"Amazing atmosphere, safe environment, lots of opportunities, respectful management, benefits. I'm really happy to work here.",I don't really found one yet.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27058,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,"amazing work culture, work ethics ,amazing transportation team , amazing cafeteria, amazing working environment.",not anything I can think of at the moment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27059,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a very good company,Incentives will be good .,Shift times can be adjusted.,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1928.htm
27060,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process associate,Good environment Growth opportunities Rotational shifts,Not many negatives it's a good start for career,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27061,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Product Specialist,The best company to work,You wil not fell to go out of Amazon due to its work culture.,nothing as to mention in this,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27062,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Project and vision of the company is good,Nothing as such i found .,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27063,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr.Program manager - L&D,"Work Life Balance , Good Compensation, Employee centered","Work Shifts, Nothing as such",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27064,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Nothing I was bullied,Management are bullys must be stopped,there needs to be serious changes made,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27065,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sweat Shop,-Cutting edge technology and customer offering -Theoretical vision and capabilities (Leadership Principles),"-Extremely long hours  -Endless volume of email  -Limited to zero assistance from anyone - especially not management The Learn and Be Curious LP is being used against you if you dare to ask anyone for help. They expect you to read endless pages of Wikis and other sources...which is very time consuming. If I need assistance can I not just ask someone who has been there for a while? Tell me once and I will know for the future. If I need to Dive Deep I will then read a Wiki or some other source. Before that could you not help me please?  -Senior/Operations Management team with no social abilities (i.e. emotionless robots). Treat you like a number. Just someone to get a job done, as if AI has already kicked in and we have no human emotions.  -Not living the Leadership Principles for the betterment of the employee, often not even for the customer. Drilling the LPs with a boot camp type of approach but to have them being used as weapons against one another within the business. Everyone is an owner therefore any problem is yours by association of raising it...because Ownership is another LP which you must abide by.","-Scrap everything and restart. Motivation is non existent, people are being used for a goal until they are discarded like an old pair of sneakers, then the vicious cycle starts again.  -Have backbone is not practiced by the Sr Management, only when it is to oppress the staff. If one disagrees it is used against them as it is an LP and therefore a decree which everyone must abide by.  It comes across that this is the business model, but then people are sold a lie when they are being interviewed.  Stop being so secretive. Limiting trade secrets and business moves is a given and very necessary to succeed, but zero vision to staff is also demeaning and does not Build Trust - contrary to the LP.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27066,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - BRI Investigator,promotions,really good payments and benefits,"not fair promotions, all are base on sympathy with managers and not base on hard worked and performance, I trained more than 20 agents and created a couple of trainings for my peers, top performer, very proactive and so far they are promoting people that have not doing even the half that i did.","be professional and not has preferences, promote the hard worker agents and not favorites",2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27067,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Data Associate at Amazon Chennai,Good Company Good Salary and hike Good Office space,"office Environment and culture changed from best to worst office management is poor , worst than a startup. too much politics in office if you are not from tamil nadu do not expect any growth people are very racist, don't even talk in a good manner",improve the management,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27068,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Amazing work culture,Additional benefits and a good level exposure for work,Work-life balance is hard to manage sometimes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27069,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working experience with the company,Its one of the best companies to work,No comys with the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1929.htm
27070,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Process Associate,Processing Associate,Largest organization in the world,Low salary compared to the other organizations,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27071,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - VeSu Team Supervisor,Working with Amazon on leadership role,"I moved to Amazon from another multinational corporation one year ago and from my personal development, it was the best move I could have done. The environment here is really challenging which makes you constantly alert and it pushes you towards your best results. I definitely feel I have learned more in this one year than during the whole last years with a different employer","The downside of such challenging environment is the stress which it generates - even though I am more pressured from the inside (my own managers) than outside, it still requires to be more than prepared every single minute of the day. And this might be sometimes rather tiring.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27072,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Growth - Great People - Benefits! Only at Amazon!,"Great environment, feedback based company. Benefits (Transportation, amenities, insurance, compensation, etc). Skills and knowledge gained.",Demanding position with an always changing work environment.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27073,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,This is a constant MBA - I do not need to look for anything else outside.,Share packages should come earlier.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27074,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA review,"Freedom, no much pressure, management, HR teams","Difficult to get desired shifts, salary,",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27075,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst II,- A lot of freedom to work on what you want,Work life balance could be better,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27076,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Automation Test Analyst,"A Good Company to explore as an Organization and Work flow, but needs next step to build on the advanced technology..","More Chances to work as a team,Work environment is pleasant to deal.",Shifts and timings should depends on employee's flexibility,Communication with the employees can be more better.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27077,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Support Associate (Chat),I feel great to work with company like Amazon.,"Feels good to work with a multinational company, has different benefits and it is time to time job. They would pay for overtime if they expect you to work more than usual.",In the beginning it is difficult to keep our performance above their goal. Work from home doesn't feel like working and involved with the company.,There should be some more activities to increase interaction among employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27078,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Company review about Amazon,Great and open working culture,There are no cons as such,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27079,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,customer service associate,"No work pressure, you can take leaves any time except during the peak days. For freshers it is will be like a heaven. Incentives and more",Growth is less compared to previous years. Targets has to be reached,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1930.htm
27080,amazon,Noida (India)," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Support Associate,"Good working Culture, get to learn how to work in pressure, exciting goodies and refreshments to motivate employees to do Over Time.","Only Customer centric, Strict adherence to policies.",Should be more friendly with the employees.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27081,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad bosses can really screw your spirit.,Great place to learn a wide variety of things.,Not as flexible as I thought.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27082,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Good salary - £37,500 + £4,500 starting bonus + £5,000 relocation + 27 shares.",They have 14 leadership principles which the leaders themselves do not adhere to. Ridiculous amount of work to do with not enough support. Horrible dirty working conditions. Have to deal with a lot of horrible people. Awful culture. Stressful! High salary is not worth it - awful experience.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27083,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior BI Engineer,"Amazing, the wesome place to work","Peculiar culture, friendly attitude, flat, very easy to approach, Amazon is highly organized in any single part of the work. I referred many of my highly skilled contacts to Amazon and I am proud to be an Amazonian. here we really can change the world.",There is nothing if you are a talented employee. there will be all if you are a lazy one!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27084,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,data scientist,salary is really really satisfying,working loads is too much,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27085,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,a lot of young people,there is no future available though,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27086,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Best work life and good growth,Din't find anything. Will update if any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27087,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,Great place and work culture,Nothing in specific to share,NA,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27088,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Analyst,Finance Analyst,Amazon is world largest E-Commerce organization.,No down sides from amazon,Nothing Advice from my end.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27089,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Amazing,Friendly No restrictions about dress code,Nothing cons i have found out till now,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1931.htm
27090,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Amazing,Friendly No restrictions about dress code,Nothing cons i have found out till now,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27091,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Terrible management , and very dirty place.","Easy job , great people to meet.","Poor environment , loads of standing , long hours.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27092,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assoc,Amazing benefits and co workers,depending on your schedule prepare to have a really bad work life,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27093,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Investigations Specialist,"Love working hard, having fun and making history!","1. The culture at Amazon is it's number one USP. It's just awesome. There is so much energy and activity. So many ideas and leaders actively seeking these idea..... it's uplifting and addictive! 2. The customer obsession here is legendary. There are so many stories, that it makes you feel proud to be a part of the organization no matter which department you work for. The focus is always the customer. 3. The freedom to disagree and be heard is another factor. If you are one of those who does not follow the crowd and don't hesitate to stand up for your own ideas, this place is for you, as long as you do it all respectfully. Amazon is one of the very few organization that actively encourages non-conformity and also gives you a platform to put forward your viewpoint without the fear of persecution from management. In fact the merits of your idea are explored and, if it's convincing enough, it becomes the operational procedure. 4. The CEO is another great reason. I just love Jeff, he is ""the man"" with ""the vision"". And this organization is only going to grow as long as he is at the helm. He is that rare person who keeps his principles and yet mints profits. 5. Growth opportunities are numerous, for those who are passionate about their job. And the chance to take lateral movements and explore other departments is always available. 6. Amazon is an environmentally conscious organization. Their efforts as an organization to embrace renewable resources and sustainable practices makes me proud to be associated with them. 7. The value system here is unshakable. Everything runs on the leadership principles you will hear about very often and these are diligently applied. There will always be a few bad apples and Amazon has great systems to catch and remove them before too much damage is done. 8. Employee friendly organization. When you have a personal crisis and need support, you can count on your managers and HR to come through.  I can go on and on, but I think I pretty much made the point. If you get the opportunity to work for Amazon. TAKE IT, you will not regret it.","1. Change management could be better. Sometimes it seem like the leaders have decided to jump into the water with both feet in, to test the depth and the average employee is left to deal with the fallout. That might cause some anxiety, for those who cannot cope with change, but eventually things work out as employee feedback is always acted upon. 2. Compensation is not the best in the market. However the flexibility they offer is unparalleled.","SMART goals need to be really ""smart"". Delivering great customer experience is about taking that extra time to go that extra mile. This is sometimes lost due to the excessive push on productivity and impossible goal setting and demand for improvement on the impossible goals each quarter.  Tools required for doing the job are not always very efficient and for small teams getting required changes made is a long and painful process and most often with no changes or results forthcoming.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27094,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Great to learn to lead a team and develop yourself into people manager,"Night shifts, not entirely able to influence what's going on at your department.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27095,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Associate,Good work culture and diversity.,Varies from personal experience for various people,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27096,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad,1) Non-technical job 2) Weekend off,2) Very monotonous 2) Very less pay,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27097,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Awesome company to work with,As a company I have not come across any cons as of now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27098,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWESOME,the best place to work,nothing to complain about amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27099,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feedback,Work-life balance and people are supportive,I didn't see any cons so far,No advice as they are experienced and supportive,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1932.htm
27100,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NICE COMPANY,"Everything good , hike and salary very good",Nothing is there to tell about the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27101,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Engineering Manager,Manager Engineering,"I must say its one of the best place to work, if you are tech savy and want to learn then must work in Amazon. Work life balance and comp is good. No one will stop here your creative brain, its not boss or manager driven company but 100%Engineer driven company. I luv working in Amazon.",i dont see any such cons,Maintain Amazon culture else it will spoil.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27102,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Worst job ever!,"Worked Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri","First of all favoritism is a huge problem. The managers and the PAs seem to give preferential treatment to those who are the same ethnicity as them. There is no A/C where you work. It gets so hot there. A/C only seems to be in the cafeteria and in the offices. No matter the position, the takt time is unrealistic and they put a lot of pressure on you to do over 100%. While working there I've had my takt time changed 3 times because they want us to do over 100%. Some people end up not doing their job properly because they are trying to hit their numbers and it ends up affecting your job. I and others have complained many times, but nothing gets done because to them productivity is the most important thing. Quality takes a back seat to quantity. You get two breaks one is an unpaid half hour and the other one is paid half hour, but with the paid break they don't want you leaving your station until one min before your break (even if you are far from the break room) and they want you back your station the minute the break is over. That means you have to leave before you break finishes. So if your station is a 5 min walk from the break room you end up losing 8-10 mins of your break. You are on your feet for 9.5 hours and that is long. I would never recommend working here to anyone. They don't know how to treat their workers. The only people who love working there are the ones who work in the offices","Deal with the favoritism that is happening. It is blatantly obvious. Set a realistic goal (Takt time) that people can reach without it affecting the quality and when they reach it, don't put pressure on them to do over 100% . Put A/C where people work. It's not right that they have to work in that kind of heat. Consider having people work 8 hour shifts or even 8.5 hour shifts instead of 10.5 hours.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27103,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,none apart from free hot chocolate,"very tiring, only good for quick money",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27104,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best to Worst (ADS),All the best qualities about this place are gone with the wind.,*Management doesn't really care what the employees actually are comfortable with coz they just want robots working for them. *Meetings with Ops team and HR team are completely pointless as the information discussed / promised almost never happens (Even the most realistic issues). *Extremely partial,Kindly take the employee's feedback into consideration and actually change something related to it.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27105,amazon,Gdańsk (Poland)," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Compliance Associate,Senior Compliance Associate,"People that Amazon attracts are awesome, that's why I couldn't stand watching how they waste their lives there",They suck your brain with big words and when it comes to bold ideas you stay bare foot with no support.,Stop brain washing and be credible to your words.,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27106,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,Lead - Vendor Program,Work life balance Good environment Employee benefits,Monotonous work Biased Managers Need a savior for Chennai location,Skip meetings required with all levels,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27107,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,Flexible Environment Brand Name Very high bar on process,No career growth Efforts are not appreciated and identified No way for career progress Poor L&D,Please create path for Career growth,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27108,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best Working Environment,Managers approachable and chilled out. Lot of knowledge to grab if there is willingness. Very employee friendly about leaves and compensation,Too many process changes and steep competition reduces growth opportunities. Difficult to get a lateral transfer.,More transparency and communication should be made for lateral growth opportunities inside the organization.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27109,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support engineer,Startup culture and thing move fast.,Work - life balance is a balance is a bit tricky to maintain.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1933.htm
27110,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,"Good work environment, Excellent growth opportunities,",no fixed timing and week off,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27111,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Bosses were decent, friendly environment",Absurd workload for the pay,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27112,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Quality Control Assurance Associate,"Hardworking, Benefits at the first day, Course payment after one year, Associates get two stocks for free, opportunity to career growth",Positions are more managerial and Less technical,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27113,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company if you are starting your career,Good learning environment Great perks,Nothing as per my experience,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27114,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,Great benefits and hours for employees,Long and hot days during the summer,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27115,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate,Heartless company,Cantine food was decent.  Coworkers were generally easy to get on with.,"Hires a lot of graduates as managers, even those with degrees not in management and then ""trains"" these graduates on the job they'll be managing for one day leaving them with a skewed view of the job.  Pick target is very strict being as low as 0.12% below target is enough to get given negative performance feedback. When asked for actual numbers on what I was expected to hit during my time I was told that an actual number was impossible to give due to the nature of the process paths.  Management don't care for personal issues that could impact work.  Managers don't see staff as human beings, just as numbers.  Benefits aren't all that good with shares for Tier 1's being capped at $1500 meaning that Tier 1 staff only get 1 share per year which then automatically gets sold after two years to cover the ~50% tax that gets cut off and the rest of the benefits being things offered by most large companies.  Management play favourites.  Probably a lot more than I can remember.","Learn the job you're managing fully.  Upper management and HR stop hiring graduates straight from uni as managers on a fast track program.  Try hiring staff that actually know the job that's being managed already.  Try having some empathy. You're workers are human, they have limitations.  Instead of always going for the warnings and dismissal route when people are having target issues, try actually helping them. Instead of pulling them into a disciplinary hearing and telling them they aren't good enough, then giving them a formal warning try finding a role for them that they can actually perform in.  Don't treat your staff like they don't know anything. Just because you read a manual on a process doesn't mean that the process works as it's said to. The staff have first hand experience with that process, and they know how it actually works, they know it's quirks and they know when something is wrong. a computer screen doesn't know everything.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27116,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - MBB,mbb,good office infrastructure and good cafeteria,lot of work pressure micro management Lack of leadership in India,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27117,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,aaa,good for work and in total nice,bad for workload and new things,no,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27118,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Goods Receiver,getting worse,benefits shares and medical insurance are the things keeping people in the job the night rate is not bad,managers have no people skills there are hardly any good managers the ones they do have are usually only interested in punishing people unless your face fits. i have never been so unhappy in a job due to limited opportunities in the area i have had to stay. a lot of managers are new university graduates who speak to people like rubbish and enjoy humiliating people,learn some people skills,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27119,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,I worked for 2 months,I really really loved environment which is completely different from any other company feels more relaxed And managers are also like co employees,I didn’t experienced any cons,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1934.htm
27120,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Csa,they have the best work environment,very less scope for growth,please introduce more ijps and tests,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27121,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Office Manager,Sales executive,Good quotes of amazon in all the customer,No words to tell down in amazon,to include much more new products,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27122,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the best place to work at any time,Big company. Expectations of future. No seniority with experience.,"Bad salary No team work, Experience is not remmunerate",Care about the people if you want to keep talent.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27123,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Multinational environment Smart colleagues Very dinamic day-to-day activities,Long working hours No payment for extra hours Difficult promotion process,"Before creating new opportunities for hiring external people at higher level, by downgrading the technical and practical experience requirment in the job posting description, management should help existing employees to get promoted.",2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27124,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Worst organization ever,1. Interesting work environment. Nothing else,"1. Worst transport facility and management 2. Cafeteria food 3. Work life balance is more than horrible 4. Grp managers and managers sucks 5. Pay is like negligible 6. You won't know when your shift will be changed by their so called term - ""Business requirement"" 7. No recurring IJPS ( ONCE A YEAR) 8. Skills will be changed without any training that would hamper your incentives 9. Leave policy. Managers used to tell to take planned sick leave. WHAT IS PLANNED SICK LEAVE? They will ask for medical certificate for a normal fever sometimes. 10. Mandatory OTs. Even they change the Cab timings as per OT so that the agent won't be able to go home before completing the work.",Increase pay scale if you are up skilling the employees and don't ever call it as cross skilling. Increase the pay scale for the CSAs.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27125,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Ops Associate,Tech Ops Associate,* Get chance to work with brilliant minds * Decent Salary * Quarterly team outings * Provides Work from home option when ever required * Safe place for women employee,* Got to work lot on internal tools which might not be useful outside Amazon,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27126,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Team Lead,"Innovation, Flexible ,Fast change,Culture,Brand & Values .",Process missing in few areas.,"Process Poi let run , New projects implemention .",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27127,amazon,"Great Sankey, England (UK)"," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,1 Year at Amazon,Flexi emergency hours and shares are a nice bonus,Managers are always concerned for numbers and pushing for rates,Don't under staff us,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27128,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing work culture and great career opportunity.,Amazing work culture Continuous growth Team bonding,Pay for overtime seems to be a less when compared to other organizations.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27129,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Best place to work,Perfect place to start your career with.Best place to work.,Everything is fine.Nothing to improve.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1935.htm
27130,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Best place to work,Perfect place to start your career with.Best place to work.,Everything is fine.Nothing to improve.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27131,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Amazon Job CSA - India Phones,Excellent Work Culture Decent Growth Opportunities,Job gets boring after a while,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27132,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Catalog Lead,Amazing company to work with,Great atmosphere to work with,I didn't find any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27133,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - SME,Great place to Work,"- Irrespective of your performance, you get 6 monthly/half-yearly increment without any negotiations! - If one intends to grow within organization, its a Great Place to Work - Performance Bonus / OT payments are quite cool. - Managers here do get Shares and many more benefits!","- Customer Obsession - Organizational / Structural Changes happen like Overnight! - Irrespective of your performance(good or bad), your increments are stable. - Need to do Mandatory OT's when in Peak.","- HR team at times has a pressure to Hire huge number of CS agents within short duration! Due to which the team usually hires anyone to everyone, which later results in under-performance of certain sections of teams and might also lead towards bad customer experience.  Rest, I am one Happy Employee @ Amazon",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27134,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,device associate,Good place to work here,no cons to say from my side,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27135,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Warehouse,"Mnc company, two weeks off",Staff communication not good low class standard.,No advice,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27136,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,Very Chill environment and people,"Will find the work monotonous if your not into it, and the graveyard shifts was a deal breaker for me after a year.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27137,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive,"I've been at Amazon for a month now, and I've seen none of the horror stories being communicated to the public, although Amazon is a large enough company that I'm sure there are good pockets and bad pockets. Everyone here is really smart, and wants to succeed both personally, and as a company. People collaborate and help each other, focus on data, and truly focus on the customer. Every company I've ever worked for talks about how important the customer is, but on day 2, they're forgotten. Amazon seems to genuinely focus on what's best for the customer, and it's awesome to be in meetings where people actually bring that up, and make decisions focused on long-term customer satisfaction.  The opportunities to learn here are literally unlimited, and the opportunity to take on new responsibility is as well. I honestly believe you can be as awesome as you want here.","No cons, so far - seriously. Like I said, I'm sure Amazon has some bad pockets in it here and there, but this is an amazing job, an amazing opportunity, and the biggest thing I have to complain about is that it's a little chilly in our building. I can live with that.  Does Amazon demand high quality, measurable results? Yes! Is it hard work? Yes! Is it rewarding? Yes! So I'm not calling that a 'con'. Work/life …",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27138,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service associate.,"Friendly environment and liberty to work, best place to work at.","I love every thing about Amazon. So, no cons at all.",Nill.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27139,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working,great working environment and flexible working hours,Internal approvals can sometimes be a blocker when you just want to get the job done,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1936.htm
27140,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working,great working environment and flexible working hours,Internal approvals can sometimes be a blocker when you just want to get the job done,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27141,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great perks but need to stay a long while to receive money incentives,Great perks such as working from home and RSU's (restricted shares),"Some shares take up to 3 years to vest, and bonus shares can be offered that take 2 years to vest.","Offer higher increase in salaries to show employees their worth, rather than restricted shares that take 2 years to vest.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27142,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC Associate,Good Working Environment Proper Breaks,Long-Standing for 10 Hours Shifts,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27143,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Technician,Work life balance,Amazon provides work life balance,Lesser Salary for freshers (except Dev),none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27144,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Marketing,Digital marketing,best is good vibes best is all the back ad team support and any other different things,all the good in culture and good in behavior,maximum great skills and great performance,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27145,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,Good learning environment in company.,Work life balance can be improved.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27146,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support associate,The best place to work.,"Shifts and timings, food and too.",You did a great job. I was comfortable working there. But I don't know whats the situation now.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27147,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn and grow,"Work with smart people. Work with high quality development tools and frameworks. Work on stuff that makes a difference. Switch positions (teams, roles) easily. Learn a lot.","Not that flexible work arrangements. Benefits are not great. Have fun of ""work hard, have fun, make history"" is largely missing.","My advice to Jeff Bezos? Hahaha, he is clearly above and beyond mere mortals. Amazon corporate structure is so big and complex that I don't even know who owns what under Jeff.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27148,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,"Professional work environment, great work life balance",They value your personal time. Sure there will be days when you re expected to go beyond and deliver and in most cases you'll realize this yourself. If you plan in advance your holidays are respected and work is scheduled around. Great facilities.,Increment is usually in single digits unless youre getting promoted,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27149,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team lead,"Smart People ,ownership, Structure and thinking, Great compensation","Long hours, no enough training,",none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1937.htm
27150,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Come in and join us,Stock options are very good. People around here live the principles every day and remind you to do so. It's not just an inspirational text.,Frugality is one of the leadership principle. This is cool until you compare to other companies and miss some basic stuffs.,Take care of on boarding process. It may be frustrating for some people that are too much into the self-service way of doing.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27151,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - CSNA Resolution Specialist,CSNA Resolution Specialist,Rapid Advancement if your willing to put in the work.Ability to develop leadership skills. Decent pay.medical and other benefits,Shifts and very unreasonable customers,Consider stock options for level 3 employees,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27152,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Nice company,No dress code and got opportunity for Freshers to start with a brand,No frequent promotions and moreover many metrics to be satisfied,Promote the internal employees rather than hiring from outside,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27153,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Retouch Associate,retouch associate,you will love to work in Amazon,opportunities will be less in this team and management is not good. coz BPO background cant understand basic needs of designing,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27154,amazon,"Warrington, North West England, England (UK)"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Good work culture, good environment",Well a bit dusty on the robotic floor.,Need to clean the robotic floor either vacuum it or wet clean it.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27155,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - AWS Core Agent,AWS CORE AGENT,"Salary , good environment, benefits","not enough training, distance, grid locks.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27156,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Amazing work culture at Amazon,HR dept not approachable here.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27157,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist,Flexible Internal Transfer system,"You can apply to any role you are interested within amazon without consulting your manager, they are very open to employee applying to other positions within the company. This way if you have new opportunities you don't have to hesitate to apply immediately","Some employees are overworked and some aren't. There is a lack of pay parity within teams. And it's hierarchy driven which is not a nice environment to work in sometimes, hinders your potential to contribute beyond your designation or level.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27158,amazon,Indore (India)," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - VCS,"The worst company fooling its employees, exploiting them and underpaying the employees",The only positive is that they make you work double at a very low salary if you feel that is a positive!,"In the name of Work from home they are exploiting the employees.A lot false promises are made by the company at the time of hiring you but when you start working everything changes. 5 months internet reimbursement is not given, performance bonus incentive criteria is made so tough that nobody can get that or very few people can get that",God bless the Management of this company!,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27159,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good working environment for growth,unreasonable working hours even during off days.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1938.htm
27160,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,"Salary competitive in BC, great colleague s to work with",Pressure is high and salary raise is not good,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27161,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,More Cool,"Freedom to voice out, Cool place to work. Faster growth","Over burdening, lack of Transparency",Old Amazon should be back,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27162,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting to work for AWS,Great opportunities to improve your skills. Large availability of documentation and trainings. Huge community willing and ready to help.,No particular cons at the moment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27163,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - AWS Technical Account Manager,"Work hard, have fun, make history","Leadership principles. Most of the times, strong hiring process. Internal opportunities.",It is not very competitive in compensations. Tenure is too much important.,Tenure is too much important.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27164,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer IV,Software Development Engineer 4,"- Amazon is a great place to learn and understand what it means to work with large scale systems. The Amazon infrastructure is massive and in the 1,5 years I am here there still a lot of new things to learn.  - There are lots and lots of developers with various different technical backgrounds from whom you can learn.  - There are lots of benefits and good compensation that the company provides.  - There is a lot of flexibility that developers have to plan their own time and the hierarchical structure is very flat, meaning you can speak to any of your managers etc.",- Due to the large size of the company some teams are very ops heavy and deploying new changes to production can be a long process some time.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27165,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Services Assistant,"Work Hard, Have Fun",- Update with the latest services AWS has to offer. - A better understanding of the services so that we can better assist our customers. - People you work with are of the best people to work with.,"Stats driven, it will be a tough journey once you start, however, if you are willing to learn, grow and keep pushing forward then possibilities are endless.",To take a bigger interest in your team and how you can assist them to grow.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27166,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst environment ever,"the salary was OK, not great","Extremely bad management. They only care about fast delivery, even hours overtime if needed (most of the times needed) and as long as someone makes their problems go away (getting the job done) they don't care about how appropriate that person's behaviour is towards the others. No work life balance. No realistic roadmap, no career plan. Some people were bullied and they were pushed away, even if they were seniors. No realistic performance review, the direct manager is the only one who has a word to say about this. There were some great managers, very few, those have my deep respect.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27167,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - SysDE,Everything was so cool,"You are expected to learn and you'll have a lot of time to do that. Sign up bonus, sometimes relocation bonus, excellent compensation. You are working with the best, even though they are humble and they help you in anything you need (but don't expect them to spend a lot of time explaining, just ask for directions on where to find the documentation).","Everything changes so fast. You have a LOT to learn in the beginning, Amazon has its own way of doing everything and you have to learn the best practices. No free lunch, but compensated with your earnings, so you can choose where to eat, anyways you'll lose some time there, and you are expected to do so. Noone will sit with you and explain how things work for more than 15 minutes, you'll have to read a lot, but it's worth it, after that you'll be more independent.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27168,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - External Logistics Manager,Very good,"Salary , growth , job opportunities , dynamicity , scope",Typical cons of huge multinational companies,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27169,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Representative,Amazing place to work,great workplace and a good place to grow,annoying transport which is a major problem,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1939.htm
27170,amazon,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Mechanical Process Engineer,Mechanical Process Engineer,"All amazon employees are very professional, and passionate to process their jobs. If you want to do something here, there are many resource to be used. All technical problem or topic, everybody can always give dive deep answer and willing to share their knowledge","Workload is heavier, over time is very common. Project schedule is tight and can not delay.",We can keep good relationship with each other.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27171,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Meritocratic, fast moving environment, smart management","Long hours, travelling often, collegiate approach",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27172,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A,Very googd company to work with.,Managers are too young to manage all the people.,none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27173,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Lots of teams to shift to. And many smart people around.,Real bad managers and culture,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27174,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,Good facilities and good flexibility,Long hours standing and dusty environment,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27175,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,risk investigator,good work environment management is good,heavy work load less things to learn,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27176,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service associate,"I was enthused about working for Amazon for two reasons: One, I’d already heard that it was a great place to work, and that it was pioneering in many areas, and Two, I saw it as an opportunity to move from test-related roles to pure software development",no downsides to work in amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27177,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Test Engineer,Software Test Enngineer,Good place to start your career.,Not much cons as of now,Everything is goog,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27178,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Operations in DC,Offers a good package and big opportunities for a career. It is better for a senior perspective rather than an starting position.,Too much pressure on the managers in order to deliver results. Work enviroment no really good.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27179,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-II,Good. But a bit hectic,"High salary, brand value, learning.",Very hectic. Work life balance suffers,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1940.htm
27180,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CLDP manager,"Fast, innovative, rotation programme, great location","Overtime, competitive, weakness based evaluation system",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27181,amazon,"Milton, ON (Canada)"," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,"Quick Pace, fellow associates are great to work with. Managers and PA's are also great to work with.",I've only worked 9 weeks so far...non as of yet.,I've only worked 9 weeks so far...I cannot give any reasonable advice this far in my job position.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27182,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good Company to work for,Good Company to work for and has a lot of pros,Lesser perks compared to other tech giants Work life balance takes a hit,Treat employees also as customer,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27183,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Quality Associate,work culture is one of the main reason to work at Amazon,No control over any branding.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27184,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,"Good company, great people, good wlb,",vacation time is good and mostly not accounted,a.in has a lot of attrition and sometimes teams may have periods without great work,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27185,amazon,"Churchill, ON (Canada)"," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Ware House Associate,ware house associate,"nice, good, motivative, having chance for development","timings, they are not fit for my timings",maintain,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27186,amazon,"Warrington, North West England, England (UK)"," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,"Decent pay, good hours, overtime nearly always available","two breaks in a ten and a half hour shift. Second break is 30 minutes and doesn't include walking time, several minutes can be lost for break depending on where you are in the building compared to security","Give walking time on second break. If you work by security it doesn't matter, other areas can take quite a while to walk to and from in relation to 30 minute break.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27187,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Great leadership experience. Very fast faced. Lots to learn.,Work life balance not so good. Physically very tiring.,Please create a process to retain employees for longer duration.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27188,amazon,Haifa (Israel)," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,HDE at Amazon,"Work environment, facility condition staff professionalism. Relatively high compensation.","I have to write here 20 words, so this system will allow me to continue. I will look for something to write",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27189,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - IT Manager,IT Manager,"Good Work Environment, Good Name",Management Heavy layer. Deaf towards employee issues.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1941.htm
27190,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,"Get to learn alot, good to start","Worklife balance, salary structure sucks",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27191,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start,- flexibility - great people - free parking - great environment - WFH,- low salary - bad management - promos,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27192,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,"* Get chance to work with brilliant minds * Complete ownership of the tasks you work on * Good salary & Lot of perks (Transport reimbursement, internet health) * Monthly/Bi weekly team outings",* Got to work lot on internal tools which might not be useful outside Amazon,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27193,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked with Amazon for 3 YEars,Best Company Till Date.,Sometime management expectations are high,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27194,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - SDE1,Good. Customers first. Employees get good treatment too.,Food is awesome and work from home.,Sometimes the leadership talks in Tamil.,People should talk in English.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27195,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service,"Work culture is good in Amazon, the best place to work with and no work pressure I always want to go back to Amazon. Com",As of now I don't think any down sides of Amazon but changes in the organization structure would be the worst thing that happened.,"Nothing, As of now I don't think any down sides of Amazon but changes in the organization structure would be the worst thing that happened.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27196,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA,Good work culture in the office,nothing much to share the cons*,can be more better,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27197,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some facts about working in amazon,Fixed Schedule Benefits of insurance Learning the E-commerce Business Name game,Pay is relatively less than other similar jobs Favouritism Some people find ways to doge work conflicts of interest,Reduce Favouritism Change rate game understand employee needs,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27198,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Fraud Investigator,Senior Fraud Investigator,"Cool, young enviroment, modern offices, equipment, good training, shares.","Low base pay salary, internal systems, poor management, productivity metrics.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27199,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,catalog associate,good work environment friendly colleagues Good managers,Micro management less pay stressful Hike is very less,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1942.htm
27200,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,catalog associate,good work environment friendly colleagues Good managers,Micro management less pay stressful Hike is very less,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27201,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,!,Culture Workplace - Clean and Comfortable People Facilities provided Easy Access to data,Growth Salary No Work Life Balance Constant change in org structure Shifts No opportunities for travel,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27202,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate - German,Great experience so far,"Great place to work, nothing much to complain about. They have got everything covered for you.",Sometimes because of SLAs there's a bit of pressure but that's easily manageable.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27203,amazon,Indore (India)," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,A good experience of VCS but a worse one with discrepancies.,1. VCS is a good opportunity for people who do not want to work from an office and like the comfort of their homes to work.,"1. No Transparency to employees in their salaries. 2. The process of internet reimbursement is very slow. I haven't received it since 3 months. 3. The leaders rarely connect with the employees. 4. The HR dept will simply tell you that they will get back to you for any issues you have. Later you will not get any response and you will just have to get over it. 5. At the time of recruitment, everybody was hired with critically low package because they had applications in abundance. The package was mentioned as non-negotiable but a few days later people were hired with almost double the package previously offered. 6. The management is not easily accessible for any queries.",Transparency is the best customer centric policy. Take care of your employees and they will take care of the customers.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27204,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply chain,"Lots of learning , talented people, promotion ,","Work life balance ,low payments, stressful working environment",Takecare of employees,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27205,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon receivable analyst,- good balance work life,"Low salary, takes time to climb the ladder",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27206,amazon,Pune City (India)," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,good environment,max enjoyment and good working experience,they offer less salary than other organisations.,it is good. nothing to say.....,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27207,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Selller support associate,Good Salary. On time Salary. Food coupons,None as of now for this organisation.,None as of now to the management.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27208,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work,Great place to learn and grow,Not found any thing as Cons,"All are great , keep the good work going",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27209,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Working at Amazon in Slovakia,"Modern office, flexible working hours, great atmosphere, management support and understanding, growing opportunities","Being a huge company, work become repetitive sometimes",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1943.htm
27210,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Working at Amazon in Slovakia,"Modern office, flexible working hours, great atmosphere, management support and understanding, growing opportunities","Being a huge company, work become repetitive sometimes",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27211,amazon,Noida (India)," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Training,Training Specialist,Best workplace environment. Good packages.,Very fast paced and dynamic work environment which might not suit everyone.,Stop taking Biased decisions.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27212,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It has a great working environment.,Can learn many things here.,I did not found any.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27213,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - Campus Recruiter,Campus Recruiter Review,None at that comes to my mind.,"Here are some interesting points:  1) The senior campus team is made up on only one Hyderabad based business school and no one else is part of this group.  2) There is no set process in place and each campus recruiter can have different processes in different campus eg: In campus A they might conduct 3 rounds of interview and hire a candidate and whereas for the same role they would conduct 2 rounds of interview in some other campus.  3) For past two years that is 2016 and 2017 the campus recruitment team has not visited any campus cause they over hired previously. This shows their sense of direction and planning. The team sits and does “projects” all throughout the year to project themselves as productive.  4) Senior management uses the company cost code and books flights, cabs for personal uses many times and claims its under campus recruiting cost.  5) The only way to grow from lower level to mid level is my providing personal favors to senior campus team members. Especially the ones from the business school in Hyderabad, they enjoy such luxury.",Change the senior management in campus recruitment team else all your,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27214,amazon,Perungudi (India)," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,catalog associate,Friendly environment work from home option work life balance,Slow promotion nothing else Cab deduction is high,Increase the pay,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27215,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good remuneration, bad work life balance","Redundant, monotonous work in the team",Bad work life balance in company,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27216,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Vendor Manager,"fast paced, exciting, opportunity to develop",more sign off needed to make each and every decision,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27217,amazon,Taramani (India)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate,Free cool job,"Stress free,resting period perfectly suits for women needed break.",Not a big challenge to learn things actually nothing there to learn at all,Nothing can be done,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27218,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Onboarding Team Supervisor,Onboarding Team Supervisor,- Transparency in hiring processes - Several Career Opportunities in different areas - Excellent organizational enviroment - Strong company culture and engagement - Great leadership with a balanced focus on the employee and customer,- Little to no investment in employee education programs,Improve budget dedicated to educate leaders,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27219,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Associate,Best Organization to work with.,Everything is pretty good. No cons to say.,None. keep going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1944.htm
27220,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,Customer focus and Bias for action gives lot of flexibility. Friendly peers.,frugality deprives of the many incentives,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27221,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager - Operations,Competitive pay Fast pace environment Commitment to safety Customer obsession Growth opportunities,No work- Life balance Long working hours,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27222,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Processing Associate,AMAZON_WTC,1.Work environment is good. 2.Managers listen to your point of view. 3.Managers are quick in solving problems related to work. 4.Colleagues are good and they are helping in nature.,1.As per work salary is less. 2.Growth is limited.,"Arrange classes for the employees so that they can move to technical field in amazon itself ,if they fulfilled the requirement. Increase the salary of the non technical employees also so that they feel motivated .",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27223,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for builders to build,"With the right data, you can have a huge influence on decision-making and the business in general. There's a strong corporate culture that everyone buys into, facilitating discussion and consensus-building around shared values. You'll get to build things on a scale rarely matched by other companies.","While politicking is frowned upon, it sometimes does happen. You'll get to work with a good amount of internal tools that don't necessarily translate well outside the company.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27224,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,software development engineer,Good compensation on site opportunities,long working hours are there.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27225,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Package.,It's a great company to work with.,Package offered is less comparatively.,Shortlisting process should be a little less on the basis of the college and University.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27226,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test,Join if you or family is starving.,Good salary and stocks. option to learn new technology.,Amazonians are Desperate rather than obsessed. Bad culture. employee try to get them self highlighted by high lighting others weakness. Rat race Bad leadership. Most of leaders are in action to secure their position. Eliminating any change inside or outside the team.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27227,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Specialist,"Innovative Methodology, Freedom at work, Think Big, Pay leader in the Market, Excellent Benefits","Work Pressure, Always Raising the Bar in expectations and Performance",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27228,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best places to work for,"Great growth opportunities Awesome people, nice work and work culture",Nothing that I feel as of now,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27229,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Oracle Applications Developer,Oracle Application Developer,Best place to work. Friendly environment. Lot of opportunities to learn and implement. Work from home and vacation policies are the best. No shift timings. No dress code :),No Negative review.Its always the best,You are at the best. :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1945.htm
27230,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Finance,Goods receiver,A continuous challenge to reach the daily objective.,Working on your feet for many hours,Provide more opportunities for internal associates,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27231,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Best company in the world,* The talent is amazing - love working with new hires and old timers * Exciting businesses always focused on the customer in every decision * Challenging projects and work to really make an impact,* Not for everyone especially not for people who are exclusively motivated by entitlements * Company Amazon size now is a target for sensationalized press that don't always capture the true Amazon experience,"Continue to look for innovative and creative ways to invest in the customer, employees and communities",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27232,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Compliance Manager,A great place to work,Good fun environment that encourages people to speak up and voice their views. I have been working for Amazon for over a year and really love it. This company really puts the customer first. Some of the places that I worked before only really believed that they put the customer first.,"As the company is based all over the world, some meetings can be at unsociable hours.",Keep going!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27233,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Account Executive, Amazon Web Services",Amazing people and environment to learn from. Love the quick pace and ability to move fast. Customer Obesssion is truly on full display at Amazon,Everyone is doing multiple jobs and time/bandwidth is constrained,Keep hiring Customer Obsessed people,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27234,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Amazon,"Flexible to work,Good culture at work .We can shine in a short period of time .","Am confirm-table working here .As of now there is no much Cons in it.Comparing to Chennai ,Bangalore is less in fun event",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27235,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior FIN Ops Associate,Working Environment Is Extraordinary,Results Is what all Matters,Management Of Bangalore Fin Ops Team is not Good,Could be more Transparent,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27236,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,One of the best place to learn,"* Many learning opportunities * Very dynamic environment and adapt to change is fast * Get to design, implement and own large systems * Complex working environment gives more clarity and high customisation * Good compensation","* Work-life balance may take a hit * Company culture is not homogenous, hence, a lot depends on your team for what kind to work you get.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27237,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Area Operations Manager,"A great place to gain experience, take ownership and drive your career forward","Opportunity to work with cutting edge processes and technology. Gain industry experience knowledge quicker than any other company. Be rewarded with excellent salary, shares and benefits.","Can be difficult to get into, when Amazon recruit you need to go for it. Work life balance needs to be managed carefully. You need to manage your time management well.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27238,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome work,Everything is just woow an amazing.,no cons for this great workplace,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27239,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Specialist,Good company to work for as a fresher,"great work life balance, wonderful atmosphere, less pressure and can learn a lot",growth is not much unless you drive yourself and undertake ownership of work you do,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1946.htm
27240,amazon,"Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy)"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,An AmazING company,Amazon is an amazing company that invest on your growth,work with shifts could be difficult for someone,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27241,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Specialist,Good work environment and good culture,Less support from senior management,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27242,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Assurance Engineer,Good Pay and good recognized company,Work life balance is a myth,Consider employee's bandwidth before commiting to a goal,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27243,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 24, 2018",Former Employee - SDE1,Amazon hyderabad,"Nice team, good salary, lots of fun","Heavy work load, poor work life balance",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27244,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Fast pace International culture Lead-your-own-career mindset Compensation is above average fr the supply-chain industry,"Fast pace means you will feel lost multiple times, especially during your first months in the company. Office spaces are far from ideal. Experience is extremely team dependent and almost impossible to identify before joining",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27245,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 8, 2018","Current Employee - Manager, Account Management",Great Company,"Career Progression, Remuneration, Work mobility, Work-life balance",A lot of info and fast product development can make it difficult to keep pace,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27246,amazon,"Bromley, England (UK)"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Amazon,No pros... except that you can tell your friends .. heyy.. i work at amazon.. and thats it,So these people put you on a drug test and if you have smoked marijuana they kick you off.. so its really st*pid that these i*iots dont like the nature!,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27247,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard and have a blast while doing it,"Amazing work culture, unparalleled technical expertise, State of the art technology, amazing office infrastructure. We swear by our leadership principles and live by them everyday that we work at Amazon",This is not a place for slackers - if you cant work and work consistently every single day then dont even try for AWS/Amazon - there is no place for slackers at all!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27248,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business specialists,Best place for a women,Promotion is the draw back,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27249,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Project Manager,Good place,Great to work. Fantastic place,shift system is not so good,Please focus on employee engagebility,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1947.htm
27250,amazon,Pune City (India)," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - D2VTS Team Manager,D2VTS - Building The future of Customer Service one step at a time.,Dynamic Working Environment. Work from Home. Challenging & Scope for Responsibilities. The Best Work Culture Out there Is.,No onsite Exposure (Work from Home). Complex Pay Structure.,"Keep on creating new Initiatives, so we can be a part it and help Amazon be the best customer centric company on the planet.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27251,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Amazon Prague,"Pros are benefits, paid public transportation, multisport card, stocks and holidays.","Pay is adjusted to the paying standards in the CR therefore for, many expacts this may seem low, but it is still above the average.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27252,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Very Great working environment I found there,More self learning was required,Just keep up the great work,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27253,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Security Systems Analyst/Administrative Executive,Security System Analyst/Admin Executive,Good place to work and learn.,At the end of my tenure bad Management,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27254,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - ISS Representative,ISS Rep,Good Salary Potential Meet Friends,Working Hours Less Break Time Bad Food,More Communicate With AA Give Them More Opportunity,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27255,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Modern say slavery,Benefits starting day one Only some benefits are worth it The entire job employment and everything is done online digitally,"Working at amazon has to have been one of the worst experiences of my life. . If I could describe working at Amazon in one word, it would be fear. Fear of going to the bathroom, fear of walking around on your break, fear of doing your job even. The amount of pressure and strain your body will take for standing 10 hours straight everyday will be the first reason as to why anyone would leave. The competition is unreal. The way people will stare at you as if you were just born yesterday. The location that I worked at YYZ4, is entirely run by Indian people. 99.9% brown. Amazon runs on a point system so that means if you arrive to work late (even by minutes), leave early (even by minutes), or miss work for whatever reason, you get ""rewarded"" with a point. 6 points and your done. Safety doesnt exist because your numbers are what matters. Everything is done on a computer and/or tablet so everything is measured in numbers. You must achieve 100% everyday or you will be subject to termination. They will threaten your livelihood every single day. Eating in the cafeteria I like to call incredibly disturbing. You will get wicked looks and stares of disapproval from almost anyone. Please be warned that working at Amazon is not for everyone and that they will chew you up and spit you out because they know how expendable you are.",Diversity Diversity Diversity .,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27256,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,Senior Human Resources Assistant,"Pro: The only reason I even took this job was so I can have Amazon on my resume. And the year I spent there worked out. I received so many call backs just because I worked for Amazon ( even though I learned nothing). So would I go through this hell of a low paying job again? I mean it did land my high paying job, but that also is dependent on how you advertise to your next employer how you did so much at amazon otherwise, DO NOT TAKE THE JOB.","This is by far the worst job I ever had.  Salary: $25 an hour - a 10k signing bonus that is prorated – if you leave before the end of your year you have to pay it back (aka your stuck after taxes take half of it anyways). 25 stocks given, but that is also divided yearly. End of first year you get one measly stock, end of second year you get 3, end of third year you get 6 etc.  There is no work life balance. You are given any shift they want to give you. You sign a contract stating they can change your shift without notice. I was given the night shift and never changed. Even when a new member after me was hired she was given the morning shift because well everything is political in the warehouse. If you want to move up get “friendly” with your manager. If you ever speak out about the issues in the warehouse or your team, be warned they will put you on a development plan.  The job itself: Although the title says Sr HRA – it is at best a data entry, receptionist job. No where near HR. You are required to copy and paste meeting notes into emails. Make sure people punch in and out. Fix time clocks. You learn nothing. You work on nothing HR related. T is a total disaster in there.",start caring for your employees instead of just yourself.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27257,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,Transportation specialist,"Good work, Amazing work culture, Team work, Great office, Allowance","Less pay, Timings, Night shifts, Break timing, Approval of leaves",Increase the pay,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27258,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Professional culture with the execution speed of start-ups,Flexible timings Complete ownership of projects Full transparency A lot of senior engineers to learn from,Less focus on recreational stuff and in-house canteens,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27259,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Engineer,Best Working Environment and Opportunities to develop yourself to the best.,Work Life Balance ic not that much good,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1948.htm
27260,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Engineer,Best Working Environment and Opportunities to develop yourself to the best.,Work Life Balance ic not that much good,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27261,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - QAE,Work Life Balance,Good work life balance,No cons as of now,None,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27262,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development,A company with full of energy & customer centricity,Every necessary information is documented to make it easier to do self help Customer focus and Bias for action gives lot of flexibility and be more productive High energy and high speed organization,Frugality deprives of the many incentives like Food etc,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27263,amazon,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Representative,Amazon Mexico,Good Salary and benefits of employment,"Terrible leadership, the professional grown opportunities are almost none, and the way that the managers and the coworkers treat you is just terrible, no human organizational culture, they promote bulling between the coworkers and allow a terrible working environment, definitely this company needs to improve their processes, leadership and way of treating employees",Please help your leadership team please,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27264,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - SDS Senior Associate,SDS Sr Associate,"Friendly environment to work, scope of learning, scope of growth,",If unexpected org changes happen its bad for employee growth and learning,Experience should be given due credit,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27265,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resource Assistant,"Excellent communication, teamwork, adm organization and growth.","Schedules, cafeteria, transportation and supplies.",Match the needs with current lifestyles and be more flexible.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27266,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied,Very good and well to learn new things,Challenging is to communicates with more and more peoples,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27267,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Administrator,"Multicultural environment, quite good benefits , travel pass allowance and additional vacations in case you have child, helpful people, good place where to beggin, if you are in the part of the team that does payroll preparation then you can learn a lot about legislation","Falsity,hypocrisy, very bad management, high fluctuation, you have to be friend of a manager otherwise you will not do carrier, no trainings about legislation, no interest of making grow employees",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27268,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,various shift available to an employee,need to stand for long hours,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27269,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work with a unique culture,"good share plan, flexible working if you are in an EU team, alot of smart people, very strong culture and company vision - always something exciting. Great MBA program.","Ops and corporate are two different worlds, bare that in mind when reading the reviews. The Corp offices have a much better culture than ops. Sometimes questionable review processes.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1949.htm
27270,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Best company to work in India,"Open work culture, no dress code, no hierarchy, no formal culture , Good pay, work from home opportunities, easy to switch the profile, etc.",Sometimes work from home becomes boring,Not as such,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27271,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Excellent,"Being challenged every day to raise the bar. Having real ownership at all levels Working with brilliant people, who are extremely intelligent and innovative Self development and continuous learning promoted and very much part of the culture. Encouragement to try new ways and learn from mistakes, seen as a real strength.","Work life balance can be challenging at first, as the learning curve is very steep. The extra investment in time spent on personal development is worth it, as the work life balance can be much improved with increased knowledge",Continue to communicate to keep teams in the loop and aligned to the shared goals,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27272,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Junior Graphic Designer,I have finished photoshop certification,I am working with in a challenging position,I have managed different strategy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27273,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Risk Analyst,Best place to work,"Amazon is best place to work, changes are very frequent which makes it's employees very innovative. Lot of things to learn.","Nothing to write about, if one is not adoptable to change, won't be able to work long here.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27274,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior NA Digital Customer Service Associate,Senior NA Digital Customer Service Associate,* The rewards and recognition process provides a drive to work towards getting extra funds in order to better yourself in near future.,"* Working the unnormal hours, overnight meetings.  * the work load that is being done by TCSA's is immense because of the amount of skills that we have, the work is then increased by transferring agents that do not do their jobs as per job title.  * the amount of work done is not being recognized accordingly, work performance is purely based on statistics and this usually puts agents off.","Advice: *To find an alternative other than/along with statistics to judge agents performance. the most important Leadership principle states that if solely focused on Customer obsession anything is else.  *Provide growth through the various departments in Amazon, ie Seller support, AWS. A more direct link through to our AWS team will also provide the basis to give out the training to create more Tech savvy representatives.",5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27275,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon,Amazon,"Collaborative environment, fast paced , exciting and innovative",none that I have witnessed yet!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27276,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - EndUser Support,EndUser Support,"Positive culture and real life workable shift schedules. Equal opportunity career paths regardless of tenure status High focus on customer experience improvement for customers and employees Optional opportunities for self development are available for learning in personal time No strict leadership hierarchy Dynamic and continuous change, company does not remain static in it's daily routine",No room for a comfort zone (Since there are so many changes happening all the time) - you will need to be prepared to change workflow often and stay updated with latest changes.,Continuously motivate employees and newly hired staff to take on optional learning.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27277,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Manager,A permanent MBA,"Just for reference I've been with Amazon working in finance for almost two years at the time of this review.  The place has the spirit of a startup but without funding constraints and to me this has been a permanent MBA in terms of continuous learning and experiences with top managers/peers. It is a very hands on company, you are the main character when it comes to your area of responsibility and see the direct impact on the business as well as local community of your decisions.  The company really puts its own employees first when it comes to career growth/new opportunities. This is a fast growing company and provided results are there you do get growth opportunities as meritocracy is applied.","Not necessarily a cons per se but more as a warning: you do have to be super autonomous: You need to plan yourself, you have to identify who your customer is and what the needs are and organize yourself accordingly.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27278,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,mturk 2018,"Great job until 2016, worst after 2017","Now mturk become worst, all requesters left mturk because increase in commission from 10% to 40%. In 2013-2016 boom in work, daily 10 to 20 projects to work, but now 1 project in couple days. I don't know who is head of mturk, he is worst person.",Decrease requesters commission to 20%.,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27279,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easy,Lots of overtime Dont have to deal with anyone,On your feet a lot,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1950.htm
27280,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Quality Service Associate,Good work place. Keep learning,Nothing is bad keep learning,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27281,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Hard work, Great people.","Get the chance to work with great people, from all over the world. Get a lot of chances to see other job roles in different departments. Lot's of opportunities for improvement. I have serious mental health issues, and the company has been so supportive, not many companies are. I am encouraged to be myself.","Every task can be repetitive. The shifts are long, and can be very hard if not used to physical work, can easily walk at least 7 miles a day.",Treat every associate the same.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27282,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support Team Lead,"Great work environment, great salary and growth",Night shifts specially from 10pm to 7am is bad,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27283,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company..,Nice environment to learn and work independently,slow growth..and wait for an oppurtunity for a long time..,promote persons by experience also..,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27284,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,data analyst,young and vibrant and energetic employees,salary too less compared to the pressure of the job,please we are human not slaves,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27285,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Environmental Health and Safety Specialist,Health and safety specialist job,"- Training material and content to assist with job is available, leaving it up to you. If you want to ace in your job. There is room for growth and learning. In health and safety field probably one of most safety driven companies. We are given room for testing and implement new changes.",I do not have any cons at current time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27286,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,Very good to work n excel,Nothing I can see in thid,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27287,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,CSR Amazon India Hyderabad,Relaxed work environment Great company values,"Poor upper management Relatively low basic pay, you make money only if you work overtime.",none,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27288,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Too work oriented, no respect for work life balance of employee","You get to learn a lot in a very short period of time, and is actually helpful to boost your career","It's super competitive all the time. No respect for work life balance of employee, they just want the work done and never stop.","Care more for retention of employee, otherwise in a few years all good employee will move away, and never return.",1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27289,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process associate salary,good organisation healthy work environment,sometimes too much of work,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1951.htm
27290,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service associate,We had lot of fun there. They have very chilling environment in there office.,Along with fun we had lot of work load. Compensation was not up to mark.,They should increase the salary as per the work load.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27291,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - NOC Support Engineer,Its still Day 1,"Employee benefits, work culture, equal oppurtunities for growth","Work life balance, cafetaria food, hr availability",Help employees to learn new skills,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27292,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MBA Summer,Great operational procedures and really smart people who work there,It feels like part of a colt,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27293,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,- Exposed to managerial role,- Very busy - Lack of direction - Lack of support for new managers,none,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27294,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Good for a short term experience and for workaholics.,Work with very smart people around. Exposure to digital tools.,Poor quality of work. You go back 5 yrs in your career in the kind of work you are expected to do. Too long working hours. Too disorganized.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27295,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Difficult to progress, good place to work.",Good management (Media Group) Fast growth,Difficult to progress to higher levels due to reduction of managers High performers get 1% annual review rise.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27296,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn but lack of work-life balance,Great place to start your career.,"Bad work-life balance Zero perks Often, people feel they are not doing anything big",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27297,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Fun,High Growth. Lots of opportunities,Too much work. No work life balance,Should try to improve employee satisfaction,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27298,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,BEST WORK PLACE,Excellent work place for growth and to improve our skills,As per my knowledge there are no issues,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27299,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"""Good Total Comp package (including benefits and work life balance)",There is no flaw in this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1952.htm
27300,amazon,Indore (India)," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - CSA,"Not worth time, worst management and HRs.","Home based work, If you don't have any other opportunity.","I don't have Zita card even after 4 months. HR rude in Indore Trainers are from south India, who don't even know English. My internet expenses are pending for last 3 months. Low pay. One 13000 even I have 3 years experience. I don't know why I joined this company. I guess it was my fault for visiting that cheap office of their at regus.",Read some management books. You still have time to learn.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27301,amazon,Pune (India)," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Associate,"Awesome work environment, flexible life","Change in management has been done recently , leading to a change in rules, hard to adapt",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27302,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,It has Great work culture,The salary is very Poor,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27303,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect workculture,Good salary Competitive Growth Development opportunities,"Nothing as such, some pressure days in an year",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27304,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Catalogue Associate,Career in Amazon,Great work environment and good encouragement of innovative ideas,Insurance policies for Amazonians are not very effective.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27305,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Great place to work and learn,Workplace fun  Like minded people around,I would say transparency in internal job postings,Keep doing the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27306,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,BEST WORK PLACE,Excellent work place for growth and to improve our skills,As per my knowledge there are no issues,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27307,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Last Mile Program Management,"Steep learning curve, working on new things all the time, fast paced.",Too many silos makes same work done by many people,Better project planning required,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27308,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with,Good work atmosphere and great opportunity to grow,No great balance between work and life,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27309,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RSP associate,I like very much to work in Amazon,I do not know downsides at work,Have interest for everything you can learn at work,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1953.htm
27310,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Great place to work and learn,Workplace fun  Like minded people around,I would say transparency in internal job postings,Keep doing the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27311,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Devlopment Engineer,Good Exposure to latest Development Stack,Not at all structured. No respect for persons personal life,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27312,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Last Mile Program Management,"Steep learning curve, working on new things all the time, fast paced.",Too many silos makes same work done by many people,Better project planning required,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27313,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with,Good work atmosphere and great opportunity to grow,No great balance between work and life,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27314,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RSP associate,I like very much to work in Amazon,I do not know downsides at work,Have interest for everything you can learn at work,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27315,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Business Intelligence Engineer,Amazon has a very decent culture. Provide alot to learn,Work pressure as usual its every where.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27316,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Interesting Place to work,Free seasonal fruit Can do home office Can start between 0600-1000 in the morning You are in charge of how you work and when you want to take a break you can easily do so,"Even though you could theoretically start early and leave early it is difficult because the team tends to have meetings at 1700. So you normally do not leave the office before 1800 . As most people arrive at around 0900. IT can be positive or negative, but it is a highly independent work, were you need to teach yourself and seek help actively, which can be tiring in the beginning when needing to learn alot.","Create a smoother ramp up, with more hands on learning. Really explain the possibilities of being able to change positions within the company. Don't overload your workforce so that the standard 40 hour weeks are impossible to adhere to.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27317,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to learn technology. Great leadership principles.,Great learning experience. Career growth.Customer focus.,Low salary as per industry standard.,Salary is below par as per industry standard. Would advice to review for keeping employee motivated.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27318,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer,Work from home easily available,Work load is high. work life balance compromised,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27319,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Awesome place to work,No pressure to reach SLAs. Women friendly environment,No cons it is perfect place to work,Be the same,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1954.htm
27320,amazon,Pune City (India)," Jun 3, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Amazon Customer Support,"Great salary, Nice work Culture",No cons enjoyed my time there!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27321,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best!,"Good work life balance, good promotion hierarchy, good transportation facility, excellent office and surrounding, best management team, best far sighted leader- Jeff Bozos.",No free food or snacks or gym like in Google or Facebook.,Please provide free food and gym !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27322,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Devlopment Engineer,Good Exposure to latest Development Stack,Not at all structured. No respect for persons personal life,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27323,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Work Environment,Amazing work environment at work place,No cons as if now,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27324,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Fun Place to Work,1. Great Co-workers 2. Nice work culture,1. Less Growth 2. Less Career Opportunities,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27325,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jul 7, 2018",Former Employee - Fraud Investigator,Toxic environment supported by the management,paylisp possibility to learn how to deal with jerks,"toxic environment, bad recruiting process","ADVICE ( from the bottom of my hear ) DON’T HIRE FOR SKILLS AND IGNORE ATTITUDE: Experience, no matter how vast, is useless when it is not shared with others. Teaching skills is very easy. But you can’t train enthusiasm, a solid work ethic, and great interpersonal skills – and those traits can matter a lot more than any skills a candidate brings. SO, when in doubt, hire for attitude. You can train almost any skill, but it’s nearly impossibile to train attitude.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27326,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Research Analyst,Research Analyst,"Good Package, Friendly Environment, Huge Areas to Explore",Imbalance of Personal and Professional Life,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27327,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good paycheck, interesting benefits, friendly environment.",I still don't still have any cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27328,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,A really great company to work at,Super competitive work environment and highly taxing,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27329,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nothing spectacular,"Good customer service, but only to build up customer base for long term growth, not because they really cared about the customer.",All employees used and abused by the system and culture Poor In general.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1955.htm
27330,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not good one to start your career,Good work culture Good atmosphere Great place to work for it's work style,It's not good place to start your career as associate. It is only good to join as Quality Assurance engineer.,It not good to keep your employees away from technologies.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27331,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Experience,"Work Culture, Environment, Great amenities,Fun,other activities","Unapproachable leadership, biased, not a good decision maker",Be more employee friendly rather than only just being associate friendly.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27332,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Expert in Tech, hard in the human approch","Learning, Trainings, smart collegues, cool customers, good salary","Hard management, short scope of action, to much process",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27333,amazon,none," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place to learn,Great place to work. Good learning environment.,It might be difficult at the beginning,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27334,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Class in work,The work culture is the best in class,None as such at this moment,Your relationship principles are our strength.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27335,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Investigation Specialist,You got what you should have get. Good experience,minimum working environment - is what enough for an office,-,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27336,amazon,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer support,Good place to work and also best pay in the market,Can be better in terms of perks,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27337,amazon,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service assiociate,Many things to learn in company,shift timings may create issues,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27338,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Investment Manager,Decent Organisation trying to do good.,Massive potential to do good social impact investment work. Attracts good people.,"Disconnected Executive management from Investment team hampers the organisations progress, also creating high turnover of staff.",Reconnect with the team to take full advantage of the relationship between CAD and Venturesome,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27339,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Photographer,Favoritism,You can get into good positions if you have a family members that have a good position or if you sleep with someone with a good position,"Being standing for 10 hours is not healthy, it has very negative repercussion on your health",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1956.htm
27340,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Photographer,Favoritism,You can get into good positions if you have a family members that have a good position or if you sleep with someone with a good position,"Being standing for 10 hours is not healthy, it has very negative repercussion on your health",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27341,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investiator,"Good and enthusiastic work environment , Obviously salary, Work Culture and pressure varies from person to person.","Monotonous work, Some out side hired managers",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27342,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,Work experience in AMAZON,Working in TRMS section work is good no pressure in working and are giving good insentives,As in every company or in every organisation generally people become jealous as we grow the same with some people in company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27343,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - QA Analyst,Test Analyst,Well organized and top company and we can gain more knowledge.,As per my knowledge its a best company.,It has the very good management team.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27344,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," Jul 1, 2018",Former Employee - Shipping and Receiving,Modern Day Slavery,Find new lows to the human condition on a regular basis.,"Every time you think your life couldn't possibly get more humiliating, painful, degrading, meaningless and devoid of joy, Amazon finds a new way to surprise you with newfound misery. Be it shortened breaks, slashed benefits, increased responsibilities, new threats, harsher working conditions, crappier tools and equipment, or just straight-up abuse from management, Amazon is there to grind you to the mud.",Eat more high-cholesterol foods.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27345,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Data Associate at Amazon - Ramanujan It park - Worst place than BPO,More Salary Than Other Companies for similar role,"Micro Management takes place it's a dark side of Amazon, Other departments are far better than this department",Keep on micro-managing and make the workplace a hell,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27346,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Why not to Join AWS,Good Salary and brand name,"Negative environment, no work life balance",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27347,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction risk analyst,Good work culture Friendly atmosphere No dress code,"Frequent change in metrics,rotatinal shifts",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27348,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon work culture,"Work culture, open door policy, attractive incentives and CTC par ahead than rest of the companies",Great work culture and open door policy is a past now.,Employee friendly,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27349,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Support Analyst,Overall good experience,"Good Package, Office cabs, Meal coupons, Nice workplace",Worklife balance is not there. No allowance for weekend support.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1957.htm
27350,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Manager,Good,Good place to work with,Long wait for the interview,Nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27351,amazon,none," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Environment is good for the budding engineers to learn how Software as Service and product is developed and maintained.,learning the inbuilt technologies used inside Amazon is not transparent and hard to adapt to the environment.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27352,amazon,none," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Cab facilities, Work life balance",Not enough career growth for experienced employees,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27353,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredibly Competitive,"Looks great on paper, good potential for growth if you are willing to work weekdays, weeknights and while you sleep.",Rare to work within a team with good management. Very results oriented without personnel interest. Very competitive environment fed by senior management.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27354,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,Software Development Manager,Business/Operational Metrics driven decision making Innovation friendly Awesome Document driven culture Periodic Roadmaps & Business reviews Engineer driven bottom-up pyramid culture Small Teams - Two Pizza Team culture Business is so dive,Newbies at Amazon need to adjust to the environment & that needs time & effort. Some specific challenges lie in dealing with tenured people in Amazon.,Imperfect teams work well at Amazon Choose the right balance of old timers with new teams,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27355,amazon,Murshidabad (India)," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - West Bengal,Sales management,Best work in sealer management,Work is very good job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27356,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AVS Team Lead,High caliber of everyone you work with.,Lack of transparency in terms of pay.,Improve transparency and communication on organisational change.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27357,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Advisor,Amazing work culture and people.,There are rotational shifts. Cannot get used to one schedule.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27358,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expecting the unexpected,Great Work culture Learning on a daily basis Making sure you think out of the box Being agile to adopt to any change rapidly,Work life balance Performance rating standards,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27359,amazon,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Architect,Good place to learn and grow,Learn a lot. Good leadership,Hard work. Little guidance. Salary average,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1958.htm
27360,amazon,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Architect,Good place to learn and grow,Learn a lot. Good leadership,Hard work. Little guidance. Salary average,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27361,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,"Little care towards employees, long hours are an expectation","Lots of opportunities, global openings, great customer focus","Long hours are the norm (I routinely was pressured to work 14+ hour days in operations by senior management), little recognition for work well done, general culture is to focus on the negative rather than positive. Very poor management development, bullying culture slightly prevalent and driven from the top down.",Help managers develop in to managers and leaders of people,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27362,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Virtual Part Time CSA,Me no likey.,"Great pay rate, great equipment to help you with your work, not bad benefits, people with great experience","Issues with connections, super stressful job, training structure is not bad but definitely could be better, long shifts,","Every single place that offers a position as customer service is known as very stressful place to work. Try to find and build another structure of the job presenting at the start so people might last, because when you put everything into it and thought this is going to be a long time career, it just after week felt that much stressful that you become sure this not gonna last long. Other than that it is great to have people from a long time working there and they are successful, but wouldn't it be great if we hearing for more people who stayed long even tho they were new. :) don't be the place where is like every elsewhere, to be exact stressful.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27363,amazon,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA Engineer,"perks, environment, salary and self development","policy, hours and some rude managers",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27364,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Database Administrator,Database Administrator,Very good benefits and work culture,work life balance is not good,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27365,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lower management,Good Opportunity to Learn and Develop,Sometimes Lack of Structure in Training,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27366,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good pay , long hours but mind numbing",Pay is good and everyone is friendly. Onsite canteen is cheap and the food isn’t terrible. School meals basically.,They run buses for workers working during Christmas but then stop them after it calms down leaving people coming from far away hopeless.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27367,amazon,Kollam (India)," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Data Entry,data entry,"iam happy to work here because of their sincerity and timely payment,not only that they are well developed and and were honest and shows their happy gratitude with others",network failures is one of the major problem and there is nothing except this to say about them,you have to improve the offers,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27368,amazon,Kurali (India)," May 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good it was amazing,It gives a lot to us,It was my passion that i joined it,U shoud upgrade the payment method,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27369,amazon,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary is good,All are pros there apart from the inside politics which is everywhere,none cons as such. Location shouldn have changed it was great in Brigade towers,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1959.htm
27370,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Working Amazon,Always something to learn competitive wage in Munich,Long Work hours Limited perks at work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27371,amazon,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice work environment,Cool workplace to work with,Nothing much till now for me,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27372,amazon,Dobrovíz (Czech Republic)," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Process Assistant,"Leader, Dock Clerk","4 days work, 3 days off, benefits, free transport, cheap lunch","night shifts, overtime on peaks - no holidays during peaks",more focus on people,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27373,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company,"Great culture, very smart people",It's a big company so there is a chance you might run into some people who are more concerned with politics than work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27374,amazon,Noida (India)," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service Associate,"Cool environment, enough growth opportunities",None as of now. Hoping not to find one,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27375,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,great company,"great salary they offer, highest as per company standard","They don't promo L3 soon. night shift rotational, shift, cont 8 hours jobs.",don't be too strict one work ethics,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27376,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solution Architect,Poor managers,"A lot of innovation opportunities in many different aspect of IT including networking, security, storage, databases, big data, streaming and machine learning. The stock price was growing very well in the last few years",AWS is growing so quickly that they started to hire “professional” managers and give people who should never manage to manage people. If you fall in the hands of one of these poor managers you have no chance to be a builder and enjoy your work. Very few promotions and to continue growing after four years.,"Even when the company is big, it is still a company of people. If you lose your best people (and I see many experienced people leaving) you lost your best assets.",2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27377,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk Investigator,Best work Culture with balanced life,Worst place as from management point of view,"Managers are their to guide people,Please understand this.",2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27378,amazon,none," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A work-life harmony job.,"-- Working with the best talent in the industry. -- Smooth transition between teams. -- Lot of collaboration between teams on cases, helps to expand your knowledge base.","-- Too much breadth without covering much depth. -- Expectations are always very high from managers, sometimes bordering on unreasonable.",More appreciation for the quality of work done and efforts put in rather than focusing more on numbers and targets.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27379,amazon,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice to do work from home,"all incentives , pay , perks are the best in class.",rotational shifts sometimes are bit hectic,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1960.htm
27380,amazon,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,Good administration and transparent process,Shift rollovers can a con if you are not flexible,NA,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27381,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Aoosicate,catalogue speacialist,work from home Flexible shifts easy targets good team members,No incentive no growth No level movements,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27382,amazon,none," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Strong culture and a really fast pace,"The leadership principles matter. You can have real business discussions centered around them, all leaders act on them, and senior leadership constantly reinforce them. These are a big plus for me because it helps connect generally typical office work to meaningful goals. There are tons of growth opportunities available so you can find work that is interesting and switch it up once you are ready for a new challenge","It’s really really big. As much as it tries to keep things nimble, there is only so fast an ocean-liner can turn. Most of the time it manages to be like a start up with an established company’s resources, but on occasion it can be time-consuming to get new things approved",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27383,amazon,none," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome Experience, Great Team, Good place to Work",A really good place to work,There is anything much to tell about,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27384,amazon,none," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,nothing to say about pros,nice company to gain knowledge,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27385,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software QA Manager,"Best place to work in tech side, although not for everyone","Amazon is a place which provides - Tremendous opportunities to make an impact - Provides authority and responsibility - Great place to learn and grow - Opportunity to work with lot of super smart people - Management style which encourages risk taking and ownership  Disclaimer: I work in tech side of Amazon. So above are my observations in tech side of the organization. I do not have visibility into other parts of Amazon (say fulfillment, retails etc)",Amazon is definitely not for people who are 1. In it only for money 2. Blind followers of process 3. Paper pushers 4. Not willing to stay updated with technology,Please re-evaluate new promotion process and raise the bar for promotions,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27386,amazon,Bucharest (Romania)," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Data Analyst,"The company is always growing, the working conditions are good",Low change to grow inside the company,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27387,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Pick and Packer,Pick and Packing at Peterborough,They provide good training and facilities.,On pick and packing area their performance tracker algorithms don't work as they should. Very demotivating.,Listen to your front line!,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27388,amazon,none," May 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse,very easy to work for,very easy to get hired,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27389,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Recruiting Manager,"Growing business, Possibility to work in multiple new business, Fast paced Environment","Complicated organization with a lot of stakeholders, Lack of the training to develop",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1961.htm
27390,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Recruiting Manager,"Growing business, Possibility to work in multiple new business, Fast paced Environment","Complicated organization with a lot of stakeholders, Lack of the training to develop",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27391,amazon,none," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good pay and staff ethic,Managers look down on you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27392,amazon,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to work,amazon always provide comfortable zone and space to employees to work,no downsides . there are no cons as far as my concern,no advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27393,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Operations Specialist,Challenging/ no monotonous environment and great Colleagues,"No carrier opportunities, 2 managers (1 super efficient with 0 empathy and the other super emphatic and 0 efficiency), terrible salaries with no benefits (no bonuses, no meal vouchers, lack of training, lack of support, high personal rotation","Invest in managing people, not only delivering results.",2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27394,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Quality Assurance Engineer,Good pay but workload can get out of hand,"Good pay, stock options ( AMZN stock is doing really well on NASDAQ), good ownership and visibility, respecting management",Workload can get heavy and irregular.,None,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27395,amazon,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Respect, Freedom, Responsibilities, Ownership, Good place for learning",You are on your own. Huge burden on your head. Promotion is a slow process.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27396,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,- High salary among Tech Giants - Aggressive and fast paced environment - Customer Centric Innovation,- Heavy workload - Hierarchical - Navigating the ecosystem can be a challenge,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27397,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Everyday was a learning curve for me,The culture and opportunities we get,Work becomes pretty monotonous after a while,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27398,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,Fast pace environment with intelligent colleagues,Challenging workload with intense time pressures,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27399,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE1,Good and challenging Work culture,"Sometimes, u might feel over pressured",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1962.htm
27400,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,Great,Process oriented team so good learning,No team for interns to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27401,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software title,Diverse culture and lot to learn,Sometimes becomes too hectic for employee,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27402,amazon,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best Organization to work with, have come across and heard from Other till now!!","I have been working at Amazon full-time (More than 2 year ago).  I had an amazing time working with Amazon. Many learning and growth opportunities. If you are talented and interested, you can move to any field in Amazon Internally. Best Environment to work and the awesome and supportive colleagues who are always ready to support you. Work culture is at par with any other Company. No Dress code like Formal attire. Provides authority and responsibility for all the employees and Great place to learn and grow. One of the best Pros is the Package it provides as compared to other similar organizations and also Amazon provide Work From Home facility which is also awesome.","1. Sudden changes in the process without thinking about the employee concerns. 2. Growing inside is a little problematic if you are not sure of which teams to move onto for building your career, as it might be a boon or bane.",Make sure the work is directly proportional to the hike and promotions and other than this everything is good.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27403,amazon,none," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR INTERN,Travel Flexibility Open to sharing ideas mentorship,Focused on leadership principles metrics can be unrealistic,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27404,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,- Flexible hours - Good pay,"- Bullying culture coming from managers - You have to follow ""office politics"" to get the promotion or get fun projects - Mostly doing ops, whereas the important projects are done in Seattle - Very hierarchical",Please be a bit more professional,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27405,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Senior,HR Senior,Work values and culture is good,- No Flexbility -Rotational Shifts - Bangalore Management is horrible in HR -Very much partial during promotions -They layoff so easily for silly reasons.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27406,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont go PIP in Amazon,No dress code thats it,Need to stretch Low salary More politics Micro management Get into pip no job security If manager wants to send u to om its easy for 2 send in 1 month Put u in coaching plan and send out of company,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27407,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great culture, interesting work",Marketing division - Interesting work - Great career opportunities - Agile environment - Individual ownership of tasks - Flexibility and ability to enable change - Global information sharing - Very data driven and led,- Data holds back creativity sometimes - ATL marketing is pretty bland - Not very good at integrated marketing. Teams can be quite siloed,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27408,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Imaging Associate,Expereince,its a world most customer centric company,sudden changes in the process without thinking about the employee concerns,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27409,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work setting at Amazon India,"Great pay, smart people all around","Poor work life balance, frugal attitude","Improve in the extras, cafeteria at gurgaon office could be better",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1963.htm
27410,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work setting at Amazon India,"Great pay, smart people all around","Poor work life balance, frugal attitude","Improve in the extras, cafeteria at gurgaon office could be better",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27411,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive,"Great place to work, Amazing team",No cons to share as per my view,nothing to advise,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27412,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate,Device Acssociate,Very good job Easy Working Environment,Nothing Much Everything works out well if you are a cool kind of guy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27413,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Senior CSA,Had good time working there,"Tension free, friendly team and manager or really cool",The rotational shifts really irritate you,Nothing,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27414,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company,Less salary..... managers team lead,Good place ....Good people good manager,Rtyygh,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27415,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Web Services,Perks and atmosphere are very positive,"Not much to comment, not the same perks as other big tech companies",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27416,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's still day one,Ability to move internally as per your evolving career needs Managerial support as required for growth,None that i can think of,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27417,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Former Employee,"Work hard, have fun, make history","The work culture, no specific dress culture, people to work with make your work much more fun and you feel like going to office even on week offs. Its like a best place to hangout and get paid for the work which you do.","Growing inside is a little problematic if you are not sure of which teams to move onto for building your career, as it might be a boon or bane.","Keep it up as it is going and if possible, please expand your operations to other parts of the country like the north east for more employment opportunities",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27418,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,My two cents regarding Amazon,"Amazing place to work, great environment and plenty of room to grow with multiple amazing opportunities to develop a career path. Excellent peers, amazing management, great facilities and too many perks to count or tell in one little box.","There are issues everywhere you go, but here none that cant be rectified by talking it out. No real cons to speak of.","Continue to do what you do, management has built an amazing work environment.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27419,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a great place to work with self respect.,Amazon is the world's biggest e commerce site and we can build our Carrier in it because in india day by day e commerce is growing rapidly,Amazon is a company where we have to be ready for any challenge to complete in time frame.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1964.htm
27420,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,My two cents regarding Amazon,"Amazing place to work, great environment and plenty of room to grow with multiple amazing opportunities to develop a career path. Excellent peers, amazing management, great facilities and too many perks to count or tell in one little box.","There are issues everywhere you go, but here none that cant be rectified by talking it out. No real cons to speak of.","Continue to do what you do, management has built an amazing work environment.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27421,amazon,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a great place to work with self respect.,Amazon is the world's biggest e commerce site and we can build our Carrier in it because in india day by day e commerce is growing rapidly,Amazon is a company where we have to be ready for any challenge to complete in time frame.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27422,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Executive,A very flexible work environment,Not very much employee friendly,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27423,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,csa,good and easy.first is jam then versant test on english,no cons to tell. Infact its a good one,they are very good,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27424,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,TRMS,great work environment and fun,management could have more transparency with the employees,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27425,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,worked in amazon uk,the salary given was good.,the work is hectic and targets almost outrageous during peak season.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27426,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, but with little career progression if you stay in Berlin",Lot of opportunities for projects,... but not really in Berlin,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27427,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Workforce Management Analyst,Workflow Analyst,"Nice work culture,work life balance","Growth, Politic in the teams",Improve growth area for individuals,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27428,amazon,Coimbatore North (India)," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Tamil Nadu,no,good communication improvements and no stress,refund will be late and time management,no,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27429,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Great culture,Awesome freedom and ownership. Have been in three roles and never felt like a hierarchy particular exists. Work with a hugely diverse group of people with wildly varied experience.,Progression in some areas seems fairly non-existent.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1965.htm
27430,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Manager II,Learn every Day,"Fast paced environment- lots of leanings. Expectations on high performance is a given. So if you are not the hard working type, please do not join.",Hard work and Changes are a constant. It depends on your coping mechanisms on how you take it,Better Change Management and Communication at all levels,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27431,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Good place to work and have fun,Awesome place to work Flexible timings Always on going projects Good place to explore in work,We have to deep dive on your own from the first day there would be no training offered here.,Make sure the work is directly proportional to the hike and promotions.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27432,amazon,Paris (France)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - HR Manager,Challenging but great environment to grow,"When you join Amazon you join an hectic environment where everything is faster that all I knew in my career however you can get what you want when you are engaged and you deliver a lot. You learn so many great things, you work on an international level and you can move from one great job to another in less than 2 years. You can also lead an international career and nothing is impossible. However for these great achievement you have to deliver, no pain no gain but at the end of the day this company is great and unique!",You have to set your personal limits and find with the support of your manager the right balance between your professional objectives and your personal life. With a great manager (and there are a lot of them within Amazon) you can have more flexibility and freedom than other companies.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27433,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk analyst,Amazon offers very comfortable working environment.,Hierarchy sometimes plays bad role.,NA,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27434,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Support Representative,Awesome place to work,Great Work environment Jobs is generally easy If help is needed it will be provided A lot of growth opportunities,"no graveyard schedules is a place where you can easily get fat, because they give you a lot of goodies, and you are sitting all day long",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27435,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a nice place to learn,Great learning curve for software developers.,Comes with the cost of work-life balance,Work on improving work life balance,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27436,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,It has very good growth oppotunities in operations risk management and awsome work culture.,No work life balance,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27437,amazon,none," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment and work culture,Good technologies Good mentors Good leave polices,Slow growth and learning curve,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27438,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon HRS,"Flexible work hours, work from home allowed, great culture of friendliness and transparency.","process improvement is slow, should be speeded up.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27439,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 21, 2018",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Internship at Amazon,1) You can learn lot of new things. 2) They have the best mentors 3) Good salary,1) No work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1966.htm
27440,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,- Learning opportunity - Great environment - Good pay,- Lots of internal tools/systems to ramp-up on for new employee.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27441,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Good place to work,A very nice place to work on and learns a lot from here.,So far no Cons I know of.,"Its good to go, no need to provide advice",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27442,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not good place to Work but good place to learn,Have lots of challenging projects to enrich your resume and teach you new technologies.,More challenge than reward in my case.,Try to be Nice.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27443,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Subject Matter Expert,One of the Best companies to work with!!!,"-Salary, -Transport, -Work Culture, -Growth opportunities, -Friendly environment.","None I can recall! As explained, one of the best companies to work with!!!",Keep up the good work!!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27444,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Being a Consultant at Amazon,Amazing and exciting job and goals.,Always working hard to meet our Customers.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27445,amazon,"Sosnowiec, Greater Poland (Poland)"," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good,"Oportunity to development skills, transparent path of career.","Proces of recrutation, gap between tier 1 and 3.",Good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27446,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good atmosphere can learn more.,Friendly team. Can learn more from there.,Nothing like that. Good place to work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27447,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,I think for women amazon is the best to work and in that company we don't have pressure,Nothing to say about that,none,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27448,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Amazon is really a great place to work with lots of cool things happening every day and growing your career,Work environment here is very enjoyable,You have to be precise about what you're doing here and deliver goods for the business,Make life easy,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27449,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for technical positions,Open door policy and work flexibility,Management is the downside for non technical jobs,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1967.htm
27450,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work,Allow you to balance work and life,"no as such, but leadership is little disconnected from employees",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27451,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC associate,"Amazon provides good benifits, dental and vision included for employees and their families",Pay rate is too low CAD 14.4 per hour,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27452,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rewarding environment if you like challenges,Got opportunities to work on complicated technical problem. Work with super smart people Fast working environment will force you to learn and grow a lot,"Work life balance is not great With high stock value, it's hard to differentiate between good and average performers form compensation perspective. Everyone who is not fired are getting paid close to max range.",Need to review the compensation range.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27453,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great support and +ve team environment.,Nothing really to mention the cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27454,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - TRMS BRI,best compant to work,one of the best work culture,rotational shift and week offs,nothing as of now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27455,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great environment to do work that matters,"Many companies have stated values, Amazon truly lives and breathes our Leadership Principles. Motivated colleagues and great management encourage a healthy balance. Decisions at all levels can be questioned (though this can contribute towards feelings of operating in a hostile environment if not done tactfully).","We have a lot of proprietary tooling which makes transitioning to and from outside industry hard for engineers. This is particularly difficult for more experienced hires, who expect to be productive and have a fair amount of impact soon after starting. On the upside, most of these have good reason to be the way they are, and it pays to learn and understand them well. Sometimes our frugality can result in questionable decisions, this has become more rare as time goes on.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27456,amazon,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager- Amazon,Competitive Salary Good experience Room to grow 4 day work weeks- 3 days off,Long hours Huge time commitment Lots of pressure,For a hard working individual,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27457,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Customer service associate,"Friendly environment, Growth, learning and the change which is constant at amazon","Salary not as per industry standards, career growth has slowed down","Amazon needs to work on it's IJP structure to be honest. It's not like earlier when the equal opportunity was given to employees. Quality doesn't matter, all they care about is numbers.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27458,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-III,"SDEs - Strong Tech work, but declining quality.",1. Good ownership of projects. 2. Technically strong projects. 3. A wide range of projects to work on. 4. Anything you work will have a large scale impact. 5. Good salary. 6. Very easy to move teams.,1. No perks. 2. Tight deadlines. 3. Declining hiring bar. 4. Declining project quality/learning. 5. Complicated promotion process 6. No new projects/initiatives in the recent years.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27459,amazon,Sonipat (India)," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Referral Status,"Work Culture, policies, management is Excellent. Also the creative ideas and thoughts are always welcomed and the daily approach to do better than previous is Excellent.",Amazon is the best among any other competitor in the E-com. Also one of the best place to work for.,Please also make the status of referral visible in the Job finder like the Applications page where I can see the status of applied positions by me.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1968.htm
27460,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Its still day one for me,A work environment that enables you to learn and grow not only as an employee but a person as well.,There are no cons other than maybe the shift timings but over a period of times you can get used to it. As employees however we do look at some employee benefits.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27461,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rev,"Excellent, good enviroment. nice team, relax, great","salary, traffic, distance, job, issues",salry,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27462,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Architect,flexible work locations are accepted,"long hours of working, round the clock worry",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27463,amazon,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst in BPO,Relative good freedom in terms of break,Improvement on amenities needed well,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27464,amazon,Pune (India)," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Business Specialist Team,Business specialist team,Best company to work for. Lots of opportunities in every stream. Best work culture. Less pressure.,Need to be more flexible regarding the internal transfers. If you apply for a job internally you'll have to wait for ages to get a reply and in reply you just get one liners that there are no job openings currently. so personally I feel that moving internally is too hard which should not be that way. at least seeing the tenure of employee they should help them move internally.,"""Internal transfers"" No replies from the hiring managers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27465,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Professional,Happy here,"Highly intelligent, motivated colleagues, challenging work, growing and successful organisation","High workload, colleagues elsewhere don't understand timezones....",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27466,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Automation Engineer,Good work/life culture and batter work environment,As of now nothing as Cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27467,amazon,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good ambience and smart coworkers,Great people to work with. Great problems to tackle,Seattle is a bit rainy.,none,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27468,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facility Coordinator,"Employee Benefit, Referral, Flexibility work",Fooding Facility not available here.,Including Fooding Facility is the most needy of Employee benefit.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27469,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Amazon company review,+Good HR policies +Handsome pay and perks +Growth opportunity for deserving ones +RSU for L4+ +L&D programs +Ample leave benefits,-Extended working hours for team leaders and managers -Night Shift -Hindrance in availing leave benefits (for managers) -Limited opportunity to switch teams if one doesn't know the hiring manager personally and professionally,*Create back ups to cover for the employee availing leave benefits at every level *Assign reporting line with 100% shift overlap with direct reports *Associates will benefit from more face time with senior leadership,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1969.htm
27470,amazon,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,All kind of benefits for employees,more than 10 hours standing,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27471,amazon,Noida (India)," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible,Work from home can be done,"Shifts are there, so it is same as office",Provide the option to work whenever one wants,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27472,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Supervisor,Friendly and multicultural environment.,It not so easy to change position internally,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27473,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Translation Specialist,Good,Really bright multicultural working environment,Work-life balance is sometimes difficult,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27474,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great work place culture with full of energy.,What I said above i mean it,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27475,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Nice source of income and progress,Time management and poor environment for field,No advice....nice working,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27476,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Consultant,Sr. Business Associate,"Good place to work, a lot to learn.",There is no cons for now.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27477,amazon,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager - Operations,Alternate week 3-days off per week,Has to do night shifts,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27478,amazon,Pune (India)," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Worthy for someone who is jobless,"Not much pressure, employees supporting policies",No credit given to people who work in Customer service department as they are the ones who maintain companies profile in front of customers. So start supporting your employees as well. LOW SALARY COMPARED TO GIANTS LIKE AMAZON.,You should really start thinking about incentives,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27479,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - SDS Senior Associate,SDS Sr. Associate,Amazing work culture and people.,The only downside which I feel is you'll get addicted to Amazon and switching from here won't be easy then :D,Focus more on Positive and Improved Projections,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1970.htm
27480,amazon,New Delhi (India)," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - AM-HR,Best place to start your career with,Great organization Team work Culture Salary on Time Working Hours Recognition,As such no negative point,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27481,amazon,Pune (India)," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Group Manager,Group Manager,MNC that focuses equally on employee experience while working on being Earth's most customer centric company. Employee skill set is constantly being challenged to help them learn from their mistakes and also to identify the skill set they can be coached on for their growth.,Business is dynamic with constant growth. This keeps changing plans and requires last minute effort ensuring Customer and Employee Experience.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27482,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - QA II,Awesome place to work!,Cutting edge tech stacks Good work life balance Enough opportunities are thrown in terms of responsibilities to work and grow.,Nothing that I came across so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27483,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ad operation,"good,awesome,developing,nice,extraordinary etcits a good company to work with, got chances to learn many new things which enhanced my skills",no cons till now ....,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27484,amazon,New Delhi (India)," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Working with Amazon,- You get to be a leader at a very shorter span if you got the ability. - Amazing work culture. -Great work spaces to begin with. -Employee friendly policies. -Great pay in the business,Nothing which I have come across as of now,To enable internal growth rather than fancying B school grads who never ever stand a chance with the internal employees who understand the organization better and continue to empower the culture.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27485,amazon,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Analyst,Hard work but rewarding,- Enormous growth and opportunity to come up with your own ideas - Lots of support from colleagues,- Most days are not 9 to 5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27486,amazon,none," May 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,device assciate,Overall good and good working benefits,Nothing much to say abt concerns,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27487,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware of joining CS in Amazon,- No dress code - Good incentives - Easy to Approach higher ups - Leaves,"- Not easy to move between depts - Some undeserving people are managers. - no one is serious about work, they need fun always. - Manager doesn't have proper knowledge about the process",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27488,amazon,Pune City (India)," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Prod Compliance Asso,has a very good facility to work,non operative cafeteria which makes it difficult to manage the break timings,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27489,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer -2,Too tiresome work culture,Some really challenging work with really good salary. They pay more than the market. Chaps working around are really tech sound and usually helping but that may vary from team to team.,Technically you are hired to work 24 hours. And no one will like to work like that for any incentive. Their oncall make you feel like machines who are dead inside.,Be a bit employee obsessed just like what you feel for customers.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1971.htm
27490,amazon,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,Company is investing many new projects and technology.,Employees are getting high pressure by WBR,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27491,amazon,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Good place to learn new technologies and large scale systems,Too much politics in career development.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27492,amazon,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager - Operations,Alternate week 3-days off per week,Has to do night shifts,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27493,amazon,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,About my work experience,"friendly environment , timely pay , overtime bonus","much work , nothing,nothing",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27494,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Meh,None at all. Boring. Repetitive. Monkey job.,"Everything from the breaks, targets, management.",Respect staff more.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27495,amazon,none," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,"International team, fast paced, brand name",Low salary and no career development,nothing,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27496,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good,Free environment and exchange of ideas,Hectic schedule and 24/7 availability,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27497,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies with multiple employee benefits,Amazing work culture. Multiple opportunities. Growth oriented.,"Every company has their pros and cons. However, things are manageable here.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27498,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great place to work and great people,"Long hours, pressure. sometimes demanding.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27499,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Marketing,Great Learning experience,Learning and sharing with the best minds.,More flexibility in terms of work and entertainment.,Keep the momentum going.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1972.htm
27500,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Manager,Learning New thing and Field,nothing to say with crons,nothing,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27501,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Catalig Associate,Senior Catalogue Associate,Cool Place to work with,Peer pressure and nothing else,Nil,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27502,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Analyst,Excellent Work Culture and Ethic,Great place to work in terms of peer respect and work space.,Salary is quite poor for the job profile.,Should provide better Salaries,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27503,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Support,Neutral,You don’t have to carry work home,No growth. No value for real talent,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27504,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best,best company in IT world,nothing bad about company all is well,u all are best guys,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27505,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Category Manager,Best place to work,- Good culture - Great team - Recognition for good work,Too many processes can delay your work at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27506,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working environment,Good career growth Good working environment,There is no cons in this organisation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27507,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Shipper/Receiver,Horrible!,Literally none except maybe for the health benefits if you last more than a week!,One of the worst jobs you can ever get into. Majority of the workers seem depressed and look like they want to commit suicide. Managers are incompetent and unprofessional. They are mostly brown (Indian) and play favourites and give preferential treatment to brown workers. If you speak their language that's a bonus since they blatantly speak punjabi in front of other staff members which is completely unethical and absurd. The factory is run like a zoo and the workers are treated like animals. Do not work here unless it's a last resort. Working at the Amazon fulfilment centre is the epitome of modern day slavery.,This company's business practices needs to be reevaluated!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27508,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jun 16, 2018",Former Employee - Vendor Contact Manager,The worst workplace,Free coffee and table football,"Unprofessional workplace, amount of work disproportionate to the salary, no one knows what to do. Problems are not solved but unloaded on others.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27509,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Treated Like Slaves Mostly 2nd/3rd World Managers can Barely Speak or Understand English,Going Home - Amazon is a Labour Camp modeled on former Soviet Union,Everything About a Fulfilment Centre (Warehouse),"Stop employing 3rd & 2nd World foreigners as so called managers, setting up Slave Camps in the UK & Staffing them with an Overseas Work Force.  Instead pay decent wages to the indigenous British. Stop treating staff as if they are machines. And pay your UK Taxes.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1973.htm
27510,amazon,none," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team leader,"good money and people of good character, very friendly","chaotic fast paced enviroment, work under pressure",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27511,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"Good learning, develop leadership, they hire a best, appreciate the hard work","work-life hectic, fun activities are less, too much pressure.",Management is growing from better to best,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27512,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Fast paced and customer obsessed company with focus on high standards,Getting to work with the best minds. No micromanagement. People only look at your work.,None. Great place to work.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27513,amazon,"Holborn, England (UK)"," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Employment Advisor,Avoid AMZL EU,*Good if you like working on your own and no career development,*No development *No Support *Managers ignored mental health issues,"Dont ignore your staff, it will only come back to haunt you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27514,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,"very bad company too much politics, every one pretend they are expert. If I can I will choose 0 rate","very bad company, too much politics, every one pretend they are expert.",you will never keep the best talent in your company. Good employees will never choose amazon,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27515,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My thoughts after 4+ years at Amazon,"Work culture, environment, transport facilities","Cafeteria, work life balance isn't good",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27516,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - D2TS Aasociate,GOOD MANAGEMENT SO FAR....PEOPLE RESPOND SO QUICKLY,Better salary when compared to competitors. Mine is a work from home job. So I don't have to stress about travelling and getting ready for office.,none so far. Everything is fine.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27517,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,Good perks Higher CTC than market Internal team switch is easy,Internal framework for every work. no new technologies work life balance is not proper,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27518,amazon,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,The salary and the company itself,"Stress, hard work, competitive environment",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27519,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Company will care for the employers. Best work culture ever.,"Tough to balance work and life. Salary increase will be low when you're in Tier 3 cities, when you joined in Customer Service department, its really hard to move to technical department and they Technical HRs wont consider you for internal IJP.","Please allow CS employees a chance in Technical field, Salary increase for Tier 3 cities. Transport allowance increase .",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1974.htm
27520,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Worst company Ever - workaholics,"Good Salary, all expenses paid, lots of interesting work, signing on bonus and invested stocks after 1 year","This list at no end, it’s the worst Company I have ever worked in. No work life balance, long days, lots of traveling. Every one has about the work load of about 5 people. The business has no structure, procedure or processes , like most conventional companies. So everyone has to be able to work in chaos. I have found management to be raciest (in the UK). This is a company that simply do not care about people, only profits.",Look after you people. There are some secerious behaviour issues with people who have been there over 5 years which is being overlooked by all. Hence you have such a turnover of staff. The expectations are too high. It’s human you work with not robots.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27521,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support associate,Everything was good. From the time I joined since the time I left the experience was great.,Shifts and moving teams is the biggest problem.,Nothing.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27522,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My thoughts after 4+ years at Amazon,"Work culture, environment, transport facilities","Cafeteria, work life balance isn't good",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27523,amazon,New Delhi (India)," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Data Entry,Great Amazon,It is very famous . Nd I like it,I have no experience so I can't say anything,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27524,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Insightful yet gruelling experience,"Great place to learn about processes, scaling offering and learning to do more with less resources. After a while the learning curve stops.","Tough culture, getting promoted is next to impossible. The New York Times article is not too far off in its description of the culture.",At some point too much competition between employees and teams becomes counter productive.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27525,amazon,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Associate,"Work hard , have fun, make history",changing shifts that made things tough,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27526,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice place to work,you will get to learn a lot,too much of work load,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27527,amazon,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,it was temporary or finished and amazon said to the job is fished,warehouse operative picking packing laping,I would like to work again,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27528,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Top notch company,Work friendly environment Young working crowd No work pressure Good facilities and perks,Rotational shifts Week offs change every 3 months,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27529,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Working for a big compay,Large company lots of talk about improvments and opportunitys to move up and onwards,You need to give up your social and personal life if you want to succeed.,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1975.htm
27530,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Team Supervisor,Team supervisor,Good learning experience and growth is immense,No work life balance sometimes,None,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27531,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager - Payments,Awesome place to work at - Love you Amazon !!,I have spent 5 years at Amazon and I just love this organization for the objectivity and transparency that exists. You are constantly on your toes and I do not think you will learn so much at such a fast pace anywhere else. You are allowed to experiment and take risks and remuneration is top notch. Best in the class.,"You will find yourself amongst the smartest bunch of people and standards are really high. While you learn a lot but it also has its flipside as you are always expected to deliver the best out of the best. It puts undue pressure at times. But if you are one hungry fellow always looking to hit high and put best efforts to develop yourself, you will start loving this place for sheer challenges and opportunities that you would have.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27532,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,Money Company,Helping you grow into deifferent field.,"If you value your family, don’t work here! They will give you hard time to change your shift if you get the weekend or backhalf night shift. They will take your weekend time that suppose to be for your family.","Management, even you have a weekend to spend with your family, then why you make a shift like that?! Value the people, value there needs for the family. You cannot bring back a missed family moments!",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27533,amazon,Pune (India)," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Nice co to work but salary is very less,"Nice environment,Transport facility,food coupon,50 Leaves in year",Salary is very less as per the company norms,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27534,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," May 20, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Great but could do better,"Good job environment, plenty resources","Not enough consideration of human factor, people doesn't feel valued individually, no enough development opportunities",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27535,amazon,none," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CS- Technical Support Ops,"#Respect #Valueoftheemployee #Salary #Eminities Best of the best. Work hard, have fun, make history! #proudamazonian",#None Literally you wont find any.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27536,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Everything is the numbers from computer, work hard like a robot","Pays bi-weekly on time Nice cafeteria Good benefit (Health care, dental) Easy to get in (Only back ground check) A lot of young workers.","Everything is measured by computer, the only thing manager/supervisor does during work hour is looking into laptop computer and figure out who poor performer is (who will be the next to terminate) The target is very high, is set based on 75% of associate can achieve, this means 25% of associate will be terminated soon or later. (means it is almost impossible for newly hired associate to survive, they don't allow learning curve period, expecting at least 100% of target, 4 warnings will get fired) Rating is on the board everyday (every after break, this gives everyone pressure to work harder, it is like cheap bad high school. Certainly there is favoritism exist, some will get easy job (so that rating looks good), promoted to higher position, not necessarily based on higher skills. Noisy and hot environment. Not much appreciation from manager/supervisor, associates are expected to work like robot (regardless feeling/condition, constantly achieve rating for 10 hours on every working days) It is very sad to see some associates use those carbonated caffeine energy drink to keep up for entire shift.","Rather than watching laptop computer for every minutes during shift, do something more productive work. Rather than threatening for termination only based on the rating report calculated by computer, look how hard everyone is working, try to understand what is the obstacles associates are facing, try to improve process rather than shuffling people around.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27537,amazon,"Windsor, ON (Canada)"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Any,Good company amazon,Standard company and good customer,Yeah gud company i like this work here,I work this company i like,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27538,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Manager Software Development,Company that lives it's values,"Amazon is not comfortable place to be for most people new to Amazon. We do things differently and it is a steep learning curve. 95% of it is for a good reason, once you understand it. Amazon is one of few places where goals and values are not artificially created, they actually came up from the long process of forming Amazon culture and are alive at every level. Amazon is bottom-up company. Leadership does not dictate what to do - if you have good ideas, you can grow really fast here and make a difference. We are big. Every team is somewhat different. We encourage you to move. Jump in, find the right boss & project for you, work hard, have fun and make history - at Amazon you can.","Bottom-up organic growth leads to sub-optimal architecture. Get ready to dig in and fix things that don't work. Don't expect grand master-plan. We are frugal - sometimes to a point of wasting money trying to save them. Again, take ownership, proof we do and it can get fixed. Sometimes we try to do too much, which means we have no time to stop and think. We need to learn how to get better at this, how to say no more often and stand our ground.","We try to do too much sometimes, at the cost of actually spinning our wheels, working hard and not moving anywhere. We are at times stupidly frugal, wasting more money then we are saving at an expense of frustrating our employees making them feel not valued.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27539,amazon,none," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best for experienced person till retirement,"good perks, nice working environment best salary structure nice cafereria",excelent for SDE only for other domains you have to wait till 2 to 3 years for promotion.,no advice,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1976.htm
27540,amazon,none," May 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Busy working environment, but you'll learn a lot","You'll learn a lot - how to deliver projects no matter the obstacles, how to work internal politics, how to manage your own work life - balance. You'll work with talented people doing new and innovative things. Occasional work from home. It's a global brand and if you can survive the initial few months (which are tough!), you'll thrive. You'll also be allowed to lead projects, make an impact as you find your feet.","It's a busy, relentless environment that won't change. Hard to secure a pay increase once you join the company. Long working hours at time.",Treat employees as well as customers!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27541,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Device Associate,company review,gud to work in working environment,company may have politics inside,nothing,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27542,amazon,none," May 6, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Software engineer,"Tech is more general. Java based, many tools can be used to improve the development efficiency.",The development of career is hard to move on when you are at level 5.,none,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27543,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for first job,"- the working process is very easy - all people are very kind - most of the times if you need help you receive one - overtimes are paid in different rates depends on the additional hours you work - your managers of the department are always helpful and they will always try to make you feel better(that really depends on the manage since I've had ones I could rely on and ones I couldn't) - I know it's their policy, but after you take a sick off (unpaid ofc) the manager wants to speak with you for a feedback and if you need further help from Amazon - if you are new to the country you'll definitely find new friends","- there is always a target you should achieve in the 100% of the time - even if you make your target at 100% they ask for more - if you are through an agency you never know when they will pay you off - no sick pay - never accept a fixed contract with Amazon(directly with them), because after the peak time they will pay you off but they will also tell that you have better chance to get a permanent contract with them. From 100 people who are transferred with a fixed contract they are usually moved from one department to another and at the end they will give a permanent contract to people who started working at this department even if they are with green badges(working through agency). The good part of this is that you have some security of your job until the end of the contract, unlike the green badges who are getting paid off in a big amount of groups day by day during the peak time. - unlike from Pros about the managers, not every manager has the skills to be a manager - kid managers are treating you like kids - nobody will appreciate your work. Yes at the moment if you make your target, may be, but this is not giving you the priority in their pay off list. You always can be considered to be paid off which is unfair depends on your hard work - unpredicted changes in the workflow. When you think you became even better in your job, they change something and it's like again you start over.","I don't know why most of the managers are younger than 25. It's not fair to people with actual management skills. Everyone can see who is still too young to manage other people. Employees are not stupid. Just try to see their job as they observe us all the time to see what you are missing. Also, I have seen managers who are actually not familiar with the process in their department. Keep that in mind.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27544,amazon,none," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service associate,"friendly environment, senior support, culture","hectic work, leaves are not liberal",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27545,amazon,none," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Factory line worker,-items come to you through neat auto robots -easy work,-can get repetitive being at the dam place for long amounts of time -standing for up to 8 hours,-good job,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27546,amazon,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,flexible work schedule. work from home,long hour on call a,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27547,amazon,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Csa,Good No stress Time convenient Voice,No technical grouth No holidays expectations,Hike the growth,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27548,amazon,"Loughborough, England (UK)"," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Operative,Mandatory 40 hours per week.,Exploitation when it comes to break times.,-,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27549,amazon,none," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,Based on my personal experience Amazon really cares about its employees and always keep improving processes to offer the best service to its customers.,Low monetary compensation. Unrealistic metrics to achieve. Managers not always manage/know the work their team does.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1977.htm
27550,amazon,"Brasil, São Paulo (Brazil)"," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Operations Manager,Data Center Manager,Customer obsessed Frugality is not the priority Quality of service,"Process changes every time, which in my opinion is awesome",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27551,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,Good company and great career growth prospects,Good peers Flexible timing Good exposure to large scale projects Ease to switch to any job profile,Poor increments. Vesting of good number of stocks takes significant time,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27552,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Dynamic environment,Wonderful and dynamic environment. Great customer focus. Lots to learn and space for development.,Too much focus on stats.,Keep up the excellent work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27553,amazon,none," May 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workflow Analyst,"Have worked full time (4+ years), great environment to work, learn new things and one can develop thmeselves","politics, cafeteria is not that great, work pressure sometimes",-,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27554,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,"Slow growth - even if you are an outstanding performer unless you are from IIT,IIM",Good company to work with. Flexibility is high and work culture is the best. Great place to learn and innovate if you have good ideas,"Not transparent in case of growth and hike - performance is not the key for growth and hike here, but the salary slab of the Org which you are in is. Same job if done by an IIM guy gets lakhs a month. The monthly salary of that person is the same as an associate who is taking care of the same role. You should not go by the degree alone. See the skillsets.","Don't just go by the qualification of the people to mark the salary - there are hundreds of people who are more skilled than the IIT ans and IIM's who can do much better than them, but are being paid 1/4th of the salary. You need to retain the good employees in the company - give them more opportunities, dont measure by their degree. Measure by their performance.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27555,amazon,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Land of opportunities but require personal sacrifices,"- Good pay - Large number of opportunities, people can easily move to any of the Amazon unit across the globe. - Big brand name","- No knowledge management, no proper processes for new hires. Typically believe in just throwing the people in ocean and expect them to learn swimming - Extremely frustrating to work at times as its highly distributed. For x amount of work, 3x amount of energy is spent in aligning people, getting the work prioritized in engg team's backlog. - Work life balance to extremely poor. -",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27556,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Good Place to be,Awesome workplace and very nice work culture.,Too many old unskilled employees in team.,Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27557,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Awesome,Cool and liberal . Nice people,Nothing none none not at all,Politics in upper level please look into that,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27558,amazon,Bad Hersfeld (Germany)," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,operations manager,"Great salary, Good career progression if one can stick","No work life balance, very little tolerance for international managers at least at the above mentioned location",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27559,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,good company,not required for the company,nothing much to be good its worse,opportunist management and they will not help you,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1978.htm
27560,amazon,none," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Robotics Engineer Inter,exciting workplace with a lot of challenges,too much time in recruiting,none,4.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27561,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work environment.,"Good brand name, Good work environment, Career growth is also good.",Middle level managers are underqualified and do not deserve to be there.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27562,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Amazon,Great place to work and learn. Self motivation,"Very challenging, have to be on top of everything, yearly review is very critical",Guide and support employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27563,amazon,Bucharest (Romania)," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting,Awesome company to work in,awesome people challenging projects super offices great work life balance and flexibility #bepeculiar culture,lots of info on the intranet to digest very fast paced environment stressful at times bureaucracy,work on the rewards and recognition portion,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27564,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist,HR,Every day is different and you are not bored.,"I don´t know, I like Amazon.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27565,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Real good company to work with,"Competitive Salary package , good work-life balance, other employee perks, freedom",Slightly tight schedules and back to back ETAs,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27566,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Investigation Specialist,"Great work environment. Great extra benefits ( Medical Insurance, Asoamazon). Opportunities to grow and develop ourselves. Back office and work from home positions available.",Weekends off are not really an option.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27567,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Man,Any,Good finance Reputed international company,Language barrier Difficulty for start ups,Do hire more employees and market this brand to nook and corner part of australia,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27568,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,A bunch of children try to be professional,"- You can apply for a job everywhere from the world, if you pass the interviews it is not a problem for them to relocate you with a good relocation package. - When you leave the company you will not have problem to find a job.","Where should I start? - The employees is like brainwashed of children. They have the so called ""leadership"" principles and always throw these phrases to each other. I am pretty sure most of the employees don't understand what they mean, but they consider very cool. Last time I supposed this to cool in elementary school. - Managers act kings, who can do anything with their subordinates. They will do. They have problem if you: -- don't speak at the unnecessary company meeting, no matters you cannot add any constructive to the topic. -- raise your voice the task takes more time what they imagined. -- use your brain and not follow the other brainwashed employees (Amazonians? How childish...) - Managers likely: -- use the 121 sessions to discipline you. -- always try to find your weakness and use them in their game. -- not try to develop you. -- encourage you to backstab your colleagues. -- always can explain why they don't have to do something what they should do, and why you have to do something what you shouldn't do. - The quality of developers are bad. Some developers don't know elementary fundamentals of boolean algebra. Senior people don't care about the project, they are interested in only the promotion. - They use internal tools what are way much worse what the industry can offer for developers. - You will ended up fixing bugs what someone placed in the code long time ago. The best thing, a lot of people build features on this bug, so it is very likely you have to revert the change.  Amazon is a place where they demand you to be professional, but they are not professionals. My manager missed a lot of deadlines, lied me a couple of time, monitored me with every small thing. When I left the company I had a lot of question about my exit. My manager couldn't answer to that, and gave me the contact e-mail of HR. HR didn't answer me, they reach you only they need something. And they want you to pay your bonus back.",Just continue what you are doing. You give a favour to the person if you leave the company.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27569,amazon,none," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"breaks, people, food, location and freebies","shift work, mamagement, and dont really",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1979.htm
27570,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Good place to be in !!,Good experience to have working here!,Work life balance is difficult to achieve .,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27571,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer,"Benefits, career prospects, fast paced environment, fun environment, great people, strong growth and generally a fantastic place to work and enjoy.",Nothing of real note of mention. However this is not the place to work for someone who does not want to challenge their boundaries.,The biggest lesson learned it to ensure that the amazon leadership principles are embraced in every action undertaken with day to day amazonaian life,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27572,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior RME,Amazon engineer,Best company ever in the UK,Bad hrs awkward shift pattern,Live a little,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27573,amazon,Ahmedabad (India)," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Process Consultant,fraud investigation,"amazon works for their staff, work friendly enviornment",amazon provide less salary that is the only disadvantage,Provide good pay scale to the employes,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27574,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Computer Scientist,Computer scientist at amazon,Excellent company to work with.,Try to change some employee centric policies,Please give some more focus to the employee management,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27575,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Category Leader,Category Leader,"Learned a ton. Would recommend Amazon to everyone, for a 2-year stint. None of my many experiences taught me as much. Pay was competitive.","Very toxic culture in my opinion. Workload in many departments is unsustainable, and people on the business side are increasignly treated like commodities. It's become increasingly difficult over the years to be promoted, which could be fine if clearly outlined from the start. But many around me felt that they were chasing a rainbow. Recently, the company has been squeezing headcount in non tech functions as well. Go there for the learnings, but see a long-term career as an unlikely possibility (unless you're happy moving laterally - which can be fun). Definitely not for everyone (many burn out, or just cannot stand the toxic mgmt culture).","""Humans empower machines..."" ==> while this works for the bottom line and makes absolute sense from a business (and even CX) standpoint, it leads to a dehumanizing work environment.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27576,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Problem Solver,3stars,Decent pay after longer service + shares,Job is too physically demanding and constantly increasing targets which are harder and harder to reach,Increase pay,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27577,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Support Team Lead,Everything is cool except the salary!!,Not much of pros however if you are a lead you'll have less restrictions,Money is so low here,Escalation is just a word without meaning,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27578,amazon,New Delhi (India)," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alot to learn,Alot to learn and deliver. This company demands time and lets you perform your way.,Operations department in India is a little orthodox and does not match the actual Amazon thinking.,Start trusting your employees,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27579,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment,Amazon is a fantastic international environment that allow you to learn every day something new. Is a great choice if you want to grow.,At the moment I don't have to mention anything!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1980.htm
27580,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment,Amazon is a fantastic international environment that allow you to learn every day something new. Is a great choice if you want to grow.,At the moment I don't have to mention anything!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27581,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,sales associate,nothing is good in here,everything is bad in here,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27582,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate,Fc Associate,"Great environment, easy to commute to work.",Longer shifts with hard work,None.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27583,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good place to learn sth,be able to learn from others.,do not expect to get surprise,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27584,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Facility Executive,facility executive,its excellent work environment,nil later can explain,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27585,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Team manager,"Great benefits, challenging projects and a lot of opportunities to grow","lots of ambiguity in the role, mostly due to upper-management lack of clarity, fair to poor communication and organizational engagement.","Communicate and commit, your teams are your customers, practice customer obsession in-house!.",3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27586,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,"Infrastructures, coffee, Ijps, opportunities, add on for resume.",Politics aree not a good thing,Have an eye on politics in hyderabad,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27587,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst company to work with,"Nothing at all , Nothing at all Nothing at all Nothing at all","Managers are abusers of Amazon policy. Try to take leaves and they say you have no work dedication, take initiatives else you won't grow. Women forced to take night shifts without a single Sunday off. Forced to accept that you are going through your mensuration and cannot take a sick leave for that. Do not use the washroom else their productivity is hampered. No talking over the phone, no listening to music, forced overtime, unrealistic targets , rejected IJPs if you don't lick your managers feet, fight for your annual leaves every time.",Atleast become human beings,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27588,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Fast pasted and keeps you challenged,"If you want to push yourself and learn from other smart people this is the company to be. Also, you can grow as much as your capability",stress and less work-life balance,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27589,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE,"cab facility,aircooler facility ,employee insurance",10 HOURS STANDING WORK WITH LOW SALARY,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1981.htm
27590,amazon,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,Strong market position Interesting projects,Demanding hours Lack of flexibility Leaders and managers,Make leadership important,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27591,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company.. best technology company,Great company to work for and enjoying everyday solving big data problem,Nothing much I found till now,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27592,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apathetic Executives, Inconsistent Management, Great Peers","My peers were all a pleasure to work with. Generally people want to work well together and motivate each other to do their best. I didn't experience any of the cutthroat backstabbing you hear in some extreme reviews. However, I know many people who have felt betrayed by others. Amazon is a good place to make connections, but I don't find it to be the type of company you want to settle down with for more than 2-3 years.","In my experience, managers were constantly changing, and the lack of consistent face time made it difficult to build trust (ironic since that's one of Amazon's leadership requirements). Executives live in their own world and cannot empathize with or relate to their employees.",none,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27593,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service,It's a good company to boost your career,A well known brand to start with,"Less pay , Sodexo coupons should be more.",Not yet,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27594,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,very fast growing and learning a lot,there is no such cons except work pressure.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27595,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Shift Manager,Shift Manager Amazon Logistics,"Very dynamic and fast environment, laid back colleagues, friendly team environment. Challenging but very interesting field in last mile delivery.","No perspective to grow outside the delivery station because of blockage by management. No workers union, no supervision, incompetent HR department.",Give your associates a chance to grow outside their workplace and outside of operations.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27596,amazon,Noida (India)," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazong!,"Fun environment, great trainers & high payscale / hiring bar",NO CONZ AS OF NOW,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27597,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Content Reviewer,Ops,Good in work culture environment,Management is partial look into work delivered,........ .... ..,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27598,amazon,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All in (AWS),"Talented people, great place to experiment with new initiatives, scaling massively.",Day 2 seems to be around the corner... the leadership principles are shadowed with an increasing amount of politics.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27599,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Device Associate,Good for a start,"I started my career with Amazon,Chennai as a Device Associate. Initially it was an awesome place to work. Enjoyed myself to the core, earned decent and enough for a bachelor. Learned a lot. But, a time came where career has to become a part of me, so I started expanding my career and started looking for a challenge, thats when i found out whatever i learned and did was not even 10% in what the industry is expecting.",They use tester as a support for the REAL tester(QAs),Please dont make tester feel they a support for super heroes.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1982.htm
27600,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Pay is good but the actual work isn't fun,You make good friends and work environment is friendly.,"The work isn't fun after sometimes, since its not challenging and mostly repeating.",Career movement should be available for different roles as well.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27601,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,team,pressure is to high in fcs,great culture as it is us company,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27602,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Network Engineer,very good place to work,"very good environment and nice workplace, good pay,annual leave,very supportive and encouraging when it comes to ideas proposed by employees.","could get loaded sometimes and could affect work/life balance but its not always this way, generally low annual raise",more investment in employees through providing more trainings and courses to help enhance existing skills and/or encouraging employees to acquire new skills that could be very useful for both employee and the company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27603,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I like amazon because I heard a lot that how the quality of their product is really good and have a good services,They are honest and ensure the workers to pay at time and reasonable. Moreover they have other benefits included too.,I see that if you are a hardworker then you dont see any cons of working here.,Keep it up. You are great,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27604,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work with,Amazon is one of the best companies to work . The encouragement and the energy level of the people who work here motivates anybody . If you are looking for a long term career then Amazon is the right choice to make,"At the beginning stage the growth might seem slow,but it changes as you start growing",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27605,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies to work for,"Great culture constantly reinforced by well documented leadership principles, real customer problems to solve , flat hierarchy and super smart people to learn from.",Nothing i can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27606,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to be a leader,Manager focuses on SDEs career growth Team follows good engineer practises and lot of senior engineers to learn from Internal wikis and video website to grow as an engineer Fair compentation and follows standard hiring practises so you will get to work with smart engineers and less chance of miss hire(as I see Amazon do fire),"Maybe little work and learning balance should be there, as most of the time you have tools to solve your problem As most of the operation tasks not involve engineering","Please focus on engineering skills of individual along with customer, treat employees as customer to the company",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27607,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Good place to improve knowledge,Need to be employee centric,Dont revise your policies too often,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27608,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Device Associate,Good for a start,"I started my career with Amazon,Chennai as a Device Associate. Initially it was an awesome place to work. Enjoyed myself to the core, earned decent and enough for a bachelor. Learned a lot. But, a time came where career has to become a part of me, so I started expanding my career and started looking for a challenge, thats when i found out whatever i learned and did was not even 10% in what the industry is expecting.",They use tester as a support for the REAL tester(QAs),Please dont make tester feel they a support for super heroes.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27609,amazon,none," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall fair,"Nice teammates, good laugh and nice company culture",pressure to achieve target is enomous,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1983.htm
27610,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Transactional Risk Investigator,"A perfect mix of Work, Growth and Ethics !!!!!!","This is THE BEST place to work right now. The organization and the working environment couldn't be better. Sometimes there is a bit of work pressure but speaking as a workaholic, I love my work here at Amazon. I am a Transactional Risk Analyst and right now working from home (permanently). Yes, you heard it right. I don't think any other company in India provides such an opportunity to it,s employees.",None for me. It all falls in place when I am contributing my part and trying to achieve a momentum at work.,The management needs to put themselves in our shoes and understand certain drawbacks to the decisions which are being made regarding work. The idea might be good but there should be a proper implementation for it.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27611,amazon,Paris (France)," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solution Architect,"Changing the world. Excellent people, excellent technology, great vision.","Fast growing, sometime you . may feel lost (but managers and peers will help)",Keep going like this,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27612,amazon,none," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad company,The money is really good,Lots of hard work,Good pay,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27613,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Transaction tisk investigator,good culture. good people to meet,monotonous mundane work. no opportunity to learn,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27614,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Support Operations Analyst,Analyst,unlimited scope to learn. Friendly Company,slow growth.. too much frugality,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27615,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Fraud Investigator,Fraud investigation Senior Specialist,"company reputation, freedom , self study highly stressful but sarisfactory experience",no new positions opened // few benefits and low pay rate // unexperienced managers,more transparency and communication,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27616,amazon,Pune (India)," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Great place to owrk, low salary, customer service","Awesome place to work. Fresher must join Amazon or college pursuing people. Low work pressure. Friendly people, easy process.","Low salary, repetitive work. Noting to learn. Monotonous work.",Please do increase salary. need more transparency between management and employee.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27617,amazon,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible work life balance culture,"Fast paced, learn fast, descent benefits, ability to transfer to other sites",Horrible work life balance,Look into the work life balance of employees,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27618,amazon,Mumbai (India)," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Security Project Manager,Good place to work,"You can explore yourself and learn a lot at job. Awesome opportunities will land up if you are prepared else you may have to pass it on. Your career os in your hand, so be ready and prepared.",Process is too slow and people will just throw LPs to shut u up when they tum out of valid arguments.,Changes shall be faster and yes hiring too shall be fast.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27619,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Hard work but rewarding,"Fast growing company, leading edge tech, good comp packages (for Vancouver, even better in Seattle), very nice offices right downtown. Great place to be a builder and create new things.","Very demanding and not always fair, for example the forced 5-10% attrition annually. On call rotation for all engineers and managers.",Consider adding a leadership principle about treating employees as highly as customers (after all they are customers too),4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1984.htm
27620,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good review,Good reliabilty and strong team work,No cons and no problemo,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27621,amazon,"Lagunilla, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best Place to work,-The work environment is the best you can find. - Incredible possibilities for growth. -Excellent benefits. - Salary goes hand in hand with work even better. - You are treated like a person.,so far I can not say anything find,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27622,amazon,Noida (India)," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Good place to work with. bad on the compliance part,Very bad on the Compliance part,none,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27623,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - KYC Analyst,KYC specialist,Entry level job. Easy to apply for a fresh graduate. Friendly and supportive colleagues. Amazon as a whole is a good company.,"Cons at this department only (other Amazon departments are much better):  Not much promotion opportunities within the department. Communication with the management team is not easy. The managers make bad decisions all the time and do not consult team members before making a big decision. Have to work on weekend shift. Repetitive work. High employee turnover. Most people leave before reaching 2 years in the role. Office isolated at a building away from other Amazon teams, very little interaction with other Amazon teams.",Have an open mind.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27624,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon logistics SDS,Work environment definitely makes it worth every call. Staff defiantly keeps workers happy and comfortable. They really do everything possible so that we are stress free and give our 110%,Sometimes there are changes made without the right communication and can be a little chaotic however it is not something that happens all the time.,When changes are being made it would be helpful to communicate it clearly to all employees so there isn’t the stress of feeling overwhelmed with change,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27625,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to develop and work with talented professionals,Company with strong values and dynamic environment,Overwhelming amount of e mail,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27626,amazon,Ahmedabad (India)," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Facilities Engineer,Facility Cordinator,Gr8 Compensation & Benefits.High Level of Safety Standards.,Less Automation Work Found.Material Procurement & approva for PR takes long time.,Need to smoothen Indirect Procurement Process as it takes too much time.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27627,amazon,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting and intense workplace,Working for a market leader and innovator - practical problems that you would not see elsewhere,"Managers move teams often and frequent reorgs, harder to grow career in those circumstances",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27628,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Head of Social and Content,Head of Social and Content,"Good benefits, good career development scope","This review is for Amazon China Retail, not suitable for other Amazon business. 1. Collaboration overloaded. 2. Lack of Technical support to marketing department 3. low quality office environment (compared to Seattle HQ) 4. Bureaucratic of top management. 5. 100% sabotaged hiring bar in year 2017 til now.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27629,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Quality Assurance,Good place to work,will get the vast knowledge on the latest technologies which will be in the market.,Working culture should get improved in terms of personal and professional balance,Had to get involve more to know each employee.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1985.htm
27630,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing manager,Good people Organized Great ethos and learning,Slow pace to get things executed,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27631,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager Merchant Services,- smart and energetic colleagues - challenging topics and many chances to grow - good work/life balance,- outdated sabbatical policy (after your initial sabbatical only every 5 years),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27632,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Business Development Manager,"Opportunity to engage with customers across an incredibly diverse range of industries, which is very exciting. And backed by an amazingly talented group of people within Amazon. Customers are usually thrilled to work with us as well as the technology really helps them to solve their challenges.",The internal organization is constantly evolving and being flexible to change is necessary.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27633,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible and Innovative,Flexible with working from home innovative high level of ownership given to people joining at entry level,Frugality - this is one of the core principles but for a company that earns so much it should invest a little more back into its employees,N/A,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27634,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,data associate,"friendly work environment , great carrier opportunity.","office politics, work pressure is more",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27635,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Busineess Analyst,Okay for couple of years,They provide a Good pay. The work environment is very Chilled out. There are Lots of opportunities within the company.,Constant change in personnel in case of stakeholders and teams. Too many people doing same work which would regress growth.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27636,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"You must challenge the status quo, be ready to take risks, good at communication and should be good at writing word documents.",Business environment is challenging and changing.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27637,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,"Good learning curve, Pays well","Might be hectic sometimes, depends on team",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27638,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good people, not good management in this location",- Young environment - Many nationalities - Casual,"-Metrics/processes are changed so fast that an employee is unable to be evaluated through a consistent performance evaluation - Many managers (senior managers), looks like they do not understand that, and give employees a pressure for achieving metrics that are not even accurate - Lack of motivation from managers to promote good people - Senior management did not understand employees needs - There is no room for expand your career in this department - Once you dominate the job (about 4-6 months) it stops being challenging and creating new opportunities and challenges is impossible that they will come from your job duties - To many fake actions covering the inefficiencies in management - If you are expecting a requiring job, where your skills will make you succeed in your career, you are not looking in the right place",none,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27639,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Payroll Specialist,Honest company to work,good work culture and hansome pay,I dont find any cons,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1986.htm
27640,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,material handler,Get the new experience and work with the team,sometime heavy pick heavy boxes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27641,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,CS Associate,"Pay, Leaves and incentives",Constantly varying goals and bench marks,Increase compensation s,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27642,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," May 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS sydney 👎,Work travel is available if you’re interested,"Work life balanace, people are managed poorly and hr problems are common, everyone is expected to be available to work all the time",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27643,amazon,none," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sample,super place to work in company,bad environment is maintained in company,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27644,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 21, 2018",Former Employee - Devops Engineer,DevOps,You will get great opportunity to llearn and grow your career,You will have a lot of work in your plate always,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27645,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor manager,Fast -paced work team and competence,Not enough time to do all things,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27646,amazon,none," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,program manager,Good salary and nice area to live in,Work way too much. More than in Seattle,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27647,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 20, 2018",Former Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Amazing Amazon,Work Culture and people. Compensation and learning curve,If you're not good in time management then it can be troublesome for you,Treat employees more humanely.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27648,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development engineer,Goood pay that is the only benefit,No work balance at all Poor quality of work,Don’t treat your employees like slaves,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27649,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - IT Support Technician,The WORST company I've ever worked for,Close to home & a few good contacts.,"Hierarchy is not flat as they claim it to be, managers and site leads seem to dictate mood of business on a daily basis.  IT is appalling, their idea of fixing or problem solving is issuing a new laptop, causing endless delays. It's all about numbers and stats, not quality. Lack of employee moral. & team spirit. reigns amongst staff. Growth is sparse.  As an employee, your opinion is not valued unless you're a developer or scientist, even then I'm not sure what level of understanding they have towards genuine needs to build better processes, maintain staff moral, improve attitudes.  I spent most of my time there complaining about the poor attitudes off staff and misguided process often leading in double work.",Employ managers that are specialist with their field as opposed to a manger managing a team with no prior experience of that field. Especially IT.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1987.htm
27650,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Fraud Investigator,"Work Hard, No Fun, No History",The lack of experienced management in Amazon allows you to collect a lot of experience.,"You are most of the time alone in your career growth, in learning internal systems as well as hard skills.","Stop obsessing yourself with micromanagement and start participating in the job, understanding what is it that we are doing in Amazon, and trust the people that deliver results. Also, stop trying to justifying any absurdity coming from your superiors, have backbone disagree and commit (you only commit...).",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27651,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Fast pace, very smart people, learning all the time. Awesome",High workload that make difficult life balance,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27652,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,PROBLEM SOLVER (WA),Very valuable platform for me and others also.,I think no anything for this.,All is very well and managed.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27653,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 20, 2018",Current Employee - Date Entry/Copy Paste,data entry,I have worked Previous companies are not paying so far.,It is good company and payment also made promptly.,I believe this company is not the same one,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27654,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Catalogue Associate,"Amazon is the best place to work, perks and benefits and sufficient work life balance.","Amazon is a good place to work, sadly there is work politics here in India.",Give deserving employees a chance to grow.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27655,amazon,none," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Source Analyst,Good at analyzing products. Freelance Hassle Traffic free Work At Home,low pay out hard to find products to list,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27656,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - SME,Good,Very Good Company for anyone interested in Ecommerce,"overall no cons,",All the best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27657,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Research Analyst,More pluses than minuses,Great working crowd Clever people Leaders in the fields,Technologies used are old Emphasis on communication rather than work,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27658,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Campus Recruiter,One of a kind!,You will get to work with some of the best people in the industry. Good pay and you will be part of some breakthrough innovations.,Long hours to be expected,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27659,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist - Amazon Advertising,Good Payscale above L-4 employees,Worst Mid level management employees,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1988.htm
27660,amazon,none," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work life balance. They do not value it.,"Big name, if you are looking for that on your resume",Bad work and Bad life as a software developer,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27661,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Different and great company,"- you get huge responsibility fast - you can have a great impact right away - all employees follow the leadership principles - salary is good and above market average - international teams, lot of opportunities - very open culture and moving to another job is not difficult - since I joined the share value went up 50%. It is a very successful company and you can feel it working here",- work/life balance can be sometimes a challenge - fast pace environment (start-up mentality but large teams to manage) = not for everyone,"I met some of the best managers in my career here after I have worked for Cisco and Microsoft. Managers are very detail orientated and sometimes it is great if they can let go and leverage more the experience of managers reporting to them. Other than that, it is just a great team",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27662,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Work Experience in Amazon as QAE,Good to learn new technology,Needs to stretch at times and you should work independently,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27663,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Manager,Customer service Manager,"Learning, Security, flexibility, and opportunity to work with global team.","Indian arm is still in politics, favouritism, bias etc",Please act maturedly,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27664,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Fantastic Comapny,good and only good enviourment,overall good nothing found yet,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27665,amazon,none," May 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interior desining,Desining works for homes,Heavy work stress and pressure,none,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27666,amazon,Noida (India)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - CRM Consultant,worst organization,Shifts are normal. And cab facility if cab is not there then 4000 rs as reimbursement,"Just work, no fun no interaction of any manger or anything.",Be friendly and interactive,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27667,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support engineer,"allowances, salary, Onsite oppurtunitues, compensations","worklife balance will be a toll, late night calls ,weekends oncall",employ more resources,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27668,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer II,Challenging environment.,Nice place to work to build self management skills being an individual contributor,Work life balance should be improved,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27669,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Specialist,Too many politics,Facilities provided by the company are very good,Too many team politics. Too muh favouratism in the company.,Stop hiring managers with no skills,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1989.htm
27670,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Positive,"great work environment, great atmosphere good incentives but low salary",shifts changes every three months,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27671,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Process Control Specialist,"Overall, it is a nice company to work for which offers great career progression opportunities","- Good salary package and compensation - Great career progression opportunities - You get to work with people who are from different countries and wide range of backgrounds, it truly broadens my horizons","- Some of the colleagues do not want to help or share knowledge fearing that you would do better than them - Some of the senior management/Ops are too power hunger and would not listen or give you the opportunities to voice your concerns. - Sometimes it is more of who you know rather than what you know to help you climb up the career ladder within Amazon -In-house training is either non-exist or very low qualities - Canteen foods are cheap, but horrible",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27672,amazon,Coimbatore North (India)," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Best place to work,"Perfect working environment, Good competition, Will learn a lot of new stuff","N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A",N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27673,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Specialist,Excellent Company,I have worked in Amazons Facilities in Chennai before and now I am working in Amazon Hyderabad. My experience was very good.,an element of fun is missing from the work,Facilities in Qcity are not good,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27674,amazon,none," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruiting manager,quality work to do. ability to take ownership,"No wlb, no taking care of employees",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27675,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Engineer,great place to work,good benefits and flexible hours,upper management need to hear the complaints more often,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27676,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - H R,Good Company,Good tech Lot of competition within the team,Work life balance needs to be improved,"none at this time, good place",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27677,amazon,Coimbatore South (India)," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Desktop Support Engineer,destop engineer,good to work and best to keep an employee as good manners,yellow badge and blue badge,same as equality,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27678,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Awesome place to work,Friendly attitude Management always helps you with proper resources Great Training materials,More customer centric than Employee friendly Doesn't work on feedback of associates,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27679,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Good Salary Higher Standards Ownership job satisfaction,"Work Pressure,Other than this no such cons",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1990.htm
27680,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,Everything is a pro,Salary structure can be redefined,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27681,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Team Manager,may be no better place than amazon to work for,"learning, fast paced and every day brings new challenges.","at times, you are way too much involved in the work",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27682,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Analyst,My second career,Very good company with best package provided. Lot of chance to learn more and flat organization,Employees should get some benefits for online shopping from there website,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27683,amazon,"Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England (UK)"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Amazon is a good company but the Contracting company’s that do the delivery are awful.,The work loads are okay and possible to deliver,"Working for the contractors that do the delivering are awful. When you leave the company they will try to sting you for everything and you have to wait 30 days for the outstanding money owed to you. They will drag it out as long as they can and then try to sting you for damages when you don’t have any (photos taken for proof). My advice is, if you can work for Amazon directly, do it. But if you are a driver I wouldn’t bother because you will loose out seriously.",Employ directly instead of out sourcing your deliveries to contracting companies because they are awful to work for and they try to sting the driver(s) for everything and anything,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27684,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager II,One of the best places,"1. Generally talented colleagues with drive to achieve more 2. Very challenging program and very unique problems for you to solve. If you solve it, you will create huge impact worldwide. 3. Data driven culture with availability of data. The level of analysis is extremely thorough and even for program management, you find yourself spending significant amount of times getting and analyzing data for decision making.","1. Too stringent on flight policy because for long haul, all you get is economy. Sometimes even premium economy is cheaper but you just cannot get it. 2. Very often Amazonians in Seattle expect/request colleagues in Asia to meet them in their Seattle friendly hours. This is inconsiderate. Imagine you have to start meeting them at 5 or 6am in the morning on weekly basis and it is few times a week. 3. There isn’t “perks” for Singapore, not even discount code for amazon.com purchase or amazon products. This is extremely strange.",1. Be mindful and considerate to Amazonian in different time zones. Colleagues in HQ should not feel superior so they can demand their timing and insist on the way of work. 2. Be more generous on perks and travel policy because sometimes it is at the expense of our wellbeing. 3. Create a lively office environment in Singapore.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27685,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Manager,overall I am happy working for Amazon,lots learning in the first year,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27686,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service rep,very friendly environment keeping us motivated alltime,15 min breaks are not sufficient,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27687,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist: the perfect position to learn 360° how to manage a business,"- Great responsibilities and freedom to manage autonomously your work. You are evaluated based on results. - Exciting work environment that empower you to dive deep, think big and share ideas - Extra - projects that allow you to have a look outside your daily job. Projects are assigned according to your qualities and ambitions (or areas you want to improve) - Solid career path and support from your manager/team regarding your goals (and how to reach them)","- Self-service company (this is a cons, but also a pro): Amazon gives you the instruments, but then you need to search info/ask people/do training by yourself to get what you need to. It's always day one! - Intense rhythm: prioritize is a necessity. High chance to be overpowered by an heavy workload.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27688,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Advisor French Speaker,Customer Service Advisor French Speaker,Worlwilde company with the commun interest satisfy the customer,The communication sometimes for the policies is gave with 24h hours of delay sometimes 48h. I talk about my french department,Keep doing what you do !,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27689,amazon,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager in Logistics,+You have the chance to make big changes +people development + flat organization +Good Salary,-face high pressure situations -work during weekends/holidays/night,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1991.htm
27690,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Training Manager,Doesnt live up to the expectations,"The work is exciting, scope to do a lot, the pay is fine, additional benefits are fine, very dynamic","work culture, weak leadership, very dynamic and not transparent","You should have separate timely connects with new hires (not associates but managers) as there is a lot of workplace bullying. I am 6 months old here with no skips, dont trust my leadership to take any action and already planning to quit as soon as I finish 1 year. The stint has been terrible!",3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27691,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer I,It's good to start a career in this,Good opportunities for ur career to boost it up. So a great choice for you.,Hectic schedule sometimes. But it's manageable. So don't take it as con.,They are good. Just give some exciting works related to AI analysis.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27692,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,D2TS Sr. Associate,"Good work culture, Cool managers, give priority to their employees.",Sometime growth is slow (depends in which process you are)  Performance rating is quite high as compare to market.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27693,amazon,Istanbul (Turkey)," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Support Associate,"Vendor Support Associate, Amazon Turkey",You learn something new every day. Good training opportunities Possibility to move up (worldwide) within the company,Exhaustive working hours in Turkey (10 hours) No lunch vouchers Pays only the half of the monthly transportation card (when you think about the USD and TL exchange rate I find it completely ridiculous and unfair.),Humanly working conditions are required in order to offer a good customer service.,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27694,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Process Associate,Best for career growth,It is a best place for every job role to grow in his/her career,Rotational shifts are a bit uncomfortable,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27695,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial analyst,The workforce is mostly young and forward looking. The company is fast paced and adapts to change. Lots of opportunity to travel.,Hires overqualified people for junior roles (but pays highly compared to competitors for these roles). Too many layers of management.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27696,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Manager,overall I am happy working for Amazon,lots learning in the first year,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27697,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,"Horrible work rules, restrictions and stress",* Growth opportunities * Oppourtunity to network,* Strict Work timings * Daily metrics that are forced to be met * Numbers driven without any care for employee's concerns * Back to back calls without any rest * Constant monitoring of metrics and reminders and pressure to meet them,"Once in a while care about the employee's concerns related to work stress, growth guidance or other concerns instead of just being numbers driven at the end of day.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27698,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Need to get out,"Dress as you like, leave policy.",This box aint enough to mention.,Change the entire management,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27699,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Work place,"Work Culture, Competitive environment.  It is a best place for every job role to grow in his/her career",Nothing as Such as its a good place to work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1992.htm
27700,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Alexa Data Service,There is lots of learning,Pay is less when compared to other profiles,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27701,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Engineer at AMS,- Good Life / Work Balance. - Highly collaborative coworkers. - Leadership Principles are true and a fundamental for decisions.,- Fear of Automation. - 80% of Manual Work / 20% automation.,"Reduce the fear of automation, embrace DevOps as a organizational culture instead of a specific team.",3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27702,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Great enviroment and professional growth,"Benefits, Opportunities , Culture , Growth, Personal development",Salary is lower than other enterprises,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27703,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Advisor,Great First Job!!!,The learning curve is just Amazing. The more the energy you put in here the better you become. I have witness growth my self in 2 years,Pressure to perform is always there. But hey!! you work for the earth’s most customer centric company. there’s always that satisfaction in the end,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27704,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction risk investigator,"Good culture, work environment, lot of additional benefits","Dynamic conditions and ever changing work environment, food can be better.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27705,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"work environment, culture, benefits, knowledge",not any to mention as such,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27706,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Investigation Specialist,TRMS,"Interesting , Fast growth, Overtime, Culture, Environment",Rotating week off and shift,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27707,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Skilled Technical Worker,Beware the UK hiring trap,"The leadership principles - if you agree with these and want to work in that way, you will see them in action.","If you are in the UK and hired from outside they will offer a better salary than other sectors so you may think you are being hired into a senior role but when you arrive with, say, ten years of experience you find they have tricked you into an entry level role. Prepare to be frustrated and treated like the bottom of the heap by senior management who do not value outside experience. I feel completely defrauded by Amazon’s hiring inflation. Ask what level your job will be and find out what that means",Stop hiring inflation. You have people who are experts in their fields with years of experience being hired as level fours and their levelling docs talk about “applying what I learned in school” and entry level language.,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27708,amazon,"New Westminster, BC (Canada)"," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon worst job I ever had,Benefit package is good if you stay long enough to use it,"Long hours going full speed. Burnout, blistered feet and sore back common. People crying in the lunchrooms and washrooms. Washrooms are too far from work area. Having to account for every second. Pay not worth effort required. Too exhausted for any kind of family quality time or household chores. Forced overtime 3 months a year. No job security. Anybody still working over 6 months considered long timers. Hr is only concerned with your problem if you kiss their butt or if you speak their language",Shifts should not be more than 7 1/2 hours at Mach 1. Should have better hr department that treats ALL employees equally.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27709,amazon,Istanbul (Turkey)," May 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,poor salary and working conditions,only good thing is that company has high stock price..,-poor salary. below industry average - transportation + lunch meals are not paid -extremely horrible working conditions - they promise you to earn Amazon stock but you have to stay at least 3 years for that. Another type of slavery...,just cause your stock price is high doesnt mean that you shouldnt value your own people. company profitability low but still salary could be way better.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1993.htm
27710,amazon,"Nottingham, England (UK)"," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Student,picker,The only highlight is the pay.,"10 hours shifts, treat their employees like robots and crap coffee",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27711,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Amazing,Place to be and excellent environment,Nothing much and you guys are superb,Great Job,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27712,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Customer Service Rep,Productive work. Management is great. flexible hours,no paid time off or paid sick time,None,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27713,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Crazy,Ot and salary is good here,Everything apart from above mentioned,I have no words for them tbh,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27714,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very political,"Good tools, RSUs and cheques-repas (8.40), possibility to work from home a few times a year.",Internal politics is generally a hurdle to a promotion.,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27715,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area manager,"Exciting place to work. As an area (or regional) manager, you'll have overall responsibility for a number of stores in an allocated area. You'll be responsible for staff and you'll work closely with other senior managers and department managers. Your duties will include: Setting sales targets. Maximising sales and profitability.","Work schedule. As an area (or regional) manager, you'll have overall responsibility for a number of stores in an allocated area. You'll be responsible for staff and you'll work closely with other senior managers and department managers. Your duties will include: Setting sales targets. Maximising sales and profitability.","""You now must work with your staff to achieve your department and your organizational goals. Your role is to work with others, to help them be productive and effective."" Stone offers these tips for first-time managers: Identify your department's goals, and determine the resources needed to achieve them.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27716,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Support Engineer,TechOps Support Engineer,- So many resources to learn - Very large and dynamic environment that will give strong experience - Open minded and flexible environment and management - Ability to change position within the company,- Tough environment and so much work,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27717,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Good but nt tge best,"Work culture, hr policies, parks","Growth, talent hunt, floor politics,",Please search fr talents in a better way,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27718,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Recruiter,"Great Place to work, Competitive environment","Work Life Balance, Limited opportunities for support roles to move internally",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27719,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Lack of transparency,Good pay Chances of internal transfer to different teams,"Lack of transparency, engineers are put on 'dev-plan' without even notifying them. Goals keep on changing. Suddenly some new task comes up with a tight deadline, and everything is put on hold. Lots of meetings, most of which are wasted in discussing unnecessary mundane things. Work within the parallel universe of amazon internal technologies and frameworks. I probably have written only a few thousand lines of code in more than a year. Most if the projects are basically refactors, migration from one framework to another. I know a few developers who have spent more than 6 months without writing any code: basically spending time in configurations, jsons and doing things with other amazon internal tools. Some of the projects look like they are being done just for the heck of it. Perfectly working code gets re-written to use some other 'internal framework' for no apparent reason. Of course, we are paid to do this, but its not at all motivating.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1994.htm
27720,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best Company to work for in India,work life balance cooperative peers awesome facilities,didn't find any until this time. Am sure will not find any in the future as well.,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27721,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Graduate Analyst,Amazing! Great culture and lovely atmosphere!,Career progression and strong skill acquisition through daily tasks! It’s a company that is very fast paced! You never get bored in here!,Sometimes long hours! But enjoyable!  There is not much that I can say it is a cons at amazon! Everything is so people oriented!,Great managers! They really look into the team! Lovely ones!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27722,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company review,"A great place to work, No dress code, Friendly hierarchy .",CSA performance will be gauged in number of yes and no responses and this sometimes effect our personal growth.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27723,amazon,Pune City (India)," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Support Associate,Good Managenment and Perks are good imcluding bonus and sodexos,No Cons as it is the best employer,The management is fast and resolves queries faster,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27724,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,all pros in every field in this company,no cons through out my work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27725,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Dynamic, challenging and tech-friendly. Always related with innovation. Very motivational and qualified teams.","High pressure, long hours jobs and a lot of reporting.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27726,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Work with the smartest people,"Innovation, moving forward and opportunities to see your ideas become reality.",Work life balance can be a challenge at times.,Keep on being the best in the business!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27727,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,It is the best company to work with.,The working environment is amazing and there's a lot to learn as an intern.,"There's no con as such, but be prepared to hustle your way through the internship as it is gonna be difficult.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27728,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Visual Designer,Amazon,Work life balance. Average - Good work culture.,Pay isn't the greatest. Not much growth.,Need's more transparency.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27729,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon Life,Employee Friendly Growth Opportunities Valued at Amazon Learning never stops Various Skill sets are taught,Shift Changes Internal Job Postings Week offs No proper communication with regards to IJPs Some people do not interact,"Provide time to time update on the jobs applied, and update the job finder with the necessary qualifications",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1995.htm
27730,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon Life,Employee Friendly Growth Opportunities Valued at Amazon Learning never stops Various Skill sets are taught,Shift Changes Internal Job Postings Week offs No proper communication with regards to IJPs Some people do not interact,"Provide time to time update on the jobs applied, and update the job finder with the necessary qualifications",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27731,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support Associate,"Good work environment, good salary, always develop yourself","everyday something is changing and it is very fast environment ,you have to be flexible.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27732,amazon,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - UAE CM,A definite workplace to pursue,"Out of tremendous Pros I could talk about, I could not find better than enthusiastically adopting the 14 principles the company depends on internally and externally. Specially the customer obsession one!",I couldn't think of any Cons. i enjoy the work environment,Continue doing what you are doing. A massive efforts have been put to influence such rapport.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27733,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best workplace,here u find everything which is lacking in other companies. good management team. high security if it comes to women safety as well as employee job security is awesome. no formals good pay good hygiene cafeteria services. transport service is excellent. place where talent is given more prominence than anything else. good workplace and friendly environment. cab allowance is very good. less work pressure. zeta food coupon is available.. and the list goes on.,There is nothing in terms of cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27734,amazon,Regensburg (Germany)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - FINOPS Agent,FINOPS AGENT,good atmosphere - nice colleagues interesting and challenging cases contact to business Vendor´s (b2b) work from home,some cases need more time,CCP - on a fourtnightly basis (14days),5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27735,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Security Engineer,Well managed company with the best development opportunities,Best opportunity to develop his skills. Very organized structures and processes. Pleasant and friendly working environment.,"The company is quite focused on US based standards for security systems and techniques. Often, too many departments or people are involved in simple processes .",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27736,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - UI-UX Designer,Work Experience at amazon,Hi I never feel amazon work place stress full.,Its best place for freshers. Growth for experience person its bit late....,Nothing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27737,amazon,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Administrator,"free, easy, no overtime, good managers","low salary, no growth opportunities",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27738,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard to be successful in China,Opportunities to transfer to US if you work in technical team,Years of struggling in China. Leadership in US realize China is different but still not open enough for accepting variations during execution.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27739,amazon,Bratislava - Rača (Slovakia)," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,"Good Job Experience, Long Time Processes To Be Promoted",Good Job Experience Nice culture of the Company International Environment,Too specific jobs Hard to get a promotion due to the strict policies,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1996.htm
27740,amazon,"West Bromwich, England (UK)"," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Flex Driver,Highly recommend,"Flexible, good pay, not too stressful",Difficult to pick up shifts,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27741,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid! Job will give you anxiety & depression.,Work 4 days and get 3 days off. Nice extended health benefits.,"Avoid working at a fulfillment center! Turnover rates are ridiculous, I should have backed out from my in-person interview when I was informed about the turnover rate. I should have seen the red flags. For example, working for 2 years makes you 'senior'. I wish I didn't accept the job, but I was desperate. You will be overworked. You will be rushed. You will be stressed. You will feel underappreciated. You will feel like you are underpaid. You will be made to feel unqualified.  They start you off with slow menial tasks and responsibilities. Before you know it, you're taking the load of the whole team and they see how you perform under stress. I've seen people cry at work (or in their cars), work so much they didn't have time to use the washroom, or work right through their lunch.  Numbers/metrics are everything to the company, everything matters to the second. You will be tested. Yes, you heard that right! YOU WILL BE TESTED!  Workers will come up to you with questions to see how you answer them. Events will be staged to see how you react to them. I swear to God I wish I was making this up, but events were literally staged in front of me to see how I would handle them. There's a saying, Amazon has a peculiar way of doing things. Only 'Amazonians' will truly understand that. There's no other way to put it.  By the end of my employment, I was a nervous wreck. I had 0 confidence or motivation. I was making mistakes left, right, and center. I was bullied by management and my peers. I was berated. I was indirectly told to 'bully' others (see example below). I didn't pass some of their 'tests'. I was working 60 hours a week and was receiving 0 appreciation. I began having panic attacks. I couldn't tell which event would be staged to 'test' me or which was real. I began having depression. My last day of employment was the happiest moment. I was scared because I didn't know how I would afford bread the next day.  But, I still made it out of that hell-hole.  Example: I was asked to drop off a cart of products to a specific line of packers. When I asked why that specific line, I was told ""Ah, I want them to work harder."" When I walked by the first line, the workers were working at a slow and relaxed pace with barely any product coming to them. When I walked by the 2nd line where I was told to drop off the cart (there were already 4-6 carts waiting), all the workers there were rushing and sweating, they were clearly under stress, look panicked, and were obviously either being tested or purposefully overworked to quit.",Change the work-culture. Change the work-life balance. Stop mentally and physically bullying workers into quitting.,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27742,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,"Great work environment and culture, great manager very supportive and co-workers. Benefit Holiday pay",10 hours of work simple labour,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27743,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 7, 2018",Former Employee - Operations,Operations (Fulfillment),Good salary Supportive work environment Values safety and development of employees,Depressing being in the fulfillment center Lots of rules/procedures Boring work,Try to get people to care about the job,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27744,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Abuse Risk Investigator,Abuse Risk Investigator,Diversity in the company is great,Progression paths are not very clear,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27745,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Apr 21, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Value Chain Manager,"Good bonuses, equivalent to effort","Long hours, in line with everyone expectations",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27746,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great Experience,"The managers and team leads are understanding and help in learning the work role. As a female worker, I was given the advantage of pick up and drop cab service.","Sometimes, there was no work - which was a boring time - but the flow of work depends on the time of location.",None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27747,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Internal mobility options and job postings,Employees need to be very self driven and self motivated,Invest into more HR practices,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27748,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Data Associate,Data Associate,work environment and benefits. Cab service. Food coupons,low salary. no growth employees are treated as slaves.,"Please treat employees as human beings Respect employee and validate their work,dont expect an employee to be your pet and do sugar coatings.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27749,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Awesome work experience here,Its really fun to work at Amazon. You'll love each and every day at work. Even you'll feel like why there are holidays. There is really a very friendly work atmosphere. And there is no dress codes which I love the most. Even experienced people will be down to earth.,"Upto now, I haven't felt anything bad here.",It's simply awesome working at Amazon.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1997.htm
27750,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Awesome Experience,"Flexible work environment,supporting and guiding managers and no dress code.",no cons experienced till now.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27751,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,Good atmosphere and benefits. Interesting projects.,Breaks dont feel long enough,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27752,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2018",Former Employee - Investigator,Fake managing,"Dress code, free popcorn, lack of supervision. There is flexibility when trying to change schedules.",Not really a developed management system. Anyone can become a manager with no training.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27753,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Consultant,It's great to be an Amazonian,"At the bleeding edge of new technologies, business ideas, great people, great set of leadership principles, great culture, so many opportunities, your opinions matter - all the benefits of working at a huge enterprise but with the feel, drive and ambition of a start up! I love it!","You get what you give, expect to work hard, face challenges but then reap the rewards for doing so!","Don't lose the culture, customer obsession before sales!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27754,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Support Representative,excellent,The Name. working at amazon is a matter of prestige. The highest salary in the industry. 50 days leave per year.,very high expectations . stupidly high targets.,give more bloody NPT,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27755,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Head of Financial Services - AWS,Still Day One,The best place to boldly try new things that seem outright crazy at first sight. A great organization to try new businesses and teams in the course of your career.,A lot of energy gets spent in being scrappy and figuring things out for the first time,"Apart from the LPS, we need a few stories that exemplify how these were used in the face of uncertainty and churn.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27756,amazon,Pune (India)," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - CS Training Specialist,"Friendly work culture, great leadership and the energy seems like a carnival each day!","> Amazon truly cares for their employees, spoils them even. Every feedback is implemented when it comes to the well-being of employees. > Great leadership team who are ever-approachable and friendly without the hierarchical rule/ despotism. > People/ work culture here is amazing to work with. Majority of the employees are highly motivated so it gets easier to work/ network across departments while handling/ launching a big project that involves multiple teams. > The site where I work at is extremely young with average age of 23 (approx.) and is always buzzing with a lot of energy. With events/ celebrations happening every other day, all the employees find it a lot of fun to come to work everyday! > All the Team managers I have reported to/ worked with so far are fair and handle teams pretty decently.","> Being so successful comes with a price. For an e-commerce giant like Amazon to be as good as we are globally, working round the clock (literally 24/7 shifts) is key to meet the increasing demands of the customers and customer obsession is taken to another level as Jeff B says it. With 24/7 shifts, it does take a toll on health in the long term. > The site where I work is expanding rapidly each year which means one has to be open to take on multiple roles (within the area of expertise) than the one that they were initially hired for. This maybe particularly challenging for some who may not be too keen on widening their horizon.",Please cut down on the 24/7 shift work culture as it really wreaks havoc on health in the long run.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27757,amazon,Pune (India)," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Amazon,"Work place environment is best to work here, Full time enjoyment while working and various activities at work. No Work pressure and bad treatment for failure. Inspiring nature at work which motivates the employees to grow in the career independently","Some times partiality by managers lead to bad experience, However it is only in cases to case basis.","Please provide equal opportunists depending upon tenurity and experience of the work and not depending upon the test you conduct for growth, Experience is better than Scores.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27758,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - New Account Manager,Challenging environment. Great learning experience,Bright people. People behave according to Amazon's Leadership Principles,No clear career path Very demanding targets,Cascade more information to lower ranks,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27759,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Apr 5, 2018",Former Employee - Business Operations Specialist,Business specialist,Friendly environment Different departments to develop knowledge,Lack of motivation Lack of management skills,Take more management courses and prepare better for the role. Take time to know the associates,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1998.htm
27760,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Apr 5, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great Benefits,-Great Benefits -Internal transfer oppurtunities -Good managers,-Lots of demand to perform at rate -Stressful -Minimum wage -Point system for attendance,"Stay postive for your team members, because your attitude makes a difference for how well the job is taken.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27761,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,"Could be great but,,",Opportunity to grow was there,Never enough people on the team so workload was stressful,Invest in mid level managers,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27762,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Working Culture is Awesome!,"Great working culture, Managers and Team",Growth and movements are bit hard,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27763,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Good people and work-life balance,people who are not a self-starter will be hard to survive,should have a billiards table for fun,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27764,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trade,Great company to work!!! Really appreciate all professionals and environment!,"Until now, I didn’t face any cons about company",Great support from all level of professionals,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27765,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources Assistant,"Always looking for a way to be more efficient, safe and improve quality. Takes suggestions from all levels of the organization and implements changes quickly if it benefits one of these areas.","Uncaring culture- no thought or consideration for associate who are being worked like horses and how long hours and constant schedule changes may negatively impact their associates wellbeing. From an HR perspective, not a good opportunity to learn, very low level, not strategic at all, and the organization does not use HR to get best results for the business. Duties included cleaning Managers office/lunch room, ordering lunch for Managers, creating reports that are not read by Managers.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27766,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Content Test Associate,It was a good experience,Good perks and benefits for employees.,The Operations teams at Amazon have a very bad work culture. Managers are unprofessional.,Please take care of the ops teams,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27767,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Associate,Quality Assurance Associate,Amazon is a best place to work where i can grow my knowledge in various areas.,Low salary for Level 2.,Best Management.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27768,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Catalogue Associate,Work culture is awesome,"Flexible, work from home, top leadership is good, cafeteria is nice, nice environment","Nothing was as such, but new managers basically hired from bpo, are ruining work environment, some really nonsense managers are there now (hired in April 2016 ) top leadership should take action over such managers and there idiotic decisions and plans... These managers are almost threatening employees and forcing illogical things...","Don't hire managers from bpo, or limit their foolish ideas, and plans",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27769,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best in Standard,- Very flexible - career progression,- politics within the team in a major drawback,"If they eliminate the internal politics, then it would be fine.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P1999.htm
27770,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Helpful,I didnot find any negative .,It is useful for job seekers .Good Oppurtunity,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27771,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Developer,"No timings is the best thing. We can work from different city while the team which we are a part of can be at a different place. Growth is credited to the team in which you work. There are a lot of teams where you will thrive. But you can also find teams where most of the work is already done. That is to say the team is well established. In such teams, you need to understand the existing architecture and then can take up new projects. In such teams, growth will come with time. Although both have their own pros and cons, but it depends on the individual and his goals for the future who may be inclined to new teams as there will be a lot of learning and most of the things they have to build by themselves. People are of very good nature. You will find extremely talented individuals near you. You will learn a lot in a very short time frame.","External teams dependency can slow your work rate. If you are working on a critical task, you may have to work more than 8-10 hours. When you join as a fresher, you have to learn things quickly. Although this is a positive aspect, but you have to work and learn simultaneously. You may not get time to only learn. After 1 week of joining, you are expected to take small tasks to speedup your learning process and engross in the team environment.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27772,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Accounts Payable,Friendly Work Environment and Work life balance,No Favoritism. Hire and Develop the best,Connect with Employees at all levels.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27773,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,Best place to work,"*company has best place atmosphere to work, culture is awesome, benefits pay everything is awesome.",no comments best place to work,no comments,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27774,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Good,Work environment is very good.Fun at work.,Some senior managers are very strict.,should be more associate friendly,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27775,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - SDS Associate,Very bad experience,Value for experience because of company's name,Full of politics . Worst experience,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27776,amazon,Rabat (Morocco)," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Social Media Specialist,Amazon Morocco - Social Media Specialist & Customer Service Associate,- Good Local Salary - Working with Amazon not an outsourcer,"- Bad environment - Rare good and qualified persons - Discrimination - Underestimating skilled AFRICAN people - Shifts are incredibly ridiculous , 6AM, 5AM shift starts and 10PM, 11PM, 12PM shift ends.",The management team has more non qualified and 0 experience people than good ones. The management team should be reviewed again.,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27777,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Great place to work,"Been working in AWS for over 2 years now. Extremely talented people, relaxed atmosphere, open door policy with management makes it very easy to approach them. Great careers opportunities",Nothing really to note here,More money :),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27778,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great Place to Work,"Amazon provides unique Challenges to work, provides a good Career Path, high global Exposure. Every day would be a new challenge at Amazon. Great Place to Work.",Work Life Balance/Work Life Harmony Job Security,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27779,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Associate,Good work culture. good ambience.,Salary is less. The growth opportunity is challenging.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2000.htm
27780,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Associate,package of awesomness,One of the best place one can ever expect,i never see any sorry!,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27781,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,It's fun to work at Amazon !!!,You can grow in the company hierarchy easily if you are willing to put that extra effort.,There isn't much of a downside to be honest.,N/A,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27782,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Great place to work in,The culture and work place at AMAZON is awesome.,Nothing as to be mentioned,Not any.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27783,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Accounts Payable,Friendly Work Environment and Work life balance,No Favoritism. Hire and Develop the best,Connect with Employees at all levels.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27784,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,Best place to work,"*company has best place atmosphere to work, culture is awesome, benefits pay everything is awesome.",no comments best place to work,no comments,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27785,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - SDS Associate,Very bad experience,Value for experience because of company's name,Full of politics . Worst experience,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27786,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Best ever Job you can ever have,"The best thing with Amazon is that your values are being respected everytime.  Not Like a usual Call center!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Your voice is always addressed by the Direct HR people.  You can walk into anyone's bay.  Very friendly Managers!!!!! so as the Organization  The main thing is that Your Dress code!!!!!!!! Your free to dress as per your wish.  Men and women are treated equally. No partiality!!!!!!!!!  Work Hard(Which we never do, coz work is not that hard), have Fun(Yes, its fun every sec!!!) and Make History(Pave your own Life with Amazon)",Nothing much to specify !!!! All gud,Nothing much as The Brand Amazon itself more than anyone could expect!!!!!!!!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27787,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Recruiter, Amazon Office - Prague","+ great place to learn + people and atmosphere + ownership (if you are willing to grow and develop you are given your own projects) + management + flexibility + possibilities to grow (chaining roles within the company - you can also apply for other Amazon office abroad, with support of your manager you could change jobs) + good for young professionals",- salaries could be higher - no meal vouchers as in other companies in CZR,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27788,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Investigator,Better than the lot!,Good policies made with core philosophies for governing the operations environment and human resources,"There are downsides, however, can be overlooked as this is not related to the company as whole",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27789,amazon,Eindhoven (Netherlands)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Manager Materials Development,Amazon Hardware development,"Autonomy, responsibility, salary benefits, international, innovative",rely on strong personal investment,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2001.htm
27790,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Apr 13, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Specialist,It is not for everyone,Competitive salaries if you can/know how to bargain. Good benefits. Fancy offices in the Corporate world. No experience needed in some HR entry level roles. Equal opportunities to succeed.,"Zero empathy, people are only numbers. Work is hyper specialised, not much space to learn new things. You can be stuck on the same process/task for ever.","People matter, a ""Thank you!"" or ""Good job!"" are for free.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27791,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Amazon,"flexible, fast pacing, a lot of challenges,","often changing management, little promotion possibilities",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27792,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer support,You get paid for ot hours,If your relastionship with manager is god then it is okay or else it is hell. Everything is business requirement nothing for emoloyee. If lucky you might get hike of 5 or 5k annually. No one cares about emoloyee.,Be little employee centric as well.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27793,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Operations Specialist,Company compensation structure is moderate,Work Life balance is not organized,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27794,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Brilliant company to work in,It is very honest humble and priceless company,In some aria its products can't diliverd,PLZZ upgrade your area of shipping address,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27795,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - A Leader,One of the best companies I ever worked,"If you are a learner, be sure that you will get to learn plenty of new things. Amazon's Leadership Principles are to conquer you in such a way that you will feel confident, self motivated and desire to grow more and explore new challenges will be radically increased. Top to Toe - every one is friendly and you can learn some way or the other from each one of the Amazonian.","If you are not looking for better career or growth, this place is not for you. We believe in Work Hard, Have Fun and Create History.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27796,amazon,Dammam (Saudi Arabia)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Purchasing and Sales Manager,Purshasing and Sales Manager,1.I like to meet customers 2.Increase Sales From a High Traffic Channel 3. Acquire New Customers 4.As Many People Prefer Shopping Via Marketplaces I prefer Amzon,1.Amazon has limited Control of Sales,NON,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27797,amazon,Manama (Bahrain)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - DCO,"Have fun, Make History","Job Security, Work environment and Management Team",No thing is there in my mind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27798,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Workforce Analyst,Workforce Analyst,"*""You get to learn a lot while working here"". *""Working towards a better work-life balance"". *Always encouraged to get career growth.",I don't have anything yet,-,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27799,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associates,Nice company to work. good team work,"pressure, to carry weight, low salary",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2002.htm
27800,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Good place,"Great diversity of work , lots of mobility, adequate resourcing, respect for people , high velocity desicion making , general fairness and non political environment/ lots of e learning / flexible work hours / high task orientation",Lots of ambiguity / No attempt at career management/ poor people planning / no time with most people for softer aspects of management,Stronger Mentorship,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27801,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work and grow,Good work space and clture,Work life balance might take a hit at times,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27802,amazon,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good work culture for youngsters,It depends on the team you join,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27803,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Best place for career growth,I had an amazing time working with Amazon. Many learning and growth opportunities. If you are interested in moving from a non technical to technical or some other role this is the right place for your career.,Not employee oriented. Very less importance to employee Referrals. No benefits or recognition to employee,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27804,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Test Engineer,Test Engineer,Hectic work culture. Impossible to survive,Policy and shares are beneficial,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27805,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,the best company to work,work with fun and no bossisam,growth rate is very slow,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27806,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Screwed up SeSu,1. Very good Facilities 2. Salary & zeta 3. Interesting to learn the process which improves our skill. 4. Leaves are more comparing other organizations,1. Newly hired L4 & L5 who is implementing their stupidity in the name of process improvement 2. Management pushes for Mandatory OT to extend the shift time and work on mandatory offs. 3. Managers and supervisor are not aware of the process and concept to understand. 4. Newly set targets by management can be achieved in Mars 5. Dumb HR management 6. Mandatory foot licking requires in order to clear IJPs 7. IJPs are not much entertained anymore due to pathetic management hired newly. 8. Mandatory Scheduled breaks will screw your appetite.,I would say the Hiring team needs to improve and hire high qualified management for this process. Current management really sucks.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27807,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,To have a chance be participate in big projects,"No work life balance Big pressure on employees Big competition between employees ,",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27808,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No learning,"Incentives, pick and drop not much to say",HR not cooperating and work environment is not cultured,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27809,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS is Amazing! But Changing,"It is literally incredible what they are doing there. What you hear about the growth and the companies they are doing business with is about 5% of the reality. At AWS you really feel you are changing the world for the better.  The products are sensational and their meaningful development even more astounding. Microsoft is great at marketing machine, but a joke in cloud services. Google too (not so good at the marketing, but a joke in cloud services). And those are the two closest competitors. So it's the best time you can have - you are going to customers and selling something that can truly change their entire business and no one else comes close to what you're offering.  In short, great product, great solutions, great 14 leadership principles they really live to, and, really, almost everything is great (see cons).","The pay is odd (they pay you with shares mostly).  I was there for over 4 years and the type of people I joined with were engineering type people. Smart as hell and down to earth. Now they are hiring political idiots from the normal places (to be fair, where else can they find the amount of people they need?).  I'll give you an example, they have management reviews for promotions which are meant to be open and honest. Then I overheard people conspiring to rig the promotion system (and learned they actually spent months working with emails and then did a call plan for the meeting etc.. to build the case). In another part of the business I also started to have people sit next to me in management meetings and brown nose the MD to the point of embarrassment. Both those people got promotions. That would not have happened when I first joined.  It's far away from a Microsoft or Oracle, but it's closing the gap rapidly...",Seek direct feedback from the field. Be clear on the behaviour you don't want and provide a totally anonymous way to report people who are in it just for themselves.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2003.htm
27810,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced! Not for everybody,Compensation Package and benefits are good! You get to work with really smart people and the company's culture is heavily focused on the customer experience which is great!,Very self service dynamic which can be tough the first 6 months as it's a complicated organization and ramping up is hard. Very aggressive results are expected which can impact your work life balance.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27811,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-2,More knowledge in less time,fast pace learning. learn anything. better engineer operation-wise good for career,you might have to give extra hours thats only drawback sometimes. Still very good place,shared on oncall between two people,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27812,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Manager,Great place. Individuality. Free to make your own decisions.,Salary structure could be better.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27813,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Graduate,They don't care about you,Best part of working here is the social aspect. You meet loads of people and possibly make new friends. Loads of jokes to share.,"They don't care about you. It is a massive company so you're just a number to them. The way they measure productivity is flawed and when I confronted management about it, they just gave me a non-answer. I didn't care enough to argue since I was leaving in two weeks anyway.","Respect your employees' problems. Employees work better when they are treated well. If they are shown no respect, they retaliate by performing the job badly. It's a very physically demanding job so naturally people become fatigued, especially who aren't very fit.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27814,amazon,Pune (India)," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Dissatisfied,Good and friendly working environment No pressure at work at all Peace of mind,Very less salary Feedbacks are not taken seriously by HR and management only task masters are needed Work only if you want peace of mind and not salary,"Bring back the original culture of Amazon, you guys are ruining amazon, it is used to be a very good place for work but now its just a mess",2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27815,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Work Culture,"I will just say 1 word and that is ""Awesome"". If you like flash mobs, games, goodies, surprises, food then Amazon is the place for you.",I couldn't find any till now.,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27816,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,The experience in amazon is very good. They have brilliant brains running all the time.,"Good Balanced work life , good overtime payment which can make your monthly salary to 1.5 times , more number of leaves and easy to get them . HR work here",Low salary growth in TRMS department . Repeated same work all the 5 days in trms. Working about a year I could only find this much,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27817,amazon,Noida (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Services Associate,Customer service associate,"Best place to be a CSA, The Best Work Environment in the industry, growth within 6 months.",Sometimes leaves or overtime can be a issue in the peak season,Stay customer oriented both internal and external,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27818,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - CSUK Resolution Specialist,Amazon is the Best,"Freedom to do your thing, exposure to cutting edge technology","have to put in a lot, and keep pushing yourself constantly which can get tiring after some time, but you always bounce back",Management need to be open to the unknown and not try to draw within the lines always,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27819,amazon,Noida (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - VCS-Retail,My Amazon,"Amazon held by hand, took me up and today I have become a part of it.",I am addicted to it. I just wait to start my next day work.,Awesome. I just want to work when i wish to. It should be something like this.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2004.htm
27820,amazon,Noida (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - VCS-Retail,My Amazon,"Amazon held by hand, took me up and today I have become a part of it.",I am addicted to it. I just wait to start my next day work.,Awesome. I just want to work when i wish to. It should be something like this.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27821,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Quality Associate EN,One of the Best Company to work with,"HR policy is really nice, Work environment is very sportive and positive. The leadership team is also supportive with the associates.","The Monthly performance review process of employee is worse, this where overachievers feel bad about themselves at some point of time. Every team across amazon should have same criteria for performance evaluation which is not the case.",All team whether Tech or Non-tech should have same criteria for monthly performance review this is when everyone will be able to raise the bar.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27822,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,For those who love to Challenge Status Quo!,"What makes Amazon unlike any other employer is its relentless focus on the organization's Culture. This is not seen as just a responsibility of the ""Management"". Every employee who joins is encouraged to take ownership of the task and is also measured up by direct reports/peers/manager/leadership on how well they accomplish the same at the respective level they operate. With the Scale at with Amazon is growing in size, this element is critical in ensuring uniform employee experience. Competitive on salary, Employee friendly policies. Another key USP for Amazon is the talent group you work with. Almost all hires are high performing individuals which means the overall bar of performance is also high. This is good for those who want to take on challenging (in every essence of the word) tasks & constantly want to improve the status quo. Personally what stands out is how employees are encouraged to determine their own deliverables for the year and are measured not just on the end deliverables, but on what learning the initiatives brought and the quality of work put in. There is usually nobody micromanaging you or creating pressure on deadlines, the environment is such that you will yourself be compelled to deliver high quality work and reach out for help where you need.","There is nobody creating pressure for you for timelines and quality of work, but due to the high performance culture prevalent, you would realize that you are stretching yourself with self determined goals. For those who do not do well with self management (although ample support is available if sought out) and a high performance culture, the overall environment would soon seem stressful even though it is brought upon by oneself.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27823,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Workers Compensation Manager,Worker's Compensation Manager,ability to create and improve processes and help people everyday,"overall demands can seem daunting at times, but the rewards outweigh the work tasks",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27824,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Analyst,Awesome experience,"Great experience ,awesome work culture...",Work life balance. No cons as such,Keep up the great work,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27825,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The place to be!,"If you like to innovate, succeed, a culture that focuses on raising the bar each day, work with extremely bright people and be in a fast paced organization - this is the place to be! There is never a dull day at Amazon with tons of interesting projects and problems to solve. Being a woman, never felt discriminated or any other concerns that most organizations are still grapping with when it comes to diversity. Absolutely thrilling to work here. Been with this organization for almost 5 years","For those who prefer a more laid back or relaxed environment, I wouldnt suggest Amazon for you. At Amazon, the talent here is highly capable and you have to continuously up-skill yourself to be valuable.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27826,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Work at Amazon!,The best ever place to work!!,Its always great to be at Amazon.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27827,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Testing Associate,I Feel Proud to Work in Amazon,"“It’s great working here. There’s nowhere else I’d rather be. You are working with very smart people who are energized and believe in the work they are doing. You will be rewarded for doing well, and for the company doing well. You are empowered and encouraged to wield influence and ship products that can literally affect billions of people, no matter what level you are at.”","People/Politics - I love my time at Amazon. I was exhausted (in a very good way) every day but couldn't wait to go back and keep making progress. I was lucky to have a great team, a really interesting area to work on and some awesome problems to tackle.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27828,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,A group of super smart people,Opportunity to learn world class and salable tech platfroms. Leadership has a good mix of long term focus and quick execution.,If you get intimidated by facing tough data backed questions then please be prepare.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27829,amazon,Noida (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Its still day 1 at Amazon,Working in amazon is very interesting and fun. You can learn something everyday at Amazon. The work is culture is very cool.,"For me ""MORNING SHIFTS"" :(","We would love if we have a site with a sea view, like Goa, pondicherry or Vizag.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2005.htm
27830,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Feels like Another Home To Be...!!!,"No Dress codes, No one Will force u to work. Peaceful Atmosphere with Great place location to work on.",There should be more growth inside for certain teams with proper procedures and time gap...,The Amazon Policies should be much more transparent and should be given knowledge to everyone...!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27831,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Awesome place to interact with some of the smartest people you will find,"Excellent Team. Some of the brightest minds you will find Alignment to vision and leadership principles. Unlike many companies where these are just posters on the walls, Amazon takes leadership principles very seriously",Amazon needs to put effort to showcase its image rightly to the external world. A lot of people are under the mis-conception that Amazon is a task master which is actually not the case,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27832,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction,AWESOME place to work,Extremely employee centric. Great benefits Excellent work environment. Supportive managers with a great mix of management.,"Makes employees too comfortable to be used to any other company (Doesn't even count as a con i guess. Still, knit picking, because i had to write one con)",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27833,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Inbound Stow,Inbound Outbound,Will loose weight and there is room to grow if you decide to stay here for a few years. There is favoritism in all departments. There is high turn over. Lots of overtime only then you can make 40K+ in salary,"There is rate/hour for stowing products and picking products, in all departments. Rate + quality + productivity should 100% or get fired. ""Time out of Task"" is another one, if you had to use to bathroom during the shift then the scanner will show ""Time out of Task"" and you will get a feedback fro manager then you are fired. When the rest of Canada is having a day off, Amazon is open 24/7 and during Peak December you are forced to do Mandatory overtime(MOT), its in the contract. There MOT all throughout the year and they can call it even if you are on a day off. So if you are enjoying a day off at a nearby town with the family, you will get a call for MOT and if you don't show up then get attendance points deducted, there are only 6 attendance points, then fired. Shifts are Front half Sun-Wed and Back Half Wed to Sat. Good luck. Very low wages to the amount of work and politics that associates have to bear. That is why this company is heavily investing is robots.",lol...there is a high turn over for management as they get paid a lot but the workload is way to much for anyone. There is less than 1% management that has worked for more than 2 years.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27834,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Associate, Quality Service",Good place to work Friendly atmosphere,Will be great if the basic salary is increased,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27835,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker,flexible good atmosphere good benefit easy to start etc..,hard working hard to commute point system no break etc..,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27836,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,The process of development is professional. Colleagues are talented and productive.,"Many tools to learn, Heavy workload.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27837,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Best workplace you can ever get!,-Nice workplace culture -Transparency in operations -Casuals at work -Employee Friendly policies -Compensation,Work life balance could be handled a little better,Continue the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27838,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,Great place to work,"Knowledge transfer, casual dressing environment",Culture being affected by bring in management from other corporate (more strict) companies,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27839,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything awesome,"transportation, zeta and team outings.",crowded cafteria and different locatoins,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2006.htm
27840,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Executive,"Freedom Of Speech, Support from the leaders on site",Career Growth Slightly Hampered in Amazon,Can look after the employees and their growth in terms of career,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27841,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Amazon in true sense is an amazing company to work for.,"Values, vision and customer focus is knitted in every employee making us so focused on taking the right decision in the interest of an employee/customer. We challenge one another, the transparency and being able to say – “I failed” to succeed again is an amazing empowerment.  Pros include: Culture Values Leadership styles Amazing smart people that one gets to interact daily Freedom to pick-up and solve issues Trust factor","Amazon has grown so big now, it is important we retain our culture and inclusiveness. There is certainly work needed in this space to ensure we remain what we are today as we become bigger and bigger.",None (covered above),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27842,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,One of the best places to work in India,Flexible Work Environment Excellent Work Life Harmony,At times too competitive,none,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27843,amazon,none," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigation Specialist,Name of the company (worth if you can sell it),"1) salary lower than a person who is washing dishes or cutting kebab in slices (1570 gbp) London average apartment is 1400 gbp pm. 2) no development 3) ignorance and unprofessionalism and no respect 4) NO bonus, NO rewards (instead of teddy bears or 20 gbp voucher) 5) nobody is caring, people are coming and going because it’s impossible after hiring people of high level that they will stay. 6) lots of people constricts to do a second job 7) overtime convinced with ice cream or chocolate 8) no appreciation of employees",Embarassing: trying always to put you down,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27844,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,too much pressure,over time and extra work at christmas and summer season,too much pressure on staff physically very challenging job,keep realistic targets and 10 hours shift is too much for this kind of job,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27845,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company and good culture,Overall a good place for starting,"NO Cons, except the work load. Can be friendly",keep up supporting ppl,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27846,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Karnataka,Senior Product Manager,"Good leadership principles. In spite of the size, there is constant effort to move the needle on the business",Size has led to dilution of leadership principles uptake,Get rid of engineer's choice.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27847,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Channel Team Lead,Profile dependent work culture,"Good Brand,Well structured,Multiple opportunities, Good Learning Experience","Low compensation, Moderate Senior management",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27848,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Engineer,Best,beast company to work for,"Work life balance, No child care",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27849,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,csa,BEST to work with in all aspects..,no long term growth as I belong to technical background...,nothing all good..,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2007.htm
27850,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 26, 2018","Current Employee - G&amp,A Learning and Development Leader",Best Place to work,"Innumerable opportunities for great learning, innovation, and global exposure. It is always Day 1. Never a dull moment. Challenging opportunities to explore one's interests at work.",Not for those who prefer performing once and resting on their laurels forever. A go getting and dynamic environment.,Keep doing the great job.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27851,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - SDS Associate,AMAZ(ing)ON!,Earth's Most Customer and employee Centric Company. Every day is a day 1 working at Amazon. Proud Amazonian!,Didn't find any cons yet.,Kudos! Keep going.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27852,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Manager I,If you want daily work life to be Fresh - Amazon truly is Day 1,Daily you can learn a skill if you are a go-getter and upscale and create your growth map yourself,"Diversity and culture needs a lot of work, needs to be appreciated and talked about loudly",Work on Diversity programs for all level employees,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27853,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,* Ownership of work * Transparency at every level * Challenging work environment * Growth opportunities at all levels * Regular acknowledgments and feedbacks,"If you don't plan your work well enough, you may end up disrupting the work-life balance!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27854,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life,Every employee gets an opportunity to prove themselves,I haven't found a single situation as of now like that till date.,"As of now, there is nothing much that can be shared with the management.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27855,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you like chalenges and inovation, here is the place to be!","Very open environment for new ideas, great climate, great place to learn where curiosity is really apreciated.","A lot to do from scratch, it is still day one!",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27856,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-2,Best thing that happened in My life,* Leadership principles inspiration * Clarity of thought * Ocean of opportunities * Spectrum of tech domains you can work on * People are good and have assimilated leadership principles * Good work-life,Nothing - keep it going,* Keep it going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27857,amazon,Indore (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Support,Awesome work culture!,"- Culture - Open to ideas, suggestions and feedbacks - Not at all like typical corporates - Multinational company - Growth insistive - Zero pressure - High motivation - Day-1 attitute - Leadership gaining",Not at all as such,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27858,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,amazonian,"work hard have fun make history,handsome salary,enviorment is green","no cons ,less formal in manner",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27859,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - DCO Tech III,DCO Tech 3,Good Environment Good colleagues Great opportunities to travel and join different teams,Growth depends on manager They don't care about your opinion if somebody in a higher level says any different They sometimes limit your work even you want to achieve more Job role is easy to understand but gets annoying. Apply security policies that impact Data Techs without caring about our opinion and/or if it affects the way your wok.,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2008.htm
27860,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Support,"It does great things to your CV, but thats about it. It is stressful, money is not that great, stocks have very long vesting dates...","No motivation Branwashing at all levels No direction VeSu leadership, except few people, cares only about metrics The job itself is boring and you are told to execute. No feeling of responsibility, even as a manager.","We know some of you try, but it is pointless.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27861,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,"best company, great learning opportunities for a fresher.",everything is good. If you are interested in supporting cloud customers then this place is a heaven for you. You get to troubleshoot variety of issues of the customer,As of now i have not figured out any cons.,Keep the good work going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27862,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Architect,You will never work with a better group of people,"Amazon hires great people and tries to unleash their full potential. I feel I've accomplished more in 4 years at AWS than in my entire previous career, yet I also see there is so much more I can do here.","I personally love it, but I have seen people come in who are used to being known as the ""Rock Star"" or the top performer and found it difficult or impossible to adjust to being average at Amazon.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27863,amazon,Coimbatore South (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good place,work culture no dress codes friendly environment no politics,"couldnt find any cons, work environment is good",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27864,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,It's a good place to start your career with.,There are no cons as such.,NA,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27865,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working with Amazon,"compensation, career opportunity, quality of people, fast paced","work-life balance, transactional work, growth opportunities, people orientation low",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27866,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Great pay ... work environment? meh not so much!,"Their pay is amazingly good, they are super innovative and you can grow within the company in a very short time. You will never forget Amazons values and believe me their principles are something you will apply on your future jobs/positions and even in your life.","Work environment can be not always a 100% healthy, but then, isn't every company like that? I left Amazon cause I wanted to work in something more related to my career, till this day I regret that decision. Work can easily be impacted because it's hard to keep a balance life style, as a team leader I worked 14 to 15 hrs a day, even when I was already home, my work schedule was not defined because I needed to be at work whenever my manager needed me.","Respect, there's always a line between what's okay at work and what isn't. Make sure that your HR VPs are being listened to and that your leadership team is following their advice.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27867,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,Best company to work for in India,Work Culture is truly amazing. You get to interact with persons who have at least the same or more thought process. Ponder upon the problems faced by consumers and give your best idea or solution to resolve. You could learn more from the leadership. Everyone are equal and treated with mutual respect,Shift times due to Worldwide support (Operations) Pay in Operations is not too good or at par with candidate experience,Remunerations in Operations at associate level should be increased as they support in 24*7 environment,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27868,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk investigator,"Awesome company to work in, but the non tech profiles are lagging a bit in management","Hourly targets, incompetent management, heavy politics in some sections",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27869,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE III,"Good Medical Coverage, Interesting Work","Work-Life Balance, Sometimes stressful",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2009.htm
27870,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Awesome good place to work,No cons to be said for management,No advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27871,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,The best place in earth to work for.,Everything. Work balance. Growth opportunities. Internal IJP's,If amazon was giving insensitive then would have motivated to work much more harder,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27872,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Onboarding Specialist,Awesome Experience In Amazon,Great Environment Great people to work with Good pay,should work properly should be self motivated,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27873,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - SLP Coordinator,Best Work environment,"A combination of challenges, working with best minds and great support system.",Quite pressure from Senior Management,Should think more and better for the employees :-),5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27874,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Services Team Manager,I love Amazon!,I get to do so many things in addition to what I was hired for. I love music and I do it  at Amazon too.,I wish I was paid better..,Increase salaries,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27875,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience,"Friendly environment , feels like home . Just an amazing place to work !!",takes nearly 1 n half - 2 hrs to travel from my place to my work place !!!!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27876,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Everyone is a leader,Everyone is treated as a leader in Amazon. There are so many opportunities to innovate and experiment. I don't do things here because someone has told me to do so. I do things because I believe they are the right things. I am expected to set my goals and also establish my value. I haven't found any other company where you get so much of feedback.,"It can be very daunting in the beginning. Since the culture is so peculiar here. It takes time to settle in this culture, especially when you come with the baggage of experience. There is a lot of unlearning required in order to succeed here. Culture assimilation cannot be taught as it is a journey of experience that everyone goes through.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27877,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - L3 Investigator,Best first job ever,Best mode of communication both verbal and non verbal. great culture. diversity.,Need improvement on Bias for action.,Innovative ideas needed to encouraged. Proper recognition.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27878,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - VCS Associate,Amazon <3,What to say about this company. I have worked with several MNCs. But there is no one like Amazon. They have best work culture among all. Superb management. Great leadership team. The environment is indeed awesome. I just wanna grow here and stay with this company forever.,No cons. Absolutely nothing for con.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27879,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,Best place to work,"1) good work nature and environment. 2) good growth opportunities. 3)good pay and extra pay scales. 4)each job in amazon is interesting in its own filed. 5) lots of extra circular activities, competition.","as of my experience , nothing till now","best management, co operative , skilled, resourceful.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2010.htm
27880,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Ads,Awesome Environment,"Its been an awesome workplace. Love to be a part of amazon, There is no work pressure, Amazon makes the employees to love their job",No Cons i am very happy with the culture and work place,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27881,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Imaging Associate,Work Hard Make History,Dress code and office ambiance Team outings and team bonding,"Less pay, no much Employee benefits","Increase the base pay, give few benefits for your employees",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27882,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,Can be better,Awesome flexibility in work in most times,Keeping work life balance can be too difficult at times.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27883,amazon,Coimbatore South (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good place,work culture no dress codes friendly environment no politics,"couldnt find any cons, work environment is good",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27884,amazon,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,best company to work in,"challenging, interesting, best people to work with",not much options to grow,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27885,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk Investigator,good environment happy to work lots of fun,noting much everything seems to be good,nope,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27886,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nothing,Amazing work culture and the facilities.,You will not be the smartest guy in the room.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27887,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Web Architect,good over all,good env ok nice fair job,long hard work but good exp gained,keep it up,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27888,amazon,"New Westminster, BC (Canada)"," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Center Associate,Not what they say they are!,"People are friendly, free coffee, pto, medical/dental coverage for blue badges","Management verbally abuses and torments associates. They only care about rate and don't care about employees welfare, they will write you up for anything. Poor training. You don't know what department youre in.","Treat your employees as humans, don't belittle associates, there's a reason why you can't keep people",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27889,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Investigator Specialist,Senior Investigator Specialist,well the culture and the way things are handled we need to speak out our basic concerns and its always taken care off,not many but food in cafe a poor well in past two years haven't faced issues so probably none from my side here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2011.htm
27890,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Control,From someone who worked in Amazon for 5 years,Good pay if you work nights and plenty of overtime oportunities. Full-time 40 hour contract which is a rarity nowadays 3 days off a week. Easier to become permanent than in the past. Company shares(for now)... Easy to change shifts if you have children or education commitments. Carreer choice program which pays for your studies (if you have time to study and work full-time lol). Staff discount. Holidays and sick pay.,Too many kids at management level that think they are God's gift. HR team that are always unhelpful and against their own employees. They will look to get you sacked if you have missed shifts due to poor health. Slavery style system where they track each time you stop working (timed toilet breaks) and question you on it. No chance of progression or training in other processes unless you're a managers pet. Too many chavs in that place that were forced to go work from dole office. The targets are ridiculous if you work on pick and pack. Unbearable working conditions in the summer. Long shifts. Compulsory overtime during peaks meaning you hardly see your family during festive season.,Learn some people skills!,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27891,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,It could be better,Good work environment - Big company,Difficulties to growth in the company - No 13th salary,Management is not so professional and competent,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27892,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Amazon - awesome place for work,Great career growth options. Unlimited positions to apply for worldwide. Reasonable relocation budgets. Satisfying compensation plan.,No particular cons in mind.,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27893,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee friendly,Nice organisation to work with.,Shift timings is a very big con,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27894,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,One of the best places to work in.,"Very dynamic. People are humble, respectful and very smart. Lots of amenities. A very sportive work culture.",None that I can think of. The cafeteria is not very supportive in the nights. Could be improved as many people work in night shifts.,Great job. Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27895,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good to work in all respects,"Good people, challenging work, flexibility to work in any team/ project which you want.",I do not see any.,Good in all departments.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27896,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Data Associate,about ads,no work pressure as long as you aintain your quality no one is gonna disturb you.,nothing to learn new . very slow growth,can do better,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27897,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior QA Engineer,Lot to learn & grow,Expect QA's to do SDET work,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27898,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Test Associate,working in amazon,"Nice work culture, MNC facilities, opportunity to work with talented people..","Opportunity for learning should be more, and salary structure could be better..","No doubt a great company, but more opportunities should be there for employees to learn and grow...",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27899,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunities,Can learn lots of different stuff really quickly,Darwinian and meritocratic atmosphere. Hard to progress,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2012.htm
27900,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Sweet First Job,Growth Opportunities - Transparency - Culture,No Major cons that I can think of unless there is an Ad-Hoc Org-Change that ruins the culture.,"Apart from that, the NSA-Monthly Zeta pay and the quarterly outing funds for the CS should be increased. Please look at sponsoring the L4+ employees to pursue their further education.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27901,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Decent place to work at.,Work/Life balance is good and the people are good,Not much of a learning experience,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27902,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Operations Analyst,"Captive Organization tends to benefits excluding the CTC, Flexible shift hours,Work life Harmony,Easy Approvals for Leaves","Higher Management interacts rarely, Please improve the salary structure for freshers at HYD",Train to see the future leaders,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27903,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Representative,You won't feel like you are working for a big MNC,Lean organization structure. They operate like a startup. Things are always in fast pace. People around are equally smart or smarter than you. No politics in promotions. You get sticks as part of CTC. No dress code.,Your domain knowledge may be restricted to Retail or Cloud.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27904,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Best place to work,"- A combination of challenges, working with best minds and great support system. - Great compensation - Work life balance",I Haven't seen one yet.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27905,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,A New Challenge Everyday,"Everyday I come to work it feels like it is my first day at work, I never get bored at work and always feel that I will get to learn new things at work. During my week-offs I miss my work place. I think your co-workers, leaders, managers make this place more happening. Like they have said "" It's always day one at Amazon "" Work place inspires you everyday to come to work everyday a new challenge set and with this it makes work more fun and interesting. The respect you receive at work from leaders to your co-workers makes the place so happening you do not hesitate talking to a leader which is why there is no other place like Amazon.",There are no Con's at this moment.,The management has improved very much since I joined so I do not have to about anything about this as well,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27906,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Best company to work for,Flexibility in shift work and freedom to put your ideas to management.,"As company is growing with a rapid speed, there is an absence of organized culture.",Think more and better for the employees :-),5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27907,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work at,"Best company to start off your career with Everything is excellent right from The office, Management, Work Culture, Salary, Incentives",None I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27908,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Automation Specialist,Very nice place to work,Very nice work culture and better place to learn and build good career.,"still today not faced any issues, looks cool.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27909,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer service,To is growing up company,Not up to the mark in velleges,Make more service center in velleges,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2013.htm
27910,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor Management,No Pros to think off.,"1) Managers stress on employees to get promotion within less period of time for them to get benefited for their promotions.  2) Bar is always set very high.  3) The managers are so ill-mannered such that they don't even make the team member sit and talk about their performance before they escalate. They are very aggressive and impatient , expect work to be completed within minutes irrespective of whether your aware of the tech or not. Be careful with managers as they really do not understand what an employee goes through if they loose a job. They actually target people. There will be atleast one person who is targeted every year in each team.  4) Management expects you to work 24x7. The goals assigned sometimes are illogical and makes any intelligent person to think whether they are possible. For ex, I was given a task to scan 1000 tickets, create tasks and complete them in just one month.  5) I spoiled my health due to the work pressure. One should really think more than twice joining here. Do a complete inquiry on the kind of work you do and about the managers along with the team members.  6) The technology which you work will be completely different on the tech which you are interviewed. Ask at the interview time itself about the tech.  7) There will be many internal tools and commands which will not be useful at all if your trying job outside.",Minimize micro management.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27911,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous,WFH only case of emergency with so many approvals :(,employee benefit once in a year,"rotational shifts, no WFH, no flexibility",good to have flexible timings,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27912,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,One of the best companies to work for,Good work environment Growth asper your efforts,Rotational shifts Few managers are not up to the mark,Hire managers from reputed companies and who are good in people management,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27913,amazon,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Driver,driver,fair enough be ready to work,like anywhere else work work,to what you gotta do..,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27914,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Accounting Analyst,More Employee Friendly,"It is the first Company I am working, where employees and Business are given paramount importance, come what may be.","No As of now, will comment later","I wish the decision making to be made some more decentralized and Indian Operations be handed over to local managers itself, yet retaining the essence of the Amazon style.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27915,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Clerical,Clerical,Because of the name and fame of amazon,May be no cons Working in amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27916,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great company to work with,Dynamic work (non-monotonus) and start-up kind of culture,Didn't find any cons yet.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27917,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Quality Assurance,quality assoicate,"good culture, nice team members and easy job",nice company and career opportunities high level,very kind persons,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27918,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Insights Manager,Great place for starters,"Great management, Ability to relocate to multiple locations",Could emphasise more on work life balance,great going,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27919,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Ok,Lots of social stuff. Understanding how Amazon works and learn new things each day. Talk to different people each day. Everyone gets projects.,"It's all about ownership - doesn't matter how good you are. Young teams, older people would struggle to fit in.",More communication.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2014.htm
27920,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Ok,Lots of social stuff. Understanding how Amazon works and learn new things each day. Talk to different people each day. Everyone gets projects.,"It's all about ownership - doesn't matter how good you are. Young teams, older people would struggle to fit in.",More communication.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27921,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,Cool company and awesome people,A lot of execution with not much time in planning,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27922,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,Workplace and salary expectation,it has a one of the finest work culture,before Level four salary expectations are very less,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27923,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service executive,Employee centric and good work environment,nothing as best of knowledge,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27924,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Good company to work with.,Very good support is provided. Very helpful and friendly managers. Leaves are paid and ample.,Stress is always there.,Everything is good.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27925,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work culture ruined by inefficient managers,"Good pay and benefits, Work from home, holiday policy, paternity and maternity leaves",New inefficient managers doesn't understand leadership principles. Expects long hours of low quality work from developers. Feedback given is not appropriate. Lack of appreciation and a worst culture of threatening employees to get insane amount of work done - Doesn't work always!,You have great engineers. Now focus on getting best managers or try to grow existing ones. Improve process of performance measurement and make efforts to appreciate the talent. Money alone doesn't makes an employee to stick!,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27926,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development EngineerAt Amazon,Software Development Engineer - I,"Pay is good compared to other tech companies. Scale is great, and a lot of focus is on quality and customer obsession",bureaucracy is way too much no perks for employees at all on call (production) support is very hectic,"Focus not only on business asks but also on the tech debts, show more faith in your engineers. And improve the culture.",3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27927,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - TOC,I liked and disliked this company,Salary is high even for fresher,culture is unstructured which creates little problem. Transparency required.,Careful analysis on recruitment needed.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27928,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you are hired by agency you dont get any benefits,Better payments. overtime available,"no public transportation, if you are friends with leaders you can get easier items",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27929,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Most awesome place ever to work!,"1. Intellectual environment 2. Every day will be challenging like hell! (It's always Day1 at Amazon) 3. They just take care of every part of your life - All you have to do is come in to work, do what you do exceptionally, create history. 4. Great and very very strong culture.","1. Even though there are independent hackathon events regularly conducted, I think a specific time could be allotted for working on ideas from the self.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2015.htm
27930,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked at Amazon full-time (More than a year),"I had an amazing time working with Amazon. Many learning and growth opportunities. If you are talented and interested, you can move to any field in Amazon. Work culture is at par with any other Company.",Pay structure and hardly any growth professionally,to be more fair enough to the juniors in terms of growth and hikes,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27931,amazon,"Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy)"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA,"I love our leadership principles. I think every company should use them in everyday work, in making decisions, in finding the best solutions for our costumers. We all are amazonians coz we all are leaders.",You have to enjoy Amazon culture to deeply understand costumers. You need to be open mind and curious :),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27932,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Architect,Moving your professional and personal life to the next level,"Lot of possibilities to learn and develop new knowledge Share with many communities about how technology can help others Innovate base on the field needs of the customers You feel like, is your company and no working for a company","Knowledge is an addiction, you can sleep less trying to learn everything You need to now how to balance personal and working life You must have a good time management",Let keep doing awesome things!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27933,amazon,Noida (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,World's Best Company.,Most Employee Centric & Earth's Most Customer Centric Company.,None that I'm aware of.,You Guys rock. Continue to rock.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27934,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,Its easy to apply,work environment is super in amazon,"nothing, everything is good here.",All are good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27935,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Accounts Receivable Analyst,Accounts Receivable Analyst,"Friendly environment, flexible hour, internal career opportunities",Company culture principles are more advertised than practiced,"When promoting or hiring, assess performance according to principles, and avoid politics or visibility be involved in your promoting decisions.",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27936,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,It is a great place Great people to work with,No cons as long as the work is completed on time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27937,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Huge energy and ambition,"Working with bright people, a lot of responsibility given to you straight away, an attitude which encourages innovation","Sometimes long hours, particularly at peak periods of the year",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27938,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Best place to work as a mom,I have been working as a part of this company for more than 6 years and i had always had a learning curve. There is a lot of exposure and learning here. We will be working independently and no micro management is done. This is a opportunity to explore any domain any time. Being a mom i am able to manage between work and family efficiently.,I have had no Cons so far.,Management is good so far.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27939,amazon,Simon's Town (South Africa)," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Agent,Not the Company they say they are,Promises of growth opportunities.,"Growth opportunities limited to only a few. It is a sexist and homophobic space to work in.   They work according to facial colour/race, and sexual orientation, in that place. A very homophobic management structure. Yeah sure, they say that they are Pride conscious. When I had personal experience of being sexually harassed by management and coworkers because of my sexual orientation.  Customer service agents suck. Management will work against you to hide their shortcomings. It has absolutely nothing to do with the customers that we are supposedly working for. I honestly believed that I would love working for a place where it is fast paced, and where all you need to do is work hard. The system is so rigged that in the end you won't get/stand a chance if you don't submit to being harassed emotional, and sexually, or in whatever way your fellow colleagues feel to do.","JEff Bezoz. I guess you don't care about the people on the ground, because you are getting paid every day. You don't have to worry. because your dream is working out. When I first heard of what you've achieved I felt a sense of awe, but as I started working for the people of your company, I realised that there are many things that you are paying people to do, but you don't really care if they do it or not. As long as you can add that to your billions.  I wonder why it is that your company pay some more than others. For example, Africans are paid less for the same work that they do than the Europeans. Why is that?  And you are not embarrassed by this blatant display of public prejudice?",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2016.htm
27940,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst Role in Amazon,"No dress code , work from home options , flexible working environment",Rotational shift ie night shift for girls is a bit annoying,none,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27941,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,trms,"salary , bonus , cab facility","shift timings, none","none , everything is all good",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27942,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - NA DART SPECIALIST,NA DART SPECIALIST,Everything about Amazon is a Pro,Overtly Customer obsessed and a bit less employee friendly,be more employee friendly,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27943,amazon,"Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Procurement Assistant,"Provide growth to any employee as per there experience, working ability and knowledge.",Amazon culture and principles are the most best reason to work here.,till didn't found any,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27944,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Transportation Specialist,Transportation Specialist,Good work culture Good salary Good leave policy,Unorganised team Movement of employees to a different role without them having any option to choose Low Night shift allowance,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27945,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - VCM Associate Advisor,Great Working Environment,"- Innovative, not boring - Laid back - Encouraging leadership - Travel opportunities",- Very fast paced and some launches are not on point,One precise announcement / launch instead of 5 inaccurate ones,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27946,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA,"Nice canteen, pool table, growth opportunity","Policies, growth and love the ambience and culture",The management is good overall .,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27947,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS Experience,"I have worked for 4 years in the company, and 1 year in TRMS, the Frauds Department in Amazon Prague. Amazon is a place with infinite career choices for people who are committed to work hard and deliver results. It is a diverse and multicultural place where employees are heard, and where management really fights for everyone’s best experience. Employees are asked a daily question which helps management to build mechanisms to tackle problems/barriers for employees, there are GEMBA boards where employees can express any urgent concerns and management works on them in a weekly basis, and the job itself is demanding but very rewarding. TRMS is only for professional people who are committed to help on Amazon’s innovation and keep the platform safe from malicious attacks. TRMS just got a new site leader who is really working hard to improve the employee experience. Management overall is very humanitarian, flexible and willing to help employees grow. All managers have their own success story, some of them started working in lower levels inside the company, which shows that hard work really pays off. High performers with great leadership skills are able to be automatically promoted to Sr. Investigator after one year in the company, which is something I have not seen in any other department or company. These promotions are made in a quarterly basis. There is a recognition program for overtime and high performance which provides employees Amazon Gifcards in Euros, which can add up for a very good sum of money at the end of the month. Dogs are allowed in the office, transportation is paid by Amazon, there are relax areas, games, 2 parties per year, fun activities, committees for women, sexual diversity, and groups for social help. Amazon has been the best experience I have had in my Life. You really get to work with talented and inspirational people.","Prague’s office is relatively new for Amazon, compared to other sites in the world, so the company is still learning and getting better little by little. The main “Con” I would like to highlight is my experience working around people who do not commit themselves 100% to the company, which leads to a negative attitude that affects others who want to grow. This is a place where you really have to give your 200%. If you do, you will surely have a successful Career in the company.",Keep up the good work listening to the employees and making improvements for their satisfaction. I think amazon in Prague will be a total success in a couple of years.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27948,amazon,Alexandria (Egypt)," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Purchase Executive,senior purchase executive,The environment was excellent to work and function. Being able to work for a multinational company for a first job added a lot to my experience.,Working on calls was a bit stressful.,None,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27949,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Hard labour,"Clean environment , benefits and PTO from day one","Very had labour , very fast paced environment, you are constatnly reminded to increase your rates, people blame each other a lot, LOW PAY FOR THE JOB DONE.",Please increase pay.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2017.htm
27950,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good big company happy with it,complicates and creates unecessary problems.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27951,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,-Work Culture -Leaves -Extra Curricular activities -No stress work,Average Pay structure with no stock options of L3 employees,Please raise salaries to competitive levels and provide stocks to L3 employees as well,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27952,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for,"You learn a lot everyday, you never stop learning.","You may struggle in the beginning, but you eventually adjust.","Always start with the new team members, they'll need some guidance starting out.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27953,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Great work culture, relaxed and friendly.","Employee friendly, not much work pressure. Very supportive staff and colleges. No dress code.good pay for the amount of work.",Learning and development can be improved a bit. Can be enrolled in some more tech focused courses instead of human behaviour focused.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27954,amazon,Indore (India)," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Like it here,"Like working with Amazon, it's a great experience",I don't see any cons working here,"Management is great, no advice",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27955,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Work Culture,Working culture here is very free & the managers will always motivate you to move to next level. Stree-free enviornment .,"Mostly night shifts, politics",Stop being partial. Provide equal opportunity to all to grow.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27956,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Good company to work and start your career,Work pressure and OE tasks,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27957,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 17, 2018",Former Employee - Instructor,Amazon Frest (Bow),Great place to work. People usually nice. Management is good and listens to any enquiry or suggestion. Ordinary workplace.,"A lot of people. Sometimes bound to find ""not friendly/crazy""people. Pay is basic. Progressing in career is hard if you don't work well and aren't showing motivation/interest.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27958,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,A good place to work !,"Work culture, peer group, less work pressure","Nothing at all, a beautiful place to start your career",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27959,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Imaging Associate,Place to learn a lot,"Good in leave management, infrastructure, facilities, friendly managers",Lack of opportunities for career growth,Try to reduce the work pressure,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2018.htm
27960,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Test Engineer,Amazon India Chennai - Review,1. Technology 2. Fast development 3. Opportunity 3. Salary,1. Work-life balance 2. Language for non-Tamilians (if joining Chennai office),Nil,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27961,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Catalog Associate,Opportunities to explore and work beyond the mandate.,The company takes frugality way too seriously towards employees.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27962,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Analyst,1. Early promotions 2. Good facilities 3. Food Coupons 4. Transport reimbursement 5. Flexible Shift 6. Friendly Managers 7. Respectful staff 8. Friendly Environment,Sometimes the hierarchy tends to hamper your work and also it becomes annoying. Favoritism leads to the deserving ones missing out on opportunity or even their promotions,Sometimes the hierarchy tends to hamper your work and also it becomes annoying. Favoritism leads to the deserving ones missing out on opportunity or even their promotions  improve upon them,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27963,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,average work culture with weak senior leadership,"good perks, salary, brand","missing system, leadership issue and working culture especially in India Operations team",remove current leadership and add some good leaders who focuses on building right culture than only focusing about there own growth,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27964,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice teammates and good management,"People collaborate and help each other, focus on data, and truly focus on the customer.",don't have cons to add so far,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27965,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - VCS,Good environment to work in,Pros: 1. Good allowances. 2. work from home is quite convenient. 3. Best workplace and professional people to work with. 4. Good to Employees,"Through this is a 24*7 workplace, but I would like to mention some cons: 1. Night shift 2. Rotational shift is sometimes hectic. 3. Weekends turn to workdays sometimes.",You are the best :),5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27966,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,"Young, structured and improving !","- EVERYONE is young, so they have been through the same problems as a new hire and are willing to help. - Very structured. Every employee gets a checklist of what to do in the first day, week, month and 3 months. It helps you know you're on the right track and ramp up way more quickly. - Working towards a better work-life balance. There is limited but available free Yoga and Pilates class. Depending on the team, you are also encouraged to work from home one day a week.","- Self-training and 99% data approach could be challenging, but your manager, team and buddy will help you link the dots.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27967,amazon,Lucknow (India)," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Need to develop our carrier growth,Need to Learn new process immediately,Too Much Pressure in the company with software developer,Please Promote only people those who are eligible.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27968,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Investigator,Best Place for a Fresher,Some times too much hard to balance work life,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27969,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,One of the best Companies to work for.,"In Amazon, you will learn a lot. Every day is a Day 1. You will never stop learning. In Amazon, you work with a very smart people. It is totally different when you work for a company that makes the technology not just uses it. You can move among teams from your day 1 in Amazon.","You may struggle a lot in the beginning until you get familiar with the environment. If your manager is a good one, your life will be easy but it is not always the case. Sometimes managers do not explain how they evaluate the team members and suddenly you will find yourself on a Dev list which means you did not meet the expectations and need to enhance your performance.","Always start with the new team members from day 1. A new joiner may get lost easily and you need to guide him to succeed. Your main job is to make them succeed, remember that.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2019.htm
27970,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,I've got 1.4 yrs of experience in Amazon,Good environment Good Management Decent Salary Fast Growth Appreciation and Promotion based on performance not seniority based,"Monotonous Job,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27971,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Lead,Operations Lead,You will definitely grow on daily basis since this is a fast-paced company,Get ready to really work under pressure,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27972,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Very Friendly environment,"Work culture , benefits, work environment",Sometimes you can get loaded,keep up the gud work,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27973,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse operative,good wages more then 10 pounds/h if you work through the night fixed schedule,you have to do the same thing for 10 hours everyday,everyone is friendly but they don't care about you,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27974,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigation Specialist,"Training provided, nice city, good graduate job, part of team that is interested in their job. Competitive environment.","Stereotyping, low salary, without flexibility.",Try to be more flexible and open to dialog. Try to implement employee suggestions.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27975,amazon,"New Westminster, BC (Canada)"," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon,Compensation is at par with industry standards,Too much pressure. No work life balance. No coaching.,Should give time to new comers to learn,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27976,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - T R I,TRMS,Good work Culture depending on your preferences. Low stress.,Minimal Growth oppertunities. Must be willing to work odd shifts in rotation,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27977,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Great work/Life balance, Stock bonus,",Compensation package - Stock (especially with the future outlook) Dynamic environment Customer oriented Good mixture of data driven job and people management,Always changing KPIs Poor onboarding - the new manager doesnt know clearly what is expected from him/her Chaotic - the company is growing too fast Warehouse far from the city centre - no company car provided Fluctuation of managers Shift pattern - Night shifts,I would suggest to put more thought in long term strategies.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27978,amazon,Noida (India)," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer service associate,Exposure. Growth. No dress code or compulsory formals or compulsory clean shave look.,Floor restrictions. Breaks. Very few fun activities.,Be more employee friendly/ obsessed.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27979,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Always is a Day 1,Great atmosphere and possibilities to grow,Work really hard and be resiliant,Think outside of the box,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2020.htm
27980,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Mar 13, 2018","Current Employee - Team Lead Home &amp, Garden",Dynamic challenge - be ready to do your part for something big,"Amazon Media Group is a highly dynamic, constantly changing and challenging workplace. It gives you the opportunity to take action on things that matter and let's you form the organization with your big and small ideas. Obsession for your customer and delivering solutions to grow their brand and business are for me the core value of AMG. We are young org, living the Amazon Motto: Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History!","Amazon is not a good place for people who seek never-changing, business-as-usual employers. There is a lot of constant change and though we value backbone and critical thought, this pace and flexibility is at the core of our culture.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27981,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work culture,fun filled environment to work with,"slow growth, but it doesn't matter when u r getting good pay",internal job transfers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27982,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilment,Flexible Hours which allow for personla like,Unreasonable work load to do in limited hours,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27983,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and friendly environment superb,fast paced environment very good,not enough chances not enough,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27984,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fraud investigator,good environment ，good benefit ，good,sometimes you need to work at weekends,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27985,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Support - Retail Process,We Can balance both our work as well as our life easily at Amazon,Only Downsides is we have to keep doing our track daily for some period of time.,I love this office very much only change is kindly please full fill all basic needs of the employee,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27986,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - TCSA (Abuse) AWS Customer Service,Abuse,Most customer eccentric company on earth,Sharing building with different companies,Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27987,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,The worst decision of my life,"Sometimes ""managers"" leave you leftovers in the kitchen. Woof-Woof. Peers are nice. Free coffee.","A modern form of slavery leaded by incompetent inadequate and unqualified ""managers"". Their micromanagement keep us from working in a peaceful environment. This toxic workplace makes you feel uncomfortable unappreciated and undervalued. Intense pressure to get short term results. Their answer to every problem, every setback is ""work harder!"" It is well-known that people don't leave bad jobs, they leave bad bosses, the situation is eloquent, the office is half empty, they are pushing best employees to flee and the remainder to lose all motivation. Mobbing became commonplace, forcing people out through humiliation, symptomatic of an organisation that thrives on billying behavior and control. There is no enthusiasm, everyone around me is miserable, trapped in a toxic workplace. Meetings are just a waste of time, they do not really care about your opinion. Pervasive lack of communication. Lies. The atmosphere in the office is constantly tense and filled with stress. The shame doesn't belong to me but I still experience it because I'm part of this company. It is impassible to imagine myself working there for long, since complete, unquestioning obedience is cherished above all other employee qualities. Until the corporate culture changes, the situation will not improve.","Advice to the REAL management: you have a lot of qualified workers, treat them the way they deserve to be treated. Kick out L4-L5 ""managers"" and hire competent people. Fake positive reviews made by managers-HR are just sad, stop lying and face reality as it is.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27988,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do not Join,"Still finding out. After working for one year, all my previous assumptions about this company are broken.",False promises. No value of the employees.,There is no management.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27989,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent if you can handle it,Lots of opportunity for self development Career advancement Flexibility Excellent benefits,Hard working conditions during peak Long hours,Communication needs work,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2021.htm
27990,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - TRMS Investigator-DE,Culture is really cool at Amazon,"Brand name , good opportunities for growth, smart people , cool and friendly culture , work environment and definitely handsome package","Poor work life balance, politics , work pressure",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
27991,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior German Translator,senior German translator,friendly environment and growth,employ should get some employee discount from website,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
27992,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you are experienced, don't join as SDE1",So many teams to pick from. Can position yourself to work with hardcore technical stuff Reasonable salary,Internal mobility is hard for SDE1s. Most teams want SDE2s Hierarchical mentality widely observed. 'Sir' / 'Madam' are common among SDEs Non-negotiable salary,Don't absorb lateral hires as SDE1s. It is torture.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
27993,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Operations TRMS,1.Amazon as a Brand 2.Facilities 3.Customer Obsessed,"1.Employees not treated as humans 2.made to work like ROBOTS 3.Take leaves is like a guilty ,punishment 4.Managers are Rude,always ditching","1.Employee First,Learn to Treat Employees as Humans 2. Improve Management 3. Bring Better Managers",3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
27994,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Best working experience for me personally,"- you work together with very smart people - you learn a lot from Day 1 and you constantly learn - you feel appreciated for what you do - you feel challenged day by day and never find yourself bored - you have access to tons of information about cool new services and products - great opportunities for self-growing, Amazon itself wants that the employees advance and grow within the company.","- sometimes it's hard to find information for what you are looking for. Amazon is a 'self-service' company, meaning that you are expected to figure out many things on your own",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
27995,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Production Compliance Senior Associate,Production compliance senior associate,"The company is really good to work, and grow yourself it's completely employee centric and you would not find such better companies anywhere else",No cons at this moment,Not at this moment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
27996,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Benefit for employees and family,Time management and work life balance,no,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
27997,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Translation Specialist,A company that always values your contributions and opinions,"Your opinion always matters, whether you are a manager or not.  There is no such thing as a bad idea. Your idea might not be adopted in its original form, but you are always praised for having the courage to challenge the status quo.  You are encouraged to build on your strengths, not your weaknesses, which makes you feel really in control of your career path.  It is relatively easy to make a sideways career move at Amazon or relocate. Your manager will even help you with your application if the move or promotion is the best thing for you and Amazon.","Amazon has not managed to achieve complete diversity and there is still a lot of work to do, but the company is moving in the right direction and wholeheartedly encourages employees to get involved in diversity initiatives and suggest new ones.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
27998,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Always is a Day 1,Great atmosphere and possibilities to grow,Work really hard and be resiliant,Think outside of the box,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
27999,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Mar 18, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working at Amazon makes you miserable,* Great start for new grads * Cheap treatment of employees is good for stock * Managers seem to like manager-first culture,"* Compensation mirage: 80% of stock vests after 2 years (more then many people stay at the company). Amazon recalculate the value of your vesting shares (even if they were granted 2-3 years ago) each year and factor that into your ""total compensation * Micromanagement * Software Engineers spent 80% of time on Dev-Ops * Health issues due to stress and intense deadlines",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2022.htm
28000,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,SysDE in AWS Sydney,Financially  - Opal travel card claims for daily work commute - Phone claims - Amazon RSU - Competitive pay  Work life balance - 6 weeks paternity leave - 14 weeks maternity leave - work from home option  Work culture - very understanding - culturally diverse,"- occasional time crunch where you need to put in more work, rare - big organization with some international dependencies, response can be somewhat slow. - Sydney office does not have as many opportunities as the USA office. - still lack gender diversity but it is getting better - unlike some other tech giants, we are not pampered as much (Frugality).","Have more skip level meetings. Most techies are introverts, try to dig deeper rather than ask and wait for feedback.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28001,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,i had great fun in amazon,everything about the company is good,nothing cons i gave ever found,keep it up,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28002,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent if you can handle it,Lots of opportunity for self development Career advancement Flexibility Excellent benefits,Hard working conditions during peak Long hours,Communication needs work,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28003,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Work life balance is not good,Pay structure is good and good learning experience,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28004,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Associate,good work culture and great managment,low bonus pay and salary,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28005,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,new but good,"free food, good salary here.",slow growth but can be incremented,no,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28006,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dynamic &,- young & dynamic teams - growth opportunities - fast moving environment,"- long hours, however work is rewarding and time flies by",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28007,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Process Controller,Good place,Good pay and hard work rewarded,Can't think of any,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28008,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,Production Operation Manager,Amazing company to serve Indian population,Monitoring of staffs is poor,Select skill and experience person to maintain company standards.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28009,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New McDonalds,There is unlimited free coffee,"Having a job in Amazon Prague is like having a job in McDonalds, you are here while you look for another job. You will have high expectations and even higher hopes which will be shattered quite early during your employment here. Conformity is rewarded, while thinking outside the box is frowned upon. I would recommend working in Amazon Prague only if you have no other option as the salary for a qualified worker is decent enough. Be prepared to have the concerns you raise ignored at all times even if they are serious threats.",Choosing employees that require guidance on toilet usage is a pretty good sign that hiring bar needs to be raised.,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2023.htm
28010,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intense,Global company but lacking in alot of areas.,Not as advanced as you would expect.,none,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28011,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Manager,"Good Work, Decent Pay, Decent Peer Group","Worst Managers, Worst Process, Spineless HRs",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28012,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Fraud Investigation Specialist,Only a good job if you're desperately looking for employment,Colleagues from all over the world,"Mundane and repetitive work. Management makes you feel like you're easily replaceable and not appreciated. Like some others have mentioned before, managers really count every minute of your breaks and non-productive time and most of them have no clue about people management.  The job description sounds interesting and most employees have been promised great career opportunities (and were often lied to by HR), but in the end it's a really boring job with little growth opportunities. I haven't learned anything useful during my time there.",Don't hire overqualified people. It was clear that they would find out about the real nature of their job sooner or later and leave as soon as they can.,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28013,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - CRM,My Amazon Experience and Opinion,"Amazon is an awesome company to work with, overall I don't have any complains, here we learn a lot no only about the work that we do in here but also about general things that will help us in the future, they prepare us to be a lead and to grow within the company with the best practices.",Sometimes work can be really repetitive however from the inside we also get projects that let us change the routine.,Create more huddles to prepare in a better way employees for the interviews,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28014,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Escalations Specialist,Working in Amazon felt like every day is day1,The work culture had been very positive and the experience gathered around was learning and fun as well. Taking risks and pressure was fun and gained a lot of curiosity.,"Tremendous work pressure, late night work, compromising week offs but in the end it was a rewarding experience",Not right now,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28015,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always the first day at work,Best place to working to friendly work culture.,they are little and negligible,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28016,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Catalogue Associate,Professional status,flexibility in work timings and various other benefits like insurance provided to employees,"I do not find any professional people, all politics playing leaders, hard to find non biassed influencing leaders, do not treat the employees with respect, lot of work pleasure, biggest con is Micro management with tools like Samay, expect us to work for long hours post office, no promotion for honest and hard working emplioyees",Employees should be treated with respect and micro management needs to be stopped and corporate politics should be removed,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28017,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Content Manager,Content Manager,"RSUs, Company will take over the world, Work with very smart people. Team is young and vert enthusiastic, you get ecommerce exposure which is a hot topic right now.",Terrible tools! You don’t learn anything that’s used outside of amazon. Awful work hours. Leaders are so smart they make an effort to make you look stupid in front of others,Be nice people.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28018,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Head of Business Development,Amazon,New business ideas. Great offering targeted at everyday needs. Great stock options.,No regard for family or personal space. Too bureaucratic. Many senior leaders directionless,Too top heavy,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28019,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Infrastructure ,Canteen, work culture, friendly employees",cab facility was not good.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2024.htm
28020,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Manager,"Great work environment, amazing co-workers, growth opportunities and company benefits.",Fast paced changes occurring in the organization which makes management more challenging.,Adapt to change the best way you can to help your team obtain the results expected.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28021,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,Its very fast moving and challenging environment.,Recommends Positive Outlook Approves of CEO I have been working at Amazon full-time (More than a year)  Pros  Its very fast moving and challenging environment. I learned a lot in last 1 year compared to probably 2 to 3 years in my previous companies. I am glad I choose Amazon over others.  Cons  Getting promoted in a managerial role is an uphill battle compared to other companies.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28022,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work,"good learning opportunity , good work environment","nothing, i dont fine any cons to updare",nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28023,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Call Center Representative,I am new at amazon,It is a very big company and i am honored to work in amazon and i am exicted to work in amazon,To work in amazon is my biggest challange and i will get experience,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28024,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Analyst,Best company to work for,Lots of exposure and well structured business model helps in a major way when dealing with the stakeholders,Growth path is kind of thin,At present I don't have any,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28025,amazon,Pune (India)," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Ok,-work culture is good -work life balance is okay,-very slow growth and salaries are less -not employee centric,Should look out for their employees as well,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28026,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AVM,good learning opportunities and nice team,long hours and systems don't always work,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28027,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"work culture is good , reliable",compensation is very less and as well as promotion process,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28028,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Great place to learn and work,Great place to work if you are willing to get a challenging job in which you will have to innovate and think bigger to be able to deliver results on your job.,If you are not a flexible person able to go with the changes and adapt quickly I would not recommend.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28029,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work enviroment,The best place to work,till now there is nothing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2025.htm
28030,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,System Development Engineer,"Innovative, customer-focussed and fast moving company. Working with very smart and talented people in teams aligned around common values and leadership principles.","Sometimes a bit challenging, requiring self-organization, good time management and a lot of ownership.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28031,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,everything was good.management is cooperative,i didn't see any cons,nothing they are perfect,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28032,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not to bad,good for the single and new graduate,on call and work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28033,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,Healthy and free working culture. Open door policy and no restriction on dress code. Good growth prospect.,"Odd shifts, steep targets and not much scope to work abroad.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28034,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Very innovative company,- very fast paced environment for people that seek for challenges - very quickly you get a lot of responsibilities and ownership - culture of respect,- the company is developing too quickly and decisions are many times made in rush - the management is coming mainly from US not understanding the culture of other markets they are approaching (which might be a conflict with people working locally on these markets) - warehouse environment way less political and clear than corporate environment,listen to the people you hire- respect and trust their market knowledge.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28035,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog associate,Feels like college while working,Pay is less and opprtunities to grow needs to be specified,Differentiate people with different qualifications and pay accordingly.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28036,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate (Tier I),Not a good employer,It is easy to get a job in Amazon. Benefits and perks are great after working for 2 years with them.,Amazon don't care about their employees. Their expectations from employees are completely unreasonably high. Salary is not good enough for such a high work load.,The management is very poor. Don't treat your employees like robots. Improve your work process and don't pressurize your workers for your own inefficiencies.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28037,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice work,flexible work hrs.. good atmosphere,none really i can find. it was good,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28038,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Content Test Associate,Content Test Associate,"Good MNC, Good Work environmnet, Nice team","Less salary, low appreciations and motivation for work",nil,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28039,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Network Deployment Engineer,Bad culture creeping in,Decent benefits in first few years of work. If your friends with the manager (most likely an Egyptian) you are likely to get the best work and be excluded from the team,Leadership needs to grow a backbone. Too much of a culture of if your friends with the boss you don’t have to do much to get promotion while others who do your work are left behind. No work life balance,Get rid of the boys club in networking,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2026.htm
28040,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,It is a good company with best environment.,Bad shift management for associates.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28041,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work!!!,"""Job satisfaction"". I have worked in for 5 different companies and Amazon is my 6th and trust me I couldn't believe how friendly and comfortable the environment is. I am at Amazon for less than a year. ""No limit for learning"" Amazon believes in learn and develop. On job learning and any amount of training are provided based on your passion. ""Amazing Managers and peers"" The support you receive in launching your career is amazing. If we find passion in any other domain, our managers will help us and mentor to move laterally to other teams or mover vertically to be come managers.","Within the short span of time, none so far",More fun activities can be planned for festivals.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28042,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon INC,Flexible shift timings and also the leave policy is very convenient,Work load is stressful and is expected to be completed on priority.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28043,amazon,Gdańsk (Poland)," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Work Flow Analyst,New quality of employment,"Clear processes, Equal rules, Working with the best cutting edge technologies",There is no DC offices in other parts of the country so you have to move.,Enable Virtual work on a bigger scale,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28044,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Online business developer,Company name itself is enough to evaluate the working culture and working environment. Though I have been worked as a part time developer but I accumated my growth at there,Not yet I have seen anything,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28045,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Avoid,"No pros, glassdoor made me have to write something even though I seriously can’t think of anything. I guess the people on your level (tier 1) are all down to earth hardworking people.","Poorly organised no one knows what is going on from management to lead. Absences are recorded externally so no one knows where one another is. Terrible attempts to make people work harder than the already impossible 100%. No incentive to work harder apart from the fact they will threaten your position at the warehouse. Employment of management externally, one manager has no idea what he’s doing or how to act in a working environment. Only employed through his degree and has never worked part time or full time.",Don’t employ externally.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28046,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Mixed opinion in profile for Customer Service Associate,1) Two way cab facility/ Rs 4000 as incentives ( If not opted for transportation) 2) Enormous Fun activities 3) Good work culture 4) Pays incentives higher than the market does. 5) Excellent Infrastructure,"If I want to share cons, there are lot many than the pros are.  No growth for associates and trust me recent changes in the organisation structural changes has reduced the hopes and opportunity for growth.  Group managers and above mangers behaves as monarch and insists associate to adhere metrics which are irrational. Associates performance are gauged on customer's response, which is tough to achieve. Group managers tries associate to terminate for each and every silly reason and trust me, people who are group managers and above will only decide metrics on historical data not on current situation and behavior of customer which is not correct for a company which has so called tag line "" World's most customer centric company"".  Amazon is only customer centric but not employee centric because salary wise it is worst, I been working in the organisation for nearly to 2 years with a salary package less than 2 L and increments wise it sucks. I dont understand why amazon degrade customer service associates where they are the only employees who tries to put amazon on top infront of customers.  Seriously salaries are worst -- no rational increment -- politics every where and loads of partiality. Only few associates are given opportunity to grow who are very close to group managers.  Salary in India for 2L is really disappointing.  No talent acquisition, only partiality acquisition. People on top level management who actually dont know how to behave properly to their peers and associates as well and also dont understand real time situation in customer support department with customers and amazon hires them just because they come with MBA from a famous university.   Work life balance has mixed opinions and higher level management dont even think about associates.  Seriously really very disappointing.  We hardly encounter with HR, so no point of talking about them. There are lot many to say about company cons but it is waste of saying because no actions will be taken even if we shout on the issues. So for now thats it.  Such a big organisation is forcing us to take VCS( work from home) in a project for cost cutting. This is a biggest con","Dear Jeff Bezos/Jeff Wilkie  Please look after the problems faced by customer support associates, paying 12L or 20 L to a software engineer will obviously help your company grow but we are also employees of amazon who are working for actual customers and answering on behalf of amazon as amazonians but we are treated such way that we are unable to meet our basic needs in the market with the provided salaries. Request your intervention. I don't understand that why amazon in India is going for cost cutting but Jeff sir you are now one of the worlds richest person. Please Please increase our salaries satisfactorily . We are the ground level employees who connects directly to customers which is helping for growth of organisation but employees are not growing accordingly. Hope you understand the severity.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28047,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good start,good incentive system is available,"Office politics, as usual in any comany",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28048,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best work culture = Amazon,"One of the best companies to work in. The work culture, the structure and love the way they keep their employees motivated.",There are no cons I can think of.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28049,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Mar 6, 2018","Former Employee - CSA, Lead",Great place to work!,"Very stable, great benefits, good working environment, growth opportunities, very strong culture and values.",Sometimes you could be assigned to a different team with very short notice.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2027.htm
28050,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA back office,Good atmosphere to work in such company. You will love the ambiance and work culture.,I don't have any as of now.,I don't have any as such to recommend them,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28051,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support Associate,Colleagues and office environment,Overworked for little reward,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28052,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,Good work culture Nice infrastructure Pretty chilled out place Good transport facility and leave policy,"Unrealistic expectations Too much work pressure Overworked and underpaid. We have people doing the same job who are language associates, barely use language but are paid twice the amount we get.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28053,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Amazing Amazon.,"Employee Friendly, Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History.","Nothing to improve, Salaries should be revised.",Salaries should be revised.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28054,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Great place especially to balance work and life,Only 5 working days so its great,Nothing much as a con but its not a technical job,Great thing to care about the employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28055,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - QA Engineer,QA Enginner,Great Peers Great Managers Great work which compels to make you learn lot of things,Office ergonomics can be improved,Nothing great show gys,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28056,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Support Representative,Customer Support Executive,Employees need not wear formal clothes everyday. Good Salary package.,Work stress. Cab delays. Short time breaks.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28057,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Support Engineer Intern,Great place to work,You will get a lot of opportunity working there is fun nice work environment,Nothing as far as I have experienced,Keep doing the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28058,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Lead,Team leader and catalogue specialist,The work culture is very employee friendly and professional which creates arena and scope for more innovation and stress free environment that will translate into a more productive output.,"Nothing, everything is excellent, maybe should look into reduction of wastes, and avoid excessive usage of valuable resources (Water, electricity, beverages, tissues etc), which should be saved and reserved for our future generation.","Would like to request to have more frequent grooming, mentoring and skill development programs if possible",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28059,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate,Best of Best,Very good infra You can feel a presence of working in a well privileged company You'll feel like that you're amazing if you showcase your talent towards the best in you. Lucky if you're put in a very friendly team Decent take-home for freshers Cab facility provided once in an hour so that we can opt accordingly,Sometimes feel like pressure in work but still if you like the job you're doing.. that'll be great.,"Increment can be provided well for employees 4k seems to be much more deduction in salary for transportation, better if that could be reduced.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2028.htm
28060,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Great place especially to balance work and life,Only 5 working days so its great,Nothing much as a con but its not a technical job,Great thing to care about the employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28061,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Translation Associate,Social popularity . Everyone knows about Amazon,"The promises are false, the values are just on paper and the work is as stagnant as it gets",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28062,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work with.. Employee friendly,Employee friendly Easy to switch teams,Salary not up to the mark Lot of politics in management level,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28063,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigator Specialist,Amazing work environment with great people,Too many shift rollovers can be an issue,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28064,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Best place to Work,"Best place to grow, Lots of learning opportunities, good reward for performance",On the job learning as there are many launches and you have to learn it on your own,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28065,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 17, 2018",Former Employee - Data Centre Operations,Data Centre operations engineer,Expected to work autonomously,No direction from management. Culture of paranoia. Lack of training in systems. Short of staff to cover sites. Lack of morale culture of whiners,Show backbone to your superiors and demand the additional resources to run a critical facility,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28066,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Manager - Risk Investigation - TRMS,Manager - Risk Investigation - TRMS,"Salary benefits, Infrastructure, Captive Business",Vacancy Based growth opportunity Process is not streamlined for more than 5 years No Work Life Balance,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28067,amazon,"West Drayton, London, England (UK)"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Supervisor,Operations Supervisor,"Amazon is a large innovative company with a diversity of departments and roles offered. If you are willing to learn and work hard, the company can really develop potential.","The size and scope of the company means one can sometimes feel like just a 'number' to be counted and utilised in function. Also, there is a slight tendency to throw you into the 'deep end' of operations without much training and see how you cope.",More engaged training with new staff would go a long way to making them feel overwhelmed when entering the fast paced world of Amazon.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28068,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work but be ready to work hard and long hours,"Flexible working hours, work from home option, great company culture, somewhat equal gender pay","Long working hours, poor women ratio in management roles, poor work-life balance",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28069,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Salary,Good salary . Work life balance ok.,No discount to staff but ok,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2029.htm
28070,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,Best company to work for,Fantastic working environment Great company culture An enormous amount of internal learning and career opportunities,Too many duplications in internal tools,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28071,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfilment Associate,- Internal growth opportunities for everyone - Safety of employees is of the utmost importance,- Only con is that shifts are 10 hour long. What makes it all the more hard is that you have to be on your feet all the time.,Shall increase the pay as it is equivalent to minimum wage now,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28072,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Assistant,"Friendly colleagues, some friendly staff",get ready to be used,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28073,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,Networks operation specialist,"Work Culture, helpful team leads",There's still room for improvement in Management,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28074,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning opportunity,Organised company. Friendly staffs and superiors.,Have to be competitive. Be initiative to meet the tasks on time.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28075,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - TOC,TOC interview,Stress free work Friendly environment less time pressure,you wont learn here anything that could support your career,Thanks for everything I really loved it,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28076,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Specialist,- good life work balance - international and friendly environment,- low compensation for western Europe citizens and for Prague cost of life (I work for one the most important companies in the world and I'M POOR) - not so much employees' development,- increase salaries for at least 50%,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28077,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,Fantastic company but don't rush into sub-optimal roles,"Thorough training, focus on productivity and employee welfare","few ways to translate exciting experiences at Amazon elsewhere, lack of opportunity to progress when you are top in your team, hard to secure sensible positions that are a fit with credentials",Seattle should award more interesting roles and projects to other sites. Sites like London are teeming with intelligent and qualified people doing mechanical activities. Seattle based employees have secured too many projects to handle and seem to be lifting and developing ideas from employees on other sites where opportunities are more not being distributed. Not fair.,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28078,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unforgettable learning experience,"Work Life Balance, Ample opportunities and employee friendly policies",Work load during peak time and monotonous job,Ensure that the HR team is approachable and friendly,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28079,amazon,"Warrington, South East England, England (UK)"," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Work,It's good pay.There all good people to work with and the food in the canteen is a reasonable price.,Need more breaks and you get timed when you need the toilet.There is too much pressure for targets .,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2030.htm
28080,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Brilliant,"Never bored, Lot of data to work with, Always stick to principles and values, Extremely competitive, Data Driven, pushes your limits.","Extremely Hectic, Always on the toes, No work life Balance, Exhaustive, Ruthless, Not employee friendly, Survival is the key, Never satisfactory.",None,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28081,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tranaction Risk Analyst,Nice people to work around with,No work life balance because of shift changes,Make it employee centric as well,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28082,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Shift Supervisor,best place to work with,the company in which the benifits reaches to the ground level employee,growth is so high in this,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28083,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,AWS Brazil is a good place to work,Lots of bright people. You learn something everyday!,Pure metrics decision. Does not take into account the intangible results achieved.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28084,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Amazon has a great culture of welcoming creative and innovative ideas to solve some of the complex and long term problems for it's customers. You are guaranteed to work with some of the most talented peer group.,If you are expecting cool coffee machines or recreational areas to chill at work place then this may not be the right company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28085,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Review,Good place to work were we will getting alot of knowledge,High work pressure  No festival leaves,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28086,amazon,Hinjewadi (India)," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Station Support Associate,Good operations management,Working environment inside amazon is just amazing. Any pressure could handle during working with each other helping habit. Overall processes are just amazing .,In peak time you have to spend more than 10 hours a day for amazon. Due to the work load in the company you should able to present 24/7,"Please look into lower level workers. Ex. Delivery associate, and station associate . They need you. Support them. They are the actual workers.",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28087,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing,Marketing,A lot of innovation and knowledge to get,A lot of pressure and work,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28088,amazon,San Fernando de Henares (Spain)," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA Lead,"Private health insurance. Casual wear. Organized work environment. Depending on the position, it's safe and withour health risks.",Unannounced changing schedules. Strict working time environment (seconds do count!) Brutal competition among workers to get favors from managers. Lack of HR skills in the Manager team that affected carreer development.,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28089,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - TRMS - BRI - German,TRMS,8 fixed working hours Flexible Leaves Brand name Easy hiring process Free Transport embedded in salary No social media restriction Fixed increments every year Fixed work/metric Good Principles Paid OT,"No work-life balance Biased Management No logical shift changes quarterly Mid week offs Management style changes every 6-8 months HR policies changes every year Suffocating time allocations, minute to minute tracking and no flexibility (time restrictions) Mother tongue communication language in trainings and meetings Profanity Unprofessional co-workers  Overcrowded workplace, no assigned cubicles or assets Bad work place hygiene Stringent Metric and policies Loud and disgraceful music on the floor Work place maintenance Misplaced frugality",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2031.htm
28090,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good organization to start with,It has a great Work environment Managers are good Support team is awesome,Very much Less salary There is no Work life balance,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28091,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good company to learn but be prepared for hectic work schedule,brand name and so many opportunity for growth,"over time, no work life balance",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28092,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supervisor,Decent salary and stock options. Leave policy is pretty good,Management prefers candidates from outside the organization even though Home grown talent has been working and delivering on that role for years.,Work on the talent within the org and promote when someone is ready in a timely manner.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28093,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,I Wish they would treat better for RBS Catalog associate chennai,Good occupational perks like cab and sodexo facitlity,Little indulgence in peers welfare by the managers as well as the HR's,Please do not hire BPO managers who like their subordinates in an insulting manner. They definitely do not know how to interact with their team. Being super authoritative and them feel demotivated (That they want to kill themselves) .,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28094,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,AMAZONIAN,"Its Leader principles. While working in AMAZON you always feel ""It's Still Day One""",No down side for Amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28095,amazon,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Project Manager,Make History,Amazon is simply the best company. When working at Amazon you would be making history.,The grass is green where you water is.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28096,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,AWS Cloud Support Associate - 1,Amazon is a great place to work because as a individual you get to grow professionally and get great in depth knowledge in the filed you are working in. The job role I'm assigned is Cloud Support Associate-1(CSA-1). This is customer facing job profile where you get to solve customers issues and help them with their questions. As Amazon is and striving to be earth's most customer centric company support profile becomes utmost importance to the company.  Great set of highly skilled and work driven engineers and senior colleagues motivate you on daily basis to get the job done.  Do not mistake this for traditional support where you have standard response for all the issues. The issues that come in here everyday is unique and everytime you need to come up with a unique solution.,"The pressure can sometimes get to you on reaching the metrics, but with time you'll get to learn and adapy",Plan more fun activities.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28097,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bureaucracy is in the DNA,I don't see anything worth a mention,"Being a slave of your manager, doing as he says, no matter how wrong he is. Being dishonest, drink and smoke breaks can do wonders for lazy folks. A hard working guy here does the work and the good for nothing guys get promoted.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28098,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Craziness, anarchy, fast pacing and non sleeping","You get a lot of freedom to do things, there is a technical ladder for those who don't want to go in management. If you are a junior, it's a great place to be because you will learn a lot.","Lots of legacy, easy to burn your down with insane on-call workloads if you are on the wrong team. Most teams are junior-ish with just a few seniors around to do the teaching.","Fix the leveling between SDE 2 and 3, many SDE1 get to 2 easily, but there is a really wide spectrum of SDE2 that makes is quite fuzzy.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28099,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Application Engineer,Work friendly environment and good place to learn and earn more,bit more work pressure to reach goals,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2032.htm
28100,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Application Engineer,Work friendly environment and good place to learn and earn more,bit more work pressure to reach goals,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28101,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you can work hard you can have fun,Huge growth = huge opportunity if you can handle the pace,High demand long hours as you would expect from a US company,Keep true to your values and to the long term business goals - do that and you will deliver on all fronts.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28102,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,"international team, day shifts, good location in center bratislava, languages and health insurance provided for foreigners","basic job, no promotions, no improvements, managers not so close",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28103,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Smart people, average upper management",They care about progression. I was promoted during my time there. They supply good equipment and the interviewing training is great. The leadership principles actually make sense if you use them right.,"Management don't often listen, and direction comes from so far above that it isn't really easy to push back. Often overworked, left after 2 years feeling very burned out. Leadership Principles are often misused by management in a strange political way.","Listen more to the engineers, rather than letting TPMs and Non-technical upper management run the show, especially on technical aspects of the work.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28104,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sickness absence not payed,Meet lots of people,"Hard work, salary is good but if you get sick for 3 days you are not payed that’s very bad they will pay you from the 4th day this something they got to change",none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28105,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse,Can be difficult,4-day working week. Good overtime pay. 10% discount,Can be very long hours. Target driven with unrealistic targets So many rules Management can be very rude with little to no people skills.,Loosen up a bit.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28106,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Fantastic opportunities,"Awesome co-workers, very talent and helpful. Compensation is above market average. The variety of opportunities to pick interesting projects is amazing.","Poor work-life balance in the majority of the teams. Software developers workload involves significant portions of Operations in addition to Development, which is a great experience, however the Development portion is plagued by too much internal friction across teams.","The recent growth has put too much project rotation across software development teams. Reaching cruise speed for a two-pizza team can take 2 or 3 projects (ex: 3 months projects), re-shuffling teams & projects more frequently than that can disrupt from reaching optimum productivity. Although business priorities or Organization changes are perceived as legitimate reasons for these changes by leadership, they can jeopardize developers careers.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28107,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Senior Operations Manager,"Pay, promotion, opportunities. Being part of a leviathan.","Rare culture - uniquely focussed on long-term success, customer and business needs, but not employees....and domination of every marketplace/opportunity.",None - it's an amazingly successful business,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28108,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Team Manager,slightly higher salary for the quality of work here. good stock amount. relaxed work environment. not much knowledge required to work here,work is such that there is no learning at all. useless work which is only valid for Amazon. very poor higher management. very poor HR. lame processes and their quality,management here cannot be advised. they won't be able to understand nor are they willing to listen to anything,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28109,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Operative,Worst company to work for,The pay was ok plus working 4 days and having 3 days off.,The work is very tiring as you have to work in a warehouse for 10 hours and even sometimes 11 hours with very little breaks in between. The Amazon management were not good in terms of communication and were always at my back. They have no interest in their employees and treat them like slaves. The agency as well the Amazon management are rude and have very bad attitude towards their employees. They set unrealistic targets and terminate contracts without notice and without reasonable explanation. They don't care about the employees health at all.,The management need to firstly listen to both agency employees and Amazon employees and treat them equally and fairly. They need to change their attitude and care about the employees health giving them plenty of breaks and benefits. Also the management need to set realistic targets and help employees always in reaching targets. Also they need to stop terminating contracts without any reason or notice,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2033.htm
28110,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Vsr,"Good work environment for freedom of thoughts,back bone and execution","Work environment , employee relations, work activities and mentor (manager) support are excellent.","Can avoid frequent internal team shuffles, it is appreciable and good that employees will get wide experience than confining to same role, but frequent shuffles are not advisable at least for a period of 6 months.","The internal tools are much helpful, but can create a centralized platform for frequently used tools. (Resembles like a vast knowledge ocean with an unorganized library!)",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28111,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Ops Manager Global Catalog Operations,AMAZING PLACE TO WORK,"Learning, Opportunities, Encourages failures and helps to get up from it. Teaches how to think big and also about being frugal",Lack of visible team work,More team building activities to be conducted. rest to remain the same,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28112,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Service Associate,Heaven for Amazonions,"First thing to say about is no pressure or target. You will really enjoy your work .manager and team mates will teat you like a friend. More than sharing my experience in amazon, you can work here to know about all Growing things happening here. Good place to develop yourself and implement your innovation or ideas. Amazon will always here to motivate, you to come-up with best knowledge on the role what you working for.",No better hike after year of experience,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28113,amazon,Kirchberg (Luxembourg)," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Outsourcing Partner Manager,Great experience,"I work with an international team. I feel valued and I enjoy what I do- this has been an interesting experience when I compare it to previous jobs in international companies where you feel a lot more like ""just a number"". I've never had to work overtime unless I wanted to , either.","At the moment I can't think of anything, some things that people may find strange is how quicky all processes change (constantly looking to improve things) and how much responsability is handed over to new hires (which for me was a great challenge and made me feel more invested).",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28114,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,"Flexibility of time, great onboarding, great stock plan, great people, learn a lot.",No quarter bonus for utilization,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28115,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,Work culture,Got to learn a lot of things.....good team.......,Good for a fresher to start from this company.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28116,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AML Analyst,"Environment, experience, good name on CV","Restrictive rules, it feels like working in a call centre",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28117,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to work at,"Work life balance, fun, Overtime option","Different shifts, lower management reluctant about their team .",Look out on more growth opportunities,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28118,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start for Freshers,No dress code Like minded colleagues Medium work load,Managers micro manage sometimes Promotions are biased,Give promotions based on talent and skill.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28119,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,Learn a lot Opportunity to grow,Bit tough to achieve Work-life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2034.htm
28120,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,Learn a lot Opportunity to grow,Bit tough to achieve Work-life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28121,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior french catalog associate,Flexibility of work from home and no dress code,Heavy work load and micro management,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28122,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ERC Team Lead,"It's a great company to work in with great compensation. My manager is very understanding, and would make sure that I am happy.","For some roles, you would be asked for extended working hours (till 12 midnight) for some days. You need to be self motivated.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28123,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager Operations role,"Facilities is good, Compensation is good.",Work culture is not good. No options to have work life balance,Need to take initiatives to retain good talents,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28124,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to start career in Call centers,1. Good work culture. 2. Early Promotions and huge growth potential,"1. Starting salary is very low, but if you see it is common for customer service associate profile in India.",Good job...keep it up,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28125,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,Marketing Specialist,"open, equal culture amazing colleges with outstanding background",cannot fit in China's market in a progressive way,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28126,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job seeker/M.E graduate,work helps me to indulge into something which helps me in achieving something and prove myself.i like working smart,i hate being a procrastinator,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28127,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Shift Manager,Amazon Review,"Great working culture, Dedicated staff and results driven","Long hours and expectations are high, not a great social life",Humans are not machines.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28128,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfillment / Warehouse Associate,Easy work Free drinks provided including coffee,Overtime sometimes required resulting in very long shifts,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28129,amazon,none," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CS Associate,Managers are helpful. Team mates are good. Nice work environment.,"Nothing to learn expect saying a ""sorry"". If you are a technical student. don't opt for this. you'll lose your confidence",Provide better opportunities. Even if there are IJP's there's no response from the Recruiting manager and HR people.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2035.htm
28130,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer,"Very dynamic work environment, growth opportunities are numerous.","Watch this space, I will update once I identify any cons.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28131,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Fast paced learning and growth,"Enough opportunities to learn and grow for just-out-of-college graduate. Freedom to chose your work, technologies to be used and timelines. Opportunities to solve complex problems. Building scalable solutions.",Lesser salaries compare to similarly placed companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28132,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Dream Company you will work with,"Employee Friendly & Work Ambience is the best thing about Amazon Treats you well and It,s simply the best to work in.",I hardly have any cons about Amazon. I think it's the best in the city i work!,Keep Up The Great Work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28133,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,always day 1,"great culture, great managers, great business model, great feeling being part of the future","so interesting, and so much to do, that you spend too much time at work",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28134,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk investigator,Amazon is one of the best place to work . There are many carrier opportunities for the insiders and outsiders.,There are no cons that i can think about but sometimes the shife about 9 pm to 6 am is very completed as we have to punch in at exact time and log out at exact time .,Everything is just set up well.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28135,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - ECR Specialist,Second Home,"I have many reasons to say why I work for Amazon, but one of the best thing is that though I work for 8 hours in office I never felt that I'm working. To be frank it's a place where you play and work together which makes me feel like playing at work. Work Hard Have Fun Make History","The way the IJP's conducted at Amazon is what which you would not like as most of the IJP's conducted in Amazon are of interim post 6 months you would be converted as permanent. However, now that has been changed.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28136,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Job at Amazon,The only company I have seen providing hassle free environment for employees. No other company can provide additional benefits like Amazon.,I don't find any negatives here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28137,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Excellent place to work,Its a great place to work,You might face issues with the shifts,No,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28138,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Great place to work,"Global exposure to experts in the industry, strong focus on growth and speed, valuable leadership principles, and most of all, the freedom to work at your convenient time puts you into a workplace from which you couldn't expect more. Helping each other grow is the core of Amazon, be it any role. Managers help you with every possible way of professional growth and provide opportunities to connect with the global leaders across the company's wide presence in the world. The workplace is exactly how a workplace should be: friendly enough not to be intimidating, but motivating enough to get your things done.","The environment is really not design-centric, and you have to find opportunities to learn design locally from peers. It could be better in funding more activities in India which would lead to people being happier doing groundbreaking design at Amazon.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28139,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Sales Representative,Amzaon,Providing good salleries and p.f,Dont have any idea coz im fresher,No advice dont know anything about management so how colud say anything,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2036.htm
28140,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Developer,good,nice salary and good team,no cons for this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28141,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Team Lead,"Job security - business grows so fast that the workforce is constantly in demand. Benefits - shares, health care, discounts Shifts - Most full time work is 4x10hr shifts - 3 day weekend. Progression - Once promoted to Leadership, good opportunities to go further.","Thousands of employees. Difficult to stand out and progress beyond initial level. Growth too fast - limited review of what was good and whats not. Fast turnover of management - no handover, so individual progression in team is lost.",Work for the team thats working for you. Not just the boss and their metrics.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28142,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Good place for career,"nice environment, multi national, good benefit, nice internal promotion opportunity","not so great work life balance, stressful, compensation relatively low",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28143,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice exposture,could learn a lot","enjoyed a lot,good environment to learn everything very happy i was part of amazon","i didn't find anything , good place to work",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28144,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Work Hard...Have Fun...Make history,Learn new things. Descent work culture. Encouragement for new thoughts. Employee development. Employee benefits.,"Ownership one of the Principle of Amazon,But management does help in taking ownership of any work.","Management does not walk you hand in hand, nor guides you in your career development.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28145,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,Great work place to work with,Minimum career growth and skill development,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28146,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,area manager,"Good, learning, development, smart peers","work pressure, dynamism, quality of work , salary band, difference",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28147,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Operations,My experience within Amazon,"- Work in one of the biggest budget companies in the world. - Endless opportunities to promote, change your role within the company or even be moved. - Great relocation allowances. - Stocks.","- Boring job. - The most annoying security procedures making your go in go out from the Data Halls a slow pain in the #@s. - Procedures in general. Too many. Makes your work ineficient and very time consuming when working on simple things. - After some point you realize that the job is not challenging anymore and you get frustrated by boredom. - The requirements and specifications of the work look high but the tasks you're going to do are very simple. Most of the tools you will use are packed and ""single button click"", so don't expect supper fancy Linux commands and demanding knowledge at all. - Huge differences in terms of relocation packs, If you are hired as level 3 you'll get 6000 euros after taxes and only 3 shares. If you are hired as level 4 you'll get 15,000 dollar after taxes 5000 euro (after taxes) as signing bonus and lots more of stocks. - Level 3 and level 4 DCO are exactly the same. There is no difference but benefits. Very frustrating. - Shifts: forget about your social life. Expect days in which you can't get sleep because of changing your sleeping times continually.",Hire people either level 3 or 4 but don't mix your hires because what you get is frustrated employees. Coach your employees and show them how to promote and where to get useful and straight information within the company so they can plan their careers for the future.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28148,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Best place to work,Work culture fun activities stress free,Null nothing not at all,You rock,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28149,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to build new things,I love the innovative culture of Amazon. This place also helps you grow as a professional level at an accelerated pace.,In most cases your promotion clock resets if you move to a different team. So it's best to move just after getting promoted.,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2037.htm
28150,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Data Operations Analyst,Data Operations Analyst,- Opportunity to grow - A lot of things to do,- Duplicated work - Bad integration with other departments,Integrate departments and tasks,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28151,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,"Nice place, bad management","Working climate is nice, peers have a great sense of teamwork","Lack of growing opportunities, you will struggle for years just to get a better position",Improve hiring processes as right now you are missing great talent just to favor quotas,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28152,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - QAE-II,Will be good learning experince,opportunities are more... at the same time work will be more. You will have every resource to learn but you will not have time to learn. IJP's are very good. If you want to grow you will be given every opportunity to grow.  You will be forced to learn time and priority management.. since releases are very fast. You find you are faster than you were before.,since this is very large organization some times you are not clear who is the owner to get help. It will be really frustrating with tight schedules.  Releases are so fast and things change rapidly in last moment which may cause re-work (exception is Chennai. In Chennai the pressure is relatively less but i am not saying that it is not there),Please provide education portal where employees will have chance to learn different technologies.  We can have better cafeteria.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28153,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazing firm,A lot of growth Great learning experience Excellent working environment,work is sometimes too much which causes stress.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28154,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reason to stay in amazon,Flexible working time and dress code,Could be lot of dependency with US teams and it makes you to work in late nights,none,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28155,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Good company,Good work at company. good progress,bad work life balance for employees,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28156,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible Leaders in few teams,Amazon as brand adds value to your resume,Lack of Focus on automation and investment on tools,Evaluate people on data not on perception,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28157,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Coolest work place,"Good work Environment , cooperative team","Target Pressure, strict time management",nothing as such everything is good here,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28158,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Analyst,Good Company,Salary and flexibility are good,Maybe the fact to work some weekends,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28159,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Product Compliance Associate,Product Compliance Associate,Good work culture and lots of perks,faced no cons as of now,Have a stable SOP,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2038.htm
28160,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist,Steep learning curve and independent work,work life balance is sometimes difficult,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28161,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,Best Place to work,"Good people, good environment, good work life balance, Modern work culture","Gets stressfull sometimes during Q4,othertimes are great",Nothing,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28162,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Associate,Digital associate,Nice company Lot of benefits like 4000 travel allowance plus sodexo pass,Contract status will be told in the last few days before contract gets over.,Always inform contract employees about their contact status before one month itself.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28163,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - ERC Specialist Data Management,Amazon Logo ,Best work place and have lot of benefits! Great fun! Very much happy n Blessed to work with a great organization Lots of learning opportunities. Best facility and office space.,"Rotational Shifts, which were no problem to me",Keep going on with what you are doing !!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28164,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sale Representative,Good personal experience as they teach you everthing from the get go and make it easier.,Work too many hours and on holiday need constantly have your pc next to you and ready for use.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28165,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Management,Working at Amazon,- Growth possibilities - Great exit options - Global movement flawless - Mistakes are treated as learnings,- Work hours can be demanding - People and processes change too frequently,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28166,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Not bad but could be better,fixed work pattern good overtime pay guaranteed hours,rude leads no work to life balance un achievable targets favouritism towards blue badge holders breaks include getting to and from locker rooms idol time for doing your job communication between mmanagers and leads is poor organisation is poor,all staff wether temp or permenant should be treat equaly it is one set of rules for all employes not different depending on badge type leads and managers need to communicate better and let staff know when targets change and if the accelerate process is active I received a final warning for doing a off the task job for a lead and even after the lead and myself going to the manager this wasn't overturned which led to me being released even though in 5 months I had met my targets every week,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28167,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Hotel,Good work,"Great staff , goods contribution , not slow",There are none except some would say the hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28168,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Sourcing Specialist,Great Working at AWS,"Amazon offers a dynamic environment, full of opportunities and challenges. Hard work is appreciated and recognized.","Amazon has become such a big organization, so the stream of information is pretty high and sometimes it can be hard to find the correct responsible team to address to.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28169,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - New Account Manager,Giant with Star-up Approach,Open Mind Gives you space to grow New Challenges every Day,Global Company with difficulties to adapt in Brazil,Very Good Company in General,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2039.htm
28170,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Good,Should improve the response time on the referral portal.,Lot of pressure from day 1.,Same as above,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28171,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Test Engineer,Awsm place to work,Good work culture without any stress,Less salary structure and growth,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28172,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Retail Agent,"Active, lovely, engaging, team orientated, goal driven","Time, pay could be better, lack of individual development",Great all round,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28173,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Good,Best work and best salary,Cab fasilities are not available,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28174,amazon,Pune (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Excellent,Good work life balance can be achieved,Less growth opportunities in this company,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28175,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service associate,Shift timing. Work environment Lot of employee benefits,Pick up drop. So far this much,Just keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28176,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - FinOps Analyst,Finance Analyst,Good work environment Friendly management Less politics,Cafeterias food not as good No outdoor game places Wont get much time to enjoy the facilities,Improve the food quality Provide some outdoor games Need more budget for team outings etc,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28177,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Support Eng III,"„Ein tolles Unternehmen, wo man sich wachsen kann”","career opportunities, constantly changing and evolving environment","limited benefits, shift work, large differences between departments and countries","people are the key, support their growth!",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28178,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Amazon work,"Good culture, good process, good colleagues","career growth is limited, hiring is easier than retention",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28179,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Busy,Smart people in sde team,Always busy. Impossible deadlines. No life,Improve work life balance of employees,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2040.htm
28180,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Analyst,+ Great career opportunities + International environment,- Difficult to switch from country to country - Poor Career advancement once in the company,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28181,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support associate,"Cool environment, work stations are good",Repetitive and growth is hard,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28182,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - SDM,Good experience,1) Awesome work culture 2) Amazing learning opportunity,1) Can be overwhelming to new beginners,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28183,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Processing Associate,Employee Referal,It Encourages the Employee to be the part of Amazon's Recruiting Team.,There are no Cons as of now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28184,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,"- Huge ecosystem catering to every passion - Strong mentoring and coaching initiatives - Relaxed, light-touch management",- The environment might be perceived as overwhelming if you're not a self-starter - Compensation is still catching up with the rest of the industry - Moving up is sometimes unclear,- Practice what you preach - Be sensitive to individual needs - Follow through with promises,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28185,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Job!,Working at Amazon is great. Here are a few reasons why: - Opportunities to contribute to the good experience of end customers - Working with highly motivated teammates - Great organizational culture,Amazonians are owners and because they care about their products so much at times some of them might seem hard to move or rigid when it comes to chaning or improving their product(s).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28186,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Best company to work,Flexible timings No shift workings Amazon benefits No dress code,Have not seen any cons till date,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28187,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"- Great work culture, with high scope of growth - Best compensation across market - work life balance is great",no cons to be mentioned,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28188,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Hotel,Good work,"Great staff , goods contribution , not slow",There are none except some would say the hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28189,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Content Developer,"Restrictive, bereft of creativity, too chaotic.","Great pay, opportunity to get involved with several projects not directly linked with (or above) the normal duties of your role. Higher management relatively approachable. Good managers will look to help or guide you where required.","The rate of change is so frequent that it's hard to keep track of what you're meant to be doing and why. Culture is very rigid, can't be promoted or move sideways without jumping through a ridiculous amount of hoops (if at all). Very process-driven without any room allowed for simplification. Insane levels of bureaucracy, very tiring when easier ways are possible. Avoid if you are in any way creative or independent.","Try to allow people to move sideways if they are clearly good/hard workers, but struggling or uncomfortable at their current role. Allow space for critical thinking and to let staff question moves. If something isn't instinctive to a worker, that means there's an issue with the work.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2041.htm
28190,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Learn a lot to communicate and to think data driven,Reporting is exhausting. Too political company. Not good environment!,Force middle management to be more stick to leadership principles,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28191,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Associate,This is a MNC which works like a startup. Lots of learning opportunities It doesn't matter what time you come in as long as you are doing your work.,Some teams are not very helpful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28192,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Associate - German,Good Place to work,- Working Environment - Colleagues - Open Culture - Flexible Work Environment,- Lack of Domain expertise amongst Line Managers,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28193,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,good,good working atmosphere  best salary for the job role in industry,hectic work may be cause of the trade amazon has.,nothing-they bring frequent changes,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28194,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best company to work with,Opportunity to explore and learn new skills,Need to work on employee's work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28195,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Recruiter,Work Hard,"Biggest Tech Giant , innovative and forward thinking. +work live balance +global projects +multi-national workforce + equality in pay and promotional opportunity",-no snacks or lunches,keep it real,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28196,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - FinOps Analyst,Finance Analyst,Good work environment Friendly management Less politics,Cafeterias food not as good No outdoor game places Wont get much time to enjoy the facilities,Improve the food quality Provide some outdoor games Need more budget for team outings etc,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28197,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Support Eng III,"„Ein tolles Unternehmen, wo man sich wachsen kann”","career opportunities, constantly changing and evolving environment","limited benefits, shift work, large differences between departments and countries","people are the key, support their growth!",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28198,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Review of risk investigator at Amazon,1. Great working environment 2. Good managers and friendly employees,1. shift culture 2. less opportunities of growth,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28199,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - ERC Senior Associate,Organisation Review,"Great company to work, pleasant atmosphere.",I didn't notice one so far,Keep up the great work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2042.htm
28200,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Great place to work,Great place to work very. Friendly managers. Learn something new everyday. Coworkers are very helpful. Great benefits .,Only what I don't like are long hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28201,amazon,Haifa (Israel)," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,A great place to work in,Huge work impact No stress work enviroment Above market compensation,No lunch sponsering No car leasing sponsering Minimal kitchen (Compared to other top market companies),"Keep up the good work, remember that people like treats.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28202,amazon,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Architect,AWS - Very interesting and highly technological company,Cutting edge technology with great openness to new ideas. Much place for creativity.,"Too few vacation days, less than the usual in Israel",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28203,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Proper Recognization to Efficient Employees,Good Work Environment and facilities provided,"Amazon.IN HYD and BLR sites are encouraging the partiality culture at Amazon and promoting employees who are ineligible for the positions. People who are efficient are not given any opportunities. Even after clearing all rounds of interviews the employees are not selected stating that they dont have visibility itseems. Visibility in their words means not official and it is just hanging out with managers at their houses and parties not working in office.  Favoritism is encouraged in Amazon culture. HR is also involved here and no one is bothered to look in to this issue.  Hey Amazon Chief Mr Jeff, you are loosing good people and trust on Amazon.  I expect this message reach you and things will change.  Thank you.","IJPs should be transparent enough to why and what is expected from the employees. People under suspension or warning period are getting promoted here, which has to be stopped.  To implement an Idea it takes ages, this has to fasten up.  Thank you.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28204,amazon,"Stockport, England (UK)"," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,warehouse operative,"full training provided, located in stockport",I didn't like working shift patterns,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28205,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,Testing associate,"Good salary, and good culture good motto","Less improvement opportunities, Less growth in testing field",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28206,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,+ Cool projects + Good pay + Talented coworkers,- Work/life balance can be difficult,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28207,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced environment,"Growing company, operations offers good career progression","Poor recognition and remuneration for existing employees, main focus of reward is on new employees.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28208,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist Senior,Transaction Risk Management Service,"If Risk Management, Transaction-al Investigations , Fraud Detection and prevention is your idea of a career, then this is the place to be.  Experience/ 2-year stint here is great for the resume -multi lingual, multi national team environment, smart colleagues, office in the centre of Prague.  TRMS jobs are not for the faint hearted as I found out from my experience -being adaptable, willing to experiment, willing to fail and learn from those failures sets you up for success.",Not a place to be if you are NOT a hard worker. There is no such thing as a free lunch in any part of TRMS,Don't over emphasize of Have back bone disagree and commit- as most people I met have problem with the Commit part in your LP. Also re-look at your benefits.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28209,amazon,"Milton Keynes, England (UK)"," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Team Lead,Good pay,"Lots of Overtime pay, fixed shift pattern. 4 days work 3 days off","long shifts, physically sometimes hard, target driven work",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2043.htm
28210,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,looking out for the l3 position,"workplace, culture, fun at work, learning and growth opportunities",nothing. everything seems to be good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28211,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Exceptional,"Environment, people, management, policies, cabs",Nothing at all as such,Retain the class,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28212,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Awesome!,"- Modern, dynamic and solid Culture - Extremely innovative - Values the professionals as unique",sometimes too much self-service to learn and develop activities.,"The professional has to fit in the Amazon Leadership Principles to have success, otherwise will face difficulties to feel comfortable in his activities.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28213,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Not a bad company to work for at all,Career Choice Programme 😀😀😀. Restricted Stock Units. Fixed shift pattern so work-life balance ok. Plenty of scope for progression & to better yourself.,"Breaks are rushed. Very target based. It will work you to the bone, so be prepared for that.","Nothing I can personally think of, Amazon is very much like marmite u either like it or u don’t.  They are a good company to be at but u have to see the potential for yourself.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28214,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiter,"Great Company, some great people but some toxic teams too.",- Work with smart people - Great hiring bar - Scale your career (Within Engineering) - Good compensation,"- Very political culture (lots of backstabbing) - Toxic environment (within HR/Recruiting) - If you're in the HR/Recruiting ""gang"" you will do well but if you're outside that you will get nowhere. - No room for advancement as middle managers have all been there years and are all best friends.","Stop overlooking the glaring issues (People and culture) and focus on the culture and how toxic it has become. Attrition is high but yet nothing is done about it. Exit interviews bring up glaring issues. Change is needed, badly.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28215,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,The best place to constantly learn and be challenged.,"I have learned new things every week. This is not a cliché, it is my actual experience. I am also enjoying being dared, challenged. Amazon competes against itself and so do I. There's no joy competing against others since once you beat them you end up being demotivated. Here I can work to give the best of me and learn how to increase my capabilities.  I joined Amazon as a Sr. Vendor Manager after being a Marketing Director at LG Electronics for 4 years and a Brand Manager at P&G for 8 years. Amazon has fulfilled my expectations which was moving into a company with people smarter than me and where I constantly learn new things without being bored about more of the same.","The level (bar) is strict and it always moves higher. This is also a ""hands-on"" company in which you actually get to do the job. It doesn't matter if you are a manager you are a doer. I like that but some people are not used to it, specially if they have climbed up the ladder to a Sr. Manager or Director position somewhere else.",Keep reinventing the company. I enjoyed working at Amazon because I love the challenges I have faced. Don't lose that.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28216,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Nice place to work,Flexible Shifts. Good working Environment,Growth is slow .Since it is non-tech role,Everything is good if you are good to them,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28217,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical recruiter,Good work life balance and growth in career. Great people and good learning. I have thoroughly enjoyed working here and it’s always a day1 for us,Management should be transparent in communication with employees instead beating around the bush. This will give a great respect among employees,Transparency,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28218,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,Manager I,"Great Leadership, Values, Customer Focused","The growth is getting out of hand to the point where the senior management that gets hired, aren't really part of the culture and have issues adjusting",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28219,amazon,"Brasil, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Functional Systems Analyst,Still trying to understand my role.,"Flexible hours are real, good salary, several online and presence training, there is a culture that encourages diversity for real. Very challenging environment and it seems that there is an actual career plan, although I still cannot confirm for sure.",In only 4 months I´ve been through 3 different managers. I got this weird feeling that they hired me and at the end didn´t know what to do to me so they assigned me to a manager and a hole team totally based in a country different than mine. Communication and time zones are a challenge.,I don´t have any yet as I know my new manager only for 1 month.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2044.htm
28220,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Big Data Analytics Consultant,AWS: A life time opportunity,"Think big: with nearly unlimited cloud power with 120+ services, the sky is the limit in what we can achieve for our customers. Management pushes everyone hard to think much bigger to move the needle more effectively for our customers. Our 14 leadership principles provide good guide in daily decision making process, with large autonomy left to each individual.","The fun part could be increased further, as it has been in recent years. We could share more about what we do on social media, when we have fun.",Continue to increase the speed of innovation to solve an even broader range of customers challenges.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28221,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,Testing associate,"Good salary, and good culture good motto","Less improvement opportunities, Less growth in testing field",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28222,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Slam Operator,Slam Operator,"Pay enough,but still can be better",too many polish guys who try get all positions to their friends,"Try to hear all opinions,not only that,which one you like",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28223,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Amazon,"Challenging issues, working with large systems",Employees are not well taken care of,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28224,amazon,"Gourock, Scotland (UK)"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,Picker,"Good wage, good company and a good cafeteria. The team leaders are very friendly and give you support where they can.","Long hours, spend a lot of your time on your feet. Difficult to travel to if you don't have your own transport.","Keep doing what you're doing, maybe take employee opinions in to more consideration but other than that, excellent job.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28225,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Erc agent,"Good salary, good environment,good schedule, very goodManagement,greatest opportunity to move to other departments in three months or internally,t","Great place to grow up and very friendly environment,very good salary and schedules , lot of opportunities to be move internally or to external departments",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28226,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Specialist,Best Experience,Is really a good place to work,more open schedules and carrer path,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28227,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Title,Pay is good. Work is interesting.,I didnt see any major flaws,none,5.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28228,amazon,Pune (India)," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Great culture,Good work culture and management.,Nothing to share as an employee.,Na,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28229,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Analyst,The Best,Best work place and have lot of benefits! Great fun! Very much happy n Blessed to work with a great organization,"There is no cons with ""The Best"".",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2045.htm
28230,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,Worst employers,There are no reasons I can think of .,Your a number They don't have any compassion you can be dieing and all they will ask you is why you have not met your target. No progression unless your European. Every time I see Amazon ad's I just want to smash my tv. Cruel and heartless company. I worked so hard for this company for 4 years I now have permanent back knee and neck pain and when you try to tell them about it they sack you. You are marched out of the building like a criminal you can't speak or see anyone after they dismiss you.,Your company needs a serious and major overhaul take out bad management HR an train new staff how to work with human beings. I would have given - stars if I could.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28231,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Work hard to achieve success,If you work hard you ho ahead,If your manager goals are not achieved someone will be removed,Understand people have families,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28232,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Associate,Perfect Environment to work !,"I feel at least once everyone to work in Amazon to know what is ""Work life balance"" and to enjoy your life to the core.  It's just ""Have fun, work hard, Make history""",Some project team should have proper plan when there is a org change. This make some to be in confused state for sometime.  Nothing much ! Good going !,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28233,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Nice work space No work pressure,There are No cons in particular,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28234,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company for freshers,you get to work with the best team ever Dynamic and fast paced,less focus on employee learning and development tasks and roles change often,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28235,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Operative,Engaging environment. Fast-paced work. Great further education incentive,Long shift hours. Don't allow headphones on site,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28236,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Third Party Sellers,Good Experience Overall,High Traffic. No marketing needed. Fairly easy to make listings.,"Amazon is extremely strict on their sellers and have numerous metrics to make sure we are to best of the best. They take ""customers first"" to a different level, so sellers be aware of how bias they can be!",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28237,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Marketing Manager,"Progressive, innovative, driven","- High hiring bar, attracts talented and driven people - Forward-thinking, welcomes new ideas and ways of doing things - Data-driven, making rational decisions",- Heavy on documentation that requires several levels of approval before being able to take action on a new initiative,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28238,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 14, 2018","Current Employee - Senior, Catalog Associate",Very Good company,More to Learn even from small things. You'll Grow along with company and Nice work environment. Best facility and office space.,I don't think of one.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28239,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Well organised work culture and methods,Not as of any right now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2046.htm
28240,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,A tough but stimulating environment,"- Working with very smart people in every team and every level - I never wondered ""what is this person doing here?"" - Cross- disciplinary learning, I am technically in Marketing but do get exposure to everything from Finance to Production and Tech, it's like doing a mini-MBA - The data-driven nature of the work is such that you rarely see bad ideas get through because someone up high said so, or because they're good at talking","- Not for the sensitive or faint hearted, there is definitely a culture of questioning everything and a sense that nothing is good enough...if you like constant praise you'll probably hate it - it's very no frills compared to the ""free food, free gym, lots of perks"" places like Facebook and Google, also quite a lot more straight-jacketed and corporate (although they're trying to soften up a bit)","Pay more attention to trends and to qualitative insights, not everything can be measured and cheaper is not always better. You'll attract people who are not just number machines but can also win the hearts of consumers",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28241,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - KYC,Bad Experience Amazon Prague,"Very international company, with a chance to speak many languages. Normal pay. (only two assets).","No meal vouchers, no seek days. high turnover of staff, use of one internal system all day, every day and no chance to use any other programes, making the job a monkey job, essentially. They make you work in a new marketplace, regardless of the fact that you know the language or not (this is due to the turnover of staff and lack of people). All in all, not recommended.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28242,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,It's fun working with amazon,helps you to improve your language skills,should allow more benefits to employees,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28243,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,A Good company to work with,work life balance 5 days working salary ontime 1 month notice period casual work culture,company politics as you go up the ladder,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28244,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ERC Associate HR services,"Awesome place to work at, know your responsibility of work and that's all required. Never seen a manager shout at any staff, Best place looking forward to work again.","No cons, best place to work",Keep it up.:),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28245,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Trms,"Great workplace, remunerations are much better up the ladder","Flexible times, good managers and top level people are good to walk up to talk to",Promotions are far fetched and salary could be much better,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28246,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"good colleague and manager, good workspace",no much space to grow,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28247,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at,Many good good good good,no bad things about working at amazon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28248,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,One of the most innovative companies to work for.,Difficult to climb up the ladder.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28249,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound,Outbound,"Company is goodbut BHX1 RUGELEY is not nice place to work, lot of discrimination, favouritism and bullying.once you challenge something they make sure you are out of the company as soon as possible. Company benefits are good.","If you work in this place , you will be wasting your time, just this year 2017 around 120 people left RUGELEY site b,coz of the management,",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2047.htm
28250,amazon,Paris (France)," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Smart People Exciting company Pretty good salary,HR No real long term perspective Very operationnal job and sometimes boring,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28251,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,-flexible working hours -good resource for self-learning -good explosure in different area,-lack of document -high learning curve -frequent organizational change,Should provide much more opportunities/ resource for employees to grow and promote in the remote area outside SEA.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28252,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Poor management,"They have some good benefits, amazon stocks","Management, stress, unachievable targets, you are just a number.",Try to change from so many negative reinforcement to at least some positive reinforcement and you'll see much better results.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28253,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Data Associate,very good,Good atmosphere in the company,company politics is dominating the office,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28254,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Location Benefits Salary Facilities Challenging,Cost of living in area Parking,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28255,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the Best companies to work with,Good Environment for starting a career,"Rotational Shifts, which were no problem to me",Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28256,amazon,"Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)"," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Facilities Manager,Working in Amazon,Transparent system for all the departments.,Opportunities to work in other part of amazon world,Good Going keep the pace.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28257,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon India,Allows independence to work and extreme level of ownership is expected from each employee,Working hours can be too hectic sometimes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28258,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,"fast paced, innovative and operationally challenging","Not for everyone, the bar is high and you need strive for excellence",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28259,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Specialist,Great place to start off your first job,Leadership principles and flexible work culture,None that I can think of.,Do not compromise on quality for quantity,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2048.htm
28260,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Hyd work culture is way better than Bangalore Amazon,"work culture is awesome, You make good friends after college, I met great people and who are so down to earth",some outside managers(service based) are spoiling amazon culture by implementing their old strategies as where they succumb to pressure and in turn handover to the teams,Don't hire from service based companies,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28261,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - KYC Investigation Specialist,KYC Investigation Specialist - Cork´s office,"- Interesting entry-level position in an area (KYC and e-commerce) that is getting bigger and bigger over the time. - Lots of career opportunities in several related fields, especially if you are willing to move to a different country looking for new opportunities and experiences. - Good atmosphere in the office and good relationship between peers. - Quite good benefits.","- Base salary may be a bit higher in other companies with similar roles. - Pressure over employees has dramatically increased during the year, which is impacting one of the most positive aspects that the position initially had. - Micromanagement of investigators performed by managers.","Management should be aware that the change of the metrics system to maxymize performance is being counterproductive. Investigators discomfort is increasing, while motivation and engagement are decreasing. It will potentially affect the ability of the company to retain talent.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28262,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon-The ecomm Giant!!,"A great company to work for,both in terms of learning and growth",Long Working Hours and very fast paced,Work life balance needs improvement,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28263,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Training Specialist,Amazon Has given every single thing i needed,permanant role Amazing Infrastructure and work culture Flat organizational chart Medical insurance upto 5 lakhs Accident insurance Life insurance Growth in every 6 months if you are having the potential,I really dont see any cons . i just love Amazon,Keep going on with what you are doing . Just focus on the Delivery services in the Tier 1 cities for better customer experience. As an employee am absolutely happy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28264,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best paymaster in the market,A organization with set process and operations. Gives a lot of opportunities to purse excellence and helps the individuals to maximize their true potential. One of the best paymasters in the market now.,Be ready to work extensively & exclusively to deliver best in class customer experience. You may have to work little more and more to get the best here.,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28265,amazon,Pune (India)," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader IT Support,Best Company to work with,"Growth is very fast and fair chance is given to everyone in accordance to the 14 LP of Amazon. Good pay-scale as per the market Work from home as on demand Management is good, Training is provided for your growth Employee friendly company, NO dress code policy Everyone from each department is approachable always Free internet access to everyone Food court food in subsidized rate Other benefits like Home Internet bill reimbursement, Medical, Gym and other facilities are also provided. Various in-house Clubs for employees like Photography, Musical Bands etc. Taking care of employees very well in every manner who abide by the expectations of the company.",Nothing as i have come across for now,Keep up raising the Bar for employees engagement and always be an employee friendly company,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28266,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Home Services Specialist,home services,"good enviroment snack bar,,popcorn no dress code 1 hour lunch good people and supervisors","When I worked in Amazon, I did not find any cons. On the contrary, people was willing to help me.",good and fast answers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28267,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Work Hard Have Fun Make History,chance to work with tech geek exposure to large scaled distributed systems rewarding work culture,Low work life balance late sync up with US team complex internal architecture,work life balance should be improved,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28268,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Driver,Great organisation. Everyone is clear on what to do.,Sometimes busy periods can lead to minor disruption.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28269,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate,"A Lifetime Experience of Learning, Fun & History Creation","Flexible Timings & Work Culture, Systematic Assignments",Sometimes in certain Processes too much of micro management,Kindly Work on Having more of Cultural Fests and Events,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2049.htm
28270,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Good for average developer,Comfy place for average developers,"If you are good they will still offer you an SDE2 position, and it will be impossible to step up in less then 3 years. Be prepared for this, because internal promotions has a headcount, and no matter how good you are you wont be able to contribute as much as the ones that are there for years. (because you have to learn a lot of legacy code and systems first) Just imagine in a 300 dev org, only 3 people can be promoted per quarter, so even if you are in the top 10% right in your first day, you have to wait years till it will be your turn.  Also nothing matters that happened before the hire date you have to prove yourself there (just to slow down any promotion). Because of this as well there are a lot of politics for SDMs.  Frugality is insane, you have to fight for even a $20/month ec2 instance, and waste so many time on creating docs for it. Forget effectiveness, you have to at least 3 times review your CR as people taste are different. You have to argue for every permissions etc. In a startup i can get a monthly work done in 3 days and not for continuously ping people to review my cr or give me permission for something. (Again this environment ideal for average people who wouldn't be effective anyway)  I can only hope i can stand it until i get my Permanent Residency.",Retain talents otherwise this place will be an average coorporation,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28271,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Could not ask for more,"The environment is simply Amazing, people are smart, young, active. We all share the company's vision and we are driven by the leadership principles that perfectly match with my view.",Some people are too much competitive and rely too much on levels,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28272,amazon,Noida (India)," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Expert,Good company to work with,"Good work ethic environment, great chance to grow internally. As it is growing very fast in India. All d best",No cons as of now. But still to highlight there are politics in higher level once the site grows to 5000+ employees,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28273,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Tax Manager,Making Great Hiring Decisions,"Excellent model for hiring the best talent in the world Rigorous but scientific way to evaluate the candidates and select the best Look for 'skills', 'can be trained' aspect and 'can do' mentality for hiring the best",Sometimes it can be a long process as it involves multiple people to make right decision,Increase the number of BRs,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28274,amazon,"Wolverhampton, England (UK)"," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Packer,Packer,"good salary, easy shifts, transport provided","too long shifts, some managers are so mean and rude",try to unerstand labours,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28275,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Training Specialist,Amazon Has given every single thing i needed,permanant role Amazing Infrastructure and work culture Flat organizational chart Medical insurance upto 5 lakhs Accident insurance Life insurance Growth in every 6 months if you are having the potential,I really dont see any cons . i just love Amazon,Keep going on with what you are doing . Just focus on the Delivery services in the Tier 1 cities for better customer experience. As an employee am absolutely happy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28276,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 10, 2018",Former Employee - Trainee,review of the private company,Best place to work for growing career,GDP will rise based on stock sold per year,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28277,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Great company and culture. Ability to learn and grow. Continuous focus on innovation.,Nothing I can remember .,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28278,amazon,Pune (India)," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great place to work!,"Great culture, lots of freedom and tremendous growth opportunities",Decision making is still concentrated,Let’s work with end objectives as focus,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28279,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Processes and SOPs build based on creative minds,Processes and SOPs are build based on creative minds keeping customers in mind. This company helps employees to think with freedom and create processes.,Can improve salary slab based on Market share for amazon.,Need to provide more off site experience for associates to get better exposure.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2050.htm
28280,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,cloud support associate II,great learning fun awesome culture wide interaction with technologies,not much I feel everything is fine for hardworking folks lower payscale compared to foreign peers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28281,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Associate,Senior Compliance Associate,Great opportunities. Professional environment. Your opinions are being heard.,Still a corporation and the work environment is accordingly.,"Invest in people, since they are the most valuable resource.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28282,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Good place for freshee,Good atmosphere to work. Freedom 100%,Package is less as per company size,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28283,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Category Lead,My first 6-month with Amazon China,Always be Day 1 atmosphere to encourage people try new ideas. 14 Leadership Principles make great team work.,HQ strategic investment & support needed,"To take China as a testing ground for next generation of e-commence and next 10-year corporate strategic growth, instead of only a consumption market.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28284,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture and structure,Great office culture and friendly staff,Long work hours and unstructured approach.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28285,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work but rewarding to see the results of your team's efforts & the positive custome impact,No two days will be the same. Huge opportunity to develop yourself in areas that are of interest to you throughout your career. Amazing company to work for in such a growth industry.,"Very flat structure and promotion process is more complex, data driven than in many other organisation. Need resilience and be willing to roll up your sleeves to cope with customer demands","Adherence to leadership values is patchy, hires from large 'incumbent' organisations still haven't scraped off their barnacles.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28286,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Operations,Data Center,Very nice place and international people to work with. I traveled and meet with nice colleagues in different clusters. they are providing fruits and an all-hands party every quarter.,"The working area is so bad they try to improve it but still, it's always dirty. when we have a visit from USA they try to make everything look perfect and they buy everything missing in the kitchen. Always providing to managers iPhones, Mac notebooks, Electric desks and for regular people the cheapest thing in the market. there is a huge gap between the managers and their teams.","I am sad to see these bad managers in this nice place. very bad managers, Most of them are not qualified for being manager by either skills or experience. They don't know how to lead and interact effectively with people. they don't accept feedback and suggestions for improvement, Lacks integrity, breaks promises, and is dishonest. Most of the good people quit from my cluster because of the poor management in Frankfurt. They overwork people. They don’t recognize contributions and reward the good work. They hire and promote the wrong people. No development in your career after 6 months. Few managers are racist.",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28287,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support,Gteat !,This company really makes you feel good.. they always have activities and prizes for the employees,Some customers can be a little retarded.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28288,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good Company and environment,-Good working environment -HRs are helpful,"-No metric management. -Sometimes, even if you do not wish to do an OT your manager will ask you to do it.",Metrics should be managed in a better way.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28289,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Quality Services Associate,It is always amazing being amazonian.,Working in Amazon gives me a fulfilled and job satisfaction feel . Workmanship in Amazon is truly concerned on the comfort level of an individual and always yields our mind to work backwards and towards goal and for customer.,No cons as per my view !,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2051.htm
28290,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Marketing Specialist,Good company to work for,Too competitive and high involvement,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28291,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Feb 8, 2018","Current Employee - Facility &amp, Safety Manager",Facility team Lead (North India),Having Good learning exposure in this organization,Work life balance is not satisfactory,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28292,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Feb 9, 2018",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazing infrastructure/facilities,Work Culture is good and higher management is easily approachable,Should try to lower targets if you need better quality,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28293,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate Review,"Benefits, Profit Sharing, Good for people who want to work many hours.","Hitting your weekly rates is difficult, minimum wage.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28294,amazon,Visakhapatnam (India)," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software development,Amazon is the best company which provides the quality products at lower price.,There is no cons for the Amazon compare to remaining online shopping applications.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28295,amazon,Thrissur (India)," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Online Data Entry,Data entry or form filling jobs,Assured products at maximum quality,Different timings as Amazon is a foreign organisation compared to its working in India,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28296,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for TRMS. Do not waste your time,International environment Billa downstairs Metro right outside the office Fruit day,"As I consider Glassdoor a useful tool to get some information about the corp world, I am going to be really fair on this one.  Only if you are 20 yo and you have no experience in the corp world I would consider Amazon Prague as an option. In this case, 1 year in the office may be a good point to start.  Having said this, the Prague office it has been the most childish and unprofessional work environment I have ever work for.  Managers do not have any knowledge about leadership, reporting (Don´t even know how to do a Vlookup in Excel) or people management. They will postpone your 121, have no answers for your questions or concerns and won´t be of any help. They won´t even be able to approve your holiday allowance as they are not allowed.  You might wonder what´s their main duty, then. Simple, controlling what you are doing in every moment of your shift. They will control how much time you spend on the toilet, how much time you are having lunch for, how much time you spend on meetings and so on. If manager HAS THE TIME during the day to be checking on each of his/her investigators, well it means they do not have other things more important to do. Majority of managers coming from countries outside Europe with no previous experience working in this continent and with cero adaptability to the way we work in Europe which brings frustration and misunderstandings whithin the teams.  As I mentioned, your holidays will be approved, well sorry, rejected, by a useless department called workflow, which their main duty is distribute the workload between the Qs. The problem comes when they do it wrongly or the 3 departments on TRMS. Plus, you will need to literally fight and even threat them to get the holidays you are entitle as per the Czech law approved.  Management will postpone every possible career development until they drain your energy and you decide to leave the company. There are 0 incentives to perform well. If you perform awful and do nothing during your stay, nothing will happen to you. You will not be told off. If you perform extremely good, nothing will happen either, you will be happy if you get a ""Thank you"" or a lollipop so with no economic incentives nor career development possible, it is quite normal that people will leave after 6 months.  I could keep on writing much longer, but it is not worth it, my advise. There are hundreds of companies in this city, so keep looking ,)","None. If after more than a year they have not be able to understand why 50% of the office has left, there is nothing I can advise. I have only one advise for the new site manager. Substitute ALL managers currently working in the office , replace them with people with minimum 5 years experience in management and start from scratch. The current employees are condemned but thinking about mid-long term is the only solution",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28297,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operation Manager,I would like to move to Atlanta and Amazone is the company I would like to progress my carrier with,Like all delivery companies working for Amazon in Atlanta will be really challenging as customer expectations go to be met,Focus and deliver,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28298,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Solutions Architect,"Fast-paced, fun and customer obsessed environment","Lots of opportunity at Amazon, for a huge company it amazingly feels like a startup. Once you’ve been here a while you can start to look at other positions in other parts of the world.","Very fast paced environment, tribal knowledge can be frustrating at times but is also a trade off you get for it feeling like a startup",Promote within more,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28299,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,harx work for little reward,above min wage paid weekly direct to bank. recieve both a paper and digital payslip,target and numbers driven. your not a employee your a number on a laptop,communication is key between associate and manager. we ard not spomen to we are spomen at.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2052.htm
28300,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon workplace,Awesome place to work and to learn,growth little tough and hard working and luck is needed to succeed,-,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28301,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager FBA,"People really prepared, you learn from day one. I´ve worked in two different teams and in both we worked as a team, even if the position could generate competitiveness, we always helped to improve as a team.",You have to achieve goals or you will not have any other project. You will spend a lot of hours working.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28302,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"I have been following and reading about Amazon job, downloaded video of the company on how they operate.",I would like to work and serve the satisfaction of it's aims and objectives. Also to sensitise the customers on the operations and items.,To acquired a better way forward and experiences on how they would operate in satisfying there custimers.,Create a better relatiinship between the employees and a condusive environment.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28303,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Great place to learn!,"Great place to learn new technologies. Amazon builds a lot of tools that are then used by software developers across the world. Working with Amazon, you get the opportunity to learn on all such cutting edge technologies before anyone else. So, if you are passionate about learning, then this is the place to be. Further, it is a very employee friendly company, where feedback from employees is taken very seriously and action taken. Working with the best brains in the industry also improves your quality as a professional. Salary is one of the best in the industry.",None than I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28304,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Developer Engineer II,"If you like to be contained by a big company, but at the same time being in the front line of fire, making bold decisions, connected to the business and needing to understand everything... this is your place.","Also, this is a double edge sword, demands of results and quality are high, so you need to give the best of yourself",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28305,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Great Place work and specially to begin your career,Work environment Culture Less pressure Proper training Superb colleagues,Compensation Growth Infrastructure Timings Few employees Salary Not in North India,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28306,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - TRI,Amazing Amazon,"Good work place, good place to grow. Friendly environment, open culture. Overall a very good place to work & grow.",Nothing bad to mention about this company as this is really a good company to work with.,NA,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28307,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,instable culture,great place to learn new things,people say things differently and write differently,fix the culture,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28308,amazon,Pune (India)," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,It's ok for this looking to waste time,Easy to take leaves and extremely chilled work environment,"Bad management, no planning, low salary, boring",Plan better,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28309,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Interesting people and assignments in a variety of projects,Lack of visibility in terms of career path Can be stuck in a certain position due to lack of opportunities to move up or move laterally Compensation is on the lower side compared to other FAANG companies,Take care of your people!,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2053.htm
28310,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Catalogue Assistant,catalogue assistant,best place to start your career,should get opportunities to learn all things,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28311,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Best Work Place,Very transparent and data driven,"Manager Biased, but I feel it varies to different teams",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28312,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Manager,Amazing company environment - friendly and customer obsessed,Not the correct job role for me,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28313,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Experience,"Amazon is great place, every day is new learning and yes it is! Amazon don't restrict people to learn and grow, this is probably one of my strongest motivators. I believe there are ocean of opportunities, we just need to identity and grab it.",Work environment or culture won't let you leave.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28314,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Several Positions and Internal Transfers,Amazon Costa Rica is no longer a good place to work,"Good transportation, They did have advancement opportunities but its very hard to move up and will take a couple years. Private insurance which is good. Some departments are doing well like AWS but stay clear of any of the jobs in Calle Blancos other than Audible.","A year ago they were great to work for, Now they are firing people and rehiring people in at lower pay. They also move people up to a higher level as temporary status with the promise it will be permanent. However you stay at the same pay rate as the level you were at. Few people make it to perm with the pay raise. They ended the rewards program that based on performance you can get extra money every three months. Most the people I started with a year ago are at the same lvl or have been fired or quit. I do not recommend anybody to work there at this present time. Maybe later they might change back to being the company they were a few years ago",You might be looking for a new job soon after nobody wants to work there anymore and Seattle moves everything to a different country.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28315,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Fast pace and challenging environment, variety of opportunities.","Robust hierarchy, slow career promotion pace, if not fresh graduate",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28316,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working environment,"- innovative environment, no dress code - you can take on responsibilities and work independently",- missing communication in leadership teams,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28317,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,"Good people, fast work environment","pay not as high, but expected based on position.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28318,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon Program Manager,Clear job roles Good growth opportunities Good Employee experience metrics,Demanding role with long hours,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28319,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Avenue to act as Business Owner,"In Amazon, you are given full guidance with adequate time to understand the processes. Then you are empowered to think, to decide, to act as a Business Owner and to impact the business. In other organizations, often this approach isn't practiced.",This is not a con though! Amazon never demands one to stretch their bandwidth but it is the employees themselves who like to extend and do more. This is probably due to the diverse interesting projects that Amazon develops and runs consistently all through the decades.,"Keep it up! Amazon is a holistic organization, which is both customer obsessed and employee-welfare driven.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2054.htm
28320,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Just another large bureaucratic organization.,There is Continuous learning with lots of challenges. They have huge volume of customers. Can test new ideas quickly. Lots of new opportunities.,Too many sign off on the decision process and even after a decision is made constant review and realignment without giving a chance for the project to succeed or fail. Most of the projects are not DAY 1 but Day 470. Terrible HR. Not helping employees with real problem.,Give room to people to actually succeed or fail instead of micromanagement.,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28321,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Associate B2B,It is the best company to work with.,Great work culture:)Would never want to leave Amazon.,"No cons to point on Amazon.,would love if our process B2B moves to Bhagmane soon.",keep growing and encouraging the employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28322,amazon,Chennur (India)," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DA,Freedom to work in amazon,Need to improve some basic pay of employess,Increase the salary of Employee,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28323,amazon,Banga (India)," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Good Place to work,Work Friendly environment. More systematic and precise in all process. Project wise more scope of learning.,No words on negative points,nil,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28324,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to start career,All you need is of willingness to grow and effort you put in,At times you might need to switch teams to grow faster,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28325,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company for self motivated people,"Work with smart people who are motivated and aligned with the company's goals  The company isn't afraid of change, if you want to make changes or challenge the norm, this is welcome.","Amazon is a do it yourself organization, which can be daunting for newcomers or people trying to switch to a new function.  Amazon is not your typical tech company when it comes to perks, if you're looking for free food and big parties, this isn't the place.",Focus on customer obsession internally as well as externally and you would have an extremely effective workforce,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28326,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Blah,Casual work culture. Less stress.,The newly hired L5s and L6s have no clue about the work culture and they implement their own version of it.,Kindly provide more Perks on par with other tech giants,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28327,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Team Lead,Team Lead,Good exposure to learning and innovations,Seniors judge you on your tenure in the company and not your capabilities,Judge employees on their performance and capabilities not based on their tenure and friendly behaviour,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28328,amazon,"Milton Keynes, England (UK)"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Current Situation,Career prospects and Project Exposure,Work/Life Balance is not ideal at all times.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28329,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Best place to work. Competitive.,"Good workplace, decent colleagues. Benefits, nightshift allowance, home pick and drop.","Stressful at times, mandatory overtime. Work life balance can be affected if not managed.",Metrics system could be improved in employee favor. Other than that all good.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2055.htm
28330,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,Nice place to work. Friendly atmosphere,Targets are unrealistic with added works,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28331,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good company to be associated with. EXCELLENT.,The work culture is out of the world. The employee benefits are just unbelievable.,"The work gets monotonous over time, so you should keep yourself on toes with technologies.",The management is self-sufficient.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28332,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It pays the bills.,Get paid for exercise. Its not customer service.,Your body may fail you. You will be treated like a robot.,Play music in the warehouse!,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28333,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Quality Analyst,An employee friendly company,A very employee friendly organization with a very casual environment no dress code and just result oriented. A kind of an ideal place for an employee.,Growth rate is variable from person to person.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28334,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Work environment, flexibility, growth and development",Performance metrics were too stringent and non flexible,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28335,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Category Manager,Awesome,Very strong valued company and well organised place to work learning wise also it is awesome place to be good exposure too,No such cons as such ... i loved this place ... fun to work here ... in 3 months its tough to get cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28336,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Catalogue Associate,very good company to work,"no dress code, can work freely no pressure",no cons as long as your good to everyone,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28337,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,One of the best companies to work with,Great Ambience and work culture. Great growth,There is nothing to mention about cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28338,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Training specialist,"Best company, great atmosphere, dynamic company with growth options",Might face challenges wrt to work life balance,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28339,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations manager,"The culture, fast paced, learning every day and very solid hiring process","Too strict about promotions, and long processes and some times no clear path to get new ideas and projects approved",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2056.htm
28340,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Best place to work.,Amazon has state of the art infrastructure and offers best in market facilities and work environment. Employees enjoy free work environment and there is lot of growth opportunity. Company worth settling and laying foundation of a prosperous and promising career.,So far nothing worth mentioning.,Keep up the good work. Miles to go.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28341,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good work environment,Overall experience has been good,No cons as for now I have seen,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28342,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,AWS,"Really great work atmosphere! Day one everyday, I have never learn so much in a company !! Everyday we learn new technologies, dive deep into the technologies. No pressure on work daily basis. Time to develop ideas and plan projects",I can think of any now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28343,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,Working at Amazon,innovative company As an employee you are exposed to a complete echo system,Collaboration with so many teams can sometimes be very challenging,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28344,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior CS,"Excellent work culture and ethics, a little stressful sometimes.",Even though over time is payed but its still a bother.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28345,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Best Place to work at,Its awesome to be here. one line fills in everything.,"Apart from the distance I travel everyday, iam happy (68 Km a day to be precise)","I would like to share that most of the referrals that we submit through job finder is not being considered. Even though the resumes are 100% genuine and worth hiring. I wish the team could do something about this,.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28346,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job for beginners,The work culture is cool,Benifits will be less compared to others,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28347,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Project Manager,Senior HR project manager,"Culture, freedom to build things, real commitment to employees career , global mobility and some really smart people to work with","still feels centralized, not so great internal tools, inconsistent application of performance standards,","Continue to invest in culture, bring smarter people, grown internal talent more",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28348,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,4+ years in Amazon India,"Good work environment, friendly people, learn new stuff, flexible work timings","lots of politics, you need to out perform the role you want to get promoted to only then you get promoted, pretty bad cafeteria,",Please show some interest on other employees not just the SDEs,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28349,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 2, 2018","Former Employee - Catalog Associate, English",The job entails one to learn and improve skills in problem solving,"Good and friendly environment, immediate assistance during project works, manager friendly, pick up and drop in cab/ shuttle, performance review rating done well for employees,","Hectic work schedule, loads to learn in limited time, no time to bond with the team, needed to extend work hours to get to.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2057.htm
28350,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great environment to work and friendly people.,No downsides I have seen while working.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28351,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bit of Both,Flexible working. Smart people so makes getting the job done easier. Opportunities to explore other roles if you have a supportive manager.,Can be intense when things are busy. Pay is not great compared to other tech companies.,Promote from within instead of hiring externally all the time.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28352,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,TRMS,"Good work environment, work from home, benefits, team outings, good support. Leaves","Micro management has started,",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28353,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Specialist,"Business Analyst, ADS","Culture, Dynamism, Infrastructure, Security and Leadership Principles","Time-taking Recruitment Procedure, Feedback not provided for cancellation of profile after review in most cases, bulk hiring and cancellation of annual increment",It is advisable to draw a certain category for hiring both contractual and permanent employees and not school pass-outs as the chances of malpractices are random even though it is individual decision still it is rampantly visible on the floor.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28354,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA interview,Everything and best to learn in work environment,Nothing. It seems great to learn from experiences,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28355,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Fraud Investigator,TRMS: Just RUN,Haha I don't think you can find any. Maybe the free coffee.,"If you are offered a job as a fraud investigator, have a laugh and the run. Management is a joke, they employed kids from India and Costa Rica who used to work as customer service associates - they are simply inept and should not be there. They are also sadistic, they time how long the employees spend in the toilet and eating and then use that information against them. The culture is toxic: it will ruin your life and make you feel miserable. All the Level 5 Managers are seriously bad at their job, and they are mostly the reason hundreds of people have left their job since the end of last year.","Just shut the site down and start again elsewhere, there's no way you're going to fix this mess.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28356,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Risk,Sr Risk Analyst,lot of things to learn,getting carried away with work,broader prepectives to individuals and group works,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28357,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Talent Manager,"Inventive, challenging, pioneering, fantastic people,",None that I can think of .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28358,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Allgemein,"Inspiring, lots of ownership and a culture to our smart, fun and highly motivated people.","Extremely data driven, you need have analytical skills",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28359,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDM,good Company great people move at good pace,working with satellite teams is a little overhead,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2058.htm
28360,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Process Associate,THE LIFE AT AMAZON,The ambience and the work culture,The new rules which are slowly ruining the amazon culture,"Please make a better environment for the employees rather making it more complex,Thanks.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28361,amazon,Paris (France)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Key Accounts Manager,It's not perfect but pretty close,"What I love about working at Amazon is that you get to be surrounded by brilliant, hard working AND kindly people. It's extremely rare to find a company where one's opinion and ideas (always based on data) are listened to and even valued. Nowhere else have I felt I could have such an impact on my company and customers (internal and external). It's a thrilling and exciting company to work for.",Sometimes evolution is based more on communicating well than actually working hard and not all avenues are made available or known.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28362,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Team Lead,Great Place to Work,Not a lot of pros. A good start for freshers.,A lot of politics but at work place. One has to be very careful.,Advice to Management. Please address employee issues on time.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28363,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,SDS,Good place to work and Best work environment,Organizational changes - very bad,You cant say anything. They have their own rules,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28364,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-II,A good place to work,"Lots of innovation, great minds around","off hours load, high dependency on internal tools",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28365,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Campus Recruiter,Campus Recruiter,Excellent opportunity to grow and learn new things,Work- life balance and salary grow,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28366,amazon,Paris (France)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Excellent company to start your career - asking you to raise your own bar constantly,"- you are surrounded by smart people constantly - you are pushed to give the best of yourself - you learn a lot - you are 'where the business grows' - multiple professional opportunities, with new teams and projects created in permanence",- often too demanding: split personal and professional life sometimes complicated to maintain - 'never enough' mentality which is exhausting after some years in the company - not enough emphasize on management and on training people to become managers - very hard and demanding process to evolve - if you don't get one more 'Level' your remuneration does not increase well,Train people to become real and better managers,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28367,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Great place to work A lot of learning & growth opportunities A peculiar culture and strong leadership principles Global exposure Ownership & Innovation,"Change is the only constant at Amazon, which is one of the biggest success factor too.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28368,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mexico City Office is Great,Great culture Great team Flexible Fun Great growth opportunities,HR is a nightmare and you'll find some hard heads when dealing with them.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28369,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,data analyst,its avery good place to work,maybe time to adjust there,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2059.htm
28370,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Team Lead,Great Place to Work,Not a lot of pros. A good start for freshers.,A lot of politics but at work place. One has to be very careful.,Advice to Management. Please address employee issues on time.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28371,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,It is hard to get a promotion.,The salary increases are very low.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28372,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Analyst,Associate Analyst,"good work culture,less pressure and good hospitality",less opportunity to advance career and difficult to get promotion,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28373,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,"There's not many positives to work at Amazon, pay and benefits","Everything else, Corrupted Management and Stupid impossible rules. Conducts for everything, even breathing.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28374,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Associate,"Employees are talented, friendly and approachable. A good place to start your career as there is so much that you can learn from colleagues. Amazing work environment and great emphasis on customer satisfaction.","I am currently in AWS support team. And this support job is too much pressure just much pressure from upper manager level. Also, I feel along with customer satisfaction there should be emphasis on employee satisfaction [this can involve giving some space to employees and free kinds of stuff maybe food and other services]","along with customer satisfaction, there should be an emphasis on employee satisfaction Visa process should be handled better",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28375,amazon,Paris (France)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Excellent company to start your career - asking you to raise your own bar constantly,"- you are surrounded by smart people constantly - you are pushed to give the best of yourself - you learn a lot - you are 'where the business grows' - multiple professional opportunities, with new teams and projects created in permanence",- often too demanding: split personal and professional life sometimes complicated to maintain - 'never enough' mentality which is exhausting after some years in the company - not enough emphasize on management and on training people to become managers - very hard and demanding process to evolve - if you don't get one more 'Level' your remuneration does not increase well,Train people to become real and better managers,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28376,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,The best company I have ever worked with!,Great work Culture and friendly management!,nothing that i could figure out!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28377,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company you do not want to work,They seem to listen to you and hence can force you to work tirelessly for them. All looks well bit doesn’t end well.,A sweatshop that takes maximum out of you. No wonder the founder is worlds richest. There is no value for values here..They train you to be a senseless perfect machine. Competition is so intense that the top performers have no way but to burn out. Lucky “licky” ones make the cut for good projects while the hard working ones get the slip to work more smarter.  I just got promoted but I do not remember a time when I breathed stress free. But still staying as I believe i might miss the action having got so deep under the mess created by the “dive deep” that some sincere past fanatic ones inherit over the time.  Bottomline: “Pure Evil. Not recommended”,I feel sorry for them.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28378,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to engage,"Amazon is a great place to work with very pleasant atmosphere , colleagues will be very friendly. Here it is an open window policy where everybody's ideas will be respected and helped to bring it up to the next level.",for cab it is charged from our pockets. sodexo coupon allowance can be increased.,"basic standard salary can be increased for L2 and L3 , since it is one of the top richest companies in the world",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28379,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineering Manager,Excellent place to learn and Grow,"Growth, Learnings, Excellent people to work with and learn from.","Crazy work environment, too much churn, screwed up work life balance",None,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2060.htm
28380,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Best company to work,"- Employee friendly policies ( 'Putting employees first' is what I could observe from most of Amazon's policies) - Challenging Environment ( Strong peer group & great leadership) - World class Benefits - Innovation driven - Complete Autonomy on your assignments - Very flexible (WFH, flexible work hours) - Lateral movements within the company (Move anywhere and do what you like to do)","- If you are an outsider, check your job levels before joining. Amazon tries to bring you down one level. - You will take time settle down if you are an outsider (lot of peculiar aspects of amazon culture)",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28381,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - CSE,CSE,Awesome Company Very Good Atmosphere Attractive Salary,Nothing yet May be better officees,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28382,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,Salary for graduates is good,Lack of progression hinders employees,Take risks on those within,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28383,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Ad Operations Specialist,Office can be your buddy,1. The great working environment 2. The ambience 3. The events 4. NO DRESS CODE,If you do your work and act professional it is the best place to work,To recognize candidates on their contribution to business,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28384,amazon,Paris (France)," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Media Sales Manager,Work into AMG in France,Internal evolution possibilities in other sector. Training are qualitative & continue. Possibility to adapt your work time. Good balance between pro & personal life time.,Too many process which could slow down your reactivity.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28385,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Lead - Vendor Success Program,"Best place to start, learn and grow!",If you are a beginner this is the best place to start your career. You can learn a lot in Amazon and learning is a never ending process here. Every day is a new learning and new experience. Salary - Good Ambience - Good Work culture - Good Growth - Good Benefits - Good,Recently a lot of employee having an experience in customer based company has been recruited and they are kinda changing the system same as their previous experience in customer based company.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28386,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life is not good.,Amazon has lot of different teams. You can directly switch to any team. You can drive your promotion yourself.,Some of higher leadership are not good. They are biased and rude.,Please maintain the work life balance and health work environment.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28387,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - FBA Investigations Specialist,Less Growth Opportunities and Salary,"Cool Environment, Friendly People, Not so Hectic Work, Quarterly Outings, Flexible Timings.","No room for growth even after performing above set expectations, Salary is less for entry level graduates, no value for real hard workers.",Reward hard workers and talented people,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28388,amazon,Eindhoven (Netherlands)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Research Scientist,"Positive experience, customer obsessed, overall a very nice company to work for that appreciates hardworking employees.","Dynamic company with high standards, excellent people and good working conditions and lots of benefits and compensation package. Overall friendly environment.","Sometimes difficult to grow in your career, or very demanding when moving to next level. Indeed it could be worth, but at what cost?","I had a good management team, I do not have complains about them. I got the help I needed most of the time.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28389,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to start off for freshers,Salary Work Environment Balance between work life and personal life,"None found, as of now",NA,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2061.htm
28390,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - BOLD Operations Manager,Nothing exceptional,Good initial compensation but the take home keeps dropping if you do not get promoted by Year 2.,- BOLD is an unstructured Program for MBA hires - Promotion may depend on things like visibility and not the quality of your work,You are wasting your MBA hires. BOLD should have a structure like other leadership programs do.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28391,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Good company,Lots of opportunities Good pay,Work life balance Lack of enough communication between shifts,Put more pressure for small conflicts and listen create culture of ideas,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28392,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior device associate,Great place to work Good team Amazing work culture,"Work-life balance might be an issue. But it's up to the individuals,",Nothing as of now,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28393,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Work Culture,"transport, learning, opportunities for growth","Work culture, typical indian management",please treat all employees equally,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28394,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Programmer,specialist,best company i had ever seen,nothing cons as far as i know,keep it up,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28395,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Amazing company , Work environment is great and opportunities to grow are great as well.",None as of now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28396,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Associate,cool place to work,"Awesome environment ,friendly culture,nice place to work",there is no downside on my side,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28397,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good career at Amazon,So many things to learn,sometimes feel boring doing same thing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28398,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Manager,My experience at Amazon for one year,Strong Leadership Principles and employee friendly company,Slightly unstructured in few data mining tasks,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28399,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Head of Seller Services,Head of Seller Services,- genuine Customer obsession - young and dynamic environment,- none in particular (great place where to work),- try to get information about the role/position beforehand,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2062.htm
28400,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,support Engineer,"networking, linux, xen, cloud ipsec",too tight to fix the problem.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28401,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Associate,Good work place,Work environment is very nice.,"nothing so far, it very nice place for work. they treat there employees very well.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28402,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Catalog Specialist,A Regular review - Nothing new - Amazon is great place to work,The learning The freedom to work in your own style Taking initiatives are encouraged Good crowd,"Cafeteria food. If this gets better, then there's nothing stopping you.",Nothing much,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28403,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Worst company,"Nothing, hot chicks , u get free time a lot, leave policy is good, good for fresher's only","Salary is less, management is worst, u can be fired anytime and nothing to learn except how to fool customers",No advice because the response would be we will get back to u,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28404,amazon,"Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)"," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Manager,Executive management,"Progressive, visionary, customer centric and technology driven.",Not too sensitive to third world economy.,Keep it up,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28405,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon : Work hard, have fun , Make history",The culture of-course and the recognition for your ideas and hard-work,Employee count and workplace balance. Need to work on Hire and develop the best,Waiting for New workplace soon,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28406,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Expert,Quality Expert,Individual contribution Cab free and Food (1100 / month),QMS is not in place at the moment,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28407,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sdm,Great place for innovators and builders,"Autonomy to define your roadmaps, to innovate on behalf of Customers, control over work life balance, access to great talent, learn, grow, dynamic environment. You also have freedom to change teams internally at any time offering you great variety of domains and technologies",Your experience varies based on the manager you work with given the autonomy that he/she has. Also you need to be disciplined else danger of messing up your work life balance. Amazon is also not a place for everyone - you can't just get by being average.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28408,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Nice place to work,"Great working conditions, decent salary and benefits, good working atmosphere, fair interview process",Difficult to communicate between teams because it is such a large company.,Give back more to the community where there are large Amazon offices.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28409,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,logistics specialist,"co workers, office building, daily interaction with stakeholders,","direct management, HR, overloading work,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2063.htm
28410,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon in Chennai,"Highly Motivated, Good culture, career planning is better",Work life balance is more tough,Employee relation can improve better,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28411,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,avoid if you want to be treated humanely,easy job for university graduates looks good on CV nice colleagues and diverse enviroment,"basically no benefits, horrible and unprofessional approach of management which made the majority of people leave, no appreciation (besides a slice of cheap pizza for hours of overtime), everything is monitored like in a sci-fi movie (toilet breaks, people get asked if they are really going to the toilet, people are advised to not talk to each other), barely any growth opportunities, job itself is very repetetive and tiring..","take a management course for dummies and understand that your employees are people with needs and not just working units, stop trying to drain the life of your employees and make them eventually depressed (as already was written here), apologize and acknowledge your mistake, stop constantly lying to people on advertisements (applies for both, fulfillment centres and office), learn how to be respectable person.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28412,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A a a a a,A great place to work!,No major cons so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28413,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Huge network.. lots of learning and engineers,Hard to be noticed as there are many engineers... Also lots of automatization which makes the job boring,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28414,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Ad Operation SME,Ad Operation SME,"Work place, Visibility on delivering the job",Low salary as compared to market,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28415,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate-1,Cloud support Associate-1,Good Pay. Market leader in Technology. Technically challenging,None as of now. It is a good place to learn.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28416,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work,"Health Insurance, Green Commute, Free Spanish Classes",Language problem for foreigners. Salary could have been better.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28417,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Representative,Good benefits and work environment,Hard to move up,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28418,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great Working Environment,The people who I worked with in Amazon were supportive and willing to help whenever you needed it. There is calm and relaxed environment among employee. There would be occasions where there would be events that employees could take part in events that were organised by the managers.,The targets set for employees can sometimes be too challenging to the point where it can lower the morale of employees. 10-hour working shifts are not healthy. Employees are very ineffective towards the last hour.,Reduce the working hours for employees and provide working hours that are more flexible.,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28419,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Do not work here. You are treated like a number,Being able to work from Home Also exciting working for a company who truly focus on the customer with everything they do.,Far too few EAs for the size of the business resulting in the EAs constantly being overloaded and stretched. An EA was recently hired to support more than 3 directors.,Value the soft skills an EA brings your team,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2064.htm
28420,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Do not work here. You are treated like a number,Being able to work from Home Also exciting working for a company who truly focus on the customer with everything they do.,Far too few EAs for the size of the business resulting in the EAs constantly being overloaded and stretched. An EA was recently hired to support more than 3 directors.,Value the soft skills an EA brings your team,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28421,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It all depends on where you land,"One of the biggest company on earth, many opportunities around the globe",Not the same experience as employee according to where you land,There seem to be a big lack of fairness from a part to the business to another.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28422,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,nice environment to work in company .,CSA job is dependent on customer feedback (yes/no).,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28423,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work for,Amazon gives you opportunities to be able to drive the entire project from start to end,No perks are offered to the employees,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28424,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Sourcer,Sourcer at Amazon Costa Rica,"Great environment, great benefits, real growth opportunities",Cannot think of anything,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28425,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Leader,"Work with, learn from and help become the best","People, opportunities, learning and development, compensation, global reach, cutting edge technology and innovation, amazing benefits, leadership principles/culture and values","Fast pace can be a challenge, high bar for performance, important to prioritize work-life balance as Amazon can be full on!",Keep aiming high and focus on the culture. Make sure pace and work/life balance is sustainable. Keep telling the story,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28426,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Good,"Lots of learning, lots of good people around, lots of good technologies being used","Lots of hard work, tricky work life balance, long hours sometimes",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28427,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Here to stay and make history!,"Amazon is without a doubt like no other company out there! Just one day in and you'll notice it... super young energy and culture, so much inclusion and partnership!","Lots of workload on PEAK, but its definitely worth the satisfaction of ending a hard season with the best results and happy customers!","Keep it up, never change the mind openness and listen actively to our associates!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28428,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Artificial Intelligence Consultant,Great place to work,"Very dynamic, costumer centric, full of talented people. Great work environment.",I don’t have complaints until now,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28429,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 26, 2018",Former Employee - Internship,intenship in India,amazon intenship is best in India they give so much knowledge about marketing in all the places,they give best knowledge ever,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2065.htm
28430,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,HR associate,A very friendly place to work at. Helpful colleagues and managers . Good opportunities of growth.,I feel the work sometimes becomes non- standardized . The fault which arises in a process are not investigated further and this is really demotivating,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28431,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon India Senior Program Manager,"Culture, Ethics, Customer Focused and Employee friendly",Extremely fast paced work environment leading to stress on work life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28432,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Great Company for Developers!,"1. Great development work. 2. if you work in service companies and get an offer here, it will be of another level. 3. Great managers. 4. Really smart and helping people. 5. unimaginable pay. 6. Great Leave policy and flexible timings. 7. Many options to change project and countries.",Nothing so far in 2 months,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28433,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company review,Good team member. Convenient location.,Financial status is not quiet strong yet.,Be prepared,4.0,none,none,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28434,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Great people, not so great pay",Have met some great people. Co-workers are nice.,"Training provided is lackluster. You are thrown into the job with very little training 1-2 days in, you are operating heavy machinery/vehicles. The management is not very accommodating and often like to pass the buck if there are any concerns told to them.  Minimum wage for a job that is very demanding and tiring.  Same job at other companies pays much higher.","Listen to your employees when they bring up a concern. Pay your employees, forklift drivers and machine operators should not be making minimum wage.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28435,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 9, 2018",Former Employee - Trms,The TRMS profile will provide with nothing other than a very chaotic exposure to the corporate world.,"Pretty chill environment, lots of leaves, IJP, incentives, college like feeling, so perfect for freshers who have no clue what to do next in life- no judgement , I was one of them!","No space to innovate, if you fall behind in the politics, you suffer a lot. Not a place to develop new skills, super chaotic, but people somehow get their work done.","Behave like a corporate, try to do something for the poor kids that you employ. Some roles in trms work all through 8 hours while some work for 4 hours and snooze for the rest because there is not enough work.",3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28436,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,"Freedom to work, talented people around","Enforcement of decisions, work life balance",none,3.0,2.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28437,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Picker,It's A Lie,The benefits would be good if they kept employees long enough to have them effective.,"They offer a ton they can't actually give.  Very racially one sided.  Mind numbing work with unrealistic expectations.  Extremely poor management and even worse HR department.  Overall at amazon you were under paid, over worked, treated as a slave and hardwork goes unappreciated. They will offer multiple opportunities that they don't actually offer upon employment. They pretend to care about safety and unity but do not actually enforce and actually in most cases suggest otherwise so as not to ""effect your rate"". Management and HR are almost never on the same page constantly causing miscommunication errors constantly given to and affecting employees. There is alsoan extreme lack of information given about things such as employee benefits, dos and dont and oppurtunities. Unfortunately there is also a very large language barrier between the majority indian and minority groups which cause's not only a lack of inclusion for minorities but also can cause them to be completely overshadowed and looked down upon.",The entire organization and structure needs to be reworked so that both HR and managers are on the same page and can properly manage and keep employees on track to succeed. Jobs or shift should also alternate so as not to have brain dead employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28438,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Good hours and pay and benefits,Back stabbing and competitive people that will throw you under the bus to get ahead,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28439,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good organisation not very well executed,"Big company, good name on CV, good social and great colleagues.","Need to give design more autonomy, clearer progression from managers and publish the work that people create. I sadly worked on a project (or two!) that were canned and feels like a bit of a waste of time.",Create clear progression for careers and treat everyone like an individual.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2066.htm
28440,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"offer opportunities, fast moving, encourage creativity","for people need guidance everywhere, this is not a right place for you",Keep the high standard for hiring.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28441,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Lots of opportunities in different domains and technologies.,High expectations and standards and need to work hard to meet the bar.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28442,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 26, 2018",Former Employee - Data Associate,Amazing Experience Overall,Everything! Perfect Organization to develop yourselves.,Nothing to worry at all!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28443,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average work culture but great place to learn,Scope to broader your horizon and get bigger picture.,"Too bad performance review system, Too aggressive, Managers can screw you without any data","Improve your review system, too much power with the managers.",4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28444,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunities but not for long term,"really smart people work here, great stimula coming from all around","with great stimula come great pains, difficult career progression",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28445,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,badly paid for lux standards,"interesting work, always interesting and fun","badly paid, little work life balance",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28446,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Instock Manager,"Amazon is a workplace for young, motivated and talented employees. Amazon principles truthfully drive the business. Good career perspective and salary incentives.",Extremely challenging and sometimes considerably bureaucratic due to reporting heaviness and stakeholders decisions taken in HQ.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28447,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,Vendor Manager,- Own a business within Amazon,"- Role is 70% operational, 30% vendor relationship - Low pay, long working hours - Questions are not appreciated",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28448,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Good hours and pay and benefits,Back stabbing and competitive people that will throw you under the bus to get ahead,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28449,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller support,"Excellent pay and job environment, it would be stress full but however the leads supervisors assisting are so cool, you would never feel like quiting the job","High stress, transport issues, Low overtimes, you would never have time to eat too",No advices as the company's best as always to its employees and customers,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2067.htm
28450,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing and Sales,Sale,This company one of the best company is that fild. Implore fill free to work this company.,This company is best of marketing and sales and people enjoy to company sarvise or best shop in soping.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28451,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad experience,"good C&B package, great people","poor on-boarding experience, the role I was recruited for, has changed withing 2 months to a very different one therefore have to leave",Be honest about the roles/responsibilities at the recruitment stage,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28452,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Station Support Associate,Nice environment to work under,Not much more to say,Personal Growth rate,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28453,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Work culture, opportunities, people, work place","Perception driven, Biased, We cant disagree and commit.",Leadership should notice changes happening in the team and should dive deep. Leaders are right but not always. People coming different background instead of adapting to Amazon culture they are changing the culture which is affecting the existing and tenured people in the company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28454,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"used to be great to work, as a workplace going into a downward spiral","fast change,  innovative environment (not that much as in the early days) high impact in most corporate roles",little to no structure for development no trust in employees by US management en route to becoming heavily institutionalized and bureaucratic,"continue to push for the great, don't forget who is getting things done",4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28455,amazon,Tiruchchirappalli (India)," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Supervisor,Best place to work,Best and fun place to work. One cam learn more,"Slow in career progress, senior management constraining on process",Everything going well keep the same way of Job,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28456,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,"Great benefits, casual environment, unlimited coffee supply, opportunity to learn new technologies.","Shift starts too early, intense pressure to engage in live contacts, you have to abandon cases that are being worked to take a call or a chat.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28457,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Nice place to work and learn.,Good place to work and earn. Good peers to work with.,Tight delivery schedules sometimes which are hard to meet,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28458,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Process Associate,Process Associate Profile,"Great work environment, seniors are also very helpful, lot of fun activities and outing happens",Sometimes work load get heavier like in Q4 but manageable,Keep the work up like it is.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28459,amazon,"Victoria, BC (Canada)"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer-II,Software Engineer,You're always guaranteed to work with an amazing group of people.,The engineering team is under-resourced,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2068.htm
28460,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Working As A Transaction Risk Investigator With Amazon,working as Transaction risk investigator with Amazon,Amazon is a Best place to work and to know how scale up the business and Targets,present usage of automation and robotic system,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28461,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,"# Flexible Timings for In, Out & Breaks. # Internal Transfer Option # Compensation Packages # Safe Place to work # Fun at Work # Stressless Life",Internal Politics (Rarely) Delayed Responses during Recruitment,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28462,amazon,Seoul (South Korea)," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,"worst company,management, full of lies, deception","good peer workers, casual dress code","-managers are not intelligent, but very stubborn+ not willing to communicate. They micromanage associates. They know nothing about real work, but just push associates to meet the goal. They always change policies, tell lies, trying to deceive associates to cover up their faults and mistakes. -Compared to other Korean large companies, Amazon perks are very poor. -when there is internal hiring or opportunity, only the ones favored by management are selected. Their performance/work ability do not matter much. If you are a ""yes man,"" never questioning decisions, you will be okay. They will tell you to speak up and ask questions, but do not be fooled by their lies. They will not like you. -THIS IS A ""CALL CENTER."" -Inconsistent schedule, you need to be able to work on weekends and holidays.","Please try to be more intelligent, have more transparency, and communicate more openly. Associates are angry. Many of them want to leave this place ASAP.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28463,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Satisfied,"Depends on your team, Work culture is awesome. Some teams innovate all the time. Work life balance is very good",Frugality is not good. Teams have repetitive work unless you work for AWS,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28464,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate,Best place to start your career as a fresher.,nice working culture no dress code work pressure is less as compared to other IT companies. all co-workers are really helpful .,"I'm new to Amazon,since there is no cons .",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28465,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Nice company to work for,"I work as a Big Data Engineer , Nice company to work for Work From Home Flexible Timings Not muchpressure New technologies to work for Steep Learning curve",None I can think of at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28466,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top company and employer,"Innovation, Retail and IT worldwide leader",No cons found so far,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28467,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, but slowly going downhill","Excellent flexible working for office staff (flexible hours, wfh). Very open communication across all levels of staff, friendly environment, can get involved in projects, not being micromanaged.","Internal mobility is not so great. Extremely difficult to get promoted or move around as employees are essentially numbered under different levels so get used to being a number, it can take years and it is not just up to your manager, need to write paper which is reviewed by people who do not know you. Company growing so fast it has changed the office environment and becoming more corporate feeling rather than casual fun place to work.",More support for employees with career development and internal mobility.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28468,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Logistics Specialist,great place to work,"friendly environment, good work culture",low growth level and very less salary increment,to increase yearly salary increment,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28469,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Sea of opportunities,* You would really enjoy working here as you get to take ownership of what you are trying to build. * Work from home option * Flexible work hours * Plenty of opportunities if you have tenacity to build your skills.,* Too competitive at times.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2069.htm
28470,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,"Best employee engagement, security and travel facilities",regular change of shifts for every 3 months,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28471,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,A Good place to work,"Hard work will be appreciated, friendly atmosphere, plenty of benefits if permanent position is offered, scheduled shifts (40 hours over 4 days) with plenty of variety in shift patterns to fit around any other obligations, good pay even at entry tier",A lot of people complain about the hours but I believe it depends on your situation whether you can make this type of schedule work or not,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28472,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Process Associate,Best place to work,"Being a global organization, you have a very good reputation in the corporate world.",The work is as usual hectic . The work schedule is tight. You have to be flexible enough to manage your timings.,"Please look into the rotational shifts aspects. That's what is impacting the health of an employee in your firm . Make sure there's a change in shift for every six or three months . But not monthly. Cause, we are humans and you are as well. So, consider this aspect and everything else is good.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28473,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Good exposure. Lots to learn,Stressful at times during Peak,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28474,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,The Best Place to Work,The Independent culture and the best atmosphere over entire Amazon centers.,Nothing has been captured till now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28475,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Scheduling Specialist,Well that was unexpected!,"Professional team, Management are perhaps the most professional I have seen",Sometimes you feel you have to give teh extra time every so often not as a pressure from above but more so the fact that you can see how your work will impact the department if you dot contribute that little extra.,Keep the leadership values and keep helping us grow,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28476,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Salary , Work culture, Friendly Management","all good here , supportive management . Nothing bad here",Nothing,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28477,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Demanding.,"Dog-friendly office, international environment, it looks good on CV (let's see), work is demanding but still, I liked it a lot","After a certain time, the job gets too routine and repetitive. No clear boundaries. Moreover, the settings within a company or rather this department are going down. From the time I started, it is just harder and harder. Not only missing a human touch, people started to be so frustrated that they don't care much anymore. And this is becoming a disaster in my opinion. Micromanagement and mentality of seeing only ""my things"" and not giving a thought about others and their issues. Principles are only on paper and people are rather formally following them. I heard in other departments it is not this way but within this position rather it is.","Don't push so hard. You have great people working for you, it is difficult to get a job within AMAZON so why don't you treat us as people and don't help to grow? But instead, reminding us not to go to the toilet. Thank you but I know this since I am 6 years old. Also, better and more benefits would be nice. And not only promising something which never actually happens",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28478,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Creator of E-Commerce,"Free Cab, Happening environment, competitive atmosphere which doesn't keep you dull after continuous working hours.","Slow growth, average pay for experienced professionals particularly in TRMS",Salaries need to be revised for TRMS and small processes which give high impact on the Amazon's earnings.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28479,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Quality Assurance Engineer,"Company culture is amazing.. Great people. Great benefits. ""Work hard have fun make history"".",Career growth is becoming more difficult as the company has been maturing.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2070.htm
28480,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stress free working experiance,I am working in amazon for past 10 months and it was a great experience working here as there is no stress. we have an employ friendly atmosphere here. I love going to office.,No cons to mention. its just owsome,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28481,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a great place to work,You get to work with really smart people,1. Complete lack of work life balance 2. Bureaucratic work culture 3. Very High pressure environment,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28482,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Long Term Employee (Manager),Marmite company,"This company is like ""marmite"": you love it or you hate it. There is an intense focus on customers, a constant quest for innovation, a furious pace, a rigorous and ruthless execution. Among all that, you work with some of the smartest people and a truly international culture. This is also a great window on the trends of the ""future of work"".",The company is still learning how to blend (and value) EQ as well as IQ. People cannot always be as efficient as algorithms but can make high value critical judgments.,Do not wait for the next NY Times article to bring a warmer culture.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28483,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Quality Associate,Amazing Amazon,I've been working with Amazon for over 5 years now. Its been an amazing experience. I have learned a lot in this duration as well as had a blast.,The new management is changing things which is making the company loose its original charm.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28484,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work!,Decent Salary and work culture!,No cons .It is a good place to start your carrer.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28485,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Digital and Devices Technical Support,Digital and Devices Technical Support,My journy with Amazon till now is great. Every individual can be leader and take initiatives.  You're open to ideas and suggestions.  You can get a mentor(s) to help you suceed in carrier and never ending learning,Will update if noticed. Till now haven't,Will update if noticed,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28486,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associative,Good organization forever,Happy to work No pressure,No cons with in this place,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28487,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Associate,Always Day 1,- opportunity to grow professionally - smart people to work with - professional management - great environment to work,I do not have cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28488,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - TPM,Software Development,Amazing working culture. Top notch people.,"Everyone is a geek, social interactions are at low.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28489,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,What does management do around here?,"The office space is great, great location and facilities. We have a kitchen and kitchenette on each floor.","The work itself is not very complex, yet the volume is very high, therefore you always feel stressed out. The better you are at your work, the more you have to do. For instance, if there are colleagues who have a slower pace, thus affecting the team and metrics, the ones who are working faster are given the tasks from the slower ones, just to make sure the team will have good results. This is really unfair to the people who are better at their job because they are not rewarded in any way (it's considered their daily job, and that's it, sometimes the slower ones even get prizes, because they have good results at simpler tasks, an their score in the monthly scorecard is higher). Very unfair.  Additionally, the promotion process is very difficult. You would think that just being good at your job and handle multiple tasks with good results would be enough, but no. You must have extra projects, even though you are not given time for working on them. You must take time from your personal life. Also, all the project ideas must come from you, not from your manager. So basically the manager is just a critic of what you do, and this is mainly because the managers are not promoted but hired externally, so they have no clue of how the process they run can be improved. This is why they are relying on minions.  You would think that promoting from L2 to L3 (the first levels!) should not be very difficult, yet apparently you also need to be constant in your improvements. This means it is not enough to have 1-2 projects with good results, you have to have multiple projects each quarter. However, management forgets there are periods in a year when the work flow increases significantly, and your manager will ask you to focus only on the tasks in hand (no projects at all), and they promise you this is a callout.  But, at the end of the year, they simply forget that, you just have to perform at the same level throughout the entire year, no matter what. Again, very frustrating. It is like you are trying to please someone who is always disappointed in you.  For example, there was a case when a person did not get promoted because they ""were not constant in their improvements"" (although the results from their job description were great, and they also had projects). The person was disappointed because after so many months their work was in vain. The manager said they should start working for the next promotion cycle, yet the person was discouraged and did not want to do that anymore. The manager said that they are very disappointed in the person's attitude, that they will not help the person with any projects in the future. This is not normal management attitude. They should encourage the person, they should try to help them create a stronger promodoc, provide ideas of improvement.  Also, Amazon does not pay enough taking into account the stress level. Again, the complexity is not very high, but the workload is much more than you can handle. The salary here is just above the medium salary, yet it will stay there for years to come. They don't care you have a lot of experience in what you do, they don't care you have more tasks than others, they just pay according to level, and rely on you to get monthly prizes if you want more money (prizes which are given according to monthly scores, and, as explained above, are not at all objective).","You should be more transparent in your tasks. No one knows what the management does in a day's work. If we should be the ones who come up with projects, we should write our own promodocs, we should take care of the team's metrics, we should also work on the actual tasks from the job description, we should come up with improvement ideas for the issues inside a team, we should also solve our own conflicts, what does a manager do around here? Aside from answering questions very vaguely whenever they are asked something.  If you take a good look, you will see that when a manager is out of office, the team works better, has better results, they do not feel stressed out, they can organize themselves. Maybe Amazon added an objective to managers to delegate everything they get their hands on, but this is not right. A manager should be a leader, should know where to go when you need help in escalating something, should have a clue of the actual tasks performed in their team and also they should do their own reports (!! there are managers who delegate even that). Please don't show us you are paid just to send e-mails asking for deadlines.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2071.htm
28490,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Lots of available overtime if you are looking to make more money 3 days off when overtime isn't called,"Too much mandatory overtime. During the peak period be prepared to work 60 hours a week back to back. 50 hour weeks are very common. Working at rate is terrible. The rates are too high for large products. They expect you to stow large items (such as office chairs) as quickly as small items (such posters). Your rate is effected by everything you do. If you help someone else it will lower your rate, if you go to the toilet your rate will drop and if you talk to management about your rate that conversation will lower your rate. Poor forward planning by the company. The work scheduler would show that you have 3 days off for two weeks. I would leave on my final day and check the system and it would still say I would have 3 days off. However, you can get a call anytime saying you have to be in the next day as overtime was called. This means I would leave and have no idea if I had one,two or three days off. If you can't make overtime then you will be given attendance points and if you get enough points they will fire you. As a result you have to make sure you have nothing planned for your free time.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28491,amazon,"Graben, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Receive,receive,"good job ,less work load",no contrast information to say,keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28492,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Compliance Specialist,Amazing Amazon,"Great working environment, no dress code, less restrictions.",Less salary compared to other companies,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28493,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Associate,Excellent place to work,"Best Work culture environment, Friendly Management, Space to Grow, Land of opportunities, Learn many new things.","No cons , Timings is not that good. Some management level are not good.",Provide opportunities Equally,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28494,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Lots of scope for learning & driving improvement,"Long working hours 11 Hours a day , Too much of data driven .",all the approaches are top driven .,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28495,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company,the work environment is good and good career growth,too low salary and too much of politics in some departments,increase the salary of QA,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28496,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,TRMS,Challenges analytical skills and bias for action.,Employee career growth is the last thing they consider when making changes,Real time decisions are much appreciated,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28497,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,perfect job,very good culture and good atmosphere to work,Nothing cons with this company,nothing,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28498,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,mixed reviews.,a good startup job. but less opportunities in canada,salary is low paid . but better for a startup job.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28499,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Just OKAY,"Work quality is good, u got to code more.","Hectic work, no personal life",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2072.htm
28500,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,A company with mix of good and bad,"innovative minds all together at one place, visionary CEO, abundant leaves, great parental leave policy","work place harassment policy get misused most of the times, managers do not a work life balance, too much of office politics, bad rating system and no team work",Please change the way appraisals are done to have people work in a team instead of killing each other to gain visibility of the leadership for their promotions.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28501,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DATA ASSOSIATE,work/ life balance is good,no cons in this work placr,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28502,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,happyy,motivational atmosphere to learn there.,comparing with others hurts very much,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28503,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Content Associate,Former employee,"Lifestyle, hifi atmosphere, friendly managers, amazing colleagues","Low salary for freshers, actually nothing to mention.",Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28504,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Cs Operations,Inside Amazon,"Excellent work culture, Employee benefits and leaves per year",Non so far but I would like IJPs to move fast,Management is great !! No comments,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28505,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Culture Salary Canteen Location Duration,Boring Boring Boring Boring Borig,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28506,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Team Leader,"Good company,hard to grow","there are many,too lazy to list it all",just that the org is too big the growth aspect is a bit slow,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28507,amazon,"Graben, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Receive,receive,"good job ,less work load",no contrast information to say,keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28508,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Not Great,Good Salary Pander to the right people and you can move up quickly,Promotions not on what you know but who you know,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28509,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Process Associate,Amazon Review,Too supporting managers and working environment is too cool and overall it feel best to work with amazon,I don't think any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2073.htm
28510,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,WORK at AMAZON,"Probably the best place to work for any field, from Software Development to Support. Amazon has a great culture and gives independence of work.",I dont have any personally,Improving the processes by proper agenda,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28511,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst company do not join,Hated every minute of working here,Can't tell you how much I hated it,Hateful crazy people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28512,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Peculiar Culture,Great place to learn and improve,Results driven and pressured culture,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28513,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Very dynamic challenging a great learning opportunity to whomever likes change,"Cutting edge technology, empowered employee culture, values the individual. Shape the future of cloud computing. Dive deep culture that places a lot of value on writing. Above average remuneration not top. Average benefits.",Long long hours. Career progression is difficult specially if you reach middle management level. Culture still too much USA centric.,Communicate about career ambitions frequently,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28514,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Good company to work with,Flexible timing. No minimum time to complete kind of thing.,Most of the team don't have good stuff to work on.,Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28515,amazon,Chak Nouda (Bangladesh)," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Great work,Such a great company .such great experience to work with this company i want become a part of this company,No.one other standing this tume infront of this company effort s i regreatly follow this company for job .i want to do job with this company that will be my dream,Greate work no comment,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28516,amazon,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Researcher,Machine Learning Researcher,"Most innovating company ever, very exiting work environment.",Working as remote site has the disadvantages of evening meetings with the west-cost.,Keep the good job,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28517,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced and not a place for complacent people,"Great people working in Amazon, some of the brightest minds and personalities out there. Challenging and sometimes fun work in an extremely fast-paced environment. Great work/life balance if you set that boundary for yourself. There are great golden handcuffs with the RSUs when you start.","Challenging work in an extremely fast-paced environment, it's not uncommon for the goal of your project to change just before you hit the finish line, but that's part of what makes this a great company to work for (and that's the case at most other companies I've worked at as well to be fair). The annual compensation increase is deplorably pitiful, especially when compared to the process you're required to go through for the end of year review. There is no year -end/holiday bonus, and the employee discount is a bit of a joke.",Compensation levels for annual reviews need to be tripled to cover cost of living increases.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28518,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Some of the best minds that you can work with and you can gain wide knowledge.,I cant think of any right now,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28519,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Bureaucratic, Manager driven",Great to start with and learn. Its good in the beginning of your career but gets frustrating as you grow.,"Company live up to its articles published in various forums. Refer gawker, NYT and face of amazon. HRs are opportunist and puppet in hands of managers. No work life balance. Whatever is mentioned about rating and pivot process on internet is bogus. Rating systems are there and it's on mercy of your manager where you stand. Entire Pivot program is just another hype to show that they invest in employees but more to manage employees out who challenges their managers behaviour and work ethics.",Consider employees as humans and not machines Train your leadership team on how to manage high performing team and not to scare them off. Adhere to your leadership principles as you expect from employees.,2.0,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2074.htm
28520,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Trms,Work at Amazon,Amazon is employee friendly and if you are thinking about your career growth it is sure one of the best places to be at.,Patience is the key for your success I will say. But don't take it as a con.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28521,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,TRMS,"Great place to work Flexibility, friendly","During year-end, peak hours are long.",I think its great!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28522,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Automation Specialist,Good place to work for,"Very good organization culture ,flexible working hours, Good onsite opportunities they polish the candidates","Nothing as cons, depends on team",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28523,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,About BA role,Learn Jeff bezzos way of doing work,No quality work Lot of work,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28524,amazon,Cologne (Germany)," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience in the Catalog Quality Team,"Excellent perks,office and teams to collaborate with!",It is relatively tougher to stay in the same company and grow up the ladder.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28525,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Amazon in short,Awesome place to work for freshers.,Impartial promotions and a hell lot of politics.,Please see that the employees deserve a promotion when you give it to them. Because there are many who work hard for it and get nothing and others who are manager's pets and take it all.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28526,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Amazing work culture, good work life balance",Nothing that I can think of,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28527,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ARJUN,Work with amazon is a good Environment,Rotational Week Offs are always an issue,Nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28528,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Specialist,Amazonians,"Fun at Work, every employee is treated as leaders and culture is great.",Did not find any corporate training for new employees.,"Please arrange for small training sessions with the great leaders to get self-motivated, make and then achieve their Goals.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28529,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon seller support,The best environment to work under. The brand name itself will take you a long way. You can grow internally.,haven't faced any cons in particular yet.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2075.htm
28530,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalogue associte,work environment Infrastructure  work Culture,no much to discuss about Cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28531,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Application Engineer,Its very good place to work. Really very good culture,Some manager are selfish.,Management should take care of employees also.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28532,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Key Account Manager,Key Accounts Manager,Amazon allows their employees to take a great amount of ownership over ideas brought to the business. It is very exciting to be part of such a large organization that can still feel very much like a startup.,"A high level of ownership over your business also comes with great responsibility. The heavy workload in such an ambiguous environment can be difficult to manage at times. You need to draw boundaries for yourself, no one will do it for you.",So much is expected of employees that recognition is rarely given. More positive reinforcements and higher energy coming from the top would be beneficial to the morale of the group.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28533,amazon,Gdańsk (Poland)," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Amazon Development Center Poland (Gdansk),*full independence *flexibility *development plan *possibility to move to another team/country,"*super fast environment *you should know when to say ""no"" to some tasks/ideas. Your work-life balance fully depends on it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28534,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to get into,"Good pay, good benefits, good progression structure","Long hours. Agency staff used frequently, creates workforce divide.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28535,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,perks of working with Amazon,good compensation and flat hierarchy,None for me... management is very helpful,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28536,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Retail Customer Service Representative,Retail Customer Service Rep,"Great organizational environment, full benefits, they trust on you, you can be yourself","None, compare to other jobs in my experience..",To improve your filter selection before hire permanent and seasonal employes,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28537,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Sr. Catalog Associate,"Working Hard, Having Fun, Making History","Nothing as of now, will share later if have any",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28538,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great company to work for... few bad apples in the leadership,"Employee friendly, great payer, allows WFH and data driven","bad appraisal process, only managers no leaders( though they call everyone leaders), no clarity of thoughts at lower levels, absolute no team work",Take feedback from new comers very seriously and review them to ensure steps are completed.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28539,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good part time job,Good job for vacations with good money,long and strenuous work hours,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2076.htm
28540,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Account Supervisor,Opportunity for advancement,"Awesome ambience, more organized FC's. All activities are with well defined SOP",Higher level positions are mostly from external sources,Promote the best from Internal applicants,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28541,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Generalist Assistant,Excellent place to work and develop yourself!,"Good Career & Development opportunities, Diverse & Friendly environment",Can't think of any I am afraid.,Treat employees the way you'd want to be treated yourself,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28542,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Amazon is a good company for those who are hard-working. There I will always get the opportunity to prove myself. I will also be given access to people and resources who can help me achieve myself. Amazon is a place fostering difference to emulate innovation. So no need to conform, just the need to produce results.",I may have to work for a bit longer and sometimes a little more than I am expected to. I must be prepared as it will be hard to keep up with everything. I might go through a tough time while trying to create a life balance.,"I fairly think I may bring in value to Amazon. With the fierce competition here in China and all around the world, Amazon needs brilliant spirits to get more of market share. I sell two assets that can help the company : 1. A fair amount of common sense (I am intelligent) 2. Competence in Computer Science (I am competent in my domain)",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28543,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Ad Operation Associate,Excellent Workplace,I am working in amazon around one and half years feel like still day one. Job secure is 200 percent there is no layoff in this company until you are not doing any error,I dont think so there is no downside in amazon,I dont have knowledge to advice to,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28544,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager Learning Experience,Great place to work,Good work life balance. Employees are empowered to make decisions. Transparency.,There should be employee discounts for India employees as well.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28545,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Great place to work in,good salary great opportunity to learn very helpful team members friendly managers good work/life balance right amount of flexibility a lot of new challenges,"your metrics depend on customer rating, which does not reflect the quality of your work. Customer are not generally happy when they open a case because it means there is an issue. So most of them don’t give any ratings, and some of them give a bad one because they are angry with the issue they are having and not the quality of your correspondence.",Employee’s performance should not depend on customer’s ratings because they are random,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28546,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,-Autonomy and a lot of responsibility to shape strategy - Fast paces and lots of opportunities to take on project work - Willing to test and prove out new ideas - Competitive salary of 48k + ~30k in shares,- Small budget - Automation continually changing roles and responsibility,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28547,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Leadership Scientist,An Innovative Culture Where Every Day is Day 1,"strong culture that supports innovation every employee is asked a daily question to make sure we have real-time information about how employees feel about their work and their team. Continual growth creates lots of opportunities for movement in the company, including relocation to a different country The company is like 100 startups - so the culture encourages risk and works hard to be a ""blame-free"" culture to encourage employees to try new things. The 14 Leadership Principles blow my mind they are so smart - and they are lived every day in words and actions.","The employee experience will vary by manager, even though the employee real-time feedback program aspires for every manager to grow and improve. Total compensation program is not top of the market. While my work-life balance is great - others are having a different experience. It's a work in progress for most companies.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28548,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Content Editor,One of the best companies to work for!,"Amazing work culture, dress code, number of leaves per annum,","Irregular shifts, Employee health is not the priority",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28549,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,awesome amazon,1. high bar for learning and training 2. excellent work culture,nothing as such very lively feels like i am in college on fun Fridays,salary structure can be way better,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2077.htm
28550,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE,"Good work, get to design applications from scratch.",you need to go oncall and it's so tiresome if you are in a tier-1 team. This ruins work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28551,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Quality Specialist,Good,The environment in which we work will be really very encouraging. We can get a constant guidance for improving our skills. career path and growth will be based on performance.,it depends on individual evaluation.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28552,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,There is growth and recognition for the efforts,Around the clock work Work Life Balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28553,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Interesting but below expectation,"Access to new technologies, good learning environment, freedoms with working remotely. Many opportunities to transfer to other departments or countries","Unmotivated environment, difficult to get promoted, extremely different situation according to which department you join. Leadership is not strong with limited ability to make decisions",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28554,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,Toxic Work Place,Location in the city Some colleagues were nice,"Managers put a lot of stress on employees No trainings are being offered No recognition for achievements Over time, work on weekends is very common and not paid No consideration for employee career development Some colleagues end up getting Burn-Outs and are out for months",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28555,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Good place to start,"Friendly work environment, opportunity to implement ideas and initiatives. Good facilities",Transparency. May take time to move up the ladder if starting out as a fresher,More opportunities,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28556,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Okay,"Flexible, lots and lots of people to work with",The pay is lower than expected,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28557,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail catalog associate,Good culture and motivated environment,The Management and the managers are the only issues there.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28558,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary not good enough.,Good diferent positions oportunities to apply for.,Not enough salary for agent positions,Better salary for sr. Agents and technicians,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28559,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Listing Creation Specialist ES,"Good opportunities for growth, great exposure, people are smart and has healthy ambience.",Might want to mind your business. You never know who would put you in trouble with your seniors.,Should provide an over-time bonus.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2078.htm
28560,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Listing Creation Specialist ES,"Good opportunities for growth, great exposure, people are smart and has healthy ambience.",Might want to mind your business. You never know who would put you in trouble with your seniors.,Should provide an over-time bonus.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28561,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Account Representative,Amazon Marketplace Mexico,"Lots of independence, good work never goes unnoticed","Extremely fast paced, not for everyone",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28562,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Superb,"its all good, everything for me",nothing as of now from me,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28563,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,It is a good company to work with,Not Applicable as the company is awesome,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28564,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Pallet Flow,Hi,"Good people, good performance","Is a good job, new experience.",Good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28565,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA,"Very good growth opportunities, friendly environment",Nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28566,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Some teams have a great microculture, others are killing. No respect for vendors","- Leverage on the market, so it is easy to learn a lot in your job, opportunity to do many (different) things","- Vendors (trade partners) are to be milked and not treated fairly and with a long-term cooperation in view. - Some teams have a great microculture, others are killing. Your success/ future as an employee depends on which type of boss you have - who defines the team culture as well and may be impatient, hysteric in demanding results but not giving any support (resource, time, training), direction nor management. While other bosses /team leaders are completely the opposite... - HR is not stepping up to ensure fairness and quality of management practices. - It is expected from almost all employees to write SQL queries, otherwise no way to analyse business data. Central SQL experts give in theory support but in reality massively overloaded. - The stakeholder meetings with the higher management that are supposed to review and decide on strategic topics, start with reading a pre-prepared, narrative and overwhelming summary. Imagine a 30-page booklet with minimal margin and 10pt size letters. This text is a shining PR-story from the project team, and not to address actual issues, risks, resource gaps. It may happen that the senior managers intuitively ask a few questions and find an issue, but usually they don't as not having a deep insight into the topic/project operationally, plus their focus is led by the long document. It's like watching TV, it switches your brain off. - Half-baked innovations (eg. in the area of devices, food retail) are thrown on the market with unproportionally big marketing effort, so many customers will buy the product, to realise it is not delivering on its promise and not a good value for money.","- Make the topic owners responsible to report the issues and risks to higher management. Change the template of the project reviews. - Respect your vendors and your customers, they are not stupid. - HR to take responsibility for the management methods and eliminate those who cannot manage and lead others. Protect more the newcomers, working students, trainees and junior managers - this would be the fair thing to do and will help reducing the high fluctuation too.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28567,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst company ever,Nothing much to talk about,Everything is a con about this company,Rot in hell,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28568,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Not good,Nothing to right now as the management has changed completely and work culture has changed.,"No growth, as all the managers came from BPO and call center culture they expect you butter them to get promotions. Even Higher Management.",Give growth to those people who r working honestly and don't let your first level managers to play with anyone's life as they have some personal problem with anyone.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28569,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Programmer Analyst,Best place to start a career !!,"Best Work Culture Dynamic Environment to work Developer friendly tools which make developers to spend more time on business & technological improvements We can see all the leadership principles being inspired by everyone ! Some of the smart minds of the world works here which will give you a chance to learn and develop you skills along with your peers ! Get inspired from you leaders. Clear career path ! As a fresher, can learn how the MNC culture will be & the same time work as a startup ( read about pizza teams in Amazon ) Off course, Good pay !!","I dont want to blame ""Work-Life"" balance as everyone says about Amazon. It's always upto us - how to take the balance. Some times you feel that at early stage of your career, learning & development is most important & it's always upto the individual.  Yes, the work will always be critical & demands more time for office. (We thrive to be the earth's most customer centric company - this demands it ! )",Improve the HR connect,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2079.htm
28570,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Imaging Support Associate,Senior Imaging Support Associate,"Infrastructure, Amazon culture and Work Environment is just amazing Amazon treats everybody equally Managers are within reach and any level managers could be easily contacted",Salary Slow career growth but definitely smart work pays off,Levelling guides may be reformed,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28571,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work place not great to have a successful career,"If you are a little known to the management and prove your trust with your work, there is a lot of flexibility. Team members are supportive and come to your help when needed.","The management is very bad. No proper planning. Growth is very difficult. You got to prove yourself time and again if you have to move to the next level. Even if you prove yourself, the management will find ways to pull you down and keep you at the same level for years together. The management is fake and make use of employees who are willing to work hard with zero monetary appreciation. There is a lot politics and partiality.","Make sensible people as managers. They have zero knowledge about the process and they are here to make changes and question the process, instead of first knowing how we work. The scrutiny process must be changed and be more open. It should not be based on who gets a certificate every quarter and how many times. There are other people in the team who work hard as well! Have a plan and stick to it, instead of trying things new and then blaming the associates if anything goes wrong. There should be proper planning and execution. The management should focus on this rather than involving themselves only to escalate things if any small thing goes wrong. Make the place enjoyable to work, rather than stressing out people.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28572,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Completely disappointing,honestly I cant think of any positives except good heating system,"low pay hourly wages, zero culture, amazon blue badges are stuck up, they will NOT keep you instead they dispose of experienced people and hire new under low wages","1. Start planning to train you blue badges to have good and positive attitudes( start noticing associates and good workers!), work on culture and proper operation structure , increase hourly wages and of course appreciate people !! I was in supervisory position for awhile now and Ive seen over 40 people laid-off...its disgusting to even talk about it. I feel for everyone that works for this firm. I have put in my 2 week notice because I cant stand this horrible culture... Nothing that Jeff talked about during his presentations has come to life in vancouver centers... its quite opposite... be very careful when you apply here-> they will not try to retain you at any cost.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28573,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Friendly Environment to work in,There are no cons in particular,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28574,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service,"Best work place, not just customer centric but also employee centric. Amazon is the only company that stands by all its policy and makes sure that its always day 1 @Amazon.",Less pay for customer service.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28575,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Employee friendly environment. Everybody is very supportive,Nothing I can think of. Takes time for promotion though,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28576,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Head of Finance,Path to growth,"Facts and data driven, innovative, fast growing environment. the main issue to tackle is how satisfy customer and grow bigger, faster, cheaper. A great challenge to take on. Loads of opportunities for people ready to challenge themselves and to move positions and/or location","Fast growth! you will not really have unlimited time to reflect on how to deliver perfection. Bias for action is key, if you use to be right a lot the results will follow. But overall lot of ambiguity and high pressure.",as we grow bureaucracy increases and is hard to handle. If we are not committed to fight it and keep thing simple this is killing innovation and discouraging employees to go for the extra mile,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28577,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Order Picker,Not sure,Team work good environment,Manager doesn’t communicate well with associate,Always communicate with associates,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28578,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent worekplace,Lot of opportunities to learn and grow,Can be hostile at times,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28579,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QUALITY SERVICES ASSOCIATE,Work life balance was good,Quality of work is not best as it is for only manual testing.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2080.htm
28580,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QUALITY SERVICES ASSOCIATE,Work life balance was good,Quality of work is not best as it is for only manual testing.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28581,amazon,Paris (France)," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Chef De Project Catalogue E-commerce,Great Company for Problem-Solvers,"Very smart people eager to improve and also proud of their work. A 3rd millennial company. Huge challenges at every step. Being part of initiatives that will shape the future. Undoubtedly a career accelerator. If you want to take data-backed decisions, it’s the perfect place for you to evolve. A startup culture despite its 500,000 employees is present and felt at every step. For example, projects and products are rolled despite not being perfect as it is assumed the best advice comes from real-word results and feedback. Jeff is not joking when he says it’s still Day 1. Among the most efficient job interviews ever.","The salaries are not in par with those of its closest peers/rivals. Very data-driven, sometimes more than it should. The works council is to some extent disappointing for a company of Amazon’s size and stature.","Spend more on your employees: go further than the trainings and workshops and invest in their hobbies and passions. Recruit more diverse profiles, which is something that is done well, but can be done even better. Used to be a very flat organization, it’s not the case anymore and some levels should probably be deleted.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28582,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support,"Great treatment to the employee, great benefits, the area for us to work is amazing, and great communication between the employees and the leader group.","Lack of transportation on the new building, I had to leave because of my schedule and the lack of transportation late at night. Besides that is great company.",To add more transportation to the new building for Seller Support.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28583,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,EA,Great company values and lots of trust in management,"not a lot of tangible perks, but this is based on frugality so i get it",flexibility is what makes working for amazon such a great experience so keep it up,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28584,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-2,Software Development Engineer,"Good compensation, Great stock appreciation, Offer unparalleled learning opportunities.","Hectic wlb, Fast paced environment,",Appreciation is very rare.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28585,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,customer service,everything good. one of the best,none what so ever. perfect,carry on,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28586,amazon,Pune City (India)," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazon Experience,It was the good environment to work in. Knowledge sharing and team work makes you expert in the field.,Shift flexibility was missing in work and some time system was operating slow.,NA,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28587,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great opportunities to grow for hardworkers,"Good pay scales, professional work environment, data driven work culture",Can be a little chaotic at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28588,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Team Lead BPO,Very Very Good and Always Recommend to colleagues,Best work culture. Best facilities to work in a company,Competition Workload in seasonal time for all,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28589,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,"Great company to work for, always looking to promote and grown the admin team","Busy, demanding and not for the wall flowers",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2081.htm
28590,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,Best place to work in the present time,Not any as per my understanding,No comments,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28591,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service representative,Age group of 22-25 can be seen mostly and managers around 24-28,Leaves wouldn't be so easy during peak,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28592,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Good learning experience and work culture,Nothing much I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28593,amazon,Rome (Italy)," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Health and Safety Coordinator,Health and Safety Coordinator,"Amazon is definitely amazing, you can learn a lot of knowledge, test your self in a fast-change environment and have the chance to meet so much interesting people, during the day you are really busy but is not definitely a heavy job thanks to the dynamic situation that are all the time different so you will never be bored! Also you have the chance to change working FC/State, I been in UK for 3 years and thanks to Amazon I had the chance to back to my own country.","No cons, Amazon is the right place for people who want to work and develop them self.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28594,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Great Learning Opportunity,Internal Search to get documentation on any topic.,Not all management people you find are smart.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28595,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,less than average,It is difficult to find positives apart that I have to work somewhere,"no ethic work, pressure, I would say even in some occasions abuse",increase the work culture,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28596,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Infinite potential but takes forever to change things,– Very good company values – Customer-centric – Freedom to innovate – Good salary and stock,– Not the best environment if you are a creative – Too mingy/frugal with employees – Repetitive,"Your employees are your first customers. Being customer-centric means also employee-centric. Invest in them, reward them and they will be your voice.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28597,amazon,Surat (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Superb,Amazon is the most customer centric company on earth.,WE HAVE SOME OPERATION CHALLENGES IN LAST MILE DEPARTMENT,Request to Senior Leader ship for visit to our DC in a 15 Days,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28598,amazon,Gdańsk (Poland)," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Analyst,Fresh start at Amazon office in Gdańsk (Poland),"Free development, possibility to develop in an highly new recruiting department, facilities of high qualities, time flexibility, work from home.","Only a few European languages used in this center (other location for French process), salaries not at the level of this sector.","Even if the company's motto is aiming on self-development, some careers should be lifted up by more interests in employees.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28599,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Transportation Services pvt Ltd,Good work life balance.  Parents also covered in health insurance with a nominal deduction from pay.,Yearly pay hike is a major area fro improvement.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2082.htm
28600,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Amazon,Learning and opportunities are in abundance.,None to be mentioned as of now,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28601,amazon,Paris (France)," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,2 Years at Amazon France,"Great career opportunities at Amazon, where hard work is highly rewarded A ""Raise the bar"" state of mind that push forward to learn new skills (SQL, Excel Advanced, etc.) A very attractive salary for fresh graduate","Life balance can be sometime highly impacted, especially around Black Friday / Christmas Rush","Amazon should consider more carefully about well being at work (sport infrastructure, HR follow up, etc.) since we're working A LOT at our office especially during Quarter 4.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28602,amazon,Shamshabad (India)," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Amazon is better job that,No pressure and straight following,No arguments and nothing pressures,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28603,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,Data Associate,"Simple Job No special skills are required Non-Technical 15 Casual leaves, 12 Annual Leaves, 12 Sick Leaves + Optional Leaves",Monotonous work Low Pay-scale Slow growth More like a BPO,"Provide better salary, benefits and better working environment",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28604,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Tachnicalbsupport Associate,Technical support asciate.,Best place to work and best work culture.,No cons. Every thing is perfect.,Everything perfect.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28605,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,Device associate,best company to work as a fresher,shift timings and pressure between some teams,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28606,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,One of the best product companies to work for,- Clear career guidance and management interest in career development - Opportunity to increase the scope of role - Reach to best leaders in the industry - Get to work on cutting edge technology,- Commute and traffic as it is located at a place where there is a lot of traffic rush - Sometimes promotion can be queue based rather than interest or performance (differs from org to org),- Have collaboration as one of the Leadership Principles. It will expedite the delivery as opposed to current resistance platforms teams have in guarding the applications they own and thus limiting the contribution from global teams. - Bring opportunity to work with global teams (cross team communication mechanism) to understand the perspective on developing marketplaces,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28607,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Best Customer Service Company over the globe,The best place to work in Customer Service Domain. Great work culture.,Salary is a bit low for the said profile.,"Kindly work on HR policies, to make life more comfortable.",5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28608,amazon,Pune City (India)," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,good & easy process but increase your typing & improve english& personality,good pay & appreciation from time to time,you need to have greater knowledge than your profile for getting placed for that profile,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28609,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AM,Market leader - great for CV,"Frugal, not the best payers. Promotions are a challenge.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2083.htm
28610,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Instock Manager Review,so many different opportunities to explore,sometimes can be too data heavy,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28611,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Work hard Have Fun Make history,If you are willing to work in an organization with friendly environment and with a vision to help you grow in your carrier then you definitely have to be a part of Amazon.,"Well till date, I haven't faced any cons",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28612,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,"Friendly, open atmosphere, environment for personal and professional growth","Many education resources available internally Friendly, helpful, extremely intelligent colleagues Intensive training before taking customer queries Many opportunities for professional growth (vertical and horizontal) Freedom to creatively tackle problems (minimal red-tape)",Intensive training (massive amounts of new information to absorb),none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28613,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,nice place to work...just join,good place to work under great leadersa,hr system need to improve,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28614,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Content Reviewer,One of the best companies to work with.,Great positive environment to work. Amazing benefits from the company.,A little difficult to understand the hierarchy system and the processes.,They are doing a great job. :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28615,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Test Engineer,Customer service associate,Awesome environment to work Good culture Every day is like a Day 1 Good salary Awesome work culture,No downside Work from home available Team get changed every time Rotational shifts Night shifts,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28616,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse Operative Worker,Free hot drinks. That is all.,Money is not even worth working those hours. Breaks/Lunch not long enough.,Down with slavery.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28617,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development,"Challenging, but lots of room for personal growth","Ambitious and challenging tasks in every role. Personal growth is actively encouraged. Amazon Leadership Values are transparent and applied everywhere. Great teams and brilliant contributors. You'll thrive if you're hands-on and a team player, as status-seeking and being arrogant won't get you far on most teams.","Lots of people moving in and out of teams, and many vacancies slowing down progress on projects. Making lateral career moves even into completely new fields is easy, moving up not so much. Lots of stressed out, overworked people, as most teams don't encourage a healthy work-life balance.",Plan your resources better and actively stop taking on side-projects when your team is already overworked. Prioritize health and work-life balance.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28618,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great brand name but not so great culture,"Brilliant brand value, good money, process oriented","No work life balance, not so great culture, monotonous work",Keeping employees happy is key to keeping your customers happy,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28619,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,Best company to learn. Like everything u can.,"People are awesome still they have their cons Everyday is a new learning Leadership skills, ownership skills, judgemental skills you name it I ve got it.",Process changes made this a worse place to work. No growth as of Now. Lot of office politics People are Two faced,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2084.htm
28620,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cloud support engineer,Leader of the cloud industry,There is a need for better Compensation & Benefits,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28621,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Awesome place to work,"Work hard, have fun, make history",Cafeteria sucks Lifts are always full in peak hours,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28622,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Control Specialist,"potential for development, the possibility of go-away trips, transparency","working hours - hard to find a work-life balance, fast pace environment, weak information flow",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28623,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Ops Manager,We are always day one,"Energetic, lots of new challenges",some people may not get used to the frequent changes,Earn trust of each other,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28624,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Management,Great place to make a long term career (15y+),"Great quality of work - cutting edge, innovative @scale, options to work @multiple locations outside India (US, UK, EU, Australia)",The break neck speed of work at Amazon may burn you. You need to take steps on your own to maintain work life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28625,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse Operative Worker,Free hot drinks. That is all.,Money is not even worth working those hours. Breaks/Lunch not long enough.,Down with slavery.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28626,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,wonderful experience,good platform for software engineering,no cons as it is too good,none,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28627,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Rapid development environment Good learning curve,24x7 on call is some time hectic. But most of the times it is manageable,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28628,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - VCM Associate,Awesome,"Friendly atmosphere, no bindings for promotions, get feedbacks for improvements every now and then, work hard get your recognition.",Office politics i think which every office has.,Everything is good.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28629,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - B2B Account Manager,Best place in the world to work,"International and exciting environment, mainly focus on the happiness of the employees.",No cons at the moment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2085.htm
28630,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its just AMAZING!!!,Working at Amazon is just Amazing or I should say AMAZONING!!!!  Its been more 7 years now and I honestly feel so great working at Amazon.,-Compensation and Benefits are bit lesser than compared to the outside Market. -Limited Growth - Un-organized processes - Very different outside from world or other organizations,-Compensation and Benefits are bit lesser than compared to the outside Market. - Un-organized processes - Very different outside from world or other organizations,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28631,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Trainer,"Work hard, have Fun and make History",Great place to work!! I have been here for 3 years now and still it feels like day 1. My first job and I do not think I'll be able to leave this place easily... Amazing career growth opportunities and you can move to any field if you display the required skill and behavior. I love working here and everyone feels valued to be a part of this organization.,The company has a rapid change in process day on day. Employees need to adapt to this. I liked the total idea but some people might find this difficult.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28632,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Value,Good benefits. Great career opportunities.,No work-life balance. You have to work hard.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28633,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Area Manager,Unethical methods zero care for employees,- As a graduate you get a healthy pay check..thats it,"-Long hours, which will never be recognized -Most likely 3-4 managers in your first 6 months, normally the amazon pathways managers, who are there for the money not because they care about the empolyees. -If they dont like you or you not part of the 'team banter' they will probably just find a way to get red of you. -your expected to know every single thing. -In reality area managers are just warehouse managers/HR/box packers/cleaners yes you have to do everything",sharpen up as an organisation,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28634,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Assistant,Fruit day on Wednesdays. Some people are really smart and it's a pleasure to work with them.,"Depending on your manager, development of a team (in terms of strategy, etc) it is not possible. Not so many people meet Leadership Principles. They don't have a policy against harassment. Lack of quality in everything. Suspicious promotion strategy based on how much others like you instead of your merits. Discrimination, treating more favorably Czechs. High difference in salaries for the same position.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28635,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I like my work,beautiful cities than other cities,weather is change often than others,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28636,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Lead VSP,A very nice company to work,"Very challenging work environment, lot of things to learn",Not experienced anything bad so far,Add some more benefits to lower level employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28637,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Accounting Assistant,Feedback on Refferral process,Acknowledgement once the Resume is uploaded.,Unable to track the status once the Resume is uploaded for referral,Can we have a Tracker wherein we can track the status of referral on a daily/bi-weekly basis,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28638,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Data Associate,data associate,good working environment. work is recognized events help employees get closer in terms of work :),food facility is not upto the mark of course depends on the branch i completley speak about my branch,everything they are doing is great,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28639,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Title,work life balance is good,You must enter at least 5 words for Cons.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2086.htm
28640,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Title,work life balance is good,You must enter at least 5 words for Cons.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28641,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Amazon,Growth is faster as we have more visibility towards the work which we do.,Politics happens sometimes. Work stress has been increased a lot.,Management needs to ensure to reduce the work stress as it varies based on teams. Certain team has constant work whereas certain team has no defined volumes which leads to their stress.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28642,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Support Advisor,Amazing Amazon,"The culture,the people,the food,the incentives ,being given the opportunity to grow quickly,the company shares...the list is endless. :)","Awkward shifts,micro-management and late transport, and last the carrying over of succession plan not happening as it should.","Do not forget that you are still managing people more than we are chasing SLA,keep the people that you manage happy and chasing SLA will come with such easy from them.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28643,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,Good company great learning and agressive,Work life balance and complexties,NA NA NA NA NA,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28644,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Specialist,"6+ years in HR operation, SME in onboarding,background verification, LOA, Exit management process",I Would rather talk face to face about my cons,n/a,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28645,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Retail Generalist,"Work environment, benefits, transportation, salary and growing opportunities.",Seasonal contracts without offering job options when they finish.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28646,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - CI Engineer,CI Engineer,- Great teams - A ton of opportunities - Very interesting work and challenging projects,- some process not clearly defined or outdated due to massive growth,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28647,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Too Many People Doing Too Many Things,A smalls eton teams doing amazing work and moving the flew wheel. One of the best engineering development processes.,Too many people doing too many things. Sometimes it is interpreted as trying out various thing. However it is also sometime due to lack of business focus at lower level(at Business Directors level).,Shut down various initiatives which has been tried and not growing at high speed and put muscle behind those where bets are high.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28648,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Catalog Manager,catalog manager,Focussed more about people expect people to work individually,not structured in terms of work,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28649,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Sports Editor,Amazing experience in a hard working environment,"Although the Leadership Principles might seem for non-Amazonians as rubbish or cult-like, they are helpful for structuring your work. Therefore you do not have lazy people which makes it a productive work environment. Everybody might be able to help you. No one holds you back because everybody wants to deliver results (one of the Leadership Principles).","You don't have lazy people. Everybody is working hard so you are immediately in a very fast environment which might make it demanding to work. Also, Amazon might frustrate you with certain workflows which can take some time.",Keep the good environment up and always think about how to make work for employees even easier.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2087.htm
28650,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,An OK place to work at,- Smart Engineers - Good work-life balance - Above average pay - Openness and directness. I did not see that much politics,"- No innovation going on - Boring internal projects. Some of the projects have so many engineers with so little work, so they over-engineer things - People are not that nice. Sometimes it seems like everybody is at work because they have to - Edinburgh gets boring after a short while",Start more interesting and innovative projects,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28651,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Training Coordinator,Training Coordinator,"multicultural enviroment, learning & develepment opportunities, some benefits",lower salary compering to the same position in other similar/corporate companies,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28652,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer associate,"Best working environment, work life balance, good salary ,good place to work","Nothing to say ,nothing to say, nothing to say ,nothing to say",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28653,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Learn a lot and good work office,work hard and lot of indian,be nice,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28654,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,There are really no pros I can think of.,- Bad salary - Bad management - No challenge,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28655,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Review For ECOX Team,"i am first giving a general company review then i will go specific to ECOX team the review is for support engineer  - No fixed timings,A very flexible work timing, just make sure u attend meetings and complete   your work on time with high quality - No dress code - parties every 3 months - high salary -Brand name - Working with good people -Good culture","- Work life balance is very poor - Less coding almost none for support engineers -Oncall -Inhouse tools almost everything is automated, you won't learn much except about inhouse tools  Coming specific to ECOX, Of all the teams i have seen this is the worst team ever, except when u wanna do all the scrap work left from other teams, though things now are going toward right direction which gives some hope.     ECOX is literally like india in outsourcing, where other development teams come for support work i will give a list of whatall work the team do, and they just repeat the task again and again, a complete no brainer  - Doing load test and scaling of service to handle peak, for every peak every year   there are tools which will make the work obsolete  -Doing load test and descaling when peak finishes  again there are tools coming which will make the work obsolete  -Ticket handling of very trivial issue, which no one knows how to handle  they have taken around 400 tier 1 services, no one know how the service works  they just route the ticket to developers and thats all  - other small tasks which doesn't require engineers at all, anyone trained can perform it  That's the major task they do and they repeat it every year. The management is evern worse -Since the code is available to read they expect people to understand and do developer level work, knowledge transfer will happen but not like how it happens from developer to developer. -Abusing work and managers is always hot topic among team members, money is the main motivation -Team is full of freshers because no one stays long in the team. People leave the moment they realize what they have got into. -Biased managers who prefer the people they like -Too big team to handle there are around 80 people -lots of data entry job that too repetitive,too few API's to automate it. - They expect to perform work no matter if the timings are odd.You end up skipping you breakfast or other    meal of the day and working 12-14 hours  But the good part is its a gateway into amazon, the bar is pretty low for hiring, expect very simple coding questions if they interview you They are now taking more work from developers which require at least some brain to execute. good chances to seattle visit",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28656,amazon,Noida (India)," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon walks the talk!,Pros: Great environment to work in. Very diverse and Amazon takes care of its employees very well.,"Job at Amazon may require you to work in various shifts as per the need and will need you to push your self. This is not really a con if you are ready to work hard and push yourself. However, I have seen that it does take a toll on some people.",Keep doing what you have been doing!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28657,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Fun Workplace,This is amazing place to work for as a customer service representative. You get awards and recognition for work and incentive based on your performance. Work culture is out of the box. No much work pressure as other companies. Friendly work environment. Growth in career is fast.,Shifts are sometimes unmanageable.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28658,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,"Great manager, pleasent culture and good development opportunities",Frugality Rather simple core job High fluctuation,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28659,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 3, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Pretty nice,Good people. Okay management. Room for growth. Average salaries and the benefits are not all that bad as well. I dont regret it.,Cant really think of any cons in particular but i would like to make a point here that amazon needs to revamp its hiring process. Lots of private engineering college trash have gotten in.,Keep it up,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2088.htm
28660,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Training Coordinator,Training Coordinator,"multicultural enviroment, learning & develepment opportunities, some benefits",lower salary compering to the same position in other similar/corporate companies,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28661,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,I am happy,"people are very open, friendly and positive, leaders are very approachable though","I would prefer to work mon-fri, 8h but in 24/7 customer service it is not possible :)",good workers should be promoted automatically without going though the hassle of interviewing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28662,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Place where you could work and have fun without any constraints,Amazon in overall is an Organization that values the well being of its employees. Ideal work environment where you can take your time to get around things. Peoples treat each other equally despite the differences in their position in the chain of management.,I couldn't find any noteworthy con's apart from few trivial things that can be seen everywhere.,Get to know each employee personally and the role that they play and the efforts that they put in their teams.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28663,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top Notch,"Best Work Environment, Good Management","Cant think of cons, as its Amazon",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28664,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Great place to work,"Great pay, flexible work hours, tons of responsibility and opportunities for career advancement",Can be lots of OE overhead and maintenance work. On-call schedule can be a bit much.,"Lots of the newer engineers especially expect to do nothing but software development as they are just out of school, and are surprised at the amount of maintenance work required. Balancing growth opportunities with business needs, and communicating that effectively to employees, should be a priority.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28665,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Network Development Senior Engineer,Network Developement Engineer,-- You get to work on challenging problems of Networking. -- Amazon values people with strong customer service skills. -- Amazon had a fully remote position that allowed me to work from home. -- Your work impacts so many people,haven not found any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28666,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"good,not bad, i just want to fine another new place to work",not a good place for people without ability,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28667,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazon - an exciting place to work,"Exciting place to work on new technologies, people are highly motivated and enthusiastic to get the job done. Fast paced projects. Many opportunities to learn.",I'm a working working mother and so far I've been able to have a good work life balance.,Keep up the good work !,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28668,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,i like it very much,friendly environment is provided there,pressure hectic .it is time,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28669,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,JOB SEARCH,lovely work environment and good work culture,early morning shift /// cant wake up from bed,NOTHING AS OF NOW,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2089.htm
28670,amazon,Haifa (Israel)," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Test engineer,"Great atmosphere, great salary and good people around.",The amount of vacation days is low,Increase the amount of vacation entitlement,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28671,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Outbound Shipdock,I don't recommend unless you're desperate for a job!,Flexi hours allows you to go home whenever you feel like during a shift regardless of head count.  Night shift pay is decent for a warehouse.  Good benefits if you're lucky enough to get in on them. (takes a lot of mithering and paperwork)  Good job for a brown noser and people who have no ambitions.,"10+ hours per shift as dinner is unpaid so really you're there for 10 and a half hours.  Breaks are short as they don't include walking time and the FC's are huge so by the time you reach the canteen or your locker you have 5 minutes to yourself before you have to head back to your area.  Management are usually rude or have no regard for their employee's (can take weeks for any sort of problems to be dealt with even if you pester your manager)  If you stop working for 2 mins for any reason even a health issue a team lead (who basically do nothing all shift) will be on your case and making sure you don't stop.  Tier 1's treated with little respect and basically made to do slave labour.  Rates are hard to hit and will get you sacked if you can't maintain the unreasonable standards that they set.  Lot's of favouritism and cliques between staff members and leads.  HR have no clue what they are doing and will most likely mess up your pay on more than 1 occasion.  No work/life balance what so ever, they will work you to the bone. So you will most likely spend your days off recovering to do it all over again the week after.  Most job roles require 0 brain power and are incredibly boring so after 10 hours there is no sense of achievement just relief that the shift is over.  Quite possible the worst place i've worked.  Sustained a 3 month injury to my shoulder due to being overworked.","Tier 1's treated incredibly poorly, seems to me only tier 3 and higher enjoy working here due to the fact they think they have the authority to talk down to people whilst getting paid more than everyone else.  More people need to be trained on different job roles and rotated throughout the shift so you don't spend 10+ hours in the same spot doing the same thing on repeat like a robot.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28672,amazon,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Dream job and place of work.,Love my job and colleagues.,Takes time to learn the internal tools and systems.,Provide more efficient internal processes for new hires.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28673,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at TRMS,"- Challenging work that keeps you engaging - Values your inputs into business with no discrimination of level - Ample opportunities to move across the organization for one's growth - Competitive compensation in market for non-technical employees, standing in top 70th %le - Job security and satisfaction",- Poor selection and grooming of front line management who are not adaptable to Amazon's unique culture unlike the senior leadership - Most of the works don't move fast unless causes an escalation as we are not client/contract companies which at times makes frustrated - Security to career is not assured unless one gets promoted from the operations IC role to a support function IC role or a front line manager,"- Agree that operations world is never in black and white but at least try to set some realistic goals to employees by diving deep into real time situations rather than just presenting the analysis of a manipulated & skewed data to which leadership has no visibility.  - Stop hiring front line managers from external market and groom your own resources. Despite they bringing so much of experience, doesn't fetch any value as it's fulfilled by L5 and front line managers needs to be an SME apart from people's manager which they can never be, because of sophisticated processes and fail to earn trust of their sub-ordinates. - It would be great if leadership has a connect with front line work force at least once in a quarter to understand what mess your middle management is covering up for their own growth in career - Please bring back the culture that was there before in TRMS. I feel that though we scaled up, we failed in sustaining our peculiar work culture",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28674,amazon,Paris (France)," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Talent Acquisition Manager,Great career opportunities,Amazon gives each employee the opportunity to grow and build your career even if it's not directly related to your current role.,It's a fast moving company so you have to be able to deal with ambiguity and change in order to feel comfortable in this environment,Better communicate changes,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28675,amazon,Pune City (India)," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,good,"Good work life balance,Good bpo environment,meals and transportation.","Salary issues, qualification and tenurity is not considered while promotion, Not a employee centric company, job security",channelize Promotions and salary and compensation benefits.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28676,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to work,"Amazon is one of the employee friendly company that you can find. There's a lot to explore and learn every day. Great ambience and friendly staff No dres code, you get to chill out often with team outings",Pressure is high. Work life balence gets affected sometimes Few teams kinda pushes really hard wuthout any personal growth for the employee Few tech teams do have punch card system,Certification courses or master degree courses can be given to rpromote employee growth . compensation can be higher for associates,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28677,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Dec 29, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Agent,"Some funny and kind people. Huge office so plenty of folk, bound to find some people you like. Great facilities management. Decent amount of forced fun activities. Opportunities for over time Opportunities for voluntary time off at quiet times Clean toilets Pleasant interior Great competitions at Christmas Great prizes and raffles and advent ideas.","Very short breaks Very short lunches People policing your every moment in work Every minute spent in work is accounted for Toilet breaks are timed and policed Feels militant when you have a bad tummy If you are working through an agency then you are at the mercy of Amazon. At any moment you could be tapped on the shoulder and asked to leave  People sacked for being unwell People sacked for taking days off even thought they are visibly sick  Heard someone was sacked who had epilepsy and their absence was no choice of their own  Can be sacked for incidents that occur outside of work.  Social media activity is policed by colleagues.  Vending machines are expensive.  Unrealistic targets for calls. No mobile phones at desk which is fine however slightly annoying if you have kids, childcare, dependants.","Some great managers on the ground. Especially new managers. But I imagine they will eventually become jaded and will start cracking under the pressure and eventually become like the existing older managers who have created a culture of low moral.  Treat contract agency staff better,. Less fear instilling environment. You can let people know that this is a temp job and what they have to do to avoid being fired however an over arching atmosphere of fear makes it feel as though Lord Voldemort is at large. Everyone is afraid and he no passion morale in work",4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28678,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate,Awesome company to start as fresher,great work life balance good pay,hike is not that good for device associates,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28679,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SSD,good go for it. nie plce,no cons every thing awesome,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2090.htm
28680,amazon,"Walton-on-Thames, England (UK)"," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,Nice place to work.,"Own boss, no hassle at depot or on the road.app easy to use. Amazon flex is not bad no stress at all and you work on your own","Need to be checking app for jobs not cool as jobs are not guaranteed , blocks are send even at dawn or during odd times so you need to be constantly checking the app not cool at all",Make blocks easily accessible,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28681,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer Engineer,Software Developer Engineer,"Freedom (to propose a new project, improvements), bar raising (always improve everything, always we should be better).",Costumer obssession is harder than people think. It is harder being interrupted always when there is a problem. It is hard to keep the projects ongoing ontime. Is necessary learn a lot about how to cut scope to deliver on time.,"Since there are people from many different countries, sometimes it is harder to know if we are in the correct pace. Work too much harder we getting tired and people will give up. Easy goals make the work boring. I guess should have more support to people are starting to figure out what is the stable pace.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28682,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Great growth opportunity,"-Meritocracy. If you're smart and work hard, you'll be recognized and move forward -Full of smart people -Atmosphere of entrepreneurship / problem solving","-Night shifts are rough -Work/life balance is rough if you're wanting to move forward in the company -Performance management culture wears on everyone. Constantly keeping everyone accountable, delivering feedbacks, and talking about rates all the time is exhausting","None really. I knew what I was getting into, and clearly Amazon is doing well. I think they take care of their people (management + entry level)",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28683,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Devops Engineer,Support Engineer,Offers attractive package. Freedom to take offs and work from home. Good infrastructure. Great technologies to work. many things to learn.,"Amazon recruited for DevOps Engineer position but actual work is of Support Engineer. The role of Support Engineer in amazon is troubleshooting issues rather developing tools for automation. People having development experience should never join Support Engineer. Most of them who join this role just for the sake of brand feel mismatch in skills and work. Support Engineer's ,with development experience, skills are underutilized. Coming to work life balance, Management turned blind eye in distributing work load equally among its employees. This may not be applicable in all orgs. This is the case at least in my team. I regret accepting the offer of Support Engineer.",Do not recruit anyone for the role of Support Engineer who has development experience.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28684,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Great place to work!,Amazon has a convivial environment makes you come to work daily.  Stress-free work culture.  Amazing growth opportunities.,There are hardly any downsides you can come across while working at Amazon.,Keeping up with growth of deserving candidates.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28685,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate,We poineer - A word you can always trust,Best working environment Lot of new and innovative products to work with The best part of Amazon is the way people work.,"L2 level employees wont get the expected salary as they get in Service based companies. But on a long run, their tenure in amazon will be worth.",Increase the salary scale of L2 level employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28686,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - ACES Analyst,Very Good,"Work Atmosphere, work culture, People behavior, coaching aspects",There is nothing at present,There is nothing at present. All is well,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28687,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate I,Leadership principles which valued the employee,Nice to work in cool environment.,Nothing as of much .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28688,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fast and Dynamic!,* High exposure to technologies * Competitive compensation and Amazon stocks (which are soaring every year) * Very wide career growth opportunities (eg: switching from technical to management/business is quite easy) * Humble and very approachable leadership * Developers have great transparency in business decisions * Some very smart people to work with * Relatively easy to move to Seattle,* Very few employment incentives * Get burdened by high operational load sometimes * New developers often get lost because of so many internal tools * Things move so fast that you can't afford to slack :D,"* Give few more incentives to employees. They feel put down when asked what benefits you can avail at Amazon website :D * Have a dedicated team for operations as far as possible, and invest more in R&D and long-term solutions",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28689,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Just Amazed being in Amazon,Cool workplace No dress code Friendly managers and co-workers,Change of shift timings Very less allowances alloted for night shifts,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2091.htm
28690,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Just Amazed being in Amazon,Cool workplace No dress code Friendly managers and co-workers,Change of shift timings Very less allowances alloted for night shifts,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28691,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Product,Product Manager,"Lot of innovation, Customer Obsession, excellent growth path and you get to be part of history every day!","Lot of competition, you need to deliver exceptional results every quarter",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28692,amazon,"Surrey, BC (Canada)"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Packer,Good,There are many opportunities for everyone who want to take success in life ...improve skills as well as enhance knowledge about everything,"I think , there are some of problems to understand things also suffer from over load work with team members",You have to need take some steps for team members which you will divide teams in different compart to provide best services to your clients,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28693,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Management Analyst,Best Company to work in,Provides best opportunities to work in,No cons I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28694,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Automation Analyst,Coolest Place to Work,Cool Environment Friendly Managers No Dress Code Awesome facilities Especially most securest job for girls  On the Whole perfect place to enjoy work..,Competition has become large and opportunites got vanished,Opportunities internally need to be created and revision of salary structure,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28695,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,Noxious Company Culture,- Great challenging work with top clients - Amazon brand when negotiating deals is very powerful (makes the job easier),- Company culture is really like what is depicted in that infamous NYT article - No flexibility whatsoever - Some of the worst HR I've ever experienced,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28696,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Amazon,"Vibrant, dynamic, energetic, enthusiastic, demanding, playful, fun filled, collaborative, colorful, non-conventional, peculiar, learning culture","be prepared to take ownership for what you do, if you think someone would do.. you are at risk, projects would demand 200%, be prepared, be yourself - if you pretend to be something else, you are at risk, have an eye for detail and being specific - beating about bush would be a risky one,",Nil,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28697,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Ops Administrative,Amazing Amazon,"Immense Carrier Opportunity. Growth Opportunities are there. You are encouraged to share your opinion and ask questions. There is no handholding here, you'll learn by making mistakes. People are OK with the mistakes committed by you but you must not repeat it. Pay is good obviously (Best in the Industry). You are encouraged to explore your potential. Interview Process is very good. You'll face many rounds of interview here. I found mine interview more like an interactive session.",Working at FC's is at first difficult but then in a week you get habitual. Sometimes you really need someone to handhold you for very new things but believe me you won't find one here. You are on our own. Make Mistakes and Learn and don't repeat. Growth opportunities are there but it is not defined. You never know which thing might lead you for next level and which might hold you back.,Work on Career Development. Define a Growth Path.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28698,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,Team Leader,Wonderful working environment for every level employees.,Downside in carrier Opportunities for lower levels,Nothing,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28699,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,Decent pay good facility and working environment,Long hours tiring managers behavior is disgusting,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2092.htm
28700,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Test Engineer,Awsome place to settle,Good Place to work Can learn lot of things Friendly work environment Work life balance Work hard you will be recognized,Should give opportunities for all employer,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28701,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - WAF Implementation,WAF,To work on amazon cloud for better security,working on project to get better ideas,nothing .....as they are doing good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28702,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work if you have the right manager,good place to work. friendly colleagues.,the managers . if you get a good manager your growth in amazon will be great,check on L4 managers,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28703,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Environment,Friendly Opportunity to learn new skills Supportive,There is nothing much to say,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28704,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good environment good culture good work culture good wfh good leaves,worst bonus increment is less no growth rotational shift rotational wo,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28705,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA and Outbound Associate,"Stay fit Friendly environment, coworkers and supervisors ICQA work is very fun, Outbound work is boring and physically demanding","A lot of competition among employees If hired through agency, then they push you a lot to perform better than required",Consider where the strengths and weaknesses of your employees lie and give them tasks accordingly,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28706,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Catalog Operations,When I joined Amazon there were too many inspiring people to work with. Later within a year they left. In the next batch all jokers joined as managers and they treated their juniors like slaves. Company is good but it depends on the team you are in.,HR is ineffective. My manager acted ike god and he lured people in the name of promotion and when you happen to miss anything instead of takinf ownership as leader he plays blame games and he make you alone rather than finding resolution. Complained to HR which indeed resulted to nothing. In the name of ownership the,Please improve some the current policies and also make managers accountable. Your leveling system allows abuse of employees.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28707,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Business Operations Specialist,Best place to work,"It has an amazing culture, you get to grow on the company is just about hard work. Management is engaged and you get to learn about the business a lot.",you become a workaholic,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28708,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Stower,"Good and easy job. Fast peace, team work. Managers and leads are always helpful and working same as you. Easy to handle.",Easy job. Constant work is needed but nothing too hard. If you are lucky you get to o other jobs,"It gets boring over time. Doing the same job over and over... sometimes, during Christmas time especially space gets hard to find, and that becomes frustrating",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28709,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operational Load,Its a billion dollar MNC,Too much of OE tasks,Too much politics,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2093.htm
28710,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Great place to learn and have an impact.,Hectic work life. On-call system can be tough on some people.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28711,amazon,"Daventry, England (UK)"," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Amazon Fulfillment Center,"Hard work, but very rewarding, both monetarily and emotionally. Great colleagues, all working towards the SAME results.","Commute - My choice though, not Amazons.","Although there is good interaction with upper management, I would still like to see a more frequent floor presence.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28712,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Place to work,Great Work Ethics and culture. Very nice place for people who like to work hard. Nobody wastes time in unnecessary activities like CSR/Event Management etc.,Poor Work Life Balance. Heavy Workload.,Please try to be more open minded while approving time-off.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28713,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Executive,Fantastic,Everything will be great from starting to end,No types of con is there,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28714,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,Great place to work,Great managers. Good opportunities for advancement. Decent Pay and yearly raises. Lots of free food and activities yearly. Double pay holidays.,Some departments are harder than others. Have to work holidays.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28715,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Great innovation environment,Place where everyone is a leader Really live up to the leadership principles Innovation for customers is highly encouraged,"With always increasing employee base, the knowledge dissemination becomes a challenge but Amazon is always feedback driven",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28716,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Senior Vendor Manager,"work environment, challenging responsibilities, career path, compensation",career development and worklife balance,clearer information on how to progress,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28717,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Packer,waste of time,i can't find anything that can compliment them in anyway,"there are plenty of things like short breaks, not good money for what you are doing, Favouritism, you get treated worst than a dog,",they don't care,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28718,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feedback,Innovative solutions and empowering employees,"Should have available even more top programs(attendance, ERP's...)",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28719,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Specialist,Employee friendly culture exists here,There is no clarity in the job,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2094.htm
28720,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Specialist,Employee friendly culture exists here,There is no clarity in the job,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28721,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good place for freshers,It is my first job at Amazon as a Non-Voice associate. Good place to climb up the corporate ladder but not really sure when will you be pushed down. Be ready for the typical anxiety issues if you already have!,"As you get promoted, you will get to see a lot of politics internally and not sure if you would really stay there or be pushed back. Pure luck I would say! Food Hike. Nothing else",Nothing,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28722,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good co,excellent work place and good,too much volume and no phone are allowed,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28723,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Recommends Positive Outlook Approves of CEO  I have been working at Amazon full-time (More than 3 years)  Pros  A lot is happening in Amazon. Fantastic time to be part of the growth journey. The stock prices are doing awesomely well! Those who have been here 4-5 years AND have not sold the stocks- well- they have it made. New businesses are amazing. AWS, Alexa, Amazon Payment... the list is endless. They make moving within the company a breeze! Very fast moving, data driven- and narrative based discussions- not PPT! That is a game changer.",Managers sometime tend to lose the forest for the trees. People management is not the key focus. Don't appear to care for people beyond 4 years (when the stocks get vested).,Increase the pay,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28724,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,AWESOME WORKPLACE,Amazing Environment and Work Life Balance. Best place for work.,You'll miss your family if you stay away from home.,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28725,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Great place for people want to build and work with,"1) Recognition for innovation and smart work. 2) Great place to learn and experiment. 3) Working with smart people keeps you on your toes and helps you learn. 4) Fast paced culture, growth based on your performance. 5) Ease of moving across teams is great tool for the organisation and individual, employees can move to teams that offer better culture, growth and work 6) Fair HR department that focus on employee development and mitigation of concerns.","1) First few months can be a bit of challenge for new folks to adjust Amazon's culture and peculiar methods. 2) At times the work load can get overwhelming especially when there is customer impact, but this is again not by design but teams failing to do the right things. Everyone is empowered to to the right thing and make improvements.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28726,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - FC Associate,no not work here,"very few, awful place to work",very awful depressing slow place,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28727,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Lead,Company to have a smooth career,"Culture, Work and personal life rhythm, Space for your creative minds,","Night shift allowance, Recruiting team, Induction, Training, Clean desk policy (Food, eatables on desk)","Recruiters doesnt have courtesy when you ask for any clarification, How many ever posts you refer any of your refer friends they will not get neither a call for interview nor the Hiring HR will respond to your email. Induction program is the worst, they just doing it for name sake, Should have at least two days of induction and should explain more about the HR policy, PF, leave, ALLSECH portal information so on.. Night shift allowance can be increased considering the people health risk. People in any shift should have a basic decency of cleaning their food spills, used tissue, chocolate wrappers and throw it in the dust bin, instead they all are spread on the desk which is uncomfortable for the other person who comes in their",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28728,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Site Trainer,CS Site Trainer,Easy to upload on the jobfinder site!,Resumes shared to external source. Extremely disrespectful and unprofessional.,Keep referral resumes confidential please.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28729,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,Can enjoy new challenge and develop my skill and knowledge,Relationship among employees is a little bit complicated and hard,Reliable,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2095.htm
28730,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 0, 0000",Current Employee - NOC,Life in AMAZON,Excellent work culture No dress code Good CAB facilities Growth .,No flexible Timings (Rotational shifts),none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28731,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good place to work,Good place for work and life balance,BAD management in the company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28732,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can be so much more,Good environment to learn in or innovate. Amazing leadership principles. One can learn a lot only if they push themselves. There is no hand holding. Resources are readily available when required.,"A so called American company run by typical indian management practices where employees are treated like kids, rampant grapevine and micromanagement occurs.  HR really needs to step up their game in terms of employee satisfaction and relations as well as improving the quality of people they hire.","Need a more proactive HR. Decrease micromanagement, this isn’t a school or university. Make the culture what it was envisioned to be by the founders of the company.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28733,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Support Associate,"Customer support through email and chat to customers in United States about Fire TV, Prime Video, Appstore, Amazon Music","No restrictions work culture, Music on floor, fun activities, post peak party, recognition, rewards, goodies.",Insecure job. Pressure at work. Performance improvement plans should be more easy and more lineant. Professional team leaders should be employed,Should change the way they treat low level employees,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28734,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Fraud Investigation Specialist,Traumatizing experience,"The only pro about working for Amazon is the ability of standing up for yourself and speaking up after this unique experience. Realizing that you are a worth much more than this company treats you, being able to say no to modern slavery. This experience traumatized me but also made me a lot stronger. Thank you Amazon :)","I worked as a Fraud Investigation Specialist for a year, it was all good to begin with, however everything got worse as the time passed. Micro management is the key word for Amazon. If you like being controlled and watched, this is the job for you. The targets were raised every few months, making it practically impossible for one to get to a higher level. Once you had finally reached your goal, they were raised again. I was an honest employee, I speak four languages, however never felt appreciated. I was pushed to improve my metrics although I worked hard and the quality of my work was really good. I often had terrible headaches after the shift and couldn't sleep well due to the pressure at work. Breaks are tracked to the minute, we were entitled to two 15 mins breaks and a 30 min break during the day, however were told to use our breaks whenever we needed to use the restroom, or get tea/coffee. Meaning that at the end there's not much of a break left. What made me finally decide to leave Amazon was the fact that the management reported my every little attempt to speak up and voice my criticism towards them. I was accused of being ""too emotional"" when expressing my opinion. After a few incidents of back and forth behavior-reporting, I knew I needed to leave this place as I was experiencing a minor depression. This decision was the best I could have done, I still cannot believe my luck with my new company and that I can go to the restroom whenever I want or just say hello to a coworker without having one of the managers ask why I am not at my desk.","You've lost someone that is hard working, speaks four languages and has a Master's degree, think about this for a moment.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28735,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Potential lost in confusion,- Has a broad vision - Job satisfaction is a lot more compared to most competitions out there. - Generally good crowd to work with,"- Over the past 5 years that I've been here, I've seen the company go in different directions on a micro level. - To add more clarity to the above point, management styles and employee engagement mechanisms are too biased towards certain OUs/Teams. - Its easy for people to misuse your innocence and walk all over you.","- Try to implement more unbiased mechanisms to motivate and push candidates. More often than not, we are left completely at the mercy of the personal whims of our manager. - I've literally been stolen of growth by maybe 1 - 2 years overall thanks to bottlenecks within the system (rating-based employee mechanisms). - If Amazon's policy is to constantly push those who are best of the best, I'm completely in tandem with that. However, this is completely based on a 'flawed/unrefined' mechanisms which sometimes do not account for quality in work or the 'type' of work assigned to the role.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28736,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Localization Specialist,Company review,1. Flexibility in work timing 2. Attractive Package 3. Customer satisfaction 4. Work culture ethics,1. Culture (Depending in region) 2.People/politics,1. Transparency 2. Less of Politics,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28737,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE 1,AWESOME journey for the whole period,NONE best in its type and a great one,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28738,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It is okay.,Good compensation Smart coworkers Company truly cares about its customer,"Poor work life balance . 24/7 on call policy. Management prefer status-quo, rather than improve process.",Make sure you also spend effort taking care your employees. Most of my co-workers do not think Amazon is a place for long term career.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28739,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Good company to work,Handsomely paid.. Two weekoffs,Internal promotion process is very pathetic..,Nothing,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2096.htm
28740,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support,Good pay. If you join as an level 4 employee you will be earning more in the form shared rather than your actual CTC.,Self contradictory policies. Dirty politics. No appreciation for smart work. Extremely over paid dumb managers. Leadership team is zero percent transparent. All of the above are the things that make Amazon what it is.,Please do not treat the employee at a lower level like animals.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28741,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE,Good company to work for.,Growing to next level is tough and is slow.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28742,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 23, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Chance to work for the best,"Exciting Opportunities, Great crowd, only performance matters, lots of learning","Crazy work schedule, work life balance is tough to maintain",The vesting period for Stocks is too high,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28743,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon,Plenty of hours and good pay.,"Short breaks, Job agency's are very stringent.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28744,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best 5 years of my professional life!,"Amazon walks the talk when it comes to making Leaders follow its leadership principles, and every decision is thinking on its Customers",The pace is so fast that you need to buckle up!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28745,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Front-End Developer,Ok place to work,None at all that i know of,NIce people to work for,Nice managemnt,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28746,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,Here everything is AWSome in Amazon!!!!!!!!,I don't have any as of now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28747,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Working at Amazon,-Epic work culture -Good pay structure -Decent bonus as well,-Work life balance -Too much data oriented minor mistake will also be considered -Hectic week off,Put more effort in making it employee-centric rather than only preferring customer's or clients. Also focus more on salary standards as per other companies.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28748,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fresher,nice environment.good place to work.,nothing cons to say about.,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28749,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development,Good place to work.,"A lot is happening in Amazon. Fantastic time to be part of the growth journey. The stock prices are doing awesomely well! Those who have been here 4-5 years AND have not sold the stocks- well- they have it made. New businesses are amazing. AWS, Alexa, Amazon Payment... the list is endless. They make moving within the company a breeze! Very fast moving, data driven- and narrative based discussions- not PPT! That is a game changer.",Managers sometime tend to lose the forest for the trees. People management is not the key focus. Don't appear to care for people beyond 4 years (when the stocks get vested).,"With team growing rapidly, people issues are simmering below the surface. Get managers who are not performing out of the roles and re-energize the working teams. Give them options to air their feedback without fear of reprisal.",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2097.htm
28750,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,5 Years,Flexible work timing Complete ownership at work Good employee policy,Cant think of any Cons,Good management.. Keep it up...,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28751,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Channel Business Development Manager,Recently joined AWS about 5 months ago,Exciting place to work where everything moves extremely quickly. Seems to be new people joining every week. Very focused on the customer across the whole company and any feedback is passed into the chain for the solution or product changes. Exciting place to be and the compensation package is very good.,As it is really a big start up some internal administrative systems are catching up to be more user friendly for internal employees on the intranet.,"When you join it would be great in your first day to arrive at your desk and your laptop, phone, mobile phone, corporate credit card etc are all there which would be an amazing first day, Currently you have to open tickets for all of the above to happen which can take some considerable time for you to receive all of the items. Small point but it could be improved.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28752,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Manager,"Fast paced, Start up vibe, free soda","Empty promises, driving to reach numbers at the cost of the culture.","Develop people (don't just talk about it), Be transparent. be aware of individual agendas conflicting with overall vision.",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28753,amazon,"Wimbledon Park, England (UK)"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,delivery driver,"decent money, flexible, no heavy workload",have to be on phone 24/7 just to try and get a block,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28754,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - HRS Contact Associate,HRS Contact Associate,"Interesting Culture (people and location), good opportunities, benefits, prestige","immoral work, not challenging, lot of barriers",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28755,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Outsourcing Partner Manager,Definetly valuable experience,"The briliant minds you work with, this is absolutely true. The self-leading path of development and learning, since they give you a million opportunities to learn side-tasks, or things not directly related to your work","Sometimes, since the performance average of your colleagues is so high and sometimes you are measured by it (above the average, below the average), it feels unfair to catch up with the stunning performances of those who might be ""workoholics""",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28756,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,ATM,Leadership skills are the base and explained in detailed to us from the first day. Working environment is what drives everybody to work for Organization.,"Its been more than 2 Years, I couldn't find one, I apologize :-)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28757,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Amazing place to work in Customer services in Cork - Ireland,"people area so cool , great place to work, training is awesome, management team on site are the best i have ever seen . many development oppurtunties",Struggling to think of one having just been given loads of Amazon shares,In Cork keep doing what you are doing - Site Leader is amazing !!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28758,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Support Associate,Work environment is too good and friendly.,You are eligible for IJP after three months of tenurity.,They are doing good in their work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28759,amazon,Haifa (Israel)," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Solutions Engineer,Great place to work at,"Amazon Web Services (aka AWS) is a great place to work at, the work is interesting and the environment is great. The customer obsession moto works also within the company, where many of the peers are considered customers and thus the atmosphere is one of collaboration and help.","Amazon is too big to fully understand and grasp and thus it is hard to fully conceptualize the full opportunities, where the principle of being the master of your future is at times hard to figure out ...",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2098.htm
28760,amazon,Haifa (Israel)," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - HW ENG,An excellent place to work,It is a challenging environment that keep asking you to think and come with creative ideas for solving difficult problems. you will never stop to think and will never get bored.,None - I can't find any cons for working in AMZN,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28761,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,My First Year with Amazon,"Structure, Flexibility, Adaptability, Fun, Busy.","Pay, Time Off, Work/Life Balance","Never be afraid to ask someone beneath you for advice. It's not what you say, it's how you say it that people remember.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28762,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 3, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,customer service associate,faster growth you can get to learn many things friendly environment,a bit stress full work.,open for innovative ideas from the staff. a better transport system.,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28763,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice and good,very good to work and very nice environment,nothing to say about it. but very nice,be cool,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28764,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA review,Best place to work in freedom,Over motivation torture to make an employee stay,Management is very good but company policies could be made flexible.,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28765,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stow Department,"Flexible working hours, good pay and friendly workforce","Hours were long, with majority of time spent on foot",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28766,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Web Designer,Web design,I like Amazon very much. I want to work in a reputed organization which helps me to improve my knowledge and my technical skills. So I want to work in Amazon.,There is no negative ideas about Amazon.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28767,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Young Crowd Good place to grow,*Mostly Freshers - Good place to learn * Good Pay for a Fresher * Transportation- Home pick up and drop * Cafeteria for Amazon employees with plenty *Young crowd *Ideal place to start a career,Might have Night shift depending on the process which you'll end up working for.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28768,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA,"Good Culture, Opportunity, Free Atmosphere","NONE, nothing to improve except Cabs",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28769,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Lead - Strategic Vendor Services (SVS),Live life to the fullest!!!,It's been few months in Amazon now. It was riding in a roller coaster till now. Great people!! Great thoughts!! Greater fun!! You will not see any micro managing here. It's still day 1. #proudamazonian,No cons as of now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2099.htm
28770,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far so great!,"Had a 2 week training plan set up before I started, allowed my to learn about my role and meet my team. Company believes in its leadership principles and lives by them. Manager is always looking at how I can grow and develop not only the role but myself. Culture is wonderful, all teams work together and are really helpful. Recruitment is a big thing at Amazon and its taken very seriously around the whole company.",Work life balance seems to be different for everybody. Offices split between different locations in one city can sometimes make communication hard.,Keep investing in the best talent and in the future talent like interns and grads.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28771,amazon,"Leeds, England (UK)"," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery driver,the team were like family and line manager was a really nice guy,unorganized very hard to finish of routes at the time i worked there,be more organised,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28772,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Supervisor,Amazing Amazon,Great team spirit Great team mates Great bosses (at least mine) Here people prefer to talk rather than yell each other Great social benefits and pay Great career oportunities inside Amazon,Warehouses used to be outside of cities with bad transport. During peak time you have to work several hours (but no so bad due to Pros :) ).,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28773,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Device Associate,Device Associate,- Excellent work environment -No micro management -No fixed work time,-None at least for me,- Great Job! Keep going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28774,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Expert,Great Palce to Work,Culture Work nature Colleagues Work-Personal Life Balance Competitive yet Supportive teams Great opportunities to switch between teams & pursue your interests Comparatively good compensation & benefits Good Policies,haven't come across anything so far in my tenure.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28775,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work at,The culture here is so good that you wot regret to go to office to work,promotions are a kind of a long shot here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28776,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,"frequent trainings as per your skills, can enhance skill set, awesome culture, flexi timings, work life balance, ethical, women empowerment...","I didn't face any, hard work always pays....",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28777,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller support experience,Amazon is a challenging company. It is a company where you are support from your colleagues and supervisor. You can learn a lot and you are motivated to grow in the company.,Even if I never have issue so far I think we need adjustment on holiday booking process that can be sometimes not good managed.,"I would advice a better process for the holiday booking, that is trying to meet all the associate needing especially for people that are far from the home country during important time of the years.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28778,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,One of the best place to work,Best place with goof work ethics.,very less salary as compared to the work . Irritating shift changes.,"Please make sure that the salary is done without discrepancy. Also, if there is any, please resolve it on high priority.",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28779,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Test Engineer,,*Friendly Environment *Awesome Workplace *Place to grow *Co-operative seniors *Versatile work culture,*Less Salary for entry level. *Less Benefits,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2100.htm
28780,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Test Engineer,,*Friendly Environment *Awesome Workplace *Place to grow *Co-operative seniors *Versatile work culture,*Less Salary for entry level. *Less Benefits,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28781,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,No politics and flat hierarchy,Too much stress sometimes specially when new here.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28782,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Support Associate,Tech support associate,"Great leadership, very nice facilities, a lot of food, compensation","No cons, for me is the place where i see myself retiring","Keep up the rewarding culture, that makes employees give their best every day,",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28783,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,good,you will be getting more salary and insurance is also provided. food packages also provided,nothing about here because you will be really enjoying.,nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28784,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Content Test Associate,Amazon,"Good environment, cooperative team mates, lovely atmosphere","less salary,less amount of food voucher",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28785,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Graphic Designer,Good one,"Looks neat and clean , the site is a real benefit for job seekers",Have to check on the comments are valid such that its not offensive to any department,Looks great,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28786,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,good job for a fresher.,"very good culture, good workplace to work, salary credited on time, good brand NAME for a fresher to work on, very good transport, good place to grow, but it takes time around 3-4 yrs. overall a good non technical job.","rotational shifts which may take a go on ua health, not getting the pay as expected( mid range pay), night shift allowances are not upto the mark, meal coupons( sodexo ) are not at all sufficient.",please do look at the cons and try to make something for us.,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28787,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Services Associate,Best Opportunity for Freshers & with Enough Salary & Benefits.Worlds Most Customer-Centric Company,Location is comfortable & offer's better salary with incentives and Benefits,No such cons as coming to office is a disciplined things and taken seriously in company,Industry standard Salaries,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28788,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard have fun and make history,Learning is good Free to take decisions Allow to do mistakes,Expectation is high Bar is raised every time Stretch,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28789,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to learn,Good pleace to learn good practices Work with good professionals Responsability since the first day Progression plan Good salary,"Work life harmony is a disaster, necesary to work extra hours",Look for the work life harmony of the employees. Otherwise they can leave depending of their personal life needs.,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2101.htm
28790,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Nice work and perks, Good salary",Sometimes work load is high,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28791,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Harsh environment but you learn a lot!,You learn a lot Understanding how a big company works is great Company culture is great Big opportunity,Bad place to settle down High turnover rate Really bad work/life balance,"If you want to keep the top talents, offer a more inspiring / flexible environment as well as more human working hours system.",3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28792,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,customer service associate,"good working environment, no pressure, no bond, incentives.",we get no technical experience from this job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28793,amazon,Marina di Caulonia (Italy)," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - HSE Specialist,Hse specialist,"Great professional growing ambient, good collaborator",Nothing to say about cons,Manager are good person and great professional,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28794,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Honest option,The job Pays and takeson anyone from all backgrounds,Too many to mention,Get qualified and professional individuals and change working conditions,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28795,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate (ADS),"One of the very best company to work in, there is hardly anything to complain","No dress codes, environment, Work atmosphere, Recognition, Liberty, Stress-free life, Culture, Kitchenettes, Vending machines, fun activities, down to earth team managers and team leaders, Games (carom, fuzz ball, chess, table tennis, xbox one), Food courts, personal space, team mates, the list goes on and on, it's one the the best company to be in","Not that I know off, however at times they look at the Production hours and are strict about it. It's a lot better when compared to other companies.",Wish the rotational shifts were not into place,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28796,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place for a fresher to learn,You will have a lot of ownership,Too much work some time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28797,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Associate,Good,Good company to work with.,Recent changes in the company regarding review and hike.,Nothing to give.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28798,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,worked at Amazon (More than 2 year),"If you are talented and interested, you can move to any field in Amazon.",Salary. We cannot depend on incentives and facilities all the time.,improve the salary structure,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28799,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with ethical values,the best of the rest,sometimes work life balance get a toll,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2102.htm
28800,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,seller support associate,joined as a fresher.,Not satisfied with the current position.,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28801,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FinOps Analyst,"In my opinion, the biggest advantage of working in Amazon is the pace of learning, and it is impossibly fast.",1) Less paid salary. 2) Focused more on senior management,"Take care of Associates and Analyst in terms of growth and salary, eventually they are performing at base level.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28802,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,"amazon treats everyone equally. work environment is the best. they give more importance to individual needs. they have a proper work life and personal life balance. as all amazoians say, we work hard, we have fun and we make history",nothing till date-have been working in amazon for about 2.5 yrs,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28803,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Amazon!!,First being the company's policy towards its employees. It treats each employee as a customer and takes complete care!! Amazon gives no standard framework to work within and encourages all employees to think out of the box and nurtures you towards achieving your career goals.,Nothing specific. more trainings for would be leaders...?,Keep maintaining status quo in creating best work atmosphere and more importantly by allowing employees to have adequate work-life balance,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28804,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dynamic & Innovative,Things move fast even at this size of the organization. Very innovative bunch of peer group.,Human interface to HR would be good sometimes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28805,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Engineer,Best Work Life Balance,1. Easy to approach your superiors 2. Drive your own career. 3. High Pay.,There is not a lot of cons,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28806,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - SDET2,SDET2,Your learning curve will be high. Opportunity to solve complex problems. Opportunity to learn Amazon leadership principles. Pay will be high.,Work Life Balance might be on lower side.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28807,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,Good work environment. Free to explore various possibilities and learn new thing which helps widen your knowledge horizon,"To successfully completely certain task, there is lot of dependency.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28808,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Training Specialist,Amazon - Best Place to Work,"- One of the best companies to work for. - Dynamic workplace - No dress code - If you are customer obsessed, then this company is a temple where you can gain a lot of knowledge. - Seller interaction",There isn't much trouble I have faced personally. Some of my colleagues have shift timings which they find it difficult.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28809,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Graphic Designer,Workin in DIS RO,opportunities different processes to learn from creative people all around to learn from awesome facilities flexible working hours awesome people! performant devices!,"pretty much the same cons as any other job (you have to work ofcourse, and sometimes you have to work a little more than it's meant to be, but it's fine)","People deserve to get a more consistent raise each year, don't try to foll us with crumbs.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2103.htm
28810,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Start up job,Medical benefit Paid holiday Extra paid overtime,Compulsory overtime Long hours of work Short breaks Low paid for the job that you do Stressfull Unfair,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28811,amazon,Pune City (India)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good Work Place Environment,"- No stress - Good for freshers - Fun activities all time by Team managers, Trainers, HR team and Leadershi Team - Great work place and mantainance staff. - Flexible working Hours and extra pay for overtime. You can swap shifts if you don't like it. - No sir/mam culture - No need for degrees to get up in Hierachy.",- Low pay to L3 and L2 depending on how much work they do.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28812,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Category Manager,One of world's unique companies,"Amazon is a company built for the 21st century with a combination of great culture, technology and scale. I have learnt a lot working in Amazon and has shaped me as an individual",Not all people especially some in the India management share the founder's culture and Amazon leadership principles and are creating a very ineffective work culture,Ensure the company culture scales with every new hire,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28813,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support Associate,"Amazon is a flexible company that conside associate as human being and not robot. Really good working environement, lots of fun and free Nespresso coffee :)",Shift can start at 6am and it's not an easy one.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28814,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 15, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Propositions and Strategy Manager, Amazon Video",Propositions and Strategy at Amazon Video,"A company where decisions are driven by it's leadership principles, the most important being customer obsession. These principles are not just guidelines to build successful businesses but a way of thinking that are applicable to professional and personal life.",It's still Day 1 and there is a long way to go.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28815,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good and emplyee friendly company,Employee friendly company with good benefits,More manual works and it can be automated,Have a defined career progression guidelines,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28816,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Place to work,"*Amazon really takes good care of its employees. NO doubt there. *No work pressure. Also we play while we work *It is a fun place to work. *Lots and lots of bonuses, gift vouchers, other benefits. *Also, we get to go on overnight trips and outings. *Apart from these, since Amazon is still growing in India, there is a lot of growth opportunity in this company. *I have seen people becoming Team Lead within 1.5 years of joining as an associate. *I have been promoted to being a mentor within 7 months.","*Like any other company, its you who have to balance your personal and professional life. *Due to the NA shift, it gets a bit difficult sometimes but then its us who has to manage cuz we agreed to it :) *Apart from these, there are no cons that I can think of :)",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28817,amazon,"Jalandhar, Punjab (India)"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Graphic Designer,Graphic Designer,give my best according to work norms,It would be a great opportunity to work with amazon,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28818,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Packer,Packer,Best company I ever work in my life.,Give everything you got to meet their standards.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28819,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Chief Financial Officer,Honest Amazon,Work enviroment is insanely great and work is creative,"Somedays are work days , somedays are no work days",Better care for your employees,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2104.htm
28820,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Regional Business Development Manager,"Great place to be, great time to be here","Fun, surrounded by smart people, delivering real value to customers","Depending on what you want - it's high pressure, long hours, lots of travel, and some may not like that",Drive more consistency into management and onboarding to get the most out of new hires and help them ramp up,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28821,amazon,Melbourne (Australia)," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Work Differently!,"Love the culture. I have only met about 1-2% idiots so far - which is extremely low for an enterprise like this. Be your own boss, do what you love, opportunities everywhere.","internal systems are crap and you don't get a lot of management face time, so if you need handholding this is not the place for you. There is lots of travel which some people love, others hate especially those with families.","improve internal systems (like HR and payments), but whatever you do, keep the culture #1.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28822,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,seller support associate,no contract good colleagues to work with good environment very good pressure put on juniors,irregular time given for work more night shifts than expected no care for its employees,please select a candidate who's willing to do the job for a long term rather than selecting people based on their so called pronunciation.,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28823,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Really great company to work for!,"I am working for Amazon Web Services Public Sector and absolutely love my job and working here. I am also lucky enough to work in a team that is well put together, which is not really something I can say of all my other past employers. Great people, great company.",I really don't have any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28824,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Good work life balance,and shifts","no career improvements, politics, no growth",should create opportunities for employees,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28825,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 26, 2017","Current Employee - Associate, Quality Services",Good place to work but less salary hike,1. Good work environment 2.Less stressful work 3.Lot of opportunities to learn and explore,1. Less salary hike 2. Takes time to go to the next positions,Please work on salary hike,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28826,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really good atmosphere,"-Work environment is really good, you get a chance to interact with so many pioneers in the same field.",-Most of the senior level employees are partial to their juniors and might overlook based on the work.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28827,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,"Loved the place , great team and enough support when starting new.",No enough flexible working options,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28828,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Lead,Amazon 1 year Experience,Awesome work environment. Employee eccentric organization. Flexibility is the key to success.,"Sometimes things are unorganized, and its a vast organization so, it can happen. Data management is poor.",Amazon needs much more organized data management and proper channelization of process. Which will lead to better customer satisfaction as customers come first.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28829,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Too demanding,The scale at which they operate allows a lot of learnings,They overworked and overwhelm you. Constantly trying to drag more work out of you. The work ends up being boring and repetitive.,"Please try to not to take advantage of your staff. It's like a cult, where people are expected to work like dogs, and if you choose not to, you're punished for it.",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2105.htm
28830,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Too demanding,The scale at which they operate allows a lot of learnings,They overworked and overwhelm you. Constantly trying to drag more work out of you. The work ends up being boring and repetitive.,"Please try to not to take advantage of your staff. It's like a cult, where people are expected to work like dogs, and if you choose not to, you're punished for it.",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28831,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Best Company,"Amazon is the best employer, Challenging career,ownership will be given to the employees. I just dont feel that i am an employee, i always feel that i am the owner of the process.",I dont see any Cons.,We should start some incentives for performance excluding the regular pay.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28832,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Fraud Investigation Specialist,Fraud Investigation Specialist,"Young and dynamic team, flexible work hours and working from home options, many social events and a fun work environment.",Low salary and limited long time career development options within the department.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28833,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE II,"- Great environment - Good pay - Relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere - Challenging environment - Great opportunity to achieve your professional goals, you will be listened on what you expect of it. - Amazing chance to learn and take courses - Great for relocation and traveling within the company","- Sometimes the environment is slow - Bureaucracy is usually there for chain-of-command situations, but that is to be expected in a company this huge - SDEs get to write a lot of documents and not that much of coding as you would expect (this is not a con for me particularly but I think it may be useful for some other dev). - Most of the tools are internal and wont be helpful if you have to move from job. - Oncall rotation for every SDE","- Keep doing, but try to not lose sight",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28834,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Competitive Salary and Interesting Work,Long Hours with little respite,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28835,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE-I,The quality of work is good.,The pressure of work is overwhelming.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28836,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Work Culture,"In Amazon, you always learn in one of the most competitive environments possible. This is very good for someone seeking for an accelerated growth.",The cost of your accelerated growth is poor Work Life Balance.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28837,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Overall popular with employees,1. High energy since the company is on a perennial growth path 2. Good fixed pay for engineers compared to competition 3. Flexible work policy with good employee benefits 4. Very easy to move internally across teams and hence low attrition,"1. Not so great for non-engineers especially in support teams 2. Work quality very dependent on immediate line managers. Some of them lack the vision 3. Very process heavy (except in category teams). Too much time spent on administrative non-customer impacting work 4. Appraisal process rewards ""work bragging"" rather than real impactful work. But this is anyway the case with most tech firms 5. Stock compensation low compared to top tech firms","1. Institute a 360 degree feedback from subordinates to get the real picture baked into appraisals 2. Reduce non-productive work, make appraisal process simpler and quantitative results based 3. Have more skip level meetings and cross functional opportunities to break the cycle of immediate manager fatigue",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28838,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - AWS Business Development,AWS business development manager,Many career opportunities. Pace of innovation is exciting. Customers are always first - feel like you adding value. Smart competent co-workers. Freedom to generate and execute on initiatives. Company is willing to give recognition for accomplishments.,Becoming a behemoth organization. Many units in company is operating in silo. Unstructured loosely aligned business units can be disconcerting.,Important to stick with bar-raising principles and not drop standards to meet hiring targets.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28839,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Great process, execution and balance of work and fun",Amazon has a unique culture of everyone working towards a common goal of being earth's most customer centric company. It's amazing to see a company of this size that has people at almost every level who are aligned to Amazon's way of working.,It's a really big wheel for the sheer size of the company and it's business. Hence takes a lot of hands to turn this wheel and keep moving it forward.,"Strategically we need to get faster at innovation. I think there's been some great innovation happening over the years, but we the kind of enthusiasm and excitement that I see in everyone here, I think we can definitely get much faster and better at this.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2106.htm
28840,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Extraordinary environment but extremely dynamic,stunted growth and slight biased middle mgmt,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28841,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - IT Security Engineer,Exciting - Challenging - Fast-paced -,"* Most complex, varied, and fastest evolving technical environment there is * Intellectually challenging, very exciting * Very smart people work with you * Can recruit people, company is growing * Access to training, and culture of learning from each other and developing the best. * Very flexible structure, one can run with an idea. * Approachable hierarchy, not too pyramidal. All ideas are listened and challenged, good ideas are pushed forward. * A lot of opportunities to move to other teams * remote work possible * Company of engineers, architecture and code is expected from everybody and automation is the only way to handle the scale * Metrics and data driven culture for decision making * Very demanding environment, you can expect people around you to progress rapidly * Not too bureaucratic culture","* Still a very US-centric company, though it is evolving slowly * the amount of things to learn is daunting, you have to absolutely love learning new stuff to be comfortable working there * Very fast pace, can be stressful * Definitely not the place to go if you want an easy ride * You need to be able to code to automate part of your job. ""Regular"" project management, or ""Regular"" limits to your expected role (sysdev, development, testing, etc) likely do not apply. * Very demanding environment, your teammates and leaders will push you to improve professionally from your former self regularly",Keep driving in that direction. Best company I ever worked for,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28842,amazon,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Very little top down control,Everyone is encouraged to take ownership - if you see a problem go fix it!,Sometimes a confusing place to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28843,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Engaging and ambiguous,Always changing goals and priorities mean that roles are varied and engaging.,Unclear objectives lead to ambiguous reviews and difficult career progression unless very strong at networking.,Remove the bureaucracy from the promotion process which relies so heavily on how well somebody is viewed more than delivered.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28844,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,One of the best companies to work for,get to work with really smart and talented people. no office politics people busy delivering results helpful co-workers,ramp up period can be overwhelming as theres no hand holding,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28845,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead generation,"Great services helping customers all size and type during the digital transformation journey, lots of learning and engagement with smart people in a real customers obsessed engagement","Too much travel, nothing else to add",Keep the base of innovation and feel proud of such great portfolio of services.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28846,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Smart people, inovative culture, fast pace environment","It is impressive how many intelligent people can work in one company. Diversity (in all senses) is welcomed and working with people from so many different backgrounds make my day even more interesting. It is a fast pace company, no doubt. The Leadership Principles are a clear picture of the company culture. If you relate to it, I strongly recommend to apply for a position at Amazon.",As a big company there are big differences across the teams,Improve the communication,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28847,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Life Balance,Very nice to work with,"Amazon is best company to work, No Cons so far.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28848,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service agent,Nice and fun. Working at amazon is grate to learn and grow. It is a grate place.,"The job is hard for the ammount of money, but they dont pay bad.",They are grate i dont hace and advice,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28849,amazon,Cairo (Egypt)," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Linux Engineer,cloud support engineer,great simply it's Amazon :),no cons great work env,hire more from ME,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2107.htm
28850,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Life Balance,Very nice to work with,"Amazon is best company to work, No Cons so far.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28851,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service agent,Nice and fun. Working at amazon is grate to learn and grow. It is a grate place.,"The job is hard for the ammount of money, but they dont pay bad.",They are grate i dont hace and advice,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28852,amazon,Cairo (Egypt)," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Linux Engineer,cloud support engineer,great simply it's Amazon :),no cons great work env,hire more from ME,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28853,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract to permanent takes three months of gap which is loss of pay,Good co workers and no issues for leaves there are unprofessional managers too who just want numbers nothing apart from it,Full of politics unprofessional management facilities team who checks food are corrupt,Don't use cunning tactics to recruit by saying we have conversion rate of 90 percent which is not at all true. Be transparent with the recruitment process everyone is not rich enough to handle a family without salary for 3 months hope action will be taken for this negligence.,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28854,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Devops Engineer,Best,Everything you need is here.,"none as such, everything seems good.",Free Food :P,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28855,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Listing Specialist,One of the best companies to work with,"Versatile, Flexible and Best Work Environment. Good place to start with if you are looking for a great career. Good value for money and work. Lot of entertaining events and social outings.",Might have to stay a little extra hours. Day to day goals.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28856,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Employer,Unique culture and fantastic training system,Some system tools are not user friendly enough,Need to be faster and move localized,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28857,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Ops Manager,A Crazy Fun Ride,A fast paced environment with constant change and growth. Constant learning and lots of opportunities. Great sense of ownership. There is an allowance of time to come up to speed which really takes the pressure off.,"Because it is fast paced it doesnt stop, you have to just jump on when its moving and work it out on the way. A lot of information that you need to find yourself and sometimes its difficult to find that the time to read up.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28858,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Amazon IT support,- perfect team - enough money for technology - super teambuildings,- high standard - sometimes hard to deliver on time - peak times are really busy,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28859,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Good to be part of the Amazon. Work culture is really awesome.,There is no such downside to highlight under Cns category,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2108.htm
28860,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Specialist,Continous learning and professional development,"Working at Amazon is great because you really have the opportunity to grow and develop new skills and be constantly challenged to find new solutions, new ways to look at the issues.",Dealing with changes is not for everybody. You have to be able to handle stress and continuous changes.,Increase involvement in the bigger picture for employees.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28861,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome place to work!,"Great Team, Enthusiastic and hardworking individuals. Supportive leaders!",None that I have noticed till now.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28862,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate,5 star,work culture is good and excellent,nothing to say about this,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28863,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience about my workplace,Environment Have fun lot of chances to learn,Partiality poor recognition routine process less chance of domain change,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28864,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,One of the best companies to work for,get to work with really smart and talented people. no office politics people busy delivering results helpful co-workers,ramp up period can be overwhelming as theres no hand holding,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28865,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASM-I,Excellent to work with good environment,"None so far, Hopefully will not get either",None,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28866,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Support for internal mobility within various roles,If not from the same background will take time to establish yourself,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28867,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - QAE,Work with super smart people,"-exposure to technology and complex systems -huge learning curve -everyone is required to own and take responsibility -you have freedom to do things your way if they improve work/process -visibility -rewarding pay and benefits -open culture, approach anyone for help, -super cool internal move options either domestic or international","-work life balance -if unlucky, will be part of teams with no proper structure or process but work till you drop -conflicting ideologies within company leading to arguments on 'Amazon way' of working -no QA org even though QAEs are loaded with responsibilities and scarce within the company. -No people managers. -fast working culture, either you run along or drop out -not the most employee friendly company out there -employee burnout -teams may be dispersed and closed suddenly","None.Even with all its imperfections, the company is still zooming skywards.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28868,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon India workplace,"Transparency, freedom t move across the various roles, geographies in the company, Best in market compensation, ownership, flexibility","work burden, expected availability 24*7,",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28869,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Dynamic, Challenging, Stocks. Self-starters, Get to learn E-commerce","Mid-level management, politics, Operations takes time to employ disruptive technologies",None,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2109.htm
28870,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Support Executive,Good for a temporary job,No work pressure Easy job Enough salary for fresher Internal job postings,Politics inside the office Internal job postings are biased to experience and recommendation from leadership team,Reduce politics by enacting a transparent internal job posting structure,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28871,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very satisfied,"Communication between colleagues was like nowhere else, everbody treats you with respect, you have to be a hard working individual","No cons for the time being, maybe people who worked here before think that its not good to work here",Keep up the good work!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28872,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Lead - ECommerce Solutions,Great exposure and culture,Great Company Competitive Culture Brings out the best in people,"The aggressive nature of the company could be daunting on work at times with unrealistic deadlines but you would only know how much you could do. So, a good experience overall",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28873,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to Work For,Culture to Work for. Amazing,Pay for Device Assoiciate needs to increased.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28874,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best and most chilled place Ever!,"1. Work culture is the ultimate. Absolutely love it. #proudamazonian 2.Lots to learn, lots of oppurtunities. 3.Work is really smooth.",None that I can think of in experience here.,Keep up the great work :),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28875,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Visual Designer,Great place for growth,- access to the best available resources in the field - access to great people/mentors in whatever field you want - great culture with a very healthy working principles which you can even apply in your daily live,- a lot of volunteer overtime work if you want to get promoted - sometimes unorganized and chaotic business partners - a lack of highly creative design requests,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28876,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Friendly Work Environment,Lot of opportunities to learn and grow with in the company,there are no major cons,good,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28877,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Love my job :),"Fast-moving, bleeding edge company. You don't get crippled within legacy and your hands are free to build whatever needs to be built.",Sometimes very Seattle-centric. Some job opportunities are void unless you're willing to relocate.,"Stop thinking of Seattle as the center of the universe and let people outside of the USA work on the exciting stuff, too.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28878,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Work environment is great and fun,No cons as such during my time there,none,5.0,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28879,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Sdm,Amazon in a nutshell,"Very good and comprehensive package, relocation (for the eligible employees), stock, private medical insurance","Once Amazon employee you have to be ready for trade-offs in regards to work-life balance. Especially if you're located outside US, long hours are required to sync with colleagues from other geographies. Coming from Google, I can say it is the same golden cage. :)","Be real, do not fake. Walk your talk.",5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2110.htm
28880,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Cool place to work,"Great culture, the leadership principles are for real here.","It's a dynamic company, sometimes it's easy to get lost in all changes.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28881,amazon,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Recommended!,"* Being part of a highly innovative company, along with extremely talented people. * Junior and senior employees have a lot of independence and a chance to influence. * Competitive salary and benefits.","* Management does not walk you hand in hand, nor guides you in your career development. I barely get any feedback from my manager. * ""Extra"" benefits are minimal, such as vacation days and HR welfare.",Managers must provide more feedback and make their employees know they are there for them.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28882,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Management Systems,TRMS,Amazon is a big brand which provides the various platforms,The interview is very hard in the vocabulary...nice place to work,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28883,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE at Amazon,Pay Scale and other benifits,No work life balance provided,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28884,amazon,"Brasília, Federal District (Brazil)"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Great place to work, great team. Lot's of freedom on how to do my activities",Altough the salary was not bad it could be a little better. Wouldn't accept home office,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28885,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service,Great culture,"As far as customer service goes, it’s a relaxed environment encouraging autonomy and enjoying your job. Free food, pizza, milkshakes, snacks etc. on a regular basis.",The pay is a little low compared to similar positions at other companies.,"Not much, pretty dead on as far as I could tell. Keep it up!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28886,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work,Very good work environment. Good benefits. New technology adaptation and open for self learning. Flexibility.,"Work life, appreciation and promotion will be based on the department lead and manager.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28887,amazon,"Leeds, England (UK)"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Seller,Seller,Great Platform. Great infrastructure. Great sales experience.,Scope for seller support improvement.,Thank you.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28888,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer 1,"Good Techincal work, Best Salary",Just because of size of teams in amazon sometime ambiguity is there for work.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28889,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,FC,There are no pros as the management is clueless and they don`t know anything about doing their job.,"They treat you like a robot . If it could be possible to not talk with anyone as they say ""it`s distracting you"" . If you want to get promoted in the company you need to kiss a managers behind.",Learn to have people skills as you clearly don`t . Learn to not use favoritism for people that don`t have a P...,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2111.htm
28890,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Build and learn at huge scale, but support it 24/7","- learn so much about building, delivering, and monitoring software - work with tons of smart people - fantastic build and deployment tools compared to other software shops - needs to be great to work at Amazon scale. If you think you need a tool chances are someones already built it - your developer box is in the cloud - whatever hardware you need for the job it’s there - decent pay compared to others in Vancouver, for the first while anyways - Vancouver teams strive to have good work life balance - since your experience is heavily dependent on your management chain and so many teams with open head count, if your current team is not a fit there is probably another team that is. Internal movement is encouraged (better to keep you at Amazon than lose you) - Amazon values arent just words - they live and breathe the values. Customer obsession is key. - you’re building at the bleeding edge of the cloud. Some really cool stuff at incredible scale gets built, and more often than not you can be proud of what you build","- though Vancouver office strives for work life balance, politics from Seattle come into play - can be perception that you’re “doing less work” even if its just better planning. - hard to get visibility with management chain in Seattle - if you’re not constantly putting out fires you’re not visible and delivering - not so good long term retention - lot of people churn (benefit of this is getting to know the smart people and where they are going) - after signing bonus is up, bonuses afterwards are underwhelming - many just stick it out until vested - stress from on call rotation - you’re not just a developer but you’re also the one who gets paged when software your team owns breaks (rotates among the team). Good in theory to get issues and customer problems resolved quickly, but adds a lot more stress to an already fast paced environment. - Good luck getting promoted, especially if you’re in Vancouver and someone in Seattle needs to approve it. So much complexity and red tape here, it seems like it would be easier to quit and get hired into next level than to get promoted.","- consolidate specific product teams into one site - splitting them between Seattle and Vancouver hurts in terms of communication, visibility, and delivering results between the subteams. Even if you *think* your cross-site team isn’t affected, it is, and it eventually impacts customers. Management visibility of the other site suffers, and developer morale suffers - put more emphasis on allowing developers to fix problems that cause them pain - on call is a huge issue for developer retention, and when people go, their knowledge and expertise goes with them. Systems that keep breaking and paging developers dont just impact developers either - developer pain leads to tired/unhappy developers that have less time to deliver cool features, and short term hacks to get around that pain, which cause customer impact",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28891,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Great Environment.,Great Environment and work culture. Sudexo Meal coupons worth 14k annually. Free shuttle from and to the work place. Insurance upto 5lakh for 5 people at no cost.,Base package could have been more. The Package is way too low. Monetary benefits are also needed than the monetary benefits.,Increase the base package for the Data Associate role.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28892,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,"I am working in the Tokyo area. Since Amazon is not a Japanese company, there are no seniority rule or unfamiliar business processes that are common in Japanese companies. There are few bosses who do not understand in challenges. I think it is a very good environment for those who can enjoy trying new things and destroying old industry standards.","As Amazon believes innovation, business processes are frequently changed. Sometimes it is not even documented. In such a rapidly changing environment, for some people it may seem hard to catch up.",Nothing. but I think we should take it easy in some case.....,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28893,amazon,"Brasília, Federal District (Brazil)"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Great place to work, great team. Lot's of freedom on how to do my activities",Altough the salary was not bad it could be a little better. Wouldn't accept home office,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28894,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service,Great culture,"As far as customer service goes, it’s a relaxed environment encouraging autonomy and enjoying your job. Free food, pizza, milkshakes, snacks etc. on a regular basis.",The pay is a little low compared to similar positions at other companies.,"Not much, pretty dead on as far as I could tell. Keep it up!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28895,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources,International company Good image for the CV,"Company culture Poor management No team spirit No guidance, no mentorship, no sanity",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28896,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,FC,There are no pros as the management is clueless and they don`t know anything about doing their job.,"They treat you like a robot . If it could be possible to not talk with anyone as they say ""it`s distracting you"" . If you want to get promoted in the company you need to kiss a managers behind.",Learn to have people skills as you clearly don`t . Learn to not use favoritism for people that don`t have a P...,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28897,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Instructor,Temporary FC manager,"Fast Paced, Challenging, You feel you are impacting the world and making history",Not much Progression Long Hours Favoritism . .,Objective decision.,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28898,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,DA,Very good work culture. No stress.,Hikes are comparatively low. Reptitive work structure.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28899,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Working At Amazon Chennai,Great place to work for beginners . A very friendly atmosphere with people from all over india . Friendly managers and team leads.,Low Pay No Guarantee for growth Less benefits,can work on salary hike and shift timings.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2112.htm
28900,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Interaction Designer,Interaction Designer @Amzon.com,"The best place to work if you have a good manager. Good value for the profile. Can learn a lot in career, The 10 Amazon principle will help you a lot in every company.","Poor cab service. The manager has a too much upper hand, most of the time achieving goals is the only priority.","Remove micromanaging managers, Their job is to build confidence in an employ to achieve more.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28901,amazon,"Milton, ON (Canada)"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Still lots to learn,"Lot's to learn, occasional discounts, great team",Silly stowing checkups very frustrating and so ugh.,"Trust more those nearing 3 months employment, rather than assuming negativity.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28902,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a cool place to work in,"Similar to the current day technological evolution, everything in Amazon is moving in an extremely fast pace. Employees are free to communicate and share with each other and the management team with their personal opinions. If the comment provided is good, you will get a positive answer. The workplace is very flexible, and the new building is a nice place to work in. Everyone around you is kind and friendly, willing to lend you a hand when needed.","The negative side of having a well-paying job is that the working hour might interfere with personal life. For example, if you cannot get a job done in the limited amount of working hour, it is expected that you will finish the job before the due day using your personal time.  Another aspect of the negative side is the high amount of pressure involved in the workplace. If you cannot do you job well, or you are not as good as everyone else around you, the chance of you been sacked is very high. However, these issues again might only apply to some people, and some other might be cool with working under immense pressure, and don’t mind sacrificing their personal life for their job.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28903,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,swe,good benefits and advancement opportunities,too much work lots of oncall,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28904,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Linehaul Specialist,"International, good location, english speaking","Noise, too many people at the same time in the kitchen",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28905,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"culture is good,salary is good,good cab facility",nothing except night shifts and over time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28906,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,good culture and best place,few people in top management screw up things,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28907,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Opportunity - Work Life balance - Interesting Work,Benefits - Office Space - No Gym,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28908,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist,ERC Specialist,"First thing is New hire orientation, the learning starts right on Day 1. The overall atmosphere is so encouraging and everyday your work is going to affect someone hence its important to be customer obsessed. The leadership principles are always there to guide you and the management team lets you not to loose focus on prime things. Lastly i would say its a great place to work and a company i am looking forward to work with for considerable amount of time.","The overall culture is so gripping that you end spending more time in office. Sometimes the workload is so much that you end losing the work-life balance. but Amazon takes care of compensating you for every extra minute you spend in office. Also if you had a habit of working in non-creative environment, then it would be very difficult to sustain this culture because here the basics are completely different about looking at the things and our work. The traditional way wouldn't work here, and hence be ready for work culture which is changing everyday to meet the demands of our customers.",Not now.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28909,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support,Best work environment Sharp learning curve Fast pace peers who motivate and support you to grow strong technically,"Nothing till date, Great work culture","Better onboarding process and setting of goals, sometimes we get lost in what we need to do in the super fast moving environment",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2113.htm
28910,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Assistant,It enhances your people skills and technical skills.,It takes lot of time to get into next level as internal promotion mainly depends on manager's recommendation.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28911,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Trainee,superb,one of the best company i heard from my friends,nothing to say ...dont think just join,superbbb,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28912,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,If it's your first job - take it blindly!,"-pay + allowances are meat for a fresher - work environment is fun - leaves are amazing -no discrimination, judged on performance",-Growth might be a little slow - Rotational shifts,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28913,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,People are generally nice but the culture isn't,"High profile, interesting ideas, given shares",Expect you to work all hours and no respect for employees wanting to have any life outside the company,Employees who feel respected do a better job,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28914,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,The best company to work for!,The company with very understanding company policy.,There is nothing i can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28915,amazon,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,IT is a very easy work for me,i know that this is a best working place,i have too many downsides for working,you can give me your best work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28916,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - IT Manager,5 reasons -to work for Amazon,1- No place for stagnation 2- No one will stop you from trying a new idea 3-No one will pick on you for trying a new idea 4- work/life balance 5- Its fun place to be at,Cant really think of anything that will make me think of leaving Amazon,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28917,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Workforce Management Analyst,"Great Place to work, could improve on the chaos, but it helps you grow like no other","-Faster growth opportunities -Start-up like culture, young people with drive","--not many activities, team building",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28918,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,best company to learn,"open hierarchy visibility , employee growth programs in different names for different teams , if we utilize this organization well , we can learn a lot of things professionally .",work life balance in my team is really unbalanced .,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28919,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,1) Awesome place to work where you can unleash your potential 2) Vibrant work environment,1) HR should work on dress code for the employees,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2114.htm
28920,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Marginalized and disrespected (Toronto branch),"I was very much overpaid for my position relative to the standard in Toronto, and the location near Union Station is fantastic and convenient.","I was marginalized for the entire time I was working there (~1yr). I had to literally beg my manager for a task that involved writing code 8 months into my work period. My teammates did not treat my work with urgency when it came to code reviews and design reviews, causing delays which were blamed on me but were not preventable. I had to learn proprietary internal systems that had little to no documentation without any assistance from my team (I was reprimanded when I asked for assistance), and whatever documentation did exist was frequently out of date, lacking important details, or just factually inaccurate. Amazon treats these issues in documentation as ""ambiguity"" and the company culture is not to encourage people to make sure the documentation is accurate, but rather to fix holes and issues only when a problem is found, causing frustration.  Subsequent to leaving the company, I was treated with extreme disrespect when claiming my legal entitlements such as my Record of Employment to file for Employment Insurance as well as contractually allowed company expenses that were filed after leaving.","Developers must be responsible for their responsibilities: Writing good code, documenting their code and keeping the documentation up to date and easily accessible, promptly processing peer reviews (such as code reviews) when required, and so on. You preach Customer Obsession, Bias for Action, and Deliver Results, but internally I did not see those values enforced or managed in any way.",1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28921,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Executive,Awful,"Easy job, stand in the same spot and repeat basic actions (like a robot)","Management (including team leaders) are power hungry tyrants, HR are no where to be seen, workers are told what to do every minute of the day, over crowded warehouse, cheap food for high price at the canteen, employ pretty much anyone (I worked alongside ex-convicts) so security is ridiculously strict, cold in the warehouse, every male colleague and manager i knew was sexist, plenty of racism and homophobia. Break times are so short and hours are long, not allowed to sit down or lean. Not allowed to talk to other colleagues in the warehouse, ridiculous targets to meet, minimum holidays and holiday refusals with no explanation. Hated it.",treat employees like people instead of cattle,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28922,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - SDM,All that you would expect and more,"Healthy approach to work/life, as well as being able to make a real impact. Leadership principles are just words in theory - but they are used to live and breathe with purpose every day. You really can invent, but it can take considerable time and effort - but who said anything worth achieving was easy? I feel like I'm respected and cared for, and that the company is actively listening to its resources and the customers and making balanced decisions - it isn't a free-party, but if you put it in you can get it out","Demanding - if you want an easy life go join a NFP or Gov Org Docs, meetings, docs, grrhrrr","Docs and meetings can become a little OTT - maybe some more belief and practice in 'think and act fast' to support the 'lets not fear failure' would be wonderful! Ownership is fantastic, but we need to work better across orgs to become more organized, and I think docs are becoming a proxy to cohesion/collaboration and really are not the same thing",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28923,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Observations of Customer service Associate with Two years of Tenure.,"Awesome culture, Friendly people",PIP ( Performance Improvement program) is very bad the way they handle is not up to mark.,"Why does an agent fall into PIP?  *Majorly agent will not give proper support or assistance from the Team manager many of the team managers do not have proper process knowledge, ensure the team mangers have sound knowledge of process and assist the agents which will help the agents to perform well.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28924,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Ops Manager,Amazon is an awesome place to work,Amazon is a place for those who enjoys dealing with ambiguity. Work is always challenging. You will develop problem solving skills. You will get opportunity to learn all the time. Working in amazon will definitely help you to accelerate your career.,Forget about work life balance if you are someone who cant manage their own time. It is very important here. That is the first thing I have learned. Ready to take ownership if you want to see problems resolved. No one else is going to do it for you.,Amazon has startup culture. The culture lets people innovate. However there are places where we need solid systems in place. Departments like HR/Finance/Travel should come up with better tools and engagement model. They are substandard at the moment.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28925,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome working culture where we can balance both professional and personal life,"The logo itself Says ""Work Hard, Have fun, Make History"" and the working culture here exactly suits the Quote","As of now no cons in my work location , Everything was Awesome",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28926,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work with,Good exposure as an employee,Work gets repetitive and boring after sometime,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28927,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,People are generally nice but the culture isn't,"High profile, interesting ideas, given shares",Expect you to work all hours and no respect for employees wanting to have any life outside the company,Employees who feel respected do a better job,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28928,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Peculiarity up to some extent,Amazon Web Services product and services portfolio is amazing which is empowering the growth,"The company behaves as an start up, if you expect a mature company, organized, with the proper processes, tools etc is not the place There is a lack of seniority in the company, leaders are good on specific Amazon leadership principles but would not be consider good leaders in any other place  Leadership is just oriented to the company leadership principles, which as company culture are perfectly good but not for all leadership wide range of situations  There are many things not working fine but are hidden on the fact of the huge growth, in the moment the growth will slow down, all these will be difficult to correct","Employee is treated as a second priority, and even though everything starts from customer is good as a principle if employees are not properly cared about, this will for sure impact the customer",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28929,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful place to work !,Good place to work ... I love it,Nothing is bad about this place,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2115.htm
28930,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job review,Good place to work at.,Not so many cons for this company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28931,amazon,Clichy (France)," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Amazon is challenging but amazing,"Amazon is a really good company, you have the chance to learn a lot, you will be confronted with a fast-growing company that changes very fast and you have to adapt yourself in function of that.","It is very demanding as well, you have to deliver results and have a good knowledge of your business and deep dive capacities.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28932,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - L4 Specialist,Really ,Decent salary Dynamic environment as company is growing Great work life balance - no overtimes at all Nice offices,"Typical corporate environment with lot of buerocracy and politics Not open minded company, very strange atmosphere, no complaints allowed - I have seen this for the first time in corp environment and I really disliked it No roots, no company culture Chaos, amateurism, arrogance at all levels Slow decision making Poor level of people management Inmature workforce Poor processes with lot of gaps and people who insist on them - in every department and especially in HR Sometimes unfair promotions Despite company growth, lack of career opportunities - lot of demotivation Poor development plans for employees Poor training opportunities Mediocre benefits, no meal vouchers, no motivation in compensation reviews, no yearly goals, no personal targets - so silly! Exagerated hiring requirements for basic, boring, administrative jobs in Corp offices","Stop saying Amazon is the best company in the world, look around and think for a while. If it will be the best company, you will not have to say it all the time. Why is Amazon one of the worst companies when it comes to employee turnover? Sometimes common sense is more than half baked processes. Please allow your employees to use their own brains, put more trust in them and give them some responsibility.",2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28933,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Challenging work, they live their values","- Flexible working (most HQ London employees WFH 2-3 days/week). Most people w/in AMG also work remotely from home country often. - Beautiful London offices - Surrounded by smart, ambitious people from all over the world - Tons to learn - be prepared to learn every day - Ambitious company - growing very quickly - so lots of opportunity to move internally (e.g. Fresh, Alexa, Studios, etc) - Some inspiring mgmt at S-level - Company growing so quickly - its exciting/inspiring","- No perks like at other tech companies (pay for food at the canteen) - Workload can be high, can be long hours but at least can WFH/remotely 3 days/week - Like everywhere - good/capable managers, and managers that are out of their depth. Don't take the role if you feel your mgr isn't protecting his team.",none,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28934,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a nice experience,1) Opportunity to experience first hand the fastest growing company on the planet. 2) Learn from extremely talented people,1) Horrible work culture - Senior management tries to micro manage everything which makes it very difficult to one to make decision. Only thing you do is execute mindlessly like a robot. 2) Bad HR policies - Working upto 16 hours a day is very common. Sometimes you even sleep in the office overnight. During peak (Nov-Dec) no one can take time off and must work endlessly in an understaffed team. Work life balance is a disaster!,Senior management needs to learn that they are working with human beings & not robots. So they need to delegate authority and let the very smart people they hired after a 9 interview process do their job.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28935,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Interesting experience. Light and shadow.,"Very open minded culture, great Team Spirit. The Company cleary has a Vision.",People managars often Micro manage and don' give their employees the freedom to expand.,"You should use your employees for the skills they were hired for. Let them tell you what to do, not the other way around.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28936,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Best Work culture Work life balance Salary,Few orgs are not paid well.,Please increase the pay for other orgs as well,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28937,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Why amazon,"Work Environment, Amazon Culture, People Around here, Energy, Fun, Everything is there which will make you feel comfortable happy and let you work towards your goal. Amazing Place to work. I am loving it..",Still to figure out the cons,"Amazon is different from all other and that is Amazon, let it be.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28938,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,More like a 2.5 - Not as bad as portrayed in the media,"Clear instruction, expectations and mentoring. Good food and employee benefits (AFTER PROBATION PERIOD)","Long tiring shifts, poor company culture, most employees feel undervalued and expendable","Still in the infancy of implementing productivity algorithms, management's focus seemed to be on high productivity targets at the expense of everything else. Workplace issues seemed to be ignored and management didn't seem eager to address employees problems unless it specifically impacted productivity.",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28939,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor Work Life balance for employees,Learning Opportunity is great in the org.,Work Life balance is screwed,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2116.htm
28940,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor Work Life balance for employees,Learning Opportunity is great in the org.,Work Life balance is screwed,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28941,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,"Enter the field to really know and play game. Field maybe rough, but team work always win.","You can be yourself, have options to grow in different laterals, can meet different kind of people with variety of qualifications. Company honors your being self, don't discriminate based on dress or ethinicty, only the best among team succeed.",Growth can be stagnant at times or departments. Some department liaise with NA and hence a different culture. Need to do the extra 10% above the 100 to get attention. Some departments do not prefer those from CS since they know too much. However the most of opening to Amazon is through CS. You are supposed to know and excel on most of the duties of the level you are applying to.,Please look into the previous experiences of employees too before rejecting internal transfers. Only because one worked with CS do not disqualify being loyal to the position. There are many ineligibles got through the recent TM IJP.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28942,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,best company to work. regular benefits.,"give better pay scale , in par with industry standards",none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28943,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE-1,Great Learning Curve Exposure to latest tools and technologies Ownership of the work Great projects to work on (Will be team dependent though) Self-learning is highly endorsed Challenging environment to work in Good software development principles followed Team members are helpful and approachable Good compensation Nice prospect of growth,Work Life balance takes a hit as you are overwhelmed by the amount of work. On-call (a weekly operational maintenance rotation) is hectic. Total ownership of work can be at times frustrating.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28944,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work and learn,Good company to work and friendly work culture,still i dont find anything in amazon,No advice,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28945,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Worked in customer services, then moved to TRMS","Very good work culture, college like environment, open minded colleagues, no dress code, flexible timings , paid overtime and night shift allowance","No growth , about zero learning opportunities, you can't move anywhere else once you settle at amazon",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28946,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Testing Associate,Overall a good place to work for testing associate,Awesome work atmosphere. Place to learn.,salary is not expected.,If possible kindly look into packages.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28947,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, Have fun, Make history","This is best place to work, Work/Life balance is good. you should be skilled enough to see personal growth.",No cons to find here,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28948,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sfa,"Benefits, Learning and growth opportunities",Crazy hours drain you out,none,3.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28949,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer serivce,Good work life balance and good income with many skills to learn,Nothing right now overall good,Nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2117.htm
28950,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Manager,"Great place to work, learn and enjoy.",Amazon helps me to get a better and clear understanding of customer obsession and how to work backwards from the customer needs. Really smart colleagues with a positive attitude. Amazon empowers me to take ownership and take calculated risks. I like the flexibility that I have at work place.,None at this point in time.,Thank you for listening to the employees and putting in effort to make this a great work place.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28951,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top company to work with,"Very employee/customer focused company. Amazon is not only listening the feedback, but it acts after receiving them. One of the best company to work with. The atmosphere in the office is very positive.",Very fast changes in the organization. Not easy to follow but good for the business,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28952,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall,Strong foundation and complete tools,Lack of marketing strategy and resource,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28953,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Packer,it's kind of fun and time goes by fast,too strict for little pay and long hours,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28954,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Good environment Great learning opportunities,difficult to maintain work-life balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28955,amazon,Wrocław (Poland)," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Intern,Software Development Intern,Gaining lots of experience and contacts,Interns don't get payed well,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28956,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambitious,"Good environment to work in, nice team all around. Good salary that's been payed in time. Great place to grow in.",There is a hard work pressure sometimes when to work with deadline in certain department. Depends on supervisor. Communication falls late because of the size of the campany,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28957,amazon,"Leicester, England (UK)"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Operative (Night Shift),Great salary but expensive transportation,"Great salary for a night shift, you get paid every Friday.",My shift would end at 3AM and Coalville is in a remote area. The transportation alone cost me about 20-30pounds a day. Better if you have your own transportation if you want a night shift.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28958,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Seller Support,Good relationship with co-worker and team leaders.,"Tasks quickly boring, HR a bit stiff.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28959,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Specialist SVS,Satisfying but lots of pressure,"A lot of independence, even for entry levels, stock option very valuable","Hard work, stress, top down challenges",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2118.htm
28960,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Work Environment, Amazon Culture, Amazing people",Still to figure out the cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28961,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"great values, good opportunity to grow",interview process is long and manager change very often,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28962,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Technical Support,Why I Love working at Amazon Cape Town,"I love working at Amazon because every day is day one,Amazon not only looks after and considers employees input they also make sure that the Environment is as relaxed as possible. We work hard but have fun at the same time.The customers are extremely friendly and we are always having intense conversations, as well as sharing interests when conversing with our customers. The opportunity to grow with in Amazon is limitless.I have been promoted 3 times in less than a year.Amazon colleagues becomes like your family.We are not Micro Managed",The only con is sacrificing time with loved ones . Work is sometimes at odd hours.,"Stay as awesome as you guys are, We have the best managers.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28963,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Controller,Not so good experience as a financial controller,Good growth company with good brand image and ESOPS. Good for tech related guys,lots of internal politics and no proper training . Found my manager and his manager very unprofessional and failed in providing a congenial atmosphere for utilizing employee's abilities to full extent for the benefit of organization.,Try to make culture more dynamic rather than allowing more politics to crop up.,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28964,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good career prospects,"- Interesting problems to solve - Very interesting pay - Some very smart people around - Decent chance to boost your career - If you are in a customer-facing product, you get to impact millions of customers from day one (this may be a con too: if something breaks you're responsible for fixing it)","- The leadership principle ""insist on the highest standards"" does not seem to apply to our codebase. I've seen some 2000+ lines long classes, and I wonder how they ever passed a code review. - There is a high change you will not use the latest technologies. I have to code on my own time to ""not forget"" languages like node.js and angular. - Too much bureaucracy to get things done: things like getting permissions to access a resource, asking for help, can sometimes take hours, even days",The 2-day long SDE Bootcamp for ramp-up is a complete joke. You just follow instructions without really learning anything.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28965,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,general work conditions,great salary and nice people to work with,working night shifts and location could be better,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28966,amazon,"West Thurrock, England (UK)"," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Assistant,Operations Assistant,Relaxed environment and Free Coffe!,Hard Work and higher expectation from the staff!,Attention to the 14 principles !,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28967,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Web Services - Great Culture!,"Pace is intense, great to throw yourself fully in to.  Great culture, everyone is there to get the job done and has their own quirks. No robots here.  Career progression, due to company growth rate and the internal support for employee growth, finding opportunities to grow into is not hard. There is no waiting for someone to leave to progress.","Pace is intense, this is not great for everyone and managing burn-out is a real issue.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28968,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good work experience,friendly environment and helpful seniors,No holidays and strict work culture,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28969,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment and smart people,"Great environment, nice project and good pay.",Can't think of any now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2119.htm
28970,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,ADS,All Pros. Fell lucky to be selected. Be confident go ahead.,No cons as such. Be good in English and smart in approaches.,Thumps Up!!,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28971,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,You Own Your Growth Nobody Else will Push You Up The Ladder,"Amazon has an open culture, people do not bother you in any way. Diversity and Inclusion are dominant attributes. The company is growing fast and the scope of opportunity is vast. All it takes is 9 months in the system and then you can carve your own path in whatever career you want in Amazon.",None as of now yet.,Train the leadership more on Leadership Principles.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28972,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon : A great place to work!,"great work, great culture, if you have the will to do something exciting no one will stop you",work life balance can get a little screwed at times,A little bit of focus on work life balance,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28973,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud Support Associate-1 job interview,"Amazon provides good salary, healthy and friendly work environment where you get plenty of chances to express and give your ideas. Interview process comprises of a series of phonic and face to face interviews. You should have thorough knowledge of networking and Operating system. Dont just go with the book, try thinking how to implement every topic practically. Focus on Amazon Leadership principles, you cannot become an amazonian if you dont possess those qualities.","As of now, I didn't anything bad about amazon. If one thing I could say is that Amazon doesn't provide any discounts to its employees :P",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28974,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Company with creativity and innovation,Best company for a fresher in the world to start his or her career,Salary structure is low as for a B.Tech fresher,keep up the good work and keep growing,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28975,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Mediocre to Bad,Its amazon opportunity to shift to seattle,"Teams are not too elegant Slow work Too much Hierarchy Bad , like really bad work","Be more polite, Dont take Bag back from employees when they leave the company.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28976,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Dec 9, 2017",Former Employee - Transportation Specialist,Interesting role but employed via temp agency indefinitely,The role was varied and you got to learn a lot,We were employed indefinitely by a temp agency. First told that we would be made permanent after 3 months... after a year I hear that those who still work there still haven't been made permanent,Offer the job security your staff deserve,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28977,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast moving business, working with the best talent with a well-rewarded paycheck and career progression.","No day has been the same, constantly working on new projects. Extremely well paid in salary and shares. A real focus on career progression and retaining talent within the business and team.",Sometimes it’s easy to forget that appreciation means a lot to people. There’s a huge focus on employees needing an MBA to progress when this isn’t needed. When team members aren’t pulling their weight and having a negative impact it’s impossible for them to be removed.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28978,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good to work in that culture,building constraints in the it park,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28979,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Customer service,"They care a lot for the employees, they send gift and treats everyone in a while",Some of the schedules are not as flexibles as you would want,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2120.htm
28980,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 24, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,"Obviously, The best in business",Nothing here. Everything is fine.,They don't need any advice as such,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28981,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Good !,Good infrastructure.Pick and drop,What you do . Salary,Try to be more flexible,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28982,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to start your career but not for people who are interested in technical roles,Supportive Management (HR team) Good Environment Two-way cab facility for free No Dress code,Pre/Post shift overtimes during peak time of the year Usually hires only experienced candidates for technical roles,Hire freshers too for technical roles or atleast let the internal candidates move to technical roles even if they do not have relevant field experience.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28983,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Fraud Specialist,Work for the name,Entering in one of the best companies in the world. International and friendly environment.,Managing very low. Lots of supervision and micromanagement. It has to be just temporary position,Be more prepared and advise about the future.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28984,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QAE,Great learning experience and good pay,nothing as of now. All good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28985,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"I'm not trying to recruit you, I just love my job","+ I'm given the opportunity to have an impact, the size of it is up to me + Intelligent, motivated, friendly colleagues and managers + Flat structure + Convincing people to work here is easy because I love it myself","- I appreciate Amazon is not for everyone, there is a very specific culture based on the Leadership Principles that don't align with everyone's approach/values, but for me it is exactly the kind of environment I want to work in - it can be demanding, but it is those situations/projects/etc that are the most rewarding",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28986,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Analyst,Incredible support and learning system Great company culture and intellectually intense environment,"Lot of workload, due to the fast paced rhythm. It is hard to have a good work-life balance",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28987,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Senior Catalog Associate,"Fun work place, good co workers, encouraging team","work pressure is high at times, pay can be better",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28988,amazon,"Luton, East of England, England (UK)"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Packer,Amazon,It's good company they give us all benefits about features,I m working this company last two years it's good company it's help full,You need to solve the problems of worker,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28989,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Service Associate,friendly environment,"good environment, friendly manager work life balanec",salary is too low compared to others,salary should increased compared to other project,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2121.htm
28990,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Individual Contributor,Amazing place to work with good flexibility,Lot to learn Good management Challenging work,Can get overwhelming at times,none as of now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
28991,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Lead,Catalog Lead,- Best Company to work for. -Good Incentive Program for associate. -Great opportunity moving inside the organization.,there is no change which has to be done to the system,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
28992,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,HR Tech Support Lead,Amazon is a great place to work. The great thing about the Company is you can choose where you want to go in your career and you get the Support for that!  WFH options are available too. It is always Day 1 at Amazon and you get an opportunity to learn and grow.,Some times the structure is havoc and lot of quick changes that happens. But really that's how Amazon has grown. So I'm not sure if that can be considered as Cons.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
28993,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,The best company I worked in so far,"You will work with very smart people here. I've faced almost no bureaucracy which is surprising for such a big company. High-load, high-availability projects. Opportunity to relocate around the world and Amazon helps with it.",Mandatory on call rotations which means some times you can be phoned when you are on call.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
28994,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great head start for freshers,amazing culture and collegues to work with,night shifts for straight 3 months,no advice,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
28995,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Fraud Risk Analyst,amazing amazon,work life balance work from home OT pay fun during work,leave policy- runs with shrinkage. you ll get bored doing same work on a daily basis.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
28996,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Fast Pace and Flexibility of working hours,too much expected in too short period of time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
28997,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good,"Good atmosphere , cooperative colleagues Transport system is good and every thing good. Senior are good and are always helpful",Good company accept for the politics going on nowadays . More work no pay. There are ample amount of holidays but mainly during the festivals or need you dont get leaves,Stop politics,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
28998,amazon,"Castel San Giovanni, Emilia-Romagna (Italy)"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,HR Assistant,On of hte best company in the world,you never want to stop working and come home,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
28999,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Tech Support Engineer,Tech support engineer,"Freedom, Perks, Learning curve and motivation",Some middle level managers plays favourites,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2122.htm
29000,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Tech Support Engineer,Tech support engineer,"Freedom, Perks, Learning curve and motivation",Some middle level managers plays favourites,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29001,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,q,a good place to improve skills,www wwww ww w ww w w,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29002,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work but be ready for a challenge..always,"Perks, salary + share plan CEO","Very quick change, no time to be a perfectionist, a huge company but we think like a start up",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29003,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Manager - Operations,Manager - Operations,Lot of learning opportunities. Great people to work with. Nice Office space and close to home. Work flexibility - Option to work from home.,Work life balance. Maintain same culture across teams,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29004,amazon,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fast paced and enjoyable,- responsibilities are given - fast paced - intelligent people to work with - work-life balance is good so far,- things shuffle around - back to back releases causing last minute patching,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29005,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good company,"Employee friendly, Cabs, Sodexo coupons, OT, Fun atmosphere","Poor management at times, Shifts",Nothing as such,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29006,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Well organised company,Everyone can get support on daily tasks and the environment is extremely collaborative. SOP and internal procedure really well defined. You know exactly what to do.,Frantic shifts and stressful. Multitasking is mandatory. Never stop working .,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29007,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Associate,Good to work,Friendly environment and no work pressure,Learning is less and no knowledge on other products,Nothing,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29008,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Advisor,Amazon tries to be innovative and seek for people who think different,Good development plan career opportunities equality innovation technology,highly stressful environment pay rise must always be negotiated,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29009,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Better work environment,Mucha better work environment as compared to other companies. 10/10 Weekly RnRs keep the people motivated,Not able tyo find any yet,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2123.htm
29010,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - IT Support Engineer,good time,feel free environment good infrastructure well maintained,as of me nothing we can enjoy while skiping work,good at all,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29011,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Nice benefits. Sources Work hours Flexibility,Recognition. Management Accessibility,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29012,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Amazon Support Engineer Review,Company is outstanding and great place to work.,I have not observed anything in my current role.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29013,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Lead SVS,Lead - SVS,"Work doesn't seems like working, it is fun working here. Once of the best work environment in the world.",No cons at all. Everything is good.,Keep up the same work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29014,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,No Responce,"Gud salary , gud looking environment","No Responce for employees , treat like a slave .",Treat us as a human . We r not machines,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29015,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,Extremely smart people Very challenging projects,Poor work life balance Too much emphasis on docs,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29016,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - CSA,Good,Friendly working environment Awesome culture,Nothing as much to be said,Keep the good work,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29017,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Recommend to work in short period of time,Very customer-centric company Flexible working hour,Very subjective performance review and low performer will be guided to leave the company Result-oriented only,"As the scale of the company is getting bigger and bigger, company is getting more bureaucratic.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29018,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Prague Review,* International & Multicultural Environment * The people are the best * Good location for the Corporate Offices * Modern Office with cafeteria for free,* Low Salaries compare with the competences in HR * High Worload * Inexperienced Management * Poor Career Development * Assignation of levels based on experience & studies are not accurate. For example people with more experience and studies can be hired with lower level than people without even both of them. * Very low possibility to get certifications and good training.,"invest time & resources trying to keep good employees developing them. Leaders should behave as good leaders for their teams having good time management and organization to provide good service to their teams providing support, guide and coaching.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29019,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Analyst,"some benefits, flexible time, location, colleagues","pressure, deadlines, bureaucracy, customers, salary",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2124.htm
29020,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Life at Amazon,Flexible work timings Great perks Good learning curve Can try new roles Great peer learning Open environment Excellent work life balance,Work can be a bit more systematic and organised. Sometimes support needed from the senior management is missing. Still these are minor issues,Great work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29021,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Team Supervisor,One of the best places to be working at!,"People Oriented, Employee Centric, Flexibility","Some of the teams have rotational shifts, some may not like it, but I definitely love the shifts!",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29022,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 19, 2017",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Good and bad of Amazon,Lovey workplace Love the work Easy work Not too stressful Would love to go back,Low salary Odd timings in operations,Every employee is special. Don’t be partial.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29023,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Partner Manager,Associate Partner Manager,Independent work Learning Relationship Building working on different areas and with different businesses,loads of calls with sellers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29024,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Imaging,Perfect MNC to work,MNC Friendly Environment No work pressure Freedom Healthy workplace,No Cons as of now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29025,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,BEST PLACE TO WORK,"I have been in amazon for the past 4 months.Getting into such a big concern is a very big deal but once you step into it,you can experience many greatest things in here. To tell about the pros, 1.Friendly co-workers irrespective of their age and experience of work 2.Continuous hard work leads to good development 3.wonderful facilities and more safety for women employees especially. I would say, if you are fresher and seeking for job,this is a great place to start your career and for experienced people,it's the best platform for growth.","I think one thing to consider is the new shift changes but i'm pretty cool about it because shifts in here are more fun rather than a burden.Its not a con but for some people health concern is more important when it comes to shift basis.  But however , amazon is a total package to have a good start up in all positive ways.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29026,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Life of an Amazonian,"Working at Amazon is exciting and the you develop a sense of advocacy for the brand after some time, great people to work with and learn a lot in short period of time.",Lack of people skills in people managers and poor on boarding process. Very hard to get recognized i.e promotions.,Work on improving people managers and make promotions and moving within the company easier to retain workforce.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29027,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Assistant,OA,Working at Amazon offer opportunities of working in a fast paces environment and also it gives you the chance to know yourself better and perform better under pressure.,"As it is a fast paced environment, you constantly have to deal with meeting targets and as it is a constant mindset it can be quite draining. In addition,",Improve the corporate culture on the warehouse level,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29028,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development intern,Work on Large systems can make u learn a lot,u have to work a lot,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29029,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - SDM,Humble and competetive culture,"People are down to earth. Work on scale which is hard to find else where. Relatively flat org hence the focus is on learning and not too much on promotions. Generally your join at level 5, and may retire at 6 or 7... So focus of SDEs is learning rather than promotion. Amazon stock never disappoints.",Be prepared to write a lot... Amazon forces you to enhance your writing skills. Be ready to own support for your code..,Stay the way you are humble and hungry.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2125.htm
29030,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place to learn and grow,Work with industry leaders and become one,None so whatsoeverin my case,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29031,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Category Merchant Manager,Senior Category Merchant Manager,"1. The company culture and leadership principles are truly lived day in and day out in the company. It really is work hard, have fun and make history. It's never boring and the work life balance is OK for a guy like me with a wife and 1 baby (8:30am to 7:30pm), in line with any corporate company in Spain. The team is great, you work with a top-notch peer group which keeps you learning every day and becoming a better, more versatile, professional in the long term. 2. It is the closest I have seen to a true ""merit-o-cracy"" where good people get promoted, and the senior management team has very few (to none) of the people you would ask ""how did that guy managed to get so high in the organization?"". 3. Decisions are REALLY made with data, data is available, you are trained to get the data. Customer is REALLY first.","1. Given the vast availability of data, the amount of reporting that is required is only limited by the (good) questions management can think of asking, nevertheless the relatively little action that this reporting drives, is at times frustrating. 2. The email culture results in unnecessary long email threads, misunderstandings, and sometimes taking days to discuss a topic which could be closed in 2 x 1 hour meetings. 3. The business is reviewed on a weekly (not monthly) basis and thus, the amount of recurrent weekly meetings and business reviews, and updating for these, leaves little bandwidth to do project work.",Keep it up! :),4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29032,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Innovative company at the forefront of new technologies. Fast-paced work environment will push you hard. Work with amazing people.,Frugal. Getting pay increases is notoriously difficult. The golden handcuff RSUs are nice but basic salary crawls upwards.,"Reward staff before they threaten to leave, because by that time they have already left in spirit.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29033,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,When you Begin,"1. An organization which sees you as an asset , values your past experience 2. Considers what skills you bring with you rather than focusing on what you lack 3. Celebrates Diversity 4. Provides with the an environment flexible, does not micro-manage you , expects only the best from you 5. Starts with "" Trust"" with their time, allocation of work and responsibility.","Demands high speed work, complex problem solving attitude Experiential Learning - Hands on Learning You are never enough - the operations, work and the dynamics constantly evolve",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29034,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Good company to start your Career With,"Advanced Technology, AWS Understanding will increase drastically as you work more in Amazon, Good leadership",Work Environment varies between teams and becomes dull most of the times.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29035,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hit or Miss,"If you are lucky you will be working on something cool, which I did in my first team. My second team has been an absolute mess. Doesn't feel like I'm working at the same company anymore.","This place has overgrown itself, and bloated. Facilities are poor. If you leave for lunch there's no place to park when you get back.","You really need to think about creating a culture that cares about it's employees. L7 folks and above are untouchable, everyone else is fodder.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29036,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development intern,Work on Large systems can make u learn a lot,u have to work a lot,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29037,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"Brilliant and high skilled TA peers and leaders from whom I've learned a lot! It is a faced passed environment, you need to be flexible adapt and be dedicated, but it turned out to be so rewarding!  Breaks in front of the computer usually, but leaving the office around 5-6pm, good life balance for me! Especially considering the flexibility to work from home!  Great training / coaching opportunities. Amazing managers caring, listening and reliable!  International team, nice and warm always eager to help :)",Internal communication could be improved.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29038,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Account Manager,Sales Account Manager MEXICO,"Exciting process, fast and very candidate oriented",It is weird but for me everything was so clear and easy,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29039,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"It is an amazing place to work. You happen to work with among the best people, report to the best people, talk with the best people. It is an open environment, where you can approach anyone for help no matter how much the seniority. And you are always encouraged to do stuff and you need resources or help or anything, people would do anything to help with whatever you need.","Depends on the kind of work you have and as to what your shift is. If you are on night shift, although you do get night shift allowance, you end up ruining your health and may be made to do overtime and extra hours.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2126.htm
29040,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"It is an amazing place to work. You happen to work with among the best people, report to the best people, talk with the best people. It is an open environment, where you can approach anyone for help no matter how much the seniority. And you are always encouraged to do stuff and you need resources or help or anything, people would do anything to help with whatever you need.","Depends on the kind of work you have and as to what your shift is. If you are on night shift, although you do get night shift allowance, you end up ruining your health and may be made to do overtime and extra hours.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29041,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Hail O' AMAZON - The logo says it all with a smile,"Best job experience one can get as a fresher to work with diversified think tanks on specific real time projects,show casing the talents and skills.Being a customer obsessed firm i proudly say that AMAZON is employee obsessed too! because one gets the platform and guidance by leaders across the amazon to let you have insights of what you wanted to do and what you are doing to achieve that. Employee gets paid for what he does work on which is genuine perks and working environment makes you one feel they are home away from home","""NONE"" proud to work in AMAZON!!","None,they are more supportive and are having the minds and passion to take the best decisions to meet all ends with a vision to enhance the employee and customer experience",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29042,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,challenging but rewarding environment,"1) smart people, 2) possibility to continually learn/ grow, 3) lateral movements, 4) data driven approach","1) complicated processes, 2) bureaucracy",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29043,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - ASM - Operations - Amazon Now,Amazon is excellent,"Personality Development, leadership skills, Team Building Skills.",As of now I dont have any downsides in Amazon,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29044,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 18, 2017",Former Employee - Risk Investigator,transaction risk investigator,1. The culture. 2. The Management.,no cons from my side.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29045,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Good Environment,Lots of supreme talents are there. Can learn lot of things.,There is no cons from my side.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29046,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Administrator,HR Administrator,Young and energetic colleagues Central position of the office in Prague Various opportunities to transfer between teams or countries,"The HR tools and systems are old, inefficient and counterproductive The managers are not in touch with the employees Decisions are made regardless of the employees opinion Tense work environment and useless stress caused by lack of organization The quality of the workplace is poor (insufficient desks, insufficient meeting rooms etc.) The compensation package is not matching the skills and the experience of the employees",Please talk to your direct reports (at least once a month!) and listen to their solutions and concerns.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29047,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Very depressing in the long teem,Good pay Good benefits Overtime Plenty of parking Easy to reach with public transport Opportunity to meet lovely people from various backgrounds,Compulsory overtime during busy periods. Forced to work 11 hour shifts 5 days a week. Boring and repetitive work Discrimination Lack of opportunities to move into interesting roles unless you're from a certain background.. English is the 3rd or 4th spoken language. Keep raising performance targets making it harder to reach targets. Disciplinary hearings for barely reaching targets even when there is a lack of work . The longer you're employed the more pressure they put on you so you feel like quitting. Alot of back biting from senior staff. No confidentiality from HR. My colleagues know what was said in meetings with HR.,Ensure all staff are treated equally regardless of ethnicity or background. Ensure all staff are given fair opportunities regardless of ethnicity or background. Ensure English is the main language spoken during working hours. Treat employees like humans. We're not robots or animals.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29048,amazon,ben (India)," Dec 23, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,"Just the brand name, nothing else","You get the brand name which matters a lot, one of the best infrastructure available in the market, opportunities to go into different departments","The targets set by the management are very stringent and sometimes inhumane, you Just can't meet them all in one go",Stop treating associates like cheap labor,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29049,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Awesome company to work for,"1. Very good pay. 2. Good work culture(it depends on team that you work with) 3. Internal transfers are a big win. There is complete parity and if you do not like your team you can always move to other teams without much issues. 4. Amazon is a highly distributed system and as such for any particular use case a lot of systems are touched. At amazon, if the project is yours then you have to modify all these systems as an away team engineer. This helps one to expand his/her horizon and gather the big picture.",1. Some teams are a lot overloaded leading to long working hours for them. 2. People can be mean and not very helpful in the beginning and expect you to learn on your own by spending long hours at work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2127.htm
29050,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Trms,INSIDE AMAZON,you will get paid nicely and yeah culture and benefits and brand name :),rotational shifts depends on your domain . but ya its peaceful sometimes because you can swap with your colleagues shifts as well as week offs,NA,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29051,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Process Lead,Good place to work,"Freedom to express and implement your ideas Freedom to explore beyond your current responsibilities Good work culture, which will not make you think about moving out of amazon easily.",At times your job role requires more work time than regular working hours.,-,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29052,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 23, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management","Roller coaster. High highs, low lows. Be prepared.","Breathtaking ambition, creativity and ruthless commitment to delivery. Great place to learn customer obsession, some key technologies and willingness to look at old problems in new ways. Very clever and aims very high.","Deliberately unbalanced in order to be great at what it does. Overall poor people leadership skills throughout, people lack courage to challenge bosses at senior levels (but they encourage it at lower levels, which stresses middle managers). High churn, people expend energy needlessly to protect themselves from above, lots of overlap, not enough coordination, turf wars and over sized egos and bullies.","Your biggest constraint to scale sustainably is investing in good people and leading them well. I hope you’re preparing for when the bubble bursts, and we’ll see who bails/ blames underlings and who actually tries to help others.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29053,amazon,"Warrington, North West England, England (UK)"," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate I,Full time,Good for try something diferent!!,They don't pay enough for what you doing!,...........,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29054,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seeking a challening role.,Possibly the best place to work .,Would love to move to europe and would love much more challenging roles for now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29055,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome company to work for a fresher,incentives.. food coupons.. free transportation,salary has to be hiked .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29056,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Working Experience,The people there and the cool work environment will motivate you to just stay there forever.,nothing is bad about the company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29057,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company,Quite high salary and competitive bonuses,work life balance to be improved,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29058,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,HR Assistant,Good work environment and has a very good pay structure.,Higher level management doesn't support,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29059,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a fun job,good social aspects and open people,"bad management and no connection with staff, no advancement, poor pay and nothing but office politics.",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2128.htm
29060,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but not for everyone,"Great people, very smart and always ready to help. Very international. You get to work with people from all over the world. Amazon is growing so fast that there are so many things to learn, which provides lots of opportunities to grow","Work-life balance. If you want, you can work 24/7 every day. The performance review process and ranking of staff is very stressful.","Have more managers with more emotional intelligence. Some managers are more busy with themselves and their goals, and do not really pay enough attention to their team members and their development.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29061,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Service,Best service with fast delivery and variety of products,sometimes I found the design of website is very complex as compared to the app.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29062,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Great team, lots to learn.","Lots to learn, not a very good work/life balance",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29063,amazon,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,"Great company, bad work/life balance","-Talent (Best People), Compensation, Culture, Leadership and Growth Outlook",-Long hours (very intense) -Less headcount than needed burns out employees really fast,Hire more people,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29064,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Amazin experience,"Freedom to build things, you can organize your time, your agenda and there are exabytes of opportunities waiting for you!",I can't identify any cons of working here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29065,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome Company,"Lots of freedom to find the right team and location for you. I unexpectedly had to move soon after starting and they had no problems with relocation.  Really good benefits.  Good sense of community.  Good balance between work and life. They offer working from home if needed. I have never been overworked or felt under pressure to stay late.  Flexitime offered. Obviously, need to be in for team commitments (e.g. standups).",Can't think of any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29066,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Imaging Associate,Amazing days at amazon,"Excellent work Culture, Best manager ever, Best colleague",Pretty much nothing to say,The best management I have ever seen,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29067,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Great company to bring out best in you,": Good Work Quality : A lot of learning : Opportunities : Career and personal growth : Good facilities , salary , Incentives : Work from Home",: Work pressure : Work life balance : Work load,No,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29068,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Good csa,Friendly environment Challenging space Also get meal coupons,Management is a bit loose sometimes,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29069,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality analyst,"Work culture is awesome, no formalities among peers.",Management doesn't give you a clear growth graph.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2129.htm
29070,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but not for everyone,"Great people, very smart and always ready to help. Very international. You get to work with people from all over the world. Amazon is growing so fast that there are so many things to learn, which provides lots of opportunities to grow","Work-life balance. If you want, you can work 24/7 every day. The performance review process and ranking of staff is very stressful.","Have more managers with more emotional intelligence. Some managers are more busy with themselves and their goals, and do not really pay enough attention to their team members and their development.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29071,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Senior technical product manager,"compensations is OK, especially for the upsoaring of stock price","bad culture, mediocre leaders. Not one in the senior leadership understands the internet industry in China",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29072,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,product manager,"good compensation, and work life balance","silly senior managers, not understanding China at all",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29073,amazon,Seoul (South Korea)," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Metric-Centric,"Long training period, open culture, free environment","Terrible managerial capacity, and also cooperation & communication is not fluent",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29074,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - QAE,Cant ask anything more... !!!,"Infrastructure, Flexibility, Compensation, Time, Colleagues","Food,Less events or celebrations or outings",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29075,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,TRMS review,"Good crowd, Chilled out work environment but slowly getting more serious . Management tries to be as open and transparent as possible","People can become managers by working for 2-3 years and hence have not matured enough for the role. Many indulge in favouritism, etc. Also many try to get to the top by manipulation",Stop favouritism and identify the manipulators,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29076,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Working As An Help Excecuter,i want to do an bpo in amazon becoz i want to interact with different people and tackle sall the things,Reason is that i want to improve my skills in managing others problems,i want work as an part time employee,i need an good package of my hard work,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29077,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fraud Analyst Role. Amazon is a very promising company. You have to work hard, but not unreasonably so.","Company brand and culture. Opportunities to move about within the company. The company invests a lot, and it shows in terms of the quality of facilities and portfolios. The managers do make an effort to make a large office environment more ""human"" and welcoming","In the Fraud Analysis department, there was a Christmas ""blackout"" period where holiday booking was not permitted. Only public holidays could be taken. There were however, lots of good overtime rates available as well as the facility to work from home.",Keep the Xmas period flexible in terms of working arrangements and overtime.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29078,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,CSA,best place to work. No work pressure,Food quality for morning shift,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29079,amazon,Noida (India)," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Nice place to get experienced,The very good nature and prospective of the employer and its one of the best initiative towards the digitization.,the one down side of the field for me is that i am a technical student and worked as CSA here.,The management is all good as far as my concern. No problem with the management.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2130.htm
29080,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,Fantastic development environment. Working in great and large projects. Ability to make decisions but also accountability for all the consequences.,Terrible work life balance - more than 12hper day of work. For the amount of hours worked the pay is below the market.,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29081,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRM,good culture in the company,"odd hours, less salary, repetitive work",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29082,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,"scale, cloud, algorithms, machine learning, smart engineers","pressure, short time to solve problems, insensitive managers",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29083,amazon,"Liverpool, England (UK)"," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Flex Driver,Decent Job Overall,£13 per hr excluding tips but it's almost guaranteed to get tips all the time with prime. As a prime driver there isn't really must stress as the most parcels I've ever had to deliver was 32 in 2 hrs but it's usually from 18-25.,"Sometimes because of the lack of drivers they give you unreasonable routes. Like deliveries that are 30mins apart and it because hard to keep up with time. The Flex app is absolutely awful. It closes down on its self, freezes whilst your using it to navigate, sometimes a certain function is just unresponsive and most of the time the GPS is rubbish it'll send you past 2 or 3 of your delivery stop to one that's furthest and then make you drive back to the 2 or 3 it missed. Another this is the Flex company are too harsh and don't hesitate to terminate people's contracts after a few late deliveries. I understand it's hard to tell when it's genuinely not a drivers fault for late deliveries or arrive to the FC, since everything is run by the app. But most of the time it's not your fault I.e traffic, road closers, app malfunction, car breaking down, uncooperative customer..etc. Lastly, because amazon keep employing drivers everything day it's become more and more impossible to get any blocks at all.",PLEASE FIX YOUR APP.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29084,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fairly good company to work for,"Very dynamic, fairly innovative, flexible",Load of work can be overwhelming,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29085,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,+ working with smart people + constant innovation + lots of room to develop,- can be bureaucratic,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29086,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Healthy place to grow with,"Best place to work in, fun filled environment, healthy environment, innovative people where people try to do something new ,good scope of earning , good learning with great oppurtunities, work from home policies makes it feasible to work from anywhere.",". Expected to be available 24/7, no employee offers, no free products like firestick or kindle devices",management should be more open to what they are doing.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29087,amazon,Gudgaon (India)," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,Career opportunity,One of the best company to work with,Time should be managed,Nothing,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29088,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Flight Attendant,Future company,Just came across this great company two months ago. Though I have not worked they but based on the reviews I know that they are great and I can see my future excitement working with them,if there is any I don't know about it,none,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29089,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fullfillment centre,"good money, and if you became a blue badge it'll be easier","hard work, they work you to the bone",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2131.htm
29090,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Its very nice place to learn and grow,Flexible work place and its still day one and every day its new learning,Carrier guidance and more workshop to improve skill needs to provide,Need to provide skill level training,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29091,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Warehouse Worker Interview,Good salary especially when you do overtime,Tiring work Food there is a bit expensive and taste horrible,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29092,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,System operator,This is the one of the best company in online shopping,this is the grate opportunity to doing in amazone,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29093,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Excellent Workplace,"Extended learning, Non monotonous work culture, freedom to learn and grow, excellent support system.",Needs to be a bit more hands on,NA,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29094,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,No 7 year inch here,We live up to our reputation of earths most customer centric company even to our internal customers.,No cons that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29095,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Work Work Work!,Decent benefits IF you get hired on Very clean and safety oriented warehouse,"Very long hours 10-12 hours a day Everything you do has a rate if you don't make the rate expect a warning which will eventually lead to termination if your rate does not approve, management tends to defend low rates of perm employees and not temp Favoritism, managers will speak in their own language behind your back Short breaks, very repetitive jobs Extremely high turnover Uses and abuses temp staff Very crowded and crazy during peak",Treat your temp staff better Longer breaks,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29096,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Category Manager,Category Manager,"Challenging work, lot of opportunities to show improvement, data driven decision making, good amount of ownership, good team to learn from and bond with","High expectations, Senior Management not very fun loving","Encourage more fun at work and promote work life balance, reward people for their performance more often through quarterly rewards and recognition programmes",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29097,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Content Quality Associate,Choice is always yours...,Being a part of Amazon you can always see opportunities around you grow up in your career. The culture really keeps you go on and on for a longer period. Also the benefits provided to the employees are very satisfactory.,"Amazon is not a place for those who like Vacation, more than work. The work stress here could be the only reason to point out.",At Amazon we are always working Hard for the future of the company. Please keep us happy for a while.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29098,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead BD,"- You work with very Smart people - You get global exposure - You have a lot of independence, although you are accountable to deliver - If you have a good idea, it will be accepted",- Work life balance can get affected often especially during festival events,- HR should not only involve in Recruitment but also hold active Employee Engagement programs and try to make the place more fun,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29099,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Service Associate,Best company to work,"pleasure at work,freedom at work place ,best management,employee security,fun activities,best canteen facilities,best transportation facilities,friendly culture among employees and managers all these u will see if u work as amazonian",pay scale is low when comparing to other current market value in some designations.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2132.htm
29100,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Transportation Specialist II,Excellent Work Place to Learn and Grow,"Flexible work place and its still day one and every day its new learning. Extended learning, Non monotonous work culture, freedom to learn and grow, excellent support system. The culture really keeps you go on and on for a longer period",Work life balance is not easy to maintain. Pay scale is low when comparing to other current market value in some designations.,None,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29101,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,Good work Environment. Flexible shifts.,The job takes a toll on your body clock.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29102,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool,great job. go for it. all the best,poor performance may lead to disqualification,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29103,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,If there are alternative jobs you can get - it's best you go for them rather than this,"pay weekly (in arrears) plenty of overtime available free, unlimited hot drinks free transport (from Mcr airport)",long hours - 10 hr minimum very short breaks *highly* repetitive tasks/very little variation day to day,Management are actually quite nice. Problematic components of this job stem from people of a higher pay grade.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29104,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior TPM,Senior Technical Program Manager,"Infrastructure, facilities, work is excellent, state of art technology","Role of Senior TPM is not clearly defined, and they end up as dummies/puppets of Development Managers.","if you want a role of Sr TPM, empower them - only then hire",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29105,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Entrepreneurial, Peculiar and Transparent","Transparent culture - what you see is what you get and what you hear in terms of leadership principles. You'll learn how to communicate confidently in almost any professional context. Broad basket of opportunities for someone with the desire to explore and engage. Working with smart people sharpens your skills - At other organizations, I'd regularly meet someone who made me wonder , 'How on earth did you get a job here? ' , that has not been the case at Amazon.","Not for everyone. Not for anyone who is uncomfortable with a culture that embeds continuous learning, emphasizes speed and moving forward while evolving along the way. Not for anyone who enjoys riding the tide of buzzwords. Not for people uncomfortable with ambiguity and agility. This is a large organization - So your short term experience can vary based on group/team leadership, even though the culture is strong and consistent, some groups may not necessarily adopt the core culture and can operate in their own interpreted version of leadership principles.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29106,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support executive,"Good career prospect, well settled and awesome work environment.",One should be good in communication to get through those level of interview.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29107,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have been working here from past 8 months as a full time employee in RBS.,"I am glad to be part of my team. Here, People are Ambitious. I found friendly environment to create bias for actions to achieve workplace goals. Mainly,Management Principles helps you to reach heights in workplace as well as in your personal life. If you have fine talent you will definitely be encouraged.","What I have seen till now is more than what I have expected from a team and an organization. people are collaborative and having more competitive spirit. Also, gives importance to raising fun by conducting team lunch, going for outings. So, obviously NO Cons.",Keep going and raise the bar with good talents.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29108,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - ERC Associate,ERC Associate,"Good Pay, Medical Insurance, free transportation",it´s hard to get a schedule change,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29109,amazon,Pune City (India)," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,The Enlightening WORKSPACE -> To Work @,"1) The Status or Position discrimination,  2)No Uniform -> No Curtailment,  3) No Possessions -> Dynamic Sitting The Floor is Yours,  4) Festive Season All Year Long -> As Amazon is a world wide spread Company,  5) People From all over the Country","Not Yet Felt Any, as Exploring",Not that Important to specify here,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2133.htm
29110,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSE,Work with top player in Cloud,"Poor paymasters, degrading state of management",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29111,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,more than 2 years at Amazon,"new challenges all the time, the growth continues. Working with very smart and dedicated people. Always working from the customer's perspective. Lots of internal mobility.","high ambiguity, and pace may not suit some people. It's full on most of the time, would be good to have down or breather times.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29112,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Engagement Manager,I could not imagine Amazon could be so exciting!,"It was my first experience in a huge company like Amazon and I was impressed since the first days. I was always surrounded by amazing and motivated people. I started as Intern and now I got a full time position very challenging, directly depending on the US team. Amazon push people to become self-learner and I think this is a good way to see the real motivation of people and also to encourage them on believing in themselves. I think I will stay for many years in here.","Working with people in different times zones is challenging sometimes, but not impossible!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29113,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Working @ Amazon is as equal owning your own company..,-Best work atmosphere -Friendly environment -No discrimination between levels -Huge career growth opportunities and making money,Nothing at this part of time,Just make to Amazonians proud by there efforts and inputs..,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29114,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - FinOps Analyst,Best place to work,"* Working environment, * Fun activity * Career growth * Less work pressure * Transportation",* Rotational shift changes,"It would be better if we have a regular shift. Other than that, nothing else.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29115,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,The best place to work,"Amazon is definitely the best place to work, great environment and managers are always wiling to help you",I don't really think about any downsides at the moment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29116,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Investigater,TRMS,"Amazing work culture, value for individual ideas, more to learn from leaders who are great here, best example of unity in diversity, benefits in hard work, lucky to be an amazonian",should be flexible to shifts here since amazon works globally,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29117,amazon,Chen (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Expert,Excellent Learning Opportunities - Work life balance and Employee friendly,Best Company to work and pros are nil,1. Excellent Learning and equal opportunity for all. 2. Scope is wide and Internal job transfer 3. Work life balance and employee friendly 4. Peer are to good and always ready to help.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29118,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GREAT EMPLOYER,"Great work place, great culture","Sometimes hectic, which is natural as its a growing business",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29119,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Best company to work with,1) Solving complex problems 2) Diverse Projects to work upon 3) Freedom to think through new ideas and implement them 4) Competitive salary 5) Great growth 6) Fabulous opportunities within Amazon o switch teams 7) A must work with company and great place to learn,"You have to work really really hard, smart and long. There is no shortcut to growth. Sometimes you might feel frustrated with the amount of work during peak time but there is no escape.",Its the best place to work. No advice.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2134.htm
29120,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Work space,The Environment is friendly and good to work. Awesome managers Piers are helpful,Stress of work Limited promotion metrics,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29121,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Associate,Work hard with fun,Not soo much stress as in other companies and you can work in your own phase.,Your career growth will be slow but not bad.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29122,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Cataloque As,Catalogue Associative,"Gained knowledge about sales, online marketing,",They dont offer a good package,Please increase the Basic package,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29123,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Product Manager,"Really awesome, if you can handle our particular flavor of awesome.","Great platform to make a lot of awesome impact. Challenges are truly global in scale, every decision is thought of with scale in mind, and decision making is very data driven. Everyone wants to make a big difference.","Tremendous pressure, every day. If you cannot work in a pressure cooker, don't come to work here. Decision making is too de-centralized, there is too much of a self service culture (and it can be hard to adapt - as sometimes as an employee even your periodic goal setting, and daily work can be self service, that is hard to think through).","Step off the pedal a bit. Its great to set lofty goals and put pressure on people to deliver, but I'm not sure how rewarding it is to have such pressure all the time.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29124,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Management Systems,Work experience with AMAZON,It gives you opportunity to explore your skills and the freedom of work is incomparable,Swap option of the shift is not allowed . where in during emergency that is helpful.,There is less connect with higher level of workforce,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29125,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - DE Catalog Associate ( German Language Field ),A better place to start,"1.Good place to work. 2.You don't feel work pressure, you will take it as a responsibility. 3.Awesome workplace 4.More concerned about employee safety. 5.No need to extend beyond working shift hours ( normally 8 hours/Day). If required O.T ( Over Time Allowance ) will be provided. 6.Two way cab facility. If cab is not opted reimbursement (Money will be added to salary ) is provided. 7.Though this is a entry level(L2) , you can find a better career after getting into L3 (promotion). 8.Quarterly rewards if you perform well. ( Rewards be like cash or Amazon coupons) 9.Apart from salary monthly food pass. 10.Days will go fast. Everyday is a fun. 11.You can internally transfer to other teams. 12.Quarterly team outing and Fun Fridays.",1.This is entry level role and if you leave the company there wont be much scope. But still you have that Amazon Employee tag which can fetch you new job. 3. If you plan to leave company then promoting into L3 level and leaving the company will give you a good position in next company.,1.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29126,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,"Benefits, growth opportunities, flexibility",Doesn't have great structure in work,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29127,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Business Associate,Senior Business Associate,Excellent communication and effective executions of projects,Work life and personal life balance,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29128,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,Very competitive culture,Very competitive culture and sometimes people struggle with it,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29129,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and learn,1) Good monetary benefits 2) highly motivated colleagues,1) Being proficient in the local knowledge is a plus,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2135.htm
29130,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and learn,1) Good monetary benefits 2) highly motivated colleagues,1) Being proficient in the local knowledge is a plus,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29131,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 3 and below,Tier 3's can bridge the gap that above dont have with tier1,From tier1 to tier3 pay difference not worth it considering extra duties they take on. Should be closer to tier4 hourly!! Why such a difference? Lower tiers treated as robots. When higher tiers seem different. We are the back bone to getting youre orders out. Managers senior gm! Just see numbers not people,Jeff bezos please seriously look as all associates what they would like. Not youre desk buddies. Tier3 defo needs to be closer to tier4. An grad AM'S how about letting people rise within the company not as a publicity stunt to cover image reputation. Over 120 grads waiting for jobs. How do people within rise. Jeff bezos hope u read an take note,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29132,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"flexible, good career prospect",long hours and no preparation.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29133,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,seller support assosicate,good work flow and nice management,nothing much i dont know about those,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29134,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Dynamic Organization. Aggressive Targets. Better Pay.,Stretched work hours. No parity in Salary & Designation for new hires.,Better to focus on pay parity.,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29135,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,"The benefits, package and variable pay are satisfactory.","Work culture, most of the managers are caring and understand. Stress levels vary depending upon workflow but most of the time is manageable.","Management, HR, Back office is too slow. Some employees have left the organisation as there was no genuine feedback and action from the higher management.","Be transparent and recognise the genuine employees not only on matrix but also on their time, value and input to the organisation. Set up an anonymous team to take inputs not only for leads and managers but also for management, workflow and HR.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29136,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 29, 2017","Current Employee - DATA ASSOCIATE, ALEXA DATA SERVICES",Data associate ADS,awesome work.. meet your targets and it's more than enough. NO tensions. No need to be under someone. OT pay is really good.,recent changes in the shift timings. Yeah they started night shifts and it's kinda the only bad thing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29137,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment,Environment is amazing and friendly,Salary is really very low.,Raise my salary,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29138,amazon,Warangal (India)," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Prossing Assosate,Job,Amazon is the best company for all things very good packing and safe delivery products by a delivery boys,some areas are not eligible for amazon services peoples are suffer we can't buy products in amazon service,"packages are delivery most 5 or 6 days but trabecule the customer, early delivery happy to the customer",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29139,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to learn,best company to work as a fresher,work load is too heavy than other companies,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2136.htm
29140,amazon,Warangal (India)," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Prossing Assosate,Job,Amazon is the best company for all things very good packing and safe delivery products by a delivery boys,some areas are not eligible for amazon services peoples are suffer we can't buy products in amazon service,"packages are delivery most 5 or 6 days but trabecule the customer, early delivery happy to the customer",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29141,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to learn,best company to work as a fresher,work load is too heavy than other companies,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29142,amazon,"Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Student Worker,it is the best online data entry as it really work,the reasons to work at is that i can solve my financial problems while working as a part time at home,i use my time to work at,"keep it up,it works.",5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29143,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - VCM Associate,Best Place to Start.,Learn how to enjoy work and the environment. communication skills development. Employee satisfaction is on their priority list!,need more opportunities in technical side too.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29144,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Investigation Specialist,casual and friendly working environment no work pressure decent salary credit on zeta good amenities and infrastructure employee friendly policies no dress code. anything and everything is fine option to work from home in emergency,"shifts, but we do get shift allowances",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29145,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,Lots of interesting stuff to work on,Pay is low and benefit is limited,Open more opportunities to junior members,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29146,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,work culture is nice here,Interview process goes for around a month,announce the interview results as early as possible,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29147,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Mnc,mnc,i have a great experience to communication with the people,I can make my future by work with this company,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29148,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Very supportive in terms of changing job profiles within company,Managers and leaders are very supportive in helping your with your career. You will get opportunities to work in other job profiles as well if at all you are interested.,You need to balance your work and personal life :),none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29149,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service associate,It's one of the best place to work.,Salary is a bit less.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2137.htm
29150,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer support associate,"very friendly atmosphere, great work culture",there is no cons to share on amazon.,there is no adviceto share on amazon.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29151,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - IT Consultant,good but anough opprtunities are there,great but enough opprtunities are there,not so much because of competition,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29152,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"no pros`, not much to do","no cons, if you know how to hide stuff you can make a good side income",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29153,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - St Operations Manager,The place to work for if you love innovation and want to be part of making History,"I have been with amazon for ~6 years and there are quite a few things I like about this place :) -Innovative culture: Every team in amazon is focused on innovating, it could be a simple process change or a complex technical solution but both are looked upon as exciting innovations. -Leadership Principles(LP): The LP are part of every thing in amazon be it hiring,appraisal or business solutions. Petty much we amazonian live by these guiding principle. In fact I now tend to use them at home too :) (wife is not too happy with that though ,)) -A very strong desire to deliver results: every person who has a strong sense of getting things done is highly regarded here. Almost all the teams are passionate of what they are doing and that leads to a faster execution. -Internal movements: Internal movements are not looked down upon here, infact they are encouraged and celebrated. This helps a person like me who likes to something new every few years.","The work life balance sometimes go for a toss but when the stakes are high it needs that much dedication. The pressure is high in almost all teams, but the culture to get things done is what still excites me.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29154,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Lot to learn.,Lot of new projects throughout the year. Get to work on multiple technologies. Build tools and internal frameworks are the best here and makes your work really easy.,"Can be a little hectic at times. Work life balance not that good. Not much cultural activities here, monotonous work environment.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29155,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Excellent,Working culture and environment is awesome. Friendly managers and eco-friendly atmosphere. Unique working culture compared to other companies.,Change in the working model. I worked in chennai branch and the system was changing gradually. Hope it will be better if the existing culture is followed.,Do not change the unique qualities of this company.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29156,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in NCR,WFH available easily whenever required,No Leave given frequently in case required,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29157,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Technician,Working since 2014,Excellent work environment Motivated colleagues Supportive managers wide opportunities to learn and grow,None as such so far however a little better work-life balance would be appreciated.,keep up the good work.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29158,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great challenges and fun to work,"* Good work-life balance, which ironically amazon is not famous for. * Good compensation.","* Very corporate feel. * Often get offloaded work from Seattle, but depends on the team. * Doesn't feel as if you are working on something which will have huge impact until you are lucky enough to get awesome project","Make the office a bit more fun to work in, This will cost nothing to you but would increase employee productivity alot.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29159,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Coordinator,Nice organization,The processes are systematic and the full team is enrolled on that. The team is well organized and they support to each other.,I have not found it!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2138.htm
29160,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Coordinator,Nice organization,The processes are systematic and the full team is enrolled on that. The team is well organized and they support to each other.,I have not found it!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29161,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,nice,good not have any bad experience,not find yet but still trying to discover,cooperate,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29162,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to work for,Paid weekly and always on time.,Progression limited unless relocate,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29163,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Good place to work,"Friendly environment, good for fresher, put effort to grow within the organisation",no cons as such found,Should have North Indian Non Veg Restaurant in the cafeteria,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29164,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Supervisor,Then and now,Overtime was available and well paid. None available now. Incompetence seems to be acceptable so we will employ more idiots who can’t wont do their job.,1.5% pay rise doesn’t even cover inflation. Poor management decisions the customer is no longer the most important thing to Amazon.,"Pay us what we are worth, try to keep blue badges instead of pushing us out.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29165,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,life within Amazon,great people (colleagues) work here,"no work -life balance within the company culture , managers always ask people to go above and beyond and set unrealistic targets",set more realistic goals,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29166,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area manager,career growth is possible. Also if differs for Operations and Corporate fields,"hunger games to being promoted, shift work in Operation",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29167,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Business Analyst,DON’T do it….,"There are only a couple of situations you may want to do it: - You are very young and junior and desperate to put a nice logo on your CV - You are senior and the package they offer you is quite good Still if you are ready for any of the above continue to read as you are about to pay quite a price for that…  Some Pros: - Nice and smart colleagues, really causal international environment - Location of the office","The offer may seems quite good – all these bonuses and stock options look attractive. Look again and you will see that in every year you will spend with them, there is something monetary compensating you… Why is that… Yes, I know they told you that you are smart and you think that you finally got the opportunity that you deserved….  Think…  Think again…  Remember if there is a free lunch…  Aaah, maybe you got it, still for the rest let me put it in simple words – the compensation is built like this to tie people with golden chains and make them stay (quitting early means repaying the relocation, quitting late means say goodbye to the nice stock compensations)  Why that is offered not only to the executives but to all jobs in the hierarchy (not many if any other companies are doing it, maybe there is a reason for that) … I leave to you to think… or worse - figure out  Cons: - Total disrespect of the individual, nobody will be root with you, but if you expect thank you for your late night work to meet the deadlines (sometimes triggered by late evening time sms)…. Well, not really…. - Company culture is totally – “I need to succeed at any cost, no matter what”, so in order to survive people turn into monsters (polite ones though) that disrespect the others and their time, you need to deliver no matter what. - Project management, documentation, change management, consistency across the big corporation, this will come in maybe 20 years… - Lack of any processes, everything is built from scratch (I know it is advertised as a cool thing, but is it….)  Don’t buy the cheap (approach-wise not monetary-wise) self-marketing campaigns of the company’s senior profiles on LinkedIn – do you know the story ‘The Emperor's New Clothes’ by Andresen… well read it… It is not really funny to see this mass campaign – the company to be advertised as start-up style, fun and creative, but in reality being people put under huge stress due to chaos and lack of elementary resources to do their job.",Simply treat people normally,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29168,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Manager, Quality Services","1. Loads to learn & explore 2. If one's work is having any good customer experience/impact, the one would be rewarded/recognized",Lot of internal transfers in tech orgs,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29169,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Awesome,Nice work culture and healthy atmosphere,"Night shifts, Machine coffee and Tasteless food",Nothing.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2139.htm
29170,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Brand Specialist,great workplace,very nice work environment . you work alot but you get alot,payment is mediocre for such a company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29171,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,warehouse jobs,"good pay , and good benefits",put too much pressure on employees,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29172,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Video,Amazon Review,"Amazon provide a open platform for all employees and all are treated as leaders. It does not matter in which level you are right now, On the basis of skill set and knowledge we can grow our career in the Amazon.","Some time higher Authority did not judge correctly, but over all good.",I know we all are highly talented but Management should think something good for employee having good skillset like technology as well as an idea. How to utilize the his idea and technical skills.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29173,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awsome,"the work environment of amazon is just incomparable to any other organization , always stress free and motivating . and we have a lot of fun while working .",cant think about any cons .,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29174,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with,Lots of learning and opportunity to develop oneself.,Salary needs to be better,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29175,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Associate German,One of the best Companies to work in,"Transportation: Very safe place for Women Employees in terms of Transportation. I would say the Transport is the best here in Amazon. If the women employee is the last drop for the ones doing shift between 11 to 8 and 12 to 9 and post that, an Escort will be allocated and ensure we reach home safe.  Dress code and Culture: When it comes to the dress code, you can come to office in any fit you want. Very nice and friendly environment on the Floor.  Work: Work is always challenging here. Its very interesting and you are welcomed to Invent and simplify and come up with lot of New Ideas. There is a very good growth here and if you also want to look for change within Amazon, one can always apply for the Relevant position and move to another team since it is quite flexible.  Leave policies: They are very good. One good news is that, if you have to stretch in working hours then you get paid for each hour as OT.  Salary: If you are really skilled, then yes, you really get paid high. Also for the freshers, it would be a very good start since the pay is really good.",The work load is always too much in RBS and its sometimes stressful. You might have to work on Saturdays sometimes.,The Cafeterias can be improved in terms of Hygiene.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29176,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - UK Campus Recruitment Manager,"Opportunity for ownership, growth and career advancement",+Opportunity to own projects and learn quickly +Great place to start in your career +Strong culture of ownership and customer obsession,-Can be demanding and high workload will need to be managed,Managers and leaders should look more towards employee individual strengths when assigning team structure and ownership etc.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29177,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"TRMS investigator, KYC department","Good benefits, modern office, paid overtime, work is not demanding (also a con)","Job not demanding and gets monotonous, great if you just want to work your 8.5 hours and go home, excesive control of non productive time and breaks",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29178,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Trms,TRMS,Very Awesome place to work.,No cons what so ever.,Keep it up.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29179,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lot of interesting things to learn.,New technologies to work on.,"Work life balance . Monotonous life, no cultural events.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2140.htm
29180,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,Great company to work for!!,Very friendly environment. No dress code.,Management is not clear about their decisions.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29181,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate Dangerous Goods,Good workplace environment,culture and workplace environment,no quick response on employee concern,have to understand and take action on employee workplace challenges,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29182,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard have fuuuuun make history,In amazon you will not feel any kind of work pressure.. You'll be fall in love with Amazon.,"When you see your log team growth, I think amazon is just slow in that.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29183,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Service Associate,,"I had an amazing time working with Amazon. Many learning and growth opportunities. If you are talented and interested, you can move to any field in Amazon. Work culture is at par with any other Company.",Salary. The Only reason why I am not trying to join Amazon once again is because of their Salary Structure. We cannot depend on incentives and facilities all the time.,Please improve the salary structure.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29184,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,"Good place to start your career, bad place for a normal working life",- good place to learn and try out new things - mostly data driven decision making,- extremely poor work life balance - no (true!) structured career development - un-transparent compensation and promotion system,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29185,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,A cool place to work.,"Great work life culture Best Package in the market Lot of benefits, but not as tech team gets People who come from other organizations also tend to love it Fun is never missed Peace of mind to work is good",recent changes in the shift timings. Yeah they started night shifts and it's kinda the only bad thing,Benefits and packages can be more for non-technical teams,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29186,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - TAM,Best company to work for,Every day you learn something new,No downsides. No flexible working hours,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29187,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Transacaction Risk Investigator,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History!!",Amazon offers a great platform for it's employees to grow within and reach the highest levels of the organization. It is the best place to start one's career.,"The only thing is...Be ready to WORK HARD, HAVE FUN and MAKE HISTORY.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29188,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to start prof carrier,Good working environment. Good pay according to performance,Not found pretty much downsides,no advice for the mgmt,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29189,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics intern,"very independent , set hours,",In the beginning of the internship there was no guidance at all and you have to find all the intranet sites throught asking askin and asking,set up a better introduction for interns,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2141.htm
29190,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,You can develop systems that have a huge impact in a millions of users. You can learn a lot.,You have to be tick skin to avoid burnout.,Up to now it is very good the relationship with the management.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29191,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most tech friendly company,1. Good managers. 2. Easy to relocate to any part of the world. 3. You name the technology and it is there and you are open to work on whatever you want to.,"Only cons I see is no freebies which other company provides like free lunch,dinner etc",No cons,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29192,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate,The world's most customer centric organisation,Amazon is one of the world's best organization to be part of where we start from backwards from our customer and are on the journey of constant innovation on behalf of our customers. Its a place where you'd get to work cross-functional teams and be a part of something bigger than yourself. The working environment and the senior leaders in the organization are very supportive and would encourage you to grow further in your career. In simple words its the best place to work.,You'd require an ample of patience and perseverance if anyone is looking forward to grow in the organization. Remember Rome wasn't built in a day.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29193,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,CSA,Great place to work and grow.,Didnot find any Cons as of now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29194,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Process Associate,Work life Balance and Making history by good professional experience,"Best place to Work in, You will have a perfect work life balance. Amazon grooms you by providing a strong skill in the areas you are working on. A perfect place to work hard, have fun and make history.",Amazon Employees in other countries will not getting much onsite opportunities. Getting country relocation transfer for low level employees like L2 & L3 is not available. It wold be great getting if we got an opportunity to move to other countries and learning new skills and exploring professionally.,As a top company in the world Amazon could provide better compensations for the Employees in the other countries as well.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29195,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Lead VSP,Amazon Work culture,Best reason to work in amazon is the amazon culture and the way the environment. Amazon is the best place where we can work like working in our home and the support given by the team will take to miles and each and every small steps you keep is been recognized and the potential of work is classy.,As of now i did not face any issues,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29196,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Account Manager,Amazon is just Amazing,Great work life culture Best Package in the market Lot of benefits Stock options for L4 and above Overall satisfied employment for any individual,I dont find any until now,Only Cons i feel is hiring can be little fast as best candidates don't wait in the market for a longer time which may get you lose the best that you want to hire in the market,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29197,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Team Leader,User freindly portal for referral program.,Work culture/work environment and leadership principles.,"We feel home away from home, working at amazon.",Thanks,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29198,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Lead,Best company to start your career with,1) Great learning curve 2) Work culture,1) Sometime work becomes monotonous. 2) Work shifts,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29199,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Best place to work,Good work culture. Great place to grow. Two reviews in a year.,Hectic work timings. Improper transportation schedules.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2142.htm
29200,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Growth Opportunity Work and Life balance,Salary discrimination at same level,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29201,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 3, 2017","Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator, Product Quality Investigations",TRMS over all working conditions,You will have a very good working environment,You should be ready to work in all conditions,please do not shift the employees all suddenly,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29202,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Review on Amazon employee experience,1. Good to learn new technology 2. Working style is quite systematic 3. A lot if domain present to work under it,"1. Work pressure, this depends from team to team. 2. Less cultural activities as compared to other similar companies",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29203,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior CSA,Senior csa,Nice company with best leave policy.,"No promotions, lot of competition, and much partiality in terms of growth",No comments,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29204,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good place to grow before moving on,Nice Environment to develop your skill,Work/Life Balance is not one of the best,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29205,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good,The company has a good work environment and people are friendly there. Employees are treated well Good place to work,There are no major cons in this place. It is a very good place to start working training is provided well enough.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29206,amazon,Paris (France)," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"AWS: Learn, Learn and learn",Be part of the Technologic arena and learn everyday new things.,Only 24 hours per day. And so many things to learn.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29207,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,awesome work culture and good place to learn,"shift timings, nothing much to say",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29208,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Program Management Manager,Peculiar and Great!,1. The culture is aligned to the leadership principles and customers always come first 2. Great peers 3. Interesting work which keeps evolving,"Nothing bad enough to be called out, except a skew towards work in the work life balance equation",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29209,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruitment Manager,"Flexible Work Environment, Good pay, Encourages Innovation.","Things move really fast here which is a great thing and if one cannot cope with the fast moving environment, they'll fail miserably",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2143.htm
29210,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruitment Manager,"Flexible Work Environment, Good pay, Encourages Innovation.","Things move really fast here which is a great thing and if one cannot cope with the fast moving environment, they'll fail miserably",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29211,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer Big Data,Cloud Support Engineer,Very very good profile if you want to learn,support job / customer facing could be challenging,Retain senior employees,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29212,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,stow,Great company and great staff. Enjoy going to work.,The hours are one week late shift and one week early. It wouldn't be so bad except i have to drive an hour to get there and back.,"The management is very organized and professional. Very warm and inviting, i feel i could go to them with any problem.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29213,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Amazing workplace,Overtime allowance Night shift allowance Performance review twice a year Great support from managers Colleagues are too good Food coupons during peak Rewards and recognition during peak time,"Pressure to perform like anywhere Not easy to grow During peak, daily overtime leaves you stressed out",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29214,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Finance Analyst,Want Balanced Life - Then Amazon,Amazon has got the best culture in place and you get the opportunity to balance your both personal and professional life. I work for Amazon and completed 6 and a half years and I want to be Amazonian for next 10years.I just love Amazon.,Need to improve pay structure,People join Amazon just because of the Brand name it carries but management need to focus on the pay and other benefits especially for women employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29215,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at amazon fulfilment centre,"blue badge, discount, health benefits, contract","hard labour, rude, dont care about employees",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29216,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Environment, girls, teams, scope, meal","Politics, stagnant, payscale, biased, extreme",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29217,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Great Pay with loads and loads of work,- Topnotch Payscale - Good Technologies to work on - Brand value - Stock Options,- Working double shift to meet the deadlines - Worst work life balance - 24/7 On call - Heavy pressure - No entertainment - Gloomy workspace,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29218,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Amazon,- Very good environment to work and grow - Very friendly leadership team - Fair pay compared to other companies,- Pay for the freshers and experience will be the same after some period of time. - Two id card for one company - Organization structure change will effect every experience guy,Please consider L2 associates as employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29219,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Web Development Engineer-II,Awesome place to work and grow,"Growth isnt easy it depends on the team and kind of work you get, but since there is transparency in changing teams its not a big con to switch teams internally",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2144.htm
29220,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,My review,Large Scale problem to solve.,lots of work and chance for not getting good work.,Keep improving the innovation.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29221,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - IT Manager,Brutal and cut throat competition.,"Good salary and internal options, technology exposure. Lot of uncertainty in the environment, rigid functions and values . Non democratic leadership.","Highly competitive , challenging and sad work culture. Does not trust or appreciate employees. Lot of work pressure and bad work life balance.","Trust your employees , help them grow in a conducive environment . Work a transparent compensation plan.",1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29222,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,"work hard ,no fun and you are history","There are some pros of Amazon which cannot be denied ,but the con which is mentioned below is major dissatisfaction at workplace , manager's and skip manager behaviour towards employee clearly indicates the ill intentions of management . Workplace location : Hyderabad ,India.","The major con for the company is the higher management inspite of highest market value these People always thinks about the cost cutting, where in the people of lower level suffers a lot , due to their unrealistic decisions they expect to work more than what they pay in return they take your health and work balance life ,though the company is customer centric it’s not at all an employee centric the Amazon tag line work hard have fun make history is now re written as work hard no fun and you are history.",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29223,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"door opening, fast paced, very social able","high intensity, long hours, tedious",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29224,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Latest technology to learn and apply decent salary,work life is not there,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29225,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you wanna be happy don't work with Amazon,Possibility to work from home,Orrible place. Employees are treated as robots,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29226,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - SDE3,SDE3,Very systematic and transparency in career,Too much operational stuff. Not much free dom to developers,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29227,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - HRS Administrator,Amazing Amazon,- Great Team Spirit - Good Compensation - Fantastic Future Career Prospects,So far I have none (but I have only been here for 2 months),You are awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29228,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - I Prefer Not to Specify My Role,I prefer not to specify my role,"Stocks, perceived credibility externally","Work place bullying is rife, management and HR will take risk assessments on what laws they break and bend You are expected to work two roles, your role and your project that requires you to work well outside the contracted hours . Without performance in both promotion is impossible Company is not a meritocracy. Promotions based on brown nosing not work or performance If you stand up for your rights, you will find your self on no- evidence based PIP reviews, reduced responsibilities to administrative tasks Internal grievance procedure is very disruptive - staff will save themselves Pay is not very competitive - Competitors pay more Competitors have better technology Work life balance is very bad, especially in first year Culture encourages negative competition, back stabbing, finger pointing, staff are stressed due to late hiring ( stretching existing resources to over their limits) and as a consequence communicate abruptly",Treat your staff with respect. Stop bending and breaking the law. You are loosing your top talent.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29229,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Learn While You Are Here. Don't Be Sad In Letting It Go.,"- Amazon creates big impacts. So the changes you make have long lasting impressions. - The people you work with are nearly always better than you. Make the most of it. - Amazon has a robost internal way of working, for the better or for the worse. Learn to use the good parts to your fullest capacity and learn to live with the bad parts.","- The work-life balance is really bad. While it is very team dependent, most of the times, it is bad. - Sometimes the internal system/process set up slows you down! - People are sometimes too self-oriented because that is what the system tells you to be! It rewards you to achieve your goals but doesn't look at the immense help you might have been for other team members.  In one word, Amazon is like your really pretty girlfriend who can be a lot of fun in the beginning but slowly as you get to know her well, you won't regret a lot in letting her go because you know she is not the best!",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2145.htm
29230,amazon,Paris (France)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager AWS,"Great culture, the business model is based on customer satisfaction, which is nice. Collegues are great and we have a strong team spirit in our Paris Office. You can propose any idea. One of the best place I worked in.","Sometimes we are too frugal and you spend much energy to get some budget for your projects (marketing tools, automation tools, marketing camapaingns).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29231,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,This place has super smart people! You would learn a lot from them.,You must be self-motivated and always try to learn from the everyone.,"Make history have fun. but before these, work hard.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29232,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for new graduates,"Well paid salaries in Canada. High tech, smart people.",Oncall!!! Work-life balance is improving but needs more efforts.,nothing,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29233,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Support Representative,Good,Previously employees are treated very well.Now the situation changed.,"At this point of time, growth and increments in salary are became very tough.","Not only be a customer centric company, kindly be employee centric as well",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29234,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,good place to work and immensly growing,"it's an exciting place to work and to show the talent and skills, it has a fast growth oriented jobs, a very encouraging great managers. great benefits, so much flexibility, great facilities with good transport convenience, the good pay and friendly environment with lot of fun activities frequently.",some times the quality of the food changes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29235,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Starting salary,starting salary of around 400000,no such cons its fine,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29236,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon hires the best!,"Great benefits, Great people, Great work atmosphere and Interesting Work",Have not discovered any cons yet!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29237,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Operations,Operations,No routine: everyday has new challenges and new projects to work on Fast pace Customer obsession: that is the one thing that is never compromised on,Workload can get high during the business peak periods Lots of teams and divisions which at times can get confusing,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29238,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Picker,paid slavery basically,"I-ve lost weight the pay is not too bad, but obviously it is because you work 44 to 55 hours a week, which considered the kind of job is no joke","My body is always furting, especially my feet impossible to talk to anyone as it is all about productivity, which is why they monitor you through scanners you can-t even sit down aside from the two 30 minutes brake which depending on how far you are from the cafeteria it-s more like 22/27 MINUTES","give longer brakes or 3x5 minutes brake in between the 3 parts of the day to be able to sit down, at least one day in between 4/5 days shift as a buffer, because it's too hard otherwise and obviously people won't be able to work as hard the other days/rest of the day",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29239,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to develop yourself,Best work culture. No restrictions on timing and leaves.,Depends on your maanager's behaviour,increase the bar for Managers,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2146.htm
29240,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Operations Manager,"Amazon is one of the greatest companies where you will learn a lot from various engineers and managers and you will gain both, technical and managerial skills.","During your first months, you will be somehow loaded with different courses that you have to finish it out of the normal hours as there is no time to finish it during the week days",Having Two months of training for all our new engineers in a training center located in one of our premises before joining work will be a great idea.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29241,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work on,100000 stock is given to sde1,u can collect stock amount after 5 years.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29242,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,Job review,"Great Team, Interesting employer, carrier choice,","Salary, working environment, boring installation procedures",Be more Amazonian,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29243,amazon,"Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)"," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Having the Experience of Technical Support Engineer 4+ years of handling clients.,Best Environment & can learn new technologies.,no downsides for this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29244,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,Great Place to work,"If you are a rookie you will learn hell lot of thing , your learning will be very high. Technology wise company is very strong . Infrastructure is very strong . People are customer oriented .",Lack of work life balance . Appraisal process is very tidious,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29245,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Employee Satisfaction,One of the best company to work for and a steep learning curve.,Sometime it could be challenging to understand Amazon's way of working.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29246,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager- Analytics,Innovation in day to day work. Customer Obsession at every level. Learning Opportunities. (Continuous learning - I grew with my job and there has never been a dull day ). You work with really smart people which is awesome. Growth Opportunities. (Company respects and provides growth opportunities for both people manager and individual contributors). People here not only talk about leadership principles but also follow it in their day to day work. It has some of the very unique good policies such as it allowing internal transfers from day 1 across the org. Good Compensation. Very competitive environment. Dress code (none) It gives ample power to make key decision and changes irrespective of the role or level.,"Not a Con really but Area of Improvement (Due to dynamic work culture, Work life balance is a challenge but it is up to the individual to prioritize the tasks and Create a one for their own). Constant re-org and shifting makes it hard to build momentum for your own career at times",Need to look at the compensation plans every year to balance between Tenured and New hires.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29247,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Media Supervisor,"editing, voce over, translation","patience, work hard, quality preference, regularity","no talkative, impatience to non-serious attitute",discipline and quality work traits must not compromise.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29248,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Seller Support Associate,Life is more than work!,Very Much diverse and vast line of businesses.,I becomes very tough to select the job role in which you exactly will to go.,"Please provide more exposure to all, so that people can follow their interest.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29249,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - T4 Lead,"Workflow balance, promoting Kaizen improvements, pattern recognition, incident management, stakeholder management","Good place to learn and understand business. Each team has it's own culture and work style. Within Amazon you get to work with a lot of stakeholders, business and engineering teams.",Working in a big department within the company is a con when you try to bring a change that is going to impact thousands of employees and millions of customers.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2147.htm
29250,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Catalog operations,"Work culture, goals are driven by process hence no work pressure, very flexible operations, customer, and employee obsessed, always thriving to grow. Opportunity to learn new things.",Amazon is a great place to work but management should become more truthful.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29251,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,For innumerable learning opportunities,"Great work culture, flexibility in timings",None to my knowledge. Some complain about the work pressure but it is for the learning only.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29252,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Lead,Amazon the best place to work?,Best work experience and culture you can get in a professional environment. Best place especially for freshers to learn a lot in a friendly work place People who come from other organizations also tend to love it,"People think you get offers on Amazon but you really don't get any Since you see the products on catalog day in and day out, you tend to purchase a lot from there Benefits not bad but not great",Benefits and packages can be more for non-technical teams,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29253,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,The Amazing Amazon Experience.,"Amazon takes care of it's customers as well as it's employees. The targets are calculated quite strategically and economically. In the same way, employee productive hours too are calculated with keeping their well being in mind. I love the office premises - Its very professional and attractive. The Amazon culture seems to have worked really well creating efficient employees and understanding bosses .",Some Ergonomics is required for the office seating area. The Cafeteria needs to be reviewed and updated. A happiness or customer satisfaction survey would be advisable.,A gym at the workplace would do wonders for the health of employees. A lot of sitting during work hours and night shifts could really take a toll on the Employee's health.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29254,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,My views!,"I think its one of the most challenging places to work, it just gets you to think in a manner that you haven't done before. I love working for Amazon. I think I am spoilt for any other organization now:)",It is difficult to grow as the bar is really high. Sometimes I wonder if it is unreasonably high and hence are we losing out on good candidates?,"I think we should relook at our promo process, our career development. We just cant have top performers , we should we willing to work with a mix of people instead of focusing only on the top performers. Our people practices need to improve.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29255,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,good place to work and immensly growing,"it's an exciting place to work and to show the talent and skills, it has a fast growth oriented jobs, a very encouraging great managers. great benefits, so much flexibility, great facilities with good transport convenience, the good pay and friendly environment with lot of fun activities frequently.",some times the quality of the food changes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29256,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Valuable Experience and Many Opportunities,+ Opportunities to move around + E-Commerce Experts + Smart colleagues to learn from + Valuable on CV + Leading edge marketing services,+ Complex processes + Inconsistent Promotions + Extremely varying quality of management + Political,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29257,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,catalog associate,best working experience inside the company.,there is nothing untill you dont mingle with your team.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29258,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRS - BGC Specialist,"Amazon is a very casual company with a friendly environment, where you feel comfortable straight away. Most of the employees have found friends here and not just colleagues. You can feel the company is getting bigger and bigger and this means that you can develop your skills and grow quite fast here.","Amazon is quite new in the Czech Republic and there are lots of processes recently imported from US to Europe, which need review and adaptation to European context. This means that sometimes we are working and reviewing/building procedures at the same time and can be a bit chaotic sometimes.","My advice to management would be to make salaries more competitive, as Prague job market is incredibly growing and there is a huge number of companies expanding here and offering better conditions than Amazon. This is causing and has already caused a big turnover, which impacts the performances of the company, as constantly changing employees ends up in having no experts.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29259,amazon,"Leeds, England (UK)"," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Good but tough sometimes,Benefits pay people made the job worthwhile it’s challenging but if you enjoy fast paced working it’s good lots of different roles too so personal development is good if that’s what you want,Breaks and time away was difficult due to demanding workloads work life balance needs looking at for the staff don’t always get a 121 meeting with your manager and there needs to be some fun element at work sometimes to make the days go by,Look after the people make them feel appreciated,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2148.htm
29260,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Device associate,good enivronment to work,some micro management for L2,none,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29261,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Awesome Place to Work!,Value for Efforts and a Catalyst for generating Motivation!,I have found None till date! :),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29262,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller support,"Great environment, overwall has some good growing opportunities",It was still a call center,"Not much to say, everything was great and felt welcome, the only thing is that I wish they gave more opportunity to people trying to study while working.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29263,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,One of the best jobs,Everything about Amazon is just too good.,I don't have much negative comments on the job except a few that any job will have.,Keep it goin !!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29264,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,HR Assistant,"Amazing work culture, Great Management.",Amazon needs to focus on employee relations as well.,"Apart from being earth's most customer-centric company, Amazon needs to focus on employee relations as well.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29265,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Great Place to work,Perfect place to start career Learning Hub Fun is never missed Peace of mind to work is good,It is up to you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29266,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Digital Content Specialist,Enjoying,Environment to work with our new ideas,Till now I don't have anything.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29267,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Amazing workplace in amazon india.,Too much work in amazon india,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29268,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place,very good work atmosphere and you will never get frustrated from your work,"rotational shifts, Punctuality is needed",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29269,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Great place to work but not for everyone,Fast pace Rewards performance High growth Smart co-workers Positive challenges,Not for everyone Little perks Politics in corporate locations Seattle-centric,"Don’t dilute good old culture that made Amazon great, don’t fall in the trap of pleasing everyone",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2149.htm
29270,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,environment,all good. its grtt to work here,no cons. its all good,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29271,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good Work, Great things to learn","Unreliable Salary Structure, Stock options",All Good. Keep it as it is,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29272,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Very strong overall values Great brand High hiring caliber,Weak middle management Some cronyism Too focused on metrics,Focus on employees not customers always,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29273,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Great!!,"Great work culture, friendly environment you always get help, very fast promotion chances if your performance is up to mark, regular events, best in industry!",Sometimes you will find that few policies in service needs to be changed. And nothing else I found that problematic....,N/A,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29274,amazon,Rome (Italy)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working @ AWS,"Learn a lot, meet new people everyday, enrich yourself thanks to others",Hugeness confusion as in every big company,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29275,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon cs,Good work environment Benefits Travel allowance Team Outings and fun to work,Growth is good but should be good to manager orelse you will be stuck in the same place,Nope,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29276,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Feedback,"It's a best place to work, you get so much to learn.",Taking time to balance the work life.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29277,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to stretch your self,-Eternal learning curve - challenge youself! -Tons of interesting opportunities to leverage,-Work Life Balance and Career progression have a lot of randomness (i.e. which team you end up with) -Middle management with no managing experience or training leading to some sub-optimal experiences,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29278,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service associate,I like the freedom and the environment of amazon,The point pickup and point drop,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29279,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - VCM Associate - UK,Right Place for People who do things right,"Amazon really know how to treat employes and it has stood one level up in “employee satisfaction “. It hires the best and gives the best - it dose what is says “work hard, have fun, make history”  I have personally not seen other companies following their principles as strictly as this one does.  Growth is radical and never ending learning, and ocean of knowledge.  Huge platform to prove yourself and no politics or favouritism is entertained.","No spoon feeding when it comes to learning, it’s not a con but letting you know.  There is nothing as cons. When you get everything you want at one place",Bit of tweak interms of training materials and staffs management would do wonders,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2150.htm
29280,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Tax Analyst,Best company to work for,Your voice is heard what ever level you are. Flexible work timings. Ownership is something which you strongly feel and work in Amazon.,Cons - Nothing much - due to fast growth work seems hectic at times.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29281,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - CAP Associate,GOOD WORK CULTURE AND GOOD WORK ETHICS FOLLOWED BY ORGANISATION,1- leave policies 2- flexible work culture 3- less pressure 4- you are being valued and get respect,"less growth, less salary, sudden shift changes, few arrogant managers.","base pay should be increased , looking at the market situation.",5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29282,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great Learning Experience,"Amazon is extremely intense and you learn more in a year than at other companies. It is highly data driven and execution focused. Very few companies excel at this. Despite a large organization, if you can provide the right context and data, projects get done. They have very good benefits.","It is sometimes extremely intense and the intensity never lets down. While this not a con for some people, I believe this may not be for everyone.",None,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29283,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Awesome work culture and salary hike,less maintained club activites,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29284,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development,Always Day One,"Every day, I meet someone, read or hear something that impresses me. There is always more to do than you have time to do it, so you will struggle to get bored. The opportunities within Amazon are legion and a world of choice opens up to you. Amazon changes every game it plays and you get to be part of that.","Amazon is consuming and it's not for a 9-5'er. For me, it's the best fun and challenge I've had in my career. If you're not up to committing fully, this is not the company for you.","Keep changing, iterating, inspiring. Have fun and exercise your network - the world is interested in Amazon and we could share more.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29285,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Remote Count Associate,"Really great work culture, nice work-life balance - Non-tech job at Amazon (in my case but doesn't apply to all)","1.) In my case timings were alloted as desired. 2.) Daily target can be achieved by woking only 1/3 rd of your capacity. Rest you can earn respect by performing sincerly. 3.) Your nice deeds and good habits along with your performance are considered for the promotion. Take the prescribed break only without exceeding the specified time limit (1 hr our of 9 hours is break broken into 3 intervals) and be on time always. This will add up too. 4.) There will be a feeling of ownership in you at Amazon workplace if you really do understand it. 5.) You are not allowed to work extra at your own discretion so this will curb exploitation of you fellow associates. The performance matrix is calculated only for the hours you worked, i.e., if you were off work due to other official reasons or extra curricular activities, your matrix/efficiency will be based only upon the time you did your job.","1.) The light work doesn't apply for all and there are people always busy and running around. 2.) Your freedom is somewhat tied with your manager. Some managers are less strict and even award ample leaves if you do work on tine and sincerly while others never get satisfied by the work you do and may even force you to work more. (However note that you will get extra pay for each hour you work overtime and in my case there is not much work so forget about forcing, they won't even grant you overtime unless it is really required even if you ask for it.)",Keep up with your culture. I really do feel a very good environment at workplace and it feels much better to work here even if work at home is allowed at some occasions and there is a sense of satisfaction with what you do. Plus you get to do many courses and extra activities quite frequently.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29286,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Administrator,Hr administrator,"Growth oportunity, high speed, multicultural environment","Frugality, No benefits, low salary, hectic",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29287,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Digital Specialist Tier II,A Great place to work.,1. Work environment 2. Respect from managers (90% of the managers at least) 3. Growth Opportunities 4. Leniency 5. A clean and tidy working place.,"1.Mandatory Overtime  2. Favoritism  3. The training team sucks, especially the male trainers, all they want to do is make friends with the girls from new hire batches. They should be professional in their approach to the NHT's.","The company is growing at a rapid pace, my only suggestion is for them to reward their tenured associates more who are consistent performers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29288,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE-2 at amazon,Quality of work is good. you will enjoy solving challenging problems,some time you feel there is too much of work,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29289,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cloud support engineer,Scope of learning is good,promotions hike is not great.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2151.htm
29290,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Work Hard and Have Fun!,Great work/life balance. Activities and treats to reward employees who work hard.,Having to constantly say how great it is,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29291,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,amazon is the Best employer ever!,excellent work environment good platform to build up leadership skills,cannot think of any cons,it's still day 1 :(,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29292,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer,Best workplace for Developers in India,Challenging and engaging work Talented teammates Helpful management Awesome learning opportunities Great salary,None that I can think of right now,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29293,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Applications Support Engineer,Best Salary in the segment,Great working and learning experience. Great salary and stock benefits.,Stress due to poor work and personal life balance,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29294,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Horrendous work culture,"Brand name, interesting projects, fast paced",Culture is awful Pay is not good,Care about your colleagues,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29295,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good and Bad,- Very very very fast paced. Learning can be super quick. - Still very much a startup type. Best technologies used and freedom to choose your technology stack. - Much to learn from peers. - Very well followed amazon principles. - Very easy to switch teams as per ur interest.,- High hit on work life balance. You have no personal life here. It's all about you and your mac. Nothing else. - Oncall - 7 days * 24 hrs per member in a team in rotation. WTF 7 days * 24 hrs. - No office perks.(Frugality) - If someone thinks he has workload then he must come to amazon to realize what workload actually means.,- Current things are working for you i don't think anyone's advice will make any significance to you. Keep on going (employees have better choices too),4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29296,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Amazon Customer Service Great Place to Work!!!,"Best work place environment you can get here at Amazon Pune... Very supportive manager's and best leads.... You'll learn how to deal with US,UK, etc. customers. Fun to work here at Amazon. Leave plans are flexible.. Good cab services. .",Slower growth as compared to other companies and less salary will let you think to quit the company. Night 10-7 shift will leave you exhausted and illness. .. No cultural activity conducted for all the employees or all cannot participate in any of the games.,Please conduct some games and cultural activity where-in all can participate or contribute their talent..,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29297,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Been a great experience thus far. Seems like the culture is changed for the better,"Flexy timings, cab facilities, decent cafeteria, good workspace, good ratio of CTC to take home","Cafe is paid food, cab facility is paid, job can be demanding depending on the team you work with, extremely process driven with a lot of documentation",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29298,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Kindle Direct Publishing Customer Service,"A place to be, if you don't mind being paid less!",Unmatchable work culture! Extremely peaceful environment! Extensive transportational facility that takes away any reachability concerns. Job security is almost guaranteed*,"Underpaid than anywhere else! Less reachability to career development programmes! Less transparency in Process expansion and development! No ""Bench Period"" which gives pressure in taking up any opportunity that was being offered and takes away any chance of knowing the new Process better before diving into it!",Give the employees time to attend career development programmes!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29299,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,My experience at Amazon,"The best reason to work at amazon is the free style work culture, the flexibility and the support from the leadership team and mainly the pay (always satisfactory)",No Cons as for now,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2152.htm
29300,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Amazing,Freedom they offer for employee,It is an American base company,keep rocking,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29301,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - HRBP,Amazing Amazon,Leadership Vision and focus Culture Unique Processes,There are no cons in management,Rock on!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29302,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Imaging Associate,Review about amazon,"I had an amazing time working with Amazon for the past two years. Many learning and growth opportunities. If you are talented and interested, you can move to any field in Amazon.",Salary. The Only reason why I am not trying to join Amazon once again is because of their Salary Structure. We cannot depend on incentives and facilities all the time.,Please improve the salary structure,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29303,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,- Learn new great ways of doing things - easy switch b/w teams - Always doing something new and innvative,- Bangalore office is in very traffic pron area - Less virtual presence,keep doing great work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29304,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - SDM,Great place to work for developers,"Extremely fast paced environment. Heavy focus on innovation through technology application. Many projects moving towards AI and ML making the work for developers extremely interesting and challenging. True meritocracy.. People get rewarded for their talent and hardwork, faster than any other company that I have worked for.",Expects you to put long hours and take complete ownership for technical deliveries.,simplify the feedback and promotion process as it involved too much documentation.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29305,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - SDET-II,Amazon - A great work place!,"You get to learn new stuff, Technical and professional growth is great, Good opportunities, Best employee treatment, Work hard and have fun!",None :) It is great place to work if you are for the right intentions.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29306,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Services Manager,Awesome,You will understand how the culture of innovation is inculcated in day to day work.,Not for people who work of salary only. You have to be a person driven by passion to perform and make a difference.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29307,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Excellent place to work,No cons as i am very satisfy working @ Amazon,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29308,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,WORK ETHICS,"Amazon has awesome work place to work with. It provides its employee ultimate satisfaction during the work-hours and motivate to complete the job given on time. At last, there's always new things to learn, Its still day 1",A bit hike in salary will make the employees more happy to work .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29309,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Best place to work in India,- Management gives you free hand to work in your style - Work from home - Salary best in industry - No manual testing - Focuses on automating everything so as a tester you learn a lot. - No office politics,Working since last 2.5 years and didn't find any.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2153.htm
29310,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Work Hard and Have Fun!,Great work/life balance. Activities and treats to reward employees who work hard.,Having to constantly say how great it is,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29311,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,amazon is the Best employer ever!,excellent work environment good platform to build up leadership skills,cannot think of any cons,it's still day 1 :(,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29312,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Long working hours,Great atmosphere to work on.,Stress level increases day by day.,"Long working hours, bad management activity. Sub ordinates are treated badly.",1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29313,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,associate,global organization gives a wide opportunity ahead,increment must be increased rather than promotion,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29314,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,ALEXA DATA SERVICES,"Flexible work timings, Good work are and good team to work with. Amazon cares a lot for you. Always strives for excellence.",Nothing much. Work hours do look more. Apart from these everything is good at Amazon and it is best for the freshers.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29315,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work if you are confortable with changes,"Challenging environment, there is all time something new to learn and to do Young and dynamic athmosphere Interesting leadership principles","Young management team, who need to be more trained Competitive environment",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29316,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,Lives up to the Expectations,"Good work environment, lot of facilities for employees, lot to learn, learn to work in critical situation","You need to be on your toes at time, as the pace of work is very fast. (may not be favorable for some)",Work stations can be made more lively,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29317,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place for innovation,Freedom to innovate Dynamic environment Flexible work environment Good monetary benefits Less bureaucracy Great leave policy,No benefits like Prime or offers or audible for Indian employees,"It would be great to have some benefits on Amazon's own services like Kindle, Audible, Amazon prime",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29318,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Transition Manager,Still Day One @ Amazon,Constantly innovating and new opportunities keep you at your feet.,Some instances of prioritization based on favorites observed.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29319,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Tester,Very Good Company but with less perks,Great Learning Curve Each individual can own something and accomplish,Perks are not enough. There are categories of team which are paid higher and teams which are paid very less though they are doing the same job,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2154.htm
29320,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon or not?,Money for an easy job.,Lack of day light in the warehouse.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29321,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Content Developer,Worst place to work,"Perks and the possibility to get a better job. If you can work in Amazon, you'll find easy to work anywhere!","Employees must state weaknesses of their colleagues in their performance reviews. These are taken to build up cases against other employees. Every morning a few mandatory questions prompt in the system to gather employees' feedback about managers, coworkers, any intention to quit the job or rate the company coolness. This combination (along with the fact that there is rarely room for promotion) encourages an unhealthy company culture of distrust among employees. In two years that I was there, I had the impression I didn't know the people in my team and I learnt myself to mind my own businesses only. Questions and pushing back changes are not normally welcome. Employees must abide by any rapid changes and tenet ""show a backbone"" would not really work. Some marketplaces (e.g. India) get larger workloads. Noticeably, they are expected to be available am and pm, in meetings at indecent times!","It would be more human to make staff redundant instead of bullying them with Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) until they resign. Employees deem 'Success stories' meetings superficial and unproductive. It gets people's motivation down and takes their time. Nice perks do not really retain employees, it was a pity to see talent leaving all the time...",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29322,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job I've ever had!!!,"Great people and great career progression, lots of perks and bonuses, challenging work and projects, 6 month reviews.",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29323,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Everything is excellent in amazon.,Nothing to say about cons as I din'nt had any.,Only advice is that amazon keeps candidates waiting for a long time.It would be really helpful if this process can be done fast.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29324,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Excellent working environment with a focus on work life balance of employees.,"Facilities and fringe benefits, unbiased appraisal system, flexible shift timings and employee friendly policies",Rapidly growing business but less control over business operations.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29325,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Data Associate,I dont ever wanna go back,Pros? I dont know less work maybe,I worked as a data associate for alexa data services in india and worked for 2 n half months and resigned .....the company is full of dumb people and i dont know the worst I've ever seen...sorry to say this but f you Amazon,hire professionals ..!..,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29326,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,Employee Exploitation.,Genuinely NOTHING. Maybe overtime pay but nothing.,"Favouritism. Poor quality ""Free food"" Crowded canteens. Poor information communication within departments. Racism. Corruption Undervalued staff Robot-like environment Poor working conditions. Work not worth the pay. and SLAVERY.","Listen to the complaints made by your staff. They are the eyes and the ears of your organisation. Unhappy staff means bad business. Review the external agencies that provide service like security, cleaning and of course work force. Thefts were repeatedly ignored by the security despite reporting.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29327,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Good,Chilled our work environment as you are given your space to work as per your terms although you will have to meet the goals,Nothing much as the cons totally will vary from person to person. But then every thing has its own cons.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29328,amazon,Sevrey (France)," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Dynamic environement, lots of different tasks, decent responsability level","Lack of guidance, non homogeneous workload",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29329,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Good company and learning opportunities,Just joined so not yet sure,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2155.htm
29330,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,Work from home is a great option,No value for you as an employee,They should have better people skills,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29331,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - VCM Associate,Best place to work,Promotions will not be based on the experience! It will be decided by your dedication towards your work! Good cab facility. Work from home option. Meal pass. Team outing once in 3 months. Workspace!!!,Rotational shifts sometimes. Managers attitude,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29332,amazon,"Milton Keynes, England (UK)"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Excellent,"Friendly Environment, Fast Pace Environment, Excellent conditions of work",No cons that I can say.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29333,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Good company,Good culture no dress code Friendly colleagues,teams work in silos work timings support during peak,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29334,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Network Development Engineer,"Great place to work, if you have an oportunity to join, don't miss it!",*Top of the game technology. *The size of the infrastructure is gigantic. *Learning is a 24x7x365 experience. *Easy lateral movement between teams. *A lot of possibilities for carreer development *Great overall corporate culture that really sparks the best of you. *Huge amount of great talents to work with: you always feel refreshed and humbled by the amount of knowledge and experience that all your coleagues have. *The company will keep on growing on unbelivable scale for 10 or more years.,"*All the PROs are 100% tied to the department/sector you work for. This can change a lot between departments, but not between internal teams. *Compensation include company stocks that can only be vested 2 years later. *Initial compensation is tied to a sign-in bonus for 2 years. After those 2 years, if you fail to get promoted, you'll be stuck with a lower overall compensation. *Frugality, while a very good leadership principle to guide the daily decisions of the company, also lead to less benefits for the employees as well. *No overtime paid for a lot of different teams. *The white board interview process can be a bit traumatic and there's better ways to assess the knowledge and expirence of the candidates, but that's an ok experience overall.","Relocation should be completely reviewed, botton to top. The experience from someone coming from a different continent can be VERY different from someone already in it. Also, family should be seriously be taken into consideration and treated differently from those that are single or maried without kids. The amount of work and things to do is completely different accross those three scenarios. Why treat each as the same?",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29335,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,The place to be,"Amazon - The name in itself is a pro. However, to break this down some really awesome things at Amazon are: 1. Flexible working hours (Sometimes) 2. Transport Service 3. Adequate Leaves 4. Transparency 5. You get to be the leader 6. Growth - if you are serious","The only con there are a lot lot of employees, so growth options are limited when they come. There are a lot of people willing to be at that position / internal opening.","I am an Ex Amazonian, i had left to continue my Masters. I've just completed and applied for 7 jobs at Amazon. The HR never responds. The hiring system is below average, HR are spoiling the name of Amazon. The only department where i see developments are required are in the HR department.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29336,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASC,"work culture , environment , salary , employee benefits , etc",no cons overall good work culture,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29337,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk investigator,Less work ....easy going environment Good work culture high growth rate and flexible,Politics ...and less recognition from the higher management . Shifts change once in 3 months,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29338,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,neat,easy and happy energy full for freshers,very tough will give stress,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29339,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Advisor,HR Advisor,Opportunity to progress quickly initially,"Long Hours, constantly changing processes and expectations",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2156.htm
29340,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Advisor,HR Advisor,Opportunity to progress quickly initially,"Long Hours, constantly changing processes and expectations",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29341,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Application Engineer,1) Good Benefits 2) WFH option can be utilised completely 3) Good growth,1) Work life balance is less 2) Transport facilities are reduced from before. 3),none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29342,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Work type,Great work culture and room for improvement,Sometimes there is a lot of work.,Do your work optimally.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29343,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - QAE2,good but no work life balance,Good pay and good work culture,No work life balance Personal life may get affected,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29344,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing learning experience is given by Amazon,Team was good Manager was excellent Learning is huge,There is nothing much as such,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29345,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life balance,Good work culture and growth opportunities,Work life balance will go for a toss,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29346,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fast paced.,"Massive scale, building platform for others to use","Fast paced, tight deadlines, Oncall duties",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29347,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 24, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate/Supervisor,"Boot camp,slave yard","Brand name company ,well plan system","Managements staffs are bunch of university students with no labour management experience ,no planning",Bring some people with experience to the managerial position Favouritism is there in Indian community,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29348,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good exposure to the world,no cons i see as of now,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29349,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Team Leader,A great place to work,"Fast paced, Lot of opportunities.",At times you feel drained out.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2157.htm
29350,amazon,Yashawantnagar (India)," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Review,Good leadership team always supportive. Easy to take internal job transfer,Nice company to work with. Good programmes like team outing,N/A,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29351,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best,good work life balance all in all,very bad services and payment,no,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29352,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Have Fun and Make History,"Best Talent, International, Inclusive, Technological, Human",There are no cons of working here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29353,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,RSUs are good and opportunities to move around,Not a 'marketing' focused company,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29354,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 20, 2017",Former Employee - Raj,Key Account Manager,"Excellent environment, co operative people","Nothing to say, best place to work","Nothing to say, best and co operative people",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29355,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can't do,to be honest ....close to nothing,Over worked ........ given a target that's practically impossible to achieve,"Treat people the way , you want to be treated",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29356,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,"Amazing culture, work with incredibly intelligent colleagues. Pace of innovation. Bleeding edge",Worked to the bone. Exhausting. Multiple timezones. Pace of innovation,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29357,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,good salary and work from home opportunity,less salary and take very long time at campus selection.,none,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29358,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Analyst,Work culture is good ....,Work load us very high..,Reduce workload for employees...,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29359,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,Great work environment. Flexible work culture,Short Breaks.Pantry and cafeteria could be improved,More work space is needed for employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2158.htm
29360,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Visibility to various positions across Amazon,No follow-ups or progress on referrals,Please confirm whether or not referral can be taken forward to ensure what to expect.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29361,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid,I had the chance to work with great people from all over Europe.,The pay is really low compare to the cost of living.,Treat people like Humans and not like robots,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29362,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Data Science - Ad Tech,"Disoriented, Disorienting, Meaningless experience","Good office, Nice location. A laid back diverse/modern culture.",There is a huge difference between job-description and day-to-day work. The Ad Tech team in particular is direction-less and experiments with new teams every year with no longer term focus. Avoid this team at any cost. Amazon has many other better teams and experiences to offer.,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29363,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company culture with different opportunity to get on with,You get a chance to be involved in different tasks.,Mobile work location can be a problem for those who want to work in a closer area,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29364,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Average,"Lovely work culture, Great people to work with","at times very stressful, and very strict about timings",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29365,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and Cons,"Flexible work hours, 6 weeks parental leave","No lunch provided, very few vacation days, very few fun company events",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29366,amazon,"Warrington, North West England, England (UK)"," Nov 23, 2017","Current Employee - L&amp,D Consultant",L&D Trainer,Fast paced environment. Great learning management team.,canteen food is not the best.,none,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29367,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Designer,Designers say no to amazon,- leadership principles are the best thing that I learned - stability because of Amazon is a big name,- Leadership who does not value design. The ones who do look for visuals and people who can sell. - No design exposure or growth,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29368,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,Transportation Specialist,great leaders and energetic workplace,No work - life balance,Need to focus on the employees' work-life balance for better productivity.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29369,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Partner Manager,Great atmosphere and flexible working ethos,"Flexible working - working from home is very easy and often encouraged No intimidating atmosphere - casual dress code with a very young, friendly workforce Big responsibilities - can take ownership of important projects that make a difference",The large size of the company causes technical errors to take a very long time to resolve - I often find myself chasing many members of the organisation to solve seemingly simple issues The role of an Associate Partner Manager is a very salesy role - involves a lot of cold calling which was not accurately advertised in the job description,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2159.htm
29370,amazon,Guwahati (India)," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Team Leader,Place to start career,GOOD SALARY/ WORK ENVIRONMENT / INCENTIVES / TIMING/ HOLIDAY,Target / Team / Launch process / Fees,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29371,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - SDE-2,Amazing work culture,"1. you will get best of best in technology here. 2. Easily hirable for other big brand companies and startups will always look for you ,). 3. Provide a gateway to work and travel to the most of the countries in the world :) 4.","1. Sometime priority shuffling, makes you love less about what you do. 2. less employee focus, comparing to other similar companies, we get less benefits/team outing(outstation).",none,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29372,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Get to learn new things,Corporate culture sometimes hinder in progress,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29373,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Designer,Designers say no to amazon,- leadership principles are the best thing that I learned - stability because of Amazon is a big name,- Leadership who does not value design. The ones who do look for visuals and people who can sell. - No design exposure or growth,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29374,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,discriminatory,Leaves and Salary are the pros,Discrimination and Politics are the cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29375,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - IT Support,HR is xenophobic/racist,Don't know if they got profit from this.,"I didn't get invitation to interview since i'm not czech. They refused to invite me to interview, but i sent exactly the same CV with czech name - SUCCESS! HR was xenophobic/racist, unfortunately it is problem of most companies in Czech Republic.Don't know if they got profit from this",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29376,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,"Manager, Seller University, Online Marketing","Amazon is also a great company that expands its business incredibly (Alexa, delivery, Amazon fresh, Amazon payment etc.) and there are many working opportunities with them now and for the following years.","The company recently focuses more on developing mechanism something that is based on automation, online and self-services that provides less opportunity to engage with clients / customers directly. In addition, there are much time required to collect and analyze data and write word documents for business reviews especially if you are a manager.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29377,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Nice place to work,"communication matters, not projects","look into real issues, always deep dive",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29378,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Excellent Organization,Clear definition of targets and standardization of daily operations,Fast-paced environment and sometimes quantity more valued over quality,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29379,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk Analyst,"Work Atmosphere, Growth Opportunities, Ability to express yourself.","Working in shifts, they keep changing even before you get accustomed to the present shift, takes a toll on health.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2160.htm
29380,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,nice environment to work in,nothing much. hardly any issue,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29381,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineers please don't join,Dress code. Team outings. Sweet talk of managers,"If you think you can internally move to tech roles, which is not all possible. High level of partiality. Promotions will be given to women associates only. Men should work all time. They will treat male associates like slaves. First priority is given to women. Managers and HR's are biased. No body listen to employees. Managers are Don. No career growth. Monotonous work.",Better hire call center employees and run your company. Please hire only women associates.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29382,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,SDE 2,Work with smart people on hard problems.,Competitive and high expectations on delivery.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29383,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Process Guide,Fast paced,"Good pay and benefits, fast progression, friendly, opportunity for further career","Long days , short breaks , physically demanding,",Train people on the job before placing them as trainers !!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29384,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Good culture and pay less,pay is less for non technical job,They don't find good employee because of Bad politics,Nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29385,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Nice Company,"Nice place to work, there are lots of scope to learn new things.",There is no cons if you can work under pressure sometimes.,No,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29386,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"working from last 1.5 Years, one of the best in terms of perks in industry , internal Job posting, good extra pay with overtime.",lots of work so there is no space for personal of's and extra activities,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29387,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,assiociate,overtime money easy application process great co workers,long hours difficult physically no social life balance,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29388,amazon,Greater Noida (India)," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD,working environment is very good.,nothing. everything is fine here.,Nothing,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29389,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High tech,Friendly staff and management Health care,Long hours Repetitive Breaks too short 3 strike system,Offer better support,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2161.htm
29390,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Nice projects on AWS,"- Growing very fast - Projects may be very interesting if you're lucky - Good infrastructure to work, big screens, desks, etc. - Flexibility: working hours and working from home - Excellent résumé builder - Enough vacations - Working with high-level engineers","- Work depends on legacy, internal tools - Deadlines are tough when something is being launched, Expect to work a lot - Company is too big and opinions vary a lot, I'm not sure how is life outside AWS RDS, There seems to be more stuff in Vancouver like fruits at the office - On-calls can wake you up randomly at night and prevent you to travel on your shift",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29391,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Process Analyst,senior process associate,Great working environment and free atmosphere,Id doesn't have amazon return on It.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29392,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - QAT,Good work culture,"good work culture,work life balance,flexible timings","poor hike,work sometimes may get monotonous",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29393,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,AWS Cloud Support,"Within the AWS section of Amazon in Dublin, and specifically within the Support area there is a very open nature about the team. You can try, learn or pursue pretty much what you want if it aligns with your long term career goals you discuss with management. Management are engaged often, and in direct areas. You ask what you want from them during regular meetings, rather than the other way around. Amazon always encourages self-driven career growth, so you can work as quick as you like at your own pace. This can be a benefit or not, as it means if you want something you need to do the work yourself for it, and won't be promoted or given anything unless you build it, create it, do it yourself. The position creates a great place to learn though, and you'll quickly find yourself in demand after a short time here","Part of being able to learn so much so quickly, and do what you want means that you are often left with a feeling of not knowing what to do next. It's difficult to find something to work on next, because of the choices available and this can lead to leaving the team for other areas within AWS.",Get these positions more exposed on the market,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29394,amazon,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Product Specialist,Looking for New challenges,Stability and very proportional work team,good one,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29395,amazon,"Byfleet, England (UK)"," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Parcel Sorter,Amazon packager,Free hot drinks on site Decent hourly wages for a first job,Never any parking available Abuse by foreign workers Not properly trained,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29396,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,My Stint at Amazon,* Learning Opportunities * Growth Opportunities * Better pay,- - - - -,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29397,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,"Enjoyable place to work overall, good pay for the area.",Very flexible and a top tier tech company,"Can really depend on the team you get, I know there are a few teams much less fun to be on than mine in the same office.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29398,amazon,Praha (Slovakia)," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Team Leader,amazon team leader position,"amazon gives a lots of carrer oportunities. it has ""career choice"" it is great program for improving youself",in amazon you have to do a lots of overtimes even if they say you work here only 4 days a week,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29399,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Ample designing and coding, handle responsibilities, see impact intantly","Amazon has a fast paced environment. You get to work with recent technologies but can also manage well with older ones. SDEs are encouraged to gain knowledge in ML and regular sessions are held to help. As an SDE, you work on everything from designing, coding, reviewing, deploying and maintaining your service. You get overall development experience. Provides a good launchpad for career growth. People are independent to work and grow. There is no micro-management of people.",You might end up spending a lot of time in office though that does not mean you'll always work. Oncall policy can disturb your sleep once a month. Not many fun activities are organized like that in Microsoft (from what I have heard and seen). Your interaction is mostly limited to your team though no one is actually stopping you from approaching a senior SDE from other team.,Make sure that people in higher management positions do not change their jobs very often,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2162.htm
29400,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on your communication skills,"Good company profits and welfare Nice co-workers If you have great communication skills - Amazon can be good work place for you. Since every day new untrained employee come in, they need skillful trainer then you don't have to do manual labor every day. Profit and Co-worker are pretty good. especially co-workers are erudite.","Low hourly pay Manual labor and tough quota All employers always complaint about poor hourly pay. Especially Amazon treats PIT drivers horribly. On average, driving PIT(Powered industrial truck) worker gain over $17 in warehouse workplaces but they only pay $14.40. It doesn't pay at all that's why 90 percent of new PIT drivers quit Amazon in a week.","Please negotiate raise to HR, and Amazon will get good employees. Majority of employees who already quit Amazon were not happy with hourly wages.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29401,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Leads Specialist,It’s always day 1!,Amazon lets you work as you wish to. It helps you learn many other processes within your team. It gives you sense of freedom to express and excel. This pro is as per my team.,Work-life balance is a concern. Promotions and hikes are manipulation’s. Very frugal in terms of salary structure. Hectic work during peak seasons.,Growth structure needs to be updated.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29402,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Good money Good management good shifts,Far from Glasgow to Dumbarton,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29403,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun fast paced environment,"Fun excercise a lot, safety is a priority",Shifts are very long,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29404,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Engineer,Awesome place to work at,"Everything you do pays off, in to short and long run as long as you do a good job.",I am still struggling to find the cons.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29405,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Very proud to work here,The pace of innovation is very exciting. It's a culture of yes toward new ideas or different ways of doing things.,Sometimes teams are too siloed which results in inefficient resourcing and duplication of work.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29406,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,It's Still Day One,Customer Experience is First Highly Open Environment Data Driven and Result Based Approach Doing the Right Thing is Priority Matured Process With Agility Like Start Up Faster Learning and Execution,Improper Prioritization of Technology Support,Senior Management is accessible and execution capabilities are huge. Keep the frugality alive and bring better customer as you do.  Don't bring DAY TWO ever. It is still DAY ONE.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29407,amazon,"Indi, Karnataka (India)"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,One of the best companies to work for,Friendly environment that employees work in Cab facility Good work BUT absolutely no UNWANTED pressure The beautiful and spacious interiors The proud feeling of working for a firm such as AMAZON Everyone is encouraged to come up with new ideas to reduce defects in the process and the appreciation and visibility is excellent.,Most of the food counters at the cafeteria is not healthy at all Certain job profiles pay you very less wen compared to smaller firms,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29408,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Learning Manager,Working at Amazon Mexico,"Nice work environment, everyone is commited to helping other and removing barriers. Average age is around 35, so it's a fun, young workplace.",Operations demands long hours at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29409,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Lead,Best company to work with,I have been working with Amazon for past six months and the way I learned things were extraordinary. You will not be spoon feeded here and that's the way Amazon helps you to learn things.,I dont have any negative things as of now.,Great going.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2163.htm
29410,amazon,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Public Relations Manager,A paradise for entrepreneurs with lots of ambition,"Global opportunities, work with peers who shares same ambition and values, a strong company culture that embrace innovation, quality over quantity, a global mega-enterprise with a startup mentality",Be careful of your work-life balance. You will have so much fun that you might find yourself working a lot more than you expected.,"Coach your teams in work-life balance, make sure they log off every once in awhile.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29411,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best workplace i have ever worked,"Best environment to work, Great Leadership Team, Can wear any casual outfits, Beautiful Infrastructure, Best in class Transport facilities(All AC Vehicles) , Work from Home option .",Its been one year with Amazon and haven't encountered any issues to share as such.,Ideas program which we have can be more liberal and take more ideas form employees on all Amazon's requirements.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29412,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"All good, best location with all amenities.","Still in training, couldn't say anything",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29413,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good fellows and work life balance,poor salary and poor management,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29414,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Interim Resolution Specialist,Customer Service,"Work Culture, Friendly Environment, Good Offers and Deals for Internal employees",Few policies flexible for external customers but not for the internal customers.,NA,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29415,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse manager,Amazon is a great place to work as per my interest. Its a place of gaining knowledge and knowing much more.,I cannot say thats there is any sidedown of working with amazon,To divide all inventory at a side place so the do not mess up during any festivals.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29416,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Excellent place to start,Work ethics and culture. Amazon's leadership principles build character.,None although the management appears to mainly focus on their own growth and not certain pain points in the system.,Listen to the people upon whose scores you build your career,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29417,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,What does it feel like workign at Amazon,"If you have the passion to do something challenging, this is the place to come to. If you have the ability to get your hands dirty no matter which level, willing to find the right answers to the problems, then you are heading in the right direction. There cannot be anyother place than Amazon","While passion gets you hooked to the job, be careful to strike the right worklife balance, else you may get pulled into long hours. YOu got to be smart and manage your worklife",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29418,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Controller,fast moving company. nice atmosphere.,"no opportunity to grow - not a long-term job. (no promotions, no trainings etc)",try to retain people,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29419,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Services,5,good culture and respect to employees and customes,no Questions and no suggestion,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2164.htm
29420,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company goals are set to drive to employees crazy. Poor management and lack of HR as an entity.,- Work from home - Flexible timings - Cab service -Shuutle for people who roam from one office to the other,Pathetic infrastructure at BLR office in WTC Mangers lack bringing forward company's vision and goals to employee Frugal to a high extent in matters of travel Promotion and other re-org structures are very murky,Build trust in your employees.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29421,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Content Associate,Good Working Place and atmosphere,It seems growing opportunity will be less.,Keep up the good work and continue.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29422,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,Easy going superiors Laid back environment Good salary In house facilities No formal dress code,Short deadlines at times Low job security Low employee interaction,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29423,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary of senior manager in Amazon,Innovative dynamic market leader in technology,Diverse but nothing more i find,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29424,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,"All good, best location with all amenities.","Still in training, couldn't say anything",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29425,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Controller,fast moving company. nice atmosphere.,"no opportunity to grow - not a long-term job. (no promotions, no trainings etc)",try to retain people,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29426,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fulfillment Warehouse,Easy to get hired. A lot of hours.,"Horrible work conditions and staffing procedures. Every employee is treated like a prison inmate and a robot they forget you're human. As a human you will not perform over 100% in rates when forced to work 60 hours a week, we burn out physically and mentally. 0 compassion or understanding.","Play some music, talk/ respect your employees, have more understanding.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29427,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,great company to work for,Culture Is very good.Work life balance is excellent,Not many opportunities for experienced folks,noting,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29428,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Abusive Risk Investigation,risk investigation,Growth is very fast.working environment is very good.,There are no cons as Amazon is a very good place to work,No advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29429,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Once an Amazonian Always an Amazonian!,"Surrounded by intelligent people, pushed to your limits to bring out the best out of an employee. Every day you get to learn something new. The best part is that each and every employee works towards making Amazon a better platform and to make it easy to use and to make the customer's life easy.","Though there are plenty of opportunities to grow, the promotions are all dependent on the managers politics. Promotions have nothing to do with talent or hard wok, but internal politics- which is sad. This the only reason why employees look for opportunities outside of the company and they consider moving out of the organization.",Have a committee to review the Managers work. Its a loss for the company to just let go a person who have put in his best work to making a process better and ultimately the organization better. Such people are precious and can add great value to the company so don't let them be the victims of the dirty politics.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2165.htm
29430,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Once an Amazonian Always an Amazonian!,"Surrounded by intelligent people, pushed to your limits to bring out the best out of an employee. Every day you get to learn something new. The best part is that each and every employee works towards making Amazon a better platform and to make it easy to use and to make the customer's life easy.","Though there are plenty of opportunities to grow, the promotions are all dependent on the managers politics. Promotions have nothing to do with talent or hard wok, but internal politics- which is sad. This the only reason why employees look for opportunities outside of the company and they consider moving out of the organization.",Have a committee to review the Managers work. Its a loss for the company to just let go a person who have put in his best work to making a process better and ultimately the organization better. Such people are precious and can add great value to the company so don't let them be the victims of the dirty politics.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29431,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,-The Brand name is the gold standard for freshers to start with. -The leadership principles is the best out there and helps broaden your perspective towards the work culture -Shiny pay scale for unemployed freshers,"-Newly hired senior management, specifically in TRMS are more into micro-management. Since their induction, the work culture is gradually being changed into those of a BPO -Schedule keeps changing very often and compulsion of working night shifts with bad week offs takes a toll on your health -Imbalance in Work-Social life -No learning curve, you're just fulfilling the business requirement - Low pay scale and hike -No guarantee regarding the Allowances,since this depends on the specific process that you're aligned which again they say is based on the business requirement which always changes.","Uplift those employees who are already in the system to deliver results, create impact and make history rather than bulk inviting so called outside seniors who's accustomed to their previous work culture and changing the way Amazon is to what it should not be.",2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29432,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Oh the potential!,"This is a company where, if you're wanted, they will move heaven and earth to get you. The turnover is crazy! And while I don't have any numbers, the majority of the movement I see is interdepartmental. They encourage you to go wherever you feel you are most comfortable. They give you everything to thrive and shine where you want.","It's not exactly a con, but no one's gonna hold your hand in Amazon. You want to do something, do it! No one will stop you, but no one will help you either. It's all on you. There is the issue of work/life balance. This is a company that is beyond perfect for someone starting their careers in their 20s. If you wanna join beyond your 20s, you better be joining in a manager position, because while they do have a lot (and I mean a LOT!) more responsibility than their subordinates, they also have more flexibility. If you're in your 30s, married with kids and want to join Amazon, be prepared for the onslaught of travels, late nights and stress for at least the first 6 months. After that, you start to get a better handle on things.","I haven't been with Amazon for a long time and I do have the chance to work with an extraordinary manager who is just supportive, encouraging and always guiding you wherever she thinks she can. All managers are basically taught to judge anything and everything according to the 14 leadership principal which can seem a bit obsessive to an outsider. But truth be told, they worked so far and I do believe they're perfect guidelines,",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29433,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Best work culture. Great scope for growth. Lots opportunity to learn,Sometimes work pressure increases alot.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29434,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,Amazing work experience and helpful people,too much of a workload,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29435,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Flexible timings Informal meetings with peers,Work pressure during peak time (Oct - Dec),none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29436,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,1. Salary 2. Dynamic environment and chance to work on growing businesses 3. Opportunities to move to US / Europe,"1. Culture - Aggressive environment with complete focus on delivering results 2. Employees are considered resources and not people - Management is not responsible for career path/growth of employees 3. No Work-Life balance for an average employee, but very team/manager dependant",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29437,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good but heavy work,work culture freedom to wfh easy and comfortable surroundings great office,lot of work to do in 8 hrs so we end up working extra 3-4 hours at home,please review the workload and make sure employees are not stressed to that level,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29438,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Oct 10, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Product Manager, FBA",great company to work,- good culture and team work - life and work balance - create new innovations - high expectation to delivery result,These would be hard to work for some people. - always expected to deliver high performance - very fast to change and move forward,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29439,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Great place to explore technology,"Good use of end to end technology stack, very driven and very motivating.","Too many distractions, split focus. This has been working well for amazon but for newbies, it can be difficult.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2166.htm
29440,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good culture,Good culture and lovely environment,There are no such cons.,Nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29441,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazing work culture for those passionate about learning,"Amazing work culture, progressive environment, offers lot to learn and grow, both personally and professionally, Offers lot of freedom in work style and approaches.",Some people find the work life balance hard to maintain. But that is a personal choice and varies accordingly.,"There should definitely be more events at work, like fitness, entertainment etc.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29442,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Best company to be associated with. Nice pay structure and pays for every sinle hour in OT spend at work. Lotss to learn and invent.,No cons. 2 offs per week in logistics. The best company in logistics operations,Take care of your bests,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29443,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,DE CS Operation Manager,Very nice colleagues and open door policy. Very competitive salary because of the shares available for everyone from bottom to top.,Very competitive environment and sometimes there is a touch of hire and fire mentality driven by the yearly performance review process.,"Hire ""real"" leaders and are willing to follow the leadership tenets. Otherwise it gets very frustrating for people to see all those statements on the wall knowing that the own manager does not believe in it.",4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29444,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reviewer,Plant of opportunities to branch out into different departments. You have the option to move and learn something new if you are not happy with your current role,Very metrics based. Management sometimes only see the numbers and dont realise the delicate nature of dealing with partner merchants,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29445,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Has both pros and cons,Good learning and growth opportunities. lot of ownership.,Very team dependent and stressful. Very bad quality of engineers hired recently.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29446,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Senior Associate,Friendly atmosphere and helpful colleagues. Streamlined processes for aiding our job.,No major Cons. Fine at all fronts.,Keep it going.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29447,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunity,Good value for peak performers. The company keeps growing and there are loads of opportunities to move around. Flexible working hours in most cases.,Lack of value for employees. End customer needs trump employee needs. A big bubble!,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29448,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Trms,Basic,"Work experience in amazon is far different from the other,they believe in work hard as well as having fun at the same time, tremendous growth opportunities.","Work can be monotonous at times,but by finding your way to deal things would be the fun part.The over hiring is a bitter part.",Nm,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29449,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Good open communication, Various verticals of organisations, Work timings No pressure in office premises,lots of fun",Vertical Growth is limited Long years for promotion,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2167.htm
29450,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Good open communication, Various verticals of organisations, Work timings No pressure in office premises,lots of fun",Vertical Growth is limited Long years for promotion,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29451,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Happy to be a part of Amazon,Leadership is really attentive towards every individuals career goals.,"Sometimes the ideas provided are unheard, we need to stress a lot for the same to be reviewed.  HR is not really reachable.",None.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29452,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality & Authencity of product Usability or Ease to use,"1. Big problems - At Amazon, no problem is pushed aside as too hard to solve. In fact, they go after the really hard and insolvable problems and then throw talent, time and resources towards solving them. In my time there, pretty much every team I worked with was solving a ""holy grail"" problem in their field and actually making progress towards it. There is no dearth of interesting projects, teams or ideas to work on.  2. Structure and thinking - There is a lot of document writing at Amazon, in case you have not heard. While some people do not like that part of the job much, I think the required meetings and documents force every employee to truly think about their job and what they are doing. Producing the write-ups and getting them ready to face up to a room of very detailed scrutiny and questioning forces you to think through every aspect of your business. it is really a very valuable skill that Amazon does a great job of developing.  3. Ownership - Amazon treats you like an owner - a grown up. You have a job to do and you are empowered to do it. There are checks and balances, of course, but you truly do own your business. You make the assessments, take the risks, justify your decisions and ultimately reap the benefits or learn from your mistakes and move on. There are not many fall-backs and layers to catch you if you are not moving your business forward. Not a lot of finger poitning for failures either, that I saw. In fact, I would say that if you do not act like an owner, you will not be successful at Amazon. You have to embrace the responsibility and run with it.  4. Smart People - You'll hear this a lot and personally, I think some of the talk is overblown but Amazon does indeed have some very, very smart and talented people working there. I know its a cliche, but I did learn a lot from most people I worked with there - and again, I say, most, not all :-) are just genuinely nice people. I would work again with these people without hesitation. I think the leadership there is especially great - just really smart, experienced people with sharp instincts, great insights and lots of ambition. It was really fun working with the folks I did.","1. Structure and documentation - What I said above about structure and documentation, while its great to create clarity and shape your thinking, it can get in the way of actually doing your work. Everybody at Amazon is juggling so much and constantly writing high quality documents can get exhausting. The secret here, as in any job, is to balance the strategic against the operational and prioritize ruthlessly. I cannot say I was always effective at it - but I tried till my last day and now have the benefit of hind sight as well :-)  2. Culture - I think some people could have a tough time adjusting to the culture - its tough, expectations are high and there is not always a lot of hand holding ( in fact, it would be very rare). I think you have to embrace or at least accept it and focus on the positives. Your team makes a huge difference - so hopefully you're lucky and end up with a great manager and great team mates. If you're looking for free food and onsite massages - you certainly will be disappointed. You can end up overworked and resentful if you are not good at prioritizing your work and your life and making trade-offs.  3. People/Politics - I started to see a lot of the ""we are the best in the world"" mentality start to show up. I don't believe that everyone that works at Amazon is a genius and seeing that attitude crop up every now and then was annoying. Every company has inside politics and even though Amazon tries really hard to believe there is no politics, there is certainly that to deal with. No more than any other company that I can tell, but it can get frustrating when you're working so hard and so long to get derailed by that kind of thing.  So there you have it - overall I loved my time at Amazon. I was exhausted (in a very good way) every day but couldn't wait to go back and keep making progress. I was lucky to have a great team, a really interesting area to work on and some awesome problems to tackle.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29453,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Referral tool,Very user friendly tool to refer candidates,none observed as of now,Follow up/status of the referral should be shared,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29454,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Good place to work,"Awesome environment, perks and excellent colobarotation ebtween teams",Can't think of any cons at the moment,Keep it going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29455,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Account Manager,Being an Amazonian,"Great place to strive and thrive as Amazon is the best employer in terms of flexibility as amazon will provide a great platform especially for those who are seeking creative freedom to explore,innovate and do things in a best logical way by challenging the status Quo. Professionally,Its a career enriching experience for me as I have transformed a lot after becoming an amazonian and I can sense the difference within myself as am evolving each and every day in my career.",Nothing so far in my amazon Journey.,Nil,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29456,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,Good fun safe to work with!!! Goo working culture!!!,The salary is not as per expectation.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29457,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Working at Amazon means more than I expected,"As a master student, Amazon is the place to be. I can work and also go to uni and have a social life meanwhile. The management is really profi and I always find support when I need it.",The tasks are not always creative and sometimes doing the same thing for a week may get you bored.,-,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29458,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the Best Coy to work For,One of the Best Coy to work For,I could not find any till now,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29459,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to grow,Amazon is a company where you can trace your own path. It is your ownership that will help and make you grow in this company. Conditions are really good and buildings have several facilities to keep employees entertained.  Compensation is good and growth is for sure if you put you hean on it.,"Unlike other Amazon sites around the world, Costa Rican sites offer the less benefits for employees such as attendance policies and salaries.","Management is great in Amazon, they're always available and you're are always exposed to the different levels of leadership.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2168.htm
29460,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk analyst,"Work environment, really supportive managers, low work load.","Shift timings, non weekend offs, limited growth.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29461,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - QA Associate,Amazon can make fell like you are part of the team fro m the first day,"new opportunities, challenges, team, fun, honesty","the encouragement of the new hires, more feedback for employees",to encourage more the new hires,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29462,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,A place to move forward in career,Fast paced environment Knowledgeable peer group Performance driven career progression Thoughtful leadership team,Work hours could be long but if you enjoy your work then it shouldn't be a problem,Give more emphasis to predictive solutions,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29463,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Excellent company to work on.,Great career opportunities. Lot of exposure working amongst such smart individuals.,Lack of outdoor activity areas.,"More leisure facilities required in Amazon area. Swimming pool, Gym, Outdoor game areas.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29464,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long Term (2+ years) Review,"Freedom of expression, benefits, company name","Extended working hours, work pressure, unreasonable targets. Bad managers, monotonous work",Set a higher standard for hiring managers,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29465,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Catalogue Specialist,Work hard have fun make history!,What you do is what you get! If you r sincere to your work u will b rewarded. The only company I could say where they give more consideration for our needs and requirements.,Many misuse the benefits given to them.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29466,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Very Fast Company with Aggressive Plan,"You will naturally become fast & Prompt in nature, decision making & Execution.","WORK LIFE BALANCE , email company",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29467,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Fast growth,"Very fast growth, lots of room for advancement and opportunity to work on cutting edge scalability problems. Fairly autonomous work environment. Smart, ambitious coworkers.",Can be difficult at times. Have to go oncall.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29468,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Review,Best Work culture. best place to work!,nothing that i can recall,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29469,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History!!!!","This is a really amazing company to work with, with a lot of flexibility at the time to choose your career path, with a high focus in learning and capacitation. Amazon Web Services is a really an amazing place to develop your skills and to continuously improve.","It's a Bias For Action company with great focus on self-serving so if you are not a self-driven person which take your progress in your hands, you may felt a little bit lost. Benefits are somehow average.",keep on this track. It's Amazing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2169.htm
29470,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,"Best company Learn, Work very hard and have fun","good working atmosphere, great learning tools. high grade training materials.",less visibility on leadership plans,need more fun activities,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29471,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Compliance Associate,Why to work at Amazon,The pros at amazon are Work freedom Mobility Innovation Leadership Technology,The cons at Amazon are De - centralisation Hierarchy Risk taking,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29472,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Awesome place to work at :),"Amazon encourages people to understand themselves and really work hard to their potentials. Also, the Leadership principles are so beautiful and encourages to the generation to Thing Big :)","Overall amazon is the best employer on the planet. However, depending on the profile/process you work the opportunities may differ.",Management should consider Cross functional process trainings to be given and proper SOP's to be set for IJP's and because there is no revert after we apply for IJP's,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29473,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Worse company I have ever worked for...,"Great cross section of people from all over the world, very interesting.","To many to list here but here are a few, new office with no senior management, no direction, no company culture, mid to lower level management incapable, prospects very low to none, continually changing goals, poor salary, don't expect a bonus even after 1 year and being highest performer in department, worst working experience of my life wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy!","Get some that know what they are doing, stop promoting wrong candidates.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29474,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,i just love to work here,no cons at till now,none,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29475,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Awesome company!,"- Customer obsession - Entrepreneurial - still Day 1 (feel like you're working in a start-up but have the support of a large org) - Lots of opportunities to move around (for positions, countries, etc.) - Competitive salary and outstanding stock growth - Innovative company, not afraid to try new things or fail","- Growth is crazy so there are always new people onboarding (which is good and bad), wish there was more stability with teammates - If you're in a corporate location outside of Seattle, the upwards career trajectory is not always easy because of the limited positions beyond level 6.",Open HQ2 in Toronto!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29476,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investogator,good,good pay along with good job profile,work life balance is very difficult to manage,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29477,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Great Company,Good Environment Great Benefits Good to go,I didn't found cons yet,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29478,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,DEVICE ASSOCIATE,"Work culture, transportation facilities and work life balance.",There are nothing as such.,Keep doing the good work,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29479,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,More Engineering Than Anywhere Else,"Your code will get to production very soon, you will see how it scales with millions of users. Early deployment and improving iterations bring satisfaction. Minimum of code is written into a drawer.","Compared to small companies, there is lots of administration here. However there are processes for everything, so there is guarantee, that you will get what you need. It just can take time.  Not so many perks like in Google/Facebook.",Give us more perks!,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2170.htm
29480,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Services Manager,"Fast Paced,Challenging and Innovative","Amazon is a place where you get to innovate, challenge the status quo and present your ideas.  The pace at which Amazon grows can teach you how to build sustainable solutions","Amazon demands dedication, if you are not someone who is up for challenges you may find it difficult to adapt",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29481,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2017","Current Employee - Manager III, Program Management (L6)","Manager III, Program Management (L6)","Things happen fast, good learning, good culture, good compensation , good opportunities within the organization","Work life balance is a challenge, Another challenge is shift timings for US aligned teams",Treat Indian Employees at par with Seattle and respect their timings as well.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29482,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Manager - Risk Investigations,Great if you love a pressure driven environment!,-Lots of work so you're busy all the time -Very Dynamic,"-Unstructured and hence very frequent changes, anything can come your way -High Pressure",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29483,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,"Couple of years ago, Amazon had a different approach towards employees and working with Amazon was really great.","The best part in amazon is the good salary, the benefits and definitely the signing bonuses. Also, interacting with multiple people from different countries and having access to knowledge all the time allows you to evolve and grow professionally.","Too long working hours, Amazon tends to be a lifestyle, not leaving time for anything else. The workload may overwhelm someone new on the job, overcoming the initial enthusiasm. Also, I see a trend in the bad management style, bad people motivation and engagement. Looks like turning into robots, customer oriented true, employee oriented not so much.","Be more into management, focus more on this than being an SME in the process. Understand that you work with people first and just the fact that you work with Amazon may not be a long term motivation. Create more opportunities for employees and provide guidance and feedback when needed.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29484,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Assistant,Awesome place to experience and ocean of knowledge to gain.,Day 1 policy and work focused methods Learning from Amazon's Leadership Principles Satisfaction with Amazon's Work Environment Great Learning from well conversant and knowledgeable superiors,Have not experienced yet in 2 years. Will keep it for future.,We may work more on tool automation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29485,amazon,North Goa (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Delivery Supervisor,Delivery Supervisor,They treat their employees like family. Great renumerations,"I can't think of any, probably the best place to work with",Sometimes need to take back old staff.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29486,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist - Amazon Beauty,Cool office space especially in Shoreditch Nespresso Machines Some cool talks/extra curriculars,"Laptop given not for ‘work from home’ but so you work all the time Team Bullying Senior leadership changes every few months so no stability As Amazon wants to profit, there’s a trickle down blame game on performance Unhealthy work hours Managers do not respect confidential 1:1s Amazon says you’re responsible for your career progression, but that’s only because they don’t care",Get rid of old Senior management who haven’t been promoted for years for a reason,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29487,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Support Manager,Growth Oriented,"Opportunity Fast Paced Environment Salary Stock options You can move across team and globally easily if you are a best performer Work Hard, Party Harder environment Open culture.",Not good for people looking for stability high expectations need to perform everyday work-life balance,nothing. the culture helps people to grow fast.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29488,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,Great environment to work in,None yet. Really satisfied with everything,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29489,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resource Specialist,Great place to work,Challenging environment Knowledgeable Following Amazon Leadership principles perfectly. Good in Perks Continuous Motivation Having various platform to grow in career. Good paymaster,Nothing to share so far,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2171.htm
29490,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 27, 2017","Former Employee - Senior Executive, Search &amp, Rescue Analyst",Former Employee,Pleasant work culture and no social obligation... free working style,little hectic during peak season.,"Incorporating younger generation by providing new roles that may use their potential at large. I remember one of my friend who was an MBA, but was working as an customer service agent, employees should be provided jobs according to their educational background.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29491,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former employee,Many learning and growth opportunities.,VER LESS Salary. The Only reason I am not trying to join Amazon once again is because of their Salary Structure.,Take care of salary structure,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29492,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Business Risk Investigator,Great company,There is a lot of emphasis on self improvement and competence. The management is also very friendly and the environment very much chilled out. The pay is great with a lot of scope of bonuses in the form of overtime and performance rewards. It has a good transport facility too.,The backend nature of work can be a bit repetitive and also an extreme emphasis on performance can be a bit unnerving.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29493,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,No limit to learning,"+The colleagues are work are very smart minds and there is no limit of how much you can learn . +You will see the best in technologies and new products/features are launch almost everyday . +Very good new hire orientation program which does not mean that you are just thrown into the ocean with no prior experience. +Depending on the region there are a lot of perks apart from the regular salary ,bonux (2 years) and RSUs) +The company lives by their leadership principles and you are going to use them in most of your actions/discussions.",+You need to learn to keep up the pace with the changing envionment and make sure you are striving towards raising the bar or you will be lost somewhere.However this is a benefit in disguise for your overall career development,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29494,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production,"Strong management team, Friendly, helpful and there to listen. Plenty of overtime.",Long hours usually spent walking 40 km through the building on a daily basis. Hard to find time to do work on line in the work place. Always rushing to eat and rush back to your station.,"Listen to your employees, To many employees telling others what to do, Like there in charge meanwhile they are not even employed at Amazon. Lack of communication down the chain of command.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29495,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Fun people around and amazing odfucs,Nothing as such In my mind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29496,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Senior Manager,Operations,Great level of ownership given to leaders and best in the class platform to be innovative. You can be part of customer's shopping life by making their experience simple,Measure and track performance,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29497,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software development engineer,You will learn good coding practices Opportunity to design complex systems Work with smart people Good Salary + stock benefits,Sometimes on call can be hectic. Sometimes you have to make small code changes which can waste your time and less learning opportunities in that time.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29498,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Business Operations Specialist,Amazing work place Environment,"Opportunity to every Individual to grow within,",It's always different from every Individual,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29499,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Marketing Manager,One of the best places to work,"1. One of the best things about Amazon is that the organization really believes and functions to delight its customers. 2. Opportunity to work with one of the best talent out there. Amazon has a really high hiring bar which ensures that only the best work at Amazon though this has got diluted over the years 3. Mobility across functions, teams and markets is just amazing at Amazon and gives one the independence to decide what role one is suitable for. This makes it always possible for people to switch inside Amazon and stay relevant and learn.",1. Very high bar on performance 2. Company does not care about your emotional and personal needs. So you never build an emotional bond with the company. But after some time you may get accustomed to this and find it difficult to work somewhere else. 3. Work life balance goes for a toss if you are aiming to be a high performer. It is often said that Amazon is where brilliant people come to feel bad about themselves. I think it captures the environment very aptly where type As are encouraged to argue with one another. Life takes a backseat over work.,"1. When you hire leaders from other industries/companies do ensure that thoroughly understand the Amazon culture before they start enforcing rules or engaging with the larger team. Only leaders who are accustomed and habituated to working by Amazon principles should be at leadership position so that cultures from outside do not influence how we work at Amazon. In particular, stop hiring from ITC/other FMCGs in bulk like you do in India, it destroys the true Amazon culture as leaders try to enforce their own culture at Amazon. 2. Indian leadership team should try to not enforce artificial barriers or do IM on promotions. As Amazon becomes bigger in India, certain teams have taken it on themselves to decide to prolong promotions and make people stay in lower levels more to keep them motivated. This should not happening as per Amazon culture where honest promotions are encouraged.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2172.htm
29500,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Very good pay, fast paced learning, required to work extremely hard.","Salary, Progression, customer focus. Have the opportunity to make both horizontal and vertical moves between departments.","Hard work, long unsociable hours. Lots of focus on associates engagement with little towards manager engagement as i believe its expected with the wage.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29501,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support associate,The culture is amazing. And the growth is quick,Sometimes the work can get hectic. Break schedules are recorded for the year end appraisals,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29502,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,"Recommended if you are attached to Cork, otherwise apply to London",Job security - assuming you are competent in the role you will not be fired Very good work remote policy (anywhere within the EU!) Flexible work hours. 31 days' annual paid vacation due to no bank holidays. Nice stock options if you can make it to the 2 year maturation period. Good start in the KYC/AML industry which can lead to better positions with other firms for individuals who do not have previous investigations backgrounds.,Increasingly ratcheting micromanagement. Glacially slow promotion. No bonuses for performance besides 'nomotions' where you will receive more responsibility and stress without an actual promotion. No incentive to work overtime. Promotion not based on job core competencies but rather on 'projects' done by those who are not busy actually working on the office's core business. No bank holidays. Weekend shift work. Below-industry-standard compensation. Incompetent managers. Career development not taken seriously by management- this office is not 'Developing the Best',Promote your best investigators to more senior investigator roles. At present this office is just training investigators to leave and work at other companies.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29503,amazon,"Warrington, North West England, England (UK)"," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Fulfillment Associate,Free hot drinks in the canteen.,"Poor hours, long shifts, boring & repetitive work. Additionally, I was lied to about the role that I would be doing.","Add more enjoyment to the work place, buy a radio license.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29504,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE 1,You get to learn a lot. You never feel like innovation is missing that you might feel in lot of other companies.,Work/Life balance is not good compared to other companies.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29505,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Process Engineer,I have been Working at Amazon Full-time(less than year),"Amazing Culture and growth and no social obligation,free working Style",little hectic during peak season.,Nothing such as a great place to work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29506,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content test assosiate,multiple exposure to apps. good culture and environment.,less salary. not aw per industry,none,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29507,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Team Manager,Amazing Culture and growth. Also feels great working here,May be a better work and life balance should be encouraged,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29508,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,Opportunities to work on what you are passionate about Flexible internal transfers Excellent colleagues Decent compensation and benefits,"Unless you are self starter and self motivated person, initial settling down can be bit frustrating",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29509,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,developer,good salary good co worker,night shifts is hard work,good job full confidence no problemo,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2173.htm
29510,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Nice place to work for both freshers and experienced,non tech don have value,nothing,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29511,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,"Amazing for some, horrible for others",Great place for career development as well as great leadership. Your management will always have an open ear for you and listen to your ideas as well as personal career plans.,The rate at which the company is expanding and launching new products. This simply puts so much pressure on the employees that some work constantly overtime. Sadly the rate of newly hires people can't cope with this which leads to even more constant pressure. A lot of 'old' employees left the company due to this fact. Other than that the benefits could be better: Employees pay to use the car park and also other companies do offer much better benefits in various areas.,Don't burn your employees. Hire new team colleagues before expanding and launching new products - otherwise a lot of more people will leave this place.,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29512,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Supervisor,Importance of the company worldwide.,"Shifts cover all the week, also working on the most important holidays of the year.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29513,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,No looking back...,Being a fresher and first job at Amazon even though as a customer service associate has been fabulous for the last 3months. The importance they give to their employees each and everyone for that matter is to be appreciated.,As of now nothing much except trying to get leave during peaks is the only problem you will face.,Keeping up the name earned!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29514,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Amazon,Work Hard. Have fun. Make History :),Couldn't find anything yet.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29515,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Global Supply Chain Manager,Working at Amazon,Challenging work Rewarding Compensation within US Opportunities Socially conscious company Diverse,Compensation outside of US Interview process can be difficult High density seating can be tough in some buildings,"The opportunity to move abroad and develop skills within Amazon is amazing however the compensation is unfair. Many managers have to decide between losing salary and gaining the experience. In my opinion, a manager should not have to lose salary if moving from the US to Germany (or another country) taking the same role.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29516,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A place to learn, develop and tackle interesting problems","There are a lot of interesting problems to tackle and solve for. The ability to move internally is good, so personal development is easy. Amazon stock price has done well over the years so it's nice to see that benefit employees directly.","Because the company is doing so much, there is a lot of things that come at employees. I've had to develop a strong backbone to say ""no"" to things that are not a high priority to me to ensure I maintain a good work/life balance.","Be sure to keep an eye on workload and what is ""realistic"" for a healthy work/life balance. Build in personal development time when doing project planning and resource planning.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29517,amazon,Bucharest (Romania)," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Compliance Associate,Great place to work,"There is no boss, we have leaders who are willing to help all of our team members. Flexibility, opportunities, challenges, great culture & fun - this is how I would describe Amazon RO.",I think the Annual Review process could be improved.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29518,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Investigation Specialist,Amazon Transaction Risk Investigator,Can learn lot of new things. Best work culture ever. Can easily move to different team through IJPs.,Changing work culture. Rotational shifts and week offs,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29519,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Bonus & increment,You get RSU per year or twice a year after first 2 years,No bonus or good increment,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2174.htm
29520,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Bonus & increment,You get RSU per year or twice a year after first 2 years,No bonus or good increment,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29521,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Great team of interns, good pay relative to the city's cost of living","Work life balance was a little poor, most interns chose to do overtime",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29522,amazon,Pune City (India)," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,If you have a good profile best company to work for,*cool work culture *supportive management *your peers will be nice people as well (They make sure they are not hiring creeps),Overtimes and high work pressure,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29523,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,I definitely tell anyone who will listen that it's a terrible company to work for and they should seek employment elsewhere,"It's very strange to see your feelings corroborated in the words of several strangers, but what's been previously documented is exactly my experience during my years at Amazon. The average Amazon employee stays with Amazon for 14 months. 14. Months. I have been with the company for less than 5 years, and have been there longer than nearly 80% of the employees. For a company that prides itself on efficiency, a turnover rate like that seems painfully inefficient—and painful it is if you're the one left while your co-worker exits. The work will definitely fall on you, and if you manage to hold things together, even just barely, you'll see that headcount vanish, and suddenly you're doing the work of two people.  Let's talk about leave of absences and people who quit—never in my professional career have I worked somewhere were so many people either walk out or simply disappear. I've encountered more than one employee who has gone out on a mysterious leave of absence only to never return and severe all social ties with other co workers never to be heard from again. We're talking block on linkedin kind of severing.  I've read the comments some people have posted, and I'd like to set the record straight on a few things. The ""pay to quit"" program is nothing but a PR hoax. That option is only offered to fulltime warehouse employees, of which there are few. It's well documented that the vast majority of warehouse employees are temp workers. Of the very few people who qualify for the program—it's offered during review season, which is when raises, promotions, and stock grants are given. Anyone with a brain knows that $5,000 to quit your job is a terrible deal. It's mostly intended for the poor performers—a way for Amazon to avoid firing an employee and paying unemployment.  Also—many comments reference that if you don't like your job then just quit. You know what, you're right. You can just quit, and if you're that unhappy with your job I would argue that you should. However, I think the larger point here is that this is all a terrible way to run a successful corporation. Amazon needs its employees just as much as it needs its customers, and the fact it doesn't understand that is what hinders its overall success. Other players in the space offer lots of perks to keep employees happy—decent health insurance (Amazon's is terrible), snacks in the office, discounted gym memberships—Amazon does none of these things. Are employees entitled to it? No, we're not, but when it keeps the company from getting and retaining the best talent—the very talent that is necessary to keep the company going and innovating, then it's probably a good idea to offer a few things. I'm not an organizational psychologist, but I'm confident that there are studies out there that say that happy employees work harder, longer hours, and stick around for more than 14 months. If you're an average person reading this you probably aren't outraged, but if you're an Amazon executive or shareholder you absolutely should be.  I wouldn't go so far as to say that Amazon is evil, but it is certainly a contentious work environment where people will literally step on each other to climb to the next level (Amazon's level structure has also been documented), and are even encouraged to do so. If you want a raise—you better figure out a way to eliminate the job of someone below you. It's not the most sinister and I'm definitely not being abused, but I think that the culture is such that it's very difficult to be successful, and ultimately not worth the rewards. Because of this Amazon will remain a stepping stone for most, not a place to settle into a career.  Oh, and I completely agree that the review process is absolute garbage. If you ever had a bad day and said something to someone that was even slightly snarky it will come up, completely out of context, on your review. I know several people who have had ""becomes visibly frustrated at times"" called out on their review. I get visibly frustrated when people try to come onto the subway car before letting me out, let alone when I'm at work and multiple people have given me conflicting deadlines on projects. The bottom line is that you should never have an emotion. Ever. Of it will be seen as a weakness. Your manager can complain and gossip to you endlessly about people on your team or on other teams, but never do the same. It will come up on your review that you're a complainer.  The PIP thing is also completely real, and I've known a few people who have gotten one completely out of nowhere. While nothing this terrible has ever happen to me I have seen it happen around me. I have known people who have been screamed at by their managers, cursed at, and even had comments made to them that were blatantly racist. While my personal experience hasn't been completely tragic, I definitely tell anyone who will listen that it's a terrible company to company to work for and they should seek employment elsewhere.",Hire the right people and let them grow,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29524,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing manager,Great employee benefits They hire great people,Poor career progression Lousy people manager No work life balance,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29525,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Cool Friendly Environment. Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History",Team Outing is limited for only one day. No Annual Outing,Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29526,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work with smart people,"smart people, good pay, insurance, RSU, things moves fast here, No micro management, easy work from home, enough leaves","pathetic food, Sometimes works get hectic but still manageble",Please take care of North Indian food.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29527,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working @ Amazon,"Employee Friendly, Organisational Outlook, Career Opportunities",Nothing as such great place to work,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29528,amazon,Barcelona (Spain)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Great company to work to/with!,1. an amazing worldwide company 2. good environment 3. beautiful people,1. complicated and illogical tools 2. lots of confusion in systems tools 3. lots of improvements still to do,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29529,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,A new challange every day,"Amazon is a growing company that has the size of a multinational and the mindset of a start up. You get to face new challenges every day. You get to invent, and it's ok to fail, as long as you learn from it.","You have to have a great tolerance to ambiguity, and you are asked to learn by yourself. If you need to be spoon-fed, probably this is not really the right place for you.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2175.htm
29530,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get Ready to be a part of history making .,"Amazon is truly a maverick of an unprecedented magnitude in more ways than one. From the maniacal customer obsession to the ""Go Do "" approach, everything adds up the secret sauce called Amazon",The pace may become overwhelming initially and the peculiarity may unsettle a few.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29531,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Consultant,I am interest to know the Business line.,I am interested to work Business line because future I am also make one Business.,How problems are comes? How to slow problems ? I will find my job,I am also work yours and make my company growth always ...its my device,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29532,amazon,Pune City (India)," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager Customer Service,Amazing Amazon,This is 2nd American Multinational that I am working in since last 7 years and must say it truly is an experience worth thousand good times. The diverse work culture and Customer centric approach that Amazon has makes it one of best places to work. Been here from last 8 months and must say each day has been different in terms of learnings that I've had. Amazon walks the talk when it says it take care of its customers and employees !!,"Amazon has ground rooted itself in US and it is obvious it will take time for it to follow same for other countries. For India ,it is still taking baby steps and hence there are a lot of aspects in Operations deliverables which need structure and right kind of Management approach. May be 5 years down the line it would not be a surprise to see Amazon winning most of the awards in Customer and Employee Corporate category.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29533,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Unique experience, but not nirvana",Builder culture Little corporate BS for a big company Meaningful leadership principals New strength-based performance assessment,Not a compassionate culture Employees/managers made to think about career growth non-stop Values solo heros over team builders Weak eng project management Maintenance burden starting to weigh down,Add charity co-pay to encourage compassion Teach project planning aside of re-Invent -- deadline should matter Add SRE roles to reduce burden on engineers for rudimentary infra support,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29534,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Device Associate,Professionally best company,"Respects every individual ideas Best place to think on high standards and maintain it. Friendly environment Comparatively, gives more importance for employees than organization.",Low focus towards upcoming and new technology.,To avoid micro management in some parts. Pay-scale improvement in some orgs,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29535,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,general opinion,amazon culture and work environment,C block atmosphere looks like a normal BPO office and its not matching the amazon culture,please change the work environment like b block,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29536,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Compliance Associate,Work at Amazon daily expeiences,"Friendly atmosphere, many employee benefits, good working conditions.",A little bit hard to promote if you're not into technical stuff.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29537,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Manager in Amazon UK,"Amazon allows you flexibility in implementing solutions, you are constantly learning something new, the company changes and improves in a quick pace and has a very positive vibe. People here are different, more vibrant, more informal (in a positive way) and the career opportunities are great. Never thought that after 50 I would feel so motivated to work.","By far, my main complaint is the lack of proper management training, to be fair it is getting much better as I write this review, but is far from the ideal for such a huge company. I also work longer hours than I would wish, but part of the fault is my own, that being said, I don't imagine a manager working less than 50/55 hrs a week.","1. Allow for sabbaticals. 2. Allow for career progression through internal programs, mba, etc. There is too much focus on the external hires and not enough on the talents inside the company.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29538,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A good place to learn and grow,"- A great company to have on your CV, will open a lot of doors  - A lot to learn for a Software Engineer and there are always stuff happening and new teams forming. You can either go to existing products or work in new teams that develop new and cool stuff  - If you like doing more than coding, you have the chance to. The company is very open to having well-rounded employees  - Stocks are great and pay is also quite good  - Company is actively trying to get rid of its bureaucracy","- A large company, with all the disadvantages that any large company has: things can move very slow at times, it's not a flat hierarchy (we have a tool that shows us just how hierarchical we are) and quite a lot of politics  - If you're not the type to stand up for yourself, you'll likely hate it here. Management will always be understanding, but they won't be your nanny  - You own your career development, so if you don't get involved and prefer to have things come to you, you might not like it here  - The pay will always exist to make Amazon competitive, but they won't give more salary or rises out of the goodness of their heart","Continue the work on making everything more open, and try to give salary bumps that don't just reflect inflation rate",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29539,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Investigator,Good Experience,Great work Environment More possible opportunities to pursue a carrier with Amazon,Communication can be improved in the Company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2176.htm
29540,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at amazon,Best place for freshers to start their career. Plenty of opportunities if you are that kind of person who is self driven and self motivated. No short cuts  ** if you could satisfy amazon's 14 leadership principles one would definitely reach top levels in terms of management One of the best work environment in industry.,**Favoritism by senior management when it comes to promotions Lack of Professionalism and leadership skills from senior management at times.,Leaders need to dive deep into employees work standards from time to time Abolish favoritism and teach professionalism among mangers and senior associates.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29541,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Has friendly atmosphere and lots of entertainment,No free lunch Stressful work environment,Hierarchy should be elimated for good growth,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29542,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Its Always Day 1 here!!,"My first job though I say the work culture at Amazon is just FANTASTIC!! Quite friendly, easy going (though you have work load) and good perks and incentives!",Need to do a lot of Overtime when company calls (obviously you get compensated accordingly),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29543,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Operations,Operator,the salary per hour it's good,the shift it's to long,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29544,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Very nice company,They are having very great team environment and fast development speed.,You may have to take oncall which will cause you fewer time to sleep.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29545,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Clockwork,Working for a well know company,Treated like clockwork and easily replaceable,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29546,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,Amazing Environment to learn about online retail business which is the next big thing around making people's lives easier.,Salary could be a bit higher,Please review the salary as per the market,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29547,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,- Fast Evolving Opportunity to Learn,- Very Unorganized Processes and work structure,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29548,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Specialist - Training,Good place to work,Great benefits offered by the company,Quiet poor employee retention policies,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29549,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DA,good place to work and positive people,Don't underestimate the people who attend the interview for job with their resume . I personally felt that you are not recruiting the skilled people for DA position because there many one who don't know anything about the role (Freshers) . There are many fresher who know about the tool and role are missing the chance . next time while recruiting consider their skill .,nothing,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2177.htm
29550,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to Learn,Full of talented and hard working people,The company doesn't seem to care about work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29551,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager (CS),"Super place to work, very collaborative, no cut-throat races, good remuneration package and great work environment. One Organization which genuinely talks, works and lives by its Leadership Principles, every single day.",Some of the IT back end support sucks and needs to be upgraded in line with current times,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29552,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior level Associate,Nice work life balance Friendly management,Performance metrics a little high at times,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29553,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - ERC Client Associate,ERC client services team is not that great,"Transport was good , cafeteria was good","Managers were very non cooeperative,leave policy is weird",Make sure shift changes every 3 months,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29554,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Digital Associate,DA,"Friendly Environment, Helpful colleagues, and Good Pay","No growth prospects, Preferential Politics, over reliance on best performers.",Reward Good performers and root out politics and preferential Treatments,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29555,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Clockwork,Working for a well know company,Treated like clockwork and easily replaceable,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29556,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Fair Opportunity employer, huge difference between corporate and operational work related compensation.","However hard they try, some of the things impact home/work life balance",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29557,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Awesome Tech Company!,Started with Amazon about a month ago. So far my journey has been excellent and the support that I get from my managers help to boost my confidence.  Excellent place for someone who aspires to know more about cloud computing.  Tons of excellent material that you can get your hands on and the only thing you need is time to grasp all the material.  I see myself working here for a very long time.,Not new to the data center industry. The tools that they use is a little non standard. So there is a slightly steep learning curve before you can be proficient with the work flow. Not a major issue at all just need to adapt and you will be fine.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29558,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Very Dynamic role and truly customer obsessed. Everyday is day 1 Exciting and challenging Good pay with RSUs Work with some really young and talented people,Long working hours No formal training in the Ops manager role HR policies for absence management need to be stronger due to poor HR software.,Review working hours as the culture is to work really long hours and it comes as a expectation. Need to focus mix between home and work life... more focus towards internal customer obsession,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29559,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,- Fast Evolving Opportunity to Learn,- Very Unorganized Processes and work structure,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2178.htm
29560,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - SDE2,Software De velopement Engineer,1. Very competitive environment 2. Always strive for customer 3. Best place to learn distributed architectures,1. Some times over competitive nature of the people end up spoiling the rhythm of the floor,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29561,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Compliance Manager,compliance manager,"- looks good in your CV - company is in expanding phase, therefore chance to loosing job is low - lot of different area you can learn",- lack of management - lack of processes - lot of overtime work,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29562,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - FIN Ops Manager,Fin Ops Manager,Perks Knowledge and Exposure Encourage to Innovate Known for culture and principles,Work life Balance Nothing Else,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29563,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,,Amazon is one of the best company to work with. I feel so lucky to work here!  The leadership team and Higher management never show partiality to anybody. Here everybody treated equally which does not happen in many of the companies.  Wonderful work culture. Great place to learn.,I don't find any downsides.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29564,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate,Good company,WORK HARD...HAVE FUN[Sure will have fun]...MAKE HISTORY,Seriously Guys No Cons...Full of positivity...,Everything is good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29565,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Talented engineers solving hard problems,"Very talented engineers Opportunity to work on great problems Easy to shift between teams Amazon has so many new products coming up all the time (aws, Alexa, game studio and so on) that there is something for everyone","Even though the salary is great, employee perks are relatively less when compared to similar companies",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29566,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Good Culture Friendly staffs Great Opportunities,No training plan Work life balance,Make sure to device a training plan for new recruits,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29567,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,My Experience,"You can be as you are. Freedom to work, think and act. No limitation to experiment and appreciation",Can have a clear career path to navigate,Can have a clear career path to navigate and please continue the good work towards transparency and fair,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29568,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Proud to be an Amazonian,Amazon as a brand and its culture. Care for employees.,Promotion process is too complex.,Amazon the best place to work. Too much documentation can be avoided for more effectiveness.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29569,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - ERC Associate,amazon,stress free environment work hard have fun make history,No cons for this company as of my knowledge,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2179.htm
29570,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Amazon,It has an amazing culture and environment. the people are incredible and the possibility for growth and development is incredible,you have to be flexible and willing work odd hours. (but it is so worth it!!!),none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29571,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Control Analyst,Amazing at Amazon,"Best working environment, opportunities at each stage, great support, people understands employees values, rapid growth",No internal offers for Amazon full time employees on Amazon website.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29572,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Great environment Excellent culture Good peers to work with Freedom,Perks are less as compare to other organization.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29573,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Best Working Environment,- Great company for starters - Lots of opportunities - Career growth - Individuality and ownership,Self learning and growth depends only on performance whcih is both pro and con.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29574,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017","Current Employee - ERC Senior Associate, Human Resources Services",Best Company to work with,> Very Liberal > Has got employee friendly policies > Best management,There are no CONs that can be specified or can affect any employee,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29575,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Leader,Definitely a great place to work,- Culture - Team Spirit - Growth & Learning Opportunities,- The Organization is highly dynamic and prone to frequent change. This is a con only for those who prefer less ambiguity in their work org,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29576,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,good company environment,good working environment helps balance work life,bad management hiring based on metric system,need to change promoting based on metrics and not people management skills,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29577,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Huge company that moves fast,"Fast moving, innovative company. Management and peers are generally thoughtful and fair.","Huge company, it may be hard to find poc or authority on some subjects.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29578,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud support associate,Work environment good salary employee friendly flexible work shifts Good teams new technologies to learn,"Night shifts offices are in banglore so people have to reallocte, sometimes you have to meet tight deadlines",Amazing culture,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29579,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - ERC Associate,Best company,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.",there is some pressure at times where we need to handle,"Following on from this point, managers should show their appreciation for a job well done. Where possible they should provide positive feedback to workers, but simply saying 'thank you' can make all the difference to many employees. It is a basic human courtesy, one that is free to extend but can have significant positive effects. Expressing gratitude can help develop loyalty and ensure workers are willing to invest maximum time and effort each day.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2180.htm
29580,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Cloud support associate,Work environment good salary employee friendly flexible work shifts Good teams new technologies to learn,"Night shifts offices are in banglore so people have to reallocte, sometimes you have to meet tight deadlines",Amazing culture,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29581,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - ERC Associate,Best company,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.",there is some pressure at times where we need to handle,"Following on from this point, managers should show their appreciation for a job well done. Where possible they should provide positive feedback to workers, but simply saying 'thank you' can make all the difference to many employees. It is a basic human courtesy, one that is free to extend but can have significant positive effects. Expressing gratitude can help develop loyalty and ensure workers are willing to invest maximum time and effort each day.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29582,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Lead,Flexible workplace & Great culture,Less compensation for the work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29583,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,You are free do showcase your talent in any field.,I am yet to experience.,I feel Management is controlled by us. So be good to them and they will be good with us too.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29584,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer 2,1)Learning curve .. Every day is the first day for the company so learning will be fast and more 2)Intelligent peers 3)Salary,1)Work pressure may be more sometimes,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29585,amazon,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Office Assistant,office,"great pay, work from home",long shifts with odd hours,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29586,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Operative,"Very good when it comes to pay rate, especially night shifts",Alot of people who should not be working there do work there,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29587,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation supervisor,Great company to work for,Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing  Nothing,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29588,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Operations Analyst,Good work environment,Good work environment. Fast paced. Latest technologies,"Work pressure, work life balance",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29589,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,Good environment for all employee,long time for work without break,go along this method,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2181.htm
29590,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Learning Facilitator,Work life balance is a huge challenge!,"Fast-paced environment, their (free) health insurance policy is really good, snack vending machines, lots of learning (need to keep up), flexibility (WFH, leave, etc)","Almost nil work-life balance You are given tasks and projects that will require you to extend. You can't discuss it with your manager else that opportunity will be given to someone else. It is quite a rat race really. Senior Management is not at all employee focused, they don't have any interest to contribute towards employees' betterment. People who are aligned with the leaders are the ones who get promoted.",Recruit strong leaders (not the ones who will simply say yes to their superiors).,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29591,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Supervisor VCM,Direct contact with people. Clear data about their performance due to vast variety of metrics.,Strict measurements and difficulties to schedule one to one meetings and ad hoc coaching sessions as per shifts controls from business.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29592,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"If you work on ML, great colleagues and opportunities to develop your career as engineer, scientist","No free food :/, some 'small' perks are overlooked apparently",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29593,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE1 at Amazon,"Work from home, Leaves, Chilled out culture(might depend on team), Challenging and edciting work,Good pay",Work culture is team dependent. Pay can be bit more,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29594,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,To be an entrepreneur in a big corporate world,"You own what you you do and you own the growth of it... you get to determine the scope of your work and career. It’s tough to explain to an outsider what this means but once you are in you start to feel it. If you feel stagnated at any point, changing your role is not just encouraged but facilitated.",Not for someone who just wants to have a job ... passion and indulgence is a must,Continue driving and encouraging new opportunities and retain start up mentality,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29595,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Problem Solver,problem solver,regular income and job security if you hit targets,"too many managers all wanting to do things their way, causing issues between staff",work as a team,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29596,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Best company I have worked for yet,"At Amazon, you own your own destiny. You are given the framework within which to work, the Amazon Leadership Principals, and given autonomy to get results, in your own style. Leaders lead and they don't manage. We are challenged to think big, innovate and we are allowed to fail. Now working for Amazon, I am approached daily with job opportunities, from some of the best companies on the plant, but I am not interested in leaving Amazon any time soon.","Some of my friends view Amazon, Facebook, Google et al as not good for the planet and small businesses, the little guys. Personally I think Amazon is just change, a new way of doing business.",Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29597,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Middle Management,Feeling Secured!,"Fresh environment, great career opportunity, hearing good news about company growth always. Feeling secured.",Very fast moving environment and stretched working hours.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29598,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Solution Architect,Solution Architect,"Culture is the primary reason. Every employee is supposed to act as a leader. There is an autonomy to the role which is what I like about and there is a market to impact. Your results are measured on the impact you created and not just a check mark on your KRAs. I am part of AWS so there is enough room for me to be able to learn, grow and show impact in the market which is what I am passionate about.",The interviews process is different and long. there is a significant amount of time investment is needed from the candidate as well as the interviewers. so be prepared of that.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29599,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Work hard. Have Fun. Create History!,"Each and everything in Amazon is awesome. Working in Amazon is a pride, we can proudly say we are Amazonian and the feel you get is like we say we are Madurai karan. Never miss Amazon if you get an oppurtunity.",Amazon is Amazing! No cons!,Keep going guys! You are doing great! :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2182.htm
29600,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazon CS,if you have lots of patience to resolve customer issues then go for this.,If working in cs don't expect respect.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29601,amazon,Pune City (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,customer service associate,nice work environment helpful management,"salary structure ,benefits and leaves",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29602,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Excellent Place to Work,"Im completing my 10 years in next 3 months and Im super excited to be part of Amazon. It was never looked like I was struggling here as it is a daily school for me. I used to learn, teach a lot at the same time. I always try to see how many contributions go over and above and achieve my superior's expectations. The benefits and stuff we get in return from the organization is equally exemplary.",Not any i found until now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29603,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good infrastructure, better place for learning",Nothing to say con's about it.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29604,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,The Amazon Culture,"If you want to be a part of a high performance startup team without the uncertainties of a typical startup, Amazon is the place. At Amazon, innovation towards simplification and automation comes naturally and you are encouraged to think like a true leader and an entrepreneur. You feel like this is really YOUR business and YOU really ought to be driving it.",There are some concerns on work-life balance especially if you are on-call,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29605,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Aggravating work culture,"Peers are talented, pay is good. Many opportunities to explore as a very fast paced company growing at a massive rate",Senior leadership is aggravating. Goals assigned are innumerable and sometimes self conflicting. Biased towards perception and not exactly data driven as promised,Should assign pure business goals and not random metric goals,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29606,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Support Associate,Don't join this company Never,"Currently nothing, i recommend not to join this company due to recent organization changes.","So many from transportation to wage structure. Amazon doesn't care, reduced our wages and it's like indirectly telling leave the organisation.","I loved Amazon, since when I was doing my graduation. Today when you decreased our wages by helping fraud many customers. It's not even good, lost al hopes. Now Jeff Bezos is top 1 richest an on this planet. I don't understand what he does with that money.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29607,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,A career I never expected,"The continuous growth and development of this company, and its diversity, means there really is opportunity to develop yourself and build a career that truly is limitless. The company as a whole really does focus on caring and looking after everyone through a true Safety first approach, and wants to ensure we have fun, especially at our busiest times of the year. This gives rise to a true community feel within the company in which everyone is approachable. If your own core values align with foundation of the company culture and direction, this really does become an addictive and enjoyable place to work, and you become proud of the Amazonian DNA that defines you as a leader in the company, at every level!","A company that progresses and grows this quick means you are continuously learning, and staying ahead of the curve means hard work and dedication, as well as key time management, whilst not necessarily a Con for most, it does lead to a relentless challenge and you need to be intrinsically motivated for this environment, be able to identify and recognize your own successes with a desire and passion for what truly makes this company tick. You manage your own work life balance, if you don't, you run the risk of self-burnout so make sure your time management is to a high standard!","Dont be allured by the 'brand' of Amazon, the company has high standards and is continually raising the bar, make sure you understand what the company is, and what it aiming to be and critically how it wants to get there, they need to be your true motivators to look at this employer, if they align with your own core values then you are highly likely to be successful. I started as an agency associate simply for some extra money in between fixed term contracts (I was a solicitor in the UK) and didnt really know anything about Amazon other than the brand itself. Amazon was not what i expected, it was much much more, so much so I took the risk to change career but to start at the very bottom with Amazon. The last 7 1/2 years has seen me in a multitude of roles that has enabled me to progress from a temp Level1, to permanent Level 1, to Team Leader, to Area Manager, to Operations Manager, to Senior Operations Manager. I've been part of many EU launches from a support perspective and have been part of the new site launch team for 2 buildings, one of which was also a new 'business' arm of Amazon within the UK. The variety and opportunities, for the right individuals are there in abundance within the company that I have grown to love.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29608,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Working at the Most Innovative Company for Customers,- Working with some of the brightest people in the industry - Working on innovative projects that matter and that impact people's lives today - Flexibility to transfer to different roles and different countries - Flexibility to work from home or other arrangements - Have access to Beta testing new services/products that the company is developing - Great culture if you like to work hard and constantly challenge yourself - Company stock and competitive salaries,"- Promotion processes are not transparent and can cause some level of anxiety among employees although there have been suggested improvements recently - Constantly being surrounded by bright people and challenging projects can be overwhelming at times - Work life balance is not great - you're in for the long hours, Friday nights and weekends if your role has direct impact on customers or you're working on big launches - Hierarchy - the higher your level in the org the quickest you'll manage to get things done and people to reply to you - Hiring decisions - Amazon chooses to hire from external companies rather than promote qualified Amazonians to fill certain positions which can generate frustrations internally",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29609,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Culture,Good salary for software developer,I dont think there is any cons,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2183.htm
29610,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,Generally a friendly environment to work in.,Working hours & management could be improved.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29611,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Process Owner,Much better than its reputation!,"- young, energetic and smart environment - they foster entrepreneurial spirit and innovation - great long term vision","- tough work-life balance, but I'm having great fun",Keep raising the bar in the selection process...it's the real challenge growing that fast!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29612,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Home Services,The Best Company to Work Overseas,"Medical, Great Working Environment, Mileniums, Dental, Free Transportation, Intelligent buildings, flexible hours, fast moving job climbing, travel, lots of job opportunities within the company, advance training, fun, the latest tech gadgets to work with, great cafeterias, never boring, OT",We work a lot hahaha,Keep what you are doing....it is working,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29613,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Trainee,It was a great experience working with Amazon,You are always appreciated for your hard work,"During peeks, there may be a compulsion to do overtime",Nothing much,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29614,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,"Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History","Excellent Work Culture, Recognizes talent.. Proud to be an Amazonian.",Management needs a little bit of an improvement.,Excellent work but for a few glitches here and there.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29615,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalogue manager,nothing. dont expect any thing.,no growth. very unstructured org.,thanks.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29616,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"Culture, independent working, travelling, mobility, opportunities",remuneration packages for internal moves and promotions,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29617,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Area Operations Manager,Every day is really day one,- Excellent work place and environment due to its people and culture - Great salary and benefits - Having responsibility of managing a big team since the beginning - Development programs that improve professional career inside the company,- Working extra hours on a daily basis is normal - Changing to upper positions is really hard - By being a big company changing/modifying standard work is quite though,"The advice to senior management would be to really listen employee needs in order to plan/schedule professional career development, mobility transfers, among other.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29618,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Device Associate,A great environment to grow,- New can learn things every time - Since it is a Product based company we have our own style of work - I was part of testing where one get a great opportunity to learn new device and technologies. - Once you in to the Amazon they will make you very comfortable like your second home.,- New hires should know amazon principles including freshers and exp recruits. Which will make the company great as ever,New hires should know amazon principles including freshers and exp recruits. Which will make the company great as ever,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29619,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Learning Dynamic world of Ecommerce sector,"Dynamics of work, new learning everyday. Learning Key business insights. Company’s management welcomes new ideas and innovative operating methods. Management by top B School post graduate.",Not a good working environment. Company does not have employ friendly policy. Location of company is not good. Company should move towards automating processes,To build processes,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2184.htm
29620,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Representative,It's still day one here!,"Fast paced work environment. Never a dull moment, keeps you on your toes always! There will always be some problems with an organization of this size, but we always stay on top of it. Never would like to leave this place.",Not too many problems here.,Have some more emotional connect with the peers.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29621,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a fun place to work. Great learning experience,learning and growth is tremendous. best opportunity for the first job,work pressure and the competition,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29622,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazing Company,Very friendly Open Door Policy Diverse Work Culture,Work Pressure Merits Pressure strict IJP Not so great food Less recreational activities,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29623,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,My words for amazon,Amazon is one of the best work culture. nice experience and proud feel to work at Amazon,Work pressure and shift timings.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29624,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,4.5 years and still day 1!,Lot's of smart people Tough hiring process Career development opportunities Strong culture and values (LPs) Opportunities to travel Changing industry at world scale (AWS),"Growing very fast, not going to be great for everyone Manager / team may skew your views depending on workload Some managers confuse frugality and frupidity",Continue to invest into culture and share our success with our customers.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29625,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Peaceful Working Culture,"Abundant internal transfer opportunities. Enormous growth pace. good perks, good work life balance, No objections for leaves,",Job tend to be boring by doing the same thing everyday. but it all take you effort to create your identity and recognized by the management,Its perfect management. No advice at all,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29626,amazon,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Regional Loss Prevention Manager,Great company with amazing global platform,"Encourage internal transfer or rotation, with location limitation Always have challenge job to do Change is the only thing doesn't change in Amazon","Organization is loose, hard to find out the right POC in other department",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29627,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Senior Software Development Manager,"Best place I've ever worked, brilliant engineers, really interesting projects and focus is on delivering rather than internal politics. The quality of engineering is excellent and people care about operational excellence. The big decisions are typically date driven rather than opinion based which is refreshing.","It is challenging, you get stretched and expectations are high. You need to be able to prioritize and manage your time effectively otherwise you end up with a poor work life balance. Nobody is going to do this for you so you need to either have or develop this ability.",Maintain the culture of engineering and operational excellence.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29628,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Procurement Manager,EU Procurement,Package Good ambiance Internal Mobility A lot of action Strong processes in place,Narratives (Admin work) Politic Difficult to be promoted,Being more involve in the operation,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29629,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager @ Amazon,"Good Salaries, Stream lined Process","Bad Management, Numbers are the only driving factor, no motivation, no appreciation, no rewards",Learn people management,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2185.htm
29630,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Tech Support Analyst,Tech Support Analyst,Good working environment for a fresher,"Tedious work schedule, growth options are very limited",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29631,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Manager,"Manages sales plans and P&L by each retailer account to align with overall cat business plans, and closely interlock with sales team to execute the plans","Manages Gross-to-net budget (margins, rebates, promotional activities) by account to maximize Top Bottom share while managing P&L",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29632,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AM,Brand Name and Market Value,High Pressure and No work life balance,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29633,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,It is not as good as it seems,It is all the same.,Nothing to mention much here.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29634,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits,The organisation offers good career progression,Work-life balance at times may not be good but if the job allows it they support flexible hours,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29635,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer,"Great company, great learning opportunities","Entrepreneurship highly valued, fast paced, room to learn new skills and great colleagues.",The company is so big that most likely someone has already done something similar to what you are doing and is not easy to find this out.,"Keep up the spirit! Don`t let bureaucracy slow us down. More sharing information, solution and best practices across business areas would help a lot",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29636,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Amazonian - 9 Months in with the Company,Common sense wins. Energetic and fun place to work where everyone has an opinion and a voice. We are not bogged-down in process or bureaucracy - we are agile and inventive. It's ok to try something new and get it wrong. Love working here (and I'm not some HR guy writing this!!),Sometimes the structure is just loosely arranged organized chaos and finding the right person or team can be a challenge!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29637,amazon,Pune City (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Team Lead,Customer Centric Company and Hires and develops the Best.,10 Hours shift is Little lengthy,"Work Hard- All time, Have Fun- Sometimes and Make History- ???",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29638,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Trms,Awasome work and Its all fun,being on time is a good thing to make you a punctual guy.,Rotating shift and week offs is something I do not prefer.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29639,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Great place to develop,"- A place where you own and grow based on your own efforts. - A place where you can own any project and if you don't know how to do it yet, then learn from very bright people that want to see you succeed.","- There is so much to do that you'll have to manage your time very wisely, but people will also remind you to keep balance.",Keep living the Leadership Principles,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2186.htm
29640,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Highly recommended,"informal work culture, very international and diverse work environment",constantly need to be out of your comfort zone,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29641,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,UK,"It is a challenging environment but in the right way as we are always striving to do what is best for our customers. I work in an area that allows a high degree of autonomy and flexibility which allows a good work life balance. The people are great and nobody says 'that's not my job' If you work hard and are prepared to voice a constructive opinion, it is listened to and allows you to take advantage of the vast opportunity for progression. White papers are used instead of Powerpoint which is a great discipline",Some of the internal systems are not so good as the investment is on the external systems.,Understand and don't underestimate the work that goes into creating a white paper for senior management visits. It can become a huge undertaking.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29642,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,We have huge diversity and many points to learn.,"We have relentlessly high standards, and raise the performance bar.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29643,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst - Payroll,Growth Engine for an Indivilual,Career Options Growth Facilities - World Class Money,Managers - Not interactive with teammates,Keep on expanding,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29644,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company for ambitious people,"Interesting and challenging projects, good career opportunity, fast growing, easy to move across geographies, smart people",Work/life balance is not perfect compared to the companies in the established industries but is much better than in consulting/IB.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29645,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,deliver result is the key to success here,No internal politics. Performance driven organization,Processes are complicated and need simplification.,Open to feedback needs to be worked on,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29646,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Great place to work,1)The culture 2)quality of people 3) technology innovation,Intense and competitive work environment. Requires you to put in 110% all the time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29647,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Great place!,It is a great place to work as you are not bound to do somethings like following a dress code. It is fun to work.,Yet to find out and I hope I don't find it.,Equal opportunities should be given to all.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29648,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Good Company to start your career!!,Amazon is a place where you can grow fast in your career if you are ready to go the extra mile. I have been working with the company for over 3 years and I am really happy for the way I have grown here.,"At times, you feel exhausted and feel that you take the entire burden on your shoulders. Sometimes, a senior manager can completely control your growth. You need to be diplomatic. I had to apply for a role change because of this once. But if you have earned your manager's trust, you can really do well. I was able to come out of a bad situation because of this.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29649,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,You'd enjoy working at this place!,Motivating and competitive work environment Excellent workforce to learn from Decent pay scale as compared to industry Internal transfers and movement is very easy Exciting projects to work on Flexibility in terms of leaves and timings Friendly managers,Output driven matrices can be tiresome at times Promotions are delayed due to one reason or the other Work can be repetitive and not challenging enough after a while Interaction with senior management is minimal,"Focusing on lot of micro matrices can be delusional at times. Would advice not to manage employees at a micro level and treat them as adults. You've hired the best talent across and they will fetch the best results for you, if set free.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2187.htm
29650,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company for ambitious people,"Interesting and challenging projects, good career opportunity, fast growing, easy to move across geographies, smart people",Work/life balance is not perfect compared to the companies in the established industries but is much better than in consulting/IB.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29651,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,deliver result is the key to success here,No internal politics. Performance driven organization,Processes are complicated and need simplification.,Open to feedback needs to be worked on,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29652,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Great place to work,1)The culture 2)quality of people 3) technology innovation,Intense and competitive work environment. Requires you to put in 110% all the time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29653,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Great place!,It is a great place to work as you are not bound to do somethings like following a dress code. It is fun to work.,Yet to find out and I hope I don't find it.,Equal opportunities should be given to all.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29654,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Good Company to start your career!!,Amazon is a place where you can grow fast in your career if you are ready to go the extra mile. I have been working with the company for over 3 years and I am really happy for the way I have grown here.,"At times, you feel exhausted and feel that you take the entire burden on your shoulders. Sometimes, a senior manager can completely control your growth. You need to be diplomatic. I had to apply for a role change because of this once. But if you have earned your manager's trust, you can really do well. I was able to come out of a bad situation because of this.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29655,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,You'd enjoy working at this place!,Motivating and competitive work environment Excellent workforce to learn from Decent pay scale as compared to industry Internal transfers and movement is very easy Exciting projects to work on Flexibility in terms of leaves and timings Friendly managers,Output driven matrices can be tiresome at times Promotions are delayed due to one reason or the other Work can be repetitive and not challenging enough after a while Interaction with senior management is minimal,"Focusing on lot of micro matrices can be delusional at times. Would advice not to manage employees at a micro level and treat them as adults. You've hired the best talent across and they will fetch the best results for you, if set free.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29656,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,There's so much to learn. Internal wikis are just full of information.,Work for extended hours but that's not an issue usually if you find it interesting. Food quality need a lot of improvement.,Please provide some more perks and improve the food quality.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29657,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Atmosphere and Standard,* More focused on Customer Obsession * Fun to work with environment,So far there is nothing I could see,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29658,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Life at Amazon,"One of the Pros working at Amazon is that you will be working with the most talent people on earth and everyday you get to learn something new. Amazon seriously thinks about work life balance of employees and has lot of employee benefiting programs. It is very easy to switch job roles within Amazon, if you are interested in a different field/stream and passionate about it and ready to work towards that goal, you can always achieve it.",As far as my experience is concerned there are no downsides working at Amazon and I feel proud to be an Amazonian.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29659,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - QAE,Work Culture and Learning,Many things to Learn Diversity in Work,Work Pressure is too high,No Advice,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2188.htm
29660,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,"AWS : Best place to learn the Cloud, use the Cloud and live the Cloud","At AWS, you get a vast opportunity to learn and teach the cloud. Working for the CloudGiant sounds good.","Hard to find.... But hey, NO ONE IS PERFECT",Free food for employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29661,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Transactional Risk Investigator - Product Quality,Best Place to Work,"Best Work Culture, Work-Life balance is really good",It takes a while to understand how is your work actually effecting the business,"With vivid changes every now and then in the org, as employees we actually lack the vision where is our future leading to. Short term goals keep changing with the change in the processes, even before we could reach our first short term goal we have lot new goals set. If possible the clarity on the options the individual contributors have with changes in the org should be clear.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29662,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Amazon is best for improving our negotiating skills and also best for learn managing number of customers.,As cons are present in every company but it gives us experience every time so this is also important.,Train your employees in more better way and increase the number in hiring so that new employees get a chance to explore their talent's.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29663,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Finance Analyst,Experience with Amazon,- Best policy for Promotions & vast growth opportunities - Leaves etc policy is the best so far in my 5 years of experience with difference organizations - Best work environment - Most customer centric company on earth - Most Employee centric company as per my experience,As far as cons are concerned i have not come across any.. ***Fingers Crossed***,Keep up the good work .. Kudos,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29664,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Lead,Excellent company,"Hey Guys, I will recommend you all to join amazon, it have a very cool work environment. Have plenty of opportunity to grow carrier wise... As I have just joined 3 months ago, I felt this is a very good company to have fun!!!",I don't find any cons for now!,No advice :-),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29665,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Associate,Amazon Review,"Its an amazing workplace. Its a wonderful platform to learn,Work,Grow and Fun filled environment.I am a proud Amazonian :)",There are no cons as such.,It will be good if given more opportunities for freshers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29666,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Manager I,A great company to work with,"Amazon's hiring is the most critical thing as they hire the best. Amazon's cukture is the best and it gives opportunity for every employee to move around and get experience in their desired filed within the company. Amazon spends a lot on development starting from an associate level to senior management level by various development training programs which no other company does. This is the best company to work with forever,  Thank you Amazon.",None as of now. Probably simply the searching of self help tools and policies based on center. But overall amazing company to work with without any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29667,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,One of the best places to be in and work with,You will always find something new to learn/do which will help you improve your career.,Almost 8 years and looking for lame excuse to quit - will definitely post if I find one.,Good is no good when better is expected.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29668,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Best place to work,Culture and People - Just can't be said enough about Amazon culture. The leadership principles that guide everything that is done at Amazon are very well thought through and are adhered to well by all employees. Some of the best minds in the world work for Amazon making everybody learn something new every single day,None that I can think of,"Should sustain the culture here. This is what differentiates Amazon from others and makes it the ""best place to work""",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29669,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Associate, Global Trade, Compliance Operations-Variable",Work @ Amazon,One of the best place to work for anyone as the Amazon culture motivates us every single day as if it is still day 1. Who wouldn't love to work with the pressure-free environment?,Nothing much. I don't think there are any downsides or cons of Amazon.,Management can provide More options on shifts and WFH.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2189.htm
29670,amazon,"Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Ops Administrative,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History_Amazon a Great Place to work","The culture and fundamentals of the company is deep rooted, With freedom and Independence to work and take invent and simplify provide opportunity to act as leader at any given position in organization.","Although geographical constraint is not a barrier with company expanding like anything, but base location does impact upon your learning and development.","With employee devoting more time at workplace, employee health can be a thing be a subject to take care..to promote healthy lifestyle in organization health center and outdoor Physical/sports activities can be included in organization mission.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29671,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Really great leadership principles,"Good work life harmony unlike what i hear from many people on the outside Great leadership shown by all managers. ""Principles"" oriented company with great focus on long term vision","It's an e-commerce firm, Holidays are when we make the most business. This is not really a con though",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29672,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company to work,"People here not only talk about leadership principles but also follow it in their day to day work. It has some of the very unique good policies such as it allowing internal transfers from day 1 across the org, good compensation. Company respects and provides growth opportunities for both people manager and individual contributors. Very competitive environment.",Offices are mostly in southern part of India. Need to open offices in other major cities such as Mumbai where they have very limited operations,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29673,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Trade Compliance IT,The best job in the world,"Except the job, you can find new friends, only nice people and you can learn every day new things. Amazon gave me the chance to understand what it means to feel like at home. Amazon is not just an opportunity to work, it means to care about people, everything that surrounds us. I challenge you to apply with confidence!","So far, I don't have something negative to say.","Keep doing a great work with us and more party, and team - buildings.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29674,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Work hard. Party harder,"At amazon one can get a great team to work with. Its always a day 1 and everyone is learning from the failures. Its a most customer centric and data driven environment here. And your growth is in your hands. Same with projects, grow your own baby.","Growing your baby own your own is not easy, same with amazon work culture. There is a continues sweat. One need to be expert in data oriented to follow the trends and continuously invent and simplify.","As amazon is growing faster in India and all over the world, management needs a proper plan for expansion, work culture and facilities.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29675,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Level III,LEAD level 3,Big company with good history.,"Hard work have fun make history, Hard work good making history is well but no fun.","You're interested but you don't have experience, don't worry you will get a lot of them in amazon.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29676,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Service Associate,Route to enrich your life goals,"Good environment to work, well in recognizing individual talents, hassle-free working experience with superiors across all teams(Amazon culture makes it seamless)","I don't feel there are any cons, which restrict our enhancement in Amazon",Should increase the basic pay for L2 employees ( Based on the changes in Role and responsibilities),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29677,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - QAM,Working at Amazon is Fun and at the same time challenging,"All good. Empowerment, can implement things you like. Always gets support from management. Good work places",I dont see any concerns and cons,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29678,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Work Hard..Have FuN,"Awesome working environment. Team Leads, Supervisor and Managers are really co-operative. Its a obivous thing that you have to work hard in any organisation but working hard in Amazon Pays really well.. Every month we have some or the other fun after Chirag Bhuva-The site lead joined the floor.",The food counter on Bagmane building needs improvement.,"No such advice, but the food counter on Bagmane building needs improvement. Being a part of ASSR, training and Launching sellers, is not easy task. but when IJP comes hope we get good opportunity to be hired into other teams as well.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29679,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - IT Engineer,Great work Environment,The best part to work in Amazon is work culture. It's awesome. You free to work and enjoy both at a time. I mean you may enjoy your work.,I don't see any downsides.,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2190.htm
29680,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Manager Human Resources Services,Awesome!,A great company to work with. Culture is great!,Not that I can think of!,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29681,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate Account Specialty Group,Sr.Assosiate Account Specialty Group,Its a Perfect company to work for.,"No cons, Amazon is just Amazing",Excellent Management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29682,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program manager,"great people, challenging environment (in a good way: helps you grow), fast pace, innovation, entrepreneurial spirit",Can be overwhelming if we don't know how to prioritize. Some managers are not great at developing people (but most are!),increase even further the focus on development,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29683,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Awesome place to be in,Great place Workplace ambiance is good No dress code Chilled out people & place,Too much pressure Targets are tough Growth opportunity is comparatively less Senior managers are from some stupid BPOs leaving no stones unturned to make TRMS a BPO introducing some crappy metrics nowhere related to the process,Please give humanly targets to the employees so thst they can achieve them. Amazon is a very good company and all employees are contributing towards making it the earth's most customer-centric company. PLEASE,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29684,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk investigator,Good work environment and excellent benefits,food facility is not good,to provide good food,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29685,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Awesome work environment at Amazon,Freedom. No hierarchy. Everybody listen to you. You exist. Everyday learn something new. You have choice. No pressure.,No Cons found till now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29686,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Strategic Account Manager,The Corporate Job that Runs Like a Start Up,- Amazon is huge but having worked for large corporates and also start ups this feels like a start up company. There is energy and a desire not to stand still. - Salary and Benefits are good. They won't blow you away but they offer a very fair package.,"- Steep learning curve with very unique and detailed culture and lots of acronyms - Not a 'con' by any means but be sure you are comfortable with conducting your high end business in a university campus style enviornment - no dress code, hot desking, flexi working spaces etc.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29687,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - EU Operations Development Partner,Amazon in my words,"Great potential for growth always changing and expanding we pioneer , great room to innovate and simplify",it is like a kid who is growing very fast and running out of clothes :-) Sometimes it stretched to your boundaries,flourish your experience population and bring them to management as new pair of eyes are great but balance is important. we need senior leader promoted internally.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29688,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - DCO Manager,Better than I expected. Great place to work and grow,Great place to work and grow,Work life balance can be challenging at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29689,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Nearly a year experience with Amazon,"Good place to work with, well spreading and growing company, a wide range of knowledge can be obtained",There is Nothing as such,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2191.htm
29690,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Email Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,- Bright and focused people - Career growth opportunities - Continued development - Strong values,"- As every one is bright and focused, the work environment is competitive.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29691,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place,Work Culture is at its best,NOthing as of now wonder ful company,just perfect,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29692,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Service Associate,"Feels like heaven Friendly environment no work Pressure Helpful team members maximum no. of outings Enjoyment Correctly said - work hard, have fun, make history",Less career growth opportunity in this position,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29693,amazon,South (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Consultant,Amazing Place to Learn and Achieve New Heights in your Life,"Every day is new day, full of challenges. Its an adventures trip being part of fastest growing company and industry.",Be ready to work across the year as we deliver smiles to customers more than 365 days in a year.,"Keep growing faster than ever, Lets Create History.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29694,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruitment Coordinator - Dead end Job,Competitive Salary (but with the hours that you put on the Job probably closer to minimum wage if you make the calculations) Some travel ( Mainly Luxembourg),"Non existent work life balance Expected to work long hours without as much as a simple thank you RSU - Stock option a joke with Taxation close to 50% The whole system is designed to keep you at a coordinator level for as long as it is humanely possible. Then when you have had enough they will reluctantly acquiesce for you to apply internally...... for the same level jobs such as an assistant or associate etc. Pay rises are minimal and designed only to reward employees that are close to the management team There are ""spies"" designated in the wider teams to report back to management about everything that is going on There is a lot of lying from the management so they tend to promise things, i.e. help with promotion esp. to make sure that you don't abandon the team during the high season , which they tend to forget afterwards. Dissatisfaction is rife among coordinators. I would never recommend Amazon to anyone! If someone wants to bury their dreams and career opportunities this is the Job to go for!",You are dealing with human beings not machines. There other companies out there who treat their employees with respect and dignity and give real opportunities for career growth.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29695,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, awesome company not bad",Not that sure still it is fine,Need to improve good working environment,none,1.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29696,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Transactional Risk Investigator,Fraud investigator,Good salary Good work culture,Bad management No work life balance Monotonous,Please treat employees like a asset,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29697,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Ops Specialist,good work culture,Amazon is a create work place. We have many opportunities to follow our passion,Can get a bit hectic during peak season.,None,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29698,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,Good place to work,Fun place to work. Transport facilities are really good. We can learn a lot as we will be Between knowledgeable people.,Slower growth in career. Managers need to consider about employees hard work before giving promotions. Shouldn't promote just because of favouritism.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29699,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Treasury Associate,Good Company to work with,"Pay is good, transparent and fair policies, work-life balance, relaxed environment.",Training plan and administrative tasks for new recruits can be improved.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2192.htm
29700,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great comany to work for!,"very dynamic, interesting work, great possibilities to grow and learn and progress in career. very diverse and never boring :)","sometimes too fast, can be challenging in work/life balance",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29701,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Amazon Review,The working environment is the best in the industry and the salary that they offer are also highest in the relevant industry.,"Sometimes,because of system and policy limitations,we end up getting a no,so there should be some policies for that so that we can assist the customers in better way.",The Survey policies should be updated and it should be Agent-centric too,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29702,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Real Innovators,1. Great learning Opportunities 2. Flexibility in internal transfers 3. Good Compensation. 4. Open work Culture,1. Additional Operational burden 2. Over frugality,Frugality principle should be used to cut waste not cost.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29703,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Amazon,"Good work, great learning opportunity, ownership of product, flexible working hours.",Sometimes a little more work pressure,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29704,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software development engineer in Vancouver,"Tons of options, all technologies, all areas of engineering, great compensation, little stress, top performing company.",Takes time to learn internal tools and domain. It also takes longer to find the right team for you.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29705,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate,senior color author associate,the facilities and the working ambience is very good,career growth for women in imaging its really tough,partiality can be avoided,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29706,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Investigation Specialist,Sr. Investigation Specialist,Amazon's awesome work Culture,"The same culture that we were attracted for , with new managment changes we no more feel like amazon.",none,4.0,none,none,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29707,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Amazon is good place for your personal and carrer development,"Open-minded, exciting to know more talents and keep learning.","High workload, you need work very hard and smart to do work and life balance",To have good leader in each team will help Amazon growth more efficiently.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29708,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,A Wonderful place to work,"A family with lots of fun and work as well, and the culture at amazon is super fun",So far nothing to say,The management is doing a good job in empowering growth in the organization,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29709,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to work for beginners,best place for its work life balance no stressful work women benefits good pay for starters good work culture good ambience good atmosphere friendly environment some managers understand the problems.,not much work in the process i work on. less promotional opportunities.,management has to ensure the employees are on the right track and designated in their right position in respect to their interest.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2193.htm
29710,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate,Device Associate,*Cab and food facility at food court is superb. *Good place to learn and implement your ideas. *Manager's are good and not harsh on us.,*Salary could be a little more higher. *Doing Automation is not being noted down or recognized. *Not good onsite opportunites.,Salary can be increased because this is AMAZON.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29711,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Services team,"Its purely customer centric. However its an awesome place to work, have fun and get recognised for better ideas. Place to exhibit your talent and develop the same too. If you are workaholic, right place to get recognised.",Not completely employee centric. however compared to other service based companies best place to work.,Must become employee centric too.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29712,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Knowledge Management Specialistist,Best Place to Work,Work Life Balance  Work Culture  On the Job Training,No Cons as of now,Can migrate few tools.  Too many tools in the process,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29713,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate - Sustainability,Amazon,"Healthy and friendly environment, Good facilities, Helpful managers and Stress-free",Please provide Work from Home option,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29714,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Experience as a new Joinee,Awesome welcoming. Really good time spent in the training period. Right pace in training,Seller Support Package is a bit low,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29715,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Data Associate,Awesome work place Amazing people Culture is excellent,None that i find of. Everything is good about amazon. Sometime Job is stressfull,No advice they are doing good.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29716,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Product Management",Once in a life time opportunity,"- Opportunity to think big and implement game changing ideas - Management takes out significant amount of time to listen to new ideas and good ones get prioritized - Encouragement to try out new things, failure of pilots is not seen negatively",Type A work culture. Hard to maintain work-life balance due to business goals and peer pressure to perform.  Existing tech platforms are turning out to be constraints in trying out new ideas. Lot of time gets wasted in getting all stakeholders aligned to an idea.,Keep the small company culture going,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29717,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Liberal and Highly effective work culture. Excellent opportunities for internal job transfer/rotation,"While over all work life balance is good, there are some Localized pockets which are very poor on the same. Mostly due to aggressive leadership.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29718,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,a great company to work and learn,"1. work from any where 2. encourages your ideas 3. we can learn very deeply about the process 4. Salary, Cab Allowances, Sodexo coupons",1. expecting 100% effort from associates,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29719,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager - India Operations,"Excellent Employee Benefits, You can apply for Internal Job Transfers","About the team that I'm part of - No scope for growth, Too much Internal politics, No work life balance, No new learning in the job",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2194.htm
29720,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Graphic Designer/Production Artist,I am happy to be an Amazonian,"There is always something new, challenging, that would keep you engaged","There are a lot of processes to follow while working, although its a necessary, if you do not invent and simply things regularly, you get stuck.",Push the employees for more and more innovation opportunities,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29721,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Very Competitve, all round development,",Too much work load on employee,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29722,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,> Nice company values > No hierarchy within team > Easy to talk/connect/learn from team mates > Not hindered by too many processes at work > Easy to change roles/teams,> Can have more employee engagement activities and perks > Better compensation plan and bonus options needed,> Create clear processes related to employee growth and career advancement,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29723,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,High degree of ownership Fast-paced environment High degree of innovation Biased to implement ideas without hierarchical blockers Fair payment,Intense schedule Competitive work culture Limited visibility in career progressions status,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29724,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Service Associate,Quality Service Associate,Work environment is awesome. You can grow internally if u are equally talented and can take ownership for work. Outing and events conducted throughout the year is awesome.,Salary growth is very poor for testing profile.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29725,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Corporate Recruiter,One of the greatest places to work,"Amazon is a company where you'll be given the freedom and space to create innovative projects. You will get to work with smart, driven and innovative people. An extremely high level of autonomy and commitment will be required from you in your day-to-day job. Your voice will always be heard: it doesn't matter how long you've been with the company, how long is your prior experience and what team you're in, Amazonians will always be open and interested in your questions and ideas. Creativity, passion, a thinking-out-of-the-box attitude and enthusiasm will be rewarded. The development of your career will be in your hands: you will be able to move across different departments, teams, roles and even countries easily. There will be flexibility in your working hours and arrangement (e.g. home office).",Rapid development and growth created unexpected changes in the organization quite frequently. Pressure on delivering results can be quite high.,"Work on ensuring better communication across locales, departments and teams. Add more benefits to the compensation package.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29726,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,it's a great place to explore the career opportunities in a fun filled environment,learn things continuously to thrive,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29727,amazon,Paris (France)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,"Senior Management with a vision, smart colleagues, (often very) friendly atmosphere overall, great internal transfer opportunities, a large, innovative and recognizable group, equity compensation, free coffee in Europe, occasional flexible working","Less perks & freebies than some other Tech firms (different vision on compensation), depending on the teams sometimes heavy workloads, lack of visibility on internal projects",Align EU and US compensations to attract the best talent! Increase Tech resources in EU for tailored shopping experience to develop EU! Increase HC and support for over worked teams! :),4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29728,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Liason,"Great team, and a good atmosphere in the office is encouraged",Hard to develop beyond your position. Not a great work/life balance.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29729,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Big scope, not much work life balance",Smart people will challenge you every day Compensation package Relocation support Scope of your role Working hours flexibility,Work life balance Workload Benefits- practically none compared to other big brands Easy to burn out Appreciation of employees,Employees are not being valued enough KPI's are very convinient for some teams but absolutely not achievable for others Promo opportunities are very limited,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2195.htm
29730,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Get to work with brilliant people flexibility to work from home,work load can be demanding sometimes,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29731,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,A VERY dynamic company!,- friendly work place - internationally present - career growth possible and encouraged - no time to get bored - involved in many things,- important to put the limit to balance your private/work life,n/a,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29732,amazon,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"+ Very independent work environment + Bias for action (if you see something wrong, you have the availability to take ownership and fix it) +Work hard, have fun, make history (REALLY!)",- Don't take on too many projects - Be prepared for ambiguity -,"Don't forget to recognize your in between level associates and support teams, who are the least recognized.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29733,amazon,"Daventry, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Stores Coordinator,Very good place to work,Very friendly co-workers. Very good working environment. Very good management.,"Pay-rate not the best, but it is OK.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29734,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,Amazon promotes customer obsession and this definitely filters through from Senior Leadership down. Amazon offer a great overall package to their employees L&D have budgets to put employees on both internal and external courses,Holiday embargo around Prime Week and During Christmas,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29735,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Picker,"Flexible Hours, Flexible Shifts","Flexible shift patterns, i.e 5am-10am, 7am-12pm, 12pm-5pm, 5pm-10pm. Plenty of overtime available just have to apply on the website. Friendly, easy going, potential for permanant position after 13 weeks. Different job roles, variety in your work. Treats and £20+ gift vouchers available on occasions.","The pay is kinda average £8.00 per hour, no bonus or incentives for high pick rates, short break 20 minutes (including time to and from break area)","Health and safety- treat employees as individuals not everyone needs to wear PPE in the chill section, some of us like the cold.",5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29736,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Brand Value.,":Smart People to work with. :Good Work Culture. :Good Management. :If the math and principles are on your side, this company is for you.",Loading............... Still Loading.......................... Still Loading.............................................,.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29737,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Fast-paced, dynamic environment, you make the difference!","Amazon is definitely not the company where you sit, relaxed, and slowly work through your tasks for the month, it's *actually* what they called a ""fast paced"" environment: a new adventure every day, a new challenge every project. You definitely don't get bored here! Of course this means you have the opportunity to make a huge difference everyday, along with some of the bests in the Industry.","The company is growing mindbogglingly fast these years, and this is bringing prioritization challenges, sometimes ripping apart entire organizations. The Leadership and management are nevertheless up for the challenge and everybody recognizes that only working together we will manage the upcoming challenges.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29738,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,"Amazing work culture, competitive pay and unparalleled exposure!",Growth in operations roles isn't very fast.,Nothing in particular.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29739,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Analyst,Never boring,"-not hierarchical, people listen to you whatever level you are at -a lot of freedom -constant growth","-never ending changes -frugal (no funding for certificates, MBA etc)",give more freedom to global entities,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2196.htm
29740,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working with Amazon,Culture is what is most amazing within Amazon. You're encouraged the most to think from customer obsession standpoint and own customers end to end. Be innovative and be bold..!,"So far nothing, It is always been pleasure to be associated with Amazon.!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29741,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,"A place to learn, grow, and work on stuff everyone uses!","-Constant new challenges -Autonomy to make decisions and drive results -Flexibility to move around in your career, trying out new roles and industries -Work on relevant projects that your friends/family are using -Make your path, great place for driven motivated individuals (on the flip side, if you want a place where the career path is easily mapped out, this is not the place for you - your career is what you make of it)","- Some long tenured Amazonians can get a bit stuck in their ways (not always the case, but i've seen it a couple times) - Promotions can be a bit too tied to tenure in role, especially at early L4, L5, L6 levels",- More training around being successful at different levels. Example - writing is critical as you get more senior. Think Big is another skill set that becomes more critical.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29742,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Management Analyst,Awesome Employee Experience,"Work culture Interesting work everyday, new challenges Employee Benefits Team activity",Night shift sometimes is a Con,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29743,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - EU Head of Business Excellence,What's it like to work at Amazon's London corporate office,"You are surrounded by super smart people, in a business that has a great attitude to continuous improvement and self development. There is so much diversity which I love, people from all types of backgrounds and cultures, and the culture is hands down the best I have ever come across in 20+ years of working in retail. I actually look forward to coming to work!",If you struggle with analytics then you are likely to struggle at Amazon,"Amazon's company culture is true to how it began, and an amazing job has been done in keeping this alive, please continue to do that.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29744,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Key Account Manager,What a great company culture,"I´ve never seen in my professional career a company like amazon which really lives and breathes the company values, expressed in the leadership principles. Every company has its history and a culture to be proud of or not... The difference amazon is that the Leadership principles are part of daily work and reflected in any behavior.  Those leas to great success in the market and drives customer centric behavior, innovation, agility and speed!  There are always interesting fields to work on and to develop. Great career opportunities come along with this!","no car policy 100% full time speed can be exhausting from time to time , but on the other hand boosts you again by the results you deliver",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29745,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon work,"Nice salary, learning experience good",Very hectic schedule ... No fixed timings,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29746,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good,work life balance very good,good company for freshers good,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29747,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Research Associate,Very good company to work with,"Good work environment, friendly people",No Good food ..,Very good management,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29748,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Software Development Engineer II,Engineers are very smart to work with.,"If you worked for a start-up like company before, you probably need sometime to get used to the lengthy process in software development.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29749,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruitment Coordinator,"Career Enriching, Employee Centric, Appreciates Feedback giving and taking, solid principles and focsed",Difficult internal and external hiring process,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2197.htm
29750,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to work with,"Work culture, lots of benefits for employees",-There aren't any cons,Keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29751,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Onboarding Specialist,Awsome place to start your career,Tremendous opportunity to grow Good pay Overtime employee friendly,Tough to manage work life balance sometime should be little more transparent,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29752,amazon,"Indi, Karnataka (India)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Ad Operations Associate,Thank you,"I am happy, office environment is very unique in each floor","AWESOME , Happy to be part of amazon",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29753,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Product Manager,- Exciting to work in an environment that is not afraid to pioneer. - Working with lots of smart people.,"- Shares/bonus in EU are pretty ridiculous. Myself and multiple of my colleagues have not received any shares, even though we've had strong ratings - Some of the senior leaders are bullies (layer(s) under the S-team). I've been in meetings where I've contemplated that I don't want to work for a company if this is a reflection of its leadership. Luckily have seen good examples, but I'd like to see more actions when leaders are just professionally inappropriate.",- Avoid that you create a discrepancy between how workers are treated in the EU vs US. - Don't be afraid to make sure senior leaders are reminded of the earns trust LP towards their reports.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29754,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Partner Manager,Great salary and training for junior staff,Interesting & challenging role Above average salary for an account management role Very likeable new Director of FBA,More work than you can manage - sometimes you have to let people down Some senior members of staff are classic middle managers despite company culture built to try and avoid this Targets are not always fair across different teams and team members,Keep spending time with junior members of staff who make up the majority of the team and understanding their day-to-day role,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29755,amazon,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Picker,"3 Days off, heavy lifting isn't required, order picker operating experience.","Long shifts 10 hours, limited ventilation, gets really hot during the summer.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29756,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working environment,Good working environment and good people,None that I can think of,None,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29757,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,good,aswm company to work for,"nothing as such , everything is good",no,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29758,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Great place to work,"- Positive, driven attitude of every member of staff - Target focussed but not overly pressured - Exposure to staff at multiple levels, all of whom willing to offer time to help you out - Very good salary and corporate benefits package - New ideas, no matter your level of seniority, are encouraged and given time - Good promotion opportunities",- Longer than your standard working hours (8:30-5:30),"Keep it up- it's a great place to work for driven, hard working professionals",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29759,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,risk investigation,nice work environment highly motivated team good pay,no cons as per now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2198.htm
29760,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Catalogue Associate,Catalogue associate,Best customer service is provided by them,No cons yet. Nothing that I know of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29761,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon bangalore,Good working environment Nice people Good training Flexible working hours,No cons at all,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29762,amazon,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Website Production Support,Shipping,I like work with people thru computer,Yup not work various shift just work daytime. No weekend,Work with manager to cooperate with any products Get creative products,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29763,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Amazon Review,The leadership principles are like rails which gives an excellent guidance on the company culture,Politics and competition is very high,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29764,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Software Development Engineer Intern,"* The development pipeline can avoid the environment problem for the developer. * The people here is nice, and you can ask any question, also there is (internal search) for anyone, you can search solution there, also you can post question and there will someone help you soon. * Great team members who are brilliant and highly educated","* No free launch * Working environment is no very good. * There are too much working tools, and other code packages but no clear documents.","*improve the working environment *make sure the tools in company have a clear document, make it a rule.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29765,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support,technical,If you give me a chance i would love to work in your company. This is my dream company and i like all facilities in your company.,I think their are no downsides.,Give me one chance to prove my skills.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29766,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gud happy,Peaceful atmosphere and my friend said friendly company,As a assist administration for tata Lockheed martin in adibatla,I need a job,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29767,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is a good company,It has a very good learning environment,There are no big cons of Amazon,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29768,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Too many overpaid people here,"Salary, industry, perks, location, dress code (none)","Stubborn management, lack of clarity, money can do anything mentality",Spend money like your own,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29769,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,Best people around to learn,no work life balance herer,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2199.htm
29770,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,decent place,"good money, even better money doing overtime, easy work.","not enough breaks, hard to make friends, managers were biased",listen to your employees,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29771,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,The job was entry level buy the amount of work for that pay it's outrageous.,The only good part is that they hired me without experience in that corporate branch.,"The targets are hard to achieve, and motivation is very low because you k of you have a small pay at the end of the month.","Don't hire seniors/managers from outside the company and try to promote your own people, the ones that know what does it mean to sweat to achieve your targets.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29772,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,FUN Place to work with if you dont need growth,No pressure to finish the work,Not suitable if you are looking for good growth,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29773,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Order Picker,Order picker,"Direct hire, good benefits, good growing opportunity, safe work environment.",Direct hire but pay is very less compare to market. favouritism on the floor.,Management should spy to get idea about favouritism.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29774,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Resolution Specialist,Awesome,"Everything is just awesome, For career growth, Amazon is the best place to work for","No Cons, the company is just awesome",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29775,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Work life,Best place to work for,Pressure during peak season during sept,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29776,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good place to work,good leaders Good environment to grow if you enjoy working then the best place to be.,"hectic with targets, weekly reviews so always have to be upbeat. Please dont force people to work overtime on week offs.",Please ease down on the targets sometimes,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29777,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruitment coordinator,"Great salary, sign on bonus and stocks. Good team that all work very hard and support each other. Fast paced work that can be stressful but fun. Get the opportunity to work with people from all across the company as well as some very senior level staff- these could be hiring managers or interviewers. Some candidates are also very experienced and high level so you get to deal with a wide variety of interesting people.","Very high expectations to be perfect, if anything goes wrong during the interview process the RC is blamed even if it's a mistake made by a hiring manager or even candidate. Job is very high volume and there are also a number of projects to be done which can make working overtime essential sometimes. Lots of changes being made in management which can sometimes result in the RC team feeling a bit lost. At the moment the team is understaffed so there is even more pressure on us. Sometimes the impossible is expected of you and it can be hard to push back.","Consider getting a team leader/manager that is dedicated to just managing the team or consider putting the team under some of the recruitment managers. At times of very high volume and stress consider pulling back on the time dedicated to projects so all of our focus is on scheduling. Review some of the practices used and projects being done as some of them are not efficient and take up too much time, some processes could be more streamlined. Make recruiters more visible- some candidates come to the RC for everything and arent even aware of the recruiter until they get an offer.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29778,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,Work is good. cool people to work with,none as such food coupons doesnot last more than a week,management is very poor,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29779,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Great people to work with,long hours and no compensation,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2200.htm
29780,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Great people to work with,long hours and no compensation,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29781,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist,HR Specialist,Best place to work for,"There are no cons, everything is great.",You guys are just an awesome bunch of people,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29782,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Nice job in High wycombe.,"Small salaries, boring, bad people",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29783,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service,"Flexible, Great work culture, Benefits that are very attractive .",There is nothing to share in cons,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29784,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - SWE Engineer,Very best,very best place to work,nothing much to say here,nothing to say,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29785,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job,It's a good company,I did not find any thing else on that side,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29786,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Risk Investigator,Transcation Risk Investigator,"The brand value , uber-cool environment","Lack of progress, Internal politics",Kindly stop hiring BPO managaers,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29787,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,fun place,"beautiful and a fun place to work, people here in amazon are very talented and you get to know a lot of interesting things about the work you do. added advantage is that they have free wi-fi, free food, and the work environment is absolutely a fun place!",the transport is bad.. apart from transport.. the thought of having rotational shifts is the disadvantage!,not to have rotational shifts,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29788,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Executive Position in Amazon India,- Great work environment - good infrastructure - good training provided for the new trainees,- pressure to perform or perish -work timings - transportation system is a big minus,"- managers are great but team leaders are not matching the ""amazon standards"", management needs to work on that",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29789,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,"Team work, allowing us to take ownership on particular task.",Shift changes is little bit concern.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2201.htm
29790,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good company,we have a lots of holidays . no work pressure. people can enjoy the work enviroment .,no cons .nothing to say .,freshers salary hike will be diffcult .,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29791,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Amazing learning experience, tough culture to crack","- Working with highly intelligent, driven people - Quickly take on a lot of responsibility and have the opportunity to work on really interesting projects that are changing the market - Great offices and flexible working - Compensation package is ahead of market","- Unfriendly, impersonal staff, I was unlucky enough to be on a team where people rarely spoke to each - Little work/life balance, especially if you're working on launches, I frequently worked 8-11 - The Amazon culture isn't for everyone, it takes a lot of get used to all of the ways that people work and can be overwhelming for a new starter - The fast pace meant that people often forget to be human, I didn't have a meeting with my manager for my first week and she didn't even realise I was starting",- Ensure that new hires are integrated into the team - Hire sufficient people to ease the burden of long working hours as everyone is burnt out,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29792,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible,If you want to waste you life away this is the place,MAnagers always on your case outrages deadlines,your employees are human dont forget,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29793,amazon,"Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Self Empolyed Delivery Driver,Love the flexibility,I like the Flexibility of being in control of when and how often I work. Support staff and depot staff have always been very friendly and helpful,Unrealistic amount of parcels to deliver within the 4 hour block. I have yet to finish on time. The app with the route planner goes down every time at some point and totally screws things up.,Have a human to speak to after the automated email if there is a problem,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29794,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Bad work ethics,Exposure to latest technologies. Chances of going to USA,Bad work culture. Politics at higher management,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29795,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - SDE1,SDE,"Good place to work, flexible timing, facilities, nice infrastructure. Freedom to work, Plans are shared and you execute them as you want",Some politics which sometimes messes with the work envoirnment,great company culture,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29796,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Resolution specialist Na,Very friendly environment. Flexible management. Approachable management.,Shifts timings and rotational offs.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29797,amazon,El Prat de Llobregat (Spain)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Ops Supervisor,Ops supervisor,"Excellent place to work, great experience","None so far, hope it will continue this way",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29798,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A former great company going down under drains,"- Dynamic and fast moving. Lot of new projects keep coming and one gets full ownership. From design to implementation to maintenance, the entire job belongs to the same team/individual. - Easy to change teams or relocate to different cities globally. - Good learning opportunity in every domain you work on. Ample opportunity of lead and drive new initiatives. - You will be surrounded by a lot of smart people.","- Corruption. People in the leadership/management are corrupt. They are dishonest with each other, manipulate data just to prove themselves right. The overall attitude is quite selfish. Management will do things just to increase their personal influence. - A lot of customer obsession but no employee obsession. No perks for employees. Even a basic necessity like food and snacks is of poor quality. - You loose competitive market salary if you stay for too long. The increase in salary internally is drastically less as compared to what you get if you switch or join as an external candidate. - End up working over 50+ hours per week for a majority time of year when the official number is 40 hours per week. - Promotion process is very opaque. If you are favorite of some manager higher in the chain you might get promoted in 1 year when the average time for anyone else might be 3 years. This again is a form of corruption. - HR team is useless and corrupt as well. HR is supposed to act as an independent watchdog and take care that no wrong doings are going in the organization. Instead they work in close conjunction with the higher management and agree to whatever they say. If you are a junior employee and raise a complain against management then your voice will be suppressed by the HR.","My advice to management is to stop blaming the lower most employee in the chain for your own failures. A good leader is one which takes care of everyone under him and helps the weakest person in team. Its not about just promotions, its about helping people grow in their field in terms of soft and hard skills. Managers should learn to protect their subordinates. A simple leadership principle of caring for people you work with will go far ahead than the other 14 combined. People work really hard and corruption and selfishness in the leadership is deteriorating the work experience of most employees in Amazon India. Jeff Besos should really do an introspection of the work environment specially in India. Leadership in Amazon is actually more of an authority to which people have to obey rather than something which people want to follow.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29799,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,My advice is stay away unless you will work as manager or high level roles,"- It's a job ! after all you can pay the bill have food , some beer go to holidays  - The illusion of working for a great company its great on the CV  - The Interview part and recruiter makes you feel you really got into something great.  - Some pizzas , sweet, coffee machine and Tasteless fruits at the office (May be from unsold stocks at your local store it's free so be happy)  - Customer focus that's perhaps the greatest thing in th is company.  - Can work from home depending on your role yay!  - You shares value can rise mine did double i was really happy about it :P","- Amazon Targets for Employees are determined by some artificial intelligence software : you get it !! does not take into account the human aspect it just predicts what you should be you next target. Target are moving at crazy pace .  This month 10 is the target you did 11 ? oh well then 12 will be your target next month. It just doesn't stop push push push .  10 People achieved 12 and 4 achieved 18 ? oh well target for next month is 14 for everyone like dante inferno ! go deep and deep until you can't take the heat anymore switch.  - If you achieve your target let say 10 they still ask for more and they don't even tell how much , it's just like more more more (No reward no real salary increase may be a round of applause a voucher for Mc donalds ( go get some junks food boy you deserve it))  - Salary is minimum and in my almost 4 years in the company 2 different dept work increased fast than the money. It was fun in the first year i can say so but every year is almost like getting closer to something really hot.  Work for Amazon may be high level role are better , but low level role Amazon should be Amazon your very last options. Don't get impress by the big name or the illusion displayed at the interview they all look serious but at the end of the day it's just the usual bull.  I worked almost 4 years in Amazon when i look back i can't even believe i could survive that.  I'll tell you many people look happy or may be they want to look happy and show how amazing work for Amazon is whenever they leave the company i always approach and saying like what happened you look so happy and doing with praises from managers lol.  They all confirm that they were trying to be positive until it's clear that it doesn't work.  I did well in my time thanks to my own abilities but that doesn't mean this was a great company.","To you management i am asking a question Amazon wants to be first at everything (Money making, cheap goods happy customer )but never is Amazon interested in being the top workplace.   You can find many top company like google Microsoft and Facebook among companies competing for best workplace.  It's clear that Amazon Ambitions is clearly not to be the one of the greatest place to work.  And yes the business model does work the CEO is climbing the Forbes Billionaires list .. what about the Employees who makes the whole thing run yes the man in the warehouse on the call center etc...  It's doesn't take a lot to understand that company does care about making more money but not much about the employee .  Take advantage of the lack of jobs and then say salaries are fair , target are unfair.  NB every-time Amazon increase the target and workload they said they goal is the make it fair lol (does that mean this low salaries are considered over-payments ..hey you earn a low salaries with a lot a stress and pushes but it,s unfair to the company ).  Thanks",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2202.htm
29800,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, friendly people and staffs",All good to me as of right now,No cons whatsoever as of right now,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29801,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Best company to start your career,"Work Culture, knowledge about eCommerce platform",More competition when it comes to promotion,"Keep the rhythm going, Amazon is at its best phase",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29802,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Account Manager,Working in Amazon,Great Leadership Principles. Learn new way of thinking & working. Get to work with people from finest colleges. Sophisticated work culture. People are very nice here.,"No proper place for the population. According to me, major damage done in hiring the wrong population in all levels. Most of the things are unorganized.","Please organize the work place when you hire a huge team. While hiring new people, the interviewer should be from the same team which they are hiring for because only they know what they want, i understand that we have an unique way of hiring people but interviewer from other departments may not understand the requirement and wrong expectation will be set in the interview which is not good, after all that is someone's career.",3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29803,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Management,"employee centered, flexibility at work","Very unstructured organization Though there is lot of opportunity for changing and deriving new things , but too many road blocks.","Though we call ourselves a Frugal organization , there are lot of areas where we are not.",3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29804,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support,Employee referral,It helps us to refer someone for Amazon.,They rarely consider the people whom we refer.,"If we are referring someone then I request you to atleast inform us by time that person will get the confirmation about the interview or he will not get at all. So, that the person will not wait for the call or email from the team.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29805,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,"Excellent environment, work culture, fun place to work","Monotonous job, internal growth takes time",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29806,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2017","Current Employee - Manager BD &amp, AM",Manager BD & AM,Learning opportunity as Amazon is into multiple projects,"Very little influence and responsibility, slow growth",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29807,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Lead,Always learning new things and fast.(speed is the key for a company who`is continuously changing.,Cons: Being always too busy.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29808,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Test Specialist,Good,Good working Environment Lost of opportunities,I didn't find any. No gym facility,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29809,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Imaging Manager,"Work culture,knowledge sharing,Benefits. Company strictly follows and goes by leadership principles",Insists on 6 pager documentation for every other proposal which is surprising for a company which wants the future to be digital,continue to develop your team and grow,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2203.htm
29810,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Imaging Manager,"Work culture,knowledge sharing,Benefits. Company strictly follows and goes by leadership principles",Insists on 6 pager documentation for every other proposal which is surprising for a company which wants the future to be digital,continue to develop your team and grow,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29811,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Best Place to Work,"Work Environment is great. You can listen to music, you can wear anything you like. You get paid for every additional hour you work. You get bonus every year. You get opportunities to earn Gift Cards every month and awards for your performance. Your issues are addressed. You get a laptop which is yours till you leave the company.",If you do not perform they put you in development plan and things get tough from there. Too much competition with fellow employees,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29812,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,Best place to work,Best ever place to work. Very good hikes.,No cons at all for talented people,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29813,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Discrimination in internal growth,3 days off medical from day 1 Good exposure to youngsters/college students ESOP,"Discrimination in internal growth which means when u get hired initially as an associate there is no discrimination as they desperately need labourers but if u join with an intention to grow within there is hell lot of discrimination . Whites bosses will promote white guys , religious discrimination ( a muslim manager will prefer muslim team members and a Punjabi manager will prefer punjabi team members for promotion) . EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS THESE EXAMPLES IN YYZ4 , Diversity takes back seat here. Though for promotion you have interviews with other department managers but the managers are so well connected with each other that they put in a word of who to promote. Basically process and system gaps. Also middle aged folks will not grow ( if u are in 40's and 50's), youngsters have a better chance, They also don't value your past experience . for example if you have 10 years of experience in finance and there are finance opening, they wont shortlist u or will reject u if u don't have a strong referral or do not butter managers. its been frustrating to work here . sometime i feel like sharing all this with the management but get scared they may sack me . They cannot recognize talent well for sure !!! It is the corporate process and business growth which is running this business because the approach is process oriented and not people oriented except for internal growth. Sheer discrimination in internal promotion specially in Brampton YYZ4.  Low pay rates ( Labour work is worth 17/hr but paid 14.40/hr. Also 3rd level guys are paid less than market. Micro management. If you have a strong reference you will thrive in Amazon, Talent has no place here !!",Have a robust internal growth process where dependency on people is not there like we have our rates where managers cannot change them . interview process should be more in terms of project based than behavioural questions. eg : give a project based questionnaire and give then 1 hr to prepare a small project and present it to ops and HR Team and evaluate them on hands on project not based on question from their past. Live in THE present n future not PAST !!!,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29814,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer I,Good job with lot of leadership opportunity,Leader ship quality Bias for action quality Have backbone and disagreement quality Owner ship quality Customer obsession quality,Lot of work you will get but you can learn a lot because of extra pressure. Medium politics also will be there,Normal,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29815,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"High quality Work, Good learning curve","1. You get to work with smart minds , learn and grow 2. Good Salary 3. The focus is on building high quality products, no compromise on standards for short term benefits 4. A culture of learning from each other",1. Work life balance can be better 2.,"1. On boarding new joined employees to use Amazon internal technologies can be improved 2. It's important that all the teams have an immediate manager that they should report to , during my first year at Amazon I didn't have a direct manager this confused me a lot as I wasn't guided in the right direction",4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29816,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work culture,Great place to work and grow,None as of now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29817,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Exposure and Learning,"Great exposure and learning. Good salary, Work culture is good.",Work life balance is little off.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29818,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon day to day is great,So much to invent and innovate,limited added benefits. 10% off of the website is about all you get.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29819,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Best reason to work: earn some money,Cant count all the cons...too many,Stop being so cold. We are humans,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2204.htm
29820,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - SDE1,SDE1,good pay is given here,"hectic life , no work life balance",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29821,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Great Pay , great learning curve,","long work hours, no work-life balance",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29822,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Full Time Team Supervisor,Employee referral,"Employee friendly, flexible working hours","Long working hours, unexpected overtime requests",Engage with associates,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29823,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,The place to be,People in Amazon can always challenge the status quo,I don't see relevant Cons.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29824,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,It has good work enviroment.,There is no work life balance,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29825,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Associate,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",1. Amazing managers and team mates 2. Everybody is humble and are goal oriented. 3. Amazing Infrastructure and facilities provided 4. Not much of stress,1. Goals are not easy to achieve,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29826,amazon,Lille (France)," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Learning Specialist,Learning Specialist France,Challenging and with such a fast rate of growth there are excellent opportunities for progression if you make the grade. So many inovations that you can't help but say WOW every other week,Continuous drive for improvement in every department means that you deal with 3 or 4 urgent matters each week.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29827,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Store Coordinator,The Good and Bad of working for Amazon,You are employed by one of the biggest companies in the world that is still growing. you get benefits that help you and your family. lots of opportunities if you have a degree or worked for the company for more than two years. you can get help to train for a degree with amazon after one years service.,"You need a degree to be promoted from L3 to L4 or have time served for at least two years, it does not matter if you have a wealth of experience.","Actually sit and interview staff and give them a chance, some might surprise you. speak to all staff, don't just ignore them, as we are all human, regardless of title, grade or position.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29828,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,The most fantastic company in the world,High requests for entry the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29829,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best work culture, very nice employees, good food, good facilities","Great work culture, Freedom to wear anything, Good food, and facilities, Helping employees",Not good for technical people,They all are best!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2205.htm
29830,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Finops analyst,Pick up n drop Food coupons Overtime pay,Process is worst you won't get any knowledge nothing challenging,Give proper training to new hires and dont rotate the temp guys from one process to other with in two to three months in internship period.,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29831,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Amazing company for employees,"Good Perks and benefits, Employee friendly, Good remuneration, Numerous opportunities for growth, Easy to chose the role that interests you and apply for the IJP","No work life balance for managers, Team manager's position gets sandwiched between higher leadership and employees, To many employees under one team manager the avg. ratio is 1:30","Need to work on the employee,manager ratio, rest all looks fine",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29832,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Amazon,QA,Best place to work at. Great exposure to get managerial and tech knowledge,No cons noted in my 3 years of working in Amazon,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29833,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer - I,Nice place to work,Technologically a nice place to work and nice people around. We get to work on some of the latest technologies. We get to learn a lot of things on the job.,"Not many I can think of, Not many I can think of, Not many I can think of, Not many I can think of,",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29834,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for job students,"Good environment, great people, opened manager","Bad location, difficult to reach",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29835,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Specialist,Feels like Home,"- Great place to work. - It does follow it's principle of ""Work Hard | Have Fun | Make History"" - The food, HR's and everyone with any higher power will always stay down to earth, the most comforting fact is that no one feels like they are higher than you and everyone is called with their name and no Sir/Madam is used around.","The place was so perfect in my point of view, because if you have an issue with something you can write down them at the issues board and trust me 98% of them get resolved on higher priority.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29836,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Senior Associate,Good Place to Work without pressure,Higher Management Seems to be changing which affects the peers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29837,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Worst place on the earth!,Nothing what so ever! Unless you like being robbed on the first night!!!!!,Long hours no break til 6 hours into a 12 hour shift. Food gets stolen within first 6 hours and no training just chucked with polish to show you what your doing!,You want to get security in your fridge area. My food was stolen on my first day with in 6 hours. I didn’t get a break til 12 on my first day.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29838,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,learning curve and experience in Retail,work life balance and workload vs rol,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29839,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Live the Customer Obsession,Customer has a chair literally in all meetings.. in virtual Never heard of a Quarterly meeting focussed on customer than profits Great atmosphere,"Fits a person who will self start Ask questions, ask, ask, ask.. till you go deep",Love the launch plans.. need to have follow up,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2206.htm
29840,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - TAM,Great organisation if you are having patience and can see unethical things gioing around,The work ambiance and the freedom given to the associates and few Managers who are reall helpfull for your growth.,"There is nothing that you can learn and they do not have any program for your growth henve, it is real difficult for someone to keep doing the same work for years after years",Understand and respect the hardwork and not the sugarquotes buttering approach of the associates. Thanks,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29841,amazon,Vercelli (Italy)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Challenging,Knowledge and engagement people. You can learn how to manage people with responsibilities and a lot of task every day,Get the crucial daily points. Solve all problems that may happen during your shift. Manage the stress and take decisions fast.,Not yet,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29842,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,"Good benefits like holidays etc, Salary on time.","Favoritism, no chances for development, new employees receive equal or 10 pence less per hour to a people who work 5 or more years.","Fix the favoritism, don't hire people who do not have idea what they do on management positions.",3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29843,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Customer Relations,Work/life balance? What's that?,Pay is adequate once you progress past a certain level.  Everyone knows who Amazon are so looks good on a CV.,"Expectation to work beyond contracted hours (a mandatory unpaid flex is built into most contracts).  Pressure to meet often unrealistic and contradictory targets.  Lack of understanding of a work/life balance, pressure to respond to emails at any time, even during vacations.  Majority of Customer Service is outsourced to 3rd party companies.","Reevaluate targets especially within Customer Service. The metrics at the moment are unrealistic and often times contradictory.  Increase pay at lower levels.  Stop using outsourced Customer Service, being ""Earth's most Customer Centric Company"" to me would mean keeping CS in house and providing all the needed resources, rather than simply doing the bare minimum. This causes issues across the business with poor handling of complicated issues.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29844,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICQA,I find it less competitive,I find it more repeatitive,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29845,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Process Associate,Great Company to work with good career growth,"Best work culture, No extreme level of hierarchy in management",work-life balance is not so good. Some people have to work 13-15 hours a day.,It will be nice if you give more importance to employees work and personal life balance.,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29846,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fun to work,no dress code and free work culture,"a small area for a lot of people , should expand infrastructure.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29847,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QAE-II,Good Work culture.. Flexi timings..,--------- ------ ------- ----- -----,none,4.0,none,4.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29848,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Global IT Support Manager,Review Related to Employee Refferal,Amazon gives us a clear picture of the openings in our regions and also others. They give us direct access to the Hiring Manager and recruiter which i like the most.,"The flip side is that many times a good candidate is referred but its hard to covert that referral into into a interview, like this amazon looses on good talents from the markets. Even if the referral employee contacts the recruiter or HM there is either no response or outcome.",Provide a TAT for recruiters to update status of resume so that the referral employee can check the outcome. If recruiters miss this TAT then it should appear on a report to the recruitment management for review. This will create more ownership and expected outcome to who is referring and I guarantee Amazon will not miss out on talents which they are missing to hire.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29849,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Such a shame,Started off with promises of promotion yet nobody is the slightest bit interested in what skills you have as long as you keep doing the job they train you to do when you start. So forget any chance of promotion in Amazon its all a big con.,This company really just does not value decent hardworking staff and instead seems to value patronising youth the they call Managers with absolutely zero people skills and the more they are complained about the more they get promoted!! yet the company thrives so...,Start recruiting more management that are actually adults with people skills rather than children fresh out out of University.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2207.htm
29850,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Such a shame,Started off with promises of promotion yet nobody is the slightest bit interested in what skills you have as long as you keep doing the job they train you to do when you start. So forget any chance of promotion in Amazon its all a big con.,This company really just does not value decent hardworking staff and instead seems to value patronising youth the they call Managers with absolutely zero people skills and the more they are complained about the more they get promoted!! yet the company thrives so...,Start recruiting more management that are actually adults with people skills rather than children fresh out out of University.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29851,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - 3D Junior Artist,Balanced,"You will have the best work/life balance, just like home",You have to be self motivated,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29852,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate,Great place to work,Work life balance Team work,Less Hike percent Dont encourage the right employees Doesn't estimate the effort of hardworking employees Employee benefits are very low Salary is very less,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29853,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Machine Learning Scientist,Ideal environment for builders,Science directly connects to industry Great coworkers Exciting projects,Not so many opportunities to make scientific contributions Mature technologies are preferred over cutting-edge technologies,Need a path to growth in the company as a scientist,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29854,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,amazon lifestyle #knowitinsideout,"Free wifi with very good speed and it doesn't stop there, because it lets you access every possible thing you do sitting at home. Secondly, Friendly environment with a huge cafeteria to eat with your SODEXO that you get every month!! SO yayyy on saving some few bucks!! break out lounge that is sufficient enough yo calm your minds, and Bonus a recreation room with a TT table and Foosball. Now besides that we do have our fellow amazonians helping us in need and support us when called upon.","if you're an introvert working on floor with around 300-500 people together can seem like an obstacle , but if you welcome them with open hearts i'm pretty sure you'll call it home!","management was pretty clear in things they said in BOI meeting. Transparency , truth and honesty is what they look for, and i believe if one gives them to the company , i'm sure the management can take care of the rest.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29855,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Life at Amazon,"My experience at Amazon has been quite a roller coaster. I've learned a lot out of my usual ""arts"" background. Joining as a transcriber and then becoming a verifier made a learn a lot of new things. I have been able to adapt to team changes and I am able to see myself grow steadily in this process. As they say ""It's always day one in amazon""",Working at amazon i sometimes feel there is a lot of pressure and the usage of an employee goes a little overboard. but then again work hard play harder. But hard working pays off in the end.,To not over think the utilization of employees.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29856,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Network Development Engineer I,Challenging,"Career Path, Skills Improvement, Self Enhancement, Self Learning, New Challenges, Mix Of Experiences, Different Cultures, Great Environment, Empowering yourself, Great Opporrunities","A Lot Of Challenges, Work Load, Dealing With A Lot of Cultures, Multi Tasking, New Location Challenges, Pressure, Many Tasks",Self Learning,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29857,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"very good company, employee friendly",Employee friendly. Every one willing can join. Good company overall,no cons. There is nothing negative I found about the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29858,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data associate,"One of the best and growing company and the field as well, alexa data services",Nil actually it is one of the prrfctly structured firms i ve ever seen,"Do what you are doing, work hard have fun make history",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29859,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best,Best working culture Good for long run,No cons as I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2208.htm
29860,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer I,Is a place like employee is like to be thrown in the arena without a training or integration plan,I would say the unique pro are the interact with global people from other nationalities and cafeteria,"Is a Company I would not recommend for a place to start a career or with goals to grow up internally, the managerial dept. is left to be managed to wrong people and just for an holiday job and is not a place where you can integrated well and helping each other to reach the target is a dream, but any employees seems like a isolated entity. No working balance between job and private life company tends to stretch your working daytime during the job. No room for career development unless you got out from the arena without wounds.","Make better selection of the management leading some department is imperative in this Company ( managers, shift manager,and director), mostly the IT and possibly take off unuseful meetings but quality meeting where the idea of the single count.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29861,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program manager,"Shares, working from home, mobile phone","bad wages, bad and unappreciative leadership, awful working hours (sometimes even on the weekends),","Crappy pays compared to competition, HR lies before accepting the offer, substantial issues with HR policies even after being hired",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29862,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations specilaist,"Best environment to work in, every one is eay to approach","MANAGERS partialty, rest everything is goo",none,4.0,none,none,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29863,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Engineering Manager,Systems Engineering Manager,"Career development, opportunities for progression, work with great people, high hiring bar, opportunities to contribute to both local and global environments","Demand is high on personal life if you allow it to be. However, if you are disciplined enough to ensure it does not take over your life then you will succeed.","Try to get used to the culture soon, we utilise the Leadership Principals on a daily basis. Ensure you do not burn out in the early months or else your time in the company will be negative. Play the long game.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29864,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workplace,Full time associates has good benefits,The management is giving a very high productivity rate like we are a robot.,To be more considerate to the employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29865,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Fraud Investigator,Stressful work environment and no support from management,You learn a lot Nice offices You meet great people Amazon looks good on your CV,"Very stressful work environment due to unbelievably high targets that keep increasing A lot of instability in the management, everything always changes without giving any real reason to the employees, changes are not always for the best but they don't care about employee's feedback The management demands transparency but when issues are being raised they just ignore it or put you on a ""blacklist"" Even when your manager understands your issues they are not even in the position to do anything about it because of the senior management A lot of discrimination, favoritism that creates tensions at work No team cohesion at all, the management only cares about numbers anyway Benefits are constantly reduced, they promise you a lot of things during the hiring process but then they take away almost all of your benefits They give you the illusion that you can grow fast within the company but make it almost impossible to achieve a promotion Trainings are very poorly handled and it can be difficult to find the information that you need, which also affects your performance badly They don't try to keep their best performers, who prefer to leave in the end because it is not even worth it anymore",Listen to your employees feedback and take the necessary steps to improve the working environment if you don't want to see everybody leave at some point.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29866,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,risk analyst,good transport facility by th\e\m,management is insensitive towards employees,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29867,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,A lot to learn Managerial position since day 1 Very good Salary Work in a huge company with an excellent reputation,Very long hours Shifts hard to conciliate with social life Very high expectations,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29868,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Innovation, Cut-edge technologies","- opportunity to touch many cut-edge technologies - growing fast - inspired by intelligent people everyday - to find a suitable position for yourself, internal transferring is very easy","nothing special, if have to say something, the writing culture is pretty different from other companies, usually instead of PPT, doc is preferred.","re-organization is too often, sometimes members joined a new team even do not have enough time to get used to the position, then the team/role already got changed, that seems like a waste.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29869,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work for,good benefits and salary is good,work life balance suffers sometimes,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2209.htm
29870,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Quality Analyst,The best company,"Best work culture, open door policy, they take care of the employee very well they have the best work place harassment policy, there are so many","Night Shifts, and they have A/C cabs only in summer.",nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29871,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Not good now,1. Environmental friendly 2. Casual Wear 3. Overtime Pay roll,"1. New Organizational structure changes 2. No hike 3. No proper internal movement 4. Proper politics game during IJP, hikes and promotion","1. Instead of Customer centric, be Employee centric too 2. Give IJP movement based on Knowledge and experience 3. Racism based on promotion",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29872,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Very challenging,"Technology oriented, data driven company, good place to learn. Opportunist is in your hand, if you work hard your gets more - promotion and salary.","Complex organizational structure, big communication gap among divisions. Also high commotion, work over time is quite often, If you are not initiative enough，you are out of game",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29873,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Awesome fun environment. You will enjoy working there.,Slow growth. No scope for contractor.,.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29874,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer,"Learn curve in the first 6 months is insane. Nice office, foods, etc.",It's a call center position,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29875,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Some of the best engineers solving the hardest problems,Great talent pool Interesting problems You get to watch what you build directly impact the customer and see it grow much faster than companies of this size,Benefits are mediocre compared to competing comoanies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29876,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Content Test Associate,Good place to work,Good Hr Service . Good Cab facility. Good Food. Avg salary.,Operation manages with very bad knowledge. Cheep politics . forced to work in shifts. Most of the team don't have WFH. Appstore copes team is the one of worst team to work. Please don't Join Appstore cops team. Getting Desktop to work we should request L6 manager very horrible.,For all kind of Management operations managers are not suitable. Hire Technical people to Semi or Technical works. Please send operation managers to Bushiness process.  Give some opportunity to L2 semi Technical people to change Team.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29877,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,All in all -a nightmare,- Not many I can think of,- Long hours without much breaks - Not a great working environment - Poor pay,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29878,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience!,Wonderful people to work with. Great environment.,Work pressure is on the higher side.,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29879,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associate,"The wage is decent, particularly on night shift. Very good overtime wage and availability. Work is very simple and well instructed.","Work is monotonous, and the targets in some departments are ridiculous. The staff on temporary contracts generally put in a lot more effort than those with a permanent job but with little reward or recognition.","Improve manager-associate communication, offer more assistance to those struggling to make targets",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2210.htm
29880,amazon,Noida (India)," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,good,this is nice company having good environment,i don't find any cons,nothing,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29881,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Great work culture Great People Awesome benefits,Nothing much. Everything is quite nice.,Should conduct more fun activities,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29882,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Intern,Software Development Intern,"Big company, lots of challenges, lots of people to learn from, customer interaction",Really small salary for intern,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29883,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Analyst II,Finance Analyst II,"Good pay, Supportive coworkers, Good bosses",There is nothing I can complain,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29884,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Life at amazon,Best culture . Leadership teams care about employees and customers. Very fast paced and good for people interested in learning and growing.,Promotion times are little longer,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29885,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Content Test Associate,Good place to work,Good Hr Service . Good Cab facility. Good Food. Avg salary.,Operation manages with very bad knowledge. Cheep politics . forced to work in shifts. Most of the team don't have WFH. Appstore copes team is the one of worst team to work. Please don't Join Appstore cops team. Getting Desktop to work we should request L6 manager very horrible.,For all kind of Management operations managers are not suitable. Hire Technical people to Semi or Technical works. Please send operation managers to Bushiness process.  Give some opportunity to L2 semi Technical people to change Team.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29886,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Very Energetic Place to Work,"Learning and Development of employees is top priority. Company culture is vibrant and conducive to efficiency. Flat hierarchy, which means you can get help and knowledge from everywhere.",Low starting salary in operations. New office in the most crowded part of Bangalore,"Please ensure that the salaries offered for non technical operations is at par with the best in the industry, as many have left after not being able to make a decent living during the starting years in a so called white collar job at one of the world's leading companies.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29887,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE,Work culture is awsome. You get work with really awesome people and every day is a challenging day.,too much work sometimes and politics in company environment,Can get still better,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29888,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associate,"The wage is decent, particularly on night shift. Very good overtime wage and availability. Work is very simple and well instructed.","Work is monotonous, and the targets in some departments are ridiculous. The staff on temporary contracts generally put in a lot more effort than those with a permanent job but with little reward or recognition.","Improve manager-associate communication, offer more assistance to those struggling to make targets",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29889,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Data Entry,Data entry,"Data entry skills and typing speed makes me a good fit for Data Entry position. l can handle MS Word ,Excel.",I have four years of data entry experience and I have performed all of the duties listed in your job description that l assure.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2211.htm
29890,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Health and Safety Coordinator,Career Progression and experience to further one's career.,Insane workload - Considered by most as only a stepping stone on one's way to another job.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29891,amazon,Pune City (India)," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Awesome Amazon,Everything that you expect as an employee,nothing trust me. nothing to complain about,keep it up!! it cannot take better,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29892,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,trms,"salary, place culture growth opportunities knowledge building career boosting confidence cultural activities",management work style nature of work accountability,nothing,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29893,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Worst company to work for,Sodexo Travel allowance Flexible for leave ( just you need to tell them that you will leave the job),Management doesn't know how to work,"Please change of HR department, we are all good for nothing",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29894,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Engenier,good company,"free food, good management , cooperative seniors","politics, long working hours, HR TEAM",remove politics,2.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29895,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Good place to learn and grow,Great opportunity to grow professionally Great healthcare benefits (provided by the state) Other perks like lunch vouchers and transportation reimbursement,Sometimes work can be tedious and involve long hours,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29896,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work experiance,cross category movement is very easy,Poor Increment effect your growth,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29897,amazon,Noida (India)," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,bde,good company to work with,rigid management at time flexible,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29898,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard job,"Not enough benefits, not enough opportunities to grow.","Secure job, fixed amount of hours",When you have a good employee you should try to keep her/him motivated,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29899,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,appearance matter,"good environment,career growth thats all",lot of partiality appearance based offer weak HR poor management,i dunno how come your selecting candidate through appearance. dark people are not capable to work ? discrimination everywhere,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2212.htm
29900,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good place to work at. Management should improve their hiring process.,Leave policy is amazing. Salary is competitive. Amazing to place to work at. Sodexos is an added advantage.,Managers should be more humane. They should learn to deal with employees more effectively.,Hire better resources.,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29901,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller support Associate,Good place to work,Nothing. Good place to work,Nothing,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29902,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Freelance Digitech,A learning and transformational journey,"Epic journey of an all-American Brand as it gradually earns its permanent and deserving global status as most innovative Retail Sensation, which led the ERP's and Emerging Markets still drives and influences the world economy til this day. All thanks to It's leadership and open policies that attracts the finest experts and innovative ideas from all over the world which aided the company against negative feedback on gender equality among other critics that shook companies like Uber and others in the tech industry.",Still lacks physical presence in key locations around the world which limits efficiency and causes inconsistent availability of products and services for an aspiring Global Organization. It's either make it or break it.,"Rather than exhaust resources in building a fortress in the United States, focus more in distributing company presence in key and upcoming economic locations to secure floating consumer interests that can only access the company via internet. Physical presence of a representative ready to defend and protect the company product, customer and overall reputation is now an essential weapon of choice against Alibaba. And since Whole Food is now in the picture, might as well buy 7-Eleven and use it specifically for that purpose.",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29903,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support,Seller Support,- Amazing Work Culture- friendly management and colleagues - A lot of opportunities. - Work Life balance is great (at least for me),- Unnecessarily Lengthy Interview. - Induction is boring,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29904,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon´s freedom,A lot of opportunities,Drugs and harrasment are part of everyday,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29905,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Difficult to get promoted,- good working environment - open-minded colleagues - insight into the e-commerce - training material for new starters,- limited opportunities to grow significantly within the company - true benefits are only reserved to some teams - lack of structure in some departments,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29906,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Aug 25, 2017",Former Employee - General Labour,Labourer,Fixed hours Plenty of overtime in peak months Friendly staff good benefits,"lots of walking, be prepared to get blisters in your first few months. It gets better.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29907,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Legal Advisor,Legal,team environment with legal team,poor working conditions with little IT support,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29908,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Support Analyst,Good company to start career,1.Good benefit. 2.You will get a big brand name to write on your CV,1.So much politics happen during performance review. 2.Not good pay for lower level employee. 3.Every day somebody is leaving. 4.Management does not have friendly communication with employee.They are like celebrity people.,"1.Please behave as employee not celeb in office. 2. As Amazon customer centric company ,it just does not care more about it's own employees. 3.You guys should understand if you care about your employee , employee will care about you. 4.So many grouping is now existed in every team management, which leads to politics and other horrible thing.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29909,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 27, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service,Good place to work mostly.,"Work life balance doesn't exist. You're expected to work on their time and they rarely work with you to find a schedule that works with their forecast, and the employees life.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2213.htm
29910,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trms,If you deliver results . You can expect growth very soon,Break timings and week off should be considered,Nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29911,amazon,Sriperumbudur (India)," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Awesome place to work but now it’s losing its shape due to new bpo like procees and extra workforce,Good to start and diversified culture and good perks with wfh policy and other benefits . It will be a good experience for freshers,No proper road map in many of the teams and Role and recently changing into bpo like organisation which is reason many are moving,Shift to new building,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29912,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Test Engineer,One of the best companies to work in,"Flexible Timings, Can do Work from home, Work Pressure not too much",Nothing that I can see,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29913,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Associate,"Great work culture, helpful management.",You get bored of the food sometimes,Improve the cafeteria,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29914,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work-life balance,-Man management is better than other companies in India. -Flexible timings -Enough hands for a particular job,"-If you want fast-paced thrill, you will miss it here. Especially if you are coming in from a start-like environment",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29915,amazon,Rome (Italy)," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,nice place to work!,A nice place to focus on your growth,No relevant cons to tell,More employes may be a good choice!,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29916,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Technician II,Great org to work for,"Wide array of technologies to choose from, you can choose your interest to work on and you can grow to heights.","Work-life balance, life can become hectic",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29917,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Very good for your personal growth but huge competition which is fair anywhere you go in.,Good people around and enough opportunities. You will get to learn a lot from your peers and your potential will be challenged.,The Amazon culture is getting something which makes this company different from others and lately that's been missing which is OK but..,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29918,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - ICQA,Would not recommend,Good Rate of Pay Lots of hours available,Uncomfortable foot wear An unfair points system,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29919,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Enthralling,Continuous support everyone treats you like family.You will get all the support when taking and making the right decisions and people mostly help each other to resolve issues quicker.,New rules tend to bring in a lot of complications and insufficient tools or resources to help the customers.,Keep the policies try to indentify the exact problem so that instead of multiple number of people waste time on one thing their time can be put to better use.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2214.htm
29920,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Highly Competitive Culture that rewards those who focus well and work hard (TRMS),Brand value. Amazing opportunities to move laterally and even to other departments as long as you perform well. Lots of fun people at work. Lower/Mid level managers are really friendly.,Hard to get leaves. Job can get a bit tedious and banal after a point. Also the higher management at TRMS can be highly intrusive at times and have started micromanaging a lot recently. Wasn't always like this. Night shifts in winters suck.,Don't lose the old values and hire more from within as you did previously. A lot of potential waiting for their big shot.,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29921,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Flexible on shift timings, benefits","Work culture sucks if you are in finance. Otherwise, not great work culture in other domain.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29922,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Global Software QA Coordinator,Customer Service Associate (UK Kindle) - Cape Town,Exposure to the international e-commerce industry,Dealing with customer complaints daily and not positive feedback,Create more positions for inexperienced Business Graduates,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29923,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,- good atmosphere - good benefits - good possibilities for growth,"- corporate environment (for some pros for other con) - lack of direct impact for the company success - feeling of being ""replaceable""",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29924,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,Open minded company where you can grow fast,Very flexible and opportunities are knocking the door just you need to act on the call.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29925,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect place to work,Everything is good here. Work life balance,"Nothing, really nothing, I said nothing",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29926,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work for.,"Great Salary and benefits, good culture within the team.",I haven't encountered any major cons at the moment.,More communications from top down.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29927,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Catalog,"It is really nice to work with Amazon, Love for Amazon",There is no negative feedback,"They are good, keep going",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29928,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Team Leader,area manager,the best place to work with its amazon,Amazon give chance to grow up in different positions,"DIVE DEEP: Stow buffer is one of the most important drivers of stow success. It is important that stowers always have a consistent amount of work, and that this is fairly mixed among small, medium and large items. I’ve had complaints by a few associates in February, saying that they were running out of work and that often they were presented with an unfavourable mix of products. I decided to look into the issue by monitoring cart runners closely, doing some cart running myself, and analyzing numbers. What I have discovered was that cart runners were generally doing their best to provide balanced work to stowers, but that some associates were constantly sidelining big items (refusing to stow them), hence often having a reduced amount of WIP (work in progress buffer) available. I have also asked my AM for a report showing the overall mix stowed by associates in the previous 30 days, which helped me identify outliers that were likely to cherry-pick small items for buffers/inbound conveyor. These 2 simple actions (getting hands on with cart running and checking numbers to see if all stowers were using a comparable mix of items) helped me identify root causes for inefficiencies in the department and act on them. Associates have been reminded not to sideline large items, but to keep a couple of totes of them in their mix at all times, and feedback has been delivered to stowers who were consistently cherry picking. As a result, all associates had a fairer treatment and IOL (inventory in odd locations) reduced significantly (big items stowed instead of being left ageing in side buffers)",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29929,amazon,"Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,customer service,"Shares, learned lots of skills, flexible hours, paid holidays","Micromanagement, constantly pushing staff to reach unachievable targets causing stress",Set targets +stick to them! You can't expect employees to be pushed and beyond their capabilities by constantly moving the targets once the current ones have been reached. SLOW DOWN - allow employees to catch their breath and either remain at service level +provide opportunity to advance if employee so chooses,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2215.htm
29930,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Amazon Salary+Compensation,Excellent Learning Motivated Individuals Medical Care Provident Fund Sign On,Near to market range salary No work-life balance Have to work extra time They do not want to negotiate Their thought that they are paying fair enough,Observe employees yourself instead of hearing from others,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29931,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Trms,work culture,"good, systematic, friendly environment, youth culture","making new rules in the organisation for employees, sometimes it good but unnecessary they makes rules",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29932,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Devops Engineer,DevOps Engineer,Flexible Work Timings Work from Home No restriction on leaves No Shifts,Nothing as such. Just the oncall,Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29933,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Leadership Philosophy,Good location very competitve pay,Promotion decisions not always understandable overall bad mood on Associate and lower management levels,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29934,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,IT Technician Amazon,"big company, no stress, development opportunity","not very high salary, 10 hours shift",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29935,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to work and Learn,I have been in this company for many years and I find every day rewarding. It can be stressful and everyone has different experience based on their team but you can find a team in Amazon which works for you.,"If you are hired at wrong level, it takes a long time to correct that",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29936,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,customer service associate,very good to be in,no downside available at all,no advice required,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29937,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Work Experience,great place to learn ad work,less stipend and perks as compared to other big techies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29938,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Senior Associate,Salary Package Quick Career Growth Work from Home,No Work Life Balance Travel Time Lot of confusion and chaotic process,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29939,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"smart people to work with, interesting problems to solve","quality of managers/team differ quite widely, long hours",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2216.htm
29940,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Designer,-Good working space -Works on latest tech -One of it's kind product -Good UX,-Hectic -Not very flexible -HIgh working hours,All good,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29941,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Sales Manager in Shanghai, China",Big name company. Good platform to prepare for your future career,Changing all the time and all the way,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29942,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Fraud Investigator,a good starting block but difficult to progress,Fun and good core values.,"Very low rises, not much room for progression",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29943,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigator,Good place to work at.,Work too monotonous . Hectic life .,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29944,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon supervisor,"it,s a great company with many possibilities",they have got problem with another e-commers in the zone,"it,s possible y deseable",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29945,amazon,Chen (India)," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Trainer,Wonderful place to work,Management takes care of you very well,A lot of travel and a lot of fun with the org,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29946,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Sales Manager,Super special - im many ways. Not a 1st choice experienced professionals.,"- great market position - awesome opportunities, to change roles (x-functions, international) within the company - attractive stock units packages - strong (customer centric) values","- arrogant culture (""we know better"") - micromanaging manager style - very poor tools and internal systems - far away from other tech companies - non inspiring culture",Management should invest more time in people management as in excel or writing docs,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29947,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good Place to work and growth is exponential.,Not flexible working hours. Too much work,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29948,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Account Manager,Amazing People,"Powerful Brand, Lot of Learning and Innovation.","Training part needs to extend. Basically, the training is on a tight schedule.",Nothing.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29949,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Safety Specialist,"Very dynamic and fast changing work environment. Lots of people with different backgrounds and experiences to work with, and most people are willing to help.",It can get really busy at certain times of the year.,Share information for changes instead of leaving it as a surprise.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2217.htm
29950,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,OK,"Working in IT/AWS. Everything revolving around operations and being technical, creating automation, tools, and tools for tools, and yet more scripts and tools, even for very simple tasks. Also you're told you can do anything you want, but if you don't do well enough with tickets and on-call, your employment may be in danger.","Often people try to solve non-technical problems by engineering themselves out of them (not an exact situation, but similar to: let's create a tool so we don't have to talk to each other too much). Don't see people smiling in the office very often. Culture a bit dull and disappointing, emphasis on working hard. People get promoted for working hard and peer feedback instead of competencies, which leads to frustration of those competent. Not much teamwork, great focus on individual contributions, which leads to unhealthy competition. If someone is frustrating others but delivers results, management usually won't help the situation with others.","No generic advice, there are thousands of teams, each with their own culture. For the ones I know I would advise to micromanage less and make conscious effort of making good use of people's capabilities, not trying to forcefully fit them to any static role if they can perform better in another.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29951,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,competitive work environment and great team,sometimes the pressure is too much,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29952,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"smart people to work with, interesting problems to solve","quality of managers/team differ quite widely, long hours",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29953,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Specialist SVS,"Great company of innovation, constant willingness to adapt to change, inspiring and dynamic enviornment.",Dynamic environment Steep learning curve Variety of responsibilities Opportunity for innovation Intelligent individuals Every day is the first day Never stop learning,Constant change of course makes enviornment very stressful Scrutiny in every single word or data presented in meetings Management doesnt develop you in direction you want but puts you on projects suitable to the business needs without your consult A lot of internal politics and people being kicked out of their roles without explanation which is why there's such a high staff turnover Low pay in comparison to other big tech firms such as Google etc.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29954,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Experience Manager,Amazon Review,"Great working environment, and the best leadership team",Keeping a good work-live balance can be difficult sometimes.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29955,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Seller Support Associate,"Great place to work, friendly and positive work environment.","Great work environment, Everyone is approachable, Growth opportunities, Salary, casual environment, Incentives and allowances, office transport, free food coupon, internal job transfer,",I did not find any cons while working with Amazon. Everything was perfect for me. I left the job because of my personal reason and wants to come back again.,Please rehire experienced candidates.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29956,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Work hard, Have fun, Create history.","Great place to work, friendly environment.  The learning curve you have at amazon is very high. Interesting work, lot of opportunities, amazing people and much more.",For me there are no downsides here at Amazon. I love my work here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29957,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,Easy to move roles Great Salary,Do not find any Cons,Great Job,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29958,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good salary and perks and benefits,good salary and perks and benefits,hectic schedule as u ill be learning cutting technologies,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29959,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst .,Is a pleasant environment I'm an analytical person and I always wanted this place of work,You have to always be careful because you have big responsibilities,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2218.htm
29960,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,-Working hard colleagues -Smart people -Given a lot of responsibility and autonomy,- benefits -culture - empathy -Focus on the result more than the person -Doesn't acknowledge positive results enough,need to create a common view,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29961,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,Work culture is very good.,Changing work times might be a issue for many.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29962,amazon,Ponneri (India)," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon,Amazon,I like to work in reputed company,Distance is great problem for travelling,Please response for unemployee,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29963,amazon,"Croydon, England (UK)"," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Avoid,Friendly People in Croydon Surrey campus Money,Extremely tiring A job where you must be a super human to complete You really need to reduce the hours of the employees,Add 1 more break and Im telling you the productivity will be of high standard,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29964,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Investigator,"Mess, mess everywhere","Pay is good, fruit on wednesday, fellow investigator are great and some managers are awesome","Using metrics that are completly disconnected from reality, being treated like children, if you are in good standing they will game the statistics for you to stay and in case they don't like you they'll arrange for you to get poor stats, internal mobility is a waste of time, sending you to interview for no reason. And if you show no ambition for their career plan they find it suspect and summon you for explanations...","Drop the metrics, some cases really need more attention that others and stop making chants and burning incense to get the stats,. Stats are a tools, and trying to bend reality to your stats will make people game the stats.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29965,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Another company looking for cheap Indian Labor,"So called ""Big Four"" of IT.","Long working hours, poor office, poor facilities. All in all, another firm exploiting cheap Indian Labor.",Where were you guys born? In hell?,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29966,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A poor attitude to their employees,Colleague friendships Busy Environment Dynamic Recognised Brand Always something new happening Shares which makes comp good,"Very oppressive work environment not only due to the volume of work but the continuous aggressive performance bar You will never be promoted in Amazon but you will be expected to take on more and deliver more, do a larger job of increased responsibility and scope but not get compensated , recognised or promoted Very Senior leaders who are supposed to be role models speak atrociously to more junior members of staff on open forums like conference calls to the point people are afraid to speak up or ever voice an opinion or objection Very poor benefits overall","A root and branch review of your compensation philosophy, people processes and people leaders Level 8 and above. The culture of how people are treated comes from the top. While efforts have been made to change the yearly performance review, its window dressing until a culture of valuing employees is built. Many customer obsessed, hard working, decent people are and will leave .",1.0,none,none,none,1.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29967,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support,"Cool environment, free drinks, free food every last thursday. smart people","No code projects, just custoer support, can get irritating. You can work side projects if you want though, but ..... its not a product",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29968,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Amazing place to work,Nice and easy place to work with less restrictions,salary and no high NSA,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29969,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,Very dynamic work with great possibilities and almost no politics,Fast growing company. A lot of career opportunities. Young and motivated employees. Many opportunities to improve your work and influence decision makers. Good salary. The leadership principles are not wall posters but constantly used.,"Sometimes chaotic structure (IT and organisational), therefore not suitable for someone who looks for a quiet job. Work-Life balance might depend on yourself.","If you can show to your employees how you work, how your everyday decision making is, that will increase awareness of how their work contributes to the overall success and with that increase their involvement and ownership. This is not Amazon specific, but something that all companies shoud aspire to do,",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2219.htm
29970,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon working experience in bengaluru,good atmosphere good package experience for life,none.it is the best company for fresher,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29971,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Investigator,"Mess, mess everywhere","Pay is good, fruit on wednesday, fellow investigator are great and some managers are awesome","Using metrics that are completly disconnected from reality, being treated like children, if you are in good standing they will game the statistics for you to stay and in case they don't like you they'll arrange for you to get poor stats, internal mobility is a waste of time, sending you to interview for no reason. And if you show no ambition for their career plan they find it suspect and summon you for explanations...","Drop the metrics, some cases really need more attention that others and stop making chants and burning incense to get the stats,. Stats are a tools, and trying to bend reality to your stats will make people game the stats.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29972,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager L5,Operations Manager At Amazon,"Perks, Learning of courier business","I spent almost 2 year in Amazon Bangalore Based warehouse called BLR5, Joined from a very prestigious Petroleum farm only for few buks, It was a reall nightmare, working for 24 hrs , No work life balance , some of the days come 3 AM or 4 AM in the morning, again going office by 8 AM, Its true that Amazon is paying a lot but they don't give time to spend. Be carefull if you are joining Amazon.","No advice ..as entire senior management is changed very frequently, i think a attrition level is about 30%",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29973,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS - UK,+ You get to work with some incredibly smart people + You get a lot of autonomy to run work your accounts as you see + Cool to see behind the curtain how services are built and managed,- On call pretty much 24 x 7 - Salary less than market rates,Step up remuneration in line with market rates,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29974,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Amazon FC Associate,"Good working conditions, friendly staff and colleagues.",Long hours 10hrs and no time for rest or personal time,keep doing the good job,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29975,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,"It's a good job, but you're stuck in it",Nice benefits Ok pay Nice multicultural environment,No progress Treated as robots Micromanagement,Train your highest performers and not the people who know people but are slackers,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29976,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Accountant,Senior Financial Accountant,fast paced environment and diverse role,demanding company which results considerable time investment,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29977,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great place to learn,"Learnin across domain, experience to work in a fast paced environment",Dynamic nature of work. It gets difficult to maintain work life balance.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29978,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Amazon Catalog quality,"Best company to work for, Good improvement","None, as they have well planned system",Keep up the good work and continue the same way,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29979,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only suitable for those that enjoy mindless dead-end jobs.,"- Work/Life balance. - Location in the city center.  - Nothing else, really.","Zero skills are required to work in Amazon. From the start, you are told that anything you know is useless, because Amazon has the ""amazonian way"". So your training is basically an indoctrination course on why Amazon is the best place ever. Worst part is that the trainers really hope you believe so. You are taught to be a robot, applying ""the Amazon rules"". You must do the same task every minute of every day, every week, every month,... forever. Nothing changes.  Individualism is discouraged, you are not allowed to have initiative nor being creative and even less giving meaningful feedback. Actually, you can give feedback but it will be thrown to bin instantly. Management does not care about this. Managers mostly sit on their high horse, treating employees like filthy plebeians that can be replaced at any moment if they do not ""comply to the rules and worship the Amazon way"". Probably explains why people don't stay long. They make no effort in retaining talented employees.  Way too much bureaucracy (just like any other massive corporation, Amazon is nothing exceptional). Lack of innovation (""every day is Day 1"" motto is a lie). Lack of career development (unless you lick your incompetent manager's boots). Pay is not great (only half decent) benefits are a bad joke (they deliberately hide information, HR are beyond incompetent). Most of your colleagues that have spent there more than 5 or 6 months have been brainwashed to the ""Amazon way of thinking"", which is quite sad as they are incapable of rational thought anymore.  AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE. Unless you enjoy wasting your time, or being a mindless robot.","1) Admit that eveything you do is not great and try to act accordingly instead of whining over corporate barriers. 2) Do not recruit qualified/smart people to do repetitive tedious tasks that require no skills. 3) At least give the appearance you care about your team. Do not treat employees as children that need to be under surveillance all the time. Give them some incentive (better salary, minimum career development, etc...). 4) Reduce bureaucracy, try to improve and be innovative, avoid constant stagnation. Find better excuses than ""that is how Amazon works"" when dismissing feedback. 5) Jeff Bezos is not God. Stop the cult/sect-like mentality.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2220.htm
29980,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"No management, partiality, constantly changes everything","The work environment is chill, cab services are good, cafe is large.","There is no management, no support from higher level, partiality in everything, hired so many people, some associates are better than managers, constantly changes there policy and incentive structure.",none,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29981,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I enjoyed working in amazon,A good working environment and amazing work culture,Long hours of work and some Saturdays are working,"None, keep up the good work",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29982,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Soul-breaking work culture. Beware! It's definitely not a 'cool' company.,"They really do care about the Buyers and they will ensure that customer issues are addressed. They have improved in recruiting more women, yet fewer women in higher positions.","Join only if you are ready to handle a soul-breaking culture.It's not a company that cares for its people. Very poor work life balance allied with bullying and mind-messing culture. My experience has been extremely disappointing and excruciating. I have used ""Stresscounselling -Stressberodung"" at least 3 distinct times, as I couldn't cope with the nasty work expectations. A Bullish stock value and market reputation as 'cool' company keeps attracting people, only to realize their mistake later. Until then they have huge loans or relocation expenses, to be repaid, even if they decide to leave.  If you prefer a co-operative/collaborative work style, this is not the company for you. As its name suggest, it's a chaotic jungle, where you are attacked continuously in the name of feedback, weakening your confidence with impractical deadlines, and ultimately losing your self-worth - the right moment for a performance improvement step to get rid of you and get a new employee to replace you. Note: They didn't fire me, I left!","Respect Luxembourgish labour law in terms of working hours, weekend working etc. Show some leadership - and that doesn't just mean crunching numbers and reading documents, and tracking graphs. Employees including you are people. Treat people with respect! HR should investigate escalated issues and get to the bottom of the problem, rather than turning against the employee by colluding with the business Overall, stop messing with people's lives and their families. The bad karma will come back to you.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29983,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 13, 2017",Current Employee - Resolution Specialist,Good culture and experience,good process available non technical job good salary bonus,night shift higher management is lame and not trust worthy and also politics is there,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29984,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Senior HRBP,An Amazing Company I worked for,"Strong 14 Leadership Principles, Clear Strategy, Data driven, Excellent tech cutting-edge",Sometimes a little bit harsh at some aspects of culture if employees didn't digest well enough,Keep doing right things,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29985,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,An innovative company where ownership is king,"True sandbox environment where you can come up new ideas and be allowed to go and try them out, it really promotes ownership and a safe to fail environment.","Fast growing company, and a start up mentality, means the ability to manage change is a must.",Getting people up to speed from a cultural point of view faster.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29986,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Courier,start money is above average,"overworked, I have worked there for over 5 years with no recognition of the hard work out in or a pay rise where workload has steadily increased over years,",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29987,amazon,"Bathgate, Scotland (UK)"," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Delivery driver,"Great pay, get to travel","Long days with very little support, self employed, no holiday pay, no sick pay, no fuel support for new starts, can be in from 8am onto whenever you finish","Look after staff, offer help if they have issues, get fuel cards as not everyone has money before they start work",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29988,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Aws - the biggest mistake you'll make. Trust your gut.,"Ok if you come out of varsity or college to set you up for your next career step, nothing more than a stepping stone.","Where to begin. Aws will make you stupid. If you've ever done anything worthwhile in your career, this will be one giant leap in the wrong direction. You want to work in a call centre, then look no further, this place is for you.  Tenure is rewarded over talent. Leadership principles are a joke, there is no customer obsession, just a bunch of people trying to 'level up'  You want to build? Then walk away.","Bozo should step down, fecal gravity flows downstream.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29989,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good salary but very high stress. Amazon burns through employees very fast.,Good salary and talented colleagues.,"Poor work-life balance: unless you set and stick to very clear boundaries the company will take and take and take until you reach burn-out. Very high stress levels and combative management - expect to be shouted at and disrespected. Super-ambitious targets which can only be achieved by burning out employees - this is why most people stay less than two years (Amazon has a very high churn rate). Basically the New York Times article on Amazon was pretty accurate about white-collar work within Amazon (I don't know about the blue-collar work). I've not spotted anyone crying at their desk or in the toilets, but plenty of people just leave for a workplace that values its employees more. Amazon is congenitally tight-fisted on everything except salary: this is the corporate principle of 'frugality'. Amazon genuinely does put its customers first, at the expense of employees. Whether this is a good thing or not for investors in the long-term, I don't know - it seems to be working well for them so far. Staff generally don't feel valued - the relationship between company and staff is ""we'll pay you well but work you until you drop"".","Jeff said in response to the New York Times article that if it were true, he wouldn't expect people to choose to stay at Amazon. Well, on average they don't: look at the churn rate. Consider whether it's a good strategy long-term for the company to treat staff in the way it does.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2221.htm
29990,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Category Manager,Work life balance needs to improve,Great culture and people from various walks of life. Very good growth opportunities once you show you are good. Fast paced work environment where you can never get bored.,Work life balance is poor. Expected to write a lot of documents.,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
29991,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,4 stars,"Good company to work for Management is supportive Getting a leave is easy as compared to other companies ,still Amazon.com is better than Amazon.in Better growth opportunities","Amazon.in has issues @ approving leaves because every now and then , there will be a sale due to no of festivals in India Canteen food is worst",You are doing great,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
29992,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Head Office,Cutting Edge and Peculiar,Always looking forward in way that others may not understand right away Growing all the time Make tough choices Get to own projects and feel they are yours,Can be too much self promotion to bosses - people projecting rather than admitting issues and reality,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
29993,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place.,Amazing projects to work. Great scale. Good compensation. Appropriate recognition.,No free food. Interns are not assigned to teams based on previous projects and experience.,Assign new interns to teams based on their past projects and experience.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
29994,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Amazon CHENNAI - SDE1 - Poor work life balance, poor management","- Good salary - Talented peers - Challenging projects  Amazon overall is good, but Chennai Amazon is trash!",- Very poor work life balance with average of 12 hours work per day. Some days it'll go up to 18 to 20 hours. - Poor planning and last minute hassle for every trivial tasks too. - Weekend work. 3/5 weeks you'll be made to work. - Teams ignoring leave policies and make you work even on ritual festivals. - Internal politics. - ill treatment of junior employees.,Please have a look at other Amazon offices and try to create such a good environment at Chennai as well.,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
29995,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working experience,"Easy job, friendly environment and people",Long working time hard boss,Pay more attention to employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
29996,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ERC,Friendly Environment and Lots of fun,Less Growth. Take long time for level promotions.,Should conduct frequent one on ones with employees.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
29997,amazon,Banga (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Very bad,Salary Stocks cab facility Nothing else seriously,Everything No work life balance,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
29998,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work style,some nice ppl work their but not in managment,poor leadership from management..they dont know how to deal with people..only worried about their move up the ladder,none,2.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
29999,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 13, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Station Manager,Amazon is the largest organization around the world we have the future for growth,all teams work in amazon with friendly with love and they make makes family atmosphere,do work hard and achieve your goals,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2222.htm
30000,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is an awesome place,Get to work your best,Nothing discussed as such thee,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30001,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work with,Company provide great envirnoment for learning,Work-life balance less visibility to promotion,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30002,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,Hard and life work balance is pretty good,not good communication between teams,Careful,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30003,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Operative,Good pay Good exercise Team work,"Stressful at times High workload Physically demanding (10 hour shifts) Can be extremely boring/repetitive but you know what you are signing up for Only worked full time for 4 weeks, wouldn't recommend this as a long term job",Be a little kinder with the targets as can seem impossible when working as hard as you can yet still not meeting them.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30004,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Quality Associate,Catalog Quality Associate,Lot to Learn Awesome Environment Good for freshers Internal Growth is Good,Low salary Management can be better,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30005,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account manager,A lot of smart people a lot of opportunities,Too many process and significant workload,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30006,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yearly appraisal hike is very less.,Amazon work culture is good.,new hires usually get more salary than existing employee.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30007,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Overall Quite Positive,1. Working with Experienced & Intelligent people 2. Endless of Learning 3. Stress on leadership principals 4. Good proportion of Increment annually 5. Timing Flexibility 6. Stress on documentation,1. Sometimes load is more than you expected 2. OnCall system 3. 3.,Management is quite smart to understand employee's feelings.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30008,amazon,"Nanaimo, BC (Canada)"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Shift Manager,Very good,Its world leading companies and it is on the top of its field and their technology is also good .,If you want to work on amazon then u should love itand is you want to get job in software department then u should love coding coding and only coding.,Its very nice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30009,amazon,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Assistant manager,Management skills and ability to lead a team. Can work with different people from different culture and background. Flexible and resistive skills,I love to accept challenges.challenges would be accepted and would be solved on real time.looking forward to accept the challenged,Continous support and guidance by upper management needed,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2223.htm
30010,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Unique company with a unique mindset in business,Culture Focus Growth Energy Brand awareness in the employment market,Cut throat Getting bloated Each team has its own vibe which can become important for the career planning,Manage it leaner,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30011,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Contact Management,"Big company, grow fast and lot of opportunities","Word hard, few information from Seattle",Let more time for breaks,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30012,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,CZ - reclamation,"Benefits, good team, good employees. I am looking forward to my job.","A little money, commuting. I think that there is small chance How to get to better position If I dont know some people on good places. You have small chance and Its frustrating. It is subjective opinion.",More money for t1 employees. They are the most important at the Amazon. They have to have positive motivation because if They won´t have so They will not between current employees but between former employees. It is not my subjetive opinion but objective opinion.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30013,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Experience,good work culture and environment,nothing much to say about,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30014,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,YYZ4 will not recommend anyone to work here 6pm to 4.30 am,paid on time bi weekly Free employees parking Free cookies Free samosas Favouritism is high Dental Benefits,Run like hell There life out of amazon Better paying jobs too $ 14.90 per hour .25 cents raise after 6 months A lot of unhappy associates Very Poor management Favourites and family succeed Modern day slavery,"Workers are not robots ,putting someone in a field where there slow and documented them ,racial tension is very high , HR is a waste of time workers are disposable ,hi turn overs and injuries,poor working conditions,water coolers dirty and water filters needs changing for days and weeks ,very hot in summer ,in this case. The poor makes the rich richer , if people know what working conditions go true and stress they think twice about ordering here on amazon.com ,temps are greater than regulars ,why is that ,receiving,packing ,stowing for 10hrs standing ,very dusty ,worst place I ever worked in my life ,run like hell .....run Managers 1/2 hour before shift ends now deciding to help out after walking around with laptops for 9 1/2 hrs or it not "" there pay grade to do physical work"" Did i say run like hell",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30015,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazon Reviews,Work culture and Value is amazing,Salary should be way better,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30016,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Research Scientist,- Strong scientist community that has access to the cutting edge technologies and researches - A lot of Room to improvise and define problems of your own,- Little personal care of the employee except for salary compensation as the rumor says - Science team too big so you get to work on problems that can easily stepping on each other and causes chaos - Systems/Models come and go too fast,"Pay more attention to the employee in addition to work, Build culture that employees start to care each other",4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30017,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Test Associate,"good environment , work culture",testing process is dependable on client part.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30018,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Benifits Meal vouchers Work environment Overtime benefits Role,Nothing Something Anything Everything Accepting,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30019,amazon,Haridwar (India)," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Web Developer,you are the best.,I want to learn some new technologies.,because your company will engage me with your works in my free time.,I want to work with you because I will to learn and create.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2224.htm
30020,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super fast career growth in the most dynamic environment I've seen so far in my career!,"Strong working culture, AMAZing company values! You are the owner of your role and where you wish to take it!","You need the right mentality to enjoy it to the max, meaning you are passionate about your job, love to work in a challenging environment and like to be stretched, to allow you to grow, fast.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30021,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool work place awesome growth opportunities,Good work culture and salary. Work life balance for your personal hobbies/projects.,Senior management needs to stop politics.,Nothing useful ....,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30022,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of bizdev,"Great culture, I like Leadership principles and amazon!","Hard work, getting everything out of your skin.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30023,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon marketplace,Amazon marketplace safety and security.and best to get good job,I can work hard ready to face challenges nd try to give best,Want to work from home,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30024,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Really enjoy it here!,"Great culture, self driven, amazing people","Can be stressful, sometimes difficult to get things done",Promote more internal development,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30025,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,"moving fast, lots of growth, easy to move up.","no work life balance, no fun",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30026,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Risk Analyst,Trms risk investigator,1.learning opertunity 2.good bunch of colleges 3.internal job movement opportunities,1.night shifts 2.weekday offs 3.too much politics 4.bad performance review system.,Keep work and life balance in mind. And stop favoritism,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30027,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Fraud Analyst,Worst work experience ever,Good pay and benefits plus the stock options are great,"The management process is abusive there is a lot of favouritism and discrimination, they push employees beyond their limits. Useless daily meeting ( called daily huddle ) absolutely useless where all the TRMS team ( risk management team ) needs to line up like in elementary school and listen to a boring managers speech that keeps repeating them selves to say nothing at the end. Little opportunity for a career growth unless you know someone within the organisation. You are asked all the time to come up with innovative ideas to improve daily process and think outside of the box but managers within TRMS teams as just ignoring pretty much everything and saying its difficult to implement it. Training provided not reflecting the actual job positions, little support provided for the employees once they start working on the floor.  If you are looking for modern slavery, just work for Amazon you wont be disappointed, or just look in Youtube for BBC Panorama - Amazon The Truth Behind the Click documentary, it will give you a good idea about this company..","Review existing managers within TRMS and the quality teams as Amazon has a employees retention issue in Prague office because of that and they keep hiring, spending a lot of time training and then firing peoples without any valid reasons or opportunities to put them on improvement plan if they are meeting the targets.......",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30028,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good experience,Good work life balance,Working in rotational shifts,Train all employees on other industrial software,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30029,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"nice work culture and salary,","carrer opportunities and compensation, senior management",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2225.htm
30030,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The interview was a long process,The benefits and work culture,The work pressure is too high,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30031,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Software Development Engineer,Great working environment with brilliant minds.,Best place to learn.Transparent work culture.Good pay.No dress code. Flexible work timings,Tight schedule.Deadlines are strictly followed.Sometimes there will be a lot of pressure,Managers are worried only about meeting their numbers and not about employees. Internal politics and internal promotion have to be stopped.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30032,amazon,"Daventry, England (UK)"," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Instructor,Great place to work,Working with Amazon. I have learned lots of things. Great place to work. Management and operations leaders they all treat very well manner and always motivate each and every associate.,There no downside.If you work hard its really worth.,Keep it up.. Thank you,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30033,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Manager,Rigorous hiring process to find the right talent Strong focus on Operational Excellence High degree of innovation and automation,Relentless pace - never slows down Difficult to maintain a reasonable work/life balance,Dial up your empathy - employees are not robots,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30034,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,-Challenging -Smart people around you -Fast growing company with lot of opportunities,-Long hours at work -High level of competition among peers,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30035,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,"No dress code, many opportunities, great colleagues","Managers can be either absolutely amazing or but that great, depends on the team.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30036,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on your manager,Good salary and benefits including stocks,No personnel or operational support for new Amazonians. Really depends on your manager and team how much you can enjoy to work.,"So many complicated systems and operations, people join and leave the company. If you luckily survive for three years the you are like a king of the village. I don't think the company will grow with a culture like this.",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30037,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - CSA,"Good, work life balance is good",Work life balance is good,However the con is that there is more workload compared to other companies. Salary structure is moderate.,Try to manage work given to employees work load is very much,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30038,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great place to learn and grow.,No cons really that I can think of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30039,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support,Great people and atmosphere and social events,Hours and shift patterns and pay increase at the time,Be more involved in staff development,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2226.htm
30040,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Associaate,about company,best place to work and have fun,no complaints at all guys,keep it going,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30041,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Support Associate,"Good work culture, growth opportunities, supportive management","well, I did not fine, so, none",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30042,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Good Salary, Compensation & Benefits ,","Career Opportunities, Senior Management, Poor Work/Life Balance",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30043,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Great ecosystem for personal and professional development,"learning opportunities, working with smart people, independence and ownership","slow, sometimes over complicated internal processes",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30044,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding,"Team skills, salary, colleagues, events, training","Workload, time, deadlines, rewards, job opportunities",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30045,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,Amazon,Good manager and leadership team,"stress, rotational shift, metrics, huge call flow",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30046,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Management Lead,Good work culture is here,Flexibility is a concerne sometimes,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30047,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Great environment to work in....less stress...more fun....better than most bpo companies,Night shifts...fear of getting fired,Take things a bit easy,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30048,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service specialist,Good place to work if you like being on phones,Amazon have created a world where the customer is always right and what they say goes everytime. This has lead to customers expecting the world from us and ringing up complaining over small things,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30049,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Agent,Relaxed environment. Customer number 1 priority,"shift pattern, long shifts. Poor pay management",none,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2227.htm
30050,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Agent,Relaxed environment. Customer number 1 priority,"shift pattern, long shifts. Poor pay management",none,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30051,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"great working environment, career growth","work load, extra working hours, transport facility, holidays, Food",increase break time & hike in salary,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30052,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Amazon,Amazing,Best place to learn A lot things you will learn there,A very tight schedule is given. Deadlines have to be followed.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30053,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,"Brand name, good people to work with, different opportunities.",They sometimes hire more experienced person for a lower role.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30054,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,freedom to do & think big,lots to do so you can keep doing & doing,keep the focus on super power & LP,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30055,amazon,"New Westminster, BC (Canada)"," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Good benefits and poor management,- Benefits - Good structure - Safety - Aimcare - Location,- Poor management team. - They take so long to train you and keep you in the same position for a long time. - For any mistake you receive written warning.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30056,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,team lead,nice place and people to be around with,the 10 hours schedule is too long,more reliable and understanding with the employers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30057,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Life with Amazon.com,Work Culture HR Policy is very tough and supports the employees Opportunity to learn and grow within the organization Opinions can be voiced out and it'll be considered by the top management,Quality of top management gets worse everyday Under-performing employees must be relieved - adds to the burden of others Work-Life Balance must be inculcated in the employees,Do not change the Amazon experience by bringing in a call center culture to the work place,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30058,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Vendor Support Associate,Experience as vendor support advisor.,"Lots of bennefits, good working environment, investment on people, promotion opportunities","Stressful work, constants training programs.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30059,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and Cons,Great monetary incentives for overtime,Training methods can be improved,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2228.htm
30060,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part of Senior Management Team,Leadership principles are very strong and adhered,None to mention anything specific,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30061,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Student,good company to start with,work on your own time. app to keep track of deliveries. customer service has been helpful,you are not always guaranteed work,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30062,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,I worked at Amazon full-time less than a year,"I had an amazing time working with Amazon. Many learning and growth opportunities. If you are talented and interested, you can move to any field in Amazon. Work culture is at par with any other Company.",The Only reason why I am not trying to join Amazon once again is because of their Salary Structure. We cannot depend on incentives and facilities all the time.,Please improve the salary structure.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30063,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Service Associate,Not Recommended for Long Employment,Browsing the website by having everything on it run through your hands!,Standing an inhumane number of hours (ten!) and extremely short breaks in very faraway break rooms with ever-not-enough microwaves for the people there at the same time!,"We're not cattle, okay? It's us upon whose shoulders this company is built! We deserve a full 100% benefits in every category (not just the 'dental')!!! You keep making cutbacks that only affect our experience of LIVING in your FC for 10 hours STANDING in usually-hot atmosphere (the AC's are never there or are too faraway and practically ineffective)!!! We're your customers too, you know, not just your employees!! Oh, and by the way, we're NOT loyal to you!!! We'll look for the cheaper price all the time because your ""employee discount"" is a serious JOKE and because you, as a company, is on a mission to keep us POOR and taking advantage of our needs for 'survival jobs' without giving us any real raise (because to you we are just disposables!).",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30064,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Trainer,fantastic,interesting and energetic job role,hard work and night shift work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30065,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Would NOT recommend,At Amazon you can move to a completely new field where in other companies you'd need relevant experience. They just want to know that you're a good worker. The summer party is also great.,"While the company will bend over backwards for customers, employees are mistreated. They try to save money everywhere, including the toilet paper, resulting in some bad situations! The hiring bar is supposedly high, but some of the managers here behave like animals.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30066,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Program Manager,Innovative and employee friendly company,Growth is difficult in stable businesses,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30067,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great technical team!,"Great people, great projects to work on, massive scale of operations.",Company perks could be better Sometimes there's too much internal politics,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30068,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Account Management,seller account mangement manager,i am interster e-commerce website in work and i am amazon seller.but change job.,Amazon seller good experience.,Good perform my full try.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30069,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 22, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Something a developer should do once in their life,Instills practices and attitudes that have been immensely valuable in my career,Works you to the bone,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2229.htm
30070,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - SDE1,"Challenging, but great place to work",1) You have a great exposure to technologies 2) There are awesome colleagues that you can learn from 3) The customer obsession is a good principle to work better,1) oncall shifts are intense and stressful 2) You are only a wheel in a big machine 3) The evaluation criteria are not very clear,There should be better communication between what happens below and above levels. There should be better and fairer evaluation steps.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30071,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Enterprise Solution,"Outstanding company, loyal employee. Thank you.","Pros: In the words of Dan Pink (Motivation) the things that make us happy in work are not just focused around money. Pay people well enough to take money of the list of concerns and what motivates staff?  Autonomy, mastery, and purpose.  I worked at Amazon Web services for 2 years as a Solutions Architect and I can say hand on heart, it was the best job, working for the best company ever. Let me explain in a little more detail as to why this is fact ,)  Autonomy: No micro management from the team leaders, bosses, peers, but a wealth of support in all aspects from career aspirations to soft skills and everything in between.  It's day one right!? Sure was for me - Ideas welcomed and occasionally I thought of something that someone else had not thought off - this was a rare thing ,) None of that malaise that creeps in and stifles growth (Personal and company) to the point that you can’t wait till the end of the month and dread getting up in the morning.  You are not spoon fed anything. Go out and seize the day to make you and Amazon better each time. YOU are responsible for carving out your own destiny. Yes, this puts more work on you, but is there really any other way?  Mastery: Such a wealth of training, support, mentoring, career planning was offered to me it was a real inclusive feeling. “What would you like to do long term?” was a question asked of me by my SA manager at the time. We had a one hour conversation on what do I really want, how he would be able to support these objectives. If you have ever done the “Five x Why’s?”, you will understand just how difficult a question this line of questioning is. Suffice to say, the manager really got me thinking and helped me plan out the next few years of my career – thanks PF. There was plenty of self-paced training available as well as instructor lead training to ensure that I was always at the top of my game. Great opportunities to apply this knowledge to customer questions and peers.  Purpose: The most customer centric company on the planet is a high accolade to achieve and maintain. With the leadership principles (LP) in place you know what is expected from you before you even start from a cultural point of view. I knew what was expected from me and when I was failing, the support was there from my line manager (Who is one of the best people that has managed this employee) in buckets. Regularly taking time out to ensure that things were going well from both perspectives. My role was clear and a real sense of purpose to go out and achieve, but how I delivered was not prescriptive – See Autonomy.  Overall: Working and AWS is NOT easy. With the wealth of information that you need to absorb to the number of customers clambering for guidance, you will always be busy (But this is a good thing). If you are looking to kick back and do enough to get by, don't apply to work here, you will not enjoy it. If you don’t agree with the LP’s, again, don’t apply. On the other hand, if you delight in being challenged, being given the opportunity to shine and delivering, look no further and get to Amazon jobs to find that role that you know you could smash.  I have read a few reviews about WLB (Work/Life balance) and I can honestly say that whilst there is pressure to work, work, work, you need to ""have the backbone and disagree (LP)"" when the balance in not quite right. I did just this very thing and support was given instantly to address this area. This is not a just local line manager taking pity, but a directive from the very top to ensure that we strike the right balance. We are all individuals and have different needs at different times. It is not easy to get this right all the time, but when it was going in the wrong direction for me, a conversation was all it took to get the results I needed to support me and my family and the WLB was restored. No dramas, no fuss, happy employer and employee.  There are so many other elements to the role that are not understood from the outside looking in, so here are a few of the things that just add more value to me that make me a better person and therefore a better employee:  Events: Supporting events like Summits, Partner workshops, team meetings are great as you get to meet a lot of different people and improve your understanding of what AWS customers and peers are talking/thinking about. The ability to flex your technical and soft skills and know that you are giving your customers a great experience is so rewarding that you look forward to the next one as soon as it finishes, despite being exhausted. Thinking is hard ,)  Interviews: You are interviewing your peers. You have a big say in who will be joining your team. This was fantastic for me as we have all worked in places where new comers are simply thrust upon you to ""deal with"". Being an integral part of the hiring team was a great revelation both in terms of the empowerment, but the insights that interviewing gives you. Interviews becomes a cycle of improving your interviews, improving yourself to conduct better interviews, improving yourself to ensure that you live up to the standards you are expecting from candidates.  Tech: Wow – I could write pages on this element, but suffice to say that the pace is relentless. There is no way that you could not fail to be impressed with the sheer pace of innovation. You are actively encouraged to add to this innovation and we are even given time to take a break from our busy schedules for the sole purpose of coming up with the next great innovation. The hard part is keeping up and for a geek like me… Challenge accepted!","I have had to really thing about this element as I enjoyed this role so much I don’t have anything negative to say. The only area I though was top heavy was the administration side of being an SA. There are tools in place to support you, but not joined up in such a way that makes dealing with expenses/hotels/travel simple.","You are doing so much that is right, please don’t stop iterating, innovating and supporting all members your team. You have built a truly unique working space that allows “Unique” individuals such as me to continue to improve. Great job all.  Working hard, having fun and making history.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30072,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked at Amazon full-time less than a year,"I had an amazing time working with Amazon. Many learning and growth opportunities. If you are talented and interested, you can move to any field in Amazon. Work culture is at par with any other Company.",salary. The Only reason why I am not trying to join Amazon once again is because of their Salary Structure. We cannot depend on incentives and facilities all the time.,Please improve the salary structure,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30073,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE I,Lots of talented ppl to work with,AWS was too much oncall,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30074,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - FILED SALES OFFICER,Not good work place,Employes bnefit all fclitis,On the suport rigion disigen,Sinior not plotly talk in employees and action rigine,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30075,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data associate,"Awesome work culture, u can wear whatever u want.",I am waiting for it,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30076,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Team Leader,Challenging Workplace,Good Salary Stock Options Great place to learn,No work life balance Office Politics,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30077,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good work environment,20% discount on every amazon product,10-12 working hours sometimes become very hectic,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30078,amazon,"Warrington, North West England, England (UK)"," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order picker,I did all the amazon orders for travis Perkins and got a thank you text for my excellent work,I don't think I have any cons,I made up 6 months orders that were behind in less than a month on my own,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30079,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Review about amazon,Every project you do will impact to customer,Less work life balance is there,nothing,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2230.htm
30080,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate II,UK customer service associate at Amazon,The work place environment is very friendly and very secured place to work. Management is very much understanding,Unable to see progress in Career at an expected pace hence thinking to move to a different company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30081,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Claims Associate Representative,Good jobs to work om,Good working environment good facilities good people around,Favouritisim less space to show or put on our talent,Going good but kindly look into low level managers,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30082,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Depends on your team,You're surrounded by very smart people Great location and facilities Flexible hours Nice company culture Very understanding managers Work from home when you need to,"Depending on your team, you don't get to write a lot of code and spend a lot of time on ops Even simple systems are a pain to write due to all the legacy services you have to deal with and interact with - this can be very frustrating Developers end up doing a lot of administrator work Very small chance of ever working on a new system",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30083,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,Good work culture Employee Friendly Competitive Pay Good facilities,Nothing yet I have experienced so far,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30084,amazon,"Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia)"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Security Officer,Reseller,The best online marketing platform,Partime or fulltime job experience,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30085,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,NA,"Good company, I worked in Amazon.com , Amazon.co.uk , Amazon.de and Amazon.in process and It was a great opportunity for me which was given by my employer",It was a great company to work with I don't think so there is any cons for that company Everything was fine,NA,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30086,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Intern,Intern,"Felt like to suceed there was really possible - no gender issues, no glass ceiling, just your abilities.",Really demanding - tough to maintain work-life balance - was tired and slept a lot even during weekends.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30087,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent work culture less salary for L2 and L3 jobs.,Exctreme good work place with all ameneties and comfort for leaves and employee consideration,less salary for starters to join,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30088,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior manager,Responsiblities and accountability are awesome and they operate at a very large scale,Nothing apart from ever growing customer expectations,Be awesome and keep delighting customers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30089,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I don't recommend to work @ Amazon in Spain,Leading company - good for your CV,Absolutely everything else about it.,"Dear Directos - it will not kill you to reply to a ""good morning"" greeting from employees...",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2231.htm
30090,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Amazon,Interview experience as a fresher,Very good place to excel ourselves in edging technologies. Excellent work environment. Salary package is really good .,Sometimes we are instructed to work up to late night. Sometimes we don't have weekend leave . Sometimes work load will dump to individuals,Nil,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30091,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked at Amazon full-time (More than a year),"I had an amazing time working with Amazon. Many learning and growth opportunities. If you are talented and interested, you can move to any field in Amazon. Work culture is at par with any other Company.",Salary. The Only reason why I am not trying to join Amazon once again is because of their Salary Structure. We cannot depend on incentives and facilities all the time.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30092,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Alexa Software Engineer Manager,"Ownership, Innovation, Learning, Growth and Deliver",None i observed or worth mentioning in social forum,Keep innovating,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30093,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,The best place to work,They care for their employees and that's what we want right..,I don't think it has any..,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30094,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE I,Great place to improve your career and cv,Sometimes you will work at under minded projects,Take turn SDE`s into nice learning projects,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30095,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,"Leading company, growth is possible in any field.",No work life balance at Amazon,build campuses instead offices,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30096,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Good job from learning perspective,Working at Amazon gives you work satisfaction and it provides great learning environment,Growth is slow and hike is less. Work life balance is very bad.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30097,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazon will Not disappoint you.,"You will get good salary , incentives and no strenious work is required.",I can not mention any cons. As if we compare the work with money. It is awesome.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30098,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon,- The package is quite good,-They make you work a lot. No life,Amazon is the worst company in the world,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30099,amazon,none," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its always fun to work at Amazon,"A free work environment, good company to start off the career","Need to raise the hiring standards, specially at the manager level",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2232.htm
30100,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Ambassador Specialist,"Only for CR. Departments are way too different from each other, they don't keep the Amazonian Culture as a whole.","Growth opportunities are amazing! One of the easiest places to grow if you really commit. The friendly environment and also the care with the employees keep everybody motivated. Stock awards depending on position is great, extra incomes. Great private insurance.","-Seasonal positions, not stable at first sight. -Departments differ a lot, while you can be having a great moment in a department and then you grow or move to another one, you can feel you're going to a completely different company and even culture. This doesn't apply to all. -Management people hired from outside: this is something that affects negatively and has a big impact on the employees who have been on the company for a long period of time. When there's a new boss with a lot of different culture, and bossy attitudes, it affects to all , amazonian culture and bosses are built by experience within the company, showing great examples and they seem to be a friend due to the kindness achieved and the like of the amazonian employees. -The salaries are not that good at the beginning, however as long as you grow, they increase considerably. - ""Tico management"": the name given to bosses who manage their teams and duties without the american management type (since it's an american company) but instead, they implement costa rican ways to lead, which is completely vague and manipulating sometimes.","Look at the ways other departments lead, manage and treat their employees, as long as you keep your internal customer happy (employee), the employee will keep your external customer happy too. Never forget the real Amazonian culture! If not, learn it. A good boss needs real amazonian experience before being successful in a leadership role.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30101,amazon,Noida (India)," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Best company,"Friendly environment, Good peoples, Helping nature",As of now there are no cons from my point of view,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30102,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 19, 2017","Current Employee - Product Manager, Voice of Customer",Great place to learn and grow,"I joined the company as a CS rep, and 6 years later am now a PM. There are plenty of opportunities to grow and make a career. I have had supportive leaders throughout my journey.","Depending on the team you're on and the time of year, work can be intense.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30103,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon building the worst leaders in the world,1. You never get to see mediocrity at workplace. People are really smart and cool. 2. Amazing exposure to the E-commerce field. Will gain great amounts of knowledge regarding E-commerce and Retail. 3. Salaries are decent considering the market standards in India. 4. Scope of learning is huge.,"1. People treated very unprofessionally right in front of you making you feel helpless. 2. HRs are useless. 3. No motivation to go to work. In fact the team leads and managers will try to do everything keep you under pressure without listening to your problems. So, I blame it on the lack of grooming/ training provided to the leaders. 4. The management keeps changing very soon. Maybe it is because they realize they cannot fix the flaws. 5. High rate of resignation. People who join as associates usually leave in less than 12 months for various reasons.",Please treat your employees like people and not like some machines. I've personally seen many team leads/ supervisors cry when they come out of the meeting room. It's not the load that breaks you down. It's the way you carry it.,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30104,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon,- The package is quite good,-They make you work a lot. No life,Amazon is the worst company in the world,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30105,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Not enough to support family,"Experience working with a multinational company. Working in an office. Located downtown. Kitchen is nice, but that is about it",Not enough to support family. Mostly everyone has to live with parents or roommates and cannot afford to live on their own.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30106,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller support,"Awesome atmosphere, growth opportunities, senior management support",I worked for 2.5 years and never felt any pressure. Always enjoyed my work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30107,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Because I love this job I like to work in the IT field!!!,Pressure at the beginning of the as we are new to that type of works!! Should adjust to that environment..,Who am I to advice the management?!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30108,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Best Company,"Best work culture, well organized and always insist on high standards. No dress code and Employee empowerment A customer centric company... All new inventions and policies focus on benefit of customer and work backwards.","Though you have well defined leadership principles, Internal politics and Internal promotion review model deteriorate the performance of employees.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30109,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Good team work Fun filled environment No dress code N no of leaves and benefits,"As in other org, politics is evident",Keep up the good work,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2233.htm
30110,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer - II,"Ultimately, not worth it",Challenging and interesting work Customer focused Smart and hard working people Amazon is involved in a lot of industries so it's a good place to learn Initially pay is competitive,"Too much office politics and power plays, leadership principles are often used to suppress opposing views Working with US can be difficult due to time zone differences No bonuses",The leadership principles need a lot of work.,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30111,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Abusive Workplace,Great product and great brand,Abusive workplace. No respect for employees,Stop relying on your brand and treat employees better,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30112,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Good place to learn,Good place to learn lot of things.,Only number driven. Manager end only driving the number to meet their yearly goal,Most manager are not people managers. They worried only about meeting their numbers,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30113,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,The best of the best,Facilities : A+ Managers : A+ Job Satisfaction : A A very good company to work . You get to think out of the box and even implement them and as well as get rewards for that.,The management needs to be a little more subtle about micro management . The management sometimes tries to introduce some rules that they think we are working at Customer care,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30114,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company,best company to work for,politics sometimes happens that sours experience for some,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30115,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Stepping stone for freshers,Friendly environment Good salary structure a good stepping stone for freshers,You won't ever find cons in this company,Be a little fast on supplying goodies otherwise it's totally fine,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30116,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Interview,The interview was conducted on campus.Where there was 2 coding and 20 mcq asked.,Very less base salary given.,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30117,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,cool and fun place to work,some internal politics and very strict managers,don't be too hard on employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30118,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior program manager,"If you end of with a good manager and team, hopefully you should have an average life. Most of the good stuff is done in Seattle, you probably will be made to think you are doing a great job.","Managers have all the powers, HR in the firm is a joke. Nobody gives a damn if your manager is set to screw you.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30119,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,"Energetic atmosphere, dynamic crowd, less pressure, stress free","Late shifts, bias within the team",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2234.htm
30120,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Flexible timings, no work pressure","internal politics, some group-ism is there",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30121,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good Company but not keen on providing work-life balance,Great structure. Upper level authority are polite. Incentives are very good,"Base salary is less No work life balance Irrespective of your willingness, forced to do overtimes",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30122,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,"Opportunities tree, Fast moving environment",i dint see till now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30123,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - CS Associate,Great Experience,"Helpful employees, and easy, efficient solutions.",Too many policies. Periodic shift changes.,"Go easy on paperwork, and updates.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30124,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Good working environment and sufficient payoff,Pressure of learning new concepts when you are getting older.,Offer more training sessions to new comers.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30125,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Overall satisfactory,"Great opportunities, great experience, some good benefits (shares), great people - multicultural. flexible.",Expectations vs. salary rewards disappointing.,Look at performance review process and benefits/salary adjustments based on performance. Market adjust existing employees to align with new external talent.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30126,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Process Associate,Very friendly working environment,Full liberty to work according to yourself,didnt find till now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30127,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No progress,Good benefits. Good salary compere to other companies.,No chance of progress if manager doesn't like you. A lot stress.,Please ask your employees anonymously about the management.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30128,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - SRE,Good opportunities unless your in a remote office,"Stocks did great, travelling opportunities, sense of ownerships",Work in a remote office means being an ops slave for the HQ.,Don't be too much customer obsessed if you can't be team obsessed,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30129,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work.,Good working conditions. High quality code. Almost nice people. Flexible working hours.,"You may not like java or ruby. Big corporate company, you feel sometimes like a little insect.",The management is quite good.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2235.htm
30130,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work.,Good working conditions. High quality code. Almost nice people. Flexible working hours.,"You may not like java or ruby. Big corporate company, you feel sometimes like a little insect.",The management is quite good.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30131,amazon,"Castel San Giovanni, Emilia-Romagna (Italy)"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not so special,"safe environment, positive culture and values",it's really difficult to step out and make a difference,get your hands dirty,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30132,amazon,Contai (India)," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service,"Amazon have very good quality products,about A To Z brand available here.","I like to work any kind of coustomar service .not only that ,Amazon is one of the reputated company .","Sorry, No comment on that.","I think Amazon is one of the best online shopping company and they have very good management.so,i don't advice to management",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30133,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,"If you're good, you can have great potential for growth - but it's not for everyone.",Work - Life Balance is a real killer.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30134,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Excellent Company if you are hardworking and ambitious,Very smart people Wide range of fields to diversify into Dynamic Organisation Can Do Attitude Health Care Opportunities,You need to get a worklife balance that works for you Still US Centric,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30135,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good work culture.,"casual dress, friendly behaviour of all employee.","The time shift is too early, its 8 am !",no advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30136,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Hrac,hr,great place to work loads of fun,i cant say any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30137,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Operational focused company,Most of the colleagues are competent and usually with a positive attitude. You have access to wast amount of resources and tools. You have the change to work on truly large scale problems.,"Amazon isn't an environment were you can experiment too much, everything you do has to have some form of immediate impact",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30138,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern - sales,great challenging environment. It allows you to gain a lot of experience.,the position requires a wide knowledge of hi-tech environment,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30139,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Office Assistant,Office assistant,Basis knowledge in computer,"Office assistant , computer operater, basis",Computer work,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2236.htm
30140,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDEI,SDEI,"Salary is good, the company is also good.","Teamwork could be better, internal competition is prejudicial.",Work on improving collaboration between coworkers,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30141,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Process Analyst,Good but too much politics,"good teammates, open work culture","too much of politics , bad management, waste of resource","Keep the good things,but work on the cons",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30142,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Very Highly motivated work force.,Too high for a proper work life balance.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30143,amazon,Rangpur (Bangladesh)," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I like it,we like this work. we want to do it.,time is most important,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30144,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very good company to work with.,"Very cool company , The entire ambience is so unbiased and no stress at all.","Nothing at all, super awesome company to work with. The only disappointing fact is that earlier it was at the WTC near Orion mall in Bangalore and later it got shifted to bagmane constellation park which was way to far for me almost 40kms.",Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30145,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Support Analyst,Dnt get confused with the support word... Its better and totally different from it,Working environment is very friendly and good here ... Good management... Satisfactory allowances,Havent figured out any cons till now But coffee provided can be better .... Just kidding,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30146,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Competitive Pay and Benefits,Good Benefits Competitive Wages Restricted Stock units after 2 years of employment 4 days work and 3 days off schedule,"Long work days, 10 hour shifts Extremely repetitive tasks Mandatory Overtime often Managers always changing",- Need to have more career advancement opportunities - Should value long serving associates,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30147,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working at Amazon,Flexibility. You have access to brilliant people and a great knowledge base. Internal transfer program is great. Good offices and good hardware.,You might have a hard time if you land in the wrong team. Sometimes is really difficult to collaborate between teams.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30148,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good reviews,Good company for work in India,Not any specific cons in common,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30149,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovation,Good place to innovate. Good team to work and it is always a day 1.,Too much of documentation and reviews. Should reduce a bit on documentation.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2237.htm
30150,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate (Overnight),Good place to start.,Excellent pay when doing night shifts. Working overtimes increases your hourly wage 1.5 or even 2 times. Free parking.,"Even though the job is fairly easy itself, it requires some physicality. You have to stand for 10 hours. Of course, you have a break in between each 2.5 hours of work. First break is 15 minute break, after 2.5 more hours its lunch time (30 minutes) and later on 15 minute break is given as well. So downside is because that the fulfillment center is enormous and in those 15 minutes it takes around 5 minutes (if not running or fast walking) to get to the canteen or your locker where you keep your personal belongings (like food, phone or wallet). Taking in the account, that you also need to go back. You've only got 5 minutes to take a bite of your food, text your friend or family or just to sit down and relax. Another thing that bothers most of my known colleagues and me, is that there is no music and you can't bring your own phone, earphones or speakers, so the time goes by really slow while in the warehouse.",At least install speakers and a radio so employees could enjoy themselves a bit.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30151,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Cloud Architect,"Challenging, Supportive, and Rewarding","* Great support from management, co-workers, other teams * Independence is encouraged and celebrated * Solving hard problems with smart people * Strong generative culture","* Not a ton of structure, and it's not always clear what tools and processes exist * Not a lot of hand-holding. Everyone's busy, and it's up to you to figure it out.","Need to find ways to let people get involved with ongoing projects, find a way to be more inclusive and make better use of all these brainy folks for continuous improvement.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30152,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Good Company and great culture,No negative points in the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30153,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Good company to work for career development,nothing to say. All is well,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30154,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon Customer Care, Cork","Nice people, good workmates, very patient starting off, decent money",Xmas can be very hectic and overwhelming. They very rarely give people full time contracts,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30155,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Good environment, lot to learn, progressive",Hard work every time Traveling,pay more,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30156,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - CSA,Salary for Interns,"Good work environment, good work place, good for students.",Transportation needs to improve. Poor work-life balance,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30157,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,Amazing Culture and Leadership Principles,Too much into writing documents,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30158,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Great company - not for everyone,1. good quality work 2. really smart people (compared to other companies) 3. less bureaucracy 4. Fast and efficient decision-making 5. Generally not a huge variance in quality of candidate at a particular level,1. Managers not well equipped to handle reportees. 2. Steps being taken in this direction but spot employees about to burn out and help them address stress - saw quite a few people suffer because of this.,Overall doing a great job and keep it up. Focus a little bit on people side of things to improve reputation as an employer.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30159,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Team lead,Good work environment Supportive management Innovative Good coordination,Over time Work life balance More pressure,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2238.htm
30160,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 10, 2017",Former Employee - Backend Process,Backend Operations,"providing work for home based opportunities , so that it would be the better solution to earn, specially for the women ,who will spend all the valuable time at home.",flexible to work at home. easy to work in our convenient times. earning while using the free times. possible to spend enough time with family. getting good financial status for women.,please give me one opportunity to prove myself,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30161,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate employee Chennai,Good see an experience in amazon.com. Nothing to do with career.,"Slow growth, less hike, same monotonous job.",For freshers joining this post is okay. But don't continue more than 1 year.,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30162,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - CSA,CRAZE,sodexo is the only pro,everything else is a con,bye bye,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30163,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Good pay, people are super smart",Perks are lacklustre compared to other tech companies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30164,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate Review,"Enhancing communication skills, learn to be responsible",Shift timings can be improved,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30165,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,"Great Company, Hectic Pace","It is definitely a great company to work for. Despite it's size it remains an engineer driven company with hugely talented people that are driven by a wish to excel. Coupled with one of the best tech culture and tools I have seen, it is a great company to learn and grow.",Your growth and learning hugely depends on which team your work for. The work can range from highly innovative to hugely monotonous. Make sure you choose wisely. The pace of work can be frenetic but that can be a high for some.,None,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30166,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE at Bangalore,a.) Excellent work b.) Promotion based on work for SDEs c.) No politics d.) Stocks,a.) Frugal Company. Don't expect many perks. b.) Oncall,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30167,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Environment for Experience,"Nice experience, get to meet alot of people, decent salary and you will find tons of experience for futures jobs and ventures aswell.",Don't find much cons honestly. The pay may be less at the beginning but you will surely work it out for future.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30168,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,- Good business - Very strong in culture and values - always pioneering to improve process and doing what is right,"- Flat structure, it might be a little hard to see career progression upwards but there are plenty of opportunity for lateral moves and expansion of role",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30169,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Csa,Learn Work Enjoy Nice place for growth in carrier,No cons . everything is good,Nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2239.htm
30170,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service,discounts for items maybe ten,poor money for the good job i done,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30171,amazon,Mysore (India)," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Fresher,listen a lot of good things and good behavior from amazon,"peace work,effort less friendly good peoples",listen a lot of good things and good behavior from amazon,"peace work,effort less friendly",2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30172,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EMEA Partner Team - Amazon Web Services,"There's a saying 'if you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room' - well there's not much danger of that at Amazon Web Services!  The company is full of very smart, thoroughly nice people who have one big passion in common ... the customer. I have worked at some really great companies but I have never experienced an environment like this. Corny as it sounds I feel truly connected to the tag line 'Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History'.","Yes the work-rate is high, yes it can feel like being in the midst of a hurricane and yes it's relentless but it's so vibrant and engaging that every morning you wake up with a smile on your face.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30173,amazon,Vijayawada (India)," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fairy,Nice management and also better networking,Managing of your app is some tough,none,4.0,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30174,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great growth story Founder still in charge,Crappy culture in specific units,Get the entire org to work like it's still Day 1,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30175,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Environment for Experience,"Nice experience, get to meet alot of people, decent salary and you will find tons of experience for futures jobs and ventures aswell.",Don't find much cons honestly. The pay may be less at the beginning but you will surely work it out for future.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30176,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Perfect environment for exploring your true potential,"You will be forced to think big and innovate beyond your limits. You will be pushed to grow as a leader throughout your tenure. Limitless potential to make change. Relentlessly high standards. Take any number of leaves when you feel like. Work from home whenever you want. Come to office when it suits you, leave when you feel like. As long as you make sure you deliver results. You'll be forced to ""own"" what you work on. Great internal engineering culture.  If you join as an SDE, your manager will either be an L5 or L6. Many of them are extremely smart and will propel you to grow. Many won't be as effective. But the good thing is, you can do it yourself. You will have enough independence to make an impact and grow in your career. In fact, you are encouraged by the company to do projects outside of your day-to-day, work with other teams for short durations, have mentors from different organizations etc. ALL L7+ managers I've interacted with have been highly competent and sharp. These are the folks you will look up to and seek to learn from.  You can't bullsh*t anybody. You will be found out.","Teams in amazon are very, very independent. So much so that some of them might as well be in a separate company for all intents and purposes (some of them technically are). So there's bound to be bad teams and good teams.  In the good teams (which I believe would be most of them), the high standards and expectations push you to transform yourself into an extremely well rounded Leader+Engineer. But, the same standards can crush you if you aren't smart enough. If you're having to work 10-12 hours a day to keep up/stay ahead of the curve, then you aren't smart enough.",For Bangalore -  The bar for L6 Managers needs to be raised. Engineers often leave for Seattle when they become SDE2. Many go because they know their L6 would probably not be as effective at helping him grow to an SDE3 level.  Give proper training in personal finance management to all employees. Most don't know basics about taxation and investments.  You need to be creating and encouraging more engineers to start leading.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30177,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Intern,Great opportunities for self-development,"Those who want to take over responsibility and own projects are at the right place here. Don't try to avoid work or wait until things are done by someone else, there is so so much to do. But this is why you can be self-employed in a big corporation, you are the driver of your own success. Colleagues are the best","A lot of work and 200 mails a day. No one knows what is prio 1, you habe to find out yourself","Keep up the amazonian culture. Let people relax from time to time, give them little goodies like fruits, arrange funny activities like climbing or barbecue",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30178,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Can be helpful to new job seekers,"It's good to have job while looking for better job options in IT field. Just don't settle in current job. It will do no good.  Good pay than other competitors. 1100 Rs. Sodexo coupons per month. Cab service for night shift. Open culture, flat organization.",Cab service is very poor. Have to spend 2-3 hours extra due to cab service Hectic shifts No work life balance,Pease look at cab service. They collect problems then they collect same problems after few days,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30179,amazon,Geneva (Switzerland)," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Manager,Account Manager at AWS,"Innovation, respect, good products and customer focus, people willing to help each other.","Internal support services to employee a bit disorganized (at least for Switzerland), fast growing so hard to get the right resources","Keep the day 1 spirit and continue managing by values and not only numbers. Don't fall into the micro-management trap and instead trust your employee and empower them, they are smart and motivated.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2240.htm
30180,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Amazing pay and flexible hours,Poor Management Poor Management Poor Management,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30181,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at amazon,So many benefits and vacations. We earn respect there.,They need high ratings. So we have to be very fast,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30182,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect start for grads,"Salary for interns, responsibility from day 1, high learning curve, good working atmosphere in my dept","Bad hierarchical working atmosphere and across countries, too men-dominated",Stop allowing to hire via Vitamin B & stop putting almost only men in higher positions,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30183,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Sde,"Bright people, easy international relocation. Learning curve is above average. Stock prices are going good right now.  Fair growth opportunities.","Zero work life balance Away team model, in which you need to work in other team's code Teams that work for india market are too focused on releasing features fast and doesn't care much about quality.","Specific to India management, please don't start every project with nearly impossible deadline. Let people have some life.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30184,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Culture is relaxed and curious People are encouraged to be themselves, no matter how diverse they are Its an output based metrics driven culture Job rotation is strongly encouraged, regardless of skill set or experience","The remuneration is lower than all my peers If you are hired in at the wrong level, you cannot be fast tracked upwards","As innovative as Amazon is, there are still so many bureaucratic processes e.g. why cant you be fast tracked up levels if you are hired at the wrong level? Why do you still apply the forced distribution in CS performance management?",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30185,amazon,Brisbane (Australia)," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Lots of opportunity to progress your career,Such a fast growing company gives you lots of opportunity to extend yourself and get rewarded for hard work. There is also a lot of freedom working at Amazon where the leadership principals guide you and you define your own way,You need to ask for support and manage your work/life balance,Keep on empowering your staff,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30186,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great jon,"- Numerous great employees - Awesome projects, and internal opportunities",Nothing which is worth mentioning,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30187,amazon,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Best company I've ever worked for,"Amazing people, technology and attitude.",None that I could find,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30188,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Amazon data analyst,Fast Paced environment constantly learning constantly challenged never bored,Can be stressful during peak times,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30189,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great to join but its not a dream company,"good salary, clever associates, reputation","""colonized"" mindset of country management team",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2241.htm
30190,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops work - back office support,Low work-load Good chances of internal movement Highly Collaborative Work culture,No ownership or decision making power Odd work timings and week-offs Bad Work-life Balance No visibility for growth and future prospects,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30191,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Business Development Analyst,BDP,"Amazing work environment, friendly, open to ideas.",There is no work time flexibility,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30192,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,Good pay- but you are literally working for every single penny you earn.,"As one of the few females that worked there (MAN1) I got 'perved' on quite a lot. It was humiliating and annoying. I wasn't wearing anything revealing to be getting such attention, it was disgusting. I got followed around quite a lot and one of the managers even hit on me whenever he was on shift. When I reported it I just got told to ignore it- it got to the point where it made me cry and physically sick a few times and when I told this also to the managers I got told to ""deal with it"". Also not being the tallest/strongest person I struggled a lot with the work asking to change my area which I got a warning for being too slow? You also have no social life with this job.",My advice to management would be to honestly stop thinking about your own wellbeing and possibly think about the workers that are doing physical jobs which you cannot do (zither managers I've seen do physical work have struggled). It's a very difficult job regardless what anyone says. I think the breaks should be a bit longer and you need to listen to your employees a bit more.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30193,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Operations,Challenging place where you can make a difference,"Amazon is big, if you do not like your current role or team you can move internally with the support of your manager and the recruitment team I moved internally to AMS which has the advantages of a startup with the backing of a giant. I have a pretty blank canvas to work with and feel I can contribute to what we do and how we do it Share price!",If you are not performing well it can be frustrating as management will not risk important stuff on someone without a track record. This can lead to a chicken and egg situation.,"Do not hire very experienced people to do entry level roles, nobody wins in that situation",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30194,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MMR,Best Working Environment and More to learn.,Sometimes work/Life balance does not seems better.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30195,amazon,"Indi, Karnataka (India)"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,First Job for 7 years,Continuous learning - I grew with my job and there has never been a dull day @Amazon. Amazon Leadership principles(LP) covers the universe. Guided by the LPs you could become a decisive leader wherever you progress in career. Best place to be.,Documentation is how we communicate/discuss ideas mostly. The scale of writing is sometimes extensive and can be tiring.,Simplify the promo process like how we simplified the annual review process recently.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30196,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - Team Manager,Great Company Ethos not shared by all sites,Good Salary Great benefits Very flexible staff,"Far too many hours worked for nothing, Average of 50 hour weeks People in the wrong positions making wrong decisions",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30197,amazon,"Tilbury, England (UK)"," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,DBS caution,great interview July 2017,Wasting time if you have a caution on your DBS,I would prefer if you can let people know that you dont take employees on that have a caution on their DBS. Its a waste of time for the employee to come for the interview and wait for almost 2 months and then get a phone call to say its against Amazon's policy.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30198,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Data Associate,Awesome job,Good job decent salary fast growth,Increment will be low and if they decide to kick you out they will do it some how,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30199,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - CSA,Not good if you're a temp...,"I worked at the CC in Scotland. Great atmosphere (but not from managers), lots of perks such as pizza, team nights and Halloween events","""Permanent Contract"" is a carrot dangled in front of you. Out of approx 300 temps, only 25 were taken on. This has an effect on morale and only highlights JB's preference for spending as little money whereever and whenever possible.","Listen to staff. The customer is not always right. Female staff working on chat should be supported when they experience harrassment. Spend a little money, please! Upgrade the systems you use!",3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2242.htm
30200,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,"AWS = Smart people, strong culture and endless opportunities",- very strong culture - unlimited career opportunity - 'yes' culture that allows new ideas and projects - very smart and easy going colleagues - nerve gun battles - many internal job opportunities - flexible work hours and home office - every day recruiters reach out to on linkedin,"- no package with breakfast/lunch/dinner like in other tech companies - challenging work environment and priotization skills required - compensation is good and fair, but doesnt match what competitors offer to ""buy"" you",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30201,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SR SSE,Good working environment and culture.,Slow growth and low salary growth,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30202,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,Good work environment Friendly employees Cafeteria Gymnasium,Lots of Overtime No bonus Less appreciation,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30203,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Graduate Scheme needs a shake up,"People, graduate managers, some of the roles available",The graduate scheme is run by one difficult person. Grads have no say in future roles until 3 year scheme is complete.,Get rid of the person in charge of the scheme and appoint someone who values training young professionals.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30204,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,innovative company - lack of development opportunities,Great to be part of an innovative business and exciting project work,lack of development opportunities for junior employees,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30205,amazon,none," Jun 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good company to start,It's one of the best companies to work right now,"At the first, is too much information of everything, it's a bit frustrating, but after the first weeks you get used to manage everything",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30206,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon review,salary is good nothing else appealing,"too much politics, do not treat employees well, overnight people get laid off for no reason, management is hand in glove with the HR and everybody in the food chain is involved in the politics, no compliance or ethics at all.. they lure people in with the salary but once you join they treat you so badly. lot of discrimination especially if you are working in india. absolutely the worse company to work for. please join a smaller company for a lesser salary it will be beneficial as joining this company will not only destroy your career it will break you completely",learn to value employees more. not all people can be bought with a fat package. there is something known as a human touch too.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30207,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"good pay, good work culture, flexible timings, no risk factor",begginners has less work to learn,no advices needed,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30208,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,L 5 Software Development Engineer,- Plenty of opportunities to find a challenge that suits you,- Some legacy tooling and infrastructure makes it feel isolated from the rest of the world,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30209,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Analyst,People and culture are great.,Self-driven Learning or not able to adapt. Need autonomous attitude and initiative,Nothing to comment,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2243.htm
30210,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Analyst,People and culture are great.,Self-driven Learning or not able to adapt. Need autonomous attitude and initiative,Nothing to comment,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30211,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Great company culture which manages 150k people with standard practices,Work life balance can go for a toss as work hours are long,Hire more people,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30212,amazon,"San José, Alajuela (Costa Rica)"," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller support,Building in CR is quite nice. They are giving you things constantly like gifts food and cute things to make you feel comfortable.,"Call centers are terrible work environments. No flexibility at all. The whole time I worked there I was afraid to be fired because the rotation was too high and you received a warning if you were 1 minute late from Luch or from home. Managers only promoted the people they were friends with. I felt really uncomfortable. Once I applied to a position internally and they didn't even made me an interview not any kind of evaluation, they simply picked one of the managers friend for the job. I hated my time there.",Be fair to people. Give even opportunities and be more flexible with your staff schedules. Most of the people there do not have a car and is a college student. I had to spent my money in taxis to arrive on time because I was afraid to get a warning if I get 1 minute late. And with the traffic here in CR getting on time to anywhere requires to leave your home 2 hours early. That's not a QA LIFE.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30213,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Trms,Worked as Transaction Risk Investigator,You will get healthy work environment. Monetary benefits are good. You can easily get promotion in 2 years.,Learning curve is flat. Continuous change in shift can impact your health and lead to frustration.,Make working environment more competitive and iterative which can also help employee to grow.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30214,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,one of the best firm to start with your professional career.,Great place to work at. Very productive management and staff.,it's too soon to say anything.,"till now, nothing.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30215,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,"This job enhances to develop very strong customer relationship skills. You can handle and face every kind of customers/sellers. Thanks to this position you can learn many skills on how to help sellers to grow their business. Generally, you know and see how business works on e-commerce platform such as Amazon.",Unfortunately not very rewarded job even though it is essential for the company.,I would advice to Management team to take into consideration work/life balance of their employees and sometimes reward them a bit much better.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30216,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Specialist,Great work environment and exposure.,The company offers great exposure for learning the trades of business. For freshers it would be a great experience to work here. The pay is competitive and mostly better than other employers out there.,"As usually is the case, an MNC demands your undivided attention and time. So work loads take a toll sometimes. Night shifts can cause health issues.",Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30217,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,Good learning opportunity due to the varied options,Zero work life balance.,To respect your people,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30218,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work with,Worked with Amazon for only five months and fell in love with the culture and people there...!! Experience gained was at another level,Not much cons but work life balance is less,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30219,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,great place to work,> No stress. > Provides enough benefits for freshers. > Can always provide new ideas without any restrictions.,> timing is very early compared to other companies > cafeteria is always crowded and the food is not so great,Nothing new is needed everything works fine in the office.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2244.htm
30220,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Amazon,"Good culture, good salary, great people",work life balance is a challenge,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30221,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support engineer,Things move fast at Amazon and you will never be bored. You always have something or the other to work on when you'd like to switch.,Sometimes it gets very stressful. No work life balance. I don't think there's anything else a part from this.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30222,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working for Amazon,"Very nice place to work, Excellent employee benefits with fixed hours work every week. Nice location and atmosphere with free parking. Decent staff discount.",no career progression options within site,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30223,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Deployment Engineer,"- lots of diverse and technically challenging projects - accurate and precise work processes - relocation bonus - sign on bonus - work flexibility (wfh, schedule etc)",- lots of pressure - advancement directly dependent on manager relationship - lots of context switching,- treat employees as a great resource for development not as a number,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30224,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Content Reviewer,Content Reviewer at Amazon,"Easy to move into different roles, dynamic environment, helps learn a lot","Weak Management, Unsolicited feedbacks,","Talented qualified resources need promotion, experience doesn't come into fray. Also, nepotism exists.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30225,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - BDM,Amazing pace,"Incredible pace of innovation, working with really smart people, very strong organisational rudders.","Work-life balance is a consistent issue, RSU packaging doesn't encourage long-term retention of shares, which sort of defeats the purpose. Level increases/promotions are way more of a big deal than they need to be.",Keep innovating. Think longer term about people in the business. Fix the levelling system.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30226,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Recruiter - Terrible management, lack of empathy, feedback only given/ encouraged from up down!","Some areas/ teams offer flexible working, technically you should have the opportunity to work from home two days per week- unfortunately this is not the case for most  Autonomous working Internal moves supported Amazon hires intelligent people","Terrible management in many teams, some individuals deemed as strong people mangers without any examples/ evidence to back it up! It seems success is heavily related to being a 'yes' person and befriending the right people.  You will only receive negative feedback/ constructive criticism, no positives will be raised/ successes praised.  Lack of empathy from management, if people are unhappy/ leave the attitude is ""this is how it is at Amazon, deal with it""- any issues/ concerns will be seen as a problem with the employee not an opportunity to improve/ change.  Many unhappy employees.  High volume of work, unmanageable unless you are working past standard hours.  Treated like robots not human beings.  Extremely cliquey from management level up .","One size does not fit all, listen to your employees and take there comments on board instead of being defensive.",1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30227,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Management Investigator,Good,"Good team, Positive attitude, professional",pressure to meet SLA at times,Very professional and considerate,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30228,amazon,"Indi, Karnataka (India)"," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Category Manager,Salary review for Category Manager,"Benefits, Brand name, career growth","Difficult work culture, worked up bosses",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30229,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company,Very good company and the environment id too good,Nothing to say in this section.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2245.htm
30230,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development Manager,Great company to learn and develop soft and hard skills,The salary is not really competitive,Be less frugal,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30231,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Earn,"> You'll be paid for your each and every amount of blood sucked. If you're okay with it, feel free to try Amazon. > Growth opportunities are tremendous. I didn't stayed for too long.","> No Free Food. Hated Amazon because of it. In the name of FRUGALITY they'll try to cut everything they can. > Most of the engineering task is related to maintenance instead of development. You might want to watch for it, if you are in India.",Work stress is quite high. It should be reduced.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30232,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse worker,"Good pay, 4 days per week full time",10 hr shifts that were long and required a long time walking on feet,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30233,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Graphic Designer,A good company to start your career,"Excellent working environment, Friendly Managers, Many more opportunities to grow further.",salary hike is low when we are fixed to same position.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30234,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Good place to work as a sde,Good place to work. Ample Learning opportunities.,Project deadlines. Work pressure is sometime more.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30235,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Amazing,"Casual dressing, Benifits for L4, facilities","No exposure,rotational weekoffs, they don't give priority to experienced",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30236,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sucked,"decent exercise, that's about it","Soul destroying and dehumanizing, like a modern day work house",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30237,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"They will treat you like a family, not a mere worker.","They pay you enough, and fast. When working, you are assured that they're with their promises. You have 13th month, and even vacation leave! Worth working here.","You will face different works and as time goes by, you see yourself pilled up with workload. But, I guess, it's a good thing. You learn a lot.",Keep up the good and generous work!,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30238,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jun 18, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,"Fast growing business across Retail, Non Retail, & AWS. Exposure to varying internal stakeholders as lots of on-going projects. Good environment for learning multinational enterprises' structure and way of working and thinking.","Systems are terrible especially for a technology company. existing systems could not support the fast growing business's requirement. It's really difficult to get projects to be prioritized by tech team, therefore lots of manual work in daily operation.","More and more workforce on tech team. Monthly/Quarlty/Half year/yearly reviews had become really bureaucracy, staffs had to work over time to prepare reports, review millions of times with different levels manager together.",4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30239,amazon,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Best,You get paid well for your work. Overtime is paid. And all the safety precautions and training is provides,There are nio cons in this job.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2246.htm
30240,amazon,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Best,You get paid well for your work. Overtime is paid. And all the safety precautions and training is provides,There are nio cons in this job.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30241,amazon,"San Francisco, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Support Services Phase I,Support Services Phase I,Benefits and great Working Environment,I have not found nothing but I will keep you posted,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30242,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jul 22, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,Not employee focused,great co-workers good place to learn about factory type work,management needs to see how they do with rates management young and focus too much on their computer stats then reality very large turn over,"treat employees better, there is a reason for high turnover",1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30243,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good One,Good focus on employees and work quality,per year hike is relatively low,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30244,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Team Leader,The best place to be,"Invent something and seniors will support u, flexi work hours, satisfactory pay, leaves on request, support from all of the management","Sometimes the work gets stretched up and stressful, but all in a part. Hours get stretched at times and targets high",Benefits and perks should be shared to all employees. Have the targets set considering ground reality and localisation concepts. Not much of an advice though,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30245,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall good, engaging work, but self discipline and backbone required",Talented coworkers Working on a the largest cloud is always interesting and challenging.,"Lots of self discipline required to avoid overworking and burnout. Diversity is lacking, especially across gender. At time of writing, 4/150 developers are female, and there are 2/16 female software managers. No female senior leadership in the Cape Town office.","Senior management is hit and miss, some is excellent and some if awful. Hire some true people managers and stop focusing too much on technical depth in management.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30246,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work hard,"Great team, learning opportunities, interesting projects",The workload is sometimes to high and not balanced,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30247,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Nice building, good staff mostly but very tight on time and too strict","Comfortable dress code Nice canteen Friendly staff overall Bus to city outside,across the road from the office building",Breaks feel very rushed and too short Training is 100% attendance even if you're genuinely sick they stop your contract as a temp,"some are over enthusiastic about the place to trainees, no one like their job that much surely Have to scan pass entering and exiting too many doors Should be more supportive of new staff",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30248,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Fraud Specialist,Fraud Investigation Specialist,"Good Benefits, Great International Environment, competitive salary and relocation bonus are part of the offer",No downsides considering my experience,clarify targets at the beginning,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30249,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Lots of opportunity for people willing to work hard. Ideas and views are always welcome.,"Too much chaos, things are changing frequently. Can't settle down on one thing and should be ready to move along.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2247.htm
30250,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Repetitive tasks, mental and physical stamina required",Processes are easy to learn and do Productivity quotas are manageable after the learning curve Little to no supervision Casual dress code Paid breaks 4 day work week Career advancement opportunities Associate input for warehouse changes Performance is rewarded with swag dollars to trade in for amazon swag Can take paid time off hours from a bank to be used without approval Monthly bonus for exceptional warehouse performance $120 voucher for steeltoes and 20% off Work Authority workwear Transparent and quick-moving payscale,"Physically draining and mindnumbing due to repetitiveness 10 hour work days Holiday season = 6 day work weeks Expected to go back to work after reporting an injury No music, no phones on warehouse floor Security gate when entering the warehouse",Have more activities during second break Train more people into other processes to allow process rotation Add music to the pick mod,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30251,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company review,Flexible easily adaptable to any environment are my strength,Self involved and possesiveness are my cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30252,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best place to work... almost,"The management is friendly and approachable, facilities are good and your opinion is heard","If you're not at a high level, most of the days you might not be able to even talk with a peer because of all the things to do.","Fun activities and a relaxed environment are useless if I cannot enjoy them, swamped with duties, assignements and tasks",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30253,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Working Student,Working Student,"Interesting work Nice, helpful and young collegeagues Trust in your work High level of responsibility from day one Steep learning curve",Work-life-balance Very high workload Pressure from management Trainings that are mostly designed for only Amazon tools (knowledge cannot be applied in outside companies),none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30254,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get ready to become a workaholic,Type of work given is valuable. High value of experience,Too much work. Frugal to the core. Indian branch is just a pet to US counterpart,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30255,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gold salary,"Clever people, relocation lump-sum, nice location and environmnet",Work-family balance is not so good.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30256,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,"Good Workplace, Bad management",Bonus Employee outing Flexible timing Transportation Good work culture,biased management hierarchy levels no growth or horizontal movement,Hire better managers,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30257,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer support,"Best work culture, lots of fun at work, lot of growth and many IJP's , no dress code.","Mostly hired on contract, terminates employees if good performance is not given within the time period assigned.",Good management,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30258,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Front End Developer,Front end developer,"Money. culture ownership Excellent leadership Events.  Work hard, have fun, and make history","overtime, mandatory overtime should be eliminated",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30259,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Instructor,Amazon asociace tier 1,"The best reasons in Amazon are drive to work by bus for free, lunch for twenty five crowns, Amazon career choice etc.","It was beatiful place with people who are happy, helpless etc.","The management in the Amazon is the most interesting people, ehen i saw they i think i Will nevíme a manager too.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2248.htm
30260,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lawyer,great place to work - very smart people,difficult to get a promotion,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30261,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,best company to work,- best work culture casual work culture -growth opportunities is faster as compared to other companies -seniors and managers are understanding and friendly,-work gets monotonous after a span of time,nothing as such,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30262,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Amazon rocks,Fast paced. Tons of responsibility and ownership.,Don't believe what you hear in the media. Amazon's a great place to work. Tough? Absolutely. Stressful? Sometimes. Worth it? Big time.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30263,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,great company,"very friendly environment, no other pros","too much work load, can get any shift.",none,5.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30264,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area manager,Scope of the work (from supply chain to deliver to customer),The training is not organised,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30265,amazon,"Indi, Karnataka (India)"," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - ERC Specialist,Amazon Amazon,"Amazing work culture, individual career guidance.",No CONS at all here,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30266,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Instock Manager II,Work with the best minds on earth solving the most complex problems,Work life balance sometimes goes for a toss but is manageable if you work smart,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30267,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,transaction risk investigator,"You can always voice your opinion without any fear of backlash from the management, as they are always open to feedback.","One doesn't have the option of choosing his shift. So most of the time you end up working in the night shifts, which in turn takes a toll on your health over prolonged periods of working in the night shifts.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30268,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Operative,Pmp Recruitment,"Really well paid and good feedback during December , nice to work as a team.",You end up neglecting yourself made a lot of sacrifices for Amazon.,Management already took my advice .,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30269,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The cult of Amazon,"If you dream of being defined by your job, you get to call yourself an “Amazonian”.","If you want a life outside the demands of work, the cultish devotion Amazon requires is not for you.",Stop making “Frugality” shorthand for barebones resource allocation.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2249.htm
30270,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great career progression,"Many opportunities to progress, management stays focused on developing talent and moving them through the organisation.","Initiatives launch first in the US and make their way internationally 1-2 year later, so often feels like we're playing catch-up.",Support international teams with investment in tech resources.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30271,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigation Specialist,Great benefits within the company Great support from management,Low Pay No bank holidays included in holidays,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30272,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,transaction risk investigator,"You can always voice your opinion without any fear of backlash from the management, as they are always open to feedback.","One doesn't have the option of choosing his shift. So most of the time you end up working in the night shifts, which in turn takes a toll on your health over prolonged periods of working in the night shifts.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30273,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Business Partner,Working at Amazon,"Huge growth organization, highly engaging and significant loyalty to the brand. As an employee you feel a part of the bigger picture, and take pride in the organization you work for. It's highly innovative by nature, there are many talented individuals here and so the peer group and network is great.","Amazon is very face paced and the only constant is change, this can present time restrictions but also the need to be agile and fluid. This is not necessarily a con but can be more challenging for some rather than others.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30274,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jun 10, 2017",Former Employee - Finance Analyst,Finance Analyst,- great company culture - great team,- difficult to reach top levels,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30275,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,TRMS,Great place to work. very supportive management,grave yard shifts and bad week offs at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30276,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"good tech, good management, good ambition,","payment is not good, too fast,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30277,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jun 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good learning opportunities, more aligned for non family orientated people",- Lots of tech learning - Interview fellow engineers,"- Shifts start at 6am, if you have kids... don't bother as the early shifts bring on fatigue really quickly - Managers are stretched thin, very visible","- Take care of your Leaders who in turn will then take care of us engineers - Need a bigger focus on diversity - Compensation is not great even with trying to hide behind the ""Shares vs Base Salary""",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30278,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Excellemt Company to work for,Great opportunities Learning environment Best for a beginner,Nothing as such Improve work/life balance of the employees,Nothing,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30279,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Provide great work ethic and spirit,Good work life balance and environment,High pressure working with smarter people,Proper consistency and continuity,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2250.htm
30280,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Journey of a lifetime.,Amazing atmosphere to work in the management understands the needs of its employees. Pay is great as well.,The shift timings need to be more flexible.,Keep up with the good work.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30281,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 10, 2017","Former Employee - Manager, Risk Investigations",Working at Amazon,Fun work environment. Open door policy. Fast paced job role. Always learning.,Immense work pressure but you get to learn a lot.,Hiring needs improvement.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30282,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review for amazon,good management team visionary CEO,not sure if they know what they were doing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30283,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunities of learning,flexible working work/life balance wonderful team strong leadership,lack of stability in management,keep on good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30284,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,"Great place to work, but you have to take responsibility for your progression","Hard work and deliver results is rewarded, total comp model combined with a share price that will continue to rise results in good financial reward. Huge variety of work opportunity, internal movement is encouraged, promotion is achieved with the right focus","Nothing dissimilar from other large multi-nationals - politics, speed of decision making in some areas, some areas with a lack of accountability","Customer focus has resulted in under invested back office systems, that are now feeling the strain from years of compounded growth. The future scalability of the global organisation is at risk if this isn't addressed.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30285,amazon,Zürich (Switzerland)," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Fantastic but!,I love working at Amazon. I love the fact that the company is truly interested in the customer needs and satisfaction. I can collaborate with our customers knowing that I'm not taking advantage of them,"Unfortunately there is a big but! Although frugality is very important regarding our customers, it is not good for us employees. Other competitors offers more to their employees and this makes us bleeding talents.",Please remove frugality and give more to your employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30286,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Analyst,Amazing place to work,Lots of oppurtunity to learn.,Company doea not offer many trainings for the employees unlike other companies in the same field.,-,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30287,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive environment,"International company, lots of young people, good career opportunities","Very competitive culture, no cafeteria",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30288,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate,Device associate,good place to work no presure,nil learning less growth team,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30289,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Was a good experience working here will recommend to friends and others,Bad work life balance here,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2251.htm
30290,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Was a good experience working here will recommend to friends and others,Bad work life balance here,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30291,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Stower,ok,home time and breaks ... but they are short,going in .... food... dancing,ok,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30292,amazon,Washington Gardens (Jamaica)," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - CSA III,Good,Great people good customers . Good training. Quality goods. Happy happy happy people. Good benefits.,"More flexibility with metrics and management. Pressure to perform, lousy hours.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30293,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Corporate Counsel,A Stimuating Place to Work,"The company is really like a startup that never grew up. It is rapidly growing but the spirit of start-up remains. The constant change keeps you on your toes and there is never a dull moment in the day-to-day.  Workplace is filled with smart people who are committed to high-quality work. The people are diverse in their background and experience as well as in their way of thinking, but all are united in the belief in the core leadership principles. How Amazon has manage to simultaneously maintain diversity and commonality is quite impressive.",It is a fast-paced workplace that can be exhausting to keep up.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30294,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good for mid mgt Good facilities like transport etc Good hike for promoted candidate Young motivated crowd Paid in time,Not good for freshers Na Na nothing Canteen sucks No hike every year Poor management teams Length hiring process - may take a month or two Very strict with interviews,Pls let people live and not leave,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30295,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company for,"Timing is very flexible in some products of amazon. The employee can make their visibility very easily. Good company to learn technical skills, especially for freshers.","Availing the Leave is depend on the team or management. The commute to Company location is not easy, especially during raining season. Get together arrangement from management is not happening, even though happens it is not good. Company is not trying to retain resources, attrition rate is more. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Copy LinkFlag as Inappropriate Flag as Inappropriate Helpful",Continue to provide more learning and growth opportunities. Good to have some travel opportunities as well for better collaboration within departments globally. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Copy LinkFlag as Inappropriate Flag as Inappropriate Helpful (1),4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30296,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Assciate,"Best transport facility, Security guards from g4s are given when night shifts or if any female employee is the last drop. Good salary if done O.T's (over time). Cabs facility is still available after O.T'S too. Good work environment, weekly games on the floor, quizes or entertainment. Completely it's not like a fit in and do it kind of environment, very free work environment. Be yourself and work hard and party harder kind of environment.","Hard to maintain work and life balance. Some politics, though as usually seen in every office.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30297,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Buyer,Could be better,"Security, opportunities for career growth, 8-4 job, good work life balance, job near where i live, good benefits, multi nationalcompany","Low compensation, underskilled managment, holiday ban in december, too much red tape, pointing system, monitoring performance, no fairness, favouritizm, in",Less politics and red tape,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30298,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,Work culture is good having a good environment. Good NSA for people interested in doing OT.,Monotonous wor. No incentives what so ever but OT money is good.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30299,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Pickup and drop, good environment",If you work hard there are no cons,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2252.htm
30300,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work,"Surrounded by motivated folks and work is challenging as it spans across multiple teams with different system architectures, different working models etc.","At times, work life balance might get impacted",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30301,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Autonomy and accountability,"Fast paced environment, lot's of areas to work and work with, self development is appraised by management.","no much perks, frugal does not translate well with sales team",work harder on having newcomers to adopt amazon way,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30302,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,development opportunities transfer possible after probation period nice and friendly environment home office policy,low base salaries salary increase is rather small no 13th salary unpaid sick leave,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30303,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Amazing place to work,"Decentralised management structure allows for creativity, ownership and freedom. The company lives by their leadership principles more than anywhere I've seen, and it makes it easier to navigate decision making. Lots of brilliant people in a supportive and friendly environment.","The growth is hard to manage, so you need to be flexible with dealing with suboptimal situations for brief periods whilst everyone arranges themselves.",Keep up the great work. Don't create too many layers of management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30304,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,I worked with Amazon as a Senior Catalog Associate.,It is a very suitable work atmosphere to develop skills and also learn.,The growth rate is comparatively slow.,Provide more opportunities and help internal talent grow.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30305,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transportation operation specialist,"Good work culture, well paying company",No cons as of particular in my case,Doing good job,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30306,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great for hard workers,Career development Opportunities for learning and improvement Good for goals-driven people Personal support,Poor work-life balance Constant reorganisations Lack of stability in management,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30307,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make a impact and have fun!,"Great place to work! Fun, fast pace, ability to make an impact, innovative and change! Love it!","Things move fast, and can change last minute! Be ready for constant change",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30308,amazon,Coimbatore (India)," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Tele Caller,good company,I like to work in amazon because its a big corporate company. most popular in a world,its very big company so there is no cons,nil,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30309,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Challenging workplace,"There are constant challenges, driven by the customer obsession culture. We really strive to deliver the best thing for our customers. Tnohe people that I work with are team players, very smart, some of them even inspirational and this keeps me enthusiastic.  There are clear promotion guidelines, your management encourages career growth and there is enough flexibility and opportunities if you are not satisifed with your current team.  I've also made a lot of great friends in here, there are opportunities to meet people and befriend them.","Amazon kind of takes from you as much as you are willing to give.  Some people choose to do a lot of overtime work and this is not healthy in the long term, nor properly appreciated by the management. Some managers do not realize that the planning is too aggressive and the goals cannot be met in the normal working timeframe. This very possibly happens because devs do not complain about it, but actually hide it, in the desire to come across as extremely productive, even if this means working nights.  Also, aggressive planning and deadline meeting leads to techical debt. Sometimes, we get the time to fix it afterwards, but not always. We are often requested to deliver feature after feature on a poorly written codebase.  Also, there is not enough time spent on benchmarking new technologies. This might actually help us with frugality and productivity.","Pay attention to the reasons why aggressive goals are met. It is most likely because of a few people who do a significant amount of overtime work. Appreciate those efforts openly, but try to change the strategy. Otherwise, the burnout will quickly affect everyone and lead to turnover.  Also, it's really important to allocate time to refactor poorly written codebase. Otherwise, it will become increasingly difficult to continue adding value.  Also, allocate more time to prototyping and exploring new technologies. The world around us is constantly changing, let's benefit from what others are building.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2253.htm
30310,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome oppurunity,Excellent place to work and enjoy.,work life balance will be less,Need to take care of Employees health,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30311,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Cork,Constant challenge Amazon opportunities Competitive compensation package Great people,Very demanding in terms of work life balance,Sick pay policy could be improved,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30312,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work at amazon,data driven organisation. promotes new ideas. Good analytics teams. Fairly youngin . tech centric.,16 hrs a day. work life balance is bad,check the level of managers who dont think big,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30313,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,* Leader in Technology * Open for Innovations and New Ideas * Vast Growth Opportunities * Fast Growing Company,No Major Cons i remember,None.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30314,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Amazon Supports Career Development,"I joined Amazon's corporate accounting team at Seattle headquarters 7 years ago and wanted to learn more about international accounting / operations. Amazon supported me 100% as I looked for an interesting opportunity around the EU - Amazon has Finance offices all over Europe. I eventually landed an amazing opportunity in the Munich office and have joined the German central accounting team, coming up on my 1-year relocation anniversary. Amazon has a robust and efficient relocation team who are great to work with, and a favorable relo package. In 2017, Amazon will create more than 15,000 jobs in Europe – 2,000 of those will be in Germany. These new job opportunities are for people with all types of experience, education and skill levels. Check out Amazon and start making history with other brilliant professionals!","Working at Seattle global headquarters provided invaluable experience, however I should have relocated a lot sooner!",Keep supporting and driving toward a diverse workforce and keep investing in relocation services to help get there.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30315,amazon,Paris (France)," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Challenging but great company,- Salary/bonus/stock package - Team spirit - Between 25-35 years old - Flexible (work from home) - Challenging projects - Fast pace environnement - Strong culture,- Too much processes - Too much calls/meetings - No free food,- More resting rooms - Office in the center of Paris would be nice,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30316,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company for learning,Good for learning and growing. good compensation,No work - life balance,Kindly take care of Management,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30317,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Graduate Area Manager,"Great company in principle, but doesn't filter through to operations.","Amazon as a company wants to develop its staff. There are opportunities to develop and even move to completely new business areas. The company as a whole has aims to look after its employees, but these lofty aspirations don't always filter through the management chain.","In operations the mantra 'work hard, have fun, make history' is missing its essential central element. Staff are treated as pure faceless resource and not as individuals. Goals are driven at expense of all else. There is a culture of faking and cover ups in order to appear to be achieving more. Concerns are ignored or brushed aside superficially.",Treat employees as humans. Be open to ideas and change. Take a flexible and individual approach to employees. Address route cause of failure instead of hiding problems for the sake of appearance.,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30318,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worker Bee,Work life balance is pretty food here,None yet - only been here less than a year so far,Recognise the people that work hard,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30319,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service,The best part about Amazon is that it has a very friendly environment and a lot of fun activities.,The worst part is that you are not allowed to grow faster in your work and will have a lot of politics .,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2254.htm
30320,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work for,"Amazon is a great place to learn new technologies, to get hands on experience in design, development, support. It is also great place where everyone is owner and contribute towards companies vision.","Amazon is too much frugal in all its aspects. They tripled transportation cost to employees but never increased employee health, internet benefits. But most of the employees employees really don't care about it much.","Keep raising the bar, it's still day one.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30321,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Compliance Specialist,Great experience,Freedom of executing you ideas. Amazing benefits You learn more than you think Is always challenging You never get bored Paid travels Great culture Easy to fall in love with the company Well paid job,"This is the never enough company, so it's pretty normal to fell that you are not working enough to accomplish your goals.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30322,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Computer Operator,good,It is the international company,It is time to time working process,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30323,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,I do not recommend because of bruising management,"Amazing entrepreneurial success story, great innovative culture. When in, you're automatically proud of what's happening around you.","1/ Everything happens in Seattle. If you're not based there, you'll end up executing. It can be very exciting because of the size, but it's still pure execution. 2/ I confirm the New York Times article, I have personally see many people crying at their desk, and this is still happening. Because of a ""matrix organization"" nobody cares. 3/ And I almost forgot: you'll work like hell! An internal work life harmony program is being rolled out. Truth is it's just a marketing campaign from Sr Management. Managers send email with requests on Christmas day....",Get rid of managers who demonstrate bruising behaviors as described by the new York times. They are still in the company and nobody does anything about them.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30324,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",* High level of collaboration * Working with like minded people * Things get done here! * Not very hierarchical * Fast paced and constantly changing * Consistent opportunity to grow and develop,"* High levels of ambiguity (fine for me but this is not for everyone) * There is a never ending stream of work and you'll never be ""quiet"" * Sometimes have to take work home or work late into the evening",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30325,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Team Lead,Senior Fraud Investigator,1) Fast paced environment 2) Data driven decisions and projects 3) Promotions depending on the quality of work.,1) Stringent work culture - you have to adapt to Amazon's no matter what. You'll get reviewed based on the no. of leadership principles you inculcate and those only. 2) Be prepared to put in long hours maybe outside of your typical 8 hours. Work - Life balance might not be as easy to maintain. 3) Compensation structure not always satisfactory. I worked for 3 years in India for Amazon and I was only satisfied once with my year end compensation. Definitely worked more for the amount of money I earned.,Branch out on things to do for a more fun work environment like outdoor activities.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30326,amazon,none," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!!!,An exciting place to work with passionate people and a real belief in achieving goals.  Loved the agency staff we worked for!,Short term contracts with very little opportunity to prove yourself.,Utilise the staff you had year on year to give them the opportunity to get a long term contract.,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30327,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 10, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Deployment Support Engineer,"Amazon is the best place to work. work/life balance is best. Loads of learning , highly skilled engineers , social email is the best way to get so many inputs on any kind of query.","Check the Team before joining as some teams will kill your expertise for e.g. AMS team where leadership and managers are playing with career growth of engineers. No one is checking attrition and measuring managerial performance . Leadership is silent and have a blind eye on teams. Few check if you are joining Amazon Dublin: Be Carefull : Amazon is big , they can give you good money to do a menial job. Make sure to check level at which you are joining and team as growth, promotions are really hard to get and you end up stuck with crap for two years , doodling around Ask for no. of promotions , different Level of engineers in team and what is a growth path and rate .","People don't leave company they leave bad managers or management . Check on Managers is a must like measure attrition rate, promotion rate , etc .",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30328,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Retail Germany Munich,"Great and motivated colleagues. Development opportunities. I have been with AMZN for 7 years, have done various positions in retail. Fair environment.","As said i like it a lot and do not want to move on. But yes, it is a fast environment with a performance culture.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30329,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never ever,Free water . if you get a chance to drink,"Inhuman expects from employers, no motivation at all , destroys ur mind and soul , %99 of people there can't speak English including the instructors and those who give u training , they don't know theyr work rights so managers taking advantage of it and abuse them as much as they can ! Don't believe me ? Just pop in n u'll see .",Soon you guys gonna end up in jail if you continue abusing people . Shame on you,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2255.htm
30330,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Hard driving culture but with potential to go far,"Very good investment into employees in terms of training and support. Plenty of opportunities to succeed and to have that success acknowledged, often at a global level. Strong corporate culture focused on customer, they walk the talk.","Economy flying even if you're a regular traveler for work. Work-life balance can be tough at times. Demanding culture, this isn't a place for sitting around. Self-service culture wastes your time doing admin tasks that could be easily offloaded. Due to fast hiring and turnover, hard to get veteran advice at times.",Don't lose your culture as you continue to expand.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30331,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Network Development Engineer,Network Development Engineer,"- Enormous scale of the network. - Relative autonomy, nobody looks at your screen and rarely asks you what you're doing at the moment. - See something you can improve or automate - go ahead and do it. - Bleeding edge technology","- Like any other company this size - cumbersome decision making process. - Too much time spent trying to figure out who's responsible for what. - Geographically disperse, time-zone calculation can be a nightmare. - Slightly too fast-moving, moving on to the next thing way before the previous one is perfected.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30332,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,trms,good place to work and good manager,"bad location , no offs accepeted",pay high salary to the employess after every 6 months,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30333,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Service Technician,easy work,"working with good lads, good money for staying clean. potential to go far within a big company if you work hard","not always organized, managers not necessarily more clued up than the lads and (big company gig rules) hard to get answers over pay issues","hire guys who know more than your engineers for senior roles, co-operate with your guys more about personal career development",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30334,amazon,none," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Practice Manager,It's peculiar here!,"I am a current employee of AWS, been working here for about 18 months, and really love it. It's fast paced here, you get to work with a lot of really smart people, and the company really makes it easy for people who like to ""build"". If you have an idea, and are willing to put in the work, you can almost always get it implemented.  The company has a strong culture. Many organizations have a set of ""values"" but they aren't always used or implemented. In Amazon, the company's leadership principles are part of your daily work. They are ingrained in every daily interaction.",Amazon is not a place where you can sit back and pass the time. Come prepared to roll up your sleeves and get to work.,Keep doing what you're doing! I hope we continue to ensure that new comers are integrated into the Amazon culture - it is what makes the company unique.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30335,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"- Culture is unique: astonishingly customer focus, performance and results driven, data based to its very core, objective and fast paced, demanding while still being supportive, you feel part of a team, and your teammates are basically all-star level in their fields - Growth: lots of opportunities for lateral and upward moves due to both geographical and organic business growth, there is definitely room for taking responsibility and ownership of your work - Opportunities seem endless with the way Amazon has been investing, who knows what will you be working on in 2,5,10 years? That's exciting.","- Benefits: although pay is competitive, Amazon's frugal policy makes a lot of other benefits basically non-existent. Don't expect a barista in your office, or a ton of fun company events. This place is all about ""work hard"", ""have fun"" is often missing. - The fast-paced and sometimes hectic nature of a massive business growing at this pace makes the work environment and your priorities often feeling hectic. If you are not comfortable with constant change and if you are not flexible in how, where, and with whom you work - this place is not for you.","The ease of moving within the company is an exciting possibility, but often creates gaps and misses due to poor knowledge transfer or insufficient time overlap of the new & previous employee.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30336,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Retail Germany Munich,"Great and motivated colleagues. Development opportunities. I have been with AMZN for 7 years, have done various positions in retail. Fair environment.","As said i like it a lot and do not want to move on. But yes, it is a fast environment with a performance culture.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30337,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - I Prefer Not to Share,Conflicting,Great products Fast pace 'Make history' - unique projects,"Deliberately conflicting and competing environment Backstabbing 'Amazon culture' as an excuse for rude, behaviour which would be unacceptable somewhere else Ambiguity and poor management Promotes Darwinian 'survival of the fittest' at all costs","Look at your own personal values and beliefs and reflect. Is the purpose of your life to support conflicting environment? Is that the price you are ready to pay to make the progress? How many times have you used cliches such as: 'Amazon is not for everyone' or 'We are peculiar just to justify lack of care, lack of directions and your own mistakes?",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30338,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Good to work if you like to work as in an army.,"Very long shifts, unrealistic targets",Take care of your employees and consider them as human and not robots.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30339,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Came back to work due to the incredible potential,"- Rapid Growth - Innovative and Exciting Projects - Opportunities for Development - Pretty good pay  Generally I cannot fault much about my career path, having experienced quite rapid development. My advice to anyone joining is to make sure that you are well positioned for the great projects coming along - even if your team is not doing much exciting right now, something will happen in the next few weeks or months, and you want to be the person that management thinks about when that project needs to be implemented.","- Sometimes lacks structure (choice by the business) - Very direct culture (no cursing or harsh language, but people will tell you if they had expected more) - Very US focused  All of the above are really reflections of the choices Amazon makes - if you want something different, this may not be the place for you. Additionally if you are not Seattle based, you will be mostly focused on execution, rather than building truly new products",Have a bit more focus on everything outside of the US. Additionally more and more we know that having a healthy workforce helps the business in the long run - we should do more to keep people healthy.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2256.htm
30340,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Marketing Manager,"Good pay and bonuses, plus opportunity to travel. Working on projects with a global impact.","Long working hours, demanding and challenging work culture. Numerous last minute changes of direction, with unclear expectations.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30341,amazon,Milan (Italy)," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solution Architect,"Amazing experience, best company I ever worked on","Technology is the essence of the company, friendly and high energy environment, no budget limit for training or traveling. Incredible level of people both from a skill and human perspective","No company car, no business in international flights, they should do better to tell stories how great is to work in this company",You should do a better job to tell how great is this company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30342,amazon,none," May 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing culture,1. Brilliant culture at entry level - good camaraderie between employees 2. Opportunity to be aggressive and take responsibility early in the career 3. Stock has been rising and they are generous with stock options 4. Only stable player in Indian e-commerce industry 5. Many options to shift to other geographies 6. Can switch across verticals within firm 7. Role has a great learning curve,1. Might be difficult to switch to other industries 2. Base is lower than other firms in sales and marketing,"None, just be the way you are. Amazing.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30343,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon Vancouver,- My career development & growth receives a great deal of attention from my managers.,The office in Vancouver is getting a little crowded due to massive growth in the last year.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30344,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Best Place to Work,"* Great people to work with—every day you learn from someone something new, you never work alone, lunch conversations are a true pleasure * Never-ending challenges and new problems to resolve—if you like being challenged, work with passion, or if you are full of new ideas and want to make a difference and help other people make the difference, this is the place * Leadership Principles are actually alive—they are not some mission statement, written in an obscure document, they are help you in how you make decisions, how you negotiate, work and manage your career * Plenty of food options—burritos, hamburgers, regular and fancy sandwiches and rolls, Thai, Japanese, French, Indian, fish and chips, 'super-food', market on Thursdays, and many many more, all in up to 6 minutes walk","* Location—Ballsbridge, 11 min walk from Green Luas at best, very few buses from the South Dublin, bad traffic a norm, parking scarce, cycling dangerous as usual (Donnybrook), top location, bottom access",Hire a General Manager for Dublin offices to represent the company as needed,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30345,amazon,none," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Solutions Architect,Partner Solutions Architect,The company puts a lot of trust into your ability to take the correct decisions both in what's best for the customer and for the company. Constantly challenging with the possibility to create your own way of working.,The company has very bad knowledge regarding compensation and HR rules in the local markets. Typical American in this respect.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30346,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Controls Engineer,Senior Controls Engineer,Stock benefits Amazing culture of putting the customer at the heart of everything . Progression is fast In ovation,Salaries less than other companies.,"Excellent culture, Keep up the good work",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30347,amazon,none," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Development opportunities Work life balance,"Can be Stressful sometimes, overall Good",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30348,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,- Very talented team - Freedom to have ownership and develop your ideas - Dynamic and changing environment,- Most roles are objective driven and this can be stressful - Some managers tend to over-focus on micromanagement and not on team development - The intensity of the environment is not something fit for all profiles,Understand your team and develop them in their skill sets in a friendly way and not on a pressure driven manner,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30349,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - International Tax Manager,International Tax Manager,"Amazon is my fourth Fortune 500 employer. Amazon, by far, has the best corporate culture I've ever been a part of. The opportunity to develop a lifetime career is unprecedented. Truly, I've had the best mentors, encouragement and challenges in my tenure at Amazon.","Due to the rapid growth and changes, the environment is non-stop. This isn't a place where you can become complacent and 'punch a time clock'.",Take time to make sure each and every people manager is truly focusing on their direct reports growth and progress. It unfortunately isn't universal. It has a much stronger presence in Seattle.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2257.htm
30350,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - International Tax Manager,International Tax Manager,"Amazon is my fourth Fortune 500 employer. Amazon, by far, has the best corporate culture I've ever been a part of. The opportunity to develop a lifetime career is unprecedented. Truly, I've had the best mentors, encouragement and challenges in my tenure at Amazon.","Due to the rapid growth and changes, the environment is non-stop. This isn't a place where you can become complacent and 'punch a time clock'.",Take time to make sure each and every people manager is truly focusing on their direct reports growth and progress. It unfortunately isn't universal. It has a much stronger presence in Seattle.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30351,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - QA Manager,Hiring and developing the best,"Fast career growth. Amazon making a point of hiring and developing the best people. If you are good at what you do and willing to work hard, it will be noticed and you will progress fast. Great company for career orientated people.",Incredibly fast paste. Especially for managers. If you not used to things constantly changing and evolving you might find this work challenging.,"Bring your lunch with you. Expect to do overtime. With this being said, you will never be bored, you will learn a lot, you will work with great people.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30352,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Executive,Customer Service Executive,Good and friendly environment. Not very strict.,No serious cons at the work place,They can change the food though,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30353,amazon,none," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for career progression,"Learning, working with smart people, unique problems, salary","Not a lot of great work at some teams, peer pressure, politics within peers","Growing too fast, need to start focusing on. Asics",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30354,amazon,none," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great travel opportunities. Lots of occasions for training. Working in a fast paced environment all the time. Fun fun fun.,The hours are long. Managing people can be hard at times. You get asked to do a lot more than you can,Enjoy every moment and take every opportunity you get to develop your career as there are many different opportunities available within the company,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30355,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life,"Fast paced, exciting, culture and people.","Expectation management, no company car, time away.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30356,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,a good space to learn but a bad space to work,A good space to learn and grow. good technologies and services.,zero work - life balance. retarded managers(especially from india),monitor manager from india,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30357,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Despite of everything it's one of the best places I've worked,+ Decisions are mainly based on data + Culture + You get to challenge yourself and learn new things fast + Most of the people are really smart and capable,- Your career progression is dependent on how much your supervisor likes you - Actual achievements are often ignored while those who work less and go around promoting themselves get the respect and trust of senior management,- Find a way to get rid of the mis-hired higher level employees who do absolutely nothing for the company - Instead of wasting time on blaming people and highlighting their mistakes start looking for ways to fix and improve processes. No one is ready to take risks if the failing is not allowed,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30358,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Innovative, smart, long term, opportunities",Sometimes a little too process bound,Too new to comment at this point. Will come back,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30359,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Smart people, good company to work for",Sometimes long hour at work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2258.htm
30360,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,AWS is a place for leaders,It is a place where people can lead and drive innovation. Challenges that no one else has. Good processes and a passionate management chain,So much work - there is always more to do.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30361,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Fraud Analyst,Fraud Analyst,Good starting salary. Many careers opportunity.,"Very poor Management that are cheating about performance (in easy word: if they like you they do their best to fake your numbers in order to make you get a promotion). No benefits, no freedom (if you go say hello to your colleague the manager will ask you why you were not at your desk). I can write CONS for hours but for now I stop here.",The management in Prague office has no experience at all. So try to hire more qualified people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30362,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon Lux is the place to be,"The pace, the meaningful job and the people around are reasons why I like coming to work every day. Luxembourg is a great place to live, whether with family or single.",Flex working mindset is not rooted yet,More work from home and flex work support in practice at all levels.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30363,amazon,New Delhi (India)," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,system analytics,very good environment nice salary package,too much work sometime but its ok,try to manage works in more efficient way,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30364,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great freedom to develop and experiment,"Great culture where you are encouraged to take on new challenges, to speak up about own ideas (even if you disagree to a more senior employee/leader) and have the freedom to experiment and be creative.",Can be a bit too fast-paced at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30365,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Innovative, smart, long term, opportunities",Sometimes a little too process bound,Too new to comment at this point. Will come back,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30366,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,System Developer Engineer,"Career plan development, international opportunities, growth opportunities. Work on state of the art technologies","No free food for employees, no more cons, no more cons, no more, no more",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30367,amazon,none," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The job overall isn't too bad,"Diverse, multiple departments which you may be cross-trained on, plenty of overtime opportunities during peak, people are friendly. Pretty much get hired immediately during peak as long as you pass the alcohol and drug test, meaning you will usually be guaranteed a job which is great.",Long hours and a lot of walking - 10 hours of standing on your feet all day is very tiring especially during the first few weeks. During the summer the warehouse is very hot and you can't do anything about this. Targets can be very difficult to meet which means the average temporary workers probably won't last more than 3 months.,More support for new employees.,4.0,none,none,none,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30368,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Day 1,"It's always day 1. There are so many moving parts, new launches, new products, new services and everyone is excited to be part of it.",Being based in Europe but part of a global team sometimes is a challenge because there are too many stakeholders who want to make decisions.,Simplify reporting lines/structure.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30369,amazon,Virginia (South Africa)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Professional Services,"So far, so great!","Nimble, strategic, flexible, ample training available on so many topics, and the confidence that our leadership is investing massively in ensuring that we maintain our market leadership position.","None so far! If anything, it would be that we have not truly diversified our offerings, we have so many great services, and too many of our customers are still only using the infrastructure. Come on in, the water's fine!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2259.htm
30370,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazing,"Transport facility, Security, Great work environment, Fun to work around. You get paid for what you work and sometimes more if worked for extra 2 hours or 6th day, high pays. Work hard and you'll move in height faster.","Shifts might be a problem for some cause there's going to drastic change. Nothing much other than that. Except some TL's everyone is good and helping. Some TL's have some kind of politics, as usual politics as you see in every office.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30371,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazing to work at Amazon,To work here is an opportunity to realize the potential in you and also enhance it invariably due to the opportunities provided here.,"To be honest, there's hardly anything that could be considered con.",Please provide opportunities of international transfers and give offers for L2 and L3 levels.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30372,amazon,Chandigarh (India)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Fresher,b.c.a fresher,i am a fresher with good grassping and learning skills.,amazon is worldwide.. there is no downside of working in amazon,workstation shoul be like family n safe for working womens,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30373,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Brand Specialist,Join if you like to be challenged,- Lot's of opportunities to prove yourself - Every day is a challenge and the level keeps increasing - Helpful coworkers,- Very demanding - High pressure to perform,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30374,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Lots of opportunities to grow,Very talented people Lots of independence to do your work Open to new initiatives Very dynamic Quite good package,"Complexity of business makes ramp-up hard. High turnover, dynamic aspect may affect negatively some teams.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30375,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager Software Development Engineering,"If you want to excel in your career, then Amazon is simply one of the best companies to work for!","- Ownership based, pro development culture. - Scale at which Amazon operates (there is hardly any company in the world that operates at this scale). - Innovation, Think Big and Deliver Results are contagious. Once you get in touch great people, you can't avoid getting influenced. You get an opportunity to work with some of the world's brightest minds, and over the period of time you start thinking and acting like the one. - You develop habit of deep thinking, data driven decision making.","- Non tech functions, at times are process heavy, which btw is changing rapidly. Amazon has significantly simplified the annual reviews process. The new process is not only simple but focuses more on strengths than areas of development, which is real morale booster.","- Keep up the focus on innovation, customer obsession. - The rigor that company shows in everything it does, is important both for the success of the company and development of employees. Anyone who works at Amazon for couple of years generally is a completely transformed person.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30376,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Senior Marketing Manager,- Great opportunity to work at global scale - Fast growing business enables huge learning - Flexible and friendly working environment,- Low visibility due to very large organization - US centric policies - Slow career growth,Things are going great for Amazon. Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30377,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Performance Manager,Performance Manager,"Easy to get projects up and running, and delivered.","Bullying culture- leading to a very odd work environment. In some way hugely productive, but in many leads to bottom covering and the personal trumping professional. For example, in one conference call I couldn't back the UK head as I knew my manager held the opposite view - the only occasion in my career where I have not been able to contribute honestly. I would not recommend working here, impossible not to join in with the politics.",Foster greater respect and less idolisation of being Amazonian. Makes the environment neurotic and counterproductive.,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30378,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,good company,food coupons cab facility OT money environment culture no dress code,nothing much everything is fine good going,good going,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30379,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job - but hard promotion steps,"_ Customer focused company, where you can see the impact of your day to day job on customers - makes very happy and feel our work is appreciated by the final customer, _ Very innovative, fast moving environment, _ You won't get stuck: plenty of things to learn.","_ Feels that getting promoted to the ""next level"" is unnecessary over-complicated - especially when change role.","_ Review your employee promotion/award process: good managers are already inside the company, there is no need to hire them elsewhere and let feel the people inside frustrated.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2260.htm
30380,amazon,Paris (France)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"There are great career opportunities - Challenging positions and intelectually motivating. High pace for Innovation, possibility to make the difference. Dynamic environment and high Customer Obsession.",Pressuring environment Tight objectives to reach,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30381,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,"great colleagues think big customer first growing company, business",sometimes too fast to capture all the complexity,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30382,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always Day 1,- Work at a big corporate company that is still a startup at heart - Freedom to build/invent - Move across teams and locations,- Burnout (if not managed well) - No free food - Not the right place for people who prefer set unchanging processes/systems,Lead with the heart sometimes,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30383,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Very easy to use the platform,I'd like more social media platforms integrated,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30384,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Web Services,* Great customers * Super smart people * Medical aid benefits * Lots of learning opportunities * Room for growth * Lots of time for family at home * Amazing place to work for * Salary is quite high * Highly recommend AWS specifically,* Can't think of any cons right now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30385,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Imaging Associate,good place to work there...,Work hard . Have a Fun . Make a history,Nothing to about Say it,Nope,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30386,amazon,Paris (France)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Very interesting for IT geek people who likes technology,This company is really driven by innovation and diversity. The technical topics are really interesting. The pace is quite impressive to follow the different new services. Never the time to be annoyed.,The pace is fast for new services and new features and customer obsession is everywhere which makes it difficult to have a bit of time to learn properly some skills. A good personal organization is needed to continue learning and keep the pace.,Support people in balancing their work/life with training or mentoring. Training is there and freedom of decision too but sometimes guidance will help the new joiners to think about their own time split and organization.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30387,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - New Accounts Manager,"Could be a great place, is just OK if you dont have social life","Very smart people, very interesting line of business and great colleagues. I came from a lot of multinationals and the company ranked high in team spirit. Salary is high for comparible positions in other companies.","Do not realise why, but it feels like a billion dollar startup for the worse: really high turnover, no organization, no time to learn, my senior team members left after I was 3 months on the job and nobody had time and knowledge to teach me. After all your experience in the company will depend on the circumstances, I was on the least appealing job in the least appealing category... add to it at least 9-10h of work daily. It felt in the end like a call center.",Mr Bezos: stop being cheap and greedy and improve the stability and work quality of the employers. Having a medium turnover of 1-2 years in marketplace is mostly because of this. Amazon principles just sound like cheap excuses for you to have cheap and submissive qualified labour.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30388,amazon,"Milton Keynes, England (UK)"," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - FC Associate,Job of last resort...,"You get paid, it is at least better than being unemployed.","Working environment that does not reward innovation. Sycophantism is rewarded, cronyism is rife, racism is widespread and ignored or covered up by management.",Listen to your employees and their ideas. Their experience and ideas are far more valuable to the company than someone coming in from the outside with no idea or experience of a warehousing environment. Make sure HR is actually impartial rather than always being on the side of management to create a culture of trust with the employees - productivity will increase as a result.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30389,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Programmer Manager,Worst culture and poor management,Salary is ok. You get a chance to try out the beta products before release.,"Ridiculously poor leadership. They will get employees to do their work for them, lie about decisions they have made if they don't work out and take credit for other peoples work. Tasks are given after 7pm and expected to be done before 9am the next day. Backstabbing blame culture.","Train your leadership team. If a complaint is made against them, do something about it. Don't just wait for people to start leaving.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2261.htm
30390,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Work @ Amazon!,"Good benefits, customer focused company, lots of opportunities, and overall a company that focuses on innovation and also who listen to its employees.","There's a lot of room for improvement in Employee's development, bu also something the company has been working to change lately.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30391,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at TRMS review,"Amazon has a great atmosphere and great benefits, the most important to me, the chance to change depending on you attitude and what you think it fits most to you, giving you the possibility to explore different fields.","Sometimes it is a bit hard to fits the high standards, quality and quantity are not easy to match",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30392,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazing experience overall,Friendly working environment and very helpful leads and managers,sometimes the leads are partial,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30393,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,good,"for fun ,good people around,good location",nothing much only no team support,nothing,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30394,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Stay away, too many bad managers","Lots of Autonomy on your work Innovative company, lots of cutting edge products to work on Work with intelligent people Total package is competitive as a result of rising stock","Complete disregard to employees personal life, there is absolutely no support if someone is experiencing any loss in his family. Several people have burnt out and visited psychiatrists as a result of not being allowed time of while experiencing personal loss. Senior leadership doesn't care about attrition or employee engagement. A senior leader literally walked towards the window , pointed to a competitor's building and suggested anyone that is unhappy should work there (while forcing people to pay back any costs incurred during their relocation). Toxic culture, a lot of people are deeply unhappy as have been publicly shamed for their work and turn to alcohol but can't leave the company as a result of debt created towards Amazon from their relocation and sign on. Career is random, no structure regarding promotions, depended to manager and manager's manager. This is really bad as Amazon has extremely high attrition as a result you might end up changing managers every few months HR suggested to people that complained for long hours (80% of employees as per internal survey) that they should consider that they are just unproductive, senior leaders laughed and clapped in encouragement Please prior to signing check the average Amazon employee tenure in linkedin and compare to other tech companies so you can make an informed decision","Highly intelligent people that lack basic social skills should not be given large teams. If someone is incapable of empathy he/she should be allowed to rise as an individual contributor. There are too many senior leaders that just dont like people and feel bad managing others. I worked as a consultant for several years, have not seen any other company having senior leaders that dont respect people.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30395,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Good place for high performers,"- Quality of people of very high, the company is full of talent - Discussions with senior management are usually based on facts, data, and rationale - Comparatively easy to change roles and functions within Amazon",- Slow career progression - Lack of career guidance - A lot depends on your manager. My manager did not create a conducive environment for constructive discussions.,"I had to leave because of my manager. He was not willing to address my career progression questions. Performance issues need to be root caused rather than being stated in a rude non-constructive manner. HRBP is usually very bookish, just stating verbatim whatever the rule book says. The expected guidance/counselling from HRBP was non-existent.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30396,amazon,none," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Exposure to interesting tools, a lot of things to learn","No cons, a good experience overall",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30397,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,packer,none dont go there bullies,bad job team leaders no help,be more plesant,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30398,amazon,none," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Pressurising but expected,As a multinational company Amazon has to meet with certain deadlines and things need to be done uniformly around the globe to make sure the company holds its place. Is it pressurising? Definitely!! You can feel the tension when you are told to meet your targets! But then its rewarding too! You feel proud of coping up with such a big company! !,"As there is a certain procedure for everything, sometimes your words are unheard. The management itseldf is good, but you need to put the effort to make yourself get heard in the first place","More direct feedback from upper management will be appreciated, directly to emplotees",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30399,amazon,none," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Virtual Assistant,"Easy work, Best working Environment for amazon Employee.",Nothing to found for this organization.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2262.htm
30400,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Facilities Manager,Facilities Manager TRMS,"Good growth opportunities, ""hire and develop the best"" culture, good compensation benefits.","Not a very good work-life balance, some values have been lost or are unseen in some departments.","Standardize core value practices among all Operational Units, get in touch with the associate, get to know the human factor in order to attract potential talent for specific roles.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30401,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Worst place to work EVER,"Company sick pay, Free Parking, Free brews, nothing much more it's slave labour",Everything it's a slave cave and a horrible place to work that will drain your mind and make you go crazy. I've worked for amazon for 1 year now and I've gotta say in that time I've realised it's like a prison what happens in amazon nobody sees or knows they don't care about you all they care about is there customer.,Learn to treat people with disibilitys a little better and learn to realise that us humans have souls..... and feelings,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30402,amazon,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,good place to work for good perks,nothing great should work on hr policies,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30403,amazon,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to get more IT exposure,"Top level work culture, people are broad minded. You can learn whatever you want.",Some times tasks are very repeatable in lower level job roles.,Try to give more opportunities to lower level job roles,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30404,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,fun place to work and so much learning,not any that I can think of,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30405,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great place to work!,Very relaxed culture. A lot of scope for growth.,Arbitrary shifts. Lack of work life balance.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30406,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Device Associate,Two Edged Sword - Self Growth & Brand Name,"I worked as a Device Associate (QA) in Amazon, Chennai for 3.5 years  1. Environment - It is one such place where people posses an arsenal of skills which is a great motivation to learn. To be precise - 360 Degrees of learning guaranteed.  2. Organization - Anything and everything has a definite structure. Exit point to Entry point, everything is planned already. All I need to do was, follow the map.  3. Outing & Fun - Amazon seriously believes in HAVE FUN. Every quarter there's a short team outing and a compulsory annual outing which is provided by the company.  4. Work - You need to work hard as Amazon always wanted to be ahead of its competitors and it is. Not updating yourself is a doom.  5. Work stations - Your priority of OS platforms to the machine you need is given. Provided, you need your manager's approval.  6. Perks - I was sanctioned an interest free loan for the cause of Chennai Floods. Every year for my level, I get annual bonus. Some random period of time get 500 INR credited to my Amazon account for shopping.  7. Referral Bonus - Hefty sum for your referrals are sure. Minimum 8K to maximum above 1 lakh INR.","1. Team - 99% of your growth depends on your team. Your peers and managers decide your growth. It is a brutal truth.  2. Developers - Most of the developers would possess a tremendous amount of technical skills. That's why they're developers in the first place. At the same time, most of them (don't read all of them) has a big bloated ego which would never go down. At all. If you're in a QA team, don't even think of arguing, because hands down your manager will not be ready to go in war against a developer not even a single one, I tell you.  3. Sticking to same kind of work - If you stick to the same kind of work, people would be so happy to take new dishes from your plate and you eat the same food again and again. That's a sure fire way to stagnate. Again, manager would never bother to ask you for a new task.  4. Leadership Principle Obsession - There are 14 principles formulated by the organization and the managers are so very obsessed to follow them and expect it in your self review. To me it is stupid.  5. Appraisal - Fall once, and you're done for the year. Better luck next time. You would straight away go to Performance Improvement Phase my friend! Nobody can save you! And people are not there to spare your feelings. They would walk over you to get what they want. Watch out for that!  6. Team Change - 80% of the time you won't be having the same manager throughout the year. They change and change and change. Managers, at least in Chennai, are self-centered people who never bother about your growth. They are brutally chasing their dreams and you occupy a negligible amount of space in a farthest workstation who would be visible only when there's a mind-numbing-mundane task comes on their way.  7. Interview Process - Slowest interview process. Most of the times you would be stranded in the feeling where you're selected or not. Mails come only when you're ready to walk away. So, develop your patience.","Eyes wide opened, saves talent.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30407,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support,Seller support,Good environment Cab facility Food coupons Night allowance Extra shifts allowance,Work increases during festival and offers time. So be prepared to spend some time on festivals.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30408,amazon,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work and grow,Competitive environment helping people at work attractive stocks,none that I want to comment right now.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30409,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 15, 2017","Former Employee - Transaction, Risk and Fraud Investigator",Transactions Risk Investigator,"Has a friendly atmosphere, supportive colleagues.",Hires too many people and has no space to accommodate them.,Working towards lower attrition rate,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2263.htm
30410,amazon,none," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad place if you need work life balance,Some of the best salary structure in the country. Thats about it.,"Poor work life balance, expected to work till 8 pm in all teams. Work is also not very good in IDC. It's only maintenance work, not core development. No perks, whatsoever except tea/coffee at work.",Please focus on work-life balance for teams and more team activities.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30411,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,Good Place to work. No restriction for outfits. Cab facilities are good.,Salary for catalog associate Level 2 (entry level) is not standard.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30412,amazon,none," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for students,"Good people to work with, it's pretty much like a second home. A lot of opportunity to get promoted rather quickly. People are always willing to help.",Long and hard work hours. I've been at this company for 4 years and they've changed the shift hours practically every year or two.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30413,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Biggest regret,Only Pro was meeting new people and leaving the job.,I've been working there since end of September 2016. I sustained a serious injury whilst at work. Amazon was responsible. During my time off work I was being pressured in to coming back to work. Just before I resigned I was forced in to going back to work by HR whilst I had a valid sick note. Ever since working there I have had problems after problems and the HR are useless there is no communication and employees don't have much of a say.,Treat employees good don't over work them they're humans too.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30414,amazon,none," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great company to work for,Long hours and hard work,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30415,amazon,none," May 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,The people you work with generous breaks left to work independently management were great and would always try to help,the pay the location stressful during peak times targets were sometimes hard to hit Temporary workers weren't treated as well as permanent employees,keep doing what you're doing,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30416,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good to work,its really nice to work here,there is no cons here if you are a hard worker,there is nothing to say they are just awsome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30417,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,work culture,"the coolest to work is amazon. gives you the freedom to wear anything,work in the way you wish.",growth scope and hikes are very very low when you work for amazon. Some of my peers got 0 annual hike as well.,"The only advice i can give is that once you appreciate someone for their work,they work with more focus.So consider the annual hike scheme.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30418,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great Place to Work,Great Place to Work. Flexible work hours.,No gym in office premises,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30419,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Team Lead,Teal Lead,Good Company.Nice work enviroment. Lot of opportunities,Pay can be more. Also need to add bonus,Pay can be more. Also need to add bonus,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2264.htm
30420,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazon is a big company which gives good hike and salary,Good salary good hike......thats it good manager ..will get more leaves than any other company,No job improvement ..no new skills to learn .u will be doing same thing everyday .,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30421,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Nice work culture,You get to work on latest and vastly spanned tech stack. You get the leverage of both working like anything and absolutely workless,"Few teams, mostly US based do have politics involved in their higher management. Also, few teams do micromanage their employees",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30422,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Analyst,"Great atmosphere, challenging tasks, great talent, no hierarchy","Difficult to get promoted, lots of work and short timelines",Keep the great company culture,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30423,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Pathetic work culture,Big company name on your resume. Plenty of opportunities for growth if you know how to play your cards right and have the patience to stay in this hell for a decade.,"Pathetic work culture. People are always humiliating each other. The word 'professionalism' doesn't exist in this company. MAnagement is cheap and worthless, the managers who come here from HSBC are the worst, and there are a ton of them. Nobody cares about the company, especially the management. The management is hell bent on making the process as worthless as possible in the greed of chasing bigger numbers, the result of this is that your job becomes useless, you don't impact the company in anyway, you are just there to hit numbers.","Stop focusing on the numbers, focus on customer obsession instead. Amazon is the least customer centric company I have worked with because the management is only bothered about numbers.",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30424,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer II,Fantastic Place to Work! (...but not for the faint-hearted),"- constant learning experience / extremely steep learning curve, an ideal place for those who are naturally inquisitive and love to learn and develop - forefront of e-commerce/tech sector - very fluid mobility across teams and functions, this is actively encouraged with minimal red tape - surrounded by intelligent, ambitious, and mostly friendly people","- workload can be intense at times, so be aware of what you're signing yourself up for, management is generally very understanding of WFH opportunities and support people with families - career progression is difficult, management tends to hire individuals externally into roles than to promote from within - this is a confusing process as it causes a lot of churn. talented individuals who are deserving of promotion eventually leave and take their knowledge with them, only to be replaced by someone externally who requires a fair amount of time to get up to speed - this can be demotivating for those who love the company and want to stay, but also seek to look out for their best career interests - initial compensation is great, minimal base salary increases thereafter (i.e. lucky to beat inflation) - but good-to-top performers do receive lucrative grants of shares on an annual basis - can be a bit chaotic in terms of organization at times, but this is a side-effect of a Day 1 culture and much better than having calcified and rigid processes that stifle innovation and agility","- keep up the great work and continue the 'Day 1' culture - very strong leadership at the top - keep that up - seek to promote from within and compensate accordingly for those deserving of it, it's important to hire externally to add fresh perspectives, but do not underestimate the value of continuity and preservation of knowledge",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30425,amazon,none," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Interesting but a lot of work,> Never felt bored even a single day at work > Very smart peer group > Direct communication with senior stakeholders,"> Other people are ready to take credit for your work > A lot of work, you can finish 4X your job requires you to, but without any appreciation. > Slow growth",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30426,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Representative,why you want work for amazon,"none, nothing positive to say about","bad management, disorder, no logic, fully disappointed ... not happy at all",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30427,amazon,none," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Av manager,All Ok. Everyone is simpathetic.,Dont like the way they tell you how to do thinggs,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30428,amazon,none," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Good Growth,Good Salary, party, office, people",None-They have healthy Enviornment and nothing,I am not in position to give,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30429,amazon,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have been working at Amazon full-time (More than a year),"You will be forced to think big and innovate beyond your limits. You will be pushed to grow as a leader throughout your tenure. Limitless potential to make change. Relentlessly high standards. Take any number of leaves when you feel like. Work from home whenever you want. Come to office when it suits you, leave when you feel like. As long as you make sure you deliver results.","Teams in amazon are very, very independent. So much so that some of them might as well be in a separate company for all intents and purposes (some of them technically are). So there's bound to be bad teams and good teams. In the good teams (which I believe would be most of them), the high standards and expectations push you to transform yourself into an extremely well rounded Leader+Engineer. But, the same sta…",For Bangalore - The bar for L6 Managers needs to be raised. Engineers often leave for Seattle when they become SDE2. Many go because they know their L6 would probably not be as effective at helping him grow to an SDE3 level. Give proper training in personal finance management to all employees. Most don't know basics about taxation and investments. You need to be creating and encouraging more engi…,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2265.htm
30430,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Good,Chance to work on different projects,"Hard to develop, not objective the management",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30431,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,"Good pantry, less work stress, amazing people, good work ethics, fun environment, decent office timing, overtime perks","No new work, no skills learnt, job of a typewriter, boring job, no enhancement in skillset, time wasting job, high set targets",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30432,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Test Engineer,Yet to learn a lot,"Free to learn, No pressure, own product.","No exposure to automation testing, has to learn about new technologies out of own interest",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30433,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate,Seeking job,Good environment to work.I m very eager to work on this location.. ... . ......... ......... ........ ...... ......... ...........,Leading company in it field... ... ... ... .... .... . ..... ..... ..... ...... .... .......... ..... .... .,Please kindly shortlist the resume quickly.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30434,amazon,Wrocław (Poland)," May 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,- Fast paced environment - Amazon shares as a part of salary - Lots of career development opportunities,- Chaotic and stressful environment - Lack of work-life balance,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30435,amazon,none," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior assciate,flow of work is very good,the growth in the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30436,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,"Good compensation, awful culture, bad environment.",Good overall compensation and perks.,Awful culture. Hatred and ranting highly promoted.,Do not promote or hire incompetent managers!,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30437,amazon,none," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Japan,Competitive salary compared to Japanese companies. Convenient location. I like working on the scale that only a company like Amazon can operate at.,Salary in Tokyo seems way too low compared to Amazon Seattle. It can be difficult to get projects big enough for promotion after a certain level.,Would seriously advise more transparency on paycuts when moving abroad. It can come as a huge surprise if you get a second paycut in the form of much less stock after moving.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30438,amazon,none," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Join if u can,Highly talented people to work with,work life balance can be an issue some times,Keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30439,amazon,Leipzig (Germany)," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Leipzig / Germany,a good workplace with great time accuracy,not as fun as imagined,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2266.htm
30440,amazon,Leipzig (Germany)," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Leipzig / Germany,a good workplace with great time accuracy,not as fun as imagined,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30441,amazon,Mexico City (Mexico)," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Sr Vendor Manager,"RSUpackage, really challenging, top tier company",Work Life balance can decrease,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30442,amazon,Pune (India)," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,good,good work environment good salary low pressure of work friendly environment,customers lolz and nothing else,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30443,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth the risk,"Scale Starting salary Stock Smart people With everything that is wrong, it is still winning Black Friday fun",Back stabbing No work life balance Turnover 100% in some teams Hiring process No real Amazon tech mostly rappers around open source Almost impossible to open source software Reinvent the wheel On call is shift work in many teams All decisions are made in Seattle Many people leave in first six months Bad for health,You've made breaking people into a business model that works. Well done.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30444,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse picker,Lots of overtime always available,"Long working hours Short breaks, lots of time lost leaving your station Long queues to enter or leave the warehouse at start/finish of shift",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30445,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support,Technical support,too good company for the work culture.,Excellent job opportunity. One should try working in this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30446,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Tamil Nadu,Nice work culture,Good recreation facility Management is good Transport facility to all levels of employees Cheap cafeteria and food stall,More recruitment of contract employees And only 10 percent of them are made permanent. Reporting team lead does not support the team members,none,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30447,amazon,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon in Poland,"challenge, people, work prospect,","shifts work, long hours work",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30448,amazon,none," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Temporary work,Really good managers Helpful colleagues Good training period,First two months are very tough (until your body get used with the job),none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30449,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Okay place to work,"good EntertainmYou will be forced to think big and innovate beyond your limits. You will be pushed to grow as a leader throughout your tenure. Limitless potential to make change. Relentlessly high standards. Take any number of leaves when you feel like. Work from home whenever you want. Come to office when it suits you, leave when you feel like. As long as you make sure you deliver results.","Teams in amazon are very, very independent. So much so that some of them might as well be in a separate company for all intents and purposes (some of them technically are). So there's bound to be bad teams and good teams. In the good teams (which I believe would be most of them), the high standards and expectations push you to transform yourself into an extremely well rounded Leader+Engineer.",For Bangalore - The bar for L6 Managers needs to be raised. Engineers often leave for Seattle when they become SDE2. Many go because they know their L6 would probably not be as effective at helping him grow to an SDE3 level. Give proper training in personal finance management to all employees. Most don't know basics about taxation and investments.,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2267.htm
30450,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Amazon review,1. Safe place for female employees 2. Every minute we work is a monitory benefit 3.,1. Poor Management 2. No Training availabilty,Hire better people,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30451,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer (QA Engineer),Best place to work,1. Great technology 2.Smart people 3.Career growth,1.food court is not at all good,Nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30452,amazon,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Project Manager,very unique culture,"top 3 tech firm, big brand name, highly recognized, promising","culture quite unique (not for everyone), very pushy, aggressive and pressuring","make employee's life better, show care and appreciation",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30453,amazon,none," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on the team you get in,Great benefits Good environment Company offers many benefits depends on the team and manager above you,Managerial issues Nothing new to learn after sometime,Please do not spoil Amazon's culture,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30454,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Manager Level III,Manager,"number one ecommerce company in the world, this is the only company which is expanding very aggressively in india. Lot of learning opportunities, new technologies. good pay","lot of domestic travel, in a week minimum 3 to 4 days, no work life balance. interview process is very long, it takes nearly a month, around 8 round of interview.",they should create good worklife balance,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30455,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Picker,Very physical and demanding for pickers .,Its easy work and good pay .,Don't have long enough time for dinner should be an hour .,Respect your workers,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30456,amazon,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reviewer,"Easy system to input reviews, able to decide on a plethora of products that were of my own tastes.","Slow systems, not much help given in that department. Inputting info is easy but behind competitors in the same market.",Update and evaluate the system to match competitors while also keeping it easy to use for reviewers and taking their feedback seriously.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30457,amazon,none," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Flexible work timings, vast learning curve.",Too frugal. Doesn't spend enough on basic requirement.,Management seems good enough,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30458,amazon,"Ridgmont, England (UK)"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associates,Valuable Company with positive goals,A lot of opportunities to grow,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30459,amazon,none," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Great company with lot of learnings,Difficult to progress ahead based on the current review system,Eliminate stack ranking,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2268.htm
30460,amazon,"Indi, Karnataka (India)"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Investigator,Good benefits. Pickup and drop.,Stagnant growth Strong hierarchy. Poor work life balance.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30461,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Fulfillment Centre,"Good pay for students and if you are looking for 45-60 hours a week during holiday season, this is the place to work.","Extremely busy hours, strong emphasis on your performance. If you aren't productive, they let you go.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30462,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Exciting place to work,Work on the most interesting problems Great scale of Amazon to have a lot of impact Company has a strong focus on action - get a lot done,"Large company, risk of being a small part of a large organization Culture can vary by team Company has a culture of reviewing businesses often",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30463,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,"Learning all the time, professional challenges, certifications and advanced skills are highly considered","Low salary compared to other IT companies, career plan could be much better",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30464,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing manager,"Exciting work, dynamic work environment and very talented and smart people to work with. Excellent learning and growth opportunities.","Always over-worked, poor work-life balance and cut-threat competition. You have to prove yourself and justify your position every single day to be able to survive and grow.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30465,amazon,"Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)"," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,speed work at amazon and product are interest,good work and more benifit as company skill and better responce,speed work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30466,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Process Lead/Team Lead,Heaven at first...,Wonderful place for freshers or young professionals... Anybody will love the atmosphere and facilities.. Nothing to hate in the beginning... Freshers coming out of strict policy based engineering or other colleges will find this place like a heaven!,All good things take a complete turn as you grow along... you have to be lucky not to get caught in ugly politics which is mostly caste/race/gender/color based.. hence i said you have to lucky because some of these things can't be changed (like caste for example),Live and let others live.,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30467,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Problem Solver,Work at Warehouse,Good place to learn everything about customer care,"heavy lifting, walking more than 7Km per day",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30468,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,About job in amazon,Big brand name good for fresher.,Sometimes fresher use to ignore the profile they are working for.,No advice ! I am new employee,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30469,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Apr 29, 2017",Former Employee - Chat Customer Service,chat customer service,it has an amazing enviorment between employees and management alot of oppotunities for for growth and recognition.,during peak season you might have mandatory over time after a while this can be tiring.,figure stratagies in order to reduce mandatory over time,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2269.htm
30470,amazon,none," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,parttime,just looking to join amazon part time to see if i can earn a reasonable income & see if its worthwhile.,some reviews are mixed & so it would appear that the hierarchy of amazon need to clarify if its going to be worth the effort,make it more worthwhile for prospective drivers to be more active & show its true value.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30471,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,team leader,amazon is biggest marketing company in india,amazon is brilliant company,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30472,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde intern,"challenging work, cool technologies, supportive team members, flat organization","on-call, high workload, no coupons to employees :P",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30473,amazon,Pune (India)," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Best place to work at and best environment to be in,Its a great opportunity to work for amazon,No down sides yet . It is at its best.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30474,amazon,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Delivery Driver,"Proactive company, they set unrealistic expectations to get the most out of their employees.",You get paid automatic 10.5 hours even if you finish early.,They're very cut throat and let a computer make all of their decisions,Try listening to the people out in the field instead of only following data,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30475,amazon,none," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,Good pakage. Nice location. Food Is good.,Nothing. Good pakage. Nice location. Food Is good.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30476,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Associate,good,can learn a lot of new skills,have to work very late,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30477,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,best job for a fresher,great team work life balance best work culture friendly management,everything is great. no cons to think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30478,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cs,"good work culture freedom, cab facilities etc",too many mandatory extra work,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30479,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,Not for slackers. You have to work hard and it cab be chaotic but rewarding.,High bar. Has a specific culture you must embrace or you will fail.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2270.htm
30480,amazon,New Delhi (India)," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Delivery associate,There are give to salary timely,There is no rule and Dicipilin,Chang tha selary,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30481,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Develop Engineer,Learn a lot of new things,"Oncall, sometimes can wake up at night",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30482,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigator,1)very good work culture 2)ability to work without pressure,1)people who has to shift to other country can't get a transfer easily,Kindly provide some advantage to the employee regarding transfer incase he/she wants to shift to other country,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30483,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Assistant Manager,To work in a peaceful place,To gain more knowledge to keep communicate with each other and to build up my communication skill,Looking forward to work with Amazon since I like works to do on time without any delay and looking forward to do easy and tough tasks,If I get placed in amazon I can learn more and more knowledge,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30484,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Risk Investigator,"casual work life, flexible transport , most of the crowd have laptops,nice ots",none can think of now,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30485,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Best place to earn money and career growth.. Just we need to get into the right team,Providing Facilities for the employees not that great. lack of friendly culture. Can't balance work & life,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30486,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,Device associate role,Good working environment...ppl r very friendly...,No cons...very good company for building our carrier...,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30487,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Cat Lead,Amazing Amazon ?,1. Good learning curve 2. Exposure to impactful businesses,1. Pay 2. Management is too partial and interested only in their well-being,"Treat people like people and not like resources  A message to Jeff B - Dear Jeff, please obsess over your employees too, else there would be no one to obsess over the customers!",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30488,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,People and Risk Management,Fast paced challenging environment. New changes to witness everyday and can also be a part of the change. Financially sound and you will be happy with what you get end of the day.,"No structure, neither freedom for thought process nor proposing changes. Indeed, there are channels to propose changes however you don't see them to reality",Start focusing on people rather than machines alone.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30489,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,work culure is as per expectation,food quality need to be improved,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2271.htm
30490,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,such a good comapny great culture and momey its so great so so so so great,bad was can be hard work but i like work so it is ok to work here because i like so much work,try get the head up la la la la its so good always wanted to be a manager here its unreal so so good,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30491,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,"Good salary, good perks,","Poor work-life balance, kids suffer",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30492,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Develop Engineer,Learn a lot of new things,"Oncall, sometimes can wake up at night",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30493,amazon,"Indi, Karnataka (India)"," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE 2,1. Exposure to Scaling things. 2. If not anything else you will learn a lot abt AWS services. 3. These days they are promoting knowledge. 4. Jeff is a cool guy.,"1. Ppl aren't as smart as u think when the name amazon comes to your mind, they are just slightly above average or average, this may be due to poor hiring process. 2. Seniors still favors processes much more than outcomes. 3. Because of their frugality as one of the leadership principle, you feel like you are working for a typical MNC, with no freebies or dull and boring environment. 4. It's an organization where ppl tries to please each other, caus if u very smart it won't matter, you will not be allowed to go forward with your design, you will have to convince others, and as I said ""others"" are not smart, so smart ppl can really​ have a hard time here.","1. If you cannot feed a team with 2 pizzas, it's too large, is said by your founder, Jeff. This is not followed very well. 2. Cut down overempolyment, and hire only quality employees. It's high time that you start matching your employees standards to that of ""google"" or ""facebook"". 3. You pay good, so don't ruin that money by poor hiring process, come on.... the questions you ask in the interview are always the same, at least come up with something new. 4. I don't know what goes in minds of SDMs or recruiters, but they both try to hire more and more.... this attitude is so stupid.",1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30494,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support,You will be forced to think big and innovate beyond your limits. You will be pushed to grow as a leader throughout your tenure. Limitless potential to make change. Relentlessly high standards.,"Teams in amazon are very, very independent. So much so that some of them might as well be in a separate company for all intents and purposes (some of them technically are). So there's bound to be bad teams and good teams.",Give proper training in personal finance management to all employees. Most don't know basics about taxation and investments.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30495,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Superb,For Fresher its one of the best company,"Salary is less, no good hikes",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30496,amazon,Mumbai (India)," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,great experience,leadership development experienced peers Good learning experience,skill development workshop management team one agenda,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30497,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,Senior Technical Support Associate,"I've been with Amazon for 2 years .. having started as an intern it was all a wonderful journey so far  You'll find good people around you and one of the best managers & leads  Completely cool culture, you'll start loving your job  Enthusiastic peers who'll always cheer you up.. Growth is rapid and appropriate!",Stop luring us with employee benefits.. You stand out amongst all the companies out there .. Keep it going  Jeff B you're a Gem .. it's still Day1 haha,You're the best .. Look forward to work here for life.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30498,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Working at Amazon is great,"Great people, challenging work, OK work-life balance in terms of hours and super OK in terms of vacation, paternity leave, etc. (especially if you are used to consulting or other demanding environments), cool career opportunities, inspiring management, forefront of innovation, etc.","It is an intense culture and a demanding job, you won't enjoy it if you are used to a 9-5-type job or you don't enjoy working under pressure",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30499,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work place but be cautious of management,Comp & benefits best across industry great work culture,Indians remain Indians and Indian managers sometimes are not able to give up their cultural bias Should introduce EQ evaluation for managers so that good people do not leave job,Regionalism takes precedence over talent. Long working hours take precedence over efficiency. Not a good yardstick to measure employees who do not belong to the same state as the manager or who want to have a decent work-life balance. All in all good company...but work experience gets marred by bad managers,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2272.htm
30500,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company culture,multicultural environment and helpful colleagues,fast-paced environment and difficult customers,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30501,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," May 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good colleagues and nice environment, but terrible company culture",Salary is competitive and the job is very challenging and dynamic.,"A lot of pressure, hard to balance social life.","Treat your employees as humans, not as robots.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30502,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Operation,Great job,top technology and great place to learn,"Management DC, internal communication and benefits",Improve communication,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30503,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,Excellent work culture,Friendly and great work culture!,not really any. Just hope managers pay more attention to the full team,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30504,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good employee satisfaction,They pay for overtime with double per hour and you can work a maximum of 40 overtime hours per quarter,Sometimes the work load is very high. But this only happens during the peak time. The annual increment is also okay. Not too good,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30505,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,good amazing awesome work culture good environment,no cons as of now,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30506,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good salary and benefits package, good all round employer to work for. Would definitely consider woking there again if the opportunity arose","None, really good company. really cannot fault them at all. the only thing i would say is to be more consistent",None,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30507,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,About the company,"Good, clean, transparent, great career growth opportunities!","Nothing much really, everything is good and tidy",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30508,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Assistant,Amazon,four day week lets you feel like you can still have some kind of home life,limited hours available make it financially difficult,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30509,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,I did enjoy the company,They company had no negatives,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2273.htm
30510,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High stress, large responsibility, pay could be better","You will learn to be a master multitasker, think under lots of ambiguity, take quick decisions","Less focus on brainstorming and process improvements, more on getting things done",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30511,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Associate,I am a full time Associate,"Best Place to work , exploring new opportunities are maximum","No advice as of , since the hardworkers will get recognised",NA,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30512,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,5 days 9 hr job weekend off. Great package and incentives,No cons whatsoever at Amazon,Keep up the good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30513,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - HRS Administrator,"Really bad management, no development plans!",Yo can go beyond your job description and get exposed to various projects.,"Poor development plans for employees. Uncapable management. No hiring selection process validity, they hire anybody. No benefits. Low salary.",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30514,amazon,none," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Good work environment and culture,No cons what so ever,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30515,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company for Software Developers.,Amazon India is one of the top notch companies in India to go for. The work you get here is of a good profile and they also pay you handsomely for your hard work.,Peer competition is one of the biggest hurdles if not a con. It usually uplifts a person but otherwise it is also very daunting at times when all the people around you are super intelligent.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30516,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Analyst,Very good experience,"Work culture, recognitions, u can take call in work life balance, meet valuable people, Sodexo... Snacks ... Environment.... Under a good manager ur life cherishes",Bad managers No organisation structure at time becomes one man management... Where managers become dictators... If u are put up under a bad manager .. ur Amazon career is gone... If under a good manager u fly.. but don't expect skill set improvement...,U have few bad managers... Directly appointed manager are worse wen compared to the promoted managers... Ppl on the process for more than 3 years do well.. try to retain the experienced folks,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30517,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead,"work culture, less pressure, work life balance",need more focus to improve employees skills,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30518,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,Customer service,Good place to work,Nothing as of now,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30519,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Associate,"If Work-Life balance is not important to you, this is the place to work.","Good initial pay, incentives. Fast growth (only if you are good at maintaining PR) with the management",Increments and promotions are purely based on the metrics and highly on how the management looks at you.  People with knowledge gets to stay in their current roles for years whereas people with good PR grows inspite of escalations or no process knowledge.  People who scored 4/15 managed to become leads and managed to be the managers when the cut-off for everyone else was 13/15.  People who stay in their current roles because of no PR are forced to leave in 3-4 years directly or indirectly by the HR and/or the management by doing something or the other.,"Stop hiring the L5 managers from BPOs to stop micro-management and maintain Amazon's so called ""Employee Centricty""",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2274.htm
30520,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for campus recruitment,Good working environment Rotational shifts Managers are understanding,Too metric oriented High pressure during peak season,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30521,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Fashion Designer,One of the most stable & biggest player of online business globally. Really good with the systems & processes.,Too much of processes & lot of people interventions which results in delayed action. Company really test the patience & too much believes in data which don't work to a great extent in fashion/garment business.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30522,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good on CV, hard on you.","Great people young dynamic and really cool atmosphere, salary is good too.","Difficult to get information from people as they tend to pass the baby to the next person instead of giving an answer, this is like almost o a code of conduct that is time consuming. You barely get training and have to go get it on your own from the start which can sometimes make things harder than they should be if there was proper induction and knowledge transfer programmes in place.",COMMUNICATION is key !,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30523,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Amazon Web Services,Strong and positive culture Dynamic environment Exciting to see more and more new services and features becoming available,Difficult to be the first among smart people,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30524,amazon,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not an employee friendly environment,Trading your health and happiness for money,"Lots of unprepared people(the thing with the hiring bar is a lie) Management will not help you with your career Nepotism The flexible program is a lie, Amazon will push you to the limit I've encountered lots of untrustworthy people",A little bit of employee centric vision would help,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30525,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Systems Engineer,The best place to work at. Supportive managers and Friendly Team.,No Cons as I know,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30526,amazon,Bhiwandi (India)," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Werehouse Associate,Team lead,It's is the world most popular company because I work here ...,I am working in Amazon India at bhiwandi warehouse,All the employee are work good because its management are also ğööđ,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30527,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,No work life balance,The opportunity to work with latest tech and learn from very smart co workers,They expect very long work hours for everyone including managers (10-12/day). Even longer work hours during peak season beginning late September to December. Stand and walk all day if you are in a fulfillment center.,"Treat employees as partners that you want to retain for the long term. If they work hard and produce results, do reward them with praise and well deserved downtime",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30528,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Device Associate,Best work place environment,1. Work place is awesome 2. Excellent work life balance 3. Managers are always available for any feedbacks,1. Growth inside amazon is highly competitive,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30529,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Amazing Company,"Flexible working hours, peaceful working environment","Pays Less, Salary, not employee friendly,",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2275.htm
30530,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Amazing Company,"Flexible working hours, peaceful working environment","Pays Less, Salary, not employee friendly,",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30531,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work For Driven People,Challenging problems to solve with a great environment to take risks.Competitive salary for lateral recruits compared with campus hires. Very stimulating work environment.,"Need to be self-starter and motivated to drive things. If not such a person, this company isn't for you.",Ensure that the start up work culture of the 90's and early 2000's remains since the company has exploded in size!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30532,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Great Culture,"Great culture, positive environment to work and grow.","no cons till now, Great culture, positive environment to work and grow.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30533,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,At Amazon we are given the opportunity to own the part of the business we are responsible for and drive it forward in the manner in which we think will drive the best results. You work with amazing people and focus on the biggest challenges in the industry with global scope.,"Leadership is hit and miss with some amazing leaders scattered across the company, and an number of poor leaders in key positions. The great part is, however, that Amazon is huge and movement is encouraged, so you can shop around for the great leaders.",Invest in leadership training to drive consistency across the organization and ensure those that are promoted from within are not dependent on potentially bad leaders to become successful leaders.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30534,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,"Great organizational and leadership principles, informal culture, ban on power point presentations, generally fast paced, decentralized culture with a lot of ownership, great flexibility in moving teams / roles.",Work culture can be a total hit or miss depending on the team you're working in. Also HR support for inter-personal issues is non existent - everything is decided by your manager.,The variability in culture from team to team needs to be addressed. The performance reviews need to be more transparent.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30535,amazon,"Coalville, England (UK)"," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse,Enjoy working for Amazon! Great company to work for and loads of opportunities and perks.,Good pay on nights. Friendly team members. Free drinks. Make lots of effort for red nose day/ pancake day / Christmas,Rates are a little to high on prep Achievable on others,Team leader could be more approachable.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30536,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Trms,TRMS,"good culture, great growth, great salary & over time pay","rotational shifts , rotational week offs",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30537,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Data Associate,Data associate,Good transition from college to cooperate. Amazing culture. Great atmosphere to work in.,Not much growth. No skill required to do the job.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30538,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Customer Obsessed, lives its values, interesting and challenging work",Limited clarity on career options,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30539,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developers as Hitachi groups,"If you want to design and develop softwares for Hitachi groups, this company is most suitable than Hitachi. It is easy for women to work.","Contrary to other SIers, There is no specific strength.","If you want to join this company, English skill or Chinese skill will be helpful for your career. So negotiate to join projects which need English or Chinese.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2276.htm
30540,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - LMQanalyst,LMQ analyst,good work environment and good work with ample amount of time,i could nto manage my time,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30541,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,email agent- customer service,1. good company to work with 2. had great leads and managers. 3. have good scope to grow within the company.,1. less pay as it was outsourcing the customer service,keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30542,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent company to work on,"- Day to day challenging problems to solve, adequate opportunities for design and coding. - Fun events, outings etc. - Good company to be settled in.","- Heavy reliance on stakeholders, fluctuating requirements.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30543,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Advisor,great,a great team and great people,"low salary, but for what i have done it was ok",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30544,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Procurment Executive,You will be working with some of the smart people in the field.,Good place to work. Need to work for increment plan as annual increment is very low.,Please work for increment policy.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30545,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workflow Analyst,"You'll hear this a lot and personally, I think some of the talk is overblown but Amazon does indeed have some very, very smart and talented people working there. I know its a cliche, but I did learn a lot from most people I worked with there - and again, I say, most, not all :-) are just genuinely nice people. I would work again with these people without hesitation. I think the leadership there is especially great - just really smart, experienced people with sharp instincts, great insights and lots of ambition. It was really fun working with the folks I did.","I started to see a lot of the ""we are the best in the world"" mentality start to show up. I don't believe that everyone that works at Amazon is a genius and seeing that attitude crop up every now and then was annoying. Every company has inside politics and even though Amazon tries really hard to believe there is no politics, there is certainly that to deal with. No more than any other company that I can tell, but it can get frustrating when you're working so hard and so long to get derailed by that kind of thing.","So there you have it - overall I loved my time at Amazon. I was exhausted (in a very good way) every day but couldn't wait to go back and keep making progress. I was lucky to have a great team, a really interesting area to work on and some awesome problems to tackle.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30546,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Huge growth potential, lots of resources and support to help you growth, develop leadership skills, very high hiring bar and surrounded with very talented people","Long work hours, stressful, competitive",If you're looking to commit yourself to a job with high growth and learning potential + you are ready to commit to long hours this is the place for you.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30547,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok experience,Good salary. Good facility at office.,Don't follow software development life cycle.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30548,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager-temp,Lead to AM,Great to work with great team and responsible people.You have chance to develop . Good pay for Level3 0 tolerance to D&A and Grazing,"Not the best shift patterns.If you are going home ill or calling that you are ill,you will receive 1 attendance point. Very hard to support new starts when they asking for any exemptions",Ask to team for opinion.Listen and respect any ideas.Treat associates fairly.Support team and help them to improve or change career.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30549,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Ridiculously hard work (physically) for the money. Work for 4 days and then spend 3 days recovering before next shift.,"Weekly pay Flexible hours given out that can be used each quarter. Don't fancy staying the rest of the day? Just use your flexible hours, no permission required.",Very little break time Too many chiefs Too many managers who haven't managed before. Shoeing in people with degrees but no common sense or people skills.,"People without degrees aren't obsessed with just padding out a CV and then moving on, they are generally more loyal. Treat them a bit better.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2277.htm
30550,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 11, 2017","Current Employee - Manager, Vendor Management","Manager, Vendor Management","Ownership, dynamic, challenging problems to be solved",No clear plans for high potential candidates,keep it up!,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30551,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,very good reputation. Will be chased by the agents after you join Amazon,you need to work hard. You will be evaluated on every aspect of work numerically,recognize past education and experiences of the developers more,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30552,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Support Engineer,"Good Salary, Great Work Culture",Difficult work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30553,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer In Test,Software Engineer in Test,Great Exposure . Great place to start out and great scope for learning,Huge work pressure affects work life balance,Ensure everyone is given a fair opportunity,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30554,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazon is a great place to work. Not much work pressure. Pick up and drop facility. No politics.,"24x7 shift, but it rotates every three months, if u r okay with it. then its a great place to work.",Nothing much. Just keep up the great job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30555,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,Quality Analyst at Amazon,"One of the best company to work with. Most premier company. Employee friendly HR policy, Work from home",Not much. I don't see any cons. Everything is awesome.,You are doing great work. Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30556,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Sourcing Recruiter,Nice Journey - Prague,- Career Progression - Salary above the average and Nice Benefits - Easy Targets - Extra Projects - Excellent atmosphere - Excellent Work/Life Balance,"- Repetitive Tasks - Inefficient Recruitment Team (Many candidates have been contacted later than month from the application, No individual targets in my team). - Sometimes Unhelpful and Unexperienced Managers.",- Better Selection for Managers - Meal Vouchers - Improve Recruitment Processes,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30557,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Company review,Good people to work with.,A little laidback and less focussed,Do not keep tabs on breaks,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30558,amazon,Pune (India)," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Excellent Work Culture,Good facilities are provided High incentives are provided for overtime Friendly coworkers and managers Canteen food is good and cheap,Short and less breaks are given Work shifts may be rotational and employee dont have any choice Holidays may also change,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30559,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good place to work,"Good work culture, Young and dynamic team Good exposure to technology","Senior management may not always be accessible Being very self-driven is a bare minimum here Support at a personal level could be hard to find, you'll have to sort yourself out to work your way around the company",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2278.htm
30560,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Compliance,Awesome work place,"employeecentric, hr policies, leave, neutral work pressure, outing, Manager, food coupons, infra structure, dependent salary...","Food is not free, work space allocation is not proper, goodies are not so frequent.",Please include thalli system in food court,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30561,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Its still day one :p,"Managers and leads are very helpful,work environment is very nice",Every three months the shift and offs gets changed.so adjusting every now and then is little difficult,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30562,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 4, 2017","Current Employee - Catalog Associate, English",Ideal place to start for a fresher,"No dress code, open-minded culture and friendly people all around. Cab facility for all shifts and food coupons at free of cost.",I haven't found any of now. I need to go through few months to find out whether something concerns me and whether my issue are taken for consideration are not.,"It would be ideal if it emphasize Work Smart, Have Fun, Make History instead of Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History​",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30563,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,frupid,"you may be exposed to cool tech, such as AWS, Machine Learning, and that's pretty much it - not so cool tech.",No perks. At. All. Nuf said.,Pay more attention to career development of your directs,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30564,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Engineering Manager,Expansion mode Lots of opportunities Career Growth,Low pay Hard work is expected US Seattle centric organisation with international presence,What works in US does not work globally most of the time,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30565,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,No chance of progression,"Well known company, pays above minimum wage. Shares and discount","Same start salary no matter what your quals, and no hope of progression. Never go tgere with 'foot in door and work my way up' intention, it will ruin your career and your mental health","Amazon management ireland has nothing to be proud of, if you are one of the very few who can do the job, go seek a more reputable employer",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30566,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,Exciting business and fast moving environment,You will always find something new in the business and it constantly brings you and opportunity to drive your career.,"Very unique culture and has peculiar way to run day to day business. For example, writing a long document with precise data.",Put more emphasis on developing people in inspiring and motivating way but putting pressure.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30567,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE II,"Good money, lots of perks, and a sign up bonus. Get to work in a high-pressure environment, writing production-level code at a fast pace.","Ugly code base. The tech stack isn't something you can really apply externally. Horrible work-life balance (on-call), and demanding executives leaving very little breathing room. You always get the feeling that you're another dispensable number, and upper management can cut you and your team at their whim if you don't deliver.",Focus more on quality than speed. Improve on culture and fostering the people than on revenue.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30568,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Packer,Slave Labour,Meeting some nice people who work here.A sense of being in the job together.,"Ridiculous targets that are unobtainable,immense pressure,unrealistic breaks,enough to give you mental health issues,possible physical issues and the job can potentially take years off your life due to copious amounts of stress.",Get a conscience and start treating employees as human beings not slaves/robots,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30569,amazon,Orléans (France)," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager Level V,Good opportunities,Salary and good atmosphere. Good place to get experience to manage big teams.,"Very long days, about 10h or work per day",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2279.htm
30570,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Amazon.in,"Free work environment, friendly people and you might never get bored of your job",There are many growth opportunities once you get into amazon so no cons,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30571,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flow lead,you get to learn new things and use high tech equipment,long working hours can be tiring with constant high pressure working,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30572,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Opportunities to Learn, Lateral Movements","Hectic, Work life balance not good",What works in other geographies may not work in India,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30573,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,No chance of progression,"Well known company, pays above minimum wage. Shares and discount","Same start salary no matter what your quals, and no hope of progression. Never go tgere with 'foot in door and work my way up' intention, it will ruin your career and your mental health","Amazon management ireland has nothing to be proud of, if you are one of the very few who can do the job, go seek a more reputable employer",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30574,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,BEST PLACE TO WORK,The managers everyone are very friendly,Aux and its highly performance oriented,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30575,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer,Business Intelligence Engineer,"It's Amazon, huge growing possibilities, etc.","lots of work, high performance required",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30576,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,You get to grow faster than you can ever think of growing within an organisation. The work culture - can barely tell home from work.,"None. Yep, not one. Absolutely no cons.",Keep doing whatever you're doing. You truly are providing a great ambiance to work under.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30577,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,a chilled yet adictive work environmanrt,1-not much of office politics or stressed out job 2- growth is good 3- you get paid for extra time 4-takes really good care of there employees 5-constant fun activities to make work interesting,the only thing i felt about my job was - it gets monotonous . the constant change in policies and new work implementations has made the work environment in amazon like any other 9-5 IT sector job,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30578,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems Engineer,Great people and teams to work with. Opportunities to learn and grow. Fast development environment.,Mid senior level bureaucracy. Sometimes too focused on business than innovation.,Fix the mid senior level bureaucracy under whom bulk of the engineers work.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30579,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good company to work at. Friendly environment,No cons no cons not bad at all Nothing Nothing Nothinh,Avoid being partial show equality no politics,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2280.htm
30580,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Peaceful work environment,Work environment is good.friendly management . Good compensation,None as of now to mention.. vague about the further career opportunities,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30581,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer II,"Talented people, Great work ethics, You learn a lot really fast","People are considered mere resources, not human beings Long work hours Don't appreciate hard work spent on projects",You don't know at all how to deal with the most important resource you have: People,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30582,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - SDE3,SDE3,Amazon provides great learning opportunity. You are given full ownership of the work you do. There is good growth potential if you can prove yourself,"End of the day it is a sweat shop though. There is hardly any work life balance. In fact, its just work work and work. Very little facilities available. Thriftiness is the core value",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30583,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Operative,.Very intense work in a fast paced environment,.Repetitive in terms of daily tasks,.,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30584,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not a very good place to work, everybody is quit competitive",Pay is great and i can get more experiance within the industry,"everybody is quit competitive, not friendly",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30585,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"Innovative, inspiring, ownership, and working with wickedly smart people.","Intense, demanding, long hours, competitive",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30586,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome company to start at,The environment will always encourage you to get the best in you to work.,"The more you get involved, harder it is to pull yourself out of office.",The HR team should ensure the FUN part. It's missing most of the times.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30587,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Excellent place to Learn,Only Pros would be Work life balance,"Learning, Comp structure, Leadership Principles, Leaders",Work life balance,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30588,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,No reason to work here except money,Good pay. You don't accumulate any career capital. Barely any skill you acquire here will be transferrable to a new job.,"Getting things done is tedious. The pretentiousness around ""Amazon leadership principles"" is unbearable.",Nothing. The company is successful at delivering value to customers and shareholders which is all that matters.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30589,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Apr 1, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Good,"Innovative progressive company that allows you to develop and constantly raises the bar with personal performance, associate engagement and delivering results on a daily .",. . . .. . . . . . .,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2281.htm
30590,amazon,Pune (East Timor)," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - CSNA-Retail Associate,"good place,nice environment",dynamic environment ecommerce knowledge getting to know innovation from the closest,less pay for CS operations performance pressure evryday,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30591,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Lead,Not a great place to work.,No dress code Flexible timing 4k transport allowance,Changes to fast No work and life balance Pays less Extracts lot of work,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30592,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced company,Challenging Variety Lots of change- leads to a lot of improvement Projects to get involved on Lots of opportunity for growth and change,"Some ambiguity at times can be long hours, particularly in busy times can be some bureacracy around local changes",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30593,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Leader,"Immense learning opportunity, excellent pay structure, stocks are growing fast which makes your earning grow automatically.",Senior leaders drive things for their own promotion rather for company's growth. Amazon principles are being misused.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30594,amazon,"Bridgend, Wales (UK)"," Apr 15, 2017",Former Employee - Unemployed,Warehouse,"Repetative,fast paced, friendly, teamwork, good wage","Longhours, short breaks, walking long distances, busy, strict",Longer breaks needed,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30595,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Quality Associate,Neutral but not satisfied,Good work atmosphere Work life balance Easy approachable leadership Open to suggestions and implementation Trying always to success in various fields,No growth in particular Lesser Salary Biased approach in promotions Hr in some department cannot be trusted and relied upon,Try increasing the salary of the individuals to a respectable level in an operations team and give equal opportunities and promotions and not keep it to specific set of people you have cordial relationship with,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30596,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good place to be,"Good enviroment, a lot of opportunity and salary is good enough. No stress at all, really recommended for friends",Sometimes you have the impression that is not really easy to promote if you are not local.,Promoting more inside people insead of looking for people from outside.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30597,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 31, 2017","Current Employee - Sales, Account and Program Management","Good place to work, not great for MBA freshers","Challenging work, brilliant learning curve, and good peer group.","Less work life balance, harsh treatment by bosses, very slow growth","Please treat employees better, and address their concerns in a better way,",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30598,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some what bitter in selection,Very genuine and selection is based on our talent and determination in life and good vacability in our English and sratandezation of topic,Night shifts selection of own topics we have many topics so we have little bit confusion in selection of topics,Make students know about some topics,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30599,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - AP Manager,The company is fast paced and drives improvement in all areas.,"Company is driven by the leadership principles and the spirit is quite entrepreneurial. The environment is multinational, people from many countries work together and they have relocated","I cannot say I found cons, the benefit package is inline with other companies and there is a normal life work balance.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2282.htm
30600,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Associate,"Very good company to start our career, we can apply through direct walkin or through employee referrals as well.","The work timings are very odd and can be hectic once you start working, But this is common in every company so not a major issue",They need to have some standard working hours and not rotational shifts. This would make it more interesting.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30601,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not that great not that bad,"People around you are the smartest of the minds. So, you might feel challenged to deliver more.",You have to deliver result at much faster pace. Will take huge toll on work life balance. Good for workaholic people.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30602,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"high salary, good environment, and co-worker","On-call, many works .",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30603,amazon,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,IT Support Engineer,Learn a lot of things and good working environment.,"A typical day at work is standing 10-12, fast face. Learned to stay focus at all time. They offer great benefits. Great company. They treat their employee great.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30604,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Support Representative,Awesome Workplace Enviroment,Awesome workplace Environment One of the best working experience apart from few things,Transportation Issues Salary Sometimes food but not always,Increase Salary and Solve Transportation Issues,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30605,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Worst,"Nice office, infrastructure is great. But thats not all !","Demotivating, no work life balance, favoritism, worst culture . Ego filled management. Misleading job role.",Not worth it,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30606,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its fine,"You meet many people. Not bad place. You're being treated good from ur leaders. The canteens are big, clean and have everithing that you need. There is transport",Some people find the work hard. Not much bad thing to say,Learn the rules of the place. Somethimes other people have to explain you whay they did somthing in specific way,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30607,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,content test associate,good platform to learn technologies,"lot of internal politics, which is not suitable for people with ethics, which leads to job frustration very easily .",need to give equal oppurtunity,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30608,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not great,Fixed work timings Cab facility and good cafeteria,No growth Boring work and will get bored in no time,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30609,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Risk Investigator Review,"You join as L3 employee and can get shares upon promoting to L4, Amazon shares are very valuable Provide Cab Facility and other Shift,OT allowances and No dress code","Not much learning, And it's a career stagment if you could not get a promotion by 1-2 years I would suggest to check once on Quora to understand how bad this job could make you land in if you are a Engineering grad!",Provide Growth to Internal Employees rather than hiring from outside for Managerial Positions when experineced folks are available,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2283.htm
30610,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,awesome place to work,so faar nothing is wrong,be also employee centric company,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30611,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process analyst,"In this company has more options to growth. It's also one the MNC company, it's contains work hard, have fun and make history.",We have to wait for long time of getting promotion.,"Please find the hard work employees, and get promote them to higher level, don't push that kind of employees long time.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30612,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Safety Head,Amazing experience to work with world's most customer cetric company.,Very fast paced work environment,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30613,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Risk Investigator,"Good place to work, grow and enhance your skills on the job. Good work culture.",Not able to find anything negative about the employer or the employees at the moment.,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30614,amazon,"Milton Keynes, England (UK)"," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - FC Associate Tier I,to whom it might concern (Operation Manager at Inbound),"mid-high Technology, geek, hard work, enough salary.","Lack health and Safety, Lack of opportunities to grow up if you are not a woman (beautiful), lack of sincerity and true on investigation issues, lack of seats, no opportunity for disabled people, all FC have old software in intranet and the connection between intranet and internet for applying to a new job is always impossible, specially to LinkledIn.","You do not think in your career, job and family, remember soon or late we will meet outside Amazon at other job, you must respect other, and you do not lie to the big boss (Jeff Bezos)",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30615,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Manager - Catalog,Manager - Catalog,"Smart and hardworking colleagues and direct reports, opportinities for growth within the organization, engaging work","Lower salaries than market, increased workload",-,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30616,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,awesome,everything is a pro in amazon,no thing all good was there i,no advice,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30617,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good place to learn and explore,No work life balance.,Do not treat employees as your slaves,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30618,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - QAE II,Careful!!!! Before You Join,- Cool office - Pantry - Perks,- One of the deadliest work culture in IT. - Extreme poor work life balance - If happen to stuck with bad manager your life in screwed (highly team specific) - They encourage back biting colleges. - Be aware of compensation and don't jump suddenly. Sign in bonus has to paid back if you leave before 2 years. - You need to handle multiple projects at one time. No matter whatver condition is. - Manager will always point your faults (extreme fault finding nature) and huge fuzz on small things which will demotivate you. - No training for new joinees (internal product). You are supposed to do everything yourself. No matter how you do. - You will feel lost. - Some people think Work I will do. Its not about work they dont let you breath - Few people here enjoy who are closer to managers. - Overall for money if you want to throw your life and become slave its upto you. - No recreational activities on any festivals or occasion. -Little knowledge sharing among team members. - Average tenure people stay is very less. - You have to show off your work with tiny things possible . Take credits openly and cheating. People generally here show off previous companie they work for. - Advice :- better stay away. If you are experience and need some life otherwise you will have some money but no time to enjoy.,- No advice you already super intelligent/smart. Your rules your way.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30619,amazon,New Delhi (India)," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Neutral,* Good learning. * Fast moving company. * Competitive salary in the industry. * Vast number of opportunities in the company across different locations. * You can switch to any other team whenever you want.,* No clear growth ladder. * Manager does not tell you clear expectations. * High churn rate. * No freebies like what my friends get in their companies. * Too much customer obsessed.,Give mangers some training for better management.,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2284.htm
30620,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - CSA,i worked as a CSA in amazon for indian process (voice),good package good transport facility great work environment no pressure of work safe environment,high volumes at peak politics in internal job processing,amazon is the best and doesnt need any advice,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30621,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware of AMAZON politics and management,good benefits personal time off and vacation days,Long hours .Practically 10 hours of shift and hardly get time for lunch break as you have to walk and waste time at security.Busy year you are forced to work overtime to fulfill their targets and management won't give a damn or appreciate your hard work and dedications.If you make errors or mistake when you are in different departments labour sharing/helping to coverup for other people you get written warning without considering anything.Sometimes you are been treated like labour doing donkey work all your shift till you get tired and exhausted.And you cnt take vacations during peak season even if you are sick present doctors note they have ready excuse not to accept it and will be given warnings and attendance points are automatically added.will never answer calls or listen to voicemail .you need to run after them to get problem solved wasting your break time,H.R needs more formal training as they don't care about your problem and situations .they ignore everything and blame their mistakes either on employee or other HR team members,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30622,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,management trainee,Everything is perfect in amazon,Culture is too friendly I don't even feel it as my office...,Nothing,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30623,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Graduate Area Manager,Super challenging environment. Truly a learn on the job kind of company. Loads of responsibility and accountability on first weeks. Great place for growth career wise. Great values if implemented correctly.,Poor support and mentoring. Long hours. Bad working schedule. A bit too much of every man for himself kind of feeling due to such hard load of work,Great values if implemented correctly.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30624,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Category Manager,Amazon India review,Greater opportunities to learn fast. Encourages autonomy and calculated risk taking. Great set of People to work with. Freedom to set your own work style and pace. You are encouraged to try different roles in different functions every couple of years.,Work life Balance can be tough to maintain for most people. Having fun at work is something the org is working towards improving. Promotion process is tedious and somewhat political in nature.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30625,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service associate and seller support,"amazing working enviroment, good support from your co workers and sups. good salaries",absolutely no cons i can post,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30626,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience,Great atmosphere great learning experiencfe big brand name,no growth no respect no acknowledgement i am just writing this to unlock content,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30627,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding job,"Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.","You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.",More on-boarding training before new employees are thrown in the fire. The first couple of weeks can be very confusing on where to find the information you need that pertains to your job.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30628,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfilment Associate,Hell from Hell,None truly awful place to work,"Amazon Absolutely Shocking The Working Practice, could never have a laugh there it was like being put in prison, the majority of managers were always rude, non caring or friendly and staff welfare didnt exist, if you didnt like it managers would say work somewhere else then, it was hell from hell.","Being rude, non caring, unfriendly will make all staff resign, using probation period as a way to sack people that are not hitting the targets is truly disgusting",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30629,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Innovative and customer obsessed,Lot of amazing opportunities in the India business,Extremely tech driven organization which slows down the pace a bit.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2285.htm
30630,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Innovative and customer obsessed,Lot of amazing opportunities in the India business,Extremely tech driven organization which slows down the pace a bit.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30631,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best company for the freshers,No dresscode Healthy environment Great place to work Amazon brand tag Lovely place Now work pressure Helpful management Friendly colleagues,No cons No cons No cons No cons No cons No cons No cons No cons No cons No cons No cons No cons,Advice to hike the salary,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30632,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,goood company and great experience,"good company to work for, great experience in your bucket","Need some clear growth,compensation can be better",management is good but can be better,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30633,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,"good benefits,very systematic working,everything is well defined,pay is good,chance to learn a lot of things,good for a starter,lots of voluntary overtime","work is monotonous and tiring,very repetitive,long working hours,sometimes a lot of mandatory overtimes,no time for family,the work that can be done while sitting should not be done while standing","introduce 8 hours shift,rest managers are good and cooperative,nothing in particular. please introduce more sitting jobs,it will be goof for health of employees",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30634,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great!,Great place to work as a product owner. Loved every minute of the role. Challenging and lots of interesting work.,Hours were long and the reputation of the company is not great. Not an inspiring place to tell people you work when they don't pay their fair share of UK tax.,Not an inspiring place to tell people you work when they don't pay their fair share of UK tax. Challenging and lots of interesting work.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30635,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Good work environment Team outings,Maintaining unrealistic metrics Tough process involved to grow further,Have realistic performance goals,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30636,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,amazon review,salary is high in mazon company..happy,high work pressure in amazon company..happy,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30637,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Amazing Amazon Workholic,Workholic New Technology Great Learning  Salary - no one can beat at least for SDE-2 in india,"If you are lazy , cons is that work will be more",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30638,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great company,Good potential to grow. Great opportunity to learn and work with intelligent people. Nice offices and a lot of cultural events.,Could get really busy. The hierarchy and the internal levelling can get out of hands. A lot of politics among the management.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30639,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Recruitment Coordinator,Amazon UK,- decent base salary - flexible working - a bit of traveling,- lack of support for career development - long hours expected - Management is not supportive if you are stressed or overworked - you will only receive criticism and never praise - RSUs are a joke as you only receive some of the shares after a year and then you are taxed 47% on them - Managers teat you like a robot rather then a human being,"Realize that we are humans and not robots. We need praise and encouragement as well as constructive criticism. Be more empathetic when an employee you tells you they are stressed and overworked instead of just saying ""this is Amazon and we have high standards, deal with it.""",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2286.htm
30640,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,transaction risk investigator,no pressure.Good for married women,not challenging.Anyone could do this kind of job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30641,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Manager III,Great place to work,Very progressive organisation. Always has the long term future in sight while taking decisions. Culture is very tightly held by leaders and consistent across.,"Ends up creating redundancies cuase of experimentation. Too much documentation, career growth is slow. Easier to join at higher level from outside than to grow internally.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30642,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer engineer,"Good office space, good and productive work, lot of team outings.","No free food, salary not so good.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30643,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Analyst,Always growing,Very dynamic environment and fast growing.,"Too many things to do, low salary.",Increasing the salary can motivate more the employees.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30644,amazon,Vijayawada (India)," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Process Associate,One year experience good skills hard working,To day work completed at the best way to day fully,Morning delivery service office closed time totally work completed offter,Looking good,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30645,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,Supportive people Good pay Lot of benefits Informal and free atmosphere,Very stressful job Constant pressure to be 100%perfect. Challenging job,No advice,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30646,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place Overall!,"Exposure, Excitement, Leadership skills and a great learning opportunity. Some of the best minds to collaborate and work with.","Hierarchy, as much as they deny is still prevalent, at least in India",Make Great Hiring Decisions! At least adhere to the existing principle.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30647,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Specialist,Technical Support Associate at Amazon India,Great place to work. Benefits offered probably the best in industry.,Less pay hikes. Stressful performance metrics.,Remove NRR,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30648,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"Good company to work, good people","salary, possibility to evoluate in intern",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30649,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Talent Sourcer,Great company to work for,"good time and environment, possibility to change jobs within the company","just really intense, not a real con",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2287.htm
30650,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,software engg,"decent salary, nice place to learn","hectic work life, no time free",no thing,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30651,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good place to start,There are lot of opportunities in Amazon. If you don't like your role you can always apply for other roles(you get it if you're lucky). Pays quite well for a very simple stress free role. If you have a good manager you can grow well here. I would say its a very good place for freshers to start their career before moving to other companies.,I honestly don't find any cons,Recognize employees' strong points and develop them,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30652,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Transportation Operations Specialist,Transportation Specialist,Best Company to work . Good environment.,Did not found any cons,NA,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30653,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Best place to work,"One of the best work environments I've ever seen. Transparency is followed well, a good place to start off with","Due to the high number of contacts we keep receiving round the clock, we are asked to work overtime if needed. All a part of customer obsession. Nothing to complaint about the same.",The management has come up with some great organizational structure. Looking forward to see how it is going to work.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30654,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Nice environment, you will be surrounded by smart people from all over the world","HR should do more for the employees, timed breaks might get very stressful",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30655,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Facility Executive,Good Learning Experience,"Good Exposure, MNC Culture & Tradition, Good Knowledge in F & B","Employed through Third Party, Less Salary",No Advice. Got support from Management,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30656,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Best place to find growth,good working environment and working ethics,work pressure as it is 24*7 service job,Try to be employee centric too,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30657,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazon- TRMS,Friendly Broad Minded Team Members,No Growth No cross skill,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30658,amazon,none," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Pays very well. Very passionate,Looks down upon Indians especially by the Americans. Work life balance is a challenge. There is no long term plan for most employees,Trust local management,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30659,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,A Learning,The logistics of the process of FBA(Fulfillment by Amazon) is exceptional. The amount of knowledge I garnered during my years in Amazon helped me achieve better opportunities. It is an amazing organisation with regard to the salary or the benefits provided to an employee.,Work pressure at times gets to much to handle.,Negotiations in reference to salaries should be clearly discussed and any improvements should be welcomed by the management.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2288.htm
30660,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Amazon experience,"Very fast paced activities, lots of work to do, good pay, good vacation,","not enough tools and processes to be able to deliver. all decisions taken in Seattle, so other areas see lower importance and have less visibility",Respect experienced new hires and welcome new ideas.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30661,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,Great Learning Environment,Fast paced environment that encourages you to learn as much as you can and supports development. Lots of great people working together as a team and opportunities for advancement.,"Not too many cons fortunately. Amazon is still pretty new to Canada so they are still going through a lot of trial and error to see what works best for the business operations. They operate very lean, which sometimes means they do not have enough staff in place for the task at hand creating long hours and heavier workloads.","Stronger focus on acknowledging staff efforts to give better gage on how you are doing in your role. There is a high turnover in staff due to the pace, creating staff engagement opportunities to get to know colleagues would create better team collaboration",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30662,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Nice place,A lot of pros nice compensations nice place to work and grow People is very nice .,There is no cons. Everythings Is Ok Small relaxing room,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30663,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Great work culture , no dress code, ample opportunities","Varied payscale, nothing much about it",Nothing much,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30664,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,"Positive company culture, work-life balance.","Some departments have a bureaucracy, the team manager dictatorial thoughts who are not good at to listen to employees.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30665,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Good,Good place to have fun,"Fun Place to work, no dress code and a pretty chilled out work culture.",Pressure depends on the team you fall into. Gets monotonous after a while.,You are killing the charm of amazon in the name of improvement and growing.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30666,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Gives a lot of freedom to the work, flexible time","A lot of systems and new systems keeps coming up, which creates a lot of workload to understand and connects these systems. The culture itself is quite individual and competitive, too much results driven and not enough relationship building. Many initiatives going on but not enough communication, sometimes it takes a long time to get an answer to a question, since the organization is getting so complex and no one has a clear picture.","Give clear priorities, create more synergies between systems and business units, more communication and team building",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30667,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Team Leader,Program manager,Work hard. Have fun. Make history,"Challenging company, where you need to improve yourself every day.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30668,amazon,"Jalandhar, Punjab (India)"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best cloud company,The best reason to work at Amazon is that you feel so free and you are not surrounded by bosses but by leaders,I think i do not have any cons to write about,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30669,amazon,Wrocław (Poland)," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warhouse,In this time any job is fine,FC is far away from home,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2289.htm
30670,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Good overall,"Great internal mobility, great teams (i was lucky), Smart people Good managers (i was lucky) Fun to work in, good atmosphere","Bureaucratic: hard to get promoted quickly even if you are a star due to minimum ""cool down"" times Boring: Amazon can afford to have a ton of people so everyone does very little. Scale is great, but scope is limited",Nurture your top stars and compensate additional responsibility with appropriate promotions,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30671,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Multi Drop Driver,multi drop driver,good pay £108 per day 6 days a week self employed flexible schedule van provided weekly rental different routes,too many drops long hours 14 hour days regular 6 days a week late finishes getting home as late as 10pm lay offs suddenly sprung on drivers lack of routes waste of time waiting at hq to start loading the vans,"treat drivers fairly, fair days work fair days pay based on hourly rate, treat drivers with respect, Drivers are disrespected by management and abused, communicate politely, too often tone of voice extremely offensive, considering we are sself employed. Train drivers properly, no real training given nor proper induction to the job. Poor management.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30672,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"The team I was working at was great, helpful and I learned a lot. Was working with cutting edge technologies and enjoyed the internship very much.",A big corporation so a lot of stuff takes a time to manage. Also internship culture isn't that great. It was up to us to socialize.,Keep up the good work. New technologies amazon is developing are super cool.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30673,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Work culture,1. Excellent work environment. 2. Helpful managers 3. Friendly culture 4. Very adjustable environment,no cons found in this company,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30674,amazon,none," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting company with lots of growth,"exciting company with lots of growth potential , lots of exciting projects to work on","little transparency in HR process, confusing at times.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30675,amazon,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Mar 25, 2017",Current Employee - Picker Packer,Picker Packer,Free coffee provided. Nice supervisors,Only 15 min break on a 5.5 h shift .,Longer break please,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30676,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good team, interesting project, nice ppl","Good people who have passions to work. Interesting project that is inspiring. You can also receive high salaries, the same as other high tech companies. Seattle is also a good city","Long working hours. My mentor arrives the office at 8am, and usually leaves after 6pm. Most of the ppl working in this style. They are not complaining about it, at least not in public. Bonus is so little. No food. Only coffee. Supports between different teams are also limited. Each team is basically building their own tools.",More life working balance. More team cooperation. Really value your employees. More team building activities. And more freedom in choosing projects!,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30677,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Expect to sign your life away,"Learn a lot, fast paced, high turnover of staff means new ideas coming in all the time","very slow promotions (wait 5/6years), salary increases only £100 or so per year, work you until you become a zombie, if you're sick its held against you, you're expected to be a robot not a human, many people go on stress leave. The New York Times article is frighteningly accurate. People often stay because there is literally no time to apply for other jobs, very little control over your targets due to way Amazon operates","Get training in how to manage human beings, not robots",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30678,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area manager,"Good salary , great opportunity to learn a large scale operation and to manage a large team. Fantastic management and leadership learning courses.","Long working hours , unsocial shift patterns. A challenging environment to settle into, with little support structure provided. However this forces self learning and taking initiative to develop.",Spend more time on developing new hires in managerial positions.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30679,amazon,"Kirkcaldy, Scotland (UK)"," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Receiver,Not too bad,"Friendly staff and nice managers, lots of training providing usually by friendly team members. Cafeteria on site lots to choose from","Long hours, and very busy car park. It can take upto 25 minutes to get out of the cat park",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2290.htm
30680,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Member Technical,Good Place to learn much skills and have a lot of good co owrkers to get into. Good projects to complete and good HR management,"No work life balance, give the space for games, encourage the individuality and support the ideas here and there by collecting teams",Maintain work life balance,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30681,amazon,Shamshabad (India)," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - Team Leader,Good,Good environment and good coardination between employees Amazon is a top multinational company.Best rated online services like handling package good delivery speed . On time delivery is good.,Yeah .It's top online company and l like work in transportation,No,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30682,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Easy to go & clean job.,"10 hours shifts, mixed day and night shifts, 3 weeks each. Feedback system.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30683,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Great Company,If you are motivated to work hard and meet the standards that are required of you then the Company and job are great. No lazy unmotivated people need apply.,rate increase subject to change after 75% of employees are meeting rate. Work hard then rate goes up and you have to work SUPER hard to keep rate at 100%,"MY experience has been positive with management They are real and approachable, during Peak season they even work at picking and stowing to help out the team!",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30684,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent organisation,no man management self management is encouraged,nothing much that I can complain about,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30685,amazon,"Holborn, England (UK)"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager Amazon,Reputable company Good salary good job oppurtunities,They expect you to take the work and run with it,nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30686,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good,Great company to start off ur career,"nothing as such, should be good with the management",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30687,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Overall Good Place,Good place to work for product managers,Slow promotions is one concern area,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30688,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Slovakia,Multiple transversal opportunities. Company is growing a lot,Low salary / jobs may be not interesting,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30689,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Everything right and wrong about business,Ease of work and brand name,under qualified management. lower compensation. lack of transparency. overlooking keen talents/skill sets,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2291.htm
30690,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive,Great company to start your career,Not for people who want to take it slow.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30691,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Customer Service Manager,"Great people to work with, clear company vision, great values",Internal promotions are poorly handled,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30692,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Intern,Great experience,Great people Culture Ownership stimulating Balance,Less perks than other tech companies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30693,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - VCM Associate,"Great Company, great benefits",Great company with really great benefits. It a company that reciprocates on people that stay for a long time.,Sometimes bureaucracy can be frustrating,"cut the red tape, develop your leaders to develop your people. not all leaders focus on helping their agents to develop themselves and their growth opportunities.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30694,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,quick review,High level of freedom in making decisions about the software on team level. Access to a lot of different resources if it's justified.,"Work life balance: All you get is as much as you fight for. Plus you might end up with a lot of on-call load and thus weekend (or middle of night) work on small teams. While officially requiring to be upfront with problems, and think critically, in reality managers can get away with anything as long as they deliver on their goals. You better keep this in mind when dealing with them.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30695,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Mar 18, 2017",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist,A highly pressurized environment.,Higher salaries (+4000/gross/month) if compared to similar jobs.,They measure your time spent at the toilet.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30696,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working for Amazon,international environment good company learned a lot,low salary and difficult growth in specific departments,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30697,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,Like-minded individuals with a varied perspective which exposes you to a wider world. Good cultural values which enable you to express your work the way you want to.,Structured work is not in place and delays the way things should be working like. Having rotational shifts which really will take a toll on health and routine.,Work upon the structured framework and try to gather wider perspectives from employees and then take time to collaborate according to the requirements to ease the flow of work.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30698,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer - Intern,Awesome,"lots and lots to learn, become a professional","work life balance, too much pressure",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30699,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Nice workplace,Best work culture.New things to get learn daily,No cons working at Amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2292.htm
30700,amazon,Pune (India)," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Nice workplace,Best work culture.New things to get learn daily,No cons working at Amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30701,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,"Amazon has been a driving stone, constantly challenging me to improve myself and work towards expectations of my team.","Open door policy, your view and opinion is not dismissed, company is employee friendly and works In making sure our views are taken into consideration.",Should have many more training sessions for employees to take up which would be helpful in the future.,Work life balance to be taken much more seriously...,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30702,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,Very poor,I would say no pros working in an Amazon warehouse,"The job as a whole. It's impossible to take anything positive. 10 hours shift, stressful environment, management rude and with an absolute lack of manners.",I just would like to congratulate the management for being able to recreate in the 21st century work conditions so close to slavery. Well done.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30703,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Tech Support Analyst,Good Job.,best work culture in the industry,low growth but cannot blame the management.,Some of the employees are worth more than the job they are working on. New challenges are what they might need.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30704,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Good Company Culture,One of the most customer centric and innovative company to work. Great and open culture which always motivates everyone to perform at their best potential,Long working hours specially when you are oncall. Difficult to balance between personal and professional life.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30705,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Data Specialist,Data Specialist,"Very good learning opportunities, it will be good if you are in tech filed.","Internal transfer should be encouraged, Oncall should be paid overtime money across all levels.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30706,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,1. Great place to start your career,1. Learning is less and personal growth is less,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30707,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Amazon Media Group",Time to change the management style,"Smart and challenging colleagues, good atmosphear (for white collars), compensation, potential internal opportunities. Fast pacing company who is great for anyone who like that and can follow the rythm. Innovation and autonomy is encouraged. There are a lot of opportunities to learn, by yourself, from your colleagues and sometimes your mentor. Great for self starter.","Amazon's hierarchy embodies why companies should go into holacracy/sociocracy management type: there are a lot of smart and competent individuals (IC and first line managers who have to be hands on), yet those people are caught in reporting, doc writing to justify the X lines of managers (far to be leaders...) above them in WBR, MBR, QBR. Those meeting produce countless hours of time wasted and usually lead to absolutely 0 actions. Lots of meetings are setup for no reason - sometimes you even wonder if the management understand what is going on... There is a big lack of top-down communication in return. Don't expect vision or anticipation because directors are too busy driving politics to actually care about the business, we end up having multiple teams working on similar projects, then management fighting about roles and responsabilities.","Communicate, stop covering each ofhers' when a team messes up. Bezos probably doesn't care much but you'll get less attrition in doing so. Reduce the number of managers to actually have more people doing the work. Invest further in tools and products, the ones done internally are really bad. Let's admit it instead of building workarounds everywhere.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30708,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Organization,"Culture at work place, flexible time, team events","Work life balance is less, Q4 is hectic",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30709,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Great company great brand great opportunity,"Hard work, highly competitive, many people",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2293.htm
30710,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,GOOD,good work culture! great peers and food,No proper work life balance for CSR,nothing much..open many OU in different parts of the country,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30711,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor manager,Work with smart people all the time,Long hours and low pay,Work life balance,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30712,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Development Manager,A place of phenomenal opportunity.,- Very intelligent people with a can-do attitude. - Excellent compensation relative to market. - The senior management adopts a very detail oriented / hands-on approach (they're not afraid to ask for your spreadsheets and will dive deep). - More than half of the workforce has been here for less than 2 years (this can be both a good and bad thing because it keeps the firm entrepreneurial).,"- Quite a lot of Travel (but this is to be expected and is made clear before joining). - Poor knowledge management (Most often, someone else has probably already done what you're doing, and you won't know it until its too late). - More than half of the workforce has been here for less than 2 years (this can be both a good and bad thing because it keeps the firm entrepreneurial).","There's possibly a huge amount of cost saving if we can find a way to avoid reinventing the wheel, and putting in place some better knowledge management.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30713,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Fair,"Payment is good, fruits and biscuits around.","Shifts are not very convenient, hardly ever having a weekend free.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30714,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Trms,TRMS,good career start for a fresher great perks and benefits great work environment,very less scope for learning new skills,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30715,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average Experience,Great Learning Opportunity and Good Working Environment,No Work Life Balance. Minimum Hike.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30716,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - QAE II,QAE 2,Awesome place with great tools.,Nothing to find out even after working for 1 year,Excellent Mangement,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30717,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,One of the finest places to work for a fresher,Awesome culture Crazy staff Unimaginable work style Pleasant ambience No restrictions on what you can deal with You can go out of box for satisfying the customer Excellent night shift and over time allowances Free food and transportation And a lot more.....,Joining process may get delayed sometimes Few managers will not allow us to act as we wish Shift selection will not be provided They will be based on rotation formula,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30718,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Imaging Research Associate,"Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History","Amazon is really Awesome to work with, I really regret for resigning the job, we don't have work pressure, NO dress code. More over every one treats us like their own family. I learned many new things from Amazon. Our team had many Unique projects.","Partiality with in teams, but that quiet common everywhere.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30719,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Digital Associate,digital associate,work life balance is good,"management is bad, no encouragement",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2294.htm
30720,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Digital Associate,digital associate,work life balance is good,"management is bad, no encouragement",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30721,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Very supportive culture, lots of opportunities to move ahead and grow within the company and the atmosphere is fun while expectations are still high. Very talented colleagues to learn from!",Interview process even for interns is very intense but it helps prepare for future job interviews. Company culture appeals to very specific type of people. You need to embrace their way of thinking.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30722,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 15, 2017",Former Employee - Senior SO,Avoid if you can. Don't just look at compensation.,Good compensation. But that's about it,Too much of unwarranted politics. Long hours. Unresponsive and virtually dead HRBPs.,"Nothing new, they already know the issues. It's just easier for them to laterally hire and burn out the new ones too before they make it to year 2, when the stocks start to make sense",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30723,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk analyst review,- Immense growth opportunities - Over time is available through out the year,- Break timings is restricted to 1 hour which is highly frustrating.,In the process of improving productivity management should also focus on giving leverage on stringent break timings.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30724,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Associate,Senior Associate,great place to work! lots of fun activites,"slow career progression, not salary hikes",encourage employees in a better way.,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30725,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun & Motivating,Great community. Love the atmosphere. Great team and lots of fun!,No real bad cons. There could be more information on promotions however.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30726,amazon,Arruda dos Vinhos (Portugal)," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Executive,Amazing,"You can get an amazing experience, growing up your ideas, you can win a lot of money and have a lot of fun! Trye it",The challenges of working are: 1: Trye to do the best of the bests to stay on top! If you think that the work is not going as good as you think breath deap and count from 0-10,Just amazing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30727,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but stressful,Laptop will be given to u.. So u can complete your work whenever u like.. Take care of employees very much,They set goals very high which is very difficult to be met,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30728,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,AppStore Worst team running name of Amazon,"Just name of amazon, nothing else. Cab facility was good earlier but even now it's replaced. Good location which is again shifting to outskirts.",IIM's and engineers working for BPO managers. Freshers don't fall trap of name of amazon. Do not join for a role in teams like AppStore or other Operations team,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30729,amazon,Pune (India)," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,awesome,excellent work culture. one of the best company to work for.,cant think of any cons right now.,nothing. all good. great management,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2295.htm
30730,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Technology Analyst,technical support analyst,"Fast growth, Good Management, Good Learning","Highly Competetive, Poor Training Structure",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30731,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Associate - Sustainability,Great company to learn new things and explore multiple opportunities,Good culture and environment to work. Gives lot of opportunities to learn and provides great bandwidth for IJP,Higher level folks has all the authority and it freaks out some times,Clean your dirty management which is run by sr operations manager,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30732,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazon Chennai -SDE intern,Good environment and facilities.play hard and enjoy. Flexible work hours. Cabs at door step.good perks,Stress in Ur work.difficult deadlines. And minimal help to freshers Newton the industry.,Expect hardwork lots lots lots of it. And enjoy Ur time here,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30733,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern at Amazon,"Awesome work culture, Good growth, good learning curve, amazing atmosphere. The office was amazing. Intern at amazon was totally an awesome experience","Highly Competetive, Poor Training Structure",Expect hardwork lots lots lots of it. And enjoy Ur time here,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30734,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, terrible corporate culture","Environment is very fast-paced, so you learn at faster rate You are surrounded by smart action-oriented people Interesting projects",Mean environment Extremely stressful (sometimes for no reason) Poor work-life balance,Need better onboarding for new hires,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30735,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good atmosphere,no formal dress code flexible for wearing casuls,no such cons as per my findings,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30736,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Best company I've worked at hands down,"Gives you a great opportunity, to learn, grow and better yourself. Great brand, allows you to work with really intelligent people. Hard work is rewarded and you feel like a valued employee.",Salary is competitive but could be better as with all places. Sometimes a little too frugal.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30737,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,There are so many pros of working at Amazon:- 1. Nice salary 2. Nice Management 3. Growth 4. You learn a lot.,I did't find any cons here.,You guys are doing great.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30738,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Great place to work but stressful,Laptop will be given to u.. So u can complete your work whenever u like.. Take care of employees very much,They set goals very high which is very difficult to be met,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30739,amazon,Eindhoven (Netherlands)," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not organized,dynamic organization is dynamic freedom for your role good budget for your projects,the work is not organized and priorities are not clear there is not a long term view,"be more organize and think long term,",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2296.htm
30740,amazon,Eindhoven (Netherlands)," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not organized,dynamic organization is dynamic freedom for your role good budget for your projects,the work is not organized and priorities are not clear there is not a long term view,"be more organize and think long term,",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30741,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work ever,"Good working environment, great people to work with","nothing worth consiferation, what you give is what you get :)",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30742,amazon,Pune (India)," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,My WORST COMPANY till date,The fun we had during training,"everything from overtime to high call volume scenario where no breaks allowed, salary is deceptive.",think from lowly paid employees' perspective also.,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30743,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area manager,Very intelligent staff. Opportunities for career development if you know the right people You are given responsibility from very early on. You are allowed to actually think for yourslef and make improvements and changes as you deem right. A very very innovative company,Getting promoted depends on who you know. If you are not loud then no one would notice how good a job you are doing. Sometimes very long hours working.,Pay a bit more attention to the quiet ones. The fact that they are quiet doesnt mean they dont know their stuff.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30744,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,toc,"awesome work culture,plenty of perks and good environment","only night shifts,monotonous and is a touch similar to call center",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30745,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Perfect Place (as long as you are prepared to work hard),An amazing place to learn new skills and develop yourself. There is constant motivation to improve and focus on the customer. Creativity and innovation is encouraged.,"Lack of structured training for new managers. You are expected to just get on with it, which could be a pro or a con.",Deliver clearer messages to employees about future plans and plans for their career development. Give more feedback about overall performance.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30746,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr.Manager,Great culture and leadership principles. Amazon is all about being obsessed with our customers,This is difficult. I've not experienced any problems working with Amazon. It is an amazing company.,"None. Why would I want to provide advice to the Management. I think, they have hired some great people to do it",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30747,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,good,Great environment and no politics absolutely satisfied with the company comparing with my previous experience,I do not see much of cons in the company except that sometimes the performance process is too complicated for the employees when compared with other companies,Nothing much,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30748,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Challenging environment Early responsibility Leading large teams,50+ Hours Full dependency on your direct manager in terms of your development ( good or bad),Focus on keeping your managers engaged and motivated.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30749,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,position as a brand specialist,"dynamic team, great potential to learn and shape the business, lots of chances to gain responsibility","contracts are limited to a year and the selection process is rigorous, entry is easy, staying is difficult",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2297.htm
30750,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,position as a brand specialist,"dynamic team, great potential to learn and shape the business, lots of chances to gain responsibility","contracts are limited to a year and the selection process is rigorous, entry is easy, staying is difficult",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30751,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"good environment, friendly staff. young people",long shifts 10.5 hours per day,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30752,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer III,Good place to work,"- Flexible work timing. - Good number of leaves and WFH. - Easy to move to other teams inside Amazon, across the world. - Good travel policy ( CABs)","Not good for learning new technologies for DevOps roles. If you are more into learning different technologies, don't go for Amazon. Work pressure is team dependent.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30753,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Catalog Associate,Senior Catalog Associate,"Fun to work in, Good growth rate","Poor pay, over qualified employees for job profile, no work-life balance",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30754,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer Experience,Lots of experienced developers to work with.,"Too big a company, change is too slow.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30755,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work for,"Best of 9 companies I have worked for. Work is very interesting and challenging, people are nicest I have worked with (a very good hiring process helps here).",Work/life balance can be hard to maintain as job is demanding. Better that than the opposite,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30756,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,"Not a place for social poeple. If you aspire to become a robot, then this is the correct place for you.",Decent salary. Decent growth. Lots of leave balance (that you cannot take),"No work life balance. People with families and want to keep a social life, please don't join. Management treats employees as slaves. People have lots of attitude problem.",Think about your employees and the employees will take care of your company in return. You cant force them to perform without getting a work life balance.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30757,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,software development engineer,more challenges on new technology more chance to practice all kinds of new technology great people to work with and learn more as long as you want to learn,"too busy no document, you have to look into code to understand what and how salary is not good comparing to its working loading","not push too hard on the deadline provide more support, especially find the right people to help create group to work on a project, not a single people working on the project",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30758,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Quality Analyst,Quality Specialist,"No Fixed hours, Sat- Sun off. Easy to get leaves. Managers very polite and friendly.","No growth plans, monotonous work, no training to hone skills, no bonus or incentives",Provide a EDP to your employees so that they can keep their goals in mind and work towards it.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30759,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job at Amazon,Its always awesome. to. work at amazon... go for it guys... a lot of interest and a bit smart work can get you a job at amazon,no cons absolutely............... love working at amazon... and am. sure u will too...,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2298.htm
30760,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience,"Good exposure to different roles, enough opportunities to learn and grow and experienced leaders",Too many processes and reviews acting as impediments,Need to remove too many processes and yet retain the start up mode,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30761,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Device Associate,Senior device associate,"Excellent environment to work on, good salary and flexibility.",To much of work pressure.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30762,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company,"A lot of innovation is happening here, enough work and space to grow.","Some managers are purely concentrated on achievements and goals, leaving no time for personal development of engineers.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30763,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn and work,"Good people, Great culture, Amazing place to learn, Great ownership",Work can be quite hectic sometimes,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30764,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PR,"* Undoubtedly the best brand on the planet. It is Amazon! * Amazing customer service - the customer truly is all that matters at Amazon which is inspiring. * Fast paced environment, you can't ever be bored * You cannot help but begrudgingly respect Jeff and all he stands for, it works! * You'll likely be a one man band in your role meaning you don't delegate to anyone so lots of responsibility and scope to learn. * Really corporate and very business focused so if you think it's a fluffy retail environment you'll be shocked. *Big focus on pushing Amazon as an innovative tech brand and Prime is probably the most important proposition for future growth of the brand (aside from AWS which of course speaks for itself). * Lot's of engagement with Director's which is good for personal growth. * Structured training seminars and opportunities to learn outside your skillset * Regular reviews and team catch ups which means you always have an element of feedback * Great if you are highly proactive and a self-starter. Also great if you are willing to do your time and work your way up the hierarchy. Amazon awards long standing staff and loyalty. * Lots of scope for super geeks to do really well and win awards like the Just Do It Award and Desk Door Awards from Jeff B. * Opportunity to work with other big brands and partners and third party businesses which makes for nice wide scope of work and alleviates the stress of being part of Amazon. * Mostly what you get from Amazon is the chance to do pretty much anything once you leave. It is a brand that makes people take note and opens you up to any brand you want really! * If you manage to stick around you get chunky annual bonuses added onto your monthly salary which means you're earning about 20% more than your base salary each year. * Lots of travel opportunities for meetings, conferences and events * There are a lot of genuinely smart, cool, pleasant people at Amazon irrespective of people's assumptions","* Not good for people who are not highly proactive and seriously motivated (you don't get help) * No budget to grow your team so you will have to do your job and not delegate or manage unless you are at Director level. * Frugality taken to new levels - no budget for anything. * If you are hired for being wacky, creative and passionate it will be bashed out of you and you are better being very dull and corporate and will likely last far longer this way. * Not good if you prefer a sparky startup environment - this is a big corporate, don't be fooled by the 'it's still day one' line from Jeff B. It is 20 years old and a machine * Innovation isn't part of your day to day - only the super geeks and the American team get to really innovate at Amazon * You can't say anything about the brand on your social media at all - nothing good, nothing bad, nothing at all * You can't speak about the brand in the pub or to your family or friends * You definitely cannot speak to the press ever - certainly not about tax! * You need to consult tax and legal department on any communication at all that is going out (in marketing or press material and even customer service correspondence * The leadership principles make the brand like a cult, people live and breathe them and it can be irritating especially since half of them are rubbish * You have no autonomy, it is likely that 80% of the work you do will never be seen *It is brutal you will work long hours and if you are prone to stress and easily upset this is not for you - I cried almost every day and worked 12-17 hour days most days * You will be crushed if you pull up someone more senior and have an opinion that isn't backed by data (they are obsessed with data, ideas mean nothing without statistics. * Anonymous feedback means you feel paranoid quite often * People are cut throat and not afraid to slaughter you in a meeting in front of peers or Directors * You can lose confidence easily, especially if you are not very senior (even people with 10 years experience end up feeling like they are just starting out) * If you leave before a year you have to repay some of the starting bonus you are forced to accept * Stocks in Amazon means nothing unless you stay a minimum of 4 years to access them * You will likely have 8-10 interviews for the role all based on the leadership principles, it is mentally draining * If you don't get on with your direct boss you are screwed - you have nowhere to turn and no one to help you because everything ends with him or her * You cannot move to a new location until you have passed 18 months * You learn more in a startup where you have autonomy than you do in a senior role at Amazon where in many ways you may go backwards * You will definitely be indoctrinated into the cult and become a fully functioning ambot in no time. Maybe even an amhole! * Nodding dogs do well at Amazon. I was once told: care less = problem solved (weird!) * If you are prone to stress you may find that you can't sleep, are constantly shaking with adrenalin, experience hair loss and suffer nose bleeds",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,121,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30765,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Device Associate,DA,"Fun at work, Challenging, Easy to switch projects, Annual bonus, Freedom to learn and get skilled",Visibility to managers are less.,Please take care of talented people.,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30766,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The yin yang ,)",The reputation and pride with which you can share your employer's name. You get incentives if you're a workaholic. And last but not the least it's never boring there. *read amazing work culture*,"Shifts can get tiring growth rate is slow but patience is a virtue, right?",more salaries should be offered given the fact that the posting is not in the employee's hometown,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30767,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Ok place,"good learning opportunity, great perk","long working hours, lot of workaholic people.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30768,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon india,Wonderful work environment and culture,more team activities and flexible break times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30769,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Innovative culture, good teams",Innovative teams. Interesting problems to work at. No technology choices/barriers. Strong leadership principles,"Compensation growth, performance bonuses. Promotions difficult.",Please try to match with compensation growth and bonuses with other companies like Google Facebook and other startups,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2299.htm
30770,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packer,Worst place to work in,Treat you like robots with no life,get off your high chairs n ask wat ur employees need,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30771,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Job seeker,"Good communication skills , hard worker","Stage fear, believing everyone, that's it",I'm a good hard worker and I'm very flexible to work at any shift and adaptable,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30772,amazon,Rheinberg (Germany)," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant,I am glad i am out,The people who work there are nice and its easy to connect with them because everyone there has the same thing in common - suffering because Amazon is a terrible company to work for,Whatever you hear about bad working conditions at Amazon - it is true.  Work is ridiculously hard. You are just a small ant on the back of an enormous monster that is moving at a rapid pace. Nobody cares about you.  What matters is that you get your numbers in and this is true for every position inside the company. Nothing else matters.,"Learn how to treat human beings like .. well human beings. Better your work conditions - there is no need to ravage through an entire pool of workers in any given area because you believe so much in the lowest retention possible.  When this goes on there won't be anybody left who is willing to work for your company.  Stop lying about numbers, stop lying about daily or monthly goals.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30773,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunity to develop,"Mentorship programs worldwide, multiple programs for developing and training","Not much of a cons, you need to understand the company and get to know the right people to do the right questions and create your own path.",Metrics! Make sure you have your metrics!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30774,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE I,"Nice culture, people seem to enjoy and do their jobs out of passion rather than obligation. It pays quite well, including lots lots of benefits (insurance, pension schemes 401 etc)","Maybe the fact that you have to travel a lot and that is a bit out of purpose for an SDE. However, everything else is fantastic, from the learning opportunities to the great culture of this company.",Keep up the good work and sometimes listen to your employees when it comes to design decision. That's it.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30775,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice work place,Work flexibility for every employee,not found any cons yet,good management..keep it up,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30776,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Good place to start your career as a freasher,Sometimes will not be recognised for the ownership taken,Work life balance is missing in certain teams,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30777,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,area manager,fast paced great leadership skills good pay package opportunity for promotion opportunity to travel,training is disorganised target driven too much office politics,carre about your team and train them to the same standard you expect them to give the company,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30778,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Progressive Company,"Work Culture, flexibility, innovation, great projects","Bureaucracy, no transparency, consolidated power at senior levels,",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30779,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support,Awesome company,"Great start as a fresher, great growth rate",Bit crowded and tough to apply for IJP,Provide better food in your cafeteria,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2300.htm
30780,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,work hard! have fun! make history!,The learning curve you have in Amazon is very high.,On call period will be very hectic depending on the team,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30781,amazon,"Bedford, England (UK)"," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Amazon Emloyee lifestyle,Good Benifits e.g discountmon some items Promotion oppotunity to higher roles in the company Good team and good working enviorement!,Can be very stressfull at times Entry level pay is often basic but quick promotion for thise who work hard,Bonus' would be nicw,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30782,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,Good company leadership and values. A lot of opportunities to grow and challenge oneself.,"Disparity among middle managers, some are good some are not that good. Overall great though","Top management is great, Jeff and his top VPs are doing a fantastic job. Middle managers aught to emulate their example in running their sections.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30783,amazon,Thane (Australia)," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,courier service,9 years tem work at thane bhiwandi,Target my work parfom firdeam,Super management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30784,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Engineer,Employee crunching machine,- Good exposure to large scale operations and high operational standards(2 years is enough to gain such experience if you haven't before) - Working with highly skilled individuals everywhere - Mobility in meaning of moving between teams/countries/roles(it is very wise not to stay in your team after promotion) - Interesting challenges that you won't see in smaller companies - Location of Dublin office is good - Budget for conference attendance/trainings,"Worked in Dublin office more than 4 years  - It is not a global company and I don't think they want Amazon to be one. Shut down all offices except the ones in Seattle today and it will continue 99% of its operations fine.  - If you are not based in Seattle, accept limited visibility and slower career progress for yourself.  - All the tools you will be spending nights to figure out are internally developed, so there is no use of this experience outside except AWS services you are exposed to.  - Due to internally developed tooling everywhere, you will be working far from open source/commercial solutions exist on market.  - Contradicting leadership principles allows your manager/peers to knock you out or praise about you depending on what he/she wants to do.  - High performance culture is internally interpreted as step over others to climb up culture unless you are a genius.  - If you are type of the individual(a political animal) who will not mind to crush anyone in your path to succeed, Amazon is a great place. No one will stop you as long as you have enough political(not technical) skills to project how good you are and how bad others in your team are.  - If you are type of individual who cares his/her team and team goals, you will be penalised for your good intentions in the process. And when you question it, you will be thrown at couple of leadership principles and told that your career is %100 your responsibility. So unless you end up with a good manager(actually good ones don't last as culture doesn't want them to be supportive and good to their directs), you are always in danger and eventually going to leave.  - Office environment is pretty bad in meaning of positive energy. Burned out engineers who never smiles at work shouldering heavy on-call duties due to duct taping approach to bad solutions everywhere.  - Anyone joins as level 4-5 engineer in an office outside of Seattle should expect to spend 8-10 years to be promoted to Level 7/Principal even they exchange their life for it.  - If you are not based in Seattle, accept that you will hear important details after you missed the opportunity to react or grab it and nobody will care as everything in Seattle is awesome.  - Work/life balance doesn't exist and it will drain you quick.  - Stress of covering your corner everyday doesn't worth it.  - Health insurance for family is not fully covered  - Pension plan is below average (3% if you don't contribute)","I know pretty sure none of you bother to change anything as long as Amazon/AWS continues to grow and there is enough CVs flowing in from developing countries.  So keep up the good work and push attrition rate up and continue to call this ""Amazon is not for everyone. Only for the best of the best""",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30785,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazon,- Good place to work - a lot to learn - complete ownership of projects,- no work life balance - salary will almost remain constant for 4 years - getting promoted is tough.,make process of promoting to SDE2 smooth,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30786,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Classification Specialist,Classification Specialist,Stress-free work with good conditions,No real potential for future development,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30787,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon risk analyst,Wonderful growth possibility. Facilities and freedom.,Very hectic time schedule. No employee benefits,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30788,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company overview,Flexible working hours Very good work life balance Mentors are very helpful You get to learn a lot,Managers do not have time to guide Food is not that good There is no play area,Top management should hire more interns and freshers,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30789,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,- Great place to learn at a great pace and demonstrate steep learning curves - Chance to work together with the most briliant minds in the industry - Good salary and compensation.,- Performance Management - Push culture and a cukture of favouritism to get promoted - No real teamwork. No work-life balance.,- Promote team work. - Improve performance management.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2301.htm
30790,amazon,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,Inside sales,"Customer oriented, not number driven like other IT company, you have flexibility to learn a lot technology here","Blindly misusing leadership principle to a lot of conflict, promote those who are irrelevant to the team success as a business unit",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30791,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazon Campus Drive,"Very helpful HR team and managers. They helped me in each and every part of the campus drive, one of the best and friendliest guys you will ever meet in an interview.","No cons it's just awesome to work here, just I guess you should increase the pay scale or else everything is fine.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30792,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Timings no micro level management good salary cabs good cafeteria,growth career more bonus long vacation other things are perfect there are no any cons with the company,things are perfect enjoyable atmosphere very very perfect place to work no issues at all,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30793,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Marketplace Account Manager,Meritocracy. great PPL to learn from. fast and defined career. Great as entry level job. nice salary and great stock option value.,Frugality. poor perks and rewards. Often poor work-life balance,"In such a demanding environment, employees need to be spoiled and rewarded. Frugality should not apply to Employees rewards.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30794,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Lot of emphasis on Leadership so you grow holistically not only technically,Politics as in many big orgs.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30795,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,In Stock Manager,Good work culture Strong value systems High customer obsession,Admin processes can be cumbersome,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30796,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Awesome place to work with,"As an intern,It really feels good to work with so much of techies around.Everyone are just awesome.","As of now, No cons with the company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30797,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk investigator,"decent pay. chilled out work, nothing else apart from that","work is not challenging, no real growth, lots of politics and company specific profiles","You are spoiling the Amazon name, please stop playing cheap games and stop the politics",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30798,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Risk Investigator,Great company,"Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History.",Transparency Should be there at all level.,Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30799,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Lot of learning,"Lot of learning will get to work on lot of technology, can work independently.",I would say work life balance is not that good.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2302.htm
30800,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Lot of learning,"Lot of learning will get to work on lot of technology, can work independently.",I would say work life balance is not that good.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30801,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,Yardmarshal,None hate the place though go yesh,It's hell wouldn't recommend those gh,..................................,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30802,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Office politics and biased attitudes,"Great benefits -stock, welcome bonus Good location, good transport links in a lively area Modern offices- great tech faculties, break out areas and lots of meeting rooms Intelligent colleagues - they hire the best! High profile brand - you'll feel proud to work here Flexible working Great onboarding and training Autonomy in your day to day role","Middle and top management are awful. Lack of experience, biased and generally not concerned for employee welfare. If your manager doesn't like you then no amount of hard work, long hours or good feedback will allow you to move up. All your goal posts will be moved back each time you achieve despite other team support. What they says goes!  Turnover is high with people rarely staying for more than 18 months.  High pressured environment - long hours and lots of admin. Systems change frequently and with a moments notice. There's always a sense of chaos and lack of planning  Air con is the worst - this may seem small but you'll be constantly sick from the freezing temperatures",Hire good people managers instead of promoting those that shout the loudest and have no experience.,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30803,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate Picker,The fastest we do the best we get,Team work and the opportunity to learn in fast paced environment. I like the way Amazon fulfill the target in time to satisfy their millions of customers,Long time hours and sometimes it feels the managers do not listen to you and only target upon their tasks,Switch the shifts,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30804,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Placement Year - Finance Analyst,Financial Analyst,"Social, relaxed, interesting business, nice people, good training schemes, big parties, innovation, great company to have on your CV and now in a good location in London (Holborn Viaduct. great exposure/ given a lot of responsibility","Company is very frugal finding reimbursements is often challenging, managers seem to be under a lot of stress, company is quite inefficient and a lot of processes outdated or inadequate.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30805,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Engineer,All established company pros: * Things are in process. * Competent employees get valued. * High level (SDE 2 or more) get good compensation. * Adds a lot as a brand value to your resume.,"* There is a kitchen politics regarding who get what rating. * Most of the system is well matured, doesn't provide sufficient opportunities to learn. * Hectic life balance- being on call sucks the life out of you.",Start taking care of employees as you do for your customers.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30806,amazon,Pune (Brazil)," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"no dress code, stress free environment, supportive management and seniors, good communication can be achieved, stage fear is gone etc etc etc",nothing much salaries should be more,nope,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30807,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"You love it or you hate it, there is nothing in between.",The salary is good and there are no cutbacks on hardware when you think it will improve your work.,"An employee is an asset as long as he/she can be molded in an almost religious way. Follow Jef and his leaderships principles blindly and you will thrive. If not you will eventually leave the company brainwashed. See the NY Times article.  The only important thing for Jef is expansion. All else, including the wellbeing of the employees is less important.",I do not have the idea that management will listen to what I would propose. The leaderships principles are sacred.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30808,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall a good company to work with,good work enviornment positive attitude,work life imbalance over times,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30809,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Suport Associate,Best development and training provided. Very good working environment.,better leave management portal could be made.,best organisation ever worked,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2303.htm
30810,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Security, Good Salary, Convenient, Reliable, Frustrating","You can work from home, know your shifts a month in advance, always get plenty of hours, good job security, and good support systems from managers, coaches and teammates.","You're a small cog in a big machine- that's going to wear you down over time, more quickly if you don't manage it effectively. Policies will forgo employee satisfaction and validation for customer experience, which is understandable in the big picture, but the hypocrisy of how you are valued long term can be difficult to bear. Accept that it's a job, you do it because it pays, do not seek personal satisfaction from it.","Either stand up for your employees, or tell it like it is. Tough conditions are hard to bear, but hypocrisy is harder.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30811,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Listing creation specialist,You get all the comforts you want,Nothing negative. Qll set to go,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30812,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon Internship review,"Helpful people, ownership of work, lots of learning, no dress code and fun team outings! :)","Haven't found any yet, it's a fun place to be!",Keep up the great work,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30813,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Fashion Stylist,One of my great experiences,Amazon is a great place to learn and grow.,"One really need to work hard here to achieve success, there is no other way.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30814,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Accepted offer of SBM at Amazon UK,"Generous with bonuses, gifts such as Kindles, merchandise etc",Pay as a student brand manager could be a little higher,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30815,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,corporation,"work is interesting, great coworkers",difficult to maintain work-life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30816,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,"Each team at Amazon works like a startup in itself, using vast varieties of technologies. The learning curve is steep. Salary is competitive.",Workload is in general as compared to such a role offered in other companies.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30817,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,A nice place to work at,"Good atmosphere, some interesting and large-scale problems. Incredible place to meet some brilliant people to learn from. Quite a few small clubs or groups doing activities outside of work.",Edinburgh is not my preferred town in the world. I can't find many bad things to say about my work other than this.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30818,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Advisor,Crazy shift hours,Best medical aid benefits Provident fund The vibe at work,The hours are not good.how can u start at 3am in he morning the hours were odd and not worth it for your body.especially mothers of kids.,Look at the shifts and make it more socialble to people working there also cater for moms as well.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30819,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fullfilment Associate,"Great Managers , awesome people , good benefits",Needs more rotation on tasks and more training.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2304.htm
30820,amazon,Thane (India)," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Site Leader,Very competitive and fast paced working environment,"Good stock options, best of the best competitive people to work with, exposure to best ecom work practices. The company is growing rapidly, this provides opportunity to people who excel!","Too much work, work life balance could be an issue. The company process RSUs which Mature in 4 years. While the stock has been outperforming , there could be risks of stock plummeting and hence effective salary being low. This is high risk high gain job!",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30821,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Marketing dude,Easy to get motivated by top performance culture,Easy to get eaten alive,Keep up the fight Jeff!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30822,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Area Manager,Above Average,"Many Internal Opportunities, Good peers to work with","Long working hours, Pays a little less compared to industry standard",Invest in people already system rather than looking for talent outside.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30823,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,Awesome workplace,awesome exposure to different technologies and fast pace individual development,skewed nature of work load,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30824,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Advisor,Crazy shift hours,Best medical aid benefits Provident fund The vibe at work,The hours are not good.how can u start at 3am in he morning the hours were odd and not worth it for your body.especially mothers of kids.,Look at the shifts and make it more socialble to people working there also cater for moms as well.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30825,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Company review,The work-culture is pretty good. The bonus structure is satisfactory. The company provides free transport.,The basic pay is not so good. Odd shift-timings & week-offs.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30826,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Payable,Very good,It ia good platform freshers very best compay,There is no pressure we will enjoy always,Everything is ok no need to advise to management,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30827,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazon India for SDEs,"Flexible working time, many things to learn, you are the owner of code, you can discuss various technical aspects and make decisions on your own, good amount of leaves in a year.","Sometimes work pressure is too much, you may find hard to have a proper work-life balance in these situations, many pros depend on the team and managers",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30828,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Channel Team Lead,Amazing,"Good culture, system, environment, so many things to know about, so still it's Day one... suits very well to an individual.","Person has to be extremely multi tasking to at Amazon, expectation are very high from the leadership team, individual have to work for too much extra hours.",Need proper support for personnel things and should proved Daily allowance to CTL,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30829,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Salary, High no. of leaves, Good Managers",Rotational Shifts and week offs,Keep it up,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2305.htm
30830,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial analyst,"Dynamic international environment, potential growth",I have nothing to add,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30831,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"work quality, pay scale","deadline for projects, workload",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30832,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Great place to work, individual focused goals.","HR Policies, leaves structure, Pay n Perks and more importantly peace of mind in Indian startup uncertainty they are here to stay !!","Not a big sales office yet in Delhi when you compare to WTC Bangalore office, so aura and feel of Amazon misses out",Nothing from my end.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30833,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data collection technician,Had a lot of learning oppourtunity to learn .  Travel and acommodation was taken care by amazon,nothing much. can provide contractors a full time oppourtunity,try to turn contractors into full time employees.,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30834,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Analyst,Best place work environment rocks,none. as of now hahaah,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30835,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Associate,Flexible work timings Good Team Good learning during initial phase Sound operations Team work,Poor Management No work life balance,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30836,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Employer - Stay Away!!!,None really. Maybe a free basket of fruits once a week.,"This was the worst place I work for in my entire career.  Overall, very bad management. People don't know what they should do. Lack of direction. Its just a big corporation with terrible management. They slogan: work hard, play hard - you never play hard you just work hard until you are too ill to do it. Office politics are terrible - management employs their former colleagues who are not suitable for the job and then promote them. The salary is not great either, no bonus as they claim you have shares to compensate this but this is given to you at the time of a hire as addition to your salary. In the first 2 years you receive a sign on bonus which disappear after year 2 as you are told that you can sell your shares to top up your salary so your salary drops. Payrises are below inflation rate.",Change the attitude to your employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30837,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company :),"Great coworkers and managers, Training is far more in depth than regular companies and there are ALWAYS opportunities to better yourself.","Mandatory Overtime is never fun, but that's really the only con.","None really, I think my management at my fulfillment center does pretty damn good considering all the obstacles and challenges they've faced in the last two years.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30838,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,nice working nature,always employee friendly and best with work life once you reached target,Target to be achieved same how late it be,very good work,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30839,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support associate,1. Work environment is really good. Allowed to wear dress of our choice. 2. They provide good incentives during festival with. 3. Overtime pay is good,1. The work load has seem to increase a lot in recent days. Due to which the pressure on employees has increased a lot.,They have been doing a great work anyhow. A little effort to reduce workload can matter a lot at times though.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2306.htm
30840,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - SDM,Good company,Very sharp talent pool. High growth leaders are built here.,just like any other company 'tight project timelines',none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30841,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,OK to work but not for long,Collegues are very co-oprative they will help you with every problem you are facing,Very low salary it look like such a big MNC is here for just cheap labor . Call center environment like any other . Beginners can start from here useless to stay long even salary at manager level is pathetic . Monotonous work . They just brag to have a cool company but it's definitely not even close.,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30842,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good company with nice facilities and work culture,Not much scope for improvements and less oppurtunites,NA,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30843,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at AWS,"Customer focused, top talented people,","Poor career development processes, poor work life balance",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30844,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Great summer job to gain money,there are no cons at amazon,give more compensation to employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30845,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,Its not that fancy it sounds like.,"Work culture,open door policy ,work from home.","Hectic work ,shift constraints,less pay",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30846,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,SDEII,"great people, fast changes, AWS, new technologies","still old system to maintain, very hard to be promoted, London offices are not so great, not so great pay, hard to even see a senior management",change the promotion path and rules,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30847,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Work Hard.Have Fun.Make History . No work load No pressure Best place to work with .,Week off keeps on changing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30848,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,A great place to work and grow,rewarding can be better with transparency,Transparency in reqarding,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30849,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Good Salary. You learn to work along with different teams,Work can be hectic sometimes. Most work is still on java. Customer centric rather than employee centric,Please improve the food quality,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2307.htm
30850,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Good Salary. You learn to work along with different teams,Work can be hectic sometimes. Most work is still on java. Customer centric rather than employee centric,Please improve the food quality,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30851,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Picker/Driver,sucks,indoors warm some good people but not meany,no life management thing they r gods,u aint gods get over your selfs,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30852,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beautiful company,"Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History.",Transparency Should be there at all level.,Keep up the good work Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Copy Link,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30853,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Catalouge Specialist,Catalouge Specialist,"very good,decent good work life balance",less bussiness oppurtunities for growth,nothing much,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30854,amazon,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Representative,Sales rep,Good environment and good pay,long hours but its to be expected,None,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30855,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Just do it. No validation, lack of quality",Big name Well known Customers seem to like Amazon Good to add in your resume Hard to write 20 words,"Horrible work and life balance NY times articles are accurate, no exaggeration Expected to work on weekend, holidays, even on medical leaves! Quality is not in the name of Amazon Don't want to recommend Amazon unless it is the one and only option","Stop abusing, treat employees as human. They are not machines.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30856,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast growing and busy environment,Amazon offers a lot of benefits for its employees . Good place to gain a lot of experience,Apart from mega busy environment . Working long shift make life style hard sometimes,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30857,amazon,Bangalore Rural (India)," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - Karnataka,Good,Best company to start your carrer..Good transportation...friendly Happy to work in such a reputed company,"No faster career growth,takes more time...",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30858,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,best workplace,good environment good people good salary no work pressure,nothing to share its too good,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30859,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Place,"Really fast paced, working on some exciting new technologies",Gets very stressful towards peak season,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2308.htm
30860,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Manager,Lots of changes helps you to learn Many smart people to learn from,"Culling culture - if you are not part of ""boys"" club - you will be managed out Poor leadership No support from management or HR Poor work/life balance",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30861,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Stow,Mrs,Great atmosphera Great management Fantastic people Good potencial opportunity,10.30 hours of work 4 days or nights shift is hard The best will be 8 hours shift from egz 6am-2pm 5 days a week,Never forget to support your employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30862,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,Different opportunities to learn different skill.good pay for ots,growth is there if you have good process knowledge snd rapport with ur managrr,More InceIncentives,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30863,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Search and Resque,search and resque,Super cool place to work. Good management.,Shift change occurs for every 90 days.,cool place to work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30864,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"good workplace, strong ethics","great team of ppl, who know their work well, provide very good back-support through training, its veru indepth. love the atmosphere...",work-life balance goes in for a toss!!,please dont hold on to our share certificates for 2 years.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30865,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Trms,interviews,nice work culture good amount for over time,hectic job shift problem(90% night shift) low increment,increment should be given.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30866,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Highschool for big kids,"Good benefits, you get laptops, nice office","The atmosphere still feels very much like highschool, people are here just to make money and are primitive, nothing interesting",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30867,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD,work culture is good with positive attitude,personal life will get disturbed,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30868,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,This is an amazing platform to earn more money,This is an amazing platform to earn more money and also less stress,Nothing to share..In love with the company and the management,More incentives please,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30869,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Pay and perks are facilities provided are good,"Lack of clarity in operations which is termed as bias for action, transparency is negligible, all actions are based only on perceptions and senior management's whims and fancies",Foresight is missing,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2309.htm
30870,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management Oversight,Great to work here each day and flexible hours!,Need more work life balance in the work place.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30871,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Manager Investigations,"Great Company to work with, Employee Friendly Policies",Work/Life balance is a miss,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30872,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon India Software Developer,A company which gives Competitive salary A place where Startup culture is seen Place for Innovation,"A place where if you doesn't balance work properly, it can affect your Work life balance",Work life balance,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30873,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great team Smart people good management Good communication between departments in different projects,Wishing for more tasks for interns. More outreach to other interns in the company would be nice.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30874,amazon,"Hayes, England (UK)"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Assistant,Operarional assistant,"-Working 4 days and off 3 days but was10 hours shift's -good pay if you get hours, Christmas period usually   In the beginning it was challenging and little support given from supervisors as they except you to pick up rather quickly with the threat of being moved to nights. It comes down to whether your manager/supervisor likes you to how quick you progress/learn. The company has a lot of favoritism I was the only operational assistant on my PM shift and at first I had one colleague join me, both were trained the same but one of my supervisors which was close to the manager favored him slightly. After that supervisor become manager and our old manager got promoted to senior manager it became much more evident.  To the degree that my manager tried to get rid of me by complaining to my agency supervisor that my performance is not up to standard. Were it not for the other supervisor whom stood up for me they would have long fired me. At the end after a few months I realised my quality of life is affected by this working environment and left the company which felt like the best choice I ever made in my life.","-Bad management being an agency staff almost everyone with a blue badge think their better -No voice given to agency staff and different teams do not get along very well i.e am, pm, night, with a competitive nature each team will blame the other very easily -favouritism -might just be the depot that I worked for and did not transfer as others were rather a distance away and seemed pretty similar",I never liked the management but this largely comes down to HR as they allow this behavior/environment probably part of the company's ridiculous structure of competitiveness,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30875,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,could see a Fall in next 2 years,"Amazon a place where you get to work with society's smart people, pay is very good here, hardly you find work pressure, very dynamic HR team, top class resources and great ambiance at every campus...etc","nothing is perfect in this world and Amazon has its own cons!!! i will mention a few basing on my observation.........managers are chosen out of work floor experience rather that proper qualification ( its good to have manager with experience in similar fields but he/she must also have managerial qualification, being so will result in efficient work output rather than just getting the work done), very poor employee evaluation process currently stack ranking is followed, whereby employees get sabotaged with the peers, rather could work collectively for improvement. similar review process which were followed in microsoft (also in 60% of fortune 500's). microsoft's then CEO had to change the process as the span b/w 2001-2010 proved worse and let the company lose battle to apple and google in the race. Amazon is now in similar situation wherein similar technique is followed to review the employees! this change according to me will let amazon fall behind other companies if at all there's one in competition. in coming two years say by 2019. customer satisfaction might just transform to customer obsession if the employees are not satisfied morally in the company.","nothing much, keep kaizening!",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30876,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service representative,"Great place to work, best work environment",I have worked for more than a year with Amazon so I think I won't be the right person to tell these things,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30877,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Associate Vendor Manager,Associate Vendor Manager,Huge Responsibility very early. Great colleagues. Constant opportunities to learn. Financially rewarding. Great attitude to educating their employees.,Very high workload. Occasionally feel under supported. No real HR support.,Value your employees more highly. Outsourcing HR to Romania and India and being forced to enter complaints in a ticketing system meant I had no where to turn when I was having issues.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30878,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great start to your career,its a laid down environment,there is too much of work load,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30879,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,transcription,flexible working hours and good payment conditions per week.,limited vacation days and less breaks during working hours.,"hire more night workers, and longer lunch breaks.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2310.htm
30880,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,"Aggressive business, good systems and business processes","Low on people management, training and development",Focus on training and developing people,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30881,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Test Engineer,Work hard have fun,Flexible work timings Great pay Good teammates,Hectic wok schedule Silly office politics between teams,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30882,amazon,"Zhangye, Gansu (China)"," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,I have been working at China Tower,"Good job,good benefit,good coworkers.Good job,good benefit,good coworkers.","Nothing to say.maybe every thing was well,who know?",I hope have more traveling aboard. Now the company doesn't provide.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30883,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Good place to work,"Work Exposure, Good pay, Awesome benefits, Excellent Ambience and employees to work with, cracking Interview is neither easy nor tough.","Promotions within company is not as easy as it looks, some roles have night shifts,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30884,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Web Programmer Analyst,Web Analyst,Its very much an employee friendly place and provides lot of projects and helps us to grow faster,Not a lot of COns,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30885,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Process Assistant,Good chance of promotion. Good work ethics.,Lot of walking and pressure during peak season.,Be more communicative,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30886,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Karnataka,Best company to work for.,"Positive atmosphere, supportive managers, no dress code, you can play music on the floor, employees can WFH when it is necessary, paid leaves , cab facility.",The work TRMS people do is a little monotonous..,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30887,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrendous,Brand looks good on CV,No training No team Poor controls and systems and JD nothing like actual role,Churn and burn will not be sustainable,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30888,amazon,"New Westminster, BC (Canada)"," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse picker,getting good experience and making good friend,too much pressure sometimes and walking a lot in the warehouse,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30889,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Good Working Environment. Helpful Management. Decent Pay scale. Good Learning with helpful environment. recognition from management for your work with bonus.,Challenging work with lot of innovation. Infrastructure is the problem. If you want simple job then then this is not the right place to work. Payscale is the problem for the freshers.,Improve the payscale of the people who are working hard. Improve the working culture and infrastructure of the office. Provide some recreational activities.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2311.htm
30890,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,excellent work culture,"Good opportunity to learn, free from internal politics and transparent. Excellent growth opportunities if you are a smart worker. Employee empowerment.",heavy workload. Apart from that no negative comments really. They do take care of their employees. I had a good time working there.,Keep it up,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30891,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 1 @ Amazon,1. Great learning culture. 2. Great minds. 3. Ample opportunities.,Not much of Cons observed.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30892,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - CSA,Good and growing.,"Growth chance in India, cool atmosphere, no dress code, friendly environment, learn from best ppl. U can discuss your problems or query with any1.",If ur selected for voice u have to work for voice (no night shift for voice) if u selected for chat then u cannot shift to voice and vise versa. So little to learn.,Over time and other charges are not given on time.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30893,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good for experience,good for experience in logistics,too much work to do,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30894,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 3, 2017",Former Employee - Research Manager,Territory Manager,Very solid process oriented company. Policies and HR functions very mature.,Logistics/Last mile domain of the business is very different from the rest of Amazon. work Life balance is terrible.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30895,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 8, 2017",Former Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,One of the best companies,"Best Cloud provider, surounded by smart people, lots of things to learn and progress your career. If you want to be in the center of real innovation and representing customer voice, this is the place!",Sometimes there can be high pressure for tasks but if you are okay with it its fine.,Reward employees for their hard work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30896,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Pathways Operations Intern,Pathways amazon,"Data driven work, very informal, and result oriented",Work in the warehouse. mostly you will be on your feet all day.,Management is really good. I have no advice.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30897,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Great,"amazing salary, great colleagues, amazing prospects.","long hours, management isnt the most attentive.",pay more attention to staff,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30898,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Risk Mangement,"good place to work , good pay","change in shift, heavy work load",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30899,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn Cloud!,Huge internal resources to learn Cloud if you want to learn.,"Poor project management compare to traditional IT giant, HP,IBM etc.",Strengthen project management!,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2312.htm
30900,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon France in Cork,"Environment (small team, really good manager and coach leader) Multiple knowledge (a lot of training and knowledge about Amazon.fr, usefull for people who like to learn a lot)","Bus (in Sunday one by hour the other days one by every 30 minutes carefull to don't loose it) High target in quality and quantity (5 per hours [with chat, emails and calls], 10-15% bad survey no more)",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30901,amazon,none," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,good office in bangalore karnataka,work load is not that great,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30902,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Quality Analyst,Good place for career opportunities,Comfortable work shift Available transport Greater policies for career inside Amazon,Communication with Managers is Bypassed,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30903,amazon,"Normanton, Yorkshire and the Humber, England (UK)"," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Horrible,Easy job to get Meet new people who however leaves after one month because of the way they're treated,Just 30 mins break Treat you like a slave Managers just want to get the job done Wouldn't like to work for Amazon logistics again in my life,My advice to amazon management would be to fully train their managers and supervisor. Most managers are so disrespectful and don't give a damn about non of there workers well-being,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30904,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Instructional Designer,ok experience,negociate when you start because salary increase after are low.,ridiculous employees grades system. managers not supporting team,care mire about your employees.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30905,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service associate,healthy surrounding for the freshers.,overtime makes hectic sometimes in a month.,one should opt for a career starter,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30906,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience so far,- Work on meaningful products,- There is no free food,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30907,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Chaotic and workoholic but definitely the best,Good Salary Brand Value And with no doubt Amazon is a customer obsessed company People are really very smart and really good at what they do,If you are at number one spot you will have to work hard to Maintain that. Customer satisfaction is not easy to maintain. In that process employees usually feel burned out as it's all day continuous process to improve user experience in products.,Employees too are human being :) Please be employee obsessed company as well then no one will be even near by amazon in any term,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30908,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"cheerful atmosphere, supportive managers, double pay on overtime","time restrictions to follow breaks, mandatory OT",nothing,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30909,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Politics at its best,"Flexible timing, Big brand, Intelligent leaders, good growth in terms of softskills","Work cant make you grow-politics will, low pay packages compared to market",Have a backbone to take a stand for your employee,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2313.htm
30910,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Politics at its best,"Flexible timing, Big brand, Intelligent leaders, good growth in terms of softskills","Work cant make you grow-politics will, low pay packages compared to market",Have a backbone to take a stand for your employee,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30911,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Good for a start,"Good work culture, decent benefits, no dress code",Less salary when compared to other e-commerce,Pay & allot increment better,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30912,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal temp,Good pay Leads/ managers really nice and friendly Make friends with loads of people Great to keep active as a picker,Long hours but this is what you sign up for Seasonal temp so you are suddenly let go,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30913,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company to work with,"They teach you to be independent, you get to learn a lot and you become confident very soon",You have to be mindful of the department you select,"Can improve the quality of people in seller support department as most of them do not talk on professional grounds, they",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30914,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Specialist,Nice work enviroment,Excellent Health Program and insurance.,Transportation is not that good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30915,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,No Rotational Shifts.Friendly Work environment.,Promotion takes long time. Apart from that no problem at all.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30916,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Integration Specialist,Integration Specialist,"To be a part of succes story, work in amazon. Env is awsome. Ppl are awsome.",You will enjoy only if you are an workaholic.,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30917,amazon,none," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Compliance Analyste,"Open, fast, young, diverse, good environment, good salary","over work load, insecure, too much competition",Have more management style as in the united states,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30918,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Jul 15, 2018",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,Amazon CR,"People, dress code, free pop corn, tea, dental and medical insurance, asociación solidarista, parking, not a call center, great location in calle blancos, opportunities to grow within the company.","Low salaries, awful schedules, no performance bonus, very high workload, very strict with tardiness, no cellphone, high. Turnover, that's it",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30919,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDM Company Experience,Great learning environment. Good set of people to work with. Excellent salary and benefits. Exposure to Seattle team. I learnt to be a good people manager at this company.,Long working hours especially due to interactions with stakeholders in Seattle. Need to work hard for visibility and projecting yourself due to the disadvantage of working in a remote location,Hire strongly technical managers and senior managers,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2314.htm
30920,amazon,Lauwin-Planque (France)," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Ingénieur Systèmes Et Réseaux,Ingénieur Support système et réseau,"Great teams, opportunities to work with people all around the world...","Shift hours to follow production needs, work in a warehouse != work in an open space",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30921,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager BOLD,BOLD Operations Manager,"Role needs skills of people manager, real time management, driving process improvements. Challenging role, exposure to senior leadership, rapid growth possible within customer service. Autonomy to drive projects & take initiatives.",Lacking mentorship & career development. Doesn't invest in employee learning. Peer group is complacent & not raising the bar. Expectation setting about the role is vague.,"Structured onboarding, invest in employee development & opportunities to move to different verticles",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30922,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Claims Associate Representative,Investigator,"No work pressure, Great atmosphere, Fun place to work with an an energetic workforce. Transportation provided by the company as well.","Shifts, irregular week offs, Cannot swap timings with colleagues, can get stuck with bad timings for extended period of time.",Be more flexible,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30923,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great learning, fast pace, good people, but kills your creativity",great learning curve smart ambitious people to work with fast pace challenging projects,kills creativity backstabbing over data driven long working hours negative feedback system,"share positive feedback to your team, develop people instead of making them die in the data, encourage creativity instead of over data driven and process automation",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30924,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Category Leader,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History","- Great & transparent culture (refer to its Leadership Principles): non-hierachical, humble, no bull-shit, non-political - Fairly entrepreneurial in-spite of its large size, and one of the few global tech cos to also be successful at its new initiatives - Lots to learn & contribute, enables movement into new roles seamlessly, rewards high performance","- In-spite of its size, given its rapid pace of growth, its senior management is still not as experienced as one would want from a place like Amazon - Tends to back / Tolerates poor performers for longer - Fairly narrow roles for most people, so development of skills beyond your role is difficult unless you change your role every 1.5-2 years","- Take more risks in rewarding young, top-performing talent with opportunities - Related to the above, avoid hiring senior leadership externally",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30925,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,Excellent place to work and grow.,No cons. I Loved working at Amazon.,N/A,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30926,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,The work place environment is good and growth chances are dependent on your work. Office politics is very less.,"I am from Tech background hence not satisfied with support role, else the company has no cons as such","no such advice, keep up the good work. Work hard. Have fun. Make history",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30927,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,TRMS at amazon.in Hyderabad,Good work place for freshers High standard work environment Sophisticated infrastructure Great culture Leisure center,No work life balance Low salaries,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30928,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,Fast paced and high impact work,Hectic work life balance at times.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30929,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regular job,Its a great start into the company,too many working hours in the depot,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2315.htm
30930,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regular job,Its a great start into the company,too many working hours in the depot,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30931,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Compliance,The worst time of my life,I think that the salary is the only thing that keeps people at Amazon,The hr are mostly idiots,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30932,amazon,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,support engineer,"good opportunities, good benefits, good work life balance...etc","bad yearly hikes, average employee benifits",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30933,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Work Culture,"Good package, to work in this organisation it is mandatory you should be an good team player. also it is good to have different work culture.","Too much of politics inside the process, if the L5 manager decides to send people out just like that ..",Please change the appraisal methodology also keep changing the targets on a yearly basis which benefit for the employeers,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30934,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,treated like a dog,I can't say I noticed any pros of working at this company. Treat staff like something on the bottom of their shoe.,"Poor wage in comparison to hours worked. Works out less than minimum wage. High demand, very stressful. Rubbish equipment not ft for purpose.",Reassess the company as a whole. Stop increasing demands on staff when they start to meet targets. Increase the wage.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30935,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Ops Manager,Good company to start,Fully developed network and policies Good infrastructure Nice ambience Gives you good start for your career New technology Culture to learn and develop,"Too complex policies No salary parity Difficult to grow vertically Too many departments, can not get holistic view of buisness",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30936,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Amazon Review,See how a huge corporation looks from the inside.,Get disappointed about how a huge corporation actually looks from the inside.,"If you find yourselves covering your rear at the expense of your employees, this job is not for you.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30937,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Industrial leading Service Provider,"Very good learning opportunity Very weel paid, lots of stock Over 4 weeks of paid time off (of various reason) in first year) Office location right at Union","(?) On-call (more work, but good learning) (?) Slightly competitive environment (higher pressure than gov) (?) Cost is a factor in decision making (make total sense to me) no free launch team growing very (and sometimes too) fast lower salary than US even working on the same task",growing need to be controlled and well guided.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30938,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but a lot of work,"Nice people, but too much work for the salary they give out",Not very high salary for the amount of work you get to do. Their stock option is no longer that good.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30939,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Pathways Operations Manager,Amazon Pathways Operations Management Program,Highly intensive and hands on management experience post-MBA High profile program that provides notable opportunities for advancement within operations Work in leading operations company,"Retail type culture, so not so ""fun"" tech company While working in UK we all had little control over process change and strategy as most things were dictated down from Seattle HQ Base pay is not great, which they try to compensate with long vesting stock",Try to make the work place more fun,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2316.htm
30940,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Intern,Good place to start off career,"Good learning curve. You meet people who have years of experience and are not snobbish or stuck up. Got to travel altho this was an internship position, and made many new friends","no work life balance. female boss is very accomodating to higher ups and does not push back on requests, even if it comes at very late notice. No strategic plan at all.",learn to say no and protect your subordinates,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30941,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse operator,"Amazon FC offers free transportation to and from work, performance oriented environment and good relationships. Supports can-do attitude and managers here ensure that your work is still positive challenge. There is quite effective change management: Internal problem addressing and real solution of problem situations.",Work here is strenuous and time consuming - it's really hard to keep up the pace sometimes.,I highly appreciate supportive-style management here. Solve the problem of overexertion of shoulder and neck muscles at new Amazon Fulfillment Engine installation at Dobroviz Fulfillment Center.,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30942,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,"Great people and workplace. Good training provided plus review of your work is done on weekly or monthly bases, gives you feedback right away and provide training if necessary. Nice offices create pleasant place to work in. Good place to work.","Workload can be overwhelming. Teams used to be specialized, this has been changed in the past making associates need to know a lot more information in order to perform their jobs well. Not necessary a bad thing, but making it lot more challenging when you are jumping from specialization to specialization.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30943,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Demanding, but far and above the best job I've ever had","Amazon principles and ethics are well-suited to finding jobs within the company or without. The high expectations placed on you as an associate will push you to excel, should you wish to do more than just ""have a job"", they can help you ""have a career""",None I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30944,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog associate- 10months,Awesome working environment. Friendly Management.,"The profile which I had work has repetitive work, which you will feel bored if you are a person thirsting for more knowledge.",Nothing much as to say ! Awesome !,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30945,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA,Good Salary . It's definitely what you yourself make out of the experience,55 hours a week in peak time and 40 hours full time . Have to work extremely hard to move up in the company.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30946,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales lead,"Good management , friendly and supportive team","Lot of new tools, no learning sessions",Overall very good company to work,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30947,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"strong brand, bad work culture",a) strong reputation and brand value b) plenty of opportunities for growth in the company across functions c) knowledgeable peer group - extremely high hiring bar ensures that one gets to work wth the sharpest minds in the industry d) employees are challenged to continuously achieve high standards which is great for professional development,a) zero work/life balance b) no people management opportunities c) bad work culture,management should focus on employee experience as well and not just on customer experience,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30948,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"Environment, discioline, interaction, skill development.",Nothing such whuch I can say....da only problem is tht interview process is tooo big,It would be good if employees are provided with many things which can help them.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30949,amazon,Khammam (India)," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon,Better communication,Communication Mutual understanding Best Speaker Positive mindset,Short tempered person but I can easily handle it Sensitive in some situations,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2317.htm
30950,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer I,"Great technology. Few meetings. Free to play with AWS. Nice office. Smartest people. Exposure to many things. Innovative company. No stupid perks. (Although, no perks at all)",On call for some teams/positions. Can get unlucky with team. Can get a better pay at other companies.,I have had good managers so far.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30951,amazon,Calle Blancos (Costa Rica)," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Specialist,Technical Support,Great company Great benefits Company asociación solidarista Bonuses Private Insurance,Its hard to get your schedule changed. Depending on the department there is a high level of stress.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30952,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Engineer II,A good place to be working at!,Fast paced learning and activities. Rate of change is huge which creates lots of opportunities to find the job that best suits you.,Not always able to tell if you are going in the right career direction as many times you can find yourself lost in a sea of information.,Make career opportunities clearer for employees and recognize better employees with knowledge and experience beyond their current position.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30953,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"strong brand, bad work culture",a) strong reputation and brand value b) plenty of opportunities for growth in the company across functions c) knowledgeable peer group - extremely high hiring bar ensures that one gets to work wth the sharpest minds in the industry d) employees are challenged to continuously achieve high standards which is great for professional development,a) zero work/life balance b) no people management opportunities c) bad work culture,management should focus on employee experience as well and not just on customer experience,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30954,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Seller Support,Seller support,"Innovative, gives space, growth opportunities",Not hiring directly lately but through agencies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30955,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its amazon,OT is superb Good people Good work environment,Night shifts are horrible No real incentives,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30956,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you like a challenge, Amazon is the place for you","Amazon allows you to be as ambitious as you desire, allowing you to achieve and get recognised for your efforts. If you have an idea, there are always smart people to work with who will help and guide you. It's a challenging environment, but very rewarding when you get it right. The company environment suits me more than any other I've worked in, and it accommodates flexibility.","Depending on your job type, you can sometimes work long hours. Promotion can take a while, sometimes years.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30957,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways Operations Manager,Good working culture and good compensation/benefits,Not enough development and opportunities to move to other areas of the business,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30958,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,International environment in friendly offices,"Lovely office, very colourful located close to metro station international environment",Weekend work is expected Overtime expected Repetitive tasks,Inform candidates before hiring about weekend work,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30959,amazon,"Jaipur, West Bengal (India)"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager job,"nice company to work,lot of opportunities for young bloods,. One should give it a try","hard work, less work life balance.",management should review there annual review mechanism,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2318.htm
30960,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Full of politics,"Cab facility, work environment. Will get life time experience to tackle professional politics",Full of politics. Knowledge of subject doesn't matter here. All you need to have is wicked thoughts and ready to play filthy politics,HR management should be in the hands of Americans only. Indian management is full of politics,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30961,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Amazon Customer Service,Good Working Environment. Fair and equal treatment. Frequent and regular bonus involved. Free cab facility. Group outings. Horizontal management structure.,Slow growth. Group marginalization. Mandatory Over times may apply. Experience will apply to a specific field. Selection process is not transparent. The organization looks at you as a part of a team but never as an individual.,Please make sure team leads are as enthusiastic as new recruits as they some times get used to the work flow and this rubs on the new recruits making them casual and the work inefficient.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30962,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service,"One of the best company to work with, A person who has worked for more than 6 months is eligible for IJP. which is not the same case with different companies.",If they find you that you're incapable of performing the best. Then get ready to get terminate,"Management is super friendly, I advise to management to give chance to their previous employees. Please simply do not put their re-hire status as 'no'.",5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30963,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Review,"Flexible timing, with lots of opportunities",Work Pressure. Though You can manage.,More Work/Life balance,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30964,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer support associate,"Good working culture, nice perks",Getting incentives is little tough,Going great,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30965,amazon,Banga (India)," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesom Company to work,Cool place to work guys...,As per me i dint find any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30966,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Training Specialist,Training Specialist,Great atmosphere and high regards for employee and customer satisfaction,There are no cons in amazon.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30967,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feels like dead end,Health insurance Canteen Multicultural workforce,"Salaries, Shifts, management, lack of progression and development opportunities.  Metrics are unrealistic. No focus on quality at all. Poor coaching approaches: positive behaviour taken for granted and areas for improvement dealt in a negative way.  It is not a work environment where the employee feel appreciated. They are regarded as numbers.",Try to improve the moral of the teams and the team spirit. Improve management in order to retain talent.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30968,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,"too fast paced, no breaks",met very hard working individuals and we share the same interests,pay more handsomely,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30969,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good Freedom and Challenging work,Work with great people. Exposure to global products at scale. Technically advanced. Fast changing.,Short projects and quick deadlines. Not a very competitive pay,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2319.htm
30970,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - L6 - Analytics Manager/Senior Analyst,Work hard and hard and hard to make the CEO rich!,"Good pay, flexible shift (that's actually a con, as you are expected to be around all the while, since its flexible), international business exposure, internal movements (since vertical growth is slow people move laterally), vast workforce (if you like to be known as an employee of a huge brand with huge pool of resources)","Unsustainable work pressure, slow growth, no/low appraisal, no empathy, no appreciation. It's like high paid slavery for 12-14 hours! The workload of 3 resources is put on one resource and justified with the phrase 'that's what expected out of someone at your role"".Think twice before you join, sometimes salary isn't everything. Negotiate well while joining, the annual appraisal percentages are less than the interest rates in your savings account. You can find the range of a L6 if you look hard on the web (quora maybe). The L5 campus hires get around 25 as fixed, and that information isn't confidential. Dont forget the joining bonus, it should be somewhere around 20% of your fixed. You can also negotiate on the RSUs, it takes 4 years to get all of them, retention technique!  Good luck!","The website sucks as does the work culture, both needs attention.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30971,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job,better to join MNC company like amazon for a bright future,24/7 shifts will be trouble to some employees but for those who are ready to have a challenge is best,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30972,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,good company,"good environment ,better interaction and so many things.",i think there is no cons in this company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30973,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting work but very limited career development,- Interesting work - Competitive salary - Smart people,- Very limited career development,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30974,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Its good,It is very nice to work in such a healthy and awesome environment. People here are always ready to help you.,Overall it is a good company. I don't think so there is any problem with the company. It will be very nice if they start giving bonus also.,There is only one problem with the management people that they don't do their work on time....everything else is awesome.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30975,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Avoid, unless you are desperate","- informal culture, everyone knows each other, it was like one big family - challenging environment with a lot of opportunities - high salary - Onboarding process was well organized. If you are level 4 and above (salaried people), you have to go through Amazon Experience week, where you spend one shift (10hrs) on each of four basic processes in the warehouse. The second part of the onboarding process was Organizing Leadership Orientation program, which takes place in Luxembourg, where they will make you understand about Amazonian culture. - if you are workoholic and you are willing to devote all your time to the company, then Amazon is exactly a place for you and you will love it here","- absolutely no work life balance (at least in PRG1 and PRG2, I cant speak for shared service center in Dejvice). Before joining Amazon, I was reasured by my hiring manager that you have normal working hours as anywhere else. This has changed dramatically after one week of onboarding process, where all of sudden they required me to work 9 hours per day, no matter whether was peak period or not. Most folks in the office were staying late till 7 - 8pm.  - In peak periods, be prepared to work in the warehouse during the weekend, yes even if you are manager or business analyst.  - the salary is high, but at the expense of no perks. There are no meal vouchers, no flexxi passes, no sick days and no home office.  - Disgusting food in canteen  - Someone who is comming from modern offices might be shocked. This is warehouse, so dont expect anything fancy here, be prepad to face ridiculous rules, like being scanned exactly as in the airport, you cant take any food or drink to the hall etc.  - You are thrown in to the fire and your colleagues have almost no patience with you.","offer more perks to the employees, be honest about the workload during interviews. Hire more mature managers, not fresh graduates.",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30976,amazon,"Castel San Giovanni, Emilia-Romagna (Italy)"," Dec 31, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon - AM,"Growth , Young colleagues, Best techonologies",Too faster growth difficoult plan a project,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30977,amazon,"Gourock, Scotland (UK)"," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Stower Temp,temp stower for xmas period,to be honest I heard a lot of bad press about amazon but give them credit the actual amazon managers seem pretty clued up and will help you when stuck pretty good training but I think I had one of the better trainers a girl called Jackie she was great very helpful and great all round trainer canteen food is great and pretty cheap I had heard it was hard to hit the numbers required for target but tbh it was ok if you kept head down pretty unfair the way certain ppl were off task a lot so there average nos dident go down until they got a trolly with dvds which was realy unfair funny supervisers pets with t@@s,minimum wage although if you do nightshift and 60 hours can clear £500 pw they chop and change compulsory overtime on a daily basis so you cant organise a personal life one min its on cumpulsary then its off out of about say 10/15 ppl I worked with the only ones that were kept at the end were a few girls that litteraly done no work but were in with the superviser,monitor the ppl signed in to off task and then watch there numbers boost in a short time then watch them go off task again these ppl and the supervisors that allowed it broke morale for the ppl that were actually working there buts off,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30978,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - DC Tech,DC Tech,Not to much to say but its good to work in international environmental,there is not much to say ... no issues for me ... just there was no chance for career development,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30979,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work work work - byebye life,- learning potential - leadership principles - learning by doing - training resources - prestige of employer will benefit CV - work from home possible,"- bad outlook for young graduates, they prefer hiring experienced employees (interns are mainly hired because they are cheap for repetitive work) - hard to concentrate in open space - high expectations - work-life balance - unpaid expected overtime (if you go home after only 30min to 1h of overtime is expected early, my colleagues work 9:30-20:00 often without lunch break) - only 5 unpaid days for interns in 6 months - for full-time employees there are only 25d of annual leave (legal minimum) - not possible to get additional days off due to overtime - parking costs 150€ per month","- respect Luxembourgish labour law in respect to over time, e.g. by making sure employees stay under the legal limit of 2h overtime a day, make sure they can either get it paid or can take additional days off for compensation - reduce the number of calls to increase efficiency",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2320.htm
30980,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great 401k,The pay is good and the benefit and retirment are well arranged,some few cons but still fair to other company,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30981,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 27, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer IV,Awesome place to learn,Good scope to learn a lot of new things. Lot of new technologies. Lot of automation scope,Work/life balance is effected. Not much free time to explore. Not same with all teams though,Ops Manager Managers need to be technically ok. Need to know what every one brings to table,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30982,amazon,"Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)"," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great place to work,"Great opportunities, fast moving, fair","sometimes over reactive, changing strategy frequently",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30983,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer II,"Exciting services, smart people, opportunities","Nothing to say, really really",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30984,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Network Engineer,network engineer,"Good place to learn, with a lot of opportunities to work with many projects, and automation.",work load and life balanace,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30985,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anonymous,"Good working environment, look after employees","Long working hours, extra days and hours on occasions",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30986,amazon,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It could be more organised,"Constant challenges, multiple learning opportunities, very talented employees, great Christmas and summer parties",Not as well structured as it could be. Career progression opportunities in certain departments are very limited. Work/life balance,"Frequently management encourages competition, probably not always knowingly. There is also in certain departments a management versus non management attitude rather than an environment of cooperation",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30987,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - L4 Team Leader,Amazon chennai,Work culture Freedom of thoughts People Shift timings Learnings,Salary Manager centric place Employee benefits micro management Work life balance,This place is now becoming a manger centric place with micro management. Would be good if you would look at giving employee atleast 5% of other benefits that are provided by the competitors of amazon.(wallmart/google/facebook/apple),3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30988,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Generalist,Human Resources Generalist,"Creative environment, great leadership and vision",struggle with work life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30989,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freelancer,"Freedom to work on various projects, and the work uploaded by various requesters on the dashboard need to be completed.","Less pay scale, change in work",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2321.htm
30990,amazon,Pune (India)," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Intern,Good,Good Environment and people also good,nothing as much to think of,Nothing,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
30991,amazon,none," Dec 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its one of the best work place to kick start your career,Work culture is really good. You will find each individual focused towards their work and they are consistent in their performance.,Lack of motivation from peers and seniors ..one needa to get help related to work on their own which seems a bit frustrating.,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
30992,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to build your career,Excellent opportunities to explore various roles within the company. High hiring bar usually ensures great teams. Strong focus on Leadership Principles provides continuous guidance and helps identify priorities many a times.,The company does not invest enough in developing good people managers. Annual performance reviews could be more transparent. Salary hikes are almost nonexistent.,none,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
30993,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 25, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,excellent company,good environment and work culture is also good. helpful for freshers as they will learn a lot in this company,there are no major cons as i felt everything was good. but sometimes the work pressure is high. all d best.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
30994,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Great benefits package with RRSP up to 4% Supervisors and Managers are very nice and care about you Good work environment,"Some jobs can be tough on the back with the lifting Tiring work 10 hour shifts, however this allows you to work 4 days instead of 5 can be a con and a pro",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
30995,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Good atmosphere. Everyone should like to work in amazon..over all good experience. Tough competition.,They are rejecting in introduction round also. Ita not good in my side of view,Reduce the next attempt to 3 months.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
30996,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pay is meh, Management is meh",-Smart engineers for the most part,- Bad management - Subpar compensation,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
30997,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 8, 2017",Former Employee - SDE1,Good learning worst culture,"You will meet and work with some of the great software engineers, learn about processes and software development standard practices.",They have the worst culture. Cut throat competition. Oncall is big pain.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
30998,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,work culture Global outlook lot of growth opportunities,working in shifts . attrition rate is too high . low salary,people dont quit companies they quit managers .,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
30999,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - ANDHRA PRADESH,Senior finops analyst,"Overtime, Job security till the time you wotk","No training process, no work life balance , no recognition",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2322.htm
31000,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,"Pretty good pay, have a chance to work abroad.",Every role is separated too much. So you cannot learn lots of thing at work.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31001,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 23, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,good work culture,"conducive work environment, top quality peers, best work location, free transport by company","shift timings are odd, breaks are assigned,",give flexibility to take breaks more number of times,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31002,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Device Associate,"Work hard, have fun, make history","The work culture is really good and the work is allocated and not followed continuously by the managers. Instead, they give full responsibility to finish it on time.",The growth opportunities are less as the number of people working is huge.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31003,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service,Customer Service,"Overall, a great employer, lovely people to work with. A challenging environment but you can learn a lot. You can up skill yourself and do your dreamed job! You can grow easily. I fully recommend it.","Sometimes work/life balance. However if you've a strong achiever and will build a strong team, it should not be an issue.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31004,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Investigation Specialist,"Cool, young team, flexible hours as long as you do your required hours per day. 25 days of holiday","Overwork you, low salary, more customer obsessed than concerned about their employee.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31005,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Payroll analyst,"Team buildings, friendly environment, gaining valuable experience on job.",Moving up is slow and not very rewarding salary wise. Overtime hours not paid. No training and constantly changing people,Have more trainings,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31006,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Big Data Support Engineer,BigData Support Engineer,"Learn something everyday, keeps you on your toes.",do not get to work on longterm projects,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31007,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Very Good Work Culture And Environment,Cant think of any cons as for now,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31008,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Great company for freshers,Great company to work with. Great ppl and lots of fun.,Coperate politics that can be managed if played the cards right.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31009,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Great work culture but poor floor managers,"People, work culture, amazon learning resources, workplace(WTC, Bangalore)","The managers were arrogant during my time. They would turn yes-men to their offshore clients and superiors which resulted in long working hours. The appraisal review was draconian with paltry rises. Comparatively, their pay-scale is on the lower side. Boot lickers and sweet talkers can grow without doing much where the silent ones are ignored.",Try and get your people managers sorted. They ruin your brand!,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2323.htm
31010,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Great work culture but poor floor managers,"People, work culture, amazon learning resources, workplace(WTC, Bangalore)","The managers were arrogant during my time. They would turn yes-men to their offshore clients and superiors which resulted in long working hours. The appraisal review was draconian with paltry rises. Comparatively, their pay-scale is on the lower side. Boot lickers and sweet talkers can grow without doing much where the silent ones are ignored.",Try and get your people managers sorted. They ruin your brand!,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31011,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,"Good, bad and the ugly",Knowledge on e-commerce Work environment is good,Less Growth Less Learning Work is not much appreciated,Please improve growth,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31012,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Excellent experience,"Great and dynamic environment, good career opportunities, flexibility in working hours / locations (occasional work from home / other Amazon offices is allowed)","Some roles require specific technical skills, people tend to be demanding",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31013,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test Manager,SDET Manager,There is never a dull moment. Filled with challenges,Nothing much to say here,none,5.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31014,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"Lots to learn, the opportunities as an intern are limitless,",I can not think of one except maybe sometimes it is difficult to balance work-life relationship.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31015,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller support Associate,Very smooth process. Love the culture,Company is not yours. Be careful with what you talk.,Difference in treatment based on the process.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31016,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,world's best customer centric company,very cool work environment. vast career growth opportunities. .,Shift timings are not feasible.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31017,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,work all along,"good wage for a beginner, located in a convenient place , good work experience","lot of time is devoted towards working , very costly neighborhood",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31018,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support,seller support,this is good company to work with,nothing as of now will share later,nothing to share as of now will share later of found any,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31019,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Development Engineer,Pros and cons,My team is great. Flexible hours. Work life balance. Wonderful manager. Ability to work from home. Team activity every once in a while. Most team members help each other out when help is needed.,"My team is great. Some other teams are not so good. Normal cons for a big software company. Sometimes on call on weekends (during the day, once or twice a month).",Lots of benefits for USA team members compared to non-USA team members.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2324.htm
31020,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to work as an intern,excellent infrastructure team work supportive cool environment not much work load handsome salary friendly employees supportive an awesome company to start with,"as of now it is the best place to start if you are stepping into the corporate world ,precisely e-commerce so i don't find and cons",you provide with best of the best facilities to the employees to grow in the company and be a fruitful asset for the organisation,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31021,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2016",Former Employee - Process Associate,process associate,good environment to work peoples are very helpful,very strict rules and regulations,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31022,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 16, 2016",Former Employee - Business Operations Specialist,Good,Good work environment. Always had fun while working.,Nothing I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31023,amazon,"Hayes, England (UK)"," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Driver,Courier,There where Good rates of pay,Too much pressure for workers,Extra work should mean extra pay,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31024,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Associate,"Good Salary over Christmas, easy to get in to.",55 hours a week in peak time and 40 hours full time. travel time is very long. break are worse than anything only get to sit down for like less than 5mins and rest of the time is spent walking to the canteen or lockers.,Increase break times,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31025,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Content Test Specialist,Content Test Specialist,Amazon Brand name and work life balance.,Not much scope and growth in testing.,No advice,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31026,amazon,Praha (Slovakia)," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon warehouseman,"Amazons cares about their employees. He helps people to complete education. It is stable company, My salary never come late. Work time is 4 days a week. You can grow there.","It is stereotype easy manual work.You will start bored, becouse of it, so you have to try to get to managment.",i am not sure what i can advice. I must say i have great manager and i must say he is doing what he can to improve functionality of company.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31027,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great company,"Great minds, competitive compensation there is always an opportunity to learn",Nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31028,amazon,"Newhaven, England (UK)"," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Delivery Driver,Not a good experience,"None, not a good experience working for them.","Work you hard, treated badly",Chang their way of treating delivery drivers,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31029,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,Good Overtime Strong HR Policies Good Principle 2 weekoff,Growth 24x7 Work Long office Time Remote Location,"No Advice, keep good work going",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2325.htm
31030,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,Good Overtime Strong HR Policies Good Principle 2 weekoff,Growth 24x7 Work Long office Time Remote Location,"No Advice, keep good work going",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31031,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - New Account Manager,Work hard. Had fun. Make History,"Very dinamyc company, as you start earning your peers/managers trust you get to manage cool projects with full ownership on them, plus you get to work with best in class peers/managers","Company focus in delivering results (targets), no matter how many projects/products you manage/launch and exceed everyones expectation if at the end of the day you are slightly below targets you will get a underachive feedback that prevents you career for moving forward at least for one more year",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31032,amazon,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Amazon,good pay meet new people,long hours not much breaks,look after your staff,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31033,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,good company,1 of the best place to work,weekend works and release pressure,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31034,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice pay,"Great guys to work with, management give you time and opportunities.  Non-peak hours are great on night, 6:30 pm till 5:30 am 4 days a week","Peak hours can be long after 5-6 weeks, 6:30-6:00 am 5 days a week is mentally draining.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31035,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,Lesser work pressure Fun at work Employee Benefits Transparency,"Highly competitive Dynamic process Leaves in the months of Oct, Nov and Dec",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31036,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Customer Service Associate,Happier than ever,"I've just started on the job but so far, so awesome. I am in complete happy shock with how friendly everybody is, always trying to help you. Free coffee, great benefits.","No cons, I am truly happy.","Too early to give my opinion on this matter, especially because I've got all the support I needed.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31037,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,great workplace,"hub of innovation, awesome culture and amazing benefits",none that I can think of,keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31038,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great opportunity to learn,Amazing engineers. Opportunity to learn. You can see immediate impact of your work.,Difficult to maintain good work life balance. Huge expectations from Day 1.,Make the workplace more engineer centric and less business centric.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31039,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 10, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Very good company to work in,Flexible timing good work good company good team,Work depends on the team compensation is a bit low,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2326.htm
31040,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good choice,Intelligent people around Good pay Business driven,Common to stay at work Not so sociable - most focus on acttons,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31041,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,An engineer friendly place doing cutting edge work,Platform teams are great to work for.,There is room for process improvements,Nothing,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31042,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Software Developer,amazon#,good payscale highly commited employ best working environment,working load bonus less oportunity limited growth high competition,good,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31043,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE1,Great place to work Good Perks Learn new things every day Smart people everywhere,A little high workload and on call on peak hours,Trust your employees a little more,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31044,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work!,Best work culture! Time in time out doesn't matter. No LOP. No internal politics. Lots of rewards and recognitions. You will be recognised for every single contribution you make.,"For few teams, it gets difficult for the employee to move to next level. You have to work reallllyy hard to stand out of others.",Nothing! Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31045,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"Loads to learn, use the best technologies, amazing experience as an intern.",Work life balance can be issue but then it's more of team dependent.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31046,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Consultant,Catalog Consultant,Brand to work with but does not live up to its reputation.,Does not live upto the name,Its high time the implement things rather than just plan things.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31047,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for,Ownership for leading project You own your project from the day 1.,Work life balance probably is not that great,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31048,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Many development opportunities,"The company is expanding fast. Very easy to move geographically, a lot of opportunities for a fast growth in operations.","Very tough environment, bias for action brought to the extreme. Little structure and help from support functions make it very hard to cope with workload.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31049,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company!,good enjoyable work place......flexible and great place to work,has some management issues which should be taken care of !,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2327.htm
31050,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Fast Track,"Working for Amazon is very demanding and the benefits match your involvement. I've been with the company for 4 years now and I love working here. The company culture is pretty solid, with 14 Leadership Principles to guide you, designed to balance each other and help you make hard decisions. The career options are also fairly diverse here, and I've had the fortune to be able to switch tracks after 2 years and teams after 4 years (though one can do so whenever they feel they're ready).","You need very good self-discipline to avoid over-working yourself. If you're not careful, it's easy to imagine people make too many demands of you and one needs to learn to politely say ""no"" or manage expectations correctly.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31051,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,It's a good company with good staff to work with,Cost cut and long and lon shifts,Listen to staff,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31052,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering review,Great workplace with lot of learnings.,Operations can sometimes get out of hand.,Hire more people so that there is more time devoted to quality.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31053,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Environment, but lingering growth.","Great working culture, Decent enough perks, Industry standard salaries. Addressing people with their first names, Free Wifi xD","Odd Shift timings, Little Internal politics.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31054,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A lot of opportunity!,"Great opportunities, a lot of ownership and autonomy","Need to be self driven and push for things yourself, know how much you can take on to avoid burn out",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31055,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,Good Work culture and work life balance,Role change and lateral movement is not easy,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31056,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall a good company,"friednly work environment, good scope for development.",nothing much worth mentioning. keep up the good work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31057,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work,good salary for current standards,politics are rife and this needs to be changed,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31058,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,transport facility employee providant fund insurance for every employee,food is not that hygenic sobexo coupon is just for Rs.50,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31059,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Team Leader,Team Lead,Progression and fullfil your own career,None cons at all so far,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2328.htm
31060,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,SDE I,"- very smart coworkers, you raise your IQ by just chatting with them, - good pay level, - awesome level of work dedication, - countless learning opportunities, technical challenges that are tackled on a daily basis are hard and fairly non-trivial, - hard-working people all over the place means that everyone is focused on delivering, therefore standard communication overhead and bureaucracy that is typical for big companies is almost not present (feels pretty much like a startup). Not a place for slackers - they won't survive even a week. You end up contributing much more than you ever thought you are capable of, which is a good feeling and builds up a great confidence level in your skills (at the price of getting quite exhausted though). - a good thing is that if you criticize against the work environment, no one will condemn you about it (aka there is no internal cult about Amazon), but will rather likely agree with you provided that you give some ideas for improvement - these are always very welcome, and if you are persistent and dedicated enough you can definitely have an impact, make a change, and this will be much appreciated, - people generally respect you a lot, I've never felt underappreciated and under-acknowledged even for a moment.","- terrible work-life balance, working long hours is standard and although it is an 'unstated expectation' it is rather assumed that you have to do it, - indescribably bad on-call, in some teams there are cases of people who quit after first couple of on-call shifts, - some organizations are focused on revenue only, and ignore dealing with technical debt. Tolerating this year after year leads to extremely bad code base which is impossible to improve, and is therefore just left to be patched manually during on-call shifts. In other words, the focus is put on curing the symptoms rather than fixing the real root causes. This is a classical example of organizations that simply do not learn from their mistakes and their past experience, - a key company value and tenet is to be extremely quick and fast with deliveries, which naturally comes at the cost of very poor to almost-zero quality. This is especially true for the case of terrible code bases, where pouring dozens of new features every month only exacerbates the problems and turns the on-call into a frantic clicking exercise, a manual maintenance of what is supposed to be an automatic service. The worst part is that next sprint you will be too busy to deliver even newer features, so you end up never taking care of fixing the already embarrassing v1 delivery from the previous sprint (that you thought to yourself ""ok, it's not great now, but I'll definitely stabilize/polish it later"" - actually this never happens). - this naturally leads to a huge attrition rate, people come & go like in a supermarket ... Just look at the thousands of vacant SDE positions that Amazon has at every moment. The average time spent in the company is so short, that it all looks like this is some sort of a temporary seasonal job, rather than a serious engineering activity that is part of a well planned long-term career and professional growth. Part of the reason why this still works is that for foreign workers it is a great opportunity to get their immigration status secured (aka PR, green card, etc.) if they can survive long enough. For others a major incentive is probably the good stock options package, but it requires that you survive really long.",none,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31061,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good,Credibility – clients view a Limited Company in a more positive light     Higher take-home pay – being paid in regular dividends means you pay less tax and take home more money     Lower personal risk – you are protected from the threat of personal financial loss due to the separation between you and the company     Better tax planning – you can benefit from tax savings thanks to the various tax planning opportunities available to you.,Costly if contracting for a short period of time - Can be costly if you have a short term contract (anything less than a couple of months but it does depend on your daily contract amount) then decide to go back to permanent employment as you will still be required to submit end of year accounts.,"Whatever the size of the organisation you work in, whatever you do, your employees are your most valuable asset. If you are a director, line manager, supervisor, team leader, or head of department, the way you manage can have an important impact on the health and wellbeing of your employees, how well they do their job, and how well your organisation performs.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31062,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New Slavery,"Competitive Salary, big company growing","New Slavery. People health does not matter but they say that Safety First (it is a joke), the level of accident and Lost Time Incidents is double that in logistic sector. They do not take care for local laws and have lost of punishment for different Governments. You do not really know your schedule if you work with an agency (every single day they send you a email or sms). Half of the workers are working by agency because it is a class company, where the workers of the company are treated very differently from the agency workers.",It is time to change the aggressive system if you want to have long time in the market because other companies can be more aggressive and this is not a competitive advantage. Lost of old workers that had very bad experiencia start to make very bad marketing of the company and they and their families and environment have to be customers too. It is time to change very fast or big problems in main markets will arrive soon.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31063,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon EU TOC team,"Comfortable workspace, friendly and a cooperative team with diversed members across the world, infra structure of the work facility with recreation and leisure ares like XBOX room, indoor games room, Complimentary home-office-home cab services etc.",Night shifts will drain you out as few timings have to be met when working alongside a team located elsewhere in the world.,None.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31064,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Wonderful Company to Work With,"1. Good Salary and Hikes 2. Best Benefits - Cab , Internet Bill Reimbursement , Gym Bill etc 3. More scope for leaning and being creative 4. Easily recognized even by the top level management with you hardwork and smart work 5. Flexible Work Timings",1. OnCall Rotations & Adhoc work which spoil your weekends. 2. Work Life Balance is severely impacted at times. 3. Appraisal Cycle is very strict which is both good and bad,Please concentrate on Work Life Balance,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31065,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support,worked at amazon for year,"Comfortable workspace, friendly and a cooperative team with diverse members across the world, the infrastructure of the work facility with recreation and leisure areas like XBOX room, indoor games room, Complimentary home-office-home cab services etc.",night shifts will drain you out as few timings have to be met when working alongside a team located elsewhere in the world.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31066,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,About my company,We can improve our skills.,Work pressure is little high,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31067,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,The worst company I've worked for,Easy to relocate internally Competitive pay,"Hardly any decency and mutual respect among employees Has bogus values, and doesn't even try to live up to them No work-life balance at all",Treat employees as human beings,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31068,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 17, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Pay structure,"Good working environment, hell lot of facilities","Pay is very less, forced for nihjt shift, sometimes work pressure is high, they keep on developingb new things so you have to cope with them",Mothing much,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31069,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern HYD 2 months,Had a wonderful learning experience.,Poor work life balance. Work load is a bit on the higher side.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2329.htm
31070,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Amazon Fulfillment UK,"Good progression opportunities in a fast-growing company. Also, excellent travelling and movement across different departments as it is a very large company.",Work-life balance not too great. Not enough HR support/care for managers.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31071,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - EU Imaging Capacity Manager,EU Imaging Capacity Manager,Ability to progress within the company is unlimited (based on the skill sets you have),If you do not like deadlines and pressure to make the business work - not the place for you.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31072,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Great line of work,select your own hours on the job,working both end of the day,Work us!,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31073,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,- Wage decent for work - Decent location,- Lack of loyalty - Management seem clueless - No progressive opportunity,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31074,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not a great place to work.,1) Good learning 2) Salary 3) End - End product development 4) Smart people,1) Exploitation of SDE in the name of competition. 2) Zero work life balance 3) No Growth. Only growth possible is from SDE-1 to SDE-2 4) Extreme harsh work culture. 5) Routine work after a while. 6) on-call and operation burden,Treat employees as human being and focus more retaining talent,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31075,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"good salary,good incentives, team role, good friends,","heavy work , lots of stress",keep rocking,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31076,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn and earn,"Good perks,Good learning curve good place for freshers","High work load, no work life balance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31077,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to start your career,Learn new things everyday and learn the e commerce world really well,A little hectic and job gets repititive,A little higher salary for freshers and make sure no new managers can change amazon values,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31078,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,They were many ways to move up in company but you must put in many hours of coding,It was hard for me to learn all of the neccessary coding thjngs in order to correctly do everything they required,I would adivse them to do more things in java as opposed to sql or htpytr:() coding languages,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31079,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 25, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Awesome Company to start your career,"No Pressure No Boss Employee Formalities No Sir,Mam Business 100 % FUN High Pay Compared to others","My Personal Opinion : Growth Process is Very Slow few Higher Level Managers carry attitude My Job isn't that great, 4th std kid can do it and its killing my creativity I tried to move internally, it doesn't happen so easily , Infact it rarely happens and I felt like quitting amazon and again applying for different role was better than trying to move internally. I believed that amazon is different unlike regular corporates or bpo's but its the same thing.",I believe you guys want to be the earths most customer centric company but to achieve that concentrate on satisfying your employees first.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2330.htm
31080,amazon,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Intern,"Analytical skills development, friendly environment, lot of opportunities since the moment you join the company, competitive salary and bonuses.","Long hours, necessity to be very flexible",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31081,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Transport Network Analyst,Challenging and long hours,"Challenging, good exposure to a high paced company and how it functions","Long hours, not much support and guidance",Give more support to employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31082,amazon,none," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be,"- every day learn something new - lots of exciting things happening - data, lots of it - smart, kind and professional people",- large complexity creates chaos - not enough customer contact,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31083,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Future,Work environment and facilities are good.,There is a lack of proper management.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31084,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Engaging, motivating and fun.",Long hours however rewarding if your willing to put the work in.,If you want to succeed dont expect a 9 to 5 job,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31085,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE II,Good Quality Work Ease to change role and team Good Compensation,Work Pressure a bit more as compared to peer companies Not much,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31086,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Seller Support Associate,Non voice email Support,"I would like to work with full commitment, I want fixed weekend offs.",My company should not have any downsides,Please take care of all employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31087,amazon,none," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good environment to work for fresher,no such cons its good,nothing u guys are doing great,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31088,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Risk Investigator,Working as a senior Risk investigator,"good working environment, good leadership principles. Focused in customer obsession.",Bad management and Compensation,Should focus more on Retaining employee,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31089,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, have fun, make history",Good career development and future opportunities,No relevant cons to mention,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2331.htm
31090,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, have fun, make history",Good career development and future opportunities,No relevant cons to mention,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31091,amazon,Rheinberg (Germany)," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Associate,Professional Company,I learnt state of art technologies while working for Supply chain management. It helped me in many ways in later stages.,"Since I worked for an temporary employee, my learning knowledge was limited. Other than that everything else is great.","I have no advices to give to management. I have enjoyed working there, so keep it up with the same respect and professionalism.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31092,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Amazon Hyderabad,Resolution Specialist,"Multiple and diversified Growth opportunities, Compensation plans and Incentives, Work Culture",Severely affects Work/Life balance with the rotational shifts,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31093,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Best salary / Perks benefits Opportunity to handle multiples projects Brand Name Cooperative leadership,no work life balance anytime you would need to be on duty,Need to innovate about good work life balance,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31094,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Analyst,"Fixed work hours, Good place for graduates. It does feel like you are still in the college.","No career growth, politics and no different to any other IT company. Too many levels and hierarchy",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31095,amazon,Thimphu (Bhutan)," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Sells man,The best reasons to work here is in my country their is no amazon sells yet except for neighbor country like india and i promised I will bring more profit for the company.,Bring more profit and advertised of the name amazon for the Amazon company,Need to create each Amazon's for each country and employ me as your staff . Amazon will not regret later . :),5.0,none,none,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31096,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Engineer I,"Good for experience, bad for your health","* Nice place to learn lots of new stuff and actually ""learn to learn"" * People and managers WILL listen to you, its in Amazon's philosophy to ""speak up"" * Friendly staff * Scale is amazing, you will know how to deal with millions of hosts * Internal tools are great and easy to use * Mature oncall system, you will know what exactly to do in any situation","* Oncall is tough and will actually affect your health in short term * Most of the technologies used are in-house developed and you won't take that experience away with you * They expect you to perform multiple different tasks at the same time, e.g. design a project, code on another, perform deployments and be oncall * Stress is quite high due to highly critical systems with paying customers * Compensation is relatively lower than in other tech companies, no food is provided and no bonuses whatsoever (you can get 1% or less salary increase per year) * Poor management leading to understaffed teams, unhappy employees who eventually leave * They prefer new features rather than fixing old bugs",Think more about employees as they are your most valuable asset and focus more on product itself rather than sales and new features.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31097,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,2+ years of service,Great place to work with awesome policies which are employee friendly,Associates report to managers (who are on the same level) and hence they don't let you grow. Lot of bad managers who put employees down and don't let them develop and grow .... come what may. very bad management. Loads of Internal politics .,Great policies but People(Managers suck big time) hope people there are as great as your policies. 1.5 years of complete torture (not work pressure) but politics and non understanding behavior. Hope that gets changed someday.,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31098,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,The benefits are really great.,Is too much walking but is not impossible.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31099,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - QA Team Member,Nice place to work.,"Great team support, employee friendly, no dress code.",I don't have any such things.,Increase North Indian food counter if possible.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2332.htm
31100,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company,Doesn't differentiate between Interns and full-time employees,Nothing much. It's a good company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31101,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 27, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Pathetic Support for Sellers,1) A good marketplace. 2) Good for those who keep 'personal' relations with staffs.,1) Seller support is automated and you receive so many emails. But problem remains open! 2) Pick-up team is pathetic. Never reaches on time. Rescheduling is hectic and eventually loose orders for sellers. 3) Wrong commitments and promote duplicate products. 4) No support for genuine sellers.,1) Stop sending unlimited emails 2) Give customised solutions for sellers. 3) Make sure your staffs stick to the commitment.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31102,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Amazon Seller Support,"Work environment is really good, No dress codes",To much pressure too many metrics to handle,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31103,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great Company,Awesome place for workaholics. Always work is on a cutting edge technology. Its great to be part of the company which sets cloud revolution on fire.,Nothing much. Its a tribe. People who belong to the tribe would stay. Others would quit themselves.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31104,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Dec 23, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Avoid like the PLAGUE! Worse temp job ever. Full of EU migrants.,"None, other than you get paid... way BELOW average income.","Warehouse is roughly 95% EU migrants mainly Polish and Romanian, the leaders, instuctors, and most of the permanent blue badge staff were all migrants, there was hardly any BRITISH workers, even during full on peak season of temps.  The English language was secondary, colleagues would approach you using foreign languages.  Pay was about 5-8K less than the average income depending on shift times.  They release you on the spot and wouldn't give you any information about whether they will let you go soon, no notice period whatsoever, this is a tactic to keep making you work hard hoping you don’t get fired until the very last hour.  Targets are unreasonable, if you go toilet, take a breather every hour or slow down your pace down from a constant 100% effort you won't reach your targets. If you get a bad routine of work for the day you won't reach your targets, if you don't reach your targets they threaten to fire you.  You get warnings and threatened for everything, you get sent around the warehouse from a lead or manager you get a time of task warning for inactivity, you get below 100% productive you get a warning, if you go to break 1 min early you get a warning, if you don't pick/stow an item in the first 5 minutes of a shift/after break start you get a warning, if you take a dump during work hours you can expect to get a warning and ultimately fired.  Agency recruiting temps in the warehouse office are also all migrants, they pester and bully you all the time about your productivity and errors with their terrible English and accents, and keep reminding you that if you want to keep the job you need to do much better.  This company has no heart, no soul, and no care for its employees, it's only interested in raising a human equivalent amazon robot army, hence why amazon is building real robots for warehouse operations.  The job is a brain dead activity and tiring at the same time, imagine walking around for 10 hours and the only thing you do is beep a scanner constantly, pick up random items, and walk along for the next one, rinse/repeat. You will absolutely hate how time doesn't move at all in this place.  As an Amazon customer, I thought this place was run with an ordinary workforce, mainly British, with a pacey but yet comfortable target that you can acheive without stressing out. NOPE, employees here are stressed out and brain dead, they throw your items onto shelves and bins and throw tote containers around all day. They moan and groan all day because the work is terrible.","Tell your CEO and Company operators to start respecting your fellow humans, give them honest notice periods, and more realistic targets and goals, stop treating people like robots and kids that need a warning every minute. Conduct a proper research into the benefits of an enjoyable workplace, job role, and breaks.  You'll figure out that it will help employees be more happy, stress free, motivated, productive, loyal to the company and generally healthier.  STOP BEING EXTREMELY GREEDY FOR MONEY!!!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31105,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sofeware Development Engineer,"I got Baidu, Amazon offer in 2016.09, because I want to transfer to Seattle in the future, I choose Amazon at last.","No snacks, no free meals",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31106,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Communication Trainer,Great place!,Amazon is a great place to work. Growth in this company is tremendous. Not many companies have such growth. I've worked in CS and trust me unless you're lousy there's no way you can't grow in this organization.,Just a couple of things I dislike is that the company would not put boards up saying Amazon but that's just how it is.,Great management. I've worked for over 2 years and I must tell you even the director and the VPs are approachable.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31107,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CS Executive,nice place to work for no job stress friendly management and always ready to help you out in problems nice pay and good perks,work timings internal policies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31108,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Kindle Division - Not everyone have the same fun!,"Challenging environment that pushes you out of your comfort zone Most of the people are smart, hard-working and true team players. Nice perks include transportation, subsided restaurant tickets, private healthcare. Free hot drinks in the office. Location. Short commutes, green surroundings and a friendly community of expats. Lots of opportunities to relocate if you are not happy with your role or simply want to try something new","Most of the talented people leave or is looking to it. Poor work/life balance: Be used to work at least 50 hours a week. Managers encourage and reward workers that work over hours Poor training to new employees - The mix of DIY culture and the large variety of unfriendly internal tools simply does not work Kindle HR team is a joke. Demotivating and useless. You frequently see them drinking (yes drinking) laughing and shouting in office time, (before 5pm), then you ask them for their help and they respond they are busy Luxembourg can be too small and boring if you are used to big cities",Spend some time and money in a good induction for starters Be clear regarding responsibilities and goals Foster a balanced work/life culture for everyone Do something with the HR team,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31109,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok ok,Nothing that I can remember.,Long office hours. No work life balance. On call is too bad. Too much politics.,Should recognise potential and should offer promotion to recognise working only when employee threatens to leave.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2333.htm
31110,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok ok,Nothing that I can remember.,Long office hours. No work life balance. On call is too bad. Too much politics.,Should recognise potential and should offer promotion to recognise working only when employee threatens to leave.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31111,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2016","Former Employee - Loss Prevention, Safety &amp, HAZMAT Manager",You've seen the news!!,"Benefits, stock, pay, very little oversight. The place's pay scale and monetary benefits are outstanding....but at a cost!","Everything you've seen on the news is true. If you're ""Tier 1"" or ""Tier 2"", you are treated like a dog. Plain and simple. As management, it's difficult to envision myself as being capable of being the type of person one needs to be to move far up into the far reaching Amazon empire. Leave any pride and respect for yourself and processes at the door before signing the lucrative deal",Stop taking advantage of the backs of the rest of us. Not a single one of you have enough of a stake in any company to lack the compassion to allow a poor woman to attend her mother's funeral without fear of termination.,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31112,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Intern,Imaging Associate,Great place to start a carrier. Good atmosphere. No work preasure.,"Monotonous, Nothing much other than that",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31113,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Nice,It has huge working environment with latest cutting edge technologies.,"Sometimes , it is hard to manage with the timings and overtime.",Its a great opportunity to work with such a huge e-commerce site.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31114,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Risk Mining Specialist,Best place to kick start your career,"Employee friendly, Customer Obsession, Towards Leadership",Adapting to certain methods are reversal,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31115,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and cons,"good working environment, rotational shifts, allowances",takes a lot of hard work and time to reach to the higher level,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31116,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quite interesting,Great work environment and ethics. Interesting days. Tons of new and original opportunities that allow for creating better things.,Vajab jahaja jahaja jahaja jahaja jahaja lalkd kisi siis have a good time to do the same name but I don't know if you have any questions,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31117,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Health & Safety Coordinator,"Relaxed setting in the office, 6 weeks leave, free coffee.","No free soft drinks, long hours, incompetent operational management to work with","Safety management is great, site management is slightly lacking in experience",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31118,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice people to work with,Woking with great people from wide range of industry not only tech but other area such as medical device and so on.,Very logical work with no creativity which can be felt boring job. It is not good fit for people who comes from marketing side using creativity.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31119,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Fully recommended,Good learning curve. Working with best minds of industry. Solving business problems. Leadership principles.,"Too frugal when dealing with employee's salary. Not bad, but can be improved.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2334.htm
31120,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,DO NOT Join any non tech Division at Amazon India,"Sodexos, No dress Code , Approachable managers, Helpful Leads, Leaves , Good pay","Every week, shift timings might change. People works even on Sundays. Too many Metrics. BREAKS ARE TRACKED AND IF YOU EXCEED THEM, BE READY TO FACE TROUBLE. BPO like work environment and ZERO GROWTH",While hiring people please tell them about breaks being tracked and detailed job description. Don't disguise a BPO job with fancy words. Not a place for b-tech people,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31121,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Category Manager,"Immense learning, great culture and work quality","As mentioned in the title , I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with amazon India. They have a very transparent culture based on the leadership principles ( google them ) and their focus on customers to build the business teaches you a lot. The amount of learning and the quality of work for me has been great but it depends on the team that you work for.","As mentioned earlier, the quality of work can vary significantly depending on the team. There have been people who have felt their time at amazon has not helped them learn anything new and had turned out to be a pure execution and operations oriented.","Simplifying work for employees is critica to the sustained growth of amazon India image. Also, 5₹3 organization is currently turning into large one from early start up days. Hence the culture needs to be adapted accordingly.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31122,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Handling Customer,Senior customer care consultant,"I fell working with this organistion has its Amazing in the Growth, empoyee benefit, Team work etc",Its quite far from the residence,Na,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31123,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Instock Manager,Culture,"Customer obsession, deliver results, great opportunities for networking and developing wide array of skill set fro professional development","Do not value long term service, poor work life balance.",Focus on people development.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31124,amazon,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer in Test,Many opportunities to grow and learn.,Management. Stressful. Peer competition. Lack benefits.,"Be nice to employee, and improve the review process.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31125,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Nov 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,great benefits and career opportunity.,Lot of time taking process for conversion.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31126,amazon,Secunderābād (Bangladesh)," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk analyst,"This is one of the best places to work with . I have worked in amazon.com for two years in HYD , INDIA . It is the best launch for my career and beautiful environment to work . It has got amazing collegues and managers who are always there to support","Amazon.com is very comfortable place to with . It pampers you a lot so the growth could stop and there wont be improvement in the career . So , it is necessary to keep building the resume within amazon.",I fee hike percentage should be increased and the compensation should be given more often . There has more perks during peak season and holiday season to attract employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31127,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,employeer feedback,Best place to work with..I loved amazon ..You people r the best...,nothing as of now. They r the best,keep it up JEFF....Well organised..,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31128,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Designation - Recruiter,Recruiter,great work culture learning I have enjoyed my time with amazon India. They have a very transparent culture based on the leadership principles ( google them ) and their focus on customers to build the business teaches you a lot. The amount of learning and the quality of work for me has been great but it depends on the team that you work for.,"As mentioned earlier, the quality of work can vary significantly depending on the team. There have been people who have felt their time at amazon has not helped them learn anything new and had turned out to be a pure execution and operations oriented.",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31129,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,Great Experience,They have a nice work environment,The work load can be too much at times,Please try to balance out everything,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2335.htm
31130,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Trms,OK,Lively Challenging in the beginning Lots to learn Talented crowd Fun,Stagnant after while Stagnant after while Stagnant after while Stagnant after while Stagnant after while,Let people know why you do what you do,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31131,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways (MBA) Program - Don't Do It If You Have Other Options,"-No other company will give you experience directly leading up to 500 people as quickly as Amazon will, and you will quickly become a leader of people by necessity.  -Its really interesting to learn what makes the engine of the beast that is Amazon fulfillment tick.  -Working here still looks extremely attractive on the CV, and can provide you with some interesting exit opportunities - even after just one year of employment.  -There is scope for quick advancement for EXCEPTIONALLY good performers (promotion to Sr. Ops Mgr within two years, GM within 2.5-4 years, regional director 4-5 years). The merely ‘good’ performers however will get stuck at SOM and have limited scope to advance beyond.  -Your sign on package will include a healthy amount of restricted stock units (RSUs) that can become very valuable later on if the stock price happens to double or triple - assuming you can stand to last long enough until they fully vest (4 years).  -You’ll deal with so many ridiculous situations and individuals that acing the behavioral interview for your next position after you leave Amazon will be no problem.  -While you’re in the Pathways program you’ll get to attend a week long Pathways conference in Seattle once a year, which is extremely informative, interesting, and actually a ton of fun.  -I’m not sure why you would be, but if you’re absolutely, 100% set on working within Operations within Amazon, the Pathways program is a million times better of an entry opportunity than coming in as an Area Manager or even standard Operations Manager.  -If for some reason you live, breathe, and die for the Amazon culture and the Amazon way you just might make it here and be an Amazon success.","-Although the starting salary + bonus is in fairly in line with other post MBA employers, you’ll be working i Banking hours, without the i Banking pay, nor the scope for fairly rapid and substantial income jumps that the field provides. On top of this, the work you’ll do for Amazon is actually more demanding than finance because you’ll be doing work that is incredibly physically exhausting, and will probably spend all of your off days lying in bed trying to get your energy back.  -Opportunities to enhance your income and salary through promotion pale greatly compared to other industries and companies. There are both less openings for advancement, and the jump in compensation you’ll see when promoted will typically be lesser than that of other companies.  -Annual salary raises for employees that meet or even exceed expectations are pitiful and are less than inflation (<1.5% Outstanding performers are only bumped 2.0%). The promotion to Sr. Operations manager (which is a big deal to the company) only consists of a ~5% base salary increase from the starting Pathways salary. This makes the in-line-with-industry offer that Pathways starts you at feel like it is really just to get you in the door.  -This is NOT a typical post-MBA role. Business acumen and overall intelligence and value to the business mean nothing in this role and is not valued at all - the role is really all about relentlessly barking down orders to your team in order to ‘drive’ improvements to the limited scope of metrics that your SOM silo’s you into, often at the expense of the well being of other people or the operation at large. You’ll also get sick of people using the word ‘drive’ all the time and feel a slight urge to throw someone under a bus every time you hear it.  -Due to the secluded and low SES location of most fulfillment centers, you’ll have limited opportunity to develop relationships with other young post MBA professionals and expand your professional network. Completely forget happy hours or meeting colleagues or friends for dinner after work. In fact, completely forget being able to do ANYTHING after work, because as I mentioned above you will be so physically exhausted.  -All businesses have office politics, but due to the unreasonable metrics pressure that everyone from all areas is constantly under, the office politics game at Amazon is particularly shameful and terrible, with political capital being used or gain to get or give assistance with trying to help someone else out with their metrics constantly.  -Expect to get minimal or no support from your peers, manager, or HR.  -While the rest of the world is enjoying the Christmas and holiday season (Peak at Amazon) you will be working 6 days / week, 12-15 hours / day and your life will be worse than hell.  -The illogical interactions and senseless gibberish you’ll be slammed with - particularly by the hourly associates - but perhaps unexpectedly by many of the other AMs and OMs, your boss, and, god forbid, even the GM, will make it seem preferable to be instead sticking hot needles into your eyeballs.  Overall, as you can see, there are many more negatives to this job than positives. I’d recommend to take it if you have no other options and you need a big brand name on your CV, otherwise I’d recommend a pass, and for you to congratulate yourself on the bullet you’ve just dodged.",How MBA level talent is managed and rewarded within the organization needs a complete overhaul,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,88,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31132,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Wide scope of work, independence","Hyper competitive, high stress, long work hours the norm",none,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31133,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 12, 2016",Former Employee - Risk Analyst - Senior Risk Investigator,Senior Fraud Risk Investigations Analyst,"Culture, Self-Motivation, Internal Leadership development, Customer comes first, good for growth","Politics, Prefer only students from top colleges and they end up having a bad attitude, not open to take new ideas,etc.","Need to open up to accepting others ideas, need to keep the hiring process transparent",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31134,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Good work life balance, Work hard and party hard culture",Higher Salary and Long Term Onsite assignments needed,Please keep up the good work :),4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31135,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - CSE,A mixed bag,Good work culture. Hire and Fire policy like Americans is evident. Professional attitude shown.,Zero tolerance does not go well with Indian mindsets,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31136,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Overall good,Good work culture and learning environment,Bad work life balance needs improvement,Look into the growth aspect of employees,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31137,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 25, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Maybe not so good as it seems at first,There was a very good atmosphere and working conditions initially. Lot of new things to learn with very nice people to work with.,Unclear growth paths. Micro management. Stereo typical management attitude. Does not live up to its name.,Everybody given their own space of mind will do wonders at this place.And no micro management cos it ruins the working environment and makes people seem robotic unlike human beings.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31138,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Amazon has evolving atmosphere with lot of things coming up. More challenges and more opportunities,"I thnk i have the worst manager . Aprat form that, badwork life balance. You spend 14-15 hours of the day there. If you dont like the work you are doing and its gonna get horrible. Well I suggest not to join. You will lose a part of your life with no memories",Understadn the employee goals,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31139,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing,Horrible - avoid unknown businesses like Amazon Tickets,"First of all, before joining Amazon more than 2 years ago, I read reviews on Glassdoor which were not great (3.5/5) but I thought that I'd be stronger and that the bad things that I read would not happen to me. BIG MISTAKE as I have many times regretted my choice and if I had to do it again, I would have tried to join another business at Amazon, and certainly not unknown and new businesses like Amazon Tickets.  Pros: - Brand, one of the earth's most customer-centric companies (depending on businesses though) - shares, on a 4 year period though (very few vest in your first year, second year, then every 6 months) - constantly innovating, Prime is a really cool business to work for if you have the chance","- frugality: from rubbish pens that break all the time (silly right?), to team lunches where your manager asks you to pay and to expense because he can't take that on his company card and make it visible, to no investment in people in spite of the ever growing pressure to increase (sometimes double) revenue numbers. This means that teams are often under-staffed and you will be likely working long hours and deal with high pressure with no additional resources, so quite frustrating  - no work life balance: working long hours is simply a given. I used to work on weekends, late (until midnight) and my managers have never done anything about it in spite of me calling it out, because we were understaffed and they needed me to do the job.. So yeah you might think that you will be strong and that it will be ok, the choice is yours but please read glassdoor and know what you're getting into, if lots of people highlight the lack of work life balance, what does that suggest to you?  - very strong blame culture anchored in the company's DNA through the leadership principle 'being vocally self critical': I've had 2 annual company reviews and 80% was focused on what I did wrong/what I could have done better which is quite demotivating. If something goes wrong, people will always look to blame someone as opposed to encourage people to share mistakes/learnings/grow together in order to learn from them  - bad managers that are only focused on short-term, don't know how to manage and don't care about managing people. Managers literally work all the time and it's common to start your day with +10 emails from your managers meaning that you are already late. So yes you can be lucky and have a good manager because of course it exists at Amazon, but you have to be very lucky  - 'the earth's most customer-centric company'? This is one of the main things that pulled me to Amazon but in start-up businesses like Amazon, it's actually the total opposite. The only thing that managers care about is driving sales, even if this means emailing the same things to the same customers everyday and ultimately long term disengagement from customers. I've personally had many challenges with the senior management because of non customer-centric things they wanted me to do, and of course my managers never supported me  - no team work: you often have to find information yourself (yes Amazon have a lots of 'wikis' which are not very updated and not clear) and struggle a bit before you find someone that might know someone that may be able to help you  To conclude, does having no work life balance, sacrificing some of your personal life, being unhappy sometimes worth having Amazon on your CV? The choice is yours and I wished that someone told me this, but the only thing I can say are: 1) if you want to join Amazon don't choose unknown businesses and 2) life is too short so whatever you do please do not forget that",Does it matter...?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2336.htm
31140,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,WORK IS NOT SO GOOD BUT NOT SO BAD.,"Brand is good. Working technologies are good, a lot of people are very smart.",A lot of politics. Management never listens the employees. Not very good promotion system.,Just listen to the employees as they are key to any company.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31141,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work-Life Balance? what is that??,"Fast pace changing environment, smart and professional individuals. Great platform to learn. The changing environment forces you to adjust to changes every day and you learn very quickly to have plans for all types of scenarios.","Managers are working too hard, culture is difficult as you are being criticized and expected to criticize other on a daily basis (one of the principles is - vocally self critical). Too many meetings.","Focus on proper on boarding of managers to the company, most of them had bad experience and little to no training. Think about ways to handle low retention rates.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31142,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 24, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,good/bad,good to work and good benefits,lots of OT with out intimation,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31143,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalogue Associate,"Best place to work good work culture,people and no issue",NO issue as of now. very happy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31144,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work place,Work culture is amazing. Fun and work at the same time.,The pay is not equivalent to the work that is extracted.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31145,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,transportaion specialist,the environment is amazing pay is great,"shifts keep changing, week offs are sometimes on week days, night shift",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31146,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Intern,Intern,"great environment, smart people, responsibilities","too many bureaucracies, difficult to localize things",more benefits would be better,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31147,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work culture,Very good work culture Cab facility Food coupons,Slow growth Otherwise everything else is very good,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31148,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Opportunity to work in one of the largest environments,Poor work/life balance and inadequate benefits,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31149,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,It's still Day 1 at Amazon,Good work culture. Not a stressful job.,Round-the-clock shifts. Not many recreational activities.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2337.htm
31150,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr catalog Quality associate,Best place to work in and got to learn a lot.,Salary paid is very less,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31151,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Talent Acquisition Manager,It’s great to see you’re looking for challenges and changes within our culture.,We’re working hard since we are making the world better.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31152,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog associate,"Easy to learn work, chilled out environment",Growth is next to impossible. Managers are from BPOs so they are not aware of the process,Give more opportunities for growth,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31153,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Kindle Specialist,Kindle Specilaist,"Competitive benefits, High cross-department exposure, Quality and effective management","Low salary, less internal hiring for openings, too much rationalism",Focus more on training and expose employees early to organisation structure,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31154,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Content Associate,Good Company for freshers and IT guys Have been working here from 1.5 years,Work Life Balance No Dress Code/Casual Office Culture Not so stressful work Two way cabs (Pickup and drop) Flexible timings Work from home option Can try for internal transfers without any restrictions Salary best in industry for Engineers and Testers,Growth is very slow Partiality when it comes to promotions Unsupportive managers Long work hours/ weekend work in festive times,Provide opportunities to hard workers and deserving candidates rather than doing partiality when it comes to promotions,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31155,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work environment,-Salary -Work environment -Company status -Free Green Tea,-Work timings -Work pressure -Weekly offs -Cafeteria food -No smoking zone,Stop hiring rude and arrogant managers,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31156,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Opportunity to work in one of the largest environments,Poor work/life balance and inadequate benefits,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31157,amazon,"Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)"," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Drug Safety Associate,Safety associate,I like to face new challenges.,No downside everything is going well and fine.,I want to get new opportunities.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31158,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Intern,Internship,Get to learn a lot Many intern meetings and connects Possibility to convert internship to a full time job,Less Pay for interns Very Manual work,Please pay interns as per the standard of the city of internship,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31159,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough environment but interesting projects & very smart people,"Smart people, lots to learn, projects with high profiles",Tough environment and demanding timelines,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2338.htm
31160,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,"Laid back working environment, good opportunities to learn,","Lack of opportunities for growth, Poor salary, lack of differentiation between critical work and repetitive work",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31161,amazon,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my review,Great place to work You can learn a lot,Not so friendly coworkers - depends on the team you are working with,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31162,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at amazon,"Good , challenging, every day different","work/life balance an issue, work could get confusing, too many managers",look at work life balance,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31163,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE1,"Equipment, environment, peers are all good",no cons actually so far as I seen.,no advices. . ... . . . .. .,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31164,amazon,Pune (India)," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best work culture,No other company provides a work culture like amazon lives up to the name,No no no no nk,Great job,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31165,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,Warehouse Associate - Dumfermline - Avoid,"At least 40hours a week, sometimes more like 60+","typical american sweatshop. work employees to the bone. 14+hour shifts, overnight, struggling to stay awake. unrealistic targets - pick 30-40+ items an hour when they are located all over the warehouse. awful recruitment ""hire and fire"" revolving door and using corrupt 3rd party agencies (PNP recruitment/Transline) to do their dirty work. Dont work here. This company deserves to go bust.",stop treating employees like slaves.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31166,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"cool, stress free, no dress code, can earn as much as you work",nothing much i found ! nyc to work,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31167,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SR Catalog Associate,Good company to begin your career.,No cons as of now!!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31168,amazon,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Great place to work but the pace can wear you out,Exciting time to work here. Very talented group of individuals working hard to detonate e-commerce in Mexico.,The company hires only the best for a good reason... they rather have few people manage entire businesses than entire teams like in other companies.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31169,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Awesome place to grow and learn,"Learning curve is very very steep , You will learn a lot",Nothing as such. Everything is good and there is no con,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2339.htm
31170,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Awesome place to grow and learn,"Learning curve is very very steep , You will learn a lot",Nothing as such. Everything is good and there is no con,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31171,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr.Risk Mining Investigator,current team is the Best Learning platform in TRMS. Skills can be improved to the best. Exposure across globe,Ambiguity about what to do next. No clear cut certainity about vertical growth,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31172,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Field Boy,no experience,best shopping company in india. people buy best product for using purpose.,i do hard work to achieve a goal for company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31173,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company for non Tech,"No work Pressure, and you will find best co workers.",Less salary for non tech,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31174,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Trms,"be confident,happy and daring",we will see us entering into a happy life with no stress,the future scope of us getting efficient jobs is less,no specific advice,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31175,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Support Analyst,Over all nice experience,* Good facilities * Nice people * Good salary,* Less work life balance * High work pressure * Hard to move among internal teams,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31176,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Oct 30, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Supervisor,Great company,"Very good pay rate. Good incentives, lots of over time. Benefits include company stock and private medical insurance for employees, additional family members pay a little extra, special rate for children. Very attractive. Great conditions indoor, free tea and coffee throughout. Clean and very safety conscious. Great work ethics and fair culture for employees.",None really. Not in my experience anyway.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31177,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,"Lots of opportunities, chance to make an impact. Generally nice people to work with",Zero budgets to work with. Archaic white paper process to enact any kind of change. Ridiculous promotion process,Provide more budget to enact change. Simplify the promotion process,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31178,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good Working Environment. Challenging projects. Open to new ideas. Everyone is passionate and will push you beyond your limits. Learning and applying cutting edge technologies.,Perks are less. Quality of work depends on team you are in.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31179,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fraud Investigator,fun work culture. great people. good role for a year or 2 to get experience. pretty flexible working hours.,working 1 day of the weekend. within the department slow or none career options/Payrise.,"Overall good, but some managers/supervisors should improve communication and leadership skills and sometimes it comes across that they are too focused on statistics.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2340.htm
31180,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Extremely Difficult,High pay over all Meet a lot of interesting people Easy to get job Good for students,Hard work About 10 miles walk every day Long hours 12 hours of travel and shift Repent less work,Give the workers a break!,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31181,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,TRMS,TRMS  Young Vibe.  Brand Name.  Can grow to the next level within an year if get along well with the management and the performance is above average.,"TRMS  No Work Life Balance.  New Managers are from call centers and on the older side thus Amazon has lost it highly energetic and innovative approach to deal with employees.  Compensation is less as compared to other companies. 22-23 k per month for majoring of the L3 investigators.  No social life, will be expected to work on weekends and night shifts (Friday Night,Saturday Night etc) or early morning shifts like logging in at 6 am on Sundays. Shift change after 3 months.  Cab facility has changed from door to door to point pick up so be prepared to walk.  Forget about discounts/gift card on Amazon.in . No special offers for the employees.  Hourly targets/daily targets to meet.",Would be better if go back to old ways and have a positive vibe going on with emloyees again.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31182,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mismanaged team, over 80% attrition (isolated case). Otherwise a great company overall",- Opportunity to work on cool projects and initiatives with brilliant people all over the world - Plenty of opportunity for lateral move to other business units (see cons) - Strong work culture (read: Amazon Leadership Principles) means you can expect quality customer-obsessed works and ideas being worked on really quickly.,"The issue seems to be an isolated case within this specific team, primarily due to mismanagement: - Lack of vision as a team - Poor understanding of the business in the region - Tragic loss: over 80% attrition rate due to poor people management (a number of us moved laterally to other business units)","Listen to the feedback from team members and take real corrective actions. There are critical issues with the people managers in the team which is costing business and impacting the bottom line. At this rate, everyone hired in 2015 will have left the team by end 2016 and talent drain continues to 2017. Someone has to stop the bleeding by replacing the team lead.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31183,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales Specilaist,"Awesome work culture, lots to learn, really passionate employees",hectic work load at certain times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31184,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support Representative,Technical Support Associate,Excellent work environment. Sports facilities and transport are additional perks.,Initial training process could be made better.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31185,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,Challenging work environment which helps hone not just the required skill sets but also soft skills. A lot of learning with intense work culture.,Some departments can be very demanding and intense.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31186,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,very good working place for fresher very good environment,"not any cons to share , better management can be there for senior junior interaction .","there is not any advice to management , these guys are doing best on their path",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31187,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Recruiter,"Good exposure, Real time visible impact of individuals effort, flexibility",Not a place for slow performers and the ones who do not have interest and passion towards their work profile,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31188,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Process Associate,Amazon review,Good work culture n facilities,Late growth in d company,Q4 pressure shud b minimised by more recruitment,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31189,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associate,the overtime pay is okay,"The most boring place on earth Management are incompetent and have clearly never had leadership training Unsafe, workers are encourage to break health and safety rules to hit productivity targets 60 hours per week compulsory in Festive period. Lunch break was 7 hours into in the shift. Makes you start to go a bit insane after a while of doing the same thing for 10 hours.",redesign the packing department to fit your needs rather than bending all the rules.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2341.htm
31190,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Nov 10, 2016","Former Employee - Data Center Linux &amp, Hardware Engineer",Expected more from the giant,"Mentorship programs were adequate, 10% discount on Amazon.com, international team and great work experience in growing/new data center cluster locations.","Poor people management, poor work life balance, and poor salary based on the true work required. All of these things left a number of my team including myself to leave the company within the first two years of employment.",Invest more in your human capital.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31191,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,program manager,good experience and improve self leadership,work hard and time management is hard,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31192,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"good relationship, kind people. but localization is a problem. it's a good company but not good stratgy might be.","working conditions. might be because new office, so the conditions is not so optimistic/",mind your local staff,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31193,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Culture,Big Companies like Amazon spend a lot of money and efforts to create the best work environment.,"Big Companies like Amazon give you a very restricted domain to work in, thereby making it monotonous. of course IJP's are there but 1 out 30/40 people gets selected",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31194,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Associate - Kindle,Good place for Start ups. Friendly environment. Most of the Managers will be friendly to their employees. Salary is good compared to BPOs'. Team outing is held for every 3 months.,Target oriented job. Increment is less. Work pressure is more to reach the daily targets.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31195,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,I feel sorry for any Christmas Associate at this company.,"Pay is ok, great pay if you work nights.  That's about it really, my opinion is completely based on my experience as a Christmas Temp picker so I can't say much about any schemes or pensions they do (if they have any).","- If you are a robot than I guess you will fit in fine here. Pickers are under huge stress from the targets. One man was even running (literally running) to keep up with his picks. You are apparently monitored constantly so they know how many picks you are doing (even though I stayed in the toilets for over an hour and nothing was said to me from management or agency rep). Other jobs in the warehouse seemed more relaxed but I suspect the lucky few who had these jobs were permanent staff. Fact is, if you are a Christmas temp, expect to be treated like a robot and have very high targets if you are a picker or packer.  -Management will give you a pep talk at the beginning of the shift. I don't know if they still do this but the whole thing was pointless and just wasted time. The only time management seemed to communicate to us temporary staff was in this 10 minute talk and at 6am in a cold warehouse, I didn't want to stand there and hear them bang on about targets every shift.  -If you clock in a minute late, 30 minutes or an hour pay will be deducted. It sounds like a trivial thing, just don't be late for work right? Wrong. When you have a lack of these clock in machines which there was at the time, you could be standing in queues for quite a while. The whole thing was ridiculous.  There are other issues with this place but I'm going to keep these short.  -A lot of pickers didn't speak English. It wasn't a huge problem because well, if you are a picker, you won't get to speak to people much anyway. But if you need to communicate to other pickers for what ever reason, this can be a problem.  -Smoking cage was too small. We were discouraged from going completely out of the building to smoke but I had enough of being crammed in like an animal so eventually I had taken to the street to smoke.  - Airport security. I know how important security is for different reasons but the fact it takes at least 10 minutes off of your break just to get out of the warehouse is a joke. If you get an hour break, expect that to be 45 minutes by the time you get out of the there.  -Agent reps are useless. I asked to be changed to the late or night shift because it was very hard for me to get to work doing the morning shift. I had to rely on my mum (yep that's right, my dear old mum) to get out of bed at 5am every day to give me a lift to work because I haven't got a car and buses wouldn't have it me there on time. I had initially asked for nights and then they forced me to do the 6am start shift. They said they will be sorting transportation but that had taken more than a month which by that time, I had enough of the whole company and agency.  -In the 2012, they sacked a lot of people by text. Literally it was like 'we don't need you anymore'. Lovely ay? I was not one of those people, I had decided to leave about a week before this happened but my brother was also working there at the time and told me this was happening.  -Also it's a legal requirement that water may be available for staff. Hmm the water was available but no paper cups. So no cups, no water. We constantly told team leaders and agency reps about this, asked them to put more paper cups there so we could have water but after 8 hours, nothing. This happened on multiple occasions.","If nothing has changed from 2012, I hope you over look a few things and correct them. -Staff are not robots -More clocking in machines so staff can clock in and out quicker. -Bigger smoking area or better rotated breaks to avoid over crowding. -Ensure water AND PAPER CUPS are provided for staff. This is a legal requirement. Not unless you want pickers to become ill from dehydration. - Let staff leave 5 minutes early for breaks (not deducted from pay) to go through airport security. -Don't let people go with a simple text. It shows how much you don't care about the staff. -Don't bother with the time wasting pep talk that goes on for too long. Or at least cut straight to the point instead of making everyone wait around for no reason. -Hire more English speaking workers. This will improve communicate between teams.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31196,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,SSA,Fun place to work. Fantastic support from management. Lots of growth opportunities.,Cannot think of any cons. Scope of improvement in on boarding new third party sellers.,On boarding sellers can be improved. A little micromanaging is advised.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31197,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,Good company to start over your carreer.,No visibility for the performers. Littel excess in work place politics.,It would be better to listen to an employee's suggestions when they quit.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31198,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - UI-UX Designer,Mixed bag,"Good teams, work with some of the best people in the industry. Good competitive pay.",No investment in stafff once you're in. Very slow to get anything done. Very risk averse. Have to do everything yourself and you won't get thanked.,Listen and invest in your employees. A 50% staff turnover in less than 2 years speaks volumes for how bad things are.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31199,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Amazon seller services are excellent,I believe that amazon is the best market on online platform and from last one year I'm working in amazon in different fields like FC Warehouse Associate and as Delivery Boy in amazon.,I love to work in amazon at every stage of my life because it is standard to say that i'm working in amazon with so and so position.,Its my only one advice is that i can work in amazon in all over the world because i have a single single knowledge about amazon services.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2342.htm
31200,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Interesting workplace,Get to work with great people The challenges due to scale of things are interesting,"Oncalls can be bad sometimes Many teams you interact with will be in another timezone, expect late night/early morning conf calls",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31201,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Finance Analyst in Slovakia,-average fulfillment center-type job in multinational corporation,"-average fulfillment center type job -no meaningful benefits -no other incentive to improve apart from climbing the corporate ladder -the organization is very much top-down oriented, almost archaic. -the 14 (!!!) leadership principles get thrown around frequently, but are widely misunderstood and misused. Deteriorated into buzzwords.  As with many other multinational corporations, this one also values people who are more vocal than hardworking, are willing to promote themselves without any real achievements and are able to substitute their personality with pretended values.","-common sense should be the first and only leadership value -hitting targets should not come at the expense of hurting customers or colleagues -calls and presentations which do not add any value to their audience are a costly, time-wasting black hole",3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31202,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Amazing experience,- Data Centric and Employee Friendly,- Speed up hiring process,None,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31203,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,Growth - Salary and positions wise International opportunities Culture Flat hierarchy Work from home,Dependence on international teams at times Ambiguity in nature of work,Can work on removing ambiguity and providing clear objectives/goals to the employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31204,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Risk Analyst,Good brand name Defined work hours,Very low growth Demotivating managers and team leads Mundane work,Don't be rude to employees,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31205,amazon,Nagla Dehli (India)," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Operations,oppration,that's time is best company of word in online shopping.,amazon is employ is best.,your every employ is doing work best,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31206,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Use of magnifying glass to prove something obvious,"Good salary, multiple opportunities to internally change jobs and geography, responsibility at very young age, rapid growth for high performers, stock options for all employees","Deep dive in shallow waters, cumbersome decision making - use of magnifying glass and convince detractors for something that is blatantly obvious, every individual driving own goals causing huge financial impact to org",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31207,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Analyst,Best place to begin your career,Amazon Chennai is a great platform for someone to start their career. The management has a lot of stalwarts from whom you can learn a lot and growth is pretty good. I joined straight after my college and i knew i was in the right place as it took care of my transition perfectly,The Management is biased. You are not taken seriously untill you join the big league of Managers(L5+). The pay till this level is very less compated to the work and you are only treated as a variable employee,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31208,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Within 6 months,Excellent work culture that encourages you to strive for more. Support from peers and seniors. Rewards and recognition on every quarter.,Particular job profiles need more pay. Certain hiring and methodologies are conventional which makes it difficult to retain the original culture.,"stick to the basics of the company and not become like the other companies. Work culture and environment is what makes this company stand out, that should be be given utmost priority.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31209,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good choice,"Amazing, fast pace environment. Great colleagues to learn from and very efficient management.","No free lunches in the office, and sometimes it feels that management wants to save on everything they can.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2343.htm
31210,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning opportunity,1. Great work culture 2. Great learning and growth opportunities,No cons as such. Loved working here!,Great culture,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31211,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to start,Excellent environment to work as a fresher,"Be good and nice to the managment , u vl get ur rewards and recognition",Please identify people who really work rather than being nice to u.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31212,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not the most exciting technology stack,"Flexible working hours, smart colleagues","Very data driven career development, need to get a data points across many categories for promotion",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31213,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Journey in Amazon,"team lunch, team outing, flexible shifts and work life balance, work from home when any emergencies, could take breaks and complete the work at any time of the day","Stack ranking is done on a global scale that slows down growth rate up to an extent, 8 hours office time with 7 hours working time",I have learnt many interesting things as I am new to the corporate world. Good working atmosphere and its a friendly one.I have got many suggestions from the management and the team members.I was very glad to work with the senior most engineers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31214,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,Nothing more than a better pay only if you work at nights,-Too busy environment. -Feels like slavery. -Nepotism. -Too many unprofessional managers both in FC and HR. -Long hours. Basically the list can go on and on for negative points!,No advice as nothing will change. Hopefully somebody gets to sue them for this 21st century slavery!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31215,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Sortation Shift Manager,Good Environment,Working here you get a good salary.,Only con I can think of is having to work constant Night Shift.,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31216,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,"There are a lot of smart people around, chance to work independently, nice salary and benefits.","Frugality, ordinary facilities at office compared to other top companies, 24 hour oncall is the worst.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31217,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Great place to work at,"Encouraging manager, interesting projects to work on",Not very many. It's a great place to work at,Good job,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31218,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,Good start for a fresher,"Good environment, vibrant teams, good leadership (though it depends on teams). You will have ample of learning opportunities in terms of process, leadership skills etc. Outing, transport, subsidized food are some of the perks you get working for amazon. It's also a very fast paced environment, if you don't cope up you will be shown the door one way or the other (It's what defines amazon, ""work hard, have fun, make history"")!.","The pay is very low for freshers! If ever you get into non technical profiles, forget about decent salary!. The big brand that amazon is will be the only thing to make you stay much longer. In some teams there is no concept called growth, I know some guys who are stuck there in the same entry level positions for over 5 years or so with the same old stingy package!",If you want to retain the loyal employee base plz do something about the package!. True that we get carried away with the brand value (which is a value in itself) of amazon but that alone doesn't put food on our plate!,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31219,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazon Transportation Department India,- Cutting edge technologies to work with. - Smartest people you will ever find - Lots of learning. - High scaled systems with customer or business impact to work with. - Good tech equipment - Leadership Principles,"- Extreme workaholic environment. No social life. Actually it varies from team to team. - Very competitive environment and if you don't keep up with the pace, you will be pressurized, isolated and slowly out.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2344.htm
31220,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good organisation to start a carrer,Employee Friendly environment Good Exposure and Good Pay too,As it is a Amazon no cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31221,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to start a career.,"Best thing is anybody who wants to grow and start career in a booming industry,this is the best opportunity.",nobody is perfect in this world.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31222,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Compliance Reviewer,Great Place to work at :),Really nice place to work at :) Enjoying every bit of it.,Been here for a month. None so far :),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31223,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Development Engineer,Its good to learn new technologies....,I have left programing long time back almost 16 years ago...,training and confidence is neede.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31224,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Lead,Great Place to Work,"Culture, Information Sharing , Training and Employee engagement.  Relationship with the managers is good. Good interactions with different teams.",Only con is salary is below standard compared to Market salary. Other than this an awesome place to work.,Nothing really.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31225,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Seasonal Customer Service Associate,Csa Cape Town,Positive Environment with opportunity to grow. Leadership is good and has an open and welcoming platform for the ones brave and willing enough to occupy at. Development and Growth not only offered professionally but also personally. I personally consider or see Amazon as a wrapped gift containing its own litlle yet large world filled with possibilities waiting to be discovered by the ones hungry enough.,Social life becomes almost non existent as shifts and long hours are like rum and cocke they just go together. Working on Christmas and new year.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31226,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial analyst,Fast paced environment Smart people Good environment to work in,Some pressure Lack of processes Under staff,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31227,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,It's great working here,It's a IT giant with all the facilities within it.. It has a good working environment and have certain places to chill out. Mostly you will find great opportunities working there.,Basically no cons here.. But sometimes you have to work for long hours and have to take stressful decisions which is for the betterment of the society.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31228,amazon,"Milton, ON (Canada)"," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse Associate,A ideal place to start your career life.,Need to wait quite long time to obtain new critical function training.,giving more opportunities to new staff to promote.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31229,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Graduate Area Manager,Graduate Sales Manager,"Extremely enjoyable experience from start to finish. Extremely thorough, tough and in depth experience with 5 interview stages. Started with a standard phone call, competency based. If successful, you sit a maths test (18 questions in 25 minutes or something along those lines) and some backround info. If successful, you're asked to do a 1 way interview on the computer, using the camera and microphone- 1 minute of preparation time for a question displayed, 3 minutes to record an answer. I was asked around 8 questions I think. If successful, you're invited to visit an Amazon location (fulfilment centre) for a full tour of the facility and an interview process. I was given 4 interviews with 4 different people of different rank, area and discipline within Amazon. Each interview was around 30-40 minutes in length, all competency based questions and some CV explaining. They let you go, and get back to you within 5-7 days. I was lucky and got a call the following day informing me they were impressed and offered me the job. I don't know many companies who are willing to provide someone with such a large salary, generous benefits and excellent optional extras. I'm looking forward to starting my new role within the month.","None. Whilst challenging, the interview and auditing process is relaxed, reliable and weeds out the wrong people for the role quite quickly and efficiently.","None, keep the process as it is. Extremely tough but worth it in the end without question.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2345.htm
31230,amazon,Vellore (India)," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product manager,India's biggest online marketing and give a good responsibility of customer.,Network server speed is very less.,Give a opportunity of job for every fresher's.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31231,amazon,Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Web Content Administrator,Bachelor' Degree,because Amazon is a well-known electronic marketplace and have had the opportunity to purchase and is safe,Access to Prime Subscribers has to pay accesss,I Experiences in handling information once I associate with amazon to sell image and promotional articles on the web with amazon,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31232,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,It's nice place to work and grow ur carrier,"Good work culture , no restrictions , to grow in any kind of role they will help u out moving latrelly inside the company",They need u all time I mean it's hard to get leaves and and for entry level employees they make u to work like hell there,Nothing to advise,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31233,amazon,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Company,"Talented people, good working environment, straight forward leadership","hmmmmmm, i cannot say more on this part.. i felt no cons",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31234,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,A company where builder can build,"In some team, too much operation",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31235,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer Review,Greate place to start your career. Extremely high pace of software development. Good ownership of projects,Didn't have much issues with the company. Liked working there. Specially if you are fresh out of college I highly recommend working here,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31236,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Nov 19, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing,"process oriented, great office ambience","document culture, decentralised and hence you end up working both Indian and Seattle time, rough managers, not flexible with time, long hours, too much coordination with other locales, micro-management, too many review meetings, 24x7 work, hierarchical, unstructured",Treat your employees well,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31237,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops. Manager,Good place to explore yourself.,Nothing specific it is good place to work.,Doing good.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31238,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Amazon,Work Culture is really great and so is Career Growth,Perks and Timings Too much performance oriented,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31239,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Data center Technician,"Great company, very fast, pay well, many help from other people,big profesionality inside this comapy","Work hard, very hard every day",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2346.htm
31240,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Data center Technician,"Great company, very fast, pay well, many help from other people,big profesionality inside this comapy","Work hard, very hard every day",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31241,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazon review,Great work culture. Lots of roles and opportunities within the Organization.,"Ambiguity in roles is high, especially for new comers.",Continue to have a diverse work culture even in terms of educational background and do not limit yourself to B-School grads alone.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31242,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Risk Manager,amazon benefits,"money, flexibility are the two main pros of this company. It has achieved great feats and will achieve more.",changing shifts are the main concern of an employee. Night shifts are mainly there. But it can be managed over time.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31243,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast-Paced, Gets you one your feet","Good exercise, average of 8-10km of walking. Actually shredded some fat. Learning curve you have time to overcome. Use this experience to boast about time management, productivity and adaptivity.",1 in 2000 mistakes allowed or something while having a highly set level of productivity. Walking 10km takes a toll on your feet and back.,Keep doing what you're doing in keeping motivated especially those stretches before working. Play more foosball with employees!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31244,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Seller Account Manager,Flexibility of schedules Good work-life balance,Complex processes Different SOPs between locations,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31245,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good Environment,"Friendly behaviour by everyone especially managers, whole lot of fun stuff goes on in peak time form nov to jan. No work pressure for 6 months","bad food service, only 50 rs sodexo given per day. rotation shift is bad fgor health, very low package",keep it fixed sat sunday off,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31246,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,customer service manager,"give a good and friendly environment, greater learning opportunities, fun and enjoyment nature of emplyeees make the work to do with pleasure.","not good food, less holidays, more pressure at times.",Look for a good food,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31247,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Security Engineer II,Lots of flexibility and freedom,Not many benefits. Fixed review cycles.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31248,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work?,Very strong company culture - 14 leadership principles,Treat people like machine. Too much focus on data and figures,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31249,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unpleasant work environment,"Amazon deals with large scale problems, so you get to see those first hand.","Amazon has a truly unpleasant work environment. The negative comments you see in Glassdoor and in other media are fully justified. Amazon drives its growth through pressurizing its work-force to deliver to ever-increasing demands. This pressure creates a climate where work-life balance is ignored and employees are treated as disposable assets. Amazon's strong share price (and its policy of stock as a significant part of compensation) has created an incentive for employees to stay, but I seriously question how much staff loyalty there will be should the share price not continue on an upward trend.  Separately, because of the focus on the Amazon style of writing documents, software developers spend as much time writing documents as software.",A complete overhaul of human resources policies is required.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2347.htm
31250,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,Excellent fast learning job with a couple of smart colleagues. The customer is always at the first place and all the activities done are focused on the customers' requests.,Too much focused on delivery. Sometimes the engineer has no guidance and all the activities are based on the leadership value of the single engineer that takes initiative.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31251,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,nice environment,Global outlook Cross platform experience Lets us be very very vocal about any issue Global outlook Cross platform experience,"Long hours sometimes because of high work flow motivation - should come from within Work life balance, If provide training some period of time, it good for new employees",Keep up the good work in being the best customer centeric company Good to get intern by Amazon one of the best company in the business.Technicality is what that matters and kind of work we do to build up things quickly and in a customer obessed world.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31252,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Not worth it,"No dress code at all, great view.","Overworked but underpaid, food isn't good, limited choice in work timings, slow growth rate.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31253,amazon,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,modern slavery,"Good pay but thats about it,nothing more.","Bad company policies,treated like a slave.",Be grateful to your workers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31254,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,"Work hard, have fun!","To gain valuable experience, it is one of the best place to be. The knowledge of the people at amazon is at a different level. Salary and bonuses are above average.",Only very hard work can keep you up with this fast growing and changing environment. So you need more then 40hrs weeks,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31255,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Pretty good place to work. Positive and team environment,Great first entry into e commerce and tech world. Good team environment. Great progression for hard workers.,Shift work. Sometimes feel like a number. Correcting a lot of mistakes made in outsourced support such as manilla and india.,Doing a pretty good job,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31256,amazon,Pune (India)," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Sevice Associate,"Amazon got very friendly and loving environment to work with. Managers, Leads , colleagues always there to help you out with your problem.",Just one do not see much of career opportunities,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31257,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Process Assistant,process assistant,good team members and good facilities,over time work and heavy work load,treat like a common people,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31258,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good Company,1. Huge Visibility 2. A lot of opportunity. 3. Decent Salary in comparison to most of Indian Companies,A lot of on the go work. No proper Structure,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31259,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Cab facility, Sodexo coupons, holidays","career growth, politics, unfair managers",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2348.htm
31260,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Individual Contributor/Business Analyst,Lets us be very very vocal about any issue,motivation - should come from within,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31261,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Catalog Quality Associate,amazing atmosphere. transparency at all levels,too much work pressure at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31262,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to wpr for,"Shares, leave policies, work culture",vesting details of shares takes minimum one-two years,NA,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31263,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - DCEO,Data Center Engineering Operative,Money is reasonable but not fantastic,"Lack of training and support. culture promotes finger pointing and divisiveness. Repetitive workload which becomes boring. Ideas stolen, paranoid culture",Have backbone a commit,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31264,amazon,"Dalian, Liaoning (China)"," Oct 8, 2016",Former Employee - Buyer,Buyer,"Cool company&management. highly recommend. Everyone is happy to work there, though it is not an mnc or fortune 500","Nothing at all.Management is great. Sometimes work overtime, but things happen. Totally a great experience for me.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31265,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,LIFE IS GOOD BUT WORK PRESSURE IS HIGH,Good and friendly environment,"Work pressure is high. No leaves and at times has to work on Sundays too. And the worst thing is no time to sit idle even a minute, due the heavy work flow",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31266,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,csa,lot to learn fun activities in training,nothing as of now as I am very new to this company,allow other food brands other than sodexo to sell so that monopoly of sodexo ends and food quality improves,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31267,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Order Picker,Modern day Salcery,"4 days a week working, free water, free parking",Your being timed all the time don't be fooled in the beginning the first 2-3 weeks they don't count but after then everything counts 10 mins wash room breaks are a problem even though its a 2 mins walk just to get to the wash room too bad and of course sitting down anywhere is a crime.,Stop the timing everybody on everything you won't want to be timed so why do did it to others. Be more organized in general man because its really bad. Its obvious their not being timed because act like they have all the time in the world.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31268,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good working place for all freshers.,I have cons to tell about amazon.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31269,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE intern,"Nice environment! I can use resources as much as I want, and almost all things of what I want to know are in the wiki. I can get so good experience with hard work. Also, people are so kind and have great personality.",Hard work makes me little bit tired. And there are few opportunities to do something with colleagues afterwork.,"The environment for work is so good, and I have nothing to claim more for now. Please keep growing.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2349.htm
31270,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE intern,"Nice environment! I can use resources as much as I want, and almost all things of what I want to know are in the wiki. I can get so good experience with hard work. Also, people are so kind and have great personality.",Hard work makes me little bit tired. And there are few opportunities to do something with colleagues afterwork.,"The environment for work is so good, and I have nothing to claim more for now. Please keep growing.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31271,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Intern,Internship,Fast paced lots of opportunities to learn innovative,very unfriendly environment everyone is always busy too much work load,make history,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31272,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Waste of time,"You learn a lot about amazon's leadership principles and how to gain the necessary skills to become one. You can find a lot of people from different backgrounds and cultures, and can easily make new friends.","There is no transparency when it comes to growing. It doesn't matter what you achieve, how many things you know, learn or change, if your superiors have friends they want to promote, you have no chance. The salaries are low compared to any other big companies in the area. You gain more responsibilities over time, but the wages don't reflect that. Someone from outside has a better chance of landing a good job than someone already working there, so don't think that you can start low and grow.","Create a fair plan and equal opportunities for everyone. You may find great talent in your ""associates""",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31273,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,I like it but do you like it?,Company is open to something new There is always challenges Smart people Innovative Easy access to new opportunities within the organization,"Nothing is simple So many obstacles on your way People don't ready emails Book smart people There is a strong hit and miss. If you hit this is the best place to work for you but if you miss, then it's a disaster.","Many people forgets what they said previously. Team works towards to what the management said then when they present the result they say ""why are we doing this?"". Very disappointing.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31274,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,good experience,best platform to work with,no help from management when it comes to leaves.,no advice,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31275,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Job for Bsc Computer Science,productive and great place to work,"Amazon today is one of the most successful companies in the world because here you will be given the golden opportunity to learn. It might not be the happiest place to be in like most of the tech companies but if you want to learn new things, we cannot suggest a better place to you than Amazon.","Work life balance, If provide training some period of time, it good for new employees",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31276,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Awesome place,Great culture and working environment. Working hard is recognized well.,None so far. I work hard and it is well appreciated.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31277,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Analyst,Analyst,Global outlook Cross platform experience Mentor ship Awesome teams to work with Ahead in technology,Long hours sometimes because of high work flow,Keep up the good work in being the best customer centeric company,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31278,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Device Associate - Test,Good as Heaven,"Environment will be exactly as per their saying ""Work hard, have fun, make history"" 1. Fun filled 2. More learning 3. Best culture 4. Nice place especially for starters",1. Comparatively a bit low salary 2. Hike will be very normal,Keep on providing this friendly environment,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31279,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical account manager,"Open door environment, friendly team leaders and great mentors. Managers were also very helpful and the environment was very good to work under",Rotational shifts no matter what job profile you were at.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2350.htm
31280,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expanding and fast environment company.,Very good leadership experience and steep learning curve.,Pressure (good or bad) and not everyone leading by example.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31281,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Device accociate,"Awesome place to work Good one to start your career Nice people , worth it",pay would be competitively less,Noting,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31282,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a good place if you are from non-tech background,"Flexible timings , good work environment","No growth, more of data entry job",Please increase the salary and let the appraisals be fair enough,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31283,amazon,San Bernardino (Colombia)," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse,"Lots of work, lots of overtime.",To many temps walking around the warehouse.,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31284,amazon,"Woking, England (UK)"," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Logistics Supervisor,operation supervisor nights,team sprite is A+ 4 on 3 off weekly pay good salary,change in process's is very quick,Keep talking to all staff,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31285,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Not a good place to work if you are in the non technical side,"Good Infrastructure and facilities, good work environment which almost every company offers today.","Horrible pay structure, No value for employees, No growth, No good appraisals. The biggest problem is that they make you work so much and so hard and in the end the management comes up with so many reasons that it is even useless trying. If you want to grow in the company, you have to keep putting butter/Jam/etc on the managers. Otherwise please leave and work somewhere else cause this place will surely depress you over time.",Give every smart and hard working person a good chance to grow instead of hiring useless people for a minimum wage.,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31286,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Fun environment to work,Everybody are so cool to work with. Managers are Friendly Work Life Balance,Pretty much nothing to mention,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31287,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Analyst,best,"awesome, good, clean, joyful and fun","boring, lazy,ambiance sucks dirty sometimes and stinky",NA,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31288,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No growth,Friendly environment. Your colleagues are supportive enough. Fun team outings. Transport facility provided is too good,Going behind managers will give you promotions,Listen to your employees,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31289,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Program Managet,good company,very good company. salary is ok and benefit is not too bad. The RSU is really a superise as Amazon stock price is flying,the training for new hire is not enough. You need to plan your career by yourself,not too much to comment for management. generally it is good but need give employee more chance/training to develop leadership.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2351.htm
31290,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,"Flexible work culture , flat organisation.","Too much presuure , peak pressure and undefined process",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31291,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Not Living Up To It's Name,Good Work Culture Nothing Else is Good,Zero Skill development Shifting Focus to being like other BPOs No Work-Life Balance,Give equal opportunities to all instead of being partial,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31292,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Vendor Manager,Amazing Learning Experience and diverse intelligent crowd,Weak HR Policies and undefined company culture.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31293,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work but slow progress,Technology available Support to develop Easy to learn,No vision Doing things old ways No one ready to adapt to new things Extremely political environment,Things can be simple and effective It just needs someone to take a step back and look at it again,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31294,amazon,Bhiwandi (India)," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Applications for the Amazon Associate,associate T&C policy at Amazon,honesty team work but not understood to senior person,amazon is booming Industry but senior employees not supportive,we want original salary provide to associate direct from amazon,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31295,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Analyst,Senior analyst,Well known company .good working environment,Like to work in amazon,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31296,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Your hardwork will get you fired. Do wrong and grow. Customer service.,1. Very good pay structure with very less deductibles. 2. Good transport as compared to other companies. 3. No dress code. 4. Eat and work simultaneously on your desk. 5. Very good work culture with good respect. People are friendly and help you so much in your work. 6. Awesome facility staff. Maintaining clean washrooms with tissue papers which other companies won't even keep tissue papers 7. Good amount of leaves. 8. Swap option for the shift.,"1. Zero work life balance. 2. Long term work like 5 years can add to building up serious physical / mental health issues when you are a consistent performer. 3. Managers are given so much work that they can hardly help their team members in growth. 4. As you go up and you cannot avail leaves then they trap you to kick you out. 5. After a year of hardwork, there will be a Post Peak Party and that to just for 4-5 hours. Not even a day to enjoy. Food is of very bad quality. Who experienced this party earlier would like to be at home instead of attending the party. 6. Cheap thinking managers are hired and they implement cost cutting techniques from where they have come from. 7. High level of politics in the promotions. 8. Specialty is the only department which is worst of all the department. 9. Few policies are illogical in your work and screw the metrics and you need to choose the exit door. 10. The more time you spend in the same level, the less percentage salary hikes. 11. The companys' punch line is 'Work hard, have fun, make history. In CS, its only Work hard, Work Hard and Work hard. Other departments like TRMS are so heavenly. I ask the company CEO Jeff bezoz the 5 Whys (Why, why, why, why, why) so partial.","Tenured employees are like treasure with lot of dedication on towards customer service. If you keep your employees happy, the employees keep customers happy. Stop hiring and firing easily because the new hires will make terrible mistakes wantedly to keep their metrics going and screwing the Tenured members performance with their sticking to the basic policies. Example: New hires will suppress HMD (How is my driving) links like 10 per day. Sometimes the Tenured employees do the wrong things under the influence of new hires when no body questions or takes actions on the new hires for doing wrong.  Amazon India is growing and with growth, the quality will not be taken care of. If quality is maintained with the fast growth then it is good company.",2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31297,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good life balance, not that good of a job","Great ambient, very competitive and possibilities to learn a lot if you are open to it. Salary is competitive and they source great professionals.","Didn't quite like the culture. Interviews were weird and have had bad experience among colleagues. Not a lot of benefits, and it's got quite big.","The programs are good but could be better, the feel is that it got too big and most of the innovation comes from Seattle, a bit of balance would be great.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31298,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Excellent,Grt wrkn envrmnt and culture,Won't get relocation allowance for direct walkin,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31299,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Join TRMS only if you love Drugs!,Having Amazon.com in your Resume. That's about it!,"The TRMS team has hired over 450+ freshers as Investigators in Bangalore. Now 90% of all this bunch are either having moments in the cabin, affairs with Managers and coworkers or addicted to pot and other stuff. The Bangalore TRMS team has hired around 25 managers from CALL Centers and all of this bunch have no basic degree. Back in the early 2000s Bangalore was booming with BPOs, All of this so called ""MANAGERS"" joined BPOs as a 10th - 12th Pass and got there UG degree in correspondence. Now after all these years they have become managers. All of a sudden a name called Amazon is on their hands and now they have no idea on how to take it forward. Marijuana is like coffee here in Bangalore. Every Tom-Di-Harry has it. Off late even Managers take it along. Things move here only and only if there is a notification from the L7 manager, otherwise your concern/advise is in the bin.",Very first thing is to have compulsory Drug tests going forward. Everybody from L3 to L7 have to take it at all shift times. Make sure it is done at the end of the shift. HR team is for namesake in BRI. Dump them. Assign HR rep in each team and take their advice seriously. Make compulsory meeting with L7 manager. Have a proper plan. Have a life to be frank.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2352.htm
31300,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Join TRMS only if you love Drugs!,Having Amazon.com in your Resume. That's about it!,"The TRMS team has hired over 450+ freshers as Investigators in Bangalore. Now 90% of all this bunch are either having moments in the cabin, affairs with Managers and coworkers or addicted to pot and other stuff. The Bangalore TRMS team has hired around 25 managers from CALL Centers and all of this bunch have no basic degree. Back in the early 2000s Bangalore was booming with BPOs, All of this so called ""MANAGERS"" joined BPOs as a 10th - 12th Pass and got there UG degree in correspondence. Now after all these years they have become managers. All of a sudden a name called Amazon is on their hands and now they have no idea on how to take it forward. Marijuana is like coffee here in Bangalore. Every Tom-Di-Harry has it. Off late even Managers take it along. Things move here only and only if there is a notification from the L7 manager, otherwise your concern/advise is in the bin.",Very first thing is to have compulsory Drug tests going forward. Everybody from L3 to L7 have to take it at all shift times. Make sure it is done at the end of the shift. HR team is for namesake in BRI. Dump them. Assign HR rep in each team and take their advice seriously. Make compulsory meeting with L7 manager. Have a proper plan. Have a life to be frank.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31301,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QAE,Great culture Transport facilities Flexible timings ESOPS options,Growth can be a issue if not put into the right team,Raise the hiring bar,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31302,amazon,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Internship Experience,-Intern community was awesome -Work was interesting -Team was chill,-Long hours required to get project done,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31303,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transcation risk Investigator,"good evnvironment ,slow progresss,depeds on you",they should increment the salary,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31304,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Health & Safety Manager,"Amazon as a company has a lot to offer in terms of learning, continuous improvement and leading edge programming. This was evident when visiting other fulfillment centres.","Considering the ""pros"" it was almost impossible to implement the great programing at the Mississauga location due to the Sr. Leadership team. The safety managers take the blame for the very high injury rates, while the issue is a lack of support.  Work hours are long and unforgiving. Not the place to work if you need work/life balance.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31305,amazon,none," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ANGERY,none at all I wouldn't recommend this place,Too many to share with you,Fix up look sharp,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31306,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Team Lead,Amazing learning and experience,"- There are a lot of career opportunities for you. It depends on you to make use of the wonderful career opportunities there. - The culture is good, the work timings are flexible compared to other companies.","- None that I could think of. Personally, my journey has been amazing in the company.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31307,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Intern - Monthly,intern,i want to gain experience and knowledge abt jobs . im so curious to learn new things and im flexible,need some space and leave from job equally holidays,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31308,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked fulltime for a year,"Good pay, career opportunities, perks and team outings","No work/life, infact no life and only work, highly pressured work culture, no value for employees in India",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31309,amazon,"Ridgmont, England (UK)"," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Head of Department,"Terrible, avoid.",- Great Brand - Opportunity to Travel - Data driven,"- Very 'shouty' culture with little support from senior management. I've heard senior leaders literally shouting at people - Culture of fear and oneupmanship, very little collaboration - Hierarchical beyond belief - Misleading recruiters in the UK who are effectively used car salesman - Leadership Principles are badly applied. Frugality used as an excuse to underinvest in staff and workplace - You will spend your life in Microsoft Word writing 'White Papers', it drains you after a while - Terrible HR team. Focused on exits, PIPs and compromise agreements, no support or recognition for people - Impossible to get people promoted unless you are buddies with senior management. Don't recognise people who aren't overtly extraverted - They will tell you 'no politics'. Don't listen, the place is choked full of politics.","Stop shouting, invest in your employees and drop the corporate jargon. It's pathetic.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2353.htm
31310,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse operative,You have to do a mandatory of 40 hours during the week. Work is very simple and very easy to learn.,40 hours in a period of 4 days does put a lot of strain on your physically and depending on the role you can walk around an average 15 miles a shft.,40 hours in a period of 5 days will be very beneficial and less stress on the staff.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31311,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,UX Designer,Great mentors and culture. Good opportunities for learning. A lot of flexibility. They are genuinely interested in your growth.,"Work hours too many, but fun work. I think the hierarchy makes it less transparent. But that would be the case for any company. I think the Chennai campus could be made better.","The IT section could be made quicker. Maybe provide transportation for interns, the OMR area is slightly unsafe. Some security people are really mean.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31312,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Datacenter Technician,DataCenter Technician,"Company has a magnific technology, industry largest market share by far.",Pushing environment and high stress.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31313,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,transactions risk investigator,"awesome place to work,has diversifying culture,any one will be respected to give out their opinion, has lot of freedom to project self views.","no free food,has limited sodexo passes,diversified work timings.",proper shift timings management.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31314,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,quite good,"work ethos, leadership principles, positive atmosphere","work hours, cafeteria food, nothing much",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31315,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ok, but depends on the team",* challenges and scale that few other companies can meet,"* legacy software and ops load * recent hiring of external managers introduces a lot of overhead and micromanaging practices * in some teams developers are treated as assets, their preferences or opinions are not taken into account",Start listening to engineers feedback,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31316,amazon,"Milton Keynes, England (UK)"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager Level V,challenging but rewarding,"Working only 4 shifts, worldwide opportunities",Working long hours and no holidays in December,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31317,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top,"Great people, great culture, great benefits, interesting tasks, thats all i can say","It is a big organisation, therefore some processes are kind of slow",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31318,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Operations and Logistics Manager,Logistics Operation Manager,"culture, career, company, history,","work / life balance, shift pattern, peak stress",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31319,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Relatively early and large scale of responsibilities, leading to a very steep learning curve. Significant amount of freedom to experiment.",Terrible work life balance. Due to mandate of 10% headcount reduction every year constant and unhealthy pressure to prove yourself better than your peer. Far too many meetings bog down productive work. Close to zero investment in people development. HR as a horizontal wing is practically useless. There is a conflict of interest because people leaving can not be honest about their experiences. Massive experience of sycophancy and nepotism,"Hold HR accountable for exit interviews. Stop treating employees like mercenaries where you expect them to get a useful skill set and then create an unhealthy environment which forces them to leave. The Bar raiser process is flawed if the bar raiser comes from the same department and knows the candidate's referee. Also, it is rather stupid to assume that people are altruistic enough to hire someone better than them at the same level. End of the year they will fall behind them. For a level being hired, ensure that the entire interview panel is at least a level above.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2354.htm
31320,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"Relatively early and large scale of responsibilities, leading to a very steep learning curve. Significant amount of freedom to experiment.",Terrible work life balance. Due to mandate of 10% headcount reduction every year constant and unhealthy pressure to prove yourself better than your peer. Far too many meetings bog down productive work. Close to zero investment in people development. HR as a horizontal wing is practically useless. There is a conflict of interest because people leaving can not be honest about their experiences. Massive experience of sycophancy and nepotism,"Hold HR accountable for exit interviews. Stop treating employees like mercenaries where you expect them to get a useful skill set and then create an unhealthy environment which forces them to leave. The Bar raiser process is flawed if the bar raiser comes from the same department and knows the candidate's referee. Also, it is rather stupid to assume that people are altruistic enough to hire someone better than them at the same level. End of the year they will fall behind them. For a level being hired, ensure that the entire interview panel is at least a level above.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31321,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,Picker,"Stable, almost free food, big company","Hard, need to do extra days, stressful",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31322,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. vendor manager,"Good training , good start to get into China.","Bad market and competition, hard to win retail in China.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31323,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Awesome,Management always try to make the environment fun to work.,Literally hard work with the pressure of maintaining 100% in productivity and quality,Please look at us not as rates/numbers,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31324,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learnings,Metric centric company and very data-minded. Loved the culture and how they apply it.,Very strict with some processes and some very hard and pushy moments.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31325,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Trms,Best,The work stress will be less,There will be rotational shifts so we cant adjust for the timings,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31326,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,You will learn a lot and will be doing work on lot of technologies,Not so good work life balance.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31327,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Search Engine Marketing,Flexible hours and great people,Too demanding and poor training,none,3.0,none,3.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31328,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon associate,"well organized.helpful,free pick n drop. nice perks. night shift benifits","extra working , no fixed sat, sun off.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31329,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support Associate,"Firstly, the pay scale is comparatively high. There is a healthy competition within the teams which helps you get places.",There is lots and lots of work to do. There is a bit of favoritism which of course is there in every other company.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2355.htm
31330,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE I,"Great challenges, brilliant co-workers, awesome tooling","Few team play, culture of blame",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31331,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,KYC Analyst,"Really friendly team, young team. Weekly drinks.",High turnover. Sometimes extremely long hours (however you get paid for overtime). Christmas period is busiest so cannot take days off.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31332,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Ok if you don't mind hard work and monotonous days,The pay is more than minimum range and increases after 3 months,"The high targets that only seem to correspond to temporary or seasonal associates, lots of permanent employees standing around chatting not putting in nearly as much effort.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31333,amazon,none," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good team,"Smart people, relaxed work environment, plenty of autonomy.","Frugality to the point of stupidity compared to Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31334,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Amazon Video UK,"Ownership, Reward, Job Satisfaction, Flexibility,",Huge company but runs as separate units,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31335,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Nice place Flexible time Good chance to get return offer,"Salaries was not very good, compared with other companies",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31336,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Awesome place to work,"work culture, friendly atmosphere, pay","night shifts, the growing metrics, the elevator problem",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31337,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,teller,Goods surrounding and good pe ople,bad management and some people,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31338,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,A best place to earn good money,Very friendly management and one can have a little good corporate exposure by working in Amazon. Though in peak season work is more but it is fun.,Very good possibility that one would get stuck in that company with no growth.,None,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31339,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Excellent Place to Be,- Knowledgable Colleagues - World class peer group - Working on the Latest technologies - Internal transfer possible between teams - Highly impactful work,- Work Pressure - People normally stay less than 2 years - Late night issue fixes,Work on Employee satisfaction! :),5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2356.htm
31340,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,Pop Truck Driver,"Good team atmosphere , 40 hrs per week, people from differents cultures , very nice place to work.. I will recommend Amazon definitely.","Low salary, sometime areas manager move associate to different jobs and I dont like that.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31341,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Difficult company to contact,"Hours are good, and pay is OK",Not easy to get into contact with,Be more personal,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31342,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Experience,The provide absolute Autonomy and Empowerment,The nature of work is very Unstructured,Provide structure,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31343,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Competitive environment, lots of learning","Business churn, running after parity",Be independent and not follow what people are doing,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31344,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Excellent Place to Be,- Knowledgable Colleagues - World class peer group - Working on the Latest technologies - Internal transfer possible between teams - Highly impactful work,- Work Pressure - People normally stay less than 2 years - Late night issue fixes,Work on Employee satisfaction! :),5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31345,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,feedback,meritocratic and data driven organisation,sometimes perceptions last longer than expected. so Initial impression does matter,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31346,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Content Quality Associate,amazon,perfect work life balance environment,no cons. perfect working environment,no advice,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31347,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Software Development Manager,- Working with very smart people - Value employee initiative - Great leadership principles,"Culture can be very different in different teams. I've seen teams focusing on more what they are getting from the work they do rather than what it would to the customers, which is very discouraging.","Should promote collaboration rather than competing. With the right supporting system, smart people can do great things together.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31348,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,okish,"good salary, cab option, chances to move to Seattle easily",too much work load in most teams.,"customer obsession is good, but sometimes employee obsession is needed",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31349,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,Best,"Good Company To work at , So i decided to join this and i suggest you should also join","In working here i did not find any cons here , you will enjoy working here","managament should focus on personal life of employess too, they shoildd put them in proper teams",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2357.htm
31350,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,Best,"Good Company To work at , So i decided to join this and i suggest you should also join","In working here i did not find any cons here , you will enjoy working here","managament should focus on personal life of employess too, they shoildd put them in proper teams",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31351,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems Engineer II,Landing in the right team gives great kickstart on the challenges of running at scale. Leadership principles helps set a reference for employee standards,"Career advancement is hard as the level bar is different between teams even in the same org. Depending on the team, the effort required might be taxing.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31352,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Project Management Coordinator,Good,Smart people and nice environment,Work over tike every single day,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31353,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,Good for freshers to know the work culture as it will help for future needs.,rotational shifts but overall good,nothing everything is good,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31354,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,Work environment here is good .,no any cons to discuss.,NA,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31355,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really good,Peace of mind working there,No cons working there in amazon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31356,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Test Engineer,test engineer at saky technologies,i like amazon so much and i want to work in the growth of the organization,work shifts transport interview cracking rules of organisation,no advices,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31357,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to learn,"Flexible timings,work from home",Sometimes you will be called at weekends,Should not be so much rigid,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31358,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Good company,"Good company , good culture",A bit aggressive and too much documentation,Can reduce documentation and meetings,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31359,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Good,Good work life balance (Also depends on the team you are in). Opportunities to switch teams once in 2 years,"If you are in the wrong team, you can blame fate for it and prepare to slog.",-,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2358.htm
31360,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service - Digital,Customer service - Digital,"Good work environment, Leave policy in regular days, Transport, Growth Scope","unstable shifts and timings, leaves during festive season",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31361,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Head of Projects,Head,Good place to work in India. Nothing to complain on the work place. People around are very supportive in understanding the problems and solutions.,Work pressure is high but Good place to work in India. Nothing to complain on the work place. People around are very supportive in understanding the problems and solutions.,Nothing to share,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31362,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive,Good working Environment. Working with smart people,Bad Work and Life Balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31363,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Vendor Management,"Lots of autonomy provided. Data-driven work culture. Great rewards for performance. Smart colleagues, most of whom are passionate about what they are doing.",Appreciation in general is low. You are simply expected to perform well.,Think it's important to have a decent work-life balance and in general appreciate good contributions from employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31364,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QAE review,-good pay(very good pay) -brand value -good campus,"-No on-boarding plan for QAE. QAE follow the same trainings given for SDEs -No proper process followed,defined in testing.Its all a race against time. -No tools for writing and maintaining testcases,no proper tools for logging of bugs,or nobody uses them. -No time for automation but expected to do it nonetheless. -May end up reporting to Developer manager. -No learning opportunities for QA.They are overloaded with work. -no team outings,team meetings or proper sprint plannings.Company is not even Agile to begin with. -average employee retention in 1.2 years.So most of the team you join will be new. -no people managers.Only technical managers. -everything runs through email from new features to schedules to bugs. -weird culture if that is what you want to call it.",This company is a mess but even then it manages to run.I am surprised.Very much.,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31365,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,not so great - team dependent (developer),mix of Intelligent and not so great people good salary,culture is not good. they are not cool abut the office timings work life balance is not good quality of work is bad,"if you have a manager who had grown inside amazon, it would be good. if your manager is hired from other company, you might have hard time.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31366,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,A very big pros is salary. You can feel like they appreciate your hard work. You can work in nice and friendly surrounding as well.,"A cons of working there is a lot of dust, but it is a huge building so impossible to be in other way.",An advice to Managnent is to be a fair and square to all of the associates and give as much as you can from yourself.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31367,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair Employer,"If you are willing to work hard, Amazon will provide you with the right guidance and give you real projects to work on from day one. Their hiring level is high and getting higher with every promotion.","It may not be for everyone. At times, the job gets a bit stressful.","Keep up the good work, but don't let small fights split great teams.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31368,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,superb,learning opportunity ample career growth opportunity,none however tough competition though,keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31369,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Device Associate,Device Associate,The best place to start your career.,Salary offered is a bit low.,Just awesome.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2359.htm
31370,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Device Associate,Device Associate,The best place to start your career.,Salary offered is a bit low.,Just awesome.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31371,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,Opportunities to grow,Tremendous opportunities to grow as a software engineer due to the global engineering top class talent pool available at ease. You can be rest assured to get to learn and best professional development opportunities.,There are many other responsibilities which are imposed on SDE's shoulders. Due to this lot of SDEs time goes wasted in other tasks which are note helpful in growing them to become a better engineer.,"Management should define a well boundaries when it comes to responsibilities of a SDE vs responsibilities of other roles like PM, TPM and SDM.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31372,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse associate,Nice work environment. Good for new immigrants,No opportunity of future development,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31373,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good facilities but not challenging enough to keep me interested,Good on site facilities. Weekly feed back from agency. Good overtime rates of pay. If you are a permanent member of staff there are great benefits and share schemes etc,"Job was repetitive, not challenging, didn't get job satisfaction even with good feedback as job was very simple and basic on stowing.",none,1.0,none,none,1.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31374,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but disappointing technology,Excellent company to work for You work with the best people Career development is there if you are motivated The work is very interesting and the people are so knowledgeable and hard working.,"Disappointing technology, which is very surprising A lot of daily manual reporting that could be automated. Very senior people are often rude, not saying Hi to people, which doesn't set a good example. Each site work in silos and there is no team work. Big gap between the sites and corporate offices, different benefits, different amount of holidays Compulsory overtime during Christmas and working in shifts = Not great at all The shift change constantly and you can be moved to work Nights with very little notice",More communication! Spread out the good work Amazon is doing and also ensure it is all consistent for all!,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31375,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Good,It was good overall. Good work environment and helpful seniors. The food was good and work culture was really good.,Too much hard questions in the interviews and poor project given for the intern people. They did not give me PPO,My only advice to the management is that they only gave PPO to those whose CG was good even when u have done much harder work.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31376,amazon,Sonipat (India)," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Delivery Associate,Promotion,no promotion even after hard work and good performance.,sallery is not fare as compare to work,acording to performance promotion should,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31377,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,Good place to learn,Flexible timings and ability to WFH. Good money. Opportunities to easily move within the company. Good learning opportunities and high level of ownership.,Nothing encountered during my experience.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31378,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,innovative inspiring marvelous outstanding and exciting company,difficult interview process and little opportunities,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31379,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,App Engg,freedom to directly interact with users. Everything is based on Leadership principles. You would start using in in day to day life also,Work life balance could be problem in some teams,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2360.htm
31380,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice work culture,"Nice environnment for working, to learn new technology.",A little bit lack of Management.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31381,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer II,Data Engineer,It gives great flexibility to work around the world without any restrictions. It gives you great environment to work.,"You will spend more time working in Multi time zones, so you might end up with tight schedule quite often",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31382,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good and the best for new freshers,growth opportunities are less in this,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31383,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,QA Engineer,"Big brand, Big company, Goodies, outings","bad work culture, bad management, no growth, low payscale","respect employees and their skills, Engineer have some value do not treat them equivalent to help desk people. we have better education an skills. Maintain pay scale standards",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31384,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Ok company to work,good infrastructure Nice work culture Good scope for self improvement,bad bonus pay no social life heavy politics,"doesn't matter, they never care about their own employee's advice",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31385,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Listing Creation Specialist,Amazing people to work with Many opportunities Work Life Balance Fun and challenging environment,Nothing as such I experienced.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31386,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,The people were great. It could be a great place to learn about the industry. Provide good training up to a point.,I think that management were not always aware of what was happening on the floor. There was lots of internal politics.,Listen more to your staff,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31387,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Business Manager,Work with the best talent you can find,Tendency to clasify people: the goods and the bads without too much effort in knowing each others results,You do not have to be nasty to people to run a business,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31388,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shift Manager,It'd day 1 everyday.you never get bored of your work and you get to learn a lot develop leadership skills,Tiring hard work you need to be able to walk a lot in the fulfillment centres,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31389,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service associate,"It's been 3 months I'm working with amazon the thing I feel good are, Best working environment. Good pay scale. Good growth opportunities.",I have not found any cons till now at least.,"I think amazon need to provide better ID cards, There is no visible proof for amazon employees.",5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2361.htm
31390,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 4, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazing company to work for,Things move fast Given a lot of initiative Every team is its own master All the colleagues are super smart,None. I really enjoyed working at the company with amazing colleagues. If it wasnt for school I wouldn't leave the company. Definitely would like to go back one day and work again there.,"Continue doing the great job that you are doing. The way things work at Amazon is great and the focus on customer is amazing, so just continue doing it.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31391,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Good place to learn and grow Great work culture Good work life balance Cool management,Pay and hikes needs improvement,Pls improve the pay in rbs,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31392,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,- good salary - intelligent people,High pressure Poor work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31393,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,Fast paced,Great quality devs Keen on quality Great scope for automation Good brand to have on your resume,QAEs need to be empowered Strong visible divide between QAEs and Devs even though their goals are the same Engineers really need to be trained on being social,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31394,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Low productivity enviroment,"Salary is good, and not much interference / guidance in working. As far as works get done on time. Location is good",Non tech managers are utterly non-helpful non inspiring Legacy technology kills productivity. Too much cross geo collaboration,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31395,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Good work culture and employees with high career aspirations can find many growth opportunities. It also pays well compared other companies.,"As a disadvantage, the work load is quite high and might feel that there is no work life balance. You can still manage if you are good at prioritization.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31396,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Stressful,"You meet some nice people in Amazon, and the training process is easy and laid back. There are few other pros.",The job is stressful. You are expected to multitask with email and phone calls during your shift. Managers want you to be handling emails while you're on calls.,no advice.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31397,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Work/Life Balance,Relatively high level of internal mobility,Very poor work/life balance Poor rewards for high achievers Very difficult to progress internally - less qualified external hires are given better packages,"Find a way to improve upward mobility, especially for those hired at a level lower than their skillset / experience warrants",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31398,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great learning experience startup culture,On call can be hectic at times,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31399,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Telesales Executive,Amazon jobs,The best reason is service is good so customers will be satisfied and complaints are nil so stress is nil,I'm not aware of the downsides in amazon...once I'm experienced i can analyze something,I have already worked in two companies and my current company is encourages me with good incentive so i will give my best and even hope amazon aslo will encourage me,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2362.htm
31400,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good place to work at.,no cons as such...no gym,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31401,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Work Culture,"You will work with the finest people in industry , you will learn things much faster than anywhere else, you will be valued employee , you will get product ownership. They will trust you as if you will be honored to your work","They do not provide any goodies , you can only redeem your stock after 4 years. you must go through all policy training","1 improve stock structure . They do not provide any goodies , you can only redeem your stock after 4 years. you must go through all policy training",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31402,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - General Laborer,Excellent,"Good environment to work,opportunity to grow always there.",10 hours shift per day,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31403,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Specialist SVS,"Challenging, lot of exposure, autonomy",difficult to grow and change level (=compensation),none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31404,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Ongoing innovations Fast growing company Leadership principles challenging,Too many processes sometimes Often needs to escalade pb to the US as Senior management is over there,Need to be very autonomous and take action without always having time to consult your manager Some managers are tough and challenge their employees pretty harshly but that it is not the majority,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31405,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Manager II,Lots of work - great projects,"Very geeky environment. Everyone needs to be hands on. Lot's of useful tools, possibility to work on OpenSource projects","Big pressure. Hard to explain that changes are affecting timelines. There is no place for your gut feeling, you need to have data for everything (even for things you have not build yet). Working in different time zone than Seattle makes you being ignored if you are not willing to join meeting at 10PM every day.","Make all levels aware that if you are working with people from different time zones, we all need to come early or late at some point. Do not threat locations outside Seattle like: you need to adapt to us or die.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31406,amazon,Lohgaon (India)," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Best place to work,"excellent work culture, on time salaries, good bonus",no work life balance. night shifts mostly,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31407,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"cheap, not much room for your long term",you get one big name on your resume know how they work (whether you like it or hate it),"cheap in the heart: door desk, not even cubicles (forget single room office) they care most about getting business done, least about how you are unspoken but a bit hostile to having a family will not easily sponsor your green card, so do not count on it, your future is somewhere else cheap benefits",care about your staff at heart not empty slogans,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31408,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test associate,1.Free food coupons 2.Free transport 3.Good environment,1.No promotions 2.Merge salary hike 3.No value for people working for more number of years in this company,HR do not hire Non- Technical Managers for Testing department and give salary for testing associates which match standards of other similar companies.,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31409,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazing work place,"Casual work culture, no time restriction just complete the work in given deadline, have amazing internal tools for you to work with, can learn a lot in very short time,","Its a fast growing company so ultimately employees have to work really hard and do over time to maintain the pace, maintaining the balance between work and life is really hard.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2363.htm
31410,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Great place to work....and a good opportunity to grow if you are well known in the organization,over time allowance provided yet stressful work dealing with Indian customers...,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31411,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Werkstudent,"Open, Creative, data based, flat hierarchy, free coffee, smart staff, flexible working hours, WLAN in office for private use, good location with public transportation",The company does not have a restaurant for its staff and lunch need to be bought at a supermarket nearby. Colleagues switch quite frequently,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31412,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Investigation Specialist,Entry point into the world of Amazon.,"Easy work, chilled out workplace, freedom to explore.","No growth, management exhibits favoritism. This role is a good entry point into Amazon but one must look for an internal movement as soon as possible and move on to a role that actually helps build your career.",Please spend some time identifying the key talents of your team and help them hone those skills rather than seeing resources as dispensable.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31413,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Devops Engineer,Good Company,"Excellent work culture, great people",None as of now will update again later.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31414,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,"Freedom to explore, highly motivated individuals, fast paced work culture. High standards of average intellect of colleagues which is fulfilling in the long run.",Sometimes can be hectic due to open ended expectations. Sometimes can have a dilemma due to inter team politics. Conflicting objectives.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31415,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Retail Associate,Retail Associate,good work culture and compensation,nothing. its one of the best place to work,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31416,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Amazon.com,Good work-life balance. Good pay packages.,Work can be hectic at times.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31417,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good for Starters,One of best company in the world. Good Pay & Benefits Excellent Culture No Politics,Workload can be high sometimes,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31418,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working environment,good place to learn and improve as a professional,work life balance would be bit difficult,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31419,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Average experience,Good opportunity to work on scalable systems.,1. The job does not provide great on work-life balance 2. Annual salary increment is very low.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2364.htm
31420,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good growth in all aspects,Working on holidays.. Though we get good benefits,There is nothing to advise,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31421,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support,"Best place to work, fun make history,",not too much of growth,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31422,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Good start for beginners, not so much for others","Good start for beginners, such as freshers and interns",not so Good for others,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31423,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Usually a mixed experiance,* Great learning * Massive scale of operations,* High stress * 'Survival of the fittest' attitude at every step,Bad experience in management handling of career path. Bad leveling & promotion criteria,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31424,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Just a job,- Good salary compared to other companies in town - Fast-pace work environment,"- Too much dirty work for software engineers (operations, oncall, etc.) - Not many career opportunities within company - High work pressure - No culture of cooperation and team work - Broken promotion and career development process",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31425,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Support Associate,A peaceful place to work,The environment is crazy. It feels so homely in here.,There are not much cons on this job. Maybe sometimes work load is on the higher side,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31426,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,AWS,"Location, huge potential for development and carrier growth.","Salary is very ""frugal"". Lot of changes without clear vision and strategy.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31427,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Get your 2 years in, lots to learn but at the expense of personal life.","Lots to learn, working with /for extremely smart people. You need to push yourself really hard to deal with the constant pressure cooker situation. Good brand name to have on your CV.",Most of the people you work for/with are extremely impatient and don't appreciate what working with teams based in different timezones means. It's NOT ok to page some at midnight for meaningless things. Pay structure in India is setup in such a way that after 2 years your take home reduces. Even if you exceed in the 2 years you will only match the fixed pay from the first 2 years.  If you are a manager be prepared to keep rebuilding your team frequently as many employees will use your team as a good avenue to learn before moving to Seattle.,Enough has been written about the work life balance at Amazon. Try and be employee obsessed along with being customer obsessed. The stack ranking policies/numbers which are mandated from top need to be looked at. It's meaningless to hire people from top tier colleges just to give them a message after 6 months that they aren't good enough,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31428,amazon,"Brighton, England (UK)"," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Projectg Manager,"Never dull, constantly challenging, lots of opportunities to progress","Non flexible, offers no good work-life balance. Hours are long and hard",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31429,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,area manager,shares / salary 4 days on 3 days off,micro managed from senior management,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2365.htm
31430,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,CSA Customer Service Associate.,Great 2 week training at the start. Friendly staff. Good facilities. Very facilitating  Pay is decent @11€ an hour basic an once you go over 40 hours its 16.50 and over 50 hours is 22 euros so if you smash out a 77 hour week like I do every second week you come out quite handsomely.  You get your roaster 1 month in advance so you can plan out your appointments and what not...,No holidays can be taken from October - January. AT ALL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.  There is a point system in place. So basically if you get 4 points you get fired. You get half a point if you are ever late (by 3 minutes after time) so 9.03 logging into PC you are officially late. You get one point for missing a day (even if you notified them you had a hospital appointment or something) But you called to let them know you wouldnt be in and you get 4 points for not calling and being out so basically fired....  To really put this in context if you cant make 4 shifts ever you are fired or if you are 3 minutes late 8 times ever you are fired... or any combo of them... This is slightly un realistic when you consider snow and ice in the winter... I understand they are a business but thats abit OTT imo and leads you to feel like you are disposable to them.. Which TBF you are...,"Perhaps be more leaniant with the term ""late"" and sick days where you have a letter from the doctor",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31431,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Get your 2 years in, lots to learn but at the expense of personal life.","Lots to learn, working with /for extremely smart people. You need to push yourself really hard to deal with the constant pressure cooker situation. Good brand name to have on your CV.",Most of the people you work for/with are extremely impatient and don't appreciate what working with teams based in different timezones means. It's NOT ok to page some at midnight for meaningless things. Pay structure in India is setup in such a way that after 2 years your take home reduces. Even if you exceed in the 2 years you will only match the fixed pay from the first 2 years.  If you are a manager be prepared to keep rebuilding your team frequently as many employees will use your team as a good avenue to learn before moving to Seattle.,Enough has been written about the work life balance at Amazon. Try and be employee obsessed along with being customer obsessed. The stack ranking policies/numbers which are mandated from top need to be looked at. It's meaningless to hire people from top tier colleges just to give them a message after 6 months that they aren't good enough,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31432,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon customer service associate,one of the best e commerece companies in india.,it can grow better since there is a lot of scope.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31433,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,"Entrepreneurial culture, highly talented folks to work with",Be prepared to slog and take a lot of responsiblity,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31434,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,content associate,1. good work environment 2.good package for a non technical 3.good perks,1. not much to learn at this position 2. hikes are very less,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31435,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Marketing Manager,Nice company to work for. Ample Opportunities.,Not Sure about it. It is a great place to work.,Keep up good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31436,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,good environment to work here,nothing encountered as of now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31437,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Account Management Associate,Technical Account Management,Canteen food was okay at lunchtime. Some colleagues were good people to be around.,"Highly pressurised environment. New hires would regularly end up being fired. A lot of other employees were forever complaining about conditions and how they wished they could be working somewhere else. A reasonable sense of job satisfaction did not exist here for me as the sole purpose of my role was to maintain an extremely low ""expressed dissatisfaction rating"" with callers by whatever means necessary. Essentially, nothing else mattered. A pointless more soul destroying role I could not imagine. My self confidence took a bit of a hit as a result of a string of meetings I had to attend - I managed to hold on my job there for four years as I needed the money but my work was never deemed to be good enough, go figure! Another problem I encountered was that I would either have to commence work at 6am or 1pm which did not suit the majority where 9 - 5 would have been more acceptable. When working for Amazon learn the true meaning of insignificance - employees are considered barely more important than the desks which they share with each other.",Stop working your employees to the bone and expecting them to approach working for Amazon as if it were a privilege and a vocation. Such a powerful and influential company could be a force for good in this world rather than the bloated money making behemoth it has become.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31438,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Absolutely horrifying experience,"Money is good, initially. But if you stick around for more than two years, your salary actually reduces because the joining bonus component is missing.","The worst work culture ever, especially in India. You work for people who treat you like cattle. Inhuman working hours and colleagues who are expert back stabbers, as it's an attribute that's encouraged at Amazon.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31439,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good experience. Too much demand for the job. Very interesting profile to work. Very good extra allowances.,Informal Organization High growth opportunity Good Salary Good Extras Free work flow Interesting work No hierarchy No dress code Lively work floor Good transport,"Operational Round unnecessarily difficult. Could provide better food courts. No gymnasium.  Inequality in salary offered, no idea on what basis is the salary offered to people. Noted various cases where tenured employees getting lesser salary than new comers.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2366.htm
31440,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Risk Mining Investigator,buyer risk investigator,- good working environment - structured organization/hierarchy - free transport to work place for l3 employees - fun activities during peak,"-different shift timings -rotational shifts every 3 months -week offs on week days (eg: fri,sat/tues,thur) -food in cafeteria -",when employees work in unusual timings they should be provided proper food (taste) in the interest of their health. Also the shift rotation period has to increase as 3 months is a bit short for the changes in sleep cycle.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31441,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Nice Peers, New challenges every day, Inspiring People, Interesting company, Amazon discount 10%, feedback culture.","Benefits, no corp office, messy offices. Not a nice working environment.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31442,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 26, 2016",Former Employee - Process Associate,good,free work enviroment. and young employee crowd,pay less compared to others,change the managers,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31443,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good learning but hard work,"We learn a lot, on methodology and being concise and efficient business wise",Management is not always easy and onboarding is tough,pay more attention to people skills to make them comfortable and interested in a job and make more training on how to make good reports and feedback,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31444,amazon,Ahmedabad (India)," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,I had good experience through amazone... They deliver products too fast n original,I want make my experience better So i can make proud for company I love to do that,Right now no advice,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31445,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart colleagues but not so great culture or management,A lot of smart colleagues from whom you can learn a lot Pretty good work/life balance if you are efficient at what you do Exposure to exciting ideas and opportunities (if Amazon decides to invest in your area/projects) Amazingly talented people at the very senior level,"Lack of teamwork with some willing to even sabotage you Many colleagues who are good at putting on a show in front of their boss/senior management, if at your expense Lack of emphasis on leadership as the society at large thinks of it. Not much mentoring/guiding. Your boss will be put you in front of his boss to take the blame for all. The company is a collection of individual contributors. Reporting to someone at the same job level as you creates tension and conflict of interest","Jeff, parts of your company is turning into one like the other Seattle business, where people care about how many headcounts are under them. I understand your intention behind the ""leadership principles"" but it is leading to (unintended) negative corporate culture.",3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31446,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern Review,- New technologies - Flexible Timing - Good atmosphere,- Politics - Too much work pressure - Thinking you will start working from Day-1,Give clear goals,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31447,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - HRBP,HRBP,"Great workplace, plenty of scope for innovation and growth, emphasis on leadership principles",no cons observed as such during initial months,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31448,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Great company to know about the business,great Work culture. Good facilities. and comfortable shifts,Average salary.. Low night shift allowance,Please provide offer some good pay for the Exp employees,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31449,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Idvc,sdf,"good environment , opportunity to learn",shipping from one place to another,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2367.htm
31450,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist,Amazon,"Nice to work, Compensation and benefits are good",Work life balance Favoritism management work pressure no innovation,Bias,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31451,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,Bad middle managers are whats giving Amazon its bad reputation,"- Peers are very smart - ""Leadership Principles"" are good guidelines - There's an atmosphere of ""getting things done""","- If you get stuck with the wrong manager, it could make your work tedious - The term ""work-life balance"" is treated like its the worst thing in the world","- Look into improving people's work-life balance (and therefore, their stress) - Make sure your managers are delegating the right tasks for their direct reports.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31452,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Hectic and Stressed work life,Salary Transportation facilities Good career growth,Lot of pressure Sometimes we are asked to work for 14 hours a day which is ridiculous Seniors and managers dominate a lot Poor worklife balance,Please allow employees work peacefully rather than putting lot of pressure on them.. Its better to have proper planning considering employees as well not only business requirement.. Most of the amount earned doing Overtime has been spent on medicines..,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31453,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Workplace Review,Company shows full confidence in employees Dynamically changing industry High impact job Firm believer in its principles,Too process oriented. Some of the easy tasks also take long to completer,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31454,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,AMAZON.IN,Great working environment and colleagues are very friendly.,Working conditions on FC are bit harsh.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31455,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"It was great, fast paced, lots of learning",environment not very warm always,more perks,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31456,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent culture,Customer focused culture. Teams full of energy,Long hours and often weekend work,Keep maintaining the great customer focused culture,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31457,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for freshers to experience Corporate atmosphere,Chance to be a part of one of the biggest organization and understand how data plays a very critical role in the company,Very slow growth .. Not much opportunities after a few years,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31458,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMZN,"Endless opportunities to develop one's career, skills whilst discovering different countries","some areas of the business lack planning and organisation, especially across countries due to too much haste",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31459,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Management,Good working environment and love the culture within the company. Supports taking ownership and the company does not believe in the traditional approach of hierarchy. Promotions are based on performance.,Company values are not always executed at the bottom level. Top management needs to pay more attention that global office has the same culture and values and it is communicated well.,Look into better practices for compensations and benefits.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2368.htm
31460,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company but full of politics,Good company Employee friendly and good career growth.,Full of politics Preference is given to Delhi employees,None,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31461,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - CSR2,CSR,Customer service orriented. Great place to work at.,lower pay and long hours,keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31462,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great,"Great company Great benefits Tedious work Low Pay compared to their profitability Disappointing that they have the opportunity to be so much more, however it is next to impossible to be able to move up within the company as a Baby Boomer","I loved working there, they treat you like family, accepted my kids as part of their family and treat their employees amazingly. I would recommend this place to others in a heartbeat and would go back to working there if the opportunity presented itself.",nothingnothingnothingnothingnothingnothingnothingnothingnothingnothingnothingnothingnothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31463,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working on amazon is it worth it or not?,Well to be honest this is a great company to work it because you can get it from home and plus its a all time all around the word best seller market theres is so its a great pleasure here,not much i guess,nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31464,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,associate,Environment Culture Timings Shifts Development,Shift night work Growth Facilities Distance,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31465,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Test Engineer,"Best world class company to work-in, but you should be L4 or above to enjoy the full benefits!!!","Overall its a best company for the environment , work culture and flat hierarchy. Personally one should be lucky to have a manager who is 100% following the Amazon's policy, and you are screwed if the Manager bends the rule as he/she wish (Though, this happens with most of the Organizations in INDIA even though they are world-class, blame is on the people not the Company) same applies for AMAZON.","-Amazon is a serious bar raising company with total freedom to the employees the benchmarks are raised more frequently which is definitely challenging to many, thus employees eventually loose work-life balance. -Internal Transfer is high hanging fruit most manager doesn't encourage or support such movements as they might suffer within the team to get a new replacement resource",-The high level management should look deep if the sub-level managers are dealing their reportees in a healthy manner.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31466,amazon,"Basildon, East of England, England (UK)"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon Logistics Center - Warehouse Operative,"The recruitment process was fairly easy, called today and interviewed at the beginning of next week. Not a mentally stressful job, if you're a hard worker and move quickly you'll get along just fine. The colleagues were friendly and the atmosphere was good.","The night shift is hard to get used to and different for everyone. But you know what you're getting into. After a while it becomes normal and you adjust. No bank holidays off, not even Christmas or Easter.","I've heard that the management changed since I've left and became stricter. That's a no no. Everyone works hard at the warehouse and the target deadlines were met efficiently, there's no need to pressure anyone. It'll just have a negative impact on the work atmosphere.",4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31467,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - DCO,amazon dco,possibility to know a lot of hardware,bad communication with management and dco hr,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31468,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - SEO Specialist,ultimate company to work,good salary and promotions . learning environment,stressful job high work load very competitive,take care of every employee,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31469,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Digital Ticket Specialist,Digital specialist,The management is fun. You can grow professionally very swiftly if you play the right cards. So many different teams to work with. You socialize with a lot of cool people.,The training and development processes for the under performing employees has apparently worsened. It has gone down drastically.,"Just listen to your employees when they say sometimes they cannot avoid a ""no.""",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2369.htm
31470,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Digital Ticket Specialist,Digital specialist,The management is fun. You can grow professionally very swiftly if you play the right cards. So many different teams to work with. You socialize with a lot of cool people.,The training and development processes for the under performing employees has apparently worsened. It has gone down drastically.,"Just listen to your employees when they say sometimes they cannot avoid a ""no.""",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31471,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,the environment there is just awesome. Love to work there again if ever get a chance.,great environment awesome policies for employers very friendly staff,not anything I faced while working there.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31472,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,One of the best working environments I had ever been. No work pressure,Nothing much - except for frequently changing strategies.,NA,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31473,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FC associate,Working at amazon is Fun. people are great.,associates have to lift heavy products as per the company requirement. meeting the target is very hard for new associates,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31474,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,learn a lot about the web tech,stressful with the oncall situations,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31475,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Culture.,1) A lot to learn 2) High Bar 3) White paper writing,"1) Very large organization, risk of getting lost.",Keep the roles more focussed and articulate better career progression.,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31476,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Safety Officer,Safety Officer,"Very dynamic work environment,Safety is culture .Very supportive management .","Overtime work,Less effort on training and development",Time management,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31477,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good start to your career,- Good place to learn work culture - Generally get to have fun - Great company to have on your CV - Managers encourage initiatives,- Work pressure - Lack of transparency - Work life balance is very shoddy - Low overtime pay - Workplace politics - Monotonous work,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31478,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Business Operations Associate,Business Operations,Great Culture Lots of opportunities,Work Life balance Way too much frugal in some dept,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31479,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Logistics Coordinator,Good place to start with,"good atmosphere , work flow , great enviroment , great colleagues and management","No room for growth , Unattianable targets",Give attainable targets,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2370.htm
31480,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Specialist,Lives upto it's reputation,1.Best growth 2.Managers are employer friendly 3.Work environment is awesome,Their are no cons which would bother,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31481,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work atmosphere,You'll have fast growth in this organisation. This the best thing.,Salaries would not be as expected,Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31482,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer,working @ amazon,Amazon has a ver good work culture,salary and other perks are very low,pat them back with rewards when they perform,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31483,amazon,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer service,Good would recommend everyone to work,No con very organized recommend everyone to work,Good company to work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31484,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 11, 2016","Former Employee - Trainer &amp, Counselor &amp, BDM",Associate Recruiter,Ownership Smart folks to work with Challenging work assignments,Salary Work life balance Expectation is always unreasonable high,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31485,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Lead,Aggressive,Good support system - People will help anything regarding work & infrastructure is of first class. Friendly environment,"Very aggressive- always need to run behind targets HR policies If someone wants to grow, he/she needs to slog 12-15 hours and also work on weekends.",Please make promotion policy more transparent. There is no defined way of one geting promoted. If management feels he/she needs to be promoted they will create chain of events favor to them and promote them.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31486,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,seller support,"good salary,great work culture,office,events,good food","shifts get little bad,job gets boring,nyts are hectic,aare,how",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31487,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,Great place to work with lovely environment,No cross as such as I am a new employee.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31488,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work...for a limited time,"Amazon really is a great place to work in general, the media don't portray it quite as it is. Good salaries, good opportunities and never a dull moment. What I liked was that in general, it is a very forward thinking company and open to all ideas to ensure processes are managed and profitability is improved.","In general the biggest issue is the overall expectations. Amazon do like a single, happy to work all hours employee. It can be really testing at times when juggling family commitments.  The range of managers, like any business is, huge and depending on who your line manager is and their motivations, depends on your enjoyment of the role. If you have a bad one, I struggle to see anyone enjoying the workload, atmosphere and general challenges.","Better training mid tier management. Expect employees to adhere to certain Amazonian ways, but managers have own agendas which do not fit into company and are happy to pass down the blame (As Amazon is a fairly non-hierarchical company)",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31489,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transnational Risk Investigator,"Easy Job, Most process withing TRMS expect you to learn an SOP and adhere to it, better the adherence better will be your metrics.  Lots of opportunities for doing OVERTIME, Overtime corresponds into 2 hours of extra hourly pay paid twice the normal hourly pay. one can do a maximum of 20 hours of overtime a week roughly 80 hours a month. This corresponds into some of the investigators making almost 2 times their monthly pay a month.","Job becomes increasingly monotonous, Overtime the middle management has been hired from BPO or ITES companies and the TRMS has increasingly shifted its operations into a more Call Centre atmosphere. This has resulted in poor worklife, the once famed work hard have fun moto is now just work hard and adhere to your rules.  Very little scope of the current job translating into useful experience elsewhere, job is primarily restricted to amazon and can be only used mostly in other E commerce companies","TRMS was once famed for its AMAZON Culture, we are seemingly aping a more call centric approach. Would be nice if such a scenario is averted.",3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2371.htm
31490,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE 1,Good work. Challenging. Great environment Blah blah blah,Hard work life balance. What to do.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31491,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Engineer,"Relocation package, stock options, multi cultural","Bad training, lack of communication",none,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31492,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Great place to kickstart your career,Amazon has a very good work culture. Everybody's ideas are encouraged and a lot of growth opportunities available.,"The major cons of working in amazon is having difficulty in maintaining work/life balance, People will have to work in core night shifts & no stable week-offs.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31493,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,great place to work,"employee and customer centric, helpful amenities and growth too",nothing i could think of,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31494,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Has a good work environment.,"Good work environment, Free and good Food for lunch ,you can relax between office hours and nice compensation.","Less ethical values, growth is not necessarily increasing in this company. Amazon is not so wide in india market.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31495,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous,Customer service,great work environment with a dynamic work force,10h/day work week instead of 8hr/day work week,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31496,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Research,Challenging and exciting place to work,"Amazon is ambitious and willing to take risks in business, that allows its employees to have a real impact through their work. It is a challenging environment to work with with lots of responsibilities given, that is a chance to learn, develop skills and get experience, but it does require you to work hard.","The company does not cater for you too much, you must make do with the bare minimals in terms of office environment and you must really search and chase to getting stuff like IT fixed.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31497,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Vendor manager,"Fast paced environment,Steep learning curve","Work life balance, constant work pressure,",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31498,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,I got an opportunity to innovate on my own unlike other companies where being dictated by other people on what to do.,I could not think of any cons...,I would like to convey my regards..,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31499,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Aug 6, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,Tough to get in and tough to stay ....,Good learning environment Challenging Everything you could expect from top companies like amazon,Work life balance could be better but if you enjoy it then its okay. Other than that nothing i could think of...,Nothing much,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2372.htm
31500,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,"A lot of opportunities to grow, learn and meet some of the best folks in the industry. Innovation is almost in every corner and a lot of opportunities to improve the company and your professional skills.","No real training and you need to find persons who will help you grow and learn. A lot of competition and your success depends from the team that you're in. It's usual practice for most people to change teams or responsibilities almost every year/year and a half for two reasons. 1) Might not always have the opportunity to grow vertically so if you want to advance in your career you have to move horizontally. 2) Bad guys don't want to show their real face (attention to these type of colleagues, you might meet many).",Thank your employees more often for what they do every day. They make you one of the biggest companies in the world.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31501,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Manager - German,Amazon Life,Career growth is really fast here Environment is very lively,Certain things happen very slow Night shifts / frequent shift changes Pathetic food,Management needs to concentrate on Employee health as well. there are multiple ways to ensure an employee is happy and this really needs to be started,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31502,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work at amazon,"great place to work for, an amazing salary, great tech guys who are a pleasure to work with, plenty of benifits","hectic hours some times during the year, more expectations from management and co workers, inability to separate work from personal life and so on",the management here in amazon is normally great but i would advice them to be more friendly with us working there and be a little bit more understanding,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31503,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,good company to work for longterm,"transparent hierarchical structure, no stress, 2 days off , plus government & public holidays.",shares allotted to ur account only credited once u leave the company.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31504,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,i think it is good in my experience,hard to work lot of pressure,none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31505,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its fun and interesting place to work,As Amazon is developing organization the more opportunities of good career.,No cons to share ASAP,Management simply rocks...,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31506,amazon,Atlanta (South Africa)," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Processing Assistant,"Good pay, great benefits, exceptional growth potential, job isn't difficult(see cons).",Management at your given site will determine whether you enjoy your job experience. Some sites/shifts have awesome managers others might not.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31507,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,Nice place to work in,for overshifting they pay less amount,Increase salary for experienced employee,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31508,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,About to experience it,"Great salary , talented colleagues . Great company! Amazing perks , and its like heaven on earth :) A dream job!",Don't know yet. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . :P,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31509,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Difficult work environment,Big money Good software developers I guess the cons are more than the pros.,Most difficult work environment Useless competition within the teams,As if they would listen,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2373.htm
31510,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good exp. a lot of thing to learn. good money,work/ life balance is not good. too much work. management not so good,improve management improve food,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31511,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Care Executive,Customer Care Executive,Good environment and very good place to work and learn the things rapidaly,no downside is there after all company is very good and they are doing a very good jobs,nothing they are good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31512,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test Intern,Dissapointed,Great Facilities Great Pay Great Work Culture,No proper intern management No work life balance,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31513,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,much money is made in short time,away from hometown but still good,everything good,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31514,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Great place to be in!!,Work Culture and the concept of trying to be the MC3 company.,Making life a lot easier :). Doesn't mean you need to make it harsh for me :P,Keep going,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31515,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Politics,"Brand Name, Big clients, Facilities","Worst Politics... Never expected amazon will do this, No recognition for hard work. playing games with employee emotions... Just use and throw type. No promotion, No transfer, No coordination, what not.","Please don't play with employee emotions and use them... I am writing this review to get to your notice what is happening in your organization... Might be a micro level, but its an employee life and hard work... its means a lot us may not be to you. Hope every employee is important, to every organization irrespective of brand, size....",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31516,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazom seller support,A bit mess with regard the organization,good opportunities in your career,more focus on employee,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31517,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,very good salary & nice environment,nothing to tell about the cons,nothing,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31518,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Transport Operations Specialist,Amazing Experience,"Great team , work culture is simply awesome, Targets and motivation",Did not experience any such!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31519,amazon,none," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Great place to work. Lot of learnings,Operational burden at time of oncall,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2374.htm
31520,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,good working environment,start up culture. good working environment.,cannot learn more about career opportunities.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31521,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Research Scientist,Research scientist,Good place to chill out,No clear direction towards research,Dont exploit ownership...not good principle,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31522,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Innovation at the cost of their employees,Talented co workers. Fantastic and fair processes.,Little to no care for their employees personal lives.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31523,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer Intern,Good place for overall growth.,The Workload is very high.,Meh,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31524,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Team Lead,Team Lead,"Great for trying out new things. Management is very keen on delivering results and are not rigid in the method of achieving it.  Since the emphasis is on delivering results, you will naturally build the inclination to look out for solution-oriented approach.","It was still an American company with Indians in it. Office Politics, Procrastination and demean of human values run rampant.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31525,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2016","Current Employee - HARDWARE &amp, NETWORKING",It's a big deal.,Amazon is the best online site and the best way to online shopping. The products of Amazon is well checked before packing.,Good team working skills. Technical knowledge. Problem solving skill. Creative approach for new Ideas. The Ability to work under pressure and to Deadline.,"This is the largest company, it cover the large area.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31526,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,flexible working environment respect each other Career opportuinities,repetitive overtime work. overtime work overtime work,I love Amazon~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31527,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Diverse workforce Opportunity to try new ideas,Poor Work life balance Respect for Diversity,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31528,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,Investigator Specialist for Claims,1. Flexible work atmosphere. 2. Always something new to learn. 3. Every employees idea was taken into consideration when a meeting was held.,I always loved working with Amazon. Nothing negative.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31529,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work required,"Smart people and good environment. Much better now that they have moved into central London, though it was controversial at the time.",Takes a lot of hard work to get ahead at Amazon. Not necessarily the most open culture and sometimes people were demotivated.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2375.htm
31530,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work required,"Smart people and good environment. Much better now that they have moved into central London, though it was controversial at the time.",Takes a lot of hard work to get ahead at Amazon. Not necessarily the most open culture and sometimes people were demotivated.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31531,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Great place ... but hectic,Peers are very strong Learning curve is awesome Great engineering practices Good benefits,Very aggressive work culture No regard for work life balance,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31532,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Programmer/Analyst II,Work Hard Have Fun Make History,- Competitive Salary - Very good colleagues - Flexible work hours and option to work remotely - 360 Feedback,- Not all roles have a clear growth path. - Avoid non SDE and TPM job roles in the engineering groups - Poor succession planning,Director and Senior Managers should be held more accountable and preferable should be groomed from within so that they are more attuned to the Amazon culture,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31533,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Aug 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD COMPANY,it is best place to work and wok life is balanced all should chose to work here .it is pleased to work with these people and very good compant,No cons are to be mentioned till yet,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31534,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Content Test Associate,Test Associate,* Flexible and comport place to work * Less Work pleasure * Awesome and classy co-workers,* Pays less for this role * No career growth at this role (Nothing much to learn),none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31535,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,General tips,It is a well paid job for relatively easy tasks. The shifts are great though and the payment is fantastic for an unskilled job.,"There are no opportunities to grow as a person, the job gets boring quite fast.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31536,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Analyst - CMT,Good company but not for Employees,"Everything in company will be in a organized way which includes admin, transport, food, leave policy, cab, wfh at times.","Everything else is done unplanned, no job security, you not even know what plan your manager has on you until he tells in review. They can change the review like anything unexpected. No growth for seniors or sincere people and worst management politics. Favoritism will play the role in your career. HR will go on hands with your managers and you can't believe them as well.","Please treat your employees with dignity and honestly and give your promotions based on the performance, don't let your politics hide your good fame.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31537,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"AWS looks good on the outside, rotten on core",Many opportunities Company stock price is exploding,Lousy management team Prepare to work at 65hr/week,Learn to prioritize,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31538,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sde,Approachable Managers Flat organization Good perks,Difficult to crack Work load,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31539,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work place,A Good place to work,No cons yet as of now,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2376.htm
31540,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,Descent Company to Work,Good work life balance Awesome Perks,Not a great place if you are looking to learn a lot in a very short period of time.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31541,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Ecommerce Analyst,Risk Investigator,Best Company to work with:  Good Salary. Employee Satisfaction. Open door policy. No dress code.,Did not find anything negative apart from usual professional issues.,Management in Amazon is at its best.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31542,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer service,Good work environment and stress free office.The chances of growth are very high compared to other mncs,Maybe can do something regarding the shifts of the office otherwise a good place to work and can give better incentives,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31543,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Good till you are a winning horse..,Good compensation Good opportunity to rise,Strict performance based review Office politics,Treat human like human Treat each employee equal don't discriminate on the basis on gender or sex,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31544,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Nice experience and exposure at the job,Hectic working hours abot 50 hrs a week,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31545,amazon,Espoo (Finland)," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Senior Project Manager,Training thus sqeezed to minimum time Plenty of opportunoties for peole enjoying office politics Nice new programs providing good opportunities when they start,Unfunctional processes that are expexted to be followed Management takes great pride on their 20+ years at the company Atmosphere more of an government agency than dynamic business Internal development always seen moore important than customer deliveries Loads of internal middle management,Customer first Just years at the company doesn't make one an expert Get rid off the mid-management that provides no value to customers just brings up the expencess and complicates the work,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31546,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,catalog lead,awesome work culture. decent growth oppurtunities,work life balance is perfect but need to get more perks,be a bit more quick in addressing issues,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31547,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Learning Opportunities,Great Learning Environment. Exposure to latest technologies.,Work life balance. On Call System.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31548,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD Company to work for,"Great work life balance, we get time for yourself. Get to learn a lot from and established firm like amazon.","Monotonous Work, Just repeating the things they did in USA.",Good job keep it up,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31549,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,anonymous,work enviromment is supportive and all the ppl are very friendly as well as support staff. no issues at all.,"petty politics, pay, no growth, these are some of the issues, others are favoritism and stuff. thoough these are common in most of the companies but here it is a bit higher","look into cons, that may give you why a tenured employee is so not happy. looking only for US and all kinds on cost reduction in India is not a great strategy",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2377.htm
31550,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 28, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Unfit to be a company,Nothing to share as pros for this company. I wouldn't recommend to join this company if you are joining L4 and below,"1. Zero Work Life Balance 2. No Recognition 3. Blaming Work Culture 4. Complete Top - Down Approach 5. No respect for L4 Managers, treated like slaves",Respect people and their life,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31551,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Agent,Interview,It is best platform for everyone.It is biggest company,No downside at work.If we have confident about our work any down sides will not happen.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31552,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathways Operations Manager,Freedom to make changes to processes Encouraged to innovate Strong Culture Young Leadership Fun,"Sometimes hot, could prove to be helpful in the winter Tiring, people are constanly moving or standing A lot of moving parts, it is a very complex system",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31553,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - IT Transformation Architect,Great company,You will learn every day in a incredible speed. You will be challenged every day as if are you SAT,You will work at least 12 hours a day,"Split the projects in small pieces, in order to help all employees on team to work in every client.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31554,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Trms,working,mnc so a lot of oppertunity. good enviornment to work,"lesser salary, have to work in night shift",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31555,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,Best place to work with and nothing else can be satisfying that to work with Amazon.com. Long way to go with Amazon.com,working shifts are only problem with Amazon.com. We accept that we are flexible with the working hours but Amazon takes it seriously. LOL,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31556,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,company review,no dress code friendly managers love working here,no cons for this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31557,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Management - TRMS,"Good work environment, No formal wear , Flexible work timings, Very helpful management Good pay-scale, Enormous job oppurtunities",India Management need up their ante.,Need a better coordination between Internal departments.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31558,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"Fast pace culture, good nature of job",Too much work pressure & no hand holding,Reduce work load and frugality,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31559,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Telengana,Exciting Times,"Growing organization, great innovations, talented people","No work life balance, people are challenged to the core",Parity in policies,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2378.htm
31560,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,nice office free snacks huge new monitors lots of smart and helpful colleges can learn a lot,"perks for the engineers not as good as the other top-tier tech companies, no free lunch","keep up the good work, care about your engineers, keep them happy, so that they will do the best job they can to keep you rewarding",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31561,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Salesforce aminastrator,"Amazon is always best because of its ethics, culture and value towards each and every employee","NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA",NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31562,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Lead,"Private healthcare, Private Dental car","Long shifts, Intense, Ever-changing environment",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31563,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon cheating innocent students in the name of campus interview.....,"Providing sodexo, night shift allowance and cab facility for employess","They are conducting interview as per international standard. However, they are hiring for domestic process wherein you need to speak with telugu customers over the phone, being a loyola, st. mary's and st. Francis college student its not worth for you. According to me your parents are not spending lot of money on your studies just to get in to domestic customer service job. I request every student to get some knowledge about customer service industry and if you are interested then appear for interview and please make sure the difference between international and domestic process before you accept this job from amazon...",NA,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31564,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,N/A,"Great company, they give you a lot of incentives.",If you are in the call center department the work enviroment is not as good as you wished,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31565,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"Fast pace culture, good nature of job",Too much work pressure & no hand holding,Reduce work load and frugality,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31566,amazon,"Liverpool, England (UK)"," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - Multi Drop Van Driver,Amazon the mental and physical SLAVERY corporation !,"None, you get used, abused and then tossed to the side which is why there's high staff turnover","Extremely long hours, no room to progress, getting blamed for things that you nothing about, management pick and choose who to give work to which are the ones that end up giving you bad points during training that I end up doing the right thing and still getting blamed (So called concessions), discriminating, not very equal opportunity, hold back your pay unlawfully when and if you leave (and believe me you will want to leave after being there and being tossed in to the deep end with technology that doesn't have a clue) , the list is endless.",Get real- as there is this english term called KARMA.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31567,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great company to begin with,"Great experience and work environment, lot of things to do and to learn. Opportunities to improve the processes and to work with major companies.","Is not a startup anymore despite what they say, so projects are very slow / difficult to implement. Political environment. Lot of employee turnover.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31568,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good leadeship,"good facilities , nice place to work , Nice incentives , good colleagues","NO JOB SECURITY , HR merely useless and hopeless ,no transparency in system , favoritism play big role in cracking the interview , they always say you can take holidays as per your wish reality you will never get them","Please keep transparency in your system , Jeff really worked hard to keep Amazon but HR is recruiting useless managers from HSBC , Genpact they dont know what is amazon and its culture , Pp lare let off if they indulge in malpractice if they have good terms with manager .",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31569,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 17, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Good place to work and can learn few things if there is no politics,Gives lot of exposure about corporate world.,Compensation can be little bit better.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2379.htm
31570,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program manager,"Lot of interesting projects ""Get on with it"" culture",no project management methodologies under resourced- huge attrition rate - normally 2 year turn over Does not scale to business growth. yearly review process is extremely tedious and delivers nothing,resource to match growth or risk losing good people,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31571,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is the place to work in,Number of leaves 50 per year excluding Saturday and Sunday 15 Annul leaves Carry forward able 1100 rupees for Sodexo coupon monthly Overtime payment per hour Weedend double payment No dress code Pick and drop in Ac car Less work and easy targets,Less take home salary Chances of promotion is very less,Please increase the basic salary,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31572,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,"I used to work for the company as a associate I have applied for area manager, then I have been informed that I'm on tier one so I won't be able to become a manager I'm sorry to say that but according to my experience in the company, I have figured out this company is a bad company I have seen I'm my life, what ashamed","Nothing at all, it's just slavery system, getting benefit of treating people in bad way",I think there is no reason to work there,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31573,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,buyer,cannot find anything for Pros.,"no fairness, no justice, no democracy.",should learn how to keep employee with democratic method,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31574,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Fun and good hours. It provided me with good flexibility as well,It was quite far from my residence and sometimes the hours could be quite long as well.,"The management does a god job, there is not much advice i have to give them",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31575,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Challenging and interesting, not compensated well","+ challenging job, never gets boring, plenty of opportunities to learn and grow + amazing people you work with + friendly atmosphere + systematic approach to problems + possible to switch teams + nice office, bunch of events outside of working hours","- work largely depends on which team you are on (probably more than in other big companies) -> teams go from awful to wonderful and that largely affects the impression of Amazon - compensation system based on fear, not rewards -> people performing poorly are punished, while people performing well are not rewarded (it is expected of them), bonuses are basically non-existent - poor stock options compared to other companies - unnecessary self-imposed stress introduced by the management by setting meaningless and unrealistic deadliness - it's easier to get hired to a more senior level than get promoted, new hires have higher salaries than long-term employees",Introduce better benefits and rewards for good workers,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31576,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,"Fast paced, choice of teams to work, merit based culture","High work pressure, On call",Better options for work-life balance,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31577,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very good company to work with.,"If you are looking for an experience along with salary, Amazon is the best",Work pressure will be there,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31578,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources Executive,Best Company,Best workplace environment to work in !! If you have the right potential you can grow at a rapid speed in Amazon Best facilities provided to the employees,Working in a US shift maybe the only back draw but only few processes require you to work in that shift,Continue to be the best !!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31579,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Nice Place to work,Encouraging Team and very good work culture and ethics,I have't noticed any here,Very good keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2380.htm
31580,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Nice Place to work,Encouraging Team and very good work culture and ethics,I have't noticed any here,Very good keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31581,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Catalogue Specialist,Catalogue associate,"Great vibe, Employee centered, great place to develop leadership skills. Great place to independent projects. Performance driven, Great place to have a peek behind an almost perfect supply chain business.","Can't say much as I love job couldn't find anything wrong. Starting package is less compared to others, however hike is insane depending on performance.",Reduction in work allocated in order to provide more time for associate to work on projects.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31582,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,Nice company to work,"good work culture , work with smart people, nice perks",nothing i can think of,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31583,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Investigation Specialist,Customer centric mainly . works towards customers.,Growth is little slow for associates.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31584,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,"friendly environment, multi cultural, equal opportunity for everyone",long shifts and lot of physical strength needed,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31585,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,program Manager,EU vendor support and stake holder management,Too much work pressure and ownership,salaries must be hiked a bit more,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31586,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE summer Intern,Competent co-workers Nice office Well looked after,"Open plan office, but that's just industry standard now",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31587,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for learning,Will be working in a good environment,Sometimes work is overloaded not always,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31588,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Cool culture with low work-life balance.,"Really nice work-culture. Amazon is friendly place. With better work-life ballance, i can imagine that i would work there for many years.",Very little work life balance. As a manager you are under constant stress as everything what you do is measured. Very little opportunities for long-term projects. Every week we focus at some priority and next week we focus on other.,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31589,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Team Lead,Work Life Balance :( :(,"Great work culture, can learn a lot, no micro management, training provided to improve your efficiency, etc","Have to spend at least 12 hours at work every day to complete your tasks, the manager doesn't care for how long you're stuck here, no work life balance, favorites given opportunities to grow and get promoted sooner.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2381.htm
31590,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company if you fit with the culture,"Ownership over exciting projects Competitive salary Learn a lot Work with fantastic, smart people",Long hours Pressure from senior leadership Intense work environment,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31591,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,QUALITY ANALYST,1) good work culture 2) good benefits 3) you great to work with some of the best managers and engineers at high levels. 4) The support and help you get from your team mates are exceptional.,"there are too many leaves a year for you but you are overloaded with leaves , so that you can't take off.  Too much hiring that has lead to decease in quality levels.",To value the employees off later i think thats the greatest drawback its has,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31592,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Excellent work culture for employees,You will be addicted to the culture,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31593,amazon,none," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good, nice environment, freshers love to start their career here. Helps to grow as an individual and learn more. So I recommend Amazon.",No cons. Everything is good. It is the best place to work for. So I would say there is no cons,Not any,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31594,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Investigation analyst,Good process flow and decent appraisal system,Heavy work load and requires to often work on weekends,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31595,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,TRMS- No work life balance and pathetic management,-no dress code. -starting salary good for freshers.,"-No work life balance. - Overtime all day even on week off. -Poor hike. -any day of week off and not saturday and sunday. - Should work in shifts and they change every 3 months. -Poor night shift allowance. -No home pick up during day. -Sickening food. food-poining cases 2 every week. -It's all about ""Show"". Nothing practical. -Management lies blatantly assuming employees are illiterates. -Clear false promises by management. -BPO like work culture.","Be employee centric to become customer centric company. With this pace, Amazon will the worst place to work for.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31596,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good part-time job,A pleasant place to work.,"If you work at night, you will never see your HR representative.  Need a more structured training.",Get your on-site HR to be available to all employees not just to call them for extra hours.,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31597,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Too good work culture and environment,Pressure is too much to handle,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31598,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Fraud Investigator,Fraud Investigator,-Team -Proactive culture -Freedom to do projects when performing well -International work envirnoment,"- change in operations to make the environment more like a fulfilment centre - having to log each minute of work - they removed the flexibility we used to have and we now have scheduled arrival, break and lunch times",Lower hiring standards to avoid hiring overqualified people who are bound to be unhappy with mundane work,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31599,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller support associate,good working environment and support,salary should be little high,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2382.htm
31600,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Awesome place to work and learn,Opportunities Ownership at work Freedom to move around in teams,Work life balance. Peculiar Culture to adapt at first. You either belong here or not.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31601,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best,great environment to work in,challenging roles at every step,great effort...keep on moving,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31602,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - On Boarding Specialist,Onboarding Specialist,"Good Working Environment,lot of freedom in work,improvisation skills are developed","No Growth,Limited working spectrum,The job has no real challenges.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31603,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,- Smart people - I've learned many things over the two years being with the company - Strong engineering culture,Bureaucracy (big org) Politics Comp isn't great,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31604,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big company big setup,"Part of a huge, well known and well respected company, with a great reputation. Once you have experience from Amazon, people trust you a lot more.",the company is big and so hierarchical that you feel like a tiny cog in a giant machine. Certain teams are easier to get promoted in even though the processes might be similar,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31605,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist,high learning curve high independent,people management work life balance,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31606,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Placed recently,Good work culture good at atmosphere nice office very scenery place best place to work for every thing is near by,No cons very good work culture nice people nothing cons every thing good what to say next is nothing superb at,Nothing,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31607,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Fresher salary is good compared to others,Perhaps the night shifts for which they do pay,none,3.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31608,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - QAE,Employee Centric Company !,nice place to work. awesome work culture.,you will get into comfort zone :P,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31609,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,"For the bold, brave, hard working and smart!","You will never get bored at Amazon! Great shift patterns mean you have a brilliant 3 day weekend. The people are incredible, you will make friends for life here from across the globe. Challenging work that keeps you interested, huge opportunity and scope to learn loads. Great benefits. Fantastic company culture that suits the ambitious and driven.","Can be a tiring job, but ultimately rewarding. Short breaks. Food not amazing in the canteen.","Take responsibilty where necessary, it will help tje company grow to know its own mistakes rather than shift the blame.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2383.htm
31610,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist,high learning curve high independent,people management work life balance,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31611,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good to work,Good to learn the work and gain knowledge,No work life balance and work pressure is more,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31612,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job,best mnc best facility good offyc good support well built office,"relation with boss,support,technical , more work hours",nothiung,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31613,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worth your while,"Very stimulating, flexible and kinda fun. Would recommend.",The pay in Prague sucks despite the fact that the interview process os no different from that of other countries,Be more open-minded about wage negotiation,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31614,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,1. Can learn a lot in few teams 2. Good salary and stocks,"1. No perks other than salary 2. Management confuses frugality with cheapness 3. No clear growth path, review system is biased 4. Some teams only have maintenance 5. Non existent HR 6. Operational load is too much in some teams 7. Awful food","Treat your employees in a good way, they are your first customers Make review system more transparent",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31615,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Good job!,"Good management, ownership, bias for action","work life balance, take care of engineers.",Take care of engineers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31616,amazon,Pune (India)," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Analyst,Quality Analyst,"This review is for Amazon Customer Service Pune.  Its a new site less than a year old, growing so there are lot of challenges and growth opportunities.  This is not a positive for Amazon CS Pune, its for the people of Pune and nearby areas which account for majority of associates who work in Amazon CS Pune. Associates are awesome fun loving and behave like close knit families.  The only positive is you get gifts during festivals. Operation managers take you to Restaurants for Lunch and Dinners after important training or meetings. This happens in every other company.","Its a production site where cost cutting is heavily emphasized.  One who has experienced Amazon Culture in other sites and has money/savings or backup of your family and friends and/or other options of a job he/she will leave Amazon CS Pune. You wont find Amazon Culture here its a Call centre and worse than that.  The Senior level Employees which include the operation managers and site leaders , I wont call them leaders which is what they are called in Amazon as they are part of Amazon leadership team treat associates very badly, like robots paid to do work. As a lead of your team you have no power or say on the decisions taken for your team. You are just informed about the decisions taken by senior leadership team.  There are serious workplace issues with regard to the working of the senio leadership team if we compare with the Amazon workplace standards that will come to the surface if the feedback of the associates, leads are taken by Amazon Worldwide team.  The Quality Analyst in Amazon Pune does three higher level roles of Amazon Customer Service Hyderabad, the main Customer Service site in India at one level less and 1/3rd or 4th the combined cost. They are Floor lead ( take care of break timings, logins, logouts, contact reviews, performance checks, team meetings), Process Lead( who assists you with the Work Process via live chat medium) and Quality Analyst ( Analyse individual, team level performance, share new updates and highlight bottom performers). if required the Analyst will also need to train a new team for which there is an another higher level role of Hyderabad.  If you have worked in other sites of Amazon Customer service do not come to Pune. If you are new to Amazon and applying to Amazon CS Pune because of Amazon Brand you will be deeply disappointed. There is no Job satisfaction. Rather try Hyderabad CS, you will enjoy the experience.  The leadership team many who have good years of Amazon Work Experience from other sites ironically lack the courage and conviction to take strong decisions and right decisions or in the name of profit making and productivity have forgotten the values that make Amazon unique and a awesome place to work at.  I will give 3 out of 10 to Amazon Customer Service Pune.",Do no turn Amazon Customer service into a conventional Call Centre or BPO. Learn to respect your lower level employees. Behave.  Open your eyes behave like Amazon Leaders or else it wouldn't be long when because of you Amazon's reputation is tarnished by International and Indian media.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31617,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Online Marketing Manager,Its culture doesn't support its employees,"Definitely one of the most data-driven companies in the world and decisions are all made based on solid data support. Generally it supports new ideas though it requires a lot lot lot of data to support. And you can learn a lot about the every aspects of the business - supply chain, service provider, A/B test, payment process etc. You name it. It's an environment that you can learn a lot. Tons of internal transfer opportunities across functions. Your line manager cannot refuse the internal transfer request once you pass the probation period and the new manager accept your request. They can only hold you on your original role for up to 6 weeks.","For new employees, it basically has no systematic training arranged. You will be thrown into the field since day one. Everything is self-serviced so count on yourself now. It's common that after 3 months, you are still dizzy about a lot of stuff here. Its culture encourages team members to challenge each other otherwise you will be considered as ""the one with no insight"". With it being said, people are not supportive to each other but tend to protect themselves. When you have difficulties in delivering the requested results, with objective challenges, your manager will offer assistance or advice on how to overcome the challenges. So in a nutshell, you are really on your own in this company.","According to Bezos, they won't claim their culture is the best on but the people who stay in the company fits the culture for sure. And I chose to leave.",3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31618,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data analyst,Great international company with international workers. Salaries a pretty good. Flexible hours and HR is helpful for lots of things,"A lot of overviewing. Life is work kind of company. Not a lot more to say actually, it's pretty great :)","Can't really tell, wasn't there long enough to have an opinion on this one. Sorry folks :D",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31619,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,nice!!!!,nice working atmosphere Good facilities salary is also good your feedback is taken Good HR support,no pick up and drop for morning shift,please arrange for a pickup and drop for morning shift,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2384.htm
31620,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - SDE3,SDE3,"Gives insight into the scale of operations, how to build products quickly at scale and the brightest set of engineers to work with.",Unclear goals and ambiguous problems to work with most of the time.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31621,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good to work with,Company is quite good and there is a lot of growth within the organization.,"Shifts, food and canteen. No gym and other facilities.",Can do much better than now.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31622,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work Culture,Nice culture where you will love to work,You love the comfort and perks and wont be able to leave them,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31623,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM Title,Amazing Work Culture & amazing salaries for everyone,Shift timings are a tough thing to work with,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31624,amazon,Paris (France)," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I went from Google to Amazon and i love it !,"You will get bored here. With the amount of training, the fast pace of the company, and how easy internal transfers are, you will always have something to stimulate your brain. In a lot of other tech giants, you will end up using half of your energy on 'visibility', meaning making sure your n+2 and n+3 know you, and sometimes doing projects just for the sake of it, but of no real added value for the company This is almost entirely not true here, of course you need to get exposure, but then again this is the most data driven company i have ever been at. If your project sucks, then people will automatically see during the weekly review. Also, i find people to be more humble than back in Google, even though they are also extremely smart. Part of this is coming from the 'have backbone' leadership principle. People will disagree a lot with you, just to make sure your decisions are backed by data.","The rhythm is quite intense, not necesarily in the amount of hours but in how 'heavy' they feel. You will also have too much stuff to do, so prepare to prioritize. Not as many perks as in Google.","Keep encouraging internal transfer. Keep encouraging people to define their own career. Provide more sql training. Stay focused on results, not bs, and stay humble.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31625,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Telangana,Awesome,Have fun work had make history,There is no disadvantage with amazon as its simply amazing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31626,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,No Transparency,"Being a software developer, you get to be a part of an elite tech community. There are a lot of things going on internally that you can use to grow your knowledge and skills. This is the only thing I liked over here. However, you may not get much time for these things.","My manager was all the time looking to stack rank employees and put his favorites on top. His favorites know that they are being favored so they always remain mum about all the wrong that is happening with you in the team. These things don't stop here. In my case, the credit for my work was given to my team mate. The work was so good that it could promote a guy. Also, I was given bad rating previous year without appropriate reasoning and was asked to leave once the project was over so that my work could be attributed to the other guy and manager could promote him.  The manager had an incentive in promoting him as he had hired.  Also, there was no public tracking of tasks. Although tools were available, my team wasn't using them. Timelines used to be there only for two people in my team which includes me. Other two people used to work in a relaxed manner without any timelines. Whenever they could finish their task was fine. This is probably the worst possible work culture on earth.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31627,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company.,"Nice environment, work is hard, lots of challenges but it is fun.",Work/life balance hard to keep fair.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31628,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good,"Dynamic company, that is flat, innovative, you get stocks, flexible,","Hard Work, very technical, not stable processes,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31629,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,Pretty fast paced company to work. I always felt like I was doing something and thought th experience was really eye opening.,"Although I had some freedoms, I'd hoped I'd have more as I progressed but the same task seemed to be given to me.",Diversify the tasks that people are given. I know this is hard as you train them but giving them new things to do can better learn where to allocate their expertise.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2385.htm
31630,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Decent place to work,Friendly work environment and helpful colleagues.,"Break schedules are bad, and too much of pressure on break adherence",Improve the interactivity and team building activities.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31631,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Fun to work at a fast paced environment.,Exhausting 10.5 long hours shift with difficult to attain targets.,Amazon should practice true equal employment opportunities. HR should be more powerful in employment/promotion/transfer/termination decisions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31632,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Karnataka,Not that great,"Good facilities, cab facility is good","Too much of micro managing, tracking of each and every minute.",If the work is done then why do you have to track a person on every minute basis,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31633,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Assistant Manager Operations,About my employer,"The best company which takes care of its employees. It always tries to provide better, safe and healthy environment to the employees.",No Negative points about the company.,Whatever the things are going on just need continuity into this.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31634,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Some teams management is very bad,Floks around are good and helpful. You can learn alot,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31635,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Smart Colleague to with and Good Culture,China Marketing growth is still slowing,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31636,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Fraud Investigator,Fraud Investigator,"Excellent office, facilities and benefits. Not a take-home job unless you want to stand out. Extremely sociable colleagues, most are recent graduates.","Monotonous work, high staff turnover. Very difficult to stand out if your manager doesn't give you time to progress or listen to you. Most people leave within a year.",Stop the high turnover rate by giving people less monotonous work and allowing for easier progress within the company. Give people more responsibility.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31637,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,perfect,it is great company for working here,"no cons, it is great company for working here",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31638,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer support executive,"Work friendly environment, working in a team, employer friendly.","Not applicable, There isn't much to think about the cons",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31639,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Friendly people with a can do attitude. Driven and commercial,"Very long hours, high expectations, no room for mistakes",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2386.htm
31640,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mediocre,"Money for over time , cab and food service","Monotonous and no great learning ,bad shifts",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31641,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Friendly people with a can do attitude. Driven and commercial,"Very long hours, high expectations, no room for mistakes",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31642,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced and decent,"Opportunity, growth, fun, social, fast-paced","Pressure, anonymity, limited training, nights",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31643,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD,"Nice work place, nice pay, no dress code","changing shifts regularly, overtime work required at times",Its good the way you manage the work but eber changing shifts can be reduced.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31644,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,windows cloud support,this big company and have agood name on market,no thing . i think this perfect compnay to work on it,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31645,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Developer,Competitive Environment Great scope for learning and growing,If you get stuck with a bad manager - change team ASAP Operational load can get bad,Hire better managers,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31646,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst.,Excellent culture.  Get to learn a lot.,Cannot think of any.  No free food.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31647,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A heaven,"The work place, ambience, co workers,the company all are good in all ways.",I personally think the work weight is a bit more comparing to other comapnies,"Since i have enjoyed more than i felt for joining the company, it is ok",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31648,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Terrible company. Treat you like scum,Pay is decent. Above £8 an hour,"30 minute break in. 12 hour shift. No smoke breaks. You have to eat, drink, smoke in 30 mins.  Hardly any seats in the canteen  Practically started a revolution to get HOT water. What a joke  Too much testosterone so the warehouse is a very hostile place.  Romanians talking in thier own language which creates a barrier  Supervisors expect you to be superman and do everything within the right time frame while helping old frail women.",Give more breaks. Dont hire non english speaking people.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31649,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - SDM,Great entrepreneurial culture,"Culture. Fast paced, innovative, quick to deliver, metrics based. Great scale, awesome problems. Good pay. Great place to work and have fun.",Chronic understaffing. Can be too focused on the next shiny thing. Sometimes too quick to judge. Hiring and performance bars can be subjective based on the org you're in.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2387.htm
31650,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Working environment,Best salary in all software companies.,"Load of work, less facilities.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31651,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DCO,Exciting fast paced environment with many automation and strict policies,Contradicting policy and poor manner upper management,Work on policies on a ground level and not based on intution,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31652,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Executive,"Nice environment , low growth .","Nice environment , positive approach , can do overtime and earn extra",Low growth low growth low growth,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31653,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Accounts Payable Analyst,"Good learning experience, but no loyalty from the organisation,",Free transportation to the facilities. Good chances to be on the spotlight. Open dress code.,"No balance between wage and duties. Seasonal employers policy. For a company that claims to be the most obsessed customer one, they don't really focus on the key areas to truly become it.",Is mandatory to enhance the ways and methods you are benefiting your associates as not everybody will be happy with wages from customer service roles.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31654,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,amazon,great work environment. opportunity to enter into the HR department.,limited growth opportunities. no long term development.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31655,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Every year is like a millennium,"Work Hard, this not a place for settlers things move at very fast pace.","Be ready to get killed one day, or be bold to kill others.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31656,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Manager,Amazon Catalog Manager,"Good pay, very flexible options to explore various opportunities and get to learn inside out about the business","Associate perks aren't that great, forced attrition is a crap practise",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31657,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Imaging Research Associate,happy life,u could see smiling faces all over the work place,a little pressure some time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31658,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Analyst,Lot of business knowledge to gain,Not merit based work env,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31659,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,Sophisticated tech stack. Lots of opportunities to learn,Lots of Politics and favouritism,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2388.htm
31660,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough and unforgiving environment,Very smart and intelligent colleagues Cutting edge technologies Great learning opportunities - world class best practices Internal movements - opportunities to move to locations like US / Europe,High pressure and negative working environment Aggression translates to stepping over individuals for personal advancement (be ready to kill your own grandmother!) Vocally self critical - it is rare that you will ever hear a word of praise Political - important to align yourself to the power centres in the organisation (which means that you do whatever they say irrespective of how wrong it may be),"A great organisation with a lot of good going for it - focus on the culture at mid levels (6 & 7). Living the LPs in letter and in spirit are 2 different things. Understand what the junior employees feel - they are the backbone of the org, not just dispensable resources.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31661,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer,Web Development Engineer,1. Get to write and read a lot of great code. Inside and out side your team. 2. Peer reviews keep you updated and improve your quality. 3. Lots of importance given to reasoning of issues than fixing them. 4. Work keeps you in the middle of an F1 track. We get to own it from dev to production.,Work keeps you in the middle of an F1 track,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31662,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Cutting edge work each and every day at Amazon. Great people too.,Long hours sometimes to meet deadlines and long travel times as usual in Bangalore,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31663,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer II,Awesome experience,Very good on-boarding training for new Cloud Support Engineers.Very good global relocation policy.AWS is the biggest cloud infrastructure company and you get to work with some of the biggest companies/customers in the world.You will get to work on almost all type of technologies as a part of cloud support team.,Being the cloud support engineer may lead to change in your profile to somewhat specific to AWS services/products .But being in touch with the generic technology has to be made.However that should not be keep you from working on the awesome products.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31664,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 12, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Support Associate,Amazon place to have fun until the work load hits you,"work culture, facilities, diverse set of people and good bonus",work load in peak and few wrong people in local management,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31665,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,Experience in Amazon,Good experience after a long time,Nothing much big in this area,No issues,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31666,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 13, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Associate, Business Operations",Giant player in the market,"Best Environment, No dress code, Amazing, Best policies","No growth, poor managers, not rightly managed",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31667,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,first round was jam session.if we have confident while jam session.definetly will qualify for second round,really superb work culture.i love to work in amazon.there will be great growth too in amazon.,my suggestion to the management is to see talent of the person too and hardworking.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31668,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Analysis,E-commerce,Great enviorment to work and enjoy and good place to start your career with it and learn the new things.,If you looking for a place where you can learn and develope yourself its not the place and nothing to learn new.,Understand people of your team and try to encourage there work and skills and appericiate there good work and understand there personal life.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31669,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Investigator,"Feel at home ambiance, no work pressure, enthusiastic and goal oriented management","Less growth, compensation not convincing",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2389.htm
31670,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Developer Engineer II,Not really what they advertise,Great team members. Great office. Good benefits and compensation.,"Not really what they advertise, Work-life balance is really off. Tasks not challenging enough. Not too many opportunities to learn new technologies.",none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31671,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Category Manager,Category Manager,-Good learning opportunity and growth -Strong brand name -Really smart people to work with.,"-Appraisal process and promotion is really tough -If you're expecting work life balance, you may be disappoined",none,5.0,2.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31672,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 11, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Abundant opportunities for growth and benefits.,Work load peak during certain periods in an year.,Stop hiring temporary employees.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31673,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 8, 2016",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Employee Centric,"Good work culture. Great leaves and accommodation facilities, Very well paid, Very well treated company. This is the place for people who are looking for new things, new innovations.",Nothing except the hiring process which needs to be improved.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31674,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Director,One hell of a ride!,"1. Tremendous amount of ownership - you find a problem and want to fix it, by all means go ahead - no one will say hey that's not your job! 2. Extremely fast paced - a multi billion dollar company growing at such a fast pace - there is always enough and more to do. you have to draw your own boundaries else the work is so exciting that it can suck you in. 3. Rapid career progression - for folks who do well (top tier performers), there is plentiful opportunity for rapid career advancement. The company is growing so fast that it needs all the leaders it can get - so top performers can grow very rapidly with the company. 4. The 14 Amazon leadership principles is not just something we put on the wall, it is something we live every day by, people are evaluated on these and any amazonian who has spent more than 2-3 years in the company begins to speak a language embedded with leadership principles. This is really cool - you do what you say and you say what you do!","Related to point no. 2 above, the work can be so engrossing at times that one tends to get sucked in and your work life balance can go for a toss if you are not careful. You have to draw your own boundaries - what needs to happen now vs. what can wait till tomorrow. There is always enough and more super-exciting things to do. The culture is also very competitive (in a positive way) and Amazon has a very high hiring bar, so you are always being pushed (not necessarily by your manager but on your own) as you are comparing yourself with other super-high performers and get the drive to do more. So you have to establish your own boundaries of work-life balance!","As the company is expanding so rapidly, please watch out and preserve the unique culture that Amazon has! Do not get bureaucratic and political!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31675,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 18, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Aggressive work environment, not for everybody",Working with the latest technologies. Working in small teams of really smart people. Lot of transparency in reviews and promotions.,"Very aggressive work environment. There is a lot of work, but, its not necessarily good. There are a lot of resources and people to learn from, but, there isn't enough time, there is always a deadline looming over your head. Almost no perks in comparison to other good tech companies. There is a heavy focus on delivery and learning needs to be done on your own time.",Treating employees better is more than just giving them access to latest hardware and software. Overall employee well being should also be an areas of focus.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31676,amazon,"Lagunilla, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - SDEI,SDEI,Nice work environment (only SDE related),Avg salary in Costa Rica. Lots of management conflicts. A lot of bureaucracy. Level is important. Not a permanent workplace.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31677,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Master black belt,"It is good company to work for in Bangalore , but the bonus only comes in year 3 and year 4.","They have low annual base salary and no bonuses in year 2 onwards, salary will remain almost same in year 3 and year 4 as it was in year one",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31678,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience,"good stipend, good facilities,brand value,great compensation,network and support cuture",could find any cons as I worked as an intern only for a period of 6 months..it was a good experience overal.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31679,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - KYC,awful management,"great CEO, very much customer focused. career opportunities. just stick 5 years with amazon and youll land somewhere.","managment are a bunch of honks. they are all some former call center leads. awful thing to have more than half of the workforce as temp workers, the fire and hire in mass. amazon is very much seasonal. I myself was a permanent employee but hated to see the treatment of my peers who did the same job and even more and got a lot less.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2390.htm
31680,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"It is a good environment ,we will get many benefits in amazon",nothing to say about as far as i know,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31681,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Content Associate,Great place to work,Great environment. Good culture. Good management.,None that I have seen.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31682,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse worker,Training provided on the job.,can be physically demanding at times.,Predict work load to reduce cross training.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31683,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Good starter company,"Relatively low pressure, working hours flexibility, working from home available sometimes","Low salary, incompetent management, unfair promotions, nepotism, individual skills not recognized","Raise the salary and therefor attract more competent lower level managers, investigate cases of nepotism withing lower ranking management",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31684,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to Work,"+ Always busy, never bored + Lots of opportunity to move into new areas + Lots of talented colleagues to learn from + Still a growing company with a good outlook","- Departments will usually operate with less staff than needed to the job. - Can be hard to complete tasks to a good standard due to operational burden, work is constant to tsunami levels which can make it extraordinarily hard to prioritise work. - Workload can be tiring at times","Set a clearer direction and prioritise/manage work loads for your teams, so engineers can do their jobs. Be clearer on working hours and do not take it for granted that an employee will stay behind due to job pride.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31685,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathway Operations Manager,Clear responsibility and good compensation,"Standing and walking 12 hours a day, physical hardship",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31686,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Associate,Great Company to Work for,Excellent work culture and Brand Name is a plus.,Not enough opportunities for career growth.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31687,amazon,none," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Associate,"Mandatory over time, Standing for hours",Good pay for inexperience level,"Offer associates to sit while on the job , the amount of job will be done faster that way",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31688,amazon,Pune (India)," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good to work place,Great work culture and a great place to work,Salary is low  No work life balance,Feedback about salary,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31689,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2016",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Good to work,Cab facility available in major cities Sodexo Food coupons Better management and flow of work is moderate,Night shifts sucks Rotational shifts give a hell out of you,Do something on shifts,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2391.htm
31690,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Great place to learn new technologies and customer facing skills.,"Hard work,Micro management, No Benefits.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31691,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yeah it's good,Yeah I think there's loads of perks,Don't really much here I'll be totally hover with u,Good good i totally agree with this tbh,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31692,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work,Work with amazing tools. Have lots of flexibility. Can work on all sorts of problems because the company is so big. Surprisingly good work hours.,No free food like Google has. Need to be on the oncall rota. Some managers and engineers are sub standard.,"Keep that bar high! A perk or two would be nice, to keep the envy at bay (looking at fb, Google...)",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31693,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Every team has its culture besides the company culture,Strong company culture and it's reinforcement Strong leaders and managers Benefits Strong learning culture Customer orientation in .com and back end team but can't comment on .in business,Scale is too vast Work life balance isn't there it's only work,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31694,amazon,"Holborn, England (UK)"," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - UK Escalations Supervisor,Great place to work,"Great energy at all times, a real team spirit and togetherness in everything we did. A very fun place to work which made it very attractive, always things going on. When deadlines were met it was a real sense of achievement.","Only thing I would say is the fact everyone was issued with laptops, it made you feel you were always at work as most people took the lap tops home, you never really switched off, waiting for the next email, seeing if someone got back to you.","Keep up the good work, maybe ease off on people working more than their 8 hour a day schedule.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31695,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software engineer ii,"Got started in Amazon.cn due to H1B visa lottery.  Lots to learn. Such as How Amazon runs, how amazon keeps the best people. Nice colleagues.",CN teams got little right to speak out. Lots of good projects are outsourcing to amazon.in  Salary is pretty fair. Not competitive compared to local large companies like BAT,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31696,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trainer,"Good Place to work,learn and go ahead with career","Excessive pressure, Less work life balance .......",Stop Management export from outside,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31697,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Imaging Associate,work culture,"awesome place to work, we can gain good experience here","some politics were here, we need to adjust the management",good job,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31698,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A great company,"- Great pay and benefits, generally well above the market level - You can learn a lot - People are very friendly and cheerful, makes a good atmosphere","You have to stand for yourself and be very professional. Sometimes deadlines might be too harsh, or unfair things might happen. The key to solving all of these is communication. Don't promise something unless you are 100% sure you can deliver. Also, if you get into arguments with people you can have a though time. The key is, again, communication. If you don't follow this, a lot of problems can happen. Most of the drawbacks that you will hear about Amazon are totally solvable. It also depends a lot on the individual teams","There is a contradiction between what people need to do to advance their careers and the business needs of the company which employees naturally focus on. Try to align the former to the latter more. Promote people more based on how they helped the company in tough situations, not on how they progressed on some tasks that are not normally in their work life.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31699,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Retail Operations Analyst,Retail Operations Analyst,"Brand Value, Learning Experience, Collaborative work environment, Scope to grow, Professionalism","Poor Visibility, More competition, Occasional Politics",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2392.htm
31700,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,"Innovative and fast place, full of talented fellows to work with",Place defintely demanding that impose the setting of right balance as well as priorities,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31701,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,my observation,"flexible work schedule, good place to start a career",rotational shifts involves (involves complete night shifts),none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31702,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,CSA,Salary. Free cab. Flexible shifts.,Workload. Stringent reviews. Horrible leads.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31703,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trainer,"Good Place to work,learn and go ahead with career","Excessive pressure, Less work life balance .......",Stop Management export from outside,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31704,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A great company,"- Great pay and benefits, generally well above the market level - You can learn a lot - People are very friendly and cheerful, makes a good atmosphere","You have to stand for yourself and be very professional. Sometimes deadlines might be too harsh, or unfair things might happen. The key to solving all of these is communication. Don't promise something unless you are 100% sure you can deliver. Also, if you get into arguments with people you can have a though time. The key is, again, communication. If you don't follow this, a lot of problems can happen. Most of the drawbacks that you will hear about Amazon are totally solvable. It also depends a lot on the individual teams","There is a contradiction between what people need to do to advance their careers and the business needs of the company which employees naturally focus on. Try to align the former to the latter more. Promote people more based on how they helped the company in tough situations, not on how they progressed on some tasks that are not normally in their work life.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31705,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work,"employee benefit, learning new thing","high work pressure, no growth",Politics should not be there,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31706,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FT,Good place to work and good atmosphere,Nothing to say as I'm not looking to the bad things at the moment,Everything OK and just to keep going forward,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31707,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Really hard work that can be rewarding,"Everyone I work with is super smart. There isn't any dead wood and it's not because people get fired, it's because they hire good people.",It's exhausting and I leave work drained which does have an impact on my work life balance. There's never enough resource to have downtime to let your brain get creative...it's constant high performance until you are burned out.,Be more human. Understand that the teams are people and my machines and that maximum performance isn't optimal performance and can't be sustained constantly,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31708,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE1,Great learning curve Good team mates,Monotonous Always working No work life balance,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31709,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Great people, well training program",Can't think of any now,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2393.htm
31710,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Application Engineer,Flexibility in Timings with the work from home option.,Work load is more. More importance is given to Manager's decision.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31711,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Reviews,Focused workforce Hardworking & Good colleagues,A good place for workaholics Work - life balance gets tough,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31712,amazon,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Attracting but can't stay for too long,Great brand and lots of opportunities.,Stingy and mean. Almost no bonus. Low salary compared to other Internet company.,Be faster.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31713,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,Decent hourly rate & holidays,Long hours. Just a number,Learn some people skills,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31714,amazon,"Stafford, England (UK)"," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Shocking,Cant think of any if Im honest,"Slave laber, one of the most disturbing jobs I have ever done that haunts me 2 years on",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31715,amazon,none," May 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work over their,I had an employee there till 2014 March...great work culture and get motivated from seniors,Good platform to work in Amazon .it 'll help you and give chance especially fresher to enhance their skills,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31716,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Amazon India is a good place to be. High growth.,Structured environment. Smart folks. Challenging environment. Books down to your manager and I have been lucky to havw a good one.,Hard work. It is not as bad as the nyt article Hut I can see that happening if you have a tough boss.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31717,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Great place to learn & grow, but expect long hours","Amazon is the ideal place for workaholics. You will get great work, with significant impact. All teams are small, and every employee has a high level of responsibility (compared to other companies of this size.) You will also have great careers growth opportunities if you can keep up the pace. All in all, it's a good place for ambitious (usually young) people to start their careers.","You will always have aggressive targets, and relatively little support system. You will have to figure out everything on your own, even when it relates to components made by other teams in the company. When facing tough bugs, you'll find yourself spending late nights in the office, waiting for responses from people working in the US.",Make it easier to get help across teams.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31718,amazon,none," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to Start One's Corporate Journey,Nice Flexible work Shifts and A Fun working Experience. Staffs are Cool and We are Happy to have fun and work at a leisurely pace.,Promotions are only Year based and hard to come by. Can provide Gym facilities for the workers.,"You guys are doing a great job being one of the best employers in the Indian Corporate field..KUDOS TO YOU GUYS,....",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31719,amazon,New Delhi (India)," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,operations and logistics,"good learning platform, growing organization. skip level. good managers. young crowed.","amazing business planning. but plan good for employees as well ,) no discount for amazon employees. worklife balance.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2394.htm
31720,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Category Manager,A good learning experience,Focussed workforce Hardworking and smart colleagues,A good place for workaholics Work - life balance gets tough,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31721,amazon,Virginia (South Africa)," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,"Challenging, Rewarding, Stressful - No coasting at this company","You will work with some of the smartest people in the industry and get a chance to make a difference in the world's leading retailer and web services provider. You will be challenged like never before. They live by their leadership values. Although they are sometimes in conflict (for exanple, Bias for Action can compete with Earn Trust), this is a company that practices what they preach.","Don't expect business as usual. You will be constantly pushed to perform or fall to the bottom of the barrel and eventually be managed out of the company. They are constantly raising the bar, so yesterday's standard is not good enough. There is no coasting at this company, the workload is always greater than the available resources. You will receive very little recognition, so your reward is your payday and whatever job satisfaction you take away.",Be sure to point out the accomplishments of your staff and not just their shortcomings. This should be done daily and not just at performance review time.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31722,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Great Experience,"Beautiful Toronto office, spectacular window views, truly intelligent staff, great growth perspective, exciting projects to work on, respectful compensation, opportunities to travel the world (Amazon is everywhere), working from home is acceptable.","Fast change, challenging deadlines, dynamic working hours (for good and for bad), no place for laziness or running personal business :)","Keep up the tempo, continue to hire the best of the best, try to control the chaos",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31723,amazon,Mumbai (India)," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Team Lead,Abc,"Great wotk culture, hard work recognised, constant performance driven",Nothing as bad baout the co but a beautiful place to grow,It is self service system deployed wherein u can reach any hieracy,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31724,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Receiver - Christmas Temp,Receiver - Christmas Temp,"There is good money to be made with an abundance of work. You can really boost your earnings during this time. They do give free drinks, which is great.","They treat you like an animal and that is no overstatement. The breaks are short and pointless because 15mins quickly turns into 8 after all the security checks before leaving the area. Next, they work you hard and long. The targets are unrealistic unless you are a robot. Fatigue kicks in halfway through the work day and they (the supervisors) have no empathy for you whatsoever. It's almost a sweat shop.","The advice is to value your workers and appreciate the lengths they go to, and the stresses they endure to complete your daily objectives.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31725,amazon,none," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome work culture,"Good salary, Professional environment, Amazon stocks","Hectic work culture, runnig around always",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31726,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Team Lead,Good,Best Salary and incentives allowances over time pay etc,Work environment not so good,Provide more oppourtunities to employee,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31727,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Associate,- Very diverse environment. Everyone gets along fairly well.,"- Hard work is not valued here. - Managers and Seniors show no care towards their associates, only to customers. - Too many changes to work environment without any announcement made to employees.","I understand retailers are customer focused. However, employees are definitely not shown any appreciation for their hard work. Oh, and get rid of Zonies please. There's no way I'm going to do 150% effort for a piece a paper that grants me the privilege to have an umbrella. Clearly, there's no point going the extra mile as hard work has no value.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31728,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - ICQA,ICQA,"My team at Swansea was good - they were kind and fun loving. Always willing to help,and you knew exactly what was expected.",By the time you get through security - half of your lunch break could be gone during the busier periods.,Quicker access through Security. Don't demand that employee be on the floor at 12.30 when it takes ten minuets to clock out.,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31729,amazon,none," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Brilliant experience for interns, of course you need to work full-time, but it's worth","Fast-paced environment and you need to work under pressure, tight deadlines",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2395.htm
31730,amazon,none," Jun 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"I love that you can wear what you want. The environment is very energetic and fast-paced. Your co-workers are the best of the best, and you feel like you are making an impact on a global scale.","A lot of bureaucratic issues here. For a place that values ""bias for action,"" it's hard to reconcile with the constant message of ""wait for it."" Also, upward advancement at Amazon is ridiculous and extremely difficult.","Focus more of retaining and nurturing good talent, and you won't have to constantly ""raise the bar"" when hiring replacements for turnover",3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31731,amazon,"Luton, East of England, England (UK)"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Warehousing,warehousing,"The pay was good. it wsnt really streesful getting the job unlike other jobs such as sales advisro,customer assistant,supervosor","the job was stressful,i had to carry lots of goods which made me ill for couple of weeks and i didnt like it at all",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31732,amazon,"Delta, BC (Canada)"," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,fulfilment centre associate,easy to keep job if you want,"physical demand, 10 hours per day",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31733,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,Sweatshop,"The pay - although having said that, if you leave before two years (which is a VERY long time) you will have to repay your sign on bonus.","An absolute disgrace of a company, I wouldn't wish this place on my worst enemy. You will not be valued here and unless you're comfortable with stabbing people in the back, making up numbers to impress your useless manager, spinning a web of lies and not asking questions and having to endure painful 'social' activities with a bunch of drones lacking in any kind of humanity - then this is the place for you!  - Fake flexible working policy as you will be challenged upon return to the office if you WFH - No people skills and very poor management. You will be 'managed' by a drone who is not trained in how to lead people, only belittle you to ensure they get the next promotion. - Cringe worthy weekly 'huddles' where socially inept people have their moment to shine in front of the entire office - The office environment I would liken to a morgue. There is no interaction, talk, chatter or laughter. People who sit next to you will email you rather than speak to you. - HR is a complete waste of time. They do not care about your problems, you will be advised to keep quiet and carry on or consider that 'this place may not be for you'. - Toxic teams where people are obsessed with looking good with no regard for how you feel as a person - Pointless review process, senior managers will meet on a regular basis at the start of the year to 'score' you, meaning there's absolutely no point in writing a self-evaluation as your fate is already decided by those who know nothing about you.  AVOID AT ALL COSTS",Treat your employees like human beings.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31734,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,Good place to Work,"Get to work on New Technology, as a developer you can take ownership from scratch and make the product up and running. developers are key resources of Amazon. Shares are given if you are key performer.",Very fast paced env. Hectic work schedule.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31735,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 6, 2016",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Investigation Specialist,Mostly use your native language,The frequency of the change of SOPs.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31736,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Review,Great place to work. You have your freedom to choose any topic and work on your own project. Wonderful extra curricular activities. Fun team. Like minded people. Focused workforce Hardworking & Good colleagues,Focused workforce Hardworking & Good colleagues,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31737,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - Fraud Investigator,Fraud Investigator,"flexible hours, over time paid, working from home","no work-life balance, weekend shifts, no transparency.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31738,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very monotonous work,Got cab facility everyday Got monthly sodexo's for Rs.1100,very monotonous work. Only retouched images through out the day. Extremely slow growth. Need to work at least for 3-4 years to get a promotion.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31739,amazon,none," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very good company to work for freshers,Can be tough on work life balance if not managed properly.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2396.htm
31740,amazon,"Lagunilla, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nothing extraordinary,"The people have possitive attitude and they do hire and develop the best people possible (although this has changed in the past year). If you are on the right departments, growth is easy.",You will only grow if you are part of a specific friend circle. Management does not particularly mingle with employees. You are expected to work until you burn out. Recognision is inexistent for anybody above associate level. Some accounts are dead ends for growth (FUii) and most good people hired for them will be wasted. We are also crammed in a very small building with lots of desk sharing and no hygene on the desks.,Get together with your teams and actually solve the issues.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31741,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Driver,driver,"time-managing & get further with work as a driver- experience,lots of places Only.","starting leaving home at 6.00 in the mornings long hours(up to 2 hours) waiting to load Parcels into the van-in eque,another 25-35 to arrange them into the delivery order...no invoices,...or wrong money.per week sometimes,astronomical non correct money taken of for fuel-up to 238.00£-but van goes only max-70 litres +15-25-35..litres.-per week,so mangers and accountants do cheat..-per day from 120-145-179-parcels,depends of your management -experience.Dora-scanner-machine get freezing,no map or navigation...you have to get of the car ask peoples around,pedestrians..customer service is useless,better not call them,bosses don`t like it.Customers aren`t home,neighbours are not pleased to get disturbed,hate each other,you dont know where to get those aufull parcels.do not step on land lord,home owners grass,they always complained for anything,even you knocked too loudly to their door.In many times the customers re not waiting home,,,and always write different not correct staff about drivers, in intention to punish him and get next delivery by a changeable person-driver...customers sometimes complaining without any reason..you suppose to come to the Depo -only with max1-2-3 ,parcels,otherwise you need to redeliver them till-23.00.the bosses in many cases buy some 1-2£,staff from amazon,then test you with a their friend,,,how quick you deliver,your customer service abilities etc...in another cases the bosses ,hide in a small car and check you from one delivery customer address to another,,,then chasing you...timing you...then fire you -when after Christmas they are overwhelming with drivers,,,giving them off ,asking to be sweepers- driver.charge you with -160£-per week for van..check scratches,dents...before firing you ,,never pay for a 2 weeks.your wages vary from 245 £ to--350£-450-max 550£...for the same amount of job----slavery -driving.-from 6.00 in the morning till ,after 1.00 you have to debrief,ut in Christmas you getting -up to 180 -parcels,end up at DEPO till 22.00 -so you arrive at home at 23.00-23.30.if you ask questions,your friends,colleges will betray you...,so they fire you....you suppose to change tyres byself,,,,fix punctures.-from your pocket.Bosses never get enough from you.....then use you ...before April fire you....then ask you ...to come back..just for the another their driving friends Amazon company...you have to have a steel nerves,driving vicious manners and a good stomack to digest food in 1-2 minutes while driving...there aren`t Any toilets...you have to pay all taxes...and get ripped off ,left with empty pockets.Never,ever advise to anyone that job..even to your enemy.work as a slave...even you by the april you`lll manage to deliver -aproximatelly-150-160-parcels...Run away as far as you can from such company...never turned back...","restructure all management...pay attitudewor-conditions,staff attitude etcc",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31742,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,catalog associate,"flexible timing, work culture, transportation facility, team outings, best company to work with.",can't think of any right now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31743,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,everything depends on top of the categorz,salary is good stock is good,"After a new top joined in our division, environment changed to mess. everyone gets scared to be fired and stop helping each other.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31744,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Ample of Opportunities Lot of Responsibilities,Work life balance is low,Work more toward work life balance.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31745,amazon,none," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good work place Has lot of growth,Nothing to say so I guess nothing,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31746,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Support Engineer,Customer Obsession and thinking out of box to help customer.,Change is very quick to adapt to.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31747,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's good to get exposure,Work is more challenging here than similar roles in other companies. Flat hierarchy not too many processes to follow. Place to learn.,Work life balance is bad. They tell you to work more for around 12 hours for promotion and growth. Rest depends on team.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31748,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good Company,Great Culture. Positive Environment. Good Growth Opportunities.,"Lack of work life balance, but its manageable.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31749,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed experience,Depends a lot on team. Very agile and high paced environment. Very good if you want to make work your life otherwise even though they say 5 hours a day its not really that,More often than not - at least in my case - I got all bad projects. Worked on repetitive things for a long time. Manager is not paying much attention,Take care of employees. dont pressurize them too much,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2397.htm
31750,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed experience,Depends a lot on team. Very agile and high paced environment. Very good if you want to make work your life otherwise even though they say 5 hours a day its not really that,More often than not - at least in my case - I got all bad projects. Worked on repetitive things for a long time. Manager is not paying much attention,Take care of employees. dont pressurize them too much,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31751,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial analyst,Steep learning curve. cross functional work,long hours and work life balance is bad,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31752,amazon,none," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoying this job,Loads of Opportunities and perks,Work/life balance and Time management,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31753,amazon,none," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR manager,"Open, innovative, work with an outstanding team and talent","So many meeting, busy work",None,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31754,amazon,none," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Learning Manager,Learning Manager,great team and bunch of real smart people. The best is team work and people are self driven,No major cons..,Thanks for endorsing support,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31755,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - CSE,customer service executive,great place to work.employee friendly company with good benifits.very supportive management,shift rotation could have been better.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31756,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,1) Goal Oriented 2) Management 3) Mentors 4) Targets 5) Career path,1) Oncall 2) Huge Iteration 3) Work life balance 4) Transport 5) Work,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31757,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Review,Excellent technologies and good infra-structure.,"Too much robotised, brainwashed people (lower specimens)",Watch it!,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31758,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Senior associate,Management is always helpful and understanding.,"For some roles, salary is less.","For some roles, salary should be increased.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31759,amazon,none," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,awesome culture and fun filled environment,shifts are bad salaries are low.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2398.htm
31760,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Retail Associate,"Work Culture, freedom at workplace","Moving to technical departments, moving to higher levels",Please find what the employee is passionate about and help them follow it,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31761,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,Excellent Work,Quality of Project Pay is good Clarity of Goals Promotions,Work Life balance Oncall Process Campus is abit dull compared to MIcrosoft and Google,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31762,amazon,none," May 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, lots to learn",Opportunities to learn Multiple training opportunities Great people Challenging Negotiating,Bad work life balance Typical work culture might not work for everyone,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31763,amazon,none," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard but rewarding,The name of the company is important and looks great on your cv. Well paid. Your decisions are respected,A lot of hours in peak periods. You have to squeeze your associates to reach the productivity targets,You also need to see your associates as clients. It doesnt make any sense to say all time ''customer first' but treat associates bad,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31764,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," May 13, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Account Management Agent,TAM account,Great working place! The Amazonian culture is amazing!!! The incentives and the people are great,Some external hire managers didn´t get the job quite well. The metrics used are fine but there more arent as accurate as required in some cases,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31765,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Data Engineer,You can learn a lot working with talented people,Work -life balance will be missings as you have to work in shifts,--,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31766,amazon,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Know what you're getting into,You'll work with some of the smartest people within the industry.,The pressure is extremely high. You need to be very very driven to succeed.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31767,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Business Analyst,"Good When its good, horrible otherwise","Great place to work, take on challenges, work with really great smart people and learn so much so fast. The shares are great","OLR review is a painful to go through, everyone knows your manager can can only give a 1 good review and has to give a fixed number of bad ones",change the OLR and praise your people a little more,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31768,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Work Life,"Innovation, exciting, never ending, good learning opportunity, develops self learning","work life balance, demanding at times, too much work focused,",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31769,amazon,none," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trade Compliance Program Manager,"challenging, career growth, fun, intellectually stimulating","big, chaotic, ambiguous, hard work",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2399.htm
31770,amazon,none," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer support executive,"friendly environment ,good work atmosphere",mostly only night shifts are available,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31771,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Great Work Life, Low Appraisals",1. Good work-life balance 2. Interesting work (depends upon you if you love to talk and interact with customers) 3. Friendly colleagues and seniors,"1. No matter even if you consistently remain in the top of your team and everyone praises, at the time of appraisal, the numbers are ridiculously low. 2. A little politics in internal job selections",Please increase your appraisal percentages,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31772,amazon,none," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"big company, good environment,flexible work pace, formal process, you can do things on your own mind and find opportunities to get achievement.","very aggressive style, sometimes others not only focus on the jobs but also for the stealing achievement",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31773,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great company,"Great working environment. The business growth offers new challenges and opportunities every day. Amazon culture promotes the changment and exchange of ideas, it really gives to the employees the opportunity to impact the business",Few standard processes. The ever-changing company org doesn't allow to have standard automated processes. As consequence many processes are based on manual inputs that are time consuming without adding too much value.,More focus on improving the efficiency of the consolidated business Provide better support for carrier development Higher benefits,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31774,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 9, 2016",Former Employee - Imaging Associate,Great place to work,Good work culture Best place to start your career You will meet very talented people to learn things Incentive to employee Good colleagues Pay is good for beginners,repetitive work work pressure at times Politics,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31775,amazon,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company need to change a bit.,Good pay compared to other companies. Free transporation. Allowances. you will enjoy working if your manager is good.,"Callouts on managers really dont workout. your ideas won't be implemented. If they do, its gonna take decades to implement it.",Consider ideas of each employee. Lot of changes need to be changed in terms of management issues.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31776,amazon,none," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company to work,No dress code. Learn new things. Managers are very friendly,Salary increment. no other cons here.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31777,amazon,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for Workoholics!,1) Work is good. 2) You will learn a lot. (At the cost of your personal life! ),"1) Work culture is ""very"" bad. 2) As they say : ""We are the world's most customer centric company.""...but oh wait? ""We don't give a fish about our employees.""",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31778,amazon,none," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,Good company to work in freedom is given....but targets always had to achieve,Targets targets targets and politics by managers forced me to leave,You have done best thing to kick out Loya,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31779,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Fast paced and huge amount of regular change. Lots of possibility to move into new roles and increase experience Large amount of very intelligent capable people,Very cutthroat annual review process Lack of people engagement outside of central London or the large FCs.,"""Blame the process not the person"" - Increase focus on implementing this not just on induction.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2400.htm
31780,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Catalog Associate, Content Reviewer",Development towards carrier carrier growth affects Environment to work in is awesome Atmosphere to sit is good People with are good to wor Boss being genuine,the work Timing keeps changing Dependency on the People Location should be variated Carrier Growth may be slow at times oppurtunity,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31781,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Good to learn only,"Lots of learning, lots of exposure,","Unnecessary politics, prevailing culture of valuing top college passouts more even if their contribution is minimum. Normal college passouts are very badly recognized. Hectic work culture",Pl's try to recognize and give importance and chance to people from above average colleges who are working hard and contributing a lot. People from top colleges not able to understand basics after 7 - 8 months of working but it feels as if they are the only great persons contributing. above average college passouts are look upon as if they are the lowest part of the society.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31782,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Site Trainer ­ Lead Feb,Site Trainer - Lead,"Its customer obsession, data driven culture, ambiguity and bias for action, and a lot more",none that I can think of now,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31783,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 8, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,You really would not want to leave this company.,"Highly dynamic environment, fast-paced growth opportunities, vast learning avenues, employee -friendly benefits, excellent peer group.",Erratic work patterns (which is a characteristic of the industry - cant be avoided),Nothing specific,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31784,amazon,none," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"nice knowledgeable colleagues, hard working","bureaucracy, work life balance, pay",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31785,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Transportation,Feedback,Free Cab Good Pay Night Shift Sodexos Available Good Crowd,Night Shift Stagnant Work Calls Pressure to work for more hours Bad Management,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31786,amazon,Milan (Italy)," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Brand Specialist,good relationship with management high ownership of your own brands big impact on the business good visibility with other countries as well,lot of operational activites and tasks sometimes boring and frustrating no much room for improvements from my side too much gerarchy to overcome in order to come up with new ideas,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31787,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Sr. Technical Program Manager,Work Culture is really good,Not Sure short tenure here,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31788,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not for you if you are passionate to learn new things,you will get good handful amount of salary. company follows proper software development processes. Good perks. Big Brand.,"No Work-Life balance, Mostly you will work on Internal tools and those have very less similarities with other tools and technologies outside of Amazon. you have to struggle a lot in market to leave Amazon and join other company. I have seen a lot engineers in Amazon with no idea about the things going on outside world.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31789,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Test Engineer,Good Culture,nice place to work. You will get life time friends.,You have to learn on your own interest.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2401.htm
31790,amazon,none," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product manager,Good growth and decent money,Everything is controlled from YS,Build more tech team here,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31791,amazon,none," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Global opportunities transitioning into different roles is easy,frugality with salaries and employee benefits!,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31792,amazon,none," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start your career.,Flexible timings and better facilities at work.,No work life balance. Performance Management must be better.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31793,amazon,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good Pay Awesome Team Tons of goodies Heatlthcare and paid holidays,"Big company, evolution is very hard",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31794,amazon,none," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Smart people, poor management","Amazon has a set of incredibly smart people working on some of the coolest problems out there  It is an amazing place to learn, and if you are willing to sacrifice your life for your project you can make a change","It is extremely political and bureaucratic, 50% of your time will be spent having the same meeting over and over again to satisfy the questions of an endless number of vp's and directors before you get anything done, and 25% of your time will be spent doing ad-hoc deep dives for those same directors (not the most data driven approach to improvement). This leaves only 25% of the time for interesting stuff  There is no work life balance, absolute devotion of time and mental energy are expected, good luck if you are a parent that wants to spend time with your kids.  Finally the architecture is full of legacy code so don't expect to get anything done in less than 2 years",Streamline teams to drive change instead of requesting endless reviews,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31795,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Great Learning experience,"I'll always look back at Amazon as the best three years in my career, filled with the most learning. Smart people, sky high expectations. Don't expect an easy desk jobs.",Lots of long hours. Need to be more employee friendly. Frugality sometimes is taken to an extreme.,Keep focusing on the customer. It's totally the right thing to do. But give a bit more friendliness to employees.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31796,amazon,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Associate at Amazon Development Center (India) Pvt Ltd,1.Best work culture 2.Lot of leaves 3.Inspiring leaders in every team,Nothing as such 1. Salary should be more according to the work.,Keep the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31797,amazon,none," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,Good pay ad working environment,Boring work. Monotonous. Lethargy in organisation,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31798,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Popularity contest anyone?,Stocks and salary is the best in the industry,"Politics, Crazy work hours and hard to please peers",Have regular reviews instead on annual ones,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31799,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,One of the best places to work in India. Good support provided by the leadership team to promote talent.,decision making at times is very confusing.,Go for this company. Worth working for it,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2402.htm
31800,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support Associate,"Good salary, cab facility..also food coupons and transport..also watchman after 6pm drop..","little stressful, shifts can be little tiring",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31801,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Too good,"Feels like home, friendly environment. Loads to learn. Nice pay. Transparency.","If you lack passion, you'd perish. Self motivation is the key.",So far so good. Keep it up!!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31802,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Worst Management,"Amazon Business is best in the industry, Great salary and Infrastructure!","Poor Management, Disconnect with employees, No trust on employees, Dirty Politics, No platform to show your skills. I must say that some people come with prior experiences and the management should concentrate on right person on right place and not the favouritism, gender based bias is also there in the teams and bribe system is in the blood of some managers which is snatching growth opporties from deserving candidates. If we talk about the core skill, once the candidate gets in the role there is no effort to maintain or improve candidates existing skills. I understand it is important to focus on the assigned role, but this limits the candidate to role assigned withing AMAZON and makes it challenging to switch thier jobs.","Stop favouritism and give experience based opportunities to deserving candidates and not to those who pamper management in form of treats, gifts and full on entertainment. Undeserving people makes an easy work look difficult. Also, the bottom is a reflection of the top in the society as well as in an organization, so just allign to ""Hire and Develop the Best"" principle and not the ""Hire and choose puppets for growth"" approach.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31803,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 1, 2016",Former Employee - Support Analyst,Support Analyst review,good to work with xpath Sql & Excel,it depend on manager which you have,NA,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31804,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - Process Assistant,process assistant,working since the day one so enjoying my job,"long hours,less vacation.same money for 5 year and one year employee","should be flexible,do job rotation more often",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31805,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good workplace with lots of promises,Good workplace Almost all superiors are friendly and try to help you in any matter Average salary,Promise of lots of growth opportunities during joining but promise that will not be fulfilled,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31806,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Best Work Culture to work,Lowest salaries in the market,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31807,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Jun 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most unappreciative workplace I have encountered,In house cherry picker training,"Worked there some time ago, but from what I've read it hasn't changed much. In terms of the days structure the bare minimum breaks are given (30 mins in 8 hours). Not only this the break in actual fact only lasted 20 mins due to the queues at the metal detectors which you need to go in and out of every break. The target system where items were scanned was a joke as people could freely make up targets as they saw fit, making those who actually scanned a truthful number look like loafers. There is no sense of team work within the warehouse, once a colleague requested my help with something so I proceeded to help them in their area for 10 mins. After this another colleague reported that my numbers were low and called a manager over. I then posed a question to the manager asking whether we are expected to ignore our colleagues when they request assistance in favor of our own pick numbers. He was unable to answer this question, and the whole situation was just ridiculous.  In all it's a place that exploited its workers in every way that it could, a place where people will throw you to the management for any old reason in order to further themselves. After my experience here , Amazon.com is now my last choice in ordering online goods.",none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31808,amazon,Paris (France)," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Category Merchant Manager,Go,"This is a Smart, innovative, data-driven company with young and bright people. Colleagues are nice and warm. Marketplace is a huge start-up with many things to develop and low hierarchical weight.","Lot of heavy processes preventing from agility, lack of communication between teams, catalogue management is a painful part of the job, salary is not competitive",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31809,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great for dynamic, competitive people","Working at AWS is definitely challenging. Every day you learn something you, you learn to move quickly, to adapt, to raise the bar in all situations, to focus and give 300%. You will definitely leave the company with a different view and energy.",Not suitable for those looking to have a work-life balance or look to work in a calm place with a slow pace.,"Invest more in developing your people, hire more as most teams are understaffed.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2403.htm
31810,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon TAM, work hard but get paid peanuts",Cab facilities Sodexo Quarterly team outings Monthly competition RnR Post peak party,- Your work life at amazon depends upon the kind of manager your working with.  - There are managers who will genuinely help you and make your grow but there are some who only use you or treat you as machine.  - Force you to do Over Time.  - Only favorites will get to grow.,Stop hiring people from local call centers. They are ruining Amazon brand name.  Hope the seller support management realize it soon and start damage repair.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31811,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Great colleagues, huge office, convenient hours","High workload, strict deadlines for tasks","Everything is fine as it is, however could keep more individual contact with employees",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31812,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Customer Service Associate,Great company to work with. Fun at work. Growth,Salary is less according to the current market.,Please increase the salary for the executives as that will make them engross in the work with great results.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31813,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place,Amazon is a place where a lot of technologies exists at your disposal to help you accomplish your jobs. You will have the opportunity to invent things that will operate at an amazing scale,Work to Life balance is hard sometimes and time management is something the employee needs to take a really close care,Help more to prioritize work on employee's queues.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31814,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"great place to work, great people, great management, fantastic fun fast paced work.",there are no cons at all,keep up all the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31815,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,"Work Hard, Have Fun, ####",Good environment to work. Learning opportunities varies from team to team. Transport facility.,"-Less opportunities for promotion -Managers boast they have a transparent review system which they don't have. -People from different teams with different task difficulties are ranked against each other during review. -Also depends on how a manager project their subordinates in review meetings. -""Visibility"" (translate ""Self Advertising"") is paramount. -Environment is getting less people oriented and more opportunistic.",Politics plays. Especially in middle management.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31816,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Associate,"Fantastic atmosphere, feels good to work at Amazon, given freedom to work at any shifts, and over times! Also performance based incentives and bonus !","No major cons, ! But couldnt crack Psychometric round to get into TRMS vch has similar answers!",Null,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31817,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looks good,Its really good and it's really good and its really good and ya I'd love to work there sometime in my lifetime,Good because it's a really cool place so ya unreal I r8 8/8 m8 because it was an unreal experience,Good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31818,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TAM,Structured organization Performance Bright Ideas Good performance,Anonymous negative feedback to your manager (Inquisitors secret claims) Aggressivity encouraged towards other employees,More transparent evaluation of your performance.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31819,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Join Amazon to emerge tough,"Enough opportunities to learn, Technology driven company, Focus on Customer. A lot of work gets done","The 14 principles are designed to suit Managers. Classic example is Disagree and Commit. Whatever you do, your Manager can quote the other thing and rate you down. Not a friendly place to work.","Employees are also customers. It will be good if they are treated the same way once they join, the way they are treated during interviews.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2404.htm
31820,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - IT Support Technician,A Dynamic company to work for,"Dynamic environment, full of changes, Amazon is keen to implement new technologies","Overactive Frugality, hard hiring loops, mediocre salary increases","Provide better yearly compensations, to prevent brain drain from other tech companies",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31821,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,Nice company good to work,Nice company good tob work,Nil,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31822,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Good and beneficial,Good and easy but little bit pressure. Can be done if looking for a career in management and handling people and customer support.,No problems just little bit of work pressure. Management considers tenured Associate for movements across the company.,Nothing do not be partial work culture is good and pay is also fine but do not pressurize the associates much.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31823,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,station supervioser,its the eco friendly company for all employees,every thing is to good but salary there pay not up to mark,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31824,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Catalog associate, Senior Associate",Culture environment Work Timing Colleagues Positivity Exploring new roles Food A lot of space,Pressure Distance Getting onto calls Politics Timing food Motivation Relaxation No Over time requirements,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31825,amazon,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receiver,Good Place to work in,Long hours makes you feels dead at the end of day,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31826,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon SDE,"Amazon hires talented people. If you're lucky, you may work on interesting technology. Good customer facing policies.",Terrible work life balance. Development engineers get no respect. Engineers spend most of their time dealing with operational support for old technology components instead of building things. Company is obscenely tight-fisted (frugal). Employee churn is high. Back loaded stock vesting schedule - the company expects you to quit before you get your stock.,Try to put some of the immense effort that goes into hiring great people into keeping them. It's stupid to hire good people who leave after a year because of the internal idiocy.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31827,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average,A Good Brand Has Smart People Has Good Office Has Good Lunch,On call duties work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31828,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Great place to work, smart coworkers, fun problems",Oncall can be a pain,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31829,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Chennai SDE,Descent package and benefits Stock options Good place to learn Easy to move to USA,Poor work life balance Unrealistic targets Expected to stay long in office More operational load,You need to improve the promotion policy of SDEs since the managers are not trustworthy and so biased especially in India.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2405.htm
31830,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazon,There are some smart people here who you get to learn a lot from.,Sometimes the job is too hectic.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31831,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,Good experience,Good learning:you will meet very talented people to learn from,Work pressure:the on call duty and very tight development schedules makes it hectic,Please try to hire more and more,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31832,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Its good,Flexibility is great. Work is very challenging. Lots to learn,Work pressure is too much,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31833,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,"No dress code, over time bonus and night shift bonus and sodexo coupons, all of this only on the basis of 12th class certificte",Minimal work life balance during PEAK,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31834,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 3, 2016","Current Employee - Manager, Risk Investigations","Manager, Risk Investigations","Good culture, lively environment, Multiple growth opportunities","Low on Pay, lot of extended hours",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31835,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn and grow but horrible management,Great infrastructure in terms of technology. Best minds in industries. You can switch your current team anytime you want. Various verticals in which you can work.,On 1 hand they want to promote SDE 1 engineers who are great in each and every aspect. But on the other they hire SDE 2 who are worse than existing SDE 1. Salary disparity is very high. Many managers come from service industry and have that kind of management tendency to force employees to stay late and false promise them promotions and hike which is killing the company. Work life balance sucks. Internal politics.,Focus on the employee's that are currently working in the organization.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31836,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Device/Content Test Associate,Good to work,Good salary Gainable knowledge Interaction with tech team,Not sure about shifting internally for the other profile. Long working hours,No advice needed to be given as of now,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31837,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team leader,"Smile, safety, quality, reputation, future",nothing in mind for the moment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31838,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Instock Manager,Senior Instock Manager,The company has great work culture. The employees can have good work life balance. There is freedom to move internally within roles both nationally as well as internationally. The company has good brand value and the experience here is valued across industry.,"Due to undefined nature of the job, expectations can be at times confusing and unclear. There is a lack roper tools/processes to do your job sometimes.",Be clear in your directives. Understand the limitations faced by the employees due to lack of tools. Employ a forward looking approach rather than obsess over post mortems.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31839,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A bit messy,Well known name. Can be a fun company to work for. Nice people.,"Everything is messy, especially working in a support function. So difficult to figure out answers to problems, or find someone that can help you!",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2406.htm
31840,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Not for the faint of hearted but a very unique special to work in,Amazon has a very unique culture which can sometimes be intimidated for people who do not fit the corporate principles but for others it may be a perfect fit. Definitely a company that will do anything to please customers and constantly invent.,The company is very hierarchal and occasionally extremely inefficient. Maintains huge technical debt and doesn't use modern technology. Relationship with open source is disgracing.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31841,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Great place to grow,Great work environment. Room for improvement. Freedom to implement new ideas.,Can't find any known cons.,none,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31842,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Content Reviewer,Awesome,Every step u take into amazon. its awesome,politics in the team is sick,superb,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31843,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,amazon my first company,great place to work at the working environment is really gud and lots of growth opportunities are also available,work life balance is at a minimum and also lots of challenges are faced on a daily basis,should focus on more on employees should provide them with good opportunities for further studies etc,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31844,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Management,risk investigator,Very good working environment,night shifts and week offs are the only cons of this company,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31845,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great experience,Great learning Infectious work culture Great people to work with,Work life balance is a bit below average Low increments,Increments should be as per industry standards,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31846,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Great atmosphere at the company, always making me feel like family","I have nothing to complain about, this was a great experience",Keep dping your job,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31847,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail associate,Friendly environment. You can learn a lot,Nothing as much. It's a nice place,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31848,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect,"Excelent enviroment to improve your work status, it will teach you so many great things","Nothing bad to say about it, wonderfull job. The only thing is the payment, but not to complain so much about",Keed doing it,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31849,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Imaging Associate,Salary,Work culture is good .There's no dress code.It will be enjoyable in the beginning Easy to work with,Very less learning opportunities,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2407.htm
31850,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Working for seller support,"Amazon pay a good salary. The benefits are good compared to many other companies. In Cork, they are willing to let you work from home, although I'm not sure that the real reason behind that is in not simply that there is never enough room on the floor onsite due to continual expansion of the associate teams…","They still work according to the ""base ranking"" a.k.a. ""Rank and yank"" system, whereby they encourage employees to provide negative feedback on each other for the ever present and all important annual reviews, which are assessed once every year in Seattle at the infamous ""OLR"" meetings, during which teams of managers decide on the fate of their team members: which one employee is the most effective, which one employee is the least effective and which members of the team remain in the average level. The most effective employee receives a promotion, the average members survive and the ""least effective"" employee gets managed out of the team (and usually out of the company). This system breeds suspicion amongst employees and creates an untold amount of pressure on the shoulders of the employees deemed to be ""least effective"". One more point about this is that these management ratings are kept secret from the employee, who receives other performance review ratings, which can be completely at odds with the management ratings..","Management should strive to put an end to the rank and yank system as it breeds suspicionwithin the teams as well as between reports and team leads, which is extremely unhealthy.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31851,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - CCE,alright,"only good with talking,not with giving compensation,",nt as such dont join with high expectations everyone will listen but no will pay heed to it,na,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31852,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Life Balance,The people make it a great place to work. They have high standards when it comes to recruitment so you'll find that colleagues are generally very good at their jobs. Salary and health care offered is competitive and they offer great career prospects.,The main downside is the work to life balance. Myself and many colleagues will routinely work 11-12 hour days and usually work for a few hours over the weekend. Whilst you will not be directly asked to do extra hours you will be asked to deliver a project or work in a very short amount of time at even shorter notice periods.,"Some people may say an employee makes their own work life balance but you need to consider that a driven and engaged employee will usually work the extra time simply because they have been asked to deliver a piece of work or just generally have too much workload. My advise to managers is take a survey on ""work life balance"" and genuinely act on the results.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31853,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Digital Specialist,Sr Customer Service associate,"The leadership team is very experienced and have graduated from top IIMS and IITs, so much to learn working under them, WORK HARD, HAVE FUN, MAKE HISTORY is the motto and AMAZON stands by that, no dress code, cool work culture, no stress, lots of internal job postings encouraging to grow in the company and above average to good compensation are the main pros.","I would say none but I was disappointed with new hires and interns being fired/contract not renewed because of Business requirements/performance, Job Security depends upon your performance. Hikes can be better, as of now they are just OKAY.",Keep Rocking!,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31854,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - SDEII,SDEII,better work balance good work environment,spend much time on the road to compane,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31855,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,The much spoken Amazon work culture is something to look forward to if you are joining amazon.,Gaining visibility among managers and stakeholders is one of the keys to getting promoted.,Make sure associates are aware of their growth opportunities in Amazon.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31856,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,Work environment and work life balance,Too much micro managing now a days,Try to retain the culture which was there in early days,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31857,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its good experience to work at Amazon.,1) Opportunity to work on Cutting edge Technologies. 2) Good exposure of dev work especially for freshers. 3) Growth options are very good. 4) Management encourages innovation and rewards aptly.,1) Oncall 2) Work Life Balance. 3) Cut throat Competition. 4) Some teams just do operational work and technical level of SDE is low in such teams.,Maintain standard of developer across the company and teams. This seems lacking in few teams.,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31858,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Intern,No respect for interns & employees,Good brand value to get you a good career jump,"They have an internal policy that if they are losing a high performing employee through some process, they are willing to take that risk. And it is very evident in their process. First of all they expect hell lot of work from you. And then they will try to eliminate you by any possible criteria. Lets say you take too much break, then you are out. If you go to play TT, then you are out. Their criteria are that level nonsense.  They dont trust anyone and are not at all transparent to interns. They have some people with title of ""bar Raisers"". As per their internal documents, if a bar raiser is not called in your final interview, then you lose your PPO (pre placement offer) chance. But HR will gove you hell lot of justification that it is not the case.  In our case, HR booked accommodation for 15 days and suddenly 14th day we were called by Hotel to vacate their rooms. HR didn't even pick up their phone when we were going through all these.  Indian workforce is used for doing boring back office follow up work for their USA & Europe operations. But so far they have succeded in keeping their image.  For IIM graduates, they had lowest intern remuneration around 60000 per month. And their is no life, just work.",Treat Indians equally,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31859,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineers,"Great Location, Relatively good Salary although Dublin is expensive. Very interesting Technologies , AWS do everything New Management have greatly improved things. Fast pace environment.",Bad work life balance though this depends on the individual aswell. Can be on Chats for hours with some customers its important to push back. you are not their system administrator.,Kepp up the good work and continue to allow people to move into the areas they are interested in.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2408.htm
31860,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMZL review,"Professional organization with focus on Customer needs. Aggressive, fast and customer centric company.Good technology & infrastructure.",Too aggressive with less focus on employees. HR needs to be more employee centric.,HR needs to be more employee centric and approachable. Right set of employees should only get promoted.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31861,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Values Based Leadership,Good Leadership Model & Innovative in it's thinking.,"Work-Life Balance and Talent Recognition,",Manage in Context,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31862,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,laborous job,easy to get job opportunities.,work is very laborous and very fast paced,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31863,amazon,Pune (India)," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to work,"Very good company. Cab ,dinner facilities are provided. Good extra pay",Transport facility is not too good,Should look at transport facility,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31864,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,great place to work  friendly environment,nothing to be said about this,nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31865,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon India review,There is a lot to learn,I have noticed none so far,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31866,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Inside Sales,"Smart colleagues, great connections, limited mobility","Amazon prides itself on having a high bar for its interviews and new-joinees. The general idea is that each new hire needs to be better than 50% of people currently filling the role. This means that there are some really smart people that you work with (not 100% of them, as the company is huge, the bar ... 'droops' occasionally).  I'm with sales at AWS, it is a great place to build a fantastic network. Everyone wants to talk to us and its easy to meet the people you want to meet. You get exposed to certain opportunities and networks due to the Amazon brand name.  The pay is pretty good (can always be higher obviously but nothing to complain about).  Work life balance is what you make of it. AWS is a silo, so we don't see a lot of other Amazon teams, but i definitely haven't had an experience like in the NY times article - i do 9-5 or 9-6 most days and i'm one of the top performers on my team.","Promotions It's very tough to get promoted here, which, in some ways is good. It means that when you do get promoted you really deserved it (i havent seen a promotion that i didn't think was deserved). However, i have seen management hire out for many roles that they could have promoted better-suited people into. For whatever reason we're stacking upper management with ex-VMware, ex-msft people who have a lot of experience, but don't necessarily fit the mold of an Amazon employee.  Culture It's a bit...rah-rah Amazon. Mass emails to the entire company congratulating each other. People often worry its the cult-of-bezos. It's definitely not a cult, there's a fair bit of healthy cynicism over beers but in meetings and especially over email its a bit much.",Look at your own employees more for senior roles. It's not bad to promote and it's easier to hire people at lower-level roles (who can in turn be built into senior-managers with time).,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31867,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Trms,TRMS review,"work environment, commitment towards customers.",Night shifts. review yearly and hike percentage is less.,need to work more for growth of employee,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31868,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 13, 2016","Current Employee - Keep Learning It&#039,s Still Day I",It completely depends in which team you work for.,"Good workplace. Competitive environment. Good benefits like sodexo meal passes per month. Health insurance for family members even for just a minimal charge. Free AC cabs. Quarterly outings. Health club reimbursement, Internet reimbursement. Good taxation relaxation guidelines. Strong leadership team.",For a company like Amazon they should provide free food at least for their employees. They work really hard to help Amazon grow and the food provided at cafeteria is really pathetic with very high charges. No mid year bonuses or quarterly bonuses for individuals. No strong employee retention policy.,Provide free food . Have a strong retention policy for your valuable employees.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31869,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Nice Place to Start,Good culture. Nice ambience. Competitive environment.,Less hike every year. Only that.,Good so far,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2409.htm
31870,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Apr 23, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Amazon CPT needs leaders who live the Amazon values,"If you want to work with international people from different cultures and backgrounds, the best place to work.  Some people are amazing and have potential to become great friends!","If certain leaders don't like you or feel you could be a threat to them or their position they'll use one of the Amazon Leadership Principles against you, collecting feedback over more than 2years just to use it against you one day, even though they make exactly the same ""mistakes"" .  If you ask the site leader confidential questions, another Manager will come back to you and discuss it, even though you asked to treat the topic confidential.  Or they just decide not to grant you leave to fly to your mothers big birthday so that you rather hand in your resignation.  Political charged environment, extremely in Cape Town, it's more important who's having your back then how good you are until you have reached a certain level.",Follow your leadership principles and earn trust of others. Keeping staff on PIPs (performance improvement plans) because a manager has some issues with one person. Treat your staff how you want to be treated by Jeff.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31871,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Device Associate,Wonderful place to work but average place to learn,"Nice place to work, mostly you would not even think that you are working in an office. Mostly you feel like home No high work pressure, Comfortable targets and expectations. Highly recommended for married or unmarried women.","Salary Can be little more, only people who work in technical side e.g., SDE and QAEs, SDM are getting paid well.",Pay more to the level L2 employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31872,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Device Associate,Good place to work and explore,1-Free wifi ...fb you tube movie download all allowed.No one wilol stop you from exploring ur knowledge via internet. 2-Pick up and drop 3-Landline Phone 4-Any issues with any can ..... trust me ur voice will be heard 5-Skip levels meeting allowed 6-39Days of leave....No one will say no to your leave 7-Can change team as per ur wish,1-Brainy managers should be hire from product based i repeat Product based companies.Because when managers are hired from a service based companies they cann't see the employees using the freedom and completing their work on time..... 2-Partiality should be reduced.,Hire good managers at least train them in such a way that they can accept the culture,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31873,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Amazon warehouse,I enjoyed my job while I worked there as I was a picker.,The only down side was you didn't have long for dinner as you've got to qeu up to clock out for dinner and then you have to get in line to go through security so wasn't getting long for dinner time we only had half an hour and 15 minutes for break time.,"I am a very kind hearted individual and an excellent time keeper and I work well under Pressure and can also turn my hands to a majority of things as I am a single parent of three beautiful children 24, 22, 15 two boys one girl .",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31874,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Work experience,"You can experience the best work environment ,everyone in the office maintain friendly relations with each other. At the same time you can learn a lot .",You will face a lot of work pressure and u can feel the work burden on you At the end of the day u gonna feel exhausted completely.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31875,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 24, 2016",Former Employee - Transportation,.,"Good salary, provides transportation to the employees, infrastructure and facilities at the office are good, good tech support for your laptop.",".Bad hierarchy, no work life balance at all, lot of politics in the team, very bad shift timings.",The company has to be employee-centric to get more productivity rather than pressurizing the employees.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31876,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,okayish,"shares, fun, people, salary, back to education benefit","management, policies, hours, career progression",metrics are necessary but stop shoving it and it seems its only for your benefit not ours.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31877,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not recommended,Very smart people working so this push you to be the best you...,"Very tough culture and environment, sometimes it feels like the company bullish its employees! Not the best place to work",Increase team work!,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31878,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You need to be strong enough to be a Customer Service Associate,"Coolest company that i ever saw, you get the freedom, luxuries and all.Your work is all that matters here.","You might face a problem with the shift timings, and the work load.You nedd to be good in handling the work pressure at sometime.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31879,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Sr Finance analyst,This is an organization which gives good facilities to the employees. Though the amount to work to to is high there will not be work pressure in the company. Shifts are flexible.,"Salary is low, Company do not have a retention policy, HR do not play a vital role in the company.",Company has to identify the,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2410.htm
31880,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer,Work,Nice place to work. You can learn more if you want,Sometimes work life balance is difficult to maintain,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31881,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRMS,Good company to work with. Good for those who want to get into amazon and want to move to your area of interest.,Have rotational shifts Have rotational week offs as well,No advice,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31882,amazon,none," Apr 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You need to be strong enough to be a Customer Service Associate,"Coolest company that i ever saw, you get the freedom, luxuries and all.Your work is all that matters here.","You might face a problem with the shift timings, and the work load.You nedd to be good in handling the work pressure at sometime.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31883,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 23, 2016",Former Employee - Resolution Specialist,It was an immense and over the top experience.,Awesome work culture in Hyderabad Growth is amazing in Hyderabad,The new site in Pune is far off from what Amazon represents. Poor work culture and treatment of employees.,Have to start looking for dedicated professionals to handle the operations in Pune Amazon.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31884,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Nice place to work,Best environment to work here no politics kind things u can freely work and enjoy,No work from home culture here,Try nd be more employee friendly,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31885,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,Amazon - A place to grow,"work quality, growth, salary, peers","infrastructure in india, team wise growth",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31886,amazon,none," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Adrenalin rush,- challenging and intense environment.,- work/life balance is poor,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31887,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good for customers, not for employees","Fast paced environment, you can learn a lot","Poor company culture Exploitation of workers You will be made to quit when seriously ill , etc.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31888,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Catalog Quality Associate,1. There is no time or place of work boundaries. 2. In Amazon levels does not matter what matters is the quality of work. 3. Higher management is approachable.,"1. As it is a MNC and many people work on one project, the work gets distributed and one does not have the opportunity to explore more.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31889,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,A giant with blurred vision,1.Excellent work culture and work-life balance. 2.A great platform for transforming a man to a professional. 3.A lot of training opportunities for beginners.,"1.Wrong people in right place,specially in the top level management. 2.Very slow career growth. 3. It is hard to add new skills according to your designation.","Try to involve smart,knowledgeable and visionary managers in the top level.Implement innovative minds in every positions for strategy-plannings..Besides,keep up the great work culture.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2411.htm
31890,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer I,Some soft skills and self management to learn here. Some projects are interesting and some managers are nice to work with. In the end it's a bit of luck what you work on,Same as every big corporation -lots of corporate talk and core principles which are basically doublespeak that tends to backfire on you,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31891,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - FinOps Analyst,I feel l happy to work with amazon,Amazon is a Employee friendly company,Amazon has less scope for growth for employees.,It should recognize the employee hard work and need to respond to it accordingly.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31892,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Job search,Great work environment. leave policy is employee friendly,lately too much of pressure,Have good managers.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31893,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work pressure,flexible work timings and a good office,too much pressure. A lot of work and paid very less.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31894,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Summary,"It is a great work culture, with good work life balance.",No great career opportunities or people growth,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31895,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate at Amazon.in,"Amazon is a very employee friendly place, it is very flexible and the best thing about Amazon is it tries to understand the Employee's morals and values. Amazon also provides good incentives to their employees to keep them motivated. And not to forget, at Amazon employees can wear whatever they want to work which is great!",Amazon underpays to a few levels in the organisation.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31896,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Senior Solutions Architect,"Exciting, cloud pioneer, good management,parties, travel",Work life unbalanced too much repetitive work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31897,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - TPM,TPM,"Salary, Peers, Peers, Commute, Hello","Life, Cafeteria, Work life balance",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31898,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE-1,Lots to learn and opportunties,Lots of pressure work load is too high,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31899,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic experience,working for amazon is fantastic - you are working in an entrepreneurial environment which pushes you to think outside the box as well as gives you the opportunity to grow in your career,In term of work/life balance is not the best place to be - it is really up to you how to manage your time but many times you get pushed working more than you should,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2412.htm
31900,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service Kindle NA,Cool place to work.. Can use phones and have fun while working only if you get a good and sensible team lead and manager,"Unless u dont get any job in this world, you dont need to work here with a technical background",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31901,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - TPM,TPM,"Salary, Peers, Peers, Commute, Hello","Life, Cafeteria, Work life balance",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31902,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Mar 30, 2016","Former Employee - Pup Driver, Picker and Packer, Stower, ICQA",worker,"friendly environment, proper and fairness management, career opportunities",too few permanent contracts night shifts,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31903,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Lead,Good pay,You can experiment lot of things and u have chance to discuss directly with your managers for any inputs even with business teams,No work life balance and sometime you can feel the pressure and stress to meet immediate requirements with less time,none,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31904,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,Great Culture! There are great mentorship programs and a lot of opportunities to learn. It is a fast paced culture and keeps you on your toes.,"It's easy to get lost in the crowd. There are a lot of opportunities so if something doesn't work for you, you can always try a different position.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31905,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good to start your Career,Awesome work culture No pressure / good managers Flexible work timings,Scope of growth is less for entry level associate,N/A,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31906,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"Empowered, appreciated and a place you can really make a difference. Amazon is an amazing place to work.",Work life balance can be a challenge as with most highly effective tech companies.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31907,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Awesome place to work, if you are in the right team!",Good Work WFH options Flexible timings Lot of opportunities Chance to go to Seattle if stayed for long time Change of role and job family is quite flexible,Some teams lack organization Pay is not very high Not all managers know to take care of their reportees On Call process can be quite a time hogger Office cab facility is not great!,Keep doing the good job!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31908,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not for weak hearted,"You will get to face almost everything you were looking for, technical exposure, customer feedback, fast pace",Management is not matured and always end up doing micro managing rather than focussing on the most burning issues.,Need to invest more on the people front.,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31909,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,stressfull job,Get to know many talented people,1. Stressful job 2. Bad Management,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2413.htm
31910,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA Internship,Lots of things to learn.,Everything is dependent on the team which you are in.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31911,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ab,"great place to work, friendly colleagues, training and development opportunities available without discrimination and open access to resources","relatively low headcount, understaffed and hence high workload. can employ more staff to reduce workload amongst staffs","can be improved upon, great place nonetheless needs improvement and can be further developed to achieve better efficiency",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31912,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Call Center,CALL CENTRE,"Working for a Best Place to Work isn’t only going to keep you satisfied, but it can boost your career as well.","A job-sharing program is an excellent way to offer your valued employees a way to have the best of both worlds: to continue working in a job they love but giving them more time for personal activities. If you want to hang on to your top staff members, this might be one way to offer them an option that can make both of you happy.","Whatever the size of the organisation you work in, whatever you do, your employees are your most valuable asset. If you are a director, line manager, supervisor, team leader, or head of department, the way you manage can have an important impact on the health and well being of your employees, how well they do their job, and how well your organisation performs.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31913,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Team Lead,Team Lead,Awesome work environment. Approachable leadership.,None so far. All seems great so far!,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31914,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Training specialist,good informal work culture. No dress code. High Brand value,Still working on employee centric goals. some processes are stagnant. No clarity of system and hence attrition.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31915,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 20, 2016",Former Employee - Lead Development Representative,Bad cost performance,Big platform. Amazing products.,The salary is too low. Work volume is too high.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31916,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,People around you are very friendly. Better Salary and Perks.,"As usual, like other companies, Management is worse...Amazon culture has changed a lot within the last 6 months.",To all Managers - Please try to help employees to complete their projects earlier and not as per your convenience.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31917,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great place to work,"Great company, great colleagues, great culture to work with",Not much compensation and benefit compared to other companies,Not much to write about management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31918,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazonian,"Culture, Pay, Infrastructure, shifts, and fun activities",Less allowance for night shift,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31919,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Worked under a great manager. Good ambiance. Great colleagues. Limited workload. Limited restrictions.,None that I can think of for now. I was there for a very short time and hence do not have a clear idea of what the cons could be,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2414.htm
31920,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Worked under a great manager. Good ambiance. Great colleagues. Limited workload. Limited restrictions.,None that I can think of for now. I was there for a very short time and hence do not have a clear idea of what the cons could be,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31921,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Pricing Analyst,Awesome work culture,Good place to work for,Nothing to tell you folks,Good job.. continue the same,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31922,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Datacenter Manager,Tough,"You work with brilliant people, and the latest and greatest in infrastructure. The job will challenge you and you will grow.","The job WILL take over your life, and you are expected to deal with it and suck it up. Salaries are way lower than the industry.",Don't take people for granted.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31923,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,good atmosphere in the office,hard to find good work-life balance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31924,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unhappy Employees making Happy Customers,Steep learning curve. Fast paced environment. Great brand value in the Indian market.,Overtly competitive environment. Politically motivated senior leadership. Harsh working environment.,Open your eyes. Recruit appropriate talent for appropriate roles. Long term view: Employee satisfaction leads to Customer Satisfaction.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31925,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Toxic company culture,Easy work for a relatively high salary,Company culture Manager behaviour Obsession with Jeff Bezos Boring job No career and salary progression,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31926,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Full of Politics - Peculiar culture refers to ,Some very select people are doing some good work out there.,"Full of Politics - Peculiar culture refers to ""suck up to the boss"". If you don't be ready to exit the company - the boss and leadership (because the boss sucks upto the leadership) will find one reason or the other to screw your career.","Wake up to the Politics , else you will lose some of the best people around.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31927,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Site Merchandiser,Great Opportunity for those whose prime concern is just career and no personal life,"1. Great learning experience - great teammates, almost everyone is uber talented and hungry 2. Flexible work hours - myriad of work from home opportunities and more 3. Great compensation packages 4. Growing company and in-company opportunities are very high",1. Punishingly high standards which are almost inhuman 2. Competition within is detrimental which inhibits team bonding 3. Senior Management is not receptive to concerns of juniors 4. Labyrinth processes in HR,Please add a Human Touch to the company and your employees - It's not always a rat race which is what you are in and sometimes the greatest human perspective makes a lot of difference.,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31928,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - SDEII,SDE II,"I find that this is a really good place to work, good salary, very smart people. I really think the office has improved a lot in Toronto","This company is very aggressive, it does require you to work really hard. There's a peak every year so for project that spans multiple years, it becomes harder to do.","For longer projects, they should consider moving away doing longer product cycle to a lot for longer term accomplishment and focus for these projects.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31929,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Great place to work,"Great work environment, fast paced, hard working and perfect for learning and developing your skills.",No free food. No gym or sports infrastructure.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2415.htm
31930,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Technician,Quality assurance technician,Growth Learning options Easy shift to other job roles,For few roles low paid For promoted people less pay compared to external heirs,Normalization in salaries for the long term employees Sodexo distribution or free food scheme,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31931,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience but a long term career option,"Informal environment, some good facilities in the office such as bike garage and showers, the salary is ok. Can be a good place to start.",It is so forced to demonstrate Leadership Principles that it becomes very fake and zaps a whole lot of energy. It is not very easy to progress within your own department or to other deptartments within the organisation.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31932,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Work Environment and culture is good.,very biased when it comes to growth of a associate,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31933,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Engineer,great place to work,great place to work great minds great opportunities wfh,nothing much everything great work hard have fun create history ..:),none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31934,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Place for those who worship work,"Irrespective of team, department, all comes under one umbrella of Amazon's leadership principles. Those who can walk, talk, breath, practice and preach these principles at work can have a great career path. 1. You can explore any open source technology based on your area of interest (depends on how you manage and take time out from your project tasks) 2. You get to know large scale systems that supports Amazon. You are lucky if you get to build one of them.","A tech guy will forget and lose touch on many basic stuff due to availability of luxurious well built tools. (many amazonians question this point, but retrospect and you get to know the answer) You are taken for granted and expected to work anytime-anywhere. Manager holds the key of performance appraisal, there are many bad managers.","Consider Tech survey and knock down bad managers.  As I said, Amazon's leadership principles stand out as the best. One who follows it in the right way succeed.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31935,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - SDE1,Good environment but less opportunities,Good Working environment. Flexible working hours(depends on yr manager) Some teams have very good problems to solve. High salary package. Good for freshers.,Maintenance kind of work in some team(mostly Indian). Hike is very less.,No,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31936,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,decent company in BLR,Smart people to work with. Oppertunity to change within BLR or in US if you do not like the org. Growth is good.,Facing challneges of big companies now. At times it takes a lot of process to get things done. no longer a start-up.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31937,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - VCM Associate,Cool place to chill out and learn,Good young crowd Western culture Good rewards and extra income,too much politics no growth No skillset gain,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31938,amazon,"Lagunilla, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Truth,"Growth opportunity, enviroment, medical, association",If 1 manager doesnt like you would even make you get fired,"Be careful with the external managers, they could be useless",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31939,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 19, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Amazing work Culture. Enjoy your work along with a lot of fun activities. Friendly Managers and Team Leaders,Did not find anything unusual about this company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2416.htm
31940,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Device Associate,amazon is deceptive,Good work culture and friendly environment,Not much learning and career growth takes alot of time,No comments,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31941,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Picker,Picker,Because it is a large companii. With professional people and serios,Teamwork and That work at a big company,Yet i can not give advice because i went there to work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31942,amazon,none," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD COMPANY,"good work environment, has scope of growth.",work pressure increases. lot of office politics. Indian mentality,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31943,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Team Lead,Great company to start carrer,"Good work environment, Independence to learn on own",Verticals not defined very well and bad employee retention,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31944,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon vUK,Great people to learn from and innovation on products.,Background systems and set up do not allow people to do the role they have been hired to do.,Hire the right person for the role and value them for what they bring to the table.,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31945,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Team Lead,Work Culture,"It has excellent flexibility and possibility of growth. Fast growing, pet friendly company",Used to have very great work culture but has lost its main value. Very less pay and benefits.,Should keep a check on how the work culture is being changed by people from other organizations.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31946,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Average,Good team members Great infrastructure and learning resources,Management churn Attrition rate is high,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31947,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Directly facing customer requirements, good for training the analytical and critical thinking skills","Not caring much about personal development, and on call is terrible",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31948,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Don't stay long...,+ learning opportunities + certain autonomy to complete tasks + work with smart & diligent people,"- lower than average compensation. compare SDE salaries on glassdoor and you'll see... - politics: some managers are good player of 'visibility' and get promoted for no reason... - no promotion space, even you get promoted, you have minimal leverage to increase your salary. getting promoted by leaving Amazon and coming back seems way easier than following Amazon's internal process... - some team use outdated technologies due to historic reason. working on outdated technology is a waste of your time. meaningless in terms of keeping yourself current with latest dev technologies - ONCALL. NOTORIOUS ONCALL. Use software engineer as cheap front-line support is stupid. Engineer resolve engineering problems, engineers do not shoulder responsibilities of customer call centre/IT support. Period.","show your care & respect to your engineers, rather than treating them like 'resources'. otherwise, amazon is just a springboard for people who will eventually join google, facebook, linkedin, or uber after 1~2 years of amazon time. The 'best professional engineer training school' could be the nick name for Amazon in the industry.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31949,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Warehouse,"Great work environment and atmosphere. Nice co-workers, excellent manager, overall a nice work experience",Schedule could be better. Pretty flexible though and am kind of glad the manager was cool.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2417.htm
31950,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,3 years experience as Quality analyst,Good learning experience Great work culture,slow vertical growth in the organization.,more transparency required,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31951,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Intern Experience,"Great people, good environment. Much to learn.","Less facility, work load high sometimes .",Nothing significant,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31952,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk Analyst,"Flexibility, Innovative, good work culture","Attrition, no life balance, no offs on festivals",Control Attrition. Value your employess as you do to your customers,3.0,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31953,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,"Great branding, not too great work culture",Impeccable branding Helps you think scale,Sticks for every message but hardly any recognition for good work done,"Motivate your employees, dont scare them",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31954,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Excellent,Good Work Environment and Decent Package,Rotational Shifts for the freshers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31955,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Order Picker,order picker,Picking order for customer and packing them,Loved the job and all staff,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31956,amazon,none," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investigations specialist,"Good people, great team, flexible working","High pressure, hourly targets, repetitive",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31957,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,A great place to progress your engineering skills!,"* Endlessly challenging and varied work across multiple domains * Get to work with up-to-date technology stack, use the best tools for the job * Super-high hiring bar means working with some of the very best engineers * Supportive company, pro-actively promotes a healthy work/life balance * Internally very open and direct communication structure * Decent salary, certainly competitive, and good benefits","* Document-heavy planning processes, can feel a little waterfall at times * A downside to one of the upsides... the open and direct communication means a _lot_ of communication! * Relatively high recruiting burden as the company grows * Oncall has been a little invasive in previous projects * Broken promotion process and only three engineering grades means if you like to see career progress in job titles it's the wrong company for you!","* Fix the broken promotion process, it is too heavy-weight and very late to promote * Reduce the amount of waterfall planning required, embrace the Agile way!",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31958,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Lead food Specialist,Strong management style and very profitable company worth 250 billion dollars and still expanding in planet earth and they are most centric customer service company on earth,"To be required to work over 40 hours a week , if you have family won't be able to see of spend time with your family because operations require more of your time day and night ,feedback system always manager and associates using it to sabagage one another's ,","Practice and apply prince of leadership won't get downs Customer obsessions , bias for action , ownership, frugality ,have aback bone , are you right a lot ,earn trust , challenge and expect to be challenge ,",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31959,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace Company,- Great develop during the first months,- Too much reporting task,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2418.htm
31960,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,excellent company to work,"good work culture, healthy environment",nothing as such to share,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31961,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Associate,A trivial job for a fresher,"A good place to begin your career with. But, yes you need to move out quickly or move up the ladder because as time goes by this job will make you a couch potato.","Very cool workplace, hence we would be unable to adapt anywhere else.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31962,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Partner Manager,Associate Partner Manager,-Competitive salary - If you are incredibly driven you can force exposure to very senior leadership - Great potential role for people that enjoy sales - Opportunity to be exposed to some extremely talented people,"- To get to the stage of having an intellectually challenging role, you will need to take on extra projects which amount to volunteering to do significantly more work outside of core role, which means a lot of late nights. This is also the only way to secure promotion - Arbitrary and extremely stretching targets - You will be driving growth on a very granular level - 'Beta male' dominated atmosphere - The competitive nature of the role encourages people in the same teams to compete within the team, which has often led to hostile and unproductive working environments. - Hitting targets means that some people act out and feel entitled to be disrespectful to colleagues, and managers/HR do nothing to control this as hitting targets is the only thing they consider important. - Scope for career development remains limited","Take the time to understand the priorities of your direct reports, and the fact that you are managing very intellectual and driven individuals, whose scope of work ought to reflect their intelligence and motivations",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31963,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical voice support,1) Freedom 2) work space 3) well established managment,1) less salary 2) not very supportive,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31964,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Best Environment- with more poltics,Only environment and facilities like cab etc are good others are total waste,If u can be a person who always prefer nodding your head without any self respect and girls will be highly appreciated to work here.,Please promote right persons..just for name sake dont promote people who dont deserve at all and make good employee who really contribute the system to move out of the company,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31965,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced and Innovative,Amazon is a fast-paced and innovative place to work. You have to be self-motivated as it is not a culture where you are thanked for hard work or for going above and beyond.,It is a 24/7 kind of environment.,Have a bit more empathy for your team members.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31966,amazon,none," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Valuable experience, but at what cost",Looks good on a CV. You learn a lot. In fact there is a common joke amongst employees that Amazon years are like dog years: one year of working at Amazon is like 7 years anywhere else.,"One year in Amazon will age you 7 years also. Politics rule the workplace. Promotions based on a ""level"" system (in addition to politics of course). It means that you must fit the profile of that level and it does not matter if you're already doing that job very well, you can't have it if you're not ""level 5 material"". If you're good at what you do, you will be stuck there endlessly with no hope of progression.","Stop squeezing people like they are oranges, throwing them away when they've no juice left. Value the real good work rather than the people who make themselves look good but deliver nothing.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31967,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good only for a head start,1. Get to learn a lot when you are a new grad. 2. Brand name.,"0. Horrendous pay. 1. Simply no perks. Employees don't even get discounts. (Employees in certain regions do. But it's limited to 100$ a year) 2. Employees are treated as ""employees"". 3. No life apart from work. 4. Benefits mentioned in salary is taken out from your paycheck. 5. Cheap company. I reiterate, they are cheap, not frugal! 6. Performance ratings given on whims of manager. No proper structure or objectivity. 7. Extremely horrible stock vesting period. 8. HRs catch up on people related matters just for the sake of it. Don't follow up on problems raised by employees. 9. The performance rating you receive and the salary increment is extremely dependent upon the amount of money your team has. 10. Company works with 50% of the workforce. That is, when they know they need 10 people, they will only hire 5 and make them do all the work. (Could be specific to my team)","1. Better to take care of the people at the low level as well since they constitute your main workforce. 2. Make salaries competitive for everyone instead of filling your own pockets. 3. Stop being cheap over everything. Literally, everything. 4. Make performance reviews a structured process. 5. Increment percentages should have a minimum, at least. 6. Try to understand the employees' problems.",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31968,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything depends on which team are you,"- In my team we do important work for the company, so we feel valuable.  - It's all about getting things done.","- You will have to put a lot of hours of work, but I haven't had a job that wasn't like this.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31969,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience,Good experience. learned lot as an intern there for three months.,Less of fun stuffs. There was as such no team outings.,"Managing team outings, parties would be a good idea.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2419.htm
31970,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company for high performer and for freshers,"Good career growth, lots of opportunities to learn new technologies, good pay","Extremely demanding work culture, bad work-life balance",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31971,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Good talent in engineering team. People are from top institutions,No process. delays and shortcomings in release,Have good engineering management leads,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31972,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work with amazing talented ppl.,Best place to work with amazing talented ppl.,Next level growth is some what not defined,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31973,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to learn,"Great people, you will learn a lot, the team environment is amazing, great brand","The management in Marketplace is not so good. If you are ""under goals"" (this is a sales posistion!), you are out, that is it, end of story. The work is good for 1 year, but then it becomes frustrating. Career progression is hard.","Stop reporting only and focus on your teams and how to help them. If they leave, help them to do so - you do not want your teams full of unhappy people.The MPMs and PMs should work on tools for the teams and not only to solve ""call-outs"".",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31974,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,A beatiful place to work,"You can learn a lot of new things, and how to work at scale Full of smart people to work with Really friendly environment",No canteen No snacks in coffee areas,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31975,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome experience,Friendly environment awesome people around,Nothing can be done,Change some managers who don't deserve to be In Amazon,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31976,amazon,Melbourne (Australia)," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interview questions,Amazon is a good company to work.,Long hours and less time at home.,Interview process should be less extrenous,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31977,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible place - I am ashamed to say that I ever worked here,a job only if you are desperate,"racists, sexist, bullying management  sweat-shop  poor communication  favouritism  unskilled management",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31978,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,"some very nice people to work with, rarely any conflicts, the teams are strong and work together well, teams very competitive making work enjoyable",Not really rewarded for putting in extra effort or taking more responsibility. Instead people making minor mistakes are punished. Breaks are limited exhausting the workforce and making people hate work.,"Create a more relaxed atmosphere to work in, the people alone will not make work a good place to be, the work itself needs to be manageable and a reasonable amount of pressure should be maintained.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31979,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon SDE salary,Lots of opportunities internally to work on various technologies,It is not competing with others in the market in terms of salary. Work pressure might be high at times.,Change the compensation plan for existing employees too not just for new hires.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2420.htm
31980,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Data Engineer,Fast paced environment with huge growth options. Not for mild hearted!!!,+ Highly challenging + Ownership + Freedom to choose technology to propose and implement + Strong Year end review process + Idea and white paper driven culture. No PPTs,"- Less work life balance - Oncall week,s can be challenging - Some management changes can turn the whole team upside down - Less correlation between the interview process and the actual work.",Set the right expectations while interviewing and on-boarding new memebrs,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31981,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Need a new life,used to be great and had great environment and now it has a call center feeling .,management has to be improved and now sad working environment,listen to employees and be empathetic,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31982,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you are desperate...,"+I was paid on a steady basis.  +I received stock.  +I received benefits, including a 401K.  +I received unimpressive tuition reimbursement.  +A meager associate discount.","+Tedious job with little/no advancement opportunity.  +Mostly only young, pretty white girls promoted to supervisors (Tier III).  +Racist / sexist managers and supervisors.  +Dumb managers who think they are smart.",Find better managers than yourselves. I really feel ashamed of myself for working here for three years. It will be a surprise if Glassdoor publishes this review. Amazon will want this review taken down and Glassdoor will kowtow to them.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31983,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work with,Great place to work with. Fun environment. Good cab facility. Food tokens are provided to all the employees,Salary will be less. No vertical growth. Only horizontal growth is allowed. Shift timings will vary,Vertical Growth should be allowed. Shift timings could be standardized and made a lot better,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31984,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,Reached Expectations. If you're looking for a good to be around worplace.,Not a very active job. Can be tiring not being so active and moving.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31985,amazon,Bhiwandi (India)," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Assistant,Warehouse assistant,Salary best in industry & goods facility for imploye,There work is done on third party pay roll,keep on company pay roll,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31986,amazon,Werne (Germany)," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager Operations,"A lot to learn, a lot to improve, flat hierarchies, motivated team.","Shift work, weekend work, a lot of employee turnover. A lot of stress and KPI focus, however mostly positive all the time.","Celebrate success more, be less relentless and work on motivating the foot soldiers to do better than they currently do.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31987,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to learn if you have the time,"Lots of new learning, new projects innovation and opportunities to try things out and backing if they succeed or fail. Lot of people to learn from and take advice.",Tight schedules can often throw things to dis=array and make the whole process risk prone. Takes up your time to be on top of everything.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31988,amazon,none," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management,Good pay with facilities and Shares,management should improve and no proper Data Management,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31989,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good place to work,"Dynamic environment Working with smart people - which motivates you Learn a lot, new skills",Company doesn't invest on employees that much No career advice You have to be very self-motivated,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2421.htm
31990,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Really smart and friendly colleagues Flexible working hours,Amazon Hyderabad doesn't have a campus Food at the cafetaria sucks,Please do something about the food in the office.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
31991,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,"If you don't have any development experience there can be a lot to be gained. Compensation is ok for new developers, but not so much for more experienced ones.","Intra-departmental politics can be a mess sometimes, people like to backstab each other with the anytime feedback tool. Can't say no to requests, have to do everything half-assed. Burnout rate is pretty high, knowledgeable people always leave. Oncall rotations in small teams is a nightmare. Technical debt isn't usually taken care of because ""the oncall will take care of it"". Time spent doing operational stuff/fixing can be more than actual development. Most projects are written in ""death marches"" and is horrible to maintain and add features later. Vancouver location is where they put all the people who can't get H1Bs.","Hire actual operational staff for each team, not only for the entire department. Having to put developers oncall doesn't make the codebase magically better.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
31992,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Team Lead - Fraud and Risk Management,Team Lead - Fraud and Risk Management,* Challenging work atmosphere * Blue-chip company - Great to have it on your CV * Compensation at par with best in industry,* Frugal - a bit too much,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
31993,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support Associate,Very good learning experience,Office is shifted very far,-,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
31994,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 3, 2016","Current Employee - Declined Offer, Seller Support Executive",Amazon Interview for Seller Support,Easy interview for anyone with good aptitude and good communication skills Cab Facility Good Pay Fun environment to work in Sudexo coupons Overtime payment,Rotational Shifts Not good for anyone who wants to go for a career in finance Weekends are not off. It varies each time.,None,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
31995,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Good place,* Employee kept happy with regular team building and fun activities * AC Home to office transport provided * Growth path & expectations (goals) are provided * Good system (policies) in place,* They keep rising the bar and stack rank employees to weed out the bottom ones (although they were given chances to overcome their previous performance) * Good system (policies) exists but its not good enough to identify people who regularly violate the policies,"Mistakes do happen with humans involved, but reduce them please!",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
31996,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - SDEII,Software Development Engineer II,"Opportunities. Scale. Resources. Colleagues. Getting to ""play"" with the biggest systems in the world. Career development.",Long long long hours. Oncal duties.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
31997,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Amazon,Salary and stock is attractive if you work more than 4 years.,Bit tough to maintain work and life balance. It sometime encounter the political situation and difficulties to make desicion.,Diversity is very important and need flexibility to develop organization and people.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
31998,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk investigator,Friendly work environment. Paid overtime. Transport facility. Fun activities in between work.,"Stringent work. High focus on annual performance. Slow growth hierarchy. With sudden growth of TRMS, number of employees and break monitoring changes, competition has become difficult. Not recommended above a year and half experience. Freedom t work lies no more as it used to be till last year. rotational shifts.",To give employees more freedom at work. work on growth hierarchy. Stop the recent changes made to TRMS which now makes it work like any other call center.,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
31999,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Amazon is great place to work if you are creative your new ideas are heard if your ideas are genuine you are provided resources to fullfill them.,Inter office politics is quite dominant,Need to remove the politics brewing among the ranks. It is waste of lot of brain power.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2422.htm
32000,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Terrible experience,- Pay - Perks & benefits,- Nil work-life balance - Terrible Culture and values,Try to be impartial and transparent among employees,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32001,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for people who like managing people,Work that impacts millions everyday Get to work with great minds in the right team Good for people passionate about their job,High stress or low work life balance Frequent meetings at odd hours with overseas team People are confused about finding the balance between conflicting leadership principles and end up misusing them,hire better people follow a process properly prioritize good practices over product delivery,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32002,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Intern,Helpful People and Free beverages.,Unrealistic deadlines. Pointless meetings. Project assignment was late and thus I had to work overtime,Have a organized workflow for 2 month interns,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32003,amazon,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to work,fabulous amazing atmosphere sodexo for food cab facilities,nothing zero....there is no cons as far i know,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32004,amazon,none," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,"nice place to work ,,you have nice work and life balance",you have to be self starter :) to make yourself shine better,"good job,,keep going",5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32005,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Assurance Manager,"Smart workforce, liberal HR policy, flexi timing",Amazon QA processes lack depth,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32006,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,employee friendly company,its a very employee friendly company,work pressure is high,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32007,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - BOLD Operations Manager,Over qualified people recruited for BPO Job,Good work life balance Lots of fun activities if you're interested in dance and other activities,No learning 3rd world country appraisal system. If you want to succeed you must lick boots of your Manager,Please try to retain people by improving your HR policies and increasing transparency,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32008,amazon,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Working at Amazon,Great company. Fast-paced. Lots of opportunities for growth.,Culture is silo'd. Human interactions aren't valued. Very self-centered. Most people walk with their heads down... Could be so much more dynamic. Management has little management experience and promotions are less merit based and more attrition/last man standing based...,"Promote good people managers, not the longest tenured individual contributors.  Hiring process is suspect, the ""bar"" and the ""bar raising"" program standards need to be revisited... Good people are getting turned away and bad people are making it through.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32009,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,best company,everything is good over her,none bad so far as,no words to say me,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2423.htm
32010,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk investigator,Friendly work environment. Paid overtime. Transport facility. Fun activities in between work.,"Stringent work. High focus on annual performance. Slow growth hierarchy. With sudden growth of TRMS, number of employees and break monitoring changes, competition has become difficult. Not recommended above a year and half experience. Freedom t work lies no more as it used to be till last year. rotational shifts.",To give employees more freedom at work. work on growth hierarchy. Stop the recent changes made to TRMS which now makes it work like any other call center.,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32011,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Amazon is great place to work if you are creative your new ideas are heard if your ideas are genuine you are provided resources to fullfill them.,Inter office politics is quite dominant,Need to remove the politics brewing among the ranks. It is waste of lot of brain power.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32012,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth it,Good technical exposure and industry best practices,Extremely poor work life balance,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32013,amazon,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QAE,"Best work environment, Best culture",Less Salary for exp folks,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32014,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good,"Good salary, You get to learn a lot, people are insisting on high standards. No time restrictions, just do your work, everyone will be happy.","Very limited campus facilities, Other similar companies have better campus.","Improve work environment, more campus facilities",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32015,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon India,"There is positive chaos at all times. There are always some new challenges you face, each day, each minute. There is a huge focus on innovation, employees have the freedom to incorporate new changes, new process improvements. Best part- loads of talent around you as well that will make you grow as a professional.","Working hours can be long, depending upon where you work. I work in Operations, and managing work-life balance is definitely a huge challenge. This said, you are free to take your leaves- no one asks a single thing about it. Plus there is always a huge pressure on you to deliver. Week offs doesn't mean you are out of work mentally.","Should look at improving work-life balance of employees, especially in operations.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32016,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Design Intern,Not to great. Not to bad.,"You happen to be part of a profound vision, and you get to work on products that impact millions of users. Most of the people that I met were self motivated to work which really boosts up the environment of the place.",Compensation was not upto the mark and it should be improved because the amount of work being done by the intern is almost similar to full time employees while interns are paid quite less as compared to full time.,"There weren't any networking or group activities being organised for interns, which I think is a very good opportunity to know about fellow interns and other employees.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32017,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Catlog Associate,"Senior Catalog Associate, German","Good pay, other benefits are good, office located in a very good location. The office environment is very relaxed.",No growth or career plan. Very difficult to learn transferable skills. Yearly increment not that great. And new hires get paid more than the existing crop.,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32018,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,experience at amazon,"competitive enviroment, good growth, great culture",no work life balance high expectations,don't change,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32019,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Picker/Packer,Packer,Great working over Christmas so busy a fun but always professional. Good friend staff to work alongside with and good safe environment,Sometimes can be challenging with meeting times and the rush of the warehouse floors with all the different packers moving around but still good,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2424.htm
32020,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Complain,I really enjoyed working for u it inspired me what I can achieve Ith met a lot of friends and I just want to say thank u for keeping me going,Getting my adding listening not really good at that I wanna say a big thank u for letting me carry on,I advice you to get better staff as they are slow they ignore u tell u what to do its disgusting,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32021,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Good company to work for.,Benefits are not so great.,Benefits need to match other seattle based employers to stay competitive,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32022,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Specialist,"The work culture, indipendency of working was preety good in amazon, the employees are very friendy and help each other in tasks in their busy schedule. Leave system in amazon is preety amazing.",The main downside of amazon is that the growth is too slow. The annual appraisal is also not too good. Overall career at operations part of amazon is so so.,Please inceease the payscale and please recruit right people. People do misuse the benift given to them,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32023,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work hard,Highly motivated environment. Smart people.,Not fit for ones who want work life balance.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32024,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Risk Investigator - ARI,Great place to work. You have your freedom to choose any topic and work on your own project. Wonderful extra curricular activities. Fun team. Like minded people.,The profile we work can be automated and any 10th pass out can do what we graduates do. After a while your mind becomes numb and useless and the frustration starts getting under your skin. You realize the more noise you make the more you can grow but no one cares about real hard work and results.,Pay scale must be improved for existing employees too and not just the new employees. Experienced and knowledgeable person must be allotted a team as a manager and not any random person who makes a lot of noise . Management needs to change.,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32025,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous,"Overtime, Overtime and Overtime.",Very less positiveness to talk about. Forget about Work life balance. There is no personal life once you join Amazon.,"There is whole big list for the Cons however, I would like to talk about only few as of now. 1. Over Times, Over Times and Over Times. I have switched quite a few departments however, the only common thing I have found in Amazon.in is ""Overtimes"" and that too without any extra payment for those extra hours. Once in a blue moon is acceptable. However, it is round the year. Sometimes in the name of PEAK and every fortnight meetings. So, some one who logs in at 6:00 AM is supposed to log off at 3:00 PM. However, there is team meeting every fortnight on Wednesday at 6:30 PM which lasts for an hour and half , some times even more. So, a person who logs in at 6 AM will start at 5 AM and will log off at 9 PM and will reach home at 10:30 - 11 PM and again next day need to login on time. I want to ask the intelligent IIM managers how reasonable is this? This means 1. You don't respect your employees. 2. Once an Amazonian forget about your personal life. 3. No extra payments. 3. An Amazonian doesn't require any rest if he/she forgets his/her personal life. But yes, managers do log off on time. Old and favorite employees can login and log off as per their wish.","1. Please understand that we have personal life as well. Our bodies do get exhausted and we do need rest. 2. You are one of the biggest companies in the world. Why can't you just have a team meeting in the morning for morning shift guys and a meeting in the evening for evening shift. 3. Or as you are earning so much, why can't you just invest in a bridge call if you don't need separate meetings. Once a bridge is setup people can join the bridge from anywhere and need not stretch unnecessarily. 4. Please understand Your highly educated managers that even we are HUMANS the way you are.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32026,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excelent work environment,A good place to work if you are a dynamic and proactive person. Initiative is highly apreciated.,"No cons - just keep in mind that is a fast pace and rapidly changing environment, so you will be continously challenged.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32027,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,More like a startup with real responsibilties,- Hard problems to solve - Great peers - Great growth potential - Startup like team culture with individual projects,- Work life balance - No pantry (for foodies),none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32028,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,All my worries about the company came true,"Fast-pace company, lots of Jobs opportunities","Advertisement for Jobs should say: Are you a workaholic? Do you like working every evening and on weekends? Are you single with no kids? Then come to work with us! Especially with Product Managers positions, goals are totally stretched, there is no time to invest in trainings/learnings, everybody is overloaded. And don't take me wrong, I always enjoyed being busy, but this is totally insane! As Luxembourg is in between business in US and Europe, you have meetings during the day with Europe and at night with Seattle. During the weekend is when you can finish your work (lots of reports to do, montly results for ALL stakeholders, quartly results, etc). Everything is for now, or maybe tomorrow. I have worked in other two big companies and I have never seen something like this. Salary seems good at first, but for the hours I""m putting, I am probably paid like a cashier of a fast food restaurant. Before joining I read some similar experience here but I decided to give it a try. Big mistake. All people say about no work life balance is true. If you are considering a job in Amazon, double check the team you are entering, hours they have to put, etc. There are some rare exceptions in other teams, but be aware!!",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,38,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32029,amazon,none," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,More of a propagandize than real something.,"Good pay Good facilities in general, food may suck though.","No work life balance No culture except once you are in, work like a robot, keep quiet and keep working. No career planning,may depend on team as well though Interview pattern and content has NOTHING to do at all from your actual work, so be careful! They don't really evaluate you, they just favor the names they like and they get everything. I also found and felt a lot of negativity in quiet working floors, all are quietly encouraged to keep their foot on others' head to get up.",Treat them as human not robot even of you may be paying fine.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2425.htm
32030,amazon,"Dunstable, England (UK)"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"packer, picker",Good money but only if you do lot of overtimes. Free coffee.,"Short breaks, long shift (10,5hrs). During peak 11,5 hrs shifts, but breaks not extended, Dont go to work to Amazon if u dont wanna feel like in a concentration camp.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32031,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job Review,Work environment is great apart from a good salary and compensations,Did not find any issues working there.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32032,amazon,"East Anglia, SK (Canada)"," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Sales Advisor,Really good,I found this place to be a good and a great job in what i did do there for a while.,Im not to sure if i can say if there is any real bad in this place in my own opinion.,Keep it up.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32033,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,Great work for smart & strong engineers!,Smart people around you! Lots of options to learn Freedom of technologies and development process to use Good hardware! Good insurance and bonuses!,Aggressive timelines Work-life balance will suffer if you wish to pursue your career here Challenging to build a career as it is up to you to drive it completely high turnaround - not everyone can keep at such pace,Give more insight & help with career growth to your engineers Think over timelines - do they really make sense?,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32034,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazing Amazon,- Cool Work culture - Youngsters all around and energetic environment - Mid year and quick promotions based on your performance - Lots of fun activities - OverTime Payment - Good CDP,- NSA is Less - Less Professionalism - Forced to do OT in Peak period - Work Life Balance is not great - Less Hike,- Hire Best candidates who will stay longer - No interaction with higher management - Should maintain professionalism - Increase NSA as employee are giving up there sleep for the work. They deserve more,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32035,amazon,"Knowsley, England (UK)"," Mar 27, 2016",Former Employee - Driver,Don't bother stay at home works out cheaper,Offer really good pay,Long hours Hourly rate 3.00 What a joke,Management waste of time,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32036,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Packer,Not very good,I work here because i need the money but the agencies are crap and they are threating us like slaves,There is no challenge they just use you for the hard work and sack you when they dont need you anymore,none,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32037,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,staff,"pay, work colleagues, I enjoy working there","long hours, a lot of running round and timed",none to speak of at the moment,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32038,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 3, 2016",Former Employee - Device Associate,Less Salary Paid,Good Work and play environment.,"We are hired as an Associates and forced to move to Development and QA team to share their work load.  Less paid for the job we do, HR will not compare the salary package with the reputed companies. There is no difference in salary for the Employee who work hard and who have fun at work, its really so disgusting.",Dont let only the top level management alone to grow. If an associate stays in operations team for 5 Years he will be hardly may get 1 or 2 promotion. But if an associate work with the Development and QA team for 5 years their promotion rate will increase drastically.  Stop associates informal movement to development and QA team,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32039,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Amazing experience, high energy, great collogues, lot of learning. In one word great! Highly recommend, it's an amazing company",There are not a lot of cons. I have no idea what to write I'm doing this for the poker chips haha,Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2426.htm
32040,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best,Too flexible and comfartable Would like to work again becauae they help with the job and the missions that u need to accomplish,Too nice and polite and they push you so far and u will be under the stress sometimes but the chef are really nice,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32041,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice co.,Everything was good. Benefits are much more,Nothing. Co. Has very gud worklife balance,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32042,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's all about the leadership principles.,"It's all about the leadership principles.  Amazon is a company that lives by its principles. As a prospective employee, that means that if you believe in the principles, and want to learn how to apply these to every situation, and how to balance them, and how to keep raising the bar on them every week, Amazon is the place for you.  Come for the pace, the scale, the impact, and the opportunity - but most of all, come for the principles.","It's all about the leadership principles.  Read them. Ask yourself which ones apply to how Amazon treats its employees? The answer is half of one of them: ""hire and develop the best"".  To benefit from this principle as an employee (someone who has by definition already been hired), you have to be among the best (on the curve), and then you get ""developed"". Not that that's a bad thing (it's why I came to Amazon and why I choose to stay), but it's the only thing.  Don't expect to be appreciated for your work. Don't expect that your time will be valued. Don't expect beanbags and free food or foosball tables. Don't expect internal tools to work any more than they absolutely have to to get your job done.  As the infamous NYT article said: ""Amazon I'd where overachievers go to feel bad about themselves"". Come, achieve more than you ever have before, develop faster than in any other environment, but you'd better have a strong sense of self esteem, because Amazon won't help you there.","Create a leadership principle about hour you treat employees, and then live it.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32043,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Too much pressure for the role of customer service agent,"Health insurance, shares every year. There is a chance to receive a bonus monthly. 5 weeks paid holidays. Clock off time ,)",Targets are unrealistic therefore the bonus isn't easy to get. Management is on your back if you use more then 10 minutes a day for personal time. You aren't allowed holidays from Nov - January,"Spend a day trying to reach those unrealistic targets and then tell the staff how ye got on, stop constantly pushing good people to the brink of 'cracking up'",3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32044,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to grow,dynamic and fast moving company,"getting bureaucratic, too many reporting, goals not clear","less reporting, more real work",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32045,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant. Great Company,Good wages. I like thay everyone works as a team and are friendly and make you feel welcome.,I dont like Customer Service as I find it challenging to deal with things on your own as they have a do it yourself attitude.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32046,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Very Good,You can grow in the company with benefits,The salaries could be better,U should pay att but you a good persos dude,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32047,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,It's one of the best companies to work with,I like the work I do... In general there's a lot of things to learn from my work. Here we develop to think logically and analytically. That helps me to sharpen my skills and knowledge.,I am not satisfied with the work culture. It's not like completely disagree but to some extent am not happy with the work atmosphere.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32048,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good title !,Friendly team mates. It it is the best work environment which I heard of and it has some advandages.,Trying to be better everyday and to compete with other team mates and becoming the best in what you do.,Keep up the good work !,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32049,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, learned a lot",Cutting Edge Technology Work with the best Good atmosphere in general despite fierce competition,lots of process spend endless time on data mining Career management,Support Career change,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2427.htm
32050,amazon,none," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best,Amazon is the best place to work for and I will be willing to work,It could have a variety of other appliances to sell,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32051,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - SDM,Amazon - a mixed bag,"Leadership principles, adhered to in most situations Complete ownership, lot of learning","Cut throat hire-fire policy Due to very high level of ownership, lot of things we need to get done ourselves - reinventing the wheel happens a lot. Results in high stress and low work-life balance",Please work towards improving WL-balance,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32052,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good friendly nature in working,overall good to work here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32053,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Test Analyst,Customer Service Associate,Good Paymaster and a good place to grow,"Flexibility, Change of phase, Need to motivate employees, Hr panel needs to improve",none,4.0,none,3.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32054,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A year at Amazon,"Office environment is very casual, so people enjoy working apart from the amazing office space",Work-Life balance is difficult to maintain,Treat people as human without being biased,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32055,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst Lead,Work-Life Balance,You can avail Work from home options. Company leave policy is so awesome. 12 Casual 12 sick and 15 days of Annual leaves,It is very difficult to change teams internally.,Nothing much.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32056,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Amazon,"Nice work culture,good environment and purely performance based incentives.There is free transportation and the salary is quite satisfactory.",Mainly some junior colleagues who do not cooperate and at times the work load really gets on your nerves.Meal vouchers could be of a greater value.,Keep the filtering process a little stringent to avoid undeserving candidates.There should be better communication among the employees to remove all misunderstandings.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32057,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality assurance engineer,"Interesting work, good place to learn","Less work life balance, continuously working",improve work life balance,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32058,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Data Center Technician,Good for starting career in IT,- one of the biggest environment to work for - good place to get your initial experience,"- lots of automation in place, so hard to learn basics - if you want to progress you need to forget about work/life balance - benefits are a joke",Start treating people like human beings,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32059,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program/account Manager,very dynamic you learn a lot and developp new skills,"bad work/life balance Spending too much time on weekly callouts (more analyis, less action)",more direct management,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2428.htm
32060,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program/account Manager,very dynamic you learn a lot and developp new skills,"bad work/life balance Spending too much time on weekly callouts (more analyis, less action)",more direct management,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32061,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 17, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good company to work with,GoodWork place. facilities. Aura. Food. World Trade center,Work pressure. not so great management,Managers are the loop holes,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32062,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Talented people,* talented people to work with. * technically sound,* sometimes the oncall rotation and implicit expectation of being available all the time might be a concern for some people,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32063,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Be attentive before chosing a process,"Very good ambience, good canteen facilities, nice campus and lot of cars to drop you home.",Be very careful before chosing which process you get into. Avoid 24x7 at all costs. Its the worst process inside Amazon. Most dont fit in and regret joining.,"24x7 processes are not meant for big brands, they ruin the brand name.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32064,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Reviewer,One of the places to work in during one's career,Work culture is good and exposure through new projects gives a great experience to learn new things along with trainings for growing professionals.,Mid level management needs more training in people management and mentoring skills to efficiently handled talented workforce at hand.,Hiring mid level management should be looked into. Cost cutting in this are results in frustrating manager - associate dialogues at times.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32065,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Previous employer,Working for amazon means that one works in a very customer focused and fast paced environment. Due to the ongoing growth I have had to adapt to change quickly,The fast pace and ongoing change can be be a challenge to be mastered especially around company peak times like Christmas.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32066,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,love to work here,"Love to work here worth the world calls infrastructure that have, they conduct employee recreation initiative programs very often, lot of benifits .","Over qualified people work for small posts, it is difficult to say cons about Amazon, I really enjoyed working here, have to improve there employee retention policy.","Provide more salaries and hikes rather than many gifts and outings, hikes are very low and even promotions are delayed",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32067,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - ETL Developer,Data Engineer,"Good Work Culture , Lot to learn in Vertical Domain",Cant develop horizontal ( More technologies),none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32068,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,CSA,"It is one of the best companies to work if you are looking for a software job,",management didnt issue leave easily. We only got it when we have a serious issue.,Try to spend on fun activities as it will encourage the employees to perform better.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32069,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Nice Experience overall.,Very helpful and intelligent people around. Got a very nice project to work on. Flexible timings. Ownership of work.,A lot of work in less time. Bad food.,Nothing as such.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2429.htm
32070,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Shipping Department,Full time night shift,great payment and overtime shift available many opportunities to be promoted,poor working conditions as break times amounts to 1hr,"more break time ,",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32071,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,The Best Place to worK,"Awesome work place and Culture. Once your in, you will not feel like going out.",Compensation less when compared to other companies in the same sector,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32072,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but not for everyone,Peculiar company: use data to drive decisions at an unobserved level in any other company.,"Terrible workload: the more you, the more you have. Progress in the company are based on the years of experience which might not always be relevant for certain high potentials.",Think more about the people. Frugality is fine but that's not the only thing HR should focus on...,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32073,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalogue Associate,"Fantastic work culture, friendly people.",A bit of micro management,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32074,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazon TRMS,Challenging Work environment. Huge opportunity for growth. Good compensation. Excellent work culture.,Shifts and week offs are rotational. Nothing much to complain about. Can learn new things each day.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32075,amazon,none," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfactory,Good salary. Bit boring but satisfactory. There are also lots of people to talk to. The job is also easy enough.,"Handing boredom is a bit hard. There are also not enough employees in one part, so the job can get quite boring.",Fight.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32076,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company to Work for, Open culture",- Open culture - Provides opportunities to employees for grwoth - competitive salary,- Demanding work hours - Limited focus on work life balance - Fear Based culture as some Leaders use bell curve ratings to instill fear in employees - Unstructured processes,Please remove bell curve and curve fitting and come up with a better annual ratings system. The current system is being abused,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32077,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Worst work environment,Good perks from day one lots of good pople,Poor management poor team internal politics poor work life balance poor managers,just kick people who does polics,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32078,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexibility and Home Office,Fast paced company that allows you to work from home and make your schedule. You just have to meet your goals and deliver results. The management trusts your work.,"It is not an employee-focused comapny. In comparison to other Tech companies, it does not offer the best benefits package.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32079,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,"Good company, challenging environment!","Great project scope, hardly anything you do aims small. Super talented teams, expect to be working with expert. Great freedom of action and a lot of learn by doing! Loads of in-house opportunities.","Work/life balance is terrible. Luxembourg is far too small. Very corporate environment, don't expect a startup culture. Frugality is so 2007.",Prevent your employees from leaving after 9pm.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2430.htm
32080,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"Good working environment and received proper training in the first four weeks. I got the choice to work on different project and met a lot of new people. Overall, good experience.","The workload was a lot, and have to come to the office at 8 o'clock. Sometimes, felt very hard to communicate with other departments in the company.","As an intern, I did feel that sometimes I am not really involving in the company, and I have to spend a lot of time working on the same type of work. So improving the internships work experience will be my advice.",3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32081,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,Impossible,"Ok money, paid introduction, free soft drinks, subsidised cateen","Impossible to do as many hours as they want unless you are a robot. If you like aching backs, legs shoulders and feet work here.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32082,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program manager,Great place to work - Amazon.in. High recognition,low work life balance otheriwse ok,no issues with the management,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32083,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 17, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not what I was expecting,Met amazing people during my years. You are surrounded by very smart people and some good friends (including my managers),"Oncall duty can be a nightmare. The daily tasks are not so satisfying in terms of the documentation, tools and the work itself.",none,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32084,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources,The culture differs from team to team!,"-Great product -Flexible working hours -Autonomy in working -The culture depends a lot on the team you are a part of. Amazon is huge and it does not have a single culture across teams, departments locations. your experience will completely depend on which team and manager you land up with.","Based on my experience: - Weak leadership in support function -Focus on short term goals -Does not encourage communication within teams and across levels which hampers learning in a major way -Your career development is a factor of only your contributions and your networking skills and the leadership does not have any role to play. -For support function, Amazon is a great brand for a short period. -Taking into account my own experience and some of my colleagues, this place does not live up to the mark in ethics and professionalism.",I am pretty sure they don't take advises :),2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32085,amazon,"Gourock, Scotland (UK)"," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - Team Member,Team lead/ manager,"Friendship, solidarity within workforce,attitude and knowing we provide a great service","Numbers, managers that attend a course and become managers ???",Reduce concentration on productivity...sales are sales the companies commitments will be met regardless of individual performance,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32086,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Subject Matter Expert,VCM Associate,You are allowed to bring your ideas to the table. You are given an opportunity to showcase your talent and grow. It is always Day 1,You get too comfortable and lazy.,Continue the same vigor.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32087,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support,classic call center,-Average money -Great colleagues (excluding management),"-Friendly relationship with your colleagues is mostly based on the fact that there is no competition between you since there are almost non-existent career growth opportunities -Poor salary increase(s) / if any -every minute of your time is counted, if you use bathroom for one minute more than you are allowed to, you can expect a 121 with your teamlead talking about your attitude towards the company -poor performance metrics measuring, very often you are just unable to affect them, when you complain that its not your fault, they dont care -you are just a number -managers can be split into two groups: 1. these managers dont care about you at all, all they care about is just climbing the ladder themselves, so just provide him with the numbers he need and be quiet 2. they care, but cant help you as they are incompetent -people leaving the company all the time -call center","Well, the lower management is mostly incompetent however the higher management should perform some organizational changes, like create more teams , that way more position for advisors, team leads and so on , so people can move up at least a bit , because so far it is one position opened every 2 years and 50 people waiting for it, very sad",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32088,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst I,Not for everyone,"Very dynamic environment, you learn a lot Many smart and driven people Great leadership principles, you can disagree with your superiors and it won't count against you Interesting problems to work on and you can have an impact early on","Long working hours. In some teams, people stay regularly to 8 or 9 pm or even later. Even though no one tells you to stay, you feel guilty to leave earlier.  Salary is not great - and the company policies kinda screw internals when it comes to promotions. I am convinced that if you want to make career here, you are better off leaving and returning later.",Track working hours and penalize managers whose reports work consistently too loo long. Stop claiming on job offers that applicants needs many years of relevant experience when you then hire people fresh from school - like this you just exclude conscientious people.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32089,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work!,Nice work and good colleagues,no cafeteria in office is a big problem,Start a cafeteria in office,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2431.htm
32090,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough but worth,- fast growing - many other opportunities,- Hard work - Very competitive environment,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32091,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Ok place to work for,+ Reasonable Pay + Interesting work + No shortage of work + Work with some clever people,- Work rate expectations are a little too high - Work life balance not great - Poor initial introductory training,"Lower the work rate expectations slightly and trade this for employee development, I am sure more innovation will follow.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32092,amazon,Brisbane (Australia)," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Constantly Building Software,"Getting to build stuff that people use and love, everything you build is huge, considerable freedom to solve problems, working with super smart people, people like amazon.","The freedom comes with a requirement to self-manage, massively distributed systems mean a team you have never heard of can break your service, upper management can sometimes be overreactive.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32093,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 9, 2016",Former Employee - Karnataka,I was a QAE in Amazon,"good culture, good work life balance, free cab facility",can improve on salary and should cancel on calls,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32094,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,good place for beginners,You get a lot of exposure. Flexible timings. Best place to explore. NO pressures. No stress. Employee friendly.,Can't find a con about the company.,Try your best to retain good employees. Don't let them go.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32095,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer I,Software Engineer,I thing it's a great company to work in!,Unfortunately there is no cafeteria :),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32096,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very good company,"They take a very good care of their employees be it the transport, food, work environment and even the best opportunities for future employment could be explored in the company",Nothing much but the compensation is comparatively less and the work load during the peak season was too much and were asked to work overtime,"Try to keep it simple during peak seasons too much of overtime is not going to do anyone any good, a comprehensive survey on pay scale might be required",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32097,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - FinOps Analyst,One of the best place to work,One can balance professional and personal life both. Employee friendly organization.,I did not find any,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32098,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Quality Engineer,Good place to work,"Great place to work, very flexible and highly talented mind to work with and learn new things. People respect ideas and suggestion",Few team management might be little hard to handle. At times they think the amount of work you do should be directly proportional to years experience,There should be more skip level meeting organized with the employees and management. There should be more skip level meeting organized with the employees and management.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32099,amazon,Bad Hersfeld (Germany)," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Outbound Order Picker,"I'm a professional walker,Walking 7.5 hours a day with two 30 min Breaks.","friendly environment gut starting wage,the cafeteria tries offering a variety of options.But they sell no fruits.when walking 15+k per day you really need live foods.","In my position you work alone the majority of the shift,walking through the whole shift easily 15k or more per shift.",I'm believe it would be fair for leads and management to participate in working the same positions as the workers below them.It's easy to sit behind a desk and manipulate the badge program to order your pickers here and there.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2432.htm
32100,amazon,none," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I wouldn't,Its good for the money,If you don't live in Rugley it sucks,If you like to travel and work 10 hours go for it,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32101,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA,Best place to work and learn,no negative feedbback as i joined sometime back,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32102,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer,support enginner,"Technology, workplace, knowledge, compensation, culture, fun","hard work, shifts, boards, rumour , water",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32103,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Fraud Analyst,fraud analyst,"lot to learn everyday, interesting mix of customer service, legal/administrative job","it can be quite boring and repetitive, it can be quite monitored and under pressure enviroment","work system was a bit hard to handle and impractical, complex operational system",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32104,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Shop Floor,Brilliant,"Good pension scheme, a good team of Co workers, meeting interesting people","Long hours, non flexible hours if a single working parent, average pay for the amount of work put in",Pay rises please,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32105,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,as a software engineer for four years,people are very bright. play around with cutting-edge tech access to senior tech,Too stressful Too much politics in the India offices,More transparency in the India offices,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32106,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receiver,"The wage is given on time, serious job","It is a hard job for a girl, the agency is not doing its best to make you certain of the job. They are hiring only temporary employees.",Be honest with your employees.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32107,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager III,Dynamic and forever changing,Super smart people and constant drive to do more. Your learn a lot and be part of exciting growth and opportunity to really make a difference.,Operates in a state of chaos that can be exhausting,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32108,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be careful what you wish for,The working environment at Amazon is very nice and they have a good canteen.,The work /life balance is horrendous and they are not compassionate about their employees problems or challenges.,Very little you can say to a management team that has all of the answers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32109,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Processing Associate,My experience in Amazon,Great place to work at! Amazingly good crowd!,The management with the internal annual review and promotions could be handled more efficiently!,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2433.htm
32110,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Processing Associate,My experience in Amazon,Great place to work at! Amazingly good crowd!,The management with the internal annual review and promotions could be handled more efficiently!,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32111,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Account Specialist,Wonderful career place,"Wonderful Workplace with great allowance on Leaves and Exceptions. Cool workplace as far as work ,attire,discipline and behavior is concerned.",Sometimes Employees voice is neglected and has more weight showing up on numbers and groupisms.. I faced a workplace harassment issue which was least bothered. Disappointed by the response and drama played by the staff. But not all teams are like that. I worked for an year and this was the only issue with the only team which was not dealt with.,"Bias for an action is great, Keep up the great work.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32112,amazon,"Glenrothes, Scotland (UK)"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stower,"Quick and Easy to learn the job, free coffee, met new friends through work colleagues, good pay","Long hours, Receive Errors if not done correctly and to high standard.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32113,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,Amazing growth opportunity in the company,Location in a fulfillment centre outside of city,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32114,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work on,Good place to work on,hectic work load and pressure,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32115,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Time at Amazon,Learn how to run a business. Some good people.,"Unpredictable, brutal, dont listen to staff.",Listen to your emloyees on how you can improve,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32116,amazon,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,It was a terrible existence bunch of bullys trying to make you feel small they're motto safety first Lies,It's a job you get paid but not much else not anything nice to say about the place,A bunch of bullies and hypocrites who will treat like poo and have no desire to care for your well being,Stop being a fud,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32117,amazon,none," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Good quality work environment in india,Not flexible when it comes to timings,nothing much. everything otherwise is fine,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32118,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Work,Good company .. atmosphere is good,Rotational shifts for every 3 months,N/A,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32119,amazon,none," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,Mixed Feelings,"Ownership - Wherever you are in the hierarchy you have projects to own and drive. If you like challenges then Amazon challenges you by allowing you to own projects and deliver them. It is especially very good if you plan on building a strong set of experiences.  Leadership principles - Leadership principles drive Amazon's culture and they are very well crafted. Adhering to them has made Amazon what it is today and hence the leadership principles are worth a praise  Impact - Each problem you solve here has a definite impact at the ground level (to the customer). You improve a process, you create a system, you innovate and deliver... whatever you do it drives productivity and customer satisfaction. That is one big plus of your work here. You can see the impact you create right away in a few days to weeks time. No other place will help you with such awesomeness.  Customer interaction - Many companies shield their employees from the customers. Only a specific set of people are allowed such contact. Whereas Amazon trusts you and puts you in direct touch with customers.  Interesting problems to solve & Learning - There are a huge number of interesting problems to solve in Amazon. In this process you learn a lot in a very short span of time. That is one big plus.  Career growth - You work hard then you grow fast. Promos are not time based (in general) and are heavily performance driven. If you want to learn, solve interesting problems and make an impact then Amazon is the place to be in","There is only one motto here. Work hard, have zero fun and make Bezos very rich :). Oh, money they hand over to you is meager compared to what you contribute to this company.  Culture - Dog eat dog culture. Candidates are pitted against each other in everything and you have to fight your way out. An example to this is that, my manager kept me in the dark and showcased my immensely successful project to the Vice President and earned accolades for it. I was forced to go attend another meeting during that time (and I couldnt do anything about it). I came to know about it when the VP started praising my manager in a meeting with the SVP.  Work / Life - Depending on your team you either have too much of life or too much of work. There is no middle ground. Too much work makes it a very exciting place but your health gets affected. If you like being a part of a pack of wolves, can sustain harsh treatment and believe that career growth comes at the expense of life then Amazon is the place to be in.  Intense work environment: Depending on the team, papers get thrown around (or on your face). Profanities directed at a personal level are made and all of it is directed only towards whether you win your point or the opponent wins it. There is absolutely zero listening. It is always 100% talk pushing your points down someone elses throat, However forceful it might be. You grow only that way.  Hard work is a given and smart work is also given. What matters then is how long can you work without sleeping and taking holidays. That determines your success here :). NYTimes article is correct to certain extent and it is not entirely incorrect.",Bezos should know where to draw the line between employee exploitation and fun. Amazon is no longer a unicorn startup. It has been 20 years and expectation of employees from Amazon is far different from startups. It makes sense for Amazon to at least match up its incentives with the marketplace rather than always expecting people to cash in on stocks which has more or less hit the roof.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2434.htm
32120,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service associate,great environment ... many things to learn... i jst started working there for last 6 months.. great life,very hectic schedule.. cant get time to relax,keep going,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32121,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Good opportunities if you want to change teams/roles,No WLB. Culture isnt good. The work is not too impressive,Improve the company culture.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32122,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Good place to work,Good culture. Not much stress.,Nothing as of now. It's great,Na,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32123,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Middle managers are plague,"Fast paced development. Great development tools, access to principal engineers and other senior engineers one can learn from.","Most of the software development managers are clueless bean counters who know next to nothing about engineering, but still love to order people around and do not hesitate to show ""who's the boss"".",Hire some better managers for god's sake,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32124,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Great work environment, nice coworkers and technical experience.",Salary is not as good as other companies. Daily work maybe boring.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32125,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - IT,IT Tech,Good Pay above the average,A Lot of work supporting multiple site on several task with a lot of pressure and no support due to small teams,none,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32126,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Work culture is cool, salary is nice","A bit stressful, overloaded with work",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32127,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk investigator,Good job role for people planning for their career into MBA in operations or business analytics,Limited career opportunities if moving out of company,"Leadership team is good and deals well with people, except for the targets that pressurizes the employee",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32128,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Vvendor Manager,Proactive and excellent team. Constant learning.,long working hours. Difficult to get promoted,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32129,amazon,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Marketing,Its online saying and it very accurate to work from home,juste i have to stay alone at home but its ok as long am having fun with customer online,It has to be good for all,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2435.htm
32130,amazon,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Marketing,Its online saying and it very accurate to work from home,juste i have to stay alone at home but its ok as long am having fun with customer online,It has to be good for all,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32131,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Tamil Nadu,Good org,Flexible timing. Work life balance. Work from home option,No growth. No visibility. Limited hirarchy,Nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32132,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Hell hole,Plenty of travel if that's what you're after also lots of opportunities in terms of moving jobs etc. Good pace to the work.,"Place is completely up its own behind on its Leadership principles or LP's as the folks call it who've been there more than 3 months. Interview and hiring process is ridiculous with no quality control on folks who are doing the interviews. All you have to do is do a class and that's it your interviewing. I've regularly seen guys turned down for jobs for the flimsiest of reasons, eg missing some skills which could have easily been trained within a week or 2 of them joining - instead of focusing on raw ability.",Get some sort of canteen installed where people can get a sandwich. Put water stations in so people can get a drink of water. Communicate more to your staff as to longer terms plans and demonstrate joined up thinking at the top levels so all departments which have need to know on projects find out at the same time - eg no lag between capacity planning giving the go ahead on a project and HR and the recruiting functioning finding out when its too late to get headcount on board.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32133,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No respect for Employees,"There are many company Perks. Cab facilities 24/7, Free Tea/Coffee, Many Leaves. Festival Gifts.","There are tons of leaves, but the company does not let you take any. Employees are given the least preference and respect. They are not valued for the work they do. In terms of promotions and Salary Rise, minimal increments are given.",Please stop turning it into a Call-Center Environment. Please reach respect employees needs i power with the Business Needs.,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32134,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Good to work,Great place to work. A very cool culture. Work pressure is not that much. Time to explore and learn new technologies.,No proper feedback given continuously.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32135,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Great Company to work with,There are no cons according to me,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32136,amazon,none," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depnds on your team,"Pay is great, the name of the company is obviously better. You could get into teams which are hectic round the year or having a burst of stretches and better times.",You could get into teams which are hectic round the year or having a burst of stretches and better times.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32137,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Greate place for Learn,"development ,salary, greate benfits for every employers good opportunity discount on amazon pension and medical insurances and everything else is greate. Building is very very nice","big pressure, often overtime working needs more understanding from senior management in working, othervise everything is ok . . .",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32138,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Immense opportunity at some cost,"I get to work with some of the brightest people in the world, which is a truly amazing experience. Being surrounded by this much talent really helps you to lift your own game. I also get to build software that is used by (very large number) of software developers around the world, and which impacts >1 billion of their users. That's just insane.","That insane amount of impact also leads to crazy pressure when things aren't going right. The weight of the world will be on your shoulders. Are you Atlas? I'm not. It can hurt.  You've also got to be incredibly careful not to try keeping up with everyone else around you, or you will burn out. Just accept that everybody else is likely smarter than you, and you've just got to do the best you can. Learn to say no sometimes.","Deliver Results is the last leadership principle on the list, not the first. We should value people not only for what they delivered this quarter and year, but for how they went about doing it. The impact they had on our customers, our company and our teams. We should demonstrate that valuing publicly and frequently.",3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32139,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior subject matter expert,"Better facilities, better pay, transport","No growth path, favoritism, politics","Need to plan properly and execute the projects, need to have a proper growth path for the employees, make sure the rules of the organization applies for everyone",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2436.htm
32140,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,System engineer,"Good Work Life.. You are surrounded by some of the smartest engineers in the world, so you learn a lot..",Work pressure.. Work life balance was sometimes out of whack..,No work/life balance consideration from management (either you put the limits or you'll be squeezed out for free),4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32141,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction risk investigator,- Work from home. - Free transport - People (young),- Situated far away from the city. - Bad traffic (KR Puram). - Bad growth,- growth,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32142,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not to bad,easy work and good pay,very long hours and lots of walking,n/a,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32143,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator (TRMS),Would advice to join here as the last resort,Good work culture Good amenities to employees Fast paced environment,Gets very monotonous working on amazon proprietary software does not develop any further skill set,Help employees improve their skill set!,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32144,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Amazon India,-> Encourages taking ownership and working on multiple projects -> Very competitive peer group -> Lots of learning experience and opportunities to work in multiple teams,-> Work life balance can be better,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32145,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon EU,"Very interesting and dynamic place to work, some of the people who work there are truly impressive and everyone seems to be pulling in the same direction.",There is a general disregard for the wellbeing of the employees which manifests itself in a high level of turnover and many really good people leaving.,The kudos of working for a successful company is currently a big draw but the lack of focus on employee wellbeing will ultimately stunt the growth of such a great company.,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32146,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 6, 2016",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Good First Experience,"Overall a good first experience in a professional environment, providing equal opportunity to express ourselves. The work environment is modern and young with many useful resources at our disposal. Management staff are friendly and supportive.",Low Compensation for being located in a metropolitan city. Expectations to work over time with minimal compensation. Lack of internal growth and promotions for long term employees.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32147,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Business Operations Specialist,"Great company, poor management",Flexibility of working hours Chilled out people,Poor management Dirty politics Monotonous Operations work Not many growth opportunities,Hire the best of the managers and give growth opportunities to everyone regardless of length of service,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32148,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Avoid,There is no solid reason for working at this company.,"This review applies to the office in Vancouver, Canada. Unbelievably cheap office, furnished like a sweat-shop, with worse furniture than found in student dorms. It is possible to undergo an ergonomic evaluation and get slightly better furniture, but this generally requires a minimum wait of 2-3 months because expense approvals take forever. In the name of high density, workspaces are packed to the limit, leading to very high noise and distraction, never enough conference rooms, and never enough washrooms. That's right, long waits for washrooms is the norm, and employees are sometimes encouraged to use nearby cafes to attend nature's urgent calls. Developers are forced to write code in slow virtualized environments because the underlying platform is obsolete and no longer supported by current hardware. Development tools are abysmal. There's no on-site recruiter, and near non-existent human resources staff. On-site security consists mainly of a grumpy elderly man who prowls the office and threatens the company's own employees for not wearing their badges visibly enough.",Try to be more like other successful software companies.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32149,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,poor opportunities,"global company, many people working from all over the world. some good parties","no opportunities to grow or change area. unfair management culture,","show you appreciate the employees, is not always about just the money",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2437.htm
32150,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,i like to work in amazon,many opportunities available in amazon,no cons.i like to work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32151,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Associate,Good work culture and healthy environment,graveyard shifts and lot of work to do in 9 hours,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32152,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior web developer,good place and people to work with,management is too slow in taking any decision,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32153,amazon,"Gourock, Scotland (UK)"," Feb 5, 2016","Former Employee - Warehouse Operator, Packer",Warehouse Operative,"Very organized environment for someone to work, colleagues helps you quickly adapt, good education and managers who know very well their work.",For me personally the disadvantage to work in the Amazon is that it is away from the area where I live and the costs for tickets were many in relation to the salary.,"I have only good words to say about the manager in section working (packing sction), they helped me a lot in the matter of my role and communication with them was exactly what we expected.I have only good words to say about the manager in section working, they helped me a lot in the matter of my role and communication with them was exactly what we expected.",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32154,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,NDE,Good environment for career development,Too standardized deployment and tools,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32155,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Great learning opportunity. Challenging and exciting work.,"High work pressure, Tight deadlines, Work culture is not so great",To try to maintain a balance between work and personal life,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32156,amazon,Paris (France)," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Good place to work and learn (very fast),"Exciting environment, fast paced and very result driven. Working with very smart people and always raising the bar in term of standards and goals to reach. People are recruited with a lot of attention and company invests a lot on the long term.","Work life balance is challenging to manage, but manageable. Promotions process is hard and standards are both high and fast changing.",Insisting more and more on on developing people is key and sometime not well prioritized in some geographies.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32157,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QAE,"Good environment, lot of learning opportunities,",internship period is too lengthy,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32158,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Place to learn,"Great brand, Excellent learning opportunity. Exposure is linked to the individual and is pretty good.",Growth is specific to org. - My org was pathetic- Supply Chain India team.,Try understanding employees better. Open door etc is just on paper.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32159,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,Perfect place for passionate,Amazon makes me feel fresh and happy every minute from the day I joined. Amazon has a joyous ambiance that makes you work as well as have fun.,Nothing much to right here.,"Communication within teams is great, between teams is poor -Different teams work at different paces, so dependencies can lead to deadlocks",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2438.htm
32160,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Stress can be another word for Amazon,"1. Good Learning opportunities, depends upon the team you join. 2. Works on scale 3. Good Salary.",1. No work life balance. 2. One will always feel stressed and tired. 3. Monotonous offices. 4. Bad food.,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32161,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Partner Manager,"Great time, great people, shame about slow progression",Work with an absolutely fantastic team of talented hard working people. Genuinely fun place to work.,Individual performance is not measured correctly. Progression is a slow and bureaucratic process.,Some could really need it with some formal management training. Training has got better but still poor overall.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32162,amazon,"Loughor, Wales (UK)"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OUTBOUND PICKER,got fitter lost weight good rates of pay,physicaly demanding and mentaly tyring,give more information on targets with different picking paths,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32163,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,transaction risk investigator,good work culture.challenges.constructive feedback. friendly senior staff. transparency.,no use of this work outside amazon. no job security.,provide some training's which is useful to the employee outside the company,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32164,amazon,"Poznań, Greater Poland (Poland)"," Jan 17, 2016",Former Employee - IT Technician,IT Technician,"* Interesting job, * Good atmosphere at work * Smart people in the team, willing to support, * Fair shifts planning.","* Sometime lots of the tasks to cope with simultaneously, * Salary might be higher,",Reword people more for the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32165,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall would recommend,You get to work with awesome people,Work is too taxing sometimes,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32166,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job life at amazon,really good.the atmosphere is really stressfree.all the people aare really good and friendly.,the working hours can sometimes be long and boring.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32167,amazon,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - Shop Floor,It was a complete pleasure to work for this company. Everyone helped me along the way when I didn't know what to do,The staff were amazing and very very friendly. When I started I did not know what to do. It was a great pleasure,I can not honestly think of any cons atall. My work with this company was a complete pleasure. Helpful and very friendly,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32168,amazon,none," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,It is a best platefhorm to earn the money by showing its adds on your website,You will finds the some money as a partner conditions and some hardworking is compulsory after you will get a lot of,Ok,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32169,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - Data Engineer,Great place to work - Compensation needs improvement,- Very aggressive work culture - Lots of learning and development avenues - Slightly better pay than market - Very open and transparent culture about internal job transfers (including international) - The 14 leadership principles are well thought out and applicable in all aspects of life - Awesome internal tools for automating trivial tasks,"- Compensation lower for the work we do - The leadership principle of ""Frugality"" is sometime mood-killer and frustrating - Poke your manager for your growth",- Focus a bit on employee benefits and growth along with business development,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2439.htm
32170,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Flexible working hours. Promotions etc,Pressure is high during Q4 timeframe. One have to work hard during Q4,Not much. I think they are doing just fine,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32171,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job life at amazon,really good.the atmosphere is really stressfree.all the people aare really good and friendly.,the working hours can sometimes be long and boring.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32172,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,short title,"You find an open minded, diverse culture",Could deliver more trainings for leadership,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32173,amazon,Unknown (Bangladesh)," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - HRBP,HRBP,The only pros is the total compensation pay,"Politics, unfair treatment, lack of training, in order to survive one must be able to fit in, forget about family time and force ranking system",Hire Sr. Management with soft skills and who are willing to develop the team.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32174,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Fast delivery service and great products always arrive in good condition, you can make a shopping list, easy payment process,","Buy now button can be pressed on accident quite easily, many products don't have very helpful reviews or any at all",Put the buy now button at the sides of the pages instead of underneath product maybe? Not aloy I can say I love Amazon,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32175,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Love the way company is streamlined Any major or minor work issues are resolved quickly My first company never wanted to leave it Benefits and compensations love them' Strong determination for the operations,The higher authorities are good the immediate management lacks managerial options Helpful,Not great growth in verticals other than Software,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32176,amazon,none," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working hours,Fast paced environment with a lot of change and responsibility and opportunity to travel if you are interested in that.,"You have to work very long hours and sometimes at weekends also for some people this becomes the norm, especially late night calls with Seattle.",The company is all about the long term in its decision making process however they need to apply the same logic when thinking about the employees.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32177,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Management,Love the way company is streamlined Any major or minor work issues are resolved quickly My first company never wanted to leave it Benefits and compensations love them' Strong determination for the operations,The higher authorities are good the immediate management lacks managerial options,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32178,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Technician,Lucky- if you are in a good team,there arnt much good things but few! :Good salary : nice exposure,":only work, no fun :same repetitive work :poor hikes",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32179,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - French Catalog Associate,Exceeds Expectations,"Good colleagues, good work atmosphere",not much contact with senior management,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2440.htm
32180,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,GOOD for starters,Good company for freshers who have just passed out from college,Not great growth in verticals other than Software,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32181,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Picker/Packer,Amazing,Meeting new people and gaining new skills in different ares of the warehouse,Set tasks to follow.. constantly being pushed to your limits which is good,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32182,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overworked underpaid,Easy easy easy good exercise,Repetive & tiring & boring awkward hours,Get robots,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32183,amazon,Werne (Germany)," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"flexible, paid vacation, sick leave","no advantage, no growth, they dont think about the workers, too business mentality, less pay",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32184,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 9, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Test Engineer,Excellent,"Good Work Experience Best Facility, Good teamwork, good work environment",No Cons...except some some bad people among the employers,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32185,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 3, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,1 star because you can't give it negative stars on the system,Its a growing company. They are trying to do everything. They have a strong vision of what they are trying to do. Free coffee and tea.,Its a sweat shop. They are completely up their own backsides with their leadership principles. Takes them forever to turn around hiring because they insist on hiring the right candidate and use people who are ridiculously time constrained to do it - meanwhile all round them teams are bleeding and working round the clock.,Supply free aspirin so staff have a chance of surviving a heart attack or stroke that working their will inevitably bring on.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32186,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"Worklife balance, great management, great perks",Work sometime becomes too much and not enough people are around to push the purchases through,Try to adjust for season change better,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32187,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - CSA,Cs,Great environment. Cool benefits. Best place to hangout during festivals. Fun activities.,Work pressure. Over excessive MOTs. Common in every industry though.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32188,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoy working at Amazon,"- Learning opportunities for everyone, doesnt matter what level are you hired at - Talented engineers around you, easy to do teamwork - If you want to thrive and grow, no one will stop you at Amazon",- Politics in management (just like every other company) - Very few managers are unbiased and good in people's management,"Keep yourself unbiased Only an underperforming engineer should pay the price, not just any random engineer just because end review should have someone underperforming.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32189,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,cultures good.. .... ...... ......... ....,depends on manager.... .. ............. .............,need to respect employee...... ...... ....... ............,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2441.htm
32190,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,cultures good.. .... ...... ......... ....,depends on manager.... .. ............. .............,need to respect employee...... ...... ....... ............,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32191,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovation everyday,"Great company, loved the principals and ethics of all the people and the drive to innovate daily",Change happens so fast the company can lose sight of their good people that struggle to adapt at speed.,Make sure that process is not a hindrance to success.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32192,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on your Luck,I got into bad team but many teams are good. good working environment and people.,but solely depends on your team. I have seen bad teams,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32193,amazon,Chen (India)," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - CATALOG Analyst,Catalogue associate,Westernised work culture Ample space for food Sports and other events Freshers feel comfortable Open feedbacks goven Cab facility Good place for women Flexible for leaves,Everything looks fine initially but as u keep working with them roles increase rapidly Sometimes u feel free other times u feel too stressed Don't trust all teammates Impress manager act like u r working too much Any projects u do without the managers knowledge can make him angry but he won't show it directly but rather will affect ur growth in the long run. If u r a person who can't do monotonous job please opt out Pay is peanuts To see somebody not working that much yet paid better than u is a very common thing here More than working hard its imp that I flaunt it in front of ppl to be recognised Outings r the only times u feel happy They ll male u leave company if they don't need u Settlement made after retirement is absolutely disappointing nothing explained,Have a valid Hr team to take care of retiring employee's though I know u don't care about them U allowed us to use headsets play TT and provided us with beanbags at start but now uve removed it all or starting to limit all of em..u cudve very well not provided them at all in the first place U check discipline of an employee at l2 levels but do u know how people at other levels behave esp when it comes to termination?? It's so sad after years of exp at your company h just chuck him out like a waste piece of something Please show respect for a human being as well..laying off people can be scrutinized,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32194,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 24, 2015",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Fast-pace, smart people, fun workplace, excellent growth","You'll work with great people and learn a lot. You will be expected to hold yourself to high standards. The company is large and you can move about/change your role to keep challenging yourself (but when you get into a role, you are expected to stay in it for 1-2 years before moving again). The company is a market leader and the quality of most functions is really high. Despite lots of work and the fast pace, there are enough get togethers/parties/celebrations.","You need to work smart to keep up with the fast pace, you need to be able to identify what is important and what is not, and drop the not so important stuff -- and be prepared to justify your decision. Most managers will understand if you made a mistake as long as you thought about it rationally first.  Your career is in your hands -- most everyone is too busy to do more than give you high-level advice. If you keep your head down and become excellent at your level, you will remain a highly appreciated employee at your level. To be promoted, you need to try and get involved in things that give higher ups a chance to see your work.  Salaries are not the highest, though they are not bad either. You could get more elsewhere (but the workplace and colleagues may not be as great as here).","Great work, keep it up. You might be losing some great employees because of compensation or because they want to get promoted and it takes too long.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32195,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good company for freshers,Work environment is nice. Work life balanced.,Excessive cost cutting. Outings are very cheap and sometimes no quarter outings. No bonus. New comers dont get chance to learn more. Older employess are assigned for extra work. Employess willing to learn are not taken care off.,Date of joining doesnt matter. Quality of work n keen to learn matters. Give chance to others equally. Amazon is generating great revenues all bcoz of employees working here. Please give bonus n perks as a reward.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32196,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,KYC Investigator,"Fixed shifts, 31 vacation days per year, shares, full medical coverage, pension contributions","career progression - very hard to achieve, maternity leave not paid","Better career options, better work-life balance especially for young families (maternity leave, work from home and similar)",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32197,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Its good,You get autonomy to work on anything you like. You get to work with some of the best minds in industry,Long hours and no clear direction. Politics at senior levels and people care less about customers that whats talked about.,Dont punish your best employees by making them work hard and paying them less,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32198,amazon,none," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you are ok with night shifts,Great work culture. Good lateral growth but upward growth takes time.,bad work life balance. prolonged night shift and low NSA.,Take better care of employees and conduct exit interviews and take them seriously.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32199,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Jan 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Continuous learning,"Great people, attention to details",Eccess of bias for action sometimes lead to confused processes,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2442.htm
32200,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Delivery Associate,i give 2 star,Amazon e-commerce company gives 2 days off,This company is a good for nothing for employees,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32201,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Logistics Assistant,Assisstant,high salary good experience one of the mos important companies in the world good atmosphere with the rest of the employees,"not flexible schedule, since you have to work overtime quite often. I do not have anything else to say as a cons",Apply,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32202,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - CSA,CSA,Opportunity to serve Overtime welcome Wide scope of learning about customer service,Inflexible work time Unfair Service Rating System Absence even due to illness frowned upon,Employee treatment should be brought up to par with customer-centric objectives.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32203,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Great Passtime for the xmas period.,Free coffee Free coffee Free Cofeee,short breaks. By the time you sat down to eat it was time to go back in and work...,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32204,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,could be worse... i guess,lots of friendly staff and long breaks,over worked and under paid,sort out contract hours,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32205,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Satisfied,- amazing people to work with - meritocracy - things move quite fast,"- work/life balance could be better, but it's not too bad neither - promotions are difficult",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32206,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,Amazinibgly smart people and lots of interesting problems to solve,More work than people so it can get a little crazy,Hire more people,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32207,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Datacenter Linux Engineer,Trap for people that think they could advance,Very easy to get this job making it easy starting point in IT if you had no previous IT experience,Long hours Shift pattern from hell Impossible to advance or move to other teams inside Amazon No training opportunities except of initial work training,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32208,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Seller Support,"Relaxed work culture, opportunities to learn and grow.","Long working hours, no work-life balance, Management needs to interact with employees more often.","Just don't stick to deadlines, make an effort to listen to your employees and their concerns.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32209,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Associate,"The company teaches you very well, gives a great work experience",The growth for any position is little slow and take some time.,Please review the growth policies .,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2443.htm
32210,amazon,"Vaughan, ON (Canada)"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Stock,Stock,Thought that it was a fun and easy job environment to get into as well as being very straight forward and easy to comprehend.,I didn't like the hrs and j really thought that we were all under payed and weren't given enough hrs for us to keep this as a sustainable job,Thought that it was a great work environment with good people and the job it self was very simple I found.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32211,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Internship,Intern at Kindle team,Great work and extremely smart and motivated peers,Too much work load and no sort of work life balance. Average number of hours everyday at work will be minimum 14 and have worked even more than that and seen people staying at office all the time.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32212,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"The principles of the company are not just words on the wall, they really do form the basis of everything you do - and your success is measured against them.  The business is fast-paced and roles can be undefined. That means you get exposure to a lot that you wouldn't in a more stagnant company. It's great if you're curious and want to learn or don't have a clear idea of where you want your career to go.",The pace and the level of ambiguity can be exhausting and at times disheartening. If you're somebody who needs a lot of structure it can take some serious adjustment.,Make time to develop your employees or at least guide them and encourage them to do that for themselves - as the business is moving so fast we need to constantly be learning to keep up.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32213,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, have fun, make history.","Fast moving, loads to learn and it's impossible to stagnate in a role - if you do, you're doing something wrong. Lots of really bright people to learn from, very open about career development and internal opportunities.","Long working hours - which is great if your enjoying what you're doing, but there's a lot of expectation around being able to join calls during evenings and weekends.","Having a bias for action is great, but sometimes things need to be thought through a little more before launching off in a certain direction.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32214,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Catalogue Associate,Good Company to work,"Good Work-Personal Life balance, Good Scope",New project information are not communicated across team. rather they are distributed on the basis of favourism.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32215,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations manager,"good opportunities, fast pace dynamic company",not so great work life balance to say the least,none,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32216,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 2, 2016","Current Employee - Data Center Hardware &amp, Linux Engineer",it's just the technician role,A lot of time to yourself,"Shift work, directed workflow, 12 hrs working day, no path forward",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32217,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Perfectly suits ,"Infinite:) 1) Very friendly environment and excellent 2) Good pay, bonuses( Rewards) and loads of fun in between. 3) Growth perspective is healthy at various positions.","Work life balance and switching shifts all of a sudden with changing work flows depending on sale. New hires could opt for cross skill where they turn new to the process again. You may turn in to ""Jack of all trades and expert of none"" . But I hope this is not issue as you will have ample support for new hires at your back for help. You have to be cautious of your performance as it is regularly monitored and leads to retraining and termination( Serious on scale of 10/10)",None as it is possibly the best. I am greatly indebted to you for the chance given to me.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32218,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,Amazon CS Ireland,- Innovative company - Good stock options,- stretched staff with absolute minimal resources available (if any) - difficult performance review process and meeting the curve.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32219,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,We will be busy at the office almost all the time. We will learn a lot about tools.,"There are no proper recreational facilities. Half the time, we have to work over time.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2444.htm
32220,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Poor Life Work Balance,"Good Money, really big step to be callen from other companies, a jump in your CV","NO paid extra hours, too much hours working per day (average 10 per day), including holidays and weekends","Take care of your employees, average stay in Amazon is less than 2 years, wonder why?",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32221,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Have Fun. Work Hard.,- competitive salary - nice benefits,- competitive environment (stack ranking) - bad work/life balance,the way engineers are evaluated puts own evaluation before team goals. it would be a much better environment if reaching team goals is valued more than the individual goals.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32222,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Support Associate,Unorganized & Unprofessional. Doesn't understand work life balance.,"Can't think of anything actually. You learn nothing, they call themselves 'World's most customer centric organization' but do not understand how customer service actually works. Have policies they don't abide by. Hiring of poor talent at Associate and Manager level. 70% don't know how to communicate properly, even write business emails. Highly unorganized and unprofessional! You may like it if you joined as a fresher because you were never exposed to the corporate world.",Everything I said in Pros. They don't care about your personal life. Make you work overtime (11 hours a day) for pennys. Disappointing package at Associate level. Hire poor talent. Higher management is invisible.,"Get organized. Make sensible decisions. Hire the best. Interact with employees, listen to them. Happy employees lead to happy customers.",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32223,amazon,none," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR admin,"a lot of opened positions, for young people, attractive salary","no career development, pointless working tasks, the agreed work conditions were not fulfilled",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32224,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok Ok,Some teams have good work,Lots of politics. Difficult to survive,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32225,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEII II,Technical challenges Working with smart people Toronto has smaller office than Seattle,Some misunderstanding on frugality November perks compared to other big companies,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32226,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Packer,yuk yuk yuk,"none, i dont think there are any","hours, and general way management speak to staff",treat employees as humans,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32227,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Dec 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picker,"It was alright, I like working there but its a little stressful sometimes","It was alright, I enjoyed working there",Keep it up,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32228,amazon,Ambala (Sri Lanka)," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Sort Center Associate,check,"Free of mind. Easy shifts,good working atmosphere",Commitments not followed by management,Give two leave in month as committed,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32229,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazon,"Good place to start up your career, many expert in different region, all over the world. Interesting jobs are waiting for you.","Oncall, you have to oncall every other weeks, which may affect your sleep, current work, and relationship with your family and colleagues.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2445.htm
32230,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,support enginner,you can have your own working style,on-call work life balance is not much appreciated,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32231,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Dec 18, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,large company,they have great products and colleagues. all their offices are in nice locations. you will get a lot of support when ramping up,they need a better coffee machine,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32232,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Picker,anonim,"among other qualifications I worked as (picker, packer) but was ignored this fact very bad","I was rejected by a manager (except other managers) just because I worked elsewhere, and I asked to be transferred to packed, they ignored my request because I said my opinion about them and therefore more well they told me not to work there.","I'm not angry on no one, but the evil which he has done, I hope will go back to that manager, and he also have part of that evil done in his life.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32233,amazon,"Banga, Negros Occidental (Philippines)"," Jan 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,work life balance . many more to come..,the above is no so welcoming,lost all words..,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32234,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible Experience at AWS UK,Opportunity to self-learn Great processes Fast-paced Really strong people to learn from Strong brand name,"Terrible experience with the team. Negative and two faced. Only people who thrive in office politics or can suck up to their managers and feed their egos tend to do well.  Couldn't believe how unwelcoming and pathetic the induction process was. You're handed a book, expected to deal with stuff on your own and questions are not encouraged. Non collaborative, cold environment.  Team members love throwing you under the bus and managers are not good leaders. Brilliant people, but completely lack people skills.","Show some interest in growing your employees, not just bossing them around and taking long holidays.",1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32235,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS rocks.,"AWS is a fantastic org to work for, full of top talent looking to make a dent in the universe.","Lots of SDE1s running around actually doing all of the work. SDE2s and 3s barely program, they just sit there.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32236,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company,Amazon has great culture. People are smart there and down to earth. You can learn a lot.,"Package is not as good as other famous company. Promotion is hard. Of course, so does other good company:)",No specific advice to management. They may take more time to communicate with working level staff.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32237,amazon,Paris (France)," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,No more than 2 years,"Fast moving, so many areas of improvements, great future for the company. It is a great experience but you can t last.","Frugality, neglect employees, no carreer development, internal moves are so complex. Better to be a customer that an employee. Think about it. So much politics in the decision making and the reward system doesn t fairly work.",Think big,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32238,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work hard. Work more hard. Make history.,Nobody stops you from innovating. Very less politics.,You either get recognition by putting in a 200% or work life balance by putting in a 100%. No middle ground.,Treat employees like customers. Working backwards from customers perspective can make employees life hell,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32239,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,Intern,1) Learning 2) Great minds 3) Freedom to work on new projects,Work life balance 12 hours of work competitive environment,good going!,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2446.htm
32240,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Line Manager,line manager,the frendsship AND the benefits,no cons in the workplace,keep doing a good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32241,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,working with amazon,"good place to work and very helpful people when needed in the work place . good canteen , customer service . good rate of pay .",the prices are sometimes very very costly . and some of the reviews are not so straigh forward . customer service could be a little better,to try and lower some prices on some of the goods inside the company . as their is things alot cheaper any where else on internet or street,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32242,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Risk Investigator,Very good working environment and friendly,nothing as of now till experienced,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32243,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Good company to work for,Good company tenants. Great diversity of talented people. Possibility to advance and or change roles within company.,"Politics can be an issue, depending on where you land. However, I would say less so than other huge companies.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32244,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Associate,Day one benefits for direct hires. Constant feedback on a job well done leads to an environment and culture of positive re-enforcement.,"Shifts require you to be on your feet for long hours, in some cases spent walking the entire warehouse. Due to mass hirings during peak time congestion and overcrowding can be an issue.",Try to provide a better balance between mandatory overtime shifts that will allow associates time to actually rest between work weeks.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32245,amazon,Pune (India)," Dec 8, 2015","Current Employee - Manager, Recruitment",Challenging and full of learning,"Challenging job, big responsibilities, visibility, nice pay, fast-track growth, really good and casual culture, open door policy, supportive management, loads of learnings","Poor work-life balance, work stress, lack of proper systems, lack of standardization, very fast paced work environment, lot of chaos",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32246,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support,"Great People, Great training opportunities",Role is a bit tedious at times,Pay more attention,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32247,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn but not to settle,"Handsome Salary, Perks, Stock options, Good work culture, Great place to learn for freshers.",- Almost no work life balance. - Operational load at times. - Very high attrition rate.,Overloading engineers with work is not the way to go.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32248,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Graphic Design,Amazon,"Good environment, takes care of the employee. Feels a good place to learn and do what you like.",Small problems with the dynamics of the people. Some people would rather pull you down then rather take them self's a step higher.,Search for a way to give the employee small bonuses each moth depending one performance (with a total max of .. let say 10% of the salary).,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32249,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehuse Operative,Good rate of pay and some co-workers are really nice and helpful also some of the line mangers are nice and helpful,"Some of the trainers think they are the boss and try to bully you, some of the managers are arrogant and not very nice, tell you overtime is compulsory and if you don't do it you will be sacked","treat your staff a bit better and don't force them to do overtime, especially when you want them do 5 11hr nightshifts in row",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2447.htm
32250,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate,"Good pay rate, no heavy lifting, neat and clean work place",15-17 Km walking on 10 hour shift,should give option for 8 hour shift,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32251,amazon,Clichy (France)," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Site Merchandiser Specialist,Good company,"Good team spirit, skilled and intelligent people, environment is changing incredibly fast","Big workload, salaries are lower than major competitors",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32252,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company, very US centric","Unique environment, lots of new ideas and very tech heavy. Learn a lot. Very smart colleagues. Recently cool offices.",Very US centric so if you work outside the US you won't have much control. Very strong analytical and self-starter culture - you need to be prepared for this.,"Be honest about the level of autonomy mid/senior managers will have. Invest more in training new joiners on the systems that they'll be totally dependent on, particularly SQL.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32253,amazon,"Leeds, England (UK)"," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Hard work that never stops,Overtime always available for workers. Colleagues are great and company is responsive,Lower pay than I liked. Can get stressful especially around the holidays and black friday,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32254,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,picker,Easy job good for weight loss due to the amount of walking Good pay for a job that does not require much thought,"short, strict breaks lots of walking",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32255,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,great working conditions wonderful place,nones nothing nothing nothing nothing,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32256,amazon,Visakhapatnam (India)," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice place to learn,will have nice opportunity to learn new technologies. flexibility in work,salaries are not s good and due to less number of employees less communication,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32257,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Good company,"Dynamic, open culture, plenty of opportunities.",At times too much ambiguity leads to employees feeling lost. Often a bit bureaucratic!,Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32258,amazon,none," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Costumer service---TRMS department,"Nice working environment, the leader and colleague are nice.",the work is little boring.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32259,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,Great place to learn new things,Nice compensation Good environment to work Fast paced builds and deployments Chance to move to any other location without any hindrance,Not easy to change profile work for QAE is too specific and less to learn,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2448.htm
32260,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Risk Management and Analysis,Employee friendly Company,"Cab service, sodexo, no limits to attire, no limited breaks, no major monitoring, fun rooms, leaves and audience","Management, favoritism, no stable policies",Please rate the employee for what they do and please come up with a stable policy,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32261,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The average tenure for an Amazon employee is 9 to 12 months...,Nice office Knowledgeable teams in the US Better than average pay,"Zero work life balance Corporate culture (nothing like Google or Facebook) Disparity and lack of communication with cross functional teams, departments and senior management Amazon's peculiar ways Still very much a US centric company Gaps in knowledge  Basically if you want a rundown of why not to work at Amazon, read any recent articles about their culture at Tech Insider, BuzzFeed and NY Times, they're spot on.",Manage as you would want to be managed. Get to know your team members and make sure they work hard AND have fun and make history.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32262,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Bangalore Intern Experience,Good work environment. Advance projects. No discrimination between an intern and full time employee. Home office home cab facility is super awesome. Ownership of your work.,Food is average. Lack of resources in the game room. Deadlines are too mainstream. Less parties. Work life balance is not good.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32263,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 30, 2015",Former Employee - Device Associate,Work hard Have fun Make History,1. Working environment is like home away from home 2. Loads of fun @ work 3. A place to learn 4. No mental pressure 5. Friendly environment,Only Cons is growth will be very slow for freshers,NO comments,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32264,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Cheap company,Working on impactful projects that are focused on the customer and long term business thinking of taking over the world.,"Low pay compared with other top companies (Google or Facebook for example). Very cheap with employes: cheap and slow hardware (pc monitor, laptop, desktop), no perks, long working hours. You do unpayed oncall one week every month and you need to respond to issues in 15 mins in the middle of the night or weekend or holiday. Promotions are very hard and take many years.",Start paying people when doing oncall as it will improve the morale a lot.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32265,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,1. Good for individuals who join Amazon right after their studies. 2. Salary,"1. No work-life balance  2. Amazon being such a big company, cannot call its culture to be startup. Processes in Amazon are most of the times redundant.  3. On-Call schedule  4. Frugality in everything  5. No consideration to employees  6. Meaningless leadership principles.  7. favoritism  8. No fixed roadmap (atleast this was the case with our team)  9. Any lateral employee will find the Amazon work culture a little harsh on the employees  10. Weekends are usually spent just preparing for the hectic weekdays","Employees >> Customers. If you keep your employees happy, they will keep your customers happy. Its high time the management realises this.",1.0,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32266,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,Lots of learning curve within the company.,Salary was very poor. Made us work all day long .,If you need good ppl to stay pay more and treat us better.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32267,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,"Great place to work if you want to progress, very multi-cultural and fast paced environment, a lot to learn.","Colleagues are generally aggressive, ""nice""is not the word for Amazon, if this is your style at work, go for it.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32268,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Great Place to Learn But not have Fun,Have a lot to learn. Many domains to choose from. You can work here for long term.,Less Hikes. Hight Attrition. Youll end up working late nights at times.,We understand that you are Customer Obsessed. Be a little Employee obsessed too.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32269,amazon,none," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MBA Program,"Salary and development. 1. Increased Sales  The chief draw of selling on marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay is the scale of their online presence. Amazon alone draws nearly 85 million unique monthly visitors - that’s a heck of a lot of eyeballs! And those eyeballs can translate into higher sales volumes. According to an Amazon executive, sellers report an average 50% increase in sales when they join Amazon Marketplace.","3 years of program - If you have experience, maybe this is not the position. Setting up shop on a marketplace can potentially supercharge your sales, but it also exposes you to another cost center - marketplace fees. Most marketplace fees are deducted as a percentage of each sale, and can vary from site to site and even category to category.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2449.htm
32270,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Stock plan is good in my opinion. They take a long time to vest though,Poor HR and recruitment. Takes a long time to hear back after applying,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32271,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Learning from smart and dedicated colleagues,"People are really dedicated to their work. Amazon does not have a culture where you are told what to do, you drive the work, you are argue on the prioritization, change the way your team operates and impact the delivery. You work with extremely dedicated and sincere people, who work as if its their own company. You get to learn end to end on the development from requirements, development, testing, deployment and maintenance.","If work is not your first priority, you may feel that work is encroaching in your life as you hardly get time to practice your hobbies, etc. No one asks you to work over time, but because of peer pressure and how things move, you may feel the pressure of being available to your clients after office hours. If you stop working as a learning experience, things may not look very much on schedule.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32272,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work with.,I like the transparency and accountability of Amazon.,"Amazon is a huge organization and must start investing some funds in infrastructure also. Accommodation is a big issue if you relocate depending on Amazon, So think before you say ""YES"" for relocation.",Keep up the good work.,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32273,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,customer service,"good culture, friendly colleagues and career growth.",always overtime without any prior intimation,na,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32274,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Member Technical,goiod,welll infrastructure and cool work environment an easy going attitude and planned strategies in the companywelll infrastructure and cool work environment an easy going attitude and planned strategies in the company,nothing everthing is goodwelll infrastructure and cool work environment an easy going attitude and planned strategies in the company,it was good and should contibue thiswelll infrastructure and cool work environment an easy going attitude and planned strategies in the company,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32275,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to start your career,"Good opportunities for growth and if you are a fresher it will give you a broad idea into e-commerce industry and its various different complementing functions like retail, supply chain, customer support and online fraud mitigation etc.  Casuals allowed on all days.  Good work culture and smart people to work with.",Heavily metric driven system when it comes to appraisals. Additional efforts are not counted if you are not favored by your reporting manager.  Sometimes work life balance can be difficult to maintain as there are requirements during peak season (Nov - Jan 1st week),Try to retain good resources and give attention to their career and personal development.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32276,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work for fresher,1. Small Teams. 2. Good people around you.,1. lots of work load.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32277,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Good salary..smart colleagues and entrepreneurial work culture..,work life balance is poor,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32278,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Manager Operations,"Data is God, all decisions are based on data points",Not a people friendly organizations,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32279,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,catalog,one of the best place to work with. Awesome work place.,nothing as of now. its the best place,they do the best job in world. need not advice them on this :P,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2450.htm
32280,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,catalog,one of the best place to work with. Awesome work place.,nothing as of now. its the best place,they do the best job in world. need not advice them on this :P,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32281,amazon,"Castle Donington, England (UK)"," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - Sortation Assistant,Amazon Logistics,Work skills were easy to pick up. Some oppurtunity for advancement. Friendly environment.,Hard to get information from management. In most matters. Night Shift work.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32282,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Inbound,Unappreciative workplace,- Received training using Powered Pallet Trucks - Quick to start working - Paid weekly - A lot of good folk working there,"Where to begin?  - Permanant contracts are used as incentives to work hard even though you're in competition with over 2000 employees and only 100 Permanant contracts will be awarded.  - Agency reps will be on your back constantly about idle time and score percentages. If you don't scan an item within a certain timeframe (as little as 15 minutes) expect a visit and telling off from your rep.  - Amazon management will also get on at you about targets and idle time. They see you as a minion not worthy of the job. You'll be crucified if you sit down for 5 minutes to catch your breath during a 10 hours shift of walking.  - You'all be assigned targets that won't necessarily be attainable.  - You won't receive sick pay.  - You'll be forced to work 60 hour weeks for a month as contracted. They will also extend this indefinitely if they don't make up their targets. Say goodbye to your social life and good luck getting anything done on your day off as it's often a Sunday.  - If you drive then expect to wait up to 30 minutes during the peak season to get out of the car park.  - You will be exempt from reward incentives and most types of training as you're technically not an Amazon employee - you're just a lowly agency worker.  - Lunch break lasts only 30 minutes and in the cafe you won't have mobile reception or 3G. WiFi is supplied but it's so slow that loading a single webpage can take up your whole break.  - Try not to get attached to your colleagues as people are paid off and sacked daily for not meeting targets, too much idle time, too much backbone yada yada yada  - You may or may not be paid on time each week. It's a hit or a miss - truly!  - I also received multiple texts multiple times about not being at work (turns out they weren't meant to have been sent to me and they seemed to be unable to sort the problem out)  - After 12 weeks of work your hourly rate rises by 20p an hour. Many people will be let go just before this happens however.","Treat employees equally, whether permanent or temporary. We all work hard and we all deserve to be treated like human beings - not Amazon robots!",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32283,amazon,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Its Fine,Huge learning opportunities. Nice career path. Intelligent Coworkers.,Lot of politics. No work life balance. Change of requirements everyday. Less perks,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32284,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Job,"Great Customers, Great Pay, Great",Hectic work work work work,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32285,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Really good offer,"Peer group , Good Managment , hikes",Not really much i can think of,Good going in India,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32286,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Workflow Analyst,Amazon CS,Fast Paced. Exciting. Ever growing,No Personal time. Too much work.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32287,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"Friendly environment, flexible work hours, great benefits, lots to learn",a bit of work pressure,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32288,amazon,none," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,Best place to learn,No time for family and friends,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32289,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,good place,"nice atmosphere, food pay and excellent work culture","too much over time , no work life balance and no two days of week offs",please give more time in aux,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2451.htm
32290,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 22, 2015","Former Employee - Technical Account Manager-Associate &amp, Risk Analyst",amazing company to work at,Awesome work culture good compensation excellent training opportunities,Heavy OT during November december.,Keep it up.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32291,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,A ver good company to work,more workload sometimes .. can be improved,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32292,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Good place to learn They push productivity Ability to take on a wide range of projects Good entry level offers Stock options,"Very Frugal company. No real perks other than free coffee and 10% off Amazon Products Very hard to advance internally. Very stringent SOP's making it hard to be innovative Very cold company caring very little about retaining talent. Lot's of turnover. Also very cold when there is an issue in your life. It's all about numbers, numbers, numbers. The rest doesn't matter. Everything about the famous New York Times article 100% true","Managers worry too much about SOP's and long business cases. It is very important to get an idea of the numbers when making a decision but there is no correlation between how much time certain actions take and the eventual output. Productivity is thus affected. Also, retaining good employees or at least feigning interest to keep people from an HR perspective would help the company long term. Many candidates seek to come to Amazon as the ecommerce leader but that may not forever be the case",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32293,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - CustomerCare,good atmosphere,We can develop our skills,Got lots of improvement .it was very helpful,Keep it up.beneficial,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32294,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Fast Paced Enviornment,"Environment is dynamic and ambiguous providing room to learn & pick up new skills. High performance is valued and respected. Addictive work culture with loads of new challenges for those who enjoy their work. Bar raising performance in recognized and promoted. There is very little bureaucracy (Amazon has taken great efforts to not let bureaucracy creep in spite of growing to huge size of 150000 employees), hats off. Innovative ideas, though might be small is still highly valued and recognized. Very young and vibrant culture. Still feels and operates like a start up in spite being a pioneer and an Industry Giant. Everybody is encouraged to think and innovate for better customer experience. Any value adding initiative coming from any corner of the organization is heard, appreciated and felicitated towards implementation.  Best in class perks for employees in terms of food coupons, cab services, reimbursement of internet bills and health club bills, adequate health insurance with Competitive Pay and world class Infrastructure at the Chennai office.  There is never a dull day at work, overall a great place to work at any level.","Work life balance can go for a toss in certain teams and in certain roles. You are on your own from Day 1, don't expect to be spoon fed. You can never be in the same role for more than two/three years, the system is designed in such a way that you either move up or move out resulting in constant pressure to perform consistently.  If you are not the kind of person who loves your work then Amazon can never be the place for you.","Focus more on developing talent internally. Remove the mandatory target on top grading. It adds unnecessary pressure across the board. Invest in your employees, they are your second most important assets only next to your customers, therefore don't treat your employees as commodities who can be constantly churned and replaced. Some of the cool, awesome and most loved companies are organizations where employees are valued. And I want Amazon to be a company that is loved by their employees and not just loved by their customers.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32295,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 22, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Great Company to work with.,I was an intern here. People around you are very talented and help you a lot. No office politics. Good company to work with.,Work Life balance is not so good here. People here sometimes have to work on weekends also.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32296,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Support Specialist,Support Specialist,Best work culture. No dress code.,"Too much or work pressure, Oncall",Buy a more spacious building,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32297,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Associate Retail Process,A decent to place to work - turining it good depends on the hands of the management,"Good workplace ambiance, employee benefits and good amount of challenging roles and opportunities will be provided and other fringe benefits make your life comfortable",Extreme levels of hierarchy strictly established and the pressure to perform is higher than in other places since the slogan here is raise the bar continually and the people are highly involved in politics,Take care of politics and sometimes when an associate is trying to say he cannot commit to the current deadline due to XYZ factors kindly not push him to do it though you know it cant be done.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32298,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Analyst,Good working environment. Not much of work pressure.,"Working in shifts, Relatively low salary.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32299,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer - 3,You will get an opportunity with Amazing Talented people.,"I do not recommend as a support engineer. You better to join as a developer even in a small company rather than joining in support engineer role because, you will not get the value much inside and outside in my opinion. Oncall pressure is too much.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2452.htm
32300,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome ride,"- Learning new skills and jobs - Internal movement and personal development - Fast paced, and a sense of accomplishment","- Work-life balance if you land in the wrong team or with a bad manager - Managers can _sometimes_ be paper pushers that will keep thrusting work and expect everything to be done. - Risk of a complete breakdown if one cannot handle it, or learn to say ""NO""","1) Remember, you have set 1) an industry trend of business being done using technology 2) Customers are central to business etc. There are other employers that thrive similarly now AND offer better work-life balance. So, THINK about what you want the employees to be, humans, or Amabots.  2) Being in Corp, I had no clue that the many horrible stories about FCs were true until someone transferred from there to here and told me what they have witnessed. Being customer-obsessed is not enough, being human is equally important. So, please do not make aggressive promises to customers and let people die to keep them. Be realistic. Btw, I met a taxi driver who quit Amazon being a delivery-driver in 5 weeks. He said he was expected to deliver 150 packages in a day and was expected to meet that even on rainy days (literally).  it is just a matter of time that more corp employees learn the ugly truth of the other side and wake up from the notion that everything is good and there is sunshine everywhere.  3) The NYT wake up call is interesting. I wonder what HR was doing all the while before August 2015? I see a lot of new surveys etc now. Why the hogwash? Everyone at the bottom of their heart know that we do not work at Amazon to get a free-meal or a fancy workstation. Doing all these things for press is fine, but internally, it is a BIG joke. So, either be genuine in your approach, or just ignore it all. As the famous quote: ""We pay attention to competition, but we obsess over customers"".. Let us go back to that way, and not pay attention to how glorified competitors might seem as employers, because those who want to leave, will leave.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32301,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Healthy Company,"At Amazon, one feels at home. It isn't taxing, it's like you're getting paid to be yourself! A kind staff, healthy company!","Some challenging things, well, because one feels at home here, some tend to become sluggish. If a person is naturally slow, the homey feel will exaggerate that aspect of a person.",Please listen more to all employees,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32302,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 2, 2015","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Operations",Amazing place to learn and grow!!,"I joined Amazon in 2009 and have thoroughly enjoyed my time since then. What strikes me most about Amazon is how meritocratic it is, everyone is judged based on their quality of work and intellectual capability, not their ability to hold audiences and speak eloquently. After coming from a consulting world, that was a refreshing change. I was lucky to have all of managers as people who I truly admired and wanted to emulate in their excellence at coaching.","Having worked in Amazon operations, the pace of things can be challenging. For a company growing as fast as Amazon, it can be quite unsettling for those who need stability, constant direction etc.","Keep doing what you are from a strategy and work environment perspective, but as you grow big, improve the hiring bar for senior leaders as that is where I see the erosion in Amazonian qualities the most.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32303,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Overall a great work place,"Great work place. Very supportive team and manager. Not so frequent but yes, team outings were fun.",Not a great pay for what we work,Recheck salary policy,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32304,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,Great company to work for. Great benefits and loads of help when needed,None really the working hours are bad in the digital department but thats part of the job,Listen to ideas the CSA have and try and put yourself in there shoes,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32305,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not all its cracked up to be,Working for a world-leading brand. Some interesting projects and lots of opportunities depending on skill set. Colleagues are of high calibre and easy to work with.,Performance driven review process relies on feedback from peers and lots of evidence is required in order to be promoted to higher engineering levels. This means that you get 2 chances (really 1) during the year to be promoted and it's highly based on your managers ability to gather the evidence correctly. Feels like this is out of your hands.  Lack of interesting projects for native developers.  Lots of politics with the US.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32306,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Welcome to the Meat Grinder - Join with your eyes open!,"Opportunity to work with smart, highly motivated team members. At Amazon Web Services you can identify, drive change and have a significant impact on the business. It is by far the market leader in its field with a fast pace of innovation and a great underlying product set. Genuinely customer obsessed and growing at a breakneck rate.","Where to start.  I encourage you to search for the 2015 New York Times article regarding working practises at Amazon - its roughly 80-90% accurate. As an employee, you are not valued. The culture is 24/7 across all departments and even the hardest of workers will find working 60-70+ hour weeks + working weekends challenging. Expect to receive more than 200 emails a day. The culture is rotten and comes all the way from the CEO down, fuelling a horrible, back biting, blame-driven working environment. Expect little to no support from your Manager who is likely working even harder than you and focused on covering their own backs. Really and truly, being an employee of Amazon is the exact opposite of being a customer here - do not gauge your experiences of being a customer of Amazon and think it must be an awesome place to work. If you have a family or value any sort of life outside of work it is not for you. Pay is below industry average and ""frugality"" is the watchword with poor staff benefits and a general feeling of ""cheapness"" across the business. The culture does suit some people but if you have options, pick Amazon last. If you do pick Amazon, make sure you go in with your eyes open, have an exit plan and get what you need out of working here. Staff turnover is appallingly high and job roles are difficult to fill. Despite a facade valuing diversity and gender it is not valued at all. A shame, I was so excited to join this company and knew within days I had made a horrible mistake. Beware also the ""golden handcuffs"" of the ""joining bonus"" which means you cannot leave inside a year and note carefully the 2 year nature of your salary structure - this is a deliberate policy to burn you out you out and get the next load of poor, bright-eyed staff in.","As the culture is one designed and earnestly celebrated by Jeff Bezos its diffcult to know what to say - he won't be reading this and if he did he would deny it as he did the NY Times article writing a denial citng the ""Happy Laughing Amazonians"" he surrounds himself with. I guess when you're CEO, everyone is happy and laughing, even if they are breaking down behind your back.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,33,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32307,amazon,none," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,50-50,Flexible work timing and cab facility.,Not advisable for Freshers - DA.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32308,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - IT Support,technical support,becoz this company provides good growth and salary,i think there is nothing down said,it is already good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32309,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Team Leader,Amazon work culture,"Always electric atmosphere , something new always in your. Great learning experience .",Poor work life and social life balance .,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2453.htm
32310,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Developer,Brilliant environment working with intelligent people,No cons as such depends on team,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32311,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software development engineer,nice pay and nice work,"no human resource, too much work load",to have better work life balance,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32312,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get your Details Sorted,Amazon is a big company that lets you work in many different areas with potentially many different problem spaces. The intern requirements were not too strict.,"Project description and definition were not defined well. The initial project I was supposed to work on was meant to be shipped shortly after I joined the team, but because they couldn't agree on a specific design or approach on how to solve what the project was doing, I left my internship and they still hadn't decided on the design aspects of the project.","Figure out what type of work you're going to assign to the interns, and try and make sure it's work that won't suddenly disappear. I emphasize this because the interview's review at the end specifically depends on what work they show in their final demo, and if the intern has nothing to show in the end because their projects kept changing, then it kinda sucks.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32313,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Experience,"great peers, flexibility, opportunities to grow","huge work pressure, lots of competition, make you work even on weekends",relax the amount of work pressure,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32314,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Fraud Analyst,Fraud analyst,- great working culture -approachable higher management -scope of growth is there if you are ready to commit more than 3-4 yrs at a site,-less pay and hikes -slow growth -tough heirarchy to break it even if you work exceptionally well,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32315,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Specialist,Good environment to work with,"benefits, work culture and good learning phase for freshers.",salary salary and salary and salary,Pls be employee centric,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32316,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working experience,"A friendly environment to work, with lots of fun at wok place.",Too much of fun could reflect on your work.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32317,amazon,"Wolverhampton, England (UK)"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Recruitment Specialist,Great opportunity,"decent salary, good shifts, good communication with the managers",the distance between the city and the work location,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32318,amazon,none," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so amazing,Fun work culture. Chilled out work ethics. Allowed to wear casual clothes. Fun activities and outings.,Low salary Monotonous work Low chances of growth Can be moved between processes with no upfront notification,Share your decisions with the employees well in advance Make sure you go through the data before you blame employees Recreational room should be maintained,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32319,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Hyderabad Finance related team experience,Chance to work with smart motivated folks. Can get very successful if committed and hard working.,Can get bit rough with deadlines unless very communicative with the management.,Improve Perks for the employees so that they get excited to be in office.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2454.htm
32320,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Hyderabad Finance related team experience,Chance to work with smart motivated folks. Can get very successful if committed and hard working.,Can get bit rough with deadlines unless very communicative with the management.,Improve Perks for the employees so that they get excited to be in office.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32321,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - CSA,Quite long but exciting,"Good culture, friendly collegues, great management... beautiful location",Hectic break schedule- you don't get time to even take loo properly,Remove the electronic timing schedule for CSA's,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32322,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - IT Engineer,IT Engineer,Huge variety of technologies to work with Always new things to learn Flexible shift model (4x10) Opportunities to ravel (if you like it) Opportunities to work on your own projects Long term career opportunities,"Sometimes not clearly defined priorities (quantity vs. quality of work) The salary is not bad but not amazing either Employee benefits are very basic considering the company size and reputation. Some processes are incredibly annoying and complicated (especially advance payment if you want to get money before leaving to a business trip, unless you have a corporate credit card).","Offer more attractive employee benefits - make the people more welcome and comfortable in the office. Get inspired by Google or other companies, famous for great working conditions.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32323,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Worst Place,none to explain good here.,It Cheats the customer with wrong updates... Forces employees to do this,Respect the customer which improves your Business and give lives to employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32324,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk investigator review,Work Culture Career path Easy going management,Shift Timings Pay scale not very high monotonous work,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32325,amazon,none," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,Don't bother,Clean place to work Some of the people were nice,"Working ten hours a day and in peak times sixty hours on your feet. Heavy lifting and no one bothers to help you. Constant badgering by so called coaches telling you one minute you are doing extremely well rate wise, same day they have someone come up to you and say you are doing terrible. Then there's the point system that gives you points for being sick which you aren't allowed to be sick! If you are under contract to SMX Amazon will work you into the ground and treat you like dirt. All for way less money than the regular Amazon people get. This place is rife with favoritism and if you aren't the favorite you'll get abused.","Try paying people what they're worth, and stop the game playing. People don't want to go to work and play psychological games with their employer. Try putting in an extra break if you are expecting people to stand on their feet for ten hours or more. Tell your customers why you can offer them such cheap prices on merchandise. Tell them about the way you actually treat your employees. My body literally just gave out!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32326,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good....shares over the roof... so good pay,Nothing bad.. randomization perhaps.. every team works like a startup,Do not randomize people..,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32327,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Burn People Fast,Good Technology & Innovation. You will learn a lot. Diversity and high pace of change.,High pressure. Very competitive culture. Anytime feedback can be abused and affect your appraisal,Have different mechanism to validate feedback. Be more transparent. Validate new managers as your culture is being affected. Over indexing your principal leadership and abuse of system leaves people by toxic managers.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32328,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Poor work/life balance,- smart people - fast paced,- worst work/life balance - not so great work in a lot of teams,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32329,amazon,Rovinj (Croatia)," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Agent,Not so great so far,"Working from home , being independent, learning new things almost every day and challenge yourself in doing better with every client","Everyday challenge , active job , lot of changes every single day with the clients and with all the policies",Amazon can't have the best customer service and agents working for minimum wage!! It's humiliating,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2455.htm
32330,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,ITs Ok,its fine its fine its fine its fine,growth is slow.. too slow,nothing,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32331,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - QAE,Awesome Work experience,Working with some of the most talented group of people in some of the most difficult problems. Lots of learning opportunity.,"Since you are working with some of the best talent on really challenging tasks,Burning yourself out working non stop is a real possibility.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32332,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Was an excellent company to be with, but not anymore.",You get good benefits,The HR team at Hyderabad does not plays it part well in looking up its employees. The top management at the site is totally corrupt.,Neck out the big bad fishes that are spoiling the brand name. They try to work for their personal levels and plays cheap games with everybody.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32333,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Good learning Environment,"Good learning, fast paced, taking full responsibility of projects as a fresher to the industry",Long working hours during high priority issue resolving during on-call,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32334,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Not Applicable,Seller support associate,Recognition for your work. Good career growth.,Should work on improving work life balance.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32335,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great place to learn in fast moving/changing organization. Very much customer and data oriented. Nice enviroment and interesting people.,Change is constant and proceses are weak. it is hard keep up the speed.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32336,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,good company,"very flexible work environment,no hardcore rules and regulations,pays well",the business planning is very unstable,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32337,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Retail Associate,Amazon :),Best work atmosphere Best work life balance,No Growth We will be so comfortable to think abt other oppurtunities,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32338,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,WORK @ AMAZON,Good work culture Employee satification,Ir-regular shift timings. no benefits fro amazon employees on amazon.com,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32339,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Quality Analyst,Senior Quality Analyst,Great work culture and benefits.,Low salary and low hike. High salary only for software developers.,Work gets monotonous and find ways to improve it. Also improve percentage of hike.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2456.htm
32340,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Not to much OT, good life and work balance","oncall is annoying, especially when waken up at night",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32341,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,A place where builders can build,"Amazon is a very fast paced company: things move fast and sometimes is a challenge to keep up. But if you are willing to take the challenge, it's easy to get involved.","As for most large companies, often enough you'll struggle with colleagues and teams that don't necessarily share your priorities.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32342,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,AWS - More like an IT department of Amazon than an IT company,stock price are high. reimburse your mobile bill. reimburse your commute cost. (or parking) health insurance paid. less or almost no accountability on your responsibility,an eCommerce company is not an IT company support org runs like IT department. no long term plan for their product. there are more bugs than feature. claim to be a flat org. making profit off open source software. terrible product training. and so much more,"who? there is no management, there is only project managers.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32343,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chaotic growth,"Cool people, lots of opportunities to change roles Good benefits and salary",Fairly chaotic organization due to constant changes in management A lot of waste from improper planning and short sightedness from design stages,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32344,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality Associate,"Good Work atmosphere,Facilities,learn new things",Stressfull work nature and atmosphere,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32345,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Process Associate,internship,best company i have worked. gud compensation,don know may be shifts flexibility shd be improved,..............................................................................................................,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32346,amazon,none," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWS,All good I really enjoyed working at Amazon .,"Weren't any cons , overall a very satisfying experience",Management were excellent,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32347,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 14, 2015",Former Employee - Risk Investigator,Risk Investigator,* Vibrant work culture - You work hard and have fin * Cab facility - Extremely well maintained transport system * Pay for Over Time * Good job training.,"* Continuous night shift * Mandatory Over Time at peak season * Monotonous job - After some time, work becomes boring. * Difficult to shift to other process",* Provide a cross- functional environment so that the work does not become monotonous. * Avoid mandatory over time. * Have regular one to one meetings with the employees.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32348,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Typical internet company makes people busy and control cost tightly,"Technical leader in cloud industry, not bad pay, growing fast, working location flexibility, plenty training, capable colleagues, growing fast in china","Not pleasant work environment , tight budget control, keep people busy, unclear direction in china, no good helpdesk or IT.",Respect and value people more,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32349,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for long!,People are awesome! specially those who work at night shifts!,"No work life balance of any kind! Heavy physical work, long hours!",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2457.htm
32350,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Buyer Risk Investigator,Great place to work but its losing its culture,"Great career opportunities, if you work hard its easy to advance.","Like any big company, the Amazon culture is slowly fading away. favoritism is also a big issue given your promotion is usually based on the Amazon leadership principles.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32351,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Team Lead,Work Style,People at amazon are very dynamic and passion they have towards work is awesome and put their max to achieve the goals.,Lot of Work Pressure..Pressure...Pressure.,Remove some pressure from down the line.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32352,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work with,"I guess, I like everything about Amazon, its still a day one for me though its been almost three years.",I cannot find any cons as of now.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32353,amazon,"Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)"," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,Awesome Amazon,Very good place to work in . Will be working among some of the brightest minds of the country. Amazing place to develop ourselves.,Very long working hours. Promotion opportunities are very less,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32354,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outstanding and desirable firm,"Cool culture, amazing people, fun work..",Cannot think of any ..,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32355,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Typical internet company makes people busy and control cost tightly,"Technical leader in cloud industry, not bad pay, growing fast, working location flexibility, plenty training, capable colleagues, growing fast in china","Not pleasant work environment , tight budget control, keep people busy, unclear direction in china, no good helpdesk or IT.",Respect and value people more,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32356,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSA,Good coworkers and office space.,Work life balance goes for a toss,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32357,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon E-Commerce,Great atmosphere within the office. Fast paced environment. Great office in general within a suberb office building. Very nice collegues and amazon leadership values are in action.,"Time Overload happens regularly, but this is not a problem for a person who aims to build a great career.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32358,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Nice place to work, free cabs, stress free, easy work",Nothing much to say as cons,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32359,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,* We can learn a lot as we work with very smart people. I have learned so much during my tenure at Amazon. But after some point learning's are saturated and lot of people stop you to change teams as it affects their management metrics.,* Lot of politics especially in Hyd office. * No clear career path defined and you have to maintain good relationship with your manager if you want to grow. * This is also one place where in the person who talks and do less work gets the recognition. * Managers are useless as they don't know what anyone in his team is doing. They are there just to show case useless metrics to the upper management. * Not competitive compensation. It is mediocre compared to the current Industry standards.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2458.htm
32360,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place !!,Good salary and work culture,Work/life balance quite difficult .,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32361,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Work Culture Peers Quality code reviews Good team work,No work life balance No refreshing things,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32362,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer III,Great Place to Learn,Flexible timings and good work life balance,Didn't find yet. Good place,Great work. Keep hiring good talent.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32363,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,Fast growing but competitive,Fast growing Lots of responsibility Good Location,Endless work load/ doing multiple jobs at once Task drive Competitive,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32364,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Site Merchandiser,It's a different thing at Amazon CN,Lots of things to learn if you wish (but nobdoy is there to teach you). Nice view from Beijing office.,"1. Always remeber retail and tech are completely different at Amazon (in all kinds of terms) 2.If you want to gain some experience in E-commerce (in Chinese market), don't come here. the operation at Amazon is completely different from its local competitors. 3. Not many talented colleauges, most of them are thiry-some having a 5-6 year old kid and just wanting to get things done.",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32365,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,"AWS is an extremely innovative company, I've really enjoyed working here and with my customers","Really great, smart, professional people working hard to please the customer","Lack of insight into the org, it feels like a really massive startup.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32366,amazon,none," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,okay company,"focus on customer, direct culture, cool projects","adversarial culture, weak mid management",mandatory upwards reviews,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32367,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Operation Research Scientist,Workaholism or Burnout,"Data driven. Fast growth, Carrier opportunities.",60+ hr/week as standard. Over-promise and under-deliver. Management treats symptoms not the cause.,Humans are not numbers.,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32368,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Work,There is a good scope for learning in Amazon. You get to learn new technologies and understand the framework. Career opportunities are also really good. You can switch internally if you are not happy with current team.,"Work-life balance may get affected. But this is specific to each team. You may be lucky to enter a team where the work load is less. If your luck is not that great, you may end up in a team with significant amount of work.",Need to have a bit more concern for employees. Management goal should be to plan the employee program in such a way that the employee should feel working for the ompany for a longer duration.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32369,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Bad work life balance,* Great place to learn about engineering at scale * Motivated and brilliant team,* Bad work life balance * Direct managers can make your life hell and bad people managers are almost never answerable to higher management * Web Devs are not given the respect they deserve,Focus on your developers. They are your bread and butter.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2459.htm
32370,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Bad work life balance,* Great place to learn about engineering at scale * Motivated and brilliant team,* Bad work life balance * Direct managers can make your life hell and bad people managers are almost never answerable to higher management * Web Devs are not given the respect they deserve,Focus on your developers. They are your bread and butter.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32371,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Associate,Decent place for freshers to start off,"Decent pay if you get into a Level3 and above role, relaxed environment, openness in the hierarchy","Should work on providing better facilities to Level2 and 3 associates,","Open up to idea more from the associates, frugality doesn't mean complete reduction of funds.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32372,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Content Developer,Content Developer,Innovative environment and well organized corporation. I really like the frugality approach.,"The ""insist in high standards"" motto should be followed for the sake of employees as well. Some tools that we need to use are poorly designed (i.e. Adobe Site Catalyst).",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32373,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 6, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,Analyst,"Good place to work, Great brand value, smart peers, good benefits",Could be more employee friendly.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32374,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for freshers,Good virtues of top management. Great vision and ideals. Good work life balance.,No support for individual careers of team members by middle management. stagnation. rotten middle tier.,please work on making middle tier efficient.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32375,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - SPM,SPM,"Great tools, great processes, intelligent workforce","Not collaborative, not entrepreneurial, short term focus",Get your head out of the weeds,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32376,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not for everyone.,"Strong sense of ownership and autonomy within your teams. No overbearing tooling requirements ""use whatever tool you think suits the problem best"". Very intelligent peers working on difficult problems at huge scales.","Part of the strong sense of ownership is the expectation that you will put the company's needs above your personal life in certain situations. Obviously for some people this isn't a con, and working long hours on interesting problems is fine, even ideal. I think that for others work-life balance could be a struggle.","I don't really have a lot to say here, so I won't say much. My feeling is that the management culture at Amazon is similar to other companies in this sector.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32377,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Device Associate,Device Associate,Stress free environment Easy to work,Contract job. worked for 6 months.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32378,amazon,none," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog associate,"Good company, well treats employers and their ethic values","Salary is not upto the mark, it hires because indians can work for less salary",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32379,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,Good Learning environment for warehouse operations,"Productivity a priority, safety is not. Shift changes and high staff turnover due to scientific management",if the employees are important listen to them not the cliques in management who tell you what you want to hear,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2460.htm
32380,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a day in the life of a temp,open door recruitment policy which is refreshing,rather long list but do not overwork your agency staff more than your permanents,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32381,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Good pay for the start but tiring job,"Better pay than others, Great work environment","Tiring, a lot of standing, bending and walking.",Reduce number of hours in a shift.,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32382,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer II,Suprised for good,"Excelent work ambience, full of smart people who don't have fear or hesitation at the hour of share the knowledge and the epxertise. Good organization and a warm ambience with full of social events and as a plus, there is a geekness in the air that makes you feel at home.","You know, after all the reviews one read and what all the ppl says.. I was expecting to jump intro Treblinka for a good money, but nothing less accurate. The only con I noted it will be HR department. They really took his time and sometimes they seem not give a dam for your times or urgencies. So best advise.. procure yourself everything and push forward until you get what you need. Don't expect HR to expedite or to provide things in term on his own will. they simply won't.",hire more managers. there are some areas which are overloaded and managers can't follow the pace of the teams.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32383,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,CSA,Cool job People are awesome and work is good you get food coupons free drop n pick-up medical benefits,"Till now i did not see any such cons, loved to work here","if you can increase the sodexo coupons from 1100 to at-least 1500, coz pricing of coupons is based on like 40 bucks meal a shift. however if u wanna have meal instead of fast food. u need at least 50 bucks per shift",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32384,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Supervisor,warehouse supervisor,Good reputation and opportunity at the new company,You can move up in salary more quickly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32385,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible direction,"This related to Amazon Local in the UK. Nobody has a clue what you're up to, left to your own devices",Awful management which has bred a floor full of unhappy employees.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32386,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Mixed feelings !!!,"Casual environment No fixed login time Can WFH any day you want Free to take your own decisions as most of the roles are individual contributors Flat organisation Unlimited access to stationary Bangalore campus and building is awesome Learn a lot about the retail world (competition,offers) and payment system . It's a proud feeling to be called as an Amazonian Joining bonus which boosts your salary on a monthly basis for 2years","long working hours with no extra payment. People work from cabs as well. Very slow in hiring candidates.They take close to an year to fill a open position .This forces the current employees to take up extra work and by the time they find a new candidate the existing one will quit . Since it's still in a starting stage in India .The work and the system are yet to be organised. Emails to be activated on your mobile and to be checked 24/7.In sickness and happiness . Too much of meetings and calls in a day ,which forces the employee to stay long and complete his work. Sometimes forced to WFH during sickness. Don't be supposed if you get a call during your vacation to reply to a email or to get on to a call . Travelling is too much coz it's on the other side of the city.  It's just about working hard.There is no fun and no work life balance.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32387,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Investigator Specialist,Nice Headquarter in Ireland Cork,"B2B, I saw another side of customer service, and it was something completely different than what I was doing before","The people that I use to work with were more like robot, some of them were not very efficient but still it was like they don't want to speak to you unless you speak their language","management was great for far, just HR need to be more on the top of their game sometimes",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32388,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,SDE,"Amazing culture, Great Compensation, Great Peers","A lot of workload, Sometimes even had to work on weekends",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32389,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,"Awesome experience, start up culture, cool api's and AWS services to learn from","None just filling the empty space, bla bla bla bla bla bla bla",", keep it up keep it up keep it upkeep it up",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2461.htm
32390,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous,Worst management,"Only in NHT's they speak about Employee grooming, till you hit the productivity","Always customer oriented, never employee oriented. The reason being for 1 post 20 people will be interviewed. So no value for employees. Best Customer oriented, but zero employee caring company.",Take some managers who have a heart and brain. Not just faggots and HR is the worst of all,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32391,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Tech Support Analyst,Pretty cool !!,Has a very Informal office environment which can be pretty convenient. Flexible timings if any problem with the current work slot.,Pressure increases as the role and responsibilities increases.,NA,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32392,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service,Amazon,I would love to stand on my legs in the society.,"Money minded, bit stress,time limited, opportunities, indifference.",Some theories I want share with to improve business.,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32393,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon in Bangalore,Good crowd. Good office space. No dress code.,Bad shifts Schedule can be hectic at times,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32394,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources,Amazon as an Employer,"Great place, believes in long term vision.",Nothing to state here. I had a good stint,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32395,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Senior Vendor Manager,The people is great both personally and professionally. Better work at Retail than in Marketplace.,Not many guidance from HR. Not too much head count to do all the job. Not good work life balance,Put more headcount,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32396,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Professional,Awesome Place to work,"people, experience, structure. Had such a great time at Amazon Instant Video - the team I worked with was brilliant - best of the best.",salary - would've wanted more. long hours expected,listen to your employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32397,amazon,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,System enginner,"The work is very challenging and if you perform well, you will be given even better opportunities.",Compensation can be higher.you will be given even better opportunities.,Compensation can be higher.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32398,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,good start when starting out,never stay too long without growing,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32399,amazon,Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire)," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Assistant,one of the company that pays well in Abidjan,Very autocratic management which needs to be changed,CEO needs to be open and appoint a HR Manager,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2462.htm
32400,amazon,none," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great environment with a lot potential,Great opportunity for people who are serious about advancement at Amazon or in the work industry period. Fast paced environment with great growth opportunities.,Work moves very quickly and management pushes very hard to get everything done quickly. Planning always takes a backseat to operational issues that are continuously given top priority. Leadership is very smart but frequently treats employees as resources and not as people.,Management needs to focus on employee feed back people have been in fields for years promotions should come with an evaluation not politics.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32401,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,good job,good job with hard work,"full stress,bad work culture,bad facilitied",reduce the stress,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32402,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Solutions Architect AWS,Tell me what you brag about and Ill tell you what you lack.,Amazon brand in your CV Learning opportunities. Company Growth.,Hiring complexity leads to promises that can't be fulfilled. Mid level management is really poor. They don't care about people. Leveling obsessions. Overall perk worst than other companies.,"Beware of what hiring managers promise to candidates due to the pressure of closing open positions , some people change their lives because of those promises. Take care of the people , evaluate mid level managers and act in consequence. Improve IT , is so bad... don't be so frugal in that , it ends up increasing the amount of work and having an impact in work life balance.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32403,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to work,Amazing Place to work. Freedom to think out of the box and execute it,one will be so passionate about work that one get the urge to deliver results within timeline and end up compromising personal life.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32404,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Amazon,"1) Great experience and brand 2) Customer service, key to Amazon's fame. 3) chance to influence",1) minimum perks at work 2) Sometimes work can push you to limits and upset the work/life balance,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32405,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Culture,Some of the innovations have highest possibility of making to production,"Higher you move , more is the bureaucracy.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32406,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Device Associate,Awesome Work environment,It has good work environment. And no dress code,Chance of learning new stuff is limited,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32407,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Awesome package.,"The best to grow and learn a lot in least time. This is my first organisation but I came to know from friends that it is very difficult to move to next level but here it is easy, just that you need to have that will.","Work could be little hectic during peaks but for the package we are getting, its absolutely fine to do that.",The management here is very good and supportive until and unless we miss out on our performance.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32408,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,It's a great experience working here,"Lots of learning, dynamic environment, aggressive culture, I would recommend a lot of new talents to join this organisation. Growing organisation",Compensation should be properly benchmarked. Stock vesting period should be more aggressive. Managers should be educated more about people management,Continue to grow and invest in new talent development,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32409,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Catalog Content Analyst,Sr. Catalog Content Analyst,Good at Joining Salary and good at weekly offs,single digit HIKE and very bad Managers,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2463.htm
32410,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Accounts Analyst,AR analyst,"Encouraging people, exceptionally skilled management who Appreciates young talent and process improvements",Too competitive atmosphere at times wherein work life balance gets hampered,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32411,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 16, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,A shocking experience,Could learn a lot about work inside a warehouse Managers tried to be fair You get to be active for 10 hours,"Was shocked to see that people are driven like slaves .. in this 'developed' nation Partiality and politics, groups and favouritism. Warehouse staff not even considered as employees to be given login ids on company website","You have done a good job looking at just the numbers, it would be better if you also consider the thousands of employees crushed by gruelling work under the monster known as amazon.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32412,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,Poor work life balance,Good team and skillful people. good place to earn perks,poor work life balance. manager politics. less respect to talent and knowledgeable persons,Please listen to suggestions and ideas from all people equally,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32413,amazon,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to go for talented people,"Working with amazing people, cutting edge technology, customers love the company. Great place to develop yourself with many promotion options as the company keeps on growing.","Work-life balance is not great, communication between department and finding the right person to talk with can be challenging as the company has more than 100K employees. Expectations are very high so you need to be able to handle pressure when things don’t go as planned",need to be in the same line with other high tech companies when it comes to working conditions. amazon is not a high tech company and need to act as one,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32414,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - TCS-Lead,"Great Company, but you if you want to succeed you will have to pace yourself",Slightly above market related salary. Great benefits Amazing workspace and a diverse group of people working together,"Benefits are only given after vesting period and split over 2+ years. :( No annual bonuses. Minimal increases in salary when moving up a level. Everyone starts of super ambitious willing and capable of making phenomenal changes that will improve the level of customer service etc, and at first you will get the recognition and rewards for delivering projects and stats but after that you will need to up your game with everything you bring to the table. As it is matched against what you initially delivered, and there is always new talent that brings something else forward, these ideas might not be a great as yours but the new talent will surpass you in level and positions due to you not improving enough over your initial performance. So to break it down NEVER deliver your best work first as you will get stuck into a role and stay there FOREVER, I am lucky that I saw this as it started happening to me and now offering pieces of projects and ideas so it looks like continuous improvement.","If someone does something exceptionally well and cuts production time/SL/Cost/contact reduction up a SOP where they can be promoted or have them intern in a role they are suited for where their talent can have optimal impact, don't just kudo's them and have them apply 10 x for a role and not get it even though they are fully capable of performing in that role. This demotivates workers and amazon loses talent.",5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32415,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,TRMS investigator specialist 1,"> Wonderful managers and TLs > OT money and night shift pays > Frequent team outing ,sports and cultural events > Leave policy > life insurance > Growth is incredible",> Too much pressure during Peak with lots of OT and 6 day OTS > hike after a financial year is not even 10% which is pathetic > policy is such it is designed towards customer not employee centric,"please u got to be kidding me hiring 1000s of employees should actually reduce over time norms ,please look into that",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32416,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service executive,"As a cost-saving measure, is highly attractive but each company is different and some may benefit from more than others. Certain types of businesses may be better off handling all procedures in-house without any outsourcing.","Another possible con of is the inherent risk of trusting another company to handle the vital processes of your business. If they go bankrupt or go out of business, it can put your own company in a precarious position.","Reduced administrative costs · Gives you the ability to focus internal resources on core business activities · Saves you money on infrastructure, workforce, and technology costs · Improves your business’s overall efficiency",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32417,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 25, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Ruthless managers and unfriendly coworkers,"Amazon is a customer centric company. Whatever you do in Amazon, you should think of your customer.","Nobody will help you with anything. Everybody tries to find a way to promotion and one person from a team can be promoted during a review period. So, this basically makes everybody hate each other. You may not even find a colleague to go to lunch with. Even worst, if you are good engineer, everybody will be looking to see you fail or creating an image of failure for you. Thus, everybody tries to use politics as much as they can.",Survival of the fittest doesn't make any sense if you have too much politics.,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32418,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A few about Amazon,None that I could see.,"Treat all the staff as if you don't know anything about the job you were employed for. Treated like the lowest of the low. No common sense. Shoot down ideas and innovations quickly. Very much a tiered set up, management , workers and others.",Listen to the work force more .,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32419,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working conditions,There is lot of freedom to experiment and work on your own ideas. Lot of opportunities to learn.,Stressful sometimes and lot of unwanted stuff which is not related to the profile one is into.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2464.htm
32420,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Experience,Amazing place and people to work with. Had a wonderful time learning about retail business,"none, i did not have any cons that affected me",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32421,amazon,none," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TRANSACTION RISK INVESTIGATOR,Good work environment. good approach of Team Leads,"rotational shifts, no work-life balance.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32422,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good role,"Lots of things to learn, good work environment, growth opportunities are more, cab facilities from home to office.","Less salary, rotational shifts, no Saturday and Sunday offs, too much pressure in few teams","Think with respect to ground level employee, treat everyone equally, encourage no office politics.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32423,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good place to gain experience,"Helpful management, growth perspective. No standard breaks and rules and no compulsory formals. Everything is data oriented.",Cafeteria isn't good. Only data driven but but misses some key data points in middle.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32424,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fantastic place to work,"Great place to develop your career. Excellent, supportive coworkers and extremely interesting work. Business rules that are followed internally, rather than just being something leadership teams come up with and everyone else pays lip service to. Huge stock bonuses which doubled in between the time I signed and my first day. Promising future and many amazing products in the pipeline.",Stock price fluctuations keep life interesting. Some (external) people have a negative outlook on the working conditions.,"I love working here, but there seems to be a large disconnect between the public's perception of what it's like to work here and the reality. Make some changes so that our customers feel comfortable that they're ordering from a company that treats its employees well.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32425,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Seller Support,Seller Support,"I'm able to work from home, avoid traffic and wasted time in traffic jams.","High stress, quantity more important than quality.",Focus on quality customer service not quantity of cases - just to avoid hiring more people.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32426,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 26, 2015",Former Employee - Transactional Risk Investigator,Definitely fast-paced and stressful with fun as compensation,"Ownership, Healthy team relationships, Fun activities, Occasional free lunches, Casual work enivironment",Work-life balance is different with different people,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32427,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Lots of scale related challenges and smart people trying to solve them,"Really smart and fun people, challenging problems to be solved, lot of tools that make everyday tasks easier. Lot of education possibilities. Many different offices and projects around the world.","Sometimes decisions are not performed as fast, which can block you. Also do not expect to develop full time as a developer - lots of other work too.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32428,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE at Amazon,"You get to work in small teams, work on interesting problems, develop on good infrastructure, work with smart people and gain invaluable experience","You will have to be on pager duty on a rotational basis, some teams have high operational load and thus are not able to dedicate as much time as they like on development.","Invest more in tools that will reduce operational overhead, frugality with regards to development environment (e.g. hardware, software, desk, chair) does not pay dividends later on as you will lose developers and they will be less productive.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32429,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,honest review,gives you a very good learning experience,gets really hectic at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2465.htm
32430,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,You can get to know complexities of e-commerce business at a large scale,"Well, the role is a little decieving. Although it sounds good, all the processes have already been established and not much responsibility is given to a manager. No proper accountability structure and nothing technical to learn.",Please don't recruit engineers and management graduates from the best colleges and spoil their career.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32431,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work..!!,"First thing I would like to say about amazon is that there is no dress code. A good working environment, people are innovative and good opportunities to grow.",So many people take ownership and create some confusion around.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32432,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE at Amazon,"You get to work in small teams, work on interesting problems, develop on good infrastructure, work with smart people and gain invaluable experience","You will have to be on pager duty on a rotational basis, some teams have high operational load and thus are not able to dedicate as much time as they like on development.","Invest more in tools that will reduce operational overhead, frugality with regards to development environment (e.g. hardware, software, desk, chair) does not pay dividends later on as you will lose developers and they will be less productive.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32433,amazon,"Poznań, Greater Poland (Poland)"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Facilities Manager,Amazon Poznan,Specific and demanding recruitment process allows only the best to work for Amazon therefore there is a opportunity to learn from the best Senior Managers. Onboarding process allows too meet top Management who introduce to general Company's strategy. Extreme intensity at work makes you gather your experience two times faster than elsewere. Company values are reflected through 13 leadership principles which have to and are followed by everybody.,Extreme intensity makes Amazon a tough place to work. If you value work-life balance you would better look for another company. Top management uses advanced statistics to drive the company so employees are considered more like numbers and assets than human beings.,Hursh work environment makes your employees burn-out quickly.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32434,amazon,Pune (India)," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's always day-1 at Amazon :),Amazing work culture. Very friendly and helpful leadership team. Wonderful colleagues. Work is actually fun here. Employee feedback and suggestions are given a serious thought.,Food quality in the cafeteria needs to be improved.,Great job. Keep it up.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32435,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a 5 year Amazonian,Lots of opportunity to learn from working with super-bright and motivated colleagues. Great office location in London.,System and process do not always support employees having the chance to always focus on the right thing. Analysis paralysis can mean that moving forward quickly can be hard.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32436,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid Kindle,> Fast Paced > Great Tools > Variety of Cultures/People,> Excessive Hours > Insensitive Managers > Treat People extremely poorly > Contradicting Leadership Principles > Extremely difficult to navigate the politics > Male driven Org,"HR is not just Talent Acquisition, it is also Talent Retention and Development",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32437,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Hard Have Fun!,"good quality work ,enjoy fun party ....good people good systems and knowledge fast",amount of work is high in less time!........,amount of work is high in less time!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32438,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - HMD,Great Starter job,"great training for future careers, they teach you how to think differently and take ownership of issues.","cant be a bit catty , very cliquey if you didn't smoke at the office i worked in there was a joke you would never get promoted",a more transparent promotion process,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32439,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Summer Internship,"Good place to understand e-commerce giant, interesting projects, lots of ownership, can deliver results quickly","Full time roles were not exciting, work culture is bad, don't expect any kind of team work, appreciation or praise in any form is a strict taboo in this company",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2466.htm
32440,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"This the best company to work for period.... Great benefits, excellent work culture..",Basically there are none here,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32441,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Device Associate,The Best,Very Good work cuture and very employee-friendly,no cons as of now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32442,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Hub Manager,It's good company but if you have good bosses....,Good salary. .. Two weekly off. ..,You have to work more than 12 hours in a day,AMZL is facing lots of issues in terms of job satisfaction. .. All are trying in different companies. .,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32443,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Decent Pay. Decent Work.,"- There is a purpose to the work. You're never spinning your wheels for no reason, work needs to get done and you're there to lend your brain to it. - Big numbers that sound nice to others - Generally smart people - Great culture training - to be specific - not necessarily great culture, as different people experienced different managers, but as a whole, people try to ascend to Amazonian status by following a specific and clear set of leadership values","- Work is nice but it's hard to contextualize how much the work really matters when you save a multi-billion dollar company a few million dollars. They need 1,000 of you to make it matter, so they hire 999 others just like you. Welcome to Amazon. - Not for the timid. If you're not ready to get your hands dirty in whatever they throw at you, you better start packing your bags.",Make the intern round tables less boring.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32444,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company To work For.,Provides benefits such as cab pickup and drop and and flexible work timings and employees are well recognized for their work.,Does not offer employee discount on amazon even for full-time employess.,I would love to see employee discount on amazon.in and a good platform to develop myself.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32445,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,AWS,"Great company to work for, skill growth and great culture",I don't have any real cons,Stock for employee should be adjusted when company makes profit,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32446,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Functional Analyst,Functional Analyst,"great learning, nice culture, pays good","high work load, people try to eat u up at times",work life balance,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32447,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn,"-High Accountability -Good Exposure -Open Culture - I dont know what to say more, coz glassdoor just wants to make sure i speak for about some minimum number of words.","-Demanding -Customer Obsessive, Not Employee -Work over time gets monotonous at entry level job. The role I joined in two years back.",pay attention to employees,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32448,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High pressure,"Lot of things to learn, quick to act","High pressure on people, no acceptance of minor failure",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32449,amazon,Surat (India)," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Supervisor,"it is the best one. i find it,it provides good facilities to each employees.","for earning money, and provide good environment to the employees.",it takes more time for the employees.,to slow down extra workload on employee.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2467.htm
32450,amazon,Surat (India)," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Supervisor,"it is the best one. i find it,it provides good facilities to each employees.","for earning money, and provide good environment to the employees.",it takes more time for the employees.,to slow down extra workload on employee.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32451,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,It sucks to be reporting to fresher from IIMs n top BSchools with no team handling experience n take biased decisions.,Wonderful place to learn basics of supply chain and program management unlike any other organizations. The work culture is good with lot of fun activities happening.,There are no parameters to measure the performance of program managers and transportation specialists . Moreover managers make wrong perception of employees from others rather than spending time with them. The top management has zero or minimal team handling experience which makes the life hell for the employees. Moreover they take biased decisions.,none,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32452,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Euk5,Good shift patterns No uniform for general associates Free parking Canteen,Minimal competitive income against the living wage Safety footwear international population,Review of warehouse associate pay structure,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32453,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Senior French Catalogue Specialist,Worked for more than 6 nd half years,"A decent place to work, could have a balanced life","A lot of changes have happened over a period of time with regards to the facility, which has some discomfort.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32454,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Great people and business environment.,You have to be quick paced not to be left behind.,none,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32455,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Annual leaves , work life balance",Didn't face any cons yet.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32456,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fanastic,"Good company to work for, Flexible shifts and great salary.   If you would like a long walk then this is a perfect job for you,",Not any I can think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32457,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Mixed Feelings,- You learn a lot - Several opportunities to work with different people and teams - Smart co-workers - Fast-paced,"- Burns people very quickly - Performance review process is often controversial - Severe on-call rotation - Long unpaid overtime hours - Heavily into politics, like any other big company - Cheap","I've had 4 managers so far. 2 of which were great, 1 who was awful and another one with whom I did not spend enough time to review. You change managers every so often, and have to build up your relationship and reputation all over again.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32458,amazon,Ahmedabad (India)," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to be in with long working hours,"Transperency, Annual leaves are pretty good, 2 week off's.","Waste's a lot of money, Wrong recruitments at certain level",Employees are as iportant as customers,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32459,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test I,SDET,Good pay. Will work withe apex of technology and a nice place to learn.,There is very little work-life balance here.,Be concerned about employee's work-life balance.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2468.htm
32460,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,QAE,Management is very lais back. Employee issues aren't prioritized by the management,Interesting work Lots of opportunity to learn,needs to concentrate on employee growth,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32461,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Transaction Risk Investigator,Best place to work. Maximum Flexibility. Vivacious work environment.,Favoritism in some teams No Own Campus yet in Hyderabad Otherwise nothing much,Be Phenomenal. Earn trust of others. Are right a lot.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32462,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,service developer,"very good , perspective work",low salaries need to improve,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32463,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - QAE,Go to Amazon for money & forget personal life..,"Excellent employee benefits like WFH, great transportation facility etc. Awesome compensation and other benefits.","More politics. Peer feedback policy is completely exploited by some people. Higher management is busy/occupied with their own work that they don't have time to look at lower level of employees. Oncall work is worst, no personal life.",I would request management to take good care that the policies are being implemented without bias. Loop holes in some of the policies (eg. Peer feedback) effects good people and their good work is unnoticed,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32464,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"Industry leader, customer obsessed, innovative","Extremely fast paced, hard to find work-life balance, people get burned out easily",Remember you are working with people,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32465,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,You will learn a lot of new things.,lots and lots of work stress,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32466,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working Environment,"Great place to work. Real projects, learning new technologies every day.",You should always try to have something solid done to share.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32467,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay away,Good salary. Smart people. Sometimes they make good outings.,Bad work life balance. Lots of operations work involved. Bad HR. Cheap workplace.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32468,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Tech Support Analyst,Tech Support Analyst,Its customer centric company and love everything about customers and I have imbibed the same from my company,There's no cons to talk about Amazon,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32469,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,good,good work life balance. good co-interns. learnt a lot,probably not a challenging work,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2469.htm
32470,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Catalog Associate,Nice place to work with a good crowd and management.,Salary structure and appraisals are not as good as competetors,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32471,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and the colleagues you get to work with are equally fun loving and the atmosphere here is good,Great work environment Good experience Amazing culture Most of the employees here create a fun environment and make parties even when not at work to boost personal life as well,Salary is a bit sloppy and working hours are long and its somewhat hard to upgrade or get promoted from your current job progress,Great way to startup your career and boost your profile,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32472,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,nice place to work with lots of benifits but very less pay for freshers in tetsing,u ve to b manager's pet to get urself recogonised,pls recognize one's individual effort,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32473,amazon,Clichy (France)," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager Finance Operations,massive workload,"great place, great learning, still working like a startup. the company is growing so fast which makes it so challenging but exciting","frugality, so high expectation with no ressources provided. systems can be better. too much manual work and not much choices within the finance jobs",nothing to say.......................,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32474,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,FInancial Analyst,"Good exposure from a learning perspective, competitive compensation, flexible work hours, strong leadership team, freedom to implement your own ideas","Very long work hours, very competitive environment, poor work life balance, non uniformity in compensation structure across different business verticals","Introduce some form of standardization in compensation structure at a particular level across different business verticals, introduce some initiatives to improve employee's work-life balance",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32475,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Cutting edge work, end to end ownership, smart peers","Lot of work, no work life balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32476,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"good work place, facilities provided are great","slowly taking off each benefits provided, poor management",need to look at employee issues to last long,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32477,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate - Hyderabad Location,Neither Good nor Bad. Customer Service. Hyderabad location.,1. Great shifts. I mean most agent can get their lovable shifts easily as there is swap option provided.  2. Bosses are not bossy type they treat you with respect all time.,"The below points are for the Customer Service department of Amazon Hyderabad:  1. Promotions are not based on the years you spent in the same process but it is a result of the metrics you maintain. This is bad for true people who cant lie to customers. People with malpractice have a better chance to grow. This is referred to as 'Smart work' and 'Hard work' has no value and I have seen people getting fired because of 'Hard work'.  2. Favouritism (the practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another) exists.  If you work really hard, this doesn't matter sometime. You could be your manager's or lead's pet to grow.  3. There is something called 'interim' in almost all next level job. This is easily understood as a 'testing period' for getting promoted in next level. This interim period can last for 3 months to 10 months and if you maintain your metrics then you'll be made / converted to permanent level. It is like You are at Level 2 position and you applied for next level which is L3. This will not be permanent L3.  Its like Level 3 (current position) > Interim L4 > L4 (permanent) or Go back to L3 (did not maintained your metrics).  You cannot pursue your passion. I moved to one of my favorite dream jobs 2 times, 6 months each by applying internally and still they sent me back to previous level.  4. Unfair Salary. If you are working in Amazon and have 4 years of experience with say 2 lakhs per annum CTC. They hire the candidate externally with say 2 years of experience and offer them 4 lakhs per annum CTC. This is really bad about this company. They do not promote their own employees who are very much capable to do the job in Amazon way.  5. No fun activity at all. The punch line of Amazon is 'Work hard, have fun, make history'. This should be updated to 'Work hard, Work hard, Work hard'.  They claim its a Great place to work. I ask, what is Google, Facebook then ?  6. They hired lot of managers from HSBC and other cheap employee unfriendly companies and these managers are bringing those cheapness and unfriendliness along with them and implementing it here. Obviously they all have suffered in their previous company and they want to see Amazonian suffer so that this can give them a balanced satisfaction. One such example is, partially removing the cab facility (Home pickup to home drop) to Shuttle transportation (Point pickup and point drop).",Kindly read the Cons and IMPROVE.,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32478,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Dilevary,No,Yes costmbar is friendship but Dilevary is very important to me,Yes I challenge is my work in amazon but I think the best way to a maximum dimensions,Yes I confidant perfect management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32479,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Lots of learning, but very little work life balance",You get to work on the latest technologies. Your code impacts millions of people directly. Lots of ownership and fast learning.,Middle management is weird. Very little focus on employee benefits. On call load can be a little too much. Attrition rate is high.,"Please improve hiring standards, which have dipped a lot in the last 3-4 years. More focus should be on retaining employees",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2470.htm
32480,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,great career growth path and opportunities,a lot of hierarchy and rigidity,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32481,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst II,FInancial Analyst,"Good exposure from a learning perspective, competitive compensation, flexible work hours, strong leadership team, freedom to implement your own ideas","Very long work hours, very competitive environment, poor work life balance, non uniformity in compensation structure across different business verticals","Introduce some form of standardization in compensation structure at a particular level across different business verticals, introduce some initiatives to improve employee's work-life balance",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32482,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Different for different teams,Big brand that is respected outside Higher in-hand to ctc ratio Job rotation,mostly clerical work and deceiving titles poor work life balance,build people and see beyond the institutes they have come from,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32483,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The NYT article is true,Lots to learn. Data-driven culture. Leadership values strongly emphasized.,Chaotic. No structured interactions between teams. Very messed up (male-dominated) culture with a lot of favoritism.,Work on company culture. Innovate for India instead of inheriting the bureaucracy of the parent company. Do something (anything!) about the messed up and biased performance review process.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32484,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Device Associate,"Good at work culture, work exposure, freedom of thinking, growth opportunity, transport and incentives.","Not so good work exposure for Operation level employees. Insists employees to not to mingle with any designation employees, which reduces the work exposure for employees whose level is less than L4.",Please think of low level employees work exposure. Please allow low level employees (less than Ll4) to mingle with other designations when there is a chance . don't try to stop them in getting good exposure.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32485,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,Amazon is a fun place to work. Work is kind of simple.,I faced less challenges and scope of my job wasn't great i feel. Work is relatively monotonous and not much opportunities to explore within 2 years,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32486,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 13, 2015",Former Employee - Area Manager,Working hours,"Mandatory Additional hours, within short notice. May have to do split shift with nights","They say it as Mandatory Overtime but Managers are not paid for . May be good for associates, who look for added hours gain some money during peak.. I have commitment to my family, during week ends and most evenings, I need to spend time with my kids, hence was not interested to take MOT any more",It can be voluntary instead of mandatory,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32487,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Salary and shares are both good but no car,Bad work environment Lots of change,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32488,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Content Risk Analyst,"Nice place to work, bad place to stay on.","Amazing work culture, great people to work with. Flexible timings.",Management is horrible. Often come up with unrealistic targets.,Treat your employees as people. They are not machines. Set realistic targets which can be achieved.,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32489,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,okay,nice exposure to the business world,"less salary, career opportunities.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2471.htm
32490,amazon,"Farringdon, England (UK)"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Investigation Specialist,Investigation Specialist,It is an international coorperation with a lot interesting departments to work at. Young and innovative employees to work with and many opportunities to grow and be challenged.,"Although there are many opportunities it is hard to get promoted within Amazon. Especially in TRMS, it takes months or sometimes years to move up and get into a higher salary bracket.",Get better promotion schemes and recognize potential of the employees and push them. Support employees in their developlment and career goals..,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32491,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,great company to work with,-Lots of things to learn - Great place to work and learn,"-Too much competition, very tough to move to the higher level with intense competition",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32492,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interview,Good timings and package Facilities for employees are pretty good,Filtering process is tedious There were 4 tests and 3 interviews and it took more than a week to get the offer,Think of better ways to filter than wasting other people's time,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32493,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,Work Hard..Have Fun Make History,Searching to find a point,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32494,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Trms,Good work culture. Lots of opportunities. Really good smart people to work around.,Top management have no idea about the process. L5 and L6 managers have no communication with L3 employees.,Advice to the managers. Please have a clear picture as to what you want to conveye to your peers about the process. DO NOT LIE!,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32495,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.in,Good environment to work. Proper recognition and rewards are given.,None to be mentioned specifically.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32496,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Good environment , scalable application","a lot of work there , tools are not the best",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32497,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pebbles inside jewel box,Good work environment Opportunities to learn Company benefits,Bad Management Zero work life balance Very less growth opportunities Sub standard salary hike,Good being customer centric but can also try to keep the employees happy.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32498,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gr8,Good and fun place to work,Career growth is very slow,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32499,amazon,none," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - SDE1,Great work culture,"Amazon work culture is really good. You will never feel like you are working under any employee/manager, its like you are working for customers.",no cons for this awesome company,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2472.htm
32500,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,"A wonderful company to work , less work basically good profile for non technical people.","If you know excel , can get many awards and good hike. Cab facilities, nice work environment,not much work pressure. I love to be part of Amazon.","Less increment, if you work only till their expectations. Few process doesn't have clear productivity and quality gaols.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32501,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Risk Investigator,Amazon.com,Amazon.com is a great place to work. It offers a whole new world to enhance your skills and provides you the opportunity at every intervals to excel in them. Amazon strongly believes in their leadership principles and they stick to customer obsession,"Be aware as to which team you join and the team members. The manager plays a very important role for your growth. Heavy Politics, so learn to play your cards well.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32502,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good development environment, nice salary.","Too hard work, under pressure all the time.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32503,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Love working at Amazon,"The atmosphere is fun to work and the people are very friendly. The company has an open door policy where anyone has approach any manager or ops-manager if there is any issue in the company and they will do their best to help you. The other thing is there is no dress code at Amazon, you can come in shorts to work and nobody bothers","There is so much of chaos during the peak seasons, it should have been a bit more organized considering the number of years the company has been in the business,",Listen to your employees before taking any major decision.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32504,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Good Work Culture and Facilities,"Job role not defined, Manager does not know why he/she wants a resource in his/her team",No,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32505,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I ­Intern,SDE Intern,Get to learn a lot and get to work upon real projects,Did not find any such cons in my experience,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32506,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Site Merchandiser,Death of creativity,International environment. Above average salary. Possibility to change job inside the organization. Customer obsession. Help growing your resume.,"Too many manual tasks overwhelming your possibity to add value to the company. Too many people not coming from digital/ecommerce. Bad project management at all levels. No clear idea about where the company is headed. Feeling like you are in a sect instead that in a company: you have to adapt or die, your creativity is not needed. No profits in 20 years. No good reputation when trying to cheat national law about taxes. Poor in-house tools.",Don't lie to applicants describing an environment which is not real or missig some parts of the daily job. Don't waste top emplayee by killing them with too operational and repetitive tasks.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32507,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,you have to be a hard worker or dont apply!,you get to examine your inner strengths as well your physical side. Rewarding work and benefits and advancement if you are a hard working individual.,"If you have never done or worked in a warehouse environment, the work will seem daunting.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32508,amazon,Pune (India)," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer service associate,Friendly and casual environment. Each and every employee is treated equal.,Recently joined.Cant tell much right now.,Everything is perfectly going on.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32509,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Customer Service Associate,Plenty of opportunities for growth as it has just turned to two years old(Amazon India). Performance appraisal and internal movement to different roles round the year.,As it is customer based e commerce joint there should be some exceptions in terms of career growth without linking to any other criteria apart from the job role requirement.,Frequent interaction with the employees will yield good results for both the company as well as employee in long term.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2473.htm
32510,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Customer Service Associate,Plenty of opportunities for growth as it has just turned to two years old(Amazon India). Performance appraisal and internal movement to different roles round the year.,As it is customer based e commerce joint there should be some exceptions in terms of career growth without linking to any other criteria apart from the job role requirement.,Frequent interaction with the employees will yield good results for both the company as well as employee in long term.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32511,amazon,Milano (Italy)," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager Fba,Account manager Fba,"Analitical job, very competitive compensation. Stymulating enviroment. Stock option. Job rotation and opportunity ti growht in short/mid term.",Nothing in particular. Amazon is a really godo place ................,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32512,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Site Trainer,you can advance---as long as your boss likes you,the people who work there are great and the benefits are fantastic,"No distinct career path development for certain roles, I was harassed by my Manager (micromanaged to the point of exertion) and she was backed up by her Manager. The emotional stress was the most I've endured and I've been in challenging situations. I was fired because my manager didn't like working with me. Three years after I was let go, the local site still won't reconsider hiring me, despite the fact I have talent and drive that can help them go the distance.","Reconsider people who have been fired/let go. Some of your Managers are not emotionally intelligent to take care of your People. For a company that is so Customer-oriented, it is worrisome to see employees don't receive equal treatment. I have a few friends who have been fortunate enough to have outstanding managers, however, others have not been as lucky.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32513,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Investigations Specialist,Generally positive for the short term,"High calibre employees, lots of projects available if you show enthusiasm early on","Repetitive nature of work, high staff turn over, stringent quality and quantity goals not really reflecting needs of customers or employers",Value your staff,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32514,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for the No.1 e-commerce,Lots of very talented and smart individuals. Very high quality outputs from co-workers. Opportunity to interact with many different functions as lots of coordination is required.,Lack of career progression. Overly complicated promotion process that involves too many consenting parties. Annual OLR is unproductive and lead to factionalism.,It is much needed to review our talent management process and also to restructure the annual OLR process in order to be a more rounded employer.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32515,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to start your career,Huge responsibility is given to almost everyone joining the company. You influence big numbers and the focus on creating processes and standardizing everything is a very good lesson to learn early on in ones career.  Company likes to make bold bets and doesn't shy away from putting in money behind those. This is unlike most other companies. Almost feels like a massive startup.  A year here is akin to at least two or three elsewhere. Good exit options outside as a couple of years here make you highly sought after in almost all other companies.,"Work life balance is an issue. You will have to put in long weekends and some nights. Almost everyone is driven and hardworking so if you are an easy go guy, this company is not for you. Period.  Your Amazon experience is very much dependent on which team you join. Some teams are a pain to work in or work with. Best to speak with internal folks before you join and take up an offer.","Have seen the quality of people go down dramatically in the last two years (India business office). Amazon needs to maintain hiring and promotion bar high.  There is a massive empire building tendency to get promoted and it almost feels like a replicable cookbook where managers, at the cost of frugality, concentrate on building an empire under them to get promoted faster. This needs to end. The only reason Amazon is good is because the people you work under and work with are super smart and command respect. If that goes away, the attraction of the company goes away too.",3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32516,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience,Good quality of work in my team,Not much!! Work/life balance is low but it is common in every comapany like Amazon.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32517,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Excellent in every way possible,No cons found in this company,You guys are good.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32518,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - CSA,"Good Job, major changes tho","Benefits, Hours, amazing people to work with",Going through a lot of changes more target based,Pay attention to your workers.,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32519,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Great place for Tech mindset people,- Startup culture with lot of empowerment - Smart people all around - Awesome work of Amazon standard - Hardwork is expected as a norm (lazy folks are singled out very easily) - Love the transparency in decision making based on data - Strong culture and values - leadership principle is just in every aspect of this company,"- Average facility - Poor perks - Huge expectation upfront (fast ramp up expected at all levels) - Not much rewards and recognition, expectation is to work silently",Need to focus on training and not just on the job learning. Better career growth opportunity and open dialogue for the same,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2474.htm
32520,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer-Intern,Ownership of the work is tremendous.Flexible working hours.Good projects.,Work culture is quite challenging.Peer pressure can be considered as one of the cons working here.Some people might be less helpful(Depends upon what kind of a person your mentor is!).,"Management should be more careful while assigning mentors.Expectations from interns shouldn't be from Day 1,as some people take time to adjust to the new work culture.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32521,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon amazon,best compay .. good work ethics..good home pickup too.always recommended as a startup job,ok not many cons tho,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32522,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for freshers,Great work culture and people,after a certain period the work gets monotonous,create more growth opportunities,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32523,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits,Good starting package with hand full of allowance,Takes time to get adjust with the enviornment,It is really good and keep going in the same phase,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32524,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - CSA,Good Workplace,"Growing company, lots of users, high impact work, love my coworkers. It's a product that is changing the world","Not an easy job, changes impact millions of users which can sometimes be very stressful.",No advice as of now,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32525,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Operation Manager Customer Service,Great to learn new things but really time demanding,"salary was good, you can have impact on very big projects, collegues are tough and skilled, if you are customer oriented that's the place for you","it's very very demanding in terms of dedication, in my case evaluation from my manager was unfare and I believe it was to favor friends instead of perfomance",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32526,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 5, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Okay place with less growth,Work from home option Insurance and food coupons Friendly managers Lot of (Only) appreciation. Flexible working hours. Cab facilities. Quarterly team outings .,"Expect promotions and hike only if you have an MBA from top tier B school No MBA n you work well. All you can expect is appreciation and cake cuttings. Wait for 5 years for a good promotion and hike, if you don't have MBA",Please provide promotion based on the performance and not solely on the degree. Please stop being bias.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32527,amazon,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it engineer,"That ok, team s fine, salary is good.",Sometimes its very stressfull and a lot of work to do in small time.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32528,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Best company ever,"Many opportunities to grow and to show what you're made of. There are many resources to work, and you have the opportunity to work with extremely talented people.","Work and challenges can be addictive, the can take a lot portion of your personal time, if you choose to.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32529,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Imaging Associate,Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History,Employee centric company which give best to their people. Great Work life Balance.,Internal Politics in particular nodes.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2475.htm
32530,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Partner Manager,Review,good culture,no clear long run career options,improve career development plan,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32531,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Fast pace working environment. best place to learn things,schedule it quite hectic but it is needed in competitive world,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32532,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Data Center Operations,Work Hard,"An ocean of knowledge available to everyone, if you have thirst for learning whatever is your role you will have time and material to get better on anything you want.",Depending on the team you are and the manager you have it is difficult to see a career opportunity. Depending on your role the work could be monotonous sometimes.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32533,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The same as every other company,"Rate of pay, paid break, overtime rate, shares allocation, I suppose having a job if you can call it that in the first place.","Bad management and human resources, they do not appreciate hard work, no career progression, no communication between managers, they said they want the brightest and they hire the thickest and pay them double and triple and quadruple to stand around. I have been there 3 years and it's getting worse every year.","Practice what you preach, be fair, you won't have a business without hard working individuals, what ever goes up fast will eventually come down just the same.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32534,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Business Development,Business Development and more,Amazon has the brightest and most passionate people you'll ever work with in the technology industry. You'll work very hard and enjoy every bit of it somehow. You'll learn to drink from a firehose and life will never be the same again.,My theory is the human resource system in Amazon is designed to burn you out hence your RSUs are meant to keep you as long as possible by dangling a huge carrot for every additional year past the burned out phase (2 years). Its tough working for this company and you'll come out loving it or hating it.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32535,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to work but expect to work hard,"Plenty of team building events, on the cutting edge of innovation, generally if you have a good idea you have a good chance of making it happen","not much, I believe most people are aware that this is not company to work for if you want the perfect life balance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32536,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Systems Administrator,Cloud Support Engineer 2,Lots of great people Flexibility Access to big set of trending technologies No dead end career if you build your own path,No work/life balance consideration from management (either you put the limits or you'll be squeezed out for free) No useful training on services Performance evaluation impartial and unfair Bonuses are not up to the extra effort some put on,Stop drawing numbers on a spreadsheet and start working with your teams.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32537,amazon,Seoul (South Korea)," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales,great working experience you've probably not had before,some people would feel too fast to adapt himself,"not much too say, as we are changing IT industry and the start up eco system (AWS)",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32538,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not a bad place,1.You will have a steep learning curve with something new always around the corner. 2. You will get to work with some very smart people. 3. Decent salaries.,1. WLB is pretty much screwed up. 2. No additional perks (frugality). 3. Sometimes management is not very transparent. 4. Things can change very fast and there is a lot of randomization.,Respect your engineers and don't think they are oblivious to the things happening in the back ground.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32539,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Team Lead,Amazing place for Dedicated People,"If you are dedicated and ready to goal the extra mile, rewards and recognition follows!!","Long Working hours During Peak Season, although you get paid Over-time.",Please do-not Change the great work culture of Amazon and make it feel like BPO!!!!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2476.htm
32540,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,NIce work environment .. good place to work,No onsite opportunities in this company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32541,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Mediocre difficulty,The work environment is very good and the supervisors are very friendly too. Transportation facilities are provided. Training is also top notch.,The working hours are very tiring after continuos work and apart from that I finds no other flaws for working with this company.,I have got not advice to management as of now.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32542,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Catalog specialist(Senior Process Associate),"An ever learning environment, one of the best e-commerce company,a good culture",Work is hectic sometimes but otherwise it is fun to work in amazon,Can still be a better place to work,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32543,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Area Manager,Great environment! Enjoyed a lot compared to previous place. It was really pleasant that I could talk to so many innovative people,"Like most big companies it is easy to get lost, although the culture of Amazon highly tries to avoid this","My advice would be to focus on your job, but at the same time have fun. There are a lot of great people you can meet at the office, so try to chat to as many people as possible",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32544,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,Instructional designer,"Working hard, having fun and making history. Can be a part of this corporate culture.",Too many newly hired ones are working with little knowledge on the business field.,Take care of the struggling people.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32545,amazon,"Mohali, Punjab (India)"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Java Gwt Gxt Sencha Spring Hibernate Developer,Good,Environment is very good here,"Everything is good here, like environment, atmosphere an all.","Already management is good, nothing to advise",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32546,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,"nice office, flexible working hours","Much work pressure, On-call duty for new hires are a pain",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32547,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Mobile Marketing Manager,It is an good circle start my carrier from here,It looks an wonderful environment to enjoy friends an we have to know the value of money,I have interest to work in such a company because they have providing a good opportunity to earn our self,Creating an opportunity to job less,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32548,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Facilities Manager,Facilities Manager,"Amazon is a great place to work. I have been able to achieve my personal goals to the point that Amazon's grows get reflected in my everyday work including better school for my kids, better car and real time quality time with my kids and my wife.",Amazon is growing so fast and successful that small details are becoming bigger issues. This is still great because it keeps you busy looking for solutions to these issues.,Keep it up! You're doing just the right thing. Increasing benefits is great because that will make your top performers avoid looking at other competitors and will ease the recruitment process.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32549,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Great work-life balance !,"Lack of dress code, Great Infrastructure, talented bunch of people, Good pay scale.",Nothing that greatly affects anyone.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2477.htm
32550,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Karnataka,Excellent,"No dress code. Awesome work culture, open door policy","Sometimes it make you think, whether your work is getting recognised or not",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32551,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior software engineer,As a fresher you will learn a lot of things,Lot of Operational overhead and many meetings,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32552,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon intern experience,Independent work. Good facilities Had some fun,Less innovative Stress full job less learning,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32553,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Supportive People People oriented culture You can get your ideas through if you work hard enough,You can get lost in the directions of where to be for what and how Peculiar package structure that drives you to always be on top of your game and makes sure its always recognized and remembered,Ease on the organization principles on the staff promotion since they are only doing things which limits them to display these qualities,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32554,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loving it as of now,Love the work culture Open minded people Great opportunities to grow,Timings can be a little hectic,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32555,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Anonymus,"Cool working culture, Flexible timings","Cut throat competition, Development opportunities can be better",Career development should be taken care of,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32556,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A nice company,A good company for fresher's.,"Over a period of time, you start feeling like a machine",Please retain your tenured associates,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32557,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test Intern,Amazon,Free cab service for interns,Lots of work and high pressure.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32558,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Shared Service Analyst,Great learning experience and an opportunity to test your potential,Great organization to be a part of. Finance teams in shared services especially get an insight into the process. Ability to test your potential in during period-end times. Helps you build your career.,"Slow growth in terms of salary, if you are already on a higher scale. Some processes were migrated to north eastern EU job markets and the FTE here had no clue.","Try quarterly one-on-ones with associate and senior-associate level employees, if there are complaints, that is because they trust you to come up with a solution.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32559,amazon,Lauwin-Planque (France)," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Fulfillment Centre isolation - stay away,"1. Good brand name for your CV - you will get multiple interviews if you are after looking to move on to other company, or if you are able to resist for 1 year to move to a better location/team 2. Ok as starting point in your career - if you are an intern I think is cool. 3. The location you are and manager you have will determine 95% of your satisfaction - Corporate environments (Luxembourg) are where meaningful decisions are taken. Depending on your manager (accepts more job, block it for lack of resources) you will end up dealing with it.","1. HR is WORTHLESS. Don't expect them to help you, everything is associate focus and they won't even give you an introductory speech the first day there. No advice on nothing (social security, transportation, etc..) 2. High employee rotation…I heard once is around 13months in the company the average. I HAVE 3 FINANCIAL CONTROLLERS MANAGERS IN 9 MONTHS!! (one of them working remotely) 3. You don't really ""develop the best"" just run in a rush, building whatever can barely solve the issue and passing it to the next one…building projects over crappy pillars. Insist on high standards…please don't make me cry!!! 4. Systems unestructured: multiple data sources, poor integration. You will fight your battle for a while. Operations with 2-3 years experience don't even know how to read data well. 5, Decisions are taken in Seattle or in Luxembourg: if you are in an FC you will be a final executor without voice in the company. 6. Really poor work-life balance: in general some departments work less (security, safety, procurement) and some others more (Operations, Engineering and Finance). In Finance you will work an average of 60h/week. More than that if you are in month end closing period, or quarterly-yearly plans (applicable the same across LIL1, MRS1, ORY1, LYS1, CDG10 - FP&A FR Regional Finance) - exclude CDG10 retail finance 7. Blurred lines in terms of employee project focus - Recommendation: focus on your objectives and block/say no to whoever comes with an ad-hoc request. Otherwise you will end up working double and they won't even say thank to you. 8. Lack of employee collaboration within the same team…essentially your working colleagues will offer no-little support in your first months as they are performing against you in the Year- end performance review. If you learn the systems and processes slower you will not be a potential risk! look for support your own.","Stop the frupidity leads to a not creative working environment. Frugality can be ok until certain point. Food poisoning in FC canteens, seriously offer good meals. I have seen cases of sick employees beacause of it. It is not nice. Senior hires seem to be poorer and poorer skilled, I have seen guys of 25-30 knowing much better their business and performing more difficult things than Senior Analysts/Managers of 40-50. Reward young talent, orient better them to be the true future leaders of the company, otherwise they will leave.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2478.htm
32560,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job overlook,"good opportunities to grow within the company. training and seminars to learn about the company's culture. great pay check and benefits, including shares.",hard training with long hours and though work. Shifts can be quite challenging and the amount of work and responsibilities can also be a challenge.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32561,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good culture,"There is great platform set for those who love to learn, literally it's learning environment",There should be full of conceptual knowledge and the candidature's communication is pond by the company,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32562,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,"It is a beautiful place to work where you do not have colleagues, you have friends.","Work culture, no dress code, lesser hierarchy compared to other companies, lesser work stress.","Low salary hike, slowly changing face to look like other BPOs, less transparency as compared to earlier.",Try to not change Amazon into other Indian run companies. Let the real culture stay,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32563,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Consultant,- Big name - Great Offices - Central Location,- Big corporate - Favoritism from management - No progression,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32564,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,data center,"good environment, multiple nationality, growing industry","no room to advance, no room to develop skills",hear the thought from the first line engineer,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32565,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company that over-complicates itself and its employees,Other employees in the same team are nice and helpful. Canteen Healthcare,"- The starter training is basic and does not answer most of the questions you can be asked. - - -- The database is a mess and finding information is as easy as trying to read a book in Chinese without any knowledge of the language. - The other trainings are given by people with no will to make it easy to understand, throwing information really fast and avoiding questions or clarifications on a certain issue. - Management is incompetent, giving itself more time off and never really going through with what they were supposed to do. In my time working there I got 1 one-to-one and that was it. - Higher management doesn't care about employees' demands. You are supposed to work 2 week ends per month but you sometimes get to work more than that and management does not do a thing for you even if you tell them. The same thing goes for the legal obligation to give you at least 11 hours of off time between two days. - They change your schedule without telling you, and this at the last minute. This gives you no time to plan your life outside of work ahead. - They are offering overtime, capped. - They prefer employees who know how to lick to promote them. - The training you do at the start becomes useless in the end, because many things change during your time there, and since the database is updated once every full moon, it serves no purpose. - They rely heavily on subcontractors, who do nothing and make huge mistakes - Other services linked to your own are not given feedback, no matter how many times you talk to your manager about it. - The schedule changes every week, some week you'll work at 6am, some others you'll work at 1pm. This is bad for anyone's health, no matter the reason. - They send you to teams without asking you if you are OK with that or not. - High turnover","Listen to your employees, don't make them feel like they are useless. Give more one to one to them and more information on what they did good or not. Stop changing the target, it is either one or the other. You're over complicating yourself. And for the love of god, stop thinking that the customer's survey is important for success, because sometimes the answer you give is perfect, it is just that the customer does not want to hear it. It should be either taken out of the stat, or understood. Less changes to schedules, with a way to check it outside of work, so people in holidays can also see if changes have been made. Better managers that know what management is, and no management that get a 1 hour meeting in the canteen so they can fill their stomachs while employees have only 30 minutes per day",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32566,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Seller Integration Manager,seller Integration Project manager,"Good ans skilled people, lots of interesting projects and perspectives.",Work life balance can be bad if your time management is not done correctly.,Keep up the good work :),4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32567,amazon,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice job and nice people,Really nice job and nice people,None everythi g was really good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32568,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 14, 2015",Former Employee - Project Specialist,Great experience,"Friendly people, customer centric company, a lot of things to learned from very talented people, carrers opportunities","None at all, I really had great time there.",Keep the good work :),5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32569,amazon,Tharamani (India)," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good work environment and infrastructure.,"Little bit pressure, and drop time is high",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2479.htm
32570,amazon,Tharamani (India)," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good work environment and infrastructure.,"Little bit pressure, and drop time is high",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32571,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Fast Paced and Development Opportunities,fast paced and demanding (in a positive way!) I started back in July 2008 as a level 1 warehouse associate and developed within the company through all tier levels and eventually as an Area Manager. So personally the company has excellent development opportunities.,"Training is very basic and simplistic you have to make mistakes to learn as you are going really (I didn't really mind this!) Long working hours as an Area Manager. Contracted to 40 Hours PW we were working 13-14 hours a day during the peak Q4 seasons, on top of this you still find there are not enough hours in the day so I often worked at home for my administrative tasks - again I really didn't mind but others found this very daunting and deflating.",Talk to each other!!!!,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32572,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent colleagues,"Excellent colleagues, straight forward style, highly efficient","lack of overall planning, often stuck on minor details","gain a better vision by actually talking to customers and employees instead of sitting in the office and preaching ""customer centered blablabla""",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32573,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's good,"Decent pay, good people and ethos",Cuts after peak times can be ruthless,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32574,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Technical account management,Very nice company to work.,Growth is a bit slow.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32575,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Too hectic and workaholic company,working with large system across the globe,hectic schedule and no work life balance,be more caring for employees,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32576,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Review,Amazon culture is one of a kind. Great Culture!,Fewer opportunities for growth. Growth is slow and tedious. Lack of transparency. Lack of guidance.,Inculcate transparency.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32577,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Analyst,Ok,"Amazing work culture, Transparent, Work life balance","Salary, Monotonous, Lack of freedom",A competitive payscale,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32578,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Obsessed,The best part of the company is that you can freely approach anyone.,Not many cons. The company is driven by metrics. Is customer centric and not focused on employee benefits.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32579,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work experience,"good work environment, supportive fellow workers",low salary for level 2 employees,nill,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2480.htm
32580,amazon,none," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as bad as NYT article,"There are tons of smart people, something that I really missed when I left. Also, the company definitely takes a long-term focus, which is another thing that I sorely missed when I went to a company that was focused on the extremely short-term","Relatively long hours, but it really depends on the team and manager. The benefits are pretty crappy compared to other technology companies. Also, people are seen as somewhat expendable since so many people line up at the door to get hired.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32581,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dream Company,"Good salary, cool working hours which you can expect with the money being given","sometimes gets boring and monotonous, not good increment","should take more care about the employees, more growing chances should be given",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32582,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sdeII,best company for customer oriented,dont pay well for employee,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32583,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Monotonous,I feel Flexible timings is the only pro. Can grow if you know the managers well. You know what I mean,"Biased promotions, true hard worker not given any importance, they just need the work done. No importance to quality of work",Should be better organised,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32584,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to learn,"* Get to own the projects you are working on from end to end. * Involve all the aspects of software development from managing hardware to design, code, code reviews, testing, deployment etc. * Can see how big an impact you are making to the world.","* Depending on team to team and management, the work could be frustrating with very little to learn and too much time spent. * Employees are not pampered at all like in other organizations. They are treated like a resource to the company.","* Again depending on team to team, the management sometimes be frustrating. When your manager is under pressure from higher management, he may put a lot of pressure on you and may blame you for projects that did not went well.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32585,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Too bad glassdoor doesn't allow you to give 0-stars,"* Awesome customer focus - you'll learn what customer focus really means, instead of the half-hearted stuff you see in most other companies. * If you're an adrenalin junkie, who always likes to be on edge, racing against the clock in an imaginary race, you'll like it here. DISCLAIMER: You'll get tired of it pretty soon though.","* This place scars you for life. Read more at the end of this section. * Forget your life, health and everything else if you want to be successful here. To the company, you're just a resource to be used till you're all used up and then discarded. That, they say, is the price of success. * If you're someone who likes your 7 hours of sleep a day, stay away. * If you're someone who has hobbies that take more than a few seconds of your time, stay away. * If you're someone who has a family that you'd like to spend more than a few seconds of a day with, stay away. * If you have friends who you want to talk to more than once a year, stay away. * If you're smart, stay away - you can land a job at a much better work place. The work here isn't technically challenging at all, it is challenging in the sense that you're woken up in the middle of the night and have to fix things however you can, however quickly you can, so that you can be in to work the next day. * If you think you'll learn how to write good code or design complex systems, think again - you're just going to fight fires and write hacky code to quickly patch up someone else's mess. The aim is just speed and secondly, something that works somehow, and the end result is an unprofessional and messy codebase, which even the worst coders in my class in college would've been ashamed of. * Their oncall system is probably the worst.  A NOTE TO THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO JOIN AMAZON, OR THOSE WHO RECENTLY JOINED: * If you can turn down your offer and continue interviewing elsewhere, I'd suggest doing that. * If you've got no other option, or if you've recently joined, give it a few months, don't assume things will improve - they never do. My first month was an excellent representation of the other 22 months I stayed there. * Keep coding on the side to keep up your design skills. I personally know so many people who were scared to interview at other places, since they felt they'd lost all skills. If you feel the same way, don't worry - some open source coding is good enough to bring you up to scratch. * Don't let their ridiculous stock vesting cycle trap you! You'll lose most of your stocks whenever you leave. * If you realize you're starting to have more headaches, or your blood pressure is beginning to get higher, or if you face any health issues whatsoever, just put in your papers. Those are the first symptoms that things are beginning to go downhill. The adrenalin junkie lifestyle is not for everyone and there's no shame in quitting. * This place scars you for life. I'm still suffering the after-effects, almost 3 years after I've left, and my health is slowly improving (thankfully) now. It also changes your mindset and how you react to things that are normal at a workplace. Less than two years there, and my instinctive reaction to a problem at work has become figuring out a hack, just focus on the extremely short-term and forget about the medium and long-terms. I've also realized I now had trust issues at work. I initially looked at teammates in my new workplace (one of the best companies to work for) as potential backstabbers.  I could go on and on, but long story short - STAY AWAY! You do NOT want to ever work here. Unless you don't appreciate your current employer - in which case, go work for Amazon for a year and return to your old workplace. After working for Amazon, anywhere else will seem like heaven!","I know it probably comes from Bezos himself, but as a company, Amazon must think at least a little about the long term. Saying ""We've been successful so far just being shortsighted and thinking only of today, Bezos will take care of thinking of anything beyond tomorrow"" just makes you an incredibly slow and sluggish company that is also a horror to work for. I left",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,39,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32586,amazon,"Sakai, Osaka (Japan)"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Think before you jump in,"Fast paced company, lots of change helps keep things exciting, freedom to create and work on projects you come up with yourself.","Although it is a US company, in Japan it is a Japanese company with Japanese style management. Be prepared. No work life balance, people who try to have a life outside of work are looked down on. Despite the abundance of growth, Senior Management is hesitant to let the subject matter experts be a part of the decision making, driving poor decision making. Compensation plan is set for your pay to drop after 2 years (many people quit at this point) Hard to make a real impact. Poor decisions being made by management are masked by the companies growth. Although everyone works very hard, they do not work smart (time in the office = effort, good ideas do not matter.","Start worrying about the people you have hired, educate them and give them chances to get out of the day-to-day and work on projects that can help them prove potential and drive the business.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32587,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Device Associate,Poor career opportunities,"cool work culture, more freedom, perks, environment, employee benifits and policies","Career growth is poor, no onsite opportunities, giving responibility and identifying talents.",Provide opportunities to everyone.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32588,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growth Stage,Lots to learn as the company is in a phase where there's tremendous growth happening. New features and plans are being made everyday and you get the chance to work with some of the smartest people,"Part bcoz of the explosive growth and mostly bcoz of company philosophy, work takes precedence and every other aspect of life will be on the back-burner. There's no other way to survive.","Being customer-centric is great, but it helps if employees are also taken care off. No organisation has been able to sustain growth and maintain itself without Human capital",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32589,amazon,none," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Awesome place to work for,nothing yet as of now,nothing,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2481.htm
32590,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Tech Support Analyst,Excellent company to work for.,1. Work culture 2. No dress code 3. Free pick up and drop cab 4. Outing 5. Meal pass 6. Internal promotion,1. Not so structured 2. Not clear career path,Career path can be made.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32591,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Accounts Payable Analyst,Great Place to work Good work culture and ethics Good Work management and managers,This is a good place to work and I have no suggestions for Amazon.com,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32592,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - CSA D2CS,Digital CSA ORK1,"Friendly people, post-room for deliveries.","Pay is capped after receiving a one-time increase you need to submit a huge report, in order to be in with a chance of getting.  Skills are growing wildly 50+ unique skills, everything from MP3 to Video Streaming, Kindle, Fire Phone/TV, Lovefilm by Post, Wireless, Mayday, Cloud Drive, Game & Software Downloads, Appstore, Escalation Lines, email/chat support.  Hours are terrible frequently getting one day off between two full working weeks.  Days are 8.45 hours long, hours of operation 6AM - 9PM.  We work every bank holidays, most weekends, even Christmas Day.  Poor management, poor training, frequent system issues, not enough IT support for a campus comprising three buildings.  Location is outside the city by the airport, which makes travel time lengthy.  Expensive canteen, with poor Aramark food.  Very high turnover of staff, reliance on agency staff at busy periods.","Increase pay, decrease the workload, and sort out the schedules.  At the moment with the number of skills, it is getting increasingly difficult to train new staff. Staff retention is key in a city with the likes of Apple, EMA, Voxpro and the like. People leaving due to stress.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32593,amazon,none," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Operative,Warehouse operative,Picking and packing and for what you do pay is fine cannot expect £10 per hour for picking Team and staff nice people,Can be hard work at times if under pressure,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32594,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Great opportunities if the culture suits you,"I've enjoyed working at Amazon, it's fast paced, you have fantastic levels of ownership, the attitude is can do and you are expected to drive change and improvement, colleagues are smart and stimulating. The company continues to grow a rapid rate and that creates lots of opportunities internally (e.g. I'm on my 3rd role here in 3.5 years), there are usually secret projects going on building out the next product.  The move into Central London has also been very good socially and for mixing with colleagues, previously in Slough there were very limited opportunities to go for a meal or a drink after work and that really put a brake on say Friday evening drinks.","People move roles rapidly (18months to 2 years is typical) and between functions/teams, which is great for development but also means the company suffers from chronic people gaps and knowledge gaps on things like: what happened last year, how processes should operate.  Culture does not suit everyone. It's cerebral and you have to be able to operate in what the company calls Dive Deep mode: going into detail, asking why repeatedly, finding root cause for issues, knowing all your metrics (and we have a lot of them!). People whose preferred mode is influencing and inspiring people whilst floating above the detail will struggle.  Travel expense policies are stingy, e.g. economy class for long haul flights.",Work on inspiring people more.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32595,amazon,none," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be Better,Intelligent People all around which makes work interesting.,Poor Work Life Balance.People do not get much time to enjoy.,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32596,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Great leadership principles, applied across all levels. Challenging and dynamic place for someone who wants to learn and grow.",While hiring new leadership members culture fit has to be much more stringent. Also hiring in bulk from certain organizations within a short span is not a great idea. More involvement of headquarters into off shore teams also is required.,"It's a great place to work for, free thought and opportunity to grow. the local leadership teams should try not to make it a controlled environment.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32597,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Working at amazon,"Not so great work, but good compensation for someone in Chennai",Too much internal politics and you need to be likeable by your manager to get promoted,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32598,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Graduate Area Manager,Graduate Area Manager,"Great company to work for, with many different options for promotion.  Would really like to see how amazon progresses in the future.",Work weekends and nights sometimes.  employee's (temps) can be awfully unmotivated so will not react to motivation tactics,"Keep doing what your doing, I've had micro management before so I know what bad management feels/looks like.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32599,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,Looks after the employees really well. Good career oppurtunities,work wise none. But employees need to given some discounts on amazon.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2482.htm
32600,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,Looks after the employees really well. Good career oppurtunities,work wise none. But employees need to given some discounts on amazon.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32601,amazon,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Cloud Support Engineer,- Challenging - Lots of opportunity to learn - Great work environment and perks,- Average salary and not growing at all per company's growth - After 2 years people feel demoted due to weird salary packaging model,- Being frugal is great but providing almost free services to most customer isn't - Revise weird salary packaging model and salary as per company's growth,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,38,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32602,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Good working environment,Its good to work with so many talented people around. Work quality is very good. One gets to learn a lot .,Management is not that good. Org structure keeps on changing . People leave company before 2 years so stability is not there.,Stabity should be there,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32603,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"High salary, good development of software skills. Challenging Environment",No work-life balance. High pressure job with strict deadlines,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32604,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD BUT,"challenging, opportunity to learn, nice working environment","even with the leadership principles and the star recruitment methodology, unqualified friends of managers become managers who misuse their power, and if employee points out gets fired","check who you are hiring as manger, read exit interviews",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32605,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,Rewarding Experience,Gets you to learn finer details of business and product management,tough on your personal life !,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32606,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It can be a lot better company,"Flexible, good opportunities (can change groups after one year), Can relocated to anywhere (US)","Lot of junior engineers(Freshers) (close to 100% in few teams), seniors spend more time on interviews than actual development..Focus is more on interviews rather than developing existing engineers. Teams do a lot of adhoc work. Expectation mis match what they ask in Interviews (algorithms, coding) while once you are in , probably you won't be using any algorithm, most likely an excel update or monitoring numbers",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32607,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Completely disfunctional Shared Services Center,They will hire anyone with at least fairly good language skills,"Absolute lack of management support, team leaders with null prior people management skills, weakest benefits of all SSC's",none,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32608,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,lots of new things to learn but no time for it,End to end responsibility for a product,heavy operational load in AFT,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32609,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Had a lot of freedom to pursue the the projects I was most interested in, and to tackle them in innovative ways.","Not a tech company -- to get the most experience you must treat any role as a product role, not tech.",Do more to recruit and keep top technical talent. Having thought leaders at Amazon will help to improve culture.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2483.htm
32610,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager Software Development,Unique culture starts up like environment very fast paced,Too much hiring Quality of recruitment went down,Senior management in India need to be educated in modern management ways,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32611,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,Know about Amazon.com,"""Wear Something"" is the dress code No work Pressure Decent salary Awesome work environment Pick up and drop facility.",It will become bit monotonous if you don't come up with new ideas Promotion and career opportunities takes time. Salary could be more higher.,Salary can be increased. Management has to give extra career opportunities. Keep up with the good work. Snacks and lunch can be provided for free. Being this huge brand this is not much to ask for,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32612,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Transport Planner,"Freedom of work, no work pressure","less work life balance, have to work on weekends, need to sit in office for 8hrs even if you dont have any work to do.",Career growth is too slow,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32613,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Interesting work, opportunities to work with cross functional team","Work life balance, that's all",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32614,amazon,Asia (Philippines)," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Culture Disconnect,"Head Office culture, innovation, pace of change, equity growth, competitive salary, customer focus","Lack of local autonomy, financial health, lack of (any) benefits or bonus and weak local leadership.","Learn to say no to Seattle, and express the corporate culture through visible actions.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32615,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - CSA,Always an awesome company to work :),work culture is one of the best ones perks are good nice management,salary can be a bit high,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32616,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon, Hyderabad",Lot of opportunities to innovate and take initiatives Freedom to set your own rules Smart people,Chaotic High attrition Less focus on employees,"Focus on employees, work life balance",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32617,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very less pay,"Good work life balance, Good environment to work. Only pay is not sufficient","Very less pay, No better opportunities, nothing to learn inside","Acknowledge the right people, then they will work more and don't leave you",3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32618,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,do not recomend,I honestly do not see any pros,no work life balance. long working hours,take care of your employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32619,amazon,none," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 1,You get the salary you deserve,Too much work to do in a day,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2484.htm
32620,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flawed System,Can learn a lot from colleagues if you are motivated.,Zero transparency consistency with internal promotion.... salary way below market rates... best talent leaves on a consistent basis. Staff chain-smoking outside with bags under their eyes and pager bleeping on a Friday evening...,"Don't be so arrogant, you are not that good...... Why are all the smart people leaving?",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32621,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jul 19, 2015",Current Employee - Operation Engineer,Operation Engineer,Hard and smart work configuration with sense of ownership and simplify understanding,Unstructured form of culture. too many owners make the things sometimes complex.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32622,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Favoritism and Politics,Promotes Ownership and has a very fast-paced culture,Lots of deadwood in the middle ranks who know how to game the system by colluding and playing politics with others. Esp. true in Amazon Traffic group in India.,Get rid of stack ranking and penalize those senior leaders who are only there because of politics,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32623,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer III,Good,Scope of learning is good Work Culture is great,I Did not feel anything negative about Amazon Only Work-life balance will be little difficult,NA,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32624,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Vendor Manager CCLDP,very good platform to run real retail business. teams are not political.,Lack of enough human resources and need to follow up very detailed things leading to low work efficiency and lots of non value added work. maybe good experience for very junior employees such as fresh graduates,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32625,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Retail Associate,RETAIL ASSOCIATE,"Work culture,best learning curve,comfort with peers,opportunities for growth,work life balance,working hours,transport.","Even though the work is initially interesting it turns out to be monotonous,also the remuneration could be slightly better.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32626,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern at Amazon,"Good mentorship, lost of learning","Too much work, and not much fun for interns.","Work interns less, more benefits",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32627,amazon,Wrocław (Poland)," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Crazy pace, great experience, failure is common",- very fast paced environment - great experience gathering - multiple development opportunities - allowed to fail provided that proper preparations were in place,- close to 0 external training - learning only by doing - sometimes crazy requests with no sense,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32628,amazon,none," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer Intern,Great place for learning for freshers.,Less of work-life balance for full-time employees.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32629,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,financial analyst,"creative , efficient, fast pace, nice working atomosphere. a good brand,","reception not so helpful, other things are good",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2485.htm
32630,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Amazing peers, awesome culture!",A great learning environment Open culture Freedom to try out new things Ownership of the project you're working on Easy role switching internally Nice pay scale Facilities are decent Company is in growing stage and there is a huge potential to grow along,"Work pressure is immense Weekly targets and reviews No honeymoon period and work starts from day 1 Very competitive environment, so performance is monitored continuously",You're working good on almost all sorts. Just policies can be little more employee friendly and the targets can be little more reasonable so that employees remain motivated throughout!,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32631,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - CSAC Associate,Very Satisfying envioronment.,"- Extremely fast growth , employee friendly policy, open door policy, very helpful management and HR team - Enhances interpersonal skills via leadership principles which every Amazonian imbibes on their behavior - Easy internal team movements (if you match the criteria)",- Hike needs to be standardized,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32632,amazon,Bhiwandi (India)," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst culture ever,Pays well. A global brand to work for. Amazing communication of the principles and values across organisation,"A pathetic start to the culture in India especially in the fulfillment center ops area. Management lacks back bone and is scary. Infact there are a lot of common features mentioned in the New York times (NYT) article which resembles the work culture at Amazon. The major cons incl eg. 1. absolutely no work life balance (even if u die working there will hardly be any sentiments around). 2. Lack of empathy. 3. Health issues due to work culture. 4. Pathetic management 5. lack of actions taken by HR and managers on issues being reported 6. A very local Indian version of a global company which u would definitely NOT want to get in,where every person thinks he can rule the org. himself. 7. Though rotations across locations is suppose to be common (thats what the HR claims), its almost impossible to move out of this org due to its bad management Even if u desperately want an operations stint , ABSOLUTELY not recommended for people who want to get into fulfillment centre operations here. U will regret being there. Do go through the NYT article on Amazon's work culture, if still in doubt. Its nothing different in India, infact its worse. I am personally NOT recommending this company to any close friend of mine unless u want revenge with any of your mates.",TREAT YOUR EXIT INTERVIEWS SERIOUSLY OR ELSE THE MEDIA DOES THE FACTUAL TALKING,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32633,amazon,none," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Place I Have Ever Worked,Good salary to lure you as an Ops Manager. Not much else positive to say really.....,"The culture that is described to you is one that focuses on people. This could not be further from the truth as fear mongering and bullying tactics are used regularly to threaten associates and managers. Amazon, in my experience, has not lived up to any one of their ""leadership principles"". Very closed minded organization.",Start treating people with respect (including your management teams).....you'd be surprised how much more you get out of people when they are happy and treated like human beings instead of garbage.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32634,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Forum Specialist,Forum Specialist,"big company, great values and culture, a nice place to acquire international experience","lack of communication, rapid changes with no notice, to much flexibility, awful shifts",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32635,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist - Team Lead,Catalog Specialist/Team lead,Great and friendly atmosphere. Balanced work and fun environment (if you know to keep it balanced) Countless opportunities to grab,every org has a few cons. None too alarming and deviating to point at.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32636,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Nothing to brag about, or complain about",Same regular hours. The work is indoors and is not intellectually challenging.,"The work can be repetitive and boring. Depending on what area you are in, it puts a strain on different body parts. Night shift work starts too early. The day shift needs to be refined to either a shorter day or finishing earlier. Canteen food is quite poor.",Stop the favoritism and take heed of the honest employers. It is bad when you have to enforce compulsory overtime as it shows a badly run business.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32637,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Customer obsessed but employee unfriendly company,You get to work with some of the smartest people,no work life balance / politics esp in India business,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32638,amazon,Warsaw (Poland)," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operatorom mamager,"Fast dynamic , 10 h shift patern vice 3 dąsy of Opportunity to chance location grow fast new technologa","Very demanding , lice work bałałajce all tome on linę. Łąck of standard",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32639,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Team Lead,company review,"Good HR policy,No hierarchy, decent working conditions",Low Salary Long working hours,"Increase salary, provide good working conditions",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2486.htm
32640,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Support Engineer,No Learnings and menial work,Big name. Cab facility. Flexible office hours.,Not much of career growth opportunity. Long working hours. Even your job demands you to work for long hours and during odd hours you will be paid meagre incentive as managers think they are paying from their pocket. If you say anything against you manager in exit interview you will be blacklisted for ever.,When want to get more work from your employee you must incentivize them as well.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32641,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok ok,Overtime pay during peak season,"Lots of pressure, no work life balance",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32642,amazon,none," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,WOrking in amazon,Learning experience Working on customer impacting products,Work life balance high pressure to complete the work,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32643,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Graduate,"Really good development and training programme that teaches a lot. Really good for developing skills for sales, consulting and data analytics.",There is no clear progression structure set in to really develop into the higher roles at the company. Can always move laterally but there is a big leap to take my career to the next step.,"Arrange for clear path for career progression. The work life balance is brilliant, hours are not long and the atmosphere is extremely relaxed for such a fast paced moving company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32644,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workin environment,"open door policy ,casual atmosphere ,leave policy",ambiguity in role description and career path,make the process more streamlined,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32645,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,no what I expected,great brand name and reputation,at the end no rotation and career development,i left because of no rotation,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32646,amazon,"Gourock, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,shipping sorter,"they do look after all of their staff , spacious factory , kept well maintained and clean. Plenty of training and support given within this enviroment.","Constantly numbers driven and not always at the cost of the quality of produce being sent out. long shifts,with large areas to cover if you are allocated to the picking(gets you fit though).","listen to your staff and not just to your full time staff , as your temporary staff put in as much work if not more than some.Hence why so many come back year after year.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32647,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like working,"I enjoy working there good salary, good management good opportunities for future everything is good","No cons, everything is perfect and fantastic, I love working there, maybe the traveling distance might be a problem","keep working as you work and everything will stay the same which is perfect, also I like working there very very very much",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32648,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,roller coaster ride,"Still its day 1, Even after close to 4 year Lot to learn new experience every day",Work life Balance is not really maintained across the teams,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32649,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work place,"At Amazon you will work in a fast-paced environment that is 100% focussed on the customer. Employees work hard and have fun. Your job will not have fixed boundaries, you will have the flexibility to take on new tasks, push your ideas forward, make a change.","Amazon operates under the premise of do it yourself. If you do not know how to work on a specific database for example using SQL, learn it and then do it yourself. It is not in the culture that someone comes to help out.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2487.htm
32650,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work place,"At Amazon you will work in a fast-paced environment that is 100% focussed on the customer. Employees work hard and have fun. Your job will not have fixed boundaries, you will have the flexibility to take on new tasks, push your ideas forward, make a change.","Amazon operates under the premise of do it yourself. If you do not know how to work on a specific database for example using SQL, learn it and then do it yourself. It is not in the culture that someone comes to help out.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32651,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,"good work culture, fast moving company",no work life balance and stressful roles,none at this moment,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32652,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazing amazon but beware...,Great pay package Tier 1 organization Work with top level talent,No work / life balance,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32653,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Associate,Good at first stressfull afterwards,"The work environment is really good, the comfort given to employees is great. Transport and other indoor facilities are excellent as well. Lots to learn if u are just out of college. You can gain immense confidence. Approachability towards higher management is good as well.","Competitive from day 1. You need to learn as quickly as possible coz otherwise someone else will. Promotion is heavily on the managers hand, which can be good for some but not for others. Job can seem simple at first but it would become monotonous and really stressfull afterwards, but to get the managements attention you need to do something extra which means you are competing with your teammates and staying up late several days a week. Being good at ur given work is NOT enough, they need more.","Promotion recommendation of an individual should not be on the managers hand only, the work done/targets achieved should be considered from someone outside the team, as the manager is solely responsible, a position which he/she can manipulate.",3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32654,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Consultant,Good opportunity to earn,A decent commission structure enables you to earn well.,Dyeing industry. Horrible management which relies on the US far too much,Leave,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32655,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test engineer,Awesome place to work. No dress code. Yo wil hav lots of leaves. Free cabs.,Salary wil be less compared to others.,Salary hike can be improved.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32656,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good overall experience,Exposure to lots of latest technologies in quick time. Ample time to learn and get on board. Also very friendly and casual atmosphere.,You have to chase people to know how to do things when you are new. It helps but time is not best utilized in this way.,Maintain a better relationship with employees and understand their ambitions and motivation to work at Amazon. This will help in a long lasting relationship.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32657,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company review,"Good people, good culture, interesting work, Lots of opportunity, smart people to work with, collaborative people, good review process, lots of fun","too much workload depending on the team, live site rotation in most teams, service experience is helpful, too much mentor dependent,","reduce workload, good organisation management required, good transition program required, overall good place to work at, good life-work balance, option to work part time",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32658,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering in Amazon Dublin.,"Lots of good people to work with and learn from, lots of experience working at huge scale and under pressure.",Can be quite intense. You need to have the discipline to ensure your own work-life balance.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32659,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE,Good exposure to new emerging technologies & lots of learning,"Often time need to spend on migration, deprecation fixes",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2488.htm
32660,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,BA Role,plenty of scope in the role,too much focus on granular detail,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32661,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good mentors Challenge in all tasks Career growth,"On call, very strict office timings",More training for employees,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32662,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Inside Account Manager,interesting and highly competitive job environment,- door opening brand - nice office & location - fair salary - dynamic environment - smart colleagues - good trainings - place for personal growth - you will redefine your limits - good trainings - great senior leadership - work-life balance (depending upon what you're used to),- often dull and counter productive assignments - team delegation instead of team leadership - 'big brother' team culture & micro management,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32663,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Database Administrator,Awesome environment to work,Good environment to work flexible timings New challenges Flexibility to explore new technology Be innovative and visible Getting Seattle transfer is easy,Dont see much of a down side. Sometimes too much work load causes stress especially during Q4 Hardware quality is bad,Not much,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32664,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,teaches u to lead at all levels,"this one of those few companies which breathe the principals, vision, values and mission. you learn to lead on all levels.",Work life balance can become an issue if you don't set the priorities clear with your manager.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32665,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Smart People, Challenging Work, Good Pay","Work along some of the smartest people, challenging work environment, a lot of scope to grow.","Sometimes operations eat a lot of time, bureaucracy has cropped up over the time as it has grown, career growth is highly dependent on the business growth of your org.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32666,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 19, 2015",Current Employee - Device Associate I,"Great workplace, but minimum wages","Good work place, open door policy, office infrastructure are always better.","Compared to market, wages are relatively low In many teams work environment is quite similar to BPO In India most of the teams are content based.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32667,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Great place to work. Nice clean environment. Good management. Fun.,Expect lots of training and lots of information to take in A LOT.,Nothing so far.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32668,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,customer care voice,"Best company to work with. Free cab, sodexo. Great chances for internal growth. Very friendly management. There is never a pressure at work. They are not only customer centric but also employees centric. A lot to learn.","Have not found any cons. After working in Amazon, it's very difficult to work or adjust in any other company. This is coz you will never find any company or work environment like Amazon.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32669,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Consultant,Amazon,"Very nice office in a good location, most of the employees are very friendly. Pretty good pay for someone with little experience","Starbucks on top floor means that you end up spending lots of your money there. Not the nicest corporate culture in my opinion, everyone seems very motivated by money, ultimately it's not very fulfilling","Try to take a look at what motivates people at the company, in theory there are a lot of benefits to employees but I do not see many people take them, make these more obvious",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2489.htm
32670,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Test Associate,Excellent company to work,"CAB facility, sodexo, Flexible timing, cool managers",No cons as such till now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32671,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Support Associate,Great atmosphere and a very enjoyable work enviroment,Interview process can be a bit intense,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32672,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service,customer service,it is big and fantstic company . i prefer to join this cmpany,this company has no problem,you take interview little bit easy,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32673,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Applications Engineer,Review,Good place to learn and build knowledge,Too much work pressure need to maintain better work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32674,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with lots of opportunities,A lot of opportunity to contribute and make your voice heard as a developer,"Process can sometimes be a little heavy, feels a bit slow and corporate at times. Oncall can sometimes be painful.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32675,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid employer,"Dynamic, fast paced, different. Plenty of opportunity to get promoted if you work hard.",Holiday embargo November and December. High attrition.,Listen more to individuals and push back harder on your management,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32676,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work with,At amazon you get to work with the most talented people. Amazon has great work culture and a fast paced environment. You get to work on cutting edge technologies and products. Overall very satisfying experience. Company also rewards for hard work and growth prospects are also very good.,I really did not find any cons with the company. The work life balance is bit difficult. But that is alright considering all other things.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32677,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Consultant,Amazon LOCAL,"Part of the wider Amazon Group which means a great office, working environment and good IT infrastructure. Great set of leadership principles and a company that genuinely does put the customer first.","Poor management, poor communication, zero product development, poor use of data, no backing for",Don't employ experienced sales reps for what is essentially a graduate telesales role. Listen to your own advice and actually demonstrate some of the leadership principles. It would be great if some of the managers actually bothered working on a Friday. Be more formal with targets and commission. Get rid of the stupid rule whereby you can only apply for other jobs within Amazon that are the same level - essentially prevents anyone going for a promotion - I was never told anything about a level system at the time of accepting the job.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32678,amazon,"San José, Heredia (Costa Rica)"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,Great environment,-Great work environment -Good compensation -Lots of learning opportunities,-Little variety in projects -Management gets in the way -Planning is sometimes poor and leads to rushed projects and lots of task randomization,Management needs to take much more ownership of projects and keep their resources actively working on interesting projects.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32679,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program manager,Highly intelligent and analytical co-workers,stressful environment and very closed environment not allowing open communication.,need folks to look at long term goals and big picture.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2490.htm
32680,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job life of amazon,Its a job that everyone should seek since we never get bored . Everyday is something new here . So i suggest to join amazon if you are eligible for,There are no cons to reviewed about this company . Some may be there but they are negligible .,They are best left however they are as they know their work and love it . Truely the management of amazon is the best .,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32681,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - QAE,Overall some learning experience,"Good benefits, flexible timings. Can work with very few interesting minds.",Lots of internal politics. People working hard are not valued here. Close to higher officials grows fast.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32682,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Process Associate,Amazon Labs,Being in India working on American Culture.,Even though its a Multinational company we don't have any establishment in Chennai.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32683,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - SDM,Great place to learn e-com,"Salary, Great place to learn E-com","Lot of work, no work life balance",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32684,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Imaging Associate,Great facilities,"Appriciable facilities,Great culture,No work pressure, Work from home is available","No growth,Low salary,no proper guidance,only brand name nothing much to learn",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32685,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Content Quality Analyst,Content Quality Analyst,Amazon is one of the best places to work. I started my career with them and I can tell you that it is one of the best work environments I've worked in. The job roles are challenging but the rewards are worth it.,"I don't have much to say about the disadvantages of working here. Although, the one aspect I'd like to see Amazon address is the performance review policy.",Please stay original. Do not change the mentality with which you recruit your personnel. One of the biggest strengths Amazon has is it's people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32686,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon TRMS ctc,Brand name is huge.,Low salary as compared to market.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32687,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon review,"Definitely good for your resume after, business challenging",There are not enough technical challenges.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32688,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,"A company that values employee's work-life balance. Also, Seattle is one of the best cities to live and work in.","Like working for any other company, you need to be sure this is what you really want to do five days a week, because it is a company of specialists, not generalists.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32689,amazon,"Bournemouth, England (UK)"," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't be fooled by the salary,Great people. Not bad money,"If you want no home life.... you will love it. Be aware of the healthy salary and package, you will have to work for it.",none,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2491.htm
32690,amazon,"Bournemouth, England (UK)"," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't be fooled by the salary,Great people. Not bad money,"If you want no home life.... you will love it. Be aware of the healthy salary and package, you will have to work for it.",none,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32691,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software develop engineer,"pay is fair, downtown location","doesn't respect your effort, was not treated fairly.",should care about employee more,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32692,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,Great benefits. Career development opportunities.,Sometimes awkward shifts. Inconsistent leadership values and strategies.,Ensure you all are on the same page.,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32693,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,area manager,"opportunities for development, challenging environment","long hours, some processes are long winded and stop you to change things to perform better.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32694,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Working in amazon,I have worked in amazon for 1.5 years.The only benefit i see in working at amazon is you get the brand tag on your head thats all. And yes the fool you around with the salary. And if you are lucky enough you can get 1-2 good intellectual people around you.,"Well there are many, but i will list the top ones. 1.They fool you around with the salary. 2.Manager has no job other thn forcing you to send daily emails to increase the visibility. 3.Releases takes so much time. In that period of time start ups launch theri prodcut and get a million dollar evaluation. 4. Stupid people in the team , who only put you down to grow up. Also they treat their manager as their relative just to get 2 % more hike. 5. Hikes are so less. if you are exceeding exception you will get max 10%. also there are possibilities that after a year you don't get anything. 6.I had a technically incapable lady in my team and she got promotions .Lol 7. Work env is so hectic. Over all amazon being a great place to work is a myth.",remove handcuffs.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32695,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great place to work!,"Passionate, smart and experienced co-workers. Interesting projects in the heart of EC2",Steep learning curve and heavy operational work.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32696,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Product Manager,You learn great skills but not somewhere to stay long term,You work with really smart people and learn amazing skills. The Working Backwards process is awesome and the focus on data driven decision making.,"The culture is brutal. It's not somewhere you want to stay long. Very intense and stressful. There is a huge more emphasis on managing up which takes up more time than actually creating great products for customers. Quality control is software is poor, there too much emphasis on hitting dates than meeting quality bars. Frequently software is shipped riddled with bugs.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32697,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for!,"1. Religious adherence to leadership principles 2. Data-driven decision making 3. Great, open company culture 4. Amazing peer group (intelligent, bold, decision makers)",Work-life balance can be an issue if priorities are not set right with your manager,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32698,amazon,none," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,great people to work with. It always encourage the new idea and support it to execution,very fast-paced company. the policy and direction is changing every day. it is hard to concentrate on one direction,make a better compensation plan to make experienced staff feel worth staying with the company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32699,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"best work place, good environment to work","work life balance, career growth",nothing,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2492.htm
32700,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,ok,it is a big company and good platform for freshers,pressure will be there.need to do hardwork to be successfull,good company,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32701,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Imaging Specialist,Very good company for all jobsekers,A very good environment to start a job.,I have no odd's to mention.,training program for all associated.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32702,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,"Best training offered by process trainers for, communication specialists . SME's support for handling chats and training. Paid for OT'S, NSA, Free transport to and from home, shuttle, comfortable office, good working environment.",High expectations to meet targets. Not able to meet targets means employee is no longer required at company.,H.R. is very strict : especially for U.K. Chats process - they should be more flexible. wait till end of week to check performance. Targets are extremely high and so are expectations for ramp ups. Failing to meet targets means H.R. intervenes and tells about performance and asks employee to resign immediately.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32703,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Good.,It is a great place to work. Opportunities are ample you need to identify and apply them. You just need to be prepared. People are approachable.,Lateral movement takes time. There are norms in the company which have changed now.,N/a,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32704,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Telecaller,It is the begning of my career. Work with company like amazon is Better opportunity for me.,Convince people.Answer their question in a better way. And satisfies their needs.,Its is going very well.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32705,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketplace Manager,"Fast paced, young team, good same level camaraderie.","limited career opportunities, high attrition, lack of colleague respect",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32706,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to learn and work,Great work culture Immense learning opportunities Dynamic,work life balance can be improved upon.,Please focus on providing a work life balance to employees,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32707,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service associate,"Very good working culture, great atmosphere, good staff","Salary is too low, perks",Nothing,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32708,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok!,Strong and interesting corporate culture,You are on your own,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32709,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Data Transcriber,Amazon - transcriber Work experience,The people and the work is pleasant if you can work a 8-5 job They offer a pick up and drop And work life balance is pretty good do your work and leave and have time for your personal life weekends free Table tennis Cafeteria Monthly 1100 food pass,It's very stagnant work because of the increased productivity and so many new parameters no breathing time No growth,They increased the count like 250% productivity It was good before people had breathing time because the new parameters have made work more slow and the 250% increase in productivity was harsh maybe you don't know about it Now I've seen many people quit It's a waste of resource training people again and again and the contract is for 11 months If you did what a great job you used to you will retain a great team and maybe some growth will make it complete,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2493.htm
32710,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard worker,Good campany better then other companies and the managment people are good to help the campany for higher postion its a top leading campany in India I am so thankful to work with amazon,My dream is to do with amazon its good campany its a higher postion in India one fine day it going to the lead the world I am so thankfully to work with the amazon,I like to do with amazon,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32711,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Product Compliance(Hazardous Materials),Product compliance(Hazardous Materials),My success has stemmed from my strong commitment and sense of professionalism. I maintain high ethical and work standards for myself.,"salary is the concern,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32712,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Lead,"Result Oriented, Ownership, People care",Have fun in the work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32713,amazon,none," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,B,Nice company To work for,I don't have any issuei with it.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32714,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Flexible work with great industry talent leadership principles,"work life balance, Promotion, Salary",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32715,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 14, 2015",Current Employee - Device Engineer (Test Engineer),Superb company with good culture,Awesome work culture. Usually they provide enough leaves. No work pressure.,No flexible time shifts for some projects.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32716,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Risk Management,It was a good start for me,Provide good facility to the employee.......helps in keeping the employee updated,Need to be updated and have to come up with some thing new,Speed of engine is the speed of couches........they should keep an eye on every one in the team,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32717,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Challenging for the good,"Challenges you to think big and work with various functions internally and externally,","Could be stressful and things could get political, Hard to focus because there's so much going on.","Build teams with all a level players, don't try to force talented ones to with the mediocres. Good ones will leave.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32718,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer to work for,"Strong focus on excellence, very smart people to work with","High stress environment, lots of calls at night.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32719,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - HRBP,#achha kiya jo galti kiya,good salary good office location cafeteria,have to be fake need to butter the management lie to employees to get company stablity political baised management,A stitch in time saves nine.Please be on your own shoulders.,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2494.htm
32720,amazon,"Oldham, England (UK)"," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,Ace,No worries at all lovely,None at all none at all lovely lovely lovey.,Keep up ten good work it's all great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32721,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Process Assistant,Be prepared,Safest and clean warehouse you will ever find,They will make you work unit your bone rips off.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32722,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 31, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Good company for valuable experince,Good company with a good team spirit and clear principles. All types of people and most managers are willing to work with you. Liberal benefits. They will cross train you for different departments and offer transfer frequently.,Employment process: the phone's interviews spent a lot of time and not efficient communication There are so many things in a warehouse along with the different jobs that are required. Everyone is super friendly and helps with getting familiar with the job.,Consider the face-to-face interview instead of the ONLY phone interview for the second and further steps in the interviewing process.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32723,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Employer with high expectation and some cons which need improvement,"Well, easy going hard working environment.  If you love cloud technologies and have passion to support customers this is the place for you.  Managers are friendly and helpful.  Fast paced work environment.","* Only you are responsible for your career growth.  * For promotion you will have to go through the same interview process say approximately 5 rounds from CSA to CSE.  * Promotion from one level to other takes more time say years and depends on your manager.  * Compensation is not good & equivalent or similar to US folks, With same designation they get to make more profit when the cost of living is comparatively equivalent in Dublin and even more with some aspects. US $ value is almost equal to Euro now!  * Yearly appraisal value is not high as well, With small employers in Dub its easy to make 60k but here it takes time to reach it.  * Stock bonus is restricted to some percentage usage every year and it is taxed as well with the high tax system.  * Interview and promotion process is very long and complicated.","Well, Lets spread the word ""Management is equally important in the career growth of employee. Instead of saying employees are the only one's who are responsible for their growth"".  Improve compensation and appraisal value every year.  Frugality is good, but free lunch is not going to cause any harm or waste. Instead it helps save time and employees to reach office on time with out have to spend time to prepare food and bring them to work. Or go out for lunch and spend more time on break. Because the competitors on market have this free lunch policy already and employee friendly in some aspects.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32724,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Customer Representative,Good Environment and Awesome work place.,Employees don't get any sort of importance. Priority is only given to Customers no matter if it is customers fault.,Change your policy. There are other companies who run the DSAT and CSAT however they ignore the dsat if there is no error of the associate.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32725,amazon,Orléans (France)," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Good and Young company but ..,Turn on customer experience and growing Decisions are taken fast Fun atmosphere American way of hiring : more on who you are and not what you did,Young company Not much processes and standards Fast but sometimes too fast Could be better on communication,take care of all of your associates and also first management level,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32726,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Sr Finance Analyst,"Growth company with plenty of career opportunities, ambitious, data driven, stron process and management team",Difficult to promote as team is very strong and do somethingh above the average is really though,"Keep the great work up, reward people and take care of inhouse talent",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32727,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE II,Good pay compared to other companies,"No work-life balance, on-call pressure is high No perks",none,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32728,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Love/Hate relationship with this company,-Good brand to have on CV -Working with really smart people in every department -Interesting projects to work on al the time -Quick decision making and pace to work -Customers treated incredibly well,"-Bruising culture - One of the Amazon leadership principles is ""vocally self critical"". In a scorecard if a person does 9 things out of 10 well they will be expected to talk about their failure. Whilst this drives focus, it is tiring/sapping and demoralising. Success is not celebrated. If you are doing 5 things out of 10 well expect to feel pain. As such bullying tactics are common place as senior leaders are expected to demonstrate ""backbone"" -Work life balance is zero - Amazon is a 24 hour a day 7- days a week business business so you will find it hard not to do the same -Admin - In addition to fantastic strategic projects expect a large amount of your work to be inane admin which could easily be automated - outsourced. Amazon does buy software tools, rather it develops its own. Some are good but most are clunky at best so expect to need to pick up the slack. -Promotions - The bar for promotions is incredibly high. Expect it to take 3 years of working weekends, unless you have friends in the right places  Advice to prospective employees - If you are lucky enough to be offered roles by some of the big tech companies, choose Amazon last. If you are offered a role by Amazon, take it, go in with your eyes open. Make sure you get what you want and be ready to have a plan B up your sleeve. In my department of 150 average tenure was 13 months","There are 14 leadership principles, half of one focusses on people (Hire and Develop the best). Turnover is high and employee engagement is low. As a result you pay above market rates for over qulaified people to do admin! Increase productivity and proitability by creating a culture where success is recognised and rewarded",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32729,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Device Associate,Awesome company and peaceful environment,Interactive seniors 5 days of work per week,Salary will be less for freshers,Freshers salary can be icreased,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2495.htm
32730,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 6, 2015",Former Employee - Device Associate,Amazon - A place to jumpstart your career,"Awesome workplace and work life balance. A vibrant, colorful and a diverse organization.",Learning curve is limited Growth prospects are minimal.,Please ensure good growth prospects for the employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32731,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,SDET,intelligent people who are thirsty for learning more and more,work life balance isn't great.,make it a little more employee centric while keeping it a customer centric company,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32732,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Instock manager,"Technologically advanced, can gain rich insight into online retailer operations","Very steep learning curve, no structured training",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32733,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good learning curve, fewer career opportunities",Very good culture and opportunities to learn,Career path is not very well defined,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32734,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,seller support associate,Good company to start a career,"difficult psychometric , versant round tests",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32735,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,good place to work have no pressure as far your done with your work,very slow growth for next level.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32736,amazon,none," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE2,"Depends on the team, Good learning initially.","Depends on the team, May end up maintaining your code and short deadlines.",Don't have much,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32737,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Device Associate,Senior Device Associate,"Lovable and peaceful work culture. No work pressure. Flexible timings. Work form home options. Home pickup and drops, free sodexo and snacks.",Salary is so less. Internal transfer is much limited,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32738,amazon,none," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,- Great learning - Can shift team/departments easily,- Lack of clarity in role. But that is due to evolving nature of e-commerce in India,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32739,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,- Ownership - Distributed System - Experience as a engineer,- Too much work - No work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2496.htm
32740,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,- Ownership - Distributed System - Experience as a engineer,- Too much work - No work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32741,amazon,Apac (Uganda)," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - AWS Solutions Architect,Exciting place to be but limited leadership,Smartest team I have worked with. Great products with constant enhancements and very customer focused. Work life balance is what you make of it.,Management is a black hole with almost zero communication to their teams. Managers appear to have limited management experience and they are just managers. Not leaders. Often referred to as player/coaches but they do very little customer facing work and I haven't seen any coaching.,Two words - Lead and Communicate,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32742,amazon,Bhopal (India)," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Retail Business Services,Work Culture is very nice,"Even after working hard, having many certifications...you will not be able to take a jump in the system due to the company's policy.",none,3.0,3.0,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32743,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Oracle Applications Engineer,Great Experience,Good place to learn and Grow,Should take care of work life balance,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32744,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good place to work in India,High Work Pressure in Organizaton,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32745,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Business Development Manager,Pros:  Freedom to put in place decision Support of a global nown brand,Cons:  Overstaffing Difficulties to plan the carrier,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32746,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Growth Opportunities are good, subjected that you stay for a while.",Policies and politics play a vital role in your growth.,Please increase the salaries for IJPs.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32747,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,True insides from an Amazonian,Super fast paced environment with tons of ambiguity and opportunity to excel. Managing the content for this size of a company has been a great experience.,"High work pressure, Lesser focus on long term stable platform, worklife balance","Smaller business units gets sidelined with smaller tech support, Especially teams that are people heavy.",4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32748,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice people, good company!",- good pay for my position - easy to talk to higher level management - teamwork is really important,some systems are slow lots of praise for the sales teams and sometimes other departments are not recognised enough,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32749,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - FC Associate,FC Associate,"It's not hard as they all saying, no stress, permanent job, money it's alright if you look at it as an unskilled job.","I can't say many, big company, hard to keep personal relationship with the leadership.",Provide more training possibilities within the company.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2497.htm
32750,amazon,none," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager - Amazon Logistics,High growth rate of the company. Fun and intelligent people to work around.,Too much is expected out of every employee and promotions can be relatively rare.,Continue in boosting the great work environment. And provide faster career progression for employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32751,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent,it should provides a good growth,"no downsides,it helpfull to new ones",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32752,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Manager,"Flexible work timing Located in SP Infocity,near the city Culture of the company is good",No learning opportunity The mindset of middle management is worst Immense pressure Responsibility in terms of more work load will make you feel sick and soon will spoil your personal life,Learn from Jeff Bezos,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32753,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Assistant Producer,Customer Services,"Great bunch of people to work with, colleagues are amazing, all in same boat and tend to keep each other going but no one stays because they like it there.","Management needs a shake, somewhere along the way the recruitment got bad, the decent people have moved on and left Ireland with no one competent enough to run the place either economically or fairly. Do not take a job here hoping that your hard work will pay off, it won't. but you will work yourself into the ground before you realise it is time to move on. In the normal scheme of things you could join a company and know that they will recruit from within if the talent is there. Amazon will leave you on that low level and recruit from outside before they will even grant you an interview.","Look at the people who came to you with massive track records of success, the ones who started at the bottom to get a foot in the door, they are still there being de-motivated and de-skilled. Shoddy treatment, no chance of progression unless they follow unworkable and outdated methods. Stop treating your employees like children, they all have lives. Benchmark yourselves against other large global employers and take the good bits, there is huge room for improvement. Slave labour is company wide not just in the warehouse.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32754,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE Interview,Overall challenging work and good opportunity for developing new stuff.,Operational overhead is considerable. Need to be oncall sometime 24x7,Work culture is good and provide good opportunities. Need to improve upon oncall load.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32755,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to work if you have 5 years exp,"flexible time, cab, work culture, dress code casual",Promotions and some times no proper management.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32756,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Huge disappointment,"Almost none. There are definitely some smart people working here, spoiling their careers.","Amazon is a company that has very high expectations of its employees but does not offer much in exchange. Their SDE salaries are rather low compared with other tech giants. Benefits and perks are almost non-existent. As an SDE at Amazon you do not get free lunches, a fancy office, high-end developer hardware or other stuff you normally get at companies like Google, Facebook (that Amazon likes to consider itself at par with). I was very surprised at the bad quality of their developer hardware. SDEs normally get only one 24 inch monitor. Their office chairs are very uncomfortable and are about twice cheaper than standard Aeron chairs that I have seen at most other companies I worked at. Amazon’s “new” office in London that I worked at looks very old and sad. It was probably the cheapest office space that was available in central London. There is no canteen or even a coffee shop, no gym or anything like that. The free coffee available in the kitchens tastes awful. Sometimes there was some free fruit available in the kitchen, but it was usually gone by noon. The majority of SDEs at Amazon are people from average universities or who previously worked at companies I’ve never heard of. So although the company claims to only hire the “very best” the truth seems to be a bit different. Everyone in my team seemed to be very busy on a daily basis and worked much longer than the standard 40 hours per week. In addition to the normal tasks, Amazon SDEs have to do rotational on-call which means they have to be available 24 hrs a day in case something breaks down which, from what I heard from my team members, happens quite often. Sometimes people get woken up every night during their 1-week on-call period. There is almost no mentorship or support, even in your first weeks of employment. You get thrown into normal work as soon as you join and are expected to do it with very little or no help at all. To sum up, Amazon is a company that apparently doesn’t care at all about its employees. The average employee retention is below 2 years. During my time at Amazon, 2 members of my team left the company and no one new joined the team. I can’t think of any reason why anyone would want to work there as there are many companies that offer higher compensation, better working environment, better work-life balance and more interesting work.",Start caring about the employees. The 'very best' will not want to work at Amazon if you don't improve your work environment and start respecting the employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32757,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Auditor,Quality Auditor,"Very cool place to work. We don't have work pressure and is employee friendly. We work hard, make fun and create history.",Unable to adjust with the shifts.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32758,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Audible Customer Service Representative,"Awful experience, too many metrics and impossible to return to the company not even for a part time","Facilities, benefits, work environment. Insurance.","Metrics, customer centric mentality (obsession), HR is too rude when it comes to reapplying for a job here in Costa Rica. Job fairs are more number driven than people driven. 3 hours for nothing, they make you bring paperwork for nothing just to tell you that you did not pass a ""personality test"" wtf is that_","IMPROVE your HR processes, focus on your employees more. Stop motivating people with food and candy.",1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32759,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,teaches you good skills,Amazon is constantly innovating and you have great career perspectives,Corporate culture is sometimes a bit overwhelming.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2498.htm
32760,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Auditor,Quality Auditor,"Very cool place to work. We don't have work pressure and is employee friendly. We work hard, make fun and create history.",Unable to adjust with the shifts.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32761,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Asscoaite,"Flex hours, Good management, brilliant work environment","Relatively low salary, Slow growth potential",provide more opportunities for employee growth.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32762,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag,"Big, high profile projects. Lots of smart people.","Lots of pressure to perform, constant deadlines.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32763,amazon,none," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer,Good opportunities for career growth as there are a lot of new projects,High work pressure and always less time to work,To be less frugal,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32764,amazon,none," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon sde,"brand access to all kinds of technology, could learn a lot from work. good culture. good platform and tools for development.","tedious oncall duty, it is very uncomfortable to get paged during mid night or on holidays. could not focus on development, too much operation burden.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32765,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Don,Lots of talented people. Good Compensation Package.,Bad work culture. Everybody under work pressure.,Try to treat employees as people for a change.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32766,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Internship,amazon=fun,Lively atmosphere. Good salaries. Good additional benefits Highly motivated colleagues,Not much scope for shifting from one process to other process,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32767,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Regional Manager,Delivery demand outways company principes,Intense on-boarding process heavily focused on customer experience and I.T,"At least 200 e-mails a day, very little human interaction. do not practice what is preached.",If you like a blame culture it's a perfect match,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32768,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,All depends on manager/team,"Amazon is an amazing place to work - in some places. Everything depends on your manager, some micromanage to an incredible degree, other let their employees roam free and actually get to those ""highest standards"". I loved the Amazon leadership principles, which are applied to pretty much everything and give you a very clear idea on how Amazon works from day one.","However, if you work in a company as fast-paced and dynamic as this and end up in a team that is terribly micromanaged to further increase stress levels, you will get very close to breaking point. I ended it when I felt that my health and sanity were in danger, I would however have loved to transfer to a different team. Many people I know love working at Amazon and work in great teams - so look at your future superiors closely before joining. Because working here can actually be fun, although it will always be stressful.","Management training for people managers, don't chronically understaff, fill positions quicker to save the rest of the team, promote the right people",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32769,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,It has a good working environment,Good facilities. Good friends. Freshers can have their star here without hesitation. Totally you will have a nice experience if you are at Amazon.,We are allowed for IJP from non tech to tech fields unless u r 4m IIT or an NIT student. You have to be a good friend to your manager to get promoted to next level. No value for hard work.,Please don't select the managers from call centers as they try 2 apply those management skills here which is annoying.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2499.htm
32770,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work opportunities,"There's a LOT you can do at Amazon, it's like working at 10 different companies at the same time. Also very interesting problems and scale.","Too many territorial battles and fighting. It all depends on who you have as managers. They have this thing called ""unique culture"" which makes you wonder if that's a good thing or a bad thing.",None,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32771,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great employer for every one to work for,"Great company to work with, good experience","No downsides experience that I working here, care people","Great company to work with, nice atomasphare",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32772,amazon,Perungudi (India)," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Catalog,awesome,its a good thing to work in that company as they are cultural and they improve our knowledge They provide us free cabs and the ambiance is wonderful,there are no cons according to me working in this organisationally thing the growth in this company will be a bit slower,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32773,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,area manager,Amazing to work for a healthy environment,Nothing to say that is bad about amazon,Nothing to comment in management,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32774,amazon,none," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A strong development and learning opportunity,"strong culture of results, data, and performance. Real customer obsession that is driving a lot of forward looking thinking. Managers are the sharpest I have seen in my career and there is a drive to excellence with a lot of learning.",Work is hard but fulfilling. Promotions are not easy to get even though there is a change on-going. Interview process is long making it rare to have all buts in seats.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32775,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,To all those who want ti have fun with a good industrial experience,The management is understanding. You get to share you opinion and voice out and the bes thing is they consider them. Lot of encouragement and positive atmosphere. Good food and friendly people. They take care of each and ebery employee equally.,None for now. Everything is good there. All you need is to take some pressure in peaks but it is quite managable with the kind of encouragement they give.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32776,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Don't work here if you want work life balance,"Suitable for workaholic, talented and ambitious people.",Really bad practices and culture. Too much pressure.,Treat employees like you do your customers.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32777,amazon,"Wednesbury, England (UK)"," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,warehouse and IT supporting,I liked working at Amazon.com because it helped me with my IT skill's and communicated with people.,I didn't like the security guard because he was very rude.,Give 1 week earlier notice not 1 day.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32778,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 31, 2015",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,Great Salary- Horrible company to work for,The pay- excellent compared to the industry. The headquarters location You get your own lap top Can work from home if necessary,Everyone is miserable- people last an average of a year and a half in their roles Training program Work life balance is non existent Boss openly spoke terribly about the company Employee discount,Need to implement a training program to learn all systems and functions of job role,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32779,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Team Lead,Work Place,"Great growth opportunities, if you want to achieve something Amazon is there to give you opportunity.",Salary is less compared to other competitors in market.,Continue the good work.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2500.htm
32780,amazon,Paris (France)," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"We work hard, have challenging targets and learn a lot. Entrepreneurial spirit is encouraged and there is room for many projects if you are willing to start working on some. The 14 leadership principles (Customer Obsession, Ownership, Think big, etc.) are still the DNA of the company. The work atmosphere is fantastic in the Paris office - I'm talking about the Marketplace side of the company.",Pressure to achieve challenging targets and work on several side projects at the same time. Not many trainings and personal development tools are provided to employees.,Focus more on your employees personal development and career within the company. Give them tools and trainings to develop their skills and become better at their jobs.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32781,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Test Associate,Work at amazon as QAT,1. Degree of freedom. 2. Work culture. 3. Good Higher Management,1. Worst Middle/Lower management. 2. Bad Structure lower than middle management.,"Hiring of Middle/Lower management should be done with more care, they are not valuing employees - ultimately shows as company but the people are who are bothersome.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32782,amazon,none," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place,*Work with the best in the industry *No swipe in/ swipe out.,"*Relatively poor pay compared to other giants like MS, Google, etc. But the pay is better than other low to average ranged orgs","I know its hard for an org to be cool at all levels, the bigger it gets. But do try to focus a bit more on employee career growth if possible.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32783,amazon,none," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ADX department - Not so challenging,great company and values dynamic environment great potential for the products and offerings,tend to hire over qualified individuals for the most basic tasks no creativity whatsoever in campaign executions wants to compete against agencies but doesn't do anything to resemble one or understand their strategic offering,Recognize creativity and place it more strategically (ie: in management positions) to finally get the business where it should be.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32784,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, the culture is an informal one.",There is no tension in terms of work and guaranteed 5 day a week. No work pressure. Good recreational rooms. Amazing transport facilities. Home office Home facilities available.,Bad pay masters at the entry level. No Growth will be possible for a minimum of 2 years. Hell a lot of office politics. No workstation as there are hell a lot of people.,Pay much more so that people will stick on at the entry level. And please have much more facilities. Please provide a good working environment.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32785,amazon,none," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working in Amazon,"A lot responsibility given at the very beginning, even to intern positions. A dynamic and challenging working environment. Ideal for flexible and pro-active individuals.",Poor employee professional development programme – few inside trainings available. High rotation of employees. Few working benefits. Unstable employment conditions – a lot internships and short-term contracts are given.,High rotation of employees can be problematic to the company. Do not hesitate to invest in employees and their development to keep the human capital inside the company.,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32786,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Review,"Fast-pacing, new technology, open atomposphere",Too busy and not so good work-life balance. On-call pressure is high.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32787,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Service Executive,Awesome Culture to Work in!,Opportunity for willing individuals to prosper & grow,Less focus on individual's situation in terms of HR,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32788,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Average experience,1. Fast pace environment 2. Challenging work,1. Extremely mundane work - sometimes very low level work 2. Crappy leadership team 3. Lots of politics 4. Nothing compared to Amazon US or UK culture,"Recruits from premier b schools will never stay satisfied in this profile, there has to be a value addition from the resource. Promote learning and career development, or face attrition.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32789,amazon,none," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packing,It is an easy job because all I had to do is packing. No skills were required so anyone can apply.,Sometimes I got bored because of this repetitive kind of job... packing all day long and physically tiring since I had to collect many stuffs in a warehouse..,Please increase numbers of holidays and break time. otherwise feel burned out and cannot continue working there,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2501.htm
32790,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,Amazon India Business Analyst Review,"- A lot of flexibility - No micor management. If you like your work, you have a lot of scope to innovate - People are awesome! No matter how good you are in Amazon - you will always find plenty of people who are better than you",- A company driven by development family - Day to day activities are relatively slow as compared to consulting - More long term thinking and innovation driven,"Manager skills are more people driven than tech driven. Second, too many job families have been created - fewer would have reduced the attitude of ""thats not my job""",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32791,amazon,none," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Obsessed,Very Good Culture around the Leadership Principles,"After some years it seems there is not much done to keep one, little loyalty",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32792,amazon,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Boring.,Lot of talented people around you and lot to learn.,Not so challenging work and same work,Stop being Frugal.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32793,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Average experience,1. Fast pace environment 2. Challenging work,1. Extremely mundane work - sometimes very low level work 2. Crappy leadership team 3. Lots of politics 4. Nothing compared to Amazon US or UK culture,"Recruits from premier b schools will never stay satisfied in this profile, there has to be a value addition from the resource. Promote learning and career development, or face attrition.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32794,amazon,New Delhi (India)," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Awesome learning and exposure.,Very high hiring bar. Great managers.,Keeps you too busy to think about anything else. Asks for total dedication at very high speed.,Communicate more.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32795,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Make a huge difference and work with great people,"Working at Amazon was a fantastic opportunity to learn from some of the best software engineers in the world. The breadth of problems tackled at Amazon is staggering, and I felt that the work I was doing really mattered. Management was fair and reasonable and the overall culture was friendly, if competitive.","It is very hard to maintain a good work-life balance. There is very little opportunity for flexible employment, and the nature of the business often requires working at abnormal hours.","Continue with internal investment to automate as much as possible, reducing pressure on employees. Company benefits should be revised - a small Amazon discount is not helpful in a location where the cost of shipping negates the benefit. Be more flexible in terms of part-time or remote positions.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32796,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Horrible Management,10% discount when buy something at Amazon.,Country manager has quite limited communication ability and is isolated in the organization. Nobody make decision. Culture is the worst.,"It is time to replace all management team, especially country manager, to make the company better in both numbers and culture. It is one of the worst companies.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32797,amazon,none," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,We have a transparent working culture,Promotions in Amazon is not easy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32798,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Only as a last resort,"Average pay, company is stable so no layoffs expected. If you can stick around Amazon for at least 18 months, your linkedin profile will begin to attract attention from recruiters for other big High Tech companies.","Amazon has figured out exactly how to get the most out of employees for the least pay possible. Very high turnover of talented employees. Favouritism. Poor raises even for top performers. Long hours, unreasonable expectations, employees are disposable, very high turnover. I have a lot more reasons why you should not work at Amazon, but I would be accused of leaking ""Confidential Information"", sadly the only way you would find out is if you are willing to find out how hot the fire is by putting your hand in it.","No advice to give as they are already accomplishing their goals of getting the best out of their employees for the least amount of money as possible. However, Advice to possible recruits: Amazon should be your last resort if you can't get a job anywhere else and you desperately need a job.",1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32799,amazon,none," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of Amazon,Growing organisation with lots of opportunities for people who are willing to travel and / or relocate.,"High performance culture, lack of training, lack of support.","Its great to give stretch projects and develop people, but do not leave them out to dry.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2502.htm
32800,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Associate,outstanding,good work culture...friendly people.....amazon takes good care of its employees,nothing much to say about cons,continue with your success,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32801,amazon,none," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool place to work,"no much work pressure except Q4, pay is fine, good transport facility, a good career start.","hard promotions, OT pay is given only if its a business requirement or Q4, no much hike given.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32802,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 1, 2015",Former Employee - TAM Associate,Review,"Work culture is great, no dress code",No cons of working here,You all are amazing! I loved working here.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32803,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer II,Good for short term,"1) As it is a MNC and interview process is not that easy, cracking Amazon can be an achievement. 2) Keeps you busy . . .very busy 3) Improves a lot of confidence and enhances your personality.",1) NO WORK LIFE BALANCE- sometimes you will feel you are just working working working and working. 2) Amazon's Customer Obsession is exact opposite of employee obsession.,Consider your employees as Human being . . . A machine as well stops working once its get overloaded.,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32804,amazon,none," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Good benefit, salary, and location",Poor training planning and no work life balance,Nothing,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32805,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer services,Amazon are a good company to work for.,I worked on part time basis but got left off,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32806,amazon,"Leicester, England (UK)"," Apr 26, 2015",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog Associate,"best workplace, no partiality , freedom of decision making, own style of work can be followed","too much of freedom, takes a longer time for onsight opportunities, sometimes over work",nothing,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32807,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,It’s a great brand name. Comfortable place to work. Employee friendly.,Office politics. Bad paymaster,Help in setting goals so that an employee can get promoted to next level. Also not to partial,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32808,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Intern,- Opportunity to learn - Helpful environment - good benefits,- too much work load - need to support juniors better,need to give a little more help to the juniors,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32809,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Software Technology company in Chennai,"-If you want a best technical job in chennai area, this is the company to apply for. -Smart peers",-Long working hours. -You have to be smart and hard working. Demands more work from you. Huge backlog of items always.,Don't be cruel,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2503.htm
32810,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Interesting people, bad processes",Multicultural and challenging environment which surely breaks the daily routine. Colleagues are quite skilled and sociable. Free coffee.,"As mentioned in the pros there is no daily routine as too many processes are re-invented everyday and are not really baselined or standardized. HUGE turn-over which prevents knowledge retention. People are changing continuously at a very high pace, given the fact that many processes are not standardized, the overall knowledge base is very fragmented and difficult to manage/coordinate. WORK/life balance is a LOT in favour of the first, and if you try to balance not so few will point it out. Boasting culture quite well-spread.","Quick-and-dirty solutions are OK for short term, but plan properly in order to define a solid fix and standardize things. Do not ignore feedback. Try to retain people to prevent business knowledge fragmentation. DIY-culture is very convenient for the short term, but as soon as you need to scale up it breaks - a lot - Try to define a solid base first and then easily expand.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32811,amazon,none," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Scientist,"balanced work life, descent pay comparing to local standard (non-US office). Good brand name within Supply-Chain/E-Commerce industry.",High employer turn-over rate. Metrics-oriented. Many operation teams only serve as coordination and point of contact between different offices. Chaotic reporting lines.,More resource on employer retention,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32812,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Not all teams are good,Data oriented organisation Lots of opportunities and ownership,"Not all teams are good. Management layer is not great in some teams (like one should stay away from Trans Hyderabad, but CStech & ECPS are better teams) Lots of operational load",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32813,amazon,Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - English As A Second Language Teacher,Abysmal,"I really can't think of any. If you can stick it out long enough, someone might be impressed by the recognisable name, but I really doubt it. I think by now everyone knows their practices are suspect.",Management were farcical. Virtually all problems were ignored so that the juggernaut of profit could keep on chugging along.,"Don't ignore your staff when they're telling you that the systems they have to work with are completely hopeless, and when 75% of one department quits in a single month.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32814,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Chaotic and oppressive,"A few smart people, lots of great products being built","A lot of not-so-smart people, working in multiple cross-functional teams who will not move fast enough to help you. Amazon has a lot of space for poor performers, who stick on and become tenured employees. The rigour placed in the interviewing process is absent in reviews.",none,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32815,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Perfect mix of the agility of a start-up and support from a big corporation.,"Lots of growth potential, Decentralized organization give freedom to teams to define their processes, Encourage and reward pro-activeness and drive, Surrounded by highly intelligent and effective colleagues, SDE have a lot of power and works full stack, Vancouver location a lot more relaxed and balanced culture compared to HQ, One of the best compensation in the city","Decentralized means your experience will be based heavily on your team and manager, Lack of structure and training, you are expected to be advocate for yourself, SDE have to do on-call operational duty.","Provide more support to talented people who may not be as ambitious and self-driven, balance immediate business need with interesting technical challenges to maintain motivation, grow the people we have.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32816,amazon,"Milton, ON (Canada)"," Apr 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Under-employed,"Fast paced work environment, opportunity for considerable hours during peak season.","Forced overtime for hourly employees, low wages, many employees are under-employed based on skill sets.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32817,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,support engineer,"its good place to work,flexi timing , noo much pressure on employees",salary will not increase if you grow internally,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32818,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Flexible working time, relatively low pressure except oncall Ok level compensation",Oncall is a nightmare Office politics Lots of support works,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32819,amazon,none," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply chain,Good company to work with..people friendly..challenging tasks,should work on its HR policids,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2504.htm
32820,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Apr 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,"Great place to work at, good vibes  work environment. good benefits",workload unevenly distributed getting a hold of management is a bit hard,focus more on the people providing the results than the numbers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32821,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon the best,"Culture is the best, learning is the highest",Little taxing but comes with learning,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32822,amazon,Mumbai (India)," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Outbound Area Manager,Outbound Area Manager( Stressful Environment and Pathetic WorkLife Balance),*Good Pay Package(Thats all folks) * 10 Offdays in Month,* No Work Life Balance * CPT chasing everyday( Its Maddening) *Poor quality of hired associates.(Making life difficult for managers) * Expects 110% performance each day( Practically Impossible) * Long Standing hours during shifts. * Stressful Environment( May result in lifestyle diseases).,Be sensitive to employees specially in Outbound. Improve quality of Associate hires.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32823,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 30, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Deliver, Deliver, Deliver","*Solid proprietary systems allow for building software services extremely fast and easy *Great opportunity for career growth as Amazon in Toronto is expanding (Continue to go on the route for Software, opportunity to be a Project Manager, and also go down the road of being a manager) *Work with very smart individuals",*Strong focus on delivery forces developers to think of solutions fast that typically cause maintenance issues 1-2 years down the road (Low quality of code) *There is no such thing as under promise and over deliver since Management's expectation for developers is to pressure them into delivering as much as possible *Work/life balance: On-call on some teams are hectic (pages 2-4 times a week at any time of day). *Remote Office: Being in a remote office in Toronto means late meetings with Seattle and less visibility to Seattle counter parts sometimes impacting promotion cycles. Barely any community feeling.,Reduce promises to upper management just for the sake of savings and metrics and you will see high quality software services that can be treated as a base to build on top of to provide even more savings.,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32824,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Seller Support Representative,* Great atmosphere * One of the best call centers to work for in Costa Rica. * Great support for the employee * Growth Opportunities * Rewards * They really treat you like an appreciated employee,*Uneven pay/rewards between sites *Company is so big that there is a feeling that you don't know whats is going on with the company half of the time,"*Salaries on SJO need to be reviewed. Seller Support Associates barely make a living, and Customer Service Associates are well underpaid.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32825,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not a world class company experience,-Opportunity to move to US,-low compensation as compared to lateral hires -promotion politics -no good work,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32826,amazon,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,Great working environment and opportunities to learn lots.,"Stressful, politics, long working hours, No family life",Have a life..,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32827,amazon,Papine (Jamaica)," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,My Best Job Yet! Love helping these customers. Need better facilities though,You get to do something for the customer and not just .... im sorry im sorry im sorry They pay good They have lots of health benefits Its kind FUN,i HAVE NONE. ITS JUST THE FACILITY THAT BUGS ME,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32828,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Challenging work, smart teams, driven environment","Smart, innovative and collaborative colleagues Respected brand that gives employees instant credibility Leading edge products and services that customers love","High expectations of colleagues and managers -- stressful if you're not on your ""A game"" Constantly changing landscape - if you like stable and predictable this might not be for you Self driven growth paths -- no one takes you by the hand and leads you to your next promotion, you have to get there yourself","Stay close to employees to gauge potential overload, but keep the challenge level high",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32829,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,many people to look at and interview. Great company to work at. local management is trying hard Always an interesting day at work. Colleagues are friendly.,High interview rate. No progression for some groups. Many changes though out the years many reviews  Advice to Management  Push your management group harder to work and interact with their people. Balance work/life.,Advice to Management Push your management group harder to work and interact with their people. Balance work/life.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2505.htm
32830,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,many people to look at and interview. Great company to work at. local management is trying hard Always an interesting day at work. Colleagues are friendly.,High interview rate. No progression for some groups. Many changes though out the years many reviews  Advice to Management  Push your management group harder to work and interact with their people. Balance work/life.,Advice to Management Push your management group harder to work and interact with their people. Balance work/life.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32831,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Operations Specialist,Compare to the other E-commerce jobs I think this is the good one.,* Management has moved everyone to the third party pay roles except the big heads. * It doesn't feel like an MNC with the behavior of management and facilities you will get in the organization. *They will talk about the quality and work ethics but they don't follow it (even they put up some photo frames with the leadership principles of amazon which wont be followed by the management in India) * Yes you can learn something and you cant use that knowledge no where or not useful. After sometime in your work you will realize that you didn't learn anything.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32832,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Good learning, great people to workd",No job security for contract people,--,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32833,amazon,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Assistant,Warehouse Assistant - Picker,Free coach to and from work Being a picker you was enter into competitions to win prizes £50 Bonus for exceeding units per hour (UPH) Weekly pay,Walking around on a 12 hour shift Compulsory over time which you have to do or else they would end your contract Got taxed a lot!!! not enough time to get a break as you have to walk far to go through security and canteen,more communication,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32834,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be prepared to slog,"Good stock options that vest if you survive for more than 2 years Cab pick up and drop to office from home for a nominal cost Joining bonus that can bump up your CTC but only for the first 2 years, after that your salary will get a slump unless you get an extraordinary hike","Heavy workload, everyone expected to handle 10 things in one hand Fewer morale events, very cost conscious in spending for team outings/lunch Too many opinionated people and a lot of work gets stuck because of endless discussions where each one tries to insist on his stand",Cut down the myopic view of the teams and business heads to deliver overall for the company Recognize noise versus real hard working folks,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32835,amazon,Al Ma‘rfuţ (Yemen)," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Merch,ok,good pay good job good work good everything,bad service poor quality poor service poor products,manage othering stores better,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32836,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Investigator,Great learning and a dynamic environment,-Dynamic -Great work culture -New ideas encouraged,-Not very employee friendly -Pressure in terms of over time,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32837,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 17, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Very good pay. Boring work,1. What they say is what you get. No hidden components in CTC. You get everything they promise in hand. 2. Flexible working hours. You can come after noon and leave late if you are a late riser. 3. No compulsion to put mandatory 8 hours in office. If the workload is light you can leave any time. You are only expected to finish the tasks in promised time.,"1. I worked in QA department. While the salary is above market rates for QA engineer, the work quality is extremely bad. There is very little scope for skill development 2. There is a lot of corporate politics involved. People pleasers get preference over people who do the actual work. 3. There is a creeping managerial culture where everyone wants to be a lead or manager and people who do the actual development or testing work do not get the proper due","Amazon has a high attrition rate despite its excellent salary benefits. That should make the management reflect why they are not able to retain talent despite paying more. I left because I was afraid my skills were getting blunted. The net effect is that you get only people who are not interested in improving their skill set and you force the genuinely curious and skilled people to leave for better, more challening jobs even if they pay only the same or maybe even less.",3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32838,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 26, 2015",Former Employee - Tamilnadu,SDE,Compensation. One of the best. May find bit hard to get other which can match or better this later. You will own good work and interact with smart peers.,"No work-life balance. probably OK for bachelors but challenging for family person. If you are a senior, you need to be cozy with top brass otherwise they will find fault with silly things in your work and let you go anytime. Communication is filtered and you will not know whats happening unless you are an insider with top people. Outdated technology stack.",Stop treating people like school kids and give freedom to people along with responsibilities.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32839,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company but a harsh environment,Smart people Customer focus in the DNA Limited evidence of politics Multiple career choices,Overly demanding at times which can feel inhumane too much historical analysis,Be human.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2506.htm
32840,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great company!,"I am working with the distributed system.The group has great worklife balance, opportunity for growth , good salary, work from home possibility.","Too many processes are there , which is cumbersome.Can't do the work remotely.The living expense in vacouver is too high and the climate is bad.","Don't like the ""On call"" institution,which meas you have to get up enven in 3:00 AM if there's any big problem.hope amazon would build its own surpport department.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32841,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decision Making and Leadership Empowerment,"Open work culture, flexible work hours, individual ownership",24X7 On call for Tier-1 services,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32842,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,- Stimulating work environment: smart colleagues - Autonomy in work - Refreshing customer focus mindset,- Slow salary evolution - Limited investment on training,none,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32843,amazon,none," Apr 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com,It's the good place to work..,Can't quit the company easily..,Intake from other countries.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32844,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,salary,the best employers in india,very crowded place to work with it...,span more time on employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32845,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 3, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,"It was a great experience. Learnt a lot of things, and challenging environment. Very very good pay package. Great office","It was a great experience. Learnt a lot of things, and challenging environment. Very very good pay package. Great office.",Posting in Chennai. City is hot and not preferred. Office in Bangalore is amazing.,Keep it up.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32846,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Assistant,Work Culture,Flat organizational structure (one of the first of the kind) Amazing work culture Flexible timings,Sometimes work can be monotonous Too many team movements,Management can arrive at directives that aid to the company's vision rather than changing the directives from time to time. Remuneration can be better (Although they have done a good job in medical benefits and transport facility),4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32847,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Apr 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruitment,High intellect colleagues. Ambitious growth. Diversity of work / projects. Multi cultured environment,"Running to stand still and running before can walk. Always reinventing the wheel. Data obsessed just for the sake if it rather than with real meaning Hardly any trust Too much who you know, not what you know. No work/life balance A lot of talk about ""Think Big"" (strategy) but little evidence of it","Treat people with respect! Act when you are told of bad management practice, don't ignore and ruin people in the process. Actually live the values, not just talk about and ignore.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32848,amazon,none," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good to work.Lots of benefits are given.,There are no cons .High paid salary than other companies,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32849,amazon,none," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad place to work,No dress code. Cabs are provided.,"Join here if you have NO life. No work life balance. Only work-work balance. Most importantly its Oncall. According to me, 24*7 Oncall support for developers is stupid, ridiculous etc.",Dont just follow customer obsession. Please be obsessed over employees too!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2507.htm
32850,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,most enjoyable,"hours,associates,training,bonuses and holidays and not to mention overtime",".temporary,management,rate of pay and break times",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32851,amazon,none," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,product manager,"Good leading products, get to.work with smart people",To complex an org so highly time consuming,none,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32852,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 28, 2015",Current Employee - Retail Associate,fun and nice place to work,"Best work environment, amazing people",I dont want to list down the cons! I love my job with its cons!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32853,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,Great place to learn business discipline,Ego-centric leaders resulting in negative culture,Get a grip,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32854,amazon,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Apr 13, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Assistant,Operations Assistant,Easy application and selection procedures. No real interview at all.,Very bad management of employees. Work procedures are not upto standard. Very frequent change of procedures.,Should hire good people in supervisors roles. Supervisors and managers need to communicate with operations assistant more frequently.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32855,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,What a brand but shame about the UK company!,Nice new offices in Holborn,"An innovative, buzzy and relaxed atmosphere is what springs to mind when you think of Amazon.co.uk – I’m sad to disillusion you but it’s quite the opposite…. The employees are rude, unsupportive and quite frankly you’d get more noise working in a morgue! Although, if you’re incredibly driven and arrogant then you’ll fit in just fine.",Review how and why someone should become a people manager. Make team meetings mandatory.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32856,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It provides good opportunities for engineers and software developers,It provide me to experience and learning,The working hours are more,lessen up some working hours,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32857,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Worked 2 years at amazon,Awesome technologies and great people around,Oncall is pain which disturbs everything,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32858,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 30, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,Quality Assurance Engineer,Flexible timings No dress code Awesome products to work with,No inter team communication Lots of releases No normalization in salary Less opportunities to jump internally,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32859,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales Specialist,The brand Amazon gives your profile a big push for future. The company gives flexibility to switch roles after completing a year (within or outside India),The culture at Amazon India (for the Business Development team) is similar to an FMCG sales team. There are hardly any team outings and the work life balance is bad. This job does not require a person with an MBA degree.,Please hire undergraduate freshers for this role of Sales Specialist. There is a lot that an MBA graduate would expect from a company like Amazon and this role certainly does not provide opportunities that are challenging enough.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2508.htm
32860,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its great to working at amazon. com,Work culture is good at amazon. com,Hard to leave amazon. com,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32861,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Worth taking a chance with this place,It is possible to switch teams often but you would have to wait for a year before you can move out from your current team. the quality of work depends on the team but there are lot of good teams. most of the folks are good.,Managers have no vision and some of them are terrible at managing people.,Get good managers,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32862,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - SDET2,About Amazon,"Flexible timing, Freedom to choose your work, transparent management","Work load, ramp up time crunch, aggressive goals",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32863,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience with them,"Nothing special to mention, however they are very cooperative with their employees",Most of the time Manager looks for the business of organization and not bothered about his/her subordinates,Improve the salary and benefit part,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32864,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Mar 24, 2015",Former Employee - Service Executive,Excellent,"Felt like a startup, good team collaboration, good work-life balance. The customer obsession starts right from the management, and is inherited to the employees with the right leadership practices. The 13 Principles of Amazon known worldwide are something worth trying, it changes your outlook of your job, changes the way you treat people and operations around you.","Nothing that I can think of - I had a good time here. Frugality works best, they don't spend recklessly on you. Sometimes the upper management will have their weight on you to get things done, but I guess, thats what they will be paying you for.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32865,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Good Work culture,Good work life balance.. good perks and salary,"Low salary for below level 4 employees, their food and transport team sucks","They should improve their transport team as employees are promised for HOH, food facilities are very limited",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32866,amazon,none," Apr 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pathetic Work culture, if You are in Last mile delivery...",Customer Obsession Values & Culture :- though not followed by Amazon India,"Poor Management Managers wont have time to help you out. Always say yes to boss if you need to move ahead in ranks. Your opinion will be listened but will do what they actually desire. Company believes in frugality, but wastes resources like anything. No clarity of responsibilities.","Please improve the quality of your recruitment, try to reduce the politics from operations.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32867,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good company for the people who are seeing for excellent career growth..,"friendly work environment, supportive staff.",Balancing the shifts and week offs may be difficult for the new joines.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32868,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 5, 2015",Former Employee - Escalation Associate,Great Company,Employee friendly No dress code You get to learn a lot about the values,Promotions are not as per performance. Attrition is high,Try to retain the tenured people.,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32869,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,Super smart people surrounding you  Above average remuneration in entry levels  Growing business and strong business model,A lot of work  Not so great worklife balance  May be too big compared to other tech companies and things dont move too quick,Should seek to develop more employees  Self service culture works only so well when people dont really have time to get training and develop results,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2509.htm
32870,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,Super smart people surrounding you  Above average remuneration in entry levels  Growing business and strong business model,A lot of work  Not so great worklife balance  May be too big compared to other tech companies and things dont move too quick,Should seek to develop more employees  Self service culture works only so well when people dont really have time to get training and develop results,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32871,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,It is becoming a pathetic company Amazon seller support banglore,- to and fro cabs - free air and water (seriously) - good for people who stay nearby - great for people who are out of college and looking for quick money and has NO AIM in life.,"- no scope for growth in seller support.. you cannot get past a team lead. trust me.  - Amazon says its transparent and anyone can apply through Jobfinder (online portal) its actually true but in Bangalore (Karnataka) you can not apply to any other department. You are free to apply but they will reject it (10 out of 10 times).  - Data are manipulated for year end reviews and you cannot say a word since the data that you are shown are always different. manager favourites are given preference.  - You are chained to the desk for all the 8 hours, they use special softwares and if you leave your seat or no cursor movement the screen freezes and you have to give an explanation and then managers unlocks it.  - You cannot go to the rest room and hold yourself since you are tracked using software.  - You can find tons of opportunities in other departments like software or finance but dont join seller support (TAM as they say internally)","- bring transparencies in rating system, we are like stupids that we dont even know how are we performance till the end of review.  - data are manipulated for seller support and we cannot substantiate.  - please stop hiring managers from BPO. They are making the process worse.  - its not work hard and have fun (amazon motto) its only work hard without knowing where are you heading.  - respond to associates when the come to discuss what problems they are facing.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32872,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Corporate Recruiter,"Amazon in China is also a big player in e-commerce business, though not NO. 1. It also has kindle and AWS business here.","1. non-political, good culture 2. smart folks working together 3. full range of welfare benefits","1. it is relatively hard to make changes in such a big international company 2. the business in China is not as good as U.S. or U.K, which makes our employer branding less attractive to outsiders 3. high workload",- constantly improve the training and development mechanism in order to develop more internal talent instead of always hiring from external - building up a stronger branding in China will help to solve a lot of problems,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32873,amazon,Orléans (France)," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Interesting, hardworking.",Interesting. A lot of responsibility. Dynamic,"Too much work, a lot of pressure",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32874,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"great products and services,worst management and politics",products and services. thats it. nothing more.,"no work life balance, worst management and politics , no values,no culture",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32875,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good brand,"Brilliant people all around you. Has a wide spectrum of technology, starting from systems, cloud, internet, mobile, advertisements and the list just goes on and on....",Too much operational load and less of in-house training facilities.,"Employees are customers as well, so need to take care of the employees as well",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32876,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Customer obsessed, employee blind","A leader, a fast paced, innovative high hitter. Great for the CV and for experience. Totally customer focussed which is genuine and propagates through all levels.",None of the company values truly focus on the employee. They just don't care. The remuneration is complex and not as rewarding as the competition. There is a high staff turnover because of these factors which ultimately cost the company more money!,Please remember - happy employees = happy customers. There is always a direct link. Look after your own - PLEASE,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32877,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE,"Great exposure, Nice start for a software career",Can spoil you if you go deep into amazon technologies instead of software technologies in general,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32878,amazon,none," Mar 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good working environment,"good working environment, good exposure","long working hours,hectic work,bad for personal growth",nothing to share to management,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32879,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company i've ever worked,Flexible Promoves independency at work Good atmosphere Very talented colleagues,Good work-life balance not always possible,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2510.htm
32880,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's okay,Good starting salary Company pushes you to grow Teams are small so oncall is manageable,Work life balance is an issue. An issue mgmt pretends to care about Maternity / Paternity benefits are next to none Year over year salary increases are soso.,Don't cheap out on raises Have a decent maternity / paternity benefits (see Google),4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32881,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 24, 2015",Former Employee - OR Scientist,OR scientist,"Big picture for research, global view","Low salary, unprofessional management team",Hire really excellent leaders,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32882,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,Great work place for starters,Nice people to work with!,Growth is pretty slow if you don't have a masters,Please include on throb courses to promote learning,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32883,amazon,"Slough, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Apr 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It starts okay but turns into a nightmare,Good for your CV You meet some great people,The attitude of this company to its employees is a disgrace. The turnover of staff is appalling and I've seen really hardworking intelligent people have breakdowns due to overwork. It all starts with higher management who really are the saddest bunch I have ever met. Bullies is the only word that sums them up,appreciate your staff a bit more and treat them like human beings,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32884,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Nice place for workaholics.,Good Pay Learn how big systems are designed and built,No work-life balance Conference calls at odd hours work from home means working on weekends,Please don't expect your employees to work on weekends.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32885,amazon,none," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good start up company for freshers,invokes leadership skills in individual,"dumbs ur brain, but yet its fun to deal wit opportunities everyday",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32886,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Analyst,QAE2,1. Good Learning curve 2. Good Salary,1. Over Work in the environment,Support to balance work life,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32887,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Mar 10, 2015",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Poor work-life balance,Corporate experience in an global company,Limited career options and questionable management,Build leadership,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32888,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Device Associate/Test Engineer,Frugal Company with Excellent Work Environment,"I am working here for more than 1 year as Test Engineer. Good Work Environment. Name of the company may be Fabulous but salary paid is less than its competitors. Independent to work. No dress code. No site blocking. You will be given freedom to work. Free Sodexos, Cab. As a product based company work is not much hectic [But some times it may be more] Work-Life Balance.",Low paid salary as Amazon is a frugal company. Levels are less.,"Freshers package must be at least 3L, but they were giving much lower.",3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32889,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - QAE2,Crap..,"Good Brand, Employability, AWS, Descent Salary","Bad Work, People, Poor Management, No work-life balance, No learning, No Growth etc etc.",No need of talented people for the junk work they do in India.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2511.htm
32890,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,A company where no one is happy,"Compensation, business overview and good salary. Nothing else","No Perks, no work life balance, peer pressure. only deadline specific approach rather than employee centric approach, deadlines getting set before you could provide your estimates. I would say technically Amazon is lagging behind too.",Management should make sure of employee satisfaction which is very low as I see.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32891,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Would NOT recommend,"Salary is reasonable. Extras include health plan, signing bonus, share poptions. Highly dynamic environment - free use of AWS services with no real cost limits. The intensive hiring process means you will work with lots of smart people.","Extremely hierarchical - what matters is meeting deliverables and pleasing the higher ups. No work/life balance. Meetings scheduled outside work hours are quite normal, deadline pressure is significant and you'll be expected to sacrifice your personal life to meet them regardless how stupid the original estimates. On-calls can be hell. Depending on your role it may mean doing some occasional quiet shifts one every few months or you may find yourself in a role where you are almost always on-call. Its hell when can't be away from the laptop and find yourself being paged out of bed at 3am to handle problems or join conference calls. Frugality is considered to be a corporate value - it means they're cheapskates. The Amazon values are repeated in cult-like fashion as though they are deep insights rather than the banal corporate drivel they are.",Spend more time and energy on staff retention and maybe there'd be less need to continuously recruit. That means considering the happiness and well-being of your staff and not simply meeting the demands of your directors.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32892,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - CSA,Nice but limited,I really like to grow in a company. And the growing opportunities are a bit in the areas I like. Next to the fact that you don't always meet leaders that are interested in leading with their workers but demanding. They don't have a really good tools to exploit the pros of each worker.,Great people work there. Great coworkers. And you can really find great leaders. They try to be as partial as possible. If you get a great leader. You can do great things there.,Choose your leadership by their passion. Sometimes you get more from workers when you transmit inspiration in them and not only demands and numbers.,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32893,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon dev center Chennai,"I worked for 2 years as a manual tester in Amazon dev center chennai -Great work culture -Excellent transport facilities - Fun company to work with -Employee benifits  If you are not very serious about ur profession and just want to have some fun then this company is for u,",- Appraisals and promotions are a drawback - No opportunity to gain knowledge - Too much politics from managers - Monotonous work  If you want to get good growth then stay away from the company,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32894,amazon,none," Mar 24, 2015",Former Employee - Designer,very dissapointed,- good pay - lots of smart people (but successful ones could be very aggressive or back stabbing kind),"- No work life balance - Poor management - No career development - No respect for designers, they treat us like factory workers",I recommend to treat your employees with more respect.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32895,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, but hard work","Open culture, lots of flexibility. Can move overseas.",Makes you work hard. Slower career progression,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32896,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Good Work, Good growth path, Talented Peers","very very hectic work schedule, poor work life balance, frugality",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32897,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be careful before you make a decision yo join Amazon India,The best thing about Amazon is that the environment is very competitive and there are plenty of opportunities for learning because the developers/engineers own the complete service,"The worst thing about Amazon is abusing the ""leadership principles"" . Amazon is obsessively driven by it's 14 leadership principles and it's very easy to abuse these principles against anyone in the company specially in India. Before joining Amazon I have read all the reviews and came to know about the negative views but ignored thinking that it is a great work place. Unfortunately I ended up having same worst experience. Today I regret my decision to join Amazon putting down an excellent opportunity in another company. So my advise to you guys that you should join Amazon only in case if you do not have a counter/better option, you may offered more money but the immense pressurized negative work culture will make you desperate to come out of that hell.","Stop playing with with the career of people, stop abusing the 14 leadership principles, open your eyes and see the truth that you have a huge attrition rate.....WHY? because you do not understand the pain of individuals just rely on a few managers and let them play dirty politics with others who are new or do not know/play the similar politics.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32898,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Pathetic work-life balance.,- Good learning experience. SInce you work more you learn more. - Good pay. - Growth for those who are willing to work a lot.,"- No work-life balance. - To get a promotion you will need to work a lot as everyone is competing for it and everyone is working more at amazon. - If you are someone who likes to have some life apart from office , then amazon is not the place for you.",- Need to understand that employees have some life apart from office work.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32899,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Retail Vendor Manager II,Great company with great prospects. Make sure the category fits to your interests and career aspirations.,- dynamic and fast paced environment - stock component of your salary was extremely valuable as you are awarded a fixed number of shares that keep on growing in value once they vest. Amazon stock is still a value pick - depending on the product line one is working in good prospect to have directs - possibility to assume ownership quickly and drive projects.,"- if you are in a slow growing category career progression is tough. partial carrot and stick management, but again, this very much depend on the category on is in - only perk is 10% savings on 1000 EUR Amazon shopping - generally high work load. for the people who cannot prioritize Amazon is not a good place to work at. - 28 days of vacation - opportunity to work internationally is not supported actively, though possibilites do exist. move to Lux is easy, for other marketplace you need to know the local language well as business is very much focused on the respective marketplace",- stricter application of the hiring bar. - better develop people who want to make it upwards in the organization. less external hires at senior positions,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2512.htm
32900,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Associate,"Amazon is an wonderful place to work, grow and learn. Awesome work culture, interesting task popping up everyday.","Challenging , Pressure free, Hazel free work culture.Feeds your thrust for knowledge","Extended work timings, career growth rate is slow",Need a faster career growth.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32901,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,good experience so far,"High performance bar, fast pace","long hours, stress, too much changes",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32902,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great fun place to learn and grow.,- You get to work with amazingly talented and helpful people - The compensation is really good - The office atmosphere is pleasant with lots of fun and games - You take ownership of projects you are working on - A lot of scope for experimenting with new things - Supportive Management,- Work Life balance may be tough to maintain in some teams at crunch times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32903,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 13, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Support,Super,Awesome job...friendly environment. The salary is good and also the growth rate is high compared to other companies.,"Nothing, the culure and traditons, and also the evnironment is great.","Sometimes you feel the work pressure is high, however, you need to learn how to take care of those things.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32904,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seller Support Associate,"really good training, good salary for Bratislava related to similar position in other multinational company in Slovakia","bad shift, not very flexible... you have to go to work 30 minute before because your work-time starts when the platform on the pc is online....just 30 minute for lunch...and two pause of 15 minute in 9 hour inside the building. and you have to come back to the desk in perfect time to reactivate the platform or the metrics of the entire team will be affected -.-""",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32905,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 13, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Catalog Specialist,One awesome place to work for!!!,"Cab -Home to Home Facility is simply awesome Sodexo Great, friendly and young crowd - environment makes you feel at home","Pay- if they hit this, I am sure no one would leave this place",Please pay more!,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32906,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 2, 2015",Former Employee - Device Associate,working in AMAZON Reviews,"facilities are good but in chennai compapny is going down because of poor management and politics.no personal life..work life sucks,no dress code,cool culture",>Politics ruins the company >It was a good company once. But lost it vision and goes no where now >Not much scope to work in real new technologies and Tesing field >Office is almost going to drown >For testing profile(spl DA)please think twice.here in india for testers amazon is going down.,dont act like god.everyone knows level of your technicle knowlege.management is worst.high politics in chennai office.manapgers working like they are working for only their fun and enjoymet not for company's growth,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32907,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Worth working here !,There is almost zero politics in this company and you are judged only on the basis of your performance regardless of tenure.,Though you have leaves with you but the manager would indirectly ask you not to avail all leaves due to business requirement.,Leaves policy should be improved and more employee centric,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32908,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Credit Officer,Amazon,Awesome place to work to,None so far so far,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32909,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 6, 2015",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Awesome,Amazon is a superb company to work with ..,There is nothing which strikes me as negative....,Keep rocking always!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2513.htm
32910,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 6, 2015",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Awesome,Amazon is a superb company to work with ..,There is nothing which strikes me as negative....,Keep rocking always!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32911,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 22, 2015",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Not a bad place to start your career but...,Very employee friendly work environment,Can be really hard to get leaves in December,"Better pay since giving leaves during the ""peak"" is quite difficult",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32912,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Amazon Tier 1,"Flexibility and team working, the teams and people you get to work with are great, you get the chance to work basically any shift pattern and do so many varied jobs.",A lot of negativity from associates that are not willing to work,"The new process to take on new associates needs to be re-looked at, there's a term called 'cherry picking' and through that a lot of temps which managers/leads don't think should get taken on do, and a lot of hard workers get laid off.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32913,amazon,Amba (Russia)," Feb 21, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,engineer software,good place to work. helpful team members.,"salary satisfactory, not too high and not too bad",fvfvvffv,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32914,amazon,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,interview process,fair chance to everyone irrespective of percentage,none noticed.Well balanced interview.Good office culture as well.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32915,amazon,none," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful but showed me what other company's were like.,The Pay was great and everyone was very friendly and the training was good.,VERY VERY high staff turn over. Huge targets to meet were some days was not possible. Feed back system customers use for agents damages targets even if agent dos everything correctly.,My advise would be to change how you look at your staffs stats just because a customer gave him a 1 star rating may not mean that agent was bad just maybe a very annoyed customer. But management don't take that into account sadly.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32916,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Device Associate,Very good company to learn and become a professional,Highly talented workforce Friendly managers Good ambience & facilities Brand value & global exposure Updated on latest technologies,Appraisal process - They're not like other companies where you complete 3 years and move to next level. Amazon's promotion bar is very high and you have to work relentlessly & prove yourself consistently to grow.  But even after doing so much they won't recognize immediately for your contributions. They fix a time frame for your growth and you have to wait for your turn which is frustrating.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32917,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Associate,It is good to start the career with such great brand name but what happen next is a different story. You never know,"freedom to wear , freedom to have entertainment while working, freedom to explore, Freedom to see movies and freedom to play the sports while working","I was working in bangalore offcie of amazon and bellow are the cons which i feel are truly applicable to the work place: 1. Same language and linguistic preferences given by the managers during promotion and evaluation or for that any such matter. 2. Too much uneducated and misbehavior characters are their in the company from top to bottom, they think that they are your boss in every way.They don't even follow basic ethics on the floor while working and talking. 3.now i don't know how it has changed but when i was working their, the performance review and promotion review was so pathetic that it led me to leave the company finally. Manager don't consider your good work, they only take in those aspect which affect your stay in company.","1.Stop making attacks and taking revenges through performance and work to the people working bellow u or even more bellow that. 2.Give some credit to those who works hard for the operation and for the team, not to those who comes up based on team politics and TL as well as manager choices because they lack transparency. 3.Start giving attention to individual concern because i know u guyz don't care abt how some1 like me suffered while on the job and after leaving the job just because of the pathetic politics and preferences in the work.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32918,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Device Associate,A great environment to work,"Employee centric company, good working environment, work life balance.",Nothing much to be mentioned as cons about this company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32919,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Partner Manager,Lack of Career Progression,"Reasonable compensation for a grad role- £28,000 Young, intelligent and dynamic team Multi-faceted, exciting organisation",Lack of career progression Difficult to switch between different parts of the business No perks,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2514.htm
32920,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,GOOD PLACE TO WORK,Friendly environment and colleagues Career growth is possible,Less salary Timing are little awkward,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32921,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Happy to be here!!!,"Fun and friendly atmosphere, nice offices (London Holborn) and a relaxed manager if you meet your targets","Poor retention, so many people left during my 19months at the company from all levels, it meant a poor atmosphere of unhappiness  Nothing is done to retain talent, continuously recruiting from outside instead of internal progression","Concentrate not only on your own career but helping those on your team to progress in their role or outside in a new department, otherwise people become unchallenged",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32922,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Device Associate,Satisfied,"Work Culture, Dress Code, Timings, Management (Both Project & HR)","None. If it all any, it'd be learning curve and compensation",None,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32923,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Definitely a better work culture as compared to conservative Indian Companies,Work-life Balance Flexible timings Organization culture in general is good with a positive energy,Compensation can be better Too much team shuffling can be avoided,"Can avoid frequent team changes, which will give birth to process experts",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32924,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Feb 13, 2015",Former Employee - Tech Support Engineer,"The place is great, but team mates are extremely back stabbing.",The company gives great benefits. Nice infrastructure. Great training and decent salary.,People suck. They are back stabbers and robbers of lunch food. They try to keep everything secretive. Very mischievous folks!!,Rotate people faster and get better recruiters.,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32925,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company for professionals craving for learning and performance,Stress free work environment | Performance based incentives | Scope for continuous learning and improvement.,"Not the easiest place to grow, if you are at the bottom of the hierarchy. On the contrary inside jobs give hope for employees wishing for a job transfer to another related division.",Reduce experiments with business processes. Not only is this costly but also is terrible for employees going through constant transition through platforms.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32926,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,best place to work ever!,very good place to work and has always given enough space to grow and innovate.,none at all.. never had a single problem,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32927,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Their peak season has a lot of work but they balance it out with fun activities.,"Work-Life balance, customer centric, friendly work atmosphere, higher-ups always ready to help.",Was there only in a short term position so do have any negative points.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32928,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,grate place,grate package of salary package,poor work time life balance,manage work balance,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32929,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,"Best working environment, flexible timing and lots of learning",Not that i know off,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2515.htm
32930,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very good if you are workaholic,Good opportunities to improve your technical skills. You have the facility to ask if you don't feel your tasks challenging,Oncall is a real drawbacks. You are expected to be available any time if you are oncall,Better if there is a dedicated oncall instead of SDE doing it,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32931,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Process Associate,AMAZING AMAZON,As their subtitle says Work hard have fun make history if you work hard then you can party harder in amazon *Work culture is AWESOME *Great Freedom,Actually there is no much of cons it may have in other aspects which ll be overshadowed by PROS,Keep Up the Good Work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32932,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,company Values,Good company with good work culture,As such none.Company takes care of its employee in all possible ways.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32933,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Listing Creation Specialist/Jumpstart Specialist,Merchant services team- Jumpstart/listing,"There is great appreciation,encouragement and rewards and importance given to innovations and extra efforts and responsibilities are always noticed, The higher management is supportive and logical, very open culture and people are very friendly and supportive.There is a lot of scope to learn and work is not monotonous. the work times are completely flexible so you can choose to come to work at your convenient time and leave at your convenience and also you have an option to work from home for most of the tech and semi-tech processes.","bad work life balance at times you are needed to work more hours a day than your normal hours, promotions are usually slow and usually comes with a lot of efforts and proving yourself constantly for a very long period of time, usually there are lot of openings internally but it is very difficult to apply for a job that is higher to the level that you are in even though you might have relevant experience for the same, however if you are applying on the same level the process is relatively smooth.","nothing much they are doing a pretty good, it would be better if you can discuss the carrier path to employees from time to time so that they are aware of where they are heading.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32934,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - L+D Associate,Learning Development Assosiate,"Great growth potential and variety of areas you can be running a team within 3 years as the training is available to you, fantastic meaning to working at Amazon and having the opportunity after only 8 months of promotion was a great plus.",Work conditions can be a bit tough with heat in the factories however when I left I am aware they were working on this.,More focus of listening to people on the floor and keep up the work of getting people pumped to work for Amazon.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32935,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Customers really are the main focus.,Staff are second to customers and are not considered as even closely important to this stakeholder group.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32936,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Sller Support,it is great working here good chance of growing faster,you have a great growth in this even though it is non technical you can switch your department parallely,odd timings and some times you have to face work pressure a lot,so far so good,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32937,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work experience,A good place to work individual freedom is provided No restrictions free to work nd free to leave Amazon's culture is awsome stress free company,Scope of Individual progress is slow Learning might be limited No emp discounts if we buy Tactics Everything good apart from it,Keep going you r the best,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32938,amazon,Mia (Democratic Republic of Congo)," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Boss,Yes ok,very good oromotions personal growth work lifebalance,"company values office culture raining, discussing",perks,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32939,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Manager Payments,Amazon Sales Manager,"Great culture, respect, training, compassionate","Nothing at all, its an amazing employee.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2516.htm
32940,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great place to work,Awesome atmosphere friendly people great scope for advancement,"everything works fine no cons at all, personal experience is it is a lovely place to work.","no advice, it is good the way it is.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32941,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Worst work life balance,-Smart people -Good Pay -Opportunity to work on big projects -24/7 cab facilities,"-Worst work life balance.You will end up working in nights, setting meetings in night with US based teams.You also need to work on weekends to get the work done soon.","- Please hire managers , who are technically sound.Please don't judge them based on experience. - provide free food,snacks etc. - Manage projects in a single location, so that employees won't end up working day and night.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32942,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - SDE1,Great first job but no work life balance.,Great opportunities to work on live projects. Great pay.,No work life balance exists.,Try to have a better work life balance for employees.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32943,amazon,none," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,"Goo salary, good work experience","long hours of work, fewer days in paid leave",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32944,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 29, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,"Great Place, low compensation, no benefits","great place to work , nice people around","low compensation, work pressure , politics",Please recognize the hard working,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32945,amazon,none," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn and get experience,Many different areas to learn and experience.,Turn over rate is too high. People are not valued.,Value people.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32946,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, learn and have fun",Great work culture Good pay Good work-life balance Lot of smart people around,The HR/recruiting team can be slow to respond on queries and can sometimes be unclear about the details of the post they are recruiting for.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32947,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Retail Associate,An awesome place to work,Lots of freedom given for you to learn more and improve in the company. Awesome work culture. Decent benefits.,The growth is pretty slow.,The management does not know what is happening in the lower level.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32948,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 13, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Employee Friendly,Less pressure Decent Pay Fixed timings most of the employees are youngsters #fun Leave policy,Stringent Higher Management December # work Loads,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32949,amazon,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not too bad nor good,"flexible working time, not too bad salary company location is good, near downtown easy to get return-offer","you have to be on call sometime, work place is not very fancy, and no free food, not too much bonus",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2517.htm
32950,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incompetent set of Managers in Hyderabad office,It is a good company to work for but the managers have made the environment very dirty.,"The current set of managers in Hyderabad office have made the work culture very employee unfriendly. There is no work life balance and they have made the work environment very dirty. Bad work culture, not recommended for someone who is wanting to join the Hyderabad office.",Change the current set of managers in Hyderabad office and make the work culture employee friendly. It is a good company to work for but the managers have made the environment very dirty.,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,none,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32951,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - SDE-intern,amazon,very good benefits. team is very helping and supportive. Very good learning experience. One will try hands on new technology and adapt to learning fast,"work-life balance is tough. If given enhancements in already existing systems, then will need some time to understand it and make modifications. instead a new project will be great.",would be good if interns are given new individual projects,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32952,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Retail Associate,An awesome place to work,Lots of freedom given for you to learn more and improve in the company. Awesome work culture. Decent benefits.,The growth is pretty slow.,The management does not know what is happening in the lower level.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32953,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Partner Manager,Associate Partner Manager - UK - Ok first job,"Ok pay, 28k for a first job. Very fun and intelligent colleagues. Opportunity to create meaningful projects.","Management is poor. They seem disinterested in people management and would rather do their analysis work. This leads to poor team morale.  The general feeling is that we have been mis sold the job. It was pitched as a broad reaching role, with elements of consulting and analysis. The reality is that it is telephone sales and there are stringent targets that leave little time to do anything else.  The attrition is appalling. I started with around 15 colleagues and there was three left after twelve months. This is consistent with other departments.  The main reason for the attrition is the lack of opportunity to move up in the company. There is one small promotion that is attainable. Once a worker has reached this level the job doesn't change in the slightest. You deal with the same work and the exact same clients. Moreover, they hire externally for managers, who usually have an MBA and consulting experience. When this glass ceiling is hit (usually after about 18 months) there is not much you can do to further your career apart from leave.  There are a few other things that I find personally negative, however these are the most pervasive.","Give opportunity for promotions and hire actual managers, not just analysts with no people skills.",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32954,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at the fulfillment centre was fast paced.,The pros would be the other people working with you. Clean and comfortable working facilities.,When it comes to hiring season they will pick up anyone with a heartbeat.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32955,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning,"Good perks, ownership, nice problems to solve, exposure, permanent relocation to US","Stressful, high expectations, tight time lines, stress, stress",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32956,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Low wages, no work life balance.",Company growth is rapid Work with a lot of really smart people Good culture,"low wages on salary means 60+ hours a week to political part of your wages are in shares, these can drop leaving your wages adversely affected",Pay your people enough to have a decent life,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32957,amazon,"Swansea, Wales (UK)"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Good company, good people.",Not a hard work to do with little stress. Go home and don't think about it.,No chances of progressing on the workplace.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32958,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Learn and Work,Excellent training. Get to learn various technologies. Good team building. Good working conditions.,Din't find any cons in amazon so far.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32959,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a great experience!,People processes are great. You really have to earn your promotions and they are more merit based than anywhere else I've come across.,Work Life Balance - not much of it. B-school cliques are very common.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2518.htm
32960,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Control,You must really want it or have no other choice,Wage. Quick promotion possibility is possible but not for certain.,You have to work with people who can't understand you because they don't speak English. It is only bad if you are not Polish. Tough working conditions (COLD and noisy warehouse). Physically exhausting,"-Treat people with respect. Though it is hard to believe, we also have personal life that doesn't include Amazon. -Hire those who can speak English.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32961,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 3, 2015",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Great Learning,"Keeps you on your toes, Benefits are good, Ample Training per your needs, Mentor-ship Programs","Work life balance, Micro Management,",None,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32962,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Catalog Quality Specialist,Please reconsider joining any of the operations team at Amazon,"Relaxed work environment, no work pressure, free transport and several other benefits",No growth in terms of learning and career advancement. Growing within the organization won't take you anywhere outside. Most of the the tools used in Ops teams are internally developed and has no relevance to outside world. Not too flexible with the timings. Super monotonous work which add no value to your resume. Career goals and responsibilities are inflated in JD...so beware!!!,Stop hiring over qualified people for ops teams,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32963,amazon,"Hemel Hempstead, England (UK)"," Jan 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect if you don't have a life,"Good salary, international exposure, smart people","Work overtime everyday (50/week, 55/week in peak), no work and life balance, had to work on Saturday to finish some stuff, very politic company",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32964,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,By experience with Amazon has been excellent !!!,"Best learning and you own your career, people live and breathe the leadership principles.","not figured it out, have very strong values and priciples",Thanks for everything that you provide.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32965,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"OK, but not a very good company",have chance to learn more technology,"self-service, lack of team work",more personal things than company,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32966,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,good company,lot of opportunities. Mostly you will code from scratch!,on call and lot of work! no work life balance,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32967,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Dec 18, 2014",Current Employee - Brand Specialist,,Having Amazon on your CV is quite helpful when it comes to finding a new job,No onboarding process No training - at all! Colleagues get angry when you ask them for help Very macho work culture that is all about pretending to be busy and knowing everything,"Try to focus less on your ""leadership principles"" and maybe start encouraging your employees to work together instead of against each other.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32968,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,Great place to work. If you really interested in eCommerce then definitely a place for you,1) good salary 2)Nice team 3)Challenging work,work life balance is screwed during oncall leadership training,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32969,amazon,none," Dec 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pretty nice place to work,best place to start good growth opportunities,the pay isn't that great,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2519.htm
32970,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 3, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,You will love it or hate it,"If you can get things done, this is the place to be. No one will stop you to try new things. Moving to different teams are encouraged a lot. Great opportunity to transfer to Amazon international offices permanently. Very intelligent set of people to work with. You will get to really own deliveries in your capacity.","After you join, hikes are not great. Promotions are only for the very best. You can end up spending considerable amount of time in your current job level. No focus on employee satisfaction apart from compensation.",Start focusing on Employee satisfaction.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32971,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,more than just a call center in Costa Rica,"A great place to work for the average call center, a lot of departments to work on rather than customer service",Some departments require mandatory overtime in peak season,Be more present,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32972,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 14, 2014",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,Just average,Get to know really smart people. There are a lot of opportunities to switch roles internally.,"Very often dealing with non technical challenges or trivial technical challenges, almost like a contact-center. There is no actual strategy for career development .",Invest more in their employees.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32973,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good comany for beginning work.,Good company for starters and beginner,Bad management at every level.,No,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32974,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist,Pretty good,"Good benefit, good salary, good management",Nothing particularly relevant to notice.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32975,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Digital Media Specialist,"Pretty Good, a little empathy towards Employees would make it best",Work Environment and Culture. Unending Growth and opportunities.,"Not one understands where your seriously sick especially during the peak. Their Business is all it is, nothing else.","Just Because 1 employee breaks your trust, doesn't mean everyone will. It sounds just like, if one manager is bad, the entire Manager Entourage is worse.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32976,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Dev's company.,Developers are treated very well. Open movement across teams. Career growth. Good Interaction with senior Engineers.,Work life balance is less for married people.,none.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32977,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Project Manager,"Good school, bad people",You learn a lot,"Disrespect is normal with upper management, best people are interns, people are bad, but it also depends in which team you get, you can be Lucky","Keep up the knowledge, most of them don't know what is going On, just live On the position",2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32978,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Custom centricity is good but don't forget ur employees!!,"Great people to work with, good package to start with but increments are sparse and poor. Work culture is very team centric. Lots of options available to change teams.",No employee focus. Increments are not great. Work responsibility is not defined.,please ensure better work life balance of employees!!,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32979,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"Fast growing, Good ethics, Leadership principles","No work life balance, Bad Management, Worst compensation",How does it matter,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2520.htm
32980,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,SDET at Amazon,Lots of opportunities. Smart people around,No work life balance. Cut throat competition. Showing-off culture,Try to see who works instead of who shows off,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32981,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 24, 2014",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,An Outstanding star of your resume,Streamlined Retail Catalog Tasks @ work High exposure for your skills Free and Flexible Working Environment,Little or no perks until managerial level Catalog Tasks too monotonous and mundane after one year itself Indian work culture influencing the free and flexible work environment,"Managers' connection with associates should be properly and timely reviewed, Increment should be according to efficiency and not fixed",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32982,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 8, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,It has been a great experience working with Amazon,Work culture Ownership Work life balance - Right place to settle down late in your career,Learning Salary visibility/transparency on growth path is not that good,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32983,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Super Company ever to work,"leadership, employee benefits ad all","timings, pricing, compemssation, life, benefits",Perks,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32984,amazon,none," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good to experience, but bad to grow","innovate sense, bright future and direction","efficiency low, big pressure and limitied development space",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32985,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice place to work with ti and ti,nice culture nice place nice environmennt nice people,nothing is there to tell bad about these,no advice,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32986,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"At Amazon, we love to build systems. Systems that are distributes, and that talk to each other and get the business done","Exposure to open technologies, highly competitive salary, smart people, good culture","Operational stuff to be done by devs, slower promotions, less hikes, disparity of salary between lateral hires and existing people",Keep the salaries of veterans at par with laterals,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32987,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 7, 2014",Current Employee - Finance,good working environment,"professional, clean, nice, high tech, fun","none, nones, no, nothing, noway",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32988,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 14, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Partner Manager,Amazon UK!,"- Expanding company, opportunities to see many sides of the business - There is a focus on ownership and bias for action, meaning you have the freedom to come up with an idea, build a business case and drive that idea to success - Great range of very smart people, great opportunity to learn and develop through them",- Not much formal training/ development offered - Slow promotion process. Have to be in the company for at least 18 months.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32989,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Immigration hostage,"Interesting company, some really cool & innovative products","They treat you like piece of..... Respect is not one of their leadership principles. Once you are hired, you might get assigned to something else you were interviewed for. Especially if you are a foreign employee whose work permit is tied to Amazon, they know that they can make you do anything they like as you cannot run away.","I've worked in many big and small companies, and I've never seen this level of unprofessional behavior in middle management.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2521.htm
32990,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good learning curve bad office politics,-good learning curve - work on linux/scripts/good code base - good engineers,- bad work culture - engineers try to crucify others due to stack ranking. mind your back - Becoming an sde-2 is all what you will be thinking,- Remove office politics,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
32991,amazon,Orléans (France)," Dec 14, 2014",Current Employee - Manager Operations,everything but a neutral company,"- very good salary package - atmosphere fun and colleagues smiling - flat organization where you can demonstrate ownership (leading project, solving issues...) - evaluation system is based on peer feedback and target achievements",- big workload - strong pressure - work/life balance not easy to find compare to other french companies - the evaluation system is efficient on paper but can still be bypass if your manager is not so good,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
32992,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,great environment,"not much pressure, its all on you, if you want to get good increment you only need to work hard.  its a day to day job so no taking work home with you, but might be required to work from home sometimes. no politics, every one is rewarded on their talent and work basis'",carreer opportinites are less unless planning to do an mba .,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
32993,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 23, 2014",Current Employee - CSA,cool place to work,excellent environment and work culture,i did not find any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
32994,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,PeopleSoft Administrator,Nice office culture and compensation,need to improve more on work-life balance,Improve Onsite Oppotunties,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
32995,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 22, 2014",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Catalog associate- English,The culture is the best in any amazon workplace.,I cant think of any negative aspect of working here.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
32996,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Awesome Work Environment, very structured processess.",Work Life Balance is missing.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
32997,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 22, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Software Development Engineer,"Nice Work Culture, Lots of challenging work",Too much of work load.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
32998,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Support Engineer,It has been a slow run till now. Very laid back and informal environment.,--Internal mobility is very easy and not restricted to India offices -- very informal environment,-- career paths are not well defined. -- Laterals are treated as distant cousins if you have not bargained well while accepting the offer,Nourishing freshers for future leadership is very good but that does not mean that the lateral hires should be neglected. There should be a well defined path for lateral hires which should be different from frehsers and merge at later stage.  Also the compensation for a lateral hire is nowhere near the freshers for example a college recruit working in amazon for 2 years will have similar salary expectation as a lateral hire with 7-9 years of experience,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
32999,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment,Great place to get things done,low titles lack of performance pay,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2522.htm
33000,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Awesome Amazon,Wonderful Culture Access to all Upper management and open to suggestion Data Driven Approach Good Payscale,Work Life balance may slightly affected due to work stretch,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33001,amazon,New Delhi (India)," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - FC TRAINER,Amazon,good company to work in,"Less pay, lots of manual work and less automation, takes time to adapt to the cahanges",Have to be little more structure in resolving problem,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33002,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Powerless to their will....,"The benefits are okay (if you are a permanent worker). Amazon is going anywhere soon so there is some job security ( There are chances to progress and learn new skills, however most of them don't offer any extra pay. The amount of holiday hours i get per year is very good.","It seems managment is valued highly and the lower-level workers are just numbers and are unimportant as they can be easily replaced.  They don't believe you when you are off sick. I had a fever and left early (the first time i have ever gone home early due to sickness in 3 years) on a Friday, which angered my manager. He said he would look back and see if there was a pattern of my going home on fridays so i could have a long weekend.  around Christmas they make you do compulsory overtime (up to 50-60 hours per week) and you have no say which days you do. I'm due to work 108 hours in the next 12 days.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33003,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 7, 2014",Current Employee - Corporate Function,Very hard work but valuable learning experience,- Fantastic brand to have on CV - Opportunity to develop products/services that will be used by tens of millions of customers - Working with bright and capable colleages,- Salary below market average and total reward highly dependent on Amazon stock price. - Portfolio of diverse businesses - ranging from Retail to Cloud Computing to Movie Studio - with the culture highly dependent on the VP's personality. You might get a VP who is a good leader but a bad VP impacts the whole of the business. - Promotion difficult and relies heavily on self-promotion - can encourage unhealthy competition rather than collaboration amongst colleagues.,"What made Amazon successful in the past isn't necessarily what is going to make it successful in the future. Be prepared to adapt existing management practices/rituals to avoid becoming overly bureaucratic. In particular, the high volume of management reporting (weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual business reviews) and associated meetings is time-consuming and can be demoralising. These meetings are a means to an end rather than the end itself.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33004,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,The Career in Amazon,The work place environment is employee friendly.,The growth opportunities in the long run is very less.,The work environment has become very pressurizing like other BPOs though amazon is not a BPO. We look up to Amazon as it believed in letting the employee grow by taking their own decisions but lately everything is forced upon us.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33005,amazon,Virginia (South Africa)," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Operations Technician,Promotability,Fast growing company with potential,Nepotism at every level of management,Become technically sound,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33006,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 16, 2014",Current Employee - Listing Creation Specialist,Amazon {{ Work Hard --------- Party Hard }},Employee get to choose their own office timings and as a part of Amazon your always running ahead with innovation,"No Cons as of now,, Some times due to the enjoyment at work we tend to stay more than 12 hours in the office to meet the targets",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33007,amazon,Milan (Italy)," Oct 26, 2014",Current Employee - New Accounts Manager,"Very challenging, motivating and demanding","Competitive though meritocrat work environment. Fostered sound competition. Very open to new ideas and project, a lot of thins to do and improve. Amazing people, hiring the best.","Work-life balance inappropriate, little quality on the projects/results (quantity and bias for action are preferred)","Zero in to quality and big thinking (widen the overview, start working to make a true impact that lasts in time, rather than collecting the chips of the moment and bringing in easy reward just because you've been the firsts to get them).",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33008,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazing Amazon!,1. Great minds to work with. 2. Great internal technologies to play with. 3. Competitive salary. 4. I really like the way everyone owns up the work he/she is doing  GREAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT,1. Sometimes Amazon policy of being frugal is really frustrating. 2. A lot of time goes into design reviews and data collection as compared to actual coding.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33009,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,qae,"vERY GOOD ENVIRONMENT, i almost worked there for 2 years",NO CONS YET i almost worked there for 2 years,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2523.htm
33010,amazon,none," Nov 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,It was an excellent work experience.,Brilliant coworkers to learn new things. Liberal policies which maintains work life balance. It is one of the best place to have an excellent work experience.,Cons depend on your believes and expectations. Company has a wast no of employees. So you have to take serious efforts to prove your talent.,I think it has good management and teams.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33011,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Good company - Easy interview,Interview is focused mostly on data structures and algorithms. Easy to beat if you're doing online coding for some months. Good thing about thing is that you get to meet so many smart people.,Too much work load. Not at all good for married people or who have other responsibilities that require time.,Start taking care of employees. Don't use them as cheap resources.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33012,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Quickly dissatisfied as a 'seasonal associate' temp,"'Recruitment' process, via an agency, was incredibly easy. Nice co-workers.","The worst things about employment at this particular Amazon customer service facility isn't the job itself but the massive over-reliance on temporary agency workers, which pervades the entire management structure and has a huge impact on how you're assessed in your progress reviews. As a newbie CSA going through a week of mandatory shadowing, the mentoring advice is frequently conflicting (mentor one: you should contact the depot to track this order, mentor two (angrily): why the hell did you contact the depot for this?) and the poor and contradictory advice often has unfair repercussions on our performance statistics, which are sacrosanct at this job. Almost everyone, including our 'managers', mentors, etc, are temps (most of the facility), and permanency is spoken about in whispered tones as a lofty ideal which many aspire to but impossibly few seem to achieve. Oddly enough the few 'blue badges' at the facility (those on contract) often seem the most demotivated of the lot. The result is that the majority of the workforce live without much job security, motivation or critically the kind of in depth knowledge of the company and customer service procedures that you would expect from your seniors. The two weeks training new CSAs are put through initially feels like initiation into a cult with endless repetition of meaningless jargon and references to 'Jeff' (Bezos). You almost begin to buy how great Amazon is and how much it truly cares for its staff until the first person in the training class is called out for being five seconds late for break (EVERYTHING is monitored obsessively) and you realize that, yes, you're really expected to leave your desk, go through four swipe checkpoints, queue in the canteen, eat, and return, in the space of fifteen minutes. The job was exciting and challenging for about two days while fresh on the 'floor' but then became mind-numbingly boring with the same two or three issues being dealt with continuously. In addition to the overbearing monitoring from anonymous middle managers, the massive reliance on performance statistics, in which negative customer feedback is often unfairly left on the basis of the customer's experience at Amazon (rather than your performance at CSA) becomes a problem, and unpaid overtime soon becoming the norm (any contacts received before the end of your shift must be dealt with before you're allowed leave). I'm delighted that I've been offered a new permanent position beginning in February as I can't imagine that I would have lasted beyond then otherwise.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33013,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Risk Investigator,Its Day 1,- Everyday its day 1.You will face new challenges everyday to deal with and will get to learn alot - Huge margin of freedom in your work. You can explore many methods and ways to get your work done. - Lot of good people around you to help you out with your problem because that's how a company will grow.,- You need to have good display skills otherwise its tough to grow in amazon.,"- Try to dig for hidden talent ,you never know in which corner you might find real talent.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33014,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - SVS,SVS,"Great people, expanding company, entrepreneurial company. Best company i've worked for",Never stops--- but that's also part of the fun,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33015,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Kindle,Incredibly unpleasant experience. Avoid like the plague,Well paid Genuinely cannot think of any more pros,"Work life balance Systems that would frequently fail No communication between teams Unsupportive management, I had a line manager who would openly berate and insult me on an open floor office Minimal training, thrown in at the deep end with little to no assistance Understaffed, workload distributed unevenly between staff",Train line managers in how to treat employees with respect Hire more staff for big projects,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33016,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"An company with lot of opportunity to learn, grow and shape yourself",Brings the customer to focus every time you sit and solve complex problems. Contains plethora of areas where software engineer can explore. Provides amazing leadership opportunities.,"Work Life Balance can be better, and you have to go through each level completely before you move onto the next level.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33017,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager III,Employees are customers too Jeff,"Very strong brand name, Amazon continues to innovate and its exciting to be part of a business that continues to grow quickly, and to be reinvesting in the business and releasing new products. I can honestly say that I have worked with the smartest people in my career at Amazon, which encourages me to raise my game. Strong leadership principles that provide clarity on how to get things done in the business.","A word of warning if you are a parent or have obligations away from the work place that you need/would like to also find time for. Amazon expects your full commitment- there are many reviews on here of people calling out appalling work/life balance- so pay heed to these. There have been so many instances I have seen of employees on sick leave through stress and anxiety, with little attention paid to why and to integrate these back into the business or provide the appropriate support. Amazon is a burn out mill that requires your full focus, so perfect for those who need validation in their lives from a work perspective, but awful for those who don't. Very frugal environment with extremely lean teams- pretty typical for most individuals to be doing 2 roles at once. Business continues to grow but is an increasing concern that any revenues achieved through growth don't seem to feed back to the employee.  Senior management attitude is to focus on things that go wrong- never any call outs for what has gone well. Depressing attitude to take in a business that demands so much from employees. Amazon gets data, doesn't get people or how to encourage a positive collegiate culture. Lots of new naive MBA's that the business can suck dry. Very high turnover of staff- people leave/disappear and are never heard of again.  The only people I would recommend Amazon to are those who are willing to completely throw themselves 100% into their career for a few years to get experience and the name on their CV- even then you need to be very careful about what you take on board- the business will suck the life out of you if you let it.",Recognize that all employees are also customers. If the business is customer obsessed- it should also be employee obsessed. Think about what you are building from an employment perspective- what responsibility you have to the 1000's of staff who are working themselves to the bone to make you a success.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33018,amazon,none," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Business Analyst,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,"great work environment, nice people",internal growth is little slow,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33019,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Account Management,tam,"nice friendly environment, like there food meal coupons that they dont deduct from your salary but cannot encash",shifts keeping changing all the time,none,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2524.htm
33020,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Data Center Engineer,Frupidity= Frugality + Stupidity = Amazon Core Value,"If you see a problem, no one is going to stop you from grabbing it and developing an improvement","Highly unlikely that your pro-active efforts to fix a problem will benefit you personally. I witnessed manager directly benefiting (promotion) from other peoples initiative. Totally ripped off the people who developed the ideas, claiming them as his own. As George Bush Jr tried to say, ""fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.""","Cutting costs and limiting promotions in order to keep the cost down is not a long-term winning strategy. Your best people just leave in frustration. You end up with weird long-timers who have never advanced a level in years of service. Also preventing level advancement when internally transferring is a huge disincentive. In fact, the entire advancement structure only provides incentive to do the least work necessary to keep your job.",3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33021,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 18, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Catalogue Associate,Senior Catalogue Associate,- Not so bossy environment - Compensation benefits - Work culture - Shift timings - Good Transport facilty - Awesome ppl - Quarterly outings and yearly bash,- On-site? What the heck is it? - Fast growth? Nah..you are in 'cheap labour' plan of ours. - Work-life balance,"Just like recruitment process, negotiation process needs a sensible panel. REVAMP!",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33022,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Great work plave,Good environment to work in,Lack of communication amongst all levels,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33023,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2014",Former Employee - IT Support (Fulfilment Centre),"Good for some, others not so lucky","Pay is good if you're in the right roles - Higher technical and management roles at least, some opportunity for travel in key roles. Share options aren't too bad.","If you are good at what you do and can follow the company line then you will do well, unfortunately in terms of IT in the warehouse part of the company don't expect to get a lot of technical work or opportunities for growth - far too many operational meetings that will destroy your soul. The Operations team is GOD which is understandable but other departments always come second even if their work actually supports the day to day operations. Expect lots of last minute projects that have to be delivered yesterday only to find most aren't used by Operations for months - begging the question of why the rush.","Give support departments more respect for the work and advice that they give, Customers are what is important but the staff are the ones that make your company work, they need love too.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33024,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,my experience,it s a very good company,"long tym work,no cab for my pace,no accomodation",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33025,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 5, 2014","Current Employee - &#034,Seller Support&#034, Operations",It's always the first day,"The day is never boring, people are nice, managers are helpful. Your colleagues are like your family away from home. A lot can be learnt at Amazon, they train you with dedication and the trainers are all well certified and very knowledgeable. There is growth opportunities if you are doing well/really well.","Timings (Shifts if you are working outside US), You could miss your break times, clocks and timers are needed to remind the employees, that it's time for break.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33026,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Best company for people who want to learn.,"Best place for learning, strongly recommend to the people who wanted to learn design and implementation of system.","Before joining , many people suggested me that you will not have any life there. But i love to take challenge and according to me , if a person is happy with his work, then he can work for 8-10 hours a day passionately. So i strongly recommend to the people who are at there early stage and wanted to learn designing and building large systems. This is the place for them to learn.",For some of the team interview process is not fast paced.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33027,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Good Learning experience,"Learning experience was osm as it was expanding in India, got ample opportunity to work in different project","No work life balance, stucked in high level politics, after the operation launched the work is quite monotonous and leave policy is stringent",HR should take some step to maintain work life balance for operation guys,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33028,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Quality Assurance Engineer,An extremely challenging environment to work for...,"You will get a chance to work with some of the best minds in the industry, A high-pressure environment where raising your bar is a constant ask all the time, Extremely customer focused,","Work-life balance is not so good, You will be expected to be on top of things round the clock.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33029,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 28, 2014","Former Employee - Head of Sales, UK",,"Amazon is an astonishing place to work. Highly meritocratic, with enormous weight given to KPIs and metrics, and letting data guide your way. The high hiring bar means that you'll genuinely be working with the smartest people around - I spent the first year trying not to be the dumbest guy in the room. The green field thinking is awesome - you can approach problems without constraints. The leadership principles are also superb - they work, because Amazon uses them to guide and steer every part of the company, from hiring, to making strategic decisions, to resolving point issues - that makes them very, very powerful as a way to align an entire company. I also got to work with some of the best SVP/management talent in the world.","Jeff Bezos - ""You work smart, hard and long - and two out of three don't cut it. ""  The working hours can be appalling - I was doing 73-74 hours per week, and it's very unsympathetic towards anything outside work, like family. It's also quite an unsentimental business - people don't tend to build great personal relationships, or if they do, they can be jettisoned quite fast.","Watch for burnout in your level 7 and 8 staff. Everyone's terrified of saying that the are taking too much on. In an offsite, after much beer, one person started quite bravely saying 'I'm working myself into the ground' and pretty much everyone sighed and agreed. These are some of the best and brightest, and Amazon can literally be killing them. A bit more understanding of that would be good for the company.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2525.htm
33030,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 28, 2014","Former Employee - Head of Sales, UK",,"Amazon is an astonishing place to work. Highly meritocratic, with enormous weight given to KPIs and metrics, and letting data guide your way. The high hiring bar means that you'll genuinely be working with the smartest people around - I spent the first year trying not to be the dumbest guy in the room. The green field thinking is awesome - you can approach problems without constraints. The leadership principles are also superb - they work, because Amazon uses them to guide and steer every part of the company, from hiring, to making strategic decisions, to resolving point issues - that makes them very, very powerful as a way to align an entire company. I also got to work with some of the best SVP/management talent in the world.","Jeff Bezos - ""You work smart, hard and long - and two out of three don't cut it. ""  The working hours can be appalling - I was doing 73-74 hours per week, and it's very unsympathetic towards anything outside work, like family. It's also quite an unsentimental business - people don't tend to build great personal relationships, or if they do, they can be jettisoned quite fast.","Watch for burnout in your level 7 and 8 staff. Everyone's terrified of saying that the are taking too much on. In an offsite, after much beer, one person started quite bravely saying 'I'm working myself into the ground' and pretty much everyone sighed and agreed. These are some of the best and brightest, and Amazon can literally be killing them. A bit more understanding of that would be good for the company.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33031,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"A astounding company to work with , gives you hands on picture of real problems and enables to deal with them upfront","very entrepreneur type set up , high level of ownership",work life balance sometimes is an issue,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33032,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - FC Associate,ok,good pay. Lots of walking,strict on points and favouritsim,listen more,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33033,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,Instock management,"Sharp learning curve, awesome colleagues, path breaking projects, tremendous exposure, adds a lot of value to the cv","Management is inflexible on goals, things are seen as black and white despite everyone knowing the business blockers, managers are political, very stressful.","Learn how to retain your talent by being reasonable, and stop threatening to fire all the time",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33034,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"Experience, learning, brand, compensation, growth","Work life Balance, long working hours",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33035,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Worst employees HR, manager",Learn new stuff. If you go to good team and work under a good manager you are lucky.,"Pass feedback to HR, they would share with management Rogues and immature managers lead large teams. No goals set, reviews are wishy washy, no official written reviews shared Manager has to like you, else you are doomed. Senior management is too busy to hear you. Didn't have any context on you or product. Associates team in Bangalore is one such team, heavy attrition with jokers as senior managers.",Be human first. Ethics are important.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33036,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,It was good and a learning experience for a fresher like me,Work life balance and importance given to the employees,Compensation and career growth oppurtunities,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33037,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer Interview Process,The work env is too good.,Bar Raiser round which is a complete waste process.,Please have a review at your bar raiser rounds and the person who is responsible for this.,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33038,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,"Lot of learning, not much growth unless you are willing to destroy your personal life time...","Cool projects, great learnings. You will have chances to work with lot of teams, work on a lot of data. Really good if you are interested in a career of business analysis.","No work life balance. You got to meet your deadlines, along with lot of ad hoc requests coming from senior managers, making your life crazy sometimes","Treat people like humans. You get millions in shares so you work on weekends, don't force others to work for you on weekends, especially when you don't pay overtimes.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33039,amazon,none," Oct 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,interview experience in amazon trms,best package and career growth with good work environment,no extra work hours for some profile,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2526.htm
33040,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 10, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,Not an experience I would recommend to anyone. Avoid if you care for your career.,Company is growing at breakneck speed. That is all.,Due to Amazon's hunger for growth the demands placed on employees is completely unreasonable. If you want to hand over your life to a company go work for Amazon. The management do not care whether you have a life outside of the office and frequently overload an already tipping workload.,Plan forward and manage better.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33041,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,It is the best company i've ever worked,"pay masters, they believe in work life balance, flexible working hours",these days it is getting strict,"go ahead with what you are doing, however consider giving leaves when it is really emergency.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33042,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,No longer a place where ,"- several businesses are industry-leading and will continue to do well (Amazon retail, AWS, Kindle) - internal developer tools and expertise is still a great asset","- increase in management levels, degrading talent, and churn is leading to a slower company with poorer quality products - hiring bar getting lower, best employees are leaving since there is nothing particularly attractive to retain them - mediocre pay and benefits relative to an overall tech industry that pays very generously - stock at current price has limited upside compared to industry","One of the main company values is ""Amazon is a place where builders can build."" That is no longer true. There is too much middle management, politics, and bs. Amazon needs to nurture and retain the best and brightest developers and dev leads, not those who love running meetings and playing politics.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33043,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Worst Culture, Short Sighted Leadership, No care for Employees",A bit of learning... thats it.,"This is a company which does not care for their employees at all. No heed is paid to your personal situation or emergency as all they want from you is pace at work without breaks irrespective of personal situation. No clarity on long term goals, worst workforce management, no clarity on career path and worst of all no attention towards personal needs of an employee. The leadership is very short sighted. You may fall in their ""TRAP"" as they show good compensation figures but that is only at the outset, it just gets worst in the following years. So please be careful","You have to build in culture which supports employees during personal emergency rather than turning deaf ears and blind eyes as your targets are not being met. More you care for your employees, more ownership the employee will take towards you. PLEASE CHANGE THIS MEAN CULTURE. I may be sounding wounded by writing all this but trust me this is just not my story, my colleagues are gong through the same.!!!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33044,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics - Staffing and Product,Incredible use of technology to monitor by the hour productivity and product movement! New attentions to Ergonomics and Automation definite steps forward for a globally competitive company.,"Personal growth is limited, overall results and rewards are numbers based instead people performance based. Training is fantastic, job shadowing and competency in each position overseeing before management. Change management systems slow to implement best practices.",Advise regular reviews of power hungry middle management - $ is not the motivator so would be good to keep a careful eye on them.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33045,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - People Manager,Growing with Amazon,"Working for Amazon really allows you to get in touch with smart people, interesting technology, and for a beginner in people management, like me, helps you grow a lot.","Although challenging, pretty difficult to continuously raise the bar for yourself.","Reaching very challenging objectives s nevertheless, through people.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33046,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Nov 11, 2014",Former Employee - Picker Outbound,Working at Amazon,"Good pay. Thats it, if you work the whole 40, (sometimes 50) you can get good pay, but considering the amount you have to walk and stand, minimum rate is not enough.","Work-life balance was terrible, they basically wanted you to drop everything in your life and come in on you MOT day (Mandatory Over Time) and once you cancelled you plans, they could easily say they cancelled the MOT. No perks of working in the company and working with fellow employees felt risky. Everybody looked out for their interest and work environment was not friendly. Everybody wanted to make sure they're rates were high and would screw anyone else in the process. They watch your rates like vultures and one day will congratulate you and on the next scold you for not working hard enough, regardless of your wellbeing  They try to act like they have safety in place, but no safety procedures are followed by the fulltime Amazon employees, and making a mistake is equivalent to getting fired. They are terrible at recognizing potential and will not see good talent. Instead, they will focus on good rates and suck-ups to promote and advance.","Try to gauge real potential which might help the quick turnaround. Also, try to know what your employees are saying about you, sometimes when there is a language gap, a lot of the stuff they are saying is really, really bad.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33047,amazon,"Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy)"," Oct 6, 2014",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,"Good enviroment and great organization, professionalism",The place is very comfortable and the training as the effective work is very good. The wage is good.,Fixed term contract for almost everyone. 1 to 3 months.,"Pay attention to the real enthusiasm of the new applicant, pay attention to the specific social fabric of the sud sardinia and value the real skills of the potential agents and not only the availability of the people to work without reasonable notice. It happened to me!",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33048,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best Work atmospehere,Best salary for freshers. Happy workplace.,Monotony and nothing much to think of.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33049,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced but flexible and many opportunities,Offers telecommuting. Slackers aren't tolerated.,You have to very good at saying no diplomatically because timelines are crazy.,Offer more training.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2527.htm
33050,amazon,none," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced but flexible and many opportunities,Offers telecommuting. Slackers aren't tolerated.,You have to very good at saying no diplomatically because timelines are crazy.,Offer more training.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33051,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,not bad,"salary,sodexo coupons.,cab facility,Ac,restrooms,this is too much.","Mandatory OT's,NRR,AHT, irriating team leads.no proper sick leaves",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33052,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Dynamic work atmosphere, excellent learning",Great place to work at if you are looking at rapidly improving your knowledge base. Very fast paced and dynamic work environment which keeps you on your toes all the time and ensures you deliver. Most of them on the business side are extremely intelligent and grounded people who are quite approachable and humble.,Lot of politics in some teams- but this is the case with most of the companies. Compensation is good but increments are rather meager during appraisal.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33053,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 6, 2014",Former Employee - QA Intern,QA Intern,-good compensation - good relocation process -cab facility - food facility,-review process - hierarchy - work-life balance - no clear requirements,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33054,amazon,none," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Highly intensive work experience,You learn a lot in short time.,The company is highly unorganized. You need to search everything on your own.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33055,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Sep 18, 2014",Current Employee - Data Center Technician II,Working environment in rapid pace and wild - as wild as Amazon forest itself.,"Benefits is much better than average company in Japan, freedom on shift and easy of taking vacation is really attractive. Lots of genius along the way.","Office politics seems inevitable, some higher ups do not treat their subordinate and tend to be showy on their authority",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33056,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Content Quality Associate,Awesome,Shift Timings.... Company is Employee support Oriented... They give preference to Employees concern also if it is really valuable they will implement...,No Cons at all since they give respect to Employee Concern...,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33057,amazon,"London, ON (Canada)"," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Horrible culture,Good salary but no bonuses,You have to work with some of the least inspiring people on this planet. The culture is horrible,dont act like monsters. it leads nowhere,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33058,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 18, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazon gave me my first exposure to working in a truly global MNC with almost all my team based out of Seattle.,1. Compensation - Amazon pays you adequately 2. Brand Value - Amazon alumni are going places 3. Smart people - You are working with some of the brightest.,1. Work-life balance is not proportional to the pay. 2. Some of the senior management do not recognize your value and consequently the higher attrition rates 3. High customer satisfaction but low employee satisfaction 4. Does not have the perks that are there in some of the other tech companies like Google.,Maintain the high hiring bar. Please do work towards employee satisfaction and retention.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33059,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - SDE1,Bad Management,Liberal rules and quite work environment.,Management is the worst i have experienced so far,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2528.htm
33060,amazon,none," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Learned a lot of useful skills,Culture is a hit or miss,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33061,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - CATALOG Analyst,Awesome place to work at,"-Good pay -Cab facility for all departments at all levels -Very much concerned about employees -Good management at all levels -Work hard, have fun, make history-apt tagline -Recognition of hard work -Many leaves -Good HR policies -Lot of opportunities for internal movement. -Appraisal system is okay. Neither too good nor too bad -Work life balance is too good.",Nothing negative to write about. But recruitment process is little slow(same like every other mnc). You will have to wait very long to get the interview result and offer letter in hand.,"You guys are doing awesome. Keep up the god work. Many ecommerce companies are trying to beat you. But as a matter of fact, nothing can beat amazon.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33062,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Good set of values, open culture, dynamic work environment",Leaders are obsessed about long term view point. Employees have tremendous ownership and function pretty much independently. Flat hierarchy - therefore access to folks - both upstream and downstream is easy. Company likes to experiment and failure is appreciated as a great learning platform.,High ownership at times make work seem transactional.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33063,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Imaging Associate,Good place to learn management skills.,"Highly paid, you will be given good training in other skills",It is tough moving to the next level.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33064,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon india review,Its great place to work! It works for me,Its great place to work! It works for me,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33065,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its like any other MNC. Less work and more of politics.,Salary No dress code Incentives Fun environment Paid overtime Cab facility Shift rotation Friendly HR policy Goals can be reached quickly ( Targets ),Politics Restrictions in few processes Lack of knowledge Unskilled Mangers Untrained Team Leaders Preference to few people Dummy management No action taken by HR Mental Harassment,Need to improve the management.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33066,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,transaction risk management services,get learn about background checks while ordering online,very bad shift timings and weekly offs no growth very monotonous no chance to learn anything new pure non voice process,be more employee centric,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33067,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Working culture,Amazon has one of the best working cultures,Too much of work and interview is too grilling as compared to work done.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33068,amazon,"Milton, ON (Canada)"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Good company, good systems, gruelling, physically demanding job","You are paid 14$/hour. Managers and supervisors are supposed to help you according to Amazon leadership principles. Very good benefits including vision, dental, podiatrist, chiropractor etc",You will have to walk as much as 15 km a day (in 10 hours). Your feet and various other parts of your body will hurt like nothing you have experienced before. Long term this job will seriously affect your health.,Rotation of tasks are not done as there are never enough people due to high turnover. Rotate tasks and change to an 8 hour shift.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33069,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 13, 2014",Current Employee - Device Associate,It good,Job freedom is good and employee friendly evironment,Recognition is poor in some case based on manager.,Internal growth is minimal,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2529.htm
33070,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 13, 2014",Current Employee - Device Associate,It good,Job freedom is good and employee friendly evironment,Recognition is poor in some case based on manager.,Internal growth is minimal,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33071,amazon,"Doncaster, England (UK)"," Sep 27, 2014",Former Employee - Amazon Warehouse Worker,"Not all bad, however no career progression what so ever",you get exercise. Also the pay isn't all bad,"un social hours, lots of standing up, no respect etc.",possibly add more incentives or more motivational ideas for people to work instead of just working towards the target,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33072,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - FinOps Analyst,Good environment with average pay,"Good work environment, whatever you do achieve your target at the end of the day. Culture is very friendly and fun to work. Benefits are goods with insurance and accident benefits.","Decreasing trend in salary, average package. Growth is very difficult after all such a large company will have huge competition.","While prices are increasing you should increase the packages but not decrease. Growth should be an inbuilt component of an employees career, you need to work more on the employee growth.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33073,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazon,"Good salary, Talented people around, Flexible",Work life balance. Completely focused on work,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33074,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is ok,Person are nice. good location.,"Stressful, not the best pay but it is doable.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33075,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Amazon experience is great!!,Employees are allowed to do what they want.,Hectic work life balance due to tight schedule,Work life balance needs to be taken care,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33076,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to work and get paid well,Pays competitively Good chances for growth Incredible team,Sometimes secretive High expectations Sometimes very frugal,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33077,amazon,Paris (France)," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Director,"Developing at a leader and in a winning company, but do expect sacrifices, and frustration of not a lot of reward","Business model and top level vision. Winning and international environment. Strong culture for excellence, analytics, action and results, giving autonomy and material operational responsibilities quickly. High level of systems and processes. Very smart people and engagement levels of the teams. Ability to challenge status quo and constantly re-invent to improve. Learning and self development across all leadership, management and business operational areas. Fast pace and reactivity, capability to quickly correct course of actions to restore performance. International career opportunities (provided individual flexibility, mobility and acceptance of below par compensation though).","Below average compensation in regards of the demands during recruitment process. High workload expected and little work-life balance perks. Management by criticism vs valuation of successes or people efforts. Very centralized leadership in the US and final decision making power on decisions forcing to constantly justify when not working in headquarters. Extremely high friction in promotions, leadership leveling disjoints for similar roles between US and rest of the world. Overall not high consideration for people (expendable resource). High level feelings of frustration and attrition as outcome (people all secretely dream to leave after making enough years on their resume to make a career jump).","Remove once for all ""frugality"" as a leadership value statement used as an excuse to be in reality petty with employees on everything. Be more respectful of the people, reward internal loyalty and development more objectively on promotions vs political 360 degree assessment and constant fallback of external high bar benchmarking to staff leader positions. Stop taking advantage of Western Europe high unemployment rates to justify the below average compensation strategy.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33078,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 21, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,Amazon,nice place to work and enjoy,"no work life balance,bad shifts,no proper week offs",understand the employee needs as well,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33079,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2014",Current Employee - Ontology Analyst,It has been smooth,Lots of learning and flexibility,There are not cons as such and it is a good place to work,Nothing as such,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2530.htm
33080,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Leads Analyst,"ZERO work-life balance, OVER work load, BAD management , NOT systematic","Work really hard & contribute max to the company - Your contributions will not be taken into account for business impact but, you might be promoted very quickly. Leadership doesn't care about the business impact, all they care about is their targets & junk data analysis.","First of all, the employees are literally overloaded with work all the time & unrealistic targets. Most of the employees for most processes work more than 9 hours (which is illegal) and don't get paid for over time every single day. work-life culture sucks too because employees hardly find time to interact or have fun in the company despite the lavish gaming consoles & despite the sense of humor each one has in the because of stupid management.",Work for the company & not for your personal growth. Do not overload the employees and set realistic targets and try to get them done in a nice manner without being rude. Make sure to bring the team together & not divide the team by impartiality & negligence & greediness of your personal benefits and growth.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33081,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Burnout factory,"I learned a lot. Amazon employs some very smart people who've done good work solving some very hard problems. If you want to know about scaling, look no further.  There's no question that having Amazon on your CV is good for your career.","Poor direction from senior management who couldn't decide what they wanted.  Bureaucracy. Oh, the bureaucracy.  Politics. Woe betide you if you worked in a group or on a project that senior management didn't find sexy.  Churn. Despite intensive recruiting, people left faster than they could be replaced. The hiring bar was rightly high, but there were too many ways to fail the interview for spurious and/or arbitrary reasons. The recruitment process may work better in Seattle where Amazon is one of the biggest names in town, but the competition for developers in London is too intense. There are other prestige tech giants, there are big media companies, there are startups, there are banks with deep pockets. In this environment, Amazon can't turn down good people and meet its hiring needs (and indeed, they had to import lots of staff from Seattle to keep the office afloat).  On-call. Being woken up in the middle of the night got very old after a while.  And finally, the kicker: work-life balance. The company pretty much destroyed a few of my colleagues. Amazon are very good at using guilt to get people to work all the hours God sends, for no particular reward. At the end of one spectacularly hellish project, everyone got -- a T-shirt. Not the best way to make your employees feel valued.",Decide on your product road map *before* sending your development teams on death marches.  Admit that London is a different labour market to Seattle and act accordingly. It's hard to get things done when half your colleagues have left and there's nobody to take their place.  Don't treat staff as disposable tools to burn out and throw away. It's not nice and it's not good for your business either.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,30,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33082,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 27, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Process Associate,"Beware of this trap called 'Amazon' !! Don't screw up your professional, personal and healthy lifestyle !!","For all those who are aspiring to join Amazon and those who are newly joined, these are my advices. Please don't get overawed by the facilities they offer like AC cabs, beverages, food coupens, laptops, water bottles, goodies etc. These are certain things which your previous organizations might not have offered you. But there will come a stage where you will realize that these were offered to you so that you think great about the company and work really really hard and sincere forgetting your personal life completely. And if you don't have an understanding life partner he or she might even divorce you, for you will be glued to your laptop always.","I worked for Amazon for a period 2 years on continuous rotational shifts. I was so happy to receive a laptop when I joined. Later I understood I am expected to login to it even after I return home from office. In those 2 years, I slogged for atleast 14 hours, 6 days a week and accomplished so much, which a normal person would have accomplished only in 4 or 5 years. You will become like a robot and will still be boasting on facebook and whatsapp about the cool things that Amazon offer you. But you will face the biggest shock of your life when out of no where you will be asked to sign a document called PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) and made to put down your papers. This happened not only to me but also 6 more people in my team. Your career life will be screwed up completely and so will be your personal life and health.","Does Jeff Bezos have the guts to sign a PIP document himself ? If so many employees are put into PIP for non performance, is that not an indication that the organization is also non performing ? In that case, the CEO should also take up the PIP challenge. Let him take up the PIP challenge and prove himself first. My key takeaways from Amazon are only high diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Please note that I did not have even traces of these health issues before I joined Amazon. Great job Amazon for screwing up the lives of Innocent and hard working Indians.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33083,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Its an Innovation Company,You will have enough opportunities to learn and improve your skills,Company talks about work life balance but managers have too much of work that it cannot be achieved in managerial role,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33084,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 25, 2014",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer I,Work hard and have fun,Good work-life balance and great work encironment,Need to deal with targets and work pressure during Q4,Need to be more transparent on appraisal,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33085,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Site Merchandiser,Not like anywhere else,"If work is the most important thing to you right now, Amazon UK is a good place to do it. Incredibly fast pace of growth means a large amount of varied and interesting projects to take responsibility in with equally driven people. However you'll be expected to juggle this alongside your day-to-day role with no impact on your category deliverables, hence the need to be able to absolutely dedicate yourself to the job if you want to get anywhere and not have a breakdown. You will give up plenty of evenings and weekends if you intend to be there for a few years.  Promotion can be achieved but you need to be political - identify tools or fixes that will improve most categories, figure out a scalable way to deliver them and start shouting about them. Peer reviews and cross-category influence are key to progression whatever level you're at. True of every company to an extent, but you'll quickly see how Amazon takes that and everything else to the nth degree.","The demanding environment combined with the relative rarity of promotions means that many level 6 and 7 managers are hired from outside the company rather than being promoted from within. The effect of this limits continuity planning and actually attracts some very average managers, because Amazon isn't like most workplaces. If you end up with a one of the poorer managers, you're going to struggle. Make sure you speak to/meet your prospective manager before agreeing to join a category.",You seem to be doing fine so far.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33086,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer IIo,it was hard interview,good package and i suggest it to every fresher to try for it and get selected and if selected they provide high salary and very good incentives,hectic work and you should work in rotational shifts mostly on night shifts,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33087,amazon,"No Man's Heath, England (UK)"," Sep 27, 2014",Former Employee - A Manager,The worst employer ever,"There are none, it all seems great if you can get through the tough interview process but trust me you don't want to work for them.","These guys suck you in and spit you out. They have no regard for loyalty, everyone is looking over their shoulder and looking to stitch each other up. And the Americans think that UK is the 52nd state even if you are out of work take my advice and don't work for them, they don't deserve your talent.",Get out while you have the chance because management is always the first to be churned,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33088,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - SDE1,Going downhill,Initial Salary Smart people who had joined earlier.,Bare minimum increment. Not even at par with the inflation rate. Hiring standard is lowered now. Quantity seems to be of more importance than quality. Worthless management in Bangalore team.,Have a backbone and don't rush features sacrificing quality.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33089,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Visual Design Associate,Business Mantra: Get pressure-cooked work for less salary,1) Learning: Working under pressure will let you lean a lot of stuff. 2) Corporate experience: You will have a corporate experience and how it works. But you will swear after not to work in any corporate again.,"1) False hope/goal: manager will set false hope or goal (which, once achieved will give you minimal hike, or another goal) 2) Management: It sucks (most of them are from BPO background without any sound knowledge of the process they lead). Which was not the case till end of 2012 (and it was regarded as a fun place to work for). 3) Volume vs. Quality: They prefer volume over quality. All they want is productivity. 4) Salary: Very low than it's competitors. 5) Colleague Competition: 2013 HR made a clear goal of competition among the colleagues. So it's not more a team work. But how to step on other and then grow. I do not think this idea comes from jeff Bezos. 6) HR: The HR supports all manager decisions and don't give heed for any associate say. They are not employee advocate but compliance driven.",How can a manager lead a subject when they do not have any knowledge about the subject!  And your Chennai office is full of these fads.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2531.htm
33090,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Visual Design Associate,Business Mantra: Get pressure-cooked work for less salary,1) Learning: Working under pressure will let you lean a lot of stuff. 2) Corporate experience: You will have a corporate experience and how it works. But you will swear after not to work in any corporate again.,"1) False hope/goal: manager will set false hope or goal (which, once achieved will give you minimal hike, or another goal) 2) Management: It sucks (most of them are from BPO background without any sound knowledge of the process they lead). Which was not the case till end of 2012 (and it was regarded as a fun place to work for). 3) Volume vs. Quality: They prefer volume over quality. All they want is productivity. 4) Salary: Very low than it's competitors. 5) Colleague Competition: 2013 HR made a clear goal of competition among the colleagues. So it's not more a team work. But how to step on other and then grow. I do not think this idea comes from jeff Bezos. 6) HR: The HR supports all manager decisions and don't give heed for any associate say. They are not employee advocate but compliance driven.",How can a manager lead a subject when they do not have any knowledge about the subject!  And your Chennai office is full of these fads.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33091,amazon,none," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful place to work,Challenging projects. great people to work with.,Frugal nature of the company,none,4.0,3.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33092,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Learning Experience!,"Work with people with amazing backgrounds Learn from a variety of businesses (E-commerce, Digital content, Logistics, etc) Young and fun coworkers, easy to make friends with Dynamic and fast moving environment Customer-focused and data-driven",Frugality: always expected to do more with less Competitive environment: harder to move up than other companies (visibility and communication are key) Long working hours,N/A,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33093,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,BHX1,Decent pay for the work that is involved... Plenty of help from certain other people when needed... Good lead who is always fair and listens to individuals cercumstances,Quite often shot handed in the area I work and request for extra people to help when busy are often ignored or refused,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33094,amazon,none," Sep 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,No major restrictions in working environment,Long term growth of the employee is nil,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33095,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Very Good,"Work Culture, Customer Centricity, Innovations, facilities at office, fair work policy, flat organizational structure, independence at work and taking decisions","A little bit of pressure, lack of a proper and organized training structure, shallow look based on the educational qualifications & innovations at work",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33096,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 23, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,a phenomenal company to work and learn from,great processes yet entrepreneurial. very smart people and a great hiring filter. good brand name to have on resume. amazon also offers a lot of different areas where one can try their hand from web services to retail to the kindle platform.,sometimes frugality is taken too far. work life balance can be an issue. some of the practices like no powerpoints in meetings can be quirky when taken to the extreme,perks are minimal and they can be made better. the workplace can be made a more fun place given people spend a lot of time there.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33097,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Investigations Specialist II,Work hard. Have Fun. Make History.,- Great work environment. - Good pay. - Overtime pay.,- No work-life balance. Excessive overtime recruited. - Lack of respect for tenured employees. - Politics and unnecessary involvement of HR-BPs.,"You know whats wrong, start fixing things.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33098,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lack of career development, top-heavy, unappreciated",You will meet some of the brightest people here who are genuinely interested in technology and getting things done.  Truly a place where some of the cutting edge technologies are being developed every day.,"Zero career development. No career development discussions. When you do request for one, they turn it around and ask you to map out what you want. When you do, they don't respond or critique on your plan, or it will be something along the lines of ""I know you want... but at the moment that is not possible"". Either way, your voice is never heard.  Failure to deliver on promises. You're always given new roles and additional responsibilities with the promise that you'll eventually be promoted, but it never happens.  Compensation is a joke. Due to the sign-on bonuses and how they're structured, you will actually end up earning less after 2 years.  Lack of recognition. I have seen many projects taken away from the local teams and become ""globalised"", with no recognition given to the pioneers of the projects.  Yearly increments are non-existent or very small (< 5%).  Amazon Leadership Principles. These principles are good in theory, but in practise they're used against you. You'd be faulted if you spent more than necessary on a campaign for not being ""Frugal"", because you wanted to be ""Customer Obsessed"". You'd be faulted for not ""Having Backbone"" if you said yes to take on an additional job role, yet you'd also be faulted for not having ""Ownership"" and not thinking of the entire company if you said no. Most of the senior management do not ""Dive Deep"" and roll up their sleeves. When they do, it'd be a big thing and you'd see emails being sent all over the place.  Vested shares. It looks good on paper, but you only get all of it after 4 years. Also, they use it year after year during your yearly review to convince you why you are getting a good deal.  No teamwork, no camaraderie. I remember one of the senior management once mentioning he doesn't believe in friends within the workplace because it leads to employees not wanting to perform and outdo one another.  No alignment throughout the organization. Working with the corporate team is difficult, the goals are just not aligned and management does not help to make things easier. Most of the time you feel like your managers are against you just to please corporate, instead of backing you in getting things done.","Show genuine concern for the people working for you instead of constantly trying to please those above you. Remember, there are people who genuinely work their hearts out to deliver for you. Appreciation isn't just words, if you truly appreciate your employees, do something to show it. Empty promises time and again just brings the team morale lower.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33099,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Hectic,"A lot of opportunities to learn. Working on large projects with millions of users. Nice concepts in internal tools (build system, versioning, software dependencies management, continuous deployment, deployment on development & production hosts). Possibility to work for other teams if you want to change. Compensation is good (but no perks). Working at Amazon(/Apple/Facebook/Google) is a good experience.",The focus is put on delivering new features under tight deadlines. It is exciting but it often results in lowering the quality standards and increasing the operational load (frequent firefighting). Little time is invested on stabilizing a feature once it's been released. On-calls are expected to be available to work on weekends. Every engineer is part of an on-call rotation. Heavy process and emails are sometimes getting on your way to get things done. Getting a promotion requires your active participation: you'll need to get the right exposure and be vocal about what you do (it won't come naturally).,"Invest on keeping your employees, listen to them and remove what is getting on their way.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2532.htm
33100,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awsm company to work,"new things to learn,competitive environment",poor work life balance...management is not good...,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33101,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Challenge work but changing the world,"growth company Challenges - new./interesting stuff Customers Team - nice people, hard working",Long Hours Lots on to do list,Invest in more headcount,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33102,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Great company to grow in your career,"Career growth, experience working at a large successful company.","Could pay better, sometimes the internal culture can be frustrating",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33103,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay away If you are not American or former US military guy : you will never be in the ,"Amazon is a brand name, it will help you to get a nice job after quitting",Former military guys don't like Japanese/american or any guy with degrees from prestigious universities and tend to bash them. Lots of politics. Top management does neither speak Japanese nor understand Japanese law. I feel sorry for the Japanese staff (including HR) not willing to stand up against what's wrong.,None...but a question...how did you let this happen to you? you had the money the hire the best...,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33104,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Great company work is always fun here,none as of now totall satisfied,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33105,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Manager Account Management,Great place to learn & innovate,"Gives you hands on experience in developing business initiatives, people back you with your ideas, almost function like an entrepreneur","strees gets to you, things change by the hour, high pressure job",NA,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33106,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 24, 2014",Former Employee - Datacenter Technician,"Unappreciated, Overworked","- Great place to learn new technologies. - Team was close, and banded together against unrealistic expectations - Generous starting pay package","- Zero professional growth. - Expected to always take on more roles and responsibilities, but without a pay increase. - Bar raiser promotion system is a joke ( why would anyone work for you if they are better than 75% of the people there?)","- Show more concern to your employees, treat them more like people than robots. - The brand name doesn't mean a thing when it's a horrible place to work.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33107,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jun 12, 2014",Former Employee - Translator,Work hard and have fun,"Relaxed atmosphere, no dress code Generous benefits (stock plan, private health insurance, private pension, public transport reimbursement...) Very easy to take holidays with almost no notice, good work-life balance Good management structure with weekly one-on-one manager-employee meetings Good opportunities to move roles within Amazon and to gain new skills in areas that were previously completely foreign to you Permanently growing business going from strength to strength and regular excellent innovations","Overzealous security policy - it's an office, not an airport Over-obsession with numbers and undervaluing of soft skills - you have to account for all the time you work down to the nearest 15 minutes and justify everything you're doing with statistics They encourage and condone risk-taking even when it's reckless The religious idolization of Jeff Bezos is similar in language to the Kims in North Korea",Management could be more communicative with lower-level employees.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33108,amazon,none," Aug 15, 2014",Former Employee - Human Resources Team Member,"High pressure, medium reward",Great place to build experience develop quickly,Annual review process with a forced distribution curve causes cultural issues in teams. The work-life balance is very poor due to the high expectations on each role and managers are not given the time and freedom to manage leading to dissatisfaction across all levels. Current focus is on externally bringing in skills rather than developing our existing internal talent.,Obsess over your great employees in the same way you obsess over your customers.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33109,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great experience,good environment to work with,takes a lot of effort to grow,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2533.htm
33110,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Awesome place to be. The work culture is very nice. Freedom is all around. You are free to innovate at every step.,The policies are really nice. Very transparent. And yeah full freedom at work place. The people around are always nice and are technically best in class.,Located at a very bad place. Really frugal in some aspects. Growth in general is slow. Salary in India does not increase for almost 2-3 years.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33111,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Work Hard, Have Fun.","Employee will have lot of responsibilities and ownership. People can gain lot of exposure and can directly interact with senior principal engineers. No timings, No dress code and No formalities. Friendly and start-up kind of atmosphere.",Agile working methodology. Not much importance given to individual growth path. Most of the time trying to get a short term solution rather than spending time on proper long term solution.,Work life balance.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33112,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place for work, Aggressive environment","If you love technology. If you want to learn and learn, want to take individual responsibility and ownership.",Work life balance is bad. Very aggressive working culture.,Treat engineers like humans not robots.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33113,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Decent Experience with both Pros and Cons,Agressive go getter work culture. Good growth oppurtunties. Good Brand name to be associatd with,Bad Work life balance and pace and profiles are restrictive.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33114,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,job,good infrastructure and amzing work culture and good place to work,interview time took so long . the process is so slow and getting delayed.,consider reduce time during the interview.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33115,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 24, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist Listings,work culture at amzon india Listings,"Supportive colleagues and a very friendly work atmosphere , huge opportunities to take ownership of projects, Innovative ideas are recognized and rewarded by the management..","promotions does not come easily, extended work hours at times to meet project deadline.",better compensations can do magic.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33116,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Account Management Associate,Good experience in TAM (Seller Support),"Generally good managers and team leaders with regular reviews and feedback on performance. Multicultural and relaxed environment. Very close relationship with HQ, Seattle which guarantees a better control over quality of work and competency of new hires. Great trainers.","As a relatively new department, TAM lacked of clear processes and procedures which could make things harder sometimes. However, a lot was being done to improve the situation. While most managers and team leaders were good, some of them were too much focused on their own progression. Also, little opportunities to progress.",Keep up the good work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33117,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,A mixed bag,1) Good Work 2) Flexible working hours 3) A culture that promotes efficiency 4) A lot to learn among the best in the industry 5) Fast paced,1) Lack of facilities - takes 'frugality' to a whole new level 2) Getting promoted to next level is really difficult. 3) Too much work pressure 4) Biased between QA and SDE/SDET 5) Appraisal can vary from department to department 6) Performance rating based on ranking within the heirarchy,Please be more transparent in your performance and appraisal cycle,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33118,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 7, 2014",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist - I,Not the best job out there,"Good relaxed environment, Well laid out HR policies,","Employees are treated as resources, Low Compensations,",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33119,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Nice place to work. But not without its own share of politics,"Access to excellent engineering minds, start-up atmosphere, work from home, pay, benefits, stock options, internal transfer  You will be more successful if you start off as an engineer here.","No proactive mentoring, rather use hire/fire method, over complicating solutions, operational, abstracted systems, delay in hiring","Learn to differentiate between people who perform and people who are posers. The bar should be same across all people. So many hands-off managers, just surviving because they somehow sit on top of their teams' head and get things done.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2534.htm
33120,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Nice place to work. But not without its own share of politics,"Access to excellent engineering minds, start-up atmosphere, work from home, pay, benefits, stock options, internal transfer  You will be more successful if you start off as an engineer here.","No proactive mentoring, rather use hire/fire method, over complicating solutions, operational, abstracted systems, delay in hiring","Learn to differentiate between people who perform and people who are posers. The bar should be same across all people. So many hands-off managers, just surviving because they somehow sit on top of their teams' head and get things done.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33121,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,Great experience,Plenty of opportunities to obtain leadership experience Great people around. I have found my personal growth to be immensely satisfying. Senior management is very helpful in terms of mentoring.,Work pressure is high. Compensation and benefits are not that great considering the amount of time spent in working. OT is rarely paid.,Please don't be diplomatic.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33122,amazon,none," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Amazing environment, infrastructure and a good company.",the balance between the work/life difficult,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33123,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Awesome place to work with amazing people,"Super talented people, great amount of opportunities to learn",None as of now.................................,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33124,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Great Place to work. Has an awesome work culture,"Great work culture, no ego problems",Promotions and appraisals are very stingy,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33125,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Applications Engineer,the overall experience was very good and looking forward to build my career in Amazon.,the best thing about amazon is flexibility to work and obviously the perks.,you should be keep on learning and develop your self to compete inside company.,the important things are maintain a good and highly professional environment inside company.there should be enough opportunity inside company for growth for high performance employee.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33126,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - App Store,No Work-Life Balance,Brand value of the company which may help next of life in the industry..,something will come as hurdle for your work. You don't have to use ur brain much but can't complete it on time.....,Come to know the root of any issue from base employee not from their senior employee.,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33127,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,My first international company,freedom of holidays good dev fundations,"benefits in china cannot be compared with local companies, too low.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33128,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,SLAVE LABOR IN THE 20TH CENTURY,"cab pick and drop and the cafeteria ,wifi , no dress code.","I joined Amazon thinking this would be a great company to work for. Little did I know about the hidden agenda of MANDATORY OVERTIME and SIX day week work policy. This was never discusses during the offer letter discussion. In fact all of us were promised that it was a FIVE day week work place. They cover up this by telling you that you will get paid.. But at what cost? Health,sleep and eating pattern goes for a toss!!! We have a personal time break of twenty minutes on the system. Further investigation we were informed by our team lead that this was for the week. So what you get is 4 minutes a day to visit the toilet in a 9 or 11 hour shift . Failing to adhere you would have H.R take action. Guys of Amazon are you serious??? They show no human approach to anyone and simply take advantage of the fact that they can fire you at any moment! Work ethics and culture wise this company in Hyderabad is the pits!!! If you are thinking of joining I would advise any person to please continue studying. If you are desperate for money and willing to work like a dog then YES please join them!","Show some mercy on your customer care associates. We have a life too. Families,kids and need personal time. Do not force people into things they do not want. It should be optional!!!",1.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33129,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 15, 2014",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Truly professional approach towards employees.,"Highly paid , respected and you will be given a level which you suit for , you will be encouraged to give good creative ideas for the development of the company , work-life balance depends on the position you are in.","It is tough getting in , tough understanding in-conventional way to success , good compensations for people who work hard , a lot of personal growth if you love the company love yourself .",Just nothing you are down to earth people.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2535.htm
33130,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 23, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,"Amazon is a great company if you are a customer, not so much if you happen to work there!",Great place to learn. Working with the best in the industry,"Poor management approach where individual managers do not take responsibility and provide no guidance/mentoring. When something goes wrong, they can wash their hands of it using the 'leadership principles' as cover. Poor pay. Bad office conditions.",Take some responsibility and don't hide behind the silly leadership principles. Provide better growth opportunities to staff.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33131,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - SDEII,Amazon culture,"Good business future, good infrastrcture for developer.",bureaucracy from managers and bad habit to evaluate what's a good engineer,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33132,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,Great Experience working at amazon,"1. Complete ownership of the product 2. Good Leadership principles, which if you follow can achieve many things 3. Good pay 4. Can learn so much about Software Development, architecture and processes 5. Great freedom at work. No Rules and regulations",1. Expected to work all through. No time for relaxation 2. No other cultural programs at work.,Great going.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33133,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to start your career.,"culture, projects, pay, benefits, talented people","work life balance, long hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33134,amazon,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Interesting work & everyday is a new challenge,Work life balance & fair wage for job expectations,Need to be on top of your game everyday,More one on one coaching,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33135,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Accounting Management,Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History ...................its a TRUTH.,Coolest work culture with all the corporate amenities.,"A bit work pressure and strict timings. These are not cons, but still.",Make Amazon the COOLEST company to work for in the world.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33136,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 10, 2014",Former Employee - Risk Investigator,Excellent place to work,Excellent working environment Flexible timings and will have a chance of changing our timings in urgency Good perks,Not much..shld be flexible with night shifts.other then that...no con's ...,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33137,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,A real mixed bag,"The people are fantastic - the recruitment process ensures you'll get excellent, technically skilled, challenging colleagues. The technology is brilliant - Amazon as a whole really leads with the standard of internal technology. Working in the Glasshouse means you're working on Amazon Instant Video, which is a very sexy (and interesting) product.","Your experience will vary massively depending on who manages you. Management standards are wildly inconsistent, and some of the most senior managers display surprisingly amateurish leadership skills.  The culture is very bureaucratic - expect to deal in wordy narrative documents for everything from feature specs to promotion justification. The constant priority shifts mean teams don't actually deliver a lot. The operational support required means a lot of engineers spend a week every month getting woken up in the middle of the night on a regular basis.",Allow engineers to actually build stuff.  Make sure senior management actively prioritise programs which affect the whole department.  Care a little more about your staff.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33138,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 6, 2014",Current Employee - Site Merchandiser,Full of learnings - Good pay but you need to take your growth in your hand,Learnings Innovation Excitement The company will give you great opportunities to own up new things especially if you are on a senior role.,"Structure Slow Growth The lower the leveling bar you are, it will be difficult for you to grow and make everyone happy. It is a highly opinionated company and of course at the end, opinion of the seniors matter.",Work-life balance,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33139,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Sad place to work but the brand name stops you from leaving.,Amazon was created by the visionary Jeff Bezos. Thank you for the brand name you created. That is the only pro.,"Food in the cafeteria is pathetic. A company which focuses a lot on customer experience failed to give the hard working employees, the experience they deserve.  There is no work-life balance. You will be called in any shift any day.  Salary structure is not justified. At some point your juniors will suddenly be paid more than you irrespective of your experience.",You are a result of 3.8 billion years of evolutionary success. Act like one.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2536.htm
33140,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,Strong company values and work ethics under challenge by Inept 'Indian' Senior Management,"Flexible in terms of the kind of work you want to do, team change , work timings etc Leadership principles are great. If you really follow them , you tend to really improve overall Ownership, accountability and responsibility is huge but it actually gives you a 'proud' or a 'wow' moment. You are trusted and given all necessary freedom to demonstrate your skills.","Senior Management. Almost all are very political and do not have any vision. You have to learn the art of buttering and being hypocrite to succeed or even 'survive' Work life balance is pathetic Personal commitments are not respected If you choose to be in this company, chances are high that you will become extremely money minded , will learn politics and several other bad practices Though the bar is high while recruiting, company does not respect people/employees. They are just treated like robots Slow career progression . Senior management are all busy in their own career progression. They even over-hire and construct an army of people to push themselves up to the next level. More commonly seen in India of course! Management and even some peers are ill-mannered and harsh in their communication. They probably need to learn professionalism, specially the ones who are long term Amazonians.  Worst of all- Couple of India centric teams in Bangalore run the company as if it's their family business. Not that they care for the product so much but they tend to hire misfit 'Family members' into the team and place them at senior positions , which is often demotivating and unethical.","Probably, Amazon needs to micro manage a little more - specially the senior management in India. They are ruining the culture and the brand name. It is only the strong policies that are still holding it.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33141,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon is the future,"Product breadth, opportunity to develop and learn is huge. You can work in whatever you are interested in. There is a great website. Then there are high performance/scale services which are core part of business. Then there is AWS, hardware, kindle and the list goes on. It's generally easy to switch teams and moving to other roles is encouraged. Mostly smart people around. Compensation is competitive and great potential of stock is a silver-lining on the top of that. Just loving the company and work.",Sometimes work could be hectic but that's ok. Some managers are political & bad but many are good. Again few teams do not do great work but just operations or maintenance so be choosy. Don't expect great facilities as it's very frugal company but essential benefits are comparable to other good companies.,Jeff Bezos is a true visionary & genius. One thing that differentiates him is he is constantly watchful. He is making the company innovate. Customers are loving it and most products are generally more successful then other companies.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33142,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Swamped with legacy hacks,There are great opportunities and the scale at which Amazon operates is amazing.,"Only 10% of the time is spent on new development, and the rest we are putting out fires. Prepare to inherit a legacy of hacks with little tests and no documentation (tribal knowledge is the norm). You will have to keep this software running 24/7 and do whatever it takes to keep it up to date with whatever changes in the runtime environment.","Have some process in place for change management, and have less process when it comes to bureaucracy.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33143,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Senior Operations Manager,"Fast pace, leading company in the field. Fantastic focus on customers. Good opportunities for promotion due to company's rapid expansion.",No training so you're expected to learn everything yourself as you go along. Expect you to dedicate your life to the company with total obsession. Most fulfilment centres are in the middle of nowhere.,Increase your attention span - as soon as one project is announced and partially started the focus goes on to the next big thing without ever having finished the first.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33144,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intense,"Lots of projects to work on, they will give you lots of exposure to different things, never boring. Some very bright people work there. Everything changes quickly and you are expected to stay on top of it all. Peak is as busy as you have heard.","Pace is high, and not much is given to reduce it. Family and personal time must be put 2nd.",Reduce the churn. Its variation and goes against tenets of standardization,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33145,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 29, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Great company to work for - everyone is super friendly.,"Really good training provided. Lots of opportunities for advancement. Regular work nights out and themed days. Team Leaders are really helpful and friendly, and the support system for new staff is great.","The pay isn't great for entry-level jobs, and the hours can be a bit nuts. There can be a lot of shift work.",Management are pretty good in my opinion - never had any issues.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33146,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 25, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Robotic,* You will learn at an accelerated pace - I learnt more in 18 months than I would have gained in years elsewhere. * In general the other employees are a great bunch of people,"* Very questionable leaders - they really only care about spreadsheets and results and not the person delivering them. * Extremely difficult to get promoted - your manager has to write a promo doc (up to 10,000 words) - I have know some managers to ask employees to write their own would you believe. * Work life balance is poor * FRUGAL FRUGAL FRUGAL - everything about the company is cheap, great for its customers, not so great that devote their work day to it. * Hiring is a joke - interviewers spend their time finding reasons not to hire people, plus decisions are made by committee so someone will always find a reason to say no. What happened to looking at talent and potential. * Payrises are rare and limited - entirely depends on the share price just before review.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33147,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,it was good .,"complete ownership, work culture is good",more operational work. Much depends on your team,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33148,amazon,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Data Center Operations Engineer,"Hard work, always alert to keep the uptime and no impact for customers","The company is very dynamic, many oportunities constantly",High workload during all time,Distribute better the workload and know better your employees,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33149,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A lot of reporting, poor management, but great package.","- Package: good salary, RSUs - I learned a lot - Looks good on your CV (very selective & successful) - Brand awareness (clients)","- Poor management: ex Boston Consulting Group mainly, they don't care about their staff nor HR - Extremely political: directors and category leaders use deep dives, financial reviews (operational plan), pricing reviews and backgrounds check (business school, consulting) to promote or to get rid off employees - Data centric / mental: analysing spikes or drops in base points even when it's not relevant (just a couple of units sold, or analysing sales over a couple of hours only on a very specific day: WoW and YoY!) - Workload: up to 60 hours per week, including Sundays (the data is processed on Saturdays so you receive business reports on Sunday morning and questions from the management on Sundays afternoon / evening)","It works, so not sure why they should change anything. It's just horrible for most employees / high turnover the first 2 years.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2537.htm
33150,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A lot of reporting, poor management, but great package.","- Package: good salary, RSUs - I learned a lot - Looks good on your CV (very selective & successful) - Brand awareness (clients)","- Poor management: ex Boston Consulting Group mainly, they don't care about their staff nor HR - Extremely political: directors and category leaders use deep dives, financial reviews (operational plan), pricing reviews and backgrounds check (business school, consulting) to promote or to get rid off employees - Data centric / mental: analysing spikes or drops in base points even when it's not relevant (just a couple of units sold, or analysing sales over a couple of hours only on a very specific day: WoW and YoY!) - Workload: up to 60 hours per week, including Sundays (the data is processed on Saturdays so you receive business reports on Sunday morning and questions from the management on Sundays afternoon / evening)","It works, so not sure why they should change anything. It's just horrible for most employees / high turnover the first 2 years.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33151,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jul 2, 2014",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,A typical workplace for a first job seeker,"Benefits and salary are on average level, office is located in a good area of the city, it's only good for fresh graduates","No career opportunities and no possibility to move on to a higher level at your job, you have no weekends and bad shifts",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33152,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 19, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good for initial days of career but too time demanding yet no productivity,1. Brilliant People 2. Get to work on projects/product with large scale impact 3. The brand name in industry is good,1. No work-life balance. People who are single and are workaholic would enjoy it in initial few years. 2. You might end up having a boss who is far less qualified than you. 3. Operations are on the head of developers so new product development is always hampered. 4. Employees are more or less a disposable commodity for the company,Need to focus on innovation driven approach instead of Dictator driven.,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33153,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can get lost in the company and heavily performance monitored,Ok salary with shares. Nice colleagues.,Can get stuck in a rut with you career. Daily repetitive tasks with not much variation. Yearly performance is very taxing and difficult to get promotion.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33154,amazon,none," Jun 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global leader in their field,"Good technology, amazing brand for your CV",They are all about politics...The management doesn't care about employees which is a big mistake,Employees shouldn't just be puppets/robots to use.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33155,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Hire the best, use them for menial tasks",Relatively good software development practices,"Toronto office is a second-class citizen in Amazon world. The salary is lower than in Seattle and the work is less interesting. Working in a remote office means spending half of the day writing e-mails. You can get into a team in which you almost don't get to code and spend a lot of time with administration and maintenance. Amazon's frugality is sometimes ridiculous - you get the cheapest monitors, keyboards, etc, regardless of poor quality.",Have some Toronto-based projects which require less worldwide communication. Raise the salaries to the level in Seattle. Don't be cheap.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33156,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 16, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer II,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.",Small and very dynamic teams. Teams can have really good independence. Ability to control your own destiny (most of the time).,"If you want to leave your mark, you'll have to sacrifice personal time. Not much time to work on ""cool stuff"" as there's always something to 'scale'.","Be frugal, not cheap.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33157,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Work Hard, No Fun, Become History","The people, I've come across a lot of good engineers here most of them are quite talented and there is a lot of scope to learn from those people. This is especially true for people who are out of campus or have little industry experience.  You have the option of working from home.","There is a very thin line between being Frugal and being Cheap, my manager falls in the latter category. I can safely say that we would be the most frugal team in the WTC building. We had almost no outings, no fun and a manager who was paranoid about dates.  There's very little scope for personal growth in Amazon, there are a few teams which have good work and are recognized most others are below average. I've met a handful of engineers who are satisfied with their job here. Promotions are at a snails pace, the only promotion that I saw in my team during my tenure was one SDE-1 getting promoted to SDE-2 after completing nearly 5 years with the company.  On-call sucks, it can be made worse with a bad manager. There have been times when I had worked on high severity issues over the weekend late into the night and I get called by my manager at 0700 hrs Sunday morning where he wanted the summary of the event after he had woken up.  Incase you are wondering what org I was a part of, it was TRMS.",You need to hire good managers and good individual contributors don't make for very good managers.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33158,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A decent place to work if you're a full time employee,All of the below only applies to FT contracts. - If like me you're on one of the more active duties (picking or stores) you get plenty of excercise. - Good bonuses for full time. - Online discount - Opportunities for promotion and changing jobs. - Good co workers for the most part (where I worked anyway),- Can be pretty hard work especially during busy periods like Christmas. - Management can be terrible depending on location. All of mine came from management at a big company that down sized and were full of themselves. - Lots of busy work during quiet periods. - PT employees from what I saw aren't treated very well.,Hire better factory managers with some autonomy not just Yes Men.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33159,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It was stressful, tiring, and beyond boring.","The pay you get at amazon is pretty great, the benefits of having worked their for your resume are very. very good","The office culture is quite cut-throat, the goals they set are frankly ridiculous, and the people are not at all friendly.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2538.htm
33160,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Category Manager,Good place if you want to plan a long innings,"Process driven, focused, great peers, you will learn new things every week, very customer focused company.","Salaries are not competitive, raises are minuscule, growth is steady and comes in fixed intervals.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33161,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 22, 2014",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,A great company to learn corporate world,"A place where you can build your career at very prior stage. Good to have on your CV, New products new opportunities, new ideas. management team is good to work with.",No learning series are provided. Hard to get promotions until you work your day and nights and scarify your personal life. Get harder and harder after you joined. Political influence on you performance reviews.,"Kindly work for employees too as you consider customers, employees are valuable too.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33162,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Challenging experience,"Technology we deal with are amazing.Things we do have a great impact on the customers and this gives a satisfaction(There is no point if you do implement something great but nobody uses it). Co-workers here are really amazing, they have sound knowledge about the stuffs they deal with. This also makes you active all time, solving new interesting and challenging problems",Company doesn't provide much perks,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33163,amazon,none," Jul 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"bad management, frictions all the time, mad way to use numbers",you get thrower in cold water and need to learn swimming very fast fast paced,no respect for people always changing priorities very bad planning,think more,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33164,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience as an SDE intern,"no dress code, free environment, free cab, free refreshment",i have found none so far,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33165,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 26, 2014",Former Employee - Outsourcing Assistant,Good company but lots of work,"- international environnent - strong work ethic - great learning ""school"" for juniors / beginners - free in-house trainings and other compensation ( monthly lunch vouchers, refunded transportation, free coffee in offices, etc.)",- lots of stress and unpaid overtime - huge amount of work to deal with simultaneously - zero social life/work balance - salaries are not rewarding/competitive enough,- review salaries - give more freedom to employees,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33166,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Content Quality Associate,jusy WOW,it has a best environment,u will be given complete ownersip,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33167,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great company, good culture, wonderful mates!",Your mates are very excellent. You can learn a lot from them. Open. Most of the information are open to all developer inside company.,You need to maintain your code yourself which means you may need to wake up to solve problem in midnight.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33168,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Ambassador,Ambassador,Great work atmosphere get to know lot of thinks and on how to work with multi-culture people.,Peak seasons are very challenging just need to keep your cool and calmness.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33169,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 12, 2014",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Good place to work while you learn.,Good and challenging work environment. Everyday a new learning a new experience (Conditions apply),Not much to say.. very limited options or opportunities for employee advancement,Provide more opportunities for employee advancement. Recognise hard working and loyal employees. stop being biased on basis on Race and ethnicity etc..,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2539.htm
33170,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,First level managers are not valued much.,Good salary. Other than that I dont see much of pros in the company.,"Amazon is big on its culture. It has set of Leadership principles that every employee is asked to follow  and measured against during performance review. Amazon stresses on taking data driven decisions. Engineers are given more value than their Managers, because companies strength is its engineers. Performance is based on 360 degrees feedback where engineers give skip level feedback about their managers.  Although above three principles are great, the problem comes in applying these leadership principles and priorities in Indian culture where engineers are not matured, professional or honest compared to US.  Here are the few issues that I have observed.  1. Engineers are mostly fresh out of college, don't have any maturity. But they are given power  to judge whether their manager is good or not.  2. There is a lot of bias and favoritism. Agarwals, Guptas, people from Delihi dominate the company.  3. Yearly reviews are a circus. They make their decision first and then use data to either to ding you or promote you. They make the decision based on other reasons and then make up the data to support it.  4. Quality of work is not great either. Everything is automated. Most of the juicy work is done in Seattle. Your work mostly involves using the tools and frameworks developed in Seattle. Work involves mostly modifying UI widgets and some minor changes in existing services. Nothing to be really proud of.  5. Lots of overhead for managers. You need to spend most of your time ""pampering' engineers.  6. If you rate some one in your team as a low performer, team can gang up against you and give you bad rating in 360 review.","Can you ask yourselves why more than 95% of engineers in Hyderabad are from Delihi, UP and North ?",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33171,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good salary and bonus! Fun working environment.,"Salary, training, career growth, great work culture.","Leadership at Amazon, India is a failure. Most of the managers don't want to listen and most of the schedules and IJP's are rigged.",Keep it fair.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33172,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 29, 2014",Former Employee - Site Trainer,"Trainer: Good benefits, better than average pay but no growth opportunities.",Pay is good in comparison and the benefits after a certain level is also very appealing. Lots of learning happens as the company is growing at a rapid pace. The employee review process is very good.,"Work gets mundane and boring. There are no talent pools to speak of, hence people are not promoted from within that often.",Needs to pay attention to employee development. Create pathways or pools for future growth.,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33173,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Device Associate,working in amazon.com is amazing,"no dress code , good benefits , free cab , no work pressure .",no concerns so far for now,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33174,amazon,none," May 25, 2014",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Engineer II,Amazing company feels like a startup,"Great peers and senior. People really try to develop the best product. Bottom up company where individual opinion no matter from where it comes matters. Startup culture , high quality engineering.","High performance bar that is continuously raised, means one cannot rest on past laurels. This means continuous drain of energy and long work hours, which can be exhausting.",The company has grown too big and the challenge for the management is to retain and preserve the Amazon culture of innovating on behalf of its customers and not get bogged down by sheer stress of managing such a giant company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33175,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 29, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Device Associate,best place to work!,flat org. no hierarchy. employee benefits & comfortable work environment. You can learn and grow if you put in efforts.,tedious interviews for even a simple Contract Associate,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33176,amazon,none," May 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development,High comp Low challenges Good work environment,Not a particularly challenging job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33177,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place if You Believe in Selling Yourself,Scale makes problems challenging. Improves meticulousness. Smart peoples are around.,Bad if you believe in action speaks louder. You have to be literally louder to be heard. Work should be your passion in life. Never try to find out passion in workplace.,Check cultural fitness while hiring.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33178,amazon,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Developer,Very smart people to work with,Oncall responsibility so we have to work on weekends,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33179,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Seller Support,You are just a number,"You are not unemployed (even if at times you wish you were) and you can meet people from all over Europe. I cannot think to anything else, really.","The managers are just incompetent. You as an individual have no value, they do not care if you have a life outside the office, I would almost say that they would like you not to have a life. If you refuse to do overtime you do not understand business needs, and in the last quarter of the year overtime became mandatory. They can change your schedule at any time, so you cannot do any plan, and can in this way make you skip your days off and you will not will be given them back. The training is just ridiculous, you are expected to know things that nobody explained to you, and most of the managers have no idea what is your job about. Work for this company is what is closer to slavery you can find in the Western World.","Learn how to be managers, understand that manage people does not mean undermining their confidence. Apply the frugality concept to yourselves as well and not only to agents.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2540.htm
33180,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test I,Learn at the cost of your life,"You learn a lot within a very short time span. Every employee is considered as a leader. Smart co-workers, awesome technologies and much more",Terrible work life balance. There are lot of politics involved behind the scenes. You have to take care of your life otherwise the company just use yourself. Beware!,"Do think that employees have life too. You are losing smart & hard working employees at a faster rate and this is not good for the company.  SDET is a development role, you expect us to write strong code and have absolute development skills. But managers are simply making SDET's to do manual QA, product releases for a very long time. Managers should understand this and should put right people in right roles.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33181,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - Project Lead,They claim frugality is their main value - you'd better believe it.,"Great learning opportunities. They prefer to recruit internally, so once you're in, it is possible to take your career to the next step. Virtually everyone you come across outside of work is an Amazon customer, usually a happy one - it is true that the level of customer service is something to feel proud of.","Absolute lack of transparency from Management, and very, very corporate environment - you've got to be ready to say you've got 'Amazon DNA'. As mentioned in the title, frugality is one of their core values, and it is one that applies to employees at all level. Salaries aren't amazing, and there are very few perks. In the team I worked with the turnover was very high, which was worrying.","Retain your skilled staff! And be generous, at least a little.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33182,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 19, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,Best work environment,Best place to work. Co-workers are very helpful.,individual growth is not satisfactory.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33183,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 27, 2014",Current Employee - Catalog Quality Specialist,Not a good place to start for non-tech freshers,"flexible work environment, lot of benefits like free cab","very big team size, almost no career growth",to increase the career growth opportunities for people in operations,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33184,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 1, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,not bad,"good working environment, healthy management","no motivation, only punishments, very late growth",Please motivate the hardworking people with promotions.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33185,amazon,none," May 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work and great amount of opportunities to excel,+ Fast pace + Challenging work + Great people,"None, as of now, let's see what comes up in future.",....................................................................,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33186,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 12, 2014",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Good experience working,Good environment to work . Nice goodies and team outings,Stress is getting added gradually,People trying to make micro management by taking timely reports of employee work status of the days progress...,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33187,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 14, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Satisfactory experience in this company.,Satisfactory experience in this company.,Politics between languages and nativity,Nothing,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33188,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Consultant,Working hard and having fun,"- Amazon sets you huge challenges every day, and builds teams that ensure you can meet them. Working with the very best means that you can achieve some incredible things - Informal culture, your opinion is as valid and as respected as a Director or VP's - Incredible rigor and high standards. It improves your A-game every day - The company's change, growth and innovation means that it is hard to get stale","- No work-life balance. If you do not guard your time, Amazon will gobble it up - Don't expect a pay rise! Compensation rewards come through additional RSU grants rather than more cash in the bank at the end of the month - Customers come first, employees flat last. Especially in Lux!",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33189,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Catalog Quality Management,"Good Place, OK job!","good environment to work in, wonderful colleagues","no career advancement (level wise), no straight-forward appraisal system, salary not great","try and make the World a fair place to live in, so allow competent people to climb up the ladder!",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2541.htm
33190,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Consultant,Working hard and having fun,"- Amazon sets you huge challenges every day, and builds teams that ensure you can meet them. Working with the very best means that you can achieve some incredible things - Informal culture, your opinion is as valid and as respected as a Director or VP's - Incredible rigor and high standards. It improves your A-game every day - The company's change, growth and innovation means that it is hard to get stale","- No work-life balance. If you do not guard your time, Amazon will gobble it up - Don't expect a pay rise! Compensation rewards come through additional RSU grants rather than more cash in the bank at the end of the month - Customers come first, employees flat last. Especially in Lux!",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33191,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 22, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,not employee friendly,Gives good exposure to large scale business and operations. decent pay.,"no work life balance. Working from India, one is treated like cheap labor. the quality of work and life is significantly different in Seattle and India. people expect you to work and deliver result, but nobody will talk about employee welfare or improving services and facilities. spending money on employee is against the principle of frugality, the company follows. Interacting with personnel department (for allowances, claims) is a pain. Response is very poor. thing get worse after u quit. luckily for me, i had few good friends on my team, who helped me with the stuff after i quit.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33192,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jun 10, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,Get on the Cloud Computing Wave (although it comes at a BIG price),"1. You will get experience from the top cloud computing company out there, it's months ahead of the competition (Microsoft are catching up) 2. Most customer centric company I've ever worked for 3. You will learn where technology is headed for the next 10+ years 4. This job will set you up for your next job - Most sales people leave after 18-24 months, many employees actually call it a ""Cloud MBA"" since it will open up many opportunities after your initial 12 months there. 5. Getting a meeting with new customers is a lot easier than any other company I've worked for (people really do love the Amazon brand)","1. Very poor compensation and benefits (Most employees I've talked to took a pay cut to join AWS) 2. Least employee centric company I've worked for (employees are treated as a commodity) 3. Reaching your sales quota has to do a lot more with luck and there is no real science that goes into calculating it 4. You won't get any ""real"" professional development training 5. Be prepared to be heavily micro managed 6. Highly immature and condescending management team 7. You will spend more time attending territory reviews, building account plans and will be attending internal meetings, rather than meeting with customers.",There is a massive skills gap in the middle management and top level management. You need to either change them or train them.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33193,amazon,"Mississauga Valley, ON (Canada)"," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,The company leer you by offering above average pay for management level. Base pay is not above average but they do offer higher than normal signing bonus meant to keep you engaged for two years.,"Overall, the worst place I have worked. They have a lot of good things on paper but the company does not care about it employees. Managers are not allowed vacation between October 01 and December 31. Because you cannot take vacation you accumulate many vacation days and if you try and take them you a made to feel like you are not a good employee. You literally are demoralized for using a vacation day.  I am white male. The company will hire minorities but treat them as a slave labor force, including the managers. Minorities on all levels are treated poorly. In less than one year I have seen 11 managers get fired and 7 resign. Managers come and go. Do not leave your job for Amazon and do not be fooled buy the huge signing bonus and offer of RSU. You will regret taking the bonus because when you are either fired or resign you will be made to repay.  Worst place to work. As soon as I complete my two years here as Operations Manager I am resigning.",Engage People Attack Process,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33194,amazon,Heredia (Costa Rica)," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - CSA II,"Its a great place to work, friendly environment","Its the atmosphere, the team work.","Its not easy to get promoted, too much weight on the interview.","Better wages,easier ways to get promoted.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33195,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Wonderful. A good place if you want to keep learning and have challenging work environment.,"The high employment bar means you will work with wonderful people. There is no dearth of good work either. If you start enjoying this atmosphere, you will grow and grow.",Mostly hectic schedule. Relentless high standards. Keep pace with everyone else or you would not see yourself grow. As a developer not just development skills but leadership skills matter as well.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33196,amazon,none," May 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Development is quick if you are motivated,"Hectic shift timings, uncomfortable cab services.",More friendly and humane approach towards employees will do wonders for the company.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33197,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Product Manager,All is well. Its high time the company also starts focusing on providing training to people who wants to internally grow than just expecting people to learn everything on their own.,Work life balance. Learn to work on week days and week ends. Cut throat performance management - There is hardly any space for mediocre performance. This leads to lot of attrition.,"When making too many changes in management, take an informed decision. That is where other big companies like GE and HSBC wins.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33198,amazon,"Rugeley, England (UK)"," May 14, 2014",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,very physical,If your fit it will keep you fit ....,if your not fit you will ache and have muscle strains etc,motorised transport in fulfillment centres would be good.,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33199,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,sde azn,they pay you a good salary,varies from team to team,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2542.htm
33200,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software developer,"best learning environment, awesome infrastructure and framework. For geeks and techies and people into core development.","Some teams have too much work load, or else some others have no product ownership",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33201,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 29, 2014",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Good Experience,Trains one in various tools that one would work in. Rewards for the extra hours you put in. Good place with a lot of employees fresh graduates.,Though the extra hours are optional they sometimes really force you to work extra hours saying that there is a requirement.,Hire more people so that there is no requirement for extra hours every week.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33202,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 30, 2014",Current Employee - SSE,Salary,Wonderful Salary and other benefits,NOthing till this moment here,Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33203,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 8, 2014",Former Employee - Associate Retail Process,Retail Process Associate,"Great pay, benefits, co-workers, atmosphere, office, every single thing","Absolutely none, this is an amazing company.","They are extremely talented, intelligent individuals who know how to lead. Worked under the best people here.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33204,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,AWS should be the greatest company in the world...but its not!!,"Innovation is constant, great customer loyalty to Amazon. Opportunity to work on Technology that is bleeding edge. Market leader in IaaS","Heavily Micro managed, no development, no training, no support from middle management. Indecisive management who do not even follow their own ""Leadership Principles"" Success is never celebrated. Employee dissatisfaction is very high hence the churn!","Improve the culture by having less of the micro management, treat your people with respect and allow them to breathe and express themselves. Follow your own leadership principles to the latter!! Colleagues I spoke to said they are waiting to achieve their ""2 Year MBA"" and will move on...is that right? NO it is not its not good for the company and not good for the customer! so where is your customer obsession?",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33205,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 28, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE in London,Good Software Engineering processes. You will learn a lot while working at Amazon that will be useful for the rest of your career.  Smart people working there.,"Job title deflation. I'm not usually bothered by things like job titles, but after many years in the same role, it can cause real problems with your career. It also means that you are underpaid compared to other companies. Getting a promotion appears to be close to impossible.  As others have said, long hours are the norm. As well as being on call one week a month. The office being in an unpopular location in the city didn't help with the commuting time.","The Seattle interview process doesn't work well in London. People aren't used to studying for an interview for a couple of months before getting a job here like they do in the states, as well as the sheer number of tech companies here meaning that Amazon can't afford to be as choosy.  The amount of churn going on in the office isn't normal, even for Amazon.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33206,amazon,"Milton, ON (Canada)"," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,grueling work,People are very helpful. If you do your work and follow safety you are left alone (no boss looking. over your shoulder). Very good health benefits for you and your family. Three day weekend,Grueling 10 hour days on your feet or walking in a huge warehouse.,dont bs about safety. There are very unsafe arrangement of products. Fix it first and then talk about safety.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33207,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 27, 2014",Current Employee - Catalog Associate,Good Brand Name to be associated,*Great Management *Flexibility of work *Work environment is Competitive *Productive Teams,*Compensation *Biased Management *Slow Growth in career,Career growth of employees should be given importance.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33208,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Good learning but very poor work life balance,It is a very nice technology company . The learning and the technologies adopted are very nice and the company has a good vision.,Work life balance is pathetic and there are lots of politics from the management side where unworthy people go to higher roles and screw career of sub ordinates,Please have a check when u take to people to higher levels.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33209,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,"Challenging Work, Latest Technology, Focus on Customer",Work life Balance is difficult,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2543.htm
33210,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Could be so much better,Good work -life balance Great learning opportunity,Not all managers are a good example to follow,Invest in continous learning,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33211,amazon,none," May 6, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Ok company.,"good company, reasonable salary, good environment.","very immature leader team, no process at all.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33212,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Good for freshers, but high work pressure",There is a lot to learn : Amazon uses a lot of new technologies in its code base. You will get to learn a lot of things. Good compensation Flexible working hours : The working hours is flexible as long as you do your job. A very high brand value.,"Most of the teams face too much work pressure. Particularly, the one who is on call. Job distribution is not good. As a developer, you may have to write unit test cases, document several things. You are expected to work on random services which are not documented well.",Reduce the work pressure from employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33213,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE-1,"Nice company to work, Lot of new things to learn. Challenging work. Amazon pays good. Facilities are good.",I think lot of operational work is there. Unbalanced work life balance.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33214,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 23, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Account Associate,"Young Team, lots of excitement on the floor! Loved it :)","flat organization structure, open-door policy for everyone: from associate to site manager. Excellent learning opportunities. Management is very supportive and encourages creative process/business solutions from all employees.","None really, except odd shifts.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33215,amazon,none," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a fun place to work,"fun,good values,good peers,nice office,salary nice","slow growth,sometimes too much work",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33216,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,it's a boring job without any exciting experiences,comfortable working environment and professional colleague,"boring work and no any challenge and repeat same sentences or job daily, the only thing you need to do everyday is call-out continuously",no comments,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33217,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great place to hone existing as well as pick up on new software development skills,Knowledgeable co-workers from whom one can learn a lot. Develop a big-picture view of the business which is invaluable towards one's growth as a software developer. Competitive pay and time-off. Cab pikc-up and drop is very helpful. Flexible working hours as well as work-from-home a couple of times a month (depending on manager). Apparently easy to explore other teams after clocking in an year with a team.,"Responsibility of maintaining one's code is a little painful - but helps in growth as a developer. On-call week - i.e. being single point of contact for technical (and sometimes business) issues of team for a week - is challenging in the beginning. Long learning curve, given the number of tools and frameworks one needs to be familiar with, in order to be effective. No additional perks as may be expected in some of the other top companies. Work-life balance tends to be more towards work.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33218,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - Shift Manager,"A company constantly failing to meet it's values & principles, by far the worst company I have ever worked for!",Salary & benefits are excellent.,"Senior Managers work to personal agendas, the work/life balance is non-existent with scant regard for the impact this has on the associate. The HR function is too distant and does not support the associates, nor provides balance between Senior Managers and the workforce. HR is too stand off and fails to address concerns in a timely manner which ultimately leads to small problems becoming bigger issues - firefighting seems to be the preferred method of working.  Owing to the high reliance of Agency Staff, many Managers see this workforce as disposable and league tables for who sack the most agency staff is the order of the day - pretty much sums up the mentality and approach really. Progression and development depends on who you know, not what skills, attributes and strengths you have. If you speak out you become a social outcast and ostracised from the daily workings of the company, despite having the backbone to do this is one of the company’s core principles. Infrastructure is outdated and despite being one of the fastest growing companies turning over billions of dollars of profit every year, most projects and developments are deployed on a shoestring. IT is prehistoric and needs updating, culture and discipline is in general draconic and abused. Associate morale is little more than a pipe dream and it seems the unhappier you are, the less they will seek to resolve it. So if you want to work excessively long hours, for little or no reward, feel unappreciated, unvalued and be little more than a number……….step right up for a slice of Amazon life!!!","Listen to your colleagues, uphold the company values and ethos and accept the feedback passed on. This is the most effective way to improve, progress and expand. Deal with the Senior Managers who have little to do with their time than inflate their overly exaggerated egos and pursue their own agendas. Work/Life balance means there should be a balance on both sides - hence the use of the word balance. The workforce you have deserve time with their families and friends and the freedom to feel they are not being punished for requesting this. Learn from the blogs and forums you create, when a customer says they are not happy, try to understand why and develop methods of preventing this in the future........compensation should always be your last resort.  Above all else, sort out the low morale and work with the talent and skills you employed people for in the first place. If this means getting rid of a few selfish Senior Managers who have little time for development of the business and it's associates, so be it!!",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33219,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Trms,TRMS,the atmosphere was nice. I just appeared for the interview,the procedure is a headache ... a real pain... 7 rounds of interview to tire u down,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2544.htm
33220,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"Best technology, people practices, compensation, office atmosphere. the interview and on boarding process is very methodical and exhaustive. good sign-on bonuses. Great reputation, after working here your brand value in the professional market will boost up tremendously. Fantastic place brimming with high achievers and lot of peer-to -peer learning opportunities. cutting edge professional pactices.",stress of competition and expectations.,Promotions or reward and recognition is very important,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33221,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 15, 2014",Former Employee - Content Associate,Wonderful place to work,Good working environment. Each Friday is fun friday,Not recognised by my manager.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33222,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Intense,Fast-paced and exciting. You're given a lot of responsibility from day 1. Very smart and motivated people. Only over-performers succeed. Corporate values are very strong and are a key in the success of the company. All decisions are made taking customers in mind.,Exhausting. Not the best at work-life balance. Can get a bit aggressive in meetings.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33223,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic company and one of the best job in my career.,"Good company ,nice culture. make history and have fun.",not much to say here. I enjoyed my life at the company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33224,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 13, 2014",Current Employee - Device Associate,Device Associate,i have a great work culture,challange will be common in all place but here there must be no identification is found,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33225,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 11, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,,"good work environment, flexible shift timings","preassure, few opportunities for advancement.",keep up the good work,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33226,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Device Associate,Company culture is motivating and enthusiastic,Freedom to work Filled with opportunities Flexibility and no strict hierarchies to follow,Compensation could be a demotivating factor,To allow the employees to work in cross functional domains,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33227,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A nice place to work.,"1. Awesome work culture. 2. You get paid for every work you do. 3. You will be working with best. 4. No dress code, Perks, Cabs, and many other stuff.",1. You have to strive very hard for your personal growth. Throwing a play with the big guys is not that easy. Apart from this I can't find any fault with the Org. Awesome.,"It is a little drawback to shuffle management staff often, because the chain of employees below them and the work they do may not get transferred and acknowledged.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33228,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Device Associate,Manual Testing with Kindle devices,People are so good to work with. The environment makes you feel like you are at home. Work is pretty easy. Managers are friendly.,It is too tough to climb up the ladder. You should work for a very long time for a stabilized career.,Can have different bars for entry. The current system seems like anyone can get into any job in the organisation.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33229,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Catalog Specialist,exciting,"compensation, office culture, time 0ff policies","work life balance, leadership, time management",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2545.htm
33230,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Wonderful,Opportunity to do Exciting work here.,Have to deal with very busy hours.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33231,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Apr 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,AVOID WHERE POSSIBLE - ITS A DETENTION CAMP!,"- I could quit and had no ties to the company after 4yrs  *** PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE avoid this place. The shares aren't worth is, the career progression is non-existent, the relocation packages and sign on bonuses are TRAPS***","- Senior Management are absolute idiots, it's all about image and how good they look and not about mentoring and coaching their teams to be better - It's all about who your drinking buddies are and whether you rub shoulders with VPs (promotions for women are next to impossible unless you do ""favors"") - Horrible office environment, they recruit only MBAs which set absolutely unnecessary competitive environment that is not constructive - Bullying is rampant at all levels, threats are constant, HR never respond to escalations and make your life even worse with legal threats - Work life balance is non-existent. I was advised to find a better role if I want a life outside of my job. - People have passed out on the floor from pure exhaustion ( i am not exaggerating). Go to Clausen at 8pm and you will see the offices still full of people. Its Ridiculous!!! - Pay is awful","I've tried to do this in terms that Amazonian ""Leaders"" will understand:  - ""Think Big"" - treat your employees better so that you don't have such high turnover. Focus on People Development rather than People Acquisition... - ""Bias for Action"" - take action when you see people being bullied and do not ignore it - ""Dive Deep"" - HR should investigate escalated issues and get to the bottom of the problem with ""real"" investigation - ""Frugality"" - Sending Senior Management to meetings across the world when they aren't the subject mater experts in areas is nonsense. Send the people that know their stuff - ""Hire and develop the best"" - stop compensating managers that do nothing and know nothing. Start looking at teams that have a high turnover of staff - ""Insist on highest standards"" - do not accept bullying - ""Vocally self critical"" - know when things have gone wrong and remedy them, instead of trying to pursue people with empty legal threats - ""Earn the trust of others"" - Be more transparent - ""Deliver Results"" - actually deliver some work instead of talking about the Jeff Letter CONSTANTLY - ""Customer Obsession"" - Treat your employees like your customers and all would be resolved! - ""Invent and Simplify"" - make better leadership principles because it appears that none of the senior management actually know what it means to be a ""Leader"" versus a ""Junior Manager""",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,41,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33232,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Hard work, but a great learning experience.","A great opportunity to work with talented, friendly folks tackling some very big problems of scale. Not many jobs present you with so many opportunities to invent and fix things. Working with a mature toolset in a stimulating environment presents a great platform from which to learn and grow.","It's all too easy to slip into overwork. With all of the challenges around you, if you really take ownership, you may find yourself with an endless list of things to get through in a day. It can be hard to stay focused, and the operational burden of some teams can be huge. Being on-call is no joke.","Promotions come slowly, and if you get leveled incorrectly when you start, it can be a long road. Finding and encouraging your best talent could reduce churn and help retain valuable staff.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33233,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to Work at,Lot to learn here for everyone,Highly Coupled to its head quarter,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33234,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,industry leading products and services available,few chances to get promoted,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33235,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Typical corporate, Bureaucracy, micro-management","Intelligent peers to work with. Amazon is famous to grill its interviewees to get the best of the best in its employee pool. If the name sits on your resume, then it sort of shows that you have a lot of talent and endurance at the same time. and that's about it.","The higher-ups go higher pushing through the poor entry level folks who work day and night to get things done. If you have left no regard to your personal life and become a fast robot producing results living almost your entire day in the office then you are more than welcome here. Compensation is at par with other organisation of this reputation however, the pay is not worth the pain you get in return.","Stop the micro-management. There is a reason why so many people leave the place in short timeframe and yes please do not say the ""burn-out"" does this because i have personally known people who are doing way better after leaving. Let the employees be what they are and let them do what they are good at instead forcing the age old methods of doing things.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33236,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - EU Program Manager,"good place to work, but be prepared for high pressure and stress","not bad pay, US company culture","tough pressure, stress always, slow pay rise",depends on individuals,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33237,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 15, 2014",Current Employee - Risk Management,Good career growth only for the extraverts,Brand Value of the company,amazon is customer centric not employee centric so don't compare it to Google or Facebook benefits will go as cheap as they can to save money,Start thinking Logically and question the data with common sense and don't go blindly Trusting too much in data provided by your managers.  Stop Thinking only extraverts are the one who work and focus on the introverts who actually do the work which is claimed by extraverts  Start valuing people with experience and for HR it is the worst the new employes get the updated market corrected salary but the old employees get hike on their previous salary - when they both are doing the same job freshers get more salary than experienced people,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33238,amazon,none," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn and work,"""Work hard, have fun, make history"", most of the times, it's true. Lot's of opportunities to learn and move to different roles if you try it (hard). Goal focused and data driven company.","Results should be objetive, but they are not. Like in any other company, you find politics and standard processes/rules/policies, apply to some. Managers dont tend to care about people just metrics. Although there are good people managers around there but it's not something company wide enforced, at least in my experience.","People are not KPIs, and people are afraid to give true feedback in the performance reviews, because they know it doesn't end being that anonymous. People abandon the company due poor managers, not because they dont like the company most of the time.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33239,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Taxing on your mind,Get a lot of exposure to owning the entire solution.,Too much pressure while working,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2546.htm
33240,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Hard but productive work,"Get to impact a lot of customers on a regular basis, work with smart people, solve complex issues.","The work life balance need to be fixed in the London Development Centre, its running at an unsustainable pace at the moment",Invest in the quality of what gets produced.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33241,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Finops,Review,Good Salary and facilities to employees,Difficult to maintain work life balance,Be more employee centric,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33242,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Business Intellgence Engineer,Great place to work as a fresher or atlest upto 4 years of total experience,Great place to work as a fresher Lots of new stuffs/technologies to learn. Fast growth. Good packages with benefits+ bonus,"The more experienced you grow, work life balance will haunt your dreams. Early to get into this company, grow for a while and come out with amazon brand",time off policies need to be part of work culture.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33243,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Kindle Risk Investigator Engineer,Excellent place to work with,good salary good work place environment .Good flexibility regarding work from home and other benefits.good work life balance can be guaranteed.,huge workforce.No quick promotions expected until really exceptional. work shifts are quiet painful and work during holiday season is very very hectic.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33244,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent,offers excellent professional growth in different verticals.,it has a very fast paced environment,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33245,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Apr 13, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Great ,"* Very strong focus on the customer (great but can be frustrating at times). * Great business model and everyone knows the brand. * Flat structure, no micromanaging / you are given a lot of ownership. * Reasonable pay (esp. given the work you are doing - see below) * Opportunity to cycle roles / departments every 18-24 months to keep developing / learning.","* Amazon in the UK is a retail company rather than a tech company (don't fool yourself into thinking it's like Google or has a start-up mentality) * VERY frugal business model e.g. horrible office in Slough and few meeting rooms which means (embarrassingly) you have to conduct external meetings in the cafeteria! * It seems the US office has all the perks. * Culture is real ""love or hate"" - generally quite bureaucratic and political. Very high churn - At interview, it was mentioned by different people repeatedly that people either stay for six months or 10 years (I stayed less than a year, although I know people who absolutely love it there - maybe the person you are or the department you work for?). * Amazon operates a lean operating model, heavily reliant on systems and managers have no juniors. * Real mix of people - some nice and hard-working but quite a few ""coasting"" doing the bare minimum which can mean it is difficult if you want to achieve and get things done and a few very incompetent / unpleasant / aggressive personalities that have been there for years and will never leave. * Flat structure, which means that you can move sideways but difficult to get promoted / grow. Titles are essentially meaningless and misleading (you are responsible for entire role / no delegation so you spend all your time fire-fighting and little time (if any) growing the business. Senior Vendor Manager = buyer in any other retail organisation). * No one seems to care how well you do and it has no effect on compensation. That, plus difficult environment (flat, political) for promotion means a poor incentive to work hard. * Work is very systems / data-driven and can be extremely mundane (e.g. answering customer complaint cases (like back and forth supplier to Amazon customer care employee to supplier to customer care employee etc etc) . * You're dumped in the deep end with a very sharp learning curve and no formal training other than you're expected to pick things up yourself or by asking people who have been there longer than you - would be fine ordinarily but there is no explanation of what you are actually meant to be doing (!!) and far too many systems with no explanations of how they work - No one takes accountability for new hires. Massively inefficient. * Takes about 3 months to master a role and then mundane work for the rest of your time in that position. If you really want to work there and want to get ahead, try to get into a growing area otherwise you're forgotten / it's more of a caretaker role...",Treat your employees like you treat your customers?,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33246,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Fast-Paced, Exhilarating, Customer-Focused, Neurotic Beast",Amazon is one of those places where execution on business centric goals is valued above all else. These goals are driven by the benefit that they drive to customers. Watching how your work impacts millions of customers is a tremendous ego boost.  The culture and the formula for success and growth in the organization is very well etched out in crisply defined leadership principals.,Engineers are expected to maintain and manage their live systems which can be a frustrating at times. The work load itself can get overwhelming and I have seen people get burnt out quickly.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33247,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Its very good to work with Amazon.,"There will be no work pressure at Amazon, just work, have fun and make history.",I feel there is no proper growth in the Customer service department.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33248,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development Director,"Amazing place. It will be nice you work there for a short period, like 6 months or one year. It's not easy to keep it.",Lack of politics. Best place to learn business writing and data analysis...,"There are lots of paper work, hundreds of pages of metrics and endless meetings.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33249,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Feb 17, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Fast paced and challenging,"Never boring, fast paced, challengin","Work life balance, extremely long hours",Work life balance,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2547.htm
33250,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Feb 17, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Fast paced and challenging,"Never boring, fast paced, challengin","Work life balance, extremely long hours",Work life balance,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33251,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 8, 2014",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Great place to work.,"Its amazing to work with skilled people, you'll get great exposure.","Expectation are high, you need work really hard with 24/7 support if required.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33252,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Work hard, have fun, make history. Seldom is a company's slogan so true.",Getting the opportunity to work with really bright people. Being given the space to build without micro-management. Getting to be the leader in the technology space.,You are expected to work very hard. On call can be rough depending on what team you are on.,I would struggle to give Management advice. They do a really good job of handling the paper work while giving Engineers the space they need to build.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33253,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Programmer/Analyst,Amazon Work Culture,"Friendly culture Very Supportive, Motivational..Best place to start your career.",Nothing against to the company,na,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33254,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - QA Engineer,QA Engineer,Great Exposure. Very good learning curve.,Tough deadlines.Very tough to meet certain bug triages.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33255,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 11, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,"Unprofessional, unrespectful environment",- Good talent pool - Decent salary,"- Politics - Company does not care to control politics as long as work gets done - No bothering about quality - just deliver and fix later - Starting from a Director level, people gets kicked out for no reasons if the top management decides so. Performance ratings are not justified. - Bad managers probably illusioned by the company culture - Finally no respect for your quality software, development methodologies and management strategies effectively nullifying you.",Nothing can change unless you change,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33256,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great Place to Start Working,Great learning experience for customer service and organizational practices Fun and encouraging Lost of lateral transfer and cross-training opportunities,Pay was low Monotonous and unsatisfying work Limitations on employee empowerment,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33257,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Company has a drive for excellence but lacks proper means to excel.,"- Smart people around , so very competitive environment. - Instills values which they call ""Leadership Principles"" there are 14 of them and they try to hinge the company on those principles and those principles if adhered to focuses most on Customer-centricity and satisfaction , hence the company will keep doing well. - They make you feel special and instills a sense of pride for working in amazon. - Last but not the least very flexible process of migrating to US. Entry in Amazon for a good candidate is nowadays equivalent to visa to US with an excellent on-board compensation.","- Company is not at all sorry to screw people's work-life balance for itself to excel. - Worse is , the management thinks, its great to overwork people because they should be obsessed with their work just like scientists. Their tagline for employees is ""Work hard, Have fun( by working hard) , Make history (by screwing your life)"". - Takes pride in scaring people of throwing them away of job and in return make them work hard. - Wants innovation but that should come as an additional achievement. There is not much lee-way given the employee to do innovation like time,resource , encouragement etc... - Last but not the least , they will try to take advantage of a candidate who is less demanding in compensation when joining. Once the employee realizes that he is paid less then peers , the employee will have live with and will never be able to catch up.","Its the employees who are make a knowledge-base company unlike brick and mortar company. The real assets are its employees. Hence, try to understand why turn-over ratio of Amazon is so high and address that. Unless you do that you will always play a catch-up game with Google , Apple etc..and will never be able to reach the revenue and profit levels of those companies.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33258,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 3, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Very good,Very good work culture indeed,I am just trying to find out the salary,Keep up ythe great work,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33259,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"good pay, informal cool work culture","no work life balance, not employee centric",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2548.htm
33260,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer,"You learn the latest technologies, and how to scale for millions",Compensation and benefits should improve,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33261,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,active workplace,Awesome place to be but sometimes gets too competitive. There are many teams with great work. All Talented people.,Too hectic work. Pressure from manager many a times. Needs to freshen up the workplace environment from time to time.,good going but keep the strategies less competitive.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33262,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Customer Service Associate,Working at amazon,very professional work environment where you feel you are still in your college. Lot of happenings all around.,Salary hike is not that satisfactory. Individual growth is not in par with the growth of the company.,Think of individual employee growth within the company.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33263,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Team Lead,good company to work,"good working environment, good salary package",As company is overall good so there is no cons,no advice to be given,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33264,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 10, 2014",Former Employee - Project Manager,"Horrible experience, looks like a mental hospital","1. Wages are higher than the market average, 2. Having Amazon on a CV adds a significant prestige to a candidate.","1. Worse environment ever: a hyper-competitive and grey flock that brainlessly executes against Jeff's strategy.  2. Self-centered sectarian culture. Jeff is viewed like an idol, a holier version of Jesus Christ that cannot be questioned on any of his actions/decision. He gave his population with 10 commandments (see Amazon Values): he punishes and rewards according to those. The only option here is not to show any brain / self analytical ability: every deviation from the commandments is a true tabu for the Holy Inquisition. Competitors are hated with rancor, top management is adored, employees are hammered every day with the holy scriptures of the week (Jeff letter to investors, Jeff's last interview, Jeff vision on how to grow strawberries).  3. Un-human work-life balance. Actually internally they say you should talk about work-life ""harmony"": a totally different concept than ""balance"". One of the many trials to make you accept you'll have to spend most of your weekends in the office, not to speak about your evenings and sometime nights. All for what? They'd say ""We are making history"", another of Jeff's brilliant truths. Of course, you don't make history working 8 hrs per day. Not a surprise the average life of an employee is 12 months with the company. Once at a summit an employee was publicly honored because he preferred to come to the office rather than going to his sick child at the hospital. Before accepting an offer by Amazon, please consider that this is what they reword.","1. To get awareness that they do not make history, they run a squalid supermarket. Making history would be ending the Palestinian conflict, looking after cancer, adopting a child. Not shipping in less hours.  2. Improve employees Work-Life balance: even if you can make a person work 24 hrs a week 365 days a year, people do run away from the company. Net net, you'd gain in efficiency by having employees staying with the company a little longer.  3. Guys, you should take it easy: life is short and no exception will be made for you because you'll lower Laptop prices of 1 cent. Take a little time to do what you like, make a family, see the outside world: it may be not as organized as Amazon, but there is a lot of beauty too.",1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,35,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33265,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 10, 2014",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,"visibility of work done, Work hard and have fun concept, one on one meetings",too much loaded with the work.,please make sure one on one meetings with the employees are encouraging.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33266,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Process Manager,Work hard and improve everyday,Great compensation and perks. great opportunities if you have the drive,Long hours and that's the big challenge for work life balance.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33267,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 14, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,One of the best places to work at because of the work culture and the things it does for its customers,"Amazing Company, Best work culture, I love the policies placed for the customers and the lengths to which Amazon goes for its customers and delivers the orders for them. It will do anything to deliver the items to the customers and customer satisfaction is of the top priority to this company and it is indeed the Earth's most customer centric company.",Initially the work culture was great but as time passed by new managers got hired who previously worked for a different company. They started imbibing the culture from their former companies into Amazon's work place which made the life of large group of employees hard and most of the them resigned from their positions because of the change in work culture.,Management in Hyderabad - Know more about how Amazon works and what the culture in Amazon is and then try to follow and imbibe the same culture.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33268,amazon,none," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazon is a place where you can learn the standard way to build software,A place where builder can build. Has unique opportunity to work on massive scale of system. High standard through out daily tasks. Good to have on your CV,Typical large org where things are hard or slowly done due to political process. Hard to get promoted unless you work days and nights to sacrifice your personal life. Good starting compensation however get harder and harder to adjust in once you joined.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33269,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Awesome, Engaging workplace, and constantly evolving workplace- customer centric and inspires a feeling of ownership","Constant learning, fast paced, SDE-based company",Time lag with Seattle based teams,Invest more in skilled Indian management,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2549.htm
33270,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineering,it is a gaood experience,there nothing bad about it,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33271,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Interview,Good prospects for the new guys,DOnt know prospects for the long term,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33272,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Managers, Get a Grip!",Check out other reviews to find something good about Amazon or AWS. I hardly have any that is not stated in other reviews.,"Amazon is proud of being data driven and that is fine when the data is chosen correctly and applied wisely. Here are some examples of applying it wrongly, but still sticking to the point of ""I am driven by data"" crap.  A manager I worked for tracked individual story points delivered by members in sprints and used those points to compare and push developers for delivering more. It doesn't matter whether you were oncall during one of those 2 weeks sprints(and didn't work on sprint stories) or the other person worked 18 hours a day - you have to be on par. If you try to explain that is not how sprints should be treated and it is all about team effort - he would brand you as having incomplete understanding of scrum!  Another manager in Dublin uses the number of code commits/reviews you sent out to measure your delivery effectiveness. A code change or configuration change that takes 2 minutes is counted the same as a code change you would be working on for 4 days in introducing a new feature. I wish he had the backbone to publish his data driven logic of counting code commits to measure developer effectiveness to the wider developer community within the company and seek feedback.  All those measurements are done secretly by the way. There is no upfront notice of ""this is what I am tracking to measure developer's delivery effectiveness"" heads up. If you believe you are right about your data driven ""developer effectiveness measure"", why are you coy about it?","As managers you oversee the projects executed by your team. You change priorities and reallocate resources. But acknowledge that such activities will delay the delivery of the other projects where from you pulled out resources.  Don't again madly stick to the old dates and pass the blame to the project executors - what you call as tech leads. You pulled out the resources and as a reasonable person, own the responsibility for the delay. Don't blame the executors for not coming up with 'creative ideas' to deliver it on time despite you changing priorities and taking away resources.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33273,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Feb 15, 2014",Current Employee - Process Assistant,In love- but there's room for improvement,Always improving Ownership Fast-pace Employee development Career opportunities Fun Lots to learn,Turn over rate Communication gaps No scholarship opportunities,Read the cons,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33274,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 3, 2014",Current Employee - Project Lead,Employee = Assets - Not wage workers,Leadership / Learning - too much of exposure to new ideas,Bad compensations / Work Life Balance / Steep Vertical Management,Employee = Assets - Not wage workers,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33275,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesomeness,everything seeems to be perfect. Not much idea about it. Please check other posts for reference =P =P,way of interviewing is tough.. need to be made atleast li'l easy,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33276,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good company , bad management",- There is no division between US/India team - Good pay - Lot of opportunities both internal and external,"- Oncalls, which may every month once for a week",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33277,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Device Associate,Good Company to work for,Oppurtunity to wok with great and talented people in a vibrant environment,Career Growth is not up to the mark,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33278,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 24, 2014",Current Employee - Content Test Specialist,Cool working environment,"Good work life balance, 39 leave in a year, free cabs, High Over time","Managers are non-technical, lots of work & also less opportunity for onsites",Hire some technical managers to improve process.,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33279,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work hard have fun and make history. That's what we do.,"Amazon is a place where you are allowed to explore, invent and simplify. you learn you grow, and you make an impact on millions of lives. If I look back at my 2 years with Amazon my learning curve is almost a vertical line and so is every one's. I love it here.",work life balance is something you have to take care if.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2550.htm
33280,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work hard have fun and make history. That's what we do.,"Amazon is a place where you are allowed to explore, invent and simplify. you learn you grow, and you make an impact on millions of lives. If I look back at my 2 years with Amazon my learning curve is almost a vertical line and so is every one's. I love it here.",work life balance is something you have to take care if.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33281,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 4, 2014",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazing,"Flexibility of the work schedules is the best part of the work. The work environment is pretty competitive and friendly, you would always like going to the office. Most of the managers are very friendly and like encouraging good work. The medical benefits provided are top notch.",Compensation that is given out is a little disheartening. Especially after the hard-work you put in day in and day out. I'm sure that's a strategy that comes into picture since India is supposed to provide cheap labor.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33282,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Good Company, stable job, good learning, very less perks for employees",Job stability You learn a lot Good work Good salary Nice people to work with You see the impact of your work You learn to do hard work Work culture is good Flexible timings,"Very less perks for employees very little appraisals unless you are being promoted Work/Life balance is not good Company offers you good amount of holidays, but your work won't let you use those.",Annual appraisal process can be made more generous to make employee retention more successful,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33283,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 13, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Support,i dont have any experiences with this company,i came to know that i can fullfill my aims in this company,no downsides for this company,support freshers who are willing to work in this company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33284,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,More of operational work for SDEs,"1. Exposure to E-commerce business, high scale applications and AWS technology(If most of the things are already built in your team, you may just get awareness of how the systems are working but no real hands on. New systems are mostly developed by senior members of the team) 2. Leadership principles which you can apply at any other workplace.","1. No work life balance...Heavily stretched work hours even if you are not oncall. It's common for a manager to come to you at 6pm and asking you to complete a task by EOD, 2. Oncall - Need to be on support for a whole week(rotated among team members)..For high severity issues your availability is expected 24x7. You may have to wake up at midnight to check why a host is down. 3.You may spend more time into operations and understanding amazon business. I wonder if 10% of a SDE time really goes into coding/designing.. 4.. Everyone- SDEs/Managers/Ops team have work pressure..Even a coolest manager may yell at you.. 5. Frugality - workplaces are crowded..it's disturbing at times when some SDEs do louder conversation to make whole floor listen about the cool thing they are talking about..Need to open a ticket even to get a water bottle. ..No admin/supporting team for employees..If you had worked at some other company you will find it strange that to get a HR address proof letter you need to prepare it yourself, take a print and go to HR for a signature.. 6. No performance bonus. Also one would not get any additional stock award in the first 2 years.",Realize the importance of work life balance..,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33285,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate-customer service,"Good work place to work hard have fun and make history, friendly work stations","the performance metrics followed here is strictly unappreciable, the managers and senior managers get on neck of associates to reach the target Response rate from the customers. Giving service to your customers is a good thing but, targetting and pressurizing your associates for the customer dissatisfaction is a Bad thing.","Focus on altering the existing Response rate method, do not torture the employees .",3.0,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33286,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 4, 2014",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Good experience,for start up its a good company,working hrs is not defined,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33287,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 2, 2014",Former Employee - Systems Engineer II,System Engineer II,Dynamic Work Culture Efficient and effective Management Excellent work environment surrounded by talented colleagues,Frugal approach towards everything High pressure,Give some slack to employees and teams,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33288,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazing place to innovate,It's a great place for Innovation and people have ample scope of ownership,Hectic work schedules and a place probably only for ones who want great challenges.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33289,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn new things - but be ready to spend long hours..,"great opportunity to learn as you are surrounded by smart people. flexibility, openess and salary are other pros.",work some times can be hectic - but is mostly enjoyable.,care for employees as you care for customers..,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2551.htm
33290,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jan 18, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Extremely tiring, you age too fast","Very fast paced company, steep learning curve, opportunity to have your own baby projects if you are workaholic","Work-life balance is terrible, lot of expectations, lots of changing priorities, too many late hours with no extra pay","Please treat your employees as human beings and not machines. Everyone works hard, and every single employee is very smart, so they deserve nice treatment, and a little less frugality.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33291,amazon,none," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flat and fast moving company,Freedom to create and moves fast,Promotion cycle is too subjective,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33292,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"a Customer Obsessive Company, not at all an employee satisfying one",- Good exposure for freshers and new joinees,"- Too much power in managers hand, bureaucracy in many teams - Too much Ops work",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33293,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Crazy place that has no value for your personal life and thinks they have bought you with well paid salaries,"Lot of learning for a short period. When you work with smart people and do twice as many projects as you would in the same time in other companies, you will of course learn a lot more.",You lose some years of your life with the hectic work life. There is no time for family. It is expected that everyone forgets family life and work their *** off.,Treat employees like people and respect their personal lives.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33294,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Work Hard, Work Hard, Work Hard",Have chance to work with *some* talented people and huge knowledge base.,Less visibility into higher management.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33295,amazon,none," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee empowerment,"Employee empowerment, culture of continuous improvement visible in every aspect of the company, ample opportunities to improve the existing systems and processes. Power is in the data.",One has to be extra careful in managing work - life balance. Getting used to the amazon way of doing things might be a little daunting for a fresh starter. Compensation is not the best at all levels.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33296,amazon,none," Feb 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job,good pay and good job,there is none at amazon,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33297,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - Associate,An excellent place to start your career right out of college.,"The work culture is unique. It is hard to come by such a relaxed and flexible work culture in my location. The timings are again flexible. No hard and fast rules in this case. The company food is much better than what i've had else where. Last but not the least, the senior management is extremely approachable and friendly.",The strength of the company is growing and the number of senior positions are minimum. This results in a very slow growth. And not to mention the company pays a horrendous salary at the entry level.,"Even though the work atmosphere is awesome and the stress is reduced to minimum, an employee always looks for a decent if not incredible salary.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33298,amazon,Banga (India)," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,Average experience,One gets to see lot of scalability issues & how to deal with that Amazon has huge catalog so one get to deal with bug data,Most of the work is to maintain the current services,Keep a balance (new development & maintaing developed code) in the work given to developer.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33299,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 31, 2014",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Frugality is not cheapness,1) Some good working colleagues in teams. 2) Good exposure to different aspects of technology.,"1) Really bad care for employees. Frugality is a main part of company's culture. But HR considers frugality as cheapness. 2) Negative environment, bad resource management, poor communication and work-life balance is very very bad. Either be a work-dog or fall into abyss. 3) Questionable hiring policies. 4) Unorganized career-growth plans for employees. 5) Office politics do affect your performance reviews.",1) Get some backbone.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2552.htm
33300,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - Transaction Risk Investigator,Amazon--Challenging place to work for,The work you do at Amazon is always dynamic and you always have a fair chance to prove your skills and they are well recognized for. Also the work culture is fun and cool.,The overtime requirements they have sometimes tend to get on your nerves and you might feel that you aren't able to have a work life balance,Give more consideration to employees's work life balance,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33301,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 17, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,SDE Experience at Amazon.com,"Amazon strives to be the most customer centric company and they are already going good in that direction. Software development is rapid, challenging and agile. You learn the best leadership principle and apply into your daily life at work. You learn to develop and design cool stuff",Learning wise its not too good. They have internal tools and scalabe webservices which you use to build any product. No challenges as such at work. You just build your stuff on existing platforms,Bring more technology,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33302,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 15, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Excellent,"Senior Management, Culture, C&B, OO Design","Pressure, Location, C&B, Component, Feature",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33303,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,house of wolves,competitive env for all of,politics causing no work life balNCE,"dev are nt responsible for OPS, pls stop judging their work profit",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33304,amazon,none," Jan 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company expect some of the worst managers,"Good employee policies, good transport facility , more learning opportunities.","More manager level politics and lack of team work and employee communications in the org.,",Managers should be look on employees future at least while there politics...,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33305,amazon,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 1, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Representative,Be prepare to give up your work-life-balance if you join,"You got to learn the best technology from them A lot of smart people inside the organization Huge office space, keep expanding and good to have its name on your CV Got free flow of beer in the office.","There is literally no work life balance inside this company. Your boss would send you last min notice and ask you to fill some funny report and get back to him in a few hours or so But it never works on the reverse, people here don't reply to your email unless they report to you The senior management here are as arrogant as you can imagine. Especially the most senior one in this office. everyone in the team is considered stupid and not good enough.",Treat your team like human beings,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33306,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Nice experience in the last 5 months,"Nice work culture , flexibility to move within different disciplines , good salary",Too much of work at times,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33307,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,Burns out good people,"Good brand name for your CV Lots of intelligent, hard-working people High turnover means lots of opportunities to move around","No work-life balance Chronically under-staffed due to attrition and poor hiring process Highly bureaucratic No training or development opportunities No investment in employees No reward for hard work - just more work to do! Very political culture: more about appearance than actual work so hard-workers tend to be the last to be rewarded Systemic bullying and back-stabbing Convoluted and wasteful interview process Convoluted and political promotion process Emphasis on targets rather than people management Very few experienced people in the company due to high turnover - no-one knows what's going on Unscalable systems held together with patches and workarounds Cheap and nasty office spaces with no recreational or ""wind-down"" space I have seen too many good people burn out here.",Invest in a decent systems infrastructure instead of hiring highly qualified people to do data inputting for 2 years under extreme pressure until they give up and leave (frequently with no job to go to). Invest in your staff: don't kill the golden goose! Good people are not that easy to come by and you should cherish them while you have them instead of showing them the door the minute they stop telling you what you want to hear. Remember that most people who work / apply for Amazon are loyal customers as well - and they may not remain that way.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33308,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Feb 1, 2014",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Chaos to the max!,-Amazon looks good on your CV.  -Office location is easily accessible and beautiful.  -Luxembourg is a wonderful country.,-Intranet tools dated and cumbersome.  -Interaction between Executive Assistants catty and mean.  -Low level of trust between same level of co-workers.  -Boss would fall asleep during conference calls.  -Boss had me making reservations for dinner and hotel for rendezvous with mistress.  -Low level of ethical values grated against my minimum standards.,Don't overwork your top team. Improve work life balance for employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33309,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 6, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Executive,"Amazing, truly global experience wth a good hierarchy structure.","good work culture, speedy work,global operations to scale up, better opportunities.","longer work hours due to worldwide operations, too large an organization.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2553.htm
33310,amazon,none," Jan 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Friendly environment, great mentors, easy to talk to senior management, good compensation, and great opportunity to develop technically in an industrial setting",None that I can think of . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . .,None required,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33311,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 2, 2014",Current Employee - Digital Associate,Digital associate,nice to work in amazon and easy.,SAD nice to work in amazon and easy.,Keep growing,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33312,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 15, 2013",Former Employee - Network Engineer,You'll never get bored - things move fast!,"*Fast paced environment *Tons of experience and an opportunity to diversify by working on multiple technologies. *The sky is the limit, if you have an idea or a contribution to make - you can do so in an open environment.",*Limited benefits (getting better). *Work life balance can be a difficulty for some.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33313,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pretty awesome company to work for, need to be a self-motivator to succeed","Flexible hours and relatively good pay for the industry Leeway to come up with creative solutions to problems No block on speaking your mind. If you disagree with a policy or business approach, you're encouraged to criticise it if you have a better idea.",Lack of communication between management and frontline staff. Difficult to keep up with pace of business.,Make promotion criteria more transparent.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33314,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 31, 2013",Former Employee - Risk Analyst,Risk Analyst,"Employee friendly, Best place to learn.","More competition, less chances to grow. Change of department and team is highly impossible.",Great. Keep going !,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33315,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 12, 2013",Current Employee - Cloud Support Associate,Support Agent,"Access to a lot of resources, really smart people who are eager to teach you, if your on the right team there is a lot of space for growth.","inconsistance, join the right team and your career is made, join the wrong team and you will go nowhere fast.",take a more active role in the progession of your staff.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33316,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 26, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Awesome experience,good Money and other perks,too much work and less holiday,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33317,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2013",Former Employee - Human Resources,Great fast paced business,Autonomy and relative autonomy in European teams Pace of growth and innovation Opportunity to work internationally Do cool stuff!,Old hands in the business in surprisingly senior roles - limited external experience and decision making can be chaotic Frugality as business value - not much team atmosphere and environment Pace means career progression can be limiting - EU structure has key roles in Luxembourg,Give back to the teams more,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33318,amazon,"Peterborough, England (UK)"," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,"management changes too often ,not always creating positive culture","promising,secure job,business trips, a huge variety of jobs.","No bonuses for level 1 associates,management changes too often.",Threat all associates respectively and equally despite role within organization,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33319,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 22, 2013",Current Employee - Device Associate,Great Interview Experience with Amazon.com,"Friendly Environment, Good work structure",Slow growth.. Should try hard to withstand,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2554.htm
33320,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Incredible with work loads,good salary and amenities and lively work culture,Adequate work load with challenges,nothing,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33321,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Dec 19, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Manager,very Good company. Nice place,Very good.good work culture. Good work,Nothing bad about it..Good company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33322,amazon,none," Dec 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,"employee focused, creative environment and fun","low pay, demandincg works chedule",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33323,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,I have worked just over a year at Amazon now in Customer Service and I feel that you are just a robot.,The Shares and benefits you get are good if you stay 2 years and looks good on your CV. Nice to deal with customers and help them.,I do not know many people who have managed to stay the 2 years at Amazon. It is a stress factory and you are not allowed to think for yourself it seems. Have to get authorisation for too many things. Supposed to be a place where the customer comes first - what about the employees I ask!!!,"Be good to your people and not treat them like they are well beneath you. For people to be productive they have to be happy. Without good employees which you do have already, you won't have a reputable organisation. I believe people are key to a business. You have to learn to appreciate them and treat them like people.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33324,amazon,none," Dec 31, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Surely they care about their customers, but are absolutely careless about their employees","Opportunity of career, dynamic environment. The canteen service was ok. The day is busy and you never get bored.","Try to get the work done with least amount of resources. They do not give enough support and training. Bad communication inside the company on the big decisions. They tend to make you work after your working time. The motto of the company is "" work hard, have fun, make history"" I just remember the ""work hard"" part never ever had that famous fun part. I will not reccomand a frind to work there",If you want happy customer work on building an happy customer service environment,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33325,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Dec 10, 2013",Current Employee - Site Merchandiser/Associate Vendor Manager,Great company to work for!,"Great responsibility since first day, lots of challenges, superb culture and awesome work environment. Work hard, have fun, make history!",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33326,amazon,none," Dec 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Positive, but...",Job opportunities are really good with options to move roles after you have been in your role for one year. Everyone smart and motivated,Salary is low and there is little chance of raise without getting a promotion. Promotion only after 4 years with company.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33327,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 5, 2013",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Amazing place to work,"* Employee friendly work culture * Pleasant environment with good facilities * Good Compensation when compared to similar positions in other companies * Super cool Managers ( most of them!), very understanding and practical. * Motivated Employees all around",* Pressure kicks in few teams leading to stress,"Balance Work load efficiently, Fix timelines wisely,",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33328,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 17, 2013",Former Employee - Catalog Lead,Catalog lead,Space for innovation and learning . The nature of works keeps on changing and aswell the duties which makes one alert and tuned. Never gets boring! And casuals to work is kinda cool !,"Management pressure and lack of transparency By the management. Bad perfromance appraisal structures.They bother only about the outcome , not much of encouragement for process improvement ideas .",It will be better if they are transparent and fix clear targets .,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33329,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Nov 27, 2013",Former Employee - Risk,"Overall good experience in the office environment, good interactions but not so good progress opportunities available.","Good working culture, lot's of smart people, good office parties.",Little or no career progression and development available.,Shape up career progression and salaries for lower level staff.,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2555.htm
33330,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Fast-paced, customer-centric organization with lot of opportunity to learn.","* Very fast-paced organization with abundant growth opportunity. Within less time, one would get to work on interesting technology, which might not be possible in other organization. * Working with Smart people and on cool projects * Happy feeling a developer when the code he developed, serves millions of customers of amazon.com","All Developers are On-call on a weekly rotational basis, The person who is oncall is responsible for solving all critical issues on the go. For smaller teams, rotation frequency would be faster and very hectic.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33331,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Dec 24, 2013",Former Employee - FBA: Partner Buyer Manager (Basically Sales Executive ),"FBA Team: Unprofessional, unethical and horrible place to work, very high staff turn over due to management",The name looks good on your CV,"All about number and data, management care nothing about their employees or their welfare. You are just a number and worked to the bone, HR will do nothing for you but show you the door when you slightly slip. No compassion given for personal circumstances i.e death I family, health. False promise of career progression in all merchant services, I worked for both FBA and M@","Care about your employees and stop the false care free 'tech creative' atmosphere, stop managing staff my fear.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33332,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Trade Patner,Exciting working at Amazon,Best culture and environment is here,no comment yet to publish,Working with a great team,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33333,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Dec 12, 2013",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,Customer obsessed but no interest in its own employees! Shockingly political,Good brand for your CV,"Very political , you will get one if you are friends with the right people. People are stretched to the maximum and pushed to the limit. Often employees are off with migraines , stress and no one really cares about their well-being. The HR department is set up to mainly serve the leaders and not the people. Very arrogant leaders who do not care about employees but only obsess over data and numbers. Everything is done to serve the external customers and nothing is done for the hard working people. You are expected to work day and night, no work life balance and no recognition. Poor management style, this cannot be sustained. People come and go because they hate working in such an environment.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33334,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work with...but can test your patience when it comes to growth!!!,Clear promotion process and Management is approachable for most issues.,Strains personal & social life,"Need to improve workflow management and give people a Fri-Sat, Sat-Sun or Sun-Mon week-offs rather than anti-social mid-week offs!!!",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33335,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer - Test,It is still like Day 1 at Amazon!,"- You are surrounded by smart and talented people - You have so much to learn - Free and open technology, you get to work on multiple technologies - Fast paced culture",- Work-life balance - The testing and quality culture needs to develop more - Too much stress on metrics and numbers rather than quality of work,"- While metrics are imp, give equal importance to qualitative aspects - The SDMs need to learn to Have Backbone and Disagree with PMs - People in India need to Insist more on Highest standards",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33336,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Applications Support Engineer,Worst place to be in,"Good salary , Cutting edge technology","Toxic workculture , No work life balance",Give your employees some breathing space.Try to understand when they need some support.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33337,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Great Place to work,Level Headed people to work with,"This depends on the team , the manager etc. But if not careful one woulf end up with bad work life balance. Really it depends on a lot of factors and how we handle it plays a lot of role.  Like every other place on earth, Work Politics and favoritism happens here too . And Also in case you are surprised to above statement, Santa doesn't exist! :P",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33338,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 13, 2013",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Liberating- You are given a problem/project and then it is up to you/what you make of it,"Becoming comfortable/thriving in ambiguity, you will learn new definitions for customer obsession and frugality",Complexity always (ie when trying to find a solution to a problem at hand),none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33339,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Ownership culture, interesting technology, and a bright future","Amazon is an amazing company - I haven't seen anything like it. It's a place where you're encouraged to ""Think Big"" while still having to focus on the details and deliver results. There are truly incredible people working here, and it's easy to reach across the organization and benefit from their knowledge. This is a company where displays of true ownership are rewarded. If you see a problem or an opportunity, don't wait for someone else to give you permission to look at it - go and see! Sure, you shouldn't go off for two weeks working on something new without telling anyone, but management is open to hearing about ideas about what needs to be done.  The Vancouver office is a ""remote"" office in that it's a few hours away from the corporate HQ in Seattle, but the culture here is very much Amazonian. The leadership principles are consistent across the company (although occasionally open to interpretation), and as we continue to grow the office feels more and more like a ""1st class"" Amazon office every day.  Amazon has had a bad reputation about operational load, but I can only speak to my own experience - the load is minimal. It is very rare that someone on my team gets paged because of an issue, and almost always that takes place during business time. Having the team handle operations, instead of sourcing it out to a dedicated support team, instills a strong quality ethic in the team and as a result the software is of much higher quality.","Amazon is great place, but it's also a huge and varied place. Your Amazon experience will depend largely on two things - how much of a self-started you are, and what team you're on.  There are a lot of opportunities, but you need to reach out and grab them. Very little will be spoon-fed to you unless you are at the lowest levels, and even then there is an expectation of motivation and initiative (or ""bias for action""). Waiting for the action to come to you is not a successful strategy, be it interesting projects, new technologies, promotions, or anything else.  Amazon is relatively decentralized, meaning that it's up to each organization, division, and even manager to run their group the way they want. Sometimes things will be circumstantial - inheriting a legacy system, etc. - but often a manager's or organization's policies will greatly impact how much you like work here. Luckily, people are relatively free to move around within the company, so unhappy teams will bleed developers to teams with better reputations.","Handling a company that's growing as rapidly as this one is difficult. I think you are doing a good job, but one way of improving would be to be more transparent as to how things in the employee survey are handled. Many of them ARE getting handled, but it's not always obvious how.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2556.htm
33340,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Ownership culture, interesting technology, and a bright future","Amazon is an amazing company - I haven't seen anything like it. It's a place where you're encouraged to ""Think Big"" while still having to focus on the details and deliver results. There are truly incredible people working here, and it's easy to reach across the organization and benefit from their knowledge. This is a company where displays of true ownership are rewarded. If you see a problem or an opportunity, don't wait for someone else to give you permission to look at it - go and see! Sure, you shouldn't go off for two weeks working on something new without telling anyone, but management is open to hearing about ideas about what needs to be done.  The Vancouver office is a ""remote"" office in that it's a few hours away from the corporate HQ in Seattle, but the culture here is very much Amazonian. The leadership principles are consistent across the company (although occasionally open to interpretation), and as we continue to grow the office feels more and more like a ""1st class"" Amazon office every day.  Amazon has had a bad reputation about operational load, but I can only speak to my own experience - the load is minimal. It is very rare that someone on my team gets paged because of an issue, and almost always that takes place during business time. Having the team handle operations, instead of sourcing it out to a dedicated support team, instills a strong quality ethic in the team and as a result the software is of much higher quality.","Amazon is great place, but it's also a huge and varied place. Your Amazon experience will depend largely on two things - how much of a self-started you are, and what team you're on.  There are a lot of opportunities, but you need to reach out and grab them. Very little will be spoon-fed to you unless you are at the lowest levels, and even then there is an expectation of motivation and initiative (or ""bias for action""). Waiting for the action to come to you is not a successful strategy, be it interesting projects, new technologies, promotions, or anything else.  Amazon is relatively decentralized, meaning that it's up to each organization, division, and even manager to run their group the way they want. Sometimes things will be circumstantial - inheriting a legacy system, etc. - but often a manager's or organization's policies will greatly impact how much you like work here. Luckily, people are relatively free to move around within the company, so unhappy teams will bleed developers to teams with better reputations.","Handling a company that's growing as rapidly as this one is difficult. I think you are doing a good job, but one way of improving would be to be more transparent as to how things in the employee survey are handled. Many of them ARE getting handled, but it's not always obvious how.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33341,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Goog GGGGooGood,"Good package, Exposure to cutting edge technologies","Sometime you need to manage time, Work life balance can be at risk",Have separate QA team for each team,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33342,amazon,Noida (India)," Nov 6, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,It is very good company to work with Amazon India.,Amazon India provides very good environment to work.,I think that there is no cons to work with Amazon India. It is Amazing.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33343,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Good company to work with,"cutting edge technology, clear road map","Just advice: It depends on the individual to individual, Pls don't take it very seriously. Work/Life Balance, if you don't plan then you will end up screwing family life (because there is always urgent work next door waiting to get addressed, you can easily become addicted to Amazon work culture )",Pls don't hire who always cares about his/her's self honor (over the rest) in the management. It hurts the bottom line in many ways.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33344,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"management only concerned about numbers, no work-life balance",fast paced env good collegues challenging problems,management only concerned about numbers no work-life balance,come up with employee - friendly policies,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33345,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 30, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,It was an amazing experience with Amazon,"-- open and honest culture -- customer focused, bias for action -- chance to work with some really smart guys -- a lot of opportunities for career development for a SDE -- Intriguing projects",-- Too much to learn just to get familiar with all the stuff you need for work (SDE stands for Someone who Do Everything). -- China Dev team is not well supported by senior developers in the headquarter,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33346,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at amazon,work at home is comfortable,low salary for this much work,none,4.0,none,none,none,3.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33347,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 13, 2013",Former Employee - Support Analyst,Good for starting career,"A place with excellent work culture where wok-life balance is maintained, the day shift timings and office transport are real good. And all those trainings in different forms helps employees to advance in their skills","less pay , higher management lack of care , office location is a pain since its on the other side of the city",please pay heed to what the associates have to say ..they are the real workforce of the company.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33348,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 12, 2013",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Amazon would be a great company to work for without cheap politics at work,-Good pay -Smart people to work with,"-Bad management with too many politics -highly difficult to move up the ladder in India unless you are able to lick your bosses ass, -Hopeless HR. HR and the manager together prevent people from switching teams( though the Amazon culture encourages one to gain diversified experience) -cheap behavior towards females by some in the senior management level",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33349,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Work hard yes. Have fun, yes. Make history, I hope!","Nice atmosphere, good and qualified colleagues, and good principles. I get to work on interesting projects and to decide how to do them: from design to implementation, we do it all ourselves. Some teams work on exciting projects, others work on necessary projects. Less thrilling, but still huge amounts of data or money flows through our software, and it's gratifying to know we make a difference.","Your career seems to be entirely in your hands, and some bars seem pretty high.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2557.htm
33350,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Process Associate,Awesome Work Place,Very Good Place to work. Great People,I ll never say one,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33351,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Oct 24, 2013",Former Employee - Cs MANAGER,Great company but work-life balance needs to be seriously looked at,Get to work with some real smart and focused people that you can learn from. Great opportunity if you work hard. Opportunity to travel if you work hard and are in a role where travel may be needed. Proud to work for such an innovative company.,"Too political and management play favourites. If you are ""in"" with the ""in crowd"" then you will be looked after. Senior management don't know what is happening in the front line, they think they do but are too far away from what people think. Year over year AIS and/or Pulse survey bring up the same failings but work done to fix issues is never fully implemented, this becomes frustrating and demoralising. Lack of or insufficient training in all roles I was invovled in.","Reach out to the leads and managers if you are looking to improve the CSA experience, engage them fully throughout processes and any change. Communicate everything better and be more transparent. Do not tolerate favouritism and cliques.",3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33352,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 11, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer - II,"Smart people, pays well, but bad work-life balance.","You work with really smart people, and get to learn a lot. You get to make a great customer impact. You own a large part of what you develop, so you can be autonomous. You're paid really well.","Work-life balance is bad. Employees frequently work very late into the night. Many times they are asked to come on a Saturday. It is not easy to take obtain permission to take leave if it's more than a couple of days. If you're on-call, you can be contacted at any time during the on-call for servicing issues.","Keep a watch out for the frequency at which people work over time, and discuss what can be done to avoid this with that person.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33353,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 9, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Editor,Technical Editor,"Good Pay, Very Dynamic Environment, Flexible Timings, WFH, Awesome Location, Good Facilities","None I can think off, good company to work",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33354,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Great place to work for,1. High Quality work 2. Freedom of execution 3. Great team mates,1. Increasing work pressure - Sometimes 2. Frustrating and irrelevant insistence of high bar,None,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33355,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 2, 2013",Former Employee - Risk Investigator,it was an amazing experience to work i risk investigation department.,The working culture was good . The quality management is taught really good,The over time requirements was a bit problematic . we were asked to do some mandatory Over time which is sometimes acceptable but not always.,I am satisfied with the management.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33356,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work for...,"Best place for people who are intelligent, creative and independent Awesome work culture with a great amount of freedom and flexibility Fun-filled, peaceful and motivating environment, especially for focused people Attractive salary, perks and Air-conditioned cab facilities Lavish 24 x 7 pantry facilities with lot of free and delicious beverages Excellent Cafeteria with very hygienic and yummy food",No Cons... One must be lucky to be here... :-),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33357,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 28, 2013",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Best IT Company,Employee Friendly Has Good opportunities Good Growth,Manager centric Frugality Bad Transport for employees,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33358,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,Associate,Good infrastructure and Friendly environment,"No job gurantee, no growth and no promotion. Good politics played by management.",Leave your place so that other who deserve could replace yours.,1.0,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33359,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,The company to be in!,"The best part about working at Amazon is the enormous opportunity to grow purely based on your performance and work. Also, it is a fast moving culture and you have to do everything so fast that you are kept busy and challenging at all times.","In Amazon Bangalore there are issues with facilities and things like office cafeteria, transport and seating needs a lot of improvement.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2559.htm
33360,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,One of the best places to work for as a Software Engineer,"Amazon has a great international presence and as such employs a vast variety of people. As a result, one meets and interacts with people from myriad backgrounds and nationalities, one gets to travel and experience this multi-national flavour.  The company has a very rigorous attitude towards software development. There is a well-established discipline of testing and deployment. Amazonians are very particular about how every feature/upgrade effects the customer, whether internal or external.  As a hard core technology company, it uses state-of-the-art technologies and provides various opportunities in various aspects of software engineering. The company also provides internal training if one wishes to learn some new technology.","Many teams are split into multiple sub-teams based at different geographical locations, in fact in different countries. The difference in time-zone and the inability to conveniently meet face-to-face introduces delays and sometimes, miscommunication.  Since every team is mandated to support their software and almost all software is in the form of internal services, every team member has to perform on-call duties for addressing emergency bugs. This can be stressful as an emergency bug report can come in any time during the day or night. Also since most teams are small, the on-call rotation is quite frequent.",Every team or a group of teams should have a program/project manager who communicates within the group and with other teams. Engineers are often too candid or too technical and aren't always ready to give up responsibility. A shared-PM would be able to iron out these difficulties in addition to co-ordinating discussions and interactions between teams in different time-zones.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33361,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 28, 2013",Former Employee - CSA,Amazon CS-HYD: Amazing place now turned into a high pressure environment,"friendly people, fun place to work.","Has been invaded by Indian Institute of Management (mafias, lol ) and now everyone is forced to work on projects or initiatives to even survive.   No room for feedback, (even if you are asked, it's not heared or they just brush it aside) just do your thing( what is said) and go home - you have to be a superman to even keep up,  People hired from IIM drones have hijacked the place and the HR team is in cahoots with them.  Your NRR metric is an all time flop! Trust me this has left many people in Amazon to think serious about the management( Thank god!, I left the job)  Policies are interpreted favorably towards management (sorry,'leadership') teams only, and the associates and leads are left holding the bag.  the IIM mafias have a serious disconnect with the reality of their job -Senior managers management and are happy in their world of projects, numbers, spreadsheets and colourful graphs.  It is now a race to show the world what you're up to without having to bother about results - just make sure your boss likes you and they'll balance the 'leadership principles' and tenets to cook stuff to make you look good.  Expecting fairness in your review is a joke!","Please stop hiring from the IIMs and major B-schools. They will do nothing good!  Focus on employee satisfaction, fair treatment and equality.  Focus on making your leads and managers feel empowered and please give your employees the right to decide how aggressive they want to be in their careers - its okay to want to focus on family and home and not work like you want a promotion every year - you're burning us out.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33362,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 19, 2013",Former Employee - Seller Support,You've been warned DO NOT work here,I can't think of any. This company was probably the worst I have ever worked at. Sickness and misery were everywhere.,"Micro-managing culture, distrust of employees, employ people with permanent contracts but each week empty seats. We're told they're sick. So many people??? More like sacked, Expect you to work like an animal, open culture of bullying, minorities, gays etc. won't fit in be alienated and not mixed with.. yet managers and bosses book themselves meetings and regular time off. This company will demand overtime and extra hours with no extra breaks almost every day. Every week there are new people. Ridiculously high staff turnover. Hell on earth.","if you hire new people, give them a chance and if dodgy or unacceptable working practices, training etc are brought to your attention have the courage to tackle it head on rather than intimidate and bully the people who dare flag it up. respect everyone and create a happy chilled environment it'll benefit you better in the long run",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33363,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 16, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times","Amazon gives everyone a chance. They're a cheap employer (codeword: frugal), and treat their people like cogs in the machinery (no, really - codeword: fungible) but at least they haven't developed an elitist culture. On the contrary, they do promote from within - if you play by the rules you can really work your way up like in few other places, and that's great, but if you take that route you'll be paid less than your peers coming from the outside or if you climb the ladder too high, you'll be under enormous pressure to deliver and/or at a constant risk of downgrade during next performance review.  Amazon is a place where scale happens and the law of large numbers applies, it's a big plus if you're into that sort of thing. There are good chances you'll find sharp people on your team, but if they're really good, they won't stay too long!","If you're worried that they'll overinvest in you, you can stop worrying now. There is zero-regard for wellbeing of employees and any solution to any problem must not involve spendings! One time a water-cooler was busted for weeks, and someone opened a ticket to complain about it. He heard ""this is not Google"" in response.  They offer decent salary, but when you realize the expectation of unpaid afterhours that you have to put in not to fall behind, it hits you that you would've made more per hour as a pizzamaker. It's only when your manager starts keeping you occupied with paperpushing and busywork tasks, this is when you realize how deeply fulfilling becoming a pizzamaker would've been. While we're at it, micromanagement eats this place from within. Software devs are made to commit to unrealistic deadlines while executing the project exactly the way the czar wants it.  But it can always be worse. Under a mercenary manager, micromanagement will be the least of your worries. Try to come up with ideas they don't like and you must produce data to support your case. When you put it together, they'll make a straw man out of your data and set it on fire right in front of you. Of course, the same data-driven diligence does not apply the other way. Those who won't comply and won't become obedient YES-men don't have a bright future ahead. I've watched a colleague being bullied out of the job. It's really sad that company's culture is a breeding ground for such managers and that, at the end of the day, they are perceived as successful.","You did nothing to deserve my advice. But here is an advice for prospective employees: during interviews, do ask what oncall duty looks like, no seriously DO ASK THEM THAT (fear not, they'll extend the offer anyway), in particular ask what the time off in-lieu policy is for all-night and full weekend shifts (oh yeah baby) and would they temporarily let you off the hook when you're 7-8 months pregnant.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33364,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CS: Good benefits but lower salaries than other departments,1. good benefits 2. Flexible working hours 3. good number of holidays,1. Very poor work life balance in CS 2. No defined processes 3. Lot of times have to deal with incompetency 4. Working longer hours is considered the greatest thing ever 5. Slow growth,Try to retain your talent. Consistent poor processes is frustrating and makes employees compare and consider other options,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33365,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Hectic and Painful,"Good Salary, Good exposure to various technologies","Work/life balance. Constantly under pressure, panic and chaos. Most projects reach fire-fighting mode. Managers dont respect employees personal time and expect them to work on weekends most of the time. Eventhough, you work hard you will be screwed big time. Too much bureaucracy and politics to get promoted.",Be transparent and be better managers. Respect your employees and their personal time.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33366,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A great place to work, get ready to work hard but benefit greatly.","great work culture, flexible timings, horizontal movement",people in the organisation can be quite complacent and laid back,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33367,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Aug 30, 2013",Current Employee - New Account Manager,New Account Manager,"Flexibility, Contact with clients, Dynamic","Too repetitive, lack of negotiation skills",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33368,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but need lot of improvements,Have been working for more than 3 years now. Good personal and work life balance. Some of the folks are extremely good and co-operative.,"People management is very poor. One wrong manager, and everyone suffers. Internal transfers not very easy. Lack of transparency from people managers. Learning opportunities are very less. You need to focus on developing yourself on your own. HR is poor. They do not understand situations of employee but only listen to managers. No attention paid to the feedback you give.",Hire good managers so that employees do not suffer. If you hire a dumb and stupid manager even if he/she has years of experience it does not good to the team and organization.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33369,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 7, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Hard work but awesome place to learn,"Very fast moving as compared to other companies of similar size Focus on customer - Everything starts from there which is great as it imbibes the philosophy in you Data driven - You soon find out that data makes decisions easier and your approach more convincing Chance to work on really hard customer problems - As a PM, thats what you want and you will get it here. Most of the problems have direct customer impact and thus your solutions will lead to huge business impact. Not true for any other PM openings in India.","Not a place for a relaxed lifestyle - If you want a 8 hour job with nothing to do on weekends, this is NOT the place for you. People are smart and work really hard. You will be out of place here if you cannot work hard consistently. India office is not as much fun as the US office although the company has very easy internal transfer policies.",They need to make the India office a more fun place. Just replicate the Seattle office atmosphere!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2560.htm
33370,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,Really good work environment . excellent pay,nothing much ....overseas opportunity area bit rare,work hard have fun and make history,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33371,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Great to learn but can't grow,Great work Great to learn,Worst pay No Growth at all,none,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33372,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 28, 2013",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Work Pressure,"Lot of lady manager in Amazon which spoils work culture , not understanding pain points.  Stupid guys are given promotion as manager ,who does not have manager skills.  Its related to chennai",Spoils work life balance and pressure because of stupid managers in chennai,Hire a good manger who can also be peer friendly,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33373,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,A great company to work with,No Demerits. It is the best in industry,Nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33374,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 7, 2013",Current Employee - CSA,Wonderful,No dress code...easy going....Good work culture,At this point in time its good,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33375,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 29, 2013",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,It was cool and nice,It was a friendly place to work. They were open to feedback most of the times. The work culture was good.,"There was not much growth prospect,after a year or two you will still be stagnating in the same position.","I was working for Retail business services dept in Amazon, so I would like to advice the management that they should try to nurture the people within the team rather than getting managers from outside all the time. The people those are in system for few years know more about the process than a new hire manager. It does not make sense to get a new manager every time there is a requirement from outside and than train him for months.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33376,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard,have fun and make history!",Employee benefits and a great working envyroment,Some managers are kind of stupid and a pain in the a**,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33377,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfactory,"Cool and nice place, good growth prospects",I dont see any disadvantages,Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33378,amazon,none," Sep 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work,but slow growth","Informal work culture - Freedom to roam about the building, casual wear to work, can listen to music while working. ( with headphones of course)  Cab faciity",Slow growth - They can't seem to notice talent and take appropriate action even if it slaps their faces.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33379,amazon,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,No bad,Good salary and flexible work time. A good workspace if you are interested in learning Amazon's production,Poor work environment and limited welfare. Because frugality is the key leadership in Amazon.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2561.htm
33380,amazon,"Milton Keynes, England (UK)"," Sep 25, 2013",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,"Great being a customer, terrible being an employee","Minimal, Good brand on your CV.","Expectation to work all hours of the day - way beyond the norm of reasonable. People were expected to work evenings, weekends, whilst on holidays etc. I also agree with another review that mentioned about the rapid growth - whilst existing employees were expected to suck up the double or triple workload this created. I understand the values - but they took frugality to another level. I have never worked anywhere quite so shabby, it made me depressed walking into the office every day.",Follow your own advice - you claim to be customer centric - what about thinking about the employees in that every now and then?,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33381,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Why would you work as NRE,You have access to big knowledge database People around you really know stuff Outside companies KB access,Bad management Stuff that you are doing can be done with CCNA level (just basic knowledge needed) Cannot learn much on your day to day basis (unless you go on your own) Low money offer for the position concerning location where you live,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33382,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior CS,Excellent work culture and good pay,good pay fun at work good work culture,steady growth and long hours of work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33383,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Employee unfriendly and hectic work environment,Amazon has a good Brand name so your re-employement in future is possible.,Not great work environment and low quality work. The work culture is quite hectic.,Don't confuse the frugal with cheap. Treat SDE on par with SDM.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33384,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing opportunity to work with great talent.,You understand what really customer focus means. Gives you a chance to work on technically challenging jobs. Has really amazing people to work with. Gives you a chance to write high performance and availability code and understanding of working on applications running on large infrastructure.,Too much oncall and poor work-life balance. Has lot of competition to grow up and reach next level (promotion).,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33385,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Aug 30, 2013",Former Employee - Associate Vendor Manager,Associate Vendor Manager,Exposure to variety of different vendors and industry practices,"Admin role, very manual and repetitive. Lots of focus on metrics Not buying role.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33386,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Worst Company to Work For--- Experience differs based on the Team You work For.,1) Learn how to value customer and build products by starting with Customer. 2) Reasonable Pay. Not Competitive. 3) Flexible Timings.,"I have some large list of negatives 1) Management treats Employees as junk. They are just resources for them. Whenever the employees leaves, they don't try to retain the employee( as they can always find someone from India to work on shitty projects). 2) The Projects doesn't require any advanced CS knowledge. They can even train easily other people to do that junk stuff. 3) Oncall burden. Its very bad for an engineer to wake up in the mod night and work on tickets. 4) No career growth. I don't know where i will go after 3 to 4 years. 5) Gets promotions once in every 4 years. 6) Lot of Manager does Micro managing. 7) Compromised Hiring bar. I have seen instances where they are hiring the people who doesn't know how to code properly. This is because the managers want to project their growth by completing the projects on time(by compromising the hiring the bar). 8) Frugality at Peaks. 9) Crammed workspaces. These days amazon offices resemble a trading companies. 10) No perks. No benefits. 11) No creative projects. All the projects are started and coded in the Seattle. And then it will be transferred to India for maintenance and adding small features. 12) People are working here only to get the brand. 13) No work life balance. 14) No team outings 15) SDEs rarely gets transferred to Seattle. 16) In India, Amazon has lost its significance. Jon the amazon if you want money. 17 Hike which will be given will be consumed by the increased income tax. So almost no hike.","Please give some creative projects to people. Dont hire SDE for fixing the bugs. You can hire nice Support Engineers with less pay. try to understand the meaning of furgality and don't show the frugality on the necessary things. Stop hiring the managers coming from Services companies like Infosys, TCS etc. Hire Software Dev manager who actually did some coding. Treat the employees with some respect. Please try to other career options if the SDEs are trying to leave the company. Good people are essential for the company.",3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33387,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 5, 2013",Former Employee - QA Engineer,"It was good, not great as expected","Smart and intelligent people to work, New technologies to learn, Freedom in work","Differentiation in salaries of QA and developer, QA work is not challenging, Facilities like cab, food is very bad.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33388,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 23, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,Quality of work not enriching enough <May depend on the team?,Flexibile timings No-one questions you,1) Quality of work very poor - mostly coordinating 2) Multiple team does the same work 3) Shooting in the dark 4) No clear strategy - very fluid - no proper measures 5) Very short term thinking 6) Micromanagement 7) Too maky weekly uodates,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33389,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,"Hardworking, frugal and innovative company. More work hard than play hard.",Opportunity to be part of something that is growing and the pace can be very exciting. Work with very smart people daily.,"Hardworking, nit-picking culture. Some of the work practices are very 1980s. A lot of game playing and points scoring amongst senior leadership.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2562.htm
33390,amazon,none," Sep 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only for workaholic.,- Challenging work - Chance to work on latest technology. - No politics among co-workers. - Open communication - Best pay in market.,- No work-life balance. - Push hard on employees to extend their work time.,"- Beside Customer Obsession, Keep employee welfare in mind as well.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33391,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon CS-HYD : An amazing workplace has turned into a nepotistic high pressure no-respect deathtrap,"Good people, good policies, lots of stuff to learn","1. Has been invaded by Indian Institute of Management (II Mafia, heh) drones and now everyone is forced to work on projects or initiatives to even survive, 1.no room to just do your thing and go home - you have to be a Rambo to even keep up, 3. a few IIM drones have hijacked the place and the HR team is in cahoots with them, 4. policies are interpreted favorably towards management (sorry,'leadership') teams only, and the associates and leads are left holding the bag 5. the IIM drones have a serious disconnect with the reality of their job - people and manager management and are happy in their world of projects, numbers, spreadsheets and colourful graphs 6. It is now a race to show the world what you're up to without having to bother about results - just make sure your boss likes you, and they'll balance the 'leadership principles' and tenets to cook stuff to make you look good. Expecting fairness in your OLR (annual review) is a joke.","Please stop hiring from the IIMs and major B-schools. Your 'Pathways' program is an epic failure. Focus on employee satisfaction, fair treatment and equality. Focus on making your leads and managers feel empowered and please give your employees the right to decide how aggressive they want to be in their careers - its okay to want to focus on family and home and not work like you want a promotion every year - you're burning us out.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33392,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 15, 2013",Current Employee - Quality Analyst,Amazon best comapany to work for,Culture Environment Style Peer Quality of Work,Salary Management - Mid Level Internal Development Less Recognition,"Salary is an important factor for which everyone, even you are working. Never say Money is not important or Money is not a Motivation. It may not be a motivation for you as you are getting more than required.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33393,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Provides good working environment to work at,Must prove your worth to excel,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33394,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 3, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Things to Keep in Mind before joining Amazon,so called brand - nothing else,"# 1 -> Risky for outside hires You see Amazon recruiting all the time. Reason is high attrition not need for employees. Out of every 100 external hires, 30 quit before 1 year, 80 quit before 2nd year end and only 7% remain till the end of 4th year when the RSUs vest  So if you are an outside hire chances are 0.3 that you will have to quit before 1 year denting your CV. Too high a risk  # 2 -> Be ready to be micromanaged  Jeff Bezos is a infamous micromanager. 90% of managers in Amazon micromanage. You will be told what to do - including fonts in word documents, type of excel to create, what type of comments to provide  # 3 -> Nobody will care for you  HR is non-existent in this company. Leadership principles are a big hoax. Only on paper, none followed. Managers interested only in furthering their own careers. No meaningful career discussions possible  # 4 - > Career levels -> You will be below the ones that joined out of campus or stayed many years in Amazon by a drastic margin  Career Levels in Amazon are: Level 4: SDE - 1 Level 5: SDE - 2, TPM, Manager - II, Product Manager Level 6: SDE - 3, Sr Engineer, TPM-III, Manager-III, Sr Product Manager Level 7: Principal Engineer, Principal TPM, Senior Manager - Software Dev, Senior Manager - Product Management (They will camouflage this in the external market as ""General Manager"" to hoodwink ppl) Level 8: Director Level 10: VP (There is no level 9) Level 11: SVP Level 12, Bezos (CEO)  For internal campus hires Level 4 - usually a SDE stays 2-3 years before making to Level - 5 Level 5- Level 5 to 6 is tough and can take upto 3-5 years. level 6 to 7 is also 3-5 years  For external hires (outsiders) Level 4: Folks with less than 4 years work ex OR with salary lower than max band of Level 4 will come here Level 5: Folks with salary less than max of Level 5 OR with upto 9-10 years are hired here Level 6: Folks with less than 15-16 years are hired here Level 7: need 15+  So net-net if you are at level 6 outsider - you could be director at Travelocity while a campus hire can be there within 5 years VERY bad for outsiders  A director at Yahoo may join at Level 7 and report to a joker with no ppl manager skills 10 years younger to him. (Associates team in Bangalore is one such team - worst to work for)  # 5: Pay  They design pay with base pay + sign on Sign-on is for first year and second year - it is a trick to ensure you run on treadmill for 2 years and your salary at beginning of 3rd year can be less than the first year if you are not promoted  # 6: Recruiters lie Due to high hiring bar and bar raiser interviews, they reject most that interview. This means recruiters are under tremendous pressure to get candidates in. Some positions are open for 6-12 months and finaly moved back to Seattle. So recruiters lie left, right and center to get candidates in. Don't trust the recruiter  #7: Lack of social etiquette It is Amazon's official line that since ppl are overworked they don't socialize and develop social etiquette. Typical Amazon manager (those who grow from within) are abrasive  Net-net bad place to join for anyone experienced. Risks outweigh benefits. Infact unless they offer 3X pay (which they won't), not worth joining Amazon. Recommend this company to your worst enemy",Be honest and ethical,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,214,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33395,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,great work.. smart people around.,"extremely unrealistic and high expectations, oncall duties",oncall should be tackled with more care,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33396,amazon,none," Aug 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It is great if you like to work hard, may be too hard, but it pays!!","great ambiance, good scope of work","very hectic, too taxing, long office hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33397,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Challenging work and smart people all around. No perks. High turn over rate.,"High hiring standards mean you will be surrounded with smart people. Easy to transfer to other jobs inside the company. Good stepping stone as a means to reach nerdvana ( Google, Facebook, Apple ).",Excessive overtime without compensation. Difficult to schedule vacations. Poor scheduling of projects. Favouritism. Below average pay. Benefit plan is average. Promotions are difficult to get and the pay raise is very low. Expected to perform at new job level for a full year before promotion will be considered. Two years at Amazon is considered a very long time.,"An eye for an eye... in other words, make sure employees get just rewards for their efforts.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33398,amazon,Madrid (Spain)," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great work. Bad work-life balance.,Great workplace. You get to work with an international team that knows a lot about Marketing and Traffic initiatives.,Any senior role at Amazon takes around 12h a day to get done. That makes work-life balance a bit challenging and leaves no time for your personal life.,Think about your employees and work backwards. People should always come before business.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33399,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 6, 2013",Former Employee - Applications Engineer,One of the best places to work.,Very well organized. You will get to work with alot of smart & highly talented people around. Pay is good and work is well balanced.,It is difficult for a non-iit'an to grow in the company.,Nothing much in specific,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2563.htm
33400,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 7, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,excellent,A lot to learn for freshers,Working hours per week is very large,Nil,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33401,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 6, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,One of the best companies to work for if you are obsessed about customers and finding solutions for real world problems,"High Stock and Bonus Incentives, No Dress Code, Flexible work timings, Dog Friendly buildings, Intelligent Peers, Open Door Policy, Minimum Bureaucracy","No tuition or exam fee reimbursements for professional certificate courses, Lack of in house gym, Heavy work load during holiday (peak) season",Upper management should focus on employees the same way like customers,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33402,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources,Constantly making history,Great work culture Very Direct and no politicking Customer Obsessed,Constant change of plans Work life Balance,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33403,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 15, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer At Bangalore,Great tech company. Great people . Good leadership principles you imbibe if one is willing to.,No Perks apart from salary. Manager and Senior Manager level is not that supportive. Too Diplomatic for a tech company( I think its more in India ). Too much interference from them. On Call Support for 24/7 . Scrum is run by managers where it should be run by SDEs . No Work Life Balance.,Stop being too bureaucratic and diplomatic . Give the scrum to SDEs and please understand that oncall should not be 24/7. We are not slaves!,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33404,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst II,Dheera!,"Good salary, good people, good tea, nice building, good laptop, good vpn, good IT team, nice view from the 16th+ floor","Bad work, bad location, bad facilities, bad employee care, bad food, bad lift, bad culture, bad facility team, bad work life balance",Ramp up. Work on employee satisfaction,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33405,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 18, 2013",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Its energetic. But you need to be able to cope up,Nice and friendly work atmosphere. Great office (WTC Bangalore) Free pickup and drop (where-ever you put up in bangalore) Decent compensation for over-timers,Global shifts Need to be ready to work at night shifts Sucky canteen,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33406,amazon,none," Jul 31, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice Culture, Lot of work but Good One",Great Management Great Work One of the finest set of mind - best peers to work with,Work life balance is something which is difficult to maintain,Open up a center in NCR region,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33407,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 14, 2013",Former Employee - CSA,Good for Freshers to start career,Exposure to MNC / global culture - fast paced environment - Good for Freshers to start career No dress code 'Customer is always right' policy,remuneration is less when compared to market and company name.,Start looking at entry levels and take feedback from them.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33408,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Jeff Makes Billions, you eat peanuts!","Tbh I really cannot say much here, the 10% off was a pro.","Everything from the fatigued dull employees to the boring overstretch interview process, long hours, bad management I could continue for a while. This place really is just a 21st century sweat shop selling items from A to Z while we rip off the UK tax payer by withholding revenue. In closing if you want to go through a laborious interview process to work in a place where most of the time you are left to yourself with little interaction go for it. Well done Jeff in creating a zoo full of idiots while making billions in the process I salute the dull opportunities you created for us silly humans.",You suck!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33409,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Online Marketing,Obsessed with growth with no time for their people,Everyone who works here is very bright and driven so you never need to carry anyone - they'd get fired long before that Career progression - you can move around easily and change job functions which offers a lot of opportunity Customer focus - they genuinely put the customer first which is rare for a company this size,"Culture is very stressful - most people work evenings and weekend. There's no work-life balance, even at the more junior levels. Management are poorly trained and over-stretched. Tools are clunky and frustrating - they don't have dedicated analysts so you have to pull your own data from multiple sources. Too much admin at all levels - even MBAs and past consultants are given crap tasks to do.","Spend some time reshaping the company into what it should be 15 years down the line. Currently it's still working as a start up with dodgy hacks and patches, no policy and little structure. This can't be sustained.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2564.htm
33410,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Online Marketing,Obsessed with growth with no time for their people,Everyone who works here is very bright and driven so you never need to carry anyone - they'd get fired long before that Career progression - you can move around easily and change job functions which offers a lot of opportunity Customer focus - they genuinely put the customer first which is rare for a company this size,"Culture is very stressful - most people work evenings and weekend. There's no work-life balance, even at the more junior levels. Management are poorly trained and over-stretched. Tools are clunky and frustrating - they don't have dedicated analysts so you have to pull your own data from multiple sources. Too much admin at all levels - even MBAs and past consultants are given crap tasks to do.","Spend some time reshaping the company into what it should be 15 years down the line. Currently it's still working as a start up with dodgy hacks and patches, no policy and little structure. This can't be sustained.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33411,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Quality Assurance Engineer,"It is very nice org to work with, flexible, pay master","Pays best in industry, Very Flexible, Good Environment, Excellent Benefits, smart work","To much of work sometimes, carrier growth is slow, promotion is slow",Nothing,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33412,amazon,none," Aug 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging Work environment,a lot to learn and grow,nothing specific to say. Work life balance would be difficult to manage sometimes.,nothing,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33413,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 23, 2013",Current Employee - Risk Analyst,"Work Hard, Have Fun, and,,,well well","work culture, support from management, facilities.","room for growth are not much, compensation",opportunity,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33414,amazon,Tokyo (Japan)," Jul 31, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,,Challenging but you can learn Amazon policy.,"Not ""Have Fun"", employee don't look happy.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33415,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 23, 2013",Current Employee - Senior CSS,So far so good,Nothing to say .. rather leave it blank,"Timings, offs, management, recognition. etc",Nothing to say .. rather leave it blank,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33416,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 17, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great Culture,"Culture, Core Values, Equal Opprtunity",None in particular..only thing that comes to my mind is a week front line management.,Avoid Firefights and look at long term solutions and invest smartly on your front line management.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33417,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work with,"energetic and enthusiastic people, lot of things to learn..",salary is less for experienced people..,as of now nothing..,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33418,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Challenging but hectic,"gr8 crowd, Ownership given for tasks",Difficult to manage work life balance,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33419,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 15, 2013",Current Employee - CSA,Amazing,"Customer obsession, Work ethics, Employee benefits",Slow growth which affects long term goals,More benefits for employees and families,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2565.htm
33420,amazon,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jul 31, 2013",Former Employee - Operations Leadership Intern,Interesting place to work,Fun place to work Lots of other responcibility and freedom,No a very good grounding process to learn what to do,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33421,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Good way to start if you but not sub-standing in Hyderabad,"Good way to start, if you have limited education",Growth elsewhere is fast other than in Hyderabad Was fun to work now not at all More of favoritism for higher levels,Become better managers especially if you are not a good manager/ people managment is important not the other way. And micro management is not always good,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33422,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was fine overall,The people and the environment,"Too tight schedules, poor management.",Pay more attention to people's ability to fulfill their role.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33423,amazon,Cyberjaya (Malaysia)," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Computer Network and Systems Engineer,Now I can design and implement cloud computing services,the best and unique cloud service in the world,very busy with work and stressful job,be friend with your staff dude,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33424,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Operations, coding and deadlines slavery",Learn about web operations and customer centric organization. Teams are self-organized.,Imbalance between work vs salary and life. The technologies used internally are the same as those used everywhere else. There is no need to come to Amazon to learn them. None is free of operations and night and weekends on-call. People is usually exhausted after 1-2 years of overwork,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33425,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 9, 2013",Current Employee - SDE1,Excellent,Good emphasis on Coding and Designing of a application.,Promotion is some what difficult,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33426,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 24, 2013",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,If you have the knowledge to ge hired there is nothing to gain from working at this company,"You will meet a lot smart people, I'm not saying you will benefit from that. You will have a job and get paid, and have on your CV you worked for a ""giant"" (a fallen one in my eyes) like Amazon.","Operations or ""on-call"" - which is split between in hours and out of hours sucks it's the worst kind of operations, you can only compare it to the chinese/indian sweatshops in which kids work for a dollar for the entire week. They expect you to be ""on-call"" during the week form 6h to 18h (with 20min response time to tickets and less than that for conference calls), which entails that you are tethered to a high speed internet connection (so you have to stay at home) and only if you are engaged for more then 4h you are entitled to half a day off, which you have to take within next two weeks. For morning on-call (6-10AM)) you don't get anything except that now you should get to work by 12h instead of 10h. Daily on-call is plagued by constant pages and working the ticket queue, after which I sometimes think that dying is not that bad  Working hours - they expect you to work 10-18h, which totally sucks IMHO, so you can have meetings with the US teams which in turn want them to start at 18h so you end up staying even more then the expected, but usually expect to be working from 9h to 18:30h at least.  Work/life balance totally sucks, once my manager told me I should do something after work hours, i politely declined now he just gives me more work and there is no chance I can do it during office hours  Frugality - it gets annoying after some time that the company is not willing to provide for anything, even some of the coffe machines were purchased by the employees, while on the other hand other companies provide lots of stuff  Internal tools - suck and are over engineered and a nightmare to work with  Location - Kilmainham Square is a shit-hole of Dublin.","I know there are a lot of people that would like to work for Amazon, I know because I interview them, but Amazon IMHO is not a good company to work for and that should be fixed, Or at least be truthful and say that the Dublin office is a cheap remote operations office.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33427,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 6, 2013",Former Employee - Investigation Specialist,Good learning experience.,"Cordial team mates, regular training and skill enhancement sessions and good global exposure. Good infrastructure and a fun working environment.",Bias towards yes-men. Poor work-life balance because of over time and odd shift timings. Most of the HRs are puppets in the hands of managers.,Should be employee centric too and not just buyer centric.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33428,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Depends on you whether you want to or dont want to,working with smart ppl -good compensation,very hectic work environment too frugal too many politics at managerial level,frugality is good but it should not be cheap,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33429,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 5, 2013",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer II,Great work experience,Challenging environment to work. Career growth,Chennai Office doesn't have much facilities,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2566.htm
33430,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for your CV !,Use your time wisely to gain experience using the growing range of AWS services to help you move onto another job.,"Having to be a counselor on the phone when someone has failed to read the documentation, it may be simple but please don't fire your sys admin. Career progression within AWS limited if not based in Seattle or Cape Town or prepared to relocate.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33431,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jul 14, 2013",Current Employee - Director,"Incredibly bright people, very tech driven, obsessed with growth","Progressive, challenging, driven, fast growing","Secretive, not people driven, obsessive about data, no interest in product","Accept that people are different and bring different skills, all of which are needed. More commone sense required.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33432,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Good but could be better. Its a really good company to start up with as there is so much learning,Good salary and work ..Good but could be better. Its a really good company to start up with as there is so much learning,Work life balance missing.. else where its is really good place to work under stress.,Less stress brings better output,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33433,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 1, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Amazing place,Opportunities to grow are good,"hectic,should focus on work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33434,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 30, 2013",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Grow in your career quickly,You have to face the pressure at times when needed and you will get benefited for that. If you have stuff definitely you can grow very quick irrespective of exp unlike other companies.,Some part of the year you may not have personal life but after couple years you can stabilize and manage both.,As of now I don't have specific advice for the management but keep doing the good work in getting the right people up in the ladder.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33435,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jul 28, 2013",Current Employee - Fraud Analyst,Incompetent Management,"Co workers, I felt bad for some of them the way they were treated. Jeff Bezos, you suck.","High pressure, incompetent management, crummy cafeteria, HIGH turnover rate, my manager had more face piercings in her face then skin. Quit after three weeks, never again. Just the way they treat people is terrible.",Hire competent people for management and not hippies.,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33436,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 27, 2013",Current Employee - CSA,no work pressure,"nice place to work, manageable salary....","low growth opportunities, don't think about the employee much",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33437,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,top notch experience!!!,Employees are very energetic in carrying out the work. The operation is smooth without blaming games across colleagues.,Delegation of authority should be discussed before joining.,Delegation of authority should be taken care off.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33438,amazon,none," Jul 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Little more than neutral,Less bindings and tracking by managers,Not a proper way of managing systems,Keep even little things in order so that employee would best on their own,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33439,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Amazing enthusiasm,Great enthusiasm to succeed and get problems solved. Highly intellectual people to work with and really helpful team mates.,Unnecessary complexity for problems. Burden of getting job done really big. No loosening time for freshers.,Give the fresh joiners to loosen up to get used to the Amazon technologies.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2567.htm
33440,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Dreadful place to work- slave drivers,"Intellectually stimulating work, smart people, innovative environment","terrible work life balance, low pay, no learning & development opportunities, under-resourced, very low team morale based on people being overworked and constantly tired, lack of recognition. The company is growing at a tremendous rate but they do not hire enough new people to cope with the ever-increasing workload. Instead existing employees are pushed to the limit. Many staff are off frequently with headaches or other stress-related conditions.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33441,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com Review,"Good work, good work environment","Bad work-life balance, excessive workload",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33442,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 17, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Unique company culture,"You will get 5 years of IT experience in only one year of employment. It is a fast-paced, highly-intellectual environment.","It is a fast-paced, highly-intellectual environment. If you are not ready for it, it will be a challenging time.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33443,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 16, 2013",Current Employee - Trasaction Risk Investigator,Good company to work with,"Awesome pay, Good work culture, no stress.","No work life balance, Needs be over flexible.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33444,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Meh,High hiring bar ensures smart teammates,Everyone is overworked. Ops load is pretty high.,Dont set aggressive deadlines,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33445,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 24, 2013",Former Employee - Catalog Associate,Great place for freshers,"Core values, work culture, training / mentoring",pay can be made better,"Promotions should be based on skill set acquired, rather than experience",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33446,amazon,none," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Challenges,"End to end ownership, leading a team from both a business and technical perspective, huge future growth potential","Work life balance, better pay, better training for managers and engineers, less politics as the orgnization evolves, focus on all geographies, transparent annual review process",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33447,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to get corporate exposure,"Great people, great facilities, fantastic work environment","Menial pay, stunted career growth",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33448,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 1, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Worst 'A' Grade company,- You get a good salary while joining - You got to work on high scalable and smart systems - Good blend of technologies and automated systems.,"- No work life balance at all, upper management expects you to work on weekends - On-call is terrible (a 24x7 support engineer with a pager to clean the crap) - Even though the notice period is 1 month, managers will try to delay and hold you, almost mentally harass you to serve for around 2 months (Myself has seen at least 4 such cases with different teams). I don't understand whether AMZN gives special training to managers to torture their employees. - Expect promotion once in 4 yrs (6 yrs for some ppl), unless you are good in hypocrisy and politics. There will always a carrot to lure you till you finally give up and leave the company. Forget about awarding, you will figure out that the job is not even rewarding. - Hikes are not impressive unless you get some good amount of stocks. - One lesson: A customer centric company is rarely employee friendly.",- Appreciate work done by employees - Respect employee's personal commitments,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33449,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Apr 14, 2013",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,"You get out what you put in, but there's a balance",Competitive salary Smart people Nice offices in Clausen Efforts being made to raise sociability Employees are encouraged to be proactive and 'go and fix stuff' that can turn into interesting projects. A lot of trust is given to employees,Work-life balance could do with an overhaul.. some employees seem to work very silly hours and I personally believe management could do more to counteract this - yes it's good that people are dedicated and hard working but I sometimes wonder if people work long because they feel it is expected - is it often for optics..?,"Lead by example, more emphasis on Have Fun please!",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2568.htm
33450,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," May 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer,Overworked,"Amazon requires a lot in terms of professionalism, and truly does have the customer's satisfaction at heart. You'll be working with some of the best engineers in the industry.","I think the customer's needs come before the employees. While this is as it should be, a larger portion of the profits thus generated should come back to the employees by way of extra shares.",Amazon leadership principles do not include something that rewards employees for unselfishly thinking of other employees. This causes the company culture to be a bit too weighted in terms of personal ambition and sometimes non-constructive competition between employees.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33451,amazon,none," May 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer centric but demanding,work experice you get is very good,"very long hours for day, including holidays",no micromanagement,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33452,amazon,none," May 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,"Very Good, exciting work. Good direction from Bezos",No work life balance. Too much work,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33453,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 13, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome,Culture at Amazon. and everyday is a day 1,Have seen none till now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33454,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 18, 2013",Current Employee - Programmer/Analyst,exp at AMAZON,"a lot to learn, ownership, less heirarchy","too much work, no fun",management is good,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33455,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,frugality .. in every way possible...,"great name, good growth expectations","bad HR politics, horrible treatment to employees","Good management, they recruit good people",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33456,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"If you care about your personal/social life, stay away","After working here, you won't find it hard to work anywhere else. 12 hours a day would look normal to you. Perfect place for workaholics.",Mercenary managers. Estimates become commitments. Self imposed unreasonable deadlines. Death marches towards those deadlines. Lack of integrity. Being honest about the scope of work can hurt you under the pretext that you don't show bias for action. Whatever you do is not enough. You have to believe there is room for delivering more and work extra hours to deliver more. Your work day doesn't end when you leave the office. It spans over your evenings and weekends - until you leave the company.,spend at least 2% of the hiring effort in keeping existing people happy.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33457,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 4, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,"High work pressure, No work life balance, No feeling of achievement",Opportunity to work on interesting products and features within the company. There is no dearth of good work opportunities.,"The work pressure in the company is very high - not just for this role, but for all roles. Everyone seems to be overworked. As a result of this, there is no work life balance. This is definitely not the company where people can work for a long period of time. Eventually, everyone burns out and looks for better jobs elsewhere. Moreover, there is no recognition of employees. Even after delivering stuff, there is hardly any feeling of achievement because it is not attributed to employees and they are not recognized.","Please create means that can help improve the recognition of employees. Build awards based on team achievements, individual achievements, etc. A small pat on the back goes a long way and sometimes it far surpasses the monetary incentives. Secondly, please do not create unnecessary work pressures, try to improve work-life balance among employees. A lot of work pressure seems to be unnecessary. Things like yearly planning, their reviews, reporting, etc take up more than usual time. It is important for senior management to have visibility into what is going on, but at some point, trust your employees to take the right decisions rather than controlling everything.",2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33458,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 25, 2013",Former Employee - Digital Specialist,Former employee,Great working environment with very approachable managers and an excellent training program prior to job start. Co-workers are are very like minded - indication that the hiring process is specific to the role and therefore successful,There is a good promise of career advancement within the company but this did not meet expectations altho true.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33459,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Greatk working environment. Very competitive salary.,Huge amount of work load.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2569.htm
33460,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 9, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Say hello to work and goodbye to life,"* Amazing customer focus. I've worked for some top companies, and I've not seen customer focus like in Amazon. * Pays slightly better in cash than other similar companies, this comparison falls flat if you bring in other benefits into the picture (Amazon has nothing there) * If you like rapid changes and find excitement in firefighting, you'll like the work in most teams","* Absolutely no work-life balance. You are basically expected to work weekends often, and it is assumed that you will join late night calls every day. * On Call. If you're interviewing with them, ask them about it. They generally don't mention it to you till you've joined. Your mobile number is entered into the system, and anytime there is an issue in production, you will get a message and you are expected to login and take a look within 15 mins. This could happen anytime while you are on-call, 3am or when you are with friends on weekends... Oh, they'll give you a datacard though, so you can carry your laptop wherever you go and login and work when they ask you to. One thing that makes it slightly better is that the team takes it in turns, so you are on-call about one week every month (will vary by team size and other factors). * Absolutely no respect for personal space. I was called 8 times from office (about work) when I had explicitly told them I was out of office attending a funeral. When my friend's dad was hospitalized, he was asked to send a report within an hour, despite the fact that he was in the hospital with his father. * Minimal benefits. Amazon takes frugality to an extreme. If you even make the mistake of joining there, ""Frugality"" is one of the core principles/values that they will advertise during your new employee orientation, and you will hear this word a LOT during your stay at Amazon. * A minor gripe - their stock vesting cycle is designed that you lost a lot of stock whenever you leave the company. Here's what you get after completing: 1 year - 5% 2 years - 15% 2.5 yrs - 20% 3 years - 20% 3.5 yrs - 20% 4 years - 20% So anytime you leave, you lose all stock awarded within the last 1 year, 95% of the stock awarded between 1yr and 2yrs ago, 80% of the stock awarded between 2yrs and 2.5yrs ago and so on. I quit in around 1 year and 11 months. 3 weeks more would've given me a considerable amount of stock, but I decided not to wait, it was that bad.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,none,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33461,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Good people, stressful work, flat",You work with interesting people and the organizational structure is flat,It is after all a retail company not a complete Internet company. It is not as easy to get new projects started.,Recognize people's work.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33462,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 12, 2013",Current Employee - Project Lead,The Longest learning Path that is making me and the company grow in leaps and bounds.,* There is so much of opportunity to grow. * They let you make mistakes no matter how expensive or how many. * There is a person from every field to assist you. * Customer obsessed * Always want to simplify * very Frugal teaches you the value of money,*Job Roles are limited *Hard to get a promotion *Salary is not competitive,"Being customer centric is good, but if you have unhappy employees they will leave, please consider improving compensation to be on power with Competitors. And listen to your employees not managers who just want to take up more projects and show how much GMS they are generating.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33463,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Learning place,"Agility, learning fast changing environment","Fast changing environment, lots of iterations",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33464,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing employees, but overstretched",Smart People Everywhere Lots To Learn Open Culture,Work/Life balance High Work Flow High Bar Poor Bonus/Rewards Overly Frugal,"Working hard- no time, or effort to enable fun!",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33465,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 11, 2013",Current Employee - Programmer/Analyst,Good company to work. Smart People. Good work environment. Lots of self service tools.,Smart and intelligent people. People willing to work. No politics as such. Leadership Principles. Individual Contributor. Transparent Processes,More privileges and salary to SDEs. Now Amazon India is becoming bit political. No Perks. No Rewards.,Promotion shouldn't depend on length of time worked in a role but should depend on quality of work demonstrated.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33466,amazon,none," Apr 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing workplace,"fast paced, innovative, entreprenurial culture",heavy workload and uneasy work life balance,keep it up,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33467,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 9, 2013",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Work Life At Amazon,"Good Growth Oppurtunities, A place to demonstrate leadership , Work From Home Option , Convenient Timings , Freedom of Speech",Work Burden and Pressure will be very high,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33468,amazon,none," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Manager,"pay master, nothing more than that",Ridiculous work culture. you die in the company.,"Go, Get a life",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33469,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," May 4, 2013",Current Employee - Current Employee,Slough Head Office High Staff Turnover,Many new starters who think it`s great that they`ve got in through the doors of Amazon,"So many people leaving. People who only started a few weeks before and many employees who`ve been there years are also leaving the uncaring atmosphere. Some staff will leave to go to other jobs but I`ve never known so many people leave to do NOTHING! They have no job to go to, they simply cant take anymore of working for Amazon and feeling like they`ve been chewed up and spat out. That says alot about a company.","Stop this ""you dont like it? We`ll find somebody else who does"" attitude. You`ve lost many amazing people over the years because you treated them so badly.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2571.htm
33470,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," May 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Review for Amazon's dev center in Iasi, Romania","High income, challenging problems, etc",On-call and high pressure dead lines.,none,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33471,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 12, 2013",Former Employee - Investigator,good company to work with,employee centric company with all the benefits,timings and shifts are not good,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33472,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome company to work at,quality of work is good,Bad pay & bad appraisal process,have many but dont have anything specific now,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33473,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon experience,"1> Lot of development work. Lot of technical challenges 2> You design, code, test, maintain your code 3> Everyone's opinion counts","1> Work Load, On call mechanism.",None,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33474,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Quality Assurance Engineer,Hungry for Continuous Learning - Amazon is the place!,"This is such a dynamic company, young at heart and believes only in people who can work hard and want to learn...We are given opportunities to work on various projects on different platforms and technologies...you will never get bored of your work!!!",If you aren't really someone who is looking to constant challenges at work and continual learning then you might get burnt out soon with the amount of work that comes your way!!!,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33475,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Chaotic culture. Panic and burn out yourself.,- Good Salary. Thats all. But you need to sacrifice many other things on the cost of that.,"- I wonder how so many people have given such a good rating. Yes, if work is the only thing in your life, this may be the place for you. - Quality of work is extremely bad. Its all about coordinating with other teams and getting things done. You will hardly get to use your creativity. - There is panic and chaos all around. No office culture. People shouting, listening music on high volumes. - Situation at Chennai is more bad. Very bad facilities. Non-ethical place. - People just come here for a brand name and start contemplating for a change within few months. - Freshers may still sustain. But extremely bad for people who have come from a company with decent work culture. - Have a long list of negatives. But I hope this much should be enough for prospective employees to take a decision.",Amazon is growing very rapidly. But the culture is not sustainable in a long term. Needs a big change.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33476,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work Environment,"Work satisfaction, Fun @ work , Recreational activities",No cons observed till now.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33477,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Amazon India Development Center,Good benefits and great salary,Work Life balance is missing,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33478,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 21, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great learning Experience,Full of intelligent people and good pay.,"I felt it was a little arrogant like ""oh we are amazon and we are the best and better than everybody else""",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33479,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful for the smart hard-workers,"- Smart people, you will be surprised the time and effort the company invests in finding people - Decent pay, average of the industry set of competitors, could be better - Work smart, hard and long. As Jeff says, 2 of the 3 won't work :-) - Strong sense of accomplishment when work is done","- Too exhausting at times - Management may not be transparent always - Some managers would qualify politicians (really). Stay away from them and just exchange smiles, nothing more - Recognition. There are few people waiting to shoot using your hardworking. Wonder how they got hired!",Don't lose the great people. Figure out how to really use peer feedback to weed out the political ones and your will have the best place to work in Bangalore. You are close already.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2572.htm
33480,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 21, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great learning Experience,Full of intelligent people and good pay.,"I felt it was a little arrogant like ""oh we are amazon and we are the best and better than everybody else""",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33481,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Senior Management are always willing to listen to ideas. If it has any meat, you can approach senior leadership with a detailed analysis and it actually leads to actionable decisions.","Although not prevalent, politics can play spoilsport and lead to redundancy. Lots of man hours wasted by competing departments producing the same stuff.",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33482,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 2, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Lots to learn,"No problem with leaves.Can take as many, with the consent of the manager Good pay and allowances Nice infrastructure",Night shifts poses a great problem,Nothing as such,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33483,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 17, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Learning experience at the cost of life, health and money",Do good stuff and learn,"Too much churn. General strategy is to keep doing all, and see what works. Very bad work life balance. Almost zero personal life. Poor accountability for senior management. Growth is poor. For same work hours, you can grow easily elsewhere. Hike are pitiable. Zero performance bonus culture. Zero stocks in most cycles (blaming the stock growth). Too many people quit because of health reasons, unable to cope up with unnecessary work pressures",Fix the Cons above.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33484,amazon,none," Mar 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My View,Many ppl here always feel free to share there ideas and suggest a lot of things,"It's quite big, lazy to walk around",Waiting Amazon growth in SEA,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33485,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Mar 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Good brand name to work for.,Pathetic culture-no work life balance/poor pays shares are deceiving/Extremely political,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33486,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Experience,"Task Based,Open Culture and no politics","High Pressure work environment,high stress",More focus on Work life balance needed,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33487,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work and earn satisfaction,- No politics - Encourage new ways of solving problem - Never compromise on standards,- Can be draining your brain at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33488,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 14, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service Associate,Surrounded by smart and nice coworkers,The management sucks. High turnover Poor career opportunity,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33489,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 12, 2013",Former Employee - Applications Engineer,Nice to work,It was a good experience and got many opportunities to learn new things,I did not see any negatives,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2573.htm
33490,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 8, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,Flexibility Good work culture Chances of growth Transportation,Package Pressure at times On-call calls at night,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33491,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Feb 25, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Awesome culture,"The pace is intense, the challenges huge and the work satisfying.","Benefits are not as good as peers, looking at you Google",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33492,amazon,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Feb 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"It's not perfect, but it's pretty good","Amazon is a great place to learn from smart people, particularly at our remote development site. There's a lot of opportunity for motivated engineers to learn a lot about all aspects of software development and make a direct difference to the business.",Opportunities for promotion or different work are limited at our remote development site. And dealing with people in other sites is a common source of stress.,"""Think big"" is a core competency at Amazon. Senior management may be thinking big, but it would be nice if they shared more about the vision with us as it's not always clear.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33493,amazon,none," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Good work culture, great colleagues","Stress full, no work life balance",keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33494,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 27, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Associate,Amazing company to work with!,"As the motto goes, Fun along with work!",Nothing much of a change required.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33495,amazon,none," Mar 1, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,"Happy start, sad ending",Everyone is very cooperative and helpful. You always see good moods among the fellow employees. I had the chance to make big friendships there.,Too demanding work. You have to learn and do all by yourself - don't expect anyone to show you how to do your job. Look in the company internal wiki.,I was very disappointed with the decision of the company to lay me off. I never had the chance to receive a feedback from my manager and never had the chance to understand why I was fired.,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33496,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 13, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Intelligent people, friendly enviroment","Employees are empowered to make important decisions, it did not feel political, decisions acted on quickly and performance is measured objectively. Good career prospects",At least the UK offices are UGLY and they make no effort at all to improve them. Pay is just barely in the market range. Overall very frugal.,There is a point on diminishing returns when saving money is more expensive than spending it. Example if a decision gets delayed because it is hard to get travel approval.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33497,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Cheaper company,"You're CTC might appear as a good number (read the offer doc carefully, even the employer PF goes from your CTC) Number of stocks (mostly you'll get it after 3 years - depends upon the employee) Lot of technical challenges (which is good for learning) Employees don't speak English, they'll speak in some programming languages :)","As someone mentioned, Employees are ""Resources"". Management will look at you as a ""price tag"". Facilities are too frugal and I feel most of the employees became ""miser"" after joining here. They'll say its ""Cheap and Best"" but most of the time its just ""Cheaper"". You've to ask for everything (even simple stationaries) and fight for hike. No free transport (around 4k per month in India). Never expect work-life balance (might have seen this in other reviews). Can't do any higher studies in correspondence even with your own money (due to some stupid policy). And at last, never expect any perks (apart from tea/coffee and employee medical insurance).  This company will change the way, you look at the money you may miss the other part of your life after joining!  Why I'm still here? Just to get a brand name in my resume!","You look so cheaper!! Just reduce the ""frugality"" bar!! Don't be cheap just to add a point in your performance review!! Arrange some team building activities (like team-outing, team-lunch). When I look at my colleagues I can think only about ""object, class, abstract etc""... nothing else!!",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33498,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Worst work life balance,"Good place to start your career right after college, Good job profile, smart co-workers.","Too much politics, overwhelming work, no work life balance, extra burden of oncall which doesn't count into your weekly accomplish task, its like a side job that you have to take care without delaying your other tasks and projects.",Need to exercise better judgement while allocation projects and define precise deadline since a person can work at max 12 hours in a day daily.,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33499,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 16, 2013",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best place to work if you believe in yourself !,One of the best work environment I could find here.,Few senior leadership people try to rule this company and misuse authority.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2574.htm
33500,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 16, 2013",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Best place to work if you believe in yourself !,One of the best work environment I could find here.,Few senior leadership people try to rule this company and misuse authority.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33501,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 16, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Company with great principles though much of the great work has already been done,1. Great leadership. 2. Awesome principles and strategy 3. Technical stack is the best in the market and top notch engineers 4. Love for technology and costumer obsession.,1. Frugal strategy. Very low perks to employees compared to all the other top technical companies 2. The technical stack is already been designed and very stable. This reduces the learning opportunities available in other small technical firms.,Need to create more learning opportunity and a little low stress on deliverables,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33502,amazon,Chennai (India)," Feb 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,awesome and really very good,all facilities are der easily,work pressure is der a bit,its good and flawless completely,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33503,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 18, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Cool,Ease at work. No pressure. Rotational shifts that change 3-4 times a year.,There are no cons as of now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33504,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 19, 2013",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great company to work for,Its a great company to work for. It will make you work harder unleasing your true potential and also recognises for the same.,Sometimes it can create stress as you are continuously made to think of doings things in a better way.,continue to be as humble as you are and as open and transparent as you are,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33505,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,gud,gud salary has a better work culture than any other companies which boast about themselves. no dress code,nothing much bad to say about it,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33506,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, Challenging","Fast paced, start up feel, loads of work to do Very hands on evironment Cloud is the next big thing to be in!",No particular cons to note - the pros should give an idea of the work environment,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33507,amazon,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jan 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Take Google's engineering scale, mix Apple's customer satisfaction focus, and you get Amazon","For an engineer, not excited about the roller-coaster ride in a start-up, it cannot get any better than Amazon. You will get to work of technologies that need to scale to cater million if customer, and hundreds of million requests made by these customers. With AWS as backbone, and working with tons of in-house and open source technologies, you will gain invaluable experience, which ensure both technical and financial growth. The companies motto of being frugal and passing the saving to the customer will ensure you always come up with the right engineering solution to problem.","Good pay, but not a lot of extra perks. Limited financial growth at the company, but it prepares you for good financial growth outside the company.",Invest a bit more in employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33508,amazon,Dudelange (Luxembourg)," Jan 31, 2013","Current Employee - Not Worth the Risk Revealing What I Do, They&#039,ll BE After Me!","Three years I'll never get back - and no I haven't been fired, I just wanna leave..","Package WITH CAVEATS: The stock is pretty decent for the first couple of years, then it overperforms and you're like totally screwed (""it's not our fault we did so well"" cry the fat cats) Some people are really decent and they try super hard.","The tech is substandard, I mean it's hard sometimes to just get the basics done without raising ticket after ticket The processes are ludicrous (and - worse - inefficient) Complete diregard for people's lives - work and social (most of us are pretty young, we need to live a little outside of work - I see little of the 'work hard' ethic) The salary is poor for such an expensive, dreary place to live","Practice what you preach guys. It's about time to wake up and smell your substandard coffee: Amazon is no longer a startup but a (tenuously profitable, true) multi billion dollar business thats been around for almost 20 years. Stop hiding behind cool slogans and 'leadership principles' that you don't represent and use as an excuse not to spend money. Grow up. If you can't spend because profits are so poor, then rethink your strategy.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33509,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Lot of things to learn for a fresher, no micro management, good facilities,flexible timings.",Little work life balance and at times need to work late night,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2575.htm
33510,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,ok company to work for but if you are for the large scale operations experience,"experience, smart people, guinness in royal oak","frugality, politics, immutable managers, call center feeling","be less frugal, listen to people",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33511,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Manager,Former employee of amazon Hyderabad,good culture was tranperent and people were humble and seen mentors encouraging their peers to grow along with them,couple of the management team members does not tolerate the peers to be more energetic and knowledgeable than them either they are tortured so they they leave the org .  How loyal you are to the org but to get back to Amazon is an Hilarious task as we have to please N number of people.,Pls do have the same culture as in US and maintain transparency in terms of employee engagement and the process/procedures do not limit them to the pals of the decision makers,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33512,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Services Associate,It is a good company with not much work pressure,If you want to go for a tension free job this is it.,Those who are in for THE MONEY better go somewhere else,Management is very good and supportive,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33513,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Overall ok company to work,salary provided is at par,Not much career growth in business side,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33514,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Awesome company to start your career,Learning and Development . Jobs satisfaction,I dont find any other than food facilities,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33515,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 23, 2013",Former Employee - Programmer Analyst,Very great culture and fun environment to work in!,"great hours and pay, friendly workers too and great pay and chances to move up",just seasonal and getting on permanently is very difficult,keep your friends close and enemy even more closer,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33516,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Satisfied at Amazon,Every day is a new day. Innovation happens everyday on the Job. You work with the best minds.,Bad Work and Life Balance .,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33517,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,great product to work for great and passionate people to work with,"All directions and decisions are being made in Seattle, or if you are lucky, in Luxembourg - so you might have a say in it (i frankly never had) Actual results do not matter, just show off, change some numbers and you will be a star If you are bad, you will be treated badly. If you are good, you'll get more work, and probably will be treated less badly The training are made by in house employees who want to train. You want to learn SQL? good - let me train you. If you want external training - you'll have a bad time Frugality is one of the cornerstones of Amazon. But if you get a cheap laptop, no training, less budget to hire people ... it's just frustrating and makes you inefficient","Frugality is blocking a lot of work and creates frustration. Ease up Listen to your employees - and if you listen, do care Do not reward arrogance",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33518,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"brilliant technology company, could do better in keeping and developing talent",awesome technology company at leading edge of cloud computing,"low career progression, odd style of management, poor compensation",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33519,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 21, 2013",Current Employee - SME,Highly satisfied,-opportunity for growth -huge organization -motivating work atmosphere -focus on automation,none so far. Satisfied and happy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2576.htm
33520,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 13, 2013",Current Employee - Database Administrator,Does not hesitate to over-work employees...,- Smart people all around keeping you on toes. - Culture of thinking out of box. - Tough milestones to achieve promotions ... extracts the best out of the employees. - A transparent internal job transfer to suit an employee's choice.,"- pathetic work-life balance. - in the name of frugality , they do some cheap and mean things like choose a facility in the remotest corner of the city where facilities are cheap. - the job offer letter misleads almost every employee...in the sense that the stocks given to an employee is considered every year during appraisal and the increment in salary will be in inverse proportion of stocks vested, so if lots of stocks gets vested , the company won't give you much hike even if you are a top performer. - Hard to get recognized for good-work but fast enough to get criticized for an error. - Have a history of Lay-off at trifle error.","An employee's work ownership does not make the employee a work-horse which can keep running without any pause. Learn to recognize key employee and try to make them happy , after all they are the ones which keeps your company alive.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33521,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,"Joined with high hopes, couldn't keep up my spirit for long",Good Compensation Opportunity to work on great open source technologies Leadership Principles (only if you team believes in them) You can disagree with you manager,"Your manager can not disagree with his manager and hence you have to do whatever your manager's manager asks you to do. Very poor work life balance. Working for long hours is not considered to be a stretch but as an expected contribution. If you are unlucky enough to have a weak manager, you would be eclipsed by the whims of your senior manager.","Try to understand the feasibility of any initiative before forcing it over your subordinates. Be practical, not egoistic. Be open to ideas even if they are against your strongest convictions.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33522,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Database Engineer,Good Company for Experienced and Smart people,+ Flexible Office Hours + Good career growth + Excellent people around,- No work-life balance - To many operational activities,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33523,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 15, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Payment Operations,good culture. freedom to make decisions. good opportunity for growh,None I can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33524,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jan 13, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great and exciting place to work!,"A very strongly shared culture and ethos, great growth potential for the company and personally. A matrix organisation where you you can move between roles and teams based on merit and success rather than your CV.","Not many people are going to say ""thank you"" or ""well done"", you've got to take all the praise you can when you can!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33525,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great Company,Smart People and big business challenges,Not enough hours in the day,Keep investing for the long term,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33526,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Solid Company to work for but employee work performance seems to be only based on your production rates.,Amazon.com is a very solid company growing larger every day with a lot of potential for advancement and a long career. Very good benefits...,"In my opinion, the biggest con of working at Amazon.com was Amazons production rates system - you have to meet a minimum rate of work which is ,of course, understandable because items have to be stocked on the shelves and orders need to get shipped out to customers but it's constantly thrown at you from team leads/managers,""get your rate up!"" I feel that Amazon gets a little over zealous with rates... Amazon.com uses a point system for being absent, tardy and clocking out early/clocking in late etc. If you accumulate a total of 6 points, Amazon.com will terminate you (unless you have a doctors excuse, etc.) The point system didn't effect me as I went to work every day and was always (and always have been) punctual to my jobs but it really bugged me. I know that employers have to put rules in place to hold their employees accountable and force employees to be responsible but instead of feeling like a valued employee It made me feel like I was in the 6th grade...","Please don't forget about your hard working associates who may not have the highest rates but are always there working hard giving it their all to do the very best job they can do, thank you...",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33527,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jan 12, 2013",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Continous change salary smart people you free organize your work no dress code,"Politics (only if your attitude is agradable to senior managers you will be considered for promotion, no shy is liked by american culture) Huge work load that brings you t work at least 10 to 20 hours more that contract working hours No positive feedback No appreciation of your work Slough",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33528,amazon,Mumbai (India)," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Team Leader,"Great place to work with, and people around are so technically sound with full of positive attitude","positive, better growth opportunity, great career prospect.",area of improvement are there.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33529,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 12, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Fast paced and lots of opportunities but lacking in development and training,Get responsibility to drive decisions Never get bored - very fast paced,No training or coaching Disorganized in terms of structure and best practices High,Invest not just hiring good people but also make sure they are well trained and onboarded,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2577.htm
33530,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Best place to work with and hassle free environment.,Employee friendly management. one can easily project their achievement and hard work without any hindrance,less visibility over the top level management.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33531,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jan 5, 2013",Current Employee - Catalog Quality Associate,"Very Stylish, Competitive and one of the Best place to work with","1> Competitive, Good Leadership, Good Place For Learning Ownership, Dedication. 2> One Can Learn To Improve Quality Of Work. 3> Cool Work Environment. 4> Fun During Work Time. 5> One Can Learn Well How To Deal With Issues, Challenges And Meet The Certain Targets.","1> No Dress Codes. 2> Sometime Have To Work For Extra Hours To Finish The Priority And Make The Pending Status Zero. 3> Maintaining The Quality Score >99.5%, Which Is Bit Difficult. 4> Salary Is Low In Associate Level.","1> Salary Should Be Higher For Associate Levels. 2> Management Must Understand That Sometimes It Is Bit Difficult To Achieve 99.52% 3> There Are Multiple Processes And Stages For Quality Checks, Which Is Required But Wasting Time Too.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33532,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Work hard, work fast, work with deadlines : Delivery and get recognized","Good compensation, excellent job role flexibility, smart people, lot of independence and ability to show ownership.","work pressure, late nights, lots of management pressure(sometimes directly getting to engineers - which may not be the norm in a lot of companies), no HR intervention",You are doing it right! I like it..,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33533,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Play Hard","Creative environment, smart team-mates, exciting projects and challenges, autonomy","Can be high-pressure, benefits could be better","Your employees most likely thrive in this fast-paced, high pressure environment. However, don't forget to appreciate them and compensate them for their efforts.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33534,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 28, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Best company if you want to make hostoy,"- Gives opportunity to experiment - Continuous operations team makes you to think the improvement every minute. -Promotions by large are driven by your direct contribution - entire company runs wit 14 amazon principle,",- some time you feel pressured as there is raising the bar for everything you do. - Team independently works as different company. so some time bonding is missing,- Share some inside information about Amazon alt least with company. Like product road map etc.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33535,amazon,none," Jan 6, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,"Personal Life, What is That?","If you can stay long enough, restricted stock is a good benefit. Costs of health benefits are very reasonable Less company politics than most companies","Long hours continue into non-peak times, no work life balance. The workforce has over 50% new employees and turnover is very high You work all holidays except Christmas and maybe New Years, if lucky Micro manage the FCs, especially during peak Share door desks with others, no personal space Don't do enough with community service","Spend some of the time and effort on employee satisfaction, not just customer satisfaction. Spend more time doing exit interviews and implement some changes",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33536,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 28, 2012",Former Employee - Applications Engineer,Amazing work place,Smart People Great work  The people hired are generally best in the industry and amiable to work with. You are also flexible to work from home once in a while.,Tight Hierarchy Non receptive managers  The hierarchy can be stifling at times and transitioning to different roles can be difficult.,Review growth path for all roles and make define processes for transitioning between roles to retain employees,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33537,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start your career and/or grow,"Smart peers, Good pay, Freedom and ownership. Amazon had successfully found a formula to satisfy technical talents by including them as part of the business decision making process even though business and customers being the priority one.",Work-life balance No great opportunity to learn technical skills / learn new stuff ( apart from the project work ),Think more about contributing and innovating on technical talent and resources ( like open source ) through which the company had gained immensely ( like Android and other Open software ),4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33538,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jan 1, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Great company!,good employer with good chances,salary and bonuses are not too high,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33539,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 26, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good learning experience for a beginner,1. Need to take ownership of code / service and ample opportunities to explore (depends greatly on the team) 2. Many smart people and lot of learning opportunities.,1. Pager (On Call duty) 2. had times when there was not a clear vision in my team,Requirements and expectations should be laid down more clearly.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2578.htm
33540,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 12, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Get ti learn by hard work, but not enough",1. Good learning. 2. Knowledge gained for open source technologies. 3. Bulk and goog chunks of functionality to work on.,1. Worst work life balance. 2. Very bad management. 3. On call etc,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33541,amazon,none," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work In IT Industry,"cool people around, great work going on",you will meet with frugality at various places,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33542,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company,"Good work, breadth of technologies & smart colleagues","oncall, lot of work, not so good facilities",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33543,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 21, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Experience at Amazon varies by team,Highly decentralized work environment - every team has its own culture. So pick the right team A very talented set of people to work with at that time,Lethargy? I don't know how else to put it. Things move really slow. Painfully slow. Easy to lose motivation.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33544,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Have fun, work hard and make history","You get to work at latest technology, hard deadlines and face new challenges almost everyday.",Facilities suck. Not much employee friendly working environment,"Need to improve the facilities for the employees, right from commutation, food, play areas, etc.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33545,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Brings out a better, smarter you everydday",- You get different things to work on everyday - You get to work on different technologies which you just hear from outside amazon. - You get Challenges that helps you grow and you get to chance always push your limit to reach new heights,- Some of the engineering processes can be better - A lot of management are actually less technical - Terribly bad when it comes to Work life management,"- When you plan for a business deliverable, plan ahead so that your engineers don't burnout - Be more and more Open on the areas amazon doesn't have a leadership position in the business",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33546,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon (Site Merchandising),Constantly challenging and fast paced means never being bored at work,"Politics, lack of upward mobility",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33547,amazon,none," Dec 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Hard. Play Hard.,"Amazon is a great company to work for. I think the casual business environment really increases employee productivity - there is no judgment, you can throw on a pair of jeans and head to work so long as you are raising the bar. You are expected to be a go-getter, and be able to handle ambiguity. This company is meant for those who want to continuously be challenged and provide actionable insight.",Sometimes you have to work long days.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33548,amazon,none," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Workflow Analyst,"Great company to work for, rapid growth potential!!! Very customer-focused company.","Good Compensation Rapid growth potential Excellent promotional process- based on top performers, not politics RSUs (Restricted Stock) given to employees on a yearly basis",Fast-paced Work/Life balance is strained Thin profit margins,Keep up the good work!! Continue to stay focused on the customer as well as your employees and the sky is the limit for Amazon.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33549,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate outbound pack shift,"good people, benefits were good for the position","extremely boring job, long hours, short breaks",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2579.htm
33550,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,warehouse associate outbound pack shift,"good people, benefits were good for the position","extremely boring job, long hours, short breaks",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33551,amazon,none," Jan 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon India experience,Lots of opportunities to learn but your growth depends a lot on the team you are hired to.,Very poor facilities. Should take more care of employees. Also the operations work is high which can be a turn-off for some.,Improve the facilities and try to bring good work to India office.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33552,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Fufillment i really great,"Great work environment, great people",none cons what so ever,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33553,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.com,"safe job, good environment, best practices","no vacation, work on weekends, no pay hike",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33554,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great continuous learning opportunities,Offers great continuous learning opportunities,Has a very difficult promotional process,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33555,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good pay, flexiable working hours, good management team","kinda boring work, not good career path",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33556,amazon,none," Dec 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It is a great work experience in Amazon, but the lunch is tough.","People are very nice and willing to help, small team (5-8 person/team)",Organization is not so good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33557,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 6, 2012",Current Employee - Investigator,Balance of good and bad,Great work culture.. Managers are all hand picked to be good and coordinative,"Work has to go on 24*7*365 , Not very appealing timings,",Nothing as of now..,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33558,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 3, 2012",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Really nice pace to work,"work environment , salary , title,no dress code ,no fixed timings .","some what stressful , no work life balance , un planned release , no sync up ,between other teams .",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33559,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2012",Current Employee - Configuration Engineer,Competitive !!,Very Competitive !! also loads of scope to improve yourself here,Very Little work life balance.,More opportunities for L4 employees to get groomed into L5 roles,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2580.htm
33560,amazon,Cape Town (South Africa)," Dec 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic cultural experience and transparent process in equal opportunity employment,"Fantastic vibe, friendly with social amenities where work feels like play!",There are long hours overnight due to the global nature of the business. The pro in the con means business is always available to customers. Although spending time with family is reduced to off-days mostly.,Career pathing would be great based on experience and qualifications. I do like the current system though,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33561,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, great career prospects",One of the best places to work for if you are a developer.,Nothing in particular except other careers paths are not well defined in that depth.,None.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33562,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to learn and Grow but dont go for Chennai location,Learn about scalable systems Ownership of projects,Pathetic Management in Chennai Eperiodicals,Dont hire managers from Service companies,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33563,amazon,none," Dec 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace - High Expectations,You are seen as an expert from day 1. Expect to always have a plan and data to back it up.,Can become all consuming - you need to be deliberate about work life balance.,Careful not to push people too hard.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33564,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"Change the world, and have some fun while doing it",It's a meat grinder and can be really difficult,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33565,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A company with good future, heavy Ops work and OK salary","bright future, large community, and good infrastructure","relative lower pay, and relative worse benefit",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33566,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,experience at amazon,"innovation, flexibility, fast pace, salary","ambiguous work environment, lack of structure",same focus on people as on task,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33567,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 27, 2012",Current Employee - CS Lead,CS Lead,"Work culture , Growth opportunists","Salary, cafeteria, After lead no growth, No value for your role",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33568,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,Risk investigator,Very Good company to start your carrier with.,Should also treat employee as their customers i.e. should also be more employee centric,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33569,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Quality Assurance Engineer,It was wonderful coming from a service background,High salary Good work Environment Good Flexibility Good benefits Good indipendance,Sometimes too much work is present so that the work life balance is off the list of things we can have. Too much confidentiality,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2581.htm
33570,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 26, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Services Associate,A wonderful experience to working and learnt a lot,good atmosphere full of fun activities Full of flexibility free transportation. good salary package nice infra only 6 months of work experience in amazon can be sufficient in order ti apply for IJP's,"nothing specific, need to work hard during training. Quarterly VERSANT scores will be checked and need to do well in that test in order to qualify for the IJP's",superb management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33571,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Quality Assurance Engineer,It was wonderful coming from a service background,High salary Good work Environment Good Flexibility Good benefits Good indipendance,Sometimes too much work is present so that the work life balance is off the list of things we can have. Too much confidentiality,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33572,amazon,none," Nov 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place!,Great experience in leadership Open ended job....can really do what you want to. Good benefits,Work hours are sometimes in the 70-80 hours,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33573,amazon,Chennai (India)," Nov 24, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Quality Assurance Engineer,QA lead,"Very Good work environment , Work with good team with new Technology, Flexitimings","Work pressure is high, Tight Schedule,",Improve on process of work management,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33574,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 21, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Services Representative,Home away from home.. customer centric company.,"customer centric, fun work environment",customer centricity and obsession towards customer satisfaction sometimes is a huddle in loosing employee relations .,A bit concentration on making the employee happy is needed,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33575,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good learning experience.,Located in South Lake Union.,There is a lack of cheap parking in the area.,N/A,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33576,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 20, 2012",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Very Hectic Work Environment,Carrer developement and compensation are good for new comers.,No work life balance. Weekend tasks are given,Please concentrate on employees also rather than profit and share price,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33577,amazon,Carrigaline (Ireland)," Nov 12, 2012",Current Employee - Seller Support,Seller Support,Currently working at Anazon in Cork. There is a great team there and great support from management. Good atmosphere in the office is very good and theres a real sense of being a part of the team.,"Everything moves fast in Amazon, so fast in fact that when new features are offered to the sellers they knowabout it before we do! Internal commumications could be better. The hours can be unsociable.",More interaction with ground staff.,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33578,amazon,none," Nov 28, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good pace, but unfortunate corporate policies","Everything is comfortable and acceptable though not amazing in any way. The people coworkers are nice and friendly to an extent. The work can be exciting or not, depending on the project and what department you are in.","There are some bad corporate policies. For example, they have a policy against giving references. They also keep things secret if you are not directly working on a project. They do not serve free lunch and that they do serve is not great. The surrounding food trucks range from bad to good but the good ones have long lines.","More openness, freedom for employees to choose what to work on.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33579,amazon,none," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome company, long days.",Extremely innovative. Great critical thinking here.,Too much time in front of a computer,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2582.htm
33580,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 25, 2012",Current Employee - WFM Team,"Great Company, People & Processes could be better",The company is growing to a mammoth size. Very huge presence in US and EU regions. The Company puts the 'Customer' before everything else,"As always - there are a few people that just don't deserve to be in a great company like Amazon.  In the name of hiring talent from B Schools, some dim wits get hired and make life difficult for rest of us. Not only do they have nothing to contribute, they also have a huge ego!",It helps for Leadership to trust in your people,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33581,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 10, 2012",Current Employee - Team Leader,the best one could be,"the work environment, the technology, the hierarchy , the individual independence",this is the best place for a talent can ever have to flourish,good to be here nothing as of now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33582,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, high impact","Smart people, opportunity to solve problems and have a global impact","Work long, hard and smart - 2 out of 3 are not enough. People can be scathing.","Have a little empathy, resource things better and people will stay much longer.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33583,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,gud,"gud management, gud career advancement","lot of work, no work life balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33584,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good money,Salary Work Team is good,Too much work hard to balance,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33585,amazon,none," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It has been the best of times and the worst of times.,Pay is good as well as the benefits.,During the busy season you do not see your family much because of the long hours. And the place only shuts down on Christmas day and New Years day otherwise you work all of the holidays.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33586,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding environment,"Smart people make you better, challenging, fast-paced","Getting harder to get things done, abrasive senior leaders with tenure prevail, poor work/life balance","Continuing to say ""it's still day one"" is becoming the catch-phrase excuse for strategic misses",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33587,amazon,Dudelange (Luxembourg)," Nov 1, 2012",Former Employee - Manager,Read and believe the negative reviews. I aged ten years in one year... avoid at all costs!!!,"Working for Amazon is great for the CV and if you can manage to stick it out for a year you will feel that you have performed a miracle. Most people don't last that long. Amazon truly did have the smartest people I have ever worked with, sadly with very little 'social intelligence' or any life outside of work, no time to exercise, socialise, holiday... makes you wonder how smart they really are? Amazon's long strategy to be the worlds most customer centric company is great, but only if you are a shareholder or customer. Employees are chewed up, exhausted and spat out before being replaced with a fresh MBA grad with fat loan repayments to keep up & no exposure to working for a decent company who think that the way people in this company behave is normal - it is not.","Every single employee in Amazon is overworked and people are generally too busy to spend time with family, friends, exercise and have interests outside of work, let alone look up from their screens to acknowledge co-workers coming or going. Most workers eat lunch at their desk as they are too busy for a break. The majority of employees would not dream of leaving the office before 7pm, if you do this then your lack of commitment to Jeff's cause will be noticed. If offered one, don't take a blackberry or you will never get away from the madness. People who get on at Amazon are aggressive, know it all, blame culture workaholics, who will shift the blame on anyone but themselves and tear you to pieces as soon as anything goes wrong. Everything is a 'fire-drill' with people panicking and looking to apportion blame. You either have to adopt some of this negative behaviour yourself or you will become mincemeat. This kind of attitude would you get you nowhere in the real world but for some reason it is tolerated and encouraged at Amazon, just make you sure you unlearn this terrible workplace behaviour as quickly as possible once you have escaped. I saw at least 4 people 'disappear' during my time at Amazon, including someone who had relocated from abroad to work in Luxemburg who was fired in the most undignified manner. Employees who relocate and decide to leave of their own accord will be chased to repay relocation expenses. During an all hands meeting management sang the praises of people who had exceptional commitment to Amazon, one such person was specifically mentioned in front of the audience as a hero for still working from their laptop on an important project while next to the hospital bedside of their very sick child. This said it all, 'Amazon is more important than you, your health, your family and everything in your life'. Truly unbelievable and sickened me to the core. Don't be blinded by the RSUs (stock options), most people don't last here longer than a year. I heard internally that only 7% of people get the 4th year RSU pay out so you better be REALLY happy with your base salary and uncompetitive benefits package, 0% training budget and 0% chance of a pay rise during your time with Amazon. Also don't forget that you will be working double the hours of a regular job and that combined with the fact that the cost of living is extremely high in Luxembourg means your hourly rate will be peanuts. I read the negative reviews before joining Amazon and thought that 'it could not be THAT bad'!?. IT IS and more, so don't make the same mistake!!","Jeff Bezos has been quoted as saying that people should pay him to work for the privilege or working for Amazon. This really is evident in the way that employees throughout the company are treated. I still do all my online shopping at Amazon, but I would not even recommend to my enemies to work there.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,44,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33588,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 25, 2012",Former Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Great place to work,Good exposure Good balance between work and personal life,Certain teams have managers of less experience,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33589,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,amazing experience - best working environment,great working environment. best benefits.,it support is not very efficient,noting,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2583.htm
33590,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,As Advertised... Very demanding but high rewards,Innovation and hard work is recognized. Amazon will promote quickly and compensate well. The pace is unbelievably quick and makes good or timely communication next to impossible. The lack of communication is one of the company's weak points. The atmosphere of the company is mostly positive and encouraging. Personal and group recognition is common.,"The downside to Amazon is the ""slowest gazelle"" concept. The company is always looking to identify the bottom 10% and will not rest until that bottom percentile is identified. Most organizations have performance issues but this process in Amazon incites fear and lack of trust. It is designed to get the most out of people but burnout or the constant stress results in high turnover",Recognize that not everyone wants to be promoted and are effective in their current roles. The bottom 10% comes as a surprise most times so people work with the fear that they could be blindsided. Amazon spends a lot of money in recruiting and training. It could be mitigated and employees would benefit as well.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33591,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad for younger people,"pay was not bad, work life balance very good.","quotes, on your feet all day.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33592,amazon,none," Oct 21, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good overall, but high pressure","-Talented people. Amazon has a lot of smart people. -New campus, so the buildings are clean and well-equipped. -Great cafeteria. I had the best work lunches I've ever had at Amazon.",-Seattle weather -High pressure because AWS is growing so fast,Perhaps hire more people to spread the load a bit?,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33593,amazon,Chennai (India)," Oct 19, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Associate,Love to work. Its like my home.,Culture is really good and company provides you a good work environment.,Not much. They can have more roles in the company.,They can get more roles.They can get more roles.They can get more roles.They can get more roles.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33594,amazon,Iaşi (Romania)," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Imaging Specialist,"Whatever we can do better, we will. We’re always in beta.",Long term personal and profesional development in a fast paced international company,Corporate thinking and the wide spread of the company,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33595,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 9, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Services Associate,Marvelous,Homely atmosphere with friendly peers,There is nothing to say about a company enlarging year by year,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33596,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk Management,"It is a big company, lots of internal opportunities, lots of talented people were trapped in first and then treated poorly.",Very bad middle and lower end managements. Poor benefit and no balance of life.,don't want to waste of time.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33597,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 22, 2012",Current Employee - Fresher,best company to work for,"it has good global exposure,can learn much things","no transperancy in interview,need to well establish in india",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33598,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to learn multi tasking,Salary and technical work nature makes it a good career start,Hectic schedule and working on--call,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33599,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a learning experience,"Very safety conscious, employee oriented environment. If your looking for a fast paced continuous way of life on the job this is the place for you.","Zero tolerance of anything, for example joking as you work.",Zero tolerance to everything is too astringent. Got to be able to relax and smile without fear of getting fired.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2584.htm
33600,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is great.,"Work is nice, and pay is nice.","Location not as great as Microsoft, but will get better soon I hope.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33601,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Web Services - Sales Director,fast-paced with some of the brightest technical minds out there,Moves so fast the work never runs out,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33602,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You WILL work!,Great pay (though there is better) Everyone is smart. You won't work with dumb people networking potential is amazing,"OPS! You will spend 40+ % of your time manaing operation tasks. Tickets, contacts and troubel shooting. You will be paged at all hours/days to try to resolve issues on systems you have never even heard of much less know what to do with.",Train some dedicated front line support teams right here in the US and not in India,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33603,amazon,none," Oct 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be prepared to work hard,Financial strength of the company. Salary is good and benefits are unbelievable,The weekly hours worked is incredible for all levels of management. If you are not a pathways manager be prepared to be treated like a second class citizen. Almost no minorities of color in senior roles at the distribution centers. very dissappointing.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33604,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Services Associate,Positive about the company,Very good company with no work pressure. You can enjoy doing job here.,have to think about salaries,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33605,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Learn a lot from that place. There are lots of projects going on and can work with different teams and members.,"They doesn't have many restaurants around company, some of them are very experience. It is hard to find a place to eat. So usually I bring food to company.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33606,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruitment by amazon,"They are a good brand ,who pay you well and also value your work , contribution to work rate is high .",too much work maybe ?,be cool,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33607,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience working in a big company,"moving fast, solving challenge problems, get chance to develop your own project",have on call which depends on what team you are in. Have to do a lot of paper works,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33608,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Work hard. Have fun. Make history!,"excellent work environment, challenging and highly dynamic.","very short release cycles, work-life balance is hampered at times while you are on-call.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33609,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is great to buy and sell products in the world .,its really cool place to work with amazon,itsw great job to work .join with us.,make easy to post products in facebook .,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2585.htm
33610,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is great to buy and sell products in the world .,its really cool place to work with amazon,itsw great job to work .join with us.,make easy to post products in facebook .,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33611,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 26, 2012",Former Employee - CSA,good company,nice work culture... and nice place 2 work,work pressure... and too much data,treat employees better...,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33612,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good and bad during holidays,"good money, alot prize give aways","over work during holidays, not to nice on absences",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33613,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great teamwork experience,THe people here are smart. You'd be wise to leverage their wisdom to get ahead. All in all its a great work experience where you get a lot of input and feedback from your peers. Also the work is quite interesting depending on where you work.,One thing I didn't like was that sometimes tasks such as fixing bugs can get quite annoying but hey thats software development for you,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33614,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,You get to work with some really smart people who know what they are talking about,Work life balance can be a problem when you are in a product driven culture such as Amazon,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33615,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 19, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Opportunity to grow within the organization across various businesses from retail to devices,Excellent culture that rewards performance High hiring Bar ensures that you are working with smart people at most times Diversity of business allows an individual to find opportunity to learn and grow within the company,Deliberately chaotic .. May not suit people who like a structured environment to work in. (Some people like this environment though.),Larger vision of the direction company wants to take should be shared with more frequency with the middle management. This helps them align their effort with the overall objective of the company.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33616,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High Risk, High Reward","Work environment is high pressure with lots of deliverables. Depending on the division you are part of, there are an incredible # of technology tools to get up to speed on.","The onboard training is minimal. There are some online courses, and many things you just learn by doing or sitting with a coworker. Pretty amazing that there is not more considering this is a tech company.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33617,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2012",Current Employee - Date Entry Clerk,Fine,Instant payments for your efforts.,Payment for particular is very low when compared to the jobs offline,Need to increase the amount of payment,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33618,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Could have been better,"Available resources, Multiple teams to interact and learn.","No transparency within teams, focus on degree rather than work quality.",none,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33619,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Very good development infrastructure and good competent engineers,"Huge good quality community. Good dev infrastructure , can spend more time in ideas and business specific coding",Development in teams closely related to business might not be a good experience. Decisions would be biased for the business and people are very frugal and obsessed with business.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2586.htm
33620,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Support Associate,COOOL...,Great work environment and friendly nature among all. Good career growth. Performance based company.,No cons about this organisation.,Kudos. No advices.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33621,amazon,none," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative and cool,"Smart people, little bureaucracy, room to learn and grow.",Long working hours and heavy but interesting workload,Don't overwork your employees,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33622,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 29, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,NOT FOR THOSE REQUIRE WORK LIFE BALANCE BUT FOR REAL EXPERIENCE OF HIGH END TECHNOLOGY,Get to work on Large scale systems. Aggressive work culture to be on edge in the Market/Business.,Developers need to implement as well as take care of on call and support activities.,Frugality is a real concern,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33623,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company to work,"Smart and helpful people. Good environment. There are a lot of interesting projects around, great exposure to many exciting area.","The on call duty is tedious and distracting. Compensation and benefits are not the greatest, not on par with Google.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33624,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always satisfied with my selling speed,Very popular source for selling,Annoyance of customer return requests,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33625,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer - II,Above average place to work,"- Great brand - Average plus salary - Amazon has built benchmark in ECommerce and other spaces as well. To reach that it has developed tonnes of great software, algorithms, etc. It is like a niche encyclopedia. If you want to learn then there is loads to read. - If you are really passionate then you can build great products. - Aggressive - Highly customer focused","These are specific to Bangalore, India - Poor higher management - Least number of facilities for employees - Even a simple task is made into a firedrill - Poor work-personal life balance - Repetative nature of tasks",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33626,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Interesting learning experience,Brilliant motivated people and challenging work.,Operational overhead is too high in some teams,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33627,amazon,none," Sep 24, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not really a great company to work for in India,Extravagant employee treatment w.r.t facilities and benefits and decent work culture,"Bad politics, work hours and arrogant people. Not great people managers in the ranks",Need sorting out of interview processes for hiring good talent and internal processes for fostering better innovation. Current processes kill innovation and irritate people,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33628,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Probably the most preferred employer after Google, but with its own set of problems","(... in no particular order)  - Extremely customer-centric. You'd feel like a humble servant of the millions of Amazon's customers. - A lot of innovation, cutting-edge and magical. - A lot of open source technology is used in Amazon, which can be useful later in your career. - A lot of proprietary technology, so that you know why the open source variant doesn't work. - Distributed systems, algorithms, SOA - not a lot of folks in the industry push the envelope like Amazon does, not even Google! - Dealing with scale, if you work for a group which has a lot of scale. - Rapid iterations. You don't sit idle. You ship code almost every week - You operate what you own. So you get to talk to customers/users, developers, QA, support and datacenter engineers. You are the KING! - The top 10% of this company are among the best in the industry. - Good compensation, at least in some locales - Internal transfers are really easy, especially when you've already proved your mettle. Probably to curtail the already high churn and attrition in the company.","(... in no particular order)  Management: - You don't need people management skills to become a people manager here. Which means, an MBA with no experience of managing, developing and dealing with people can become a software development manager. - Most managers are non-technical. They will throw a lot of hand-wavy stuff at you and expect you to get the work done. - Most managers lack backbone. They would take things lying down and pass on all the grief to the engineers.  Culture: - Employees are NOT treated with respect. We are people, not resources for you to move around. - Management is extremely political, especially the ones who are low on technical acumen. They frequently use politics as a way out. - No perks, other than a crappy medical insurance package.  Engineering:  - Extremely aggressive deadlines leading to poorly written and sparsely tested software. - Engineers do 24x7 oncall. The oncall is also a build and release engineer. They are also the first ones to deal with the customers (aka hazards of end-to-end ownership). - Operations consume a lot of time. They also randomize entire teams. Most groups are unable to deal with this menace. In other words, if you're working on a feature, you may be asked to shelve it for the next 2 weeks to work on a customer impacting issue. - A lot of last minute requests. This is mostly because of the sheer number of adhoc requests from other software or operations teams, and because of lack of planning for such adhoc tasks.  Career growth/development:  - Performance reviews are not transparent. Everything is driven by your manager. The HR department is a mute spectator in most conflicts between the employee and the management. - YoY increments in compensation are low (5-6%) - Long-time employees are paid less than folks hired from the industry. ""Loyalty is not rewarded"" - this is from the official handbook. - No investment in career growth. If you're a star engineer, you'll probably have a career path, but if you're not, there's no mentoring.  Hiring:  - Poor hiring standards. Amazon's bar is nowhere compared to Google or Facebook. The company has devised weird, experimental strategies to hire engineers. The center where I used to work grew at least 200% in four years. The # of incompetent engineers has also grown at the same scale. Interestingly, when most other companies continue to improve, Amazon is following a downward trend, in-spite of their famous Bar Raiser program.","Fix the management, the people and the hiring standards and I'll come work for you again.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33629,amazon,none," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Every single day is an exciting, fast-paced, challenging, and engaging experience.","Whether you are a college hire out of school for 2 months, or have industry experience for 10 years, you will have the same expectations and opportunities being in the Area Manager role. You will be challenged and encouraged to make decisions that lead to continuous improvement, take calculated risks, and lead your associates in whatever way you feel you can best relate to them. The company is growing so fast, there is no limit to how far you can advance your career in the company. You get out of this job what you put in, and it is a very rewarding experience to successfully lead a team of associates to providing a great customer experience for hundreds of thousands of customers every single shift, and that is just at your own fulfillment center.","It is a four day work week for Area Managers, but you are working from 11-12 hours per day. You will likely be relocated given we currently have less than 40 fulfillment centers around the country. You can give a preference for your location and shift, but you will ultimately be placed in a location/shift that is required for the business need, this could be a day shift in Sacremento, CA, or this could be a weekend night shift in Middle-of-Nowhere, Kansas (no offense to Kansas).","Advice for Upper Management: Managers are people too! Our job as an Area Manager is to engage our associates, remove barriers, and solve problems. But from Area Manager to Ops Manager or Senior Ops, it can often be a case of finger-pointing and ""you aren't doing enough"". Managers are people too, and you will get a lot of credibility, trust, and respect if you have your AM's backs, helping AM's with their barriers, and helping AM's solve the problems that are on a larger scale than their individual department.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2587.htm
33630,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Site Merchandiser,life at amazon,"flexible, lots of opportunities to learn and grow",can be overwhelming for a first job,keep people's qualifications in mind while hiring for any role.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33631,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,double standards all over the place,great pay for a small town,not at all a stable job,don't hire slackers and throw hard working folk under the bus,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33632,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Support Associate,Customer Support @ Amazon development center,"The work environment is good. It is a growing company and have launched in India as well. The support to the process is ample and daily learning makes you outstanding. One shall work with the company as a beginner, if interested in serving the customers. The best part is that, the more understand the process and work hard. The chances of promoting to further levels would be quite easy. I love to be the part of Amazon for the days ahead too.",I don't see any such instances to quote. The HR and the managerial department works very hard to resolve the issues at every point of time and feedback really works! No comments as such.,No advice.,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33633,amazon,Kochi (India)," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Graphic Designer,Good,It is very interesting to work on it.,Some Hits is very hard to work.,There should be more payment.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33634,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,Hectic if your job is not your passion else heaven.,Exposure with the best minds of the field.,May get less time for family and social activities.,Share the load and give opportunities to youngsters.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33635,amazon,none," Aug 30, 2012",Current Employee - ACES,It's Amazon,"The benefits at Amazon are fabulous: Great health insurance almost completely paid for by the company, stock, 401K, monthly bonuses based on building success. Amazon is never boring for those in a role above that of Warehouse Associate or in a support role. Things are always changing to meet the needs of the customer and it is always challenging.","Amazon is experiencing phenomenal growth, still, while other companies may or may not be finally bouncing back in this economy. One of the problems they face, however, is that they have not paid enough attention to succession planning in the company. Amazon is crying for people to fill managerial and leadership roles because they haven't been raising up leaders from the warehouse level upward. The only thought to succession has been from an Area Manager or Ops Manager level upward.","It's a bit late, but you need to begin developing people in the Tier1 through Tier 3 levels in order to fill some of those manager spots you cannot seem to keep filled. Eventually growth will hit a ceiling and stop without the leaders to support it.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33636,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Leadership Principles,All the leadership principles are part of the Job. Without which you cannot get into Amazon or cannot perform in Amazon.,There are no major cons. People do think that there might be too much of work. That again boils down to Leadership principles and no body forces them to do that way. It would be inherent,tremendous growth when compared to projections. better to plan on Space.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33637,amazon,Chennai (India)," Sep 1, 2012",Current Employee - Content Quality Associate,"Best workplace I have seen, so far.","Amazing Culture, Fantastic Leadership and Opportunities. Excellent career growth options and paths, due to easy internal transfer.",Absolutely no cons that I can think of,Keep going!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33638,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Aug 14, 2012",Current Employee - Corporate Employee,Competitive Selfish Culture,"Great brand name that is recognised globally, it's likely you'll work with some of the most driven and smart people you're likely to encounter. This in turn can rub off on you and enable you to raise your game, at a cost.","Amazon has the most selfish, individualistic culture of any business I have worked for. The working environment in Slough is down right unpleasant, over-cramped and dirty offices based in a down at heel area of town. The brand name is clearly able to attract some very smart people all hoping to get on the gravy train, but as the business has grown, the culture has become less friendly. Tenured employees are not appreciated and employees in general are entirely disposable. I have never worked with so many people that will happily stab each other in the back (or front) to get ahead. There is no fostering of team spirit or taking a genuine interest in people. No-one seems to have any life outside of work or take any interest in each other as individuals. There is absolutely no investment in talent management, talent development, or CSR. I find this unbelievable in a company the size of Amazon. The HR department contains the most useless group of individuals I have encountered, who seem to do little more than help manage people out of the business.  To survive at Amazon (and that is what you'll do... survive) you have to become an unquestioning drone, happy to work all the hours and meet all the demands on earth without reward or positive feedback. I find it hilarious the one of the leadership principles is 'disagree and commit', however doing so will get your card marked. I also find it hilarious that one of Amazon's 'peculiar ways' (of which there are many), is too not come across like the corporate borg. This place is more like the corporate borg than anywhere I have worked. Regimented leadership principles that you have to adhere to. Don't let wearing casual clothes to work fool you that you'll be playing table football in your lunch hour. 1. You wont get a lunch hour because the business is too frugal (tight) to hire enough staff. 2. There is nowhere to eat your lunch other than your desk, because the deli handling nine floors of employees is tiny. 3. Should you be able to get out for lunch, you have the delights of Slough high street to contend with.  I think the thing that is most depressing, is that the business is doing extremely well in these uncertain times, and yet there is no celebration of this, no lightheartedness, no fun. Just a relentless drive for growth with people under ridiculous amounts of pressure, trampling over each other to get ahead and sticking to cliques in order to survive. It's depressing that people have to act in such a selfish manner to succeed, and depressing to think that you have to abandon your principles to stay afloat..  It is easy to get sucked into the business and try and meet the ridiculous expectations and pressure you will be placed under, but the business can suck you dry if you let it, and spit you out without a thought. There is a very unpleasant core to Amazon.    business is full of","Hard to say, Amazon is too smart for this to happen by accident. The business is exactly as it wants to be.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33639,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Services Associate,AMAZON CSA,The biggest pro will be that you will not be working at an outsourced company. It would be directly for the company. So growth in to other areas of Amazon is a possibility. But it depends on performance.,"Con is that tenurity for growth is a myth. U do well u grow. You do decent you stay where u are and do badly, and its best u find a new job",more opportunities for Six sigma ought to be there.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2588.htm
33640,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,loving to be part of Amazon,"Ownership, Responsibilities, Leadership qualities, quality of work, flexible office hours","Frugality, no proper food court",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33641,amazon,none," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to learn and work HARD!,"You have full ownership and if you are a decision maker on all the stuff you work on, there is no time between getting a new idea and starting to work on it.","No work life balance, hard work is always needed.",Make amazon a fun environment to work at.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33642,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,A very innovative and fun place to work at...........,"Very good growth opportunities if you know where to find out about opportunities, Employee-centric policies , Any escalations are taken care of very well.  An employee can get his view across easily.",Guidance about growing more within the organization must be communicated in a more stram-lines manner.  Salary in the lower-level processes has to be improved.,The management is doing a commendable job already. But specific employee pain points need to be addressed.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33643,amazon,none," Aug 21, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Learning,"Ownership, thinking from the customer perspective",Heavy work pressure . More work than for 8 hours,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33644,amazon,none," Aug 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The very best,Simply the best employment experience of my life,salaries are not as competitive as they could be,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33645,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 13, 2012",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Frugal but Fun,Very knowledgeable peers and support for innovation and invention.,The facility provided is very bad,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33646,amazon,"Dunfermline, Scotland (UK)"," Aug 18, 2012",Current Employee - FC Associate,Good Company to work for overall.,Great Opportunities for Promotion Great work atmosphere Good pay package.,Too much bickering in depts Not enough communication Lack of Leadership Too many Team leads Managers in each dept. (ever heard too many cooks spoil the broth),NIp any inter departmental bickering in the bud before it affects the whole dept. More communication is required we shouldnt have to chase up agencies they should be chasing us once we give them a querie. Better leadership i can see improvements already but much more needed.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33647,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,World's most customer centric company!,+ very fast moving + always long term thinking + solid business fundamentals + growing by the day + good salary for employees + good stock for employees,- poor work life balance - too frugal at times - way too top down in approach - too much delivery focused - employee care is not so good,improve employee care and development opportunities,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33648,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 17, 2012",Current Employee - Kindle,Really good working environment.,"Pay, growth opportunities, work culture, no pressure at all.",work pressure in the time of Christmas but it is not as much as the other company. We can still manage it easily.,work pressure in the time of Christmas but it is not as much as the other company. We can still manage it easily.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33649,amazon,none," Aug 13, 2012",Current Employee - IT Tech,Amazon IT,"Fast paced, Very ambitious, Always looking for innovation Great team environment Fast advancement if you do well Great benefits Focus on customer experience is phenomenal",Few to no holidays are observed,"Associates make a lot of sacrifices to better the experience of our customer... Overtime, Long hours, etc. We do it because we believe in our core values and want to make Amazon great! Sometimes vacation days and personal time are quite honestly not enough (especially for many of the employees in their first couple years with the company). Management from the lower level all the way up would do very well to identify ways (and be empowered) to show the associates that they are looking out for them... Especially those of us in support roles who don't get VTO or many (if any) opportunities to get some extra time with our families.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2589.htm
33650,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 10, 2012","Current Employee - Manager, Transactions Risk Management",Entrepreneurial,Seriousness about Leadership Principles. Best in class peers.,"Long working hours. Missing Processes, which they tend to make up by hiring only the best",Investment in processes needed,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33651,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"work hard, have fun, make history.","the concept of ownership of every project to the individuals is very gr8 in amazon, its the best place to learn.","lots of work compared to other companies, but worth it.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33652,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,"Challenging Work, long hours","Amazon allows for changing the floor and systems around you. Nothing is sacred as long as safety and quality are not compromised , and the cost is kept cheap. It is a maturing company that is still not bogged down by corporate waste, and needless paperwork. They pay you very well.","Amazon hours are long and demanding. Work-life balance is a constant struggle, especially when peak rolls around, then one nearly lives at the building.","Great opportunities, but not for everyone. Growth starting to stress the network and the company.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33653,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work with.,Good Work culture and competitive compensation,"Very few companies can match amazon, so choices become narrow",focus on people and always be employee centric as you are now.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33654,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working at Amazon,"- Dynamic, shorter build cycles, you will see what you built in prod - Smart people - Lot of learning",- Lot of work - Frugality - Oncall,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33655,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazing Amazon where business comes hand in hand with software,"- A very good Learning Experience - Very good culture in terms of software organization. - Great hiring strategies and hiring culture, with its unique bar raising program it excels at hiring the best with minimum hassle. - You get a chance to work on very high visibility projects every once in a while. - Easy access to cloud technologies like S3 EC2 etc. - If you are a code explorer then the best place to be. - Foreign trips are frequent depending on what team and project you work on. - You get to learn the business point of view on everything. Hence helps in making future decisions - Very Good Package - Interaction with some very good people of the industry, may it be business or software. - Switch between managerial and software can be made easily within the system. - flexible timings. - Frugality & Customer obsession are two of the main things that has kept Amazon on the #1 position of eCommerce. You can be a part of this big change. - There are Principles on which everyone is evaluated. These principles are the core to Amazon and it is because of them amazon has scored a lot.","- Employee is not an asset to the system. They are expendable ""things"". - Operational tasks take most of your time. The number of hours working on software development is always lesser then hours taken by operational tasks - Hassle free software development environment is something that will always be lacking in amazon work env - You will never be able to work on any individual project. Even the open source code push is restricted under company's policy. - Frugality most of the times is too extreme. You will frequently find people crossing the bar and entering the greedy side under the name of frugality. - Everything happens by raising tickets. Even when you want to get a water bottle you need to raise a ticket or get approvals by your manager. - Interaction between different teams and there members are always on the software front which might bother in case you come from a very open culture. - Upper management is not very keen on individual development, there main aim is to get the task completed whatever it takes. - The promotion cycle is informally based on number of years of service and not on the work that you did in any year. - Compensations might not be satisfying in the future stage. - Nepotism and bureaucracy can be found but not prominently",Keep a check on the above Cons,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33656,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon - Software Development Engineer,Good challenging work. Smart people around in team. Usually very less maintenance work. You can learn many technologies. Even distribution of work between Indian and US employees.,"Always you are forced to complete tasks in time which is less than actually required, and hence long working hours needed to meet the deadlines.",Think before deciding project deadlines. Assign projects based on candidates expertise or else give sufficient time for ramp-up.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33657,amazon,none," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to Work at Management Level,"Flexible Shifts,Competitive Pay, Quick recognition if really talented",Highly difficult for Associates to make it to Managerial level,Lot more can be done to groom employees to the next level,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33658,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jul 26, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Manager,"Very challenging, mostly frustrating times. This little box is your job.","If you want to be with an American company and learn how E-commerce is being conducted (at different levels, AMZN AND partner level) then try. Of course there is a lot of American BS waiting for you, like ""we hire only the greatest minds, self sacrifice for the greater good!, you want a pay raise? where is that 200% overperforming in your review?""","Most AMZN employees are really demoralized. Some still swallow the religion. There is not much in between. If you stay there longer for a year will get insanse. Honestly, the BS you will hear there every day is gonna give you the rest. Another thing is the great open offices. 30-50 people talking as loudly as possible so that they can be heard on the phone. Don't even try to understand anything during a concall. Your customers will hear a lot they shouldn't hear (cursing, internals). Forget your salary. If you work for the church, you work for god. If you work for Amazon you work for [...] (fill in the blank)","Cut the BS, make sure people GET WHAT THEY NEED! Sometimes this might be as simple as a working computer or an ADSL connection. Stop the brainwashing!",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33659,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 8, 2012",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History","Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",frequent overtime support required esp during weekends,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2590.htm
33660,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 8, 2012",Current Employee - Risk Investigator,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History","Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",frequent overtime support required esp during weekends,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33661,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Terrible Work Life balance, Very Poor rewards (Zero stocks, Zero bonus) for Exceeds/Strong ratings",- Learn a lot - Decent salary,"- Too much of politics (US guys do only that) - Terrible Work life balance - Folks who got Exceeds ratings and strong contribution ratings also got Zero stocks, and less than inflation hike (<9%) - No concept of Performance bonus - No clear direction for management and you keep working all through. Its like throwing 100 stones and hoping 1 hits, and by doing so, you are screwed - Salary structure is organized in a such a way that you will be thrown out in 2 years, if they don't like you.",- Managers can screw up any employee and no feedback loop for them,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33662,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Nice work, less pay.",Great work environment with good people around. A steep learning curve for employees at all levels. Freedom to work in terms of hours as well as type of work. A lot of responsibility is given to employees.,Pay is less when compared to competitors. Employee retention isn't considered important for lower roles. Employees are encouraged to work for long hours.,Invest in retaining employees. Provide space for work-life balance.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33663,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,software developer profile,good career growth good compensation chance to work on interesting problems on a daily basis,work environment is not that great bonus is not that great benefits are average no freedom in choosing a project to work on,make the place more fun!,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33664,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A wonderful blend of hard work mixed with fun at work,It is awesome fun and a fantastic learning experience at Amazon,"No downsides as such, even the higher Management rocks",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33665,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun but challenging place to work,Tons of opportunity to make a difference. Great brand name and great focus on customers and doing the right thing for customers.,"Very fast-paced, may not be for everyone. Frugal. Not the place to come for perks, etc. All about the customer.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33666,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer/Analyst,Nothing can be generalized! Work nature always depends on the team no matter which company you are in.,"High salary would be the very first thing :) work experience in amazon is an added advantage - your talent is already proven if you are into amazon(at least that is what the impression is! ,) )","Not everyone gets to develop as such. Like any other well established companies, SDEs should do support work as well in the name of ownership.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33667,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"Cutting edge tech and smart people, but overburn.",You get to work with very smart people on interesting software projects at the largest scale which involves challenging problems often requiring inventing new techniques and technologies to solve them.,Their culture of growing to the next level is to prove you're able to get more stuff done quicker which leads to overburn.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33668,amazon,none," Jul 28, 2012",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Work Life balance is destroyed,Processes are not very consistent.,Nobody is on the same page throughout the org.,Practice Lean,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33669,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer/Analyst,Amazing Amazon !!!,"My feedback is based on 3 months i have spent in the organization, but i believe intial couple of months provides you the future direction the organization is heading towards  1. Employee get the chance to drive their work. No micro managment by managers. 2. Very flexible in terms of timings to be at work. All that matters is getting the job done. 3. Decent pay compared to other players in the market, but they make you work for each rupee they give you 4. Fun to be at work place with very informal peers and managers. Looking at the person you can never judge if he/she is junior resource or senior. 5. Excellent monetary benefits like Sodexo, internet re-imbursement, Gym re-imbursement and home pickup and drop facility","1. Sometimes it can be long working hours, maybe 50-55 hrs a week. 2. As US based peers are based out of Seattle, need to take call PST time which can be challenging for india based employees. 3. It could be tough for new employees to understand work fast as the organization lack documentation and hence employee need to learn via trail and error way.",Continue with the environment you have built up at work place over the years and make people focus on documentation. This will help the organization in long run.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2591.htm
33670,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Aug 5, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Unfair company which doesn't value people's work,"Salary,they give a little bit more than the average because they know that otherwise people wouldn't waste their time and go elsewhere.","Unfair assessment of work - they send out questionnaires asking people if their question was answered successfully. If someone puts 'no' as an answer they always hold it against you even if you did provide a correct and professional answer. A lot of people abuses those polls which is ignored by the management and they brush people of for 'making excuses'. You are basically getting abused for doing your job because all their management is interesting in are percentages,not an actual quality of your work.  Too much workload and unrealistic targets - they treat you like you are a machine,not a human. Your every movement is monitored and measured. When you don't meet the targets nobody is interested in the fact that you might be dealing with a difficult issue of a customer which requires more time.  Lack of opportunities to advance professionally - because the company offers high rewards for recommending a new member of staff the managers keep new positions on offer to themselves and do not let the internal employees to apply. So, your managers are people with a lot less experience than you who thus cannot help you at all if you have a problem. All they do is bully you with targets.","Learn how to assess employees work fairly if you want them to work well. Hire competent managers and prevent corrupt hiring of workers. And yes, pay adequately because you expect the same level of contribution.At Amazon they do offer a lot less to people working outside of US and Western Europe.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33671,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very ambiguous,able to work freely with limited constraints. Truly able to develop one's skillset and understanding of the role in whatever way is best for the employee.,see pros. sometimes no guidance only causes more confusion. Relying on past work experience won't always put you on the right path at Amazon.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33672,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 30, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Great company to work for, if u r life has nothing other than career. Married men/women beware",1. Work focused 2. Less of workplace politics 3. Great talents as peers 4. Friendly/informal atmosphere,1. No work life balance 2. Things are top down. Never cares to listen/hear employees 3. Tries to stereo type employees,1. I do not know what the senior management thinks. It is completely d-linked from our world. 2. No emphasis on grooming employees currently. Middle management in Ops might have trouble in near future.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33673,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life in Amazon India,a. Great work environment b. High quality individuals working in different teams c. Young crowd creating a great vibrant and competitive environment d. Daily its a new learning e. Every team is independent with India center emerging as one of the technology driving centers of Amazon outside Seattle,a. Hiring bar usually does not match the kind of work people are actually doing b. Too many small distributed teams,"Simplify the hiring process to ensure we are able to recruit people more attuned towards the team,s requirements and younger members in the team are able to learn new things. Since large number of people are from North, it would be good idea to open an office in North india",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33674,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun place to work, will burn you out quickly","Fluid, challenging environment You have control to change whatever you see that can be improved Compensation if you are willing/able to stick around for it.",Work life balance does not exist.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33675,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice and open place to work,"Open and live working environment, also developing rapidly","No free food though, what a pity",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33676,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 4, 2012",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Amazon,Amazon pays good salary and they give stocks to retain employees for longer periods,Management is not up-to the mark. Frugality led to bad management,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33677,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 4, 2012",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Awesome facilities,"No pressure, strict in deadlines, lift up employees based on their skills, AC cabs",Members in IC roles do not listen to junior levels,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33678,amazon,none," Jul 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent place to learn and grow, lots of mentorship if you are passionate","Good salary and location, excellent tech folks, GREAT business folks, cool products, kickass processes, Music brownbags with artists coming to play for you!","sometimes work-life balance can be tough to maintain. Also, being a e-retailing company working on razor-thin margins, its frugal culture sets it apart from that of other tech giants like Apple, Google or MS",keep doing what you're doing please,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33679,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Life of SDE at Amazon bangalore,"Great colleagues, exposure to the World class technology, Opportunity to grow","Frugality in facility, Senior management is a lot pushy will puh you to your limits",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2592.htm
33680,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 17, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,"Good for those who want an easy going job, with a good salary",No work pressure in the company,Not much of growth seen in the company,Need to have trust in the people you hire,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33681,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ITS GR8 TO BE AN SDE AT AMAZON.,Working at amazon is challenging as well as fun. You get to learn a lot as there are allways new projects coming up which give u new oppurtunities to explore more. the environment is very friendly n the facilities are really awesome.,the work pressure is really high with every job to be done within a given deadline. sometimes the mentor becomes quite non cooperative n then it becomes difficult to complete your assignments.,i sincerely advice that mentors must cooperate with new employees n explain them their queries whenever required,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33682,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - Team Leader,Best Company to be with:),Growth and true value for your efforts,Things needs to stabilize a bit more,Remember leadership principals of Amazon and respect all the employees at Amazon.com,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33683,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jun 24, 2012",Current Employee - CSA III Audible,"Nice company, but too many calls and extremely obsessed about customers.","great environment, towards coworkers, nice people, nice leadership team. They help you, they give you food sometimes and have nice parties when available. They have great company benefits.Very flexible when it comes to asking for leave of absence and stuff like that. They try to get out off the phones as many times as needed to avoid too much stress.","Too many calls, very hard to accomplish goals and mainly get promoted or get bonuses. High rotation, people leave like on a daily basis from all accounts. Too much pressure towards metrics to the point where your job is at risk. Very bad policies in regards to what behaviors are tolerated from customers over the phone so pretty much you have to deal with irate/ rude people all the time and still treat them nicely even if they don't deserve it.","Senior management doesn't care about our issues as agents, they just care about metrics and productivity, they do not support us.",4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33684,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jul 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very hectic.. no proper work life balance...,The good salary.. talented people.. lot of learning,Developers share operational load which can be nightmarish at times.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33685,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 25, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,One Beautiful Journey that i have not yet gotten tired even after three years :D,* Employee Friendly Environment * Freedom to work on personal Projects * Horizontal Work Structure * Good Recognition of Work,* One tends to get over used to the company's work culture so that he/she finds it hard to adapt elsewhere.,"People moving from within the company tend to get lesser compensation than people being newly hired, if this is changed, i would stay for life.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33686,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer centric and data driven.,Fast paced dynamic data driven company. Great ledership and accountability. Gives employee the ability to excell and impact the business.,Not for the faint hearted. Work life ballance be difficult to acheive. Sometimes difficult to keep track of things.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33687,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shipping,If your willing to break your back and work long hours in a high pace environment then this job is for you. This is a PHYSICAL job. Your paid weekly every Friday and the pay is just.,The warehouse itself is way too hot in the summer temperatures reach over 110 degrees. This is when they usually let people take VTO (voluntary time off) Shifts are 10 hours 4 days a week. I'd prefer 8 hour shifts. Also mandatory overtime is required at times.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33688,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 25, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Most amazing company I have come across,"- When they say customer centric they mean it. Most companies talk about the customer, but in the end its about how much you can make out of them. Amazon is a business but it believes so much in passing the savings to the customer. Every single senior leader cares deeply about any customer impacting issue. Its inspiring. - The best shine and get rewarded. You perform, you'll get attention, compensation, opportunities, you name it. They reward people who over-achieve. - Little politics. For a company this size, I'm amazed at how much a team environment it is. I would have expected different from a large corporate American company. Its not like that and you actually have to talk to your issues in front of your SVP. - Amazing people. Amazon is doing some ground-breaking stuff so naturally they have a lot of amazing people, but not just technically gifted. At Amazon, the soft skills are just as important as tech. So you get to work with people who you admire and look forward to working with every day. Its a team - Technology. Amazon is leading the way in Cloud-computing and across the rest of the company there are other really cool things happening. They have the scale only a handful of companies do. Its stuff you just don't get to see in other companies - Challenge. I doubt there is a company doing anything like Amazon is doing at the pace and scale they have. Every single day I get challenged. Its pretty amazing to go to a job every day thats not only interesting but helps continually grow you","- Lean Organizations. Amazon are hiring a LOT, at the same time it never seems to be enough, so there is a lot of work to do. Its not a 9-5. That said, if you are good it should not be 10 hour days or anything:) - Frugality. While I love Amazon for passing so much savings to the customer, they need to get better at providing some more for their employees. Not talking Google but there is a better middle ground",Keep up the great work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33689,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 20, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Services Associate,Amazing place to work!!!!!!,Stress free environment with an amazing guidance made me one of the good performer in this company. Express our talent and stand high on the floor!,"Salary is a bit concern, but Amazon is a great step for beginners.",Try increasing the salary with adding some more responsibilities to the employes.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2593.htm
33690,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,the work culture is good,challening growth learning innovative tugh,tedious location state work holidays,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33691,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Amazon Bang alore, India Review",Highly technical people. Focus on quality,"Don't expect any facilities, you may have to work in a smaller cabins , or conference rooms.",focus on facilities also,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33692,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2012",Former Employee - Project Manager,"A great place to work, slow to promote","A great place to work, good benefits, smart people, lots of opportunities for success. Had the chance to work on some really interesting projects. Generous stock packages and signing bonuses.","Not a lot of vacation time or holidays, salaries low for the industry, a very slow promotion process for most people. A lot of reorganization.",Allow people to move diagonally - different roles and a higher level - at the same time.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33693,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee friendly/employee concerned,Employee feels comfortable working here.,To jump to the technical side they only hire students from top colleges.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33694,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Corporate Culture in America,"Huge growth, big Company, lots of momentum, lots of opportunity, unique culture, lots of smart people, good compensation","Culture, big Company fast paced, no systems, lots of smart people (Chiefs but few Indians -essentially you are the Indian in any role you have). Absolutely no work life balance, in fact assume that you will work 60-70 hours a week on average and be expected to answer emails/phone calls at anytime. Day, night, weekends, holidays and even your vacation.","With such a high 'hiring' bar, you would expect that management would want people to stay. Stop treating people like they are expendable.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33695,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer I,About Amazon com,"Is a very good learning place. If you are with a good manager, your career path will be very good","Very bad work life balance. In case your relation with manager is not good, your hard work is all wasted, they will screw you way big time, and no one can stop it as well. Any kind of feedback, even annual peer reviews might backfire, specifically if your manager is not on your side. Recently there are too many people who have been hired, and if you are exactly looking to work with real Amazon people, there aren't many. 80% chances that your neighbor is also in Amazon for less than a year.","1-1 meetings, and reviews are supposed to be personal and not to be shared to everyone publicly. There is a leadership principle called being vocally self-critical, and management has to follow that at least some times.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33696,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2012",Former Employee - Software Developer,No work-life balance,"Good learning smart, ambitious people decent compensation",no work life balance scanty perks limited growth in India centers,allow career development in india locations,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33697,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2012",Current Employee - Catalog Auditor,Amazon.com Review,MNC Good Work Culture and Values Excellent flexible cab facility,Inappropriate and unfair rating system Negligible/Nil Growth,Focus on an individual's career apart from team functioning.,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33698,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 16, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Tax Analyst,It's Awesome to be a part of Amazon family,"Great work Culture, It's Awesome to be a part of Amazon family",Needs Improvement ..  Need to emphasize on self appraisal,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33699,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 9, 2012",Former Employee - CS India Operations,It was a fun place to work alongside really good co-workers but we often went to work not knowing if we had enough work,"good experience, Productive and fun work place","with the growth, constantly understaffed for the amount of work",Allow people to move diagonally - different roles and a higher level - at the same time.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2594.htm
33700,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 9, 2012",Former Employee - CS India Operations,It was a fun place to work alongside really good co-workers but we often went to work not knowing if we had enough work,"good experience, Productive and fun work place","with the growth, constantly understaffed for the amount of work",Allow people to move diagonally - different roles and a higher level - at the same time.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33701,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 25, 2012",Current Employee - German Language Specialist,Great company with great values but individual verticals are slightly mismanaged.,"Wonderful casual atmosphere, and an extremely employee centric company",The hiring standards for language experts is almost too high. It takes too long too hire people and exisiting people (eventhough they are told the team strength is sufficient) work OT for weeks on end. Any paperwork takes way too long. Contract extension of employees happen months late without notification,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33702,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 23, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Services Associate,The Best Company to start your career. You can't compare the Growth and work culture Amazon provides.,"# Great Work Culture # Talent is the criteria for growth # Best company to start your career. Even as Customer Service Level, you can grow.","* Salary not upto the class * Actions once enforced by Management, never change.","Take feedback from lower level from time to time before taking an action. If this is considered, Amazon will be no#1 in no time.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33703,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Experience,In Amazon the Benfits are good. Satisfying work,The Management is very bad,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33704,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good, busy","growing, succesful company lots of independence",high work load location is slough,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33705,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Share Service Analyst,good company regarding take care of the employees,business is getting developed in other countries,not developing in INDIA when compared with other,make control at each step,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33706,amazon,none," Jun 11, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Senior support associate,great work culture with best pay packages,tough to move up the ladder,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33707,amazon,none," Jun 13, 2012",Current Employee - CSA,great place,"fast growth, energtic, growing fast, great working atmosphere","low salary, shifts rotational, low appraisals, not much hikes, no incentives",increase hikes and pay,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33708,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2012",Current Employee - Worker,A good option to work at home,The pros of the company are: We can work from the home. We can chose our work hours. There is large variety or jobs(or HITs as they call it).,The cons of the company are: Not all HITs are very rewarding. The payment process is a bit slow as they do not do electronic transfer to India.,It would be great if you would increase the reward for HITs.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33709,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good place to work,"Quality of work , salary , ownership , freedom of doing how you like to do","workplace facilities , office location , food",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2595.htm
33710,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 10, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Best and coolest company I ever worked for,Data rules! All decisions can be challenged and backed with the appropriate data and analysis. This makes being right alot work.,I would work for amazon any time again.,Rock On!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33711,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Satisfied,"Peers, Opportunites to grow, Good mix of problems to solve at workplace.",Salary is not as comparable to what is being given by other companies nowadays in India.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33712,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 10, 2012",Current Employee - Content Quality Associate,good culture... very nice place to learn,Amazon.com has its unique culture and it helps the employees to learn lot of tings. friendly relationship with higher officials helps in better understanding of work.,growth is little challenging in this company,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33713,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid company to work for,"You'll learn alot. Some of the smartest people you will ever work with. If you like to learn new things on a daily basis, this is the company for you.",Attritition of current managers within the organization.,Comtinue to work on retaining talent.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33714,amazon,none," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to gain valuable experience,"High impact, lots of responsibility, smart people, great experience.","High pressure, low appreciation, too many managers / business folks. I think i have 3 different bosses.",none,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33715,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,"Work hard, Play hard, Have fun","Exciting work, cutting edge technology, fast paced","work life balance, intense pressure on delivery with constrained timelines",Better work life balance,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33716,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,- fast moving and exciting environment - varied tasks - innovative business - informal - very professional peers - thorough review process - truly international and multicultural work environment,"- job progression slow even for v. good performer - ridiculous pay increases even for v. good performers - very limited chances to take different jobs within company - becoming more and more compartmentalised, autocratic and bureaucratic - cover your ass attitude in upper management (feeds down to lower levels) - summit mania prevents managers from managing - people management can range from catastrophic to excellent, with a bend towards the former - internal training opportunities patchy, especially for soft skills (ie management, communication) - ""work life balance"" geared towards single, no-children workaholics - Green engagement is pure lip service, or a convenient by-product of company drive to save on ressources","- more emphasis on good people management - a nice word and personal recognition can sometimes do wonders - you cannot square the circle: acknowledge that start-up mentality does not work for a multinational, multibillion, market leader - forcing this will irritate and frustrate people - ressource allocaton is too US centric",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33717,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History",-Consistently tough and challenging -Working hard long term pays off,-Upward movement is rare -Employees are not very valued,none,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33718,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Lots of responsibility, Not a stagnant job","with the growth, constantly understaffed for the amount of work",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33719,amazon,Chennai (India)," Jun 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Overall, a good experience with many positives and negatives.","1. Very competent peers. 2. If you are in the right team, you can expect a lot of new innovative work. 3. Pretty good pay package (but definitely not the highest in the industry).",1. A lot of operational work is forced on the developers. This can get frustrating. 2. Sometimes management doesn't really understand your work and its value. This affects promotions/appraisal. 3. Not many facilities inside the office.,There's more to management than just showing good numbers. Be concerned about employee's job satisfaction also.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2596.htm
33720,amazon,none," Jun 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Its simply awesome!,"If you are looking to develop excellent distributed systems then amazon.com is the place. Work is amazing. I'm currently involved in developing low latency , horizontally scalable , fault tolerant systems. The work is very challenging. Also the company lets you own what you develop. Starting from architecture , coding , testing , maintaining your software which no other company provides. You will come to know all the aspects of software development.",1. Work pressure is a little high but manageable. 2. On call support is little tough. 3. Salary hikes are not good. But definitely the experience is very useful if you want to move. 4. Intellectual talent of the candidates varies a lot. You can find people who are very good to not so good. But for good people the work is definitely going to be very good.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33721,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Expects you to work 24/7,It is good for machines not humans.",Fast growth for those who are willing to work 24/7,"No work life balance. Have to sit on oncall duty in which we have to literally work 24/7. Bad HR Policy., and employment program. Your growth completely depends on your managers wish.",Should have good HR Policices and have better control on Management. Most of the Software engineer leave the company in leass than a year or 2.,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33722,amazon,none," Jun 6, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great, smart co-workers, abusive culture, no work/life balance","Smart coworkers, fast pace, mobility based on performance","Relentless pace, negative feedback -- you will never feel appreciated",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33723,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company review,Company has high growth potential Good compensation packages,Need to be lucky to get good managers Very stressful environment,"Focus and invest in good talent, people are leaving because of poor integrity and manager effectiveness.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33724,amazon,none," Jun 2, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,I am proud to be an Amazonian.,Amazon is a great company with an elite operations arm.,Shift life can be rough for individuals with families. You have little say in which shift you will be working and I have found a lack of a succession planning for the more desirable shifts.,More career development for junior managers.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33725,amazon,none," May 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, could be better",One of the best customer driven company,One of the worst on-call (operational work) company,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33726,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 26, 2012",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Amazing Amazon!,"work culture, ownership, opportunity to do something big!",erc at india is little less responsive.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33727,amazon,none," Jun 3, 2012",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,Fast Paced,-Good Salary if you are in management,"-Layer, layers, layers of managers",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33728,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 4, 2012",Current Employee - Senior CSA,Has been very good. Hoping for it to get better,"Good work culture, very informal interactions which helps",No differentiate between people working for years here and people who joined recently,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33729,amazon,none," May 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Pay But Can Be Frustrating,"Salary, Stock Price, Location, Food trucks","Very ""Just get it done"" mentality, not necessarily engineering.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2597.htm
33730,amazon,none," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,No work/life balance,"Surrounded with very smart people, but this varies by group and team. There is a high level of innovation and risk taking is encouraged. Fast paced with regular delivery of new products and features. If you are willing to commit to the Amazon way it can be a rewarding place to work.","Committing to the Amazon way will take a toll on your life away from work. The place is dominated with 20 something, opinionated engineers and if you enjoy that environment then sign up. Not a great place for family oriented folks, where reaching a work/life balance is hard.","Try and see employees as people and not just resources that can be worked hard then disposed of. Place more focus on the 80% of employees who are not the superstars, rather than put all focus on the 10% of employees who are considered rock stars.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,1.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33731,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Work life balance,They pay well but it's absolute hell working here.,"Favorite quote by a co-worker: ""You know the weekend… that time that you work from home.""  Work Hard. Then Work Harder. Make History.",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33732,amazon,none," May 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Relaxed and innovative,The Amazon lifestyle is amazing.,A lot of hard work and effort to be successful. Work hard play hard.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33733,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 13, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great place to be at early stage of your career, learning tech. startup values, soft-skills and cust. obsession.",- Customer Obsession - Startup Values - Agile Style - Invests into the future - Great business exposure,Following is all about the Bangalore Centre (may be different in other centres) - Poor employee respect and care - Artificially high standards of promoting employees - Management does not care about employees work life balance(in-fact folks promote working on the weekends)  A lot of energy is spent in perception management. Employees in India have to keep proving and showing that they are as good as their US counterparts.,- Improve Employee Care and Respect.,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33734,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 9, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Services Associate,A place where every one would like to work..,No Dress Codes. They will never kick you out unless or until you're not inclines toward that. You'll always remain visible. No bias. Fair Decisions. Best management team. Awesome strategies. Tech oriented. No website restrictions. You can listen music. A lot of fun activities. Home to office pick up and drop. Floor walk done by senior management every day. Earth's most customer-centric company,You'll have to prepare yourself for any kind of assignment. Coffee machines are not as good as Facebook and Google. Frugality is the main principle. Ubuntu will be the working environment.,They should always listen to the lower level employees because they are dealing with customers and they can give better suggestions than any otherone.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33735,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon review,Amazon works at scale good people,lot of work pressure operational work,lets not be cheap in name of frugality.. shall we ?,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33736,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2012",Current Employee - Virtual Customer Service Representative,Try not to think to hard...,Ability to Work from Home Generous Time off policies Performance pay based on customer satisfaction Flexible scheduling for students Opportunities for advancement Experience not required,"The company is very frugal.. if they can get away with paying you less they will Lack of information can be frustrating Doesn't matter if its right... as long as it's said with a smile Good performance is noted but the best way to get ahead is make friends, which can be very hard in a virtual environment. Experience is not always rewarded, it's more about how you fit in Amazon culture.",Spend just a tiny bit more on your employees. A little more training and lot less t-shirts goes a long way. Require leadership to know what they are talking about. Make leadership more accountable for the success of their reports.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33737,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 10, 2012",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,The best one could get,"The best place to learn, experiment and innovate. Best compensation in the market place and better opportunities in the future.",I couldn't think of many downsides but if there can be one it could be the long working hours you have to deal with.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33738,amazon,none," May 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Each group at Amazon is like a startup of its own.,Good exposure and you will learn to work under pressure.,Very high pressure and competitive atmosphere.,none,3.0,1.5,none,4.0,2.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33739,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Applications Support Engineer,Not interested in write up :P,"Carrier growth, Package, Intelligent peers, Excellent management, Big name, Flexibility, highly competitive environment.","Work pressure, Less increment, Large time gap between promotions",Make ways for employees to stay long.,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,2.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2598.htm
33740,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Nice company to work for,"Compensation, talented people to work with","On-call rotation, work-life balance, hiring bar fluctuation",none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33741,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," May 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Nice place to work,"Work hard have fun and make history. Decent pay as compared to its competitors, and one gets to work on latest technologies.","Frugality is one of the things which I don't like about amazon, the company is very particular about the expenses.",a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33742,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Associate Catalog,Good to place to work,Work culture Fixed off Work life balance No Dress code and access to all websites wifi withing organisation Work from home (Sometimes) Probably the best work culture,Growth is slow Appraisals can be better Slow hiring process,Managers should have one to one to understand the potential of every employees (roles and responsibilities to be clear). Proper training should be given to new hires which is missing.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33743,amazon,none," May 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, high bar, high growth","Work with smart people, high ownership and accountability, great opportunity for personal growth.",High bar makes career growth at amazon slower than potentially at other places,salary structure might force people with over 4 years to leave.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33744,amazon,none," May 2, 2012",Current Employee - Network Engineer,good place but crap pay,great enviroment with tons of learning opportunities.,Crappy pay that is difficult to get. Make sure to get a good amount coming in or else you will be sorry,take better care of star employees with compensation and they wouldn't leave...,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33745,amazon,none," May 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It is a good place to work. Lots of fun. Lots of things to learn. A big database needs to handled,"Work load is heavy comparatively. Rest nothing much bad except for the heavy load. Some days we have to on site engineer, and work on nights also.",More facilities to employees will be a welcome step. The work load to be evenly distributed. Rest all is very good,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33746,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Must be willing to make Amazon your entire life.,"Great company mission with fantastic growth for several years to come. There are some highly talented people who work here, and a fanatic commitment to the customer and continuous improvement. The total compensation package with salary, signing bonuses and stock is hard to beat. Survivors can move up quickly.","The signing bonuses are meant to trap you into staying for the first two years if you decide it is not right for you. Managers work long, hard hours making work/life balance very difficult. Senior management practices confrontational and public feedback versus constructive feedback. Not for the weak or timid and you must drink the koolaide to survive. High manager turnover and I saw many talented people leave before I chose too.",Start running the organization like the professional outfit and not like a sweat shop. Treat people with respect and recognize achievements.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33747,amazon,none," May 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,very good chance to learn and grow in society,work is little bit work,great leader ship sills,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33748,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Sense of ownership,"Flexible hours, Good ownership, Freedom to drive things",High turnaround time for projects where dependencies are located in remote locations,none,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33749,amazon,none," May 23, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slave drivers,Amazon.com is a great brand name for your resume - everyone will think your retail and/or cloud genius.,"They are cheap, cheap, cheap, and expect you to work 24x7. They're so cheap that managers get little to no training, which is reflected in their immature management style (e.g. ""you stay late while I go home,"" ""plans, what are those?""). Those that have risen through the ranks at Amazon are part of a ""good'ol boy"" network (e.g. there is an all you can eat chicken wing circle that is exclusively men because what woman would want to stuff her face in front of co-workers?) and seem to lack the skills to succeed in comparable positions elsewhere - but hey, Amazon isn't the worst place to be stuck ,-)","Communicate more, and get off your duffs and do something.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2599.htm
33750,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good with concerns,"Quality of work is good, it is very fast growing changing environment so lots of opportunity to grow and learn new things. Good compensation, they give exactly what they promise on offer letter. No hidden charges.",Frugality misplaced. We spend more in areas we should not and save in areas we should not. Employee goodwill and loyalty is compromised as a result.,"Improve work environment, do not cut work environment benefits in the name of frugality. Make the management more transparent, at least the immediate levels.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33751,amazon,Chennai (India)," May 1, 2012","Current Employee - Retail Process Associate, Jp",The best working environment.,"feel like home, no dress code and best working environment. Satisfied salary",Job related with Retail Process does not have good growth,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33752,amazon,none," Apr 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,exciting projects to work on,oncall is very tough sometimes.,promote engineers timely,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33753,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History. And they really mean it!,-Smart people to work with -Management has a big vision. -Lot of opportunities to grow -Lot of freedom to explore and innovate,"Work Life Balance could get a little bit tricky for some but if we work smartly, that could be handled well.",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33754,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Business Analyst II,Very good learning experience -- but very very high work load environment,"1. Very very good learning environment -- I learned more in 6 months at Amazon than what I learned in 2 yrs in my other jobs. 2.Very energetic and dynamic work culture -- open to change, ideas, creativity at all levels. 3. Very transparent work environment -- no organizational hierarchy feeling. Upper management is very approachable. 4. If you like change and new stuff every day -- Amazon is your place. Change is constant day in and day out at Amazon.",1. Work life balance is very very bad. Most people (all through the management chain) work 60+ hr weeks. 2. There is a always a sense of urgency for everything. If your manager says you don't have to get it done now -- means get it done tonight or tomorrow -- hence the long work hours. 3. So much change day-to-day -- your priority list might change 2 or 3 times a day. So long term projects have to get done in your non work time (weekends).,none,2.0,1.5,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33755,amazon,none," May 14, 2012",Current Employee - Warehouse Associate,Very physically demanding,My particular manager is helpful and courteous unlike others. He is willing to assist when rates are slightly below par. Good personal time policy - 48 hours per year to be used without giving any reason. Ohter associates are friendly.,"Be careful if injured at work because Amcare has people who should not be there. They, like HR try and convince you injury is not work related when it is clearly the case. There are many injuries due to the repative nature of pickers and packers. Poor training - especially in packing department. Your rate is based on units/hr which you cannot control. Support for supplies and work to maintain rate is poor at best. Integrity employees are held to a higher standard than Amazon direct employees. if you hope to be converted from temp to direct you better maintain rate - no exceptions. integrity management follows its temps like hawks -hovering over them. I was hired as direct and glad I avoided Intergrity. Pick and pack rates vary on product quantity and management seems to care less about that fact. There are reasons rates fall beyond the associates control -but they could care less. If they think they can keep up -they are welcome to try but few can. I have seen new temps send items down the line in packing and I have never seen such sloppy work. Integrity needs to get their act together. Amazon should find another agency to manage temps.",Supervising of upper management is lacking. Clearly some need to be terminated by the way they treat people. Management is not their calling. You need to improve training so associates have a fair chance of making rate.,1.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33756,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its good depending on the team you join.,Money Good work depending on the team. Flexible hours.,Telephonic Meetings. Management in some of the teams. Operational work,Communicate more with Team members,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33757,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Quality of work Quality of people,Work and personal life balance,Last few years have been wonder years for Amazon due to excellent leadership. I hope that Amazon will continue its march towards the biggest internet giant,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33758,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Had the opportunity to learn many different job functions, I loved working there for the most part,","- 401k, stock options, benefits","- poor management, unfair promotion practices","Leadership at my job site was not great. Management was highly qualified, but did not do their jobs well.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33759,amazon,none," May 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"only cares about customers, employees are treated with very little respect",talented co-workers name recognition you can learn lot of cutting edge technology moderately good pay,"only cares about customers, employees are treated like dispensable commodities unfair promotion practice, political, management will invent reasons to not give raise or promotion zero work life balance hard nosed behavior is encouraged in the name of leadership principle pager on-call duties can be really painful sometimes zero respect for engineers, no training, poor documentation, sink or swim environment extreme frugality. you will not find anything that has "" calorie"" in it if you are hungry. only coffee or tea, the coffee maker runs out of coffee sometimes and they don't bother refilling until next day",treat your employees as customers too fire most of those useless dev managers. they don't add much value other than making the engineers' life measurable,1.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2600.htm
33760,amazon,none," May 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"only cares about customers, employees are treated with very little respect",talented co-workers name recognition you can learn lot of cutting edge technology moderately good pay,"only cares about customers, employees are treated like dispensable commodities unfair promotion practice, political, management will invent reasons to not give raise or promotion zero work life balance hard nosed behavior is encouraged in the name of leadership principle pager on-call duties can be really painful sometimes zero respect for engineers, no training, poor documentation, sink or swim environment extreme frugality. you will not find anything that has "" calorie"" in it if you are hungry. only coffee or tea, the coffee maker runs out of coffee sometimes and they don't bother refilling until next day",treat your employees as customers too fire most of those useless dev managers. they don't add much value other than making the engineers' life measurable,1.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33761,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It is possible to be very successful as long as you are prepared to work extremely hard,"Opportunity to learn and practice various disciplines of Software development, project management and support.  Attention to detail and making decisions based on data.  Often you are pushed out of your comfort zone and when you come out of it you have learned something new and valuable.","To be successful or even to survive you have to work 'really' hard - that involves working a lot of extra hours.  The benefits aren't very generous under the banner of staying frugal.  Rewarding isn't imminent. You work hard, earn a few stocks that you can touch only after 2 years. So to reap the benefits of your last year's work, you have to work hard for another 2 years.  Promotions happen if you work at your next level's capacity on your current level for a long time without giving up. And finally when you reach the next level, the expectations are even higher. If you don't meet them you are back to your old level.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33762,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 2, 2012",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Company work culture reflect its slogan,1) Good work 2) Enough opportunity 3) Good Salary,1) Focus on only Work 2) No Family life,"Beyond work, if they can provide some opportnity for selfdevelopment.",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33763,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2012",Current Employee - Associate,A easy warehouse job that pays like a retail company.,"The easiest warehouse you'd ever work in. The benefits are great. They pay for bereavement. Depending on your'd building, there are a lot of rewards. A bachelor's degree is required for management... Great for college grads.","Its possible that if you get hired at the wrong time, you'll miss out on advancement opportunities. You don't get your vacation time up front, and it takes quite a while for it to accrue. You're prone to getting a jerk manager due to frequent role swaps. It gets boring doing the same thing everyday, and tiring. Its a zoo during the holiday season. No tuition assistance to help you better yourself. You give yourself to the company but the company will not consider your future.","Be careful in hiring graduates and or military people so often, and reevaluate your promotion system. Also spend more time evaluating talent within your company and find ways to develop them. I've come across a lot of people who have the necessary qualifications but are having their talents wasted.",3.0,1.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33764,amazon,none," Apr 10, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Ok, not great.",Stock and health benefits are nice.,"Peak season 60hr weeks, lack of upward mobility.",Look internally for promotions.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33765,amazon,Chennai (India)," Mar 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exp Review,great place to work for women very comfortable environment good transportation & employee benefits,"you should be self-motivated, in order to grow. environment for Learning stuffs is not favorable",none,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33766,amazon,none," Mar 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazon is fast paced, demanding and empowering.","Customer oriented, Lean concepts applications, innovative.","Too fixated with military, automotive or engineering background. Managers right out of college lack basic leadership skills. Strike a balance between proven experience and young talent.","Watch overhead. Question management levels in Seattle. We need to be lean as we grow, especially as a low price company.",4.0,1.5,none,4.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33767,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A great competitive place to work at,- A vibrant and smart internal community to interact with - Customer-oriented and goal-driven focused work - Flatter hierarchy and easier approachability of people higher in the ladder,- The working hours can be sometimes too much. - The operational load is shared by developers. - The compensation plans lags behind other big players in industry.,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33768,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, but could be better",1. smart collegues 2. good pay and stock options 3. learn new technologies,Middle level managers are not that good in people management. Some non-technical managers spoil the fun.,Amazon should have a more open way of making engineers understand their growth path,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33769,amazon,none," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Room for advancement?,You can't deny that Amazon offers great benefits from the sign on bonus to the health coverage package even Restricted Stock Units. Amazon offers one heck of a competitive package.,"If you don't work in production, like myself, there isn't any room for advancement past a specific level. No upward movement makes for a very unhappy employee in my opinion. They need to offer the employees more options for advancement. They also don't offer tuition reimbursement which is strange for a huge corporation if you ask me. Communication within the company is lacking and it seems that even if there were opportunities for advancement in my area, you have to be cut-throat to get there.",Work on the communication within the FC's. It's pretty bad when we hear news about Kiva Robots in our new buildings on MBC before we hear it from our own leadership. Not cool.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2601.htm
33770,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 11, 2012",Current Employee - Web Development Engineer,"Amazing experience, they are highly knowledgeable","Good and Supporting Staff, they neglect your mistakes and focus what you are good at.",long interviews. really very long,NA,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33771,amazon,none," Mar 10, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, dynamic, everchanging and lots of hard work","growth, growth, growth - growth brings tremendous opportunity to move up if you perform well long term vision - Jeff B makes it clear that short term stock market fluctuations do not matter ability to make a change - if you have a good idea and are persistent, you can change a lot","work life balance, because of growth lot of ambiguity and corresponding stress and long hours. On the whole pretty satisfying experience with good opportunity for growth - but the cost is personal life and work life balance","1. Start giving more positive feedback 2. Some senior managers use foul language - very unprofessional and disrespectful, does not achieve any purpose except humiliation",4.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33772,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fine,salary and good learning opportunity,less transparent which should not be the case,increase transperancy,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33773,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Mar 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place, 90% great people, 10% idiots",Great office and equipment Awesome on-boarding process Lots of information available Seminars and courses available Laid-back attitude,Luxembourg is like hell Pay is OK No HR support Lack of transparency No career options,"Lay off some of the middle managers that don't pay attention to the base workers, who are in contact with reality Be more accessible Don't be so cynical",3.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33774,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 5, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Associate - Technical Account Management Department,"Weak Senior Management, No growth opportunities and flawed appraisal system.",* Provides Good Benefits compared to the other companies for the same job role. * Has great opportunities in other departments such as IT or Software Development.,* Unsupportive Senior Management. * Flawed appraisal system * Negligible growth opportunities. * Needs more experienced management. * More clarity on growth process.,* Needs overall improvement in employee development program. * Needs to invest in Employee development. * Improve appraisal process for employees.,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33775,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Feb 14, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Only way to progress is to play the politics and have an MBA,- Lots of smart people - Diverse business functions - Amazon brand,"- Lack of recognition for good work - Political - Unrewarding - Managers with low level of understanding of the basic business process (top down) - Lack of team culture - can be very negative - People 'push back', and this can end up going in circles - Lots of ideas, without a good foundation to automate processes - Too much whispering - Frugality - Slough",- Better understanding of what the grass-root job entails - Open communication - Don't try to mould everyone into one personality - take pride in the dynamic workforce - Flatter management style as opposed to hierarchical,3.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,2.5,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33776,amazon,none," Mar 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer I,OK,"world wide known company,respect for the employees. It was a great experience at least for me. I started as intern and now I am SDE",I think the biggest problem at Amazon is bureaucracy. For any small thing you have to ask for the highest level.,Take care when you negotiate your salary. Ask as more as you want. Amazon is well known for its frugality.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33777,amazon,none," Feb 29, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,Fast paced,The company places high expectations on all of it's employees as well as the managers and provides constant challenges to improve processes and procedures. There are many opportunities to move up within the company.,while the pros are exciting it is sometimes hard to find a work life balance with the high workload.,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33778,amazon,none," Feb 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Challenging work but work life balance sucks and managers are employee oriented,You get ownership of big P&Ls.,Managers are highly political. There is no concept of work-life balance,none,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33779,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Not very truthful when you are hired,Good pay and good benefits.,"No home/work balance. Promotions are not based on how well you know your job or how well you do at your job, just based on how many hours you are there.",Amazon will never keep their good people unless they change the way they look at their employees personal lives.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2602.htm
33780,amazon,none," Feb 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love working here.,"They treat you great, allow you to make the calls, give you freedom, pay managers great, great work schedule, great work lace.","Associates are allowed to much freedom sometimes when it comes to taking time off. It's great they can manage their own time, however it really makes it hard on a manager.","Managers have a great chance to move up right now, Amazon is growing very fast and managers are being put into higher positions very fast.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33781,amazon,none," Mar 19, 2012",Current Employee - Instock Manager,N/A,Smart people. Good projects. Company growth,Long hours. Hard to get promoted. Operational work. Young managers with very little leadership skills.,Value more the employees and select better people management staff,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33782,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok but room for improvement,- Good workplace atmosphere - Smart people - Good salaries and bonuses,- Signing bonus used for yearly compensation - No advancement - Little or no training,Promote and recongize your existing employees,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33783,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Play Hard and Work Even Harder,"Great place to work, things are constantly moving and growing so your job is never the same as it was the day before. You are very much treated like an owner of the company meaning you are expected to take action on your own with little direction, they hire the best because they rely on you to be a self starter and figure things out while keeping what's best for the company in mind when making any and all decisions.","It is hard to advance in your position, you don't get a lot of feedback other than your once a year review, and work/life balance is not option unless you want to get left behind.",More feedback about performance.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33784,amazon,none," Feb 15, 2012",Current Employee - Contract Technical Recruiter,Contract Technical Recruiter,"Freedom to run your own recruiting strategy casual dress dogs are allowed working with smart people Industry leader, easy sell to candidates flexibility around schedule when you need it Great place to work if you are crazy about recruiting and want no life No micromanagement","no direction minimal support treated like a number no training Was placed in wrong role per my background, Feeling that no one cares if you're successful or not Do not get the ""team"" atmosphere feeling High level of competition for candidates, no team focus or strategy. Very long hours, not a good work life balance I would not recommend Amazon as a place to work to friends or families",talk to your employees even if they're contractors. Saying hello to someone can go a long way when they are working day and night to win your approval.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33785,amazon,none," Feb 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Excellent, so far!!",My experience with Amazon had been great so far. Lots of things to learn and the work environment challenges you every day. Best place to be in for a fresher.,"Amazon suits people who are aggressive by nature and are always on the run to exceed. If you are not this type, this might be a tough place for you!","Had very good experiences with the leaders at Amazon, no complaints. All the discussions that I had with the leaders had left me with full of motivation and encouragement is there everywhere!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33786,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,Clear on what they want from you.,Slow to change on some key issues,Always think of the customer,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33787,amazon,none," Feb 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Want to get best out of yourself? - Join Amazon.com. Awesome place to work, specially for freshers.",This is the best place in the industry if you want to learn new things and want to explore various areas. 1. Technical learning. 2. Co-workers and interaction with them is just awesome. 3. Pace of change is good enough to force you learn new things with the same pace. 4. Compensation is cool. 5. No politics like many other big companies.,"1. Work life balance gets disturbed sometimes for some people, but that too is not as much as it is hyped on Glassdoor. Just join and see. 2. On-call: Each employee gets a turn, as per which he has to respond to any critical issue within a specific time interval. Indirectly, you have to be conscious 24X7 during this time. But its not same for all the teams and teams having very critical operations get help from their US counterpart (so you need to handle it during day only).","Change the way people feel about Amazon.com. Give what employees want, show something off. It's a lot better than people think of it.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33788,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Work you to the bones with no appreciation-stay away,- good solid company to have on your CV - an abundance of information ( just need to find out where to get it!) - some extremely bright people ( but lack any people skills),"- poor knowledge sharing - watch out for HR as they will say anything to you to get you in the company. Please don't trust them. I was told that they would help my partner get a job in Luxembourg and when I moved over they did nothing to help - senior management are extremely poor in relaying requirements and have no idea about appropriate work levels - hours are horrendous, I work from 830am till 9pm and sometimes need to take calls from Seattle at 1130pm - package is extremely poor compared to expenses in Luxembourg (please do all the maths before you move over) - performance reviews are ridiculous. Your rating is given to you without any discussion or feedback - asking questions is deemed to be seen as push back or not learning fast enough - attrition is extremely high for very obvious reasons - no team spirit",-Take a good look at the people you're loosing and ask yourself why - get an external HR company to review employee morale to understand what is actually wrong - understand that everyone at ALL levels have good ideas,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33789,amazon,none," Feb 3, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,short but positive,career growth is difficult here,not enought vacation time overwork underpaid,have trust in your team,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2603.htm
33790,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Amazon provides an awesome internship experience,"I learned a lot, made a good amount of money, and had lots of room to move towards a full time position","Occasionally (but not often), I was left with busy work",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33791,amazon,none," Feb 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Best Pay packages! Amazing benefits!,Boring work! Less technical and not working on cutting edge!,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33792,amazon,none," Feb 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you have a family and want a life outside of Amazon, this is not the place.",Good opportunities if you are willing to work 24/7.,No work life balance. More time is spent in satisfying the upper management than doing real work.,none,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,1.5,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33793,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working here!,Amazing freedom of thought and not risk adverse!,Can be long hours and lack of good public transportation to downtown sites,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33794,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Great place for fast growing career,- Rapid professional growth if you are upto some hard work. - Development of business accumen as a side benefit - Good senior leadership,- Young dev team - they need a lot of mentoring - Above average attrition to Seattle - High work load,- Reduce internal attrition,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,2.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33795,amazon,none," Jan 30, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,pretty good,fast pace growing company with a lot of opportunity to learn the coolest technology in the world. good salary too.,"poor work life balance, not enough training, have too carry a pager, too many interviews take away my work time.","keep the stock price as high as possible as it is the way to attract talent. once stock price clapses, people will run away",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33796,amazon,none," Jan 3, 2012",Current Employee - Process Assistant,"Hard Work, little recognition",Unlimited Overtime Friendly Co-workers Safety Oriented Drug Test,little recognition favoritism poor communication Managers always too busy,Treat others the way you would like to be treated.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33797,amazon,none," Jan 9, 2012",Current Employee - Tier I Associate,Amazon has been a great opportunity with room for advancement.,"Amazon is well structured with plenty of room for advancement. The management, I speak for the building I work in alone, are competent and help/encourage people to do their best.",During a building start up there is little work.,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33798,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"For the money, ",1. Excellent People 2. Opportunity to learn new technologies,Totally screwed up work life balance,Try to respect employees and their personal lives.,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33799,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,frustating,when you do not have a job in Dec or in Nov. you can make money for 2 months only,"they will keep only 5% out of 1500 worker each year. if you are luck and so powerfull they will keep you, you need luck because if you were powerfull you still need luck to make all the work enviroment perfect.",If you do not have a job at the end of the year or at chritsmas time try this job.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2604.htm
33800,amazon,none," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Area Manager,"Brutal hours, lack of positive feedback",Constant expansion means strong likelihood of promotion Stock value consistently rising 4 day work week,"Expectation of managers to work 50-60 hours during normal weeks, 70-80 during holiday season. Will work one day of the weekend Will have to work at least 12 hours per day Zero job perks, i.e. free food, gym membership, discounts etc. Zero positive feedback, stellar performance is expected. Satisfactory performance is not tolerated. Manual labor required as management.","Treat junior management as more than a work horse to deliver results. If a manager consistently increases his or her shifts overall throughput, that is worthy of praise, not criticism for some other facet of their job description.",1.0,2.5,none,4.0,2.5,1.5,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33801,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Pay, Good People, Lots of Overtime",Compensation including salary and benefits was great in the area I worked. The co-workers and work environment was friendly and there was rarely an issue. Opportunities to work from home were available.,"Overtime is required and at times in large quantities. After awhile the amount of hours your are required to work can wear you down emotionally and physically. Interdepartmental communication is poor at best. A good starter job, but unless you make your way up the ranks this jobs can wear you out.",Communication. Treat your ill employees like people.,3.0,1.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33802,amazon,none," Dec 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very fast growth, fast changes, chaotic from time to time",- good carrier options - good knowledge exchange - vast variate of workings - high safety standards (to high sometimes),- payment and bonus are low (below average at least) - shift times are hard and very awkward for family/social life,"Don't go over your head because of 45% growth, think about the people who are covering this or it will backfire at you.",3.0,2.0,none,3.5,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33803,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great challenges, you need to like what you do","working as SDE for Amazon Dev Center in Romania -> Amazon is definitely much better than the outsourcing industry in Romania (Eastern Europe), from all points of view: smart colleagues, much more exciting projects (wide impact, cool technologies), much better pay, perks, looks better on your resume, etc  Granted, we are in Romania, and Amazon doesn't have Google or Microsoft to compete against as employers for SDEs, but still.. it's pretty cool","steep learning curve, 'frugal' documentation, self-learning seems to be the norm. Colleagues will help you, but I still have the sink or swim feeling",keep up the good work!,5.0,3.5,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33804,amazon,none," Dec 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One place to start the career,- Pay is Good - RSU is good too - Lots of principal talks to learn from - Work with smart people,- Can be demanding at times. - Work life balance could be hard with pager - Can be a frugal place,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33805,amazon,none," Dec 20, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Ad hoc. Lacks good foundation.,1) Fast-paced 2) Results-focused 3) Smart co-workers 4) Frugal,"1) Fast-paced 2) Results-focused 3) Smart co-workers 4) Frugal  As a software engineer, 1) you will have operational load (on-call). 2) there will be huge amount of tribal knowledge usually poorly documented and not much valuable outside Amazon. 3) there will not be much time for some serious development. Everything comes quick and goes quick.",None.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33806,amazon,none," Dec 2, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Extremely challenging projects that never seem to slow down which makes it an amazing place for the highly motivated.,-Highly educated work pool. -Consistent bar raising activity -Tremendous opportunity to work on projects that are outside of you experience. -unbridled growth which offer tons professional growth.,-Work life balance is not the first thought. -Extremely competitive environment -Salaries are not great the total comp package is fair.,"Keep pushing the bar but don't forget that when we raise the bar for 30% improvement YOY and we actually get 20%, one should get a bit more praise than barely meets standards!",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33807,amazon,none," Dec 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"learn fast, leave faster",- smart people all around - ambitious people/problems to be solved - work has direct customer impact - good place for starting out,"- cliquish culture > immature - loudest guy wins culture - difficult to have a work life balance, issue for folks with families - pager-pains - scattered hiring process",none,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,1.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33808,amazon,none," Dec 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,Great place for Yes men,No idea what skills are of numerous personnel. Do not want or desire honest feedback and appear to only want to please senior staff and get promoted rather that do what actually helps the company. Start up new programs with little expertise or thought.,Listen to the experts that know what they are doing rather than some guy whose a yes man and just wants more money,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33809,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to learn fast,It's a great place to learn about all aspects of the online business. There are plenty of opportunities across the company and employees are encouraged to explore opportunities throughout the company.,It can be a burn and churn company.,Employees are your greatest asset. There should be just as much focus on developing what you have as there is in recruiting new blood.,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2605.htm
33810,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 5, 2011",Current Employee - Aksjhaksjdh,Very hectic,Good place with lots of +ve energy,Will not find time for family. Health needs lot of care. Will not have time,Need to consider personal life of employees.,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33811,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I made some mistakes, quite a few. But I guess, probably selfishly, I don't deserve the treatment I received",Still very hot. Could add value to your resume.,"Just want to say this place made me bone-tired, mentally. It really reaches the point that I don't want to fight it anymore. Fair or unfair, does it matter? I don't really care. One thing I definitely learned is: Don't work hard, cuz it's gonna be counted against you at the end of the day. Work ""smart"", cuz nobody remembers your accomplishment.","Nothing as it doesn't matter. I guess current status works out great for them, it really depends on where you are in the food chain.",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33812,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 23, 2011",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,fresher,good oppurtunity for future growth,no proper supply chain management handling customer querry should be good,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33813,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great. Challenging and getting great products to customers.,"Great people, autonomy, ownership, fast-paced and innovating environment.",Work life balance can be improved a little. Better planning from management and business for product releases earlier in the dev lifecycle. Benefits could be improved.,Keep Amazonians happy - by whatever means necessary.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33814,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"If you are not able to crack an equivalent option immediately, stick around till you prepare for interviews",You have to do everything yourself. Its almost like working in a start up.,"They are so bloody frugal that a developer has to play the role of a PM, QA,SDE-T,build engineer and all others, which leaves no time for development.",Please treat your employees well.,1.0,1.5,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33815,amazon,none," Nov 14, 2011",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Amazon from a Financial Analysts window.,"Fast paced, evolving product lines.","Inconsistent hiring practices, works on holidays.",none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33816,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good experience while also very demanding.,Great growth opportunities. Work with a lot of talened employees. Constantly pushing the envelop when it comes to innovation on a daily basis.,Long work hours and a high level of committment. While the constant change makes it a very dynamic environment but there is also not much downtime.,Create a better work life balance and work on more positive re-inforcement. Balance the demands of work with more than compensation.,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33817,amazon,none," Oct 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack luster workplace,Good medical and dental benefits. Stock options,Management does not have a clue what they are doing. Impossible productivity expectations with high unreachable standards that management can't even maintain. HR needs to do their job and stop branding people who are pointing out to them the real issues that face workers on the frontlines. Being customer centric is great but the company must learn to maintain the people who help make this company so great. I been with the company for seven years and I cringe to think wat seven more years would be like at the rate the company is going by not investing more into their employees,Be proper leaders not power tripping goons. Empower your employees. Make working at amazon fun again then we can continue to make history worth remembering.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33818,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place,Its one of the leading tech companies and that makes it a fun place to work in although at times you get a little frustated,Frustation because of lack of career growth as compared to other places. Sometimes there are management issues as well which really pisses one off,Take care of your employees and make sure that they are actually doing well in terms of their career growth,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33819,amazon,none," Sep 25, 2011",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,A great place to start a career...but not for everyone,Some areas of work are challenging Friendly coworkers Many opportunities to advance Monthly bonuses and inexpensive health insurance Fun environment,"Long hours (alot of overtime, especially during peak season) No tuition reimbursement (offering this would help them promote from within) Amount of employees during peak season (parking lot, break rooms and other areas are so crowded with people that it can make for an unpleasant day)",Offer more incentives to old and new employees to keep them motivated Look into offering tuition reimbursement (anything helps struggling students) More recognition for good performance,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.5,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2606.htm
33820,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2011",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Plenty to be learned, but don't expect much ",Working with some super-smart people. Brand prestige is fantastic for future career.,The bland corporate offices in Slough are a long way from the dotcom vibe you might be looking for.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33821,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied.,Good place to learn about operation. Good place to learn about cloud computing and commerce work flow. Great infrastructure. Nice wiki to share info.,Pager duty. Deployment black out windows. Perl codes are hard to read. VPN is slow. Engineers have to spend too much time on supporting customers.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33822,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's good place,"experience, innovative technology, treating people great, managerial support, opportunities for self-improvement, salary, benefits","not always optimal managerial decisions, procedures sometimes mean more than results - but all those are acknoledged and being worked on also, high operational load",none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33823,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2011",Current Employee - Warehouse Assistant (Picking),Awful place to work,"Pay is ok In general, managers and leads are fairly respectful in the way they speak to employees","Targets are set way too high, and the amount of work you are expected to do is ridiculous. Expecting people to walk 15+ miles a day on concrete floors, up and down stairs, with only a 15 minute and a 20 minute break is asking way too much. By the end of the week, you are totally exhausted and run down, especially in the summer, when the heat in the warehouse can be excessive. It makes you wonder why anyone would want to work there, when they could earn the same or more money elsewhere for less than half the workload.  Patronizing 5 minute brief at the beginning of the shift where you are asked obvious questions about safety that everyone knows the answer to, because they ask the same questions EVERY day! I understand the importance of safety, but you lose the will to live before you've even started to get down to any work. It is seriously like being back in primary school. Also, there is a thick layer of bullsh*t constantly hanging in the air, and you feel as though you can never really express your true opinion, unless that opinion happens to be a positive one towards Amazon.  Security staff in general are unprofessional, unfriendly and intimidating.","As has been said so many times before, treat your staff as well as you treat your customers, then you may be able to create a decent work environment. We are not machines, give us proper breaks!",1.0,1.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33824,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,new hire. wanted to view others experience before leaving my other job.,so far the pay and oppurtunity to grow seems appealing. i haven't gotten my feet wet to offer a positive opinion.,from viewing some of the commets thus far i think my biggest fear is that there is no work/life consideration. i have children and am a single mom. making money and being there for them go hand in hand.,"if the comments I've read are true concerning work/life consideration and slave driving hours change it. Treat your people better, it makes for a more productive work envoirnment.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33825,amazon,none," Oct 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The work is hard but the pay is worth it.,The pay rate is not bad for a warehouse job. The $12 an hour pay rate is worth the work.,Some of the floor managers are a little green but it is made up for by the experience of the other managers.,Spend more time training your floor managers to promote a smoother warehouse workplace. It will increase productivity and decrease defect rates.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33826,amazon,none," Sep 21, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,relaxed and interesting,"flexible working environment, friendly office atmosphere, working on something which will impact millions of customers in the world, Seattle is a great city","nothing down really in my mind. If one, then many people there don't really have a great time concept. they forget things (as many other will do)",none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33827,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Extremely long & stressful,"Good Reputation, fast growing company","ambiguity, long hours, stressful, stressful",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33828,amazon,none," Oct 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company boring team,Good pay Lots of responsibility Small teams,-Pager -Oncall means you get swapped in and out of working on big things -Scrum means you never get to own a feature end to end,"-Energize the troops, you owe it to yourselves.",2.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33829,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,"The work quality was good. Intense, competitive though","Great pay package, Quality of work (new technology use.. Ahead of its competitor).. Customer Obsession.. Entrepreneurial.. Things move really fast",Employee perks are below standard.. Too much work load.. Work life balance is not good.. Very competitive culture.. No company freebies :(,The leadership team is doing a great job.. Great customer centric culture.. Can try to become employee centric company as well,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2607.htm
33830,amazon,none," Sep 28, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,"The work quality was good. Intense, competitive though","Great pay package, Quality of work (new technology use.. Ahead of its competitor).. Customer Obsession.. Entrepreneurial.. Things move really fast",Employee perks are below standard.. Too much work load.. Work life balance is not good.. Very competitive culture.. No company freebies :(,The leadership team is doing a great job.. Great customer centric culture.. Can try to become employee centric company as well,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33831,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2011",Former Employee - Picker,"WORK, WORK and more WORK",Fast pace Busy Friendly co-workers Must have a sense of humor,"Not challenging Unachieveable job performance expectations Unrealistic job performance expectations Missing equipment that makes job difficult (Not enough scanners, box cutters)",Take variables into account. At times transmission is poor or equipment malfunctions which lowers productivity rates,4.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33832,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great opportunity for growth, long hours, and hard on work life balence",- Stock - Base salary comparable to industry (supply chain) - Flexible work hours (can work from home) - Great experience for young person learning the ropes - Great Customer Focus,"- Work life balance - Focused on the Customer not the Employee - Not Family Friendly, senior management either has no family, or isn't involved in family (stay at home wives, or Women with no families) - Work hours crazy","- Be open to work life balance, women are an asset to the organization, make them feel welcome, and not guilty for wanting to spend time with their children - Be more employee focused, your talent is very important, so show that",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33833,amazon,none," Sep 12, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,Its Chaos...and fishy goal setting! Caveat Emptor!,"- Brand. Amazon is a big name, period.  - A lot of processes are nowhere in place. You can take ownership to set them.  - A lot of direct hostility is done with in terms of work environment, thanks to its open culture. However, subtle stuff remains.  - Yes..as with other review, you will find some very bright people here - even in areas that are not related to software development at all.","- Its highly chaotic. And worse is that they take pride in being chaotic, and continue to work in that fashion. IMO, it leads to huge wastage of resources(mental and others), repetition of work, and unnecessary confusion.  - Average compensation for a heavy work load  - Bluff sells.  - You can end up in a project without having a clear project definition, scope and resource set! Half way down the project - you realize that a lot of what you did was not intended to be done!  - BEWARE! There is no clear goal setting for you. This leads to a lot of subjectivity in terms of you getting rated. I don't know about other departments - but talking about mine.  - Lots of fire-fight, less of planned work.",Please help people create sustainable processes rather than engage them in short sighted projects. It will be great if you guys can create a tighter fit between peoples' skill sets and the profiles they are working on.,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33834,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2011",Former Employee - Finance,A great place to start a career,"- Coworkers are generally very bright--it's very hard to get into Amazon, so most of the people you meet will be very intelligent - Great brand name on your resume--everyone knows Amazon - You can learn a lot about ecommerce, as Amazon is by far the leader in this space - If you play your cards right, there is lots of opportunity to move around, as Amazon is growing rapidly - Jeff Bezos is brilliant. For all of the company quirks, he is a long-term thinker and actually cares about growing the company in spite of the fact that he has little-to-no financial incentive at this point","- Work-life balance is a crapshoot, though generally skewed towards the work side, the high turnover is indicative of how stressful life at Amazon can be - Office politics can make life miserable, because Amazon is made up of lots of small teams (two-pizza rule), you need to have a boss that has your back, otherwise you will get screwed - Because the company is engineering driven, a lot of the processes are manual (as other reviewers point out). This means that you will find yourself doing obscure SQL queries and making giant spreadsheets that don't add value--but are a part of the job. This makes some of the more interesting analysis-focused jobs more about cleansing metrics instead of analyzing them","This is a difficult question: on the one hand the company is very political, lacks processes, and often times seems like a sweatshop for intellectuals, at the same time, the company has weathered the recession without any major layoffs, continues to grow, and actually focuses on the long-term. If you asked me when I started, the first thing I would suggest is that the company add more structure, after leaving you realize that part of the reason the company has done so well is the constant pressure to perform.  The challenge for Amazon is how they balance growth with employee satisfaction. The high turnover is indicative of the extreme burnout--but it's been like that for years. Maybe that has been the key all along, squeeze the lemon until it runs out of juice, then throw it away and buy some more lemons.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33835,amazon,none," Sep 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,chaotic with unreasonable demands,"The signing bonuses are good and the stock options are what keep most of the people there. Unfortunately, many people are very burnt out and unhappy because of the high demands for hours and performance.","The high turnover makes it a constantly changing and chaotic work environment. The demand for hours and performance is unreasonable especially if you have a family. No work-life balance here. They give big signing bonuses, but it's like making a deal with the devil.","Enter this century and treat your employees with respect. You're not in Jeff's garage any more. You need to follow industry best practices and standards which includes policies in human resources, safety and ethics.",2.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33836,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2011",Former Employee - Operations Intern,"A good learning experience, a lot of work",Learned a lot looks good on a resume Good internship program with a trip to meet other interns and network with other people,"Long hours No work/life balance Hot conditions working in a warehouse The job demands your time 24/7, always on call.",Adjust work/life balance to have more flexibilty. Try and make people enjoy their job more. So people don't dread coming in.,3.0,1.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33837,amazon,none," Sep 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Amazon is a great customer centric place,"The management is very top down, and no respect for employees",Need to think about the team more than about their own skin,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33838,amazon,none," Aug 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great learning experience, Frugality taken too far?",One of the best places to learn and watch as things get done. Very talented people. Flexible hours and good ownership model.,Sometimes the place gets very bureaucratic. Frugal bordering on Misery leads to a bitter taste at the end of day. Admin and HR can do their jobs better.,Not all managers are made equal. Some managers are not made up for people interaction. Such situations create toxic environment.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33839,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,"It was excellent, great place to intern!","pay, got to work on actual project, lots of support, big name",Intern events/giveaways were poorly organized. Not a big issue,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2608.htm
33840,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Exactly what I was expecting from a Multinational company! my first time working for one!,Work for a multinational in a multicultural environment. Possibilities of growing within the company. Quite a technical job and learning about it every day. Good benefits as an employee. Looks good on any CV.,Target are more important than people but if people are not happy targets wont be achieved. Some management and team leads know little about the work.,Get better and more efficient leadership. People get burn out easily by the job find a way of keeping the good employees!,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33841,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Aug 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but poor career progression.,Good Benefits Good location Good brand name to have on your CV,You need Analytical Skills to move into any area.,"More beneficial to look at recruiting internally. Internal Staff may not have the industry knowledge but they do have ""Amazonian"" ways.",3.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33842,amazon,none," Jul 27, 2011",Current Employee - Area Manager,Please understand what you are getting into.,"* Compensation - Overall compensation, if drawn out over four years and averaged per year, is above average - especially if the stock performs well. If you get an offer and do the math, this will seem like a small fortune. The medical benefits are quite good compared to other companies, my premiums were very low.  * Reputation - When you leave Amazon, you will find that having worked there carries weight with other companies due to its success and reputation for only hiring the best (true or not, perception is reality).  * Opportunities to move - If you like to move every year or two, Amazon is expanding rapidly and always asking for current managers to move.  * Business - Amazon is expanding rapidly in order to accommodate growing demand. You will not be downsized or laid off.","* Compensation - Yes, this is also a con. Specifically, the compensation is not adequate given the sacrifices you will make. As an Area Manager, you will routinely (off-peak) put in 50 hour weeks. Additionally, you may be working nights with no differential (your pay is the same). Due to Amazon's growth, mandatory overtime will be called frequently during off-peak season and you will be doing over 60 hours those weeks (you receive no overtime - you are exempt from labor laws). During peak (defined as November and December) you will put in 60 - 70 hours each week. Start doing the math and the pay per hour worked falls below acceptable levels. * Working Conditions - Here's a shout-out to all of those working in FCs not in Phoenix (where they have air conditioning). During the summer months, the FC’s heat index remains above 100 day and night. It is not uncommon to be asking associates to meet their productivity goals while the heat index is at 110. Your pickers or stowers will be drenched in sweat looking like they are about to be a heat casualty. They get five extra minutes for break - that is all. You WILL feel like you are running a third-world sweatshop. * Advancement - If you do not have an MBA and are not in the Pathways program than you are a second-class manager. Pathways do not work nights, and they will automatically promote regardless of performance. This is a fact, not an opinion. I have worked with some excellent Pathways managers, and I have worked with some absolutely dreadful ones. The bad ones are not fired, but instead moved around to allow them to fail in a different area. If you do not ""drink the kool-aid"" you will be labeled as ""negative"". Senior leaders do not want to be challenged or questioned. Do not approach them with your concerns and do not attempt to be an advocate for the associates under your care. You will quietly be ignored and not considered for any promotion above the AM level even if your performance reviews and associate surveys are excellent. * Work/Life Balance - This is hit hard in just about every Amazon review on the site. See the above compensation con for hours worked. Also realize that you will very likely end up working nights. If you have a family, this will be incredibly disruptive as you will be on an opposite schedule even on your days off. There is not set rotation off of night shift. You can ask, but there is no guarantee and I have worked with AMs that have spent four years and counting on nights even though they have a family and have been requesting days since their first year. If you are single, this may not be a big deal. Also realize that you will be working weekends, either a Saturday or a Sunday. If your kids are in school, you only have one day a week to spend time with them. * Your real job – As an AM for a large shift, you are being hired to babysit. You will spend a vast majority of your time issuing documented warnings to your associates that are underperforming. When they make an error, you will go find them slap their wrist. When they are off-task for a few minutes, you will go find them. You may have 50 – 100 associates and you are going to spend your time making sure they stay on task and follow procedures. You will focus on the negative all of the time because that is the nature of working in an Amazon FC where numbers are king. You will gain plenty of experience dealing with people. But you will not learn any technical or in depth operations skills. Actual operations decisions will be made in meetings without your input. Hiring and even firings of your direct reports will often be made without your input and sometimes knowledge, thus exacerbating the feeling that you were hired only to babysit, not run an operation. *If you remain in the Reserves – Lastly, for you JMOs coming off of active duty that are staying in the reserves, it can be difficult to work at Amazon while actively drilling. If you are working nights, have fun staying up all day during your weekend drills (your body will be on a reverse cycle). Since your shift includes a weekend, you will need to apply for military LOA. Amazon will freely grant this. However, they will cut your paycheck. I found it humorous that during peak when I was working 70+ hours a week, my paystub would still calculate 40 hours per week in order to keep the pay consistent (remember, you are exempt and do not receive overtime). The second you actually miss a day for training, your pay is cut by 10 hours – so now they start counting hours. It’s not against the law, but I just found it less than favorable. My current position (and the one prior to Amazon) both assumed I would make up any work missed and not miss any deadlines- that is the nature of an exempt position.","Amazon lives up to its philosophy – customers come first. Start with the customer and work your way back and who is on the tail end? The associates, and they know it. Take a cue from a business you own (Zappos) and try working that from the other end. The labor market will improve one day and Amazon will find itself unable to hire quality managers and associates as their reputation will begin to erode any goodwill from the labor pool.",2.0,1.5,none,3.5,3.5,1.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33843,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2011",Current Employee - Operations Manager,I joined for a career and feel undervalued and demotivated,Salary - Pay appears above average however you more than earn it!,"No work/life balance Massive ego's amongst the Senior Management Team Too much office politics and nepotism The support functions are ""non supportive""","Ensure consistency when recruiting as there are massive inconsistencies. Support functions are a big let down and most of the people in positions have clearly not been recruited under the ""high hiring bar"" Manage with integrity - I have witnessed and been encouraged to operate without integrity. Live the company values rather than just paying lip service to them Value the Associates",1.0,1.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33844,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Come Build Your Career! The World Respects Amazon.com,"Depending on the functional group you work, your experiences may differ. Clearly, Amazon is a engineers driven company  - Extremely sharp people. Some of the best you can find. - Some of them are very creative in problem solving - Generally, a very cohesive work group. - If you want to work on cutting edge stuff, this is the place. Tons of resume value. Trust me, folks outside respect the Amazon talent.","Again, depends on your role. If you are middle manager and above,  - it can be frustrating to convince so many diff teams to build some stuff for you. - bureaucratic at times.",none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33845,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 16, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Burn out,Opportunity to work on massive scalability problems Working on forefront of online retail on global scale,"Brown out, Burn out On call schedule is taxing, high operational load Less work and more bragging gives you good raise Hardly a place for introvert/reserved geeks no matter what they do or can deliver",Inept manager can ruin good team setups and individual careers Should put themselves in developers shoes before asking questions,2.0,1.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33846,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,Worst Professional Experience...Heed the Warnings!,Business Model Ability to learn new techniques Good professional start for technical and warehousing experience,"Poor leadership model, unbelievably bad managers at all levels Back-stabbing, unprofessional work environment...spent my time watching my back! No teamwork or espirit Immaturity at all professional levels Disgruntled, angry work force, ripe environment for a UNION Managers possess minimal people skills Senior management's view and perspective on the hourly work force, I was ashamed of the manner in which they were treated, I was definitely a minority in how they were perceived Absolutely no work life balance, don't be dissuaded by the money! If family is important, this is not for you! Feedback, balanced or otherwise is non-existent.","With so many associates working in one place, you're most important asset is your people! Read a leadership book and try to practice its principles, let's just start there!",1.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.5,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33847,amazon,none," Aug 16, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,what to innovate join Amazon,Place where lot of innovation happens. Get complete ownership of work and zero politics. Good place to work among Indian IT companies,"Facilities needs to improved and usually work compensates it. Even though the facilities can be improved, the work here is so good that people tend to neglect the facilities.","Work is really great, we need to continue that to be the best among all s/w companies in India. Increase the visibility of Amazon.com in India",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33848,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 4, 2011",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Great Work Culture,Huge data volumes Complex data challenges Exposure to multiple technologies,Heavy work load compared to other companies,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33849,amazon,Chennai (India)," Aug 19, 2011",Current Employee - Data Mapper,Simply superb,"It was a nice place to work and the environment was really really good, got may friends and many more to say","Nothing special or point-able to say, need to share about your future plans to the employees, new plans has to be discussed with all the employees...","Take care about employees. Employees are very important for all the organizations, that is applicable even for amazon.com to so care your employees",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2609.htm
33850,amazon,none," Aug 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Great learning experience.,"You're working with some of the smartest people in the industry, so you really learn a lot. Your managers are generally actually knowledgeable.","I think I would have liked a few more perks. There's not a lot of food options around the HQ, so atleast some free snacks would have been great.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33851,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 24, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"A very good mix of cool technical challenges, very smart people and great learning opportunities",Amazon gives an opportunity to work on systems at incredibly huge scale.,The company is very frugal on investing in the work environment.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33852,amazon,none," Aug 18, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon is not progressive when it comes to its employees,"- Offers very competitive pay - Restricted stock units are very attractive, if you can last more than two years. - You're working for ""the innovator"" of online shopping. No other company can match Amazon for this. -Lots of interesting businesses and projects developing from within the company -They're hiring like mad (although it's not easy to get hired)","After five years, I found the company to be a depressing place to work and decided to leave. Most people work here for the money and the prestige of saying they work for the world's biggest online retailer. When it comes to employee perks, Amazon is not very innovative compared to other companies. For example, there is no subsidized daycare for working parents (google has this). They don't support telecommuting either, which is surprising for a technology based company. Don't expect them to support your quest to gain new skills as they don't subsidize training outside of the company - nor do they provide it from within.  There's a lot of burnout, For example, you'll be responding to escalations 24/7 if you carry a pager - most people think they can handle it but they can't. Employees get treated like cattle and are frequently shuffled around to different offices to accommodate their growing staff. Also, there's a lot of shuffling around of management which doesn't bode well for employee morale. Turnover leads to gaps in processes and procedures and people scrambling to fill in the missing information.If your job requirements suddenly change (which often happens), don't expect any support to get up to speed. Lower level managers tend to be focused on their own promotions, to the detriment of the team.  Employees dread the time sucking annual performance reviews. The reviews are supposed to be fair but managers often use them as a way to eject people from their team.  There is a bit of a pecking order among the employees. Fun at Amazon is drinking beer on Fridays and playing foozeball, but you can't join in on the fun unless you belong to the team that owns the foozeball table.  If you're a corporate climber with thick skin, Amazon might be right for you. If not, you'll still want to work there because of the money and stocks (if you can last).",Treat your employees better,1.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,3.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33853,amazon,none," Aug 4, 2011",Current Employee - Area Manager,Very stressful and frustrating,Growth opportunities due to rapid business expansion. Fast paced working environment with the chance to learn industry leading logistics concepts.,very long work hours and military style leadership. You have to be prepared for very little positive feedback and encouragement.,empower your managers to grow through trust and autonomy. improve work to life balance. streamline management oversight by automating reports,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33854,amazon,none," Aug 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learned a lot but stress and work life balance not worth it.,"Once RSU's vest, compensation is good. They will teach you Lean and Six Sigma skills. You have opportunities to make changes with frugal limitations.","No work life balance. You work at Amazon, it is your life. Not enough managers to handle all the issues. Software developers in different parts of the country will make changes that shut down warehouse systems which puts customer orders at risk. Software/system infracture is outdated and is not useful. No suppport from SME's in how to use the system. Basically it is all trial and error. 90% or more of the managers dislike their job and are just waiting for their RSU's to vest before they quit. Transportation, engineering, software, and operations have no communication.","You want to be the most customer focused company in the world and do a great job. In order to be a great company, you need to focus on the people who make this happen. Learn what work life balance is and hire more managers who go out of their way to make Amazon a success.",2.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33855,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2011",Former Employee - Data Center Technician,Endless work.,Learn how a very large web company works. Can get involved in the cutting edge of data center design.,"Very high turnover and general dissatisfaction of employees with how the company treats them. Very little formal training and oversight. There will always be more work to do, you could work 60 or 80 hours per week, or more. Some people have done >100 hours for more than one consecutive week, and Amazon tries to push you to do so. Just hope that you are non-exempt!",Management needs to listen to and care about their employees more. It would help if they used some of their excellent customer service experience when dealing with the employees.,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33856,amazon,none," Jul 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,exvellent,discount is the best thing about the company,long days can be a pain but are part of the working life,chill out,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33857,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 28, 2011",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Was decent,Good Brand name and nothing else,Expectations are way too unreachable!,Treat employees as human being,2.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33858,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In general a pretty good place to work.,"Amazon is a great place to learn about distributed computing, scaling, writing web services, and learning rapid software development. It's not the sweat shop that a lot of people describe, and the company as a whole is not afraid to try new things.","The perks can be better (no free food or drinks), and so can the benefits. From time to time, you do have to go oncall.","Management can communicate better the promotion path for engineers. A lot of people I've talked to are dissatisfied about the clarity and transparency behind engineer promotions, especially beyond SDE II.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33859,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Proud but unhappy,"innovation, lots of opportunities to play with the latest technologies smart people, working for Amazon has been an incredible learning experience.","Very difficult to get promoted. Every promotion is basically a battle initiated by the employee. Never recognized from management. Worked in different departments , orgs and even countries and the experience has been always the same. I have always had to threaten to leave to be promoted. Salaries not competitive.","Review all the compensation ranges, this is not just disappointing personally but as a manager it has been an incredible challenge to attract new talent. Positions are opened for very long time and turn over its incredible mainly due to poor comp.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2610.htm
33860,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2011",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great!,"-Fast paced -Great people -Great CEO, great vision",-Ambiguous -Can be political -Too much turnover,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33861,amazon,none," Jul 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Pay is very competitive. Not too many politics, although it can depend on what team you are working for. Work can generally be done without meddling management.",On-call rotation where you have to carry a pager and respond to issues 24/7. Not too many benefits outside of the standard medical/dental/vision.,"Needs more investment in training of employees, especially engineers. Not enough emphasis on testing and operations, so you end up doing a lot of that yourself.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33862,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Workaholic's Paradise,"At Amazon, you are encouraged to share your ideas through innovation and process improvements. Due to their Open Door Policy, you can walk right into the general manager's/senior ops/HR offices and discuss any issue at any time. You will also work with some very talented people to which you can learn from and bounce ideas off of as well. They have a competitive benefits package, and while it does take some time to vest, the RSU program is acceptable.","The largest con, and it's been mentioned several times before, is the work-life balance issue. Speaking from a salaried-standpoint, the ideal candidate for Amazon would really be someone who has no outside responsibilities, who rents their home, and can pick up and move wherever the company needed to go. However, that not being the ideal state for most of the employees here, there does seem to be pressure that your progression in the company depends on how willing you are to relocate for the company, and how many times you would be willing to do that.  That being said, Amazon tends to hire very driven people who don't mind working long hours until it gets to the point where the person burns themselves out. This is not necessarily Amazon's fault, because we are all responsible for our own breaking points, and if we don't escalate those issues to our managers, then the fault is on the individual, not the company.","It would be helpful if the Senior team seemed to be on the same page, rather than giving the impression that they don't communicate with each other.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33863,amazon,none," Jul 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Didn't like the company,Stock is goign up a lot,Too much of work. No Process. Management overhead. They should really start thinking about the employees first. THe benefits are not very good as well.,none,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33864,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Work hard,Challenging jobs where you can improve yourself. Operates on many different areas and you can learn alot while collaborating other teams.,Work life balance is not good. Company does not invest in automated resources but expect employees to invent things themselves.,Management does a great job in terms of valuing customers and being the world's most customer centric company but also needs to value their employees like they treat customers.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33865,amazon,none," Jul 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growth Opportunities,Plenty of overtime opportunties here.,Too much specialization could corner you in a specific job.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33866,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,had a very good experience,"chances of seif development ,chances of promotion ,very professional management,its a very big company that deals with a lot of different products hence working there means a lot of experience",amazon being a big and international company a lot of people want to work there hence there is a lot of competition .,they need to open some branches in most of some developing and poor countries especially in africa like zimbabwe and mozambique,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33867,amazon,none," Jul 18, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Ok,good put in you r CV,"politics, managements has to improve",Please have concern for employees as well and not jut thrive to be customer centric but also employess should be valued,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33868,amazon,none," Jul 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for several yrs,Growing company -so many challenges turn into opportunit to learn,Low level of respect for employees,They won't take it anyway,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33869,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's been an enriching experience,"+ It's a nice place to work in most aspects. + You get a lot of exposure to business. + Depending on your team, you could get to do some good work. + It's a big tech company. You get exposure to a lot of hot technologies and very smart people. + Ample scope to grow professionally.","- The work atmosphere is pretty intensive, compared to most similar companies. - Work-life-balance needs to improve. - The salary(and hikes) tend to tank after joining initially on a good package. - There is no variable pay or annual/performance-based bonus. - The employee benefits programme needs to be reworked. one of the company mottos is ""Frugality"". Extreme cases of that can't go down well with the employees.",none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2611.htm
33870,amazon,none," Jun 19, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's been an enriching experience,"+ It's a nice place to work in most aspects. + You get a lot of exposure to business. + Depending on your team, you could get to do some good work. + It's a big tech company. You get exposure to a lot of hot technologies and very smart people. + Ample scope to grow professionally.","- The work atmosphere is pretty intensive, compared to most similar companies. - Work-life-balance needs to improve. - The salary(and hikes) tend to tank after joining initially on a good package. - There is no variable pay or annual/performance-based bonus. - The employee benefits programme needs to be reworked. one of the company mottos is ""Frugality"". Extreme cases of that can't go down well with the employees.",none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33871,amazon,none," Jul 25, 2011",Current Employee - Area Manager,Ok if you are single and have no home life.,"Cool, fun company. Growing like gang busters and lots of opportunity if you can hang on. You have the ability to affect change and try new things.","Hours are horrible. 13 hours in the building per shift was average and that was ""off"" peak season. Leadership is by force - fear and senior operations' demands ruled the world. Morale is very low among most of the area managers. Success is a popularity contest based on how long you are willing to work. Site leadership talks about leadership and communication - but the personal actions they provide are militaristic and lack any type of incentive / morale boost for those of us non-military types.",Machiavellian style leadership is not sustainable long term. At some point in 10-15 years I am going to be reading an article how Amazon.com's fear based culture ruined the company.,1.0,1.0,none,3.5,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33872,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,The thirteenth amendment outlawed slavery - no one told the managers at Amazon.,"When you are in a meeting with people at Amazon, you are with some of the smartest people you will ever meet. Unlike many companies where you might think you are the smartest person at the company, at amazon you will lucky to be average. The people are the hardest working, most driven group that is at one cohesive company.","The culture to employees at amazon is horrible. Managers are held under high pressure and pass it down to employees. Employees are sacrificed as scape goats to senior management for any mistakes. Working at Amazon is 80 hours a week, every week and there is no respect for personal boundaries. The average tenure at amazon is 2.5 years.",Learn to respect your employees. You have massive turnover despite having consistently high stock returns. If the stock tanks you will need to fix your employee culture or you will risk losing your entire staff.,2.0,1.0,none,1.5,2.5,4.5,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33873,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2011",Former Employee - TPM,Awesome place. Fantastic colleagues,"Amazon hiring process ensures that only really smart people get through. This leads to superb talent in the team - even though hiring takes a long time. Plus, the intense focus on data driven decision making makes it a very flat playground",Career path is not well defined. Environment is politiicized,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33874,amazon,none," Jun 30, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon- endless frustration and stress,Great pay and benefits. Relative security.,Extreme amount of stress and hours. Very little recognition for a job well done or for hours and effort required to do job. Standards are so high that perfection is required- mistakes are not easily forgiven. Micro-managment on steroids.,"Figure out the cultural problem. You cannot continue to have 33% annual attrition of leadership while trying to grow the company at 40% annually. The math just does not work out. Amazon is a data-driven company. Develop a mathematical model that determines when growth is no longer possible due to attrition. Amazon is full of capable, intelligent leaders. Apply the principles of emotional intelligence to tap into what really makes employees tick.",2.0,1.5,none,1.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33875,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Long hours, very chaotic and a lack of mentorship and guidance.",-Pay is above average compared to other companies -Opportunity to travel -Growing and recognizable company -Opportunity to move to different function easily,"-Disorganized, turnover is very high -Lack of communication and teamwork across network -Training and development is very bad - Hours are extremely long",none,2.0,1.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33876,amazon,none," Jul 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,enjoyed the challenge,rapid business growth enthusiastic and intelligent peers,"Don't plan on seeing your family much, especially in November and December.",none,3.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33877,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 9, 2011",Former Employee - Senior QA,"Good Pay, Poor work and bad culture","Learning curve initally, Exposure to Test Automation. This good for certain time but would become monotonous over time. Good place to learn open source tools.","No team work, insecure existing employees, Poor work culture,Lot of cribbing and gossip within old timers. Learning would stagnate over period of time","Incompetent, vision less management. It is like I pull you up and you push me up. They really have no clue of improving process and practices. Agile practices are not used in right way.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33878,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start a career,Global presence of the organization.,Limited growth opportunities for employees,Should think of offering additional benefits like discount on the company's products.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33879,amazon,none," Jun 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is pretty awesome,payment is pretty darn good,it is really hot in the facility,keep it all moving along,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2612.htm
33880,amazon,none," May 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning opportunity,Very dynamic and fast pace. If you have a good idea they will give you the green light and the opportunity to make an impact. Amazon hires smart people,"Feedback is very passive aggressive. They will let you think you are doing a good job but you will learn the truth during yearly feedback only. They talk about work-life balance, but you will go home early and work from home.",Be direct and let employees know where you stand.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33881,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 30, 2011",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Avoid if you're looking for work-life balance and decent pay,"Good name to have on CV Scale,scale and scale - gigantic network with over 1mill servers smart people interview process - relevant questions, friendly and professional atmosphere role changes every 6-12 months - from coder to sysadmin to netadmin, etc...","low pay compared to rivals in Dublin (Google, MS, Facebook) ridiculously poor benefits - cheapest health cover and worst pension scheme one can get on the Irish market combined with 3x years salary in case of death... no work-life balance - 10-12 hour days are the norm, 24 hour on-call shifts on consecutive days are not rare either no parking spaces for employees overtime is not paid - time in lieu is dependent on manager revolving door - main theme: stay for 2 years then leave and join the better paying Internet giants in Dublin (Google, MS, Facebook). poor facilities - place looks like crammed call centre in a third world country  Avoid the following teams: DevSupport, NetOps, TechOps",none,2.0,1.0,none,5.0,1.0,3.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33882,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Hard work is rewarded in terms of salary,Promotions and career path is not very clear for employees in India Plans always keep changing so extremely dynamic people can survive,Provide more technically challenging work and opportunities in India Align work culture in US with the work culture in India,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33883,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 17, 2011",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Not good place to work for DE. Good experience to huge data volumes,Huge data volume experience to technical people. Learning how things work with huge data volumes. Learning how to do quick fixes during on call support. less amount of documentation to do for testing and design documents. flexible work timings.initial hike and bonus are good,on call support on weekends. less consideration shown towards employee's at times. Most of the time will be spend in understanding how existing things caused a bug and how to fix that. More focused on getting things done very fast instead of doing the things in best way. no time for thinking or doing things except work. too much focused on frugality at times. Huge time involved in supporting existing applications. Post appraisal hikes are not good. They also pro-ratio %hike based on number of months you have worked for the organization in that appraisal cycle. Not good family and worklife balance. work hard only.,none,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33884,amazon,none," May 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon great place to work,"Flat Organization - no empires Professional growth based on your ability to perform Smart, driven, team orientated environment",Frugality can go too far sometimes,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33885,amazon,none," May 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, Fast Paced, and Growing Fast",Some of the best and brightest coworkers I've ever worked with. Challenging problems in every department. Management is rarely afraid to invest in bold new ideas.,"Ideas and projects sometimes left partially completed. After-hours support burdens can be very high, especially in some groups. Strict open source contribution policies limit what individuals can contribute outside of work.",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33886,amazon,none," May 13, 2011",Current Employee - HRM,"Chaotic, passive aggressive, dysfunctional working environment.",-The current success of the company brings a sense of pride as an employee. -Total comp plan brings rewards if you can remain with the company 3 - 5 years. -You will work with a diverse group of peers that will enhance your life.,"-The customer centric front works. Behind the scenes its chaos. The current growth without standardizing and structure brings more chaos. -Intelligent people are hired, under-employed and under-utilized. -Training and development are not a priority at the management levels. -Performance management is a passive aggressive process. It manages nothing and kills morale. -The lack of work/life balance is not worth waiting for the comp. rewards.","Consider strategically planning for the future. Disseminate that plan to all levels. Create some stability. Growing pains have just started to kick in, and there needs to be a global plan to ensure that the current issues above don't get worse. We don't want to deteriorate the success we are experiencing now.",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33887,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Evil company!,"Good for college grads with no other job offers no previous work experience, fair place to start your carrier each team is independent some teams are really good place to work.","On-call duty (24 hour on call one week every couple of weeks) Long working hours after one year, not much to learn that can be used in other companies.",none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33888,amazon,none," May 12, 2011",Current Employee - HRBP,Great job for advancement and opportunity - just dont expect to see your family again.,"I love the growth opportunities, and the ability to make my job my own. So long as it s safe and legal we are free to give it a shot. The pay is pretty good and the stock options are doing amazing! I have been able to perform well and feel that I have been recognized and am respected by leadership and my peers.","I hate living my life feeling that I only put in a 12 hour day and I should be doing more. Always on call, always behind. I feel like the walk of shame after leaving a 10 hour day once a week to get my kids from the after school program.",Work life balance is way out of tolerance for those who are at an FC. Eveybody in leadership talks about how they know we work hard and long and that is the culture. In line with that culture is an acceptance of 25% management attrition. Fix work life balance and in many cases you will keep a minimum of 15% more managers.,3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33889,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2011",Current Employee - Cs MANAGER,Get ready to work hard!!,I actually really enjoyed working as a Customer Service Manager. The people are great and the amount of empowerment was huge. The ability to make changes and better the work environmet is so much fun. Management actually listens and it is great to see that change is embraced.,The work life balance is lacking. It is expected that you will work in the evenings on your lap top from home & weekends. I also do not like the forced ranking system that they have in place for employee evaluations. Even if those that you work with are mostly great everyone is forced ranked and pay raises are given based on that ranking. so basically you work your ass off and then may still be in the middle of the pack....especially because the bar is constntly raising. This can be a total moral hit after a long hard Q4 in retail. I found it very demotavating.,The management is great and I found that sometimes past errors were not quite so forgiven/forgotton if there was improvement. No one is perfect 100% of the time....if you want to retain folks longer than like 2 years you need to be able to allow for mistakes and not make the environment so sharky.,4.0,1.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2613.htm
33890,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2011",Current Employee - Cs MANAGER,Get ready to work hard!!,I actually really enjoyed working as a Customer Service Manager. The people are great and the amount of empowerment was huge. The ability to make changes and better the work environmet is so much fun. Management actually listens and it is great to see that change is embraced.,The work life balance is lacking. It is expected that you will work in the evenings on your lap top from home & weekends. I also do not like the forced ranking system that they have in place for employee evaluations. Even if those that you work with are mostly great everyone is forced ranked and pay raises are given based on that ranking. so basically you work your ass off and then may still be in the middle of the pack....especially because the bar is constntly raising. This can be a total moral hit after a long hard Q4 in retail. I found it very demotavating.,The management is great and I found that sometimes past errors were not quite so forgiven/forgotton if there was improvement. No one is perfect 100% of the time....if you want to retain folks longer than like 2 years you need to be able to allow for mistakes and not make the environment so sharky.,4.0,1.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33891,amazon,none," May 7, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Good,"Agile, dynamic and with change comes a lot of opportunity.",Have not been there long enought to determine if opportunities for advancement really are available and what the core focus of promotion policies are.... still not certain how policital environment is- although initally it doesn't seem at all bad compared to other companies I've worked.,Need stronger mentorship and training in organizational management and how to manage change more effectively.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33892,amazon,none," Apr 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The interview process is very efficient,"WA, SEATLE, nice weather, great great opportunity. The Amazon.com is very professional and great experience if I can have it.",Some of their engineers are not very nice in the interview. The onsite interview is too long. I was really tired.,"I hope Amazon can spread into more places in the US or other countries. So, employees can have more options.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33893,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"fast paced, demanding, stressful work enviroment",-huge opportunity to grow and learn -not picky about technology. you can choose from multiple -gives ownership to the task,-work life balance is zero -workaholic work environment -very demanding and changing environment -very stressful -micro management. Managers keep pushing all the time.,Be more nice to the employees and do not micromanage.,2.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33894,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 9, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Handsome salary, overall good",Your contribution is recognized if you do well. Salary is handsome for a job in India. Good company for hard workers.,Aggressive workload. On call duties. The emphasis here is much more on business impact of your work than quality of work.,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33895,amazon,none," Apr 14, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great company, measerable bosses",The technology and internal processes are awesome. Many smart people around. Great learning experience and many ways to communicate. Ownership of the product from requirements to deployment.,No clear career path. Lack of any recognition. Boss would not ever say anything positive. I guess those are problems of specific team.,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33896,amazon,Chennai (India)," Apr 7, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazing place to work,* amazing people around * interesting work * open feedback * good opportunities for learning * good environment to work,* very frugal in perks and incentives * 24-7 on-call makes it tough * very stressful and close deadlines almost always,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33897,amazon,none," May 6, 2011",Current Employee - Customer Service,You are expendable,Opportunities for advancement are plenty,"Extremely high attrition due to shady business practices HR is neither human or resourceful Rampant micro managing Favoritism-- its not who you are, but who you know. Benefits were a joke The system used to rate employee performance was unfair, making it hard to consistantly meet goals. A lot of cloak and daggery going on within management, if they disliked you, then they find anyway they can to get you terminated. No fault attendance policy favors the employer, not the employee. This company brags about being customer centric, but they need to focus on being employee centric.","raise the hiring bar so that you won't have substandard employees that are prone to causing more problems than contributing to the betterment of customer service. That way, you can ditch the absurd attendance and corrective action policies with more fair ones, since hiring more quality employees will offset the more fair and lax policies the rest of the world uses.",1.0,1.0,none,2.0,1.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33898,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Sink and swim culture,good people around. Fast paced environment high growth -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- --- --,high attrition rate on call duty no work life balance and on top no award even if you work 24*7,"hire support team distinguish between people who produce things than who only talks, and stop promoting them. -- --- --",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33899,amazon,none," Apr 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is an Amazing place with a sea of opportunity.,"STock, career growth, exposure, long-term career path",senior management does not treat subordinates with the deserved respect.,Don't get a big head.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2614.htm
33900,amazon,none," Apr 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,stressful for the compensation,4 day work week  benefit program great peers fast paced different task on every shift little chance to become bored,management could be more diplomatic  recognition for a job well done management could learn to take responsibility management could be more familiar with the equipment,Train managers to treat others with respect and to admit when they are wrong instead of always blaming others . After all isn't this the Amazon team?,3.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33901,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Mar 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn and grow technically,"- Great people - Great development environment - Considerable latitude and flexibility accorded to engineers - Continual ""bar raising"" - improve daily or fall to the side","- Slough - Only one technology department (no opportunity for horizontal transfers) - Other than internal turnover within existing groups, there is little sense that Amazon is interested in growing or investing in UK- or EU-based engineering teams",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33902,amazon,none," Apr 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for me,Money Promotion opportunity Lots of locations Sign on bonus,No work life balance. Av 63 hours per week.,Work on work life balance,1.0,1.0,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33903,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Mar 23, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stepping stone into retail,Dynamic Fast Moving Interesting and exciting at times Passionate people - at first or when they're being advanced in their careers,"Churn and burn ""If you don't like the pace - go and find a new job"" Everyone's expendable, they'll just replace you Expect you to do two people's work, for the salary you earn - reluctant to bring in support to manage workload",Lead effectively as Mr Bezos intended Bring managers in who can lead Don't burn people out Value Employees - walk the walk don't just talk the talk,3.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33904,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2011",Current Employee - Warehouse Worker,"This job is long and drawn out, but overall a very secure company.","Innovative and Goal oriented company that is constantly growing. Great benefits package. Opportunities are available to move up. Hard working warehouse management and smart operations management. Stable job, given the company growth.","Pay is decent, could be improved for, given the success of the company. Long, long hours, especially during peak season. Very repetitive tasks during the course of the day that can wear on someone over time.",Listen to the employees needs. Continue to be innovative and expansive. Think about increasing the pay rate for Amazonians.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33905,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 15, 2011",Current Employee - Investigator Specialist I,great place to work,"good growth, friendly culture and good hospitality",salary compared to other companies,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33906,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you work at corporate in Seattle.,high growth stock options medical coverage costs good complensation extremely intelligent educated workforce very good public reputation loyal hard working employees outside of Seattle,lack of infratructure uncontrolled growth long hours if based outside Seattle insufficent number of middle managers sink or swim attitude toward new employees,Focus more on employees who do the hard work. Spread the Seatlle culture across the US. Invest more in infrastructure so employees can be more effective.,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33907,amazon,none," Mar 15, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,"Great people, amazing innovations, wacky compensation strategies, poor middle management.","Amazon is doing cutting edge stuff on scales never before attempted. Their hiring process is very selective, if you make it in you can pretty well write your own ticket at many other companies.","While the average developer is well above average for the industry and senior management is visionary and innovative, there are middle managers who are simply toxic and these are the ones that seem to have staying power. Amazon tries to help with career development, but there is no mechanism for an employee to defend himself from being scapegoated by his manager who is trying to cover her own mistakes by passing blame.","Compensation after the two year ""signing bonus"" drops - this needs to be fixed. Amazon loses a lot of people when this happens.",3.0,4.5,none,2.0,2.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33908,amazon,none," Mar 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work/Life Balance non-existent-Lack of support,Amazon branding-Looks good on resume to work for Amazon. Smart people to work with. Innovative company. Stock prices are high-compensation is difficult to walk away from.,High turnover-knowledge gets lost and constantly reinventing the wheel. No work-life balance Zero recognition Not a learning environment All development will happen on the job Sink or swim mentality without organizational support is stressful.,"Focus on your turnover and how to reduce this. You are losing intellectual knowledge and getting a bad reputation. Is this doesn't get under control, the company will go down.",2.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33909,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2011",Current Employee - Area Manager,Coffeyville Kansas,The money is good especially when you start vesting your stock.,Peak season you work 80 hours per week,Find some consistency in how you manage your business it feels like a fly by night company in the way we manage our business.,1.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2615.htm
33910,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2011",Current Employee - Area Manager,Coffeyville Kansas,The money is good especially when you start vesting your stock.,Peak season you work 80 hours per week,Find some consistency in how you manage your business it feels like a fly by night company in the way we manage our business.,1.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33911,amazon,none," Feb 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Working long, hard and smart",Growth Smart people Stock price Freedom to move around Do fun stuff,Long hours Aggressive goals Not enough employee development,Invest more in people development so that employees can be more effective at what they do. This will increase growth because folks can deliver more.,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33912,amazon,none," Feb 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive environment that promotes growth from within.,"There is a great team atmosphere at Amazon.com, starting with upper management and trickling down to area managers to their teams.","Hours can seem long on days because job duties do not vary much. Summers can be difficult because of heat, but that comes with any large fulfillment center.","It is key to stay focused on those who drive performance, regardless of the amount of time an individual has been employed. Some individuals get ""burnt out"" and may need to make a career change, which is fine but needs to be recognized and acted upon by management.",5.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33913,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2011",Current Employee - Team Leader,Amazon Review,Good experience flexibility and friendly people to work.,Not a very organised management,none,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33914,amazon,none," Feb 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very satisfying,smart people and great brand. work is challenging. rewarding career. learn from others. growing company. great upper management.,less initial training than other big companies.,Great Job overall.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33915,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 9, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Bulk of the work involved running the existing beast, rather than thinking about new innovative solutions",1) Great People - Amazon hires the best in the industry 2) Great Technology - With dozens and dozens of 'home grown' systems (both good and not so good) 3) Great Processes,"1) Limited exposure to customers, sitting in India 2) Pressure can sometimes get overwhelming 3) The beeping pager in the middle of the night","Amazon.com, as and when they decide to enter India, will definitely bring with it some great opportunities to work on Product Management roles. Look forward to see Amazon step into India.",3.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33916,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2011",Current Employee - Area Manager,Great place to work and grow,"-Good compensation -Unlimited growth opportunities -Challenging, rewarding work",-Peak season (Q4) extremely challenging in terms of work/life balance -Micromanagement can be an issue,Invest more resources into leader and associate development,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33917,amazon,none," Jan 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better than most but not perfect,"Decent Pay, Relaxed dress code, time off is not criticized, telecommute options, laptop ability, exciting company to work for with cutting edge products","Always 'online', blackberry is always expected to be 'on'. frugal company so desk space is limited and not pretty. not always on time.",really look at who is in sr. management. ppl who are incompetent are being promoted because they have MBA's. But not able to relate to their jobs.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33918,amazon,none," Feb 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for the short-term. Advancement opportunities are nil,"Safety first!  Time-off requests handled well.  Due to overtime, some of your coworkers will become like family. I have created several relationships at this company that will last a lifetime.  Amazon.com is a customer-centric company. I take pride in knowing I am part of a company that","-Safety seems to be stressed only to avoid liability. -Management postions are given exclusively to outside hires. -Assignments can become tedious exercises that serve no other purpose than being ""busy work."" -Human Resources is nearly impossible to contact, and when you have finally have they treat you like a child. -From managers to warehouse associates, Amazon.com moves people around as they see fit. My schedule has changed five times in four years which has caused me to to lose touch with my family and friends. This company asks for you to sacrifice so much, yet does little to reward you other than the occasional shirt or slice of pizza. -I have not had a raise in two years. While the company rakes in billions, we peons are left with the crumbs.","-Set a clear career path with associates who want to advance in the company. -Encourage hard work by promoting from within. -Listen to employee ideas rather than ignoring them merely because you are in a higher position. -Do not be arrogant towards people with a lower educational background. -Expand HR to meet the needs of an ever-expanding workforce. -Treat employees like they are adults. If people are treated like children they will act accordingly. -Promote based on acheivement, not on favoritism.",1.0,3.0,none,1.0,2.5,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33919,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Taught Me What Not to Do,Looks good on your resume. Networking. Lots of creative people.,"No work/life balance. The motto is deceiving. Poor upper management. Pigeon-holed..no such thing as career advancement, just lateral moves. Middle management is incompetent. Complaints fall on deaf ears.","Amazon prides itself on being customer centric. You need to be employee centric as well. Apply the same philosophy for your employees. Give them the same service and attention. Employees are overworked and even though many think the compensation is competitive, when you do the math, you end up putting in way more hours than your pay reflects. Also, get better training for your staff. There were a lot of employees in my group that had been at the company for years and didn’t know how to do basic things. This led me to believe people are promoted quickly even though they aren't qualified. Lastly, frugal does not mean CHEAP, it means SPEND WISELY. There are too many people doing 4 or 5 jobs when there needs to be more headcount in the department. This leads to burnout very quickly. I was there a year and was ready to leave after 6 months. The one good thing that came from my experience is Amazon made me realize the tech world was not for me. I quit, packed my bags and got the heck out of Seattle and back to LA and the entertainment industry where my passion is, and I’m extremely happy.",1.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2616.htm
33920,amazon,none," Jan 25, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best interests lost in office politics,Flexi-timings Decent technology Not too many processes,Lot of office politics All decisions made in US,Please be honest in your dealings with employees.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33921,amazon,none," Jan 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A testing,highly politican,frugal place to work .",A company with a good brand value but not a substitute for a career.Its good if you are looking for a job for a short term with less pay.,"The attitude of the higher management is biased and opportunistic.They do not know what it is to treat some one fairly. They are on a look out to take advantage of any slightest hesitation you show in saying no.The work culture seems to have too many loopholes from interfering/judging the personal decisions,opinions and way of life of the employee to trying to take maximum advantage of the interns that joined in.The management is hardly interested in the issue's employee's have and they are least interested in any new innovative idea's or feedback from them.",The way things are moving at Amazon are not really healthy to the organization or the employee.An organization is as good as it treats and value's its employee's.,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33922,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 18, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,It has been,"Amazing technology company, loads of opportunities, get a chance to work with senior engineers/principals, freedom about the work we do.","There are no benefits like food, other perks.",none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33923,amazon,none," Jan 10, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,average,if you want some money without working then choose it,i dont think its a good place for starters,none,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33924,amazon,none," Dec 23, 2010",Current Employee - Individual Contributor,Decent pay,"good pay and best of talent, tough hiring process so rest assured the best of talent in the industry is hired","pigeon holed, clearly defined hirearchy, intiative is curbed and there is a roof to go beyond the defined role and responsibilities","communication within the organization, Under hiring employees will lead to dissatisfaction and once the stock pays off, all employees walk away from the organization.",3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33925,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 20, 2010",Former Employee - Inventory,only if you are young,"only for career starters, if you are young, fresh from school, want to be surrounded with like minded careless wannabees","chaotic, lots of improvising and ms communication, office games and politics, unnecessary attitude, lack of seriousness and taking ownership, lack of support","treat people with respect, acknowledge achievements, don't be scared of innovation ideas and the success of others, utilize obvious talent",2.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33926,amazon,none," Dec 21, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sweatshop,Smart people and interesting issues,Insane hours and expectation of constant availability,Hire more people - so much to do,1.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33927,amazon,none," Nov 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rising Stock Price Covers All Ills,Extremely generous compensation package that's paying at the top end of the pay range for many positions in Seattle.  Very sharp peer group.  Stable management structure.  Culture that supports inter-company transfers.,Experience here is totally dependent on the group you're in and much of that is dependent on the management structure in place above you.  Many directors and senior managers are weak managers and have typically been promoted based on their ability to manage up instead of their actual ability to manage a team.  Retail teams have extremely high turnover rates.  Compensation (including stock grants) is managed to a tight range as a result people who are making a lot of money now based on the stock more than doubling over the last few years are likely to see a drop in total compensation when those initial grants fully vest.,If the stock price dips - watch out as you'll see exodus of key personal if the tech job market in Seattle remains strong.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33928,amazon,none," Nov 10, 2010",Current Employee - N/A,N/a,The work hours arent that bad,Everybody seems to have an attitude,Could be better,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,2.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33929,amazon,none," Nov 6, 2010",Former Employee - Intern,"Challenging, fast-paced work, long hours and few resources","-You can have a lot of responsibility early on, everyone has an influence on projects -Good pay -Fast-paced, growing environment with a lot of opportunities -Challenging work -Movement between departments is encouraged","-Very decentralized so there is little information sharing between groups -Individualist environment - since they run lean, you are typically working by yourself on projects -Long hours - poor work/life balance -Your experience is very dependent on your manager, and because the company is growing so quickly, there are many managers who haven't received the training or support on how to be a good manager","-Find a better way to train and support managers -Use the frugality concept in moderation - when employees are bringing their own pens to work, that's no a good sign",2.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2617.htm
33930,amazon,none," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Amazon Human Resources,Plan on working 80+ hour weeks,Fast-paced environment - you never get bored at Amazon Ownership - You are encouraged to make changes where you see fit. If it works... great! If not... we'll just try sometihng else Backbone - One of the leadership principles is to have a backbone. You are expected to speak up if you disagree with something. You don't see this in a lot of corporate environment. You're not just a worker bee.,"WORK-LIFE BALANCE - There is NO work-life balance at Amazon. You are expected to work from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed. Plan on working 60-80 weeks year-round. Changing Culture - Things change so quickly at Amazon that it can be difficult to keep up with the latest initiative. Competing Priorities - Amazon has not yet learned how to prioritize the work. Everything is a ""must-do"" and you are expected to hit every metric, no matter how ridiculous. (This goes back to the work-life balance.)","Lately, Sr. Management has put in a lot of bureaucraticwaste. You now need multiple levels of approval on all decisions we make. It is starting to turn into every-other big company out there.",3.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33931,amazon,none," Oct 28, 2010",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Must manage up,"Decent pay, smart people, job security. Overall it is a decent place to work but it is hard to get recognized for going above and beyond, you really need to talk with your manager on a daily basis.","Ambiguous, teams often work independent of other teams / don't share info that could be useful, feedback was poor and often non-existant.","Take stock of your employees and don't make them come to you and say ""look, look, look!"" everytime they do something beyond normal duties.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33932,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2010",Current Employee - Corporate Level,Great Experience,Descent pay Benefits are descent Brilliant people to work with from all over the world Challenging environment,"Don't expect to take time off (vacation or personal days) and not have to answer calls or work during that time. Expect to work 50 to 80 hrs per week. Churn and burn Echoing another Amazon blog: ""Very fly-by-the seat of your pants. Everything was a fire drill, even minor issues.""",Hire leaders with people and leadership skills to the mix. Determine the root cause of the high turnover rate.,3.0,2.0,none,4.5,3.5,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33933,amazon,none," Oct 25, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,feedback,"competitive work place, good salaries",very poor work life balance. not employee friendly,give more respect to the employee,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33934,amazon,none," Oct 14, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Customer Focused company!,"Decision making is pushed down to the lowest level that makes sense, this gives you the ability to have a big impact. You are expected to speak up if you disagree with a decision or direction, and the discussion/debate will be focused around facts and data, not the seniority of the person speaking. Once the decision is made, everyone is expected to get on board, having had the chance to voice their opinion.","Since there is very little top down decision-making, there is sometimes confusion about which projects have higher priority than other projects, which sometimes makes it difficult to determine which projects will get attention when resources are constrained.",I don't really have any advice or feedback to offer to the leadership team at Amazon.com. They work hard to do the right thing for the customer.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33935,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Amazon is an innovator in the digital, web services and retail industries. It provides very creative solutions and strives to be the most customer centric company in the world.",Amazon is a large company with many teams that have different charter and different job requirements. Candidates should really evaluate each team separately.,Keep driving the incredible innovation and continue focusing on customers. Continue investing in great talented people that work for you.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33936,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,"Conflicting goals, more ",Fast growing company Opportunity for advancement (for certain personalities) Excellent compensation Interesting technology Good business (not technical) management,"Unrealistic deadlines lead to sloppy development practices. This leads to higher than necessary operational burden. Conflicting goals - why didn't you get this done on time? Because I was up all night fixing an operational problem. ""You need to work harder"" - I was up for over 20 hours straight, I need sleep. ""You will be terminated if you don't step it up"" - Huh? A 20 hour day isn't enough. No respect for simple human factors. If you need to sleep, don't work here.","Account for simple human factors (like sleep) before making threats to terminate someone. If you ask someone to put in a 24 hour work day, then guess what? They will probably be coming in late the next day. They might miss a meeting or two. And if they have a big deadline that week, it probably will be missed. 5 day 7x24 on call rotations are ridiculous. Do what most other organizations do and use shorter rotations.",3.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.5,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33937,amazon,none," Oct 15, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Fair place to work. Nice coworkers.,The pay is not that great.,Never had any problems with management.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33938,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great culture, great people, standardized technologies and automated tools",Pager can pain depending on which group you are in.,No advice.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33939,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Overall, it is a very good job.",The work is very interesting and challenging. My colleagues are very nice and helpful. The working location is also good.,"You need to work very hard in the team. Sometimes you need to work during weekends. So, if you want an easy life, it is not a good choice.",They should hire more people to complete the work. They should provide free food like Google. I do not think that may cost a lot.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2618.htm
33940,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Overall, it is a very good job.",The work is very interesting and challenging. My colleagues are very nice and helpful. The working location is also good.,"You need to work very hard in the team. Sometimes you need to work during weekends. So, if you want an easy life, it is not a good choice.",They should hire more people to complete the work. They should provide free food like Google. I do not think that may cost a lot.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33941,amazon,none," Sep 20, 2010",Current Employee - Intern,amazon intern,"great pay and learning experience, lots of career opportunities and growth.","team environments vary, but you can switch teams relatively easily","Management is great, always trying to improve. Good stuff.",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33942,amazon,none," Aug 25, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon.eh,"-Pay -- For my bachelor's and experience, I would not make this elsewhere -Benefits -- The benefits, especially the health are very good -People -- I have met some very good people here.","-Lack of a life -- This place consumes you. -Lack of a concern by upper management for the development of their managers (while the associates are valuable, they forget that the managers are too)","Take better care of the managers. Give them the resources they need to do their job. Until that happens, the turnover rate will continue to be high.",4.0,1.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33943,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 21, 2010",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,good place to work,"smart people, strong leadership and core values, innovative company. the organization is going in the right direction and adding values to customer everyday","highly engaging, overhead for developers. The average half time for developer is low due to some process overhead, also the company should revise the frugality definition a bit","sometime in offshore development centre, leadership sitting in US tends to listen to offshore leader with blind fold. There have been situation where due to some reasons not so capable people have gone up to become leader",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33944,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jul 19, 2010",Current Employee - Manager,Pros & Cons of the Lux Office,"Dynamic and fun place to work in Luxembourg. Being a pan European site, the challenges you face will definitely keep you on your toes. However, the work needed is quite geared toward specialists so difficult for greener crowds to pass the high hiring bar.","The main downside of working for Amazon EU Sarl is the actual city of Luxembourg. It is fine if you are married with children, however, if you are single, it is quite a dead city (after 5:00PM, stores start to close and streets start to get empty.",I was happy with the overall leadership at Amazon EU Sarl. Employees are often valued but the work can get repetitive at times.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33945,amazon,none," Aug 19, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work with strong customer focus,"Amazon.com is a great company to work for. Features are always designed with the customer in mind. Customer trust/loyalty is high. Very short release cycles (less than one month), means that your work has an immediate impact. Many managers were SDEs at some point, so they have reasonable expectations. Easy to switch to different teams working on completely different technologies (must remain with a team for at least a year, but free to move afterwards). Opportunities to move from SDE to management.","Pager rotation - Building a large scale web service with tons of customers, means that any bugs encountered needs to be fixed immediately by the responsible team. Quick release cycles exacerbate this. Rotations are typically split evenly across the SDEs of a team.",No advice for management.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33946,amazon,none," Aug 22, 2010",Former Employee - Picker,Steadfast Deadlast,"Great exercise, and good extra money at holidays.",Don't expect to make a career out of it.,"Too many chefs on floor. If one could run the floor, then you'd be paid more. Loose all the deputies.",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33947,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Innovative company,"Fast moving company, lean organization, professional management, very innovative and a great learning environment.","Lean (overworked) organization, lack of sufficient focus on the long term impact, very rigid schedules, lack of testing (leading to lots of operational overhead), better for someone straight out of school than experienced, salary is not great.",treat engineers better,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33948,amazon,none," Aug 11, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,could have been better,well respected company in the online space. Amazon brand helps you to find a better company to work for next.,very poor communiation and lack of systems. Political mine fields,admit when you are wrong and look for the solution and not people to blame,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33949,amazon,none," Aug 24, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Run as fast as you can in the other direction....,Above average salaries. That is really the only positive thing but is it worth selling your soul?,"Horrible management Ego, ego, ego Work/life balance - what is that?",Treat your people like humans instead of dogs,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2619.htm
33950,amazon,none," Jul 13, 2010",Current Employee - Intern,Intern,Great Benefits Great People Good Salary Flexbility Good Management,Hard Hours Tough Job Long Days Not good Locations,"Treat the interns a little better, give them more responsibility. At times it seems that the interns really don't do much and they just follow people around.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33951,amazon,none," Jul 14, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place, great location","It has some of the best people doing awesome things everyday and pushing the limits of what is possible, the get-it-done atmosphere is greatly appreciated over that of stodgy old corporate cultures","The company prides itself on being frugal, which is great if you are a stock holder (which I am) but less than optimal when you are an employee. However in the last few months they have begun moving employees to a new campus and filling their buckets with nice perks.",Keep doing what your doing...,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33952,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 25, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Cant sleep at night,Nice pay. Other then the pay there isnt much of pros. the work isnt bad but its also not good either. domain knowledge is all you need.,Well amazon cares about customers but not employees. For a fresher you can gain knowledge about technology for a little bit more experienced person its not a software development company its a retail company. the software development practices are horrible. The tools used internally are a pain. And also forget about having a life out of work. the people in india expect you to work in day and people in usa expect you to work at night. there are no flex hours and you are not expected to work from home or something like that will not be appreciated,if you want to hire technology people then the culture needs to change.,1.0,1.0,none,3.5,2.5,2.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33953,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 26, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Nice place to work for a geek,"1. Some of the best minds in the world work with you. 2. You're given to work on cutting edge technology 3. Amazon.com has a huge internal software base, and many in-house frameworks are developed.","1. You have to support what you deliver, this includes a lot of operational tasks, which is a pain for SDE. 2. As you work on most of the in-house frameworks you dont generally get to use the industry standard frameworks. 3. Employees are just working machine for them, frugality is the main principle and that reflects in every coffee machine in amazon, leave alone goodies or office parties.","Customer service is important, but so is pampering the employees, If you dont do that you will keep on losing some of the great minds.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33954,amazon,none," Jun 14, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company to work for if you wish to learn and grow,Lots of things to learn. hands on opportunity from design to production operation.,"Software process is not good, testing is horrible here.",Improve software process and quality management,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33955,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazon SDE,Amazon's Engineering team moves fast. There are quite some dynamics in the team.,Very veritcalized company. Upper management make decisions without input from Engineers. Very management driven company.,Get Engineer involved in decision making.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33956,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,Good salary. Good growth opportunity. Good co-workers.,Office environment. Work-life isn't balanced. Long hours.,Work-life balance isn't ideal. Clean up the office environment.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33957,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,SDE1,good salary compared to peers.  one of the best work in the industry.  professionally good growth both in the company and out side the company.,not a good office environment. cramped space. worst office location choosen.,please concentrate in ofiice facilities as well. salary alone does not make the difference. also keep a work -life balance.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33958,amazon,none," May 29, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good place to work. Lot's of pressure, smart people, doing small jobs as well as big jobs.","Good place to work. Smart people, doing small jobs as well as big jobs. You will own something. Good pay.","Get ready to be frugal. This is normally a good thing, but sometimes it is a fault when not managed intelligently. If you don't like something at the company you can change it, but get ready to fight an uphill battle. Still better than M$ though when it comes to inspiring change.","Treat devs like royalty. You need them. They are the bread and butter. Give them even more pay (although they are already paid well.) They will build your business. The devs here are smart, and many of them are capable of managing very very large portions of the business. Find engineers that show business aptitude and elevate them in the company instead of hiring some MBAs. Keep thinking long term, and empower devs with the resources and time to do things right the first time, in a sustainable manner. Jeff Bezos rocks, he's an inspiring leader.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33959,amazon,none," May 22, 2010",Current Employee - Dev Manager,"Amazing technologies, lots of variety",Very smart people. Supportive environment. Happy environment.,Some orgs are not so good to work in.,Health benefits are a recurring concern.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2620.htm
33960,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," May 31, 2010",Current Employee - Intern,amazon review,money is the only reason,"no work life balance, only work",be less frugal,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33961,amazon,none," May 10, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place for innovators,"strong tech team, open innovative culture, senior management is strong, a place where builders can build, lots of scale and hard problems to solve.","constant churn, heavy workload, not a good work life balance, pound wide and penny foolish, lots of internal dependencies can make it hard to move fast.",a little less churn will yield a lot of productivity.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33962,amazon,none," May 16, 2010",Current Employee - Digital Specialist CSA,anon review digital specialist support,good pay for not having a college education,"the calls come into the support centers like a year long flood, be prepared to talk on the phones, non-stop.","take the time to experience what your workforce experiences on a daily basis, don't listen to calls for a hour every 6 months, get on the phones and take a days worth of calls.",3.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33963,amazon,none," May 3, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"pay were ok, benefits were ok, a good working atmosphere, some perks, good coworkers, health insurance ok, casual work dress","management clueless, poor communication, goals not clearly stated , not enough flexibility, hard to move up, few clear cut paths to move up","listen to your workers, communicate more effectively, inclusion, create more opportunity and clear paths for growth and promotion, value people",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33964,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2010",Former Employee - Director/Senior Manager,"Amazingly smart collegues. Everyone works hard, great place to learn, but you are a slave for customers.","Amazingly smart (and I mean really smart and CAPABLE) collegues here. Pace is superfast and everyone are committed to a common goal: customer experience. Razor sharp focus means lazy, useless people usually can't hide and are fast fired compared to other places. Great place to learn and pick up new work responsibilities - because there are so much growth it means if you are capable, they are more than happy to throw more work at you (but dont expect to be paid for it). I still occassionally miss the constant high quality/caliber of smart + capable + dedicated people that are everywhere at this company - it is really rare elsewhere. I compare Amazon to the Bains/BCGs/McKinseys of the hightech work enviorment.","1) Mgmt need to be better trained. Many people mgrs do not know how to lead. I highlight ""LEAD"" instead of ""manage"". Your experience as an employee here is dictated 100% by your mgr here, and if you are dealt a bad one, you're screwed as the company is too fast to notice what is going on with bad mgrs focused on only results and not developing their people. HR is in general useless and will not step in to help employees on these concerns. 2) Benefits are close to none. The company will make you feel you are a worthless piece of garbage via its self-critical culture (they take it too far), but somehow still give you a lot of stocks so your total compensation is still great. But you feel like a slave for our customers and newbies get burnt out by this. I got used to this as time went on but it requires a strong personality. 3) Intl divisions - especially Asia subs, are completely randomized and chaotic either in business direction or in mgmt capabilities as leaders - dont just focus on growth and make sure you have the right employee dev resources put in place and empower your HR people to actually do something.","1) Invest in Leadership development for your mgrs. Too many people mgrs are here up to VP level are not ready to be true people leaders. The pace you are at makes it invisible to see how these leaders are getting results - (a) are they getting results THRU making their people better"" or (b) getting results thru cycling thru their people as ""inventory turns"" and then tossing them out? There once some leaked comments once a GM told his people that his associates are just monkeys in order to get the shipments out of the door during peak holiday season. that is a good example how NOT to lead.  2) Make some serious HR changes. your HR is useless. Empower them to step in and stop bad behavior when appropriate. HR should be a neutral, empowered group but I found my HR partners to be powerless and scared to step in even when thing are going wrong - e.g. some intl office we were in - employees were asked to keep working while renovations were going on. dusts/building material were floating in the air daily and some of my folks were getting nose bleeds.. Advice from HR? Pls don't make a big deal out of it.. ""have you heard of asbestos?"" sooner or later some class action suit will hit if these practices don't change. HR right now are just puppets.  3) Frugality culture is fine, but dont come acrss as cheap to the bone. Toss a bone here or there to your employees and they'll be much more upbeat in morale and work even harder for you. This is a company built on Type A personality - and Type As need recognization to keep their endless fires burning.. recognize small things will make a huge difference.",4.0,1.5,none,4.5,2.5,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33965,amazon,none," Apr 5, 2010",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,Smart people and exceptional growth opportunities.,"With the growth the company is undergoing, there will be continual growth/promotional opportunities for the next decade. The general public's confidence in making online purchases will only increase as the ""Text"" generation graduates from college and has access to disposable income.","You will definitely work hard. If you don't like what you do, or who you work with, it will be a struggle. But if you enjoy your work, and those you work with, it could possibly be the coolest experience you ever have. Plan on being accessible via email at night and on weekends. Unless your a Software Development Engineer, you won't be on your computer over the weekend but a couple of times a year. You will be asked questions via email that may require a ready reply. Depending on your responsibilities this could be 1-2x/week to daily for high mainenance roles.","No need to blow everyones doors off with added perks, but a system wide emphasis on recognizing individual performance would go a long way. Door desk awards and Just Do It awards to the tune of about 30/year in a company with over 20,000 employees just doesn't cut it.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33966,amazon,none," Apr 21, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test,Good place to work at.,Always running fast no life balance,"Great place to work, minimal life balance. Wish this was a different place to work. Glad where I am at now.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33967,amazon,none," Apr 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon rules,"Super engineering talent, combined with visionary leadership and a customer focused, highly visible workplace make Amazon one of the best places to work.","Hard work, sometimes after hours",Keep up the good work,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33968,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great pay but you pay for it with your sweat,salary stock grants intelligent people sense of ownership in a progressive city can bring your dogs to work cool location if you work in downtown (or in new Lake Union offices),way too much work horrible hours since it's an international operation easy to get mired in adversarial role with other teams/bosses/team members make money for the company at the risk of losing everything human about you,Tone back the cut throat approach to keeping employees in line. Have a little faith in your hires that they'll succeed and mentor instead of whip team members. Jeff B is way too removed from the people who make him more rich every day.,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33969,amazon,none," Mar 25, 2010",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazon,Ability to make change and the ownership every employee is given in the company. We continuously look at improving the business and never satisfied with the status quo.,Sometimes senior management seems to worried about fighting fires and not fixing the root cause of the problem to permanently eliminate the problem.,"Take a look at giving more perks to management due to all the long days and overtime put in. Stock options and three weeks of vacation are nice, it just seems like sometime our good deeds go unrecognized.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2621.htm
33970,amazon,none," Mar 20, 2010",Former Employee - Xxx,amazon,a lot of growth in the company a lot of smart people new campus to be finished and moved to soon,culture is not typical of what one would expect of a tech firm employees somewhat cuthroat employees are worked hard and face time exists,spend some time focusing on getting some organization and order to existing business segments and ventures rather than just growing fast for the sake of growing,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33971,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 3, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work,"Chance to take up a lot of responsibility Recognition for hard work Decent pay, but no bonuses Great managers",Even developers need to do support work Too much cost cutting over-crowded office - not enough space not enough recreation activities in office US teams have more say,Focus on improving facilities for employees 24/7 support is not humanely possible Improve HR practices,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33972,amazon,none," Feb 9, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Interview at amazon,"Great people, great work...satisfaction at the end of the day",You have to strive hard,Great,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33973,amazon,none," Feb 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Hard Make History,Great salary package. Various options to choose from for career advancement - From Warehouse management systems to website platform. Performance based promotions,"very frugal - so no free drinks in the kitchen. Very limited perks - austere environments. No onsite gym, very limited parking, no onsite entertainment provided in any form. Oncall duties - have to work sometimes during weekends and can get paged during nights when oncall","Amazon is a great place to get good experience, good pay and stock options.Amazon needs better support teams to mitigate the burden on an SDE. Onsite gym, pool room, games room etc. should also boost employee experience",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33974,amazon,none," Feb 8, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Amazon review,"Amazon.com does give stock option or stock rewards very generously as a singing bonus offer, and even entry level engineer will get some substantial amount.",Almost every SDE has to carry a pager and there is an on-call rotation for every team. Not good if you have a family.,"I think the entry level employees are given a fair amount of opportunties to go upward, but there are often times that the dev work is wasted because of the non-preparation of project management.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33975,amazon,none," Jan 15, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,an insider's review,a excellent company with western style. people are highly energetic and professional. very dynamic working envirement and fast pace envirement,the office is not big and there is not enough heating in the building. I feel cold in beijng's winter in my office.,the office is not big and there is not enough heating in the building. I feel cold in beijng's winter in my office.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33976,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of exciting project to work on but career growth for SDEs are somewhat limited,Lots of exciting project to work with ranging from Cloud Computing to all aspects of e-commence. Live in Amazon.com is never boring.,"Except for teams working on Cloud Computing, most teams working on traditional e-commerce are project driven and led by former PMs so the upside for SDEs to become managers is limited.",The company need to give SDEs more ways to advance their careers.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33977,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 25, 2009",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Technology makes it a better place,"If you have the passion for technology ,then amazon is a good place to work for",No Growth within the Company..Lots and Lots of bureaucracy,See that Technical Managers are people managers too,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33978,amazon,none," Jan 2, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Meatgrinder, but never boring","Company continues to grow, and will always look at good ideas. Easy opportunities to move forward if you are talented and want to grind it out.","It's a meatgrinder, and turnover is unbelievable. Senior leadershipo could take a better approach to long term employee morale and build a better company.",Take the benefits package out of the dark ages. Step back from a bit of tthe HR and process driven management style with some people. Get more consistent with leadership competence.,3.0,1.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33979,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Good money. Great peers. Poor upper management.,"- End to end ownership. - Good money - Smaller teams and flatter heirarchy - EMphasis on performance, quality and scalability - Good benefits - medical, home drop. - Stocks! RSUs!",- No trust in upper management - Poor product management - Long working hours - Operational maintenance is cumbersome and stressful - People management and HR is not competitive. Especially the HR team is very immature and hurts good hiring decisions,- Bring in smarter management. - Warn people delving in unnecc politics - Nurture and provide opportunities for growth for engineers - Bring in more teams and opportunities for team changes for engineers - Improve and revamp HR especially recruitment team.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2622.htm
33980,amazon,none," Dec 17, 2009",Current Employee - FC Associate I (Warehousing),Lots of personal micromanagement and hard work is essential to being successful at Amazon.com,Generally great co-workers.  Pretty good benefits.  Area managers are usually understanding and are easy to talk to.  Amazon.com is a pretty financially successful company to work for.,Brutal turnover rate for temp associates not used to working in an environment based primarily on production.  There's a thin line to walk while working here. One small incident can mean full termination.  Hard working employees who meet and generally well exceed the productivity/safety/quality expectations usually go un-noticed.  Peak (Late November - December) hours can be excessively tiring after so many consecutive weeks.,Individual appreciation and even general encouragement would go a long way to making those long hours go by much faster.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33981,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,intern,"fast paced, rapid growth, exciting",variable work / life balance,none,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33982,amazon,none," Nov 20, 2009",Current Employee - Area Manager,Not a Great Place to Work Long Term,Innovative New projects and challenges Strong emphasis on operational safety,Not enough time and resources given to establish anything for the long term Favoritism in promotions No respect for tenure. Company seems content on high turnover in Area Manager ranks,Respect and commit to the development of Area Managers. Reward managers that make the company successful year after year.,2.0,3.0,none,1.5,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33983,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2009",Former Employee - Product Management Intern,Internship at Amazon,Projects help learn a lot People are helpful and easy to find resources within Amazon,No work-life balance Had to work long hours,"There is competition coming up. By refusing to acknowledge them, you might lose more than gain.",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33984,amazon,none," Oct 6, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it si a good place to work.,The leadership team is strong.,not too many career development opportunities.,great leadership.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33985,amazon,none," Sep 23, 2009",Former Employee - Hourly Employee,"Good place to work, unless you get stuck in a dead end job.","Many talented managers and employees. Management was generally aware of problems with technology, departmental communication, etc and worked to fix them (slowly but surely). Regular reviews of employees. Good bens (health insurance includes massage, physical therapy, mental, etc and dental is inexpensive).","There are a lot of dead end jobs at Amazon. Although, it seems like the potential for great career growth should be high there given the size and breadth of the company, many good employees find themselves trapped in boring, tedious jobs for way to long with no potential for recognition or advancement. Thus, it could be necessary to work at Amazon for a couple years to get that line on your resume, then go elsewhere for upward mobility, then come back later when you're qualified for a higher level position.",see above comments,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33986,amazon,none," Aug 27, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Buyer,Love it.,"It's not for everyone, but that's good. The weak ones don't move up, so if you are smart & strategic about managing your career here, you can learn a lot, work quite autonomously, and make good money.","Your experience will vary greatly depending on which manager you have an which org you report into. There are definitely certain VPs, directors, and middle managers to avoid - - ask around so you don't end up on their team. Otherwise, there are great mentors and managers here who can help you succeed.","HR needs to start doing in-person interviews of level 4, 5, and 6s to get an understanding of the 7s and 8s in the company. There are still a few toxic or under-trained middle and senior managers here who damage the growth and success of their teams. HR needs to put an ear to the ground to start hearing about what is and isn't working.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33987,amazon,none," Oct 11, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Terrible place to work,Dress code is casual - but that's about the only positive thing to say about the company,Terrible company to work for. I would not recommend this job to anyone. Attrition is extremely high in management. Work life balance is horrible.,"Jeff Bezos has no clue as to what's going on in the company. You would think he would ask , why is there such high attrition among managers ?? Either that or he just doesn't care (which is probably the case.) Remember he use to manage hedge funds. Open 7 buildings in one year, then close 4 the next ??? Screwing with peoples lives is not an effective way to run a company !!",1.0,1.0,none,1.5,1.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33988,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Not a good place to work,The company is still growing strong. The core retail business is taking share in this economic down term. The Amazon web service is picking up and well positioned to compete in cloud-computing. The Kindle is catching the attention.,"The company cares about customers, but doesn't care about its employees. A customer can easily send an email to Jeff Bezos for a very small issue, and the employees will be busy working several days just to explain to Bezos. Management rarely shows respect to employees' life. One senior VP was heard saying that he doesn't believe that there is employee morale. The company is religious about data, but not all managers are good at specifying what they want when they ask their subordinates to produce the analysis, and often change directions, which results in a waste of everybody's time. The company is very cheap, and you will understand it when you see the office and the benefits.","It is very important to respect your employees, because unhappy employees will not perform very good service to the customers.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,2.5,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33989,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2009",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"great engineers, lots of ownership and control over projects, but constantly shifting upper management priorities","- The engineers here are the best I've ever worked with - Typically you have near complete ownership over projects you work on - People trust you to get your job done, and excessive oversight and micromanagement are rare","- Upper management changes frequently, and so do the priorities - Our equipment (laptops, monitors, etc) suck, and are frequently on a self-support model - There's a lot of different stuff going on around in the company and not very good communication, which leads to a lot of duplicated effort (more than should happen)","- Support cleanup efforts to make our code base easier to work with instead of only focusing on new business initiatives - Find a way to reduce upper management churn, and stabilize ownership of systems",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2623.htm
33990,amazon,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 12, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging place to work,"- Great Employee focus.. After 5 jobs with some of the biggest in the industry, here's one which walks the talk. they care about you and do all they can to make your work challenging and your resume top-class - Amazing Innovation drive - Flat organization - Won't get bored - One of the best salary packages",- This is a software company.. the non-software guys belonging to the business will have more challenges in growing - This is a software company.. some of the decisions on products are taken in lieu of the engineering capability rather than the customer need,"Do more marketing about the site, the brand and the product. It does help even though Jeff may not believe as much",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
33991,amazon,none," Aug 6, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,terrible work culture.,"fast paced. it's a go-go-go culture, dog eat dog world at Amazon interview process is gruelling but fun.","Terrible work culture. Company leaders and senior managers are very negative, arrogant and verbally abusive. most employees do the equivalent of two to three jobs. Very stressful work environment. very short term oriented culture especially within teams. senior managers and leaders treat employees as a fungible resource not as assets. It is very hard to retain talent within the company. Medical benefits are terrible as is Amazon's 401K plan. Amazon takes frugal to a new extreme - there are no free drinks or food, no giving programs with employee matching to support the community. work is not challenging enough. there is a lot of busy work","please change the highly political work environment. take a longer term, strategic approach to work instead of the insane focus on short term results. when hiring for fit, it is not just important to raise the hiring bar but it is also important to take a hard look at what can be done to support employees once they are hired",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
33992,amazon,none," Jul 17, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon - Gruelling and Demanding,Performance Driven High Bar Talent Very agile and no Bureaucracy In-hose technical skills and technologies are beyond compare More of a technology company and business does not run technical teams,Very adhoc and and top down strategy Largely driven by CEO and other are just order takers Growth with-in is very hard,Stop Penny pinching in the name of frugality Make career growth easier Hire at the right level. Typically clearing the bar at the same level as current exp is difficuly causing heartburn,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
33993,amazon,none," Jul 2, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Good growth company,Challenging and dynamic environment. Lots to learn,work / life balance not there in some departments.,none,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
33994,amazon,none," Jun 5, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Work Hard, Play Hard","They work you hard, which occasionally leads to burnout, but the work tends to be quite interesting, which makes the whole process satisfying.","Minimal perks, frugal is an understatement, but occasionally it's to the point of penny pinching. Depending on your team, there may be as little as no team building type activities, though I've heard tales of other teams that do beer and boardgames and pizza quite frequently","If yo have a budget to spend on your team, spend it! It's there to make sure your team is working in tip top shape. It may not seem like much but when there's a little bit of tangible gratitude for the work we've been putting in, it's quite uplifting.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
33995,amazon,none," May 28, 2009",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager III,a good company in current environment,"making history, technology, stock options","over time, on call at night, weekends",avoid politics,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
33996,amazon,none," May 31, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good place to start, Move on once you have learnt the trade","Lots of Work, You will get Plenty of stuff to Learn, So-So benefits, Management is not good, however the engineers are very smart.","Zero Work-Life Balance, You will not have time for anything else besides Work. Learn skills and move onto something else.","Treat employees well, dont burn them out. Management just wants to treat employees as slave-labour, and dumps bunch of experimental work on them.",3.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
33997,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardest job I've ever had - but worth it.,"Extremely challenging in many regards. Lots of very smart, hard-working and dedicated people. Lots of interesting technology.",Extremely challenging in many regards. We demand a lot of ourselves and each other. The work/life balance can get out of whack pretty easily.,Keep driving frugality - but be smart about how and where we're being frugal. It's more expensive in the long run to go through 75 rolls of duct tape than to weld it once.,5.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
33998,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2009",Current Employee - Finance Business Analyst,Work for Amazon,"Knowledge and excitement, Speed and Commitment","Hard work, poor Work/life balance",Improve work/life baance of employees,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
33999,amazon,none," Apr 29, 2009",Former Employee - Prefer Not to Say,Okay for getting your feet wet.,"A few years ago, the best reasons were because it was exciting. The company was at a make or break point and I had a chance to make a difference in the ""make.""",Loads of face time with little getting done by most. Very limited opportunity for advancement. Lots of middle management that claim credit for the work their staff did - including BRAIN POWER. This is one of the most frustrating things.,"If you want to KEEP the ""best and the brightest,"" treat them with more respect, recognize their accomplishments as belonging to them (and not pawning them off to higher ups as YOURS) and pay them according to industry standards. I went from Amazon to a job that paid me more than $20K more to do the SAME THING.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,1.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2624.htm
34000,amazon,none," Apr 17, 2009",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,Engineers can learn from the best,"Learn about scaling and customer obsession. good work environment for junior engineers, there is a lot to learn within Amazon. Open culture for engineers to learn and exchange. The best place to be to understand retail, and yet has some very interesting teams","Long hours, little fun. Too frugal. Engineers operate in silos. You barely know the people in the next office. If you are in a service that requires to inter-operate with other teams, you have a tough time. Its very hard to get roadmaps aligned and it requires frequent iteration. The usual answer you can expect is ""we dont have this on the roadmap for this year""",Create opportunities for fun time,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34001,amazon,"Glenrothes, Scotland (UK)"," Apr 10, 2009",Current Employee - FC Associate,"A job to fill the gap between other jobs, but nothing more.","good, friendly people to work with","the pay is poor, opportunities for promotion are minimal, treatment of staff by upper management is poor.",respect the employees more.,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34002,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,horrible get out while you can!,A name on a resume. Will open doors.,where do i start? It's horrible,stop treating people like crap,1.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34003,amazon,none," Apr 8, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to learn and burn out.,You get paid and may learn a thing or two.,"You'll get jaded, burned out, and leave.",None,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34004,amazon,none," Mar 22, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intense place to work,discount on products at company store,24x7x365 constant pressure that never lets up,move on,1.0,2.0,none,2.0,1.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34005,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Feb 19, 2009",Current Employee - Share Service Analyst Uk,Not a bad place to work,job stability good staff communication,very competitive and lomg hours,"If you are going to put people in levels that they aren't completely qualified for, you need to spend the time and money to develop them into that role",3.0,1.5,none,2.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34006,amazon,none," Feb 5, 2009",Current Employee - Area Manager,An outstanding job to land in ANY economy!,"Growth, good compenstation, great place to learn. Name recognition when moving on never hurts either, I received a pretty outstanding offer and the competition for the next level doesn't appear too fierce. As you get further up, the peope surrounding you get smarter and smarter until it's almost intimidating!","Very little initial training with lots of ""tribal knowledge"" to get through and somehow learn. The company is extremely data-criven, which allows them to make decisions, but sometimes it seems that people can get lost in all that information. The hours can be a bit tedious too. 60 hours is not uncommon even during medium-busy times.",none,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34007,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Jan 16, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great company to work for...,"There is a tremendous pool of talent working for Amazon. Anyone joining the company will be able to make a contribution from day one, while being able to take on responsibility early on. The opportunities for personal development are many.","The base pay isnt great. The share package seems attractive, however, you salary increases and incremental share grants take into the account the shares which you have already been issued, so in reality, there is no upside if the share price outperforms.","Amazon UK is doing really well, keep doing a great job. Make sure you pay your staff in a manner which reflects the unfortunately location.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,2.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34008,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2009",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Amazon: Demanding, but rewarding","Great culture, Dynamic environment, Technically sophisticated, Metrics driven management, The company genuinely cares about customer satisfaction, Leader of the space the company is in, great set of people to work with,","Long hours, relatively poor benefits",Think through the career growth opportunities for various positions,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34009,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2009",Current Employee - Area Manager,Good start but lock in the good employees before they give up,"Excellent Starting Pay Company helps you to learn the system and supports you but you must make the first move. Communication is sometimes lacking with the reasons things are done. They attempt to motivate the employees but forgot that at times a ""presence"" and ""good job"" in person goes a long way. They are good at encouraging employees during peak periods but should also do this throught the year.",Very slow to promote to Amazon from the temp agency would rather wait and see how long you will tough it out. Let employees of the temp agency know if and when you are going to hire to Amazon. the information given by the temp agency is misleading at best.,Reward those who are proving that they want to be there and work hard to prove it,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2625.htm
34010,amazon,none," Jan 18, 2009",Current Employee - Area Manager,Good start but lock in the good employees before they give up,"Excellent Starting Pay Company helps you to learn the system and supports you but you must make the first move. Communication is sometimes lacking with the reasons things are done. They attempt to motivate the employees but forgot that at times a ""presence"" and ""good job"" in person goes a long way. They are good at encouraging employees during peak periods but should also do this throught the year.",Very slow to promote to Amazon from the temp agency would rather wait and see how long you will tough it out. Let employees of the temp agency know if and when you are going to hire to Amazon. the information given by the temp agency is misleading at best.,Reward those who are proving that they want to be there and work hard to prove it,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34011,amazon,Chennai (India)," Dec 26, 2008",Former Employee - Applications Engineer,Great customer experience but give some of it to employees too,Great projects - lots of great projects that are really pioneering smart people - it hires loads of smart people. its a great experience to hang around good package great benefits management really focussed on customers and its a great feeling to be s sincere to customers strong mentoring - there is a strong mentoring focus and each new employee can optionally team with an experienced guy to learn new things,hectic work have to support applications even in the middle of night - can be really annoying micro management most managers are not very clear about the feedback to the team members .,focus on emplyees too ! and dont micro manage !!,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34012,amazon,none," Dec 29, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Editor,"Great company, great opportunities--a place to set down roots.","Amazon is a great place to work if you want to work hard, get experience, and network with lots of other people doing all sorts of jobs you never thought could exist. The benefits package is outstanding, and the salary is very competitive. There are a lot of opportunities for advancement--as long as you're willing to work hard, learn, and take feedback. The focus really is on the customer, and it's really nice to work for a company that actually practices what it preaches--from the top down *and* from the bottom up. Everyone is very respectful of one another, and disagreement is totally acceptable. It's a very open environment, and it feels like a flat management system even if it isn't.","There's a bit of travel involved in some positions. There are some disconnects between departments, so you don't always know what's going on in another part of the business. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it can be in certain circumstances. Occasionally a decision will be made that doesn't make a ton of sense, but that's true in any business environment, particularly in an environment that's so innovative and eager to stretch the bounds of what can and can't be done. There are also lots and lots of meetings... I've never worked at a place that valued meetings so much!",Know what your folks do. Know it intimately. Numbers can't always be assigned to the value of someone's contribution.,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34013,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Nov 18, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Don't bother unless you are desperate to bolster your CV,Good for CV reputation and professional learnings esp data analytics,"treat staff like idiots - 'frugal' is the word they use, in fact it is more like cutting corners. People get demotivated and leave making more work for those left behind. Senior management take pride in their buollshit macho aggression. Thisck skin needed.","get a life - form a meaningful HR department, give people a break. Chill out.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,2.0,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34014,amazon,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Could be better,"Very good work, diverse work, nice peer group, small teams. work is very challenging and original. you get more responsibilities soon. nice growth opportunities are good for people who take up the challenges. still not yet in the indian mould, so there is not much difference from the seattle based teams and indian teams, which is good. the hiring bar is pretty high, so you work with a lot of brilliant people, which helps in shaping your career better. Compensation is pretty good compared to the industry average, and there is good recognition for good work. you feel like working in a startup.","the facilities are very mediocre and downright poor in some cases. the management does not mind cutting costs on the facilities provided, there is not much to refresh during work, the cafeteria is bad, poor phones, not many meeting rooms, no TT tables. some teams work on 24 by 7 support model which is very bad. some managers care only about the quantity of work and not quality. not much interaction between various teams like in seattle, the teams here keep to themselves. not much innovative ideas come from the indian team, inspite of having great talent, the management does not seem to be using them well.",fix the facilities issues,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34015,amazon,none," Oct 9, 2008",Current Employee - Area Manager,40 hour work week not gonna happen here and micromanaging is the norm...,Bonuses suck you inn and potential for 30 k in stock 4 yrs down the road is decent incentive to tough it out. Exponential growth at this point in time.,Long hours poor senior management on the operations side. Expected flexibility of work hours is unreasonable.,If you have a high hiring bar and have faith in the managers you hire let them do their job and provide them resources to get the job done well. Create a matrix environment where managers are not only empowered but helped achieved collective goals for the company. Think efore creating more work for others and see if the work is truly value added to the customer.,2.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34016,amazon,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Sep 30, 2008",Former Employee - Buyer Risk Investigation,"It's a good start for your career, but don't expect too much","good benefits, if you have a team of nice people and they have enthusiasm you can enjoy your job, Amazon is the leader on the retail market, launching new products to the right time in the US","first of all, the market in the US comes first, all others have to wait, not a really good communication from the high/upper level management to low level employees which is very frustrating, employee morale is going up and down - depends on how fair they are with recognitions and compensations, career opportunities are limited, unfortunately not all managers/employees are qualified and don't know how to socialise with their employees/colleagues, they should move to an other city, the place is not the best",Listen to your employees! If you think the European market is low key think twice!!,3.0,3.5,none,1.5,3.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34017,amazon,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 23, 2008",Current Employee - Oracle Database Administrator,Some thoughts,Challenge. You'll always learn something new. It also looks good on the CV. Global mobility is not just a phrase but a real option for anyone.,"Work/life balance. You're working most of the time and the for the rest you're on call. Your efforts often don't get recognized. The fact that Amazon hires only the best (and this is well communicated to employees, too) creates an environment when most of your colleagues think that they are better than the rest. You're working with really bright people, but many of them don't accept the fact that their colleagues are just like them in this respect.",If you can manage your projects successfully that doesn't necessarily mean that you can manage people.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34018,amazon,none," Jun 22, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's a job where very few people stay more than a few years.,You can learn a lot in a short amount of time.,"It feels like you are doing time in order to launch your career. The work is boring for the most part. The challenging problems you work on have more to do with sloppy design, lazy programming, horrible planning, than anything remotely interesting (from a computer science perspective).  Amazon tries to preach this idea that you are working with the smartest people that you'll ever work with. This has been far from the case so far. Yes, there are some people there that are really brilliant, but those people really stick out since they are so rare. For the most part, the developers are solid, although they tend to be sloppy and careless. And there are some developers that actively try to avoid responsibility, make things difficult for others, or are openly hostile to people around them. Unfortunately, I've seen quite a few of these types while being there.","Keep it up. For the most part, Senior Management is doing pretty well. Hopefully they will be strong enough to be consistently respectful as well as hold people to high standards. If this happens, I think that things might have a chance to improve.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34019,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Great place to learn, but you will quickly burn-out.","You have a lot of ownership over your work. There is a lot of freedom to set your own goal and exercise best judgments. There usually is not a lot of micromanaging going on at the company. You are usually given a general goal or a vague set of problems, and you are expected to exercise best judgment to resolve and/or achieve them. Additionally, there are a lot of smart people at Amazon, and there are some great technologists here to learn from as well. Amazon is basically like a 10+ years-old and multi-billion dollar start-up, with all the good and bad that implies.","It's a very competitive and chaotic environment to work. You never know what's going to happen tomorrow, and the ownership of your work often implies very long working hours. There is also a severe lack of process or usage of industry best practices. The company culture also encourages hackers to slap things together to meet short-term objectives without taking into consideration of long-term impacts. Some groups also falls into a dark spiral, where the service the team owns are buggy, thus requiring high operational burden, i.e. being paged at 3am when something is down, which burns engineers out, which leads to even higher operational burden. It's a vicious cycle.","Be more inclusive in your decision making process and do a better job at retaining quality people. The average tenure at Amazon is only 2.5 years, which is VERY scary considering how poor the documentation process is.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2626.htm
34020,amazon,none," Jun 29, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,bad place to work,a few smart people to work with,everything. they pay you less and make you work a lot,"grow a backbone, and give your employees a good raise.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34021,amazon,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Praktikant,"Reisen, Aufstiegssmöglichkeiten und vieles mehr","Stress, Stress, Stress (und so)",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34022,amazon,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,C'est une compagnie de perspective très fabuleux attractive pour surtout des jeunes avec plein d'énergie,Nouvelle découverte couverture sanitaire assurée bon salaire couverture des frais scolaire après une année de job possible d'être reemploié après les études,"Dans zones éloigné , travail très dur ,la pause est insuffisante je propose 2 fois 30 mn et une fois 15 mn .",Si possible amazone devrait construire des cité ou maison à louer et appartement pour les travailleurs désireux de amazone non pas loin de l'usine sa serait non seulement busseness mais aussi une grande faveur pour ceux qui viennent de très loin .je vous remercie,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34023,amazon,none," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Constant learning throughout career here.,Scaling the company's innovation culture.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34024,amazon,none," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,la compania ofrece muchos beneficios,demasiadas horas de pie y el salario no va con el trabajo que se hace,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34025,amazon,"New York, NY"," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Software Development Engineer,Es macht einfach Spaß dort zu arbeiten!,Man verdient gut man hat Spaß und man kann in viele Richtungen arbeiten ist für jeden was dabei. Bin sehr zufrieden gewesen.,Manchmal sehr viel Arbeit z.b. Paketprüfer da hat man immer echt viel zu tun. Aber sonst finde ich grad keine Kontras,Keine,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34026,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Wekrstudent,Werkstudent Instockmanagement,"Sehr angenehmes Klima, lässige Kollegen und gute Atmospähre, man hat Lust zu arbeiten.","Nicht so gut bezahlt, hohe Fluktuation in allen Bereichen","Noch mehr auf den Mitarbeiter fokussieren, nicht nur den Customer.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34027,amazon,none," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"man kann sehr schnell Erfahrungen sammeln, es gibt nur sehr flache Hierarchien, auf die nur in den seltensten Fällen geachtet wird. Sehr breit gefächertes Arbeitsspektrum","Aufgrund der Fülle der Aufgaben, werden Dinge teilweise nur halb oder nicht erledigt, da am nächsten Tag nicht mehr wichtig. Flache Hierarchien können auch Schwierigkeiten mitbringen, wenn jeder immer und überall mitreden und mitentscheiden möchte","insgesamt gut, gerne mehr Zeit für echte Personalentwicklung.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34028,amazon,none," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Formateru,"Bon collègues, missions challengeantes, volonté de transmettre l'esprit de l'entreprise",Pression qui peut être élevée,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34029,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tres bonne ecole,"Projets interessants, collaborateurs competents, entreprise flexible, recherche permanente d'un travail de haute qualite","beaucoup de pression/forte charge de travail, grosse entreprise: forte competition interne, beaucoup de reporting",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2627.htm
34030,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tres bonne ecole,"Projets interessants, collaborateurs competents, entreprise flexible, recherche permanente d'un travail de haute qualite","beaucoup de pression/forte charge de travail, grosse entreprise: forte competition interne, beaucoup de reporting",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34031,amazon,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good,bien et tres bien je recommande",Aucun tout est parfait ici,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34032,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Working Student,Working Student Project Management,"Mitarbeiter, Die Name auf dem Lebenslauf","Durchschnittliches Gehalt, Aufgaben manchmal nicht sehr aufregend",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34033,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Paketzusteller/in,Paketzusteler,"Im Moment ich suche Fest Einstellung bei Firmen ich habe Führerschein B, C+E Kategorie",Ich wollte bei Amazon arbeit mit Festanstellung,Ich habe Interesse bei Amazon arbeit,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34034,amazon,Boves (France)," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - coordinateur logistique,Toujours,On apprend beaucoup dans cette entreprise. Le personnel d'encadrement est très sympa.,On marche beaucoup car les entrepôts sont très grands  Le bruit,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34035,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Toller Arbeitgeber!,"Vielfältiger und herausfordernder Job, tolle Kollegen und ein modernes Arbeitsumfeld!","Work Hard ist nicht nur ein Kaffeebecher Slogan sondern wird wirklich gefordert. Damit geht das Unternehmen aber offen und ehrlich um, man weiß also auf was man sich einlässt ,-)",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34036,amazon,Frankenthal (Pfalz) (Germany)," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Versandmitarbeiter,Arrogante Vorgesetzte und Vorziehen von ,"Kostenlose Getränke, 10 % Mitarbeiterrabatt, Kantine, sonst nichts","Teils arrogante Teamleads, bzw. Manager, die nicht einmal ihre Arbeit machen (können). Einzelne Mitarbeiter werden bevorzugt. Ob bei der Weiterbildung oder der Urlaubsgenehmigung. Kurzfristige Ansagen usw..","Etwas mehr Gerechtigkeit und Chancengleichheit. Nur weil jemand Abi hat oder ein Studium, heisst das nicht, dass er geeigneter ist als Lead oder Manager, als ein ""Altgedienter"".",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34037,amazon,none," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Très bonne entreprise pour débuter,-Apprentissage en accéléré -Beaucoup de responsabilité très vite,-Niveau d'implication demandé très haut,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34038,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Sr Vendor manager,Amazon,"Flexibel, dynamisch, wachsend, interessante Projekte.","Viel Arbeit, viel Handarbeit/ kurzfristige Lösungen, Fluktuation.","Infrastruktur für MA schaffen - tools, teams, etc.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34039,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 30, 2018","Former Employee - Elektriker, Förderband Wartung",Teamarbeit,Amazon ist eine vertrauenswürdige Firma,Ich kenne keine Nachteile für diese Firma,Jedes Unternehmen arbeitet im Team,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2628.htm
34040,amazon,none," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bien mais....,"Culture de l'excellence, Orientation Client, On-boarding, process de recrutement excellent.","Prise en compte de l'humain et empathie inexistante pour une majorité de managers qui ne pensent qu'aux résultats/metrics et à leur intérêt propre et leur carrière au dépens de leurs équipes. Malgré la fausse bonne intention de pouvoir reporter les problématiques, on est vite conseillés de quitter la société plutôt que de regarder les problèmes humains et les gérer...",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34041,amazon,Paris (France)," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Manager,Tres satisfait,Entouré de collègues brillants. Toujours de quoi apprendre. Une infinité d'opportunités d'évolution. Une politique RH claire. Des valeus d'entreprise mises en oeuvre au quotidien,Jamais le temps de tout faire. La pression peut etre usante. Pas de place pour les seniors. Aucun respect de l'environnement.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34042,amazon,none," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Très bonne expérience,"Entreprise passionnante, collègues de très haut niveau, on apprend énormément. Salaire complété par des stock units.",Un peu de pression et des horaires assez lourds.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34043,amazon,Kobern-Gondorf (Germany)," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Versandmitarbeiter,Alles OK,"Sehr lockere Arbeit, bei entsprechendem gwhalt",Teilweise sehr monoton gehalten die Arbeit,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34044,amazon,none," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Homeofficetätigkeit im Lieferantenmanagement,- Homeoffice in Vollzeit - drei Schichten zur Auswahl,- schleppende Kommunukation mit Führungsebene,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34045,amazon,Saran (France)," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Moyen,Beaucoup d’heures supplémentaires et horaire de nuit 2x8 horaire,Monotonie . Pas d’aspect d’avenir et répétitif,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34046,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Business Development Lead,"Hoher Anspruch, tolle Kollegen und viele Erfolg","Tolles Arbeitsumfeld, welches Produktivität und Weiterbildung fördert Starke Arbeitskollegen und toller Zusammenhalt im Team","Bewusst zu anspruchsvolle Vorgesetzte. Es werden vorsätzlich zu hohe Ziele gesetzt, was prinzipiell kein Problem ist, jedoch wird die Arbeitserfahrung suboptimal dafür ausgelegt.",Stretch Goal-Ansatz überdenken,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34047,amazon,Paris (France)," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Préparateur De Commande,Ils m'ont bien formé et j'en suis fière,Par ce que j'aime travaillé à amazon,Il y a aucun inconvénient,"Les dirigeants sont toujours souriants,de bonne humeur et ils motivent",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34048,amazon,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Coole Projekte,- Coole Projekte - nette Kollegen - Atmosphere,_ Gehalt - kann stressig sein - Wettbewerb,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34049,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,Customer Service,Im großen und ganzen alles Super,Keine nennenswerten Nachteile ersichtlich jetzt,Nichts Gravierendes kann ich sagen,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2629.htm
34050,amazon,The Hague (Netherlands)," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Technisch manager,"Hard werk, veel bouwen, ook plezier maken","Amazon Web Services, deel van Amazon, heeft het motto 'Work hard, have fun, make history', en dit is zeker waar voor Amazon en AWS in de Benelux. Amazon/AWS is al jaren actief lokaal in Nederland maar werkt redelijk op de achtergrond - de producten spreken voor zichzelf als het ware. De organisatie staat lokaal en in EMEA zelfstandig maar er is natuurlijk ook veel interactie met collega's in de USA, UK, Duitsland, Asie of Australie. Het is een 1 van de meest internationale tech bedrijven die ik ken, zo ver zelfs dat het ook niet per definitie Amerikaans te noemen is. Amazon/AWS heeft z'n eigen peculiar cultuur.  Ongekende groei en technisch hoogstaande middelen geven de ruimte om te pionieren en te bouwen terwijl er een rijkdom aan informatie en middelen bestaat om te bouwen wat werkt voor de klant. Het is een werk omgeving voor de top mensen die elkaar ook opzoeken, en die elkaar uitdagen. Naast veel vrijheid om dingen aan te pakken is er de vrijheid om te groeien en te leren en te veranderen. Dat maakt het een unieke werkgever maar wel 1 die ook eisen stelt aan de werknemers. De befaamde Amazon leadership principals zeggen heel veel over deze werkgever, en zijn daadwerkelijk van toepassing en in natuurlijk conflict.  Ook: ""It's always day 1!"", wat zoveel betekend dat in Amazon we elke dag als een nieuwe kans pakken om zaken anders te kunnen doen.","Er is altijd werk te doen, je moet dit echter wel zelf aanbrengen en die balans toepassen. Er is geen druk om dit te doen, het is meer de natuurlijke drive van de mensen die doorgaans de zelfstandigheid hebben om goed bij Amazon/AWS te werken.",Keep the bar high & secure the culture.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34051,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Vor- und Nachteile,"Neuer Bereich E-Commerce, interessante Kolelegen","Sehr hohes Arbeitsvolumen, sehr hohe Heschwindigkeit",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34052,amazon,none," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Für den Übergang okay,"Man weiß worauf man sich im Vorfeld einlässt, Gehalt ist ok","Möglichkeiten Schichten zu tauschen sind ziemlich begrenzt, Work-Life-Balance könnte besser sein",none,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34053,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Tolller AG,Möglichkeit zum Homeoffice. Man verdient nicht wenig.,"Deutliche Abstriche im Privatleben, bezogen auf Kontakte mit Kollegen.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34054,amazon,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardcore Datacenter,Hier lernt man arbeiten nach amerikanischem Standard,Wenig Rücksicht auf Work-Life-Balance. Standards passen nicht immer für Deutschland. Zu wenig Personal für Schichtsystem. Kaum Deutsche Mitarbeiter.,"Behandelt die Mitarbeiter wie Menschen, da würden auch mehr Deutsche anheuern.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34055,amazon,Bad Hersfeld (Germany)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Aushilfe,Weitgehende positive Erfahrung,"-Gute Bezahlung für ungelernte Kräfte -Sonderzahlungen (Urlaubsgeld, Zuschläge) -AktienPakete -Rabatte -Kinderbetreung",-Druck -Wenig Infos über Geschehnisse für Teilzeitkräfte,"Persönlichere Gespräche führen, nicht unbekannte Manager unbequeme Gespräche führen lassen sondern bekannte und vertraute Führungskräfte einbinden.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34056,amazon,Leipzig (Germany)," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Reliability Maintenance Engineering Manager,just like any other economically successful US public company,"You learn things about platform economy, average internet customers and yourself, working under pressure for goals which are often obsolete tomorrow you would not learn anywhere else.","There is no purpose besides making money. Amazon has no meaningful product, goal or technology which reduces greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. It does exactly the opposite and the current initiatives (wind farms, putting solar panels on their buildings) are just greenwashing. Amazon has no initiative to support a fair global economy although it has the power to do so. This would really be ""customer obsession"" for the longterm wellbeing of Amazon's customers.",Step out of your golden cage and use your own brain.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34057,amazon,Rheinberg (Germany)," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Versandmitarbeiter,"gute gehalt , arbeit nicht schwer",wir können im arbeit nicht setzen,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34058,amazon,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Ein gutes Gehalt für banale Arbeit,Arbeit findet im Schichtdienst statt,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34059,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,still day one,"* Internationale uitdagingen, * omgeving waarin je gechallenged wordt * verloning inclusief aandelen",* work/ life balance * development of people * continuïteit in leiderschap (bijna ieder jaar een nieuwe manager)/ personeelsverloop,investeer in personeel & opleidingen,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2630.htm
34060,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Teammanager,Traumjob mit Sicherheit nicht!!,"es gibt keine, da man rücksichtslos bis zum letzten ausgequetscht wird und dann nach Ablauf der zwei Jahres Frist mit Sicherheit nicht übernommen wird, wenn man nicht mittlerweile in der Psychatrie gelandet ist.","Der Arbeitsplatz wird total überwacht und kontrolliert, es gibt jede menge versteckte Software die installiert ist um alles mögliche aus dem Arbeitnehmer herauszubekommen, selbst private chats und mails werden kontrolliert und aufgezeichnet.","Geht nach Hause, den Job versteht Ihr mit Sicherheit nicht! (Betrachtet man was Amazon täglich an Geld verliert durch das Missmangement, wird hoffentlich bald aufgegriffen das Thema und dafür Sorge getragen das das Flickwerk endlich entsorgt wird",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34061,amazon,Paris (France)," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Assistante RH,"Bien organisé, professionnalisme,","Intéressement, CE, réduction sur Amazon",Salaire trop basse par rapport au marché,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34062,amazon,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solide Arbeit in solidem Umfeld,"Home Office, klare Strukturen, regelmäßiges Feedback","großer Konzern, nicht immer nachvollziehbare Entwicklugen",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34063,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Teamleiter,Mehr Schein als Sein,Der Kollegenzusammenhalt ist von sehr gut und man kann viel Erfahrung für den nächsten Job sammeln,Die Bezahlung ist echt ein schlechter Scherz !,Mehr Transparenz schaffen und die Operationsebene mehr mit einbinden !,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34064,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SHIFT MANAGER,"primes et actions, opportunités, have fun","pas de CE, pas de 13 ème mois, pas de tickets restaurant",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34065,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Manager Finanzen/Controlling,Willkommen auf dem Amt,"sehr kreativ Mitarbeiter werden laufend bespasst Sehr internationale und nette Kollegen und Vorgesetzte Sehr gute, gesunde und einfache Strategie - das Unternehmen wird trotz allem noch auf Jahre erfolgreich sein","Bürokratie - man ist v.a. mit sich selbst beschäftigt Probleme werden gemessen und verwaltet anstatt gelöst, Prozessfokus fehlt komplett Führung wird nicht geschult noch wird man deswegen befördert, Management durch die Bank irgendwie ""nett"" und durchaus recht intelligent (sowie die meisten bei Amazon), aber halt nicht für den Job geeignet. Innovationssucht anstatt operational Excellence",Managen anstatt endlos-Reviews - Informieren anstatt Bespaßen - Strategie herunterbrechen auf den Bereich anstatt vor lauter Bäumen den Wald nicht mehr zu sehen,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34066,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Chef,Der Chef bestimmt,"Einmannbetrieb, 4 Angestellte, kann Urlaub machen, wann ich will","Viel Arbeit, Sozialabgaben, Risiko, relativ weiter Fahrweg",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34067,amazon,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Por Amazon,Top Arbeitgeber für engagierte Mitarbeiter,Es sind keine negativen Punkte zu erwähnen,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34068,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Erschreckend und unmoralisch,Extremely international Fast paced company Something new is happening all the time At the edge of new innovation and IT trends,"High employee turnover Frequent restructuring Promotion heavily dependent on manager. if manager changes, then forget about it. Bad pay. Focus is on giving restricted stock units to employees Cut throat culture. Does not care about employee well being. You can be dying in the hospital and the manager will ask you when are you coming back to work. This actually happened Extremely stressful working environment",How about making humanity and empathy your leadership principles?,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34069,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very bad work-life balance,"Good for your resume, if you survive...","Stress, very bad work-life balance. Because of the late-afternoon/evening meetings with the US, it's difficult to have hobbies or even just a social life.",none,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2631.htm
34070,amazon,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very bad work-life balance,"Good for your resume, if you survive...","Stress, very bad work-life balance. Because of the late-afternoon/evening meetings with the US, it's difficult to have hobbies or even just a social life.",none,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34071,amazon,"Graben, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiter,Erschreckend...,Leider fallen mir wirklich keine positiven Gründe ein,"Um es mit den Worten eines Kollegen auszudrücken der noch bei Amazon tätig ist: Hier herrscht Krieg!   Was mich nicht nur entsetzt sondern regelrecht schockiert hat, war wie Menschenverachtend man mit Mitarbeitern umgeht! Mitarbeiter und Unternehmen passen nicht immer zusammen, das ist einfach so, wenn eine, oder beide Seiten das erkennt dann trennt man sich einfach. Dies tut man in einem offenen Gespräch, freundlich, professionell und geht einfach getrennte Wege.  Amazon nicht! Amazon baut massiven Druck auf und droht einem gezielt mit z.B.: Nur noch schriftliche Kommunikation, Abmahnungen bei kleinsten Abweichungen, Schlechtes Zeugnis trotz guter Arbeit, etc.. Das was am meisten schockiert hat, ist die Aussage der Führungskraft, dass man dies SCHON OFT GEMACHT HAT! In meiner langjährigen Karriere habe ich etwas derartiges noch nie erlebt! Wie gesagt man passt nicht immer zusammen und daran ist auch nichts schlechtes. Aber dieses Verhalten ist einfach untragbar und spiegelt wieder wie verachtend und kaltblütig Amazon mit Menschen umgeht! Leider ist dies tatsächlich kein Einzelfall und wurde von mehreren Kollegen die auch ""gegangen"" sind bestätigt!  Absolut unprofessionelles, inkompetentes Vorgesetztenverhalten! Keinerlei fachliche Kommunikation, keine klaren Ansagen, keine Besprechung mit direkter Aufgabenverteilung, keine Absprache der Tagesplanung, Informationen werden nur einzelnen / bestimmten Teammitglieder und nicht dem ganzen Team mitgeteilt, kurz gesagt nicht die kleinste Kompetenz als Führungskraft! Operativ sehr stark, das muss man wirklich zugeben, aber als Führungskraft eine totale Fehlbesetzung! Vielleicht sollte man sich fragen, warum es seit Jahren kein stabiles Team am Standort gibt!  Es gibt keine interessanten oder wechselnden Aufgaben, man muss immer das gleiche machen nur jedesmal mehr! Monotonie in Perfektion! Es sei denn, man braucht Unterstützung am Band, dann darf man auch Pakete packen oder Waren einsammeln, egal wieviel man ansonsten zu tun hat. Natürlich darf man sich dann rechtfertigen warum man sein Pensum dann nicht geschafft hat!  Wenn man nicht sein ganzes Leben nach Amazon ausrichtet ist man unten durch. Bis zu 10 Arbeitsstunden sind in der Hochsaison üblich. Mobilität Deutschland- und Europaweit ist eigentlich Voraussetzung, auch für längere Zeiträume. Wenn man nicht will, kann man eine Karriere schon vergessen, früher oder später auch den Arbeitsplatz!","•Ehrlich mit den Mitarbeitern sein und sich fair verhalten •Mit Mitarbeitern reden OHNE zu drohen •Eine ordentliche Feedbackkultur aufbauen •Führungskräfte anstellen, die auch führen können und nicht nur operativ gut sind!",1.0,none,none,5.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34072,amazon,Rheinberg (Germany)," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Kommissionierer,Angestellte werden für dumm verkauft,Geld kommt pünktlich. Nette Arbeitskollegen.,"Überwachung, zahlendruck, man wird beobachtet auf dem Arbeitsplatz vom Vorgesetzten ob man quatscht. Nur Negativ Feedback",Wir sind Menschen keine Zahlen oder Maschinen,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34073,amazon,Paris (France)," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Une boufée d'air frais technologique,Ambiance et conditions général du travail. Innovations technologique constante Un apprentissage permanente.,"Charge de travail assez importante, toutefois sans pression inutile du management",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34074,amazon,"Graben, Bayern (Germany)"," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,"Gute Möglichkeit in das Berufsleben zu starten, aber man sollte nicht lange auf der Stelle treten","Amazon bietet viele Möglichkeiten sich, in alle möglichen Richtungen, weiterzuentwickeln",Mittlerweile fokussiert sich das Unternehmen stark auf MBA Absolventen,"Setzt euch kritischer mit der Wahl der Führungskräfte auseinander, die leadership principles helfen dabei genug",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34075,amazon,Clichy (France)," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,challenging et formateur,"Tout va très vite, les collaborateurs sont très motivés et travailler en équipe est très agréable grâce à cela. Evolution rapide.",Beaucoup de process qui font le succès d'amazon mais parfois peu de flexibilité autour de ces process.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34076,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon s.r.o.,Junge und energische Teams Homeoffice Amazon Aktien Discount und viele Benefits/Rabatte,Geringe / schwere Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten Geringe jährliche Gehaltserhöhung,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34077,amazon,Paris (France)," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - AWS Consultant,Great Place To Be,"Environnement ultra dynamique, collègues compétents, management de proximité, autonomie, principes de leadership respectés",Environnement tellement passionnant qu'on pourrait en oublier parfois sa vie personnelle,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34078,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Licht und Schatten...,"Dynamisches Arbeitsumfeld, man kann in kurzer Zeit sehr viel lernen und hat die Möglichkeit, sich weiter zu entwickeln. Kurze Entscheidungswege, flache Hierarchien, viel Verantwortung und Gestaltungsspielraum. Sehr qualifizierte Kollegen, es macht Spaß mit so vielen klugen Köpfen zusammen zu arbeiten.","Die Arbeitsbelastung ist immens, eine 40-Stunden-Woche habe ich meist am Mittwoch schon vollumfänglich 'geleistet'. Der Druck ist groß, das Meiste muss sehr schnell gehen und es wird erwartet, dass man dieser Geschwindigkeit gerecht wird - egal wie man es macht... ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste oder private Gegebenheiten.","Langfristig denken! Nicht nur was den Umsatzerfolg und die Kundenzufriedenheit betrifft, sondern auch im Sinne der Mitarbeiter. Bessere Work-Life-Balance, eine Reduzierung des Drucks/Arbeitspensums sowie eine Anerkennung der unglaublich vielen Extrameilen die jeder geht wären sehr angebracht!",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34079,amazon,Clichy (France)," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Brand Specialist,Expérience formatrice mais valeurs et management à revoir!,"Bonne rémunération, expérience formatrice et sujets intéressants","Manque de courage managérial, ambiguïtés des décisions",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2632.htm
34080,amazon,Paris (France)," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Environment dynamique,"Bonne ambiance, équilibre vie perso/pro respecté grâce à la flexibilité du travail et beaucoup d'opportunités- croissance très soutenue (au delà de retail).","Croissance trop soutenue, les équipes sont très souvent sous staffées. L'employé est rarement considéré comme un point d'attention.","Si l'entreprise pouvait être davantage centrée sur les employés, les clients en bénéficieront car ce sont les Hommes qui font le succès de l'entreprise.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34081,amazon,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Une boîte dynamique mais une dimension humaine à revoir,"Le salaire, la possibilité de discuter avec les ingénieurs","La pression venant d'en haut qui pèse, l'ambiance de rivalité",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34082,amazon,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 23, 2018",Former Employee - Seller Support Associate,Great company in general,- Correct base salary - Environment/Colleagues - Training - Shares,- No flexibility - Shift rotation - Management,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34083,amazon,Clichy (France)," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Un poste tres operationnel mais formateur,"Cadre de travail tres agréable, équipe jeune et dynamique, projets intéressants","travail operationnel, peu de perspective d'évolution verticale",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34084,amazon,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,- topics intéressants - accès aux informations et data,- reporting important - peu d'influence sur les roadmaps leadées par les équipes aux US,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34085,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,le salaire,"tres cool, indépendance dans le travail. les managers à l'ecoute de tous.",le salaire n'est pas à la hauteur des attentes des travailleurs.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34086,amazon,Rheinberg (Germany)," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,arbeiter,gute angenehmen und veil spaß gemacht,perfect aber leute da sind bisschen müde,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34087,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Trainer,Guter Arbeitgeber,"Bonis, Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten, kostenlose Getränke u. Super Kollegen","Anbindung an ÖPNV, Gehaltsentwicklung, keine flexiblen Arbeitszeiten möglich",Mehr Kommunikation mit einander. Flexiblere Arbeitsmodelle,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34088,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Alexa Data Services,wechsel in festanstellung wird oft versprochen und nicht eingehalten,"schönes klima im team, angenehme kollegInnen","unsichere arbeitsstelle, siehe bitte oben",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34089,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tolles Unternehmen,Karrierechancen sind hier wirklich gegeben.,Der Ruf des Unternehmens ist natürlich manchmal etwas schwierig,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2633.htm
34090,amazon,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tolles Unternehmen,Karrierechancen sind hier wirklich gegeben.,Der Ruf des Unternehmens ist natürlich manchmal etwas schwierig,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34091,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Instock Manager,Amazon Luxembourg,- Bon salaire - Beaucoup d'autonomie - Opportunités de mobilités internes,- 60 à 70 heures par semaine + Travail le week end - Environement stressant - Grosse competition interne,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34092,amazon,Regensburg (Germany)," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Traurig,Home Office war sehr angenehm.,Keine wirklichen Teamleiter die einem helfen,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34093,amazon,none," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,versandmitarbeiter,"good income, Friendly environment, Good shift timing","Physically demanding job, Lesser break time",Reduce work load on operater,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34094,amazon,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Toller Arbeitgeber, mit dem man lernen muss umzugehen","- Tolle Unternehmenskultur & Kollegen - Sehr gute Benefits (Unternehmensaktion, kostenfreie BU, Arbeitgeberanteile zur Altersvorsorge, Bonuszahlungen möglich etc.) - schnellebiges und aktives Unternehmensumfeld",- Viele z.T. überspitzte Regelungen mit denen man lernen muss umzugehen - Interne Beförderungen werden nicht so gut bezahlt wie externe Bewerber (trotzdem noch sehr gut),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34095,amazon,none," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Manager,Großes Unternehmen und Referenz ist gut,gelebte Unternehmensphil. ist nicht immer so gut,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34096,amazon,Clichy (France)," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - DRH,Great place to work,"Environnement et ambiance de travail, prise d'initiatives, capacité d'innovation, agilité (rapidité entre les idées, les décisions et les actions mises en oeuvre)",Localisation des locaux en Ile de France,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34097,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Manager Vendor Management,Hervorragender Arbeitgeber für Leistungsbereite,"Steile Lernkurve, hohes Maß an Verantwortung,",Abnehmende Verantwortung und zunehmende Automatisierung der Prozesse,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34098,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Apr 20, 2018",Former Employee - CSA - Customer Service Associate,als Einstieg gedacht 5 Jahre CS zufrieden verbracht,"positives Image strahlt auf die Kunden ab, so dass nicht jeder Kunde mit nem kleinen Problem gleich rumschreit und den CS beleidigt. Die Kunden waren wirklich nett zu einem.  Mitarbeiter rotieren schon stark was natürlich auch gute Abwechslung bringt. Amazon bringt ständig neue Themen und Wechselmöglichkeiten des Teams in deinen Arbeitsbereich, sei es durch Übernahmen (Twitch, Lovefilm, BuyVIP) oder PrimeNow, Buisness, Fresh, Logistik. Die firmeninternen News sind berauschend, können aber auch einige Naturen überfordern, da viel zu spät und intransparent informiert wird ( Presse wird meist als erstes informiert, dann der CS knapp vorm Kunden).  Toller Standort direkt Berlin Mitte Gehalt ist in der Summe mit Zulagen, Bonis und Mitarbeiteraktien marktgerecht. Konnte alles (auch mal ne Entsendung an neuen Standort - ex Dienstleister) abreifen und fast die 30k erreichen mit Feiertagen. Gute Stimmung unter den Kollegen, und bei fast 800 Mitarbeitern im Peak ist schon einiges los.","Die Masse überlebt das erste Jahr nicht, oder geht freiwillig da schon ordentlich Druck ausgeübt wird, ist eben ein Start Up aus US und kein Familienunternehmen. Dennoch kann mann sich auch mit dieser Zahlenaffinität arrangieren, und seine Vorgaben erfüllen, wobei das Risiko besteht stehts viel mehr zu leisten als bezahlt wird. Viele Manager im unteren Bereich wechseln häufig, da wird oft verbrannt oder durchgerannt. Mittleres Management hat auch nur ne Halbwertszeit von 2 Jahren , da rotiert so einiges und kann mann auch als Pro sehen für die Personen. Jedoch artet es für die Mitarbeiter in ständigem Aktionismus aus, welcher auch in der Unternehmensphilosophie verfangen ist: erst machen dann sich fragen was man getan hat. Mann ist bemüht aus Fehlern zu lernen und die Prozesse ständig zu verbessern, jedoch wird gespart wo es geht und sau viele Stellen im Support und Entwicklung sind unbesetzt. Auch wird kaum mal Technik oder Software zur Unterstützung angeschafft, das endet darin das Manager 40 min brauchten um auf Ihren alten Laptops nen Report zu ziehen. Und als sich einer erbarmte ne neue DB Schnittstelle selber zu schreiben, haperte es auch bei der Beschaffung von Lizenzen und das Reporting an die Agents viel mal eben fast 6 Monate aus. Naja wir haben auch 6 Monate ohne Team Manager überlebt.","Leistung stärker bezahlen , ich hab ja gehört das die Boni jetzt im Grundgehalt sind ganz falsche Richtung abgebogen. Wenn schon Aktionismus mit irgendwelchen experimenten, dann seit wenigstens so kreativ und macht Sie noch mehr zum Teil virtuell oder öfters kleinen Benchmarkteams, damit die tägliche Arbeit im Support auch erledigt wird. Gebt den Leuten die Werkzeuge die Sie brauchen , was macht schon ein 2K Laptop alle 2 Jahre bei einem Manager aus ( anstatt 600 € alle 4) . Und passt auf das Ihr die Überwachung der Mitarbeiter nicht übertreibt , sonst verliert Ihr schnell die Rebellen und Andersartigen . Versucht mal lieber zu automatisieren (MassMail + AutoRespond Emails), damit sich die Menschen wieder mehr um die Kunden mit individuellen Problemen kümmern können.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34099,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Key Account Manager,Agile Unternehmenskultur auf Kosten der Mitarbeiter,"Hoch motivierte und sehr intelligente Mitarbeiter. Viele Möglichkeiten, sich intern weiter zu entwickeln und auch eigene Themen zu entwickeln. Unternehmerisches Handeln wird gefördert. Marktgerechtes Gehalt","Amerikanischer Großunternehmen mit entsprechender Arbeitsumgebung.  Sehr hohe Zahlenaffinität, großer Leistungsdruck, häufig wechselnde Vorgesetzte, sich schnell verändernde Strukturen, wenig Handlungsspielraum und mitunter starre Prozesse.  Schlechte Behandlung von Mitarbeiter seitens der Vorgesetzten.  Krankhaft sparsames Unternehmen.  Viele Mitarbeiter verlassen das Unternehmen bereits nach drei bis sechs Monaten. Man darf sich von den sehr kollegiale Miteinander nicht täusch lassen: am Ende ist sich jeder selbst der nächste und kämpft nur für seinen Vorteil.  Mitunter wird die interne „Amazon Philosophie“ fast sektenartig verteidigt.","Mitarbeiter besser behandeln.  Mehr in Mitarbeiter und Unternehmen investieren, dass in die Erweiterung von Geschäftsbereichen.  Leistung stärker vergüten.",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2634.htm
34100,amazon,none," Apr 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,oui bonjour bonsoir aurevoir,bon bail tres bon bail,peut pas peut etre que si je ne sais pas tres bien,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34101,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New Account Manager,"Ambiance Jeune, Challengeante. équipe dynamique. Entreprise en accord avec ses valeurs",Un job qui ne cesse d'évoluer : demande une capacité très forte d'adaptation.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34102,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Tolles Unternehmen mit ständigen Veränderungen,"Internationales Umfeld, interessante Aufgaben, nette Kollegen, Work-Life Balance, Homeoffice-Option","Aufstieg/Promotions schwierig, ist aber ständiges Thema und Fokus im daily business","Es sollte nicht an der Qualität der Hardware gespart werden, um ggf. Kosten zu senken. Es sollte ausreichend Zeit genommen werden, um Mitarbeiter individuell zu fördern.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34103,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - SCM Specialist,TOP,"Team, Klima, Perspektive, Kultur top",Workload sehr hoch durch Vorgesetzte,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34104,amazon,Pforzheim (Germany)," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Area Manager,Area Manager,"Führungserfahrung von Beginn an, viel Verantwortung für Personal , überdurchschnittlich gutes Gehalt, Aktienprogramme, Möglichkeit von Reisen an andere Standorte, hohe Internationalität","Schichtbetrieb fast immer Voraussetzung für Job, keine gute Einarbeitung für neue Mitarbeiter, Schnelle Entscheidungen des Managements ohne strategischen Background,",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34105,amazon,Gidy (France)," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Superviseur,"Salaire,travail du lundi au jeudi ,mutuelle","Pas de tickets restos,ni de primes",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34106,amazon,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Amazon ist ein guter Arbeitgeber,Auch Amazon kann sich verbessern,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34107,amazon,Grenoble (France)," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Evaluation,"Autonomie, Evaluation a refaire en fonction de la situation actuelle","Nombreux deplacements , pression incessante et accrue depuis quelques annees",To be determine,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34108,amazon,none," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Picking,il y a une réduction sur les produits amazon,ce travail est très ennuyeux,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34109,amazon,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mehr Schein, als Sein, Schade.","- Sicherheit an oberster Stelle, aber teilweise übertrieben hoch - fast alle Kollegen nett und hilfsbereit - weitestgehend selbständige Arbeit - viele neue Kontakte - Kaffee & Wasser kostenlos - kein nerviges Telefon","- Management sehr unbeholfen, teils überfordert und unwissend - viele Manager sehr nett, respektloses Benehmen anderer Manager wird aber geduldet - Flut an E-Mails täglich",Werte auch (vor)leben und nicht nur predigen,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2635.htm
34110,amazon,Montélimar (France)," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Associate,Associate mrs1,Action gratuite chaque année Formation interne Horaire en 2x8 Week-end libre Heures supp non imposé Journée déguisé et événements pour la bonne humeur,Prime au bénef très très basse par rapport a certaines entreprises moins connus pourtant Prod a garder au dessus de 90 sinon la vie est moins rose avec les supérieurs Pas de chèques resto ni de prime vacances,"Valoriser les employées qui font de bonnes prod plus souvent,",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34111,amazon,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The place to be for e commerce,entreprise dynamique qui fait sans cesse l'actualité,aucun de remarqué pour le moment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34112,amazon,Orléans (France)," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Technicien de maintenance confirmé,Le leader du e commerce,Bonne rémunération Évolution rapide si vous êtes performant et mobile.,Forte pression et forte charge de travail.,Continuer à sur le même rythme.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34113,amazon,Paris (France)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Grow,"Travailler chez Amazon, c'est de monter en compétence. J'apprends beaucoup, même après plusieurs années d'expérience en entreprise, et l'esprit analytique est fortement appréciée. Faire un poste chez Amazon, c'est de gagner des compétences que vous pouvez prendre avec vous n'importe où dans la vie.  De plus, en tant que jeune parent, je trouve que la boîte est très bien pour encourager un bon équilibre vie perso - vie pro. Je peux bosser depuis la maison, on n'est pas obligés de nous connecter le WE ou pendant les vacances, et partir tôt pour chercher les enfants n'est pas un souci. En plus, plein de bonnes activités pour les enfants/la famille.","Le rythme pendant la journée pourrait être un peu compliquée au début. Il faut bien gérer son agenda et apprendre à dire non aux meetings. Si non, vous pourriez facilement avoir des meetings toute la journée sans cesse. Mais au moins, on a la liberté de gérer son agenda et dire non !","Quelques avantages de plus seraient bienvenues...PEE, aide avec les crèches",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34114,amazon,none," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,aucun avantage chez le géant amazon,auncuns avantages pour un aussi grand groupe,salaire a revoir trop faible,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34115,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,CSA,Home Office und nettes Team,"Keine, happy to be here",Weiter so,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34116,amazon,none," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager,Interessante Erfahrungen in Bezug auf Projekt- und Prozessmanagment,Menschlich auch in der Managementebene eine Katastrophe,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34117,amazon,none," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area Manager at Amazon,"Großes Wachstum, Schnelle Aufstiegschancen, Spannende Aufgaben Schnelle Verantwortungsübernahme","Schichtarbeit, Führungsverhalten durchwachsen, Geringe Informationsweitergabe, Keine weiteren Kontras",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34118,amazon,Dortmund (Germany)," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Versandmitarbeiter,Langweilig und ungerecht,"Man bekommt Mitarbeiter Rabatte, unsonst Getränke, ab und an Geschenke. Zudem gibt es auch Mitarbeiter Ermäßigungen wie z.B. Bei Fitnessstudios etc.",Die Pausen sind schlecht eingeteilt. Die Arbeit wird immer langweiliger zudem kommt noch Druck von oben und es herrscht nur Ungerechtigkeit. Die Manager haben selber keine Ahnung über die Arbeit,"Bitte seid einfach bodenständig und fühlt euch nicht besser. Nur weil ihr paar Euro mehr verdient sollte man Menschen wie ein Mensch behandeln können. Ist doch nicht viel verlangt, oder?",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34119,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazon,c est une entreprise internationales,"difficile de poser des vacances, pas de bonus cash","ameliorer le systeme de vacance, proposer des bonus aux employes",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2636.htm
34120,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Ein tolles Unternehmen, wo man sich entfalten und wachsen kann","Super Unternehmenskultur, die einen mit den anderen zusammenschweist. Viel Freiraum für Eigenverantwortung. Viel Kollaboration mit anderen Teams. Tolles Produkt und viel Interaktion mit direkten Kunden. Jung, unternehmerisch.","Kleine Teams, viel Arbeit, manchmal unausgeglichene Arbeitszeiten. Management manchmal unerfahren und legt Fokus aufs Falsche.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34121,amazon,Clichy (France)," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Traffic Manager,"Entreprise géniale, ambiance au top !","Salaires, Ambiance, perspectives d'évolution, réseau",Conciliation professionnel/personnel dû à votre engagement,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34122,amazon,Regensburg (Germany)," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Seller Support Associate,Toller Home Office Job,"Home Office, Fehler fallen keinem auf, da alles chaotisch ist und sich ständig ändert",seehehr schlechte und umständliche Prozesse für einfache Dinge wie Urlaubsanträge oder Arbeitszeitenwechsel.,Struktur!,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34123,amazon,"Brampton, ON (Canada)"," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Packing/Shipping,It was a great experience for me to work at Amazon fulfillment center at heritage rd in Brampton.,"Supervisor was understanding, working in team was amazing Everything was perfect, the work atmosphere was great and I got paid weekly","There’s nothing as inconvenient. Everything was cool Working fast was a great experience. Changing position was cool. Before I were receiving, and then I the trained me how to pack",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34124,amazon,Er Reina (Israel)," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Directeur,Et les externes ça compte aussi le n,Y en espagnol de ce,monde entier pour la république et les activités échappatoire pour la république et les activités échappatoire,pour la république et les activités échappatoire pour la république,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34125,amazon,Strasbourg (France)," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Labourer work or training work,Labourer work or training work,I can work hard and achieve,Only holiday and weekend,To be serious to work,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34126,amazon,Clichy (France)," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Instock Manager,Une entreprise innovante,"En travaillant chez Amazon, on a vraiment l'impression de participer à la création du monde de demain. Les projets sont challengeants et innovants, et l'on progresse au contact de collègues brillants.","Puisque la culture de l'entreprise de toujours viser plus haut et faire mieux, cela se fait parfois au détriment de l'équilibre vie professionnelle / vie privée, et de certaines relations fournisseur notamment.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34127,amazon,Brieselang (Germany)," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Workflow Management,Sehr zufrieden,- sehr gutes Arbeitsumfeld - innovatives Unternehmen,- geringe Chancen auf weiterentwicklung ohne Studium. - keine gute Lohnanpassung auf bestimmten Gehaltsleveln,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34128,amazon,none," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Manager,"Salary is really good, good working atmosphere and good reputation of the company.",Expensive food and not well organized.,"Not organized at all, they need to improove the managment",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34129,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Guter Arbeitgeber,- interessante Aufgaben - super Team - gutes Gehalt - guter einstiegsjob,- nicht wirklich Nachteile für mich :),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2637.htm
34130,amazon,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Guter Arbeitgeber,- interessante Aufgaben - super Team - gutes Gehalt - guter einstiegsjob,- nicht wirklich Nachteile für mich :),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34131,amazon,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tolles Betriebsklima,"Kollegen, Aufgaben, Management. Fühle mich rundum wohl.","wenn dann Kleinigkeiten, insgesamt stimmt alles",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34132,amazon,Clichy (France)," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - chef de projet digital,Une entreprise à l'écoute des salariés,"Entreprise dynamique, secteur porteur, volonté de toujours aller plus loin et d'innover, équipes solidaires et à l'écoute les unes des autres",Peut amener du stress,Privilégier toujours le bien être du salarié ce qui le pousse à se dépasser,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34133,amazon,Clichy (France)," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,De belles opportunités de carrière mais une gestion des RH déplorable,- Encourage la prise d'initiative - Possibilité de mobilité interne très large - Les champs d'intervention de chaque poste sont très larges et permettent une montée en compétence très rapide,- la qualité du management et la gestion des ressources humaines,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34134,amazon,Winsen (Luhe) (Germany)," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Abteilungsleiter Technik,"ja, aber!",Sehr dynamisch und moderne Technik. Hier ist die Lernkurve wirklich steil und das Tagesgeschäft sehr fordernd. Die Vergütung ist für junge Manager sehr angemessen und attraktiv.,Die Personalführung und das Hiring sind nicht auf Nachhaltigkeit ausgelegt. Junge Talente werden regelmäßig durch Überforderung verbrannt. Daraus ergibt sich eine sehr hohe Fluktuation. Das Klima ist von Missgunst und Konkurenzdruck geprägt und es gibt keine realen Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34135,amazon,none," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Forderndes Umfeld,- interessante Aufgaben - gutes Gehalt,- hohe Arbeitsbelastung - wenig Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34136,amazon,Werne (Germany)," Dec 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning and development Manager,Viel Spielraum für Improvisation und Innovation und viele nette Kollegen,"Dokumentierte und gelebte Führungskultur entsprechen sich nicht. Machtmissbrauch in Einzelfällen keine Seltenheit. Der Mensch ist trotz anders lautender Firmenphilosophie nicht Mittelpunkt sondern nur Head Count den es zu minimieren gilt wenn Er/Sie ihre Wirkung entfaltet haben und nicht mehr benötigt wird, ein faires Miteinander sieht anders aus.",Weniger predigen und mehr als Vorbild voran gehen dann klappt es auch mit der Glaubwürdigkeit. Deutschland und die hier lebenden Menschen sind keine Amerikaner die sich alles bieten lassen müssen und wollen sondern vollwertige und mündige Mitarbeiter und wollen auch als solche respektiert werden.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34137,amazon,Clichy (France)," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Site Merchandiser,Entreprise formatrice mais au management inexistant,Boite jeune (moyenne d'age des salariés autour de 29 ans) et très dynamique. Bonne formation. Expérience qui se revend très bien sur le marché du travail.,Management inexistant dû à un turnover excessif : peu de salariés restent plus de 2/3 ans chez Amazon. Emplois très spécialisés qui n'offrent que peu d'épanouissement intellectuel. Niveau hiérarchique de chaque salarié connu de tous ce qui entraine une forte pression/concurrence entre les salariés pour obtenir le plus rapidement possible le niveau supérieur.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34138,amazon,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Nachwuchsführungskraft Area Manager,Leben für die Arbeit,"Sehr gute Bezahlung, Reisen nach Luxemburg oder London, Madrid, Prag, Mailand","Arbeitszeiten (Schicht), viele Überstunden, extrem hoher Druck vom Management, keine angenehme Atmosphäre unter Kollegen und in Teams",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34139,amazon,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sehr empfehlenswert,"dynamisch, fair, sehr hochleistungsorientiert, flexibel","Überstunden, arbeiten unter Stress, viel Unternehmenskultur",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2638.htm
34140,amazon,Paris (France)," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Avis employé,carrière / intérêt missions / ambiance / international,organisation équipes / complexité organisation,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34141,amazon,none," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,- gutes Grundgehalt - junges und dynamisches Team - innovatives Umfeld - Super Unternehmenskultur (Du auf allen Hierchie-Leveln/ Fairer Umgang auf Augehöhe) -,- Top-Down Kommunikation kommt an mancher Stelle leider zu kurz - An mancher Stelle fehlende Entwicklungsperspektiven,An der Kommunikation arbeiten,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34142,amazon,Werne (Germany)," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Versandmitarbeiter,"ist ok, dennoch nichts für mich! Sehr abhängig vom Manager, aber Kontrolle ist sehr hoch.","-Gehalt ist nicht der niedrigste mit ca. 10€/Std. aber dennoch zu wenig, nach 5 Jahren ca. bei 13€ -jährlicher Aktienanteil (je höher der Aktienkurs, desto weniger Aktien erhält man) -nach 5 Jahren weiterer Aktienanteil (je nach Aktienkurs, ca. 1000€)  -Mitarbeiterrabatt ? mit 10% und maximal für 1000€ im Jahr","-Tätigkeiten ist viel zu einfach, wird langweilig -Zu wenig Geld, keine Spätschichtzulagen/ existiert Keine Nachtschicht um Kosten zu ersparen (außer Technik-Abteilung) -Man wird ständig kontrolliert, sprich Stückzahl, bzw. geleistete Arbeit. -Bei paar ( evtl. 10 Min.) nicht produktiver Arbeit, gibt es Gespräche -Handyverbot (für manche kann man verstehen, aber für manchen no go!) -Arbeitswege, sowie der Weg zur Pause und zum Parkplatz sind viel zu lang (der Weg zur Pause wird als ""Pausenzeit"" mit eingerechnet) -öfters Verschiebungen in andere Abteilungen, sehr nervig (Täglich, aber auch Stündlich möglich) -Verantwortungsvolle Arbeitstätigkeiten und Sonderposotionen werden nicht mehr vergütet (ist nur eigene Entscheidung ob man Streß lieber arbeitet, oder die langweilige Tätigkeit auszuhalten versucht) -Keine Wertschätzung, sehr selten Krank & Dauerkranke werden gleich behandelt (es gibt Mitarbeiter, die ca. 6 Monate krank sind) -Egal ob du super kompetenter Mitarbeiter bist, oder Faulpelz, auch hierbei werden alle gleich behandelt. -Vorgesetzte werden nach eigenen Amazon-Kriterien ausgesucht (kannst der Bestabsolvent sein, wenn du die Kriterien nicht erfüllst, Mitarbeiter als ""Moderne Sklaven"" anzusehen = schlechte Karten) -Mitarbeiter ohne Festvertrag werden ""ausgenutzt"" und im meisten Fall nach zwei Jahren nicht verlängert, bis sich der Betriebsrat einmischt, aber auch keine Garantie für einen Festvertrag. -Weihnachtsprämie 400€ Brutto -Bevorzugte MA werden nach Nasenprinzip ""gefördert"" -jede Überstunde wird nur durch Betriebsrat genehmigt (viel zu kompliziert und umständlich)","Jungabsolventen bekommen gewisse ""Freiheit"" als Area-Manager die Prozesse zu gestalten und die Mitarbeiter auf eigene Weise zu behandeln, das kommt nicht gut an, viele Mitarbeiter lassen sich ""erniedrigen"" aber nicht mit ""alten Hasen"".",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34143,amazon,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"*opportunités de carrière: plan de développement et mentoring *mobilité internationale, environnement international *projets intéressants, responsabilités, challenges *ambiance décontractée *souplesse et flexibilité (travail de la maison, horaires) *forte culture d'entreprise",*pas de vacances pendant la période de fin d'année (novembre-décembre),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34144,amazon,Rheinberg (Germany)," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Arbeit mit Potential,- hohe Autonomie - geregelte Arbeitszeiten - viele Möglichkeiten intern weiter zu kommen,- Schichtarbeit - teils fehlendes Verständnis vom oberen Managemet,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34145,amazon,Kobern-Gondorf (Germany)," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Versandmitarbeiter,Eigentlich kein schlechter Arbeitgeber,"Gutes Grundgehalt, regelmäßige Lohnerhöhungen, immer wieder nette Ideen, um die Mitarbeiter bei Laune zu halten (z.B. kleine Geschenke, Verlosungen,...), nur 2 Schichten, nette Kollegen und gutes Arbeitsklima, Kantine, kostenlose Getränke, man kann in alle Abteilungen reinschnuppern","Nur 1 Pause- auch während Q4, wo die Arbeitszeiten deutlich länger sind. Wenn man sich in mehreren Abteilungen auskennt, wird man ständig verschoben. Wenn man fest angestellt ist und während der Probezeit krank wird, dann kann es sein, dass man kurz vor Ende der Probezeit noch schnell die Kündigung bekommt.","Lasst die Mitarbeiter in den Abteilungen, wo sie sich wohl fühlen. Dann sind die auch produktiver!",4.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34146,amazon,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,tu travail et tu te la ferme,marche ou creve ou tu trace ta route,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34147,amazon,Werne (Germany)," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Versandmitarbeiter,Keiner ist sicher vor einer Kündigung,Überdurchschnittlicher Verdienst auch als nicht ausgelernte Kraft,Nach 2 Jahre kein Arbeitsvertrag Verlängerung bekommen TROTZ SEHR GUTER ARBEIT UND OHNE FEHLZEITEN. Auch mit unbefristeten Arbeitsvertrag muss man Angst haben gekündigt zu werden.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34148,amazon,Paris (France)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Super boite, peu d'avantages",10% sur les produits vendus par Amazon,Peu de créativité dans les projets,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34149,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Guter Einstieg als Analyst,"Schnelligkeit, Mitgestalten, Verantwortung, Karriere, Kantine","Work Life Balance, Zielgespräche, Grundgehalt",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2639.htm
34150,amazon,Paris (France)," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - agent logistique,pas mal pour un petit boulot,boulot simple et equipe sympa,"mal de dos, pression des objectifs",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34151,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dynamischer und innovativer Arbeitgeber,"- innovativer und dynamischer Arbeitgeber - Ideen sind gefragt - es wird viel gefordert, man kann aber auch viel erreichen",- Work-Life-Balance ist fraglich - Workload ist manchmal nicht machbar,- Manager sollte Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten besser aufzeigen - Entwicklung sollte nicht nur vom Mitarbeiter getrieben werden,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34152,amazon,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Area Manager,Führungsnachwuchskraft,"nettes, junges Team, gute Bezahlung, Umgang mit Versandmitarbeitern positiv, 10 Stunden Regel wird eingehalten","hohes Stresslevel, Schichtarbeit bei Managern (auch nachts), kranke Mitarbeiter werden kritisch betrachtet","fairere Kündigung, weniger Druck und Kontrolle ausüben",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34153,amazon,none," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super formation professionnelle. Presse citron humain,"Pionniers, Exigence/Rigueur, Dynamisme, Référence Mondiale",Peu d'affinité a l'humain et entre humains. Capitalisme et Efficacité sans sentiment.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34154,amazon,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Weak leaders,Die Kollegen und der Teamzusammenhalt,Das Verhalten der Vorgesetzten ist fraglich,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34155,amazon,"Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Administrator,Sehr guter und sicherer Arbeitsgeber.,Sehr gute Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten und man arbeitet zumindest im Office mit zielstrebigen und kompetenten Kollegen zusammen,Interne Beförderungen sind bei einigen Positionen relativ schwierig.,Weniger Fokus auf die Zahlen legen und auch mal versuchen etwas mehr Mitarbeiter Development betreiben.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34156,amazon,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Entreprise incroyable mais management à revoir,"culture d'entreprise, on fait partie du pure player du moment, salaire","management à revoir, entreprise dure (pas de cadeaux au slow learner)",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34157,amazon,none," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"Excellente ambiance, opportunités de carrière et entreprise très dynamique.",Équilibre vie professionnelle et vie personnelle,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34158,amazon,Brieselang (Germany)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Area Manager,"Gemischte Altersstruktur, offener Umgang (Du), gute Bezahlung, flexibler monatlicher Bonus, Aktienpaket (einmalig & jährlich)",Flexibilität bei der location (DE bzw. EU) als Voraussetzung für Beförderung.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34159,amazon,Paris (France)," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - responsable approvisionnement,avis,"l'avantage était la renommée et la performance de l'entreprise, ainsi qu'une vraie orientation client",le travail était répétitif et ennuyeux,none,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2640.htm
34160,amazon,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Guter Arbeitgeber,Vernünftige Sozialleistungen und gutes Grundgehalt,"kaum Mitarbeiterzugewandt, kein sehr persönliches Verhältnis",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34161,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Manager Merchant Services,Manager Merchant Services,"Team, People, Location, shares, vision","Development, Management, Benefits, Promotions, Work Life Balance, Involvement,",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34162,amazon,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,Bonne opportunités de croissance à l'international,On travaille beaucoup et c'est pas toujours simple de joindre les batiments avec la niege,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34163,amazon,none," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super Arbeitgeber,"Lockerer Umgang ""Du"" über alle Führungsebenen",Flexibilität bezüglich Standort und Arbeitszeit,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34164,amazon,"Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Versandmitarbeiter,Amaazon FC GmbH Koblenz,Tolles Arbeitsklima gutes Gesundheitsmanagment sehr gute kollegen,langes Stehen Viel Laufensonst keine,besser Komikation,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34165,amazon,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Niveau des salaires,"Salaires avantageux, avantage sociaux, transport, opportunités de develloppement","charge de travail, possibilité de changer de shift",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34166,amazon,none," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon VCC Kundenbetreuerin,Gutes Team und es gibt es für alles eine Lösung.,"Ständige Fluktuation, dauerhaft unter Beobachtung",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34167,amazon,Bad Hersfeld (Germany)," Aug 11, 2017",Former Employee - Lead,Alles in allem ist Amazon ein guter Arbeitgeber!,- Jung - Dynamisch - Kreativ - Leistungsorientiert,"- Die Gewerkschaft gewinnt an Einfluss, welches dann individuell erbrachte Leistungen weniger honoriert",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34168,amazon,Regensburg (Germany)," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - CSA,"Tolles Unternehmen, lokal deutlich ausbaufähige Führungsstruktur.","Spirit eines Startups, internationaler Konzern, abwechslungsreiche Themen","Ab dem mittlerem Management aufwärts existiert eine ""Lange-da-also-berechtigt""-Mentalittät anstelle einer - wie eigentlich auch gewünscht - leistungsorientierten Auswahl. Hier wird geklüngelt anstelle gefordert.",Führungsgrundsätze nicht nur definieren sondern auch standortübergreifend und neutral überprüfen. Mehr Gewicht auf die Meinung der Mitarbeiter und klare Kommunikation dieser Meinungen auch ausserhalb des eigenen Standortes.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34169,amazon,Paris (France)," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - SVP Sales,SVS,"Responsabilité, data driven, lieu de travail, animation, reunion.","Salaire, environnement très concurrentiel, traitement inéquitable des salariés en fonction de leur école (CDD vs CDI)","Que des CDI en France, surtout pour les jeunes diplômés",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2641.htm
34170,amazon,Paris (France)," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - SVP Sales,SVS,"Responsabilité, data driven, lieu de travail, animation, reunion.","Salaire, environnement très concurrentiel, traitement inéquitable des salariés en fonction de leur école (CDD vs CDI)","Que des CDI en France, surtout pour les jeunes diplômés",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34171,amazon,Montélimar (France)," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spartacus,"c'est l'aire d’être toujours à la Fac, il y a une bonne ambiance.","on est des machines, amazoniens :P",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34172,amazon,Prague (Czech Republic)," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - HR Advisor,HR advisor,les tâches ont l'air variée,pas d'appel pour le premier entretien d'embauche,plus de sérieux dans recruitment process,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34173,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Agent,Negative entwicklung,"Gehalt, Mitarbeiter Aktien (Nach 2 Jahren), Teamzusammenhalt, Location, Teamunternehmungen (regelmäßige Teamabende","Schichtdienst (wechselt alle 4 Wochen), Arbeitszeiten (zwischen 6:00 - 24:00 Uhr), Leistungsdruck (Performance). Immer mehr Massenabfertigung.","Zahlen (Performance) der Mitarbeiter ist nicht alles. Es werden nur Mitarbeiter wertgeschätzt, die die vorgegebenen Ziele erreichen.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34174,amazon,Clichy (France)," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Travail intéressant mais manque de reconnaissance,- Travailler avec des gens brillants et intéressants dans l'ensemble et donc apprendre beaucoup - Possibilité de changer de poste fréquemment - Possibilité de faire du Home Office régulièrement,"- Manque de reconnaissance dans l'ensemble (salaire, humain) - 2 poids, 2 mesures dans ""la course"" au dossier de promotions, dépend vraiment de l'implication du manager et de l'équipe... - Rythme de plus en plus soutenu tout en long de l'année même pendant l'été - Manque d'esprit de cohésion dans de nombreuses équipes",- Mieux récompenser l'ancienneté - Aligner les objectifs de performances pour les dossiers de promotions entre les équipes,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34175,amazon,none," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Team Lead,Sofort integriert,Tolles Team. Offenes Ohr. Sicherheit an erster Stelle . flexible Urlaubsvertretung.,Richtige schlungen von Trainern würde einen etwas leichteren Einstieg ermöglichen als Training on the job,Bisher läuft alles optimal,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34176,amazon,"Graben, Bayern (Germany)"," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Fulfillment Associate,Faire Vergütung angesichts der benötigten Qualifikationen,"Gute Vergütung, Klare Organisation der Aufgaben, Modernes Bonisystem, reibungsloser Bewerbungsprozess, Bei Eigeninitiative gute Möglichkeiten zur FC internen Weiterbildung, geförderte Weiterbildung (extern)","Monotone Aufgaben, kaum Förderung von Eigeninitiative, Kollegen! , repetitive Anweisungen, monotones Arbeitsumfeld, angesichts der starken Fokus von Amazon auf die Optimierung von Arbeitsprozessen durch die Implementierung neuer Technologien besteht die Gefahr, dass dieser Beruf innerhalb der nächsten Jahre teilweise redundant wird",none,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34177,amazon,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Area manager,Bon salaire par rapport aux autres entreprises Primes de 13e mois Actions amazon,Horaires décalés Travail répétitif chaque jour Beaucoup de process et standards,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34178,amazon,Clichy (France)," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Formateur mais politique,Les leadership principles la qualité du recrutement l'ambition qui règne,rythme difficile à tenir une hiérarchie pesante entre les gens un esprit d'équipe restreint,essayer d'insuffler l'idée que les levels ne sont pas une fin en soi ni un passe droit.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34179,amazon,Leipzig (Germany)," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Versandmitarbeiter,gutes Gehalt fuer ungelernte schneller Bewerbungsprozess,Bewerbertag viel zu lang und viel herumsitzen und warten,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2642.htm
34180,amazon,none," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,"Junges und innovatives Unternehmen, fast paced",Schlechte Bezahlung und Schichtarbeit Wochenendarbeit,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34181,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Category Leader,Always Day One,"Worlds biggest startup: great spirit, highly motivated colleagues, and a management that is focusing on the long term benefit of the relations that are built. Great place to learn and grow, both professionally and personally.","Not for everyone, if you read Amazon's leadership principles and you aren't excited, you probably should look for another company. Very demanding, not necessarily in terms of time invest but in terms of willingness to learn, leave your comfort zone.","Mainly to continue on the current path: focus on constant change, develop great people, and stay connected to people on all levels.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34182,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Challenging and Fascinating Place to Work,You work together with some very smart people and have the ownership and freedom to drive your project. Tasks are fun because of the sheer scale that comes with every challenge. There is still a startup mentality embodied deeply into the company.,"Frugality is core to the company. This means less free stuff like softdrinks, gym memberships etc. It also means you have to justify time spend (for example on an idea). But if you can, you get all the support you need.",Consider increasing benefits to compete with other tech companies.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34183,amazon,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product manager,"Good salary and international environment, less hierarchy and more effectiveness than in a traditional French company","Office is not in Paris, it's in Clichy, recruitment process (last stages: signing the contract, negotiations) can be long and messy. Progression is less clear and harder than in management consulting for example",Improve HR,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34184,amazon,Paris (France)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dream job,"La culture, l'obsession avec le client, l'investissement dans le developpement du personnel","Il n'a pas beaucoup, car tout est tres bon chez Amazon!",Creer plusieurs bureaux pour toucher plus des talents!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34185,amazon,Clichy (France)," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Super entreprise stimulante et challengeante,"Amazon pousse ses employés à se réaliser et à créer de nouvelles choses sous la forme de projets en plus des fonctions attitrées de l'employé Un employé d'Amazon peut facilement changer de job au sein d'Amazon, meme de pays, Amazon nous pousse à nous developper dans le sens que l'on souhaite et nous accompagne. C'est une entreprise ou il fait bon vivre, les employés sont jeunes, dynamiques, motivés, nous avons beaucoup d'activités organisées tout au long de l'année, des espaces de détente dans les bureaux etc",Période de pic detravail et d'activité au 4e trimestre de l'année. Environnement compétitif pour obtenir une promotion,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34186,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Associate,mehr schein als sein,gutes Gehalt nette kollegen gute Bürolage intensives Training,die Benefits sind ein Witz der Mitarbeiterrabat ist auch ein Witz man wird nicht als Mensch gesehen vom Management schlechtes Schichtsystem man hat so gut wie keine Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten insgesamt mehr schein als sein,Mitarbeiter schätzen und auf Sie eingehen,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34187,amazon,none," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Zu empfehlen,"Innovatives Unternehmen, viele junge Mitarbeiter, lockerer Umgang und Kleidungsstil, schöne Bürogebäude, gute Verkehrsanbindung an den öffentlichen Personennahverkehr",Hierzu gibt es nichts zu sagen,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34188,amazon,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Dynamisch trotz der enormen Gröse,Typisch amerikanisch mit viel Druck,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34189,amazon,Clichy (France)," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Malheureusement pour vous l'humain n'est pas un robot,Expérience formatrice (pour les juniors et seniors) / salaires au dessus de la moyenne / bureaux agréables,"Si vous cherchez une entreprise où le côté humain est valorisé, fuyez ! L'employé représente un objectif chiffré, la pression est toujours là et augmente encore plus si vous avez du mal à atteindre cet objectif jusqu'a à en pousser à bout certains (beaucoup de cas de burn out, un turnover très élevé... ) Aussi le travail est très hierarchisé, ce qui fait que certains décisions impactant directement votre travail sont prises par la direction (ingénieurs + business) donc par des gens qui n'ont probablement pas fait d'opérationnel depuis très (trop) longtemps ou même jamais. Dire que vous n'êtes pas d'accord en avancant des arguments (même chiffrés comme ils adorent) ne changera absolument rien. une ambiance très malsaine avec un système de notation entre collègues, des managers qui aiment voir leurs employés en compétion ...",Traitez vos employés comme des personnes à part entière et non comme un moyen d'atteindre vos chiffres dans le but d'obtenir votre promotion...,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2643.htm
34190,amazon,Bad Hersfeld (Germany)," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Gut, wenn man ehrgeizig ist",- Mitarbeiterboni -Die Möglichkeit über Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen in seiner Karriere voranzukommen und aufzusteigen.,- Druck von oben - Überstunden ab und zu,Mehr an sich selbst arbeiten.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34191,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Kundenservicemitarbeiter,Great place to work,- gutes Arbeitsklimna - tolle Kollegen - gute Bonusstruktur,- Schichtdienst - sehr amerikanische Firmenkultur,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34192,amazon,Pforzheim (Germany)," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Kommissionierer,Druck!,-Staplerschein -Gute Kollegen -Schnelle Freundschaften -Gehalt über Mindestlohn -Gehalt ist Pünktlich,-Abteilungsleiter bevorzugt Landseute -Ständiger Druck auf Mitarbeiter -Bei Arbeitsunfall wird man dazu gedängt zu lügen. -Ständig die selben Arbeitsaufgaben/ Keine wechsel zwischen Abteilungen -Arbeitszeit Spätschicht!,Bevorzugung der Landsleute bitte einstellen. Mehr auf die Gesundheit der Mitarbeiter achten. Wechselnde Aufgaben wären gut.,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34193,amazon,Rheinberg (Germany)," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon Assosiate,"sehr flexible, mehr Gehalt und freundlich",öffentlischeverkher ist ein bisschen schwer,gibts keine,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34194,amazon,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,"Autonomie, Responsabilité, Force de proposition","Charge de travail, Pression, Temps, Standards",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34195,amazon,Clichy (France)," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Difficile de s'épanouir dans cette boîte...,- Bonne rémunération et avantages - Entreprise intéressante - Expérience très formatrice - Bureaux agréables,L'humain n'est pas vraiment considéré dans cette boîte. Plusieurs cas de burn-out. Je soupçonne le CEO de rêver de pouvoir remplacer l'intégralité de ses employés par des robots (au moins eux ne se plaignent pas!),Arrêter la communication et les postures et reconsidérer vraiment la façon de manager,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34196,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Brand Specialist,Schlechter Arbeitgeber mit 50 Stunden/Woche,"Schnelles Wachstum, aber ausgetragen auf den Rücken der Mitarbeiter","Viel zu viel, lest den New York Times Artikel. Jedes Wort stimmt",Fängt mal an die Mitarbeiter wie eure Kunden zubehandeln. Aber der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34197,amazon,none," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Très enrichissant,Entreprise innovante qui offre une multitude d'opportunités à ses salariés. Un challenge quotidien.,"En constance apprentissage, il faut être Amazon compatible et resister aux difficultés . Tout le monde ne supporte pas un environnement où la pression est constante et où on doit se remettre en cause régulièrement .","Bon état d'esprit, des dirigeants très respectueux .",4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34198,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Feb 18, 2017",Former Employee - Praktikant,Praktikum bei Amazon.de,Gute Bezahlung Gute Einbindung auch als Praktikant,Viel Arbeit Überstunden Zum Teil sehr stressiges Arbeitsklima im Team,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34199,amazon,none," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,It's still Day One. Agiles Großunternehmen mit toller Unternehmenskultur!,"- Viel Freiraum und selbstbestimmte Arbeit, Homeoffice möglich, Vertrauensarbeitszeit - junges, dynamisches Team, sehr international - Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen in Form von Aktien für jeden Mitarbeiter - Unternehmenskultur hat sich seit 1995 nicht verändert mit dem Ziel das kundenzentrierteste Unternehmen der Welt zu sein - Firmenevents wie Besuch des Oktoberfestes - Selten ein Unternehmen erlebt wo Entscheidungen so schnell und konsequent vom Management getroffen wurden - sehr gute Gesamtvergütung (Basisgehalt plus Aktien) - Zuschuss Kantinenessen","- Sehr hohes Wachstum, dadurch sehr schnelle Anpassung der Prozesse und konstanter Wandel, es wird von dem Mitarbeiter sehr viel Anpassungsfähigkeit und Flexibilität verlangt. - mitunter recht hohe Fluktuation: Nicht jeder kann das hohe Tempo dauerhaft mitgehen - Basisgehalt eher leicht unterdurchschnittlich, mit Aktien jedoch über Durchschnitt. - Managemententscheidungen nicht immer konsistent, aufgrund des schnelllebigen Geschäfts werden Entscheidungen angepasst, rückgängig gemacht, revidiert o.ä.","Die Unternehmenskultur und das tolle Commitment der Mitarbeiter darf nicht unter dem extremen Wachstum leiden. Die Gefahr besteht, dass die Kultur aufgrund des sehr starken Wandels verwässert wird. Irgendwann muss auch Amazon in eine Phase der Konsolidierung übergehen um Prozesse und Strukturen zu ordnen. Unter Strich ist der Slogan aber so richtig wie wahr: Wenn work hard, play hard and make history. Ich bin stolz dabei zu sein. Es ist das derzeit spannendste, innovativste Unternehmen und es ist toll ein Teil davon zu sein",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2644.htm
34200,amazon,Rheinberg (Germany)," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Versand,Je nachdem was man sucht,"Für eine derartige Arbeit gut bezahlt Der Hauptmanager sehr nett, generell Manager und Leads am meisten sehr menschlich Gute Aufstiegschancen Gut für Ausländer (Englischkenntnisse reichen aus) Fast jeder bekommt eine Chance","Routinierte Arbeit, wenig Abwechslung Schichtarbeit (man muss sich zeitlich immer wieder umstellen) Bei so vielen Mitarbeitern ist es einfach, nur ein No-name zu bleiben","Kleinere Teams bilden, sodass jeder Mitarbeiter nur einen Lead hat.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34201,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Toll, wenn man zur Kultur des Unternehmens passt","Tolle Unternehmenskultur, spannende Themen, tolles Team","Interner Aufstieg ist schwierig, Frugality an der falschen Stelle z.B. sehr einfache Laptops",Stärken von MA erkennen und fördern,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34202,amazon,Paris (France)," Feb 10, 2017","Former Employee - Senior Consultant, Professional Services",Couci couca,"Technophilie à tous les étages, prise de compétence ++, autonomie","Système de notation entre collègues assez malsain, pas mal de divas arrogants",Aucun conseil,2.0,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34203,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Toller Arbeitgeber,"Super Kollegen, sehr viel Freiraum, kreative Arbeitsatmosphäre, junges Team, überdurschnittliches Gehalt für einen Berufseinsteiger, man wird von Anfang an top betreut und gecoached","Man muss sehr viel arbeiten, Nebenprojekte sind teilweise plus normalen Tätigkeiten kaum zu schaffen, der Druck nimmt natürlich auch zu seine KPIs zu erreichen",Hier habe ich wirklich keinen Rat an das Management. Ich war immer sehr zufrieden bei meinem damaligen Chef und habe die Arbeit sehr genossen.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34204,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Kundenservice,Kundenservice,100% Homeoffice möglich Computer und Telefon zu Verfügung gestellt,keine Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten geringe Bezahlung geringe Wertschätzung eintönige Arbeit,none,1.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34205,amazon,"Lagunilla, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,No hubo razón de despido,"Motivan mucho al empleado, instalaciones en perfecto estado, compañeros de trabajo excelentes.","Me despidieron sin razón alguna, no me demostraron con reportes mi razón de despido, el manager muy poco profesional.","Es una buena empresa, el problema es que personas como mi manager no supieron diferenciar lo personal de lo laboral.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34206,amazon,none," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bewertung Amazon,Gutes Gehalt Bekanntes und innovatives Unternehmen,SVS Verträge Befristete Verträge Teilweise zu viel Druck,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34207,amazon,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nicht jeder haelt es bei Amazon aus,"Chance auf Karriere, innovativ und ausgereiftes Management, Weiterbildung möglich, gut für den Lebenslauf","kompetitiv, krankhaft ambitiös, schlechtes Klima,Probleme mit Vorgesetzten",mehr Flexibilitaet mit jungen Mitarbeitern,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34208,amazon,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Teamleiter Transport,"Alles Positiv, Gutes Arbeitsklima, tolle mitarbeiter","Fahrtweg war leider zu lang,",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34209,amazon,Rabat (Morocco)," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Listing Creation Specialist,Avis favorable,"Trés bonne entreprise, référence mondiale, dynamie, multiculturalisme, apprentissage",Pas de plan de carrière claire au sein du service délocalisé au Maroc,Pas de conseils,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2645.htm
34210,amazon,Rabat (Morocco)," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Listing Creation Specialist,Avis favorable,"Trés bonne entreprise, référence mondiale, dynamie, multiculturalisme, apprentissage",Pas de plan de carrière claire au sein du service délocalisé au Maroc,Pas de conseils,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34211,amazon,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Retail Account Manager,?,"Flexibilität ind Lösungswegen, Offenheit für Ideen, Umweltfreundlichkeit, Boni, Herausforderung, Komplexität, Team-Geist, Arbeitsklima, revolutionäre Herangehensweisen","Schwierigkeit für weniger ""sichtbare"" Mitarbeiter befördert zu werden, zu geradlinige Bewerbungsprozese","Sehr gut, weitermachen",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34212,amazon,none," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,atencion al cliente,Me gusta como trabaja la empresa y el trato a los clientes,No manejo el ingles seria atención al cliente de habla hispana,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34213,amazon,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Post editing specialist,Zahlungsziel zu lang,"Freundliche, hilfsbereite Mitarbeiter, internationale Firma, zuverlässige Projektvergabe","Zahlungsziel 60 Tage netto, Honorar wird gestaffelt",Zahlungsziel für freiberufliche Mitarbeiter verkürzen z.B. auf 30 - max. 45 Tage brutto,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34214,amazon,Berlin (Germany)," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Vendor Contact Manager,Bewebungs bei Amazon,"super liebe Mitarbeiter, schnelle Prozedur, einfache Gespräche","Der Nachteil ist, dass Arbeitsverträge erst am ersten Arbeitstag unterschrieben werden.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34215,amazon,none," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Durchschnittliches Unternehmen,"Verantwortung, Hands-On-Mentalität, Lokales Management, Internationales Netzwerk, Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten","Unorganisiert, Kommunikation, Work-Life-Balance, Gehalt, Politik",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34216,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,steile Lernkurve gepaart mit viel Stress und Druck,gutes + junges Team vielseitige Tätigkeiten + Verantwortung,"häufig wechselndes Management (in 2,5 Jahren hatte ich 4 Vorgesetzte) Druck von oben schlechte Work-Life Balance viele Kollegen verlassen das Unternehmen mit ersten Anzeichen von Burn-out",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34217,amazon,none," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Versandmitarbeiter,Faire Aufstiegschancen auch ohne Berufsausbildung  Möglichkeit in verschiedenen Abteilungen eingesetzt zu werden demnach viel Abwechslung möglich wenn man nur will  Aktien nach 2 Jahren Betriebszugehörigkeit für unbefristet Beschäftigte,Ewig gleiche Phrasen bei Start und After Break Meeting  Teilweise im zwischenmenschlichem Umgang mit Mitarbeitern völlig überforderte Vorgesetzte,Auch öfters mal den Menschen hinter der Mitarbeiternummer sehen und auf die Hinweise der Mitarbeiter achten. Bessere Kommunikation zwischen dem Abteilungen.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34218,amazon,none," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon FC,Er zijn veel doorgroeimogellijkheden in dit bedrijf die heel erg snel evolueert. Winst participatie en gratis aandelen behoren tot het loonpakket,"Promoties/loonverhogingen zijn gebasserd op peer reviews die eerder subjectief dan objectief zijn, hetgeen een nefast effect kan hebben en een cultuur van wanvertrouwen kan scheppen",Spend more effort to retain employees,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34219,amazon,Paris (France)," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Support consultant,"Vous auriez les droits d'embauché , RTT Congé Mutuelle....",un peu fatiguant mais ça va,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2646.htm
34220,amazon,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bonne expérience,"Entreprise dynamique, responsabilités, équipe jeune et motivée",Équilibre vie privée / vie professionnelle pas toujours évident,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34221,amazon,"Graben, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - C-Return,Unwürdig,Gute und leckere Kantine und Guter großer Parkplatz und Gute Sicherheitsvorschriften Arbeitszeiten waren auch okay Man konnte sich selber ein Bild von den waren machen,Schlechte Bezahlung Zu viel Druck Kein Respekt Zu viele Vorschriften Schlechter Arbeitsplatz Schlechte und planlose Führung 10 min bis zur Kantine und nur 40 min pause,Umstrukturierung,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34222,amazon,Lyon (France)," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Chargé De Mission,le socle de la vie,"mutuelle, courses, repas, vacances, projets","déprime, conjecture, argent, personnes, le reste",foncez tant qu'il est encore temps,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34223,amazon,none," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,bonne ambiance,"très bonne ambiance de travail, de nombreux évènements pour penser à autre chose qu'au travail",énorme charge de travail par moment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34224,amazon,none," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Intern SCM,Amazon Deutschland,Man bekommt von Anfang an viel Verantwortung übertragen und fühlt sich als Mitarbeiter wertgeschätzt. Außerdem herrscht in allen Teams eine sehr positive Stimmung und man wird freundlich empfangen.,Bei Amazon wird Sparsamkeit in vielen Bereichen groß geschrieben. Das kann man als Praktikant durchaus beim Gehalt zu spüren bekommen.,Weiter so! Es macht Spaß bei einem so innovativen Arbeitgeber sein Geld zu verdienen und täglich für ein noch besseres Kundenerlebnis zu arbeiten.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34225,amazon,none," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,top firma nice colleagues good manager possibility to move to oder department easy,no carrier oppotunities salary not that good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34226,amazon,none," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Angenehme Führungsstruktur, sehr lebendiges Unternehmen",Interner Jobwechsel alle 2-3 Jahre,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34227,amazon,none," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Kundenbetreuer,Kein Schatten ohne Sonne,"Man kann täglich die meisten seiner Kunden glücklich machen, was einem ein gutes inneres Gefühl gibt. Anfangs scheint der Job abwechslungsreich und spannend zu sein. Aufgrund des hohen Kundenaufkommens kommt nur sehr selten Langeweile auf. Geduldige Ausbilder ohne Zeitdruck und außerhalb sämtlicher Qualtätsparameter.","Mit der Zeit erkennt man oftmals hinterher die Heuchelei der Kunden. Du tust alles für sie, im Rahmen deiner Kompetenzen, und am Ende bewerten sie dich doch mit dem ""Down-Button"", Incentives sind ein schlechter Witz. Die Bezahlung, gemessen am geforderten Know-how, ist mehr als grenzwertig. Nach der Ausbildung überdecken und verderben viele interne Qualtätsparameter die anfangs gute Jobprognose. Enormer Zeitdruck, dazu ständiges Monitoring der Mitarbeiter. Für jeden, vom Kunden erhaltenen ""Down-Button"", muss man sich erklären und rechtfertigen. Teilweise inkompetente Vorgesetzte. So gut sich der Kundenservice für den Kunden anfühlt, so abwertig und mies wird der Angestellte dahinter drangsaliert. Die Arbeit wird sehr schnell monoton.","Die abschließende Bewertungungs-Mail untergräbt die Kompetenz der Mitarbeiter. Amazon fragt nicht nach, ob der Kunde mit dem Ergebnis und der persönlichen Beratung zufrieden war, sondern mit der ""Marke"" Amazon. Das verfälscht total die Leidenschaft und Geduldsamkeit der Mitarbeiter, weil der Kunde vom positiven Erlebnis am Telefon auf sein grundsätzliches ""Problem"" mit Amazon abgelenkt wird. Mein Tipp:  Eine negative Bewertung des Kunden sollte nur abhängig von einer kurzen Erklärung des Kunden möglich sein. Wenn bspw. der Kunde insgesamt unzufrieden mit einem Lieferservice ist (Hermes, DHL, etc.), kann kein Mitarbeiter daran etwas ändern. Nicht mit Boni, sonstigen Entschädigungungen oder guten Worten. Der Mitarbeiter hat keinerlei Vorteile (Mitarbeiterrabatt in irgendeiner Form) Incentives sind lächerlich und geradezu demotivierend, ebenso der Lohn. Amazon will der beste Kundendienstleister sein oder werden ? Dann fangt beim kleinen Mitarbeiter an. Denn ohne Indianer kein Häuptling!",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34228,amazon,none," Jun 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bon apprentissage mais épuise ses employés,"Entreprise réputée, une excellente opportunité d'apprendre beaucoup sur le monde du commerce en ligne et des Internet en général. Equipes globalement jeunes et brillantes, entreprise internationale, interlocuteurs variés. Christmas party et summer party toujours deux bons moments de l'année.","Peu de possibilités d'évolution, salaire peu compétitif et peu d'avantages en nature (10% de réduction sur le site, à hauteur de 1000 euros d'achats par an), quasiment pas d'augmentation salariale (+3% en cas de performance exceptionnelle), énorme charge de travail car constamment en sous-effectif, entreprise très exigeante mais peu disposée à accorder des contreparties, turnover élevé, plusieurs cas de burn-out, une certaine tendance à la réunionite. Peu d'attention accordée aux salariés en général, qui sont vus comme des ressources renouvelables et pas forcément à développer.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34229,amazon,none," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Un bonne école du marketing digital,"Salaire, équilibre vie pro / vie perso, apprentissage, possibilités d'évolution",Sur Paris les locaux sont en banlieue (Clichy),none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2647.htm
34230,amazon,none," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Un bonne école du marketing digital,"Salaire, équilibre vie pro / vie perso, apprentissage, possibilités d'évolution",Sur Paris les locaux sont en banlieue (Clichy),none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34231,amazon,none," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazon,Der Job war besser als in den Medien darüber berichtet wird.,Der Workload ist schon sehr hoch.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34232,amazon,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Teamleiter Logistik,Nicht so schlecht wie immer dargestellt,"- geregelte Arbeitszeiten - viele nette Gesten, Geschenke, Aktionen vom Arbeitgeber",- Zu wenig Kommunikation - fast jede Woche ändert sich wieder ein Prozess,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34233,amazon,Cannes (France)," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super vue,La vie est super belle c est très beau donc très agréable pour bossèrent plus super supérieurs donc au top,Le problème de cette belle vue c que ça ne nous motive pas trop pour travailler alors bon ça c pas vraiment un avantage 😂,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34234,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top,"Gute bezahlung, gute Mitarbeiter, gutes arbeitsklima, wenn man bei Amazon arbeitet kann man auch däprodukte die man bestellt eher bekommen als jeder andere",Sehr stressiger Job jedoch ist das jeder beruf. In manchen Abteilungen könnte die Bezahlung auch besser ausfallen,Nichts auszusetzen,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34235,amazon,none," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alle nett alles gut,Gutes Klima . Nette Kollegen und gutes Geld. Was soll ich noch Schreiben?,Kaum Aufstiegschancen. Kein hochschlafen. Zu viel Arbeit für zuwenig Geld.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34236,amazon,none," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sehr,-keine langeweile -soziale fähigkeiten -anspruchsvoll Jeder der hier arbeiten will sollte wirklich zugreifen. Kann ich nur empfehlen. Viel spaß noch,Man sollte mit viel datenfluss rechnen und das kann einem zu kopf steigen wenn man nicht damit umgehen kann.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34237,amazon,none," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bonne entreprise quand on veut s'investir,"Opportunités d volition, salaire et bonne ambiance",Beaucoup d'investissements nécessaires pour évoluer,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34238,amazon,none," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tevreden,Groot en bekend bedrijf veel werkgelegenheid en veel mogelijk eden goed management en niet chaotisch het was erg gezellig en leuk om te werken,Niet mijn droom baan en mijn fun tie voelde niet erg belangrijk omdat er meerdere mensen waren met dezelfde functie,-,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34239,amazon,Élancourt (France)," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Vendeur,Assez bonne entente au sein de l'équipe,Le travail à domicile est un plus non négligeable et très avantageux pour tout type de personnes et tout type de travail,Le travail à domicile incite à la feignantise et à dormir plus longtemps il faut donc être très motivé pour ce genre de poste,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2648.htm
34240,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,"work hard, have fun, make history","Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten junge Teams keine irrationalen, politischen Entscheidungen Kundenorientierung motivierte Kollegen steile Lernkurve überdurchschnittlich hohe Verantwortung in fast allen Positionen kein Kleidungsstil Zwang","Wenn man mit der Flut an Informationen und Daten nicht umgehen kann, kann einen das Arbeitspensum schnell mürbe machen. Ehrgeiz und Gelassenheit sind angebracht und Fokussierung, Priorisierung auf das Wichtige!","Hohe fachliche und analytische Fähigkeiten bei allen vorhanden. Mitarbeiterführung ist je nach Vorgesetztem unterschiedlich gut. Wichtig: es gibt so gut wie keinen Amazon Manager, mit dem man nach Feierabend kein Bier trinken würde. :-)",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34241,amazon,Bad Hersfeld (Germany)," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Amazon Area Manager,Sehr fairer Arbeitgeber,"-Viele Möglichkeiten zur Weiterentwicklung (bei entsprechender Leistung) -Sehr viel Verantwortung für Berufseinsteiger (muss man mögen) -Bei Einstellungen stehen Fähigkeiten, nicht primär Studienabschluss im Vordergrund -Erfahrene Kollegen/Vorgesetze (jeden Alters) -Schnelles Arbeitsumfeld -Sehr faire Arbeitszeitregelung (jede gemachte Überstunde kann abgefeiert werden) -Management versucht sich an alternativen Arbeitszeitmodellen (4-Tage Woche)",-Operations arbeitet im Schichtdienst und auch an Wochenenden -Zunehmend standardisierter Arbeitsplatz,"Nach 3,5 Jahren habe ich Amazon verlassen, mein Rat an das Mgt: Macht genau so weiter! Super Team! Absolute Vorbilder!",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34242,amazon,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Associate,Empiezan bien pero se desinflan,"Bus hasta el trabajo y bono por rendimiento, así como palomitas ilimitadas y te y café en la cafetería. También cuenta con sillones para poder dormir","El trabajo en Amazon.es no es difícil, lo que es difícil es lidiar con lo incompetente que es la Dirección, desde los Coach Leads hasta los Ops pasando por los mánagers. Medidas sin sentido y con acciones que no tienen ninguna motiviación, además de continuos despidos de agentes, managers y demás personal.","Las tonterías que hacen no las entienden ni ellos y realmente sobran en Amazon.es, los que mantienen la cuenta son los asociados",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34243,amazon,"Caracas, Capital District (Venezuela)"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Coordinador de Infraestructura Tecnologica,"Multi-Plataforma, ambiente de trabajo, equipos y buen salario y beneficios, buen equipo de trabajo, excelente horario, excelentes instalaciones y compañeros de trabajo","imposible trabajo remoto, solo en pocos casos, la ubicación es lejos de mi hogar, demoro bastante en llegar aunque siempre llego a tiempo, ya que tengo de salir mas temprano","Manejo de servidores Linus, Windows, servicios, tales como SQL Server Oracle Server Apache IIs, entre otros, plataforma de red, firewall, plataforma de server virtuales locales y en la nube, amazon cloud y windows Azure.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34244,amazon,Saran (France)," Feb 29, 2016","Former Employee - Agent d&#039,exploitation",mon experience,"Les avantages ce sont les animations durant le Q4, les boissons, tables de jeux, ordinateurs, télé mise a dispositions gratuites pendant les pauses.",la file d'attente pour la cafeteria et le salaire,aucun très belle expérience pour moi,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34245,amazon,Burghaslach (Germany)," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Kommisionierer,"Super Firma,sehr zu empfehlen!","Freundliche Atmosphäre,tolle Chefs,haben immer ein offenes Ohr.Die Arbeit macht sehr viel Spaß!",bisher noch nichts an Kontras gefunden!,weiter so!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34246,amazon,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, have fun","Gute Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten bei harter und intensiver Arbeit, sehr angenehmes Betriebsklima mit einer starken Firmenkultur. Hands-on Mentalität und hilfsbereite Kollegen und Manager.","Extrem leistungsorientierte und fordernde Firmenkultur, verhältnismäßig wenig Arbeitgeberleistungen, durchschnittliches Gehalt","Investition in Mitarbeiter durch Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten, die bisher fehlen.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34247,amazon,Kassel (Germany)," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Versandmitarbeiter,Top verpacker,Sehr gute bezahlung flexibele zeiteinzeilung Arbeitszeit und Klima ebenfalls Topp ab und an kannst auch Stressig werden aber damit kommt man zurecht,Verpacken von einigen. Artikeln wie zum Beispiel Bücher DVD CD elektronische Artikel haushalts Geräte Brillen babyartikel Gutschein boxen Musical mp3 Playern und und und..,Alles okay Topp leute,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34248,amazon,Paris (France)," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Vérification,Bon dans l'ensemble,Il y a des avantages conséquent tel que le fait que Amazon prend du temps avec ses employés et ne les traites pas mal comme certaines grandes entreprises,Je ne trouve pas ce travail très intéressant car il est répétitif et on fini par s'en lasser de lire chaque offre et chercher sa crédibilité.,Aucun conseil spéciale.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34249,amazon,Hard Bargain (Jamaica)," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Hardware Development Engineer II,Bitte,Ich möchte erdbebenzuber max bitte mir geben Sie mir bitte jemand helfen könnte ich mir das nicht so gut wie keine andere Wahl,The bist kurdish clan the best but we will be ready to go to the best but we will be ready to go to the,I am sorry for the first time in the UK and Ireland destinations only a few days ago by the way to get the best but,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Amazon-Reviews-E6036_P2649.htm
34250,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Product Operations,2nd Job out of college --> Great Experience,"Context: I worked in operations - Very entrepreneurial culture: You're encouraged to build systems / processes to accomplish what you need - The perks are great - Very collaborative environment - Giving and receiving honest, constructive feedback is a huge part of the culture - There is a lot of room for growth. Career conversations are encouraged","- Very entrepreneurial culture: There is no formal ""Facebook"" way of doing things so work environment can be too unstructured at times - Open floor plan can be distracting",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34251,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced company with high expectations, but incredibly fair. You won't a place that cares more about it's people.",- Incredible benefits - Excellent compensation that rewards strong performance - Lots of autonomy - Tons of room for growth - Very transparent from the top down - Strong leadership - Intelligent and caring colleagues - The most fair and well thought out review process you will find everywhere - Exciting work,"- If you don't learn to make the work life balance work for you, it can be exhausting. But you'll also be given lots of support with this if you ask for it. - It doesn't matter how good you are at your job, chances are you're going to be surrounded by a ton of other people who are just as good if not better. Imposter syndrome is real, but if you got an offer, you probably belong here too.","Keep doing what you're doing, keep an eye on employee burnout, keep supporting your people and keep pushing them, and the rest of the world, forward.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,294,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34252,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Site Selection Program Manager,Pleasantly Surprised,"I'm a 55 year old working in a company where the average age is 28, and I've never been happier. I have always wanted to work in a company where I wasn't the proverbial square peg, and after nearly 30 years in the work force, I believe that I have found the company that complements my ideology for how a company should operate. Here are the ""Pros"" as I see them...  - Leadership: Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Chris Cox and the rest of the leadership team. Inspiring, smart and totally real. - The Culture: The openness is a real thing, we're trusted to do the right thing, mistakes are expected, being yourself is important and encouraged, humility is encouraged and expected, building trust is paramount, the mission of making the world a more open and connected place isn't just a cool phrase because it guides everything. It's not about us, it's about everyone else. - The People: Smart and nice is what I find. The diversity is better than any other company I've worked at and it's getting better. Those that are figuring out how to make what we do better for everyone are really good at implementing their ideas. Two years ago I didn't know what this company really was or if it had a secure future. I can clearly see now that they have what it takes to last, and it's sincere. - Management: Managers are hired because they're good managers and not because they're good at something else. The management track is different than the contributor track and they're equal in importance. - Benefits: Working in the Valley it's hard to differentiate all the benefits employees receive and Facebook is at least equal to all the major tech companies, but coming from Seattle the benefits are nothing short of incredible.  Granted, I haven't been with the company for very long and I'm still in the honeymoon period, but I can tell what's real and what's not, this place is for real.","Like any tech company, the work is big and complicated so work/life balance can suffer from time to time. The difference is that it's the passion within the individuals that drives them to work long hours and forego time off. Of course there can be times when schedule demands force the imbalance, but it's not such that 10-12 hours days become commonplace and expected regardless. We do what we do to get the job done, no one is killing themselves because there's an order to do so.  Being able to eat to your hearts/stomachs content can be dangerous to the waistline, but that's a self-control thing and not the company's issue.","Keep doing what you're doing and fight hard to not be complacent. I believe that humility is the key so don't ever lose that thinking. Your motives will always be suspect, but if you're able to look in the mirror everyday and know that your motives are pure, that's all that matters. Walking the talk is the best evidence there is.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,363,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34253,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't believe all of the negative press,"Having worked at Facebook for a number of years, and having experienced many other companies prior, I am still incredibly proud to work at such a company that values its employees, is so open and transparent, and that has a mission I truly believe in. Speaking with a number of employees who left Facebook only to return once again, while no company is perfect, there is a lot that Facebook has to offer - not just in terms of benefits, but with the impact that our apps and services have on this world - for people and businesses alike.  Our open culture is pretty amazing to understand the vision of our company and where we're heading. Leadership has been consistently transparent in ways that many other companies are not - even other tech companies - with weekly Q&As, open posts, and quarterly all hands. And they address tough issues or topics head on.  There are a lot of career opportunities within the company - as we often refer to the ""jungle gym"" that you can take your career internally. There are incredibly passionate people who work at Facebook, and I never cease to be amazed by the level of intelligence and care demonstrated by my coworkers around the world to help our company deliver on our mission.","Particularly as of late, Facebook has been subject to a lot of negative press. While some of it may be deserved, a lot of it feels sensationalist. So employees have to develop a thick skin and resilience to a lot of this scrutiny and ensure that we are focused on the long-term, not just the short-term.  But perhaps the primary area of improvement is that people are driven and work hard - which sometimes comes at the expense of the work/life balance that we all try to achieve.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34254,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Continues to be an amazing place to be,"Smart people who were chosen to be good to work with and empathic of others.  Important work. Huge scope. Solid mentorship.  Enormous self direction. Continuous opportunity fountain.  Literally the best large company I can imagine working for, and I came from a mid-senior role at Google that wasn't shabby.","Took a year and a half to learn to play defense on my work life balance, there's a spectrum of teams, and while some offer fantastic balance, others just don't. (The lesson was that they let you pick your own team, and that's something you can select for.)","I'd love to see management be half as open with the press as they are with employees, I think we'd do way better in the average sensationalist news cycle if they had *more* access, not less.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34255,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,"AVOID FB, incompetent management, bias against women","all the industry perks (food, 401k matching, shuttles, etc.). Smart colleagues to learn from and work with.","It’s just awful inside FB and no one seems to be talking about it. The company is full of self-inflicted wounds and senior leadership (Mark, Sheryl) live in an absolute impenetrable bubble of privilege and cluelessness. Performance review process is painful and horribly biased and downright unprofessional. The company values intellect over being decent people and that’s led to the place being riddled with smart jerks. Senior management continuously surprised when employees vocally call out their callousness and ineptitude. It’s painful to watch and painful to work there.",I don’t think any advice I could give you would help. Many people are very unhappy.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,52,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34256,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting,"Incredible health insurance covered 100%, free breakfast/lunch/dinner every day, work life balance, flexibility to work from home, unlimited sick days, career growth",Nothing that really comes to mind,Keep it up! It's so inspiring to hear from our leadership team on a weekly basis,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34257,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Sourcer,"Not for everyone, high stress, and company growing pains",World class benefits Smart coworkers Food galore Fun parties,No work life balance  Unrealistic recruiting expectations  Burnt out employees who are constantly stressed out  Poor office morale  Lack of respect for Management  No career advancement opportunities unless you move to CA headquarters.,"Stop micromanaging your Sourcers.  The current recruiting process is clearly not working. The company has very unrealistic recruiting goals yet expects Sourcers to deliver on these goals.  Give your employees a break, we are not machines.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34258,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Loves its employees,"I've never been treated this well in any job. Facebook honestly loves it employees. Like most tech firms, Facebook offers free food, transportation, gym, perks, etc. But Facebook also goes out of its way to address any and all employee questions or concerns, transparently. I have never felt so empowered and respected in my professional career as I do now.","I was about to write that we use Outlook, and not Gsuite, as the only con at Facebook. But just today Mark announced that we are going to enable Gsuite. Yay! So now, there are zero cons to working at Facebook.",Keep it up! The weekly Question and Answer sessions are really informative and appreciated.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34259,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Great company,Learning from great software engineers and/or researchers in AI.,Too many political debates inside the company.,Create a more neutral (less political) working environment.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P1.htm
34260,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Best place to work!!,"Every single one of my colleagues is stunningly sharp, quick-witted, personable, and caring. The perks are endless including the DELICIOUS food our kitchens produce all day (though the extra weight I've gained may be a con). We all work hard but are continuously celebrated and recognized for our contributions. Best place I've ever worked.","Some of the goals may be ambiguous. This leaves room for you to determine your own career trajectory & how to accomplish your goals which is a positive but I, personally, find that a bit difficult as there is not one clear path to success to follow.",Appreciate the transparency and the care you show for employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34261,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,Contract converted to Full Time Employee,"• Work Life balance •&nbsp,Shuttles that will take you just about anywhere in the bay area •&nbsp,Fast culture that allows mistakes as long as you continue to move forward •&nbsp,So many diverse opportunities • Ability to apply to transition roles if yours isn't working out • Amazing benefits for Full Time Employees including free food, stipends for gym memberships & free dry cleaning • Open line of communication available to any level employee","•&nbsp,Contractors are expected to act like full time employees in every facet of the job EXCEPT the benefits •&nbsp,Some managers could use management training to better handle sensitive information like peer reviews •&nbsp,People forget they work with each other, and forget to treat one another with respect on shuttles","Be upfront with your contractors about head count. If you know they won't be a conversion, have that conversation early on. Also, just because we are an open company, doesn't mean you need to give fast feedback or have crucial conversations in public spaces. I've seen 3-4 managers giving really tough feedback in very public areas.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34262,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,"A mission worth fighting for, but many issues at home","- On the right team, you'll find a healthy work culture. People are incredibly kind and there's an emphasis on collaboration over competition. - The mission is still something I believe in. It is ambitions to help people around the world connect to the Internet and each other. - The feeling of building products that reach more than 2 billion people is awesome. - Internal tools and infrastructure is best of class, especially for shipping fast. - Benefits are solid. You're taken care of with food, healthcare, and other convenience perks that are delightful to have. - Most work-life balance challenges are self-inflicted. People want to succeed, but the company supports you when you say that you need to get some work off your plate. - There are some early-Facebook veterans who make their areas of Facebook special. Find them and get to know them!","The company is struggling with mismanaged employee growth and rapid, negative changes in the company's culture.  - Internal politics have drastically increased. There is a growing focus on optics vs. impact, which is incompatible with a culture that operates under ""Focus on Impact."" - I found it difficult to express the company's values such as Be Bold and Be Open in a couple of organizations, because leaders who were external hires brought in a hierarchy, a ""CYA"" culture, and a combination of empire building and swim lanes. - The culture in some organization is toxic – people feel unsafe voicing their opinions and being their authentic selves. - Many teams find themselves blinded by metrics, still doing good work but missing the greater opportunities by ignoring clear paradoxes between metrics and customer experience. - Internal transfer policies can be restrictive due to restrictions around leveling and performance. I know at least three people who left the company who wanted to move to a role that better suited them, but could not because they weren't meeting expectations in their current role (that didn't suit them).","- Spend time getting house in order – Build trust. Identify and remove toxic leaders throughout the organization, Meet with every employee to get pointed, specific feedback on team culture/management. Sure up buggy systems/processes before trying to launch the next feature or bring the next billion people on board. - Don't attribute current political/data issues as the chief cause for employee attrition. The annual internal survey doesn't quite capture some of the cultural and operational frustrations that employees hold. - Add more standardization to exit interviews – give them significant weight. This is an opportunity to learn the specific issues that are leading people to leave. - Remove the pseudo-curve used in the performance cycle. Hard-curving a group of highly motivated, high-performing employees… doesn't serve its purpose.",3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34263,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great company!,"Challenging, high-profile work, great employee benefits, smart colleagues, informal, flat organization",A lot of external focus and criticism,Ramp up sharing the good that we do with the outside world,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34264,facebook,"Washington, DC"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,What a wonderful place,"- Flexible work hours - Supportive management / leaders - Transparency - Collaborative teams - Growth opportunities galore - Food, gyms, other perks - High pay","- Imposter syndrome (but this is not a company faulted thing, it's just the fact that we work amongst some of the smartest and most talented people in the world)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34265,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Sourcer,"Great people, benefits, and career growth","I have the best manager who cares about my career growth, and a team that supports my personal and career goals what more can I ask for! My team is very flexible and understanding of work life balance, but does have expectations for performance and impact. You have full autonomy to do your job, no one is hovering over you which allows lots of freedom for creativity, optimization, and process improvement. The culinary chefs that prepare our meals, other onsite services like car wash, dry cleaning, hair cuts, are just added bonuses that help make some life things more convenient.","There is heavy traffic due to our growth, which adds to commute time","As we continue to scale, please be mindful of commute times and transportation options",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34266,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Thankful to work here,"-Amazing benefits, this company has your back if anything happens personally. -I don't think you can truly be yourself at work but at FB you can almost be yourself at work. -Company is working hard towards work life balance. -Senior Leadership has hurdles but seem to be doing the right thing",The performance review cycle relies on management to fight for their ICs.,"Allow ICs into the performance review cycle, perhaps allow them to speak for themselves.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34267,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Great place to work,"The people, the partnerships across recruiting and engineering and working in an environment that allows us to bring our best self to work.",High expectations so working hard is essential to succeed.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34268,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fantastic Place to Work,"Great leadership, despite recent press. I'm very proud to be here after 7 years.",I can't think of any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34269,facebook,"New York, NY"," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Operations,Feels like working on a political campaign,+ free food + nice office + generally flexible working environment,- monotonous work - workplace politics are immense - you're never told why you'd doing what you need to do - company hates conservative voices,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P2.htm
34270,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, incompetent mgmt",You’ll be surrounded by the most well-intentioned geniuses you’ll ever meet.,"You’ll be surrounded by untrained managers who depend on anonymous feedback, an inability to look beyond what seems apparent, resistance to change, and a willingness to ignore issues that are disruptive and/or harmful to the public in order to further a narrative that the compamy is “good for the world” (one of the company’s PR and marketing campaigns).",Length of time at the company does not equate to people management skills. You desperately need a rigorous management training program as well as a way to recruit and retain diverse thought leadership from non-trad backgrounds.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34271,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to start a career,- Mature engineering practice to scale the business while preserving quality - Open and inclusive culture - Very smart people - Still lots of opportunities to grow - Engineers get to decide what they want to work on,- Attract too much attention on news recently,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34272,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Rush for growth at the tech debt,"Its reputed, there is utopia - pretty much thats it. And one can also learn how big systems work at scale.","- The product is not technology - its the users. And the ""users of the product"" are advertisers. - Improving product quality is extremely low pri for an engineer - There is -ve EV if one wants to make a good product - but there is high EV for doing cheap hacks to force feed a product to users and show growth.",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34273,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Benefits,Benefits and internal sharing of ibformation,I have not experienced any con,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34274,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,The Best,Constantly working with the smartest & scrappiest people in the world.,Managing work life balance can be a challenge if you don't set clear boundries,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34275,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Best place I have worked at,-decision made bottom-up -amazing benefits -leadership cares about doing good,-getting really big so hard to navigate,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34276,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Senior Technical Program Manager,"Great Benefits both at work and for families like Medical/Dental/Vision/401k. Generous work related support in terms of services, food, etc.",Zero concern for actual professional work environments. Constant personal and work life blending: Result feels like a forced exposure which may or may not align with your core values. Protected class employees and potential employees valued over non-protected classes uniformly in terms of skills/experience and relevance.,Middle management relies on bottoms up approach for every decision.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34277,facebook,"Columbus, OH"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,I have been working at Facebook full-time (More than 3 year),Fabulous work environment and great work culture. Upper management is extremely encouraging and wants to see you do well.,"What work-life balance? Long, punishing hours are a given and employees are more than willing to put in that extra effort to keep afloat. Burnouts are common as a result. Also. The medical insurance offered by Aetna covers a whole lot except prenatal genetic testing for women under 35. I’m 33, newly pregnant (just over 10 weeks) and my OB-GYN suggested I go in for an NIPT. The exorbitant cost will have to be borne by me because I missed Aetna’s mark by just 2 years!",none,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34278,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Film Producer,Shockingly Transparent and Open,"I've been trying not to drink the Facebook Cool-Aid but it's tough not to. Facebook is an amazing place to work and, despite the very public screw-ups / media firestorm of late, it's immensely enjoyable to work here. We're encouraged to be ourselves, there's no micromanagement, I feel like I'm free to fly as high as I want, they teach us how to have tough conversations, the management team is surprisingly open and forthcoming, the work is fulfilling and important and broadly impactful, the benefits are never-ending (as is the food supply), there's on-site everything– from haircuts to physical therapy to dental care, my coworkers are brilliant and outgoing and very much Type A, work-life balance is incredible compared to the start-up world, and that's just scratching the surface. It's a little shocking how great of a place to work Facebook is.","With 2.1 billion + users comes immense responsibility that it seems the management team was not fully unprepared to handle (see: Russian election meddling, fake/misleading news, Rohinga genocide in Myanmar, data breaches left and right, etc.). It's really tough to be reactively responding to issues of such mammoth import. That said, there's concerted, coordinated effort here to right the ship and get out ahead of these issues in the present and the future.","Prove that what you said when you were young and naive about growth and domination(!) at all costs is no longer the prime, sole focus of the company. By deftly handling the complexity and nuance that this platform and all its owned apps and companies hold globally.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34279,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Some adventures are not worth taking,"free food, free t-shirts, free laundry, good pay. If you're right out of college, this might be the place for you, but that's mostly because you wont have much work experience to compare it against.","1) the job I got is not the job I thought I was getting:   As an engineer, with engineer in the title, and over 10 years of experience, I really thought I would get to do more engineering. Unfortunately, the job is really about 50% business analyst and 20% project management, and 30% engineering. You are expected to own every aspect of your project, regardless if anyone else actually does. Also, you're told you have the opportunity to choose the team you want to be on, but for me, that choice was removed at the last minute.  2) bad management, bad leadership - all managers are expected to be individual contributors which is basically another way of saying that they aren't particularly good at either, and do not have time to devote to both roles. Also, be prepared for mansplaining.  3) more money than sense: gobs and gobs of money are being thrown around. there's basically an offsite every other week. Nevermind about work, deadlines, or being competent, it's more important to go glassblowing. The pay is nice, in fact, its the best feature about the place.  4) the company that wants to connect the world would rather loose talent than have remote workers. no, seriously. say you're on a team, and your team decides to move to another office thats like 1 hour away. you are kicked off the team and put on another team. what sense does that make? new mom wants to wfh? not allowed.  Seriously, it's called skype, people.  5) and speaking of teams, the team structure is completely whack. instead of having a core group of people I work with on many projects, I have a different group of people I work with on each project. a completely different set of swe, pm, ds, and de for each project. This completely limits our ability to grow more efficient with each project, let alone build any sort of a professional relationship.  6) you're not allowed to fix things that are legit broken. I've only been here a short time and have already had to suffer fools who prefer poorly designed metrics with political bs to actually measuring things properly. bug 1 told not to fix it - too big to fail, bug 2, never got fixed by other team, bug 3, too high profile to fix. seriously? why not just admit all your metrics are wrong?  7) people care more about performance reviews than actual performance. no really, if I hear the phrase make ""an impact"" I will vom. What this really means is not ""do good and useful work"" which is how it might be interpreted, instead it means that you should very little on the very high profile projects, and then post it everywhere, to make sure people NOTICE. Also, keep a log of your work so that you can share it with your absentee manager come review time - otherwise, he (yeah I said he) likely will have no idea what you worked on or why. But, instead of this being a meaningful signal, it just becomes more noise.","separate managers from IC. some of the best people I have ever worked for were not programmers.  stop focusing on impact, it sounds like a colon and its utterly meaningless  if it's broken, fix it. if your metrics change as a result, deal with it.  build a real team structure, and provide some actual leadership.  focus on programming for real reasons. This stuff is far too random and scattered, and it gets abandonned 3 months after completion.  change job titles/descriptions to accurately reflect the work  stop having a blame and fear based environment - it does not lead to good code",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P3.htm
34280,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible place to work,"Perks are amazing (food, transportation, medical, dental services, etc) People are smart","- bad work life balance (lots of young people who don’t have a life outside of office) - competetive culture - politics among management, everyone is concerned about their own growth - stressful and unfair performance review (very subjective and dependent on manager) - monotonous work with limited challenges (focus is mainly on shipping fast rather than doing good quality or deep work) - inexperienced leadership",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34281,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,First job out of school,Pick your own team Hackathons Flexible hours,Growing pains Leadership constantly shifting directions,Fire all SJW's,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34282,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 1, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Don’t Go!,"Nice people, world class benefits","Culture “if you don’t feel like you’re going to be fired then you’re not doing your job”! Admins not respected, hours of overtime, spend 80% of the day getting conference rooms.","Fix the 3:1 admin/director ratio, treat this profession with respect and get VP’s training on how to manage this role as a partner not just a service provider!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34283,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Really good company,"Challenging and interesting problems, making a lot of impacts",Easy to get distracted during work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34284,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Referrals Program Specialist,Great company to work with and will stay as long as possible! Very positive culture here and will recommend to all my friends and family!,I believe we can do better at the compensation and benefits. Especially thinking about the living-cost around the neighborhood.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34285,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Referral Program Specialist,Referral Program Specialist,Flexible environment Tons of opportunity to learn and be exposed to a wide variety of roles Exposure to other ops roles Learn how to pull and manipulate data Great career move in either recruiting or ops,High volume Manual tracking,Keep up the amazing Facebook culture!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34286,facebook,"New York, NY"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Great time to work at Facebook,"Tons of growth, so you're tripping over opportunities to do amazing things here. I'm sure everyone talks about the great benefits, food, commuting options in the Bay, and the general awesomeness of the facilities...but it's all true. I work in the NYC office and absolutely love the building - and everything in it.","if you need a lot of structure, you're going to need to build it yourself.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34287,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,Designer,- Flexibility - Autonomy - Career growth opportunities - Challenging work - Smart teammates - Amazing benefits - Ability to bring your authentic self to work - Work rewarded based on impact,- Accelerated hiring causes growing pains - Lack of focus on collaboration causes work to be done in silos,- Continue transparency in communication - Continue to share why the work we do at an individual level contributes to our mission - Improve internal communications,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34288,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Industry Manager,Great company to work for,"Great benefits, pay, leadership team.","High pressure at times, feels like a 24/7 job.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34289,facebook,"Washington, DC"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Public Policy Manager,The company is as bad as it looks from the outside,"Great benefits, especially medical Flex work schedule on most teams Nice offices with the best tech",Extreme cronyism Company allows discrimination Managers allowed to sabatoge reports with impunity No integrity as a company unless badmouthed in press Lots of negative competition/non-team players,Train your managers or kick them out. They are lowering the productivity and morale of hardworking staff with their insecurities and pathologies.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P4.htm
34290,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator (Contract converted to FTE),"- Amazing manager, team, and people at this company - Free food (lots of options) -Free Transportation - Very Flexible work schedule - Great benefits","- Not diverse - Sometimes working on our internal FB can get distracting (posts, events, etc) - Contract vs. FTE is extremely different. You are treated with much more respect as a FTE","- Sr. Leaders are not very friendly (don't say hi, smile, etc) - Be open with head count - provide clear guidance for contractors to get converted to FTE",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34291,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nowhere else will you find a better company culture,"Freedom to share your thoughts: in fact, the culture encourages feedback and discussion on every aspect of the company. Transparent leadership: the company's leadership openly share their thoughts, and if that's not enough, you may ask about anything during the Friday QA. Strong sense of community: the internal platforms and culture enable supportive, positive discussion. Pick what you want to work on: you get to pick the team that you work on when you're hired. Take charge: if there's anything else you want changed, you are always free to do it yourself (and that includes modifying any part of the codebase)!  And that's not yet having mentioned the best company food, more than flexible work hours, beautiful campus, and a variety of other amazing benefits.",Building the platforms that enable communities is difficult to get right.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34292,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,love it,"FB is great, love working here. Great people, mission oriented, transparent leadership.","It's a big company, takes a long time to figure out teams/systems.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34293,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a breath of fresh air.,"Honestly, as an employee of Facebook you are pampered. They truly care about the well-being of their employees and that is evident in the number of perks and benefits given. It's a breath of fresh air from working elsewhere, especially in Chicago compared to other tech companies. The compensation and benefits are unparallel here.  It's also the most inclusive office I've ever worked in or visited, you don't just hear about the importance of diversity, you see it. And why is that? Because Facebook is so deliberate about the way they grow and they make sure the representation of its community is reflected in its employees.  Despite growing like crazy, Zuckerberg still does weekly chats with the entire company and there isn't a lot of hierarchy here among levels. Even though there has been a lot of negative press lately, there is a such a great level of optimism and forward thinking mentality that morale is still high. It's just as exciting as ever.","Sometimes it can feel like you're moving a million miles a minute, which can be overwhelming, but no one is ever set up for failure and the level of support is fantastic.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34294,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,data science,"great perks, great outlook, great people",none really. But the traffic is really bad.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34295,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good place for seasoned professionals,"- benefits and perks - endless food options - global reach and impact  At Facebook, you have the opportunity to work on products that everyone uses. This helps you use and sharpen your skills in an entirely new way, and really think through your logic and decisions—unpacking every detail because you have to make sure it works and is understood across all demographics, countries, cultures, and languages.  They also take care of employees. Everything is free: shuttle rides, laundry service, professional development courses, tons of swag, and all the food, snacks, and drinks you can eat (the “Facebook 15” is real). The company’s health benefits are unmatched and they even have medical, dental, and gym facilities on campus.","- politics and back channeling - competitiveness and lack of collaboration - relationships hold more value than quality work  Facebook the company is like the platform: everyone acts like everything is great, but no one acknowledges or exposes what’s really going on under the surface. People act like it’s all sunshine and roses, but because there’s such a “focus on impact” and performance, it’s actually a competitive environment where people are out for themselves and scrambling for whatever projects will give them the most visibility—at Facebook, visibility > impact > high performance ratings > bonus multipliers + equity refreshers.  As a result, people you know and being an influencer matter more than the quality of your work. Likes are the real currency and even though you’re told to “be your authentic self”, one type of person benefits most: those who are extroverted, don’t rock the boat, and are oftentimes male.  While the actual benefits and perks are great, don’t be fooled by the glamour of it all: they’re also designed to keep you there and keep you working. You’ll be taken care of, but the focus on impact and performance makes it’s easy to forget to take care of yourself. There’s an undercurrent of anxiety in the culture that is very real and not often acknowledged.  Facebook is a great company for those just starting out their career. If you’re a seasoned professional, I suggest staying away. It doesn’t matter how much experience or expertise you have—I spent most of my time proving to people half my age that I knew what I was doing.  Time and again, my suggestions would be ignored or edited to the point that they were no longer my ideas. Time and again, leadership would be shown those watered down ideas and say, “Nope!” Time and again, when I’d go back to my original recommendation, leadership would say, “That’s the one!” After awhile, it was finally time for me to say, “I’m tired of (and better than) this.”","You hire people for their expertise, so let the use it. And when people bother to speak up, listen. Stop ignoring the problems and waiting for those people to burn out and quit. The number of people who go on medical leave is a signal. Acknowledge it and pay attention.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34296,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Media Partnerships - Employment Brand,My worst day at Facebook is my best day at any other company,"The mission-driven culture and passionate, brilliant people I work with are by far the biggest pro. The free meals, on-site gyms, healthcare, commuter reimbursements and compensation packages are best in class. I really feel like I am doing the best work of my career here. The challenges we face in the wake of press mentions and bad actors abusing our platform causes us to band together and focus in on fixing problems.",Frequent changes in work flow process and org structure. Lack of established KPIs on my team cause many to operate inefficiently in silos.,"Put more time and thought into planning and executing an annual global media strategy. This would make for more strategic, thoughtful and unified deployment of our campaigns vs reacting to ad-hoc requests throughout the year. Continue to develop managers before placing them into a management roles.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34297,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Chaos Monkeys Over Here,"*Great people, many of whom push the company to be better and make the world better *Tons of resources (pay, food, tools, etc.) *Incredible leaders like Sheryl Sandberg","*Lots of things to fix: we don't just read about the problems on the news like everyone else, we also are responsible for fixing them. *People here are (surprisingly?) optimistic, driven, and passionate, every week there is a new set of social issues that people want the company to tackle","*Continue planning for the future in an ever-changing landscape *Do your best not to let us down but continue being honest, upfront if you do mess up something and continue to share/be transparent. It's amazing to continually feel ownership and involvement at this company",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34298,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,"Flexible schedule, great culture and benefits!","Some teams do not have a lot of processes in place recruiting-wise so if you work on one team and transition to another, you will likely need to re-learn a new way of doing some things... but if you can adapt to change, it won't be an issue for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34299,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 19, 2018","Former Employee - Software Developer, Community Operations Engineering","Software Developer, Community Operations Engineering",work at a massive and up and coming technology company. Long list of company wide perks,"management has lost its touch with reports. Community Operations Engineering, Business Operations Engineering, and Developer Support Engineering are all very stingy with things such as business travel, team paid off-sites, team paid equipment. Obsessed with eliminating bugs.","take better care of your reports actually LISTEN to what they say, and don't do the opposite. loosen the reigns on corporate spending -- isn't this supposed to be an engineering org? It hardly feels like one.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P5.htm
34300,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good people who believe in positive impact,Mission driven Incredible management training Assume good intent Choose your career path and manager Flexible work schedule Life / work balance Benefits Creative and smart and ridiculously talented people,"The media has latched on and won’t let go easily. We move so fast, sometimes we miss big things. We’re solving for things that have never before even been considered.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34301,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Technical sourcer,"Great perks, culture, and place","If your a contract conversion, expect a bad conversion salary",Stop low balling your contract conversions,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34302,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 27, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Worst experience of my life.,Compensation is a little bit better compared with similar companies. But Price-performance ratio is quite low. Everything looks good.,"I worked at the Instagram ads feed ads solution team as software engineer, why selected this team was because what they did was more related to my previous experience.  Turn out what you are capable of is not an important thing.  Do not know about other teams at Facebook, this is definitely worst experience of my life.  The manager is very picky, micromanaging, very unprofessional. The way he used to manage is the threat and provoke people's fear. I did see how they can encourage and motivate others.  It is a sort of office politics and chaos regard to the code, document and the procedure.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34303,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Very open culture, transparent leadership, large opportunity for impact and great food :)",Move fast culture can sometimes mean no incentives to clean up tech debt,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34304,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Leader,Human Resources,"- Get to work on the most relevant community work of our lifetime at an unprecedented scale - Work with smart, mission-driven colleagues who want to make the world a better place - Work in a culture that is fast moving, extremely open, with a relentless focus on doing what's best for our community",We have some of the hardest technical and human challenges (bad actors who want to abuse our platform) a company could face so it's not for the faint of heart.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34305,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Great place to grow and make impact,Individuals are empowered to make impact via autonomy. Managers care about employees and help them grow. Great place to grow your career. Smart and kind coworkers.,Bay Area traffic to MPK sucks. Tough year for FB.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34306,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Fantastic company,"Benefits are incredible (free meals and snacks, fantastic insurance, various perks for conferences/events) Work environment is incredibly friendly and accommodating",Company is growing at a rapid rate. Would definitely want to watch out for changes with this growth.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34307,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Sourcer,Technical Sourcer,Thorough interview. Good blend of past experience an sourcing knowledge. Conversational but professional. Able to get a strong understanding of team dynamic and measures of success.,"Unclear what the conversion to full time process is, how long it takes.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34308,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Doing the best work of my career,"I've been here for more than 8 years and I am still around because that's how good this place is...and, I am not the only long termer. People come and stay because it's the best place in tech right now- a combination of a strong, positive mission to create community in the world, amazing culture of impact, respect and innovation and a lot of support and care for people. Top that with the best in every field who work here and you've got an awesome place to work.","External scrutiny of Facebook can be distracting, but for those taking the long term view, this is a challenge the company will resolve.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34309,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic culture that inspires authenticity and your best work,Intelligence Authenticity Fast pace Employee oriented,Still a start-up culture which has many pros but getting things done takes networking,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P6.htm
34310,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"good company, culture, , compensation",great company. very transparent culture. colleagues are very friendly they want to help you grow.,"work life balance is not as great, but seems okay compared to amazon",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34311,facebook,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Critical Facility Engineer,Best company to work for,"Great benefits, great pay, highly encourages creativity, rewards productivity.",Non that i can think of at this moment,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34312,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Perfect company for people growing,"Great pay Great perk Best engineers in the world work here as your teammate Growth opportunity is great, company encourage people to do more, learn more and grow Compensation fairness is one of the best in the industry, purely performance base","Higher expectation for engineers than most major companies, meaning you need to work more or be better engineer to stay Affirmation action anecdotally in place, company not tolerate conservative voice enough than it present itself to be",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34313,facebook,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Does not look good on resume anymore,Managers have the best time of their lives. They keep engineers down through intense and demoralizing review cycles. No repercussions whatsoever. Helps to keep labor expenses low.,You will have to put up with incompetent management and underperform after demoralizing performance review cycles.  Having Facebook on your resume is no longer a plus actually can work against you.,"Take some software engineering courses, join a bootcamp, feel what it's like to be great at doing something",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34314,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,One year in and still amazing!,#1 - It's a mission driven company and we are contributing to a greater good. Love the fundraising features and amazing to see how many dollars have been raised. Love features like safety check keep people safe during natural disasters. Love the stories of connection - family members meeting for the first time due to finding each other on Facebook. Love the support we provide to small businesses which wouldn't be where they are today without instagram or Facebook.  #2 - The growth opportunities. I've learned more and grown more in the past year than any other company  #3 - I have 3 children and feel I'm able to balance my work and personal life.,"Facebook moves at an incredibly fast pace. Personally this is what I love about it and what has provided me with learning and growth opportunities, but it is not for everyone.",Stay focused on the mission and continue building features that help people and build community.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34315,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,"Cutting-edge research, incredible culture","—The most open culture of any company —Incredible flexibility to change projects & teams based on what you want, way more people do this rather than leave —People truly assume good intent and responsibility of their peers, everyone manages themselves, takes their own hours and supports one another —Employees regularly have forums to take changes up to top leadership, or request changes to nearly any other part of the company and most requests are followed through —Projects rely on cutting-edge research and encourage learning",—Moves incredibly fast and can be stressful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34316,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Big impact, fast culture, strong rewards",Strong pressure to perform. Not necessarily a bad thing.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34317,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Perfect small big company to work for,"You learn from great peers, work on unique planet scale problem, grow, move around and learn new tech while enjoying first class benefits. Leadership is visionary, genuine, surprisingly transparent and always looking for what is best for the facebook community, which is hard for outsiders to grasp.",Commute is not ideal. Company getting bigger is a challenge but Facebook has fully embraced taking it on.,Keep pushing for a more long term focused mentality. Don't let up on accountability. Keep being transparent.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34318,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Great if you are young...,"Great perks, interesting challenges, dynamic environment","Open floor plan is not for everyone, hard to concentrate",Consider the impact on productivity open floor plan has. Also impact on older employees.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34319,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Awesome place to work,Awesome place to work - Great work-life balance - Very open work culture - Lots of family/cultural events - Free food :D,I haven't found a single one yet :),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P7.htm
34320,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Senior Recruiter,"Comp/Benefits, career trajectory, people, culture, collaborative, work/life balance","Growing really fast, commute, wish I could work from home more.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34321,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do the best work of your life!,- Working with the smartest and best in my field which makes me better. - We get to solve tough problems everyday - The open culture means tons of opportunities for everyone - Doing a ton of good in the world and taking action on what isn't working - Unbelievable support when you need it. I went through some personal challenges this year and Facebook was with me every step of the way. - We live our company values- they aren't just posters on the wall.,Achieving the Facebook mission demands a lot from all of us. It's important that you manage your work and life.,Thanks for all you do - everyday here is special!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34322,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,middle management needs to go,"fredom to work on high impact projects, food, benefits",high turnover in management management will make you pay for giving them bad reviews management is not trained to do their job and will cause talent to leave fb has no interest in fixing this,go to oracle or some other company that is a zombie,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34323,facebook,"New York, NY"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Even better than advertised (zing...),"Aside from all the benefits you hear about...free food, good pay, laundry, and so on.... Facebook is an amazing place to work. The culture is so open and fun. No matter what part of the organization you're in, you feel like you're part of the overall mission of Facebook. The company is really transparent about the things going on (often public).","Only downside I've seen so far, is that the company moves really fast...sometimes too fast!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34324,facebook,"New York, NY"," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Tech Firm to Work For,"- In general, treated like you're a person and not a number - Very competitive compensation and benefits - Extremely easy short term disability leave, full salary for 16 weeks","- Still a large company, if you prefer smaller ones - Some teams have poor work life balance",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34325,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Great on Paper- Not In Practice,"Free food, 4 weeks vacation, amazing health coverage, 4 mos paid maternity leave.",Flooded with middle managers who are opportunistic and entitled. Lots of well paid people in these roles who work 10:30-3 and who’s contributions are unclear.  Admins must pretty much ignore company values and opportunities that were sold to them- little to no chance for growth outside the role. You will stare into and rage at Outlook until your soul dies.  Leadership’s idealism doesn’t well work in-practice.,"“Make Impact” motto leads to bloated app that doesn’t scale across markets. People scrambling to create something highly visible rather than user focused. UX in constant battle with eng and PMs.  Company values and practices don’t seem to apply to Admins.  Outlook is a broken, outdated tool and a huge productivity killer.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34326,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to develop and work,"The challenges Facebook sets itself out to solve are immense, which gives people the opportunity to really challenge themselves at work and continuously learn. Managers are deeply invested into employees and there is a strong servant-leadership mindset (manager as a supporter of high performing teams and not manager as an authoritative decision maker). Benefits & rewards are obviously incredible.","Work/life balance can be challenging. People respect getting your work done on your own time, but given the complexity of the work itself it's not a place for people who want to coast (which can also be seen as a pro). Open culture means people think they can say whatever they want - which is great, but can also at times disrupt people from focusing on their jobs and trusting each other.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34327,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Best combo of talent, fun, and impact","Smart people, huge impact, great compensation",Hiring very quickly so lots of new faces,Thank you,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34328,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Director,"Great perks, good compensation, but if you don't fit the company narrative you'll be marginalized fairly quickly.","Campus is amazing, offices have all the perks you could ask for. Resources are never a problem.","Despite what they say at the onboarding, or the all hands, or the company wide emails, upper management is not interested in hearing opposing views. Once you're branded as not being supportive of the collective group thought, your career path will be stunted. Tenure and support for the upper management team is weighted more heavily than individual skills. Your performance review will be mostly based on what others think of you rather than any projects you delivered. If your political skills aren't sharp you'll be collateral damage within your first year.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34329,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Talent colleagues, terrible work life balance and some very incompetent managers",- top leadership is transparent about company direction - very good tools for work - very talented employees - move fast and (still break things): can be good or bad - opportunities to make impact - opportunities to learn new skills on your own time,"- Work life balance is terrible. Everyone in my team works outside regular hours, night and weekends. No one will explicitly say that you have to do this but given the competitive culture, you pretty much put in extra hours. - my particular business unit has toxic culture and high turnover among managers. (CO) - Some managers are promoted from IC and do not know how to lead teams - Great place for singles but not best fit for those with family duties",Please foster a positive culture and no brilliant jerks,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P8.htm
34330,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best place I've ever worked.,Really care about employees. The best benefits and pay. Open and inclusive culture. Really smart people. Actively discouraged from working late or on weekends. Willing to make changes to the system for the benefit of users despite costing the company money.,"I had to think really hard to find any, which is a great thing. Honestly, just that I feel conflicted about the good social media can play in people's lives. But the company is making strides towards wellbeing, like notifying users of time spent in-app and showing them a message when they're ""up to date"" with today's content so they don't mindlessly scroll.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34331,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,"Great benefits, interesting people, too fast paced for meaningful work",The benefits are amazing and the environment is very flexible and casual.,"Researchers can struggle to find a voice at the company. At times as a researcher you are overloaded with work, at other times struggle to find anything to do. Researchers need to be better integrated into the company. Work is also too fast for those that want to get meaningful work done in research.",Allow researchers to engage in more profound projects,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34332,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great company to work for. A ton of interesting projects are going on all over the company and sister companies. I am really happy to be here.,Moving too fast in some areas.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34333,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Great company to work for,"Really open culture, great benefits, can have good work-life balance if you manage things right, still growing fast","Some (but not many) of the old timers will pull rank on you, which goes against all the propaganda stated in the company, and this is more true for the ones in the central Menlo Park office.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34334,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,It's a good environment to work in,Competition is fierce to get a job,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34335,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Enterprise Engineer,Enterprise Engineer,Awesome perks Exciting and dynamic environment Great learning experience Very causal and friendly employees Chance to work with the best in the world,"At Every step, have to learn by yourself. Everything is mostly self service. So its hard if you not good with technology.",Increase hiring and build more awesome products,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34336,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Great culture and perks,+ High salaries + Amazing perks + Open culture,- Overcrowded campus - Work-life balance in some engineering teams,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34337,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,It's not only talk,"Facebook hires extremely intelligent, driven and kind people who truly buy into the vision to only do good things in the world. So happy I joined the Facebook family.",The only cons are that there aren't more remote working opportunities and no onsite childcare.,Consider more flexible working options.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34338,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Product Designer,Product Design,There is no hierarchy. It does not feel like you're working for corporate America. Your team feels like your family.,Non have crossed my mind.,I'd say the recruiters need a better system for filtering out who's worth interviewing and who's not.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34339,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Good compensation. Open working environment.,Company grows too fast in terms of head count.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P9.htm
34340,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good perks Challenging projects Working with smart people,No work/life balance Managers push people into projects that they are not interested.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34341,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Smart people and Good Food,No work life balance. Have to work in weekend and night.,Manager is not supportive.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34342,facebook,"New York, NY"," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Amazing company for Leaders,"Fast-paced environment, brilliant people, amazing opportunities for learning and career growth. New challenges every day and the most wonderful people working together to find solutions.",Fast pace is really fast and the company is growing very quickly. The need to continuously grow yourself and to scale yourself is very high.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34343,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Awesome work culture for those who want to work,Tons of autonomy to work,Workload on the higher side.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34344,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great Company,- pay - benefits - smart people,- workload can be havy at times,Keep up great work.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34345,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company Ever and Amazing Open Culture,"- Best company I worked in my entire career - Open culture, everyone has context and information on any project they like. - Management trusts employees by keeping the culture open - Super smart and helpful colleagues - You can ask Mark any question during QnA for employees - Managers here are great and super supportive of your career growth - Other perks like free food all meals, free shuttle, amazing health benefits, fitness reimbursement, laundry, onsite health and dental center, concierge service -Focus on impact and not on unnecessary frivolous work",No cons found yet for the company,Keep the culture going and hire good middle management. They are the ones who take the culture to the grass root.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34346,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Best talent/Best place,"Free breakfast, Free lunch, Free dinner- Only place in Chicago that does this They give you all the tools needed for you to be successful in your role. You are encouraged to be innovate and bring your ideas to fruition You are working for the best recruiting organization in the world.>> So yes! You will have to earn your awesome salary and benefits",Work Life balance- You are hiring the best of the best. You have to make yourself available for candidate contact if you want to hit goal Talent Camp doesn't prepare you for the real role.,Keep listening to us as we are scaling. The cream of the crop always rises to the top and listen to those who are invested into this company as you are.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34347,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Talent Scout-University Recruiter,The honeymoon never ends at FB!,"Facebook has a great culture and even better values. They encourage their employees to be bold, move fast and be their true selves at work.",No complaints or cons with FB,"Less meetings, but you can't really get around those.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34348,facebook,"New York, NY"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work with incredible growth,"We work on problems that impact over 2 billion people and given how much we are growing, the scaling issues are second to none and so you grow your kills and careers here much more quickly than elsewhere.","While challenge can be great, it can be tiring but i feel recognized and satisfied by the impact I am having here.",keep hiring the world's best for us to work with!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34349,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be at,Highly encouraging environment and great benefits. They take good care of their employees.,You wont be able to like any other place,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P10.htm
34350,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the better big companies,High caliber coworkers. Great benefits. Smart and dedicated leadership.,It's become a big company so it's increasingly difficult to move fast.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34351,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Best place to work!,- Transparent company - Great pay - Flexible schedule - Overtime for admins - Best benefits!,- High pressure - Can be long hours,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34352,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great place to work,"Facebook takes care of everything for you so you can focus on your job. Free food, gyms, wellness benefits, onsite wellness centers, amazing maternity/paternity benefits, dry cleaning and the list GOES ON. The work is challenging and growth potential is high.","Like at any company, it all depends who you report to. Some managers are better than others and some employee are better suited to work with certain managers.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34353,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Minorities not welcome here,"Pays the checks, free transportation and food",If you are a minority management will isolate you. Facebook pretends to care and provides training to 'fix' minority attitude. As a non-minority I find this disgraceful. Facebook does not value diverse views and tries to 'manage out' non-conformists.,"Celebrate diversity, do not hide minority events away from campus. You don't have to 'fix' minorities, embrace them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34354,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great coaching & feedback culture, but decisions are very top down","During my time at Facebook, I've had some of the best people managers in my career. They have helped me improve my communication skills, people skills and empathy skills. The perks are absolutely ridiculous, from free charging for electric cars to amazing free desserts, and packed micro kitchens.","One of the reasons Facebook is in this sticky privacy situation is the complacency at the top. For many years, management has denied its social responsibility to moderate the content that appears, claiming to be an unbiased 'platform'. They ignore years of 3rd party studies that show that they are creating echo chambers.  Even after getting ""Exceeds Expectations"" cycle after cycle, I found it difficult to influence the top-down decisions. A group of engineers & analysts may prove a huge opportunity in developing a feature, with data and all, but if it's not the direction coming from the top, then it's unlikely to get resourced. They don't always put in the effort to discuss the pros & cons of these strategies.",Find a better way to get impactful analyses and opinions heard higher up the management chain.,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34355,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Product Designer,Amazing experience,"Lots of perks, fulfilling projects that only a few companies in the world are working on",Your experience largely depends on the team. After three years thats the biggest decider of experience,We need more design managers,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34356,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Strategic Sourcing Manager,Sourcing manager,"Great benefits, great location and nice campus","IT organization and technology is lagging and not leading for sourcing and Procurement compared to other companies. Bias in salary, performance and RSU awards for people of color.",Clean house. SOE leadership and BizApps leadership need to change. Make sure professed company values are actually embraced by LT within organizations.,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34357,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Helpdesk Specialist,Helpdesk Specialist,- Full Time not contract - Tiers 1-3 level access - System administrator for many systems - Facebook perks,"- High volume and very busy depending on location and building - Base comp not as competitive as other large Silicon Valley companies - No flex time or remote work, must be at Helpdesk all day. 8-5pm or 9-6pm shifts.",- Pay more based on experience,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34358,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best company!!! Best for ever!!,1. best food 2. best ceo 3. best IT help,"None, None, None, None, None",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34359,facebook,"Ashburn, VA"," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Network Technician,Great place to work. I loved it.,Nothing I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P11.htm
34360,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to Work,"great, smart people, loads of autonomy",I sincerely can't think of anything. I wish the real estate weren't so expensive on the Peninsula.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34361,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Company without a soul,Free food and laundry are the only pros.,warning: stay away if you are a senior engineer. inexperienced management will drive you nuts. just another google clone.,"- none, management is hopeless.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34362,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Back to the chop shop,"Free food, Flexibility, Good brand, Benefits",The agency style environment you’ve cultivated will surely push some of the best people here out. Sometimes it feels that your job is just chasing metrics. Definitely feel misled from the recruitment process.,"No wonder we’ve seen the hiring bar lowered as word about our environment gets out. Unfortunately the problem isn’t a Chicago problem, but a larger recruiting org problem. Maybe enough public attention will get someone to listen...",1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34363,facebook,"New York, NY"," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Operations,Sales Operations,"Great culture, highly competitive, tremendous opportunity, focus on people / career development","Internal systems are less than desirable. Some departments need more doers, less management. Lots of overlap acrosss business units causing inefficiencies and confusion.",Consolidate. Multiple departments doing similar activities are causing inefficiencies. People close to the work want consolidation and will embrace change. The politics across leadership is starting to be talked about and that is not healthy for the organization. Infrastucture: Put as much focus on internal systems and tools as we do on external facing and we will be able to minimize people costs and scale more efficiently and provide better customer service.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34364,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Product Designer,I have mixed emotions about Facebook,Great culture but it comes at a price.,"Work/life balance isn't good. The company factors in work outside of the 9-5 (your hack projects) which factors into your performance reviews. If you're young and single, it's great! But if you're middle-aged and have a young family, performing at the highest level is a bit hard to balance when family duties call.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34365,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Biggest Con: It's So Great Working Here, You Will Never Want To Leave","- generous compensation/benefits - manager support and transparency - autonomy - you can create your own career path - interesting, challenging work - investment from the company to create/maintain a great culture","- The company is growing so fast, it's hard to scale at this pace",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34366,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Hardware Engineering,Level of Care is Astonishing,"Great Open Culture Free Food Work with Bright people Access to Senior leadership 4 months paternity leave Virtually Unlimited resources  Community is at the core of FB. I’ve never worked at a company that cares so much about its people. Taking care of yourself and working sustainably is part of the culture. All the amenities are there to keep you focused (or distracted). Food, snacks, multiple gyms (with classes), car service, life@ (I took my passport photos there for heavens sake).  We have, workplace, FB’s own internal app. It’s like Facebook within Facebook for employees. I can message anybody and be in contact with anybody in the company. I’m an entry level engineer and talk to VPs Directors and even Mark, who holds open forum EVERY Friday in person. That level of access is phenomenal.  If you have an idea you can do it. You have the support and finances to achieve whatever you can think of. If you’ve worked anywhere else then you can see why everything I’ve written is so important. It just isn’t like that anywhere else.","It’s so good that it would be hard to work anywhere else. I’m destroyed for life. If it’s your first job I would feel bad because this is NOT a true view of the working world. If you’re humble enough to appreciate that then you should be ok. I believe people can develop a degree of entitlement and hubris in this environment. You can run into folks like that, but the majority of others are great.","Mark is doing a fantastic job managing a service that over 2 Billion people use worldwide. The way FB has evolved so much so fast has brought a lot of unexpected uses. Stay the course, and don’t stray from what people love most about FB. Connecting with Friends and Family.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34367,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Technical Sourcer - 6 months in,Competitive but friendly environment. Team members genuinely care about your success. Facebook Perks. Compensation.,"Time management can be very difficult, there is a LOT going on.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34368,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work for,"They treat you well, you can find almost everything you'll need. Colleagues are knowledgeable and fast moving, you can learn a ton here.","Work hard play hard, you have to spend more time studying and working then lots of other places. Peer pressure is also high",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34369,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, surrounded by genuine and smart people and given amazing benefits!","Amazing co-workers who are genuine, down to Earth people that create a positive, welcoming atmosphere. You are expected to work hard, but that hard work is valued and FB provides phenomenal benefits from great healthcare care to free food and shuttles to campus. Unlike some companies, FB sees their employees as people, not cogs in the machine.","The company moves fast and embraces change and it can be hard to keep up with so much going on and things feeling like they change at the speed of light. It can feel chaotic, but work life balance is still possible and encouraged!","Keep communicating, continue to value your employees and build social good worldwide. The world needs more of it.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P12.htm
34370,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Talent Sourcer,Passionate about work ~,"Intelligent amazing people solving complicated important business and tech problems. Sense of integrity in everything we do. Culture of openness, incredible perks and really good food. You will work hard and there is a ton of opportunity to build a fabulous career. If you're looking for 9-5 gig FB is not the place for you. You can have autonomy in your schedule, and everyone has to find the right work/life flow balance. You will work hard and if you love what you do it doesn't feel like work. FB is a place for passionate driven career minded people.",Needs to continue to work towards a more diverse workforce.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34371,facebook,"Los Lunas, NM"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Technician,"Technician FB Data Center Los Lunas,NM",Worst place I had to work at.,Very Unprofessional Management Team. Run Away.,You need to work on safety issues and start drug testing employees more often.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34372,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Review,I love the culture and resources,Some managers are better than others,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34373,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Systems Administrator,Move Fast. Always. - Great Perks. Challenging Work/Life Balance,Volume of perks and what they are is practically unmatched.,Work/Life Balance is a challenge because those around you are passionate about what they do and they'll continue to work even after hours. Communication is constant and if your work does not keep up with your obsessed peers then you will fall behind.,"Define ""impact""",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34374,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Was a great company,Mark is an inspiring CEO.,"Moving towards a ""BIG"" company culture.",invest in security and stay agile,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34375,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"- Very open culture, everyone has access to all codebases and can change any code - Most people choose their own project - You are responsible for your project end -to-end. Only metric you are measured on is impact. - Company really cares about its employees","- Very fast paced environment - Everyone has to act as the leader of their project, not a good fit if you like someone to tell you what you should do.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34376,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,great benefits and such I like very much,not none I can think of,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34377,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Great company,Smartest people I’ve ever worked with. Smartest leadership I’ve ever worked for.,It’s so big it’s easy to feel like a small fish in a big pond.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34378,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jun 16, 2018",Former Employee - Creative,I quit a job I loved due to bullying.,Awesome company but a few bad apples.,"Lots of education about bias - but the system to prevent it, doesn't work.",Believe people when they tell you they are being retaliated against. If there is any doubt - find that person a new role.,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34379,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,"Glad to be here, and grateful to stay here.","Great benefits, challenging environment, your voice is heard, management truly cares about developing people instead of just holding a manager title, and great perks at work!","Sometimes because things move so fast and growth is happening exponentially, communications haven't been always trickled down with the best strategy in regards to getting everyone relevant in the loop before changes roll out.",Communicate change immediately,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P13.htm
34380,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Lots of Growth,Great place to learn. Lots of mentorship.,It's gotten too big. Starting to feel the size of the company and questioning the impact I can directly make.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34381,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work for,"Reasonable pay, plenty of perks.",Large company with typical bureaucratic idiosyncrasies,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34382,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Fabulous Culture,Autonomous and innovative culture Always learning working for a company that is pushing the boundaries of how technology and life intersect,Working hard- not a slow pace,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34383,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Reception Associate,"Your impact drives your career, Facebook is by far the greatest company I’ve ever worked for!","Opportunity, relationships, benefits, work-life balance","Too be honest, can’t find to many cons to the company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34384,facebook,"West Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Amazing Place to Work,-Ambitious people -Unparalleled Perks -Exciting work -Transparent leadership,None that are major - work is good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34385,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Software Engineering, PhD Intern (Summer)","A great culture, most likely the best of the bests... Very smart and helpful colleagues.. Lots of benefits, even for the interns, food, bikes, housing, summer fests, etc. Very transparent, from top to the bottom... Challenging and interesting work/projects, affecting billions of people!","Nothing much. Specific to the 12-week summer internship program, you need 2-3 weeks to get used to the Facebook culture, codebase, and the project you are working on. You need to finish bulk of the task within the 10th week. That leaves you with roughly 7 weeks to complete your project -- which sometimes may become stressful...",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34386,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,Wonderfully Engaging Environment,"FB hires not only really smart people, but people who really want to work with others to make awesome things. Also, the company offers some great benefits, which show us how much they care about our well being.","Because the company has been expanding so much in Menlo Park, the traffic is horrible. Also, it is hard to get promoted even though there are many lateral moves.",Continue being great and treating employees like equals.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34387,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Agent,customer service agent,multinational company with a lot of benefits,very strict ed with no area to erreo,to listen more to the employers,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34388,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Partner on Retail,"Freedom, Opportunity, Learning and Growth",FB is not means to an end,- - - - -,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34389,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Quantitative Researcher,You feel valued as an employee,"Great benefits, opportunities to work on something that matters to you and have a real impact in the world.",Things change quickly and that creates instability on teams and roles,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P14.htm
34390,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Respectful workplace. Impactful work. Great benefits.,"- The company really cares about upscaling their managers. As an individual contributor myself, I really appreciate having a caring and at the same time professional manager, who gives me a lot of flexibility, but steps in when I need them. - You are being recognized for impact, not for how many years of experience you bring to the table. This helps getting good reviews for hard work, even when you're young and unexperienced. - You get many opportunities to work cross-functionally, which is great for diversity of thought. Personally, I like the fact I am exposed to working with technical and non-technical people. - Some of the benefits are amazing. Fertility treatment coverage and in general medical coverage are the best out there.","- Facebook purposefully hires very smart and ambitious individuals. Even when there's no pressure from the manager to work long hours, you often see people working long hours, which in return puts more pressure on you. - There are no incentives to stay in the company for longer than 4 years. Once you vest all your RSUs, refreshers you get for good performance look very unattractive. It's more and more common for people to leave FB after 4 years, and come back a year later to re-negotiate their RSUs. - You are being ""punished"" with certain benefits if both spouses work for Facebook. A good example is baby cash which you get per family, not per employee. - Commute in the Bay area is terrible. - It's getting very very crowded in MPK. Facilities are definitely not keeping up with recruiting.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34391,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Client Partner,Best place to work,I honestly love working at Facebook.,"Sometimes I've seen people fail who need a lot of direction, it's almost autonomous to a fault.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34392,facebook,"Boston, MA"," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - University Recruiter,University Recruiter,"Facebook truly cares about their employees and does an amazing job taking care of us. There are way too many pros too list, but here are a few at the top - amazing work life balance, high impact, great leadership, meaningful work, some of the best benefits/perks, growing company, open culture, exciting projects, smart people, beautiful office, and much much more","Normally growing pains of a rapidly expanding company. Nothing too substantial that would be worth noting as a con. I'm very lucky where I love my work, team, and office.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34393,facebook,"New York, NY"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A place like no other,"- Quite possibly the best benefits of any company in the U.S - 3 meals a day - You get to work on challenging problems at a an enormous scale - Autonomy to work on the things you want - You work with some of amazing infrastructure tools to make your workflow as efficient as possible. If an industry tool can't keep up with Facebook's scale, they'll just engineer its own solution. I think that speaks to its engineering culture. - You work with some of the smartest people in the industry. - An extremely open culture that's very self critical of itself.","- Depending on the team you join, work life balance can be less than adequate. This is flexible however. If you seek help, you'll get it. I think its somewhat imbued within the facebook culture to work as hard as possible to make as much impact as possible. It's really up to you to communicate WLB issues, if it exists, to your team and manager to make it work for you. I don't think people here are generally working hard to outcompete one another. It's just that everyone is super intelligent and are hard workers in general before they joined facebook.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34394,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Operations Specialist,"People, culture, mission, benefits. Coworkers are amongst the brightest out there.",Work life balance can be a struggle at times - it is up to the individual to prioritize.,Need more internal focus groups to address changing employee needs,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34395,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,"Awesome people, great culture, exciting & fast-moving environment",Work-life balance quite a challenge,Stay the course,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34396,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Facebook HQ,* Really strong company leadership * Excellent culture * Encouraging diversity,"* Very intense, leaving you with little time to reflect and be thoughtful * Fast growth leading to diluted culture",Focus on preserving the good,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34397,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Art Director,Art Director,"Great benefits, perks, and compensation. Fast environment that will enable you to grow your career. Choose what you want to work on.","Work Life integration, not work/life balance.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34398,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Product Quality Analyst,Best Company to work for,"Countless perks and benefits, challenging and exciting subject matter, treated with respect by peers and managers, excellent career growth opportunities",Work-life balance can be challenging when you want to perform well and exceed expectations,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34399,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never bored,Good benefits and perks. Surrounded by smart people. No shortage of new stuff to focus on and relatively easy to change roles and move between teams.,Cube life can get distracting and noisy Sometimes there's just too much to do,Focus on prioritizing.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P15.htm
34400,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Executive,Great Atmosphere,"Great atmosphere at the offices, everyone is on point and friendly.","No cons really, the position is competitive",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34401,facebook,"Cambridge, MA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Evil company run like a criminal gang,Salary (to offset the rest),"What took me two years to understand is that this company is run like a criminal gang. They do not value technical expertise as much as loyalty and subordination. This is a brutal world (remember: criminal gang!) where people are punished frequently for unrelated reason and for no reason whatsoever, and always kept under pressure, sense of fear and uncertainty.  The most disgusting thing is lies. Management lies through their teeth, about everything! They create alternate reality, to justify everything they do.  They do stack ranking: 15-18% is targeted not to meet their expectations) - they lie that they do not do that. Compared to Amazon which targets 5%, this is horrible.  At lower levels (IC3-IC4) they have up-or-out: either you get promoted or you get fired. IC5 level is considered (which is a lie) to be ""very very senior leadership"". When you look at the distribution, more than a half of engineers are IC5+. Given the fact that IC4s are expected to perform consistently at IC5 level in order to be promoted (so they are effectively IC5's), we get a whopping 85% employees being ""senior leadership"" - it's disgustingly evil. It results in the most toxic work environment I have ever experienced in my career.  Facebook operates in a ""burn-out mode"": they hire fresh meat, squeeze every drop of juice out of them by overworking, then fire them when they are exhausted. Their model of employment is not sustainable by definition (and is implemented via stack ranking, as well as other tools).  Employees are held at a constant state of stress. I've seen employees crying in the office, in front of management.  Management mastered an art of vague flip-flopping: no consistency, no responsibility whatsoever.  Top management supports this authoritarian criminal pyramid: nobody got fired as a result of recent scandals of data leaks, top VPs were only moved around. Scandal was covered with lies.  The hyped-up parental leave is only a PR stunt and a lie: for taking it one gets performance review downgraded.  Endless semi-mandatory hackathons to further drain your energy. Oh, there is also a measure of counting ""thanks"" you got during last half a year. If you don't get enough thanks, that's an excuse to downgrade your performance. I say ""excuse"", because there is a huge leeway for a manager to justify any rating at PSC. All performance manager's feedback is vague and non-actionable.  Very few people take vacations, due to peer pressure and fear.  Everybody whom I talked to were stressed and unsure if they would be employed in 6 months.  I wonder where they manage to hire such a low-integrity people. Especially HR: they are the kind of people who just wait for their despot to come to power when they gladly start sending people to Gulags. There is nothing humane about these atrocious individuals.  Facebook lies about supporting freedom of speech. In fact, internally you can get easily fired over saying something quite benign. People complain a LOT to management and HR - for minute reasons. A lot of tell-tales for which they occasionally fire without explanations.  Finally, Facebook's business practices are quite questionable at best.  Among ICs they foster the culture of subordination, impostor syndrome. I guess this makes sense, because this is the only way to cope with Dunning Krueger management.",You should go to prison. All of you. You've done enough damage to this country and the world.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,55,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34402,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,Products reach billions. Lots of interesting work.,"Terrible management that can easily hold you hostage by the great wages & equity. If you took away the equity, management would not be able to act in the way they do to employees.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34403,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - University Recruiter,University Recruiter,"I absolutely love my role! My manager is extremely supportive, caring and provides the right amount of feedback. My team is full of very talented and highly driven people. I'm able to drive my own projects, work a flexible schedule and provide for my family. The perks are awesome too.","My commute is about 30-minutes without traffic, and I wish stocks were distributed equally - without Recruiters our awesome SWE would be hired at the rate we're hiring. And, french toast Friday should be everyday :)",I'd encourage our teams/ management to make a bigger impact when it comes to hiring for Diversity - we have the smarts and resources to be the leader in this space too. Increase RSU refreshers and bonuses to keep great employees at Facebook.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34404,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Industry Veteran in 3rd Big Tech Co,"culture, rewards and recognition, perks","commute, growing pains, lack of goals process",how does top down influence bottoms up?,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34405,facebook,"New York, NY"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing - can't imagine working for another company now,"- Perks - Life@FB helps manage every aspect of your work life during the day, from providing three meals a day, to unlimited visitor invites, helping with laundry, bike repair, hairdresser... - Initiative-driven culture. Nobody tells you want to do - you figure out how you can be most effective and run with that. - Strong engineering-centric culture. - Mark and Sheryl are amazing.","- The environment is hyper-competitive because everybody is really good and motivated. No room for the slightest slack. - A lot of employees seem to be taking the perks and culture for granted, which is not a good trend.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34406,facebook,"Cambridge, MA"," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work. Love it here.,Benefits are awesome. 21 paid off is great.,"Food selection is limited in the Cambridge office, but it's still great (and free).",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34407,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best employer ever,Work-life balance Benefits Food options Diverse employees Brilliant employees LGBT-friendly Open communication (even from the C-suite),Hard to find another employer that can top Facebook's benefits and pleasures. Hard to be promoted. You cannot apply for roles that are a higher IC-level than you currently are.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34408,facebook,"Somerset, NJ"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,kind engineer and good guide to solve problem.,too short time to think and solve the problem,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34409,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,So happy to be working here.,The amazing perks - impossible to list them all but the perks are outstanding. There are so many smart people who work here. Every day I'm impressed by someone on my team or by someone I work with cross-functionally. I've already learned so much during my time here and know I will continue to do so. It is a very inspiring place to work - everyone internally is dedicated to our mission and having a positive impact on the world and it shows in the quality of their work. I can see myself working here for a very long time.,"The company shifts gears often - I don't necessarily find this to be a con personally, but if you are looking at Facebook as a potential employer and you don't work well in that kind of environment it could be a con for you.","Keep doing what you're doing - you're committed to making Facebook as a whole better for the world and we believe in your vision. As long as we stay the course, stay humble, and stay focused on our users and what's best for them, we will have positive impact. I appreciate the executive leadership team's dedication to supporting diversity throughout the organization and in leadership positions.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P16.htm
34410,facebook,"Austin, TX"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Smartest people, best culture and rewarding work",No cons I can think of,Thank you for being so transparent and open!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34411,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Fantastic environment for growth and challenges,"Challenging, engaging, supportive. There is opportunity and the resources to tackle any challenge you can find. They truly value a strengths based approach. You can learn a lot here and be compensated fairly.",Disorganization. Part of the challenge is that Facebook is really difficult to comprehend in its entirety and you need to try.,More people in project management roles. Too many individual contributors without guidance.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34412,facebook,"Martinez, CA"," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Nursing Program Manager,Contra Costa County,"Generous Benefits, 401K, 94 hours vacation time yearly","Very Disorganized , Leadership needs someone with business skills to help run the division.",Integration is important for the Behavioral Health Division to remain relative.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34413,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Lowering the bar in Recruiting recently,"-Good pay, benefits, but calculate long hours and weekends -FREE food -Good brand name when you leave, people","-diversity hires that arent remotely qualified to do the work -Over 1,000 recruiters, most are not that good, lowering the bar to hit big numbers -Internal agency like environment, lots of backstabbing over candidates -Mgmt doesnt lead, they micromanage numbers and do not promote a team environment -",Facebook use to be a premier company. You have hired too much too fast to hit numbers. The recruiting bar has been lowered significantly.. R4R hiring anyone with a pluse,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34414,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Better culture than product,Smart colleagues. Product with huge impact. Lots of independence as an IC and as a team. Perks make life easier.,Very few good product people with good product intuition. Company relies on metrics and user research far more than they should. Everybody says they value long term work but don’t have the courage to do it. Nobody has taste — and it’s reflected in the awful Frank Gehry buildings.,"retain, and empower people who have strong product intuition. Make it a core requirement for product managers.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34415,facebook,"New York, NY"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - People Research Scientist,Great place to work,"Super smart and hardworking people, great company culture, wonderful perks & pay. I get to do great work and then go home and relax. This was a great job to land post-PhD!",I have no particular cons to share,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34416,facebook,"New York, NY"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,To work in Facebook is a great experience,it's great to work here.,there is no downsides in facebook,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34417,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Incredibly talented teams,"Facebook is by far the richest learning environment I’ve ever been a part of - they hire top notch people and teams are nimble and highly productive despite how large the company is becoming. Incredible learning opportunities both within and across teams, and more and more flexibility as your career evolves. By far the smartest people I’ve ever worked with.","The relatively flat org structure can create ambiguity with respect to career progression, but high performers are rewarded.","Don’t lose sight of the day-to-day employee experience. Creating a safe and inclusive platform is and building community is our mission, but we need great people to do that.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34418,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"Fast pace, autonomy, easy to grow projects and scope","Crazy fast, lack of focus",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34419,facebook,"New York, NY"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Place to Work,Great internal mobility Smart employees Awesome benefits Competitive pay,No office in San Francisco,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P17.htm
34420,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Amazed doesn’t begin to describe it,"Great pay, great benefits, beautiful campus, so many great minds all in one place.","Can’t think of any, when you love what you do and where you work.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34421,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Move fast Great one engineering system Awesome perks and free food,Very competitive environment PHP :-),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34422,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Company Review,Work on products with a lot of impact Strong engineering Solid technical growth Open Culture Engineering Driven,Too many internal tools for development,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34423,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 20, 2018",Current Employee - Product Designer,🔥,"As an employee, you'll feel completely taken care of.",Fear of underperforming and some struggle maintaining work/life balance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34424,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exactly what I expected and still excited to be here,"- autonomy - quality coworkers - competitve pay and benefits - good leadership, (we still get to see Mark quite often)","- imposter syndrome is somewhat real, but if you got an offer, you probably belong here too...","Regardless of which news cycle we are in, keep pushing forward, keeping our values close and dear to our hearts.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34425,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Best Company,"- Amazing campus - Great perks (free food, great benefits, free shuttles to and from work... the list goes on!) -Genuine people -Given the opportunity to change the world -Flexible Schedules",Fear of growing to quickly and how it will change Facebook’s current culture,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34426,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Best place to work in tech,"Access to the best resources, money isn’t an issue. Tons of perks. Flexible work environment.","No offices, so finding a conference room can be a pain when looking for privacy.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34427,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Lead,"Salary, perks, benefits,work life balance",Long Bay Area commute time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34428,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Unbelievable company I'm proud to work for,*Incredible upper management that inspire you everyday *Company truly exudes and practices the principles that are preached *Transparency and opportunity to voice your own opinions *Flexible hours and amazing benefits *At FB you learn something new every day and work with top-notch coworkers and people,I do not have any cons at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34429,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Apr 13, 2018","Current Employee - Manager, Enterprise Engineering","Manager, Enterprise Engineering",Fantastic environment! Awesome people! Great food! Extremely supportive! Unbelievable Tech!,Large tech stack to learn that is still Facebook specific in many cases even though much has been open sourced. More outdated documentation exists than I would like.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P18.htm
34430,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Engineers are trusted with a lot of freedom.,It’s move fast and break things culture can sometimes be chaotic.,Some important decisions should be more carefully evaluated before pushing through.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34431,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - IT Analyst,Great,work life balance and salary,can be overworked here and there,keep up the stellar work,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34432,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Production Engineer,Awesome place!,People are smart and friendly.,The press hates us and users don't trust us.,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34433,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Simultaneously the best and worst experience,"The positive impact that the company is having all over the world is outstanding even if the company doesn't share this externally. There are many professional development opportunities to allow you keep growing. The perks could be a pro like free food, laundry, salon, etc. but I personally found it to feel like the company wants to keep you there instead of going home and having social interactions with people outside of Facebook. But, if you don' t have a strong social support network, it's a great set up. My co-workers were by far the best part of the company!","The hiring process is very strange as they hire people without knowing what team they'll be on, allowing for an opportunity to be placed on a team that's not a great fit, and then being stuck in it and not being able to move around until at least a year in. HR seems most concerned about protecting the company rather than really listening to employees and their concerns. There is a lot of turnover lately...I had 4 managers in about a 9 month span, which leads to really confusing situations. They also keep bad managers in their positions, even if there have been multiple concerns raised about them from a whole team. The values the company promotes are great in theory, but I don't see them in practice.","Promote middle managers internally - the more you bring external hires in, the more the company culture erodes, as these external people are stuck in their ways and not willing to do things the Facebook way, and the way ICs are told to expect things in bootcamp creating a total misalignment between expectations and reality. Also, when you know someone is a bad manager, remove them for the situation instead of allowing them to continue to lead their team astray or throw their ICs under the bus. After all, managers have the ability to have more positive or negative impact than an IC, but they have multiple safety nets built around them to protect them whereas ICs are on their own. Lastly when employees indicate they're interested in moving teams don't ask them to weather the storm for another 6 months in hopes that the next manager will make things calmer - listen to what they are experiencing that's making them want to switch teams and have a more appropriate work/life balance and a better experience with their manager.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34434,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Amazing place to work!,"I work with smart, kind people and get to spend my time working on projects that i'm passionate about.",N/A - it's a great place to work!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34435,facebook,"Redwood City, CA"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Company promotes openness n boldness,"Open culture, good benefits , good brand to associate with. Free food.flexible work hours, good pay. Xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx",Don’t work for bizapps.its worst team in Facebook. Leaders are not competent and upto date with new technology. Too much of show off to pretend we are best.,Can work towards vision. Leaders are not competent,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34436,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Most Rewarding Job on the Planet,- I am able to have the opportunity to help bring the world closer together. - Being exposed to a diverse community and having the opportunity to share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures. -Always having the opportunity to bring about improvement at the workplace without having roadblocks. -Always having the opportunity to be open about ideas and thoughts to improve work processes.,"Being an admin, we can only be promoted if our director was to be promoted to VP level. I am optimistic that this will change.",Keep up the great work and thank you for always having our back!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34437,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Incredible company to be a part of!,"-Leadership empowers you to work on things that you are truly interested in. -Peers/ teammates are supportive and stand behind the companies mission and values. -No top/bottom culture, everyone is treated equal. -Flexible schedule and good work/life balance as long as you get your work done. -Free food/ gym/ etc.","-Commute to Menlo Park can be hefty for some. -Since we are a large company who is growing even larger in the next few years, there are some growing pains as we scale.",Slow down and focus on the people that are currently at the company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34438,facebook,"New York, NY"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Awesome culture,Open culture Not very hierarchical Lots of opportunities to make impact Lots of respect,"Lots of work, but worth it",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34439,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Toxic managers, highly politically charged environment - injurious to your health!","Benefits - a huge variety of top-notch benefits, so many to list here. But clearly some of the best in the industry. This is what makes people go back to work every day.","Toxic environment. Managers are not trained, and they just get promoted just because they are women, are diverse, or know some higher up in the company. To work with such toxic managers, you have to kiss someone's behind if not they will find a way to knock you out. So everyone middle management and below is kissing someone's behind. Brown nosing is the norm. You can clearly see 50% of them are do-ers, carrying the whole workload of everyone and 50% rise up top just because of they schmooze their way to the top. I joined pre-IPO and now this company is bloated and the environment is toxic. You'll end up falling sick regularly because of all the toxicity around you.","Hire for talent, don't promote just because they are women, are diverse, or know someone in high places within the company. The technical program management team is like cancer!!!",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P19.htm
34440,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"I'm a female Software Engineer at Facebook. This is the best company I have ever worked for and am so insanely happy to be here. Every day I wake up excited and grateful to be working here. Even in such a large company, I feel like I get the support I need and while also having impact. Everyone is so smart, nice, and always willing to help.",Can't think of any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34441,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Some of the most amazing people I've encountered!,"- Incredible colleagues - Senior managements is unbelievably transparent, honest and accountable. - A lot of people are very mission-oriented - Great place to build the products of the future",Rent around the company HQ is super high.,Have a high weightage for managers in maintaining the company's culture.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34442,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Facebook is a awesome company,good work environment great team cooperation awesome help in career development great benefits,I do not find anything that does not satisfy me so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34443,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiting,Recruiting,"Top-notch benefits & perks, top of market compensation, learn a lot in a fast-paced way, huge amount of resources to tap into and learn from.","-Toxic environment of micromanagement, run like an agency (although it makes sense given the size of the org). -Numbers-obsessed in contrast to being data-driven. -Unrealistic expectations. -Absolute no work/life balance, come in with the expectation of working on the shuttle, after dinner, or even on the weekends. -Information/resource overload. -Mgmt has no empathy or positive reinforcement, trying to cover their tracks and make sure their team is hitting their numbers. They are mostly overseers than coaches. If you're not hitting your number, they'll exploit that, push you to do so, or push you out.","Pay attention middle-management abusing their power, don't let numbers direct people to do their jobs in a people-driven profession: metrics matter, but to an extent.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34444,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Nice place,Talent people and relaxed environment,NA NA NA NA NA,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34445,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - IT Project Manager,Enjoyed internship,Constant development of new technologies,Scandals with the US government,None,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34446,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - User Researcher,Poor work life balance and management,Smart colleagues and exciting projects. Opportunity to see your impact at scale.,"Over the past year I have seen the culture deteriorate due to unrealistic expectations in performance and competitive team mates who are primarily focus on their individual impact at the expense of collaborative impact. Quality in work is deemed as critical (which is good) but there is a ""I want it done yesterday"" mantra which is burning out some of the best researchers.",Take care of your team. Watch for signs of employee burn out and do something about it.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34447,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Current employee working for an year as a software engineer in Seattle office,- Engineering excellence - Good management - Good culture,- I did not find any con so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34448,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,It's absolutely unreal,"Scale of problems we get to solve, working with the smartest folks on the planet, cross-functional projects, working in a strengths-based organization (do what you're good at, and what makes you thrive!), huge believer and DOER when it comes to Diversity--Facebook is actually doing meaningful things behind what we say, benefits, work-life balance, leadership training,...the list goes on and on. It's one of a kind.","Brand recognition sometimes gets in the way of all the good we're doing. We have to move past the noise and see the greater/bigger picture. The media likes to sensationalize things, and that's not always easy to read/see. At the end of the day, FB is doing good. I strongly believe this.",Keep on keepin' on! Let's make the world a better place!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34449,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Content Strategist,"Overall, pretty great.","Incredibly talented, well-intentioned people. Great perks + flexibility.",Things move so fast that sometimes you don't have time to question decisions or flawed processes.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P20.htm
34450,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,Best company i've ever worked for,"Culture, Culture, Culture, Food, Culture","Over emphasized sales org, product sells itself. Needed to value other pillars more than they were",Don't forget about the startup days as you grow into a giant company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34451,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Can’t ask for a better place to work for,"- autonomy - impactful projects - bottom-up culture , top-down initiatives are rare - relatively good work and life balance",- commute from the city (SF to Menlo Park) - crowded workplace,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34452,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still great to work for,"Super competitive pay, nice perks though at least in Seattle we dont really have similar perks (discount for lots of shops and tourism places) as Microsoft. Nice building and great great free food and high quality drinks. Smart people around you, interesting projects around you always.","High pressure and relatively bad work life balance. But most of people may not care that much since the pay is good enough. Also as the company grows, you start seeing some toxic colleagues here and there. In terms of benefits, I am wondering when will we have 401k matching to the up limit($9000).",Vision of the company matters a lot. Hope we can be the next Google or better :),5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34453,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Open, fast, no bs","It might be easy to roll your eyes when people from Facebook say how open their culture is, but it's true, it's more open than any other place I've worked at. At a company wide-level, secret projects, public incidents, important non-public business metrics and the like are all openly discussed. You can ask questions about them directly to Zuckerburg at the weekly Q&A. I think the idea is that if everyone is on the same page or at least, differing views are heard, the company will be stronger, and solutions may be offered from a place you didn't expect. This is much different from previous companies I worked at, where discussions on internal email lists would be shut down by some lawyer saying that there's certain things that can't be discussed, and important data is divided up to groups and individuals on a ""need to know"" basis, etc.  This culture applies at a lower level too. You feel comfortable giving feedback to each other about each other, about product decisions, about management, etc. The flipside of this openness is that you of course, have to be willing to receive the feedback, you have to recognize that while openness and feedback is highly encouraged, decisions have to get made, and actions and data are more valuable than words. At the higher level, since the company trusts employees with access to so much information, keeping such info confidential from the outside world is taken seriously.  It's a great place to work as an engineer. You're given a lot of freedom, but it's also a responsibility to make sure you're doing things that are valuable. You don't get much credit for working hard or being smart if you don't produce valuable output.  One cool thing about Facebook, in contrast to other comparable companies (Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, though in truth, FB is much smaller), is how they have a pretty singular focus. Even with the differing areas (including advertising and such), they do a good job of keeping their eye on their mission of connecting as many people as possible. I also think they are way more empathetic to their users than most people give them credit for. It seems like popular opinion has it that FB is arrogant and only cares about its users insomuch as they represent $-signs. From within the company, it didn't feel this way at all. I saw a lot of empathy towards users, and a lot effort spent to improve or things or fix broken things with no direct financial benefit. The strategy is not complex. The thinking is that if they can make FB easier and more fun to use, then more people will use it for more time each day (which will also have a network effect of attracting even more people to use it), then the advertising dollars will follow. Of course, it is true that FB wants to make the audience more accessible to advertisers as well, but there are a lot of people at FB who care about privacy and security.  They have really good infrastructure and really great ways to share the infrastructure and code. They have a lot of cool internal tools, and what they've built is really impressive, and more importantly, it helps your team build products faster without having to solve problems that someone else already solved. Every software company tries to do this, but FB seems to have been more successful with it. Perhaps it's because they're still relatively small, but if anything, I can at least say it is very cool while it lasts.  The perks and work environment are great, unless you're one of those types that can't stand open office spaces. I've worked in both a private office and open offices in multiple companies. While I do think a private office has some benefits, I mostly think it's a personal luxury for the employee and a huge waste of money for the company. I'd much rather have the money go into other areas like salary, benefits, and other workplace improvements rather than the added real estate necessary to have offices.  Of course, you've heard about the food and snacks. They have an amazing selection of great stuff, and what I like about it is that it sort of goes above and beyond expectations. Sure, some days, lunch is better than others, but I really can't complain, and the selection of drinks and snacks is amazing. It's not like you should work at FB just because of that, but it demonstrates FB's desire to make work as fun and convenient as possible.  You'll be surrounded by people who like being there. I can't think of a better environment to work in. If you have a giant ego, you may not like it as much. Respect is definitely given to those that have deep experience in the industry, and they are expected to lead others and mentor more junior employees. However, if for whatever reason, you can't perform at the level expected, no one is going to care if you did this and that at Google or shipped ten things at MS, etc.  FB also has a lot of fun events, and I made a lot of friends working there, so going to the events was fun. Also, if you're older and worried that FB is just a bunch of 22-year-olds, and that you won't fit in, I wouldn't worry about that. FB does have a lot of young employees (who are really smart btw), and it does hire a lot of people straight out of college, but it also attracts a lot of experienced engineers from other top companies like Google, MS, Amazon, etc.  Work-life-balance seemed totally normal to me. It may be different depending on your team, but I felt you could do 40-50 hours of work a week for the most part and you would be totally fine. It's about what you produce, not how hard you're working. Other team members who had children would work normal hours and go home at normal times. I didn't see any of these folks have a problem when they left early to take care of their child or things like that. Of course, there could be times that people are expected to work extra if something critical happens, but for the most part everyone wants to avoid this and this happens sparingly, from what I observed. Now, there were many times where I chose to work late myself, but I never felt any pressure to do so. The caveat is that there are on-call rotations, and in addition, even if you are not on-call, you are expected to be reasonably available if the on-call person needs your help. However, again, no one wants this, and your team will work on ways to avoid these situations.  The best thing I can say is that working at FB is about productivity. I didn't experience and political bs and it was a pleasure working with a group of people who were all concerned with producing a good product and making the best of the time spent while doing it.","FB expects a lot out of engineers, and you can't slack off. Of course, you shouldn't slack off at any job, but since FB is pretty fast-paced, there is a risk that you'll have trouble adjusting at first.  FB has a lot of custom infrastructure and tools, and prehaps more impressively, it works great. It makes doing your job really great, but on the other hand, you'll end up learning a lot of stuff that won't be applicable elsewhere.  FB's code-base is very good in some ways, but in other ways, it's not as great as some of the existing engineers think it is. I don't think this is that big of a deal, but the important part is that as an engineer, you need to quickly learn FB's values and practices and ""get with the program"" so to speak. If you don't like some things, then you just have to deal with it, as it's not likely you're going to change people's minds at this point. The nice thing is that things are at least very consistent.",You need to focus on how you are going to maintain the existing culture and protocols as you grow. I think this could be really tough.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,449,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34454,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Facebook is very big and stable company, as its work life balance is better than startups, its pay is quite competitive if you consider liquidity.","Facebook is very big and stable company, as its work life balance is better than startups, its potential is limited given its 20k employees and 500B stock valuation.","be transparent, many promos or reviews are like black box, and no one knows the reason of high rating / low ratings. be transparent",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34455,facebook,"Altoona, IA"," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Critical Facility Engineer,Critical facility engineer,"Great pay, great free food ,great people, fun environment. Very fun place to work. Career path is there it just amazing the to work with these smart people.",I am 52 years old and was looked upon as to old to do my job effectively by senior managment very few employees company wide aged 50 or more.,There are people in senior management there that are discriminating against older employees. I was let go while on disability leave the day I was to come back.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34456,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Tech Recruiting at Facebook..,"Amazing perks and benefits. FB is used internally and truly feels like a community - something I haven never experienced at any other company before.  It's a place to explore your passions with classes in the arts, a music room, running clubs, health center, etc. Everything is at your fingertips.","The recruiting team here is over 1000+ people and going up. Like someone else mentioned, the quality of hires for the recruiting team is worsening. The R4R team is so desperate to hit their goal that the bar is low and it shows. There are many new inexperienced recruiters that we just wish would or COULD do their basic, functional job.  The role of a sourcer and recruiter is becoming smaller and smaller. And although leadership insists they care, every action they take suggests they do not. It is hard to constantly be reminded that you are merely just another number to be replaced asap.  Be prepared to work long, long hours. There isn't such a thing as ""work/life"" balance as most in recruiting will work into the night and weekends. The goals and expectations are extremely high so you're constantly competing with a whole org of overachievers. Realistically, this means it'll be tough to even achieve a ""Meets All"" rating during the review cycle as everyone is overachieving, thereby changing that already high goal.","It's becoming a toxic environment, so please figure this out before your top performers can't take anymore of this. This canNOT just be considered as a ""growing pains"" problem.",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34457,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great culture and Cutting Edge Technology,Fast-paced work environment working on cutting edge technology. The culture is open and supportive with good collaboration. The perks are good and help save time.,"Unless you live by the office, then you have to commute. The shuttles are nice, but working from home is not encouraged or very effective.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34458,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Hyper Growth,Awesome benefits and culture overall.,The company is too big now,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34459,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Over the top great place to work.,Too many amazing perks to name,parking can get tough since there are so many employees.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P21.htm
34460,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great and inclusive work culture, but growing too fast","Facebook is doing things no one else in the world is, and the work itself is really cool. Compensation is astronomical. Coworkers are almost all highly competent. As an out LGBTQ person of color, Athis is probably the most inclusive place I’ve ever worked at.",Bad planning by management means facilities like office and parking space aren’t able to keep up with hiring. Blameless post-mortem culture means no one is held accountable for management’s failure in this and other matters.,"“Bring your authentic self in” means different things to different people. Some people think it’s a license to be terrible to their coworkers, and it falls on middle management to shut that down. More explicit guidance from Zuck and upper management is needed.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34461,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),Internship,"Amazing benefits unlike any other company I've heard of, great people",They force you to work hard...its a pro and a con,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34462,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Place for talented people,"If you're smart and good at software engineering, this place is the best for your career development. Excellent people, excellent food, excellent pay.","If you're rather new to the industry, you can struggle. Sometimes moving too fast at an early stage won't be good for your overall development throughout the years. NO WORK-LIFE BALANCE at all.",Consider removing 'moving fast' from the slogan. People can get tired of competing with others all the time.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34463,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer related to ml,very good environment. all teammates are energetic and hardworking.,some teams still work at weekend.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34464,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Great place to work,"All tge benefits, very smart people, great problems to work on, infinite amount of data",You might feel like second class citizen if you are not SWE,Close the gaps between different job families,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34465,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Best Company to work for,-They care about their employees -They truly make it a fun and worry-free place for us. ( amenities are amazing) -The work is very satisfying -The people here truly care about the mission,Can't think of any... it's a very healthy company to be at.,As the company grows I would love that the Culture of Facebook is continuously embedded in us.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34466,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,this is a good company,enjoyful environment 24*7 support salary and convence,htm php sql all web services database,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34467,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Recruiter salary at Facebook,Depending on the level the salary changes.,Too much work pressure and no work life balance for recruiters,Work life balance needed,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34468,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nothing more important than moving fast,"Flexible hours. Healthy food, dynamic/ energetic environment. Working with top-notch engineers/ analysts in the world.","Work/ Life balance is very challenging. When your boss pings you, they expect you to respond within few seconds, managers would put you on the spot all the time in order to drive you. Things changed very fast with many re-orgs. The whole working environment is very competitive, not much personal level connection w/ colleagues. Top priority is to get things done fast, morality is low.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34469,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Operations Manager,Very rewarding,"Lots of high-impact work, great management visibility, flexible working hours, great culture","Team effectiveness is highly dependent on the managers, some politics (to be expected from an organization of this size)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P22.htm
34470,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Help to change the world!,Amazing culture and high impact environment.,Very faced pace causes some people to burnout,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34471,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Securitas Security Guard,Campus Supervisor & Community Liason,"I love to experience the growth of students and watches their thoughts turn into passions. My job is so fulfilling I work with high school students I know since they were in 6th grade. I counsel, I encourage, I listen and guide their education through out high school.","In the high school arena there's always going to be tuff decision a student will have to make for instance hanging out with the wrong or right crowd, participating in drug use, drinking at parties, cutting class and my job when they approach and share these stories is to guide them them in the right direction even if it's not the popular choice among their peers.",I gained most of my expertise working on the field and being in the trenches. I'm lived in a inner city all my life and opened a small successful business in East Palo Alto and I've found out that if you can't relate to the community your going to run into a lot of walls. It's always a good idea to have a person that can say I lived and worked in this environment and I know because I've been in your shoes.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34472,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Principal RF Engineer,n/a,very good compensation and overall benefits,very liberal and entitlement driven culture,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34473,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Learning and Development Manager,I LOVE this company!,- culture of collaboration - great perks and benefits - lots of growth opportunities - opportunity to travel - they truly care about their employees - they have employee clubs,Nothing to complain about. I’ve worked in a lot of industries and this company is absolutely amazing. I can’t think of any cons!,Add an additional perk to pay for MBA or Masters,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34474,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Training Specialist,Engineering training specialist,Facebook really respects its employees and is very interested in diversity and that everyone is treated and compensated fairly. Zuck is a great leader,"The work life balance can be a challenge, but overall Facebook really does care about trying to make this better.",You’re awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34475,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Content Strategist,Best job I've ever had,"Smart, driven management and leadership across the board Zuck's Q&As make me feel very lucky The work is interesting and fast moving You work with brilliant people from all over the world The campus perks are incomparable","Fast pace means inefficiencies happen a lot You can feel a little lost and small sometimes when you work with so many high-achieving people in every meeting Scale is so fast it is intimidating, and unpredictable how culture might change","This is the best company in the world to work for IMO. We are all lucky to be a part of it, however long it lasts for.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34476,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The Best Company I've worked so far,"As a company, Facebook cares about their employees. I feel excited about heading in to work each morning!  Opportunities for learning and growth, flexibility to work on projects you're passionate about, Smart Peers, Superb benefits, wonderful campus, Gender equity!","Although I love the fast-paced environment, some people might suffer from imposter syndrome. Work-life balance might be an issue for some people.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34477,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not yet started,"Free food, lots of food, food is good","haven't found one yet, haven't found one yet",None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34478,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"Great management, good benefits, good work/life balance","- High expectations, hard work, tough if not located in MPK",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34479,facebook,"South Seattle, WA"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Great place to work at,"For a new grad coming out of university, there is no better place than Facebook to jump start my career at.  1. Great food , 3 times a day. This is the norm in big techies though, so nothing exceptional here.  2. Awesome idea of bootcamp. All new people, regardless of the amount of experience, start in a 8 weeks-ish bootcamp. This is ideal for ramping up on the company wide infrastructure ( since almost all the sw in facebook is homegrown ). Also, you get to choose your team at job fairs. How cool !  3. Transparent culture from top to bottom. I have not faced a single experience in my time here so far ( ~1 year ) , where I felt that the company was not taking care of me.  4. Perks , perks everywhere ! Too many to list","Impostor syndrome is a real thing. Find your strengths and find them quickly. There are brilliant people all around you, so there is not much use in trying to be excellent everywhere.","None. Management is focussed, positive, and has a good long term vision.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P23.htm
34480,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager SMB,The best job I’ve had (and I’ve had a few),"Best benefits, supportive environment, great and transparent pay, great internal mobility, in touch and compassion management, forward looking, and employee centric.","Lots of new grads, so it sometimes feels like adult college. I jokingly call their awesome holiday party Facebook prom. Culture is endangered in new offices.",Pay close attention to the culture in the new Chicago office... it’s all new people.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34481,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Great Company,Great work culture Lots of opportunities Good perks Some pretty smart people Company Vision,Growing too quickly Teams spread out too thin globally Lack of engineering offices in most locations,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34482,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,"Great benefits, but mileage may vary depending on team","- Great benefits, especially if you have dependents. - Good autonomy to conduct your own analysis as a Data Scientist","- Opportunities to pursue more technical lines of work (building ML models, creating data infra, etc.) are limited by the characteristics of the team you're placed on - A lot of questions/direction coming from upper level management that halts the process of the work you may be more interested in doing (deep dive analyses) for more market-sizing/strategy type work",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34483,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Recruiting at One of the Premiere Companies in Silicon Valley,-High paying company that values performance over tenure. -The best benefits and flexibility in the Bay Area. -Working with some of the brightest people in technology.,"-As Facebook continues to grow, the role becomes exceedingly more marginalized. They depend less on creativity and more on sheer numbers and output. -The aggressive goals never let up. Don't expect to be genuinely thanked for your hard work. -Your personal development will take a back seat to what you can do for the team. -Transitioning to roles outside of recruiting is difficult and not particularly clear on how that can take place.",-Encourage your employees to work on more creative projects that will allow them to continue to grow professionally.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34484,facebook,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Critical Facility Engineer,Growth,"At the rate the company is expanding, you have ample opportunity for personal growth as well","Being that we are growing at such a rapid pace, I often read over company info on “scale management” to make sure I’m up to date with how my company is growing.",Continue to provide the transparency that you promise.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34485,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, but a bit overhyped","* An amazing amount of resources (including a completely open & greppable codebase) for engineers to teach themselves just about anything * Really awesome internal tools * Unbelievable compensation & perks * The company trusts & believes in its employees * You become associated with the Facebook brand * Also a con, but you have a ton of freedom in what you work on","The tl,dr is Facebook is a big company and its cons reflect that. The company mission and values are incredibly admirable, but have become increasingly difficult to implement as the company has grown.  * You might find yourself working on a project with over a million lines of code, but nobody on your team has written more than 10,000. The need to sit down and figure it out yourself can be pretty stressful in an environment that is pushing you to ""make an impact"" and be constantly shipping new features. * The few senior engineers (in my org at least) show little interest in mentoring more junior engineers. * Sink or swim mentality among engineers, the mega-teams supporting products in the core app can be brutal and unwelcoming. * Launch decisions are very political - criteria for launching a change is opaque, and feedback from department leads happens far too late in the development process (often in the meeting where a launch decision is being made!). Little has been done to fix these issues despite it being constant feedback for the past year. * Performance reviews put too much emphasis on immediate personal output rather than collaboration and assisting other teams. This causes teams and individuals to focus inwardly. While it's never been malicious, I've seen this behavior directly harm other team's productivity or metrics. * Work/life balance is below average on the day-to-day, but oncalls are truly awful. * Decision-making has become a bit too distributed between orgs and reflects in the overall product.","* Pay close attention to teams that have poor retention and take drastic measures to reverse the vicious cycle (the less seniority on a team, the faster the turnover rate becomes) * I think there is a gap between what's best for the company and what is rewarded in performance reviews. Fixing performance reviews (starting with incentivizing mentorship & collaborative behavior) will likely fix many of the current problems at Facebook.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34486,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing,"Best company I’ve ever worked at. I’ve worked for start-ups and Fortune 500 and while Facebook is already established, things change so quickly here where you still feel the start-up culture. You also get to work with extremely smart, diverse and humble people which makes this place so unique.",Work life balance can be challenging - there is always so much to do and it’s easy to forgot when you need to disconnect. You are expected to be self sufficient when you start and pick things up quickly. This can be challenging for some.,NA,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34487,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Sourcer,Sourcer,Crazy pace of Growth Opportunities to learn and gain new skills Working on cutting edge tech with other smart people Culture - accepting and caring. Transparent and open. Perks- benefits are great and lots of learning tools and new technologies available,Sometimes work life balance is crazy Fast growth means navigating very complex environments with new hires who don’t know how things work yet. That can be frustrating but also rewarding,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34488,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources,Not all its cracked up to be,"DJ in every building. Persona of ""great place to work"" so most of the employees do their best to keep a brave face. The atmosphere has a tentative feel to it where most are not sure what is around the corner. Stay Strong!",Founder unsure of the future of the company which makes the majority of the employees who want to stay at face book unsure of the future of the co. It appears that to co is trying some new concepts to hold on to current followers and grab that next group of new followers. Most of the followers are 40+ which is tough for Founder to grasp - but its a reality.,"Stay true and loyal to our base and don't try to oust them because you think it's the ""cool"" thing to do. Listen to your employees and value input from the female base.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34489,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,"Supportive, challenging, and growing!",Truly supports employees being their authentic selves and leveraging their strengths.,Impostor syndrome is a real thing. Find your strengths and learn to be vulnerable. There are brilliant people all around you. The good news is they are all willing to help!,"I love the open, direct, and honest communications here! Thank you for being so responsive to the people here.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P24.htm
34490,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Business Process Manager,Great Place to Work,"Smart people, exciting work, fun working environment, amazing employee benefits",I have no cons to list.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34491,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook is a milestone in my career,1. Smart colleagues 2. real impact 3. Good engineer environement,Some times you have to overemphasis your impact.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34492,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place,Everything is better than any other place I have worked,"High pressure environment - you need to perform every week, work through holidays, christmass, new year, and weekends.",Keep up the good work,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34493,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll drown, you'll wish you bought in 2012","I had 5+ years of pre-FB experience in tech and other industries, including others consistently in Glassdoor Top 10. I don't regret joining FB:  - I've learned an incredible amount about a new tech stack and product management for ads in only a few months. Not all my peers are brilliant about all things (which is good, as I'm certainly not) but every one of them is smarter than I am about at least one thing, and it takes very little time to find out what.  - Data and logic rule here -- not always, not entirely, but enough. There is enough of a culture of rigor to metrics that we still have a North Star when in the weeds.  - The perks are great. I have gotten broken glasses fixed by the dry cleaner for only a low tax rate. The food is shockingly good for the scale of the cafes, and I'm impressed every day by the whole MPK service operation.  - Workplace is much better than emails as a site for debate/discussion about what to do. Also a con, because it generates a game of how-should-i-react-on-Workplace all its own, and in a more public record.","Facebook is like Bitcoin: people in it ask when you bought in because it's the easiest way to find out how powerful you are without being rude.  I joined within the last year, along with about half of the company. The contrast in the level of success of people who joined N years ago vs N-2 years ago is logarithmic for all values of N. At its current rate, I don't think I can advise anyone to join now, and after I vest, I'm not sure I will stay.  Part of this is that the starting comp isn't very good. The vesting stock is, but the cash is fairly mediocre (less than previous jobs I've had at far less profitable companies), and vesting accelerates over time. This nets to you being paid much more than before, year over year.  The much greater share of it is that opportunities scaling in the same pyramid-growth path means that anyone thinking of joining today can't expect any of the same trajectory that available 2 years ago, and maybe even 1 year ago.","Most brutally, to many of the leaders in Ads and elsewhere: Your job is to set strategy and standards, ask aggressive and important questions in reviews, debug high-level problems before they hit the front page of the NYTimes, and find the right resources for your teams. It's not to write leadership manifestos about how to feel inspired. People will upvote soft memos when they're posted, and there's a growing culture that feels they have to to be on your good side. Fight that temptation and show that intellectual rigor and shipping impact, not pandering, still holds the day.  In so far as your job is to lead culture, it's also to build a culture that values people for their experiences *before* Facebook. In a company growing this fast and hiring at the middle, not just the bottom, we will have to agree that outside experience matters, or new employees will waste months if not years earning their stripes to prove their code and analysis and strategy and diffs are credible, too. And while there is onboarding time for everyone, this period is navigated alone here much more than it is in hierarchical organizations with mentors/mentees, year cohorts, other structures to force learning, and this lack will be more and more unsustainable as hiring accelerates over the next years.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34494,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,High impact learning,- Great work culture - AMAZING perks,- Super intimidating working with such smart people (its also a pro!),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34495,facebook,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Facebook is a amazing company to work for!!!!,Perks Pay People you work with Work impacts billions,Lots of pressure your beginning year.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34496,facebook,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,"Free food, bikes to get from one building to another, great pay","Lack of thoughtful and constructive communication, a young, millennium type environment that won't think outside of the box and ask the ""why"" questions.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34497,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Warm supportive culture, embraces autonomy and diversity, full of elite talent","I've been at Facebook for 6 months. I've never been one for loyalty to my job or my company, but at least in Social VR, my team are some of the most genuinely supportive and caring people I've ever met in my life and I really feel like they accept me and will be there for me both when I need things at work and when I'm having personal difficulties. I'm given full autonomy to pursue the things that I think are most important. My team is incredibly diverse (including transgender, black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Latino, and an unusually high percentage of women) which shows both an extraordinary commitment to diversity and gives me faith that the product will be built to serve diverse customers. And the backgrounds of the people on my team are shockingly elite, with many projects on their resumes that are immediately familiar to and admired by me. I'm also proud that Facebook has so many people at the very top who are strongly committed to VR - like Zuckerberg's ambitious announcement at OC4 that his goal is to have a billion people in VR.","Facebook is hugely committed to transparency and authentic identity. So if you value separating your personal life and work life, don't want to share your personal feelings with coworkers or hear about theirs (or offer emotional support), or don't like to share with other people in the broader company what you're working on, it may be a bad fit for you. Likewise, if you prefer to be directed by leadership rather than establishing your own direction autonomously, Facebook might be a bad fit for you. Finally, Facebook's primary Menlo Park campus is located in the middle of nowhere with very little else around - you eat and get all your services on campus, with the nearest downtown a 15 min drive away. If you prefer to be in an urban center, you should either consider a different location, or a different company.",Honestly just keep doing what you're doing. You're making a lot of great decisions and supporting me in the best way I can imagine.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34498,facebook,"New York, NY"," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place to work,Engineers gets to choose what to work on Work and learn from the best people in the field Fair rating and bonus procees,Remote offices need constant connection with Headquarters in California,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34499,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best Large Tech Company Culture,"From the start, Facebook has been amazing.  Bootcamp was a great experience, not too many companies let a new grad spend 6-8 weeks searching for a good team fit. They let you pick a team, which essentially means you get to pick your tech stack (Backend, Front-end, Mobile, Infrastructure), the org you work for (Messenger, Facebook, Oculus, Instagram, etc.). More importantly, you get to pick your manager + team mates, where as in other large companies, it's the other way around, you are assigned to a product & org & manager whether you like it or not. This is way different compared to Google's opaque 'host matching' process and Microsoft where they just randomly place you in a division like Azure or Office.  The company values really shine through every day. Before Facebook I thought the concept of company values was kind of corny and B.S. Now that I'm at FB I can at least say that here the company values are actually values held by top management + majority of the workforce and not just marketing / HR speak.  Everyday I really feel like we are moving fast and shipping a lot of product very quickly. We A/B test lots of features, analyze the data, and swiftly decide what to ship to the public. I never feel stuck, I always feel like I'm either implementing an A/B test or analyzing data so we can ship more features. There are not long product cycles with lots of prognostication from product leadership, we build, measure, then learn. Thats it.  I feel everyday that we have an open culture. At Facebook, we use Workplace, a tool thats kind of like Facebook but for corporations, made by you guessed it... Facebook. Within Workplace, just like normal FB, there are a ton of groups. I'm in a bunch of groups and basically get visibility on decision making + product updates + news from every part of our org. I feel like I'm in the loop and just learn so much about FB / product by reading my Workplace newsfeed. For example, today I read a research report about internet users in India, learned some stuff about dynamic ads, and saw one of the senior leaders announce a new partnership deal. All of that info isn't directly relevant to my day-to-day job, but because its all there and open to anyone, I learn so much and have so much clarity into FB's product vision & company objectives. Mark or Shreyl do Q & A's every Friday. Between hearing top leadership speak, and reading updates from every part of the company on Workplace, I feel that FB is a very open and transparent place to work.  There are many other pros and cultural values that I like but let me get to a major pro to end this review. Food! Here's just a sample from today! I ate these 3 meals today at the company cafe 2 mins walk away from my desk.  Breakfast: Soft Boiled Egg + Been + Cheese + Salsa Tostada. Organic Blueberries & Blackberries. Hemp & Pumpkin seeds.  Lunch: Vegetarian Pho with Sous Vide Eggs, Tofu, Steamed Cabbage, Green Onions, Cilantro, & Bean Sprouts in it. Added Sriracha and Chili Oil to spicen it up. Thai Iced Tea Bobba (Bubble) Tea.  Dinner (today was Jamaican themed): Sweet Potato & Corn Casserole, Collared Greens, Fried Plantains, & Quinoa. I also got a slice of cheese pizza :)  Dessert: Mango Cheesecake made with Graham Cracker Crust.  By the way, the menu rotates, and at the HQ, there are a ton of cafes to choose from so way more options for food are there.","Work life balance is tough. Can have some busy weeks due to the ""move fast"" culture. Plus you have a lot of ownership which brings with it some stress.  The offices are crowded due to how fast we are growing. They are building a few new huge buildings but until those finish things are quite cramped, and the work place can get loud.  Also not enough space in the gyms because of the general overcrowding on campus.","As we grow bigger, invest in making sure execution pace is still fast and we don't get bogged down in bureaucracy like other tech giants. Put extra effort to make sure our current culture stays the way it is even as things scale.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P25.htm
34500,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Independendence -> reducing though Scale Impact of work Move really fast Switch teams,No process Different teams follow different development patterns,Need a balance between top down and bottom up approaches for engineering.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34501,facebook,"Boston, MA"," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Good people and nice area,nothing is wrong here it is good,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34502,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Technical Sourcer,"free food, almost unlimited flexibility, fully stocked snacks, every kind of coffee you can think of, amazing benefits, top 90% for pay. The list goes on and on",I have yet to find any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34503,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent place to start. Meh place to stay.,"Lots of freedom - you are the master of your own career. You get full credit for your achievements (with a cost of taking full responsibility).  Retains its ""move fast"" culture - you can get a lot of meaningful work done.  Smart and proficient colleagues - you can learn a lot regardless of your level!  Compensation is fair and sweet.","Forget about work/life balance. In fact, forget about work/sleep balance. Management does nothing to deal with the problem.  Horrible working conditions. Wide and extremally noisy open spaces (impossible to concentrate), tiny desks, lines in restrooms, unavailable meeting rooms. I do most of my meaningful work from home. Management refuses to acknowledge the problem and praises facilities, so no chance of this being fixed.  A strong political bias coming all the way from the top that pollutes working climate.",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34504,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Impact-Oriented Company,"Ability to drive impact from day one. Incredibly lean teams, great management exposure, people bring their authentic selves. Fantastic wellness benefits, amazing restaurants on campus, great shuttle service throughout the Bay.","Limited conference/meeting rooms, number of reorgs/changes to business operations, large number of visitors/guests on campus","Maintain the culture, more specific on-boarding training per department, expand office presence in downtown SF",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34505,facebook,"New York, NY"," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Better than expected,"• Great culture • Very smart people around • Amazing teammates • Flexibility to choose teams/projects at the beginning and later very easy to switch if you like. • Great resources within the company to keep learning • Great perks (specially the food, it’s awesome and free)","Most offices are cold, don’t know why but it’s annoying to have to wear a jacket in the middle of the summer",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34506,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Challenging, interesting, and delicious free food","Every day involves solving difficult problems with a bunch of very bright people. We're rewarded well for this, and everyone treats each other with mutual respect.",People do work harder than at some other tech companies. Commuting in the Bay isn't overly fun.,Strive to keep autonomy as the company grows rapidly. Trust and independence are key to the company remaining successful.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34507,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - IOS Recruiter,Facebook,"I've been at Facebook for about a year and a half and it is the first company i've worked for that's truly walked the walk in terms of standing by it's mission and values. The people that I work with care deeply about their users and about the company as a whole and Facebook cares deeply and invests in those employees as well. The problems are large scale and complex, but the people working to solve them are the best of the best. I come to work everyday and enjoy my job, I feel appreciated, secure in my role, and that I personally make an impact every day. It's a rare feeling.  Perks are insane, benefits are humbling and the people I work with are smart, funny and dynamic. Can't recommend the company enough.",No large cons that come to mind.,Keep doing what you're doing. The transparency and realness provided from the top down is phenomenal.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34508,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,Great opportunity to deliver strongly customer oriented service to market. huge number of talented and creative colleges to build an innovative solution,need to take an initiative activity and mindset to drive other people and motivate subordinate staffs. self starter highly needed,Nothing,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34509,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Wonderful Company,- Incredible benefits - Excellent compensation that rewards strong performance - Lots of autonomy - Tons of room for growth - Very transparent from the top down - Strong leadership - Intelligent and caring colleagues - The most fair and well thought out review process you will find everywhere - Exciting work,"Imposter syndrome is real, but if you got an offer, you probably belong here too.","Keep doing what you're doing, keep an eye on employee burnout, keep supporting your people and keep pushing them, and the rest of the world, forward.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P26.htm
34510,facebook,"Washington, DC"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Freelancer,.,Strong leadership. Lots of autonomy. Intelligent and caring colleagues.,It doesn't matter how hard working you're you are going to be surrounded with a lot of other people who are just as good as you're,Keep supporting your people and the rest of the world,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34511,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Science Partner,"Great challenges, great culture","Given the number of employees relative to the size of the company, you always get to work on something meaningful, interesting, and challenging. Compensation is good, hours are great, travel is extremely manageable for most roles, and managers do a great job of balancing between using current strengths and developing new skills in preparation for future roles. The food is also great.","Wish the office were dog-friendly, but that's about it.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34512,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),Internship,One of the best internships out there. Had a great summer internship with them for two years in a row now. Interned at HQ and the Seattle office and all the offices have their own little perks. Interns get all the same perks as full-time and more including housing and intern events.,Work-life balance is a bit tricky as they make it convincing to stay at on campus with all the free food.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34513,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Content Marketing Manager,Content Marketing Manager,"Smart, driven employees empowered to be impactful and efficient.","Facebook mission clear, execution direction from Leadership down is a miss. Too vacuumed and work on 6-month review beats, so a lot of man/woman for themselves.",Better follow through of Facebook mission -> strategy to get there -> how and follow-through of delivery.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34514,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Director of Engineering,Working at Facebook as a senior engineering leader,"Empowerment, culture, infrastructure, autonomy, impact, comp","Much of the internal mythology about the company's culture isn't really true anymore, now that the company has grown to more than 20K employees. It's still a great place to work, but because the reality doesn't match the speeches it often leaves people feeling betrayed and disillusioned when FB turns out to just be a large tech company.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34515,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Community Operations,Working on great projects. Continuous innovation and learning. Transparency. Strong leadership. Good culture.,You need to be careful about work-life balance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34516,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Product Quality Analyst,Great Place to Work Learn and Grow,Amazing Benefits Competitive Salary Promotions come quick and fast if you work smart and hard Culture of sharing and cooperation Lots of growth oppurtunity and ability to level up your technical skills including formal classes,Middle Management in my role doesn't really get it sometimes. They aren't technical enough to be managing technical analysts.  Work-Life Balance can be a struggle and isn't as good at other companies like LinkedIn/Microsoft/Google.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34517,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best tech company to work for,Many interesting engineering problems to work on. Many smart coworkers. Ideas come from engineers bottom up. Open culture. Awesome perks.,WLB may not be the best depending on what team to are on. Rapid hiring creates office space problem in MPK. New building opening up next year will reduce the problem.,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34518,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most challenging place I've ever worked at,"If you want to work with the brightest and best, this is the place to be at. People here are really on top of their game.",They have very high requirements here. Impostor syndrome can be definitely an issue if you don't get with the program quickly.,"I would like management to realize employees are people. Hearing stories about how people were forced out, it seems management can be very cold about the process.",5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34519,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 11, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer V,Great workplace,Autonomy and freedom to work on projects you're interested in Great bootcamp training Everyone is incredibly intelligent and executes well,"Starting to get fairly bureaucratic, even in 2015. Can't imagine now but I've heard it has only gotten worse.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P27.htm
34520,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Fun work. Tons of independence. Great pay,"Pay/compensation is top notch. Independence. Dev environment is a dream for php devs. Variety of tech/products. Great benefits (food, gym). Same salary in seattle as California.",Very high expectations. You need to be a bit of a 3-in-1 printer to do good (not just a dev but also a tester and pm and designer and data eng and data scientist). A bit of politics to define goals. Growing bigger is tough on culture.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34521,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,great benefit and self time pacing,low raise rate after yearly performance review,should know how to do the job of employees before stepping into management,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34522,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fast-paced with lots of freedom,"Independence, fast pace, high impact","Highly performance-focused, which can lead to burnout if you aren't careful",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34523,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,"great benefits, youth culture","outstanding benefits, good people overall","One thing I noticed was the first person to 'post' an idea ultimately gets credit for the idea, even if they didn't originate it. Makes it hard to discuss ideas or work collaboratively without fear that your ideas will get stolen. I guess it's part of moving fast and breaking things. Also, propaganda posters decorate all the buildings. They're there for inspiration but it felt more like cultish brainwashing. My opinions could be because I was older than about 92% or the population at Menlo Park which skews toward college grads and under 30s. For a veteran of the industry, some of the soft and sentimental ""stories"" sometimes ring false. Some people simply want to go to work and do a job without having to make it a life changing experience.",It's great to have a place with free food and couches and old timey arcade games but actual recognition for work performed would be cool too.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34524,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company for college grads,"The company culture is really great, which is like night and day for productivity.","Employees are younger, generally speaking, than Google, so there's fewer super well-known people.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34525,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Employee,Good,very good place to work at so nice,not that i can think of realy so not.,none.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34526,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,A corporation for entrepreneurs,"I've been at Facebook for 7 months now as a Product Manager after 3 years as an entrepreneur and a freelance product and growth consultant. I've noticed the following:  1) The company embodies ""move fast"". If you can prove you can create a vision and build momentum for a product and a team, you will be given the reins to move as fast as you can at FB. I've taken a project from 0 to 1 to launch in 4 countries in 4 months.  2) The company embodies ""be bold"". There are no ""small swings"" around here. There might be a lot of incremental work, optimization and tweaking on all fronts but when the company realizes progress needs to be done in an area, it's no holds barred. The big bet I'm currently leading has lead to 2 teams merging and org structures adapting to enable that shift.  3) The company embodies ""be open"" - There is a transparency to the decision making, be it at team level or at management and leadership level I've never encountered before. It's refreshing to be able to ask any question I want to Mark every Friday during the Q&A for instance.","One thing has underwhelmed me and that is that management isn't as available as I wish it would be. For instance, I would have loved the opportunity to meet and learn from higher-ups and more experienced people more often but am unable to find time on their calendars (Still trying though).",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34527,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Impact like nowhere else,"- Opportunity to build a product that billions of people use around the world - Great perks (health benefits, food, environment, transport, bonuses) - Great culture focused on connecting the world. - Good tools",Using Facebook (the app) will never be the same,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34528,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Content Specialist,"Smart, passionate colleagues",- extremely smart people - remarkably transparent company across orgs and teams,"- emphasis on Menlo Park office, remote and international workers are at a disadvantage",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34529,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Product Designer,Facebook,I feel empowered to work on what I care about and generally enabled.,Sometimes the problem set can be a bit narrow because of the target platform.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P28.htm
34530,facebook,"New York, NY"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Good so far,"Perks: Food, good pay, lots of events and technical challenges, smart coworkers, interesting work, lots of different types of tech, cutting edge tech","Compared to most places, there are no real cons to speak of",You're doing pretty well from what I can see!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34531,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook,"Autonomy, Flexibility in Position, Modern Environment.","Sporadic Empathy (out-argued by a first-pass data analysis), Lack of Consistent Training.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34532,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Great!,"It's great working here, there's nowhere else I'd rather be. You are working with very smart people who are energized and believe in the work they are doing. You will be rewarded for doing well, and for the company doing well. You are empowered and encouraged to wield influence and ship products that can literally affect billions of people, no matter what level you are at. There is also a lot of food.","It's really expensive to live around here, and the traffic sucks, so if you want to work in the heart of things in Menlo Park you have to contend with that. And it can be pretty intense, but that's mostly because there really is so much to do, and you will want to go do it!",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34533,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,Amazingly progressive in so many aspects. Being bold and taking risks while thinking outside of the box are truly appreciated. Feedback is openly given and requested at all levels and incorporated into changes (where warranted) quickly.,"The pace is fast and furious. Onboarding process re: tools available and how to access could be beefed up a bit, but would need to be on a department level to be of significant value.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34534,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work for on Earth,Flexible hours. High impact projects. Highly talented co-workers. Great perks. Challenging problems that touch billions of lives. Great for getting mentorship.,"There are so many smart people here and you should be willing to self improve yourself constantly. Otherwise, you'll be burned out really fast. You should also be comfortable with taking constructive feedbacks even though they may be delivered to you in a rather aggressive manner.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34535,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Wellness reimbursement, lots of opportunities, interesting work, generous relocation policies, good compensation","I think the greatest con is that HQ is in Menlo Park - living in the surrounding areas is so so expensive and pretty boring if you are young and single or used to city life. Otherwise, you can move to SF which means you end up with a crazy commute.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34536,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,"Wonderful people, fun work, great culture","Comp, benefits, and perks are incredible.  Company culture is so, so good. I've had two great managers who both have done an excellent job supporting my growth and guiding my career.  It also feels like senior and C-level management really cares about employees. It feels like Facebook the company really tries to support me as a whole person (but be sure to ask for what you need! nobody's a mind reader).  For eng, bootcamp and team selection are such a good idea. I freaking love my team, and I get to own my decision to join that team (rather than some hiring/allocation manager deciding where I get to go).  Very few operational rules/bureaucracy. I can ssh into any machine I need to. If someone's fighting a fire anywhere in the company and I am able to help, I feel like I can always jump in to help. I really like Infra, so being at a big company like FB is super fun.","Oncalls can kill your sleep during your oncall shift if things are noisy overnight  There's a little bit of an ""always on-the-grid"" culture which contributes towards the 4/5 work/life balance, but it's generally not too hard to fight it. Most people who work a lot end up doing it because they're passionate about their work, anyway.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34537,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Product Specialist,"Believe the hype, this is by far the best place I've ever worked","Not even sure where to start. It goes without saying that this company takes GREAT care of its employees, and then some. The work is challenging and super intense, but the positive and collaborative cultre, along with all of the perks/benefits offered, make the intensity much easier to deal with as opposed to any other company I've worked for.  I've been at FB for a bit over four months, but I knew during my interviews (btw these were the hardest interviews I've ever had) that this was the place to be. From application to job offer, it took 6 weeks. When I got the offer, it was so strong that there as no need to negotiate. When I got the job and relocated from NY to CA, the relocation package was was so good I didn't have to raise a finger or spend a dime. Already knew at that point that this company knows how to retain talent.  This place truly rewards merit, courage, and being outspoken. Management is aware enough (at least in my space) to place me in a role that plays to my strengths, and I've enjoyed th freedom to make my role what I want to be. They are very outspoken when you're performing well and are honest about things that need improvement. If you have a good idea that is supported by data and aligns well with the goals of your team or whatever your target population may be, you will find resources or people to join you in your efforts. From hackathons to day-to-day work, this culture permeates every area of the company.  One thing that strikes me the most is how strong the diverse community (however small) is within this company. There are a lot of resources put towards ERG/FBRG efforts, and as a diverse employee, this means A LOT to me.  I know the norm is to move around the industry every five years or so, but I don't see myself leaving this company for a long time. In just four months, I feel deeply rooted here, and I intend be here for a while. If you're reading this, there should be no question about applying, interviewing, or accepting an offer. You'll be happy that you made the decision.","This may be limited to my team or my area of the company, but I believe there is an underlying ""me, me, me"" culture at FB. There is a constant need to make your work visible so that others know what you're doing and so that whoever has a similar idea doesn't take the shine before you do.  Separately, everyone wants to do knock-out work, and at times are secretive about the things that they're working on so that they can have that ""holy crap"" moment when they finally finish and reveal the results of their work. This can result in wasted resources and time since multiple people/small groups coule be working on the same thing without knowing it. Not sure what the solution is, but this at times takes away from collaborative work. I identify it as a con, but I've quickly found myself doing the same thing, and that's just because it's an underlying, unspoken culture at the company.",More work needs to be done re: PSCs. There has recently been a statement made about how PSC should not only focus on short term work but also reward long-term work. I would like to see that implemented and encouraged at a granular level. Managers should be trained to encourage long-term projects and reward employees when ambitious checkpoints are hit.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34538,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Incredible company,No place like it. Move fast and break things. Every day feels like a week. What would you do if you weren't afraid. These are things written on the walls. Most satisfying job I've ever had,None I can think of at this time,Be even bolder,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34539,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Great place,People are great to work with.,Difficult to have good time management,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P29.htm
34540,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"reasonable work life balance, free meals, free gym membership",Monoculture. Most employees are young fresh out of college grads. A lot of people move on to different tech companies within 2 -3 years. I'm not sure why there's so much turnover when compensation and perks are good.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34541,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Open culture, Innovation, smart people, great benefits & perks","Big teams, more process in place",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34542,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Great culture. Visionary CEO. Inspiring COO.,Great culture overall. Good benefits. Smart people.,"As the company has grown, the functions have become siloed with less autonomy on decision making.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34543,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great experience with large tech,"tons of resources, perks, benefits, collaboration and exciting products","lack of transparency, big egos",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34544,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Great Workplace,Very fun environment to work,A lot of work at the job,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34545,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - SWE,Excellent place to work,"We have ping-pong tables, arcades, free snacks and a lot of entertainment.",Nothing to complain about though.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34546,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Communications Manager,It was great.,"great perks and benefits, challenging and positive vibe.","overbearing culture, poor work life balance, hard to escape.",None.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34547,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Mixed Feelings,"Good benefits, flexible work hours, generally passionate and smart people","Encountered lots of nasty things. Toxic environment, racism, favoritism, etc. Overall not nearly as bad as Uber, but once you are a certain size and you've been there long enough you'll encounter these things.  Talked to a bunch of people before I left and management issues (incompetency) were very widespread, as fb favors internal promotions over outside hires.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34548,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Work Life Balance & Growth,Work Life Balance Flexibility Tons of Perks Care for their employees Awesome review cycles Logistics of transport are on point Awesome management Flexibility,Traffic & Parking is very tight/limited on the main campus in Menlo Park,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34549,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Work Environment is everything in creating a maximum impact employee,People are their authentic selves here at FB Benefits are incredible CEO COO CFO are approachable and genuine FB Goal of connecting the world makes work purposeful,Parking is rough due to growth but manageable Diversity isn't there yet but improving,Keep pushing the line and being a disruptive force as this make all the difference Get comfortable with your uncomfortabilities such as diversity Continue to promote the pros of connecting the world and accept and manage down the cons with humility and vision Never forget the community around you!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P30.htm
34550,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Web Developer,Web-developer,one of the best places to work,I have no cons. Only pros!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34551,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Rewarding,Lots of flexibility/responsibility. Well taken care of financially and well fed.,Imposter syndrome is common. Goals are lofty.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34552,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fantastic company,"Open culture, friendly co-workers, people genuinely trying to do good.",Company is starting to become more and more bureaucratic as it grows.,PSC can do great damage on the hands of toxic people.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34553,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Summer Intern,Software Enginner,Excellent Company! Good! Really Good!,No Cons. No Cons. No Cons.,Not too much advice.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34554,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Best Job I've Ever Had,Surrounded by great people. Really interesting work. Amazing amenities. Good values woven into the fabric of the company. Transparent leaders who focus on the right stuff continually.,Some people who have been at Facebook for a while seem to lose perspective about how lucky they are to work at a company like Facebook.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34555,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Graphic Designer,Design Associate,Awesome hands on learning experience.,Too many memes for my liking,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34556,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,facebook?,best salary ever considering the amount of work done,super busy but rewarding to all,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34557,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - BI Operations,Amazing place to learn a lot of stuff,Really great team. Amazing perks and swag. Awesome food and sweets Chance of learning from the best,Can't think of any cons. May be make more products. More social sessions.,Keep doing whatever you're doing you're awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34558,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,The best company you can work for!,"I love working with smartest people on the planet and problems at incredible scale. The open culture is a bit shocking at first, but you'll get used to it.  You are only limited by your own skills and imagination. Having 6 weeks of bootcamp where you just learn how things work and have virtually zero obligations is a great way of on-boarding people. I worked with 4 different teams before deciding what I want to focus on and couldn't be happier.","If you have worked in the industry for a while, it's hard to transition to FB culture. The culture infra teams try really hard to hold your hand, but there is so much they can do.",Find a way to reserve the current openness and culture as he company grows.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34559,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Integrity Analyst,"Facebook values my contributions, and my work-life balance/happiness","- Work with smart people that actually care about the world - Regular Q&A's with amazing leadership (Mark Zuckerberg & Sheryl Sandberg, etc.) - SO many resources to excel in your job (tools, people, classes, etc.) - Open culture (I'm very open with my manager and my team) and feedback is always encouraged - Lots of programs to stay healthy (gym, Health Center, Dentist, Nutritionists, etc.)","- Commute from SF to Menlo Park is far, but the shuttles are really nice and comfortable - Teams can be spread out across different offices, which means potential trips to those offices, but also means team culture may vary across offices",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P31.htm
34560,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Director of Communications,Director Corporate Communications,"Challenging, fast-paced, and lots to learn. Great benefits, though some of them seem a bit unnecessary and wasteful (I don't need another free t-shirt every time we move buildings).","The performance review process is very political with no set guidelines for evaluation. If you get along well with your boss and people generally like you, you'll do great. That said, it is very easy for a manager or a co-worker to tank you anonymously and with little evidence.",Way too many internal reorganizations - about every six months or so. Very unsettling and difficult to succeed when you have a new manager once a year.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34561,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work for,"Flexible working hours, good perks, really smart can capable team mates.",Rather limited room for career growth after becoming senior.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34562,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The greatest.,"Ever since I joined straight out of college, I've experienced nothing short of greatness at Facebook. The employees are extremely bright. The career opportunities are right in front of me. The CEO truly cares about the world outside of his company.  I'm indebted to Facebook for giving a wide-eyed college grad the opportunity to make an impact in the world around me.","Since I'm straight out of college and have only been at the company around a year, I don't feel any problems with the work/life balance. Maybe down the line when I have a wife and kids, but Facebook is pretty cognizant that maintaining W/L balance is a really big thing in the valley.",Keep at it!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34563,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Associate,facebook,"free food, transportation benefits, gym reimbursment","meeting intensive culture, politics, changing priorities",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34564,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software QA Engineering Manager,Fabulous Employer,- Great Pay - Awesome benefits - Takes care of employees very well,- If you are a non-engineer then prepare yourself on how to work with them because they rule Facebook and they get paid much much higher. - If you are in to top down management person then you have to let go of that and learn the bottoms up style.,"- Don't be so nice, toughen a bit and have deadlines please.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34565,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Disorganized and malfunctioning. Good only if you like corporate games,"It used to be a fun place to work, but now it feels more like a grind house for thousands of engineers.  - Your work affects millions of people. At least they tell you so. - Good food and cool campus. So it gives 2nd star.","- Hidden stack ranking. Everybody has to go through half year reviews. Good luck with your manager and your work! Nobody cares what exactly you did or how you did. They look at metrics and your impact, which is a BS term for making people work hard. It's not a product driven company. - It's a metrics driven company. You have to compete with recent grads. If you think you can actually make an impact, you're delusional. You're there to oblige your manager. That's it. Metrics, metrics, metrics. If you're behind in metrics, then shame on you! You let down your manager, your team and entire company. It's not any different than what it used to be at IBM or Yahoo and what actually killed those companies.",Run away.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34566,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Recruiter,Recruiting's Rejects,"- Benefits are second to none. They give you a lot but they also expect a lot from you as well.  - The company is innovating and revenue growth is phenomenal. Which means the equity value grows significantly YoY.  - Comp is good here. Facebook generally overpays a lot of recruiters compared to Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. This could be attributed to desperation because of how difficult it's been to hire recruiters.",- The bar has significantly dropped in recruiting. Because of the hyper growth Facebook is going through they've been forced to hire inexperienced recruiters and also rejects who weren't able to hack it in other top tech companies & start-ups. It used to mean a lot to be a full time recruiter at Facebook. Now it feels like they're giving an offer to anyone with a pulse. Inexperienced recruiters or bad ones can attribute to poor candidate experience and headaches for other recruiters.  - Performance Reviews many times aren't a true reflection of individual performance. It's a problem that many companies have and Facebook is one of them.  - The company has become so corporate. It's like you're just another number and the impact you're making is insignificant.  - Work Life Balance is terrible. In order to be successful here you'll need to work well over 50 hours per week.,- Don't play favorites so much. Reward based on merit not who you like the most.  - Stop hiring so many bad recruiters!!!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34567,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Analyst,Finance analyst,"Motivating, Mission-driven, perks (food, gym benefit, laundry, etc), high responsibility, 21 vacation days, unlimited sick days, easy to switch between roles",long commute and long hours,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34568,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Contractor,Work Review,- free food - free transportation,- you are replaceable,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34569,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer,The only career limiting move is not to play.,I do whatever I want all day. Literal dream job.,We're really starting to not hire only rockstars.,Hire more n00bs and fresh college grads so we can grow the rockstars we need.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P32.htm
34570,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Amazing Company,* Most free and self actualizing environment I have ever worked in. * I am encouraged to pursue my strengths and passions through out the organization. * I have an awesome manager that actually works to empower me to do my best work. * Tons of perks and awesome benefits,"If you need a lot of structure, you wont find it here. This can be a con for some, a pro for others.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34571,facebook,"New York, NY"," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Great place to work,* Smart employees * lots of ownership over your work * room to advance * excellent pay and benefits,* Work life balance isn't the best.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34572,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Engineer,Best place i've worked by far,"Smart, kind and considerate people (for the most part). Salary isn't bad, but total compensation [RSU + Bonus + Salary] and benefits is really hard to beat. Company is growing, there are a lot of opportunities for personal and professional growth.","- Growing pains, trying to get newer folks to buy in to the culture - Big company problems, every misstep is picked up, blown up and a whole bunch of well meaning people vilified - Distractions","The culture is amazing, get creative about ways of maintaining it.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34573,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Never Gonna Give You Up,"Personal and family leave, growth opportunities, open environment, friendly atmosphere, work from home Wednesdays, ethical business practices, unlimited sick days, diverse staff.",You need to love what you're doing here because it moves FAST.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34574,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Public Content,"Flat structure, very transparent (varies with teams)","Encourages uncommon ideas, move fast and break things",Heard of a completely different environment from friends/ex employees on other teams.,Continue to bring in the new blood and young people to keep up with the target demographics of the Facebook and Instagram.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34575,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,I’ve never learned more in my life,"The people, culture and pure brilliance around you. I’m constantly being challenged everyday which keeps things exciting. An AMPLE amount of free food is another great perk.",You’re in charge of your work life balance. You have to learn to ignore those around you that consider Facebook life.,Continue being transparent even as the company grows.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34576,facebook,"New York, NY"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Best Job Out There,Incredible people. Mission driven. Tons of autonomy to make an impact.,Massive growth has slightly slowed down the ability to get things done as quickly as we were once able to.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34577,facebook,"Fort Worth, TX"," Aug 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,My time with Facebook was pretty decent. They have more jobs today that I'm watching out for. Great workplace.,The PROs are the people you're working with and things you're capable of learning so quickly. Any pace is what works best for you.,They are really no cons. The jobs now are more tech or engineering. Allowing more jobs that bring in a variety of people will do you guys justice.,Have more rounded jobs.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34578,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting,A company that cares about it's employees.,"Facebook is great. We have amazing perks, financial freedom to do amazing work and coworkers that will push you to become a better professional and person.  What sticks out most to me is that the company is accutley aware that it won't be able to reach it's long term goals without tenured (more than 2-3 years) employees. It goes to great lengths to remove everyday hassles from your life so you can spend more time doing the things you love outside of work and when life happens (babies, relocation, bereavement) it's most amazing perk shines through. The people around you come together to support you and give you the time you deserve to move through life changes.  They really look at it through the lens of ""if the employee is happy and taken care of then they'll do the best work of their career"". This doesn't mean that everyone will work 80 hours a week. If you question this, ask to see the office at 6pm. It's pretty empty. Most people leave closer to 4.",Is hard to imagine another company to work at. This forces you to put a lot of trust in Facebook. We don't have a ton of great examples of companies caring for someone through their career so it's a bit like walking into the unknown.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34579,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Product Designer,Move fast while making big bets for big impact,"Even though it is a big company, I have seen more autonomy here than at a startup. People are welcome to bring your best ideas and encouraged to propose and pursue them. There is no authority that will sit on a high chair and say you shouldn't build out your idea. It is also welcomed to bring a thought- provoking, risky, big bet ideas and experiment on them to validate the hypothesis rather than debating them over and over. People trust each other to be top talents, so there is little to no micro management.","The product is ever evolving, and people are always generating insights, so it can be overwhelming. Consolidation of features or design elements are also challenging as new things are constantly being built.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P33.htm
34580,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Phenomenal,"Super helpful co-workers, nice engineering tools and infrastructure, very little process in the way",You end up spending a lot of time working (without noticing!),Don't change the company culture,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34581,facebook,"Lewisville, TX"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Co Owner,page editor,"work with people working with people for overall success. it helps a community stay in touch with one another on various important subjects for overall success in social, and business relations.","some people find it difficult to utilize applications because there are so many to choose from. there are so many applications for social, and business accounts that make choosing the right one difficult for certain parties to utilize. seeking the right advise for a social page, or business account is only a few clicks away.","stay focused and never give up. you know how to do the job to accomplish what needs to be done. with your past management history, you have already proven that its achievable, and makes challenges more enjoyable accomplishing over perceived issues. In turn, making Facebook a more better application for our users.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34582,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Facebook is a really good place to work,"Open and transparent culture, smart co-workers, great perks.","Very competitive environment, can be stressful. Parking is a constant problem. Open offices make it harder to focus.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34583,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Quantitative Researcher,Amazing place to work,"You get to interact with smart people, use high-level analytical skills to solve complex problems, and access unparalleled resources, perks, and food. This is a fantastic place to work.",The company is growing quickly and a challenge will be to maintain the great culture.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34584,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome Place to Grow,"Company is good, people are great. Benefits are amazing.","Company getting big, so things don't scale as much.",Don't forget the attention to details when your org grow.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34585,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Amazing,"Facebook is an amazing place to work with amazing benefits and a great compensation plan. I'm never doing the same project, constantly being engaged in new challenges and have amazing support from my coworkers and managers. I'll probably stay here forever",Commute on 101 isn't great,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34586,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Product Analyst,Good place to work for data analytics,"Company is very data driven, so its a good place to work as an analyst. Perks (free food, parties) are nice. Very open culture.",Not all managers are competent/helpful. Open office workspaces are loud and crowded,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34587,facebook,"New York, NY"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook in review from new york,Great collaborative atmosphere. Always feel supported,A lot of ambition and high expectations from leadership,Continue to kill the politics as it crops up and get rid of people that create the negativity faster,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34588,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Best company ever,Great culture. Awesome leadership on all levels.,"Horrible commute, but the shuttles are nice.",Keep aligning orgs,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34589,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Focused and driven company with great rewards,- Benefits are amazing - Products are fun to work on - Easy to determine the value added - No bull atmosphere,"- Things change very quickly, new features, new technologies - No bull atmosphere takes getting used to - A busy, moderately competitive atmosphere doesn't suit everyone. (I say moderately competitive, because it isn't politically competitive, but there is a need to show the value you add to the company).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P34.htm
34590,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),Overall good,The working environment is very good. People are professional and helpful. As an intern you can learn a lot during the three-month internship. Many benefits and perks and the food is also very good.,"I find work-life balance depends on the specific team. I personally worked at a team that is at very fast peace, so it is hard for interns to keep pace unless you work overtime.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34591,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Mentor,Volunteering at FB TechStart,"Amazing people and opportunities within the program Gets you involved with the tech environment and coorporations, including Facebook itself. Great for growing experience, knowing people, and feeling self-rewarded for helping others.","none, it was an amazing experience.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34592,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,- Great culture. - Inspiring leadership - Excellent autonomy -- teams are self-empowered to define success and how to get the work done - Totally ridiculous benefits -- especially if you are lucky to work on the main campus in Menlo Park,- Hard to think of cons - One area may be investing in developing more people management skills for people managers.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34593,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 23, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Great place to work,"Great culture, strong diversity at employee level, great perks and facilities.","Poor work-life balance, intense pressure in certain teams.",Work hard to maintain the culture as the company grows.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34594,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really enjoyable to work here,"*Company's open culture translates to my team very well, making it easy to communicate thoughts and feelings *Family oriented team, most people are out by 5, and those with kids are out by 430. Director has 3 kids, . *Really interesting problems to solve *Empathetic teammates *Incredible perks, company really cares about employees","*Managing ""up"" might not be everyone's cup of tea. Need to be independent and think for oneself, can't expect anyone to simply tell one what to do.",Keep up the great work!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34595,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most fulfilling place to work,"Seven year into my professional career and 4 companies later, hands down the best place I have ever worked at.  Quality of work - Working with the smartest people in the world makes me smarter and improves the quality of my work - Being able to define my role and my impact brings the company's mission closer to my passion  Quality of life - 100% organic, in-house cooked meals 3 times a day + stocked micro-kitchens - Best medical coverage + world class medical facilities on campus - Shipping facility, laundry, bike repair shop, gym, transportation, IT help desks at every corner, access to all kinds of tools and facilities - + a lot more..","I am 6 months in, and except for a few weekends I spent doing extra work, I can't think of any other con.",Keep on keeping on.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34596,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place in Bay area,FB takes care of their employees really really well.,You get little used to all the perks.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34597,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work for,- Work with and learn from world-class talents - Worldwide reach with impact on billions on people - Great flexibility and project opportunities,- Work-life balance can be challenging,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34598,facebook,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Critical Facility Engineer,Excellent company to work for.,Perks Perks Perks!!!! The interview process is long and grueling but for good reason. You will find the best of the best working here. The pay is above the industry standard. Freedom to work on projects you are interested in.,I don't see any cons here.,Keep the open transparency we have even as we continue to grow.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34599,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - AV Technician,Great company!,"A lot of free snacks/food, great culture and generous salary",-company is growing exponentially at a rate thats not slowing down,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P35.htm
34600,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Amazing culture. Super excited,Can not ask for better. Amazing. Great. Work life balance. On top of all companies I worked for.,Did not see any yet.,Focus on productivity instead of politics. But you are doing a fanatic job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34601,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"everyone is extremely respectful, and everyone knows how to work with people",your work becomes too specialized,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34602,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 18, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great perks, but limited growth opportunities","From the moment you walk in the door, it is very evident the company goes to great lengths to make you feel welcome and cared for. From a slew of on-campus food choices, to a gym, and a Disney-like feel to the campus, the place really pushes the bar to what working at a company feels like on the surface.","After being with Facebook for some time, the not-so pretty things come to light. They have very aggressive rules for tenure, where you are expected to be promoted or asked to leave the company. Performance reviews at Facebook feel like they are pushing a one-size-fits all model, where they literally represent you as a post-it note on a whiteboard for managers to place on a bell curve against your fellow employees according to how they feel you performed.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34603,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Lives up to the hype,"Impact, scale, the learning, tools, smart coworkers, the perks (free food!), reputation / resume name value, the compensation, internal mobility.",Work-life balance can be a challenge. Also sometimes hard to not feel overshadowed if you're not a SWE. Overall though it's awesome.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34604,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,"Love the college campus-like feel, the open culture, and the high level of trust placed on all employees.","As the company continues to grow, more layers of of hierarchy are being introduced (albeit unavoidable), and as a result, it's tougher to interact with the leadership",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34605,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Facilities Manager,Facilities Operations Manager,"Amazing Benefits, I love the CEO and COO, there is amazing job stability, there is opportunity to attend conferences and learn, the company provides a fun atmosphere for their employees, the work is interesting, the people are interesting","I am stuck at this level, men are provided with more opportunities, strategy is an opportunity for lazy people to hide behind and do nothing.","Make changes that do not cripple people from advancing. When advancing people, make a thorough evaluation of their peers and look at qualifying skills. To move a less qualified, less experienced person in position over a woman only shows sexism and support for the males position as the bread winner for the family. The female gets completely discounted and humiliated, this does not promote retention.",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34606,facebook,"Pleasant Hill, CA"," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Product Designer,A wonderful place to work,"I've had a pretty glowing experience at Facebook. In fact I'm concerned it's ruined me for other companies. Aside from all the great benefits, it has a great company culture, great people and offers a lot of autonomy and opportunity.","The location is a bit isolated and the commute is grueling. The surrounding areas are so ridiculously expensive that it makes living nearby almost impossible, even on a generous salary.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34607,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Obvious pros, but cons are real","Top compensation and benefits, working with people who are the best at what they do and push you to do your best work, company trusts their employees, lots of visibility from senior management.","Reviews cause an unhealthy amount of anxiety among employees, sink or swim environment. Managers are expected to be in this role because they like people management and there is no additional comp for this role nor does the amount of time spent managing or mentoring get reflected in reviews. This creates a situation where there is little incentive to be a great manager and many of them are more focused on their own career growth. Work/life balance on many teams is terrible. There's a lot of lip service about it, but it continues to be a huge problem.","Reward managers for helping develop employees. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and managers should not only be asked to care about their people, they should get ""credit"" during the review cycle for it, so, that it incentivizes them to better support employees.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34608,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good money, but hard work","Great compensation, good reputation, free food & snack","Too much pressure, hard to maintain work-life balance, lots of competition, some politics",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34609,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Product Designer,Loving it so far!,Flexibility to work from home Autonomy in work Family friendly Flexibility to move teams Perks Amenities on campus Medical benefits Shuttle services Challenging work space Plenty opportunities to hack and build new ideas,Overwhelming Information and communication channels Diversity Workload can be overbearing sometimes Too much travel Parking can be a pain in downtown,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P36.htm
34610,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Product Designer,Product Designer,"Incredibly talented, intelligent, and self aware people to work with everyday. Mission driven company with a lot of freedom for self expression, discussion, and openness.",The environment rewards and encourages extroversion. Often it's the loudest person in the room who will be heard or recognized.,Make room for people who have different strengths outside of the extroverted archetype and value different strengths equally.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34611,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"* work with competent people * work impacts billions of people * lots of freedom, you generally get to choose what you want to work on as long as you can prove your abilities (in performance reviews) * pay is good, as well as all the perks","* expectations are high, so tends to eat into work-life balance * scrutiny is high, so you might get a lot of complaints (both internally and externally) depending on what you work on",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,45,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34612,facebook,"West Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Culinary IS Analyst,Take the Fire Hose literely,"Working Environment, Benefits, mission statement, training and education, Free Food. The Team",Strains on infrastructure and local communities keeps growing as we do.,"Look for efficiencies in travel, assist with infrastructure needs. Low cost housing.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34613,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Research,Great place to work,"Super smart people to work with, great and exciting work",Some managers are to junior,Make sure your managers are also good at setting strategy,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34614,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering,Good place to work,Nice and passionate people. Lots of work for engineers. Many opportunities. Many supports for employees. Many of employees are smart.,"Normally busy. Inexperienced engineers sometimes lead the project, which causes a mess. People move too fast and break things, which is not good for engineering perspective.",Some teams are not well organized so stop make them aim at metrics and take time to have time for organized.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34615,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Helpdesk Support,Nonsense company,"Good perks and other facilities like food is awesome, transport and other perks.","Egoistic managers, management never pays any heed to employee concern. Politics is too much.",Give some respect to users bcoz the project I was on there was no respect for users as they never gets response ...after all they make Facebook what it is today and not the other way around. Currently I work for Google and they attitude is the opposite as they pay importance to each user complaint.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34616,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Best place to work, total freedom on kind of work, great culture and values, brilliant people and awesome food.",Company is trying to retain same culture as we grow and it is becoming harder every year with so much growth. Hopefully it stays same and we will able to grow.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34617,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Very good work life balance.,Fast paced and we mean it. Can't slack here.,Options to work from home more would be cool.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34618,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 10, 2017",Current Employee - Content Writer,Content Operations,Nice team and company perks,Can be solitary and hard to grow,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34619,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing for female engineers,"I'm a software engineer who has been at Facebook for almost a year. It is hands down the best place I have ever worked.  To be frank, I didn't have high expectations going in that it would be very different from the misogynistic cultures I've had to navigate at previous companies.  Before working at Facebook, I'd kind of come to accept that being a female engineer would always be a somewhat isolating existence and the best I could do would be to find a team with 90% great colleagues and just try and avoid the creepy and rude ones as much as possible. I'd seen that as long as they performed well (or held some other utilitarian value for the company) they would always have a place in a company and their treatment of women would be an open secret and accepted.  Honestly, my first couple months at Facebook made me aware of how much effort I'd been spending navigating those types of situations.  It's incredible working with people who assume your competence rather than constantly having to battle to prove yourself.  It's amazing seeing constant efforts towards dissecting internalized biases and senior male employees openly discussing their efforts to catch themselves unconsciously interrupting people. It's laughable to try to imagine this happening at my previous companies.  It's so precious being able to find a place where you can just focus on your work.",It's a long commute for San Franciscans who come down to Menlo Park because we don't have an SF office yet.,"I wish we were less humble and more braggy about the culture here. I didn't realize until working at Facebook how different it was, and I think I would've come sooner if I'd known.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P37.htm
34620,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook Environment,Friendly environment with best engineers,I think everything is well,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34621,facebook,"Myrtle Beach, SC"," May 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Glassdoor is terrific,You meet everybody. It's a great way to meet people. And it's very sociable. I loved working at this place,It's not easy though. You don't know who's real or who's fake. And even though you have a lot of access to a lot of people. You have to keep an open eye.,Keep it simple and short,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34622,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Just starting, but everything has been a dream so far","Everything seems too good to be true, but I haven't heard anybody stating that it ever ends","Absolutely nothing so far, granted it hasn't been long.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34623,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,The food is free and always delicious.,Overbearing management needs to let engineers be.,No more overbearing please,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34624,facebook,"Austin, TX"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Community Operations Contractor,Community Operations Contractor,"Position was through PRO Unlimited, Inc. @ Facebook. Great place to work with a lot of in-house perks ... food/drinks etc.","Training was done by coworkers. You need to get up to speed immediately! Job was very demanding with a high quota to meet. M-F, Weekends and Holidays Parking was horrible for downtown office location. Or you could take a bus or ride a bike.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34625,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Insights Manager,Collaborative & Truly Focused on Diverse Thinking to Achieve Mission,"FB really embraces bringing different ways of thinking to the work place because it is the right thing to do but also because it makes the work better. They study everything and then to the best thing - if you don't like data, don't come here! All voices are equal & everyone is encouraged to participate in the conversation. In fact, if you don't - that is bad. But be prepared to back up what you say. And know you will get direct feedback on how you can get better, because we all can. Feedback is real and designed to help you get better, not judge you. Overall, an amazing place that moves fast towards a clear mission that everyone in the company is behind. Leadership is open & very strong.","I can't think of any right now. It can be a long commute for some. And it is growing really fast, so construction of new buildings can be loud.",Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34626,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,All good here.,- In FB you work hard but FB also works hard to make you happy.,- Engineering processes can be chaotic due to the rapid growth of the company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34627,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Business Operations,Great Place to Work but,"- At it's best working at Facebook is fast paced, fun and extremely impactful. I've been given opportunities to work with many great colleagues who care deeply about the work that you're doing and will challenge and encourage you to do better. - Support staff at Facebook is amazing whether it be the people who greet you in the morning, facilities, IT, the security guards, chefs, or the the people who work at the gym. Everyone is super friendly and has your best interest at heart. It's like going to work at a 5 Star Hotel every single day :) - Feedback is taken very seriously and typically acted upon. For example a couple of years ago Facebook didn't offer 4 months paternity leave for employees outside of the US and after receiving feedback from international employees this was policy was expanded globally - Perks are amazing, free food, gym (or membership for offices without gyms), laundry, great healthcare.","- Mid-level managers are a hit or miss. I've had 4 different managers in 3 years at Facebook and my experience at work has greatly been dependent on how competent they are. My best manager pushed me and opened doors and was a true advocate for me within the company, whereas my worst manager who was also a first time manager made me feel as if I was working on an island. If you're joining Facebook in a non-tech role you should definitely try your best to get a feel for your future manager. - As the company has hired over 10K+ people over the past 3 years roles and responsibilities are definitely becoming more specialized and opportunities to drive tangible impact are becoming increasingly difficult for people in junior roles - Pay and benefits for people working in international offices are not comparable to working at HQ. For example IVF is offered in the US but not non-US offices.","As Facebook grows and continues to invest in hiring, finding people with prior management experience will be key to retaining and developing talent.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34628,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company/ Great Employees,"Aside from the countless perks that are literally too long to list out here, one of the best things about this company is it's people. Everyone goes above and beyond to help each other to succeed. It truly is a team effort.  Upon arriving to the office every morning, everyone from the reception staff to your team says hello to you, and genuinely is interested in your life. People love coming to work every morning and are excited about what they do here every day, and it shows.  Many companies as competitive as this expect a lot from their employees, and so does Facebook. However, they also encourage a healthy work/ life balance, ensuring their employees are taking enough time off (either by working reasonable hours every day, and/or actually using all of their PTO) to be able to stay fresh and ready to work when at work.","Not many cons to the company. It is a large company, so I guess the biggest con would be you are not going to know everyone at the company. But with how friendly people are, you will make friends in no time!",Keep up the awesome transparency! It goes a long way with the employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34629,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,Smart people Great perks Employer cares about employees,Too many people trying to solve the same problems,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P38.htm
34630,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineering Manager,I couldn't imagine a better place to start my career,"+ Tremendous autonomy: It is still very much a culture where you are expected to find impact and deliver. + Fast paced culture: Very few people try to stop you from getting things done. Everyone values the benefits of iteration + Easy internal mobility: No interview, no BS. Everything was decided in a day for me. + Great perks: Comp, food, office space, healthcare, you name it! + Exciting work: Facebook is building everything from social media to VR, React to airplanes.",- Tremendous autonomy: It REALLY is up to you. - Size: Definitely feels big if you are trying to meet new people.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34631,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Designer,Great place to work.,"Move fast, exciting project. Bottom up culture that make things interesting and possible",Hard to achieve work life balance,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34632,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,I found my people,"I really feel as though I've found my people.  I've had this dissonance in past roles: ever since academia years ago, I've been out of the ""research"" phase and into the ""engineer at a X company"" stage, where ""X"" is occasionally a software product but more often a service or commercial product. The culture was not one of making the right things, but making the profitable thing now. Driven by sales people, there was a lot of grandstanding, peacocking, both in the culture and in the message.  Facebook has my people, my culture. We do things in the way that scales and makes engineering sense. Sure, perfect is the enemy of good enough, but if a temporary shortcut remediates a problem or a need, it's quickly iterated to improve, all the while immersed in a tech culture: Pusheen, Archer, Dr Who, Starwars, memes, the micro-actions that continually reinforce a culture-fit or a culture-miss.  I'm in the culture fit. Sure, I get a very competitive salary, plus my tech chops improve (when C++ gurus review your work, your C++ quality improves), and the food, and the perks, but above all, this is the place I feel I most fit.  I'm in my mid-40s. I ""get schooled"" my mid-20s. ...and it's awesome.","Pace is a killer. The work is complex, as are the discussions about it, I have little fuel in my head to code after work. Big personal desire to keep up to the more efficient engineers. I don't want to pass-a-fault, but want to move-fast, get all the things done. It's exhausting!","Open a highschool.  We have hired so many of the good people, the recruiting funnel is sparse. We need to grow our engineers. Open a high school to get right-of-first-refusal :)",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34633,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - UI Engineer,Poor Work Culture,"- Extremely talented staff - Excellent development environment - Strong feedback in code reviews - Flexible work location - Convenient services provided (shuttles, food, laundry, gym, etc)",- Terrible work life balance - Myopic semiannual performance reviews (straight up Hunger Games) - No vision or direction for products - Competitive and poorly adjusted coworkers (the average engineer is very strange),"Don't allow people with very limited work experience to become managers. All of my managers were terrible, had extremely limited vision, and could not keep the team cohesive and motivated.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34634,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,The best place to work. Honestly!,"Flexibility, work with smart people, all the tools you need to get your job done, amazing leadership, work-life balance",Never going to be able to leave!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34635,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Solid Engineering culture,Solid infrastructure and a great focus in 'getting things done',It's easy to lose track of the 'outside of FB' tech space,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34636,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Engineering Manager,"Opportunities for massive impact on the world, talented colleagues, resources, perks",Work life balance and pressure to perform is quite high,Invest in long-term,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34637,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Life-Changing Opportunity/Environment. Really Underrated in the Valley, IMO...","There are an endless amount of pros about working at Facebook. If I were to pick one pro out of all of them - it's the people. Whatever you heard or read about Facebook really doesn't give the place enough credit. I'm not in HR/recruiting or even management, but I do see a common trend in everyone they bring on board. Everyone is smart, motivated, non-judgemental, and freakishly CARING. There are so many people with heart at FB.  To be honest, you can be one heck of a coder, but if you're selfish - I don't think you will get hired here. I've previously worked at Google and MSFT, FB blows both of them out of the water (maybe I'm a little biased). Other pro's of course are...  + Free world class food options all day long on the main campus cafeteria (MPK 20/21).This includes great snacks/drink options everywhere else as well. + Fantastic PPO/HMO health care options. The premiums are very reasonable. + Resources. They will give you everything you need so you can do an amazing job - period. Hardware, software, etc... + Did I mention the people? :)",FB (especially MPK) is expanding very fast. Things get unorganized and chaotic. Communicating with colleagues in international branch offices can be tricky.,"At the end of the day, we spend most of our time with the people we work with. Keep bringing on great, empathic people. I really think it has transformed the culture (in a super duper positive way).",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34638,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Great place to work if you want challenges,"Opportunity to choose projects that you are excited about. Projects are driven from bottom up, with leaders just giving advice rather than orders. everyone is really smart but humble, the culture lacks office politics, amazing company leaders",Work life balance is hard to manage,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34639,facebook,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Optical enginner,"Great team, challenging projects, clear vision",None. It is a great company to advance career.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P39.htm
34640,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Engineer,great place to work at,- lots of career opportunities - great perks - great culture,- expanding too quickly so might have scaling problems,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34641,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you can get in, you don't want to be anywhere else.","Autonomy, PAY, Perks, Very transparent",Rapid growth can make some projects feel more like racing to a finish line vs. Quality.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34642,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative and positive environment,"Work with some of the smartest people, Lots of opportunities, Great benefits,","Excellence bar is very high, employees work really hard to succeed.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34643,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Lots of perks that just make employees happy and worry free,Free food Commute shuttle Nice campus Flat structure Management really cares about employees Decent health care plan compared to other companies but not the best,Work life balance can be a challenge Getting promoted can be hard Office is getting really crowded Traffic is really bad to work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34644,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software Engineer at Facebook,"Amazing coworkers, great comp, great work environment, and great perks.","Amount of work can be quite high from time to time, and finding/digesting all the information you need for your job can be complicated.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34645,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Research Participant Recruiter,"Great place, stagnated growth","The perks are unbeatable and it's a great place to start a career, learn how to function in a fast-paced environment, and learn the principles of work/life balance.","I experienced stagnated growth. Internal mobility was hard, especially for those of us who were high performers.","Don't just say that you want to grow your people, actually help them find opportunities to stay with the company and grow beyond their current roles.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34646,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Best,"Amazing people, culture, product, and collaboration model. Very happy at the company overall and impressed w the vision. Love the company.",Compensation is below par for those who have been at the company beyond their vesting period or who have internally transferred,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34647,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Trainer,"Amazing Company, Leadership, Employees and Opportunity",Facebook is truly a best-in-class company. They hire the brightest people. The leadership is truly transparent and addresses any new projects or ongoing concerns. The perks are amazing and the opportunity for growth are endless. I love it here,The company is growing quickly and offices are getting crowded.,Keep doing what you're doing! The great leadership has helped this company recruit and grow!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34648,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,A 100% real Great Place To Work!,"Mission, Culture and Benefits are the best!",The main challenge is the Traffic during rush hours!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34649,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job/company I will ever work for. Hands down.,"The list of pros is endless: - Company culture (they don't just talk the talk - the culture really IS as good as it sounds, if not better) - The most brilliant people in the world are your coworkers and friends - Amazing managers and management philosophy - Endless opportunities to grow, learn, stretch, move around, change, and to have impact - Best perks you'll ever find (amazing benefits, pto, parental leave, food, wellness, the list goes on) - Incredible leaders (Mark, Sheryl, Schrep, etc) with visions for the future and love for what they do - Facebook TRULY cares about its people above all else  I could go on and on - Its the #1 place to work for a reason.","None really that I can think of. I mean it. Everything I could say as a con really ends up being neutral or positive in one way or another. Manage your time well, find balance in your life, and be a champion of your own career and you will be fine.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P40.htm
34650,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Competitive compensation package if you join the company at the right time (when stock price is low.) Otherwise it won't be too attractive unless you are E5.  Lots of things to learn in the company, good benefit.  If you can get a management role, you will be in haven. Most of the managers their life is very very easy, they only need to care about their team don't get downsize in the political wrestling.","Manager's turn over rate is too high. I got 8 different manager in three year. Some area got lots of politics, watch who is the head of that department.  Instagram, Messenger has pretty bad culture at this moment.  Literally no life when you want to get good perf review ratings.",Fire those manager who doesn't have good pulse review. Don't keep bring lots of manager from outside especially from those company which culture is bad. They bring the bad culture into the company as well. (e.g. Yahoo at this stage),4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34651,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,"great place, great culture","big opportunity and fast-moving, great for individs that like ambiguity",more collaboration between product teams internally,keep it up!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34652,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Product Quality Analyst,Amazing company to work for.,Smart co-workers Rewarding work Great perks and benefits Competitive salary,Work/Life balance can be hard,N/A,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34653,facebook,"New York, NY"," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place to work,"Culture is carefully engineered to be a great place to work. Engineers are given great benefits and compensation, a lot of autonomy, and a lot of resources to grow.","Very few, as long as you diligently maintain your own work-life boundaries.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34654,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - SMB Account Executive,"good, fun place to work","great food, smart people, you don't take your work home with you","pay could be better, fairly corporate atmosphere",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34655,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great contractor experience!,"Great contractor benefits such as shuttle transportation from the city, and a variety of food and snack options to fit any diet. You can also get involved in the many diverse social and sports clubs, and meet other employees that way. The Menlo Park campus is beautiful, and Facebook provides a variety of facilities and spaces for employees even when they're not working.","It's not particularly easy to transfer teams or move up as an entry-level contractor, unless you have the right skills — or happen to meet the right people. There are also restrictions to certain benefits and activities, but it's definitely not a make or break situation.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34656,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 12, 2017","Current Employee - Director, Customer Insights","Director, Customer Insights","Great opportunities, lots of perks, A teams!","Long hours, cut throat culture",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34657,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Awesome culture,"Amazing inclusive, open, honest, caring culture. Perks are amazing (free gourmet food, 4-months paid parental leave, $$ for gym/fitness activities you can use for ski passes), no shortage of interesting problems to solve, working with wickedly smart people is also great. Inspiring weekly Q&As with Zuck and sometimes Sheryl.",Pressure to move fast. Work life balance could be better.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34658,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 22, 2017","Current Employee - Technical Recruiter, Leadership","Technical Recruiter, Leadership","My manager and team are phenomenal. Everyone I have gotten to work is brilliant, respectful, courteous, helpful and fun to be around. The mission at Facebook is motivating and speaks the truth about the culture.","This company is very fast-paced. If you are not willing to put in the work and time, you will fall behind. You need to be self-sufficient to be successful here.",Keep up the good work. Would love to hear you speak more on campus. I am completely motivated by you!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34659,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love this company,"-Great benefits (free food, free insurance, free accounts like Care.com and Dropbox) -Flexible schedules -401k matching -stocks and bonuses",-growing too fast for space -a little disorganized sometimes because everyone moves so fast,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P41.htm
34660,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,facebook,"benefits, culture, flexibility, people are the key benefits","crowded, some work-life balance issues, not as transparent as expounded.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34661,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Frontend Engineer,What do you think?,The work life balance was great! Worked with tons brilliant engineers and project managers!,Hard to be heard as an individual.,Take extra time to care for your employee's opinions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34662,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Awesome free food (3 times a day high quality breakfast, lunch and dinner, made fresh from scratch with organic ingredients) Smart and driven people to work with Insane compensation (mind blowing!) A strong culture of fairness Strong bottom-up work culture Impact driven, much less politics than other companies","Intense environment, highly demanding, but also highly rewarding",Top priority must be to retain this culture as the company grows.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34663,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Market Leader,Market Lead,"Amazing company to work for. Great values, support of their employees and overall company mission.",Expect more clear career growth path,Better career growth guidance,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34664,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Happiest I've Ever Been,"Facebook is a truly incredible company. Sure, they give you three meals a day, crazy benefits, and all those bells and whistles, but I would recommend this company to anyone 1000 times over even without all that stuff. People leadership is best in class, things here move REALLY quickly, and internally it feels more like a startup rather than a massive corporation. I feel more connected to our C-level team than I have at any other company, probably because they are so open and transparent about their decisions.","If you can't deal with ambiguity then you probably shouldn't apply. We move fast, and managers aren't super prescriptive about daily tasks and responsibility. Everyone takes ownership of their own time, which is great, but I imagine some people would struggle with that.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34665,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Content Specialist,Best In Tech,* Smart coworkers - some of the best in the world * Amazing perks * Incredible product * Many opportunities,* Some entitled coworkers - lots of younger people whose first job is at the best company in the world,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34666,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Content Manager,"Wrote the news, was replaced by algorithm","Laid back, welcoming to young people",Was easily replaced in poor company decision,Keep the real people,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34667,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 15, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Good situation,Good place to work. Treats you well.,Not much. Maybe a little too Silicon Valley.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34668,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Phenomenal,"The people, the mission, the way the company respects its employees. Everyone here is super pumped about work, but in a way where team work is prioritized over individual ambitions.","Things move fast and change a lot. Products can get scrapped very quickly if early evidence shows negative metrics. This can somewhat be discouraging to the people working on it, however, is, many times, understandably a necessity.",Add more structure to project execution,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34669,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,"If it stays like this, I may never leave","The culture here is truly like nowhere else on the planet. Any company can pay lip service to things like collaboration, fun, caring about people, wanting you to feel comfortable at work, building community, etc. But having an open and honest environment at our size is one of the hardest things to do, and yet Facebook seems to do it so effortlessly. I love coming into work every day because I know I'll be challenged in the right ways, I'll embrace hard conversations because I know we're all working to the shared mission, and I know that everyone leaves their ego at the door without other agendas. It's truly magical and like nowhere else in the world.  Also, you get used to it after a while, but the perks are out of this world. I never worry about much of anything in my personal life because Facebook takes such good care of us.","Facebook's size means your scope of work may not be as broad as it was at a 5-person startup. However, most days I see that as a positive because we get to masterfully execute our day-to-day and we're growing a lot.","As you're already doing, keep prioritizing the culture first and foremost when we add so many new people.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P42.htm
34670,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very positive,"Good culture, awesome co-workes, smart management","No real cons, great opportunity",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34671,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Best case scenario,"Fast moving, exciting, smart groups of people. The products are amazing for consumers and businesses. I honestly never thought I'd be one of these people saying the most positive review on Glassdoor but I am honestly blown away with how genuinely great Facebook has been the first 6 months.","There is some feeling of imposter syndrome because most are really really talented, but it only makes you better by being around such talent.","Reduce the noise of inputs of information, consolidate thing so prioritizing is more stream lined.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34672,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,One of the best places to work,"work-life balance, great food, beautiful campus, great people, diverse workforce",meeting rooms are scarcely available,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34673,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A great place to work,There are some of the best talents in the area. Challenging problems and good career opportunities.,There is no food on weekends.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34674,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,"transparency, benefits, culture, projects, team outtings, shuttles, food","company is growing, so there's some growing pains (moving, etc.)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34675,facebook,"New York, NY"," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Creative Strategist,I'm a Creative Shop Strategist and I love my job.,"- Working with smart, passionate, driven people. - Working towards a collective issue. - Working for incredible, transparent leaders (Zuck and Sheryl are amazing) - The perks. Oh my god, the perks. Your quality of life is just better when you work for Facebook. - The future.",- Work/Life balance could be better.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34676,facebook,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Research Scientist,Happy researcher,Fast moving Great benefits Work independence Good colleagues,Ambiguity in roles Struggling to define themselves,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34677,facebook,"New York, NY"," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"1) The only metric we're measured on is ""impact"". This feels completely fair to me. It also means you get to pick your own hours as long as you get some impactful things done and you're still in sync with all of the other people on your project. 2) It's easy for engineers to switch teams. That means you don't need to know what you enjoy working on before you join and you can't get stuck with a bad manager. 3) New York-specific: the company is in East Village, which means you can live in the most exciting part of the city AND have the luxury of walking to work. 4) I think Facebook's company history is interesting. 5) Facebook's language infrastructure is phenomenal. Its PHP and Javascript is type-checked, which makes it so much easier to read without typeof checks everywhere.","1) New York-specific: There's about 15 different engineering teams to choose from, which can be a deal breaker if your heart is already set on a particular team we don't have.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34678,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Incredibly Empowering,You have an amazing level of freedom in deciding what team you want to work on and what you want to do within that team. It is your responsibility to decide how you want to generate value for the company.  Also the compensation and benefits are amazing.,"You are measured based on results achieved, not on how hard you try. I think of this as a Pro, but I know a number of people find it to be a Con.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34679,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,How its like to work for Facebook,1. Great energy 2. Highly motivated folks 3. Good work 4. Connecting the world literally 5. Awesome perks 6. Decent salary,1. Little bit distraction because of so many awesome things around,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P43.htm
34680,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Working at Facebook is very fulfilling,"Very flat org structure, you get to decide on projects and direction directly with your fellow engineers. Great people (this is the first place where i was able to learn from others), great perks and pay, everybody is onboard with the company's mission.",The office is in menlo park - pretty far from SF,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34681,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Best company I've ever worked for,Amazing culture. Awesome management. Opportunities to grow. Ability to work on stuff I actually care about. Great benefits.,Company has grown a lot. I joined in 2014 when everyone was on one campus. Now there are a lot of buildings.,Keep doing what you're doing. Allow people to work on things they care about.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34682,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Production Engineering,"Huge breadth and depth you can choose to work in mix of feature development and ops work, free to focus on either or both. scale of systems is truly enormous",Work life balance varies widely between teams. some teams PE works with can be filled with divas.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34683,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Awesome company. Tons of opportunities and challenges. Best compensation and culture in the industry.,"Every engineer, regardless of level, works more independently than most other companies, which can be a challenge for people fresh out of college with no industry experience.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34684,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Global Manager,Culture,It matters: Facebook puts a premium of its people and the culture. It means people will treat you with respect and listen to your thoughts.,"Culture comes first. While we are all encouraged to be our authentic self, if your authentic self is an butt hole, don't bother applying. Sometimes we put feeling ahead of actions as we work through the culture piece. Overall, it is a great way to operate.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34685,facebook,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Product Design Intern,Amazing place to work,- great mentorship - many opportunities to grow - challenging - a lot of benefits,- extremely high expectations - stressful - heard stories of many interns crying during the internship,- maybe put more time into team allocation - keep up with the amazing work enironment,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34686,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Art Director,Simply the Best,"I have never been more proud of the company I work for. Not only does Facebook take great care of its employees, it also takes care of the people that use its products. The values instilled within the company are the values that are projected. I'm constantly excited to go to work, learn and I look forward to the challenges ahead.",I'm sure there are downsides. But I've been employed here full-time for quite a while and have yet to see any.,The management team is great at being transparent. And setting up peers and contributors to be successful in their roles.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34687,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,First company,"interesting projects, have sth for all sorts of people",traffic jam from / to company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34688,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialist,"Great company and team culture, lots of learning opportunities outside of role",Anything I view as a con can be addressed by discussing with my team or providing feedback.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34689,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,One of the best jobs you could want,"The amount of pros here is ridiculous. You have really nice, smart people as co-workers. The work is insanely interesting and challenging. Lots of room for growth. Free food, insane perks, fantastic pays, etc.","Working with smart people is a pro and a con. It's easy to stress out about not being the smarted person there. You'll often feel you have to work extra hard to keep up, but thats something you overcome when you realize you wouldn't be there if you aren't qualified.  The area described above often affects work/life balance... because people feel this way they tend to work a lot so then you feel like you do too. After a while you find a good balance, but its easy to fall into the trap of constantly being involved in work.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P44.htm
34690,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,5 years and still grateful each day I want into the office.,"I absolutely love going to work every single day. Facebook cares about its employees and goes above and beyond to make us happy! I am forever grateful for all the free food, wonderful perks, amazing benefits, onsite amenities, unlimited snacks and beverages, top notch technology to use both in the office and at home, the shuttle rides to/from home and work, the list can go on and on.","Facebook. Nonstop. Won't stop.  Work life balance for sure. Luckily, I am young and don't have a family yet, so I can put in however many hours I need per day (est 12-14 hrs) to ensure I stay on top of my work. It's not just me who has this issue, the employees at facebook are nonstop working, so it adds pressure to your workload.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34691,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Relatively New Engineer Perspective,So many smart people that are super humble and easy to interact with. Facebook keeps titles and ranks hidden so company feels very flat. Perks are incredible they really care about their employees.,Company has grown a lot feels maybe less tight knit than in old days.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34692,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer E5,Great place to work at,"There is a lot of flexibility, freedom, focus on impact, access to the greatest minds in the field. Lots of perks, benefits, it's almost hard to take advantage of all of them since they are so many. Like is just great when working here.","Too much free food? Not really. I don't know, maybe just that it's not a start up anymore, so you won't have the chance to become a multimillionaire quickly.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34693,facebook,"Boston, MA"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"I've worked at a lot of places, this is the best","Coworkers are really smart, politics is minimal, and focus is on what you can accomplish that will help the company.","If you're working in California, the rent and commute aren't great. The East coast offices are where its at.",keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34694,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place for a software engineer to work.,"Open, flat, engineer-driven company that values free software.",High standards - not the place to work if you want to just tread water.,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34695,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Best Company on earth,"Um, where to start. Basically the hype is true. I'm not an engineer/dev type. Perhaps this is more standard for those career tracks. However, you'd be had pressed to find any company providing this kind of environment to its employees. Salary is great, bennies are great, managers are awesome, culture is fantastic and the company its doing really well. Its stable.","Don't really have any. I've heard some people say they would prefer to have an office vs open floor. Well guess what, everyone from Mark down is sitting in the open floor plan, so no one is getting a raw deal. And I love it personally.",Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34696,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mission Driven Culture,"Mission driven around making the world more open and connected, company looks after it's employees, focus on impact, built for the long haul",15K+ employees across 30+ locations means it's no longer a start-up,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34697,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,6 months in,"Motivated teammates. Everyone is willing to help out. Wonderful campus with plenty of perks: free food, onsite health and dental, lots of green space Leadership is transparent and cares about employee needs","Things move quickly. It can be difficult to keep up with the changes. There is always more work to do. Public sentiment of Facebook is not always great. Many people seem to think Facebook is evil, but internally nothing seems further from the truth.",Focus more on marketing the Facebook brand. We need people to understand how hard we work to be a positive influence.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34698,facebook,"New York, NY"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great work,"a lot of oppurtunities, great people","work for many hour, very commiting",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34699,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior UI Engineer,Best of all the places I've worked,"Great culture. High level of independence and reliance on individuals doing what they see as the best use of their talents for the company (with guidance from managers and others if needed). Each team is a little different in how they operate, but because you can pick your team after you join (and have gone through bootcamp and met many of them), you can find the fit that matches you. And if you find you need a change at some point, then you just find the next team/project (or come up with your own) that again satisfies you and helps the company as much as possible.  The perks are awesome. Free food, snacks. Lots of variety, high quality. Great benefits - I'm a big fan of the onsite medical/dental options. It's a company that cares about its employees and you can feel it imo.  Open culture. Smart people. And a growing business make it the best in tech right now.","Problems that basically persist for most tech companies in the Bay Area like commute sux. Hard to get a good commute, and if you do, then you're probably paying a steep price for it. Shuttles help a lot if you're coming from SF or surrounding cities, but still suck overall.  Generally, prices for housing suck anywhere you live in the Bay Area. If you're already here, then you already know that. If not, then be prepared - it sux.  Diversity is still a problem. Facebook is trying to fix this, and it comes up all the time about what more can be done which is good, but at the end of the day, it's still a problem.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P45.htm
34700,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,"Benefits were bananas, fun to work there, great food and everyone thinks it's cool.",Terrible commute if you can't afford a million dollar apartment in Menlo Park.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34701,facebook,"New York, NY"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Client Partner,Inspired to do your best work,"competitive salary, outstanding peer set, great benefits",growing fast making it hard to maintain the culture,ensure that all leaders actually live the values. Getting tougher as we get bigger.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34702,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best company I worked so far!,"+ Great environment, you are surrounded by world class engineers who are excellent colleagues + Culture: Move fast, be bold and make impact, collaborative + Meritocracy, less politics + Lot of freedom, company still doesn't have lot of processes",- Work life balance can be challenging at times,- Keep focus on preserving FB culture as company grows!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34703,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Research Manager,Focus on Impact,Great resources to get your job done. Flexible and independent work. Product touches over 1B people. Very transparent across the organization.,Leadership in some areas in lacking. Having so much financial success allows the company to make some bonehead product decisions without major repercussions (this can be very frustrating after a while). Many teams didn't have a strong design voice while I was there. Over-reliance on data in decision making.,Embrace design leadership at the executive level.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34704,facebook,"New York, NY"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Front End Engineer,"Work hard, play hard","Some of the best compensation and perks in tech, together with huge impact and incredibly smart people.","Performance-based culture leads to poor work/life balance. Performing at senior engineering levels is very hard. No free time for self-development and/or infrastructure improvement, too much focus on continuous fast moving forward.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34705,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,Great place to work and have a successful career. People care about what they do. Benefits are awesome and love working here.,"Work pressure can creep up sometime. Org changes can happen often. However, this is all part of growing pain.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34706,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with a bright future,"Hands-down the smartest people I've worked for in my career Great open culture. People are driven by team and company success, not personal ego. Pay well-above industry standard, for every job in the company.","There is one little *thing*  Some devs came up with a lottery program. Once a year it generates a bunch of random numbers and assigns one to each person in the company. Then of that list of numbers it generated, it randomly selects one. Whoever that number is assigned to is the lottery ""winner"". The winner is then taken to a private, sound-proof room where they are chained to a wall and then are beaten to death with a tire iron by Mark Zuckerberg while he screams ""LOTTERY In June STOCKS BE HEAVY SOON!!! MUHaHAHAHAHA!!!!""",Better lottery prize please?,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34707,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience - love my job!,"Smart, motivated coworkers Perks are fantastic High impact work Trust in employees - no micromanagement Focus on employee strengths","Work-life balance: pressure to move fast + type-A people, jobs best suited for those without families Management is hit or miss - too many external hires Lateral transitions are easy/encouraged, but it's difficult and political to move up in a role.",More internal promotions - invest in the talent we have,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34708,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook Engineer,"Work life balance, we do not punch a clock",Management is lacking focus on the teams.,Listen to your subordinates.,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34709,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook engineer,Great place to work with great people.,No complaints here. Just wanted a new challenge.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P46.htm
34710,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Can't Imagine Leaving,"1. Wicked smart people. I find that I'm learning from a LOT of my co-workers and I was a top 5%'er at my previous company of 300,000+ employees. 2. People are really collaborative, in that they won't go change something without talking to the person impacted. 3. Amazing internal tools to do my day-to-day job. 4. Really impressed with Mark and Sheryl. They are genuinely as kind and intelligent as they appear from the outside.",1. the way engineering is prioritized #1 in everything leads to arrogance among engineering directors,"Keep up the great work. Be careful, don't let eng directors become arrogant jerks over time.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34711,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Writer,"Move fast, dream big","It might sound cheesy, but the best part of working at Facebook is knowing that management truly cares about my success and wellbeing. The benefits are nice, but being trusted and supported with stellar people? That's what really counts.","As you might imagine, you do run into some entitled, privileged employees. That said, it seems to come with the tech territory. It's certainly also a fast paced environment with ever-shifting deadlines, though I wouldn't consider the work life balance to be much worse than other companies.",Invest even more in diversity of employees. Continue to value managers who support and care for their reports.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34712,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place,Good place to work smart colleagues,too much work but I think this is normal for a big tech company like facebook,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34713,facebook,"Union City, CA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,"Best place I've ever worked in my whole career! My coworkers are talented (and nice!), the work is fulfilling, interesting and intellectually stimulating. The pay is competitive pay and the perks are just ridiculously awesome.","Work hours are longer than my previous job (this is not a 9-5 gig), but it's because I care about doing a great job. I think I can work less hours if I didn't give a damn, but I actually care about my work and my mission.",Be careful of allowing growth to get in the way of doing our job. I hope that Facebook doesn't get consumed by bureaucracy like other companies I've worked for in the past as it grows.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34714,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,Ok,Free food is something really nice,Nothing I can think of right now.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34715,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Working at Facebook is as good as it gets,"The people I work with are what makes Facebook so amazing. Everyone is legitimately passionate about their work and the impact their having. Perks and salary aside (both of which are great), it's amazing going into work every day knowing that what i'm doing is having a direct impact on our 1.7 billion (and growing every day) users. I get excited to come into work every day, even after 1.5 years, and I wouldn't trade that for the world!","When I first joined one of the things I loved was the internal transparency, there were no ""locked doors"" and leadership/management was always very open about things going on at the company, but lately it seems like upper management are keeping more and more things confidential without any explanation as to why.","Be more open and transparent about ongoing projects, work, and roadmaps because it ultimately leads to better and more impactful work since your employees can see the road ahead and get excited.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34716,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome office in Seattle!,"- Internal tooling: Coming from Microsoft, the internal tooling here is nothing short of incredible. Everything just *works*, and it's mostly consistent throughout the entire company. Everyone uses the same code review process. Everyone uses the same build tools. Everyone uses the same check in process (per repository). Everyone uses the same employee feedback process. etc... There are also lots of internal services that are really helpful. Services for deployment, managing configuration, a/b testing, etc. Because everyone uses the same tools, everyone invests in them and they're well-documented, easy to learn, etc. - People: everyone I've worked with is really smart and happy to lend a helping hand. Haven't had any issues so far. - Work: I've enjoyed the kind of problems that I get to solve at Facebook much more than the kind of problems I got to solve at Microsoft. I worked on four different teams at Microsoft. The problems here are more challenging and require scalable, efficient solutions. - Culture: The culture here is fantastic. Internally, there is a lot of transparency. There isn't too much politics. You can make improvements on part of the codebase. There isn't much process to slow you down. There is a lot of individual freedom in what your prioritize and work on. - Work life balance: I've had great work life balance here. I typically work 35-40 hours a week, and I've not once stayed late for dinner. On-call is pretty light--much easier than on-call at Microsoft. This might vary by team. - Food: Really good food. Lots of healthy options (and unhealthy options if you want a cheat day). - Benefits: Pretty happy with the benefits. The transportation options are really good. The baby benefits are great.",- 401k matching is capped at 50% match up to 7% of base salary - No matching contributions for charitable giving,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34717,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - SRE (A K A Production Engineer),IC6,"smart people, good vacation, benefits. shuttle busses to work to avoid traffic. 3 meals a day, but then you're at work 10 hours.","very very big, beaurocracy creeping in fast.",stop hiring,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34718,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Ship ship ship ship,"Doing well financially, awesome people. Good benefits. Corporate culture is transparent. Mark is awesome.",Ship ship ship ship ship. Open office. Growing super fast. Crowded.,Broken things suck. Moving a little slower and not breaking things would work for some people.,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34719,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,It doesn't get better than this.,"Mission- feels good to come to work every day, benefits- everything you can think of, trust- complete and total, people- actually become friends, flexibility.",Lot of potential to succeed so putting pressure on yourself and becoming all consumed by moving up up up up.,Continue being as transparent as possible,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P47.htm
34720,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hell for Contractors,Free food Happy hour/free alcohol Open work space Technology Weird themed rooms,"Contractors are treated like subhumans, not allowed to certain events  Contractors through certain companies have no one acting on their behalf or acting as liaisons between Facebook and the contracting company  Entire teams can and do get laid off with no warning","Treat your contractors like human beings  Make sure you have people in place to act as liaisons between Facebook and the contracting company  Give your contractors some job security  Be more transparent  Use direct language, don't hedge reports and updates with fluffy language and idealism",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34721,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to learn from the best,- Smart people - Amazing infra to build on - Merit driven culture,"- Work life balance kinda sucks, really","Yes, connecting the world is important, but not all means justify that end.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34722,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jan 1, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Executive,Amazing challenges,"happy co worker, many chances for cross train","too many pressure, work all day and night",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34723,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Graphic Design Manager,Best place I have ever worked,"Open culture, lots of autonomy, and you'll work with some of the most brilliant people in the industry. Lots to learn and you truly feel like you make a difference when you're part of Facebook.",The company moves FAST -- it can be a little overwhelming when you first start. But lately there have been lots of helpful resources to help get new hires up to speed,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34724,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Market Specialist,Love it here,"I've never felt so excited to go to work. Aside from the perks (that kick butt), every employee is extremely intelligent, hard working and friendly. We joke around and solve problems 10 minutes later. Managers are just as cool and the new guy. No one pretends to be anything that they're not. I like the honesty.","Trying to think of something. Lets see... Oh I can see how someone can gain weight very easily! Aside from the free delicious food, employees love bringing in baked goods that they've made at home.",Keep grooming the next generation of leaders.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34725,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Administrative Assistant,"Treated with respect, lots of flexibility, encouraged to grow and play to your strengths",Desire to perform is so high it makes it hard to have work life balance. But being committed to our mission isn't a bad thing.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34726,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer review,"Famous company, excellent compensation, beautiful workplace and fancy office",work-life balance is not as light as other companies like google and microsoft,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34727,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources,Better than Google!,"I've worked for Google and Facebook and feel more valued at Facebook. From interview, first day, and onwards, it's embedded in your head to be your ""authentic self"". Facebook seems like the hip, new Google and the impact is tremendous!",Parking is limited but lots of ways you can get to work. Benefits are great but there are some that don't compare to Google like 401k isn't as competitive.,Keep improving perks to attract more talent. You are doing a great job retaining talent!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34728,facebook,"Miami, FL"," Dec 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,facebook miami,"incredible leadership, innovative product, fantastic colleagues, opportunity for growth",distance from headquarters in california,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34729,facebook,"New York, NY"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Interesting work, great benefits, good work-life balance","In my experience at Facebook, I've found the work to be interesting and industry-leading, and the people to be smart, engaged and impact-driven. We get stuff done. At the same time, the company benefits are great, and I've been able to achieve a good state of work-life integration.","Working in NY will require travel to MPK (headquarters). My travel has averaged about ~20% of my time. NY is still a growing office, so opportunities at senior levels still seem limited.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P48.htm
34730,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company to Work for,"Great work culture, diverse group of people to work with, wonderful benefits.","Fast paced, but enjoyable :)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34731,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Analyst,"Great place to work, Hard to navigate career growth and internal politics",- Amazing benefits. They really take care of employees. - Great workplace environment. Coworkers feel like family and are very supportive of each other. - Mission of the company truly runs deep. - Flexible work hours and environment. There is generally a high degree of trust between employees.,"- The open floor plan can be completely draining (especially for introverts, like myself). - Very unclear career growth. I started as an early career employee and one of the main reasons I left was because I felt like there was really little investment in my professional and personal growth. I found that Facebook really likes employees that will work hard and make them look good, but they don't care about helping you move up to the next level. There was no clear progression. A part of this is the flat organizational structure, which appeals to some but not to all. - Very millennial feeling (I'm a millennial too) and can feel extremely unprofessional at times. No line between personal and professional relationships. Again, this is up to personal choice but it didn't feel great to me all the time. - Cult-like worship of upper management (Mark and Sheryl). They are awesome people to look up to but people are not critical enough of the company all the time. It felt like people were always blind-sided by the flashiness of M-team's messaging. - Facebook hires a lot of contractors to full-time positions (especially in Austin), which can feel irksome. - Since the company has grown so much, they need to stop acting like a startup. - It's easy to do work that isn't actually fulfilling but is necessary to run the company. - Loved the mission and messaging of the company but didn't feel like my work was impactful in any way, which was an unfortunate feeling. - Pay is not that good for entry level/early career business side roles. Engineers make a lot more, unsurprisingly. - This is an engineer-run company, after all. So if you are on the business side, expect to be heavily reliant on engineering resources, which can be extremely draining and frustrating. - Facebook says it's easy to transition between roles and teams but I found that to not be true. That's another reason why I left. It may be easier on the engineering side. Additionally, being a remote office truly limits your networking and career opportunities (even if they tell you otherwise). - I had more managers than I could count in one year. The turnover was way too high and I didn't feel like anyone was invested in me. I wasn't growing and as an early career professional, growth is my top priority. - Facebook is a global company and most of its users are outside of the US. However, the mindset is still extremely American and I frankly found the way in which people talked about users outside of the US to be downright offensive at times. There was no desire to get to deeply understand user behavior and market trends outside of the US. Given how the world economy is trending, Facebook will be in a bad position if employee mindsets don't change. There are companies all over the world (especially in Asia) that are taking over (and have already taken over) the spaces Facebook is trying to break into as of late. - A combination of unclear expectations and high manager turnover led to not-stellar performance reviews for me. - People always said I could work on what interested me and what I was good at but whenever I tried to do so, I was shut down.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,41,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34732,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Infrastructure Engineer,"Facebook is the worst job, except for all the others","Facebook is probably the best big company to work for. The company cares a lot about having its employees being productive and satisfied with their jobs and it works hard at maintaining an environment to support that. As a survivor from the real world, this is really rare -- pretty much every company-wide system is designed to make life easier for employees. The benefits and conveniences offered are amazing.  Many decisions about the company and its goals are made fairly transparently and open discussion about most things is encouraged. This can get really annoying at times.  Unlike most companies, Zuck is actually a pretty inspiring leader. He makes mistakes, but does learn from them. He has really lofty goals, though, and doing the right thing is highly subjective when trying to change the world.  If you are politically savvy and willing to work hard and make sure others notice that hard work, you will go far. You will learn a lot if you seek out opportunities to learn, and work with a lot of very talented people. You have to own this yourself, though, don't count on a lot of support.","Facebook still believes that it is a magical meritocracy reasonably free from corporate nonsense. While there aren't any Office Space-style TPS reports to fill out and you don't have to bring in your own coffee and toilet paper, it is now just a big company job like any other. If you want something, whether it be a promotion or a good dessert from the cafeteria, you have to plan how to get it, execute on the plan, and then make sure everyone else knows what you did and how great it was. You also have to share just enough detail to be convincing but not so much that people can poke holes in your story or usurp your dessert acquisition techniques.  The typical first level line manager at Facebook doesn't have prior management experience, only knows the Facebook way of doing things, and is overwhelmed with all the pressure being placed on them. It's a really hard job, too, your manager will be responsible both for setting the direction of your team and for making sure you and your colleagues grow at the company. Most people are not good at either of those things, let alone both. Be aware of what your manager is looking for and how to best communicate it.  Everything FB does is subject to a lot of public scrutiny, and you will know how the sausage is made and see that the goals of the company aren't focused on invading privacy or global domination like everyone else thinks. It's hard to see this thing that takes up so much of your life lionized and loathed by the press and your friends.  For engineers, a lot of the tools you will use day-to-day are incomplete, broken, poorly documented, and might not be supported anymore. You will get used to this. ""Move fast and break things"" is more complicated than it sounds, and that's really hard to adapt to when coming from a more traditional company. Have big goals but chop them up into small tasks with well-defined success indicators and communicate them early and often.","To the director- and VP-level people that have been at FB a long time: it's not the same company you went to work at lo those many years ago. There are between 5 and 50 times more employees now, way more products, and way more moving parts. If you want Facebook to stay Facebook-y, invest in the culture that you love. Teach people how to be successful and reward individuals that focus on impact that makes everyone's work easier and the product better, not on whatever new hotness made a contrived graph go in the right direction. Lots of things aren't working right anymore and it is up to you to start the hard conversations about which sacred cows can't provide enough milk for tens of thousands of employees because you never taught the new people how to talk about that stuff.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34733,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Developer Operations Specialist,Awesome place to work,"Work on a product used by Billions, run by a CEO and executive team of rockstars. Mission driven, Flexible, cutting edge products used by people, developers, publishers, advertisers etc. Awesome perks.","Long commute from SF to HQ, Company getting large now and it's harder to work on most impactful products.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34734,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place to work,"great perks, young, impact, pay",code quality is not good,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34735,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great compensation if you can cut it,"Great benefits and compensation. Lots of different technologies to work on, lots of opportunities for visibility and impact. Good place to learn and explore mobile, full stack and backend infrastructure. Fun place to work when things are going well.","High stress, lot of turnover. I've had a new manager every year. Some teams have a 24/7 work expectation. Highly competitive, and you are competing with lots of smart people. Seems very difficult to get a promotion and junior people who don't rise fast enough are pushed out. For senior engineers, one bad project or not enough impact and it can be very difficult to course-correct.",Fix the fake news problem. Recognize that incremental improvements and investment in software infrastructure pay long term dividends and reward that. Not everything is easy to quantify in terms of impact and a lot of work on quality goes unrewarded.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34736,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Learning Ops Specialist,"Open, Connected, & Diverse",You can be who you really are and no pretense. Every day is a new learning experience with wonderful opportunities to grow.,Great placr to work! Can't think of any!,Keep up the great work! Love working here! Proud to be a Facebook employee.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34737,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,FB: Hard Problems and Fun People,"It's a social networking company so it pre-selects for social people. Most of my coworkers want to be friends in addition to colleagues.  The scale is amazing: it's exciting but also humbling to sit in a room and talk about how 1B will use our product.  With that scale comes the requirement for precision in algorithms, data structures and code clarity that I've never experienced before.","Being very data-driven can push out more sentiment-based projects and sometimes puts too much of a burden on teams to identify exactly the right metric to optimize for.  Tooling for developers is improving but with such a large codebase and so many developers, creating a branch, making a change and building can take a long time. This is especially true on mobile.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34738,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,"Best hiring experience I have ever had, fairly quick process, good communication and transparency.",None that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34739,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Amazing,"Besides the usual (brilliant people, delicious free meals for breakfast/lunch/dinner, beautiful campus, great benefits, cutting edge technology, etc..) I was surprised by how open the information transfer is from team to team and how much flexibility and options there are for career growth.","Despite the great salary, the cost of living in the area is still a pain point.",I would like to see more tech talks from people outside of Facebook.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P49.htm
34740,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Product Designer,A workplace that aligns with my personal values,"Great personable, consistent and admirable leadership. Majority of the workforce puts effort into aligning than realigning on the mission and the company's core values. All the benefits and convenient services offered on campus help you focus on what you do best. Love the people—some of the smartest, most passionate, and committed—I get to work with.","No particular cons, except note that it's a pretty large organization that is ran by countless autonomous teams meaning experiences in each team could be quite different.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34741,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,"Great culture, strong engineers, very nice campus",it's getting bigger and bigger,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34742,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Product Support Specialist,Product Support (Not every team is created equal),Benefits Food Gym Youthful Culture Great Executives Very smart people (engineers) Beautiful campus,"Not every team is created equal at Facebook. I'm a Product Support Specialist at Facebook working under the Global Shared Services department. Unfortunately, the role that was stated in the JD is not the role that I am in.  I was told the Product Support role would be a precursor to Product Management and that you will be spending a lot of time strategizing and helping product teams with their product roadmaps. A couple weeks in, and I soon realized that this role is purely operational and SLA based. We manned bug reports on a daily basis. Everything was numbers driven, but not in the right way. We were encouraged to analyze the tickets to find ways to improve SLA.  Leadership is quite weak. They only listen to our goals and aspirations but neither help us or nor point us to the right direction. Most of the team don't plan to stay for long. Everyone seems to have a plan B or to be using this role as a springboard to another one within Facebook.  Although I hear great things from other teams, this one is not it.","When hiring for new recruits, don't sell them on what the team will be in 2 years. Let them know what is the current state of the team. Be honest about how much time is spent on day-to-day ""tasks""  Try to be a leader and not numbers driven for your own career benefits.  Facebook is an open company, uphold those cultures.",2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34743,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Production Engineer,you get to choose what you want to work on most of time.,needs to focus on the impact.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34744,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Operations,Operations,"Amazing company, great to be here and learn about the culture, ecosystem, and products.","I think the commute is clearly a problem, but also sometimes bureaucracies exist where they should not.","Keep contractors engaged. They all maintain desires to work here long term, and many have much to offer the company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34745,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, strong exec leadership",Executive team is incredibly strong. Great people to work with across the globe. Lot of mobility options.,Middle to senior management likes to play the game and it can be hard to move upwards if you don't have management support.,"Don't focus on the people that speak the loudest or self promote the most within the groups. Really look to everyone on your team to have an equal voice and create forums that allow that, especially for international employees.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34746,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,"Highly collaborative, smart people, mission driven company, fun colleagues, fast moving, energetic","At times, lack of focus...placing too many bets and not quick enough to abandon some and focus on ones that are showing early success",Focus,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34747,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Experience,Facebook is a fun company to work for. People are laid back. Lots of fun activities and celeb appearances. Good compensation and lots of room for growth.,Facebook is currently gentrifying East Palo Alto. A lot of families in the areas surrounding Facebook can not afford to compete of housing with the Facebook employees who are making high salaries.,Continue to work on diversity and inclusion. Be more aware of cultural bias and prejudice and always nip in the bud to ensure all members of the Facebook community feel comfortable.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34748,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 18, 2016",Current Employee - Studio Video Producer,Studio Video Producer,The company has a very family-oriented feel,The main campus is in fountain valley,please hear us,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34749,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Internship at Facebook,"Good environment and interesting projects, along with amazing salary and benefits",There is a danger of working too much just because all the benefits make you think that you owe the company to work more than you already do,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P50.htm
34750,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Best place to work,Amazing agency in your work and tons of exciting things to work on. Culture is awesome as well.,Not many. I suppose one could be that most teams work long hours.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34751,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Facebook's products are used by more people than anything else. The company's mission -- to connect the world -- is good. There are many, many choices of projects for software engineers and you get to pick your team.","Facebook is a big company with rules. If you are a software engineer, you are compared to all other software engineers. If you do part of the job of a software engineer and part of the job of a something-else (PM, manager, analyst, etc), it will be hard to evaluate you. Also, it is common to have a lot of manager changes.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34752,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,"it is a good position to work, but a little bit too busy for every day",nice for the fresh people to get in. but not good for old worker,there is a huge gap between worker and management. so work better for that please.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34753,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work!,"Open and transparent culture, promotes ownership, data driven and results driven culture, very inspiring top leaders, and lots of exciting projects","Work life balance could take a hit, the company is quite large now so need to make extra efforts for visibility to leadership",Keep managing the lean and flat teams. Facebook is probably the only company that has more than 10k but still has ability to operate as a startup! And I believe most of it has to do wirh that.,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34754,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Media,"Open and transparent, great focus on driving meaningful impact","- Awesome colleagues who are very talented and driven - Open culture, lots of structured and unstructured learning taking place - Management is usually pretty good with their people - Meaningful company mission and impactful individual work - Perks are fantastic","- Big company now, moves slower than before - Lateral movements into certain departments are more difficult than they should be - Engineering and product related functions are somewhat treated better than others (management is good about combating this)","Your people are the top asset, don't forget that! I hope Zuck is still doing weekly Q&As!",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34755,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,PMM,"Facebook is full of high-achieving, smart and conscientious people. The vision and subsequent goals are highly ambitious and keep everyone on their toes. We value individuals and bringing your authentic self to work, and that makes it a great place to become friends with your coworkers and shed the stress of work vs. personal separation. We also use Facebook as a core internal work tool, and I can't imagine working somewhere where it isn't used.",Facebook has grown at such a rapid rate that the quality of people has gone down a bit. There are roles popping up that are more administrative and low-impact. Promotions can feel like seat time + politics rather than ability and impact.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34756,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Benefits but Not True to Healthy Work/Life Balance They Promote,"The amenities are nice for full-time employees, but it feels like a smoke-screen almost. I feel like we're being blinded into happiness with all these things being thrown at us to take advantage of. I'm starting to see through them and realize what they are truly for...to make you think you are happy and have the best job, and work for the best company ever, when you really don't...they got us by the balls here...","Laptop and phone each employee is given is not a perk, but a leash...you are always expected to be on them even when you are not at work trying to enjoy the life you are actually working for. Because they have issued you these items, there are no excuses.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34757,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Mission-driven, huge impact, helping people",People care about helping others and live by the company's values. Huge opportunity to learn. Great autonomy and flexibility for employees.,On-calls shifts can be tough,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34758,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"AVOID Publisher Solutions, otherwise fabulous place to work","Mission-driven company with a decently open-and-transparent culture (except when you have feedback they don't want to hear--see below). The perks are phenomenal. For most teams, there is a clear path to personal success (again, see below for important caveat).","The Publisher Solutions org has been in flux for over two years. I no longer have any confidence that the leadership knows what they are doing. Rather than helping their people identify and align on impactful projects, they are turned inwards, patting themselves on the back from the top down and only caring about posturing in their own careers. It's politics in the worst way, and can go unchecked at a company as large as Facebook. They systemically suppress the talents of people who do not buy into the secret club. It has not been my experience that this toxic culture exists outside of that org.","Talk to your employees--find out why some of your smartest people aren't having intended impact. Listen to your employees when they ask for help, and look into whether it indicates a broader, systemic issue.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34759,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Landslide win over Google for career growth,"I just left Google and joined Facebook, and felt so much happier. The reasons are:  1. The real impact At Google I joined a team whose product is only used by less than 1000 people, and even for that product I was assigned to do a peripheral part, whose functionality actually doesn't matter at all. Just for that module, I had to write unit test for every silly part of the code, and took long iteration cycles. I admit those are good engineering coding trainings, however taking precious time in my life to work on something that doesn't matter is just a waste of my life.  In Facebook things just move so much faster. There are standard software engineering review process but not as rigid. Just during training (boot camp) weeks, I had tasks to change very important part of Facebook's core code, and the second day after I check-in my code, it got shipped to almost 1 billion people. As a software engineer I cannot recall a moment I felt better for my job.  Then I joined a team that's extremely important to Facebook's revenue. A mistake in the code I changed could cause Facebook million dollar a day. However Facebook just trusted us, allowed us making mistake and having quick iteration cycles to test ideas fast. If I make a coding mistake in my team in Google it might cost Google nothing in terms of revenue as my product was small, however the development process was so strict I could not have chance to try my innovations or test my ideas. But in Facebook that's all possible.  2. The organizational structure Google's organization is now very structured and hierarchical. Facebook is having more layers, but the working style is still flat, and social-network style. Speaking to people in different teams, form an idea, lead a virtual team and complete it, this style is still valued. My boss is more like a mentor helping me navigating through the ideas, rather than an authority telling me what to do.","1. I don't quite like the office decoration style. A little bit stressful and factory like. 2. The compensation is better than Google but not as good as other smaller companies. 3. Despite good acquisitions for solidify the position in social media, social networks, there is still uncertainty about the future of this company.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,164,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P51.htm
34760,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company,Lots of opportunities and amazing work culture,Work life balance cane become a problem,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34761,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - California,HRBP,"A compelling mission, amazing people who raise your game, a fantastic work environment, and a culture that allows you to be yourself.","We're in fast growth which means you have to be prepared to keep up with scaling our products, services, and teams. The good part of this is great career opportunity but, for people who don't know how to scale, it requires new muscles.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34762,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Mediocre,"The most attractive aspect of working at Facebook was the lay prestige. The salary was competitive and, of course, one of the big reasons to work there, but you can get that somewhere else relatively easily.","The work itself was not very interesting, and there were a few months I got stuck doing absolutely abysmal maintenance work on old code. Among management, there are a few bad apples that can make working there less pleasant.","I left Facebook quite a while ago, and things change quickly, so I'm not sure how much of this advice is relevant but I can say a couple of things. Firstly, employees should be given more freedom over what kind of work they are doing. This can possibly be implemented in the form of 20% time personal projects or something like that. Secondly, high performers should be more publicly recognized.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34763,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Best Place To Work. Period.,"Open culture. Ability to grow, fast. Transparency. As amazing as the perks are, the day to day of Facebook is what keeps me here. This is the best place I have ever worked, bar none.",None. This is truly a special place to work.,Keep doing what you are doing. This is a special place.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34764,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Coming up on a year employed, and I'm finally getting my sea legs...","Incredible group of talented, creative, and motivated people. Company with a vision and a set of products that you can get behind -- morally and technically. Plentiful opportunities for advancement. Creativity is very highly appreciated.","Sometimes Facebook feels like barely organized chaos. But it somehow works! A huge part of the culture is bottom-up -- i.e., the day-to-day, week-to-week direction really does flow from the employees much more than the management.  It took a while to get used to the open spaces and the diverse campus locations, but I'm used to it now (a year in) and again, and it doesn't really get in the way that much.","Provide more transparency in terms of vision. Let people know what is going on in your heads more often. The townhalls are great, but I'm talking about VPs and directors, and not just within their own orgs. Short posts, without lots of wordsmithing. Keep the ICs in the loop in your visions!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34765,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company Ever,"Mission. Leadership. Values are lived, not just talked about. Good compensation, benefits and perks.","Commute is long from San Francisco. Other than that, I really don't have any cons.",Keep looking for ways to maintain the culture even with the growth. Keep valuing feedback - it's such a big part of what makes this place tick.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34766,facebook,"Boston, MA"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,What a great place to work,"There are many, but here are a few of my favorites:  - Play to your strengths. Too many companies and too many people work on improving weaknesses, in hopes of becoming well-rounded. This is fine, but often the better strategy is to play to your strengths, where employees do more of what they're good at, and less of what they're not good at, in a diverse team. I've never seen this done as well as at Facebook.  - Moving fast at scale. There are so many tools and frameworks to help you still move fast, as fast as any startup, that's it awesome. So impressive at Facebook's scale.  - World-class team. I know this is said often and loses meaning, but it's true here. Every single person is both smart and nice, a rare combination.  - They care about the right things, and don't care about the wrong things. Both parts of this are important. Too many companies sweat the small stuff that doesn't matter, e.g. who's invited to a meeting or whatever. At Facebook, everyone is just trying to make a positive impact, without care for politics etc.","- Things change fast. If you're not at ease with change, or if you're seeking a place that never changes, this is not the right company for you. This includes projects, tools, technologies, teams...  - There are multiple technical ways of doing most things. It's not always clear which is the best way, so you have to ask people. I think that's actually OK as you get to know your colleagues. But if you're the kind of person who wants perfect documentation for everything, this is not the place for you.","Stick to what you're doing, it's working :)",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34767,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Facebook research scientist,"free food, and smart people working with",more engineering and workload is pretty high,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34768,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is the best company I've worked for,"Mutual respect, egalitarianism, meritocracy, flexibility. This place makes employees feel welcome and relevant, regardless of their age and gender. What matters is how good you are at doing your job. Everything else is irrelevant. I had some reservations about the the open floor plan, but it actually works to energize the people. You can hear the brains buzzing :-)","The open floor plan has a downside: if someone comes in sick with a cold or flu, its too easy to pass it on to others. It is addressed very thoughtfully though, so it's not such a big deal.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34769,facebook,"New York, NY"," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Experience,The benefits from working at FB are amazing. They are not just throwing money at employees on useless items. They are thoughtful and trying to make people more productive and healthier with the items they provide.,It is a very young company. The benefit is that it creates an aggressive and flexible style of working. On the flip side if you like consistency and predictability - this is not the place for you.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P52.htm
34770,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Lead,5 years in and still loving it!,- Hard problems - Strong management/mentorship - Tons of resources - Strong company values - Excellent executive leadership (Mark/Sheryl/Schrep/Cox) - Focus on diversity - Food and general benefits are top of the charts - Flexible work schedule,"- Commute is O.K., I find it productive but friends who get carsick, less ideal","As we scale, don't lose sight of the core values.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34771,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mission Driven. Impact from Day One.,"People here care deeply about the mission to connect the world. Everything we do connects to the mission and Mark talks about the mission in practically every talk. We encourage people to be their authentic selves. There's no ""work you"" and ""personal you."" There's just ""you."" People care deeply about each other here. And you have the ability to make an impact beginning on your first day. Some places it takes 6 months or a year to make meaningful progress, but here you jump in and make a difference right after orientation.","It's really fast paced and things change quickly. You have to be able to ride the waves and adapt quickly. So many people are grateful to be part of such an amazing company, but there are a few bad eggs who ruin the culture because they takers, not givers. We need to serve more humble pie in the cafes.",Remember to teach employees the importance of gratitude.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34772,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Great place to work!,Great culture and people to work with. Amazing mission and leadership.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34773,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place so far,"Smart people, fast paced and decentralized work environment which gives immense freedom to people and teams.",I came from a corporates which are not so fast paced and it is difficult onboarding with facebook. But honestly it is worth it,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34774,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Recruiter,+Impact +Working on really cool stuff +Ownership +Culture +Future of the company looks really positive and bright +Making the world more open and connected +You learn a lot from really awesome people around you,-Recruiters aren't allowed to work remote.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34775,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Love Facebook,"The perks are amazing. Transparency and openness of policy, leadership, and code base. Props to leadership admitting to their faults/failures and working to learn from them. Supporting your growth - personal and professional.","New managers in transition, but that's inevitable. Pressure to work more - this is very team dependent. Despite efforts to say work however you like, if many people on your team is working throughout the night, it's hard not to feel the pressure. Open office space isn't for everyone - where's my flow state? This has improved with more and more rooms being allocated for personal use and ability to update work status. Seattle office is older than MPK.",Keep it up. Try to bolster some of the extra programs in the Seattle office. i.e. volunteer groups seem pretty dead here.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34776,facebook,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Expert,Marketing Expert,"Training is great, great experience working across all business verticals.","little to no advancement opportunities for those who aren't in the ""old boys club""",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34777,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,Probably the best job I'll ever have.,"The move fast culture and insanely high ratio of competent co-workers make Facebook one of the most satisfying and exciting places to work in the world. Easily one of the best workplaces where you feel pampered and privileged to have a job there. The food options are vast. You'll never go hungry. There's plenty of interesting spaces around the office to meet, chill, or focus. Easy access to IT and resources removes roadblocks from your workday. Projects and tooling are shared openly within the company and knowledge transfer is highly encouraged. Aggressive device refresh policy (every 2 years). Zuck Q&A on Fridays. The ability to easily float between teams makes finding something new that you're passionate about is much more likely and keeps your employment fresh.","Your desk area can often get loud. The company often doesn't follow through enough on released products, discontinuing them within 1-2 years. You must come into the office at least 80% of the time usually, which means you must relocate near an office.",Open offices in more affordable areas that don't have extremely high real estate costs. Have succession plans well in advance for products if they don't work out.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34778,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Great place to work, amazing perks and people. Couldn't imagine myself anywhere else","No cons, the stereotype of working in tech is overrated",The best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34779,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work overall. Getting too big and complacent as it grows,Great place to work overall. Takes great care of employees Best perks! Best culture Best CEO,Getting too big. Getting complacent and hiring bar is getting lower. Lots of cliques at work,Focus on keeping the edge and keeping the culture !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P53.htm
34780,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Best place to work - PERIOD,So many things but the biggest is that Mark and Sheryl and the team deeply care about their employees. They have combined the art of deeply caring with expectation of high impact and so you don't have under performing employees contaminating the culture of care and impact.  Consider yourself lucky if you get a job at Facebook and stay there as long as you can because it will make you an incredible professional and a better human being,"Really ? Very little, I'm stuck thinking about it. I just can't find anything to say here. Like any big company you might have to work through confusing org structures but once you understand that it's easy","Continue to build programs that will bring out the best in terms of impact, speed, care, openness, courage to innovate etc in new hires especially the ones you hire at a senior level. You have managed to stay away from regressing to the mean- keep it that way!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34781,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,working experience,"good place to work and the food is amazing, team is fantastic, tech stack is pretty new.",work pressure is high and push too much Lack of communication sometimes .,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34782,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Communications Associate,Great company to work for!,"Great benefits, culture, mission. There is a lot to love about working at Facebook. Most employees believe strongly in the mission.","Commute from SF is tough, and manager support is pretty hit or miss depending on the person. You have to stick up for yourself and be proactive if you want to learn.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34783,facebook,"Carlisle, MA"," Aug 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,The Internship Experience Of My Dreams,"- Everyone, no matter how ""high up"" they are at the company, is very willing to help with whatever question you might have. You can message anyone at any time and they will generally get back to you within the hour. - As an intern your opinions and ideas are valued. I came up with my own product and feature ideas on the side, and I was able to implement them and test them publicly. - The company culture is very open. (Almost) everything at Facebook is no secret - Mark is willing to answer any question you might have about company direction and stance at the weekly Q&As, and at any point you can ask what people are working on, and they're willing to share. - The projects you're able to work on are high impact projects more often than not. - Everyone is passionate about their work and incredibly good at what they do. I learned a crazy amount this past summer.","- The work culture is largely self-driven. There's no particular structure or strict schedule for getting work done, so if you're not self-motivated, you could fall behind without much consistent feedback for your performance. - Work-life balance can be a little unhealthy at times. There felt like there was a bit of pressure to work even while at home, because a lot of people do.","Not much. My experience was absolutely incredible, and I learned a LOT this summer. Maybe there could be a better system for suggesting ideas and new projects - I felt like I came up with a handful of cool, slightly bigger feature ideas this summer but they often wouldn't be escalated to the project managers or receive any feedback, and just go unnoticed.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34784,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook free launch and snack,satisfaction eating need and it is a motivation,it will let employee increase weigh,none,4.0,3.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34785,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The greatest place ever,"I've been blown away by how incredible this company is. From its openness to its diversity, Facebook has truly surpassed all tech companies in terms of culture, perks, and employee lifestyle. As a software engineer, I've learned, grown, and made an incredible impact in just a few months.",I seriously can't think of a single negative thing about Facebook. I couldn't see myself working at any other company.,"Micromanagement doesn't exist. I get credit for what I do, and there's a pretty clear understanding of my role and room for growth.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34786,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Love it!,Moves fast. Work with smart people. Very less politics. Open culture. High bar for candidates even as company as grown.,Moves too fast for some of the teams that should be doing more research.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34787,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,A Once Amazing Culture is Slipping Away,"Amazing amount of perks - food, a truly ""frictionless"" IT department, etc. The benefits package is the best I've ever seen and gets re-examined every year to adapt to the changing company population. Facebook, the company, is amazing. What the company is doing to connect the world is something that is truly astonishing and amazing. Being able to work for an employer that is changing the world before our eyes is something not many people will ever get the chance to say they were a part of!","The culture of some of the departments is slipping away faster than most people would like to admit. The company is becoming more and more ""corporate"" with more politics settling in. This ranges from managers hiring friends and old colleagues, completely bypassing our interview process, to putting ""policies"" in place against company culture that puts unnecessary roadblocks in place, slowing down productivity. The company is growing, which can be appreciated, but the amount of emphasis that is being put on us that we need to move to being ""more corporate"" is completely against what the company was built on.",TRUST your employees. A little bit of trust goes a long way. This isn't the government or a large corporation - this is Facebook - a once choice employer who is getting eroded by managers doing their best to build an empire and put as many layers of insulation between them and their lowest ranking employees.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34788,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Delivers promised other companies make,"Many companies I've worked for talk about access, enablement, open environment, work/life balance, frequent reviews and promotion. FB actually does this: almost anyone can see code for and fix almost any problem. Reviews happen twice a year, and my manager brings up the promotion track more than I do. They aggressively push giving your family the off-work time, and plan events which either include small family members or give non-parents a good steam-blow-off as well","There's a bit of fiefdom but very little. Sometimes hard to get code-review. We move a little fast for documentation sometimes, and there are often 5 ways to do that one thing and they're very similar with cute animal names.",Very pleased with the company. Showing concern and continuing to invest in and grow your people is the best for retention. Maybe more roles that cross-pollinate work and all-hands to share our work. Incentivize merges and tech debt burn-down,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34789,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Great place to work,"Even as an intern, I was able to work on high-impact projects for the caching infrastructure. All the people at Facebook are really talented engineers.","Sometimes, it can get pretty daunting for an intern. Facebook has a ton of internal tools and a lot of internal documentation, and it is easy for an intern to get lost in the myriad of internal stuff.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P54.htm
34790,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Great company, great benefits, and great brand.",Management has the lack of experience to develop talent.,Be transparent and honest with those who report to you.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34791,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Software engineering intern,"Great company values, a lot of thought going in everything being done at the company, open culture: visibility and accessibility to management",always very ambitious goals which promotes hard work,"keep being accessible, this is something very inspiring for everybody who comes at Facebook",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34792,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Great Place to work,Fast paced Exciting projects Fast expansion (Still) Transparent Environment Nice and kind managers thoughtful management  Career opportunity is definitely better than Google but fewer than other start ups. But a lot of great people to learn from.,bonus is not as high as I thought and seems no stock refresh program?,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34793,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best place I have worked at so far,Coming from Amazon I cannot even dare to write all the pros as it will be a very long list.,I haven't seen any so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34794,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook,"benefits, culture, people, benefits again.","stress, work life balance in some teams",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34795,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Small Medium Business,Best place I've ever worked,"Great benefits, opportunity for growth, and open transparency culture. I've worked a lot of places in my 15+ year work history and this is the best.",Work life balance can be a struggle if you do not define clear boundaries on the front end.,Continue to keep an open transaprency culture,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34796,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Data Analyst,"Good benefits, somewhat cultish","You will work with some very smart, driven people. Benefits are out of this world. You have a lot of autonomy to do your job which can work for or against you.","People can be discarded easily. It's hard to keep up the kool-aid induced hype after a few years. If you're an older employee, get used to feeling uncomfortable.","While doing a good job encouraging diversity, you might want to look at the age range of your peeps, especially at MPK which seems to skew even younger than the other offices.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34797,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Analyst,"Facebook - 5 stars, Concentrix - 1 star","Facebook provides a great workplace in terms of creativity, meeting spaces, Videoconferencing rooms and the cafeteria ladies are the best!",Concentrix has the lowest paid contractors or any employment company doing business with Facebook. Clerical mistakes like having training classes arrive a week earlier than scheduled are commonplace.,"Middle management, are you paid enough to put up with Concentrix's antics? Upper management, You charge facebook $30+ an hour and pay employees 12.75 an hour - nice hustle!",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34798,facebook,"Kansas City, KS"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,Its awsome when all meet together motivate each other as a team to make a simple bussiness grow and to be success. it does not take much time.,You may face some negative comments or less users does not explore or educate themselves in the facebook with a simple daily core like and sharing if you are a facebook junkie.,Join a group you can trust with positive mindset and get your free coaching attend more webiner buy your tools u need to set up your own bussiness.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34799,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Infrastructure Engineer,Sunny with a chance of lowballs,"- brilliant people all around, a pleasure to work with the best minds in the industry - recognition for the work you do does exist, even if it only means a pat on the back - work/life balance does exist, as long as you get the work done - your work is impacting product that 1.7 billion people use - amazing perks","- recruiters will low ball you on the initial offer as if their life depends on it. Even though they may have 1000 RSUs to grant they will deliberately start with a 700 hoping the unsuspecting candidate gulps it up in hopes of working for the ""best company to work for"". - There is unprecedented growth, which means high volume of hiring, which means C grade people are creeping in, including peers and upper management coming in from companies like Microsoft bringing their big company (read: - With great minds come bloated egos. Egoists and self proclaimed war heroes abound. God forbid you happen to cross paths with these people, but if you do, then be prepared for a political poop storm of epic proportions. - Managers are good only for 1:1s and calibrations, they dont actually drive ideas and projects, engineers do. Its easy to settle into a bubble and lose interest in the work unless you take the initiative to explore other options on a regular basis.","Try to cut out the red tape as much as possible. Invest more in recruiting efforts in order to bring in top tier (and modest) people in, its not the directors that build the company but the white collar workers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P55.htm
34800,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Front End Engineer,The Happiest Place on Earth!!,"I just started working at FB ~2 months ago, but I already love it so much! There is so much transparency from day 1, it was actually a little alarming at first. But it's awesome to get to see what everyone is working on and to be able to easily contact anyone in the company. Even though the company is pretty big, you still get the same family-like feeling of a small startup. Everyone is very approachable and helpful, so it's not at all intimidating to contact your POC to get help you need. It's a very supportive and healthy work environment!  Other pros: Q&A with Mark every Friday (he is so funny and brilliant!), delicious food everywhere (I already gained 10 lbs), beautiful campus, so many amenities and perks, brilliant and kind coworkers, really fun woodshop classes, I could go on and on!","Information is not very well organized. For a new person it can be a little intimidating to navigate and find the info you need, so that takes some getting used to.",Keep up the good work!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34801,facebook,"Warrensville Heights, OH"," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Database Administrator,Data entry,"Communication, and support system from co-workers or higher ups. Very competitive and challenging when it comes to getting a lot of customers.","A lot of work, and moving around if you don't like walking around too much. And sometimes you might not get a break for lunch.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34802,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Facebook Intern,"Open and inclusive culture, visionary leadership, young atmosphere, awesome perks such as meals, laundry, gym, entertainment etc.",Less work-life balance than desired,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34803,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - DMO,FAcebook DMO,AWSOME place to work at free snacks free food and alot of good benefits,NONE at all excellent place to work at,KEEP DOING A GOOD JOB,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34804,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 24, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineering,Facebook,"Great colleagues, amazing atmosphere on a workplace, very nice environment.",The project I was working on has ended and they couldn’t offer me next cooperation.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34805,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer Intern,PhD Intern at Facebook,"Great people to work with, lots of learning opportunities. Interesting projects.",unbalance load of work. faulty ways of measuring the productivity of engineers.,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34806,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Applications Developer,"Best company to work, awesome work culture with high value",Good salary Lot of opportunities to work on different technologies.,Couldn't find any cons till now.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34807,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good, but still a job.","Well known perks are awesome (food, medical etc.), a lot of smart people and fun things to do if you find the time, bragging rights, ability to escalate friends' problems with FB.","High pressure to perform, focus on impact means that even doing a good job on a project doesn't mean you would be commended, review feedback cycles are a drain, zero appreciation for quality, bug fixing or assisting others - engineers are only assessed by new features that can be shown to provide measurable impact to a metric that management cares about. Codebase is messy due to a lot of people (especially inexperienced) moving fast.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34808,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,* Excellent Working Environment. * Company really thinks about keep the Employees Happy. * Superb Perks and Employee Benefits..,"* The Bars are too high which makes the politics also set at the same standard. * Some are not Bothered or Recognized for work. * You will be in a soup, where you want to stay because it's Facebook and u want to leave as you can withstand the treatment..",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34809,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Systems Engineer,"Awesome Culture, great benefits, bottom-up innovation!",Cannot think of any cons in the short period I've been at Fb.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P56.htm
34810,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing company, lots of work!","Compensation, benefits, perks, shuttles, intelligent people. It's quite inspiring to work under Mark Zuckerberg as well - he truly is a great leader and is the heart and soul of the company.","They keep you busy - achieving work/life balance is challenging, but during such a heavy growth phase, it's somewhat understandable. Lots of pressure as well - everyone around you is so intelligent and hard-working.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34811,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Production Engineer,"High competition, a lot of bad quality projects",Ability to work with the world-size project audience. Scaling of your products to the billions of users.,"Technology stack of the company is very specific. Be sure to select proper project, and not some legacy stuff",leave the company. FB management suxx,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34812,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Design Engineer,Great place to work and advance beyond your,"Very good culture, smart people, fun atmosphere, and tremendous food options!",Any position here is for self starters and motivated people.,Keep doing what you're doing and thank you very much for what you've built.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34813,facebook,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 28, 2016",Former Employee - Data Analyst/Product Business Analyst,Best work place,Happy work place with free food . Great team and scope of learning more.,less salary for contractors and they are given long term.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34814,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good but not ideal if contingent/contract,"The autonomy - the freedom to do work at a fast pace and little bureaucratic barriers. The food - there's such a wide variety of breakfast, lunch, dinners, happy hours, drinks, and snacks. The culture - this term is thrown around a lot but Facebook is very unique. it's almost utopian the way people come together to solve problems. not just work but social problems as well. Ex. the black lives matter conversations.",Contingent employees are treated the same as FTE's for the most part. But you will constantly be reminded you're NOT a Facebook employee. There will be many occasions where contingent employees will be excluded to FTE functions and benefits.,"Do more for the contingent workforce in terms of inclusion, because there is an unspoken level of animosity whenever there's a big company function that excludes contingent employees.",3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34815,facebook,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A good place to work at,A lot of good engineers and a lot of good engineering problems. It makes a good environment to learn and grow,It's big enough that there is significant differences in engineering culture within the company.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34816,facebook,"Palmdale, CA"," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Facebook Software Engineer,How it was,its fun to work with them because they sometimes are calm about there Facebook being hacked,its hard to work with crazy people,behave,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34817,facebook,"Victorville, CA"," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Social,Has a lot to do with using computers an sharing ideas with other people online or just through messaging apps like messenger.,"It can take up large data plus, you get a lot into the pages there is always a good laugh somewhere.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34818,facebook,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity,Learn from a lot of people who are willing to help and support you,Such a big company that sometimes you might feel a little lost,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34819,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Very well run, maybe not ideal if you like wearing many hats",- Super smart people - Clear direction - Not too many layers or inefficiencies,"- As it's larger now, not ideal for a startup-minded person - Commute from SF is pretty tedious",- Somehow make space for highly creative people to thrive - Watch for getting stuck in ideology and missing new trends,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P57.htm
34820,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Community Operations,10/10,Best of the best. It is a dream come tru,None. You feel the impact that you make.,Keep kllling it.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34821,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Developer Role,Stress-free environment challenging work work work,nothing bets place to work diff from other companies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34822,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Engineer,engineer,"The atmosphere in Facebook Co. is very kind, you don't have to work in the office on Wednesdays, and food there is very tasty.",Traffic nearby is very heavy.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34823,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - HRIS Analyst,HR Admin- Austin,"Fun, exciting, challenging, dynamic, a lot of smart people, good training offered, free food and amenities. Good growth opportunities, some genuinely good people there","The people in the Austin office are brutal. I felt like I was in high school again. They bash each other, gossip and belittle 'outsiders' or people they don't know. I overheard the 'senior' employees belittling me and making fun of a physical condition I have SEVERAL times. They smile to your face but they are passive aggressive and outright mean. And I performed very well at my job, loved my team in CA, and loved the company. But some of those 'lifetime' FB people are poisoning the culture. I had to leave after a year. And good luck telling anyone. It's career suicide","Hold everyone accountable for how they treat others, especially people who are different, people coming from different cities and people with physical and social challenges.",1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34824,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Production Engineer,Well run organization,"They give a lot of great opportunities, and have a stable organization. The leadership is driven and transparent for such a large organization. You are rewarded for your work.","It can get tedious sometimes - a lot of problems are solved, so making an impact is difficult at first. You need to hunt for ways to make an impact.",Keep being transparent as much as possible. Continue to reward key employees for good work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34825,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Product Designer,Relaxed environment,"A lot of freedom, relaxed environment, surrounded by smart people, fun hackathons!",The food is delicious but watch your waistline... Diversity issues - my team was made of up mostly white males.,"None, feel like I haven't been here long enough yet.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34826,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook,Love the environment the openness and the option to work independently,Can't really think of any cons right now,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34827,facebook,"Hayward, CA"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome growth and interesting challenges,+ Solve hard engineering problems at Scale + Coworkers are knowledgable and helpful + Great Salary and Perks,- Nothing much to say bad about FB.,"- Keep expanding the horizons, you guys are doing good.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34828,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Production Engineer,half cult half nation state. good for your career.,"the abundance of extremely smart people, and the culture of hyper-rationality, open communication, and individualistic freedom.","the lack of collective self-awareness, humility, and sense of humor. the cult-like party-line echo chamber, internal propaganda, and kool-aid drinking.",nothing i write here will have the slightest effect whatsoever.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34829,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 29, 2016",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Best job so far.,Given the room to make the role what you want. You have the freedom to find something you find interesting and run with it.,Long onboarding process might be a turn off to some people.other than that the company is about as good as it gets.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P58.htm
34830,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Database Engineer,database developer,campus employess work environment employees,too much fun in facebook which is good for health,"no advice for the management ,because they are too cool",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34831,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Product Designer,Learning and growing a lot,- Fast-paced environment - Strong sense of ownership for the product I'm working on - Management values employee feedback and growth - Many resources for professional and personal improvements - Many different challenges and easy to try new projects - Impact driven,"- Sometimes too rushed to launch things, product not as polished as it can be. - Very engineering and data-driven, should consider more human criteria for success - Teams are getting big and communication is getting harder - Not structured, need to find your own way of doing things","Stay humble, don't slow down, keep connecting the world",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34832,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - User Operations Specialist,"Lots of Perks, Lots of Work",Facebook is an embarrassment of riches. They have everything one needs to take good care of themselves on campus,These perks aren't as useful when you have a family at home who you sit down at a dinner table with or leave work and go home to.,The company culture changes quickly. I suppose this is not uncommon for a fast growing startup but it was hard to recognize the company I started with when I left. All-in-all it was a good experience.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34833,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Product Development Specialist,I've gained 20 pounds working here,"Perks, wages, brilliant engineers, and lots of cool cutting edge technology.",Work life balance? What's that????,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34834,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Really great initially but things have gone way downhill over the past few years as the company has grown,"The food, still some smart, experienced, talented people who work there, good compensation.","Impact you can have now is severely limited. Reviews are based on impact, career progression is unobtainable. Sexism is rampant.",A large percentage of employees are burning out. You need to look into this problem urgently and fix it.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34835,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Production Engineering Manager,Facebook is easily the best place I have ever worked,I love this place. Coworkers are kind and competent. Company culture is very respectful. We get to discover and work on some of the coolest and most challenging problems in the world. I am very on board with the mission of connecting the world.,We do move fast and that is stressful at times. It is sometimes intimidating to deal with systems that affect so many people in significant ways.,"Pay attention to subtle shifts in culture and try to make sure that we remain humble, continue to focus on the mission, and favor reliability over shiny new features.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34836,facebook,"Redwood City, CA"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great personal and career growth opportunities. Coworkers are great.,Too big that it's difficult to move fast.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34837,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Partnerships,Best place to work... what a change from my previous employers,"Mark Zuckerberg is phenomenal. Amazing leadership team. Very open, no BS, great mission. Great perks. Work and teammates are very enjoyable.",I do not know yet.,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34838,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,1. Great culture 2. Lots of things to learn 3. Could make impactful products 4. Reasonable benefits 5. Traveling benefit to MPK,1. Pretty hacky in building products sometimes 2. Management are nice but not very experienced,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34839,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Great place to work/have a family.,"Great people and culture, strong leadership, exceptional vision. Great perks.",Politics increase as you get promoted to higher levels.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P59.htm
34840,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for,"They really do take care of their employees. You have the chance to do what you do best every day, and to develop your talent by working on things you're passionate about.","Don't see any cons, except that it might be harder to really progress in your career if you're working outside of a regional HQ, where the majority of the new roles are based.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34841,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great company,"FB does value your career, Food is awesome, A LOT parking spots, Promising future when expands to new tech.",work life balance can be a bit unsatisfying,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34842,facebook,"Washington, DC"," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome place, great opportunity","The culture is awesome, you become a member of a group of talented, smart and entrepeneur people. People in leadership positions are always reachable and the treat you as a colleague.","Probably, the worst part for me, was that we couldn´t work on sundays ,)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34843,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leadership and Culture,"Being a part of something great, on both a local and global scale. Great perks, even as a contractor.",Practice what you and leadership preaches. Lack of authenticity.,Consider soft skills when promoting leadership. Have mandatory coaching and development courses to help shape the leadership team for managing others and leading a team.,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34844,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Administrative Manager,Awesome work environment,Facebook encourages each and every employee to make impact and gives you the freedom in which to do your job and encourages you to handle new projects to grow yourself.,No cons really that I can think of..,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34845,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Science,"Great benefits, the managers care a lot",Would be great to get more direction from leadership,More vision and direction,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34846,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,- opportunity for impact. The products we create reach millions (and reaching billions) across the world. - culture of taking risks. - brilliant people to work with,"- lack of documentation or best practices. Facebook still operates like a start-up and the value is on moving fast, with an unintended consequence of no paper trail or documentation of what has or has not been done and whether it worked. - communication gaps. A product of the above con, people and sometimes entire teams operate without understanding other teams may be pursuing the same approach or idea.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34847,facebook,"Princeton, NJ"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"There are a lot of smart people around, and work itself is challenging and interesting. Company value people. Perks are great. You will feel proud of your company.","Company uses many different ways for documentation, which makes it hard to find the information I really need.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34848,facebook,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Research Scientist,Great work culture out of any research environment,Can't think of any major cons,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34849,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Place to Work,"Great place to work with great people. Incredibly open culture, can easily get involved in what you are interested in. Supported to learn and advance skills that align with your interests and goals.","As an overall place to work, hard to think of cons. I guess the con of the open/hacky culture are occasional lack of structure/clarity.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P60.htm
34850,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Research Scientist,"Independence, trust","Independence, trust, reward engineering and shipping",sometimes need to be too short term because of 6 month review cycles,keep up with trust and letting reports be independent,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34851,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Engineer Intern,Good Experience and positive result,Interview was too hard for an intern,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34852,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Management,"Low bureaucracy, highly empowered",Six month review cycles that take a lot of energy and focus away from projects,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34853,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Continuous Improvement,"I've been at Facebook for more than six years. The culture is very introspective and dedicated to self-improvement, if it were the same company it had been in 2009, I wouldn't still be there. Everytime I think I might leave, a new awesome project comes up that keeps me around. Seeing Mark Zuckerberg mature into the great leader he is has been magical, and I have a lot of trust in Sheryl and Mark and Mike Schroepfer to make good decisions. In many ways, engineers are more productive now than they were in 2009, despite the fact that we work at a big company now. We have more tools, resources, and knowledgeable people at our disposal, which compensates to some degree for the increased bureaucracy you see in some parts of the company. We also launch to hundreds-of-millions-to-billions of users, depending on the product, making our contributions very high-value. Product launches continue to be driven by bottom-up ideas as much as top-down directives. That doesn't mean that you personally are going to have an idea which shakes the world, but it does mean that you have a better shot than other companies. Especially if you're an infrastructure engineer, the culture is very bottom-up. You still have great latitude to come up with execute your own ideas. The flipside of this coin is that if you're not good at deciding what to work on, you'll need to learn that skill within a year or so, management isn't going to spoonfeed you tasks to the extent they do at other large companies. When joining Facebook as an engineer, you will still have many many choices of which team to join, and you'll make that decision after a few weeks of ""bootcamp"" which means you'll have an informed choice. It also means that the quality of engineers is high throughout the company because every person comes through the same interviewing process. One of my favorite aspects of Facebook culture is focusing on impact rather than hard work. Another is a recognition that you can advance your career without going into management, and that there are many different kinds of talent. There are several different ""archetypes"" of senior individual contributors that are recognized and encouraged to flourish.","Facebook has become more careful in certain core areas like Newsfeed, Timeline, Ads, and Platform. There are many stakeholders on these products and thus you've got to get a lot more things buttoned up before you can launch a product change in these core areas. We still do experiments but not quite as freely as before. Just understand that the more impact your product has, the tougher it will be to make changes, and place yourself in the company according to your preferences.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34854,facebook,"New York, NY"," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great place to work. Talented, smart people.",I can't think of any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34855,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Director of Product Management,Amazing place to work,"Incredible growth and still focused on impact and success, despite increasing company size","High pressure to succeed, increasing company size no longer really feels like a startup",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34856,facebook,"Oakland, CA"," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Public Content,Looks good on the outside....,They have some great ideas that are inspirational. There is never a stop to the ongoing activities and overwhelming number of events. Coworkers are peers of all ages and backgrounds which makes for a unique dynamic around the office,"Biggest common issue over my 1 year here: They don't practice what they preach (ie. Culture and work/life balance opportunities). The management team looks down on everyone. No one can advance beyond an entry level position. You get an idea that gets bought or get stuck in an entry level type job for your ""career"" with barely above avg pay rates. I know that this is a competitive industry but sometimes the stupid people win just because they have the right connection. Bad employees stay while realistic workers realize the mistreatment and all leave within a year. I'm not making this up. Go look up Facebook's overall turnover ratio and tell me how that could lead to happy employees. Every SINGLE person on my initial project was lied to about their working hours (expect 9-5 and told 9-5 then made work overnight/graveyard shifts), benefits (only get to go on campus when with a supervisor), and team management. Too often we are told that our ideas will be considered then a manager gets promoted to a new project for spearheading such an idea.",Learn to actually communicate and not alienate employees on new projects. Foll,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34857,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Product Analyst,"Good company, but not for everyone","Company is well-run, ambitious management, good execution. Good perks, good incentives for high performer. Everyone in every position is strong. Mediocre is not tolerated.","Pressure is high, because of working with smartest people. Work life balance is a huge problem. You will push yourself, for sure. It is not necessarily bad, but definitely not for everyone.",The culture could be a bit nicer.,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34858,facebook,"New York, NY"," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Great benefits,"Free meals, amazing benefits package, great office culture, fun employee events","Not a lot of room for non-technical junior full time roles, lack of upward mobility",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34859,facebook,"New York, NY"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Fantastic place to work, some minor complaints","Facebook's mission is meaningful, it's perks are awesome, pay is good, and the team is phenomenal. In general, almost everything about working at Facebook is as good as you think it is.","My concerns are mostly minor. However, because Facebook hires strong talent at EVERY position, in some cases where strong talent is hired in positions that aren't core to the success of the business (read: if you're not an engineer, product manager, or maayyyybeeee a key sales person), it can be frustrating as your job is just not that important to the company's success. Hungry, ambitious people in these sorts of situations (as Facebook tends to recruit) can get disengaged and frustrated by these facts.","Keeping things on track as the company grows is going to be challenging. Also, PR moves that seem to demonstrate a lack of empathy or understanding (e.g., Free Basics in India in 2016) can potentially damage the company's reputation.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P61.htm
34860,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,"Freedom to explore, speaking to my counterparts at other companies like Google, Twitter, and Uber it seems that Facebook has some of the most open cultures that encourages product exploration outside of one's primary duties and helping people finding impact across the company in places of their personal interest.","Commute to San Francisco. The commute to San Francisco is unhealthy and inhibits social life. I want to live the city lifestyle, and this is a serious consideration for me. My next job will certainly not involve 3 hours of commuting each day.",Open a San Francisco office. The commute is actually unhealthy and probably effects the work that is produced.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34861,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Recruiter,Amazing Place to Work,It is super exciting to work at Facebook and you feel like you're at a party during the work day. It's where it's at!,The location was not my favorite to commute to but the free buses make it better.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34862,facebook,"New York, NY"," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place,The place is amazing worked out very well and great working hours for everyone very reasonable,place gets a little crowded while working but it gets the job done for us,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34863,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Very collaborative culture Not a dull moment Exciting and visible projects,Very fast face so cannot do a deep dive on one single engagement,Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34864,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great for lone wolves.,You will be surrounded by very intelligent and very motivated co-workers. You will be given a tremendous amount of leverage to ship features and change the world. The company moves very quickly for its size.,Working style and rewards are highly individualized. It's not the place to go if you prefer working on a tightly knit team. Working from a remote office requires much travel to HQ.,"Facebook has been a tremendous success so far. Keep it up! You might want to explore, however, the benefits of getting people to work together more cohesively.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34865,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Culture \m/,"The transparency, candidness and drive for equality. The work culture is what I'm here for.  For me, hikes in compensations are what keep me from being disappointed / demotivated. What inspires and motivates me, what really satisfies me is the work I do with all these awesome people around me.","Maybe this is me, or maybe it's the culture. You can't really go off the grid for more than let's say half a week. Why? Things can break. and if you aren't there to fix it, it's going to be a disaster (that could have been avoided).  But quite frankly, if I had to choose between ownership/responsibility, and the ability to go completely off the grid, I'd choose the former.",Incredible leadership team that I'm proud to work with. Continue being pragmatic and head on!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34866,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Product Designer,Product Designer,By far the best place to work. Benefits are generous and design problems are challenging. People are friendly.,The company is HUGE. The most challenging part is keeping up with all the changes happening to the company.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34867,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Simply fantastic.,Great coworkers - i've never enjoyed meetings so much (even when we topics are disagreeable) Incredibly challenging work - I feel like I accomplish a week's worth of work in one day.,Everything constantly changes. Not a terrible thing - just something for most people to realize if you don't like change.,Keep it going!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34868,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Best Place to Work,"Amazing benefits, excellent support both for your career and personal life",Constant change hard to keep up with. Different experiences depending on management. None that don't exist at other companies.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34869,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Fortunate to work for this company.,"A company that truly takes care if its people! The benefits, the compensation, the perks but above all its the people that make this place great.",Experiencing huge growth. You need to be able to adapt to change easily and be patient as the groom new leaders.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P62.htm
34870,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,Smart people to work with. Nice workplace and a pampered lifestyle.,Lack of career path visibility and where to go next.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34871,facebook,"New York, NY"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - New York,GSM,"Excessive perks, especially food. Emphasis on offsites, travel to the Mothership (for those in satellite offices) after-work gatherings, social events.","Not a place for introverts or those who value workspace privacy. If you choose to actually go home when you're done for the day - and not hang around or go out for a drink or otherwise spend more time with colleagues - you are met with incredulous stares. EVERYONE has drunk the Kool-aid, no one can fathom that the company isn't universally loved.","Expand the definition of ""authenticity"" in your mantra ""be your authentic self"" to include not just obscure or eccentric hobbies, but also other personality types.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34872,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - SWE,Software Engineer,"Great culture, great people to work with! Move fast and provides the freedom to choose team, project based on interest and advantage.",Moves faster and busier than other companies at the same scale.,Keep building good culture,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34873,facebook,"South Seattle, WA"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Engineer Intern,Easy interview. I haven't expected to get an offer. Great company culture,"Internship is probably like a lottery. Some great coders that had internship along side with me didn't get a job offer, because they couldn't excel at the project they worked on.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34874,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,the best engineering company,"transparency at every level, easy to do job (tools, resources, organization), freedom (independence, empowerment), people (strongest and best talented engineers), benefits (stocks, base pay, perks)","competitive environment (bar is too high), work life balance (long hours, randomness, always available, competition), stress (impact, impact, impact, impact)",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34875,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,"Great perks, friendly work environment, free food and gym. The company moves fast, nice opportunities to learn and improve yourself.",The company is more focused on web development and has less product/project diversity than other companies like Google or Microsoft.,I'm not sure what to write here. Just filling the required minimum of 20 words.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34876,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Client Solutions Manager,CSM,Generally a good work environment,Contractors viewed as second class citizens,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34877,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 3, 2016",Current Employee - Content Strategist,Best job I've ever had,"I feel lucky to work here and to have the opportunity to do things I love every day. It's challenging but fun and I've grown so much by being around such smart, talented people. I've also contributed to products and experiences used by over 1.5 billion people all around the world.","Some management can be uneven, especially in the case where a manager is new. In that case, there's lots of room for individual contributors to give managers feedback and even direction. Speak up and make yourself heard!",Continue creating opportunities for individuals and teams to have more impact. Continue to be open and challenge yourselves to be even more transparent.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34878,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A campus on steroids!,"I absolutely love working at facebook, the benefits are great and the food is amazing",I have yet to find one,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34879,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Simply the best,A mission driven company that always stands behind its mission. Very transparent culture and excellent management,Biggest issue I see is burn out but the company is focused on this particular problem in an incredibly thoughtful way,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P63.htm
34880,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer,"Surreal, beautiful workplace with exceptionally positive culture","The perks are amazing, the compensation is great, the products are amazing, and the infrastructure/tooling is excellent.  Above all else, I love the positive, exciting attitude I deal with every day. Not every single person is totally on-board, but the ratio of positive, excited, friendly people is higher than any other workplace I've seen.","I haven't encountered a significant ""con"" yet, other than the extremely high expectations - but is that a con, if everyone around you is invested in your success and tries to help you excel?",Keep supporting the little things that make our culture amazing and sustain all of us.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34881,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 9, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,I had a good 3.5 years there,"I worked with a lot of smart people there. Overall, the company is doing well and has a robust strategy. The perks are great too.","It's grown really fast recently and the culture's been diluted. The product roadmap changes a lot. It's had trouble innovating internally, most product growth lately has come through acquisitions.","Keep making sure culture scales as the company grows. Encourage a true culture of internal innovation, make sure it's not just lip service.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34882,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, great people","Facebook is an amazing company with lots of opportunities. Behind the free food and great perks, you'll find knowledgeable colleagues and inspiring human beings. The ""move fast"" motto is tuning down progressively for ""stable infra"" in infrastructure.",Maintaining a work-life balance is difficult. Codebase is still messy in some parts and can be frustrated when documentation and owners are nowhere to be found.,"The lack of code ownership needs to be addressed. The CEO is very transparent but some of the M-team sounds less so, sometimes giving very empty responses to Q&A.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34883,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,"Great environment to do the most meaningful work - the work you do impacts over a billion people - where else do you get that? It's the way people treat each other with respect, genuine care and encouragement that I love the most - when the environment is right you can do your best work. Facebook has this in spades. Not to mention Zuck and Sheryl - phenomenal leaders - the real deal.",So much to do! They keep saying we are only 1% done? It's tiring!,Keep the culture of openness and transparency and the heart of the company as it grows and keep looking after the people as well as you do now!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34884,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Becoming a better engineer here,"The engineering organization is great in terms of giving people autonomy, interesting work, flexibility, and growth opportunities. I've encountered good managers here, who truly care about developing their reports and helping them find engaging work.","The internal culture feels uncritical of the company's decisions. Too often, people conflate our business interests with humanitarian interests.",Encourage lower-level people to be more critical. Such people are more valuable than those who just rehash the executives' ideas.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34885,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Network Engineer,"Visionary leadership, industry experts will be your peers, the ability to impact billions, and incredible benefits","I am not hyperbolizing when I say that working at Facebook is the best job I could possibly imagine.  You get to work with a visionary leadership team that is incredibly accessible and wants to hear from you. Mark's Townhall meetings grew out of the weekly Q&A that he runs internally. If you want to ask Mark Zuckerburg or Sheryl Sandberg a question you can do it. If you want to give feedback or see changes in nearly any aspect of Facebook you will be empowered to do it.  Your team will likely be comprised of industry experts in your particular area of work. From kernel hackers, PhD's in computer learning, hardware engineers building drones and our own servers, to network engineers that are helping write drafts and RFC's that define the underlying protocol architecture of the Internet - you will find everything under the sun and these people will make you so much better at what you do.  If you aren't enjoying what you're doing in your current role you can go on a Hack-a-month with another team. This lets you expand your skills working on a different set of challenges and stay on your new team when you finish, if you like the work, or head back to your old team to work on something else. The best part is that management encourages these types of moves!  The management teams empower you to work on the things you want to, and gives you the ability to impact billions of people. You work on one of the biggest platforms on the planet and you will see the results of the work you put in everyday in making it better.  Also, the benefits are pretty amazing.","Any complaints seem like extreme first world gripes given all that the company does to keep the employees happy and progressing in their positions and careers, but I do have a few.  The company will absolutely (and gladly) take as much time as you put in. They don't overly pressure you to work insane hours, but you will be surrounded by overachievers who put that pressure on themselves and create the perception that large swaths of the company are, ""always working."" This can be a blessing or curse and it is up to each individual employee to figure out the dreaded work / life balance equation for themselves.  The other issue, is that Facebook prides itself on not competing on salary, RSU's, etc. against offers from other companies. While that may seem ok in practice, it results in a revolving door (which is a bit of a Silicon Valley issue in and of itself) between other big tech companies and Facebook. We won't make counteroffers to keep people, but we'll pay them what they wanted before they left to come back which sets a bad precedent for the people who stay.",Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34886,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Project Manager,Awesome company to work for,"- young, smart, helpful team - great work culture (company values actually are being lived) - focus is on making impact. company values your strength and not only that but also encourage you to find your strength and make impacts using that strength. of course the impacts should be in line with company vision and the team's mission.",- nth that I can think of now,keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34887,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,awesome,"Great engineers, a lot of interesting technical challenges, extremely smart coworkers, cool perks",work-life balance might be tough on some teams,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34888,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Connecting the World,Great company to work for. You work on projects that interest and challenge you. Fast paced & teams expect you to work hard and meet your goals.,There is no downside to a great company making the world a better place.,Continue to hire 'A' people and never settle for less & keep them challenged even as company grows. This will keep us number one.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34889,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,Recruiter,Great product and community. The people are great.,"Too Large, minimal scope, repeating process already in place.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P64.htm
34890,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Needs to work on internal management,Amazing experience to be a part of a company which makes meaningful impact everyday,Some teams are becoming big and hence your impact may seem to dilute. Not very helpful in movement across orgs,Stay lean,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34891,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best company I ever worked for,- Build products fast - Wide range of skilled people from all over the world - You can do many many things there - Work for/with Mark - free food - perks (sports),- free food. I eat too much.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34892,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Move fast and break things,Smart people. Prestigious company. Insanely successful business.,"Everything is broken, all the time.",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34893,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Production Engineer,best company ever,"great perks, great people, great product. feel proud of being the part of the journey of making the world a better place",you're compete with smartest people in the world,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34894,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,"Great company, terrible recruiting organization","Great for young kids with almost no experience, where they can program you into their FB cult. Terrible place if you are a mature, serious professional. The environment rewards people who like to brag, boast, and broadcast their awesomeness. If you work hard but humble and quiet, you will not succeed here. Also, management in general, refuses to fix problems with the process. Performance reviews are geared towards those brown nose the best.","It feels like a cult for young, single people. Mature professionals with families need not apply. If you do manage to join, be prepared to be surrounded by rah rah rah, lots of brown nosing, politics, eating, drinking, and going to the gym with your co-workers is almost required if you want to get ahead here. If you don't join the herd with a smile on your face, you'll certainly feel like an outcast and will be on the black list. Manager smile to your face, tell you what you want to hear, then will stab you in the back. Extremely immature organization. They also make it nearly impossible to hit your goals once you are at a senior level, and then they will fine a way to phase you out and replace you with someone younger.",Provide management/leadership training prior to promoting someone to a leadership role.,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,46,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34895,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook Experience,The community is an amazing place to learn and prosper. Also the food and snack choices are amazing.,I don't think I experienced any downsides while working here.,Keep doing what you're doing. Thanks Kevin!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34896,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unethical employer,"Great people in Engineering and Product organizations, Learning how Facebook has scaled/ growth strategies was rewarding especially once I left Facebook","Week I moved across the country for the job, I was told the team I joined to be on no longer existed. Forth manager I had in my first four months later kept from me that the work I was hired to do was being removed from Facebook's objectives.  Some seniors managers keep secrets and are horrible to work for. There's lots of truth to the saying, ""I joined for the company and left because of my manager."" Facebook a really, really good at selling its kool-aid story to employees. (It's why they have great ratings on Glassdoor IMO.) If you are in a position or team that is dissolved, you only have 4 weeks to find a new job, which isn't much time at all.",Don't ever offer someone a job and have them move only to tell them the job doesn't exist. Hire more ethical people. Not cool that the person that hired me left in my first two months because he saw the writing on the wall.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34897,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Director of Engineering,Facebook is Awesome,Facebook has an incredibly impactful mission in the world. Possible the most important tech company of its decade. You get to learn from absolute top talent is many fields. Excellent culture lacking almost entirely in bad office politics. Great pay and benefits.,Facebook is becoming a larger company and lots of time get sunk into coordinating and selling rather than building. Life/work balance can suffer despite considerable efforts from the company to balance things.,Keep up the good work! Stay hungry stay foolish :),5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34898,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Product Designer,A dream company come true!,"On my first day at Facebook, I remember asking myself, ""Is this company for real? How am I here? How does this company exist?"" Facebook is the epitome of the perfect company. A wise man once told me about the four Ps of the perfect employment: Product, Problem, People, Profit.  Is the Product interesting? This product serves over 1.5 billion people - it is the most exciting product to be part of.  Is the Problem interesting? Beyond interesting. We're trying to solve making the entire world more open and connected through communication, through sharing, through education, etc... In any area of the company, the problems are all great problems to solve.  What about the People? The people are literally the best people I've ever worked with in any position I've been through. They are brilliant, kind, friendly and completely supportive. I left my last company as a senior member and at Facebook, I still feel like I'm learning something new from my colleagues every single day. Beyond my colleagues, the leadership here are more than supportive about an individual's career growth to help us grow deep within our roles, support groups to help you become a better manager, classes to help individuals transition from one career to another. I've seen many of my colleagues get the opportunity to completely change paths (e.g. Designer to Engineer, Researcher to Designer, Designer to PM, etc). You pave your own path and leadership here is supportive to help you get to where you want to be.  So what about Profit? Facebook, luckily, is doing very well in this area. At a personal level, Facebook pays also very well. I was lucky enough to have my total acquisition package matched and exceeded which made saying yes to Facebook a no brainer.  Take a great product, great people, amazing culture and a beautiful place to work and tie that all up in a bow. That is what Facebook is and I hope it never changes. I love this place!","The only con I've found is that Facebook's campus is a bit in the middle of no where but honestly with the flexible shuttle system and an all-day shuttle that goes back and forth between downtown Palo Alto, it's not so bad.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34899,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing manager,Amazing place to work. Smart and ambitious people.,Long commute and lack of diversity,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P65.htm
34900,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best working place for engineers,Everything is set up great and convenient. People are all easy going and collaborative. I don't see politics here and people grow based on their performance and contribution. Of course there are great free food everyday!,Sometimes the goal could be not easy to meet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34901,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Working at FB,Very good company Open culture flexibitlity to chose projects and type of work great quality of people,Not Really. I am happy here,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34902,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Big company with startup culture,- move fast despite being a big company - still in growth mode - entire company is focused on the mission of connecting people,- no work/life balance - not enough empathy to peers,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34903,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent employer. Lot of growth potential,Good work and helpful team members. Very collaborative environment. Decent pay,Not much remote work. So sometimes challenging if your commute is far,"For more experienced employees, who commute a far distance maybe 1 or 2 days of remote work is a good idea. You are doing a great job with taking the company in the right direction. Love working here",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34904,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"- Facebook is very flexible, people are encouraged to work on stuff they're interested in with the best support I've ever seen in industry these years. - Facebook holds one of the best standards on its benefits - better than all companies with equivalent size. - People working here are just happier than average industry level, due to this reason you would feel happier too. - Company momentum is just great, so this could be potentially a place you can stay for a while. - Great engineers just come from all other companies, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon. College new hires come from top ones: Stanford/MIT/CIT and things. - Good amount of people here are both smart and diligent, you have many to learn from. - Although coworkers are competitive here, they are much nicer to work with than other companies holding same 'elite principals'. For example, I rarely see (though there're few) arrogant people here. The whole culture was built in the sense to favor people who are both smart and humble. - Culture encourages transparency, so you have to learn hear and accept sometimes very tough feedbacks, but you could end up growing much faster as you can tell. - If you are good, there's no barrier on 'what you can do'. Facebook does NOT reveal your level to anyone else except your report. So you could see E3 engineers work like E4 or even E5 in the end. But in another way around, it could be tough for seniors. - Facebook sees deliveries (executions) as 1st priority, so people here just focus on work more than the rest, I believe this is one of the biggest reasons why this company moves faster than other companies with equivalent size. - Most of work in Facebook reaches great amount of people (1.5B in web, 1.3B in mobile), and great amount of revenue (20B of this year). So you can tell how much impact you can have, and this would to the minimum becomes a highlighting bullet point on your resume. - People says Facebook has bad work/life balance, I don't agree: 1) you have freedom to pick a laid-back team and free to go almost anytime (they have hackamonth program and it is true), 2) most of time I see hardworking people working hard due to their own choice.","- People says Facebook has less politics, but I do feel some. Usually come from a group of people joining to same team from same company around same time. - Culture encourages transparency, so if you're a smooth talker and avoid giving harsh feedbacks, this could become your problem in review.","In general Facebook sees culture as 1st priority in operations, I agree on this. However it would be great to allow diversities in individuals on small amount of points.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34905,facebook,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Pages,Wonderful job,Easy to understand and easy to manage. Love this company and it is world wide everyone uses this website for everything.,Not good pay need more money in this economy. To make it anywhere you need good and steady income no matter what. But this is a fun and easy job,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34906,facebook,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data mining,"Great people, great food, nice digs.","Lack of direction, no ownership.",Listen more,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34907,facebook,"San Carlos, CA"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Director of IT,"Great company, lucky to have been a part of it","Literally everything - constant challenges, fast pace, smart people, great benefits, awe inspiring products, and the feeling like you are part of something that is once in a lifetime.",Tolerates brilliant jerks and it can be easy to burn out based the intensity of workload.,See above,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34908,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 6, 2015",Former Employee - SWE Intern,Overall Good Company,One of the better internships to have. Compensation is probably the best of any of the major tech companies. Many small perks are included that really add up and make it a good work environment.,"Many people work 50+ hrs/week, depending on your team and location.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34909,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place Great time,"Good pay, talented people, plenty of opportunity. Everyone wants to work at FB these days. Time spent here is 2x 3x mor valuable than anywhere else because of the immesne learning/experiences.","Can be chaotic, Lots of young/inrexperienced managers. Difficult to make true impact when there are so many type A, motivated young individuals doing crazy awesome work. Although there are privisons for work from home and generally good at encouraging work/life balance, this is difficult with so many young and single people putting in intense amounts of hours.","Only advice would be to encoutage people to spend time otuside of FB environments to lear people management, processes etc. at exteernal companies/.organizations. Crucial as the company continues to grow.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P66.htm
34910,facebook,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exceptionally Run Company,"Facebook engineering is almost unparalleled. For example, the continuous delivery system at Facebook automatically builds, tests, and releases software. Managers will give you detailed, constructive, and honest feedback on how to be a better engineer. Lots of opportunities to impact the product through hackathons.",Most engineers are pretty introverted. Can be stressful.,Facebook is on-fire and is firing at all cylinders thanks to Mark's incredible leadership.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34911,facebook,"Daly City, CA"," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Open, Diverse, and Life-Changing","Facebook allowed myself to express who I am as an individual and work in a diverse and open environment. As an internship, Facebook provided work that developed transferable skills as well as a network of opportunities to meet many talented people.","The shuttle rides are a double-edge sword. It's great benefit to have, but if you are planning on using the shuttles or even commute, good luck on the 2-hour ride back home.",Keep up the good work! I wouldn't change my experience as an intern to anything else.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34912,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Engineering Manager,Great benefits. Fast paced work environment. Competitive salary and stock,Stressful - most people are expected to be available all of the time. People are passionate but that comes with a down side of not wanted to listen to other people's opinion. Profanity is part and parcel of working here.,Make the environment easier to deal with. Most of the stress comes from the top down.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34913,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,I love this place!,"Facebook is an amazing place to work. The culture, the people, and the immense impact you can have on almost 1.5 billion people is unparalleled.","To me, the one con is the time it takes to get down to Menlo Park from San Francisco.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34914,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best one out there,"If you are an engineer, you owe it to yourself to work at Facebook at some point of time. Super smart collegue, minimal BS and super high impact.",* Growing too fast. * Hacky culture doesn't bound well for code quality.,Keep pounding on!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34915,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome!,"Excellent environment. A huge number of perks, including 4-month paternity leave, free food, occasional home office, etc. It feels great to work on products 1.5 billion people use.",They could be more organized when managing and planning projects,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34916,facebook,"New York, NY"," Dec 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Development,"Very smart people, great culture.","Long hours, not a lot of impact on the business in general.",Give employees more time to ramp up.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34917,facebook,"New York, NY"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Measurement Lead,Great place to work,"Facebook offers an open, transparent, positive, and collaborative environment. I've been working for over 15 years and could only dream that such a work environment exists. To be surrounded by such a talented group of genuinely nice people is truly refreshing. I frequently get approached for job opportunities. While I would consider them in the past, I couldn't imagine ever leaving here - even for much higher pay.",I'm gaining weight with all the free food:-),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34918,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Growth Marketing Analyst,Tough and rewarding,"Smart, motivated colleagues who are great to work with Fast paced environment where you can make a real difference Big challenges to tackle Awesome office environment. Seriously, check out pictures.",Extremely high bar for success. You need to be great to be average. Everyone is smart and motivated so don't expect to work 9-5.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34919,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 3, 2015",Current Employee - Administrative,admin,Room for growth and Caring managers,Politics starting to creep up,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P67.htm
34920,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Disneyland for Engineers,"Wide variety of great things to work on. Your colleagues will be the best you ever worked with, and you'll learn a lot from them. Very supportive of employee growth, great managers who really invest time in their employees. Amazing parental leave benefits, great senior leadership. Awesome open source program, leading the world in numerous areas for both software and hardware","Better for engineers and designers than fro most other disciplines. Stock had captured most huge growth, not a start up any more. The 101 is basically a parking lot. The interns eat all the best food :-)","Just keep it up, you're crushing it",5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34921,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,HR Business Partner,"Dream Job: -Autonomy to work 100% independently, authority to make huge decisions that shape the business, and pretty near perfect manager and leadership support. -Quite literally the smartest, hardest working and most competent people I've worked with in every facet of the company (including start-ups, mature companies, and post-start up tech companies). - Low tolerance of BS, low tolerance of ""everything is amazing, everyone is perfect"" when things can be improved. - The org moves fast with people issues, low performance (when appropriate), and childish behavior (very very low tolerance for this). - Incredibly lean orgs, especially in HR, so you really have the ability to own a business from end to end. - Low tolerance for politics or front stage/back stage behavior. - Best HR team I've ever worked with including the best manager I've ever worked with. Full of high performing, no jerk, high wit peers at the top of their game.","- Incredibly lean - At least on the non-tech side of the house we could easily add 5 more HRBP's/HRG's and still be understaffed. The pro is way more opportunity for impact, the con is that you just cant get to every org, manager or employee that could be optimized with some extra attention. - Comfort in the gray - Being successful at Facebook means being comfortable without always having a process, policy, or system to fall back on. The bonus is it leaves more freedom for judgement, the down side is first ever decisions can feel like they're policy setting (even if no policy is created)","Invest in more headcount into HR Generalist's, they're the force multipliers for your HRBP's and the eventual pipeline of talent.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34922,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Love My Job!,"Culture, culture and more culture. The first thing you will notice as a new employee at Facebook is the multitude of social events both in office and offsite. There is always something fun to do that helps you engage with coworkers that you may not have come in contact with in your normal work day! I truly enjoy my coworkers and find myself hanging out with them even for non-facebook events, its great!",It is a very fast pace environment and it takes time to really find that work life/personal life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34923,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,good culture is fading away,The opportunity to work on interesting and challenging problems. Intellectually stimulating environment. Great perks and shuttle rides make life more efficient. Company is in a good spot in a large market. The CEO has great visions.,"The good, old ""open and focusing on impact"" culture is fading away. Senior level engineers more and more often have to fight against each other for projects or reinvent the wheels for the sake of fulfilling requirements vs. real technical/business needs. Managers brought in through nepotism have little to none people management experience and skills and brought in negative impact by playing politics. There is no clear mechanism in place to stop these viruses from spreading.","Add checks and balances to keep managers' performance in check. Employees at FB typically can easily land external opportunities (and better comps) and don't bother to stay when running into issues, although most of the time the issues have been disguised as performance challenges or issues on the employee side.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34924,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software,Software engineer,Great work place. I can learn a lot. Nice coworkers. Great benefits. Reasonable work hours. I would recommend working here.,A lot of responsibility. Things move super fast. This is pretty much i. It is overall a great place to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34925,facebook,"Washington, DC"," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Public Policy Manager,"Visionary leadership, maturing company, hard-working","This company is innovating and moving fast in every sphere, changing the way things are done. Great benefits and forward-thinking philosophy on human resource management.","The harder-driving people are moving towards smaller companies, start-ups, companies that haven't IPO'ed yet. This company is becoming more mature and therefore the upside may be smaller and there are conservative elements that need to protect all the territory the company has conquered thus far. At the same time, leadership is trying to stay on the cutting edge and there's still a lot of growth","Fix the ""always-on"" culture, keep on with strategic acquisitions but don't overspend, invest in maintaining entrepreneurial culture",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34926,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent space to level up,"- You are surrounded by the best of the best. - Everything is handled for you, and you get the feeling the FB is here to help you be more productive in life in general. - There's space to grow, and it's performance driven.","It's still a big company, so there are ways you can end up going down the `feel good about yourself` train, and end up not being too great.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34927,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Luh dat,Great experience in fast moving company with great perks,"If you care about city living, enjoy dumping thousands of hours of your life away in a bus annually",Get a south SF office,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34928,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Intern,Software Engineering Intern,Smart engineers Great location Access to resources Lots of freedom,"There are no cons, it's basically the perfect place to work.",The olives at Harvest are a little too big.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34929,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Visiting Researcher,Data Scientist,"great amenities, free onsite gym, shops, and restaurants. Great culture that responds to employees with weekly talks with CEO. Free shuttles to SF",Long commute from SF. Large company so sometimes there are duplicate tools for the same task.,"Keep up the great work. Continue to have weekly meetings, keeping everyone informed and on the same page is really a great way to run the company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P68.htm
34930,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,"Great place to work, not great for certain roles (design/research)","Amazing perks, super transparent company, very little boundaries to communication. You can pretty much talk to anyone at a whim except Mark. It makes getting things down a breeze.  Super laid-back, younger vibe. A lot of energy and excitement around the future.  It's also nice that the company is so successful, it's motivating to know that they are moving in the right direction and have had wild success in the past","There's so much autonomy that direction from above isn't quite there. There's no product development process. The success of your product is very much up to how good your PM is or whatever process the team has lifted from other companies. PMs can be really clueless or junior sometimes, but other times, they're out of this world.  Very metrics driven. It is frustrating to be so tied to metrics that better experiences don't ship or some really crappy product gets developed because of a metrics goal.","Standardize product development more. Have phases, even if they're fast. Product design as a process should be a focus (and not mocks). This would lead to better product hit rate.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34931,facebook,"New York, NY"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Facebook,Great place to work. Collaborative and encouraging management team. Rewarding for people who take risks and produce. Benefits and lifestyle are the best you'll ever see.,Hard to say there are any negatives at a place like Facebook.,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34932,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Great Company!,"Amazing place to work at! Interns are pampered, and given lots of work! Great culture, great people. You get to learn a lot here!","It can be overwhelming to be an intern, with work starting from the very first day. Also they get too many interns sometimes and managing them gets messy for mentors. Screws up your work life balance a bit.","Get fewer interns! Also, it'd be nice if 3 reviews were given through the internship instead of 2. Other than that, I've got no complaints!",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34933,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Data Engineer,"Great people, culture, environment, and interesting projects","- Everyone is smart, but most are also extremely friendly and willing to help/give advice. - Choose work that interests you, and managers do everything to make sure you are happy - Flexible work hours (choose your own start and end time, doesn't matter how long you're in the office really) within reason - great benefits etc.","- steep learning curve - very hard to find good documentation when trying to learn about various aspects of infra - a lot of custom systems/tools everywhere, can be overwhelming to new hires - sometimes people move too fast and create projects without enough consideration for effort vs impact - compensation is probably not as good as other similar sized companies for new grads (unless you are an extremely desired engineer with many competing offers)",Compensation for new grad in certain data roles and departments is lower compared to others (similar roles other departments) in the org. You should ensure compensation is more even across the board,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34934,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,great company,"Food is great, and the people are amazing as well. Great culture. I loved everything about it.",lack of proper software engineering practices/hacky culture. Not much guidance given to employees.,"great going, but codebase can be made much better. Some of the code base is buggy, but it is still working fine.",2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34935,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best job,"I learned a lot of things, from a lot of smart peoples. It is a job where your ideas matters, and that is the most important thing for people like me.",I really have no cons here. Probably the only thing that bothers me sometime is the food given to us.,Let's see. Keep doing the good job that they are doing right now. Keep being the best employer in the world. Keep giving us good salaries.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34936,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - SWE Intern,SWE,the pay and the culture are so good,people who are smelly sometimes there,nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34937,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work with many people.,People here are very active and the company has the best employees.,I don't think there are cons to this company.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34938,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Disneyland,"4 months paid leave with newborns, work from home Wednesdays, unlimited high quality food, can always walk in the park on the roof if I need some fresh air. Food is consistently great.","The only legitimate con I have about working here is meeting start times. Meetings go from 12:00-1:00 for example, with the following meeting starting at 1:00 promptly. This naturally leads to people starting meetings late.  Also I get withdrawals on the weekends when at home because the food here is so good. It causes me to eat out more on the weekends and thus I don't actually save on my food bill.","Would love to modify our policy on meetings to be more in line with what I understand Google's to be: Meetings can be scheduled for 25 or 55 minutes, must always have a 5 minute window so meetings can start on time and end with reasonable gap to get to the next place.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34939,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - California,This is an amazing company of kind people,Competitive pay and wonderful benefits (the food is gourmet- seriously!) FB 15 is real- we've all gained 15 pounds in the first year! Very human in how they think of their employees- it's hard to find a company in the valley that treats their greatest assets with kindness and compassion. People genuinely care about each other,"-you have to open your personal FB page up to co-workers (hard!)- makes sense that you use the product your company makes, but it's such a co-mingling of personal and professional lives. - there seems to be a group of the before and afters- who struggle to understand the company has grown and will not go back to the first 100 employees! This leads to a sense of entitlement and not playing as a team. - commute. UGH -Need to do better with giving back (as a company and as employees). I know our CEO has donated gazillions- but we need programs that allow employees to donate and have funds matched, and allow employees to volunteer their time. -More focus now that it's a larger company with 10K employees, on career growth and development. Opportunity to do on diversity hiring and older workers- the average age has to be under 25! And a more diverse executive team...",Keep things transparent- build strong leadership so we can focus on more than one crisis at a time- bring in senior leaders w/lots of experience who've gone through the lifecycle of a company before.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P69.htm
34940,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perks Beyond Comprehension and an Opportunity to Change the World,"If the reviews here sound like employees are really drinking the Kool-Aid...it's because many of them are. The people at this company genuinely believe they're changing the world by connecting it, and that mission and set of values permeate everything they do.  -Unbelievable benefits and compensation. Seriously, some of their benefits are mind-blowing. Gym benefits, free (really good) food everywhere, amazing healthcare and family planning and daycare benefits (including a ""baby bonus""), access to incredible company events and speakers, generous vacation time that they're constantly encouraging you to actually use, the latest phones and computers for work use, on-site doctor and dentist that are actually good...the list goes on and on. - Strong company culture and values. I've never been at a company that lives and breathes a mission so completely. Am constantly in meetings where coworkers are asking, ""Is this the right decision for the people who use Facebook?"". Even the way they treat their contingent workers (who receive better benefits than most of the tech sector's contingent employees do) makes this evident, there are internal communication groups where full-time employees are constantly asking what more we could be doing for contingent workers to show our appreciation for their work. Both internally and externally, the ""#shiplove"" mantra is strong here. -Work/life balance. You'll see some mixed reviews on this point, but I've been here a year (non-engineering role) and I've never had the level of work/life balance I've had here. I work a very consistent 9-5, and it's rare when I have to fire up my laptop at home at night or over the weekends. -Facilities. It's Facebook! The campus is gorgeous, and they allow visitors. Hosting out-of-town friends and family for lunch or dinner is a great perk. -Efficient and fast. Fewer politics than many other companies of this size. A lot of the day-to-day communication and work gets done on the Facebook platform, which is hugely efficient and easy to use system. -The future! These guys have their hands in a lot of cookie jars, and are working on some really amazing stuff. Whether you're working on things like bringing internet access to the third world, virtual reality products, artificial intelligence that will serve peoples' needs, or all of the innovative things that go on inside the regular ol' Facebook app that serves over a billion people a day, chances are you're working on something really cool. -Women's leadership. I've also never been at a company that really understands women's needs as much as Facebook does (I think we owe this to the leadership of Sheryl Sandberg, Lori Goler and Maxine Williams). They encourage an ongoing dialogue about women's issues in the workplace, have mothers' rooms all around campus, encourage us all to take a ""Managing Bias"" course (which is really eye-opening, on many levels) and even host a yearly Women's Leadership Day, which is truly empowering. They bring in amazing speakers for this event and out of everything I've experienced in my first year here, this was probably the event that stayed with me the most.","-Entitlement. After you've worked here for a while, it's easy to get entitled. I'd say 95% of employees keep their feet on the ground and appreciative and gracious about the benefits they receive, but the entitlement plus the company's culture of open feedback (""feedback is a gift"") occasionally breeds inane complaints in internal communication groups. -That commute. If you live in SF, you'll have to hike down to Menlo Park, and depending upon where you're coming from and how bad traffic is that day, it could be as bad as 2 hours each day. The good news: that's rare, and company-provided transportation options (shuttles with WiFi) make this as easy as possible. You do get used to it, and your time on the shuttle is your own. Sure, you can do work, but you can also nap, watch Netflix, or read.","As you grow, you'll be tempted to cut back spending on benefits-- don't. That is one of Facebook's biggest differentiators and it seriously makes many of us question leaving.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34941,facebook,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 21, 2015","Former Employee - Manager, Specific Contract Services","Not for everyone, hypocracy and blame I saw mostly","Lovely campus, okay perks for contract workers.","The HR/training teams that I worked with were staffed by people that thougt they were experts. They indicated that no contractors could ever offer value, contractors were viewed as an extra pair of hands. However, my role was specifically to provide expertise and coaching in my domain area. The junior/mid-level staff never solicited feedback and assumed only their ideas were useful. Just because people say they are open to feedback does not make it so. I got unsolicited feedback constantly at FB: everyone has an opinion and thinks it's valuable. But, not once did anyone ever ask for my feedback. In that sense, and many others, it's a hypocritical environment.  If you're junior or less than 15 years in your job, FB is probably a good place to grow. If you're more experienced, be sure you carefully evaluate the job. My experience is that I wasn't working with the best or brightest, more often they were the narrow-minded, arrogant and entitled.  Finally, in the area I worked, it was all about blame and pointing fingers when things went wrong. And because they hate processes, of course things would go wrong.","Puleeeze - do you really think management is listening? My experience is that someone junior will respond to comments (everything had to be answered by someone at FB because ""feedback is so valued)."" Uh, no - not in my experience.",2.0,none,2.0,none,none,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34942,facebook,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Fun, challenging, collaborative. The campus is also amazing, and interns are treated very well.","The company is getting big, and even though the company tries hard to not be affected by ""corporate"" culture, some of it is unavoidable it seems.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34943,facebook,"Charlotte, NC"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook,Facebook creates opportunities worldwide. Very innovative and forward thinking. Offers support for developers or businesses on all platforms.,I presently do not have any cons.,none,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34944,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Intern - Monthly,Great experience,"Everyone was very friendly, and the atmosphere was great. Benefits were great - free $25 per day to group with 4 other employees for any activity, free food, lots of intern events.","Goals and projects were not laid out very well. Shouldn't be a problem for people with more experience, but for first-time interns this might be an issue because they offer little help with getting accustomed to the work environment.",There should be more help (ie. classes) for back-end development during the first week or two to get more accustomed to the code base.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34945,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible culture and benefits,"Working for a mission-driven company makes for an engaged and enthusiastic workforce. Focus on impact means that you have flexibility to get work done when and how you choose. Quality of people we hire is outstanding, coupled with low egos. Love the 'focus on strengths' mentality which means your role often shifts to make sure you are spending the most time doing what you love. Lots of support and training for managers at FB, although the individual contributor role is equally valued - becoming a manager is a lateral move (and a deliberate choice) at FB rather than a reward for being awesome in an IC role.","Personally I love the concept of bringing my authentic self to work and being personal friends with coworkers, but I understand that it's not for everyone. I do feel that this will become more prevalent as the millennial generation becomes the majority of the workforce in the next decade.","Keep up the amazing internal comms, including weekly Q&A with Mark, quarterly strategy updates and accessibility of the management team.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34946,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - Presentation Designer,Dope company to work for,"Such a great company to work with. The perks, the people, and the environment is something else. It was a short time there, but one of the most memorable places I have worked. it feels more like a college than being at work.","There isn't much downside that I've seen working there, but probably only thing that I can think of is eating too much at the free bbq.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34947,facebook,"New York, NY"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,- Coworkers are all smart and passionate people - Managers truly care about their employees - Flat organization - Amazing perks - Great benefits - Schedule is very flexible - Transparency,- Longer days (but you like what you do) - Handful of entitled people,"I think management does really well from the top (Zuck) down to line managers. Incredibly transparent, honest and genuinely invested in employees",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34948,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor work life ballance,The perks are some of the best in the business. Salaries are very healthy. Organization moves quickly. Free meals and great services offered at all offices.,"Work life ballance is absolutely an issue. As a manager, this was the number one problem I faced.....keeping my team moving forward at the pace of the company's expectations, while also managing my team's frustration at being on and accessible 24/7.....not a philosophy I could subscribe to.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34949,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing,Young Adult Wonderland w/ Golden Children,"- Incredibly transparent when it comes to company priorities and initiatives - Great access to leaders in the company. Nobody is too big to talk to. - Touches basically all of internet-connect humanity, which is nice. - Playing on the largest-scale chess board in the world against the top 4-5 tech companies","- Lots of hiring from outside that layer long-term employees under several managers - There are a few ""Golden Children"" inside the company who can essentially do no wrong and will always be given control of the most interesting/valuable projects. They are either buddies with Zuck/Sheryl or were actual startup veterans who were brought in from the outside. Either way, it's near impossible to become a significant player in the company without that ""golden"" anointment.",Keep kickin' butt!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P70.htm
34950,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strong business,"Decent culture, incredibly strong business fundamentals, Sheryl is a star, lots of good people. If you're looking to build a career, this is the place to do it.","Big and getting bigger. Genuinely not on the same scale as Google or Microsoft, but reaching the point where all start-up remnants are being washed away.","To be honest, management is doing a solid job, all things considered. It is, in most ways, as good as a large tech company can get. There could be more of an emphasis on diversity.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34951,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"Moving fast, awesome culture, smart people, rooftop garden, manager training, sweet stop, and music around campus cafes.","Can't really pinpoint anything to complain about. I mean after all, we have amazing benefits!",Keep doing what you're doing!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34952,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - University Recruiter,Love this place!,"-Things move very fast here and they are constantly changing. This might not be considered a pro for those who are resistant to it but I think it helps keep the job fresh. I've been here for almost 3 years now and never once have I felt that my work has gotten stale. I think this is very important for facilitating personal and professional growth. -The people I work with every day are not only some of the smartest people I know, but they are my friends and people I chose to hang out with outside of work. Facebook encourages all employees to be their authentic selves which translates to a much more relaxed and social work environment. It's work hard play hard and it's awesome being able to work people you actually want to spend time with. -The perks are unreal. Everything from free food and laundry to awesome healthcare plans. It's actually kind of ridiculous. Their focus is on convenience benefits to help with work life balance.","-Always attached to Facebook. Let's face it, I did this before I started working here anyway. -Lots of information. Sometimes it can be tough to keep track of all of the things that are changing. We have internal groups for everything and it can get a little intense trying to follow it all.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34953,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Product Designer,Find Your Own Destiny,"It's like a microcosm of the real world. The organization can be fast and chaotic. It's up to the individual to find information, resources, and make things happen. It's great that one person can find support and quickly get resources allocated to their cause if it's justified.","One of the consequences of the flat, disparate teams and ""move fast"" philosophy is that multiple teams may be duplicating work and competing internally, or just faltering in a disorganized fashion.","Could use more company-wide training on manager / managee relationships. Could use better design thinking and process integrated into org, sometimes need to slow down and think properly to save re-building costs.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34954,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible place to work,"Some of the smartest people I've ever encountered. Extremely high expectations for everyone, but it's a good, supportive kind of pressure. Management is top-notch and really sets the tone and leads by example.","The pace that everyone moves at is extremely fast, so be ready when you join. There are a lot of smart people so it's easy to feel overwhelmed at first.",Keep up the good work! Remember that a lot of people around here look up to you all. Focus on maintaining the culture and good things will continue to happen.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34955,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Facebook internship review,"Facebook has great people, culture, and benefits for employees. Interns are given the chance to live in corporate housing, with excellent conditions. Also, 3 meals per day and transport to and from work is a really good thing. Working in open spaces is another good thing about FB, since you get to easier communicate and work with people in your team/different teams. Also, the sweet shop was my favorite place!","Project allocation was probably not suitable for all of us, since there were more than 1000 interns this summer.","Keep up the good work! The recruiting and interviewing process in very good so far, in my opinion. Managers should keep on doing their best to give interns real tasks and responsabillties, and help them whenever they need to.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34956,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Fantastic bootcamp,During the bootcamp you can see all the stack of the technologie,You can end up doing things that you have never done,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34957,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Unlike any other employer!,"I've been at Facebook for close to 1 year, and have absolutely loved my time so far. I can finally say that I've found a company that I value as much as they value me, and I plan to stay as long as they'll let me. We hire amazing people that are interested in what they do, which makes teams strong and interestingly, I work with many people that have been at the company for 5-8 years! The perks are unbelievable, from the gym to the spa to dry cleaning to absolutely delicious food that fits everyone's needs. I'm also pleased with the compensation structure and opportunity to earn a very large bonus for high performance.","Location in Menlo Park can be difficult for some commuting from farther parts of the Bay Area, but shuttles from many locations help a lot.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34958,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Technical Sourcer,Great company would highly recommend,Slowly but surely turning into Google,stay small and stay fast - don't sacrifice quality for quantity,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34959,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Truly the best company to work for,- flexibility to make your role your own - open culture (truly open doesn't just say it is) - appreciates their employees- perks and benefits are amazing - company feels like family - work life balance is appreciated and respected,- comp isnt as high as other companies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P71.htm
34960,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiting Lead,Empowered to Do What I Love,#1: The people. The flexibility. The challenges/growth potential. Life@ - Our benefits program.,"Depending where you live, the commute - but the commuter resources are really strong.",Stay flexible.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34961,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Communications,Great place to grow,"Very open culture, super fast-moving, incredible resources at your disposal, including managerial support + autonomy (in my experience, it's rare to truly have both), and really great benefits","The pace can be exhausting if you don't actively take time for yourself, however, managers are really good at encouraging employees to take vacation.",Continue encouraging employees to take vacation and time for themselves. Stop to recognize the incredible work that is coming out of the company at such a breakneck speed.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34962,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nirvana,"Facebook encourages openness in all spheres, professional and personal. Be yourself - don't lead a double life where you are dull & droid-like at work, then are someone different at home.",It's too early for me to tell. I hear rumblings that justifying code cleanup can be difficult since there's no neat metric for it.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34963,facebook,"Boston, MA"," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Full of adventures,"Amazing colleagues focusing on making impacts Employee Benefits Great community If there is anything you want to make it work out, it is a perfect place to be!","Work life integration. Your colleagues will become your closest friends. But then, when do you spend enough time (enough not to ask for their understanding) your family and best friends?",Keep up the work!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34964,facebook,"New York, NY"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Agency Partner,Advertising,The privilege working in a highly dynamic and engaging environment while bring surrounded by some of the smartest co-workers in the business. A truly open company that cares about it workers and consumers.,No cons are worth detailing in comparison to the massive positives at Facebook today. Facebook just needs to keep up the good work maintaining that culture as they continue to scale.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34965,facebook,"Decatur, GA"," Sep 28, 2015","Former Employee - Daily Consumer &amp, User",Consultant,"I was one of few! I was paid to observe and report while I'd rather get mentally involved! I love to get involved in the brain-power decision making , but I like being a staff consultant to a leader who makes the final decision. In other words, I like being the brains behind the power that makes the final decision! I merely provide the simple and dry facts.","Well, it only paid an honorarium which didn't amount to much, but it was the prestige of having done the job that mattered.",Consulting,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34966,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Even better than Google.,"I came from Google, which was amazing. But I love the culture and atmosphere here even more.",Some people drink the Kool-Aid too much and think we're perfect.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34967,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Amazing Place,"+ Amazing growth potential, at no other place could I have moved up so quickly so fast + Everyone focuses on Impact all the time, if it's not worth doing then we don't do it + Learn from some of the best in the world at what they do + Unbeatable pay, benefits, work environment, and culture","+ Some people find it hard to find a life/work balance, but following the guidance of the more experienced people it can be easy, just need to cut through the BS and focus on impact",Focus on Impact,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34968,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a Diverse Company,Great employment brand and perks,"Was attracted to FB because of its Diversity message but it was a sad illusion. I'm HIspanic and women and since I joined the company they put me this HIspanic tag. Don't feel included by my peers and even by my manager, who is a global leader. Internally the company believes they include the people but never dare to deeply talk about the non inclusive culture we have here (Maning Bias training and tribes are only the top of this iceberg). Some Latinos friend already left the company and I might be the next.","Be honest to yourselfs and face the true, we are not ready to bring diverse to the company.",1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34969,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Love everything about Facebook,"1. No other company can compete with the Bootcamp. It's like a Red Carpet experience minus the glamour. You literally ""decide"" what you want to work on after working on real projects. 2. Brilliant people to work with. 3. Awesome work culture. 4. Even though it's a large company, you still feel important. 5. You are encouraged to move fast, without taking pressure which is an awesome combination, especially for a Software Engineer. 6. Awesome management, HR and all the supporting teams. They really make the life easy.","1. Work can sometimes be overwhelming for some people. However, to me, it seems like it is a product of their own working style. No doubt, there is a lot of work going on at a rapid pace, but you are always free to complete it at your own pace and your team is always there, ready to help you. 2. Limited number of PTOs: Although they are more than most companies out there in the industry, but they are still low.",1. Keep doing what you are doing. Employees are the key to the success of Facebook and making them feel important is what has kept the company going till now. 2. The DNA of Facebook consists of the best of the people out there. Maintain it that way and never lower the bar for hiring new employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P72.htm
34970,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Data Scientist,The analytics org is in trouble,"Smart people, amazing benefits, good salary, ""anything you need"" attitude","No clear career path, Analytics org has seen multiple owners, lots of attrition, not a meritocratic culture","Give people a real career plan, something to look forward to",3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34971,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing company, management, coworkers and product.",Mark is an amazing visionary and CEO. He makes hard calls and has a very long-term perspective.,None that I can think of.,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34972,facebook,"Santa Clara, CA"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"OK, but...","Perks are mind-blowing - awesome food, and thoughtful benefits like laundry service and onsite acupuncture/clinic.","Frenetic pace, which isn't bad by itself. But PROCESS is a four letter word at Facebook, clearly moving fast and breaking things is considered the way to go. Sorry, but when a company hits 12,000 people you gotta add in at least a light layer of process and actually hold people accountable to follow it.",M-team leaders appear to be a really solid bunch of people. But there are some duds lurking at the next level that should go.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34973,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Director,Working at Facebook,"Amazing, smart people who are actually kind and want to collaborate vs. avoid it. Open and transparent culture Ability to grow your career",It can be difficult at times keeping up with everything we need to know as we grow. We're also spreading out more - both globally and in HQ at Menlo Park. We need to make sure that we do our best to stay connected and maintain what's special about Facebook even with this growth.,Continue being open to new ideas. Continue believing in a transparent culture. Continue to keep our hiring bar high so that we bring in the best talent.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34974,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Program Lead,Amazing company to work at,"Great company with an amazing culture. You work hard, the pace is fast, expectations are high, and change is constant, but Facebook really looks after its employees and provides a diverse array of opportunities for self development, cross-functional training and career growth. The CEO meets with all employees once a week and answers anyone's questions.  Most people here are energetic and passionate about their work and seriously focused on making an impact. The work environment is physically (and culturally) very open: open spaces, no offices, casual dress, etc. Work/life balance is respected and encouraged and you have the flexibility to work in the way that best matches your individual style and needs. Face-to-face communication is highly valued but meetings are generally focused on not time-wasting activities. Anyone can suggest a new feature or improvement and be part of the team that makes it happen. There is a lot of opportunity for high performers to grow their careers. The compensation, benefits and perks are truly above par.  One of the most important things for me is the open culture and the way Facebook encourages employees to find and be our authentic selves, and to listen to the voices of others who may be different from ourselves. The company works very hard to create a diverse and welcoming environment for all.","It may be hard to adjust in the first few months if you're used to working in a traditional company. You can't sit in a corner and work alone - cross functional teamwork and building relationships are the norm. Facebook is always in the public spotlight, and this is one of the things you'll have to learn to deal with if you want to work here. And you'll have to get used to spending more time on Facebook. :-)",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34975,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Product Designer,Amazing place,"Compensation, Great talent, a lot of space to be creative and submit ideas, not a lot of hierarchy and politics yet, ability to switch teams easily.","A lot of product ideas get killed and never ship, which is usual for a company this size as you can't just ship half-baked products.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34976,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"open culture, move fast, cutting-edge tech, awesome benefit, the best company in the world",really cannot find any Cons...,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34977,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart People, Great Culture","The Perks are nice, but what is very valuable is the people I work with. Everyone is top notch and I'm learning a lot every day.",There are a lot of people who touch each project making it hard to execute quickly.,Keep rewarding XFN collaboration.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34978,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,High Quality Employment,FB tries to eliminate regular discomforts one can experience in less progressive corporate employment. Management is easy-going but in return one is expected to do quality work.,"FB is a large company and with that, it is sometimes hard to see the impact of the work given.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34979,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Software Engineering Intern,"- Felt like I made an impact even in 3 months - Great benefits, even for interns (meals, microkitchens, health allowance, etc) - Transparent path to full time offer",- Was placed on a team despite not having the skills that the team needed - Bootcamp could be a little bit more comprehensive,"The intern program is great, but make more efforts to make sure people are on teams that interest them.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P73.htm
34980,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Longtimer,"passionate people, dynamic environment, flexible, constant change","growing pains, middle management, unclear expectations",give your employees room to grow. trust them.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34981,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,facebook review,"lot of room for impact, lot of challenging technical problems.",not a lot of mentorship.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34982,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best company to work ever,You met with a ton of smart and friendly co-worker and managers. You can make a lot of impact and also grow yourself.,"Too much food, way too easy to gain weight. You need to make decision yourself most of the time, sometimes it's intimidating.","To be honest, nothing much to be criticized. I love my manager so much!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34983,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Recruiter,"Fun Perks, High Energy, Impact, but Give Up Your Life",Spent three years on the hiring team & found the hacky whacky culture fun for the most part. Key to success is forging the right relationships. Be sure to manage your own career because no one will do it for you.,"Politics abound, lack of management training, questionable review cycles, erratic tangible roadmap outside of high-level ideas","Get better training, nurture your employees, and truly play to their strengths",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34984,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Everything Is Good, Most Great Is The Free Food & Maternity Paternity 4 Months Paid Leave, No Force To Join Work Back.","I Found No Cons, A Great Company To Work With. Tough To Get A Job That's All About Facebook.","Everything Is Great, They Should Continue Till End, Online Application System Is Great, The Review Team Should Be Given More Expenditure.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34985,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Awesome perks, smart co-workers, great environment for engineers",- Really good perks - Challenging yet fun work environment. Engineers have a lot of say in the product.,The company is getting bigger day by day.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34986,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,General Statement about the Tech Industry,"Pinnacle of Industry, work with the passionately intelligent people.","Disneyland Capitalism, fun and games on the surface with a monolithic corporation underneath.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34987,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overachievers Wanted,"Free food, smart people, potential to work on impactful products","Unclear expectations, burnout rate is high",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34988,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 2, 2015","Current Employee - L&amp,D",Unreal Work Environment,"The culture is the real selling point here. Facebook looks to leverage people's passions. The focus on strengths, openness and care is so refreshing.  Facebook takes care of its employees to a degree I never could have imagined, and there always innovating to do even more. Here's what I take advantage of in terms of perks: Gym with a variety of fitness classes to suit anyone's interests Free food, sourced sustainably, local whenever possible, with options for everyone To go along with above, the sweet shop full of fresh baked goodies and rotating ice cream flavors Spa on site (you pay for the services but it's so convenient) Free laundry service up to $40/month Shuttles from all over the bay area with wifi so your day starts when your commute starts Amazing benefits and leave policies","No matter where you come from, it's trafficky to get to the offices in MPK.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34989,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,Amazing company where you are given lots of autonomy and trust. Great perks! Friendly and fun.,Need to give more feedback and room for improvement.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P74.htm
34990,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,"Facebook is a decent place to start out, but it's not what it used to be",You can work with some smart people on challenging problems. You can learn from the existing infrastructure.,"Not as much room for growth anymore. Bad work/life balance. Waining company culture being replaced by Microsoft suits.  RSU grants are at the whim HR, so you really have to fight for a good offer otherwise you'll regret it.",Treat your veterans better by higher raises and equity. It makes no sense to stick around Facebook for longer than 2 years. 3 years is really pushing the boundary of rationality.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
34991,facebook,"Redwood City, CA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sweet place to work,"Huge impact, Smart peers, Good food, and Hard technical challenges to list a few. I also really like the culture.","Noise and distractions in an open work environment sometimes hurts productivity sometimes. Luckily, there are couches and quiet rooms for that.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
34992,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Validation Engineer,The people working there are very fun and kind.,Sometimes there is poor work life balance,keep on killing it. Keep the organization flat,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
34993,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Empires & Game of Thrones,"Reality, neither a pro or con: It's getting fierce as many teams grow on the business side. With growth comes empire building and people will fight for ownership of your team's work. You see team's shifting scope and grabbing land. You have to be fierce and aggressive to win. That has always been the case at Facebook - just look at what types of people get into leadership roles. If you like this type of environment, Facebook is your place.",There will be winners and losers. Career growth to gain skills is hard. Internal transfers are harder than getting hired externally.,The review process feels like a game.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
34994,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Connectivity Lab,"-Flexibility. I could choose a project and a particular area that I wanted to contribute to. -Great team. A bunch of smart people on the team, including former Google, Apple folks. -Fast. By the end of my internship we had a product almost ready for shipping.",Not much to say here!,Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
34995,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Smart people. great engineering challenges. freedom to work on projects,Not that many interesting projects Too much maintenance burden at times,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
34996,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer's heaven,"Amazing people Freedom to do what you want, move between projects Cheerful and optimistic work-environment Find something you want to hack/change, go do it Good food Lots of perks",Sugar-shop is hard to resist HQ Office in the middle of nowhere Commute on 101 is a pain Sometimes work environment gets pretty noisy with all the discussions going on around you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
34997,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great freedom,- great learning opportunities - high degree of freedom - strong sense of ownership,"- some managers aren't really manager material, but just did a lateral switch for the wrong reasons - despite having some truly exceptional people, there are a number of new hires that are sub-par - work life balance varies immensely across teams, from very relaxed (10-6, mon-fri), to very ridiculous (12h+, 6+days a week)...",Continue passing down the ideals strongly across the hierarchy!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
34998,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Amazing learning opportunities,"- Learning opportunities are really unparalleled. There are so many different 'camps', classes, and informal learning opportunities at the company. If you have an interest in a topic, most likely someone else is equally interested in teaching you about it. - Many of the little things are taken care of for you: food, laundry, shuttle, gym, etc. It does add up, from both a money and time perspective. - Managers care! I've had better and worse managers, but one unifying theme is that they all have good intentions, which I can't say for every manager I've had in my short career.","- Salary growth can be somewhat linear...and the y-axis (what you start off at), has more weight than it should for a young company. - Easy for performance to all clump together at the above expectations rating, which really makes it difficult to stand out.",Work more aggressively to reward hard work with proper reviews and compensation.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
34999,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Overall great company,"Open culture, flexible work hours, great perks, ability to shift roles within the company","Long commute from San Francisco, starting to become a bigger corporate entity, upward mobility isn't as clear or easy as it used to be",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P75.htm
35000,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Client Partner,Sales Client Partner,"Wonderful company and great benefits. Fantastic culture, a true leader in our industry and an example for other companies to follow. Great supporter of equal pay and opportunities for all.","Pace is incredibly hard and demanding. Growing too fast at times. Need to slow down and put more alignment in place. Almost too transparent with our employees with information and data. They really do share a lot, there are positives and negatives to that, such as when new products get leaked to the press.","Keep doing what you are doing, putting people first at the core of our product and services. And treating your employees with great care and kindness.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35001,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Top of the Field,"Great pay, great benefits, interesting work. You get to work with some of the best engineers in the world, and the business is doing incredibly well.","Work-life balance, while better than most top tech companies and certainly startups, is always a struggle. Unstructured work environment is a challenge to some.",Make you employees feel like it's OK to unplug and recharge. Make employee calibrations more transparent.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35002,facebook,"Fremont, CA"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Culinary Recruiter and Human Resources Assistant,Contractor,"free food, gym, culture, people, work flexibility","noisy, contractors treated differently, lots of changes",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35003,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 20, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data Scientist,I get to work every day on interesting problems together with incredibly smart and committed coworkers. The internal tools we have in place to perform analysis are world class.,It's very hard to advance your career if you want to have work-life balance. The fast pace and the high demands foster burnout in a lot of employees.,"I can only speak for Management in Analytics: The load of work in Analytics is poorly distributed. Some Data Scientists have to support several products while others get away with simply keeping track of a metric.  I would advice management to keep a check on the workload distribution, as a lot of the most talented data scientists see their careers stall as a result of this imbalance.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35004,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,"+ Overall mission to connect the world + Interesting challenges to work on + Great culture - honest, open, direct + Never seen finance team move fast on key strategic decisions + Equitable and rewarding career - You get what you put in",- The pains of a growing company are beginning to show but everyone recognizes this and there are active discussions to preserve the culture - Work life balance can be tricky but FB takes care of you,1. Address diversity across the company and on management team 2. Stay focused and keep shipping!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35005,facebook,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Can't imagine a better workplace,* Open culture - no secret projects * Opportunity for growth * Access to management via weekly Q&As * Lots of learning and development courses * Encouragement to work on what you are passionate about * Perks and benefits can change according to what employees want most,"The company is scaling rapidly, so while there is still a start-up culture, it's impossible to have the type of familiarity with all your coworkers and knowledge of all active projects you'd have at a smaller place.",Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35006,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project/Program Manager,"Facebook offers competitive pay, fantastic benefits, a comfortable dress code, etc. but you all already know that. Those reasons alone make it an attractive place to work (though that luster does wear off). You have great IT services and productivity tools that make the day-to-day of getting work done easy.","- Management at the manager level is full of many inexperienced managers who are looking to try their hand at management. I don't think it's working that well. They don't back up their direct reports and are afraid to make any sort of decision.  - Decision making by groups...while in theory is nice and probably worked a few thousand employees ago makes things slow down now. Empower your people and embrace accountability and responsibility.  - Politics are king, if you can navigate them well, you'll do well on certain teams as it is rampant. Favorites are played and it's more about what you say you're doing then what you actually are doing.  - Plan but don't execute - executing is for low level people, senior folks plan strategically with a holistic view and full context....yeah all that garbage talk is for real though. Seriously, depends on the team and role, but getting ""stuff"" done could be seen in a bad light.",- Managers and IC's need to be empowered to make decisions and to know they have leadership's support. - Maybe take a look at hiring experienced managers from other companies instead of promoting the volunteer. - Remember that executing is more important then a roadmap.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35007,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Front End Engineer,Best place to work at,1) Co-workers are all crazy talented and top of the industry 2) Working on some really technically interesting and challenging problems 3) Anything you do affect up to a billion people!,"The location of the office is the biggest drawback, it's in the middle of nowhere with no good housing nearby","Keep doing what you are doing, it's awesome working at Facebook!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35008,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Client Engineer,Facebook Main Campus,"campus perks, food, gym, etc. hardware resources.",bi annual self & colleague reviews,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35009,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - IT Field Support/Logistics Technician,Facebook Experience,Facebooks teams are driven to connect the world.,The Facebook IT team needs to be less hierarchical and open to new ideas from their workers.,Treat their interns like actual workers and give them more responsibilities.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P76.htm
35010,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Partnerships,Incredible opportunity to innovate and learn,"1. Culture. Facebook thrives on a collaborative, open culture where anyone can make an impact. You get to work with brilliant people who are very data driven and are open to constructive feedback on projects. It doesn't matter if you are an intern or a VP, your voice matters.  2. Career Satisfaction and Growth. It's truly satisfying to work on projects that impact the nearly 1.5 billion people on Facebook's platform. I've interacted with people from every major department and there are so many interesting projects. Also, I love participating in the hackathons. You get to take a break from your current work and just be creative. It's amazing!  3. The Food. So the food is ridiculous at Facebook. That's all I need to say.  4. Facebook's Leadership. I'm very impressed with Facebook's senior leadership. They do an amazing job of communicating with FB employees and keeping everyone motivated. Specifically, they are extremely focused on Facebook's mission of making the world more open and connected.",Work-Life Balance. There are very high expectations at Facebook and people work long hours.,"As Facebook continues to rapidly grow, stay focused on maintaining rigorous hiring standards.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35011,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Getting Corporate,- Food - Health care benefits - Fringe benefits - Nice campus - Corporate shuttles - State of the art tech stack - Extremely smart coworkers - Visionary and bold top management,"Work/life balance can get hurt as a lot of folks at the office are single and do not understand the needs of having a family.  The company is getting bigger. This means more room for backroom politics and aligning people without ruffling people's feathers.  Very talented individual contributors (and/or good at politics) are being promoted. As a result, instead of having well rounded managers, you end up having either extremely career driven or super awkward managers. Some of those middle managers are very green, making it even more painful.  Some women feel like they have to be extra tough at work because of the Leanin coolaid, making them very hard to work with.",Continue the great job at investing for the future of the company.  Try to be a little more sound at the way promotions to middle management roles works.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35012,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Disneyland.,"I mean, it's the happiest place on Earth. It's like Disneyland except... you get paid a lot instead of the other way around. I legitimately and genuinely enjoy the people I work with and coming into work is something I look forward to after a vacation (of which we get 21 days / year). I'm not a father, but I hear if I choose to be, I get 4 months paternal leave. Comp is great, food is great, ... I never talk about where I work and what I do because I just feel so lucky to be here. It's not really fair.","We're getting huge. The last thing I want is for the company to turn into a Google/Microsoft/Amazon, but it might be inevitable. Luckily, the company takes preventative action to prevent the big corporate feeling... but it isn't working super well.",Keep on keepin' on. Some of the best in the biz.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35013,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,A Spectacular Ride,"- change the world, nudging a billion people at a time - working with the best minds around. I graduated at the top of my class, both high school and college...and so did everyone else - they take great care of their employees needs - a pace of change, despite the company's size, that will blow you away - an unlimited set of interesting and challenging technical problems","- they talk about ""work-life blending"" instead of balance, but what this means in reality is that work generally dominates your life (along with your newsfeed) - a growing focus on financial compensation instead of intrinsic motivators - at the pace and scale of the company, an individual's perceived impact is shrinking - using user engagement metrics as a poor substitution for user sentiment / satisfaction - especially in the last few years, converging with the model of most other major companies","Focus on the Impact Move Fast, Be Bold What would you do if you weren't afraid?",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35014,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Positive Feedback,Best company for an intern! Everything is free and there is a good hotel to live! Worked on an independent project. (This is really good compare to some interns in Canada..),Really good company and no big cons.. Ok.. food is not good as heard..,My manager offers me minimum help as usual.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35015,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - California,Smart and Exciting open market,"This place has the greatest collection of brilliant people in one place that I've ever experienced. Every day I learn more and get the opportunity to add value to what we do. People are collaborative and totally motivated by fulfilling the mission of connecting the world for the better. All that matters is that you have a great idea and the data to back it up. Once you have those, you can run with a creative approach to solving a problem and colleagues at all levels will offer support and partnership. Its great!","Because hierarchy is insignificant and bureaucracy is at a minimum, it can sometimes be hard to figure out who else is working on something in which you have an interest. Feels decentralized.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35016,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work for,- A lot of smart people to work with. - Planet-scale projects. - Less meetings/planning than in other big companies. - Great benefits and perks. Free food. Laundry/dry cleaning. - Great pay.,- Commuting by car to the new Seattle office from Eastside would require going through Mercer street. - Open space floor plan. - May gain weight due to free food.,Seek options to diversify business.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35017,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Community Operations,Great place to work,great opportunities lots of learning good pay insane perks,"none, they are doing everything right",stop re org,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35018,facebook,"San Mateo, CA"," May 30, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Best place for data science,- World class technology and infrastructure - Brilliant colleagues who care a lot about their work - Challenging problems and impactful - Decisions focus on the data and facts behind an idea vs who's suggesting it,"- Not a con for me, but Facebook is an intense place, driven by smart and passionate people. If you are looking for a place to coast, this aint it. - Commute, if you're living in SF","Work to maintain Facebook's mission-driven culture and weed out people who aren't aligned. Maintain a high bar for hiring, and put more emphasis on retention.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35019,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Loving My Job,"Every single day I am learning something new on the job-- I love being constantly encouraged and stretched in my role! Plus, I have the opportunity to work with people who are absolutely best in their fields.","Facebook moves extremely fast -- it can be tough to stay on top of all the product/strategy changes. Innovation is extremely important to us, so we have to make sure that all of our operational teams can keep up.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P77.htm
35020,facebook,"Oakland, CA"," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, changing culture",Facebook is working on some inspiring things & it's cool to be a part of it.  Many of the people they hire are extremely bright.  Benefits are awesome.,"Work/Life Balance is non-existent. As is career development opportunities & mobility on the non-technical side.  Management is really poor & gets increasingly detached and political the higher up you get.  They tend to reward/promote people who can make themselves look good, rather than people who actually get stuff done. This wasn't the case when I joined, but, the culture has shifted dramatically in that direction.","The culture is shifting pretty dramatically, and the ability to actually affect change is decreasing. The company is starting to suffer from a lot of ""big company"" problems that will affect it's ability to succeed in the long run.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35021,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Awesome,Facebook treats people really well.,"Very competitive environment, if you're not the right kind of person for this it can be challenging.",Continue doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35022,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Product Designer,:),It much better working environment than most of the companies.,no such cons for company like facebook,:),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35023,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,No Pros for the people join in after ipo.,"No work life balance, culture is so bad. It almost squeezed you all your time and give you a great pressure.",Need to change the culture to be more friendly to the engineer.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35024,facebook,"West Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Fantastic place to work,"Moves fast on projects, efficient processes for workflow, excellent tools in place to get work done, great people, amazing benefits, wonderful work/life balance",Far from SF and commute time is really long,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35025,facebook,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,facebook software developer,"I think the employees there are prominent, the salary is good and I learnt much. I like its product and creativity.",but the hr is not so good. The food there is so-so. The environment is not charming. So I decide to other companies.,"hr should be good to us. manage should not be too hashed. The managers are not honesty enough, sometime they can't do sometime they promise to.",1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35026,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer V,Software engineer,"1. Bootcamp is a really great program to choose teams. You get to talk to different managers and have the freedom to choose teams. 2. After working in a team for a year, you can change to a new team. There is a program called hack-a-month. You can go to another team to work for a month, and then decide whether you want to stay or com back. It is really flexible.",Work-life balance. It is busier comparing to Google. But things are getting better. It also depends on the teams.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35027,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"A really awesome company to work with. With it's focus on impact, it makes sure each employee get to do quality work.",Nothing really except that sometime we move too fast.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35028,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place to work,Great opportunity for growth and learning. Amazing workplace and culture.,don't have anything to complain about.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35029,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Developer,Great company,- incredibly smart people - unlimited opportunities (i have no technical background and am now coding!) - the company is actually making a difference - great salary and benefits - people who care,"- as the company grows, there is also more process - in some orgs, leadership loses touch to their team's work - this leaves too much room for meaningless buzzwords","Make sure your leaders know what their team's day to day work looks like. This way, they're able to distinguish between who shouts loudest (but doesn't have a clue) and who really does understand and can add valuable input to the problems we're trying to solve.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P78.htm
35030,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - University Recruiter,Proud to work at Facebook,"-Solid company values, mission based company -If you're preforming well, they will reward you and promote you -Growing company= lots of opportunities for growth and more responsibility -No one looks over your shoulder to make sure you're at work. We don't care about face time. If you're getting your work done, management let's you do your thing on your own time. -CEO is credible and a great visionary. He really believes in what we're doing and inspires our employees -beautiful campus, tons of food options, great benefits (including 21 days paid off and unlimited sick time!) -(for the most part) really smart and friendly coworkers -solid L & D courses","-for some reason there is a good amount of churn after an employee hits their 4 years. People usually have nothing but great things to say about the company, but we attract the kind of people who want to leave and go do their own startups/ build their own companies after working for FB and getting experience. This is a bit of a bummer and does kill morale when you lose a great person on your team. -i've had nothing but great managers, but this isn't the case for everyone. -no SF office","-open an office in San Francisco!! You are losing great employees due to a tough commute. -be careful to keep the hiring bar up as we grow -hire great managers... vet them carefully -don't lose the ""start up"" feel we know and love -do your best to help our acquisitions (mostly WhatsApp) embrace our culture and integrate with Facebook even while they continue to run their own products otherwise we will have huge groups of people who don't share our vision and company values",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35031,facebook,"San Jose, CA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiting Manager,Recruiting Manager,"Collaborative, open, fast paced, inclusive, working with super bright people who force me to raise my game everyday. Culture of learning. Culture of leading vs following. Values originality and authenticity. Exec leadership is comprised of incredibly grounded, inspiring people. Love coming into work to do interesting, meaty work and know that I am helping to build a company with an incredibly noble and honorable mission to make the world more open and connected. As heads down as we are in our work, terrific sense of family and ""we're all in this together"". Very special place.","FB is so generous to their employees that at times it is taken for granted. Stay humble, folks.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35032,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Industry Manager,Industry Manager,"This is the best place I have ever, and probably will ever work. You have autonomy and every resource to drive your own success, business impact, and career growth.  Most companies have a mission, some say they follow it, and extremely few are actually mission led. Facebook truly believes in making the world more open and connected, including those people who aren't even online yet. Every role and department ladders back to that.  In advertising sales, we have the goal of building our client's businesses by connecting them to the consumers who matter to them. More importantly, we ensure that people on Facebook are seeing ads that are relevant and high quality, this delivers shared value both for the advertiser and the end person using our products. We also have proven and measurable results across verticals, which drives continued client interest and adoption.  Having come from another founder led company, Mark is incredibly brilliant, open, honest and hard working. He surrounds himself with fantastic people, listens carefully, cares about the people who work for him, and makes long view decisions for the health of the company.  Management and the people who work at Facebook follow leadership's example, everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the work done, and is incredibly grateful to be here.  As a woman it's also inspiring and impactful to have female leadership at all levels, and colleagues who are incredibly encouraging. I personally experienced this when a male peer encouraged me to apply for a management position on our team. He referenced the known bias that women are less likely to apply if they don't have 100% of qualifications vs. men who take it as a suggestion. Beyond gender, the entire company strives for diversity and acceptance.","You have to be very self driven to succeed. Seeking out and maintaining internal relationships is critical for success. If you enjoy titles, offices and structure, this is not the place for you!  We have a saying at Facebook, ""nothing is someone else's problem"". That means you might be having a CMO level meeting with a client, and then helping clean up the meeting trash afterwards.",As we grow continue to take feedback on regional and middle management results seriously. Greater transparency on compensation by roles/departments would help with career decisions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35033,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,"Great people, product & culture",Amazing people Fun Challenges you to do your best work - high impact & innovative and unafraid of failure Nothing is someone else's problem Bright future,"11+ years old, but can feel like a startup (which can be a good thing). Pace, lack of processes and structure make for a challenging place to acclimate Six months is an eternity, building sustainable things takes considerable time, effort and fortitude Work / Life balance is challenging. This is more a result of the crazy growth, but challenging regardless",Continue to develop ways to help your team succeed. Balancing work and life as well as the high demands to succeed.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35034,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Team Lead,Team Lead,Smart people. Cutting edge technologies. Amazing food.,"Some huge, out-of-control egos in management, especially at the middle layers. Couple that with the general immaturity of the company and you'll see some very poor judgement and ""Game of Thrones"" style politics in a few departments.  Average tenure of a staff engineer is about 4 years - mostly because after the initial stock grants vest there is near zero incentive for anyone under a Director level to stay any longer.  Culture creates and fosters entitled whiners - so much so that it is a running joke inside the company, with groups such as ""Patently Absurd Requests for Facebook Offices"" making fun of it all. But then again, this company is largely made up of the ""participation trophy"" generation, who have been told they were super-special since they were born. Being hired by Facebook amplifies that self-esteem level well beyond eleven.  It is never spoken about, but staff turnover is huge. The washout rate of n00bs is likely around 40%. Truly talented staff move around, so team continuity is rare.  Zero work-life balance - unless you happen to have a kid while working there.","Fix the broken review and calibration cycle, especially the schedule and unspoken stack ranking. Strive for higher competence levels in departments outside of Engineering - starting with HR.  Stop heaping huge rewards on people who ship shiny, Zuck-pleasing products that utterly fail in the marketplace.",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35035,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great to work at,Great company to work at. I was in a amazing team and I liked to be surrounded by smart people. the culture is awesome and everything at Facebook is made to make your life easier.,I live in SF and the commute everyday kills it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35036,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 4, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Simply amazing,"Every morning when I go in, I feel like the luckiest guy on earth for ever landing a job here.  Projects: Every team is understaffed, so there is a ton of incredibly important work to do everywhere. Because of this, you can work on high-impact (and potentially high-visibilty) projects from Day 1.  Autonomy: I've always felt extremely trusted in both my technical competency and prioritization skills. Management is (generally) helpful when I want help, but mostly I've been able to do my own thing and work on whatever project feels most important to the company and/or interesting to me.  People: Everyone is really smart, and most people are really friendly, funny, and generally awesome to hang out with.  Food: Amazing. Healthy options are phenomenal, as are the unhealthy ones.  Gym: The staff is incredible.  So much more!","- Stress: The company likes to run slim. As mentioned in the pros above, this means you're always working on impactful projects, but it also means your team is understaffed and you may have to work some nights and weekends to get stuff done (though definitely not as bad as the previous strartup I worked for). The more teams you work with, the worse this can get, since some people love to load up on meetings during the day.  Egos: There are some people who are really full of themselves and difficult to work with. This happens anywhere I've been, but there's a special brand of self-importance among some folks here. Fortunately, I've never had to work too closely with these people, but they make their presence known.","Zuck: Keep doing what you're doing. You articulate a great vision for the company and always seem very ""real"" at Q&As.  Lower management: Live true to the company goals. Unblock your reports, play to their strengths, and help them grow. Instead of requesting ""more leadership"" from ICs, say what that means and provide coaching.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35037,facebook,"New York, NY"," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Quantitative Researcher,"Great People, Great Mission, Feeling a bit big at the moment.","Great culture, lots of learning opportunities, good people, good mission.","Often tone-deaf to real-world (non-SV) problems, undergoing significant growing pains, lots of outside hires for upper management positions, increasing eng/non-eng/sales splits",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35038,facebook,"New York, NY"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Partner Manager,No surprises,"No surprises - Facebook is a great place to work. Clear vision from management, total autonomy to get your job done, fantastic perks and lots of career support.",It can be hard to keep up with all of the information and changes. It can also be hard to wrap your head around the sheer scale of what we do and how fast things are growing.,Management should keep doing what they're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35039,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,"Facebook is a great company with awesome perks. Perks are similar to Google's so you will be well taken care of in those terms. Also, the pay is very good.",Management tends to over complicate things. A lot more layers of management then when I first started two years ago.,Promote employees that deserved to be promoted and not the ones that suck up.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P79.htm
35040,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer V,"Awesome culture, fantastic projects great people",Your working on big problems that impact on the lives of millions of people. Work with exceptionally talented people. The perks are outstanding too,"Expectation to always be online and responsive even after hours. People work hard, and quick release cycles mean you're always very busy",Keep being awesome!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35041,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Overall Happy,- Great Benefits - Collaborative Environment - Transparency from leadership - High hiring bar - you really are working with the best and the brightest! - Strong company mission that is truly reflected throughout the company,- very hands off management approach (some might like this) - frequent reorganizations (maybe due to frequent manager changes because of growth) - lacking a diverse workforce (although this is changing),none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35042,facebook,"West Menlo Park, CA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Front End Engineer,In it for the long haul,"High impact work solving real problems, often in a way that significantly changes social and economic reality for hundreds of millions of people across the world, and in ways that can transform our approaches to solving tech problems. Working among super smart people.","The bar is very high, so at times it can be quite stressful keeping up.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35043,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - California,Best experience of my career life.,"1. a mission that has meaning to me, 2. smart people I learn from, 3. big challenges to tackle every day.",I have to carefully manage my time. I don't like to think of it as work/life balance because that's not realistic but work/life integration is very achievable and something I constantly have to work at.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35044,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing/Sales,Not as good as you might like it to be,"Amazing place in so many ways. Benefits and perks are literally the best you can possibly ask for. Caliber of people is amazing as well, in fact it is a little scary and intimidating. If you like fast paced, this is the place for you as the product (Facebook) can change overnight.","WAY to many layers of management and career path is not clear. The culture is also sink or swim which given the caliber of person they bring in and how many people they have to pick from, is crazy. why would you bring in that level of talent and then let her/him flounder? The young, cocky culture makes for a political one. Engineering rules the roost and sales teams are made up of people so young and inexperienced it is laughable.","Foster teamwork. ""sink or swim"" is just a horrible way to do it given the talent you have. it makes no sense, is highly inefficient and breeds a loner/put myself first culture.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35045,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Good Benefits, Beautiful Campus, Good Food. The company really does a good job of providing every resource you need to do your job.","If you want to devote 50+ hrs a week to helping your Aunt Ginny post photos of her cat all so that Frito Lay can sell more Cheetos, then it's where you need to be. Nothing more than a sophisticated digital billboard slinging crap we don't need. Working at Facebook is like shoving a handful of Jolly Ranchers in your mouth while drinking orange soda, sickeningly sweet and eventually regrettable.",Invest in leader development programs. Facebook is a prime example of Putt's Law in action.,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,37,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35046,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Not for Everyone,Perks & pay are top notch. Some of the engineers are truly talented.,"As the title says, FB is not for everybody IMO. The recent set of 1-star ratings list pretty much all the things that made me leave: questionable work-life-balance, no planning/structure, arrogant/ignorant coworkers, every man for himself/every woman for herself, cliques, political, inept managers, poor communication/rumor mill/back-stabbing, no teamwork, management by attention-deficit disorder.  The work-life-balance issue goes beyond the mere hours: it is expected that you become FB friends with all your coworkers, managers, etc. FB makes it impossible for the realm of your private life to remain separate from your workplace and coworkers. This wasn't working for me, but I recognize that for others this isn't an issue.  It seemed to me that much that is broken at FB is perpetuated by the in-clique and in fact gets sold as the great achievements of FB's unique culture.","Do what every other successful company your size does: train you managers so they can: * create teams that work together on common goals, * foster good communication * help their team plan and be successful You're holding on to ideas that may have worked when you were a start-up (no code ownership, no planning, documentation?, tests?). Your so-called culture is a liability, especially if you let incompetent managers corrupt it to the opposite of the values you want to stand for.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35047,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Designer,Positive.,"Salary, and exciting projects to work on.",Work life balance fell through the cracks,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35048,facebook,"Alameda, CA"," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Difficult to maintain work/life balance,"- Great benefits and perks - Work with some of the smartest people alive - Fast paced, impactful work",- Employees stretched too thin - Startup-like culture has been diminished almost completely,"More transparency and conversation around career advancement and compensation would be nice. While the benefits are great, the general compensation feels a bit lower than other companies in the Silicon Valley. The overall package when you include benefits/perks might be comparable, but these things don't matter much when employees are stretched too thin and don't even have a time to take advantage of facilities like Wood Shop, Analog Research Lab, and Arcade.",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35049,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Data Engineer,"Free food, shuttle, and intelligent people",Work life balance is not so good due to the competition.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P80.htm
35050,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Open culture, awesome campus, free food","High pressure environment, people work too much",keep making decisions taking into account everyones opinions,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35051,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - User Operations Analyst,Great company,- good benefits - smart people - fun environment out of college,- middle management was not very competent,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35052,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 21, 2015",Former Employee - Environmental Design Manager,Environmental Design Manager,"It was a great culture and great people. The mission of the company was huge, and they encouraged big thinking. Lots of fun things happened on a daily basis.",Politics entered the company when it reached a certain scale. Bigger teams were more difficult to ship work as fast as it used to.,"keep innovating and making bold decisions. focus on the people that use the product, and making a meaningful experience.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35053,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Coworkers, tough challenges, endless opportunities, fantastic benefits, world travel.","All consuming, easy for overachievers to burn out, some clueless people have snuck in over the past couple of years and we are less prone to firing them as we were in the past.",Fire culture killers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35054,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Recruiter,"Food, People, Product, Culture, Perks",In downtown so the commute is a long time.,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35055,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Client Partner,Facebook is a uniquely amazing place to work - those of us at the Company are absolutely fortunate to be employed here!,"The people, opportunities, environment and roadmap of the Facebook are amazing. I am surrounded by extremely intelligent and collaborative people, which make every day a pleasure. We work on amazing projects that add value to both our organization and the world (yes, the world). The organization provides a workplace that is supportive yet autonomous. I truly feel like I am designing and creating my career, with fantastic support of everyone around me.",My job is so fulfilling that I find myself having to strategically seek my work-life integration.,Keep up the fantastic work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35056,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 1, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Intern,"Smart team, interesting company","- Everybody is really smart and dedicated to their work - The perks are amazing - Morale is high, the company is on an awesome trajectory","- A lot is still being figured out, teams are frequently re-organized, and people come and go frequently - You have to make your own way, not a lot of training or managerial support",- The transparency is great - keep it up!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35057,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Fast, Impactful, Smart People",Facebook focuses on impact and everyone at the company is in a position to best drive impact. You're only barrier to success is yourself.  You're surrounded by people that are experts in their area which helps make you work better and smarter.,"The work environment is pretty great. If commuting from SF, that can be tough but taking the busses are much better than having to drive.",Management at FB is top notch. I think it'd be hard to offer any real criticism as most criticism is dealt with openly and immediately.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35058,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 4, 2015",Current Employee - Product Designer,"Big company, good benefits",The benefits are very good.,The company is getting larger and doesn't feel like a startup anymore.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35059,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Amazing collaborative experience,"The culture is really amazing and in my opinion even better than the media portrays it. The perks are wonderful, but the professional experience is even better! You are free and expected to guide your own career in a way that makes an impact on your goals. This place is incredibly mission focused and product driven. The speed at which facebook moves is astounding at this size. I feel the energy everyday working here.","Not a huge con, but the mission and energy can take over and have you spending all hours on the job. You have to either possess or quickly gain time management skills. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's the closest thing to a con I can think of at fb.","Keep investing in good user experiences, maintain consistently high level of transparency across entire org. Keep personal growth opportunities plentiful.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P81.htm
35060,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TheFacebook needs real managers,"Cool, (duh, it's Facebook!). Great resources, lots of 'candy' (e.g. free food, parties,...), super autonomous (do your job anyway you want as long as it gets done. Have a trip to Menlo Park, no problem, etc...). Great impact (did I mention the billion+ people using this thing?). Great culture (when applied - see notes below). Great benefits (salary, shares, medical, 401k,...)","Bad work / life balance - you better be jusr out of college with no wife/husband/partner, nor any children. They do not know how to deal with senior people. Managers are just employees who do more work, they do not have time or the need to help out. I have seen a few people get thrown under the bus by the boss - why defend your team when Menlo Parks complains because they do not know what you are doing, fix another task and get new employees.","Get real managers. I have seen many people from your Seattle office leave or ""get helped"" to leave - they were not bad employees and you paid a lot to acquire them - you have a revolving door because you have junior managers - at best - running the office, and they report to even less trained managers in Menlo Park. You are making tons of money right now and it probably won't show up for quite some time, but, at one point, poor people management will cause pains to Facebook - in 5 years you will be like Google and in 10 you will be like Microsoft. Fix it now! I totally believed in the Culture and Values which Facebook says it has... I have not seen it applied evenly.",2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35061,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,* Freedom to work on what you want * Great people to work with * Understanding managers,* Too much mobility. Constant flux * Too much operational overhead at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35062,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 10, 2015",Former Employee - Operations,Feels much more like big company than they'd lead you to believe in the interview process.,"Very smart co-workers, fast-paced atmosphere, great networking (strong ex-employee groups after you leave), constantly changing and evolving. Mark is a strong product leader. Ability to leverage the experience for more fulfilling opportunities after you leave.","Very difficult work environment - extremely political, it combines many of the worst elements of a startup (uncertainty, lack of structure, cult-like worship of leaders) and a big company (hierarchical, hard to advance, lack of trust and needless internal competition). Large amounts of nepotism around promotions. A general culture of fear - middle management is terrified of senior management. While very smart, your colleagues will also be extremely arrogant and willing to do anything to get noticed/promoted. In general, this is not a place to go to make friends or feel like you're working together as part of a team.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35063,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best tech company to work for,"Facebook at this stage is an amazing mix of forward momentum, autonomy, stability and impact on the world that it would be extremely hard for any other company to compete.",I really dont have any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35064,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,Respected for Whoever You Are,"Great benefits, supportive management, and the opportunity to find the career that suits you best makes for an awesome experience at this company.","Because you work with such smart people, it can be a little intimidating at times. Work/life balance can sometimes be hard to manage given time-sensitive projects and issues.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35065,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Awesome company on a mission to connect the world,"Competitive compensation package (base salary, bonus, equity) Great benefits (free food) Open culture (weekly Q&As with Zuck and other executives) Helping build a product that people regularly use Great experience to build your resume 4 month paternity/maternity leave fully paid","No slacking off allowed! Teams run lean and move fast. Despite how young the company is overall, there still seems to be an age bias for older, more experienced employees, rather than more impactful employees, regarding recognition and promotions. At least in Finance.","Despite how young the company is overall, there still seems to be an age bias for older, more experienced employees, rather than more impactful employees, regarding recognition and promotions. Seems to be contrary to our value of focusing on impact.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35066,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Supply Chain Manager,Best company in the world!,Facebook has a really move fast culture and has some of the most talented people in their respective industries. It's truly a production based dynamic where they expect a lot out of their people. Our team's typically run lean but we're growing fast. Obviously the benefits are second to none. Hands down the best company I've ever worked for... and probably the world!,"If I had to complain about anything at Facebook it would be my commute from San Francisco. Note that they offer a terrific shuttle service however being on the road that long everyday eventually wears on you. Once you're on campus, it's all good though!",Continue to focus on maintaining our amazing culture as we further expand around the world.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35067,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Feb 9, 2015","Current Employee - Account Manager, SMB",Best company in the world,"- Open & transparent Culture - Free food/great perks (gym, laundry, awesome vision/dental/lasic, free parking, etc.) - Bosses focused on career growth, don't breathe on your back or micromanage - Everyone is smart - Work/life balance is valued by managers and they work with you to make sure you aren't working more than 45-50 hours except in very rare cases - Free to move around to different teams - Everyone has everyone's back - always extremely helpful - Led by Sheryl and Mark Zuck, two of the best leaders in the world",- None at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35068,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Best culture, top compensation, amazing talent",Well paid Working with talented people The culture - it is unbelievable - hacker culture,"Working hard, long hours... if you like what you do - it is fun. Otherwise - not so much!",Leadership could use some training!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35069,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Amaze-balls,"amazing infrastructure, great people, rocking campus","crazy atmosphere, crowded desks, too much candy",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P82.htm
35070,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Great company with awesome management & engineering,"- Open culture: problems get discussed openly and fixed, not just being gossiped in the background - Great infrastructure, engineering talents: jobs get easier & more satisfying, you can grow faster than ever before & learn tons of new things on daily basis","- You often have to do crazy amount of work in a very short time - Not a startup anymore: You can't get super rich while waiting for some IPO. The stock value still grows, but already quite expensive.","Keep doing awesome work, provide more and more opportunities for the employee to grow and learn new things",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35071,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 15, 2015",Current Employee - Client Partner,It's a privilege everyday,"Zuck is a legend in his own time, his Friday Q&A's are can't miss and it is awesome to hear him handle the tough unexpected questions. Perks are world class Leadership listens to challenges that employees are facing and for the most part makes changes to correct. It is a fun culture and we have some pretty legendary parties It is stunning how transparent leadership is with the whole company.",The commute to Menlo Park Occasional Politics,"Keep facing the tough challenges head on Open a San Francisco office, this will eventually be a weakness because all younger companies are located in city.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35072,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,"Really does move fast, and you have to keep up.",You can make almost any change you really want to the most popular apps on the planet. How much you do is really a function of how much you're capable of and how much you can back up your decisions.,"Guidance is slight, and you have to convince people to ship things after you've already built them, not before. It's a difficult thing to get used to.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35073,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Inter,Facebook Summer Internship,Very nice benefits and surrounded by smart people.,The conditions are too good so I want to come back.,Nope.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35074,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big but cool place to work,"Facebook was a cool place to work, but the company is a behemoth now. The perks are great and there are some really incredible people and projects at Facebook.","Work / life balance is a bit off here especially if you live in the city. The perks are great but the expectation is to stay at the office for ridiculous hours. Also, as the company has grown so have the politics.","Fix some of the culture and politics, but overall doing a good job",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35075,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - SMB Marketing,Once in a lifetime opportunity to create solutions for problems at a scale that not many other companies can even touch.,- Culture - Top leadership - Product strength - Ability to learn,"- It's growing big rapidly, and new rung of leadership is not always clued into ""Facebook"" culture and style - Many teams still bias towards personalities - it matters who you know at Facebook",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35076,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Make a real impact on a lot of people!,"Facebook is easily dismissed as just a social network, and the nature of the product makes it subject to a lot of critique. However, if you take a step back, it's truly marvelous that a product supports about a billion users everyday.  Career opportunities are great, you can move fast and contribute, the company pays for all your stuff, the company has tons of money, tremendous job security if you make an impact, free food, tons of perks that I cannot even begin to list, great young talented coworkers, amazing lively environment (not slow, like Google), great benefits, compensation.","Engineering isn't as advanced as Google (owing to very young age and inexperience of workers), You can find messy code if you look in the nooks and crannies.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35077,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Really nice job,good food full health care and lots of other benefits like transport or gym reimbursement huge impact on IT world,"well, not as many offices as Google has",Make more offices,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35078,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Culture,"Definitely a lot of freedom to work on projects you like. Upper management is flexible and expects you to be able to dictate your own career path within the company. Very young, collegiate culture. This includes Friday events like Happy Hour, Q&As with Mark Zuckerberg, and even company field trips for the interns.","Hack is the culture. If you are not really the ""hacky"" type, you might not feel at home.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35079,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - Infra Group,Great company with some issues,The mission is incredible. Make the world more open and connected. From the delivery of the product to the infrastructure the company focuses on impact and truly is disrupting the industry.,As the company grows the culture changes a little which is expected but the politics in certain areas has gotten to be unbearable.,Hiring from larger companies that Facebook openly says are slow doesn't make sense. If we think xxx company is slow and lacks innovation why would we hire so many people from those companies?,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P83.htm
35080,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Texas,low level sales,- amazing company - great benefits - good leaders,- bigger company nowadays - engineers outshine all,- be more favorable to sales team,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35081,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Fulfilling roles with lots of responsibility working towards fulfilling a powerful mission.,Flat org structures Growing company and professional opportunities Open and transparent leadership Incredible employee perks,Frequent management and org changes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35082,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,best place to work at,"openness, freedom to choose work & define ones own career path. especially miscellaneous fringe benefits for pursuing extra curricular activities of ones choice","everyone focuses on immediate impact. this can prove to be a bane in the long run, if one does not occasionally stop, slow down to pay the technical debt",find ways to make the company stronger in technical wisdom,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35083,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineering,"Fast paced, fun, young, exciting.","A very fun workplace setting, suitable for young people. Open culture encourages everyone to know exactly what's going on internally. For engineers, you have a wide range of team choices, and you are given the opportunity to learn something completely new. There are a ton of great benefits and you will end up meeting and learning from very intelligent people. Opportunities for growth happen very quickly from what I have seen and people genuinely care about each other. The open environment encourages you to step out of your comfort zone.","Work life balance, or lack thereof. This will depend on your team. There are teams that work long hours and weekends just because they love what they do, or they want to meet a deadline, etc. It can be difficult to have work life balance with smaller teams, but it can be easier to control with a larger team. There are a handful of negative people at the company that look down on interns or new hires even though they themselves just started a few months ago. Some people get very sensitive about the products they own, even if they are just internal tools, and are surprisingly very unopened to criticism. In the end, it's about the money. If a product is doing very well, there will be a huge hiring push, which can be overwhelming at times.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35084,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Love it,"* Q&A on Fridays with Zuck, where anyone can ask anything (culture) * awesome people * food (breakfast, lunch, dinner & micro kitchens) * choose which team to join (aka what you will work on) * one-on-ones with your manager every week * moving around is encouraged (hack-a-month etc) * dentist & health centre onsite * gym onsite (even includes a bouldering rock) * performance review process","* I feel like an imposter, which doesn't have a positive effect on my work-life balance * the gym is quite small (& no sand volleyball court)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35085,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,"Positive experience overall, good choice compare to most companies, and probably one of the best in large companies.",Good culture overall. Good career path for my personal experience. Very good benefits,Loose some sharpness in execution when team gets bigger,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35086,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great culture and great benefits,"- transparent management with frequent Q&A sessions - culture that fosters innovation: hackathons, hack-a-month, not afraid to take risks and fail - not difficult to maintain work/life balance (except during oncall rotations) - great free food","- the only downside is that most teams have oncall rotations, some of which can be pretty intense with calls in the middle of the night and weekends",- keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35087,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Good foo, good envirment The people are all really great and the company really trains you well. Maybe the most structured training program I've seen. Very professional but friendly environment.","too crowded, need to valet parking The location isn't ideal. It's kind of a not-so-nice part of town. Many people commute an hour each way, since they don't want to live in the area.",Overall is good Your path to success is to hire good people and stay out of their way.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35088,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook,"Great people, free food and flexible schedules.","Customer service needs work, moves to fast will little warning and not very transparent with customers.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35089,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,blood factory with high pressure and intensive workload,"good benefit, and packages.. You can learn some good stuff.","In many teams, the manager is the czar who is powerful to control everything, of course including the performance review. Be careful, don't annoy the manager, otherwise, you will be very painful no matter how good your performance is.",Please scrutinize the behavior of the managers in some teams.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,38,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P84.htm
35090,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 18, 2014",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Excellent place to work and grow,"Great company with many great people to work with. The company is growing fast so there are plenty of opportunity for people to choose what to work on. 21 days paid-time-off, which is very generous.","Company is becoming bigger and bigger. There are more and more so called big-company problems, e.g., too many meetings, people hanging around doing nothing and so on. If you like a start-up environment, Facebook is not a startup anymore.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35091,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fun fun fun,"Nice smart people to work with Excellent culture and values Good metrics measured, both human-wise (e.g. manager approval rates) and engineering wise. Flexibility in choice of team, work from home options etc. Amazing perks","Growing pains - growth is so fast that it is hard to maintain culture and knowledge. Messy code base and obscure/obsolete technologies. It is not uncommon for teams to be made mostly (or entirely!) from employees with under 1yr of experience which slows everything down. With all the perks and fun, it's still a job. Some people forget that.","Concentrate on providing more perks that save time and energy such as laundry service and gym, things that improve our productivity.  Be careful not to turn perks into time focus & energy wasters, such as collecting receipts for external sports activity. Is avoiding the few abusers of the 60$ a month perk really worth the hassle for everyone else to collect file and submit over 70 receipts for 10$ each throughout the year?",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35092,facebook,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 2, 2015",Former Employee - Computer Programmer,good,fun free good food nice people nice riends and then some,i was almost murdered 5 times,you guys need to chillax my broskis and then we can all get along,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35093,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A great place where you can advance readily and ideas are explored from the ground up.,"Culture, compensation, convenience, attitude, technical skill","Growing fairly large, starting to lose some aspects of culture, becoming more formalized, structure being added to day-to-day environment, easy to let work life balance go in the wrong direction.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35094,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 19, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome place to work as an engineer,I worked here as a Software Engineer intern. - Great engineering culture (likely best in the world) - Great software engineers - Great perks - Great work-life balance - Great projects - Great management,Nothing comes to mind right now.,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35095,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 28, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Developers in general are very technical.,Technical Program Managers are very mixed.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35096,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing people, big impact, doing cool things in the world","By far the best thing about Facebook is its people. I am continuously impressed by my colleagues, even as the company has grown. I love the impact that I can have individually in my role, and am proud to be part of an organization that has such a positive impact in the world. It's important to me that what I do matters.",I really love everything about Facebook.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35097,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook Inc.,"A seamless synthesis in thoughts, attention to detail and ideas that lead too great product development . An ability too learn within, you $git too write code.",There are no cons too working at Facebook inc.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35098,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Project Manager,I had such a great experience working for Facebook.,"Very laid back, everyone is kind and helpful",Sometimes a little too laid back,Continue to keep up the helpfulness and respect.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35099,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Facetastic!,"Smart people, pretty close to meritocratic, interesting challenges, high levels of transparency and super flat hierarchies considering the size of the company.","Due to emphasis on promoting managers from individual contributors some managers are not great at people management. Because of the limited top-down management sometimes you end up in tech debt that might've been avoided. Facebook is not really set up for employees with families, although they are getting better. Someone is always smarter than you...",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P85.htm
35100,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best first job I could have ever thought of.,"Super smart colleagues, inspiring goals, high impact work and very high compensation for successful engineers",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35101,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 9, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,A Management Nightmare,Looks great on your resume. Lots of perks (if that's what moves you). Interesting story to tell your friends.,"If you're a manager, this place will drive you nuts. Employees are snarky, entitled, and disrespectful brats. They have no concept of critical thinking or any desire to do real work.  Unlimited sick days in the hands of overpaid children is impossible to manage, my team would somehow always manage to catch a ""cold"" on Fridays and Mondays. (Interesting that they would Tweet and post about their weekend party binges though.)  While Facebook does a great job recruiting Ivy League talent, I was underwhelmed by the level of intelligence of ""Facebookers."" They are so busy congratulating themselves on being ""awesome"" that they never stop to consider they didn't have any real world work experience to back that assertion up. It's really hard to manage and lead people who ""know it all.""  Kitchy inspirational posters everywhere you look. ""Be Bold!"" ""Dare Greatly!"" Yet, I didn't see any substantive work or product coming out of anyone, which makes sense since Facebook really is just a glorified website - users are the product.  Communication is an absolute nightmare. You are forced to ""friend"" everyone you work with and join an incessant amount of internal group pages where you had to filter through all the BS people would post (memes, YouTube videos, snarky hipster comments…clearly these people didn't have enough work to do) to get to any relevant work related information you needed to know for your job. I actually thought I was going to get dumber working there.  Meetings - the sheer volume was mind bending. None of them critical to doing actual work, more self congratulating on unearned awesomeness. Being social at Facebook was far more important than doing anything meaningful while you were there.  Anyone serious about doing meaningful work need not apply. You'll make it a few months and then quit out of frustration.",Grow up!!! You're not in Zuck's dorm room anymore.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,78,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35102,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Facebook provides the means to invent the future,"My compensation is extraordinarily high. The pipeline from research to deployment for a billion users is incredibly fast. The management is absolutely amazing. Resources are virtually unlimited. Facebook tries hard to do good, and unquestionably is doing well. Almost everyone is younger than me.","Though not the fault of anyone, really, there are too few hours in the day. Almost everyone is younger than me.","The senior management has got to be among the best in history, they listen to our advice, but surely their own advice to us is far more valuable.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35103,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Business Operations Manager,Presently surprised,"This is my fifth job and when I started it I expected it to have a lot of the politics a company this size typically has. I must say I have been pleasantly surprised to see how everyone employed here has been living the company values. There is a lot of focus on moving fast, making mistakes and correcting upon your mistakes. People and processes are very open that makes decision making super fast. There is little to no room for people who want to do things in the dark. You can feel the proximity to Zuck's decisions.","If you are looking for cubical or office type privacy this place is not for you. If you like to keep your personal and professional life, that doesn't happen much here. Expectation is that if you are here, you are here to do things in your life that you love and there is no keeping that separate from your personal life.",Not been here long enough to provide meaningful advice.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35104,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great culture and awesome teammates,"The leadership thinks in very innovative and novel ways. Teammates are very highly qualified. It is not just a place for the uber-geeks, people with all proficiencies and skill sets work coherently to achieve the Facebook mission.","Too many benefits. Sometimes seems like the unique evaluation system based on ""impact"" is too subjective.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35105,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,Facebook set me up for success,"Facebook is a top tech company like Google, LinkedIn, Apple and many others. All of these companies offer basically the same thing: great engineers, good money, free food, impacting zillions of people and interesting tech problems. Facebook has a few things that set it apart:  1. Open-ness. Root on every box, access to every source repo. I very rarely had to wait to receive credentials to do anything. At other jobs you're often blocked sitting at your desk for a few days waiting for access to some repository.  2. Control over your career. You don't get hired into a specific team -- you choose it (in recent years they've added a list of teams you can choose from, but there's still a lot of variety). And if you get bored or feel stalled, you're encouraged to switch teams.  I don't think other companies offer those things. The real list of pros is huge, but since they could be applied to other companies I don't include them here.  The only reason I left is because I always wanted to start my own startup. Otherwise I would have stayed forever.","With everyone switching teams all the time there is often a lot of lost tribal knowledge. So there's parts of the codebase that no one understands anymore.  Since the Great Shift to Mobile there's been a focus on quality at the expense of moving fast. I really liked the Move Fast and Break Things mentality of Facebook when I joined, and though people disagree with me, I prefer it to the ""don't ship it until it's perfect"" mentality (I think many of the independent Facebook apps waited too long to launch).  Another thing that no one will agree with me on is the work-life balance. I have noticed a trend of people working less, hackathons running during the day, etc. I think your average employee is less driven and moves slower than a few years ago. This used to be a place where people were obsessed with shipping above all else. It isn't that anymore. This is a pro for some people but not for me. I'm giving it a 5 because I think it's good for your life, not because I agree with that balance.","I wish the PR team was more proactive rather than reactive. I understand how press cycles work, but Facebook does try to do the right thing and constantly gets skewered. I think shaking this team up a bit would help.",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35106,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Production Engineer,"Stunning, fast pace, rewarding!","Environment provides amazing learning experiences and professional growth, good benefits and compensation, high quality training and mentorship.","The promoted culture and company values are not always followed, having negative impact on performance reviews and promotions.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35107,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 7, 2014",Current Employee - Platform Manager,Great Place to Work,"Driven Culture, very few politics, lots of perks, Facebook tries to maintain the start up culter and allow massive amounts of freedom to shape your own job and your own work. The review system can be the best getting honest peer review feedback that makes your work better.","sometimes too demanding, no life half of work life balance. Its a driven and competitive culture the person sitting next to you doing 12 hours days and weekends will get ahead faster. The bar is high the demands are high and there are no rewards for failure. Doing the same thing this year that you did last year is considered failure. Its not a good place for folks with lives and kids out side of work. The review system can be the worst with nepotistic back scratching in an echo chamber.",Figure out how to maintain the culture and preserve and nurture families at the same time.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35108,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Empowering, exciting, relaxing and stressful at the same time ,)","The impact on the world one can have is sometimes hard to fathom. Also, most of the employees are just such decent human beings that it really skews the perspective on the world's population.","As it is probably the case with most US tech companies, people tend to work a lot and it kinda creates stress for ones that want to have a personal life as well.","Figure out the problem of ""celebrities"" in the management - there are some really bad ones.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35109,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 10, 2014",Former Employee - Media Solutions Manager,Perfect,"- great people, great benefits, great opportunities","- work hard/play hard is a great 'equation' to live by, at Facebook sometimes you'll end up just working hard (there is just way too much work!). You'll catch up on partying too...but be prepared to give your 150%!",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P86.htm
35110,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Phenomenal for Those Who Are Driven by the Mission,"Mission driven, entrepreneurial, benefits, high growth, focus more on results, hard-working but supportive in terms of achieving balance, fun environment, jerky behavior not as tolerated as other environments","chaotic at times, growing pains, hard to keep up, more emphasis on individual contributions than strong management",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35111,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Work and learn from really smart people,- Great people - Free food - Amazing culture that focuses on impact - Lots of work - As much responsibility as you want,- Lots of work - Takes time to learn how to work at Facebook - Your career is in your hands,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35112,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 1, 2014",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Great to company to work for,"You get a lot of autonomy and are trusted to make right decision. High performance is expected, but is also recognized and rewarded with promotions/rises. Very interesting and diverse technical challenges. If something is broken - you're free to work with other teams on stuff that affects your team. No bs attitude and not much of politics happening at the office.","With all perks you get, some people loose themselves and forget to do their job - that's a quick way to get fired. Not a good place if you don't like changes/learning new stuff all the time.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35113,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work, lots of thing to learn",- There's always something to learn (I was always afraid joining a big company will make me stick to one task) - Lot's of different domains of work that you can choose from - Freedom to decide how you want to make the company better and that's what defines your job - We build fast and improve fast (that also includes improving salary and lifestyle) - Lots and lots of perks that you can read every where about,- The product is used worldwide and you can break things worldwide which is stressful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35114,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,One of the best learning experiences a software engineer can hope for,"huge scale challenges, compensation, brilliant coworkers, perks and benefits, high degree of freedom to do what you like","promotion process unclear, becoming political, no real freedom of speech, not so great work/life balance","change the performance review process, it hurts motivation and it generates high false negatives.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35115,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,It was fair - lots of opportunities to learn - few opportunities to work on interesting projects,"High compensation, generous time-off. Good food. (the hamburger place is always tasty). The propaganda is usually enticing and the sweet shop keeps you fat.",Company culture is broken. Office leadership is broken. Work is not challenging or interesting.,"Before hiring new employees, please be honest with them about what working at Facebook is truly like and what the projects they will work on are in reality. Don't lie and use your company brand collateral to rope in smart and motivated people to only then suck their souls out of their bodies.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35116,facebook,"Jackson, MS"," Nov 2, 2014",Former Employee - Construction,Construction,I like work in the construction,Loss time wen is raising,Ok,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35117,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,An incredible hidden experience,"Perks, culture, values, motivation, determination, people, compensation, arcade, gym, shuttles, free food, just about everything you could think of. They also have unlimited sick days. People really care about your health here.",No one outside of this company knows how amazing this is. One of the biggest flaws I believe. I try to explain our values to outsiders and they don't believe me. You try to look them up on the internet and you won't find them. It's almost to the point of ridiculousness. I would love for this to be fixed and I sure hope it does!,Don't be afraid to give Facebook a voice of its own. It needs to share the amazing respect and values that it has to achieve its goals.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35118,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work in the mid-to-big-sized companies,"A lot of work to be done -> means you have flexibility on what to work and there's ample opportunities to do something awesome. Perks are amazing, but they're made so you don't stress with the little details of life -> I work less hours in average than my previous top-company-job but achieve a lot more in that time. No micro management overall (obviously there are black sheep everywhere) -> you do need to know how to prioritize and work by yourself without being pushed though Mission and vision that matter to the world -> ""Don't be evil"", eh? Right. Here we're truly connecting the world. Very few teams focus on revenue, which is awesome. Excellent compensation -> do I need to say more? Travel to HQ if you're a remote team -> it's not so often so I enjoy it (personal thing though)","The other ""G"" giant has a few more extra perks that are nicer, but you can live without them. Growing very fast. Hoping quality does not deteriorate but things can get messy.","Don't overgrow without having the right managers, projects, trainings involved. Don't sacrifice the flexibility and openess due to this.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35119,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Communications,"Very fast-paced, lots of impact.","The fact that Facebook's product touches 1.3 BILLION people on a monthly basis is incredible. To support a community this large, everyone who works at Facebook must be willing to act fast, and often take risk. You are given a lot of autonomy in your role, however, FB is also surprisingly collaborative. I have never worked at a company where literally everyone I work with is equally as smart and hard-working across the board.","There are tons of resources for training and leadership here, but often not enough time to take advantage of everything that is offered.","I find the most successful managers are those who encourage their employees to take advantage of what is offered to every FB employee. Taking vacation is important, as is parental leave. Our leadership team does a great job of taking time off and encouraging others at the company to do the same.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P87.htm
35120,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Toughest (non-military) Job You'll Ever Love,"Facebook was the longest job I ever held, and it's testament to the people, the product and the perks. You're surrounded by an astounding number of really smart, accomplished people who are really dedicated to the company and its mission of connecting the world. Watching the company grow as the product grew from fewer than 50 million users to well over a billion in a few years was an astounding feat.  It's a work hard, play hard place. During my time there, the layers of management did grow, but the organization really strove to stay as nimble and fast-moving as possible. Most of the time, people are recognized and rewarded for their impact.  The perks are up there with the rest of the top Silicon Valley companies. And I really do miss taking a shuttle to work now.","Depending upon your role, you can find your growth options limiting.  The ""work hard"" half of the ethos can really burn some people out. (then again, I guess the ""play hard"" side could do the same...)  There is a bit of an entitlement mentality among some people there, but leadership and others try to stamp that out.",Don't let Sheryl leave!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35121,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best company in the Valley,Making an impact on more than billion people.,None really. It's all good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35122,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Content Writer,Best job I've ever had,"There isn't enough space to write them all. You work with the best, smartest, most interesting people in the world. You are working on problems that can touch over 1 billion people. If we don't have the tools we need to do something, we make them, then do what we wanted to do. I've never worked at a place that so inspiring, creative, and FUN as this one. I've been here for over a year and I am STILL not upset when it's Monday and I have to go back to work.","Sometimes it can be frustrating when you want to work on something, but have to prioritize something else that's higher impact. Luckily my manager works with me to ensure that I always have some time allocated to what I'm passionate about.",You're doing a fantastic job. The fact that you've been able to scale this culture as well as you have is a true testament to how much you love it here as well.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35123,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,It's so inspiring to work with so many professional and smart people in such a free atmosphere. Every project you're working on is both challenging and interesting.,"Basically I find it hard to complain about Facebook. Although I heard someone complained about the work/life balance, I really feel at ease about it and it depends on the team you're working on.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35124,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Humble team, amazing perks and open environment","I love working here! Facebook allows me to be myself and make an impact while growing my career. I have worked with many cross functional teams and it's amazing to be surrounded by intelligent and creative individuals. I have been working here for 8 months and I have yet to wake up not wanting to go into work. They keep it exciting and are always changing to better the product, environment and org structure. I work long/hard hours but am treated so well that I don't feel the need or want to complain. I thrive in this type of environment and cannot wait to see what the years to come bring for my professional development. I am well compensated, am given a great amount of time off (and not afraid to use it) and my manager is very supportive with anything I need.","It can be hard to disconnect since I use Facebook a lot outside of work as well. Also, there is no set plan for any career here",Keep the culture the way it is! Your transparency is amazing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35125,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Product Analyst,Opportunity to have real impact,FB faces a lot of challenges that no other company in the world faces due to it's size and scale. I really like working on products that my friends and family use on a regular basis. Everyone is smart and driven and you can learn a lot just from those around you. The company leaders are really inspiring and some of the best in their fields.,Work can get pretty hectic and sometimes the work-life balance is skewed too much towards work. Compensation is solid but the cost of living in California is crazy.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35126,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Totally Awesome!,"Interesting work, smart people and a great environment. The ability to make a huge impact in a short period of time.",The only challenge is nearby housing. But Facebook provides shuttles and such.,Keep doing what your doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35127,facebook,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,OK to,High pay worth low demands,No time of an needed,New rules and quot the digs,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35128,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome place to work!,Engineers get a lot of responsibility and room to grow in their careers. You work on things affecting hundreds of millions of people directly and there are not many places where you get that much impact. You learn a ton about the world.,With great power comes great responsibility. Sometimes you need thick skin to work on user-facing things.,Make sure that we maintain quality employees as we grow.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35129,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Engineer, Infra team Menlo Park, CA","I've worked in half a dozen companies in my career and this is definitely one of the top two. I suspect I will rate FB #1 by next year. The work is intellectually challenging, the environment is fast-paced, and the people I work with are excellent. FB has its eye on the ball at all times for its core platform yet is always looking at other opportunities for growth, though they may take several years to bear fruit. Management is open and accessible, particularly the weekly Q&A's with MZ and the leadership team - I've never experienced senior executives sharing that much information with an entire company before. Colleagues are easy to work with - not a lot of ego or politics that I've seen. In fact, we are reminded to check our ego as we enter the building - there is a lot of cooperation here. The benefits & perks are really amazing - I don't think college hires or interns truly appreciate what is offered here unless they have worked for other employers. (You can never take these things for granted, so I really appreciate these perks.) And the total compensation structure seems very competitive - they have many dials and buttons to play with, and I feel I am well-compensated for my contributions. The commute benefits are excellent, and make it really easy to use transit, shuttles or vanpools. Driving to work is just so stressful, both ways. I'd really rather not.","Long hours away from home, due to my own commute situation and long working hours. But since I've only been here less than a year, it's important to show results early. The learning curve is steep and the bar is set very high, so it will be easy to separate the productive from the not-very-productive in a short timeline.",Wander around more often to individual offices to get a good reading on people and their issues.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P88.htm
35130,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 23, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Amazing company at the bleeding edge of media,"Amazing company culture, ultra aligned vision, fantastic talented and motivated colleagues, entrepreneurial and ""hacker"" culture is very strong. Of course the perks are nice, but they are just there to remove distractions to allow you to focus on what matters. If you are attracted solely by perks, look elsewhere, you don't belong here.","Hours can be long, but hey, you don't change the world by resting.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35131,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I can't think of a better place to work at,"Here at Facebook, the destination is space, and beyond. It is only up to you on what you want to achieve. No one will stop you. All the perks, smart people, amazing environment and great tools will help you get there. I am honored to be able to work here.","The company is growing in a fast peace and it may become harder and harder to keep the culture and values and each and every employee satisfied. But hey, if we did not grow, I would not be here either.",We must keep the bar high going forward and also make sure that candidates are resonating with our mission and culture so we only have super motivated employees. (Which I have experienced so far),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35132,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never run out of interesting stuff to work on,"There are constant opportunities to have huge impacts, and more interesting projects than you'll ever have time to get involved in. One amazing aspect is that everyone is truly open, it's not just an empty motto here, so collaboration is very easy. You can follow anyone else's work through internal tools, provide feedback, join in a random project during a Hackathon, etc.","With so much going on and things moving so fast, you need to figure out how to find your focus, take ownership and execute.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35133,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Seems like it's always the best time to be here,"Everything in engineering is cutting edge. The projects we get to take on are huge, and there's lots of learning to be done. The decisions for engineering are made by me, not handed down by someone else. The culture is also made by me, not handed down by someone else. (As an individual, you own the experience/culture/projects at FB just as much as anyone else does)  Currently, I have an awesome manager who is helping me to personally grow as well.  Also, it seems like all of the cultural decisions that were made by the m-team here are extremely well thought out. They always seem to be the most natural / reasonable decisions","None yet. My work life balance on my own was never that consistent. I would work really hard some days, and not do much the other days. I still follow that pattern.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35134,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Data Engineer,"A non-stop learning, engaging environment!",Being around so many talented and knowledgeable people. Flexibility is also great allowing us to work from home when needed.,"As a company grows, it faces many challenges in scaling its workforce include re-structures. Facebook is not immune to this.","Open, transparent, and flexible",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35135,facebook,"New York, NY"," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Creative Strategist,Mission driven org,"Really smart people working to change the world, all aligned to our mission.","It's hard work, there isn't acceptance for slacking off. We can come across as cocky but the products and results just speak for themselves.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35136,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Recruiter,"Do not join the recruiting team, the rest of company is pretty good.","There are tons of perks but after 3yrs it doesn't matter if you are not happy with the team, job or the way you are treated.",I have many but I'll keep this short. I'd say the biggest problem is the recruiting managment and also the lack of growth opportunities.,"Wow, so much to say here. Again to keep it short and sweet, I'd say stop treating people like they are work horses and move away from the belief that the more you beat them down the more you think you'll get out them.  On a side note, this is only for the recruiting team. The rest of Facebook's teams actually seemed pretty great with the exception of a few.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35137,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 23, 2014",Current Employee - Release Engineer,Best place to work!!!,Move fast!!! Not afraid to take risks. Smart people.,Company is growing and hopefully the culture will remain the same.,Keep hiring smart people.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35138,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A Happy Employee !!!,The culture here is very open. From day one we get access to every piece of code and the company trusts us to contribute our best without being afraid of breaking some code in the process. Exorbitant amount of power with respect to choice is given to each employee from choosing his his/her own team to the areas within the team they want to work on. This results in a deep sense of trust and ownership which drives each and every employee to contribute to their limits. And the perks never stop :),I haven't seen one yet.,You guys are doing a great work with respect to keeping bureaucracy out of Facebook. Please keep up the same efforts in future too.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35139,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing culture built by great people,"In my opinion, Facebook operates under a policy of extreme trust and respect for its employees. It gives us many privileges and opportunities, and it trusts us to not screw things up or abuse our privileges. In return, the employees all respect the company back. In addition, everyone is ridiculously smart and amazing and a pleasure to work with.","It's very easy to feel intimidated and see others doing better than you. Maybe it's just the initial phase of getting used to things though, so I think I will see how it goes.",Our internal culture is beautiful and says a lot about us. Why aren't we sharing more of it with the outside world?,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P89.htm
35140,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Director,"Facebook is the best company I've ever worked for, hands-down.","- Ambitious, world-changing mission as a company - Great leadership - Lots of autonomy and ability to get things done quickly",- Lots of work to do - Can be intense + challenging,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35141,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineering,Great company to work for,"Get lots of responsibility, freedom to pursue what you want to and have high impact. Great place to work.. free food and swag",Getting bigger. Remote offices not as much as fun as headquarters in menlo park.,blah,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35142,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best workplace if you really want to get things done!,"- You are measured and rewarded on impact and not the other usual factors such as your relationship with manager or how many hours you have to work - Great open culture where you can question anything and anyone. You are encouraged to take risks in order to achieve something bigger. - Great place for mentorship - bootcamp is amazing way to understand company culture, build relationships and get exposure to various technologies. Beyond that there are tons of individuals that you just need to ask and they will help you in every way possible. - Facebook has some of the friendliest individuals that I have ever worked with - Great perks! food, amenities, health, dental, gym, and the list goes on and on - Believes in compensating you what you are worth instead of trying to lowball and counter offering once you have a competing offer. - You are truly working on things that are making a difference in people's lives","- If you really want to set yourself apart, know that you are probably working with some of the brightest in the industry. You better be on top of your game :-)",Continue to maintain the culture that exists. Let's ensure it doesn't turn into another one of those other tech giants!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35143,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 26, 2014",Former Employee - Designer,"Great company, but disorganization + bad management = a terrible experience for me.","Really smart people, Zuck has weekly Q+As and answers everything","The Revenue org is the worst. There is a total lack of transparency, which is different that the Eng and Design orgs.  They say it's easy to transfer, but it's hard to find a role if you aren't a specialist.",It's not okay to block your employees from doing the work they were hired to do and for not telling them the work was on hold for 8 months.,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35144,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome company,"Awesome tech company! Hacker culture, fun to work at.","Already IPO, not gonna make you a lot of money",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35145,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best tech company in the world,"The technical bar across the company is really high, which makes it a great place to build great things and learn from your peers. It has a ton of benefits that make your life very comfortable (laundry, commute shuttles, restaurant, gym) but nothing beats being surrounded by great people.","Not really a con but it's a place to do some hard work and get stuff done. The technical bar being as high as it is, the engineering teams are usually short staffed and some pressure builds up.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35146,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,A great employer with outstanding perks and benefits that surrounds you with smart people,"This is a very accommodating employer that really gives back to its employers. I never feel like I'm going to work on a Monday. As long as you're being impactful, you'll be recognized for your efforts.",This company moves to fast that it is sometimes hard to keep up with all the changes and how it may affect what your responsibilities.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35147,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work for,"Very positive atmosphere that challenges you, good camaraderie between workers. Very competitive compensation and benefits.","Demanding job if you want to advance, requires long hours.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35148,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A great company to work for!,Goes out of the way to help you be your best.,"Getting bigger (Google size), so obviously if you are looking for startup-ish growth, go elsewhere.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35149,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineering,slow career and bad management,"The office environment is good in general, also having a big name on your resume may be good for the future. Most of the colleagues are very prepared technically.","As company grows they are trying to cut costs, objectives are unrealistically set, bonuses and promotions are considerably lower. If you work here on visa, pay increases and promotions are slowed down even more. Mid management gets packed with responsibilities, the individual contribution is no longer relevant, the general philosophy seems to be ""it's normal for people to leave the company"" and that happens regularly after every performance cycle or stock vesting time. To counterbalance this, company seems to brainwash employees with slogans, posters are everywhere around the office to make ""the culture"", many company employees believe and talk with slogans. Life/work balance is simply set to ""no life"". I've seen managers complain if someone takes more than one week off in a row, or making jokes about family duties the first day someone returns from parental leave.",managers promoted from engineering are not always able to deal with people.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P90.htm
35150,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Human Operations Analyst,Entry-level Facebook Experience,Very good way to launch a career. Very mission driven company that has lots of benefits. Highly recommended for someone about to graduate or post-graduate in their first year.,"The atmosphere is not exactly the most professional, but I suppose that makes sense as it does fit the overall vibe of Austin.",I honestly have nothing but positive things to say about my experience there as well as the managers that I worked with! Highly recommended job.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35151,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,An amazing time,- Great reach - Great people - Great resources - Great projects - Great perks & compensation  The fast-paced movement really aligns well with me.,Your life inside and outside of work will likely become blended. This may be okay. Many people at the company have become my friends.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35152,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great Company,"Exciting projects, minimal bureaucracy, focus on impact, great learning and development programs, autonomy to make decisions for effective production.",The reward structure is becoming increasingly political.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35153,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,"Amenities amazing, but you'll work really hard","Wonderful amenities - the food is just outstanding. Everything is home-made and natural or organic. Wide variety with lots of restaurants, and it's all FREE. Beautiful campus, bicycles are available for either going from building to building or going for a ride in the afternoon Lots of places to relax or lie down if you need a break GREAT coffee and a Philz coffee on campus Sweet Stop shop if you need a sugar lift in the PM Fantastic help desk for IT issues. Anything you need to do your job is given to you. Laptops and phones are top-of-the-line. Something is always happening on campus, whether it's a vendor, a celebrity visitor, or Mark Z making an appearance.","Work is always abundant and there is a chaotic atmosphere The feel is always ""do it right now"" People are under a lot of pressure to get things done Atmosphere can be impersonal because you're so ""hooked in"" to everyone else electronically, that you can work from home very easily","Great place to work, keep it up!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35154,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Jul 20, 2014",Former Employee - Human Operations Analyst,Very informative learning experience for early entry post-graduates.,"One of the most recognizable companies in the business, laid-back, high influx of determined/capable young professionals.",The compensation was a bit lower than I felt it should have been.,"Be extroverted, open to teamwork, etc.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35155,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2014",Current Employee - Data Scientist,"High energy, very smart people, really does 'move fast', lots of opportunity to advance.","Making a difference in and out of Facebook. Mission of connecting people is beneficial to millions of people. Compensation and perks very good. Lacks bureaucracy. Good equipment. Self-starters can go far. Free, fresh food and drinks. Paid parking.",Open plan offices can get noisy/crowded. Everyone has headphones.,Allow more time for individual/team projects started from the 'ground up'.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35156,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really enjoy working here,"Great place to work--great people, interesting work, great perks, lots of opportunity to take on more responsibility.",Can't really complain about anything,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35157,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Interesting work, ample learing opportunities, smart people, great perks, excellent compensation, fun environment","The biggest problem with working for Facebook is showing up to work every day (well, not every day since the work-from-home policy is pretty liberal) and thinking, ""Man, this must be a bubble. I mean, there's a bouncy house, 10 scotch bars, and they're roasting a pig in Hacker Square.""  But, if you can stand that, the rest is great.","Gotta be REALLY careful with data. Despite what you see on Facebook, there is nothing that Facebook is more concerned about than protecting its users' data. People ""disappear"" from time to time, and the reason is usually that someone *&(^ed up and did something with data that they shouldn't have, whether accidentally or intentionally.","Careful with the B-School BS. Let's keep it a no-nonsense, engineering-focused company. Stop using the (non)word, ""learnings."" Squash any hint of bureaucracy.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35158,facebook,"Prineville, OR"," Jun 28, 2014",Former Employee - Security Officer,Great atmosphere to work in.,Fun and laid back atmosphere,"Depending on site, it can be pretty boring",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35159,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Astounding autonomy given to each employee. A very strong culture and work ethic.,"Not only is everyone incredibly sharp and very good at their jobs, but also, almost without exception, everyone is a pleasure to work and associate with. I'm given an incredible work/life balance. I feel like working on my team is like working with a close group of friends.","Career paths not very well defined. My interactions with the executive team have been incredibly positive and inspiring. Unfortunately, I've met many director/VPs who tend to be bro-ish and/or cocky.","Less hubris. This applies mostly to director/VP level, many of whom are becoming a little too self-important.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P91.htm
35160,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Simply the most amazing place to work at,"Talented people everywhere, lots of perks.","Hard to manage the work/life balance, hard to keep pace with everything happening since the company is getting larger and larger",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35161,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work...very hard... but this teenager of a company is still trying to figure out its HR policies.,"The ""Move Fast"" reputation Facebook is known for is truly how it is inside the company. This makes getting the job done a much less painful experience. Truly an ""ask for forgiveness"" environment (no need to ask for permission). If there was no downside (which there is), I would give this company a rating of 5 stars hands down.","Facebook is still in its teenage years of development. While many HR processes & policies are mature (the hiring process is best I've seen), fraternization is overlooked (aka sex between coworkers, sometimes even in the office itself) and relationships within chain of command are accepted/overlooked - yet don't dare say ""pimp my ride"" in an open space as you will get your hands slapped.","You can still have the best culture in the world even when implementing some of the standard HR policies you would expect at any reasonably sized company. Do you really think its OK for relationships be in the chain of command (family, dating, etc)?",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35162,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 16, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Interesting,Have a great experience and meet new people,Workload can be heavy and gruelling for some people,Improve training and other things,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35163,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Product Analyst,"Startup-up culture still evident, but hitting growing pains","Fast paced, high impact, lots of freedom to pursue directions you find interesting, awesome data set, the ability to have an idea and see it implemented and affecting real people in weeks or months instead of years","Work/life balance not great, overarching ""connect the world"" goal pretty consistent and clear, but specific direction is often lacking and/or inconsistent.",Too much stress on things that are really just minutiae,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35164,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 9, 2014",Former Employee - Finance,"Extremely cliquey, political, poor culture, lacking in communication and career growth.","Amazing food, great campus and latest technology.",Management lacking in leadership and communication. Blamed is passed down to front line employee's. Very poor work life balance. Half the department left due to politics.,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35165,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good company, too many failures, mostly boring work","Facebook is used by everyone, and this is incredible. The Menlo Park campus is really cool and has a great vibe. - Great benefits - Smart people - Impact on millions of people","I joined Facebook a few years ago because of the agility of the engineering team. Back then, it was true. Today, not as much. - Most projects fail due to over-complication and over-engineering - Smart people are hampered by large inflexible codebase - Very hype-based culture (thing x is the new hotness, everyone on board!) - Most of the code is old and not owned by anyone, yet still in production - Most work is very mundane and not very exciting","Stop being so impatient for ""impact"" - some projects take time and nurture them.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35166,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best place to start!,Rare engineer-driven culture. Many holidays and PTOs. Easy to switch to new team. So many training opportunities.,You can have to watch your own personal career path closely. FB managers are young people and not all of them are good at grow people. Some of the managers are great but you need to work on your part hardly.,Everything is great. It is a big company now and will become greater and greater. Zuck is the best CEO.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35167,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Huge impact, fun work and lots of autonomy",Facebook combines the best aspects of working at a large public company (lots of resources and lots of institutional knowledge) and a hot startup (lots of super smart people and tons of autonomy). Going to work is a ton of fun. I look forward to tackling new problems each day.,The work schedule is pretty intense. Nice thing is that everyone works really hard here. So you don't feel like you're in it on your own. But you definitely have to work pretty hard here.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35168,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Drink the koolaid,"Facebook is definitely a great place to work. If you're young (or not) and energetic, you can still do big things here. As an engineer, you still have a lot of control over the direction of your product, at least on the teams I've experienced. I think management is pretty good here as well, and you definitely work with really great engineers. The pay is great, the benefits are awesome, you are largely treated well, but this is a company you can definitely bite into too hard and overwork yourself. The place is still a lot more open internally than other corporate machines, less so since going public. Also, you get the sense that Mark has a vision, and really wants to execute on that. Time will tell if the spur of acquisitions lately are worth it, but he definitely has the balls to act on where he thinks the product is moving.","I think it says a lot that I can't think of a lot of cons. AND I'm planning to leave the company this year.  -There are a lot of egos here. Definitely not representative of everyone, but some people slip through the cracks and it can be a drain working with them. -The company is starting to feel really big. It's getting harder and harder to do anything very different as you have to convince more and more people that this is a good idea. -If you're living in SF, then the location is pretty inconvenient. That and you'll just shove all your free FB swag in a drawer and never look at it again with all the tech protests lately. You can stand out on your team and do a great job at FB, or have a life outside of work. Choose one. I chose the former for too long, and now need to reprioritize.","I have been very happy with management at Facebook. Managers have always tried to grow me, my expectations are clear, my efforts are greatly rewarded, and they try to align me with projects where I will shine. I think the important thing, as we grow, is to hold onto some of the old Facebook. ""Move Fast, Break Things"" well try not to break stuff, but it would be good to keep the cadence up on engineering and the processes that have crept in over the years to a minimum.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35169,facebook,"Bentonville, AR"," Apr 8, 2014",Former Employee - Fraud Investigator,Great place to work,Lots of opportunities to try other departments.,I never had any complaints while I was there.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P92.htm
35170,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Still a great place to work,"Even after 4.5 years, the work is inspiring and the new challenges are exciting. Still the smartest employees in the business with a broad view of the world, which allows the company to serve many different cultures.",Miss the small company atmosphere of knowing everyone and getting down and dirty on multiple projects at once.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35171,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 18, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Great Perks and Great Pay,"Working Conditions are great, the perks are also very good.","No cons, this company was great to work with.",No issues with upper mangement.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35172,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 17, 2014",Former Employee - User Operations Specialist,Facebook is a great place to work!,"Innovative, hard-working, fast paced, friendly, fun, challenging work environment","Depending on department, there are a lot of cliques. Being close friends with employees in the company is definitely a huge plus to advance in the company.",Remain subjective. Put aside friendships when evaluating people.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35173,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,"Still trying to be a start up even though we're a big company. Still fun, smart and a great place to be","Fun culture, super smart people, great benefits (for non married folks), still retains the ""let's do everything at a breakneck speed"" mentality. The hierarchy is still pretty flat. You are always in charge of your destiny so it's pretty much up to you to step up or sit down. If you sit down too long, you won't last. This is a company of doers, not debaters. There is opportunity everywhere as long as you have the attitude to do something with it. Most everyone is incredibly helpful.","Moving fast doesn't always mean doing it right - While you're pretty much allowed to try anything, as a large company, we should slow down and mature some of the processes in order to maintain a high quality of shipped products as opposed to letting the culture of ""fail fast"" cause duplicate work.","Invest more in managers. By this I mean, allow a manager to focus on managing most of the time if it's right for the role. While its admirable that managers always need to work as well, not being graded on managerial skills creates unnecessary employee relations issues. At any other place, the manager can be one of the most critical advocates to a worker's career. Facebook is the only place I've ever been at where we can really have our managers bring out the best in folks and focus only on that role since the hierarchy is pretty flat. No where else has that opportunity. And while managers are general awesome, the management role is just not being used to its full potential.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35174,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 14, 2014",Current Employee - Ios Software Engineer,This is absolutely the best company to work for!,The people. The work. The culture. The perks. The CEO.  # ^ $,Some code is messy (but a lot isn't). The branding could use some love.,Keep doing what you are doing. Also make our brand better.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35175,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Extremely open and fast moving company.,"You ship code within your first two weeks. Hundreds of millions of people around the world care about what you do. Pay and benefits are great, particularly RSU offerings. You're expected to move up (and get raises, bonuses, more RSUs) quickly. You can do pretty much whatever you want and work on whatever you want. There aren't a lot of rules, other than security/privacy practices. Even on mobile apps, your code ships fast.  Facebook's onboarding process is the best I've ever seen, and I've worked at a lot of other major companies. You're hired as an engineer, not as someone to fill a specific job. Then you spend your first six weeks getting to know how all of the company works, filling in small holes on code bases that you aren't familiar with (web, Android, iOS, data analysis stuff), and learning what problems in the company you most want to work on, before you pick your team. Every large software company should be doing this.","They do claim ownership of code you write outside of work, unless you run it by legal first.","Don't ever get rid of Boot Camp. Adding on iOS and Android camp afterwards is a great idea, I wish it had been there when I started.  Please change the ""we own all you do, even outside of work, unless you clear it first"" policy. It might turn Silicon Valley die-hards off, particularly the startup dreamers who want to get their feet wet first at a company known for moving fast. I think we'd want to snag those people and convince them to pursue their ideas with us, rather than frighten them away with the thought that they might legally give away their big idea when they come to it. Even if we lose a few, or most, I'd rather have them with us for a while.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35176,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Smart, boring people and no balance.","The people are smart, and the scaling challenges are great. Where else does your code impact a billion people? The compensation is amazing.  Senior management are generally amazing people, smart, visionary and compassionate.","The focus on measuring means anything that can't be measured is ignored. It's easy to measure someone's ability to code on a whiteboard. As a result, the coders are much better than nearly everywhere I've worked, but that's it. Social skills and personality can't be measured. As a result there is no one here you would ever be friends. The internal surveys bear this point that people don't have friends at work. Similarly for managers, they are selected strictly for their technical ability. Again, they have zero compassion. In my time being here, I've never once felt like anyone cared if I was here or not. Not once has anything positive ever been said. It's really astounding.  Recruiting does an amazing job at making candidates feel wanted. That feeling disappears the moment you sign. After that, you have no manager or anyone who will care. You'll go into bootcamp where you'll have a ""mentor"". His role is to continue to do his job while counting the number of lines in your diffs to make sure you can make progress with no assistance.  After bootcamp, you'll have a manager who operates in the same mode. They are interested in the technology and not the people. To them, you are a resource to be maximized. They will tell you everything you need to do to improve, but never once say ""good job"". In boot camp, I kept meeting these amazing, visionary dynamic managers. I know realize they were the exception. Those people made me love Facebook during bootcamp, but that feeling wore off quickly once I interacted with the average line level manager.  Plus, beware of the reviews here. Recruiting will tell you point blank that they curate these reviews. The reason FB has the highest rating is because someone internally has a goal to achieve certain star ratings on this site.",Start selecting people for human relationship skills and focus less on pure technical ability.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,30,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35177,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - User Operations Analyst,Excellent,"Good pay, excellent environment, tons of perks, opportunity to work with several teams, beautiful office, Opportunities for mobility within the company, everyone feels like they're on the same team","repetetive work, cult-ish, but only if you feel that way,",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35178,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A heaven for an engineer!,"I moved here from a larger stable company where I was also working as a software engineer, and I have just been wow-ed! Apart from the amazing perks, I work with a set of very dedicated, determined and intelligent folks, which is really the best part of working here.  - Co-workers are mostly rockstars! - Lots of resources to learn - 7 months into my job and I feel I am already a much better engineer. - Lots of importance on what YOU want to work on, versus what your manager thinks you should work on. You can freely talk to your manager and find an intersection between your interests and the company/product needs. - Everything is automated (again by rockstar teams), and processes are made as simple as possible. - Great pay, stocks and bonuses. - Amazing perks! Lots of food choices, great campus, regular team happy hours with great food, and the list goes on and on.",- Work-life balance almost 0 on weekdays! I spend the entire day working/thinking about work. But that is what I was looking for. Weekends are upto you - most people do not work. - Lots of process changes in short periods of time - so you are constantly climbing the learning curve. But this maybe specific to the product I work on.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35179,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice place to work. Interesting problems.,"Nice fast paced culture, that encourages folks to take risks. Smart set of co-workers. Nice perks. Laundary, food, loaded micro-kitchens, pay etc etc.","Can be a little haphazad. Managers are promoted in-house, and sometimes they can be inexperienced or not very good. Timelines can be aggressive.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P93.htm
35180,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Awesome place to work that has huge impact, lots of fun, and a ton to learn","Huge impact on billions of people while working with awesome, insanely intelligent coworkers at a pleasant office. Great free food and perks. Lots of autonomy and big problems to solve. Engineer driven culture. Down to earth, available CEO.",Being on-call and dealing with lots of product uncertainty. Long commute if you live in SF. Work-life balance tends to steer toward work.,There's nothing I'd advice them that I wouldn't and haven't said in person.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35181,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,Pretty good place to work,"The campus is insane, great place to be, delicious food, positive environment overall. Young team overall, great benefits.","The company has grown a lot and with that came politics and an unusual (at least for me) level of competitiveness amongst colleagues. Constant re-orgs make it a little difficult to grow, as you end up changing managers all the time and you role changes as well. The advertising product is far from stable and they keep changing everything all the time, which confuses the team and the marketplace (and makes the sales process more challenging).",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35182,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 24, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,great company and online prodict,not that many significant cons,kepp doing what your doing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35183,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Smartest and nicest coworkers.,After a year I'm still learning from super-smart coworkers. It's like a excellent school that pays you.,Doesn't have an office in San Francisco.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35184,facebook,"Ashburn, VA"," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager Data Center Operations,Form employee #514,"Great place, great mission, great creativity and upper managment support behind creativity",getting to large to execute on creative ideas,"Management is aware of the employee scaling issues and works on ""drift"" control constantly.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35185,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 19, 2014",Former Employee - Project Manager,Project Coordinator,"Awesome people, Great culture, Great food",The commute was very long,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35186,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It's a rocky ride,"You get to meet a lot of really smart people. Also, there are a lot of benefits and there's more coming.","The company is growing big really fast. If you aren't in product teams, it's hard to get much love and as the size increases this is more apparent. It's not a small company anymore and over the time I was here, I have seen the start up culture slowly mature.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35187,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 19, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Growing too fast and losing track of culture,"Some perks, smart people, learning opportunities, great networking with very accomplished silicon valley folks, office space is fun (maybe too distracting)","Turning corporate, need to know the right people, holier than thou attitudes, veteran employees talking about their money and yachts, culture and communication is breaking down (Move fast and fix things), useless spending on parties/shirts/ice cream shop/laundry/etc just to keep young employees feeling like they are still in undergrad, Nepotism!!!",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35188,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 11, 2014",Former Employee - Software Developer,The Best Place to learn,"Amazing work culture, you never see it as a work place",Long Hours and some times you cant balance work and your personal life.,They should identify the young talents,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35189,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 30, 2014",Former Employee - Developer Advocate,A knowledge enriching experience,"Great people , good knowledge sharing",u ve to be really really fast to catch up with the pace .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P94.htm
35190,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great ideas,"energy, and food energy, and food","lack of future innovations energy, and food",talk to obama,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35191,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Need to suck up to management,"- Some of the smartest engineers I've ever worked with - Great free food and perks (dry cleaning, snacks, etc) - Lots of opportunities to make things happen -- great bottoms up culture - Mostly very nice people who try to help each other out","- Engineering management runs the show -- you need to suck up to them to succeed, and if you dare disagree, prepare to leave - Poor quality management -- many are set there by level and for being smart technically, but aren't good people and career managers - Terrible work/life balance unless you actively set barriers and don't do some things - Sloppy coding -- hacking is more prized than good structure and elegance - A bit overly full of itself and entitled",Be more selective with managers and get people who communicate well and genuinely care about their employees. Some of this can be trained / mentored but there are folks who really just shouldn't be people managers.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35192,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It was really Awesome <3 Love you mark <3 <3,"Great Teamwork! , Great CEO ,Great Engineers","Less work life management , Over work ,",Give employment better and keep respect,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35193,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - SCO-Infrastructure,"Sometimes good, sometimes a bad place to work.","Benefits, perks and pay are good. Most people are very nice.","Facebook could have been a great place to work, had it not been for the management in certain departments. When half of the people in your group quit, because they couldn't work for the new management, there is a problem. Yet upper management seemed to not notice this.  There is no work/life balance at Facebook. Good luck getting time off, as you don't have time to leave your desk to take a vacation or have a day off, and don't have backups to support you, so if you do get a day off, your desk is piled with the work that didn't get done when you were gone.","Make sure the people you hire for management positions, are a good fit to Facebook culture. Because some managers shouldn't even have been hired in the first place, and FB lost a lot of good people for this reason.  Managers: Make sure that you stick to your words when asking us to trust you, and not stab your star employees in the back.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35194,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 1, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Analyst,The best company I had...,Social interactions with different people from the IT industry.,Can't think of any bad things on my company...,Continue on what you are doing.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35195,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 26, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Fun company, bad product in my opinion.",Lots of interesting problems to solve.,Lots of boring problems to solve.,Keep on keepin on.,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35196,facebook,"New York, NY"," Dec 23, 2013",Current Employee - Creative Strategist,"The smartest people, working together to solve client's problems on the largest marketing stage, delivering results.","Clear vision, talented/diverse employees, awesome benefits, solid upper management/leadership","Constant change, media underdog, weak lower management",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35197,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent,"Open culture, everything is transparent to everyone, move fast like a startup rather an big company, engineer here is very nice","too many good food, you have to control your mouse from gaining too much weight, it is IPO so not much change to getting rich",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35198,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 8, 2013",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,"wild ride, decent pay, demanding standards","-life changing experience  -work on world class infrastructure  -dynamite resume material  -make hundreds of connections with other people in the industry, as they filter out to other companies over several years you will have connections everywhere  -Interview training. Your interview game for the next job will be vastly improved.  -Perf evaluations pretty fair.  -Worth it. You can pivot your experience at Facebook into a job anywhere else, often with less stress and more money. Lots of companies use Facebook a recruiting filter.","-Work/life balance.  -The technical bar for managers is very high, which means a lot of them aren't actually very good managers.  -Perf evaluations are about impact, and that basically means glory laden projects. Don't count on your manager, you need to make it rain.","When I think of IC quality at Facebook, my impression is universally excellent, exceptions are even better than that. I have never seen a greater concentration of awesome.  That is not what I think of the quality of managers at Facebook. Some are pretty bad.",5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35199,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Nov 15, 2013",Current Employee - User Operations,"Great culture, attitude and vision.","Sharp, genuine, driven people everywhere. The company and leadership truly want to make the world a better place. Healthy and fun work atmosphere enables people to reach their potential. Employees empowered take chances and make a real impact.","So far, zero. I work in a medium sized office, and I have a hard time coming up with any significant con to list.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P95.htm
35200,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,"Spoiled rotten, and rewarded for impact","For a large company, it's amazing how they have quantified the ability to measure and quantify contributions as a metric towards career advancement.",Advancements in career tend to promote building new systems over advancement of existing systems.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35201,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I wake up in the morning and can't wait to get to work,The culture is amazing. They will work hard to find you something to work on that fits your passions and lets you make a huge impact. No corporate BS. Great people.,Would have been really really cool to join six years ago when they were really small but they're still growing super fast.,"Keep doing what you're doing, keep the culture awesome.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35202,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Challenging place with lots of opportunities,"I'm working in the infrastructure department (I'm less aware of the working experience in the product). The people I'm working with are very smart and motivated. The infra challenges are kind of unique. There are still a lot of things to build, the personal impact can be huge. Extremely open environment.","Sometimes we're less organized than the other, more hierarchical companies (it's a part of the company culture of moving fast).",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35203,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - Business Development,Great but very messy company,"- Energizing mission to connect the world - Great business outlook - Perks (but only in large offices like Menlo Park, Dublin, Sao Paulo) - Still keeps some of its original hacker culture - Great CEO",- Can be very messy - Limited career opportunities outside of sales - Extreme differences in perks and compensation between HQ and international offices - High workload not matched by compensation,"Take care of non-sales, non-engineering and international employees",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35204,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook wants to help you be your best,- Comp - Coworkers - Perks - Benefits - Facebook wants to help you be your best,- Too much free food,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35205,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Production Engineer,"Awesome people, culture, technology and perks","Brilliant colleagues, fantastic startup-ish culture and desire to do things the right way, interesting and widely varied technologies and challenges to solve, great perks to make your life comfortable.","There are some warts such as certain managers and technologies, but far less than any other company and they tend to get dealt with.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35206,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Engineer,Great company to work with,"Facebook prides itself on : speed, agility, etc. Facebook cares about things like quality and perfection too, but indexes higher on speed.  Also perks are amazing.","Some natural growing pains as we move from small to medium sized company, but overall handling the transition pretty well.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35207,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to work,Great perks. Employees do not have to worry about too much logistics that keep them from moving fast. Open environment,It is hiring a bit too fast,Keep the hiring bar high,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35208,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place to start the first job,"a bunch of work to do, there's always one fit you. small team with talent guy. free and nice food.",No lecture about the how career development goes.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35209,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent place to work at.,- Get to work with some of the most brilliant computer engineers - Impact: harder to find a place where your work touches more than a billion people - Open culture: you have all the freedom to work on things other than your project - Scale: get to work on some of the most challenging and unique problems that come with the scale of Facebook - Amazing perks!,None that come to my mind.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P96.htm
35210,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome people and work culture/environment. Opportuniity to make an impact.,"There's something really special about the Facebook culture. Employees are passionate about the work and projects. They are some of the smartest and dedicated I've worked with, and also a lot of fun to work with (seriously). Everyone is focused on the mission of the company, which is awesome. Excellent benefits and employee perks - onsite healthcare, chiropractor, acupuncture, gym and many others I haven't tried out yet. Another huge bonus for me is the support I have here as a woman in the tech community, it's pretty amazing.","The only downside I have experienced is the office location, nothing with the company itself. It's out of the way and nothing around the campus.","Keep it up. I'm impressed with the level trust, support and autonomy management provides employees to run with an idea and own a project.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35211,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Fun, Forgiving and Challenging","- Salary - Free food - Can work from home anytime, no penalty - Smart and fun team, quick hard-skill growth - Lot of open-ended problems, lot of low hanging fruits, lot of possibilities (you just don't see it from outside) - No such thing as under-utilized/over-qualified for a job. When you stuck in that situation, you are not challenging yourself enough","- tax :'( (well it's everybody's problem. But I heard some startup give you salary, tax-less) - got some problem with HR regarding compensation. But it was my mistake for being too late.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35212,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,awesome place to work in,writing code that impacts millions of people everyday,management heavy company poised for growth,please allow engineering team to have fun,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35213,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,On the top of the world,"Best place to work, ever.","Best place to work, nothing better exists out there. That's it.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35214,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Security Engineer,Best place I've ever worked at,"Top quality engineers, management who doesn't slow you down or want to track every time you take a poop. Seriously, this place was built for speed. They empower the engineer and allow you to do what you need to get done without fear. At first I just assumed this was like every other corporation who claims to empower their employees and move fast. Nobody wants to move slow but Facebook is serious. It really is different here and in a great way.","People tend to want to tell you about how they hate facebook or how they don't use it because ""xyz"" when they find out you work there. I've just started telling people I work at the NSA spying on their porn browsing habits.  The other major con is Zuck never responded to my friend request. I feel so rejected.  I do wish they had a daycare..",Keep the agility and openness. The Q&A's are amazing and make me feel like I am apart of the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35215,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,High expectations but great benefits,"Opportunities, benefits, perks. Engineers go through a 4-6 week training program and have an opportunity to choose which team to work on. The benefits package is very competitive. On-site perks are awesome.",Other than the commute from San Francisco I haven't found any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35216,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great people moving fast.,"Probably the most important thing about Facebook is the culture. Engineers are always free to solve problems when they see them. Generally there are no hard deadlines to meet, so you can almost always put something to the side when you think there's something more valuable to do. If you find a bug in somebody else's project, fix it. If you have an idea for a useful feature, make it. We're willing to try anything once. The agility of Facebook is amazing, because all engineers are expected to be able to help out with anything. The org is very loose.  And the benefits are fantastic. Free food, laundry, shuttle service from all over the Bay Area, and much more.","I frequently take a moment to consider what I would want to improve at Facebook, and I never come up with anything. I could see how if you were somebody who really needed structure and direction, you could get frustrated. Facebook strongly encourages engineers to try working on new things every so often so that you're always learning, and also expects autonomy.","Never let Facebook lose its agility, and keep up the amazing transparency.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35217,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineering New Grad,Awesome Company,"fast pace, a lot to learn, comfortable env, nice people, flat promotion",production team was too revenue driven and built a lot of crappy code.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35218,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,A solid place to work. Maybe increasingly less interesting.,Great perks. Generally smart people.,Now grasping that last nth of efficiency.,Visit more remote offices. Provide more opportunities for mobility.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35219,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 13, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place to work at,1. Surrounded by very intelligent people 2. Opportunity to experiment! 3. Great perks and benefits 4. Love the snackbar,1. Product teams are too obsessed with gathering likes rather than adding value to the social network. 2. Sometimes overly optimistic about certain products. 3. HR is on the slower side. 4. Food/cafes are crappy compared to other cos in the Bay Area.,"You rock, mostly!",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P97.htm
35220,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 11, 2013",Current Employee - Analyst,"Love the company and the mission, the day to day is tough","Of course the perks are great, but the most important perk is working for a company I truly believe in. Mark is an incredible leader who wants to make the world a better place, and I love doing work for a mission I care about.","The employees are tough, and even harsh at times. There isn't a lot of hand holding or pats on the back, and being critical and outspoken is rewarded almost all the time. This can get exhausting.","Somewhere in each organization, the passion and inspiration from Mteam doesn't trickle all the way down to middle management. Also reviews should be given anonymously up the chain",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35221,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Sep 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love coming to work every day,Ability to have impact. Open communication. Work-life balance. Smart people. Fun.,can't think of any at the moment,"Don't forget that really smart, talented people work outside of HQ",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35222,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 6, 2013",Former Employee - Network Engineer,"Lots of hype, substance is lacking.",Challenging problems in scope and scale to solve. Money for projects is essentially unlimited. Buy the best of everything.,Politics and poor leadership in the mid-management levels. Many mediocre co-workers that can't pull their weight.,Many of your Managers and Directors are not high caliber or top notch. Set a higher bar and weed out your poor quality directors.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35223,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 11, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great company in general, but too big now if you are looking for a startup","Passionate and smart people, company brand value, lots of different projects/areas to work on",it's becoming more like a big company now,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35224,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Fun, Rewarding and Inspiring",From day 1 you have the opportunity to have impact and the company as a whole is very open.,The food! Too much free food!!! - not really a complaint,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35225,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,All That I Could Have Asked For and More,"- Choosing your own product team to work with - Free food, medical plan, 401K, CalTrain passes, along with many other perks of a big tech company - Company culture - Strong management with a strong philosophy - Beautiful campus","- Expanding rapidly, so it could lose some of the ""startup"" feel",Keep up the good work and try to minimize the corporate feeling,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35226,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A good place to be,"- Fast paced learning - Freedom to work on what interests you - You can make big impact - Everything based on merit and performance, no politics - openness in culture - perks are awesome","- learning might get skewed towards internal tools, FB-specific libraries of popular languages, etc - a little chance of learning about the complete stack, more likely to work on a particular component of a bigger project/product",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35227,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to kickstart your career !!,"Great campus, great food, lots of really smart people! Very flexible environment. Lots of on campus events and opportunities to participate in fun activities. If you have an idea, no one will get in your way to try to implement it!","Slowly starting to get more corporate as more ""upper management"" people join from other firms and try to change the startup culture.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35228,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 28, 2013",Current Employee - Internet Marketing Analyst,"Make an impact, we have a long way to go","Talent - I came from working in tech in Boston and this is a standard deviation increase in talent. Projects are run by PMs who really know what they are doing with a strong skill set in strategy, engineering, data driven decision making and user experience. Strategic direction - Money truly is a means by which we can achieve the mission to connect the world. There are tons of bold bets and we seem to have a good balance of reacting to the marketplace and maintaining focus on executing with blinders when necessary. Opportunity - There is so much work for really anyone to come in and make. With such rapid growth, there are bound to be mega bugs or missed opportunities ripe for fresh eyes to come in and recognize immediately. Culture - The company values are genuine and you really do get the feel that you are working on something bigger than yourself. Getting to hear from and ask questions of Mark each week really helps makes sure everyone is in the loop and feels heard if they disagree. You are never ""out of line"" for thinking big picture or questioning strategic direction and it is in fact encouraged. There's also a ton of young people so it is great to meet friends, especially if you live in SF.","Time - There are amazing perks like really quality free food all the time, a gym on campus with a basketball court and large playing field, shuttles to SF and surrounding areas but I often find my coworkers and I spend less time on that fun stuff that you might expect. There's just so much work opportunity because you are expected to be driving on projects rather than just doing what you are told so you could theoretically work all the time and its up to you to stop that. Company maturity - Like all fast growing companies, there is a natural curiosity around ""how much better would things be for me if I had joined earlier?"" because there would have been ever more responsibility and financial potential. Both of those things are still really high but it does raise the natural question of it would make sense to gain the skill sets to understand what makes Facebook work and then consider working somewhere smaller with more financial upside.","I had high expectations for the company management and they have far exceeded them. The whole management team seems incredibly focused on building a great company, making decisions based on data, hiring and retaining top talent and making a few bold bets with acceptance that some of them will fail.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35229,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 2, 2013",Current Employee - Online Operations Associate,In-crowd or out the door,"Great benefits like free gym access, meals, snacks, bonus money for having kids, etc. Great technology to work with. Talented engineers create inventive tools that enable non-technical staff to do their jobs with ease. Genuinely nice and honest people can be found in every team.","From what I've seen in my time on multiple teams here, managers come in from different companies, take over teams, hire their own friends primarily from their previous companies, and then give the promotions to those people in a very short time. You may spend years hearing praise for the work you do, but it's never backed up with promotions. Also, this is not a good place to work if you are at all introverted, value family life more than work life, or prefer to work a normal person's schedule. If you are in a non-technical role, you also have little chance of seeing any kind of career advancement. Large divide in pay between people on the same teams and little transparency into the payment and growth processes.  Additionally, most employees share a highly liberal political stance, which drives the culture in a mostly positive way, but it also requires that everyone agrees with the mindset. Those that have differing values can expect to feel ostracized.  Finally, the treatment of vendors and contractors (including facilities staff, janitors, kitchen staff, security guards, and receptionists, among others) by employees can be staggeringly disappointing, embarrassing, and offensive. There is so much of a sense of entitlement upon employees that many seem to view others as second-class citizens.",Recognize people for their hard work more than how close of friends they are with you. Listen to people that may offer criticism for the way things are run even if it is not the most popular view.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P98.htm
35230,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Working at Facebook is an amazing experience of growth, learning, teamwork, and impact","Facebook's ""move fast and break things"" culture avoids assigning blame for reasonable mistakes, which is a wonderful thing. Teams actively avoid separating creation and responsibility, so you are actually responsible for code that you wrote. The engineers that I get to work with are amazingly skilled and good coworkers","Tools and APIs change, and old systems are actually deprecated and removed, so part of the process of moving forward goes toward staying in place",Get product and infrastructure teams in the same room with food and drinks more often,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35231,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 29, 2013",Former Employee - Operations,Awesome company and benefits,Lots of autonomy and freedom to take risks.,"Sometimes feels like being in high school or college because a lot of employees are cliquey, immature and right out of college. Very hard to move up and favoritism on certain teams.",Managers need more management training because a lot of them have zero experience in people management since they're so young.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35232,facebook,"Austin, TX"," May 20, 2013",Current Employee - Team Lead,"Move fast, learn a ton, and have fun","I never knew a company could move so fast and get so much done while still kind of being out of control. The norm wasn't to follow a policy or to go by the book, but instead to continually innovate and ask why we do things the way we do. I was constantly challenged by the high caliber of my peers around me. I worry that I may never find such a great work environment again.","Work/life balance is great at Facebook, IF your entire life is Facebook. The lines begin to blur fairly early on between personal and work. This probably isn't a problem for the majority of early 20 somethings working at FB, but I found it challenging as a 30 something with kids.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35233,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 15, 2013",Current Employee - Legal Triage Technician,Does not ,Free food. Free transportation. Get to put Facebook on your resume. Casual work attire.,"If you are a CONTRACTOR you will be treated like a second class citizen, you will have no voice. Will not be considered for advancement, even if there are positions available. Actual employees work less than the contractors. FB hires contractors to do work that will be constantly needed, front desk, kitchen staff, IT Help Desk to name a few. It's as if they don't want the ""help"" to be officially apart of their team. The FB you see online is not the same as in the office.","You have more than enough money. Hire people and give them job security. Especially for people that are doing jobs that won't be going away. 2+ years as a ""contractor""......Give me a break!",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35234,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,high salary and growth rate,less promotion and severe competition,more mobility between different department,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35235,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 3, 2013",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Okay,"Free food, high energy environment.","Long hours, lots of red tape, too many meetings.",Streamline things.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35236,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 26, 2013",Current Employee - IT Analyst,Facebook is inspiring,The culture is fantastic. Everyone is smart and passionate about what they do. It really feels like we are changing the world.,Engineers get the most priority and respect.,None.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35237,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jun 1, 2013",Current Employee - Client Partner,inspired to be part of this team,"amazing brilliant people, great morale, tremendous perks, amazing product, so much room for the company to grow...we are changing the world",the work is so interesting it can become difficult to disconnect,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35238,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place for a hacker,"Awesome coworkers, challenging projects, hacker culture, not being afraid to take risks, amazing infrastructure, hardly any bureaucracy",Can't think of anything here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35239,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,every day is awesome day,"1) everyone is insanely smart. so it's a great place to progress. 2) despite 1) people have no ego. no one is territorial. you don't like something and think you can do better? go at it. 3) the internal culture build around the ""hack"" directive is very strong, very motivational and makes me feel very comfortable 4) immense data to analyze 5) everyday a chance to make an impact","ok, so it's not in downtown san francisco. that's really because i have to say something here.",stay focused and keep shipping,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P99.htm
35240,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good place for a career,1. Great benefits and perks 2. Passionate and dedicated employees 3. Fun and exciting environment,"1. No career growth and lack of internal career paths 2. Low compensation 3. Lots of politics within the company (many ex-Yahoos and AOL employees are in management) 4. Bad culture and habits brought in from ex-Yahoos and AOL employees are making a big negative impact on culture and morale at the company 5. Mark Zuckerberg, aka Zuck has received good ratings in the past but of late he has been very distracted and not focused on how the company is run internally, he should own it and step up by making management changes to course correct the ship before it becomes another AOL.","Do something to address the low compensation issues and morale/culture issues within the company, make changes to management particularly in the engineering and sales organizations since the same traits that they had at Yahoo and AOL are starting to show at Facebook as well.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35241,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 21, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Experience of a lifetime,"Lot of independence in choosing your projects, recognition for innovation, complex problems, daily code pushes to production, awesome peers.","Constant inflow into upper management chain from other companies, so harder to move up the ladder if you're not on a crucial project.",Recognize engineering contributions in non-product areas for promotion as well.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35242,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 11, 2013",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,This is the best place I ever worked with,"The best thing about this place is that you have so many smart people around you. You can learn from the best, working on the most interesting products for 1B of people.","Food, definitely. It's so good and available so easily you can gain a stone or two quite quickly.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35243,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 9, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources Analyst,Create your own path with the smartest people in the valley,"I've been able to define my career trajectory here by focusing on projects that I think will have the highest impact on the business. It's up to me to fight for the resources (people, time, money) I need to complete the project. But at the end of the day and after a lot of hard work, Facebook is a place where I can take a vision and take it to fruition.","The usual scaling issues with companies in this stage of growth. Luckily we have a great culture, but sometimes it's hard to manage the expectations of your role and prioritize important projects.",Use data to monitor employee engagement and productivity closely.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35244,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,working with smart people,It is good to work here with the smartest people in San Francisco bay area. The company is always moving fast.,"Sometimes it is moving too fast. The food in cafe can be better, but the snacks in micro-kitten are really good.",no advice,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35245,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer V,One of the best places to work,"- you can choose your team, and, later, you can change it, - the company is a significant contributor to open source, - there are lots of smart people around you, - plenty of perks (great and varied food, company shuttles, public transportation, bike repair, laundry & dry cleaning, banking, ...) - powerful hardware to develop on","- no 401(k) matching, - some teams work around the clock, - things are constantly changing in the development process, - preference for ""generalists"", who know a little bit of everything and nothing particularly well, it might be hard for ""specialists"" to find a good team that favors depth vs breadth",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35246,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,"Great company, high responsibilities but supportive environment",High responsibilities from day one. High powers from day one. The company lives up to its motto of move fast and don't be afraid.,"Hard core environment, if you don't deal well with extra responsibility and require strong leadership instead of autonomy you probably won't have the best time","Keep the hacker culture, beware process and corporate behavior. Always do the right thing for the world.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35247,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 20, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Not all it's cracked up to be,Working at a world leading company Excellent pay,Grueling hours Rude management Angry colleagues who are disillusioned with the company,You need to work this out otherwise more stories like this are going to leak out and then there will be trouble,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35248,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome workplace,Co-workers are supportive and always willing to help. Move fast and make great impact.,I don't like the dining here and I can't bring dogs to work.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35249,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Fantastic place to work!,"Facebook is an excellent place to work. The job is interesting and challenging, the co-workers are vibrant and brilliant and the perks are fantastic. I am excited to go to work everyday and very enthusiastic about my future which wasn't the case at my old job. The work, the location, the food, the perks and the co-workers make this the best place to work that I can imagine.","This job can keep you busy, but if you love what you do that's not necessarily a downside.",Keep this company as awesome as it is now while you continue to expand.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P100.htm
35250,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,One of the best places you'll work at -- with some of the best people you'll ever find,"- surrounded by talented coworkers everywhere - no-nonsense environment, freedom to set your own goals, very little politics - managers that actually understand tech, at all levels","If you're not careful, it's very easy to get sucked into the work (as you're usually doing what you like and want), pull crazy hours and burn out, good managers can detect that in advance and prevent it.",Find a way to keep the awesome culture alive. Keep the hiring bar high.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35251,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 1, 2013",Former Employee - Analyst,Good.,Great place to work at I really enjoyed it a lot.,Overwhelming amount of options available.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35252,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 21, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Disappointing, boring.","Perks, free and delicious food, free other stuff, 21 days vacation, good for resume. Free schedule, nice office, gym onsite etc.","They say they're chaotic. IMO, it's a too fancy word for that. I would say that the code-base is a mess. The corporate value ""move fast and break things"" is understood too literally by some engineers. That's why the product is very unstable and the UI beyond two most frequently used pages is clunky. The job is boring. Things gets done extremely slow and the quality is very far from being perfect. Too much of narcissism (we're building an awesome product, we provide really sick user experience, we're ninjas, batmans and supermans etc. etc. etc.). Maybe it's good for some people, but not for me.",No advise,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35253,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,graet,great place to work for,busy life and rigorous setting and much more,nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35254,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 27, 2012",Current Employee - TPM,TPM,"Great and smart people who make things happen. It's a fantastic environment to work in, to learn a lot and with great benefits.","I don't see any cons yet. Everything is pretty cool. If you don't like what you are doing you can easily switch to another team, which is encouraged to ensure people are doing what they are best at.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35255,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Research Scientist,"Exciting, innovative work. Great colleagues.","As titled. Also, the company is still growing pretty fast, so there is plenty of opportunities to make big impact.","Sometimes, people compete too much internally, which could be put stress on some people. The infrastructure still needs some work to be more robust.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35256,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 15, 2012",Current Employee - Project Manager,Working at Facebook is Fantastic,Smart and driven colleagues Vision of management and Mark Zuckerberg to prioritize long term goals over short term ones Ability to work on a product that affects hundreds of millions of people Employees given large responsibilities relatively early in their careers Strong culture makes it fun to work here,Relatively understaffed which means you have more responsibility and ability to define your work but longer hours Facebook starting to grow and increase its level of bureaucracy although it is still limited,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35257,facebook,"New York, NY"," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Simply Great,"Amazing work environment, friendly co-workers, and a huge salary.",They should recruit from every society. Thr is hardly anything that I will be able to say against them.,Do come to MNNIT for campus recruitment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35258,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Policy Associate,Forces you to grow as a person and professional,"-- Emphasis on interpersonal skills, honesty and integrity -- Smartest people I have ever worked with -- Inspiring mission and leadership -- Amazing benefits (onsite health, postal services, food and gym)",-- Some departments fail to hire for culture fit -- Need to weed out some unfit people managers,"-- Continue honest dialogue about what we suck at. -- Identify people that ""manage up"" well",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35259,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 8, 2012",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Best workplace ever - and I'm a relative old-timer,"- Most powerful engineering force in the world - Potential for individual impact enormous - Incredible people and data, good tools - Good employer - regards employees highly, cares and nurtures for them - Good pay, perks galore - Relatively light on politics considering size and breadth - All around a fun environment","- Could be better organized, duplicate or abandoned work is not uncommon - Little focus on longer term research - Work is intense, work/life balance achievable but not easy","We need a better focus on real research with longer horizon than immediate application to production. In addition to adding value to the company in the long term, good research will also improve our relationship with the academia/research community and attract top talent from there.  Internal and inter-departamental communication should be improved to foster discoverability and applicability of tools and work done in various parts of the company.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P101.htm
35260,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Product Designer,Endless amounts of challenges and opportunities,"Strong entrepreneurial culture that fosters independence and proactivity. This translates in small talented teams that can makes things happen. And funnily it's a very open and connected organization, no red tape in sight. Management truly values longterm over short term, and proves they do by not being afraid of changing their strategies whenever circumstances change.",The proactivity and independence are required to stay on track and focussed in such an understaffed and fast moving company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35261,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 16, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Meritocracy that knows how to move fast,"Open, flat management, fast, smart, amazing benefits, flexible schedule, self-directed",You must know how to be self-directed,Keep listening to employees and users!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35262,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 16, 2012",Current Employee - Project Manager,Move fast and break things,"Anyone can make an immediate impact in the organization, especially those at Menlo Park HQ. The perks are great and the culture is awesome.","In moving fast, process is sometimes disregarded. You have to assert yourself to make your role work because everyone else is too busy and driven to hold your hand.",Keep it up! The challenge is to maintain the culture and sense of urgency as the company grows and more people are away from HQ,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35263,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Dec 9, 2012",Current Employee - User Operations Analyst,"Great people, great place to learn, not so great salary.","The learning opportunity at Facebook is huge. You have so many resources available to you. For new grads, you have the opportunity to treat Facebook like a pseudo-grad-school. The people are awesome and the perks make you comfortable.","Salaries are low. People are mainly driven by passion here, but once they reach a certain skill level they leave.",More incentive to keep people around would be good.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35264,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best place I have ever worked,Lots of challenging problems to work on. Lots of really smart people to work with. And a really nice environment to work in. 3 meals a day - with varied menus and options. Fully stocked micro kitchens. 21 days vacation per year (plus sick days).,"While the site (in Menlo Park) is really nice, its difficult to get to - from almost anywhere. I hate my commute.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35265,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 17, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,need a more private work place,Fast moving company. Good compensation. One of the most recognizable companies in the world.,Family work life balance can be a little tough for people with actual family. Open table work environment can be counter-productive for engineers. Too much noise and visual distraction is quite negative for a positive work flow. Seems to suit new college graduates since it looks more like college computer lab and a mature/productive workplace design.,Provide a work place with more privacy.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35266,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Production Engineer,A demanding and exciting place to work,Facebook's environment is fast paced and exciting. New problems jump up at you all the time and it is a joy to work towards fixing them. It is really a problem solver's dream. Management generally does whatever they can to aide in the solving of problems and removing road blocks. The process overhead is kept to a minimum and we are encouraged to point out areas that are too encumbered by process. The perks on campus are excellent and varied. The people that I get to work with on a day to day basis are enjoyable and very intelligent.,"Mostly due to the speed that Facebook moves, we tend to accumulate a lot of technical debt. This debt is allowed to lay dormant until it becomes a major problem and then is addressed. I wish we could do more to address this technical debt before it became a problem.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35267,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Phenomenal,A place to be challenged and make an impact.,Somewhat stressful environment at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35268,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,can not get any better,"awesome benefits, above average compensation, smart coworkers, flexible management, no bureaucracy, creative work environment and offices located worldwide. everyone knows and have a Facebook account","share price is bit down from the IPO. some folks consider this a con, even thought it is actually ok",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35269,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"The best mid/large-size company to work for, period.","FLEXIBILITY, FLEXIBILITY, FLEXIBILITY Work on what you want Work when you want Work where you want  Very flexible schedule. I generally come in to the office at 1pm. Sometimes I leave at 10pm, sometimes I leave at 2am, sometimes [Fridays] I leave at 7pm. Sometimes I work from home. Sometimes I work from Hawaii. Excellent opportunity. I was promoted within 7 months of starting. Super flexible management. I told my manager I wanted to work on a new [my own] project, he immediately said go for it. I've been working on it full time for 1.5 months. I told my manager I wanted to move to Seattle. He said okay, look for a team up there. Awesome food. Awesome amenities. Smart people. Learn from the best.",Not as much opportunity for [company] growth as what you'd get at a startup.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P102.htm
35270,facebook,"New York, NY"," Dec 5, 2012",Current Employee - Human Resources,Facebook is a better place to work than Google (I've been at both),"The pros of working at Facebook are too many to list, but the biggest ones are: the ability to shape your work, opportunities for career growth, support from bosses and management, flexible work schedule, and working for a mission-driven company that has massive impact throughout the world.","I really can't think of any cons, as it's been a great ride since I joined earlier this year.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35271,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great first job,"Work on great problems with good people. Flexibility, responsibility. Little politics. High-quality work is the best way to get noticed.",Most current work has a <6 month horizon.,More data-driven decision-making.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35272,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Unbelievable,- The people I work with - It's amazing how much impact a single engineer can make,- Nothing I can really think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35273,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,The best job I have ever had,This place is amazing. The campus is crazy awesome. The Job is rewarding.,Its easy to get rapped up in the work since its engaging.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35274,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 12, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good mid sized company,"There are lots of smart people and you get an opportunity to learn a lot. The problems are very challenging, and people have an opportunity to make a big impact within the company.",The work life balance at fb isn't very good. It's a good place for recent grads and people without kids though. Some HR policies seem ridiculous. Product and infra aren't treated equally IMHO.,External manager hires aren't great,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35275,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Production Engineer,easily the most fun you can have at work,"working with incredible people working on something people all over the world use being able to work without bureaucracy you also get to work on problems that may not fit in your direct scope, which means you learn as you go, and might find your next position without even trying great perks: food, shuttles, haircuts","getting fat from the free food have to work hard, not for someone who wants to coast",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35276,facebook,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent,"Facebook is very flexible, you get to work on many projects there, the team is very young and dynamic and the work is very challenging","Facebook gives you hard time when it comes to working time, you need to put in a lot of efforts as a lot of responsibilities will be on you, so it will be tough",Make it more easy goig,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35277,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Operations Engineer,"- Freedom to work on tough issues that are important to you - Free food from micro kitchens, two cafeterias, a burrito bar, pizza bar, burger bar, BBQ shack, and sweet shop - On site gym - Lots of company discounts - You'll work around some of the brightest people in the industry",- We don't do a great job of setting goals for the team - Most of the company have no idea the work we put in to keep the site up and reliable everyday,"Need more frequent, and direct criticism from managers on how to improve and grow within the team.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35278,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome,"The amount of freedom you get as an engineer is unlike anything I've seen. We have a culture that while going fast to build new things, strives to improve the codebase and overall code quality.","There are still a lot of bugs in the code base. Some employees are quite harsh in their review of other people's work, but I'm willing to write this off to people wanting everyone else to be excellent.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35279,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Have been here for four+ years and not going anywhere,"- I get to help solve problems for a billion people... literally. I go to parties and friends complain to me about Facebook and I love it... because I'm empowered to help make it better. I often turn around and literally try and solve those exact problems because I *can* help. - I get to solve really interesting business problems. - I have access to the most senior executives -- even though it's big, it isn't *that* layered. - The perks are outstanding. My friends tease me for getting to work at grown up Disneyland.","The commute from SF is a bummer, but I agree with not having an office up there.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P103.htm
35280,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 26, 2012",Current Employee - Production Engineer,It's the best job I've ever had.,"The culture and environment is amazing. Everyone is empowered and responsible, there's no politics or overly restrictive processes or oppressive management oversite.",The pace can be exhausting. It can be very stressful. You have to get used to all the media attention and mudslinging.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35281,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,love to build things,make a difference in the world no nonsense hacker culture generous vacations and parental leave,no 20% time legacy code can be a little patchy in places,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35282,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"A wild ride so far, and all good","Surrounded by smart people. Very comfortable in terms of food options, environment, exercise options, local amenities, support for being able to excel, encouragement to grow. Working from home allowed in moderation.","Hard to find any. The commute is a pain when I have to drive, but free shuttles and free Caltrain with 3G/4G cards mean I have alternatives that allow me to be productive instead of twiddling my thumbs in traffic.",Encourage more employee-level engagement with industry.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35283,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Partner Engineer,Fast paced and always exciting,You get work with some of the smartest people in Silicon Valley as well as in our offices around the world. The flexible work structure ensures people are always working on highly levered tasks they're excited about.,Working at a really fast pace also means you're forced to make sacrifices in order to get a product out the door.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35284,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Awesome perks, awesome challenges","_Everyone is world-class in everything they do, from PMs to Legal to Engineers who are some of the best around. _The challenges are huge, the impact is vast _Anyone can propose ideas and try them out as an experiment, the best experiments will make it out to 1 billion people! _Free food _Tons of awesome perks","_Can be hard to manage work/life balance sometimes, but that's mostly because there isn't enough time in the workday to work on everything I want to work on...",Management can sometimes steer the company in another direction too fast which can cause organisational whiplash. Try to plan out a bit farther ahead and have less knee-jerk reactions to change everything all at once.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35285,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A mature culture of smart people working on the hardest and most rewarding problems,"The Culture: This tops the list of reasons to work at Facebook. Many companies say they take their culture seriously but Facebook lives it. The mantras and propaganda around the office really do help you ""stay focused and keep shipping"", by clearing away your own barriers and resolving debates.  The Impact: My first day on the job I submitted a diff that now hundreds of millions of people see every day. Imagining a more connected world keeps me coming in every day, because I know that I'm building that future.  The Career Opportunities: There is no arbitrary ladder, no game mechanics, at Facebook. Your career grows as you hack larger things. Because you are encouraged to work across Facebook, jumping teams and technologies, you gain a variety of skills that keeps you agile and flexible. And because Facebook is built on a lot of open source technologies, the skills you gain here are easily transferable everywhere.","Work / Life balance: If you want to spend most of your time with your family, and work is just a job to you look elsewhere. No one keeps track of your time, but if you want to do well here you'll spend a lot of your free time thinking about the problems you're tackling.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35286,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Move fast and break things,"Facebook is a rapidly growing company where you can work on digital products (and the infrastructure that support them) that impact a billion people around the world. The company culture is richer and uplifted more-so than any other company I've worked at (including Microsoft, IBM, and NYT). We're encouraged to take control of and have ownership over our work, micro-management is micro-managed out and big-impact work is rewarded (even—no especially—if it's not sexy).  There are few places in the world which provide the hat-trick of being an exciting place to work, provide freedom to work on what you want, and provide social and cultural impact to a significant portion of global humanity.","The biggest downside is the double-edged sword of Facebook's culture. It's easy to get lost in the whirlwind of cool stuff, great perks and exciting smart people and forget to get something done. For those cranking away, the intentional self-exploration (hackathons, etc) can result in the occasional duplicated work or dead-ends. You can't say we won't take risks and try new things, instead you could say this might happen a little too much. Also, Facebook is a pretty constant target of the media for both good and bad news. This can be a bit trying when you just want to get your job done and your friends and family are bugging you about the latest features added (or not added).",Maintain what makes Facebook great as it continues to grow.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35287,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Challenge, Chaos, and Impact",-The smartest people with the most passion about what they work on. -People who legitimately want to make people's lives better through open communication. -Amazing technological infrastructure worked on by everyone at the company - not just a core team. -Leadership that thinks about the future and makes every effort to move towards it.,"-A lot of work. No lie, people expect a lot out of you and you will work hard. It'll be challenging problems with no clear solutions because people haven't operated at this scale before. -Leadership visibility. You will be in meetings with the senior leaders about day-to-day matters.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35288,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Company of opportunities,"Lots of freedom to choose what you want to work on. Also, the company does its best to ensure you have everything you need to do your job really well. And bunch of very smart people to work with.","Too much ambiguity. if you are someone that expects to be told what to work on and what needs to be done, this ain't the place for you.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35289,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 20, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook is the best place to realize your full potential and keep pushing the boundaries of what you can accomplish.,"There is a huge potential for impact. If you have a great idea and can convince others to join you, there is very little process stopping you from building awesome new stuff and shipping it to the world. Practically everyone I know, and everyone I meet, has used the software that I've written.  The company culture and values are amazing and everyone is totally on board with them. There is no politics or infighting and everyone is really on the same team trying to make facebook better.  Facebookers are extremely smart people and super passionate about their work. We aren't afraid to take on new risks or big challenges.  The technology stack is mind boggling. When I started at facebook a few years ago, every day I learned something that made my jaw drop. The same thing still happens to me on a regular basis years later.  Mark and Sheryl make a great pair of leaders that I have the utmost confidence in.  There are excellent learning and development programs/opportunities that help you progress in your career.  The benefits are obviously awesome too.","We don't really do april fools jokes which is kind of a bummer.  There are some dragons in the code base, and they breath fire.",Stay the course.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P104.htm
35290,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"A fun ride, with lots of opportunities to soar","- The culture is very open and honest, and the heavy use of groups internally keeps everyone accountable to others. Company-wide Q&As also keep the management team transparent. - The work you do is high impact, and products iterate quickly - Hackamonths actively encourage engineers to try a different team occasionally - Lots of opportunities to continue learning, like training for iOS and android development","- Work/life balance can be tough, depending on the team. This is up to personal preference though, and many teams (especially those in infrastructure) have more stable projects. - Coasting doesn't work here, you always have to be actively improving and not rest on laurels",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35291,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Facebook is an exceptional company to work for.,Everything at Facebook moves incredibly quickly which makes it a very exciting place to be. There are also a ton of smart people there and I feel like I'm constantly learning new things from my coworkers.,People generally work very hard. This is by choice (people are generally excited about what they are working on and trying to ship stuff quickly) but it does mean that there's a fair amount of peer pressure to work hard and it's easy to feel like there's always a little bit more that you could be doing.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35292,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I've worked at. Everyone's voice is heard.,"Fast paced, empowering, no hierarchy or red tape, truly ""open"" culture",culture is different in support functions versus Engineering and the business,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35293,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Tech Partner,"Not Perfect, but pretty darned good.","Great perks / benefits directed at removing friction from your life so you can focus on working and playing. The company still ""feels"" small, energetic, and focused despite its medium-sized-ness. Awesome accessibility to some of the best and brightest people in the tech industry... working with really smart people is very satisfying.",You have to be aggressive and an entrepreneurial self starter to be recognized here. Either that or you need a boss / advocate that will do this for you. Actions speak louder than words so you have to be comfortable with doing rather than talking.,Keep us small and focused. Really focus on managing your talent.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35294,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Amazing place. Huge opportunity to impact all of humanity along with great co-workers.,"- Great co-workers - passionate, talented, ambitious, yet humble. - Opportunity to impact a billion users - Great work culture - move fast, no bureaucracy. - Great management",- Work environment can be a bit unstructured - We move too fast sometimes and break a few things in the process,Continue what you are doing well. Hire more awesome senior leaders - technical and management. Keep taking big bold bets.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35295,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The ultimate dream of all Software engineers,Freedom to work on what you like,Too much of free food makes you more and more fat :(,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35296,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,The experience of a lifetime,"I left Google due to all the red tape, process, communication difficulties across teams and depts, etc. Facebook will undoubtedly face these challenges as well as they grow, but at this current stage, they've taken more of an open, ""move fast and break things"" approach. I love the freedom given to explore, share, collaborate, and HACK. I didn't feel I had much of this freedom at Google - and there is much less (pretty much none) of the ""Engineer vs. Everyone else"" caste system that Google is famous for.  I am incredibly relieved, and satisfied, that I made the jump. I've been at many of silicon valley's top tier companies in my 15 years here in SV. After 15 years here, I have a pretty strong idea of what I want and what I don't want - so I can say with confidence that Facebook is my lifer job - I plan on staying here a WHILE.","The speed at which things move here can be daunting for the uninitiated, but if you've been at top tier companies before, it's nothing unique. Just do your research and know what you are getting into. There is a lot of work, and a lot of reward to be had, but only if you reach for it.","keep doing what you're doing - be transparent, egalitarian, and open. I love the way we are treated so well here. I love our internal groups for open discussion without having to resort to email. The integration of our work duties and services into our FB accounts themselves is amazing and ingenius.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35297,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 17, 2012",Current Employee - Director of Engineering,Awesome place to work!,"- Super talented co-workers - Facebook really is changing the world - Very easy to have a large impact inside the company - Strong focus on enabling everyone to do their best work. In particular this means focusing on keeping non productive overhead to a minimum, giving everyone the hardware, training, etc they need to succeed, preventing unhealthy corporate politics and continuously looking for ways to make engineers more productive","Changing the world is hard work, but everyone really believes in what we are doing which makes it fun at the same time",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35298,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best company I've worked at,"+ Smart/energetic people around you to make yourself better + Relative flat management for a company at this size + Projects that influence people + Probably the best café in all IT companies at the moment. Thomas Keller, Gary Danko theme, etc. + Work for fun. You can still keep a life if you are good at what you are doing. :)",- None I can think of at the moment,Keep the open conversation. Keep focused. Keep being an engineering driven company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35299,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A truly great workplace,"Great co-workers - Facebook employs extraordinary people, working with such amazing people makes all the difference. Open environment - Facebook encourages you to break the boundaries, you should are always welcome to come up with new ideas, crazy as they seam. Great benefits and perks - The campus in MPK is amazing, gym, food, laundry, coffee, doctor, everything for the employees. The 4 month parental leave wasn't bad either.",Facebook outside MPK is not as great. The remote locations don't have the same range of perks and won't be as great to work for.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P105.htm
35300,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Recruiter,Come here if you want to make an impact.,"I joined facebook coming from 8 years in the Financial Services industry. Wow, what a world of difference. 2 biggest pros come to mind:  - Openness. Do you have an issue with a colleague or something facebook is doing? No problem. Take care of it. Facebook encourages its employees to be open and give feedback for things they think should be improved.  - Do you want to see your impact on 1 billion users? Come to facebook. Although I'm not in engineering, I work with a lot of software engineers, including interns, who constantly talk about the things they work on and how they love showing these off to their friends and family.","- Being 7 months new, I am still in the process of thinking of areas of improvement.",- Continue the openness that we have at the company. We love hearing your ideas for the future!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35301,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Data Scientist,"Smart, conscientious coworkers and an employer that treats us well","My coworkers are ridiculously smart and competent. Every day I learn something new from one of them. We move fast and think about having impact on the world. Our site is used by a billion people. The company cares about its employees' quality of life, we have excellent food, shuttles to/from San Francisco, a culture that eschews meetings, great ergonomics, onsite medical care, and a gym. New engineers go through ""bootcamp,"" which exposes you to all aspects of the codebase in a friendly environment where you're allowed to ask n00bish questions and bond with other new engineers.","It's difficult to come up with meaningful downsides to working here. We move very fast, so I don't always have time to be a perfectionist (but in general that's a good thing). Our codebase is huge and it can be difficult to find documentation.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35302,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best job I've ever had,Code ships quickly Every engineer has a lot of impact on products Easy to move between teams Engineers are encouraged to find teams where they have the most impact Very smart co-workers,"If you're used to a cruisy corporate job, this is not the place for you",Stay focused and keep shipping,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35303,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to start your career,"Lots of investment in employee learning and growth Too much responsibility too soon helps you move up quickly and learn fast Great perks, great coworkers","As we grow, the company is getting more hierarchical Very easy to let it become your whole life (not that you'd necessarily be unhappy)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35304,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineering New Grad,Great Learning Opportunity and the best People,People are Awesome. They help you grow and a very open-minded and supporting environment Great Perk. I feel less Politics in career track as long as you gain support and trust from team members.,People are too good and you feel peer pressure in terms of trying to survive from a company where many of the people enjoy and love what they do and are full of passion.,Keep the Culture while growing the employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35305,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"After 3 years I still feel like I'm surrounded by people smarter than me. The job is stressful at times, but so worth it","* Free food * Fun people * ""Don't ask for permission, just go do it"" culture * The code I write goes in to production in a matter of days * A vast distribution of incredibly interesting problems to work on (often hard to choose from) * Management knows they can't really shove anything on to anyone. If they want to see something get done a different way, it's up to them to persuade not to force (I've worked in 3 completely different groups in the company and this was a consistent theme)","* Each engineer has tons of responsibility. This can honestly be stressful sometimes as you're on point for keeping it all running * I live in the city and, while the commuter shuttles (with wifi) make commuting about as bearable as it possibly can be, it's still less than ideal to have about an hour between work and home.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35306,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work for,- Flexible working hours - Flat management,- Work/Life balance - Not much pre-tax benefit,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35307,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work, great perks and great colleagues",The best reason to come to work at Facebook is you will be amazed by how skilled your coworkers are.,I don't have cons to share at the moment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35308,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best that I could have ever hoped for.,"Top reason : the people at facebook. They are the most brilliant and smartest people I have ever met. They provide you with an awesome learning experience and a very cool work culture. Other reasons : Nice salary package, great food, minimal politics, and other nice perks (too many to explicitly state!)","I cant think of any except for one compared to smaller startups. The low hanging fruit on the infrastrucure side is pretty much all gone now, so to make improvements/impact takes a lot of time, hard work and requires you to go very deep into one particular aspect.",None really.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35309,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome place to work,- really smart people to work with - culture of empowerment - freedom to do what makes the most sense - tons of challenging problems and opportunities,"- none, really - there are a couple of old timer employees here and there who're no longer effective/productive because the growth of the company has outstripped their abilities. This leads to a couple of oddities in some parts of the company. It's pretty rare though, and not a major problem.",Keep actively managing out underperformers to keep Facebook a fun place to work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P106.htm
35310,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Work on challenging, high-impact problems with lots of intelligent coworkers.","High impact - your work affects a lot of people. Interesting - there are a lot of challenging problems to solve. Flexible - choose when and how much to work. You are judged on what you accomplish, not how long you are at the office doing it. Work/life balance - other than hackathons and offsites, I'm home for dinner with my family. Choose your path - you get to choose what to work on out of bootcamp.","Not enough people - there are things that should get done, but there's no one to do them. Meetings - most of my days are interrupted by a meeting or two.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35311,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,open culture big impact,* open flow of information within the company * ability to have big impact as soon as you join * get to work with and learn from a bunch of brilliant people,* fast company growth can be turbulent in areas where the company has not figured out how it wants to handle it,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35312,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fun and Rewarding,You work with incredibly smart people on cutting edge technology. It's relatively easy to ship. Not too much process. Whatever you ship will likely impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people. It's easy to switch teams so you can always focus on your passion.,"Some of the managers aren't very good. I think we could do better at manager training. Working with amazing people means that you may not stand out as much as you would at a less awesome company. The culture can be uber aggressive. Some people take that to the point of being mean. Managers don't care if engineers are huge jerks, as long as they are good.",Do more to ensure that managers are good. I'd love to see the aggressive culture go away or at least not be enshrined as a value.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35313,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Amazing people, amazing technology, amazing impact","The culture is really what sells me on a Facebook -- moving fast is a prerequisit to succeeding there, and code wins arguments. Very little of the fiefdoms and internal bickering of other large tech companies occurs there because people are so concentrated on impact.","Code quality and testing could be better, and the organization is a bit chaotic at times. Not a good organization if you like to be hand-held.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35314,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome company to work for (at least as an SWE),"Very open culture, great challenges, wide variety of tasks, freedom of team choice, awesome perks and free food.",Not really a con but a tradeoff for moving fast: lack of documentation,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35315,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Partner Engineer,"Always learning, with great people, in a great place.","Whatever you do in this company, it affects 1 billion people. Everyone I work with is smart, driven, and ready to help. Young and fun environment, there's always something going on: company parties, hackathons, team offsites. It's difficult to get bored. Awesome perks. Flexible hours.","Flexible hours means that you can work from anywhere, anytime. Your peers will do it and you will feel the pressure to do the same. Everything moves fast which is good, but creates also a lot of trash. Facebook is always in beta.",Keep the company lean!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35316,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Security Engineer,Best place I have ever worked,"Given freedom to work on what I think needs working on, when I want and with any resources I need. Get to work with smart competent people who as a bonus are fun to be around. Engineer-driven and as transparent about decisions as I have seen in a company",Menlo park HQ sometimes smells with the aroma of the salt flats,Keep on keepin on,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35317,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place to work,"- Huge impact from day one - I got to own pretty large projects almost as soon as I joined, and the amount of trust placed in employees even from the first few weeks in bootcamp is amazing. - Exciting work environment, I work with some of the very best people I've met in the business every day - Real start-up feel and anxious to keep it that way. There's a lot of attention paid to the culture of the company - Things really do move fast. It's really motivating to see the results of your efforts get adopted so quickly - Great support from management - Fun @ work, many great perks. Lots of free food, and a gym to work it all off.",High workload mean that you have to be pretty motivated to enjoy it. On the flip side that's mostly self-driven - I certainly end up working a lot not because I'm pushed to but because I want to see my project succeed.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35318,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,an amazing degree of empowerment and willingness to take risks,I've found Facebook to be a place time and time again which hires smart people and empowers them to go do bold things without having to involve a lot of people to make decisions.,It's a fast moving company which means that it can be hard to unplug outside of taking actual vacations. I've not found a feeling of it being difficult to take vacations but you definitely need to be conscious of making it happen for yourself.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35319,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Favorite Company,"* Favorite thing is the people I work with - super smart, humble, and motivated * Culture of innovation and challenging assumptions * Culture of shipping over politics",* You're expected to work hard. I'd also leave the company if this expectation went away.,* Keep the hiring bar high.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P107.htm
35320,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Be bold and try things out,"- Fun, engaging workplace - Engineering-driven tech company - Encourages employees to be bold and try things out - Values ideas and their implementation over employee seniority - Bottom-up decision making (allows employees to determine how they can make the most impact)",- Competitive environment - Sharp drop-off in compensation for new employees - The focus on moving fast often means that the company spends a lot of time going backwards or iterating. This can be frustrating or exhilarating depending on whether you see the iterations as unprincipled or a necessary component of shaping a product that a billion people find useful.,- Be more open about what doesn't seem to be working and why,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35321,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Really happy here,"- I feel like my success is bounded by my own abilities, not by management or corporate politics or something - Work time is *super flexiblie*. I generally work 10-6pm or so, work from home on wednesdays - Food, laundry, etc.. at work - Coworkers are awesome, all really excited about the product",- Don't like the area around campus - Wall art could be better,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35322,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineering at Facebook,"* Very smart, hardworking, enthusiastic coworkers: The software engineers here are the best in the world * Lots of independence for software engineers: We do a lot more than just implement specs, especially with hackathons and hackamonths encouraging people to work on things outside of their area of expertise * Great benefits and salary: 5 different kinds of free food on campus, free laundry, snacks, generous parent benefits, etc.",I can't think of any significant cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35323,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working with top quality engineers that work hard and aren't arrogant but focus on completing the product together,"Coworkers - smart, hard working, fast, cooperative Team selection - work where you are happiest & make the biggest impact Culture Benefits Workload - you're just expected to get your work done, not spend all of your time at work",I'm having a hard time coming up with downsides to working at Facebook. But there's a twenty-word minimum limit for this question.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35324,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The perfect blend of startup and larger company,"- everyone you'll work with here is incredibly motivated to build the best possible product and extremely talented at doing that - you're able to make an impact on the product and more generally how things work immediately, without waiting for seniority or a promotion - we move fast here, meaning your finished project won't sit around for months before shipping and we adapt rapidly to changes in the market - there is no such thing as an unimportant project here - we have so much to do and not enough people to do it that no one spends time on anything that won't have a big impact, not even interns - progression in the company, salary increases, equity refreshers, etc. happen in a clear and fair manner - they take care of us very well from a perks and compensation perspective - great food, an awesome campus, and more - everything is very flexible - as long as you get your work done and make your (very few) meetings, you pick your work hours - you have the resources of a larger company, like a mature codebase, helpful abstractions, automation of some uninteresting tasks - all things that let you focus more on the interesting parts of your job rather than tedious setup",For the first time in my life I need to watch my weight due to the awesome food and snack selection,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35325,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A joy to come to work everyday.,"- Moves very, very fast. Individual teams are empowered to ship at-will.   - Very open and transparent. Very few company ""secrets"". Everyone is up-to-date on what everyone else is doing. This leads to almost non-existent company politics.   - Great co-workers. Nearly everyone is among the best at what they do, so there is a huge about of trust across orgs.",- Moving really fast sometimes leads to false starts. Engineers must be prepared to pivot and change course from time to time.,Maintain the feeling of openness and connectedness.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35326,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A fantastic place for a software engineer to work.,"The entire company is engineer driven. We have our choice of teams and projects. We determine our own goals and targets. The entire company is open. The culture here is the most accepting I have ever seen. Everyone here is easily aproachable. The company greatly values its employees, and treats its them accordingly.","Everyone here is exceptional, so sometimes you can feel a bit dumb. But you get used to it.  People outside the company have no idea what it's like, and believe completely made-up things about us reported in the media, or spread as rumors on the 'net.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35327,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Where has the time gone?,"It doesn't matter if it's Monday or if it's Friday, a common theme at my job is that the day flies by. I often hear people say ""Where did the time go?"" because honestly the work is so engaging an enjoyable. We are truly blessed to both do what we love, and get paid well for it.","Some teams have an on-call rotation where you have to be ready all week to fight major fires that go off. This wasn't exactly communicated to us when we took the job, but prepared to need to carry your lap top with you everywhere for some weeks.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35328,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"This is my dream job, sometimes I can't believe I'm actually here","Facebook is an awesome company. Everyone has the opportunity to make great impact there, as the things you build are used by millions of people worldwide. The company is still growing, which makes for a lot of room for career improvement inside it too, not to talk about all the experience you get there. Finally, the work environment is just great, with very good free food, open space, and the feeling that everyone loves working there.","I guess a downside to it is that it's a big responsibility to change and build things there, since if you make something wrong you'll be affecting millions of users with it, which can be scary.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35329,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Talent, commitment, autonomy, impact.","The most important reason to work at Facebook is the other people working at Facebook. Almost all of them are very, very good. Down to about the 20th percentile of engineer, you can pretty much take their word as gold: if they say they'll do X in time Y, they will, and often a better X in a little less time than Y. This is a kind of super-power: it reduces the overhead of coordinating complex projects significantly.  Facebook is also a mission-focused organization, in the same sense that the military, or a relief agency is. Most employees understand the goal of the company to be larger than just making its employees and shareholders materially successful.  You will enjoy a vertiginous amount of authority as a front-line employee at Facebook. For better and for worse, on your first day at Facebook, you're given the keys to the proverbial Ferrari, you can push code, fix bugs, implement features, and yes, crash the site as much as any other engineer. Many user-facing decisions end up getting made by individual engineers.  This also implies that your work will have impact. Almost everyone you meet in your daily life is a user of your software. If they are unhappy users, it is your fault and responsibility to make it better. If they are happy users, you can enjoy your share of the credit.  All the basics (salary, equity, career advancement, food, miscellaneous perks like shuttles from SF) are world-class as well.","A mission-oriented job is not for everybody. If you are looking for a paycheck, and a ton of time to pursue your model railroading hobby, Facebook is going to be a weird fit for you. This is not to say that people don't have hobbies, or that everybody works 70 hrs/wk, but if you are completely ""checked out"" from your job, this will not be a happy place for you, not matter how good you are at it.  The physical work environment (open plan office, graffiti on the walls, lots of free-form discussion and collaboration) can be jarring if you're coming from a more typical corporate engineering environment.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P108.htm
35330,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,People don't waste their time on process here.,"(From the point of view of a new engineer.) The culture is motivational. You have a lot of freedoms that come with being your own boss but none of the crap that comes with it. Your manager gets that crap out of the way for you. People genuinely try to do the right thing and make connecting with friends, family, and your interests a better experience. You get to play the explorer. We solve problems that haven't been solved before. Hackathons are a thing. And they're cool. Free food is pretty cool.","Haven't encountered any. I haven't been here long, though. I will probably have something useful to put here next year.",Don't lose the open atmosphere. It motivates me when I feel like I'm part of the company and not just a cog in the machine.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35331,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Partnerships,I love everything about this company.,"Facebook is a true mission-driven company. Many companies pay lip service to their mission, but Facebook lives it and breathes it everyday. Zuck is totally committed to the mission of the company, leads by example, and is one of the most visionary people in our industry. The culture at Facebook is very strong, and the people here are incredibly smart and driven. We're working on huge, important problems in the world, and it's fun to come to work everyday.",None. I love everything about this company.,Stay true to the mission and continue to focus on the long-term.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35332,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Online Operations Associate,Greatest time of my life,Freedom within your work environment,not enough time to do everything,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35333,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 20, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Challenged every day to do your best work,"Facebook is full of extremely capable and smart people. The lines are very short, and it's easy to get a hold of the right person to talk to on any topic. There's no red tape, so it's really up to you to have a big impact on the product and the world. People who make a big impact are recognized and rewarded, regardless of their job title or level of experience. The company's leadership truly believes in Facebook's mission to make the world more open and connected. Teams are small and have a lot of autonomy, and it's amazing to see how much of a difference a single person can make at this place.",The downside having so much going on all at once is that it takes energy and discipline to stay focused on those things that matter most. You need to embrace this challenge to get the most out of your experience.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35334,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineering,moves fast - and means it,"Facebook decided somewhere along the line that speed and engineer efficiency mattered more than predictability and avoiding mistakes. The result is a rather refreshing environment where engineers are expected to take risks and use our discretion to jump on what we see as most important.  My co-workers are amazing - facebook's been able to hire some of the best talent in the valley and it shows. The perks are top tier.  It's just gratifying to work for a company with a sense of mission about creating good in the world, and that's at Facebook's heart. It's certainly helpful to love using the product yourself - but as long as you derive satisfaction from the billion people who do, you'll be happy working here.",Suspecting facebook of nefarious motives is a popular if misguided silicon valley pastime. Usually trying to argue people out of it is a waste of your time. :/,Work harder to make the business side feel as empowered and low-overhead as tech. We're all one company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35335,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Work on fun products that people use all the time,"Fun coworkers, interesting problems, make a huge impact on the world.  Scale, great benefits, opportunity to change the world and really have fun doing it.  Seriously do you want to work at a company where you don't know what you'll work on? That's insane! Facebook lets you choose what you work on after you get out of bootcamp.  People are really smart, fun, energetic here.",Too many food options  Cavities from eating Hi-Chews,Invest in your employees more with stock,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35336,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Superlative: Smartest people, most open culture, best perks, best product.","-- We work on some of the hardest problems in the field, and we have some of the smartest people working on them. -- The culture is very inviting and open. People are incredibly communicative, and it's a fun place to work. -- 1 BILLION+ people see and use what you work on all the time. -- Perks.",Takes up a good chunk of your time and life.,Learning from your mistakes is the best quality I've seen in the m-team.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35337,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,So far so good,* Awesome environment * Awesome co-workers * Awesome food * Awesome perks * Awesome projects,* Too many smart people that makes me feel dumb. * Stock price not looking good * Already IPO,Stop hiring managers from outside.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35338,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Amazing place to work, and have an impact",- Very smart and passionate colleagues. - Solving big challenging technical problems. - Opportunity to make an instantaneous impact on billion people.,Culture is very fast moving so for some people it may take time to get adjusted to a different mindset.,"Bootcamp is an amazing opportunity to broaden your horizon and learn about different teams, while at the same time good opportunity to evaluate and work with your potential team. Loved it!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35339,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,an amazing degree of empowerment and willingness to take risks,I've found Facebook to be a place time and time again which hires smart people and empowers them to go do bold things without having to involve a lot of people to make decisions.,It's a fast moving company which means that it can be hard to unplug outside of taking actual vacations. I've not found a feeling of it being difficult to take vacations but you definitely need to be conscious of making it happen for yourself.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P109.htm
35340,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome company!,"- opportunities to switch teams - working with really smart people - many social events, parties",- I gained 23 pounds for the last 14 months - I'm getting much more emails from recruiters from other companies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35341,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Every day is an awesome, challenging, learning experience.","Everyone is really, really, smart, and the number of people doing awesome things every day is incredibly inspiring and humbling. There is an unmatched potential for learning here compared to anywhere else.","You have to be really self motivated to find and execute on awesome things and become one of the really really smart people doing awesome things. You might think that's the case everywhere, but I feel like here especially you have to stand up and do things if you want to stand out, but be prepared to keep doing so over and over and over if you want to stay relevant.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35342,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Loads of impact from day one, lots of autonomy","Perks are so great (3 meals a day 5 days a week, microkitchens, ping-pong, no set hours, they do your laundry for you, etc). You're given a good deal of freedom in what you choose to work on. You have huge impact (you push code to a billion+ people weekly or even daily).","Expectations are pretty high (this isn't necessarily a bad thing). It's a software engineering gig so work is somewhat isolating, but no more so than any other similar job.",Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35343,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer V,I get to work with the best engineers at a company that treats its employees amazingly.,"Facebook is absolutely full with smart people, this means you work with the best and grow quickly. The scope of the challenges are quite large, and our management (especially in engineering) is top-notch. The company is very employee-friendly, has an awesome culture, and works hard on transparency.","We're growing, which loses some of the small-company-feel, and career paths aren't always obvious, but these are small complaints.",keep being awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35344,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Maximum impact,"If, like me, you are into building system at a huge scale, this is a dream come true  Super smart and nice colleagues makes it a great environment  All the awesome perks top it off","You need to have self discipline and not be disturbed by a very dynamic environment. Do sign up and go to the gym so you don't end up gaining 15 pounds from the amazing free food, including delicious desserts.",Keep at it,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35345,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best place I've worked ever.,Everyone is amazingly positive. Super smart people whose highest value is the right idea even if not their own. Culture of doing the right thing for the users. Supportive environment where everyone treats everyone as A-caliber talent.,"The focus for projects is coming a little more from lots of meetings and bigger picture design than from engineering experience and insights. The engineers still guide and are the leaders for how things are built and what is possible, but the pivots and vision are increasingly coming more from above.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35346,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best first job imaginable,"Great pay, amazing perks and benefits, super flexible scheduling. You're very well taken care of at the office, food, drinks and snacks are free everywhere. You pretty much tell them whatever equipment you want to work with, and they get it set up for you.",It can be a little bit of a steep learning curve getting started.,Maybe try to explain compensation a little better in the hiring process.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35347,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Loving every minute of it!,"Fast paced, lots of very committed and competent people around me. Company is dedicated to innovation and wants to do good in the world.",Change of environment (Unix -> Windows) can make people less productive in the short term.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35348,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Bold culture and great environment,"Facebook is a place full of bold thinkers who want to use technology to make the world better. The environment is relaxed and fun, but everyone brings an intensity and passion to what they do that makes it an amazing place to work.",The constant availability of BBQ makes it more of a self-control challenge to hit up the salad bar.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35349,facebook,"Saint Louis, MO"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to be an engineer,"- Almost unbelievable autonomy and trust given to engineers, most projects bottom-up vs. top-down - Big, interesting projects are everywhere, if someone is bored at work, they're not trying very hard - Caliber of peers is extremely high - For the most part, rapid adoption (and often creation, e.g. a VM for PHP) of new technologies","- Many (though not all) engineers tend to work lots of hours, mostly because they just enjoy what they're doing. If this isn't necessarily your lifestyle, you may feel like you're not ""keeping up"". This is really all in the eye of the beholder, though, as there are many engineers who are very effective and productive and use that to work more limited hours so that they can enjoy family/non-work activities. - Most teams have rotating on-call rotations, wherein the engineer must be available to be paged 24h a day (typically for a period of a week) to respond to issues with their product or service. This is more of a burden for some teams than others (e.g. a core piece of infrastructure vs. a little-used feature). This isn't particularly fun. - Rapid pace of product change means it can be a challenging place to be in infrastructure. This isn't necessarily bad, but it does require a flexibility in planning and mindset, particularly if you come from a company where software releases are measured in months-years.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P110.htm
35350,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing work-place!,"... with brilliant people from all over the world, getting to hack on stuff they are passionate about which end up making this world more open and connected!",There's too much good food!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35351,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Everyone around me is amazing,"The engineers here are all at the top of the field. They could work anywhere. Everyone I've worked with has all the magic engineer powers: really smart, good at getting stuff done, and fun to be around. The company knows it, and so there's not much red tape on the engineering side. It's up to each person not to break the push or launch a feature too fast. It's refreshing.",Not a small company anymore.,The hiring bar has been very high as long as I've been around. Let's keep it there.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35352,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook is Awesome!,"Fun environment, super smart people, great food, and rewarding work!",There is a lot of code!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35353,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Huge impact, brilliant co-workers.","The work: Facebook is growing fast which means there's a lot of opportunity for career growth if you're motivated. My co-workers range from good to stupendously great engineers, and I've seen no sign yet of a decrease in quality in the new hires.  The product: It's an incredibly rare opportunity to build products that are used by 1/6th of the world's population. I can visit the most far flung corners of the world, walk into a cafe and see people using the thing I've built to connect to their friends and loved ones.","It can be stressful at times, and maintaining work life balance is tricky. I think this is mostly an internally driven thing rather than imposed by the company, but it is what it is.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35354,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Facebook knows how to keep its employees productive and happy,"A great place to work. Well-distributed culture of seeking impact and keeping productive which, along with a considered hiring approach, means that everyone you encounter is bright and eager to help you get things done. Low-touch management style is encouraged, with focus on growth and getting blockers out of the way.",High public visibility when you cause the site to crash. No 401(k) match. Hard to keep up with all that is going on.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35355,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Very exciting place to work. High visibility and impact. The company is very open and transparent about it's workings. I feel like they treat me like an adult, with the expectations that I'll act like one.","I work in a remote office (Seattle), and find that the culture here is different than in the main office in Menlo Park. I think more could be done to migrate the culture to the remote office. I'm also concerned that if growth (# of employees) is something we seek to maximize, and something we measure success against, then we jeopardize the amazing culture that has been so well cultivated.","Love it here, hope that we can maintain the amazing work atmosphere as the company grows.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35356,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 16, 2012",Former Employee - Online Sales Operations,"Overly focused on engineers, cut-throat","+excellent benefits +""fun"" environment +fun outings and events","-for entry level positions in customer service/operations, etc., very little room for growth -although company culture is fun, strong feeling of preps +sorority girls in sales -",truly invest in employees.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35357,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A place where engineers can be amazingly effective...,"There is little friction between developing product improvements and shipping them. Engineers are generally given lots of authority to figure out the right thing to do and just do it. When people come from other companies they are often shocked by this, but even as the company has grown there are still very few gatekeepers between an engineer and getting their code into production.","Lots of the internal systems can be flaky. Scale is more important than reliability or consistency in some cases, which makes building reliable apps frustrating.",Put more focus on engineering quality and many issues will right themselves.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35358,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The best large company you'll find,"* Great benefits (medical, pto, etc) * Flexible hours * Lots of food options, free drinks, etc. All usually very good * Smart people * Open culture * Great coworkers","It's still a big company. With that comes some of the big company downsides. Being smart politically can advance your career. If you keep your head down and just do a good job it's less likely to be noticed. For example, I see good engineers not going anywhere with their career even though they do good work, while I see average ones advance up the ranks if they make it a point to post in FYI for every feature they create.  You also have less of a chance to make an impact as a new hire since you're more likely to work on existing features rather than new ones.  If you joined about a year ago, your stock grant was over valued (by about 2x), so you're making a lot less than if you go to another company.  None of the cons are unexpected at a large company. If you're looking to work for a larger, post IPO company, then you're not going to do better anywhere else.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35359,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"A powerful company, with lots of opportunities to make a difference.","- Many projects in many very different specialties. - Very good engineering level. - Fast moving, changing, adapting.","- Open space setup for all. It's loud, sometimes over packed (it's better now). I've never been as unproductive. - Changes are sometimes hard to track. - Your project might be ""reformulated"" along the way... - Very young. The least ""social"" of the places I've ever worked at.","Perks are great, people are better. People might come for the perks, but eventually, they'll stay if they connect with their peers.",4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P111.htm
35360,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 27, 2012",Current Employee - SWE,Great place to grow,Very smart people around Great projects and opportunities Easy changing of the teams A lot of interesting stuff to work on,Requires a lot of work in periods,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35361,facebook,"Washington, DC"," Oct 25, 2012",Current Employee - Intern,Amazing.,"Great culture, people are thrilled to be there and that's infectious. The various perks don't hurt and you will constantly feel pushed to do your best.",Busy environment- understaffed in some key areas so it can be occasionally difficult to move forward with any work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35362,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Rarely a dull moment,"- Pervasive focus on impact. - Plenty of opportunity to make an impact, as we ship to millions of users on a short cycle with very little red tape. Not afraid to make mistakes, though of course we strongly prefer to avoid them. - Strong overall compensation. - Excellent on-site food options. I eat here at every opportunity. - Fun ""work hard play hard"" internal culture. Coworkers tend to be ""from the Internet"". Many lolz are had.","- Now eating too many sweets because they're readily available. - Sometimes feel like I joined too late (e.g., hear Proposition 30 complaints from coworkers, doesn't apply to me). - Continued growth has decreased the small company feel somewhat. Beginning to develop internal politics. - There is some tendency among some folks to prefer a quick hack instead of the Right Thing in the name of moving fast.",Need to set expectations for new engineers that they will have to be comfortable reading and grepping our fast-moving codebase from day 1.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35363,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook is amazing,It is an amazing place. The new HQ is gorgeous and huge.  You get to make whatever you want and launch it to a billion people.,"It can be a little distracting to be required to use Facebook at work.  I've never worked for another large company, but I think it's better than most. Allocation process took a while.","Vision is great, but also considering new ideas can be useful.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35364,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It feels more like home than a job,"- The ratio of employees to customers is still large enough that everything you do has impact - Employees are trusted with working on what's important without the need for constant overview - Everyone is smart, but rarely feel the need to prove it. - The amenities allow us to focus on our work, and also make us feel valued. Plus not having to go grocery shopping in eight months has been nice. - The campus really does feel like a home. This is the first job I've had where I really am glad to head into work and actually get disappointed when I see how quickly the day goes by. - The managers are very technical capable, and know when to manage and when to step back.","- The size of the company makes communication a little harder, and it's more difficult to get to know people who you don't normally work with. - Conversely, there aren't enough employees to have people working on whatever pet project they want. The work they do has to have as much impact as possible (but the hackathons are a good chance to work on those pet projects for a bit) - Too much beer","Facebook is a great place to work because it feels more like a group of capable engineers all trying to build a project together, rather than a hierarchy of workers. As the company grows it is important to use that as an opportunity to do more exciting projects instead of having more people work on the same projects.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35365,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Really the best engineering experience I have hoped for,"During the 5+ years I've worked here as an engineer, I've had really incredible and satisfying experiences. I've learned so much more than I did at my past company in a similar amount of time, have almost never been disappointed with the caliber of a co-worker (and I've worked somewhat closely with around 50 other engineers) and have gotten to contribute the product as a clip I wouldn't have believed possible. As an engineer I felt like I had a lot of control and influence over my work and the products I worked on and got to create some of the most impactful and satisfying products and features of my career, past and probably future. If you're really great at what you do or have really great product ideas, very little will interfere with you showing that quickly. New engineers are highly valued in the culture.  Salary/bonus compensation has been really strong in addition to the stock compensation.","I've felt like I've been able to maintain a pretty good work life/balance (especially after the first year), but I feel like I had to work hard to make that happen. Being around many people who feel compelled to put most of their waking weekday hours into coding can be intimidating, even when you feel confident in the job you're doing and even when pressure to put in a ton of hours is rarely explicit. Engineers can definitely work reasonable hours, especially older ones with families, but you have to bring your own self-confidence to trust that you're kicking butt even if you're not putting in a ton of hours (especially during the summers when interns ratchet up the intensity around the office)  Things are done very fast, which also means things can be hectic and sometimes chaotic (though this feels less and less true as the years go by), but I'd expect some culture shock for anyone coming from software companies where stability and consensus are top-priorities. Code quality has felt really good for the past 2 or so years, though this definitely didn't feel true when I started.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35366,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Oct 4, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Director,"Amazing experience, amazing company",Everyone there has an opportunity to make an impact. Company moves very fast and prides itself on running lean. This means autonomy and opportunity for almost every employee.,Intense environment is not for everyone. Mission driven company means many decisions are made based on relevance back to product and mission.,"Brag a little more: Be more active in publicly explaining your business model. You can talk publicly about how well you're doing while at the same time remaining coy and humble.  Avoid Bureaucracy and Nepotism: Remember to move fast and don't let your size get in the way, it started to happen a little bit. And Don't promote people based on one person's personal goal (i.e. Sheryl's mission to help women) - it's like internet nepotism.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35367,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 27, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,FB is a rollercoaster of openness and communication that focuses on your ability to have impact on the world.,"You're treated like a human being. You're well-fed. The corporate structure is designed so you can float to where you think you can do the best work with minimal hassle. Acquiring needed equipment is low friction. Above all, we believe in what we're doing.",Base salary is a little below comparable companies. Young employee base can sometimes lack tact or manners. High density office plan presents parking issues.,Scaling to tens of thousands of employees is the biggest threat to the company. Keep everyone focused and keep teams small and nimble.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35368,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome place to work!,Everyone in this company has incredible energy and passion for what they do. You get to work with some really smart people without any of the politics I've seen with other employers. Everyone is trying their best to be awesome at whatever it is that they do and having fun at the same time.,"At 37, I'm one of the old guys.","It will be a challenge to keep things the way they are, particularly as we continue to grow.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35369,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good learning experience, fun culture",- good learning experience - fun culture,- hectic and chaotic - constant reorgs,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P112.htm
35370,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 24, 2012",Current Employee - Principal,Opportunity of a lifetime to solve cutting edge problems.,"Co-workers are not only super-smart, but they're also super-fun and relatively normal people. The job comes with a built in social life, if you want it. That makes it extremely easy for those who move to the Bay Area without knowing many people.",Explosive growth and rapid hiring makes it sometime feel like a ton of people are getting hired into the spaces where you think you'd be promoted.,"Step our press game up. If we're confident our products are the best they can be, then we shouldn't keep having PR trouble.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35371,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 14, 2012","Current Employee - Manager, IT",The best place in the world to work - if you could call it work (its more of a lifestyle).,"This is the best place in the world to be. Environment is all about engineers. Benefits, management, direction, culture - all very very positive items about the company. Keep up the great work Mark!!!!!!!","Not much negative. I find myself wanting to come to work and participate. Sometimes, I don't want to leave... So oddly, it can make for a long day sometimes.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35372,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place I've ever worked.,Unlimited opportunity: you define your path.Surrounded by the best and the brightest. Moving fast. Amazing perks.,Tireless hours. The work never stops.,Management is hit or miss.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35373,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Great workplace for motivated engineers,"1) You own your own career: choose a team and a project, switch teams when you're saturated, learn any skill you need. 2) Very little process and bureaucracy for a company of this size. 3) Hackathons.","1) You own your own career, which also means you have to be the one focusing on impact (and ensure it's visible) to progress.  2) The intense focus on impact can sometimes mean that longer-term, exploratory projects are harder to initiate, justify, and eventually get recognized for. Facebook is growing to the scale where a small team focused on ""failing more often"" (that is, crazier projects) would be beneficial.","The growing scale means that the review process starts to be more political, as upper management calibrates people the barely know. Monetary bonuses for performance, as is now becoming well known, are a poor motivator. Let's go back to a more recognition-based culture.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35374,facebook,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"First job, no complaints!","- Free food - Free snacks - Free laundry - Free transportation - Smart, driven people - Chance to change the world",Getting fat. Need to use the free gym.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35375,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,Great culture where you are limited only by your ability and initiative. Engineers get to move around the company with low friction.,"Can be a little intense sometimes especially around launches. To be successful at Facebook, people need to be able to enjoy the fast pase.",None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35376,facebook,"New York, NY"," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,awesome place to work,the best place on earth to work. with the challenges u'll definitely enjoy.,heavy work hours only besides that everything is cool about fb.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35377,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Amazing scale, pace and culture","I'm coming up to the end of my first quarter and continue to be blown away by how fast we can move, even compared to tiny startups. The engineering culture is aligned to enabling you to try things out, get things done and get them shipped out at an amazing rate. The perks are amazing and the management structure feels flat and low friction. Lots of smart folks and plenty of opportunities to get stuck into different areas if you feel like a change.  Work/life balance is good, lots of encouragement to take a break when you need it with a pretty high frequency of offsite events, and flexible working hours.  The onboarding process is very well put together: culture infusion from the moment you walk in the door, and you're mentored through a six week bootcamp and can be pushing code out to the website in your first week.","The flip side of the low friction management structure is that you need to take on more ownership of finding high impact work--don't expect to handed out work, you need to identify the work and then get it done. I see this as a plus, but it can make it a little difficult when you start out.  Having a high density of smart folks can make it feel more competitive than it really is, and that combined with the pretty low average age of employees can result in the occasional abrasive conversation.  Being privy to the roadmap and our plans overall but not being able to tell people about it when they interpret our steps towards our grand vision in a negative light can be frustrating.",Keep on doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35378,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 1, 2012",Current Employee - Product Analytics,This is freaking amazing,"* Intellectually challenging, stimulating work * I own my work stream and for the most part decide what is most important * Managers have a ""hands-off"" philosophy as long as you perform well, which is absolutely awesome * Tons of opportunities to develop technical, communication and other skills * Perks, perks, perks!",* too much cool stuff to do that I don't have time to do it all,Don't listen to wall street and keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35379,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A wonderful learning experience,It's an extremely fast paced environment.,The work sometimes does get a bit hectic.,Remain as less bureaucratic as now as the company grows.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P113.htm
35380,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 2, 2012",Current Employee - Finance,Best company I've ever worked for and I've worked at several,Really smart and great people to work with! Management is not snooty and willing to listen to inputs. Managers have the attitude of pulling their sleeves up to reach common goal...very collaborative!,Things are constantly changing and sometimes you never know what's coming... but you know you have to get it done. It could be exciting but could also be a bit tiring sometimes...,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35381,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The world is your oyster,"Work with smart, energetic people, Be empowered to pursue your ideas, Create great software with very little red tape, Supportive, collaborative environment with no politics,","We're only 1% done, You need to be comfortable with ambiguity, Still figuring out how to coordinate large projects,","Sometimes it's nice for architecture to be documented,",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35382,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Best place to have a big impact,"- compared with its competitors (many of which have 30,000+ employees), Facebook gives people a chance to make a massive impact. I've been at the company for 4+ years and we consistently grow our number of employees far slower that the growth of our users, developers and advertisers. This gives each employee a chance to do something huge for our nearly 1billion users. - if you are a ""doer"" and take accountability for things, there really is no limit to what you can accomplish","- if you love process for the sake of process (i.e. going to meetings), Facebook is not your place. It thrives on results and moving fast, and process that helps the company move fast is reward, process that results in more meetings and redundancies is not - people at Facebook have a lot of fun, but it is a relatively serious and extremely driven place, we expect a lot out of our employees so come ready to contribue",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35383,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"As a Facebook engineer, you can have as much impact as you are driven to have, your opinion matters a lot!","As a software engineer, a lot of work is self driven and based on self-motivation. You are not told exactly what to do week over week. It is your job to figure out what is best to work on, what has the most impact for the company, and how to improve things. Most engineering is driven by the engineers themselves and not some sort of management. To me, this is perfect. However, if you don't like thinking about what you are doing and being critical about what is good for the company and your team, this might not be the place for you.","Facebook is all about iterating fast. This is great for our products because we can quickly get something out there and see what works and what does not. However, it means we have a lot of sketchy software and products sometimes. It also means we have to constantly be doing ""cleanup"" which often takes a long time. You will be under ""attack"" by the outside world because things ""suck"" even though you know they are being worked on and improved, but that takes time.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35384,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,So good it doesn't feel like work.,"- High impact on a product that is used by 900M+ people every month. - Awesome environment with highly skilled coworkers. - Great culture, focus on getting stuff done. - Awesome food. - Great benefits and perks. - Engineering bootcamp, which is the best way to introduce the new hires to the culture and to teach how stuff works at Facebook.","- Too much food can get you fat. - Ripstiks can hurt sometimes. - The first days of work can be very hard. They can be very fun too, though.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35385,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Most fun and rewarding job I've ever had.,"smart people, challenging projects, refreshing to be with co-workers that love coming to work each day","in a move fast culture, things are always changing and you have to roll with the punches",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35386,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"My first job, it does not get better than this",- Everyday is different - Good progression in the company - Nice people - Overall faith in the company,- The expectations are pretty high,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35387,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Awesome people, great chalenges, wonderful company","Still feels like a startup, you have all kinds of tech chalenges (which is really great for engineers) and the company has a very good atmosphere. The perks are very good and I feel great to wake up every day knowing that the work I do will have a huge impact to a lot of people.","Media can be harsh sometimes and this makes you feel not so good. But once you understand that it comes in ""waves"" you start to deal better with it.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35388,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could not have chosen a better company than this to work for,"Freedom, start up culture, opportunities to take risk",Lack of clear structure for many things,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35389,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Production Engineer,The best job I've ever had,"They grill you hard in the interview but once you're in, you get a lot of autonomy and freedom to make decisions about how you think things should be done. Zero bureaucracy/red tape, very few meetings, and people are encouraged to build what they think will work. Two of the common sayings there are ""code wins arguments"" and ""what does the data say?"" meaning that if people disagree about something, the debate gets resolved by looking at numerical data and/or by building something and seeing whether or not it works. This is a very fast, turn-on-a-dime, high productivity, zero BS environment. It's also a lot of fun to work there. People work hard and play hard.","The cons at Facebook mostly fall under the heading of ""growing pains"".  Technologically, things move so fast that the layers of the technology stack are often in flux. If you are building a system that depends on other systems at FB, be ready for them to change underneath you. Nothing stays the same for long at Facebook. Every layer of the stack changes, and changes quickly.  At the human level, the company has also grown very quickly which means many of the lower level managers are new or inexperienced or got promoted to management for being good with computers (but not necessarily with people). It can be frustrating to report to junior managers and/or people who are clueless about social skills. With that said, the higher level, more senior managers tend to be really good and their skill often ""trickles down"" in various ways.",Shore up the lower level management situation. Get more senior people and people with better people skills.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P114.htm
35390,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to learn while having an impact,Incredibly smart coworkers Very interesting problems of scale to work on Very flat corporate structure - anyone can have an impact Extremely open culture Amazing free food and great campus,Long hours are the norm Can be very high-pressure around deadlines or when something goes wrong Back-end work generally viewed as less glamorous than front-end work Everyone outside the company always asks about the stock price,Keep doing a great job and try not to change the culture,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35391,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Recruiter,"One of the best, if not the best place to work!",Great benefits and perks. Great culture. Interesting projects. Big on employee growth and development. Very collaborative work environment. Great parties to help employees take some time away from the office.,"No complaints yet. Company is always focused on getting better. If I had to choose, I would say there aren't enough food options? ,)",Continue doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35392,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Greatest Company I Have Ever Worked For!,+ A single individual can make a huge impact within the company and on the world + Ideas are listened to and hacking is encouraged + No red tape & really fast paced + Great compensation & perks,+ The company is starting to focus more on revenue,Very impressed. Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35393,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 25, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"A great place to work, especially if you want to stretch your brain.","Sure, there are perks like the food (it's really that good), the gym, etc. But the best reasons to work here are the people, the scale (both technical and impact), and the way management prioritizes well beyond short-term returns.","The location isn't particularly convenient, but as the campus completes construction that seems to be less of an issue. This stage in the press cycle isn't partcularly fun, but that will pass.",Keep the communications open - it makes such a difference as we grow.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35394,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,the best place to be a software engineer,"- really sharp, passionate co-workers - blazingly fast ship cycle (new code hits the site *every day*) - your work helps hundreds of millions of people connect with friends and family - tremendous discretion over what team to join and what projects to work on - open, warm, friendly, funny company culture - awesome perks (never-ending supply of free food, 21 days PTO, 4 months parental leave)","- fast pace sometimes results in bugs - if you like micromanagement, you probably won't like FB: engineers have a lot of autonomy.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35395,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced and exciting,"The perks were a huge pro, especially the health benefits. The food was amazing and any corner you turned, there was something that helped you feel comfortable there. The company clearly tries to take care of its employees when it comes to making them feel right at home.","The hours were very tough, but it may depend on the department. Budget is strict on certain departments so there is a risk of feeling short staffed and working very long hours. With young blood there, some folks do not have to sacrifice time away from family, so the expectation there is pretty high.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35396,facebook,"Forest City, NC"," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Data Center Tech,Awesome,"Great place to work, great salary, great food, laid back atmosphere.",Not much in the way of cons here. We get everything we need.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35397,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Really smart people and company moves incredibly fast. You can have a huge impact in a short amount of time. There is a ton of ownership and it is a pretty flat organization. The benefits at the HQ are great- free food, gym on site, shuttles to work and flexible hours. Mark has a very clear vision for the company and everyone who works here really believes in the mission. It is nice to work at a founder led company with such a strong sense of mission to make the world more open and connected.",Some of the teams are political which can be frustrating. The Menlo Park office is kind of in the middle of nowhere so there aren't any places to run quick errands or grab drinks/food after work without going all the way to downtown Palo Alto.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35398,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Analyst,really smart people here,Doing things that have never been done before,sometimes can be long hours,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35399,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Helpdesk,Very faced paced,"Benefits, Opportunities to move up.",Company moves to fast and not enough documentation during training.,Learn how to train new hires in a classroom like environment.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P115.htm
35400,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 18, 2012",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Best. Job. Ever.,"Smart people, huge impact, big data, amazing campus, fantastic perks, face paced, awesome challenges, great food, inspiring workplace, flexible hours, good management, cutting-edge technology.","The environment may be too stressful for some, the work is challenging. Many people do not realize the scale of the infrastructure or the size of the datasets involved. You cannot simply take an idea that worked at another company and apply it successfully here, new scales require new solutions. If you don't like being in uncharted territory then this may not be the place for you.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35401,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jul 2, 2012",Current Employee - Partner Engineer Intern,"The best tech company, period.","Employee benefits basically increase salary, environment is free and open",Intern training (bootcamp) is insufficient in terms of time and content,Intern bootcamp and training needs to be longer and cover more relevant material.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35402,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jun 24, 2012",Current Employee - Business Manager,Great work environment and culture,Autonomy to work on challenging problems at scale,Some growing pains to be expected at company of this stage,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35403,facebook,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best company ever,"Facebook has the most open culture of any company I've worked at. Smart people (I know people say that about other large companies, but the caliber of Facebook is MUCH higher). Great food ,) Best place to work bar none.","Freedom is given to the individual, which is great when the individuals have vision (which is orthogonal to talent), not so great when they are doing random things.",Keep up the good work! Facebook is AWESOME!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35404,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Moves fast, breaks things.","* High impact job, each change touches millions of people * High ownership, there's too much to do * Smart people to work with * Great food and perks * Low management overhead * Lots of interesting problems to work on","* Long hours, hard work can be exhausting * Very chaotic, plans can shift quickly, you have to be very flexible * Other than that, nothing else",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35405,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 31, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Every day is fun because I work with the best, most passionate and excited people",The people are amazing. Everyone is so smart and passionate about what they do that you never have negative conversations about someone wanting to get their way just because they want their way.  The culture of getting stuff done as fast as possible and trusting to individual ownership to make it work is also huge.,You will work a zillion hours and still not be done with your work.,Be careful about relying on the people you already know and trust too much. The company is getting too big to be run entirely based on trust in a few individuals.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35406,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,- Extremely competent people all around - Lot of energy and motivation - Strong sense of engineering and hacking culture - Clear and transparent messaging from upper management,- Lot of work so you tend to be under pressure most of the time - Be ready to feel average even if you have been a star at your previous job (Like I said everyone around you is really good),none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35407,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 23, 2012",Former Employee - Vendor Manager,"Great energy, but not always focused",great perks and friendly people,"Not team oriented. Fast moving, but not always doing what is best for the company",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35408,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," May 2, 2012",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Unbelievable team, great perks, changing the world.","It was hard to leave my previous job, but Facebook was too good to pass up. The most brilliant people I've ever met are pretty much all here. We're altering the way people communicate and interact, and the side benefits are too numerous to mention.","Every once in a while (once a quarter?) the hours are a little insane, and with everything available at your fingertips sometimes you find yourself spending TOO much time here.","Keep it up, Mr. Zuckerberg. Keep the employees at top of mind, providing them with challenging, interesting work and modern benefits and it's hard to imagine you won't stay on top for the foreseeable future.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35409,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Storage Hardware Design Engineer,Excited.,"Best people, Best idea, Best product.","Move so fast, a little bit tired.",Keep on as before.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P116.htm
35410,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 12, 2012",Current Employee - Site Operations Analyst,"Amazing, Inspiring, Challenging, and Open","Amazing perks (food, travel, cloths, vacation, stock..). Smart people working on inspiring and challenging problems. Salary and equity.",Some see a lack of guidance as a con since your will not be micromanaged my your manager and are expected to create your own impact,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35411,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Apr 5, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place I've EVER Worked!,The people are amazing! The amenities are amazing! The food is even more amazing! Transparency in the company is the best I've seen!,Too much food everywhere you go! A lot of distractions - makes it hard to get through the day and stay on task!,Keep up the good work. Keep communicating with staff Keep the culture alive as we grow Keep employees engaged with their jobs and help them grow!,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35412,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A unique culture, a unique opportunity, and a unique time...","Facebook is the most unique company I have worked for or experienced (and due to the nature of my role, I have been exposed to a lot of different companies in my last two jobs). The company's open culture is mirrored in its facilities (everyone gets a desk, no offices, no cubes), and reinforced all the way up to Mark. It is staffed by some of the smartest people in the world who are industry leaders in whatever it is they do whether it is software engineering, design, public policy, even more traditional functions like HR and Finance! Facebook redefines what it means to be a corporation with its unique move fast and break things culture, its culture of discipline, and its innovative and iterative approach. What I have learned in my two years at Facebook has been far more impactful to my career than all of what I learned in my first 15 years and as such, I still tell everyone that it is an honor for me to have the opportunity just to walk in the door.","Despite the upsides, it is not all roses at Facebook. It is extremely difficult to get hired at the company given the companies intense focus on culture and values (which is not always accurate). It is also an intense environment, and not for people who are looking to coast. This can be difficult for people with a lot of obligations outside of work. Finally, it is a growing company and with growth comes growing pains. things don't stay the same and people who come to Facebook need to expect that things will evolve while they are here. The best people will see that as a challenge and a leadership opportunity.","Keep striving for excellence in who you hire and what you are building. But be clear on what you define as excellence and make sure it is framed in terms of where you are going, and not just where you've been.",5.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35413,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I love working here, I really do.","The whole company cares and believes in our culture and values. Everyone is smart and passionate. An open community from Zuck on down. Mutual trust companywide and sense of community and drive, instilled by our CEO who we all truly respect.",Odd requests from people and weird questions about working at fb.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35414,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Move Fast,"-fast moving culture -not much bureaucracy -great benefits and perks -working on an exciting, consumer facing, product -lots of impact",-fast moving culture can be hard to keep up with at times -need thick skin when it comes to what you're coding because you'll get a lot of employee feedback. people are generally perfectionists.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35415,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,An opportunity like no other.,Never in my life will I be able to work for a company that has the global impact that Facebook has. Everyday I'm building things that is and will bring the world together. Facebook pushes me to keep expanding the boundaries of what can be done and makes me incredibly proud of the things I've accomplished.,"Facebook is a way of life, and once you drink the kool-aid it's hard to remember there is an actual world out there. My advice is get a hobby (you're compensated enough to pretty much choose anything) and make sure you spend some time off of Facebook and work emails.",none,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35416,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The most intense and rewarding experience of my career.,"Access to people who are smart in ways that you can't even comprehend. Incredibly challenging work, and opportunities to finally do things you've wanted to do elsewhere but couldn't because of the size or political currents of other companies. You really care passionately about making the world more open and connected and want to be surrounded by people who are dedicated fully to making that happen. You want to work with people who not only help you experience all of the above but who are also the most respectful and inclusive people you've ever met. When we say we want you to be yourself completely at work - we really mean it.","The pace and scale of what we're doing is insane. You're regularly exhausted but in a good way. Facebook isn't just a company, it's a kind of movement that people dedicate themselves to in ways that transcend the traditional bounds of employment. You will make life-long friends who will become a part of your life beyond 9-5.","Continue rewarding things that move us forward, continue calling BS on things that don't. Encourage every employee to be a career-owner and empower managers to help them realize their potential",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35417,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It's amazing place where everything moves extremely fast.,- awesome food - really smart engineers - laundry service - reasonable promotion ladder - really flexible time at work - bootcamp! (after 6 weeks of working with different people you can choose your own manager),"- small parking lot - salary could be higher - Facebook is located in California, so we're going to pay really high taxes for our RSUs",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35418,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 28, 2012",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Love going to work everyday!,Completely different culture than anywhere else in the world. They encourage people to try new things and go for it!,I wish the headquarters were by the beach.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35419,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 27, 2012","Current Employee - Learning &amp, Development Consultant",The best experience of my life - professional or personal!,"-Working in a company where mission and vision are first, where the mission and vision matter in this world. -Flat org structure -Consistently testing your comfort zone, receiving the opportunity to try new things and implement new ideas.","I've worked full-time for 3 companies and as an intern for 5 companies. Facebook is the best company for which I have ever worked. Like any company it isn't perfect, but we carefully choose the ways in which we are not perfect.","Stay the course. What would *you* do if you were not afraid? We are changing the world, there will be naysayers, but stay the course.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P117.htm
35420,facebook,"New York, NY"," Mar 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great,Great place to work for.,"It's a big company, so although teams are very lightweight and agile, it can never have the same level of impact as a startup would. However, the leverage you get by the user/employee ratio more than makes up for this.",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35421,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,smartest people I've ever worked with,not enough time in the day to do all we need to do!,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35422,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome,"The company truly believes in self-motivation, empowerment, promote initiative and creativity. Red tape is reduced to a minimum, perks are great, quality of coworkers and management.","Your coworkers are all smart, competent and hard working, so if you like being able to shine easily, this is a challenging place to do that :-).","Continue to stand by your belief, and ignore the feedback and pressure of people (and shareholders) who don't understand what you're trying to do.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35423,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Staffing,Amazing place for the truly entrepreneurial.,Very open and colaborative. Lots of opportunity to try new things and make impact. Even very senior people seem to be more than happy to help nearly anyone understand a situation and give their opinions. I am surprised everyday by the feedback that flows here.,"The lack of process an structure can be problematic for some. Really grasping how much autonomy exists is a hard thing to do until you are there. This is only a problem for some, but it's critical.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35424,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,"Facebook has a completely transparent and intellectually honest culture, which is incredibly important. The company also cares about making the world a better place, and takes to heart our version of Disney's famous ""We don't make movies to make movies, we make movies to make money."" We really believe that.  The work environment is incredibly fast paced, there is an absolute minimum of red tape and politics, and everyone is empowered to have immediate and massive impact. Feedback is offered quickly, honestly and constructively.","Expectations are incredibly high, which means that you have to work very hard. Number of hours by themselves are not how you're evaluated, but the amount of work necessary to do a good job is not insignificant. This is not a place where you can screw around and just get by.",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35425,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 23, 2012",Current Employee - Recruiting Operations,A place to work on great things and make an immediate impact.,"You have the freedom to work on awesome projects. My co-workers are some of the smartest people out there. The team I'm working on is a group of all-stars, making each other always look good.","In order to change the world like we want to do, it requires dedication and hard work. So at times we have to work long days. But in the end, it's worth it.","Continue doing what you do best. Lead this company into a successful business. As long as our employees feel their work is valued, we'll continue to be build.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35426,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,An amazing place that provides unparalleled opportunities for growth and impact,Surrounded by smart people with incredible experience. My peers are founders and inventors and role models. Given every opportunity to succeed including resources and people. Management that focuses on employee happiness and personal development.,It can be stressful at times. Nobody likes taking down the biggest website on the planet and nobody wants to be the one to let their team down when everyone is doing such an awesome job.,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35427,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 10, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,hard to top,"-exciting problems, especially for an ops job -streamline the boring stuff -management is communicative and responsive, expectations are aggressive but not insane -if you enjoy this field, it's a fun and satisfying experience",-can be tough to schedule vacation -parking -open office plan can be distracting -you WILL gain weight at first -steep learning curve,"Keep this a tight ship, don't let employee sprawl and more management layers turn this into a big company. Make sure the rank and file continue to feel appreciated and supported.",5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35428,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Mar 2, 2012",Current Employee - Release Engineer,The best place to work for an engineer in the bay area,You work along some of the brightest talent in the Silicon Valley. There are hardly any politics around you and get to make an impact in your first few days. Great perks + benefits.,1. Company is growing up fast and it'll be tricky to maintain the culture.,Keep hiring the best talent.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35429,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Change is the norm,"Fast paced, smart people, innovative, great perks and benefits! The challenges presented ahead are still very compelling things to work on.","As the company grows, it's losing the 'startup' feel. You can definitely still get exposed to multiple areas of the business.","Keep culture alive, reward for jobs well done within their core roles. Do better at finding career opportunities within Facebook!",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P118.htm
35430,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 13, 2012",Current Employee - Recruiting Lead,"Although working more than 40 hours/week is a given, I wouldn't want to dedicate my time and effort to a better company.","Facebook gives their employees the freedom to work on projects that make an impact. When you're able to work on things that affect millions and millions of people, it doesn't feel like a job, more like a purpose.","It's tough for people who aren't willing to put in the extra effort needed to succeed in a company like Facebook. Part of the culture is to work hard and ship things. If you're not good at executing on a project, it will be tough to fit in.",More transparency is always better. Employees like to know why decisions are made for us to better understand the direction of our company.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35431,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best place I've ever worked,"Amazing people - hard to overstate this.  You get to choose what you want to work on (Bing ""Facebook bootcamp"") for more info.  Everyone is really passionate about the product. People care about the folks that use Facebook, and really want to make it a better experience. There are so many cool things we want to do, it'd be hard to get bored.  Things move really fast - there usually has to be a good reason not to do some new cool thing, instead of a reason to do it.","Since so many people at Facebook are amazing, recognition/awards aren't as frequent as I'd personally like.  I've done stuff that would've earned me instant promotions at a previous company, and only got a ""cool, nice job"" at Facebook.  It's hard to hear people spread misinformation about Facebook while you're working there - I've gotten so passionate about the company that when people say misguided things like ""Facebook sells your information to advertisers"", it's hard not to get angry.",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35432,facebook,"Menlo Park, CA"," Jan 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing.,"The openness, inclusion and excitement that we all feel every day. This is truly a company where the people are without a doubt organized more around the mission than their own personal interests or potential gain. We are here because we want to change the way the world works, and the fact that we get paid to do it is amazing.","It's not a ""job"" - in many ways it is a life. Long hours are the norm. Hard to completely consider this a con, though, as many of those long hours are spent working on stuff you love with people you admire and befriend.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35433,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 2, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Fun at the engineer to engineer level, but brutally long hours and badly disconnected front-line management.","Huge corporate upside potential (but might not apply to new hires as of 2012).  Fun work environment (free quality food, game rooms, frivolity encouraged, etc.).  High impact in terms of people using your code and recognition.  Good opportunities to try new ideas and move teams.","Brutally long hours for many, frequent pressure to delay or cancel vacation plans (even outside of release deadlines).  Harsh, unjust, and badly cross-team calibrated reviews coupled with frequent firings so that the stick is very close to the carrot.  It has now grown large enough that internal corporate politics have seeped in.  Management, at all levels, fixated on lots of shiny new features, no matter how broken, and lack of respect for necessary work getting done.",none,2.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35434,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 7, 2011",Current Employee - Staffing,Won't ever have an opportunity like this ever again in my career - phenomenal company and people,Smartest and most passionate people I have ever worked with Company means so much to so many - humbled to be an employee here,High expectations - good problem to have,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35435,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Tough place and amazing people.,"- Super smart people to work with - again, super smart people - people are young and dynamic, always willing to help. No question is too dumb to ask, people aways help you. - everybody working toward the same goal: making the company move forward. - lots of resource, easy to get machines allocated - freedom to work on projects that you like - food is awesome","- very challenging. - lots of work - long hours - not always clear communication from managemenent. - lots of koolaid and internal propaganda. - little recognition. Not too surprising, everybody's doing awesome stuff.",none,5.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35436,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 9, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Busiest but most rewarding time of my career,"- Working for a product that's changing the world - Working alongside brilliant people - Casual dress! - Amazing benefits (food, PTO, laundry) - Lots of nice people - Celebrity encounters almost weekly (Oprah, Katy Perry, Tyra Banks, Obama) - Everything you do has a direct impact on the company's success - FB really tries to be a fun place to work - Despite the cons below, this is the best, most rewarding and memorable job I've ever had. I would do it all over again.","- Long hours - No clear path for advancement. I'd been told I'd get promoted if I achieved xyz. I achieved xyz with flying colors, and still no advancement. Despite being a top performer in my group, I was not promoted once in nearly 4 years. - Great PTO plan, but difficult to get time off. Often you're made to feel unpatriotic to the company if you request a whole week off. One manager actually told his team they could only take long weekends. - The Mach 5 pace is exhilarating, but maintaining that pace 24/7 takes a toll. Several people I know developed heart issues from the constant stress. - Terrible middle management. Very out of touch with their teams, only looking out for their career. - Questioning company policies or products is frowned upon. They want you to drink the KoolAid, versus have a constructive discussion. - In my group, promotions were given to unqualified people simply because they were buddies with the manager. It was very much an old boys club. - Too many meetings and interviews. I spent a solid 7 hours a week in company/team meetings, and another 3 hours a week in interviews. That doesn't sound too terrible, until you realize the massive workload given to each employee.","- Promote from within, create more transparency with promotions - Encourage employees to use their PTO - we work hard, we need to recharge. - Encourage employees to speak up and question product design or policies. We may have new perspective. It doesn't mean we aren't still 100% dedicated to the company.",4.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.5,4.0,34,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35437,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 3, 2011",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Learn to swim or you will sink,"My coworkers are the smartest people I have ever worked with. They love their jobs and they work hard. But they keep a balance in their lives.  Also, the management team is a group of good human beings. They really want to harness the power of what they've created to accomplish something they believe in. They know that if people across the globe can connect - good things will happen. And they have.","It can feel very chaotic, fly by the seat of your pants, always on the go. It's growing so quickly it's hard to tell who owns what project etc.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35438,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a wonderfully rewarding place to work.,The direction of the company is innovative. The people are smart. The projects are challenging. The benefits and compensation are great.,I don't believe there are any major cons to working at this company. I plan to work at this company for a long time.,Keep moving the company in the direction that you are moving it. In 50 years we will be able to look back on the work now and be proud.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35439,facebook,"New York, NY"," Nov 26, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant,Great product and challenging programming work.,Not so good privacy options.,Care more about privacy of users,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P119.htm
35440,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 3, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Best. Job. Ever.,"What I love most about working at Facebook:  - The people. I get to work with some of the most talented and passionate people in the world. - The culture. I love the fact that we get to take big risks and 'move fast and break things'. It's very empowering. - Impact. All my friends and family use Facebook (+800M people around the world), so it's great to know that people I care about love to use the product that I'm a part of. - The culinary team. best. food. ever.","- growing so fast makes it so you don't know everyone at the company anymore, but that's just a product of rapid growth and hiring enough people to sustain and grow the business.",- thank you for sticking with the mission and keeping the company open and transparent. Please keep this up as we continue to grow.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35441,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing!!,It provides you with the best possible space and to divulge into your specialties. The only thing you are required to do is to do what you have been asked to do in a completely pressure free atmosphere. Its more like work at home!!!,There are none. Its a fantastic place to work for people willing to make money by enjoying.,Keep the workforce small and efficient.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35442,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty amazing place,"I've worked at 5 different companies before here, from investment banking, CPGs, to 3 other tech companies and nothing beats this. People are amazing not to mention wicked smart. You'll be surrounded by the most talented people in the world all with a mission to change the world.",Extremely difficult to get in given number of application submitted and competition. Also the company tries to stay small so limited job openings. Work can get stressful but that's because there aren't enough people internally to do the stuff that needs to get done. If you don't know how to prioritize you should seek other large tech companies.,Keep doing what you are doing and try to promote from within. Outside hires bring a complete different management flavor.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35443,facebook,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent,The environment is very very good. This is an awesome community which can inspire your creativity. It is good for your career.,"Sometimes you may feel the pressure, but actually I think it is OK. You can easily get used to it.",We can be more aggressive and extend our business. It is will be good to get out of our comfort zone.,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35444,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 15, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was very good,"good perks, great environment. high respect for engineers and high salaries. you can develop your ideas and own your project",you need to be prepared to work hard and compete with very smart people. unstable decisions at the management level.,lack of bureaucracy and the flat friendly organization sometimes has a downside that a lot of agreements and decisions are verbal and unofficial. which lead to unstable decisions. changes in design and waste of effort.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35445,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook is the best place I have worked in my 12 years in tech.,"The ability to take an idea and turn it into a reality without the need for level after level of approval. Only really massive changes require any significant oversight at all.  People are expected and trusted to do good things for the company.  Projects are launched quickly, and road map cycles are very fluid. there is extreme urgency without the need for hard deadlines","the main downside is the long hours, but, truthfully it is fun, so I don't really mind that much.",Keep empowering folks to do the right things.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35446,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 3, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great working environment !!!,"Attractive salary, friendly employees and perfect working conditions !!!","Not much, it's real fun to work here !!!","MZ is doing good job, no need is there to advise him !!!",5.0,1.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35447,facebook,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 25, 2011",Current Employee - Intern,cool,Facebook during work hours. so fun,boring no duties for intern,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35448,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 24, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Trending towards bureaucracy,"- Free food - Reasonably good compensation - Reasonably flexible hours - Lots of smart, capable people - Work can be exciting","- Working on product teams is trying because of the micromanagement of Zuck and other upper management. Many projects get delayed because they ask for random changes. - Working on backend teams doesn't have that problem, but they are typically second-class citizens and don't get as much respect as frontend teams. - Facebook is very large now and the bureacracy is starting to accumulate quickly. It used to be that engineers could just do stuff, but now almost every change requires a great deal of pointless discussion or overhead. For instance, you now have to fill out a form just to log some data. - Very strong focus on some of the ""hot"" product teams means that the rest of the company doesn't get preference with respect to product managers, designers, etc. - Most frontend work is boring mundane PHP. The only challenge comes from poorly-designed legacy systems. - Managers will often ask you to work on something you don't care about just because it's a priority for the company. This goes against the claimed philosophy of Facebook, but it's the way things are trending.",- Keep the bureaucracy down. - Reduce the rate of hiring. The marginal benefit of an additional engineer decreases fairly quickly. Going from 500 to 1000 is not going to come close to doubling the amount of work done.,2.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35449,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 30, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,fine,"great product, great benefits, great colleagues",incompetent managers are the downsides of FB.,follow the google management rules and stop hiring incompetent middle management from google,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P120.htm
35450,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The toughest job you'll ever love.,"In general, there is a high level of autonomy given to employees. We're treated like adults and given lots of responsibility. The perks are unreal compared to other places I've worked. The atmosphere is fun yet serious. We're very lucky to work here overall.","A stretched thin workforce makes for lots of pressure and heavy workload, it's hard to get everything done. Sometimes it's difficult to strike a work/life balance. There's a clique-ish aspect to the place, where the ""cool kids"" get the recognition and more opportunity to move around and advance.",You're doing a great job strategically. I'm happy with the overall direction of the company and our products. I just wish there were a little less favoritism shown by middle management.,4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35451,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 3, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Very competitive work environment but not accurately advertised as such,-Opportunity to write software that gets used by hundreds of millions of people -Opportunity to see how a successful company is run -Opportunity to launch often -Potential IPO,"-Frontend work (i.e. work done in most of the product-oriented teams) is mostly mundane PHP and nothing that really intellectually challenging from a Computer Science perspective. (Backend may be different but I never tried that.) -Potential to get judged too quickly for performance. They are less willing than other companies to let you try something different which may be a better fit if you are not performing well enough on your current project. -Chaos that may hurt you--you may start out on one project but be expected to do something else for no good reason, that may not be the best fit for your skills. -Some managers are too busy to give useful frequent feedback. -I get the impression that they manage by a bell curve, but are not not being transparent about it.","Be absolutely honest to new hires about where Facebook stands in the spectrum between 'severe' and 'forgiving' for performance reviews, especially when you let new engineers choose their initial team, so that they can choose their teams carefully and pick a project they know they will do well instead of just one that catches their interest but is not necessarily a good fit for their experience and skills.",1.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,37,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35452,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 2, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Overhyped Lifelong Hackathon,"Good pay, if you negotiate aggressively Good food Good benefits Location is good, California is a nice place to live although expensive Lots of exposure","Management is constantly pushing you You don't work at your own pace, you have to work at everyone else's pace Need to stay after work everyday and go to work on weekends People are very egocentric and their ego is entirely tied to how much code they write I'm afraid of getting fired every single day",none,2.0,2.0,none,1.5,2.5,2.0,45,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35453,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer heaven,You got to write lots of code,You have to write lots of code,Be prepared to hack,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35454,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,By far the BEST place to work,"Every employee has the ability to change the world everyday. It's an exciting place to work, with the smartest professionals in the industry, and awesome perks. Management is very hands off. If you are proactive you can work on any project that adds value to the company. The culture is awesome, my job is fun, and I am friends with the people I work with...I think that says a lot!","I eat, sleep, and breathe Facebook...however, this is entirely by choice. Work life balance can be difficult, if you aren't passionate about the companies mission then it might not be a place for you. With that said, most people love their jobs and choose to work long hours.",Keep the company open and maintain our culture as we grow. Continue training younger managers and develop for career paths employees.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35455,facebook,"Detroit, MI"," Jan 19, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Great people. Awesome benefits. Leading edge technology.,No downsides. It's a great place to work and to learn.,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35456,facebook,"Austin, TX"," Dec 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Smart people and fast paced,too new to tell for me,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35457,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 31, 2011",Current Employee - Product Manager,amazing,"it is rthe best place to work on this earth probably thwe best employer for te century. that is the best complement i can give to a company in palo alto,claifornia,USA,North America,Earth,Solar System,Milky Way Galaxy.",i cant say anything about that because i personally feel that this is avery good comapny s o personally no downsides for working at facebook.,just chill and my heartfelt request is that employ a few cola macines for the recreation and good mood of the employees.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35458,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Dec 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A really great place to work and grow.,Facebook is an incredible place to work. Perks aside it is so rewarding working with people who are smart and excited to be there.,It's incredibly busy at Facebook and we are still relatively small for the user base. Every employee wears a lot of hats.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35459,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Dec 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to work,Very open culture. Great internal communication. Management does a good job of trusting and delegating work. The best people I have worked with. Fast pace of work. The high execution focus and speed of change is amazingly - I have worked on a large number of projects that have been quickly completed and and successfully implemented.,None I can think of.,Hope we can keep the culture intact as we grow,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P121.htm
35460,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 9, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company,"Best place to work as a software engineer, at least at the moment",The corporate environment is sometimes confusing,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35461,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 14, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work if you're near the product / Anything else, I would look elsewhere","Free food, dry cleaning, snacks  Extremely bright people in engineering/product teams  Startup / Entrepreneurial feel leads to opportunities to make a bigger impact",Most jobs are in sales and operations  People in this team are in a separate building and are not valued by Senior Mgmt  Meetings all the time - hard to get to work,"Get rid of the Products vs Everyone Else mentality, and promote a one team culture  Stop scheduling so many meetings all the time and make sure people are actually working than trying to get noticed with hi-vis projects that may not add that much value",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35462,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 27, 2010",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Awesome job with great opportunities,"Facebook is amazing. Working here offers the best environment I have ever seen in a workplace. The job is all about cooperation, not competition. The Facebook culture, office design, and management styles all support this.","With the small number of employees, everyone is expected to change the world.",None,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35463,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 12, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Push code daily, work with extremely talented engineers, free food, great compensation, and seeing everyone I know use the product",Long hours but Facebook engineers tend to be the type who passionately enjoy their work and build products for fun anyways,Continue trusting the engineers to do what is right and allowing engineers be bold and not have to check in with management,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35464,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 19, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Facebook breaks new ground in so many areas, including as a great place to work","-Everyone is here because we believe in making the world more open and connected. We believe we're making a difference. -HUGE opportunity- you see something broken, missing, or know how to do something better, go for it. -Freedom to think outside the box. In fact, there is no box. -Incredibly smart and supportive people. -Open and transparent environment. -We have fun.","We move so fast and are growing quickly, there's little time to stop and reflect as an individual but also as a team to ensure we're moving forward and focused on the right things.","Ensure we continue to hire the best people in the leadership roles, whether it is promoting from within or bringing them in from the outside. Having the right culture fit and ability to lead their teams as we grow is critical.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35465,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Lots to dive into!,"I really like the pace that we're working at -- there's so much going on, and there's a lot of inherent trust in people to run with what they're doing. Policies and red tape in previous companies sometimes left me feeling a bit stifled about what I was able to work on & share, but there really is a sense of openness at Facebook, not only in communication, but in the ability to jump into projects that call out to you as well.  And beyond that, the people really are incredible: smart, fun, unique, and passionate about what they're doing. It's hard not to get excited by the people alone!","The pace *can* be a little crazy -- one of our values is moving fast, and we definitely do that -- and generally that's a huge pro to working here, but at times, it can be a little much. There are definitely good policies around PTO, and the environment *is* understanding about balancing work & personal life, but that's ultimately up to the individual to carry out, which can be difficult to do in practice.","I would encourage the leadership to make themselves visible, both at all-hands events, but also in the sense of cross-pollination. It's invaluable, for example, to hear about product strategy from the head of Engineering at an HR team meeting, or to have the head of Finance share what he's focusing on with the Sales team -- efforts like that really don't take much time at all and are a highly impactful way to get communication and knowledge flowing across the company.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35466,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"- Great, innovative company which is in the business of building great communities. - Fast and dynamic culture with a passion to ""move fast and break things"" - Amazing growth potential in career - Smaller teams, yet ability to make bigger impact - Transparency and open communication - Risk takers",Can be a bit chaotic for someone coming form a highly process driven environment...but I love it!,You are doing an awesome job...just don't stop taking risks!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35467,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Recruiter,Once in a lifetime opportunity I would not pass up,Rare to have the chance to work for a company that captures the imagination of the world such as Facebook.,"Well, you can't be afraid of hard work and a challenge and to be pushed out of your comfort zone",Don't make the same hiring mistakes as Google.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35468,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Face book an amazing place to work!!,"Cutting edge, openness, ability to make an impact, VERY COOL","People are always asking me technical questions about facebook, and what is it like to work at FB?","Continue keeping the site cool, don't ever sell out. Facebook is truly changing the way we communicate with each other.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35469,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 11, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The little start-up that could...and so much more,The energy and direction of the company! There's plenty of opportunity to take on new responsibilities and build the future of Facebook.,"As with all smaller companies, you will thrive if you're a person that appreciates the fact that many processes are not in place but there for you to create or re-vamp.",Pace the growth. Hire aggressively but with caution. Make sure the current infrastructure can meet the number of people joining.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P122.htm
35470,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 7, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love working at Facebook!,"I love the culture, freedom, people, environment, benefits, and flexibility.",There really isn't much I would change about work here except for a better work/life balance.,The leadership team here at Facebook has done a great job communicating changes and our company vision.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35471,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 11, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,People are actually smart. It's a special place.,"Facebook is a fantastic place to work. Yes, you get to work on big things, there are cool new opportunities all over the place, and there's lots of cache...but what really matters is that this is a place full of smart, engaged, and driven people. You don't have conversations at Facebook where you walk away saying ""he just didn't get it."" This makes every day so much better it's hard to even begin to explain.","Management is great at a lot of things...but not necessarily at manageing the business. Random stuff just happens that sometimes doesn't make sense across all aspects of the business. Often, initiatives just happen over night, without properly involving all the relevant stakeholders. Sometimes the business side of the company seems to be operating in completely different world from the engineering side.",Work harder at integrating business and engineering.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35472,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 8, 2010",Former Employee - Intern,I was just an intern,Young culture Fast paced Exciting after hours,Sociopathic leadership Youth run amok with poor oversite,None really.,5.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35473,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 10, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,wonderful place to work,"-management is approachable and open with information -perks are outstanding (health, pto, food, company events, laundry services, etc) -employees are among the brightest in the industry -exciting work environment",-inconsistency in quality reviews -rapid employee growth means less personal peer-to-peer relationships,keep up the great work and the forward thinking,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35474,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sweet place to work,"Never go hungry Always have clean clothes Manager listens to issues and aids in solution/resolution Management focused on employee satisfaction Coworkers wickedly intelligent Flexibility in work hours Autonomy Move fast, be bold Ability to be innovative",Multiple review cycles that detract from the real work Inconsistency in ratings Some employees not acting as owners Complaints from employees on the most ridiculous things Ripsticks in the walkways,My advice to the leadership at Facebook is to keep doing what you do everyday to make the workplace fun to return to day after day.,5.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35475,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 4, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook is the best engineering organization I have ever worked for,A bureaucracy-free environment that allows you to simply get work done Strong management with strong technical background all the way to the top Very metric-driven engineering team The ability to prioritize tasks based on what you think is important A remarkably well defined review process that encourages personal development in different areas Company policy to leave unnecessary meetings early or skip them entirely,Some politics and cliques Some user-facing projects have too many product managers Some late nights when supporting new code pushes Fighting fires can become a full time job,Don't stop being open and transparent Daytime hackathons to encourage more participation for engineers with family commitment Improve recruiting's ability to filter candidates so engineering interviews have lower reject rate,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35476,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 3, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great workplace and perks !,"- It's Facebook - Some of the smartest people you'll ever meet work there. - Great projects, fast pace, high impact. - Personal empowerment. - Free food!",- you might gain weight.,You need to improve PR and be more pro-active about user security/privacy concerns.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35477,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 3, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I love working at Facebook,"-meritocracy -freedom for engineers -interesting problems, cool company, lots of unique opportunities -benefits are great, I love free food",-environment can be overly intense for some,N/A,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35478,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 3, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I'm very glad I work here.,I'm very happy working at facebook. * Other employees are very friendly and supportive * Facebook is more meritocratic than other tech companies I've worked for * The other people working here are very smart * Facebook gives engineers more responsibility than other places I've been,Sometimes facebook is kinda unpopular in some circles due to privacy criticisms. Facebook sometimes emphasizes speed over engineering quality.,I think we should stop releasing products that aren't fully done yet. I'd like to see more internal iteration on products until we have something that has had all the issues worked through and that is very reliable and polished.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35479,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 27, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,"If you like to be challenged and rewarded for success, facebook is a great place to start!","- fast paced work environment, where I can move as quickly as needed to get the job done - FB provides me the opportunity to have a huge impact - we work hard at FB, but we are recognized for our efforts and success (and we have fun while working) - friendly environment, good food, great tools, and the brightest people on earth!","- Constant change, but that come with this type of growth",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P123.htm
35480,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 3, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you are in Engineering, you are at the right place. If, Operations... don't look back and run.","If you are in Engineering department, you are at one of the best place to work for.","Operations department management sucks, they don't treat to people in a respectful and fair way. If you want to be a good position in Operations, you need to be friend of some certain people.",Question and try to understand why you constantly loose people from Operations. Facebook Software Engineering departments might be ideal place to work for but not the Operations.,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35481,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 27, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Facebok TL,DR","- Wonderful food - A company culture encouraging absolute openness - No red tape, in terms of work, resources, people - Opportunities to get together with other employees to hack on what interests you - Freedom to work from home and to come into work whenever",- Parking - Neighboring houses dislike us - Terribly inefficient and large number of e-mails - Too much 'The Son of Man' around the office,n/a,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35482,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 27, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love my job,"Open environment, flat organization, people are nice and very smart",Everyone is smart so you always have to be on your game,How will we keep a startupy environment when the company grows to 5000? 10000?,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35483,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 18, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"The work environment is certainly fast-paced and often chaotic, but everyone manages to keep a level head and make logical, yet innovative decisions, even when under pressure. Most people are pretty young as is reflected in the culture of t-shirts, jeans, video games, and ripsticks. The food is awesome and definitely makes it easier to work longer hours and actually enjoy them. Working cross-functionally is not only accepted, but expected. You won't be confined to your own team, which is nice. Overall, it's definitely the best job I've had so far.","As a pretty young company, policies and best practices change quite often, which can be hard to follow at times. Other than that, there really aren't many cons.",Keep meetings when you schedule them because it's hard for everyone else to change their schedules last minute and a lot of time is wasted.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35484,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 4, 2010",Current Employee - Director,ok place,"food, dry cleaning and free concerts",can be a bit demanding,communicate more to employess,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35485,facebook,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2010",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Excellent plate to work,"Amazing environment with a strong focus on getting things done vs politics or ""Process"". When bad things happen, the focus is always on finding a fix rather than finding the blame. Organized chaos. Working with some of the smartest and most knowledgeable people I've ever met. They don't just throw money away, but they're willing to spend to solve problems or improve things when it's needed. The benefits like free food are excellent, and in general they treat their employees like human adults instead of children or replaceable cogs or numbers.","The biggest downside is the organized chaos (although that's also a plus). At times it can be a bit too chaotic, though even that's improving.","What you're doing is working - keep at it. Although some increase in Process and bureaucracy is inevitable as the company grows, make sure that the focus on people never goes away. The risk of following ""Best Practices"" down the road to mediocrity is very real, and it will take away everything that makes the company great.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35486,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 4, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to start a career and network.,Great place to work with some of the young and brightest people in the world. A great addition to your resume and you get to work on products that everyone that you know will use.,"Too many Managers and ideas. Sometimes too many cooks in the kitchen will spoil the food. And that is what happens at Facebook. But then again, that is the growing pains that Facebook is going through. Also most of the innovative products have been implemented and a lot of focus now is on maintenance and tweaking. Nothing much to be excited about.",Treat your developers with respect and acknowledge their work and successes. Essentially they are ones who are keeping the company alive.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35487,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 15, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great people, amzing place to work.","The people here are both brilliant and humble, making for an incredibly collaborative envirnment for building awesome new stuff. Management process is also great - very hands off, lots of freedom to the engineers to work on what they are interested in, make important decisions. Lots of trust and responsibility in engineers.","It is starting to get a little big, and a little bit political, although I don't have much first hand experience with the politics. Split into multiple buildings again.","Management should work actively to try to discourage politics. You should also make sure to keep the culture very engineering focused, putting a greater effort on keeping big things happening in other parts of the company more than transparent, especially when they are ""in the works.""",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35488,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 18, 2010",Current Employee - Human Resources,This place is no joke.,"Empowerment. Real and immediate impact, high level of responsibility. Assumption of good intentions. Fun. People genuinely like each other.","The focus on ""most fast"" sometimes leaves things undone.",Know how to balance young/eager with the seniority/seasoned leadership you need to make Facebook continue to succeed.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35489,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 22, 2010",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,Review,"perfect company for career, a fun environment, fun people, lots of genius level people, company grows rapidly and continuously, a very good place to work, pre-IPO company","mid level managers are inexperienced and do lots of mistakes, salaries are not so bright but company is pre-IPO and it is a good opportunity","fix mid level management, listen employees feedback {yes, much more} especially their reviews about mid level managers, try to understand why so many people are leaving",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P124.htm
35490,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 18, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good experience, great people.",Really smart people that care about building a great product. It's clear that people are really excited about what they are doing.,It's getting political and seems like there is a lot of jockeying. That's not great for an engineer who really cares about making a great product. It gets in the way.,The Company could benefit from cutting out some of the people that contribute to a political environment. It would make a more productive place to work.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35491,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 3, 2009",Current Employee - Technical Program Management,Staying Power,Facebook is exploring some new ground with social networking and its cool to be associated to the innovation,"People are often not treated fairly as Ego's get big fast when a company grows so quickly. They get you in the door with the ""potential"" of going IPO but your in you give up your life and soul with little career growth or monetary incentives. Its no wonder that three of the four founders have already left in less than 3 years and long term employees are looking to sell their shares. No potential of any amount of 'potential' earnings once they go IPO is worth being treated like second class citizens or just a fancier sweat shop.","Don't be afraid to higher some more seasoned and senior talent for leadership and management positions who can help create structure, processes and tools to help the organization grow and scale with the demand. Sooner or later the lack of these seasoned managers will be what drives profitability down and decrease the potential Facebook has to be come a fortune 500 company.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35492,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 18, 2009",Current Employee - Finance,I have been working for over 10 years and Facebook is BY FAR the best place I have ever worked.,"Facebook has incredible camaraderie as well as benefits. Everyone is friends here, we work hard, but also have a great time and love coming to work every day. We get free gourmet breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from an amazing culinary team. We play basketball every week, have free beer on Friday and get to ripstick around the office. We even have games rooms and a ping pong table! The people who work here are incredibly high caliber individuals. The recruiting process is tough!","Some of the younger folks here (and there are many) have never worked anywhere else and they have no idea how good the place is. This often leads to a sense of entitlement which would never fly at another Company. Having said that, we all benefit from the extra perks that get put in place. Philz Coffee!!","Keep up the great work, the long term vision and the continuous improvement in the user experience. Never rest on your laurels!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35493,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 19, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I feel lucky every single day that I work here.,"Everyone seems to genuinely be invested in making the product better. People are smart, like what they do and strive to do it better than anyone else anywhere. There are so many perks and benefits, it's ridiculous. Everyone is really taken care of (and spoiled).","Distracting, loud environment. The open-desk style doesn't work for everyone (like me), I find it hard to concentrate and end up working at home more than I would like to, just to catch up.","Keep moving fast and hiring the best. Thanks for the transparency and also for the awesome perks. Also, please consider some sort of cube system!",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35494,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 18, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Open atmosphere. Intelligent people. Good food. High level of respect for employees. Always get the equipment we need. No complaints.,"There aren't that many downsides so far. I occasionally find it hard to complete work on fridays, due to happy hour though ... :)","Stay open. Listen to the technical perspective. Overall, they do a very good job. Hopefully as we grow we can maintain that.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35495,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 22, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,What more could you want?,"- coworkers are smart, dependable, and genuinely enjoy what they do - management cares about empowering employees and helping them develop - benefits and perks make life fun - chance to have a huge impact and not be just another cog in the machine - other people understand and appreciate what you're working on",still working through some growing pains,sometimes there needs to be a clearer product vision earlier in the process,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35496,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 18, 2009",Current Employee - Platform Product Marketing,"The best place to work, period.","3 meals + snack a day. Micro kitchens with fresh fruit, boxed lunches, and every beverage imaginable. All free. Flexible work hours, work from home, 21 days of PTO.","In Palo Alto, CA -- a bit suburban for city dwellers.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35497,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seriously an amazing place to work,"* Incredibly smart and intensely motivated peers. * Immense opportunity. There a ton of growth and a lot of things that can be done. People with initiative do really well here. * The world sees the impact of what you're working on. All my friends and family use the product and it's rewarding to work on something that keeps us all connected. * Amazing food. We get breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner served up by the best chefs around. Menus change daily and my favorite to date has been the Willy Wonka themed lunch menu. Sushi day is legit too. * Flexible work schedules. 9 to 5 is dead, work the times that best work for you and your job. * Fun (Game Day, random toga party, RipStiks, cool people, etc.)",There's some growing pains because of the fast company growth and the office can get a bit noisy at times. My last job was at Google and I have to say that facebook is a far better place to work.,Keep being open and transparent to employees. This is one of the best parts about working at facebook and it's important that employees all are informed of why we're doing things the way we're doing them.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35498,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 11, 2009",Former Employee - Assistant,"Facebook, absolutely by far, my favorite place to have ever worked!","Everyone talks about the free food, fun environment, etc but I definitely think the most valued benefit to working at facebook is the ability to basically set your own hours, freedom to work from home when you want and as much as you want/can, and all this with little to no interference from management. It's just great to know that if you're not feeling well but not necessarily ""too sick to work"" you can stay home and work (they provide laptops)....oh and...sick days are not counted against your vacation if you really needed to take a real sick day anyhow.","Because of the work from home policy, you do find yourself basically working all the time in a way. Some say it's a downside, I personally loved it! As long as I got my work done my boss didn't care how much I was actually in the office. However, I do have to say, that I did NOT abuse this. I really only worked from home when I absolutely needed to. I'd say out of a year I probably worked from home maybe about 2wks worth.","Develop a fair company-wide bonus structure where all employees can work towards and feel rewarded for accomplishments. A review process is also needed, but one that actually results in employer/employee feedback and raise/bonus.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35499,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Facebook, a great place to work","It's a great place where the company is small enough for you to make a difference, but the product is used by millions. It's great to work on something you love using every day. The hours are flexible, and the package is great- free gourmet food is served 3 meals a day. You really learn a lot, since you get thrown into the mix quite quickly. Also, the people at the company happen to be extraordinarily smart and pretty passionate.","You can work a lot right before a project gets shipped, but that's the case with a lot of engineering jobs.",Good job.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P125.htm
35500,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Dec 21, 2008",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,"Facebook is fun and cool, but not always an environment that encourages growth.","the free food, really bright employees",some of the employees feel a sense of entitlement that comes through in day-to-day interactions...very young upper level management..inexperience shows,180 degree reviews should be provided on an ongoing basis,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35501,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Dec 22, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting experience working at an up-and-coming company like FB.,It is one of the fast growing company and things can move very fast. You could be doing different things if you happen to be at the right place at the right time.,Less organization. Growing pain. Management needs to become mature.,The company is getting too big to let it grow freely. We need a bit more organization now.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35502,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 18, 2008",Current Employee - IT Systems Analyst,Great Leadership skills,State of art technology at the company.,nothing much. Startup. Revenue mostly limited to online Ads.,Need to be proactive in coimmunication to employees,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35503,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 16, 2008",Current Employee - Manager,"Smart, growing company with lots of opportunities for creative problem solving","Smart people you can admire and respect, strong business model, challenging scale issues that provide ample opportunities for creative problem solving, fast-paced environment. This likely results from the stringent hiring processes (100 phone screens to 1 offer)","long hours, mild politics, management is inexperienced - typical for a company growing from a startup mode towards a more mature company",Bring stronger discipline to effectively channel employee creativity and problem solving skills on to the highest priority projects,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35504,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 24, 2008",Current Employee - Operations,Facebook is the best company I've ever been an employee and is better than most I know off 2nd hand.,"Fast growing, adaptive and supportive environment. Lots of incredibly smart, motivated and fun people. The company cares about its employees and that is overwhelmingly evident by how they treat them, the awesome things they do for them and how everyone interacts.","Honestly I'm not sure I could name any yet. I suspect the Software Engineers work long hours, but I'm pretty sure they do it from love and enjoyment rather than a requirement by anyone. There has to be some downside, but I can't think of any. Sorry.",Keep doing what you are doing. It works really well in my opinion.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35505,facebook,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Not bad,"Cool environment, cool people. Stock options.","Little to no opportunity for advancement, raises, or bonuses. Benefit reductions, instead.",Reward your employees more.,3.0,4.0,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35506,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,One of the best big tech companies going,Company fosters in an autonomous environment,Organisation getting very large in bureaucratic,Go back to the roots of the company,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35507,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,Analyst,"Diverse culture, wonderful place to learn about new technologies and methods, extremely open feedback culture - more like a flat organisation",Organisational structural issues may affect the way you work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35508,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Easily the best company I have ever worked at.,"- Amazing pay, perks and benefits, offices - People and culture. Informal, collaborative, very supportive and flexible work environment. - Transparency culture, e.g. weekly Q&As with CEO/COO - Working on extremely impactful products",- Too focused on short term impact/employee's performance cycle. - Bad press can affect morale,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35509,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Great place to work,"Hugely strong culture, very supportive of staff, amazing perks, fast paced work, incredibly good work life balance",Growing incredibly quickly so don't know everyone in the office,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P126.htm
35510,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Amazing company - brilliant people,"This is the kind of company that you never want to leave because of these brilliant people. You learn everyday new things, how to move forward, faster. And most important how to be better at our work!!",nothing to mention at all,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35511,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - BI Consultant,Hiring new people indefinitely is not the answer,"Facebook is a great employer. I appreciate it especially when I compare myself to my peers in other companies. We get paid very competitively and the perks are amazing. The job itself is rather interesting as well. I love the very caring and chilled atmosphere in the office - coming from consulting, no overtime and no extreme pressure is really a big difference. Most of the people in the office are quite smart and really fun to work with. I also love how international the Dublin office is, before joining I didn't see it as something very important but now I understand why everyone from FB keeps mentioning that.","- The constant talk about growth. Facebook is not growing as fast as it used to, yet the company hires like crazy. To be honest I think this is too much at this point. All these people are doing ""projects"" but these projects are in 3/4 not useful at all. The sole purpose of them is that someone can write it in their performance review but no one really uses the outcome of the project after that. - Despite the management saying how international the company is, every decision is still taken by Americans/British/Irish and according to their worldview. Which sometimes has awful effects on the company image in countries that were not part of the Commonwealth or are the US. It's particularly visible when there is a PR fire in American or British media, they can change something overnight based on that not thinking about how it will impact other parts of the world. Also it's worth mentioning that a huge majority of managers is Irish/British, and there is little internal mobility for non-natives. - Performance review is somehow not fair. Technically there are career expectations but if you fulfil all of them, you'll get the lowest score. There are people from certain parts of the world that would be working 16h a day (I'm thinking East Asia in particular) to get the best score so then people from other parts of the world need to work longer as well, otherwise their achievements will look pale compared to those working overtime. And performance assessment, potential promotion and bonus, are based on your place on the curve rather than on whether you fulfilled criteria of your job. - Internal mobility rules are very unfair. As an external applicant you'd meet and even exceed all the criteria for a particular role but if you are internal you cannot move to a role that is higher grade than yours. This leads to a situations in which people who applied internally were rejected, left the company and were soon approached by recruiters for the very role on LinkedIn if they'd be interested.","Committing so much to Dublin was not a good idea. Ads revenue is increasingly being taxed in other countries anyway. The other reason - ""access to great talent"" - is somehow flawed given that most of people are sourced outside of Ireland anyway. And given how unattractive and expensive Dublin is, some departments are getting over 50% decline rate from candidates because good professionals know housing in Dublin is a big problem (both to get it and the quality of it).",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35512,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work,The real DisneyLand for software engineers,Salary isn't equal to the US.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35513,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Talent Acquisition,My honest opinion,"Amazing benefits, pay, environment, tools, stock and 0,1% of the people working there are actually cool. But don’t get it twisted! All the free food, snacks, drinks etc. are made to keep you at work longer :)","Looking back at my experience there, I can clearly see that I was unfortunate to end up in a team that I was in. The fact that no one internally wanted to move to that team should have alarmed me, but having just moved to FB I didn’t think of leaving that early. Internally, people were very open about how they would rather quit than join our team. I figured that’s the reason why they hired a complete new team, instead of just moving some people around.  However, people at FB are generally blinded by the perks and the status of the company. They make themselves believe that they are happy, but in reality everyone is constantly anxious. They just learn to cope and make it feel normal.  The pressure is HIGH and the workload tremendous. Because of the amount of silly meetings that you can’t say no to, you will end up spending more than 50 hours per week to make sure you are up to speed. Some people at FB told me that work consumed every second of their life (they just couldn’t switch off). I knew of other colleages that they come in on a Saturday to do some extra work, and some dedicate their Sunday evening on projects to add to their internal CV. You can’t really switch off, at least not before 9PM. So, if you’re in a relationship/have kids, don’t go there. As a single person I felt bad for my colleagues with a family.  In my situation, and I also speak for the rest of the team, there was no support, no proper internal onboarding and literally no one around to be able to inform you what the general expectations were. It’s all very performance driven, so you have to Build up that amount of work you do, cause everything gets tracked. They don’t care how you do it, just do it. This explains why people work throughout the weekend to make sure they hit a certain amount of finished tasks for that week before the new week starts. You will be compared to Peers on your level, so it’s important to make sure you hit at least average to receive some bonus after your review.  We had a new manager starting a few months after us, and hierarchy was the management style. Having anything to say went against the manager’s principles and clearly we weren’t liked. So were other colleagues of other teams not liked by this manager, because of their opinions. Be mindful of what you say...not everything is appreciated. At FB, managers are more valued than IC’s and they rather keep a bad manager than a good IC. So please be careful and try to make your manager your friend, trust me it will help you.  They have amazing trainings on how to manage bias, but in all honesty, everyone was biased. The way they hired people, they way they treated people and the way they rated each other. During the annual performance cycle, you would only ask feedback from the people you had a good relationship with to help you get your bonus.  Up until now, FB was the least favorable experience for me. I only say ‘worst experience’ when I talk to friends. They saw the negative impact it had on me working in a toxic environment.  I do want to say that 2% genuinely loves working there, unfortunately the majority doesn’t.","Be fair, honest and be better managers. Look at your team and listen to them. Maybe changing teams could help them enjoy the company more.",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35514,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous,"Toxic, unfair environment.",Company has great potential and great values. Very diverse. Perks are great if you are not a contractor.,"An environment that creates divisions, very cliquey. Some managers have been with the company for a very long time and seem to be set in their ways. They are often unable to support their teams due to lack of knowledge. Employees are commodity. The ethos and values in Facebook are amazing but unfortunately not all managers live by those values. Pity as the foundations of this company are great.",Self-reflect. Provide Opportunities. Build a team - not a Facebook Friends group.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35515,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,- Flexible hours - Great benefits - Cutting edge work - You get to pick your project,None I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35516,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Escalation Specialist,Broken Systems and Processes,Great Food Free Cab Service Timely Salary,Almost all Internal Tools were broken and various process followed in my role and at work were highly inefficient. Making any attempts to fix these broken pieces or raising awareness about the situation wasn't perceived well. Most teams were perpetually understaffed across regions thereby taking away all flexibility around leaves and other perks. No serious attempts are made to hire on priority. Sr. Management is well aware of the areas to improve flagged repeatedly by the team but almost no changes are made. Performance evaluation random and highly driven by Management's perception of the person rather than basing it Impact on the job. The HRBP and and other resource teams add zero value and encourage the team to keep their head down and keep working. The work pressure is endless and the poor management makes it worse. My only regret is not leaving this role sooner.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35517,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great Company,"Excellent Culture, exceptional colleagues and fun place to work.","No variable pay, operational work, and almost no work-life balance.",Nothing,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35518,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"One of a kind, amazing company!","- focus on impact, not just tasks you do - transparency, engaging and global - freedom and autonomy - amazing and supportive leadership team - most of the tenured managers are gold and are good mentors - teams generally are very helpful to work and solve each other's problem","- starting to feel big with more structure, which is needed to operate at scale but might be hard to look for opportunity to make bigger impact - things change quickly and sometimes comms fell through the cracks - frequent performance cycle can be stressful",- Create more opportunity and jobs for your high performers - Check if stocks and compensation given are competitive compared to other tech space,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35519,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Kind and brilliant place to work,Outstanding people Brilliant product Decent company Great for empowering you to have integrated work/life,None that I can think of. And I am not naieve.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P127.htm
35520,facebook,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Client Partner,Client Partner - Financial Services Better than I could have possibly imagined.,"Instead of completing a formal review, I’ll share a post I made to celebrate my 1 year anniversary since joining Facebook. —-  Today marks my first year at Facebook. We call it a Faceversary. And, while celebrating your work anniversary might seem a bit frivolous (or at least I thought so early on), I quickly learned to appreciate the FB tradition that’s built around these Faceversaries. It’s valuable to reflect on all that happens in a year at work, considering how much energy, time, and effort we put into it.  When you make it to your 10-year milestone (my count down starts now), you get the opportunity to join Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and others on the management team to tell a 10-year Faceversary story to the entire company. Those are always funny or emotional, or both.  So, what can I share after my first year here?  TL,DR: Work with and learn from the very best people. Drinking from the firehose and learning a ton. Autonomy, authority and support. World-class benefits. Open culture to the bones. An inside look at how serious everyone is about minimizing the bad and building more of the good. Five core values in action. Pretty darn happy.  I get the pleasure to work with incredible, impressive, and talented people daily. Both within the walls of Facebook, but also with clients and partners who are working on some unbelievable things. My pod and my core team are just legendary. This isn’t lip service. I really get to work with and learn from the very best.  I’ve learnt SO MUCH. About digital advertising and marketing. About financial services. About media. About other industry verticals I previously knew nothing about. About navigating complex circumstances. About working for a company that’s constantly in the spotlight. About digging deeper to really understand. About cross-functional collaboration. About partnerships. About technology. And much more. Internally, they say every day at Facebook is equivalent to a week. I now know why.  I have the autonomy, authority, and support I need to be successful and run my marketing consulting business the way I see fit. Further, I get to shape and influence how businesses engage, nurture, and build new relationships with people.  I have access to incredible benefits that I’m astonished by daily and so grateful for. In fact, I’m writing this post while on paid paternity leave to spend time with my family and our new addition, Logan.  Facebook fosters an open culture that is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Mark hosts a weekly company-wide Q&A where he addresses thoughtful and difficult questions about a wide-range of issues and opportunities. Everyone, from Interns to tenured employees, are welcome to ask anything and they don’t face judgement or criticism for raising difficult topics. On our internal Workplace (Facebook for Work), I can join and learn about a whole host of interesting projects, regardless of whether I’m involved in them.  I’ve learnt a lot about both the harmful ways and the incredibly positive ways Facebook can be used. I get a firsthand look at how serious everyone is about minimizing the bad and building more of the good.  There are 5 core values that guide how we work at Facebook. And I see them in practice regularly. Build social value. Move fast. Be bold. Be open. Focus on impact.  I’ve always been fortunate in my career. I’ve worked on amazing teams, on fascinating projects, with inspiring mentors and leaders. Facebook has been a continuation of that for me. But, I must say, I’ve never been this happy.  So, here’s to one amazing year and the many more to follow!",The bar has been set so high for any future employer to be within my consideration set. I’m truly spoiled.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35521,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A toxic, cult-like environment","Facebook has a lot of money to throw around, so you get great benefits and perks. Office spaces are nice, the benefits are really good, plus they continuously update their 'Life@' perks which can be handy and convenient.","The worst part about Facebook is the culture. With the excuse that you should 'focus on impact', people will fight for 'sexy' projects and things that will obtain them a good performance review. Since middle and upper management often do not have a clue about what their own teams actually do, whatever you can make sound important (e.g. with fake metrics or tales of potential impact), you are onto a winner. Unfortunately, the same managers do not enforce a culture of fairness or trust, instead, it is a culture of rewarding back-stabbers and people who 'get the work done' but who, at the same time, treat their colleagues poorly. By that, I mean stealing projects or not giving credit to those who get the work done, for example. It is an awful environment to work in. Some teams are worse than others as well: You could end up reporting into a bad apple who steals projects from you. It happens, and it happens often.  Good people managers are never rewarded, as people management is not something Facebook recognises as important. Yes, in the orientation they will give you a big speech about it but when was the last time good people managers got promotions? Managers should focus on people, and ICs should focus on things. Unfortunately, bad managers who are good at IC work get rewarded often to the detriment of their teams, who have to suffer under people who should have never become people managers. The so-called Pulse survey is a joke, as no importance is given to low-scoring managers. If 10 people in a team say they would not work with their manager again, something must be wrong, don't you think?  To any potential employees: Do not get fooled by the appearances. Facebook makes people feel trapped because they make you think this is the 'best' company and that you should be grateful you are part of Mark Zuckerberg's dream of making the world more 'open and connected'. It's a fallacy. Do not fall for it.","Upper management need to pay more attention to the people under them, and make their managers accountable. It is too easy to hide bad things at Facebook, simply because Directors and VPs are too busy trying to make their pyramid schemes even larger.  HR need to be more people-focused, as they don't support non-managers, even when you have genuine issues. They will always protect and engage with managers, so if you have issues, well... you are better off not asking your HRBP, as they will simply say they are too busy for your minuscule needs.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35522,facebook,Melbourne (Australia)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Accounts,Sales manager,Great culture and workforce excited to work heee,Lack of work life balance,Foster more fun and engaged employers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35523,facebook,Cairo (Egypt)," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Client Solution Manager,Egypt,i love this company. so much,nothing. it's perfect. company on,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35524,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Market Specialist,"Perks, Office Space, People, Diversity","Order, Red Tape, Transparency, Leaks",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35525,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Team Lead,Autonomy flexibility,"Flexibility, good place to learn","No structure, too fast growing",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35526,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Great perks, awesome people to work with.  You get an iphone/samsung of your choice, no limit on data/roaming, if anything is wrong with it you get a new one no questions asked. Same for your laptop.  International travel is unlimited and at your own discretion, as long as there's a valid business porpuse obviously. You fly Business when it's a long enough flight, so some people take connection flight to qualify.  Free food and snacks, lots of options, virtually unlimited budgets for team get-togethers, etc.  Pay and comp are on the highest standards in the industry.","High pressure. People get fired if they under perform, and under perform may not be what you expect it to be. Employee evaluation is mainly ""impact"" based - meaning you have to show measureable product impact every half.  This creates insensitives for people to produce low quality code, and under-maintaining it, since you are better off solving 90% of the problem and say you're done without covering edge cases.  This also pressures people to work alone on highly measureable projects and not share the credit for larger projects.  in the year and a half I've been with the company, I've seen 4 people fired in a 30~ person team, plus two more quit ahead of being fired. On other teams, however, I've seen people rest-and-vest for years, so it's probably very dependent on the team and managers.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35527,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Facebook,High quality people. One of the best places to have a child.,"High pressure environment. Highly underpaid comparing to Bay Area, Singapore, Dubai. High variable wrt to the quality of middle management, very important to work with high quality managers.",N/A,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35528,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cult environment,Free food Salary Bands onsite Pay transport to work,"People - your either in or your out Management - doesnt know how to run a team, very nasty, lets team dictate who passes probation Dont learn anything - people working on stupid *projects* so something to talk about in 1-1 Targets boring 15 placements a year, half the time nothing to do",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,none,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35529,facebook,Lagos (Nigeria)," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Have experience a lot for the past six years,I like motivating and inspirating people,Meet new people and earn money,To be focus,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P128.htm
35530,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,Learning and Getting Challenged Good Pay and Benefits,Poor Management- lack of knowledge in critical areas. Unrealistic Expectations Team Politics Work Life Balance Not sticking to company values- e.g Be Open,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35531,facebook,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - IT Specialist,Excellent,It has great communication advantage through system.,Always keep Online to process the system,Please recruit smart people,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35532,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Peeps Partner,"HR, People Services","Cool office, Great Benefits, and is very casual environment! PS: The cafe is awesome!!","Lean organization, don't expect promotion as your only way to move up",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35533,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data Scientist,"It's a great company with great culture. You own your career here and if you develop good cross-functional work, you will be very successful here.","I don't really have big cons about this company. I've been learning a lot, working a lot and at the same time encouraged to manage work and life time.","Set clear expectations for your employees. I've got a bad director in the beginning that wasn't clear on what to expect from my position. Given that, I get just average ratings during performance reviews.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35534,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to Work For,- As multicultural and as an open environment as you can get in a company - Compensation and benefits are as good as they can get - Best manager I ever worked for - Best people I ever met in an office,"- As in any company you will encounter issues and you will not be happy with many things, it's not Paradise. - Very fast paced environment. - You get a lot and you have to give back more if you want to keep your fantastic job",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35535,facebook,"Nagpur, Maharashtra (India)"," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Computer Technician,Nothing,Facebook is the very good,Any comeny and good salary,No,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35536,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Exciting and on top of the new wave,moves really fast. You need keep up,none in specific. Mixed,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35537,facebook,Colombo (Sri Lanka)," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Social Media,"AWESOME Place for Work ,Great..",There is a life & employment balance..,"don't be quickly evolving organization,that's pains.",try and try one day you can fly,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35538,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Technical Sourcer,"Money, perks, food, career, location","Remote, Transparency, Promotion system, Recognition, Size",n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35539,facebook,Makassar (Indonesia)," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Author,Great,I need recognition if I am capable of developing a task and running well the work that has been my responsibility,cool work with giant social networking,Become the primary point of contact for and maintain strong direct executive relationships with Facebook’s key partners,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P129.htm
35540,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"It's like a startup, only better","An amazing environment where people choose what to work on. There is hardly any beauracracy, and you can be entirely focused on your impact. Everyone is friendly and happy to help, and people can just be themselves.",Less suitable for people who are not self-driven,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35541,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook SE,- Smart people - Perks - Challenging problems,"- Coorporate, company is too big",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35542,facebook,Douala (Cameroon)," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Accounting Manager,Great,Popularity contributes to progress you know,Keep away from private chats,Keep it going,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35543,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - University Recruiting Specialist,University Recruiting Specialist,"-Collaborative environment - there is always someone willing to help with any initiative -Perfect balance between small and big company characteristics - Although we have a lot of guidance and structured process, there is also space to do new things and innovate. -Amazing working space - Facebook's facilities are created to make you feel like home and this makes me work in a very happy mood, I feel comfortable. - You can truly be yourself - it feels so good to go to the office every day dressed as you wan and really express your opinion",Sometimes the company is a little North America centric.,"Keep the amazing job on being transparent to your employees, this makes a huge difference in our engagement.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35544,facebook,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Fun place to work,"Tons of autonomy, lots of career progression opportunity, freedom to think, great management team",Getting large quickly and beginning to feel big. Negative press cycles take a toll on employee morale.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35545,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Market Specialist,The best company I have worked at,"Fast pace, high growth rate, good perks and salary","Mid-Level leadership, Inside politics, Not as many different career prospects as compared to London / MPK",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35546,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,- Great work culture - Smart people - Supportive managers -Good employee satisfaction,- management should be more transparent,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35547,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,The journey is 1% finished!,Great working environment where my manager is able to trust me to do my job to the best of my ability. I have been given room to explore other parts of my role and even more on my own initiatives. Lots of opportunity to move into other roles also once I attain further experience (I've just graduated university).,Imposter syndrome is real and I really struggled with it at the beginning. I've come to realise that the role is what you make of it and you just need to do the best you can and not focus on what others are doing. Stay in your lane and achieve what you can! I have had a lot of support from HR so that's been helpful! It's unfortunate also that the press hates us and there is growing negative resentment about the company. I can't stress enough how much I love coming to work every day.,Keep an eye on employees who may not feel as self-confident as others. Keep building communities and driving change in the world! :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35548,facebook,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Measurement Partner,Great Place to Work!,"Awesome team, an incredible culture, great benefits. There's always time to learn and you're actually encouraged do to it.","Media exposed, everyone (outside) asking insider questions.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35549,facebook,Chennai (India)," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,"Not the Best place if you hate Happiness, Positive Vibe, Perks and Moving-Fast!","Being a Facebooker is a matter of pride for me. To be more specific, my 9 years of work experience in other companies prior to Facebook never had a profound impact on my personal life. But the moment I joined Facebook, I could feel that while I identify with the values of “Be Bold, Focus on Impact, Move Fast, Be Open & Build Social Value” officially, these values have also cascaded into my personal life. I am very proud to reflect my company values in my personal life too!",Sometimes you get too busy!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P130.htm
35550,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,This company is best in allover world to work,This company is reputed company or the management of this company is best for work,Facebook is the fast growth company in our social network and I m very impressed by the owner because of its skill or intelligent.,Management of this company totally good because the name or firm of this company is are very reputed and ita working all over world so there is no advice for management,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35551,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company based on how it behaves in a crisis,"Mission oriented, idealistic, fast moving, long term oriented.",Can't decide whether it wants to be a startup or a mature corporation.,Stay young,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35552,facebook,"Islamabad, Islamabad (Pakistan)"," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Facebook Software Engineer,Facebook work,All of my friends see post,Good for working and advertising face book,Best of luck and always hard work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35553,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Empowered and Emotionally intelligent engineers,Amazing tools and code that make implementing new services and features extremely quick with high quality.,"Too much proprietary tech, hard for you to keep in touch with what the rest of the world is using when Facebook is run on mostly in house built tools.",Don't forget what made people join Facebook in the first place. It is not always about the money and prestige.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35554,facebook,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant Manager,,"Being a Facebooker is a matter of pride for me. To be more specific, my 9 years of work experience in other companies prior to Facebook never had a profound impact on my personal life. But the moment I joined Facebook, I could feel that while I identify with the values of “Be Bold, Focus on Impact, Move Fast, Be Open & Build Social Value” officially, these values have also cascaded into my personal life. I am …",Sometimes you get too busy!,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35555,facebook,"Tehran, Tehran (Iran)"," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Advertising,Advertising,"I like it and I think it is useful for me, i am so happy that I can be in facebook and get your advice for going through in right point.","Cars, fashion, actor, actress, veiw of beautiful place.",No lie be honest,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35556,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,International and fun experience,"Great energetic, talented and fun collegues Great perks (breakfast, lunch, dinner), gyms Interesting things going on Smart leadership and open internal communication",Community operations roles repetitive and boring Sometimes there can be more emphasis on internal politics and appearances than actual performance,Be more transparent and better at external communication,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35557,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Java Developer,senior java,Good opportunities to work and grow,no any cons have been detected,adf,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35558,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Production Engineer,"The People, the tech, the culture, the perks, the food.",Risk of getting spoiled and overweight.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35559,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great opportunities, incredible impact","At Facebook you're given the opportunity to affect billions of people's lives every day. As long as you can make a case for why this will improve people's experience or metrics, you can do whatever you want.","In many parts of the engineering organization, you are expected to set your own goals and will be held accountable to them. If you're used to working in an environment where you're told exactly what to do, this might not be for you.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P131.htm
35560,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Growth Manager,Amazing company to work for - best learning experience,"- Fantastic management team, really amazing that even with over 20K employees everyone knows the mission of the company and aligns - Well compensated compared to industry average and comes with a host of benefits including travel, free food, gym etc - People are so smart - always a learning opportunity to be had - Fantastic company culture - love how the company sticks to its core, e.g. weekly Q&As with Zuck, openness and transparency in the company strategy","- Difficult to maintain work-life balance, always on approach - Sometimes the lack of resources/processes was a frustration, would result in much more self-admin and sometimes I thought we were very highly paid adminstrators - With the need to grow desperation to hire quickly became a burden, meaning the most experienced team members spent a lot of time hiring rather than their core job - Upwards progression can be difficult as the nature of the company is quite flat and intentionally non-hierarchical. Means that progression into management and senior roles can be very difficult",Find ways to promote and develop internal talent - you already have lots of smart leaders-to-be. Don't just focus on bringing in talent from external sources.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35561,facebook,Brisbane (Australia)," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,agent Mcfly,"Having a laugh, when your day really really bad, great CNN / technology on apps needs a little service in some areas, mostly sorting likes n don't likes.","Having to tell people, to respect each other, n talk civil ' even in wrath angry words don't aide.","Less foul language ' more corrective strength, with love, joy, give his directions.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35562,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Analytics Consultant,Good Job,good envoriment good benefit nice people nice location good package,projects are ok slow career progression very competitive few nice girls culture is too much rated,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35563,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Sales Manager,Partner Manager,Culture / Flexibility / Work,Not much everything is great,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35564,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Community Operations Specialist,Amazing culture,- Fast-paced: Priority can change within weeks. Done is better than perfect. - Inclusive: You're always encouraged to be your authentic self. Not big in hierarchy. - Sense of belonging: The people working here are usually passionate about what they are doing. People will bring their best not to get promotions but because they actually believe in the mission.,The organization is getting too big and each role is too specialized.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35565,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"Great leadership, clear vision, amazing culture and awesome perks","Intensity, opportunities to change careers and grow",:-),4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35566,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,Great company to work for-they spoil you with all the good things,"great work space, ""It's all about the quality of the work, the power of your conviction, and the ability to influence people.""",Can get busy sometimes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35567,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Analyst,Marketing Analyst,"Open culture, tons of benefits",Lots of politics and a very bad review cycle. People who do nothing and just famous because they are 'IN' some special circles get tons of positive feedback. The emphasis here is not on the actual work but it's all about 'visibility'. There are people with zero knowledge and all still get ratings because they 'share' stuff done by other people.,"Reward people for their 'work', not how popular and visible they are!",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35568,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"Open culture Free breakfast, lunch and dinner Ability to work from home Ability to work on projects of interest outside your core role Travel",Long hours Supporting directors across different teams,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35569,facebook,"Tehran, Tehran (Iran)"," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - 3D Modeler/Texturer,"3D artist, Modeler, texture artist",It is a very flexible company with new and creative ideas.,I was working as a freelance artist.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P132.htm
35570,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Production Engineer,- Working at a scale I didn't even dream of - Lots of freedom - Opportunity to grow quickly - Flexibility to move teams within the company - Open culture,- Work/life balance - High expectations,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35571,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sourcer,Work place where you can impact the World,"The best Workplace ever! Mission-driven environment, smart and incredible people. Personal independence and shared goals. You can always find opportunities to grow and to challenge yourself.","I don't see any cons, at least for now.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35572,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Senior IC,"Too much busy-ness, not enough real deliverables",Great physical working environment Energy Strong aspects of the culture Openness of Mark Zuckerburg,"Incorrect understanding and execution of the company values: Value: Done is better than perfect - the incorrect interpretation is that done and perfect are mutually exclusive, no-one wants to do anything that is perfect. Value: We [managers / leaders] are non-directive - incorrect interpretation is that managers do not need to provide direction, the result is that manager are ineffective and simply try to please employees. Value: Make an impact - incorrect interpretation is any impact is a good impact, the actual impact of this is that there is little significant impact.  The company has many conflicting ways of working, for example the short term review process and the want and need to take risks and innovate. The result is that employees do not want to take long term risks as they will be penalised in their next review.  There is a PIP (personal improvement plan) process to help those underachieving to get back on track. This is only effective at removing people from the company and during new manager training (FME) managers are informed that most people (>80%) that are placed on a PIP leave the company. At the same time the company prides itself on the ability of employees to have tough conversations (Crucial Conversations is a class employees are encouraged to attend) yet no-one has these tough conversations. There is a reliance on processes such as the PIP process to remove people from the company rather than having direct conversations.",Start again with managers. The role of a manager is ineffective due to a belief that Facebook is different. Facebook is different to many companies but you can learn from other companies.  There is frequently group think and an element of 'Emperor's new clothes' where a senior person makes a suggestion or presents on idea and without debate everyone jumps onboard. I witnessed many incorrect interpretations of external research that is incorrectly applied within the company.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35573,facebook,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Manager,A great place to work in a great moment of mankind history,"if you look back in history you will not find a moment of such changes as the one we are living right now. The digital phenomenon is still expanding rapidly, creating a world more open and connected. Right now, Facebook is the main company driving that mission, giving power to the people to create a more open and connected world. Being able to add value in a company that is consciously pushing that goal is really satisfying. you end each day knowing that you are doing your best for a good cause and that the journey is just getting started.",the main challenge is to adapt yourself to work in a really big structure and knowing that is growing more and more. It tends to be difficult to reach the exact person that you are looking for at the right time.,"keep looking outside of the box, finding new ways to create great things and try to avoid falling into a bureaucracy that will slow down progress.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35574,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,"Great company values, but slowly losing its culture","- Great company values. They have put a lot of thought behind them and it's very inspiring to see what the company stands for on paper. - They are quite transparent when it comes to product strategy, roadmaps, etc. It's great how much they make you feel part of the success of the company. - Excellent benefits and perks. - Sheryl Sandberg. A thousand times.","- If you land in the wrong team or are a victim of poor management, HR will not do anything about it, even if you have evidence. Firstly, they are severely understaffed (one HRBP per 200 managers?). - The feedback cycles are too political. This is one of the worst things about Facebook. It has 'imported' bad habits and bad people from other companies who brought their corporate baggage with them. It didn't used to be like this. - People work on projects based on their six-month feedback review, not what's good for a team or the company. The lack of accountability from upper management makes this much worse. People get promoted for 'inventing' things that get abandoned after a month. - If you are good at public relations but do nothing, you can get very far at Facebook. It means you have 'visibility'. It's poisonous. - It has become so cynical that the latest 'trick' to get someone promoted to director is for them to organise a 'global' gathering. In other words, bring a bunch of people to Menlo Park, say it's for team building and give it a funky name or a motto... and boom! They become a Very Senior Person. - Zero work/life balance. You must be available 24/7.","ACCOUNTABILITY! There is a huge gap between directors and VPs and the rest of the company. They don't get told about issues, or the information is withheld until it's too late. The hiring spree is creating empires as more and more people are being added under the management layers. It's much easier to 'hide' things when the company is growing at this pace but there isn't enough support to ensure the culture is retained. After all, we have great company values. Enforce them!",3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35575,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Work @ Facebook,Incredibly great colleagues and opportunities driven by a clear mission and sustainable company values.,There are no major cons from my point of view. If you like a challenging professional environment and work hard for something meaningful this is a good place to work at.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35576,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,What a company should be like,"Awesome people, open culture, high level of trust, very little BS or bureaucracy","Can be overwhelming, can be hard to decide what problems to go after","Keep the culture open as FB grows, never let us become complacent or entitled",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35577,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Client Partner,Client partner,"Creative and connective ,more interaction , more understanding with network","Super handson and super fast moving, stay young and smart",Agressive and active entreprnuer,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35578,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Amazing place to work and develop your professional career!,Facebook it's a great place to be if you are aiming to grow your professional career while meeting excellent people and professionals who are driven by passion and impact.  Besides of an incredible amount of perks and benefits I found in Facebook a place where continuous learning and working on hard problems is part of your day to day job.  As a Social Network company at its best you'll be able to interact with people from all over the worlds and work in a diverse set of challenges.  Lot's of resources for learning and development while you work in making the world more open and connected,Impact it's a wide definition of how to work and sometimes focus can be really diverse making that different people and teams work in the same problem and they don't even know about the work that someone else did before.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35579,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work at.,- At the forefront of the industry - Smart and very capable colleagues - Ownership and trust from the leadership - Great perks for those with kids and families,- Being the biggest in the world also means encountering problems which no one else have had to deal with - Lots of work. but fun!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P133.htm
35580,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Chef,Executive Chef,Everything is a dream and fantastic,None everything is perfect and there's no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35581,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place,"Great environment, great tools, great benefits",Salary is not big enough in London,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35582,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place for engineers,- Working with bleeding edge technologies - Software engineers can also drive product decisions,- Achieving work life balance requires a lot of discipline as there are lots of ameneties in the office that allow you to procrastinate,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35583,facebook,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Online Customer Service Representative,customer service specialist / call center agent,High salary and lots of learnings,Graveyard shift and very far from home,None,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35584,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazing company,"People, positivity, mission and creativity are all massive pros. The company is very open and always asking for feedback. I would highly recommend take the jump and applying.","I honestly cannot think of any cons. Obviously the food is free,so you need to ensure you don’t indulge and keep a balanced diet.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35585,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Industry Manager,"Fast paced, great environment and strong culture.","Truly mission led company which drives everything that we do. Strong and inspirational leaders. Great environment, great colleagues and we are well looked after. Fast paced and constantly changing with an ambition to always do better.",If you don't like the challenge of a fast paced environment with constant change then it can be challenging.,Keep going,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35586,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Market Specialist,Great place to be,"Amazing work environment. Challenging atmosphere, but everybody is willing to help. The authenticity of everyone is one of the best things. The perk of having breakfast, lunch and dinner is ridiculously good!","Sometimes can be too US centered, but they try constantly to balance this.",Keep it up! The main challenge is to maintain the atmosphere with such a great growth rate.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35587,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Amazing employer with lots of challenges and opportunities to learn and grow,"Amazing colleagues who care about their work and colleagues Challenging problems Very self-led, opportunity to drive what you care about Extremely flexible work environment with working from home options, amazing benefits","Work-life balance is not always easy, there is pressure to perform but also always lots of work to do",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35588,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Best company to work for,"This is one of the best company I worked for in my 25year career. Extremely employee focussed, great benefits and caring. Work culture is very competitive, surrounded by very smart people and always one need to up the game to keep up. There are tons of opportunities to learn, grow and prosper. It is always motivating to work in a place where the product helps billions of people around the world.","Salary may not be astronomically high compared to other bigwigs, yearly salary raise is lower too.",Keep doing the good work and connect the people in the world!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35589,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,A lot of work to be done,Pay is superior to competitors,Poor management at all levels,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P134.htm
35590,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - University Recruitment Lead,University Recruitment,- The people - Culture - The mission - Benefits - The care your team and managers have for you is incredible. - Best Place to work!,Nothing to add here around cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35591,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Junior Sous Chef,Research chef/ junior sous chef,"The chance to work with a very big budget, huge variety of products from all over the world. And the liberty to create my own dished and recipes.","Pour management, lack of leadership from my senior chefs ,problems in communication, unorganized human resources department that cause unnecessary issues",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35592,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Security Counsel,Review Title,Mission. Culture. People. Managers. Feedback.,Nothing to highlight so far,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35593,facebook,"Katsina, Katsina (Nigeria)"," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Community Development Specialist,Community Development Inspector 1,"To promote awareness, mobilization and security",communicating with anonymous or fake people,All Facebook accounts and groups should be screened thoroughly to ensure that there is full security control of all users with all their genuine and relevant information attached to their accounts and groups. All those facebook accounts and or group admins with fake pictures and addresses should be completely deleted from the facebook.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35594,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Manager,Negative culture in SG office,"Good benefits, flexible work hours, opportunity to help small businesses grow.","Bad management, aggressive infighting culture, unhappy suppressed employees. Politics slowly emerging in every organization.",HR should take notice as currently they turn a blind eye to a lot.,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35595,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Such a great place to work,"The culture here is fantastic, there are so many things that just work well together. For example, most engineers choose which team to join after the first 6 weeks or so, which encourages a lot of really positive behaviours. The company is also really open, allowing everyone to make great decisions: if you need access to some data, you probably have it available.  We have good tools and infrastructure that allows us to focus on the important things, things like booking a meeting room, following up on a task in a common system and many other things are just easy, using great tools that an internal team builds and maintains. I also think that the engineering-led approach to product development and a willingness to try things is really special, and allows us to be more bold than most other companies.  Oh, and the free food! Breakfast, lunch and dinner, with lots of great options, both healthy and not-so-healthy.","It's not a great place if you value being in charge, or being told specifically what to do when. Everyone is expected to be self-led to a large extent.  There also is relatively little documentation. If you want to find out something, most often you need to ask someone rather than read a document.","Keep it going, and keep supporting London as a key growth site.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35596,facebook,Doha (Qatar)," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Nice,its best for making mony,I dont have any experence but i do it,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35597,facebook,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Gerente General,Gerente general,Good benefit package and development opportunities,Privacy issues. Users don't have much control over what information they see,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35598,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Help Desk Specialist,Help Desk specialist,"Company status , career building and more other factors because Facebook is a big company and offer good opportunities","Recruiter behaviour, missing communication .Facebook is a great company but need review recruiters because some of them are not prepared to have contact with people",Needing review bad recruiters,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35599,facebook,Paris (France)," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Intern,Research Intern,Computational Resources are great! Compensation and Food is great!,"No private offices, and we share the lab with sales people who are on the phone frequently, so there are distractions.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P135.htm
35600,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Market Specialist,MP review,Free food & drinks Possibility to bring friends and family to the office for dinner Good salary package Open culture,Cannot take more than two weeks holidays in a row,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35601,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Great leadership,Great energy! Flexible enough...good balance. I wouldn't say the creativity is that high but at least the productivity is... And that's what matters!,Lot to work on.... Less creative.... Less interaction between departments,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35602,facebook,Casablanca (Morocco)," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Content Moderator,Content moderation analysis,We protect and help people.,It's a stressful and can made some psychological impact when u get in motion with the contents.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35603,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,internal review,"Select your own team and your own task, do what you do best.",I dont have any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35604,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Trust and Safety Specialist,Safety Associate,"Great working culture, fast moving, almost immediate impact of work, immense growth, opportunities to move globally",Low salaries and compensation for Community Operations compared to other departments,-,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35605,facebook,"Gojra, Punjab (Pakistan)"," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Social Media,Social worker,This a one platform for all people where they give their views.I want a social worker for poor people.,No challenge if you have a strong things. Positively always give you success.,They should thing about lower worker because lower worker works hard .they should take step for new user.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35606,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Regional Sales Manager,Great leaders and amazing workplace,"Great benefits overall, employees are well considered.","too many processes, sometimes a bit heavy.",What would you do if you were not afraid?!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35607,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager SMB,Great place to start career,"Fast moving, international team, smart people",Starts to get bigger and operationalized,Hire more people who have done the job,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35608,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,- Culture is getting strong - Fast-paced working environment which gives you a lot of experience - Very competitive compensation and benefits,- Lack of set processes - Lack of documentation that could help to onboard or develop inexperienced people,Overall caution on costs to avoid this magnificent growth.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35609,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great place,"Smart people, great benefits for parents",Demanding workplace but overall nice,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P136.htm
35610,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Product Quality Analyst,Excellent Benefits,Very satisfactory benefits and compensation.,Very high performance expectations but have good support for success.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35611,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A strong career move,"Facebook focuses people on growth, and focuses managers on coaching people to improve You'll learn how to use engineering to drive real impact for the company, and how to become the best version of yourself",The high bar makes people work hard,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35612,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very US Centric and lots of backstabbing,great salary and good perks,fake feedback culture lots of politics in MPK and many biased senior leaders you are considered 'always-on',the world is bigger than MPK!,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35613,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great employer,"- perks that barely 1 or 2 companies can match (free food, child benemfits, yadayadayada) - start at bootcamp and choose yourself a team. ANY team that is recruitung - android, ios, web, backend, machine learning. - convenient location in central london - super smart people around. If you've been best at previous role(s) - you'll learn every day from others. - you do the world a favor. Connect people, bring free internet to people, produce world-class open-source things: ReactJS, Presto, Hive...",Don't see much cons now,I'd rather learn from people in charge here than give them advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35614,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Fantastic environment to learn and succeed,"Facebook's culture is incredible and helps employees get the best out of their skills to succeed and achieve massive projects. The management is really one of the best components of Europe, with lots of highly experienced leaders to learn from.  The company offers a ton of benefits to make sure you are covered with everything you need to do your job and manage your personal time in the best possible way.  This is the best place where you can thrive!","Although the company's mantra is ""move fast"", adding a bit more structure could help finding more synergies and removing team/people overlap.  Also, some of the personal benefits such as the personal insurance are not of the highest European standard (might be because insurance's offering in the UK is quite poor).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35615,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing,Best company I have worked for,"Great benefits, lots of career opportunity.",Opportunities to progress are becoming more limited as the company gets bigger. Culture and pressure to perform can be tough.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35616,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Best career move ever!,"> Open Culture: decisions are announced openly, without sugar coating and pretence and it comes from the very top! Mark, Sheryl and all the leaders are very straight forward on their answers during the weekly Q&A - there is nothing they shine away from and, when they don't know much about the topic they either find somebody that does or follow it up.  > Real flat organisation: many other companies misinterprete what employees mean by 'flat organisation' - they are not talking about the number levels between junior and senior people, but on how open senior leadership is. FB doesn't make that mistake, you can talk to anybody here, from managers to directors and VPs and they all listen to you attentively, as a peer, not as a 'superior'. Employees at FB are all valued the same.  > Perks are amazing: it is not about the amount of perks, but how those perks make your life much better. Instead of trowing whatever at employees, FB conducts regular surveys to understand which benefits are valued or not and adjust them accordingly. The benefits provided by FB are geared towards making our lifes easier, so we can focus more on giving people the power to build communities and bring the world closer together.","> In the spirit of moving fast, our tools are not extremely sophisticated as they are being continuously developed. It is a price I am happy to pay to have the benefit of doing whatever I need to accomplish the company's goals.  > Working with smart and ambitious people is amazing, but can, at times, make you feel an 'impostor' - I think everyone here does feel like that sometimes, but if well taken, can only make us continuously improve and become a better professional","> Continue listening to everybody's ideas, no matter from which level, even if sometimes they sound a bit off, most of the times they have some wonderful insights.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35617,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Smart collective of people. Able to move fast - shift anf lift. Agile community. Strong perks and amazing food. Best intend for clients and users. High integrity. Freedom to do waht you want to do, and thrive on your strengths. Fair compensation.","Although a good work-life balance is stimulated, you tend to be always on (by choice). Support has to be won - you need to have a selfstarter mentality.",Keep manoeuvring the 'rocket-ship' between a solid start up and an agile mulitnational corporation. Maintain a healthy pressure to perform with a culture of lightness and celebration.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35618,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Great colleagues and ample opportunity to learn and grow,Salary can be a little low but with the benefits things look good,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35619,facebook,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 4, 2017","Current Employee - Program Management and Analysis, Software Engineering","Software Engineering,Product Management","IT'S USED TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE. They have a free 3 meals a day and snacks that is good. 4 month of paternity and maternity leave that you can distribute over the first year after having the child. it's opt-in health insurance, so it's not really a benefit. they just enjoy group discounts on insurance because they have a million....","The worst thing about working at Facebook for me has been oncall duty. Most engineering teams run complex, frequently modified software in production. Since things have a way of going wrong, teams have a rotating responsibility for responding to unanticipated emergencies. Since these can happen any time, day or night, and are of unknowable scope and severity, being is a serious responsibility, many millions of users are affected every minute the site is broken.",Check Your Wall-posting Preferences Use Insights to Determine What’s Working for Your Page  Assign Admin Roles,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P137.htm
35620,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,A great company,- Unparalleled technical opportunities - A relatively transparent and consistent rewards/benefits system - Lots of responsibility to even the most junior posts. - Never wastes time on anything unimportant,"- Constant are-we-there-yet navel-gazing about metrics. Often you spend more time running data queries than actually building anything. - Can have a very conformist, kool-aid culture that is alienating to those over 40. - Food is very unhealthy. Not very friendly to those with weight problems.",- Be aware of the problems of employees burning out. Work life balance seldom gets more than lip service.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35621,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Global Marketing Manager,One of the best companies I have worked for,The people and culture are 1st rate. Having a job with a purpose and making the world a better place.,The workload is massive and had a negative impact on my health and home life.,More work needs to be done to ensure your people are not drowning in work and not coming to work at their best,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35622,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Community Operations,Open and FAST moving!,"- The openness across the whole org. is outstanding (at least currently, you can ask anyone anything and receive an answer with the Directors openly announcing sensitive information regularly and the CEO holding weekly Q&As sessions where no question is off limits!). - Fast moving, you are encouraged to make things happen as long as the data backs you up. For me this was an absolute shock (having a 30 min fast paced meeting which resulted in almost immediate high impacting changes) - Passion, you are encouraged to focus on your strengths and work on the issues that you find most rewarding! - The people, I've never worked with so many motivated, passionate and intelligent people - it really brings the best out of you. Further, you are encouraged to be your 'authentic self' which often means direction to have a better work-life balance! - Of course... the perks are AMAZING - great pay, yummy food (yet the ""facebook 13"" is oh too real!'and the best healthcare among many well thought out perks.","- Despite the amazing perks for new parents (lots of leave!), childcare support is minimal if anything. - Encouraging everyone to be their 'authentic selves' sometimes can cause issues (ie. some people - very few though - are authentic knob heads). - Moving sometimes too fast to enable a reliable and trusting service, although its really encouraging to see this is being worked on from top down! - The perks are AMAZING yet, as is probably human nature, its always tempting to look over to Google's better perks (yet they don't have our outstanding open culture which is perhaps more valuable)",Keep it up and do everything you can to maintain the open culture - this is the unique selling point to keep the right talent on board!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35623,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Creative Strategist,Creative strategist,"It is a genuinely connected and collaborative environment where you have the opportunity to work on projects that make meaningful impact for the business, the industry, clients, yourself and the wider world.  You move at speed and this is invigorating, challenging and rewarding.",You move at speed. Your world is rarely constant and you are in a constant state of change. This is both invigorating and challenging.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35624,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Operations Manager,Sales Ops,Great perks and company to be part of. Good stocks,Lots of politics and more and more hierarchy as the compnay grows by over 50% every year,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35625,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best rollercoaster,"The sheer opportunity you get at Facebook is astounding, there is still so much to accomplish which presents a wealth of opportunity to grow and develop yourself. I've never worked anywhere where I was encouraged to take risks, think big and have such amazing impact. I love the autonomy you are given, the freedom to be yourself and the brilliant people, food and perks that come with working here. I'm excited about the next ten years.","It's not a con so much a result of so much opportunity means you have to really be disciplined about what you take on, you can get overwhelmed but I've learnt when that happens the management here are great at helping you find a balance.","Always focus on culture, it's truly what makes Facebook a unique place.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35626,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Regional Marketing Manager Singapore,Regional Marketing Manager,- Great company to work with - Huge learning opportunity - Brand name for your resume - Awesome management team and colleagues,- Politics is emerging slowly - Difficult to choose between work and parties,Company is doing great and continue with current strategy.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35627,facebook,Hamburg (Germany)," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Place to be,"- sehr offene Atmosphäre - fachlich top-qualifiziertes Umfeld und Kollegen - extrem viele Nebenleistungen - freies, flexibles Arbeiten - anspruchsvolle Tätigkeit","- Verharmlosung/Ignoranz ggü. der gesellschaftlichen (berechtigten) Kritik an der Plattform - teilweise Überheblichkeit ggü. Markt, Kunden, Wettbewerb - begrenzte interne Karriere-Möglichkeiten",- amerikanische Kultur auffangen - - Offenheit ggü. Externer Kritik,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35628,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Awesome Company,"Free food, Great Benefits, Amazing and Talented People, Challenging Work Opportunities",Challenging work opportunities can have an effect on work life balance if you don't manage your time well,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35629,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,The Greatest Place to Work,"* Tech lead company * Engineers control their own destiny * As an engineer you choose which team you want to work on * You choose what you pursue * So many interesting people * Chance to work with the experts in their fields * So many interesting projects, from FB itself to autonomous drones, to Oculus to AI, etc. etc.",* Some teams have a lot of travelling (but at least you get to fly business class with a flat bed),Keep doing what you're doing and keep Facebook being such an invigorating environment and great place to work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P138.htm
35630,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 18, 2017",Former Employee - Product Support Specialist,Product Support Team - Disappointment,"The pros are -  - The overall company culture - Good food  I did not find any pro in the product support team.  I would recommend working at Facebook, but be very aware of which teams you join, the core responsibilities, the manager, the career level your are joining at etc.","- It was a struggle to spend time in such a monotonous and mundane role. - I was sold this role to be a product role, but this is a pure Operations role. - Do not be fooled when asked / told about strong analytics required etc, you would most likely end up answer to angsty folks in sales teams and doing customer service.  Please spend your time in a core role, it is where you'd have value in Facebook. It is easy to feel rudderless in this role (no matter what is told to you during your interviews). Employees in non-support / core roles are valued in the company, unfortunately this team and its immediate umbrella organization is not one of them.",Please place focus on the Managers. Growing a pool of weak and inexperienced managers will lead to poor work experience and affect the amazing culture the company has built. The hiring process is skewed and not properly representative of this role - ensure the managers are held accountable for this.,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35631,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - SMB Client Service Agent,Contractors are and will always be underdogs,"Good perks, though moslty for full time employees, great food, office space and culture overall.","Huge gap between contractors and FTE's, even the badges are different so everybody instantly knows where they belong. No mixing with 'real' Facebookers. The company is becoming more corporate and work-life balance is non existant. They make you feel obligated to love FB and consider yourself lucky to be a part of the family. And at the same time they send you emails about contractors eating too many snacks... Instead of giving contractors priority when applyig internally, seems like it's even harder for them to get to the company which is crazy considering most contractors work harder and now more than FTE's. They would rather hire a complete outsider and train them from scratch.",Figure out what do you actually want from employees. A guy from my team was told he is 'too visible' for Facebook?! Google grabbed him after few days :) The other one is not entusiastic enough for the company and he was the most knowledgeable person in the team of 100 people.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35632,facebook,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Engineer,the best company in the world,"high income, good work and life balance",lack of promotion opportunities and time,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35633,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Rewward - High Stress,"Lean Teams, Great People, Fast Career Growth, Transparent Enviroment, Great recognition systems, Numerous learning opportunities","Ambiguity in majority of tasks, High Stress, Bubbly and at times noisy environment, big chunk of work success is based solely on the connections made within the company, inconsistent people management",Consistency in people management is required on all levels,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35634,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Partner Manager,Amazing place to work,"+ best company in the world + amazing offices + super friendly, super talented colleagues + clear, actionable mission","- it's bigger than it used to be, but that's not such a con as it's still fast moving","Keep doing what you're doing, it's an unbeatable culture",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35635,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best 2 years of my working career,"Great work ethic, fantastic technical products with in-depth knowledge share Hard working ethic ensures an enthusiastic team work environment.",over hiring has diluted the original culture. back stabbing politics makes working the hard when you have to keep looking over your shoulder.,I don't qualify to provide advice to management of such a great company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35636,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,So far so good,"Very friendly environment, there is training available for anything you need, people are very open, very helpful. There is a lot of space to bring new ideas.",Everything is great so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35637,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"- you get to work mostly with nice and smart people who want to see you succeed  - a lot of autonomy and flexibility  - great perks, offices and facilities  - excitement of working for a company with such wide reaching impact - a lot of openness and communication from senior management - strong sense of optimism about the future of the company","- a lot of distractions and different things to work on, can be hard to prioritise workload sometimes - as the company grows a lot more admin and process coming in which adds to the taskload - things change all the time and it's an environment that can frustrate some people. Patience and resilience are required to work there",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35638,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,working at facebook,"Cares for employees, strives to give you work life balance, fantastic beneftis",Can be hard to map career progression with flat struture,focus on career progression plans for long standing employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35639,facebook,"Ālipur, Sylhet (Bangladesh)"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have been working at Facebook Full-Time,"Growing company, lots of users, high impact work, love my coworkers. It's a product that is changing the world","Not an easy job, changes impact millions of users which can sometimes be very stressful.",I would recommend this company to a friend - I'm optimistic about the outlook.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P139.htm
35640,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Creative Strategist,"Smart, humble & so keen","Everyone on the team is driven by an absolute ambition to make the world a better a place. The teams are collaborative, creative and welcoming to new ideas. The company is driven by impact and moving fast, so if you've got an idea you've got room to make a real impact.","Not sure I would say this is a con, but you need to pro-actively set your goals and prioritize your efforts to make you're putting your energy in the right place.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35641,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing in all respects,"Difficult to know where to start. This is without a doubt the best company to work for. You are listened to and respected. Management are on the team and mentors- no politics. People can't do enough to help even if they're busy. Everyone is smart and friendly and high achievers. The perks are magestic, not just free food but gourmet meals served 3 times a day, it will ruin hotels for you!! You feel like your making a difference constantly.",Busy busy environment but I like that so not a con for me!! You cannot get away with being lazy,Maybe to sync more across regions outside of review time.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35642,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High performance but not high pressure environment,"It's a great environment, high performance but you don't feel too much pressure. Great middle management and friendly interactions with other teams. Working from home is an actual options for at least 1 day per week (no meetings Wednesday).",The usual cons of working in a remote office several time zones away from the mother ships: you get to have sometimes meetings in the evenings and need to chat with people at times which might be uncomfortable.,"Cigna is a bad benefit provider, dump them and find someone who actually answers the phone.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35643,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Kickass company,An amazing company to work for offering a plethora of opportunities. Transparent and no BS.,Need to maintain a high energy all the time. Hard for introverts to work at.,Need to take long term strategic decisions,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35644,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Overrated,"Great culture. Free food, good benefits.",Salary is insufficient to make a proper living. Very little career development.,Employees are an asset not something you can squeeze.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35645,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Amazing place to work,"Company culture, opportunity for impact, deal with engineer problems at a unique scale and benefits.","Intense and fast-paced environment. (can be a good thing, but definitely not for all)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35646,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Publisher Development Manager,Everything you could want from an employer,"Industry leading benefits, a great office and total package is very competetive",Role definitions are sometimes a bit vague - but leaves scope to define your own role Base pay is not particularly competitive but made up in stock and bonuses,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35647,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook is amazing,They really care about you. Flexible about working from home.,Location of the office (very hard to get to),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35648,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing opportunity to impact the world,Top talent not just in engineering but across the company in all areas. The culture is very inspiring and motivating and keeps me excited every single day. On top of that I get to work on problems on a scale that is hard to find anywhere else in the world.,Being able to choose the way you have impact on Facebook's mission is very liberating but also imposes a lot of pressure on every single individual. You have to prove every half that you are worth the investment Facebook makes into its people.  The London office certainly has a smaller selection of teams than California. And knowing that you would make significantly more money across the pond is also awkward.,Be bolder. In the last months we seem to be too scared of rubbing people the wrong way. We shouldn't back down from things we know are the right things to do.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35649,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,High growth brings lots of opportunity,The working environment The people The level of growth means there is lots of challenging work to do Flexibility with working hours & possible to work from home when needed A good place for working parents Fantastic benefits & perks,If you are focused on job titles & climbing a corporate ladder it's not like that at facebook. Career growth & promotion is possible but the structure is quite flat. You don't need to take the people management route to get ahead. You can choose the individual contributor route & become an expert in your space.,Keep training new people managers to ensure they have the right skills as teams grow.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P140.htm
35650,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Client Partner,It's the best company in the world,"I joined Facebook about four years ago and it's by far the best thing that wever happened to me. Every day I'm challenged to do what I do best, while driving impact and (in)directly contributing to the overall mission of making the world more open & connected. What I also love is that jobs and structures are created around a person and not vice versa. Yes thing move fast, change quickly, shift around but you get the trust and comfort to make impact. It all comes down to taking ownership.",The lean structure and importance of individual contributors have created a structure where ownership is key. You don't always get guidance on what or how to do things. For some people this might not work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35651,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Technical Lead,Great Culture and great products,"Compensation, Mission, People, Culture and Product. We can also add awesome offices location and perks.",It can be pretty easy to lose track of reality. Sadly the vast majority of companies don't offer the same environment.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35652,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook is an awesome place to work,Engineers are treated as first class citizens Lots of perks Good work environment Othee employees are friendly and helpful,I work quite a lot Work-life balance is not that good (it is not really bad either),none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35653,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - In House Lawyer,Facebook,"Good salary, culture, benefits, business prospects",I cannot name a single one,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35654,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,People Based Company,"Being part of a company that is helping connect the world, not just people but connecting and growing businesses. You are surrounded by not only some of the most innovative intelligent people, but people that want you to succeed which develops a very supportive environment. Great benefits, growth and career opportunities (globally not just in the US)",Most roles are Full Time (5 days a week) due to the teams being lean. Limited options for those looking for 3/4 day positions.,Teams are lean - You need to be able to Manager and develop your team but also be hands on.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35655,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great corporate vision,Great smart people Great perks Great diversity Free food Management moves fast and react fast Open culture and code,"Some smart people can be rather snobbish Actually heard ""what's ROI"" from a engineer Disconnect from Eng vs rest",Run a mini-business course during boot camp and a mini-Eng course for business side. It's not a eng vs business. Reorganization are scary if not handled properly.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35656,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,Incredible company raising the bar when it comes to taking care of employees,Working with the smartest people A vision led company All the food! The benefits package Competitive comp International opportunities,There are honestly very few. Facebook is a growing company and that runs the risk of losing its culture,Keep teams small and lean. Continue to recognise individual achievement. Don't rest on your laurels!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35657,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome colleagues,"I'm learning a lot from the people I work with, both technical and soft skills.","Large company, teams doing overlapping work across timezones. Difficult to coordinate.",Keep coaching your reports so we can keep improving,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35658,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Strategy Associate,Associate,Amazing benefits and culture Full of diversed and smart people,No specific con to mention,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35659,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Market Development Lead,Market development lead,"- It's all pros - the people I work with are the sort of people I would choose as friends anyway - Everyone is super smart, super humble, genuine and really friendly - Unlike other big companies where you become blocked by processes, Facebook lives by its move fast mantra and new innovations in products happen all the time - The free food is ridiculous, it's 7 star quality, absolutely delicious 100% of the time - There are lots of career progression opportunities because we keep growing - There is never a dull day and our sales conferences and all hands sessions are inspiring - You get to test new products before they go out on the market - Rewards for good performance are fantastic",Nothing! This is the longest I have been in any company and I feel as happy today as the first day I walked in.,- Keep doing what you are doing - Mark Zuckerburg is a genius and a world thought leader and all his management team are top class,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P141.htm
35660,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Client Partner,"Incredible place to be, not incredible place to grow","* Culture there is positively amazing, and it believed and lived. Consistent throughout offices around the world--a rarity. * Benefits are world-class * Mission driven--everyone believes in it * Zuck is fantastic","* At this point in the organization's life they are more inclined to hire managers from outside instead of promoting from within. Many employees have been burned by violated expectations around this. Therefore, no longer a great place to get new responsibilities quickly--you kind of just stay in place as the pyramid grows around you",Ambitious people that want to perform big and be rewarded for it are increasingly turned off by your outside hire strategy.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35661,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Market Specialist,Market specialist,"Great perks, working hours and environment pretty flexible, people are really friendly and most if them can teach you a lot. Also everything you do affects a lot of people and it's quite an amazing feeling to see that.","It's an ""engineering first"" company. So when you're working for an operations department and your work gets overlooked it can be a bit frustrating.",Not much at this point. It's an amazing company for it's size and I appreciate M teams efforts keeping it this way for this long.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35662,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Fantastic company to work for,"I absolutely loved my time at Facebook. I was lucky enough to work with talented, passionate, knowledgeable people who were super supportive and friendly. You're positively encouraged to express your ideas and trusted to work autonomously. The work is challenging and interesting and the social aspect is great too, there's always something to get involved with should you want to. They provide free breakfast, lunch and dinner which is pretty amazing. Despite contracts running 11 months (which sucks) they actively stay in contact / try and find way of getting great people to stay / come back. The hours are long - but no longer than any other job I've had in London and the rewards and job satisfaction are well worth it.","Hard for me to find any cons, but if pushed would say lack of headcount.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35663,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Market Specialist,One of the best companies to work for,"- They take care of basically all our needs. Laptop, mobile phone, food, shower, shares, health and life insurance, transport allowance, wellness and gym benefits amongst other stuff.",This can be a very competitive environment and it can be a bit challenging depending on the nature of the employee.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35664,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feels like joining an elite squad of super engineers,"Facebook hires comparable to the best talent I've worked with in the industry, with regards to smarts -- but also with at least a modicum of social skills :)  Enormous opportunity to influence business direction, chase after your own ideas, and really stretch yourself to your fullest potential.  Almost everything that should be provided is, without lengthy approval processes, unparalleled trust in employees at all levels (you don't need to be a bigwig to get perks).  Employees are empowered to build anything, any app, service, feature. If you are a big fan of autonomy and self-driven growth, Facebook is the place to go.  Managers don't bark orders or give commands, but spend the vast majority of their time as a support role, and encouraging leadership between engineers.","Can be intimidating at times, and coworkers definitely work a lot. Perhaps similarly to startups where everyone is motivated. You have to set your own work-life balance, but flexibility exists to allow you to do so (you never feel intimidated to have to work long hours, it's more of a self-motivation question).",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35665,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A little too dynamic for their own good,"- Open, positive culture (it really is): goals are assigned to you at the beginning of the half mostly basis your strength areas  - Opportunity to work with one of the industry leaders in online media - the platform and its underlying are a tech enthusiast's dream  -Not a 'hire and fire' company. They really care about their employees.  - Lavish, almost extravagant benefits: you can get spa massages reimbursed, for instance.","- Facebook feels like a young and aggressive teenager. Granted, its prime focus is to grab a bigger slice of pie from Google but that seems to be driving its entire business strategy.  - Hyderabad undergoes re-orgs way too frequently, which has resulted in mass attrition with several senior managers moving on.  - Under-hiring talent: There is no difference between the role/designation of an ISB MBA with 3 years of solid work ex and an undergrad fresher from a local college. HR needs to work out this motivational deterrent else attrition is set to rise.  - Inverted pyramid hiring in the sales team: Way too many senior and mid-level managers are being hired as individual contributors for roles that are given to college grads in other locations. Limited growth opportunities because of this.","Please rethink your hiring bar, especially in Hyderabad. Some of the full-timers can barely communicate and several mid-level managers are NOT a culture fit.",3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35666,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Market Specialist,:),"career opportunities, benefits, package, people","fewer benefits than competition,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35667,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great place to work,Young and vibrant office. Great company culture. Good vertical as well as horizontal career opportunities.,Employees turnover mainly because of people moving to Dublin specifically for the job/company. Some members of senior management clearly lacked experience.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35668,facebook,Mexico City (Mexico)," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - CSM,The best place to work ever!,- Work and life balance is a must - You always feel like your work is the most important thing - Great environment and you're surrounded by professionals and very talented people - Is always a pleasure to work in a company that has changed the world as FB did and keep doing,- It is hard to maintain the same culture in such a large company,To make sure that they're taking into consideration any feedback we gave about the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35669,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Struggling to make an impact!!!!,"Facebook will always be one of the most exciting places to work and I am sure a lot of people agree on how diverse and fast moving it truly is. I have been working in Facebook Dublin for the last 2 years as part of the Recruitment team. I love what I do and who I hire for but in more recent times things have changed slightly, but not for the better.",There is such a focus on impact that people do projects that are totally meaningless just to have something to write about in their performance review. Every employee is also overloaded with a very high number of reqs Progression is often discussed by never executed because the leads don't leave and the ones who are incompetent are kept around due to length of service. Support from team lead is non existent. There seems to be a much higher focus on idle gossip within the management team than helping current and long term employees break through the levelling barriers. The manager i've had for the past 2 years was really really poor and is now on mat leave her replacement has been a lot better but the fundamental issues remain.,Look a lot harder at current management and how they are measured. How can a complacent lead reflect progression and inspire her team to do well if she has been there for more than 8 years.,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P142.htm
35670,facebook,Bucharest (Romania)," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Programmer,Good Company,"very friendly , innovative company",soo much time spent on programming,good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35671,facebook,"Bury, North West England, England (UK)"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Team Member,"Great Food, Fantastic Staff!","Lovely team, everyone works well together, great atmosphere, customers always feel valued and appreciated, quaint and quirky cafe.","Not enough hours, being micro managed, too much focus on the negatives as opposed to concentrating on the positive aspects of the business.","Show staff that they are valued and concentrate on driving the business forward,",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35672,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Manager,Amazing Culture,"Amazing company culture that's embedded in most of its employees. Feedback is done in the most constructive way possible. No BS, genuine attempt to minimize politics (yes no company is 100% politics free), super fast paced, yet respectful of individual time and space. Highly collaborative environment, and everything is measured by impact to people.  Employees are committed to their works and committed to have fun as well! Most of us are unpretentious or trying to hard to impress or look busy, even though the work is very intense! That's why visitors always thought that we hardly work!  Be warned though, this company may not be for everybody, particularly if your strength revolves around internal politics and bootlicking, or you prefer companies where you can relax and do minimal work, or you don't like to have tough conversations to solve tough problems, or you don't like to work with a team where everybody knows what each other is doing.","Writing this just because I have to, though there's really no cons that I can think of. If I really have to think of something, perhaps it's the amount of interesting information that you have to keep up with everyday.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35673,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,really good place to work,not really great in terms of compensation,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35674,facebook,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Research Scientist,facebook,"perks, wage, quality, challenge, exciting environment","demanding, high expectation, flat hierarchy",clear responsability and accountability,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35675,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 12, 2016","Current Employee - Partnerships, EMEA",Amazing place to work. Great culture. Great mission.,"Always new opportunities. International and highly innovative. Excellent work life balance, and lots of potential for career growth. The company has a very interesting road map with tons of new products yet to be realized.",Company is getting bigger. Starting to slow down. There is beginning to be a lot of emphasis on managing internal stakeholders which is symptomatic of a transition into being a large multinational.,"Think big, act small.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35676,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work culture,1. Independence to drive project 2. Working with a lot of cross functional partners and learning how people with different background work,1. A lot of Hierarchy in India office 2. Difficult to maintain work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35677,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very good overall,"You have the resources to do your job, you work with other highly-skilled people, you make a positive difference to the world.","Head office is in California, which can mean a lot of late nights for meetings. Free food makes you fat.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35678,facebook,"London, ON (Canada)"," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Client Partner,Partner manager,"awesome team, good salary, strong perks, flexible hrs","rigid management, progression slow, slow strategy, more experienced management",more streamlined processes,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35679,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Engineering Manager,"I get to solve problems with fantastic colleagues, some of the smartest people I've ever worked with. I get to work on truly important challenges - products and systems that impact 1.7bn people. I also get to do what I love, using knowledge I gained from my PhD. Then there are the perks of being there - the free food, events and great office.","It's hard work, and pretty intense. It can be hard to extract yourself from the fast pace and the scale of the problems.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P143.htm
35680,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,Full-on,"Virtually no numpties: not the smartest group I ever saw, but definitely - for any company with more than ten employees - the one with the least wasters.  Devs are the most important people in the company. It's nice to be that person, people that have worked in investment banks will know what I mean.  Good perks.  You can do anything or buy anything that gets the job done: senior management have very few things that ""you just can't do""...","... though one thing you can't do is work a four day week, at least not as a manager.  It's pretty full-on: there's always loads to do and for a UK manager, 5pm-7pm Mon-Thurs is video conference season. If you don't mind coming in late to stay late that can be OK, but if you prefer to start early, it makes for a long day.",Consider more flexible working arrangements.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35681,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Fantastic place to work,"The people, the calibre, the environment, the stimulating work, the care, the perks.",I can't imagine leaving is going to be easy.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35682,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook,"Very nice to work at, awesome people around, interesting projects in lots of areas, you can have huge impact, good salary and benefits.","Move fast and break things may not be the best motto, it's a big company, hard to coordinate across different offices.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35683,facebook,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Client Solutions Manager,China and local culture,Meals benefits and insurance is offered to employee. Standard is higher than what the market is offering in China. They also hired a lot of smart peopple.,"Very political environment. Promotion favours people that is close with management, a lot of pleasing work needs to be done everyday. Hong kong employee get revenged after sharing real feedbacks at employee surveys. Also, CSM works much harder than CP, no one dare to complain, because afraid get revenged .",Allow employee share more feedbacks,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35684,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Client Partner,Excellent company that takes care of its employees,"Company with strong leadership, clear vision and exciting products to work on. Good benefits, events and true care about work-life balance.","As the company grows, it moves much slower and certain product decisions take longer than necessary to execute. There is not always a clear development path for employees","Move much faster and eliminate unnecessary layers in decision-making. There are often too many stakeholders involved and things tend to slow down, although Facebook still ""moves fast"".",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35685,facebook,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"Extensive experience as an Executive Assistant. Handing complex calendar management, travel itinerary, expenses, preparing documents for meetings, clients visits, handling mailboxes",It's a great place to work however limited career growth options,Great team player and attention to detail,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35686,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer V,Inspirational Workplace,"Benefits aside, the best thing about working at Facebook is the people. It is very rare to be the ""smartest person in the room"". There is always someone who is better than you at something. This makes Facebook a great place to grow your skills and learn new things. This is made even easier by the friendly and open environment.","Many employees are young and ambitious, which is great. However, one downside to this is that people are eager to push themselves to prove what they are capable of - Facebook is a place where talented people can shine. This can lead to a self-imposed work/life misbalance.",The company has a great spirit and culture - the main focus should on preserving it as it grows.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35687,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great environment, people, tech","Great work environment, awesome people, many opportunities for learning technologies in-depth. Lots of leeway given to engineers to work on areas that they believe are important.  Benefits are awesome.","Hours are entirely flexible, so It is up to employees to keep their work-life balance in check.  I'm at a remote site, so will occasionally need to stay late for meetings with other places. This happens to me about once a month.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35688,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Awesome company!,"- Extremely smart people. I am really working with the best of the best engineers I have ever met. - Move fast. Decisions are being made rapidly and objectively. No bureaucracy. The change lifecycle idea->implementation->a/b test->production can take less than one day! - Bottom up. Many ideas and decisions are driven by engineers. Managers rarely would tell you what to do, but rather help you to get done what you think should be done. The protocol between the ideas and company goals is metrics. As long as your ideas are aligned with the metrics your org cares about you have green light to implement them. - Diversity. Facebook cares about diversity a lot, which makes the atmosphere here really inclusive and comforting. - Care about employees. Facebook cares about the employees. A lot. All these free meals, snacks, drinks, equipment, business trips to headquarters, tax consultations, massages and much, much more. Everything is done to allow you to take care of all your needs and allow you to focus on the job itself.","- This is Facebook London specific. Many teams are working very closely with teams in US, which means that at least a few days a week there will be video conferences with US around 5-6 pm.",Maintain the culture!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35689,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Community Operations - Hyderabad,"Facilities given to the employee, to travel to work and at work are very good. They try to provide a very comfortable enviornment to work.","1. The Hiring department of the company is below par. Only importance is given to Work experience not essentially in the area of expertise required. Employees coming from Premier graduation and Post graduate insitutes are considered at the same level as that of candidates from local institutes(probably done to save cost of relcoation, not expected of such a big brand) 2. The talent across Hyderabad floor and across international offices (I have visited 2) are extremely mediocre, essentially because of point number 1. 3. The attitude of collaboration and working as a team, is severly lacking in most hires in the company. 4. The middle and senior management is hogwash and power rests in the hands of 1/2 managers who play office politics well. 5. Middle level managers are totally impotent, Because essentially they have no power which is attributed to managers in a usual organizational set up.","1. Improving hiring techniques, more experience =! Good hire, Education Pedigree is equally important 2. Do not undergo Reorganization frequently, classic strategy to lose good talent, Though one may be arrogant enough to attract good talent time and again but things do cap off and Name spreads like fire in the market!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P144.htm
35690,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Great place to work,"- Open, autonomous culture with broadly scoped roles. - Mission driven company to the core and everything we do is aligned around achieving this. - Company sets over the top ambitious goals and this ensures everyone is stretched and challenged in the best possible way. - Dream team pairing of Sheryl & Mark - visionary leaders with integrity and 2 of the strongest operators out there.","Having worked for 6+ years there has definitely been some cons along the way as we scaled the business but I honestly believe that Facebook has never been better, more challenging place to work than it is right now.","As we scale, keeping us focused around our mission and culture - this is what makes this place feel different and people want to stay to be a part of it all. Its more about the 'we' here than the 'me'.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35691,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Great place to work but old time middle management a risk,"Great place to work, fantastic colleagues, developing yet supportive environment.",Long time middle management who joined company at an early stage and no longer have the competence to run larger teams as the company grew.,Swap out non-performing middle management. Lots of lower level managers been around for too long without career progression since they reached their capacity goal. These stand in the way for higher performers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35692,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of potential with too many weak managers,"The benefits & perks are great, Facebook is obviously one of the best knows brands in the world. Lots of smart & genuinely great people. Challenging work.",Zero career progression unless you're happy to spend a minimum of 3 years in the same role. Management in Recruiting are really poor which demotivates everyone and makes them feel as if they're not supported. Too many managers were promoted on tenure alone and are awful people managers.,Hire Recruiting Leads from outside the business.,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35693,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting,Great place to carve your career,"Amazing culture, flexibility, opportunity and the perks and benefits speak for themselves. The first place in an 11 year career that I've felt truly challenged and empowered to do my best work and think outside the box. The ability to get things done with little red tape is unparalleled.",Little that i've experienced - tough place to keep outperforming yourself when surrounded by such smart and talented people.,Try to stay close to the culture as possible as we continue to grow.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35694,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Agency Development,Best place I have ever worked,"Great culture and benefits. The company leadership are really open, honest and promote venerability and failure.",Fast paced company where sometimes keeping up can be overwhelming,keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35695,facebook,Mpkakathini (South Africa)," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - SAN Stuff,good stuff,free food free good yums,not very organized need training,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35696,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Ads Integrity Analyst,sexist idiots,Great young vibrant team Decent money but Dublin so expensive,High pressure Sexist managers with such a disregard for females,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35697,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Amazing place to work!,It's a strengths based company- you are given the opportunity to play to your strengths and move into a role that aligns with what you're good at! Benefits are really good!,It's a competitive place to work- you're expected to make an impact from day one! It can be difficult to keep the momentum all of the time!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35698,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Excellent company for university graduates. Working with the best in the industry who are always willing to help,Woking across timezones can be difficult for work-life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35699,facebook,Jabinyānah (Tunisia)," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Account Management,mangemant,easy to use facebook and is good for publication,I Share and participate in determining the future of the company,Set the company's future,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P145.htm
35700,facebook,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Good experience at one of the fastest growing companies in the world,"Perks, high exposure, freedom to manage your time at your will. Important amount of resources. Fast growing company with good career opportunities.","To much pressure on quota attainment. The spotlight is in MPK, and satellite offices have often less resources, benefits, etc.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35701,facebook,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Business Operations Manager,Manager Sales,"stocks that they give and the travel and food along with it. Also, the kind of people that you work with","not too much really for the enterprises to use out of facebook hence it very hard to sell, mostly lacking innovation for enterprises.",be innovative so that there are more ways for us to attack the customer and take the sales ahead.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35702,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"- mainly work on project, so there is always the opportunity to learn your things and get in contact with different people - great benefits (schedule flexibility, health insurance, canteen)","- Very hard pressure: it seems that nothing is enough. - Not so much opportunities for a vertical move across department. However, it's quite easy to get a promotion.","I have met very nice managers at Facebook, the best ones I have ever had. I would recommend them to give the right examples to employees (for example, do not send email during weekends.. )",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35703,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partnerships Manager,"Great culture. Generally more open and transparent than most organization. People take ownership of what they do and take pride in the impact they make.  Internal mobility among roles, teams and locations is great and there are programs that help with mobility.","As the company gets bigger, it is experiencing some growing pains as well such as increasing politics and decreasing transparency. A lot of industry hires simply do not understand the Facebook culture while holding key positions and decision making power","As the company gets bigger, it is experiencing some growing pains as well such as increasing politics and decreasing transparency. A lot of industry hires simply do not understand the Facebook culture while holding key positions and decision making power.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35704,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Client Partner,Culture is being lost,Facebook is Facebook. Absolutely brilliant with a unique mission and a brilliant team.,Pressure is globally becoming higher in sales and team is getting bored. Very different than what it was.,It's becoming a bureaucratic environment that disables productivity and creativity.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35705,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Product Specialist,A mixed review!,"- A leading tech player in the world committed to making the world more open and connected. Everything Facebook does will impact people in a massive way. Very credible & humbling to be a part of such a journey  - You're taken care of. You really don't worry about day to day things which otherwise eat up your time. The benefits & perks have got you covered  - Bright, Young & Passionate people to work with. You don't want to be a part of a group which has had a conventional approach to things. Peeps at facebook come from different parts of the country, unique experiences & have a zest to perform.","- The Hyd office is moving towards a ""Contractors-Only"" office. The best people have moved out & the best projects have been re-allocated to other offices. There's no actual meaty problem to solve otherwise  - People don't question (enough). As a an employee I remember one of the biggest culture drivers & work was people being really passionate about problems to solve. I guess that fire has burned out.  - Weak Management. An employee would expect a manager to advocate for his / her projects globally. And that has gone down drastically.",- Re-brand Hyd office in the global scenario & get more challenging stuff to work on - Recognize the fact that your best people are leaving (slowly & steadily),3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35706,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"Open, friendly, challenging environment. It's hard to believe that a company this big still genuinely feels like a startup but it truly does. The leadership works hard to remove obstacles to people doing their best work, and creating a culture where individual opinions are valued to drive innovation. You are encouraged to move fast and it's okay to fail if you're trying to push the limits and do something new (as long as it's back up with data/metrics/etc.). People are genuinely nice, collaborative, and so smart that you're constantly in a state of learning. London office has people from over 50 countries so great chance to meet some of the smartest people from around the world.","Work/life balance is a challenge but something able to be managed with communication and support from your manager. As with any global company (especially one in such a period of rapid growth), there are growing pains around how to communicate locally vs. globally. London does hugely important work, building and shipping their own products. However Headquarters still think in a very US-centric way, this is something we're all working on.",Think globally and beyond the bubble of the Silicon Valley.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35707,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,A incredible place to work for,"I've been in multiple tech companies so far and I must say that Facebook really does an amazing job at putting its employee in the best position to make them successful. We have the perfect workplace, our career is the main focus of our managers and diversity is not only encourage, but actively advocate (really, the initiative in term of gender equality, the fight against ethnical or confessional based bias here is fuel with so much energy that it should be a standard in modern companies). Also, the well-known CEO really has a plan and is totally transparent about it. I would definitively work here.","Sometimes, I must admit that the all motivational aspect of the culture is a little bit exaggerated, however, most of those great principles ""aim higher, don't be afraid to do something..."" are actually enforced so, all in all, it is not a big issue and it's align with the company culture.","Keep on the good job, do not let the growing size of the company change the culture.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35708,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Global Director,Global Relations,"Young, dynamic organisation that scales globally very well Some amazing people Good packages, good bonus Good recruitment process, fast and efficient","Very intimidating environment. Feedback is only negative, never positive Older facebook people are very cliquey and not very welcoming to the noobies. American culture seeps through every market and there is no understanding the world is actually global and not American. Local employment laws are not observed. Little diversity Poor leadership who focus on their personal book launch rather than run the company. Poor training. Expectations that performance is expected from day one, without time to bed in. The product evolves purely for commercial reasons and not the user experience",Change the culture of the company. Treat employees as adults. Understand every person is different and there is room for all to thrive -extroverts and introverts Not what you expect from Facebook who's ethos is to connect the world! That doesn't mean make it American. Focus on creating a good experience for the consumer and not the Ad Model and making money.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35709,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Client Associate,Great company to work,Work environment and perks Talented people,"Not very clear about promotions and career path Even though the company wants people to give clear and open feedback, it can be bad if your manager does not cope with it. As many people are unexperienced, professionalism can be lost sometimes.",Be careful with your managers,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P146.htm
35710,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Latin America Outsourcing Associate,"Awesome, living the dream and working hard.","All pros, company provides you all resources you need to move fast and provide impact!","No cons. Just need to take care with all food available, but is more up to me than the company.",Keep the same rock and roll.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35711,facebook,Madrid (Spain)," Jun 19, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Nice place,work balance salary opportunities ticket restaurant colleagues work balance salary opportunities ticket restaurant colleagues,sometimes hard to follow rules,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35712,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great company to work for,- Very friendly people - Good benefits - flexible working space and time - healthy work competition,-Lots of politics - Very unstructured work environment - inexperienced mid-management,Improve mid-Management,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35713,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Production Engineer,Amazing Culture and Amusing Place,"- Flexibility in the technology stack, facebook has almost everything you would think of from Haskell, C++, to Java - Open and transparent culture, *almost* no secrets, all employees are treated as a trusted team",Sometimes you become so addicted to the internal tools that you rely on them and forget how the outside world works without them,Salaries and Benefits need to match the MPK office in all of facebook's other offices around the world. Currently UK salaries are roughly less than MPK offices by 20%,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35714,facebook,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, a few great talents but...","Friendly, fast-pace environment, great talents, big clients to work with",... it's also a bubble. There's a strong working culture that prevents you to keep a healthy work-life balance and focus on what really matters to you.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35715,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - SMB Program Manager,Facebook São Paulo,"Work life integration, connection with the company's mission, perks and opportunities to do big things.","Competition, higher expectations and meritocracy.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35716,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Amazing company,"Lots of smart, clever and approachable people. - The friendliest I've ever worked with. Highly engaging projects. The company mission. Brilliant benefits A career with constant learning and development.",Scratching my head trying to think of some...,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35717,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Community Operations Analyst,Marketing Science,-I've gotten to work in amazing projects with real impact -Good culture and opportunity to work with really smart people -Awesome perks and benefits,-Growing and starting to get really about politics and playing the game. -It's getting harder to scale products in a way where everyone cares about what they're building vs. their own visibility.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35718,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,I love this job,"I am in Facebook less than a year, but I already love this company. So many internal tools. So much support from more experienced engineer. I can feel that my knowledge is growing every single day.","Hm, the only disadvantage I can see is that there is no disadvantages so far :(",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35719,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Advertising Analyst,Great company!,"surrounded by smart people, fast pacing environment, transparency, perks & benefits","you need to be able to adapt to new team structures, management styles quickly",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P147.htm
35720,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Facebook Dublin,"Lots of autonomy, opportunity to have impact and be creative in your thinking. Decisions can be made quickly due to lack of red tape. Work with some of the smartest people in the industry who are incredibly humble and collaborative.",Lack of structure and process due to pace of growth.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35721,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great engineering org,"Facebook trusts its engineers. We get free food, access to technology as and when it would help our job, a good working environment, and the ability to regularly move from team to team to prevent burnout and ensure that we've spread our knowledge widely. Lots of flexibility in working hours helps, too.","You need to take a good grip on your work-life balance - if you want to be first in, you'll be arriving before 7am, while if you want to be last out, you won't leave before midnight, and there's no-one who'll necessarily stop you being both first in and last out.","Keep track of the jealousy that's beginning to show up - there are cases popping up on internal messaging systems where, stripped of the fancy language, people are basically saying ""those guys want/are taking something, surely that can't be allowed?!?"" Better to emphasise that we can afford to provide what people need.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35722,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - User Operations Specialist,"Opportunities, learning and devolopment",-Really smart people to work with - Leaders who care and are invested in helping you build your career - Amazing work culture and perks/benefits,"Fast paced environment, what you work on today,might not be a priority for the business tomorrow",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35723,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,"How you'd expect a company to work, if it was designed by (string) engineers","A refreshingly rational approach to maximising opportunity and efficiency for individual contributors. You're measured objectively on 'impact' but are free to determine where you can find most impact. I work with undoubtedly the strongest engineers (both max and avg levels), the culture is supportive and fast-moving, and I've developed personally more in 8 months here than I have in years elsewhere.","The very high level of achievement is intimidating, and although the company is very positive towards work/life balance, sometimes I try to brute-force some impact with long hours.",Don't lose the culture as we continue to grow. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35724,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Principal,Working at Facebook Hyderabad,"Decent facilities, good brand name, option to relocate to global offices","No exciting work happens out of Hyderabad office, too much favouritism in place, people suck up to folks in US offices, be prepared to take calls at 10-11 PM almost everyday, people mistake meetings for productivity, no planned investment for the future, this has become more of a back office",Develop Hyderabad as a fully functional centre of excellence as India is a huge market and you can't rely on a white man/woman sitting ten thousand miles away to figure out the Indian market,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35725,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Client Partner,Do what you do best,"- Huge focus on employee development - Flat organization - every one is reachable and reactive - Sounds cliche but it's an amazing organization with truly amazing intentions, vision and executions. - Moving super fast and super flexible","Not sure i have any, but I think some people will find the speed and flexibility bothering. Almost 2 years and loving every minute",Don't change,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35726,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Deserves the award: the best place to work in the world,"- Work with smartest people in the world - Efficiency is at the top, it is crucial to make things work in the same quality in shorter time in more scale. - The company and products develop your skills based on your area of expertise - There are many perks: three times meals, free food in the kitchens, cool offices, games rooms, activities, parties etc. etc.",There is pretty much nothing to add here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35727,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Contractor,From the viewpoint of a contractor,Opportunities to communicate with clients who are experts in advertising on Facebook Learning about Facebook advertising solutions from the basic to comprehensive level,Discrimination in treatment between full-time employee and contractor Micro-management working environment applied on contractor,"Develop better management system, especially for contractor as everyone is working towards the same goal for the company.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35728,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Once in a lifetime,"Still a bit startup-i, plenty of opportunity for impact and growth, great culture, great percs",Thoughest feedbacks you'll ever get. The speed and level of productivity at which they work and expect you to work is scary. (Not sure if any of these are cons),none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35729,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Recent Joiner,"The people, the work, the innovation & ideas, the food!",no cons at this stage,Keep building the open and authentic culture,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P148.htm
35730,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Associate,"its not a workplace, its a family full of mad love!","- professional, personal, career, whatever you need, FB gives you! - growth, visibility unlimited - the only place that I worked which lets me be! - never afraid of being judged, I can go as stupid as I want to, as long as I learn something out of it...","- its a place for those, who *are not ready to do any job for good money* - the motivation at FB is not money, its much beyond it - it is about running my own workplace - so if you are looking for a clean 9 to 5 job with limited accountability, no one will complaint and no one will ask u to stay back and work and slog, but yeah, your impact might always be lesser - may be because you're gonna compete with the smartest brains in the world. - this is a place for those to thrive, who love to take complete ownership of everything and treat every product as their own baby!",- you are still slowly going towards hierarchy! watch out!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35731,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Data analyst,"Fast Paced, dynamic work invironment",startup culture and high expectaions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35732,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Manager in Sales Organisation,Fantastic place to work. Develop your career. Develop as a person as they invest an awful lot in you.,The bar is always rising. What's good one year is average the next year. There is no resting on your laurels. That is the same for everyone.,"Even though we have some of the best ways to communicate in the world, we still manage to have way to many meetings. These meetings end up taking away from us doing our job.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35733,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Lead,Best company,Flexibility and autonomy. Trusted by management to own your workload. Incredible benefits and focus on work life integration,Cannot think of one. The best place I have ever worked.,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35734,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Analyst,analyst -facebook,"many , can't be summed up in words","none, perfect place to work",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35735,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 15, 2016","Current Employee - Director, SMB EMEA",Great Company,Very open culture Great place to work Can really focus on impact Get to solve problems that have never been solved before,I don't really have any cons. It's been the best company I have worked for.,Continue what you are doing - fantastic company to work for,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35736,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Outsourcing Operation Manager,Life @Facebook,Best is regarded as Normal Intelligent people trying to create impact to the real world Innovative ideas are given preference Fast paced,"There are no cons, probably some will say there is less structure around processes but I think that is deliberately done to move fast",Don't change,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35737,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - London,Technical Sourcer,Great benefits Great opportunities to develop yourself professionally Amazing culture,EMEA vs US different cultures,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35738,facebook,Melaka (Malaysia)," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Facebook at Open fast, no b s . .","Facebook is a good place to work . It might be easy to roll your eyes when people from Facebook say how open their culture Is. But it's true. At company wide- level, secret project, public incidents, important non- public business metrics.","I don't quite like the office decorations style. A little bit stressful and factory like. Despite good acquisition for solidify the position in social media, social networks",My advice to the management is wish maintain the privacy and safety of the people's using it. Must know the original owner .From the start of the beginning they sign up. Must remember and cannot change the owner own profile. And must be careful check properly the site . Some scam sindicate try use it.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35739,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,cool,good perks in the job,long hours to be done regularly,keep rolling my dogs keep rolling,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P149.htm
35740,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,"Amazing Company, somewhere to learn a lot!",Amazing Perks! Amazing product! Amazing smart people!,"Work life balance, it is really demanding if you want to get promoted.",Do a better job on work life integration.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35741,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Creative Strategist,"Long interview process, worth the wait","Great company culture, very smart people, interesting work, entrepreneurial, dynamic and ever changing","lots of smart people all trying to make an impact, competitive in a good way, but you need to be on your ""A game.""",keep doing what you're doing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35742,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Market Manager,Amazing!! Like no other company!!,It's true!! Facebook is the best company in the world to work for! Mark Zuckerberg is an absolute credit to the globe announcing to donate 99% of his shares to charity! The business is genuinely interested in making the world more open and connected and it's wonderful to be part of an organisation that is changing the world positively!,No cons!! To date I am blown away with the efficient manner and effective work force all with the one global goal!,"Keep up the great work, keep to your goals in making Facebook the best place to work in the world to make positive change and make the world a better place!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35743,facebook,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Client Partner,Great company,Very fast moving. Brilliant CEO. Long term vision. Great compensation.,Sales org is becoming corporate. More about visibility/perception than substance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35744,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Market Specialist,Amazing company! Learning a lot.,"Everything about the company, is great to be surrounded by intelligent people and learn with them! You must be a faster learner and a self starter to do well!","Work life balance some time is a challenge, with all the mobility you end up working more hours then necessary.",Keep key talent,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35745,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cool products, great colleagues, management can be dissapointing","Speed of innovation, extremely bright colleagues, who generously share knowledge, great benefits","Mid management: they are not transparent, talk about valuing people, but don't act accordingly","If you want to retain talent, treat them with respect and empathy",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35746,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,Analyst,The work environment is stress free and work culture is healthy,You would get so addicted to the smooth and tension free work environment,they know better,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35747,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - User Operations Analyst,Analyst,"friendly environment amazing culture , food",not a full time position,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35748,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Free thinkers, great perks, smart people",None none none none none,none,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35749,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,An amazing company,"They have an amazing culture, everyone I met was very friendly and the work life balance is so much better than the Menlo Park office.",The people working at the office were so friendly and nice that I hung out with coworkers a lot and didn't meet any Londoners.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P150.htm
35750,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing Culture in London's Office,Lots of smart people Interesting projects,"It could take some time until you hit your sweet spot in terms of satisfaction and impact. London's office doesn't have that many teams but is growing a lot, maybe this improves over time.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35751,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Awesome place to work,"#1: more impact/person than possibly any other organization on the planet  Also: brilliant and friendly coworkers, ridiculous perks, emphasis on career development and learning","Most people don't have a great work-life balance, but it's always self-selected/self-imposed. (Culture is focused on impact rather than time spent working, so working longer hours is not measured or inherently valued.)",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35752,facebook,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,"Great Product, People and Values","Facebook is a great place to work. Its not often that you can say that you work on a product that you genuinely believe in in a company with great values and with the best caliber people. Facebook is such a place. Nobody at Facebook is there accidentally. The interview process is intentionally tough because Facebook would rather have more False Negatives than False Positives (ie they would rather be wrong they give someone a No Hire than be wrong when go ahead a hire someone). What this means is that you are working with some of the best people in the world. Also the values that the company believes in truly important. Its great to work for a place that is so open with its Employees. Since Facebook's product is all about Social, the company makes sure that employees feel free to express their opinions. Everyone is encouraged to weigh in on important decisions. The company structure is such that we dont get fancy titles and therefore we end up being more equal. Move fast is also important, and the company removes all obstacles from employees so that they can do their job well. Overall I love working at Facebook and would recommend it to everyone.","Since the company is focused on impact, work life balance could be better. People often feel that putting in an extra hour or two a day will increase their impact. Usually this is correct, but will cause the employee to burn out faster which the company doesnt want.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35753,facebook,Paris (France)," Jun 27, 2015",Former Employee - Online Sales Operations,Nice salary but tough management,"Nice salary, beautiful offices, challenging field, fast paced environment, nice people around. I had a great experience working there actually",Some of the managers are real control freak and won't be really open minded sometimes but otherwise everything is great there,They might choose better some managers that are not giving the confidence to their employees needed to improve their skills,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35754,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Ops teams- Great place to learn but limited opportunities as you progress,Great M team Transparency at the company level Openness,Limited opportunities in Hyderabad as you progress Lower salary when compared to other biggies Benefits not as good as HQ,Performance reviews twice a year are killing people and aren't helping their careers at all. Think hard about how you want to give your ops teams better opportunities,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35755,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Client Partner,You get out what you put in. And so much more.,"An incredible amount of time and effort is put into pushing employees to be the best version of themselves they can be, both professionally and personally. Development and career opportunities abound everywhere you look, and the quality of people that you are surrounded with is eons beyond anything I've seen at any other company, and I've worked for quite a few in different parts of the world. Culture plays an important role, and is also what makes the special place it is. The workload is high, but a heavy emphasis is put on having the right work-life balance/integration - which helps keep things humane. Even with a high workload, the impact of what we do is seen and felt on a very regular basis, pushing me to continue in my quest to be the best version of myself I can be, so I can deliver results that support our ultimate mission of making the world more open and connected. The hype is very real. It really is this good here.","Being surrounded by the creme de la creme day in and day out makes imposter syndrome a very real and regular challenge. Keeping these thoughts in check can be challenging, but if you can manage it, and focus on being the best version of yourself, everything works out in the end. Incredibly fast moving changes can be tough to keep up with, but its also a big part of the joy of being here. There isn't much to complain about, which is why I'm having difficulty finding something of real substance to put here. Oh yeah - the free food, drinks, and snacks absolutely must be offset by regular workouts, or else the natural process of weight gain will rear it's ugly head. File that under #TheFoodIsTooGood.","Keep focusing on culture, its what makes this place unlike anything else in the world. We're all scared that as we continue to grow, culture will fall to the wayside. Keep fighting the fight - the message is getting through, albeit not to every single one of us, but regardless of that fact, keep it up, you're doing great. #ShipLove",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35756,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,Really good company .Great place to work!,No cons ! I dont have cons.,Work on competing with google !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35757,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Facebook is an employee-focused company. Working here I feel valued and appreciated. I feel lucky to be part of this organization.,"This is not a real con, actually, but rather a reflection on the fact that in order to be successful at Facebook you have to be comfortable with change.",I'm inspired by my management from a professional as well as from a personal point of view.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35758,facebook,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Client Partner,Great place to work,Great amount of autonomy given to employees at all levels. Leadership is very transparent. All employees are encouraged to never hesitate to question their leaders. Overall environment is one of cohesiveness and cogeniality,Targets & Goals set can be very aggressive. Hiring still tends to be slow which results in tough workloads on current employees.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35759,facebook,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Regional Product Marketing Manager,Regional Product Marketing Manager,"Good perks, 6 months salary revision, in large offices there are good career opportunities, good company momentum","Fiercely competitive environment especially around sales, eng and technical positions. Collaboration is encouraged, but teams usually work in silos.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P151.htm
35760,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Facebook makes you feel like part of a family,- co workers care about your well being - helping others to achieve and excel is the norm -,- people like working here too much that many people do long hours - company is getting bigger and bigger and is easier to become less impactful / less recognized.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35761,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Friendly people, interesting work but no work-life balance.","- Smart, hardworking people - Great internal tools and tech - You get a lot of freedom as an employee, and your ideas are valued by your manager and your peers if they are good. - Great perks   - Free food - Great cafeteria and decent selection of snacks and drinks at the micro-kitchen, plus two bars :)   - Decent gym allowance","- No work life balance. To be fair, a fair number of people at FB work 40 hour weeks and are pretty successful, but it's not uncommon for people to work 10 hours a day or more, or work on a weekend because they are overloaded with work to do. A lot of people (including me) don't have any friends outside of work. - The whole ""We're changing the world"" thing starts to get old after a while.","You're doing a great job, keep it up! I'm not sure what can be done to address the work-life balance issue, but in my mind that's the only major issue with working at Facebook.",4.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35762,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast moving, always learning","Autonomy, Inspiring Leadership, wonderful benefits, colleagues feel like family, mission driven company","Work life balance is a challenge, but there's a real movement from management to try and tackle that.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35763,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Community Ops,Great place to work at!,Nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35764,facebook,Paris (France)," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Facebook Software,Super excited,Nice company loved it. Easy people to talk to really out going intellectual people.,Everybody expects too much it's a bit harder on overall it's a pretty nice company to work with and chest a little bit weird at times.,Give it a try.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35765,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Data Analyst,data analyst,coding knowledge is adviseable but not a compulsion,complacency is a factor.But its upto you to make the most of it.,good work life balence sometimes,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35766,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Client Partner,Great Experience,Great job environment and benefits,Small teams and tons of work.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35767,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 22, 2015",Former Employee - Global Sales,Great experience,"- Great atmosphere - High degee of ownership in your role and in side-projects - A lot of freebies (food, sport facilities, etc) - Competitive compensation","Not many cons. The company moves fast and sometimes the information can be scattered across the organization, hence will take a certain level of proactivity to gather.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35768,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work & grow at!,"The amount of freedom each individual has is amazing. Tons of perks :D The culture is now more balanced, we move fast but also focus on maintaining stability. I had to move to a new country to join Facebook but never felt out of place. Never felt like a job to me.","We have a very active social life with colleagues, but is limited to weekends with other friends. From what I've seen its tougher to maintain work-life balance once you are married.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35769,facebook,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Client Partner,Best place to work at!,"Everything! The culture, the benefits, the mission, the feeling you are actually making you own stamp in the world.  Feeling really proud of my job and being happy every time I come to work",Most of the cons I can think of comes from living in LATAM not necessarily because of the company itself.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P152.htm
35770,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Client Partner,Exceeds all expectations,"Allows you to be your authentic self, no unnecessary masks, amazing outlook, great middle and high mngmnt",none i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35771,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - Business Operations Associate,A company that has taught me so much in the last 3 years (and still learning),"In very few companies you get to voice your opinion, thoughts & feedback so openly. It helps create an environment where you feel so deeply connected with your work that there is a strong emotional bond.","Being a remote office, one always need to take the extra mile to create impact. Though travel opportunities are there, we still haven't figured out the right model of equal opportunities for all regional remote offices.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35772,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Strong culture of passion, learning, and engineering excellence","Strong culture of passion, learning, openness / transparency, direct feedback, and everything is designed around empowering engineers to ship things quickly with a lot of autonomy. Growing everywhere and lots of opportunities for driving projects at whatever level you are able. And the people are wonderful - many of them feel like old friends even though we've worked together only a short time.","I agree with comments that this is not the place for someone who wants to coast. There's a general feeling that people here believe they're doing some of the most important, best work in their career.",Keep working hard to keep the culture great.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35773,facebook,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Administrative Officer,Experience to work with the messenger is really awesome.,"The best reason for working here is that,the whole environment of this so friendly that any one can work here so relax-ably.","It is a new company,so Office area is small rather than other software company.",Company should do social work than before.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35774,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work for,Employees travel at business class. The bootcamp is great because it offers flexibility in choosing teams.,Work life balance is complicated,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35775,facebook,Barcelona (Spain)," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,Best experience,Very good team! I enjoyed the work atmosphere and the hustling.,"I dont have really cons to mention, but maybe better bonus structure",balabalabasdsdsadsadladsaldas]dlas[dlas[dpasd,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35776,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,Dublin is the best Facebook office,Freedom Awesome people Impact You get to work with people you would actually hire if you were a startup,"MPK - late meetings, no work life balance",My current manager is awesome. Be more open. Move fast.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35777,facebook,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Nov 16, 2014",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Amazing,"Facebook has an open communication environment . Besides there is a lot of work to be done on an everyday basis, if you are good at it, you will have a lot of possibilities to develop your career. also, perks are pretty good on the job.","The main constraint is bandwidth. Too much work to be done and limited headcount. Facebook is not the biggest company when it comes to headcount. However, everyday we have more work to be done.",More training for employees.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35778,facebook,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A workplace with a lot of opportunities,"- The main reason why working for Facebook is great, is the opportunity to move roles as it allows you to always strive on your ambition and face more interesting challenges. It gives you the opportunity to constantly excel. - Another benefit of working here is the fact that almost most of the colleagues are high achievers, thus always inspiring to do more and to do it better. - The culture is very warm, open and fun. I worry that I would never be able to find this working environment again. - Salary is very competitive, benefits are very fair. - Moreover, the working environment is full of respect, and even in case there was a disagreement it would never amount to more than that, usually solvable and manager is ready to step in and find a solution, all done in a very smooth and civil way. - The parties are super awesome, and the time they invest in them, shows how much they care about making us happy!","Since you're surrounded by high achievers, you could probably have sleepless nights. Yet this is only to drive yourself and challenge yourself. I wouldn't say it's a complete con, unless you let it affect you very negatively. Because on the other hand we are always encourage to apply work life balance.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35779,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 16, 2014",Former Employee - Internet Marketing Analyst,Amazing company to work for,"- Smartest people to work with - Great benefits (free food for breakfast, lunch, dinner) - Healthy work environment and an amazing working culture","Even though it is a great company to work for, it is still very hard to manage all the tasks you have to perform.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P153.htm
35780,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 1, 2014",Former Employee - Digital,Great Company to work for,Great Company to work for,There is nothing bad here,1,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35781,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Global Marketing Solutions,a company where I can make impact,"Everyone talks about the amazing perks etc. But that is not the biggest pro. The values are. For me the fact that I can do what I am good at, and really make a a huge impact is absolutely fantastic. Things are going very fast, even with the current company size. Maybe even faster. At Facebook there is a saying that every day is a week, and for me that is true. I think it is very special that moving fast and setting high standards of performance this can go hand in hand with being really good to employees too.","Keeping up with the pace is sometimes hard, and keeping an overview of all the things that happen. I love our internal groups, and responsive people are to help each other. This at least helps me to speed up on things that matter to me in my job","Facebook has a great mission and a great set of values. Every time the company uses these as a filter to what we are doing, it makes so much sense. If that is for assessing a new solution, a change in the organization set up or an acquisition. My advice is to keep on doing this, and apply this to all Facebook does.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35782,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Client Partner,Positive experience in a company that is growing Google style,great benefits and perks. good worklife style great products,too much competition tendency to take executives from outside rather than promoting employees from inside,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35783,facebook,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 28, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"The people are excellent, iss them!",too much food! I have gained 10 pounds!,Slow down,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35784,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Client Solutions Manager,Move fast! Take ownership.,Work-life balance is great. Benefits are still lacking a little behind main competitor in developing countries.,"Although regional and global leadership are amazing, local leadership is not that great. Which is also great because it creates a lot of room for us to grow.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35785,facebook,Roseau (Dominica)," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Online Marketer,Has been very useful both socially and business wise,"Great reach of people to interact with, Customers are a click away, Access to companies all over the world, The overall benefits are great and suit my lifestyle","Lots of time spend in front of the computer, leaving not much time for home, friends and group outings. Saturated market means its harder to achieve goals",You guys are great all around,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35786,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Production Engineering Manager,Really great company to work for,"Great culture & core values - Focus on Impact, Move Fast, Be Bold, Be Open - these are not just buzzwords but are the true embodiment of the company.  Great colleagues - The overwhelming majority of staff at FB are world-class at what they do and are dedicated to doing a great job.  Great working environment & perks. FB really takes care of their employees in pretty much every sense of the word.  The company innovates and iterates really quickly and, despite the speed, moves to a surprisingly high quality bar.","Not a real ""con"" per-se, but it would be great to have a broader set of engineering teams in Dublin.",Keep up the good work :-),5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35787,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best place I've ever worked,"The company really cares about its employees, everything moves fast and it's not a ""bureaucratic"" place where you need to speak with 5 managers before do something. You can really make impact.",Everything is centralized in MPK and sometimes it's a bit difficult working from other offices. You have to challenge yourself everyday and maybe not everybody can do this for long. You're really comfortable at the office and you end up spending more hours there.,"It's OK base promotions and growth on impact but sometimes, people could do other things with a non clear and measurable impact that they do not do because it won't count for their reviews. Impact is great and important but we should also consider more factors.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35788,facebook,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work at, but pressure tends to be high.",1) Ownership of software 2) Responsibilities are given 3) No lack of projects 4) Compensation and package is awesome,1) Pressure tends to be high 2) long working hours 3) Management is ineffective 4) Managers sometimes aren't very understanding 5) A lot of employees have the fear of getting fired for performance,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35789,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 7, 2014",Current Employee - Media Solutions Specialist,"Great young energy, but sometimes dull job","Fast changing, open leadership, good perks.","Over qualified workforce, dull manual tasks",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P154.htm
35790,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 30, 2014",Current Employee - Client Partner,bla,"top notch, couldn't be better",no complains so far. Only the weather.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35791,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Satisfactory,"Very friendly staff, meals are very good",At times there can be very little communication intra-day between staff,Better interaction between all levels of staff,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35792,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Analyst,Excellent,Gives you the opportunity to build your career the way you would like to Amazing work culture Very supportive and helpful colleagues,"Salary, may be but taken care by the benefits that the company has to offer (includes food, pick ups, gym membership)",You guys are awesome! Stay the same way!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35793,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,"People, projects, pace - it's all great.",Lots of travel. Can work long days if you want to.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35794,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 24, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Mindblowing!,"Great deal of flexibility Most amazing senior management and some of the best mentors The perfect place to kickstart your career and learn about the corporate A dynamic organization with well defined structures. But not so rigidly defined that you lose out on flexibility free food, great parties and offsites, intellectual and passionate people and the best culture",Low compensation and long working hours ( though largely a personal choice),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35795,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome working experience,There are so many things..,Ver few things which you will hate,Nothing. They all are fine,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35796,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Move fast!,Much freedom. Brilliant people. Awesome projects.,Salary in London is significantly lower than in West Coast.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35797,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 1, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,A calm ride after a interview storm,"people, salary, travel, options to work on projects that have a professional and personal interest.","people who are there a few years, do have a belief of entitlement or belonging, to those who started post IPO.","keep engaged and remember, the best talent is with recent and new hires",5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35798,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facebook is a great company to work for,"Facebook is a company that trusts your abilities and talent. You're given so much responsibility and learn something everyday. The culture is beyond compare, you work with people from all over the world and with different work- and educational backgrounds - and everyone is committed to making the platform better and help the world connect.","Being a young team can be a good and a bad thing. It's great for innovation and ambition, but it can certainly lack the necessary experience to foresee challenges.","Continue to be open about projects, products and changes in the org.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35799,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 21, 2013",Former Employee - MMS,A fantastic company... full of jerks.,"Incredible benefits, a great sense of family and partnership.","Too many 'bad eggs' in terms of people, who 'think' they are the embodiment of enlightenment and facebook's mission, instead maintaining status-quoe and dampening people's ideas, motivation.",Be what you say you are.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P155.htm
35800,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Client Partner,Awesome workplace!,After working at Facebook almost two years I can say that this is without question the best workplace I have ever seen. It is not only the sweet perks and the unique opportunity to create value for over a billion users over the world. It's also the culture that makes this company really amazing to work for.,Sometimes re-orgs can get a bit confusing internally.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35801,facebook,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Client Partner,Best place I`ve ever worked at!,"Great environment, values and career opoortunities",Company may grow faster than your career...,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35802,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - PR Manager,best place ever,"culture, people, vision and transparency",will come when bigger size,focus on hiring,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35803,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,An amazing journey of learning!,"Learning from the best, amazing benefits, be free to do whatever we feel it's important aligned or not with the goals.","As Facebook grows, more bureaucratic processes are in place holding people from natural career progression.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35804,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Please don't lose it Facebook!,"Facebook is the most incredible company to work for, there is a huge focus on people, impact, and a deeply held mission statement that we can change the world for the better.","As we've grown, there is the potential for the culture to be lost.","Focus on your people, not on each other.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35805,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flat hierarchy but becoming more corporate,"Great perks and good benefits, good career opportunities, interesting work",Work-Life balance not always great. Most people are available 24/7 and via Facebook always connected. It can become difficult to separate work and private life.  Lower level management needs improvement. Many managers and team leads have no management experience and no support.,Hire managers with actual management experience. Provide management training to current managers.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35806,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - User Operations Analyst,Perfect working environment,"Talented people with very unconventional working style. People are creative, and professional. Furthermore, it keeps you out of stress and focus on the work at the highest efficiency. Everyone is friendly and the most importantly is the diversity at Facebook is the key to explore to power.",None. Because I can't find any place work better than here. this is why it is voted as the best place to work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35807,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 14, 2013",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Impactful work. Great peers. Greater learning.,People. Food. Culture. Work/Life balance. Opportunity to work some great industry leaders. Impactful projects --> more users see/feel that impact during their experience on the site.,mid/senior management. tending to get bureaucratic. myopic view of large-scale projects/work.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35808,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 6, 2013",Current Employee - User Operations Analyst,Part of the Online Revolution,-The diversity of the people (we have people coming from all over the world and it really helps knowing how to work with different backgrounds) -The culture -The Food,"-So many things to focus on, can get you lost -Career opportunities inside and outside of Facebook (unless you're in Eng)","Focus on Career within the company, hiring from outside of the company is killing it. We like our employees but don't focus much on building their own careers which is one of the reasons we don't have a very strong TAT in some departments.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35809,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 14, 2013","Former Employee - Specialist, Global Marketing Solutions",Satisfied Ex-Employee,"Great work culture. They literally move fast. Things get done very quickly. People are helpful, and some of the best people you'll meet.","The ambiguity in work sometimes gets to you. No career path, and proper mentoring that you can claim. Everything with regards to personal or career development is laden with jargon and hyperbole in discussions. Things like ""you have to move to the next level"" are what you'll hear, but not how to.","Please listen to employees about career paths, and do something for everyone who works for you. If you let people go because you have decided to downsize in the back-offices, even though they are stellar performers, you aren't really living up to your values.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P156.htm
35810,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 4, 2013",Current Employee - Media Solutions,Amazing place to work and learn,Career development has been a focus throughout my time in Facebook Change is a constant so you are not allowed to sit in the casual zone which helps keep the performance high The teams are full of the most talented people I have ever had the pleasure of working with,"Sometimes you have little to no control of where your job is going, it feels like you are last to know about any changes to your job",Try be more open when making changes and ask for the opinion of the people who are impacted. I believe in moving fast and it is something we all do in Facebook but some clarity on where we are moving is needed sometimes,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35811,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great internal mobility - across all the FB offices - both in engineering and business roles.,Great internal transfer program set up. Makes it easy to discuss and weigh your options.,Have to be proactive to search for those opportunities.,Keep this up and allow it to scale!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35812,facebook,Makati City (Philippines)," Jul 28, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Representativel,wow,you can travel and change your family life..,add product could make people happy not boring,build solid friendship to all employee,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35813,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 21, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Not to bad,"Brand , Cantine , Benefits (not salary) , work environment",Not meritocracy oriented at all,Need to focus on retention,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35814,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 12, 2013","Current Employee - Analyst, User Operations",An average experience,- You get to work on pretty much whatever you suggest - Good benefits,- Because people get to work on whatever they feel like there are a lot of resources that are wasted - There is a lot of core work. Eg. You have to get through x amounts of requests from users per days,"There does not seem to be any plan as to where or how anybody can make a career on Facebook, in particular in User Operations in Dublin as the management team seems to not have put much thought into career development.",3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35815,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 18, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Operations Engineer at Facebook,"- Amazing work environment (meritocracy, smart people, great technologies, ...) - Great perks (food, snacks, health insurance, gym benefit, laundry, ...) - Very little corporate overhead. - Feels very much like a startup, despite being over 8 years old.",- Time-sink: it's easy to neglect everything that's not work related. - Decent salary but nothing extraordinary.,Continue to do what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35816,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"It's not like working for a company, it's working for people, making their life better","This company provides you everything to make an impact for more than 1 billion people. This is something unique in the world. The atmosphere is great, you can ask anything to anyone freely.","Moving Fast brings some problems for future, but it's no big deal, has more pros than cons.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35817,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,"Engineering, Manager","- Hackathons - Flexibility in choosing how you approach a project, technical leadership opportunities - Benefits - Free food, dry cleaning, etc - Open management, Q&As with Zuck every friday are un-matched in the industry.","- Noisy open floor plan - Works for some, doesn't for others. The good news is, with some effort, you can get put in a corner if you want some quiet area to hack in. You could always just lock yourself in a meeting room.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35818,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Partnerships,Still huge opportunities & growth potential,"Work Flexibility: you have a work description, but you can basically do what you want Work environment: you work with the smartest people of the industry, tackling the biggest problem of recents years (connecting 1 billion people together) Work culture: perks, couches, free food etc.","Facebook becomes your work, you don't open it in evenings or weekends anymore","Hiring is the single most important thing for Facebook. True in the engineering department, but also true in the sales team. I feel this rule isn't applied well enough in sales: I keep asking myself how some people got hired here.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35819,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,"Fantastic challenges, great craic, excellent people","Despite having several thousand employees, you can still have an impact, and it doesn't have to be ""wrote the messaging system"", it can be as simple as ""made something more efficient, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars over a year"", or ""enabling someone else to be a rock star"". There are great challenges in the infrastructure, and it's a first-hand experience of (at the heart) simple systems interacting in complex ways. Lovely food from the on-campus cafe (really and truly I'd call it a restaurant, the food is that good), break out areas for peace and quiet, and generally excellent and smart co-workers.","Long days mostly, and the communication lag with HQ. It's possible to get sucked down a rabbit hole for days on end, sinking in far too many hours. However, in the end, it's a personal choice to do hours and hours of work beyond what you're salaried for. The 8 hour lag with California is also a pain in the rear - you either live with 24 hour turnaround on question/answer threads, or you stay late to try and catch someone in real time.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P157.htm
35820,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Developer Support Engineer,Best job I ever had!,"- Fantastic culture: FB is moving fast so there are lots of opportunities to work on interesting projects. - Impact: you get to work on projects that affect millions of people every day! It's hugely rewarding! - Great facilties. Facebook is a fun place to work with a great work environment. This starts with having top-notch screens to nicely designed break out areas. - loads of benefits, e.g. health care, free food - loads of opportunities to grow within the company. Facebook is still small, so there is always a career path that will enable you to grow into a management role or into a highly impactful individual role! - lots of travel if you're up for it - Learn: Facebook has a great team that focusses on providing you with training around communication, presentation, time keeping, management skills. Whatever you are interested in!",- work load is high so good project/time management skills are a plus!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35821,facebook,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Client Partner,"Fantastic Culture, Colleagues, Learning Experience, and an Overall Great Opportunity!",An incredible culture and great group of people to be around.,The work itself is quite rigorous and difficult.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35822,facebook,Bacolod City (Philippines)," Oct 5, 2012",Current Employee - Agent,awesome,"it is a user,s friendly website",i have no time sometimes because im so very busy,just do you very best way to entertain people with your website keep up the good work:),4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35823,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 22, 2012",Current Employee - Engineer,Top Company to work for,"It's a flat organization with very flexible work, lots of benefits and of course great food for breakfast, lunch and dinner!","A lot of strangers will talk to you if you go out with facebook tshirts, if you want to stay on your own, just don't wear them ! :-) Apart of this, no cons on working at FB in my opinion",Sometimes keep an eye to productivity when distributing bonus,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35824,facebook,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 7, 2012",Current Employee - Custom Market Insights,Making a big difference globally,Great culture and positive attitude of all employees. Working with some really intelligent people,"The work day is never long enough, always too many things to do",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35825,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Analyst,"Like working at a start-up, a very big one. The friendliest and fastest work environment I have ever been part of!","Working at Facebook has been and still is the most amazing experience, for me. Why? Because,  - The people that work here are extremely bright and driven - The work environment is incredibly open and supportive. If you want to get something done but need help or input from a different team, you will get it - You have the freedom to focus on what you feel will have the highest impact. Of course, you still need to do you core job though - The work culture is truly flexible  These things may not be the most important points for you but after having worked in the voluntary sector (NPO), public sector (Army and UN), and the private sector (Banking) they are the most important to me. And from my experience separates Facebook from 99% of all work places.","If your require a lot of prescriptive guidance (step by step instructions), don't like dynamic work environments, and are lethargic when it comes to your work, this is not the best place to work at.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35826,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - User Operations,The best job I have ever had,"Great culture. Management genuinely cares about staff happiness, career pathing, growth and personal development. As the company scales, you get a sense that everyone wants to retain the hack culture, the ability to move fast and to avoid bureaucratic systems, while offering opportunities to everyone and avoid any 'hand-picking' and keeping company politics to a minimum. The working environment is collaborative, open and focused on impact.  People. Some of the smartest people I have ever had a chance to deal with. Hard-working, fun, collaborative, creative and driven. They are not all made from the same mold and diversity is important. In Dublin, I love the multicultural environment, it is respectful of everyone's culture and creates a great vibe around the office.  Perks. Alright so the initial salary is not the highest compared to other companies I have worked for. However, the 6 monthly bonuses (performance based), stock, salary adjustment every year, free healthy delicious food all day really add up. I have had higher base salaries in previous jobs, but going to work every day without fearing what the day brings, and lower stress-levels are just priceless. Also put in the Irish/Dublin context (very very grim unemployment figures), it is a solid job with career prospects.  What we do. Putting aside the people, the cool office and many perks, I really love what I do. We support hundreds of million users across EMEA/Latin America, and working on such a scale is inspiring. I feel immensely proud of what we are achieving every day.","Work life balance can be at times poor. No one is really putting a gun to my head to work this hard, but I feel a sense of duty to our teams and our users.  As the company scale, I have seen some office politics creeping up here and there. I also hate the sense of entitlement that pops up every now and then.",Keep it up. Please don't let us become Google.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35827,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Team Leader User Operations,Awesome place to work,"There are so many cool things to say about where I work. I am an ex-Googler and I have had great expeirences in both companies but I would have to honestly say leaving Google to come to Facebook has been the best decision I ever made.  We are all so busy, there is no time for politics and BS. We are solving huge problems and the work we do is played out on such a huge scale. Having this level of impact and being part of a relatively tiny team means you can really feel the value of the work you do. I love that we do not hyper hire, I love the fact that we hire such great people, people with a sense of purpose and some of the smartest people I have ever had the pleasure to work with.  WE have great amenities as well. Everything you need is here at the office. People don't mind coming into work, people are genuinely happy to be here and you cannot fake this atmosphere.  Feedback is well received and management do an awesome job of actioning this and listening to employees.","The salary is not the highest I have ever had but the perks, bonus, annual salary and stock reviews etc make this better and there is an emphasis on performance based increases, so hard work is really well rewarded.  Its a fast moving place which I also love but can be challenging as things we work on can change quickly so you need to be super adaptable but the dynamic nature of the role and the company makes it interesting and never dull.","keep up the good work, keep listening and keep shipping!!! :)",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35828,facebook,Khulna (Bangladesh)," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Moderatior,not bad,its a easyy way to connect wid friend,not so much..........but it damge so much tym,have to increase oppurtunities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35829,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazing company,"Great benefits - salary, food,training and atmosphere",hard to be promoted as some of the structures are very layered,promote people from within the company,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P158.htm
35830,facebook,Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"I met different people, Different culture it was good.",It has wide connections of different people and countries.,Works on Facebook takes almost your time,"Develop new innovations, games and other feature for the better",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35831,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 4, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Absolute roller coaster,"- If you are in sales:   - there isn't a more exciting thing to sell or talk about with clients and marketers   - huge advantage in terms of gaining access to clients  - Great career opportunities especially for those that are willing to get involved in emerging teams and roles and get stuck in. - Great benefits and work environment, amazing people to work with. It'd be hard to work anywhere else. - Always launching something new both on the marketing front and for users. - Business side of the company aside, we're changing the way the world communicates.",- Work - life balance is difficult particularly for the ambitious. - So many moving parts at certain points that turns out different groups at different locations are working on the same problem. This can be helpful when it's an innovation/engineering problem but not as much when it is about business processes etc. - Developing tools to increase non-engineering employee efficiency not perceived as sexy but might be inhibiting growth.,Figure out a plan for retention of employees 4-6 years at the job. Especially in places with a lot of expats. The turnover rate might be small but it is significant when compared to hiring.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35832,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazing work environment,- Working with smart people - Great perks - Great experience - High recognition for great work,- Sometimes work can get stressful,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35833,facebook,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - User Operations Specialist,Awesome place to work,We work with some of the best brains in the industry and also get to interact with highly learned and experienced people. Work culture is awesome.,Free food and calories :),Continue to be open and help in maintaining the flat org culture,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35834,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Over-worked and under-valued, watching the bubble burst","Working in digital, social and mobile is without a doubt *the* sector to be in, in Ireland these days, which is a great plus. Your role in FB is (pretty much) safe, which is more than can be said in other realms of the advertising (or indeed business) world. You'll also meet some amazing people here, you'll forge some real friendships. In advertising teams, there is a great feeling of getting to know the right people, doing (some of) the right things. Perks like free meals are increasingly ubiquitous, but are still nice.","The hours you work and the pressure you are under make the remuneration meagre in comparison (especially seeing as share options, previously promised to balance out low salaries, are now worth so little). The post-IPO scramble has made many lose confidence in the forward thinking and strategy of top level management, lower level management often lacks the skills or will to deflect from the increasing corporate politics. In engineering teams, there is a cult-like mentality towards the infallible CEO.","It's time to stop moving so fast and breaking people - think more about the long-term, and your employees who would like to remain with you.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35835,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Database Administrator,best job ever,"We could easily run out of space here. Facebook as a company, is like friend. I've my manager's constant attention on any issues I might come up with. The amount of benefits at Facebook is close to countless, starting from the small snacks, free food and basically everything that you can imagine. Once the company gave you everything you can think of, you have a wonderful place to work, with brilliant people on the most challenging problems. All you have to do for this, is doing your job.","All that Facebook expect from you for the best job is to do your job, which means a lots of working hours sometimes.",keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35836,facebook,New Delhi (India)," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Beta Tester,very good work experience with a brilliant environment,learn work and grow with the best social site in the world,"post IPO, facebook's company rating and compensation benefits are going down",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35837,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Representative,A great place to work.,High level of freedom to structure your own work. Maximum ability to make an impact on the world. Professional management.,Compensation could certainly improve. A bit too many company politics among colleagues. These are the only cons I can think of.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35838,facebook,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 20, 2012",Current Employee - User Operations,Best company to work for!,"It's so much fun to work for Facebook. Amazing perks and benefits. Free breakfast, lunch, dinner. They respect your work style - no set start/end times. Culture built on feedback, all levels are very receptive to listen to your opinion. no bureaucracy, transparent, impactful","I really can't think of any downside. It's all I can ask from a company, there's no other place I'd rather work for.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35839,facebook,Chennai (India)," Jun 2, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,fine and also very satisfy,creative co workers and employer,fast lifestyle and a little stressful,you are doing a fine job,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Facebook-Reviews-E40772_P159.htm
35840,netflix,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,Open communication. Top of market pay. Extremely good tech.,"Very meeting heavy, which isn't a con, but does take up time.",Please continue to do what you've been doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35841,netflix,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,How much does a functioning human cost?,- Paycheck - So many good people - Such a great service - Hope,"I have been working for a year at Netflix.  I've seen what was supposed to be very mature people, sharing absolutely almost no contact that anyone would qualify as ""human"". Sure, that sounds hyperbolic, let me develop (and maybe cherry-pick a little).  Have you heard about our culture? The one about giving candid feedback? - I have seen people complaining of behavior they literally demonstrated themselves in the following days. But I have also seen these feedbacks resulting in tears both in the eyes of HR persons or fellow engineers. How human does that sound?  Have you heard about our culture? The one about not tolerating brilliant jerks? I have nonetheless seen angriness and frustration, expressed in private, public and meeting. People rejecting new ideas by default, like, any ideas they wouldn't have worked themselves on for days wouldn't count. Even if those ideas are from the best examples in the industry or academics. How many publications/contributions have you seen from Netflix to computer science in general? How does it compare against any other company of that size in the Bay Area? Can you imagine either the real insecurity (x)or the lack of innovation that could lead to this situation?  Except for a few managers, directors or VPs feeling free enough to behave at work in the same way than how they live, almost every engineer I have been interacting with, have shared as little as possible about their private life. The rare exceptions of interpersonal exchange ends up around some sort of competitive behavior: Who is the most geeky, sportive, owns the fastest car/biggest house/visited the strangest place.  I've heard workaholic people complaining about ambitious peers who were over-managing, over-working to get even more work to do after. I feel like we're past workaholism at this point.  Maybe there are a lot of shy people! Maybe there is a culture of fear, not only of being fired, but also a fear of interacting with people going to be fired. Maybe it's all in my head, maybe people giving 5 stars to their experience here don't care the human aspect of a company. And maybe they're right.  What about your crush, your fears, your desires for the future, your appetite for life? I've been blessed to work in enough large companies to know that the behavior that I'm seeing in Netflix is not a healthy one. I've also been lucky enough to work in other industries more socializing than tech and I can tell that Netflix has a lot to do on that side, and off-sites or team meeting won't solve that problem.  I am afraid about the tragic, but inevitable consequences of the ways people operate in this company: I guess that the day the worst will happen, it will be addressed in an impersonal memo by Reed, followed-up by 1 or 2 reminders during offsites. Possibly commented by HR in a Q&A document. And move on. This company seems as reactive in its management of people as it is proactive in its business operations.  I still work at Netflix though, not only for the paycheck, but because I hope. I hope it will change. The needed change can't happen from a candid feedback, a Q&A, or only from inside. Change has to come from everyone, including people who take time to read comments like this one. Netflix has so many good people and offers such a great service.  As a curious Netflix employee reading this review: think about your past, isn't there a big human thing that you would love to feel again in your current company that you've felt in the past?  As a candidate: think about what would be a good question to ask to that HR partner once your package is almost here to be offered to you, think about that comment you make at the end of an interview when you're being asked by an engineer: ""Do you have any question for me?"" What Netflix needs is an inception, something that anyone and everyone would think about after leaving the call or the room they were sharing with you. Ask yourself, and then the others, the question you should ask if you think you want to spend a good amount of your life and energy in the place you're applying for.  - Will I learn and contribute to the knowledge of other's? Even outside the company? - Will I see emotional responses from my peers? Will that be for other reasons than being fired or bluntly criticized? - Will I find a friendly environment that will nurture my appetite for life? - What is the amount of emotional interaction (celebrating, sharing, playing) to expect from a company whose service is the best to ""entertain""? - Do androids dream of electric sheep?",Ask yourself those questions,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,52,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35842,netflix,none," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA Tester Contractor,"Great personalities, great work culture, free food, great tech help",None really at all at the moment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35843,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 30, 2018",Former Employee - Video Editor,Netflix Editor,Excellent Projects with Pros from throughout the Entertainment Industry,Still setting the feel of the company,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35844,netflix,none," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love it,It was great and i loved it,Not enough free snack especially chips,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35845,netflix,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Many great people to work with and learn from,Lack of accountability for management,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35846,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, with some growing pains","When they say that Netflix chooses stunning colleagues, they are not kidding: I am constantly impressed with the smart, thoughtful people I work with on a daily basis. I love the company's focus on Inclusion & Diversity (and, I honestly notice it often, by looking around the room and seeing faces like mine in every meeting), and I am continually impressed at how the company adheres to these principles. The transparency is usually great, and it's fun to be a part of an exciting, growing company. The salary is exceptional, and the benefits are also excellent (note: hourly employees get slightly less in terms of benefits, but it's still great).  There's a lot of freedom here to set your schedule and work around personal commitments if you need to (e.g. my kid has a doctor's appointment, I will be WFH, etc.), as well as to make decisions that benefit the company, your team, etc.  The culture deck is intimidating when you first read it, but I have found that it's pretty right on - there are some things that I think are not adhered to quite as often as it says, but overall, it's on point.","Work life balance is a thing, but I do think a lot of it is how well you defend your boundaries - I work a couple of hours of OT a week, and I am generally ""on call"" in the sense that I will check my email after hours, but I am not expected to work at off hours - in fact, my manager specifically tells me to wait until I am back at work to complete things. I do think upper management works very long hours, and that can lead to burn-out. The flip side of this is that there is a lot of flexibility to take vacation/personal time, and people trust you if you need to take some time for doctor's appointments, stuff for your kids, WFH, etc.  The firing culture doesn't seem to touch ICs as much as it does management. It is scary sometimes to see those messages come through, but the leaders do try to set context and make themselves available for comments, questions, concerns, etc.  I do think the whole concept of good ideas coming from anywhere is true to some extent, but it definitely depends on the team and the leader to whom you are pitching things. You have to be smart about choosing the right time/people.  The onboarding/training needs a lot of work. Not having a solid training for new hires was stressful and alienating. I spent the first few months wondering if I had made the right choice by coming here, but I am a year in, and feeling much more comfortable. They say it takes about 3 months to feel like you are not drowning, and 6 months to feel like you understand everything - that feels pretty accurate to me.",Bolster your training for new managers (especially when they are hired from outside the company).,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35847,netflix,none," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,"Great Benefits, pay, location, with great management",Dvd business continuing to decline.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35848,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Culture of fear is real, tone deaf culture that ignores any voices that doesn't sound like their echo chamber",- Great place if you love a high base salary. - There's free food. - Benefits are decent.,"- The culture of fear that's been talked about by some of the other reviewers is absolutely real and persistent at Netflix. People pretend it doesn't apply to them or they don't feel the fear (and will lie in meetings when asked about it), but deep down, the culture absolutely exists. While some of the involuntary terminations are fair and deserved, others can be for entirely political reasons - or it can literally just be because your manager stopped liking you, for reasons that may not be related to job performance.  Like just about every other company in silicon valley, there's a big push for diversity and inclusion. There's talks and usage of terms like ""micro-aggressions,"" ""safe spaces,"" and other BS made-up terms that needs to be distributed company-wide or department-wide. There are literally company meetings dedicated to talking about your feelings on some issue like this. Then entire departments will discuss it, and individual team managers will hold meetings with their teams to discuss it even more. It's so nauseating. If you even hint that you might be conservative, moderate, or hold any views other than the ultra-liberal, silicon valley social-justice-warrior mold, you will be discriminated against on the basis of your viewpoint, rather than trying to entertain a wide variety of thoughts and voices. Netflix ignores the fact that even in ultra liberal silicon valley, roughly 20-30% of their entire workforce voted for our current POTUS, circa 2016.","""Diversity and inclusion"" should really mean diversity of thought. Right now, what you have is people who look different, but think the exact same.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,35,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35849,netflix,"London, CA"," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - N/A,Very friendly,Lovely staff very great career opportunities loved working here,Poor career development opportunity yes,idk just writing this review so i can get access to ur staff reviews for my report cheers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P1.htm
35850,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Tier III/Technical Research Analyst,Tier 3 / TRA,"They pay above market averages and, provide great benefits.","While they really sell their company culture, and constantly discuss using good judgement, they really want you to do things the way they think it should be done. Your good judgement is only good if you follow their opinion of good judgement. Even if you have a good reason to do something differently, its not okay.  Their policy of fail well means you can make a mistake once. not twice. Terminations are frequent, and abrupt. In the last 6-8 months they have termed 3 supervisors, and about 15-18 people. There is a higher than average rate of churn here.  While they pay high wages, and provide low cost benefits this is done as a way to make everyone replaceable. It makes it easy to attract new employees.  Earlier this year they also announced plans to change tier 1/2 support from internal netflix employees to contracted employees with a call center provider.",Work to reduce churn rate to keep quality employees.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35851,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Agent,Great benefits and pay. Wonderful people to work with. Onsite cafe. Flexible scheduling.,"No formalized QA process. What one supervisor loves and recommends you do will get you fired with the next supervisor. It's totally subjective and you never see any documentation of how you are being graded. Currently the only 2 stats are average handle time and return contact rate. You can be exceeding expectations on both and still be fired for ""not providing an amazing customer experience"" which could be as simple as your supervisor doesn't think your tone of voice is positive enough. Your supervisor can and will sometimes listen to every call you took in a day to find something you did wrong to fire you over. You will never see anything in writing on any monitor including the one that gets you fired.",You pride yourself as a company on clarity. Set clear QA standards in writing that are consistent from one sup to the next and have open documentation of more than just what the sup wants you to work on for that week,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35852,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Physical Production Coordinator,Physical Production Coordinator,"Overall, great perks. They take care of their employees. You get paid top of market which makes it difficult to consider working anywhere else. Flexibility with your schedule. No set start time or end time. Ease of working from home. Transparency of work being done at every level. You get to have insight on a lot. Ability to give and receive feedback and it's a part of the culture.","You are always expected to perform highly, they create that environment of uneasiness. You can't be human and have bad days or go through personal issues that sometimes affect you, you know, the ones that happen in real life. You literally eat and breathe Netflix. Work life balance is based on your team culture and your boss. At the end of the day what your boss says, goes. HR doesn't do a great job at managing team energy. They do whatever the boss in that team thinks is right. Which is very anti Netflix culture.","If you want to claim to have transparency, you should",3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35853,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 3, 2018",Former Employee - Linguist,Ok,Great food & colleagues,Lack of communication between departments,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35854,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter,"- Very autonomous work environment - I was given more responsibility and freedom to take risks than at any other company before.  - Culture of transparency and feedback, there is a common understanding that timely and relevant feedback is key to one's development and healthy culture. Even in my short time here I was able to see the benefits of it - you always know where you stand. - Virtually no obstacles to getting top talent - lack of stringent process helps with being more strategic about our decisions",- No major cons come to mind,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35855,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior UI Engineer,Good pay and interesting work,Freedom Kind of work you love to do Work life balance Pay,Few brilliant jerks here and there,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35856,netflix,none," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix is the place to be,"A great culture that focuses on freedom & responsibility and tries to avoid the pitfalls of typical Hollywood. You work among the best and brightest. You're treated like an adult in terms of how & when to do your work-- as long as it gets done and is done well. Plus, I mean, who can resist free food?","The culture isn't for everyone. If you're not performing at your best, you could be let go. Not a place for people who try to skate by.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35857,netflix,"New York, NY"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,It's Alright Here,cool work environment and people here,"long hours, management is a little pushy",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35858,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Manager,You work with really smart people,A lot of work,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35859,netflix,none," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NetflixCS,Pay Lots of OT time Free snacks Free Netflix Pays half for lunches at cafeteria,Rude Callers No Phones on floor,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P2.htm
35860,netflix,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Security Engineer,Great culture - great place for growth,great culture - is an amazing place for growth,non yet - haven't worked greater than a year though.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35861,netflix,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary review,"Good pay and benefits, great cafe",Back to back calls with no support for break time,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35862,netflix,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSR,"Great atmosphere, subsidized meals, nice center.",I don't have any complaints about this company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35863,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Overall Positive,The Freedom & Responsibility Culture is top.  I had never (nor have I since) worked with such amazing colleagues. The amount and quality of work we got done was truly amazing.,"Burnout, big time (for me anyway). The culture isn't one to nurture you through that, so I had to either suck it up or move on.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35864,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Creative,Lead Creative,"Working Culture, freedom, space, salary.","Until now, none cons to be shared.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35865,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Research Analyst,Technical Research Analyst,"Benefits, culture, pay, location in Utah",None to mention so far,Keep being transparent with your employees and providing structured training.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35866,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I Wouldn't Tell My BFF or Worst Enemy To Work Here,The pay and health care is great.,"Lack of Diversity, No Work Life balance, Deceptive/Passive Aggressive Management, Unhelpful HR, Competitive, Cut-throat, bad food, overly specialized positions, lack of variety in task, insurmountable workload.","Invest in your employees. Do not expect them to perform like robots. Be compassionate, encourage improvements, reward hard work.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35867,netflix,none," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,"Bright and talented people, surrounded by committed co-workers",None that I can think of,Keep the culture strong,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35868,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As advertised in their culture memo,"Culture, transparency, supportive coworkers, and benefits.",Growing so fast that so many people are new and it may provide a challenge to maintain the culture the company prides itself on.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35869,netflix,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Publicist,Great people from multiple industries.,The company is growing too fast.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P3.htm
35870,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great diverse culture, work-life balance","- Smart and talented colleagues, you work with mature people who know a lot but not full of themselves and take feedback seriously - Freedom and responsibility in day-to-day work, no micromanagement - Working with cutting edge tech and freedom to pick your tools/frameworks - Great work-life balance, there is no fear of being let go - The most diverse team I've worked at in Silicon Valley - Top of the market compensation - Company is super transparent about everything","Netflix hires mature people and trusts their employees to prioritize their work the best way based on all the business context they have. There is not a lot of manager oversight or direction when it comes to what to work on. While I personally love this, I realize some people can find it challenging especially during first few months at the company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35871,netflix,none," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSR,Great environment I loved it here.,Huge call volume. Expect to take nonstop calls.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35872,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 5, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineering Manager,Weaponization of culture,"There are some teams doing progressive, technically interesting work- content encoding, some machine learning teams","Most teams aren't working on anything very innovative. The tech is your standard microservices architecture, and everything gets open-sourced, with a blog post and a nice conference talk. Eventually these projects wither because no one maintains them, and sometimes they don't even solve very effectively the problems they tout, but it's good PR for the engineers and 'leaders'.  Culture of fear is real. My manager was toxic, he loved to talk about diversity even though he was the biggest mansplainer in the room. My interview was interesting, it was a monologue of his rather unique theories of engineering management, most of which was a bunch of gibberish culled from the culture deck. When I got there I found him to be a pretty ineffective manager. He didn't have any engineering vision, no idea of strategy, and wasn't technical. If you get into an interview room and the manager spends 45 mins talking about himself, that's probably a sign to run!  Pick and choose what team you join. You can have either a pretty cool time with some smart folks, or have to deal with narcissists who believe their own PR.  Everytime I run into a Netflixer- they've either 1) just been fired or 2) tell me stories about the people in common we know who've been fired.","Management doesn't care about my advice, and they won't care about yours too. lol.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,67,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35873,netflix,none," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,closed,location was a great location for me,the place was just nonoperational,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35874,netflix,"Norcross, GA"," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Scanner,Netflix was very enjoyable and fun all the coworkers well very friendly.,"Flexible, good team work, good pay",Keeping up with the production,Good Communication encouragement to employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35875,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Senior UI Engineer,"Best culture, great colleagues, excellent pay, and real work/life balance","* ""Freedom & Responsibility"" is a real thing, and is embraced by the entire company * Culture deck is taken seriously, and is a construct that everyone is constantly aligned around * Active & helpful employee resource groups * Interesting problems to solve, interesting industry, brilliant colleagues, lots of insights * Work/life balance is a real, attainable thing here * Unlimited PTO is respected * Excellent pay * Everyone has a proactive mindset and is always willing to reflect and iterate on ""why"" we are doing what we're doing","* If you yearn for that close-knit team feeling, you may not find it here depending on which team you wind up on. Everyone's awesome to work with, but outside of getting things done, it can be hard to feel a real sense of camaraderie. I think this is a by-product of having a culture of ""Freedom & Responsibility"", wherein the company isn't forcing initiatives and events and whatnot upon you, so if you want to do something with your team, it's really in your (and your team's) hands to get it done.  * Since there's no strongly enforced standardization of technology stacks, they can be very disparate from team to team, which can lead to duplicate efforts, or implementations that are too tightly coupled to its use case, making it hard to reuse much of what exists.  * LA office feels h e c t i c.",I don't really have any advice—it's great to see our leaders leading by example and working hard to continue to improve (not preserve!) the culture here. Very refreshing and makes me excited to go to work every day.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35876,netflix,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Assistant,The company is recognizable and draw attention to your resume.,Hours were insane. Hardly any benefits. Only given government vacations.,Know what you want in animation as well as the process. This is completely different from live action shows.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35877,netflix,none," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work and lot of opportunities to grow!,great place to work and a lot of opportunities to grow!,You are basically a code monkey!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35878,netflix,none," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Free Netflix is always a bonus,Low pay for my level,Increase pay,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35879,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Supervisor,Bringing the worst of tech culture to a call center,"Great pay, cool office. Free coffee.",Toxic culture. Tech culture at its worst. Management more interested in the next big idea than actually following through on a current plan.,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P4.htm
35880,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Netflix Product Engineering,"- Work on cutting edge tech - Freedom & Responsibility culture is not just on paper but a reality - Never seen any other company give as much business context to employees. - Discussions, questions and debates with senior mgmt are encouraged - Risk taking is encouraged with room for failure. Senior mgmt and first level mgmt encourage you to move out of your comfort zone and grow. - Great culture. Company and HR takes efforts to make sure the culture remains great. - Competitive compensation and benefits - Helpful teams that are ready to help each other for the benefit of the company","- No formal mentorship program to help individual contributors grow - If you are not cut out for fast paced, learn something new everyday style of work, this is not the place for you","- Keep investing in employees - Keep giving context and being transparent - Continue the ""no brilliant jerks"" value - Invest in mentorship program - Maintain the freedom & responsibility culture as the company grows worldwide - Tap into fresh grads for innovative and unbounded thinking",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35881,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Administrative Assistant,"Free breakfast and lunch every day, lots of free stuff around the office, awesome co-workers- super open environment that encourages curiosity and questioning","Difficult to move between departments- easy to get stuck as an assistant in a department that doesn't interest you (aka a dead end, no growth)",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35882,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Lots of transparency and communication. Big focus on inclusivity and psychological safety. Team members are mature and I find have high emotional intelligence.  Team leader is great, delegates a lot, no micro management. She also challenges us constantly and give very candid and direct but always tactful feedback. I feel like I have a lot of opportunities to improve here.","Really struggling to find any meaningful con for now, but I've also only worked there for three months. I'm sure my perspective will change over time.   I've seen the ""freedom and responsibility"" motto used as what seemed like a way to avoid looking at a problem deeper. But it hasn't been a major problem.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35883,netflix,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data engineering manager,freedom and responsiblity. Loosely couple and tightly aligned model,"high performance culture, need to perform everyday",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35884,netflix,none," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place to work,Super high performance culture. Always felt I was being compensated fairly and working on interesting projects.,Too many meetings. Starting to take on the worst of Hollywood (politics and power hierarchy.) Kindness really isn't encouraged,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35885,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Supervisor,Ok experience,"Pay, peers, training, tools and teams",Complete lack of employee respect. Anyone can be let go at anytime.,Remember you employee people not robots,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35886,netflix,none," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSR Phone Rep for Netflix,They give you free food and are very nice to work with. Good hours and not stressful,Stats tracked a lot and you need to meet goals every week.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35887,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"I might be biased since I recently joined, but I am using my fake name so I have no reason to make stuff up: -Founder by Stanford CSMS graduate, so it's a tech company by heart. -Amazing tech(it's not just ""microservice"" although Netflix was one of the first companies who introduced that level of scale"" -What's even better - each team can use their own tech, whatever is the latest a greatest to solve a particular problem -Netflix is growing like crazy and not just in terms of revenue, but in terms of product and business cases - Interview process focused heavily on the culture which means you'll most likely work with the amazing people surrounding you.The environment encourages you to be a better version of yourself, which is far from the case in many places and often the opposite of that.","-if you are looking for a stable job for next 5-10 years and you are in your late 40th, and don't constantly want to learn something new and you want to work 9-5 if might not be a job for you. But everyone at the company is very transparent about it ahead of time.","Keep the innovation and since the company is so great - make sure they are not afraid to innovate, and not afraid make mistakes and lose the amazing job as a result. I don't know if it's the case, but I can see how it could possibly be, when people really like to keep their jobs no matter what",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35888,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - CSR-1,"Far Left, Culture of FEAR",Pay is just about average.,"Hard to move up if you are not a minority or stuck to the ""hips"" of one of the upper management. Good luck getting recognition if you don't fit the political mold. Pushes political agenda down your throat. If you are not one of them, they shun you. They coach you on what you do that's ""wrong"" based on uncontrollable factors. There is a definite ""Inner Circle"". If you don't participate in off-site activities you are looked down on. There is no attention on Family. If you have an emergency and have to leave without using E-time or Flex or even PTO you will be fired. #Inclusion doesn't exist.",Focus on the good not the bad. Positive reinforcement should be a much bigger focus instead of focusing on what you are doing wrong. Recontact rate is too big of a priority and is mostly uncontrollable.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35889,netflix,none," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent culture, great leadership","Leader in getting the best from data and analytical insights, combined with strong intuition and creative risk taking",The isn't anything notable to add here,Continue to balance the best of data and creativity,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P5.htm
35890,netflix,none," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great expenerience but depends on teams,Love the culture of freedoms and responsibilities. Lots of smart people working on cutting edge technology.,"Even with their motto of “no brilliant assholes”, you’ll still come across a few especially if they have an agenda to absorb you into their team.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35891,netflix,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible culture,- Great culture that is true to what you actually experience - Solid benefits and perks - Freedom to be innovative and take smart risks - Great managers,- You can do great work but still lose your job if the business changes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35892,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 7, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,I wish I could give negative stars,They try to give lots of pto and pay raises to keep you from quitting.,"Everything. This is honestly the WORST company I have ever worked for. Absolutely horrible management, terrible training, and awful employee policies. DONT EVER WORK HERE IF YOU WANT TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT OR LIKE A HUMAN! This place is so far unattached from human feelings that if you ever have a family issue or emergency, you will lose your job for picking your family first. There is no care and compassion here, you come to work and act like a robot and are treated like the most unimportant employees in the world. Nothing is worth the emotional stress this place put me through.",GET IT TOGETHER! THIS IS THE MOST MISMANAGED SALT LAKE CALL CENTER. You also have the most SEXIST and UNQUALIFIED managers I have ever met in my life. Truly disappointed that Netflix has such a horribly run location.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35893,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Netflix,"Diversity, Benefits, Competitive pay, great center.",I honestly loved working for netflix,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35894,netflix,none," Apr 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Focused, forward thinking, competitive","Decent benefits, flexible work hours, being part of something dynamic and fluid. Inspiration by some of the best and brightest in the entertainment industry. Reed is an awesome man!","At times, hostile working environment. Usually temp and tied to mid level mgmt turnovers. Lots of change that sometimes feels like company has gone down the rabbit hole...🙃",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35895,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Localization Project Manager,Project Manager,Freedom and Responsibility culture.,I wasn't able to find any cons yet. Best company I ever worked.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35896,netflix,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture of fear,- unlimited vacation - flexible schedule - free food - great pay,- culture of fear (lots of involuntary turnover) - very political - no mentorship - everyone is out for themselves,Work hard to keep the good people,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35897,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good Place to Work,"Good Pay, Monthly attendance bonuses, good food in the cafe","Extremely competitive, customers can be extremely rude just like any call center",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35898,netflix,none," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Employment,Lots of overtime available during busy seasons Flex hours,"If you're in the National Guard, they will use your PTO to make up for the hours you were gone for drill so you never have any PTO saved up. During peak seasons, they offer a lot of overtime but a lot of people also don't show up for work either.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35899,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Product,Growing pains,"Autonomy, good place for self-starters, open culture where you can reach out to anyone with ideas and ask for input.",A culture of fear. Level of stress is high and I have been through so many team members being fired or let go that I can't even count them.,Look at skills not experience when shaping the teams. Some people were good at the early phase and are also able to adapt. Identify the strong candidates who are able to work cross-functionally rather than getting rid of entire teams when you are moving into a new direction.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P6.htm
35900,netflix,none," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contracts Manager,Great culture. Fun company to work for,workloads could be heavy. hours could be more flexible,they are doing just well.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35901,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - CSR2,Great benefits but not for everyone.,25 plus days of PTO and health benefits are great.,Customers can be difficult and it can be a kinda fear based environment based on the seriousness of implementing feedback and depending on your supervisor.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35902,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Who really is watching?,Great benefits Competitive pay Flexible schedule (for the most part) Tons of Netflix swag Free Netflix membership Game room Food at a very affordable price,"1. They either like you or they don’t. You HAVE to play work politics and meet as many upper level managers as possible. Your numbers, your adaption to their “culture”, and your prior work experience DO NOT matter when it comes to growth within the company. 2. You can’t get up and use the bathroom. Your breaks and lunches can be moved around (if approved by WFM) so they tell you to move your break up so you can get up and use the bathroom. You literally have to fill out HR accommodation forms to have certain privileges such as bathroom use. 3. You had an emergency? If you have the emergency hours to cover it, GREAT! But if you don’t, expect to be put on probation or fired the next time you walk in. They expect you to PTO 24 hours before and it’s like they wanted you to anticipate the emergency 24 hours before. 4. Coaching is a joke. Literally the sups ask us what WE want to work on. What we thought of our own performance and place those ideas into our action plan. My question is, aren’t the sups suppose to know the problems? Aren’t they suppose to be the ones prepared for the meeting and have a course of action? It feels like I’m doing their job and they just say “great idea let me write this down and submit it!” They will ALWAYS tell you what you are doing wrong but unless upper management makes a comment about moral being down, they will never compliment you. 5. Utah is a right to work state. In plain English it means the company doesn’t need to have a reason to fire you, hence why a lot of other big companies place their call centers here. This law allows some employers to abuse the stability of employees and base their decisions on emotions instead performance.","You want us to live by NetflixCS values yet your own supervisors don’t live up to those values. Stop making it seem like it’s ok to voice our opinion when in reality you fire people for crossing that line or for exposing upper management. You do not provide a stable working environment, nobody leads by example, stop promoting people that are ill equipped for the promotion and most of all stop treating us like customers by POS POS (keeping things positive and avoiding the problem to focus on what CAN be done) and dancing around our questions or concerns.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35903,netflix,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix customer support agent,Best place to work & learn,There is no cons of Netflix,You guys should need to give more priorities to your senior employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35904,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Representative,Amazing company and culture,This is the most interesting and engaging job I've ever had. Amazing benefits with great leadership and a feedback driven culture. Every day is a new challenge. TSR is a great role for curious people who want to avoid a monotonous work routine.,"Since there is a need for 24/7 coverage, your shifts can potentially be less than ideal (working weekends and overnights), but shift bids are held every 3 months.",Thanks for all you do!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35905,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - TSR,TSR,"Free Netflix, something new everyday, autonomy,","If you don't improve, you wont work here long.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35906,netflix,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work for many years,"great culture, smart people, fast pace",nothing. Miss the old days tho.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35907,netflix,none," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT,High Paying job with great benefits,Stressfull when busy but rewarding,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35908,netflix,"San Jose, CA"," Apr 8, 2018",Former Employee - Tech Support,Secretive & Pigeonholed Mentality,Promotes camaraderie among employees with reasonable benefits to salaried staff,Expects 50 hr work weeks as normal with no regard as to whether goals have been met,Rethink review process to a more merit based model,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35909,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - TSR,Transparency right?,* Good pay * Good benefits * Some good people that work there. * Most cafe food is good,"* It is absolutely required you ""graduate"" from training, if not, you will be fired if you make a couple mistakes there, or on the floor. Something they obviously don't tell you.  * Culture states there is transparency but I found that to be only true to some extent.  * There is an air of arrogance from management.  * They only want the cream of the crop, average TSR is just not good enough. This makes for a very high turnover rate.  * Netflix culture is friendly, cordial, professional, but it feels very restrictive, and subtlety-micromanaged.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P7.htm
35910,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support,I liked that when I started they were open 24 hours which allowed perfect scheduling options. The overall feel of the environment is pretty laid back.,The hours of operation continually became less and less leaving overnight employees forced to work at inconvinient times or be laid off.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35911,netflix,"Hollywood, CA"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Operations Associate,Finance Ops Business Partner,positive culture. great place to innovate. amazing content. freedom and responsibility.,extremely competitive. long hours. very intense all around.,make sure all team members feel valued and heard.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35912,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Servie Representative,"good pay, raise every six months","strict attendance policy, no leniency",lighten up,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35913,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant,Love my job,"+ Culture is extraordinary, no yelling allowed, respect for all demanded, smiles down the hallways, hard workers, creators of extraordinary things, all people want to do is bring our subscribers joy. + I feel like I can learn from each and every person, always + Sounds weird, but I feel like I deserve to be here after all of my hard work + Netflix makes me feel like I'm the best person for my job + Culture of feedback, you never need to wonder where you stand + Inclusion. Lower level people are in every meeting, are extremely included and encouraged to take on more responsibility. + Pay is more than I'd get anywhere else for my position + Benefits + Stock Options",Non really... I guess sometimes the free lunch has delicious ravioli that I'm not thrilled about letting myself eat.,I've known several people that have been recruited online for phone interviews. Often times their takeaway is negative because they just never hear back... on a job they're interested in but never even sought out. A little confusing to people when this happens.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35914,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Paradise,As long as you are working on your action plans you are golden. Great values. Super easy. Laid back environment. Unlimited flex shift available. Totally affordable benefits,Lack of tenure benefits. Attendance policy is a joke. PCI compliance is tight,"Change the attendance policy to a point system instead of a limited ""paid emergency hour"" set up. People with multiple kids struggle with this set up. Kids and families with kids get sick a lot. Give the people who have been there more than 3 years want to stay. Give tenure benefits.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35915,netflix,none," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Workplace,- Work life balance - Free breakfast and lunch - 5% stock options on top of salary,Competitive (but's that's ultimately a good thing),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35916,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Creative Director,Freedom of responsibility,Freedom of responsibility given to all employees making it very easy to do your job properly and with ownership.,"Intense culture there. Very fast paced. ""Be one of us...""","Fully explain each role to new hires, better",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35917,netflix,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They promise a lot...but nothing will ever happen,"Informal work environment, diverse co-workers.","They're constantly checking what you do, no access to the internet or even Netflix, no smartphones/books/magazines on the floor. Low salary. They promise to get promotions and able to grow career wise, but that barely happens and if it happens it's through favouritism.",none,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35918,netflix,none," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work!,"Great, nice people! Flexible and exciting environment","Sort of all over the place, too many cooks in the kitchen, seemingly just throw money at problems",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35919,netflix,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Network Architect,Great Job Long hours,Netflix treated employees like adults. We had a 5k travel ceedit card and travel approvals were unnecessary. They trusted employees to travel as needes,"Stressful timelines but worth the effort. Medical Insurance waa not included, but 10k a year was added to obtain medical insurance",Yearly 360 reviews were an outlet to make for a unfriendly environment with managers and need to be revamped,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P8.htm
35920,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 20, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good but worsening environment,"Pay is good, but matches the pay from other big tech companies, except that it can be all base salary.
 
 They provide free food and a lot of snacks.
 
 Your peers are mostly very good.
 
 There’s very little bureaucracy for expenses or computer assessories.
 
 Flexible hours.","No bonus.
 
 The culture document is mainly a PR document. The culture in much of the company doesn’t actually match the culture document. The document is interpreted differently by the different orgs, VP’s and managers. At most, it’s applied to some IC’s, but doesn’t apply to management.
 
 There's a lot of politics between teams and orgs when there are overlapping projects and services. And having overlapping projects on different teams happens often. Negative and deceptive politics exists between teams in different orgs. It’s more rare, but it appears to be accepted and ignored.
 
 There’s a large amount of internal team politics, as each engineer needs to make himself look better (and others worse) to keep their job, to get to the next pay level, to become a manager, etc. This will get worse as the company grows in size. Management is purposefully oblivious to all of this.
 
 HR is a weak org. Their main job is recruiting. They do very little to make the company culture adhere to the culture doc.
 
 Management is self-centered and arrogant. They won’t acknowledge real problems until it smacks them in the face. This creates the appearance of a kool-aid environment. Most employees will ignore the issues to get along and reduce friction. The environment will worsen over time.
 
 Management does not help with career growth.
 
 No official IC titles other than Senior Software Engineer. This practice is likely followed to reduce turnover so people don't realize that they’re not paid enough money or promoted high enough, as compared to others there. They are deciding your pay based on external info, so they’re probably privately assigning a title to you, anyway. As far as career growth, this becomes an obstacle.
 
 Many managers are technically deficient and some are just poor managers, regardless of their technical knowledge. Most are mainly people managers.
 
 Be aware which way the wind is blowing as far as trends within the company. If you have a skill set that might become obsolete in the company or a skill set less valued than the hot new areas, than you can either be fired or your pay will stagnate.",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,40,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35921,netflix,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fantastic, cut-throat culture",GREAT compensation and benefits Exciting challenges. Transparent about company.,Going through a transition from being a media delivery company to media production company. Some culture being lost in that transition.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35922,netflix,none," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company and culture,"High pay, talented co-workers, great work life balance",Very long hours and on call but trade off is flexible hours as a parent.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35923,netflix,none," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Manager,Great culture that allows you the freedom to make choices with great autonomy!,Can't really think of any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35924,netflix,"Fremont, CA"," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior NOC Engineer,Senior NOC Engineer,"Good salary, good benefits, challenging work, fun being part of a company that combines movies and entertainment with the latest technology. Always on the cutting edge and always trying to improve the customer experience.","Shift work can be a bit hard on the body sometimes, as there is 24X7 support for the systems.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35925,netflix,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,great company to work with,no bureaucracy smart people eager to help each other smart and helpful managers,lot of work and opportunities does not have RSU or ESPP,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35926,netflix,none," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,It's like I go to prison 8 hours a day.,"Health benefits are amazing, the ability to customize your schedule works for me, the pay is good for work performed, free Netflix is a plus and the meals are cheap.","There are a lot of perks working for NetflixCS, but in my opinion it's the worst job I've ever had. The calls are non stop and repetitive. During training you are led to believe that numbers aren't important, but that isn't the reality. Lower level management is very inconsistent. Upper management I've never experienced a problem with. I have noticed that politics play a huge role in your success with this company. I've seen deserving people passed up on promotions. The turnaround rate is obscene.","My advice to senior management is to provide leadership training to lower level supervisors. To lower level management 1) Quit playing pool during your shift 2) If you aren't provided leadership training read a Maxwell book 3) Remember the golden rule ""people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."" 4) Follow up on your word and stop with the micromanagement",2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35927,netflix,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service call center,paid well. lot of overtime,usual call center issues. overmanaged,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35928,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A breath of fresh air,"Amazing benefits, compensation, and culture. Some forms of compensation are a little unusual compared with other companies in the Bay Area (e.g. the medical 'allowance' and risky optional options plan), but there is a good argument for the way Netflix does things.",The commute to Los Gatos.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35929,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job I ever had,"Dynamic, fun environment with lots of thoughtful, intelligent people. It's possible to have a real impact on your field by innovating and moving fast. HR supports employees with tough interpersonal challenges.","When people know in their heart of hearts they are not a top performer, they can be reactive, defensive, fatalistic and bitter. Some resort to toxic behavior. I wish they had the good sense to look for a more secure, less demanding environment.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P9.htm
35930,netflix,"Fremont, CA"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Call Center DVD,not secure or follow their own core values,free food and game room,"terrible management, no room for real growth, no security",retrain,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35931,netflix,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Talent,"The interview process at Netflix was extremely enjoyable, I felt respected, inspired, and appreciated by all of the interviewers I spoke with. The process took 3 weeks in total and they were extremely accommodating when I shared that I had other offers I was considering within a deadline. I decided Netflix was the company I wanted to work for because of that great candidate experience during the interview process, highly intelligent people I interacted with along the way, unique and inspiring culture perspective and opportunity for my career. The culture at Netflix is like no other, it is a supportive environment where the best people can really grow, challenge one another, and bring new ideas to fruition. I am encouraged to share my experiences, opinions, feedback whenever possible and as a result you feel extremely valued as an employee. I look forward to coming in to work everyday and being surrounded by stunning colleagues!",I really don't have any cons!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35932,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Great company if you fit,Stunning colleagues. no politics. constant challenges on performance. can have start-up like experience. zero tolerance toward untransparency. top of the market pay.,International expansion needs to be better handled. no vacation policy means no vacation. infinite competition and high expectation. too fragmented org structure.,Keep the spirit,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35933,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top Talent - Top Comany,Netflix's talent is incredibly impressive. Employees are engaged and passionate about their work. There is more of a focus on the team succeeding than individual success. It's an environment that pushes people to be their best every day. It's an environment of adults. People are given freedom to work autonomously.,There are no cons at Netflix,Keep hiring and retaining top talent.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35934,netflix,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,netflix,"Good benefits, give raise every years","short days, working less than 35 hours",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35935,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Netflix is an amazing companion to work for with great benefits and perks! They do NOT micro manage!,"Set your own breaks, subsidized meals, .50 raise every 6 months, Netflix cares about how their employees feel and they actually accept suggestions and advice from employees!","Very strict attendence, tenured or not they will fire you if you miss more then 6 days in a year!",Look at keeping good employees instead of making them disposable because of how many people you have that want to work there!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35936,netflix,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,It’s difficult to list all the pros honestly but here’s a few:  - outstanding colleagues - outstanding perks - pay - everyone is open and willing to share their work and knowledge - great cross department and team collaboration  I’ve been here for a while now and the honey moon stage still hasn’t worn off. I’d say a lot of the negative reviews are customer service related and they’re not a good indicator of our corporate environment.,"There are no cons to working here. I realize it’s a per department and per org opinion but from my experiences, there have been no cons.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35937,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - PR/Marketing,The culture is what makes Netflix successful,"The culture at Netflix is truly real and I mean that in the most positive way. Every person is willing to put down what they are doing and help and no one has an ego or any type of political agenda. It is an incredible collaborative work environment. I think a lot of the misconceptions about Netflix (cut throat, you get fired easily) are exactly that - misconceptions. The level of empathy and support is amazing and I never got that anywhere else I worked.","I wish there was more time in the day to learn and do incredible things. We move fast, but I like it.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35938,netflix,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Competitive Pay, Great Culture","stands by culture deck, 'freedom and responsibility' is not a buzz phrase but reality, treated like an adult, no micromanagement","no bonuses, no pay increases based on performance",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35939,netflix,"Farmington Hills, MI"," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service representative,"Great environment, decent pay, great opportunity for overtime.","Not great health benefits, doesn't value time",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P10.htm
35940,netflix,none," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for Adults,"Treat you like an adult. You are given real time feeback, treated with respect and are expected to deliver A+ work.","Little room for errors, mistakes happen must pivot quickly from mistakes and move forward.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35941,netflix,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Software Engineer in Test,Awesome culture and great talent,Nothing yet to post here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35942,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Csr1,Caution proceeding,At this point higher pay than most other call centers,Attendance policy that is very fluid and not for the good of the employees,Stop pretending pci compliance exists in the SLC office. We all know it’s anti distraction for the call floor.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35943,netflix,none," Oct 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Accounts Payable Specialist,"Great flexibility, great pay and great people to work for",No cons that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35944,netflix,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Financial Analyst,"culture, people, direction, management, challenges.",growing really fast. increasing volume.,n/a,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35945,netflix,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dubbing Producer,"Freedom and responsibility. Great benefits, compensation and colleagues.",Can be stressful at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35946,netflix,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Management,Autonomy and great transparency The product is well loved and known,Definitely hierarchy among teams. (certain teams within the company have more say in things by the virtue of where they are in the organization) Limited career growth,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35947,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Senior Data Scientist,"Excellent culture, freedom to learn and to work on exciting projects. Great compensation package. The company treats their employees well and shows their appreciation for the hard work that makes Netflix great.","Culture is not for everyone, so if you realize that the culture doesn't fit with you or your values, it is best for everyone if you determine that early on.","Keep up the great work, stay nimble and innovative. Continue to treat the employees well and good luck in the future.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35948,netflix,"New York, NY"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Production Assistant,Little Protection for Production Assistants,- Great projects - Some great people,- no work life balance - have to really try for overtime - no support for work related injuries,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35949,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Getting worse as Netflix grows,"* Salary * Perks (transportation / lunch / swag / celebrations) * Business is great, customers are happy * Internal tools are generally quite good","* Too much coordination required to get anything accomplished / too much coupling between systems (in contrast to stated culture) * Poor engineering practices on most teams and very difficult to get teams to move to newer technology * As company has grown, managers have taken a more active role, to the detriment of the code and architecture * No leadership/seniority path for engineers - which also implies all engineers believe that they are special snowflakes. This makes it hard to push for big changes. * Engineering talent is decreasing over time.","Keep the business growing, but realize that the tech organization needs a re-prioritization of effort.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P11.htm
35950,netflix,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Dynamic environment. Excellent/passionate colleagues. Strong company growth,May be too fast paced at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35951,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Inspiring company, but culture is changing","Pay is great and the company / leadership are inspiring. You'll likely have fun every single day.  From HR to finance to marketing, everyone is on top of their game at a way I've never seen in other companies","While the Silicon Valley culture seems true to form, the Los Angeles office culture is falling apart, and while everyone is whispering about it, no one is surfacing the problem. It's becoming a traditional Hollywood institution quickly, and I found it extremely disappointing.  Here's a few issues that seem to be common: 1) Little room for employees to grow beyond their current roles and swimlanes. 2) The power distance between junior and senior employees in Hollywood functions has rapidly grown 3) Content teams are constantly at war with themselves and other functions 4) Title deflation is real","Do a culture refresh in LA. Double down on top-performing employees and help them find new, exciting opportunities to grow.",2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35952,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Good Compensation, Some Politics","Compensation, Work Environment, Progressive Culture","Heavy Group Think, Politics, Cross-Group Collabroation Tough",Encourage Organizational Dissent,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35953,netflix,none," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,-Nice pay rate -Easy to do,-Stressful -Upper management not very understanding -Terrible scheduling policy,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35954,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Solid pay, 100% number based policies, demanding management",Good pay Fairly flexible scheduling Quick commute from SLC,Miserable experience Frequent feedback sessions with management in order to pick employees apart 3 tardies allowed before termination,Cut back on feedback sessions,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35955,netflix,none," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job.,Very interesting business and work.,I can't think of any.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35956,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Do not work here,"pay, free Netflix, over time","Do not work here the pay is not worth it at all. The management does not care about their employees. There’s such a dark side to this company it’s ridiculous. Graduating out of training they fired 5 people for no reason. There were rumors about a sup harassing an employee and then the EMPLOYEE got fired for speaking up. They let me go without an exact reason saying I didn’t fit “the Netflix values” and that’s there reason for everything even when you did nothing wrong. The amount of people that got fired for the first THREE WEEKS I was there is unbelievable. You’ll always be on your toes working here, management sucks and they use their authority negatively.",Get new management.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35957,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 11, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"One of the best companies to work for, one of the worst company to work for",- Great Base pay. - Some of the engineers are really smart and know what they are doing. - Free food and well stocked kitchen. - Good benefits including unlimited vacation. - Stock is doing great! -Hackday is always great and something to look for.,"-Innovation is dying at this company. If you compare what the product was in 2011 vs. now, they are mostly playing with video playback in the UI and minor features. Probably the reason being, everyone wants to keep their job and want to have as many projects to continue. - Does lot of A/B testing, even for minor text changes. I'm glad they are not in hardware business else would have ruined the company. Felt product team is good, but not sure about what is right and don't have gut feeling on any thing. - Engineering teams competes with each other to build tools. Sometimes the work done for 9 months is thrown because other team built tool with cutting-edge technology.  - Freedom and responsibility is there but it all depends upon on your leader & how much he allows to exercise it. - NIH within team syndrome. - Managers are sometimes pain and always want to build their 'own' team with 'own' people which discourages existing team. - IF you are looking for growth in the team, be careful of which team you are joining. - Favoritism is there and if the Mgr is really bad with employees, but good with his boss, he will get promoted. 360 only matters from peers and not from whom you manage. - Can't raise question on why we are doing this.If you are not aligned with manager's vision, sorry but you will get axed soon based on ground of technical imcompetency. - They try lots of recommendation A/B tests and merch logic but they are not sure if people will watch the title or not.  Ultimately they need to realize they are streaming company which has value in only 1 thing : Content. If you build great product but content is not effective, you are relying on product and not content to sell. If rivals catch up on product , its an issue.",Hire the people who have long term vision and who questions the authority on why we are doing this and not encourage who aligns with you. Don't want to see another qwikster debacle.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35958,netflix,"Denver, CO"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Production Assistant,Netflix Production Review,"Creative environment, good pay, room for promotion.",No one really cares as to what the quality of their product will be.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35959,netflix,none," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Good culture. Good benefits and work/life balance.,I do not see any Cons.,Good Management.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P12.htm
35960,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Netflix is racist,"Good pay, benefits great, free lunch","They allow someone to be descriminated by supervisors. As he tells me how black i sound, and customers over the phone dont deserve my black attitude. I was actually fired because i had to flex my shift, which was allowed by this 3rd party company Netflix used for scheduling. 2 weeks prior, i flexed some hours and had to take an absense becuase i was unwell. My supervisor told me i couldnt do that. I said ok.....but really didnt get that. If your sick, ur sick. However another person o. Another team i know personally, did it all the time. Crazy, there white!",Dont allow persons working for u to descriminate against black and other races. Have more control over your people.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35961,netflix,none," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,so so experience at Netflix,Freedom to do what you want,"no career growth, no help from management. They treat full time employees like contractors",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35962,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Avoid this place.. its not worth it,They have snacks and the benefits are decent,"Where to begin.. first of all they are not all inclusive,, they dont like older people such as myself to work there, also they are not diverse, i didnt see any hispanic or african american people there, only a few.. mostly its white bread millenials.. they claim they live by their values but whoever does the hiring is seriously racist.. beforewarned they find a reason to let you go in training and if they dont like you well then they use that ""reason"" to show you the door... do your research I wasn't the only one who they did this to.. its basically a churn and burn place not worth it","so what is the deal here???????? there is no due process.. You guys just treat everyone like disposable feminine products... I thought I could trust my supervisor but after doing my research and discovering his social media accounts were all about drug use.. blah I am glad he fired me.. advice to management? you all need to be fired if for nothing else than creating a culture of fear and stress... why are we not allowed to talk about difficult customers? how does that help anything? and why are the trainers allowed to lie and say that ""netflix customers are sooo wonderful when most of them probably cant even read past a third grade level and it shows when they call in for ""help"" but god forbid if anyone says anything ..cause then we are the bad guys and shown the door.. I personally cant wait for netflix to go bankrupt and another better company to take its place",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35963,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,I love this place,"Smart and mature colleagues, great pay, lots of independence, open and honest culture, beautiful campus, solid benefits, tasty food, inspiring vision",I have no cons that are specific to this company but it's got a typical low percent of women in tech which is a bummer,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35964,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Netflix is the same as working for HBO/Time Warner but everyone trying to pretend you work for Google,They pay a ridiculous amount of money.,"Horrible culture, everyone is afraid they will get fired any second. People hire their own friends/groups or people with less skills/experience so they can defend themselves against weaker employees and throw them under the bus. Lord help you if you don't know anyone when you get hired to form a posse' with.","Stop with all your nonsense pitch deck, it's dated, old and you aren't hired the best talent away from Google, FB, Amazon....the sooner you realize you are just a content company, and maybe pay reasonable salaries with reasonable fostering environment the better. Just ask yourself: how many employees would leave if you cut their salary. Probably every one.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35965,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Even Netflix has its warts,"There are some amazing people who work at Netflix, the call center supervisors, Workforce Management and Operations Managers genuinely care about giving the best training to employees and pushing themselves to be better. When Netflix says you will work with stunning colleges, this is truly the case in SLC. The benefits are top notch and pay is top of market for CS if you are in UT or CA. Its also really great to have an amazing brand on your resume.","You will probably not ever have much development in the SLC CS site. If you take a job there I would plan on only being there short term as you will get burnt out. Senior Leadership is very political in the SLC site. They claim they try to stick as close to the corporate culture as possible but regretfully its not true. They say they push for transparent ""feedback"", but ultimately ""feedback"" is used as a weapon to get rid of people not jiving with select senior leaders. If you are looking for work stability, this is probably not the place for you.","Truly stick to the Netflix values, not just when it is in your favor. You may be able to keep amazing employees in the interim but word does gets around and SLC is not an especially large market.",3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35966,netflix,none," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Surrounded by valedictorians,"Everyone is equivalent to a ""valedictorian"". Colleagues are smart, ambitious, curious, and like to collaborate. Everyone brings their A+ game it's great to work people who know what they're doing.","You have to find your niche and hunt for projects, if you are proactive this shouldn't be an issue for you.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35967,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Account Manager,The money and perks are great.,"Long Hours, but lots of money",Request high pay they will give it to you.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35968,netflix,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If it sounds too good to be true, it is.","If you are a young, single person very early in your career, you will get paid double what you would elsewhere and learn a lot from smart colleagues--just be sure to get out while it's your decision, and before you burn out, so you can take your knowledge and experience to a company with work/life balance.","Read the reviews on here. They are an accurate cross-section of experiences that show the reality of working at Netflix and how entirely it depends on your manager, or who gets fired or promoted and suddenly becomes your manager. You will have zero life outside of work, and even if you are someone who could never imagine being considered anything other than a top performer, let alone getting fired, recognize that you--yes, you--will very likely be let go abruptly within your first year--sometimes in a matter of weeks--with no opportunity to improve, at the sole discretion of your manager, who him/herself may or may not be competent or honest. Be sure that you can afford to live in whichever very expensive city you are relocating to with no income, and are willing to explain a firing in your next job search. Political backstabbing is the order of the day. The meeting culture is horrendous and symptomatic of an organization that is growing too rapidly and clutching desperately to a culture that doesn't scale. Ask anyone who has been at Netflix in a leadership or cross-functional position and they will tell you that they spend their entire day in meetings, and then spend all of their nights and weekends at home trying to actually get work done. And finally, if you do survive beyond the first year, don't expect pay progression. They will happily offer you more than whatever you are getting in your current position to bring you in, and then leave your pay stagnant for years if you were already ""over market.""","Recruiting away top talent and churning through them with no regard for them as human beings may have been a viable strategy when Netflix was a smaller company, but understand that many of the industries you need to recruit from are small and nearly tapped. Consider the employee experience. Word gets around.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35969,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - TSR,TSR,"Amazing coworkers, family environment. Wonderful medical and benifits",High performance. Still a call center,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P13.htm
35970,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Interesting challenges but not the best culture.,"Fast pace, much change, always trying to do better. Lots of opportunity if you work hard and are willing to reinvent yourself.",Long days. Lots of turnover. Most decisions made by upper management. Not focused on team building. The bottom line is the bottom line.,"Take care of your people. Listen to your customers. Stop micro managing. Enable growth. Build traditions. Build a culture. Focus on the next five years, not the next board meeting.",5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35971,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Experience Manager,Freedom and Responsibility. Fast paced.,Affords a great deal of autonomy,Not a lot of internally offered formal development,Continue to focus on diversity (ethnic and gender),4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35972,netflix,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pretty good time, nice job",Really enjoyed my time here,"No cons really, could use more pay",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35973,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun ride, fast pace and changes (including your job)","- Good pay The base pay is very attractive. While it ends up being pretty equal to other companies' total comp, it is enticing to get it up front in your base pay. No guessing on how the company will perform. But understand it is iffy as to whether you will make much more beyond your initial offer.  - Interesting challenges They really are willing to challenge the status quo and test new ideas. Things are not always arrived at efficiently, but it is great to see innovation throughout the company and not just in tech groups.  - Growing company with solid successes After being at some tech companies in a downward spiral, it was refreshing to be on the upswing and enjoy the possibilities that come with performing well.","- Benefits are weirdly inconsistent Amazing maternity leave but I had to pay quite a bit out-of-pocket for decent family health benefits, bizarre stock option plan, weak vision/dental  - The culture of fear is real in some groups This is because it depends on your leader. Some leaders manage up well and hide their incompetence by constantly changing their staff. I was the 3 leader of my team in a 4-year period. Also leadership does not enforce the same ""stunning colleague"" standards for non-critical orgs.  - HR is fairly ineffective (except staffing is great) HRBPs enable incompetent leaders because they are dependent on them. If a leader gains new teams then typically the HR person gets bigger scope as well. If the business leader doesn't ""connect"" well with their HRBP, you are likely to see the HRBP get a ""generous severance package.""  - Your job can change fast, both good and bad Be prepared that you can gain new teams and responsibilities quickly, but you can also go from being stunning to out the door in a matter of weeks. I think people get the high standards communication really well from the culture deck, but the speed with which your personal circumstances will change can be shockingly fast.",Please apply the same quality standards to all parts of business leadership. And weigh a leader's ability by more than their ability to manage up. You know there are some weak leaders on your executive staff right now. Will you do what is easy for you (turn a blind eye to it) or do what is right and best for the employees?,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35974,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Representative,Very fun place to work if you're okay with working any hours.,Great work environment. Great benefits. No pressure to adhere to a script to research and solve problems. Still a call center.,Very fast paced. Need to be able to adapt to changing work flows. 24/7 department in TSR so nights and weekends are at work.,Be more flexible with scheduling.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35975,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't get comfortable,"High pay, freedom and responsibility.","Everything else. If you want to work 90 hours a week, have no family life, and still get fired after nothing but glowing reviews, then this place is for you! In my case, I gave direct, actionable feedback about a colleague, and that led to my dismissal. The culture deck says feedback is never used to retaliate - but that's not true at all. So fair warning - if you give someone honest feedback about how to improve in their position, be prepared for that to bite you later on. Politics is real here - people are retained or promoted based on who they know, and people are so routinely fired here, regardless of their performance, that everyone is numb to it. Glad to see my time here coming to an end. If you like playing dirty politics at work, then you've found a good place. If you want psychological safety at work, keep moving.",Don't fire excellent people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35976,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Talent Acquisition Manager,Recruiter,"The people are the reason I joined Netflix and continue to enjoy my job every day. The culture is true when it says Netflix hires stunning colleagues.  I am empowered to make decisions without manager approval. Unlike other companies I have worked for, Netflix trusts that the employees are using good judgement to make the best decisions for the company. (No hiring committee or CEO approval to hire)  Your job is as big as you make it. If you see an opportunity for impact you don't need to ask permission, make it happen.",It takes time find and hire stunning colleagues so roles often go unfilled for longer than desired,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35977,netflix,none," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Support,- Good benefits - Employees get the unlimited streaming/DVD,"- They treat you as a ""number"" and not a person - Never any job security","Work with your employees and start treating them as a human being instead of a number, a little goes a long way.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35978,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Representative,Good for a customer service position,Well paying for the position and good benefits.,"Repetitive, no upwards mobility, and scheduling is a nightmare.",Find ways to accommodate people's schedules.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35979,netflix,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Assistant,Free lunch once in a while,"Assigned menial tasks, learning very little",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P14.htm
35980,netflix,none," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but not forever",Great experience and challenging problems,Zero work life balance at all levels,Hire more people to alleviate workloads,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35981,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Culture of Fear,"Pay is amazing, and kitchen is well stocked.","Hiring is a joke. There is a culture of fear you will get fired, so everyone tends to hire people who are less talented then they are. So you are starting out with B level players hire C who hire D. And all live in fear they will get canned. The code base is blogged about and presented very well, but it's a streaming company. Their value is content and your technology doesn't matter. Rarely do/did we hire anyone away from a real tech company (Google, Apple, Facebook, etc). Those who work here want the money, and then stay to defend their employment status b/c they now spend more and change their lifestyle, versus change their skills by being better engineers.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,52,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35982,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Director,"Great product, great company, great culture, with a few kinks","Total freedom to do outstanding work if you are up to the task. Great coworkers and colloberative environment to supply the best entertainment possible anywhere, any time all over the world.","Having that freedom to excel comes the same freedom for everybody else, including your boss. If they just don't like you they have the freedom to fire you without any buy in from anybody else. They have complete freedom to do so without any solid justification, no matter how good everybody else thinks you are. Hence frequent shock when people hear so and so got fired when everybody that worked with them thought they were a rock star. This is setting the seed for large scale office politics.","Continue the stellar work, Netflix is going gang busters. Continue to work on those barriers to entry. Keep a close eye on the culture, of course it will evolve but steer it in the right direction constantly. Also because senior execs have been at the company a long time does not necessarily mean they are the right fit for the company currently.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35983,netflix,none," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pays well, high turnover","Netflix pays it's employees well, salaried employees get ""unlimited vacation.""","Extremely high turnover, high pressure environment.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35984,netflix,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Production Machine Operator,Great Company Culture,I worked with a great supervisor and team,Downsizing the DVD facet of Netflix,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35985,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Great place to work,"Bold culture statement, tons of fun problems to solve, high engagement and buy in on data science throughout the company.",People incorrectly feel there's a culture of firing when they first start to work here. Turns out employee turnover is at our below industry levels.,"Never be afraid to radically alter the organization to adapt to changing environments, regardless of size.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35986,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work if you can keep up,You have a lot of autonomy in technical decisions.  It's a very respectful place to work. Racism/sexism is not tolerated.  Really no barriers to getting things done. If you have a great solution to a problem you can roll with it.,That same autonomy can make getting consensus on technical choices more complicated.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35987,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can be a great place to work if you ,Incredibly bright individuals to work with. The product is incredible. LOT's of perks and comp is ridiculously good.,"It makes sense why they comp so well. The idea that there is a culture fear is very real. Everyone ramps up differently, but if you don't fit in, then you get cut. Everyday there were constant reminders of consequences if you didn't fit their one hundred something culture deck. Managers give ""challenging feedback"", but it's really an excuse for them to judge harshly and put you down.","Take the time to understand peoples strengths and weaknesses. Everyone thinks and works differently, so before giving challenging feedback, consider if it would actually improve the situation.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35988,netflix,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a innovative company,"Innovative, looks great on resume","Extremely fast pace, sometimes chaotic",Keep employees up to date on new initiatives,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35989,netflix,none," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company with rich culture,"Experience , Training , and Freedom of expression","Leadership , Punishments (and lack there of) favoritism",Keep leading the way and revolutionizing both the entertainment industry as well as corporate culture!,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P15.htm
35990,netflix,none," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,"Collaborative environment, excellent pay and perks.",Very long hours. You have to be available all the time. They fire without much notice or warning to make proper changes.,Give employees a chance to prove themselves beyond a short time. Everyone has to grow and learn the culture before becoming a 'stunning colleague'.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
35991,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,the culture of fear is real,top of the market compensation and good product.,"Very political and the culture of fear is real. People will bad-mouth you behind your back, just to save their jobs and since there are no HR processes/rules or documentation, your entire existence will depend on manager. Talking of which, personally I had two managers so far:  One who never led bigger teams before, he said inappropriate/unprofessional things all the time (mind you, Netflix is supposed to hire only experienced people).  The other one was a macho, drinking type. He always favored the ones who went out with him drinking. If you were not into drinking/socializing/alpha male communication style - too bad!  Summary: If you only care about money, this place is for you but if you want an environment with a positive culture you should look elsewhere.",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
35992,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,"Fast paced, high performing, high turnover, engineering-first","I really enjoyed my time at Netflix, it's a bold company to work for and you are surrounded by people who are passionate about what they do. I always say the health of the company starts at the top and Reed Hastings is someone I highly respect as he can see through people's BS and keeps those around him honest. He's the kind of person that will give you personal and professional advice even at an all hands with hundreds of people in attendance. The work will feel like you're being 'thrown to the fire' due to the culture of high performance and no subscribed process, but if you know what you're doing and stay dedicated to your team's goals in a productive manner, you should be fine.","While there are incredibly bright and talented designers at Netflix, I learned through my time there that this company was an engineering-first company. I mean, look at how long it took them to change the logo and get some design standards going. Design often times felt like a luxury than a necessity and there was a bit too much dependency on A/B testing to make decisions. I swear, I heard ""have we A/B tested this yet?"" in my dreams. A few times, I would point out that the results of the A/B test resulted in bad design solutions. It just seemed like upper management didn't understand design. As long as people are watching content and streaming patterns are on the up, then don't rock the boat. Also, watch out for those who play politics, sometimes the drama that plays out on projects or team dynamics is just unreal and some people just want to be the hero and get Reed Hasting's blessing. Unfortunately, there are some ""brilliant jerks"" in the company, learn to work around them and get stuff done right! Lastly, if you want a more life/work balance, this is probably not the place for you. I had some coworkers who didn't see their kids for days.","Everyone looks so serious at work, address this lack of fun or effect on morale. Also, make design matter more to the business.",4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
35993,netflix,none," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work here if you like working against people.,Smart people. Challenging problems. Great stock plan.,Back-stabbing meritocracy. Unorganized development tools.,Increase developer productivity and communication through the use of standardized development workflows.,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
35994,netflix,"Clearwater, FL"," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Csr1,CSR I,"Experience , Training , and Freedom of expression","Leadership , Punishments (and lack there of) favoritism","I was contracted for netflix as a CSR . During my time there , I worked as hard as I could because I genuinely loved my job and where I worked . This specific location in clearwater is nice because they do give you a lot to do while on the phone and during idle time . There's foosball , a ping pong table , and a "" NRD lab"" where they have probably 8 tvs on the wall where they play different netflix tv shows and movies ( Supposed to be SFW but sometimes , especially very late at night we could watch whatever we wanted) There were also multiple tv's across the floor in about half of the pods and sometimes they would put on sports games and things to keep us happy . If you take all of that into consideration it sounds pretty great. All in all , I think most people there genuinely want to get the job done as quickly and efficiently as possible . The biggest issue they have is the people who are put into management . Even before I was there , there had been a line of people who all had been promoted purely because they were close with the right people . When it came to promotions ( To either CSR II or TL ) there was no rhyme or reason really what so ever. When you were put up for a promotion , they would tell you that it was going to be based off of stats, attendance, and professionalism . That is not usually what ended up happening . In my experience there the person that had some personal tie to either a specific TL or OM would always be the one to get the promotion . It was this way for absences as well . The attendance policy is on a rolling 60 day timeframe . That means , you may not have more than 4 ""Occurrences"" in 60 days or you would come up for review . When occurrences were actually given was definitely not regulated. The way around this is just basically to take 3 days off in a row if you're going to call off . People would apply for a weekend off and never be able to get it because they didn't allow very many requests those days . So the solution that they came up with is that if you were close to a TL , you could get them to put you on a MLOA or a PLOA . Better yet , be friends with an OM and you can literally just call them like your personal attendance line and get VTO (Voluntary time off) . Favorites WERE played. Now , there are some GREAT people there. I met some really really great friends there . But the problem is that they don't have a great way of dealing with anything . If something went down , there was no uniform way of dealing with it . When controversial topics would come out we were basically told not to say anything conflicting or anything that could get us or them into trouble. But when it comes to people calling screaming at you about a show called ""Dear White People"" calling you racist and asking RIDICULOUS questions , the ""No comment"" thing doesn't really work . Your performance is based off of handle time, Re contact rate , and your survey answers mostly . The Highest you are allowed for dissatisfaction is 4% I believe (It may have changed now I'm not sure ) That means you are counting on someone being merciful on their bad day , and that the kid who called you through the app who you HAVE TO send to survey doesn't hit you as well . The last thing I will say , is that the scheduling is based off of performance and attendance . Not like that is a huge issue , but the problem is that there are not very many earlier schedules . I would say there is probably 7 teams on the floor from 6 AM until 1-3PM and even then they are sending people home left and right most mornings . After 3 there is a lot of calls and you usually will be on the phones non stop until around 10 or 11 when it slows down. There are over night schedules, but you have to START working after 8PM to get the extra dollar and they cut the overnight teams down to 1 or 2 when I was there . This means that if you don't get almost perfect stats , you may be given a bad rank during the quarterly shift bids , and get stuck with a schedule that you can't work or just simply don't want . Maybe one or two schedules have weekends off and those obviously get taken first . I will let you take from this what you will . It is a great way to get your foot in the door . The company I am with now JUMPED at the chance to hire me because of the experience I gained here. Not only will it help you professionally , I gained a lot of technical experience and now am looking toward a career in IT . Just don't allow yourself to get swallowed up in the machine and you can definitely be successful .",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
35995,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best company culture I've experienced!,"The company culture was extremely empowering - as an employee I really felt like I was listened to and had the freedom to do what I felt was best for the business. Knowing that management wanted employees at every level to understand the long and short term business strategies so that they could themselves make the best decisions for the business was extremely empowering - this kind of transparency is rare in companies. Coworkers were really smart and passionate about what they did. Management was self reflective and introspective. The company was constantly innovating and looking for ways to improve, so you never felt like you were sitting still. Perks and compensation were also the best I've experienced in my career.","Due to rapid growth over the 4 years I was there, perhaps a little bit of the culture was lost or watered down, mostly in terms of feeling like you perhaps knew fewer people as the company grew. No opportunities to work remote - when I moved out of state I would have loved to have continued to work for Netflix (at the same time, I understand why they don't want remote employees).",Keep leading the way and revolutionizing both the entertainment industry as well as corporate culture!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
35996,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SRE Manager,"Freedom and responsibility, very transparent, well respected, hefty base salary. flexibility with work hours. specific responsibilities.",There is no concept of bonus. medical and health benefits are not there either. You are responsible for your area of tasks and hardly find someone covering for you. you will be an expect and also kind of silo'd,I don't have any specific advice to management other than that Director and above are given way too much freedom to do whatever they want and not considering the senior employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
35997,netflix,none," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, so long as you fit the mold","Great people to work with, great leadership, and constant ability to get your geek on, so long as you fit the mold","Netflix does not invest in training its people, the expectation is for you to already be a star, or to make yourself a star through your own efforts. Like Reed H has been quoted - it is a baseball team. However, if you fit the mold, this is fine.",Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
35998,netflix,none," Apr 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Accounts Payable Analyst,Good Company. Competitive salary. Overall good,"Poor management, Not organized, No balance of work and life.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
35999,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 15, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,"Free Netflix Cafe on sight, moderately priced Free coffee and peanut m&m's Good health and dental benefits Very transparent No dress code (using good judgement) You can flex your on the clock breaks Pay is above market","Attendance policy is strict Little room for advancement Calls from very uneducated and slow people needing help with their Netflix Not much room for shift changing to earlier shifts (only night shifts available) It's ""not scripted"" although there are many things you must do verbatim Calls are very repetitious",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P16.htm
36000,netflix,"Santa Ana, CA"," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Accountant,Distribution Clerk,This job is good for student.,If you have early class schedule then don't do it. The job starts at 3:00 AM to 6:46 AM,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36001,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"The best job I've had, and at times, the worst job I've had","Netflix has some great pros. You'll be working with mostly extremely competent people. Dealing with teams within the company is extremely easy, as most people are very helpful and efficient. They pay you a lot of money, and give you perks like free food, paid cell phone bill, 401k, etc. This is all great, but for me, the biggest draw is always people, and your team will make or break your experience here, so make sure you know what you are getting into at the interview, and don't accept jobs with teams that you don't feel excited about being part of.","The high salary leads some people to ramp up their lifestyles, they then become dependent on being here. This in turn creates a culture of fear where people are constantly stressing out that they are ""not doing enough"" and might be fired any minute. This also extends to the directors of teams, and when your management is stressed, it will always trickle down to create a lousy experience for you. This makes for an extremely toxic environment at times where teams are often working on similar projects, thus competing against each other to stay relevant, which is just utter idiocy. The high pay ensures that there is way more politicking than would be needed or appropriate in such situations. This in turn can have a very demoralizing effect on the peons doing the actual work, who often feel compelled to work on nights, weekends and public holidays for goals that are often vague, and projects that are often shelved. The most insidious effect of this is observed when people contemplate taking PTO, when many employees have told me that they weren't able to relax or take as much time off as they needed, as they were constantly wondering what would happen to their jobs, and whether or not they were doing enough to ""deserve"" time off. If you've never felt this, it's a rotten state of mind, and you will feel it quite a bit here. Many times, I've felt the need to quit the field altogether, but the money and my team makes me stay for now, so I'll likely stay till my team changes.  Moral of the story here is: You'll get paid a lot. You'll also likely be laid off sooner than you expect. You'll also likely make a LOT less at your next place. Adjust for your standard of living appropriately so you can keep your head above the circus fray, and don't get used to the good things.","More communication with your teams is absolutely essential if you want to retain good people, but you don't need a Glassdoor review to tell you that. Empower your HR teams to instill the idea that taking time off is a healthy part of working here, and no one should feel nervous about taking time off. You will need to say this many times before it becomes part of the culture.  Ensure that teams are not competing against each other, specifically in the Engineering department. We are not here to throw each other off our respective ladders, but to learn, and to help the company grow as a result of what we learn here. Cross-collaboration between teams should be of the utmost priority, not working at cross-purposes as is the case with many teams now.  For the most part, this is a good place to be. Make it better, and make more of an effort at every level to keep the organization flat. We already have job insecurity, we do not need hierarchy to make it worse.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,130,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36002,netflix,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,- compensation - from a product perspective: a unique blend of technology & entertainment - exciting industry and great business opportunities - you will be getting to know how to deal with AWS at scale,"Culture: - high turnover - many people are staying only for the top of the market paycheck - employees adjust lifestyle to high compensation. As a result constant fear of being let go - colleagues will throw you under the bus to keep their jobs - very political due to lack of company policies/processes - any mistakes you make will be used against you (see point #3) - 0 empathy, mentorship or compassion - no clear career path - your experience will largely depend on your manager - if you want ""psychological safety"" go to Google or Facebook instead  Technology: - overall very poor code quality - most bigger architecture solutions are suboptimal due to ""freedom and responsibility"" and lack of overall technical vision - related to architecture: most technical decisions are completely localized, again due to ""freedom and responsibility"". As a result, high level of technical debt and meaningless duplication (NIH syndrome at scale) - dated technology stack (the most popular tech stack is tomcat/war)",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36003,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - CSR-1,"Cool culture, but they still have some kinks to work out","Great Benefits, subsidized lunches, free fruit and coffee, lots of PTO, free Netflix acct, community involvement, company culture, internal growth","Only 3 tardies/early leave per year before separation, no tuition reimbursement, very strict about what can be at your desk, no holidays off, headsets provided are awful","Keep moving the site in the right direction, and start interviewing for CSR2's soon!",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36004,netflix,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Rep,"Other than the benefits, the environment you work in is very relaxed, while still maintaining professional boundaries. Management is easy to work with, feedback is more constructive than criticizing","Lack of upward growth/opportunity, you'll definitely get the unreasonable customers",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36005,netflix,none," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract.,Netflix is a great company to work for.,Cons would be that it unfortunately was a contract position!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36006,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"As call centers go, it's pretty awful","No pros, everything that made me like the job was a blatant lie. Has health insurance so that's something.","The work is monotonous and draining. The chat team was dissolved, and then they shifted my hours to meet 'business needs' which took away the last bit of faith I had that they care about the employee. Supposedly you can choose from set shifts, but the time you pick is randomly assigned, meaning if you're randomly assigned to pick last, then there are no good options left. Could also mean that you work there for 2.5 years like my coworker and never get to have a weekend day off. In training they told us over and over again that top performers were promoted within 3 to 6 months but there have literally been no opportunities. They said numbers didn't matter, they promised unlimited time off, and a whole host of other perks. That has all been blatantly false, the entire job is a numbers game, you sit glued to your desk waiting for a coaching or meeting to break up the nightmare of the day but those keep getting pushed off to the future, which never happens. Unlimited time off was taken away, and you could be fired for a whole host of silly reasons, I myself have seen multiple coworkers walked off the floor for minor infractions, and the new policy of only 3 tardies (which could be 1 minute late) per YEAR is punitive. Even the free drinks are slowly being taken away, we have stupid lemon water options now or espresso, which I can't drink. This job has given me anxiety, I am actively looking for a different job and will quit the moment I'm able.","Don't lie to your employees, hire enough people so that you're not glued to the phone with back to back calls all day, promote an option of breaking up the work day instead of sitting stuck in the cubicle. You can't even take personal time for crying out loud, you get in trouble for needing to take a 2 minute bathroom break outside your schedued break time. Ive never had a job that so horrendously micromanages time to be sure you're getting every last second of work from the employee. Actually be truthful about advancement opportunities. I was told CRS2 would be avaliable August of 2016, that got pushed to January of 2017, then March of 2017, and now maybe 6 months into the future. That's ridiculous, and it has created a dead end job culture that there feels like no escaping from.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36007,netflix,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company culture,"Very strong culture, smart colleagues, great product.",Rapidly growing - can be difficult to keep up,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36008,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Data Engineering Manager,Great company,"Great culture, great company, nice technology stack",Can not think of any cons,Keep at it.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36009,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Supervisor,"Just blown away, I am Michael Jordan and you chose Sam Bowie. Never will have another like me. Run !","Pay and my peers. I loved my direct reports and they performed at a very high level. Low good attrition because they loved coming in every day. CSR'S are the most important part of any call center, I still get messages from past employees that are miserable there. Working hard for them, priceless and so rewarding. Still get messages from my first leadership job, wireless co. that rhythms with horizon wanting me back.. see the trend!","Approved FMLA was frowned upon, illegal but NetflixCS NOT NETFLIX (totaly separate companies) didn't care. They chose Utah because it's a right to hire/right to fire state. Worst location and facility, cheap equipmment and desks. Lesser companys that thought location may be important are all along UTA trax or frontrunner railways. Om never observed a coaching in final 7 months and was let go not for performance but for adjusting, not changing coaching logs. Coaching was wrote same but what Csr had to do was same and crystal clear. Wife has degree in English Communication and proof read my work. A+ ☆☆☆ writing. 0","I opened the center, top 2 in 0overall stats 2015 & 2016 and my team loved me. Was not a yes man, was and always will be honest man. Was overpaid, told them first thing. Was told I changed coaching without rep in coaching with me, not actually changed just rewrote same thing but l with help of English grammar pro. I was never Netflix leadership trained and this0 was in leadership training to change coaching without csr present. How would i know without training? 0BPO'S have better structure and the first Supervisor hired begged me to not tell you be lied on resume, no leadership experience. Michigan fan, liar and still there along with many yes man. I was Verizon Trained in leadership, A++ and award winning training on all aspects of management. Still have emails of praise from Senior ops from Netflix Om's and led a 22 person team 3 months and it was 2nd overall in stats. It was because I cast the large shadow of a leader who could move mountains with my coaching, feedback and motivation. I came to you before FMLA, you approved my leave but let me go. Unheard of in any business. Ask my time off was approved and I was protected federally in my time off. It is the job of the company to get support to team while I was out. I still never had that leadership training to teach me not to Change coaching log (said same thing in log of what csr needed to do) without the csr present. CSR didn't even notice change, it was grammar and verbiage update of the same coaching recommendation. Remember giving me lower bowl Jazz tickets 2x for performance? Performance still high when using Federal Medical Leave Act insurance and still let go. Reading all the reviews left here are a clear direction of poor structure, internal training and bottom to top processes that produce consistency and values. Changing values, policy's monthly create chaos. Convergys has higher employee satisfaction and where I work now is best in state company to work for 2 years in row - Thumbtack! I make less but who cares, integrity means something. Try it sometime.. and still think you committed federal crime by letting someone go with approved FMLA.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P17.htm
36010,netflix,none," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The culture drives this company,"The culture! Lots of transparency, lots of realtime feedback, and lots of swag.",The culture...it can even work against you. The entitlement of the employees can get tiresome.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36011,netflix,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior software engineer,good to work and smart people around,more team work and culture should be improved,put more focus on teams,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36012,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fool's Gold,* Great pay * Smart coworkers * Good product * Business casual dress code,"* With no ladders or levels your performance is 100% based on your direct manager's perception of you. * Every person interprets, and practices, the culture deck differently which means you could have a very different experience based on the team you are hired into. * Lots of gossip - people try to pass it off as ""gathering feedback."" Conversations are never truly over or resolved. * Recruiting/HR weighs heavily on hiring decisions (the culture piece), however, they have the worst turnover out of any of the teams at Netflix (maybe not so great at assessing culture fit). * Recruiters will tell you, ""We have the same turnover as any company our size in the Bay Area it's just that our approach is different."" However, no one in recruiting can give a specific number as it relates to ""normal"" attrition. * No referral bonus * Not enough diversity * Quick to fire people and make them think it was their decision.","* Don't just promote people into management roles because of tenure. * If a team has high turnover, it's time to do something about the management of that team. * The ""Keeper"" test should not just be actively used on IC's but all levels of management as well.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36013,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Worst Supervisor Ever!!,"Free snacks, good benefits, nice coworkers","Everything depends on your Supervisor, if you get the wrong one they will be condescending, demean you, micromanage you and fire you for no logical reason. No explanation, no exit interview, nothing in writing. I had the most unprofessional Supervisor I have ever met.",Please research why a person was fired. Don't trust your call center Management. They will fire reps for nothing. This could cause possible lawsuits in the future.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36014,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Great development culture, tons of opportunity, big problems, lots of independence - the motto ""freedom and responsibility"" is not just a platitude.",Make sure you agree with the Netflix Culture Deck - if you don't you won't be successful.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36015,netflix,none," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience based on Supervisor,"Get to work on a lot off different aspects, transparency, work with smart people, Reed Hastings","People pick and choose from cultural deck, varies from team to team, supervisor felt entitled based on tenure, not a good leader, complete opposite of the traits from the deck","Recognize weak management early, review tenured employees as well",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36016,netflix,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience totally based on supervisor. They have too much power,"Good work, good pay. Energetic environment. New technologies.","Experience in Netflix totally depends on the supervisor. If you are lucky and get a matured manager, there is no reason to not like working in NETFLIX. However it could be a nightmare if your manager does not like you for some reason. It is always your words vs manager's word in there (happened in my case and they believe the manager). I was hired under a manager who convinced me to join Netflix (I had 24 emails from that person persuading me). However I learned after joining that I am supposed to report to a new manager and the very first day that new guy complained that I have never worked with JAVA and AWS (Then why did he agree to take me in his team in the first place ? ). Nightmare started from that very day. He kept on mentioning the same thing every one on one. He forced me to move my position in every meeting and make sure I seat where he points me to. He will talk to all my co-workers and inform them if he is cancelling one on ones, for me he wont do anything and just disappear. He will constantly irritate me saying how good he was when he joined. He will always shout at me and try to ignore my opinions on any damn technical stuff. I was totally terrified of him and knew that he will make sure that I fail. He tried all he could. He gave me two projects and one project scope kept changing and changing. Still i tried to keep up and developed good relationships with other team managers, members and project managers.One day (I am sure my manager was waiting for that day) I wrote something incorrect in an email (this is my 4th month I guess). He pounded on me, and also after a 14 hour continuous on call, I took a 2 min break, he shouted at me for 15 minutes for missing a false alram ! I apologized. He tried to blame me for what I did not do and said he and someone else was watching me silently, while I was chatting with someone else about some technical issue over a group chat. So unethical ! He said some PM complained about me and when I asked for the names and examples he refused. I raised the alarm to higher management and they said it is ""his word vs mine"". One day they said they are sorry I had to go through this and next day they change the tone and said they have to believe my manager. I requested them to talk to engineers and get feedback. They refused to even do that. I resigned the next week as I could not take the humiliation and realized that if I stay back and work in the same group, they will find some excuse to fire me. I knew all companies where I worked before were waiting to take me back any day. So I had no worry. The funny part is the people who were working with me kept on sending me emails about how good it was to work with me and they were surprised that I left. But my manager never found anything good in me.  I wish I had a better manager in NETFLIX, then I would enjoy my life there so much. Please make sure you understand your supervisor before you join. That is the most important thing. Everything else will fall into place.","Give engineers some more respect and try to understand who is at fault. Look at that persons history before you conclude in 4 months or 5th months just based on one person, the manager who was not happy with the hire from very very first day.",1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36017,netflix,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Place for work,"Pay, benefits, equipment, some co-workers","Everything else. Manager is a racist and the assist manager is a hispanic the discriminates hispanics, if you are a hispanic you are doomed. If you are white and the nephew of one of the supervisors the manager going to promote you to driver 3 even when there was only two routes and 2 Drivers 3 already in those routes.",Fire those racist managers,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36018,netflix,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NA,An offer you cant resist,"You will literally quit a decent job to come here thinking you have found something great only to find that you have stepped in front of an immature high school firing squad. There is no obectivity to the termination process so any of them could terminate for unethical reasons that are summed up in the phrase, you are not a high performer or you weren't a right fit. There constantly breathing down your neck and watching you looking for you to do something wrong. THeres little warning. Generally you get one. If your lucky or buddy buddy with with management or the supes you might get a bit more slack, maybe a lot more. If they dont like what they see they could be rid of you in less than a month and they openly joke about terminating people and about how expendable you are from day one. I read the reviews on here and went in and smellled the fish immediately. FIrst off they bring on a ton of people all the time for an amazing job so where do they end up. All of this is contingent on whether they decide if you are fit for production. You could be let go at the end of training and they dont give you any metrics on how that decision is made.",Remember that you are giving skilled people an amazing offer that leads many to leave stable employment. By making impossibly high expectations with no metrics applied to the termination process the vast majority wont hit the mark and office politics will govern the termination process. Luring people into a firing pit hurts them and there families and puts a dent in there career. Remember that. Your hurting people.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36019,netflix,"Denver, CO"," Jan 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Asst. Manager,Good pay for the work,"Awful place to work, they work you 12 hours a day with terrible hours then let you go after 9 years with no cause.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P18.htm
36020,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Data Engineer,"Rockstar coworkers, freedom and responsibility","Rockstar coworkers, no brilliant jerks excellent pay, no vacation policy or tracking fast paced environment, minimal distractions and no unnecessary process - get loads of work done everyday. I can tell my friends I work in showbiz :)","None that I can think of, really. I guess the culture might take a bit adjusting to if you are not used to it.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36021,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer In Test,good company,High-performing culture Unlimited vacation Pick your time to work Great pay,High performing culture If you get a manager that micro-manages it becomes annoying Too date driven while sacrificing quality - for a QA professional that's hard to take,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36022,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - CSR-1,False Advertising,"Free coffee and snacks. Benefits. High percentage of PTO accrual, which is being cut in half soon. One flexible day off that is impossible to take if you have the beginning of the week off.","Is definitely numbers driven, even though they tell you it isn't. Manipulative management. Will use your peers against you. Told to ask questions if you don't understand something, but don't answer your questions and rarely give good context. Coachings that are supposed to happen every week get pushed off for a few weeks to a month. No one is on the same page. Your job is on the line after the one day you are sick. There is definitely an attendance policy, regardless of what you hear.",Be up-front with your staff. Follow through on commitments. Be available. Follow your own behaviour standards.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36023,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Training and Development Manager,Culture of High Performance,"What makes this location great is that the culture of high performance really helps you to grow, excel, learn and develop at a high level. While it can feel demanding at times, this actually has helped me to grow, offering many opportunities for growth that apply to any type of job I may want in the future.","As stated above, the job is high performance. Which means that the jobs here may not be the right fit for everyone. But for the right person, it's a great place.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36024,netflix,none," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freedom & Responsibility,The best company I've ever worked at. Read the culture deck - every word of it is true and actively practiced.,None. Workload can be a bit intense at times but that's to be expected.,"As we expand internationally, make sure that we maintain our culture and values",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36025,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Content Distribution Coordinator,LOVE IT,The company culture makes every day a superior work experience. I have stellar colleagues and interesting challenges every day. I look forward to coming to work every day.,"High performance is expected at all times which is not challenging by itself, but it can wear you down if you don't handle stress well.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36026,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company is maturing,"Benefits and perks are amazing.. office food&snacks, unlimited vacation, one year maternity leave, amazing leadership by Reed.","No mentorship, no at the job training. Hard to get promotion because they will simply go out and hire someone instead of internally developing people",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36027,netflix,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - CSR-1,Too much,"Pay was great, flexible schedule to meet your needs, scheduling extra hours, attendance bonuses, great benefits including 401k match and vacation.","Dealing with non tech savvy customers, contradicting management styles, the location, no room to grow.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36028,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Web UI Engineer,website,share knowledge with smart people from the world.,Sometimes exhausting long works at company,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36029,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Honestly couldn't imagine working somewhere else,"Extremely competent colleagues. Fast-paced. Incredibly transparent. The culture is amazing. Benefits are amazing. Everyone here wants to do a good job. Management is being serious about diversity and it shows in their hiring.  We're given incredibly autonomy to execute how we see best. I've never even heard of a company that gives individual contributors such autonomy!  I bet if we decided to build a spacecraft, we could pivot and have an MVP in orbit by the end of 2017.  It's also pretty neat to work for a movie studio, basically. Certainly much different than most companies in the Valley.","It's a little far down in the South Bay (Los Gatos), but there's a shuttle from SF.  Deadlines can be intense and you really have to be an advocate for your time. If you're not an assertive person (or can't learn to be) then you will probably be overworked here.","Make sure to stick to your guns, as far as the culture deck is concerned.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P19.htm
36030,netflix,none," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company Culture,"Great people and great culture. Check out the Netflix Culture Deck at www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664. They practice what they preach with ""Context, not control"", ""Freedom and responsibility"", and hiring fast/firing fast.","For folks looking for a ""safe"" company with which to work, Netflix is not your place (nor does it want to be). Benefits are great (including a lucrative stock purchase plan), but like pro-athletes, you can't think of Netflix as a cradle-to-grave company.",Keep taking risks and keep hiring the best!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36031,netflix,"Tampa, FL"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - CSR-1,Unless you are hyperactive do not apply,You can be yourself. It's not complicated to help the customers. The job itself is very easy if you are competent.,"While they do not technically discriminate against you because of your age, if you are not either on a constant caffeine induced hyperactive episode or just naturally one of those people who are hyper all day everyday. You will be utterly miserable here. The performance standards require so much speed you have to be in a constant frenzy to meet them.",obviously this is a company that doesn't want to retain its employees long enough for the health insurance benefits or vacation bonuses to become available. If you're not in management by the time you've been there 2 years you are burned out and have quit the job.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36032,netflix,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Superior technology, talented people, awesome perks","Frequent organizational changes, no company-wide standards or practices, ad-hoc project planning",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36033,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,Supervisor,"The job pays well, some peers are brilliant, talented, and fantastic to work with. There is quite a bit of autonomy and the freedom to develop your teams as you see fit.",NetflixCS is young and the leadership team is not open to new ideas. Management quickly shifts its priorities and it does not seem there is a clear direction for where the company is heading.,Stop killing the passion of your employees by shutting them down and find ways engage that passion into a specific direction aligned with the priorities of the company. Have a direction and coach and develop your talent.,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36034,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but not for everyone","lots of freedom and responsibilities - no managers breathing down your neck, culture that creates opportunities for you to do innovative work,",there ain't no 40 hours weeks,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36035,netflix,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company - great benefits,"The pay is great compared to other companies in the valley, the benefits are awesome and they have 401k match.",Nobody is on the same page.,"Get your management styles aligned, you'll receive information from one person that clashes with another.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36036,netflix,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Agent,Good short term job,Can be a fun environment free m&m's and idea of the culture they want to create is nice.,"Like previously stated the culture is just an idea. They push on being transparent but they themselves do not follow that. Any time off is a joke. There is not time available to be approved for PTO you get left with the option on calling it in, in turn get punished. Management can be very unprofessional with how they speak to their employees. Culture and values are very clear and are open to what is expected as far as actually following it themselves not so much.",More training as management should be expected to have more knowledge than agents.,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36037,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A culture of high performance can be daunting for some, but worth it.","High performance environment - you're given a huge amount of responsibility and ownership to drive your work. You're able to see the direct impact you're making to the company, as a result.  The company is incredibly transparent -- everyone in the company, no matter the ""level,"" could tell you our business direction.  Stunning colleagues. High bar for hiring, so you're working amongst smart, driven, and passionate folks.","High-performance environment -- expectations are high and you run full-speed, most of the time. Not the right kind of environment for everyone.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36038,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,Great company. Super high performers and smart people.,"Pay is great. You work with highly motivated, driven people that are all trying to be their best. In my experience all peers are very willing to share best practices and help you be better as well. Benefits are great and work life balance is a real thing. Positivity is part of the culture which is infections. If you've ever worked for a company where you see a peer not doing much and not being held accountable for driving success those type of people will not make it which in my book is great. Accountability happens here. Freedom to be you and manage with your own sense of style as long as you are managing within their values.",Periodically you come across super competitive peers that may be stand offish for fear of sharing or getting to close to you because they want a position that you want. That competition is fierce when applying for new roles but it doesn't describe the majority of the workforce. Due to constantly challenging yourself and expectations to continue to be high performers you can leave mentally exhausted on a daily basis.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36039,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great people and culture,"- High density of smart, talented people - High pay - Transparent approach to policy",- Little bit of a kool-aid atmosphere at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P20.htm
36040,netflix,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No more love for NF,Free Starbucks and snacks. Free Netflix,"Everyone starts at the same hourly pay even if you have experience. The management says they are big on feedback but they will use it against you. Netflix manages on a ""do as I say not as I do"" philosophy. Managers are the only ones allowed cell phones and pens, employees are not. Training doesn't prepare you for the actual job. I was a Netflix customer from day one which is why I wanted to work for them and after being an employee I wouldn't recommend them as a employer or as a customer. Will leave as soon as another job is secured.",Pre screen employees better so you can treat the employees like adults rather than toddlers who can't be trusted. Stop hiring TSR's based on seniority but on skill.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36041,netflix,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Needs a lot of improvement,"Great benefits, great dental, awesome Co workers and theyve put a good bit of money on making the cafeteria and building nice.","Well, where to start.... Management all have different expectatiins and different styles. You can be the star of one team, switch teams, and be given warnings. No one Is in the same page. Their attendance policy is not followed well by management Or Hr. I was told I could take a day off by Hr after a certain date with no issue. So a few days after the date I was given I took the day off that I desperately needed and was fired next day. No prior warnings or attendance issues. Hr gave me the OK and then are the ones that fired me. I think that days a lot about how well this place rubs.","Be clear and Honest with your expectations. Sure, we live in a right to work state but you'll quickly become another convergys the way you handle situations and treat employees. Also, get everyone on the same page. Aht, dsat and verbiage should be have a pretty universal expectation between all sups. But that simply is not the case.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36042,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Meals provided and snacks, which is awesome since we are constantly working. Flexible.","Culture deck is whack. Freedom of responsibility is whack. A lot of favoritism is practiced and communication amongst team does not exist. Management does not communicate on changes only to secure job security. Always have to watch your back, two faced monsters","Need to listen to all employees, not just management.",3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36043,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - CSR-1,Would have been excellent with a different supervisor.,"It's incredibly easy work. Good pay, requires a fair amount of patience and people skills. Free m&m's and a drink dispensers, cool cafeteria for a call center.","In my time of working for NetflixCS, I was stressed mentally and physically, they use losing your job against you in every single humanly mishap that could happen, emergency with the kids? Not excusable or ability to have excusal by reasonable cause, they literally tell you after the first time that your job will be on the line if you are so much as 5 minutes late again. Get something a little mixed up on the knowledge base? You're on thin ice. I feel as if I started feeling this way once they had moved me to a new team. This ""supervisor"" was bossy, not a leader. Raised her voice and talked to few on the team like children. They were smart and switched teams after a few occurrences of her demonstrating her work ethic. I decided, I can change my schedule soon I don't want to make a fuss, so I stayed next thing I know I'm one of the leaders on the team we had a coaching and all she did for the first time ever was acknowledge my hard work, I was proud. After all the fear of f'ing up and losing my job I realized I could relax. A week later I was fired because I had to miss 1 day because my 2 year old daughter had strep, mind you this, my sup was constantly late or leaving early for non emergency type situations, was constantly on her phone on the call floor, for non work related types of things such as looking through social media and online shopping, there is an example of blatant favoritism. I knew people who missed much more time than I had, and had never even been spoken too, or threatened. I would take this to hr but as my sup said when terming me, the decision is final and I will not longer be working at Netflix customer service.","You really need to review how your employees feel with their supervisors. If you want the ACE you have to be fair and flexible with your employees concerns. You lost a very good, and determined employee because of poor placement and no flexibility with attendance, considering there was never PTO available or sick days. Even others employees at the site did not understand why I was fired. That's something to think about. I know I'm not the only one from this specific team that feels the same way.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36044,netflix,none," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Will fire without warning,"I actually didn't mind working there, the atmosphere is great and for the most part the people are really nice. It is still a call center so of course that won't be for everybody but they try to make up for it with benefits, pay and free food and drinks while at work.","My husband and I used to work there, we both have some medical issues and were working with HR to get accommodation for that since we can't always work 40 hours a week. We had all the paperwork set up with them and had everything figured out, the paperwork was supposedly supposed to protect our jobs when we had to miss work because of that condition. Then one day they CALLED both of us, called, they waited for a day we weren't working and then called rather than bring us in in person which I thought was low, and then they fired us both on the same day saying that it was for attendance purposes and that they had given us warnings. Both my husband and I were shocked because we had been working with HR all this time and thought it had been taken care of and was going to be ok. We didn't get any warning whatsoever, every time we met with HR they would just say make sure to get the paperwork in, make sure you're here when you're supposed to or we might have to ""separate employment"", but we never got any formal warning, or anything to indicate, hey we're really close to firing you or anything like that. It just really sucked.","Implement a point system for corrective action. Give people verbal warnings, written warnings etc just so that people know where they stand and don't just assume that they are ok and then just get fired without knowing.",2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36045,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Csr1,It's alright,"Lots of fun people. Relaxed atmosphere. Pick your own schedule is great Unlimited unpaid time off is good if you can get it scheduled, not so great for last minute emergencies. Attendence bonus just for showing up to work on time OMs are great and always willing to talk",Got rid of the grave shift. Not always the clearest expectations from management. Expectations vary wildly from manager to manager. If there's an issue with who your manager is (your personalities clash etc) no one cares,Get on the same page with what you want to see from employees. It's hard to be at your best when you're shifted to a new manager every few weeks and each manager has a completely different style.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36046,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Slow moving company,Great workload and benefits. Get holidays off and awesome teamwork,Not much to move up in the company,More remote opportunities,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36047,netflix,none," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Great company, great culture - they live it",High performance required to be successful,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36048,netflix,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supervisor,"Great company, great benefits, fun environment",Favoritism at it's finest here,Stop playing favorites.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36049,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative-voice,"Very disappointed, HR is a joke.","Pay, benifits start fast, free netflix","I was looking for a carrer and my just a job but this is clearly not going to be it 1. Benefits don't really cover much, 2. HR coordinators are a freaking joke. I am on short term disability due to pregnancy complications. I was extremely active and fast about getting all the management I needed involved so there wasn't any I didn't knows down the line. My doctor has suggested my return date to be September 1st based on my exams. I've been very diligent in updating the HR coordinator over leaves about what's going on after each appointment, to which I rarely get a response. Then a few weeks after my last check up email that I sent to this HR Coordinator I get a response that's basically threatening my position as I'm not getting better fast enough, demanding I bring in proof of extention by the end of the week. I have no problem with providing documentation for them. I do have an issue with when I ask a HR Coordinator if they have a fax number that I could send this to as traveling is a bit difficult for me at the moment or when I ask about the process of maternity leave I get a three sentence email basically saying I don't know and text me if you have questions. Then when I email saying I'm unfortunately phoneless at the moment til I can get it repaired can I just email. I get no response at all! They say they care, they don't. They treat you like you're lying about everything. They are extremely pushy and have no communication together. I have no doubt she's trying to fire me as with every email she makes it harder for me to comply to her requests. They also refuse to work with scheduling and always have negative feedback. I am a great agent and found the calls to be easy, however due to their pushy you aren't like us or good enough ways I have feared for my job since the second week of training. For example I was couched because my reassure statement had the word absolutely on three calls.","Fix your HR department, this isn't high school. Communication is a must, the lying needs to stop.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P21.htm
36050,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting,"Compensation,Perks,401k Match , winning in their market",No cons as of now. keep up the good work,keep up the good work,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36051,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Worst management,"Netflix itself is awesome. Who wouldn't want to work there right? Free coffee, cheap awesome meals, rad break room, awesome coworkers, you can choose your own breaks.","Netflix is probably one of the worst places I've worked, and that's saying something. They give you a guideline saying you follow things as it goes and you don't have a script. Yet when you're not understanding something completely, instead of helping you and showing you how to do it..they lecture you and expect you to get it right. When you ask ""what is the right way to do it?"" They say there is no right way. (but there definitely is a wrong way!) If you don't get it right after the lecture they just fire you.","Management needs to change everything and start from scratch, they need to help people who don't understand and give them time to show they are trying. Everyone makes mistakes and can grow and you don't understand this concept at all even though you claim this whole ""fail well"" thing. You don't help anyone, you just get rid of them and find someone else, and that does not look well.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36052,netflix,none," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Strong Leadership Team, Really work on putting the right people in the right positions. Really people focused and creating an awesome culture for the agents and people working here.",No cons that I can think of. Just dealing with general growing pains.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36053,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Best Call Center Environment,"If you work well in a call center, it is fantastic! Very upbeat and fun environment. The training was great and not too difficult. There's more freedom for personal expression. There is a dress code, but it is nowhere near as restrictive as other call centers. They want real people, not people who just follow a script all day, every day. Plus you get free Netflix!",Customer service is hard. It's not for the faint of heart.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36054,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Not all its made out to be,Training was really upbeat and motivating ! Most of the people there are really laid back and fun to work with . Good Benifits and pay and free drinks and snacks .,"Time off requests , if you beat everyone to the punch you're fine if not good luck getting the days off you want, even if it's a date far out . I can't speak for everyone else's supervisors , but mine was horrible . The reason I left the company, ignored and dismissed complaints of a coworker harrassing me. Played a huge role in work politics , talked bad about his subordinates and his uppers freely. My work environment was very uncomfortable even more so after I expressed my concerns to my supervisor .","Keep a closer eye on how supervisors conduct themselves, and handle complaints . I was not the only one with issues with this particular supervisor .",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36055,netflix,none," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix's Dysfunctional Culture,"The product is interesting, and most people are nice and well-intentioned, though a little drunk on the Kool-Aid. There's a lot of benefits in the 401K match, matching donations, and monetary perks. It's pretty good in terms of work-life balance.","Where do I begin? Most of the hard algorithmic problems have already been solved at Netflix. Most of the hard scaling problems have already been solved by Amazon-- and most engineers at Netflix write thin REST services. It's not rocket science. But the way folks discuss their work, you'd think we were working at Space X. Good thing engineering management is clueless and arrogant, and more interested in engineering by powerpoint than solving real problems. In general, there's a 'not invented here' syndrome which permeates groups, and so a lot of reinventing the wheel. The compensation is bloated, so people are trying to maximize their paychecks. It leads to poor behavior- personal branding is more important than solving problems and petty personal politics and territorial struggles are more important than collaboration. All in all, a great place to get a fat paycheck, but day to day, the work is uninspiring. If you want a real engineering driven culture, led by engineers I'd suggest going to Facebook or Google.","Get rid of the middle management bloat. Put some controls on the irrational spending and inefficiency. Fire people who are building their own fiefdoms, and aren't looking out for the interests of the business.",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36056,netflix,none," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Very relaxed and easy job. Managers and Co workers were awesome,Call centers jobs just aren't for me,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36057,netflix,none," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,finance,"Good employee perks free lunch, phone, swag. Innovative company where you will learn alot",Finance lives in a culture of fear. Everyone is out to save themselves. You will get thrown under the bus in order for management to protect themselves.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36058,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Tier III,Great Place to Work!,"Stunning colleagues, catered lunch, healthy snacks/drinks, great pay and benefits.","Every job has its cons, but if you are doing something you love, the little stuff won't matter.",None at this time.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36059,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Marketing,"- They hire smart people. - The CEO is really wonderful. He's smart, inspiring, has a clear vision for the company, and is transparent with the teams. - Looks great on your resume. - Great product with big ambitions. - Lunch is brought in everyday. - Unlimited vacation time (although many people still work while on vacation).","The ""culture"" that they sell you in the interview process does not exist within the marketing department - I do think it is strong within other teams in the organization, particularly in engineering. In marketing, decisions come from the top down without clear context on goals, why decisions are made,and why certain things are deemed successful while others are not. Half of your job is socialization and seeking approvals with very little empowerment to drive things forward. Lots of bureaucracy and politics and different perspectives are not valued.",Live the culture and empower the individuals that you hire to do what you hired them to do.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,33,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P22.htm
36060,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - TSR,Amazing Place!,"Great pay, lots of PTO, insurance was affordable, on-site cafeteria, awesome coworkers, great managers","Being a team of about 50 people supporting the entire globe of customer service sites, the schedules weren't always the greatest. Weird days off, swing/graves shifts, shift bids. But it rotates every few months to make things fair. Also it was hard to get weekend days off.","Find a better way to make the scheduling more pleasing, but other than that, nothing to complain about.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36061,netflix,"Southfield, MI"," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Mentor/Trainer,Csr,"Fun and cool environment to work in. I miss this Job somewhat. Nothing too bad to say, I'll work here again in the future if it presents itself.","Metrics, because keeping up with numbers suck. Sometimes things can seem a little unfair or somewhat favoritism.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36062,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,Fat paycheck and Nothing else beyond that,"Fat paycheck that is above the industry norm. It is all cash no stock grants, so they give you freedom to spend/invest the money as you want. If all you care about is the money this is the perfect place for you to work.","Very political environment. Management is clueless and is more interested in promoting themselves to upper mangement. Suck up and kick down culture. No collaboration between teams, they are out to get each other and throw you under the bus. Constant fear pervades within Individual contributor roles as they are not sure if they will be around next week. Company HR brags about how they are not shy about letting people go.","Wake up before the company is driven into ground. As the culture says freedom and responsibility, there are no financial controls on many things. Lot of spend activities that are bordering unethical.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36063,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Not too challenging, just be genuine!","Looks like awesome culture and everyone is laid back. Pay and benefits are also great! No dress code. Focus on paying well, and keeping employees happy.","Could be asked to work an odd schedule. Other than that I would have appreciated a call back or email a little sooner, they kept me kinda nervous. But I eventually got a job offer!",None so far!,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36064,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace and fair,"There are a lot of rumors about how Netflix treats its employees. The culture deck you see on the job site is real. The management team expects you to be a stellar performer, but you CAN make mistakes in the name of learning. However, if you don't learn quickly from the mistake you made, you are in trouble.  You have a lot of freedom and responsibilities to help company move forward. Things also change so quickly that what you think is true last quarter may not be a month from now. Stay ahead of the curve and be prepared to defend your opinion with data and facts.","There are some politics in the marketing department. The CMO comes from a big movie studio, so he believes in flashy commercials and campaigns. There is a constant need to prove your team's worthiness which can be mind numbing.",Talent pool is scarce in the valley. Treat them well by what the company preaches. Don't turn into Amazon!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36065,netflix,none," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, could use some more diversity","Great people who are smart and capable. I appreciate that they hire people who are experienced and proven, unlike other places I have worked that hire right out of college and you get a mixed bag that way. Love the free, healthy, food. Flexible vacation works well in my org and I was happy not to have to scale down my vacation time after having built up a lot at my last job. Just make sure you have your work covered and check in periodically for emergencies, other than that no one gives you a hard time. Not every team is as flexible with this as mine is, from what I gather from talking to other people in other orgs. I haven't seen a lot of turnover on my team so far but it is still somewhat early days.","Not a very diverse environment, which is not a surprise if you read their demographic data. In particular, there are very few women in technical leadership roles. Yes, this is a problem in this industry in general but I have worked for companies that do a much better job.","If you want to encourage technical women to come work here, there must be visible technical female role models in place when they get here, otherwise they will assume (as I have, to be honest) that there is a glass ceiling. It helps to spend energy recruiting existing female tech leaders but also fostering women who already work here who have leadership potential. The second part I don't see happening - the women's groups here seem more focused on hiring new women and not as much on helping technical women grow their careers and leadership skills here. This is really a statement on the technical side, because there are lots of women (including visible leaders) in more ""traditional"" female roles (marketing, recruiting, business operations, etc.).",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36066,netflix,none," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix,Great talent to work with.,The DVD business is declining,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36067,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,4 Stars,Talented Co-workers Unlimited Vacation Lots of opportunities to learn Top of market salaries,Poor Work-life balance No company employee development,Invest in employees beyond top of market salaries,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36068,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place to work,"This is a great place to work if you're genuinely interested in the success of your coworkers and are able to clearly see the connection between that and the success of the business.  Freedom and responsibility is definitely practiced here. No one will hand you a project, deadlines, and a specific way to go about doing your work. They trust that they've hired the best people to do the job and they leave it up to the individual to identify problems and figure out how to solve them. This sort of environment is not for everyone, because you have to build strong enough relationships with your coworkers so they'd go to bat for you on your projects. Team-building isn't a company-mandated activity here. It's an everyday practice and an integral part of the job.  Feedback is candid and immediate, so get ready. There's no sugarcoating here. To be successful here, you have to be open to criticism, no matter how direct. This, again, might not work for everyone, but it makes your next course of action very clear, as opposed to sugarcoated feedback that leaves you confused as to what you should do.","Netflix gets a bad rap, because it's not for everyone. The fact is, that's not necessarily a bad thing, and there's no shame in trying something out and seeing if it works out for you. What appears difficult about Netflix is exactly what makes it a great place to work. You have to be able to manage yourself, no one will manage your time for you.  While the company is not as diverse as it could be, the commitment to diversity is something I've witnessed first-hand from leadership and employees alike. The tone is set that diversifying the company is a part of everyone's job at Netflix, not just the recruiting team.  If you need someone to manage your time for you, need your tasks to be very clear and outlined by a manager, or you can't handle feedback, then Netflix isn't for you.","Continue fostering employee relationships, and emphasize the importance of making those connections as early as possible in an employee's journey.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36069,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Csr1,Keep Portland Weird,"Great friendly fun culture. Everyone had a free to be ""me"" vibe with the clearance for tattoos, piercings, and artsy trendy motif. For the most part everyone that worked there was friendly and had a great attitude. Super rad break rooms stocked with free gourmet teas and coffees, apples, bananas, and popcorn. They also had flat screens with Netflix streaming in the breakrooms as well. Free Netflix max package with 8 DVD's at a time and Streaming. Doubletime for holiday work.",Call center KPI's. Lay offs. Heavy use of temporary workers.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P23.htm
36070,netflix,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its ok,Pay is good for call center,Your coached every week with supervisor about your performance,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36071,netflix,none," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix best ever,Environment is great love it,Needs more diversity in office,Keep it up !,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36072,netflix,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - DVD Processor,More Please,Great company that stays on the edge of media technology,You could get laid off without notice,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36073,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Apr 24, 2016",Former Employee - Chat Customer Service Agent,"It's like Highschool, but with ashtrays outside.","Good pay, free coffee and a nice cafeteria","immature supervisors, inconsistent work ethic",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36074,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work!,Freedom to do anything you like. There is absolutely no process. You are responsible to get work done. Lot of transparency. Great colleagues.,With responsibility comes great power. Use cautiously!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36075,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - UI Designer,UI desigher,all designer are talented,too meany of meal in the design team,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36076,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Freedom,Freedom to choose solution path and coordinate to accomplish one's goals is something everyone has an opportunity to experience. Micro management is not in the DNA of management at Netflix.,"Choosing wrong or failing to communicate effectively can have career limiting side effects. It is true that one is given the opportunity to fail and learn from those mistakes, but it should not be taken lightly. One has a limited number of silver bullets that can be spent on mistakes.",Empathy for challenges undertaken can create the kind of support needed to fuel confidence to succeed under enormous pressure and complexity.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36077,netflix,none," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Best work culture. Great colleagues.,None really. Not sure why glassdoor is making me write 5 words for it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36078,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Use them, don't let them use you!","+Top of the line pay +Great benefits package +Free catered meals+snacks (vending machines here dispense electronics!) +Lots of free swag and of course a free account +""Freedom and responsibility""  +Once you move on from Netflix, it's very easy to get a job anywhere else once you have Netflix on YOUR resume.","Amount of office politics and favoritism is downright ridiculous.  They encourage ""transparency"" but the moment you speak out too much or to the wrong person, you automatically have a bullseye on you. Yes, people are often let go all the time with very little context or insight.  Netflix culture stresses ""stunning colleagues"" but in reality, it's a very superficial environment where people who suck up to the right people or ""SAY YES"" types are the only ones who do well.  Oh and despite being a ""fast moving"" company, there's little room for internal growth. What you get hired in as will most likely be your one and only position with the company.","As a salaried employee, there's no reason why you need to treat hourly employees so poorly (no stock options, no unlimited PTO policy, etc.)",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36079,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Assistant Supervisor Customer Service,"Great culture, maintaining the values and working hard is key components to working for this company.",Room to move up could be challenging.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P24.htm
36080,netflix,"Anaheim, CA"," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Machine Operator/Mailer,mailer machine operator,great streaming plan for employees and easy to request for vacation time off,dvd rentals are a a thing of the past,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36081,netflix,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,good company to work for,none there isnt one realy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36082,netflix,none," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environment.,"Free Netflix for employees, positive working environment, you could watch TV in between taking calls. All of the employees were friendly and management helped with out-of-hand customers.","Rude customers calling, you'd have be highly patient. Management really only focused on stats, and some customers would ruin them if there's no way you could help with their ""technical"" issues when you're job is specifically to fix netflix related problems.","Try not to keep the focus on who stays hired by their stats because most of the time, it's not our fault. Especially when someone calls and hangs up, or choose not to take the survey.",5.0,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36083,netflix,"Naperville, IL"," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Review,entry level growth oppurtunites are there,glass ceiling in terms of long term growth,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36084,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative II,Changing Values,"Fellow customer service employees/management are great, great pay and KILLER benefits. Cafe is subsidized which makes fresh healthy food very cheap","When the center first opened there was a very employee-focused vibe, and it created a comfortable, positive space while we still did our jobs. While the center is still miles better than your average call center, there's been a big shift to being numbers and metric focused (something we were promised from day 1 of the center opening would not happen) often at the expense of employees and floor support. There's a major disconnect between HR/WFM and what actually happens on the floor, and often we are given no context as to why decisions negatively impacting us are made.  The center here in SLC has also stopped promoting people internally- a majority (if not all) of the supervisors in the last several months were hired externally. This is another example of changing values at Netflix, rather than giving current (well qualified) employees opportunity for growth, they hire people unfamiliar with the process and product, which further impacts the floor negatively.","Resume promoting internally rather than hiring externally. Have WFM spend more time on the actual floor (chat and voice, but especially chat since it's so far away from WFM) to fix the disconnect. Provide more context to floor when WFM makes a decision that negatively impacts us.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36085,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 16, 2016","Current Employee - Global Learning and Development Curriculum Developer, E-learning","Global Learning and Development Curriculum Developer, e-learning",Brilliant team of fellow employees,I don't have any cons at this time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36086,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Not a great place to work,Free Netflix After a certain amount of time they give you extra compensation for healthcare. Able to swap work days work coworkers.,Dealing with angry customers Micromanagement Threatening management I had a supervisor get IM me and tell me to get back on the phones when I was 35 seconds over my 15-minute break. No joke.,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36087,netflix,"Burbank, CA"," Mar 3, 2016",Former Employee - AV CC Vefifier,The Place to Work,"Fast paced, professional high tech environment. Pro employee relations. Continually upgrading technology and educating workers. You are recognized for your accomplishments.",There are no cons I know of working for this company.,"Keep treating your employees the same, great job.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36088,netflix,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix,"At Netflix, I'm treated like an adult. Nobody micromanages me, and I have the freedom to do my job the way I want. I partner directly with the engineering teams I support and fully understand their hiring needs, as opposed to messaging any and all engineers with the aim of throwing them blindly into a bucket for distribution.","Feedback is real and real-time, so this isn't the place for you if you take things personally or don't internalize feedback well.",Keep it up! Continue to hire great people because it makes coming into work an absolute joy. More words to hit word cap.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36089,netflix,none," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not high standards, high conformity","Many of the engineers are genuinely good within their bounds. They exhibit a desire to get work done. The tooling is excellent, deployments globally are a breeze, and one can gather great insights from the metrics.  Pay and benefits are amazing.","Please stop firing amazing talent. Other posts here paint the wrong picture -- that those who survive at Netflix are the best. It is inaccurate at best. The quality of many of those let go is not in doubt, but management is frequently inept at appreciating their ability. Many who stay are very bright, but many who are let go are as well.  If you do not tow engineering's backwards line you are looked down upon. People live in constant fear of being canned and this causes them to behave in an immature fashion painting their peers as less than they are. Some seem to delight in the plight of others who are let go -- a mentality of ""better him than me."" It is not survival of the fittest, it is a blind thought police, who speak openly about wanting to hear others' opinions (as long as the opinion agrees with theirs) and then balk when they are actually given. Alternatives are not actually wanted, obedience and maintaining the status quo are. If you are to be disruptive, you must be disruptive in their way. If that makes no sense it is because it is truly illogical.  One can hope this is not so pernicious as to infect every team and I would dare to say that it isn't. But do your homework and know what you are getting yourself into.","Look inward to a policy and culture that perhaps on its surface appears attractive but hides an ugly story of fear and a need to conform which stifles creativity and achieving quality work. Quality need not be continually sacrificed in the name of ""getting sh** done.""  You were a once great company with great engineers. Stop it with the culture of fear. Just stop it. It does not encourage making the right decisions, people do things to protect their job and high salary, not because it is the best thing to do. It is poisoning the work and you are and can be better than that. Also do not fool yourselves with those who pay lip service to the culture in public -- in private, I have found, they lambast it. Perhaps a retrospective on your culture is in order.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,32,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P25.htm
36090,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Have a backup plan,Many of the people who work here are top performers. Many companies say they only hire the best yet it feels more consistent here. High bar to get in. Free snacks and flexible time.,Management can and will fire you for any reason they want. Don't make the mistake thinking it can only be performance related. There are no guidelines to how long it takes to terminate you. Before you know a pink slip may be handed to you. I saw people get fired without anyone understanding why.  Corporate culture wants people who strive to make the company better. Most are simply yes-men to keep their high salary job.  Not very diverse. Walk around campus for 5 minutes and it's clear the demographic they target.,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36091,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Research Manager,"Smart people, culture built on candor","Open communication across teams and departments, incredible pay, decent lunches, very little process slowing you down",High standards mean you'll see coworkers frequently get fired and worry the first six months about where you stand,Make it clear to new employees when they are doing well to ease concerns about being let go,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36092,netflix,none," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix Marketing,The freedom & responsibility culture is real. It is nice to go to battle alongside fully-formed adults who are the best at what they do. The product is amazing and incredibly fun to market. Reed is an incredible leader….focused and effective.,"While one of the plus sides of the debate culture is gathering multiple perspectives on your work, the downside is that you can get slowed down by the need to accommodate a myriad of stakeholders. Marketing leadership also hasn't quite found the right balance of art and science. While Netflix has become an entertainment brand, it should be careful to not set up an organization that acts/looks/feels exactly like a Hollywood company. If you are not in L.A. and/or working on creative, it has become increasingly difficult to feel like you are truly part of the Netflix marketing organization.","Ensure that marketing leadership can flex both the right and left brain. Ensure that the CMO is willing to engage folks in all corners of the marketing organization (programmatic marketing, partner marketing, etc.)",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36093,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Dec 13, 2015",Former Employee - Content Partner Specialist,"Get in, Don't Expect to Stay, Get out quick!","Forward thinking office culture, catered lunches and snacks, nice vacation/maternity/paternity leave policies. You get to work on a product that everyone consumes and is passionate about. Peers are smart and talented (for the most part). People are interested in your job and want to talk about it.","Culture of fear, office politics and weak leadership make for a stressful experience. Turnover is high, so expect to say goodbye to colleagues frequently. Firings (in my experience) have been trivial and never a true reflection of overall performance- after all, we work everyday with these people. Brain drain since nobody stays longer than a couple years. I have witnessed multiple people leave (without being fired) for better opportunities. In my opinion, with all the optimization and automation, the department will need to be scaled down in the upcoming future. Not the place if you want job security. Very little to zero potential to grow or advance your role.",Your attitudes and policies advance the culture of fear and office politics. Improve your leadership strategy and resources and combat the office politics you help linger.,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,58,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36094,netflix,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Manager,Netflix is all about judgement and not process.,The only Cons are that it got to be the same old thing every day and was a little too easy near the end.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36095,netflix,"Aurora, CO"," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,An Alright Place to Work,Free Netflix account Great people to work with Benefits,You have to make certain stats Stressful job Call center Management is completely disorganized and frustrating,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36096,netflix,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freedom & Responsibility,"The culture is both refreshing and rewarding to anyone who has spent time in a ""corporate"" work environment. Great colleagues in terms of talent and personality. Everybody pushes each other to do their best work.","Culture takes some getting used to, so the first few months can be a little jarring. Lean organization means there's always a lot to take on which can get overwhelming if not managed properly.",Preserve the culture as the company grows as it really is the secret sauce for how a lean organization can be so effective.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36097,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great product, OK culture",- Great product - Top-of-market compensation - Flexible hours - Rapid expansion - The reaction you get when you tell people you work for Netflix,"- ""Culture of fear"" - Office politics - Ambiguous vacation policy works against employees (many work over major holidays) - Difficult personalities and poor alignment/coordination between departments - Limited room for growth and internal mobility - Subservient attitude toward management","While a culture of fear increases productivity, it can encourage finger pointing and stifle creativity.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36098,netflix,none," Dec 26, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service,Great Product - Great People - Great Culture,"The Salt Lake City, UT site is an inbound Call-Center where both Chat & Voice agents help customers with general product questions, troubleshooting and resolving Netflix issues (Accounting and Technical) with english speaking customers only, from all countries where Netflix is available.  You are challenged daily to become better at your job, and you're given the tools and the training to do exactly that! You're coached weekly and your leaders are great motivators and great people to interact with. It's like everyone gives a damn about their careers, and their own personal growth as well as YOUR career and personal growth!  Other Perks: Great wages, 401k, very affordable Health Insurance (after your temp agency contract is over and they convert you to full-time Netflix). The building I work in is pretty great. It's a fun and colorful atmosphere with a lot of 20-and-30-somethings working hard and having fun! Around every corner is some kind of Netflix branding that's related to one of their shows, like Orange Is The New Black, or House of Cards. There's a cafeteria that cooks fresh food for you during the day (Vegetarian options included!). And Netflix covers half the cost of the meals so you can get really great lunches on the cheap! Free coffee (there's even an espresso machine to make your own lattes - also free!). And there's occasionally Netflix swag given out, like windbreakers, water bottles, even Netflix labeled sweatpants! It's easily the best place I've ever worked!","If you don't give a damn about your career or your own development, you won't last long. The talent pool is also extremely saturated with highly skilled people, which makes it very challenging in terms of promotions.  Because it's a call-center, there can be a bit of turnover with the staff. This is pretty common for call centers in my experience, and terminations always seem to happen for the same reason: Attendance  If you get terminated for attendance, it's because you were prone to missing work frequently. They will also let you go if you're a tool to your customers on the phone calls you take. A good rule is don't swear at, or start freaking out at them. Follow this and you should be fine. You're graded on your Customer Satisfaction levels and how active you are at putting in the practice to get better. If you're not getting better at your job, or you're not working on the areas where you need improvement, you'll get let go. But your Supervisors are pretty good at telling you exactly what needs work, and they work with you to get to where you need to be. And if you're in any danger of getting terminated, either due to your performance or your attendance, your Supervisors are pretty upfront about it, giving you plenty of fair warning as well as an opportunity to turn it around. Generally speaking, if you get fired from this place, it's because you either didn't care, or you didn't show up.","I'd like to see more healthy food options, especially in the Avanti Markets. Or better yet would be to remove the Avanti Markets all together! They're stupid-expensive compared to everything else on site and the snack options are mostly garbage. But this would be my only suggestion. Overall, this place is great!",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36099,netflix,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Analyst,"Flexible work environment, great benefits.",Lack of direction at times.,Continue process improvement across all areas.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P26.htm
36100,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Impact,"There's no doubt that you'd be hard pressed to find a different job where you can have as much impact. Pay is amazing, growth of pay is excellent too. The culture isn't just a deck, it is preached and practiced for the most part.","If you work hard you'll grow your role, but you may not grow your title. Some people have been there increasing their scope for years with no title bump. Pay is != title at Netflix","It's understandable wanting to keep a flat organization, but having managers report to managers, directors to directors, VP's to VP's is not flat. Work on true succession planning, and invest in the career growth of those proving their value. Not just in pay, but personal growth as well.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36101,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love this place,"- tons of freedom, treated like adults - amazing coworkers, all experts in their fields. everyone pulls their weight - open / honest feedback is given to each other regularly - exciting challenges, disrupting media/entertainment industry","- the level of ambiguity is not for everyone - you will see people you like let go because they weren't the right fit for their role. I've made peace... it creates an environment where everyone is exceptional and not resting on their laurels. digging into why it happened dozens of times, I've always agreed with the managers decision when I have all the facts.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36102,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not good,"Free lunch, time off, some nice people...","Random firings, no job security, arrogant management, long hours, etc.",Get yourself grounded.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36103,netflix,none," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bait and switch,"I wasn't looking to change jobs, Netflix found me and offered me a very generous salary and relocation to leave my employer. I loved my job but it only lasted 4 months after they hired someone from another big company and he wanted to bring in his own team. I was still in corporate housing when they let me go. They said the new manager didn't have chemistry with me but I had only met with him twice and he had only been working there for two weeks before he decided to let me go over said ""chemistry"". The new guy was very unprofessional and treated me in ways that do not align with the Netflix culture. I talked to the VP that hired me and he said he was very sorry and that I had done nothing wrong and didn't need to change a thing but that he had to support this other guy in his decision. I wish things would've worked out different but I did enjoyed my time while there.",You can be let go without warning based on very little substance to support it. They have many reasons they can let you go but they never talk about the unjustified reasons. Think twice about relocating for them.,Don't seek talent out and then let them go over an opinion of someone that has only been there for two weeks.,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,37,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36104,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Csr1,Bad management / incorrect stats,*good pay *full time & overtime available *cafeteria is awesome *friendly staff,-Bad management -unexperienced supervisors -negative feedback overall / no positive -negative manipulative tactics,"* provide positive feedback , constructive criticism , and attainable goals. Praise hard work and acknowledge/reward when goals are met . If you hound and pressure the team all day with negative feedback and don't acknowledge they're already trying , it is not motivating or encouraging and doesn't allow us to focus on what's most important , taking care of our customers and fixing their issues with amazing service. Also keep it professional with your team , flirting and dirty conversations should be on your own time in your own area not everyone wants to hear / see it .",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36105,netflix,"Aurora, CO"," Nov 0, 0000",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Decent,"They give a lot of offers for OT, and some of the people you work with are cool.","No room for growth, people who can make decisions go off favoritism and they run a tight ship like a prison. write ups for any little thing, they do shift bids every 3/6 months leaving no room for a stable work/personal life balance. They have no care for your personal needs on scheduling, its you get what you get depending on stats, attendance etc. But even if those things are good you could very well still get stuck with a crummy shift. Very high turnover.",none,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36106,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative II,Suck ups go far,"Free food, lots of swag and watching TV while you work.","Favoritism gets you everywhere! Performance doesn't matter as much as kissing supervisor behind. They aren't EOE like they claim, if you get on their radar they'll nit pick looking for any reason to let you go. People disappear and are never spoken of again. You're treated like a drone.",Hire supervisors that reward good performance and not the personalities they gravitate toward.,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36107,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - TSR,Don't waste your time,"None, there were no pros to working here except the free coffee.","Don't drink the koolaid. Don't be serious because they hate that. If you try to be professional it has consistencies. They are brainwashed and expect you do be the same the ""no attendance"" policy mean that if you miss 1 day they can let you go for it. Don't be fooled.",Stop trying to act as if your roles are important because you aren't that helpful.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36108,netflix,none," Dec 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,focused business,"Data driven, focused company with strong leadership",Pace can be intense for large project milestones and product releases,Keep up the great work,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36109,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative I,Amazing,"People are awesome, culture is highly motivated, they take everyone, don't discriminate and hire you for who you are as a person",Shift bids are the one draw back of this company. But those are going away soon. Choose your own shift pilot in January,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P27.htm
36110,netflix,"Morgan Hill, CA"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing culture and executive leadership,A culture that values risk taking and candor.,Career growth may be unclear for some people.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36111,netflix,"Santa Monica, CA"," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Digital Account Specialist,"Culture of fear, very political",- Pay top of market - Catered lunches,"- Culture deck not true in all departments, department heads/middle management are not consistent - Intense fear-driven culture, must be political to find success/happiness, cannot trust your colleagues/managers - Limited growth within your role and within the organization - They have created robotic positions so you are simply a part of an assembly line",Rewrite the culture deck to accurately represent life within the organization or work to transform the company culture to what you commit to on paper,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36112,netflix,"Columbus, OH"," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Associate III,Good Company,Free Netflix Flexibly Cross Trained for all jobs,"once a person completed all training that is as far as you can go, no further room for promotion",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36113,netflix,"Farmington Hills, MI"," Dec 23, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,No,Same amount of hours on paycheck each week .,"Bullying upper management was the worst a lot of games played , way to many ways to be let go by just coming to work , Didn't enjoy my experience, no room for advancement","Grow up , learn how to treat people .",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36114,netflix,none," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Great technology stack, great benefits.",Non I can think of.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36115,netflix,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Soft ware engineer,Very good company to work for,None i could think of so far,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36116,netflix,none," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Good work life balance at Netflix,Not much room to grow,More technical,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36117,netflix,"Gilroy, CA"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,two thumbs up,The culture is very much what you see in the slide deck. Mostly smart and considerate coworkers. Netflix is very generous to employees. You get cheap trinkets every time there is a milestone.,"There are actually a few incompetent and rude people that get in the door. Usually they don't stick around. If you work on a problem that can't be a/b tested, it can be hard to get traction for new ideas.",I bet they regret getting rid of a great chief talent officer. Other than that they are golden.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36118,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best people around,"Working at Netflix feels a little like working at a startup. You are given a lot of freedom, depending on where you work, to improve things as you see them. There is a free snack bar and fridges full of drinks on all floors and buildings, if thats important to you. Very laid back on what time you come and go, as long as it doesn't impact your results, and they will not tolerate brilliant people around if they are jerks also. Socially you will make a lot of new friends and dont be surprised if they ask you to join outside of work for weekend BBQs etc.","Being results and data driven, sometimes causes higherups to try different strategies and they will often change their minds and direction. This leads to inefficiencies and frustrations. While they officially have a ""take as long vacation as you like"" policy, some people were let go a few weeks after coming back from taking their first vacation in years.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36119,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Its awesome!,"Food, lots of it. Friendly people everywhere and they pay more then a average",Once you are out of training you could be fired any day because you're technically running through a different company for a month so they decide to keep you or not,n/a,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P28.htm
36120,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My 2 Years at Netflix...,"I just hit my 2 year mark at Netflix, and it has been great thus far. It has been quite the whirlwind and learning experience, and I continue to be challenged every day. The partnerships I have formed are immeasurable, and to be involved with a company changing the way entertainment content is consumed is pretty exciting.  Biggest pro in my eyes to working here has been the people. My colleagues truly are ""stunning"" as the culture deck highlights. Really some of the best in the business, and everyone I collaborate with has a clear passion and drive for their work.  Although we move at lightning speed, it pushes me to excel, and not simply coast through the day to day grind.",Sometimes we forget to celebrate/recognize our major accomplishments because we are always moving towards the next best thing.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36121,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unprofessional Practices,No pros working for this company,"I got hired on with a start date of December 4th, then on November 30th received an email telling me they were going with others more qualified. Based on my experience they probably overhired and then decided too late to cancel the training class. I hope not too many people turned down other jobs to work here only to hear they were no longer needed.",Do not overhire and then tell people 4 days before they are to start that they no longer have a job.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36122,netflix,none," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work. High demands met with High rewards,Compensation Package was in-line with working expectations.,"The expectations are high, with the ever changing business.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36123,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,#ILoveMyJob,Freedom and Responsibility is the fabric of the culture. The mentality to be able to make changes and shift gears quickly allows us to execute in a manner that I have never experienced before in my previous companies. The inherit trust allows me to grow and the feedback and candor allows teams to refine great ideas to execution. We are treated like adults here and you are your own police.,I don't have any major qualms other then a smaller detail that their isn't a gym on campus. There is a discount for the gym across the street or access to another close to campus.,Continue giving strong feedback and hold true to scaling the culture,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36124,netflix,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing culture, but headed towards being another Studio","Salary. Culture. ""Freedom and Responsibility"". VP of PR.",Disorganized growth. Too many hires from the Studio world are diluting what made the company the rebel.,"Content is king, but if it becomes all content, you'll be just another horse in the race. Invest in the brand in creative ways, and reinforce what it stands for beyond the latest show.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36125,netflix,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you are focused,Clear focus on what to do but a lot of freedom on how to achieve it. Great cross-team collaboration.,"Socializing is discouraged, no holiday party etc.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36126,netflix,none," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"very smart people, decisions get made fast and in small groups, flat structure, growing fast",company is getting bigger and culture likely to change with size,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36127,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Results driven, ability to create and execute own projets, candid feedback",Too many burnt out employees,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36128,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inspiring place to work,"Surrounded by the absolute best and brightest professionals in their fields. You can really depend on those around you to do great work, which is inspiring. Great company culture and vision. Freedom to do your job in the way you see fit, with no extra rules or process.",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36129,netflix,none," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place I've ever worked,"""Freedom and Responsibility"" rings mostly true, although you'd have to be stupid to not realize it isn't 100% true always and in everything. Simple, indisputable example: you can't decide how much you make, yourself. That's an obvious statement, yet it proves there definitely are no-goes and as such, gray areas. In practice, it hasn't been an issue for me--just clarifying. You want X number of monitors, Y super-amazing-computer, come in at 11am, leave at 4pm, take numerous vacations, ask (and receive a real answer!) dang near anything about what movies/shows they're secretly bidding on in Hollywood, etc, etc. Not only things a reasonable person would want to do/have, more like a well spoiled person. This all assumes you are communicating this with your team and performing well above average--Netflix does *not* knowingly hire junior, mid-level, or wannabe-senior engineers. I haven't personally seen a bunch of people get fired, but of the one or two I've seen, it was not surprising. I have noticed some teams are more critical of performance than others.  Like any company of a decent size, not every team has exactly the same culture. Mine was absolutely wonderful day-to-day. My managers help you and coordinate, more than ""manage"" me, which is huge just by itself. To this point, most engineering managers I know of aren't really programmers, which I think is a huge bonus because there is far less risk of them wanting to micromanage projects and implementation details. That said, they are ALL very very technical and can fairly trivially smell BS.  Salary: you'll be more than happy as far as I've heard from co-workers. For me, they made it impossible for me to ever even consider leaving because of salary. Almost every place I've worked prior, I had at some point felt underpaid. Not here, I felt very much appreciated and paid as such.  Summary: YMMV, like in every big company, but seriously that's super important to understand, but my experience was amazing and by far the best place I've ever worked, all things considered. I left for personal reasons that aren't related to Netflix--wife/family stuff.","If you're not a high performer, but you manage to sneak in, the fear of being canned could certainly be real since YOU WILL inevitably be discovered. But don't second guess yourself. It should be obvious whether or not you are a high performer.  Sometimes discussions on the Freedom and Responsibility culture turns sort of cult-like. With a select number of people, questioning its real-world implications has been met with very clear disgust, almost denial. Very rare, though. For me was trivial to brush off.","Do: continue soliciting feedback both positive and negative/constructive. Do continue to hire top-tier talent only. Do continue tweaking the culture.  Don't: continue having 360s, some how foster year-long feedback instead. Don't use terms or policies defined as ""unlimited"", which is in practice about as ""unlimited"" as AT&T's data plans were in 2011. It makes almost every coworker I talked to uncertain about what it means in practice and of course made things vary among teams.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P29.htm
36130,netflix,none," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,Great people and great benefits,Growing quickly lots of new people,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36131,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freedom and Responsibility isn't propaganda,"Incredibly smart people. You'll work alongside PhD statisticians and data scientists. Everyone, including IT, are incredibly good at their job. It really pushes me to be the best I can be.  There is almost no politics. Everyone does what's best, generally.  No vacation policy (a good thing), no expense report BS. You're treated like an adult.  Work/life balance is pretty good (40-45 hours a week), but you've got to be your own advocate. Extremely high salary","Ramp-up process is a bit harsh. Some encouragement early on would've been useful and also some reinforcement that I wouldn't be fired. The pace is incredibly quick. That can be a pro or a con, depending on your style.","Make sure to support new people early on At whatever cost, try to maintain the culture at what it is",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36132,netflix,none," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great company to work for, plenty of benefits and the unlimited vacation time is a plus even know i don't take advantage of it to often. Lots of freedom to do your job and try new things out without having to go through multiple channels or people.","It's sad to see the DVD side decreasing in size, but everyone is still upbeat about there job.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36133,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Csr1 Chat,Really solid company,"I love working here, you are pure customer service and you really have freedom in how you do your job. The culture is all about honesty and really caring about your customers and you can see that. They pay you very well and your paychecks are always consistent. You get five weeks paid vacation, incredible insurance dental and vision, free Netflix and Netflix swag, and so much more. You are treated as an adult and get to work around a lot of positive good quality people. Netflix cares about who they hire, and sometimes those people will lose their job because they aren't the right fit, thus those people come here and leave 1 star propaganda type reviews. If you aren't going to bring something positive to the work place then why are you even there? It makes it amazing to work there because the people who are there are really amazing, high quality positive people making this an extremely great environment . I'm never dreading going to work, the supervisors, agents and even operations management all talk to each other on a human level and no one is snarly or stuck up. Its an extremely chill environment with high expectations. You are expected to do your job and be an adult, and everything else is extremely relaxed. If you think you can come to work and mess around, you're not going to have a job long, but I've been here almost a year now and everything is just as amazing now as when it first opened.","I wouldn't say there are loads of downsides, we are a 24 hour call center so when you are hired you are told you need to be flexible with your work schedule. Most schedules you'll have for a good 3-4 months but when new schedules come out you need to be willing to take it on. We were told this at least ten times before being hired, so you can't really complain. And even if you get a schedule you don't want you can trade and they won't stop you.",I would just say to keep doing what you're doing. K really appreciate how much you seem to care about your employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36134,netflix,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoyable,"flexible hours, free food to a degree. Allows personal pets on site. We love seeing dogs all over the work place!","not enough creative freedom, relies heavily on technology and its artificial intelligence algorithm, but that's what sets the company apart from its competitors",I'd like to see more creative people in our team. It seems like our current structure is not as competitive as some of our major competitors.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36135,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Engineering Manager,"Great culture, lots of autonomy, interesting product and work.","Commute to Los Gatos, and no SF office.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36136,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Analyst,,Freedom and responsibility is real. Exceptional colleagues are top performers and fully formed adults. Incredibly agile and open minded company,"Average performance earns generous severance. I have no problem with this this, but you will see colleagues fired.","Vigilance to maintain culture as Netflix scales is critical. Leadership is doing a great job at this, but can't ever let up the pressure or risk becoming a slow moving behemoth.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36137,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,"Laid back, relaxed culture. No sales or retention.",Typical Call Center environment with normal ups and downs.,"Nothing, did a good job.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36138,netflix,none," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,the flix,easy job free product can watch tv talk to people from all over,hard metrics customers dont listen needs better pay needs to take employee feedback,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36139,netflix,"Santa Clara, CA"," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Rep,Management is amazing. They want to bring out the best in their employees and help to drive these behaviors. Freedom and Responsibility is a huge thing here. You get lots of freedom to create your own path to success. Coworkers are amazing. Everyone brings something else to the table. The kind of place you make long lasting relationships at.,This position is a 24/7 position. This means you end up working odd hours and weekends. This lead to not having much of a social life outside of work.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P30.htm
36140,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good but not so good,"Great coworkers, free netflix , tools available to complete job, swag, easy for call center work, great benefits and pay.","I'm a good agent, I have great stats and get along well with management and coworker. however, i don't even feel secure in my job. Management really needs to get it together. It feels like high school with how much you hear the cool kids ""supervisors"" talk about agents openly while others can hear them. Netflix also will say they are ""transparent"" this is not the case. ""Corporate told us, we didn't know"" is a poor excuse.","Empty promises do not go far with employees. Get on the same page as corporate or keep quite until you know what's actually going on. This also goes to corporate, they are responsible for most of the bad things that do come about but leave it to the site leader's to break the news. And to our supervisors, please learn to be more professional. Netflix really could be a amazing place to work if they hired the right people for leadership positions and were more honest and truly transparent.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36141,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Very open culture, you're largely in charge of your own success. Only necessary processes are employed. Good perks, 401k, health insurance, free lunches.","A note on the health insurance if you have a family, you will likely end up paying some out of pocket each paycheck. As with all jobs, political maneuvering seems to play a small part in continued success. If they hire you for a specific roll it can be hard to move up.",Keep being open and honest with everyone. It feels really nice having access to upper management when there are open questions around company decisions and the general direction of the company.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36142,netflix,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,- Best in the industry. Always on the edge.,- Nothing comes to mind. All is good.,Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36143,netflix,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"High base salary, high competitive technologies, very talent co-works",Everything seems to be ad-hoc and move way too fast. The technical manager are very aggressive but sometime lacking the log-term vision for the tream. No job security. Even the Directors and VPs can be let go anytime.,"Consolidate you long-term vision, not just short-term solutions. Facilitate your team member's career development, not just use them like a contractor.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36144,netflix,none," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not quite what it hopes to be....,Great vision for the company. Amazing engineering team.,Major discrepancies in commitment to culture deck. Says one thing but often does another. Not consistent across different teams.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36145,netflix,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Treated like a GrownUp?,A very nice building in Beverly Hills.,"If you interviewed with Netflix and didn't get the job, be happy. Boredom and fear are the only feelings around. You will walk in every single day fearing that it's your last day there, no matter who you are, contractor or full time. It's not worth it. The pressure, the anxiety, the fear. They have been massively hiring and now they are firing, for no reason. Well, from what I have seen it's either because they thought they needed you but they really don't, or because you are about to become too expensive after roughly 2-4 months with health insurance etc..The bottom line is you are not treated like a grown up but just as a tool and management is completely useless.",Don't hire someone unless you really need him/her. That person who you hired and fired has probably turned down another good job offer at another company that now is no longer on the table.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36146,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Global Support Technician,Gstr,"Great people, fun place to work.",Nothing bad to say,NO MORE SHIFT CHANGES..,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36147,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,"Free Netflix, friendly coworkers, good pay","Management expects unrealistic hours to work, schedule changes every 3-4 weeks, management is rude and two faced.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36148,netflix,"Fremont, CA"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - QA Engineer,A dream company to work for,-Awesome benefits -Competitive salary -Freedom to be creative and work as one sees fit with minimal supervision -Many other perks as expected from Silicon Valley,"-There aren't any ""Cons"", it's all good!",Keep doing exactly what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36149,netflix,none," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freedom and....?,Organic juices and couple of non-Gmo Snacks. But all the rest is GMO.,"Contractors are used, abused, kicked to the curb and finally fired. The company takes no responsibility whats so ever for all the people who are inevitably loosing or will loose their job in a matter of very few months or in the worst case scenario, right before health insurance is about to kick in. There is no such thing as ""high performance"". The company just uses and abuses, hire and fire, really talented people found by a random staffing agency that will promise you 6 months+. Netflix prefers to hire full time ""likable"" people only, not skilled people. Upper management simply micro manages every little baby step you are allowed to take, yet full time peers will bash you and take you down until you are fired. The company will not fire people that have been working there for a while even though they cannot keep up with the company growth. Full time peers with less skills, less education, and less valuable experience will clearly tell you to back off and will stab you in the back until you are gone, since you represent a threat to them.",Keep doing what you are doing....and do expect a class action from contractors.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P31.htm
36150,netflix,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,a job but not a career,"Nice coworkers and down to earth management, that really knew how to make employees feel valuable.","Customers could be pretty nasty sometimes, when their internet was way to sloooooow to stream movies.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36151,netflix,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jul 30, 2015",Former Employee - Disc Return,Good mornings,"They were very flexible, got free Netflix account while employed, good pay for part time, nice people to work with.",Very early hours if you're not a morning person.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36152,netflix,"Frisco, TX"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,n/a,I totally loved it the people are wonderful truly love it.,No cons the job was totally wonderful and understanding.,N/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36153,netflix,"Fremont, CA"," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Support Specialist,,"Call center job, great supervisor and a lot of coaching opportunity! Ok pay, for a college student or someone without a college degree.","Call center job, answer up to 80 plus calls a day",Listen and act upon supervisor's advise !,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36154,netflix,"Denver, CO"," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative I,Not worth the pay...,"The environment is high energy and the people are very friendly. They have a lot of games and videos, as well as devices to occupy your free time. It is extremely DIFFICULT to get fired. Which means that if you do get fired then you SERIOUSLY and imaginably screwed up.","Your base PAY as of 2014-2015, as you are contracted out and paid by 24/7 is at the most 12.00 an HOUR! I do not know how Glassdoor came up with $15.  You are verbally abused everyday by the customer. The technology and the Knowledge base can chance on you, so you need to be extremely adaptable.  If someone starts calling you names, you can not hang up and you can not make outbound calls.  You are held to metrics and those standards are extremely difficult to maintain unless you have been working in a call center for 5 years. If you do not perform you will be written up.  One of those metrics is your call back rate, handle time (less than 5 and 1/2 minutes) and DSAT's (less than 4%) which translates into 1 NO in the survey.  Attendance is non-negotiable. I was sick for 9 weeks (I had my voice for less than 25% of the time) and I even brought in a doctors note explaining my situation and I STILL got written up.  They have shift bids, which means that every 6 months you can bid for a new shift. If your metrics are mediocre or bad, then you will be moved to what every shift they give you. Most places try to put you in shift according to your requests and needs. This is not that place. You can bison your own shift...and possibly keep it. My call center lost half of their work force due to the previous shift bid. They said they were going to try and change it to make it more ""fair"", but when I left, they can completely removed my shift time.  They did NOT tell me about shift bids when they hired me.  If you try for CSR 2 and don't meet the standard by day 90, you will lose your job. You do not go back to CSR 1 or given another chance.  iF YOU want to TRADE, then the person you trade with has to be approved by your team lead and theirs...and vise versa. I switched shifts with someone else, I put up 3 people before I found someone acceptable. The shift took 3 months to process due to a lack of organization.  If you do not mind being a punching bag, emotionally and verbally...then this is the job for you!",Better and longer training.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36155,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Supervisor,Utah call center is NOT Netflix Inc,High Pay Easy to get hired Tools work very well,"EASY TO GET FIRED! Extremely high performance requirements with ineffective support by Supervisors and CSR2's. 100% responsibility for performance on teammate. Don't perform ( 95% satisfaction ) you can be fired within 3 weeks  Netflix Inc advertises all sorts of benefits. ( unlimited vacation, parental leave, severance package if let go )... you will NOT have access to ANY of these benefits working for the SLC call center as it is actually "" Netflix CS ( customer service ) and has no obligation to give you any of the company benefits  Sounds great, but you will NOT get 90% of what you are promised  I was Operations Supervisor and left because I was being forced to fire teammates unethically - Do not let the propaganda fool you, you can be fired any day, with no notice and no benefits",none,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36156,netflix,none," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Reliability Engineering, Mostly Good",Worked with some of the best engineers in the world across all engineering business units. Plenty of interesting and important work everywhere you look. Learned an incredible amount about service oriented architectures in practice. Lots of swag and fun events with your coworkers.,"If you have a wife or kids, and you like them a lot, this may not be the job for you because there is no follow-the-sun or other strategy to mitigate painful on-call rotations. Reliability Engineering was treated more like an outside consultant that would manage and review incidents with minimal depth into any business unit. Being a mostly Python shop, we were black sheep to the Java developers in Product Engineering.","Reliability should be baked into every business unit instead of being a single group. The human cost of 24x7 operations leads to worse outcomes for the business, consider investing in European offices.",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36157,netflix,none," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Major Leagues,"People are incredibly smart, but also dedicated to success -- it's easy to get a director or VP of a function in a sit down to help you on a project they're not even leading.","Very, very fast paced. Sometimes speed is used as an excuse to cover up lack of quality and consistency.","Sometimes you need to slow down to speed up. Teams can ramp incredibly quickly from 20 to 60 people in 6 months, and many can get lost in the shuffle.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36158,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Reliability Engineer,Reliability Engineer,"Great work environment, great culture ideals","Can be ""clicky"" and some managers really are there based off friendships they established, not skill sets.","clean up management, get more candid reviews about managers. 360s for managers should be set to private as it has been taken out on staff.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36159,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Rep position,"Great pay, free health care, free food in break room, management seems like they care about employees.","High volume, very busy, angry customers",I don't have advice. I was very happy with this position.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P32.htm
36160,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 3, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Nice place to work,Very Good Culture Nice Pay Talented colleagues,Not a place who are worried about Job Security,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36161,netflix,"North Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative II,Family,Working at Netflix was wonderful. We were like a big family. We all helped each other.,It was 24 hour customer service support,More access to be able to write things down while on the phone,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36162,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture of Lies,"Literally just the pay, its over market and thats where the problems come in.","Its as if they build this up as some caring enviroment, but its allllll lies. I would never have came here if not for the pay and the promise of different and unique in terms of call centers. There are many others that work here and feel the same, that this place is literally garbage at actually caring for the people they hire. If you do wanna pursue any sort of job here, don't ever try to talk to anyone that is un management about any problems you may be having, they will threaten your job status immediately. This has happened to myself and others.  0/10 wouldn't recommend.","Stop acting like this place is so relaxed and chill, too many of your employees are actually afraid of being fired or afraid of upper management which is sickening.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36163,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 20, 2015",Former Employee - CSR-1,,"Great pay, cool people, good benefits,","Policies are not equal across the board. If you are late 100 times and miss more then half of the month management will keep you so long as you are buddies. If you are not then they will fire for for being 3 minutes late once. No warnings, not write ups The policy is use your best judgment. ... that is flawed","get better policies, implement warning systems.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36164,netflix,none," Jun 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Volume Call Center,Great co-workers A break room with free snacks/lunch,Almost non-stop calls Easy to get bored due to redundant issues with customers,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36165,netflix,none," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Idea, Not so great execution","Wonderful spirit among the employees, Call center is fairly nice with a plethora of break rooms, services and aesthetic feel. Pay was good and comes with service perks.","Company will tell you they don't use key indicators to control employment, but this also enables them arbitrarily terminate employees. Management is very persnickety and often unreliable. Coworkers generally help you when you have a problem because the management is standoffish. Software engineers are fairly laughable. The concept and pricing for the service is great, but the actual programs on many operating systems is horridly designed in many area, as customers will frequently point out.",Let employees see their statistics. That's how they really know what they need to improve on and aren't just relying on unreliable management to track their success.,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36166,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - QA Engineer,Officially a big company,"Great pay, free lunches, flexible hours, no weekends, brilliant co-workers","I have worked for Netflix for several years and I can honestly say that a lot of the groups now including where I was has started managing up. The transparency is slowly eroding. Opinions are still accepted but disregarded under the guise of management speak. Quality is no longer a standard for shipping products. It's now the need to be perceived as ""fast"" regardless. Management has run amok and the standard of hiring managers has plummeted. I left on my own accord just so that people don't think it's another disgruntled employee.",Whether intentional or unintentional not listening to the people with experience and history of how the group works will eventually make the culture deck obsolete. Discouraging people to directly talk and speak their mind and making unilateral condition without a concrete plan will eventually catch up to you.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36167,netflix,none," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place for a Customer Service Job,Free lunch and breakfast depending on part time or full time position. Full benefits as well.,Very competitive and stat based job in order to move up in company.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36168,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jun 15, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,customer service rep,"The people are great, free Netflix, nice benefits.",Constant change to policies and procedures.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36169,netflix,"Lindenwold, NJ"," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Equipment Technician,netflix,best company in the world to work for,there aren't any unless you are afraid to work,keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P33.htm
36170,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Netflix is a great place to work!,"The culture of Freedom and Responsibily really does exits at Netflix. If you are a passionate engineer who likes to solve hard problems, you will love Netflix.","The main location is in Los Gatos, and working remotely full-time is currently not allowed.",Consider piloting a full-time remote engineering hire to gauge the success. Allowing remote employment as an option could remove a barrier that prevents some very talented folks from applying.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36171,netflix,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Challenging but rewarding,Smart people to work with in a fast pace challenging environment.,No warnings of when you will get let go.,Need to put the managers to more training when it comes to leading a team.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36172,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 23, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,"The people who work there are phenomenal. No petty workplace drama, helpful environment. The pay was fair. No scripts. Coaching was built on behaviors and I was lucky enough to have very good coaches.","No room for advancement, metric driven environment, so if you have a bad supervisor and a bad week, you will probably get told to change what usually works. With the fast call times it can be hard to politely get people off the phone, and the survey at the end only asks if they like Netflix, so even if the person loves your service, it may affect your stats negatively.","Better communication. I hated it when customers told me about changes before management did. Opportunities to move off of the phones would encourage more longevity. Getting help from Tier 2 is ridiculously long and clunky, and effects stats.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36173,netflix,"Portland, OR"," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service/Tech Support,CSR Hillsboro Call Center,"Great co-workers and supervisors. Free coffee, tea, oatmeal, cup of noodles, and the occasional pancake breakfast. Free Netflix was a nice bonus. Able to surf non work websites such as imgur, facebook, and linkin while at work. Communicated with coworkers on facebook almost as often as I did thru work chat. Pretty chill environment considering it was a call center. Metrics were very reasonable and not that big of a challenge to reach. Days off weren't hard to get if they were scheduled way in advance (at least 6 weeks).","No pay raise the entire time I was there, everyone was paid the same rate and nobody got a pay raise unless they changed jobs. In fact our pay in benefits (used to have 10k allowance per year and anything not used was put into our paycheck) was taken away - at the same time the CEO got a $1 million bonus, hmm.... Felt like a dead end job. No opportunity to advance beyond the call center. Often had to be the bearer of bad news to customers (price change, delivery changes) and found out from customers before company told us.","Don't treat employees like they can't tell what you're really doing. We knew $1 million bonus money came out of our benefits fund. Trying to ""positively position"" a statement when we do that all day to customers feels demeaning. Just give it to us straight. Also, tell us what's happening BEFORE a customer tells us. Just makes the company look bad when they know before we do.",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36174,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,The best place to work at for software development in the valley,Great problems to solve Freedom and responsibility culture Work with many talented people Low turnover No Fear of my job. Ability to do a great job Highly visible product that is fun to work on Large scale problems Great work life balance,None at all. This is the best place I have ever worked,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36175,netflix,"Venice, CA"," May 11, 2015","Former Employee - Director, Business &amp, Legal Affairs, Original Series","Director, Business & Legal Affairs, Original Series","Dynamic culture, top pay, cutting edge work",Very heavy volume of work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36176,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freedom comes with Responsibility,You are treated as an adult. Minimal micro management. You are expected to take the lead for your projects. Your have ample space to try out your things and PMs are willing to listen and try out your ideas via an AB test.,I'd love to have an on-campus gym. They do have one shared by Aventino (the apartment community next to it). Ping pong tables and Sauna bath needed :),You are doing a great job! Thanks for inventing such an unique culture and exercising it for more than a decade.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36177,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - CSR2,Worst call center work ever,Locker room to shower in after riding bike to work. Not having to engage Sr Management who always hid on the Bridge.,"No way for raises or growth professionally. Saw 18 Supervisors escorted out of building one by one by management, who were the first round of cuts after over staffing. High turnover. You cannot expect problems to be solved in 4:20 and basing a metric if the customers happy with a Y or N answer and only allowing 5/100 to be no was ridiculous.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36178,netflix,none," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix,Recruiting came first. Managers were trained to hire their teams.,work life balance not as it seems.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36179,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Mar 29, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing,Politics over hard work.,"Freedom & responsibility, creative atmosphere, free lunch and snacks","Freedom & responsibility on a superficial level, lots of politicking and waiting for people to dig their own graves, not much support or nurturing of talent","Put aside your own insecurities and recognize talent, let people shine, it doesn't take light away from you, it enhances your genius.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P34.htm
36180,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Great culture of freedom and responsibility.,Working with stunning colleagues Solving complicated problems,None at all.. none at all.,Keep up the great work with holding us true to our culture!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36181,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content Operations Manager,"Smart group of (mostly) young people. Top of market salaries. Stock option. Perks--stocked kitchens, daily catered lunch, off-site team-building"" activities, swag.","Benefits allowance doesn't go as far as it should if you're not twenty-something-without- dependents. The company's values of ""freedom and responsibility"" are quite clear in theory. How these translate on the ground is quite another thing that can only be described as a sort of collective narcissis. The environment is one in which everyone is constantly trying to prove their worth while watching their own back. The ""responsibility "" part of the equation is not reciprocal. It's sink or swim. Employees are let go quietly and efficiently, sort of erased. If you're a libertarian or a fan of Ayn Rand, good luck and enjoy the great pay. Otherwise, don't drink the Kool-Aid.","No, you are not ""cultural revolutionaries.""",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36182,netflix,none," Apr 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,"You are given the freedom to do what you think is best for the company. Smart and passionate co-workers, and a great working environment.","Limited career opportunity, and more pressure than a lot of the other companies.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36183,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 31, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,I had the best ever experience in my 28 years of experience!,"Best ""true"" culture for people who enjoy freedom and responsibility and can make judgment calls.",Not structured - thats a good thing for the right people.,Find ways for technical people to grow within the company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36184,netflix,"Fremont, CA"," Mar 27, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,great spot to make a quick buck,Fair hourly wage Catered breakfast/lunch Performance based shift bids,Make one mistake and you're out of there,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36185,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Apr 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not great - Super great on resume though!,"Health Plan, Salary, Lunch served daily, Relaxed dress code, Everyone is friendly, SNACKS","There's a reason the benefits package is so great. You will be afraid and you will stress about your job constantly. If you're lucky, you'll be in the right department, but more likely you won't be given really any training. If you do make it past the six month mark without being let go you will only last to about a year or so before you will need to move on. Most of the people you got hired with will be gone within two months and they were all excellent workers. Not okay - scary.  Definitely take the job so it gets on your resume. It will open doors as other companies are starting to pick up on the fact that Netflix is awesome at recruiting (every excellent candidate on a job hunt knows the name and applies), but this company is BAD at keeping these people.  I wish you good luck and work YOUR BUM OFF because it won't last.",You manage the company poorly. Autonomy is great as long a there is some sort of check in system and it's not all a political crap storm where the new people aren't actually helped.,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,33,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36186,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Marketing,"Good Salary and comfortable physical environmen,t but the treatment of women has caused a disturbing culture of sexual degradation for women.","Controversy and decline into pornography DVD's has led to workplace sexual inappropriateness from management. When the DVD ""Kink"" came in....dignity and respect for women in this company went out the door. It is sad that what was once a good company has declined into porno.",Stop allowing Not Rated films and porno.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36187,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 30, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Better places to work than here unless you enjoy irate customers who get totally upset over minor things.,Provide fairly well-stocked break room and often spring for pizza for everybody.,Management can't seem to get a grip on what method to use to manage operations and employees. Ever-changing operations plans leave employees bewildered and often paranoid.,"Yes, you're making tons of money and your stock is exorbitantly and obscenely high, but it's all at the expense of your employees. Learn how to manage people with a little respect for the individual and stop changing the workplace standard operating procedures so often. It confuses the masses, including those who manage and supervise.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36188,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growth and evolution,Company moves fast and you can be very productive. Minimal bureaucracy. Generally good at attempting to disseminate vision from top-down. Strong technical contributors and great peers. Most policies and practices are employee-friendly (in that there's little impediments to getting stuff done). Company does get rid of low-performers regularly.,"As with many rapidly growing organizations, there's some chaos and politically-biased positioning during the changes. Some managers are focused too tactically on product today, not strengthening the team and products for future. If you need to work at a place where things don't change much or where you can know you'll be employed for years--this is not the place for you. Work load can be heavy at times (but the work itself is interesting and fun).","As the company continues to move from a maverick streaming technology startup to a operations-focused content provider, there should be more discussion about how the culture and product is changing and how it needs to shift more. In the past 5 years, engineer headcount has more than doubled -- how can we continue to adapt our management and development at the same rate of success (or better) with this much larger org?",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36189,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome company if you are engineer.,"Great co-workers, good support, great pay.",Not for everybody. Manager if he/she is not careful and politically savvy can have short lifetime with a company.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P35.htm
36190,netflix,"Beaverton, OR"," Apr 19, 2015",Former Employee - Csr1,Customer Care Representative I,- Unlimited overtime - Snacks in the break room - Fast moving - Meeting a lot of new people - $14/hr for no education required - Benefits,"- Incredibly high turnover of employees. Rather than investing in training, they just hired large swathes of people and then fired the ones that they didn't like. - A lot of burn out. People getting overworked was very common. On my first week there a girl burst into tears, ran out of the building, and didn't come back. - Completely unrealistic expectations on calls. For example: 97% of callers have to rate you positively at the end of the call, the call needs to be under 3.5 minutes, you cannot transfer more than X amount to a supervisor, you have to keep the replacement CDs you send under X amount - Everything, from the time you spent in the restroom, to the time you spent on a certain type of call, is broken down to the second and charted - Honestly the most hostile environment I have ever been in. I went in every day thinking I would be fired. After 1 year and 1 month of working there (generally 50+ hours a week), I got fired for burnout.","Relax a little bit. This was a toxic environment. I went through 6 supervisors during the time I was there, including a month and a half of no supervisor at all. And I was only there 13 months!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36191,netflix,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freedom and responsibility and paying top of the market,"- High salary focused on cash compensation - freedom and responsibility, no micromanagement actually -","- Technically, a single engineer should cover wide range of areas including coding, testing, packaging, deployment, monitoring, etc. This can be a great challenge but sometimes this will create fatigue. - Sometimes, it happened that somebody was fired but hard to understand why he/she was let go.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36192,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good positive culture,"Good culture, positive work environment and overall a positive job because people like netflix",tough to move up even if your performing well. Mostly about politics and making sure the right people know you as there are a lot of employees in the call center. Tough to stand out.,Was great when you allowed even newly hired CSR employees to purchase company stock using up to 15% of paycheck. When the stock took off and skyrocketed this was immediately taken away which came off as greedy.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36193,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst place I've ever worked,None. Maybe the pay but I received a better offer from my current employer.,"Political, bureaucratic, catty, micro-managing environment. Inexperienced management. No growth opportunities. Absolutely zero work life balance. Please do yourself a favor and listen to the other reviews on here and work literally anywhere else.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36194,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Director,"The culture is the real deal, read the deck. It really is the blueprint for our culture.",Freedom and Responsibility from the culture deck is true Super smart people that love what they do Awesome brand Compensation is top of market,"Things move quickly, sometimes hard to keep up High performing culture means there is pressure, but deliver rather than worry and you will be fine",As we grow we need to consider other means of communication. Memo's are great but we need to find more efficient means of communicating.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36195,netflix,"Farmington Hills, MI"," Mar 23, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,I didn't like it to much,Fun environment if you are young,"Hours, people, survey, they tell you they don't car about your outside life",Hire more mature people,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36196,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Feb 8, 2015",Former Employee - Csr1,Will fire you for being 2 minutes late.,Great facility. Relaxed atmosphere once you get there,Will fire you for being late no matter what the reason,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36197,netflix,none," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible working conditions,The free account was pretty good.,Managment has no idea what they are doing!,Get a clue,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36198,netflix,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Movies 101,"The can do, us against the world spirit.","Hours, lack of bonus, lack of holidays, presure",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36199,netflix,none," Jan 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I loved it thought it was very easy and I love helping people .,well I want to be successful and I crave success more than ever and I feel like there's more opportunities at this job .,Trying to help as much people as you can in an orderly manner.,always think positive.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P36.htm
36200,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 28, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Fantastic company,"Lots of freedom and autonomy. No nonsense around things like expenses, vacation, etc. Just be professional and make sure you're helping you're team be effective and pretty much everything will be okay.","Since you get near total autonomy, figuring out just _what_ to do can be challenging. You have to consider options carefully. It's also easy to get a bit of imposter syndrome since you're working with some of the very top names in the industry.",Keep it up!  Only thing I would maybe change is to add a bit more emphasis on the importance of building personal brand and a bit more transparency about how compensation review works.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36201,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,An incredible environment that will definitely make you grow as a professional,"I have worked for Netflix for 3 years. As most of reviews say, it is incredible to see how open and honest the culture is. The company is still pretty flat for its size, and you can feel your impact on initiatives you work on. Development moves very fast and our cycles are short and iterative. Multiple 6-month long projects in other companies get out the door in a matter of a few weeks.  I definitely feel like reviews on Glassdoor do not make justice to the Netflix environment. Yes, there is a lot of work, but I do not feel people get let go all the time, or that anyone would feel scared of being fired without reason. People do not get let go without fair warning. Everyone I know that has been let go so far saw it coming and recognizes it is the best for both them and the company. I find it hard to believe sometimes we have to overcome people's fears in that aspect. And newcomers realize very fast there is a myth and feel great to have joined.  In short, it is a remarkable, fair and candid company and I am thrilled to have joined and I plan to go nowhere in the next 5 years.","I agree there is no career plan or defined development, but then again, this translates into a lot of freedom to forge your own path. Plus, people who are hired are usually senior, so I feel there is less of a need for a strict career plan. When you work at Netflix, you are exposed to so much that it is easy to explain why you grow so much in a short period of time.","One of the biggest fears within the company is that our amazing culture gets diluted as we grow, so it is important to continue investing to keep the culture alive.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36202,netflix,none," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Every day is different and you can leave it at the door on the way out. Free food.,DVD side will be closing in a few years.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36203,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Digital Account Specialist,Trapped & Talented,"Lunch, healthcare, experience and unlimited vacations.","No growth and the culture IS too good to be true, we live and breed fear.",Management fears there own position that they can't efficiently manage their team.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36204,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Purchasing,"Great Company, Inexperienced Management","Great Product, Driven culture, Cross Team Collaboration.","There are a couple of cons that seem to be proving to become obstacles for productivity. My Director loves to bully and has fired the valuable individuals on our team. She is afraid of anyone that is smarter than her that also contributes and gets recognized for their contribution. Instead of building a great team, sadly this Director manages two unrelated teams with no knowledge on how to manage either. She thrives on driving fear. Sad as most of the people here are genuinely great people.",Don't sacrifice two great teams for a poor director.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36205,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Position,No Job security. Poor Management!,Great Pay. Benefits and perks. Catered Food.,No proper training. No room for error or else you will get fired culture. Politics. Arrogant Managers. I worked at Netflix for almost 5 years and I've always had great feedback during 360 reviews except for 1 person. That person who was new to the company gave me a bad review last year and that's the reason I lost my job. My manager made that review as a back-up to lay me off and totally lied that I am no longer fit for the job. Feeling betrayed and unjustly fired.,Be aware.. What goes around comes around!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,43,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36206,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - Director of Engineering,Best job I have ever had,"Excellent environment for smart and motivated SW devs. Very little politics. Technology leader. Very focused on streaming video on demand. Value smart devs, not 24-7 heros. Tremendous opportunity to influence video and entertainment industries.","If you are a task-oriented dev, if you need an architect or manager to give you a list of deliverables, you will not do well at Netflix. If you are a control-freak you will not do well.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36207,netflix,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work for,"Very Stable, great enviroment, excellent remuneration. I have been with the company for over 7 years now and have grown a lot in the company - Both Mentally and Financially ( My salary has more than doubled over my stay).  Culture is a big thing here and if you do not fit then you do not stay.","There is a culture of freedom and responsibility and if you are coming from an organization which is very bureaucratic you might have a culture shock here. The immediate response people get are, ""There is no work-life balance"", ""There are no controls here""..  When in reality at Netflix expectations are for you to be independent and productive.",Continue the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36208,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Well treated, enjoyable environment.","* Culture deck is very close to accurate. From my experience, few things have differed from the information available publicly. I was concerned that there would be a 'culture of fear' before I joined but it has not been so. * Exceptional senior management. They keep the company on course, share information freely, are incredibly knowledgable, and open to answering any employee questions. I have never been more impressed with a senior management team. * Comp and benefits are outstanding. I started about a year ago and since then the company has increased my salary by over 50%. Having had recent, competitive offers, it is truly top-of-market pay. * Good work-life balance and unlimited time off.","* No formalized training or advancement. If you want to try out different teams or roles this isn't the place. * No long-term career objectives. Nearly every single engineer has the same title so there are no career goals to work towards. This also means no promotions (unless you're in management). * All engineering positions are based out of Los Gatos. If you live elsewhere in the Bay, commuting is a requirement.","Great place to work overall. My biggest request would be to provide the opportunity to work in other teams for the experience, learning, and novelty. Additionally, I personally feel that it would be beneficial to have long-term career goals and objectives to work towards.",5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36209,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A roller coaster ride of excitement and stress,"Excellent salary, smart people, great time flexibility, satisfying projects. The company values of freedom and responsibility are really like treating employees like adults and trusting them to execute the best overall decisions for the company, which is effective when enough context is given. Innovation and experimentation is rewarded well and many opportunities for ongoing education are offered.","Internal politics. Lots of blame game behavior played as subtly (yet transparently if you pay attention) as possible. Some managers spend too much time in the code instead of managing their team. I had the experience of offering many recommendations for improving team performance and not having them implemented because the culture here is to just do what you want and either get rewarded hugely or sacked. Management coaching appears to be improving, but inconsistently applied. I've seen people who need to be let go stay on for a long time with many opportunities to change and people who were very competent let go without much warning that they need to change something. I've also seen projects executed that solved the business problems presented but were dropped because management didn't like it rather than some other specific reasons.","Management is not about process, I think Netflix has that correct. Excellent management is about getting problems out of the way of employees so that they can excel and about managing interpersonal conflicts so that a team can leverage one another's strengths to push the team higher than before. I think this element is missing on some teams at Netflix and that there is too much emphasis on daily high performance (important) and little building of loyalty or camaraderie.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P37.htm
36210,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,"At Netflix the technology is the WHAT you do, providing great content for subscribers to enjoy is the WHY","Netflix is singularly focused. They want to provide great family content for their subscribers to enjoy. By doing that, people feel they are getting the most from their monthly subscription. They have a robust service that is well architected, and they have discipline that has been honed for over a decade to become the best at what they do. As so many leadership books say, you can tell way more about someone by what they say NO to, and how well they can say NO. Netflix doesn't do ads, pay-per-view, purchasable content, or porn. Just thoughtful, edgy, and family programming so you can enjoy your subscription. They're bigger than people perceive, around 3,000 at time of this writing, but still have that startup feel of ""just get stuff done."" They get rid of all unnecessary process, so even in management, I can spend most of my time focusing on adding value to our customers instead of administrivia.","Netflix prides themselves on hiring super senior people that are like a pro team. Everyone is treated like a professional. You won't find any interns at Netflix. You'll only be working with people that have been in the industry and are smart at what they're doing--but that doesn't mean they're smart at everything. So some coordination and challenging of each other is necessary for success. If you're more introverted and don't speak up much, and not much of a self-starter, this isn't a good company for you.","The singular focus is fantastic, but a little bit of effort toward leadership development would help the company through the next growth spurt it needs and assure we can grow our next level of executive leaders from within.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36211,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing culture, clear and transparent strategy, and an amazing staff.","- The company has amazing work culture. They encourage personal responsibility, so you're allowed to work the way you like to work as long as work is getting done.  - All teams appear to be very clear and transparent with regards to strategy. I knew exactly what I was doing, why I was doing it and what the overall objective was. Lots of clear communication and collaboration. You think this would be a no brainer for all companies, but this is increasingly rare so it's great to see Netflix embrace communication.  - Plenty of parking in the Beverly Hills office.  - Catered lunch EVERYDAY.","-Lack of new employee onboarding for your particular role. When you're new, everyone is really busy so there is rarely time for you to sit down with someone and learn the processes for your role that are specific to Netflix. A lot of it is learning on the fly and asking questions as they come up. This is fine if you're a fast learner or have a lot of experience for your role, but for others this can be a very difficult roadblock that can affect campaigns early on and stifle rapport building within teams",You have created an amazing product and an amazing place to work. Keep going!,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36212,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Smart people, challenging work","Everyone I work with at Netflix is incredibly smart, thoughtful and ready to challenge ideas. It's a great place to foster innovation and the culture of you setting your own hours and vacation time can't be beat.",There are times when changes are put in place by brute force (C-level said so) that is in such a clash with the rest of the culture that it is upsetting and derails the ideation process.,"Promote more from within, and have peers interview new candidates.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36213,netflix,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jan 12, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Representative,"Free Netflix (8 DVD plan + streaming), benefits, time off policies.","They treat you like a ""Number"" instead of a person, definitely need a ""thick skin"" for this job, Expect to work odd hours if you don't have seniority for choosing shifts.",none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36214,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Very friendly environment, good buzz",No cons really. Its a pretty hectic pace at times,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36215,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Content Operations Manager,Culture Deck Is Real,"Being part of an innovative and transparent company has kept me working here for several years. Not only do I love what I do, but what keeps me here is the environment. We live out the culture deck. Politics do not prohibit me from doing my job or speaking out when I have a recommendation on what could be better. Collaboration is encouraged, and it's easy to do when you have high-performing peers and understanding managers.",None to reference at this time.,Keep up with the great transparency.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36216,netflix,none," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a great place to work,Compensation was good. That's about it.,Management is horrible. Bumbling idiots. They only know two ways to address a problem. Write an algorithm or fire people. It's a culture of firing.,none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36217,netflix,none," Oct 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Engineer,Great company to work for. Things to watch out are to ensure that you always deliver on time and to specification. No excuses.,They lay off at a very short notice and recycle 10% every quarter.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36218,netflix,none," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, team, technology and innovation.",Always innovating and moving forward.,I enjoy working here - no cons for me.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36219,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - CSR2,"Solid Job, sad to see it's closing","Free Netflix, PTO, Good Vacation, Severance, Good Work-Life Balance","Talking to the general public, policies can be hard to deliver to customers, might close your Call Center",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P38.htm
36220,netflix,"Frisco, TX"," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - CSR-1,Worked through ascenda corp.,"Laid back, you can be yourself whether you have blue hair, tats all over your face or the like. Free Netflix for life! And easy to move up.",Some supervisors are very rude and pushy and stuck up. they will hire anybody.,Make sure some supervisors after properly trained before they ruin potential candidates.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36221,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - CSR-1,I feel like I'm on a sinking ship...,"Not many left, pay is decent, oatmeal and ramen in the breakroom, that's about it.","Been here 5 years with top stats never had a raise but did get a pay cut. Overwhelming sense of managers whispering behind closed doors. Pretty much anyone can get fired anytime for literally any reason. Doesn't matter how good you are at your job, I haven't talked to a supervisor or manager in months. Constant calls with limited out-dated knowledge base to refer to. No notice on changes or training after initial hiring. Fear based environment. If you have any other option it's probably better.",This used to be such a nice place to work... now we are cattle herded through troughs.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36222,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Systems Administrator,It's not ,"Leeway to learn and gain experience with diverse technology. Pay was above market. Work with fantastic people. Free subscription & good ""product"".","People are treated like toilet paper. It is not a ""family"", this is true, but it is not a ""team"", either. The group I worked in processed hires & fires access rights: I have never seen so many people fired, without warning, while they were ON vacation - leaving our group to receive and deal with calls from confused people (some of them Directors of hubs), who returned ready for work to no access and no information on what was happening. Lousy communication between groups. Excessively High turnover - instead of leveraging employee knowledge & experience - people are overworked, used up, & thrown out like trash - the alumni group should read ""NETFLIX PTSD Group"". 80 hr work week *minimum*. No work-life balance. I had 4 managers in 1year of employment & the entire team I was on was replaced during that time and (you guessed it) one of the most awesome employees was fired while he was *ON* vacation: *THAT* was extremely awkward, as he was stellar...it was just a regime change.","As if they care what former employees think: Treat people like human beings and show some basic respect. Have *meaningful* employee-management meetings and encourage open communication instead of the ""keep doing what you're doing"" until people are blindsided by termination.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36223,netflix,none," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Casual call center,"progressive work environment, great internal work culture",company used to be rated number one in customer service because it believed a happy employee would produce better work. Company has lost focus on employee appreciation and happiness. Pain in the -- customers,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36224,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great place to work, but not for everyone",Little to no micromanagement. Control and ownership of software components you are responsible for. Exceptional compensation. Incredible vacation policy.,"Not for everyone - developers who like working independently and without much guidance will thrive here. Developers who are used to being given specific assignments and lots of structure might crash and burn (and get fired). Extremely stressful working situations at times as you will be responsible for a lot and might not have backup, and potential for very long hours. If you don't have the courage to ask for your vacations you might not get any (no formal vacation policy).","Finding the right balance between an unstructured work environment and micromanaging everything is hard, but it's possible that management at NFLX keeps things too much on the unstructured site.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36225,netflix,"Farmington Hills, MI"," Sep 21, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Don't do it,"Steady income same amount every week biweekly ! Ability to work overtime , Experience gained .","No respect no breaks no justice, worked in the call center for almost a year, doesn't promote from within .",Please treat your employees like people and not numbers,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36226,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Research Engineer,Great place to work if you are driven,"Very collaborative environment, great colleagues, great pay, people are adults.","You have to be self-driven and proactive to get trained, and a lot of training is on the job, but this is by design.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36227,netflix,"Beaverton, OR"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great for a Call center,"guaranteed hours, Free Netflix, Great benefits. The people that work here are pretty cool","boring work, your job is based on customers saying that they are satisfied with the Netflix experience which really has little to do with you. And you start at 14.hr and that is where you will stay forever.",We are not cattle.,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36228,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay Away,"Good ""brand"" for your resume, I guess. Outsiders will be impressed, if only because the PR machine has been in overdrive convincing people that this is still an innovative company. But a stock price bubble does not equal innovation.","Most of the honest reviews on here (meaning those not written by HR) have already covered it, but it's a terrible place to work - a pressure-cooker environment full of overpaid but insecure bosses who manage through fear and intimidation. Crazy high turnover in every group, lots of good people getting pushed out all the time by their managers. Then those people are blamed and insulted once they're gone and unable to defend themselves. The company also stopped innovating long ago. The salary, though substantial, is not worth it, especially when you see the C-level insiders routinely cashing out millions in shares like thieves in the night. Hmmm, what do they know that everyone else doesn't? Look elsewhere - there are many other more humane, ethical, and socially rewarding places to get paid well...like Wall Street.",Keep selling as many shares as possible before the Wall Street lemmings finally figure you guys out. You have done a great job of this so far.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36229,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company I have worked at!,- Freedom & Responsibility Culture - Almost zero politics - No Employee Reviews (Hire & keep the best) - High Quality co-workers,"- Not much except that towards the end, had a useless manager",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P39.htm
36230,netflix,none," Sep 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I've worked for,"Pretty much the whole cultural deck - highlights are compensation, no micromanagement and the vacation policy.",I honestly don't have any big complaints about working here.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36231,netflix,none," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excessive Turn-over, Work Mobbing, Culture of Fear, Corporate BS at it's FINEST",pay. that's it. but it will feel like dirty money. after you've been here long enough (although evident to me right after I started...) you will wish you never started here because it will suck away your life and soul... the money won't matter. Oh... this was Pros. crap.,"everything. insecure people. arrogance. letting go of people completely arbitrarily. using the annual 360 reviews as a harmless way for peer- reviews, then using those peer reviews as evidence... just as an FYI when you get a team of overpaid, untalented, bored people writing peer reviews it's an incubator for workplace mobbing (look it up) which happens ALL the time. Every week there are at least 1, if not 2 or 3 emails that go around about a team reorganization because someone was let go. When those people are your close colleagues you've successfully worked with, it's completely gross to have to accept their departure while you hang on. It wears on your soul. and, before you know it you HOPE you are let go.",start a training program. stop thinking the world revolves around the bottom line. Care about your employees and stop treating them so poorly.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36232,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work,* Freedom & Responsibility culture. Everyone in the company knows the company's direction well. We are responsible for helping the company move to the right direction and we are free to choose how to help the company. * Transparency. The management team spends time with everyone in the company explaining how the company operates.,* No training program. You are on your own to improve your technique skills.,"I hope that the top management get more feedbacks from everyone in the company. We are a very focused company. However we may find another big thing if we spend some resources on innovative ideas, which do not match the company's focus.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36233,netflix,"Portland, OR"," Aug 18, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great summer job.,"As much as the customers could be awful sometimes, Netflix really tried to make us happy. The supervisors were very hands on, and always there to help. My team of co-workers were very helpful too. We were always in group chats discussing issues. There were always contests going around, and fresh fruits in the break rooms.","The only con really is that you don't get to choose your hours. You may get stuck with the overnight shift, or working all weekend days. They do pay you more for those hours though.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36234,netflix,none," Aug 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very fast paced ,exciting new technologies, pioneers",No micromanagement Get work done - with the Freedom and Responsibility attitude allows flexibility Need to be pro-active and self starters and constantly deliver,might be intimidating for anyone not used to working at the fast demanding pace,Loved the transparency and the faith execs had on each one of us - making us feel we belonged,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36235,netflix,none," Jul 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too bad,"pay, seemingly lax supervisors. food karts",All of the survey policies got to be overwhelming.,Treat folks better.,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36236,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 21, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support,Miserable,"Starting wage was decent and the weekly pay (through the temp agency) made budgeting easy. Subscription perks were a feature (free discs and streaming, max package).","Being lied to about converting from temp employees to actual Netflix employees, having the conversion scheduled then canceled, not willing to take into account the general unhappiness of the customer and thus terminating good employees.",Treat your employees with respect and follow through on your promises.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36237,netflix,none," May 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best - But can it sustain?,"They treat you like adults. There is very less politics. If you have the stuff, you will really excel. They pay you well. They have a Steve Jobs-class CEO. They have a fantastic vision- thanks to Reed Hastings. You are bound to have world class colleagues.",The most touted culture is changing as the company grows.,"Looks like the company is being YAHOO-fied. There is a lot of influx of Yahoo management which is changing the culture quite a bit.  There is quite a bit of self-aggrandizement in recent times, where there is an army of people hired just for the management to move up the ladder.  Mr.Reed- it is not only important to be a visionary CEO, but it is important to know what is going on with the management as well. After all, if the culture changes under your carpet, your culture deck will not be admired by people anymore.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36238,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, intense environment","-Really smart, motivated, and reliable team members -Great salary -You'll learn a lot from the people you work with -Fantastic product","-Senior management makes decisions without checking in with the SME's within the company. -People get fired much faster without much warning. If you have a good manager, you will be happy to have the people who aren't pulling their weight gone quickly without causing too many problems. -It's hard to leave the office during the day, if needed. There is a big focus on face time.","-Before implementing an idea, check with your highly compensated SME's. -Make sure you are listening to and keeping a pulse on your customers. -Give employees more trust so that the high performers don't constantly feel like they could be fired for any small mistake. This kind of fear leads to a nervous, management pleasing environment.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36239,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Supervisor,Performance rewarded,Netflix has created a very competitive culture that promotes and drives innovation.,Having a very competitive work environment can get into the way of a healthy work/life balance.,The Netflix values encompass traits you would find beneficial with any employee.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P40.htm
36240,netflix,"Beaverton, OR"," Jul 21, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Previous employee, been a few years",Nice bling Decent pay very good ticket software,"The only place I've seen this much churn is at a fruit packing shed. The best manager I've ever had was fired for no particular reason, along with his boss and several other employees. If you could not make the customers give you a good review (hard to do when they did maintenance every Tuesday at 10pm), you would be fired.",Quit holding people accountable for things outside of their control.There's no point in a liberal vacation policy if people are fired for taking a few days off. I will not work for a company that does not have compassion for its employees.,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36241,netflix,"Grove City, OH"," Jun 16, 2014",Former Employee - Production Worker,My experience at Netflix was very pleasant we all worked as a team to get the job done....,We did get to work forty hour a week.,Making sure the DVD where mailed out on time.,N/A,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36242,netflix,none," Jun 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supervisor,Great pay and employees Fun work environment Progressive product Excellent work/life balance,"No annual raises, bonuses or performance reviews Little opportunity for advancement",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36243,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jun 8, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Drink lots of coffee.,24 hours a day available for setting schedule. I was paid very well through the temp agency and then was given a good raise after I was hired on. There was also a lot of windows and a cheery looking appearance.,Constant changes in team organization and fear filled environment. There were mental health hotline tear aways in the bathrooms. It wasn't an easy place to work because management constantly hounded you if you made a single mistake.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36244,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Empowering place to work - Little bureaucracy for size,"Company culture strives to minimize process in favor of trusting employees and giving them room to run. This results in an organization powered by experienced self-starters who are incredible people to learn from. It provides the maturity of a larger company with talented people, while still enabling considerable creative freedom. (Applies to Los Gatos HQ)","Coordination can sometimes be weak due to ""loosely coupled"" culture. It is very easy to get out of sync on goals and expectations with teammates and managers unless one is very vigilant and communicates well. Most managers try to adhere to the culture, but each deviates in their own idiosyncratic way.","Stronger cross-function consistency as regards to commitment to culture would be ideal. Product, Content, Marketing, and Finance have all substantially deviated in their own ways.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36245,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place with high rewards and risks,"Generous Compensation. High productivity enivronment, you can feel sense of accomplishment.",Culture of Fear. There is no second warning. But you are let go.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36246,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Great team, great perks, great pay","Great health coverage, great hours, great team building, great leadership",Annoying as hell customers who don't know a thing about the technology they purchase,Chat and email inquires please,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36247,netflix,none," Apr 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Software Engineer in Test,You will be working with the most talented ppl around.,Little bit politics in some teams.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36248,netflix,none," Apr 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work!,Very fast paced. Exciting projects! Exceptional pay.Work with exceptional talent every day. Freedom and Responsibility culture works the best. Have a challenge? Find the solution and move on to the next - is the core principle.,It can be tough to adjust to the freedom and responsibility accountability approach but that is the best way employees are challenged to provide the best value add to the work.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36249,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 21, 2014",Former Employee - CSR2,Challenging and rewarding Customer Service Job,"The pay was extremely comparable to other call center jobs in the area. I found that success was completely individually based - essentially, if you wanted to do well you had to really focus your efforts on coming into work with a fresh attitude.","The call center environment makes you feel like you are ""just a number"" often. It is also difficult to be gauged how successful you are at your work based off of each individual you talk to (via surveys).",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P41.htm
36250,netflix,"Portland, OR"," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Floor Support,"Amazingly, entertaining","Benefits are great, stock options, 401k, and they pay a decent wage for a call center.",The call volume can be very high at times and not allow much time for breathing between calls.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36251,netflix,"Denver, CO"," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - CSR-1,Great job.. People were very nice,Learned a lot about myself and picked up great skills to use. Pay wasn't bad either,Pay wasn't great either. Really numbers driven. Limited advacement.,"If you really care about the customer experience, it doesn't show.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36252,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible Workplace,"Lots of interesting work Lots of opportunity to create new solutions Lots of incredible people Lots of money Lots of other perks Not political - the best idea wins If you aren't a great performer or don't have the constitution for honest feedback (people calling you out, not just on your technical skills but also on your emotional immaturity) you'll get fired.","If you aren't a great performer or don't have the constitution for honest feedback (people calling you out, not just on your technical skills but also on your emotional immaturity) you'll get fired.",Keep pushing the envelope on Freedom & Responsibility,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36253,netflix,none," Apr 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great money if you can deal with the customers,good pay fun atmosphere good training program,no pto leadership is lacking no flexibility in scheduling,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36254,netflix,none," Mar 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great coworkers, great pay, work-life balance struggle","Great people, full of intelligent hard-workers and top performers. You'll have exceptional coworkers. The company is extremely transparent in every way so you'll always know where you stand.","The work-life balance is sometimes hard to manage. They expect top performance from everyone, which can take a toll on home life. No vacation policy, yet hard to find a time to take a vacation due to how much work you have.",No advice here.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36255,netflix,"Panama City, FL"," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Manager,A great culture to work for,"A company that really cares about their employees, has competitive salaries and excellent benefits. If offered a position I highly suggest you take it.",There really isn't too much to say on the negative side of things about Netflix. There hasn't been on incidence I can think of that has turned me off about the company,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36256,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Data Engineer,Great place to work,"Culture of freedom and responsibility, brilliant coworkers,",There are no cons here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36257,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 7, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great pay,Excellent wages lots of autonomy,Too much turnover. Can be hard to get away from work,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36258,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good company,"Smart people, less politics, freedom to use resources",Lunches are not good. Only one performance review per year for a raise.,They are very open on the information.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36259,netflix,"Boise, ID"," Mar 7, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Supervisor,Never a lull in the action,"Fast paced environment. The company seemed to really appreciate all employees no matter what level they were. Benefits package was set up so that you pocketed some or all of the allotted money set aside for medical, etc. if you did not use it. Too bad all medical insurance is not set up this way...","Very early mornings on certain days, but, that was needed to make shipments arrive to customers quickly. Having to leave early to make labor costs. As a result, a lot of work ended up being left for the salaried manager. DVD rental side shrinking due to streaming.",Eliminate excess supplies and use that extra money for labor.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P42.htm
36260,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Content Team,Very Different Culture,"Work with highly intelligent individuals, free lunches, snacks sodas. your peers are great people that you will enjoy spending time around. On the peer level it is a very welcoming atmosphere.","Work Life balance is horrible, no room to grow or it takes 8+ years. Extremely high turn over whether it be employees leaving or arbitrary 'Lay Offs'","No advice - it would be a waste of breath. Management, gets their orders from way above your level. It's a very, very large corporation where advice or ideas aren't welcomed.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36261,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 7, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Good experience, difficult job",-Decent employee benefits -Fellow employees are great -Not too much direct oversight/too many meetings -Training was excellent and engaging,"Performance metrics seem reasonable at first, but it's nearly impossible to meet some of them. For example, one of your metrics is the percentage of ""No"" answers you get from the survey at the end of the call asking customers if they were satisfied, but this system is relatively flawed.","Give employees a bit more breathing room, and you'll have a much happier workforce.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36262,netflix,none," Feb 24, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Training,They are very hard to please. Hard to maintain good numbers when the service is the issue.,I have nothing to add.,None,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36263,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Feb 16, 2014",Former Employee - Disposition Representative,Dynamic is not always a good thing.,"- Company is very motivated to make improvements and will not hesitate to try any path towards innovation. Therefore, things are constantly changing and providing a challenge. -Decent wages and benefits. -Flexible schedules","-Since company readily implements improvements, and not all initiatives are successful, there is a great deal of back tracking and job ambiguity. -Very fickle in requirements and needs",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36264,netflix,none," Feb 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"Great co workers, benefits, and awesome atmosphere. Management is awesome and the job is easy to get the hang of.",Can deal with some angry customers and the job can get kind of repetitive. But overall best place I've worked for.,Be good at your job and follow the rules,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36265,netflix,none," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice while it lasted, not everything it is cut out to be.","Lunch, brand that people are aware of.","Management overall is quite bad. Most people get promoted to the role based on seniority, not on actual ability to lead and mentor others.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36266,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 1, 2014",Former Employee - Csr1,Mistake of a lifetime. Total career suicide. Hillsboro,"Paydays, quitting time, seeing your superiors fail.","How about...an unspoken policy of fear, day in, day out. Managers that are ignorant, uneducated, selfish, and stupid. Oh, and flunkie ""team supervisors"" that get promoted to the position only because they know how to suck up and let themselves get abused by management...Oh, there was so much more. This is flat-out the WORST company I've ever worked for. They laid me off because of my ""call time average"" was 7 seconds, yes...SECONDS, over their silly weekly limit. In reality, they laid me off because I was 50, and have medical problems. Oh, I hope I live to see the day when someone sues the hell out of them. I just can't wait. I have never wanted for a company to fail, but I want them to.","Reed, pay attention, you little weasel. Why don't you sell this company so someone with someone with a soul can run it. Are we clear? You, Dude, SUCK!!!!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36267,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 23, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work for,"Amazing experience, very competitive salary, great office space cutting edge technologies. If you like fast moving environment and challenging task then this is a place for you. Company treats employees like adults",Sometimes environment is moving too fast. Unlimited vacation policy does not work in few cases. Be ready to get support calls in the middle of the night.,Not really,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36268,netflix,none," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture of fear...and (possibly) loathing,"Relative to some Bay Area companies, Netflix pays about 10% to 20% better. Meaning, if you're unqualified, you'll get better pay than someone who is more qualified doing the same job in another Bay Area company. Altho, I hear this is changing and Netflix will only give you a raise if you can find someone in the Bay Area with the exact title and responsibilities who make more. Contrary to the buzz about Netflix being a tech innovator, it's become a ""Hollywood"" company. What drives Netflix is the Netflix ""produced"" shows, not the ""innovative"" streaming technology - Hollywood runs Netflix, not Los Gatos.","Since many people are only at Netflix for the higher than average salary, there is a culture of fear whereby people are constantly worried about their employment status in the company and will, unfortunately, submit to their baser instincts to do whatever it takes to keep their job. As for a high-performing culture, I guess it's relative but I've worked with much much more talented people elsewhere. Netflix is a great place if you are average and are able to keep upper management for figuring out that you are just average and are willing to do whatever it takes to keep up that facade. It's a less than ideal place if you are truly innovative and want to do amazing ""new"" things. Again, the new thing at Netflix is producing new shows, not technology.","You've done a great job of positioning Netflix as a high-performing place so that those who don't work at Netflix believe this to be the case, now, live up to this which is much harder said than done.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36269,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jan 26, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Supervisor,Over matrixed under thought out,"Fast paced, energetic place to work. The compensation was great, and the tools at our disposal were more than adequate to build and retain strong teams.","To much reliance on matrix and not enough on individuality that empowers employees to do great things. While we had great tools, were were not given the autonomy to use them effectively. Good people had to be let go for arbitrary reasons, and other that should move on are kept.","Reward creativity, relax a wee bit, and never ever hire more people than you really need. Doing so creates problems down the road that are not good for anyone.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P43.htm
36270,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 26, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Systems Administrator,"Highly political culture, dysfunctional.","Pay and the Netflix name helps on your resume, since most people outside do not know how bad it is inside.","Mind numbing. Stress. Constantly watching your back. There are people who have very high title (Directors, Managers, even VPs) who got it because they've managed to stay there the longest. Not because they are qualified for the job. The long timer/oldtimers survived by CYA each others. Those who they think are dangerous to their job will get the knife in the back.  It's not how good you are. It's how well you ""play the game"" and ""fit in with the political culture"". They value ""safe"" decisions that do not rock the boat. At least in the IT Ops dept that I worked in.","Get your head out of the cloud once in a while. There's real problem underneath. Engineering got tired of the dysfunctional IT Ops group, and built their own infrastructure so they don't have to deal with incompetent people.  Best thing to do is fire everyone in Ops, and start fresh.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36271,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 29, 2013",Current Employee - Director Engineering,A year at Netflix is equal to 2-3 years most other places -- talent density creates accomplishment density.,"Fast-moving. Few bureaucratic distractions. Willing to make big, disruptive changes quickly. The move to original content was smart and will propel growth well into the future.  If you function well in a meritocracy, then you will likely be successful at Netflix.","They're getting big, and that growth is adding pressure to sacrifice some elements of their culture that made them unique and a desirable place to work.  The quality of talent getting hired or promoted now is much less impressive than in the earlier years.  The environment is increasingly political, which may be related to the hiring/promotion of more average, less-impressive employees.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36272,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service,Netflix is a high performance atmosphere that allows you the freedom to use your judgement on your calls verses scripts.,Feedback is appreciated and constantly given.,Lack of moving up. Tenure is not considered at all.,None.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36273,netflix,"Santa Ana, CA"," Dec 20, 2013",Former Employee - Repackager,Repackager (former employee),Easy job to get for HS college student,mindless work with no opportunity,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36274,netflix,none," Dec 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Invaluable experience, 1 year working at Netflix = 3 years elsewhere.","- Very smart, self-motivated colleagues - Flat organization - Fast and constantly innovating - Clear feedback - Huge importance put on freedom and responsibility - Unbeatable vacation policy - Big impact doing any role - Ability to be a part of overall business strategy","- Tendency to debate, even on small decisions - Extreme adherence to testing and data",Find more ways for employees to grow,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36275,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Nov 25, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Supervisor III,A Class Act with a positive future,The company's innovative outlooks and potential future campaigns keeps it as the leading edge of technology,Customer service may sometimes be the last to know about marketing strategies/campaigns until calls hit the customer service agents.,Continue to strive for customer service results in order to help develop that outstanding rapport with the clients,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36276,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Dec 5, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Started out great but toward the end not so much...,"Free movies, before the last set of layoffs there was genuine regard for employee satisfaction and feedback was often solicited not only to improve business processes but also to gauge morale. After a while, not so much...","Frequent layoffs. Whole departments got laid off at a time. I guess I should have figured how it was going to be when the entire management team save one manager was suddenly gone a few months after I had completed training, which btw was before the 2008 meltdown. The entire QA team was let go a few months later and the entire Tech support team shortly thereafter.",Seems as though it would be difficult to keep quality people if the company lays off entire departments.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36277,netflix,"Frisco, TX"," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Call Center Representative,Seems Easy!,"Free netflix.no dress code, can eat, can use phone, friendly co workers",You nee people to take your survey and most people won't.,Its not fair that you fire people based on if enough people review them..,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36278,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 29, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best place to work for great engineers,"It's like working for a very well funded startup. If you're good, this company will boost your career lightyears ahead. Compensation and perks are just right. No lavish lunches, just good organic food to keep you focused on business. No laundry service. It's not taking over your life. Very fast growing company. Lots of room to grow and lots of opportunity (if you look). Visibility - top down, you see everything. There are no secrets in this company. Very helpful if you know how to use this to your advantage.","If you're not good, you won't survive here. If you have issues with your people skills, you won't survive here. If you need hand-holding, someone to constantly point you in the right direction, you'll be directed to the door (while holding your hand). You'll have to manage your work/life balance. Some people just don't know what 'unlimited vacation' means.",Keep up the great work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36279,netflix,"Worcester, MA"," Dec 15, 2013",Former Employee - Hub Manager,Worst job I have ever had,Stock option plan was very good. IT department worked well with hubs. Some hub managers were willing to work as team.,"Unrealistic expectations, super long hours, poor upper management skills, cold mechanical type company, not very team oriented, uncomfortable company to work for.",Stand behind what your HR team describes during interviews. Listen to all employees.,1.0,1.0,2.0,none,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P44.htm
36280,netflix,none," Nov 18, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with great people,Surrounded by motivated individuals with high levels of talent. A culture like no other. Freedom and responsibility. Compensation and benefits. Work life balance,Nothing negative to say at this time.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36281,netflix,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 6, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,OK,"It is an OK environment to work in for a call center. Desk job, no personal electronic devices allowed while on shift (no cell phones, mp3 players, etc...), unlimited streaming plan with 8-out DVD/blu-ray plan, great co-workers and good system to get assistance with issues the rep does not know how to handle","Rude customers, reviews/performance based on customers opinions of you",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36282,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Nov 16, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great Pressure High Pressure,The pay for a customer service call center position was great and there were tons of overtime opportunities,High pressure to meet customer satisfaction goals,Treat you employees like people and not a metric,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36283,netflix,"Santa Clarita, CA"," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Pressure High Reward,"Great Benefits, Freedom and Responsibility culture. Ability to express own ideas.","No work life balance. High Pressure to be a shark. Political games for advancement. Claims to be transparent, but is not.",Practice what you preach.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36284,netflix,"Portland, OR"," Oct 27, 2013",Current Employee - CSR2,Good call center gig,"competitive pay, relaxed environment, various workplace amenities","Large call volume, huge customer base means needing to be insanely adaptive, 'sink or swim' mentality, if you don't continually preform you will be replaced regardless of past performance",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36285,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 18, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Like living inside an MBA case study,Management is not afraid to experiment and try new things. Rapid development. High trust culture. Inventing the future.,"If you don't like change, ambiguity or are uncomfortable in a place where you get to use your own judgement a lot, it wouldn't be a good fit.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36286,netflix,none," Oct 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Place to Work, rules are spelled out in the company's value slides.","Great comp, great colleagues, goal oriented, company values are taken seriously.",Average quality does not work at NFLX,keep up your good work!,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36287,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Oct 23, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High pay, but not worth it.","Used to be top of market pay. No longer is, but still higher than average.  Free Netflix account.","The Hillsboro call center is shrinking dramatically. Management puts as much spin on this as possible but the reality is, opportunities to advance do not exist.  The ""Netflix culture"" is hyped constantly but is not actually practiced. You will survive if you can speak the buzz words fluently while shamelessly self-promoting yourself at all times and never questioning management.  Everyone is under tremendous stress to protect their position for as long as possible. Success in Hillsboro depends not on the quality of your work but upon your ability to spin the truth and play politics.",Management is not looking for advice.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36288,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 3, 2013",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Love my job,- Constant Learning - Keeps me on my toes - not a process oriented company. Keeps things simple.,- moving too fast. Chasing a moving target.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36289,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Oct 2, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Manager,Fast paced environment that was a great experience.,If you do your homework ahead of time you will know that it is not likely that you will retire from Netflix. If you didn't do it before hand and decided to work for Netflix and were shocked at its fast pace and rapid change then shame on you. The company is exactly what it advertises itself to be.  I completely enjoyed the team I worked with and all of the challenges we faced. It has almost been a year and I can honestly say it was a great experience and I miss the folks I got to work with. Netflix has chosen a unique path in regards to customer service and is willing to take new and or different approaches. It is a rewarding experience to generate an idea and have that idea implemented within the same day. Not everything we tried worked but many of things we utilized did work and were very rewarding in there success. If customer service is your chosen profession you can learn a lot from working with this company and gain insight into what would improve an industry that has chosen a path of mediocrity and failure.,Qwikster...that pretty much says it all.,"I genuinely enjoyed the direct and honest conversations I had with peers, HR, and my boss. This is something unique in my experience and I would hate to see that change. Keep the cereal, fruit, ppt decks, video games, ping pong, and coffee going the reps love that.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P45.htm
36290,netflix,none," Oct 13, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Associate,"Fine, if you can handle the hours",Easy interview. Lots of quiet time. Ripping envelopes can be kind of a zen experience if you look at it that way,"early, short hours. facilities are often far enough away from residential areas that the gas cost basically negates 1/4 of your work day's wages. No social interaction. VERY Repetitive.",Find some way to give people full time hours so that that you don't have a constant revolving door with employees.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36291,netflix,"Portland, OR"," Oct 31, 2013",Former Employee - Call Center Support Staff,Churn and burn,Some great people there (fellow employee's),"Every call you get can result in a survey with either a ""yes"" or ""no"" if they were satisfied with Netflix. You can get anywhere from 40 to 120 calls a day and the survey feedback was instant, meaning as soon as the caller input their survey you were notified. 2 ""No's"" could wipe out a whole day of ""Yes's"" and a lot these callers were incredibly unstable. Anything from people not remembering their password to the website to death threats. You had just 4 minutes to try to make them happy somehow and get them off the line before you got an instant message asking what the problem was. If you had to many ""No's"" you get fired on the spot. Call time too long? Fired. People came and went so much I didn't want to get to know them well because I knew they'd be out the door shortly. I had an incredible team coach that had a lot of faith in me which allowed me to persist in this enviorment. When the whole ""separate dvd shipping and online streaming"" failed they fired him and many, many others. I hung around for 9 months before I quit, the pressure to make metrics was savage and it was estimated that only 5% of the employee's would make it to a full year. I could go on with situations where the customer was extremely abusive, said no to the survey and went way way over the 4 minutes I was allowed only to have my job threatened for not meeting metrics but hopefully you get the idea.",My advice to management? I wouldn't know where to begin.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36292,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Nov 1, 2013",Former Employee - CSR2,Avoid- Plenty of Fish in the Sea,Inexpensive health insurance Unique work environment,"Where do I start.... I am a highly educated, sharp, always employed individual and I found it very challenging to work for Netflix long-term. I've been employed in restaurant management, accounting and retail (just to name a few) and this company was by far, the worst place I've ever worked. At my youngest, I was a Merry Maid and I even found that much more enjoyable then slaving away to constant surveys, unintelligent callers and unrealistic expectations. Forget about taking vacation- embrace ocassional, mandatory over-time. Expect callers to personally threaten you and your family. Schedules constantly change to odd hours- no matter what your ""ranking"" in the center is. Little or no promotion within. I gladly chose to discontinue my employment with Netflix voluntarily and my quality of life has greatly improved.","SMH- if you've made it this far, you've drank the Kool Aid.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36293,netflix,none," Sep 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engaging environment with many interesting technical opportunities,"Netflix offers amazing co-workers, an exciting business, and the opportunity to work on cool technology problems. Employees (and the community) can contribute to open source projects. The mature workforce focuses on working hard but goes home and recharges at night.","If you're looking for dinners served at the office, you won't find those at Netflix. I wasn't looking for those things, so I would consider this a pro!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36294,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 10, 2013",Former Employee - Digital Account Specialist,Netflix was a great learning experience and resume builder.,High Salary // Free Lunches // Unlimited Vacation // Flexible Hours,Office Politics // Limited Growth,"Focus on what matters most, the business instead of office gossip.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36295,netflix,none," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment,Low BS. Small agile teams. A lot gets done. Less se rest. lot of sharing of information. Accountability Freedom,A lot of luck in career path...to be fair to Netflix...acknowledged by management.,Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36296,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Haste makes waste, and don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.",Open engineering discussions. Love new technologies. Willing to take on risks.,Willing to take on risks but mistakes are costly.,"Slow down, don't try to force round pegs into square holes.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36297,netflix,"Richmond, VA"," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Supervisor,Very Employee Friendly,"Great pay, time off, benefits compensation. Awesome hours. They promote teamwork among their employees. Upper Management has open door policy and they are extremly approachable.",DVD side of the company is getting smaller due to more new customers utilizing the streaming service.,Keep up the level of interactivity with the employees. Shows everyone that they are valuable to the company and they are recognized,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36298,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 8, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Was once a Superstar now very much adrift.,"Fairly New Technology, Smart Talent, Free food and iphones. This place will certainly wow you in technology and some of the best talent, Good compensation.","lousy vacation policy(get real, no vacation policy - no vacation), very stressful work environment, little to no career opportunities if you are hired as an engineer, Chaos everywhere - High Turnover always affects your work one way or the other.","About time you should check your champion badge, it may have expired. Qwikster was a debacle. But the hiring cycle afterwards brought some worse incompetent middle management. Open door policy and summary dismissals might have worked for us in the past when we were a DVD business, but it definitely is hurting us - Bay is a very small place. Your talent is leaving(or about to leave), others are simply not interested in working with us. If you dont believe me, ask why recruiters always have to bring talent from outside silicon valley. Promote openness, talent and healthy work environment - not mediocre middle management's words. Please bring back the culture from 3 years ago.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36299,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 30, 2013",Former Employee - CSR-1,Hacking Netflix,Great stock options and free movies,They love firing people for things that aren't under the employees entire control and micromanage like a mofo,Chill out- its just movies,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P46.htm
36300,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 17, 2013",Current Employee - Director,The most rewarding environment,"Incredibly talented, smart, driven coworkers across every function of the organization. Unusually organized and efficiently run. Feel lucky if you get the opportunity to be part of such an amazing place and such an incredible time. It is rare.","New head of Talent is not the right person to be leading and shaping the culture of Netflix. There are many concerns echoed about her throughout the company and worries that with her at the helm, the sacred secret sauce will start to spoil.","Be critical throughout the leadership team in addition to the rest of the organization when it comes to A players. Also, it might be time to step back and reevaluate the way compensation is structured. Many folks have voiced being frustrated and dissatisfied in their roles but acknowledge they are paid higher than anywhere else so chose to stay.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36301,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 9, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Best Job to date,"Best company culture I have ever seen. ""Freedom and Responsibility"" is their guiding phrase here and it is true. They expect you to do you job and give you the freedom to do it as you see fit. Have never felt more empowered as a designer.","Can get political in certain situations, but it is a large organization. Makes you grow to understand the business side of things.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36302,netflix,none," Aug 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good alternative to larger companies,Friendly environment with many seasoned pros in the ranks. Engineers and their designs are not subject to micro-management. Very little policy or overhead. Great compensation from a cash perspective. Team orientation.,"While much of netflix is progressive, there's a lot of legacy software and practice you will have to deal with. Beige cubes, plastic bottles and lunches paint a rather out-of-date office space approach.","Be more green: allow remote employees, open offices closer to population centers, stop all the plastic waste. Force staff rotation particularly around troublesome technology.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36303,netflix,none," Jul 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Caught up in a whirlwind...,"Awesome industry, memorable teammates, great opportunity to stand on the edge of the precipice of unquantified technologies...","Never sure which way the wind blows, work hard to develop a team -- and then it's blown away in an instant, turnover is so quick that it's almost unnecessary to unpack your bag.","Give teams more time to blossom, expectation of termination on the whim of management leads to loss of faith in the overall mission of the company.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36304,netflix,none," Aug 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Pay, Little Security","Good pay for the work, and benefits.",Average call center. Very high turnover,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36305,netflix,"Lansing, MI"," Jul 10, 2013",Former Employee - Assistant Manager,"Overall it was a great experience, I loved working for Netflix","The pay was great, they offer competitive wages for hourly supervisors and salary for the managers within the hub operations. You can advance quickly within the hub. They have wonderful tech support!! They promote great culture and great values within the hub. Most hubs have really great solid group of hourly employees, and management can have vacation pretty much whenever. Company poured gifts on the management at the annual meetings to show their appreciation! They have a really great HR team!","It was really tough to manage work life and home life, due to the crazy hours. You are there until the job is done for the day, so you never have an out time! Upper management beyond the hubs gets a little dicey! Upper management is full of people who only got hired because they knew the right people not because of their talent or embodiment of the company values, and because of that really poor decisions are made when it comes to hiring managers to run the hub operations and when to fire hub managers as well, but HR is there to keep most things in check, The annual management meetings are a giant frat party with an excess of drinking and the only way to get in with the upper management is to rub shoulders with them and drink alongside of them! It also was hard to respect your regionals in the morning after talking with them as they slur their words into a puddle of drool and can't even stand up by 930pm! ? Only other downside was they did pry into your personal life far too often? They wanna tell you who you can hang out with and don't want you fraternizing with anyone outside of work.",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36306,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 20, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Great colleagues..... very smart, hard working, and very helpful across all the various teams. Work atmosphere is awesome with lot of freedom and responsibility. Pay is awesome too.",Promotions are rare and can take a while to get.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36307,netflix,none," Jul 31, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"Nice location, ok free lunches",Always worried you will be fired,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36308,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 21, 2013",Former Employee - CSR-1,"Stressful environment, but great rewards","The pay was competitive for what the job was, and the benefits were excellent even for a temporary employee. The staff, including management, was generally relaxed and friendly. The culture is seemingly relaxed and there is no formal dress code or vacation policy.","The environment was very stressful and it felt like anyone could lose their job at any moment. There is a huge emphasis on stats and if an employee does not measure up, they are terminated. The opportunity to move up isn't nearly as within reach as they make it seem.",Walk the talk!,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36309,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 19, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Not as great as they make it out to be,*Free netflix *Nice facility that is kept up well *Usual set work schedule *Pays a few dollars more than most places,"During training they make you think that as long as you are taking feedback they give you then there is no worries about the score of the percentage of people that say ""no"" to the survey. In all reality though the survey rules everything. Even if you helped the person on the phone to the best of your abilities, we're super nice, educated them about the problem and they thought you were an awesome person by time you were done talking to the Customer is still going to say No to the survey if they are annoyed with how netflix works because the survey doesn't ask if the person on the phone helped you today? It asks are you satsified with your netflix experience. So, there was a lot of frustration where they had a lot of people listen to you and none of them could really tell you what you could have done better in that call to make the person say yes to the survey. So, they give you tips like start every call differently instead of opening the call the same way or saying the customer's name over and over to help them feel like they have a connection with you to say yes.",Stop focusing so much on if some one says no to the survey if you're not going to specifically ask if the representative helped the customer. I am sure they have fired a lot of good people due to the survey.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P47.htm
36310,netflix,none," May 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you can handle it,Excellent Salary and fringe benefits Work with a lot of very smart people Nothing is ever too serious. They like to keep it light. Emphasize development of their people,"The hours you work can get a little ridiculous sometimes, but again, the salary more than makes up for it The DVD side of the business will eventually shrink out. Only plan on working here if you are a fit for the Streaming business needs.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36311,netflix,"Richmond, VA"," Jun 10, 2013",Former Employee - Machine Operator II,early riser,"benefit stipend, getting off early in the day","early mornings, irregular hours, constant management changes",none,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36312,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 10, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager Content Accounting,Netflix Finance,"1) Great culture and people. 2) Lots of freedom with appropriate level of responsibility. 3) Pay top of market. 4) No vacation policy which adds to the freedom. 5) Love the business we're in and how we're changing an industry 6) No politics or at least not very noticeable 7) Again, great people!",1) No more ESPP offered,1) Bring back ESPP,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36313,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior BI Architect,Excellent Pay & Fast paced work environment,Good Pay & Fact paced work environment,Fast paced a work environment and no additional perks,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36314,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Big company with the heart of a startup,"-Lots of room for innovation. The technologies are fairly new and broad, and there is no bureaucracy and requirements to get approval from top management. Innovation can start at the IC level. -Great compensation. Talent is rewarded generously. I started the job on a large salary, then within 6 months, my manager decided to give me a hefty raise to reward my contributions. -Nice work environment: bleeding edge hardware, new devices always available to play with even before they hit the market, kitchenette well stocked with snacks, drinks and fruits -Smart coworkers -Transparency about company strategies all the way from exec level to you direct lead level","-This company isn't great for people who are starting their career. Training is minimal, and the expectation is that you take educating and training yourself into your own hands, which could be a bit of a challenge to some. If you do not possess the knowledge and the talent to be a good problem solver, don't expect management to train you on solving things. -Job stability could be a concern at times - but as long as you continue to innovate, and stay professional, it shouldn't be a big concern -The packaged free lunch isn't on par with the buffets at other silicon valley software companies like Facebook and Google - but it's still free though, so can't complain much","We're the reigning champions of video delivery, to all platforms. We reach more than 25 million households. We have so much potential for developing new innovations. Invest more in research and trials of radically new ideas. I'm not talking about incremental improvements to the streaming experience, I'm talking about making our customers say ""WOW!"", I'm talking about disrupting markets. Take risks! But please don't make another Quikster - that was pretty stupid, like you all said :)",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36315,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"* Best place if you just want to work with great technically capable folks. * 15-20% higher pay but if you actually consider everything, it might not be that big of a deal. Check what will be in-hand salary after taxes because taxes also go high with salary. * Somewhat transparent workplace but at times higher management takes ridiculous decisions like Quickster, what the hell.... * Reed gets thing right most of the time (except Quickster) and understand what he is doing.","* Worst place where all technically capable folks are also so heavy on political games within the team. Also it depends on which team you are part of. My general observation is, larger the team greater the politics being played within. * IT IS LITERALLY TRUE THAT IT IS CULTURE OF FEAR, no matter how talented you are. I have seen ppl being walked out they were far more talented than other mediocre engineers surviving there for 3-4 years just because they lick the managers a*s and I have seen managers loving it being licked :) * Few managers who came from Google or some other similar companies, think that they know everything in the world and act as if they rule the world but actually they are literally dumb a*s when it comes to real work. * They claim it is all rockstar engineers and the fire who are not but I have seen ppl surviving for ages not even knowing what they did for all these years at Netflix and they are pure mediocre engineers. * My advice to engineers would be if you are happy with the work what you are doing right now or with other offers in hand, don't fall for the salary trap, it is merely an illusion.","* Gets rid of all mediocre managers, directors and those stupid engineers. * Change the culture of fear from its root because that creates so much politics inside. I have never seen such a political environment in my 10 yrs career.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,35,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36316,netflix,"Las Vegas, NV"," Apr 23, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Let us do our jobs!,Relaxed environment: Dress code very comfortable Decent wage: Beats the heck out of minimum wage Free account: as long as you are employed,"Too much pressure on AHT. 5.5 minutes to relate, converse and fix issues. Not near enough. Tech team needs to get their act together. Can get 3 different answers to the same question.  Need more positive reinforcement. Scare tactics make for constant turnover. 3rd party call center..attendance policy very strict",Let us do our jobs! Stop confining us on time spent with the customer! We have many elderly customers who need more explanation for issues. DSat is stressed way too much. Back off on a few things..and watch that DSat drop! What is more important...a satisfied member..or how many calls we take a day.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36317,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Know yourself, then manage your path accordingly","Brilliant co-workers, opportunities to have a direct impact, minimal nit-picking bureaucracy or corporate policies, dynamic energy as the company continually evolves. Company does pretty well as removing doofuses and not hiring jerks. For the saavy employee, you can move into some great opportunities as the company grows and adapts. Upper management is very transparent (even when sometimes they don't make the best call -- e.g. Qwikster).","Dynamic environment does not work for a 'do my work and go home' employee or those who just want to show up and be told what to do. Middle and lower management can be a crap shoot -- seek out a great boss (there's many at Netflix) and avoid the bad ones (unfortunately, Netflix has those too). There is a level of 'playing the game' but not to an extent that I'd say is greater than anywhere else. Corporate philosophy does not emphasize coaching (but does not ban it) -- so you need to seek out your own mentors or strengthen your team (if you're a lead) by figuring out career/skills grown on your own.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36318,netflix,"Frisco, TX"," Apr 7, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Is Not For Me,"Good pay, benefits, and relaxed atmosphere.","Customer service in general. For some reason going into this I did not think it would be a typical customer service experience based on my own satisfaction with Netflix for the past 3 years. It's pretty easy work, but so many people who called were lazy and/or arrogant jerks. Some of them made me feel like I was an inch tall. It was emotionally draining, especially for someone as sensitive as I am. The pressure to meet the 0% DSAT also didn't help. The survey asks about the company but it's answer is a reflection of the customer service and high DSATs effect job performance. We're expected to convey a relaxed, friendly attitude and build a personal rapport with the customer, but with pressure of the DSAT it's hard not to make everything sound forced and phony because you want to really turn it on to try get a yes out of the person. I'm an introvert so faking conversations and trying to think of chit-chat was hard for me. Do not take this job if you're sensitive and don't have strong conversational skills. You must get to know the person. It is required. I also wanted to add that the schedules and team leaders are constantly changing. It's extremely frustrating.",Change the survey question.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36319,netflix,"Santa Clara, CA"," Mar 27, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Competitive Company with Opportunities for The MOST Ambitious,"free food, and flexible scheduling is promoted, although in a call center, this schedule flexability is not really existent. Senior and Middle management try their best to be honest and forthcoming. If you want something you can ask anyone and they can probably get it for you if you work for it. Believe in promoting from within, and encouraging you.","truthfully, their open door policy on who's getting fired, or what changes are happening can be somewhat stressful at times. you don't feel a sense of job security. their feedback oriented management style just feels pressure-some.  Netflix is a team. A sports team. an ambitious and cut throat team who will trade you off if they see you're not an asset any longer, rather than encourage you to move cross functionally.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P48.htm
36320,netflix,none," Apr 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The company is decline,paid well. work long hours without vacation.,"The culture is bad. They claim they only hiring superstar, but superstars will not go to the company, the engineer quality is so-so.",Your culture is not that great. You company just like Enron,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36321,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you're a self-starter,"Fast-pace, great compensation, open communication",Chaotic at times and could use more structure,Freedom is great but don't forget the responsibility part,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36322,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 31, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Run from this place as fast as you can,"Good pay, decent benefits. At least it's not Cambodia",There are so many I don't know where to start.,"Treat your employees as assets, not like the doormats you wipe your boots on.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36323,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Feb 7, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good call center environment,- Great Benefits - Living wage - Fun environment - Engaging work,"- Company tends to shift their focus readily, which can be beneficial at times, but other times very frustrating.","- Work more to promote from within. Constant hiring from outside brings in new ideas, but does little to encourage talented individuals to stay.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36324,netflix,"Beaverton, OR"," Mar 7, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Keep looking,The pay is above average. The environment is kept very clean. The dress code is very relaxed.,"Everything else about the job. I worked for Netflix for 3 months and had to quit. I have never left a job so quickly. It's that bad. You know you're in a culture of fear when the person training your group talks about how they were nearly fired. I was told I would be let go during training if I didn't ""improve"". The problem is they were incapable of telling me what needed ""improving"". I've worked in customer service for over a decade and never been exposed to such a fear based culture. If you read other reviews of Netflix you'll find that most people have had a similar experience.",Stop throwing your customer service under the bus.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36325,netflix,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 8, 2013",Current Employee - BI Architect,NA,"Great salary , cool company and flexible working hours",chaos everywhere and hire and fire policy,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36326,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Dec 31, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Represenative,"Pay. $14/hr + benefits or ~$19/hr without benefits. (Not taking the $10,000 in benefits) Great employees.","Company is not transparent. Often customers will know a huge step taking by upper management before you do. Covering up or what I like to call lying to customers. This job will wear you down with customers, which is not the primary concern but middle management. No clear direction from supervisors they're just looking out for their jobs. One supervisor will differ from the other rapidly.",Please stop making this such a cut throat environment. When reps get it from customers and then you also tie our hands with middle management it makes us despondent and depressed. Most of the reps hate Netflix and stresses them out. Resort to drinking excessively and drugs as a solution to the stress the job implements.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36327,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Dec 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good pay and they make you pay for it,Very good pay Free movies Popcorn Tools are pretty good for a call center Lots of parking since they keep firing anyone that works on DVD,Horrible benefits. You pay a lot for nothing. Don't be fooled by the extra allotment No vacation policy means no vacations. The managers and HR are always gone. Maybe they get vacation... In last 3 months all the good managers were fired or they work in california HR was a recruiter and hardly knows HR. Now that person runs the center and makes the decisions Outsourcers keep taking our calls and then they mess them up and transfer them to us instead of the survey. Then our DSAT goes up and then we get fired.,Take care of the DVD business or shut it down. Stop making decisions based off what HR says.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36328,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,You will experience freedom and responsibility,Hands down the best place I've ever worked. They treat you like an adult. You are allowed to determine your path at the company and given the freedom to do what you think is best. You are also awarded with above-market salaries.,People who need a lot of hand holding will not do well.,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36329,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Excellent company to work for,"Incredibly talented coworkers, opportunity to make a difference (your work is really seen in other parts of the company), very interesting area of work, top company in the world in its field, excellent compensation.","Very specific areas of work, it might be difficult to transition to other groups or do anything different if you are not a fit.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P49.htm
36330,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 12, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"For Engineers, this place is a joke",You're given independence and the ability to do your job how you see fit - some of the time. Most of the time management runs around like a chicken with their collective head cut off and priorities constantly change.,"- The salaries are competitive, but not particularly high, despite what their so called slide deck proclaims. Keep in mind that your stock purchase and ""bonus"" is included, so $160k at Google is the same as $210k at Netflix.  - Constant threats of firing, a culture of fear and throwing other employees under the bus to save your own skin. The threats of firing lead to crunch and absurd stress levels.  - Employees aren't as intelligent as other high tech firms, they're hired more for the ability to play corporate politics than technical skill.  - To follow on the above, the average stay here seems to be about a year. Understand that Netflix isn't an engineering company, it's an entertainment company and a fragile streaming infrastructure and clunky front end is built to consume that entertainment. But content is king, not the technology, and it never will be.","I'd recommend working on technology a bit more. With the continual turnover and exodus of engineers, the technology and products are a house of cards.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36331,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Oct 27, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,Was sad to see the company change so much in one year,Lots of room to make your own decisions and think on your feet,When the price change occurred it was a cluster bomb that went off. Then it was announced the company was splitting to two (one DVD and one Streaming) and then it was announced none of that was happening. All the while customers were up in arms over this and we in management were always finding things out at the same time customers were so we had no time to prep our staff. Some very hard months for moral with our staff. Lost a lot of trust with our employee base in terms of management to subordinate relations.,"Make sure your mid-level management knows anything key before the public gets it through the blogs, etc. They have to have time to prep their staff and gain buy-in to make a successful transition occur with company changes and/or snaffus.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36332,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Dec 3, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Supervisor III,Very good learning experience at a cost of a lot of heartache,Pay and benefits. They typically pay above scale and provide benefits from the time you become a full time employee.,"Management, on several occasions missed their mark on several key initiatives in the center. Specifically they never had a clue what was happening on the floor in regards to employee satisfaction and were never involved in developing employees to rank up.  ""Manage up or out"" was stated on several occasions and this approach is what developed a culture of fear in the call center. High turnover is never a positive motivating factor and management was quick to let go of the people who stood against that ideal.",I would share advice but management seems to agree with Hastings' approach of shooting from the hip and not listening to his trusted advisors.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36333,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 25, 2012",Former Employee - Director of Content,Libertarian leadership style at the top offers challenges and rewards.,"Netflix's commitment to attracting highly-motivated, creative thinkers throughout the organization means clever solutions and great ideas can come from anywhere at anytime.",There is a certain pressure to perform that comes from the level of freedom granted that results in a percieved sink or swim mentality.,"When I left, there was very little reward or recognition given to managers who mentored or successfully developed staff.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36334,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Nov 7, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Stressful, fast, with lots of attrition.","Bleeding edge tech company, with great product.",Management cares more about metrics than your work/life balance. The buck always get's passed downhill.,Invest time into long term employees.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36335,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 18, 2012",Former Employee - Vice President,Bright people who are fun to work with in very high-performance culture,"Walk the walk consistent with the well-articulated culture. Very focused. Clear, well-articulated strategy with very good execution against it. Very transparent, both internally and externally.","A bit of a culture of fear articulated as ""the sniper in the building"" as some new hires and long-time employees are either bad fit or fail to grow, and are subsequently let go. Culture emphasizes experimentation, which includes needed organizational experiments, and this type of experimentation also reinforces the fear. Again, most of this well-articulated in culture deck, so no surprise.",Keep hiring and growing stars across all areas of the company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36336,netflix,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 8, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager-DVD Hub,"Completely on your own for running the business, making day to day decisions on employees (hiring and firing)","High pressure, high stress, little to no room for advancement. High turnover in the management ranks and the front line employees get almost no benefuts. You have unlimited vacation but never get a chance to use it. Micromanaged by every person above you unless things fgo wrong-then you are on your won.","You have great managers int he feild. Let them do the job you hired them to, reward them for the 10-14 hour days, and set back and reap the harvest of their efforts in the feild. Also, as many hub managers as you have turnover, you might need to look at the operational set-up and ask yourself why the average lifesapn of a manager is 12-18 months!!",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36337,netflix,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 12, 2012",Former Employee - Product Design,Work Hard Play Hard,Great place to work lots of fun,There are when things get put into overdrive.,keep up the good work!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36338,netflix,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 2, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Rep--definitely NOT Customer Care,-Free Netflix (streaming plus 8 dvds at a time) -Comfortable Location -Call center environment laid back so you can wear what you like -Fun is encouraged (but not easily attained) -Good Pay -Excellent fun and Training,"-3rd Party Call center expectations-with Telus International as the client. (Telus is not as ""laid back"" as Netflix proclaims to be so there is a bit of a disconnect there).  -Changes made quickly after start so some training tools were useless such as: -Have to keep up with 3 different metrics--which is fine except for the Average Handle Time is 5.5 min--which in training was not an issue. This metric supports customers who know what they're doing such as: how to use a PC, know what kind of PC they have, IF it is in fact a PC, aware of any info on their devices. In other words a lot of elder cust may feel frustrated that agent is more worried about handle time instead of providing best cust service experience. Double Digits are not your friend. So trying to troubleshoot a technical issue with someone who is not very tech savvy in under 9 minutes or calming an irate cust because the system charged them even though they deserved a free trial or the NUMEROUS calls for payment authorizations which cause a lot of cust to have to keep double the amount of their service cost on their card at all times  -Technical training is not a requirement but you'll notice most of Team Leads or CSR2's are very techy--which makes for satisfied cust because they may be able to explain why their internet may not be working properly in a confident knowing manner. Overeducating is a no-no but you will find them doing this.  -You are basically encouraged to hurry the cust through the phone call and if they cannot speak English (no spanish support) you are encouraged to have them get an interpreter--also if they are not computer savvy (like some elderly people) you are encouraged to have them try back later when they can get someone to help them. Its basically refer refer refer refer when you can. Not really customer service based or rather not really customer-based.  -Telus very strict scheduling environment. Make sure your attendance and adherence are on point -Recording phone calls and allowing you to listen to all your mistakes or rather having a supervisor point out things you did wrong (not much Pos feedback) and write you up for it is supposed to be a method of ""coaching"" but feels more like Big Brother. The threat of being let go is constantly hovering over your head. -The position itself seems highly energetic but is unstable--no career focus there -Turnover is atrocious. which leads to back-to-back calls with no breaks between. Being late or absent on weekends is double the penalty. And the schedule can change without notice.","If you're at a job for 8 hours a day--and it's not supposed to feel like work--then FUN--give us a reminder. Your brain can feel abused after back-to-back calls dealing with some incredibly rude cust with no support from upper management on very common issues such as Payment Auth. Hear your associates. They matter. Without them--you have no company. And without customers--guess what, you also have no company.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36339,netflix,"South Portland, ME"," Oct 4, 2012",Former Employee - Manager,The experience was very challenging as the regional management support was unwilling to support.,The pay rate is excellent.,"the time constraints are tight, the margin of error was not there and the ramifications of failure, be it machine issues, management issues, transportation issues were very harsh. Errors should be minimized, but most problems are out of the control of the management team such as a truck breaking down or a computer crashing.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P50.htm
36340,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 17, 2012",Former Employee - Manager,Worrisome. Always feeling that I was going to be next.,-Freedom and Responsibility -Able to telecommute,-Very (VERY) cut throat -Upper management doesn't support staff -HR allows upper management to oust existing employees when a new director is hired and wants to bring his former staff over,"-Show a little more respect towards employees that actually follow the company values and culture -Management does not practice what they preach (my 360 review from my manager was awesome, however, I managed to hear through the grapevine that he was unhappy with my performance)",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36341,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great salary, bad culture.",•  Great compensation package •  Free lunch •  Free cell phone,"•  The company culture is very cold hearted, they let people go ALL THE TIME, sometimes for good    reasons, most of the time not. •  The environment is extremely political that makes it hard to focus on doing a good job. •  A lot of employees are rather negative about the workplace and very open about looking for a job.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36342,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Excellent work environment,"The best part about working at Netflix is the people. I've worked at both Microsoft and Amazon before coming to Netflix, and the people at Netflix are of a higher quality. Each person seems to be very good at what they do, and I feel like I can learn from them. I never realized before what a joy it is to work with great people. Other great things about Netflix are high salary and free meals.","There isn't much of a career path. If you want to be a manager or director, you might not have much success at Netflix. I view Netflix as a place where people come to work during the day and then go home to their families at night.",Make the stock price go back up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36343,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 26, 2012",Former Employee - Instant Watch Customer Service,Netflix was a good place to work.,Pay was excellent. All of the tools were available to do the job that needed to be done.,"Many customers did not understand how to use Instant View, and it was often difficult to explain.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36344,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 25, 2012",Former Employee - Director,Sword of Damocles,"- great physical work environment in Los Gatos - great co workers: highly motivated, intelligent, impressive experiences. Netflix hires people at the peak of their games - at the time (2007-2010), it was an exciting time of growth in the online streaming space, with consistent growth in the DVD space, fun to be on the cutting edge, and high growth. - great compensation, employees are well paid","- there is a constant sword of damocles (i.e. the threat of removal) hanging over your head. even when you think you are doing well, you can be released unexpectedly, at a moment's notice. (this results in a culture of fear) - there is no career path, Netflix hires you to perform a job, and once that job is over, it's easier for them to let you go rather than retrain or relocate you. - this is not the place to be if you want work/life balance, not family friendly","- missteps from a year ago (i.e. 2011 - Qwikster) have caused a loss of confidence in management - there are still lots of people in the US that want to rent DVDs, much better selection, and much better accessibility. It feel like Netflix is now content to ignore them and move on. What happened to the great customer service that built the brand?",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36345,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding and rewarding,"Netflix expects the best of everyone, pushes us to be as great as possible, and is extremely candid with feedback and advice to help realize that objective.","Don't expect to kick back - it's a demanding environment. That said, it's not ell encompassing - there's room for a real life outside work too.","Focus on the future, and don't regret lessons learned from the past.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36346,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 31, 2012",Former Employee - Netflix Customer Service Representative,Training is fun but then the real nightmare starts...,"Free food handed out a lot, casual dress code, lots of people in their 20s that you can relate to.","Very confusing attendance policy. If you're not a permanent employee yet basically, you miss a day or two, they'll fire you. Very little support from upper management when dealing with customers. Impossible sometimes to get assistance with problems though they advise that you get their help when needed. I was so stressed from continuously being threatened by my supervisor that I might lose my job I couldn't stand it. If you want to have any sort of healthy work environment, don't work here.",Figure out an attendance policy and stick to it & be absolutely clear. Don't treat your employees like they don't matter either. People will find out & not want to give you business.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36347,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 14, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Their call center is a meat grinder,Free Netflix account. You also get free self-worth and self-esteem draining sessions with management.,Insane high turn-over. Lack of support from management..,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36348,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 14, 2012",Current Employee - Creative Director,The best design culture I have ever been in.,Innovation is not hampered by unnecessary process. Designs are not approved by executives or committee they are approved by the users. This is an environment that promotes creativity.,You must be able to let your work go. For every test that wins 4 other designs fail. Being able to learn from designs that fail is difficult to do when you are emotionally invested in them.,"Give highly talented, less experienced, candidates an opportunity to interview. Raw talent, in a fully formed adult, at a great company yields great results.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36349,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jun 22, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High pace, low direction","Great compensation, decent hours, nice employees (below upper management).",No clear communication. The management team was not on the same page and would regularly countermand each other. Need for better process to clearly define the work requirements.,Get on the same page.,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P51.htm
36350,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 11, 2012",Current Employee - Director of Engineering,Best place I have ever worked,"Leading edge technology, not afraid to do things differently if it makes sense, agile and low process overhead for getting things done. Clear focus on a simple business model, with clear responsibilities and freedom on how to deliver.","You have to be comfortable with rapid change, ambiguity and have enough self confidence to cope with the culture. It's not a place for people who like to know what the rules are and follow them.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36351,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 31, 2012",Former Employee - Csr1,"Decent pay, good feedback from supervisors",Good pay for the work Laid back environment with lax dress code great employee benefits free/cheap food in the breakroom,"When something changes, employees find out when the customers do. Mass layoffs when call volume decreases. I've heard they don't do re-hires.","Give your employees heads up on major company changes so they can be properly prepared/trained to deal with those calls. Also, don't lay off good employees the week they are supposed to be converted. It gets their hopes up and I felt kinda blindsided because I was continually getting positive feedback and was told my conversion was pretty much locked in.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36352,netflix,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 10, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Great Company,Awesome pay and great benefits,"Long hours, very early mornings",Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36353,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 15, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Really great place to work!,"The company has a really good philosophy about not imposing burdensome processes and rules. It also treats people as adults and assumes everyone knows the best way to get their job done. They are very good at communicating the current thinking of upper management and the current plan and focus, and how they see the future. Compensation is very good.",There can be a high turnover. People are let go frequently. Can be a bit intense.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36354,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 8, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Salary 15% above market , Duration of employment 90% below market, Worst culture to work in","You get paid 15% above market rate. I was making 165k in my last company (150k base + 15-20% bonus) in a stress free environment and then one fine day i found an opening at netflix which suited my profile. applied , gave the interview and they offered my 180k total. like a fool i jumped onboard. lost my job after 9 months and now back in the market. and yes those 9 months were no less than delivering a baby.",just after joining i realized that the guy sitting right next to me was fired few weeks ago. as i spent more time i realized most of the people around me were no more than an yr old. the work was too much but i thought they are paying me more so i worked hard at it. turns out i had 2 slight disagreements with a member in another team and bammm .....i was gone....  the company has a very simple philosophy....if things are not 100% perfect ...fire and hire ......rinse and repeat........  dont make the mistake i made....dont leave your stress free environment for 10-15k etc because you going to end up being fired the moment your performance falls below 100%,reed thinks he is doing a great job..... i wonder does he ever read the reviews here on glassdoor. the only problem is these reviews are flooded by CS so hard to read the real software engg reviews.....,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,41,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36355,netflix,"San Jose, CA"," Apr 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, be innovative, and always be prepared",Your peers are excellent and from all walks of life Training is encouraged and done well work/life balance exists,this is not a long term choice and the culture deck is true,none,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36356,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 27, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Careful: If you happen to be fired for any reason, it is broadcast to everyone you worked with!",You might work with some very bright people and make good friends Opportunity to learn some very interesting skills and technologies Above market salary as long as it lasts,"You might get all verbal accolades and encouragement till one fine day you are told that you are no longer needed! Managers could be picked randomly based on seniority from your peers if one leaves and may have little people skills. Firing, if it happens to you, is public, humiliating and outright insulting with a terse broadcast email.  Advice to potential applicants: - Do not close your eyes to all the reviews on Glassdoor, thinking you are too smart too be fired - Do account for the potential time you might have to stay without job while comparing the salary to other places",Treat your employees with respect.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36357,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 12, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart People, fast moving",Working with talented people and visibility into company strategy and direction,Pressure to work long hours,none,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36358,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 10, 2012",Former Employee - CSR-1,The cracks start to show pretty quickly.,"Well-paying for a call center, free fruit, cheap soda, a nice building, free Netflix.","Your work experience almost depends entirely on your manager, and your manager may or may not change every month. Things that one manager may not care about (and tell you not to worry about) will be brought up against you six months later as a final warning. Sometimes policies are suggestions and other times they are concrete, and this will change at random and get you terminated. This isn't just on the ground floor either, one day everything's fine and the next ten managers are let go and their teams dispersed amongst the remaining set (but everything's still fine guys, don't worry). There is almost zero room for advancement, managers are hired in from the outside and the best anyone hired at entry-level can expect is to become a CSR-2, a position that doesn't actually pay more. Anyone and everyone competent seemed to slowly leave for better jobs in my time there, and at first I wondered why when they had so much going on, but eventually I figured it out.  Decent pay if you can stick it out, but way more stressful than it needs to be, and I'm not talking about the customers, an old man yelling at you for thirty minutes because his blu-ray stopped working is nothing compared to not knowing if you're going to be fired that week because you had a sick day three months ago and your calls aren't short enough.",Act less like the captains of a sinking ship.,2.0,1.0,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36359,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 1, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Terrible. They bring you on as a temp, and withhold health benefits for up to a year.",Free account! Streaming and eight DVDs at a time.,"They hired on hundreds as temps and told all of us we would be ""converted"" and receiving health benefits within three months, or be fired for poor performance. Well, that never happened. We were all strung along, some of us were fired, but by the time six months came along only 30 of the remaining 250 temp employees were given health insurance. they kept telling us, ""maybe next month."" When I finally quit and told them why, I was told that they were using benefits as a performance motivator, and they extended the conversion time frame to a year. I told them that health insurance is something that GOOD employers give their employers, not a performance motivator, and that they needed to find a better way to motivate their employees. Disgusting.","Give your employees some respect. Give them health insurance, and offer the cash bonus as a quarterly incentive if they triple crown.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P52.htm
36360,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 25, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for the Nazis.,Good pay and good benefits.,Too much stress and degrading. I never felt so disrespected in my life.,"Get off your high horse and remember you are dealing with people, not your subjects!",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36361,netflix,"Beaverton, OR"," Apr 24, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Supervisor II,Revolving Door,"Great compensation, the front line agents are mostly very intelligent","I never saw my manager, heck he didn't even know I had started work until I was there for 2 weeks.","Speak to you employees, at least meet them",1.0,1.5,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36362,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 20, 2012",Former Employee - CSR-1,Worst Place I have ever worked,"Decent pay for the work if you get converted, free coffee, free fruit. Good health plan if you get converted, and the other reps I worked with were great.","IF... I was there for 7 months, my stats were in the top 10% of the center, and twice I was told they will convert me next time. The management is really messing up. At the time I left there were 525 reps, and of that more then 200 were temps. The real reason they are not converting anyone right now is because they are cutting costs where they can. This company treats employees like cattle. There is no Growth potential, they do hire all supervisors from the outside. Id say more but there is another review that sums it all up for me.",none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36363,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 18, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative II,Started off great and degraded from a very positive culture to your typical production line call center.,"Great pay, good benefits and an annual bonus package to pay for benefits with the option to pocket what you do not use. Decent hourly rate of pay for the industry.","Schedule changes based purely on performance with no regard to personal needs, including family or school schedules. Court ordered child visitation is also not recognized. When this was brought to management during the last shift bid it was made clear that there were no personal accommodations being made everything was purely performance based. No annual reviews and or raises. No vacation pay, if you are able to get time off approved you are expected to cover it out of pocket. When ill management will use various tactics to make you feel guilty about not coming in to work.","Treat all of your employees equally. There are currently 2 internal sites, one runs using the original Netflix values, the other is run like a typical turn and burn call center. Allowing some flexibility in schedules puts less stress on your employees, also vacation pay and allowing time off would help reduce the amount of turnover that happens and would also keep employees happier and more productive. This would also reduce the cost of having to train more employees. Also taking feedback from your employees about conditions would also improve morale by making your employees heard.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36364,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 4, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Absolutely terrible and soul-crushing,"Free bananas, apples, coffee. Low priced soda. Free Netflix account. I worked with (not for!) some amazing people. If your supervisor likes you, you will be treated very well and have some degree of leniency when it comes to meeting stats and time spent on the phone.","Pretty much everything else not noted above. Most days the ""What's working?"" list is shorter than the ""What's broken?"" one.  No communication between departments. Customer service is forced to make things up because the Netflix ""engineering"" or ""research"" teams don't give any sort of information to the reps regarding estimated time to service restoration during outages. I put engineering and research in quotes because, as a CSR, you never actually speak to them. They are merely referenced, like mythology or fairy tales.  Reps are given goals that are nearly impossible to consistently meet, in what I believe to be a fairly obvious system that gives Netflix an opportunity to fire virtually any employee for not hitting their metrics. You basically are there by the grace of your boss, if they want to find a reason to get rid of you it will be fairly easy for them to do so.  The customer dissatisfaction is worded in such a way that many people are leaving feedback on Netflix, not the individual rep, but this DSAT number must be below a certain percentage or you risk losing your job. You are basically encouraged to burn through as many calls as quickly as possible, placating the customer or flat out lying to them (blaming their ISP, home network, or device manufacturer) enough that they'll be compelled to say that they're satisfied after you say ""please stay on the line for a one question survey"" and then promptly hang up on them.  There is absolutely no way that you are going to have consistent, quality interactions in 4:30 minutes or less, ESPECIALLY after the missteps that Netflix has made this year. But if your numbers drop, or you spend too much time trying to help out, be prepared to be ""coached"".  Coaching is such an absurd term, because it implies that there is a sort of team camaraderie or human aspect. My last coaching session with my boss involved being told that I was not giving my all. I was only supposed to be a contractor for 59 days. I was supposed to have health insurance by now, and some security as an employee. Instead we are told that they can only afford to hire on so many people, and better luck next time, but you're welcome to stay on as a temp if you like! So yes, I don't really feel like giving my all. Despite putting in consistently good numbers, multiple people on my team have told me (independently) that they are afraid of being fired at any time.  I get the feeling that many people are there only until they find something else. Netflix was actually a considerable pay cut from my last job, but even if the pay was higher the way they treat their employees is at the top of the list of the worst employers I've ever personally experienced. Work / life balance is non-existent. While going through some personal issues in my life, my supervisor told me to ""leave it behind me"" when I walked in the door, not offering anything close to a compassionate response.  One last observation: the people I've noticed who seem to be TRULY happy there are the ones who are too young to know any better. I'm not old by any means, but I'm also not an 18-24 year old kid who doesn't realize that jobs don't need to be like this, that you can actually be treated like a human being and be *inspired* to perform, rather than doing it because you fear for your job on a daily basis. Eventually Netflix will chew them up and spit them out, too. Ask yourself why anyone should give loyalty to a company where an employee celebrating a 6 month anniversary is considered a veteran?  Also, the positive reviews on here are probably left by Netflix management. It cites things they don't even offer anymore at the Hillsboro facility (like free mac&cheese, and, oh I dunno, BENEFITS for most of the people here). You will most likely be a temp with Netflix (meaning no benefits) until you quit or get fired.  I've been lucky enough to work for some truly amazing companies, and Netflix is definitely not one of them.","This is simple. Learn to communicate. Start treating your CSRs like human beings. Stop encouraging CSRs to lie to customers. Tucking tail and rescinding your decision to split the company doesn't magically make you a ""feedback driven company"", it means that you got called out on BS and you're backpedalling.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36365,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 20, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Challenging but worthwhile.,"Two-week intensive training, $10,000 per year allotment for health insurance or as taxable income, 401(k) Matching up to 3%, FREE 8 DVD at-a-time plan + Watch Instantly plan, Awesome lunchroom amenities [free popcorn, apples, bananas, Macaroni & Cheese and Cup-o-Noodles]. Plus, Workforce Management contracts with local food vendor trucks for availability during peak lunch hours. Availability of 4-10 hour shifts. Comfortable and fun work atmosphere, never a dull moment.","Customers. Talking with customers day in, day out can be rough on moral [but that is the job, right?!] Just remember, ""it's just movies, they aren't mad at you."" That was a piece of advice that I was given and I remember it anytime a customer was rough with me.","Do not be so quick to judge the abilities of a representative based on a few days or even a few rough weeks. The job is not easy but with your help, it can be. ""It's just movies.""",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36366,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 12, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Can be fun, can be awful","It was an interesting experience working at Netflix. I was lured by the supposedly high talent density, solving great customer focused problems and bringing entertainment to people around the world at an absolutely unprecedented scale. I thought that technology would be used to solve difficult problems but in the end the problems to be solved are all around content, content, content. It is fun, though, to work at Netflix. The company is extremely open and transparent with data, decisions and the overall direction of the company. There are no secrets. It is very refreshing to see such an attitude, compare that to Apple.","Yes, there are interesting things to solve in cloud computing but discovery, search, personalization, and the overall architecture of the Netflix website can only be described as patchwork. The people who are working on these services are stuck in their ways and are protecting their personal little kingdoms. Netflix used to be leading when it comes to personalization and other discovery mechanisms. It has lost its ways and now those areas are a few years behind the competition. On a related note Netflix praises itself to have extremely talented people. This might have been the case but the talent density is certainly not the same as it used to be. A lot of the good people left recently and a lot of the deadwood hangs around because they will never be able to get a comparable salary elsewhere. There are the occasional firings going on but that is just scratching the surface. Because Netflix does not believe in career development (active or through mechanisms like 20% time) for their people it is hard to keep up with the competition.","Have a really close look at the talent in the company. There are a lot of people who are making architectural decisions who really shouldn't. Also while content is important discovery, personalization, search, etc. are equally important. If nobody can find your content you failed.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.5,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36367,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 12, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Powerful brand, unpleasant place to work",Great brand Disciplined Focused Good at execution and keeping schedules,"Performance driven culture = culture of fear and suppression Few chances for development or advancement Management does not seem to care about employees as people Not at all a fun place to work, very hard to build relationships",Be more humble Use more advanced technology Manage down instead of expecting staff to manage up,3.0,4.0,none,1.5,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36368,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Feb 18, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative II,Pays well for a temp job,"Pays well for a CSR job. Is full time immediately. Two week training adequately prepares you for position. Nice break area with complementary tea, coffee, fruit. No dress code. Wear whatever you're comfy in. Friendly co-workers. Pleasant work space- comfortable desks, chairs, clean appearance. Breaks are CSR responsibility. You have a schedule, but you decide whether it's best to go on break or take one more call. On extremely high call volume days (i.e. server crashes, etc.) managers show appreciation by coming around with a cart of beverages and snacks to keep you going.","While you are placed on teams to help you deal with any obscure technical issues that may arise, the teams aren't very supportive or responsive. They love to BS in the chatroom, but when someone asks a real question suddenly it seems like no one is home. On the rare occasions when you do have an escalated call that you can not resolve, supervisors avoid your messages in order to avoid dealing with the dissatisfied customer.  There is very little positive feedback. On days when I did everything correctly - 0% customer dissatisfaction (by survey response), low handle times, etc., the supervisor never said a word. The moment you have a long call that pushes your time up, they call you on it. Regarding any such poor performance: it was very common for embarrassment tactics to be used in response instead of constructive criticism.","Find better ways to recognize your good employees. It's disheartening to continually get good stats and never get a pat on the back. The silly workplace contests are nice, but the employees recognize them for what they are.  Get a better system in place for checking in on your supervisors, or a report system. It's frustrating to see your supe getting away with playing games on facebook while you're working like mad.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36369,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,The marketing and PR team is lost,The engineers are the smartest most capable bunch I have worked with in my career.,The executives have no clue how to run the company. Their success is based on luck and they are proud to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.,Get a new marketing and PR team.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P53.htm
36370,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work!,Excellent co-workers and leadership. Culture of freedom and responsibility is taken seriously and results in an productive and mature working environment.,The culture leads to a necessity to communicate. Folks who do not want to communicate honestly will falter. It also critical to take initiative. Those with a lack of initiative will struggle.,Continue to reward results and creativity. The culture works by having the right people at the company. Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36371,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jan 4, 2012",Former Employee - Management,"Opportunity for advancement and success if you get lucky, otherwise it's just a metter of time.","Pay is great, but save your money... the severance package will only last you so long.","Most of the ""benefits"" of being an exempt employee come with a very high price tag. I am not just talking about the unusually high salaries. Sure, you can take ""as much time off as you want"" if you don't mind spending that time worrying about if you'll have a job when you get back, or hell... even getting the time to take a vacation at all. The culture of fear is VERY real. There is zero work life balance. When I started I was suprised to see so many 30 somethings who were single and had no kids. I learned quickly that it's almost the only way to keep your job. 60 hours a week doesn't work when you have a family or even a significant other, especially when what precious time you do have off you are worried about work. Feedback is relative to who is giving it. I received my first real feedback session after I interviewed for a position 6 months after being hired. I received positive feedback, then was laid off 2 weeks later.","The culture of fear is developed from the top down. While ""freedom and responsibility"" sounds great on paper, my experience was better described as ""uncertainty and pressure"". I am not someone who is unfamiliar with hard work and giving everything I have... but if you are not clear as toi how much is enough it leaves you with a pit of stress in your stomach.",2.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36372,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 26, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Used to be much better! Wait for some senior management changes before you consider.,"Freedom to use latest technology. Large customer base. Smart engineers. Profitable company able to hire and properly resource development effort. Well known brand. Product is loved by most customers, and available just about everywhere. Competition is behind. Clear leader in unlimited streaming.","Senior leadership very confused. Communication from the top done very poorly. Lots of knee-jerk reactions and fire drills. Software complexity is very high, but cross functional coordination is poor. Poor management of growth. Lots of really bad decisions made. Hired too fast in 2010-2011 (and added too many mediocre managers), and now they are paying the price.","Break up the old boys club and bring in skilled senior management from the outside who know how to run a global company at scale. Engineering talent is good, but current management is lacking ability to handle the company's growth and properly leverage the talent.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36373,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 23, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Revisiting my review after working here for a while. There are better, rewarding careers out there.","It's a decent JOB (emphasis on purpose) if you are looking for a heads down, monotonous coding job. If you can manage a decent amount of work and the perspective, you will have a stable pay check.","I was sold on all the culture stuff and drank the cool-aid at first. After spending a lot f time at Netflix, my perspective has changed for the worse. What good is the sales pitch if you can't deliver.  Some organizations are terrible (i am not talking about IT/ back-office type group) when it comes to recognizing people, allowing (forget about encouraging) their growth. No carrer, no recognition. In a way, its a career dead-end. Its a JOB.  Recent break-neck hiring has bought in a TON of managers (e.g. instead of bringing in 1 project manager, they've hired >1 managers). Believe it or not, it takes 4 times the amount of meetings (compared to 2 years ago at Netflix) to get 1/2 of what we used to get done in the same period of time.  Today, all of the talk about culture (except firing people for no good reason), freedom etc are just BS.  No family insurance (medical, dental etc). Company only pays for the employee but in reality, they don't care.","Apparently, top management (who've been at Netflix forever) thinks engineers who's been at Netflix for more than a couple of years is ineligible move into a management role because they won't be able to hire people. Seriously. Again, this seems to be applied differently in different organizations.  i would love to hear from the management about what data they have to back this up this bs.  Another career killer: Hire people who 'know' their job i.e. an engineer converting to a manager means that person has to 'learn' how to be a manager. Given all the recent (Q4 2011) news about Netflix, decide for yourself about the management 'knowing'.",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.0,2.5,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36374,netflix,"Lansing, MI"," Nov 16, 2011",Current Employee - Netflix Employee,"used to be a great place, but every year things get taken away, like paid vacation/holidays.",getting a pay check is all you have to look forward to.,management doesnt appreciate hard work.,employees are the blood and veins of netflix. start treating them like it. without employees you're worthless.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36375,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great place to work.,"Open communication with different levels of management. Working with hard working, smart, and talented people who push you to succeed.",Not many opportunities for career advancement in my field - often felt stuck doing what I was doing. Side projects were slim to none.,none,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36376,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Uncomfortable environment with lackluster management,"No vacation policy and flexbility. High pay, which is meant to replace some of the perks that other companies offer. Interesting and fun industry. Employees are smart and work as a team for the greater good.","The ""freedom and responsiblity"" culture works for some, as long as you do not disagree with management. There is very high turnover. When people are let go, they are surprised. People are afraid to make mistakes, which makes for a stressful enviroment. I have never felt comfortable working there. Management is out of touch with its customers and makes hasty decisions that contradict common sense. Employees suffer because of this. Why would the former CFO leave when the stock on its way to its peak?",Your employees are valuable resources. Treat them as such.,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36377,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2011","Current Employee - Director of Data Science &amp, Analytics",Great place to work if you're looking for brilliant people who think outside of box about absolutely everything.,"great culture of openess, communication, respect, and high-performance no 'brilliant jerks' tolerated complete autonomy in your work",less job security than you might feel at other companies,none,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36378,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great place to work so far,"I've had a great experience so far, especially after coming from another company where it was all about politics and not about delivering results. My Netflix experience so far is that if you're smart and get stuff done, you will be appreciated and rewarded. If you're looking for hand-holding, this is not the place for you. But if you're entrepreneurial, self-motivated and like challenging the status quo, then Netflix is a great place to work.","None so far other than the commute. The lunches get a bit repetitive, but who's complaining when they bring it in for free? OK, I suppose it would be nice if they didn't always have meetings during the lunch hour, but that's about the biggest complaint I have - and I don't even really mind.","Keep hiring great talent and encouraging them to take smart risks. The past few months have been challenging, but learn from your mistakes and keep focused on delivering the best customer experience possible.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36379,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 2, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Don't waste your time if you live in the Bay Area! There are better places to dedicate your time!,"Free snacks, nice office, pays well",Disgusting management! When you're in a small conference room making a personal call and your mgr is in the storage room listening to your phone call or following you everywhere you go! My manager said he was very happy with my performance after 3 months of hiring me. He just got too weird so I resigned. Then he pulled me aside to tell me that I wasn't smart to work for him! What a jerk! His ego was hurt bc he didnt get to fire me! The worst place to work! I'd rather get paid a little less to be in environment where you are valued for your hard work!,"Stop taking manager side! It's the worker bees that is keeping your business alive, not the management!",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P54.htm
36380,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Sep 1, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Quit, before you're fired.","Netflix does have some great benefits. They offer hourly employees a good starting wage, the break room is stocked with snacks, and employees receive a free Netflix plan. As an exempt employee the wages are great, much better than other companies. The freedom to take time off as you'd like is great, it's unlimited for exempt employees.","If you accept a job at Netflix, you'll probably be pretty happy at first. You'll feel liberated by how much ""freedom and responsibility"" you're given. You'll be allowed to complete things without much as far as guidelines and you'll be allowed to work from home if you'd like. However, as soon as you complete something that someone doesn't like, you'll feel differently. Your first mistake could easily be your last. There aren't second chances and no one is safe from being ""let go"". My advice to prospective Netflix employees: have a savings and jump ship as soon as you can. It's only a matter of time before you're asked to go to a conference room and find yourself starring at a red Netflix packet...","Wake up and start treating people right...what goes around, comes around",2.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36381,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Networking + Not Screwing Up = Another Paycheck,"Pay for the qualifications is above average, upper management does a pretty good job of taking executive initiatives (not in sync with reality of call center at times) and implementing them to meet goals with minimal moral-related blowback given the abnormally lofty expectations at Los Gatos. Opportunity to advance and stay challenged for a call-center environment is above average...catch 22 of this is listed below.","In this company, what you know and who you know go hand in hand. Floor management is given independence to run their teams their way, provided they hit goals and don't draw too far outside the lines. This in some ways creates a public school environment: Some teachers inspire their students...some make them want to drop out entirely. From the top down there is a constant but rather inconsistent level of pressure to perform or face termination. When there is a lull in customer volume, employees are given adequate time and support to develop their skills...if the volume spikes unexpectedly however, external pressure related to the bottom line overrules, and suddenly everyone in the center is under the guillotine again. As an employee that has seen 80% of the center (now 900 strong) replaced with fresh meat in only a years time, and a large number of those let go having equal or better performance than my own (networking is key), it is frustrating to see so much talent go to waste on a regular basis as a result of a supervisor's<team manger's<director's<corp exec's own stress to perform-or-face-a-similar-fate mentality. Going back to the Pros, you can advance rapidly if you make people notice the positive things you do at the right time, because every level in the hierarchy drops like flies.","SLOW DOWN and don't lose your center! When you have potential competitors with pocketbooks 1000x the size I realize this is difficult, but it is not a positive position to be in from an internal culture standpoint. If expansion continues without re-evaluation of what makes the company worth working for other than the paycheck, you will exhaust your talent pool, be forced to outsource, and turn into just another company with a generic, pre-programmed message: ""What other choice do you have?""",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36382,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Sep 14, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a lot like if ,"Lots of pay, benefits, freedom, opportunities to find out what you're really made of, lots of top-notch talent.","You *will* get fired. It's just a question of when. There will be no warning, and you will be gone.",Advice to management? Take a long hard look in the mirror.,1.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36383,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 26, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Come join us!,"Lots of new technologies to learn, upper management is very capable and highly effective","Fast paced, and a lot of work has to be done to become the best streaming company",none,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36384,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 20, 2011",Former Employee - Supervisor,Great place...if you want to kill your career!,Free monthly subscription. Good money but daily multiple firings are reminders of why Unions exist.,Upper management is not not consistent. For every one good Manager....you have 3 horrible ones. Not very good odds. :(,Fix your issues...don't just fire everyone that does not fit to your company mold. You would be amazed at how many different ways there are to accomplish a task.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36385,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 14, 2011",Former Employee - Training Supervisor,"It was absolutely awesome, until I was let go.","Great Pay. Excellent Benefits. Smart, hardworking teammates. Opportunities to excel, be creative, be strategic. Managers are all excellent at managing their people, especially if you are a top performer they are hands off and supportive.","To be honest, I loved pretty much every day up until I was let go based off a rumor. The biggest problem is that in order to be successful at in the call center you have to ""drink the Kool Aid."" Which in all honesty I was happy to do, I got to work with some really rad people, and do really great work that I'm proud of. However, karma is, well you know karma is, and I let go of a lot of people that probably felt like it wasn't fair, and eventually the same thing happened to me. Loyalty to employees is not one of their strong suits.","Honestly have the greatest respect for the management in terms of their abilities to do their jobs. I do however wonder in retrospect if the running of something as a team instead of a family is always the best way to do something. But then, perhaps it is.",4.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36386,netflix,"Redwood City, CA"," Aug 17, 2011",Former Employee - Director of Marketing,"One of the best run companies, great benefits, no sick leave or vacation policy & exceptional pay","A go-go place that is well-run and exciting. Until the recent blowback on pricing, it was (and still is) a great place that everyone recognizes. Engaging, valuable projects were constantly being pursued. Really loved the Marketing team and the relationship with the other departments!","Not for the faint of heart. If you seek a place to hide, you won't last long here. Other than that, it is hard to not have loved working for a company that has great products and management.","Love your vacation and sick leave policy, no limits based on the work you achieve. I am not certain if they can keep it up as they get bigger, but hope you can!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36387,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 1, 2011",Current Employee - CSR-1,"An okay place to work, for a short term job.","-fun work environment (IF you have a good team, and manager) -good location","-high stress -high turnover -no communication between ops and CSR's when new things are launched -constant fear of doing something wrong -there is no way that we can 'relate', 'assure', make the customer feel good, and fix their issue in under 4 minutes and 30 seconds (and get a Yes response 95.5% of the time)",Better communication about new NRD's or other things being launched.,3.0,2.5,none,1.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36388,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 14, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Neurotic and unforgiving,Extremely creative engineers and products. Interesting and fun business. Exciting opportunities for access to entertainment. Exceptionally bright senior management. This company can really grow and be very successful.,Everyone is afraid to make a mistake or be perceived as making a mistake. Sr. management is constantly questioning new managers opinions and judgement. If one wants to be successful at Netflix do exactly as your told. Not allowed to have a new idea or different opinion. Netflix management hides behind values that don't exist.,"Netflix is an excellent example of the Delta House fraternity in Animal House. Maybe it is time for new managers, and running the company like a business instead of a fraternity. Being ""in"" is not always the best way to grow a business.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36389,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jun 22, 2011",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Hell with free Easy Mac,"Free Easy Mac, Tea, Oatmeal & Cup O Noodles Free Netflix Subscription","The people working here are so ridiculous and the trainer is straight from Sesame Street.  I knew one of the first 6 people to open the center, and she had been laid off over a year prior to when I started. She had some horror stories, but I thought the pay would overshadow any hint of doubt I had.  I made them aware of the fact that I was in school [college, obviously] prior to being invited to the interview, and they said that was fine & they'd work with me (I found out later that this is a complete lie). I went through training and everything with positive feedback. Only after that did it become an issue, and I was constantly pulled aside and berated. I am not going to quit school to slave away at a job that will last less than a year. They pulled me into random rooms around the call center and told me my ""internet browsing privileges were being taken away during my breaks,"" because I looked up Netflix reviews. I was told that my face looked ""sad and depressed."" Well, of course it was after you pulled me into a room 3 times in one day trying to make me feel bad about going to school.  They expect you to talk to 85-year-olds with Alzheimers that can't even remember their email address, let alone their name, and help them fix whatever issue they have in less than 5 minutes.  Why is there free food? Why are there showers here? Why are there laptops for you to use? Because they want you to eat, sleep and breathe Netflix.","People are human. Netflix has no human aspect to it. When I first started, everyone there was worried about their job, although most of them were recently promoted. That's horrible. Start investing in people so you don't waste money on training.  Don't say things that can bring a lawsuit to your door.  Don't hire people in school.  Don't expect newly trained employees to know all of the answers when your trainers don't even know the answers.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P55.htm
36390,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 15, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"This place is absolutely grueling, they eat you up and spit you out.","Salaries are at or above the market rate. Good stock options for salaried employees. The ability to work remotely, from home.","Working around the clock, phone calls during vacation. Very high attrition rates Constant fear of being let go Always switching directions while running full speed ahead.","Quit being elitists. Your company is a revolving door and you continue to lose brilliant people because you don't treat them like human beings.  At the rate in which Netflix hires & fires, I'm amazed that they are sill able to find people to interview!",2.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36391,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 19, 2011",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"It paid decent, but the level of efficiency stripped all the human aspects away.","The pay you well, they have a great health care plan, and they will give you full time status and paid training.","Zero time to be human, the constant computer monitoring puts you on edge since you have only 5 minutes to explain to an 80yr old how to install firefox in order to watch a video on their mac computer. This job tells you to be super human and empathetic, yet their employees want to shoot themselves since the place is run like a prison camp. Trying to go to the bathroom will result in your averages going down on the computer monitoring system and if your average falls below 5 minutes per call per shift you are FIRED, ZERO TOLERANCE!","You fold at management do realize that your training continuously year round results in a $14,000 dollar expense a week, with only a 35% stay rate after 6 months. This program you have costs you a fortune annually and is HIGHLY INEFFICIENT, something you profess to be striving for.  Do yourselves a favor, humanize the job, give people an incentive besides the 14 dollar an hour pay for zero life and boot camp like tactics. You pay so much for people just to sit through a training session that you could have given current employees a real reason to feel appreciated besides the cheap Netflix swag you peddle.  Seriously, make the environment a more ""happy place"" and save serious money and improve employee moral significantly.  I like the way Mr. Hastings runs things, but he is never actually seen at the Hislboro facility and he is wasting A LOT of money annually with his ridiculous and wasteful training and selection staff.. Seriously, they are ripping you and the potential employees off big time! Also, they like to hand their friends the codes that you give out to the employees to their friends resulting in a month of free 8 movie rentals. You are being robbed sir!",1.0,1.0,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36392,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 5, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"My advice - accept job here, get kicked out after half year",Higher than industry average salary.,"Read other reviews of former employees. Out of all people that I worked with at the time more than 80% were kicked out. Most of them are bright engineers.  My advice - if you are offered a position in Netflix fight for the highest salary possible. In any case expect to be fired soon. Maybe after a year, maybe sooner, maybe later.",You don't need to worry. Everything is well. Your stock grows like crazy until you are out of talent and noone wants to work for you anymore.,1.0,1.5,none,1.5,4.0,3.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36393,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 22, 2011",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,If Netflix was a TV show: Action Series with a Hint of Survivor,"* ""Freedom and Responsibility Culture"" = Lots of individual control (Read Reed's slide deck) * If you're part of a well-run team, you'll love it - Excellent compensation - Unique stock option program with personal choice for $$$ allocated - Fast-paced environment with lots of challenges - It's the largest streaming movie service in the world and it's just getting better - Extremely open with corporate information sharing (no internal culture of secrecy like Apple) - Incredible execution over the last couple years - the methods can be controversial, but you can't argue with the quarterly/annual results","* ""High Performance Culture"" = You can hang yourself easily and get canned (Read Reed's slide deck) * If you join a mis-managed group, you'll be posting a negative review on here soon. :-) - Average benefits programs - Inexperienced managers can mis-apply the ""high performance culture"" philosophy and lead to the ""culture of fear"" some people have complained about in certain organizations - Double-standard for performance: VP/C-level staff appear immune from ""high performance culture"". Reed rocks, but some of the others are average/good, not exceptional.","In almost two years at Netflix: Some people LOVE working at Netflix, some cautiously tolerate it. Too much of this is dependent on whether they're working for a competent manger that is assumed to properly apply the ""high performance culture"" philosophy.  The desire to streamline HR by getting rid of almost all policies and procedures means no ""professional development"" for your management teams. There needs to be a level of education for new managers (hired and promoted. Don't assume everyone ""get's it"" in order to make sure the ""high performance culture"" is properly applied. Done right, people will know what's expected of them, get regular feedback from their managers, and KNOW if they're on the short list for being let go as business needs change. They can react to this and either adapt or anticipate why they're getting a severance package. For most employees, Netflix is a short-term roller-coaster ride with options to ride again for those who enjoy it. When someone exits the ride, you want them leaving with a smile and the civil handshake, not a brick to the head and a just a check to cushion the pain.  I've been lucky to work for a manger who's awesome, and I've been having a great time. It's painful to see the flip side where co-workers are not always enjoying the same perspective when the company is doing so well as a whole.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36394,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 22, 2011",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Work was going well, but I was fired for being sick","Free Netflix subscription, good compensation for what you are doing, just sitting and talking really. They also allow you to use your own judgement when compensating customers for problems.","I was ahead of the curve for a new hire, things were going well. I got sick a couple of times and then a week after my last absence, they fired me at the start of my work week. I just wish they would have said something like, you can't miss one more day or we will have to let you go, something along those lines.","If you have written-in-stone guidelines such as an attendance policy, those guidelines should be something shared with the people that they are being enforced on. Because how are you supposed to obey a law, if you honestly don't know it exists,",3.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36395,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 2, 2011",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,The Right Place If You Are The Right Fit,"So far I am incredibly impressed with Netflix. This is by far the highest concentration of smart people I have ever seen at one company and I have worked in Silicon Valley for over 20 years at large and small companies. In addition, not only are they smart but also very helpful and ego free. I read the culture slide deck before I started but wondered if they actually ""walked the walk"". I've found the answer to that question to be ""absolutely"".  If you are not a really smart, driven person who can operate completely independently and with little direction from management, then you will not be happy or successful at Netflix. There is no hand holding, and expectations are high. But if you are the kind of person that craves lots of freedom and responsibility than you will love it.  In the period of time I've been here, I have personally seen several people get promoted from engineers to managers and from managers to directors. There is a lot of career growth as the company is growing like gangbusters right now and if you are great you will love it and thrive.","If you are looking for safety and worried that you won't get another job somewhere else, Netflix is not the place for you. Basically, Netflix operates like a Startup company. There is no hand holding, you have to make lots of important decisions on your own, you have to be proactive about seeking out help and information, and the culture is fast paced and filled with lots of people who would be the smartest guys in the room at other companies. At Netflix the whole room is filled with those guys. If that intimidates you or scares you, thats a sign its not a good fit for you. If that lights you up and excites you, then you will love working at Netflix.",Its going to be a challenge to preserve the unique culture as the company grows. Please keep focusing on freedom and responsibility and make sure new managers totally get that aspect of the culture. That is what attracted me to Netflix and I want to see it continue as we grow.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36396,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 16, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best run company I have ever been with and I have been with some good orgs.,"Amazingly smart people. Business looks easy but is complicated--hard problems to solve which is why I am here. I get to do work that affects our customers, directly...way cool that my role has that much impact.",Not everyone wants the culture to work--and that is disappointing.,Keep the course with the business and the culture.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36397,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 17, 2011",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Times are tough so you probably need the job but start looking for a career ASAP once hired!,hands down pay is great 14.00 plus health care benefits (800 extra a month if you opt out of insurance) puts my pay above 2500 a month!  10 hour shifts (can be a con too) three day weekends are nice but you will need it  Classified as a hostile work environment by the state of Oregon so you get unemployment for virtually anything you may get fired for (even if you deserve to be fired). Make sure you get hired by netflix first before taking advantage of this sweet pro. It does not work if you are still on your trial period with them through a hiring agency.  Great job to go into to find a real career especially as a college graduate in this economy,"Customers have no lives so they call up about stupid things and feel they deserve the world for $9.99  Dealing with stupid people all day long is very rough.  Pay is great but think about it, why do they pay so well? If it was a great place to work they would not need to pay well, would they ,-)  constantly acting like you care takes its toll at about 4 months in (like I said start looking for another job on your three day weekend no matter what you think at the start of this job, you will thank me later for that nugget of info ,-)  You will not get time off even though they don't give you paid time off  People are always getting axed around you so don't depend on the job.",Let people take time off! By not your allowing people time off your making them get burnt out.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.5,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36398,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 11, 2011",Former Employee - Manager,Don't make the mistake of working here,"1. Pay is good, and for some tough to fill roles, pay is very good. 2. The stock option plan is a good deal. 3. A number of policies treat people like adults (dress code, attendance, and vacation/holidays). You can take as much time off as you want, as long as you get your job done. 4. A number of smart people get hired. 5. The industry is growing very fast. 6. Well known brand with instant street recognition. 7. Facilities are pretty good.","1. Look at the comments on this site around turnover, treating people poorly, sick culture, and weak senior leadership. These are all very accurate. 2. No training, management training, or development. The philosophy is if you don’t have what we need, we will replace you (i.e., fire you for not being a “good fit”) with someone from the outside who has that. 3. Hourly jobs in particular have stagnant pay. 4. There are no bonuses or incentives. 5. The culture has serious problems.   a. You will see countless references on this site to a “culture of fear”. This is widespread in every department and division. Even executives laugh that their time is numbered. A company that functions on fear is not a place for the long term. When everyone in a room is asked do they fear being fired and everyone says yes, that is a big problem.   b. A culture of watching your back and stabbing others in the back. Many employees, including C level people, participate and have learned that tossing others under the bus, keeps them safe. They see this as a way to protect themselves from scrutiny from above. Employees and managers are all too comfortable talking about what is not working with a person. The 360 review process reinforces this. Those who have been there the longest are almost soulless with regard to firings. They have fired or seen so many people let go that they don’t really care anymore. 6. You can be fired without warning, feedback, or any coaching. Most employees don’t bring any personal belongings to work as they could be let go at any moment. It is often a surprise. 7. Do not move for a job with Netflix. If your partner or spouse doesn’t work, you could be risking your families financial health. There is no job security regardless of how good you are. Performance does not equal security at Netflix. 8. Managers have a 1 year shelf life before they get shown the door. Directors and VPs are constantly evaluating managers, so anytime you make a mistake, are perceived not to be cutting edge, it could be your turn. 9. HR’s job is to hire and show people the door. HR brags about how good they are at firing people. They don’t help employees, nor are they there to help employees become better. Their role is simply to ensure the company doesn’t get sued and headhunt for all the people that are turning over. 10. Managers main role is making their team better through constrantly looking for their weaker employees. Leaders are asked could they hire someone better. Of course the answer will always be yes. 11. No severance package is enough to compensate you for disruption in your career, moving, or the stress that comes without having a job. 12. The recruiting function will hire you fast. The idea is to keep you excited, but if you are reading this don’t get caught up in the Netflix product of movies—look at whether this is actually a place you want to work. 13. It’s incredibly stressful and life-shortening for you and your loved ones. Why work at a place where people, including your hiring managers, treat you as completely disposable?","1. Change out your HR leadership. They are in love with the culture, but they are creating an unhealthy long term environment. Once the economy picks up you will not be able to treat people as poorly as you do. 2. Change the culture of fear. Install real coaching, feedback, and performance reviews so employees can feel comfortable doing their jobs. 3. Do some employee surveys to learn the real thoughts of your front line team. 4. Stop the turnover that is higher than comparable companies. 5. Reed, if you are not a people person, hire some people who are. You will get better performance from people who are not in constant fear of being fired. You can still remove weak performers, but don’t make even your best employees fear for their jobs.",1.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,47,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36399,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 8, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Engineer,High performance with high forced attrition,good pay (not compared to the expectations) . its good ROI for netflix not to employee. if ur an expert and u r stuck in ur place then netflix can reward u good. it can allow you to be a mster of everything and allow merit speak than leadership.,it depends on ur manager's discretion. so if ur gaurded to be urself then its the place to work. unrefined office culture is prone to exploitation. counter productive culture and fear is developed and growing faster.,start smacking the time and hear the employees voices to keep the best in the winning side.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P56.htm
36400,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 22, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Crippled Culture,-some phenomenally smart people -great resume builder (if you have the ability to insulate yourself from the cons) -the opportunity for exposure to leading-edge work -great communication about strategic direction of the company and understanding -- everyone know what it as stake -free membership,"-much talk about Netflix 'culture' internally, but few walk the walk. Politics and immaturity are alive and well here, especially at the senior management level despite popular internal belief -people disappear (are fired) daily, and the excuse is often simply 'not a fit'. You never know when your number is up -company programs such as benefits changes, SOP etc., which are meant to be leading edge, simple, and innovative are most often poorly communicated and confusing -unprofessional behavior such as disparaging remarks, put-downs, and talking behind the backs of others, from those who should be modeling the opposite behaviors -limited structure in certain areas where at least some process would be helpful, often feels like throwing darts in the dark and decisions are often emotionally based on not data-driven -speaking up earns you a target on your back","You cannot continue to tell yourself over and over that your culture is innovative, fresh, and uncomplicated, because it is not. Perhaps it is time to be realistic and call it for what it is. Perhaps then you can be self-reflective enough to change for the better.",2.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36401,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jan 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,people are expendable,"Innovative company with strong growth and brand recognition, pay and benefits are good, the work is challenging and there are some great people that work there. New hire orientation was a good experience and fun to attend.","The culture sounds great at the beginning however, in reality there is no empathy or understanding of human error. People are not given the time to learn, make mistakes and grow from the mistake, instead one mistake (even small) will get you shown to the door. There is no training and even high powered professionals need some direction and guidance. There is a lot of fear and uncertainty inherent in the culture and it leads to an ""every man for himself"" culture which does not promote teamwork.","HR 101, your employee's are your greatest asset and constant turnover is not healthy for any business in the long run.",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.5,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36402,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Phenom place to work if you are lucky enought to be offerred a position,culture of excellence in all ways,small scale teams means less opportunity for variety than other firms,none,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36403,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Oct 28, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Netflix as a service is great, but I don't recommend them as an employer, at least, not at the Hillsboro call center.","Like many of the reviews have already said, Netflix does offer some nice employee benefits, especially the employee stock purchase program (take a look at what Netflix stock has been doing, the last couple of years - you'll wish you'd bought in 2007)  I've met some great people while working there, both peers and supervisors.  For the most part, customer support is incredibly easy, because the service itself works pretty smoothly. When it doesn't, CS reps have the power to make things right for customers, which is fabulous.  Unlimited time off (within reason, and when it's available) is awesome.","Ultimately, the cons outweigh the pros. I will be voluntarily leaving Netflix for a new job in the very near future.  Netflix treats employees like they're completely expendable. I realize that no one is indispensable to a company, but Netflix uses up employees like I use up tissues when I have a cold. The turnover is ridiculous, and it doesn't have to be that way.  For CS reps, the main statistic used to determine our ""worthiness"" is the DSAT. Customers get asked a simple question after contacting customer service: ""Were you satisfied with the call?"" A ""no"" response counts against the rep, even if it was something the rep couldn't control (I'm sorry, it looks like your bank declined your card for this month's service fee.), or the customer was making an unreasonable demand (I got a disc that won't play! Give me six months of free service or I'm cancelling!). Netflix's stance is that we should be able to sugar-coat bad news so well that the customer doesn't hang up unhappy. This method of measurement is incredibly flawed and has led to reps ""gaming"" the system to avoid ""no"" responses.  Netflix does not give raises. Period. Not for cost of living, not for length of time employed, not even for outstanding performance. I have worked there 3+ years and my stats have been stellar the whole time. So stellar, I'm one of the people they have trainees shadow, to hear how to handle calls properly. I have *never* gotten a raise. Monetarily, Netflix considers my value to be the same as a new hire who just got out of training.  No paid time off. (Unless I want to take a pay cut and bank that toward paid time off.)  Mandatory overtime during the holidays. (They're promising it won't happen again this year, but that's what they said last year ... and we had mandatory overtime for three months last winter. And the winter before.)  Extremely limited career options - unless you want to be a CS supervisor, you're pretty much out of luck at the call center.  Narrow-focus hiring - Netflix hires people with EXACTLY the skills they need for a particular position. If that position goes away, so does the person. There is very little provision for cross-training or retraining a good employee to fit them in somewhere else.  TRaSE - one exception to the cross-training policy has been TRaSE, which is a disaster, so far. TRaSE combined the department that handles streaming tech support escalations with the department that handles loss prevention: billing fraud, shipping issues, physical inventory problems and website content issues. They all received cross-training, and even though there's more people to handle problems now, CS reps can never get a response when they have an urgent loss prevention issue. Reps have to tell customers ""someone will get back to you within 1-3 business days."" What happened to ""one call resolution""? There's a guaranteed ""no"" response for my DSAT. Thanks a lot.  Workforce Management can't seem to forecast how much staff is needed, we will have weeks where they offer to let reps go home early every day, and then a couple of weeks later, they're offering voluntary extra hours and begging people to stay after their shifts. This is probably related to the fact that Marketing doesn't feel like they need to let anyone know about promotions until the last minute.  Speaking of Marketing, they don't seem to feel a need to ask anyone what kind of impact various promotions will have on the rest of Netflix's operations. The ""no credit card necessary for a free trial"" promo was a fiasco, much of which could have been avoided by asking some seasoned reps a few key questions.  The same can be said about some of the ""tests"" that Engineering sets up on the website. Isn't it logical to maybe ask a few questions of the people who actually talk to the customers before you try something out? I realize that we need to find out what works and what doesn't, but if a ""test"" makes the service unusable or unpalatable for a customer and they call to complain, CS reps can't remove them from the ""test"". Netflix is willing to lose the customer because that's a valid ""test result"". There has to be a better way.  The Canadian service was launched prematurely, in my opinion. Many of the calls we get from Canadian customers center on the lack of content, especially newer releases. The Canadian streaming library will grow, just like the US library, but that's not a satisfying answer to Canadian customers. Thanks for another ""no"" response on my DSAT, Marketing department!","The service works so well. Figure out a way to make your human resources department work at least half as well. You are losing good employees at a ridiculous rate, which is going to start affecting customer satisfaction, and ultimately, your bottom line. Dealing with the general public is stressful enough, your outstanding employees shouldn't have to deal with unfair treatment from you, as well.",2.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36404,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 5, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer In Test,Highly Talented Group of Employees,Challenging and yet very collaborative workplace. Shared goal without politics. Lots of moving parts hence a lot of things to learn. Excellent Pay. Free Lunches.,Similar trappings of a growing company but nothing surprising that I have not already seen in one form or another with other companies I worked for in the past.,Embrace some form of process. Process can be useful if applied in the correct way and still enable any group to be flexible and role with schedule.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36405,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Nov 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay Away. You do not want to work here.,Nice location New management that has been brought in knows what they are doing Free coffee and Netflix account Benefits are ok Pay is good,Really scary place to work. There is so much fear in the culture in the call center that it is difficult to work there. The new Director is a joke. He has no idea what he is doing and is making decisions that will hurt the call center. There are few people who respect him as a leader and we look to our Managers for guidance. There is no clear direction and even though they talk about coaching their people it is not true. The coaching has no impact and people are fired due to not being supported properly. There are so many other Supervisors looking for jobs because they cannot stand it there. I cannot wait to get a new job. Attrition there is so high. You can see new people brought in and the next few months they are gone. I have never seen a place tat makes so many snap decisions on people which supports the fact that Netflix does not focus on people development.,Have senior management from corporate due focus groups to see how poorly this place Is being run. I have worked in call centers before and if the leadership does not change things then they will have a hard time hiring people. None of my friends will come to work here because they know the reputation. People stay away. It is the worst place to work in Oregon.,2.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36406,netflix,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 22, 2010",Current Employee - DVD Sorter (Phoenix),"Netflix: A company that doesn't value employees, but only sees them as a means to an end.",Above average pay compared to the industry standard. Casual work attire policy.,"Inadequate, poorly-trained management. Very little emphasis on feedback to employees. No paid vacation.","Value your employees. Don't treat them like cattle. If you don't have any sense of loyalty to your employees, they won't hesitate to leave for a better offer elsewhere. Your company has about 25% turnover, easily. Why do you think that is?",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36407,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Oct 21, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Stressful is an understatement,"Good pay, good benefits, awesome co workers","This is one of the most stressful work environments I have EVER worked at. Seems like no one has worked there longer than a year. Everything is based on your dissatisfied percentage and its impossible to satisfy everyone. ESPECIALLY when it is a dsat about service not rep. To Netflix, its the same damn thing. My supervisor was horrible and they all just sit together and chat all day. Almost seems like arent doing a damn thing.","If your employees werent so stressed out all the time, maybe you would see better performance.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36408,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 22, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Must drink the KoolAid,"* Hires only senior staff * High salary, benefits * Extreme, Agile * Psudo-unlimited vacation policy * Great experience","* High turnover, No loyalty. * Fear of being perceived as complacent despite monotony. * Monitor your burnout.",Thanks for the workaholic rush. It was worth the ride.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36409,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 21, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"company attitude: we pay you well and can kick you out at any moment , you shut up and put up with our rubbish",high salaries fast pace environment,"company mentality: full-time employees are long term contractors experienced managers turn down Netflix opportunities due to a known short average ""life span"" of mid and low-level managers at the company (for example, IT and OPS managers usually last about 1 year) an employee can be laid off just because their project is over or he does not have skills for a new project",get a new blood not only in a low/mid level but upper management as well,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P57.htm
36410,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 6, 2010",Current Employee - Manager,Management is asleep at the wheel,"Free lunch, good salary, nice commute","Poor performance of colleagues, very poor management, very poor planning","80% of your employees hurt you, the other 20% are mistreated. Fix this.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36411,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 5, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Management Team and Bright Employees,Great product Good co-workers Transition from DVD to Digital is very interesting,"Began to feel like a revolving door after working there for a couple years. Turnover is very, very high.",It is hard to argue with Netflix's success as a company.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36412,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 26, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Best Call Center to work for by far...,-All previously noted perks are accurate -Incentives Galore -Excellent Pay when you consider how much the majority of the world gets paid to answer phones,"- agree with previous posts about how easy people are let go - Performance/Mobility determined or based on numbers, not performance","Your head is in the right place using numerical values to gather data about performance, but one must consider the need to evaluate other aspects of employee's performance besides those which can be measured numerically. The most successful professionals have such qualities, and it's a shame to witness great employees let go from such a great company.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36413,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 19, 2010",Former Employee - IT Manager,They suck you in and then kick you out,"enticing benefits & perks unrestrained ""personal time"" nice location & amenities","poor sightless management based on guilt innovation at the compromise of quality high turnover, low stability lack of collegial respect, high fear",think long term about your contribution to society and less about the psychological game of stock prices - connecting people with the movies they love should not come at the expense of ostracizing employees you don't love,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36414,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 9, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,,"OUTRAGEOUS pay!!! [14 bucks an hour] No experience needed! Ever worked at safeway, or mcdonalds? [no need beyond that] Free food! [ramen, easy mac, oatmeal, pete's coffee and tons of tea!] Feedback is excellent! Medical and Dental kicks ASS! 8 DVD's out a time plan for FREE!!! Did I mention FREE food, FREE movies, FREE coffee and the highest pay possible for not having a degree!","Easy to get let go. If your attitude is not peepy, happy and excited, you can definately be let go. Make friends... FAST! If your blending in with your other co-workers and not syncing up and having fun.. then your GONE!","Don't kick people out just because they don't skateboard or are not ""awesome"" enough people that you might not like, focus on how well people can work!",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36415,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 15, 2010",Former Employee - Great Service But Not Great A Place for A Career,Three works can summarize the culture at Netflix. : Culture of Fear.,Netflix base salaries are high. Engineers are all very senior. The buildings are beautiful and having onsite expresso machines is wonderful. The location near Los Gatos is great. Everyone outside of Netflix understands and loves the service which is a pretty big perk.,"Netflix is the first place I've worked where you can get fired for doing too good of a job. Managers are always changing usually as a result of being shown the door. The constant turnover leads to another problem in that there is not much domain expertise in the systems built in Netflix because of the high turnover.  There is no career growth in Netflix. What you are hired for is more than likely what you will be doing for your stay at the company which on average is only a couple of years. There are cases where engineers / managers morph into something different but it was very rare.  Box lunches are provided but they are terrible. That food is not meant for human consumption. A variety of vendors would be nice.  The unlimited vacation policy is touted as a key benefit but watch out. Constantly changing priorities and short deadlines along with no job overlap means you are going to be able to take that nice vacation to take.  The compensation is skewed in that there are no bonuses or stock grants for the rank and file employees. Insurance for anything beyond the employee ( significant other / family ) will be passed along to the employee. In many cases I've heard this can pretty expensive.  I will say that I did have some good times at Netflix. If you are considering it as a company do your homework, ask the right questions, and make sure you weigh the pros and cons of the environment.","Fix the culture. While there has been a steady stream of engineers and managers to choose from times have gotten better and there are other choices. Netflix could be so much more if you valued your employees, focused less on the short term distractions, and invest more on making employees love the work environment in the same way everyone loves the Netflix service.",2.0,1.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.5,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36416,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 27, 2010",Current Employee - Director,Great place to work,"Extremely open and honest culture to work in. Management takes pride in culture and therefore is very candid about both the strategy of the company, and the challenges ahead of us.  Very flat organization.","No clear career path or career development provided. ""High performance"" culture means that we aim to hire very talented people (which is great), but we don't hestitate to let some one go if its not going to be a good fit over the long-run.","Continue being open and candid about our strategic direction, it's extremely helpful in providing both context and unity of purpose.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36417,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 5, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Fear-based culture,Higher than market salary Free lunches Unlimited PTO,"Fear-based, highly competitive culture driven by upper management. Mid-management is forced to follow the suit otherwise it will be their job on the line. Everyone is under pressure to deliver but nobody provides guidance as to what is expected. If you're a super-star you're supposed to figure it out on your own. Zero tolerance to even small mistakes - you're expected to work as a perfect robot. If you made a mistake you're out immediately, no chance for correction. Zero communications about your performance - it is all up to management to decide how you're doing. So you don't know whether you made or making mistakes. Project management does not exist, hence no planning is happening, just loose email exchanges. You don't feel as part of the team, there are virtually no teams, just people trying to prove something and keep their jobs. As a result many decisions are short-sited since they provide immediate credit, long-term decisions are usually on back-burner until all of a sudden they become critical and then it is all hands on deck. You're expected to work long hours and weekends on regular basis. Basically if you accepted an offer you're owned by Netflix. Documentation is non-existent, people are secretive about knowledge transfer. All in all Netflix's motto Freedom comes with Responsibility turns into the situation when company has freedom to do whatever it wants and employees have all responsibilities.","Trust and respect people. The fact that you pay high salaries and provide unlimited PTO does not mean that you own people's lives. Give people freedom for mistake, at least one. One mistake means nothing especially in first year of employment. Encourage planning.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36418,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jun 15, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Take What You Can Get,"Surrounded by quality/competent people. Immediate health benefits. Highest dvd plan. No script. Encourages employees to take initiative, and is fairly open to allow employees to make judgment calls when where there are no definitive guidelines in place. Supervisors are talented and empathic individuals, with plenty of knowledge and support to offer.","Monotonous/repetitive job. Taking on average 80-110 calls daily. If you are not a talker, this job won't pan out for you. Upper management is generally ineffective and out of touch with the common CSR. Guidelines and strategy are routinely changed, with no clear purpose for the change.","Give more authority to the supervisors, who seem to be more in touch (and more competent) to the duties of being a customer service rep.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36419,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jun 3, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Smart People, Poor Management","Pay 14 bucks to start Free Plan Super Smart team mates. Leaving my team was the worst part of loosing my job. They were all smart, witty and funny",Fear based management No rules or policies No paid time off  My first TM (team manager) spoke to me for a total of 10 minutes during my first 6 months there. She was fired without explanation after 360 reviews. My second TM was present during all team meetings but was usually busy on a laptop IM'ing with someone else rather than participating.  Even during my firing she was on her phone texting. I was given no information outside of a prepared packet and was asked to sign zero paperwork. I was escorted from the building like a criminal and the only reason anyone knew I had left was because of a pre-written email I was able to send when I returned to my desk to gather my things. Fear for your job makes you write an exit email months before you loose your job,Speak to your employees! Don't treat adults like they are children. TM's should give Supervisors the ability to make decisions about their teams rather than having to go through multiple people to get an answer. Give good feedback along with bad. I only received praise about awesome statistics when I brought it up to my supe. Realize that the pool of people in Portland is dwindling and people are aware of how bad the conditions really are. No amount of free mac and cheese can bring in the masses.,2.0,1.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P58.htm
36420,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jun 25, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Total Lack Of Respect For Employees,"-$$$$$$$$$$!!! ($13-$14/hr to start w/full time hours immediately) -Free rental subscription--the highest one they offer (8 @ a time) -Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance available right away -free food in breakroom along with Netflix connection & big screen TV to watch shows -showers in bathrooms if you walk/ride a bike and need to clean up before work -peers are fun to work with -high speed internet & laptops available to check e-mail, facebook, myspace on breaks","-fear-based company -anyone higher up than you will NOT respect you. Period. -cliquish environment (if you're not with the in crowd, you're invisible.) -very poor communication about job performance -do not uphold their own company values -rarely promote from within -contradictions galore!  In the nine days I was there for training before being unfairly dismissed, I saw several examples of employees being treated like children and unreasonably scolded. One girl was in the classroom 5 minutes before break was over. She suddenly had a bathroom emergency, so she left quickly to take care of it. She made it back just as they were shutting the door. On the next break, she was taken aside by the supervisor (supe) who said, ""I noticed you made it back from break just as I was shutting the door. I just wanted to let you know that's unacceptable. You need to be back from break several minutes early."" (In other words, you really don't get your full break.) She apologized, saying she'd been there five minutes early but had an emergency. He said, ""I'm sure it won't happen again.""  One girl had to call in sick because her child gave her the flu. They forced her to speak to three different people who scolded her, the last of which was the call center manager himself! He said he was going to give her the opportunity to come in for the rest of the week.  Another girl simply asked her neighbor for a pen during class. She was pulled into a conference room afterward and told by two different supes that talking during class was unacceptable and wouldn't be tolerated.  Netflix has a zero-tolerance policy for what they call ""push back"". They touched on this very briefly in class during our second week of training. The example they gave was this: ""If your supe tells you to change something and you say, 'I don't feel like it, so I'm not going to', that's considered push back and will not be tolerated."" Basically, it's outright insubordination. My supe said I needed to work on verifying every account. When people call in, their account auto-pops onscreen....unless they don't give their service code to the automated answering service before they're transferred to a live person. This happens about half the time and it's mostly people who don't have accounts and are just asking about the service. So I asked my supe, ""Is that even when they're just calling with a general question about the website?"" He said we needed to at least ask for a name and warned me that what I'd just said was considered push back but he'd let it slide this time. I was baffled but just said, ""Okay."" The same supe told me he liked that I was resolution oriented because that was a good thing. An hour later, he took it back saying it was bad and I needed to focus on empathy. When I was let go, they gave me the opportunity to give feedback. I mentioned the contradictions I'd noticed and also that I didn't understand how asking a simple question during training was considered ""push back"". I was told that it's all about perception and I just wasn't a right fit. They also said this sort of thing happens often.  Before you go to work for Netflix, ask yourself this: if the pay is excellent and the benefits are great, why is the turnover rate at Netflix so high??? Why are there so many bad employee reviews out there? Notice the recurring themes in the reviews, i.e. lack of respect, no job security, fear based business, no career growth opportunity, etc. There comes a time when the realization that it's not everybody else, it's the company, has to set in.","Be more reasonable with your employees. Maybe if you applied the same amount of empathy you insist on for call flow to your staff, people would be more inclined to stay with you.",1.0,1.5,none,1.0,5.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36421,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 15, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Good for the short run, high turnover, long hours, don't get too comfortable",Health insurance from day 1 is always nice.,"Hostile work environment. They are constantly hiring and firing. If you don't meet the metrics, be prepared to walk. Management fires people and says nothing to their teammates. You can take a reduction in pay to get vacation time which I found completely ridiculous. I did not ever feel like they appreciated the hard work that I did. I exceeded all metrics, trained new hires, and monitored the team chat for assisting on calls. People who have worked there for 2 years have never gotten a raise.  In addition to the above, I found the people there to be extremely unhealthy. Netflix offers food in the break room, but all of it is cheap with high sodium levels and MSG. simply add water, heat and serve. I'll pass.  The customers can also be downright abusive at times. Why on earth do you feel the need to cuss someone out when your movie didn't arrive? Calm down folks!",Offer incentives for good service other than allowing the reps to keep their jobs.,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36422,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 4, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Decent Place to work,"In this time of uncertainty, this is a good job. You have to be self motivated and naturally competitive to survive here. -Free food for working mandatory extra hours. -Stock option -Free subscription -Clean facilities good","-A bit scary in terms of job security at first. If you're scared for your job after being there for a few months, then you are likely not a good fit. -Advancement is limited and competitive. -Getting approved time off. -AOL, little old ladies, prepaid cards, IW history, all authorizations in general.","Management is a little iffy, but improving. There are some internal changes happening that I notice that address a lot of issues mentioned here. I hated the mandatory extra hours, but after addressing my concerns to my supervisor, my needs were met. WFM has their job to do with their own set of guidelines, so it can feel like they are unresponsive. Persistence pays off and complaining to your co-workers will get you nowhere.",4.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36423,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jun 2, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,The Truth About the Netflix Call Center..... :(,"-decent starting wage (assuming you make it out of training) -inexpensive benefits and decent health care coverage -for the most part, employees (CSR1) are really cool to work with -sheltered smoking area -Free Lunch (Mac and Cheese, Oatmeal, or Ramen) -Unlimited coffee (caution... don't take a bathroom break!! You may get fired) -Schedule choices offered after training (Choose Wisely) -fairly decent training support for the first two weeks of employment (if you made it)","-Out of every 100 customers who you interact with by phone, you may only have 5-6 upset customers or you risk losing your job -you are always tied to your desk by a phone cord -The calls keep coming whether you want them to or not... -There is no set concrete guidelines for evaluating personal performance. It is all subject to caller reviews (i.e. You're job may depend on somebody's bad day!!) -After your initial training (assuming you made it) there is a real lack of support for training from the management team. You will only see your team manager during your last week of training and then your first reprimand and your last day. (Watch out for the RED PACKET!!!) -Netflix is great at finding talented people to do the job, but they are HORRIBLE at retention. Do they have a quota for firing people??? -Whether you are a CSR, CSRII, Supervisor, Team Manager, or the Call Center Manager, you are never secure in this position. Do not count on it for long term stability/security in employment.  DISCLAIMER: I was not fired from my job... I quit, gave notice (albeit through the attendance line).. In all honesty, Netflix was a great transitional job for me. I needed quick money, and work and Netflix filled that vacancy. I was very happy with the people I worked with, as I made some really good friends while working there, and that is the only positive thing that came out of Netflix. I now shop the Redbox.","Customer Service is not simply a game of numbers. As a Customer Service Representative, and as a former Customer Service Manager, and trainer, with a reputable company, who Netflixs' own Michael Osier, vice president for information technology operations and customer service, based the Hillsboro call center after, my advice is to focus generally on the broad customer service experience and not sweat the small stuff. A good former CEO of Southwest Airlines once said ""We can't take ourselves too seriously"" If you're not having fun, and treating your people with decency, the you will have a poisonous atmosphere that is impossible to come back from.  Thanks",1.0,1.0,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36424,netflix,"Salt Lake City, UT"," May 18, 2010",Current Employee - Operations Supervisor,Worst treatment of humans I have ever seen.,"The insurance is good and you get it quickly after starting. There are some good people that you meet here, however they are usually fired within a matter of months. It is a challenging environment to work in.","The hours are very poor. There is no chance for promotion unless you are part of the current in crowd. The culture that is created is one that promotes arrogance, aggressive behavior and dishonesty. The general feeling is of fear and anxiety amongst the employees. You do not receive a performance review until you have upset management. You are expected to perform at such a level of intensity that it creates extremely high tension, associates tremble with fear. You are flat out told that you are expendable, and no matter how hard you try or what you accomplish, you will likely end up being walked out the door once they find someone who is not at the verge of a breakdown to replace you.","Management should consider the fact that by promoting and encouraging anti-social behavior the company is setting itself up for disaster. While people should be self-motivated and strong, they should not be expected to work themselves to a point of breakdown. Do not string the employees along and tell them one thing one day and something entirely different the next.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.5,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36425,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 2, 2010",Former Employee - Manager,Netflix: Culture of Fear,"The pay is above market. Not a lot above market, but a bit above market. The drawback is there are absolutely no benefits to speak of (no health benefits, no training, no daycare) so that above market pay gets eaten up pretty fast by real world needs.","A total fear of failure permeates the ranks. Netflix basically gives you a warning on your first mistake, and then fires you after your second mistake. This is why the annual turnover rate is well over 20%. Since there is an entirely new set of employees every few years, nobody knows what process to follow, and everything is chaotic. HR solves this by saying ""there is no process for anything! Make it up as you go along!"" Sure, if I fired all the employees every few years I'd stay away from process too.  The key problem is that with all the firings most employees spend the day simply trying to find cover. The ass covering at Netflix is legendary. Nobody wants to innovate. Nobody wants to reach outside their comfort zone. Netflix has created a culture of fear, and the way in which they manage terminations reinforces the culture of fear (they immediately demonize the terminated employee, and try to make the termination serve as a lesson to others).  The culture of fear is so ingrained in Netflix that many managers only have one tool for managing their directs, and that is to threaten to fire them. There simply is no other process for managing poor performance (remember, there is no process - they will admit this to you if you ask).  And finally, the last thing you should be warned about is their ""high performance"" culture. Their justification for all the firings is that the fired employees weren't high performers. But since there is no process, no record-keeping, there is no objective measurement of performance. So ""high performers"" end up being the employees that get along with the boss and keep a low profile. ""High performers"" at Netflix are not employees that take risks, interact with outside groups, or produce a high volume of work.  Netflix loves to talk about high performance but they have the lowest standard for high performance that I've ever seen. They are completely happy to manage with fear, however. If you put those two insane concepts together you end up with a rather hysterical environment.","So you guys did one thing well, a long time ago, and you've been marginally improving that business (DVD rental) ever since. Your astoundingly high turnover rate worked in that world, because all the processes were in place. But now you are trying to get into the streaming business, and that business only runs with knowledge workers at the helm. And guess what? Knowledge workers are pretty well-connected. The word is out that Netflix does not value its employees and as a result it's going to be harder and harder to staff your new ventures. You really need to find the groups at Netflix with the highest turnover and keep those managers away from the streaming business. You have some managers that simply do not know how to manage, they only know how to fire and hire. As much as you love to say that firing and hiring is what management is all about, you could not be more wrong. Find the teams with low turnover, they are the teams that work in spite of your chaotic work environment.",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,49,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36426,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 23, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great place to work, but if you are looking for an easy secure job, Netflix is not for you.","Freedom and responsibility and working with smart, motivated, high-caliber people make for a great experience. The work environment is dynamic and unencumbered by rules and process. There are no slackers here.",The constant expectations of excellence can be stressful.,"People aren't machines and they aren't expendable. If you don't spend some effort nurturing them, then you will lose them, and the people at Netflix are hard to replace.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36427,netflix,"Portland, OR"," May 11, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Call center job,Top pay if your of high intelegence you will advance given all tools necesary to do the job leading technology,not alot of personality or diversity of management and empoyees. Very competitive for performance,Mix up the management team to have more personality not everyone is a rocket scientist,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36428,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 14, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place for highly motivated super-stars,"Open book business - nothing is hidden. If you want to find out something, no barriers to reach out across departments or ranks. Head count is low, so operation is lean and mean. Great pay.","If you're not earning your raise, you are on your way to get fired. No cafeteria (but free box lunch).","Continue innovating in HR, culture, technology, and subscription business model. Don't allow ourselves to fall in to a sense of security by current good times.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36429,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 23, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,hit or miss,"it will be hit or miss if you make it, some do some don't it's almost random or luck of the draw","a lot of turn over, you get hired with out knowing that in 2 weeks only 50% or less ppl make it to next level",be straight with ppl just cuz u get hired doesnt mean you have a job,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P59.htm
36430,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," May 3, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Do Yourself a Favor and Don't Apply Here,"The ONLY reason to even consider this position is the compensation: -Solid pay -Great benefits from day one -Free Netflix account (8 at a time!)  The facility is nice, they keep the break room stocked with goodies and the coffee is usually hot.","Everything else (you know, the actual ""job"" part) -Dealing with customers. Yeah, this is what you signed up for, but it's the worst part. You will get yelled at. A lot.  -Monotony. There are no scripts but you will spend your work week uttering the same core phrases OVER and OVER forever.  -Horrible scheduling. More likely than not you'll get stuck with a bad schedule and no way to negotiate out of it.  -Excessively stat driven. Ignore everything they imply during training. Every customer gets an email survey and DSAT will make or break you here. Keep it low and you're fine. Don't and you could be in trouble.  -Turnover. It's ridiculous, but it definitely keeps management looking busy. Every couple weeks it seems like someone is gone and a new person takes their place.","-Communication. Management has a funny way of saying just enough to cover their rears later on if they decide to write you up or axe you outright. It was incredible watching what seemed like casual ""coaching tips"" turn into do or die ultimatums in hindsight. Be crystal clear about expectations.  -Listen to the reps. Really. The CSRs are treated like generic cogs in a big machine. There's a lot of people working the front lines that are just as qualified (maybe more so) than management to be running the place, yet they don't have a real voice.  -Fix the scheduling. If you actually let the employees work with you to create a schedule that meets their needs as well as yours you would get better performance.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36431,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 28, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Employees treated like a paper towel - good for one use then throw away.,- Higher that average pay for a call center - Free food/ fun incentives - Good benefits package,"- No job security what so ever - Extreme lack of communication (you can be told you are doing great 4 days in a row and then ""let go"" on the 5th.) - Sickening climate of fear in this workplace - Lack of respect and sensitivity during the ""let go"" process","Do not hire people just to fire them. People have feelings, and goals, and bills... do not just hire people, train them and then let them go for not being a ""good fit."" I followed all the rules, was an exceptional employee, and was fired for no legitimate reason. This company is getting a bad reputation for treating it's employees like disposable pee ons. Take some PRIDE in your people, let them excel and nurture them.",1.0,1.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36432,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 24, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst place to work.,High Salary and Good Office location,Average benefits. Management by fear. No human values. Can get fired after high performance. Severance package is not good.,I never thought human values and business values have to be diametrically opposite in order for a company to succeed. Netflix is a great manifestation of that. Management by fear is what they practice and they are able to achieve great business results using that. So far it seems to work. Ethics and human values are good topics for theoretical discussion but I think those are obvious hindrances to the way modern day businesses need to run.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36433,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 6, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Good pay, terrible communication between management and employees","Get health insurance on date of hire, and decent pay Eight free dvd at a time plan Great co-workers Free food Very nice cleaning crew Near easy freeway access Close to many restaurants","Lack of communication between management and employees and many managers/supervisors who have little or no experience working with other people or managing in a constructive manor. Fear based management style, the sense of loosing your job for lack of staying within the metrics, your supervisor having a bad day, or any other reason they come up with. Manditory overtime with the expectation you will work it or loose your job. NO respect for doctors notes. The large number of people getting walked out on a daily and weekly basis. Seeing co-workers in tears over there job.","It would be great to hear feedback some day that Netflix, is an awesome place to work. From ex-employees instead of disgruntle employees who wished they never worked for your company. Netflix has a great product, it would be nice to see the same effort put into the employees moral.",2.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36434,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 18, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Love the company, Hate working for it!","The pay, and the perks, ie. free netflix!","Terrible management! Very high schoolish. It is not how good you can do your job, its how good you are with your supervisor. Actual comment from a supervisor when asked to come in a couple minutes late for a school exam was ""you need to think about what is important to you right now, school or your job."" Supervisors are very self absorbed and if you are not all about them then you will be fired and off their team.","Training program is very good. They let you know what is expected of you and how to get there. Unfortunately the supervisors do not match up with the training. The training was very thorough and we went through a lot. I was very dissapointed when I got out and noticed that each sup had their own way and went a total different direction then training. We wer given examples of what not to do and you would see the supervisor doing it constantly. We were given specific verbage that we could use in certain circumstances and the supervisor will let you know how terrible you are for using that verbaige and that is not the netflix way! very contridictive. Managers only go by what their supervisors say about you so if your supervisor doesnt like you they have all the power to get rid of you. Very high turn over rate! I personally saw at least 30 people fired during the short time I was there. Even though I read the comments about get in and get out before getting canned, I went into the job thinking that would never happen! I did everything I was told to do was told I would be amazing by all the trainers and that I would go far, wasnt my supervisors best friend, so I got fired.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36435,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 5, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Developers but bad Company Culture,"As a senior developer, you are working with a group of senior developers, and developers are working together to get things done","As posted on Internet by Company Management, Netflix DOES NOT treat employee as a member of family, you have to be always prepared that your manager would let you go because:  1. You did a great job and mission is complished, so they don't have to keep you anymore 2. Your manager find a person ""better"" than you 3. Project did not work out smoothly, developer is likely the one to be blamed.",No advice,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36436,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Feb 1, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most of the negative reviews on this site are accurate.,Better than average pay Unlimited vacation Free lunch and snacks,"No upward mobility Frequent restructuring Cliquishness ********** Netflix makes no secret about it's high performance culture, which results in a very high turnover. Average life expectancy in this office is about 2 years, which means very often the main knowledge base of a department exists when an employee is terminated (not always for fair reasons) or chooses to leave since there is no room to grow. There are conflicting values and many managers don't practice what Netflix preaches. If you associate with the right people, this can help your career, but it is disappointing that office politics factors so heavily into a company that preaches how different they are from other corporate cultures. Yes, it's great we all get Blackberries or iPhones (and are reachable 24/7) and have a liberal vacation policy, but the aura of paranoia that invades the office due to the frequent restructurings is not conducive to successful business practices.",The culture in the main headquarters in San Jose is different and very disconnected from the BH office. Getting on the same page would help as would treating your employees with more respect.,2.0,3.5,none,1.5,4.5,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36437,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 27, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place if you can handle the pressure.,"Amazing CEO, autonomy, responsibility, ownership at all levels. People are always on top of their game so it's possible to accomplish a lot in a short period of time. Communication from the top is clear and actionable. The best ideas do win out, as long as there are numbers to back them up.","Extreme arrogance is encouraged. Management skills are not valued. If you can't prove an idea with numbers, the idea may as well not exist. Many employees spend a significant portion of their time wondering if they'll be let go because smart and successful people are often let go in the hope that it will make room for newer, fresher talent. The people who aren't wondering are the employees too arrogant to realize that it could happen to them.",No advice. The leadership team has chosen to create a pressure cooker environment because they believe that it will achieve the best results. They may be right.,4.0,4.5,none,2.5,5.0,4.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36438,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Feb 23, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good if the job suites you,"Everything about Netflix is great except for the callers. The management and supervisors are strict about your performance, but never in a negative way. They tell you how it is and never leave you in the dark. Pay and benefits are good for a call center.","The callers. It's a call center and people LOVE their movies. If they don't get what they want, they will whine and cry even if they didn't read the terms of use. You have to be patient and be the right fit for this job",Nothing. Keep up the good work.,2.0,4.5,none,1.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36439,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 29, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I loved my co-workers, but spent a year fearing my management.",salary! co-workers strangers who LOVE netflix - always makes you feel good. :) location and buildings are both very nice,"wondering every day if this is the day you're going to get ""fired"" culture & values are preached but not practiced incompetent managers","Reed and all, you've learned really great lessons from Google about talent & creativity, but notice that Google workers aren't terrified for their employment lives every day, nor working themselves sick in the same way. i've never seen so many people so quietly fearful. Your managers seem to preach the values of netflix, but actually practicing them tends to lead to employee punishment, from everything I saw while there.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P60.htm
36440,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jan 17, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,,"Very clean and relatively new building. The pay was above average for a call center, but at a price. To be honest, nothing else.","Your job will revolve around essentially one metric, the DSAT. Forget everything you think this job will be, you're being paid to get surveys.",This is a fairly new site and the management are all very green i.e. most don't know what the hell they're doing. More focus on helping the customers and less on surveys guys.,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36441,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jan 6, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative II,"It's an OK stepping stone, but get out when you can.",Performance based -> better performers get to pick their hours. Free Food! Free Netflix Subcription! Decent pay and benefits. Easy communication between teams/HR/Loss Prevention.,Angry customers whom you cannot help at all... The job is basically sitting there and getting yelled at about New Releases. Quite a ways from the Portland Metro area. Good luck if it snows or traffic gets bad. Those WILL get you write ups the first time and every time.,"Arguably incompetent management team. You never see them, and when you do, they can't really help. They may, however, get into their ""manager"" voice and spout phrases they read out of a business life book. Not enough investment in the reps. If you don't hit the numbers, you get a talking to. If you perform well (According to the recent ""shift bid,"" I was in the top 10% of performers) you'll never hear from them. One bad month is more impactful to them than 9 months of high end numbers.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36442,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 12, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Operations upheaval,"Competitive / leading pay Co-workers are hard working and intelligent ""Most"" managers / directors and up respect the work done by employees Being able to work on interesting projects and make an impact 360 review process",Stupid hiring / firing decisions mainly at the manager level... IE.. hiring incompetent managers!! Internal promotion non existent generally speaking. Work - Life balance crushed by expectations of middle - line managers Any internal HR or personal issues aired for all to see,"The so called ""Netflix Values"" are actually really great..... That is until you actually try to follow them and point out issues that are / were happening in your dept. You believe you are doing what's expected and ""The right thing"" ... Treat Netflix as if it were your own company etc.... Then when you do that and receive no backing from management and end up quitting or being terminated for following these values you start to realize that at the lower levels it is lip service. Certain dept's are in severe flux where it is beginning to affect the quality of service to the rest of the org. and will be detrimental in retaining Netflix's star talent!!",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36443,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 14, 2009",Former Employee - Director,A successful cult,"Pay Lots of smart people around you all working as hard as you do to make company succeed Strangers say ""I love that company"", this will always make you feel good","Always on -- blackberries are assigned on entrance to corporate and you can bet your bottom dollar that no matter where you are, you will be expected to at least stay on top of the latest, if not participate. Hyper insular culture -- the fallacy of success pervades this company like no other. VPs are never wrong, even when they are, because the companies' success surely must be a reflection of the VPs and C level people's prior decisions. Challenge the VPs more than once and you will be sure not to last too long Related to always on: incessant pressure. Since as early as the first round interviews you are informed that you may be let go any day for any reason, you will spend at the least the first 12 months in chronic fear. Once out of the first 12 months, you will always hear that voice in the back of your head say, ""you better work harder or the ax may fall tomorrow.""","1) Get over yourselves -- great company, but half of it is so only b/c you were in the right place at the right time 2) Stop the myth that this is a data driven company. At every turn, ideas that the C levels don't like are dismissed as not having enough data and ideas they do like are accepted b/c there isn't enough time to gather the data. Hypocrisy at its finest 3) Get out of denial about lack of politics in this company. The politics are the same or worse as any other large publicly held company.",3.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.5,3.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36444,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 18, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a great place to learn while you earn,"Everyone is competent. Terrific esprit de corps. They pay extremely well. The emphasis on corporate values is commendable. Customers love Netflix and will give you positive strokes when they find out you work there. Pay raises are based on merit - individual contributers are rank ordered by managers and higher ranked individuals get paid more. It is very open - make time to exploit that learning opportunity and it can be like graduate level training in web engineering. Unsurpassed attention to the user experience. Business decisions are data driven. Scientific methodology applied to most engineering decisions. Generate a testable hypothesis and a way to test it, and if it pans out your idea could soon be used by millions. Fail fast is the mantra. The CEO is whip smart. Overall it is very well run.","Follow some of the highly promoted corporate values at your peril -- pure selflessness and candor will get you in trouble during 360 review time. The 360 process is supposedly intended only to help you by providing valuable feedback, but it is used to cull the pack. Elicit feedback on your own well before the review process begins so you have time for course correction. There is high turnover, especially during the few months after the 360 reviews are published. Many are shoved, but many top notch people leave of their own volition. People who seem to be highly valued and an integral part of the work culture will one fine day simply disappear. They hire mostly specialists and maintain a very lean team. Competency alone does not suffice for job security. They will let people go once their project is completed if there is no immediate need for their specialty. They pay very well, but load engineers with high amounts of work. Because the dev team is kept so lean, there is little opportunity for moving to a different group and there are few growth opportunities. It is highly political in the management ranks and lots of jockeying for position, surprise surprise. That is par for any billion dollar company.","Now that I'm no longer an employee but still an investor, I say keep up the good work!",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36445,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Nov 17, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Well ran company, better call center","Better pay than most call centers with a pretty good enviroment at the center itself. Most of the team leaders are very solid. The company itself is organized well, and its great to work at a company that works. Very merit based. Overall one of the better call centers in the country I would guess.","It is a call center and that is a huge downside due to the nature of the work. The constant measurement of progress, and high expectations can be stressful. Time off is very difficult to imposssible to get off unless you plan months a head. Currently there is no availble time off for the rest of the year. The team managers (my supervisors supervisors) seem to be less compentent than many of the team supervisors. No advancement outside of the call center, and the advancement within the call center is pretty competative. Also the ""company values"" of taking invoation from anywhere in the company is a little bit of BS. I and others have made recomendations that don't leave the call center to corprate. I have even been told by a team manager to not waste my time thinking of call drivers or to come up with ideas as ""people with advanced degrees are already doing that.""","Reevaulate the team manager positions. I believe most are a hold over from when the call center was ran less well a few years back. I would love some other outlets of employment provided to those within the call center. For example I worked in a retail store that posted ever company job, and encouraged the people within retail stores to apply for corprate positions. Also listen to th troops better. A lot of very sharp people (due to the high expectations) work for you and want Netflix to succeed, listen to them.",3.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36446,netflix,"Anchorage, AK"," Nov 9, 2009",Current Employee - Machine Operator,Great Place to work-Never had a problem,Unlimited Movie Plan Unlimited Promotion Potential Great Management Team Good Hours Competative Salary No Micromanagement Respectful leadership Good work hours,No Raises No paid time off Not many sit down evaluations with employees Alot of changes regarding minor day to day operations,"I've never once had a problem while working for Netflix. I've been a Machine Operator and an Opps Supervisor at the Anchorage Hub for all in all about 9 months total. Great manager and Supervisor team. No micromanaging and they understand the human side of things and treat everyone from the people that work twice a week all the way up to the full timers with exactly the same respect level. I enjoy working for the company greatly and there is alot of potential to move up in the ranks if you put your time in and do your job the right way. Simple. All it takes is actually WORKING and being accurate and on time. Not a problem for me, so Netflix is where I'll be for a long time.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36447,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 19, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The number one priority for Management is recruiting (huh?),"- No vacation policy - Pay well - Great, unique, and creative stock option plan - The company has steady growth and value even in a crappy economy - The company has and continues to make excellent business decisions in it's market space - No monolithic approval processes - Co-workers are mostly very smart reasonable adults - No college hires (only seasoned professionals) - All salaried employees get cell phones (BlackBerry, iPhone, etc.) - Free underground parking - Free Netflix account","- No vacation policy - People get let go constantly which makes you wonder whos next... - HR has an unnaturally massive influence in the company and your future (e.g., don't ever get on the bad side of a recruiter or you're toast!). - Health benefits are below average and expensive","Keep up the good work. Consider having more social activities. Describe the mystery behind the employee's title when hired. For example - I've never worked with so many ""directors"" that have no direct reports.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36448,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Oct 19, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Hillsboro Call Center in Constant State of Flux,"* Decent pay rate * Medical, Dental, Vision benefits from date of hire * Free Netflix subscription at the highest plan * Retirement plan with matching * Employee Stock Purchase Plan (although they're threatening to take it away)","The Call Center is constantly changing. The people driving these changes will try to convince you that it's positive, innovative, progressive. I say those people are just coming up with ways to make themselves look like they're working hard.  Granted, there have been some positive changes. But the recent reorganization that occurred with the latest shift bid? I used to have a competent supervisor who would help me when I needed it and who knew I was competent enough to handle most things. Now I have a supervisor who knows that I've been here two years and that my scores consistently put me in the top 50 performers ... but she tries to get out of taking escalations by giving me ""tips"" to de-escalate and telling me to go back to the customer with some compromise they've already declined. (Gee ... I think I have a good handle on how to de-escalate a call by now. If I'm asking my supervisor to take the call, I've done everything I can and the customer has asked for the manager. Just take the flippin' call, because sending me back onto the phone will just make the customer angrier and make sure they give a ""no"" response on that customer satisfaction survey. Awesome.)  This latest re-org seemed to be completely geared toward shaking up teams that had just gotten into their groove, my old team had great combined scores and even though most of our shifts didn't change all that radically, we all got split up. It seems truly unnecessary.","If it's not broken, stop trying to ""fix"" it. Change for the sake of change is a waste of resources.  Stop treating your front line employees like they're expendable and they'll become more invested in their jobs. You've got some great performers in Hillsboro who get treated like trash. Give them a reason to stay with Netflix once the economy turns around again, because right now, I'm betting most of us would snatch up any other decent job offer that comes along.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36449,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 18, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Keep up the good work,Great benefits for families and web,"Too much focus on internal politics - especially in HR where heresay and ""Patty's List"" dictate who gets promoted or fired",Focus on beating Redbox.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P61.htm
36450,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 3, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,"Rave, gush, yell from the rooftops (for the right people)","Freedom and responsibility. Figure out what you need to get done, and do that. Time off flexibility that matches work requirement flexibility Insanely great management Fantastic peers All traction, no friction",So-so benefits Absolutely horrific stock option plan (fantastic combination of byzantine with low profit potential) Want work/life balance? You'll have to make it happen -- because Netflix won't help :),"That thing you've been doing so far? Do more of it. Hire insanely great people. Drive culture clearly, explicitly, often and loudly. If there's one thing I'd change it'd be to emphasize career opportunities and opportunities for advancement within the company -- not enough messaging is happening about that (despite that at least one of the very senior people, Andy Rendich -- Chief Service and DVD Operations Officer -- started off as an engineer).",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36451,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 28, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pay was great, leadership was horrendous..","Great Pay Decent health plan Great amenities Building was well maintained/clean Decent Swag Plenty of parking That's about all for the ""pros' and that was a stretch.","Netflix is an HR driven company. As far as I am concerned they are the ""bullies"" of Netflix. Nothing is confidential. Be prepared, whatever you discuss with an HR employee will be leaked out to nearly everyone at Netflix. They will take confidential information and turn it into the joke of the day. Senior/Executive HR staff is crass and they seem to think cursing in front of others and telling lewd jokes is appropriate workplace etiquette.  No-vacation policy (As far as I am concerned, it is a scam). They work you so hard you feel guilty about taking time off. Between the blackberry they ""give"" you as soon as you walk through the door, and the laptop you will receive, you are never off the clock.  The revolving door in this place will literally make you dizzy. During my time at Netflix I can't even begin to count how many employees were terminated or resigned on a daily basis. Senior management even seemed to be desensitized to the large number of terminations.  No job security. You can be doing a fantastic job one day and the next day you are ""re-structured""  Reed - Do yourself a favor.. Hire senior staff who truly understands the values that you believe in and who want their employees to embrace them. Currently the values are about as clear as mud. If one truly tries to abide by every aspect of what it reads, they will be fired. Wake up buddy, you are smarter that? Aren’t you?","Stop having meetings about having more meetings. A lot of managers at Netflix seem to be good at doing that. What amazed me is that even though all they do is seem to be locked in conference rooms all day, nothing good ever comes out of them. Perhaps they are plotting who to fire next??",1.0,1.0,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36452,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok,Free lunch Free snacks and drinks Free subscription Netflix swags Overall the employees are friendly. Beautiful office. Time-off is not a problem.,One of the most expensive benefit premiums that I've seen. Feel not appreciated by upper management. Fearful of loosing your job.,Need to appreciate your team more and the people who works hard.,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36453,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 28, 2009",Current Employee - Manager,High performance company that does what it says it does,Quality and engagement of coworkers at all levels - no dead wieght Transparency and consistency of communication Compensation and benefits,"Turnover / lack of job security / limited opportunity for advancement Netflix hires very specifically for each position. They don't want folks to move around within the company trying out different departments - they'd rather hire experts in each area. If the business changes and your role is no longer necessary, you'll leave - they won't try to slot you into something else where you're not the perfect fit, even if you've been there forever and everyone thinks you're great. They don't want to hire an Analyst and see if they can grow into a Manager role - if the role calls for a Manager, they'll hire one in the first place.  This is different and a little more stressful than other non-tech companies I've worked for. But the company is completely upfront about these policies to begin with - there are no surprises. Work hard and enjoy your perfectly qualified and committed coworkers, but keep your resume up to date.","I appreciate that as the company grows, reorganizes, starts new projects, retires old ones the culture and employee relations stays as advertised.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36454,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Sep 3, 2009",Current Employee - Netflix Customer Service Representative,"OK place to work, not worth all the stress",Great benefits Nice people to work with all around Some free snacks provided by company Some degree of autonomy in tasks,"Bathroom breaks monitored Hard to manage results...sometimes I was great in my stats, sometimes awful, but it was incredibly difficult to guage what I was doing to produce either one People randomly fired Lame managers Inconsistent information given out to teams of reps regarding customer assistance. Customers could get nothing or a resolution depending on whom they called. Little team cohesiveness.",Please do more to support your CSR's in their job. I would suggest maintenance trainings throughout the year focused on 1) tech and 2) customer assistance.,2.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36455,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 28, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Bummer,"A decent wage for the job. Decent benefits - health, dental, vision A free Netflix account at the highest plan","Management's inability to manage. Someone breathing down your neck every second. No vacation time - used to, but not anymore.","How about we go back to the way things used to be - a fun, relaxed environment, where you didn't feel undervalued every day you walk through the door.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36456,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 25, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place if you are a great employee,"Netflix is such an amazing company with clear goals and values. Everything is upfront from day one. I can understand many of the negative reviews and that is becasue it is not for everyone. Netflix is staffed with great people and those that are not so great get terminated. Since they hire the best and pay well they are paying you to be the best.  The entire company is very open with communication and treats you like the responsible adult you should be. You will know where you stand at all times and what you need to work on.  Freedom and responsibility is self governing, there is no one looking over your shoulder making sure you are doing your job or tracking how many days off you take. If you get the job done and do it well, you are fine and don't need to worry.","There is a lot of pressure to always be at peak performance. If you think you're great and you strive to be the best in everything you do, I would highly recommend working here because you have the opportunity to have a huge impact on the business. If you are just looking for a job that you can secure and coast this is not the place.",I have always been extremely impressed with how smart yet down to earth the management is. I think the company is in excellent hands and is on the path to a very bright future.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36457,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Sep 16, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Not worth the stress! Everyone hates their job there!,Good Pay Free membership Clean environment Research is very helpful Free coffee and popcorn Direct deposit Netflix gear Close to public transportation,Tons of Stress! Things change at a moments notice No sick time No vacation time No Holiday pay impossible to get time off Not flexible with shifts forget it students! Mandatory overtime if you don't pick a time they will. I was stuck there till 2am! Inconsistency in policies They concentrate on the negative calls hence dsat! HIGH turnover Unhelpful Technical support No shift drop or pick ups Have fun getting yelled at for wait times and watch instantly issues! Open 24 hours 7 days a week but for a lot off issues support staff isn't available.,If you were the leading company in customer satisfaction years ago when people actually enjoyed working there why did you change it?  You need to realize that people call in because they have a problem. Work on trying to fix the issue and not on figuring out which reps sugar coat the awful truth the best.  Give you CSR'S the tools to actually help your customers. Don't have them tell customer That they are capable of handling any situation when they can't! Some CSR's want to help but it doesn't get past the contact notes.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36458,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 7, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough to meet expectations,"Flexible, easy going enviornment. Free mac and cheese!",Anybody can give you bad survey. Even if not companys fault,Separate peoples problems with own finances with problems from the service,4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36459,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 7, 2009",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"So much potential to be a great place to work, too bad it's not.","Decent hourly pay, Use of the eight out at a time membership plan while employeed with Netflix, Hand sanatizer readily available.","In May 2009 Netflix took away sick/vacation hours and provided employees an additional dollar an hour pay and then advised all employees to open up their own savings account to save for unexpected days off. Netflix does not have a policy regarding sick days so as to hold it against you when you cannot make it to work (even if you provide a doctor's note). In nine months I called out sick twice and still received warnings not to miss work. Netflix promotes itself as striving to have the best customer service, however has reduced it's training too only two weeks. One week in classroom and the next week on the floor taking calls. The training is insufficiect which leads to inconsistency on the call center floor and the information which is relayed to customers. The turn over rate is ridiculous. I managed to work there for nine months before my part time shift was taken away and forced to go full time. I was not able to work full time due to childcare needs and was told that either I take the shift I am given (which is based on call volumes and business needs only) or I can quit. Netflix refused to work out a schedule that would let me keep my job there and work with their needs as well. Netflix anticipates doing a shift bid every six months, which means there is no gurantee you will be able to stay at the shift that you are hired for, and no room for disscussion. So if you have small children or attend school this is not a suitable job. Netflix promotes a no policy policy environment, which gives each individual team manager and leader to do as they see fit. One day they will tell you you are doing a great job, the next you will be let go. Netflix call center fired employees for not being able to make it to work due to snowstorms that hit hard in December 2008. Roads were not plowed, public transportation was not running, and yet you were let go. People were in accidents trying to get to work. Other's they put up in a hotel to make sure they would make their shift. Netflix had random mandatory OT in some cases without any notice. It wasn't just that they required a set amount of extra hours from everyone, they only had specific hours in which had to be filled. My husband had to take days off work so I could meet their required OT. Again no flexiblity with regards to family needs. Overall it's just really sad because this job was and could be fun. It's about movies and tv shows and all the great changes that are happening with the internet and instant streaming. Still it is a call center and those jobs aren't always the best, however when the entire company is working so hard against their own employess, the job is terrible. It's not even something you can count on because you don't know when they will fire you and for what.","Invest some more time in actually keeping decent employees instead of degrading everyone who works there. Most of the employees have college degrees and years of customer service experience. Netflix is known around the world for it's great service. Great numbers and feedback come from happy employees, not from those scared every moment that they are going to be fired next. My answers would much more positive had management, hr and everyone else cared about those that work there. This is one company not hurt by the economy, so there is no excuse.",2.0,1.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P62.htm
36460,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 1, 2009",Current Employee - Manager,"Great company, no growth","very smart, flat structure, incredibly strong leadership","no professional growth, a bit political",promote from within,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36461,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 6, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Great at first, then reality hit.","Decent Pay, decent benefits plus I can say I worked for Netlfix","unlimited vaction that never happens. Forced OT withou a thank you. Constant turnover, while I was there I saw at least an average of 20 employees a week being let go for simple petty things. Training classes are ran like a preschool. There is no communication with you or the management unless you are doing someting wrong, and even then thats a maybe. HR is a joke there, they do not even communicate with employees and in some cases do not even know what is legal or illegal.","Do you guys really want to be that company that no one wants to work for? Netflix has so much potential, and you are letting it slip through your hands",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36462,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 13, 2009",Current Employee - Team Manager,If you are dedicated to working hard and striving for excellence Netflix may be for you!,"One of the main reasons I enjoy working for Netflix is that hard work and dedication are recognized and encouraged. I have always been self-motivated and dedicated to doing the best job possible. With previous employers, this has gone unnoticed and politics got in the way of career advancement.This is not the case with Netflix.","You cannot come to work and have a ""lazy day. You must be willing to give it your all each and every day. I personally don't feel that this is much of a con. However, there are days where there is not enough time in the day to get everything you wanted accomplished.",Keep striving for excellence as this is truly the only way to drive continued growth within the organization.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36463,netflix,"Worcester, MA"," Aug 25, 2009",Former Employee - Operations Supervisor,They hire you and then fire you,Great for silicon valley rockstars who live there jobs.,No upward mobility unless you want to move across state lines. If you do not accept promotion you start to feel the screws tightening to leave.,Relax. You will all be out of work in 5-7 years when everything goes online streaming.,1.0,2.0,none,1.5,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36464,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 28, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lots of Work, Lots of Turn Over",Unlimited Time Off Company has is very upfront and honest on where you stand/overall performance Decent Pay Not a lot of Micromanagement - You Own it!,"There is a lot of turn over. Feels like if you have been here for more than 2 years, it's a long time. People worry all the time if they are next to get cut.  You are given so much work and responsibility it's difficult to take time off.",None,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36465,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 5, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,Dynamic with High Expectations,Committed to constant improvement based on customer and employee feedback. Good Salary. Great co-workers. High expecations encourage your best. Fun,No accrued paid time off for hourly employees which makes it difficult to take a vacation or call in sick.,Continue striving to be the best and encouraging that throughout your company while remembering to also take care of people.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36466,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 30, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,You are given the freedom to do your job and you work with some of the smartest people you may ever work with.,"It is a high performance culture. And it is not for everyone, some people don't thrive in such an environment.",Continue to be open and honest with your employees.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36467,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 18, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Middle management is arrogant and incompetent,"Good location, free lunch, ability to choose laptop, corporate culture looks good on paper","Middle management is unable to effectively plan, they do not understand the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and seem to be mostly interested in protecting their bloated salaries. 20% of work force should be terminated. The other 80% is so segmented that they are unable to accomplish anything of any real value. Netflix was probably a great company to work for a few years ago, but is dangerously mismanaged now.",Start over. The company has great core beliefs but fails to efficiently execute.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.0,2.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36468,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 22, 2009",Former Employee - Manager,Be prepared to sell your soul...,Free unlimited movie rentals Good Pay for the area Unlimited vacation - there is a caveat to this You can say you worked in the movie industry,"Never being treated as a human being was my main complaint. The turnover was and still is ridiculously high. The ""no rules"" culture sounds good on paper, but in practice is awful because there is never any true direction. Employees are held to a certain expectation but are never told what that expectation is. The unlimited vacation also sounds good on paper, but it is almost impossible to take time off. They deliberately keep the employees in the dark and then chastise and even terminate their employment doing something wrong. It felt like upper management just did things to cover their backside and let everyone else take the fall when things weren't going as planned. There was no development of people whatsoever.",Start treating people like humans. Provide some leadership to the call center. Provide some decent training.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36469,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 5, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Supervisor,A workplace where top performance is rewarded with opportunities for advancement.,"Opportunities for advancement are based on ability and measured performance standards. Solid pay for this field. Benefits from date of hire. Frequent feedback on job performance. Duration of employment has no bearing on advancement opportunities, contributing to motivated individuals.","Minimal schedule flexibility. Changes to scheduling and time-off occur infrequently. Calibration of performance standards is always in flux. Duration of employment has little to no bearing on advancement opportunities, contributing to some frustration for long-term average performers.","Managers need to continue to carefully consider performance standards and increase the transparency of this calibration process. Audit energy usage as a company and worksite! Recent reductions in benefits could be regained by reducing electricity use through simple, no-cost, adjustments to systems that are already in place.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P63.htm
36470,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 6, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tunnel vision of being the best, not peering out to view the rest.","-Friendly staffing and coworkers. -Well maintained facilities and landscaping. -Keeps food(mac&cheese, noodles, oatmeal), coffe, and tea stocked in all break rooms. -Equal Opportunities of growth throughout the company. -Feels like a natural high to be in the building with everyone because they are so ""happy"". -Performance assistance when someone is struggling, working with that individual to become more efficient. -Celebratory events when center does excellent job. -Has accomodations for bike riders or bus takers, as well as shower facilities. -Does not hire just ""anyone"", finds the right person for the job. -Has a strong focus on being and becoming the best as they can be. Always looking for ways to improve the service and the employment experience. -Motivated to push themselves to the limit.","-Benefits for employee are a decent rate, when you add your spouse or family, it then is practically half of your paycheck each month. Seems as if you are working to have insurance. -No paid time off which makes it difficult to have a vacation or take a day off if you're sick. -Could be more appreciative of those who are doing well by recognizing them more often. -Unable to read, do puzzles, knit, etc between phone calls (this takes away from the focus) -Sitting in a chair on a daily basis causes one to gain weight. They do not offer anytype of fitness facilities or memberships to other facilities, and since you have to pay so much for insurance it keeps you from being able to afford a gym membership.","Management, including Supervisors and above, have probably been the most efficient, most friendly people I have seen in a work environment. I enjoy having the joy of others around me to motivate me throughout the day.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36471,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 23, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work so far after a few months.,"The leadership has vision and knows how to execute. The company stays focused and it feels like we are all working together as a team toward the same goal. Even when things aren't working exactly right, people are eager accept advice and make things better.","Some IT infrastructure that I'm used to is not completely in place, but I suppose that's something that I can help fix.",Great strategic direction and tactical execution so far. I would suggest a bit more investment in development infrastructure and support people.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36472,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 30, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be ready for the ride of your life!,"- Be ready to impressed with most of your coworkers. Most are rockstars! - Great surroundings and environment - Top notch equipment to work with - Consistent changes (usually for better) -- but can be a ""con"" too.","- Minimal opportunities for advancement - High Turnover - If you don't like change, you won't like the regular re-orgs (staff changes)",Allow some opportunities for advancement to minimize high turnover,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36473,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 12, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,"It's a job, but only just that.",No reason to work there unless you are a masochist. You can earn the same money selling vacuum cleaners.,"Where do I start? No respect for employees. No vacation time. No sick leave. No consistency. No defending yourself. No dialogue. No sense of reason. No rules for managers, supervisors or ""teachers pets"". ""Career Advancement"" practically guarantees you'll be fired.  This is an awful, oppressive, fearful, negative and pitiful place to work. Seriously, go to Burger King or Walmart because they'll treat you better. For the ""good wage (cough)"" you'll end up with ulcers and a need to explain why you were fired to your next employer.","The corporate office needs to understand that in order to be #1, you have to treat people with respect. I have an MBA in Business and I'd never, ever treat people the way this company treats people. My advise? Fire your managment team in Hillsboro and start from scratch - you've got some major weak links there. They have ruined the call center. Being #1 is worthless if your employees hate every minute they spend there. I know I did.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36474,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 8, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Not Worth It,"Its a job at a time when jobs are scarce Pay is good, benifits are good Sometimes you can get time off",Feeling like you are going to be fired at any minute for any reason Atmosphere of fear and hostility Zero clear communication of what needs to be done to keep your job Unrealistic stat expectations that change almost weekly,Stop treating employees like trash. If you want someone to do a good job give them a company they can be proud to work for.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36475,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 28, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Disorganized chaos, insanely high turnover.",Industry Leader Knowledge of company initiatives and goals are well spread knowledge amongst everyone there. Excellent Salary,"Work-life balance poor Turnover of employees extremely high, most stay for fewer than 6 months. Management unable to work together to form any cohesive goals.","Management needs to grow up from it's casual start up type environment, and realize at the size and rate of growth it is at, it needs to begin implementing a more traditional working environment.",1.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36476,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 1, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee Beware..Working for Netflix in Hillsboro Call Center.,"The starting pay is competitive for what you do. Fast growing company, opportunity to be in the cutting edge some of the employee perks are great Empowered to do your job movies","Poor training environment - felt like I was in grade school Management was ""high & mighty"" - unapproachable Over qualified and no oppurtunity for advancement High employee turn over 13 a week. with about 320 employees at the center","If you want to stay at the top of VOD and mail-order movies, get your head out of the clouds and your ass. It cost more to train and hire someone than to keep them for 6 months",2.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36477,netflix,"Michigantown, IN"," Jul 7, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never regretted working there but definitely got out at the right time.,"Great compensation for those of us that started before Netflix became a household name. Some of the best benefits available, especially vacation time alloted after 90 days. Stock options that really turned into something. Begin able to say you work for Netflix. Everyone knows what it is now!","LONG hours and hours that never stabilized. Became a machine repair person at the hub, spending most of my time fixing equipment problems at the end. Had all the vacation in the world but almost impossible to get time off approved especially if you wanted to take multiple days in a row off.",I appreciate the fact that in the early years you needed people that could handle the growth and expansion and you compensated them well but it is a shame you didn't see these people as an asset later on and let a lot of them go.,3.0,2.0,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36478,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jul 24, 2009",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Just Shocking,Pay is just about it.,"Hours. Managers/Sup. Environment. No paid time off. Managers either love you, or hate you. And when they hate you, watch out. They will find any reason to fire you. Whether it's numbers, some issue with take a break too long/short, the amount of time you are approved for (unpaid) time off, or for not using their chosen words/verbage on calls.","I'll agree with a previous post, get your head out of your behinds and take a look around. Reps are doing everything they can to keep their job. They are afraid. Instead of starting waves of fear all the time by firing people, why don't you train and retrain those that you do have that are struggling. Show them how to do their job better. And realize your matrix you use for stats is flawed, as well as your req on them.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36479,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 3, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Wrong perception about what they are and what they can do,"around 10% better salaries than average, flexibility as long as you employed, very good leadership, very good HR team, no vacation policy","fear based environment, management self-image is completely hosed. They claim they are professional sports team because they pay 10% more than market. Mid management is completely incompetent as they don't have to be","Managing people is not just managing numbers. What happens is that if you tell employees during orientation only that you are disloyal to them, they stop caring about you in their sub-conscious.",1.0,4.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P64.htm
36480,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," May 13, 2009",Current Employee - Manager,Netflix hires the best and brightest but realize that you are hired for one job and vertical movement is unlikely.,"They hire great, hardworking people and the management is relentless and single focused in enforcing their mission statement and driving success in DVD rental by mail and online. Everyone who works there is of above average intelligence and ability and the jobs can be rewarding and demanding. They really do hire people who are autonomous and can own a process and you can rely on those around you to provide the support you need.",They do not focus on career development and would prefer to hire someone from the outside to be your boss or replace you rather than groom you to grow into a more senior position. There are a couple of core values that they preach but do not really follow through on. There is a very different culture between the LA office and the HQ which feels inconsistent with their value system.,"Their vision and focus is top notch and they do not need much help in achieving success in those areas. They should focus a little more on treating their people a little better and not churning through so many very competent people. also as they grow they need to realize that some of their values are difficult to maintain. for instance, they make some claims about being a flat organization but this is far from the truth.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36481,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 19, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't think your going to be taking some long vacations and slacking off friends!,"They pay about 20% above market. The options and ESPP benefits are better than any other company I have worked for. The management is smart as hell. If you wonder where people from Harvard, MIT, Stanford and Yale work...it's at Netflix. There is unlimited time off...I'll explain that one in a minute. Every employee there is a top achiever, no dead weight, no people you dread because they don't get their work done.","People get fired right and left. They churn the bottom 25% of the workforce constantly. I e-mailed someone for a month without realizing they had been fired. People never take vacation even though they have the unlimited rule. You are expected to achieve at a level that will burn you out if your not careful. If you slack off prepare to get the boot! I did not get fired, I left on my own will but I found the environment very stressful.",Great management. I have never been more confident with a set of senior management in my life.,2.0,2.5,none,3.5,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36482,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Apr 24, 2009",Current Employee - Administrative,lovin it,Working at Netflix has been terrific. I appreciate the honest feedback from managers. Our values make sense.,"Netflix only retains high performers......they'll let you go if you are not performing well. It can be stressful, but keeps you on your toes",Nothing......they are doing a great job,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36483,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 21, 2009",Current Employee - Human Resources,Netflix,"Working with great people. Netflix has a unique culture, and lets you have ownership over your projects.",There is a lot of change.,More transparency,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36484,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 16, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Like a good drama: A flashy young company in a nice setting, but with lots of tension under the surface","Netflix has nice, fancy offices in Los Gatos. They have good snacks. They pay a pretty high cash salary. You get to claim that you're in the movie business.","Netflix makes a big deal about their hiring policies. They claim that they regularly evaluate employee performance, and let the lowest performers go. To me, this sounded great! In contrast to many other companies where lazy and incompetent people hang around for years, Netflix tried to retain only the best and brightest people.  Unfortunately, that's not what it was like in reality. A week after I started at Netflix, the recruiter who hired me was unceremoniously dismissed. Then the tech support guy in our office was released. Then an engineer on my team. In each of these cases, it wasn't clear what these folks had done wrong. They had all been technically competent, friendly and hard working. This promoted a culture of fear where no one felt that their job was secure.  It turns out that there were several things going on. Managers were given incentives to regularly purge employees. So, managers developed antagonistic relationships with employees. In most normal companies, a key responsibility of a manager is to defend their team in front of senior management. At Netflix, this just doesn't happen.  Additionally, Netflix doesn't have adequate mechanisms for providing feedback and review to employees. (In the year I spent at Netflix, I didn't receive a single review, positive or negative.) Without a formal system for employee evaluation, managers resort to picking favorites: they hire in their friends, and fire people who they aren't friends with. I saw this happen to many different people while I was at Netflix. It's allowable by law (everyone is an ""at will"" employee), but it does not lead Netflix to hire and retain the best people.  Netflix has had the good fortune to be in an easy business. They moved early into online DVD rentals, and have large cost advantages over potential rivals. Their competitors (Blockbuster, Walmart, etc) took major missteps, and were not really able to compete. Netflix doesn't have to be the best at anything they do: operations, marketing, movie recommendations, etc. They just have to be OK at these things to run a profitable business, and they are only OK at them.","The key problem with Netflix is in their HR policies. Netflix needs to establish formal job responsibilities for all employees, establish goals for individuals, and measure employee performance against those goals.",1.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.0,2.5,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36485,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 9, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great CEO, a lot to learn there, but some cultural flaws. Worth working for.","You are part of a team that is at the leading edge of a cool entertainment paradym. Reed Hastings, the CEO, is probably the CEO that I have most respected in my career, and I feel he pretty consistently makes good decisions and moves the company in the correct direction. Netflix has a very quantitative approach to almost everything, including detailed user testing for their products, so there is a lot to learn about that. The other employees are generally cool people, and fairly smart in general. The user interface aspects of the website are strong, so again, there is a learning opportunity. The company wide meetings are fun, and entail good communication.","In the website development group, there is two week development cycle. That means that there is a push to the website every two weeks. This has a few consequences. One is that there is a high percentage of overhead (testing and release stuff) compared to actual development time. There is not much time for software design in such a scheme, there is always a rush to hit the next two week time click. Longer term projects are tougher to schedule and short term thinking dominates. The performance policy is that anyone who, if they quit, would not be attempted to talk out if it, should be fired preemptively (a hair trigger threshold for firing, basically). This creates a chilling effect in my opinion. I have seen fairly senior management that disagreed with their boss being (farily apparently) fired. This creates a bit of a yes man environment, something that Netflix would deny (perhaps even to themselves). There is very little empowement of employees in real decisions, and decision making is very top down, with the resulting motivation hit that entails.","Even going to a three week release cycle would help things a lot. The counter argument is that that would lead to more pressure to have inter-release ""patches"", but I think the overhead percentage would drop a lot (like 50%) and that owuld make it worth it (if you don't patch a bug for a 2 week cycle, do you really need to patch it for 3? I think the culture of keeping decision making in a very few hands at the top is working OK because Reed makes the right decisions, but it may prove poisonous if he ever leaves, and it will be too late to turn the cultural tide.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36486,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 2, 2009",Current Employee - Vice President,The most satisfying place to be a rockstar contributor in Silicon Valley. Not a place for anyone else.,"Every role at the company is a chance to directly effect the success of the business. The sense of ownership is big, the challenges are big, and the work is very engaging.  In my experience Netflix has an outstanding team of rockstars, a very motivating group to get to be a part of and work with.  The culture puts high demands on everyone, and imparts great freedom and ownership in return.  Very data driven, customer focused, innovation oriented.","The company is very focused, and so brand new areas and opportunities come rarely. There are not a lot of ""arms and legs"" positions, so most roles have both a hands-on and a strategic component to the work.  I wouldn't agree with a review that says long hours are expected, but I do think amazing productivity and results are expected. I view this as more good than bad, but it can feel tough to measure up at times.  Promotion opportunities are rare but they do happen. Most growth at the company comes as growth in ownership, rather than in title.",Keep it up.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36487,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 22, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Netflix is true to their advertised culture of freedom & responsibility.,"Lack of politics, hard problems to tackle, extremely bright colleagues, lack of bureaucracy, ""context, not control"" style of management, no tracking of hours or time off, flexible work options, Netflix is extremely successful as a company, and it's a fun business to be in and win at.","Always way more to do than people to do the work, but I've never had a job where this wasn't the case. Also, sometimes hard to find the boundaries between family and work life, because there is no tracking of work hours. Many of the folks in my area are highly self-motivated, which fosters a self-imposed culture of working nights and weekends.","Do your best at keeping Netflix from being bought out, and continue to question our culture and values to keep us from becoming one of those ""big companies"" bogged down by process and stagnancy until we eventually sink.",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36488,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 5, 2009",Current Employee - Manager,"Strong company for self- starters, Call Center needs work","Focused on individuals who can self manage and get their work done. Netflix has nice in -house perks: the movies, etc and pretty good benefits & vacation. Fast paced change.","Not clear goal setting or expectations from senior directors or management - and when something does come down the pipe then it tends to be a bit frantic and ""get it done now"" instead of always doing comprehensive future planning. Call center managers all have very different management personalities and don't seem to be as calibrated on aspects - which then reflects out the the floor and floor then tends to think that the managers who are more ""hard line"" and terminate more are the ""favorites"" of upper management. Change that happens has positive end results, but transitions & communication to the call center floor are not done as well or as immediate as they could be.",HAve more communication with call center - either in person or in other forms of communication to share your ideas & goal setting as well as information on what is occuring in headquarters.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36489,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Feb 24, 2009",Current Employee - Manager,"great company, limited career opportunities",flexible vacation policy (days are not tracked) nice office with great technology (free drinks/sodas/snacks) interesting work free subscription work with extremely competent colleagues (high performance culture) great online dot com experience company is well-respected,"no career path, limited opportunities for career advancement (those at the top stay, mid-level to entry-level employees tend to leave after a few years) very competitive work environment (high performance culture) high pressure, high stress (high performance culture) not enough support, work a lot of hours management is (openly) not concerned with morale (if you don't like it, leave) no job security (they are quick to lay off mediocre performers)",Morale is important,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P65.htm
36490,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 23, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Add Netflix to your job searching queue,"I've worked in many places in the Valley, from small hot startups to large mega corps, and Netflix is by far the best place. Only running your own company with your own hand-picked friends could be better.","With great power comes great responsibility. There are no safety nets here. No one will check up on you and make sure you're okay. It's up to you to assess your situation and institute the changes you want and need.  If you think the above paragraph is really an upside, then you will fit right into Netflix ,)",Keep it up and watch out for unintended cultural changes that new employees may carry inside.,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36491,netflix,"Saint Louis, MO"," Apr 3, 2009",Former Employee - Operations Manager,DO NOT WORK FOR NETFLIX,If you want a free subscription then go for it.,"If there were 25 hours in a day, Netflix would expect you to work all 25. They could care less about you as a person and they DO NOT hold to their core values of honesty and integrity. People are promoted based on political connection rather than real ability. There are no congratulations for a job well done but plenty of abuse when things aren't done to perfection. There are no SOPs for processes and procedures but Regional Managers and Regional Directors will criticize for ""not doing it right"". It was my worst experience of my professional career.",Its typical of a company that's run by computer geeks rather than by people with real leadership experience. Leadership through coercion is a contradiction in terms. Start listening to your employees. Double digit turn over rates for salaried employees should speak volumes to you. If HR had been honest when I asked questions about the company before I joined I would never have accepted a position with these people.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36492,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Mar 4, 2009",Current Employee - Staff,"Working at Netflix can be good, but.....",Pay and time off. This is if you can get time off approved.,Long hours. Direction from managment changes weekly. They do not provide proper feedback or any feedback at all. If you screw up expect to be walked out the door. Managment does not really seem to care about you.,Provide feedback. Give opportunties to imporve. The revolving door is not good for moral of the staff.,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36493,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Jan 9, 2009",Current Employee - Manager,"Netflix is a great place to work for a couple of years and get on your resume, then leave for the next opportunity","- Netflix treats their employees like adults, giving them both ""freedom & responsibility"" (a favorite company catchphrase) to do their jobs. Not hampered by lots of processes or structure, employees are empowered to find the best and most direct solutions to their problems - Great work environment that's casual but high performance. The emphasis is on results, and not on face time in the office. If you need to take time off or work from home, you can, as long as your work gets done - Full of really smart, fun people. You get the chance to work with a lot of highly competent and impressive employees. - Typical benefits are fine (health insurance, etc.), but the extra perks are especially nice, such as no vacation limit and a generous hardware/gadget policy - It's nice to work for a brand that consumers love. People tend to get excited when they hear you work at Netflix. Overall, Netflix is one of the best work environments I've been in, except for a few major downsides ...","- There is essentially no career growth or promotions within the company. Most positions are filled externally, and people tend to stay in the exact same job for a couple of years before they get frustrated and leave. This is the number one employee complaint, which senior management knows about and seems to implicitly support - Very high turnover, due to both voluntary departures and frequent terminations. High pressure, high performance culture coupled with frequent firings often create a culture of fear - Titles are deflated one level lower than the rest of the industry. This is fine while at Netflix (compensation is usually appropriate for the work you do), but can be difficult once you want to leave Netflix and are looking for your next job - As a growing company, there are increasing office politics. Netflix is no longer a small start-up, and it's suffering its growing pains as it becomes a large, established company Overall, most employees love working at Netflix, but eventually get frustrated by the lack of career growth.","Value your employees as long-term assets, before you drive away great people. Good job in keeping Netflix a nimble, results-oriented place to work",4.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.0,3.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36494,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 16, 2009","Current Employee - &#039,Anonymous&#039,","good company, competitive work environment","good money, good management, good experience",growth/promotion prospects may be limited,keep doing what you are doing,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36495,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 11, 2009",Current Employee - Employee,"If you are lucky enough to get an offer from Netflix, take it.","An unbelievable culture of honesty and bright people. Self motivated people can have a great career experience. Netflix is filled with mature adults that are not politically motivated. Netflix management does a pretty good job of setting the proper context for employees and letting them run independently. Employees enjoy a culture of freedom and responsibility that few other companies offer. As an example, we have no vacation policy, you take what you need. If you are excessive or not performing at a great level, you will be called out on it.  If you are lucky enough to be offered a job at Netflix, take it, you won’t regret it. You will be exposed to a company culture unlike another you have ever experienced.","Not a great place to come if you don’t have a fair amount of experience. We are not a great incubation center for people right out of college. Health care and other benefits are not the best. Netflix feels that it pays its employees well and that that will make up for these short comings, not sure if that is 100% true in all cases. There is a fair amount of career advancement available at the lower levels, but it is pretty thin at the upper levels such as director & vice president. Not sure the pat at or above market value for employees is 100% true in all cases.","In general, senior management has their act together pretty well. Few companies can look in the mirror and make the same statement. I think Netflix could do better at developing internal talent. Not from a bureaucratic “create me a career path point of view, but a bit more formal and structured than it currently is. Senior management needs to stay vigilant about letting bad habits creep in when new employees from other companies join.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36496,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 15, 2009",Current Employee - IT Ops Dork,There's good and bad...just like anywhere else.,"- Great compensation. - Free snacks. - Free swag. - Very little ""red tape"". - Lots of smart people.","- It's something of a meat-grinder, with lots of turnover. Especially within the IT-Operations organization. - Very little employee loyalty, save for a select few. - Despite the supposed ""openness"", the company is full of egos and whiners. - Lots of managers are just ""geeks"" who worked up from the trenches, thus lacking any real management ability.","- Show more employee loyalty! - Learn to interview and hire ""managers"", don't just blindly promote up. - If you want to get rid of people, get rid of whiny managers.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36497,netflix,none," Jan 18, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"great challenges, limited growth",The challenging work and great colleagues.,not much growth opportunity or career path,cultivate more growth opportunites within the company,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36498,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 23, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Earn big bucks and get fired,Making big bucks and taking vacation when you feel like it. One company I know of that offsets uncounted after hours with uncounted vacation.,"They'll fire you when they feel like it, regardless of performance.  Netflix recruiters will spend enormous hours luring you from a company you're happy in yet after you get in you'll be disappointed. Huge paycheck (Negotiate! They'll fall in!) is their only retention policy after that. Ah, and forget about your carrer, once you join Netflix it's over until you're out.",Money is not everything. Think why you pay so much and still cannot hire good people.,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,4.5,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36499,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Coordinator,Great for a couple of years,"Benefits - good pay, stock purchase program, ""unlimited"" vacation days, free movies. Talent. The company is re-defining an industry by doing something that hasn't been done before.","No opportunity for advancement, no promotion from within. Upper management is lacking leadership skills. A great performance has no effect on job security. Difficult to maintain work/life balance because of the high-pressure, ""high performance"" culture. Job titles are deflated, which means that when you leave the company and go back into the job market, you will have a hard time finding another job that will pay you as much for the same title.","Value all of your employees, including those at the bottom of the hierarchy. Reward loyalty and performance with regard to the way in which the individual wants to be rewarded.",3.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P66.htm
36500,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Jan 7, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for movie lovers without families,"If you love movies, this is a great place to be. Benefits and salary are very competitive. Lots of perks like free DVDS, snacks, drinks, etc. People are fun and creative.","Depending on what area you work in, your experience can be vastly different. You will watch your cubicle neighbor leave early to go to a movie, while you're late to pick up your kid from daycare because your manager thinks a 2-hour meeting should be scheduled for 5 p.m. and include the entire department, whether it's relevant to you or not. It's also really a sink or swim atmosphere - you even have to figure out how to find your own office supplies when you start.",Ask exiting employees why they're leaving!,3.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36501,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Jan 6, 2009",Former Employee - Manager,"Get in, get experience, get out.","You get to work on cool products, and your salary is relatively high for your job title. Also, most people that you work with are relatively competent and smart.","No growth potential - they don't have a track and they don't put resources into grooming their employees. Get the experience you need for a few years and move on to grow your career. Also, the culture of the Beverly Hills office is different than in Los Gatos. This is largely due to management and the fact that the prevailing hiring and HR philosophies are not executed quite as they should be. Although management is generally on the mark in letting people go, there have been a few notable decisions that have not quite made sense. The review process leaves much to be desired, as it still does not accomplish the desired goal of identifying the ""rock stars"" and separating them from the less-productive. Also, it is very common for employees to be expected to carry the workload of several people, and action is usually only taken when something big ends up falling through the cracks.","Listen to your employees more, and be more in touch with personnel issues. What works for one group of employees doesn't necessarily work as well for another.",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36502,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 1, 2009",Current Employee - Vice President,I work for a company that changed the way Americans rent movies.,"Netflix is populated by really smart people working on hard problems. The company is on innovation time all the time. It's a very open culture with no questions asked if you work from home or take days off. People love Netflix and that makes it cool to work here. The company is adding subscribers and growing financially, which you gotta love in this economy. Employees get a free eight-out plan and get $1,000 towards travel expenses to the Sundance or LA Film Festival. You structure your salary as you want, dedicating a percentage or none at all to stock options. You get all your salary up front so there's no bonuses or incentive payments during the year.","You don't get a lot of compliments on a job well done because everyone is supposed to work at A+ level. The salary review is not tied to the performance review. Performance review allows anyone in the company to evaluate anyone and many people do it anonymously, which can be vindictive. The stock rises and falls like a yo-yo. Everyone is supposed to work in cubes but some people have had offices built for themselves or taken over a conference room for an office. There is two distinctive cultures at Netflix. One's in Los Gatos and the other's in LA. The only time people come together is at quarterly directors meetings.","Keep up the quarterly meetings and company meetings but open up more at company meetings. More presenters instead of just Reed, the CFO and PR VP.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36503,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 13, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great for people, good for career.","The culture lets you work on things without someone breathing down your neck. THe perks are fantastic, and the people that are hired tend to be good people fits before good techncal fits. It is not just a good place to pass the time - people ask and care how your weekend was. The culture is a good mix of 30-something humor. Expertise is valued. The digs are classy.",You can tend to get isolated in your own little world. Decision making and prioritizing is taken away from the engineers. A high value is placed on harmony and working well with other people.,Keep setting the proiorities and the goals for the company.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36504,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 10, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Teamwork is central to the culture.,Very bright people. Very high level of trust and mutual respect.,Dissent and complaint are discouraged. It's the flip side of valuing harmonious teamwork.,Cultivate longer term projects on the software side. The rapid release cycle is very distracting.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36505,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 6, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Not perfect, but definitely two-thumbs up!!","Netflix is a strong well run company. Netflix pays well. Netflix is in a high-value service industry, not affected by the rapid commoditization of tech. Netflix business is immune to low-quality, low-cost offshore knock-offs. Netflix hires seasoned developers, and pays for the experience, unlike certain other companies (that might be in the search business) that only hire cheap junior engineers. Netflix understands that employees have a life unlike certain other companies (that might be in the search business).","The ""average performance gets you a generous severance package"" policy is a little ambiguous, and tends to leave one a bit paranoid (this can a good thing). Reluctance to hire promising junior engineers.","None, they are among the best in the world. Far be it for me to presume to be able to advise them :-)",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36506,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Manager,Reed between the lines.,"Liberal time off policy...oh wait, you're so overworked, you don't have time to take advantage of it. Casual dress code.","Horrible communication from upper management, and they are fully aware of this. Lack of growth potential. In fact, many employees are told during the interview process that they are expected to leave within a few years as there is no where for them to go. Understaffed and overworked, but this is excused by being referred to as a part of the 'internet culture'.","Pay attention to people's work performance and reward those that excel at their jobs with both salary and title compensation, not those that play politics the best. Communicate with your employees and do not operate under a culture of fear.",2.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.5,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36507,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Jan 6, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix: What if an entire company did a Chinese fire drill?,"The pay is ""the industry standard"", the benefits are good, I've had worse. I have also had better.  It was fun to delight customers, we were all empowered to do what was right for the customer - which ended up being good for the company. It felt good to be part of something new, fresh, and experimental.  I worked with some of the most brilliant, creative, and compassionate people I have ever known there. Unfortunately, they have almost all been fired.","Lack of communication. Lots of turn over in management. Virtually no room to advance, it really is true that if you get promoted to anything you have a much higher probability of being fired.  The job was always highly enjoyable - trying to appease the revolving queue of managers... not so much. I got conflicting feedback (when any was given) depending on who I spoke to, on varying days of the week at times.  When I was hired, I was told about the ""high performance culture"" which was great for about a year. Everyone worked together, it felt good to work there, I was proud of what I was doing. If I had known that ""high performance culture"" was going to transform into a culture of fear, I would probably have taken a different job.","Do not burn through managers like they are kleenex. That does not help - it makes things worse. It is close to impossible to be managed at all when you don't have time to get to know your boss, and your boss doesn't know anything about you, or your performance.  Send a drone in to observe things from the customer service floor perspective, the way some of your people are being treated is absolutely inexcusable.  Reorganize your HR department, some of the people in it are rather incompetent.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36508,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 9, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Great place to grow your career,"Teamwork is highly valued in the Netflix culture, with team members even contributing to peer employee reviews. Netflix is performance and goal oriented. Everything you do at Netflix is important to the business. My team and the teams around me are very bright and are always thinking around how technology can grow the business. Netflix management embraces change where they see opportunities to grow the business.","Netflix is not a startup and not a big company. If you are looking for either of those then this would not be the place for you. Change is a given at Netflix, nothing stands still.",Stay the course.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36509,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 13, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Good in the short term, but ...",Netflix's top management has a simple and well thought out strategic vision which they communicate well to employees. The company is consistently profitable and salaries tend to be substantially above the market rates.,"Netflix pays well to get the best person for the job. The downsides of this are that often people are overqualified for what they are doing, which can lead to a lack of challenge for them. Worse, Netflix quickly and unceremoniously fires anyone whose skills no longer match the available work, or even whose manager doesn't especially like them. Retraining people for different jobs just doesn't occur.  If the immediate work fits your professional goals, Netflix can be a good place to work, but don't plan on a long career there.",Your former start-up has become a somewhat disfunctional large organization. It would behoove you to attend to your middle-management structures.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,3.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P67.htm
36510,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 16, 2008",Former Employee - Manager,"be wary of the operations side of the business, much different approach than IT and Corp",young company changing the entertainment business,contrary opinions not welcomed or embraced for their relevance,operations does not live by the 7 Great Reasons to work at Netflix,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36511,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 9, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A career at Netflix can be rewarding if your coworkers are competent and have a modicum of social skills.,Starting salaries are above average.,"A career at Netflix can be rewarding and enjoyable, dependent upon whom you work with.  Some coworkers, especially those who have been at Netflix for a longer time are difficult to work with due to stubbornness or hubris.  These attitudes affect the stability of the Netflix service because engineers often do not follow standard operating procedures resulting in multiple outages.  Additionally, some employees make racist and sexist comments and management takes no steps to correct this behavior.",There is a lack of competency at the middle management level allows long time time employees to be rude and hostile towards newer employees.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36512,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Director,An extraordinary environment creates an exciting work experience.,"When discussing ideas, every person in the room is usually more intelligent than me, which is challenging and invigorating, and creates great results. Netflix is willing to move quickly and make calculated risks in pushing the business forward. That makes it an exciting and satisfying place to work.  Whether you're in the office or away is rarely noticed or even considered at Netflix. All the matters is the quality and consistency of your work, which gives employees great freedom and allows them to enhance the balance in their lives. At the same time, expectations are tremendous, but that's what makes the company great. For the employees who look for this is in an employer, Netflix delivers.","Everything is always changing at Netflix, whether it's ideas, or approaches, or personnel, and that can be challenging on a day to day basis.  Benefits are challenging for employees with families, and I wish we that was not a consideration for employees with families.","Continue to listen to the employees, and keep an open mind to all new ideas.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36513,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 26, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Director,Netflix is a great place to work with an extraordinary group of people,"If you’re a high performance person and a good culture fit, Netflix is a great place to work. There’s no micro managing here and everyone is allowed to take responsibility for their own projects. There’s an amazing lack of arrogance and people collaborate cross functionally on a regular basis. The people you work with every day will be smart, focused and enthusiastic. The company leadership is not afraid to make bold decisions and take risks which keeps the company exciting and innovative.",If you’re not a high performance person or you don’t fit the culture you won’t last long. The bold decisions made by management can translate to frequent changes in direction. If you’re not comfortable with changing priorities Netflix won’t be a good place for you.,Continue to take risks and make bold decisions.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36514,netflix,none," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Performance Culture & Extraordinarily Talented People,"This is a culture that promotes freedom and responsibility coupled with extremely talented people resulting in an environment in which I am proud to work. We celebrate success and don't dwell on failures, but rather act on them and overcome. We continue to find new and innovative solutions to provide our customers with the best viewing experience possible.","If you're not able to adapt to change quickly, this is not the place for you. Being fluid, flexible and dynamic is a must. If you seek rigor, structure and formality, you won't find that here.","Keep the top-down communication flowing. It's great to work in an environment where communication is so open, honest and constructive. Continue to push the envelope so our creative minds can continue to grow and flourish.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36515,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Director,Love what you do,"Smart, passionate, fun loving colleagues that keep the mood light and and the pace fast. Flat organizations rule. Great facilities - clean, professional, uncluttered, with plenty of space and sunshine. A place where 'forgiveness' is valued over 'permission'. A place where 'take risks and recover quickly' is lived every day. Customers are raving fans of our product.","If you have an ego, or want to climb the 'corporate ladder' this is not for you.","Too many VPs being brought in from the outside rather than promoted from the inside. VPs are great, however they create work for everyone else - we're not hiring many folks below the VPs - so more VPs means conflicts for priorities within the groups that need to get the work done. Slow down the hiring.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36516,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Director,"A killer combo: great business, the best people and a fantastic work environment","- Working with incredibly talented people that are passionate about their work - A transparent leadership culture that is not afraid to address any missteps quickly and openly - A metrics-driven, ""consumer science"" culture that values testable hypotheses and numbers over egos and cronies - Encourages ""mavericks"" and the right to challenge anything and anyone respectfully - Treats employees as ""fully formed adults"" and provides all of the ""freedom and responsibility"" that comes with that.","- You are expected to be a pro at what you do. Mediocre performance is not tolerated - You are expected to manage your own career, which may be hard for some- particularly those new to their careers",Keep being bold. It's inspiring.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36517,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Director,Great place to work!,Freedom and responsibility! The 7 Great Reasons to work at Netflix are actually true!,"If you can’t self manage you will not succeed...you need to be able to own and drive the business...no one will hold your hand! Not a downside for me, but could be for others.",Keep innovating and changing the game!,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36518,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Web Engineer,"Netflix! The good, the bad and the ugly!","Netflix is a place where you are surrounded by some really great minds. I wouldn't even say that SOME of the people are good while others somehow seemed to 'slip' in. If you aren't one of the best in your line of work, I don't think you'll ever get in the door here. I've been here for a number of years and have had the privilege to work with some extremely bright people. As an employee (and part of a team), its good to know that whatever you are working on is going to be top notch because of who is working on it.  Netflix also encourages you to learn and explore new technologies and expand your own knowledge base. At past companies this was always a problem. If something didn't directly relate to what you were working on... well you had to make excuses and come up with reasons why you wanted to try something new. At Netflix, they not only encourage it but really urge you to try to broaden your own skill set.  Our paid time off policy is not to be beat... Netflix has none! No two weeks a year or so many days off for personal/sick leave GARBAGE. Instead, you just tell your manager that you wanted to take three weeks off next month and he says, okay have a good time. We'll see ya when you get back! How cool is that?  Its all about Movies for me. I used to think I was a bit if a movie buff. Yeah, that was until I worked here and met real movie buff's. Meetings are filled with references to movies. In one of the team meetings I go to every week, you can count the number of Ferris Bueller's day off lines.  $$$ Show me the money. Netflix really does pay well! I left my old job doing the EXACT same thing I do here.. the only difference is, I make X2 as much!  I'd like to write more, but those reasons alone are pretty good.","When I first started, the head of HR said ""Netflix is a high performance environment."" Often, I feel like they have confused ""high pressure"" with ""high performance"", and believe me, there is a difference. Sometimes I feel like they overly eggagerate the importance of SOME features. I mean, no one is going to die on the table here guys.. its just a movie rental company.  Our medical/health benefits are mediocre at best and HR doesn't seem to care that the majority of employees are totally dissatisfied with the offerings. After constant employee complaints on how high our benefit prices are, HR comes back with even higher prices this year while having even less coverage. I'm not buying the line they fed us either ""benefits are more expensive everywhere across the country."" Whatever.. if I gave that as an excuse why I didn't get a project completed on time, I'd be ""talked to"".  Every year, we have this total JOKE of a per review process (360 reviews). You HAVE to rate your peers and get ratings back from the people you asked to rate you. From my experience, its totally pointless and a huge waste of time / energy across the company. If we spent even a quarter of the time and money it takes to run, manage, and maintain this 360 review process, we'd have double the amount of movies in our Watch Instantly offering.  Don't come here thinking you'll rise through the ranks! That just doesn't happen here. Yes, there are a few people who have started out as individual contributors and risen to the higher ranks but for the most part, I've watched very talented people leave Netflix to get management positions else where and Netflix doesn't really care. When you accept a job here, it will most likely be in the same position for the rest of your time at Netflix.  There is also a very big brother feel here.. Netflix HR is watching you. But maybe that's just me! People seem to 'disappear' sometimes!",None really. I have been very impressed with what direction the company is going. Decisions that I thought were misguided have really turned out well. My only real gripe with Netflix is Benefits and HR!,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,2.5,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36519,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Vice President,Great place to work for risk-taking high performers.,"You are surrounded by very bright people focused on creating a great product for our subscribers and a great environment for employees. It's exciting to be on the cutting-edge of media and technology. The company offers a lot of freedom, and the responsibility that comes with it. Employees are treated like the adults they are.","If you like stability, this may not be the place for you. We have a high performance culture and in addition may change directions suddenly (for the good of the whole business), impacting people and projects in which heavy investment may have been made. The company does not manage your career, you manage your career. Depending on the department, there can be limited opportunities for advancement.",Reed and his team have built a great company and a wonderful environment in which to work. Be careful not to apply general concepts across an increasingly diverse employee population.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P68.htm
36520,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really great place to work (if it's a culture fit),"My favorite thing about Netflix is being surrounded by a ridiculously talented group of people who are also fun to work with. Management provides a clear compass about the priorities of the company, and that makes it easy for teams to prioritize their projects appropriately. The next few years are going to be really interesting, with the company making the transition from a really good DVD by mail service to a great way to get movies by mail or over the internet.","Netflix has a very strong defined culture, and if you fit that culture, it's a fabulous place to work. If the underlying philosophies don't mesh well with how you see the world, it can be a painful place to work. If you're thinking about taking a job at Netflix, take time to investigate the culture fit. I haven't seen anyone be successful here if the culture fit is off.",don't get cocky,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36521,netflix,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Director of Automation,"Netflix is an amazing, high performance place to work","Great projects, high performance culture, incredible people to work with",Netflix is not for someone looking for job security...,"Consider marketing Netflix's value proposition in these poor economic times: ""For less than the cost of two tickets to the movie theater, watch Netflix DVD's all month!""",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36522,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Director,Great place to work in good times and bad.,"Fast paced, dynamic industry, good compensation, interesting work. Netflix hires talented people and gives them real responsibility. This leads to high performers and the company philosophy is to let under performers go and to replace them with top talent. I have found the work challenging and in a short period of time have been given more responsibility. Netflix is a leader in innovation and willing to take risks",Promotions difficult to come by. At times the high performance culture can make the company seem like a revolving door and there are some job security questions but in general this leads to higher overall performance.,Continue to be flexible and quick - it is our competitive advantage.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36523,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Director,"An amazing company to work with, very focussed, leader in dvd rentals and interet media.",Freedom and responsibility. For example no predefined vacation policies.,Independent carrier growth. Hires greatly talented individual contributors thus if you want to grow up in the ladder this may not be the place for you.,"Keep the focus, be the leader on the internet media. Not to complicate things as we grow.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36524,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 21, 2008",Current Employee - Director of Security,Awesome,"Freedom and responsibility, and the company does not sweat the small stuff. The company is forward thinking. The salary ranges are at the top of the market scale. There is a no leave policy meaning that what vacation you want as long as your work is complete. Generally most department become amazed at the accomplishments of the other departments work. The CEO is inspirational when he speaks and his actions are those of a true leader.",I have not found a downside,"Keep the communication coming, you are doing a great job.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36525,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Vice President,Great company,"Innovation, intelligent people, incredible brand, incredible business model",Don't think about working for Netflix if a high risk/reward model is not for you,Continue doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36526,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoy risk taking? This is or isn't the company for you!,"Fast paced, dynamic, not afraid to try something different to make the company better. That means not everything is a win, but the company is honest about what hasn't worked out and doesn't hold on because of ego or prior investment.",Jarring environment for traditionalists or those who have grown accustomed to political systems.,Keep the pace alive and fluid,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36527,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Director,Honestly well-run business,Company run by capable founder/CEO with clear and executable vision for transforming the entertainment content market. Progressive company culture.,"It doesn't have the fancy cafeterias, gym facilities and holiday parties of some bigger companies. So if that's important to you, look elsewhere :-).",None at this time.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36528,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Nov 17, 2008","Current Employee - Don&#039,t Know Yet",Netflix builds careers and character.,"Netflix is a household name and is loved by its customers. From a professional standpoint, it is a company that encourages high performance, autonomy and effectiveness. Every employee at Netflix puts the company before himself/herself and is encouraged to voice his or her opinion. Our CEO, Reed Hastings, happens to be one of the most brilliant and innovative leaders of the industry and he always has an open door policy to his employees.","It is extremely focused on the culture of its people. This is not exactly a downside but to certain individuals who are used to a structured corporate environment, this may not be the right place for them.",Continue to disseminate information to your subordinates and always try to deliver positive reinforcement.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36529,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 16, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, inspiring people.",Transparent corporate culture and opportunities to learn about the new exciting development in the industry.,"Lean organization, very few backup for individual function.",Keep it up.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P69.htm
36530,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 16, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Director,"Reed is a strong leader with a vision, and has gathered great people to help him make the vision real.","You should consider working at Netflix if you like to work with passionate and smart people in an environment almost devoid of politics. At Netflix, many decisions are data-driven. Collecting data to be able to be smart about the business is so ingrained into the culture and so obviously right that, after a while, one is amazed when friends or business partners in other companies tell you that it's not how it works in their world. There is a great sense of mutual respect among the people who work there. Things do change fast, and that can be a bit disconcerting if you don't like the thrill :-). On the other hand, hard, but necessary decisions are made promptly. If you're at a stage of your life where you want or must take it easy for a while, Netflix is not for you. The pace here does not allow for slacking, and you'll either stand out like a sore thumb, or you're pulled into the race.","You will be spoiled by all the common sense that wafts through the hallways. Netflix is probably not right for you if you're looking for a big title (e.g. ""architect""). The organization is very flat, and there are not a lot of traditional career growth opportunities. However, you will grow personally and professionally even if your title stays the same for years.",Keep rocking.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36531,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 16, 2008","Current Employee - Director, UI Engineering",Best company I have worked for in my 25 year career.,"I am treated like an adult. The work is exciting. The management is top notch. The pay is great. It is a ""getting things done"" type of company. Home/work balance is excellent. We keep process to a minimum and encourage innovation. Best company I have worked for (25 year career). Loved by customers with a highly rated user experience that is tested by rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis.",If you want a greenfield experience or the open-endedness of a start up then Netflix is not for you. Netflix is relentless on culling stuff that does not fit in the major focus. Some people might find that constraining (the rationale is focused on what works best for users). It is a high-performance culture so if you aren't a high performer you won't like it.,Thank you for modeling the way to run a company.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36532,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 16, 2008",Current Employee - Director,Netflix is a great place for star performers to shine,"Netflix is a great place for highly talented people to work. Time and time again I am impressed by the capability of my colleagues and our ability to work together as a team. The company also has a very clear strategy and is very focused on executing that strategy, which is great because we don't have a lot of ancillary distractions.","If you are not a high performer, you will not last long at Netflix. The company is not afraid to fire people and it happens on a routine basis.","Senior management should keep going down their current path. They are doing a great job, especially on the strategy of building out the streaming service - the results have been impressive to date but there is a long way to go.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36533,netflix,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Director of Content,"Netflix is a great place for hard working, talented people.","From the top down, my collegues at Netflix are the among the most talented individuals in their class of trade. There is not a set vacation policy other than ""take it when you need it"". Maybe the best reason of all is the communication. Management goes to great lengths to make sure that everyone in the organization has a full understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the business, as well as the strategic vision that the company is executing against.","In an effort to keep the best person in every position, turnover is somewhat high.",Continue to find new ways to empower employees at all levels. The smallest vote of confidence from the top is will continue to be paid back in hard work and loyalty.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36534,netflix,"San Jose, CA"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,this is a great company that could benefit from treating its talent better,"leader in the industry - on an upward climb, really intelligent leaders",zero professional growth and little insentive to go beyond the call of duty,"focus more on synergy, recognize and reward talent",3.0,4.0,none,1.0,2.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36535,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Nov 16, 2008",Current Employee - Director,"A leader who never, never takes his eye off the ball.","You will be surrounded by brilliant, competent, mature, hard working peers. You will be challenged to exceed your past accomplishments. It's a big company that strives to maintain a small company feel. Office politics are 99% absent, you are expected to focus on your work and you can expect from your peers that you will not be distracted by gossip or personality clashes. Netflix is a place that is very aware of its culture and everyone inside works hard to maintain it. Everybody you know outside of work loves Netflix, and they will let you know when it comes up that you work there.",Specific tactics will often seem opaque to newbies.,Communicate more regarding tactics and organization.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36536,netflix,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Nov 17, 2008",Current Employee - Vice President,Netflix is-a company that truly encourages innovative thinking and risk taking.,"The Cluture is the best at any company that I have worked, both big and small.",It has very high turn-over.,None - best run company I have ever been exposed to.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36537,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 28, 2008",Former Employee - Product Development,"good, not great",work life balance is very good. data driven decision making is important.,"a bit conservative on some changes. engineers rule the day, everyone else takes a backseat.",move more quickly.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36538,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Oct 30, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cold-hearted place. you'll have a job in the morning but by mid-day you might not have a job,Great benefits such as free movies and Sundance/LA festivals and pays really well!,"This place is a cold-hearted environment. Life would be so perfect if you manager likes you, if not you're outta there in a heart beat! You come to work thinking you have a job, but might be escorted by security to leave the place within hours.",change the culture!,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36539,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 3, 2008",Current Employee - Chief Talent Officer,A straighforward company who knows who they are and are not.,"We are committed, professionals who are passionate about creating a business that changes the entertainment landscape. Employees make a difference, results matter. The business model is relatively simple, but execution is very complex. There are interesting problems to solve for everyone. We aren't afraid to try something new or to stop doing something that doesn't work.","Management isn't sensitive. The team, noy family metaphore is true. Perks are minimal, but salaries are good. Career pathing is owned by employees, not management.. It's an opt in company, and not for everyone. If you are more comfortable with structure or guidance, this might not be your kind of place.","Keep pushing the edge, don't get complacent. Stay open to new ideas. Make it a great company everyone will be proud to have worked at, even for a while.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P70.htm
36540,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 5, 2008",Current Employee - Web QA Manager,,"We all have an incredible opportunity to change the way people discover entertainment. As our business has grown more complex, we've chosen to retain and hire only the best of the best. This has allowed us to deal with complexity through intelligence instead of through process and layers of management. We stay nimble and trust talented individuals to understand the context of the business. We make good decisions based on that context. We minimize chaos and maximize productivity. It's remarkably energizing to work with 'scary smart' people. It allows us to all reach a little farther because we know that if we stumble there will be people right there with us to keep us from falling. Screwing up doesn't get you fired, as long as you clean it up, learn from it and do it better the next time. Everybody has the freedom to do their jobs how they think it is best done. With that freedom comes responsibility for delivering on those ideas.","It's a lot of work. A lot of difficult, painstaking work. There's enormous pressure to always be getting more done, and doing it faster and better. Fortunately, there's also a lot of really reasonable people that will understand if something doesn't get done because of shifting priorities or unforeseen circumstances. The pressure is there, but it's self-imposed and everyone shares it.","Push more information down, and push it down harder, because there's only so much that can be pulled from the bottom. It's impractical to still have Metrics out by the fountain, but seek and find an equivalent channel that captures that same immediacy and intimacy. Trading windows be damned, get the data into the hands of the people that need it to make decisions and plan their work.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36541,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 28, 2008",Current Employee - Movie Lover,Question everything and deliver world-class service.,The call center in Hillsboro is truly focused on making our customers' experience a great one each and every time.,24-7 work environment isn't for everyone,Continue to set the performance bar high. It's what makes us different from other call centers.,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36542,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 10, 2008",Current Employee - Call Center Support Staff,"All in all, a great place to work","Benefits are terrific and I have my perfect shift. Free movies are always wonderful. This is the perfect job for me because it really is low stress and it is a perfect avenue for my love of film, film history and general film knowledge.",Lack of communication and inconsistency of management team. Career opportunities are improving but not quickly enough. Performance reviews have been a long time coming and still are not in place with compensation increases.,"Tighten things up, get consistent, replace some of the team managers with competent leadership styles. Things are getting a little sloppy again and the manager/staff relationships are at times, inappropriate.",4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36543,netflix,"Hillsboro, OR"," Aug 7, 2008",Former Employee - Support Staff,Netflix is Great! ...Just Stay Out of the Call Center.,"The upper management of Netflix really does seem to want to take a different approach with how they handle their employees, and accepts the fact that as an adult, you're able to get your job done. They appear to be very with it. The call center attempts to echo that sentiment, and provides many perks that make work an alright place to be. From the free coffee and refreshments in the cafeteria to the free rental plan, great benefits, and competitive pay, there is a great ideal that the company attempts to live up to - that the people populating the center are worth the extra buck or two. It was refreshing to work for a company that was capable of identifying problems, and instead of sweeping them under the rug, took the initiative to change the problem.","Specific to the Hillsboro location, the middle-management is hit-or-miss with whether or not they treat you like a valued member of the team. Many of the team managers do not communicate clearly with their teams - as a member of the support staff, it was evident which managers were taking the time to coach, train, and encourage their teammates, and which were not. Many reps who were extremely good at their job were let go for seemingly innocuous reasons, veiling the manager's personal dislike for the individual. The Hillsboro center has been open since September of 2006, and very few (if any) original cast members from the first three training classes exist. The management of the call center was not in any way stable, the entire team had been replaced once over, and in the less-than two years, they've gone through two site directors. With all of the management, quality, and training staff adjustments, many representatives felt as though getting promoted was a death knell to your time at Netflix. NOT that there were copious opportunities for advancement - quite the contrary. Team managers were hired from outside of the company, and rarely were promotions from within occurring. There were a handful of people who did move up the ladder, and, as previously mentioned, found themselves restructured out of the company, told that there was no longer work for them to do and laid off, or outright fired because they ""don't fit the way the department is going.""","To the senior-most management in Los Gatos, I would ask that you send some sort of internal affairs mole into the call center. Hire someone to see what it's like from the floor's perspective, as naturally the team managers are putting on their best face for you. See what their day-to-day face looks like, and see how it compares. Because you very well might see that some of the individuals in places of authority don't seem to know, in the colloquial, their arse from a hole in the ground.",2.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.5,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36544,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,I wish I would've joined years ago.,"Think of the people you've worked with in your career. Now imagine the 5 best of those on one team. That's what working on a team at Netflix is like. Frankly, there are no stupid people here. None. Everyone I've met is damn sharp, very sharing of their knowledge and time, and enjoys what they do.  You are treated like an adult. You are not told what to do. Netflix is laissez faire, not command and control. With that comes responsibility and the potential for failure. If you fail often enough, you will not survive. If you don't expose yourself to this risk enough, you won't survive. Some people might consider this a downside, you won't like it at Netflix if you do.  The Netflix time off/vacation policy is that there is no policy. They don't track how many hours you take. You take time off when you want to, you don't have to ask for permission or approval. This non-policy is one example of many of how thoroughly Netflix expects you to behave like an adult. I've spent many years at big name valley companies. Without exception, everyone of them claims that they treat employees like adults. All of them pale in comparison to Netflix in this regard.","I'm a developer, and the code base at Netflix has warts that demonstrate its laissez faire culture. There is no architecture group with veto power, so the code evolves organically - I personally think this is great, but it can be frustrating. Luckily, it never stays ""ugly"" for long, but it frequently feels like a ball of mud.  There seems to be quite a bit of turnover. The first month I worked here, I counted at least 5 ""good bye"" emails. At least 4 of them were not voluntary. This can be disconcerting. But this is also not a company like Cisco, with regular annual headcount reduction quotas.",Keep doing what you're doing. I've never been more confident that the sr. mgmt in a company was as intelligent and ethical as you are.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36545,netflix,none," Aug 8, 2008",Former Employee - Does IT Matter?,"Netflix is a great company, the Oregon office is tumultuous.","The people there are fantastic, the service is great, the facilities are terrific as well as comfortable. Some of the perks were worth it (free Netflix!). The training team is great, the support staff are incredible, all very hard working people, the representatives on the floor are, without a doubt, the best in the industry. And who doesn't want to work ""in the movies""? The pay is pretty decent, the benefits are acceptable.","It's frustrating to work for direct management who treat you like you're an inconvenience but yet you still provide them with reason to boast about top-rated customer service. Lack of communication. And unless you want to be management, lack of challenge and opportunities for growth. ""Job security"" doesn't really exist for anyone in the Oregon office. Innovation is encouraged yet support for implementing innovation is negligent at best.","Stop being so secretive, just be upfront and honest! Learn to communicate, take the suggestions given seriously instead of treating everyone like they have no idea what they're talking about. Trust the people you hired to act in the best interest of Netflix as you trust those people every day to explain and defend your decisions.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36546,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 25, 2008",Current Employee - Human Resources,Great place to work,The best thing about Netflix is the ability for every single person to have a significant impact on the business. Each employee is given a huge piece of the business to own and we are allowed to make the right call with judgement. There is a ton of flexibility and the lack of policies and procedures makes each person use their brain when making decision. Netflix hires adults and treats them that way. A very unique and challenging work place that acknowledges hard work and expects high performance.,Expectations for employees are extremely high and everyone is extremely visable (also a good thing too).,"They are doing a great job, I don't have any feedback.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36547,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jul 15, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you get the chance, work there","The company gives employees a lot of autonomy to get your work done. It values customer input, numbers and data and rewards creativity. It has a solid management team that has been at the company for many years and guided it through very turbulent times particularly the Blockbuster threat. The company attracts smart and creative talent in its departments, making it a good place to continue learning.","This is a jewel of a company with little downsides. Perhaps, the kitchen could be better stocked with health foods but then everyone is not Google.",Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36548,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Visual Designer,Netflix deserves its status as a top tier company.,"Professionally rewarding, positively competitive, fairly flat management hierarchy, great benefits, intellectually stimulating, clearly stated goals and procedures. Taking part in a world class, trend-setting company with extremely high customer satisfaction and industry/peer respect. All employees are treated as adults, with the attendant expectations and responsibilities.","Conflict is somewhat encouraged, sometimes to the detriment of internal morale. Learning curve is steep, and you must constantly perform at full steam. Your first 6 months will be sink or swim. Commuting from outside south bay is hectic, and uncompensated. Team shuffling can be a bit spastic. A bit of internal politicking does occur.",Keep an eye on how internal conflict effects more than just the outcome of a project.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36549,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,Freedom and Responsibility is real here.,"Everyone is really smart, you have to keep up.",Stay focused!,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P71.htm
36550,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,I love it.,Great colleagues -- incredible really,Domestic not global business -- wish we did europe and asia too,"Focus on the customer, not on Apple",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36551,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 31, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Love it.,"Clear values, good culture, and free dvd rentals",Location. Not in SF. I wish Netflix has wifi bus from SF.,Stay on course.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36552,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 23, 2008","Current Employee - Director, Product Management","High performance culture, freedom and responsibility within","Freedom and responsibility. You're treated like an adult. You're part of a pro team that is highly functioning. The company is well respected and has a super positive brand awareness -- i'm never able to go anywhere without getting peppered with raves and happy customer comments, and i love wearing company logo gear when i'm out for this reason.  You matter at Netflix. There is no dead wood, everyone is doing something very important to the company or they wouldn't be there. What you are doing matters and makes a difference, and that feels good. You can really make a difference no matter what your role.  The company often repeats that as an employee, you're not on an olympic team -- meaning, you don't do this 24/7 with no life, with all focus on the gold. WE're more of a varsity team, playing to win, very good, but still have to balance with classes and learning. We need to have a good work/life balance and its very important to the company that we do.  I think the best thing - and its subtle - is this no vacation/no holiday stuff. you work when you work. they seem to realize that everyone is working hard and all the time. nights. weekends often. a ton of hard work. so if you want to take time off for a vacation, a long holiday, a day off, whatever- it happens at your own discretion. you don't ask, you don't get permission. you just do what you have to do. no one is keeping track. i've never heard of this kind of policy and you cannot imagine what it doest for your morale, for feeling like you're being treated like a grown up. For that rule alone I think it stands beyond any other org.","Netflix is not for everyone. You don't get ""direction"" so much as everyone shares a common understanding of company strategy and goals. You are free to work, and some will find this harder than just being told what to do. Netflix doesn't have ""average"" workers - everyone is high functioning, highly motivated and independent, and expectations are enormous. There is nothing like a career position here. There is high turn over, and its unnerving to many. There is an understanding: ""good average work and productivity does not get a modest raise, but a generous severence.""  It's a pro team, and the team fit is also as important as the individual performance. You could be excellent, but if you're not HIGHLY communicative, cooperative, egoless, you can get cut just in the team balancing of moving quickly and effectively.  you must be able and willing to share early and often about everything. projects that are new and forming get debated and you have to defend your position and hear critique well. recognizing that criticism is of the work and not you is essential -- a thin skin won't work well. quiet hard work doesn't work well (for some engineers perhaps), you don't ask permission, but you must be able to clearly articulate why you do what you are doing, and support this position. you must realize that ideas are not fragile, and only through debate with smart people who share your understanding of company goals and strategy will ideas be improved.  This is serious work. It's really fun, but make no mistake, it's hard and not for everyone.","I have none. Senior management is fantastic. smart. focused. they lead by example and guide through real socratic debate with everyone. no one is unapproachable. everyone is candid. i couldn't ask for a better team of officers, and VPs, within the company.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36553,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Apr 22, 2008",Current Employee - Senior User Interface Engineer,"A great, fun place to work","The service/product is fun to work on, and my friends all know what it is. Netflix is very flexible in a number of ways (work hours and vacation time), my coworkers are competent, and the pay is very good.","Since we tend to hire experienced engineers in the first place, there aren't pronounced tiers among engineers, so promotions are very rare.  Promotions seem much more common in management positions, and even those seem to be mostly in-place promotions (i.e. the employee's responsibilities don't seem to change with the promotion).","Thanks for everything, and keep up the good work.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36554,netflix,"Los Gatos, CA"," Feb 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,The job is full of freedom and responsibility.,A super big plus is the vacation policy - you get to have unlimited paid vacation (they don't track it here).,I don't have any cons to mention.,None.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36555,netflix,none," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix teamlead Amsterdam,"Good subsidized food, great coffee. Enjoyable work-mates and friends. Corporate environment, good place to meet other cultures. Nice parties and free Netflix.",Lack of proper on-boarding and the vague Netflix culture. Almost non-existent growth if you are not saying yes to everything management proposes. No work life balance.,Be aware that you are dealing with other cultures if you are trying to run your businesses abroad. You cannot expect to create an exact copy of the US CS centre.,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36556,netflix,none," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,V good,"To many hours, lots of new experience","Low pay, lack of funding",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36557,netflix,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - N/A,Marketing Director,Great compensation and culture,work life balance & pace,develop people,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36558,netflix,Madrid (Spain)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Line Producer,"Great goals, great challenges, great team",We accomplish great things together and they value your worth.,You work hard for long hours.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36559,netflix,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Not worth the ,Casual Dress Code Colleagues generally friendly Laid back office atmosphere Assuming you last half a year you will obtain monk-like patience after surviving the coachings and meetings,"-Monotonous job. Seriously you will lose your mind after a month. It happens to the best of us. -Difficult upward advancement -If they could pay you less they would. For example, management finally boosted employee compensation to barely surpass their competing call center only after bleeding agents left and right to said competitor for months - The management shoves company values so far down your throat but typically follow some and ignore others themselves when it fits the moment's narrative - Very cliquish environment, if you don't spend your time outside work with colleagues you can forget a chance at a promotion regardless of your ability or achievements - MASSIVE turnover. The requirements are fairly straightforward but after a month or two, colleagues begin to drop like flies - Assuming you have general people skills and the ability to arrive to work on time there are no new skills or training provided to advance your career outside being a more efficient Netflix agent.","Rather than hiring outside and spending months getting new managers up to speed, hiring from within selecting those individuals who demonstrate exceptional ability should be promoted. Seeing there is a chance to advance one's career would provide incentive to stay with the company longer thus reducing high turnover and a constant need to find and train new employees.",2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P72.htm
36560,netflix,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Oct 27, 2018",Former Employee - Csr1,Avoid like fire.,"Great international friends, Good food (depending from your shift)","As few people said before, don't treat people like toys. Got hired for the ""dream job"" which became a total nightmare shortly after the training was done. Lots of coaching sessions are important for improvement, yes indeed. How about coaching makes you feel like the worst and useless person instead motivate you to improve?, you come back to home and you wonder ""what did i do wrong"" Improved everything and two days later you have another wonderful coaching session where you hear : You don't fit here, you are fired.  The best thing which happened to me at this company was getting fired with a silly reason like ""Communication skills"" (also can agree with a review, which was posted before here).  Well, from my side, that was the worst experience I've ever had.","I do agree with everyone who posted something ""REAL"" here. Please read these opinions, this can only help the company.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36561,netflix,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - CSR2,Netflix CS Amsterdam is the worst place that you can work.,Working in a multilingual environment.,"Mentality. They dont care employees, you can not even go to WC, need to take more calls.","Be more Dutch, not American! Care you employees, and people. They are not just a number.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36562,netflix,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Team Leader,It's got its moments...,+ Fun colleagues + Solid programs in order to identify contact drivers with + Netflix tries to engage their staff with regular fun activities outside of work. + Agents have regular 1:1's with their TL.,"- No growth opportunities for TL's. - Use their values in order to push a political agenda. If you do not work 100% conform the values, you will not have your contract extended. - Meetings go on forever. Everyone needs to have a say on a particular sort of topic without any concrete actions being taken away. - No flexibility for agents with actual valid reasons that might prevent them from working. You are expected to show up at all times.","This relates to the OM's.  Be clearer about any sort of feedback you have. Have some more empathy and understanding for people their situations. Do not actively promote that, ""We are not here to develop people"". It's one of the most demotivating things I have heard. Do not result to name calling. Calling people an ""emotional mess"" is incredibly childish.",3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36563,netflix,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not for everyone, but great when it fits","Lots of employee benefits and freedom, and working with some of the brightest minds.","High pressure environment, and can be a culture shock.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36564,netflix,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company saturated,Competitive people but little room for growth,Lots of pretentious people trying too hard especially in APAC office who waste company money on traveling. Need to put a leash on this to save company money,Downsize APAC office because they use up too much of company's resources through their travels. Doesn't make sense for them to keep on traveling every month and using company's revenues.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36565,netflix,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Business Analyst,It’s an awesome experience,Amazing colleagues and incredible professionals. Professional development.,Separation of Customer Service from the rest of the company,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36566,netflix,Chiang Mai (Thailand)," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,Company had problems and appeared sincerely interested in developing and implementing programs to improve performance,Company was not willing to make changes that clearly would benefit performance,Commit to initiate changes that have substantial probability of success. Don't pretend to be willing to make changes if solid advice is presented.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36567,netflix,none," May 13, 2018",Former Employee - Director,Director,"Fast paced dynamic company , great exposure and learnings . High impact and good remuneration and perks. Many peoples dream company to work for","Silicon Valley culture- work life balance can become an issue, things can get political . Travel can be stressful as it is constant. The pace of work can get daunting as can multiple time zones , calls etc",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36568,netflix,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ME,Good company culture and very nice people,I had to work over time working sometimes,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36569,netflix,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"the good, the bad and the ugly","Amazing colleagues, work environment (cool office, breakfast, lunch), good salary/benefits","Fear/bully culture, very political. Poor management by some of the higher execs which leaves a mark in the office. No work/life balance, work hard, no play. Performance pressure is very high. The salary/benefits is also a big reason why people stay, even if they're not happy in the job anymore.","Watch out for the employees, stop the bullying, create a safe and open work environment where people can be themselves without having the fear to get fired.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P73.htm
36570,netflix,none," Mar 29, 2018",Former Employee - Designer,"Amazing company and culture, good pay","Good culture, Good manegers, Above marketpay, good teammates",Not much Netflix is good,Would be great if can give more guidance,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36571,netflix,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Amazing,High Performance Energetic Professional Great colleagues Great product,Lot of changes within short time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36572,netflix,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - CSR 1,Can't wait to my contract expires,Free food and good colleagues.,"Ignorant leaderboard, the leaderboard does not listen to the agent, they don't care about the feedback - they only focus on the numbers and not the agents. Netflix recently turned up on the volume for english call, which caused multiple lines to sit in not stop queue since the agents also need to take care of their native language - So agents sits in back-to-back calls, switching between english and their native language. In perspective, when you get an angry/mad costumer and the call ends, their is no break what so ever, to get over the mad costumer, you just get a new call from another ""happy Netflix costumer"". After multiple conversations and meeting with supervisors - Their only comment is ""if you don't like it here at Netflix, then it is just not the right job for you"" aka they ask you to resign if you keep giving feedback or your opinion.",Listen to your agents - otherwise it gonna be hard to find them.,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36573,netflix,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,Salary good enough to live on trainer and or training program good easy located building close to local transport working hours okish,"cult like atmosphere and underline and hidden agenda pressure to not use any extra time on call or after calls States it is not scripted but is, also working 7 to 8 days in a row is just now right.",stop moving the working goal and pretending everything is in since and harmonious,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36574,netflix,none," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience,It is the best entertainment application ever,There may be many competition,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36575,netflix,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice job for a few months,"Amazing colleagues, free catering (breakfast, lunch, fresh fruit), beautiful office. Nice to work for for a few months.","Extremely strict timings, job is monotonous and sometimes can be overwhelming (60+ calls a day).",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36576,netflix,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Best job on the planet for work-loving, smart, competitive people",Stunning colleague. Freedom and responsibility. Competitive compensation. Travel a lot- if you consider this as pros. Entrepreneurship is indeed appreciated.,"Work and life balance, Feels like we always short in people. Getting better but still quite calif-centric. Challenge to maintain the business stability for the transitional period of hires.",Sometimes feels like we limit the opportunity to have stunning persons just because they might not be fluent in English. Locals know the market best. We need them to win the new markets.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36577,netflix,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Coordinator,"Great culture, great co-workers","Open culture, encourage open conversation, transparency, people over rules",open knowledge that the company isn't responsible for your career progressions,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36578,netflix,none," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Pay is great and benefits too,The coffee machine is pretty bad,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36579,netflix,none," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SV,"Amazing people, great place to work, salary was really great. Netflix was the best company I had ever worked.",CS business was downsizing and the company had cost cuttings.,Work force group needed to be more flexible and research to make plans for hiring.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P74.htm
36580,netflix,Berlin (Germany)," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Pretty Decent,"Lots of smart people, motivated and success-driven",Management loses focus at times.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36581,netflix,none," Dec 22, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing,Great company culture & challenging missions,"great company culture, challenging missions, autonomy and valuable feedback from your peers and management.",Agility and flat management also means you have to work hard to get people on board for your goals.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36582,netflix,none," Nov 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Workers but a little,Super cool job!! It's Netflix!,It's perfect like this! It's Netflix!,Don't change yourself!,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36583,netflix,none," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Great opportunity to work on open source software.,Lack of processes can hurt you.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36584,netflix,Singapore (Singapore)," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Representative,Great Company,Great culture and management team. Gives exposure to its junior staff. Great office culture as well. Much focus on employee's career development,Little flexibility or autonomy to make decisions. Slightly high in micro managing its employees. Highly competitive culture. Watch out for office politics.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36585,netflix,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," May 9, 2016",Former Employee - CS Agent,CS Agent,Informal atmosphere and great colleagues,no possibilities for growth and low salary,Help and create opportunities for your personal to grow,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36586,netflix,none," Mar 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Startup feel,"The company operates much like a startup, based heavily on metrics and you get access to a lot of interesting information.","The overall environment is very competitive, there is a high level of turnover in all areas, there is no sense of security.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36587,netflix,none," Dec 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent peers,"High transparency, management generally open to feedback, free food",Lots of smart folks working together can sometimes lead to muddled vision,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36588,netflix,none," Nov 28, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Great company but needs to improve career development,Colleagues are fantastic. People very smart and culture is collaborative. Work on very interesting projects and company moves fast - hard to get used to at first,Experience at the company highly depends on your specific manager and team and getting good feedback. Career development is sorely lacking except for those at the junior level.,Better processes / standards for promotion and greater opportunities for career development.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36589,netflix,none," Oct 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Definitely different,"- Genuinely great company, culture, people (seriously GREAT people!) - Reed Hastings is pretty awesome - They walk the walk in their culture deck  Overall, I highly recommend this company, with the caveat that the ""sports team"" culture can be at odds with a good work/life balance. If you're a workaholic, set your boundaries and defend them, otherwise you will drown.  While the culture *is* different and genuine, keep in mind that (like any other company in the Valley), your experience at this company is mostly dependent on your relationship with your direct manager and the people around you. Personally, I've been happier at far worse companies because I had a better relationship with coworkers and peers.","- The lack of PTO is a two-edged sword. Great that you can take what you need when you need, bad that there's never a good time to take time off. If you have any responsibility and you're taking any significant chunk of time, don't be surprised to find yourself on a working vacation. - You will get tired of hearing ""That's what Reed wants"" and not being given further context. Granted, this might only a problem if you're not a good follower. - The ""Do it now, fix it later"" attitude runs the risk of having things that are ""good enough"" but not great. The momentum will often keep you building on something ""good enough,"" but not necessarily something of which you're actually proud.","Slow down just a tiny bit and put a little more thought into some of the things you do. The ""do it now, fix it later"" lends itself to unnecessary sloppiness.",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P75.htm
36590,netflix,none," Oct 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super smart colleagues lots of learning opportunities,"Super smart colleagues , lots of freedom. Fast moving culture. A lot gets done in a very short time",Work can take over your life,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36591,netflix,none," Oct 23, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,I quit first day out of training!,The pay is competitive for the position,Their training and tools are awful,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36592,netflix,none," Aug 2, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Fantastic place to work, but don't put your phone down","Very smart, talented coworkers Tons of opportunity if you're willing to work for it One of the most open companies I've ever worked for Moves fast, usually makes the right decisions Still a great value despite all that price increase business Willing to admit they've made mistakes and change direction if need be","On the job 24/7 Occasional whiplash changes in direction for major projects You'll see some really smart, talented people let go from time to time, due to reorgs, etc.",Fix your PR problem,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36593,netflix,none," Jul 5, 2012",Former Employee - Csr1,I would probably still be at Netlfix if I hadn't returned to school,"I wanted to put in my two cents because, unlike the other reviewers, I had a mostly positive experience working at Netflix. I was hired as a temporary worker during the summer and only left to go back to school. The initial training was very good and it was easy to get help when needed on an ongoing basis. I got regular, useful, feedback from my manager and my coworkers were also very helpful. The pay was very good (as a temporary employee I made $13 an hour, and permanent employees get $14 min). The benefits as a temp. employee were also very good.","All of my cons are due to the nature of the job, and not Netflix itself. Customers often get frustrated when calling tech support and they take it out on who they are talking you. I've done it myself. I almost lost my voice a couple of times from talking so much, but I didn't meet anyone else with that problem. Most of the employees also worked evenings, weekends or both because those are the high-call-volume times. I personally worked swing shift Wed. though Sun.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36594,netflix,none," Jul 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work here if job security is not important to you.,"Good salary, Cool vacation policy",Serious attitude Treats developers like cattle,"Drop your mantra ""we are a sports team not a family""",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36595,netflix,none," Jul 7, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Manager,They will ride you until your wheels fall off.,Good Pay Good Benefits Yearly company trip for a week for a meeting Very smart people as co-workers Get to travel to many different locations and experience a lot of different environments Paid relocation,"No work life balance Expected to be service technicians, managers, supervisors, HR point of contact, all at the same time Working 60-80 hours a week is not uncommon High turnover rate and low pay for anyone outside of management Unlimited Vacation......which means you can take vacation, but if your metrics aren't above expectations do not even think about going on vacation Dying business, DVD shipments are dying and the jobs wont be around much longer","Cost goals are important, but setting unachievable goals do nothing but make the job unbearable.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36596,netflix,none," Jun 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Highly aligned teams, excellent talent, driven by data","- Stellar Teams - Freedom and responsibility = hire adults, no micromanagement - Career track is what you make of it - Excellent salary - Transparent communication, no surprises or waiting when it comes to feedback - Small teams","The high bar, could be a con to some..","Excellent choices, prioritization and attention to the best user experience",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36597,netflix,none," Jun 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a OK place to work.,Better than average Salary. Freedom and responsibility culture.,No Job security. You never know when you will be fired,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36598,netflix,none," Jun 27, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Lost their way,"- top of market base salary - 4 DVD out plan is free - do not penny pinch on equipment, get whatever you want.","- freedom and responsbility is their mantra when you're hired, but it is not practiced by new managers. - people get fired all the time for disagreeing or questioning management on anything. - On some teams(mine, not all) there was no collaboration in design between managers and programmers. The managers designed it and the only freedom the programmers had was to develop it exactly in that manner. If you disagreed with the design, you guessed it: your fired. - even star performers routinely get the axe. Others remaining are understandably nervous about their jobs. - so called stock plan makes no sense at all. Only plan I've ever heard of where an employee has to risk his own money to participate. - benefits are awful if you have a family. It cost me $800/month to have medical and dental for the family of 4. If your single, your completely covered. - no vacation paid when you leave. This is also a plus in a way though. Netflix does not track vacation time at all. If you take too much though, you will get fired without warning.",- take off that powerpoint presentation from jobs.netflix.com about the Netflix culture. It no longer applies. Netflix has turned into the mature company that is envisioned in the slide deck. Star performers no longer want to work there.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36599,netflix,none," Jun 4, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"For Hub Manager -Great Pay, but zero job security or training, or stability.",- Pay - Challenge - Can't think of another.,"- Nature of the position was not presented accurately before hiring. (they sold it as an HR position, but it was a glorified mechanic/ops manager job). - The turnover is insane. Out of about 65 hubs (at the time), there were about 6 emails about managers who were terminated my first week. That rate was very common. - There is absolutely no training or assistance if you need it. - You are viewed as a commodity. - They feel (and they'll tell you so!) that they can pay you a lot so you can produce fabulous results no matter what. - They fire people for no reason. I believe during the economic downturn maybe they fired a lot of management to replace with cheaper managers, but that may have even been going on before I got there. - They wanted to penalize me for having too many cracked discs in my hub, but couldn't find anything my employees or myself were doing wrong. Offerred no helpful advice, etc. Said we were doing great. Got canned anyway. I always had great reviews, above average everywhere else I've ever worked.","Realize that turnover costs a lot of money. Either your hiring process is seriously off (and it is), or you need to develop a training/follow up program for management. You aren't getting the results you want with ANY managers? Maybe the common denominator is you.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P76.htm
36600,netflix,none," Dec 29, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company - Great people,Great technology and very big market opportunity make this a great company to be a part of. Leadership has made a bad move and this will pass.,Currently there is a lot of bad press and there are risks that a competitor will buy them or drive them out of business.,find a strategic alliance that will provide the capital needed to continue to acquire content as you perfect the streaming service - HD streaming needs lots of work.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36601,netflix,none," Oct 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good summer job if you are willing to work early in the morning doing mind-numbing work,Good pay for a summer/college job If you perform well you can quickly get as many hours as you want,Insane hours-shifts start at 430 am and if you work the machines you work until 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Also the work is incredibly boring and if you can rip open and inspect 600+ disks an hour you won't be there very long,none,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36602,netflix,none," Sep 26, 2011",Current Employee - Regional Operations Manager,The pit of Hell,Money was awesome and the work in day to day operations was great.,"As a person, you are treated just as Reed treated his customers, with arrogance and disposable.",Netflix is gonna run it their way and I have no advice. Who am I to tell them what they should do? Continue on the path of destruction you are on. Im looking forward to the destruction of the company.,1.0,2.0,none,5.0,3.5,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36603,netflix,none," Aug 11, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Find a better place,Good salary (but even though u get few thousand more..it is not worth it),Interview process sucks..Reason I mention is that they take lot of pride in mentioning that if you are not star performer you may be shown the door. My point is that if you can make good hiring process then you should not be talking about it in an interview. HR is given unreasonable super power and they try to act as super smart for no reason.  They claim to give higher salaries as opposed to other bay area companies but that amount is nothing if you really compare with other companies. I think any company which relies too much on HR for scaring candidates and keeping them in loop regarding performance of candidates is not a good company for engineers and that company is not the most coveted in bay area.  People are hard working but they are certainly not the smartest. Some are smart as in any other company so I dont understand why they create so much of hooplah.,none,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36604,netflix,none," Aug 7, 2011",Former Employee - Mail Processor,I liked the daily feedback of performance.,The jobs given to do were easily done and they set you up prettty well for the challenge of the job presented.,No chance for advancement and the pace of the job was very fast and not much to do for the day.,People are not robots and we do make mistakes.I would appreciate more hours to help support my family too.,4.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36605,netflix,none," Apr 16, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Some good, some bad","The people all tend to be very bright, talented and hard working. There is almost no deadwood.  Historically, everyone made decisions based on the good of the company as a whole instead of what is good for their own teams. The atmosphere was one of mutual respect. Everyone knew everyone. As the company grows it feels like that closeness, respect and shared purpose is getting lost.  Still, it is a good place to work in many ways. The folks at the top are the best I've ever worked for. In the engineering departments, everyone in management all the way up to the CEO is very technical. You can explain anything to any of them without their eyes glazing over.  The fast pace means that you never get bored. There is always some new, interesting challenge.  In the nice to have category, they have free lunches. Many people complain about them, but I always thought they were pretty good. They'll all provided by the same vendor though, so it's easy to get tired of them. The buildings are nice enough. It is easy to get whatever hardware, software, or gadget you think you need. Top-end Mac or Thinkpad with a giant display? An extra desktop or two? Whatever, just put in a ticket and you'll have it in a couple of days or sooner. Need some nice servers for your project? A couple hundred cloud instances? It's all available with minimal fuss.","When it comes to people, Netflix is a throw away culture. Most people last somewhere around two years before they leave or quit. There seems to be no barriers to stop a manager from firing anyone that works for them. If your manager likes you, everything is peachy but if s/he doesn't like you for any reason at all, you're quickly out the door.  A lot of time gets wasted by new people trying to figure out how a thing works, or (more often) just ripping it out and creating something new since whoever built it is long gone. Then these new people move on to the next company and the cycle starts again.  The ""high performance culture"" in practice means that there are very few useless people. The downside is that you always know that your job is temporary and you're always worried that you'll be fired. It's a stressful way to live.  Netflix prides itself on being a ""nimble"" company. It will occasionally do amazing things in a very short time period. Deadlines can be crazy and they often don't take into account other work that needs to be done. Projects don't replace the workload you already have, they just add to it. Many times you'll deliver on a deadline only to find out that the work was unnecessary as someone decided to completely change the architecture or cancel the project completely.  Everyone is assumed to be available 24x7x365. Email is sent and replied to at all hours of all days and nights. You can never let go of work.  Lastly, the company philosophy is to pay employees and let them decide what to do with the money, so there aren't a ton of perqs for working there. Benefits are okay but not great. No real gym membership, onsite masseuses or anything fancy. The whole company used to go to Sundance every year (payed for by Netflix) but they stopped that some years ago.","There is a price to pay for treating employees as easily replaceable commodities. The lack of process and documentation coupled with high turnover means that once a person has been there long enough to understand the environment, it's time to go.  Netflix goes to a lot of trouble to hire great people. It puts very little effort into keeping them. Employees live with a lot of stress and some fear knowing that they could be fired at any time no matter how hard they work, no matter how long they worked there, and no matter what they accomplished for the company.  Putting a little effort into retaining good employees will make for a happier workforce and more efficiency.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,26,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36606,netflix,none," May 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you have the right boss...I have a great boss so it is the best place I have ever worked,"Fast paced, benefits great, work with some really talented people, a company that everybody loves, pay above the norm,","You are always on the tightrope...if you have a supportive boss, you are okay, but if you have the wrong boss, you can and will be fired if you don't ""fit"" the ""vision""....forces a compliance mentality and stifles some really great people from doing even more.","You need to figure out a way to deal with the issue of termination/turnover...turnover has more impact than you believe or understand..have seen too many people get promoted or hired and then fired within a short period of time...need to do a check of how you make selections...if the same manager promotes/hires people and then turns around and fires them quickly, don't you think that selecting manager needs to have some accountability as well?",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36607,netflix,none," May 24, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix lets people go for very questionable reasons. VERY high turnover...unlike I have ever seen before,Great resume builder. Lots of strategy and information-sharing with all employees.,"Extremely high involuntary (and voluntary) turnover that puts everyone on edge and lowers morale, people are afraid they might say/do one undesirable thing and get fired. People are very afraid of making any mistakes for fear of being fired bacause it happens so often and people often do not get a second chance.",none,2.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36608,netflix,none," Apr 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great pay but don't know how to treat employees,Great Pay Free food Free Netflix subscription Laid back dress attire,Micro Management At will employer Use you then abuse you Need to suck up to keep your job,If one employee doesn't get the training needed by their manager - maybe you should find someone else to assist that person. Not crap on them and boot them out the door.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36609,netflix,none," Feb 24, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be cautious about accepting a job here. Extremely high dismissal rate.,-Good salary -flexible hour -ability to work from home -some smart people -free drinks and snacks -some helpful onsite seminars -comfortable working environment. -excellent NOC support.,-constant fear of unreasonable dismissal -poor location for commuters -It was beginning to grow so fast that it's hiring standards were slipping -open and honest feedback is only acceptable when it is in agreement with management's,"Stop letting go of excellent, hard working, productive people for esoteric reasons.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P77.htm
36610,netflix,none," Dec 17, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place, smart people, great company...some serious issues though","High performance culture results in a good mix of competence and reliability. Lots of freedom to direct oneself and have impact outside of your specific role. Nice location (Los Gatos), flexible time off, pretty good pay but not necessarily as top-of-market as it used to be. We are treated like adults.","Certain groups of the org are marginalized by overall company direction, resulting in a thinning of talent in critical spots. People do seem to get fired almost without warning, and this seems to serve more as a scare tactic to everyone else than a righteous termination sometimes. Salaries are no longer over top-of-market (essentially other companies have stepped up). The ESPP is a joke, and no stock is given to employees...this, plus lack of something as simple as an xmass party, all serves to divest employees.  Reed is a great leader, but he's not infallible and shouldnt surround himself with yes men at the c-level.","Reed, talk to other CEOs, learn from your peers, listen to your managers/directors/engineers and not just your c-level head nodders...dont let success convince you that you're brilliant and have all the answers.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.5,4.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36611,netflix,none," Dec 8, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Stay, far, far away from here..",Pay is good Stock Clean place to work,"Turnover is high You never know when you will be fired Always in fear Vacation policy is a joke - the moment you become an employee, you are given a laptop and Blackberry. You are basically tied down to both (7 days a week 24 hours a day). Benefits are expensive (not fair for a hub employee who make as low as $9-$10hour). I was forced to fire 5 people by upper management due to not being a ""fit"" for the position.",Change your HR Leadership team as they are the ones who are consistently firing people for no apparent reason..,3.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36612,netflix,none," Dec 8, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Get on the ride.,"- Fast paced environment - Lot of smart people - Minimum processes (great for an engineer, may not be great for ops) - Market pay (It would seem above market until you look at the details, at which point you realize its at market i.e. google, facebook etc)",- Poor planning - Paying for health/vision/dental out of pocket if you want coverage for family - Put your head down and do the job. Don't question. - Full time employees are basically long-term contractors. - No career growth (Of course there's always a handful of exceptions),Its a really different culture that is almost close to being great but not there. Need to recognize that real people work at the company.,3.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.5,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36613,netflix,none," Dec 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good.,"Freedom and responsibility. We're given the freedom to make our own choices. unlimited vacation (there's a catch though), free lunch","no real job security, advancement to other positions is extremely limited, but getting better.",More actionable feedback. Vague feedback is the worst kind.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36614,netflix,none," Oct 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ideal company,"Freedom and responsibility, that's what Netflix is all about. Sounds like a cliche but they really live it out and conduct the company that way, empowering employees to go forth yet not punish if an idea fails.",Previously not known for promoting from within but has gotten much better at it recently.,Try to find a place for superstars whose current jobs have become obsolete. All that investment in the person and their knowledge shouldn't go to waste.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36615,netflix,none," Aug 27, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,OK place to work,Free movies! Great co-workers. Some free food. If you are doing well then no problems. Decent pay for the work.,"Monotonous work. High turnover, seeing lots of people disappear is disheartening. Metrics are what you are held to week after week.",Put a stop to customer satisfaction rate at 6%. Creates a pandering tone to customers where directness and truthfulness might be sacrificed.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36616,netflix,none," Aug 10, 2010",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Working at Netflix,Lots of growth opportunities the job is fun and challenging and helping people creates a really rewarding feeling at th end of the day. The pay is good as well.,It can be a stressful environment if the calls are difficult. The stats of calls are recorded and not always under your control which can be alarming.,Keep a consistent picture of how the job should be done and set clear expectations for employees. Follow up when employees are not meeting these expectations.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36617,netflix,none," Jun 3, 2010",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Don't take the bait,"Insurance is good, if you do not have a family. If you insure your whole family, it eats up half of your paycheck.","Worst cases of CYA I have ever seen. Upper managers take credit for your ideas. You are told one thing, then something entirely different happens. Communication is a joke. They like to promote so called ""values"" however, these values are simply words on the wall.It is not worth working 75-80 hours a week, and to be expected to be on call 24/7/365. Your family will be pushed aside, your health, and don't expect to be able to have a social life outside the company.","Get over yourselves. When you ask for feedback, but then on't hear what you want to hear, that is not a license to fire someone. You are going against your own ""values"" when you treat people this way.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36618,netflix,none," Apr 27, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make Sure You Know What You're Getting Into,"- Detailed communication regarding how the business works and what the thinking is behind planning and strategy. Sharing of detailed data across functions helps to develop an organizational underestanding and grow most individual's business acumen. - The thrill of working for a company that has an overall positive reputation as a business and that people are passionate about. - The possibility and inspiration of some of the cultural ideals, especially around valuing competence, and clear, no-nonsense communication around expectations and performance. - The cash compensation, and the flexibility of being able to participate in a variety of benefit offerings such as the stock option program. - Perks for corporate staff - no limits around time off, catered lunches daily, quarterly employee meeting","- The high level of politics in an environment that is supposed to be culturally structured to be without them. - You won't get pats on the back or other appreciation for strong performance. This is fine, people can and should self-motivate. The problem is with the flip-side of performance perception. What it takes to be considered a performance problem is often really minor stuff. The ability to provide an appropriate level of feedback (something should come in between being told that you are doing fine and the announcement that you are fired) and the recognition that sometimes people can be successfully coached beyond a performance problem is completely lacking. - The much-touted culture is focused solely on salaried employees. There is no truly defined alternate culture specific to the hub operations or call center groups, nor is there buy-in or backing that it would be beneficial to those groups to put a priority on building and driving culture. Doesn't have to be the same as what's published for the exempt people, but there should be an organized approach to hourly employee culture too. - Hourly employees also have vastly different treatment in terms of rewards. Far from having daily catered lunches like the exempt staff does, there is an extreme emphasis put on eliminating ""extras"" and continually cutting costs in the hourly employee world. Some is reasonable but some is just going beyond what's necessary and seems like the cuts are made more to devalue the employees than to save the company money. Hourly emplyoees also receive no time-off accrual or paid holidays.","Check your assumptions around the culture. Ask whether it is implemented as intended, or if it is missing the mark. When it comes to moving to separate people who are ""not performing,"" ask whether there's a clear understanding of what that means, and whether there's a possibility that the culture is being used as a knee-jerk reaction to challenges, rather than finding ways to effectively coach and solve problems.",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36619,netflix,none," Apr 20, 2010",Former Employee - Manager,Fast paced environment.,You will get to work with some exceptionally talented and intelligent people. People who do well at Netflix tend to drive their own career path.,Constant changes in direction and many reorgs.,On occasion the reorgs and constant changes in direction seem a bit reactionary. Perhaps taking a bit more time to consider before implementing might be in order.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P78.htm
36620,netflix,none," Feb 16, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work and learn,Very good information sharing. Well steered company by the senior management.,The ownership of tasks are sometimes confusing. The project schedule is volatile (chasing moving targets),Improve the ownership arrangement of technologies. Build the team hierarchy more technology-oriented instead of task-oriented.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36621,netflix,none," Jan 8, 2010",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good ,For call center work netflix has good pay and benefits. Management is also typically competent and friendly. Free 8 at a time Netflix account is nice too.,Very little upward mobility. Like all call centers netflix has very repetitive and very low autonomy in the work day.,The company is on the right track for the most part. Netflix's long term viability remains a big question mark. The industry is undergoing major changes and Netflix will need to adapt.,3.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36622,netflix,none," Jan 8, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops Manager,Time off was good and benefits start from day one. The RM is not there everyday as long as you get the job done.,"As an Ops Manager, I was putting in 75 hours/week. The expectations were unrealistic. Even though we were #1 in the country for quality, they still wanted more. Over three years they have over 50% turn over with in their managers. Managers get let go at a moments notice yet associates must go through a HR nightmare of write ups before they get canned.",The culture is just a sign on the wall as you instructed us to put up. You have no idea what your managers are thinking because they are all worried about their careers. Pure scare tactics.,1.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36623,netflix,none," Nov 19, 2009",Former Employee - Network Engineer,"Thanks to all the former Netflixers on glassdoor! You helped confirm that it wasn't me, it was was them","There were no pros to having worked there, other than people who haven't worked there assume it was an honor to have worked there because of the name recognition, so it looks good on your resume.",The building and its grounds were nice.,"You have to treat employees like humans, not resources or chattel.  When I was terminated, I was one among a group of 12 people who were summoned to a meeting called, ""Business Planning"" that popped up in our calendars a Wednesday morning. We were handed red folders and told we had to give up all of our company equipment immediately and although we were still officially employed until the end of the week, they wanted us to leave immediately and not come back.  I assumed it was my fault, I asked my manager's manager (my manager had left a couple of months before) if there was anything I could have done differently or done better to not have been let go. He said, ""No, you were all right, we just don't need you anymore."" I asked if he could elaborate, but he said he didn't have time to discuss this matter, so I got no exit interview.  I was mostly in shock, because I'd never been fired before and I'd spent nights and weekends at the office, making sure I got my tasks and projects completed on time and correctly, I was confused and slightly bitter.  Thank you glassdoor and all the rest of the former Netflix employees who were also treated so poorly. You've made me realize that it wasn't me. I worked hard and performed well but i was fired for reasons that Netflix didn't want to bother telling me about. I'd never had a disciplinary action or even an employee review during the year that I worked there.  HR can hop onto glassdoor.com and stuff it with praised filled reviews all they want, but we know the truth.  The final kick in the pants was that there was a job posting for my job at Netflix on Monster within a few days.  Final word. Netflix does not care about you at all. They would rather spend more time, money and resources training new employees than reviewing existing employee's performances.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36624,netflix,none," Oct 29, 2009",Former Employee - Administrative,I'd still be there if I could,"I liked what Netflix calls 'Freedom and Responsibility' - you're free to make decisions - and you are responsible for them. I liked that my boss treated me as an adult, had no problem with me making decisions without his 'stamp', etc. While I didn't love everything about if (no place is perfect) I really enjoyed my time there. It's not for the faint of heart but it's a cool place to be.","While I had a great relationship with my boss and members of my department, there were layers above him (c-level) where politics reigned king and crappy work and behavior was overlooked if it had been done by a 'protected' someone.","Stop moving people around as if they're chess pieces and arbitrarily making life hell for them. You lost some great employees (and I'm not talking about me) in favor of others who don't even support the Netflix ideals you claim to have. On one hand there are some incredibly brilliant minds there (and some wonderful people) but on the other, egos are over-filling the space.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36625,netflix,none," Nov 5, 2009",Current Employee - Manager,A Company for Adults,Limited structure and rules required in order to get your work done. Least CYA place I've ever worked and people work hard.,The high performance culture can intimidate most people.,Always remain transparent - unexpected decisions without clear explanations are what happen at other companies.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36626,netflix,none," Oct 7, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great enthusiasm for the product and business model,"great benefits (awesome health care) culture of success and results lots of competent, intelligent folks fun product, easy to share the enthusiasm","very few so far - happy to be a part of such a progressive organization! others on this site have complained about the 'culture of fear' subtly promoted by the company, which I definitely have not picked up on at all.",Continue to emphasize the authenticity and honesty of the people who work for Netflix and hopefully it will continue to positively impact the company!,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36627,netflix,none," Oct 22, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for me,Vacation policy Free movies Fair benefits Fun concept Nice coworkers,Senior management No security No recognition for good performance No respect from management No HR support,"What happened to this company? Used to be a great job, not so much anymore. Please start caring about your people. We have lost many talented people, more want to leave. See what's going on and help your employees want to stay and get the old culture back.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36628,netflix,none," Sep 16, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Lot of career progression if you want it.,Left for a position closer to home.,Nothing. Enjoyed working with all the management I interacted with.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36629,netflix,none," Aug 26, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,"If you're a hard and talented worker, this place is for you.",I don't have any comment.,I don't have any comment.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P79.htm
36630,netflix,none," Aug 28, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Potential Growth is unlimited. Challenges and builds on your management abilities. Strongly reccomend working for this company. I have grown as a leader..,I really don't have anything bad to say about the company. It has and continues to be a positive experience for me.,Continue doing what you are doing. I feel like I have taken several positive steps as a leader in the past 3 years I have worked for the company.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36631,netflix,none," Aug 25, 2009",Current Employee - Staff Software Engineer,Incredible opprotunities,It has been amazing how quickly you can climb the ladder with Netflix. Incredible people to work with who care about your future involvement.,I can't say there is many cons to this company except they expect you to do your hardest to solve the hard problems.,New to the position but I do think management is engaged with the success of our department.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36632,netflix,none," Aug 28, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its Not the worst place to work.,Nice perks like free lunches and fun actvities for employees like sweatshirts and t shirts.,Its hard to get promoted and they expect you to be working really long hours.,"Less long hours, more free stuff would be great.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36633,netflix,none," Aug 13, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Great Pay- but ultimately they don't treat you like a human being,Really high comp... a lot of independence to do your work. A lot of trust in terms of expense reports and how you spend company money.,"Top leadership is not that familiar with the rank and file and is regularly making awful decisions about who to hire, fire, and lead within middle management. employee turnover is huge, mostly because mgt makes changes all the time.","Don't be so arrogant and hasty to judge people. It is impossible to have all the information, but ultimately you make decisions without enough information or wrong information. I think this company makes $ INSPITE of some of its leaders , not because of it.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,5.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36634,netflix,none," Aug 23, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Netflix..........Great people & great opportunities,Greatest company that I have ever had the opportunity to work at.,"This is a ""High Performance"" culture company and this corporate enviroment is not for everyone, but if you excel in this culture you will love it here.",Netflix's focus and desire to always provide a quality entertainment experience is the driving force behind your success and I hope you never change.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36635,netflix,none," Aug 13, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The pay is the top of the market,Pay Free Rentals Co-Workers are great,High level Turn over Much uncertianty,Treat people with respect.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36636,netflix,none," Aug 6, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,i don't work there anymore,Relaxed atmosphere Time off for vacation/sick time was easy to get.,Management was lacking and didn't seem to care about their employees.,Hire better management team.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36637,netflix,none," Jul 26, 2009",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Looks good on paper, questionable execution...",Free Movies Excellent pay for the industry Free Food Transportation Assistance Occasional Free Stuff (Schwag) Great Stock Options Great Place to Meet People,Hostile Work Environment Management Structure Changes Frequently Goals/Department Ideals Change Drastically (Often) Inconsistent Expectations from Manager to Manager Employees feel like a number Mandatory Overtime No Paid Time Off,"Our department has changed drastically over the past 12 months or so. Going from an environment where the feedback was welcomed and flowed freely to a sweatshop type environment where you show up and pray to make quota. the statistical requirements are getting more and more stringent, focused sharply on the reduction of expenditures. Incredibly high turnover, long term employees are being forced out the door due to these new expectations - and in some cases for expressing distaste in the new direction of our department.  Most employees live in a constant paranoid state hoping not to get fired over a minute percentage change in their scores from week to week. Management is completely disconnected from their employees, most of them have no concept of how their subordinate performs the job which creates an even larger gap between the top and bottom.  During the holidays and a couple of months into the new year (2009) Netflix required mandatory over time for all of the lower level employees in the department, while management took vacation and worked normal shifts. This mandatory overtime averaged between 5 and 8 hours per week for over 3 months straight.  Netflix was unapologetic when demanding that their employees submit to mandatory overtime for months at a time, implying we should be ""Thankful"" for the opportunity. Blatant disregard for their employee's personal time, families, holiday plans and transportation issues compounded complaints about mandatory extra hours, further alienating employees.  There are no names to the faces anymore... just numbers and a bottom line.",2.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36638,netflix,none," Jul 23, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,no rules until there are rules,free movies and food. that's it.,"Disrespecting employees, not communicating changes within the company with the front line to customers. No vacation or sick time. Treated like a number.",wake up.,3.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36639,netflix,none," Jul 28, 2009",Former Employee - Call Center Support Staff,how on earth?!,"Decent pay, but what are the expectations?","I was never even given a chance. On my 5th day I was let go for ""not being the right fit"" the man actually had the nerve to tell me I was too quiet in class. I dont know about that... I thought it was a good thing not to be disruptive...huh...",Train your people and treat them like people and you will have a winning team. do it not and you will eventually fail.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P80.htm
36640,netflix,none," Jul 5, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, until you speak your mind.",Most of the people are highly motivated and fun to work with. Smart group of individuals. Good at finding efficiencies,"Long Hours... Vacations, forget about it. I was told when I started that they will always be upfront and honest. I was told I would never be blindsided..... Until the day they let me go with zero explaination. I only can assume it was because I voiced concern of some individuals questionable behavior on offsite meetings.  WIshy washy HR. Supervisors can be let go for anything, but hourly associates once permanent employees are feared and very little is done to be rid of them. Unless you steal or do drugs, you can get away with alot.","This may have already been done, but you need to look inside yourself and watch your behavior at offsite meetings. If infractions I witnessed were made by people not of your inner circle, heads would have rolled.",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36641,netflix,none," Jul 26, 2009",Former Employee - Ops Manager,"Start at 2:30 AM, work 60-80 hours a week, die a slow, painful death...",Love the concept Movies are cool Netflix has brand recognition,"Upper management team on the Ops side is a joke The shelf life of most employees is short - this seems to be by design (not intelligent design) Performance means nothing - you can be termed just because someone in HR doesn't like your style, or because you refuse to ""rule by fear"" Reed's purported vision doesn't match up with what is happening internally A major disconnect between the PR about working for the company and what is happening at ground zero If you try to achieve a work/life balance, you will be shut out - not a family-friendly organization Relocation and travel compensation has improved, but will compromise you financially -- yet, they require you to relocate to demonstrate your wilingness to move up -- but they always fire the people who move up so everyone is afraid to take the bait It is an up and out organization - except for the people at the top","Since you like turnover so much - why don't you critically re-think and turn out the upper managers who have been there the longest? You have lost a lot of talented people in the past few years and lost the respect of many more. This used to be a cool company because it was innovative, creative, nimble, and driven to be successful. Now, it is a company run by a lot of scared people. I don't know of any better way to quash ideas and morale than to conduct business by fear. It is time to really grow up and restore real leadership to the company instead of promoting playground bullies. Term the senior management at the top and install people who have developed current, relevant expertise in the hub ops otherwise you are just running in really weak circles.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36642,netflix,none," Jun 27, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like two different companies between Web and Ops,"Empowering, freedom to do what needs to be done Personal responsibility for getting job done Good coworkers, very high talent level Movies","Vastly different cultures across groups in the company Ops seems to be very penny-wise/pound-foolish They hire over-qualified people for every position, but rather than promote they'll hire someone over-qualified for the next level position","High performance culture is great, but losing people who are high performing because of arbitrary re-orgs is not the best way to keep the people who stay motivated.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36643,netflix,none," Jun 2, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Freedom and responsibility is the best thing about Netflix.,"Not for everyone, can be a tough culture to work in for some.",Stay a small company even as you grow into a huge corporation.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36644,netflix,none," Jun 4, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Freedom and responsibility coming from professionalism based on a high performance culture.,"None to really think of, most exciting and rewarding employer/position I have held. Working with a great group of passionate people makes work consistently fun and challenging.",Keep doing what you are doing. The cultures and values of the company are exuded throughout all management levels.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36645,netflix,none," May 11, 2009",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Netflix: seems like a great company to work for at first..,Free subscription and the salary was competitive for the industry.,"Horrible hours, the constant policy changes, and lack of respect from management. The nature of the job in itself was bad, as the customer service reps are just there to be yelled at for promises that the marketing deptartment was constantly making with little thought as to how these ""features"" would actualy be implimented. The other major issue is the lack of written rules or guidelines. The foundation of their customer service is based on the judgement of each customer service rep. The result is that there was no consistancy regarding the resolution of problems that arose. In other words a customer could get one answer from one rep and a completely different answer the next time they call and talk to a different rep. for the same problem.",There is a reason for the extremely high turnover. Be less about talk and more about actions.,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36646,netflix,none," May 22, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enter At Your Own Risk,Free movies and interesting product.,"Hard to list them all. This is a very difficult place to work, especially if you're not tied to the Los Gatos office. The average salaried employee was generally fired within a year or two and rather Darwinian reasons about competitiveness are generally cited as the reason. It seemed like HR had way too much control of the overall operational decisions that were made and much of their decision making seemed to be based on behavior-based psychological principles rather than project performance. This company really needs to add some humanity into how they handle their employees.","Be more up front with potential employees about how long the normal employee stays at Netflix. I saw people being fired so regularly and oftentimes, they had only been there a few months. Open vacation policy also seemed like a crock once you were on the treadmill there.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36647,netflix,none," Nov 16, 2008",Current Employee - Director,"Netflix delivers in on-line streaming and continues to give subsribers access to great movies - anytime, anywhere","freedom, accountability, results oriented, embraces changes","positive challenges of growth, improvements, new markets, overall competition","continue to remove silos within the organization to promote communication, alignment, enterprise context, improvement and great results.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36648,netflix,none," Apr 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Art et médias,"Apprendre à travailler sur pression. Développement personnel, esprit d’equipe, l’enth",Stimuler à faire beaucoup plus qu’avant,Toujours donner l’opportunité au jeune.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36649,netflix,Sartrouville (France)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Chercheur postdoctoral,Film récent,Agréable Passe temps Libre de choix Belle qualité Languages,Je ne l'ai connais pas,Je vous ferais avance pour toutes choses qui empêchera l'avancement de cette application,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Netflix-Reviews-E11891_P81.htm
36650,apple,none," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GIS & Data Analyst,"Fun work environment, great managers","Sometimes there's a high volume of work, but sometimes there's a lack of work",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36651,apple,none," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, Rewarding, but ZERO work/life balance. Most satisfying , most difficult and most rewarding job ever.","We work with geniuses - in every department, We create innovative products that thrill our customers and create new product categories - who else can say that?","ZERO ZERO ZERO work/life balance. Execs have been saying for YEARS that they understand and will make it better. But in actuality, it gets worse every year! It is obviously top management LIP SERVICE because if they meant it, they could fix it tomorrow. They have hundreds of BILLIONS in the bank. If they REALLY cared about employee work/life balance, they could bring aboard the right number of folks to make that issue dissolve. Sick of hearing the lies. Just don't lie about wanting to fix it, when they clearly DON'T care",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,822,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36652,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,A Company as Meticulous as Their Products!,"Competitive Pay, Great Benefits, Amazing People, Great Work, Awesome Opportunities, Excellent Experiences, Great atmospheres in a beautiful store, no matter where you're working!",None! I had one of the best times ever at this company. Hopefully I stay to go on to corporate!,You guys are awesome. Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,248,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36653,apple,"Lakewood, CO"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At-Home-Advisor,"The position is at home. The company is AMAZING. There are limitless advancement opportunities. You work with some very cool people and the leadership cares about your development. You may get coaching but you never get battered or belittled. The pay is decent and the benefits include, 401(k) match, stock purchase options, product discounts and discounts on services across many different areas, education assistance, child care assistance, paid vacation, sick time and other time off options, health club Reimbursment or bike cost set off. You get 1.5 time for OT and it's pretty much unlimited as long as you don't exceed 12 hours in a day or 59 total in a week.",The schedule changes every 90 days and you have to bid for your shifts so you never know what you are going to get. This makes it extremely hard to plan your life to far in advance. You are also pretty much assured to work a Saturday or Sunday.,The management consists of a team manager and their area manager. Meetings are held over video and chat. They are supportive of individual development and help you to reach your goal. Management will challenge you if you want to advance but it's always in the spirit of making you better to prepare you for the next role.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,442,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36654,apple,none," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Salary, Hours, Time, Career opportunities",They only offer part-time hours,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36655,apple,none," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Great benefits: Tuition reibmursement (even for Part-time), Health care, Discounts,",Requesting time off is a hassle. Only a limited number of people can request off on a certain day. Often it is annoying trying to get a day off even if it's like 2 months in advance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36656,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"Great benefits for retail store Co-workers are amazing, large age range, great people","Work you to the minute, lots of micro-managing",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36657,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Systems Design Engineer,Great place to work and gain experience,"Good benefits, very good experience, recognizable name.","Somewhat lower pay, difficult to advance in career, imbalanced work life.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36658,apple,none," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior managers,It was ok. It is retail. Great benefits and they get better every year.,Just the retail hours.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36659,apple,none," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Genius,"Loved my team, loved the customers",The late night repair shift model became difficult to maintain.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1.htm
36660,apple,none," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor T1,-Working from home -Generous compensation -Good support from manager,-Can get repetitive -Heavy workload -No outside interaction while working,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36661,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/a,Its Cool To Work For,No Issues Except Working On A Weekend,none,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36662,apple,none," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Pros - Awesome company to work for,Cons - None that I can think of,Advice - Stay true to your customers,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36663,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,Review,"RSUs, stock options, health benefits","work/ life balance, compensation, growth",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36664,apple,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Sales,"Flexible scheduling, benefits, systems, and stock options.","Culture is lacking a definitive training structure. Relies on ""the product"" to sell itself. Leads to lazy and spaced out employees that believe every company will tolerate not putting your best foot forward every day.",Develop and engage employees through training and discipline.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36665,apple,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good culture,Learned a lot about electronics and how to be creative,politics in the work place. random weekly schedule.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36666,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with common large company challenges,Great ambitions and the funds to throw toward those goals Generally smart folks who care about product to work with Take pretty good care of folks when medical/family situations require it,"Middle management often political and prioritizing team/org size too much can hide behind culture that values lack of transparency. When orgs grow large, then they seem to start tolerating more lower performance Exhausting to always have ""passion"" for everything that's ""awesome"" Need to negotiate strongly for a semblance of work/life balance",Need structured goals connected at all levels to higher level goals & prioritization to avoid small groups with unclear value-add. Improve recruiting system (tech and process).,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36667,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Retail is retail and Apple doesn't escape this,"Great benefits, salary much higher than other retail jobs","Holidays feel like you're working in a sweat shop, always understaffed",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36668,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Head of Business Development,Worked as business head for New York,Salary an job satisfaction is awesome,None so far so good,Good to work with brands like this,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36669,apple,none," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Experience Knowledge to use outside of workplace Community Co-workers,work-life balance mobility holiday schedule,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P2.htm
36670,apple,none," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Generous employee discount Good work/life balance Great pay Inclusive, positive culture","Limited career mobility for retail employees, rare promotions from retail to corporate.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36671,apple,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Love working there,"Awesome pay, benefits, and the majority of the people there are amazing to work with.","If you don't do well, you can get a bad schedule",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36672,apple,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Pro,Great benefits and there’s a genuine care for growth and development at Apple.,Work life balance is nonexistent at the retail level.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36673,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Genius,A company that values its people and always listens to feedback when given.,"Great atmosphere, amazing people and the benefits are fitting for the caliber of company this is.",Slow movement and too many managers to keep track of your growth.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36674,apple,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect for College,"benefits galore, especially tuition reimbursement","strict work schedule, not flexible","you are working with college students and humans, change the schedule adherence",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36675,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - ADPS T2 Advisor,ADPS,Great work/life balance Amazing benefits Opportunities abound if you honestly seek them out Great office environment,Feels like High school in the work place Lots of competition,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36676,apple,none," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,great benefits and great company to work for,No cons for this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36677,apple,none," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple At Home Adviser,"Flexible hours, great benefits, and effective training pertaining to both the role and the company.",High production metric targets without clear expectations for how to reach them.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36678,apple,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Sad managers,"Part time health benefit, special shutdown days, sick time, flexible hours, ability for cross training","Awful managers. It should be a crime to allow incompetent managers the safety of keeping their positions, micromanaging the team, and doing literally nothing besides providing price over rides.",I feel sorry for you.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36679,apple,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best thing ever!,"Apple is a living , breathing, ever growing, constantly changing entity.",It can be very exhausting.,Spend a few weeks a year back at the beginning.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P3.htm
36680,apple,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Good staff, Good training, Good location",Every coins have two sides.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36681,apple,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good company overall... but...,"Great coworkers, excellent benefits, interesting customers","Little to no path for advancement, cliquish leadership, “interesting” customers",Practice empathy,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36682,apple,"Elmhurst, NY"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,technical specialist,"great people and benefits, work is easy",managers are political. poor work life balance. odd hours and you have to work weekends.,listen to employees and make yourself more transparent,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36683,apple,none," Dec 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,You’re working for one of the most known companies in the world.,Advancing is very difficult and no clear path to do so.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36684,apple,"Tukwila, WA"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Full time specialist position at apple,Great company with great chances to develope,Work life balance is very challenging if you have kids or family,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36685,apple,none," Dec 2, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great Place to Work!,"Amazing CoWorkers, constant improvement to the process means they operate like a well-oiled machine","sometimes it was stressful getting used to their metrics/quota. I've heard that has changed since I worked there, though.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36686,apple,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Smart people, great projects and visibility.",work and life balance is terrible,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36687,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Good Place,"Good place, and you get the chance to work with talented people.","Dead end job, it's good if its your first job.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36688,apple,none," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect for Students,Flexible work hours with classes Good pay Work at home,A lot of angry customers Work at home,"On the busiest days of the year, Management should devote some time to be on the front lines with us advisors. It was like we were getting slaughtered in the holiday season by irate customers, yet, the managers sat in their ivory towers.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36689,apple,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWESOME!,Awesome company to work for,no cons for this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P4.htm
36690,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Great people to work with and benefits,Inconsistent management and not always the best work like balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36691,apple,none," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Advisor,It’s a Work from home job,You have to Work most holidays,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36692,apple,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech specialist,"Great work environment, receptive management, great training focus",The application process takes a while,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36693,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Work,"Passion, excellence, and growth, opportunities, future","Busy, Holiday hours, fast paced, multitasking, cost",N/A excellent,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36694,apple,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,really technology company,"employee discounts, location, and promotion opportunities","cool people, fun environment, supportive",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36695,apple,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company, stock options, great people",hard to move from retail to corporate. Managers don't assist in helping you grow or block that growth.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36696,apple,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reasonable if you have a good manager,"Plenty of autonomy, but also plenty of ambiguity. A culture of excellence pervades everything — and good ideas and dillegence and enthusiasm ARE appreciated and rewarded.",Beareaucracy and overhead is increasing.,Fix the problems at Apple Park. The complaints are reasonable and have Apple’s best interests at heart.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36697,apple,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,"Pay, benefits, discounts, culture, certifications",Same cons as any other retail environment.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36698,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,"God tier retail, but still retail",They pay really well and they genuinely care about you as an employee,"They ask a lot of you, even as a part time employee. This makes balancing work and life (and other things like school in my case) very difficult. Additionally, at its core its still retail. It's hard to get holidays and weekends off amongst the other common retail struggles.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36699,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Software Manager,Loved it,Great place to work at,None that I can think of,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P5.htm
36700,apple,"Bridgewater, NJ"," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Overall great experience and people,Friendly environment. You meet lots of good people and you feel like you have helped someone when you leave work,"Because it’s retail, you must work weekends.","Let some people have weekends off, there are plenty of employees who are willing to only work weekends.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36701,apple,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical sales,"great company to work at, specially if you're a college student. pay is good but expect to work a lot if you want to clime the latter up",you will get tired after long and annoying appointments,recognize good employee and promote them,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36702,apple,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail Review,"great managers, friendly co-workers, overall a pretty supportive environment","flat environment, communication isn't always the best",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36703,apple,none," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Culture, Difficult to Advance","Great culture, great work/life balance, great health plans, great perks.",People stay there are really long time so it's hard to advance in the company-- it can take years. It's also really taxing to deal with people all day long-- especially impatient ones who are upset about their technology not working.,Stop focusing so much on process and focus more on experience. It sucks to be bounced around from epos to person who has a specific task .,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36704,apple,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High pressure at times,Great benefits and good company culture,"unless you’re really aggressive about moving ahead, I one is going to come alongside you and help mentor you.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36705,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,One of the great ones,Strong company + good engineers and management to work with,"On average, limited upside for career growth",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36706,apple,none," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for part time,Full benefits at 3 months,"Hours are retail, which often arent great.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36707,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 5, 2018",Former Employee - Product Design Engineer,"unless you work 12 hours a day, you have no chance for promotion, garbage culture, garbage cafes",Cool products and you learn a lot.,"12 hour work day are more valued by management, than actual creativity and delivering. Good luck getting promoted working 8 hours a day. Too many design changes, management never says NO to ID so engineers are constantly being steamrolled into making risky changes with no changes to the schedule. Garbage culture. Can't even get a decent water spicket to fill your water bottle (constantly broken). Fruit and bagels are the only free food (garbage).",long working hours is not sustainable and abusive to employees. You lose talent because nobody wants to work that hard and subject to burnout.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36708,apple,none," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much Politics at silicon engineering group,Great brand recognition and first class products,"In silicon engineering group, politics trumps!",Clean the house,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36709,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Great Job,Has the best engineers in the world and leading innovations.,Innovations have downgraded since the passing of the great Steve Jobs.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P6.htm
36710,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Pick your team carefully,"Benefits are pretty good: 401k, discounts, etc","I spent some time with iTunes team, and it's stuck in 2004 in terms of technology. Management is concerned about quality, but the only thing people get promoted is new features, so technical debt is enormous. Team managers and higher have no idea about modern engineering process and technology. But all this can very well by specific to this particular org, so pick your team really carefully.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36711,apple,none," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Decent benefits, meet some cool people.","pay is trash, toxic and fake culture, us versus them vibe too often.","promote from within, learn your personnel, listen,",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36712,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Intern,Amazing Company Innovative Amazing Pay Paid Housing Great Location,Travel To Work Not Enough Time Need More Intern Events Ambiguity Needed more Information on steps moving forward after Internship,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36713,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Head of Marketing,Head of marketing,"Innovative, average comp, some good perks","Very political, moves slow, no transparency",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36714,apple,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best work environment, worst medical policy I am associated with Apple full time in Cupertino since March 2015.",One of the best companies to work for.  Best learning ground for an employee.,"It was my dream to work with Apple and I could not believe my luck when I got through. No doubt, you are one of the best companies to work for but your medical policy by United Healthcare, is the worst. You need to rework clauses on the same and provide cover for NIPT to women of all ages.",Amend the policy and stop discriminating amongst women based on age. Anybody can have a difficult pregnancy and you are not one to decide when women should get pregnant!,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36715,apple,none," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,WOOT,great company woot woot woot,working on sunday yup not sorry,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36716,apple,none," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place!,Good Work-Life Balance in Apple,"No Cons, the best place",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36717,apple,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great student job,-At home -Flexible - Works around school,- It’s customer service so experiences will carry day to day,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36718,apple,none," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,-Solid Pay -Community fun to work with,Bad Work/Life Balance Long Hours (Including Overnights),none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36719,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Manager,"gym and language course , stock , medical coverage , training","some managers who behave like they are the owner of the company , low salary for countries like turkey and ireland",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P7.htm
36720,apple,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Apple hires people who are good with people. Friends are easily made and for a retail environment, you can't find a better place to work. High end technology means high expectations and usually understanding customers. Great benefits for all employees, even part-time.",Irrational people with unrealistic expectations. Can get micro-managed. High stress environment.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36721,apple,none," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,i had a good time,they really care about employees,i wish we were compensated better,care more about the mployees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36722,apple,none," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it!,It was a happy and engaging environment.,Long holiday hours were tough.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36723,apple,none," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Good pay for decent work,Retail requires you to answer the same questions.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36724,apple,none," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,loved it!,good hours great supervisors loved the benefits,very fast paced constant policy changes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36725,apple,"Short Pump, VA"," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great to engage with people over things you enjoy. Diverse and smart co-workers,People complained a ton Cultish like atmosphere,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36726,apple,none," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Large Company, good and bad","Has essentially unlimited resources, with multiple software tools third party and home grown at your disposal. Engineering management typically follows a self-directed approach, fairly hands off (at least on the lower levels).","Like any large company politics can get involved, leaving frustration when the right engineering solution to a problem isn’t always the decision leadership goes with. This can be due to business justifications, but more often high level ignorance and power grabs.","Stronger technical mid to high level leadership, who can understand the problems downward, and convince solutions upwards.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36727,apple,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,"Great team environment, met some good friends",Everyone is very obsessed with the company,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36728,apple,"Miami, FL"," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Apple pros plus cons addition,very good pay and benefits,pay could scale up better,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36729,apple,none," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialists,"Benefits, Culture, work life balance",Hard to get full time hours,Keep up the great work!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P8.htm
36730,apple,"Newark, NJ"," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,The Salary and benefits are great.,"The company culture is changing, it is all about achieving the results no matter the cost, forget about the employee development and there is a lack of compassion","Go back to basics, Steve Jobs would be so upset today with his company turning away from the principles that made it so successful, its People.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36731,apple,none," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty fun,-Great people to work with -Easy work,-Hard to move up -Customers SUCK,Stop picking favorites,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36732,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Many ways to develop. Supportive management team. Great team atmosphere,scheduling could be a headache at times,create more options for availabilities/scheduling,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36733,apple,"Metairie, LA"," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great college or career transition job,"Great company/team, flexible schedule, plenty of learning opportunities, high pay for retail",Need to be willing to transfer to other stores or apply to corporate if you want a management/high level position,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36734,apple,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great people, culture & benefits.",Currently there are no cons that I have found.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36735,apple,none," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work environment,Competitive work environment and great employee perks,"Competitive work environment, sometimes it appears that management has their favorites.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36736,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Really nice company to work for,"amazing work environment, coworkers are really friendly",it is still retail a retail job dont expect to much,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36737,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Technician,Not for good.,Great technical background that youll learn. Lots of rules and skills on how to deal with customer,The environment is not healthy. Typical retail job vibe.,Less micromanaging people.,3.0,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36738,apple,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"great benefits, good people, fun environment","favoritism, not a lot of advancement opportunity",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36739,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple AHA College Program,"Great company to work for, with many benefits. Working from home can be nice Hard to take off work unless emergency",Management can be poor and work can become tedious.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P9.htm
36740,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - College Advisor,College advisor,"Flexible work schedule with school, full time benifits as part time, employee discount and rewards, at home.","Mandatory weekends with no preference picks, micro management about calls and time adherence, working long hours on computer, basically a call center (nonstop customer calls), only 20 hrs max a week. At home also is a con.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36741,apple,none," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Good benefits Good pay for what you do,not the best culture,clean house,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36742,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Scientist,Review for Apple,You feel your work makes an impact. Your code is shipped with the product to user all over the world. Smart coworkers. Nice working environment. Lunch is pretty good but dinner is not.,"It takes forever to be promoted from ICT4 to ICT5, even after making significant contribution to several high profile projects. Managers are promoted much faster. The technical path is pretty lame.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36743,apple,"Tulsa, OK"," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - ITunes Store Senior Advisor,Great place to work,"Really good management. Had a manager that was mostly hands off but was a really good coach. It was always about improving, never focused on the negatives.",High stress environment working with very upset clients,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36744,apple,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Apple has a great community. Everyone is helpful and laid back.,Hours can be long but the time goes by fast Some managers pick and choose who they speak to.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36745,apple,none," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Working at Apple Retail is unlike any other retail experience. Great benefits. Great culture. Great people. You learn a lot and the ""Apple"" name on your resume will open a lot of doors.","Don't get sucked into the Apple bubble. At the end of the day, this is a retail job. Enjoy your time there, but there are plenty of other opportunities out there that will move your career forward faster than Apple Retail ever will.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36746,apple,none," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, poor choice in service provider",Great flexibility and a lovely environment to work in. The supportive management and friendly people making working here a pleasure.,"As a first time mother at the age of 27, my prenatal specialist suggested that I go in for a non-invasive prenatal genetic test. I was informed by United Healthcare that this would have to be paid for by me as they do not cover the cost for women under 35. I looked in to tests such as Panorama and Maternity21 and simply cannot afford the extra costs at this point. Why should I have to pay for this myself just because of my age?",Ensure all staff are covered equally under the policies of the current medical insurance provider.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36747,apple,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Lots of benefits. Great to work with customers.,"Management.. only worried about numbers. Don't seem to care about development, only development for their bonuses...",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36748,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - At Home Mac+ Advisor,Best Worst Job I Ever Had,"Good pay and benefits, excellent internal support system","Non-stop phone work, misrouted calls, pressure to take overtime","AppleCare was run really well, it just wasn't a good fit for me",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36749,apple,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Good Retail Job,Great benefits and decent pay,It's still retail and comes with everything that entails,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P10.htm
36750,apple,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to work,"They have good benefits, and depending on the location they work with your school schedule.","after being there for so many years pay can become stagnant, depending on the department there isn't much growth on the retail level.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36751,apple,none," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Okay - Not too bad, not too good","Decent pay, products usually ships, Good product design.","usually late in innovation, employee perks non-existent or substandard, Dev folks are mostly uptight, top down culture, after certain levels promotions are very difficult",Try things out of your comfort zone and don't worry about the press.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36752,apple,none," Nov 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Like overall views of company,Dont like management with decisions,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36753,apple,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,Cool people and discounts are decent,Low pay. Customers become annoying real quick.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36754,apple,none," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA-Remote Software Technician,"Great benefits, Great pay, Get to work from home.","High standards, no room for error.","Be more lenient with your workers, dealing with Apple's rude customers, high call volume, and survey standards tha are too high (if you don't get a 90% customer satisfaction rating consistently you will get fired) can be detrimental to their mental health.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36755,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,The company truly cares about it's employees. Management is very supportive and wants to see you grow whether that be with the company or not. Great benefits for even part time workers. Work is rewarding and you really meet some amazing people along the way.,"being on your feet all day, strict dress codes in certain stores compared to others.",Keep doing what your doing! I'm happy where I am,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36756,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Business Expert,business expert,the people you work with,hard to be promoted to management,none,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36757,apple,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Specialist and Volunteer Coordinator,Great Place to Gain Experience,"The benefits they offer for both full-time and part-time employees is hard to come by in the retail sector. You gain so much experience and there is room for moving up within the company. The training leaves you well-prepared for the world of customer service, and you will enjoy interacting with your customers everyday. It will rarely feel like retail and you'll become part of a big family. Apple is very team-oriented and they care about your personal development. There are a lot of opportunities and challenges you will face to help your growth within the company. If you choose not to stay there, you will be taking very valuable skills with you onto your next career path. I'd say this company is great for someone who has just graduated or is still continuing their studies.","The only downside to working at Apple is the amount of time it takes to move up, for job positions to open, and to go full-time. Once you go full-time its very easy to get comfortable due to their amazing benefits and perks. Another con would be the work-life balance. This isn't a 9-5 job so the hours fluctuate a lot to meet the high demands of the company.","Keep being supportive of your teams. Part of Apple's success in customer service is how well Apple does with hiring folks to become part of the family. The leadership is great, and if there's room for improvement, Apple will assist with helping you own your personal development. They know how important it is to enhance important skills needed to thrive in this fast-paced environment.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36758,apple,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IOS advisor,The pay is decent for competitors. Good management and great trainers.,"Can be tough to move up, limited opportunities working from home. High call volume if on phones.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36759,apple,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,-Fun people to work with -Great benefits even for part time,"-Depending on the volume of customers , can be exhausting -Require to work on the weekends",none,4.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P11.htm
36760,apple,none," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Tech Specialist,The most rewarding retail work there is,"- Health benefits, even if part-time - Stock options, even if part-time - Strong sense of community and a desire to enrich that community is shared by almost everyone - Good work/life balance - Plenty of advancement opportunities, even on a corporate level coming from retail","- Lots of delicate processes and acronyms, but you do get used to them fairly quickly - Systems run entirely on servers, so if servers are down, it becomes difficult to function normally. There are processes in place however, they are just a lot more tedious. - Promotions are difficult to earn when your numbers aren't high enough by management standards.",Focus less on the metrics and more on the people themselves.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36761,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Reatil Specialist,retail,"freedom, autonomy, simple, team oriented, straight forward,","packed, quick paced, no room for errors, out of the box",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36762,apple,none," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very awesome working environment,good benefits for new entry job,4 interviews for new entry job,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36763,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,"Apple is a Fun, Rewarding and Caring Company","I absolutely had a blast working for Apple, especially interacting with their management and training teams. I loved how they inspire creativity and empathy in their folks.","My hope was to get into a more senior, higher paying position initially but was placed in a entry level role that limited me financially.",Management is caring and compassionate and bends over backwards for their people.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36764,apple,"Hartford, CT"," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Retail tech support experience: Apple is declining over time,Essentially the best company you can work for in retail.  The company has a spine and stands up for important values.,"It's still retail. Company has become worse to work for over the last 5 years, across all fronts, fewer benefits, less annual compensation, significantly stricter metrics to meet.  All employees are very much considered disposable, used as leverage to pay employees less then they are worth.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36765,apple,"Macon, GA"," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Best job as a college student,"great pay, first knowledge about products",very tech people who think they know more than you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36766,apple,none," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"A passionate company, full of people who want to change the world.",Very competitive environment that can make growth hard.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36767,apple,"Reston, VA"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Expert,Tech expert,Great management lot of growth opportunities,None at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36768,apple,"Burlingame, CA"," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,The culture is amazing they really set you up for success,Downside is that its hard for growth sometimes,Continue to push for success,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36769,apple,none," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,"Made a lot of friends, great benefits, leaders were great and cared for you as an individual.",Unless you are full-time it is hard to get things done for personal growth.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P12.htm
36770,apple,none," Nov 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Great place to work at Friendly enviornment,Too much workload compared to pay,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36771,apple,none," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - WWDR IOS App Review,WWDR IOS APP REVIEW - AVOID,"iOS App Review is under the Marketing umbrella - which arguably throws some of the best parties. Unfortunately, you can't bring +1s, and they're increasingly segmenting this team away from the main events. Last party I attended, Marketing threw a holiday party for their team - and then they threw a second one that App Review was invited to. Reminds me of segregation. Not all Apple employees are created equal.  Healthcare is good - for now. Wouldn't be surprised if these full-time hourly roles eventually become contracted positions.  If you like to punch in on time - exactly on time, no more than 10-15 minutes earlier, definitely no more than 10-15 minutes later or you get written up - sit at your desk, pretend to be invisible to stay out of the drama, do your work with your head down, and then punch back out - this is exactly the right job for you.","I knew within 4 months I was going to be unhappy at WWDR. The shifts are strict. The management, with the exception of one or two, sucks. No free food. Rare team events that continue to dwindle in number over time. Lots of internal drama and power struggle. The rest of Apple looks down on you as not truly being a part of Apple. There's no visibility with anyone higher than the management level. There's very rare internal promotion. There is no feedback loop.  Last I checked, employees were asking for a survey to provide management with feedback. The survey was conducted. Employees asked for results. Management kept dodging the question. They know something's wrong, and they don't want to acknowledge it.  Honestly. Stay away. Stay far, far away.  I stuck it out due to pressure from family and friends who insisted that having Apple on my resume would be worth the pain. Looking back, I really can't say that it was worth the years of anxiety, depression, unhappiness, that comes from a toxic environment. It got to the point where I didn't even care anymore. I was about to snap-quit any second. And I'll be honest - I was fired. Yeah, no severance pay.  I walked off campus and I felt liberated - I had absolutely no fear from being fired, which I found incredible and surprising. I took the summer off to travel and regroup. I realized I wasn't innately a depressed or anxious individual - it had developed over time from the sheer stress and unhappiness levels from this work place environment.  I heard through friends that around 15 people left the team soon after.  Within 2 weeks of deciding I was ready to come back to work, I found a new job at an awesome company with amazing culture. I wasn't going to make the same mistake twice - I was willing to take a pay cut to ensure I spent 60 hours a week in good company. (Did I mention overtime is the norm at Apple?)  But the best part is - that wasn't necessary. I essentially doubled my salary. Based on what Glassdoor is currently reporting, I make more money than the management that fired me.  My advice: Hold out for something better if you have the opportunity. I understand sometimes options are limited, or sometimes you just really need a paycheck. But don't come to this department to stay long unless they make some big changes.",Care and do better.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36772,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,“Medical insurance cover riddled with ageism”,I learned so much! The most rewarding period of my professional life.,"No work life balance at all! I left after my baby came, despite the HR policies for flexibility for moms etc, it was just too difficult and also my experience with their medical insurer United Healthcare soured my time there. I was denied coverage for an important prenatal genetic test during my pregnancy solely because I was too young!",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36773,apple,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Awesome people and atmosphere! Really great retail environment.,"Retail schedule, angry customers, ok overall though",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36774,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Difficult to get ahead,Lots of nice people to work with,No opportunity for advancement,Some are better than others,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36775,apple,none," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/a,"Rsu, employee purchase, raises, team work",Nothing i can say bad about apple,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36776,apple,none," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,Incredible Company that breaks down on a store level,"Coworkers are fantastic, and for a retail job it kicks butt. Pay is decent, benefits are incredible, and pace of the job is good. Company values are true, no weird “behind the scenes” things happening. Very much true to values and mission statements.","Leadership can really break down on a store level. Office politics are extremely unhealthy, promotions don’t make much sense, most people kiss butt to get higher. You’ve gotta drink the kool-aid to make it anywhere. Most people in upper management are too concerned with helping themselves rather than helping the team. Focus is shifted inward the further upward you go. Pay scale is a complete joke. For example, I’ve spent five years with the company, consistently ranked the highest you can on yearly reviews, and I was still training new hires that were getting paid more than me.","Care more for your people. If you give as much time and effort into making sure your people are healthy and taken care of as you do your store numbers and operating costs, you’d retain better people.",3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36777,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Engineer,Engineer,Big company for stable job and growth.,Not much but free meals are limited,It will be good to have the evening free meals at more locations. It's too far from my build to the free meal locations.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36778,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Care- Direct Dispatch/Home,Apple Care Advisor / Direct Dispatch -remote,Apple has a unique and strong culture. Corporate runs a tight ship and thrives on work ethic and camaraderie. Your voice will be heard when issues arise and management is attentive and ready to engage in any circumstance. This job will elevate your level of excellence and push you to becoming a sharper professional. Benefits are good. Everything works. Aesthetically speaking Apple is bar none.,"You need mental fortitude. Advisors are overworked. Scheduling is intense and you have little flexibility when it comes to time off. You must put in your request months ahead (if dates are available). It's a competition between teammates. Also, if you get a negative review from an unreasonable customer, even if you did an outstanding job , the metrics will reflect the customer review above all else and you will go down the latter. This will keep you from getting the best days/hrs for your next quarter/semester, which is unfair.","Consider the well-being of the team equally with the department/bottom line budget. A well rested employee will perform better and stay longer. Otherwise, consider a higher pay. It's a very demanding job, physically and emotionally.",3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36779,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Average Work place,"Get to work in latest gadgets/technology, won't get bored and have plenty of work. Plenty of interaction with different teams.","stressful work atmosphere sometimes, especially during times of release. Too many contractors than Apple hires and often they have so many projects and support needs. Not that classy environment, especially in the IT field.",Why do you need to hire so many consultants/contractors ?,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P13.htm
36780,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical specialist,"Work well with your schedule , high pay.",Only part time and standing up for a long time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36781,apple,none," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Benefits, Ok pay, tons to learn.",Availability requirements for retail.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36782,apple,none," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,"Coworkers - amazing, smart, funny, talented people. Couldn't ask for a better team. Discount on product. Discounted stock and RSU's. Medical, dental, vision.",Too many cooks in the kitchen. You have too many people telling you what to do all day long and not letting you be an adult. Severe micro managing. Worst raises I've ever received in my life despite performing well and selling a ton of product and services. After a while realized the soul of the company was dead and it's all about them making as much money as humanly possible and it gets me nowhere financially. Very difficult to move up the ladder from within. Most managers are hired from outside.,"Remember what you were like in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.....go back to that. You are hemorrhaging great talent and becoming soulless.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36783,apple,none," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with an awful medical insurer,As an employee you get to voice your opinion freely and be acknowledged for the same. Apple is very sensitive about its employee welfare,"I needed help from Apple to get through this exhausting process of settling my claim with United Healthcare since they’ve refused to pay me for my NIPT test that was advised by my OB-GYN. I’ve produced all my documents and reports for it, yet my claim has been put on hold just because I am a young mom-to-be. United Healthcare has stated that I don’t fit into their eligible bracket because I am younger than 35 years",The HR team needs to take this up and opt for a better health insurer going forward.,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36784,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Changing the world (in a small way),"Working at Apple means that the things you work on get into the hands of hundreds of millions of people, literally. It's a lot of pressure to get things right and drives one to do the best work of their lives. 2+ years later I'm still blown away by the talent and creativity of people I work with.","It's a lot of work, teams are usually strapped for resources and under pressure to deliver on strict timelines leading to high stress and long hours at certain times during the year.","Keep fighting for ""what's right"". Renewable energy, civil liberties, working condition, everything. I couldn't be prouder of that aspect of the company, in the end it's about a lot more than profits and earnings.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,306,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36785,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,The comraderie and teamwork are amazing. The benefits have been second to none.,"That Apple Retail hamstrings retails stores by preventing them to hire enough employees during the crushing waves, not just the right amount on slow times, has created an environment that feels the the worst of the DMV where customers take out their anger at wait times on us. The emotional toll is real.",Let retail stores hire more employees to match the heavy days.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36786,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great salary, terrible day-to-day","Great salary and very little work. I was given work that I could complete in about 4 hours/week, yet paid for 40. I constantly asked for more responsibility and more projects, but it was never granted. Unfortunately it left me feeling like I was being paid to sit on my hands.",Highly demoralizing atmosphere. Everyone I knew and worked with was deeply depressed. There was virtually no room for advancement (though I got great reviews and salary/stock bumps each year). Everyone is so scared of the senior management and middle mgmt is terrified to take risks.,"Clearly you're doing something right, but boy, what a miserable place to work.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36787,apple,"Oakland, CA"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative Tier II,"Little Training, uncaring management","Fair pay, interesting perks and benefits, if you stay within the lines and you may advance,","Reactive Managers, emotionally dependent relationships with brand, lack of substance in regards to open door policy, mismanagement, toxic customer service environment","fire some of your jerk managers, esp in the miranda org",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36788,apple,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Environment,"While at Apple, I built some great relationships. They taught me a lot about competencies and business acumen. It was a great place to work coming out of college.",There are always politics involved-even when they say otherwise.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36789,apple,none," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical expert,work with good people and fast pace environment,mentally exhausting work for low pay,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P14.htm
36790,apple,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,"Good school reimbursement benefits, work at home.","Quick turn over role, deal with unhappy people","Don't trade teams all the team, advisors benefit from sticking with the same manager.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36791,apple,none," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and fulfilling work,A great company with great benefits. Room for advancement.,In retail there is no 9 to 5 schedule.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36792,apple,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a Terrible Place to Work,I love the people who I work with and the flexibility that comes with the job. There is a much more flexible environment than most other part-time positions have. There try to do a lot of activities that include At-Home workers.,"You can feel when the company shifts. They are starting to crack down on advisors and they almost have unrealistic expectations for their workers and customers now. What used to be fun, has turned sour. You deal with all sorts of people, but when you have a bad customer, you get punished if they leave a dissatisfied comment. I believe that your experience is really determined by your manager and your outlook.",There is no point in having us fill out surveys if no one is going to listen to what we have to say.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36793,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Site Reliability Engineer,Excellent pay and insurance. Exciting work.,Can be very stressful when working on high priority projects.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36794,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Product Manager,Apple,Great products. Fast paced results oriented environment. Cutting edge,Can be quite political at times,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36795,apple,none," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,"Working from home, great benefits, equipment provided, stipend for internet.",Shift bids every 6 months.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36796,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - College Technical Advisor,Apple takes care of their employees!,"*great pay, great benefits, plenty of training, great hours, flexible","If this is not something you are absolutely certain you want to do or will not enjoy, don't do it.",n/a,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36797,apple,none," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA AppleCare Agent,"Great Benefits, Decent Pay, Fun Virtual Workplace","Unclear Expectations, Work Overload",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36798,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Apple AHA,No room for advancement,Nice benefits and pretty understanding culture.,No room for advancement within the AHA org.,Promote from within.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36799,apple,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for unless you have a family.,"Care about employees, great benefits, wellness program helps pay for gym membership.",Retail employees who have families are not always treated fairly.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P16.htm
36800,apple,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,"Excellent culture, smart & hardworking people, fast / dynamic work environment, lost of resources","Long work hours, hard to get promoted",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36801,apple,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Ensures that you are fully trained and capable of executing your daily tasks. Helpful managers and supervisors.,Not much in my experience. Such a great experience working for them,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36802,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Store Manager,Manager,"Innovative, exploring passions, enriching lives","Difficult customers, more updated work stations",AppleCare support aligned more with Apple retail.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36803,apple,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most rewarding yet stressful job,"Always busy, challenging, stimulating. Amazing culture","Politics, work life balance is poor if you are very invested in the team",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36804,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Appleinc,"Benefits, time off, pay, management and training","Culture, staff, personally and support",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36805,apple,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Co workers are absolutely amazing, made a great bond with the people at my location.","Training was delayed, management didn't lead by example and was mostly off of the floor. Saw lots of deserving employees get passed up on for promotions.",Invest in the training time for employees and schedule more one on one feedback.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36806,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Apple SWE Intern,"Independence in intern project, treated as member of team","Very privileged coworkers, majority white male environment",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36807,apple,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Technical Specialist part time,Flexible Management Good Hours (minimum of 20 hours always) Awesome benefits,Very busy store Sometimes not flexible with days off,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36808,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great company,Great Pay and benefits. Friendly helpful associates.,Hours and lack of appreciation.,"More ""empathy"" and kudos instead of scolding over failed matrix",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36809,apple,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Pay is good, co workers are friendly and overall very positive environment","Very fast paced for a technician, physically and emotionally draining, long days.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P17.htm
36810,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 25, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Severely long hours = McDonald's hourly wage,"- Apple name on resume - Employee discount... isn't worth the trouble, pain, and PTSD you will experience","- At least 60-80 work weeks. Expect to work late nights, weekends, and holidays. While the company shuts down for Thanksgiving, you can expect to be working in Finance. Say goodbye to family dinners, time with friends, and any semblance of a life. - Low merit increases that don't even cover inflation and cost of living. - No annual bonus because management wants to keep it for themselves. No stock re-ups because you're a support function. - Management will take your work as their own and cut you out of meetings with leadership. You will not be recognized for any work you do so don't expect career mobility. - Too many big egos at play. Environment hostile and full of finger pointing. HR completely useless when issues are brought to their attention. You will meet more jerkholes here than anywhere else you may have worked in the past or future. - Expect to work during vacations. Everyone's job is so pigeon holed in their job that there's no one to adequately back you up. Work will just keep piling up and you will be even farther behind if you do not log in. - Management will not hesitate to contact you on your personal cell phone during all hours of the day. They don't care what you're doing, only that they need something from you. - Despite producing great products, the company does a pathetic job investing in systems to help employees manage the massive amount of work and pace. The processes are outdated, not scaled to handle the work volume, and employee inputs are not taken in consideration. Those employee surveys are a complete joke. - The turnover is atrocious. Expect close to 100% turnover on an annual basis. There was an employee on my team who turned in her resignation after a month. It's no wonder there are so many open reqs on the company website all the time.","Care about your non-engineering employees as much as your products. The salary, compensation, culture, and lack of career growth is pitiful compared to other tech companies in the Valley.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36811,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer ICT4,"Great colleagues, benefits, and working environment","Problems of big companies, miscommunication",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36812,apple,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Making ends meet as a manager,Empowered to provide direction both up and down,Trying to make ends meet during comp. planning is a challenge,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36813,apple,"Mangum, OK"," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - CSR2,Work-At-Home was not for me,They send you all the equipment you need. They assist with training.,"Hard to get moved up, even with experience.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36814,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IS&T Support and BOH Operations Specialist,"Brilliant teams of people, and great culture",I do not have any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36815,apple,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great environment, great opportunities for growth and development","- Amazing teamwork and group dynamic - Fantastic benefits, even for part time employment",- Schedule can be sporadic at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36816,apple,none," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,Great Company Great Benefits and culture,Retail is sometimes boring and repetitive.,Give retail employees more opportunities,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36817,apple,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Energetic workplace, good coworkers, decent pay & benefits.","Very energy consuming, customer service is tiring",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36818,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Great company, great benefits",The work environment in the corporate and retail setting is awesome. They put an emphasis on work life balance and if you love apple you will be around like minded people.,"Retail leadership can be a little robotic around policies instead of evaluating what is actually best for customers, employees, and share holders",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36819,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good stepping stone.,Friendly environment great benefits.,Cult-like atmosphere very passive aggressive towards employees. The company tends to brainwash people that everything is the customer fault.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P18.htm
36820,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,"Very hard to advance, amazing company, amazing benefits","Great benefits, diverse community, culture created is great, and offers competitive pay.","Does not hire full time employees, very hard to advance and develop career, and managers at time micro-manage.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36821,apple,none," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Benefits, Taxing work environment","The people Apple seeks out and tends to hire are wonderful. The teams are very diverse. Various employees from all age groups, ethnicities, and sexual orientations. The people I've met through working at Apple have been incredible and quickly became close friends. They weren't just work friends, but people I cared about, spent time with, and stayed in contact with.","The job itself can be difficult. Customers tend to be very entitled and want their devices fixed under their guidelines, normally not respecting the process Apple has set up for repairs or troubleshooting. In addition, the store can get very busy, and during peak business hours, management can tend to hover over you, making sure you're staying on pace, and that being close to all they do. Which can, at times, be very frustrating when you're going from appointment to appointment, dropping items off for repair, directing customers, and that frustration peaks when watching most of management doing nothing.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36822,apple,none," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Environment,"amazing co-workers, great atmosphere, flexible time off",A lot of training.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36823,apple,"Washington, DC"," Nov 3, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Evil,"The people, the pace and the pay.",Make one small human error and you are black listed,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36824,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great for Customers, Good for Employees",Industry standard benefits Diverse employee base Constantly evolving and innovating environment,"Not a strong development path for a lot of roles, including managers at their retail stores Lots of unnecessary ""red"" tape Politics trumps experience and background more often than not the further up you go",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36825,apple,none," Oct 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple TPM,Career growth options. Fast pace.,Internal team competition seemed excessive,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36826,apple,none," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Specialist,"Fun Culture, definitely some smart people there.",Retail is retail so don't expect much.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36827,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lifer at Apple,Comprehensive benefits Time away Access to leading technology Work experience,Low compensation Stagnant job growth Overly competitive Not enough diverse leadership,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36828,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Operations (Engineering),Good salary - work to death,"Great salary, smart people, great projects.",work life balance? LOL. That is something that doesn't exist. Some managers try to emulate Steve Job's approach. The problem is that only Steve can be Steve.,"Continue to push the envelope in streamlining processes. Eliminate non-value added activities. Empower employees to speak up. Steve Jobs is gone, so we have to prepare for the future (10+ years), so focus on getting back as the leader of innovation. Recognize that even Apple has flaws and that we are not immune to paradigm shifts.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36829,apple,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Creative freedom to solve customer's problems,Customers can get obnoxious because they act like you can solve all of their problems,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P19.htm
36830,apple,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Individual Contributer 3,"Unlimited resources, excellence in engineering.","All work, no play. You will never see someone sitting around reading a newspaper.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36831,apple,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,The interviewing process was great. The recruiter placed a lot of pressure but things ended up working out.,paying for food and slightly lower wages... that's about it,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36832,apple,none," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist in product zone,"Great benefits for students, epacially for tuition reimbursement.",Poor management in almost every store. Also everyone is under paid.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36833,apple,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Work at home. Great benefits and 401k match.,Work life balance sucks. Management does not communicate well with other departments. The culture has changed dramatically since I have been there and honestly looking to work else where.,Be up front with employees and not just blow smoke to make your team perform better.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36834,apple,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Leader,"Dynamic environment, great people, great culture when everyone is held accountable to it",horrible market leaders that have no idea what happens in store,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36835,apple,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Expert,"Products sell themselves, employees are friendly and knowledgable",Difficult to elevate to managerial positions. Fast Paced. Customers can be demanding and needy.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36836,apple,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Decent coworkers, Decent pay, Easy to have work/life balance since there was little time at work",Terrible hours and almost impossible to get full time,Work on hiring less people and more full time. It'll keep people around longer,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36837,apple,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Climbing the ladder,Best reasons to work at Apple:  * The people you work with. * The environment you work in. * Stock Grants * Starting wages are pretty good in comparison to the rest of retail.,Opportunties Apple Retail has:  * In depth interview process. Starting and if you are looking to get promoted. Be ready to face rejection. * When an elevated role presents itself sometimes it feels like they are filled just to be filled. * There seems to be a disconnect between corporate/upper management and retail. * Yearly merits do not match cost of living increases. *You better have a strong immune system. Sick hours could be better.,Put the right people in the right places and continue to recognize them for their achievments. Make them feel valued and your return on investment will be great.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36838,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Great ecosystem,"Fast-paced, goal-oriented environment that makes personal development and team collaboration incredibly easy to cultivate.",Freelancing retail scheduling seems to claim a lot of time that could be used to pursue other ambitions.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36839,apple,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"laid back, extended my contract for 2 years, instead of initial one year.",nothing major that I would have to make a notice of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P20.htm
36840,apple,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Product specialist,Good culture and people I worked with were great,Many times where management seemed to want to Micro manage what or how you talk to customer,Stop worrying about the bottom line so much and start to focus on the PEOPLE of your organization like you did before Steve Jobs passed away.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36841,apple,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent resume builder for college students,"Employers love seeing Apple on resumes, great training, tuition reimbursement, large network of peers, room for advancements.","Call center position, high stress, high volume of calls, many people quit, pay not great.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36842,apple,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,Tremendous amount of knowledge gained,Super competitive to achieve role,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36843,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,"Genius at Retail, Good Culture, no work-life balance",Good culture and you meet lots of great people. Benefits are great and you also get discounts on the products.,"No work-life balance at all. No steady hours so you may do a lot of “clopens” Genius Bar was a mess and has not improved over the years, it’s just gotten worse. Definitely not what it was when Steve Jobs and Ron Johnson were in charge. Apple is losing innovation.",Stop playing favorites and see the talent you have and try to retain it!,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36844,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,Benefits Perks Product discount Great people to work with,Working around the clock at times No real breaks as work is at a constant Not an easy company for growth,"Employ more staff to handle spread the work out, so your employees are not so stressed out and not have the resource to elevate that stress when needed.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36845,apple,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Team mates are great and supporting,nothing I can think of,Keep making great decisions,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36846,apple,none," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple at home advisor,Convenient working from home. Apple provides great benefits including tuition reimbursement and stock options.,Takes mental strength when working with irate customers.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36847,apple,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was good,I got paid good money,It was a very boring job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36848,apple,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love It,working for apple is by far the coolest job,I can not think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36849,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work hard to advance,"Apple is an incredible place to work. It is somewhere that you can be proud of saying you work there. Great benefits, fantastic facilities, and great culture.","The biggest draw back is there is no career development or advancement. There a few classes but most are booked and no career path. So, once you are hired plan on leaving and coming back.","Develop your people, honor the people that do well and have learned how to navigate the company and have the culture embedded in them.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P21.htm
36850,apple,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,unique challenges and great products to work on,Work atmosphere is too aggressive,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36851,apple,none," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Network Engineer,"Employee Discount for Products, Challenging job to solve complex problems",Extreme Micro Management. Environment is more tactical than strategic.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36852,apple,none," Oct 13, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,great,good hours and awesome benefits,no room for growth into the corporate world,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36853,apple,none," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Benefits Pay Time off Training Equipment provided to work from home,Shift bids being made mandatory instead of voluntary. Wait times to get through to support not enough advisors. Not enough promotions.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36854,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,Lead,"Work life balance, good benefits",Dealing with angry customers,Be consistent,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36855,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Great Place,"Great culture, awesome colleagues",Pay wasn't as high for the amount of work for certain positions,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36856,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Engineer,Apple Fan Forever,Apple lives up to it's values and delivers excellent products and services to the world. I'm proud to work for Apple.,"Occasionally navigation across the organizations is tricky, but necessarily so.",Keep up the great momentum in attracting and developing talent while setting good ethical examples for personnel and business. Apple has made some great middle management hires lately that are demonstrating exemplar behavior thus nurturing and widening the maturation of an already wonderful culture.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36857,apple,none," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple carr,Work from home getting Apple discount,Can not changed schedule not a flexible company,none,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36858,apple,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,- Great pay for a student - Good hours - Great discounts,"Not much, shifts can be quite long at times",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36859,apple,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Amazing team! Everyone is there to support you and help you,There are no cons for working for apple,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P22.htm
36860,apple,"East Lansing, MI"," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - College Student Technical Specialist,Great place to work,Works well with college schedule,There are not any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36861,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,"Benefits, flexible schedule, pay, stock benefits",Really no cons at all,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36862,apple,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Retail,Love the people who work with Care about who you are always take care of you,Not a great work life balance in retail Leaders have their favorites,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36863,apple,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Come for the Company, Stay for the Honeymoon, Leave for a Career","-Unique culture -Valuable experience and development opportunities -Managers (at my retail location) genuinely care about your personal welfare and career development (even if its outside of Apple, long term) -Outstanding, comprehensive benefits, even available to part time employees...... if they apply to you (i.e. married parent, sick, travel a lot) -Huge discounts on company and partner products and services -Work life balance is taken very seriously (although salaried retail managers or corporate staff may tell a different story). -Wholesomely aggressive commitment to company values (accessibility, environment, diversity, etc.)","-Great starting pay, but not enough for the city. Many of my single teammates who are 35-40 still need several roommates to make it by. While city market pay is higher than rural markets, it is nowhere near enough. While you do receive yearly performance based raises, they do not keep up with the high city cost of living. -Retail and corporate are fundamentally two different companies. You don't have your ""foot in the door"". The only clear way to transition to a corporate opportunity is through highly selective ""Career Experiences"" which are literally internal temp jobs for temporary quarterly corporate needs. To just qualify, a store leader must endorse you, and you must be full time and high performing in your role. There's no internal way to really contact corporate recruiters for internships (if you're a college student) or full time opportunities. Not even your Store Leader or Market Leader knows people, you're in a walled garden. -Human Resources is very self-congratulatory and cult-like. Executive level HR staff hold town halls to field questions every year or so (90% of which pertain to lack of comparable compensation) just to offset everyone's living concerns with ""it's a privilege to work here."" -Bonuses come in the form of 3 year period RSUs, you have to stay with the company for three years for the RSU to vest and thus cash out. Only management and up receive comparable cash bonuses. Every year after measily raises come out, you may get a lousy $100 cash bonus to make you feel better. Some high performance quarters you may also receive a $100 bonus. Don't spend it all in one place. -Because of this, many tenured staff leave to other high paying tech companies in Boston (FormLabs, HubSpot, Chewy, Wayfair) to continue their career because they get capped at roughly $45k without staying 5-10 more years or going into management. That looks good on paper but is the bare bone minimum in Boston.","End the internal divide, yes we're a great company but we're no longer the only cool kid on the block. As a trillion dollar company with a large presence in major metropolitan areas, our compensation is awful for making a living (Boston specifically). Also the internal self-congratulatory culture needs to stop.",2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36864,apple,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A worthwhile place to work.,"You will be challenged here. Apple is the golden standard of retail and service work, with excellent compensation.","It is still service. Many days, you will leave extremely exhausted. Customers will not always treat you like a human being.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36865,apple,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's cool,The pay is good for the area,The size of the company,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36866,apple,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,The company culture is great. Everyone is very helpful and people genuinely care about serving the customers. Best retail job you can get.,Working in the store can be very hectic. You have to be ready to work every day you come in. There are no slow days at the apple store.,Hire more employees.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36867,apple,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work!,"Great benefits, great people, and great place to work at",there is nothing bad about working there,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36868,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Administrative Assistant,Executive Assistant,It's the most amazing company in the world! Love the product.,I spend a lot of money on the product.,none,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36869,apple,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"work life balance, good benefits",comp could be higher compared to other companies in the area,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P23.htm
36870,apple,"Victor, NY"," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,AMAZING. DREAM COME TRUE.,"Teamwork, flexible hours, being surrounded by the smartest products and people everyday.","Retail- Holiday hours, but can't change that!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36871,apple,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Apple,Opportunities to work on cool and exciting technologies,requires self-driven individuals who are quick to learn new stuff,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36872,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Building Great Products is highly motivating.,"Not as many perks as there should be. For instance, Meals for working late are limited and very inconvenient. Apple tends to be very cheap about certain perks. Open offices in Apple Park are terrible.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36873,apple,none," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Grass isn’t greener,- coworkers are the best - great pay for retail - amazing product to sell - AMAZING benefits - you get to be part of a company that is impacting lives,- tough customers - management can be frustrating (some stores not all) - work/life balance is hard,"Try and stay on the same page, and be more transparent. Also make the transferring process easier! If you’re a genius why do you have to interview as if you’re new to the position. I get having a conversation with the store to get to know if you’ll be a good fit.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36874,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Expert,"Great job, poor career.","Great culture, talented people, cool environment.","Poor work/life balance, lack of pathways from retail to corporate. Lack of advanced development opportunities.",Stop hemorrhaging good talent and help those qualified individuals jump from retail to corporate.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36875,apple,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall,I really enjoyed working at apple.,there is no downside in my opinion,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36876,apple,none," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Support At Home,Great people. Friendly environment. Great Benefits,No work life balance at all,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36877,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Enterprise Senior Advisor,"Meh...It's a stressful Help Desk job, but it's Apple and that's pretty cool I guess.","Good working environment, great colleagues, mostly great tech. Clean Bathrooms.","Mid-management teams get in the way of great customer support and work/life balances. Little vertical career opportunity. Regularly hires barista's to mid management IT jobs, because I guess they are used to dealing with customer complaints. Don't be surprised if your manager spells your name wrong as result.","Relax, you're a Trillion dollar company, stop micro managing your employees.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36878,apple,none," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Display Engineer,"World-Class Products, Great Learning Opportunities, Supportive Teams!","You get tremendous satisfaction working on products impacting lives of millions in the world! You don't get to publish as a researcher, don't have alot of freedom in your research, and are also expected to do alot of hands on Engineering work yourself, but then you have flexible hours, unlimited funding, really practical applications with great impact, and industry-leading brains to learn from. There is a great emphasis on work-life balance as you get long paternity leave, aren't expected to work on weekends, and you get to choose how you space your daily work hours.","Since idea to product lifecycle is really long, research moves slow. You don't get to publish, discuss or collaborate with anyone outside. Growth may be slow and difficult as you've to really struggle to shine in a basket full of diamonds.","Spend more on employee education, current $5k barely lets you take a single graduate course. Please make free engineering dinners open to all employees without conditions.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36879,apple,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Benefits, hours, promotion opportunities, stocks, discounts",Honestly there aren’t any beat company hands down to work for.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P24.htm
36880,apple,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Solid discounts, good name to have on resume, friendly staff","Long hours, emotionally and physically draining because of the tough conversations you have with customers",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36881,apple,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Devops Engineer,Great Place to work,"Fast-paced, A good place to grow skills with advanced tech",Heavy work weekdays and weekends as well.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36882,apple,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer At Apple,"Passionate people working together, brand name.",Work Life balance. Not compensated enough for that balance,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36883,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,Great for some good experience and awesome benefits!,Definitely gets busy and get some interesting customers for your appointments.,Your doing a great job in management. Keep doing what your doing.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36884,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Battery Algorithm Engineer,Great place to begin your career,"Lot of smart people around  Lot to learn  Great benefits: compensation, bonuses etc are the best in the hardware engineering companies",Growth is slower  Harder to move up the ladder,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36885,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Marketing Coordinator,Retail Marketing,"I Like Team Work, Also Helping Others With Customer Service That Would Come In With Any Helping They May Need.","Would Like To Have A Full Time Job, But I Have School.",I Focus On Team Work And Getting Along With Others. Helping Support The Job And Making It Better.,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36886,apple,none," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Nice pay, fun environment, fun people","Management sucks, sale oriented with out commission",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36887,apple,none," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,VIP-prior Landmark Prior,Great clients and great process,Co workers didn’t care about the company as much as I did.  Company worker caused another problem on a personal level,Great process You have wonderful customers,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36888,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple,Everything there is great tbh,Nothing at all is wrong,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36889,apple,none," Oct 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,"Mangers are super understanding when it comes to calling off such as being sick or family issues. Also when scheduling they take your request like school and family into consideration! Coworkers are the best as well, I’ve never worked in a place where it was enjoyable being around everyone I worked with. Also had the opportunity to grow and managers encouraged trying out different roles in the store and helping us get where we wanted to be in the company even helping us move to corporate",What we are allowed to do in the store such as technical specialist go our sustem will sometimes schedule appointments super late at night where it’s like 10 minutes till closing and we have to stay and help the customer for 15-30 minutes even after we are scheduled to leave,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P25.htm
36890,apple,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Golden handcuffs,"The culture, the employees, the benefits, the starting salary are all good","lack of development, micromanaging, non-existing work/life balance.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36891,apple,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,Everything is great about working here,Nothing is wrong at all,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36892,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Great company,"Great teams, excellent pay and benefits, always learning","Retail job so long hours on the floor, huge customer contact, varying shifts up until midnight",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36893,apple,"Kahala, HI"," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Peers were great. Growth opportunity is what you make of it.,Not competitive wages. Left before 25% pay increase across the board. Pay increase impacted long time employees less than new employees.,Management sucked. More of a party and cliquey culture than a professional development culture.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36894,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Apple college adviser,Great job works around your school schedule and set hours,None really. The pay isn't the best but it's an at home part time college job I thought it was pretty fair,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36895,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - ITunes Content Producer,iTunes Content Producer,Because it's Apple and you are part of this big company that touches so many lives every day through it's products.,"It's a huge corporation, and you have to do a lot of dancing around to get your voice heard. It is a big brotherhood of bros hiring their bros, and that makes it difficult to work with.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36896,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Ic design engineer,"Open, technical, innovation, team work","Not very transparent, kind of limited",Positive feed back make things better.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36897,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple Retail is retail 100%, set your expectations accordingly...","- Pay for a retail environment is top of the mark. Depending on your specific location, starting and entry level roles will earn between $18-$19 per hour. Each role above entry level pays you 10-20% more based on performance and tenure. If you are full-time, expect to be earning between $21-$25 an hour within just a couple of years. - Annual pay raises (Apple calls them ""merit increases"" are typically generous, but are determined based on the stores overall performance metrics. Expect a minimum annual raise of 2-5%. - Restricted Stock Units (RSU's) are available and are gifted to ALL employees, part-time, full-time, entry level and beyond. These are free stock gifts that vest over a three year period. Expect somewhere around $2000 and up per year, this is an AWESOME benefit. - Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) offers you a 15% discount off of Apple stock which you use to purchase shares twice per calendar year. This is another AWESOME benefit. In my time at Apple, I saw this benefit alone make colleagues millionaires. I mean that. If you invest right and are with the company for the longterm, Apple's ESPP can make you a millionaire. - Overall benefits package is truly exceptional. This is the number one reason to work for Apple and/or Apple Retail. Health benefits are exceptional and affordable. Dental and vision are much the same. A ton of benefits exist for continuing your education, growing your financial portfolio, health and wellness and more. Taking full advantage of the benefits package will only help reward you further for your work done at Apple. - Discounts on Apple products is exceptional. At least 25% off of everything (often times much more) for your personal purchases, at least 15% off of everything for friends and family. Additional ""third party"" discounts on accessory products, camera equipment, cellular service, rental car services, concierge services, auto loans, and so much more are also available. - 401k match is decent, up to 6% dollar for dollar once you have been with the company five years. - Paid time off for full-time employees is decent with added ""bonus"" days added each year. Paid time off increases at the five year, ten year and fifteen year mark with the company. - Every employee receives sick time. Yes, part-time employees too.","- If you get hired at Apple, come in thirsty. Real thirsty. You're going to be drinking a TON of Kool-Aid. Throughout your on boarding and training experience you will be forced to drink Kool-Aid, swallow it and gulp down some more. You will be expected to sing the companies praises at every turn. This will not change, either be ready for it or you will not last. - Management varies greatly by location, but is in general, a sad, poor excuse for a ""leader"" (they give themselves this title, it is not earned). You will, without question come across the occasional member of management of ""gets it,"" these men and women will make a profound impact on you. Sadly, they are far and few between and the rest of the junk will win out. - Nearly everyone is hired in at the entry level roles (Specialist or Technical Specialist) and nearly everyone promotes quickly (usually once per year for the first two or three years). Once you have two or three promotions under your belt, typically just beneath the management level, your development with COMPLETELY STALL. The ""elevated"" positions (in order: Pro, Lead, Lead Genius, Manager, Senior Manager, Store ""Leader"") are limited and competition for them is stiff. If you land one of these ""elevated"" roles, get comfortable. You will be in it for a WHILE. YEARS. - Store ""Leaders"" are NEVER in the building. Senior Managers typically run the day-to-day store operations. - Turnover is incredibly, ridiculously, annoying high. If you get hired, please expect roughly 35-40% of your location to completely turn over per year. You will see a huge hiring increase around the fall and holiday period, hiring will stop around the New Year, people will drop like flies until the next fall, process starts over again. - Work/life balance is a joke. Do not expect to have it. Do not expect to get any holiday's off, do not expect scheduling to do you any favors. Time off requests have to be made 4-5 weeks in advance and if you want any chance of actually getting the time approved, request it 8-10 weeks in advance. As a result of new product launches, do not even think of asking for ANY time off in September, October or November, EVER. - Development is a joke. - Internal politics are EVERYTHING at Apple. You MUST ""play the game."" - Time and attendance policy is a JOKE. There is no penalty for being late, calling off, missing work. Other team members will take advantage of this and will leave you stranded. - A ton of ""rules"" are in place with management that will greatly impact you. A person can only be in a role for so long (they want you to move, up and laterally, often). Expect to be in any one role for just about a year until you are pushed into something else. Please note, often times these are NOT promotions but lateral moves to ""add tools to your tool belt."" Apple's ""culture of feedback"" is a genius and evil way of ALWAYS having a justified way to pushback against your plans, development, hopes and more. EVERYTHING at Apple can be looped back to feedback, be prepared to ask management for something and for them to respond with feedback on how you need to improve first. This is a cycle, it happens over and over again. - If you push back against the ""Apple way,"" be prepared to be forced out. ALWAYS ask for and accept feedback. Always speak highly of Apple products. Always support and get behind new services and initiatives. Always defend the customer, never your colleague. Always smile and nod. Never show frustrations, disappointment or anger. Apple wants smile robots - be one and you will go far.","- Do not let the polices dictate the service. Common sense exceptions to policy and procedure MUST be made to make for a great employee and customer service experience. Empower your team to make these exceptions and support them when they do. - Learn how to provide and accept Fearless Feedback as is it trained. ALL feedback is constructive feedback, whether it positive or negative. Feedback is not a blanket to stunt development, rather, a tool to encourage it. - Do not put barriers in the way of tenured employees. - Learn the business and your role at a deeper level than you do. Management needs to know and understand ALL roles in the store well enough to perform them if needed. - Support your team. Believe them. Take them at their word. - STOP thinking you have authority or that you are at all accomplished. You are not.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36898,apple,none," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare At Home Advisor,The benefits here were very good. I figured that working here was a good idea for solely the benefit purposes.,The physical job is so terrible that the benefits do not out-weigh the bad.,Stop the micro managing and go get a life,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36899,apple,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple At Home Advisor,"Great benefits, everyone is great and helpful, great management, plenty of resources","Busy, time management for employees was a downside",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P26.htm
36900,apple,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with good benefits,Good company to work for in total,Little room for career building within structure,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36901,apple,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global EHS,"Compensation, Travel Perks, Access to Technology, Global Presence, People","Culture, Lack of Innovation, Location, Management, Work-Life Balance",Stop diluting the culture by over hiring.,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36902,apple,none," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company to work for,Everything. There is so much to love about Apple.,That you can only work in one department at a time. There's so much to learn!,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36903,apple,"Miami, FL"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,I love my job but it's just a job (not a career),"Meet lots of interesting people, job is different everyday, the product is excellent, great benefits, flexibility, fun work environment, work life balance, training is excellent","Can't think of any - it's a great place to work. The only possible ""con"" is having to deal with difficult customers at times.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36904,apple,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data scientist,"Relocation is good, provides 45 days accommodation","Little life-work balance, sometimes need to work after hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36905,apple,"San Marcos, TX"," Oct 1, 2018",Former Employee - College AppleCare Advisor,Great company,Very friendly environment and tons of benefits. Very decent pay for a college employee.,Some customers have difficulty with basic tasks and communications. Schedule is not very flexible except in emergencies.,Keep doing what you’re doing,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36906,apple,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,Full-Time benefits for part-time work,9 week training with 100% attendance,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36907,apple,none," Oct 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great vision, lots of perks","Long hours sometimes, hard to find someone to swap shifts",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36908,apple,none," Oct 1, 2018",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Great Company To Grow With,"The culture of the company is excellent, the dedication to innovation keeps employees on their toes, they truly support their employees in their career goals.",The individual store politics are often mercurial depending on who the store leader is at the time.,Encourage the culture in your stores further by promoting from within.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36909,apple,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AHA/ At Home Advisor,-Competitive pay -Good Benefits -Stock Plan -Employee Discount -You get to work from home which has certain perks,"-Shift bids happen every 6 months which leaves a very long time to be stuck with a schedule that is not conducive to your home life. - Frequent Team Manager changes which can be frustrating as each one has certain ways they like things done. This means that tools or skills that one manager coaches you to use, the next one may coach against it based on their personal preference. -You WILL work at least one weekend day and just about every Holiday -The shift bid process is antiquated and leaves minimal room for flexibility. -You will start to feel very isolated if you get placed on a team with a Team Manager is who doesn't check in or promotes inactivity in the Team Chat Room. -Be prepared to get emails from the CEO about Apple's political stance on certain things and then be even more prepared for the customers to contact you about things that are beyond your control so you can be the verbal punching bag",-Revamp your shift bid process -Make Area Managers more accessible to Advisors.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P27.htm
36910,apple,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple genius,It’s fun to help others,Incredibly busy non stop,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36911,apple,"Rockaway, NJ"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,I have had an enjoyable time at Apple aside from having to work every weekend for a year straight,"Great working environment, not much like it",Not very much room for growth,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36912,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 30, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Best people to work with.,You get to work with amazing people and get paid to do so!,Not a lot of promotion opportunities.,Promote from within.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36913,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Smart people. Internal transfers encouraged.,Poor work-life balance. Not enough transparency between management and ICs.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36914,apple,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Few good perks, but its all politics","Tuition reimbursement , and the gym membership",Very difficult to even get promoted to even full time,Don't start people part time and make it a social experiment competition to see who can become full time. If you're good enough to be hired you should be good enough to work 40 hours.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36915,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - IT Specialist,The Tech Ship Is Sinking,"Apple has perks, yes. And they pay well and the people are great.",Don't expect to have a life or to be treated well. Oh the stories I could tell. Take this seriously. It matters.,"Put people first, over profits. Be the change we need to see in the tech working world.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36916,apple,none," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,Overall great company to work with.,Hard to move up at home and no consistent manager. rotating schedules suck too and triple chats.,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36917,apple,"Lynnwood, WA"," Sep 29, 2018",Former Employee - Reseller Specialist,Interesting role as a Reseller Specialist,"Pay was pretty good considering it was an hourly pay job. Has benefits and such for part time employees too which is nice. However, working 3 days a week even with a decent hourly pay doesn't leave much (if anything) to contribute to retirement, savings, investments, after bills and such unless you work a 2nd job. Working a 2nd job kind of is tough after 'missing' the whole weekend.",Friday-Sunday (10am-8pm) hours only while working inside a Best Buy. Mandatory 1 hour lunch break required. I list this as a con since I wanted to just take 30 minute lunch breaks and then leave 30 minutes early but such is retail work.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36918,apple,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fruit stand,"the Tech, the People, the Company","Retail, unrealistic expectations of customers,",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36919,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Amazing Co to work for,They really invest in their employees and do everything they can to keep you there and keep you happy.,"Nothing here to put. The only thing that I personally didn't like (although I knew it going into the position) was being tied to a phone for 10hours a day, alone.",Tell us how to send back the equipment that was given to us to use. I still don't know how to return this computer.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P28.htm
36920,apple,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, poor leadership",Core Company Values Benefits Co-worker culture Great campus,Leadership Communication Pay Leadership again No real career development,"Improve communication, value your employees, foster development",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36921,apple,"Plano, TX"," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Genius,You work for a large company that will be unlikely to go out if business,They gutted training and moved from a training their people model to a sit in front of a computer model.,Focus on people rather than metrics and the metrics will follow.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36922,apple,none," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASLP,It is like a mini-MBA program. You will learn a lot about leadership and project management.,"If you work in a larger market, your development is the bottom of the priority list. You will be used to substitute people when they are in need.",Understand these are highly qualified people that are selected into this role. Look at where all the former ones have gone. Its a pity you lose top talent.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36923,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Awesome People Work Here,in my role in the retail family room specialist (aka mobile technician at the genius bar) I was surrounded by talented people who really cared about each other and were very skilled in their job duties but also in their hobbies outside of work. It was a great experience to be around those high caliber people.,"Store management could be overbearing sometimes. It could feel micromanaged a bit, but not normally.",Let your talented people work and express themselves. This autonomy will lead to better customer experiences and create a culture that feels more free and individualistic.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36924,apple,none," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Advisor,Great Money and Benefits. Ability to work in different locations was nice?,Very hard work! No breathing room and heavily analytics based.,Help loosen up the environment more.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36925,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Global Supply Manager,Specialist,Flexible big low pressure friendly and easy hand on,Low pay far from home no benefit,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36926,apple,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales,benefits are great and great hours,too many hours and very competitive,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36927,apple,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Access to new technology. Great health insurance, even for part-timers. They also do tuition reimbursement for relevant course work.","Limited growth within the company. Working nights and weekends is rough, but it's the nature of retail.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36928,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Awesome Place To Work,Great Benefits Decent Pay Discounts on products Coworkers are the best part still stay in contact with the team Knowledge Team Work Innovation,Holidays Hours Customers can be rude sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36929,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Expert,Ops Exp,Team is hardworking and eager to learn more.,Severly Unvalued Low HeadCount Intense Workflow,Take care of one of the most hardworking teams within the company.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P29.htm
36930,apple,"Woodbridge, VA"," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist at Apple,Great benefits for Part Time employees which most places don't have.,Management style and very sales driven (the culture was not like this when I first started working for the company). This ruined the unique experience of working at Apple.,Take care of your employees!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36931,apple,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have been with ask staffing for 3 years and I am happy to work with a good peoples.,Build a strong relationship with their colleagues Good communication,I don’t have no challenge working with them,Continues doing the way you are communicate with your employees,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36932,apple,none," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,"Culture, Benefits, and Demand for products","Workload, Pay and Career Opportunities",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36933,apple,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Theres Great benefits, Decent Pay, and a Great Team",Its a lot of work and it can be really draining.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36934,apple,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"great for personal development, benefits, team work",can be emotionally exhausting if you are super empathetic,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36935,apple,none," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Genius,Worked with a lot of fun people and made several lifetime friends. Job can be very rewarding when solving problems for people.,Management can get too numbers focused and seemingly has a new metric to push on you each month.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36936,apple,none," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales associate,"Good hourly pay, friendly work environment",Customer service have to deal with difficult clients,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36937,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Creative,Apple Retail Review,"I got to learn some great software and the customer service and communication skills I learned on the job were second to none. Oh, and the whole staff has a level of excellence I have yet to see anywhere else I've worked. They pay very well for a retail store and the benefits are out of this world.","Schedule was very inflexible sometimes and the hours were all over the place. Also, it is very stressful. I was happy to move on after 7 years, but still look back and am thankful for the experience.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36938,apple,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Visual Designer,"Great Benefits, cool people, Flexible hours","Politics sometimes, but thats everywhere",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36939,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,electronic test tech,Bad working environment nothing good at all,Bad working environment which is not what you expect,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P30.htm
36940,apple,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail job you could have,Competitive pay for retail Product education Networking,Angry customers non stop all day,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36941,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - SQA Engineer,SQA Engineer,"good benefits, salary and RSUs","A very toxic , political place to work for. The Hardware division specifically the testing and QA is the worst place you can find on earth.",Management do not take any advice.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36942,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,I fix mobile devices at the Genius Bar,"The pay and benefits are better than anywhere I’ve ever worked, and I really like most of my coworkers and management. It’s pretty easy work as far as retail is concerned.",It’s customer service with people who are mad their device doesn’t work like they think it should. You can imagine. It’s fairly emotionally taxing. I’m tired at the end of the day.,"Do not hire people who don’t know what they’re doing, they just slow us down. And don’t pay new people as much as you pay people who have worked there for years.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36943,apple,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Design Intern,Nice workplace. Everyone was very hard-working.,Need a lot of travels.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36944,apple,none," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Specialist,Great Job for College Students.,"Demanding hours. You'll never have a free weekend and to request off you have to let management know almost a month in advance. Very low in terms of technical support pay in terms of the market. Even at fully certfied genius, it still ranges around 48k or below on average.",stop making it so difficult to request off. Too much politics.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36945,apple,none," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do it for the money,Higher part time wages Health care option Stock option Retirement fund,NPS obsessed Poor management Poor customer service training,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36946,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,Exciting place,New to the company & like what i see so far. All people around me are motivated and passionate.,Have not come across one yet.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36947,apple,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, store is going through changes","Greta company, great benefits, great sense of community. Fairly easy and rewarding job.",This store is dealing with an overhaul of leadership and it makes it difficult to get straight answers from anyone.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36948,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"health care for both PT & FT, better coverage for full-time. Stock discounts and restricted stock units. Fitness reimbursement. Small discounts on products.",It’s retail so wage growth is minuscule. Corporate doesn’t really care about you.,Pay more. Better discounts. Hire more people do peak season doesn’t feel horrible.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36949,apple,none," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech support,Working from home was great,High turnover rate and no room for advancement,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P31.htm
36950,apple,none," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,IT Specialist,Great health benefits and people,Volatile hours and no work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36951,apple,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,techni,was good i liked it a lot,not bad cant say much,tight,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36952,apple,"Spokane, WA"," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,Meat Grinder,It's a huge company with a lot of job openings.,It's easier to get hired in at a high level than it is to work your way up. The requirements and standards for an employee are very high and sometimes objective. Ergo if you want to work towards something and your boss doesn't like you for any reason they can block you from promotions and make you tread water for years. This story has been corroborated by a former employee at my new job who agreed it's easier to be hired in at a high level than work your way up.,Promote from within long before you hire from without. External people who have never done the job they're coaching on is a joke.,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36953,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist repairs relationships while find solutions to repair devices for customers,You become family with your store. The benefits are awesome! They equip you with all the tools to succeed.,You will consistently be in a high stress environment that is constantly changing and sometimes ambiguous but you grow a lot.,Focus on employees who want to grow with the company for the long run then the ones that only plan on being there for a short while.,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36954,apple,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 advisor,The Benefits are great and also the pay.,It gets busy during new launches,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36955,apple,"Miami, FL"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Art Director,It is for me a company that builds dreams,It is a universe of possibilities to grow and develop as a professional,It is a creative universe where the limit is infinity,Go ahead and continue making the present a place of possibilities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36956,apple,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Lots of exciting projects We get to learn a lot Salary is decent,Work culture can be improved,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36957,apple,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"it's pretty good, i like it",a lot of benefits and free thoughts,a bit stressful and need to think a lot,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36958,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,The best retail job it is is STILL RETAIL.,Great benefits Good pay for retail Great discounts Ability to relocate,Opportunities based on favoritism and politics at retail store Entitled customer base Not enough diversity for Black women Employees treated like numbers,Exercise the values of the company at your retail stores. Award growth opportunities for employees who deserve not who kisses your a** the most.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36959,apple,none," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Management is great to work for.,Everything is great about them.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P32.htm
36960,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Chat Agent,Home Advisor,The job paid really well and offered overtime,There was nothing negative about working for this company,More overtime in weekends,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36961,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Support,Senior Technical Support,"none, no path for growth to other groups",no path for growth to other groups,improve on better path for growth to other groups,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36962,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist (Seasonal),Specialist (Seasonal),You get to experience the apple store culture. Dynamic workplace inside the store that is a controlled chaos you learn along the way to enjoy. Learn the in's and out's of how the Apple store operates from backstage to the sales floor. Great experience working there and the fact that you worked for Apple (even if it's just at the Apple Store) looks amazing on your resume!,Working at the store can be hectic at times but you learn to focus on the customer and suddenly the chaos disappears.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36963,apple,none," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Specialist,"A very friendly environment, love to work here.",There are some of the management issues within the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36964,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,No Way Out of Retail,-The people I work with -Benefits,"-Empty promises from leadership. -Not making a living wage. -Corporate Jobs require 3+ years for most jobs but there is no training for said jobs in retail... CEs (Career Experiences) are a joke, You take on a corporate role but make retail pay and are (95% of the time) sent back to retail after your 3-6 month assignment is done. -The discount basically makes me feel like I work there for free, as an employee you want to stay up on the latest tech, it is cool but you remain broke because your wages barely afford you to be able to pay bills. -Retail employees do a lot of work but are under appreciated -Development is a joke unless you want to remain in retail for life -They talk about being inclusive and diverse but the numbers speak volumes (unless you are talking about the ramp up of hiring women), I don't see very many, if any in a lot of cases, African Americans in leadership or corporate roles.","Tim made a lot of promises recently and I hope he is going to make good on them. I would like to see a more diverse corporate makeup of employees and retail needs a significant pay bump. There needs to be better development of retail employees for corporate roles, a lot of them it seems like folks have to leave and come back because they don't have the experience (not good for folks that have put in time). Take care of your employees and they will take care of you I promise!",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36965,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Sep 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Apple is big on playing team and vouching for their employees.,"Pay is cool, but could be more for such a prestigious and profitable company. Commission would be cool, but I'm sure that would change the dynamic and quality of genuine customer service.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36966,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Nothing in good about the culture,No growth and development for new engineers,Stop working for apple,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36967,apple,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"Benefits, 401 matches, insurance, stock options",none that I can think of,Keep it up,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36968,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Above average retail job.,"Mall hours = mall job, veteran friendly, good benefits, trend setting, progressive and profile breaking.",Difficult to acquire full-time unless you stand out and break the goals set for you.,"None, thanks y’all. Keep hiring veterans and you won’t be let down.",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36969,apple,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales specialist,"Great management, great pay, great benefitd","No commision, sometimes you cant get new positions",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P33.htm
36970,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Love/Hate Relationship,"Great wages for a retail job, paid sick days, paid vacation (full-time only), meet great people, caring about their employees more often than not","Little to no work-life balance, very tiring, management not skilled","As much as I enjoy working for Apple, meeting the people, the fun, uplifting environment... Inside these retail stores you'll want promotions (naturally), but you'll feel like a carrot is being dangled in front of your face. Of the few Apple Stores I have worked at over the last few years, they really promote the wrong people for the wrong reasons... Then regret it or ask why the team is unhappy with the outcome. Management seems to promote those ""drinking the Apple Juice.."" as it is said. If you question anything, you're pushed aside and known as ""negative"". The way the company is handling issues with some of their products needs addressed to satisfy the consumers and make it to where your employees don't dread the conversation they know they have to have with their customers. Be more up front and less secretive. Stop dangling promotions above someone's head and then hand it off to one who has little to no experience. Although, for a retail job, it's honestly got it's perks. You are treated like a human with emotions. They do understand things happen outside of work. It's just tough to put a smile on your face all the time when you are working yourself into the ground to hear the same complaints from your consumers over and over while being asked by someone standing around with an iPad to juggle more responsibilities.",4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36971,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,"Great products, good benefits",There is no other place I know of where you can be surrounded by people who are generally as intelligent and driven and work on products that push the limits of possibility.,"As the company has grown, so has the bureaucracy. Not every decision happens as quickly as most people would like, and there are stakeholders for everything.  Work-life balance varies widely group to group, but you probably already know that.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36972,apple,none," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great work environment. Great people to be around. Great products.,Retail hours. Angry customers occasionally,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36973,apple,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Non Competitive promotion practices,"Its Apple, they are awesome",Prefer to outside hire instead of promoting,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36974,apple,none," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best,"Everything, great environment great people",Can’t think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36975,apple,"Temecula, CA"," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place,"Great pay, Great people, fun place to work",-long hiring process and background check -not a lot of room for growth,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36976,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Good place to work,"Decent pay, good coworkers, technology is always changing so you are constantly learning, good healthcare, great options to invest in stocks and your 401k.","Very structured job, you can't really make the job your own. You could get in trouble for spending too much time with a customer, even if they really needed the help. This often made it a frustrating work environment.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36977,apple,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,home a lot useful lunch breaks easy training,change in managers alot survey driven harder to advance,try to be allow agents to grow,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36978,apple,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,great stock matching plan and benefits. good team mentality with the rest of the store managers.,not much upward mobility available,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36979,apple,none," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Expert,"Good, high spirited environment. Empathetic and encouraging management. Smart, talented and friendly coworkers. Great pay and benefits.","Retail. Rude customers. Mentally exhausting and repetitive day to day. Micro managed and management knit picky on attendance and numbers. Promotions seem very political so be on your managers good side and submit the progress journal monthly even when not asked to in order to be considered. You are told in training that you have power to make your own decisions to make the customer happy, and that a great leadership quality is asking for forgiveness rather than permission, however I’ve seen many times where managers step on your toes when you want to do something for the customer and the fight with you because they don’t want to. I’ve seen people get fired for taking initiative to make a customers day.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P34.htm
36980,apple,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"great support from coworkers, great culture",it was a lengthy interview process,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36981,apple,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Schedule Planner,I’ve had it great and really bad.,You work with some really smart people that have interesting conversations. The benefits are good and simply working for such an admired company is pretty cool.,Management SUCKS. It is totally subjective as to who gets told what even if it is pertinent to your job. At my store there is so much dismissive attitudes it is toxic. Senior leaders act like they know what’s going on and gaslight you if you have any ideas other than theirs. This is NOT what apple is or should be.,Take a moment to listen to the people that still care. We are all worked to the brink and turning a deaf ear is not getting you anywhere.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36982,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Advisor,At Home Technical Advisor,The benefits are incredible!!! Stock options too,"Customer service, entitled customers can be rude, working from home can be a bit taxing.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36983,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Apple AHA,AHA Review,-Great benefits -Great managers willing to work with advisors,-Not flexible -After a while can become boring,"I'd say after an advisor becomes good at their job, give them more roles so the job becomes less repetitive for them. Especially as an advisor, it's not too hard to do the job if you're willing to learn and apply properly",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36984,apple,none," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Demand Planner,"You have the full support from the Operations team if you want to innovate. It is highly encouraged and as long as you have done your homework and have an idea that can contribute to your team, you will be able to completely pursue it.","Work life balance can get a bit complicated during the launch of new products. It is extremely rewarding to be part of this process, however.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36985,apple,none," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience,"The culture, the people, the support - every day brought new inspiration in a collaborative working environment.",It's mainly upside with Apple,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36986,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Relations,Good company,Great benefits and good salary to start.,Hard to move up in company. Very competitive,More opportunities for advancement,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36987,apple,"Boston, MA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Working at apple is a great company, a lot of growth in this company and benefits are amazing.",Work life balance is hard to seek when working in retail.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36988,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Depend on your manager and the group,Work can be challenging and fun depend on what project you are involved.,Some group require extensive travel and work hours.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36989,apple,none," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great for students, if they can deal with the long hours.",Great benefits. Diverse and knowledgeable co-workers.,Senior management was woefully unqualified. The internal promotion system was a popularity contest.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P35.htm
36990,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Graphics Hardware Engineer,Make sure you like the role you have ... if you're lucky they'll let you keep it,"Great benefits --nice building, cafe, and fitness center",No work-life balance. No opportunity for career advancement or professional growth.,Invest in the development of your people.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
36991,apple,none," Sep 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job. Great Company.,Benefits. Salary. People. Location and facilities are great.,"Company is very, very secretive.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
36992,apple,none," Sep 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,Worked from home They pay for internet and a gym member ship Tons of benefits Employee Discounts,Different advice received from different managers Grilled on KPIs Never get to actually meet team,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
36993,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Pro,A Dream to Work At!,-Amazing co-workers and culture -World-Class benefits -Fulfilling,"-Retail Hours but other than that, not much!",Keeping be awesome people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
36994,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Specialist,The friends you make among your coworkers really is the biggest thing that keeps you around. I have some of the greatest friends on my team and the thought of leaving that behind makes me sad. Great health/dental benefits and tuition reimbursement. It sucks because I go to a private art school and Apple doesn’t recognize this as education so I can’t be reimbursed for tuition which is a joke. I’m spending just as much if not more money than public education students at a university.,"Work-life balance is SO off balance. Apple claims to promote a healthy work-life balance and they don’t show anything for it. I hate the way requesting time off works because if other employees requested time off months in advance for the same day you try to get off the month you’re wanting it off, you’re screwed because the threshold of people who requested that day off is met. Every. Time. This makes you look bad as an employee because it forces you to call out just so you can get away from the work environment and give yourself a vacation you deserve. The work gets monotonous. Apple claims that they believe in giving feedback to better the work place but when you give it no behavior is ever changed. The managers aren’t terribly helpful and you are micromanaged. Apple is the first US company to make it to 1 trillion dollars and you sure don’t feel it as an employee. They don’t give you free access to Apple Music as an employee, they give you nothing but a water bottle for Christmas and make you attend meetings quarterly on Sundays which are a day of worship for many employees. The ability to move in the company is impossible and if you do want to move up in the company you have to butt kiss your managers because it’s all just a big popularity contest in terms of getting promoted to a better higher paying position. If these things changed then this would be an amazing place to work.",Stop preaching that you respect work-life balance when you do nothing for us to promote that. I have to pull teeth to get a vacation when others take multiple vacations a year. Hire managers hat are more understanding and change your attendance policy to the way it was. We allow customers to freely browse our stores and even trust them enough to check out their own products if they choose to do so. Show your employees the same amount of trust by bringing back the old way attendance was. Allow us to not be penalized the few times we are late or the times we have no choice but to call out from work.,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
36995,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare AHA,"No commute, good starting pay, caring team leads, fun rewards","Metrics heavy, customers are sometimes stressful",Keep at it,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
36996,apple,none," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfying but stressful at times,Surrounded by incredible engineers Everyone wants to do their best,Can be overwhelming at times,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
36997,apple,none," Sep 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,Working for Apple. Technical Training. Discounts Free Swag,Odd hours. Working from Home. Metrics doesn't reflect your hard work.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
36998,apple,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Teamwork, life lessons, stocks, 401k gains","Too passive, favoritism exists",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
36999,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior CAD Engineer,Good company if you fit in well,"Great folks, great perks, great location !!",No room to stretch your legs.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P36.htm
37000,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare At Home Advisor,"-PTO, Sick Time -Benefits -Work Life balance","Nothing, it was great working for Apple!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37001,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Expert,Good Place to work,Great company and benefits. Loved being involved with new tech.,"rigid scheduling, tough to get days off for things outside of work",it may be worth considering a different attendance policy.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37002,apple,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work on many impactful products,"Pay, Benefits, Products, Location, PTO","Politics, Leadership, Secrecy, Not data driven",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37003,apple,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Extremely smart co-workers. Strong company culture and ethics.,Lack of transparency at times.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37004,apple,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,"Benefits, growing up ,holiday payment,","Always busy, frustrated people ,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37005,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Expert,Great company,"I have enjoyed working for Apple, their managers do a great job of connecting a large team of over 200+ people together.","The con is that I worked in retail, and retail sucks no matter where you are. Apple did a good job of supporting their employees though.","Continue to check in with each employee, not just the ones who you like and the ones who are good at their job.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37006,apple,none," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Technician,"Great pay, great benefits, open to feedback",Work environment can be problematic when toxic employees are there for long periods,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37007,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac + Technical Support Representative,Apple offers fantastic employee discounts. Allows you to work from home.,You ned to sucessfully be able to work from home and be okay with it 100 % of the time. It can get a bit lonely.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37008,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Amazing people... mediocre management.,You're constantly surrounded by great people who are passionate and willing. They offer full benefits and wonderful discounts.,Mediocre management who've gotten what it means to be a leader. It's sad to see management fail to understand the basics of each position and barely have anything else to say besides when it's time to go to break.,Take a risk and do a career experience in each role to understand the stresses that come with each position and help improve the experience for both the customer and the employees under you.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37009,apple,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Used to be a great company to work for.,Good benefits. Great team.,Bad hours. Lot of difficult customers.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P37.htm
37010,apple,"Brooklyn, NY"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great benefits, good compensation",Work hours. Schedule zoning. Small break room,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37011,apple,"Ardmore, PA"," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Lead,Unmatched,Atmosphere is people first and very supportive,Retail hours and big crowds,More training,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37012,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - SEG,SEG,"building , working for apple,","Slavery 101 , competition all around , Have to drag my self to work , triple management all from Failed companies, Master salve mentality . No creativity . zero learning ...","Face the facts , 8000 engineers for a single phone ..",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37013,apple,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"-Given tools to improve presentation skills, customer service, planning & executing -Good work/life balance -Great benefits",-Can be very political -Quality of experience depends on store/market,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37014,apple,"Boston, MA"," Sep 15, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Great stepping stone,"Professional development, ACMT training, interview prep, benefits, discounts.","Management is usually externally hired, upper management is rarely around yet in charge of your career advancement, schedule is demanding and for the pay, not worth it, customers are already annoyed with wait time by the time they get to you, Apple Corporate is loosely connected to the retail environment, AppleCare over phone support tell customers false information as they are not aware of the retail process.",“Think Different” and stop accepting things as “that’s retail.” Listen to your employees. Hold yourself to the same standard that you do to your employees especially when you are the ones “developing” their careers.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37015,apple,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,+ lots of internal movement + great people,"- retail work hours, specifically mall hours",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37016,apple,none," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,"High quality of work expected, brings the best out of your work.",Work/life balance is strained at times. State taxes/Housing costs in the area are ridiculous.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37017,apple,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Experience,"Working at Apple in the retail store, you will be surrounded by many optimistic and amazing people you'll ever meet. One of the biggest reasons what makes me want to go to work.",Management has issues with alignment between the team,Address and assess strengths and weaknesses of the team more efficiently to promote better growth and fulfillment. So far through my experience I felt let down and did not feel I was not being recognized enough especially since most of the assessment is all based on just NPS scores.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37018,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great learning experience.,"Great benefits, awesome co workers and management. Great pay.","It’s a retail job, expect to work almost every weekend. Schedule is extremely difficult to move around. If you need to request days off it has to be like months in advance.",Improve the schedule system.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37019,apple,"Augusta, GA"," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Chat Tech,"Chat Tech Support, Remote",Great pay and bonuses! Positive work environment and great Team Leads/Supervisors. Bonus - working from home.,"Customer surveys. Keeping your job is based on customer stats and meeting a monthly goal. However, majority of the time the surveys left have nothing to do with you (store experience, previous adviser before you or after, Apple unwilling to give free products or repairs, or apple's website navigation).  If you are an apple customer and you're reading this, please, please leave a survey for the individual employee only based on their skill/performance by their means to try and help you. If you leave a bad survey because you're upset with Apple in general, overtime those surveys can cause the person to lose their job over something they have no control over.  Also, Tier 2 advisers - a lot of them don't do their job and are quite nasty actually. Instead of helping, a lot of them refuse to take chats when asked or end consults before giving help.","Please reevaluate the customer survey system, allow managers to erase/delete surveys that clearly have nothing to do with the employee. I also think the percentage of one bad survey shouldn't have more of an impact than one good survey. Makes bring stats up harder to do.",3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P38.htm
37020,apple,none," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recommended,"Amazing benefits, even as a part-time employee. Opportunity for growth and advancement. Consistent learning. Interesting, smart and fun co-workers.",Micro-managing from superiors. Obvious favoritism from management.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37021,apple,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great working atmophere, it is amazing.","No cons, everything is swell.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37022,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Creative,Excellent benefits. Encourages growth. Crazy-fast paced.,Always improving processes and resources for employees. Great company culture. Decent opportunities for advancement.,"Stressful, always-on, customer facing setting. In retail, you are expected to spend 98% of your time facing customers. Off-line development is often neglected.","Invest A LOT more time into training and development. Current internal training is inconsistent, especially with existing employees.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37023,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Sep 2, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,"Outstanding People, Outstanding Place, Outstanding Things.",If you’re interested in working for the most progressive company whose executives are truly invested in seeing their employees succeed in all aspects of their lives shoot for Apple.,There are literally no drawbacks to working for Apple. They’re that thorough in their consideration of their employees as they are their customers.,My advice is to keep doing exactly what you’re doing: being outstanding by setting the standard so high no one is dissatisfied from the treatment they receive.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37024,apple,none," Sep 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Job!,Fun job working for a great company with good culture and values.,Hard to move up to higher positions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37025,apple,"Northport, NY"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Excellent company,Great history and employee care,No cons i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37026,apple,none," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Business Expert,Business Expert,"Best schedule in the business, a consistent M-F 9-6 job, always weekends off.","Way too many tasks to complete, constantly called away from responsibilities to help other areas of the store.","Let us do our job, and actually hire other roles please instead of leaning on us as spare people.",4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37027,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"All Talk, No Action","Active employment and a paycheck, if nothing else.","Salaried workers are treated like indentured servants, working 70+ hours a week for sub-standard pay in the same field. Benefits are touted, but slashed more and more each year, especially healthcare.","AppleCare management is a dumpster fire filled with favoritism and sexism. The people given decision making authority do so based on petty, personal, and vindictive reasoning, not business needs. Hire people who are actually trained and mentally equipped for decision making, who can do so without ego trips and retribution.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37028,apple,"Des Peres, MO"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical specialist,The employee discount. Flexible schedule. Please see cons first before assessing ..,"I had always wanted to work at Apple. The culture seems so welcoming and inviting. They frown on being technical in the very long interview process. But once you’re in they have no training structure. They fill you will apple core value fluff for 3 weeks , one week reading massive amounts of online course work. That are not realistic. They let you shadow other reps. But most are so arrogant in being the expert they move fast and you miss important information. They tell you half of what you need to know and you are expected to figure the rest out. and then throw you on the floor. Most often doing product zone (something they didn’t train you to do) if you make mistakes the admins are jerks and even some of management. All the team friendly and passionate culture..It’s totally fake. And that’s an understatement . Oh and you have to work 5 years to be genius but you basically die the same job as then and you take harder appointments",Acknowledge align assure.. treat your employees as well as you claim to treat customers.. and celebrate team friendly behavior. Stop allowing toxic people who can’t handle the fast paced stress of retail ruin the experience for the newbies and even the rest of staff. It’s a win for everyone,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37029,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Fast paced environment where customer experience is king.,The people you will work with are some of the nicest and most ambitious people you will ever meet.,It’s a numbers game. As long as you keep good numbers and are goal oriented you’ll be fine.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P39.htm
37030,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Good gig to hold you over,Great benefits even for part time employees,slightly overwhelming culture if you are introverted,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37031,apple,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,-Benefits -Career advancement -Management -Employee discount -Remote work -Work/life balance -Generous maternity leave  Apple really cares about its employees. I enjoyed time being there.,"-Possible overnight work -Technical difficulties  Wacky work hours can affect your health. Overall, the company is very good. I didn’t have much to complain.",Keep up with the good job.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37032,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist, APPLE,"Great pay, sense of community, awesome technology",Hard work life balance. Long hours,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37033,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Review,"It is an awesome company , they take great care of you. Leaders are exceptional and really care about you and your career. It also isn't hard to move up if you really try.",Sometimes customer experiences can get a little crazy but everyone makes sure to support you.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37034,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - AHA Senior Advisor,At Home Senior Advisor,"Benefits, working from home is always a plus",none that I can think of,n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37035,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Got me into tech,I worked in Apple retail. I had no experience in the tech industry and this got my foot in the door.,This is not along term carrier.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37036,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Apple Inc.,Solid base salary RSUs Good medical Smart colleagues,Cult-like applause at the annual product launch presentations.,"Hire the best people, guide them, and trust them.",4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37037,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - App Reviewer,Stay as far away as possible,"Apple provides good benefits. They hire smart people. They make great products. They have good corporate standards, good morals and good ethics. However, yuor mileage may vary.",The department is a mess. No one cares about the health of the employees. There are many stupid restrictions. The productivity demands are insane.,Try to do the job of a reviewer for a week. See how you like the treatment. Show me that you can do half the job you expect from them.,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37038,apple,none," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,Great Culture to work in and the genuine love of the products from employees shows that the loyalty is real.,"Being in the retail environment also exposes you to childish drama. In addition, the manager that are sometimes chosen to lead team can easily play politics if they feel they are threatened by employees that may have a better grasp of the role than they do. Humility is key here. Managers should be able to say ""I dont know"" or ""what do you think""?",Dont play favorites to those who brown nose you . You sit on a wealth of talent so foster their goals and dreams. It will pay off for them and more importantly you.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37039,apple,"Mobile, AL"," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Senior Advisor review,"Great benefits, Culture, At home, lots of vacation and sick time, transparency and opportunity to move up has improved over the past couple of years","Base pay should be increased 5-10%, The job can be extremely fast paced and very high stress during peak times. Make sure you definitely find a healthy outlet to decompress",Keep up the good work so far. I would only recommend considering a pay increase instead of extra RSU,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P40.htm
37040,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer V,Software Engineer V,Excellent place to work and grow,Depending on which group you work in work pressure may be very high,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37041,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,Looks good on resume,No actual technical focus. Having to explain unfair policies to customers,Better Managment,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37042,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,If you love Microsoft in the 80s you’ll love Apple in the 2000’s,50% off Apple Watch in first year,"Weaponized secrecy. Don’t worry 10 other people are doing exactly the same thing, but none of you know it. Charity? I help to produce amazing products you test, what more do you want? I can’t relate to you, please tune your reality distortion machine to match my frequency. You want help? I thought I would spam the entire company because I can’t find help, but I could find a cool sounding DL. (Please unsubscribe me... no seriously... please) It’s the Apple way. Shut your mouth for the first year. Do only what you are told. Do it quickly and at volume. Do not question. Please sir may I have some more? We make ads with quirky people who really don’t work here. Bring your high school backpack to work. We hire smart people to tell us what to do, but then we don’t listen or provide feedback and then fire them if it goes sideways because god forbid anyone who should be accountable really is. We hire Senior Management based on how few decisions they can make, little clarity they provide, but especially how much they can degrade anyone lower than them and still find time to suck upward. Maps","There’s a reason Apple ranks so low as a place to work and why it keeps falling. Manage to Apple culture and other trainings are just depressing when you have to go back to your job and how things really work. When your trainers automatically respond “Senior Management will get trained” with out prompt, you just have to wonder.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37043,apple,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Team over here is cooperative.,No cons according to me.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37044,apple,none," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Pay. Co-workers. Products. Location. Opportunity.,Customers. Hours. Retail. Weekends. Changing technology.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37045,apple,"San Luis Obispo, CA"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,It’s great,"Working with great people. Benefits,",Can be stressful in a fast paced environment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37046,apple,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GSOC operator,- Good benefits - Above average pay,- The work can be challenging,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37047,apple,"Greenville, SC"," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it but looking to move on,Amazing training and benefits package.,Salary not keeping up with the growth in the Greenville area. Retail hours.,Stop making people prove they are interested in moving up to a higher position by asking them to fill in the role without training them fully or compensating them at the correct rate. No one should do a job without being paid for it.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37048,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Acoustic Engineer,Great place to deepen your expertise. Highly motivating work environment.,"As with many jobs in the area, work load can be excessive, depending on your team size and management.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37049,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Carpe Facto Advisor,Fun environment to work in!,Good pay and benefits! Fun environment,No cons that i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P41.htm
37050,apple,"Broomfield, CO"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great place to work,"Great discounts, great people to work with. You do your job and that’s it.","Uneducated customers that express their frustration at you. You can work as hard as you can or do the bare minimum, won’t make a difference.",Promote your top performers as quickly as they prove their worth.,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37051,apple,none," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,On the Phone Tech Support,They provided an excellent training program hosted by some of the most helpful trainers I have ever known. Your comfort at work is their priority and they offer many opportunities for self improvement.,Working from home can lead to some stressful tedium.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37052,apple,none," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Associate,Insurance for part time work Great co-workers,Horrible Management Overworked and underpaid,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37053,apple,none," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,- Learn a ton - Looks great on a resume - Great Benefits,- Hourly Pay - Work Nights and weekends,No Advice,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37054,apple,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Amazing team always looking to develop individuals,None that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37055,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Program Manager,Looks good from the outside,- Good benefit package - Discount on Apple products,"- Unprofessional and inefficient middle management - Old mindset and technology - Not innovative in the software stack - Not much flexibility to grow - Apple is behind in cutting-edge technologies - The cult-like culture of secrecy reduces the efficiency - Also, there is no free snack or food and the working environment looks like a hospital than a tech company (except the Apple Park which is exclusive to certain teams)",Provide some training to EPM managers before promoting them to their first management role.,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37056,apple,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Take over your life,Good benefits. Dedicated co-workers,They take over your life. Expect to work all day and all night.,Train managers better.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37057,apple,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a good college job,Very flexible with school. Great co workers and benefits,"Customers are nasty and expect too much, and managers agree a long with them and often over rule your judgment on the situation.",Back your employees and try to not put them down when they are trying to help Apple as a company as well as the way the customers treat the staff.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37058,apple,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,app review,pay is just alright. good benefits,overtime overtime overtime. no holidays.,none,3.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37059,apple,none," Aug 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,Great benefits and culture.,Some members of management liked to micro manage. Customers were really angry sometimes.,Let people do their job.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P42.htm
37060,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is an amazing place to work,"Great products, great culture, & incredible people. Apple has strong values and the ability to change the world.","There are some pain points, every company has them. I don't have anything specific to complain about.",Please don't lose sight of the focus on customer experience and quality of the products. Keep things simple and focused.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37061,apple,none," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Salary is good. Good benefits.,Work life balance is poor.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37062,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 25, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program manager,"Great benefits, challenging projects that were well recognized",All work with little tolerance of a normal life,Improve work/home balance,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37063,apple,"Allentown, PA"," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Senior Advisor,Working from home is great and the people you work with and meet are the best. Benefits start day one and the benefits are very good.,Career progression is difficult beyond entry level positions. Positions beyond entry level technical or customer service positions are very attractive and offer great experience. Bid shifts are required for all aha(at home advisor) positions which means you have your schedule changing frequently if you are not able to win your desired shift bid.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37064,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Executive,Explosive opportunity,"Expansive growth, amazing benefits, high results yet relaxed culture, compensation is excellent","Huge company, if you are a fan of jumping ship internally, you’ll have to work hard to network outside of your own organization","As of now, keep doing what you’re doing!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37065,apple,"Leawood, KS"," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,"Challenging, equipping, and flexible","I love Apple for a number of reasons. 1) it challenges me constantly to get better at what I do in the store and also as a person in general. 2) Apple does a great job as a company at equipping retail employees for the unique and varied roles they will fulfill in the store. 3) since I am a rare breed in that I’m a part-timer who has no intention of going full-time, I appreciate Apple’s willingness to be flexible and help me have the best work- life balance possible, or for me the best work-main work- life balance possible.",I can not think of any cons for someone working part-time at Apple in my role.,"Keep it up, I’m grateful for you all!",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37066,apple,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple store technical specialist,"amazinb environment to work, great leadership and you learn a lot",Hard to move up fast,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37067,apple,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Genius,cult job,"if you would die for Apple you'll feel somewhat appreciated, maybe","management, customers, corporate agendas where only retail experiences the consequences",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37068,apple,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company...but Limited within Retail,"Fast paced, high paying (for retail), incredible benefits.",Limited amount of positions to grow towards within retail.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37069,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Working At Apple Retail,"Great benefits, Higher Pay Scales, A lot of roles to gain experience within Apple.","Mall Environment, Wish it was higher pay for the technical work service provided.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P43.htm
37070,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Aligning with company culture is key to success,Great culture and coaching to be successful at your job.,"Retail hours, busy environment, success is too driven by metrics and review numbers.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37071,apple,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,such a great company to work for!,not much to be honest.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37072,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,A,Best place on the earth,None at this moment really,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37073,apple,"Reno, NV"," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Admin,"Excellent atmosphere, great benefits","Rotating schedule , sometimes days off are not approved. Working holidays like 4th of July.","Set schedules would be great, but wonderful management",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37074,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Student,College Advisor,Flexible work schedule Employee discount Engaging community of employees,Working over time unwillingly Restricted work schooled for students,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37075,apple,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Good company to work for.,"Big organization, you can hide if you want",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37076,apple,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The job is only as good as you make it,High energy Encourages personal growth/training (when there is time) Always busy,Some leaders try to micro manage in a store that is just too big Easy to get stuck in one position for awhile,"Go in with an open mind about how you can make changes, but also how you can work with your team to make changes",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37077,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Good,Good as temporary gig but not career,Low mobility and low pay,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37078,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Research Associate,Associate,"Fun , creative atmosphere, laid back","Boring, stressful, long hours, micromanaged",Make more $,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37079,apple,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A departure from corporate,"casual work environment, average pay",demanding customer facing work culture,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P44.htm
37080,apple,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-time,great people. fun. always learning.,start at Part-time... hard to move to full-time.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37081,apple,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Technical Expert, best college part time job","Amazing culture, huge support around schedule and college reimbursement.","Always will work weekends, and business seasons (iPhone launches) you will need to work long shifts.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37082,apple,none," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work!,Supportive team and great culture,None that I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37083,apple,"Woodbury, NJ"," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - At Home Mobile Tech Support,At Home mobile tech support.,"Great people. At home position. Exciting to fix devices and make people happy. Excellent starting pay. Provided with a computer, phone, a I-touch, everything i needed to my work.",The managers changed like every week it was difficult to get to know someone as your manager and then they are gone.,Stability,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37084,apple,"Boston, MA"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Tale of Two Apples,"A globally recognized and highly respected brand, a very well-run $1Trillion market cap public corporation, Corporate leadership that thinks in detail about every aspect of the company - products, culture, supply chain, etc.","Apple Retail is NOT the same business as Apple Corporate and you generally do not gain access to a career with Apple through the retail operation. Retail management is mostly amateurish and operates from strict rules, processes and playbooks from corporate. What discretion is exercised by store management is around rather small things. Store employees are constantly reminded to ""enrich the lives of others"" while a $1Trillion company pays ridiculously low wages in ridiculously expensive markets to live in. Apple is a luxury brand, by and large, and is very clever to market itself via emotion and not technology/computer science, so customers-for-life is achieved and maintained. Recruiting is challenging for many reasons and retention is less than 2 years (this makes the 3 year vesting of stock grants to retail employees look like an insulting joke). Apple loves its secrets but as an employee working with Apple products every day AND not knowing anything about what's coming out makes you look like a rube. It gives pause to realize how incredibly controlling this corporation is with its information.","Enrich the lives of employees by paying wages indexed to the markets your stores are in and not some nonsense survey HR produces saying that Apple pays better than other retailers. A $1Trillion company has no excuses for low pay. Do a better job hiring store staff for work ethic, emotional intelligence and ambition - a higher wage should help recruitment. Stores should have a line around them like a new phone launch with people who want to work there. Offer better benefits such as student loan relief based on years of service at Apple as an alternative to a higher wage, Offer pay bumps based on performance since promotions are so rare, Normalize a schedule for employees after their first months of service so some sort of balance between store staffing and personal life can be achieved, Wear an Apple tshirt in videos and tape them in a real Apple store where works at least 1 day a month - lead by example and not by the exhortation of a detached privileged rich white person, Bring customers in from the store's surrounding community who use Apple products to showcase how Apple technology is used in creative/scientific/business pursuits and really use the sinfully expensive store environments to their maximum potential, Show all prospective hires the career path possibilities at the store, and beyond, instead of relying on the idealized notions people have when they think they joined Apple instead of apple.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37085,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Technical Support Advisor,Completely invested in employee enrichment.,Schedule flexibility can conflict with family life.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37086,apple,none," Aug 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,Paid onboarding and training period Employee stock purchase program Employee discounts on items including special holiday discounts Family&friends discount on items Discount on phone plans with all major phone carriers,Variable shift hours Not much room for advancement past store level,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37087,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Like its culture, in general","No matter in which (technical) area you have a problem, there is a team owns it and you can talk to them...","Some teams are really, some are not...","There are some useless people around, they do waste good engineer’s time and hurt their morality.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37088,apple,"Grand Rapids, MI"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Repair Room Administrator,Lots of good and bad in retail,Great co-workers. Most leadership cares about employees. You will earn a lot about yourself. Lots of opportunities for personal growth. Lots of interesting and kind customers. Work is interesting and shifts go fast. Decent discounts. Everything changes all the time. Benefits are hard to beat. CEO is amazing and kind. Progressive values.,"VERY high burnout rate for those working on the support side. Managers put off dealing with problems as well as problem employees and don't clearly communicate. Everything changes all the time. Hours and scheduling are not conducive to having much of a personal life. Pay is good for retail but not that great for the high level of responsibility and tasks being performed, not to mention the tradeoff in time lose with family and friends because of working lots of nights, weekends and holidays. Priorities are constantly changing. Not much room for advancement unless you want to relocate to corporate. Retail tends not to be very female friendly although the organization as a whole is. Stores need to be much more aware of this.",Listen to and communicate with your employees. Help them to resolve issues rather than constantly telling them to provide feedback. Provide more consistency in scheduling (It could be done). Figure out a way not to burn out great employees and act like you value people who work hard for the company (this seems to be mostly a retail issue).,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37089,apple,none," Aug 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Support Specialist,"Cafe on site, nice employees",Contract position made employees easily replaceable,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P45.htm
37090,apple,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Culture,"Amazing people, environment, and products. Incredible collaboration and design process.","Very high-pressure work culture, lack of work from home.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37091,apple,none," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,at-home advisor,work from home. good training.,no holidays off. unfavorable schedule,none,3.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37092,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Procurement Analyst,Amazing opportunity to make a global impact in a world wide procurement organization.,"Highly competitive compensation. Once you are in, Apple takes very good care of you. Opportunity to learn from the best and brightest minds. You are consistently challenged to do your best work and leverage your resources and skill sets.",Challenging when you first begin since you need to learn everything on your own. There isn’t anyone micro managing you so you are the owner of your development.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37093,apple,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall very good,"I've worked at Apple for over 9 years, holding 6 positions in 5 different stores. The company has great benefits and my own values are in line with our company values.","Working retail gets old. Same customer base, same issues, plus working in a mall isn't the ideal work environment. Apple could hold it's employees to higher standards when it comes to performance management and time and attendance.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37094,apple,none," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Creative,Not what I thought it would be...,"Decent pay, solid benefits, above-average to excellent coworkers, supportive leaders.","This company is definitely not what I thought it would be. Imagine the daily cult-like pounding of Apple philosophies into our brain. Massive double standards exist in regards to the quality of corporate decision-making vs retail. I've seen corporate make the most horrendous decisions that have broken promises, while deeply hurting customers and employees along the way. I've seen terrible decisions handed down that are 100% in opposition to the ""Credo"" we're expected to follow. The worst part? 100% avoidable. Apple corporate is not held to the same high standards as retail...and retail pays for it every day. When I started, the One-To-One training program for customers was awesome and the primary reason why I joined. Apple head honchos decided we weren't helping enough people and axed it (breaking promises to customers in the process). Now Today At Apple is a total mess. All they care about is headcount. Good, intelligent, talented people have left the Creative position to take lower positions with less pay because it's such a mismanaged tangle of blind-leading-the-blind. I can't wait to leave.",Require top corporate decision makers spend a year in retail at a setup table before they're ever allowed to make a decision that affects others.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37095,apple,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It overall was a good experience.,Best benefits that you will get working as a retail part time job.,Availability is the big thing you will need to have 20 to 30 hours always available.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37096,apple,none," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Opportunity to move up in the company.,None really to think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37097,apple,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Not much is great here.,Customers are the worst at apple,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37098,apple,none," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,unwanted and unloved but i make them alot of money,"sounds great looks great from the outside. Seems legit , great job at being great again.",constantly fake people backstabbing each other to get .50 cent raise.Golden carrots dangle everywhere but they are holographic. Don't tell when the manager touches you -Hr doesn't care and the will make you the target,They cant listen because the heads are stuck up another managers ...... Server.unless you do the nasty and like coke they wont like you.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37099,apple,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Advisor,Amazing Company,Great Pay Amazing Benefits,None at the moment,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P46.htm
37100,apple,"Albany, NY"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Great place to grow,the people you work with are amazing,a lot of responsibility and pressure for what should be more pay,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37101,apple,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,5 years and still going,great management / work from home,schedule changes / work from home can sometimes not be good,need to have more part time opportunities,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37102,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Not as easy and fun as it looks.,My coworkers on the floor were some of the smartest and most talented people I've met in my life.,"Management has a major issue with staying in touch. There is a very caste like system built from in store management, that very often leads to good ideas, and people, being curbed for not having a ""manager"" title.","Learn more. Stay out of the office and on the floor, hands on. Keep in touch with your employees, and act like you care about more then numbers on a screen once in awhile.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37103,apple,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,everything. literally. we just hit a trillion in stock so that should tell you enough,retail politics. favorites get higher pay/roles even if you slave off for customers,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37104,apple,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Market Leader,market leader,Its great for those who love to innovate.,not for the faint of heart.,review compensation for long term retention.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37105,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Expert,can't make it to cooperate unless you know someone,"awesome volunteer options to give back. company matches your volunteer work to that company. Passport benefits- website for discounts. medical, dental and vision, HSA $750/Year.","Management confused on company culture. lack of communication policies are flexible. some stores are in trouble because of certain customers. stores are focused on businesses vs customers technicians are timed to beat markets instead of focusing on the customers little growth no room to flex to cooperate unless you know someone, or 20years experience.","communication, focus on the soul which is the people.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37106,apple,"Chattanooga, TN"," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Representative,Sycophants R Us!,Work at home. Get a computer to work on.,"Low wages, whiney entitled jerks call in and are completely clueless about their phone and it’s all you’re fault. No one that calls in can remember a password and they lose their minds when you can’t help them reset it. Apple expects you to act like a disney princess while a grown man acts like a teenage girl over a cell phone, “I hate you!” Prepare to get abused for low wages from a company that has a savings account with 265.1 Billion dollars+.","Try not to be such privileged , entitled, tone deaf sycophants. Support your team and be honest and fair to your employees.",1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37107,apple,none," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to get started with IT work,"Good benefits, good support system, friendly co-workers","inflexible hours, can be stressful",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37108,apple,"Longmont, CO"," Aug 8, 2018",Former Employee - Chat Senior Specialist,Chat Senior Specialist,Work from Home. Working for the best company in the world. Benefits were awesome!,no path to promotion at this time (or for the last two years) without moving close to a campus,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37109,apple,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Good people good money,life work balance is poor,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P47.htm
37110,apple,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The best retail job, but still retail","-Excellent benefits for part-time -Motivated team aligned behind mission statement -Flexibility with schedule -Everyone, including management, has each other's backs","-Frequently stressful work -It's still retail, with all of the downsides of any other retail job -Any change to store operations comes from the top down, which means improvements/known issues can take a long time to be implemented.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37111,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Worked with some wonderful people.,Clarity of direction can be ambiguous.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37112,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Program Manager,Engineering program manager,"Great place to learn with people who are enthusiastic to come to work everyday. People generally work hard, email you back promptly and give it their all!",Not a great place for work life balance. Most folks don’t use training wheels so it’s a sink or swim mentality.,Figure out a way to train people properly in the dog eat dog environment. Not fostering strong team relationships and talent retention can cause disruptions from program to program.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37113,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great,Tons especially the 401k plan,There is not really any,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37114,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 12, 2018",Former Employee - AHA Advisor,Great College Opportunity,"competitive pay and benefits (stock, discounts, healthcare)",heavily focused on accolades from accredited universities,Keep up the great work with fostering personal well being within the work force!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37115,apple,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare,Exciting company to work for,Not a lot of growth,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37116,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Benefits stock options 401k health & dental discounts,no work like balance a lot of favoritism and politics in the work place apple culture isn't there anymore,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37117,apple,none," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Many layers,Big company ..changes of fire are less.,Growth is difficult so be aware.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37118,apple,"Reston, VA"," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Product Specialist,"Cult Culture, Ok Pay","- Sucks you into a black hole that is Apple which makes you content at retail store pay for the next 20 years of your life, and when you're 40 you realized you could've made more working as a top-secret clearance janitor.",- When you sell millions of dollars a year and only make a hundreth of what you sell it definitely boosts your spirits.,"- pay more, make it a lifelong career that's worth it",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37119,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Procurement Analyst,Great Place to work,"pay, people, location, work, team",I cant think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P48.htm
37120,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,First job as a freshman in college,Amazing team. Co-workers who care.,Bit of a pro and con. The culture is amazing and keeps you motivated but it can sometime keep you from seeing the lack of mobility.,No support system for international customers and plan of action when there are sudden influxes in customers. (i.e. tour buses dropping 40+ ppl at one store ),5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37121,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - IT Analyst,Great company that requires management cleanup.,Discounts and healthcare and a very tech savvy environment. Good place to be if you want to be in the thick of things in the mobile industry.,Saturated with middle management some of which are absolutely unnecessary. Due to this many of them feel the need to throw weight around which does nothing but cause friction.,"Employees quit their bosses not their jobs. If you need to use your title to win a debate, you have failed.",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37122,apple,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Benefits, dress code, opportunity, peers.",Having to work non-standard hours of operation.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37123,apple,none," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Back of house,Awesome environment to work in and great people,I wish I was working there again,Keep up the work,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37124,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Poor Executives and Culture in IS&T,1.Lots of opportunities to try new things like a startup. 2. Great for going through the motion and earning money.,"1.Behaves like a startup in most teams. 2.Each employee is responsible for roughly one project alone. They have to pitch it for support and executive funding (and a continued job security). 3.Culture is cut throat and up for your interpretation (I.e, you have to put in a lot of work to find ways of fitting in. This revolves around generating more profits for apple). 4.Poor planning on management side for employees like career growth and opportunities. 5. Benefits are for show. Wanting to pursue them in IS&T is close to impossible and political. 6. There is a very transactional mindset within the job. 7. Work gets very tough and there isn't a specific structure of support. 8. People from software engineering side of Apple behaves as though they are ""better"".",1. Try to build a community at the workplace that percolates all divisions. 2. Segregated culture leads to a transactional work environment.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37125,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Great company to work for!,Best in class minds to work with and the vast customer base provides some unique challenges to deal with when it comes to data volume. A data scientists dream!,Work can get overloaded quite fast. Need to balance work-life really well.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37126,apple,"Flat Rock, MI"," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Kbs cleaning,Stay at home mother of 2 girl,What to learn new thing fast easy going,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37127,apple,"Menlo Park, NJ"," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Expert,Expert,"Great Culture, even better people, and training that will help with anything you do within Apple or any future career",Your experience can be limited to the skill set of your management team... external hires take away from internal opportunities,Learn how to use tools like change journal and the FYI book so your can help develop your team. Walking the talk is more important than talking the talk,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37128,apple,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Such a nice view of everything,love the new campus its great!,The cost of living around the campus is alot,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37129,apple,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,Very supportive in a diverse and positive environment.,Don't always get the hours you need.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P49.htm
37130,apple,"Oro Valley, AZ"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Great job. Still retail. They train.,They provide all of the training you just need to have great communication skills and take personal responsibility.,Scheduling is rough. Work life balance for part time if you’re in school or something still have you working 5 days. No real overtime available.,Treat your staff like adults. Listen to feedback better.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37131,apple,"Greenwich, CT"," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Good brand name but lacking in comp and work/life balance,Great opportunity to learn a system and troubleshoot in a fast paced environment,"It's difficult to be an emotional punching bag for a long time unless you have another side hustle going, which makes it hard to have a career at Apple retail. Scheduling shift swaps has gotten better but it's still very difficult to manage",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37132,apple,none," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,"Great benefits, flexible hours","No job fulfillment, politics with leadership.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37133,apple,none," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great f ake reviews,lots of great people working hard to keep the reality distortion machine going,writing so many positive fake re views that lack content gets tiring.,keep breaking the workers with the whip they love to bow to your magnificence,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37134,apple,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,We now live in a technology based society where having the latest gadgets is the norm. The environment is so cool and might be the best retail job ever.,The hours can be long and it sucks having to work weekends sometimes!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37135,apple,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,Everything was pretty good,Nothing really bothered me. Maybe the staffing,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37136,apple,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Negotiate Salary, Easy Job, controllable hours",Barely promote people of color,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37137,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Love what the company is about. Disappointed with retail experience.,"Great values. Deep respect for the corporate leadership, intention around diversity and social impact.  Generous benefits for part-time & full-time retail employees.","Expectations for retail jobs is availability for all shifts 7 days a week. They will work with some parameters with school but are not particularly flexible or interested if you can’t be available to work most shifts.  Apple says they are a culture of feedback but it’s not a 2 way street with leadership beyond a survey they send to all employees twice a year.  Empathy is both a value & a metric for retail employees but the management team in my location has very little empathy for their employees.  Lots of training on customer service but little in the tech, operations or procedural. I was thrown into an iPhone launch with only two days of shadowing another specialist.  For the most profitable company in the world to give their employees a water bottle or t-shirt as a holiday gift it feels like a slap in the face. Most people who work for Apple really value the company for many reasons and that ridiculous gift didn’t reciprocate even a small measure of what people pour of themselves into this. Corporate leadership has a vision for a townhall community space at the store but are increasingly minimizing the generosity towards the teams who create that space. You reap what you sow.","Provide training/sabbatical/opportunities for your retail leadership to get out of the grind and re-energize their teams. Drive home their need for empathy for their teams.  Rethink the disconnect created by discontinuing Genius training in Cupertino.  If you really want to value diversity & work-life balance close the stores on Sundays to allow employees to regularly attend their place of worship & provide everyone with a day of rest.  Find a way to design stores with a quiet/yoga/meditation room so that breaks actually have a place to be quiet in a retail setting.  The “it’s good for retail” really shouldn’t be the phrase used for Apple be it pay, benefits, availability or anything else. With the kind of excellence created & expected with this company the retail experience (for the employee) shouldn’t be about “well, at least it’s not Best Buy”.  Retail employees should be given a higher percentage off Apple products if they are expected to know & sell the product. Renew the 50% off the watch for new hires and renew it every 3 years along with the existing EPP. If it’s supposed to be part of “the uniform” employees shouldn’t be expected to pay for it or at least have a more generous discount.",2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37138,apple,none," Aug 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist - Apple retail,"Competitive pay, flexible schedule, great benefits","Tends to be a larger amount of drama in Apple retail environments, on your feet all the time",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37139,apple,none," Aug 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,"Worked as a Business Manager in the Apple Retail stores. It was one of the most kinetic, engaging experiences I've ever had, and made me a better overall leader.","It was retail, subject to retail hours. Also, the business positions at the store level were scaled back considerably, and my position no longer exists.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P50.htm
37140,apple,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great start!,"Great benefits, Good pay, good discount",There are none so far,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37141,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work For But Lack Opportunities for Career Development Outside Retail,It is a great company to work for and it would look good on your CV.,"From a retail perspective, there is a lack of opportunity if you want to go for a career development outside retail.",Create an opportunity to allow retail employees who wants to grow their careers outside of retail.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37142,apple,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Build & Release Engineer,Get to work with really smart people.,Work life balance can be off.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37143,apple,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company okay management,benefits and pay are amazing,management and attempting to work your way up,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37144,apple,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical expert,Extremely busy people always want free stuff.,Super fast work environment. Days go by quick,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37145,apple,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Store Manager,Great benefits and financial compensation.,"You are told that if you own your development, opportunites will open up for you. In reality there is little room for advancement past being a manager, and having this job on your résumé has definately lost its luster to potential employers.","Let the managers lead, rather than reactively responding to confidentail employee surveys three times a year..",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37146,apple,"Copperton, UT"," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,qa analyst,Great company lots of money and scope,Great company lots of work and and stress,More money less work,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37147,apple,none," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Review,Great benefits great people work environment was very friendly and opening,Too number focused and less consumer focused,Pay more time and attention to your team and customers Don't worry about stats,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37148,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Team Manager,A good company to work for,Wonderful benefits Wonderful coworkers Great atmosphere,Too many secrets that impact emoloyees,Be more open,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37149,apple,none," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Great company and hard working people,Not much cons in my experience,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P51.htm
37150,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Stressful retail environment . Poor work life bal. High turnover. Managemnt favoritism. Limited Career,Some good benefits . If you haven’t had prior experience you can gain some basic skills learned at most corporate culture operations. Gain some good working relationships.,"Poor salary in retail environment little advancement opportunities. Rampant favoritism by management. No work life balance. Management does not recognize you for your work and has a hard time deciphering people’s true skill sets and capabilities. They make poor decisions in regards to offering promotions and career opportunities to those who are truly qualified vs someone who can get by just acting the part, say the right lingo play a role you got the job. Very stressful and demanding anxiety ridden environment Which upper management and executives at corporate are totally unaware of and oblivious of what is really going on. They act like it’s an open door policy to speak to whoever at any level of management but truth is they block information just enough so that doesn’t reach the decision-makers . lower management likes to report they got everything under control that they’re taking care of it for you and they always say they’re going to send it up the chain but it never really gets there because they don’t want to act like they contributed to employees who are unhappy or that they are part of the problem of why you need to see change . It seems only corporate employees are compensated for the type of work they do even though the retail workers are what driving the companies profits in general . The amount of sales a single employee makes if they made commission they would be very well-off and consumers assume Apple employees at the retail level must be well paid for the type of customer service they strive to deliver and shocked to discover they are poorly compensated while delivering this top notch level of service.","Truly value your employees and the compensation levels at the retail level especially in major profiting areas cities such as the SF Bay Area , New York etc. Most of the stress and frustration comes from employees working hard delivering what you expect but not being recognized or paid for that type of work expectation. Retail is the true heart of producing profits for Apple but employees are treated as expendable. There’s a lot of phenomenal talent at the retail level but you are often treated just as another blue shirt and number. Retail management has become lazy and robotic like. The San Francisco Bay Area is the most expensive place to live and the company is based in there so they can’t be unaware that the cost of living has skyrocketed and salary is unbalanced and not enough for workers at the base positions at retail level .",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37151,apple,none," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,The benefits and discounts are amazing.,I wish management would work with their employees in more of a friendly basis.,Be equal to everyone,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37152,apple,"Denver, CO"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Specialist,Amazing company. Retail is a different story,"So many perks to this job (any job at Apple retail). Stock plans, health benefits, great competitive pay.","Your happiness and opportunities for growth whitin the company (really rare) will depend almost entirely upon how much the managemnt team cares about their own jobs. Some are really trying to get ahead, and will leave everything (and employees) behind. Plan on staying in your role for a couple years, even if you’re the best at what you to. Chances go up to get a promotion if you transfer out of state to another store. (I’ve had managers admit that is is company policy to me).",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37153,apple,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,Engage with customers Flexible and easy going Play with gadgets,No real opportunity for growth,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37154,apple,none," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,This company bloves its people.,Retail hours are not always the best.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37155,apple,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great step toward Genius,You learn quickly how things should run,There always feels like more work than you can complete.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37156,apple,none," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech,Was nothing to complain about,Loved the company ... fun environment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37157,apple,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,AppleCare Mac+ Senior Advisor,"Tight knit community of advisors, helping one another. Great pay for minimum skilling. Excellent training to complete all tasks.","Not many downsides, if any, pay would be one. As a Senior Advisor, you get many upset customers that, you try not to take home with you, but sometimes the stress of the job is overwhelming .",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37158,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Counsel,Toxic boss,Great company with good benefits,"Secrecy overkill, management toxicity and entrenchment",Need to get outside and see what it’s like everywhere else.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37159,apple,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Insurance, product discount, paid tuition for schooling.","On your feet a ton. High stress, dealing with representing a well respected brand.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P52.htm
37160,apple,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering manager,Work on cool products and projects,"Very stressful environment, no coaching",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37161,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company in the World!,Benefits are outstanding. The people are diverse. Leadership is super caring,None! This is the best company to work for. They really care about you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37162,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer at Apple,"Exciting work, world class coworkers, great compensation and benefits, feeling that you are impacting the world with your work","Extremely high stress at times, team in-fighting and re-orgs are not uncommon",Software services deserves it's own SVP with experience running a world class services organization,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37163,apple,none," Aug 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked,"401k, Insurance, Wage works, discount.",Racism and lack of promotion from within,Do better,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37164,apple,none," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Preservation Specialist,"Great benefits: health, stock purchase plan, volunteering",Might have to work weekends,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37165,apple,"Sparks, NV"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - BreakFix Team Lead,"Great Company, poor management choices","It's Apple. Benefits are amazing, every project is big, and there are some great workers.","Data Center Operations is plagued with insecure, ill-informed, nepotistic, reactive managers that drive out good workers. You're sold a bill of goods about how you're being hired for your brain, to come in and think/innovate. Once you're in, you're promptly told to shut up and be a good drone. If you think outside of the box or question management in any way, you're ""not a team player"" and ""managed out of the environment"". Hard work is only rewarded if politically convenient or if performed by a friend of management.  Work in any other division at Apple other than Data Center Operations and life is golden.","Get out of the way. Support your people. Be Pro-Active. Check the insecurities at the door. Realize that working in an environment of fear makes people do the bare minimum.  Did I mention ""support your people""?",5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37166,apple,"Madison, TN"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Samsung Field Sales Manager,awesome job,easy friendly people Paid vacation and sick pay great benefits,there is no cons about apple,"ou now must work with your staff to achieve your department and your organizational goals. Your role is to work with others, to help them be productive and effective."" Stone offers these tips for first-time managers: Identify your department's goals, and determine the resources needed to achieve them.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37167,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"They care about their people, great culture.",I really don't have anything negative to say,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37168,apple,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Chat Agent,Senior Advisor,This company has made it possible to work a higher-paying job while being at home. Coworkers and most managers are kind and willing to help when needed.,"You would think that Apple would be one of the best companies to work for. I worked as a Chat Advisor and it’s truly been the worst experience imaginable. While there are some good experiences, most customers come into the chat with an entitled mindset. Most are unwilling to work with you to troubleshoot the issue. And when offering repair options, the customer will complain and decline all of them and then go on about how the device isn’t working, even though they just finished telling you that they don’t want it repaired. The WORST part though is that your job and your ‘performance’ is literally based completely on what customers think of you, even if it’s not your fault. Apple sends a survey after the chat ends and if the customer is upset about anything little thing to do with Apple, you get a red survey. So many of those red surveys and you get wrote up.","Stop measuring employee’s attendance by customer’s surveys. To put it politely, not all customers are going to truly rate an employee for the level of support they provided. They’re going to rate it on whether they got what they want or not. Customers shouldn’t be the sole determining party in whether someone keeps their job.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37169,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 29, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Manager, Manufacturing Operations",Great learning experience of the entire gamut of Manufacturing.,"If you cannot be available 24x7, this job is not for you.",Number and flavor of products have diluted the spectrum. Focus. Revisit Steve Jobs quadrant.,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P53.htm
37170,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Store Manager,Apple Career,"Compensation, Company Value, Cutting edge Technology","Store Traffic, Staff size, Management Responsibilities",Squeaky wheel...,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37171,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Cultivated Community,Awesome people and clear attainable goals for receiving annual merit raises,There’s a bit of a ceiling to getting to management level from retail environment,Store leader at Briargate has clear grasp of what’s needed to achieve positive balance in store culture—coach all team members to find their passions and encourage growth.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37172,apple,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,Best retail working environment! Great benefits and culture,Working weekends and Holidays. Launches can be a pain and the hours,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37173,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Administrative,Administrative,"Wonderful work atmosphere, nice teams, CEO really cares about all levels.",No Southern California corporate office.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37174,apple,none," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great time at the company,Easy to work at for sure.,Nothing to complain about this,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37175,apple,"Minden, NV"," Sep 3, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Specialist,Technical support,Good benefits and can work from home,They treat their employees like garbage you are better off being a customer.,Treat employees better and stop lying to them,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37176,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,A fun but stressful place to work,"The people you work with make it worthwhile, both co-workers and customers. Yes, you will get those customers that are angry and make it tough, but it the ones who are truly grateful that make the whole thing worth it. You will develop a family-like feel with your co-workers and they become your support.  You always need to be ready for change. It happens all the time. Processes, applications, and obvious products can change all of the sudden overnight. If you can't adapt to change quickly you may not like it here. However, there is a lot of training on the fly and time made for it.","Work/Life balance can be difficult at times. At the retail level, of course, that is to be expected, but if you are willing to work with the leadership of the store, you can get the time off you need if it's made with plenty of time in advance.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37177,apple,"Stonestown, CA"," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great expereince,Worked as a specialist and I felt like I was a rockstar in the blue.,Fast paced and requires a lot of quick learning,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37178,apple,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Cool products, tough hiring process results in generally interesting/motivated people","It's the best retail job you could have, but it's still retail",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37179,apple,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Advisor,Supervisors very understanding. Starting salary was reasonable. Benefits were also good.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P54.htm
37180,apple,none," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to Work Buy & Own,I loved working at Apple,No bonuses and better free stuff would’ve been nice,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37181,apple,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Zone Specialist,"Benefits to Part Time Staff, Working with a cool diverse team, lots of room to grow into other roles","Apple Fifth Avenue is a beast, the velocity of the customers, language barriers, and unhappy customers",Understand that Apple Fifth Avenue doesn’t have a lot of American business customers,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37182,apple,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Rocks!,incredibly fluid work environment,lack of recent innovation,"Think outside the box! As the people who set the standards for design in technology, you owe it to the consumer to continue to innovate, to keep said standard current. The current lineup of apple products is dated. They work, and I understand fear of straying from what works, but take a risk. If you are not successful, learn from it and fold. Keep moving.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37183,apple,"Wauwatosa, WI"," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,11 Years,"Great benefits, many locations, career experiences","Hours and expectations, customer expectations, support","Listen, need to first-hand experience floor interactions.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37184,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporate Executive Relations,"Benefits, discounts, prestige, awesome campus","People, cliques, lack of opportunity to develop further in career",Hire better quality individuals.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37185,apple,none," Jul 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and bad with all companies,"Great benefits, relaxed environment, very conscious of work/life balance. Thoroughly enjoyed my time there!",Hard to move up. Rotations preferred over perm positions.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37186,apple,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,Easy to learn and friendly,Very fast pace and hard customers,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37187,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Almost five years in,"When I started in 2012, I had an unbelievable crew of people I worked with. All of which were very hungry, curious and passionate about the job. I was forced out of my comfort zone almost daily which helped develop me greatly. The culture of feedback has really helped me in my work outside of Apple.","As another or many reviews have stated, the Apple Inc. We once knew and loved is no longer. Disappointed by the ability of management to actually manage and hire great people. It was a constant battle to keep developing. Once you were promoted to Genius, you were then boxed into that role, never to be heard from again. Now this isn’t the story for everyone, if you know the right person or scratch the right back you could be pulled into another area of the business OR maybe even lead genius, which is just someone who stands there to hover over you to take your break or to let you know you haven’t been ripping through the queue of people waiting fast enough.  Lots of over promising and under delivery.","Get it together. Seriously. Reflect on the message you are pushing out. I have never felt so unheard, undervalued, lied to etc. Your job is to help cultivate and community and customer experience.  Also, learn the product and understand the process. Take your own advice and become a resource.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37188,apple,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love and Hate relationship,"People you work with are some of the best, you become family benefits discounts",multi tasking very hard pressure to perform very busy,Stop playing politics and promoting people that are in clicks and promote people who perform,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37189,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, play hard",99% of employees at Apple are very passionate about what they do and are dedicated to creating the best product experience for customers - no matter their role in the machine. This makes it a very exciting place to work. Benefits are great and hard work is rewarded through annual performance reviews.,"It is hard to find any work/life balance. Even when you take vacation, it is hard to really disconnect. Most organizations are very ""flat"" so there aren't too many opportunities for promotions or career growth, although this can be considered a ""pro"" too because most people have easy access to execs.","Create a culture in each department that values all contributors, not just a select few while those who put in the hard work behind the scenes always go unrecognized.",5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P55.htm
37190,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,Not too shabbay,Great place to work. Professional and friendly environment. Lots of opportunity for growth.,More communication with the managers would help with everything.,Refer to the con.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37191,apple,none," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Very friendly environment and a creative company to work in,Top three company so you feel a little pressured to do better,"I love y’all but reading over requirements for internships, it feels impossible. However, whether I think I can or I can’t, I’m right so I will prove everyone wrong.",5.0,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37192,apple,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Consultant,Solutions Consultant,Apple has great benefits!,This program works you very hard and commission is hard to achieve.,Less micro management please,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37193,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,"Outstanding place to work, but not exceptional",It's an above average retail job.,It's still a retail job.,"Managers are still people at the end of the day and it can be difficult sometimes to fight human nature. But in a professional setting, you would expect the rules and regulations of the workplace and company to trump personal feelings, not the other way around.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37194,apple,none," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Fun and great people, amazing",nothing but i loved it,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37195,apple,none," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"Great culture, good teamwork to achieve goals.",A tendency to hire overqualified people who tend to be unhappy with the lack of career growth and leave around the three-year mark.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37196,apple,"Cameron, NC"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - T2 Manager,Great place to work,Enjoy the Benefits and pay,Work load can be Stressful along with the position,Help lessen the load on t2,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37197,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple care remote,"benefits, discounts, friendly atmosphere, bonuses, easy to promote","misleading, demanding for the pay, not very flexible",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37198,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Aug 25, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Former genius,I made a lot of good friends I still keep in touch with. I became a certified mac technician and got to go to Cupertino to do it. That is about it.,I WISH I COULD SAY ZERO STARS. Awful pay they cap what you can make after so many years of being there and unless you move to manager you never will get a raise again They did a way with with the Genius role Work life balance is a joke it was a cage match trying to get time off and if you didn’t get what you needed people would call out sick anyway. Managers did not care and always put the customer first Even if you or the normal protocol was being followed They also would provide passive aggressive advice or fearless feedback how to do better Discount is awful as retail does not make enough to afford anything even with the discount The watches came out and t was 50% off for a month that was a joke. Managers got free iPad pros for Christmas and employees got a branded water bottle. Corporate shuts down for holidays and retail barely gets a few pizzas for working on a holiday Years later and things have gotten worse I would say stay as far away as possible. It is not a good place To be and it is not what it used to be.,Stop drinking the kool aid and be a real person not a robot. It is gross how you treat employees and sad that you lose who you are for a job. Is it worth it?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37199,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Lead,Apple Retail,"Apple cares about its people, and it’s poeple are some of the most amazing in the world.",Work life balance can be hard in a retail setting.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P56.htm
37200,apple,none," Aug 6, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Great opportunity, poor management",Work from home is a good option Pay was great for a remote position Training was comprehensive and well-developed,Management changeovers during training were chaotic New management did not want to honor agreements made during hiring process for new worker This created a high-stress and toxic work environment that cause the employee to leave the company,Remain consistent and honor what the company has promised. Provide better support to associates and make them feel valued.,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37201,apple,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aaaa,Great work experience I’m not upset,There weren’t any cons at the job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37202,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 22, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Administrative assistant,"Health care, dental care and other benefits.",More work to do than people to do it.,To contract more people to distribute the service,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37203,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS QA Engineer,"Great salary, smart people, manager who wants you to succeed","Lack of work/life balance. Apparently Steve Jobs once asked, ""Why hire two engineers when you can hire one good one and make him work overtime?"" That M.O. certainly still stands.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37204,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Technical Expert,Great company with amazing benefits. Great pay. Supportive work environment. Fun work culture.,Varied hours and days off. Extremely loud and overcrowded work environment. Promotions are highly competitive in certain stores.,Nothing to say here. It all depends on the Apple Store you work in.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37205,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Jul 20, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great environment. Apple hires the best people. The company cares about its work force and takes great care of them.,"You are handling customers personal devices, so when something does not work as it should they can be quite frustrating",Have plenty of staff on hand for rushes.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37206,apple,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company excellent benefits,"Flexible, great perks, Awesome people","long hours, long commute if coming from sf",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37207,apple,"Brandon, FL"," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,technical expert,Great benefits and place to work!,holiday time you are working a lot,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37208,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - California,IC4,"Culture, Learning opportunity, exposure to technology, brand value.","bureaucracy, middle management, food, lack of opportunities for lateral movement. lack of promotion opportunities.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37209,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Apple Solutions Consultant,"Great company to work for, great benefits, and great culture.",Completely consumes your life. More so then any other job I have had.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P57.htm
37210,apple,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,People,Co-workers are great! Good Benefits! Fun products.,Customers. Work life balance due to retail hours and inconsistent schedules,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37211,apple,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Great Pay Part Time is Flexible,Retail get busy Face paced work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37212,apple,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,Team members and knowledge gained are irreplaceable,Retail hours and office politics,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37213,apple,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great benefits and discounts,Micromanaged in a retail environment,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37214,apple,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Apple Solutions Consulant (LASC),"Competitive pay, positive working environment","Demanding work, limited interaction with coworkers",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37215,apple,none," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Analyst,"Great benefits, health insurance, stock, 401k matching",Too many layers of management,lower level managers don't have free will to run their group as they see fit.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37216,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Great team to work,Good benefits. Friendly environment. Challenging work. Smart coworkers.,"No perks, food isnt great, and no freebies like Gym and snacks.","Maybe spend less money on luxury furnitures, but more on employee and work place perks.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37217,apple,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,A good company with very good benefits,"Good company, flexible schedule for part time, very good health insurance for part time, other benefits, discounts","Some of company values, too many different thinking people, hard to connect with many people. I guess it could be like that in many companies but it's hard to fit in if you're different from most company employees with your beliefs.","Management is very nice, supportive, encouraging and never say anything rude or bad.",4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37218,apple,"Walnut Creek, CA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great Company and Benefits,Great company and benefits. Lots of opportunity to move up and into corporate.,Apple is too strict on Visual Standards even in our break rooms. Also leadership doesn't always do a great job promoting the right people. We have some people on our team with toxic personalities.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37219,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Great place to work. Friendly staffs and great benefits.,Dealing with entitled and distasteful customers,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P58.htm
37220,apple,none," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Admin,Steady income and always current and in tune within the world of technology.,"Lots of micromanagement, no work life balance and no incentive to want to stay in the line work for this company.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37221,apple,none," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Work from home Friendly team Friendly management,Lower pay than other similar positions with other companies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37222,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Creative,Great Place to Start,"Get in, get good experience, then get out. As awesome as Apple is as a company, you work in retail.","Retail hours, ultimately your job is to deescalate situations, not actually provide value to customers.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37223,apple,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Technical Support Advisor,"-Meet some great people -Will gain extensive experience with troubleshooting. Will learn more about technology, and extensively about Apple products and how they work. -Good insurance, good cafeteria",-Stressful -It is a call center. Know what you're getting into. Not for the faint of heart. -Repetitive. Gets very boring. Not for quiet types and/or those who aren't a people person.,Lay off the nitpicking and micromanagement.,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37224,apple,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Manager,"Above average pay, solid benefits and discounts, good work/life balance unless Store Leader or above. Meeting a lot of interesting people. Workplace giving opportunities are really cool.",Impossible to terminate policy offenders unless they steal something. No accountability for those who miss work. Little to no professional development opportunities.,Find ways to engage and develop retail managers. Establish a fair attendance policy.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37225,apple,"Oakbrook Terrace, IL"," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialist,Amazing staff with awesome benefit's and a good work life balance,scheduling can be semi inconsistent,Keep good manager's at their store's! Had a couple really good manager's get switched around to different locations which was a huge bummer,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37226,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 14, 2018",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Wonderful Place to Work,Benefits and compensation are great Opportunity to work with other exceptional individuals,It's work to keep from taking on too much work Very demanding work environment,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37227,apple,none," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Pretty fun environment Friendly co workers,Customers can be very tiring to deal with.,Add a headphone jack,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37228,apple,none," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Tech Support Advisor,"Good Benefits, Stressful Work Environment","Great medical, dental, vision coverage plus access to workout gym and wellness center depending on where you live/work.","Very stressful work environment. I was working in essentially a call center, they treated us like an ""expense"" since we were not a very profitable part of the company. Tons of micro-management on every facet of our job performance and whenever there was a performance issue or if they thought you did something wrong, there was always the assumption of guilt unless proven innocent.  The people in general can be very friendly, but management seems to have a distorted view of how things work in ""the trenches"" (when taking incoming calls) and it leads to unrealistic expectations being set all the time.","Quit treating your employees like an expense and come to grips with the fact that you're paying them to provide an essential service that keeps your business running - tech support.  Also, quit expecting your employees to perform like perfect little robots on every call. They're only human, along with the customers they assist.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37229,apple,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, More focus on employees",Benefits and discounts are great.,Need to show better appreciation for workers. Very difficult to advance in the company.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P59.htm
37230,apple,none," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Stressful but rewarding,Challenging and rewarding work and passionate coworkers,"stressful at times, long hours",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37231,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,It’s Ok,"Benefits, Discounts, Schedule Preference Type, Good Pay, Extra Bonus discount every 3 yrs",Company has gone downhill since Steve Jobs passed. Never a good choice of schedules. Always have to work atleast 1 weekend day. Raises are only 3% every year,Better pay Higher raises,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37232,apple,none," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can be a great company if changes are made,Good benefits and competitive salary,Missing the direction and vision of Steve Jobs. Too many folks that don't know what they are doing.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37233,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Regional Manager,Apple Solution Consultant,Great Company with Great Benefits,not a a lot of growth opportunities,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37234,apple,none," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,dug it,good college job lax good pay,remote is never great? but it has perks,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37235,apple,none," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Fun fast pace environment to work in,There is No room for advancement,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37236,apple,"Baltimore, MD"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,"Retail (Apple Stores, not corporate)","Apple is a great learning environment, and you have great peers to show you the ropes and eventually befriend. You will definitely develop great communication skills","Scheduling can be all over the place, assuming your availability is open, and so if you want to go anywhere you must request well in advance. Also, communication between some management could be a little better.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37237,apple,"Gilbert, AZ"," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,"Going to work brings happiness to my day, but not enough hours to live off of.","Great work environment if you communicate well with strangers. I love meeting new people, so it works well for me.","If you're part time, you're going to need a least one other job to pay rent. Also, Apple is a little ""culty"" for my taste.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37238,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Engineer,Challenging but rewarding with great culture,Overall culture is awesome. You can feel the excitement and energy just walking around the main campus. You're surrounded by people are not only smart but work want to be there. Teamwork is solid.,Secrecy - you think you're working for a highly sensitive area of the CIA but Apple only makes consumer goods. Reminded on a regular basis how certain actions such as taking gifts or sharing pictures on social media can and will get you fired.,None at this time. Management is doing an excellent job.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37239,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Great to work for a company that defines technology at a global scale and pushes innovation forward.,Resourcing can be tight at times.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P60.htm
37240,apple,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My time as a Technical Specialist,"Being able to help multiple people a day, fantastic benefits, positive work atmosphere, hands on and comprehensive training,","Retail hours, not much down time, feisty customers,","Corporate management should take more advice from real ""in store"" workers about system upgrades and managements. In store management, in my experience, typically is very receptive to suggestions for change",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37241,apple,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work unless you start in the call center,Amazing benefits that start day one,Don't start in the call center trying to make your way to the business side of the company. Its not going to happen unless you stay there forever!,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37242,apple,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Decent pay, great people, always evolving","Stress, political, hard to move up, really difficult work life balance.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37243,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,expert,Best job ever perfect amazing,"none, the company is perfect and alwsome",great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37244,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Creative Pro,A very challenging but rewarding experience if you are looking to grow your workplace skills.,Challenging work environment for growth. Lots of freedom in your role to innovate. The people you work with will become some of your closest friends as they are all exceptional.,Working with many varying technical understanding customers at once. Retail hours. Difficulty moving up within the company due to limited positions for growth.,Invest more time into your leadership by allowing them the time to complete trainings that are expected of the other associates as well as time to connect with the teams weekly. Many of the leaders are the least knowledgeable in the stores.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37245,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,Apple is one of the best companies to work for on Earth,no cons at all. i loved it here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37246,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,The culture at Apple is unparalleled. It is truly a special place to work.,I can't think of one negative thing to say.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37247,apple,none," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,A very accepting environment. Pay wasn’t bad and no invasion of privacy with no drug tests.,Management with not a lot of knowledge. Too strict overtime and timeclock policy. Always tried to send to other stores.,Brush up on your technical knowledge. Have a Little more timeclock forgiveness and take the genius’ word about things,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37248,apple,none," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Good Stepping Stone Into the Enterprise IT World,Ok benefits Competitive pay for the area Descent hours,Difficult managers High turnover No clear explanation of role Very deeply ingrained politics,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37249,apple,none," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,Fantastic community and employee engagement.,Lack of communication between corporate and retail level.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P61.htm
37250,apple,none," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good compnay,lots of development opportunity and great people to work with,the bureaucracy of the store and favoritism can effect morale,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37251,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Expert,Expert,"Great benefits, generous pay, incredible culture.","Work life balance can be challenging, it is retail.",store managers do everything they can for their teams! keep it up!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37252,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,The people I work with are an amazing group. From those who I trained with to those that have been there for years. My co-workers are an amazing group of people from all walks of life.,Odd shift times but not terrible. It's retail...,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37253,apple,"Balch Springs, TX"," Jul 9, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Loved the customer service,Great work environment and customer service,Management and lack of integrity,Constructive criticism,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37254,apple,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Great company, good benefits, people are happy to work here",Location and commute are less than ideal,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37255,apple,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Autonomy Accountability Large workplace Feedback driven Fun environment Always learning,Long time to advance Start you off part time Training is vague,Be more involved with employees,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37256,apple,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spec,great job to work at,bad things don't exist at this job,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37257,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jul 21, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,"Apple Retail can be great, but also terrible","Great people to work, and the job can really be fun at time(especially with the right customers).","Depending on the store, the store management can be extremely political, and drive you crazy. Terrible hours sometimes with clopenings.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37258,apple,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great benifits amd great experience,I really dont have any complaints,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37259,apple,none," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good Part Time,- Interview process gets you prepared for tough interviews in the future - Not very demanding,- On your feet all day long (literally) - Can get boring at times,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P62.htm
37260,apple,none," Jul 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its ok,The money. They pay you really well,The customers were very rude,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37261,apple,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Director,Marketing,"Highly political, secretive, ZERO career growth, arrogant management, ZERO work life balance. Usually work through holidays.","Great name on your resume, decent pay.","More focus on the people who helped make the company worth $1T. Currently, it's all $$$ and no consideration for resources.",1.0,1.0,1.0,none,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37262,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Creative,Best job I've ever had!,"Supportive and caring leadership and team, continuous training and development, fast-paced and energetic for both internal and external customers. A day at work is a day well-spent!","Fast-paced and demanding of full attention and energy, but never a dull moment.",Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37263,apple,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good atmosphere, people and products",Company with deep values with diversity at its core,Transparency between corporate and retail - or lack there of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37264,apple,none," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,"Great training, access to resources, teamwork.",Multi-national corporation struggling to balance employee satisfaction with bottom-line results. External hiring practices sacrifices internal talents' career ambition.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37265,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Speclist,"Amazing health benefits, stock options, and discounts on Apple products. There is even a discount that you get once every three years that you get an additional 500 off a computer, 250 off an iPad or iPhone. Additionally, you work with some of the smartest greatest people that you will ever meet and some even will become family.",Management is pressured to make invocation changes even where there is no reason to make any. They create a negative work environment which could make it an unpleasant place to work.,"Many people that work for Apple been there for years and for the most part many of our job functions have reminded the same for the duration. Basically, if it is not broke there is no reason to fix it. I understand that you need to write something in your Exchange Journal to show growth but you are doing that at the expense of the people that you are supposed to help grow and manage. Additionally, as a manager, you are not supposed to have an overt personal against people for that directly affect how you treat them and make them feel undervalued and underappreciated at work. It could be such an amazing place to work if you were to work with the employees instead of harboring an, us vs them mentality.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37266,apple,none," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management,Good culture and good people,Loss of vision for overall direction,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37267,apple,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Good coworkers, terrible management","Benefits, coworkers, stock options and lax dress code.","Management has terrible communication and accountability. Apple in general has been cutting operating costs so much that wages aren't keeping up with inflation. You MAY get a 3% raise, inflation around the country is 2.5-4.5% meaning very little growth or net loss in wages.","Stick up for your employees. Practice what you preach when it comes to communication, accountability, feedback and embodying the culture of Apple.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37268,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,loved working there!,"really fun environment, the people were awesome and management really cared about us.","can get hectic at times, especially during the holiday season",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37269,apple,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative Pro,Rewarding work environment with great coworkers and leadership who want to see you succeed. Opportunities for experiences within the company to expand your skills. Great benefits.,Retail hours. Always educating customers.,Invest in your employees.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P64.htm
37270,apple,none," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent,best company ever to work for,"none, nothing negative to say honestly",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37271,apple,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good benefits, high stress, work life balance is tricky here if full time.","Good benefits, a lot of cool people work there the co -workers are great. Management generally seems to care how you are doing.",The Pay is low based on how stressful it can be and what the job entails. Though it's retial what the job entails is retial mixed with a tech job. Not much room for growth for long-term job prospects unless you plan to stay here 10+ years and move on to managment or lead genius.,Pay based on performance.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37272,apple,none," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,programmer,"fun place to work at, very nice people","there is no cons, its good","i love it, everything is perfect",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37273,apple,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible organization,This had to be 5 words or more.. so a paycheck,Lack of organizatiin across the board and up the ladder of upper management which trickled down to employees,Fire incompetent management and leaders who dont help the company grow and do better,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37274,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company!,People First Amazing Benefits Room for Growth Location Notoriety Customer Experience Services Work/Life Balance,"Compensation, Management Structure and Transparency are areas of opportunities.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37275,apple,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Fantastic incubator for creative folks.,"Steady work, learn a lot, great corporate culture (even in retail), fab benefits.","Insanely busy, constant stress, ambiguity and change.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37276,apple,"Round Rock, TX"," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Team Deputy ITunes Fraud,Great,Team is great at Apple,Pay not great at Apple,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37277,apple,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,expert,Good to be around people,hard for smaller store to have growth,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37278,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The opposite of what Apple once aimed to be.,"Like in most other major employers, there are always really bright people. There are also really nice people to work with. Some people belong in both teams. Compensation is generally very good. In fact, it is above the market for some teams. If you are wondering why that is, you may want to read the ""Cons"" section.","If you have watched Apple's 1984 Super Bowl commercial, then you know how Apple is. Apple has now become exactly that which it despised the most: the IBM of the 80's. The Establishment. The Big Brother.  Apple has grown old and both leadership and management want only to be worshiped, they only want to listen to praise. There are no dissenting voices, nobody from above likes that and Apple is famous for having the most tyrannical and ruthless HR departments in the industry, so don't dissent, and don't expect an ethical behavior if you do.  The amount of kool-aid that Apple employees are forced to drink on a daily basis only compares to the best (or worst) years of Facebook or Yahoo. And again, don't be a dissenting voice or your life will be made hell.  Of course, your mileage may vary. Since Apple is so extremely fractured and isolated internally, there must be lucky pockets where things are better. The large majority is not, however.  Internal mobility is nonexistent.","""Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo."" [...] From Apple's campaign ""Think Different"".  It's difficult to be ""a misfit"" or ""a rebel"" when the overwhelming majority of Apple executives, directors, managers are millionaires (or billionaires). Apple management **is** the status quo.  Perhaps the best advice that Apple's leaders could follow would be to leave and let others, more hungry, lead. Because they certainly ain't renouncing to their fortunes.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37279,apple,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,"Great benefits, repetitive but fun","Depending on the size of your store, opportunities for advancement are limited. Cast a wide net.",Hire internally to create more opportunities for advancement,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P65.htm
37280,apple,none," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Great benefits and great pay for retail.,High pressure and fast paced environment,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37281,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Promotions with no raises...,many benefits. diverse workforce. successful company.,everyone is underpaid. cult-like. they give promotions with no raises. promotions are based on new interviews and not performance.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37282,apple,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not really worth the Time,"good company benefits ex: gym reimbursement, rare bonus, HR support","high volume calls/email/enrollments, crazy/rude developers",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37283,apple,none," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA advisor,The best company to work for!,No cons! Everything is perfect!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37284,apple,none," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software prototyper,Various skill sets among team members.,Sharp deadlines and lots of ambiguity.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37285,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Retail by any other name,"Huge company, play by the rules and you’re fine","Toxic corporate culture, cult like",The retail sector is so far removed from the glamour of apples corporate culture. For such a huge part of their sales you’d think we’d be valued more,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37286,apple,none," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work!,Great technology and great people,Some district managers could use more time in stores,Follow up more,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37287,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Best “part time” job I’ve ever had!,"No sales goals (but you are still evaluated on performance...it’s a business after all).  Great hourly pay.  Insurance (medical, dental, vision) even for part-time employees!!!  Stock purchase plan and 401k (!!!)  Regular discount isn’t all that great, but you can get some good employee-only deals.  Always hiring. I mean it...always.  Overall, it’s the best company I’ve worked for. It’s not perfect, but it’s really close!","Your weekly hours may get cut to an unacceptable level when the shopping season slows down. ~10 hours or less a week.  Extremely hard to move up (there are a LOT of employees at each location, plus there are internal candidates looking for transfers to compete with).  Always hiring. Also a con, because management is stretched so thin, that adding new people to the staff often takes precedence over the development of current employees.  With so many people on staff, it can be next to impossible to efficiently convey information when changes happen. Things change quickly (and often), but information disseminates slowly.  Some of the upper management (senior managers, etc.) come from management positions that don’t require them to interact with the sales floor frequently (if ever), so they can be a little “by the book” or “bottom line” in their management style. Not guaranteed to happen, but it’s out there sometimes.","Try a little harder to connect with your current employees. Those with the loudest mouths tend to get fed, but not everyone is gonna jump up and down and scream “look at me!” Everyone brings something unique to the table, and that should be nurtured more. Also, everyone should be held to the same, or similar, standards (speaking about promotions and advancement here).",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37288,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - N/A,Sales with no commissions?,"Good health benefits. Onsite health club for $8, pharmacy with 10% discount, doctors, dentist, optometrists and other services. Cafeteria - has a good variety of healthy and/or delicious options. Facilities are pretty impressive and comfortable to work. Ergonomics is pretty on point when it comes to workstation comforts.","Growth is very difficult. Lots of favoritism. If you don't Click, you're not going anywhere. Too many childish employees with unprofessional behaviors go unchecked. Cafeteria - you have to pay for all the food, unlike Facebook or Google which are also in town and include all meals. The metric system used to measure and control quality is EASILY gamed or manipulated. Management comes to conclusions based on incorrect understanding of statistics. Basically, they see a number on a metric and say, ""This is because or cause by THIS. So we will do this OTHER thing"". And if you try to explain why that is incorrect or how to read into the statistic in a more scientific manner, you'll probably not going to get far either. Cheaters get recognized frequently and management is mostly oblivious to their behavior or turns a blind eye.",Learn to use your resources better. Nothing wrong with asking for an experts opinion in regards to statistics and metrics. Offer more and better training for your new hires.  Acknowledge your good employees more.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37289,apple,none," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to be,It was an amazing place to work and be. Amazing benefits. Miss it daily.,hard to fire people that were not performing.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P66.htm
37290,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Expert,Never going back,"Good health/dental benefits, easy to transfer. Benefits are not anything special until you've been an employee for 5 years and then you get a good 401k match and PTO. Starting pay is competitive, but even with great performance review, raises are very small.","The things customers say when they don't get their way and then how frequently management caves and gives into their ridiculous requests, managers are often inexperienced, workload is ever increasing yet the pay does not match responsibilities or even compete with other companies that generate this level of revenue. Often do not have enough work supplies because ""they're expensive"" and offsite Genius training was canceled (is Apple going broke??) and so you're forced to learn from the very limited stock of Geniuses at your store who are often mistaken and undertrained. The break rooms in every store I've ever been into are basic and often too small for the number of employees. Too many part time employees. Tons of people call out because they're hungover or just don't feel like coming in and the penalties are minimal, if any. Speaking of, that is another con- most employees are almost constantly micromanaged and undervalued.","Hire retail managers with experience motivating and leading large teams, increase pay or at least provide opportunities for performance-based bonuses, stop with the RSU stocks, they are basically worthless because of the tax implications. LISTEN to NPP results because your employees are leaving because they feel like you don't care about them anymore. Stop pretending like you care about customers and just admit the real reason behind all of these cutbacks are to increase profits and executive salaries.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37291,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Fast-paced environment, like-minded peers in this position, benefits such as medical, dental, and vision, tuition reimbursement, and sick days.","Management is very fickle, childish environment, much like high school, corporate environment is taking over the unique culture Apple once had, you will get passed over for promotion if you do not brown nose your managers. Managers lie and say open feedback is desired, but once feedback is given, you will be ignored, or blacklisted.","Start all over again, fire every manager in their place right now and hire within. Managers are immature, fickle, and liars-they say they care about your growth and development but all they care about are numbers(initiatives from corporate to make THEM look better), and themselves. Definitely a decline since I got hired, uniforms got cheaper, the journey to certain positions are no longer about our experience as employees or enriching our lives-it is about what is convenient for corporate. Their standards as far as new hires has dramatically declined. What was once a place that was challenging to get into is now a first job for 18 year olds. Awful.",3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37292,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 16, 2018",Former Employee - Accounting Analyst,Overall good for being as large as they are,"Great benefits Some opportunity for growth/advancement Employee discounts Depending on the department, good management On site facilities are great Culture is pretty good overall Excellent vacation time","Salary is hit or miss depending on your experience and education. If you have a degree, your chances of a good offer are far greater than otherwise. Some departments didn’t have as much communication and cross training, so some SILOS, and manual processes. Depending , some departments were a little behind on automation.","Allow a little more room for advancement, try not to purposely lock someone in a position because they are good at the job. It’s good that they’re valued, but allow them the space to grow and advance.  Be open to suggestions from team members that might improve processes and performance  Try to avoid the favorites game and politics. No manager is perfect, and no employee is perfect, but if an employee that might have a conflict with another employee is given the impression that management has a personal investment in it and/or is choosing to ignore the hostility reported, it can negatively impact morale and trust.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37293,apple,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Epic place to work,"Challenging work, inclusive atmosphere, sense of purpose, great benefits. And you'll get to work with incredibly smart people.",It's a large corporation and you sometimes have to deal with lots of politics. Work/life balance can sometimes be poor.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37294,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Store Administrative Assistant,"Supportive, nurturing, growth",Managers are LEADERS and really there for you and your experience. Your team is behind you 100%. Everyone who works for Apple will tell you their favorite part of working there is the people. They hire amazingly. Even if it's a hard day (like a launch or a bad customer experience) everyone will have your back. Also the benefits ROCK,"It's a retail store. There's only so much you can grow if you don't want to be a retail manager. Opportunities to go to California are few and far between. Basically you're surrounded by the most talented people, so it can be hard to stand out against that. It does make you push harder though!",Continue to remember that the soul of the business is our people.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37295,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Benefits were strong for a retail position,Terrible work to life balance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37296,apple,"Albany, NY"," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place,"Supportive staff, feels like a team",Angry customers were sometimes hard to deal with. You have to keep up to date on advancing technology.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37297,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,"Amazing company, great benefits, not the absolute best personal growth","Fantastic management, they care about people, and store events with fellow employees are always fun","Developmental leader felt like she was all talk, especially because she wasn't the family room leader that i had to suck up to. And the family room lead, for some reason, did not like me at all","Make each aspect of the store approachable, in that the lead of each area (back of house, visuals, family room, red zone) should be able and willing to talk to specialists about their drive to progress. My developmental leader loved me and she was one of the best parts of my time at the store, but she could only do so much for me when the manager I had to impress didn't like me. People who did the bare minimum and who ended up getting fired for stealing and holding products on release got promoted way before I was ever even given the interview, and I joined in the same new hire group they did.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37298,apple,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,App Review is a disgrace to Apple,"Having worked in quite a few departments within Apple, this is by far the worst department. What are the issues? Oh gosh, no idea where to begin. Simply put, it is career suicide. If you are offered the iOS App Reviewer position or any other position in this department, deny it & look somewhere else.  Now let’s get into the details...  The only pros are:  - Classy Apple badge - 401K match & health insurance - Employee discounts  *These are the perks for now, but will likely change in the future","- Apple culture does not exist here, but instead a toxic culture does! If you are expecting to work for Apple and experience real Apple culture, this place is not for you. The sole purpose of this job is to clock in, sit at your desk for 10 hours, and be a darn robot by simply just approving/rejecting apps all day, every day. Additionally, it is a very toxic/soulless culture since there is an incredible amount of negativity created among employees due to the way management treats its employees. It is to the point where people are even scared to talk to each other during the day since management has created a culture of fear...  - Career suicide. Whether this is an early job in your career or a job taken on later in your career, it is career suicide. There are zero transferrable skills you will gain from this job. Your best bet out of this organization is to go gain new skill sets on your own.  - Management’s idea to ensure employees are productive is to micro management them like no other. Your clock in/clock out times, breaks, computer activity, and the amount of time you spend in the bathroom are monitored down to the minute. If management feels you are in violation of any of these categories, be prepared to get talked to/monitored consistently even if you are an employee that gets work done on a daily basis.  You as an employee must salute management at all times. Unreal. This style of management is a very childish way to manage adults and such micro management tactics breaks an organization, creates a toxic culture, & makes employees rebel against each other. Due to this, you have a team where 200+ people are looking for jobs all at once, which is not something you see often...  - Lack of real managerial experience, arrogance, & competence among management is a huge problem. Employees on this team have some basic ideas to solve the organization’s problems, but the lack of real management experience, arrogance, & competence at a management level makes it impossible for changes to occur. If you have any ideas, they are simply not welcomed and will be shot down by management instantly. Essentially, you as an employee must accept management’s stupid ideas or go take a walk.  - Employee appreciation? Pffftt. What’s that? In this org, you are treated worse than animals. It is all about work! work! work! As mentioned earlier, you are a robot tied to your desk for 60/hours a week with zero flexibility in work hours. Also, expect to work six days a week all the time, work 12 hour days often, & be *forced* to work every national US holiday. Additionally, management simply does not believe in retaining its employees, giving their employees rest, & thanking employees for their hard work. Management has even taken away company events from its employees. Instead, the philosophy is to throw more work at them until they burnout & quit.  - Taking a vacation & falling sick in this department are considered to be a crime. If you as an individual wish to take a vacation, good luck ever getting the time approved. Everyone’s vacation time is closely monitored and it is up to the department’s discretion to decide if you are allowed to go on a vacation during the dates of your choosing.  Also, during fall employees are told there is a strict “vacation blackout” period, which means you cannot take a vacation during September - December due to “business needs”. Such a restriction ensures employees can never enjoy a Thanksgiving or Christmas with their loved ones, which is cruel and inhumane. In addition, if you ever fall sick and can’t make it to work, expect your manager to guilt trip you for being sick the day you come back.  - Career growth? Ha, good luck. Expect zero guidance from anyone in management on how to grow your career within the company. During your time in this department, you are expected to be an approve/reject robot & nothing else. In fact, many other departments at Apple have figured out the ugly truths of App Review, which make it almost impossible to transfer internally. If you do join this department, your best bet is to look at another company for a job.  - Nepotism like no other. In this department, the ones that get elevated are the ones that simply suck up to management & become close friends with them. If you are a hard worker on this team, you’ll simply be told to do more until the life is sucked out of you. Competence is not a required skill set to get elevated in this org.","Well, ideally the whole place needs a reboot, but for now management needs to stop being so oblivious/soulless and needs to start to give a damn about what’s going on. It really isn’t that difficult to solve the problems - back off on the micro management, give employees an equal chance to grow their careers within the company, & most importantly treat your employees with some dignity/respect. Perhaps somebody should teach management that it is important to treat your employees like how you would wish to be treated, sheesh!  Additionally, it would be a great idea for the company’s HR department and executive management to truly investigate what has been going on in this department for a while & identify resolutions from an executive management level. What is so mind boggling is that executive management has allowed the problems in this org to continue on for so long.  Ironically, since no changes are being made to fix this toxic culture, the effects have started to show. Employees that once used to care about this place are leaving at a rapid pace, new hires are leaving within weeks of joining, and existing employees simply don’t care anymore. It is only a matter of time until this department breaks apart into pieces...  Now after reading all of this, if you still decide to take the job, god bless you & may the force be with you to survive the hurricane you are about to be a part of.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37299,apple,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development,Great benefits and Nice working environment,Not too concerned on individual growth,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P67.htm
37300,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Supervisor,Decent,Culture and Values - 5 Stars - Apple is an innovative company. Being surrounded by individuals with fascinating ideas and goals is motivating and inspiring.,"Benefits - 3 Stars - Vacation and sick time benefits are on the lower end of the spectrum for Full Time employees when compared to other local tech companies. That being said, having the onsite cafe, gym, doctors, and pharmacy is more convenient than I thought they would be. Many benefits go unused due to not being eligible.  Compensation - 2 Stars - Upper Management likes to BRAG that our compensation is lower that other tech companies because of our benefits. I’d be willing to give up student loan repayment options (I’m not eligible anyway), adoption assistance (not for me), daycare assistance (again, not for me) and RSUs if it meant I could have a paycheck on par with market rates. Raises are a maximum 5% which do not keep up with Austin’s year over year cost of living increases. The only way you will receive a raise is by a promotion.  Career Opportunities - 2 Stars - Upper management will hold you back from promotions or even temporary roles in other departments. They ultimately have a business to run and if you are TOO GOOD they won’t let you get promoted because they need you.  Work/Life Balance - If you are salaried, you are expected to be on call 24/7 and management WILL call you at all times. If you want to go out of town for the weekend, forget it. Apple will not pay for your cell phone, but will require you to use your personal phone number for work related tasks, and even logging into your computer — you can’t work if you don’t have a personal phone. Apple will also require you to use your own personal AppleID to install software on work computers. You will also need to enter your own personal credit card to install updates.",Be present. Remember to lead by Apple’s core values. Remember that your employees are humans.,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37301,apple,none," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Really caring and compassionate company,"Nothing so far, it's all been good.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37302,apple,none," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,"High passed, exciting, challenging, Rubix cube on steroids. An environment that challenges you and your abilities. Organized chaos",Work life balance is really bad if you're full-time,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37303,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Apple for life,"High passed, exciting, challenging, Rubix cube on steroids. An environment that challenges you and your abilities.","No work life balance. Changes at the top are quick, but take forever to trickle down. Getting too corporate.",Not everyone with an MBA is a gem. Experienced people are leaving.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37304,apple,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Review Specialist,"-Great benefits, great people and a beautiful working environment",-They can offer great benefits because they use contract companies that little to no benefits and treat contractors terribly.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37305,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Trainer and Technician,Good!,Great culture! Great job skills for any position that follows.,"Very fast paced, on your feet a lot.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37306,apple,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,The company takes care of you. So many great benefits for part time and full time.,"Retail can be tough, even working for Apple. It can get exhausting sometimes especially being there 8 hours a day 5 days a week.",Connect with employees on a personal level more,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37307,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Strategic Sourcing Manager,Apple Ops - an intense place for high achieving type As,"* work with some of the smartest people * benefits are on point, including business class travel to Asia * chance to work with talented engineers on futuristic tech","* work-life balance is elusive * frequent travel to Apple's contract manufacturers/sweatshops in remote parts of Asia * high-stress political environment * high rates of attrition * because of Ops is fast-paced and short-term objectives need to be met, personal development goals are often sidelined","Work-life balance is important in Ops! You can't work people 60-70 hour weeks for half the year, because they're bound to burn out.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37308,apple,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Benefits Great teams Fun Discounts Pay rate for retail is great.,Management Toxic environment Work life balance,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37309,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Store Leader will make or break your store,Great culture Supportive coworkers Lots of learning,"If your store leader falls apart, so does your whole store Some people will stomp all over you for a tiny raise.","Stop worrying about budget. You're the richest company in the world, I think you can let me work an hour of overtime if my quality is outstanding!",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P68.htm
37310,apple,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Material handler,Easy work and decent pay.,There are no cons for me.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37311,apple,"Valencia, CA"," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Campus Rep,Work in supportive team environment,Work %100 remotely for on-campus roles,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37312,apple,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company To Work For,Good working environment. Values work-life balance. Discourages emails over the weekends. Gives extra days off during Thanksgiving/Chinese Lunar New Year (depends on region and at CEO discretion). You can fly in business class if your business trip flight is 8+ hours.,"Typical big company reward system that gives most benefits to a few top performers and little for the average worker, so it's a pretty competitive environment and that can be stressful at times. And while work-life balance is valued, you're still expected to do whatever it takes to get your job done, this often means working late hours and on weekends.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37313,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Technical Expert,Great Benefits Package Great Pay Good employee culture,Strenuous shifts Long hours/ Shifts Not Much leeway not much work life balance Favortism,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37314,apple,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,Family oriented and a lot of growth opportunities,You have to be able to balance home life and working from home.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37315,apple,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you don't want to ever create tech of your own,Great benefits. Good pay. Understanding about time for the most part.,"If you want to ever create tech of your own, don't stay here too long.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37316,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Mac + Senior Advisor,"Great opportunity, but you may not advance quickly",Fantastic benefits Working from home is cost effective and great Compensation is generous in most cases Listens for employee feedback often Solid discounts and other perks,"Work/Life balance can be difficult as schedules change every 90 days Opportunities for advancement can be limited at times Advancement opportunities that do arise seem to be more who you know and what you've done at Apple not in relation to complete professional experiences. Managers can be hit or miss. Some are genuinely interested in your career and aspirations, others are just there to manage.","I love and appreciate the companies culture, as well as its treatment of employees and customers alike. I appreciate the feedback requests and other things done to keep us involved. That being said, I do feel that management is inconsistent and advancement can be difficult. I would say keep trying and doing what you do, but maybe look at some of your management teams and correct complacency, lack of drive and general work process.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37317,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Exciting journey!,Team work and international echo,Cons you find in big corporate companies,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37318,apple,none," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be,"Fearless feedback, you really get to help people, and you get to work with really awesome people.","Oftentimes you will be working nights or weekends. Alas, the nature of retail.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37319,apple,none," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Analyst,The products and the pride you get in working at a company that makes some of the most innovative and wonderful products ever.,Work/life balance isn't a thing and there's a fair amount of politics and analysis paralysis.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P69.htm
37320,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 1, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,This review is specific to Apple Queens Center location (other locations might be different),"Great benefits, third party discounts (other brands and partners, not Apple).","Toxic management structure that focuses on numbers and promotes favoritism. Feedback to upper management puts you on their ""black list"".  Store Leader is barely there, will do nothing for you once you give her truthful constructive feedback, will stop talking to you, has her favorites that get promoted 3 times within a year (without any experience or skills) . People who has been with the company for 5+ (sometimes 10) years are still being fed lies and excuses not to get promoted and to be exploited in their current roles.","Start focusing on your employees, not numbers. Happy employees will translate into happy customers and better numbers. Start treating everyone equally!",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37321,apple,none," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technician,You get killer deals on apple products,"The management and the team’s values didn’t align with the company values. The management team was biased and manipulative. I worked in the retail end for a year, don’t work Apple retail because the retail stores are completely different from the Corporate Apple.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37322,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - AppleCare College Advisor,AppleCare College Advisor,Compensation Benefits Perks within the company,Work from home Multiple rotations with management,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37323,apple,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful Company,-Employees become family very quickly -Easy to be promoted within company -Core values are important and withheld -Amazing benefits plus tuition reimbursement,"-rapport from employee to manager can be a bit strained, depending on store size -customer input can be harsh at times",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37324,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst/ Editor,"good working environment, open door policy, supervisor takes care of his team",They are very secretive when it comes to team projects.,none,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37325,apple,"Edina, MN"," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Good benefits- High Stress,"Great benefits, cares about employees, room for growth.",Customers are high maintenance and rude.,Protect your staff in bad CS situations.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37326,apple,none," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Expected more,-Great discounts -wonderful customers and some great coworkers -learned something new every day,"-Difficult to move up even with years of experience -Certain less-qualified people get moved up because of their relationships with management, not their knowledge or performance -Very clique-ish environment -Not as diverse as they claim -not as innovative and forward-thinking as they were under Steve Jobs -CEO seems more concerned with politics than focusing on products that WOW! customers -Hours are not consistent for employees (4 hours one week, 12, then 24)","Be more innovative and give customers new and exciting products. They want and expect Apple to be a leader in technology, but that leadership in the industry has fallen over the last few years. Concentrate on educating and investing in your employees more. Quit telling people it is “retail done differently “ because it is not. It’s still retail. Enhance the experience for the customers and the employees. Perhaps the company has gotten too big and doesn’t have that laser-focus on the customers it did years ago. Break up the cliques in the stores—there is a lot of favoritism, and there is a lot of dead weight that could be cut.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37327,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,"I came to Apple inspired, I left Apple feeling beatdown","The benefits are the only pro. Great healthcare, 401k, employee discount, decent pay","Schedules change and the available shifts are never consistent. In over 5 years, nobody would explain how you rank for shift bids, so you never knew what you’d get. HIGH STRESS! This isn’t a job for people prone to anxiety/depression. Working from home causes isolation issues, add the job stress you have the perfect mental health crisis. I don’t know one long-term AppleCare employee that didn’t take a leave of absence for mental/physical health. Typical call center metrics and monitoring. Once you hit Sr. Advisor, that’s as far as you can go from home. They’ll say there a multitude of opportunities but that’s not true. They do offer a Team Manager apprentice. So you get to do the job of an AppleCare manager but you don’t get paid for it. This job is nothing but another glorified call center job.","Be honest with employees about opportunities for advancement. You’re losing great, dedicated employees, for lack of advancement opportunities.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37328,apple,none," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aha,Easy work life balances for use of time for education and experience building,No cond that come to mind,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37329,apple,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Team atmosphere, supportive leadership, cutting edge enviornment",None I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P70.htm
37330,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A company where everyone is passionate,Working in an environment where everyone is at the top of their game and passionate about what they work on,Company could do much better at career development,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37331,apple,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to start,Energetic environment Team building experience Customer centered Open communication,Retail is retail Working holidays,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37332,apple,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great but no work life balance,Great pay. Coworkers are amazing. Amazing benefits and pay,No work/life balance whatsoever. No control of when you want to work,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37333,apple,none," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It takes a long time to get hired,Well your changing the world,It takes a long time to get hired,Nothing at this time,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37334,apple,none," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Expert,"Awesome people, great leadership, and great paying part time job",Retail environment and random hours,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37335,apple,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Everything was just so perfect,nothing needed here for cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37336,apple,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple AHA,Benefits are great here always,None. No possibility of advancement,Hire more people to advance,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37337,apple,none," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Culture within,"Apple is truly the only company I worked for that is diverse and hires based on character and not accolade. I remember first being shocked at seeing one of my fellow co-workers (who is the most amazing person) who had full body tattoo, bright red hair (at the time), nose rings and a split tongue working there. This experience really proved that Apple hiring based on the character was not just words but action. They care about you as a person and even as a part-time I got so many benefits and training that allowed me to move vertically and horizontally at my own desire.","Sometimes you get really bad customers come in, but that became an opportunity for you to grow.","Continue listening to your people, and providing what they want.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37338,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Technical Project Manager,"Good Salary, nice work culture","No work life balance, no growth opportunities",Growth for Employees,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37339,apple,none," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,College At Home Advisor,"Great benefits, management, the people, the pay","the hours, the metrics, customer service is rough",keep doing what your doing,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P71.htm
37340,apple,none," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good working environment,people are hardworking and nice. very nice food!,People are so hardworking! But that may be good peer pressure!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37341,apple,none," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Transition Experience,"Benefits, discounts, work/life balance accommodations, job security, development opportunities, helping customers, great for transitioning to a career, amazing personal support","Political nature of retail, focus on numbers over experience, opportunities disguised as careers can mislead, lack of transparency surrounding pay brackets for difference experiences",N/A,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37342,apple,none," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Zone specialist,"Great benefits, great culture even better team!",Hard to get a promotion. Must stay for years before moving up.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37343,apple,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,. . .,the team is what makes everything great.,complete miscommunication within leadership.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37344,apple,none," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"An amazing management team, the company really cares about its people, great college job.",None that I can recall,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37345,apple,none," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Passion driven, your success is limited by your own innovation","Poor support functions like HR, poor career management structure",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37346,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great culture and company, no room for growth.",Really nice culture and employees.,"Dealing with multiple appointments, people are mean when they have issues with their devices. Part time tech, part time shrink.","Management was always good to me, thanks.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37347,apple,none," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,The benefits are great and the company does its best to accommodate its employees.,Not a lot of chances for advancement unless you are on campus.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37348,apple,"Manhasset, NY"," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Part time worker,Chill environment everyone is very friendly  No pressure to sell or meet quotas,"Not very flexible hours, must work 4 days a week which sucks as a college student  Everyone too friendly",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37349,apple,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Program Manager,Highly rewarding experience working with world class talent and exciting product,High pressure and long hours,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P72.htm
37350,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Very good working environment and RSU refresh,"Less cross-team work, sometimes work load is to high",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37351,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Expert,The Dangling Carrot,- Lot's of amazing talented people you get to work with. - Every once and awhile you help a customer with a heart warming story and it makes your day - Higher than average pay for retail but at a cost (see cons),"The Dangling Carrot - The work to pay balance isn't right. You're expected to help multiple customers at once, talk about ALL Apple Services and Store Programs with every customer, help them quicker and quicker and constantly be in a high stress environment that makes the higher than average pay mean next to nothing when you realize you're doing the work of 2 to 3 employees - Apple is one of the largest companies in the world and staffs it's stores like it may be going out of business any day now. Customers regularly wait 20-30+ minutes just to get the opportunity to talk to someone to buy something. This can even happen if the person knows exactly what they want, has no questions, and is ready to pay. That stress is directly put on you as leadership hides behind an iPad or in an office but tells you to work faster from afar. - Apple's goal is to positively impact humanity but they seem to forget their own employees are part of that humanity. Your career ambitions are ignored, favoritism is rampant, they put more and more pressure on their people while giving them less and less resources to deal with it. - Their promotion practice is hidden and vague so that they can always make up excuses about why you aren't ready to get promoted. There are no clear metrics or avenues for job growth just management preference and their favorites are forced to the front of the queue while much more capable and deserving team members are passed over. When you're told you're not able to interview for a new position or promotion they make up reasons like ""what books are your currently reading about self development?"" or other vague open ended questions that have no right answer because whatever you say they will tell you its not good enough. -It is a regular practice that they will handpick people for promotions, interview them, and give them the job before they even let the team know the job is available. The day the job is posted is the same day they tell the staff someone already got the position. It's ok that they choose who they think is ready for promotion but the hidden nature of the process makes it look like under the table deals and favoritism is the only way to get ahead. - Apple has the clout to hire managers etc from outside of the company in a job role far below their last job. This means department store general managers and district managers are regularly hired as entry level managers at Apple (2 to 3 steps below their past position at their prior job). This makes an impossible void for anyone internally to get promoted to management. You're essentially shown that you need to be able to run 8-12 stores on your own before you can be moved up to be a basic manager at Apple. They give no opportunity for people to exhibit these skills internally so there will always be a very large divide between what they expect and what they allow internal candidates to show the competency for. This means that you're far more likely to move up at Apple by leaving the company, getting promoted elsewhere, and then coming back several years later to take a step down in role when you return. - Managers do very little to support the sales floor and technicians throughout the day. They blindly stand around and wait for issues to escalate before they step in.... in the meantime they are online buying sneakers, sitting in a closed door office drinking coffee, or having meetings that have no purpose while the rest of the staff handles the pressure of the day.","- Stop it with the favoritism and the talk of ""Our people are our greatest resource"" when you clearly are still in high school picking your friends to be on your gym class kickball team. - Give high performing, hard working, senior team members the chance to move up rather than the kid that knows how to say the right thing in an interview but has no skill to back it up. - Hire more people! The customers demand it and your staff is overworked. The need is there in every store, the genius bar is always packed, sales staff is never enough, and even management claims there aren't enough of them to go around when they are needed. You claim to have the goal of ""impacting humanity"" but you don't give your stores or your staff the time or the resources to actually try and do that. Just hurry up and sell or fix and move onto the next one faster and faster. - Be more transparent with reasons why decisions are made on a design or policy level. Why was the audio jack removed, why is their only USB-C on your new Macs, why do I need to send my device out to depot for 3-5 days for repair, why does the website make it so hard to schedule in store repairs? These are everyday questions asked by customers and your team has to make up excuses to try to make sense of it all. Train your teams to answer hard questions like this with definitive company sanctioned answers rather then just forcing it on customers and letting sales and service team members try to make up excuses for angry customers. - Promote more internally. These managers you continue to hire from outside the company do not understand the values or culture of the company nor do they understand the jobs and interactions team members are forced to do every day. This disconnect causes most managers to see team members as ""tools"" rather then people because they don't understand what they have to do everyday, they just understand their purpose (Fix or sell).  So much more to say but this about sums up my experience. Apple survives off of it's appeal and unending revenue streams but it's stores are facing a tipping point. If you continue to force customers to wait up to a half hour for sales help, and service customers to wait for days for appointments you will continue to disappoint your base and drive away your once loyal fans. You think Today at Apple is the future of our stores? How about that important world class customer service that used to be a thing? Having a class that teaches people about taking a photo on their phone isn't going to be what makes people return to your stores (people have lives and busy schedules). No, quick, efficient, and high level service is. You once trained the staff to offer high level ""Ritz Carlton"" service... but now you settle for fast food burger joint service as long as they quickly move onto the next customer.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37352,apple,none," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family room specialist,great company culture and pay for retail,high customer volume as a technician,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37353,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,Work is great but expectations and management are garbage,"Customer impact is great, good corporate image, products are wonderful, physical environment is pretty good, health benefits are great","Management never wants to talk about money. Very hard to get work related items paid for or reimbursed. Even getting new work computers only happens every few years if you’re lucky. Never enough test devices. Pay is below par. RSUs are great at first but never get re-upped. Many managers play favorites heavily and no one checks them. Feedback up the chain without going through them is discouraged and seen as insubordinate. Previously the couple of months before WWDC was crazy crunch, but now schedules are causing it to happen year round. You’ll never work 40hr weeks.",Spend money on your employees and their equipment. Talk more freely about compensation. Hire more people and let them work regular hours. Encourage more feedback beyond normal chain of command.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37354,apple,none," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,good culture. good environment. good atmosphere. good ambience. good work.,too much work . too much work . too much work . too much work . too much work .,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37355,apple,none," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,marketing specialist,great pay great customer care,lots of flexibility needed and high hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37356,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Web Applications Developer,"Great culture, great benefits, but still a ","Great company culture (laid-back but serious where it matters, lots of team-work between divisions, great e'sprit d'corp), great pay and benefits (health center, top-notch fitness centers), great food options at the various Apple cafes, yearly raises and bonuses based on performance. I worked in the Cupertino area, so I some of these ""pros"" might be specific to that area. Almost all of the people working there are cool people, very competent, and a pleasure to work with. Moving up to higher positions is very doable if you show initiative (but easier on some teams than others).","Has a ""big company feel"" that sometimes can make things feel impersonal. Maybe one of the more conservative of the Silicon Valley companies. Very ""chain of command"" oriented. The team you're on can make a huge impact on your overall happiness as all the hundreds of teams throughout the company can have their own ""mini-culture"" and work environment based on the management style of the managers up the chain of command. Generally, I'd say these cons are outweighed by the pros.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37357,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - IOS App Reviewer,iOS App Reviewer - don't take this job.,For the time being this job comes with most of the full time benefits many other Apple employees get.,"This is not only an honest review of the App Reviewer position, but as many recent reviews here also a cry for help. This department is in shambles. The mixture of horrible management and a toxic environment that becomes worse and worse with every passing day is not sustainable. People reading these reviews might be confused as to why some are positive and some so negative. I will clarify that for you - look at the dates! Once upon a time working here was amazing. The previous director knew you by name and the team was very tight and close. We all worked hard but were also rewarded. More than anything there was a true sense of teamwork and community. You could rely on one another. Everyone was there to help each other no matter what their role in the department was. This is one of the most diverse departments in all of Apple and that used to be celebrated. People were happy and proud to work on that team and for each other. The older positive reviews are for the golden age of App Review. Unfortunately, those days are long long gone. So what happened? Management changes. And it’s been a free fall ever since. The new director put in is never there and just doesn’t care about his employees. His only concern since being put in this role has been the implementation of new tools that he created without ever having any kind of understanding or insight on how the reviewers do their jobs. They started hiring people from AppleCare - arguably the worst department of Apple corporate. First it was the current operations manager who just has been hiring his cronies ever since. Instead of hiring from within with more than qualified candidates who also have a deep understanding and knowledge of the job function and where to improve he brings up his friends from AppleCare of his golf buddy. The managers that were with the department before have become spineless as their complaints fall on deaf ears too. Most just come in to work everyday to collect their paychecks and wait for their stocks to vest. The others have become so stressed out and take it out on reviewers by micromanaging every aspect of their time at work from what time you punch in to how long you take in the bathroom to checking your screens to see what you’re doing. Their unhappiness and helplessness trickles down to the already unhappy reviewers. Instead of being a united team this department is now filled with interoffice politics and drama. We no longer have fun events. we no longer have lunch provided. We work longer hours and significantly less flexible shifts. Reviewers are in fear of talking to each other and everyone is on edge. Other departments at Apple have figured this out and will not hire you from App Review. They dont want to touch us with a 10 foot pole. And so unless you decide to start sucking up with the head of operations you have no future in Apple in this department or otherwise. And trust me you do not want to be at a dead end job with this high of a work toxicity level. And if you still decide to take this job you cant say you weren’t warned.",Well this advice would not be for the management of App Review because they are without any hope - but to the executive level management my advice is to get in there and do something because this place is a ticking time bomb.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,28,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37358,apple,none," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good pay salary very much,long hours at work really long,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37359,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,"Great benefits , great store leader",Schedule is all over the place,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P73.htm
37360,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,An absolute joy to work for.,"Understanding and compassionate about their employees.  There is a seemingly endless path for opportunities.  All cultures and walks of life are welcome, it’s absolutely incredible to work for a company that cares about people with disabilities enough to go out of their way to ensure they are gainfully employed.","Call center work can get repetitive, but that’s about it. Management does it’s part to get workers involved and motivated.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37361,apple,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Great company for the most part,"decent compensation, great benefits, sweet perks, overall good management",the job itself (Tech support/customer service) was incredibly stressful and eventually wore me out. Apple customers can be entitled and rude to deal with.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37362,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer III,"It's extremely rewarding to work at the most valuable company in the world. Most employees are dedicated Apple fans, with regards to product and software, which keeps morale high. It's also uplifting to track how many people in the world are using our HW and SW.","We struggle to compete in market in regards to salary, perks, and training. It is also unfortunate that we don't have more Bay Area office space in San Francisco.","Consider raising compensation to better compete with the market, and expanding the sized of our lean teams to better compete with the market.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37363,apple,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but hard to move up",Great compensation and corporate culture,Very hard to get promoted,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37364,apple,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,Apple’s employee training is excellent.,Nothing to share here in this section.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37365,apple,none," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enriching lives,Apple provides you an opportunity to grow in compassion and understanding people! There are plenty of opportunities to discover yourself.  The benefits are amazing even for part timers,"No down time for the most part, so busy, need to hire more people",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37366,apple,none," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience,"Benefits, discounts, 401k, discounts, culture","Lack of training and support, hours isn't consistent weekly",Training should never be neglected when your peers aren't sure about policies.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37367,apple,none," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's okay,They tend to hire great people,"Very kool-aid type environment. Lots of talk but management can be kinda useless at times, worked in two different apple stores. It can be a logistcal nightmare and the customers get away with a lot because of service model",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37368,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail,Health and Commuter Benefits. Product Discounts.,"Scheduling, Low Salary, and no Upward Movement in Company if Retail.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37369,apple,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great benefits, and great people",Retail schedule environment is challenging,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P74.htm
37370,apple,none," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Genius,Great people to work with You learn something new every day You get to interact with some of the most amazing customers,Oh boy where to start... No work/life balance although they say there is.  Constant pressure if you work on the care team that you either have to multitask or finish what you are doing.  You are very under paid compared to other tech jobs that do the exact same thing elsewhere.  Someone that is great at their job and deserves a promotion will get passed up and the position will be given to an under qualified person that has become close friends with the upper management.  Customers that get mad at you because they either set their own expectation too high or do not want to take any responsibility for their own mistakes.,Please stop overlooking the hard working people in your store and give them the promotions they deserve. It is a reason why so many geniuses and sales folks leave your company myself included.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37371,apple,"Orlando, FL"," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Creative,Still one of the best jobs you can have,"Working for Apple has evolved, even over the 5+ years I've been with the company. I still can't believe I get paid to talk about Apple products/services, problem solve with customers, teach them how to use their products, and engage in the evolving ecosystem. They treat us extremely well in comparison to a lot of other industries.  When you've got the right leadership team, they know how to really step back and let you do your job. Sometimes it means a slacker will abuse it, but for the most part in a store off 200+ everyone is able to do their job and keep that customer focus.  You can grow and achieve whatever you apply yourself towards. You're working with the best of the best and it can be tougher to grow in this company than in others, but its possible. It may mean moving stores or even going to corporate. However, if you're worth your salt and plot a path, you can go anywhere internally or leverage that to go externally to another company.  I don't know what else to add that other reviews haven't also already mentioned. Bottom line, I'd recommend working here in a heartbeat, and even when my time working here comes to an end, it won't be because it was a bad job or company to work for.","The employee experience in the retail stores isn't what it used to be. I don't mean this in a grumpy old man, ""back in my day"" kind of reflection. It really has taken a shift towards a sales focused leadership guidance - which anyone who worked there prior to 2014 will say managers used to never mention sales numbers to the team. It was always about customer experience and the numbers from customer surveys.  I'm not sure Angelas vision of 'town centers' is a possibility in the majority of stores. I love the idea at the flagship locations but the mall stores aren't ever going to be someones 'third place'.  It's been a bummer watching them slow down the amount of in-store repairs. The genius' are slowly dying inside as they ship more and more things out of store for repairs. Also, they stopped sending the new genius' out for training and while it may no be necessary it was certainly a big event in many folks career here. To see Apple invest so much into you really created some loyalty and made you less likely to leave. Not so much any more.  Yes, it's a retail environment, even though it's not a 'traditional retail' feel. So the hours can be hard on a work/life balance, but the vacation days and ability to request time off allows a certain flexibility (unless its between Black Friday and mid January and it's all hands on deck).",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37372,apple,"Grand Rapids, MI"," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Great Benefits and Pay,"Great Pay, Best Insurance,Great Benefits","Management, Work/Life Balance, Leadership isn't always aware of your role's responsibilities.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37373,apple,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"great hourly pay, sweet benefits package","company culture has changed in the past year, corporate presence is felt strongly & leadership isn't entirely focused on setting their team up for success like they used to. Pursuing a full time position is considered a promotion, comes with no pay raise and more responsibility.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37374,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growing pains are sadly painfully evident,"* Amazing people.  * Personal relationshaps encouraged as an integral and effective way to get things done.  * Exciting, home-grown technologies.  * Good benefits.","Not only is is not the company I thought I joined - it's no longer even the company I joined (if that makes sense). Things have really been going downhill as growth has increased without sufficient pruning and evaluation.  The results of that are  * The company is full of processes that work great for a very high average quality engineering population of 1,000 or less, but are terrible for a medium average quality engineering population of 10,000 or more. As a result management is re-inventing the terrible practices of the past, such as:   - Making project too big to fail rather than small enough to succeed   - Adding people rather than competences   - Treating everybody as interchangeable parts rather than individuals with strengths and weaknesses   - Restraining employee mobility and growth, presumably to retain head count and talent for local reasons, which hurts the company on a grander scale  * Bad to terrible management on all levels that I encountered. Internal mobility is often curtailed and actively opposed, even though that should be one of the big benefits of working in a big company that does products on the whole stack.  * HR is definitely not on your side.  * Too many people seem to think that success is assured, and revert to pointless, zero-sum infighting instead of working hard to keep the products successful by delivering value and delight to the customers.  * 1,000s of uncoordinated, small geeky features added rather than 10s of simple, useful and customer-aligned features.  * Products getting long in the tooth with no new hit in sight.  * Too many products compromized by tying them to each other without consideration for whether it benefits the customer.  * Base pay levels below average. Bonus is too high a % of your comp.  In conclusion: Time to trim the fat in products, management and peers.","Do a proper review of your lower 2-3 tiers of management for actual performance. Many of them curb initiative, personal/professional growth and internal mobility. This really hurts morale over time. At the time I left, it seemed that nobody working in the engineering layer were happy with their current tasks and future prospects. Management knew for almost two years that these were the biggest pain points in the org., and somehow never got around to taking actual steps that would improve this.  Stop tying products to each other without a clear benefit to the user. In particular: Rethink Siri Assistant - it may be the future, but here and now it's just not working as well for regular people as it should.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37375,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,"Great environment, great people, great benefits but pay wasn't good","Great environment, great people, great benefits.",Pay wasn't good when compared to industry standards,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37376,apple,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Apple AHA,AHA,Great culture! Wonderful support! Amazing company to work for!,"This position is wonderful if you're are an outgoing people person. But if you are not, it can be a major struggle.",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37377,apple,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail,"Full benefits for part time Flexible hours if needed Environment fosters a great atmosphere for productivity, teamwork, and making good friends Good promotion (title change) opportunities. I was promoted in 4 months with a 20%/hour raise.",Time off must be requested three weeks ahead of time The customer is always right....but not really Long retail hours,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37378,apple,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Mac+ Advisor,Benefits are the best part,"“Good” not great pay, but made up for in benefits",Culture of secrecy Work life balance,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37379,apple,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Solutions Consultant,"Company Culture, idea of working for the best company on the planet","Best Buy partnership, sometimes Best Buy doesn't see eye to eye with Apple. Not much development","Continue to focus on ways you can develop talented people, maybe create a type of leadership academy to help hone employees skillsets.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P75.htm
37380,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good people to work with, rest of it is tough",The people make work decent.,"No career advancement, a lot of false promises, and they utilize contract workers like a revolving door because it's cheaper.",Have a direct path for career advancement,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37381,apple,none," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do NOT work in their datacenter,They have excellent equipment and a good break room.,Their datacenter is set up really moronically. They have millions of servers and they load them up with hard drives so each server is a ticking time bomb with failed hard drives. What they should do is use filers but they are moving away from it. They literally have thousands of tickets on failed hardware and most of those are on all those hard drives. They also write everything into /var so /var is constantly filling up and locking up machines. I saw the same problems over and over and over and no one cared about fixing any of it. They just fixed the issue and closed the ticket instead of permanently fixing the issue.,Have fun with all those thousands of failed hard drives. Using filers would fix a lot of the issues but you don't care. All those tickets justify hiring more people to fix more failed hard drives.,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37382,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Great Journey,Met a lot of cool people along the way. Lifetime friends. Super fun work environment with enthusiastic individuals present every day. Great Benefits,"No set work schedules, Promotions are usually based on favoritism or seniority.","Management was great. I had some of the best managers ever at Apple. However, the younger managers at the global flagship where I worked, should try less micro-managing. One time I came back from my break two minutes late and got called out for it. Not to mention my mother was on the other end of the country, dying from cancer, but I'm getting bugged about coming back from lunch two minutes late. By a young rookie manager who had no experience with being compassionate. Other than that, Apple was the best job I've ever had in my life. I loved every minute of it. from working at the smaller mall environment, to opening up the first global flagship in San Francisco. Great Company!",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37383,apple,"Lake Grove, NY"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales,"Good pay, vacation time, sick time, 401K, stock options.","Incompetant leadership. Lack of communication between management and staff, no room for growth.","Learn to speak to your employees, listen to their concerns, stop being defensive when critism is thrown your way.",3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37384,apple,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, challenging.","Great atmosphere. Fun, challenging, room for advancement.","Like any retail job, working nights and weekends are a must.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37385,apple,none," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,Flexible hours for the most part,"Limited mobility, New Boss was terrible",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37386,apple,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent benefits,"Benefits - bonus, RSU, ESPP, EPS, 401k","Hectic work environment, lacks flexibility",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37387,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Specialist,"Flexibility with schedule and understanding of growth mindset.  Benefits (Vacation, stock options, company holidays)",Using the pros against you to limit your growth within the company.  Please up the pay for employees. They are selling $719-$1200 iPhones and 1200-10k Macs. It doesn’t make sense why only in San Francisco they will make a few dollars more. It’s still under $20 an hour and benefits don’t translate into dollars. How can you afford a vacation or to use any of the perks?,"Start allowing more growth within the company and being the advocate for the employees. It’s sucks when you have to leave because your manager says, where you want to go, I can’t get you there in a retail position with your education. I had to get there on my own.  Also allowing innovation to flow naturally.  Also I gave an overall 3 because there is always room to get better.",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37388,apple,none," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,"Tuition reimbursement, 401k, Fitness reimbursement, discounts",Hard to grow in company Poor work life balance,Hire manager that will promote the culture values,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37389,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Full time Specialist,Benefits Work environment Space for growth,"Retail hours (weekends) but it’s part of the job, in general nothing to complain about.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P76.htm
37390,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Best retail job you could have!,"Great working environment, plenty of breaks throughout day, scheduling is flexible, coworkers are amazing","Upper level management (market leader and above) sometimes don't take guidance from store, internal disconnect","Corporate retail team, listen to your employees on the front lines.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37391,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Executive,Business Development Executive,"good culture, work from home, autonomy","travel, not a lot of room for growth",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37392,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great culture and work environment,Rank stacking employees .. Work life balance...,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37393,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Ok,"Lots of training, Established and mostly achievable expectations. Diversity among coworkers.","Leadership is awful, favoritism, racism, poor organizations. Coworkers having psychological breakdowns left and right. Exhaustion and gas-lighting.",Stop pretending to care and actually look at what you're doing to people.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37394,apple,none," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tester,Great food and benefits for me,Bad management and team environment,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37395,apple,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Its a good company to work for.,Some highly unorganized departments you must avoid to work for within Apple.,None,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37396,apple,"Littleton, CO"," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great,Opportunity to grow. Fun work environment. Great coworkers,Such little turnover that growth takes along time and a lot of investment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37397,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Apple College Care IOS Advisor,AMAZING AMAZING Company to Work For,- Positive Work Environment - Great Team Support. - Great Benefits - Schedule flexibility to school schedule in college program. - Working from home - Free apple equipment - Huge discounts on apple products - Raises every year,- You can be scheduled to work as late as 12 AM - You have to work one weekend every week - Your overall score is based on customer reviews. Reviews sent in that are dissatisfied with faulty products negatively impact your score.,Scores should be based on how well representatives assist customer's not on the reviews sent in.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37398,apple,none," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple, Inc.",Exciting and fast paced environment. Challenges you to provide your best.,No longer supporting remote employment.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37399,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,The life long friendships and discount!,"No work life balance. Management does not care if you're burnt out. Compared to other companies, they pay is below average.",Some re-training might be in order because clearly you have forgotten how to treat people.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P77.htm
37400,apple,"San Mateo, CA"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"- Great Benefits, specifically tuition reimbursement for students","- Customers are on another level of difficult at times - Your coworkers are competitive and often times wont help you and give you the ""you were trained for this, look it up in the knowledge base"" - FAVORITISM is huge in the retail world and Apple is no different","Cut down on favoritism, it kills your store culture and encourages brown nosing amongst employees instead of encouraging a culture of hard work=movement",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37401,apple,"Boston, MA"," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,A place to grow,"People and benefits, cool customers, awesome products","Retail hours (nights and weekends), and some very difficult customers",N/A,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37402,apple,none," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work/Good Opportunities,Good pay Plenty of opportunity for growth Great work environment Amazing benefits,"Depending on position, hours may vary wildly from month to month Managerial turnaround was ridiculous - 6 managers in as many months",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37403,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Easy Job,"Working at the Apple store is an easy job. It's air conditioned, the store is clean and the air is always fresh. The management strives to be mentors, you get praise when you do well.",The worst part of the job are some of the customers that you have to deal with on a day to day basis.,Keep up the great work!,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37404,apple,none," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It depends on location,Management is pretty supporting and will typically support your decision with little pushback,No advancement within company unfortunately as a part time employee,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37405,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Love working here,"Love the culture and benefits, there is always fun events going on and great amenities with the cafes, wellness centers, and shuttle options.",As an admin I wish there were more growth opportunities financially and career wise,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37406,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,Golden Handcuffs!,Great work environment. Lots of amenities and benefits. Make it hard to leave.,Not a lot of work/life balance. Expected to work too much.,Encourage work/life balance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37407,apple,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Apple,"Great benefits including full dental and health insurance, uber credit, gym membership, as well as being a great place to work.","Rotating schedule, some early shifts some late. Honestly there aren't very many negatives to working at Apple Inc. I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience","I'll reiterate my above statement, I really enjoy working at apple and i think management does an excellent job providing support to the employees.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37408,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Physical Design Engineer,"Top talent, but demanding environment",Engaged coworkers Bleeding edge technology Having the resources of the world's most valuable company,"Workload and schedule pressure are highly cyclical, ranging from country club stress levels for a couple of months, to OMG-hair-on-fire-I'll-never-sleep-again for several months . However, I believe this is inherent in being a physical design engineer, so this may not be specific to Apple.",Keep it up with the stock buybacks! :),5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37409,apple,"Newark, DE"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,People from the lowest positions up to management really care about your professional development. Everyone wants you to take advantage of opportunities available to you and allow you to use your talents to shine.,"Can be a difficult home life balance, can be frustrating at times when customers are difficult, on many occasions exceptions are made for the customers that give you the hardest time rather than a customer that might really need help.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P78.htm
37410,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Company has gone down since Jobs passed away,"Benefits package is well rounded, tuition reimbursement program is good","ZERO work/life balance, Management are mostly outside hires with no relevant experience, Management can be hit or miss (some are amazing and decent human beings and some are absolute monsters) HR is useless and doesn’t protect employees from sexual harassment, CEO seems more concerned about sending employees emails demanding they take his views on political issues rather than focusing on creating more innovative tech.",None. They mostly will continue to either be woefully under skilled to be a manager OR far too skilled to be just a manager.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37411,apple,none," May 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Retail Job,"Apple is amazing for a retail job. They pay well, the team you work with is awesome",Hard to move up if you're not one of the chosen,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37412,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Data Scientist,"Interesting projects Resources (hardware, software licenses etc) are taken care of People are smart, inclusive, articulate. Great benefits Good food There's a group for pretty much any hobby/interest, so it's easy to meet new friends when you're new to town","Open concept offices taking over and making it impossible not to have glare on your screens. No visibility into promotion opportunities, org changes always come as a complete surprise to most. Leads to confusion about career growth potential. Very little emphasis on training managers, lots of growing pains when people get promoted. Can be a bit on the bureaucratic side.","More transparency on availability of new positions on the team so internal people can apply. Train managers before promoting them, not after. Open offices are a terrible idea for engineers.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37413,apple,"Santa Rosa, CA"," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Diverse and enlightening.,Interacting with customers from all walks of life.,"Thankfully, I haven’t come across any reason to say anything poor about working with Apple.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37414,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Retail Sales Specialist,Amazing,"Its Apple, everyone I worked with is incredible, all are very passionate about apple and want to make sure to grow everyone on the team.",There were no Cons for me.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37415,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great company that cares about its people and community,None worth taking the time to mention,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37416,apple,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Great work environment. Fun team. Room to grow.,Scheduling can be a pain. Only so many moves to make at a store level.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37417,apple,none," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun company, not so fun work","Positive culture, generous discounts, good benefits",Being a CSR is a thankless job,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37418,apple,none," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EVEN STEVEN,High pay rate Challenges everyday Supportive management Management understand that life happens Not much pressure to complete number based actions Feedback opportunities,"customer facing retail for consumer electronics young managers very liberal work environment availability will causes issues with potential promotions some building are poorly designed, causing issues with with heat during the day",Management needs to include employees more in strategic planning. Needs to figure out if they want to provide customer with the best experience or just have technicians run through appointments with no care for customers due to company standard appointment times.,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37419,apple,none," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Great job and amazing opportunities for growth,Rude customers from time to time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P79.htm
37420,apple,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"After contracting with Apple a few years ago, I decided to go back to school to finish my bachelor's degree. At the time, the positions I was interested in weren't available so I left the company when my contract ended, with every intention to return once I finished school. 2 years later, that goal was met! I finished my Bachelor's degree and returned to the company which has been the BEST decision.",I have no cons now.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37421,apple,none," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Entry Specialist,The team atmosphere was fun and everyone is extremely nice,This specific team was a contract position,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37422,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Analyst,good pay and a big company with capital to spend,horrible culture with not accountability of management,Communicate to your team and engage them,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37423,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Research Engineer,"Takes a long long time to figure out, but once you do it's pretty great","Apple is one-of-a-kind in a lot of ways. Its organizational structure, culture, and processes are more conservative than most of its peers. This sounds like a bad thing on its face if you're looking for the ""true Silicon Valley experience"" but I find that experience is overrated anyway.  Apple doesn't strive to make everyone friends and to foster a Google-y culture of self- expression at the office. But I find that's really nice. Don't want to have to deal with losers and idiots who you can't stand? Think if you met James Damore in person you'd want to punch him in the face (or, conversely, whatever the conservative analog is)? You will, but you probably won't know it because those people don't feel the need to express themselves personally at work. Find some people you like? Cool--you can hang out on break or after work. It's like the U Chicago of schools: some people will think it's ""where the fun goes to die"", others (like me) think it's where you go to do really valuable, interesting work and hopefully make some friends along the way.  Apple is kind of like a really really really hard video game. It takes a long long time to learn the ropes, figure out what's going on, and unlock most of the cool and interesting equipment to play with. But that makes it all the more rewarding when you do git gud and figure it out.  No one gives a hoot who you are, what your identity is, what you think should happen, etc. until you've proven yourself. It's a double-edged sword: it's a turnoff in the short term, but if you work hard and care about the product then you feel that much more empowered when you do get people to care.  Also it's a company that's in the midst of really interesting growth. If you want to have a chance to shape how products used by literally billions of people evolve, then come to Apple.  If you care about ethics and consumer privacy, Apple is also an amazing place to work: when you're on the inside you have an even greater appreciation of how hard the company works to preserve those values.","Apple's culture definitely isn't for everyone. All knowledge is silo-ed and tribal. There's no documentation. The internal tools are clunky and counter-intuitive. Sometimes the tech stack is creaky with age (though it's slowly but surely evolving).  It's not a particularly friendly or inviting place, even now after Steve's been gone for years.  Some parts of Apple are also absolutely riven with internal politics and dysfunction. This is slowly changing for the better, but for the time being I'd avoid taking positions at Ad Platforms or IS&T unless you're confident it'll be a good resume boost (in case you need to bounce in a year or two, which you just might).  Apple is also a very demanding place to work for many teams. If you're working on a team that's *really* getting things done, don't be surprised if you work as hard as or harder than you've ever done in your life. That work is really valuable and rewarding, but don't come to Apple and expect as much or more leisure time as your last job unless you're coming from i-banking or something.","Don't get stuck thinking this is still 1999 and the company needs a ""pirate culture"" to survive. We're way too big for that now and the worst offenders feel like they are preserving some kind of golden age culture. We're the biggest company in the world and we just need focus on what generates the most innovation (even when it flies in the face of what worked in the past) and dreaming big, not the culture that got the company through the late 90s.  On the other hand, don't let Apple become the next Oracle. We have way too much talent to sit on our laurels and try to acquire our way to continued relevance. We are some of the most talented but realistic folks on the planet. Keep innovating within the bounds of reason.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37424,apple,none," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,The innovation of products and the excitement of people around ideas and bring them to life was awesome. Enjoyed working with some great people!,No cons that I can think of b/c I enjoyed the fast pace and the challenge of thinking outside the box,Keep innovating,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37425,apple,none," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful. Everyone in the company is fake.,Discounts on products were okay,managers are fake and only care about how they look to their bosses,state caring more about your employees,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37426,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,Decent Pay and Discounts for employees,Work Intensive and very demanding for pay,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37427,apple,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,"Fun job, great training, excellent support",None I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37428,apple,"Wellington, FL"," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great place to work!,"I loved having a casual uniform, flexible schedule, good pay, and great employee discounts. There is also good job Security with working with a company like this.",No growth opportunities. Every time you express an interest in growing there is a chance management will forget or not care,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37429,apple,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"Decent pay, good benefits, work from home","Cranky customers, talking on the phone all day with no breaks, glorified call center job",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P80.htm
37430,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Senior QA Automation Engineer,"Wonderful Company, Always Growing and Changing",Wonderful Team that I worked with on the Embedded Firmware and QA Side. Lots of perks and team events to keep morale high. Concerts in the quad and great company benefits. Emphasis on hardware quality,"Since it's always growing, there are constant changes at the high level which propagates to the low level. I would love to see the company grow in software quality and stability. It's not easy for some folks to adjust to some of the rapid changes.",Listen to what Steve Jobs said about maintaining skilled employees. Top level pass-downs are not always easy to digest and execute. I love Apple and the team that I was in originally. The re-org changes need to be more carefully done without impact the current flow and more importantly--their lives. Having a forceful new manager call you in the middle of lunch to come back only to find out that you are the only one who came while others ignore him just doesn't sit well with re-orgs.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37431,apple,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,The pay is great. When I started it was like $16.25 an hour. You also get to meet a lot of cool people and the platform they use to trade shifts and get shifts covered is awesome.,"Be prepared to do a lot of standing around. Also, there was around 4 interviews so be prepared for that as well.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37432,apple,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,"Great benefits, great discount. But hats all","No real sense of directions, “leaders” have less schooled knowledge than their subordinates, and have clueless managing.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37433,apple,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Individual Contributor Tech IV,Individual Contributor Tech 4,"Great work environment, good culture. Political consumption is not that much, as least watching from my standpoint.","Package is not that good. You've got to work over the weekend sometimes. But if you are not acting an indispensable role, you may find out that your hardworking is not recognized fairly.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37434,apple,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,Great Learning Experience. Get access to troubleshooting very quickly. Customer service is KEY!,Working in a mall can be difficult at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37435,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Front End Engineer,- Good benefits - Excellent culture - Creative independence,- Career growth path not clear - Salary growth is slow,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37436,apple,none," May 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Good wage and good employers,"Nothing in general, it's a fine job",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37437,apple,"San Jose, CA"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data Scientist,1) You get to work on some really impactful projects - touching millions of people 2) You are in the company of some pretty smart people,Moving within the organization to other business units is not encouraged,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37438,apple,"Northridge, CA"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Creative,If you love being micro managed and having ZERO work/life balance this is the place for you!,"I worked at a Retail store for almost 10 years...  Great benefits, Stock options, pretty good discounts, meet some of the coolest people you'll ever meet.","ZERO. WORK/LIFE. BALANCE. ZERO underlined, and in bold. Good luck trying to ever get a shift covered in the likely event that you need to have a certain day off. Full Timers do not get to pick a designated day off, rather, they only get a ""preferred"" day off which is never granted. You cannot have any weekend days off. You must have full and open availability. Part Timers must have 4 days of full availability... which makes it impossible to be a full time student and have a job with this place. You will get sick A LOT. They do not use anything even close to something that sterilizes when cleaning... Oh and don't sit on those little squishy ball seats at the kids table... We call them ""pee-balls"" for a reason... You will be constantly micro-manged to the point it's hard to tell if they're actually harassing you. You will get zero training time and expected to know everything about the latest software and hardware. You will be constantly running around like a chicken with it's head cut off helping multiple people, answering STUPID questions that could've been simply googled from customers and coworkers. There is little to no opportunities for growth. Unless you become the managers little pet and bend to their every whim, then MAYBE you'll get an interview for something, but end up losing out to an external hire. Lastly, you will not be valued there. You are just a mere cog in the big corporate machine that is Apple. They can easily replace you regardless of how much time, blood, sweat and tears you gave to that place. The Apple culture that made the company so awesome and unique no longer exists. It has been long gone. It died in 2010. Angela Ahrendts is a cancer to Apple Retail.","Stop micro managing people, especially veterans. They know what they're doing. Probably better than you, Yeah you. The external hire from Best Buy who has zero clue on how to do anything.  Stop playing favorites and hire or promote the right people for the various positions, then maybe the stores will run a little better and in turn. have better overall morale.  Actually CARE about your team – don't pretend to care. Spend the time to get to know everyone. Learn their strengths. DEVELOP and NURTURE them to GROW.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37439,apple,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Great environment to work in and wonderful coworkers,Busy busy busy with calls all day and week,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P81.htm
37440,apple,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Flexible hours, great environment, great benefits","Micro management, favoritism, none other",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37441,apple,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent company, great benefits, great working environment, many opportunities","Excellent company, great benefits, great working environment, many opportunities, meaningful work enriching lives, growth opportunities beyond the retail store. Exposure to tons of people and personalities and talents.","Retail hours, amount of hours standing daily. Dealing with ambiguity and an ever changing technology landscape can be a lot at times. Working with over 100 people and different personalities every day. Nothing unique to this job",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37442,apple,"Houston, TX"," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Part Time at Apple Retail Store,Apple opened up a lot of opportunities for me as a part time employee and a full time student. I will forever be thank full for them. The best part time job to have is definitely at Apple. Learned a lot when it comes to communicating and interacting with different people. They embrace a culture of feedback.,Fast paced company. You have to stay on your tippy toes.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37443,apple,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data science,competitive salary nice work ambient,nothing that I am aware of,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37444,apple,"Mobile, AL"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Best place on earth to work,"Flexible schedule, ability to move up in the company, good pay, good benefits and discounts, great people to work with","Working from home can get lonely, job can be monotonous",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37445,apple,"Ann Arbor, MI"," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Retail,Great benefits but soul sucking environment.,Benefits benefits benefits benefits benefits,Chaos. Terrible fluctuating retail hours so you cannot plan your life. Chaos. Managers are completely out of touch with each role. Metrics focused instead of people focused. Makes me sad.,People are dying in these stores. We have lost the human aspect of our credo. It’s too metrics based and you’re losing talent. Do something. Help.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37446,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,"There are some good Discounts, but considering product life cycle it should have been better.","Work/Life Balance, Management only care about the sale and getting the customer in/out","Slow down, appreciate your employees, figure out the process/solution before giving in to the pressure.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37447,apple,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,"Great people, benefits, products, Opportunities",No work-life balance in retail,Shift bids,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37448,apple,"Elmhurst, NY"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Best retail job you can get,- 99% of your co workers are gonna be awesome - really flexible schedule - You can request time off 2 weeks before schedule and it’s 100% sure to get accepted (RTO) - pay is the best for retail - fun place to work at - access any store around the world - access HQ back stage,- I feel like lately they are starting to turn into a more sale environment. Some managers won’t talk to you about sales but some will constantly. There’s like 7 managers per store. - won’t follow foundation,Follow your “Core” training. In training it’s said that numbers don’t matter and what matters is how a customer feels about the company. Brand trust but lately seems that numbers is the only thing that matters. Stop hiring managers/supervisors from carriers. also feel like there’s some favoritism in who gets promoted.,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37449,apple,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,product zone Specialist,-very customer focus -learn a lot of new skills -great benefits,-hours are messy -management can be messy -hard to move up,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P82.htm
37450,apple,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,World class company and product,Smart people. Great projects. Good compensation. Apple Park,Less open compared to Internet company. No free food. No free gym. Work overtime,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37451,apple,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Expert,Great company to work for,Amazing benefits! Great discounts on certain products especially during the holidays.,Typical non-flexible hours in regards to working retail.,none,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37452,apple,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Supply Manager,"Pay, Product Discount, Experience Opportunities",Work culture was difficult at times. It all depends on your manager.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37453,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Expert,Excellent company that continues to grow and be best to market,"flexible scheduling, understanding managers, culture of feedback, new bottom up pipeline for ideas, career experience opportunities leading to career advancement, innovate processes for better internal/external customer experience, coworkers who care about each other, company invests training and teaching how to grow on a personal/professional level but you must push for it.","slow change to increasing staffing employees based on customer traffic needs so wait times for customers become ridiculously long leaving the burden on employees to deal with angry people who can be abusive emotionally and physically. Money should not be an excuse for this issue. Pay us more for how hard we work considering how much training we have and how much money we make for Apple on the front lines with our technical expertise, sales skills, emotional intelligence for customers. Apple is known for their beautiful stores and their AMAZING employees who are knowledgeable. Not competitive in pay/benefits with other tech companies in the area and use being a retail location (ie like Best Buy) as the reason. Talks about being sustainable but uses financial institutions (Barclays/Citizen's bank) that invest in environmentally destructive practices.","Listen to employees and give them what they want. Quite area in break room, provide food, intervening and protecting employees if they feel unsafe around angry customers, more specific positive/negative/constructive feedback more often, more conversations about career growth and professional language.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37454,apple,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,bomb,best place to work in this poopy economy,not many cons besides constantly dealing with people that can be mentally inept but hey thats customer service,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37455,apple,none," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Homecare,one of the best learning experiances,sometimes they were not as flexible with hours as i needed.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37456,apple,"Columbia, MD"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Full Time Specialist,Specialist,Great company to work for. They really care about your growth with the company and look to put you in the best opportunities to succeed.,Working with the public can be a challenge especially when they come in with unreal expectations.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37457,apple,none," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Gained a lot of valuable experience,Company culture was very cliquey,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37458,apple,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of a <1 year employee at Apple,Good benefits and perks (no free food is not a dealbreaker),Bureaucracy due to secretive culture,Mature infastructure,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37459,apple,"Mount Pleasant, SC"," May 26, 2018",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Go here for the experience, not for the pay",Great experience and people. Fun but hectic environment.,Lousy pay and politics. Mgmt cherry picks favorites.,Promote based on abilities and not on association with mgmt.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P83.htm
37460,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Writer,Incredible place to work,"Smart coworkers, inspiring leadership, excellent products, diverse and progressive culture, great food in the cafeteria, great benefits...shall I go on?","Not sure there are any, to be honest.",Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37461,apple,"Omaha, NE"," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Excellent for building experience and meeting new people,"Excellent environment, supportive for a large corporation, open dress code, mild amount of upward potential, fast-paced, constantly changing, no lack of human interaction.","Corporate retail policies, high paying for retail but low paying for tech. Inconsistent schedule, and difficult to schedule around or hold other jobs. Environment can be emotionally exhausting at times.","For a culture centered around feedback, managers are barely allowed to have tough conversations due to stifling HR policies, making it hard to let poorly performing employees go, and making the experience rough for the remaining members of their team.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37462,apple,none," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Display Hardware Engineering,Surrounded by super passionate colleagues with profound experties,"Inflexible top-down decision making, non-friendly / non-collaborative atmosphere",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37463,apple,"Mesa, AZ"," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Facilities Engineer,Just another job,The pay is pretty decent,Slow to make anything happen,Listen to employees,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37464,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,The best company I’ve ever worked for.,"- Pay - Benefits - Management cares about your professional and personal development - Work environment and amazing coworkers - Most customers were sweet because everyone loves Apple - Enriching lives  If offered an opportunity to work there, I would advise you to take it with no hesitation. I was let go due to attendance issues and I deeply regret it. It’s the one thing Apple is very strict on.","- The commute - Parking situation  Outside of that, the job is phenomenal and an amazing company to grow with.",Try to schedule more time for development and one on ones. You guys are amazing. Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37465,apple,none," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supervisor,The people are the absolute best,Retail is retail and that will always be a challenge,Think small,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37466,apple,"Newark, DE"," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Retail: Very engaging and fun company to work for,"Good work environment, more focused on the customer than raw numbers, employees and managers are generally fun people, stock purchase program, discounts on products and great benefits. Pay is good for the amount of experience needed.","Can be difficult to move upward in the company. Working at the retail level is still a retail job in the end, despite position. Some standing issues can take a long time to change, as it is a large global company.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37467,apple,none," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Benefits, Stressful work environment",Good benefits and decent pay,The work environment can be very stressful and hostile if you struggle with interpersonal communication.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37468,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - WW Supply Demand Planner,"Intense, type-A atmosphere",Everyone is passionate about doing the right thing for Apple and our work has massive impact on the company’s financial results.,The execs micromanage too much and drive unnecessary work. Somebody is always panicking. Hard to move to other groups outside immediate org.,Let the ICs manage the details and worry about the big picture.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37469,apple,"New York, NY"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,"Fantastic culture, team and environment","-The culture is fantastic, everyone is different yet everyone is the same -Learn a great deal about all aspects of tech and business -Resources always available to you for assistance",-Difficult for growth in corporate environment -Unbalanced hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P84.htm
37470,apple,"Boston, MA"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Great place to work!,- Great perks! - Great team and management - Great culture,- The amount of work can can be overwhelming,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37471,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Flexible work schedule, great pay","Very quick training, felt rushed",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37472,apple,"New York, NY"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Fantastic Retail Opportunity - Product Zone Specialist,"- best benefits package all around, even for part-timers (tuition assistance, fitness reimbursement, paid maternity leave, stocks, discounts, full package, and so much more) - great culture: everyone is kind, genuine, smart, personable, a team player, and fun! Apple hires the best of the best - diversity and individuality is highly valued - management cares about you - company, management, and higher ups listen to you and adjust to the feedback you give them - lots of mentoring, resources are always available - teaches you great professional skills to last a lifetime - always recognized for hard work - competitive pay for retail - connections you make with co-workers are memorable and long lasting - flexibility in taking time off - free food on holidays, for meetings, and employee appreciation week - company-wide monthly challenges and store-wide community service opportunities","- poor work-life balance for full-time: you work ALL holidays and don’t have a set schedule. You could be working until 10pm 10 days in a row - upward growth is very slow in retail, opportunities to move to corporate are scarce - can be extremely fast-paced and overwhelming depending on your store - working with the public is exhausting and requires a lot of tolerance/patience - work can be repetitive—it’s easy to get bored with day-to-day duties  Overall, among the best part-time opportunities for those in school or those who have other projects they’re working on. A great, fun place to grow and develop as a professional if you’re willing to put the years and work in—and you don’t mind staying in retail.","Promote more from within, spend more time with employees to focus on development.",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37473,apple,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"CEO, benefits, company culture and job satisfaction",Cant think of any cons as its a great company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37474,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - SSR - Support Services Representative,Great company to work for. Good benefits and a good work- life balance.,"Awesome coworkers, great facilities, medical and dental Center inside campus, great gym facilities with classes and shower, monthly beer bash among other cool perks",The good at Cafe Macs is great and in reasonable price but I believe it should be free. It could have a better vacation policy for AppleCare.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37475,apple,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Advisor,Able to work from home,Working from home is not for everyone,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37476,apple,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technician,Great Environment to work in. Love the people,Random scheduling. Difficult customers at times.,na,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37477,apple,"Middletown, NY"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Apple is a great company to work for!,Work-Life Balance Competitive Pay Benefits Stock Package Product Discounts Internal Promotions and Hiring Acknowledgement Great work culture Great Resumé Item,"Advancement is difficult because it's very competitive, and positions are often occupied for a long period of time. Job opportunities upwards are infrequent, but Apple does offer different options to develop and advance.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37478,apple,none," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thumbs up,unlimited potential on retail level that opens up corporate possibility,Hard to break into corporate positions,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37479,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Great company,Every team feels like a family Fast-paced environment Career growth and stepping-stone opportunities,Feel like a cog in a wheel at times Customers can be rude,"Make sure everyone feels appreciated for their contribution, take feedback and work together to find solutions to problems.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P85.htm
37480,apple,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part Time Employee,"Flexible, Great Management, Great co-workers, A lot of opportunities","No weekends off, picky customers, standing for long period of time",Empathetic of people's personal life.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37481,apple,"Thousand Oaks, CA"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Creative,Great culture busy atmosphere,Everyone who works here is friendly and easy to get along with. The company really does care about their employees and offers great benefits.,It is extremely busy and you have to work every holiday.,Support your team,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37482,apple,"Santa Clarita, CA"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple at home advisor -- AppleCare,Decent pay Benefits Work from home decent hours,"You never do a good job, there is always something they criticize you on",Relax,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37483,apple,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chat,Work from home Friendly supervisors Good training Quick response time Good pay,None so far I just started here so I only gave 3 stars for Everything,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37484,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Specialist,A Great Place to Get Started,This is an excellent company to begin and grow your career. You will be treated fairly and given the coaching you need to succeed in your role.,"The mountain is steep. This makes moving up extremely competitive and time consuming. Things move very, very slowly and every decision is wrapped in an inch of red tape. By the time anything gets done, you forgot why you were doing it in the first place. Pay is average at best.",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37485,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Allocation Execution Specialist,"Lots of perks, lots of competition",Lots of company perks and comfortable work environment. The employees are great people to work with! Company culture is inclusive and challenging,"Very competitive and hard to move around within the company itself. Perks are great but pay could be better, could definitely make more elsewhere in the same role.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37486,apple,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great place to work,The management is amazing and always wants to help you grow,"Growth is in your current role, they do almost zero internal promotion.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37487,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Nice place to work,discounts on apple products are great!,steve jobs is no longer with us :(,keep it up!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37488,apple,none," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Infinite amount of perks,Huge company so it feels like you get lost in the shuffle,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37489,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,Management is great. Friendly environment. Willing to grow with you. Always teaching.,The commute via the T can be frustrating sometimes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P86.htm
37490,apple,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Best retail job ever!,The training you get from Apple is so valuable and I continue to use my learnings in my every day life and in my professional career. I felt cared for and mentored by my peers and it was a great environment that challenged me.,I did not like working weekends but that is when the stores are the busiest.,"My only feedback is to try to immerse in and understand every role in the store (Product Specialist, Genius, Business Specialist, etc), this will help improve management efforts.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37491,apple,"Gilbert, AZ"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Ok for retail,Great Environment Great Benefits Easy Job,Retail... Young coworkers who don't have work ethic. Inexperienced managers chasing bonus not supporting the team.,Focus on your people not your pocketbooks,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37492,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Good,Lots of perks Amazing benefits The people and culture. The pay is pretty competitive when compared to other retailers. Great discounts as well.,Kinda limited to retail. No opportunity for growth within the company at a corporate level. Retail hours suck the soul out of you.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37493,apple,"Boston, MA"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Could be better/worse,"Decent pay, great benefits, overall fun","Hard to move up, people who don't care aren't reprimanded",Corporate needs to get rid of the waste in retail.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37494,apple,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,"Very good benefits including stock purchase, medical, and health insurance.","Mostly part-time positions. Pay is better than many retail jobs, but still not commensurate with cost of living or expected job performance. Seniority is really not valued much as to promotions or career opportunities. A lot of ""hoopla"" and ""fluff"", but little substance as to employee development.","Take care of your people and get out of your ""bubble"".",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37495,apple,none," May 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,Being able to see products before they’re released.,Having to deal with some idiots.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37496,apple,none," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - College AHA,College AHA,"i l ove this job get to work from home great benefits and discounts awesome company discount learn a lot - technical and people skills opportunity to help people good pay, fun perks",schedule is pretty much set in stone time off is hard to come by penalized for calling out have to work holidays with rare exception,need more flexibility in scheduling,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37497,apple,none," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Best environment salary and benefits you can find in non Commison retail. Good people working there. You learn a lot and have a lot of support. They treat you like you have a brain and let you free to do your best.,Long irregular hours. No way around this in retail at this point in time. The culture is changing and that is causing some turmoil but time will have to tell if it shakes out for the best as far it’s employees are concerned,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37498,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Lead Genius,Golden Handcuffs,"Benefits and compensation were great, and I was able to earn a good living for my family.","Retail hours and retail scenarios eventually get to the point where no amount of money could make it worth it anymore. After 10 years, the company treated me like a highly valuable badge number, and our customers treated me like a punching bag.  You start to miss your dignity, and you realize that you won't find it again in Apple Retail.",Retail Leadership at the corporate level was outstanding. Finance / HR / Local Leadership not so much.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37499,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,"5yrs within AppleCare and Genius roles, easy day to day but extremely busy, low pay, weird CULTure","- Job Stability - Easy Work - Some nice benefits - Hard to get fired, easy to get re hired","- Low Pay, have to pay for all the cool amenities - Busy most the year - Not enough opportunities to try new roles - Weird schedules, not consistent - Worked too hard, excelled in role, no opportunities - Lots of burnt out employees who need to get fired, drags down the good people - Not enough training","Reward top performers, more visibility and time for employees to build a career path, so they don’t feel trapped in customer service.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P87.htm
37500,apple,"Woodbridge, VA"," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist,Good team. Good leadership. Good training Good coworkers. Good location. Quality products. Good advancement options. Good evaluation system and benefits,Hours are retail and many holidays and weekend work. . Apple doesnt close for inclement weather. Learn to drive in bad conditions,Good evaluation system,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37501,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer relation advisor,"good advantages, remote work possible, intern career possible but very long","corporation, no humanity and no regard for personal issues or stress at work. No support for remote agents. no room for improvement","separation between management and team manager breaks everything. Team leads and managers respond solely to their hierarchy and not to their own team. No complicity and no understanding of personal needs and issues of Apple employee. Apple do not respect its ""values"" and not even it's contractual articles. Mental abuses are in place.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37502,apple,none," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great Work environment Supportive co workers,None it is a great place to work,Stay supportive it helps with retention,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37503,apple,"Elyria, OH"," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,More fair scheduling,Great pay and benefits Great products with good discounts Get to work at home Get to do rotational jobs to cut monotonous,Work life balance is hard No advancement after senior advisor at least not enough At least one weekend day for each shift you get to choose,If there is a supposed rotation make sure we actually get to see it take place because the math does not add up,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37504,apple,"Miami, FL"," May 3, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Solid Part Time Job,Flexible schedule. Fun work environment. Good Benefits,"A lot of ""office"" politics going on,",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37505,apple,none," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great company. Great pay, nice work enviorment.","Hours can shift, especially if you're apart time",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37506,apple,none," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Great culture, values and people",Limited career development opportunity to grow,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37507,apple,"Arlington, VA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,There were awesome coworkers and environment,Management was not encouraging and were critical,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37508,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialist - Retail,Being with Apple and gaining knowledge and experience with tech and also retail. The rating system was based on customers responses which is great. Great products.,"It was exhausting working there, and I felt like I was being babysat by the managers.",Find a better way to empower the team.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37509,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun job but not career,Get inside scoop of how Apple operates its business.,Ultimately still a retail job.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P88.htm
37510,apple,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac genius,Smart employees that work there!,I don’t enjoy the Micro managing,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37511,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Job for very superficial people,Paid healthcare for part time. Provided with uniform. You can make your own schedule through myPage and it’s super flexible. $100 monthly to pay for transit. $500 credit towards a MacBook every 3 years. Discounts on products.,"Job not based on honesty, integrity, and knowledge but how good you make superior look. Good employees don’t last here, only ones who pleases superiors and say what they want to hear. Open feedback abused by anyone who dislikes you to tell you what they think you should do. Culture of taking everything at face value even if you are being accused of something you didn’t do. Leader can place you on a documented coaching when you are given bad promoter rating. Not everyone gets documented coaching when they get bad promoter rating, only the ones who can’t please superiors. Many get away with what they do, lacking in performance and slacking.","Can’t help a bad person change. If you’re bad, you’re going to be bad.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37512,apple,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company,Benefits and Work environment Co-Workers Name recognition,Limited ceiling of advancement from personal experience for PART TIME employees,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37513,apple,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Awesome company to work for,nothing bad to say about apple,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37514,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Amazing coworkers and environment to work in!,It can be extremely busy sometimes.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37515,apple,none," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Very good Benefits and great facilities,Hefty workload as well as competition,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37516,apple,none," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great for a college student!,My managers at Apple were really willing to schedule me around my college classes.,I don't have many cons about my experience.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37517,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great company,Great support from management. Teamwork is super solid.,"Hard to move up, tons of competition.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37518,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,One of the best places to work,"Amazing team members, great benifits. Flexible hours if you’re working another job or are going to school.",Absolutely nothing needs to change!,Keep up the amazing work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37519,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Great place to work,"benefits, educational reimbursement, employee purchase program, free shuttle service, employee stock purchase program, discounts on product","demanding, very fast pace environment",Put managers in positions only if they have experience dealing with people. Too many managers get on the job training when they should have the experience of leading others prior to getting into the role.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P89.htm
37520,apple,none," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,They have great products and great people working.,I have no real issues with Apple,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37521,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 28, 2018",Former Employee - SDE2,Greatest company in the world,Brilliant coworkers great benefit nice pay,the coworkers can be too good to be a little intimidating,not really much to complain,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37522,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Project Manager,Ehhh,Brand appeal and allure of the company history,"Just another number that can be easily replaced, not really valued",Be more personal,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37523,apple,none," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Expert,"Great benefits even when part-time Education assistance Good base salary Room to grow, especially if a technician",You have to have thick skin - you interact with a lot of frustrated people who will say anything to get to you Can't change much about operations and big picture since its such a large company,Nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37524,apple,"Jonesboro, AR"," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,Good company to work for!,Great Job Great Pay Great Benefits Convenient working from home.,"I don't have any issues with this job. A job is a job, so of course, there's days that I don't feel like working. Of course there's hard days, but that's mainly due to customer issues or someone having an attitude. Working for Apple is great. I'll probably never leave.","Hire more managers internally. Since a lot of managers are hired from outside, they're technical knowledge is limited. So, sometimes they're unable to provide assistance on calls or if we have certain questions.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37525,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Global Supply Manager,The company is great at benefits and compensation. They also have great commuter options. They have buses from several areas in bay area.,Not a lot. I have not been with the company enough to identify any. I wil be abke to post something soon,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37526,apple,none," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Apple discount once every three years was great,"Poor management and poor vision over worked, nothing changes for the good",Stop pushing your employees into roles you think they are good for and take into account what they want to do and actually focus on developing them instead of loosing them.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37527,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialist,I love working for Apple! The pay and benefits are great. Managers are super nice and they are super flexible when it comes to scheduling. Working for Apple isn't work unless you make it work! When working for apple you gain a whole second family that will always have your back.,I don't have anything negative to say about apple except there is a lot of stand. aside from all the standing I couldn't imagine working for a better company!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37528,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - AHA Advisor,Great company to work for,Great Pay Excellent Benefits Great team mates Great training,Mandatory Overtime Work life balance,"Not all, but some of the managers should be a little more approachable.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37529,apple,"Washington, DC"," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Expert,Great place to work,Fast-Paced Amazing coworkers Generally Great management Focus on development Discounts Benefits are awesome,The days can be pretty hectic Customers can be pretty bad Sometimes it feels nonstop The pay is relatively low for what your asked to do everyday,"Focus more on the internal customer. When I left, you could see that the employees were starting to lose some of the benefits we had. One year we got beats as a winter gift. The next year we got a piece of paper and a T shirt. Just dont stop taking care of the people who go out and grind for you on a day-to-day basis.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P90.htm
37530,apple,none," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,College AHA,"Great benefits, Great communication,Great pay, and their discounts are great",Flexability is difficult for students in the college cycle at times depending on classes and timings,Make it easier for college students to be flexible in time of inconvenient situations.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37531,apple,none," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,- good environment - great benefits - good pay - good management,not a lot of growth within the company,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37532,apple,"Highpoint, MS"," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Worked part time for 3 years,"Good people, and good internal chemistry between staff.",Not much chance to move at all.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37533,apple,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, but rewarding","Work with the best and brightest people, on the world's most popular tech products.","Things get crazy leading up to big releases, but that's all part of working here.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37534,apple,none," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Successful,"Pay, benefits, food, technology, location.",Lack of support from colleagues and managers.,Show more care and support towards employees.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37535,apple,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dont,Good pay and good benefits,Horrible expectations. No growth. Told to leave company if I wanted management.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37536,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Technical Expert,No Day is ever the same!,Leadership can micro manage time.,Trust your team members,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37537,apple,none," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Absolutely Amazing,"Great Benefits, Amazing Atmosphere, Great Development, Wonderful Staff",None That I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37538,apple,"Louisville, KY"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,People make the experience,You get to work with tons of people from different walks of life and with all kinds of experiences. Lively environment and the work day goes quick. You have a supportive company behind the decisions you make.,Retail hours don’t allow for a true work life balance. Unrealistic customer image to uplhold.,Listen to the people actually making the company money. Most of management especially out side of stores have no clue what happens day to day.,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37539,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - AHA Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Very competitive pay, and a very positive culture to work with","You switch managers every once in a while, and some managers LOVE to micro manage. Some don't. Just be used to all types of managerial styles",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P91.htm
37540,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great Company, Super Smart People","Great perks, great salary, great culture","Lib culture, could be more accomodating",Be more inclusive,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37541,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Apr 20, 2018",Current Employee - Creative,Phenomenal company,"The hiring/interview process is a bear, but it breeds a common mentality amongst coworkers. As with any job, there are people you’d never communicate with when off the clock, but while on the floor, those people will bend over backward to help you, because the beef between you both has nothing to do with the customer in front of you. I’ve never worked for another company where this behavior occurred regularly.","My biggest problem with the retail environment is that there is a constant push to extricate the word “no” from your vocabulary, and thus a “how to get to yes” mentality. Where things go sideways is that every manager has a different idea of where yes is, and so there’s very little consistency. Because of that, as an employee, it’s VERY confusing on what will fly and what is off limits, because it’s constantly changing (sometimes even from hour to hour). Rules and policies tend to be more of a very general guideline than a static expectation.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37542,apple,none," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Good Culture and good company atmosphere,Tough to get promoted. Can be stressful at times,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37543,apple,none," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Great Culture,"Discounts, fun environment, work life balance, opportunity","none, except the specific store I worked in had terrible management.","Stop brushing issues under the rug. If multiple employees are coming to you about a specific issue, do something about it.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37544,apple,none," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,Lots of benefits and free swag while working here.,Relatively rigid scheduling for lower tiers,No advice from me.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37545,apple,none," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Fun-fast paced work,"Great culture, friendships and fun. Ability to learn quickly. Amazing Benefits.",Retail hours cannot garuntee a paycheck during busy and/or low times.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37546,apple,none," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Genius at Apple,Flexibility The people Room for growth Good pay and benefits,Emotionally exhausting (as most service industries are) Management is hired externally which can cause gaps in the culture Retail hours (work/life balance can be difficult),"Transparency is key. There’s a lot of smoke and mirrors but being honest and open about roles, how to get promoted and true feedback is so important for the culture.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37547,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Expert,"It’s a glorified retail job, guys...","Fun work environment, awesome coworkers, flexible scheduling and lenient “life happens” time and attendance policy. Great trading and discounts, and insane benefits for part time","It feels like a cult. I feel like Apple try’s to brain wash you and insert premade reply’s and vocabulary into your short term memory. Management plays favorites...bad. They will pick people arbitrary who they like and developed them and work to get them promoted and ignore all others. Upward momentum is abysmal, and the glass circling is 5 foot thick plexiglass.","Cut the bias, and let/ give people the opportunity to prove themselves properly",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37548,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,No work life balance,"Rare beer bash, nothing else really","No work life balance. Pay not even close to other FAANG. Too much of cockiness, every engineer is busy proving someone wrong Managers are just engineers with terrible people skills","Learn to appreciate talent dont let good people ask, give them without asking, thats just unfair more discounted and free stuff! even food is expensive to buy!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37549,apple,"Orange, CA"," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialist,Get to work for one of the greatest companies in the world. Extensive benefits even for part time employees.,Lots of customers coming for very trivial questions.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P92.htm
37550,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Awesome Company Real Culture,"It's a fantastic culture, and a great place to be as a college student. Flexible hours, fun events, great products, and superb management.","During busy seasons high volume stores can be lacking in meaningful customer interactions due to time constraints, but a large staff (compared to other retailers) definitely helps.","Keep up the awesome work! Their love of the company and contageous ambition is not just a facade. Those are real smiles, applauses, and cheers when products are launched or when we have meetings or say goodbye to a team member, and it is largely due to attentive and caring management.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37551,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Care Senior Advisor,Apple Care Senior Advisor,"Ability to work from home, amazing benefits package.","Too metric driven, and the work life balance is terrible. Expect to work full weekends with split days off. Also outside of an applecare manager(extremely hard to get) there is almost no way to advance above a senior advisor.","The average wage of an applecare advisor is now $34,000. This is unacceptable when i started in 2010 it was $42,000. How with all this inflation you justify lowering the wage in 8 years with all the money Apple has made is honestly a disgrace. Major pay raises should be considered across the board.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37552,apple,none," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great but exhausting experience,-Great benefits -Competitive salary -Training always provided -Company lunches during holidays -Great staff,-Always hectic -Small workspace -Internal politics depending on various managers -Overworked,"-Less ""mob"" mentality -Hire managers who are qualified, not just friends based on your personal preferences -Communicate with your fellow managers so that there is consistency -Treat employees with respect",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37553,apple,"Fort Collins, CO"," Apr 21, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great job for college but the hours and upward mobility are tough,-Great pay -GREAT benefits -They put a lot of effort into your personal development and communication skills,"-If you want any sort of promotion you have to leave the College Program and go full-time -Limited internship opportunities for any majors other than engineering -Usually you have to work nights and weekends, which can be tough as a student",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37554,apple,none," Apr 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Apple Care Advisor,Talk to people all the time Build customer service skills,Only con is that they are strict when it comes to taking days off.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37555,apple,none," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great place to work!,"They have great benefits, salaries, and the people challenge you to be better every single day!",Wish the discounts where a little larger,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37556,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Best place I’ve worked so far.,Great people that care and good pay. Best structure for growth I’ve seen in any company. Good work life balance.,Biased hiring process. Retail = on your feet all the time. My location has the worst parking situation. No gripes with my actual duties.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37557,apple,none," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Intense, rewarding culture","Many perks, smart colleagues, work on exciting products",Very demanding work at times,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37558,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great job while finishing up College!,"Great starting wage, awesome discounts, great people",track to leadership is slow and very selective,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37559,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great company to work for,"Great benefits, Great people, Great products, great culture",Sooo busy all of the time!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P93.htm
37560,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, terrible middle managers","- truly care about consumers -really care about building innovative products -great perks, nothing comparable to the other bigger companies but they take care of you. -beer bashes and nice talks","- 0 HR policies that protect company from being infested with crappy middle managers. I know HR is supposed to protect the company, but you have horrible untalented people driving out talent and rotting you from bottom up. Making sure that such people don't infest the company should be a priority for HR if they want to protect the company. - HR is an admin call center. This may be fine for a small company but this is a company of a 100k people. My advice to anyone considering an offer with them is: make sure you like your manager and document everything from the beginning. If you get along with your manager, this is a great company to work with.  But know that there is 0 accountability for bad managers and so there are toxic teams that go undetected. HR is useless and they will have all the power if you make them insecure or if they suddenly decide they don't want to work with you. Also like other notorious hardware companies, some teams here try to put people on PIP to get them to quit (quitting could be for whatever reasons, including mis-management and then realizing they over-hired). I have now heard more than a few stories along these lines. Since there is no manager accountability, they can get away with anything.",protect yourself from terrible low level managers. Build out HR into something more than an admin function. Talent leaves not because of bad company but bad managers. Making them at least a little bit accountable will prevent them from rotting you on the inside.,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37561,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It can be a female very unfriendly environment. From both male coworkers and female bosses/HRs.,"New technology and heavy impact every aspect of our life. Nice campus, good cafe, nice gyms. Good beer bash. Good employee EV program and commute bus. Good employee purchase plan, which allow you to buy Apple devices in discount for both family and friends.","Each department is a close environment, that grows a lot of politics and slavery. Some of the departments are low productivity, which surprisedly last forever.",Close monitor managers and take more their power away. Don’t promote female bosses just because they are female/ and or color. More transparency!,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37562,apple,none," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,"Organized, structured, personal development, building relationships","Busy customers, retail, on your feet a lot,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37563,apple,"Artesia, CA"," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare at home advisor,excellent employee development and health benefits,some of the crm software needs updating,review agent tools,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37564,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Network Engineer,Fun place to work!,"Lots of smart people, working together for a common goal.",Politics can sometimes get in the way.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37565,apple,none," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing team,"The team is amazing at Apple. Everyone is willing to assist whenever necessary and is willing to teach you so that new skills can be added to your personal tool belt. Apple is understanding to its employees and, especially working Part Time, is willing to work around school schedules to ensure that education always comes first. The benefits are amazing as well and the only difference that a Part Time employee and a Full Time employee have is that a Full Time employee gets vacation days. Otherwise all benefits are equal, which is something that I have noticed the few years that I have worked there.","At times micromanaging becomes quite annoying and the push to keep up with the numbers sometimes loses then main goal of providing a wonderful customer experience. Customers can also be quite harsh regarding comments if something is not done their way, especially if there is a cost involved, but that really isn't something that is due to Apple. Depending on the size and location, foot traffic can be overwhelming and there may barely be space to move around, especially during peak periods like the holiday season.","I know at times the numbers and appointment times can be hectic , especially if there is a lot of customers, but understand that the team is working as best and efficiently as we can to provide the amazing service, solutions, and experience that Apple is so well known for, so please try not to micromanage. I am sure it is not something that is intended, but at times it can come off that way. Otherwise an amazing way to lead the team and providing great service for our wonderful customers, while following Apple standards.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37566,apple,"Cocoa, FL"," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare at home advisor,Awesome job. Get to work from home. Get all the perks in Apple discounts. Opportunities to work in store rotations. Competitive pay and great insurance.,The initial time after training is difficult because much of the skills needed will be learned on the job. Honestly there are not a lot of cons. People who like face-to-face interactions may go stir crazy but otherwise it’s no problem at all.,More of the same management doesn’t awesome job not one bad manager yet,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37567,apple,none," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great college job,"Great company and products, good pay, investment opportunities, room for growth and transfering","Have a hard time moving up before a year, can sometimes be overwhelming during launch and battery programs",Wish the culture of feedback would be more utilized in the store. Feels like they value very few people in the store,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37568,apple,"Glen Allen, VA"," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,iOS Senior Advisor,The position allows for working from home.,"The scheduling is atrocious, it is a shift bid process!",Nothing,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37569,apple,"New York, NY"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Operations Specialist,Great benefits and stable company. People are some of the best I've worked with,Unless you are one of the favorites you will not move up Very little opportunity for growth into corporate Easier to advance by leaving the company and returning to a better position than growing internally,Please see the value in this position and provided more opportunities. Seems that sales is the only position rewarded,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P94.htm
37570,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,"The opportunity to work with some of the brightest and dedicated individuals was awesome. Working for a West company, it was all about what you could bring to the table and they have an environment that made you want to bring all that you had.",The long hours away from home.,Find ways to keep people from burning out.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37571,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Nice work if you can get it,Decent pay. Good benefits. Good opportunity. Discounts on Apple products and their affiliates.,"Shift bids every three months. Work is repetitive and dull. Path to management is long, crowded and competitive.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37572,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Release Manager,"Terrific team, excellent benefits and a mindful culture.",Working with some of the brightest minds in technology and developing highly desirable products.,"Some of the tools and processes used at Apple are either old, restrictive or both.",Open the possibilities of using tools that allow teams to work better and update your processes to compete with more nimble competitors.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37573,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Company with great culture,"I feel Apple has an extremely customer centric culture and great social responsibility. It also focus very much on design and aesthetics. It may be hard to like working here if one does not truly believe in these things, as one may not be able to enjoy perks other tech company offers. However, if one truly espouses customer experience, and the tenet to leave the world a better place as one sees it, it's really hard to work anywhere else.","No free lunch, and free dinner isn't spectacular. Free drinks are very limited too.",Hope this great culture can be maintained indefinitely.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37574,apple,"Miami, FL"," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,Great training Great pay Great work environment,Little opportunity for growth,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37575,apple,none," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Part-time Retail Job / Great Job starting your career.,"Depending on leadership team / your designated manager - they strive to mentor you into becoming a high value professional by leveraging the Lominger Competencies. Great part time job - clock in and clock out and do your job well it's fantastic. Although a retail environment, there is a sense of work-life balance. Benefits are amazing and if you are an educated and/or experienced adult, you realize you don't find many companies that have great benefits AND part-time benefits!","Depending on your store employee size, you can be overseen. Annual review, you are graded on overall store performance as well as your individual review. Employees are fresh out of HS or in college, so they do not understand the value of working retail - ie: you don't take work home. Young staff - so you hear a LOT of complaints and deal with immaturity Customers can be pretty savage and rude so you have to learn tools to de-stress them or talk them down. After a while, it wears on you and the conversation/work you do feels unrewarding.",Hire more managers. Employee to leadership ratio should be re-visited.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37576,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A lot of work,a lot of smart people over there,There is really no work/life balance,May consider more on how to reward employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37577,apple,none," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company overall,"Apple really does value and respect their employees, allows employees to move departments, and happily welcomes back former employees. Independence and initiative are rewarded, not stifled. Nepotism and Retribution for speaking up are not tolerated and managers receive training to understand that.","The Silo model of specialization can be frustrating for people who prefer being generalists and don't want to keep changing jobs to get breadth, and the disclosure restrictions between groups can be frustrating to those who like to talk about their projects.","More continuing education offerings for employees to gain new skills for advancement or job changes within Apple would help employees thrive, grow, and be able to stay at Apple as projects end and other teams often have different standard tools an employee may not have. Free internal online classes on various technologies (tools, programming languages, etc) would be appreciated by many, I believe.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37578,apple,none," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD INC,"good, you can still learn a lot","nothing, but just the competition is very intensive",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37579,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Programming Expert,Working,Its a good company. It varies on the store you work for.,Some managers do not belong in management. They need to learn a lot more.,Trust your employees. People with experience can help guide you.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P95.htm
37580,apple,none," Apr 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist - Apple Retail,Great talking with people daily who believe in products that make their lives easier.,It is hard not to get burnt out on the troubleshooting end as you usually see people when they are unhappy or have problems.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37581,apple,"Denver, CO"," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Five Years with Apple, Inc",- Focus on employee development - Incredible benefits - Competitive pay,- Unclear career paths beyond store management - Emotionally demanding,- Continue to care about people before anything else - Continue to fuel innovative culture,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37582,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,"GREAT coworkers, nightmare customers","benefits, amazingly talented and diverse co-workers, company is pretty caring about you as an individual.","The customers are legitimately horrible to deal with, low pay for what they expect from you",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37583,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Specialist,Logistics Contractor - You wont get hired on in Logistics,Working environment was awesome and the campus was awesome,full time employees treat contract workers like second class citizens,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37584,apple,"Braintree, MA"," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple!,"A lot of benefits, awesome workplace, friendly co-workers and management, very good salary.","It's a retail job, so expect a lot of customer interactions, including interactions with angry customers.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37585,apple,"Danbury, CT"," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Manager - Review,"Great people, amazing benefits, pay was excellent",the schedule was every changing and the customers were very challenging. Not a lot of room for internal movement into corporate or upper management,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37586,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software QA Engineer,Senior Software QA Engineer - Product Systems Quality group,- Chance to work with some of the smartest minds depending on the team / project - QA engineers usually get to use the latest products for free - ESPP and benefits is good - Decent maternity/paternity leave benefits,"- Clueless middle management interferes too much and changes the scope of the work leading to frustration - Favoritism in all forms is very prevalent, the favorites get the best projects, tasks, opportunities and visibility while the rest are made to slave away for the cause of betterment of the managers and their favorites - QA gets treated very badly and most of the time it’s because of the middle management who volunteer their engineers for all kinds of tasks out of scope from traditional QA roles - Promotions are based on favoritism rather than by performance or value added - Management is solely focused on kingdom building and this has resulted in lax hiring - No respect is given to truly knowledgeable people , promotion is only given to people who can talk loudly even though it’s just empty noise - HR will always side with the management and you will get screwed during the review process if you rub anyone in management the wrong way",Don’t hire smart people only to kill any ideas they may suggest. Don’t micromanage people unless you see a performance issue with the employee. Also please leave favoritism aside and function professionally,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37587,apple,none," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Really cares about their employees,"Offer great benefits even to part time employees. I think more companies should adopt this, because this is what keeps employees around and encourage them to do a good job.",Mundane job tasks. Little interactions with team members and management.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37588,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Sales,Amazing Company That I Will Never Forget,"They are incredibly fun while still being professional. I loved everyone there and they do a lot of training on the job as well. Sometimes customer service can be difficult but Apple made sure to do everything in their power to make it easy for you. Pay is great, benefits are great. I'd highly recommend this company!",Can't think of any really. Maybe a larger break room was needed at our store but that's about it.,Keep on doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37589,apple,"Denver, CO"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Corporate Specialist,Working for Apple Inc.,"Most beneficial experience, and an amazing work environment.",None for this current position.,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P96.htm
37590,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Business Expert,Business expert,"Great people, strong learning culture.","pressure on numbers, lower pay for work",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37591,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,na,amazing place to work most of the time,people do not quit there jobs they quit their bosses,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37592,apple,none," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits,Some of the best benefits of any company. Even at the retail level. Including fitness reimbursement,Poor work / home life balance,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37593,apple,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,A Great Start,"Benefits (medical, vision, dental), product discounts, great first experience, company culture",Limited job duties makes everyday repetitive and slow with no room for advancement unless not in college. Would recommend job for at least 2 years but after that point it’s time to move on/up,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37594,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great Company,"Can work from home, great pay, great benefits, great discounts, et","The attendance system can penalize you if you need to take extended time off due to an emergency. I was out for over a month after working for the company for 3 years, it I had to jump through a lot of hoops to get the time approved. They automatically move you into more complicated lines of business and the schedules aren't great and always changing every 3 months",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37595,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - ITunes,No longer a creative company,"The benefits are amazing - great health insurance. Um, that's about it.","When I started at Apple, it was a great place to work - very relaxed and welcoming. The managers I had were creative types who did interesting things after work (musicians, yoga teachers, comic book artists, etc.) and they were supportive and made work a fun place to be. I felt appreciated in the beginning.  Little by little, though, everything became more corporate. A lot of middle manager types were hired who were obsessed with micro-managing and metrics. It didn't matter seem to matter if you worked really hard, did a good job and pleased your customers if you didn't always hit the required metrics (which were often arbitrary and based on things you had no influence over). Towards the end of my time there, I felt very disheartened and unappreciated every day.  There is also very little room for growth at the Austin campus unless you are interested in going into management. If you have skills that your team or department values, but you want to build new skills or move to a new department, management will make it very difficult for you to leave. They are not interested in your personal growth.","Think of the bigger picture as regards your employees' skills and interests. If someone wants to spread their wings and move to a different role or department, don't block their progress just because you need that person in your team or department. This just frustrates people and makes them leave the company.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37596,apple,none," Apr 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,Great work life balance and culture,Company is too compartmentalized to have a unified culture,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37597,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Ios Software Engineer,Appleagent,IT - IOS / Software Engineer Abilities,I'm honored and regards when have opportunity to became Appleagent. This is the respect for me and the honored for the Asian Vietnamese like am I. Thanks and regards,I'm honored to became Appleagent. I'm thinking that try to try which all I have to dedicate for my Apple application general company and the United States Original. I'm regards and respected with all my honestly to never disappoint to you all. Thank you and best Regards,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37598,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Starter career,"Educational, Fast paced, Open minded. The people you get to work with are what make the job. You own your own development. Great company values and culture.",I see it as a career booster/starter career to open up other opportunities to others either within or outside of the company. Apple retail compensation may be ‘considered’ competitive in each market to the company but most companies in AMERICA need to improve imo. 45-50k minimum a year should be a starting compensation package not 30-35k for the technical expertise and efforts required for the high amount of traffic coming into the store.,Push hire ups for more ability to offer higher compensation. Although it is not a requirement Apple does tend to greatly benefits from many of its hires having college degrees and should be rewarded for what we bring to the table and customer experience.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37599,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Apr 7, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,It depends...,Great benefits. Awesome culture (outside the workplace). Flexible schedule. Exciting product.,Promotions only go to certain personality types. Boring work. Exhausting to receive employee recognition surrounded by obvious (insincere) over-achievers. Random hours. Global leadership completely out of touch with customer and employee experience.,"Work in a non-flagship store for a week. Use resources to make good things better, rather than to add more options... One solid thing is WAY better than 20 subpar options.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P97.htm
37600,apple,"Estero, FL"," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,Loved the people I worked with,I really loved the atmosphere and the people that I worked with. You really do feel like family and everyone that is hired is so diverse. It was always fun and exciting. The benefits and the pay were great and I definitely miss it.,"Leadership was not that great. They didn't take feedback very well and were not open to trying new things. Leadership could never be found and would often have to radio several times before a response was given. There didn't seem to be a lot of room for opportunity within the store. in the 10+ years they have been open, they just had their first individual on a CE.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37601,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Retail Sales,"Amazing work environment, great people, great customers! Everyone is invested and passionate",Work schedule is tough sometimes but work life balance is top of mind,Keep up the amazing work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37602,apple,none," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great company based on a culture of giving back to the community as well as supports employee development,"Unfortunately, it was a political environment for Manager level and above. They spent a lot of time judging leader performance and spent little time on actual support and individual development",Spend more time listening and investing in the development of the Manager level. Stop wasting energy on an individuals exit strategy and focus on their improved performance.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37603,apple,none," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall amazing place to work, but it's still retail.","Competitive salary and benefits for retail, lots of training opportunities, great co-workers.","It's retail - and on top of that it's tech support - some customers are extraordinarily difficult and draining, best not to take things personally.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37604,apple,none," Apr 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits and Side Hustle,The benefits and pay are amazing for retail,the hours can be grueling,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37605,apple,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ICT4,Best Pay. Great Career Chanllenges.,Work in silos. A lot of secrecy in the big picture,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37606,apple,"Roseville, MN"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,An Apple Specialist: A short and sweet review,"Absolutely kind and diverse set of employees, you learn something new every day and gain great knowledge and experience in a field and at a place that nearly everyone is familiar with/uses in everyday life.","They ask a lot of their employees, but very understandably so. You're dealing with people's finances and extensions of their lives. It's sometimes high stakes, but very understandably so.","Just continue to be excited and energized! You guys are the lifeblood of the entire corporation and without you, we would know be where we are.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37607,apple,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Account Manager,Great with Benefits and CEO vision,"Hires bad Leadership from failing companies like Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc.",Look for better leadership in excelling companies,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37608,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Your experience depends on your managers,The people who work there are some of the most creative and kind people I have met. There is a hunger for curiosity and helping others which is amazing.,Depending on the store you work at you might have amazing managers or horrible managers. In my case I worked at a store that managers only cared about selling product and not the customer. It was a toxic environment where no one enjoyed coming to work and the only way to move up was showing them how many more phones you could sell than the person on your right.,"Bring Apple culture back. Stores should not be focused on selling product but instead helping customers, everything else will follow.",3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37609,apple,none," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Analyst,Good place to work,"It's a good place to work, great times were had by all",It sometimes wasn't so great,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P98.htm
37610,apple,none," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work...with some trade-offs,"Challenging work, great colleagues, passionate team, great facilities",work-life balance while getting better is still pretty bad,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37611,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Recruiter,"Interesting and meaningful work, and daily impact.",Global scale requires adjustments to time zones and flexibility with work/life integration.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37612,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Machine Learning Engineer,Machine Learning Engineer,"Great team, great office, OK salary.","A LOT of internal politics, Secretive culture, Compensation could be better, No free food (only dinners from 7-8pm)",none,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37613,apple,"Denver, CO"," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Technician/Trainer (Retail),Technician/Trainer,"Dedicated, driven, and creative co-workers, good pay for a retail environment, challenging, great company values, part-time benefits, fitness reimbursement,","Often unrealistic expectations, entitled customers, not much schedule flexibility, emotional labor, superfluous meetings",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37614,apple,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Great place to work, learned a lot",Lots of work and late nights,Bigger iPhones,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37615,apple,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Discounts on products were fair,Scheduling could have been simpler,Listen to scheduling needs of employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37616,apple,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Excellent benefits and fun atmosphere,micro management at its best,settle down,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37617,apple,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome atmosphere,Pay was great for retail position.,Sometimes management needs to be your boss first and not your friend.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37618,apple,none," Mar 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Specialist,There's always something new to learn and share and the managers were very supportive.,Evening shift hours for retail employees.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37619,apple,none," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lot of learning, lot of work",Learning curve is very high,Amount of workload is too high,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P99.htm
37620,apple,none," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Good place to work at,Upward mobility in career development,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37621,apple,none," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"More Loyalty, Please","Decent pay for the area, good amount of vacation time, good healthcare benefits.","Very little opportunity for career growth or job advancement. After nearly ten years with the company, I was terminated for an easy mistake.",Pay the same amount of loyalty to your employees that you expect from your employees.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37622,apple,"Fairport, NY"," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - IOS Senior Advisor T2,iOS Senior Advisor T2,"Great Pay, Work From Home, Great PTO,","Once reached T2 ,there is close to no further advancement. VERY VERY VERY Stressful in iOS T2. Way to much responsibilities and the pay doesn't match",More numbers based and not favoritism based on promotions,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37623,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Relations,Customer Relations,There's a great employee culture,The job can be quite demanding,I appreciate the camaraderie in leadership,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37624,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Life Changing Opportunity,Great team and managers to help you grow personally and professionally,Long hours and angry customers,Strive to build people not the sales,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37625,apple,"Denver, CO"," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,They didn't Walk the Walk,Awesome self-established culture among the employees. Relatively good pay within the retail industry Good discounts,No actual company culture Skimped on perks for Employees (unless at Apple HQ) Does not encourage individual thinking,give clear career paths and allow employees to engage in company culture events that engage them and want them to help the company.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37626,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,Great health benefits and perks. Room for growth and skills that you can take on to other jobs.,Work life balance needs review.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37627,apple,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Sales Associate,Great Company to work for,Nothing bad to say about it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37628,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Program Manager,Intense daily work. Either you love it or you hate it.,"Exposure, ability to learn and pick up new projects, growth are almost a given with any job a Apple. Being part of a brand name such as Apple gives a sense of pride like no other company in the world",Work life balance needs be carefully worked out. It will take a couple of years to find the right way to manage the work and life. Be patient!,Set an example with work life balance. These org changes can only happen top down.,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37629,apple,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,linguistic tester,great company with great products,Time management can be tricky.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P100.htm
37630,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Not what it used to be,Great part time and full time benefits.,Management is rarely hired from within so you get a leadership team who don't know what they are doing. Micromanagement from a select few managers.,"Get back to old values. Apple used to value their people more than anything. Now, not only are we expendable, we are treated like it.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37631,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Overall Experience,"Extremely flexible schedule (for part-timers), above minimum wage pay","Lack of development, misaligned management","Align on how you will grow and develop, cohesively, your employees!",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37632,apple,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,nice working hours and benefits,not a lot career opportunities to develop,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37633,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,"It's not bad, but it's not good either.",Working part time gives really flexible hours. Stock. Product discounts. Talented group of coworkers. Ability to work in different departments.,Very little room for development. A lot of favoritism. Unfair pay. Be aware that number of hours available fluctuates with retail seasonal.,Management needs to work hard to retain talent. I've seen a lot of good people leave because management gives promotion opportunities to people who are less talented.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37634,apple,none," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's still just retail and they are cheap,- discounts on Apple products,- typical retail politics - lackluster management,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37635,apple,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment,"Fun place, relaxed atmosphere, nice people",Limited upward mobility for contractors,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37636,apple,"Alpharetta, GA"," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Great starter job,The staff wants you to grow. The training is phenomenal,"A lot of time getting berated by self-righteous Alpha-moms and greedy, entitled people",Be real with employees. Inspire realistically.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37637,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple,Good pay for retail Flexible hours Opportunity to learn,Say one thing but expect another Freezing sales floor Work on holidays Limited room to move up,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37638,apple,none," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"great pay for retail, amazing culture- unlike anything you may experience, encouragement to be yourself","seniority, competition for positions, may get overlooked as an employee if the store is too large",big mistake if the company wants to continue doing seasonal/temporary employment. the culture does not allow for it,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37639,apple,none," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,"Great culture, great experience, great benefits.","Low pay, difficult scheduling, micromanagement at times.",Provide more pathways to growth inside and outside,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P101.htm
37640,apple,none," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with.,Great company and any small change would impact millions of people .,No downside in my experience,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37641,apple,none," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"fast paced environment, fun people","super high expectations, sometimes hard to meet",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37642,apple,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Leader,Great work environment with a great team.,Retail hours and lack of focus at times.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37643,apple,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"The benefits, culture, and creativity",It is still a retail position,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37644,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Fast paced, intense environment","Apple moves fast, so if you're early in your career you'll learn by doing instead of through mentorship.","Lack of work life balance, no perks.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37645,apple,"Houston, TX"," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Advisor,tech support,SHORT AND FRIENDLY interactions with the employees and customers,none none none none none,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37646,apple,none," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Admin,Wonderful work environment and benefits,I don't have any cons about the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37647,apple,none," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Associate,fair work schedule. good pay,customer service jobs are hit or miss. this was a miss,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37648,apple,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,App Reviewer - Clocking in with No Joy,- Easy pay for mindless work. - Job security. - Culturally diverse. - Showers in the bathrooms. - Fruit delivered Tuesday and Thursdays 8am front lobby. #bananas,"- Learning the App Store guidelines has a steep learning curve. - Lack of communication across all teams and levels. Ideas get lost into the abyss. Messages are always misunderstood. - No transparency with any business and operational changes. App reviewers are never told how or why management came up with the ""solutions"". We are only told to act upon the decisions that have been made. - Lack of devices = sharing devices. This is APPLE! Jeez. - Rely on many many many many many tools. - Tools are frequently broken which prevents us from reaching our goal on a consistent basis. App Reviewers pays the price because we have to work overtime to catch up to our goals. - We have to work mandatory weekends on very short notices. - Lack of work/life balance easily burns us out. - Supporting teams are apathetic towards operational needs. - Lack of Apple and team spirit - Lack of recognition and personal accomplishments - Managers don't know how to motivate and galvanize the team. They themselves look lost. Some of them sit in their offices all day. - Management has stated that there is no career growth in this department. - No work from home. - This is a very large team. We have a very small restrooms. - If one person gets sick, many people get sick.",Your biggest hurdle is gaining the App Reviewer's trust.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37649,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Director,"Senior Director, Worldwide Product Marketing","One of the most beloved brands in the world Truly global company with worldwide presence + loyal international customers Fantastic benefits and workplace resources (including gourmet, healthy food) Still a lot of people around who strive to ""make a dent in the universe"" (SJ)","Very hierarchical and top-down command and control culture Provincial and proprietary approach to tech, with very little knowledge sharing Culture of confidentiality and not-invented-here syndrome can be stifling Products and launch schedules are frequently put before families and people",Pay more attention to your competition. Try not to rest on your laurels so much. Get back to what Steve Jobs taught you.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P102.htm
37650,apple,"Victor, NY"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great company!,Great benefits! Really enjoyed the work environment. Managers really care about you. The stock program is top notch. Highly recommend applying here!,"Nothing really comes to mind. Retail can, of course, be trying at times but it is overall a fantastic place to be.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37651,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Creative,Good Company that cares about you,"For a retail store you get insanely good benefits. 401 K. RSUs. Stock Benefits. Health, vision, and dental insurance. Pretty remarkable.  Encourages an environment of feedback, including to leadership. Something you just don't find very often.","I worked at three stores across the country, the store in Chicago and incompetent management that didn't listen.  Not sure if it was just the poor management team I had later on, but despite the great values of the company they can be thrown to the side when they're no longer convenient","The less micro managing the better, especially since the stores are already so busy. Puts unnecessary pressure on employees.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37652,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,at home advisor,work from home and discount,customer service for the known free world,treat the analyst better,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37653,apple,"Westlake, OH"," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Best Place To Work In Retail,"Good people, discounts on computers etc.",Prefer to hire versus promote current employees.,Promote more from within.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37654,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Aha,AHA meh,Great work at home job compensation is good,Very little room for movement incredibly boring customers are entitled,Good management,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37655,apple,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Entry Assistant,"You can make your own decisions, no team work, rare team meetings low level of supervision, good for those who like to work on their own pace","Few opportunities to grow, hard to stand out. Repetitive work, so you should always keep yourself motivated. But I like it",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37656,apple,none," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It wasn't too shabby a job,"-Great People, Good pay, Good Benifits",-Sometimes it would get way too busy for staff to handle and managers didn't care,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37657,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Mar 18, 2018",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Product Zone Specialist,"Apple has a great retail atmosphere and it's an amazing opportunity to interact and work with all of their beautiful products. Coworkers are amazingly talented and super friendly, so work is never boring! It's a very engaging environment and you do feel like you are part of the company instead of just a 'subordinate' to management and corporate. You aren't bound to act a certain way or speak a certain way to customers, management encourages you to be yourself and make a connection with the customer on a deeper level before selling products. In the end, you get to meet some very interesting customers and make valuable connections with them. In addition to all of that, Apple provides great benefits, including insurance, reimbursements, and employee discounts. Hourly pay for retail employees is also very good. Overall, working for Apple was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I will cherish my experience there for years to come.","Very minimal work/life balance. Considering I was a student at the time, it was hard to work a nine hour shift on a weekend and still stay caught up with school work and make time to be social (just an example). I was part-time and I pretty much worked every single day I indicated availability for. Many full-time employees don't notice it, but for part-timers, it can be hard to balance a few different things when one weights so much more. Also, being that it is a retail store, you will also have to deal with irate/difficult customers on different occasions, especially if you break some bad news to them about their device. But, customer interaction aside, I feel that the minimal work/life balance hindered me from being a well-rounded student/friend/employee, and eventually caused my final decision to depart the company and pursue other routes.","Please address the work/life balance concern. I know of many other employees that feel the same way and would love to see a change come directly from corporate. Leaving Apple was one of the toughest decisions I've made since I loved the job so much. It was a great stepping stone for me as I transitioned from college to professional life. Yet, I feel that I was dedicating almost all my free time to the store. Despite how much I enjoyed working each shift, I felt that my overall productivity level outside of the store was dropping since I had no time to dedicate anywhere else. Possibly hiring more people per store and easing up on hours so there's more of an equal distribution of hours would be incredibly helpful.",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37658,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Overall Experience,Opportunities for growth and great benefits. Management is approachable and helps put you in position to succeed. Must be vocal and take initiative.,Can be tough at times to move into a position of interest of you don't remain consistent with management on your interest. This can lead to being burned out in your current position.,Continue to allow employees to be creative and carve their paths.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37659,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Network Engineer,Apple IS&T - Rewarding and challenging if you dive in!,"The group that I worked in truly values its' employees, as does the company. It's clear to me that if you are a high contributor in your group and take advantage of the Apple benefits, you will be compensated accordingly and feel like you are valued. This will require a work-life imbalance, so be willing to sacrifice weekends or evenings if you want to be a high contributor and receive larger raises, cash bonus and RSUs. Otherwise, raises, cash bonus and RSUs will be smaller or non-existent. You can't ""coast along"" here or become stagnant. If you do, compensation will suffer. I had the time of my life working at Apple, and if not for a 2 hour (each way) commute to work each day, I would absolutely still be working there.","In order to live in Silicon Valley where you can raise a family, it is extremely expensive. I had to live a 2-hour commute (each way) away from Sunnyvale in order to own a good house in a good school district. As a high contributor in my group, I made a substantial amount of money, but it was not enough to live close to work. Living in Silicon Valley is not a problem unique to Apple, but that's the biggest pain point that I had. I willingly gave up many evenings and weekends for Apple because I loved working there and I was 100% behind the mission of contributing to the building of Apple's wonderful products in my area of expertise.",IS&T on the corporate side is doing a wonderful job - keep up the great work!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P103.htm
37660,apple,none," Mar 17, 2018",Former Employee - CCA/QAA,Customer Service Representative,Apple is the BEST company I've ever worked for. I can't say one bad thing about them.,I personally have nothing bad to say about this company. They are the most 'real' people not just corporate employees who don't care about others.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37661,apple,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Non,"If you love the products, it makes it easy to talk about them on a day to day basis.",I honestly can't say that Apple has anything that I would want to change. For people that want consistency... this isn't the job for you.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37662,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Director,Engagement,Employee enthusiasm Network Health insurance Dental coverage Social atmosphere,Overworked Competitiveness Corporate culture Back door opportunities Medical copay,Offer more bonuses to incentivize,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37663,apple,none," Mar 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple employement,good community with good benifits,the job can grind on you if you don't have the right personality,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37664,apple,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Great,Fun. Flexible. Great Stepping Stone,Impossible to move to Corporate. Worked a lot longer hours than others based on need.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37665,apple,none," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome environment,"Amazing benefits, Cool management, Managers are really laid back","Work hours, sometimes managers are stuck up",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37666,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineering Manager,Sr. Hardware Manager,"Good team culture, Top Talent","High stress job, Long hours",Keep doing the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37667,apple,none," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple work like experience balance,Apple proves great benefits and opportunities,Sometimes it is hard to find a work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37668,apple,none," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Incredible Company,Flexible Hours Great Benefits Excellent sales experience,Limited opportunities to transition to corporate,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37669,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Expert,Best Retail Gig You'll Find,"Even though it's retail, you feel like you're part of the company as a whole. The work that happens in retail is important and it feels like what you do matters .",Retail hours so your schedule isn't always consistent.,Keep striving to develop great leaders.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P104.htm
37670,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple good place to work but not for Cloud Service Localization,"no one knows when you come , what you do projects always last min. you can easily get lost. come any time and go, very easy.",Very messy and unorganised place. Terrible work envirmont. Always treat you bad. friendship and sucking up is your only way up.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37671,apple,"Riverside, IL"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,AppleCare At Home Advisor,Engaging culture to be a part of. Apple does an excellent job making sure its employees are taken care of.,"Working from home full-time is something that can be isolating occasionally. As a deeply connection driven person, lacking the in person coworker experience is something I missed.","Continue to provide the great support already being given. Every manager I worked under was understanding, exceedingly competent, and devoted to each member of their team.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37672,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Great Work,"RSUs and Challenging work, great advancement, promotions, discounted phones for friends","Pressure, Work, and Life Balance, Stagnation","Bring Work-Life balance, please give some freebies to employees. provide Work from home to avoid bad commute",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37673,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Mac Expert,Great company but some supervisors fail you (AOS),"Really great benefits, good pay for entry level positions, laid back. diversity","Its not what you know its who you know, I would give it a 5 stars but thats the only big issue really from my experience.",Its discouraging as an employee to see how your work isn't considered but who you know.,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37674,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Where Mediocre Innovation Meets Corporate Greed,"You get a discount on Apple products, and most of the people that work for Apple are very passionate creatively, it’s a nice way to get a foot into the technology industry.","Despite all of the hype, Apple retail is just that, a retail job. Corporate makes promises and dictates rules, and you do what the iPad tell you.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37675,apple,none," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Representative,Not a great fit for everyone,"Great benefits and incentives, decent pay.","Just another call center job, with all the negatives associated with it.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37676,apple,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare Advisor,"Best part of the job were the benefits. 401k, stock program, tuition reimbursement, and fitness reimbursement.",Long shifts in a stationary position and customer interaction isn't always pleasant.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37677,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Wonderful company for EE engineer,"Engineer-oriented big company, excellent working culture working with the best engineers in the world any work made by you can benefit millions of millions people",no Cons. Everything can not be better as a company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37678,apple,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Honesty,-Benefits are great -Core values comapny wide -Diversity accross the board -Rewarding after most interactions,-Retail hours/life -Low Pay -Exhausting (mentally and physically),-Listen to your internal customers,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37679,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,APPLE truly enriched my life !,"The people , the atmosphere, the opportunity to move up within the company . The location on the beach is beautiful. The pay you can’t complain as someone just starting out. Just work harder and be passionate! Have leadership skills. You’ll get promoted.",The drive from home to work is long especially with traffic. And well some people in upper management aren’t leaders just authority. SO BE MORE CAREFUL WHEN HIRING OR PROMOTING. LETS NOT FORGET OUR VALUES!,Keep building great leaders who truly care for people. Be more careful when hiring and promoting employees. Lets not forget our values !! And we need more employees with EMPATHY!! That don’t get burned out by customers or offended so easily.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P105.htm
37680,apple,"Athens, GA"," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare College Advisor,Working from home Full benefits good pay @ 11.75/hr,Schedule is chosen for you in the summer if you don't take classes Calls can be a drag,n/a,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37681,apple,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,My coworkers were some of the greatest humans I have ever met.,Working retail is never fun.,They treat you like friends - which is much more motivating to work for than a manager that rules with a heavy fist.,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37682,apple,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Good work environment and great people,Some internal politics can affect the overall productivity of the team.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37683,apple,none," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"If you are the type of person who owns your own self development, you can learn a lot from this company.  The pay is pretty good for retail and the benefits are pretty dang good as well  The people they hire are pretty amazing and you can develop some of the most impactful relationships.  The people you work with are some of the brightest most passionate individuals- don’t be surprised if you often feel inspired by your coworkers.","Burn out is real There has been and continues to be ZERO work like balance- this is something that has been well known for years and yet very little has been done to adjust for this.  The days are long and the work is emotionally, physically and mentally exhausting. If you are passionate about the work you do, you will experience stress and anxiety like no other  The people you work with are some of the brightest most passionate individuals you’ll ever meet, and retail can feel like there’s an obvious ceiling over your head.",Please do more to recognize and appreciate your retail employees. They care so much about your company and it often feels like they are just workhorses.  Work harder to provide a better CONSISTENT experience for retail employees in ALL retail locations,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37684,apple,"Madison, WI"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Nothing special,Good benefits. Good learning experience. Flexible Schedule,Customers are very difficult. Some managers are not best.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37685,apple,none," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Company that cares for its employees,"Great benefits even for part time employees, great starting pay for retail, opportunities to work up in the store",Still working with the public. Working in customer service is not for the weak...,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37686,apple,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales,ipad ipod was a great design,no window computers or phones,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37687,apple,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a job,"Lots to learn, very smart people.",The company likes to keep teams too lean.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37688,apple,none," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager level 1,Great culture of quality,The culture of secrets can get in the way,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37689,apple,none," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Great training and teamwork. Managers care.,Schedules are based on the needs and you can work many days straight.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P106.htm
37690,apple,none," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,College Program - Mac+ Phone Advisor,Great benefits!! Apple is very willing to work with you on your schedule and the managers are always there to help you if you get in a tough spot with school.,Tough job providing phone support but worth the challenge!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37691,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Unrealistic Expectations of Employees,Getting to work from home.,You're constantly being asked to go above and beyond your normal 40 hours because they are too cheap to hire more employees to support their products. So they pay you an entry level salary but offer a lot of overtime.,"Pay your employees what they are worth for the service they provide. Set realistic expectations and try to improve the company's public perception of being a terrible place to work because of low pay, no work like balance, and unrealistic expectations of employees. Do not allow your products to be made by child slaves, or just normal slaves for that matter in third-world countries.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37692,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Technician,Apple technician,"Great Scheduling and works around your time, Great benefits for insurance and Apple products. Work from home","Talking on the phone entire shift, documentation of every case. Very little face to face interaction. Hard to move forward in your career",Incorporate more employee interaction,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37693,apple,none," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work on big problems, expect long hours",work on problems that effect millions of customers a year,"hours and excessively ""type a"" people",more PTO.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37694,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - App Review,App Review,High pay for low job entry standard,"Long hour of working, limited benefit and allowance compared to other departments",Very conservative,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37695,apple,none," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Great environment, but company does not see the value of its techs",Amazing benefits and co-workers. They really feel like a family,"Terrible pay for the amount of work and certifications Genius Bar employees have. Apple Retail and Apple Corporate are like two totally separate entities, and Apple Corporate seems unsure what direction it wants to take its retail stores.",Put more value in your Genius Bar techs. You spend extra time and resources training them but do not appreciate them as such. The turnover rate is increasing very rapidly and most fellow employees would leave within a month after receiving their Apple certifications as they could easily make triple what Apple pays and with a lot less stress/work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37696,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,Love company but no work-life balance.,Great benefits work from home salary,"no work life balance at all, does not offer part time","Offer part time shifts, especially to employees who gives up a lot on a daily basis to help improve the company",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37697,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,Iconic company that makes great products. You can pretty much meet with any senior executive with Apple on your badge.,Many. Lots of internal politics and bureaucracy. Senior sales management more focused on sales process vs the client. Ironically Steve Jobs’ warning to other companies of a “bozo explosion” is happening at the very company he founded.,"If you want to keep the “Apple culture”, forming “culture committees” is not the answer. It’s validation of the problem. Reevaluate the sales leadership team and act quickly before it’s too late.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37698,apple,none," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Highly recommend,"Apple has one of the most powerful, highly recognized brands in the world and it is an incredible experience to make an impact towards innovative new products. There are plenty of smart, talented people to surround yourself with.",Long hours are quite common.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37699,apple,none," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Very great skills for sales and teamwork.,"They promise you so many opportunities but they are not as probable as you would like. Management can show favoritism. You need to ""fit in"" with the culture there to feel successful.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P107.htm
37700,apple,none," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,NICE TO SAY,"nice cool job to say, ok benefits",crazy customers who feel entitled,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37701,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr program manager,- good benefits - generous stock plan,"- salary is somewhat below market, and they will work you to death. - difficult to move up or even laterally",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37702,apple,"Whitehall, PA"," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great,"great company, great people, great culture","nothing to complain about, had a great experience.",keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37703,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Love it,There’s a lot of growth in the company,Managers do play favoritism and you have to be full time to be able to do career experiences at coporate.,Don’t keep so many secrets !,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37704,apple,"Surprise, AZ"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Representative,Best company to work for!,"Excellent benefits At-home positions available Employee exclusive benefits, discounts, and more Flexible shifts Paid training",Compensation could be higher The ability to move up into a higher role can be challenging,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37705,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Business Expert,Business Expert,"Great culture of change, they are always working to improve customer experience. There is a culture of feedback within Apple.",From store to store there can be a lack of clarity on the development of employees.,Develop a broader pipeline for retail employees.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37706,apple,none," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,open-minded environment and a great place to work. You can learn a lot from not only your mentors but also your peers. Love the culture and career development.,Retail branch working schedule is not a monday to friday type.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37707,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,App Store - App Review,- benefits - Discounts - Pay for the brainless job - Fruit delivery for the office - Cafes,- Management - Useless people - No work life balance because for assistant director. - Job will get you nowhere as you get no valuable experience. - Management hire friends for management and micromanage - Some in management think they are drill sergeants. - Close to no flexibility in hours. - Useless people get promoted (if you brown nose - as another review said correctly) - raises are a joke and doesn’t keep up with actual inflation so staying in this job you will be losing money.,"People get leave as fast as you can hire people. When you hire constantly over one full year and only net 10 people - this means there is something wrong with management. Anyone can see this but management as they are absolutely incompetent and clueless to what is going on.  Don’t micromanage as no one likes it and you get less productivity out of your workers than if you let them be. Then again, I cannot teach common sense through my review (as they will most likely not read it as they don’t care)  If you want good people to stay, treat them better and stop caring so much abou the customer because without the people doing the actual work the customer will suffer in the end regardlesss.  Don’t hire your friends and don’t announce to the entire department that you are going to hire your friends. Maybe promote people who dare to speak up against you or ask uncomfortable questions as it creates a better environment than all the yes people you promote.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37708,apple,none," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,First year,Lots of money and places to grow,very challenging work environment,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37709,apple,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,good perks working at a big company,big company you don't get as much work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P108.htm
37710,apple,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive environment with limited growth opportunities,Brand recognition Great products Good development processes,Limited opportunities for growth No focus on training and employee development,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37711,apple,"Lawrence, NJ"," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,"Great company, difficult to make a career","Great company to work for, benefits are pretty amazing for part-time work, great team","Hard to move up in the company, store managers can spend up to 10 years in the company before making management status (some 10-year employees are still in the same positions they started in)","Allow more growth opportunities, both career and salary",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37712,apple,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"I love that if you work hard there's opportunity to advance quickly. The pay is great, always learning new skills.",None at all. All good things from me.,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37713,apple,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Apple is an amazing company to work for!,-they take care of you -they care about you,-none I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37714,apple,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EPM,"high paced, great people, flexible in terms of how to manage your own schedule","high stress, a lot of last min asks to handle",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37715,apple,"Miami, FL"," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great company,"benefits, great atmosphere, motivated workers",only downside is favoritism between certain managers,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37716,apple,none," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apply supply manager,money and experience getting paid the big bucks,nothing really i don't have anything to write here,don't have any advice,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37717,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HWTE - never boring,"Amazing inspiring environment. HWTE is responsible for making sure every product is tested to behave the same, perfect, calibrated and fit for use. There are many different projects and product to choose from, so it won't ever get boring. If it can be done better it will. Apple in general is a great employer and they take good care of their people.","As with every company with strong International ties, travel and odd-hour phone calls are frequent.",Need to work harder on finding more talented people to share the work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37718,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Business Strategy Manager,Apple online store,Sure you work for a great brand,THE worst managers and leaders of my career,Hire people with EQ too. The money is pulling the wrong talent.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37719,apple,none," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Genius,Most are folks are good to work with and you learn while on the job.,"Sadly my store was biased towards woman, agest and treated part timers like they where lower class.","Practice the actual credo, don't just preach it.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P109.htm
37720,apple,none," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible place to work,The stock went up quite a bit while I was there.,"Employees are always an after-thought. It's all about the Apple brand. Very little information to employees, it's all about the external perception. Terrible internal communications. Managers are known to instruct employees not to ask questions at company meetings, for fear of repercussion. Industrial-era management practices.","Care about the people who care about your company, before it's too late.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37721,apple,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great benefits, friendly coworkers, opportunity to grow with the company,","Management is not always the most supportive or genuine,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37722,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Visual Merchandising Specialist,Cool enough place to work,"You get to work with a ton of smart, creative, passionate people. The cool thing about Apple even at the retail level is that there is a genuine desire for open communication and creative thinking. If you're willing to work at it, you can often get ideas to fly.","Very limited growth opportunities. If you're someone who is comfortable doing the same thing every day for years, then this might not be a problem for you. If you're interested in learning new and different things, however, there's only so far you can get in a retail store. Unless you want to be a manager, things become very stagnant after a while.","Be more realistic about setting expectations in terms of time to connect. It's hard to make that time happen, and if that's a consistent reality, then expectations should be adjusted to acknowledge that reality.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37723,apple,none," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Leader,Great benefits and work life balance,Poor Leadership Development and upward mobility,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37724,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed,Excellent benefits and on-site cafe,Ageism. Nepotism. Internal chaos and competition.,Pay attention and take action.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37725,apple,none," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Apple has an inclusive nature and it's environment offers a ""for the people"" approach. It's honestly the best job I've ever had and I've been there for 6 years now.","With every great job comes the downsides of allowing yourself to become complacent. However, that more subjective to the person.",Honor the positive intent attitude at all times,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37726,apple,none," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,good . fun. decent pay n beneifts,stress no career growth not enough stocks,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37727,apple,"Leawood, KS"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Management is under qualified. Retail management coming from other retail stores. Expected more.,"Good medical benefits. Good discounts, very easy job to do, good co workers. Stock options for full or part time employees.","Retail job + bad management = terrible time. Does not matter your track record, or experience, if you are not in a position to make your managers look good, no promotions.","Consider working to make employees happy. When employees are happy, they will take care of the customers.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37728,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Counsel,"Great investment, crappy place to work",Secure. They won’t fire you,Incompetence of management Pay Hours Arrogance of management Lack of accountability Lack of meritocracy,"Have the guts to manage out poor performing managers. Most of you are mediocre and are coasting on the few good leaders, massive luck and brilliant vision of the past. You aren’t here because of tour competence but despite it.",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37729,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare Advisor,Product discounts Schedule works around school schedule Co workers are great,Holidays are blocked Queues are impossibly long,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P110.htm
37730,apple,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,great company focused on people and full of great people,work and life balance,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37731,apple,"Avon, MA"," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Great retail experience,"Benefits, coworkers( positive supportive people) , stock plan, discounts, great culture, 401k , great leadership in most cases .Feedback culture","Limited promotion opportunities , retail hours. That’s it, not much to complain here. 20 words? really got me digging deep here.",They’ll be good as long as they lead and not manage people.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37732,apple,"Akron, OH"," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Politically charged environment,Good learning experience Good pay Great teammates Great team dynamic,Very liberal environment Managers and coworkers always making negative comments about President and conservatives Even Tim Cook sends company-wide emails about him trying to convince trump to change his mind on certain things Very hard to move up the totem pole. Genius spot was for people who completely accept Apple as a way of life. Coworkers were Way too serious about their “passion” for Apple. Only the most Apple-hypnotized would be promoted. Had to work every weekend always.,Leave politics out of work. Give employees a Sunday or Saturday off every once in awhile. Promote the people that deserve it.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37733,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 18, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare Senior Advsior,AppleCare Senior Advisor,"Good discounts on products, initially advancement, but rapidly peters out, not a lot of communication among other groups","Inconsistent information regarding policies, low pay raises, lots of lateral movement but not much vertical","Value employees and try to keep them, rather than revolving door, from first day told how easy it is to get fired at Apple, maybe you should be a bit concerned by that",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37734,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Product Design,Work lift balance,"work with smart people, nice working environment",No work life balance. High stress,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37735,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Blacks Need Not Apply,They can hide implicit racism very well.,"Racist policies. But like most tech companies, blacks are not deemed a good ""cultural fit"".","Few get through your ""pipeline"" because you put a kink in it. That kink is ""culture fit"".",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37736,apple,none," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company And Perks,Great environment and salary.,Can have a high work load.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37737,apple,none," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Genius,"Good Benefits, easy job, stock options",your experience can vary by store,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37738,apple,"Boston, MA"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Built up expectations for nothing,- Great benefits for retail - Great starting pay for retail - A lot of opportunity for internships in other areas of the company.,- Retail ours with little flexibility - Constant reminder you are not a corporate employee - Management does not help you grow even though that’s what they sell you on - Clique culture,There is very little internal promotions to managerial positions. Instead they choose to hire from outside clothing retailers. This makes for an incompetent leadership team for a tech company.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37739,apple,none," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin Review,Builds strong communication skills and offers great benefits.,There is not a lot of opportunity to grow within the company at the retail level,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P111.htm
37740,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service,Customer Suppot,Free Coffee Clean working environment Best customers in the world Quality equipment,Vertical movement is political not merit Oppressive social justice culture,"More technology, less social justice.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37741,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Engineering Technician,Sr. Engineering Technician,The Team Work Spirit and support mechanism.,Limited access to management for addressing e mediate issues in real- time,Make more time to listen and meet with your technicians on a regular basis.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37742,apple,none," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,cutting edge technology and working with smart people,information is parceled and it's tough to see the big picture,none,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37743,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great,"Amazing coworkers and managers. Everyone is very supportive and will help you if you have any questions. Scheduling is good, they def try and work around your availability. The store is gorgeous. Benefits are fantastic even for part time.","Sometimes the customers come in upset, especially if it's a longer wait time to be seen",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37744,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"It has changed, not for the better.","Cool products, high expectations and smart coworkers.","I've worked collectively at Apple for over 14 years. When I first started working at Apple, Inc. the group I was in was highly collaborative with many growth opportunities. The group I was with was a complete nightmare. These are the top issues.  1. Severe harassment of employees that was encouraged by upper management. Apple is not a diverse and inclusive place. My manager, who was a female, believed that women who had children should not be allowed to work at Apple. She complained to women in my group and to management that ""breeders"" destroyed the culture at Apple. She told me that she will only hire young men and she has held to that promise, she hired three young men. She said she would never hire another breeding female. Her behavior is known by HR and management and encouraged. When my coworker had to drive her sick kid to the doctor she was furious, she said when she was a kid she rode her bike to the doctor and she didn't understand why we had to drive our kids to the doctor. When I was out for two days with the influenza A virus (only two days were missed) she required that I send a positive test result (which I did because I didn't realize it was illegal) to get the two days of sick time approved. My manager also spoke out against larger size people in public spaces. Calling people, including me fat and saying fat people are lazy and shouldn't work at Apple. After working almost 10 consecutive weeks without a break I ended up in the ER with a heart arrhythmia. I was told by my manager that people with my heart condition should not be allowed to work at Apple and that I should leave. I only missed one WEEKEND of work because I was in the ER. My manager also had a policy that if we were sick we had to publicly email everyone about our sick leave and the nature of the illness. Talk about embarrassing. Thankfully HR did stop her from doing this. Also my manager and Apple in general is strongly agist. I've been a part of interviews where hiring managers would pass by older (in 40s) candidates based solely on age. There were also snide comments and decisions made about clothing choices (too nicely dressed) of people interviewing. Myself and many others were repeatedly called stupid, it was humiliating. I have 13 years of engineering with graduate degree. If she found your work to not be of value, you were called stupid and publicly and privately humiliated. One of my coworkers use to go to her car at lunch every day and cry. They eventually drove her out and forced her to retire.  2. Speaking out is strongly discouraged and if you're brave enough to speak up about the toxic culture your career at Apple will be destroyed, even if you have HR involvement. HR promised me there would be no retribution for speaking up, they lied. My breaking point is when my manager threatened to fire me because I wouldn't give up the name of the person who heard her talking about me and others as being fat. After years of harassment I went to HR for help. After an extensive HR investigation nothing was done, at least nothing I could see from my end. Her treatment of me and my team members got worse. Her reputation of being a lethal bully transcended our group and organization. Her own husband admitted to my friend she would be a nightmare to work for. The end result of the HR investigation was my career at Apple, with the help of HR, being destroyed. Speaking up has destroyed many people within the organization.  3. Promoting people to management position that have no idea how to manage or even interact with other humans. Just because someone is a good engineer doesn't mean they can be a good leader.  4. No opportunity for growth or even transfer within in Apple. There are some organizations, mine was like this, they took complete offense if you asked to transfer. I wanted to learn how to automate, learn new skills and take on more responsibility. I was told that I was to stick to what I was doing and I would be nothing more than that. When I first asked for support to transfer I was told I was not allowed to transfer. When I interviewed with other groups, who were very excited to have me working with them, I was blocked by my manager. If you want to grow or transfer, it will not happen.  5. Women are payed significantly less than the male coworker doing the same work. For example I had almost 14 years of experience at Apple, had managed and had multiple degrees. A male new hire who was new to this kind of engineering work (recent grad) was paid $25k more than I was making. My other male coworkers (who had much less experience) made significantly more than I and the other women did.  6. Apple will work you to death, literally, with no remorse. People are fodder for the engine that makes Apple billions. The working hours are brutal. Families are destroyed. Employees burn out, have breakdowns, health issues, some have even committed suicide (shot himself in the head in a meeting room). This is true for every group I've worked at Apple. There were many nights of sleeping under the desk, when you get a chance. I once had 10 weeks in a row with no weekend break. There was one week that I never got to see my kids at all. When the weather became horrible in California I was trapped by roads that had washed out. I was told to leave my children at home (alone) and get a hotel (which cost more per day than I made) next to work. Because I refused to leave my kids at home for the 2 days I missed, I was called out in my review for not getting a hotel. Can you imagine? The stuff that happened in China and Apple was not surprising given how they treat their US employees.","Change things. No marketing BS, no smoke and mirrors to distract people. Apple is rotting from the core and it will eventually cost the company billions. Right now you are still standing on the shoulders of giants and that is not sustainable. You will need to make real change to support your employees. They are your greatest asset and they are treated like chattel. You need to remove toxic management and the managers that support them. Apple preaches diversity but when managers are making snide comments about trans people, or people who are blind, then something is broken. These people need to be removed.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37745,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Support Advisor,Apple,Decent pay and good benefits,Lack of experienced and inspirational management. False or slow preogression from documented career path.,Go back to following what Steve Jobs believed in and care about your customers and employees and not stock holders as much.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37746,apple,none," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Advisor,Great Experience. Perfect for College Students,This is a great position for the average coulee student looking to make a few extra bucks. Not only is their pay competitive but they provide you with a brand new mac computer and even offer tuition reimbursement which is amazing. You're offered stock in the company and there are opportunities for additional employment within the company.,"There isn't much flexibility in your schedule. You have to work a minimum of 20 hours/week with three 4 hour shifts and one 8 hour shift on Saturday/Sunday. That's where things get kinda sucky. Most of your 4 hour shifts will be either right before or right after class. And then of course, no one wants to spend all day on a Saturday or Sunday in their room answering calls from disgruntled customers",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37747,apple,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,The people are absolutely amazing,It’s extremely busy all the time,More transparency.,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37748,apple,none," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,great benefits and great pay,management could be a lot better,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37749,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company is tedious,Company will not go out of bussiness,the work is not interesting,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P112.htm
37750,apple,"Manchester, CT"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,"Not as amazing as it’s made out to be, great benefits, great people, with a side of stress with not enough pay.","Great benefits, great discounts, made some amazing friends. Decent pay for sales staff. Could be a little better for Genius Bar staff. On paper, one of the best retail jobs you can have","Very stressful at the Genius Bar. Promotions are given to people who are better at politics, not necessarily better at their jobs.",Genius Bar staff deserve much higher pay. The stress factor that comes with the job is not fairly compensated.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37751,apple,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average Retail Experience,Great people to work with and great client base.,"Store manager was always away from the store and was therefore unaware generally of what was going on, even during the busy holiday season. No room for promotion or full-time opportunities.",Hire the right people for leadership roles.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37752,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Specialist,Best Company to work for,"Great Staff, good pay, full time benefits for part time, and excellent training","Working with the public is a mixed bag, advancement largely depends on people above you leaving",Continue to build a phenomenal team,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37753,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Product Verification,Apple Product Verification,Off the phone. Data entry. Relaxed Environment. Job is easy to do. A lot of down time. Can take opportunity to shadow different departments. Learn what you can,Poor upper management. No career growth. Department has no vision. Hard to move up in role. Management doesn’t know what they are doing.,Need a manager with leadership skills.,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37754,apple,none," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, poor Management Hiring",The pros are well known. Great people (for the most part) and benefits.,"Horrible judgement in selecting management staff at the individual store level. It is true when people say that employees leave their managers not companies. Highly unqualified and unethical assistant managers. I have seen my share or great managers but they need a better vetting process. When we spend the majority of our days at a job, its not possible to continue to work everyday with unqualified peers and bosses.",Hire your Store Manager and Assistant Managers with care. I ultimately left because of an intolerable Assistant Manager and a completely uncharismatic and lack of leadership from an outside Store Manager higher instead of promoting an Assistant Manager who was highly qualified.,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37755,apple,none," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Products & People,"Great Products, intelligent people, great compensation for high performers","no career growth , mgt only cares about project execution",Encourage employee development and growth. Employees are the key assets who make a company successful.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37756,apple,"Friendswood, TX"," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Mac genius,"The people you work with, Apple does a great job at finding the right team.","It’s very competitive so while you can still move up it can be pretty annoying,","Don’t be so numbers driven, but instead people driven give raises, and promotions by potential not by figures. Look at the NON TANGIBLE METRIC.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37757,apple,none," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good entry level job.,It was a good entry level job.,No pay change for a year and hope to get on by apple.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37758,apple,none," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cool Products, Workaholic Culture","Working on products everyone uses, most talented hardware development organization in the valley","Working with US and Asia you rarely feel that you are offline, expensive cost of living without all of the other tech companies' perks.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37759,apple,none," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail - Creative,"Leading edge in tech, reasonable benefits","They hire the best for retail, and then treat them like low-level retail.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P113.htm
37760,apple,"Towson, MD"," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Seven years at Apple,-Pays well if you're able to progress (promotions) -The discounts -Lasting relationships with peers -Looks good on a Resumé -Benefits -personal/professional experiences,"-work/life balance -management -90% of customers are horrible -Flaunt of favoritism -lazy coworkers -on-floor communication -lack of resources -overly competitive -nonsensical policies (color of undershirt. cant have keys latched to beltloop, etc.) -not allowed to accept tips. who doesnt allow tips? whats this the NCAA? -Company no longer promotes individuality",Learn to showcase everyone that works in your store. Stop recognizing the same people. Have more open Q&A's with your staff. Anonymity doesn't get anything done Stop trying to be friends with employees. Get rid of exchange journal. It's stupid. Stop waiting three or four weeks to talk with employees about issues. Have strategies for when things get crazy.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37761,apple,none," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Good pay, good work, challenging",A lot of pressure and expectations,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37762,apple,none," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Amazing experience building solutions for people, using some of the best mainstream tech on the planet.","Advancement Heavily numbers based, although company says opposite.",Focus on behaviors and personalities more than numbers on a paper. Stay true to the credo.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37763,apple,none," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not to bad,Was a pretty fun place to work,People felt entitled for things they didn't earn.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37764,apple,"Boston, MA"," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Specialist,"- Great Benefits and perks (reimbursement for public trans, discount on cell phone plans, excellent employee stock program and retirement plan, free icloud storage, very generous product discounts for yourself and family, discounts with apple partners like hertz) - Positive work environment - Decent pay","- Slight brainwashing/ cult-y team environment - You'll often do work that is more advanced for your role but won't get paid accordingly (this is disguised as a way to climb up the ladder but very few actually move up) - FAVORITISM-- if you don't drink the Apple juice, you won't move up - Product training is very poor","Stop playing favorites. And also, go back to be customer satisfaction focused. My last months of apple were just about getting business connections so that the business team could have a reason to stay in the office all day. A BUSINESS TEAM IS UNNECESSARY",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37765,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Maps,Apple Maps. ,great employee benefits and discounts.,"Micromanage, lack of trust, talk about NDA's ALL THE TIME, no life balance, lack of leadership, tons of politics and gossip within teams. Learned that all people here are just working mainly for benefits.",Learn to pick team leaders.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37766,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Coworkers are fun, customers not so great",-benefits for part timers are great -discounts -flexibility for school schedules -starting pay is good -educational assistantance -care about individuals and their health and management always makes sure you can work physically and mentally,-no paid time off for part timers -no room for advancement unless you are free almost everyday to work (even if you’re part time they want you free all the time if you want a promotion) -customers can be rude -management may not communicate efficiently,"Be transparent, let your works know what you would like them to do and stay consistent. Each leader has different opinions on how to handle things and sometimes one leader will tell us one thing and then when another leader takes over they expect us to do it a different way without communicating until something goes wrong",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37767,apple,none," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Some of the brightest minds in the industry,You can only know about things on a strictly need to know basis,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37768,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Operations,"401k match, employee discounts, stock options. Beautiful Campus, Cafe Macs, great coworkers.","Dealing with Ambiguity, difficult to advance to different departments. Lot of tenure in education sales, with most reps working 15-20+ years same position.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37769,apple,none," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Assocaite,"Great pay, great company to work for","None, enjoyed my time there",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P114.htm
37770,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Great job and I love it, but it’s not perfect","Benefits are amazing, good company with the right values, some opportunity for growth. Management does try to care which is more than most.","Poor training, some evident favoritism in promotions and hires, not a lot of growth from retail into corporate and the pay scale is less than it should be considering the work, but not entirely unfair considering the benefits. Also a lack of work life balance",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37771,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,One Apple,Great benefits and perks for full-time and part-time.,"Unrealistic expectations from employee measurements. The larger the store is the less it feels like a family. Employees in the genius bar are meant to focus on building a relationship with the customer but also keep the appointment sessions to about 10-15 minutes on average while also talking about: Today at Apple sessions, our business team, we are encouraged to slow down but at the same time are pushed to speed up all while trying to probe the customer so that we can figure out how to solve the issue brought in today. Managers bend to many customers who act childish and demand that they get their way but for a father who brings in their child's iPad that just won't power on anymore and they're less than a week past warranty they say, ""Well, it's out of warranty so they have to pay."" Seriously? Then that makes the employee look like the jerk because they have to relay the bad news. Their employee rating tool is very flawed. Customers receive surveys asking how they're experience was. One rating the actual person they worked with and the other side of the survey pertains to their overall store experience outside of working with their technician. Even if they like who they worked with but didn't like the wait time or something else, then they will give a lower rating out of 5 stars and anything below 5 is a negative on the employee. Co-workers didn't go the extra mile for the customers (activations on replacement phones, making sure things transfer completely etc.) and I found myself having to clean up after their missteps. The company rolled out software that slowed down peoples phone once they're battery degraded passed a certain use and told no one, not even the employees. so for so long we would say "" oh it must be the software, let's restore your phone."" and this entire time we were giving them wrong information and we did even know it. Now there are quality programs for free or highly discounted repairs. Customers treat us like a doormat and although we were paid well, we weren't paid well enough for the things that we had to go through by being the ""face of the company."" Often people spit in that very face.",Treat people like people. Have a heart for more unfortunate stories. Don't put as much weight into NPS and TMS.,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37772,apple,none," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh,"good benefits, great discounts, fairly straight forward job",terrible hours and must work through holidays,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37773,apple,none," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a great company to work with,"Dynamic environment, cool products, competitive compensation/benefits","lack of career development, too much politics between teams",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37774,apple,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace,Great group of people to work with,demanding and fast pace but rewarding,they are doing a good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37775,apple,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple looks out for its college workers,Works around class schedule great benefit for part time job,"customers complain a lot, but its not unbearable",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37776,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Mechanical Design Engineer,Top notch talent but heavy workload,Incredibly intelligent coworkers. Innovation is highly valued. General desire to design the best products possible. Caffé food is excellent. Compensation is fantastic.,"Workload can be staggering, especially if things go wrong, as teams are surprisingly small. Lots of calls with Asia around dinner time.",Staff up or reduce the number of products in development to reduce the number of issues. This could also give employees more work-life balance.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37777,apple,"Lynnwood, WA"," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Great company to work for,"I absolutely love being able to be a part of a company that is constantly changing the world, They have a good management and a great work culture. They are generous with healthcare benefits and product discounts",The company hasn't been very innovative since the days of Steve Jobs.,Keep up the good work but also look to build something new to help disrupt industries!,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37778,apple,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Great place for benefits and top retail pay,"The people, benefits, and *potential* to grow",The people or managers - it’s luck of the draw. If your managers don’t know how to help you with your career path within Apple (but outside of Apple retail) you might end up hitting a wall and lose engagement.  Retail - enough said.,People managers to understand how to grow careers (or at least understand the path) in other organizations rather than just pushing Apple retail paths.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37779,apple,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,"Awesome coworkers, great pay for retail, great benefits (401k, stock, health insurance, tuition reimbursment). Flexible scheduling","Dead end job, no upward mobility.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P115.htm
37780,apple,"Akron, OH"," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,"Seeing all the latest products, extensive product knowledge, employe discounts.","Retail, dealing with customers who don't quite understand how to properly use products so you get blamed.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37781,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,"Sometimes fun, often exhausting.","Generous benefits, your coworkers are some of the best people you’ll meet. Meet lots of people from all over the world.","Standing up all day, customers are sometimes crazy and demanding. Hours are all over the place, different shifts every day.",Consecutive weekend days off.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37782,apple,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Great company. Great environment if you have great people,"If you're not the yes man they won't advance you or offer you promotions, you'll sit stagnate for a long time",listen to your team.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37783,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Awful grunt work, resetting passwords all day","Apple sounds like an exciting company to work for, benefits, getting a free iMac was fun to play around with but you can't use it for personal use","No downtime, back to-back calls. Generally rude and difficult customers that ask advisors to do ridiculous things like organize their photos, clear up their hard drive for them, and issue new phones for dropping theirs. Few opportunities for advancement, you would have to last as a peon for multiple years and network with the right people for any hope of promotion.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37784,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - GSM,GSM,"You get to work on projects that have consequence and meaning. Your peers and your bosses are all driven by the need to accomplish something great. Most likely, they are type As just like you and have the same passion for detail. As a result, the feeling that you get from being in such exclusive company is a source of professional pride. You also learn new skills from being on different projects across the world and interacting with experts in all fields.","You sell your life to the company. The expectation is that you will work all hours and will travel at a moments notice. The management views its people as all replaceable, and they see you as expendable. The obsession with cost is also tiring, and makes it difficult to develop good supplier relationships.",The churn and burn strategy doesn't work. You lose a lot of native knowledge and talent by not paying attention to your performers.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37785,apple,none," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Great Stepping Stone,"Amazing benefits and employee rights. Everything at Apple is structured and clearly laid out for every employee. The Apple culture is also a huge perk, it literally feels like an extension to your family.","Apple talks big about internal growth and development but when it comes down to it, you can move as high as Expert or Pro positions and then your career is topped out . They seek management from other retailers like Target and Gap. The pay raises don’t account for cost of living increases, just your standard 3-5% increase annually. Which is poor when you have an hourly wage.","Promote internally employees to management, you’ve already molded them with competency’s, so why not use that!",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37786,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,"Active, fast-paced, detail oriented, inventory",Great part time benefits like 401k etc,Virtually none. The only thing your weekends will be busy.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37787,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Security Engineer,An Amazing company that is getting better and better!,Extremely Smart People Wonderful and exciting products Great management and growth opportunities Proud of the work we do here Amazing compensation and benefits Employee happiness and retention is top priority,"It is a big company so things can be slow Due to the secretive nature of Apple we can discuss the things we are working on to friends, spouses, or on social media. Can’t contribute to the open source community or speak at conferences.",Stay on course!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37788,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad working environment,effective execution year over year,no work life balance. very bad work environment. extremely bad management style. Management has no respect for employees.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37789,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical specialist,Loved the experience. Great people to work with. Really enjoyed the environment and the great people I got a chance to work with,Hated the hours. Wished I could have a job with a better schedule while working here. Wish my opinion mattered,Listen to your staff. I think employees talk about this thing all the time no one listens or cares,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P116.htm
37790,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work!,My year anniversary is next week and I absolutely love working at Apple! You will challenge yourself and grow everyday..but there is no better place to do it. You're fully supported by Senior Team Members to help you with any issue you come across. If you have a chance to apply..DO IT!!Oh and the Cafe is amazing!,"None. There will always be difficulties and challenges with any job, but its how you deal with them.",Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37791,apple,none," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great company, good benefits, enjoy working there",I haven’t noticed any cons so far,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37792,apple,"Mentor, OH"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,A Company That Cares for Its Employees!,"- Work from Home - Great Training - Great Pay - Great Management/Supervisor/Team Leads/Trainers ect. - Wonderful Benefits -- never seen anything like it with any other company. - A Company That Makes You APART of their family - A Company that CARES about YOUR family and takes care of their own - Offers 8 hour, 10 hour, and split shift, based on your job performance - Offers STD/LTD and takes care of its employees health with wonderful benefits - Tuition Reimbursement",- It can take a bit of time to move up the ladder in the AHA environment.,"Keep up what you're doing. Obviously you're doing something right, to have the AHA Employees growing. Though, I'd say offer the option to be uptrained and trained in different skills more often. Also, don't be afraid to get to know your employees. Working from home, virtually, can be difficult to establish repertoire with your employees because you never see them face to face (other than video calls) and so it can be hard to understand their strengths and weakness.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37793,apple,none," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Super smart people everywhere. Excellent work environment with great food and college type feel/,Lacking in original creative / entrepreneurial people,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37794,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Very busy all the time,"There are many pros to working for Apple inc including Benefits, training, people, employee discount, and work life balance. I recommend working with Apple.",Direction from management is not always the best. Communication between department is lacking to the point that it causes issues between those departments.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37795,apple,none," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Policies,"The Apple Store policies are great for customers, if you want to make a return or exchange after the 14 days return policy YOU CAN, just ask for a Mgr and tell him that you live overseas and for that reason you couldn't do it before...",if you are an employee you are NOT allowed to do an exchange after 14 days,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37796,apple,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Sales at Apple,Amazing culture of people who want to make the world a better place through technology,"Things change a lot within the company, so if you aren't comfortable with ambiguity you will flounder here.",Hire some high level B2B professionals who know what they are doing instead of retailers as you are building out your offerings for entrepreneurs.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37797,apple,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at!,"Helpful, supportive, great pay, and PTO","I have no cons besides having to stand all day on the floor, but that's part of the job.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37798,apple,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process Engineer,"Company culture is excellent, with a strong focus on progressive topics such as environmental responsibility and equality. Get to work on products that have a tangible impact on millions of lives around the world.","Bay area is not a great place to live, with a high cost of living + overpopulated",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37799,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,The best job you’ll ever have.,"You know that feeling when you actually loving going to work everyday? If you work for Apple you will feel this constantly. Apple builds a community around its employees, encouraging them to grow themselves and build friendships and close bonds with each other. They want you to grow as a person and as an employee, and everyone you work with is only there to help you succeed in this. They focus on the customer experience instead of selling which makes your job easy when all you have to do is get to know your customers on a more personal level instead of shoving products at them. They have good benefits for part time and full time employees, along with great discounts. Over all, my experience with Apple has only been amazing from the day I️ got called in for an interview. I️ couldn’t be happier with my job and I’m so glad I️ decided to work here and that they decided to hire me.","You will probably start part time. Pay and benefits help to supplement part time hours, and moving up to full time isn’t that difficult.","My management team is unlike any I’ve ever worked for. They are fun, exciting, supportive and caring. I️ know they are management and that they are above me, but they work just as hard if not harder than everyone else on the floor and are nothing but supportive and caring.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P117.htm
37800,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Merchandising Specialist,Sip the kool-aid don’t drink it,Great company OVERALL. Excellent work environment. Good for building good communication styles and networking,Leadership has a tendency to micromanage and drive employe turnover. Really hard to move up. Moving up is most likely taking on a role with more work and responsibilities without pay increase,"Stop managing, step up and be leaders and mentor those under you to be become better",4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37801,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Reseller Specialist,Part time entry level capable of working up to full time role as Apple Solutions Consultant. Sales focused if that is what you’re looking for with tons of opportunity.,"It is part time. Do not expect more than 30hrs a week. You’re in charge of training, communicating, being the middle man between Apple and their partner store with no actual managerial influence. You influence by example which isn’t a bad thing it can just be difficult for some.",Having standard training with tangible documents for associates to turn to to help them continue to develop themselves would help a ton at the beginning. I know Apple only accepts high level candidates but I am positive you would see a massive growth in your teams with these resources.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37802,apple,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,benefits for part time employees,I dont have any yet,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37803,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,"Underpaid, Underappreciated ","I work with some amazing people Benefits are alright The company core values align with my own. In terms of customer privacy, human rights, etc.","Retail hours micromanaged LOW pay for the expected work Once you reach Genius, there's NO room for advancement People are being put in technical positions just because they have been there awhile, or are friends with management. Training for new technicians is done ""remotely"" and consists of them self training in front of a computer for a week. ZERO Hands on experience before touching customer devices.","Recognize that your tenured ""geniuses"" are burning out at an AMAZINGLY HIGH rate due to the above issues. Pay your technicians what they're worth. Not all of us are college kids Get rid of Angela, she's ruining Apple Retail.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37804,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Qa engineer,"Good and challenging work, lot to learn. Lot of cool technologies. Have to follow lot of rules which makes the development process very unproductive","Lot of unfriendly people, hard to work with them. Always try to undermine you. Learn to treat all people with respect. You are just working fir a company",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37805,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Business Expert,Apple Retail Store Experience Review,Great benefits Lots of third-party discounts Employee Stock Purchasing Program Employee Purchase Program,Growth opportunities are very slim Not really a feedback culture Mangers play favorites,"Be more transparent. Stop playing favorites — managers and other roles are chosen due to friendship and ass-kissing. The ""Retail Evolution"" is not an evolution. It's just constant changes that Corporate thinks will make working at Apple Retail better.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37806,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - FRS,My time at Apple,Great for learning new things and dealing with challenging question on the fly.,Genius lead should be technician as well,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37807,apple,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Is Great!,I work here and love the company. Plenty of opportunities!,I can't think of any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37808,apple,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,Work from home opportunity with a lot of internal growth potential,I'm not a fan of working weekends and they are mandatory,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37809,apple,"Totowa, NJ"," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Engaging and challenging,Everyday is something new. The growth and development you get as a person is awesome. The benefits are some of the best of any company.,Sometimes the expectations become unrealistic. The job can also get very political and if your not in the in-crowd your career can be halted.,Slow down to focus and show you care.,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P118.htm
37810,apple,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Amazing best job you could ever have,None at all very good,Amazing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37811,apple,none," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior software engineer,"restaurant is good, free dinners",everything else: people will work with will make your life miserable,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37812,apple,none," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reseller Specialist,"Great pay, good benefits, boatload of discounts.",Working weekends can be degrading at times,Be more flexible with hours,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37813,apple,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Specialist,"Great Team, Fun Environment, Always Learning, Challenging","Male dominated , Hard to advance ranks, Deal with rude people often",Make information more easily accessable,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37814,apple,"Boston, MA"," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,- Flexibility* - Decent discount - Medical benefits for part time,- Not that flexible - A lot of micro-management - Managers often don't know as much as specialists.,"Train your managers as hard as you train you ASLP managers or your experts. They need to be super knowledgeable, maybe have the experts or geniuses keep them up to date on store knowledge",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37815,apple,"Plymouth, MN"," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Be under 40,Learning about the best technology out there and sharing what you know. Loved making sure customers left with the right technology for their needs.,"Hard to be taken seriously if you are over 50. Take a look around the store and see how many hipsters you see and how many specialists are ""grownups"".",Be consistent with advancement and quit playing favorites. Those who are getting the ax are mostly folks who are there for the long haul and not there to get Apple on their resume and leave.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37816,apple,none," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive outlook,Very good at what they do,Lack of innovation as of late,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37817,apple,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Culture,Welcoming and open culture. Immediately feel as though you belong to something more.  Extensive wells of knowledge.,*Minimum growth/opportunity *Not many paid holidays,Cater to individuals more than the larger group,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37818,apple,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be prepared to work,"Perks, discounts, travel Fun Promote creativity",Competitive Work you to the bone,Don’t let yourself get burnt out,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37819,apple,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company, great benefits, and there is a whole list of support.","Can get boring as it is retail, and there is a lot of in fighting and favoritism, but if you're ambitious and hardworking then you can grow here.",Communicate more with your team.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P119.htm
37820,apple,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple technician,"Decent pay, Tuition reimbursement and assitance","Always busy, lots of work, not worth the pay",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37821,apple,none," Feb 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service 1,"Great benefits, understanding management, perks are ok","No fast track for promotions, lots of politics, work on holidays and lotto system for hours","If you treat your employees like lemmings, then that is all you will get",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37822,apple,none," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,It is what you make of it,"Apple really does care about their employees. If you do well for them they reward you. Even at the bottom as technical support they recognize hard work and reward you. People in this role who do not perform well probably hate it, but the job is not hard and they want you to succeed.",This job is what you make of it and of course there are good days and bad days but in terms of what Apple does there are no cons.,Team managers for the technical support role should take some calls every week. I've had managers who haven't been on the phones in years and are unhelpful.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37823,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Chef Security MFA Engineer,Apple as a Security consultant in Apps Division,"Apple has some of the brightest people working in Apps. Working at Apple really dresses up your resume. Expectations are very high for everyone. Consultants included. There was a high end Latte / Espresso machine in the break area. Private office which had no windows and was quiet. Interesting people to meet in the hall once and a while. Everyone is painfully hip. The more face and body art - the more Apple""y"" end edgy it seems to be. People seem to watch the edgy commercials on TV and dress the part at work.  The commute bus. Huge huge perk. Employees get a good EDD discount on new Apple products.  Working with people who code at the speed of light.  Some of the buildings and offices are private. This is a HUGE perk.  If you have a creative job at Apple and you are not keeping infrastructure running then I think you will be very happy.  You will work with the brightest people in the world. You may gain tattoos and face art in the process because everyone else will be wearing it.  Apple is mostly a young culture- 25 to 35 is the mean age.  My team did NOT have SCRUM. I hate SCRUM / Jira And escaping the SCRUM disease even for 5 months was a HUGE bonus.  The Large Apple Park RING is filling up. I hear it is pretty cool in there. But mostly Facebook style seating. Gee, thanks Facebook (not!)","There is no life balance in some teams. The team I was in - everyone worked nights from home and weekends from home. In Monday staff meeting all you listened to was what problem people solved on their free time over the weekend. If you want to live to work by all means.  Apple has high internal security. Some employees are cleared with a RED badge and live behind walled areas which other employees and consultants can't access.  You can't talk to other employees about what you are working on. Period.  You need to do exactly as you are told with no questions.  When something needs done - it needs to be executed precisely and on the day as requested. Or your job as a consultant could be in jeopardy.  Internal politics were as there is only one right way to do something and yet your boss and his boss ""The Director"" have differing needs - can land you in trouble as you need to decide to please one or the other. I chose the Director. Mistake.  You will probably be required to work at home on weekends and at night. This is not something I want to do week after week and month after month.  Know that you will be pushed to your limits and expected to assimilate any instructions instantly.  Hint - use your iphone to take pictures (notes) of difficult instructions.  Apple is what it is.  If you are in the IT section of Apple you will have to follow orders exactly. I have never worked in a creative job at Apple. Probably would be wonderful.",Try to actually feel with your heart and not be so hard core hard rock that you just throw people out the door when you are displeased at a minor artifact.  Pay consultants over the holidays and just don't send them home for an unpaid vacation.  Plan you next HIT product which will keep Apple going. There are only so many iPhone improvements now which will matter to the market at large.  Bring back the magsafe connector on the new Macbook pro's. The USB-C sucks for power.,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37824,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Production Assistant,good not great,"Your colleagues are everything . They teach you how to deal and respond to high stress situations with customers. The tools are there, definitely.","Management lacks action in the store, whereas at other Apple stores I had visited, they seemed very hands on.","Learn how to upgrade a phone for a customer, and help.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37825,apple,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,"Working at Apple has been a great overall experience. You are privileged to work with the smartest people in the world, and knowing that your hard work truly has an impact on the world is an awesome feeling.","While working for the most powerful companies in the world, there is a struggle of up keeping a healthy work-life balance.","Encourage employees to have more fun at work. At times, people seem to be too serious and stressed.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37826,apple,none," Feb 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best!,Everything was absolutely the most amazing!,There was not a thing I would have changed,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37827,apple,none," Feb 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fund place to work. Long hours and weekends can be difficult.,"Apple makes some really great products, and it's fun working with people that share the same passion for their technology.","The company is worth a lot of money, but that doesn't mean they pay like one.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37828,apple,none," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Culture, self development, attitude of how can we help you whee you are struggling either professionally or personally",Not very strong in planning out in advance procedures and expectations of releases and bigger events,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37829,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,An excellent retail job... but unfortunately still a retail job,"Excellent benefits, you can definitely make a career of working at Apple Retail if that's something that works for you. I recommend figuring that out sooner rather than later.","Terrible work/life balance, like any retail/food service/hospitality job. A lot of the downsides of working in Retail with the added pressure of needing to keep up on a huge amount of product/technical knowledge with little to no time allocated to do so. Crazy schedules, can't have a social life really, frequently work and personal life becomes very blurry because it is difficult to spend time with people who have ""normal"" jobs. As you might expect, customers are rude, stupid, cruel, or all three, all the time.",Care more about developing talent in Retail and hiring from people who go on Career Experiences and excel. Stop using retail employees to inexpensively plug holes in your teams during busy times and give qualified people a chance.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P120.htm
37830,apple,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Help Desk,Great Company to work for,No cons at all great,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37831,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun but demanding,"Awesome benefits. The variety of people at Apple is absolutely a great aspect. It creates for incredible networking and collaboration. The campus itself in Austin, TX is really beuatiful. Through my almost five years there, they have added on many things to the campus which were direct responses to employee feedback and requests. It's great having medical offices on campus, too, but see the Cons for other thoughts on that.","It's very competitive, and not being at the top of staff ranks usually could mean a less desired shift as for many front-line roles, schedules are changed quarterly in which your staff rank determines your place in line in a ""shift bid."" So with a late shift, sitting at your desk all day in a cube farm-type setting, plus having your doctor and food on campus, it can feel like you're living at work sometimes. Especially for those unfortunate soles who work the weekends where the campus is basically closed. With it being such a large company, it's difficult to sometimes find out who to talk to for things like benefits and compensation. Despite leading in performance and extracurricular contributions, your annual raise might barely be a few percentage points above the typical inflation rate.",Reward your employees. Apple has high expectations but rarely do you see it paying off for the employee.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37832,apple,none," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Great perks for a retail company! 401k, fitness reimbursement, discounts and stock options. Apple is also giving RSU's to their employees.",This job can be soul-sucking if you let people get to you. You will have difficult days and interactions. If you're a person that cant handle stress stay away!,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37833,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Good health benefits, 401k and somewhat flexibility as you can trade your shifts. You get to work with a lot of talented people.","Cult environment, favoritism and no recognition to loyalty. They gave me a plastic framed letter for my 5 years. Seniority means nothing here. Discounts are not so great, also even if you work at the store you have to make a line to get an iphone x.",Keep your employees happy and recognize loyalty. This company makes so much money but barely gives to employees. No monetary incentives here,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37834,apple,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iPhone Engineer,"Good employee development through company resources, lots of smart engineers",cross functional collaboration and hierarchy in department could get political,Respect your employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37835,apple,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool,i love the atmosphere it does allow for growth and challenges you,one can only work under a management for so long,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37836,apple,"Pullman, WA"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Campus Rep,"Amazing company, great leadership, awesome perks, part of something good, opportunities to move up!",I haven't had many cons that would be Apple's doing.,Stay great!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37837,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,taking advantage of big money free food easy workplace good pay without doing anything,not many cons at all. we take advantage of the big business,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37838,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Member of Technical Staff,Senior Member of Technical Staff,Nice benefits. Prestigious company.,Very hierarchical. Working six or seven days per week. Mgmt. .,Stop micro-managing.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37839,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative Pro,"Great benefits, the company actually listens to your needs and tries to take action, the wage is the best of all retail jobs.",I get only 10 free shares of stock a year. I'd like more :),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P121.htm
37840,apple,"Holyoke, MA"," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Work Culture,Great feedback culture and they hire people who put a lot of effort into doing their job very well so things run like a well oiled machine.,"If you're having difficulty performing because of personal issues, you're pretty you feel pretty helpless and overwhelmed by expectations.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37841,apple,"Miami, FL"," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Business Expert,Great place to launch off or to stay!,Focused on your growth and development. Freedom to pursue specific goals. Great and unique people. Great work - life balance. Promote heavily from within.,"Lots of management, ideas and/or plans get lost in translation.",Be consistent with communication and follow through.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37842,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Design Lead,Good company to work with,Brilliant people to learn from. Compensation is decent. flexible schedule. beautiful new campus.,The work can be very busy and stressful. Sometimes there is friction within the team. Not a lot of opportunities to move up.,"Management should listen more to the people at the lower level. Need to be more organized in project planning,",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37843,apple,"Denver, CO"," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Genius,The benefits and perks were alright.,"Not the most considerate management staff, scheduling is a nightmare, discount is pretty much only 15-25% off.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37844,apple,"Stanford, CA"," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Working at Apple Retail was a fun experience.,Discounted Apple Products(50% of HomePod!). A nice work environment.,1. Unreasonable customers. 2. The hourly wage should be higher.,None,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37845,apple,none," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company highly recommend working there,"great company culture, love coming to work every day",sometimes had to work hours didn't want to,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37846,apple,none," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design Verification Engineer,Challenging projects and fast turnover schedules.,Hard to find work and life balance.,More parking spots would definitely boost work efficiency.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37847,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Your the bottom of the barrel.,"Benefits like commuter card, 401k. Stock purchase program. RSUs. The people that work there are very friendly and intelligent. Paid vacation if your full time",No upward mobility. Managers don’t know what there doing because they are hired from outside the company. No set schedule. Must be available from 7am- 1130pm.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37848,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Carrier Account Manager,great company,"lots of great products, ideas, culture, status, benefits","pay, management, no upward mobility, no diversity although they say they are. no roles for women, boys network","take a look at the middle ranks, not as diverse as you think",5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37849,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place to work!,"Competitive pay and full benefits after 90 days of employment. Flexibility with shifts, working around other job/ school. Fun place to work and keeps you very sharp on industry trends.","Dealing with the public can be difficult at times, comes with the job. Weekend open availability is a must. Hours scheduled vary upon customer traffic.",Management is good. Come in and do your best.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P122.htm
37850,apple,"Fayetteville, NC"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,This job is a dream.,You are your own boss. You get to work from home. They try to be a flexible as possible with your personal schedule.,Apple as a company is a place that makes sure they can do anything possible to move you forward. The management become family and friends. The job becomes a lifestyle.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37851,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Learn a lot about Apple products, lots of wonderful colleagues, good benefits for part-time people, decent pay for retail",The store can feel chaotic in the Product Zone with customers getting frustrated when they don't get immediate attention. Some of the colleagues are very self absorbed and not terribly easy to approach for help if you're a newbie. Can be exhausting standing all day and dealing sometimes with irate customers.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37852,apple,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Good for opportunities surging market,Nothing much to share here,Better,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37853,apple,"Lansing, MI"," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple Family Room Specialist,"The pay and benefits at Apple are definitely worth it, no doubt. You also get to me alot of pretty cool people.","Managers can be demanding and selling apple devices can get boring, repair seems more fun.",allow more opportunity to move up the ladder,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37854,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Preservation and Operations Specialist,Great benefits and people,"Pay is above industry average. Benefits are fantastic and include top tier medical, dental, and vision. Stock purchase plan is great. Many talented people work there.",Limited opportunities to move to leadership positions. It’s still retail so schedules can be challenging. Promotions are not always based on merit.,Do not be afraid to promote from within.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37855,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Great company atmosphere. Good benefits for employees.,"Lack of advancement opportunities. Management in AppleCare isn't consistent and they have people in management that shouldn't be in a leadership role. Benefits aren't as good as they were when Steve Jobs was at the helm, but they are still better than most companies. Pay isn't great for a major market.",Take a look inside the company for talent instead of looking outside the company. There a many bright minds that are being overlooked. Increase the pay to cover the cost of living in major markets.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37856,apple,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Fast Paced,One of the best Companies in the world,You have to work VERY hard to move up,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37857,apple,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare,- great expereience - fun helping customers,No Cons at all at work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37858,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 27, 2018","Current Employee - Software Engineer, ICT5",Great culture with long-lived growing pains,"Positive, supportive engineering culture that tries hard to leave ego at the door. Opportunity for talented individuals to make a different in what gets shipped and how. Impact on a huge, passionate customer base. Teams that really do care about quality.","Tool support is laughably bad for a company of this age and size. A lot of stuff is still being done the same way it was when iOS was a couple hundred employees, and it just doesn't work well at the current scale. Different organizations within Apple are very different depending on the VP/SVP at the top- some are much better to work in than others.",Current planning mechanisms are failing pretty badly. Things other than shiny new features need support too. Follow-through in organization terms is just as important as the extra bit of polish on products that Apple is known for.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37859,apple,"Phila, PA"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Micro management,"Benefits were good, but that s it","Low rate, Micro Management Very rude managers",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P123.htm
37860,apple,none," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience working in Apple Retail Store!,"Very friendly and supportive staff. Plenty of resources to make sure you can succeed. Great benefits, even for part-time employees. Fun, upbeat environment.","Stressful and hard on your body, at times. It's difficult to move up to different positions in the store, and they typically start everyone at the same entry-level role (in sales).",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37861,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great place to work,- Good benefits - Great upward mobility - Awesome management,- Constant pressure to do better than what was previously expected as exceeding expectations,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37862,apple,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Environment,A great company culture. They hire wonderful people and foster a sense of community.,Few options available for those interested in rising within the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37863,apple,"Longview, TX"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Sellebrity,Awesome and kind I was one of the best and the Apple company raised me hourly,I think Apple is the best company in the world and I would be honored to work thereIt is truly amazing,Fitting it in with my time scheduleBut I can manage because Apple is awesome I would be honored to work there,I am great I used to be a bank account 10th,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37864,apple,none," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Take care of you with benefits/stocks,"All about pushing AppleCare, NPS system is broken.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37865,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 10, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Genius,Great benefits. Co workers were amazing. I can’t think of more than this but it has to be at least 20 words,"Bad management, treated the team like children. Micro managed. Low salary. Once you get to genius level no real room for advancement.",Stick to the credo. Be open to constructive criticism,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37866,apple,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple was a great company to work for,People are just very smart and push you.,Work life balance takes a hit.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37867,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Support T2,T2 tech support,Great work life balance and awesome benefits,Takes networking to move up,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37868,apple,none," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Good Company to work for,Be patient (very stressful environment dealing with some rude customers ),Good work environment,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37869,apple,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Good place. I highly recommend.,It's not bad. I recommend.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P124.htm
37870,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Love to work at Apple,Apple is the best employer,I do not know any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37871,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Good environment, fun people, good perks","only part time, not even money",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37872,apple,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Work with smart and engaging teams. Fast pace with challenging issues to overcome. Company that stands behind its products and people.,Work shifts are all over the place (8-5 to 2-11). A small amount of customers have absurd expectations.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37873,apple,none," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,"The people you work with are of the highest quality. The benefits are great (healthcare for PT). An exciting environment, always something new to learn. Company has great values.","The retail store environment is incredibly aggressive, all the time. The customers are angry and entitled and Apple hires us to pacify them and get walked on with a smile. It’s none stop. The creative position has straight up turned into a sales roles and the higher ups are out of touch with the needs of their individual stores. The pay isn’t worth the abuse.","There are too many senior managers and they are never aligned. You need to separate your Genius Bar area from the rest of the store, it’s never this happy area you portray it to be. It’s great customers can come in to a physical building to get help but managers are overcrowding the store, overloading the employees and stressing out customers by trying to cram as many appointments a day as they can in and are always behind in some way. Also, you’re getting really petty about dress code and visual standards.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37874,apple,none," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,expert,fun work with fun people,customers attitude were sometimes bad,noting,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37875,apple,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Review,"Very Good Benefits, Good Compensation",nature of schedule impedes good work/life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37876,apple,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,The benefits are really good!,In the end it is a retail lifestyle.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37877,apple,none," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Embedded Software Engineering Opportunities,it is amazing to work at there,long working hours if you are early in career,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37878,apple,"Danbury, CT"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,,It is as amazing as I thought it would be! Hoping to move up with the company and become corporate one day!,Absolutely None. This company is every bit as amazing as everything thinks it is from the outside looking in!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37879,apple,none," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Engineering Manager,Great products and leadership team to work with.,Hard to switch jobs internally within company.,Make it easy to switch jobs internally. Remove un-necessary step of manager has to informed before formal interviews with other groups within company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P125.htm
37880,apple,"Orland Park, IL"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,The benefits are second to none.,You work long hours sometimes,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37881,apple,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"Flexible work schedule, They care about their employees.",Talking to customers all day long can sometimes be difficult to handle.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37882,apple,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple experience,Amazing company to work for,Nothing to report in here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37883,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Good Job,"Work from home, good benefits, perks","Work life balance, training, expectations for new hires",Training need to be completely revamped. Was not educated on all procedures and not enough attention if help is needed.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37884,apple,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is good in total,Famous company and good environemnt,Low salary and highly confidential,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37885,apple,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech support,Good benefits work from home,Poor management and no respect,Present a better and more hands on work ethic,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37886,apple,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Management,Great benefits and good people,Can be grueling through the product release cycles,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37887,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Eventually must be comfortable being part of a machine,"The most inspirational work you can ever hope to find. Facilities and environment is fantastic. Support to employees is phenomenal. 401k matching, Health, educational services are bar none. Regular grants in cash and RSUs for performance. Staying at the company long-term has phenomenal benefits. Co-workers are all highly motivated interesting individuals who are often a great pleasure to be around and learn from. Everybody is (generally) happy and proud to be there, to do the work they do.","As with any company, not all work is purely inspirational and awesome. Eventually there will be monotonous drudge work. Eventually there will be politics and they may not play to you. This is to be expected with any company, especially a large company. Part of the magic of apple is that there are many autonomous groups. Your experience at Apple will depend largely on which group you find yourself in. There are great groups, and there are not-so-great groups. You may or may not find all of the bad situations you may imagine or have encountered elsewhere within these groups. You may not have much recourse against it, short of risky politics of going over your boss. HR typically does not engage in low level politics and primarily exists to protect the company from lawsuits (as with any large company).",There should be regular inspection of the moral of all of the silos. Are they doing what they report they are doing? Is their morale in line with what is reported in review? Is there a way for people to review their manager without the manager seeing?,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37888,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Great experience,-Customer service and support within the store,"-None, I have no complaints.",-Keep up with the great work. Enriching lives,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37889,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,haptic hardware engineer,very good Colleagues and work environment,a little bit busy work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P126.htm
37890,apple,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,App Review,Apple on your resume. Decent cafeteria. Coworkers are great and have the same feelings on management. Work area is quiet.,"Management of App Review is a complete joke. ZERO work/life. They would chain you to your desk if it was legal. This place is a joke.  DO.NOT.WORK.HERE.  Don’t walk, RUN!",You care ONLY about developers. You have ZERO appreciation for your employees. Shame on you! SHAME ON YOU!!!,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37891,apple,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"A company with real values, a great team, and I feel like I'm making a positive impact.",Wish specialists would be paid more and there was more way to move up/around the company,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37892,apple,"Brea, CA"," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Place To Start,"The products and people you work with are honestly brilliant. The benefits are great and if you put in at least half effort, Apple Retail will groom you into a crazy good employee. To survive you have to assimilate to culture, but it teaches you how to navigate political environments. I can honestly say the skills I learned at apple have been some of my biggest assets in the professional world since I left. I am really grateful.","The managers get in their own way. Things are HIGHLY political. They will dangle the carrot of promotion in front of you and then just promote the people they like. It really is a favorites game. There are plenty of employees who are obviously incompetent that get promoted because they can talk the talk, even though they can't walk the walk. It is honestly really sad. As long as you make an appearance of doing work you are gold. ""Experts"" will often time have ""meetings"" in front of the store to appear like they are trying to ""develop"" other associates just so they can appear to management like they care. In reality the conversations are all talk and nothing happens.  My advice to new associates: kiss up to all of the managers and you will make full-time and then advance in no time.  Griping aside, navigating this made me able to dealt with any political environment I faced in the office.",Try looking past the bs performance people give you and look instead to their realized impact.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37893,apple,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Personal Assistant,"I really like my job there, people are very smart",I have nothing I do not like there. It's great,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37894,apple,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Inc.,Very friendly family-like working environment.,Extremely hard to move up in positions.,"Allow for greater flexibility in moving up in positions, and offer opportunity's in working with corporate.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37895,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible learning experience,"Apple Retail: Easily among the most technically astute, personable, and hard-working people I have ever encountered. These people will do anything to help their colleagues and their customers. It's a tough job, as the products are numerous, complex, and ever-changing. The managers are so good that Steven Covey or Tom DeMarco could write a book about them. After 40+ years, Apple continues to astonish. It's gratifying to see the new generation ""get"" what Apple is about.","If there are an ""cons"", they are so negligible as to be not worth mentioning.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37896,apple,none," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Best job ever, love the diverse culture.",No cons at all great place to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37897,apple,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,First Impressions,"Clear and open communication, strong work ethic across my team, solid management that allows autonomy, benefits make you feel like you're really being taken care of, work is actually fun","Living in Silicon Valley, different names/classifications for job tiers or pay grades",Never close the open channels of communication. Feeling like you can reach out to anyone about anything goes a long way towards making new employees feel like they're really part of the company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37898,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Project Specialist,Don't recommend,"Good pay, chance to be part of something important","stressful, no mentorship, no work life balance",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37899,apple,none," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product specialist,Phenomenal benefits and flexible working hours,Definitely a retail position,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P127.htm
37900,apple,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,-- health and dental benefits -- hourly pay -- stock benefits -- great discounts,-- good management varies store by store,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37901,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Expert,"General sales, small and start-up business consulting, mentoring new specialists.","I’m working with qualified, capable and motivated colleagues in a space that encourages and delights people who come to explore their own dreams, learn new skills, and use Apple’s tech tools.","It’s a Retail setting, so the work is somewhat introductory, repetitive, it’s hard to find enough time to advance my skills unless I am researching and answering a customer’s query.",Management in my store and market area does an excellent job of identifying challenges and working with the rest of us to resolve them.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37902,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Genius Bar,Genius Bar,"Great interaction with customers, good coworkers",Some customers really shouldn't own computers...,Clearer focus,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37903,apple,"Reston, VA"," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Product Specialist,"Decent Company, Could offer higher pay or commission based earnings","Great Culture, environment, and work is minimal and enjoyable","it can get really busy and hectic sometimes, and they dont give you bonuses or commission",Reward employees more and give more employees promotional opportunites from within the company.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37904,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Research Scientist,A great place to work and have fun,"Exciting place to work. Lots of really smart people sharing the common goal of innovation and making a difference through their work. Free snacks, drinks and lots of other perks.",The commute to Cupertino is horrible. Parking can be improved.,Keep up the great work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37905,apple,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Specialist,Amazing place to work with amazing co-worker and benefits for people working part-time,Taking time off is a hastle,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37906,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Part Time Sales Associate,great,money is good and work hours are good,work life balance is not the best,hair apple people,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37907,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Specialist,Not what you would ever expect.,Great team work environment. Training is amazing not what you would ever expect. With management that respects you and feedback is always welcome and encouraged.,"Stressful environment not meant for everyone, can get very overwhelming quickly. Customers can be your best friend or your worst nightmare.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37908,apple,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outstanding Job,This is a job that forces you to grow and learn more as a person. There are lots of opportunities within the company to build a career and get experience in several different roles.,Many of the roles force you to learn very quickly and adapt to change quickly.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37909,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Software Engineer,Too many positive aspects to bother.,There his nothing that I have personally experienced that is worthy of listing as a Con.,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P128.htm
37910,apple,"Sugar Land, TX"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Good for What it Is,"Good benefits, I like my co-workers, generally fun work environment.","It's retail. At the end of the day, it's still just retail. Which is fine if you don't care about spending holidays with your family and friends.","For all of what Apple preaches about people being the soul of their company, I wish I was able to see that more. I wish that there was a better work life balance, but I feel like in a lot of ways: it's just the same as every other retailer. The pay justifies my staying there, but every holiday season I find myself disappointed that we're all there working LATER hours than normal. There was a time when Holiday hours meant that we got to spend more time with our families and less time at work, but this past year it's meant the opposite. That is what I find disappointing.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37911,apple,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Tech busses, amazing colleagues, sunny Cupertino!",Like a pie eating contest where the reward for winning is more pie.,"Relax, Relax, Rinse and Repeat",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37912,apple,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"Health, vision and dental insurance. Tons of employee support.",Great company to work for. No cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37913,apple,none," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Amazing Benefits for a retail roles and great people to work with.,Honestly disregarding the given cons for working retail there isn't a lot to complain about.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37914,apple,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Project Manager,Great Company. Getting to work on latest technologies.,"Extended hours, working during offshore times.",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37915,apple,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great team, great benefits, great pay",Sometimes you have to deal with snobby customers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37916,apple,none," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple,its fine but there can be improvements,"not much, its fine for me",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37917,apple,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Hardware Engineer,- amazing projects - work with very smart people - get to learn lot of new things,- poor work life balance - difficult to deal with people - people look for scape goats,"- be a little more forgiving, encourage to experiment more",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37918,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Systems Analyst,80 hr weeks the norm,Computer discounts. Great on resume.,Hours. work/life is messed up.,None,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37919,apple,none," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great Management Fun work environment Fun coworkers,No cons that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P129.htm
37920,apple,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's okay,"Benefits are really good, lots of friendly and helpful people to maintain positive work environment.","Exceptionally awful traffic, difficult to balance work-personal life due to hours and OT requirements",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37921,apple,none," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Great,"good pay, great environment, Fun",i mean it is retail,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37922,apple,none," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family room Specialist. difficult but rewarding.,"amazing training, great management and communication",the atuall job itself can be quite depressing after having customers complaining to you all day.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37923,apple,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"The company really takes pride in it's people, and takes care of each of their employees. We're provided great perks and benefits, and the pay is excellent.","Retail jobs have their challenges, and Apple is no exception to that.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37924,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Creative,"Great Benefits, Life Sucker","Great Benefits, Get to wear jeans and tshirt","No Control over schedule, working holidays and weekends without the ability to swap days/shifts easily with co-workers",Don't let the technology control the people,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37925,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Solid college job,Very flexible and accommodating for me being in school competitive pay opportunity for advancement and regular pay raises/bonuses,metric based job repetitive work constantly talking to customers,Further incentivize staying at apple beyond stock bonuses that take 3 years to vest,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37926,apple,none," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful Learning Experience,"I worked with the company for over a decade. I learned so much within retail, customer service, logistics and inventory. I wish I could have stayed longer",Some managers like to micromanage and/or aren't good at their jobs...but those don't usually last long.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37927,apple,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great environment and friendly people,noisy street noisy cars boo,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37928,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Great place to grow your career,Having Apple on my resume has gotten my foot in the door at some amazing companies.,Working retail hours is very draining after a few years.,Great leaders. Keep it up.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37929,apple,"Santa Cruz, CA"," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Global Employer Liability Manager,11 Year Apple Employee,"Stimulating, fast-paced environment. Loved every minute of it, especially the period after Steve came back. GREAT experience.",The commute from Aptos became much too long and tedious -- couldn't spend enough time with my kids.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P130.htm
37930,apple,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,"The culture at Apple is second to none. After leaving apple and working for several companies I noticed the lack of culture even though these companies clearly noted that they ""embrace culture"".",No room for growth Value Employees,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37931,apple,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,Work at home Paid compensation for internet Provided items for support use,Don't get to pick hours or days Mandatory Overtime,Management pretty much has a swing of things,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37932,apple,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,company uses resource very efficiently,lack of life and work balance,none,3.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37933,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Great Company,Great Work Environment Great Pay Awesome Benefits,None that I can speak off,Keep being open and honest,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37934,apple,none," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great for what it is,"I work for Apple Retail. Benefits are great, pay is decent, and the people are amazing.","My leadership team could use some working on, but Apple tries to do well by its employees.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37935,apple,"Wilmington, DE"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Support Specialist,Don’t become handicapped while working there,They have good and thorough training.,"As much as I applaud the accessibility of their items for the customers they serve, do not become handicapped yourself while employed by Apple because you will become the Milton Waddams (if anyone has seen Office Space) of getting squeezed out into oblivion. And they’ll do it in such a way that they’ll make it look like it’s your fault and you’ll thank them.",none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37936,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Fraud Prevention Specialist,I won't miss Apple.,"Monthly/Bi-Monthly sometimes yummy free food. Doctor/Gym on-site. Cafe on-site, hit and miss on food, most often good. Attempt at listening to employee happiness. Medical/Health benefits. If you love Apple, it's an opportunity to make this into your career. If you don't, you can boost your resume with disdain.","Kool-aid drinking -- Apple speaks to thinking outside the box. Being innovative. Being creative. They don't allow for any actual creativity. Something is always controlled, even if so slightly. Being a contrarian here, the kind of person that actually would challenge your peers to be better, is frowned upon. Being different isn't beloved here, being the same kind of ""different"" (actually completely the same, over and over) is.  Monthly/Bi-Monthly food can often be actually pretty disgusting. You'll find one small plate that you'll like and reccomend that same plate to everyone. Who am I to really complain about free food though, right? Except when I look at start-ups and other large companies that make Apple pale in comparison.  Social circle supporting, as someone who has seen the good and bad side of leadership, the contrast from being in favor to not is astounding.  Attempt at listening to employees happiness and feedback falls INcredibly short and is dependent on your being in favor. Leadership claims to have open doors, but employees have been chastized for going over their direct supervisor and upper leadership is very dismissive to anyone they do not care for. This is not open doors. This is a front. It's common word to ""pick your battles"".  Leadership openly talks trash about their direct reports to other people on the same level and below them. It is incredibly inappropriate.  There is NO equal opportunity here, but there IS a facade that there is. It's unreal. I'm speaking on behalf of several people who work hard who may not be a) outspoken or b) a brown noser. These few are completely passed over for the same handful of people that make friends with leadership on insincere terms.  The overall decor of Apple feels sterile and unwelcoming - and not at all creative/innovative/anything Apple is supposed to stand for! They paint the walls white each month so the stench of paint fills the halls. Each month you feel like the walls are closing in on you, layer by layer.","Stop dismissing feedback you don't agree with or you think you can explain the real intent behind it.  Stop trash talking your employees to other coworkers on their same level (or OPENly to other leadership where everyone can hear).  Look into promoting and supporting folks that work hard, not those that shout the loudest and fit into your circle of friends. This is childish. While there are those that are well-deserved, there are several that are incredibly questionable on a wide-scale.  Several loyal, tenured employees have quit in the last year - why isn't HR investigating this?",2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37937,apple,none," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad culture,"Compensation, pay and benefits are good","Secrecy culture gets in the way of getting good work done. Way too much politics, misuse of power, weak HR, no focus on succession planning. No acknowledgment of great work and only select few get appreciated for what are actually team achievements",HR for people versus HR for Apple,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37938,apple,"Kansas City, MO"," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Great, friendly, rewarding, good and genuine.",They are so friendly and genuine.,Keep up the good work and the friendly environment.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37939,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple culture is not for everyone,"Good benefits, decent pay, can be indifferent to customers.","Poor training, workplace attitude/culture, disrespectful upper management.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P131.htm
37940,apple,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great,"Great boss, coworkers, benefits, perks and overall environment","strict limit on workable hours,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37941,apple,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best place to work,"Great benefits even for part time, great people you work with, excellent and understanding leadership.",Honestly I have not had any negative experiences,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37942,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, very disorganized",- Loving the work and believing in leadership is a blessing. - Tons of perks. - Passion in the people you work with.,- Too many teams/departments doing things their own way and not adhering to corporate structure. - Many newer employees lack the Apple culture and don’t even care. - Hourly employees don’t make a decent wage unless they put in loads of overtime. They also don’t get amazing raises/bonuses/RSUs like salaried employees do.,"-!Pay hourly people better and offer better raises/bonuses/RSUs. - Bring more Apple Retail employees to corporate because they possess the passion, talent, and drive that we are lacking. Retail is where we find our best people to embody Apple Culture.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37943,apple,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AE,Innovation organization. They care deeply about providing the best experience to consumers possible. My fellow employees are proud to work at Apple.,"You have to be the best you can be every day and sometimes that can be tiring. It is intensive, which I personally like. This is how to make fellow employees proud to work at your organization.","We are a relatively flat organization as a result, there is very little career growth. There is a ton of knowledge growth, but part of growth is both career and personal growth.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37944,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good work experiance,good comiunity and hard working people so that you can be sucsesful,long work hours and a lot of dedicastion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37945,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Incredible people, experiences, and benefits",- higher than average pay - awesome benefits - opportunity for advancement - surrounded by great people - the ability to make a difference,- retail hours/holiday schedule - being on feet entire day,"- keep building team members who want to do better - be faster to cut the fat with employees who are burned out, in a bad mood, not interested in getting any better",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37946,apple,none," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room,Fast paced Work with new products Great company culture Room for advancement,No cons other than it being retail.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37947,apple,none," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Great Company with great benefits,Crazy Hours but great benefits,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37948,apple,"Woodbridge, VA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - At Home Senior Advisor,Great Great Great,"Great benefits, great leadership, great company, and a solid path to promotion","Hard to stand out amongst so many other employees, especially in work from home environment",Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37949,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,"Low pay, high glass ceilings.","Healthcare, employee stock purchase program","Pay, attendance policies, awful taxes",none,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P132.htm
37950,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Working at Apple,Learn a lot from experience people. You know that you're working on something that everyone around you loves - iPhones.,Sometimes tough work culture. Long hours and difficult to maintain work-life balance.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37951,apple,none," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Change Manager,Brilliant peers and coworkers,Limited upward mobility and professional growth,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37952,apple,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail not fun,"Great, fun, and creative people","Retail side of company requires long hours, difficult customers, low pay",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37953,apple,none," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Expert,Good working environment with great coworkers.,"Peak time gets really busy, but hey, its Apple",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37954,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple is Apple,Great pay for retail so you can’t complain about that. Hands down the best job I’ve ever had that was considered retail.,The cons are definitely gonna be your retail schedule. The plus is that they are very god about working with you.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37955,apple,none," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Yes, it is a cult",Great pay (for retail) and benefits,"Hard to have a personal life. Everything becomes ""apple"" didn't want to tell ppl where I worked.",Don't drink the apple juice!!!,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37956,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Engineering Program Manager,Hands are in many software products that touches customers. Instant gratification of what work you do has direct impact on customers.,"Work, life, balance are not always easy to juggle. Projects will consume you until the product is ready to ship to the public.",Listen to your direct reports. They are valuable assets to your team.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37957,apple,none," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great environment, managment, and pay.",At home work and good pay.,None. Great place to work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37958,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best company I can imagine,"For me the most amazing thing to work at Apple is that I actually work on the best products in the world, and everyone here has the same feeling. We feel that we are doing the best work of our lives. Everyone I had the experience to work with are very talented, above the average for sure. Also, it is great to be owner of the whole product stack, this is a unique position at Apple.  The environment is great. Great food quality on restaurants. Work-life balance is fine in my opinion, much better than most companies in the valley.","HR can be a little confusing sometimes, so you have to be proactive.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37959,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 6, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Very Flexible Company,"Great place to work. Amazing benefits, both part time and full time. Discounts are very good.",Retail hours can get quite exhausting at times.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P133.htm
37960,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Apply here if you love to be frustrated!,Still trying to think of one.,"The worst company I have ever worked for. Maybe if you work with with their core business in hardware this may still be the company you think it is.  If you are anywhere in the administrative side all I can tell you is run away! They hire very incompetent upper management who create a horrible work culture. It takes you at least 30 days to schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist in Austin and if you ask them why it's because they are full of the Apple employees who are trying not to lose their minds! Even the doctors on campus will admit that they can't believe the amount of employees who suffer chronic stress issues because of the work culture.  My advice is simple, if you have ambition and seek to grow in a successful career, run as far as you can from Apple. If you are a more relaxed person who only cares about getting a paycheck maybe you should consider it.  This is the type of place that makes you regret getting a promotion. Every time you go up the latter you are exposed to more and more incompetence until you want to throw your iMac out the window!  There is no respect for employees, no effort in providing what is needed for the job they ask you to do. Everyone is expected to deal with enormous amounts of ambiguity simply because they don't want to spend the money on clarifying anything. The internal tools are by far the worst I have had to use. Your hair will fall as the system crashes constantly and management refuses to spend the money on decent software. While I was an hourly employee we had to use a software to punch in and out except the tool would always break when you were trying to leave. It still baffles me how a company with as much money as Apple treats their employees as second class citizens compared to their customers.  I regret spending just under 4 years of my career in this madhouse. Bragging rights are not worth it! Keep your barista job along with your sanity.  They also discriminate with Texas employees and offer a crappy version of the healthcare they offer in California. California employees get a much better deal with Kaiser. Texas get crappy healthcare that will leave you owing hundreds every time you actually need to use it.",Put in your two weeks notice and go be happy with your life. Stop lying to yourself saying you are happy at Apple. You know how bad it is.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37961,apple,none," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Best Company,"I have never met a more loving, positive, encouraging environment than working for Apple Retail. If I could have transferred more easier, I would never have dreamed of leaving Apple, but alas, I had to move for family and was unable to successfully transfer.",None. It was the best job I have ever had.,Keep encouraging your team and lifting each other up! Apple steps!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37962,apple,none," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great people, great benefits, fun environment","Nights and weekends, can be frantic",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37963,apple,none," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great experience for undergraduate student,"well-established reputation, competitive salary, friendly environment","hard to get offer, high work load",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37964,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,manager,A company that truly values their employees. Employees are well compensated for their work.,"company retail structure has recently changed to address some of the challenges, such as more customer facing leadership roles.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37965,apple,none," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome atmosphere. Started to be come a stereotypical retail job.,Great benefits. They hire amazing people and the work atmosphere is fun and always changing. Managers clearly spent time with employees working on growth. Many options to shift around laterally.,The positions started to mesh into one. Individuality began to disappear. There were some clear direction from higher ups to kind of level everyone out.,Not sure if there is any. Seemed like they gave a lot to their employees but didn’t have many options in regards to growth and expanding positions for whatever reasons.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37966,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Tier I Mac+ Advisor,AppleCare College At-Home-Advisor,Yearly tuition reimbursement. Awesome culture. Caring and flexible managers. Generous vacation and sick time. Numerous stock ownership opportunities. Nice discounts. Frequent company care packages. Site-wide praise and recognition for performance and achievement.,Sitting at your desk answering calls for hours on end can be mentally exhausting over time (3 years in my case).,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37967,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,fast-paced well-paid great benefits amazing people to work with,not many opportunities for vertical growth working the weekends and holidays weekly hours are not guaranteed nor consistent,You could increase employee retainment by offering more opportunities to seek career experiences in Cupertino.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37968,apple,"Metairie, LA"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Gained a Family,"All of the staff are friendly, understanding people who go beyond mere teamwork. Everyone, including the managers and leads, serves as a great support system for eachother.","The store is always freezing. Other than that, its an awesome place to work.","Continue being the flexible, supporting persons that you are.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37969,apple,"Cumberland, RI"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Retail Sales Manager,Awesome,Great environment in which to work. Supportive team with a deep and strong culture of feedback and achievement. Apply soon!,I really can’t think of any cons aside from the fact that it’s retail hours which can be hard for some people.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P134.htm
37970,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Programmer,Splendid,To become more experience and efficient .Also to combine certain factors to bring out positive outcome,"Lack of efficiency,inconsistency, and also to exhibiting negative attitude towards work.",They should work hard refrain from negative attitude towards work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37971,apple,"Shawnee, OK"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,"Great benefits, great pay","Great benefits, great pay, good team atomophrere.","Bad schedules, nothing else except that",More coaching with other team members,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37972,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Awesome perks. Team felt like family. Plenty of opportunity for job growth. Top notch training. You can travel within the company.,Difficulty squeezing every diagnostics and solution into the same time quota. More training on positioning at On point.,Continue to invest in your employees growth. The encouragement motivates the team to be their best!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37973,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Specialist,Senior Technical Support Specialist,Great Benefits and on campus services,Better opportunities for Management and Handling of advisors who need coaching. Better opportunities for Advisors in promotions.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37974,apple,none," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Project Manager,"Great products, poor retail field leadership","Great products, environment that encourages learning and fast paced environment. The peer group is great at teaching and encouraging new technology. Working alongside talented, smart people makes you want to better yourself. Helping customers solve problems is rewarding.","Retail middle management. The cultural vision of the CEO and Retail president stops at the regional level. Everything below that is just like every other retailer. Favoritism, lack of compassionate leadership, inept HR and non-inspirational leadership is rampant. They take internal employee surveys and have some of the worst scores yet no one looks at middle management. CEO pushes his political agenda via email and those who don't like it stay quiet because of the money they make. HR makes up things as they go. There's no consistent messaging and one person can be written up for something and another can be passed over. I'm surprised there's not been more lawsuits. Sadly even while I was with Apple retail I steered previous peers away from interviewing. I didn't want them to say I didn't tell them.",Stop the dog and pony traveling shows and read the employee survey comments. Dig in and assess the regional level. You've got a real disconnect between yourselves and them. ......or maybe you just want them to be the fall guys and what you say in the training videos and at national meetings is fluff?,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37975,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,IOS tech/cust sup lvl 3,"Great benefits, great on campus training",off site not as appealing as it sounds. Little room for growth. Minimal engagement between TM's and advisors,"Generate a better experience for advisors, create incentives",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37976,apple,"Lorton, VA"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,it was decent,"discounts were great, got discounts on almost all apple products and the benefits other than discounts were amazing like the apple stock plan",it was a mess the store wasnt very well organized some employees didnt want to work or greet customers rather they sat in the back and did nothing,be more organized,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37977,apple,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Escaltation Engineer,-Great people to work with -Benifits and bonuses are some of the best out there -Good salaries,-Company still tries to act like a startup -Often you can’t get things done without involving a large number or people or going high up in the chain.,Give employees more power to make decisions.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37978,apple,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Quality Manager,Great 401K and medical benefits Very smart people Fast moving company Monetary support for carrying out programs and projects,Very specific job roles Poor new manager training programs Poor information sharing between different groups Can be difficult to get visibility with Executives,Improve training programs for new managers System for sharing information between teams,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37979,apple,none," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great Pay Great Benefits Growth potential,Always Busy Not a clear growth path,Listen to your employees more,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P135.htm
37980,apple,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,Teamwork environment and fun place to work,favoritism plagues the company culture,promote people based on merit,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37981,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Pro,Best Retail Job,"Apple retail is the best retail job out there. Apple attracts the best people and they are all incredibly smart. If you work hard, you’ll move up quickly. Apple pays well — for a retail job. 75% of the customers are great. The employee stock purchase program is incredible, and the health insurance is the same for retail employees as it is for corporate employees. The tuition reimbursement program is an incredible benefit that put me through grad school. The benefits are the reason most people stay for years.","For those who think you’ll move into a corporate job, think again. This is a retail job. The glass ceiling is real. 25% of the time you’ll be left spinning your wheels.","Mentoring and Coaching needs to take a central position in employment development. As Apple retail evolves it will be inevitable for the culture to adapt. However, consider the employees as internal customers and treat them with care.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37982,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,The Best In Retail,-This is the best job in retail you could ever ask for. -Really fun people -Great benefits -Fair pay,-Your schedule is at the mercy of the needs of the business. Making a somewhat regular schedule means sacrificing weekends or normal business hours.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37983,apple,none," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great work, smart colleagues, flexible work schedule","Fast Paced, work-life balance heavily variable",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37984,apple,none," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Stock options. Discounts on products.,Pay isn't great. Scheduling can be limiting.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37985,apple,none," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer relations,"Apple has a people mentality , they want to bring out the best in everyone. Since I was young I know helping people was what I wanted to do, I get that at Apple.","My job is not face to face, which is what I love.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37986,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Great place,Active work and positive work environment,Management needs to keep up with employees and their needs,"Work on making things happen with employees (scheduling, transfers, new hires, etc).",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37987,apple,"Buffalo, NY"," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple is losing focus,Well above average pay and benefits are great for students,"Unrealistic expectations, no work life balance",Management needs to listen to its employees and actually attempt to personify what the credo is supposed to stand for.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37988,apple,"Modesto, CA"," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Creative,"Great people, great experience, crazy hours","Everyone in the building is apart of a team, they even make it a point to welcome anyone new in a high peer-to-peer feedback environment.","The hours are crazy. Most of the time, you’ll never get the same schedule twice. Sometimes I wish there wasn’t so much secrecy and confidentiality within the company too.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37989,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AppleCare College Program (At-Home Advisor),"Pay, prestige, interesting, fun, easy","odd hours, high expectations, redundant",Management needs to spend more time training on the software instead of how to give customer service,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P136.htm
37990,apple,none," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Great pay and fast paced. The work can be really rewarding.,long hours and many groups/management are very political.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
37991,apple,none," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,Great learning environment and management seems to want you to progress.,Hard to move up to management,"Consider previous job work even after being hired in, it feels like starting over and nothing I did before moving to the company matters.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
37992,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Content Producer,Good environment. Development moves slowly in some departments.,"Excellent company to have on resume, good environment, smart people, great benefits- health insurance is high quality with low cost.","Some employees stay on their jobs for many years, limiting upward mobility. It is hard to find how to get things done, as it is not common to publish job responsibilities internally.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
37993,apple,none," Dec 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great enviorment,Quality products you can easily recommend to benefit customers without having the pressure of making the sale.,I have no cons really,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
37994,apple,none," Dec 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Home advisor,Everyone is always excited and friendly Diverse team Managers can be motivating and help you seek other opportunities Pushes you to be self-disciplined Great benefits and pay,Stricter scheduling I was switching mangers often and it was draining sometimes Directly speaking to angry/impatient customers can be exhausting at times,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
37995,apple,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer for embedded systems,"Benefits, good stock options and cafeteria",Work life balance at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
37996,apple,none," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pyramid scheme and not sharing,name that it is famous,they do not respect lower level people at all,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
37997,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good,"free food,apple care,free gym,everything is good","too strict,i think that is all, i like apple ,that is why i am in here.",more green food maybe,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
37998,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - IOS Technical Specialist,iOS Technical Specialist,Co-workers are some of the most talented people I have ever worked with.,"Working with the public can be exhausting, at the retail level.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
37999,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Chat Representative,good,"good salary, work from home, dependable schedule. good benefits, nice equipment and discounts. looks great on a resume. industry leader","low raises, working holidays, high pressure. high standards they want me to add more words so here i am typing more stuff out. lame",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P137.htm
38000,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 3, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Support Specialist,"Apple Buys You, Then Owns You.","Decent/good pay, good benefits, great 401k, product and service discount, and the opportunity to work from home. They have a full cafe and gym for employees.","Anything and everything. Countless system issues, poor/two-faced management at all levels, ZERO work life balance, you will be/are a slave working here. In the beginning the job will appear as it's the best thing there is, but over time it will affect your physical and mental health. Inter-office relationships between departments and HR make it impossible to voice your complaints - nothing gets done. You're watched/timed in EVERYTHING you do, from going to the restroom to how you should be documenting your cases. Management give no positive feedback, it's always nitpicking and finger-pointing. The products are great but the entire company is operated by a management with poor decision making that affects the employees and the customers. You can encounter cool employees but nobody can be trusted - employees are often there to pretend to be cool with you so they snitch on you later. To an outsider looking in, it's a great company and people imagine that it's a dream to work for but on the inside it's a completely different story. Working here may fit some people's lifestyle in the beginning but that will change over time. It's getting worse with more changes that allows apple to have more control over its employees.",Restructuring the entire company.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38001,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Corporate Security Officer,Corporate Security,"Great diversity, interesting work environment.",Cut throat back stabbing within the ranks!,"Focus on tasks @ hand, not every single flaw a employee has.",2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38002,apple,"Winston-Salem, NC"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Decent company,"Apple has great benefits, that include affordable medical, dental, and vision. Some added perks are free 200GB of iCloud storage, and free Apple gear. They also have flexible work schedules.","They have a huge lack of diversity. The higher you advance, the more you notice the evident lack of promotion to people of color and women.",none,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38003,apple,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A strong company to work for.,"PTO, great benefits, high hourly pay.",Difficulty with transfers and limited set days off.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38004,apple,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At first it was an exciting job to work for then after a few months I see the apple juice doesn’t taste all that great.,Some of the most talented co workers everyone has an hobby or passion outside of work and they’re great at it it’s awesome to see some very talented people.,The discount could be better but instead you get a 25% off one time and a 500 epp plus which be only used once every three years. Hate that!,Please be really genuine about people instead of pretending and also Please support is better....,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38005,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Cool,"Great place to work, great people, awesome benefits.",Its retail-don't expect holidays or weekends off,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38006,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job while pursuing a professional degree,Great benefits and flexible scheduling. There is a great relationship between peers. You make great and lasting friendships. No prior Apple knowledge required for employment,Growth is very difficult and lack of development conversations. Leadership isn’t as supportive as peer to peer. Retail expects you to work to live. It is a very demanding environment with little work life balance. Lack of empathy and more business driven environment than employee driven. It’s a numbers driven business. The passion that Steve Jobs believed in has disappeared,Listen to your people more. Understand what it’s like to work in others shoes. You make more money but it doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate and understand other roles and the dedication it takes to do other jobs,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38007,apple,"Willow Glen, CA"," Dec 23, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Sr. Project Manager,"Cutting edge products, a lot of excitement, never too slow","The hours are so intensive, the work/life balance is hard manageable",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38008,apple,none," Dec 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Very casual yet professional work environment.,"Few locations - unfortunately, they are where they are.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38009,apple,none," Dec 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,"Teamwork, Training, culture, management, discounts",Work life balance isn’t always great and they could pay more based on the demand.,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P138.htm
38010,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An environment for hard working geeks,"Tons of senior experienced engineers to learn from, especially for people looking for hardware engineering as a career path. A solid company on earth to learn ""execution"". Hard and long working hour folks get rewards. Fancy on your resume. Free dinner if you work on site lately.",Absolutely no work-life balance. Politics affects decision. Arrogant people. You won't get time to think through what you are doing because of the ridiculous timeline and micromanaging.,Truely pay attentions to your employee's thoughts. Give some room for discussions whenever project decisions are made.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38011,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place for an aggressive developer,The quality of work is good Lot of avenues for learning and growing The pay is above the industry average,Really bad work culture Borderline HR violations in interactions Very difficult to move to a different role No access to senior management Strictly enforced hierarchy Surprisingly tight fisted about benefits and perks,Listen to lower tier employees on a regular basis and try to do something about the suggestions given. Try to fix some of the really toxic pockets in the company.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38012,apple,"Edina, MN"," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Minnesota passive aggression towards people of color,"The team you lead will be the most rewarding experience of your life, they will teach you priceless lessons and you will become the leader you were meant to be","I was terminated for “misconduct” long story short I defended a fellow manager and employee from a customer who was claiming we are racist (mine You I’m a person of color as well) he ended up calling our corporate office and it lead to my termination, I assure you I did nothing wrong, but better to sacrifice the one manager of color, then stick up for him doing the right thing.","Try to put yourselves in the shoes of a person of color, who has seen aggression you can’t even imagine, and try to fight for us when we need you most",2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38013,apple,none," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Best place to work at,"Work environment, co-workers and management.","Rude customers, standing all day and location of the store.",You are our pillars for self improvement.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38014,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Support,Good but room for improvement,"Annual performance reviews for pay increases, health benefits, 401k, fitness reimbursement, adoption assistance, and schedule options for work at home.","Work and life balance is bad, change in schedule every 90 days makes planning anything very difficult, management needs a lot of improvement, internal interviews are the worst I have ever seen, not much advancement from support side.","Management needs to be changed! Better work-life balance. More advancement options, internal interviews needs a drastic change!",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38015,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cons outweigh the Pros by a landslide,"Would only recommend if you are 18 in college and looking for career growth with a technology company:  Awesome co-workers, no dress code, judgement free, great benefits: medical, dental, optical, gym reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, store gift card and discounts for both part time and full time employees.","Extremely negative work environment*** - Everyone, both customers and employees are miserable. Written all over everyones face. Energy is so negative its hard not to absorb it.  0 work life balance. - No such thing as availability, required to have open availability weekdays and weekends. Typical shifts are 12:30-9:30, 1:30-10:30, 11-8.  CONSTANTLY HAVING TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS: - Wait times for appointments being HOURS for same-day service and at least a week for book-from-home. - Repair prices typically starting at $149+ tax for failures entirely out of the customers control. Devices fail for no reason frequently. If the customer is outside one year without extended warranty 0 exceptions are made and the customer has to pay out of pocket. The company has grown so massively, the products are made in massive increments and not with close attention to detail. - Customers losing all of their precious information (contacts, photos, text messages etc) because they don't know how to backup their information.  Customer expectations are high and they feel entitled - belittling constantly - angry customers cursing - getting called names solely because you were the shirt and work for the company  Compensation - They start you higher than the average retailer but for what you have to deal with and for how much the company makes daily, weekly, annually.. its actually a joke. - After taxes and benefits get taken out, only average $10-12 an hour. Constantly having sales and business goals to meet but no commission or incentives based on fantastic performance. Average sales were over $100,000 a month and you see absolutely nothing. - Annual raise is a mere .40 cents","Steve built the company based around its people, which it has strayed so so so far from. They changed the credo for christ sake. Stop being so customer focused and start caring about the employees well being. Respect peoples availability, that people have lives and do not live and breathe apple. Pay more.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38016,apple,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company culture and benefits,Best benefits I have ever had from any company,At times they are strict with schedules and hours,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38017,apple,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Team,Teaches strong skills that can apply to any field,"Poor work life balance Hard to move up due to lack of movement within the retail environment No real reason to try to overperform, you get the same rate as the guy next to you who does nothing. Unrealistic expectations of crew members, especially given the lower rate of pay","If you have better results, treat your people better. Create more opportunities to grow for retail employees. Pay the people on your team who work hard and go above and beyond what they deserve.",5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38018,apple,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple specialist,I like it because you make money,Working overtime a lots of fun,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38019,apple,"Portland, OR"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great work environment, amazing perks even for a part-timer, competitive wages. Amazing team.",The cut of hours during the holidays is rough for a part-timer. Moving up in the retail setting seems difficult because there isn't much opportunity.,"I know this out of their control somewhat, but more opportunities to grow certain skills would be great.",5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P139.htm
38020,apple,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Company,Very open communication and feedback environment. Always room for improvement and upward mobility within company.,Depending on the location you may enjoy it or not. Mall stores are horrible. Lack in organization in malls.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38021,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 21, 2017",Former Employee - Worldwide Developer Relations,Depends what you're looking for,- Benefits are quite nice for single employees - Free buses from pretty much every corner of the larger Bay Area,"- salary is medium to low - a raise is essentially off the table - rigid organizational structure, to a fault - very little space for creativity and innovation - growth is slow to nonexistent - employees at the department are hugely undervalued and underestimated - no possibility of working remotely or on Apple busses - extremely long hours + unpredictable schedule","Place more value on your employees, they are your most valuable assets",4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38022,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Apple Retail,"Great benefits,competitive pay, great people to work with.",Management is horrendous and very obvious favoritism. HR will not help you unless it’s part of an agenda for the managers. You better be good at brown nosing if you want to move up.,Look into your retail management and listen to your hard working retail employees. Loosing a lot of great hard working people because of management. Seeing as how they only promote people that kiss up you’ll never break the cycle unless you take a good look and clean house,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38023,apple,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,Terrible Organization to work for!!!!,Great benefits Great Pay Work From Home,Management is incompetent Favoritism No balance with work Overly Stressful,"Better train management. When I worked there, my first manager announced to my team during a team meeting that I was being promoted to another department and then I got an email stating the position went to someone else. When I asked the manager, he told me he ""Assumed"" I had gotten the position but was not really sure. Managers get rotated often. My second manager never knew the answers to any policies or technical support questions because she was an outside hire. The support is not always there. Managers need to actually train and learn the information to better support their team.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38024,apple,none," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Not what it used to be,"Some of the best people you will ever work with, fantastic training, amazing knowledge","Management is inconsistent, policies aren't fair to customers, long hours, underpaid for the work that is being done",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38025,apple,none," Jan 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract Manager,Always something different to learn in a fast paced environment with colleagues willing to help,Poor communication from management and lack of resources,Understand the work of the team and implement change when suggested by employees,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38026,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 19, 2017",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Passionate people striving for big things,Team was incredibly smart. Impactful work. Lean organization leads to significant opportunity. Supportive environment. Global reach in every thing you do.,"Cupertino is a bubble, so hard to stay on top of tech and life outside of Apple. Great Pay made off equity, and Apple doesn’t promote aggressively.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38027,apple,none," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job & awesome benefits!,"Great working environment, amazing staff!","Sometimes long hours, but nothing too bad",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38028,apple,none," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,advisor,good company and great benefits,pay could be a little better,none management is great and easy to talk to.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38029,apple,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,"Fast paced, cutting edge environment, really smart co-workers...",They often hire externally rather than promoting from within...,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P140.htm
38030,apple,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but its not for everyone,Competitive compensation and great benefits,Fast paced environment that isn't suitable for all people.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38031,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Mobiles Technician,Good health benefits and stock buying options for full and part time employees.,Working at the Genius Bar can be very hectic and stressful,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38032,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Corporate Employee,think twice,in many cases the other employees are brilliant and fun (try to avoid the obnoxious and arrogant ones) and it is a nice environment,"managers are under immense pressure to meet deadlines and keep costs low so they bully and belittle their employees trying to threaten us into more work. The company innovates so fast that they cannot train employees, the hire for the best skill set.","training! Make these managers take management classes, tie a % of their bonuses to reviews by their employees. And hire managers who know how to motivate and lead teams!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38033,apple,none," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow,"Discount, Insurance, Organization, and Hours",A lot of frustrated costumers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38034,apple,none," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer,clear focus on innovation but only limited to products,There is not easily a clear career path within the company,Should not restrict employees’ innovation based on job level/title.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38035,apple,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASIC Design Engineer,Get to work on the latest technology with smart and motivated co-workers. Good overall compensation and benefits.,"No work/life balance, work most evening and weekends, easy to get burnt out. Not really any chance to try out different roles. Not very flexible in terms of being able to work from home.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38036,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Excellent Culture and Management,"The culture with this company is one of a kind. Management invests time, thought, and effort in all of their employees. When working in an Apple retail store, it does not feel like retail. Apple gives you invaluable tools to succeed, and progress within the company, or to expand elsewhere.","Although expected, working retail hours were not always that wonderful. The employees and management made it worth it.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38037,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Great place to work as a filler for next job.,Great people to work with. Good salary for retail. Great benefits!!! Feels like a true family. Great discounts!! Opportunities to move to corporate,Not always the best organization from management down. Things change often and communication not always best. At times there is too much ambiguity,Better communication.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38038,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Benefits, stock plan, employee discount, 401K, commuter assistance",The pay at the time (which I think since then has gotten better since 2015) was difficult to live on for the cost of living in that city / for the job description.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38039,apple,none," Dec 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Idek,Some of the best things in life are free. That's a lie. Most things cost money including new iPhones. Sometimes they are worth it. Other times they are worth it.,Long hours. Shifts could sometimes become busy depending on the night. Coworkers always asking you to cover weekends because college is college.,Start giving phones out for free. Customers really feel appreciated when you give them things. I gave my favorite customer an iPad mini for three dollars.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P141.htm
38040,apple,none," Dec 30, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,It’s all about the people,"-You’ll work with the most amazing people. You will meet some of the smartest, talented and unique people -great benefits -fast paced environment -some discounts on gadgets","-scheduling is rough. Weekends and holidays obviously but good luck seeing any consistency in days/shifts, it’s always a crapshoot. -Favoritism runs deep so buddy up with your store leader if you wish to move up. They’ve added some new positions over the last year to increase the length of the ladder but in reality there’s not a lot of room for vertical growth besides looking at Management. -retail employees get the short end of the stick compared to corporate employees. -it can get a bit overwhelming on the weekends. Prepare to multi-help -attendance policy sucks because you have no grace period yet you will almost always stay over 5-40 minutes, sometimes longer. -hour lunches. Sure that’s nice at times, but most retail employees have a decent commute and that hour lunch just adds to a long day",-treat the people that are the meat-shields for the company as you would a corporate employee. They have more time off around the holidays and accrue more vacation time than those who work retail.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38041,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great Experience,Great pay and customer interaction,Long hours and no room for growth,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38042,apple,none," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Projects are challenging and benefits are good,Work life balance is a struggle,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38043,apple,"Brooklyn, NY"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Avoid the Williamsburg, Brooklyn location","Benefits are amazing! They give every employee a $100 monthly travel allowance via Wage Works... Great medical, dental and vision coverage. Offer you stock options at a reduced rate.","Work/Life balance at the Williamsburg location was inexcusable and if the Store Leader deemed you as one who did not embody the stores ""Brooklyn Values"" (a non-measurable irrelevant non-job related way of rating you) you were not given opportunities to grow, transfer or move upward).","Apple Williamsburg/Brooklyn is run in a manner outside the true nature, values and credo that Apple as a whole runs their business.",4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38044,apple,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Care trainer and senior tech leader,"Great benefits even for (at home) AHA employees,",experience varies greatly by manager. A certain understandable wall exists as a AHA employee,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38045,apple,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Great people, tons of fun working there",During the weekends gets a bit too hectic at times,Staff more people on the weekends to spread out the work evenly,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38046,apple,none," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager - Retail,"Benefits, people, light atmosphere, money",If you aren't a minority it's hard to advance,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38047,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Technician,Engineer technician,"Benefits, Meaningful work, co-workers, work environment, profitable, friendly, & approachable.",policies are too strict & their management style is lacking.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38048,apple,none," Dec 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,Great creative environment and super supportive company.,Unpredictable shifts make working while starting a family a challenge.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38049,apple,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Hard times climbing the latter of success,"Very few and far between. The pros that do exist, the company does capitalized. Good benefit, Stock options...etc","Obscured leadership, not a real game plan to execute. Inconsistent source of support, lots of compliancies within the ranks. Development is suppose to be the ultimate priority, but leadership will claim that development is not as important and productivity.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P142.htm
38050,apple,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist At the Genius Bar,"There is not a better retail company in terms of how they treat their people, they make sure you know that you’re valued",Amazing benefits Growth environment Fun environment while still maintaining the goal of making it the best place to shop,"Not many opportunities to advance, in store or out of store. Rolls only open every so often and some never. Retail schedule sucks, Monday through Friday is the dream.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38051,apple,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Working at apple means you are working at one of the best companies in the world.,Intense environment filled with so many smart people.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38052,apple,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Benefits, discount, culture and diversity",Development and overall management team,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38053,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great for students!,The Part-time benefits are absolutely incredible and they dont make it feel like a typical retail environment.,Depending on the store the management can be brutal.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38054,apple,none," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Associate,"Smart colleagues, good perks, great products",lower than average pay rate,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38055,apple,"Naperville, IL"," Dec 9, 2017",Former Employee - Lead Genius,Great Place to Work,- Training and Development - Benefits - People - Always Busy,- Always Busy - Working retail hours - Limited opportunities for advancement outside of retail locally,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38056,apple,none," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As good as a retail job can get,"Great benefits, pay is great, love the company.",Even being part time you still need to have very good availability. They will generally work you 25-35 hours a week.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38057,apple,none," Dec 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mask design,leading edge technology but must be able to quickly adapt to the fast paced environment,too much work and little time for family,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38058,apple,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,"Great team to work with,. Exciting environment.","Retail hours, hard to plan",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38059,apple,"Maiden, NC"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Logistics Coordinator,Logistics Coordinator,"Dresscode, Fresh Fruit, Respect they give their employees.",Nothing wrong at all if you hired fulltime.,Bring on employees that are consistent in their respected fields.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P143.htm
38060,apple,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company culture,personal discounts & discounts for friends&family,little upward mobility in the store,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38061,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail Review,The Benefits are amazing! The people are too. Work-life balance is the best.,"The pay for specialists, including experts and pros, is low when compared to other positions that get paid much higher. As large as Apple is, the salaries could be better.","The sales floor is where the money is made....add incentives, bring pay up, and promote from within.",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38062,apple,none," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,Great people to work with,"Long hours, Project usually don't go through",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38063,apple,"Bloomington, MN"," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great to their Employees, Usual Problems with Retail Positions",great starting compensation wonderful co-workers generally good management benefits for part time stock buy back program discounts,less than ideal hours customers can be difficult high stress environment,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38064,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Order Support Specialist,Great Place to work,Great people and great casual atmosphere,I have no negative comments,Disclosing more information in regards to applying for jobs.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38065,apple,"Omaha, NE"," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Pro,Great Company,"Amazing benefits, great opportunities to grow within the company.","A lot is expected of your role, even entry-level positions. Must be a people person.",Continue to take an active interest in your employees lives.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38066,apple,none," Dec 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My opinion of Apple employment,Exceptional pay and good travel policy,Horrid work environment. Money makes people greedy and willing to do anything to get ahead and reap monetary rewards,Learn to use people more efficiently. Hiring a huge staff is not an effective means to success,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38067,apple,none," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,So much to say,"Every day team members, 3rd party discounts","No advancement, poor management, low pay, limited staff support, extreme stress, no training.","Pay people what they are worth and stop giving stock as a “raise” and then only allow full vest after 3 years. Pay 100% healthcare for ALL, you can afford it. Refocus on employees instead of bottom dollar. Hire more staff to support the customer demands. Listen to your employees. More action, less talk on training.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38068,apple,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple is what you expect,products used by billions of people,"high pressure environment, not easy to move between divisions",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38069,apple,none," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Well known employer concerned about protecting propritary information.,"Innovation is rewarded, beer bashes were held every few months, and Apple is a well known for innovative products.",Concerns about protecting confidential information can create delays and make new employees feel untrusted.,"While protecting confidential information is essential, balance that need against creating delays and the impact on moral.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P144.htm
38070,apple,"Lehigh Valley, PA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Technician,Technical Specialist,Starting salary and many opportunities in all levels of the company. They take your opinions in to consideration.,No real cons to mention.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38071,apple,"Portland, ME"," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Loved working for Apple,- Awesome work environment -Inclusive Benefits,-High expectations from customer base,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38072,apple,none," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,"The company was amazing, as are the people who work there.","I didn't have any cons at all, one of the best companies I've ever worked for",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38073,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company to work for. Treats employees well.,Quality products. Company with strong values. Good starting pay. Good leadership for the most part. A company that makes you enjoy working for them.,In a retail position so holidays are insane. Customers can be overwhelming. Hourly rate for specialist position. Hard to move up in this position.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38074,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Always challenging, never boring working with some of the brightest people I've ever known.",I'm surrounded by ridiculously smart people everyday that constantly challenge me to do my best. Good employee benefits. Leadership I feel confident in. Tough but rewarding work.,Moving around within the company needs to be easier. More development and growth opportunities.,Greater investment in internal HR systems.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38075,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,"Great benefits, good pay, decent management","Work holidays and late hours, management is constantly changing",Keep a manager with their team for more than a few weeks,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38076,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Great company to work for everyone has positive thinking,looking for one from last year.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38077,apple,none," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,WW channel programs mgr,global experience and great products,"Lack of accountability, internal politics, lack of accountability",Apple is missing an opportunity to address this part of business,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38078,apple,none," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Creative,Working with Apple was great. I was fortunate enough to be able to max out my contributions to 401k and stock options plane,They changed their policies and procedures and caring for their employees.,Take a look at what made Apple retail great and go back to some of those initiatives.,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38079,apple,none," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst - Budget Coordinator,Well compensated Great career opportunities Numerous campus life events and social groups,Strict management Performance evaluation is too dependent on your team,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P145.htm
38080,apple,none," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Zone Specialist,"Benefits, staff, work environment, great work life balance. You are surrounded by great people and a company who cares about its consumers AND employees. Enriching the lives of everyone is Applee's motto.",management (sometimes). Not enough hours if youre part time.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38081,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Dec 19, 2017",Former Employee - Trainer,Test and repair department at Apple,"It's easy to work there, easy to get into the interview",Boring place to work,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38082,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Dec 19, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,Managers play favorites,Leaving and the discounts on electronics Great people Good benefits for part timer students. Flexible hours but be prepared to be bombarded with obvious retail questions and being blamed for everything wrong with the world,Basically would find one manager who says one thing then another who does the opposite. Everyone knows who they are  Clients are terrible (especially in short hills)  Seriously. Short hills residents are hell  Apples open secret about new products. Everyone knows and reads the leaks but you have to pretend youve never heard of a new iphone 2 days before it is announced.,Either follow all of the “guidelines” or dont. Stop playing favorites.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38083,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Ios Developer Support,Apple Developer Support,"Apple do like to spend money on their employees to make them feel appreciated. We had once a month beer bashes, they leave care packages on our desks (that has snacks and drinks inside). Their employee enrichment program really does make work fun at times. They allow us to play music and use Facebook during break. Money was good for that level of work. And plus it is Apple.",I did feel like i was constantly watched. I got questioned for going to the bathroom for longer than 5 minutes. Their rule really make it hard to get time off. There is a system that punishes people for taking too much time off. I can see how that is good for an organization but it is a little excessive. I feel like I had a job opportunity that was killed by office politics.,If you promise your subordinates the room to grow then you should really let them. Or you will just end up loosing great employees. Because when you kill people’s transfer they will find other ways to leave.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38084,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Firsthand for the decline of a great place to work.,"Health benefits, 401k matching, stock options, great fellow coworkers, use to get great gifts and discounts. Still get some discounts but not as before.",Management micro manages WAY too much. Many managers are bullies. Current store leaders do not care about staff. Apple has become about the dollar and not the user/employee. Had a great credo when began and that is now dead.,Wake up and get back to your old ways. When employees were all treated equally and were treated as adults not children.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38085,apple,none," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,"Great people, management and corporate leadership could be better","Excellent benefits for retail, cool products, awesome coworkers","Top-down approach to innovation, field was rarely used as a source for development feedback. Not a lot of opportunities to go from retail division to other areas of the company. Tough hours for holiday season (but that's a given with retail).","Focus more efforts on internal development by removing bottlenecks for proven performers. Market leadership should focus on identifying, moderating, and reducing leadership and management politics, which affects innovation and employee morale.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38086,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Great job. But not a long time career.,Benefits Team Members Pay for an entry level retail job.,Promotions happen at a very slow pace.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38087,apple,none," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work For,Great benefits and pay along with remote work,Have no cons for this position,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38088,apple,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,at home advisor,great company and at home,you're by yourself all the time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38089,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Product Design Engineer,"Tons of resources, lots of really smart people. You're working on products that millions of customers will eventually have in their hands.","Lots of type-A people you have to work with, definitely feel like a cog in the wheel. Company doesn't make you feel like you're important. Lots of corporate bureaucracy and disorganization as far as management goes - very much figure it out on your own type of attitude. Poor leadership because of lack of training and promoting people who are hard-nosed and many times lack empathy and people skills. Very little mentorship and career advancement opportunities, and poor work life balance for the most part.","Have a more open work environment where employees feel like they can share their issues and are actually being listened to as opposed to pretending like you care but then disregarding or completely ignoring issues that are right in front of your face. Treat your employees like they matter, and they will be more loyal and work harder for you. There' s a reason why there's a high turnover rate.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P146.htm
38090,apple,none," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Direct Dispatch,Great place great benefits,Sometimes you just had too much streess. but it was not all the time.,hire more peopel,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38091,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Great company!,Many opportunities and awsome learning experiences,Intense work environment. Very competitive.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38092,apple,none," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gets better every day,Stock. Excellent engineers. Just brilliance everywhere you look.,Closed wall so a lot of secrecy leads to duplicated projects.,Open the doors and let more open source flow in,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38093,apple,none," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Advisor,Great benefits and discounts for devices are amazing.,Not a lot of schedule flexibility.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38094,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Apple care advisor,You get to tell people you work from Apple. You get a nice discount on a computer every 3 years . Benefits are ok lots of companies with better benefits. Don’t be sucked in,Work life balance was terrible never saw family on holidays. You never work the same schedule for more than 6 months. The managers drink the koolaid way too hard and are most of the time unqualified to even be managers. The job is great for a year but just like everyone who does it you will get burnt out and will start to hate your life. That is guaranteed!!! I’ve never seen so many people take off on leave because they needed to get out and reset for a little while or so many people complain about hating their job.Like double digits of people out. Every month. There is no chance of upward movement because Apple likes to make people do jobs and not pay them for it. Lot of rotation shifts so that they never have to pay you more for doing more work. You do the same thing everyday answering phone calls and the only motivation you have is to get off the phones. Oh you do get 3-6% raises every year which is almost laughable . The day I left was one of the greatest feelings I’ve had in a long time . There were days when I would rather take off and not get paid then go to work and hate my life. Think about that,"Relax the job is not that serious... if it was, you would be paying your employees what they deserve. Offer some sort of bonus or motivation other than “ you get to be at the top of schedule bids” lmao",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38095,apple,none," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASC Fulltime,Has great pay and work life balance,With high standards comes micro-management,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38096,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Specialist,Amazing coworkers. Apple picks the best people.,"As with any retail position, dealing with difficult customers.",Make sure your employees feel supported during difficult customer interactions rather than sending them back into the fire with a few suggestions.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38097,apple,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CultLike,"Good benefits, decent pay and great products. They generally hire some very great people.","Cult, lies to employees and customers alike. A lot of nepotism and playing favorites. Extremely Difficult to move up no matter what your experience. The company is not anything like it says it is. Environmental parriahs.","Make your company even better by actually doing what you pretend to do, supporting your employees. Loved the people I worked with for the most part, minus the management.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38098,apple,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,Fun company to work for,There is no work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38099,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - GSM,GSM,"You get to work on the technology products with the largest volumes, and some of the best designs. The iPhone is still the best smartphone, and the company is still trying to make their other products worthwhile.","Your back is always against the wall, because you never know when someone will try and put a knife in it.","Stop rewarding lying, throwing people under the bus, etc...",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P147.htm
38100,apple,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,The jobs are very creative.,The job is too Busy,no,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38101,apple,"Anchorage, AK"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the company......,The company really cares about their product and people,"Work schedule requirements (different requirements for different individuals), Lack of growth (Alaska is so far from the rest of the US), If you want to move up you have to play your cards right, and lastly what you do in January will be brought up in your review in September.",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38102,apple,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops Specialist,Great work environment everyone is happy,Pay could be way better,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38103,apple,"Germantown, TN"," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Genuis,"good company, metrics driven","great company, good benefits and perks, good potential opportunities","hire initially as part-time employee, retail environment can be stressful",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38104,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Creative Pro,Retail bliss,Apple retail is retail! Having said that as a PT employee the company is quite flexible and accommodating. The best retail job I have done.,Sometimes office politics get in the way of doing really great things.,Trust in the employees that you have hired and groomed over the years.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38105,apple,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Good,"Good working environment, fair pay, extensive training process etc.","Rigid scheduling, required to work every single weekend, RTO is hard to do at times.",More flexible to part-time employees in terms of scheduling.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38106,apple,none," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great co,Don't fire and still hire.,"Don't fire, and promote often based on time at company rather than contribution.",Cut the fat.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38107,apple,"Towson, MD"," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Product Zone Specialist,Great Team Fantastic benefits for a part time position RSU's Sick time,Horrible management Disconnect between Corporate and Retail teams Short Staffed Very hard to get promoted from within,More racial diversity in MGMT would be great Transparency amongst team members for clear communication,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38108,apple,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,It's retail.,Decent part-time benefits. Co workers generally like each other. Good opportunity for advancement or travel if you are an ideal employee.,"Applecare sales goals. Entitled customers. When all the that matters are sales and customer reviews, the only way to differentiate yourself (for a promotion or just to move to another area of the store) is by sucking up to management. Management can be unapologetically dishonest, at least to certain employees.",Do more to play to the individual strengths and interests of employees.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38109,apple,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Awesome Place,Benefits are bar non the best around. Plenty of opportunities to grow,None so far. So far so good,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P148.htm
38110,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software developer,"Very cool environment, latest tech.",Too much secrecy everywhere. Kinda stressful job.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38111,apple,"Albany, NY"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,First Impressions,"Benefits, pay, discounts, great culture","Long hours, always on your feet",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38112,apple,"Miami, FL"," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Business Specialist,"Intelligent, diverse and passionate people.",Dynamic work environment with changing technology solutions and some of the best people to work with. Great benefits ranging from healthcare to stock purchase plan.,Upward mobility is a challenge with no clear personal development path. Was to get caught in the monotony of the job.,Create clear paths to personal development.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38113,apple,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,Good benefits. Decent pay. Great coworkers,Hard to move up. Work politics at play. Management often does not folllow Apple’s culture. Apple is not what it used to be,Less micromanaging,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38114,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 25, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Amazing people to be around, really creatively contagious atmosphere","Management drinks the Kool-aid a little too much, can sometimes not make you feel like a person when running into issues. reads from the same script etc.",Listen more.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38115,apple,"Houston, TX"," Nov 25, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,Fast-paced and ever-changing retail experience with a unique company.,"Excellent health insurance, generous 401k match, charity match, fitness promotions, decent vacation and sick time accrual, opportunities for career experiences and training","Stressful holiday/launch seasons, limited upward mobility, company culture is evolving to be more sales-driven, inconsistent schedule/hours, management choices can be questionable",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38116,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - B2B Sales Consultant,B2B sales,Vibrant fun culture staff is helpful,"Management very conflicted, slow to promote internally, racism","Clean house work for your staff, lead by example, be transparent in reality",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38117,apple,none," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,A Great Place.,"Great benefits, great perks, rewarding and enriching, social environment, able to share skillsets and passions, great team members and management, and great culture.",I don't have any cons to share.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38118,apple,"Hartville, OH"," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At-Home AppleCare - Not as good as it sounds,"-Great pay and benefits relative to the work. -Managers will hear you out, they do not ignore complaints, but ultimately there is little they can do. -Discounts on products, including a significant one you get to use every 3 years.","I am going to start with how it feels to work here. First I should say, I LIKE Apple products and own one or two. That being said, the culture at Apple feels like a professional cult. There is a definite feeling of being watched... all of the time, and then being ""corrected"" whenever you think the wrong way. Examples:  -Chats being monitored - any negative statements are immediately addressed by a manager you were not even talking to. (e.g. saying in a chat ""I am pissed that I am not allowed to request Christmas off"" will be followed by a manager messaging you and saying ""Let's remember to keep things positive!"") -Your call/phone status is always on a timer.. including going ""idle"" (which is what you have to do if you need to go to the bathroom or something so you don't miss a call) and if you are idle for more than 3 minutes.. well you be contacted by the manager monitoring you that day. -Your issued iMac is setup to allow a manager to view your screen at any time without notification to you, so you never know when they are looking at your screen. -Recorded calls -Constant feeling of secrets you cannot know, like being assigned new managers every 2-3 months, or having teams broken up and re-assigned for not obvious reason.  The list gets longer and shorter depending on who your manager is.. some are really invasive and some are really laid back.  Some other more general cons are: -little to no flexibility in schedule, it is basically a lottery on what schedule you get and your requests or availability have no way of being addressed. I asked about moving my schedule to accommodate a single college class and I was told there was no way to do that because they ""do not control the scheduling"". -no break in calls for entirety of shift and no ability to walk away from your at-home desk. -Working holidays is required, they actually have a vacation ""blackout"" period that covers the Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Year's period where you are not even allowed to request vacation. -Only robotic ways of evaluating performance and being rewarded for good performance so if you are doing well, but the simplistic metric system is unable to analyze that.. then you are not doing well and no further opportunities will be presented to you. -Troubleshooting and resolving issues comes last in priorities, with priorities being to keep calls under 15 minutes and manipulate customers into ""feeling"" like they have been helped.. whether you actually solved a problem for them or not.  I actually think in this position, it is somewhat of a necessary evil, because they are ensuring no time is wasted. With as many employees as they have doing this and for the pay they receive.. it is a requirement to ensure that people aren't just slacking off under no supervision in this at-home environment. However.. personally I find it the environment to feel dehumanizing and exhausting.",Be a little less controlling and manipulative.. it is terrible for morale and fulfillment in this position. I started at Apple because I enjoyed helping people resolve issues on their devices and I found that Apple wanted me to mill through and make people FEEL like that received good service even if it was misleading.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38119,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 17, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,A Life-changing Experience,"Working at Apple retail has been a life-changing experience. The demand for excellence at Apple made every day a challenge — as well as an opportunity to grow. I was expecting the drive for excellence, but I was surprised to discover just how human and humane 'Apple DNA' is in regards to accepting mistakes and human frailties.  Apple doesn't expect any employee to be perfect, but rather they expect employees to recognize and acknowledge opportunities to improve, and to grow from those experiences. What they do expect of you as an employee is that you show up to work alert, aware, and engaged in your mission. It's definitely not a environment where you can expect to just 'phone it in' metaphorically speaking.  In my 10+ year career at various Apple Stores I had numerous opportunities to act as a Mentor, facilitating new employee training and onboarding. I would always tell my new employees this: You won't lose your job for making mistakes — not if you apply yourself to acknowledging the opportunity it presents, and grow from it. In fact, I witnessed countless instances that make me believe that Apple values our ability to grow from our mistakes far more than they value our infallibility. I think most of those in leadership positions at Apple believe that if you never make any mistakes then you're probably not trying hard enough.  Yes, you do have to consistently be at the top of your game to have a successful career at Apple, but if you show up everyday ready to do the best work of your life, it's hard not to find yourself genuinely appreciated and rewarded through your efforts.","Working at Apple retail is an extremely high-pressure experience. The demand for service is non-stop. Apple Stores are always busy. Customers would frequently ask me, ""When aren't you this busy?"" My standard humorous response was, ""When we're closed!"" I'd say it with a wink and a smile, but it was essentially the truth!  Out of a 10+ year career at various Apple Stores, I spent about four years as a mobile-device certified technician, (a Family Room Specialist, or FRS for short). Eventually, the daily pressure of dealing with customers' issues with their Apple technology got to be too stressful for me, and I needed to take a medical leave. My store's leadership was very helpful and supportive of me throughout this period, and when I returned even allowed me to transfer to a less stressful sales position (a Specialist in Apple's terminology) without any negative consequences. I was able to speak openly with my coworkers about my anxiety attacks, and never felt unsafe doing so.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P149.htm
38120,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 24, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Manager,"Fun atmosphere, great benefits, great culture","Some petty, political people. If you work for the wrong one, good luck.",Apply more rigor to who you promote. Being good at a job does not necessarily equate being good at the next one up.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38121,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good compensation especially RSU hampers innovation and meritocracy,Good pay and benefits Great opportunities for lateral movement Flat org,"Rare opportunity to move upward as org is relatively flat compared to other large companies No fun perks like free food (even paid food is overpriced and inconsistent) Extremely political with ""tenured"" people staying for decades (thanks to RSUs) and resisting change",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38122,apple,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Producer,Most colleagues are nice and professional. There are some that play more politics then do actual work.,The tools are poorly built and prevent employees from being productive. Difficult to move around and try other jobs.,Remove the people who don't provide value (play more politics than doing actual work). Improve internal tools. Hire better managers - stop promoting people who stroke your ego.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38123,apple,none," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,"Leadership, teammates, culture, products, global presence",Long days and long commute.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38124,apple,"Lincoln, CA"," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Manager,Manager,Coaching and development of hourly employees is great they give you training to do this well. Earn vacation sick and even free pto days throughout the year.,"- can’t take pto that’s planned bc of strict role requirements - often cannot attend holidays, kids or school functions bc of the over demanding role requirements - upper management being brought in is not aligned with Apple values, taking business objectives and goals from Apple trying to implementing it internally which leads to stressed out over worker employees who either get fired or leave. - the pay is not competitive for how much you end up working. On average a AppleCare manager works 12-14 hours daily. Yearly reviews are too harshly weighted resulting in barely 1-3% annual increases. - advancement is tricky. If you want to move into leadership it’s not common knowledge to speak the Apple lingo and spend time frequently networking with upper management. You can spend months or years doing this before being selected for a simple rotation in the next role. - Most of your managers time is spent managing attendance because the hourly employees don’t show up to work. Caliber of hourly employee hired are extremely low way different then the store employees for sure.",Focus on what it will take to re-align with Apples culture. Don’t over work managers but instead fix your interview vetting process to hire better candidates. Same came be said of the employees the managers are in charge of. They are typically unmotivated to be top performing in their role they expect to just be given a promotion.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38125,apple,"Athens, GA"," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor Review,"- Work from home in your pajamas - Flexible hours - Great pay for a college student - Full-time benefits (medical, dental, and vision insurance plus more)",- Highly dependent on customer reviews : Sometimes you receive the bad reviews that were even meant for you due to call transfers! - No big incentives on staying past the one year contract,"Continue talking and meeting with your College Advisors, take feedback on the improvements that they would like to see within the program as this will increase the retainment rate per year. Otherwise, good job.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38126,apple,"Exeter, PA"," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Great Innovative Company,I loved the great pay and employee benefits as well as a flexible schedule. Getting to work with the latest technology didn’t hurt either,I really had no complaints while working there I just wish I could have had my own franchise !! Oh well,Keep up the good job and make sure the employees stay happy. Always good advice,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38127,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Business Leader,Beautiful Disaster,"Culture, People, Freedom, Trust, Great Technology",New ire executives that do not understand the culture. Coming from clothing stores and trying to change the world while eliminating positions.,"Get back to the core values Steve built this company on. Apple 12 years ago felt like it was magical, walking into work every day was a gift, not a requirement. It no longer feels that way, after 9 wonderful years (the last 3 horrible) and working with the best leaders imaginable I had to leave. This had nothing to do with my leaders it had to do with executive decisions. Watching ""Business"" disappear from retail stores and the idea that business was no longer important or could be streamlined was my last straw. When the customers began communicating negative experiences and I would send them up the chain -- I never received ONE response. One specific customer who had an annual spend of 1.3 million dollars.",2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38128,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,Apple does know how to hire great people. I have made some great relationships.,"One word “Retail”. You work most holidays, weekends etc. Work - Life balance non-existent. Pay for Genius is very low. They expect so much from their people but the wages do not come close to the amount of work expected.",Work on family life for employees. Salary range for a Genius 40k. Really.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38129,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Care Representative,Horrible place to work if you have a family.,"It’s a nice campus, you will spend more than you make if you use the campus facilities. Good location Decent benefits","Drinking alcohol is encouraged, if you chose your family over going to happy hour, the leadership will hold it against you.  I had a young family member pass away from a vehicle accident and was told that, “It is dark that I am bringing it up and was refused time off.  There is no sense of customer service, instead you are told to give concessions to appease customers, but than you will receive corrective action for giving concessions away.  Coercion and special treatment run rampant depending again on where you fall on their social ladder.  There was a representative sitting in 3 inches of water at her desk with exposed electrical outlets due to her being afraid to leave her desk for fear of what the company would do if she chose her personal safety over her job. Even with water flooding the floor from a leaking fire valve. Even building maintenance requested her to move.  Best feeling I ever had was to walk out of the doors of the Austin, Tx offices for the last time.","Total liquidation of current leadership or better education for the ones that are currently on staff. Treat people with respect and realize that for such a “anti-Orwellian” company, your Austin branch needs works.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P150.htm
38130,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 11, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Designer,Great place to work with great benefits,"Great benefits, smart colleagues, excellent office space, decent perks and discounts","Slightly lesser pay than other companies, slow advancement in design career, not so great middle management, siloed teams","Some middle managers are not fit to be managers. They don't help guide the team, and they don't manage the team. The only time they ""manage"" or guide people are when there is a problem or during the hourly one-on-ones. I am not saying they need to micro manage, but there is a fine balance between looking out for the best of the team they manage and micro managing.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38131,apple,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Great team mentality. Great company to work for.,None. I could not find anything wrong.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38132,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Apple Retail is becoming more and more like any other real job.,• Discount on most Apple products • Stock program • Education Benefits • Healthcare options,• No work/life balance • Understaffed often • Inconsistent training • Insane focus on accessory sales for all departments • Daily struggle to maintain positive environment,"Care more. Stop chasing every penny in the building and get back to helping customers choose Apple. Stop assuming negative intent for employees and their actions during the day. Micromanagement, trying to get every employee to help a least a few extra people per hour, does not a happy workplace make.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38133,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Loved my job, hated the management",- You get to work on best in class products and with some of the smartest people in the industry. - Good health benefits - Employee discount on Apple products,"Too much CYA middle management only concerned with managing upwards. Extreme lack of empathy, flexibility and growth opportunities. No decision making power- that rests only with executives, which means your brilliant ideas often go nowhere.",none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38134,apple,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic systems integration,"Seamless products, containing cutting edge technology.","Apple is still learning how to do fundamental technology R&D, particularly with integrating acquired startups into the Apple culture.",Re-think the approach of program management in your fundamental technology R&D projects.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38135,apple,none," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Designer,Amazing place to learn and try new things! You’re surrounded by the smartest people in the world with a real drive to make the best products possible.,"Work/Life balance can feel impossible. People will call/text you about work during your vacations, late at night, and over the holidays.",It burns out employees when everything is supposed to be due yesterday.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38136,apple,none," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its okay,cool campus long breaks onsite gym which is great,"low pay, stressful always being tracked for time",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38137,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Best place to work,Discounts are the best thing ever.,Customers are our friends but they can be hard to deal with.,Better salaries,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38138,apple,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Great place to work at,there are no cons cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38139,apple,none," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Advisor,Great people. Great Benefits. Loved it,Hard to grow within the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P151.htm
38140,apple,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,part-time specialist at Apple,"Company shares admirable values such as diversity, inclusivity, truly cares about their employees. Great benefits, particularly if you work in San Francisco. Depending on the store, management is generally very accommodating to student schedules.","As a specialist, the work can get mentally and emotionally draining because it is still retail and apple is the type of company that brings in all types of customers so you'll be dealing with a range of different people on a regular basis.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38141,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Fahion Valley,"Great health, dental and vision benefits, fitness reimbursement, stock options, 401k matching, peers, enriching customers lives,","Management shows favoritism by tapping employees to apply for postitons that have yet to be posted, majority of management is under qualified or checked out. New hires paid more than seasoned employees and when confronted management will say their hands are tied. Technical specialist role will take a toll on you mentally, emotionally and physically. You are expected to go into a new appointment with out proper time to reset yourself. Every 10-15 minutes you go into a new problem with a new person and a new attitude and sometimes you are juggling multiple customers at the same time. Customers mostly take the frustrations they feel about their products, the warranty and software and direct it towards you the Apple retail employee. Lack to training on new products","Believe in what you are selling. You are selling Apple beliefs and brand to the employees. How can you ""inspire"" when you are leading the floor? All you are doing is standing in the corner making sure employees went to break on time. Why would an employee want to be at the store when it is so apparent managers don't want to be there? Why would an employee bother to learn about our products when you don't?",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38142,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Good comp, good problems, work on the best.","- The company grew too fast over the past 10 years. Lots of new faces brought lots of new management styles. There's high variability in your working experience between teams, departments, and divisions. - There are hot teams, and there are not hot teams. You'll know pretty clearly based on how many miles your desk is away from the main campus.",Increase manager & engineer training. Give engineers who have long since hit the promotion ceiling at ICT4 more opportunities for self development.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38143,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Great Experience,Working for Apple Retail is a life changing experience. You will be surrounded by a great team and will have a great time interacting with most of the customers.,At times I do wish people on retail level had a little bit more decision making power.,Keep on rocking!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38144,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Dec 20, 2017",Former Employee - At-Home RCC Chat Sales Specialist - French,They lie about salary,"Work from home, no gas, no lunch, no clothes to buy.","Very low salary for bilingual, $12.50, when they advertise $15.00/start, for the amount of work/hours put in, work every WE because employees call in sick/quit all the time, work from 7:00am to 11:00pm (and beyond) mon thru sun, no time off, discounts are only 25% so you still can't afford their products on your low salary. Be careful because all the good, 5 star reviews are posted by managers at Apple. People quit all the time, every 6 to 8 months. Treat your employees like human beings, not slaves or animals, and maybe you'll be more successful. The customers who are calling for help, are always mad and nasty about their expensive Apple products not working or breaking. They take it out on you, then you take the blame and get a warming. GOOD BYE, APPLE. FOREVER!!!","Give a ""language premium"" to your bilingual/multilingual CSR's. You have no idea how draining it is when you have to switch back and forth between languages (spoken, written). You need to stay focused all the time and try not to mix your languages when switching. Do something about the hours, too. No real break/lunch, you can barely go to the bathroom, no life balance as you will always be on the phone 24/7. My advice to Apple, hire jail mates, because they're bored, have no life beside sleeping all day, this way you can have them work 24/7 for peanuts.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38145,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,Quality of hiring gets lower by the day,Above average pay and perks. Decent personal discount on Apple devices,"Very secretive even when it comes to project you are working on. Making it hard to communicate cross functionally. Extremely over crowded, you get invited to meeting that requires driving but when you get there, it's impossible to find parking. Very few team uses web conference making your life very difficult. Overpriced cafe food, most of the items are $9 and some are creeping towards $10~$12. There's no reason to choose cafe over local restaurants since you paid about the same and not particularly convenient. Only selected team gets to go to Apple Campus 2 (Apple Park), and you quickly realize that your team is considered 2nd class citizen because you are not working on flashy features. Help is getting harder and harder to find, because of how expensive Cupertino is getting, and Apple is making it worse, because they continue to build high density housing without invest a single dime to housing. With hiring taking longer, most management rather settle with lower quality hire and getting the rack filled quickly. Which is very disrupted to current work and projects. CEO only fight for causes that'd get him national attention so he can make headline. In reality he doesn't care about any of this. It clearly shows when the company provided zero benefit to local community compares to local tech giant.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38146,apple,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Admin,Positive and energetic environment that allows for a fun workplace.,Deal with a lot of ambiguity and repairing relationships with difficult customers can be aggravating.,None.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38147,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Pro,Retail,"Stock Options, Paid Transportstion, 401k, Health Care",Scheduling depends on store’s needs,Have a better support system for workers and a stronger communication channel amongst leadership teams and workers,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38148,apple,"Littleton, CO"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple specialist,Good people to work and good benefits.,I don’t have cons at this moment.,No.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38149,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 17, 2017",Former Employee - IT Support Analyst,Red Zone Specialist,Great benefits amazing company to work for,there are no cons just some lame managers,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P152.htm
38150,apple,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Leader,Apple Retail is no different than other retailers.,"Passionate, talented, and unique peers.","Sadly, Apple Retail has become just like any other major retailer in the last 5 years. There isn't really a stark difference any longer compared to Best Buy, Microsoft, or even Target. The stigma of ""retail"" continues to hamper the enriching culture and values that Steve Jobs once reinforced for so many years. The ""Retail Evolution"" was merely a smear to introduce ways to maximize the dollar with every customer that visits. There used to exist a time when Apple Retail employees felt genuinely cared about and inspired when Leaders actually focused on them, and now that focus is all about the customer...say yes to every customer in effort to ""restore faith in the brand"". Tim is a great human being, his expertise is Supply Chain Management though, which means penny-pinching and extreme cost-saving measures are felt to a greater degree every single day. Apple has lots its magic, its competitive edge against other companies that lead through their people. When customers tell you every day that Apple's experience now feels corporate-controlled, they are absolutely right. Every shift comes with the feeling of pressure to satisfy metrics metrics metrics, because if you don't satisfy daily metrics goals, you're essentially a second class citizen. Growth and development is at a snails pace and for those with Bachelor+ degrees, it isn't valued in any way. Needless to say, Apple is a great job, not a career.","It is long overdue to look directly into the mirror and ask, ""Why aren't we the best place to work anymore?"" Profit over people is the wrong mindset and business model with a workforce almost majority millennials.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38151,apple,none," Nov 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Was good, no longer worthwhile","Good insurance policy, average working conditions.","Unattainable metrics, company clearly trying to get the most for the least with its employees.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38152,apple,none," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Mixed Feelings,"Apple hires the absolute best people possible as retail employees, benefits were nice, schedule flexibility was great, opportunity to get costly technical certifications for free","No room for vertical growth outside of retail (they offer 'career experience', but they rarely ever result in movement from retail), questionable leadership, company more focussed on being politically correct than fighting for its employees.","Management was not the best half of our leaders were incredible, and half were idiots who got paid too much money, the worst though, was our store leader who never gave any indication of caring about employees, but of caring about what our market leader cared about and his own reputation. Sadly the chain up upper management isn't very great for my market.",3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38153,apple,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Great products and many talented people to work with.,You have to put in long hours often.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38154,apple,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,loved their products and their company,not as flexible as id like it to be,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38155,apple,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Fast-Paced Fun Working Environment,Great place to work. The Apple culture is supportive and the employees truly respect one another.,Long days and impatient customers is the challenge you'll need to overcome.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38156,apple,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation group,Good working environment and good food,Heavy workload and long working hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38157,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great working environment, highly recommended.",Good Job benefits. Decent Salary. Ability to work with lots of very smart people.,"Sometimes long hours, but overall fine.","Keep up the good work, but maybe back off a bit on the pressure/",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38158,apple,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Exciting things to work on,Work life balance is not best,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38159,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great part-time job for college students or people inbetween jobs,"Probably the best retail job one can ever get. Even as a part timer, there are loads of benefits (401k, stock options, medical reimbursement, educational assistance, health/fitness reimbursements",management plays favorites and it's hard to move up in title,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P153.htm
38160,apple,none," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Apple has great customer service and tech support.,"Apple is a great company to work for. I love assisting customers with new devices and resolving problems with the device. It’s most convenient to schedule an appointment if you’re going in store. While in the store it can be very busy, especially during the holiday season and when Apple has released a new device.",The store is constantly busy. It’s sometimes difficult to be able to assist customers with devices that have software issues.,Great products and great service,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38161,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer Level V,Level 5,Rsu refresh is good if you have a good performance. Have extra holiday during thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Different groups have diff Beni fits.,No free lunch. Perf review only once per year in some groups. Initial PTO has only 12 days. Too few positions for new grads.,No work during weekend.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38162,apple,none," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Advisor review,Great company culture and awesome co workers,Specific schedule to stick to with little room for improvement/creativity,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38163,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Managing a team of technical project managers and engineers,The work is highly challenging. There are ood opportunities to work on high-profile projects. Strong sense of accomplishment for most projects.,Politics plays a big role in getting ahead. The work can be overwhelming at times. Constant pressure to get projects done and unreasonable amount of time.,Need to keep a constant review of workload.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38164,apple,none," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Machine Learning Engineer,Chaos and unhealthy culture in special projects,-Good benefits -Decent Salary and RSUs -Emphasis on good software process,"-Very top down flow of any work, no transparency, engineers do not know what and why a particular decision is made -Unnecessary high level of secrecy blocks engineers mind in doing creative things -Playing catch up in machine learning/AI -Unstable in machine learning projects due to managers who do not anything about recent machine learning trends -Culture promotes racial biases, No one questions why a particular decision of promotion or performance review was made",Please try to improve the culture and racial bias towards asian people.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38165,apple,none," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Benefits and vacation bonus are amazing,Schedule and work hours are terrible,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38166,apple,"Asheville, NC"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Best,best to work for and best people,there is none for me,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38167,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with unheard of PT benefits!,Benefits for part-timers (15 hours per week) Discounts Fantastic Company Culture/Innovation,"Not a ton of upward mobility unless you start as a manager, etc",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38168,apple,"Novi, MI"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Don’t get caught up in Apple.,"Decent pay, fun work environment.","Almost everyone starts part time! No promise to be full, even for employees who’s been there, two yrs +","Ok pay! Nothing is promised with Apple. Almost always start off a part time. A plus is that part time people get benefits, only because they know it will take a min to get to full time.",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38169,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Push Buttons,Manager,Apple is a the top of the technology sector making significant achievements year over year,"Extremely tight timelines for every project, very little time to plan as most of the teams are in execution mode","avoid politics at all cost, Apple should keep the startup feel",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P154.htm
38170,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It’s great.,It’s one of the best companies I’ve worked for. They take care of you and have great benefits. They pay well and the work is tough.,It’s a busy place to work. If you don’t like working with people you won’t fit well. It’s a fun place with great people.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38171,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Company. Awesome People.,you will have an opportunity to meet and work with some amazing people.,There are some customers/employees who are a little bit too passionate about the company. I guess it's not really a con.,Continue to do a great job developing leaders.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38172,apple,none," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"The benefits are ridiculously good. Amazing stock program, flexible scheduling, 401k and health benefits...",It's still retail so working weekends is pretty much mandatory.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38173,apple,none," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Used to be better,"Flexibility in schedule, excellent coworkers, great atmosphere, great work culture overall, Excellent benefit options. 401k, health, life, sick pay, special shutdown pay, for full timers you get vacation pay and holiday pay, employee stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, access to apple referral network for attorneys and financial advisors, many other programs with discounts, nice product discounts","Lack of ability to advance, Apple makes moving up extremely difficult, and managers play favorites, new hires are often paid higher salaries then tenured employees with more experience and responsibility. By saying they want to be ""transparent"" managers think this removes accountability for not effectively managing. Inconsistency among management teams. Simply too many managers all trying to run the store at the same time. Lack of communication. Unable to work overtime even though understaffing is a problem.","Listen more to employees, discuss more with corporate for better pay strategies for new hires and existing employees.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38174,apple,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,Had a great time working there. Co-workers were awesome.,Pay was pretty rough and if you're in tech support eventually the attitude will wear down your soul.,Develop empathy.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38175,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Security,Apple has good benefit plans.,Salary is under market rate and under rate for the type of work performed. Treats employees like contractors in a dictatorship environment. The organization does not value experience and hard work.,Learn from other departments outside of Global Security. Lose the dictatorship mindset and treat people fairly.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38176,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Customer focus driven.,"Great benefits! If you are having a child, the process for time off is very convenient. Offers plenty of time off.",Too much focus on surveys from customers which in a lot of cases are due to issues that you aren’t the cause of.,Focus on why customers give bad surveys.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38177,apple,"White Plains, NY"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"Talented team, good health care options for full and part timers for a retail job",They do not put their employees first and lose a lot of talent to hostile work environments.,Listen to your tenured employees. they know what works for their store more than new managers coming in.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38178,apple,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Very Corporate!,Not many in Retail store. Discounts to Apple products is the best perk. Can definitely make some good friends among peers.,"Awful work/life balance. A lot of corporate disorganization going on! There recruiting department is a joke. They don’t know heads from tails. Internal systems are awful. Always breaking, and of course in the middle of the day when it’s busiest.","Get people who can make a difference to run different parts of the business. I’m a proven top performer in your company, have the results to prove it, and seeing the start of a company being too big to see what needs to happen next.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38179,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Nov 10, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Associate,loved to work there in GSO,"Family at work, everyone very nice",none there an awesome team,awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P155.htm
38180,apple,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Technical Advisor,"As a college advisor, your schedule will be flexible.",They are too focused on metrics,"Every call center wants to preach that it's all about the customer's experience, but as soon as your calls start lasting longer than 15 minutes on average, managers start getting on you. Apple is no exception. They preach and preach about the customer experience, but they are definitely metrics focused.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38181,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,It is good,"Good pay lots of benefits, it’s a pretty good environment . Hire a lot of good people. A lot is always changing.",It is a retail store. Can get very busy and stressful depending on the day. The mall isn’t great to stay in all day.,Let people advance within company.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38182,apple,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interactive Designer,"Tons of talent, perks & benefits.",Not a lot of room for growth.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38183,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Business Expert,Business Expert,"Apple prides it itself on diversity, inclusion, development and customer driven sales, all of which can make a great work environment. The perks and benefits of working here are great: discounts on products, great healthcare, good coworkers and interesting interactions with customers, etc.","The biggest opportunity that Apple has to retain talented folks is to get competitive with its pay scale at retail stores. Across the board, people doing “desk” jobs, supervisory jobs and positions with accountability above and beyond device sales are underpaid. In our market, an equivalent position for my role would be $10-15k more, plus commission (Apple doesn’t believe in commission). Below average salary combined with long hours, weekend work and stressful retail life equal high employee turnover and dissatisfaction that is shared by a number of employees.","Rethink the retail evaluation. High performing employees should receive bonuses or commission and employees with leadership responsibilities and/or supervisory positions should be paid market value. Experienced people who are good at their job are walking out the door because they literally can’t pay the bills on their salary. If Apple truly believes that “good enough, isn’t” then they should seriously rethink their good-enough salary scale.",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38184,apple,"Akron, OH"," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Care Advisor (Work From Home),"Great opportunity, comes with a cost. Have a plan to move up, move sideways within Apple, or move on.","It is work from home. All training, including your initial training, is done from home.  Part-time employees get some full-time employee benefits, including medical and life insurance. There is paid time off, and paid time off for family issues such as sick kids, death in the family, etc. These are all good things for your family, no doubt about it.  Most of the customers you’ll deal with are “normal” people who legitimately need help and will appreciate the time you spend with them resolving their issues.  The starting pay isn’t bad at all. You can get extra hours at times.  You’ll build good experience you can put on your resume.","Remeber this if you apply for this position: Customers will yell at you from time to time, and you have almost no recourse or backing from management if you hang up on them. Apple’s policy toward irate customers is essentially suck it up and let them yell, which will lead to bad customer surveys for you, which will wreck your stats, which will impact your raises and your position in the quarterly shift bid process. This policy enables the kind of person who has learned they can bully their way into anything they want and helps cause this behavior to become increasingly a societal norm. It doesn’t take many of these types of customer calls to make you forget about all the others that went really well.  Your first two levels of management are going to be hit or miss. You’ll love the good ones, and hope you can outlast the rest of them. Take a wild guess at which group is the larger.  You will work 8 hours on either Saturday or Sunday. Make sure you can deal with this and its impact on your time with your family. You will be required to surge to full-time 2 or 3 times each year, and one of those will be for Christmas from about 2 weeks before through 2 weeks after. Be ready for this impact on your time with family on holidays. Full-time surges often come with (mandatory) overtime as well.","Promote people to management based on merit, not “diversity.” Your employees hear what you say, but they also see what you do, and they remember how your actions impact them. They know when your words and actions don’t match.  Make a stand for civility, instead of whatever feel-good liberal cause floats your boat on a given day. If customers learn that they won’t get help if they treat your employees like crap, they’ll stop treating them like crap when they call. Maybe theyll stop treating other people that way, too. If your employees know you have their back when they get the joy of dealing with an irate customer, they’ll probably make an honest effort to try to get through the anger and solve the customer’s issue. They’ll respect you for the backing, too.  Fix the broken shift-bid process before your employees start embracing the idea of unionizing in order to fix it for you. Portions of your workforce might seriously embrace it, even if they don’t like other things about unions.  Tim Cook needs to spend less time on politics and more time figuring out what’s about to tank his company. Apple has successfully brought itself to the verge of obscurity before, and its about to do it again if Timmy doesn’t wake up and focus on the stink that’s right under his nose.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38185,apple,none," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Place to Work,"Co-workers feel like family, everyone is very supportive Learning opportunities Benefits",Customers with bad attitudes Difficult to advance to a full time employee,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38186,apple,none," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Friendly team, never boring, fast paced, products","stressful, customer needs exceed reality",Continue hiring employees that have similar personalities or ability to bond. Employee referrals should still be vetted as much as non referrals to maintain employee friendly atmosphere.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38187,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great reputation for a reason!,"Excellent benefits, generous pay, amazing culture, a very customer-centric business model, and great products!","In a company this big, office politics can find their way into the workplace and put a damper on morale as well as advancement. Being as busy as Apple is, these shenanigans can go unaddressed or taken seriously leading to unneeded stress that can affect performance.","Get to the root of ANY concerns that your employees bring up before making hasty decisions. I'm still a fan of the company. But, be mindful that your employees are Customers/promoters too, even when they are walked out.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38188,apple,none," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"good energy, inclusive work environment, creative individuals","micro management, long hours, lack of communication",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38189,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Accessibility Advisor,Great Place to work but needs help,"Benefit package is fantastic, colleagues are helpful, honest, conpassionate and overall really awesome. Apple really tries to listen to their people and improve. They hold survey’s to know where areas of opportunies are",Some of our tools are horrific. When you are expected to maintain the same level of performance without the correct tools it’s disheartening,"Stop measuring shifts on pure performance because vital tools break, stay broken for long periods of time and its not fair to base on performance.",4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P156.htm
38190,apple,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Qa analyst,Very good company to work,Pay is way to less,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38191,apple,"Irving, TX"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aha technical support advisor,"Benefits are amazing. Employee discounts, insurance, vacation, stock options.",Hours constantly changing every three months,Great job,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38192,apple,"Portland, OR"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Product Specialist,"Fun, fast paced environment","Great benefits, flexible hours, good managers and supportive work environment.","Have to work most Holidays, no set schedule.",More training on how to engage with business team needed!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38193,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Best career choice ever!,"World's most valuable brand. Amazing products, continuous focus on innovation and a culture that is incredibly unique. People are highly valued and contributions are rewarded in many ways. Employees share a strong sense of pride in Apple's success.",Extreme secrecy aspect of Apple's culture can be burdensome. It's important but sometimes a bit excessive in terms of the restrictions.,Stay true to Apple culture. - Apple's diverse talent is the company's greatest resource. Keep this amazing momentum going!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38194,apple,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Senior Manager, Procurement","Exceptional co-worker talent, brilliant minds","Work life balance, not enough headcount",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38195,apple,none," Dec 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Genius,"Meeting interesting people, being able to say you work for Apple","Almost too many to list.... horrible schedules, crazy hours, demanding bosses, little motivation",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38196,apple,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good way to get your foot in the door,"The people you work with will become life long friends, the training is so well thought out, and the benefits are incredible","Management is too political, very sterile environment, not a lot of career progression opportunities, schedule is a nightmare.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38197,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Material Handler II,Laid back job,There was a lot of independent responsibility you were able to to socialize as long as you worked.,No room at all for advancement,none,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38198,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Losing their culture,"The company has excellent benefits (health, dental, vision, 401k, employee discounts, etc.) and terrific cafeterias.",Rapid growth has resulted in a significant loss of the culture which has made Apple a great company.,"Focus on attention to details, quality and long term features. Product ownership should be shared by everyone.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38199,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Some organizations are great... others not so much,some benefits and work life balance,- Business lead (warm chair environment) - no growth - crappy competitive environment,stop creating politics,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P157.htm
38200,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service,customer service,nice front row on products,when customers don't get wont they wont its crazy,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38201,apple,"Murray, UT"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Genius Bar,The days go by very quickly due to the fast pace of the work environment.  Great company to work for!,"The stores can be quite loud, so troubleshooting can be difficult sometimes owing to the ambient volume levels of the sales floor.","A quieter setting for Genius Bar appointments would be appreciated, and make sure customers understand time limits per Genius Bar appointment.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38202,apple,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Career or Part-Time Job,Great benefits! Great people! Great company!,Busy times which isn't necessarily a con!,More Hours,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38203,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Waste of 7 Years of my Life,Decent pay and work from home options.,"No growth with in company, can never get off on the days you want, schedule never stays the same, managers don't know anything, lack of communication and respect.","Hire from within, there are a lot of great knowledgable people that leave due to no more promotions, cause you hire people from other companies that don't know anything about Apple.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38204,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - IApps Technical Support,iApps Tiers Technical Support,Great Company and environment that allows individuals become more technically savvy in a fast-paced technical day in age.,Limited movement can be an issue,n/a,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38205,apple,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Touch Integration Engineer,You can quickly learn a lot,Workload can be heavy at sometime,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38206,apple,none," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Bar,"Great pay, great benefits, great people","None, I liked working there.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38207,apple,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Had Fun at the Time,I really enjoyed their benefits for being a part-time retail employee. They also paid for parking in a place where every other business likely had to pay to work.,Time: It's hard to work on other projects if you're part-time. You'll likely be scheduled in such a way that limits being able to maintain a second job/side gig.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38208,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Positive Environment,"Diverse, supportive coworkers. Ability to move. Supportive managers. Good energy.",Sometimes career movement can take a while because of all of the layers of management.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38209,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Tier II Technical Advisor,"Great company overall, difficult if you have a family or a personal life",-Pays well -Several opportunities to promote or move around -Great benefits -Great people -Option to work 4 ten-hour work days -Good training -Cool parties -Employee discounts -Adjustable desk that moves up and down for standing -On-Campus Café -Campus shuttle -Security,"-Frequently changing schedule- every 3 months, making it very difficult to plan ahead -Required to work weekends, or at least one weekend day -Required to work holidays -Required to meet metrics, causing many catch 22 situations -Schedule selection is random and based on metrics -They do not accommodate for having/wanting to attend school -Raises and promotions are based on metrics -In most cases, you are required to work through a temp agency for about a year before getting Apple salary or benefits, and it's no guarantee (sometimes they decide to randomly hire outsiders although a lot of people have already been working there for almost a year and still aren't officially hired. It's a bit of a slap in the face) -Technical advisor positions are very taxing, lots of angry customers and can take a toll on your mental health. -Constant call evaluations, someone is always listening in on your phone calls","It would be best to determine raises and promotions based off of general customer service and work ethic, aside from metrics and superficial qualities.",4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P158.htm
38210,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Sales Specialist,Retail Specialist Part time is Great for Students,"Great benefits, and pays for part of tuition too. Pretty relaxed, consistent job for a student.",Often times is a little too much in terms of training and hours per week needed to put in for a part-time worker.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38211,apple,none," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,great starting pay and fun enviroment,scheduling is kinda complicated specially weekends,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38212,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great part time gig,"Great consistent training on products and services, supportive management, great benefits even for part time employees. I learned a lot.","Nothing that I really experienced in my time. I really enjoyed working there! Keep up all of the great work, Apple!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38213,apple,none," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,Good employee benefits. Fun environment,Long hours and hard to get promotions.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38214,apple,none," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not recommend SEG/CSM,Opportunity to travel abroad.,Too much politics. You need to be director's and manager's pets to advance your career. Some bad engineering managers are just bad humanbeing and harassing people. Managements don't do anything as long as the projects done.,Tim Cook should investigate harassment at work in CSM,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38215,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Pro,Homophobia/Racism/Sexism,"Great Benefits, Product Zone and Family Room is self-sufficient","As ""Diverse"" as Apple claims to be Homophobia/Racism/Sexism is prevalent and controls the hierarchy of achieving leadership. Very ""Trumpian"" Additionally, ""career experiences"" serve as a way to pay lower wages to those who are not smart enough to realize they are doing job duties well beyond their pay grade from ""experience.""","No Advice, Leadership is the problem.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38216,apple,"Troy, MI"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,"Employees may act happy while facing a customer, but they're actually miserable",- Benefits  - Discounts  - Colleagues are really friendly with one another,"- Management makes up rules about weekends, sick time/time off, and doesn't care about work-life balance.  - Management also forces part-time employees to work past the 28 hours per week rule in the summer time, but does not compensate you or even consider you for full-time positions. They will also force you to work all holidays because they want the time off instead.  - Since gaining a new Market Team leader, it's been all numbers and favoritism, I could sell 2 phones and make great promoters, but management turns around and writes me up for not ""doing my job.""  - Management will ignore your requests or deny you in the scheduling system.  - Management will also schedule you for all closing shifts if you have open availability and when you complain, they fix it for one week.","- Please stop hiring people who do not want to grow and learn - SPECIFICALLY MANAGEMENT. One manager came back from maternity leave and didn't even know how to ring out a cable for a customer with the POS device.  - Stop hiring 40+ people and then demanding that everyone opens up their availability by threatening to fire them if they don't.  - Quit with the favoritism, it's uncomfortable and makes everyone miserable.  - People shouldn't be forced to smile in every interaction, sometimes the interaction is NEGATIVE and shouldn't be dealt with a smile.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38217,apple,none," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Awesome environment and something new everyday !,"Not really any, can make pay a little better. If there was commission involved could make things a little more interesting",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38218,apple,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Amazing Development for new comers.,No advice needed for management.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38219,apple,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Apple,"Great benefits, nice team, fun to work for.","No room for growth, stunted pay, a lot of politics to getting full time or another position.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P159.htm
38220,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great job!,Great benefits Starting pay is good Good promotion opportunities,Everything is very secretive Can't speak negatively about the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38221,apple,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Good Company but needs work,"Great pay, benefits and discounts. Easy job and relaxed environment which helped employees to be themselves and thrive. Good locations and hours. Discounts were amazing from cell service to actual products, it was the best of any other retailer out there.","Nothing was black and white. Everything was in the gray. Every store would do things differently which caused customer complaints. Try getting more tangible feedback and not just personal feelings from employees. It’s called positive intent, it goes a long way.","Consistency is key. Don’t show favoritism and focus on the entire team. Not every store is the same and I’m sure there are great stores with great managers, but listen to your employees and look for specifics not jus personal feelings and assumptions.",2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38222,apple,"Washington, DC"," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Downgrading,"The benefits are what kept me for two years. Plus working with my friends was great as well, really made some great connections with some really great people.","Not listening to the employees and paying them the same as new hires. Promoting people that should have never been promoted.  The thing that I knew that we going on at different stores, it was really making my choice to leave even easier.","Listen to your people. If there are negative numbers for rounds of NPP, sounds like something needs to be changed. There isn’t a very cohesive message during downloads, all the managers haven’t different messages.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38223,apple,"Houston, TX"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,"Awesome culture, scheduling stinks",The people who work here are awesome and welcoming. The culture of the company is very open minded. You get lots of perks,"Your weekend will be filled with work. Shift hours are weird because if youre part time, you get 4 hour shifts",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38224,apple,none," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review Based off Internship,"Very intelligent people who offer a lot to learn from Quick pace and industry leader Multiple gyms, health benefits",Not racially diverse Does not offer free food Discount on Apple products is not that nice,none,3.0,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38225,apple,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefit to buy company produts,Got discount on buying Apple products and many other brands,"Health insurance plan is only good for employees located in California with Kaiser Premenant, but not nice for employees residing in other states.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38226,apple,none," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Doesn't invest in employees,Nothing that beats other companies.,"Don't expect anything other than serving business interests i.e. no personal development, no recreation, no learning unless its related to your current work. No flexibility to move/work for different team. No promotion. You can be stagnated in your current position for years inspite of working day and night. Smart work is more than hard work.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38227,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Procurement Manager,Procurement Manager,"Compensation, stock, benefits are excellent","For such a philanthropic company, under the leadership of Tim Cook, it's disappointing that overall treatment of employees does not always match this.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38228,apple,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Employee,"Great place to work for, great benefits. Mangers are great and very supportive. I highly recommend working for the company",Work life balance all over the place. No set schedule. Very hard to plan accordingly with your life.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38229,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Best job I’ve ever had.,Lots of support for a good work/life balance. Great benefits. Not hard work at all. Given a raise within 6 mos.,"Sometimes the customers aren’t the best. They can be rude, but your job is just to be a nice person, so being nice can do no wrong!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P160.htm
38230,apple,"El Paso, TX"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,"Great company to work for, fun culture, and great benefits!","All equipment provided to you, caring management that will work with you on any situation, great benefits for purchasing Apple products.","Sometimes there are long hours, and holidays are normally mandatory work schedules. However, there are definitely pay incentives for overtime/holidays!","Keep up the good work! Listen to your team members, they have a lot of insight to provide you.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38231,apple,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Apple Store assistants,"Well working at apple is like working in a spaceship, everything super detailed and advanced. We are",clinical and not personal mgmt approach,i thin that jsut a little bit more personal iput from the mangers would be great - it is a little like everyone is a magic rob,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38232,apple,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,Great employees always willing to assist,Not always able to get the days off needed,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38233,apple,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Service Technician,"Good pay, make your own schedule","busy, management overlooked hard work, micro manage",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38234,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Social Media Manager,Not bad pay very cliquey though,pay is good amazing benefits and insurance,cliquey hard to move up if you don't drink the kool aid,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38235,apple,"Portland, OR"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Technician,One of the best jobs I ever worked,"Diverse, incredible people to work with, really cool products and very helpful training","Miscommunication between managers, horrible horrible customers and sometimes the rules were ridiculous and made no sense",Communicate communicate communicate,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38236,apple,none," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,genius,The Benefits are the best,Lack of communication all around,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38237,apple,none," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Electronic Engineer,Good to work with people in the company.,There are too many smart people!,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38238,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Site Reliability Engineer,Site Reliability Engineer,"* Freedom to work on something with no targets / timelimits * % of offer to get apple products * better work-life balance. You can go at 10 AM and reach home by 4 PM, because your daily work is not forcible","* you will get Ownership of some application but not for splunk, ats, monitoring, etc. so you will be pure application support if you are on SRE. Usually, you do heap dump, thread dump and resolving tickets. Interview is happening in less quality * Management considers only long-time employee as a ""super heros"" and callout their name only frequently. * No learning as we force to do things. * Solo groups and duplicate efforts from multiple team on same time.",NA,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38239,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Decent Benefits, Very Busy, Chance to help people with complex issues and problem solving, Awesome co-workers, Good pay for retail. Apple is a great place to work to launch yourself into almost any field. Every time a potential employer sees Apple on my resume, they think smart, savvy, qualified, and tested.","Growth is often fleeting. Easier to move about the store in lower-level position, but leadership positions are the pot of gold for most people who want to stay with the company. Apple does not hire many of its retail employees for its corporate offices, and management was, at one time, rarely a position given to an insider (without some major sucking-up). Wonderful place to work, but go in knowing what the end goal is, otherwise, you may find yourself eight years in and still just a specialist. It is quite easy to get complacent at Apple retail, even if you go in with other goals.","Some of you should not be leaders (well only one in particular). The leadership team sets the tone for the store, and overall, you guys rock. Just an amazing place to work!",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P161.htm
38240,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Working Retail for Apple,"Really diverse and interesting group of folks. Great benefits, -employee discounts, medical, stock options, RSUs to entice you to stay longer.","It's a retail, so the hours of our location covered a good deal of the day. Hard to balance being a single father and a flexible schedule. And due to the high visibility and working directly with the public, there was a lot of managing peoples outlandish expectations with what was actually within an employee's power to accomplish.","Less politics with people's promotions, leaving hard workers to become dissatisfied while watching some of their coworkers who took shortcuts and didn't put in the same effort. If you have a personality clash, find another manager/mentor to work with the employee as their style my produce better results.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38241,apple,none," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place if you don’t want a personal life,The pay and benefits are beyond what any other retail job can pay you.,"You have no control over your free time, and are made to feel like you’re not contributing if you ask off more than they’d like. Your personal life is a joke.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38242,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Project Engineer,Project Engineer,"Genuinely great company and culture, good comp and bennies, generous equipment issue and refresh, RSUs and employee stock purchase plan, good employee discount for product. Excellent opportunities to move/advance internally.","Poorly defined career path, highly competitive stack ranking, culture diluted by influx of employees from other companies (e.g., Dell, Cisco)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38243,apple,"Roseville, CA"," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"This is a positive, yet challenging company.",Great teamwork structure along with a great product to sell. Management cares about you as a whole rather than just an employee.,Difficult customers can lead to headaches at time. Some people can be cheap as well which can be hard to explain why things cost so much.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38244,apple,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,Good Salary and able to work from home,Very Tech heavy- Con if you are not tech savvy,They do a great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38245,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,I love my job!,"High energy, learning environment, major company benefits.",Time to promotion is longer than most.,"Invest in your current employees, they were hand selected as Apple employees for a reason!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38246,apple,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outstanding Opportunities For Tech-Savvy Individuals,"Culture, Schedule, Team Members, Leadership, Pay","Long Days, Tedious Repair Policies",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38247,apple,"Midvale, UT"," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Visual Specialist,A wonderful place to learn real world applications.,Benefits full/part-time Discount Education Student reimbursement Vacation full/part-time 3rd party discounts Family discounts Working for Apple helps with future jobs,"Rude customers Always busy never any down time Working in a mall Stores can be claustrophobic, no windows, can be depressing at times. Not enough time for personal development",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38248,apple,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Worked with some of the best coworkers, and gained so much experience and personal development.",Retail work and retail hours.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38249,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Apple AHA,AHA Great place to work if you can do the schedule,"Pay, benefits, great people to work with",Scheduling if you have a family,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P162.htm
38250,apple,none," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Creative,"location, discount, software and training",not flexible with holidays or set schedules,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38251,apple,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Leader Program,Fast paced working environment. Good managerial training. Good people and good benefits.,Limited career growth in Retail.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38252,apple,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple marcom...,"good pay, (that's it) good work environment for employees","too much micro management, and need more real talented people instead inefficient work environment and people Too much nepotism makes it hard to move forward",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38253,apple,"Thousand Oaks, CA"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Retail Position Review,Great team environment. Great Benefits even for part time employees. Great employee development,Weekend shifts can be demanding.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38254,apple,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Awesome company to work for!!!!,"Working at Apple was truly amazing. From the moment I started the process, I can tell they really cared about my training and development. Great people to work with, great superiors",I wish I had more time to do the job with my course load,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38255,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Oct 26, 2017","Current Employee - Technical Support &amp, Sales","AppleTech, Sales, Support",I'v been working with Apple Products for over 25 years 22 with Di-No Computers in Pasadena ca,At this time I see no Cons,Looking for Management - Asst. Management - or a Position were i can grow.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38256,apple,"Woodmere, OH"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,"The people, management makes you feel like YOU matter, feel empowered and supported in every step of the way!",Work hours vary from day to day which can be a challenge however there is a lot of flexibility with your schedule.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38257,apple,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,My team was great to work with. No complaints about that.,"Apple fired me because of my mental disability. I filed an EEOC and they wouldn't help me, but wanted me to sue Apple instead. I didn't bother because I is hard in California with the ""at-will"" employment law to prove discrimination.  I was also not reimbursed for my interview expenses of travelling from Canada to Cupertino.  Growth at Apple is extremely challenging because you end up getting stuck in a single role for a while. Compensation is decent. Work/life - expect to work every weekends every.",Keep going down this route and you'll lose a lot of top employees. It will also lead to PR troubles like the employee who committed suicide in Apple's Infinite Loop in 2016.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38258,apple,"Washington, DC"," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Business Manager,Business Managers are no more,"A place to belong for those that are focused on innovation, inclusion, and leaving the world better than they found it. The amount of social justice issues the company CEO Tim Cook takes head-on continue to inspire me today. My years at Apple will always contain some of my fondest memories and strongest relationships.","Retail leadership goes through many ebbs and flows and seems to stifle the career growth of these incredibly talented leaders. Focus is contained in maintaining ranks within retail and developing retail leaders, even if their individual skillsets would be more applicable in more elevated roles. Even as a Senior leader within the team, I still was challenged with the lack of focus and direction that is felt on a store, market, and overall retail organization. Impactful change occurs from within and this is very rarely a focus of market-level leaders.",There were far too many situations of market/corporate leadership preventing retail leadership from growing and developing beyond their retail scope. This prevents innovation and stifles personal growth.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38259,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Compliance Manager,Compliance Program Manager,Motivated and skillful employees and teams,"long hours, lots of international travel",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P163.htm
38260,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,A challenging and fulfilling work environment.,Even over years the changes to customer focus and product line always keep the job fresh and feeling worthwhile.,"Customers expect efficient, friendly and expedient results. The staffing for stores and repair options rarely meet these expectations.",Increase store footprint and work to create same day device resolutions no matter what the issue or location worldwide. Increase stability and features of online tools.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38261,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great Place to Work,"Fun Job, Active, Interesting. The atmosphere is always upbeat and the people are great.","Hours are rough, not much room for growth. If you're a college student, you'll most likely leave after college because it's hard to get out of retail in Apple.",Allow growth for college students,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38262,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"It's by far the most profitable retail store in the country, it sells in-demand products, and its employees are among the most friendly and approachable there are.  Cool place to work and meet new people with different hobbies and interests. Apple did a good job creating the atmosphere and environment that they wanted in the store. The setting is fairly casual and the job allows you to incorporate some of your own interests into your work.","Customers have a sense of entitlement and can be very rude and disrespectful.  Promotions are in short supply, and offer marginal raises. The road to moving to corporate is tough.  No bonuses or incentives for reaching sales goals, or any other goals.",Better compensation for the level of education and qualifications each individual brings to the Apple experience.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38263,apple,"Madison, WI"," Oct 20, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Working for Apple is great! The people are friendly and supportive. Lots of training is provided. Career advancement is available for some.,"The customers are abominable. I was called a liar to my face when I was telling the truth. I was blamed for things that were not my fault. I was constantly pressured for free things. If you can handle that, it's a great job. I could not.",Keep being responsive and supportive.,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38264,apple,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from Home Position,"They supply you with everything you need to work from home! Equipment, test devices, money toward phone and internet bill, great discounts, and training. All from home.","You will get used to not commuting places like work, so rush hour traffic is a real drag. Even commuting for leisure and getting dressed seems like a chore!",Thank you for all that you have done. You have helped me see I have a place in the Apple community and make me feel like I belong.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38265,apple,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to get experience,They will pay for your school,Some employees make it a cult,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38266,apple,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Amazing company and people and culture.,Work-life balance is always important and could use improvement.,you have many talented people don't let them slip through the cracks!!! keep up the great work,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38267,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,I’m poor even though I work for a multi-billion dollar company,"- work with great people who have become lifelong friends (at least for me) - TONS OF benefits: 401k matching, stocks and RSUs, healthcare, fitness reimbursement, $$ for public transit, discounts... just to name a few. The list goes on and on. - diverse environment","Although we’re paid above minimum wage, the pay could be more competitive with other tech companies. We endure a lot of emotional stress from customers in the IT department and our paychecks don’t reflect the amount of hard work we put in every day.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38268,apple,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple leadership,Great training and career development,Politics play a big role in this organization.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38269,apple,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful but easy,"Diverse employees and customers, quality products","Repetition in daily functions, leadership is inconsistant",Adhere to consistant guidelines,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P164.htm
38270,apple,"Remote, OR"," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Good pay for college students,The pay was 12.25 an hour for part time. I had part time benefits and discount on apple products!,Hours you have to work between a certain and one full time day on either day or sun. Which can be pretty annoying.,Make the hours more flexible for students and make pay a little higher maybe around 15-16.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38271,apple,"Washington, DC"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Bad experience,Manager Discriminated and that happens especially after the election,My team manager he didn't like Arab and always he thought that many American who born and grow up in the USA they dream to have my job,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38272,apple,"Victor, NY"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Excellent company and benefits.,"Great culture and people, wide range of high-class benefits, access to the cutting edge of consumer technology. 401k, stock purchase plans, and healthcare available to full time and part time employees.","The compensation is low considering jobs demands and expectations. While it is a retail environment, employees perform at professional levels in a much higher paced setting, but are still compensated at only slightly higher than typical retail rates.","Offer higher pay rates to retain excellent employees, be more cognizant of when employees need a break or support.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38273,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,great,"Great Adult benefits, Great people, A place to meet dope people work in a fun environment and grow",No cons it was great learning experience for me,never let good talent leave,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38274,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Chat Representative,Great Company but doesn't always pay competitively,Great Culture On Site Cafeteria is super good Good Benefits,"Pays well but does not always pay as well as competitors, little room to grow without moving to a new job once you hit the salary range cap for your role.  Required to work most holidays (though you do get paid overtime for it if you're hourly)",Provide further opportunities for growth beyond moving into management,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38275,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Benefits Pay Relaxed work environment Great management Great pay,No commission for sales Hours rely on store hours (mall vs street location),Commission for sales,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38276,apple,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Genius,constantly changing responsibilities give you a refreshing landscape to be an expert,level of responsibility and pay rate do not align for sales based positions. support roles are understaffed compared to demand causing significant challenges.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38277,apple,none," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fitness Specialist,"Close work environment, flexibility, freedom to initiate projects","Location, some parts of corporate take time to work around",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38278,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,It’s Apple.,"Great culture! The management is great, products are fun, and you learn so many life skills. There aren’t many companies like Apple out there.",Most employees don’t get paid enough. Especially with what they’re asked to do. Apple is going to need to be more competitive in this area.,Great management,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38279,apple,none," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,stable but cultish,good pay if you're young. Clean environment.,micromanaging. lots of fake people especially management. Too much routine. the random shifts throughout the week can take a toll on work/life balance,"allow your team members to cross train from the start, too much monotonous work really gets to you",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P165.htm
38280,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Stagiaire,Great,"Great company, innovative, powerful, successful","Price, I think it costs a lot",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38281,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good learnings,Smart and focused co-workers High visibility for all projects Wellness center RSUs,Long commute No work from home policy Poor work-life balance Limited opportunities for growth,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38282,apple,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,wow,good place to work for life,need more vacay time like netflix,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38283,apple,"Culver City, CA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hourly is Hourly,"hours, people, technology, busy paced","busy paced, pay, complaints,",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38284,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior S/W Engineer,Sr. SW Engineer,"Great team, vision, products. And perks :)",Work-life balance in a highly competitive environment.,Allow employees to have more flexibility.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38285,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Global Supply Manager,Global Supply Manager,Get to work with great products at the biggest company in the world. Great brand value. Lot of perks,"Politics, politics, politics. Blatant backstabbing and toxic culture that promotes this. Lots of people who think they are best when they are not. Investment banking like culture where management openly talks about people easily being replaceable as this is where everyone wants to work. Endless calls w/ Asian suppliers that goes 24/7.",Keep running the company like this and it will end up in disaster.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38286,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Constantly engaging,"Fascinating problems to solve, intelligent and professional peers, the best technical resources available. Everyone here is willing to listen and learn, even from the newest member of the team, if they have thoughts to offer.","Office space is very sparse, bring your own tea and snacks kind of a deal. Lunch isn’t free, although dinner is. Nobody is going to pat you on the back for your work, and you’re expected to advance your own career, or find the mentorship you need.","Management does a wonderful job of listening to employees, all the way to the top. It’s part of the magic of this place, don’t let that change",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38287,apple,none," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great benefits and people to be around,Must be really careful with transactions because you never know what may happen to be put against you. Communicate everything,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38288,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,"Decent pay, flexible hours, great benefits and perks.",Upward mobility is limited unless relocation is acceptable.,Try harder to nurture talents of staff.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38289,apple,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great Learning experience,Everyone is so kind and willing to help! The customers are not that bad compared to other places and the benefits are amazing!,Work/life balance but that's any customer service place,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P166.htm
38290,apple,"Bloomington, MN"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great culture and excellent pay with benefits for part time,Only downside is the retail environment of changing hours and long hours on your feet. Also it is a very busy store so it can get a little overwhelming at times.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38291,apple,"Willow Grove, PA"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Tech specialist,Great team of people to work with it and learn from. They give you the opportunity for growth as well as no micro management,Can sometimes be hard to keep up with pace of Store. Customers expectations can be a little crazy as well.,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38292,apple,"Franklin, TN"," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Genius By Job Title Only,Great company culture and focus on customer service. Some of the best benefits in the retail industry. Fantastic discount program for employees as well as friends & family.,"Retail schedule can be random. Stores are run very efficiently, which means that one always feels like we have ""just enough"" employees to get by. Lack of opportunities for upward mobility unless one is open to transferring to a new store (most of which are in other countries these days)",Hire management from within! The talent pool within Apple is already very strong. It can be demoralizing when an external candidate is chosen over prime internal candidates that the team already see naturally filling that new role.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38293,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Analytics Engineer,Impactful work if you know how to navigate the culture,"Work impact is huge, hundreds of millions of users are affected by what you do.",Usual large company bureaucracy persists at Apple as it does elsewhere.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38294,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Tier II,Great company,"Awesome Company great benefits, and work life balance.",growth the potential to move within the ranks in the company.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38295,apple,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Review,"Great 401k Benefits Stock Options Health Care (vision, dental, life insurance, health insurance) Product Discounts Semi-Flexible Schedule Monthly Public Transportation Credit","At the retail level, compensation can be way better.",Hire more internal people from within for leadership positions. It’s ridiculous that a manager at Starbucks gets hired to be a manager at Apple when internal employees are more equipped to do the job. This will also aid the turnover rate as this will increase growth from within and prevent people from leaving.,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38296,apple,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,Great company. Great benefits. Great people.,"Long hours, lots of politics.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38297,apple,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love my job!,"Great discounts, Great friends, friendly atmosphere. I would not change it for anything",Class Scheduling and Work schedule can sometimes overlap,Keep continuing the culture that has shaped Apple and its valuable employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38298,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Chat Specialist,AOS Chat,"Apple is hands down the best company to work for. The training and resources available were impeccable. The opportunity for growth was substantial and managers would even work with you to help you create both professional and personal growth. The culture is great, even though it's one of the largest companies in the world, you felt like you were a part of a family. And everybody that I worked with or came in contact with were nothing short of amazing people. I wished that I still worked there, and if my unforeseen circumstances didn't arise I would have definitely never left.","Maybe offer slightly deeper discounts on products and better scheduling options for online and retail employees. I come from the hospitality industry originally, and the only thing I could say that can use some vast improvement is the scheduling, because there is a way to give a better work life balance to all employees especially when you have a dedicated team that handles scheduling. Some things didn't make sense with how the folks were managing our time in regards to scheduling our training and time off.","I don't have much advice for management, I worked under four different managers while I was there and each were amazing people and leaders. They were there for anything at any time. They helped me think about my goals and talked about pursuing them, and were there to assist in any way that they could. The opportunity for growth is amazing here and everybody truly cares.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38299,apple,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Good people and chef help you out alot weekend off and holidays,Every thing is great there nothing bad,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P167.htm
38300,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,Operations Specialist,"In past jobs you may have one or two people that really stood out and are great friends. That is everybody at Apple, at least where I worked. Great environment, great resources. Tuition reimbursement, stock option, and other benefits are things you will definitely fine at Apple, even for part time employees.","The pay definitely could have been better. I understand for the entry level pay for specialists, but an operations specialist should be compensated better.",Come up with more cohesive goals.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38301,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work at,Great quality work - depends on what team you are in.,Rigid roles and timelines. No transparency among different projects,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38302,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,It is what you make of it,"Apple is the most successful company in the world. An Apple Store job is the best way to get involved with the company and possibly make more out of it, if that's your motivation. You are working with the best products in the world, and also some really incredible people. If you want to learn and improve yourself, there is no shortage of opportunities.   We often forget how much of a difference Apple is actually making.","It's retail. There are some crappy hours, some crappy customers, and some crappy coworkers who don't care as much as I do. Compensation is great for retail, but bad for sales in general. I know it wouldn't happen, but I would love for Apple to take some of that $100 billion in the bank and give even 1% of it to those of us who are on the front lines with customers.","Nothing, really. Management is often doing the best they can in a retail environment.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38303,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer service representatives,Great service and will use in the future . Will recommend the service to friends as the app was recommended to me by a friend.,Time consuming and had other things to do. It can narrow the search faster by my Location and expertise or skills,No problem,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38304,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great benefits, pays very well",Somes shifts can get long,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38305,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunity for Growth,-Flexible Hours -Extensive training that prepares you for providing exceptional service -great community of co-workers and advisors -full-time corporate benefits,-limited to part-time work -required to work weekends (although this was not an issue),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38306,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Advisor - Mac+ Chat Support,I have no complaints about my position. Be prepared for hard work and changes by the minute.,If you love what you do it's not work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38307,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MDM Admin,I love doing MDM especially at apple.,"I see no cons, maybe just far aways from my house.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38308,apple,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work place to work!,"-Great benefits like full healthcare, tuition reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, 401K match, ESPP, etc. -Amazing team and work environment. -Working at Apple will help you develop skills that you may not be able to achieve at any other job. -Leadership team really cares about your growth and development. -Apple as a whole company cares about their people.","-Working in a retail store environment can be rewarding in some aspects but once you've reached a certain goal or a higher position, personal growth starts to decline.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38309,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Software QA Engineer,"It's changed quite a bit, but still a great place to work","- Smart co-workers - Always something new. - Benefits rock - It's Apple. Smart, savvy, passionate people that care about their products. - Stock grants","- Sadly, not a lot of salary growth past hiring. They prefer stock grants to raises beyond inflation adjustment. - Large, organic organization. Things have improved, but there are lots of silos to protect from leaks and sometimes that means the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. The people at the top do, but you're a bit of a mushroom. - Ever growing middle management - More departmental politics than there used to be",Don't let middle management shield you from what's actually going on in the company.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P168.htm
38310,apple,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great environment The managers really want you to succeed and develop as a person,There are not really any negatives to this job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38311,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,"You learn a lot, great people to work with, lots of opportunity, and corporate experience","same politics as anywhere else, you got to drink the kool aid to be a part of the inner circle.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38312,apple,"Houston, TX"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare at home Advisor,Convenient Easy At home Employee Discount No travel time,Take forever to get back to you after your apply.,Respond sooner,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38313,apple,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"-The pay is incredible. I work in New York City and I make $18.50 an hour before taxes. The amazing pay is actually also a con, because it's the way they trap you into not looking for other jobs (there are not that many part-time jobs that pay this much). -Related: the benefits are amazing. Great health, dental, and visual insurance. They pay for a portion of your tuition, if you are a student. They pay part of your phone bill - I have the T-Mobile Individual Unlimited plan, which is usually $75/month, and with Apple it's $25/month! They even pay $100 a month for your friggin' transportation!! -On purpose, they hire people who are either interesting or smart or funny or friendly or have good personalities. As a result, an unusually high percentage of your co-workers (as related to most customer service jobs) are people you will want to know and be friends with. This makes the soul-sucking, ultra-capitalistic work environment vaguely more tolerable and enjoyable.","-You will be subject to something called Net Promoter Score, which is straight out of an episode of Black Mirror. This is where customers rate you out of five stars and leave comments, if a customer gives you five stars they are a ""promoter,"" four stars and they are ""passing,"" less than that and they are a ""detractor."" Did I mention that the managers read literally all of the comments you get, and routinely bring them up? It's incredibly obnoxious. -You will CONSTANTLY AND CONSISTENTLY be blamed for things that are not your fault. I have had customers blame me for misinformation which I got directly from my managers. -For the most part, the managers are horrible and do not care about you, or even their own jobs. They care about money and that's literally it. -A tip for women: the company is ridiculously misogynistic. Every time I visit the Genius Bar I notice that there are something like 20 men working there to 3 women. Am I supposed to believe that that's a coincidence? Also, I am a female who worked in an IT position for a year and I was given the specialist role, whereas my male friend who has never worked in tech was given technical specialist. -The company is also racist. A recent product was a line of Beats headphones called the ""Neighborhood Collection,"" which was ""inspired by the urban environment"" (a verbatim quote I had to hear every day for about two weeks). The colors the headphones came in were red, blue, and ""army green."" Also, again, the vast majority of Genius Bar employees are white or East Asian.","Actually care about your employees, train them properly so they stop getting detractors based on lack of product knowledge, stop hiring Genius Bar employees based on their sex and race, stop being insanely condescending to specialists every minute of every day.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38314,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 15, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great Place to work,"Company culture, pay benefits are above industry standards.","Sometimes stressful, but overall a wonderful place to work.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38315,apple,none," Oct 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home-Advisor,-work from home -they pay for your internet -works around school schedule,-incredible micromanaged -low wages for at-home-advisors,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38316,apple,"Rialto, CA"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales specialist on Apple,I’m my own boss I help the people and I create impact in the world. Yeah it’s ok so that’s cool,Cons are the things what make you grow your life and your own family is a great way to get your life,"I know how to administrate, sales and everything else is going over there right now and I’m looking to get you some money",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38317,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," Oct 14, 2017",Former Employee - Assistant Manager,Apple Retail,An amazing forward thinking company. Superior benefits and training. It was amazing working for a company that literally changed our culture with their products.,"Working with the general public, many of whom have a huge sense of entitlement. Apple has a boutique reputation as a result of their high end products.",Continue to give your people ownership.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38318,apple,none," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Ok.,They pay Srs OT. Great stock options. Nice Discount program. Insurance is pretty good. But getting worse year to year.,The perks are being watered down more and more. Insurance is getting worse and worse. Its retail so the hours stink.,Na,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38319,apple,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,College iOS Technical Advisor,"Benefits everywhere, from plenty of paid time off to amazing discounts from products.","They are flexible around MY schedule, work life balance is great, nothing to complain about.",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P169.htm
38320,apple,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Driver,Good pay for the work,Not enough hours a week,Creat a better atmosphere for the employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38321,apple,"Houston, TX"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Amazing Company,Apple is hard to talk down on. The culture is amazing and the amazing leaders make it that way.  For a retail job it is hard to get any better than this.,Hard to move up and get full time.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38322,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Amazing Company,Great culture! The pay is great as well.,Hiring could be improved. As a manager it becomes obvious that many advisors barely want to be there and it is really difficult to promote an advisor to customer unless they do something major.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38323,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist at Apple,The fellow employees are great.,Sometimes it feels like the pay not worth the amount of work.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38324,apple,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company/Great Benefits,Great pay with great benefits,Must be flexible with your time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38325,apple,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Lead,leading technology and generous year-end paid shutdown,not so good work-life balance,better career path for employee,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38326,apple,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,"Apple is like a bad boyfriend- they do just enough to make you stick around, but you’re perpetually unhappy.","Benefits are pretty decent- part timers get tuition reimbursement, gym credit, and health insurance. full timers get decent vacation accrual, adoption aid, 16 week maternity leave.",Retail Evolution. Promising employees promotion without delivery. Complete absence of loyalty to employees who have been there five plus years. Favoritism.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38327,apple,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Great healthcare & employee perks,Poor management at the time I was there. Believe most are gone at this point,Evolve and continue to weed out legacy employees,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38328,apple,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Designer,Awesome work culture and being surrounded by smart people,The really high standard people put on you on day one,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38329,apple,none," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Rep,"Great company, builds leadership skills",Nothing I can think of,More communication,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P170.htm
38330,apple,"Coral Gables, FL"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,financial analyst,"benefits, work environment, co-workers, salary",work/life balance needs to be applied.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38331,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior AHA,Senior AHA,Everything is just peachy bruh,None the job super litty,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38332,apple,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Fun designing cutting edge phone products.,Long hours at times near ship.,Keep up good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38333,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,An amazing experience and extensive development of personal skills,Extensive team work building skill that generate positive work relationships. On the job problem solving skills development. On the job insight of user interactions with products. Reinforced and encouraged development of communication skills with team members and customers Endless resources and experiences for professional and personal development that can be used both internally and externally.,"Scheduling inflexibility for students and others pursuing personal development. Lack of continuous training for people in the genius role. Lack of career pathways for people in the genius role. The continuous rotation of direct reporting managers reduces the observation and awareness by managers of employees. The effects of these rotations are most apparent during the yearly review period as the managers knowledge of employees are incomprehensive, fragmented, or deficient. This lack of knowledge results in inadequate documentation of an employee’s performance and further limits or prevents that employees ability for movement within the company. Increased pressure around metrics of traffic and revenue versus customer experiences. Inconsistency of guidelines from store to store, market to market with vague reasoning or rational. Continuous changes around procedures, policies and systems without clear rational. Lack of paths for internal feedback or acknowledgement of given feedback in the scope of changes in procedures, policies and systems.",Better work schedules for employees pursing education and more extensive Apple enculturation for external managers,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38334,apple,"Whitehall, PA"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Company,Company culture is great. Managers and staff are wonderful.,low pay difficult to move up.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38335,apple,"Little Rock, AR"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great experience,"Good benefits, fun environment, great coworkers, job security, training is amazing, looks good on resume when you go to get a better job. Pays good for a retail job.","Schedule, management (at my particular store at least), and if you get a position taking technical appointments you literally get yelled at the entire day by customers.",Don’t micromanage so much and take the feedback you’re given since it’s a “fearless feedback” environment.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38336,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Specialist,Tech Specialist,over all great experience. great place to work.,"none, it's a great place to work",make the employee discount 70% and allow us to use it more often. The more products we own the more knowledgeable we are and can better help the customers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38337,apple,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,"good college job, fast paced environment, awesome management","difficult to go corporate, have to deal with lots of people daily",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38338,apple,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,So much fun!,Fun atmosphere and really awesome people.,Weekends tend to get too hectic and a lot of pressure from cranky customers,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38339,apple,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Apple Review,Some of the best coworkers you could ever ask for.,Hard to break out of the retail environment.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P171.htm
38340,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Former Genius,Flexible Schedule Great Benefits Package Good pay for retail,Retail High customer traffic High quota of customers/hour lead to extra stress and lowered quality interactions,Let the Geniuses doe what they do,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38341,apple,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Bar,good company apple has a nice store,"nothing bad at all, good",doing good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38342,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Dear Apple,"Supportive environment, and great food.",Lack of proximity to some low-end restaurants.,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38343,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Overall it was a great opportunity and experience,Great people great service great products couldnt get any better i will always use apple products as long as there out,Couldnt think of anything because i didnt have any problems everything was just great and well put together just awesome,Keep up the great work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38344,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Busineess Analyst,Business Analys`t,- Great culture - Full of highly skilled individuals - Excellent Compensation and Benefits,- Work life balance - Getting more bureaucracy,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38345,apple,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Great culture, decent benefits package",Hard to move up the ladder,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38346,apple,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Design Engineer,Working on great products Compensation is above average,Limited upward mobility Difficult to move teams,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38347,apple,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,consistant hours,"ive been in the service industry for 13 years, never once have i had a normal schedule. saturdays were always a must. now i get a weekend? how freaking cool. yes its a hard job, but it is worth it.","none that i have found. unless you dont like to work then its a hard job but, try any other resturant and youll quickly realize that you had iy made here.",keep being awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38348,apple,none," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Advisor,The benefits are truly great!,There need to be more opportunities to advance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38349,apple,"Auburndale, FL"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Chat Support,Chat tech support,"Work from home, sends mac to you, good pay, good hours","Nothing, this is the best job you could ever possibly get",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P172.htm
38350,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Icloud Software Engineer,iCloud software engineer (backend),Huge impact working on a widely used customer facing backend. Cross-functional teams mean you get to work with iOS and front-end people while working on backend. Generous holiday policy. Support for pivoting to another roles at Apple by HR and manager.,"Secrecy and need to know sometimes gets in the way of learning freely. Food is not free (hello Google!). Gym is not free either, although symbolic payment only.",Provide transparent part to employee growth (did not have experience having such thing outlined).,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38351,apple,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Benefits. Work/Life Balance. Workplace technology. Levels of separation between C-level and entry level employees - I consider this a pro, however, it can impact your opportunities for upward mobility.",Constant change. Confidentiality's impact on internal preparation. Management and team cohesiveness is dependent on the store you work at. I am blessed to be a part of a location that is strong in these areas.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38352,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - GSM,GSM,- Able to work with a lot of smart engineers - Very detail oriented culture - Will get promoted quickly if you are really good,- Very stressful work environment,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38353,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Technician,Apple review,Apple was a great well rounded company to work for.,It’s very difficult to transfer stores if you are moving out of state. The company needs to improve on the transfer processes,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38354,apple,none," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,They pay well but its pretty fake.,"Stressful work environment. Little employee options, you are just a gear.",Act genuine.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38355,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,good place to work,"nice people, nice environment, great benefit.","work and life balance, complain customers",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38356,apple,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,money is good to begin with,people can get impatient,hire more people,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38357,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Learning to Evangelize,Always learning and Always growing. It’s the kind of work space where the sky is the limit. You can always grow into new and existing roles.,You can get lost in a sea of employees. There are so many people doing so many vastly different things.,Continue to push the needle forward. Quality over quantity.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38358,apple,"Reston, VA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,"amazing benefits, but is it worth working retail?","AMAZING benefits, Great pay for retail positions","Must work holidays, management always pushing sales and typical recycled retail environment","Be different, like Apple used to be.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38359,apple,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SMB Sales,"Great work environment, nice new establishment.",No movement and/or training,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P173.htm
38360,apple,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 Mac +,Great benefits and work from home,"Schedule bid, no bonuses and very busy",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38361,apple,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,electrical engineering,high salary good environment good boss,busy to work all the days,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38362,apple,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Love the environment. It is a good workplace.,The work is difficult but manageable.,All good!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38363,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Great spring board,"Apple is a great spring board into the IT and Project management industry. Teaches great corporate values, and teaches you how to work in an ever changing environment.","This can be a very high pressure job, and you must need to know how to communicate effectively with customers if you want to survive.",Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38364,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),Internship Review,"People are very smart, and tend to be very helpful and receptive towards interns. Everyone seems to be driven and excited.",Secretive environment. Can be very hard to meet people (professionally and socially both).,Plan intern projects out in advance. Asking them what they want to do the day the y arrive doesn't work as well as you might think it does.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38365,apple,"Mesa, AZ"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,I wish the store I worked at cared about me like the company did.,"Great benefits such and stock options and reduced price on items and skills that can be used in other fields of work, awesome environment, lovely people all around","Unless you fall in line with the store and fill the managements ego you won’t get very far. Upset people come in very often and must know how to keep a cool, calm and level head","Let go of the ego and actually listen and work on feedback that is given and ask for it more on a daily bases, check in with employees and actually care don’t just seem like it actually mean it",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38366,apple,"Miami, FL"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Expert,Good work life balance. Great benefits,Not a lot of room to grow in small stores,Value the talent internally,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38367,apple,none," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,"Great company, Good benefits, Good environment","Bad Management, Bad hours, Not understanding",Work with your team,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38368,apple,"Chestnut Hill, MA"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Best environment to be in,Hard to move up in company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38369,apple,none," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,Best way to start off career,Not a lot of influence,Involve lower level employees more,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P174.htm
38370,apple,"Broomfield, CO"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Expert,"Hard work, but valuable.",Unreal amount of benefits. Working amongst some of the smartest workers in the industry. Paid competitively for the work you're doing.,"Retail schedule (you're serving the public), working with the public,","If you can afford to pay your employees more, then press YOUR leadership to.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38371,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Expert/Manager,Expert,"Absolutely incredible company to work for. Stay and hungry, stay foolish... You can choose to treat it like a retail job, or if you express interest in other roles, there is almost limitless potential for experiences and challenges to grow you. I am a different person today, and I can say it is because of my time at that company.  Competitive pay, tons of perks, incredible bar setting culture (depending on your store).","It is still retail. The hours can be long, and the customers can be incredibly cruel to you for things that are out of your control. If you can separate from that, rock and roll.","Love on your employees. Focus on the people, not the metrics. Recognition can change everything in the work place.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38372,apple,"Garland, TX"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Relations Advisor,Hasn’t been ideal,Benefits Discount plan Can work from home Company pays for internet to work from home The people you work with are awesome in most cases,Pay Lack of management focus on what matters (ex: they don’t care about the employee experience and tend to just lay more crap on for you to do.... or jerk you around in departments),Listen to your people and pay them what they are worth. Prices go up on everything while the pay doesn’t match.,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38373,apple,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company, people and benefits!",The compensation for the amount you sell!,Be less fake,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38374,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great place for college student,Flexible part time hours with understanding leadership to work around schedules.,Your voice will be shot from talking all day and your feet will hurt from standing on trendy concrete floors all day.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38375,apple,none," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Zone Specialist,"Big voice or small voice, your voice is heard. Company culture breathes positivity to the group professionally and personally.",Working weekends and later hours.,Take the time to listen to your employees once they reach out to you. Offer feedback and don’t leave things open-ended.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38376,apple,none," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,Great benefits Amazing coworkers Positive environment,No set schedule Work life balance is difficult unless you are an very good planner,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38377,apple,none," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Apple,The best company ever.,None at all. I love apple..,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38378,apple,"Walnut Creek, CA"," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Great Community & Life Skills,-Decent pay for retail -Lots of career experiences available -Technician training is a MUST for those who ever leave Apple (Very expensive training FREE to employees) -Always something to do -Plenty of training -Lots of competency training and mentorship -They really believe in their credo -This company is very textbook when it comes to the way businesses should operate.,"-Too many managers, communication among each other sucks -Managers usually side with customers over employees -Most Apple services and subscriptions are not free to employees",-Get to know your employees better -Pursue the interests of your employees more proactively -Stop being petty about breaks -Listen to the suggestions that employees make on how they believe customers should be handled -Stop one-upping your employees in meetings,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38379,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrative,Apple is a great company to work for.,Benefits are still better than my friends who have much higher paying jobs. They can't be beat. Apple is pretty good at hiring people that fit the culture.,"It takes a long time for leadership to reprimand people who don't work hard and recognize the people that do. The attendance system is also very ""grade level"" - I've seen incredible people get fired because they were consistently ""late"" by 2-4 minutes. A time that other jobs I've had didn't care about and that doesn't effect our stores or teams negatively. Not having a grace period and/or respecting people as they are individually is a huge con. ""I understand you exceed expectations in every way and are dedicated to helping the company succeed but those two minutes really effected your team negatively."" (Face palm)","Have been in two stores in two different states. One thing that's consistent is the hiring, but management also goes through cycles of groups that don't fit Apple culture. A huge factor has been when we hire from outside. I've noticed the most supportive, fair, and best managers were those promoted from within. Managers from the outside tend to also promote people they haven't had a long relationship with and therefore promote people who deserve it less than people we see work harder and represent apple culture better. So you'll have a cycle of managers that are very well fit for their jobs - but then the Senior Manager will come from a company that doesn't fit our culture at all and will transform the leadership group negatively.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P175.htm
38380,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Associate,The employees are welcoming,It helps you grow in your field and it’s an opportunity to help people and teach them about new devices and updates.,"Kinda slow at advancing in position, there are so many working on a particular level and opportunity for individual skill to be noticed.",Notice skill and potential,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38381,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great opportunities, some downsides","Great products, some really bright people to work with.","Very political, office politics make focusing on the best outcomes difficult.",Improve the employees work - life balance.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38382,apple,"Lawson, MO"," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Amazing at home experience,"-Perfect work/life balance. -Decent working hours (earliest was 7AM CST, latest was 10:30PM CST) -Great pay for an entry role.","-Push back from different roles if you tried escalating an issue. -In my Senior Advisor Role, I had issues with a manager and I couldn't do anything about it. I had even requested a team change and they were unable to do that. -If you leave the company it's pretty much impossible to try and get back on.",Make it easier for returning employees who had left due to medical reasons.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38383,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Apple Retail,"If you love technology, problem solving, dealing with ambiguity and high paced environments, this is the place for you. I've also met the coolest and most genuine people here.",On the retail level attention has turned away from the employee as a person to the employee the machine. Everything is about numbers and the bottom line.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38384,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Get to work on industry leading technology, but at the expense of any personal life","Get to work on industry leading technology, few jobs will involve technology which reaches as many people as the hardware and software Apple produces Reasonable pay, but good benefits (on-site doctor, good health plan, etc.) Challenging work environment with a high potential for personal development","Absolutely no work/life balance, arguably one of the worst among large Bay Area companies. You should be OK not seeing your family and friends very often, and it helps to have a personality that thrives on constant stress and work. Schizophrenic upper and middle management, changing priorities constantly and treating engineers like disposable resources. Release goals are often unachievable, and code is often hurriedly thrown together. Software quality suffers as a result. Poor facilities: employees often have no place to park, and are all but required to eat at the on-campus cafeteria (which is not free) to avoid losing parking spots. It wasn't uncommon to have to spend 30 minutes hunting for parking in residential Cupertino after getting back from a doctor's appointment. Campus is generally overcrowded with work environments that aren't conducive to productivity.","Focus on smaller, more achievable sets of features that can be delivered with high quality. Make sure engineering has the support they need to get things done. Overbudgeting for a release means engineers kill themselves to try to pull together features that are ultimately cut anyway, it's better to underbudget and have stretch goals if you have extra time.  Apple has always been a magnet for engineers who thrive in high-stress environments, but the work life balance the last 4 years I worked there was unreal, and will only result in attrition of talent.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38385,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Payment Specialist,Payment Specialist,"Access to this excellent company, amazing perks, possibility to grow and switch to different departments, like finance, operations, apple care. Important team at Apple, helping solve payment issues.","Very operational, no flexibility, always the same work. We had a tool that used to control every time that we left our desk.","More autonomy to employees, don't need to control the time at the tool when we go to the bathroom, eat something. Maybe more flexibility would give more motivation to the workers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38386,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - QA Engineer,"Your product will touch the lives of many, you need to work as such",Sense of accomplishment You are amongst tons of very smart people Many learning opportunities You need something to perform your job? You will most likely get it,Life/work balance can get hectic There is no hand-holding A tough environment for some introverts Office can get a bit loud sometimes,Management has been doing a great job. A few hits and misses but overall it has been amazing working here.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38387,apple,"Albany, NY"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,.,"Great pay and benefits, discounts",Quite Overwhelmingly busy at times,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38388,apple,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrative,Keeps getting worse slowly but surely.,Great health benefits. Public transit reimbersment. Gym reimbersment. Respectful for your time off.,Apple used to be an amazing alternative to retail. Now it’s the same as any retail job.  Slowly but surely it’s become all about numbers and hitting profit quotas.  If you’re think of joining the Genius Bar team STAY AWAY. Instead of having a varied day at work you’re gonna be taking appoinements from angry customers for 8 hours straight.,Listen to your employees when they say they’re unhappy. Apple retail used to be amazing and we have every right to be disspaointed with current Apple Retail.,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38389,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Localization Project Manager,Huge company,A perk to working at my team at is there is investment in tools/systems and headcount to make my job easier and more efficient.,A con is that there are so many people is seems hard to advance in your field and an excess in tools can cause more hiccups than efficiencies,Question people when they ask for more tools/systems and headcount,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P176.htm
38390,apple,none," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Great company and culture. Good benefits and pay! Adequate amount of training for job role.,No cons unless you don't like a busy work environment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38391,apple,none," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Supervisor,Creativity is encouraged. Phenomenal products and employee benefits. Sense of pride working for a company of its stature.,Work life balance is often impacted as a result of constant meetings and calls that take up the balance of the day. Working 10 hours or more is the daily norm.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38392,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Chief of All Things,Great company,Great company to work for,Company is dying a slow painful death,Help us by helping yourselves,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38393,apple,none," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Friendly People and Environment,"Managers take the time to listen, company culture fosters positivity.","Very busy store (Fifth Avenue, NYC), takes a lot of energy to work here on a daily basis.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38394,apple,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail Product Zone Specialist,"I got tuition reimbursement, gym reimbursement, better pricing on stocks, etc.","Busy, I can't really think of many cons though. The team was great, the environment was also great, etc.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38395,apple,none," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Lots of oppoortinities Work on innovative products,Work life balance Hard work yet worth it,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38396,apple,none," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,benefit,"great health benefits, transportation benefits",not enough $ covered for transportation,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38397,apple,none," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience with Apple jobs,It has a great atmosphere there,There are no cons there,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38398,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Dont bother,Discounts Pay Working from home benefits pay for your internet,- Talking to ignorant customers - Apple system has a lot of errors - the managers don't really listen too your concerns.,Learn to take into consideration of what you employees say.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38399,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Problematic Retail Wage Structure,"Great co-workers, highly underestimated talent pool for you to connect with on a personal level at work, good benefits (yet you are discouraged from unionizing which I think may be borderline illegal?) progressive work environment in terms of race, sexuality, and lifestyle. Rewarding experiences and lots of skills to be utilized in the real world (Apple Retail is not the real world, as much as they say it is)...Tim Cook is also trying really hard to correct the company but Retail and Corporate hate one another.","First and foremost, transparency and accountability. The hiring process is a bag of nonsense. Even internally, when you apply for a lateral transfer or a position inside your own store, the management lies to you about your chances with impunity, the Store Leader has no clout with the recruiting process yet promises upward mobility.  There is favoritism, avarice, and a highly political nature to all hiring decisions. The customers are either incredible or absolutely horrible. This job requires the highest extreme of negotiation skills, customer service, and tolerance as people will test you beyond your limits with what they expect and require.  Apple Retail needs to clean sweep its management tier, the majority of whom were hired from Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target and Pacsun...companies that share no values with Apple and love to focus on numbers. Having worked under Steve Jobs and Ron Johnson, the philosophy used to be ""work on customer experience, because the products sell themselves"" but now it is all about results even though we don't make any commission (which is insane if you do the math) and the management brags about results and company wealth while the average employee is required to know skills required for 80k tech support and IT jobs while paying them half or less than that and asking them to perform harder on top of those unfeasible numbers.  Apple needs to reshape retail and get rid of the people who have taken over the top tier and are running it like a boutique Circuit City.","Honestly you are the team that always needs the most work. You have great people, you need to learn how to use them and care for them.",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P177.htm
38400,apple,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be better,"Discounts, discounts, and more discounts","Terrible schedule, pay was somewhat decent",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38401,apple,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple specialist part time,"Very Loving people, great benefits","Busy, sometimes stressful, long hours I've heard","Nothing, they do a fantastic job.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38402,apple,none," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,"Lots of work, overtime a plus","SOmetimes very hard, always rewarding",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38403,apple,"Lansing, MI"," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple- Great Place To Work,"Flexibility, fun environment, great management, great discounts, competitive pay.",Little room for advancement into a higher position.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38404,apple,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's great,Great benefits even for retail stores,Hard getting hired with them,They are cool but can be very micromanaging,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38405,apple,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Tuition reimbursement and other benefits, health plan, customer focus","Favoritism, very little opportunity for part timers to develop",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38406,apple,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Great environment with people who are passionate and want to be there.,This is the dream no cons,Thanks for looking out for us.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38407,apple,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Apple invests in the personal growth of its employees. Part time employees also receive full benefits as well.,"Since the employee retention rate and the company popularity is so high, it can be very difficult to get hired.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38408,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Everything you want it to be,"Great company culture, compensation, benefits, vision, fun, personal development, room for advancement",May take time to climb the company ladder,Recognize and reward your employees' experience outside of Apple,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38409,apple,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Software Engineer, Intern",Good environment and nice manager,Time is so short and use a whiteboard to write code,none,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P178.htm
38410,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing Company, Amazing benefits","Pay, Benefits, Perks, coworkers, training",No part time career experiences,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38411,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Great benefits and great pay.,Retail hours and working in a mall.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38412,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Great lots of fun and cool,None best place to work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38413,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,"Amazing environment, great employee benefits, great leadership, always room to grow and get promoted",Honestly there aren't any besides the excepted overwhelming of people who come in the store,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38414,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working here!,Easily one of the best places to work for in retail.,Moving into management feels saturated.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38415,apple,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wish it was less stressful.,Great benefits and decent pay for retail based job.,Stressful environment with emphasis on rushing over customer experience.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38416,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red zone specialist/back of house,Flexibility to move from one team to another. Better pay than the area average,Lots of politics with managers and cliques.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38417,apple,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Lead Mac Genius,Lead Mac Genius at a retail store,"Good people, great benefits, Learned a lot about trouble shooting","No set schedule, large company, lots of qualified people means a lot of competition for not a lot of spots,",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38418,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Good company,Apple is a great company to work for,"Very busy, fast paced environment",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38419,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,It’s been an enriching one. I’ve gained new insight on how tech companies work.,"The benefits are great. Part time gets healthcare. Wage works and there’re discounts everywhere from food, to movies and third party products",Challenges include international customers and language barriers. If you know what you want to do don’t hesitate to voice it,Keep up the great work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P179.htm
38420,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Voice Engineer,Amazing company with very talented people,"Possibilities are endless depending on the department you are in. If I need something to do my job better all I have to do is get it, if I think I have a better idea on how to solve a problem, present it and run a POC.  This is by far the best company I have ever worked for and I have been in the industry nearly two decades. Sure, a lot is expected especially in engineering and we are payed well to perform at the level Apple expects.  If you want to sit in the rocking chair and collect a check Apple is not for you, if you want to innovate, be creative, be challenged and work with some of the top talent in the world, look no further.",You will run into people that have worked for Apple quite a long time and they have found a way to do the bare minimum to keep a job.,"Anyone that consistent scores 'fails to meet expectations' on their review should be put on a corrective action plan and or be moved out of the department to a place they can be useful. It is not right for people to collect a check while barely doing the minimum to collect a check. We are Apple, we are the best and need the best teammates.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38421,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Once-in-a-lifetime experience, but you pay for it","Good pay, benefits, and employee perks. Get to work with talented people on amazing products. Good professional experience, and Apple looks good on resume.","Big company with many different groups, so experiences will vary, but here are some of the negatives I noticed... So many people work obsessively for fear of being judged an under-performer rather than b/c they are truly passionate about their work. EXCESSIVE email, phone calls, meetings, and travel. Internal work flow is rarely efficient/elegant. Most work is accomplished through brute force and shear will of ICs. Key decisions continuously deferred, and very often, past the last minute with team members having to develop contingency on contingency to address management's inability to pare down options. Too many [wannabe] leaders and not enough role players. Firefighters are promoted, planners who work to avoid fires in the first place are often forgotten. Too many teams who want to tackle everything under the sun without adjusting expectations, rather than focus on the big hitters that the team can actually execute well and sustainably. All of this means lots of pressure and stress. Apple can take over your life.","See Cons. Focus and efficiency is lacking in some groups many rungs down from the executive team, and it is taking its toll on people.",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38422,apple,none," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard Work!!!,Good jobs and environment,Rotating shifts. Working on holidays.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38423,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Business Specialist,Leadership makes a difference,The possibilities are there if you are full time and stay positive. Lots of turnover and ambiguity during the time there.,Leadership is subjective. Some come across like they have their favorites. I had colleagues that did really great work but often would get overlooked for new opportunities.,Lead by example. Give feedback.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38424,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Project Specialist,Low man on the totem pole with exceptional levels of responsibility.,"Leadership (mostly) is appreciative of the work we do Flexibility to take vacation time, though the workload doesn't allow for it most of the time Challenging work that's always evolving Teams are happy to teach if you're eager to learn","Forty hour work weeks are few and far between Systems and tools are proprietary which makes it difficult to work cross functionally Some managers are not well versed on assigned roles and responsibilities, so expect to be given work that's time consuming and out of scope",Thank you for celebrating our successes and making us feel at home when we are in the office. It would be great to see more internal promotion to preserve our corporate culture. This is what makes our company special and it takes time to each external hires how we work before hiring more.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38425,apple,"Woodcliff Lake, NJ"," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - FRS,Great Place To Start,Apple is a great place to start your career. It offers great platforms to learn.,They do not care about the employee. Everyone is replaceable.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38426,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Apple Retain,Relaxed environment because it isn't like your average retail store,Not as fun as it was before apple become popular,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38427,apple,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,"Positive team work, discounts, co-workers",management but that depends on store.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38428,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Great company culture,"Great people, Growth, Professionalism, Great culture",No bridge from retail to corporate,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38429,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great workplace, good benefits","Training, progression, job selection all these things and more. Would tell everyone to apply. Had been and continues to be a great job,",Nothing really the pros outweigh any cons. Can’t think of anything worth sharing. This is a great place to work for.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P180.htm
38430,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Project Manager,Great Place to work,"Wonderful benefits, excellent management, a great place to work",It is a very large company so it can sometimes feel like each department is it's own company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38431,apple,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Good products, fun atmosphere to work in","Slow customer service, not enough employees",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38432,apple,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience,good training and good management,tough schedule but very flexible,reconfigure schedules,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38433,apple,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,EPM,1.You have a lot of flexibility to solve problem. 2.Benefits are comprehensive and good. 3. Deal with important tasks.,Lack of training. Too many changes.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38434,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"great benefits, great teams to work with, amazing pride in what we do",culture being lost somewhat and appearing more like a large company. Lost it's startup feel.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38435,apple,none," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Fun Place,Fun place to work. Great environment with a lot of creative people. Did not soley focus on sales numbers.,Dealing with abrasive customers could be mentally and physically draining.,"Continue to reward the staff for their good nature. Apple needs to focus more on innovating with their lackluster products lately. Products used to sell themselves, the balance now between pricing and the worth of the product has dramatically changed.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38436,apple,none," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manufacturing Design Intern,"Loved my time here, awesome work culture, meaningful contribution",Sometimes secrecy can make it difficult to meet people outside your department,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38437,apple,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quality engineer / CMM Programmer,Get better job and better income,new place for me so I don't know how it will goes,none,4.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38438,apple,"Elmwood Park, NJ"," Sep 21, 2017","Former Employee - President, General Manager",Excellent company to workfor,"Recognition, excellent training, socialization. The training and dscipline are aming the best in the market place. This is a company that trains people to really become professional at what they do.",Advancement very difficult. The company is so big that it is almost like you as an enployee are just a number and a robot there to figure out peoples needs and situations,"Become more humanly oriented, xoncentrate on fhe person more and not the Apps",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38439,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Great team, limited opportunities, emotionally draining","The people you work side by side with are exceptionally talented, intelligent and funny people, with, most importantly, extremely high emotional intelligence. The benefits are also exceptional.","The customers expect an enormous amount of care - often well beyond what is reasonable. Many therefore behave in ways which appear inappropriate or unfair. Unless you learn to shake it off, it can really take its toll. There is also limited opportunity for growth. Few people advance beyond the retail side of Apple - or even to the top of Apple retail (though this doesn't mean it's impossible).","Why, why in god's name is it called the Genius Bar? Any UX Designer who spent a day observing interactions would know this is a name that creates a poor customer experience. Why the call it something analogous to ""Doctor's office""? For goodness' sake, even ""Apple Hospital,"" which would be a terrible name, would at least more effectively communicate the customer experience, and therefore may result in more accurate expectations and more instances where those expectations are pleasantly and unexpectedly surpassed.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P181.htm
38440,apple,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Innovative products, learn how Engineering, Ops, Mktg, Cust Service works together to deliver a great brand experience","Work life balance, bureaucracy and politics has taken a priority over innovation",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38441,apple,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - College ApplecareAdvisor,Apple Care Advisor College Program,Tuition reimbursement up to $5000. $300 gym reimbursement. Above average hourly pay.,They make you choose your work schedule before class even starts and are unwilling to shift dates based on if you are involved on campus.,Allow college advisors to drop shifts not make them do mandatory shift swaps.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38442,apple,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,"Awesome work environment, approachable managers, great coworkers. Creativity and diversity are valued here. As long as you're honest about what you don't know, people will work to help you so that you do.",Same cons as any retail job. But I don't mind retail. Apple just expects a lot from you.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38443,apple,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work for,"great project, great team, great package",nothing bad to say about apple,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38444,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Family,they treat you like family,"the holidays, but thats any retail place",keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38445,apple,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,captain,amazing campus and co workers are always so willing to work with you and as a team,high cost of living in the area which makes comp not as great,keep on doing you,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38446,apple,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Technical Support Advisor,"Benefits were excellent, and the company culture was great.",Customers are sometimes not the best. I was not passionate about the position what so ever.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38447,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple iTunes Chat,"Great benefits, moral, discounts","lack of advancement, seasonal OT",promote more advisors,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38448,apple,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,at home advisor remote based,not much really - low pay high expectations,"the so-called 'metrics' - other reviewers remarks are accurate - perfection is the only acceptable level of performance, not kidding","you repeat Jobs words, but you don't get the ideas. try to learn.",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38449,apple,none," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,WORK CAN BE FUN!,"great benefits, great people",no growth potential at retail level,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P182.htm
38450,apple,none," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT,Great IT jobs at Apple,work work work work work,please hacce less work for workers,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38451,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Apple Retail,"I worked in Apple Retail for 7 years and I learned so many valuable skills that helped me excel in my career afterwards. This is a place where you work with fun products, work in a structured and accountable environment, and are given opportunities and experiences that can help you grow professionally.",Apple is such a large company that it's difficult to move fast.,"Keep doing what you're doing. Work with young people, train them, keep some, and let some go. You're doing good work.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38452,apple,none," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple AHA,"Chose own hours, discounts and benefits",can get boring when working at home,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38453,apple,none," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare At Home Advisor,- Benefits - Training - Friendly people - Provided Equipment - Very encouraging managers/Team. - Organized company,"- Training - Work on weekends - Picking shifts is very hectic - Very repetitive job - Time goes slow while working - Breaks/Lunch time - More Negative/Toxic Customers than positive - Mic is very low quality - Too many requirements - Vacation System is very bad and its requirement - Day off = Fired - Simple mistakes gets you a talk with the manager - ""Customer is always right""",Keep doing what you doing! you guys are awesome.,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38454,apple,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prouct zone,"benefits, community feeling, great place to network","crazy odd hours, schedule accommodation, promoting external over internal hires",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38455,apple,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare College Advisor,- Benefits - Managers - Comfortable talking to people,"- Scheduling flexibility - Was too difficult to switch hours - Don't have a weekend preference, be able to pick what day you work",- see the cons,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38456,apple,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place great people,Pay was great advancement opportunities abound if you're dedicated and good at your job. People were phenomenal.,Management can be kind of all over the place. Some inconsistency in policies,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38457,apple,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working with friends,You will meet people you want to be around for the rest of your life.,"You're a cog in a small part (store) of a small section (retail) of a huge machine (Apple). It's only a con if you lead with that thought. Learn to recognize and find the people that encourage you and challenge you within that and you'll start to recognize why people stay for so long. But, yeah, you're basically a cog.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38458,apple,"Novi, MI"," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,"Stocks, uniforms, diversity, benefits, culture, values.",Sometimes it can be a challenge getting the schedule you want.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38459,apple,"Spokane, WA"," Sep 1, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"At-Home Advisor, iOS and Mac+","As other reviews say, the culture and energy are fantastic, even from a work-from-home perspective. They are great at making you feel included and part of a team while working remotely, great collaboration tools. Amazing benefits, extremely inclusive, lots of employee diversity, pretty much every employee you deal with is on point. Apple took great care of me and made me feel truly valued and appreciated. I would definitely work there again and highly recommend.","They do have high expectations, but it's nothing ridiculous. There is a bit of kool-aid drinking, but frankly, the kool-aid is delicious...I didn't mind it one bit.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P183.htm
38460,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Prime Benefits. Horrible for career growth.,"Great benefits like health, dental, vision, fitness reimbursement, transportation subsidies... not to mention discounts on multiple brands. Peers generally tend to be smart people with artistic attributes. Team oriented, yet mostly self-managed.",Career growth is hard due to political system and favoritism game amongst the leadership team. Internal advancement is not based on actual performance and metrics. It is based on how well you can sell yourself. Customer base tend to be stressful to deal with.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38461,apple,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spec,Great place for growth in corp,Wish they would hire more,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38462,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Good benefits,Great insurance and coverage Lots of perks and benefits,Changing schedule from week to week Working post-holidays,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38463,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Service Specialist,Service Specialist,Offers Stock 3 per year,"Hourly rate, not enough increase.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38464,apple,"Hingham, MA"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great full or part time,"Wonderful corporate culture, fast paced environment, working with bright people. Good benefits even for part time even more for full.","Retail schedules can be difficult. Pay probably should be a little,e higher in busy stores as it can be stressful and requires a great deal of knowledge.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38465,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Tech Support T2,Great job as long as your supervisor is honest and real,"Schedules., benefits, work from home,wonderful essp. Match Great peers and easy to get a lot of overtime that comes in handy during the holidays",Unqualified supervisors that have little to no experience in the tech field. Retaliation when any disagreement with an evaluation and it's all downhill from there.,"Start hiring supervisors from within my supervisor is a ex parole officer with no tech experience,",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38466,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Used to be better...,"Insurance and benefits are key, nice people, ok pay. Hour lunch, get to meet cool customers.","Very little room to move up, rude customers and clients, a lot of the managers are not as trained on what to do as a salesperson so they aren’t good to help more than changing a schedule.",Make sure that the people getting hired are good with people and will help other people. They need to be willing to learn and to take feedback.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38467,apple,"Garner, NC"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Excellent company to work for!,They care about employees and their schedules.,No complaints yet so far!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38468,apple,"Sugar Land, TX"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Fantastic job that cares about its employees and includes many great benefits and opportunities.,"Company takes very good care of its employees. Medical benefits, great discounts, stock, etc. Above average pay and the job is extremely fun and fulfilling",Dealing with a constantly busy store and high customer traffic. Can be hard or take a while to move up within the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38469,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AppleCare Advisor,Great benefits package and competitive pay.,"- ZERO work life balance - Proprietary software constantly has issues that you WILL get blamed for - ""Promotions"" are essentially you taking on the job responsibilities of other departments while they benefit off of your hard work. - Terrible communication from management. They will tell you they are ""working on a fix"" for any issues that arise, but the fix never comes, they typically push your issues onto another department and then get you in trouble if it is not fixed.",Stop treating your employees like numbers and start treating them like people. We all have lives and do not have the proper training to fix software that constantly fails us.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P184.htm
38470,apple,none," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Retail Review,The people make Apple special. Exposure to people development and business management a plus for young people starting out in their careers.,Regional Managers up are all big box and the company is nothing like it was when Steve was around. Very political now with many layers of management. Retail has no work life balance and terrible for families.,Remember your roots.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38471,apple,"Naples, FL"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Progressively less progressive and more Corporate,You are encouraged and allowed to be an individual although it has become a lot more strict since Angela took over Retail,Overly competitive and extremely “clicky” at times and everyone is disposable because of the companies popularity. Thus leading to a frustrating career path at times for the truly hungry and hardworking individuals,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38472,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Supportive work environment, transparent guideline, excellent training and development, health insurance for part-time employees.","This is still a retail job, and you are on your feet all day and have a variable work schedule.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38473,apple,none," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Employee discount is a great part of the salary.,"None honestly, Apple is very amazing",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38474,apple,none," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Culture,"-Benefits are incredible, they continue to push the envelope among employers. -Culture -Structure -Sense of purpose",-Communication among managers is something that every company has to strive to be excellent at. At Apple the reason why this is so important is simply because of the amount of employees each store has.,-Communication,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38475,apple,none," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Discounts, great team, always a great working culture at apple.",Sometimes you don't always get the best customers,"Management is great, pick the right store, you'll be fine.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38476,apple,none," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hatdware Engineering,"I have so much pride in the incredible amount of hard work and detail that goes into each new product. After 10 years, I am still excited about our launches and this energy is contagious and keeps me coming back every day.",There is no downside at working at Apple.,Remain organized and keep on working hard,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38477,apple,none," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,"Amazing culture, people, and benefits.",Retail and Corporate are two completely different worlds.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38478,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Product Specialist,"Great job, but still metrics centered.","Great pay, everyone is on task and good at their job, and there is more potential there than there is at any other retail job.",You still have to meet certain goals that can become stressful when you have some bad weeks metrics wise. Promotions are more based on your numbers and less on your passion.,Numbers shouldn’t matter as much in such a profitable company if customers are having a good experience.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38479,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Service Tech,Apple Life,"Good benefits, young, energetic and creative co-wrokers, adequate deals on Apple products","Horrible hours, no balance between work and life, office politics become more important than merit, too much on emphasis on money but is disguised as something else.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P185.htm
38480,apple,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee for Life,Working for Apple has allowed me to fulfill my career dreams for a company and cause that I believe in.,Not much compared to Pros,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38481,apple,none," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Amazing place to grow and learn life long skills!,It takes a thick skin to deal with certain situations.,Engage your employees and they will be the best team.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38482,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Apple has great benefits including Insurance, Dental, Vision, 401k, Stock options, and discounts on Apple Products as well as affiliates products.",Schedule is set 3-6 months at a time with very little flexibility. With Apple having so many employees career advancement can be difficult especially in an At Home position.,"In my particular area of Apple, we have taken on 8 new supported calls with no pay increase. We are also expected to perform other department duties when they fail to do so, also with no pay increase.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38483,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Expert,Amazing company to work for,"Stock options, great pay, amazing benefits. They treat their employees with respect. Apple also goes above and beyond to take care of employee specific needs.","Unless you get a corporate position, you are still working retail and retail hours. There is also a lot of clout that comes with working for apple.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38484,apple,"Manhasset, NY"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Zone Specialist,"Truly a family, from corporate down to retail it feels that everyone has the same goal and that the employee comes first no matter what. If you want to grow within the system then they are 1000% supportive.","If you are using Apple as a job while you are pursuing outside goals, then there isn't a lot of upward mobility.",Give same opportunities to people who seem like they want to stay with Apple and those who you may think doesn't because you never know who you can inspire to stay.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38485,apple,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent company to work with,decent pay challenging work get to rotate every three years,absolutely no work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38486,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super fast paced. Will stress you out often,Good benefits. They help pay for school. Offer you free lunches every couple of months.,No room for growth there. Management doesn't make you feel valued like the company tries to make you believe.,"Get back to being yourself, not so fake. Value your employees and they'll start doing better work.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38487,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great people to work with,Management bases promotions on friendship and not the work you produce,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38488,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Network Engineer,Network engineer,salary and also gaining new tech skills,can be stressful during project dead lines,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38489,apple,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative Specialist,The best thing working at apple is everyone is on the same page and ready to work every single day.,The customers can be rude and you have to learn how to deal with each costumer differently which can be a real hassel.,"There is no advice needed. Being there, apple management is the best of its class! They pump everyone up and everyone is super excited to work their everyday.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P186.htm
38490,apple,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people,You receive a LOT of personal development support as well as a myriad of discounts,Apple is a large company and you can get lost in the shuffle.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38491,apple,"Durham, NC"," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,A job that allows you to live,Great company to work for as far as benefits and they're super picky about employees so everyone I've known here has been amazing. Retail is not commission based so there's no pressure to perform. Pay is well above my states minimum. Pretty good work life balance options if you want it.,"The customers can be challenging and some company goals seem a little difficult to attain. If you dislike customer service, this is not a job for you.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38492,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,"Cliquish, cultish, no work/life balance",-discounts on Apple products -decent hourly pay for retail,"-Weird cultish attitude among coworkers and if you don't follow the attitude of all the other Apple minions, you are really looked down on and shunned. As an Apple employee, you must bow down and worship Apple, and if you don't, you are treated like a leper. -In every company meeting, training video, presentation, etc., variations of the word ""excite"" and ""innovative"" always come up. Come on, there is more to life than Apple and some of us aren't ""excited"" at every little ""innovative"" thing Apple does (or doesn't really do). -Coworkers seem very pretentious and fake, like ""I work for Apple. I'm something special! Oh, I care about you as long as I benefit from it. If I don't benefit, I couldn't care less about you."" There does not seem to be genuine authenticity among coworkers and lack of actual care/concern for others and backstabbing has taken place. -Individuality is ""encouraged"", however if your individual ideas don't align with Apple's culture, you should forget voicing anything in fear of harsh criticism. -Benefits for part-time employees aren't very good. For a company that makes billions, the benefit package for part-time is pathetic compared to full-time. -Training is sub-par and more ""fluff"" than actual useful training, such as ""This Apple product will change your life. You can go to the outer reaches of space and back. It'll blow your mind. It's so exciting!"" Okay, how about telling me something ACTUALLY useful, such as what the device actually does, its tech specs, etc. and not silly garbage like ""It'll change my life."" -Sometimes, you're expected to do company training on your OWN time because you're only allotted so many working hours per week on part-time and you have no time to do the training while working in the store. Therefore, to get training done and not go over your allotted working hours, it's expected of you to do training in your ""free"" time and not be compensated for it. -Asking for time off is like pulling teeth, even with a supposed ""flexible schedule"". -Even if you work only certain days of the week, company emails/texts/calls are coming in at all times/days and you MUST respond even during non-working hours.",-Where do I even begin?,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38493,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Specialist,Discounts on products and the Health Benefits,"Management, Management, Management, and the raise structure is horrible. It is also almost impossible to move up unless one of the managers are your best friend etc",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38494,apple,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fun,nice and cool and fun,there is nothing i can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38495,apple,none," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Lots of benefits, great experiences, wonderful people to work with","It’s retail, so the hours are not flexible especially over weekends. The workflow can feel transactional, too fast paced, tiring, monotonous and draining. Especially working with angry customers all day—this tends to suck the energy out of many employees after about 3-4 years.","Lose the big business mindset of Apple retail. Return to a more grassroots company that is more interested in people, community, and making the world a better place. In the last 2 years it has seemed that Apple says they are passionate about these things, but they still apply policy and company/retail decisions that do not reflect these values. Still, a worthwhile company to work for. The pros outweigh the cons but perhaps you wouldn’t expect to remain with Apple forever.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38496,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Excellent development hardware and lots of talented people to learn from.,QA is vastly understaffed and products rarely get the thorough testing needed before the software release date.,Focus more on the product as a whole and less on bug count.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38497,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company.,Open relationship with managers and Market Leaders making it easy to be heard. They listen to your feedback to improve the workplace.,"Not easy to get promoted within Retail into Management. Political in a way where if you have children and some management experience, you will get pushed ahead of someone else more qualified which can be good and bad.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38498,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Creative,Better retail environment than most. Benefits and discounts are cool. Definitely work with some great people. Fast paced and get to play with cool toys.,Can be stressful. You have roughly 170 other coworkers and 10 managers. Customers can be great or a pain in the... Also Apple really doesn't have a clear path for the creative team at the moment.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38499,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,"Great company, culture, stiff penalty for requesting remote work status","Work with smart, driven and creative people everyday. Excellent pay and stock. Great place for someone who knows how to navigate a highly complex organization and constantly innovate ideas and think progressively.",Approach to talent is old fashion and requirements for onsite vs. remote workers means loosing good talent on a regular basis. The company is a bit self important. Work life balance is not great. You are expected to be on 24 / 7.,Put a modern lens on how you manage your workforce.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P187.htm
38500,apple,none," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review,"Great culture, high pay, opportunities to grow skills","hard to get promotions, can be micromanaged at times",Consider current employees for promotions rather than hiring outside of the store,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38501,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - (AHA) Mac+ Tier I Technical Support,Working at Apple Has Been Amazing!,"I've been at Apple over two years and it's an exceptional company. It's probably the best employer that I've had. Apart from health benefits there are perks and ""swag."" Like most companies, they offer a percentage off products for both employees and family members. Scheduling is usually done through shift bids, but they will still work with you according to your preference. Apple is always concerned about their employees from my perspective and always strive to be better. The opportunities for growth are endless. They have annual events focused around learning about other groups and the career path to get there.","Although there are annual reviews for raises, I wish the starting pay was a bit more.","Everyone in Apple's Management are genuinely helpful. They are hands on and are truly concerned, even when it pertains to non-Apple related concerns.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38502,apple,none," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iApps Senior Advisor,Great culture and work environment. Love the people I work with. Amazing benefits and the stock purchase plan is great.,You have to work holidays but you get paid extra so it is worth it to me. Difficult and needy customers will drive you crazy.,I think AppleCare is a very well run organization. I don't have any suggestions and feel I have been treated more than fairly.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38503,apple,none," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Great training and experience, challenging and motivating work environment, great culture, good compensation.","Very stressful, very tiring.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38504,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unique Culture,Shared value to build a better world,sometimes it lacks work-life balance,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38505,apple,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent Retail Job,If the store has a decent culture your'e in luck.,Poor management consistency. Corporate is tone deaf.,Stop being shady and take care of your people. The customer is never more important than the happiness of your employees.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38506,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Engineering Program Manager,The world is your oyster if you can justify what you are proposing and it makes sense to the program goals. Seems like unlimited resources to help solve the challenge at hand. Compensation is very competitive and it gets harder to leave the longer you stay due to the equity compensation stacking up each year.,"The abundance in resources has engineering team think of elaborate, expensive, one of a kind solutions to periphery problems that others in the industry are solving with really inexpensive, fast, simple solutions. Kind of weird but true in some instances.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38507,apple,none," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,I love working here. Meet lots of amazing long lasting relationships with co workers,there are no cons !,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38508,apple,none," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great benefits, awesome values, amazing coworkers","Retail is still retail, even at Apple",Understand what it's like to be a specialist,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38509,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Sep 1, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,I would have stayed forever if I could have secured a full time position,Great people. Focused on employee development. Excellent benefits. Flexible schedule for full- and part-time employees.,Was unable to secure a full time position after 3 years of working with the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P188.htm
38510,apple,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mechanical Engineer,"Good Company, the work place is nice.","Lots of stress for people, need to nice with people.",Raise pay employee much more,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38511,apple,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple PD,"Cool products, cool perks, learned a lot","No work life balance, not a good long term gig",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38512,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Supply Planner,Supply Planner,"Great brand on resume, and good food in the cafe","awful work life balance, mysterious and un-transparent performance rating and bonus payout, poor professional development from managers",Performance rating and bonus structure is an enigma,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38513,apple,none," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager,"Innovative, Customer Focused, Performance, Driven",Moving up in your career would require relocating to Cupertino,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38514,apple,"Portland, OR"," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Retail Rocks,Awesome pay for Retail job Really smart folks Cutting edge technology,Minimum availability requiremets often did not allow me to balance my work/life/school schedule.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38515,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Ok,Great benefits and the benefits are really really good plus the option to purchase stock. Would also admit that learning the technology world is fun,Work schedule is hectic and dealing with the average joe who assumes they have a degree in technology can be kinda overwhelming and your always on your feet,More active in personal growth for employees,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38516,apple,"Bloomington, MN"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Solid benefits, but retail is tough","Benefits are strong, and the people I work with are great. And the job itself is great. 5 locations in the area helps.",Open availability is required for full time retail. Weekend work is not ideal for a family. Store is very loud most of the time.,"Leadership does not have a clear sense of direction. I feel they are tied to decisions made by corporate, when corporate has doesn't understand how the store works.",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38517,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Work Experience,"Great benefits, you work with a great group of people.",Too much nepotism makes it hard to move forward.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38518,apple,"Woodcliff Lake, NJ"," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,it was ok,AMAZING BENEFITS AND DISCOUNTS,PART TIME HOURS SUCK ESPECIALLY FOR NJ AND NY AREA,pleasefeel empathy for those who need money,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38519,apple,"Miami, FL"," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,specialist,amazing place to work at,There happens to be a lot of fun,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P189.htm
38520,apple,none," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Fan of Apple? Cool, you might like this.",Well... Discounts are not a big deal.,Be respect-full.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38521,apple,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great Environment to work in,Nothing at all say to anybody,Keep doing a great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38522,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,Good Salary and good people. Genuine team work towards a common goal.,Frustrating constantly tying to adapt to a business that is growing very fast.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38523,apple,"Houston, TX"," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Loved the job, miss it sometimes.",Great company. Flexible Schedules. Nice people.,"Extensive Interviews but keeps the silly people away. Sometimes ""Clique"" depending on your position.",Stop the cliques..we are all a team.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38524,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,The team I work with and support are very smart people and are easy to work with. Great benefits,It's difficult to get a promotion. Bonuses and raises are small during performance review. There is not a strong job rotation program.,Management needs to encourage growth within the organization to all.,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38525,apple,none," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac+ Tier One Technical Support Chat,"Great benefits, great company to work for.","Growth wasn't the best, it depends on what manager you get.",Talk more to your tenured advisors...,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38526,apple,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,awesome to work great place,very little to have cons .,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38527,apple,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,"Benefits, positive environment, great training, amazing opportunities.","No downsides, you get what you put in to the role.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38528,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Great team, great perks, interesting work. Very friendly atmosphere and alot of fast paced engaging work.",No free lunch/dinner options. Long working hours and typically tight deliverable dates.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38529,apple,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ex Expert,Exciting to be around the hype.,Always short staffed. Retail hours.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P190.htm
38530,apple,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developing your people skills,"-Benefits are amazing, people are skilled and talented. - Ability to build your own brand. - learn the true meaning of customer service - opportunities to move up within the company.",- employees are kept in the dark on corporate level operations - leaders are not well versed in all areas of the store - micro-managing at its best - focuses and priorities change rapidly - not enough technical training,"Develop your team and invest more in their growth. When managing people, have trust that they were hired to do something truly amazing and stop giving your input all the time. Assume positive intent at all times and allow employees to innovate in their roles. - understand all operations of the store and do not favor one part over the other. Every role in the store is just as important. - stop favoritism of tenured employees. new employees can learn 5 times faster than a disgruntled employee who's been there through several managerial styles.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38531,apple,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a great place to work,"Great people, competive pay, fun atmosphere","If you don't enjoy working weekends, it's not the place for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38532,apple,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start at.,The people you work with.,Customers act entitled and as if they own you.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38533,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Inventory control,Medical benefits are the best around. Peer relationships are some of the best ever cultivated in a work place environment.,"Can't get promotion if you are outspoken, in spite of that being a primary function of each role with company.",Practice what you preach. Give in the moment feedback. Don't lie to your employees. Listen to your employees concerns. Be unbiased when making promotional decisions.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38534,apple,none," Aug 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't get stuck here.,Great benefits. Great stock plan. You work with amazingly talented people who are all high energy and high performers. Easy to transfer to other locations.,No room for growth. No work life balance. Company hires high performing creative people and treats them like an average retail employee. You expect more from the richest company in the world.,Know how to manage creative people.,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38535,apple,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer,Great benefits. Great health insurance,No cons.no cons so far,No advice. No advice to management,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38536,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Store Manager,Great company extremely difficult to advance with a lot org politics,"Almost everything if you want to be in your role for a long long time. Great people, great products, your at the top.",The political environment can be extremely tough to manage. It's common for people to be in role for 10 years,Focus on meritocracy and give leaders the ability to let go of poor performer's without jumping through infinite hoops,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38537,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Nice!,- Great with training new employees - Team of other advisor who support eachother - Strong tech development place with apple products -Benifits and discount products,Big Brother Vibe because the apple always is listening evaluating and reprimanding,I know the customer is always right but more lenience on survey.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38538,apple,none," Sep 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working BOH at Apple was an Excellent Experience,"Opportunity to move up, leadership, training, clarity of job, career exploration","Some management hired from outside company with skewed scope, facilities in a mall, long hours on release weekends, mandatory meetings on sundays, uniform",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38539,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Great Place to Work,"great benefits, great culture, great place to work",none i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P191.htm
38540,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,"Great learning opportunites, Great people","The people that you meet working for this company are some of the best people I've ever met.  I have gained so much knowledge over the years working for this company, and it's knowledge you can take with you to any job.  Good pay, great benefits",Erratic retail schedule Entitled customer base Can be a very stressful environment Work/life balance,"the customer is always right, but making sure employees are happy and cared for is just as important",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38541,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Company,An amazing place and awesome benefits,Had to work on the weekend,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38542,apple,none," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast paced, high volume, constant change",Selling excellent products. Competitive salary.,"Fast paced, high stress. Apple is always innovating which can lead to change for changes sake. Not all initiatives were ready for store roll out.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38543,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple is a great place to work if you love people and love technology,Great job! Apple is a good place to work,No cons. I like my job,Trust your employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38544,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),Apple,Great work place experience there,A lot of secrets to be kept,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38545,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,"Great job, not so great management",Great people to work with Great benefits and perks,Management doesnt care about the customers,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38546,apple,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Site Operations Lead,Great place to work. its growing like crazy,Middle Management needs improvement. Not much movement.,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38547,apple,none," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the job!!,Friendly really develop a family atmosphere with the team!!  Benefits of the job are out of this world worth it!! Great learning and challenging environment. Good stepping stone into technology and receiving training.,"Customer service, after all it is retail no matter the role.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38548,apple,none," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Energetic energetic novel products,Hard work need to be highly knowledgeable,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38549,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing,Great place,Great place to work and very friendly people.,None it was great all around.,"Be happy, be creative and have fun.",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P192.htm
38550,apple,none," Aug 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Laidback most of the time, sometimes stressful","Pay was above average for retail. Good coworkers, okay management most of the time.",Some stressful situations. Answering the same questions over and over for customers gets old. Retail hours are rough.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38551,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Recommend. But know which division you join!!,"- Comparable Benefits, - Apple stocks doing reasonably well, so RSU value increases - Upto 10k matching for charity, - 401k funds available to select are good, - Apple brand on your resume, - Apple products at discount for self, family and friends.","I work for IS&T and my review and opinion is not for entire Apple. - Its very hierarchical with outdated management style. Engineering managers with poor people management skills are in plenty here. They cannot be trusted and they make no effort to build trust. Don't expect a transparent appraisal process like in other big league companies. - There is no standard work culture, compensation and rewards across all divisions. It varies very widely. Knowing about the hierarchy, their products and its visibility are important if someone is planning to join. In general, products that are used by end users of apple products have high visibility and people work there get well rewarded for good work. Its better to avoid auxiliary or products made for internal customers. They have very tight budget and rewards are hard to come. Hence lack of transparency and silly politics. - This is of least concern, but if you are a foodie, then you will be disappointed. No free food. Food in Cafeteria is average and expensive.",Bring in fresh blood to management positions and constantly rotate managers to disrupt disgusting hierarchical silos. This is root cause for some of the cons that are mentioned above and make IS&T an attractive place to work.,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38552,apple,none," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great company to work for as the benefits are amazing and they value their employees,Lack of hours when needed,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38553,apple,none," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just Okay,"Great benefits, great co-workers, pleasant physical surroundings","No work/life balance, scheduling",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38554,apple,none," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Another employer,Communication with upper management is great,Needs of the individual are often overlooked,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38555,apple,none," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Bit of Grind,"Great products, smart people, a sense of mission.",Every year it feels like you're grinding to the next deadline.,Open up a bit,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38556,apple,"Berkeley, CA"," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Lots of valuable career experience, highly social work environment, great team members, competitive compensation for required experience, as well as comprehensive benefits and special perks like discounts on cell service and lots of popular electronics. There is also a wonderful college tuition reimbursement program making it a perfect college job. Many people find it easy to transfer to work at another Apple Store location when moving.","Long work hours, can be hectic and stressful around holidays, frequently unpredictable and inflexible scheduling. The company overall places a high value on secrecy, there is minimum transparency about business objectives and future plans.","Management can at times be uninspiring and distant, try to spend more time leading and working with the team and less time in an office with a closed door watching TV. The team that works for you can go a lot farther, and give better experiences when they feel their leaders see them as peers.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38557,apple,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Manager,"Company's values, benefits, diversity. The culture among employees is generally good.",Senior and executive leadership. Pay for managers is also way to low considering what the expectations are.,"Foster the innovative thought and actions of the people that are suppose to be held so dearly. Over the last four years, the significant leadership changes in the retail space has crippled the creativity of the frontline employees who have made the company so successful.  The supply chain is broken. Products are not being shipped on time and the quantities are completely off. Cook was the master of supply chain logistics which is why he's where he is now but maybe, just maybe he needs to concentrate less on the environment among other things...  Stop painting the picture that it's never greener on the other side and that it would be a big mistake to leave the company. Most college graduates will make twice as much money outside of retail doing far more meaningful work.  Favoritism is running rampid in the retail side of the business. Promotions are decided on before interviews even happen and in most cases the best candidate isn't chosen. Stop hiring leadership from apparel companies. There is a toxic mentality among them that breeds disdain from others who do not fall in line and take on their same traits.",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38558,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Great part-time experience while in school,"Flexible hours for students, some paid time off after holiday, fitness reimbursement, educational reimbursement, stock program, 401k, health insurance, year vesting stock courtesy of the company, culture","Still has the cons of being a retail job, so angry customers are still common due to the nature of this position being tier 2 technical support",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38559,apple,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you want to make a difference,Great co-workers and managers Customers are very easy to work with Every employee matters when it comes to input on improving internal software/resources/workflow,Long term career path is available if you stay within your line of business but not if you want to move into another division Increase in third-party vendors for T1 iOS,"Return to hiring T1 iOS directly into Apple, instead of outsourcing to third-party vendors who don't share the same values and dedication in assisting our customers",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P193.htm
38560,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Great!,Employee discounts were great. You also get discounts from other companies. Schedule flexibility and shift swaps. Special gifts during the holidays.,"You're just another employee. It's hard to get promoted, even if you buss your butt every quarter. Long hours of standing on your feet.",Promote within,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38561,apple,none," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red zone specialist,Great benefits and great people. Really tough to beat as far as retail goes.,"It is still retail, and can wear you down. It is also comfortable enough it's easy to get stuck.",Place more trust in your employees to do what they've been trained to do.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38562,apple,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short and Sweet,"Great products, benefits, and peers.",Retail hours and inconsistent schedule.,Adhere to Apple's original Credo.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38563,apple,none," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,Apple Retail is best part time job out there,"Discounts, pay, fun work environment, young people who are similar in personality","Mall hours, often rude customers, constantly busy",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38564,apple,none," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Great benefits! The benefits and stocks plans are amazing.,Occasionally work/life balance can be difficult.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38565,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great company. Amazing benefits.,Pay inequities between new hires and tenured employees working in the same job role.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38566,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Senior Advisor,"Great place to work, good pay, great training.","Poor Management, lack ability to change job roles, employees are not placed where their strengths will succeed. Apple's culture is gone along with Steve.",Find Apple's original culture,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38567,apple,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They could do a lot more,Benefits Dental Discount Call out sick and get covered nothing,Being treated like a kid,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38568,apple,none," Aug 11, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At home applecare advisor,-Managers work with you for your schedule -Give you enough breaks -Awesome training platform -Teach you everything you need to know -Everything is provided to do your job -Give you shares of stock,-Sometimes they focus to much on your performance that you have no control over -Not much room for growth,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38569,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design Manager,"Good company, good pay, good benefits","Too much infighting, weak leadership","Traverse a few levels down, reach out to the engineers who do the work, don't just listen to the people reporting results",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P194.htm
38570,apple,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare,Everything is amazing here love,none nothing is negative here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38571,apple,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Apple is a great place to work, especially from home",* wonderful management * time commitment was minimal outside of working hours,"*had to work certain hours based on organization i was in, College org, had to work 2 shifts starting at 6pm CST during the week, and one could be at any time of day  * would be a great job for me had i not been in CST zone",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38572,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - E5 - Navy - Petty Officer Second Class,Genius,The people and pay and the discounts,Customers are the worse to deal with,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38573,apple,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great time working at Apple,"Good employee benefits, fun environment, takes care of you","Not much, best place ive worked",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38574,apple,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,Great leadership and a lot of room for growth . Also the leading manufacture out there!! The best place on the planet!!,Love it are leave it I say and best place on planet!! They say Disneyland is the happiest place on earth... No way it's here!!,I am the man!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38575,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Creative,"Fun working environment, magnificent co-workers.",Leadership transparency is not always that great.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38576,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Procurement Analyst,Lots of work and challenges,Smart coworkers Compensation is among the best in the industry,"Long hours, frequent travel to Asia",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38577,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Expert,">Leadership role, >shows growth to obtain it",>team was male dominant in a bad way >we were part of leadership...then one day we weren't which was weird to navigate,Focus on improving schedule quality/consistence for employees and get women into more leadership roles.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38578,apple,none," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support,Great documentation and tools for customer assistance. Great support staff.,Upset customers and long call times.,More training and empowerment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38579,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Firmware Engineer,Best company to work for if you are “Apple-Material”,Pay Benefits Very smart co-workers Work of cool stuff Have the latest greatest devices at your disposal You get to say “I work at Apple”,"Food is expensive ($8 for salad, $10 for main dishes) Very smart Co-workers makes you feel average Hard to make a big impact Changing teams is risky and awkward (you go through full interview, your manager will find out and if the new team doesn’t want you, well, it will be pretty awkward)",Makes changing teams less awkward and risky,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P195.htm
38580,apple,none," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it!,"great environment, love my coworkers, fast paced but not stressful",When theres a lot of people it can be overwhelming,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38581,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Electrical Engineer,Electrical Engineer,"Compensation is quite good, particularly RSUs.","By design, Apple is rigorously siloed and the environment is combative.",It's not OK to be a jerk.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38582,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - APAC TIER I ADVISOR,KELLY SERVICES APAC DPT,There is nothing good about Kelly services at all,"working under Kelly services, horrible management, lack of training, when ILOG is not working Kelly do not pay employees, horrible and unprofessional team leads. I blame apple for allow Kelly services to have employees slaving all day and make pocket change when apple would hired candidates directly pay them more money and give them full benefit for the same exact position . it is very sadden that apple president can live with himself knowing he have folks working under staffing agency and get treated horribly . Apple should end the contracts with the staffing agencies immediately , although I'm still a customer I do not love apple products anymore, because I am the same customer/employee who treated like trash by apple's business partner. Why allowing people to do the same exact job for less money no benefits and rather spend thousands of dollars paying the staffing agencies?",fired Kelly services because they will ruin your reputation,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38583,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great Company for students or people looking for a flexible work schedule,"great company, great core values, great experience overall.",retail isn't a longterm career for everyone,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38584,apple,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great place to work,"Salary, great benefits, lots of support Work from home Great maternity",Time management working from home,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38585,apple,none," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company, but basically retail",Still retail even though you're working for apple,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38586,apple,"Buffalo, NY"," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,They care about their employees.,"Good pay, good people, flexible schedules, employee purchase program, not sales driven. It feels good not completely emptying the customers wallet","Very long interview process and is very difficult to move upward into management, as all employees are extremely qualified and driven",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38587,apple,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good culture, good benefits, good company.","Long hours, management sometimes disconnected.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38588,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Great,"Good experience, great for students. Many different positions within the stores, you can always try some different roles. So far so good","If you working in s big store with high volume, you might get tired at some point dealing with customers",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38589,apple,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits!,Great benefits even as a part time employee. Nice stock! Nice 401k match! Tuition reimbursement! Nice discounts and perks. Always fed. Good for shaping you into a really good customer service rep.,Work life balance. Retail hours. ALWAYS busy.,"Don't let good employees leave the company because they need an exception to the scheduling requirements during school or summer breaks. Also, when you have employees that have consistently shown and proven excellence for years, don't disappoint them with rejection (for a promotion) 3+ times, especially when they are excelling and have been doing the work of the next upward position.",4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P196.htm
38590,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Sweet gig for maybe a year, very low pay","Work from home is a pretty sweet gig, love the discounts, They give you everything you need including an iMac","Very little upward mobility, working from home on holidays is terrible, Very very low pay especially for the amount of knowledge you’re required to maintain",Better pay,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38591,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Senior IOS Advisor,No one listens to their employees,"Decent pay, great benefits, and you get to tell everyone you work for Apple","No one listens to the employees, the culture is a manage with no knowledge",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38592,apple,"Natick, MA"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great place to start,I truly love working with customers and repairing apple products,"I don't have any cons, unless your a person who cant handle constructive criticism.",Listen to your peers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38593,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Awesome company to work for,They believe in heavily training their new employees,pay sucks compared to their benefits,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38594,apple,none," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Engaging and fun, self-driven","incredible benefits, competitive pay, recognized for consistent results","resentment among peers, hard to understand retention vs. attrition rates",create a culture of performance and correct behaviors that lead to resentment,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38595,apple,"Boston, MA"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Genius,"Good place to work overall, hard to make a life long career because of the pay.","Great teams, great benefits, company takes feedback and makes changes accordingly. Overall positive culture and great workplace. Helps to build competencies that will translate to other jobs.","Retail hours are tough for many people. If you don’t want to be a manager it’s hard to make it a long term career. Back end systems are very buggy and unreliable, making job hard sometimes.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38596,apple,none," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manger,Good money good co workers good company,Late hours long lines lots of questions,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38597,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,N/A,People and help they provide. Benefits for part-time workers. Discounts.,Dealing with angry and annoying people.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38598,apple,none," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay, benefits and company to work for","Work From home, excellent company, great pay, great benefits, apple perks, company discounts with other companies.","Work from home, Customers can be irate for issues caused by them and not the company which can make for a call pretty difficult.","None, managment understands their company and handle all issues very well.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38599,apple,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Amazing company, benefits, and opportunities.","Extremely difficult to get hired... the rate of my ""group"" was a 4.5% which is a lower chance of getting into Harvard.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P197.htm
38600,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Great experience at Apple,Many perks related to using and testing products. Apple values high quality and empowers you to live up to excellent standards they have for their products.,Groups can get silo'd while development takes place. Would love to be able to test features from other groups.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38601,apple,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare Advisor,Awesome company to work for. They treat you like a human :) and caring,Nothing bad to say about the company of the cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38602,apple,none," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Expert- Led Sales Team,You will work with some incredible people,Leadership varies widely store to store and often times for the worse outside of a handful of stores.,"Higher leaders, not managers like you did during the Steve Jobs era",4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38603,apple,none," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare Advisor,-Nice benefits -Good work and school balance,-Not enough hours -Pay is good depending on where you live,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38604,apple,none," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Coordinator,Work closely with seasoned team members,Slow - no growth opportunties,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38605,apple,none," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales associate,Good Culture there is plenty of moves for moving forward.,Monotonous work I think it is not fun.,do better,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38606,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Supportive environment that fosters growth for all employees both in the work environment and your home life.,Community Extensive Training & Support Great Benefits Positive Working Environment Ability to Impact a Customers Experience in a Positive Way,"I don't have an cons- the company does a great job of keeping work fun and exciting, so it never gets stale.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38607,apple,none," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Build and Release Engineer,good work environment for employees,heavy workload on the weekends,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38608,apple,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales and sales training for retail partners within a defined market,"Excellent work life balance and a tremendous company that truly does the right thing at all times for its employees, customers, and environment.","Many times the work quantity can add up quickly, and there are few people to share responsibility with or have assist. Very thin organizations.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38609,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly good place to work,"Lots to learn here. For the most part, a smart bunch of people. Interesting work.",Work/life balance isn't always there. Middle managers aren't well equipped to help employees with career growth so you have to fend for yourself.,Focus more in employee engagement,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P198.htm
38610,apple,none," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aha,They really care about their employees,Metrics are becoming more and more important,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38611,apple,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunities,"Great people, great environment. Lots of support and ways to learn.",Hard to grow and keep moving at a rate that feels good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38612,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Store Specialist,Apple Job,Best company to work for!,Hard to move up the latter.,Keep on motivating staff!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38613,apple,"Yonkers, NY"," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Sales specialist,"Great benefits, open minded company that generally cares about the work they do. Great company the reacts to the customer experience and most things are not black and white so employees can be very creative as to the way they can support there customers","The work can be repetitive, like any customer service job you must be very patient. Hours and time off can be a challenge",Listen to your employees and always practice positive intent!,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38614,apple,none," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great pay, benefits, corporate discounts and tuition matching",Lots of micromanagement if you work remote,Keep on keeping on,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38615,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,"For the most part, a good Company to wok for.","As far as retail goes, fun and energetic company. Supportive management team. Hours of operation are good for Retail. Relaxed atmosphere.","The pay is horrible. For the expectations of the level of Customer Service, pay is subpar. Apple boasts they hire the best of the best, but doesn't pay as if that is so. Unless Supervisor role or higher, you will make less than $32,000/year",Pay your people what they are worth and show them you appreciate them. Turn over is at an all time high because of this.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38616,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Great Management, Benefits, and Training",Management was very kind and helpful I had a great benefit package Trained well on all tech needed to know,Did not provide us with all tools needed for the job,Pay for or rent out your devices to the workers who give technical advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38617,apple,none," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Awesome Company and awesome co workers,Ambiguity is probably the biggest con,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38618,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Hell & Heaven,"You are really taken care of as far as benefits and similar area. If you do your hardest, Apple will do everything it can to help you make the most of your life. Their culture has been one if not the best experience I have ever had at any job.  Yes, it is Retail and that is a hard part, but they really work with you and want to make sure you enjoy your time.  I really got to learn a lot and a lot of the skills they develop in you are life changing and applicable in life not just in your job.","This is on the Retail side only. It is hard to get promoted once you are in a position in Apple. While management says there isn't any favoritism, there is. You'll often feel like those that suck up to management are the ones that get the promotion.  Schedules are incredibly demanding and hard. You will be required to work many days you'd prefer to be off. While they try to work with you, expect to not really be able to set a schedule for other events.",Provide those with tenured performance (those who have proven that they are both dedicated and enriching to your team) the ability to get promotions in your stores.  I would have stayed with the company if only I was able to get the financial security (aka full-time) I so desperately needed.,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38619,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,"Great Company, great values",Extremely smart people. Very people focused company. Incredible values that are truly believed in. Strong job security.,Pay a bit lower (though still quite good) than normal tech. Can be slow moving. Very long commute (from SF).,Reduce the amount of check-ins and approvals.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P199.htm
38620,apple,"Salem, NH"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Basically the supervisor for the sales floor your job is coaching and training as well as meeting sales goals,This job stresses customer focus and the ability to interact with and teach the public and peers the latest in technology,Repetitive job if you like change this is not the right job for you people still have the same questions everyday,Management team is fantastic at apple they are all hand picked and are the best of the best they are taken from all business backgrounds like clothing lines to technology fields,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38621,apple,none," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Great Job!, Good pay but hard work",Cant think of any right now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38622,apple,"Mansfield, MA"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Great,"Product and coworkers , great working environment , it feels like Familiy and you do become part of a family",Work weekends and hours are different all the time if you're full time which can make work personal life difficult,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38623,apple,none," Aug 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,"You get stock options and a discount and a lot of Apple shirts. They give you world class training. You learn how to help 3-4 people at the same time with their iPhones all day long for 8 hours a day for 7-8 days in a row without a break. If you can do this job, you can do anything. Family room specialists, at least while I was there were the hardest working people in the Apple Store. They are expected to know as much as Geniuses but not paid the same. Lots of on-going training and an overall belief that what you're doing is supposed to matter. Apple rules and is innovative so that's cool.","Everything is so bright and so loud in that store. There is no sound proofing of the walls or ceilings so there is a constant low roar of people whisper yelling all day long. People that come into the Genius Bar expect you to be their fix for everything that is wrong in their life because their phone or Mac computer is their life. If photos of their dead husband aren't backed up, you must tell them their photos of their dead husband are gone and then you have to also explain it in a way that makes them feel like it's not your fault or their fault and then move on to your other 3 ongoing appointments to explain similar losses and failures to people face to face. Emotionally draining, intellectually challenging and gloomy.",Try working the Genius Bar queue once a week to show your team that you get it.,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38624,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,I Enjoyed My Time Here,"Go to Work Dressed Casually Every Day, Alot of Part Time Benefits, Good Pay, Alot of Nice People","Discounts could be better, Barely any Work /Life Balance as shifts could be 9 hours some days,","Listen to the Employees an their needs and wants, also Bring back ""Customer Satisfaction"" and More technical expertise on the Genius Bar. The Promotions and People you may hire sometimes are sometimes not the best choices.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38625,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Review for Product Zone Specialist Role,Great peers Good benefits package Respectable pay for retail Very generously covers commute,Micro management galore Meager pay increases Constantly increasing list of responsibilities with raises that don't reflect increased workload Culture can be overwhelming Very metrics driven,Stop micromanaging your employees and fight for their right to make more money.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38626,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist/Creative,Love being the face of apple to new customers. Teamwork and organized chaos helps to foster a positive environment. Takes people time to adjust.,It's retail. There's minimal growth potential into the corporate side from retail. Makes it frustrating to not be considered for Cupertino positions.,People are your greatest resource. Don't set bad examples for them rest of the team.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38627,apple,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Designer,"Greasy job,I enjoyed it",I really like technology and I feel like I work better with it. I like fixing stuff and I also like helping,Stressing out on unnecessary things. Coworkers my be getting on your nerves and you don't know what to do. You also have to be careful of what you are doing,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38628,apple,none," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leader,Very diverse group of people you work with and lead,It is a retail job,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38629,apple,none," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Planner,"Smart people, hard-working managers, progressive environmental initiatives","Poor HR support, lack of training",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P200.htm
38630,apple,none," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at,Staff and company perks and discounts,More mobility to move up in company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38631,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - HW Engineer,It can be a career suicide,"California weather, salary, and benefits","only accept the offer in the position that you really want to work, inside mobility is a shady maneuver","change the corporate Modus Operandi (wishful thinking), transparency among same project teams is a must for productivity and moral boost",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38632,apple,none," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,The people. The benefits. The discounts. The culture.,"Pay could be a little better for those who perform their job very well and have been with the company many years (raise increments are slight). The noise level in the store is very loud and makes consultations and conversations with customers much harder than they need to be, which in turn makes the job more stressful than it needs to be.",none,4.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38633,apple,none," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GSM,"travel, influence, coworkers, interesting products","politics, night hours, advancement opportunities",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38634,apple,"Houston, TX"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Genius,"Incredible benefits, health, dental, vision, stock options, 401k match, retirement, good pay for retail","retail hours, variable schedule, underpaid for tech support, understaffed",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38635,apple,none," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Apple Retail,amazing and intelligent co-workers. not too stressful.,"pay too low, difficult to get time off, no control over schedule",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38636,apple,none," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,back of house specialist,decent pay. great coworkers. fast faced environment,long hours. weekend work. upset customers,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38637,apple,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,was a good company i like,should have a better management system,too many people want to give solutions,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38638,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,"Stock, pay, after you have been here long enough and passed over for promotions, they let you have more flexible work hours particularly if you have dirt or have a case for employee mistreatment. Interesting subject matter is seen and touched, but not owned.","Very bad morale. Motivation by fear of ""losing your job"". Operations management is extremely bad, political, trite, petty, and not going to change. Line level managers are slaves to senior managers or replaced. If you end up under the wrong mentor and they get on the wrong political side, you are screwed. Not allowed to transfer even if offered other roles. Lots of really bad people here, but likely about average for silicon valley. Not a place for working fathers of young kids unless your wife stays home from work. Working mothers are given space. Must be able to work long hours, sit in your desk, make small talk non-stop to get promoted. More about not making waves and sitting in a cubicle than productivity. Ask yourself how Apple maps was released several years ago with so many problems?","Better morale would improve the products and outcomes for Apple. Seems like senior BU leaders are not directly managed by C-suite. Instead, lower level minions are pushed in front of the BUs to challenge them and used as canon fodder. Set up some process where it is needed. Try to set a culture where people are at least courteous to each other.",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38639,apple,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great benefits, great discounts, and great coworkers","I felt we were treated like robots. Management constantly condescends and micro-manages you. They are so cutthroat about getting ahead, they don't mind treating Specialists like cattle.",Treat your employees with more dignity.,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P201.htm
38640,apple,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,associate,"great environment , and people",you have to work for it.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38641,apple,"Washington, DC"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,It doesn't feel like retail!,"Co-Workers, Diversity, Connectivity with the Company, Generous Break Schedules, Understanding with Call-Outs, Employee Purchase Program, 401K, Training","Stressful, Pay is lower than desired",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38642,apple,none," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Great place to start a career,Apple hires amazing people in retail. Your coworkers become family.,"Virtually no way to climb latter. Put more stock into interview skills than actual work ethic and results. With retail hours, there is not a whole lot of work life balance if you do something on the side.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38643,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Retail Workplace,"Great benefits, opportunity to move to other roles. Collaborative.","It was retail so there's that. Otherwise, Apple's core values were seen company wide.",Help your employees help you,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38644,apple,none," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good benefits, meet new people, constantly learning new products, software and techniques. Employee focused workshop and many other incentives are available.",Hard to move on up within a retail environment. Certain areas of the building should be paid more based on what is being asked from them to do.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38645,apple,none," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The cream of the crop of retail,"Awesome benefits (health care, 401k, stock options with dividends, paid vacation, discounts) Great place to meet new friends Not commission-based Part-time benefits",It's still retail at the end of the day. Toxic politics depending on the store you work you're at. Most managers focus on numbers/metrics rather than focusing on your career. Work/Life balance is pretty much nonexistent if you're full time.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38646,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - QA Manager,QA manager,Driven smart people. You get to do the best work of your career here. It’s a bit of a cliché but true for many of us,Too much politics. Many Directors make poor decisions without understanding their impact. Too much reliance on vendor partnerships with companies who don’t have Apple’s best interest in mind.,Don’t hire too many senior directors at the same time. Nobody had the courage to challenge each other yet.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38647,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Best company ever,"Work atmosphere, benefits, health insurance","Long hours, customer attitude, Travel",Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38648,apple,"Tacoma, WA"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great place to work,Very team oriented and very supportive,angry customers that forget their passwords,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38649,apple,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,great place to work. iphone!,not sure there are any bad things.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P202.htm
38650,apple,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pro,Great leadership team that cares about you,Low pay for high level talent,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38651,apple,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lower your expectations at least in AIS (Apple Information Security),* Work life balance is pretty good. * Compensation good but not the best at least in the bay area. * You have Apple on your resume,"* Politics. * Their secrecy culture. You can't talk to anyone about anything even within the company you may not know who has the appropriate disclosure. No public speaking or open source development opportunities because of this culture. * Despite being the wealthiest company in the world, they are very cheap and penny pinch everything. * Misguided focus and direction on unimportant, noncritical initiatives by management in AIS * Career path and progression within AIS is severely lacking.",* Put effort into employee retention rather than solely focusing on hiring. * Reduce the amount of middle management. * Focus on important initiatives.,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38652,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Apple Inc.,"Like its products, Apple is sleek and (on the surface) just seems to work. It provides a warm and receptive work environment and the employees there are actually committed to finding the right solution. Upper management is insistant on fostering a place that people can grow.","Like its products, Apple doesn't want the general public to know what's going on behind the curtain. The laid back feel was more forced and the opportunity to grow is confined to their ideas of where growth should lead. The company has had it's fall from grace since founder Steve Jobs passed away, and given it's been 5 years (as of writing) since I've worked there, things may have changed.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38653,apple,none," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,part time specialist,great culture and people - best company to work for,retail hours - work on holidays,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38654,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Digital Content Producer,Been at Apple a long time,- Good work/life balance  - Great people to work with  - Highly believe in company's values  - Good benefits,- Hard to move up within the company  - Must be able to deal with ambiguity  - Pay not as competitive,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38655,apple,"Miami, FL"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Apple is great.,Learning experiences are plentiful everyday.,Very hard to get promoted.,Don't micro manage.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38656,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,genius,"Great benefits, Awesome people, room for growth and development Education on new technology and products",I think working retail is stressful. Work on weekends,Better pay and care for work life balance,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38657,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,good for some time,- AMAZING teams. worked in multiple stores and most employees are great and all get alone from the start. - good benefits (full time) - SOME good discounts - develop good friendships (yes this is the same as my first pro),"-if you're full time you will have little to no work/life balance. - be ready to get screamed at by angry customers over things you cannot control -be ready around rumored launches to be accused of knowing when the new product is coming out and not telling customers - some employees forget they're in a RETAIL store, even if it is apple. It gets to their head and they think they're hot stuff","PAY MORE. do not micromanage your employees. if you want a ""small company"" mentality, actually try to do that, don't just say that and be fake about it.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38658,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Apple HR,"Apple is a wonderful place to work, full of interesting and smart people. It's challenging, but well paid and work balance is great. I worked in two orgs.","Apple HR is the worst HR I've met in my career: they have no problems lying and are generally unprofessional if not borderline rude. After 6 years working at Apple, when I gave my notice, they walked me out of the door without much of a thank you and ended my health insurance coverage straight away. This is petty, unprofessional and borderline evil. I don't recommend anyone to work Apple, the risks are too big compared to the rewards.","Work on your HR, people are your resource and the way you treat your people is unprofessional.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38659,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Retail Genius,Opportunity to work up from Retail into Corporate. Top tier training and benefits to set you up for success.,Retail politics become troublesome after some time.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P203.htm
38660,apple,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Motion Tester,"Great, fun place to work and grow both professionally and personally","Extremely difficult to move up, only big company with no free food, very extreme corporate type world",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38661,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Business Systems Analyst,Great,"IT's always fun to know that you're helping push the human race forward. Fun to be a part of history in the making, every day.",Hmmm...hard to think of any major cons. Could they pay more? Probably. Hammocks in the break rooms? Sure!,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38662,apple,"Lansing, MI"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,You will NOT be ,"Discounts. Health insurance even at PT. Stock options. Learn how to troubleshoot products for life. Not too much for someone looking for a career. Great for a HS grad with no other options, you'll be set at mediocre work with no accountability!","Zero accountability for peers. Customer base is high maintenance and job is very stressful at the bottom. Pay seems to start high, but levels off. No upward mobility. I've been sworn at, physically threatened, and personally attacked, no management to back up. HR helpline is a joke, they are friends with the management that they are supposed to be holding accountable. You're not allowed to feel anything but ""profound positivity"".  Get in at the job you want, upwards mobility is almost non-existent. Management has a ""hands off"" approach. No accountability, hidden behind a term called ""fearless feedback"". You are to hold your peers accountable. Your management team will not.","Three stores. Two states. Three years. I've had more than 35 managers, maybe 5 of them even can define (non Apple) leadership.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38663,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 16, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Decent place to work part time.,Well payed and benefits were good. Most people you work with are pretty nice.,Almost has a 1984 groupthink mentality.,Don't micromanage as much.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38664,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Web Developer,Good place to work,Lots of potential to grow,Limited benefits and non competitive salary,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38665,apple,"Novi, MI"," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Great company to work for! Awesome learning and growing experience.,"Nothing stays the same, and change is what you learn to expect. Company is genuinely trying to make a difference in what they do.",None to give as this was a very positive learning experience for me. I've worked in very standard companies for most of my life. The experience at Apple who values people for who they are was clear to me. Some of the brightest people I've worked with are there.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38666,apple,none," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"Amazing team, company takes care of you, great cafe! If you are full time (not a temp), there is a doctor, pharmacy, acupuncturist, dentist and etc. on site for the campus.","Prepare to be VERY busy, especially during the holidays, but that's not really a bad thing!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38667,apple,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,"Good hours, benefits, even greater people.",Nothing I can think of now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38668,apple,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love,Growth Development Challenging Fun Engaging,Retail Scheduling Repetitive Communication limited growth opportunity in retail.,Continue listening to your employees in making changes.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38669,apple,none," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,"Pretty good pay, easy job","Sometimes took triple chats at once, almost mandatory over time during holidays",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P204.htm
38670,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,A company that cares about it's employees!,"Competitive salaries, positive work environment, abundant role and promotion opportunities.","It's a big company, so it's easy to get lost in the mix sometimes.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38671,apple,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HW Engineer,Exciting opportunities Team player environment,Limited growth opportunities Stressful Competition among peers,Emphasize rotational programs,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38672,apple,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Support / Rough Scheduling,great benefits provided to full time and part time employees.,"scheduling is really hard on older folks that have a rough time with the scheduling change every three months and the schedules are vast. bidding has to be done to get the one you want and if you don't, oh well on to the next one (AppleCare). Retail hours like any retail store.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38673,apple,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Applestore former employee,"Great company to work for, takes care of its employees and truly cares about your well-being.","Career opportunities are limited for store employees, as well as the pay, it really sucks for store employees but they make up with some awesome benefits.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38674,apple,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Everyone is so amazing and the company is very big on treating the employees amazing.,I haven't run into any yet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38675,apple,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,Love the Team work,there isn't much that I dont like,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38676,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Mobile Technical Support Specialist,Great place to work,"Amazing environment, technology at its finest",No cons all pros here,Keep up the god word,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38677,apple,none," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"I believe that there are growth in this company, You also learn to also develop skill that will benefit you in the future.",selective but i do understand that they employ people also to be successful and will also bring them that success in the future.,keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38678,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Associate,good company to work for.,"Good money for Part-time, Good co-workers","Don't make Commission, Customers can talk down to you, and try to make you feel stupid.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38679,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,As much as you should expect from luxury retail.,"Energetic, friendly staff. Somewhat fair pay. Flexible hours. Opportunities for growth if truly interested.","Corporate hasn't been genuinely interested in a reasonable approach to certain tech logic for a while now. Full-time is ridiculously difficult to achieve, or incredibly easy (depending on so many factors). Each store fosters an entirely different culture (some stores are extremely toxic, some are amazing).",Just take a second to stop sipping to the Apple Kool-Aid to make rational decisions every now and then.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P205.htm
38680,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in iTunes,"-Competitive salaries -Great Benefits -Really smart, intelligent coworkers and people who care about their jobs","- Apple runs a really tight ship. Small teams who do a lot of work. - There is no support for their internet businesses unless you're part of the Apps or Music store. - No insight into upper management or across teams - Not a lot of diversity, especially for women in upper management positions",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38681,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - IOS Developer,IOS Developer,"Amazing culture, you feel like you're doing your life's work.","VERY Political , This company isn't ideal for a family.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38682,apple,none," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good Company,its a very good company,the only con is some people don't like 9 to 5 it is that kind of company,no advice very happy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38683,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,Best Career Move,Apple knows how to treat their employees with respect and dignity. Working for Apple has been the best career move I have made. No matter where you join department wise you will immediately see a promising career track that is not only achievable but encouraged. The atmosphere and sense of partnership that comes along with the job also puts everyone on an equal level.,None. Any cons are quickly outweighed with many pros.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38684,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Awesome!,Great management team that cares about you,Always busy and customers expect a lot from you,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38685,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Great Company,"- Great health, stock, and endless other benefits. - Good starting pay compared to industry",- Still a retail environment,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38686,apple,none," Jul 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quick one!,Friendly environment Team minded atmosphere Amazing benefits Strong leadership,Sometimes cliques develop between areas of stores,Break down the barriers between areas of the stores. Stop the compartmentalizing.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38687,apple,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,amazing company,everything benefits managers pay etc ...,nothing at all i love it,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38688,apple,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great company to work for,"Benefits, network, brand, ESPP, product perks","Base salary is average, challenging work-life balance",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38689,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great Company,"- Amazing benefits from 401k to shopping discounts - Great environment with great people to work with - Never a boring day, always something new or changing","- Harder than other jobs to get promoted to a higher position - The ""numbers"" you need to reach are contradicting Apple's focus to present a ""new"" kind of retail environment",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P206.htm
38690,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great benefits and amazing people.,Over use of dealing with ambiguity and leadership is never on the same page when it comes to direction or communication.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38691,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 29, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,"Some really good things, some not so much.","Perks (lots), dress code (none), great food on-site.","They talk a great game about personal development, but it's only for some.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38692,apple,"Atlanta, TX"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Tech Support for Mac/IOS,Apple AHA senior advisors,"Work-at-home saves time and money in traffic and commute. Excellent benefits package including salary, stock options, full health benefits, etc.",Spending so many hours in front of computer is not good for the health or posture. Finding path forward for advancement is tough depending on company's larger situation. Advisors who started working from 2011 - 2013 had a much stronger chance to be promoted to leadership positions. After about 2015 there have been fewer hiring pushes and many senior advisors might feel there aren't enough opportunities to move up from here.,Balance out the key performance indicators for advisors so that we are judged more holistically rather than just average call length and overall customer satisfaction.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38693,apple,none," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,environmnet is great to work in,"pay is alright, a bit edgey at times.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38694,apple,none," Aug 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High stress, poor work-life balance environment","Benefits are great, bus system to and from Bay Area is efficiency. Smart colleagues making good contacts for the future.","Chaotic, competitive work culture. Very poor work-life balance with constant expectations to work late nights and weekends.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38695,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Aslp,Learn Quickly and Move on,Strong company culture Common vision and alliance around priorities Good benefits Brand recognition,Too much beating around the bush Beauracracy Pay and earning potential,"Store leadership needs to be tightened up. There are several people that are clearly there for the wrong reasons and there are others that truly are about the brand. It's important to figure out how much you care early on because the culture can be overwhelming for some. At times, working at apple seems removed from reality. There is not enough ""real world"" training that can be easily applied from a retail customer service position. Certain competencies are important to understand and be aware of but most companies are not concerned with how your peer relationships are or how you manage vision and purpose. They care about results and that's what's missing from a career at Apple retail.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38696,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Working at Apple gives life long skills,"You get to work with a lot of talented and helpful people. You work in an environment that is always moving. You learn the importance of putting the customer first, to do whats best for them not whats easiest.","It can be highly stressful , keeping a work-life balance is very important.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38697,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,"You'll never work with better people. There's a reason it's hard to get a job here and I encourage apple to keep it that way. Employees care about their job and more importantly, each other. Benefits are fantastic, minus no vacation for part timers, but you still get health benefits and stock grants! Lots of opportunities to grow and learn.","Stressful environment and the customers mostly suck. Apple caters to entitlement and has an awful rating system that if it isn't perfect, is looked down upon. It's non stop, all the time.","You need to throttle your Genius Bar, I get that it's already packed, but you're wearing down your great workers. Your benefits are great, but offering someone a band aid AFTER watching them get pummeled (with a smile, I might add) is abuse. The abuse you allow in your store because of the environment you foster isn't healthy. There is such an intense difference in the overall joy of your genius team and your product zone. You should look into it.",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38698,apple,"New Haven, CT"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Health insurance,"The pros are you get to work amongst some of the best and brightest and watch them suffer to take on the role of 4 people. Then you have people to relate to when you start to be unable to keep up at this insane pace, especially while you realize how it's affecting your health, and reach out to EaP and united health care for help. Because then your going to be in for a sad sad story","Wow. Maybe for a cold, or the flu. But try Apple's healthcare when you need behavior health or even just a physical, and you don't work on a campus where it is readily available. It ends up to be the worst insurance ever that only pays 17 percent less than the second worst insurance company and that equals waiting 8 weeks to get help, seeing the same terrible doctor for over four years, because he is literally the only practice wishing 50 miles of me that will accept UHC's unfair payout. And even then I swear I'm only seen out of empathy. Why can't the best company in the world choose the best insurance provider in the world, instead of the one who makes the most money? Because even living with 45 minutes of NYC, I have 1 option for a psychiatrist that is in network. One option. Healthcare providers are dropping UHC like it's worse than Medicaid/Medicare and I wish Apple's credo was accurately reflected in how they choose to help us. But right now it couldn't be any worse.",Be willing to challenge the people above you for what is morally right and best for your employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38699,apple,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Lots of benefits - relaxed work enviroment, my job has flexible hours","could be a little more people focused, no clear job progression",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P207.htm
38700,apple,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple leadership program,great experience. nice training. good compensation,not too many cons. cool place to work for. not too much to progress,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38701,apple,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place When I needed It,"Somewhat Flexible hours, Diverse group of coworkers, happy-going atmosphere","Not much meaningful growth, tedious bureaucracy, frustrating shift times.",Make a real effort to fix the BIG problems rather than the little ones.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38702,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Regarding the job in the company,Best place to work in apple,Work life balance is bit difficult,Take care of employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38703,apple,none," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company. Great People.,"Each employee brings a different element and strength to the table. Apple is a great place to sharpen your ""people skills""! All walks of life come through the door, and each interaction is something new.",Retail sales hours for most employees.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38704,apple,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech,Dynamic environment with supporting team members,"No Cons, great job while in school or career for those who choose to pursue.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38705,apple,none," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions,"A diverse collection of brilliant, truly wonderful people who really want to help you.","You really have to love retail, and be willing to have very little work/life balance. If you want to have a life and friends outside of work, don't work here. The philosophy of Apple is great, their intentions are basically very good, however, in practice their main concern is for the business. While this is understandable (they are in business to make money, after all), they don't seem to be able to play out their ideals in real-life. Their ""internal customers"" (employees) definitely get the short end of the stick. If you want time off, you'd better be willing to fight for it and request it months in advance. All of that being said, they do try to do the right thing... they just don't manage to pull it off very well. Difficult to advance, even with a lot of experience.","Listen to your people. Put yourself into their shoes and realize that if people are to do well by your customers, they need to have a life outside of work. Otherwise they start to feel resentful and will leave, as they do, in great numbers...",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38706,apple,none," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Leader,"Great team, and diverse culture","No room to grow, Weak raises",none,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38707,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Store Manager,Best company to work for,Flexible schedule Good growth and work life balance Your peers are close and you become like family Lots of growth and promotion from within,Sometimes there are too many conflicting priorities Pay is lower than most other retailers The better you do the more work you are given,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38708,apple,none," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great company to work for. Great pay for younger kids.,Micromanagement. It can be very micromanaged considering there are 3 managers on the floor at once,None,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38709,apple,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Pay, Benefits, time off, friendly and great coworkers",Work/life balance. Random hours.,Helping keeping the job less stressful,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P208.htm
38710,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - Web Producer,Great company for hard-working innovators,You get to work with many brilliant colleagues. The company takes care of employees very well. Tim Cook is a great captain!,"The organization is heavily layered, and some managers are interested in their own advancement rather than the productivity of the team as a whole.",Keep up the great work in managing one of the largest and most innovative companies in the world.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38711,apple,none," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,It is great to have such great talent around here. absolutely loved it.,not many of them but traffic is one.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38712,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Depends on Managment,Apple cares about their employees. Great perks. Discounts on products. You'll make a ton of friends if you want to.,Some managers come from Best Buy and try to biting their culture with them. They also try to bring strategies from other stores they've worked.,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38713,apple,none," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Overall great place to work,"great benefits, discounts on products, always encouraging learning","schedule is not forgiving, difficult to find a work/life balance, difficult to move up if you aren't sales motivated","everyone appreciates recognition, be sure to take the time to recognize each role and what they contribute to the team.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38714,apple,none," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Great can do culture and very smart folks,High expectations and fast paced environment.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38715,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Control,Quality Control,"Apple is a great community. You're networking with very intelligent and creative people. Their management is good, flexible, and very understanding.","Certain perks and benefits don't extend to contractors and overtime isn't available for contractors as well. Nonetheless, it's still a great opportunity.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38716,apple,none," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Loved the compnay and the people,Everybody that you work with is truly awesome.,The constant change in managers made it difficult to continue on a path of self growth,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38717,apple,none," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,- Good culture - No commission - Good benefits even for part-time retail,- Top-down management - Little room for growth in retail,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38718,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Fun, good people... what's next?",Great people Great self development options Culture and values of Apple,"Retail life work balance Not a lot of growth potential, especially working yourself up within company",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38719,apple,none," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,can pickup up extra shifts,"standing for hours, micro managers",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P209.htm
38720,apple,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its alright,Discounts are good. Stock plan is nice too.,They expect your schedule to work around theirs even as part time. Don't expect to have much of a social life. Tim Cook likes to force his opinions on employees.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38721,apple,"Century City, CA"," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Best place ever to work yes,Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing,Yay,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38722,apple,none," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Advisor,"Medical, Discounts, Challenging, Apple, Environment","Metrics based performance, My Manager",Make sure you have strong management that helps employees rather than tears them down. Mine was terrible. But I loved working for Apple!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38723,apple,none," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company as expected,"The amazing products, culture, and training","Limited opportunity for growth if seeking a non retail, non California position",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38724,apple,none," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall work experience,- 15 minute breaks within 5 hr span - Access to accessories before it's released to general public - Ability to take part in self learning classes in order to help you on sales floor,"Sadly, there are none I can think of..",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38725,apple,none," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great discounts and plenty of benefits,"None so far, so far so good",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38726,apple,"Redding, CA"," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great place to work,"Phenomenal People, Good Environment, and great pay",Hard to advance depending on management.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38727,apple,"Oak Brook, IL"," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Expert,Great Company to work for and great benefits and care about their employees.,No room for advancement in company unless you want to move to California or stay with the company for more than 5 years.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38728,apple,"Gilbert, AZ"," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Store,Great environment for personal and career growth. Excellent coworkers. Fair compensation. Benefits available for part time employees including healthcare and tuition reimbursement.,Superficial at times. Job becomes repetitive. Limited upward mobility for part time employees. All the negative stuff that comes with working in retail.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38729,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,-Benefits -Opportunities for growth -Strong company culture -Talented and motivated colleagues -Trust in C-level leadership -Emphasis on human rights and environmental progress,"-Extremely demanding workload with tight deadlines, prepare to feel overwhelmed for months at a time -Management makes it feel hard to take earned vacation of more than 1 week without at least 3-4 months' notice -Often hard to get resources you need (human resources, hardware, software tools) -Slackers who have been at Apple too long to get fired will make your life harder",Burnout is widespread but can be mediated with more resources being made available and more positive attitude from management toward being able to take longer vacations. (1-2 days off here and there don't really prevent against burnout) Recognize when teams need more human investment and let them make new hires.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P210.htm
38730,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Good Part Time Job,"Great discount on Apple products, recognized and respected brand, competitive pay, good working environment.","Hours aren't very flexible, metrics are used to evaluate employees, cliques.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38731,apple,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Apple AHA MacOS/IOS,-Be prepared for micromanagement,"Benefits, Sick, Vacation Time, Easy Job","Pay was mediocre in my opinion, advancement is very difficult, don't leave your desk for more than 30 seconds to use the bathroom or a manager will have control of your computer or called you 10 times. Held to a standard based on metrics but in reality the company only likes fake happy people that think Apple is the greatest thing on earth. Many of the managers are not leaders, just puppets. It is a requirement to work at least one weekend day and advisor's DO NOT get company holidays off they usually are asked to work extra.",HA HA,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38732,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Apple Retail Store, Phoenix",Worked at the Genius Bar and enjoyed helping people work out their problems. Usually the customers were appreciative of what you do and most of the time friendly. Co-workers were willing to share knowledge of products with you so it was a great learning experience. Hours were flexible.,No benefits and it was minimum wage.,No comment,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38733,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius huh?,"Above average benefits, constant and relentless work practices feedback even if it doesn't lead to career improvement.","No clear goals or objectives. They change on the whim of whoever's turn is to manage. Even with stelar performance reviews both by customers and managers I was never offered the position I had requested since being hired because manager said ""I needed the support form my peers.""  I felt like I had to run a political campaign to be elected rather than being offered a position because I was the right man/woman for the job.  There was, at least at my store, a clear bias to offer that position to women. Maybe because they wanted to look cool and show they were truly diverse. In my opinion, you should hire the right person for the job irrespective of race, gender, preference, religion or orientation.  They turned very quickly from being a great place to learn, grow and develop, to just another retail hell. Not much different from any other outlet in that mall.","Stop trying to be cool and pat yourselves in the back and look to what your troops can really offer. You lose great talent that the company spent a lot of money developing and training just because you feel you need to fill a quota.  Stop being so secretive, we are all adults here, we can make our own conclusions.  Stop destroying our break rooms, or don't count the time it takes to get to the break room 20 minutes away when afforded a 15 minute break.  We take the best care of everyone who walks through our doors needs to apply for EVERYONE, not just customers.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38734,apple,"Marietta, GA"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,At Home Specialist,Great Pay and great benefits,Hours are too long for anyone,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38735,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,Great!,"Paid time off, schedule changes, great pay","Metrics, Time, Supervisor duties, Movement",NA,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38736,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,"Amazing Company, Frustrating Job",Hands down most amazing company to work for,The customers can be absolutely terrible,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38737,apple,"Columbus, GA"," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Love products, not so much working there","Great Benefits, and customers, and equipment!!!",Hard to move up and around,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38738,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Tech Advisor,Tech support,"Great benefits, work from home. Great training and perks.",Not a lot of room for advancement.,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38739,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great co-workers. Store management too inconsistent,great co-workers. Decent pay. Good full time benefits.,"Forget about work/life balance if you are full-time. Extremely hard to accommodate family time on a weekend. You'll never get a significant raise, above 5%. Mangers get quarterly bonuses for reaching sales goals, but rest of staff doesn't. Not very fair since it takes performing staff to reach sales goals.",Half should quit. Other half should demand accountability from others.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P211.htm
38740,apple,"Layton, UT"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Advisor,"Work at home, reimbursement for phone/internet. Excellent medical and dental benefits. Excellent Medical Leave policy",Some of the supervisors are very very critical and not at all helpful.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38741,apple,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,You work for the most profitable company in the world. Discounts on Apple products are good. Benefits are decent.,"Apple corporate and Apple retail are two different things. Prepare to sacrifice your personal life, and any sense of work/life balance. Everything ends up revolving around Apple.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38742,apple,"Baltimore, MD"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Huge learning curve, but very rewarding.","The interactions are great. You can learn from everyone, coworkers and customers. Management will support your decisions to help people out. The team is usually very social and caring. Inventory is a breeze. You feel good after a day's work here.",It can be incredibly challenging dealing with the masses of people in a sometimes crowded space. It's hard to have certain conversations with difficult clients. Every situation is different which can lead to frustration. Sometimes it's hard to find supplies in appointments.,"Make sure there are enough supplies behind the bar so that we aren't fighting for something as simple as a lightning cable. Continue to encourage feedback, it drives the culture.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38743,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Let down by poor quality mid-level mangers,- Work with some really talented people on interesting problems. - A well meaning company culture. - Thinking about the complete user experience.,"- Poor middle management. - Poor work life balance. - An archaic ""not invented"" here mentality. - Managers tend to dictate engineering approaches.","Drain the swamp! Overhaul your review and compensation process, make it more transparent and consistant across the company. Implement shorter 6 month performance cycle and 360 review processes. Create development tracks for progression as an IC. Weed out the terrible managers who create employee churn.",1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38744,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Great people to work next to, busy day, you learn a lot, get to meet lots of people and connect. great benefits, health care is good, pay is ok, free trimet.","super busy, management is terrible, extreme level of customer service, can get a lot every now and then.","Sort yourselves out. Be there for people, know how to do your job and become a solid team that people can actually rely on.",3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38745,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Business Expert,Great Company,The benefits are great and the people you get to work with are incredible.,"Work-Life Balance isn't there, but then again, it is retial.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38746,apple,"Bloomington, MN"," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Best job in retail,Typically great team members. Lots of love for those people. Great benefits for a retail job. Great pay for retail.,Retail hours pretty much suck. Also management can get a little high and mighty. I worked in a mall and that can obviously be miserable during holidays (and not),Don't be mean,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38747,apple,none," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"nice perks, and good big company to work for",there is no work and life balance,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38748,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer,Very diverse and open community.,Advancement within the company can be stagnent.,None,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38749,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Test Design Lead HWTE (TDL),Test Design Lead HWTE (TDL),"I've been with the group for about 3 years now. Role exposes you to technical, project management and engineering aspects. Has high visibility Management has high expectations and understands your challenge. Given the option to move into other roles or grow in current role Continus improprement, they always back you up.","You can easily get lost in the madness. It's a high stress role, there's always something going on. Expect to join evening calls sometimes.",Focus on work life balance,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P212.htm
38750,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Impact, Challenge, Passion, Rewarding","* Smartest and most passionate people you may ever work with. * Things sometimes magically get done when many of your peers care about what they do. * You will grow through exposure to cutting edge ideas and through adversity. * Under healthy leadership, your creativity can thrive and you can live up to your potential. * There is always a secret new hot thing some group in your division is working on.","* Sometimes your secret project never sees the light of day, and you can't talk about your work because of NDAs/secrecy. * Not all in leadership are great to work for. Some micro-manage or are fearful in ways that can ruin a team experience. * Your peers will have strong opinions and argue intelligently for them. Don't take it personally, be open to being wrong, pick your battles. Challenge your peers respectfully if you want to win them over. * It can be hard to shine brightly among so many stars--you must consistently exceed expectations to get the best compensation increases, bonuses, or promotions. * When peers work extra and you don't, it may be hard to exceed expectations and advance. If you value family time, find a group where most employees keep fairly regular hours and tell you to ""go home"" when you stay late.","* Your example and sacrifice are much appreciated. * If you are not listening to your peers and subordinates, you will miss something important--not everyone can make good decisions in an apparent vacuum like Steve Jobs.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38751,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Love Apple!,"Loved working for Apple - great culture, great people, good salary for retail. Leadership is often really strong, feedback is a gift!",Big discrepancy with salaries of people in the same position,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38752,apple,none," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZING COMPANY,"Works with school schedule, 401k match, stock options","retail job, day to day is the same, lots of turn over",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38753,apple,none," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok company. No work-life balance.,Benefits are great. Work on products that affect millions of users.,No work-life balance. Limited resources to fix software issues.,"If things aren't going to change, stop making empty promises.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38754,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,An excellent company undergoing changes,A huge emphasis on innovation and doing things the right way at the top of the company.,Sometimes the directions of the stores and markets diverges from what the corporate level says.,Remember the reason you're in business and what consumers really come to Apple for. The crazy high level of customer service and less emphasis on sales was what set Apple apart.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38755,apple,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,"amazing people, staff, education, benefits, and did i say people???",working at home is lonely im sure it is different at campus. There are limitations when it comes to this role such as the social aspect,more facetime with teams,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38756,apple,none," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive experience,Provide tools needed to be successful. Good managers.,Practices and procedures change frequently. Unfriendly senior advisers.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38757,apple,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is an amazing employer.,Working for Apple allows me to make meaningful impacts on people’s lives. We enrich people every day with our products.,You have to always be better then you are.,Treat employees no matter there location the same.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38758,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Operations specialist,Great benefits and people that you work with,Can sometimes be hectic in the store,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38759,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Pursuit of perfection,Witness and be part of a team working on best consumer hardware on the planet. Quality beyond all. Must-do experience.,"Well orchestrated machine but middle management can sometimes hide behind their seniority and ""lack of time"" and place excessive responsibility on DRIs who may burn out or get discouraged by executive kickback",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P213.htm
38760,apple,none," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales specialist in local branch,Good benefits and works around a schedule,Rude people and not for the short tempered,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38761,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,"Amazing for part time work, eh for full time after a few years.","Great benefits, amazing team members. You meet amazing people, and can be challenged in fantastic ways. You can have access to great resources and really launch a career.",Retail hours. Retail mindset. Retail customers. Dealing with ambiguity is pushed beyond it's limits and meaning.,"Be involved. Slow down with your employees. Show them that you're invested in them, whether or not it's long term at your store, and they'll be invested in their work.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38762,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Really strong Apple culture, trust employee",too much confidential to protect,"to many secrets, sometimes it will be good to share with employees",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38763,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Aug 13, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical support run like a sweatshop and paid the same as a product zone specialist!,"Only four pros - some good customer interactions which can be fulfilling, good benefits (which is why I gave Compensations & Benefits a 2), starting pay higher than minimum wage for those who have no education or experience, and they pay for you to refer someone else to work at the store.","Diversity by token only. Leadership routinely make discriminatory and derogatory remarks. Membership in a specific church more important than ability. High turnover rate. Employees not valued. Unfair promotion practices. Pay raises are insulting with new hires valued more than tenured employees (the 2 for Compensations & Benefits isn't for pay). Sweatshop atmosphere--pressure to take two and three customers at once and spend less time with each. There is a disconnect between corporate values and actions on the store level. While the customer should always be king, little to no support in extremely difficult customer situations -- throwing employee under the bus. Requirement of journaling to leadership plus coaching feedback negate anonymity on surveys with those who leave a poor rating being targeted and forced to resign--the best advice I can give to employees is to opt out of the survey. Unequal enforcement of policy. Leadership puts their personal benefit in front of customers and employees and frequently bump their repairs to the front of the repair line and cover repairs out of warranty.","Practice what you preach. Empower your employees to take care of your customers. Take care of your employees and they will take care of your customers. It is better for customers to keep a well trained employee than it is to hire untrained employees especially when you take into consideration that new employees are starting at higher pay and the expense to train them. High turnover rate is a better indicator of employee happiness than any survey. And lastly, either fire all leadership and start fresh or require all leadership to take sensitivity training.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38764,apple,none," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a terrible place to work and terrible for your family,"Great benefits, decent pay. Great products that you get to talk about and share with the public. I do like what the company stands for as a whole and how innovative they are.","They change your schedule every three months, causing your entire family to uproot their routines along with it. It's a huge hassle when you have to find new babysitters, and set new schedules every couple of months. Once you get used to one routine, you have to change it. If Apple cared about their employees at all, they would stop this practice and give set shifts like the rest of the world.",Please change how you do schedules. I'm begging you!,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38765,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Designer,Awesome company depending on the team.,"Apple is a great place to be a designer. Talented colleagues, awesome products and the company appreciates the importance of design.","Apple is huge, so depending on the product there can be a feeling of too many cooks in the kitchen.",Keep focusing on the importance of a good design.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38766,apple,none," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At home advisor,"Decent Salary, Get to work from home",Not a lot of time for personal life.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38767,apple,none," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good & Ethical Company,Great benefits. Competitive pay. Heavy emphasis on high ethical standards.,Work / life balance can be a challenge if you are not actively managing it.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38768,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Best retail job around,"Probably the best pay and benefits package in the retail space, great atmosphere, competent coworkers","Moving from the retail side to the corporate level is exceedingly challenging, frequent manager turnover",Promote those who work their butts off,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38769,apple,none," Jul 23, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Not bad for retail,An extroverts dream. On board training for sales is thorough. Coworkers are helpful if you ever get stumped on an issue. Benefits are stellar if you're only paying for yourself.,"Very little recognition and honor for tenure. Limited room for promotion- brown nosing required. Sometimes, metrics don't make sense for the position. No consequences for making the same mistakes over and over again.",Create incentives for accuracy behind the scenes. Pay your employees what their worth- raise the floor when you raise the ceiling. Take care of your tenured people- they've given you loyalty. Return the favor.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P214.htm
38770,apple,none," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"not just ambiguous, but secretive and even suspicious","Depending on your department, there can be a lot of pros. Flexible hours, no dress code, happy and excited team members, beer bashes, onsite gym and updated cafeteria, coffee bar, lots of other perks. Management is generally supportive, even if they are quite removed from your work and have little interest or knowledge about it.","The secrecy required for product management trickles all the way down the company. In my department, management insisted upon not documenting any processes, never had team meetings, and only rarely communicated critical information. There's always ambiguity in tech, but this culture amounted to devoting most of my time to trying to find what I needed to do my job correctly. Also, once I did locate the correct resource, I was usually denied my request to access data I literally had to have to do my job correctly. With no support, this became maddening.","Please remember that your employees need information that you receive. When everything stops are your desk, it causes many unnecessary problems. Eager, talented, dedicated professionals do have a threshold of what they are willing to accept in a work environment.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38771,apple,none," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great colleagues and environment,World class training and colleagues.,Nothing to speak of at the moment.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38772,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Creative Pro,Best of Retail,Fantastic Benefits Great Staff You work for a company that sets you up for success. I never get in a hairy situation where I don't feel like Apple has my back.,"It's Retail. Schedules will be as such, Customer interactions can be great but sometimes awful.",In our store our management has a hard time being on the same page. It makes it very difficult if you are trying to gain rapport or help get new ideas off the ground,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38773,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - IOS Support Advisor,Nightmare with Cult-like infrastructure,Excellent benefits and insurance. Ample time off and sick time.,"No time for training when work changes, completely unorganized training modules, policies change multiple times a month. Playing favorites with employees is unfair and wrong.",Give employees more time to train when a new product comes out.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38774,apple,none," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Technician,Could be better,"Really great place to work for the benefits and the compensation, depending on what area you work in. Great medical benefits offered also to part-time employees.","Promotions are handed out to the folks they like. Hard work doesn't mean anything to them. You can be a top performer but if management doesn't like you, you go no further in the company. They lose a lot of good people based on that.",Try promoting people based on hard work not if you don't personally like the employee.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38775,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,"Good benefits, not enough pay.",- innovative technology company - discounts - benefits - amazing coworkers - great training,- no commission - hard to grow or be promoted - leadership is out of touch - should pay more,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38776,apple,none," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the teamwork,The team works together to create a beautiful customer experience and the company does many charitable acts.,It can be hard to get a full time position.,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38777,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 2, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,"Great company, great products, and even better people",- family mentality - face to face experience with customers - every day is a new adventure - learn about and play with new technology every day,"- retail job - hours are at the mercy of whoever makes the schedule, but you can request off 3 weeks in advance - you used to have a preferred day off that could be a weekend, but now you can only choose a preferred weekday off",Don't micromanage,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38778,apple,"Independence, MO"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,The Bennies are Great,"The benefits... there's nothing like it. Single, working mom of 3... full insurance makes other companies that pay higher wages seem like chicken feed. Employee discounts and employee support is out of this world. Upper management value everyone and see what they have to offer. Positive intent goes a long long way in work happiness.","That all being said.... customers can be demanding, rude and brutal... at the end of the day you may question your existence and ponder if life is worth living. But.. then you look around at your co-workers who are all absolutely amazing, lean on them and soldier on. However, once you're in.. getting rid of a bad apple is tough which can be a drag. These are rare, but you have to make sure you follow feedback and go to the store manager if it gets bad enough to affect your work happiness.",Get rid of bad apples that bring people down rather than lift them up for not following their job responsibilities. A genius that refuses to take cue. A genius lead that refuses to pitch in and help and won't mentor the staff... dereliction of duties. Get them out.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38779,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Technician,Genius,"Apple really knows how to pick its people, for the most part the people are phenomenal assets to the company.","hard to move up, favoritism, not diverse on management and above levels",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P215.htm
38780,apple,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Employee Review,Instant access to latest technical knowledge of Apple hardware,Difficult to advance. I have friends who are in positions that are beneath their skill levels who have been denied numerous times for promotions. I am not one of these people.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38781,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Time for a Change,"Access to huge discounts for Apple Products, Good health plan, stock plan, 401k, and vendor discounts. Tim Cook stands up to major political issues.",Pay is low compared to other companies with similar roles. Educational reimbursement only for full time and if you're working 40 hrs company will not work with you on scheduling. Scheduling is horrible. No advanced training. No room for growth. Middle Managers brought in from competitors to help maintain service levels. lack of diversity. Apple diverts to spending money on a stupid self driving car instead of investing in front line employees.,"I went to tech school, got hired, and have not learned or obtained any new certifications in the past 5 years. Other non skilled employees moving up the ladder for their ability to mesh the culture. Complete waste of career growth. I have friends whom their company sends them to seminars, and trainings, pays for their development. Give Part Time employees educational reimbursement with the expectation they will return to a more advanced opportunity. Culture is fun and hip, but there is a serious lack of ""integrity"" and values.",4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38782,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Associate - Advisory,Great Company!,"Great experiences. Pushes you out of your comfort zone. teaches you how to talk to customers, coworkers, and people.","some management is very poor, and the area managers do no help","Please LISTEN to your employees, don't just tell them ""go talk to you manager about that"" because maybe they have.",5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38783,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Relations,Apple Tier2,Make a difference on outcome for customer,"Lack of empathy, respect and humanity with management. Values are one attitude is different story",Understand that we are a person /someone and you can't bully everyone,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38784,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Instrumentation Engineer,Test Engineer,"Looks good on resume, generous funding","No life-work balance, lots of politics",Plan better and lead with consistency,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38785,apple,none," Jul 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant,Competent salary and good environment to work in,Long working hours and fast paced,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38786,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Engineering Project Manager,"Always engaging, never a dull moment!",The people and culture are great. Especially wonderful when working with engineers who are passionate about their work and will take the time to teach you.,Your work life balance was good only if your work was your life. There was never time to take a vacation.,"Many people are not able to work 70+ hours per week and the unspoken but well understood expectation that you do so is unreasonable, especially for salaried folks.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38787,apple,none," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment for the right fit,"Apple does an excellent job taking care of its employees from the bottom up, often a very fun environment to work in.","Biggest con was dealing with the customers who had outrageous expectations. Even though it wasn't the majority of folk, there's still plenty of people who come to Apple under the impression that any employee can fix any problem at that moment, so resetting expectations can be tough. Management usually does a good job having your back and cooling people off though, which helps.",Continue looking for ways to set customer expectations when they show up so employees in face-to-face interactions don't get in a pinch.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38788,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Business Expert,Don't rush to apply just yet,"Great benefits, fun place to work if you like the retail environment and want to be part of one of the biggest companies in the world.","The company is going through a lot of changes at the retail level and some of the managers don't know how to handle said changes, making the processes and bringing down the moral of the employees from different teams, making them feel unappreciated and undervalued. In some cases it is obvious that they have their favorite employees, by promoting them without allowing more experienced co-workers to interview.",Be more transparent in the promotion processes and don't pretend to be transparent.,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38789,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 1, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Apple Miami,Great team. Very smart and with a great energy.,Long hours and constant changes in management.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P216.htm
38790,apple,none," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Review of Apple,I had great co-workers who shared the same vision,There weren't many opportunities to grow within the company,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38791,apple,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Good pay, nice benefits, great coworkers","stressful, political, hard to connect to leaders",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38792,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Design Engineer,Stay away from HWTE at all costs.,- Not much honestly other than brand name. Horrible experience overall.,"- Overworked - 60 hours work weeks are normal. Weekends and vacation are basically work days. - People are not qualified, since they have severe brain drain to other better paying companies. - Management just lies to you repeatedly. Don't trust a word HR tells you from the day you sign the offer to the day you leave. - Toxic environment - No diversity in HWTE, as in English is not the preferred language of communication. The group is all foreign from a specific Asian country. - Pay is not competitive - Too much politics - Cheap company - Benefits are average -- definitely not competitive for Bay Area","- Remember what is like to be engineers. - You can be cheap, but at least be honest. - Also, compensation for C-suite is ridiculous.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38793,apple,none," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Great experience, very talented people","None, nothing bad to say",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38794,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Apple college care program,"Full time Benefits, 401k, health insurance, deals on all Apple products. The opportunities you get from working with a very hands on company.",Training is mandatory 9 weeks and you can't miss a day. Not much cons come with working with a leading brand like Apple,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38795,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Care,Apple is Awesome!,- Good salary - Great atmosphere - Flexible schedules - Learning resources available,- Can't think of any at the moment,I would keep inspiring your workers and making it a great workplace.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38796,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Very developmental and fulfilling experience.,Company provides great benefits for part time and full time employees.  Great learning environment and best retail job I've had.  Very organized management structure.,Difficult to move up in the company.  Locations are not consistently good. Some have a saturated work force and unsatisfactory management.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38797,apple,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Care College Representative,"Great pay Apple Products provided (iMac, iPod) Employee Discount",Unflexible hours Micromanaging Managers Improper expectations are often set,Please set the proper expectations for the people you hire. Don't have people thinking they're going to be working on iOS and then move them to Mac without the proper training. Also since it is the college program hours should actually be flexible and reflect the changing schedule of a college student.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38798,apple,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Coin flip,"fun people, work goes by fast, learn a lot, good job to learn but not to stay, FYI book is amazing, know how to work as a team and have each others back.","poor management, they dont seem to care about your development but possibly the do just dont show it or give enough time, they favor certain employees, building rapport is harder than you think","managers need to learn how to be fair to all employees, i know apple corporate doesn't know this but this need to keep a close eye on the people that run the stores. Managers like to give feedback to those who do just as good as a job at others but shin a spotlight on those they dont like as much. I mean i see it all the time and giving feed back to the managers never help you just get resistance or they turn red and come up with some poor excuse. Apple is a great company for one to learn on there own about how its like to build on your own interpersonal traits and polish up on certain competencies. But not a place i would see myself staying at more than 2 years.",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38799,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor - College Team,"Flexible Hours, work from home, well compensated for holiday time","Busy holidays, Difficult to maintain short call times",Keep it up! Was a great temporary position,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P217.htm
38800,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,The Biggest Company in the World,"The professional culture that is cultivated is one that is unapologetically honest when giving feedback. The benefits are truly hard to compete with, and the drive for promotion within the company is always visible and present even to the basic Product Zone Specialists. Many managers excel at cultivating skills and competencies that will serve you well in other work places. There is a clear balance between business and passion, a good mix.","Do not plan on feeling very comfortable in the break room if you are conservatively leaning in your politics. While the team can be welcoming, it goes only as far as their prejudices go- learn your audience and share personal information sparingly if it involves your personal views.",Keep politics out of the morning Downloads. It alienates a lot of people and creates a divisive environment off the floor.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38801,apple,none," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Solid Company to Work For,"Generous compensation, caring and helpful coworkers, ability to work from home","Lack of schedule flexibility, required to work on holidays, can be draining work",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38802,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,The culture is strong. Pay is great and outstanding benefits. The vision of the company is very clear to follow.,Not all leaders follow the credo. Depending on your location decision makers may be influenced to make poor choices just to save themselves.,Spend time with your people,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38803,apple,none," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Very Flexible Scheduling . Great Benefits , overall great atmosphere to work in .",Communication from management could be better .,Better Communication,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38804,apple,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,"good tech work, real products",limited scope of work,-,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38805,apple,none," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Take care of internal employees,Awesome culture and people to work with and benefits.,Very hard to move up within the company. People usually get looked over and the job takes a toll on you. Internal employees are not paid much when moving to new positions.,Give more time off. Develop employees and paid them more.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38806,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Okay but still retail,Great team and training but lacks upward mobility.,"Terrible scheduling, incompetent management. Terrible salary.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38807,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service Rep Work at Home Chat Advisor,Great Pay and Benefits Super Employees and Managers Work At Home Chat Excellent Support PTO,Troubleshooting Macs No other Cons,"This is a great company to work for, everyone is great and so helpful, you never feel like you are own your on, even though you are working from home.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38808,apple,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Business Specialist,No Long Term Opportunity,Flexible hours are pretty convenient.,Everything else was very horrible.,Deflate your heads because you work at Apple retail.,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38809,apple,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Software Engineer,RSU / 401K match / Holidays /,no free food / strict deadlines,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P218.htm
38810,apple,none," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Customer Service Representative,"Competitive salary, great benefits, fun company sponsored events, onsite cafes/coffee bars and beautiful campus.",Lateral or vertical career moves can sometimes be very challenging.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38811,apple,none," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,As Good as Retail Gets,"-Good benefits -Good coworkers In general, the company treats you well and respects you as a person, which is rare for retail in my experience. They pay in NYC is OK too once you get past the entry-level positions.","-Retail time -Can get more money elsewhere They've become really indifferent to how wildly fluctuating work times affect your life. True of all retail, but Apple used to be better. Most of the other downsides are things that are endemic to retail and not worth rehashing here.","Listen more, work harder to accommodate people's non-work lives, and you'll see a much happier bunch of employees.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38812,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior RF Design Engineer,Senior RF Design Engineer,"Talented staff, best in class products.","Politics, no shortage of type As.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38813,apple,none," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,over secretive company,people think that you work in a cool company,"not a lot of perks, too many secrets",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38814,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Fun, open, chill work environment. Company values are, at their core, wonderful. Great Benefits and perks!","Benefits, fun environment. The employees around you become your family. I've never had a bond with coworkers like I did at Apple.","Hard to move in the company. At the end of the day, it's still retail. There's only a merit increase once per year... no raise due to inflation or cost of living.","Give raises due to inflation, not just merit.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38815,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 1, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Overall good company,"Great benefits, great pay, great perks and great people.",Work weekends and retail hours. Deal with angry customers on occasion.,Try to create more growth within each store.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38816,apple,none," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Testers,Unhealthy environment,- Competitive salary package - Good benefits except the old calculation structure for vacations - Smart co-workers and some are nice people - Great products,- Bad/unhealthy environment as there are a few people who love to spend time on micro-managing others - Work from home is not an option in my current team,"Know how your employees feel and make some improvements as ""one bad apple spoils the whole bunch""",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38817,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Apple (Genius),Awesome community.,All awesome people. The interview process is so complex that only people with awesome personalities get hired. Great products. Great environment.,Hours are hard on Families. Pay is not good. No real advancement possibilities. Not enough commute coverage. No real bonus opportunities.,Allow more early morning shifts. And more time off during holidays.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38818,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Manufacturing Design Engineer,The greatest challenge!,Exciting work. Top notch coworkers. Always striving to achieve the impossible. Never ever boring. Benefits outweigh the negatives. Opportunity to be a part of something far greater than yourself.,A lot of travel. Late night concalls. Long hours. Pushing to achieve the impossible can be exhausting. Atmosphere can be competitive at times.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38819,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - GIS Technician,good company,"good environment, clear vision, relaxed bosses","unnecessary changes sometimes, not much career outlook at least for my position",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P219.htm
38820,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Amazing place, but some inexperienced managers.",You will learn to become better at design and attention to detail. Lots of very smart coworkers. Excellent age diversity which brings very different perspectives. Senior leadership is very admirable. Caffe Macs probably serves the best salad in California.,"Long hours. Compensation/benefits are not competitive (despite what they may claim). Some skills may not be transferable. May have to deal with technical debt. Management hires fewer people than needed, which contributes to technical debt issues.","(1) Provide better training to new managers, particularly those from different cultural backgrounds. (2) Make the long hours worth it. (3) Improve the experience for new employees - in particular, make sure they are assigned projects that help them ramp up.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38821,apple,none," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, great compensation for what is asked",- Great benefits - great place to start out - great work life balance - lots of upward mobility for those who develop coding skills,"- no direct path beyond retail, though there are ways to get to the next level",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38822,apple,none," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store,Fantastic place to work! Great experience,There are limited growth opportunities,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38823,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,specialist,Great work environment and friendly coworkers.,No room to grow too many politics Hires and promotes people from outside not within the family.,please listen to your employee,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38824,apple,"Thousand Oaks, CA"," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Great benefits, lots of learning & growth as long as you aren’t lazy about your own development.","Great coworkers, fun environment, lots of opportunities to expand your knowledge base on tech. If there was a ‘Repair Genius’ position, I would be in heaven all day.","Genius Bar is hectic on weekends, & gets stressful. 60% of the bar shifts are spent resetting passwords, and dealing with people who don’t know what a backup is, or that multiple devices = multiple appointments.","Stop micromanaging, you aren’t helping as much as you think you are. & just talk to your people. Connection teams are a joke when you sit down once a year during reviews. Exchange journal is laughable",2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38825,apple,none," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quick Review,"Good visibility, cool products, equity compensation, great brand","Little career progression planning, stagnant hierarchy.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38826,apple,none," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Great job to start out as and helps you with your growth in the professional world,"It's retail, so you deal with that BS",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38827,apple,"Portsmouth, VA"," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great company to work and learn from.,Very good pay and benefits. Apple really cares about everyone that works there. And the managers are great managers. Great place.,"Shift bids can be in the way especially if you are looking for a schedule to be consistent. If your matrix are consistent, so will your schedule.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38828,apple,none," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Genius Bar Employee,Great team to work with.,Nothing that I can say.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38829,apple,none," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Advisor,"Great co-workers, support, and pay.",Management doesn't care about you. They only care about making themselves look good not helping you move up.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P220.htm
38830,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Spécialiste,Awesome,Great everything is fantastic at the Apple Store. Very friendly happy environment. Everyone here is willing to help and support one another. No complaints from my end. Apple definitely knows how to run a retail store and run it perfectly. The company Apple is for their customers employees and community.,Nothing wrong here I have nothing to complain about the company. The company apple stands by their credo and help try to make the world better than how they found it.,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38831,apple,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing atmosphere,"Teaches you real life skills and focus on improving you as a person, not just an employee",Sometimes seems fake or forced,n/a,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38832,apple,"Beaverton, OR"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Competitive compensation and caring management,"All the tools, knowledge and training are flawless. I always feel I am being treated honestly and fairly. There are TONS of opportunities for lateral moves and for growth.",Perhaps work life balance since it's an at home position. You do start to miss seeing people in person... or leaving your home for that matter,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38833,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,about what youd expect in sillicon valley,"the pay is alright, but you get crunched like mad for deadlines. maybe just set reasonable deadlines to start with and avoid the crunch, what a novel idea","typical overworked, shoddy corp culture,",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38834,apple,none," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home Advisor,Great training and benefits for employees,Continuos phone time became repetitive,Allow more flexible schedule,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38835,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Fast paced environment that makes the day go by fast. Get to learn many technical skills on the job on paid company training.,"Due to high competition, growth can be hard to obtain. Schedule is all over the place. Compensation could be way better.",Keep up the good work! Try to keep talent with higher pay.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38836,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Specialist,Great Benefits and Discounts,Great Benefits and Discounts on products,pay was low for this position,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38837,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Gained experience better than expected,"What I learned while working for Apple Retail goes beyond any typical job. After nearly three years, I gained training, mentoring and management experience it would have normally taken me much longer to gain somewhere else.","Cons were specific to the particular store, management needed to better communicate.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38838,apple,none," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environment,"Free parking, lots of perks, giveaways, incentives for meeting metrics, great training, supportive management.","Job was not steady, fear of losing job to overseas companies. Was eventually asked to relocate out of state (cheaper wage) or be laid off.",Keep jobs local in California. Provide job security to those who have been loyal to working at Apple as well as being fans of Apple products.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38839,apple,none," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best at home tech support position for entry level people,Great pay Amazing benefits Work from Home,Horribly mismanaged customer support sector Extremely busy queues Awful customers,"Stop hiring outside managers who are clueless about human interaction and have to be taught on the job  TRAIN YOUR EMPLOYEES BETTER, stop running noobies through quick training and then dumping them loose on the phones, it's a domino effect of horror.",2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P221.htm
38840,apple,none," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Service Specialist,Incredible & Life Changing,"• Room for growth • High support from peers and managers • Amazing learning environment • A great benefit to those who show interest • Feedback is encouraged • Great benefits, even if part-time • If at a retail level, flexible schedules","• If at a retail level, it will be exhausting • When looking to advance, some managers can be biased",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38841,apple,none," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, but demanding",Good company with a good system with good products.,Very demanding and tough to move up.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38842,apple,none," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-time beware,"Benefits, discounts, decent pay, limited responsibility","Work life Balance, upward mobility, questionable changes potentially to customer service","Be more direct, and honest with employees. Try to build relationships with employees more.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38843,apple,none," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Many job prospects around the world,The hours can be long,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38844,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Good place to start, will give you the basic skills you need to move on","I came to Apple not even being an apple user, and not in tech at all. I needed a change and just wanted a job to get by while I figured out what to do with my useless journalism degree.  I started as a Family Room Specialist. - Apple trained me in hardware and software troubleshooting for iOS devices - Pay was pretty O.K. at $16 an hour, considering most other retail/customer service won't pay you that at base starting  After some hard work- you can't just chill, it is very competitive - I was promoted to a Mac Genius. - They gave me insane amounts of training, sent me to Cupertino, and gave me a $10 an hour raise.  Main pros summary: - Apple gave me invaluable experiences in peer to peer communication and customer service - They gave me technical training that I never would have had the opportunity to get without them. - They sent me to Cupertino for three weeks, all expenses paid. I got the opportunity to be on Apple campus with engineers(inspiring) - AMAZING benefits. Health insurance. 401k matching. Stocks. Gym memberships. Discounts. You name it.  Because of Apple, I became passionate about coding. I am now working as an iOS Developer full time and absolutely in love with it. I can definitely say this would never have happened without Apple.","- The Mac Genius salary should be better. They lose a lot of talent and passionate people because of that. - They no longer offer California Genius training. You now do it online. No inspiring Cupertino trip. - Management became so stringent and numbers based that you barely had more than 5 minutes for an appointment and were often worked beyond mental capacity by being forced to troubleshoot 3 customer's devices at once(customers also hated this). - Genius Bar overbooked and understaffed... not really sure why. - You are constantly being watched and given feedback, to an almost alarming degree. Stressful.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38845,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,Flexible schedule Best rates you will get in retail Work has a purpose - you can tell Apple is a company that really cares about its' people Great benefits Growth is self-driven - if you want a promotion you can definitely work towards the goal in a short time,"Very fast paced - if you are shy or not a ""people person"" you will not enjoy this job. Can become very repetitive Slow during non-product launches",Remember that people are your greatest resource! (More than the product),5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38846,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Service Specialist,Service Specialist,"LOTS of perks for employees, even part-time employees. Fairly flexible scheduling if you give enough notice. Discounts are pretty awesome and compensation is more than fair.","Management's lack of being able to identify good talent. In other words, they play favorites, BIG TIME. They will butter you up and say, ""I think we can get you where you want to be"", etc. and then give the spot to someone who sucks at their job and as a person. The usual politics.","Good people have left your store because you would push them to side and promote employees who don't live up to the Apple standard. Rather than letting people kiss up to you, keep an eye out for those who do their job the way Apple wants them to.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38847,apple,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great benefits, great team environment and managers are great",Wish there was better scheduling options,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38848,apple,none," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big ,"Easily transferrable skills, good on resume","Poor work/life balance, poor upper management, and horrible company culture.","Management needs to focus more on leading, developing, and teaching instead of micro-managing basic tasks. They also need to take concerns from employees seriously instead of sweeping serious concerns under the rug (such as harassment in the workplace). Management also should focus on recognizing current talent and recognizing accomplishments of current employees.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38849,apple,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Why work at Apple,Great company to work for with excellent benefits.,Can sometimes be difficult to advance career.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P222.htm
38850,apple,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Great company,The company is great with great benefits.,"It takes a while to move up in position, so if you are looking to advance quickly, good luck. It will take min of 2-3 years before you see anything of value.","Give people more opportunity, quicker.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38851,apple,none," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Decent benefits for part-timers. Camaraderie amongst employees. Lots of perks for a retail job.,"Difficult to get promotions, even lateral ones. Very political environment. Management seems to have a very phony sense of empathy towards employees. Witnessed a lot of blatant favoritism during my 6 years in various retail stores. Frequently understaffed considering the constant demand of customers. Expected to achieve sales goals plus other metrics with no real incentive/reward. The blind allegiance most employees have towards the brand and culture is kind of creepy.",Be genuinely empathetic towards employees. Make lateral promotions easier to achieve. Allow a better work/life balance. Drop metrics or give actual rewards to those who achieve them (commission or other).,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38852,apple,"New Orleans, LA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Job peak,"Discount on products, Pay for School","Long hours, lot of customers,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38853,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Product Zone,"The benefits at Apple for employees are amazing, for both full and part time. Anyone that understands the Apple culture know how amazing the people are.","Working for Apple was better a few years back. Now, a lot of changes are happening that effect employees experience.",The managers that use to work at Apple and understand the REAL Apple culture are amazing. New manager being hired from other companies don't understand the culture and change the relationship and employees experience,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38854,apple,none," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Minds, Sucky Food",Salary and health/retirement benefits. Professionalism. Innovation. Ability to work with great minds within and outside the company. Social responsibility and community outreach. Company's vision and goals.,Secrecy policies make collaboration across teams VERY difficult. Employee Burn-out. End-product only benefits the wealthy few. For-profit cafeterias.,Encourage -and enable- team cross-pollination,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38855,apple,none," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail is not Apple corporate.,"benefits, resources, transportation and friendly co-workers...most the time.","No weekends, No holidays, underpaid",Do not yell at your employees and,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38856,apple,none," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Great working community of employees,"Some upper employees don't like their jobs and take it out on lower employees. But luckily for me, not my manager.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38857,apple,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior technical support advisor,"Culture, and benefits are always a plus",None that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38858,apple,none," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer 3,"Excellent Benefits, cool company to work for",No free lunch & gym,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38859,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Operations PM,Great place to learn,Learning curve is steep and challenging but one learns a great deal of very important things that will benefit them throughout once career,"""work life balance"" is imbalanced",take care of your employees!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P223.htm
38860,apple,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible Benefits/Great Co-workers,"Incredibly generous benefits package, fantastic co-workers who share a passion for learning and helping others.","Retail management is constantly contradicting themselves, unorganized and often misleading. Very difficult to schedule important family events outside of work due to demand for hours and scheduling issues.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38861,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Too much politics,"Great perks, salary, free dinners.","Arrogance, politics, long work hours, people feel threatened by your smartness so easily that they try to throw you under the bus on every chance they get. People steal your credit all the time","Try to pressurize your employees less if you want them to come up with great, bright ideas. Learn from other great companies in valley to create an environment which is not hostile",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38862,apple,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Excellent benefits, great co-workers.","Too much of a focus on ""numbers"" and ""sales percentages"" at our individual store.",focus on the experience like apple intended.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38863,apple,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Specialist,"Learning something new everyday, compensation, and opportunity for growth.",No cons for this job.,Keep caring about your employees it makes them work harder.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38864,apple,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Program Manager,Build and ship the best consumer electronic products,"Intense work culture, long hours required to get the jib done",Allow for more passion projects or sabbaticals,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38865,apple,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Opportunity,"Great training, benefits, discounts",underpaid and would not let work overtime,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38866,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,The store leaders care...the higher ups do not,"- open, honest environment -warm, approachable managers - discounts on cell plans - free iCloud backup space - they pay for your public transportation - lots of big company perks","- terrible hours, no work/life balance - if you want to move up and are qualified, they will have you do higher level work without a pay raise - compensation does not match difficulty of work, no holiday bonuses - no proper training on the products - very cult- like atmosphere - nobody actually knows what they are doing",Stop asking employees be extra alert when you have Black customers,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38867,apple,none," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"Good people. Good benefits. For retail, it's decent pay.",Schedule is erratic and unpredictable. Very difficult to have a personal life when you're expected to have open availability.,"The job is challeging. Be empathetic, supportive, fair, competent and compassionate. Stop micro-managing talented, motivated, intelligent, people.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38868,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,My experience was honestly really fun and cooperative,Discounts on items you buy there and get to meet cool people over ther and cooperative if there ever an issue,Angry customer sometimes but tht what bond to happen sometimes just gotta keep a positive vibe and try to make the customers calm down,Dont argue with customers back,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38869,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jul 22, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,"Great retail job, the culture will destroy your soul if you engage in it","It pays very well for a retail job, the work is straight forward, and you don't have to take your work home with you",The culture will kill your soul. They want to talk about the company being progressive and open but those are ambiguous buzz words designed to get the most work out of you for the least amount of investment. They will not follow through on their nice words.,"Your employees are underpaid and overworked, when you pretend otherwise it only destroys morale",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P224.htm
38870,apple,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Network/Systems Architect,great place to in networking,A few things are still evolving in networking and so good opportunities and place to work here.,Have not see much other than difference in cultures among various teams,No advice as over all it is fun and rewarding to work in Apple. You get a good team feeling.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38871,apple,none," Jun 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Overall benefits with the company were good .,have not seen much concerns.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38872,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Overall Great Company,"Great benefits, exciting work culture, good company culture","Depending on your position, advancement can be very limited. Retail positions are not designed for long term career fulfillment, so plan accordingly",Consider providing long-term career opportunities for retail positions,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38873,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 2 at home Adviser,Great Benefits. Competitive pay and retirement,Have to work at least 1 day on weekends. Odd hours,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38874,apple,none," Jun 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great team dynamics because there are so many employee to learn from,Management will switch up on you and the idea of moving up in the company is more difficult than it seems. they will contract people outside of the company before promoting someone else,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38875,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,If you hob-knob... You're good.,"great benefits, flexible schedule. That is all.","If you're not in with the crowd, you're a face in it. If you just want to do a good job and make something of yourself, don't plan on it unless you're chatty (about nothing) with managers.","Entirely numbers driven. This isn't something that is spoken about when interviewing. It is misleading. let employees know what they're getting into. It's like a bait and switch. It also leads to very poor work ethic. If a customer says they don't want AppleCare, the specialist will pass them off to someone else, which can take far too long to happen. So the customer waits, and the person who didn't want to sell without apple care, simply walks about with nothing to do. And THOSE are the people who get raises and position bumps. All because they only take customers who are going to bolster their numbers. This forces ALL other employees to try and do the same. Eventually, you'll see a floor full of people who don't want to do a damned thing, and this is obviously a horrible customer experience, as well as terrible for morale and mental health in general. But Angela made sure to make a wall pretty, so.... It's all good.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38876,apple,none," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"Nice people, good benefits even for part time employees.",Retail. Unreliable schedule. No room for advancement.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38877,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Working for Apple,Great working environment for the employees. Amazing incentive package in addition to a great hourly pay rate. I highly recommend working here.,Working with the people who walk through the doors is tough. It's a lot like teaching a brand new class everyday and with that dealing with their entitled personalities can be a struggle.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38878,apple,none," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,Loved the store environment and was able to learn from all the employees. When in a difficult customer situation everyone bans together and makes sure that we can give the customer the best options available.,Out of all the positions in retail (Apple) the most stressful with highest turnover rate.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38879,apple,none," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare College Advisor,Great pay and benefits. Very relaxed work environment since its in the comfort of your own home. Get to make your own hours which is nice.,People you have to help (no surprise) don't know what they're doing. Most call frustrated so you need to keep a calm attitude. Some customers will lash out verbally if something doesn't go their way. That just comes with the job.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P225.htm
38880,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technician,Very experienced,"Best staff,best experience,plenty of work and fun,you learn more from the best,you are always encourages,and benefitted,very experienced people,the salary is great","There is nothing cons,still a new employer,so didn't see anything till now,but I think that the interview was quite difficult",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38881,apple,none," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Employee,"Good job, very secretive",Apple's one of the most interesting companies in the world and they definitely compensate their employees more than generously.,"They have a culture of secrecy that, although is used to breed excitement, can be difficult to work around at times.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38882,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"culture, pay, benefits, location, co workers, product","micromanaging , micromanaging, micromanaging, micromanaging, micromanaging",maintain the level of competence that Steve would have envisioned,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38883,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jul 1, 2017",Former Employee - B2B Sales Representative,Apple overview,"Great training, benefits and teamwork",Difficult to move up the ladder,More opportunities for women and disabled,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38884,apple,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Fast paced environment,"Good pay for retail. Great people to work with. You'll find that about 75% of the people you work with are highly intelligent, and the others are entertaining but not the brightest batch. Managers are usually a mix, but tend to be very engaged with you and care about your development and happiness. Customer conversations are usually great, but some people are real dumb, or are too thick to understand you're trying to help them, but I've met some truly amazing people, all of which starting as customers. Become proficient in all areas of the store...it will work to your advantage if you want to try out different roles. Advancement opportunities internally are there. but can be difficult and clouded path to attain. Better off changing roles and trying different parts of the store.","The Apple secrecy you read about is all true. They're incredibly tight lipped and awkwardly secretive about a retail store, however it doesn't go without warrant...just makes you feel uncomfortable sometimes. Can also cloud managements views, actions, and conversations negatively...so don't be afraid to give them feedback about it! Customer conversations can get redundant and tiring to discuss, older demo is great, but can struggle to grasp concepts. Angry customers. But a pro when you get to see a manager tell them to go pound sand. TO move to management level, your primary best way is to leave the company for a year and then reapply as manager. External value on managers specifically perceived as far too high.",More communication and better Store Leader would suffice. Store Leader needs to be more involved at store level if they're to make decisions that affect the store level...especially if they're located at store level.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38885,apple,none," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist,"people who work at the apple store are great people, job is fun, customers are great",Management can be a pain,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38886,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Performance Engineer,Lovely Job - Horrible Health Insurer,- I'm constantly learning - generous salary and benefits - lots of tech toys - all the responsibility you can handle,"United Health Care - this ripoff outfit can't even tell the same story consistently. I'm currently trying to decide whether to buy meds out of pocket, or predictably wind up hospitalized and on disability. The extra costs resulting from the lowest bidder insurance need to be subtracted from any salary offer you get from Apple. And that's before considering the amount of time - mine and my doctor's - they managed to waste.","Contract with a health insurance company that's consistent with your othrwise generous attitude. If the available choice is between bad (Cigna etc.) and worse (United Healthcare), get together with some of the other tech giants and support/found a health insurer you can be proud to work with, which wont be constantly distracting your staff and/or making them sicker than they need to be.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38887,apple,none," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Flexible management. Awesome support from corporate. Got to see first hand what culture means when a company does it right.,"Worked at several stores, but it really comes down to the team your given. Apple gives a lot of freedom, but that means sometimes the bad apples get in and stay in.",Corporate needs to pay a little more attention to the Retail Employees.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38888,apple,none," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Amazing benefits, very good pay and a great company to be apart of.",It was a seasonal position,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38889,apple,none," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,E,"Engaging Teams, guest driven culture, and leadership",Internal growth and advancement within company difficult at store level.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P226.htm
38890,apple,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical,Best company to work for,"Nothing at all, everything is pro",none,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38891,apple,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, talented people inspire and motivate you","Team, salary, benefits, leadership. Always learning and getting to work with the best of the best. For a tech company, we also have a very creative culture",Commuting to Cupertino. Promotions are way too slow. Work life balance is not great. It's not dog friendly. Nerds everywhere.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38892,apple,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The orchard,"Comp and Ben, really smart people, great products",More bureaucratic than it used to be,Time for some retirements,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38893,apple,none," Jun 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor management,Great health insurance and some other benifits,"Treat employees like cattle, have a horrendous turnover rate and over-worked for half the pay at other companies with desktop support engineers",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38894,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Staff Design Engineer,Great company,"- Chance to work with smart employees and learn everyday new things - No politics at work, hardware management is very technical and strong leadership - Great pay and other benefits -",- Work/life balance is very poor - No free food like google and other companies,I wish management provide more benefits to employees instead of wasting tons on money on store. People will buy great products irrespective of shiny stores.,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38895,apple,none," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Assistant Manager,Great place to work,Fast paced environment. The people are great. You learn a lot.,There is a lot of competition for upper level positions. I've seen many people get demoted or coached out over the years.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38896,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Phenomenal team to work with. Was able to work with highly motivated individuals. Apple is a place where if you put in effort, you can advance to many different roles throughout the company. It is really up to you where you go.","To move anywhere you have to be a full-time employee, which is completely understandable. However, as a student that was working there it made it impossible for me to go anywhere.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38897,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Apple Store Product Specialist,"Best management in retail. Genuinely care about their employees. Significant benefits: health, 401k, transportation comp, education reimbursement, etc etc.","Customer base can tend to be particularly needy, and work can get very busy, but overall not worse than you'll find in any retail job.",Continue focus on team.,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38898,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Specialist,Technically Specialist,Love the employees and the health benefits!,Alot of Micromanaging! Needs to offer higher rates of play.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38899,apple,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent Place to gain Experience,"Good environment, wonderful people, learn a lot","Not supported by management, easy to get burnt out",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P227.htm
38900,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Solutions Consultant,Apple Solutions Consultant,"Treated fairly, great benefits, happy culture","Difficult to impact sales, more based around product life cycles",Help keep great talent by fostering promotions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38901,apple,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"The culture is amazing, I love helping people and is really rewarding.",Work/life balance is terrible,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38902,apple,none," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Former PT Specialist,-Great PT benefits -Co-workers are some of the greatest people you will ever meet -Competitive pay -Management tries their best to listen to your concerns -Family-like vibe -A lot of team building opportunities,-Customers can be very difficult and frequently throw tantrums for not getting their way -No opportunity to move up to corporate roles -Holiday season is a nightmare in the store,Management can sometimes be over the top with how enthusiastic they are about the company. It almost feels forced at times.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38903,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed feelings,"Great benefits Great pay Holiday pay Vacation accrual Great Perks (stock, discounts etc)",No work/life balance Senior management only cares about ROI No retention policy No holidays off Unrealistic metric goals,Care more about the employees and making sure they are happy,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38904,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great team and positive work experience,"The people working at Apple are hands down the best part of the job. Apple hires smart, creative and kind people who are enthusiastic about their work and team.","The management sometimes micromanaged the team, when they were already trying their best. Also, the amount of sick leave could be improved.",Trust your employees more and let them really shine! They really want the best for the customers and company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38905,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,offers a lot of learning and career opportunities,"admins should be compensated more. they are the main resources for customers, technicians and Managers",offer admins more Personal Development time in an attempt to become ore successful in their role,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38906,apple,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Bar,Easy job that pays well,Angry people always wanting everything at the moment.,Nothing they did a great job.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38907,apple,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Good company to start out in the tech industry,"Working from home, all the equipment needed to do the job is sent to you, benefits are good, I make more than most of the Alabama population and some nurses doing what I do, able to go to doctor appointments, functions, meetings, and handle business without a hassle. A big, big pro is the overtime money from November-January!","Discounts on products could be better. We do get discounts, but still hard to obtain the products. I feel support the product better if they go through what the customer has here, Not the job for you if you want to work when you want, have your holidays off, or work life balance.",Earlier shift hours for the email support team,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38908,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Used to be the biggest startup in the world. Now software quality is that of 1990s Microsoft,You're associated with some of the best hardware/software on the planet,"Schedules are unrealistic. Quality is mostly talk, and rarely action.",Focus on fewer products and longer release cycles. Scalability of internal processes has peaked.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38909,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Business Operations Manager,Operations Senior Manager,Great company with stellar values.,Secrecy creates conflicts and causes a bad work experience,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P228.htm
38910,apple,none," Jun 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead TSC,Great culture and good work life balance,There are no cons of working at Apple,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38911,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,They treat us better than good.,The people you work with are amazing and the work you do can be rewarding. The benefits are excellent a leadership is mostly good.,Burn out. You will get burned out from time to time and you will most likely suffer empathy fatigue. This makes you less empathetic with your family and friends.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38912,apple,none," Jun 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Great Benefits, Great Staff, Mutual Enthusiasm, Networking","Hard Work, Lots of Expectations,",none,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38913,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Graphics Software Engineer,I've seen the culture shift over the last decade,"The company treats you well with benefits, on-site facilities, perks and discounts. A vast majority of teams are working on something new and exciting. Tim Cook is making Apple a leading example of what a company should be to its customers (privacy), its country and environment (energy / climate).","If your team is working on something new and exciting, it can be a little too exciting. The pace seems to gradually increase but never level off.  The ""next thing's"" features are more important that the bugs-in-the-wild you desperately want to fix for customers.  Since Steve Jobs left, there doesn't feel to be someone at/near the top who has their finger on the pulse of the products. Yes, Steve was intense at times but he really knew what a product or service was supposed to be.  It's hard to take more than 2 weeks of vacation at once without giving a lot of notice (say 4+ months). It's nearly impossible to take more than 3 weeks of earned vacation at once.  HR, in my experience, is poorly managed and has high turnover. It took 3 months to get me an offer in 2005 and HR failed to give me an exit interview despite it being standard operating procedure.","1) Work with employees that want to work remotely. By refusing to consider remote work, you'll lose employees who value a quality life which in turn yields quality work. Apple's culture heavily benefits from these people and their core values. They're the ones that want to do ""the right thing.  The ones that remain are often looking for wealth, power or simply a steady check by doing ""just enough"".  2) Allow longer vacations and/or bring back sabbaticals Burnout is a real thing and sometimes a week or two just isn't enough.  3) Reenable everyone to help make every product better. By making every product a black box to any team that doesn't work on it, it's demoralizing to find your beautifully crafted Radar (bug report) go into a black hole, indefinitely invisible to the author.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38914,apple,none," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple IT Manager - Ok culture,Working for leading company is great for experience and future jobs,"Culture is not good, mysoginistic","Treat women equally, not repercussions for reporting negative behavior",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38915,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Jun 3, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple specialist to a apple genius,"Good benefits, interesting coworkers, nice check out system, appreciates individuality, good training, prospects of advancements, nice and organized. I learned nice skills regarding to apple technology and software.","Too many managers and they are not all on same goals like they never have management meetings to discuss issues, stand points and goals. They also favoritism.",Unify your managing strategy.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38916,apple,none," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,place is dope,i like the work space and the people are dopw,work load could get to you,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38917,apple,none," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project manager,"Great Salary, people, and benefits,",Overwhelming at times but worth it,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38918,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Dont get fooled by the career experiences,"Job security! The people you work with are some of the best you ever will work with. So much talent. So much talent that I've seen become victims to managers who dont want to help take that extra step in their development. Pay is good for a retail standpoint, but for being in the tech field and having to deal with data loss and customers who are entitled... i would say at least we could get a lil more.","Only a t-shirt for christmas??? No bonuses?? Apple is always wanting you to do more with less... no more money. Apple thrives off of this chatoic atmosphere, and it gets old real fast. I felt like i was a swap monkey and pickup up monkey (for peoples finished repair retrieval). Apple's training was innovative 7 yrs ago, now you can go to another company and get the same thing. Dont be fooled by the in store career experiences either. They'll make you bust your __ and go with someone else when the job becomes available. I alway felt like i was giving, and not receiving anything...had to bounce!!! #deuces","Our most importance resource, our soul is our people??",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38919,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Positive but challenging & stressful at times.,"Support, encouragement, open door policy with most managers, promote from within, you have some say in your schedule, everyone willingly assists when they can.","Sometimes you don't get a good schedule, absence policy can be tough, constantly changing work, occasionally triple customers at the same time.",Hire more for launch and holidays rather than overwriting existing advisors.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P229.htm
38920,apple,none," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Very good company to work for. Very rewarding and challenging,people are aggresvie. no free lunch.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38921,apple,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great company to work for and great benefits,Some projects are overstaffed sometimes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38922,apple,none," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked for a year,Great environment to thrive and learn,"none whatsoever, absolutely great place to work",Keep it up,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38923,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Manager Program Management,"Great company, endless work at sprinters pace","Best of the best in terms of talent, constant challenge and growth, great comp and benefits, high exposure and visibility","Comp pays for sacrifice of work/life management, politics at most levels, constantly stretching individuals.","Continue on the path to create the best products. Work to understand the added layers of management and politics that drive excess, non-critical, workload. Ensure everyone still aligned towards the customers and products.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38924,apple,none," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Store Leader,Started out great. Ended in disappointment,Provided a good opportunity to support my family. I am thankful for that. The pay and benefits are above average.,The expectation for a store leader to work 40 hours a week is totally unrealistic. Work/ life balance is horrible. It is also definitely true that people leave bosses not jobs,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38925,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - QA Test Engineer,QA Test Engineer,"Great Friendly Working Environment, Great Cafeteria","Too much security, Lack of office space",None,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38926,apple,none," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Retail Job,great benefits and pay for retail,micromanagement and terrible customers sometimes,promote within,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38927,apple,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Tech Corporate Culture,"comfortable hours, great if you love doing deeply functional work in a narrow focus","Don't color outside the lines. Just do what you're asked, and leave any creativity/innovation to senior execs.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38928,apple,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Place To Work Part-Time!,- Tuition Reimbursement - Flexible Schedule - Great Pay - Strong Focus on Teamwork - Great Benefits,- Difficult to Advance Career internally,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38929,apple,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,business analyst,Good company. Good environment. Good pay,There is no cons of this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P230.htm
38930,apple,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Good growth opportunities as many new teams comping up.,Intense work environment so can be challenging.,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38931,apple,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product design,"Accountability, impact, motivation, interesting design challenges, as well as personal ones, fantastic team.","Work-life balance on weekdays it that bothers you, very steep learning curve",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38932,apple,"Providence, RI"," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Not bad at all for Retail,"Fantastic team, good discounts and benefits.",This could be a pro or a con. As a part time employee I sometimes worked close to 40 hours a week.,Keep it up.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38933,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,"Amazing culture that promotes each person's identity. Flexibility with work schedule and ability to work from home when necessary. Awesome benefit/compensation package and great incentive benefits such as Health/Wellness Center, Fitness Center, shuttle services, product discounts.",Very little ability to affect change where change is needed. Unnecessary and often inconvenient changes are made to processes/systems with little or no consultation with the employees actually using the process/system.,Create focus groups that include the actual employees who will be affected before planning and executing changes to processes or systems already in place.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38934,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple Technical Specialist,"Health benefits, Tuition reimbursement, discounted stock options, discounts on products, fun atmosphere to work with really cool people","Retail hours (working weeknights and weekends), even with discounts on products it is hard to afford Apple products",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38935,apple,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple technical Specialist,Great teammates great benefits best I've ever had working and somewhat good discounts for the products. Management actually cares for the employees.,They don't care for the customer anymore it's all about speed and not finding a real solution for the customer.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38936,apple,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Work on upcoming exciting products,Heavy work load leading to poor work life balance,Poor management. No work life balance.,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38937,apple,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yes to Apple,"Collaborate team, fast paced, learning something new","Work weekends and holidays, barely any pay",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38938,apple,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,The atmosphere is great and the people who you work with can become life long friends.,The hours and the customers. They demand you know why their phone sometimes doesn't work. They also expect you to know their password.,"Delegate! Also, stop acting like you're the manager and we are lesser. The whole think about working at Apple is accepting feedback.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38939,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Apple Technical Support Advisor,Apple was a great company to work for. The benefits were awesome and I felt like a learned a lot. It's definitely a job for you if you like talking to people and like solving problems.,"The job seemed a little bit monotonous. It didn't seem to me like there was a ton of room for job growth. That may have been my fault, but I felt like there weren't any further opportunities for me.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P231.htm
38940,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Learn how to be a human,"Apple is a terrific company to work for, as long as you know what you're getting into. There is a major focus owning your journey and development. Those that are self-motivated can objectively look at their skill set and focus in on particular behaviors that create success or opportunity. There is a self-sustaining culture of feedback that will test those behaviors - your team will provide feedback on your actions and their impact, and you will find yourself returning the favor quite often. The killer feature of this system is the assumption of positive intent, which allows us to have conversation about the negative impacts more openly.  There is also a lot of ambiguity, which contributes greatly to our success. While there are rules and policies, we use them as a guide to make the best decision in the moment. Those that are used to rules and black and white may struggle to make a critical decision in the moment.  Over the time I've spent there, we have been offered more and more career experience opportunities. It allows our team members to try a task outside of their current role, and many have been offered permanent placement afterwards.",It's still retail at the end of the day.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38941,apple,"Roseville, CA"," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Technician,Apple Retail,"Great atmosphere, co-workers, perks and benefits. You can come into work and be yourself.",More working hours would be nice.,Reward people that want to contribute more.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38942,apple,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Meeting customers that are potential clients/hires. Air conditioning.,"No structured training, often micro managed, customers that are feel entitled, management that doesn't support its staff and rather bends to rude customers.","Hire people with sense, don't micro manage - the products sell themselves. If a customer is rude, defend your employees and have them removed. Learn the rules and know when to break them. Train people better. Hire managers that have experience.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38943,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Technical Expert,- High Energy Environment - Tuition Reimbursement,- Lack of development time - Many stores outdated/too small for current traffic,- Scheduling is awful 90% of the time,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38944,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Product Professional AOS,AOS & Apple Watch Setup,"Awesome employees. Awesome facilities in Austin (brand new campus). Awesome pay and benefits. Awesome technology of course. If you are happy to be a worker bee, or are motivated to try and move up, Apple can make it happen. You really feel apart of something bigger than yourself, and of course as it is Apple - something world renowned and cool. They have put a lot of thought and energy into keeping employees feeling valued as individuals, and the devent pay, benefits, facilities, HR support etc. support that. This was is best place I have ever worked in my 17 year career. Oh, and Café Macs (cafeteria) is the best in the world for staff meals. No joke, google it!!!","Middle management & micromanagement: It is luck of the draw getting a good manager, at the team/group level. Some are awesome, professional, and totally fair. Others the exact opposite. Also, shift bids are awful. If you complain loud enough (""I have kids to take to school"" etc etc), you will usually always get the prime early morning starts, M-F. For all you single or childless people out there (like me), get ready for lots of PM and weekend shifts. Micromanagement is epic. Brace yourself for having every minute of every work day accounted for. Metrics metrics metrics metrics metrics. It is mind-numbing after a while, and the main reason I left. And I was really GOOD at my job. Cute achievement certificates and pats on the back. But I couldn't take the relentless dilution of everything I did into a number. Incredibly dehumanizing after a time. Oh and favortism. Rampant and overt, some managers hide it better than others .","Stop overtly favoring people. At least try and hide it, it's insulting to us with brains and a little pride. Make a plan and stick with it. Change for change sake is not efficient/cool/improving anything. It is literally making everything unnecessarily difficult and probably costly. Focus people. What would Steve Jobs do!?",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38945,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Changing too much,"The company has amazing benefits, decent pay for a retail position, and a good internal culture. Great products and great discounts.",Apple is slowly caring less about the internal customer. Much more like a big box retailer now. Has developed into the kind of store where screaming for a manager gets you anything.,Stop treating the store like any other retailer and focus on what made Apple great.,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38946,apple,none," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 2 Advisor,It was a decent place to work,Not very flexible with their schedules,Stand up to Human Resources,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38947,apple,none," Jun 3, 2017",Former Employee - AHA Senior Advisor Mac+,At-Home Senior Advisor,-Customers were great. -Great Tools to assist Customers -Benefits -Pay,- Vertical and horizontal growth is far and few - Rarely spoke with Team Manager on what to do to make myself stand out when positions were available.,- Speak with your employees more - Give them more areas to grow so when we apply for positions we do not all seem the same - Don't compare the numbers of a Senior Advisor to those of on a Tier 1 level.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38948,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 1, 2017",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Great Pay! No Commute! Great Benefits And it stops right there!,"Micromanagement to the point of irritation. Managers who are not knowledgeable. Constant rude customers who swear, demean, and yell at you on almost every call. Dealing with customer who have valid reasons for being upset due to subpar products and software, and having to pretend that the customer is wrong. Shift bids every 2 months which are based on CSATs and other unattainable metrics. Working with contract employees who have had little to no training. Not allowing customers to access their own information due to some false sense of security. I would not recommend this job to anyone who wants to have work-life balance, pride in the company they work for, a support team, or a sense of self-respect at the end of the day. I am in the Pre-management program and cannot wait to change things at Apple for the better.","Take a moment to remember when you were in our shoes. Try not to focus solely on metrics. Do not encourage your customers to lie to their customers. Support your employees, have open and honest dialogue, and treat your employees like humans.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38949,apple,none," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Pay is pretty good here,Cal volume is always high,None,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P232.htm
38950,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Apple is a miniature replica of the universe,Apple is a fantastic place to work if you want to be in a fairly closed ecosystem that functions fairly well but also has its own inner turmoil.,"It can be difficult to move between jobs, establish a career path, and learn how to succeed here as an IC.",Establish better systems for employees to move between teams. Encourage this behavior rather than discourage it or be indifferent to it.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38951,apple,"Halls Fifth Avenue Condominium, UT"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Operation Specialist,Every Year the employee experience take a step backwards,"They pay is only reason higher than average retail, benifet same as Best Buy but the discount is sad especially being riches company in word.","They treat employee like serial number instead of person, been told by manger I am in wrong industry when I expressed I wanted Sunday of to go to church.",Start acting like you actually believe in the Credo,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38952,apple,none," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,It has multiple chances. The people there are kind.,It's tired. And sometimes is exhausted,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38953,apple,none," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"amazing environment, great benefits, and great pay.",growth in the store or in corporate is very hard,n/a,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38954,apple,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,Eh,"Work from home, good support, great discounts, great health insurance","Extremely high expectations, frequent changes, isolating, difficult to manage",Give your advisors some slack,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38955,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Great Benefits,"Most diverse environment I've ever worked in and Apple clearly strives for that. Good pay, with consistent raises. Uniform is literally a shirt--all else when it comes to appearance is fair game and encouraged. Product and program discounts. Freedom to work at your own pace on the sales floor. No major focus on individual sales quotas. Career advancement opportunities within retail and corporate structures are encouraged and available, though competitive. Good structure overall.","Lengthy training. Complicated management structures made what should have been simple processes (e.g. changing availability) lengthy and frustrating due to lack of communication between higher-ups. Management styles were often inconsistent, with some managers a joy to work with and others straight up combative, rude, and impossible to work with. Long hours can be exhausting. Being part-time felt like full-time quite often.",Focus on trust and bettering communication. Use language that is less accusatory when addressing issues or asking questions of non-managers.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38956,apple,"Naples, FL"," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Visual Merchandising Lead/Mentor,Amazing company,"great team, company really cares about its employees.","have to deal with a lot of difficult people, retail hours, insane traffic in the stores. company changed for the worse after Steve died.",stick to the original culture and motivation for the business.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38957,apple,"New York, NY"," May 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,great place to work and develop,work life balance could be better,keep doing what you are doing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38958,apple,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Job, Some down-sides","Apple is one of the best companies I've ever worked for. They are human/people focused and foster and maintain some of the best company culture I've seen. The managers are (for the most part) good people who care about people, and the company as a whole, takes good care of the employees. As a part-time employee, I had full benefits and stock options. This is an IDEAL job for someone in college. It's a great way to start a 401k (and begin investing) and a great place to make friends.","The work/life balance here is somewhat difficult because the nature of retail. Even part time people are expected to be available up to 28 hours a week, on nights, weekends, holidays, etc. The job requires a lot of standing, so be prepared for your legs, feet, back and hips to cry out in pain when you first start. Also, as with all retails jobs, be prepared to deal with rude, angry, and entitled customers all day.",More staff for more coverage so that others may have work/life balnace.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38959,apple,none," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun but don't short change yourself,"Relaxed environment, practically impossible to get fired and surrounded by some of the best people and customers you could meet",Gets stale tough to think that the company actually cares about you,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P233.htm
38960,apple,none," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,Benefits Work From Home New Parent Leave Training Equipment provided,NO career advancement Discrimination Favoritism Did not honor FMLA Harassment,Offer more ways to advance career Review AHA policies as they are outdated,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38961,apple,none," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Sales Specialist,"Stock options, healthcare, tuition reimbursement, matches employee donations, holiday pay, flexible with scheduling, product discounts. Good starting pay for any retail job. Great people - they have a rigorous hiring process and you will like your co-workers. Food in the break room during Christmas and Black Friday.",If you are working in retail there is only so much upward mobility. You can't buy a house with that salary unless you are a leader or have a partner that makes a lot of money. If you do want to work in the Corporate office San Jose is ridiculously expensive. The promotion process is less formal than many other jobs and can sometimes lead to the wrong people getting advanced.,Find a way to not overload managers. They are the key to team transformation and employee satisfaction.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38962,apple,none," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Back of House Specialist,Good benefits and great diversity in coworkers,Inconsistent schedule and job can be repetitive,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38963,apple,"Dallas, TX"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Best Retail Job There Is,Management worked very well with my school schedule and did their best to support me to be the best employee I can be. Apple values customer's greatly and will always do what's best for the customer.,The stores can get kind of busy at times and it never seems like we have enough employees but that's part of the job.,Don't put so much pressure on session duration and other analytics.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38964,apple,none," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Freedom to be an individual  Great Benefits  Great Co-Workers  Fantastic Working Environment  Always Supported,Not a lot of upward mobility  Dealing with the general public has down sides.,"Keep focusing on development, growth, and support for employees",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38965,apple,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,"It is like another retail job, with higher standards","Good retail pay, not commission based, friendly co-workers, does follow values.","There are some instances of pay inequality, and not much room for advancement.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38966,apple,none," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Best place I've worked,"- managers are there for you when needed - benefits are amazing - when going thru a tough time in life, there are assistance and leave opportunities - great atmosphere with values that are actually followed without much, if any, conflicting SOP. - you're treated like a person. Never was one for the ""team is like family"" thing, but my team actually makes me feel like family - a very detailed and understanding attendance policy","It can be difficult managing work and life. There are vacation days and plenty of opportunities to take time if necessary, but schedules change every 3 months and the shifts are bidded on so you do not know what shift you will have next. Also, it can be difficult to keep spirits up during the holiday rush.",Better shift management. Have the option for shifts to be held for longer periods of time. Make it easier to swap days or hours with other advisors/employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38967,apple,"Dallas, TX"," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Expert,Great company to work for part-time! (Retail Location),"Amazing benefits for part-time employees Management seems to truly care about personal development Pretty good pay, ESPECIALLY for retail Paid meetings which are really more like fun get together with an hour long lecture thrown in. Plus dinner is provided! EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT!!!!","Quality of life will vary among locations Poor work-life balance, especially during holidays Very angry customers, the occasional death threat can begin to wear you down.",Continue to be passionate about the company and your employees. Truly caring about their personal lives as well as their development both during and after their time at Apple really made this company special to me.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38968,apple,"Omaha, NE"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist PT,"Great benefits, work/life balance, perks.",Difficult to move up in the company.,Compensate your well established employees pay that is reflective of their skillsets. It seems as though every new hire group make as much or more than people who have been there for years.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38969,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Manager,Great for building skills and a change of mind,"Leadership, while often understaffed to support thoroughly, is excellent and continues to improve. The people you work with are brilliant and utilize talents outside of the store environment that will always impress. I've watched so many people excel at their job and do great things, building skills for life and next career choices. Benefits and compensation, despite what people say, are generous if used to their fullest. Most employees neglect the extras and focus only on the base salary.","Working in the retail store is challenging because of the odd hours that retail requires. However, managers are willing to work with teams to find the best out of retail scheduling chaos. Senior leaders may not always have the Apple knowledge base when they first start out and this makes it challenging to lean on them completely. Big picture, Apple hires great talent for these positions. It has become harder and harder for managers to expand out of their roles and learn and develop new skill sets outside of the retail four walls. Gaining career experience opportunities can be challenging as the requirements for many relevant step ups require that you be a store leader first, which just reinforces the idea of climbing up a ladder, something that culturally does not sit well with how we do business in general, especially at the Retail level.","Continue to support leaders in the stores and provide resources to aide them. They want to do fantastic things but are stretched thin constantly. At the retail stores, we try to create special moments for our employees and our customers. Corporate needs to try to create magical Apple moments across the board for our teams as well. Also, there should be internal recruiters who are looking out for above and beyond talent in our retail stores and seeking to challenge and deepen their responsibilities across the company. Leaders in the store don't always know what would be a best fit for other roles across the company. Sometimes retail is the in for many employees but unless people feel continuously challenged over time, they start seeking an out.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P234.htm
38970,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Manager,Great for building skills and a change of mind,"Leadership, while often understaffed to support thoroughly, is excellent and continues to improve. The people you work with are brilliant and utilize talents outside of the store environment that will always impress. I've watched so many people excel at their job and do great things, building skills for life and next career choices. Benefits and compensation, despite what people say, are generous if used to their fullest. Most employees neglect the extras and focus only on the base salary.","Working in the retail store is challenging because of the odd hours that retail requires. However, managers are willing to work with teams to find the best out of retail scheduling chaos. Senior leaders may not always have the Apple knowledge base when they first start out and this makes it challenging to lean on them completely. Big picture, Apple hires great talent for these positions. It has become harder and harder for managers to expand out of their roles and learn and develop new skill sets outside of the retail four walls. Gaining career experience opportunities can be challenging as the requirements for many relevant step ups require that you be a store leader first, which just reinforces the idea of climbing up a ladder, something that culturally does not sit well with how we do business in general, especially at the Retail level.","Continue to support leaders in the stores and provide resources to aide them. They want to do fantastic things but are stretched thin constantly. At the retail stores, we try to create special moments for our employees and our customers. Corporate needs to try to create magical Apple moments across the board for our teams as well. Also, there should be internal recruiters who are looking out for above and beyond talent in our retail stores and seeking to challenge and deepen their responsibilities across the company. Leaders in the store don't always know what would be a best fit for other roles across the company. Sometimes retail is the in for many employees but unless people feel continuously challenged over time, they start seeking an out.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38971,apple,none," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius Review,"Atmosphere, co workers, lifestyle, tech, customers, products, 401K, Health Benefits, School Tuition Reimbursement","Management, schedules, is hard to move up if you do not meet their strict requirements,","Micromanaging is something that someone like myself did not enjoy at all. I prefer to not be micromanaged for every little piece of work I may do. To more or transition to a different position you must have perfect NPS scores to do so (essentially 100%, and I think this should be taken out for someone who isn't enjoying the position they are in and want to change it)",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38972,apple,none," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still Retail,Management is understanding Consistent communication from leaders Flexible work hours for students Good work/life balance,"It's retail, retail is brutal You have to chase career opportunities, their highly sought after",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38973,apple,none," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great benefits and job security.,Work and life balance can be a challenge.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38974,apple,none," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Honest Truth!,You work from home. Sick time that doesn't count against you if its for your kid. Benefits,"Listen ... I'm done with Apple...  I'm literally deprogramming myself away from this company. I will say this to those of you aspiring to work there.  THIS IS NOT THE APPLE YOU REMEMBER! This is just another company which happened to inherit the brand and legacy of the Apple of old.  Men: You will need to adopt more feminine attributes to succeed here.  Manly Men, Need not apply.  Women: You will be fine for the most part and then you will be ""Put in your place"" as well because you are a woman.. And this new apple doesn't like strong women..I know, it sucks but i'm only telling you what to expect... I'm JUST the messenger and am telling you what i've seen consistently happen with this company.  CONSLUSION Work here at your own risk, It will be a nice long run, but when it ends...it will be painful, and cold.  If you are considering working here, that alone tells me that You can do better than this shell of a company that once was amazing.  Promotions only happen if you know somebody Pay raises don't adjust with inflation, or cost of living. Calls come in every 10 seconds for 8hrs..(let that sink in)  BEWARE THE KOOL-AID (THEY WILL BRAINWASH YOU) TONS OF PEOPLE ON MEDICAL LEAVE FOR MENTAL DISABILITY...IT'S REAL.",You won't take it..  You've ruined a once great company... Go ahead and flush it down the tube with your careers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38975,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 1, 2017",Former Employee - Tech Support T2,advancement not possible,Great benefits. Excellent employee discounts.,No home life at all. Mandatory overtime required. Management positions are filled from outside. Once you make T2 you will stay there as they want you on the phones. Had one of many managers asking us to help him get his equipment setup. In 4 years I went through over 20 managers.,Technical support managers should know something about tech support. Promote from within the company.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38976,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 28, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Company!,Working for Apple is only Pros. They are a very positive motivating company and I enjoyed working for Apple! Management is always encouraging and helping employees with their futures. Apple is a family.,There is not any negatives.,More AHA positions!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38977,apple,none," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full-time Genius,Great work/life balance. Great people to work with who really care about providing positive experiences for both customer and employee,As with most retail jobs not having a set schedule can be frustrating. Being treated poorly by customers is awful.,Stop giving customers what they want when they behave poorly.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38978,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great... but not for everyone,"Apple has many great benefits such as insurance, 401k, stock options, tuition reimbursement, EAP, free flu shots and much more. Managers are awesome if you aren't stuck with a micromanager. Free Apple branded gifts are sent quarterly and the discounts are awesome","Having a bad work/life balance can be taxing, especially when you work from home. You will always work on the weekends and there isn't much room for advancement. Burnout is inevitable and it is a high stress environment, paired with strict metrics. Tools are breaking all the time and surveys that aren't about your service still count against you. If you are not in the college program, you have to do shift bids to pick your shifts and it will be even harder to have a work/life balance. Time off is EARNED (not a bucket) and you are penalized for being sick, scheduling time off in advance can be a pain since the allowances suck.","Hire managers internally that are capable of doing the job. Some managers do not have experience as advisors so they cannot be good mentors to those that report to them. Get rid of vendors because most of the time, they don't do things correctly and it aggravates the customer",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38979,apple,"New York, NY"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great place,The people are so helpful and unique! The transition process from training to working on the floor is seamless. Love it there.,There aren't too many cons for working with apple. There is great benefits great people and a great environment. They even help with transferring to other stores.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P235.htm
38980,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great company,"This company is awesome, everyone you speak with is very nice and great coworkers. The pay is decent and they do give raises about yearly. I was apart of the college group - tuition reimbursement is great! Stock plans are too","Can get repetitive, for a technical person like I, I mastered my role and just felt bored. You may change managers a few times, I did 3 times over the course of a year and a half.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38981,apple,none," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Ops Expert,Great job,"Benefits, fun work environment, growth",Pay could be better with amount of work being done.,Management is great,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38982,apple,none," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technician,"The best co workers, fun work environment","Constant management change, retail hours can be tough",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38983,apple,none," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Being employed at apple,It was a great experience but I had to move onto different things,None. It was great overall,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38984,apple,none," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Highly recommend working elsewhere,Easy to take of work,industry low pay minimal benefits poor management very unorganized poor decision making ignorant scheduling,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38985,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Opportunities to work on incredibly interesting and complex problems with highly creative people. Austin office offers new hires many opportunities for growth. Employees routinely have management support to look for growth opportunities and the Austin office offers a rotational program for employees who have been with the company over a year.,"Company growth over the past 5 years has added too many opinions (many with little to no experience or authority) and layers of approvals, which delays and/or hampers the decision making process and getting s**t done.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38986,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist Apple,"Good pay for the job, very kind staff",Driving through Marin on US 101 S is a nightmare,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38987,apple,none," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company and benefits,"Loved the job security, benefits, technology and coworkers",too much ambiguity at times for nothing,"don't loose focus of the sales teams and technical teams, they drive your business and their experience is what makes the company",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38988,apple,"Oak Brook, IL"," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Fun...but I don't like Kool-Aid,"Great job for a year or two max...the people you meet are great and the stock plan is awesome, even the company values are great. Customers in my store were usually very fun to work with, rare crazy mad people.","Hours suck, work every weekend and holiday (duh its retail) gets very repetitive and you are stuck doing your managers job half the time while being a leader in sales every quarter...zero bonuses for all the massive sales you do while leadership gets bonus after bonus for YOUR PERFORMANCE.","Start paying your top tier employees more...I am not the only one leaving, many have expressed similar feelings. No bonus for the $1.3million I see every quarter...laughable for a company that has 250 BILLION in the bank. Recently turned into a numbers, numbers, numbers environment.",2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38989,apple,none," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple at home,being able to be in own personal office,hard to communicate with management virtually,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P236.htm
38990,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,so and so,"fairly decent pay, clean office,","very very unorganized. I am spending/wasting twice or more time/effort to do the same job that I could have spent much less elsewhere. For an example, there are multiple sources of information that aren't well indexed. Worse, a lot of things are not documented because of the culture of 'less documentation the better'",none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
38991,apple,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Flexible, Intro to Tech","Work life balance, Growth",Flexibility and Growth,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
38992,apple,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems Engineer,Great overal company if you are able to to embrace the culture.,Need to embrace diversity more.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
38993,apple,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Product Manager,Medical benefits are excellent in almost all cases,Hard to navigate with in the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
38994,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Specialist Outward Bound Instructor,Apple Specialist,I have never been treated so well than I did at Apple. They are a wonderful company that understands that an employees happiness truly reflects the work they accomplish.,They almost had too many employees so it was sometimes difficult to get a full 30+ hours a week.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
38995,apple,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,Great pay. Great benefits. Easy to move up in the company.,All starting positions are part time,N.a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
38996,apple,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Admin,Amazing love it. You will love it when you get the hang of things,Takes a experience to learn role,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
38997,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Apple AHA,At Home Chat Advisor,- Work from the comfort of home - Extensive training on products and services - Remote coaching and meetings. No travel needed - Day one benefits,- Minimal support for career pathing. Only one pathing event per year that is targeted more towards in-center advisors than At home advisors - Excessive requirements for yearly raise,"Provide more At Home Advisor friendly options for career pathing. A once per year event that if you miss you can't make up compared to the week long event in the actual centers makes getting ahead in an At Home position, one of Apples primary customer service positions, fairly difficult",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
38998,apple,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Flexible hours. Team environment. Stocks. 401k & matching. RSU's. Discounts from Apple and many other companies. Sick/Vacation pay. Maternity & paternity leave. Adoption assistance. Affordable and diverse insurance options. Tuition reimbursement. Management. Opportunity for growth within retail and from retail > corporate.,Very easy to feel overworked and underappreciated.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
38999,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Mentor,Great Company just hard to move up if not from the outside,"Great Benefits Plenty of vacation time as the company has shutdown days in Thanksgiving week, and the week of Christmas and Newyears. If you work in AppleCare or retail you get a few days for Thanksgiving, but get paid time and a half for the week for Christmas instead of having off.","No real cut way to move up. Told by management that was more qualified than most people, and have won several awards along with an employee of the type of award. Was not given the job for not knowing how to use a system that only management uses. Though Apple hired over 30 people externally for the same job as I had to vet many of those people.  Apple ""trains you to be good at several jobs."" Apple does this for you to be skilled at several positions in order to lower their overhead. Your new skills do not give you a raise nor a pat on the back, just usually more work than the person that does not have it.",Stop hiring from outside of the company so much and start focusing from within. Start helping more with career paths for your employees and dedicate time once every so many months in order for them to achieve this.,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P237.htm
39000,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Comfortable Corporate Life,"Job security, good pay and benefits, some of your co workers will be very bright while some others aren't.",Company culture is lame. People are heads down working most of the time. Don't expect a community.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39001,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 3, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Awesome coworkers, great benefits if you take initiative and look into it in your own.",Very corporate. Not about job performance for raises or promotions. Pretends that they are moving you forward but really just wasting your time,Stop sippin on that apple juice and get more realistic,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39002,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Retail,"Wonderful company, beware of different locations and old boys clubs","Incredible benefits, even for part time workers. You can really max out your income by contributing up to 10% of your paycheck for discounted company stock. Overall, health insurance is above average for a large company.  You get to work for the most recognized and respected corporation in the world and some incredibly gifted individuals are your peers.  Decent compensation and a very generous discount package.  Great CEO and company values overall.","Location, location, location. If you work at corporate or an ovation store (a top performing retail store) you are in for a real treat. Do your research and check out reviews on Google/Yelp/Facebook before accepting a position at just any Apple Store. Some stores aren't so great. Although the corporate mold is pushed to each location, some middle and regional managers are of surprisingly low caliber and self promote themselves above all.  Morale can be low at times due to hardly any work life balance. Again, this all goes back to which store you are at. One store gave every other weekend off, another made you work every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with very inconsistent hours or stability.","Accept 'fearless feedback' from front facing staff. If a manager is strongly disliked across the board, let them go, there is a pretty good reason for the discontent.  A lot of good employees fall through the cracks and don't get recognition. In life there are always going to be favorites, but don't make a point to flaunt that. The hard workers need to be rewarded as well as cliche and basic as this concept sounds.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39003,apple,none," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Supply Chain Manager,"Very interesting, driven culture. Exciting to work on new products",Always on culture. Politics does play a role in stiffling growth,Promote good performers to retain them,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39004,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,"Hard, but rewarding Work","Opportunity to work on groundbreaking products, for an ethical company. Pay is good. Resources are top notch and available. Work with smart people.",Terrible work life balance. Few perks outside of pay. Secrecy is part of the culture. Noticeable lack of upward mobility.,Develop your talent. Transparency.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39005,apple,none," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome for a retail job,"Benefits, pay, room to grow",Retail hours are no fun. Maybe too much ambiguity,Listen to suggestions from the team.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39006,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, amazing culture!",Amazing culture that remains intact through significant growth.,Nothing really stands out today,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39007,apple,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Retail Disparity,The coworkers were great -- met some of the most creative and unique people working at Apple Retail. Good opportunities to move up -- but only within the store itself,"Leadership is hamstrung by corporate initiatives, which were frequently disconnected from the real world experiences.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39008,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Rewarding but draining,"Exceptional benefits for a retail job Opportunity to learn with exciting technology Overall decent mentorship Career builder but not within the company Inclusive environment, friendly co-workers.","-Challenging environment- fussy and unreasonable customers are inevitable in any technology-related job, but the traffic is non-stop. -Leadership can be a bit manipulative/immature. I often felt like our values were undermined with constant and unnecessary pressure from hitting redundant metrics. Even the most hard working employees felt like they were subject to managerial gossip. - Schedules can be inexplicably difficult. It was never needed to work nine days in a row, but sometimes you just did. I've never had such a poor work/life balance in my life. - Training program became very watered down and a lot less engaging. - The gap between retail and corporate is large. Very large.","Look beyond just those you favor to build the team, offer more flexibility in scheduling and realistic guidance and leadership. Try to inspire instead of micromanage.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39009,apple,none," May 21, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Great place for growth and opportunity,You get to work with the best and the brightest across many different lines of work Company takes a genuine interest in your personal growth goals even its outside of the company Lots of support from management,"The company has slowly moved more corporate, and some co-workers need to be reminded that everything is supposed to be fluid, and to challenge the establishment, it's in our DNA. Growth and demand is so fast and hard to keep up with, I feel quality control in hiring on the retail side has gone a little lax, and sometimes I feel the customer experience suffers too. Some of the internal and external processes have gotten away from simplicity and introduced complications.",Always keep Steve Jobs' core values at heart and focus on the fundamentals. Perfection in the details and less is more.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P238.htm
39010,apple,none," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to grow in!,"If you make it into Apple, this company will foster your talents and skills in the friendliest and most supportive environment I have ever worked n. Managers and fellow employees alike are trained thoroughly in many aspects of Apple Retail Services and prepare you for a long-term career with the company. Even if you don't stay with the company beyond a few years (great for college/grad students), you will be over prepared for any other retail service position in the market.","Hours can be widely varying, work schedule can be haphazard.  There is a position-ceiling, Apple does not hire management internally (If you desire to be a store manager or leader, do not try to start in sales/service!)",Plan employee schedules further in advance so employees can plan their lives outside of work. Most supportive management and sales team I've ever worked with!,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39011,apple,"Miami, FL"," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Specialist Experience,"Loved working here. They hire great coworkers, and the job is very fun. Always loved my managers for the most part.","Cons are working weekends, holidays, and standing for many hours. The regular quirks of working retail. But still better than most retail positions.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39012,apple,"San Jose, CA"," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - IPhone Developer,LOVED IT,"wonderful, amazing, they gave me an iphone 8 and I broke it and the replaced it with iphone 9s!!! you gotta love these peeps","they are so competitive, I mean Samsung is just trying to copy them too hard and they still care about it. Just ignore them guys, you are the ones!","next time, don't let Steve die.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39013,apple,none," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,map developer,i could learn a lot staff,it could be too boring for me,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39014,apple,none," Jun 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply chain,Worked with talented and committed people,Work and life balance is a struggle.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39015,apple,none," May 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great company, Focuses on your own strengths to help growth. Company allows individuality.",company can be Strict at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39016,apple,none," May 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,"Looks great on resume, lots of benefits, discounts, etc","Micro-managed a lot, it's a customer service job so you'll get a lot of dumb people",Stop micro-managing,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39017,apple,"Houston, TX"," May 20, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Expert,love working there,fun work environment great team and you always stay in the front of all the tech and what not so keeps you updated,the discounts suck ...... no commission pay and wish we had more info about products when they would come out other then that theres not much you can really say about apple bad,give better discounts to your employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39018,apple,none," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anonymous,Great balance between Innovation and Execution. Apple strongly implements things from the concept stage down to the road if the idea gets accepted. You will not feel like this company just does some simple R&D Work like some other competitors do. Strivance for quality is extraordinary which is hard to find in any other place,Work-life balance needs to be improved. Business Trip is frequent which will sometimes sacrifice your weekend. If you cannot,Needs to be more aggressive to extend the scope that company focuses on,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39019,apple,none," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"So much good, but still room for improvement",Better pay and benefits than most retailers.,Limited upward mobility within market.,"Expand opportunities for growth within market, increase compensation to keep pace with cost of living.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P239.htm
39020,apple,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GIS Technician,Great benefits and passionate people.,Little room for growth and learning.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39021,apple,"Nashville, TN"," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Best Company in Retail History,They treat you with extreme courtesy and respect. You are the face of the company rather than just a pawn in another corporate agenda. They value their people.,Sometimes you may find yourself dealing with frustrated customers,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39022,apple,"Buffalo, NY"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Zone Specialist,Good education benefits for students,very little opportunity for advancement,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39023,apple,"Portland, OR"," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Great Company - Could use some work recently,Benefits are amazing. Flexible schedule. Coworkers are great. Career experience options are vast.,Depending on what store you are in for retail determines your experience. During the past 5 years with the organization management at my particular store got a lot worse and has created a negative culture in our location.  Not being able to have a consistent schedule is difficult for work/life balance.,"Recognize great employees and help develop struggling employees better. When there are no negative consequences for negative performance, the good performers get frustrated and don't care as much about their job.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39024,apple,none," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Advisor,Apple Care advisor,Great pay and fun customers,long hours on the phone,More part time options,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39025,apple,none," May 18, 2017",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,It gets old,"I love this company. The teams are great and I had great leadership in the time I have been with Apple. We have amazing medical, Dental and vision as well as a lot of other amazing benefits that I can't really go into.",There is very little room for advancement into leadership. Internal movement upward is virtually unrealistic. At-Home-Advisors have schedules for 90 days and then you bid. This makes it impossible to plan your life beyond 90days. Also the customer base is 50% self entitled clowns that feel it is ok to belittle you and yell at you for trying to help or that think Apple has a responsibility to solve 100% of their issues and you have to be the perfect ( )( ) kisser so that you don't get a bad review. They also overlook people with high levels of experience and higher education. The term under employed would fit these people.,"Sort out a better schedule option for at home people. Not everyone is 20something, single and doesn't have kids. Don't cover look people with management degrees and IT experience. Understand when people are tired of getting beat up by customers and have things in place to help other than making them feel like their behavior is to blame.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39026,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,- decent competitive pay and good benefits - connecting with customers is sometimes fun and rewarding - one of the easiest jobs to work for the pay - requires no experience in tech,"- poor leadership: unsupportive and lack of genuine approach - lots of ambiguity, dealing with lack of communication is common - the job is robotic/routine so be prepared to do the same thing all the time - strong work ethic and efforts goes unnoticed and unrewarded - doesn't provide a stimulating environment to be challenged or to grow with the company - rude customers are VERY common, and almost always get what they want","work on providing better supportive leaders, provide employees who work hard and learn quickly the ability to grow and develop into new roles or positions. stimulation, variety, and encouragement are vital in keeping employees happy in their roles",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39027,apple,none," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Great company to gain experience,"The people you work with on a day to day basis are some of the most creative, kind, and talented people you'll have the pleasure of spending time with. The roles within the company offer an impressive amount of unique experiences that transfer beautifully into new career paths within or outside of the company.",Easy to get lost in the crowd and can be a very politically motivated environment in terms of upward momentum and growth within the company. Some of the most talented and deserving individuals are often looked over for opportunity due to internal politics and management structure/incentive.,"Leadership needs to be much more transparent and approachable. Spend more time on internal development of people and less time playing politics. I saw far too many talented people being passed by due to inaccurate perceptions and a lack of investment of time and effort to get to know them. While several people within the company are very extroverted (myself included), a good leader knows how to relate to and get to know everyone while cultivating talent and pulling the best out of someone.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39028,apple,none," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Apple has a culture where it really cares about its people. There is constant training. You work with young, creative, talented individuals who can be individuals!",Weekends and holidays are not yours...,Management varies. They are mostly approachable and sometimes care. Reward those valuable employees and focus on their growth.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39029,apple,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,- Great hours - Great pay - Great benefits - Great team - Great company,- Long hours - high stress - high standards,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P240.htm
39030,apple,"Buffalo, NY"," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Expert Job,"Great people, ability to learn and grow, work/life balance and managers who care",pay scale isn't always fair- newer people with less experience are being paid more when onboard due to cost of living but existing workers aren't getting raises in comparison,"Management is fine- the people with real power need to consider paying their employees more than ""retail wages"" because its the hardest retail job in the world",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39031,apple,"Nanuet, NY"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Supervisor,Operation Supervisor,-Great co-workers -Great benefits -Fast Paced Environment -Solid Pay,-Disorganized management team -Separating between corporate and retail is to great -Not nearly enough recognition,Learn what the people working for do before trying to lead them. Learn to do the small things so the employees working for you do the same.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39032,apple,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Home Advisor,Personal Space Independent worker Insurance starts immediately,Unable to meet people from work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39033,apple,none," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Apple has a culture where it really cares about its people. There is constant training. You work with young, creative, talented individuals who can be individuals!",Weekends and holidays are not yours...,Management varies. They are mostly approachable and sometimes care. Reward those valuable employees and focus on their growth.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39034,apple,none," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Used to be my favorite job,There used to be a lot of positive things but now the only thing great thing are the benefits.,It used to not be about numbers but now it is. Apple does not care about its employees or customers anymore. Its about the money and expanding the business.,none,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39035,apple,none," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job for those passionate about customer service,"great pay, benefits, and training. overall a fun time",standards a tad hard to maintain seasonakky,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39036,apple,none," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Expert,"Great benefits. healthcare, transit, and 401k.",Tough schedules and little upward mobility.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39037,apple,none," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The company was a dope place,The company was a dope place and everyone was great,"low pay, don't know, this was a decent job",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39038,apple,"Estero, FL"," May 15, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Positive, motivating organization with stability and opportunity.","- fantastic compensation for retail (based on cost of living) - competent leadership - thorough training - TOP notch health insurance, 401K, and sick and vacation time accrual - opportunity for growth within retail & possibly corporate - motivated & skilled colleagues because of selective hiring process. If you're not good at growing rapidly and taking on new skills, they will know and will not hire you.","- difficult and very demanding customer base - part-time can be demanding at times. You work 30+ hours a week, so basically full-time, but with less healthcare options and no vacation accrual. Part-timers should ABSOLUTELY accrue vacation at this type of job considering the sacrifices and demands that they go through to stay on par with full-time employees.","Corporate can seem out of touch with the daily difficulties of Specialists in the stores, but have vastly improved over time. Please consider enhancing the customer journey at smaller stores by adding acoustics foam in the walls. Small stores biggest complaint is how loud it is and it hurts our customers experience.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39039,apple,none," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Nice environment, challenging, fun, free food!",Work and life can be hard to balance,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P241.htm
39040,apple,none," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Nice environment, challenging, fun, free food!",Work and life can be hard to balance,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39041,apple,none," Jun 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay away from iTunes,"You get apple on the resume, does wonders when you use it as leverage for your next position. That's about it.","There are a few managers here that will literally harass their employees into not talking to other teams. So much political infighting. If you try to do well in your job, you will be looked down upon. Manager constantly thinks you will take his spot.  Insecure lower level managers, no technical skills at all, they act like they know it all but really have no idea how to even code a proper piece of software.  Harassment is widespread here. There is even one manager who has been accused multiple times of sexually advancing on to females inappropriately, but HR has done nothing. I can validate this sentiment others have shared on Glassdoor as well - it is true unfortunately.  Only reason I'm still here is because of the RSUs. Once they vest, it will be good riddance for sure.",Remove the cancer. Look at internal/HR reviews from employees for hints.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39042,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work place,Great place to work with incredible environment,Need to keep pace with changing priorities,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39043,apple,"Greenwich, CT"," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Sell products, explain to people how to use our products","Great hours, great pay, room for advancement, no micromanaging, allowed to take intense situations with customers into your own hands","Management chooses favorites management doesn't understand the work flow of what goes on, wouldn't be able to do a transaction","Be fair, don't show favoritism",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39044,apple,none," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer,Very positive environment to work in!,"Products sell themselves, so it's kind of hard to gain real sales experience unless you're on the business team.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39045,apple,none," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,its ok,"you get to see how the business works , great for benefits ,",same of everything they claim to be divers but want everyone to fit into a mold,listen to the employees,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39046,apple,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Advisor,Comfortable and Conforming,"Remote position, solid pay and benefits. Decent work/life balance. Job security as long as you do the job.",Lack of advancement opportunities. Opportunities for growth will depend on manager. I have found here that there are managers that manage and those that fuel personal growth. Whether or not you advance really seems to depend on time and place versus skill and experience.,"Give advisors more opportunities for advancement. Rotational opportunities are solid experiences when they're available, but the lack of a clear career path or available opportunities really bring down morale.",3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39047,apple,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Excellent benefits, team members that are willing to assist with issues and questions. Positive overall culture",Management is not consistent. Schedules change every three months.,Better train your managers to be competent enough to assist with issues rather than focus on their own agendas,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39048,apple,none," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Talented people,The people who work there are the best!!!,Company in perpetual budget cut.,Stop nickel and dime the employees,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39049,apple,none," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,Decent pay for retail. Great company when it comes to understanding work life balance and support of medical issues etc.,The job is incredible stressful,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P242.htm
39050,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple,Encouraging and supportive management when it comes to development and advancement. A clear corporate structure and a mountain of resources to grow in and out of your role.,Uncompetitive wages that are not consistent with those of new hires.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39051,apple,none," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Great Networking Opportunity,Working for Apple is great if you enjoy and appreciate the technology and have a passion for customer interaction. It is also a somewhat exclusive working environment and attracts a high caliber of coworker. Many Apple Retail employees get opportunities to be promoted internally as well as offers from other companies.,"Working can be stressful because of the scheduling. Working on weekends is basically mandatory and depending on the time of year, you can be working almost full time hours, even if you are part time.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39052,apple,none," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware engineer,good to work here anyway,nothing more to say here,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39053,apple,"Nashville, TN"," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support,Fun place to work,They hire really talented people that are great to work with. They offer benefits for part time employees.,Have to be good at interviewing/talking yourself up and playing the game if you want to move ahead. Hard work and being good at your job only gets you so far. Weekends and holidays are always expected to be worked. Eventually people move on and get better jobs and I'm sure are happier overall. Stressful job in and isn't worth emotional torment that customers bring to your day.,"Promote people that are hard workers, have seniority, and are authentic. I am shocked by how many people can bs their way to the top in their interview process. The people that are good leave because of this.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39054,apple,"New York, NY"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Best and Worst Job of My LIfe,"You will meet truly incredible, kind people. Great benefits if you can get time off to use them.","The company has really lost sight of itself and as I said the benefits are great but the work itself is just soul-destroying, kind of making the quality of the benefits not really worth the stress and physical deterioration the job causes.","Not possible, people who end up in retail management never listen.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39055,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - IOS Senior Advisor/Mentor/Customer Relations,Best job but the worst company to work for,High pay Automatic promotions without applying for the next tier of support excellent benefits,"Company will chastise you and punish you severely for simple basic human errors, i.e. a typo Management is untrained and unqualified, most are hired have zero customer support experience previously, and have never taken a CS call in their life. The word of management will be taken over yours, no matter how much evidence you have to prove you're doing what you thought to be correct",Remember that your teams are the reason why you even have a job. A poorly managed team will reflect negatively on the team member as well as the manager. These are people's lives you're dealing with. It's not good to always make assumptions and false allegations without proof first.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39056,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tired of the Tantrums,"Good brand recognition among peers, generous move assistance, no vesting schedule for 401k contributions","Senior leaders frequently throw tantrums, and this behavior trickles down Secrecy gets in the way of getting things done Inconsistent messaging about promotions from HR No community - no holiday party and Cupertino is simply depressing No perks","You’ve got a big culture problem. People think it’s okay to act like a jerk like Steve Jobs, but they’re not as smart as he was. I dreaded coming in to work for fear of being singled out and publicly humiliated by a senior leader that I didn’t respect.",1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39057,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - IT Consultant,IT Consultant,Good for abroad workers if your are selected,Limited Project assignments then you are gone!,Get an UPGRADE!,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39058,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Training/Time Sheet and Attendance Specialist,trainer,"great benefits, great learning, worldly, learn a lot, great phones, great accessories","racist, politics, favoritism, pay is horrible, pay can be better","stop micro managing people, stop discriminating.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39059,apple,none," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,Decent pay for requirements. Great Benefits,Retail Hours are poor. Management miscommunications.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P243.htm
39060,apple,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OVERWORKED BUT GREAT COMPANY,"- Smart company, great values - feedback taken seriously - learn a lot!!",- overworked -politics -management has no diversity,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39061,apple,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What you'd expect,Everyone is intelligent and driven,Pleasing superiors is often more important than pleasing users,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39062,apple,"Dallas, TX"," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Specialist,Specialist,Fun place to work!! Loved it!,Hard to advance due to strong competition,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39063,apple,none," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company,Great Benefits with Great Pay.,Can't think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39064,apple,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Best in retail.,"Great benefits, decent growth when just starting out as a specialist, accommodating, and really the best company I've worked for as far as retail is concerned.","After a promotion or two, there isn't much room for growth. People stuck in the same positions for 6+ years easily. Easy to get complacent, but it's customer service so you know how that can be. Retail Corporate under Angela is not great, and the changes they've made are slowly making it worse.","Embody the corporate culture more in your stores, and promote more internally/intra-district.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39065,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Loved my coworkers! Made some lifetime friends working here. Generally busy days so time would go by quickly.,"Has become more for-profit over my the time of my employment. When I first began, the atmosphere was very friendly and non-pushy with customers. However towards the end of my employment, managers were really pushing for customers to buy as many things as possible. You got more points and credit if you sold more which reduced the genuine nature of the specialists.",Don't push customers to buy items they don't need and allow for the specialists to work how they are comfortable. People pick up when specialists are trying to sell them something.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39066,apple,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great workplace,"Good salary, smart people to work with","working long hours, not enough visibility into the project",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39067,apple,none," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good environment and good pay for entry level. Company tries to accommodate its employees Great place to start if u wanna entree the tech world,Over worked You get burned out easily Too easy to become comfortable Really hard to get out Poor work life balance. Pay is just barely competitive,Listen more and be slower to act. Try small changes before an overhaul. Be open to discussing diversity. Pay your employees what they are worth.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39068,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,losing its Way,Great people Great training Very creative environment,Glass ceiling is getting higher and harder to reach. the company is becoming more retails and less visionary,"People over product, never the latter",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39069,apple,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work for great benifiets,Amazing team/ training overall great company.,Very inexperienced management in retail lower levels. Definite favoritism by upper management and often the people getting promotions are receiving them due to personal circumstance rather than merit or earning them.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P244.htm
39070,apple,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Senior Advisor,"Great culture, amazing company, superb benefits,","Bidding for shift options, more options available",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39071,apple,none," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,They have a great pay with benefits,None that I know of,Continue the great work!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39072,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Enriching but very challenging,Benefits are amazing Coworkers are very smart and talented Work is fulfilling Spend a lot of time on development and goals,Very frequent changes Often overlooked if you are not in a sales role Heavy push for business and sales Demanding,Management is oftentimes out of touch with the lower level employees. I see my store leader once a week at the very most,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39073,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," May 21, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Advisor,"Money, benefits are decent, small discount on stocks. They make an effort with a wellness center to help reduce the very unhealthy people","Advancement is very slow for those not in the popular group. It's who you k ow, not what you know that will get you ahead. No weekends off, work most holidays, last shift stays until 10pm sometimes.","When you make a promise. Keep it. When something is said in confidence, keep it to yourself. Be honest instead of stringing us along. What happened to the apple culture that drew me to this job? Also, seeing so many co workers getting fired makes us nervous. Watching coworkers moving to different companies leads us to believe they did not see a future there . We would like the same treatment you want us to provide to customers",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39074,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Notary,Notary Services,Opportunity to be self starting and drive oriented individual,None shared risk assessment,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39075,apple,"Orlando, FL"," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Do it for the resume,Looks amazing on your resume and you gain a great understanding of retail and technology. Good stories to write home about and for some reason people think you're superman,"They can be so picky with onboarding because so many want to work there that the existing talent bottlenecks. Impossible to move forward unless you are white, herero, cis, male, and attractive.",Don't kill off good people and customer-based processes for cost cutting.,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39076,apple,none," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac+ T1,-Great pay and compensation. The customer generally are not that bad in the Mac realm,-I have nothing bad to say about the company!,Keep being awesome!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39077,apple,"Anchorage, AK"," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail is great and I would recommend it to almost anyone!,"Fun work environment, good pay, genuine people, and so much more.","PTO is limited and benefits are good, but not great.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39078,apple,"Orlando, FL"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Applecare Senior Advisor,"Great benefits, an extremely friendly environment, and very easy to move up if you simply do your part.","Need to learn to do more to stay healthy when youre off work, because you work from home, and sit in a chair for enture shift, except breaks of course.",Nothing. Managers are amazing here.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39079,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 30, 2017",Former Employee - Software QA Engineer,High Quality Standards,"From all of the tech companies I've worked out, Apple has consistently strived for software quality above and beyond. Their QA teams are significantly larger than most companies/brands I've had the experience working for. Great experience to witness the gold standard in QA processes and tools, including utilizing Radar, Apple's proprietary bug tracking tool. Industry leading ESOP (employee stock option package). Senior management is a bit too driven to lead vs order/command.","Despite being a huge company, they are light on the perks.",Don't be so cheap? =),4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P245.htm
39080,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Operation Specialist,Best job in retail,"Incredible benefits (tuition and fitness reimbursement, will assist with student loans, maternity/paternity leave, the best health insurance), coworkers are educated and friendly, management is understanding and supportive, and Apple in general listens to your concerns.","Retail hours (always working holidays and weekends), and the customers are absolutely horrendous, Don't work here if you have thin skin. However, you will occasionally meet a customer that makes it all worth it.",I feel like management did the best they could with what is given to them.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39081,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"$250 Billion in Cash, Can't Afford to Hire People","Lots of interesting R&D always going on, but most of time you'll learn about it alongside the general public.  Plenty of smart coworkers, and lots of long term employees.","If you've got a suggestion for a new product, don't even bother unless it will generate at least $1 billion.  Product secrecy rules can interfere with coordinating internal strategy, sometimes resulting in wasted effort or duplication of effort.","Whenever teams are starving for headcount, let them hire people. Mundane staffing level decisions shouldn't require executive staff signoff. I know we're always trying to minimize overhead, but Jesus Christ already. It takes people to develop all those products.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39082,apple,"Houston, TX"," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,The Benefits!,Best benefits that any company I have worked for has ever offered! Opportunity for growth if you can persevere.,It's retail. So your hours are retail hours and if your full time it can feel like you live there.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39083,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Education Supervisor,Education Supervisor,"Great people, amazing products, good benefits","Stressful, no work life balance, poor salary","Invest heavily in your people, acknowledge hard work and efforts, better communication, really focus on career development",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39084,apple,none," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You will learn a ton,amazing people to work with.,Busiest place on earth. I was sick a lot from interacting with many people on a daily basis.,relax on the kool aid,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39085,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 6, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Genius,Great co-workers. Many opportunities to learn new skills. Decent discounts. Fast paced and challenging.,Limited upward mobility Buggy systems.,Keep fostering positive team communication and collaboration.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39086,apple,none," May 6, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great for retail,"- Competitive pay for a ""non-sales"" job (they still measure you by sales for review/movement purposes but you can coast by as a regular specialist. - Great benefits, my eye doctor told me never to leave.","Even though they have awesome benefits, its downsized from what it used to be so you'll hear a bit of mumble/grumble from old-timers, it's a bit depressing.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39087,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - HW Engineer,"Exciting work, great learning opportunities, fast paced.",Opportunity to work on high impact and interesting problems. Work with smart and driven people. Great technical and professional learning opportunities. Data driven decision making. Ample R&D resources.,"Work and hours tend to be demanding. Work travel frequency can be high, depending on team. Cross functional dynamics can be competitive.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39088,apple,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's great,I love working for this company,Sometimes I have to go home,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39089,apple,none," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Great time to work with. Very forgiving and flexible with schedules. Really do focus on work life balance,Management doesn't always look out for the team or provide best solutions for it's workers. Management needs to be more helpful.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P246.htm
39090,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer IV,One of the best companies I have worked for!,"The people are awesome, the managers are exceptional. Love personal offices! The compensation and benefits are very competitive. Happy to be there.","None. Not really have much to say here. Maybe more team building parties outside of office? Anyway, those are just nitpicking.",Stay as cool as you are now! We'll do much more things together!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39091,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,What it's Like,The culture is inclusive .,Can get very busy. Fast pace environment.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39092,apple,none," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Customer Care Advisor,"Great benefits, Company culture, Pay in training","Shift scheduling, The lack of opportunity to grown in a years time",Review internal feedback more often,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39093,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Toxic,"Compensation is good, and it looks good on a resume.","The culture feels toxic, morale is terrible, the benefits keep getting worse and worse the longer I am here. I have zero sense of the bigger picture of what I'm working on. Honestly, why am I still here?",Understand that good morale is not created by throwing money at the problem.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39094,apple,none," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good comp, not great culture.",The compensation is really good.,The culture promotes using people until they're dried up.,Promote career growth better.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39095,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Working for Apple has had its ups and downs.,"Excellent benefits, opportunity for personal and professional development, wonderful coworkers and a fun work environment.",little upward mobility. Poor communication between corporate and retail leading to foolish errors and waste of resources. Employees who excel are treated the same as employees who don't try.,"Be honest, and treat your employees like adults, rather than high school students.",4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39096,apple,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place, but money isn't good","Great people to work with, benefits are great",The pay isn't industry ave or leading,"It would be nice since we hear it all the time (how important we are) if we were paid a wage that was commensurate with our experience & performance levels & that would allow us to thrive were we live, not just get by",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39097,apple,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enrich Lives,"People can scoff all they like, but it's true, working for this company gives you the chance to actually help change somebody's life.  Above average pay  Good benefits  Discounts  Awesome teammates",You have to learn to deal with children minded adults. Regrettably Apple allows its customers to abuse its employees and take advantage of their kindheartedness.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39098,apple,none," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Company,Not like other real environments,"None, it is a great place to be",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39099,apple,none," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Experience Echoes My Product Experience,"The people are bright, driven and passionate about Apple and Apple Products. The products are...I think beautiful is perhaps the best adjective. The opportunities to learn abound, and there is always an opportunity to improve upon status quo. The salad at Cafe Macs is the best salad in the world - yes, world.  (Explaining the title: my use of Apple Products began in the days of colorful iMacs and the Powerbook G4, during the rise of the iPod, and well prior to iPhone, iPad. At the time, there were many tremendous features, but there were certainly items that stood out as pain points. Then, month after month, year after year, the pain points were either removed or improved upon until the products were simply (far) superior to anything else I'd ever seen or used. This, in many ways echoes my experience at Apple. There were definitely aspects that were not perfect, but it was incredible to see an organization that is/was not exactly small, make surprisingly nimble strides to improve in the requisite areas. And, from what I understand, things continue to improve.)","Really the only cons were around the notion of feedback, up and down, and work / life balance. From what I saw, upon collecting some feedback, management took a systematic approach to addressing both, and I think things have improved dramatically.",Do everything possible to preserve and keep central the things that made Apple Apple.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P247.htm
39100,apple,none," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Expert,Great culture and strong benefits,Working in Apple Retail is not working at Apple Corporate,"Be more transparent about metrics, goals, and why things are changing",5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39101,apple,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,Never late for work and a really great company to work for. I found my career at Apple.,"Long hours, but we knew that coming into the job.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39102,apple,"Norwalk, CT"," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Apple solutions consultant,Great company. Amazing training and culture. Strong support system to assist you with growth with in your role. Team oriented and family friendly.,Very difficult to apply for other positions with in Apple if your looking to relocate to a new location. Almost impossible.,Support your talent from with in. If you have an employee who is relocating and wishes to stay with in Apple help or create a way for us to communicate with potential stores to move into to continue your career.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39103,apple,"Albany, NY"," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Best Team Ever,Working with other bright people and a real sense of team work,Not being able to see outside.,Management is fantastic. Lots of positive reinforcement.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39104,apple,none," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,Cool products delivered at the right time Good food in the cafeteria,Long hours Sudden changes can be frustrating,Keep it up,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39105,apple,none," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work from home options,"Decent pay, work from home.","It's tech support. Customers will treat you poorly, it's part of the job.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39106,apple,"Boston, MA"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great,- People - Groth Opportunity below leadership - developing skills for self development,- Leadership - Groth opportunities to leadership or corporate,"Listen to people more. Listen to Steve - “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do, we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do""",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39107,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great Place to Work,- A lot of room for growth. If you work hard you will move up quickly. - A company that genuinely tries to make you happy. - Emphasize making a difference and focusing on the bigger picture.,"- Maybe it is just because of SF labor protections but there a lot of people that slack and socially loaf. - Sometimes positive language is overused and becomes meaningless - Focusing on feelings leads to making team a little too soft in my opinion - Retail schedule is flexible, but can become cumbersome sometime.",- Toughen up on those that are habitually lazy or don't show up to work. Their lack of care tends to drag the whole team down.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39108,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,good job,"amazing benefits, ok discounts, vacation time if you're full time, sick time and tuition reimbursement for part time and full time.",depending on the store its either a loving environment or toxic. you gotta really drink the apple juice to get a promotion. its also just a game of who sucks up to the managers the most,pay more attention to who really works and who is just sucking up. a,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39109,apple,none," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,You Become very close with coworkers Good Benefits Pay is pretty good for retail,"you work harder than you ever have before people are crazy because of their devices so be prepared to work with psychos Management can pick their favorites and treat everyone else like crap don't expect to see a weekend ever again you will be overworked and expected of a lot even if you are a part-time employee It's turning into just another retail store, nothing special about it.",be intentionally about how many weekends you work people and get QUALIFIED MANAGERS,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P248.htm
39110,apple,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Nice people, very team focused",Not a lot of flexibility in moving teams,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39111,apple,"Brandon, FL"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Exceptional,One of the nicest places a creative individual can work and be around like minded individuals,Life work balance can sometimes skews towards work.,"Learn from those working in the trenches,",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39112,apple,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Corporate Experience,- Able to grow with the company - Informative on how to grow in the company - Very accepting of individuality,"- It's retail so like most, you need to find the store that's a right fit. - Very corporately structured so opportunities changing SOP's that are clearly not working for a store are limited.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39113,apple,none," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Amazing Job Lots of amazing benefits,I have no cons about the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39114,apple,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Motivating and challenging environment encourages strong work ethic.,Work can be very demanding.,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39115,apple,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,"Great environment, but highly political","The PEOPLE. Man oh man did I work with some amazing people, as well as meeting some great customers. I love helping people and getting to know them, and I love Apple products, so it was only fitting that I worked here. The managers at the store that I was at were awesome, very flexible if something were to come up and hardly ever cared if I was late due to traffic, etc. They give you a necessary amount of breaks, all paid, and want you to take them. I've never worked for a company that wants you to do that, and such a big one at that. They keep you (fairly) updated on what's going on, both inside the company and out.","This job is highly political. They tell you that they don't care about numbers, but they do. The managers also want you to get several different things crossed off your ""list"" before they would even consider you for a higher position.","Try not to play favorites as much, but other than that, you're doing a great job. I really liked all of you and you made the job more fun.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39116,apple,"Mesa, AZ"," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor - Great for College Job,"Flexible schedule, great managers, pays well","Limited vacation time, penalized for sick time",N/A,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39117,apple,"New York, NY"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius Bar,Fast paced. Good benefits. Great co-workers. Great products.,Entitled customers. Managers like to micro-manage.,Less micro-managing. More higher level support.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39118,apple,none," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good For Retail,"Solid benefits, at all levels of retail.","It is good for retail, but it is still retail, the hours suck.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39119,apple,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Apple AHA,Apple worker,Great company to work for.,always had to work past scheduled cut off time,none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P249.htm
39120,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company Values, Cares about all People","Great company to work for. Great job environment, great benefits, great people to work with.",Could pay a little more equal to the industry in some sectors but in others they meet expectations.,Keep the attention on those who excel. They will stay with the company for a lifetime.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39121,apple,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,rep,"culture, training, hours. can make a living if your sales are on top for full time genius.",hard floors standing for long hours.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39122,apple,none," Jun 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail Sucks!,Free access to some software and training to keep current with Apple products. Small discounts on the hardware and services (not phones),"Apple Retail is completely different than Apple Corporate. The pay rate is low for any technical company. Geniuses and Creatives with years of experience are paid about the same as an average security guard. Any car mechanic makes twice as much with reasonable conditions. Work conditions at Apple Retail are hectic and stressful. Employee scheduling is intentionally unreasonable. Employees are treated like spare parts to be plugged in at any time. Forget ""Think Different"" or their claimed ""Fearless Feedback."" Steve Jobs wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in Apple Retail. He would have told them where to stick it.","Value your Apple Retail employees and at least give them fair, regular schedules. Your success depends on it.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39123,apple,none," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Generous time off, understanding management",You have to work through holidays,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39124,apple,none," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Market Specialist,"Great benefits including medical, dental, 401k and stock options.",Corporate culture is very negative and doesn't foster employee growth.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39125,apple,none," Apr 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engaging Place to Work,- Challenging and engaging - Interesting and exhilarating - Dynamic work and colleagues,"- Competitive / cut throat at times - Some poor leadership in the middle management ranks - Massive organization - can be hard to stand out/navigate effectively - ""not for the faint of heart""",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39126,apple,none," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Great company with conflicting directive,"Benefits such as gym membership reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, 401k match and employee purchase benefits are great. Their health insurance is OK. Dental and eye plans are great.","In the Apple Store retail end,  Managers don't share a singular vision in terms of store services and expectations. Managers may side with customers despite preaching for different procedures.  There is no work life balance, the hours are dependent on the needs of the store.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39127,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 6, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Changed a lot over the years,"Great benefits, good discounts, pay is better than other ""retail"" jobs","The job can be grueling. Career opportunities are held as carrots in front of aspiring employees to try and keep them engaged with little to no actual advancement potential.  No ""upward movement"" possibilities from retail to corporate regardless of experience, all movement is lateral.  The quickest way to get an actual promotion is to leave, get the experience elsewhere and then come back.  Promotions that do come are often based on personal relationships with leadership as opposed to quality of work.  New employees can often make MUCH more than you regardless of your prior experience.",Fix pay discrepancies in markets affected by new pay rates. It's causing severe amounts of unrest within your walls and causing tenured employees to take jobs elsewhere.  Change upwards advancement policies.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39128,apple,"New York, NY"," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Horrible Management,You will work with some of the most amazing people you've ever met. There will come a time when you see them more than your own family and friends,"Management is racist, homophobic, toxic energy. They do not care about the employees. They don't even like their own colleagues.",Listen,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39129,apple,none," May 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Sales Member,"Great Pay, and great benefits",There is a cult like culture as well as I was told that my college degree doesn't matter as much as my current job. So I should take a break from school or pick an easier major so I can work more,"If you're going to hire students, understand that they are students first not slaves",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P250.htm
39130,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Retail,Looks good on a resumé Nice perks like employees discounts etc.,"Toxic culture. Pressure to entirely ""drink the kool aid""- cultish. Leadership will use pretzel logic to justify giving up on employees. Change-obsessed: leadership will ""fix"" things that don't need fixing while ignoring actual opportunities to innovate. Very subject to ""group think""and needless jargon.",Caring about people and paying lip service to caring about people are two different things. Upper management talking constant trash about employees that have fired is a strong indication of this.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39131,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Best retail job there is.,"Friendly work environment where employees respect each other. Best retail pay. Great health benefits, 401K and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).","You WILL work 2 of the 3 weekend days, it's retail. Some customers are real jerks, again, it's retail.","Some employees get away with doing the bare minimum while some who go above and beyond are not recognized for it. Some managers are more like ""friends with answers"" and don't know how to use their authority when needed. Some managers seem to take the job too seriously and are unapproachable. Learn to find that happy medium.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39132,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Had a good run.,Money is good. HW Technology is brilliant. Some super smart people still here. Moves fast. Super attentive to detail. Customer is treated as king.,"Red tape , bureaucracy, blind management. Too focused on bottom line and wallstreet pandering. Super aggressive and nasty behavior rewarded if you're smart. Low focus on computer science.",Don't be blind. Have a spine.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39133,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too shabby,Great for the ego in the short run,Awful for the ego in the long run,Give the monkeys more bananas,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39134,apple,none," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh?,"If you have a good group, working at Apple actually isn't bad","Assuming you didn't do something obviously stupid, it's hard to know what went wrong when you upset someone.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39135,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Excellent company,I love this company. From the benefits to the pay to most of the team..... it's a great place to work.,Nothing I can think of othEr that a few of the team membeRs might be a lIttle on the Curt side. But I like them all anyway.,Keep doing what your doing.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39136,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,A happy place that demands your best,"-Great leadership at my location -Like being a part of a big family - one of my favorite teams -Strong collaboration, feedback, and coaching throughout the team - rarely to never had a question I couldn't get answered in a few minutes",-Stressful job - you can't control the customers and you'll have situations that can't be solved immediately,"Listen to your team. Find ways to win with them. The core of Apple is its people, in and out of store and I loved my leadership team!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39137,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Apple AHA position,Good pay. Schedule options. You talk to people from all over the world. Great discounts on products!,Every few months you have a different manager and new team. Very sexists company men move up in the company quicker than women. High turn around. You'll get burned out of calls quicker than anything. They start people out in the iOS department but they don't tell people in order to move up in the company you have to go through Mac department first and thats when people start going on FMLA or they just quit!,Treat everyone the same stop moving certain people to different departments if someone isn't doing well in one department they should have the option to try a different one out instead of being faced with quitting or getting fired.,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39138,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Analyst,"For a giant corporation, Apple is a great place to work.",It's sometimes frustrating to be a tiny fish in an ocean.,Some teams need more help than others.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39139,apple,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,applecare advisor,"at home employment, discount on products, training, great people to work around, hardwork truly pays at this level in the company.","metrics are the driving force, management changes a lot.",apple does a good job at training their leaders.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P251.htm
39140,apple,"Towson, MD"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great Opportunity!,"Apple takes good care of its employees. Great benefits including 401K with employer match, health care and stock options.",Standard retail scheduling. Varying hours and frequently worked weekends.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39141,apple,"Miami, FL"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Amazing people and intricate processes,There's support for you with any topic no matter how miniscule or how massive it may be. The customers trust you with everything and believe you will help them choose the best product.,There's certain policies that are not verifiable and it makes it hard to learn how to transact the correct way.,Pay attention to new hires as they make mistakes because after the transaction is over and the specialist does something wrong and then feedback is shared it's too late. Leaving the specialist feeling lost or like they completely messed up.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39142,apple,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Reseller Specialist,Terrific company & opportunity,"The culture of the company, as well as the numerous options to grow make Apple a tremendous opportunity.","Weekend hours, retail setting, lack of incentive pay",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39143,apple,none," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company,Amazing people and company love them,No con great place to work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39144,apple,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Great but....,"Amazing people, phenomenal benefits. Many opportunities to learn and develop yourself.","Retail hours, not a lot of advancement opportunities, and a LOT of your individual experience will depend on your direct manager as well as your store leader.","Don't lose the small startup feel Apple had at the get-go. Value the people you have, a little bit of kindness goes a long way, particularly with tenured employees. Especially when it comes to scheduling and staffing.",5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39145,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Acoustic Design Engineer,Hardware Design Engineer,"You get to work on very cool products and learn a lot while doing it. If you work on the hardware side you work with very smart and motivated people. In fact, most HW engineers are among the best in their areas of expertise. As a hardware engineer you travel a lot (not a 'Pro' for me, but some people like traveling). They fly you business class if you cross an ocean, and you can stay in very nice hotels. If you need a tool for your job and you can justify it then the cost is not a concern, so you get to work with very cutting edge tools.","The hours can be long and lots of travel (more than I'd like). They've been penny pinching over the past few years in terms of benefits and travel expenses (travel policies get stricter/cheaper each year). It can be surprisingly difficult to order Apple equipment for internal use. Most people seem to burn out after a few years, surprisingly few engineers have been at the company for more than 5 years.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39146,apple,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work in,"Good money, not that hard of a job.",All day on your feet. Break time is minimum.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39147,apple,"New York, NY"," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Hit or Miss,"great benefits, great for networking.","awful communication. Feels like you back in High School, at least on the retail level.",Management needs to be trained on how to communicate with employees.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39148,apple,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"benefits (insurance, commuter pros, third party discounts), people","small discount on Apple products, no commission",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39149,apple,none," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a very stable job,Stable job yearly bonuses and raises stock always does well,"Perks are lacking relative to other companies (Google, Facebook) Everything is so secretive even what youre working on little collaboration",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P252.htm
39150,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Problem solving paradise,High-energy inspiring environment with driven intelligent individuals. Opportunities for problem solving abound. Easy to take initiative and see your impact.,Many meetings and calls across US-China time zones,Leverage more opportunities to connect teams and lessons learned across teams and products,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39151,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Acoustic Design Engineer,Hardware Design Engineer,"You get to work on very cool products and learn a lot while doing it. If you work on the hardware side you work with very smart and motivated people. In fact, most HW engineers are among the best in their areas of expertise. As a hardware engineer you travel a lot (not a 'Pro' for me, but some people like traveling). They fly you business class if you cross an ocean, and you can stay in very nice hotels. If you need a tool for your job and you can justify it then the cost is not a concern, so you get to work with very cutting edge tools.","The hours can be long and lots of travel (more than I'd like). They've been penny pinching over the past few years in terms of benefits and travel expenses (travel policies get stricter/cheaper each year). It can be surprisingly difficult to order Apple equipment for internal use. Most people seem to burn out after a few years, surprisingly few engineers have been at the company for more than 5 years.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39152,apple,none," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare College Advisor,"work from home, extensive training, great benefits, flexible during school semester, amazing company to have on your resume","Weekend and summer schedules are selected at random so they may not be as convenient or flexible, customers can be unpredictable at times (like any call center job), which may be stressful if you don't have much patience",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39153,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AHA,"Flexible, willing to offer help","Demanding objectives, no growth",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39154,apple,"Boston, MA"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Great job for students or post grads still looking for jobs,"Benefits, coworkers, discounts, great perks around Holidays, management will truly work with you if you have health needs relevant to work.","This comes with any large corporate territory, but after some time it feels like a cult with the brand promotion.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39155,apple,none," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,Good pay and benefits,Lots of politics in retail. Too much competition for advancement.,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39156,apple,none," May 7, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Tech Support,Not all That!,I love great Apple products.,Did not like the corporate culture. Experienced some bias and even though I reached out to HR and upper Management they were not willing to assist me in resolving the issue. Very disappointed.,Be more flexible. Be more responsive. Listen to the employees who are trying to shed some light on corporate bias.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39157,apple,none," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Pay and benefits. Nice work culture.,Hard to work by yourself at home and stay motivated.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39158,apple,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AOS At Home Advisor,Great company to work for!,"Hard to advance when working at home. I would recommend starting your career with apple on campus. Remain a face,not a number.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39159,apple,"Rockford, IL"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great Company,Great support and advancement opportunity .. terrific benefits .. hours are great .. save so much money working from home.,Training could be changed to make it easier for people that learn by doing ... prescription insurance could be better ... it can be hard not to have the connection with co-workers .. but if you put the effort into connecting it can happen!,None currently,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P253.htm
39160,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fun work environment with plenty of amazing perks,flexible schedule and coworkers are like family,hard to move up in company,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39161,apple,none," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist Experience,"Great work environment, cool culture, leaders are always supportive.",Development is slow. Management is not always transparent.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39162,apple,none," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Awesome place to work,"Great atmosphere, valuable connections, fast pace, great benifits, great discounts and overall a great place to work","Sometimes can be challenging at times, customers will get upset with you and you have maintain composure which is a learning process within its self.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39163,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Challenging, fast paced environment. For retail, it's much better paying than comparable jobs. Learn skills for life. Also it's a very stable job. Hard to get fired if you do work and lots of opportunities if you work hard.",Retail scheduling is tough. There's no balance for life. No set schedules so it's hard if you have a life or a family. You can't provide consistency to your kids.,For upper management: invest heavily in the employees. Don't cut hours to meet an arbitrary budget and hire more people from management down to give customers a top of the line experience.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39164,apple,"San Jose, CA"," May 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,A awesome company to work for. Once in life time opportunity for anyone.,No come I have seen while working for apple as customer service executicw.,Keep up three-week holiday for all the employees once in a year,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39165,apple,none," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home-Advisor,great discounts and hourly pay,hard to advance from starting position,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39166,apple,"Bridgeport, CT"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great job for a college student.,"Great benefits. Best part-time job for college student. Pay will be higher than any other retail establishment, however it is retail.","Management plays favorites when it comes to promotional opportunities. Often, the most qualified person is not promoted to a job because they are not best friends with a manager. Saw many full-timers who are trying to support a family (thus seeking a new job promotion) not get the job.  Because it's retail, you have to work 2 out of 3 weekend days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) but often you do not have a say to which of the 3 days.  If you cannot handle entitled customers, don't work for the company. Not necessarily a con of the company, but Apple customers are some of the most difficult to provide service to.","Management needs to look outside of the ""clicks"" when promoting people to new positions. Not everyone goes to work to socialize and make friends.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39167,apple,"Greenville, SC"," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Working from home...,Awesome training and awesome company. You'll love the culture. Tons of benefits and opportunities to advance.,"If you need socialization, working from home can be tough. You also will work plenty of nights and weekends for at least the first year as an At Home Advisor with AppleCare.",Provide more help to rookie advisors. Especially need help from Sr. Advisors. Felt like they didn't have time for questions sometimes.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39168,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical specialist,Fun work environment. Very friendly people. Comfortable relaxed. No pressure for sales goals. Management is very relaxed and don't pressure you.,There really isn't anything negative to say about the company. Aside from the fact they make you feel as they give you more than what they do and you should be greatful.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39169,apple,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Excellent Company,"They are a great company to work for, very selective hiring process, only talented individuals get through, high company morale.",No downsides what so ever.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P254.htm
39170,apple,none," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work For,"Some of the best benefits I've had, excellent understanding from managers, great team moral, paid for some of my education while working there","Unable to re-arrange my schedule to accommodate my school schedule. Ended up leaving to pursue a degree, would go back.","In some cases, help folks by putting your service reps first instead of business needs. Would have stayed through college if given the opportunity.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39171,apple,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Fun & very busy. Great benefits,"Customers are not nice, management doesnt communicate",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39172,apple,none," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun products. Stressful work environment.,Coworkers are fun and come from variety of industries.,Retail has long hours and little ability to move up in the company. Most management is hired from other retailers.,Pay more than lip service to the possibility of career advancement.,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39173,apple,none," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Online Support,Great stepping stone for the company and a great way to build a starting resume for the IT field.,The customers were usually quick to attack you and Apple as a whole when they didn't get their way. But that's how customer support usually goes.,Have more off call time for people that are stuck taking calls 90% of their shift. This will help reduce stress and improve their ability to do their job effectively.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39174,apple,"Peoria, AZ"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple is an amazing company to work for.,Exceptionally accommodating for different employee needs. Great job security. Able to grow and move up. Close connections with peers. Team support daily.,"Little turn over, which could be good or bad, I've been part time for over a year. Customers will challenge you in the technical Specialist role. Easy burn out.",Stay open minded and continue to connect with staff regularly.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39175,apple,"Century City, CA"," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,"Good People, Bad Management",Great benefits and mostly good people.,"""Company that cares"" but they never let you forget it. Recently they have changed from wanted employees to have careers with Apple to saying ""we are getting you ready for your career somewhere else."" This takes the pressure off Apple when it comes to paying their employees enough to make it a full-time career. Not much room to advance.","I worked for Apple Retail for eight years. The longer I was there, the worse it got. It is like working for a huge company. A huge company that tells you they care about you, but then give you a 4% raise. It is good for temporary employment, but don't get stuck.",3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39176,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good,Good salary because I'm working at there,Good company because I'm working at apple,Do it,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39177,apple,none," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Mediocre at Best,The benefits were great and the discounts on Apple products was a nice bonus. I like Apple products so representing something you like is always a good feeling.,Management had no idea what they were doing. The hours were terrible and they were unwilling to work with you. Absolutely no work life balance. If you have a family this is not an ideal place to work. Some positions have no growth opportunities.,Be Pro active in your job. Understand that people have lives and are not at your beckon call. If you are the manager do not delegate your responsibilities to your other employees and have them micro manage others. They often do not know what is happening with everyone,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39178,apple,none," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart team member , bad management","Smart team members, decent pay, great stock refresh","Bad management , toxic environment",Fix your management and stop the whole fear based management. If you want employees to innovate harbor friendly and transparent culture.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39179,apple,"Los Gatos, CA"," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Apple (Genius),"A great start to a career, but not a lot up upward mobility.",Great pay for starting out my career. Teaches a lot of skills. Flexible management. Teaches professional culture. My colleagues are some of the best people I've worked with in all of the jobs I've held thus far.,"The amount of compensation vs work are eventually imbalanced. Management delegates a majority of their work to employees, because they seem to not care or want to do tedious tasks.","I wish they gave better advice for elevating their team to other roles within the company. At certain points it seems that they don't care about their employees development. Secondly, management seems to only do things they enjoy and things that they do not enjoy they hand off employees that are seeking advancement.",2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P255.htm
39180,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Drink that Kool-aid,Medical Benefits Stock Purchase Plan Star Trek like campus and facilities - this is where the money goes.,"What is work - life balance? Weekends? Ha only for Senior Management. Asking time off? Try competing with 1000+ other people asking for the same day off - good luck. Customers walk all over you because they are entitled and conditioned to get what they want. Managers and co-workers who are materialistic, entitled, fake nice, better than you. No management trainee programs unless you are a good kiss up or a buddy. No growth opportunities, get in line, there's a lot of people in line here. The pay is not commensurate to afford the Austin cost of living. Stressful, thankless job No rewards for doing your job well, getting a satisfactory/meets expectations job performance review is the best you'll ever get, exceeds expectations is IMPOSSIBLE. Management acknowledges this and treats it like a running joke.","Focus on your employees, not on your products, stop treating the Austin Campus like it's a sweat shop for your customer service and technical support. Apple can certainly afford to pay better than what it does! Not even sure if Senior Management knows what the hell is going on half the time because they have their in the clouds.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39181,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Trainer,Great Company,"Benefits, pay is pretty good. good people.",Part-time employees's benefits are not as good.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39182,apple,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,401k,Great 401k investment options with 50% match up to 6% to start,The vesting is after one year,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39183,apple,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,"Scheduling, PTO, benefits, etc, etc","Talking to people, 24/7.",NA,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39184,apple,"Boston, MA"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Genius,"-Great Benefits- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance through UnitedHealthcare (awesome for full-time, not quite as good for part-time but most companies don't have health insurance options for part-time employees), discounts on products, 401K with matching, discounted stock, sick time (both full and part-time), vacation time (full-time only), many other benefits. -Growth Opportunities- within retail and also many experiences in corporate available -Flexible schedule- Very flexible for part-time, somewhat flexible for full-time","-Different shifts every day can make work/life balance difficult -Pay is not the same for everyone within a position (try not to find out what others make to avoid frustration) -On paper, working for Apple seems great. In reality, many of the policies outlined are not followed.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39185,apple,none," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Affordable benefits, discount on Apple stock, 401K, and hourly rate.",If you're part time expect for your hours to be cut in half when it is dead slow.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39186,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Apple,Apple has the best consumer products and its always exciting to see the new products and be part of a company with success,Management only focus on executing the project and less about employees. This is not the best place to work to my opinion.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39187,apple,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part Time,"Lot's of flexibility, you can set your own schedule and will not get overwhelmed.",As a part time employee there are little to no opportunities you can take part in.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39188,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Awesome,"Great place to be, huge potential for growth great benefits, incredible people that you get to work with. Amazing facilities, and HR that really cares. Good leadership.",None that I can think of. If you don't want to work in a fast last environment that is always evolving and changing then this is not the place for you.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39189,apple,"Reedley, CA"," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Friendly,Advancement in the work place. You're always learning something new everyday. The atmosphere is great. Salary is great you always have opportunity to increase salary,"Nothing! Going into work, there is always something new going on. Even when there is down time, staff is still busy.",Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P256.htm
39190,apple,none," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Advisor,"Good money, learning opportunities, constant, great people","Long hours, long days sitting",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39191,apple,none," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great company, the company is really dedicated to the well being of its people and customers",Typical workplace politics required for advancement which is not what you would expect based on reputation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39192,apple,none," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Willing to work around your schedule, good pay, great benefits, other employees are great people, rewarding, good pay raises if you work hard.","Part time employment shifts are horrible, mainly 4 or 5 hour shifts 5 days a week, full time spots rarely open up and they usually go to the brown nosers not hard workers, most customers are rude, very fast paced environment",QUIT WITH THE FOUR AND FIVE HOUR SHIFTS NO ONE WANTS THAT GARBAGE,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39193,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Great benefits. Work from home. Friendly managers.,Everything you do is monitored to the second.,Stop adding new tools and removing old ones that work.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39194,apple,none," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Support Advisor,AppleCare,"Great Benefits, Decent Pay, Great Management, Great Environment","Vast Hours of Operations, Inconsistent Schedules",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39195,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,"Meh, they definitely get their moneys worth","In the big R, you get the opportunity to move around and try different positions, and there are lots of stores in the world if you want to transfer.","Can be clicky The pay sucks after you have been there for a bit, new hires make more than tenured employees. They suck your life out, they will definitely get more than what they pay you for, the best part is those that drink the juice, wont even notice!! It's a win for Apple.",Let the creative culture flourish. Everything doesn't have to be all white and sterile and made of Al-you-minium! lol,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39196,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Senior Web Developer, IC3",Great company to work for,Is there a down side?,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39197,apple,none," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Amazing benefits, perks, and supportive leadership",A lot of weekend shifts and competitive.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39198,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Client Manager,"Some great, some bad.",It's Apple. Has great benefits.,"If your product is not a priority, then it doesn't get much attention. Lack of insight into roadmap can be challenging.","Allow for more communication between sales, account management and product.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39199,apple,"Lansing, MI"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great,"Good pay, fun work environment. Great benefits and discounts as well. Only hire the best people for the job so nice people","Held to high standards with customers, difficult to get a job without a referral, no way to take a long leave",More managerial oversight,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P257.htm
39200,apple,"Orland Park, IL"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple technical specialist,"The culture, experience, and people are great and endorse a great working environment to be a part of. To be around people so knowledgeable is great.","There is a tendency to have to fit the intellectual perspective of people at the job, which is ok and I enjoy cultures like that, however, does not allow for open thoughts on opposing views",Engage in intellectual diversity,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39201,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Team Manager,Amazing place to do your life's best work.,Colleagues are consistently smart and team oriented. Ability to work independently but as part of a well connected team was a big plus.,"Secrecy to outside world about what you are doing. Everyone wants to ask you about your work, but you must always be ultra careful.",Nothing significant.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39202,apple,none," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Doing what they know best these days *gasp*,"If you're looking for a gig with low pressure sales quotas, no aggressive commission structures, and a family-like environment - Apple is the place is for you. While there, they will make you feel very welcome and included. Your ideas will be listened to, and they'll make you feel valued. Plus the benefits are some of the best in the field.","Apple is slowly and visibly gravitating from a innovative professional hardware and software company to a fashion company. Speaking from a retail perspective, many employees in the past were experienced working professionals who had deep knowledge in their respective fields be it photography, audio engineering, or filmmaking. What an employee lacked in knowledge or for upcoming software changes, Apple management and department leads made sure you were given ample development time to grow and learn. The structure then was unofficially to inspire your customers, and the sales will follow.  As time progressed, Apple leadership put more emphasis on ""people leaders"" who had poor knowledge of the product. As such, many of these new ""people leaders"" brought in from companies like Starbucks, Best Buy, Target, etc. didn't and still don’t share those same values as their passionate employees. Over time, the professionals working for the company became burned out and moved on, either by their own accord or a manager's. To fill the places of these working professionals were employees with no professional background, given little practical training on the software they were to learn resulting in having employees with poor knowledge on the product or subject if questions arose. The Apple professionals remaining in the company became complacent and/or bitter that they were being paid similar amounts as those newer employees with lesser experience, yet they were expected to assist with their deeper knowledge when a customer required it. This effect cause these professionals to exploit Apple's attendance policies resulting in less staff during a planned out day. A great example is seeing the Genius Bar become so famously behind. A lot of that is due to staff calling out for their shifts leaving their peers and lower ranking employees to pick up the pieces and learn-on-the-fly. When these problematic staff members were set to be confronted, they'd go out on leave-of-absence through stress or some sort of injury and return once the dust settles on their attendance record. This is a very deep problem Apple has yet to permanently resolve today.

  What has since become noticed and evident is how most of Apple’s newest leaders are not inspirational tech professionals. They don’t develop you to want to use the platform or software. They weren’t promoted through the ranks, but were rather hired outside the company and brought in. They’re most interested in taking you through leadership development for a few months at your same rate then throwing you back into your old responsibilities with little to show for what you’d learned. The bulk of their leaders don’t even know how to use a word processor, build a spreadsheet, or even edit a photo. They’re there to coach on sales, inspire performance, and defuse customer escalations (overriding whatever fair resolution you had positioned to your customer). It’s not the Apple environment it once was, and has slowly gravitated into a sales organization first. Sell first, then invite them back to a workshop to be inspired later.","Go back to formula. Leads were the lifeblood of Apple who deeply understood the products inside and out. They understood where their teams were at in their development, and knew which employees in the store knew the product. Leaving this up to store management is a poor idea, as many couldn't be trusted to run tap water efficiently.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39203,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Communications Manager,"Great people, great work","Smart, honest, cool people. Company values. Interesting work. Classy yet casual working environment. Great for women, minority groups.","Not much outside of Apple buildings, Cupertino is pretty dull. Pay isn't top-dollar for all fields. They don't necessarily level up veteran employees to the same pay as new hires - frustrating when you are doing the same job. It's easier to remove employees than under-performing managers.","Pay for the job done, not according to hire date. Look hard at middle-manager performance, get feedback from their teams.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39204,apple,none," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Great company,"Product education, great work environment",Difficult to get out of retail,Build a plan for employees looking to grow out of apple retail.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39205,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Not exactly as perfect as they would have you believe,The people are nice and intelligent.,"The management is grossly unqualified, like most retail environments. A reflection on the pay scale more than anything, I'm sure.  Not a friendly environment for women, as they work twice as hard as the men in the same positions, are questioned at every turn and are Paid less for the same work. Yes, corporate is aware, so there is almost no fixing it.",Treat your employees better and with dignity. The small power you are given and how you wield it reveals your character and that will follow you beyond this job.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39206,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Business Expert,Business Expert,"Friendly environment, working with cross functioning teams, collaboration with peers, business networking events, flexible floor presence","Generally undervalued, constantly fighting the perception that we don't do anything by those that don't understand the B2B work environment","Follow a business expert for 1 hour and watch their work flow. After that, spend 1 hour attempting to fill their role. Make a phone call, position complex solutions, and confidently set expectation with customers that don't have time to waste (wasted time costs them a lot of money).",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39207,apple,none," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Reasonable and proud, Good salary.",Hard mission and stressful delivery,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39208,apple,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Used to be great but now disappointing,"Decent Pay, but varies on where you live Good Benefits Good Managers Training (Used to be good) 401K Match Discounts on Apple products",Rotating Schedule Poor Training Forced into positions you're not interested in Metrics are the life blood of the company but having good metrics doesn't mean squat Absolutely 0 growth opportunities Being there's no growth opportunities burnout happens and then it's a constant daily grind of the same things every day,"AppleCare used to be an amazing place to work, but within the last year and constant the constant hiring freeze, it makes great employees start looking elsewhere. I don't believe anyone came to Apple to work in a call center the rest of their lives so please provide additional options for us.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39209,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Its ok,- Exciting work culture - Great benefits - Beautiful store,- Very exhausting - Micro-managing - Minimal development from management - Pressure to put in more work with no incentives or rewards - Crazy work hours,- Employees need to have a higher degree of autonomy - There must be incentives for whenever management asks for more work from employees,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P258.htm
39210,apple,none," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Admin,They care about their people.,If you work in a small market there are few opportunities for advancement.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39211,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Corporate Recruiter,Worst ever!,"Worst company ever. So much favoritism and racism. In 2015-2016 Apple laid off a lot of people from Recruiting (over 200) both from CA and Austin campus. Some recruiters in CA even reported that they got 40% bonus..some didn't get any at all. Plus, they keep everything so private to the extent of suffocation and make it look like ""we like surprises""","Career progression is only for Management ""favorites""",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39212,apple,none," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, Great Benefits",Great benefits and perks. Awesome discounts and training is great! the Pay is generally above average for the area,"weekends almost always required due to the schedule ""bids"" and the better you do the better schedule you get but at times are stuck on a midnight closing shift for 3 months. Managers can be condescending at time and micro managing is horrible at times. developed anxiety working for Apple",n/a,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39213,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Great people, amazing benefits all around.",You'll learn a lot in a fast paced retail environment. Great benefits. Amazing and smart people who will challenge you.,You may think you're ready to be promoted before you are. You have a lot of hoops to jump through before you can find a way to be promoted. Although I've personally seen a few peers get promoted while some have been left in the dust.,Be honest about where employees stand with being promoted to next levels of leadership. Don't string them along in hopes to have them stay top performers forever.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39214,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manger,"Good company, benefits, not too stressful of a position, 401k match",Comp could be better by bay area standards,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39215,apple,"Remote, OR"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - AHA Developer Program Support,Micromanage ruins the Apple Culture,"Apple brings in the most energetic, passionate, creative, flexible group of talented people to work together. It's the best atmosphere to work with such fun and supportive team!",The bilingual mandarin team has the worst management team ever. Top manager has no management working experience prior and no proper training after. Which leads to encourage the micromanaging team managers who overlooked the numbers calculated by computer systems. Expecting all the advisors work like a robot with no flexibility and customer service means nothing as long as it takes less time to complete more tasks. Most of managers are outdated from the technical and front line customer service soft skill. We've been directed to lie about the fact of the issue and provide useless solutions just to give the management team more time to figure out the better handling ways.,"Policy is the base to have the standard so we all know where is the line. Flexibility is what makes the team more developed, creative, supportive, absorbing and stronger. Team members are losing faith and direction due to the discouraging management and that's why we already lost 20% of the members and still more about to leave the job!",2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39216,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Specialist,Great part time job opportunity,"Very relaxed dress code & the tshirts we had to wear were so comfy. The pay was great, too!",It's not as fun working there since the iPhone. I started in 2006 when people cared about the computers and software. Now not so much.,Keep the pay competitive.,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39217,apple,"Naples, FL"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Very fulfilling and lots of growth within.,Community Benefits. Environment. Teamwork. Growth opportunities. Stock options. Being able to help with new users in the field of technology. To leave a world a better place.,Although retail it would be helpful if the Schedule options there would include fixed schedule to accommodate a little bit more when it comes to work life balance.,Scheduling options for set time frames for employees who reach 2+ years,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39218,apple,none," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative environment to work in.,Apple values creativity and out of the box thinking.,It would not be a good environment for an employee that needs constant validation and hand holding.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39219,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Intern - Hourly,Intern,Great exposure for such short tenure,Nothing really all good I believ,Great great great great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P259.htm
39220,apple,"Bridgewater, NJ"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Business Expert,Dynamic work environment with fun challenges and interesting peers. Non-commission pay encourages honesty.,"Great people, great products. Retail challenges the status quo regularly and Apple business is reinventing the role of a sales team in a retail environment.",Retail environment is a challenge in a b2b sales role. Dedicated business offices would encourage customer visits and allow us to showcase our technology.,On-site visits to customers should be encouraged.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39221,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great while in college, flexible hours, good managers, greatly ran company.",Tough to move up in the company when a part time worker.,I love my managers,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39222,apple,none," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Consultant,Best company ever i loved it so much,i hated all my managers and the favoritism sucked,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39223,apple,none," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,"Learned a lot, every details specification. all talented people",No free apple any more,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39224,apple,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,assist to steve jobs,"nice uniform, sunny office, nice lunch",he's not at the company anymore,less salt on the fries. it's ok if the accounting staff uses PC. we won't tell anyone.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39225,apple,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Great Culture, if done properly.","Lots of amazing people, and great benefits. Pay is beginning to trail behind what the company ""values"" its employees as and what the company is clearly able to afford.","Early on management seemed to hire phenomenal talent, now it seems as though the company's focus is on Business and not Sales / Genius Bar.  Pay is beginning to trail behind what the company ""values"" its employees as and what the company is clearly able to afford.","Keep your seniors, entice the same new talent you were going after years back. Please rid yourselves of the bureaucratic processes for advancement.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39226,apple,none," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,"Flexible schedule, full benefits, good pay for a college student",Schedule should be able to be a little more flexible,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39227,apple,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Great coworkers and good people in management,Retail is terrible and quickly getting worse,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39228,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for.,Great work culture and values.,Have to relocate to California and living expense cost is high.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39229,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Product Manager,No complaints.,Fantastic company to develop great products,Growth can be a bit slow but learning is awesome..,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P260.htm
39230,apple,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Great Culture, if done properly.","Lots of amazing people, and great benefits. Pay is beginning to trail behind what the company ""values"" its employees as and what the company is clearly able to afford.","Early on management seemed to hire phenomenal talent, now it seems as though the company's focus is on Business and not Sales / Genius Bar.  Pay is beginning to trail behind what the company ""values"" its employees as and what the company is clearly able to afford.","Keep your seniors, entice the same new talent you were going after years back. Please rid yourselves of the bureaucratic processes for advancement.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39231,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,No path for growth,The people are great and devoted to success. The work is unlike anything else anywhere else in the world. There are opportunities for non-work events that are super rare.,There is a distinct separation between management and direct reports. They cannot provide a growth path or career development options. Conflicting messages if looking outside your group on what you can or can't do.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39232,apple,none," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New hire,Great experience and dedication to their people and mission. They really work with people who are already employed to facilitate training schedule. Great people.,None so far with limited time.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39233,apple,none," Apr 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,"Great Company to work for. Great Benefits, awesome leadership, good opportunity for upwards movement. Managers are very caring and work tirelessly to help you achieve your specific company goals.","Working at home can get old quickly, your patience is your number one skill at this job. You probably will get screamed at by customers who refuse to work with you.","Keep up the great work, I love the management in the AppleCare Department. Training is a long time, I learned more about my job by just taking calls.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39234,apple,none," Apr 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Awesome team and friends that last forever. The experience you get is 2nd to none,"Burnout is high, not many opportunities",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39235,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a female friendly place in ISS,The compensation package is fair.,The culture is actually fostered to be abusive and competitive and many of the mid level leaders are google rejects (some without even college degrees) who run the place like a hedonistic locker room. This is NOT a friendly place for women or those who call management on unethical behaviors.,"1) Train your managers on managing within the law 2) train your managers and technical staff on appropriate behaviors 3) Follow the law and institute abusive conduct training AB2053 4) Actually care about your people 5) institute explicit personal relationship rules that are equitably enforced 6) institute fair and consistent ways of performing interviews, assigning work and applying compensation.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39236,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 5, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Fantastic Benefits, Some Conflicts","Pay is very competitive, and benefits are unparalleled. Lots of opportunities for career experiences at corporate, room to grow rapidly inside store.","Despite all protests to the contrary, Apple Retail can still exhibit the worst of retail management, and areas of management focus swing wildly depending on how the managers are being evaluated in their own performance reviews.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39237,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,It's still retail at the end of the day.,You work with a team who truly believes in the technology that is being serviced and sold. Everyone is always optimistic through the work day and highly supportive of each other.,"Management at any store can often be solely metric focused which probably comes from higher up, which can negatively affect employee moral as they don't feel appreciated.",Appreciate employees more and value they strengths. Encourage and uplift them in their shortcomings instead saying they are failing in areas.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39238,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple Retial,Good pay Great benefits Tuition reimbursement They work with your school schedule if need be The ability to say no to customers,"Poor management Walk into work everyday and things always change Moving up is hard, unless you brown nose or suck at your job.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39239,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,"Amazing culture, one of the best places I've had the chance to work.",People made everything worth it. The product was amazing and exciting to tell customers about. Leadership and culture was invested in my growth and development.,There really weren't too many. Sometimes politics would show up among management and get in the way of developing others. Really depends on the specific store you are in.,Never forget that serving the team and customers is the only true way to achieve greatness,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P261.htm
39240,apple,none," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Work with smart people. Work on interesting and meaningful projects.,Work life balance is not ideal,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39241,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Engineer,Good compensation Stable Job Great for career development,"High Pressure, many deadlines, very competitive",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39242,apple,"Miami, FL"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,n/a,"good benefits, steady job.","unprepared leadership, doesn't follow companies culture. Disconnect between corporate and retail.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39243,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 5, 2017",Former Employee - Business Team Specialist,RETAIL: 10/10 Culture - 7/10 Pay Scale,CRAZY GOOD BENEFITS  Healthcare was great  Pay Scale was good. You could make anywhere between 30-40 a year. 50-60 if you want to die an Apple employee.  A good mix of laid back & fast paced (just dependent on when the store's high traffic is.,"While I said the pay scale was good, it's also a little underwhelming when considering how important retail is to Apple. Retail employees not only sell but secure ""promoters"" through fantastic customer service. While for a younger individual wanting to get involved in a big company, its great pay, but as the years go by, you start to see that Apple is not valuing retail employees as much as they should.","Stop making arbitrary decisions when it comes to hires and promotions. Too many times my colleagues and I saw random promotes happen, all to see them crash and burn so fast. Everyone sees this coming from a mile away.  Also be honest about how ""high up"" someone can go in Apple retail. There is very well a ceiling in place for employees. Apple managers like to ignore this or just deny it, but its true. There aren't a lot of success stories of someone starting out as a specialist, and ending up in Apple Corporate.  That's the ""dream"" they push, but it just doesn't happen. So be realistic. If someone shows potential, steer them in the right direction, cultivate their skills, and be comfortable with letting them go when another company snatches them up because they pay more.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39244,apple,none," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,You get to work for Apple!,"Micro managing managers, too many managers",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39245,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,IOS senior advisor,"Great culture, pay, benefits, and Cafe and gym, plus discounts","Not really any cons, just be ready to work hard and fit the needs of the company",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39246,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Senior Advisor,Senior Advisot,"They pay well, take care of their employees and go above and beyond. Yes they have many many employees but they treat us like humans that are worth something.","I'd have to say the schedules changing every 3 months. However, incentives to be in the top 5% allows you to choose your own schedule.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39247,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Flexible hours and great benefits.,Okay pay and training for employees.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39248,apple,"Salem, NH"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Product Zone Specialist,"This is the best developmental work experience y'all millennial's will have. I'd recommend working here to anyone, of any age, at any time in their life. This will be the best retail experience you ever know, and it'll get you ready for your next steps. Benefits galore, stock options, and an amazingly insane team.","It's retail - lifestyles aren't the best, but they do make an effort. Also, the pay should still be a little higher.","Keep at it, and make more opportunities for growth. You've struggled with this for years (i've been here for 3) and i've done my part. Sometimes, there is too much ambiguity to deal with.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39249,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 1, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At home advisor,"Pay, benefits, health insurance, discounts, work from home, PTO.",Training is mostly spent on customer types and how to handle them. Need more on the devices give you basic on them. Make you move to Mac's when you plead with them!!!.,When employees are quiting from being moved and not listing to them!!!!!! My team wow most of them quit with in 8 months.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P262.htm
39250,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Stay as far away as you can.,"The pay is great, but there's a reason for that...","Honestly, it's become the worst place to work for. I had 5 years invested with them. Things were great in the beginning and then they started merging all the Lines of Business. Not all of the lines are that similar. An iPhone trouble shoots vastly different than an iMac, but little training and no pay increase makes for a pretty crummy experience. Then, add in the atrocious Two-Factor and locking people out of their accounts, leaving us with no ability to assist. It's a pretty poor time on both sides. Plus, having to eat a bad survey that is explicitly left for another advisor...what's bad about that? Oh. It directly relates to your schedule on two important fronts. I won't say it was better when Steve was still around, but it wasn't as bad as it is now.","Treat your employees better. Throwing money at us, it doesn't make the horrible experience better. It just makes you a prisoner.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39251,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,"It's hard to get in, but easy to stay","There's always something new to learn, fast paced environment, and you meet a lot of cool people, good pay","It's difficult to move up in the company, it can easily turn into a stressful environment",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39252,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,job,benefits and great products,hours & days that you work,more hour,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39253,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail review,"Great benefits, open minded leadership and constant recognition of job performance.",Too much secrecy around retail changes from retail leadership.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39254,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Cult like,Benefits People Really strong culture when it comes to giving it your best People really like being there because they treat their employees really well.,They really exaggerate what you are doing there.,"Keep doing what they are doing, it is not my thing but it is definitely working.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39255,apple,none," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Apple Retail is its own thing now - NOT Apple,"The culture, benefits, people, and the sense of job security are upper crust. Fundamentally, Apple Retail's corporate management is a thing all onto itself populated by strict RETAIL thinking unrelated to Apple Corporate's 'Think Different' goals & objectives (although they are in denial about this fact). There is a TALL wall of separation between the two. Bottom line you probably can't get a better job in retail but make no mistake -- you are not working for the Apple you think about when you think about Apple.","Still it's mindless, transactional, repetitive, erratic hour, dogmatic, customer satisfaction metric driven, burn-out prone, frustration filled RETAIL where you can't help but feel like you are living the same day over and over and mostly it is not so great a day after you've been there a few years. If you are an intelligent and creative minded individual, for all its benefits, staying in Apple Retail IS NOT easily sustainable. Agreeing with another reviewer: ""It's the coolest dead end job you will ever have"" because, unless you have a LOVE for retail management, there is nowhere to advance to technical or creatively despite Apple being known as a technology and creative driven company. It's not THAT Apple.","The view from the top has distorted your perspective. Yes, the game has changed from climbing to the top to staying on the top. Serving the lowest common denominator customer won't keep you there. Fight the temptation to play it safe even if it seems foolish. Go back to reckless innovation. Also, fix Apple Retail. They are bleeding out your best people replacing them with low end job desperate folks. Retail management has signed off on a 'use up, burn out and replace' strategy for populating your Apple Stores. It's pretty obvious and won't serve you well.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39256,apple,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,Benefits and working with amazing people,"Its retail, so stress and inconsistent hours",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39257,apple,none," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Best Company I ever worked for,"Great work environment, fun energy, awesome coworkers",There are no cons at all,Nothing. You guys are great.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39258,apple,none," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company with Great Culture!,Best retailer to work for! The culture at Apple creates an enjoyable environment to assist people with Apple technology.,"Like any company some colleagues aren't the best to work with, but they get out-weighed by the many that are dependable and care for consumers of Apple products.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39259,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Great Opportunity,"Great company, benefits & compensation for a customer service role, work in your PJ's from home, save on no commute",Customer facing role is very mentally draining and monotonous,Provide more opportunities for career advancement within AHA,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P263.htm
39260,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Better for the short term,Great benefits. I've had some really great people skills instilled in me. I'm not naturally tech savvy so working at apple keeps me up to date.,"The idea of the culture Apple wants in the retail environment is such a good one. Unfortunately, it doesn't get carried out very often. Most of the tenured people there hate their job but have a hard time moving on to another job with equal or better pay and benefits. Retail is retail and if you work at the Genius Bar (like I do) you will most likely encounter several angry, rude, mean, unreasonable and entitled acting people. They will suck all the apple juice right out of you and you will be exhausted and burnt out and depressed. If you are an empath (again, like me) you will be very good at your job but over time, it will be hard on you and you won't even recognize yourself if you don't get out before the negative energy eats your soul.","Practice what you preach, being friendly and inviting (saying hello and good morning every now and then could really make a difference).",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39261,apple,none," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,expert,"life skills on how to deal with people and how to develop yourself. the people and tema you work with, you will never find another team like it. lots of interesting talents and skills that you can utilize outside of work. i.e.. most are creative people photographers, DJs, musicians, so you definitely get the benefits of working with and also having help from them.  there are so many pros, that is until you learn nd develop and realize that once you've learned everything you can. The cons list outweighs the reason to stay.","NO SUCH THING AS WORK LIFE BALANCE. You will work 12pm-9pm, then the next day 8am-5pm. then the following 11am-8pm. You will dedicate your life 45hours a week (each day you have 9 hour shifts but an unpaid lunch for 1 hour)to this job but will never fulfill your outside life. they harp on it and try to convince you that it work life balance are taken into consideration, but its not. You must request off 4-5 weeks in advance and hope no one else that has the same position you do did because then it will be denied. IF you do get your request by luck, then you will absolutely work an opening shift the following day. thats that 8am shift the day after you want to have off. Expect to work every weekend unless you consistently kiss the toes of management.   they outsource positions with titles and don't often promote within. if they do promote you from within you will not see any kind of increase in pay, just enough to say hey you get a dollar more. However, the people they outsource who have no understanding of the culture, products, or people they work with but had a ""manager"" title at another company will get paid 1.5 times more than you to do less work because they don't get most of the processes.","less politics, more pay for your employees instead of just yourselves. stop screwing with everyones work life balance schedules.  Hire from within the company where people understand Apple's culture vs. outside where they don't understand it, but will still get paid more than someone who has worked up the ranks and wears more hats.",5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39262,apple,none," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,small to med bus online sales,great work environment - new facilities,"great corporate messaging, poor follow through on helping temp to perm",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39263,apple,none," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a good experience,You can really do whatever you want...not too much structure,"the customer base is very demanding but totally understandable, we do everything on our devices.",consistency,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39264,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Specialist,Fun group of people to work with.,"Schedule all over the place, although to be expected with retail, but can still be tough with work-life balance.",Keep doing what you do.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39265,apple,none," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,friendly staff. very welcoming. good salary,"long hiring process, with a chance you may not get the job.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39266,apple,"Trumbull, CT"," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"•Great benefits (Medical, fitness reimbursement, 401k, etc.) •Fun team •Very hands on job",•Retail Hours •Work nights and weekends •No movement to corporate,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39267,apple,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Easy work environment. Good pay,Nothing bad about the company,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39268,apple,none," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Job,"Great people. Always having fun, and projects are interesting. I love what I do.",None! Apple is the best.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39269,apple,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent Place to Work Short-Term,Stock is a great way to incentivize people.,No Work - Life Balance,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P264.htm
39270,apple,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Employer,Great experience in the field,Limiting financial compensation is difficult,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39271,apple,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Admin,"Incredible team, and lots of learning opportunities.","If you are not able to handle multitasking, it's not the job for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39272,apple,none," Apr 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Market Leader,"Culture, Benefits, Pay, Leadership",Work/Life Balance can be a challenge,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39273,apple,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Tech Support Beginning Job,Great and friendly company with amazing staff and wonderful benefits.,You feel like just another cog.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39274,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Colege AHA,"Great benefits for a college job, positive work environment, awesome discounts, and you can't beat working from home",Apple Discounts all around Lots of third party discounts Full benefits for part time work Adjust work schedule according to classes Awesome holiday/overtime pay,Required to work 8 hour weekend shift for college program Required to work evenings during the week Only 10 second breaks between calls,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39275,apple,"Durham, NC"," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Technician,"Good benefits, but corrupt leadership","Benefits, fellow employees, job stability","Absolutely no transparency, absent store leader, favoritism determines promotions (not ability)","treat employees like our work pays your salary, because it does.",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39276,apple,"Brooklyn, NY"," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Specialist,"Great benefits, good pay for retail","Culture is changing, things are becoming much more standardized and the soul of the company is no longer there. Managers are always looking at you and timing your breaks.","Relax, stop trying to be like Burberry.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39277,apple,"North Canton, OH"," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare At Home Advisor,"As a chat advisor, you get more freedom than a phone advisor. You can listen to music, not worry about background noise or your tone of voice when communicating with a customer, as all communication is done via Chat.","The hours aren't amazing. As a Chat advisor, we are open 24/7 including all holidays. If you do your job well, you can choose what schedule you want which helps.  Also, working for home isn't for everyone. It's hard to be at home alone all the time, so if your a social person, this may not be the job for you.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39278,apple,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,It is a great experience I have every had.,Apple needs a lot to keep improvement,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39279,apple,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great Company to work for and perks amazing,availability - no room for work/life balance,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P265.htm
39280,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Emc Engineer,IT's alright,"good vibe, talented people, good pay","to many policy, people hunt for credit but not responsibility",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39281,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Amazing work place,Nice development. People are great. Amazing products. It overall makes you a better person. Company benefits are amazing for a part time position.,Weekends and schedule management. Working weekends every weekend really gets into your work life balance. The growth structure is heavily I fluenced by playing favorites.,Be more transparent about scheduling and growth,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39282,apple,"Fayetteville, AR"," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - T2 Advisor,AHA Apple T2,+Benefits +Pay Scale (OT and 5/10/15% increases depending on time of day you start) +School tuition reimbursement,-Work/Life Balance -No ladder for most above T2,"Hit or miss on management. I've had 4 managers and 2 were okay, 1 was lazy, and the other helped me gain visibility. Even though one manager really helped me a lot, there is not a lot of advancement for people after reaching a T2 role. There's speciality queues (Which I'm currently in and they normally don't provide pay raises), Senior Specialists (not very many spots and most aren't AHA), and then Team Manager (unless you want to move horizontally).",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39283,apple,none," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workforce Analyst,"Great company, good benefits and culture",pay can definitely be much better.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39284,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Senior Advisor,Great Benefits and job security,"You have to be very hard working, and very determined, its easy to get over whelmed by the work load",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39285,apple,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for youngsters,"Easy to move up, work is easy if applied correctly. There is always an open ear. But sometimes the open ear isn't welcomed.","Favoritism, and very immature, highschoolish culture. Rumors, who slept with who. Managers care more for numbers but ignore reality to reach goals.","We understand that you wish to impress your boss, but don't do that at the expense of others. Set goals that are reachable. In the gym, we call this leaving the ego at the door... in this case the Glassdoor.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39286,apple,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,Working with people who want to be there.,"It's retail hours, but the best retailer to work for.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39287,apple,none," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Immense potential for personal and career growth, and decent benefits.","Challenging work, that rewards creative thinking. Making a legitimate difference in the lives of people, and the future of technological innovation, on a a daily and individual basis. Working with incredibly motivated and talented staff. Many of whom go on to become leaders in their field, when moving up in or departing from the company.","Attention to detail, self-drive, and sincerity in all that you do are absolutely necessary. This can quickly become despairingly exhausting, in all contexts, for those in more technically demanding roles, that are not careful. Especially if forced to pick up the slack for others, or encountering nepotism. Noisy environment.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39288,apple,"Mountain Home, ID"," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Support,Good Company,Working at home is great,-Nothing bad about the company -The job is more of a getting by type of job but not a lot of promotion potential.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39289,apple,none," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee Review,Great manager and team members!,Nothing to share as of this time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P266.htm
39290,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Amazing work place,Nice development. People are great. Amazing products. It overall makes you a better person. Company benefits are amazing for a part time position.,Weekends and schedule management. Working weekends every weekend really gets into your work life balance. The growth structure is heavily I fluenced by playing favorites.,Be more transparent about scheduling and growth,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39291,apple,"Fayetteville, AR"," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - T2 Advisor,AHA Apple T2,+Benefits +Pay Scale (OT and 5/10/15% increases depending on time of day you start) +School tuition reimbursement,-Work/Life Balance -No ladder for most above T2,"Hit or miss on management. I've had 4 managers and 2 were okay, 1 was lazy, and the other helped me gain visibility. Even though one manager really helped me a lot, there is not a lot of advancement for people after reaching a T2 role. There's speciality queues (Which I'm currently in and they normally don't provide pay raises), Senior Specialists (not very many spots and most aren't AHA), and then Team Manager (unless you want to move horizontally).",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39292,apple,none," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's just okay,Laid back environment is nice,there is no growth or advancement to a different department.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39293,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Software Security Engineer,Security,"Paid Time Off, Good Range of Salary, Helpful Coworkers","Limited time of Day off,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39294,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor,"Get to work from home, great community of people to work with.",It's customer service so you'll have your rough days/calls. It can be a little taxing at times.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39295,apple,none," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,They work well with students,You are required to work weekend shifts,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39296,apple,none," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,The product discounts are pretty great,Retail always sucks when you have to deal with the uninformed public,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39297,apple,none," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Creative,Good people and great culture.,Poor management direction since Jobs died.,Value your employees and customers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39298,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Going Downhill,There are still some smart people in engineering,"Too much process, schedule driven to a point where we can't ship high quailty products anymore. Difficult to transition between roles at the company. No opportunities to advance, especially if you are not willing or able to put in 70+ hours a week.",Please go back to the customer-focused track we used to have with Steve. It is more important to ship a quality product than it is to ship on time.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39299,apple,none," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Changes Who You Grow Up to Be,"All the beliefs in engaging others, and enriching their lives comes from a career here. I've become who I am with my 15 years working here. Enriches your own life by knowing the impact you've made to your team around you and those looking to get your help.","Retail job has retail hours. Compensation is amazing based on benefits, though for the work you do, you still get paid retail salary, not corporate.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P267.htm
39300,apple,none," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Changes Who You Grow Up to Be,"All the beliefs in engaging others, and enriching their lives comes from a career here. I've become who I am with my 15 years working here. Enriches your own life by knowing the impact you've made to your team around you and those looking to get your help.","Retail job has retail hours. Compensation is amazing based on benefits, though for the work you do, you still get paid retail salary, not corporate.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39301,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineering Manager,An outstanding company built on outstanding people,"Get to work with some of the smartest and most devoted people in the world in a great environment with good salary, perks and high morale.","People have to work hard, there is not much latitude for error and senior management can sometimes be very tough.","Keep doing great things, but don't forget to think about the store professionals who get paid a lot less than Cupertino staff!",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39302,apple,none," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,support,A great work environment with lots of great energy. The managers are the right mix of professional and laid back. Being part of a world class technology company has so many perks.,"Nothing negative to say about the company, however, the cons are working in retail - schedule is not the best. The stores gets so busy/crowded that people are frustrated and impatient at times.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39303,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Retail experience Genius Admin / FRS,"Apple shares corporate benefits generously with its retail employees. I enjoyed great dental and health coverage as well as stock options. The workplace is safe, diverse, and LGBT friendly.","Apple retail suffers from the same problems as any retail business. The hours are chaotic, space is limited, and sick leave is viewed with suspicion. What makes these issues especially problematic at Apple is the culture of exceptionalism. Employees are constantly told that Apple is the greatest employer and how lucky we are to be part of it. There are some cringe-worthy, cultish habits like employees carrying the company credo in their wallets and constant clapping. I found these things odd but harmless.","Managers often fall back on ""Apple speak"". Using terms like ""repairing relationships"", ""creating owners"", and ""living by the credo"" are great when talking to groups, but when talking to individual employees it can feel inhuman and alienating.",4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39304,apple,none," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Speaclist,Good benefits for health and transportation,Non consistent form of expectations across the board,none,4.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39305,apple,none," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,"One of best companies in the world with lots of cash,","No guarantee that the company will remain in number one position in 2018, and company has lots of cash without innovation so they don't know where to invest. Becoming like microsoft, cisco...",Innovation...please,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39306,apple,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a Great Co to Work For,"Stock, discounts, benefits, competitive pay","Management turnover is high, lots of training, things are constantly changing",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39307,apple,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Specialist,Tech Specialist,"Great pay, a lot of room for growth, you can make a career out of it.",can be a bit challenging to balance with full time school in the beginning.,None at the moment.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39308,apple,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Working Environment,They want to develop you and give feedback to help you grow personally and professionally.,"It is still retail, however, the company is amazing and they take good care of you.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39309,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Software engineering manager,Great technology & working on cool new unreleased products.,Limited growth potential due to remote location office,Grow seattle office else great talent will leave,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P268.htm
39310,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Creative Job.,"- Really awesome work atmosphere, friendly and encouraging to learn as much as you possibly want. - Nice discounts on products - Good benefits","- Some management can be resistant against change, almost too by the book. - Ask you to do things outside of your job scope sometimes.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39311,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Passionate, Intelligent People in a High Pressure Environment",Rewarding to work at such an influential company and feel like your job is making a difference in the world.,"Poor work - life balance, and employees can be left to feel very undervalued.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39312,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialist,Great and amazing group of people to work with! Incredible culture and support teams,Hectic work-life balance as retail hours are often stressful in addition to product launches but it comes with the territory.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39313,apple,none," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible Culture,Work is easy when you are surrounded by incredibly friendly and intelligent peers.,"Customer service is not for everyone, you must be able to deal with a diverse variety of customers.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39314,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,AHA Part Time Pro,Working from home so can't really say much,Hard to take an vacation or sick hours as you can work an month as scheduled as they require you to but you still won't have enough hours to take ONE day off and also hard to move up within the company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39315,apple,none," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good pay, good people. good company.",Hours are a bit rough,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39316,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Best thing I've ever did!,Great pay plus shift differential for third shift. Excellent benefits! Ten free stocks a year! Work from home! Great environment,Shift bids every 6 months although you do get to pick your preferences they are not guaranteed. Needs more opportunities for advancement,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39317,apple,none," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome place to work and fun,"people, place, food, tech, industry","hours, traffic, commute, hotels, contractors",keep it up,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39318,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Place to Work!,"Has great benefits, the people are amazingly creative and supportive, and you get to be on the front end of new technology.",The hours can be tough and you have to book vacation months in advance.,Focus more on development and goal setting.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39319,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company......Great Opportunities,Workplace. benefits compensation are great Opportunities to learn new products and features,Schedule changes every 90 days.,Keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P269.htm
39320,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Fun environment. Great people. Good pay and benefits. Advancement opportunities, if you pursue them. You learn a lot about how to interact with people of all cultures. No commission, so selling actually feels legit.","Long hours. Weekends (it's retail so it's expected) Some holidays. Unique work environment, in that they are very serious about how the business is conducted. It's Apple, so expect Apple people, they take themselves very seriously. After about 3 or 4 months it's just another retail job.","Management wasn't ever a problem. They were actually very understanding, and would help you out with whatever you needed.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39321,apple,none," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall,"work life balance, nice co-workers","limited opportunities, relatively narrow responsibility work range",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39322,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Place to Work!,"Has great benefits, the people are amazingly creative and supportive, and you get to be on the front end of new technology.",The hours can be tough and you have to book vacation months in advance.,Focus more on development and goal setting.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39323,apple,none," Mar 25, 2017",Former Employee - AHA Advisor,Pretty good college job!,Working from home Reasonable pay Great benefits Tuition reimbursement,"Working 8 hours on the weekends Not really ""flexible"" with work hours","Shorten up the weekend hours for college students. I DREADED working on the weekends because it feels like the whole thing was taken away from me. Most college events/games/concerts are on the weekends and we really can't participate. Also college students should get paid more. My roommate and I both worked for Apple. I had a WHOLE year worth of more experience than her but once she graduated out of the college program and went to part-time, she made $4 more dollars/hour than I did and I had more experience and was trained in both iOS and Mac OS, while she was only trained in iOS. She also has almost the same benefits as she did when she was in the college program.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39324,apple,none," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing people,Working with some of the best people on the planet. Amazing,The benefits far outway any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39325,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to grow,exposure to new cocoa and iOS technologies on a daily basis,"long hours, advancement is difficult, pay is lower than average, lower managers are unskilled",when you have good people make an attempt to keep them,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39326,apple,none," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,"Highly reputable company, many opportunities, cool products. Great working environment.",The interview process does not need to be so long and intense to find the right fit.,Employees are your best brand ambassadors. Employee discount program could be better.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39327,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,If I must,"Great Benefits, Discounts, Stock Options, 401k",No Work Life Balance No Weekends Off Micromanagement,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39328,apple,none," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Co-workers are the best part of the job. Competitive hourly wage. Employee discount is fair. Great experience to meet people and grow in your role.,"With so many people, competition is so steep. Gets boring to keep doing the same things over and over again.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39329,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Production Designer,Good company,"Great teams to work with, really smart people and most people are truthfully devoted to the company's success. Projects are always exciting to work at and you can be proud of the work that shown around the world",There are times when overtime goes for too long. Would like to have much more even spaced workload. There are prolong times when it is very hard ṭo keep any life- work balance,Need to give more perks like free food,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P270.htm
39330,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Good & Bad,Apple is a good company. The pay is decent. You get good benefits. They make sure you get your training.,"Get ready for micromanagement. Point system attendance. Find out their attendance policy and not just what your TM states. You work for your benefits. Long hours. You must be everything Apple. You can develop some help issues while working from a desk all day. Some workers are down right rude & disrespectful. Leave emotions at the door when dealing with mean customers. Your Team lead will never ""know"" anything. Take all issues higher for more feedback. HR lacks moral. You can be placed in the back of the line when it comes to individuality. You may feel robotic.",Make sure you don't glorify just the positive Apple outlook with workers because you are selling dreams.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39331,apple,"Boston, MA"," Mar 25, 2017",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Amazing to work for Apple Inc.,"Great culture, awesome and highly diverse and accomplished colleagues","Low Pay, long hours, secrecy",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39332,apple,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,On its way down.,Above average compensation. Apple prestige for excellent products. The company may pile in resources to make the deadline.,"1) Incompetent middle managements, at least in the department I worked. They lack of technical know-how and leadership, to command the projects and the team.  2) Low productivity. Since the management does not know how to work smart and efficiently, they had hard time keeping up with the industry. They always sought forcing team to work in a counter-productive way, to constantly work overtime and often doubling resources for the same work (while still had hard time making the deadline). A good engineer would find his time was mostly wasted on fixing symptoms, doing projects that were never completed or added no value.  3) Heavily politicized and lack of integrity. The management defended their incompetence by politicizing and siloing. They refused admitting poor results (let alone listening advices, learning or improving). They promoted and rewarded their ""own guys"" who followed their agenda. They coerced (often made up) bad reviews on talent engineers who focused on results. A typical tactics is to make their unfavorables as scapegoats for their own failures.  Overall it's a toxic environment, at least in the engineering portion I worked in. I am not surprised to see fewer innovations from Apple now. Covering by its secrecy, Apple engineering is on a slippery slope down.  An advice for potential employees, don't consider internal transfers as a way out. Transfers are very difficult comparing to other companies. Apple is structured for the management best controlling engineers.",none,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39333,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Sales Associate,"Great teams, stressful atmosphere, okay-ish pay","The biggest pro to working at Apple is the people who work there. There is a heavy focus on teamwork and camaraderie, and that made it a very pleasant work environment. There is a certain prestige that comes with working at Apple, and this is made clear in the swag, the secrecy surrounding launches, and the constant reminder that there are 100 people who would do anything to be where you are. Pay is great when you consider it as a retail part-time job, not so great for career-oriented goals. In general, there are many amazing managers who truly care about their employees, and many great opportunities that come with the job (depending on which area of the company you're in).","Lots of workplace politics. Only the favorites seem to move up, the rest are not as appreciated or even acknowledged. There is a big divide between the technical, repair, and inventory teams. Pay is not competitive enough considering the company as a whole. Work life balance is non-existent, the atmosphere is always hectic, always busy, and always extremely high expectations. Ultimately, I loved my time here, but was definitely ready to move on towards the end.",I am one of at least twenty people who left my store in a three month period. Pay attention to the people who are leaving and their reasons. Pay your employees more. Continue to hire incredible managers and expand opportunities for growth. Keep an eye out for store leaders who get power-hungry.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39334,apple,none," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Flexible Schedule, great people, dynamic work environment","No real organizational flow which causes difficulties when trying to get projects approves, completed, pushed etc",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39335,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Definitely the top for a Retail job,Good benefits Pay is good for a retail job Opportunities to advance within the store Great coworkers who really support you,You definitely deal with some of the worst customers on the planet Work hours can suck Work-life balance can be tough too,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39336,apple,none," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,"Specialist, AWESOME","passionate, supportive, creative, growing, intuitive","none, none, none none, none",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39337,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Innovative, great teamwork, high energy working environment","Organization has complex structure, which impacts the efficiency",Keep everything simple,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39338,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Decent pay with great benefits. The pay is above average and the benefits you receive such as healthcare, stock options, tuition/fitness reimbursement even as part-time are great.",Some downsides are politics in terms of moving up and the disregard for work/life balance for your availability and scheduled hours.,Be more empathetic for part-time employees who are in school or have other commitments for their availability.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39339,apple,none," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great starting point,- Good Benefits - Flexible on what you can wear,- Hard to move up - Under paid,hard,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P271.htm
39340,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Decent pay with great benefits. The pay is above average and the benefits you receive such as healthcare, stock options, tuition/fitness reimbursement even as part-time are great.",Some downsides are politics in terms of moving up and the disregard for work/life balance for your availability and scheduled hours.,Be more empathetic for part-time employees who are in school or have other commitments for their availability.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39341,apple,none," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great starting point,- Good Benefits - Flexible on what you can wear,- Hard to move up - Under paid,hard,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39342,apple,none," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GSM,Best supply chain in the world. Too notch team.,Politics and promotion path is unclear.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39343,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Great Benefits,"Great benefits, great job for retail",It can be socially draining,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39344,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Web Designer,"Not as good as i expected, but still a great company to be in. Nonetheless.","- Facilities are awesome - Health benefits - Salaries and rsu are best in the bay area - Everything your work on is seen my millions of people - Casual clothing at work - Cafe Macs are good - Work from home is allowed, specially if you live far far away - Busses are comfy","- Too many people involved in projects, lotsa managers not enough doers - Bureaucratic processes - No one seems to be held accountable for anything - Higher management's aim is to avoid being blamed for something that went wrong instead of working on something they believe in - Lots of politics - Lots of complacency - No windows in offices. Feels like a hamster wheel inside.","- Marcom needs more female creative leaders - Reduce the amount of ""project managers"", they are just basically forwarding emails - Give time for people to get to know each other with welcome parties, etc. Most people start asap on projects w/ knowing anything.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39345,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple a bit amiss,"Decent discounts, 401k match, ample vacation time",Steady decline in employee morale and satisfaction since Ron Johnson left in 2012,"Completely overhaul manager training, its inefficient",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39346,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,There's a reason it's the best paying retail,"As a part-time employee, there are great benefits like medical and dental insurance, education reimbursement, employee discounts, etc.","Depending on your managers, potential for movement, even within the store, can be limited.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39347,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,Work from home Great Benefits Reasonable Compensation,Strict goals No guaranteed shifts (Shift bids) No flexibility on shifts besides trades,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39348,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make sure the managers like you,"good pay, great benefits, fun people",if you are not a managment favorite you have little to no growth oppurtunity. you will be treated poorly by management and taken for granted.,"stop playing favorites, look at actual preformance.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39349,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Technology is great and opportunity to learn.,Culture and Management working styles,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P272.htm
39350,apple,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work with slow upward movement,Fun and exciting to place to work. Never gets boring. Amazing people.,"Gets tedious sometimes, lots of repetition. People tend to stay for a long time, which means promotions do not come very often.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39351,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,Engineer,Everything runs efficiently and with purpose.,It's extraordinarily expensive to live in the area.,Allow people to work from home,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39352,apple,none," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,leader,"great products, great benefits and great people who care about the company.",executive leadership turnover really hampered the employee and customer experience.,keep fighting the good fight!,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39353,apple,"Remote, OR"," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great,Great benefits and work from home.,You don't always get the shift you bid on quarterly.,Great management!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39354,apple,none," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Nice diverse work staff, thorough training, and I could work part-time during school. Relatively decent flexibility, except you have to work every weekend. If you want to take a weekend off expect to apply a couple months in advance and will probably be denied.","Can be stressful during holidays, other times of the year are fine.","Some managers were amazing and fair, others felt like they held personal grudges against employees or incredibly high expectations vs. reality or had favorites.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39355,apple,none," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare College Program,"Decent Pay (for a college job), scheduling flexibility based on academics, discounts on Apple products/software","High pressure work environment, typical call center cons, difficult to raise your call score with the variety of customers that you encounter while on call",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39356,apple,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Honestly Love this job,"Fun and loving staff, Family company! Amazing benefits.",not enough hours for PT employees.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39357,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Excellent company to work for!,"- Great company culture - Truly care about their employees - Benefits are awesome. I.e. stock options, 401k plan, medical insurance, educational reimbursement, educational reimbursements, and more - Apple was my second home",- You are required to work on the weekends (for retail) - technical specialists should get paid more,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39358,apple,none," Apr 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare advisor,- Back to back calls (gets BORING REAL QUICK),- Constantly being stocked by not just the Manager but Apple third party contractors - Constantly being stocked and asked what you're doing in b/w taking calls by RTS - Computer slowing down due to Manager stocking you (Micro-Management) - No days off even if you are sick my manager required a doctor's note other did not - There is no one concrete policy that managers follow some follow what they like and not what too intrusive while some are 'by the book' - Strict on Metrics - Back to back calls (gets BORING REAL QUICK),Less Micro-Management and letting your employees breathe would be nice,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39359,apple,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,tech spec,the benefits are pretty good,there is a lot of politics that stall advancement,hire leadership from within more,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P274.htm
39360,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,Great place to get experience but lack of work/life balance.,Great name and products Understand best in class operations Benefits are good Very smart colleagues Technically challenging products Working on products that touch everybody,Work/life balance Travel Expensive cost of living Very top down management that gives individual employees a lack of voice No respect of family responsibility,Need stronger processes given growth in last few years.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39361,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Online Sales Representative,WAS a great company.,-Decent Pay -First Level Management seems to care -No dress code!,-The company is headed downhill -They no longer care about their employees -They allow customers to speak to the employees in any manner -Limited room for growth,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39362,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Mar 18, 2017",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,"If you're a multitasking personality and enjoys attention to detail, then Genius Admin is the way to go.",Overall great work environment. Management is very encouraging and truly want for you to succeed as an individual whether thats with Apple or outside of Apple,"Work/Life balance is sometimes difficult to keep. Apple retail management is always changing and that makes it hard to remain connected and build strong relationships with you leadership. For example they separate all the employees into groups and assign a single manager to oversee the development of that group. So if you so happen to get a manager who's focused on his own job and is very busy, then you're pretty much left to fend for yourself.",Continue to build the culture of Apple and keep the outlook positive. However don't forget to value the internal customer as much as if not more than the external.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39363,apple,none," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare,working from home and benefits,"0 holidays off, difficult to advance",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39364,apple,none," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job with the right managers,Meet great coworkers and customers,Some stores are not fun to work at. It depends on the manager.,Relax and let people sell,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39365,apple,none," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great company that cares about its employees and genuinely wants it's customers to have a good experience. There's also lots of room to grow and management will help you reach your career goals.,Hours change every 3 months,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39366,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Legal Specialist,best employer ever,"fantastic work-life balance. cared about employees individually. it is impossible to say enough good things about Apple. if you have the chance, take the offer. you will never regret it.","High housing cost. But if you're young and not married, who cares?","Fantastic place to work. Thank you for allowing me the six years I was there, I was always happy and so well taken care of with the health plan.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39367,apple,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare Advisor,Good training I learned quite a bit,Redundant work gets pretty obnoxious,More entertaining job functions would be nice,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39368,apple,none," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,FUN JOB!,Fun Job Great Training Nice Beginning Pay Great Benefits,Horrible raises! i have been with the company for a 4 years and the raises are horrible. Only way to really make a raise is moving to different positions which isn't the easiest do to politics.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39369,apple,none," Mar 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"People are great, very focus",Narrower scope of work than most others,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P275.htm
39370,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Customer Relations,Good Company,"Great benefits, good corporate culture, moderate upward mobility",Choke points for promotion can be brutal,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39371,apple,none," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Tech Advisor,High Turnover,Great Benefits Plenty of training Discounts not just on apple products,Not a flexible schedule Bid for a new schedule every 3-6 months High Turnover rate with managers and advisers Unreasonable expectations Survey Impact,-Change the way a survey impacts a advisor. Find a way for a survey to go to the right person or store and not allow it to affect the advisor in the long run. -Take a day or two to actually do the job and understand the demands being asked,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39372,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,"Apple, what more to say (hint: a lot).",Name recognition (it's Apple!) Unrivaled benefits Work from home Great management team,Miss working with others (based at home) Sometimes feel disconnected from company as a whole Schedule can be a hit or miss Can be extremely busy (launch/holidays) Repetitive work,Remember that our Advisors are the backbone of AppleCare,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39373,apple,"Rockaway, NJ"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing company to work for,"Management, Culture, Work-Life Balance, Training",Dealing with difficult and stubborn customers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39374,apple,"Boston, MA"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Up from here,"Great people, great management, lot of upward mobility if you put in the work","Disconnection from corporate, sometimes too out of the loop",Keep up the great work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39375,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Challenge! Teamwork! No other job will give you as much appreciation for constant change and learning on the fly.,"Supportive learning environment, open to constructive feedback at any level, great people with a fantastic teamwork focus. The best thing about coming to work everyday is your amazing coworkers.","Retail life, unpredictable schedule, is very hard to create a work-life balance with any consistency. Will be a stopping point, some last longer than others, depends on what you need.",Fight the political nonsense and take seriously those making an actual impact.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39376,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Specialist/Customer Trainer,Had high expectations and they flopped...,The non management staff is fun to be around,Management doesn't care for its employees,Care more about your employees.,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39377,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,nice,friendly staff good benefits fun work environment,annoying customers no work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39378,apple,none," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working @ Apple,"Incredible smart, intelligent people who all exhibit a ""can do"" attitude. Most everyone will go out of their way to ensure you have the information necessary to succeed with your job.",Depending on what department you're working in. There may be strict deadlines with a minimal amount of time to complete the project.,Not all managers see the importance of working with other teams in a cross functional way. Sometimes 5 minutes of their time up front could save hours of their time later on down the road. I don't think this is specific to Apple though. It truly is a place that is what you make of it.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39379,apple,none," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,Opportunity to gain knowledge of electronics,Hard to adavance to higher positions,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P276.htm
39380,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Support Moderator,Sopport Moderator - Data Analyst,"Top 10 companies, Most value brand, Best service support, professional growth","Schedule doesn't fit, no holidays, low incomes.",Reconciliation of work and private life,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39381,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Panel Process Engineer,Relentless Challenge,"If you need challenge and reward for it, this is right company that you can try.",Sometimes work and life balance is lost,none,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39382,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Working in the store is a great way to develop strong interpersonal skills and jumpstart a career.,"Great benefits, great teams, lots to learn. I've grown more here than virtually anywhere else. Lots of opportunities. I cannot understate how wonderful my experience with my store team has been.","You have to have a wide availability, lots of working nights and weekends. You'll have some rude customers, but you can tackle them as growth opportunities.","Management has a huge impact. Some managers you can tell really care, and some managers you can tell really care about metrics. The team can oftentimes feel wildly underestimated, and is often capable of more than the work they are given.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39383,apple,none," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,Focused on customer experience and creating exceptional products. They celebrate diversity and work to create an inclusive environment.,"It is top-down decision making which makes it difficult to create change and feel like a strong contributor. So much structure feels uninspiring at times. Long hours standing on your feet. When new products launched, they were late on the training materials and during these times, there was a lot of confusion & chaos due to feeling uninformed.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39384,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Big Company,"Personal discount on items. great cafes (though not free), very good benefits,",Many positions cover internal customers/biz partners in APAC and EMEIA - long days.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39385,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Tier II Support,Tier 2 Support,"Great Benefits, Discounts, Training Provided, Work from Home","Independent, Responsible for Home Office Related Issues, No Room to Grow.",Work on your personable skills towards each person versus worrying about your personal stats as a team.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39386,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Support,Customer Support,It's Apple. Everything is really positive in relation to the job and benefits,"Big company, so the atmosphere reflects it. Agility and rapid change suffer.",Identify and promote talent,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39387,apple,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Starter/Part Time Gig,"Great benefits, great coworkers, multiple locations, lots of training and development","Retail, managers are hit or miss, Peter principle applies",Stop stifling good people. Trust your teams.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39388,apple,none," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Retail is unfortunately going downhill fast!,"Have met many people that are life long friends Benefits (401K, Great low cost insurance, RSU, Discount Stock, Fitness Reimbursement, Commuter Benefits, Discounts) Corporate Career Experiences are awesome!","Pay - The pay is good for retail but not when you consider how much the company brings in annually, it's actually insulting if you crunch the numbers. The longer you work here, the worse you're treated - The apple juice will wear off as with any job and people that are beyond competent in their jobs and who excel will be overlooked for promotions/career experiences by new hires who kiss a**. Pay is also pretty equal for people that have been in a position for years with someone that was just hired. There is no reward for sticking with the company whatsoever. No Work/Life Balance - Operations always gets screwed over with the algorithms for shifts. People have preferences for shift times/days, give it to tenured employees first then fill with part-time as needed, as with most other companies. It doesn't make sense. Management is inept - Some are good but others almost make it their mission to throw their direct reports under the bus because they don't know what they are doing. This would be alleviated if management was hired from within, as well as from within departments. No real career mobility - It is near impossible to move forward unless you kiss a**, orgasm the ""Apple culture"" and management wants to sleep with you (which has happened at my store. Apple culture is deteriorating - This goes back to corporate. Everything is $$$ now at the expense of employees while top executives make a killing and gift us $5 T-shirts and a printing of the Apple Credo as a Christmas gift. The company could give every retail employee a $10,000 raise and it wouldn't even be more than 1% of their profits yearly.","Listen to your employees. We do the day to day work, we know how things run. You are losing your best employees which is why new hires are subpar in comparison to years ago. If you want to become another Best Buy/Circuit City you are on your way. If you really care about the Apple Culture that you talk about over and over, then the same issues would not be present in all of these reviews. Literally the benefits are the only reason most Retail employees put up with it.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39389,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Technician at Apple Retail location, part time","Part timers have access to health benefits, 401K, stock purchase Management prides itself in helping employees have a healthy work life balance You work with incredibly interesting people, the majority of which are genuinely kind A mediocre discount on products for yourself and friends/family Decent dependable hourly wage with no gimmicky bonuses or commissions Fantastic name to have on your resume",Highly competitive - any movement upwards will be challenged by a dozen other highly motivated achievers Occasionally corporate decisions seems to have little actual knowledge about the day to day challenges on the business Level of compensation does not match the high level of competency and professionalism required to succeed,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P277.htm
39390,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Technician at Apple Retail location, part time","Part timers have access to health benefits, 401K, stock purchase Management prides itself in helping employees have a healthy work life balance You work with incredibly interesting people, the majority of which are genuinely kind A mediocre discount on products for yourself and friends/family Decent dependable hourly wage with no gimmicky bonuses or commissions Fantastic name to have on your resume",Highly competitive - any movement upwards will be challenged by a dozen other highly motivated achievers Occasionally corporate decisions seems to have little actual knowledge about the day to day challenges on the business Level of compensation does not match the high level of competency and professionalism required to succeed,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39391,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software QA Engineering Manager,A great place that has a lot to improve on,Great compensation and RSUs. Very talented co workers.,Highly stress environment. Depending on your VP organization work culture varies a lot. Driven more by sense of competition than collaboration.,Failures can be a way to learn and improve.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39392,apple,none," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a great company to work for. Apple Retail is great for College age people to work at.,Great pay for a Retail Job. Lots a perks. Good Benefits. Stay on the cutting edge of Apple Tech. People are generally really smart cool people to work with.,Retail hours don't line up with having a family and work life balance is hard. After you are there for a number of years there are a lot less growth opportunities other than management.,Keep clear communication with staff. Remember Apple Core beliefs and don't get into management political behaviors.,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39393,apple,"Boston, MA"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Great team Apple siri,Good benefits and base salary,don't know yet as I am quite new,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39394,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,"I love the opportunity to learn, to create, to share with others. I enjoy connecting with others. I enjoy working with such intelligent people.",Some individuals get locked into what they do and are unwilling to adapt to change. They don't think they need to change.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39395,apple,none," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,Forward thinking company. Treats people well.,Retail is a different branch.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39396,apple,none," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Apple is a stellar company to work for.,The drive to push sales can be tiresome.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39397,apple,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Director,"Great product, community and culture",So far everything is great!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39398,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 9, 2017","Former Employee - High Emotional Intelligence, High Energy",Program Manager,"Leader and Customer Focused working well across teams in all areas. High EQ, and very Energetic","Can work longer than needed, getting absorbed in my work",Excellent team player with positive attitude and high energy,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39399,apple,"Akron, OH"," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Service Specialist,Service Specialist,Decent pay Can move up Looks good on a resume,Never enough time or resources,Encourage education and work life balance.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P278.htm
39400,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Team Manager,Good Company,Generally good vibes around the company,"In many instances, the managers are not in line with each other and is difficult to coordinate with.",More supervision are needed for the lower management level.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39401,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Brilliant people to worry with and power you with great resources,"People are smart, hard working and passionate about their work. Things move fast. You are equipped with great resources. You are promoted for your performances not politics. You never feel bored with your work. The standard is very high on product and the work you do.",Job can be demanding at times. You might get burnt out over time. Work life balance is always something for Apple to improve compared to other tech company in Bay Area.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39402,apple,none," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Grear,"Discounts, interactions and culture. I would do it again.",Customers and unable to become full time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39403,apple,none," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,a lot of growth within the company diversity very relaxed environment creative environment,the customers expect a lot from the employees,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39404,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!!,People Benefits Good schedule Allows for time with family and the ability to be away from work. Great training. Family atmosphere.,None at this time. Enjoyed my entire time there. Had to leave for family reasons. Would go back again in a heartbeat!!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39405,apple,none," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great environment to learn and develop into a successful business employee,Lot of work and pressure surrounding goals,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39406,apple,none," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its okay,decent pay. nice people to work with,"Can be lonely position, with minimal training after initial two weeks. No advance notice of product releases makes it difficult to troubleshoot",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39407,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool job overall,Great experience overall especially if in college,None that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39408,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing company to work for,The pros would be that they pay well w benefits,Cons would be that sometimes its tiring,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39409,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple 8 years in,Continue to grow and learn,Sometimes decisions made without full understanding,Trust your people,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P279.htm
39410,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,"Great benefits (i.e. health/dental/vision/401k/stock options), great training which leads to other careers.","Consistently get yelled at by customers for everything, no weekends.","Understand that customers service at Apple is touch. It takes a huge toll on us mentally. Understandably, customers come first... BUT, if you take better care of your employees, they will take better care of the customers.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39411,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Benefits are great, and people are also great",Needs more opportunity for growth,Needs to stop micromanagement. Needs improvement in communication.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39412,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good retail job for personal growth,Diverse staff and shared mission. Lots of opportunity to geek out while truly helping customers. Many learning opportunities offered.,Retail employees don't share as much in the company's financial success. Can be difficult to advance. Some customers are unreasonably rude.,Don't forget QA and Customer Support while doubling down on Innovation.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39413,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Project Manager,"Flexibility, Good Medical benefit, 401K",Too big to grow. Some of the groups are stereotyped,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39414,apple,none," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Tier II Senior Advisor,Great company,"Great environment to work in, love 401k, stock options, and full insurances available to all workers.","Can be rough working multiple chats at once, especially when ramped up to 3 chats at the same time. Some managers pretend to be dictators.",Help the agents when asked and be present.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39415,apple,none," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love this company !,"Benefits are great , they pay for my parking , pay for public transit and Uber pool, their morales are awesome",The training is very long,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39416,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius at Grand Central,"Flexible Hours, Discount on products, Great work atmosphere (Specific to Grand Central). Employee Stock Purchase Program, Health Care, Transit and educational Reibursement.","Working weekends, Sometimes you feel like a cog in a wheel.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39417,apple,none," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,All that glitters is not gold,"Apple is always great to have on the resume. And a great conversation starter. Also the benefits are top notch. I work from home, so this is definitely a pro (and sometimes a con) as well. Also if you like to buy Apple products the discounts that you get are pretty decent.","Where do I start? 'All that glitters is not gold', 'The grass isn't always greener on the other side'. These are a few sayings that come to mind when people say they want to work for Apple. If you work in Applecare, you are a call center worker. No matter how they dress it up to you. Chat, Email or Phones. It's a call center, so comes with it the cons of working in a call center.  Shift Scheduling - Is absolutely abysmal. Depending on your department, you'll have to change your schedule in a little as every 3 months or 6 months. So say goodbye to any obligations you have outside of work, because when a shift is assigned to you. It's yours, and you have to work it. Yes, they try to sugar coat and say you can swap with someone else, but if it's already a crazy shift to begin with, nobody else is going to want it.  Work life Balance - Where? At the time of this writing you get no holidays off in Applecare (or weekends depending on your schedule). When I first started, you did. But now, nada. 365 days a year the queues are opened. However management (your manager) gets these days off (and weekends). How nice.  Work tools - Will never work properly. I've never worked at a company where there was so many issues with work tools. The kicker is you'll still need to be able to assist the customers and expected to get awesome CSATs with non-working tools.  Micromanagement - You'll never do anything right. If it's not one thing, it's another. Your manager will find fault in anything that you do, it's expected. Good calls or chats will still be nit picked and have endless ""one on ones"" on discussing how it could have been done better. They even have it written in policy on how long you are allowed to take bathroom breaks. Yep, even when you work from home.  Policy and Procedures - Can and will change without notice.You are told how to do something, you do it. A few months later it's wrong and should never be done like that. And when you ask why or when it was changed. No one can give you a straight answer. They'll give you the typical 'Apple BS giving you an answer, but not really answering your question' answer (with a smile on their face). Those that work in Applecare will know exactly what I'm referencing too.  Final thoughts. Management loves to ""cheerlead"" you through this muck of a work environment. They know what we have to go through isn't ideal and outright sucks, but they ignore it and speak to you like everything that is happening to you is good and we should be thankful for what Apple is doing for us. It's borderline ""cult like"". It's like serving you dog poop on a gold plate with gold utensils, and they try to convince you that it's good for you.","Nothing. Nothing will change, no matter what I say in this box.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39418,apple,"Tysons, VA"," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Apple - It is still Retail,"- The benefits are amazing for a retail job - The people you work with, you will never work with more fun and inspiring people - The pay for the actual work you do is amazing - There are fun side projects you get to do for the company","- The customers you work with make your job miserable - Upper Management micromanages like crazy, creates a terrible environment to work in - VERY HARD to move up within Apple Retail, it can take 5-7 years to become a manager - The management teams are very political -- in all Apple Stores - The company does not promote from within rather hires externally - The company does not recognize high performing employees, they end up leaving every time -Terrible work like balance, especially during holiday season : they have you work 50+ hours","Fix what was said above. Treat your employees better, give them recognition when deserved. You hire skilled and smart employees, treat them as such. Don't treat them as if they are replaceable.",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39419,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,procurement manager,Apple name is a sure plus,below average pay and benefits,be considerate,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P280.htm
39420,apple,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,poor management,"strong brand, good culture.","bureaucracy, poor management, lack of directions.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39421,apple,"Princeton, NJ"," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Best retail experience I have ever experienced for someone without a college degree.,"Friendly co workers, good pay, benefits, 401K, ESPP, Company with good values, and best intent for everyone. Amazing management truly cares about employees.","Retail, Angry customers, Ignorant people. Dealing with customers who refuse to accept the possible solutions for their problems, and expect us to be miracle workers.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39422,apple,none," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really great place to work,Really great place to work,The hours each day can be long,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39423,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,what Credo?,Meet coworkers that will be friends and family forever. Health benefits are great.,"Cants those awesome health benefits because your schedule is awful. Yes its retail but Apple claims to be employee centered and employees don't get weekends off or any control of their days and hours worked. You will work with uneducated, unprofessional managers that don't know a thing about running a store or communicating effectively with people.You get a raise once a year and its literally pennies. You will not progress and grow unless you trade in your soul for a knife then shove it in someones back.","all the managers should quit and the company should hire and train new ones, ones with souls.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39424,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - AHA Tier II Advisor,AHA Tier 2 Advisor,"Benefits and discounts are fantastic, Some of the people are amazing to work with and se how their work ethic is, it makes you want to improve on yourself","Constant harassment from Management if your team stats are low which you have no control over surveys, Metrics are very misleading. They will flag you for going to the bathroom during business hours. Also you will be ridden hard to achieve the goals that superiors think are important. You will be trained, and expected to be like a drone in the system. Expressing an opinion will get you nowhere",Change everything.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39425,apple,none," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software development engineer,good balance of stress and life,working temp is really fast,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39426,apple,"Natick, MA"," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,- Better than other retail jobs - Easy because the product is great,- keep up with product changes,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39427,apple,none," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long term employees at Apple,The opportunity to work with multiple departments.,Does not look out for the dedicated long term employees.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39428,apple,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Great company culture and benefits,not a lot of room to move up,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39429,apple,none," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,Culture and values. Flexible hours. Management.,Phone carrier plans constantly changing. Compensation.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P281.htm
39430,apple,none," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun and Easy-Going,"Good pay, Unique people, Exciting when it came to new products and how to use them, perks","Micromanaging, difficult to move up","Follow up on the employees that are looking to further their careers within the companies, let your employees do their job (they know why they got hired)",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39431,apple,"Santa Clarita, CA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - GSM,Global supply Manager,"Work enviroment,benfits, freedom and recognition",Your suppose to work and get results. No balance work and work.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39432,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - References Readiness Project Manager,Culture,Has a cultural impact that is more than can be said for many companies of equal size,Development can be challenging based on size and perception that external talent provides a greater productivity output,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39433,apple,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best ever,Love it here! It's awesome,Nothing to complain about it's the best,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39434,apple,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple AHA,"Smooth training process, plenty of benefits, and diligent managers","inflexible training, if you can balance the training with school, you'll do fine.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39435,apple,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,Focus on building relationships instead of pushing products.,Slow moving sales organization.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39436,apple,none," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Sense of accomplishment every day.,Too much work in two little time.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39437,apple,none," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Know going in that it won't be easy,"Prestige of working for Apple. Nearly everyone you work with (T2 and above) is competent, some with Masters degrees. I often say, ""we don't hire dummies"". The pay and benefits are above average for the role (What would you expect to get paid working in a call center?). My managers (3) have been spectacular, but that is not the case for everyone. Meet a lot of people from all over the world and have interesting conversations.","Stress - you are completely responsible for your customer's issue, you cannot pass the buck, and it will affect your entire work life (scheduling, relationship with managers, mental stability) if customers are unsatisfied. Difficult to move up - everyone is qualified, everyone is hardworking, everyone wants to get off the phones. Burn out - you are isolated and most of the team chats revolve around complaining about customers. It's draining mentally/emotionally to be yelled at so much. Your day-to-day will feel like a slog, counting down the seconds on the clock","The Senior Advisor role should be rotational. 9 months on, 3 months off, doing some other support related role, whether in-store retail or rotating to an iTunes/CR/AA/DD/Chat/etc",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39438,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Hell,"Benefits, they offer health insurance for part time employees, however the deductible is 1500$. Fitness reimbursement, stock options, 401k.","Working Apple retail it's a particular kind of hell. As a technician you get to deal with entitled angry customers that are told ""just go to the apple store, they'll give you a free phone"". They expect you to go above and beyond and at the same time they give you hard time if you spend more than 15 minutes with each customer.  As a sales person, you don't make commission. You'd potentially make more money by selling phones at a carrier store instead.  Apple just got rid of the training in California for the Genius team and Creative team. If you wanted to work your way until being flown there that is no longer possible.  It is extremely hard to jump from Apple retail to corporate. They hire externally. Also it is extremely impossible to climb your way up, since they bring managers from other stores instead of promoting from within.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39439,apple,none," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Career Hunting,"Salary listings and reviews are pretty cool! I really like the fact that more companies are using the online posting program these days. There should be a way to set apart your application from others, if your experience is greater.","Need to be able to have more job filters. For example, if I select 'Manager"" as a key word then there should be filters to drill down which type of manager. Retail, construction, restaurant, facility, project, et.",Need more job filters.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P282.htm
39440,apple,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive,Great people and strong culture.,Not a great fit for those looking for a small company.,Keep up the good work!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39441,apple,none," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It starts out as a great job but it slowly becomes unbearable,"Better pay than most retail jobs Very good benefits, even for part timers Employee stock purchase plans Decent discounts Easy to move and get a job at another location You work with a lot of people who are intelligent and willing to help you if need it",Management. management. management. It's a challenging job with a lot of pressure and stress already and probably the worlds most horrible customers.. and having a management team that doesn't care about you and overlooks all of the hard work you've put into the company just makes the job unbearable. You start off thinking you're at this magical place and you feel so lucky to be working there- then after a few years you feel so depressed you start to contemplate quitting every day until you finally do it. Apple made me a very unhappy person.,"Stop obsessing over profit when you already make insane amounts of money. Happy employees = Happy customers. Apple is losing more employees this year than I've ever seen during my time there. Bad management that doesn't practice what they preach- learn to take feedback and realize you're the problem when you're losing 5 people a month to other, better companies.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39442,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - QA Test Engineer,QA Test Engineer,Working in between smart people helps to learn new things,Contractors are not treated well.,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39443,apple,"Santa Rosa, CA"," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Specialist,"Even for their part-time employees, the health benefits are pretty stellar. They're open to all different styles of dress and it's okay to have stretched ears and tattoos. The starting pay for a sales specialist is much higher than most other retail jobs.","The store I work at is full of high school-like antics and many/most of the managers play obvious favoritism. Because it's frequently stressed how people ""can't get fired"", managers will help cultivate an environment where people will get forced out due to feeling so uncomfortable in the workplace.",Stop encouraging hostile work environments. Male managers should not be trying to hit on the youngest female co-workers to the point that even customers notice.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39444,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Has excellent pros but can be difficult to move up,Great atmosphere and benefits. Pays well for retail.,There seems to be less opportunity than what the atmosphere suggests. It can be difficult for dedicated hard working employees to see real progress in what Apple calls a 'career'.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39445,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Place,"Benefits, Opportunity, Experience, Culture, Networking",The flexibility of Work schedule.,Keep it up! Love how leadership is done!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39446,apple,"Towson, MD"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist/BOH Specialist,"Great local culture, but probably best for current undergrads","Atmosphere in general is great. The staff there is highly diverse, allowing you to constantly interact with literally hundreds of incredibly interesting people. Store management legitimately seemed to care about the employees, going so far as to put their own careers on the line to defend their own.","There is a strong emphasis on generating excitement for the Apple brand and culture that can at times be borderline ""drinking the koolaid"". While local management was great, interactions with corporate management showed a side of Apple that was markedly not... Apple-like, particularly when it came to throwing employees under the bus and focusing entirely on spreadsheet numbers rather than customer experience.  Considering that you could be selling well over $1 million in revenue every quarter, the wages were pretty subpar, especially since there is no commission. Annual reviews with fractional salary increases provided little opportunity for your performance to be appropriately recognized and rewarded.","A huge part of Apple's success is the unadulterated adoration fans have for the brand. Apple store employees play a big part in cultivating the brand, so giving greater recognition to them rather than constantly reminding them how lucky they are to be part of Apple would go a long way to continual success.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39447,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Best Job Ever!,A work environment that allows you to embraces and allows you to express yourself freely. The ability to work and be a student with amazing benefits for part timers and full timers.,Learning about products at the same time as the public.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39448,apple,none," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"You will learn a lot if you apply yourself. Like anything else in life, you get out what you put in. Great benefits. Certification as a Mac Technician.","Some employees are just fans rather than dedicated teammates. Customer base can range from hard working professionals to average consumers. Both have their share of rude people, but also some of the most interesting people int eh world.","Try to be leaders, not managers. be transparent. Don't blindly subscribe to corporate jargon, acknowledge that some of it is what it is.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39449,apple,"Wheeling, WV"," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Mac+ Advisor,Work-at-home job,"Working at home is great! Pay is okay, advancement is okay, management tends to be good. Schedule flexibility.",Work-life balance should be better for a company that brags about employee happiness. Advancement/career path is terribly planned out for you. Internal interviews are awful.,"You really need to do something better about internal interviews and advancement! Need better work-life balance, it's okay but could be better.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P283.htm
39450,apple,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but it's still retail","I genuinely enjoyed the company culture at Apple and I really enjoyed my co-workers and management team as well! (I'm sure it varies from store to store though). There are great perks, GREAT starting pay, and lots of opportunities for advancement and furthering your product knowledge!","Apple has a slightly ""cult-like"" culture as well. They take themselves pretty seriously, and again, at the end of the day, it's just retail.","Take your employee's ""feedback"" seriously. Don't just pretend to,",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39451,apple,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Expert,Great work environment Awesome coworkers Good pay,Management doesn't share an equal burden to help their employees grow,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39452,apple,"Woodmere, OH"," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Expert,$250 million cash reserves can't pay a living wage,"Exposure to intimate knowledge of emerging technology, free certifications","Soul sucking, highest compensated company in the history of commodity sales won't pay for good talent, rather half-train mediocre skill sets for less.","Move faster and pay better for good talent. There is no excuse for me leaving but a lengthy bureaucratic failure from an organization that touts the fastest computing skills in history. It has taken me twice as long as any other company I have worked for in 18 years to receive a full-time offer, after working 70+ hours per week for 7 months. When the offer came it couldn't support a family of 1, and the company is literally sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars it could invest in its people. Thankful I had a real job and kept it.",1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39453,apple,none," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Appletastic Benefits!,"Great benefits, good pay, job security",Poor communication of changes at times,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39454,apple,"Reston, VA"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Expert,"Great benefits, positive work environment and solid team.","Pay, no work life balance and horrible schedule.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39455,apple,"Annandale, VA"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Very great if you like flexibility.,There are a lot of great people who are really smart. Learn a lot and always new things on the horizon. Great benefits.,Sometimes vision is cloudy on where company is going. Can't seem to make solid decisions and then follow through. Overall good experience.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39456,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Apple,"Great benefits, work-life balance and culture","As the culture continues to change there are now fewer advancement opportunities, especially at the leadership level. Apple has created a culture that perfectly reflects its values and excellence. However, there is little opportunity to take on new and challenging assignments. Once you've left that little bubble you quickly become aware that the rest of the business world needs skills that were unneccassary to master at Apple. It is an outstanding place to work and become a better person, but not to grow your leadership skills.",n/a,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39457,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Flexible job with benefits,Flexible job with benefits! Great company culture.,Schedule comes out 3 weeks in advance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39458,apple,none," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great temp job for students,"Decent pay, work from home, nice co-workers, amazing tuition reimbursement program","hours can get long, rules can be restrictive",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39459,apple,"Manhasset, NY"," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Genius,"You will learn discipline out of necessity. You will learn how to multi-task out of necessity. You are already good at teamwork, otherwise you would't have been hired. But you will still learn how to be even better out of necessity. You can transfer from region to region quite easily. I moved a number of times while I worked for Apple, and was not only able to keep my job, but re-negotiate salary while transferring from region to region. The gestalt varies greatly from region to region. Some are better than others. However, even in the worst of them, I always found myself working with great people. Decent discounts on apple products for you and your friends and family. When you look for a new job, you can say that you were a ""Technician at Apple""",You were expected to give 130% effort at all time. Seriously! They figured out how much work you can do if you give 100% effort. They then devised a schedule that required we each gave 130% in order to meet the baseline demand for service. The company's rapid growth beginning with the launch of the iphone was always too many steps ahead of the growth of the retail service department. You are working for a tech company. You are a technician. Your management however is retail operations. Little room for upward mobility within the company unless you wish to go into retail management or move to California.,¯\_(ツ)_/¯,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P284.htm
39460,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,expert,"good people, benefits, discounts, 401k match","glass ceiling, not as much upward mobility as it seems, very political",Reward employees for doing good work rather than just those who outwardly appear to buy in.,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39461,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Excellent,"If you have to do retail, this is the place to do it. You will work hard but the general energy, benefits and training are unparalleled","You will be expected to drink the Apple Juice, however if you are an Apple user and lover, you should not have an issue.","Keep doing what you are doing, and never forget where you came from. Otherwise, continue to treat everyone with respect.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39462,apple,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,College At Home Advisor,"Good benefits, school schedule flexibility, tuition reimbursement",No real cons to working here,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39463,apple,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Janitor,Good,Good food and the employee of the month prize is lit,Bad company worker darted a lot,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39464,apple,none," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Prepare to be a Workaholic.,-Work from home -Insurance is awesome and starts your first day! -Great pay and benefits,"- It is impossible to get a normal 9-5 weekends off shift. You will be working weekends, holidays (including Christmas), and a TON of overtime. - They pressure you hard to work overtime. They make it clear you won't get a promotion or a good review if you don't work overtime. -You have no support when you are having rough calls. You just have to sit on the phone and let the customer verbally abuse you. -They do not train enough in higher positions. When you ask for help they promise you they will get help but it never happens. -When you get really sick you are forced to take a medical leave and they won't work with your schedule. -They will not adjust your schedule for kids, school or anything unless you jump through hoops to get a doctors note for medical reasons. -They get really aggressive when your scores are perfect even if it is just a bad month. - Bathroom breaks are saved for during your 15 min break or lunch break. Hold it otherwise. -If you find that you can not handle a promotional roll they will not let you move back to an older position. They tell you to stick with it or quit.",-Take better care of your employees. -Listen to them when they are stressed out and breaking down. -Provide better support during the holidays when it is really stressful,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39465,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Meh.,Has an HR department that helps protect you.,"Soul crushing. Retail in general is, but having someone scream at you because they cannot remember their iTunes password while literal genocide is happening around the globe.","Stop being so cheesy, its retail, you dont really believe in the creedo or some kind of ""mission from god"". It's a computer store relax.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39466,apple,"Naples, FL"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Specialist,Great benifits for working part time.,Lack of leadership among management.,Actually do so work.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39467,apple,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor,Health and dental benefits. Discounts,Terrible work software. Bad training,Spend less time training employees to care about customers feelings and actually train them to solve the customers issues.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39468,apple,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Service Specialist,Flexible Very good pay for what I did Easy interface Non stressful Still flexible,The customers are idiots Wayyyy too much training needed Had to sit in a chair fro hours on end,Please stop removing ports,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39469,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Awesome Experience,Leadership training and development for everyone and every level of service. Fun atmosphere and change is the only constant. A truly great company to work for.,Challenging hours and takes a lot of time away from work/life balance. Needs more availability for career experiences. The On going training could be more structured and administered.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P285.htm
39470,apple,"Tukwila, WA"," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros outweighs the cons for now,"Smart people, positive and dynamic atmosphere, great benefits. Varied and interesting work. Volunteer work and donations matched by the company.",Retail managers are frequently incompetent and/or short-sighted. Training has devolved into a joke. Random scheduling. Poor communication from corporate. The career ladder has become a maze of ambiguity.,"Promote based on demonstrated skill and reliability, rather than just always choosing the shiny new kid on the block with ""potential"". Stop redefining the Creative role: use their teaching strengths and deep knowledge rather than assigning them to sell accessories.",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39471,apple,none," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Specialist,"As a college student, technical support role has enabled me to develop many useful skills for expanding my career in the technology industry upon graduating. Also, work with great people that are very genuine and passionate about the Apple culture.",As a college student not pursuing working in a retail store after graduation limits you ability to move up into higher positions.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39472,apple,none," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship at Apple Infinite 1,"Good food, accommodation,and location, independent office room, cut-of-edge project to work on.","food are not free, fast paced work environment",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39473,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Expert,Great Culture,"Great working environment. The people who work at the Apple Store are very intelligent, diverse and enthusiastic. Awesome benefits! A lot of space for growing and exploring different opportunities within the company.","Even though it's amazing to work at an Apple Store, it's still retail establishment.",Keep hiring smart and diverse people.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39474,apple,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad to work for,compensation package was good ability to work from home,shifts were not the best not a choice on whether or not trained on mac,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39475,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great company for anyone,"Benefits, culture, fun and enthusiastic co-workers, and personal/professional growth","Sometimes you may feel like like the days are monotonous, but this can happen with any job and it really depends on your outlook of your professional goals.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39476,apple,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company Ever!!,The pay is great! The environment is great! The food on campus is great! The products AMAZING! The vibe is so chill and down to earth. Benefits are great as well if you're permanently badged.,"Some of the buildings are too far from the cafés. I know I know but, they are. The cafés should be open during ALL employees lunch time frames if they expect them not to leave campus.",Have training be more hands on for those that are hands on learners and not just for the days when training on the phones. Its different for different departments but it should be like that for all of them. Especially when training employees on how to treat others and customers takes up too many days that we could be using to learn that aren't common sense. Like the tools we use to assist the customers.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39477,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 18, 2017",Former Employee - Several,Great place,Great place to work for so many reasons.,Very few unless you don't want to work hard.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39478,apple,none," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Supply Manager,"Fast paced, always new challenges, incredible scale, inspiring to work on such amazing products!","Micro-management, urgent requests for info/presentations, politics and gut-feel take precedence over data","Rely more on data, figure out a way to maintain culture at tremendous scale.",5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39479,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,very political,"stable, good welfare, lots of resource","very political, lots of process and negotiation even a very small change or decision.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P286.htm
39480,apple,none," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great Place to Work,Employees are well taken care of,Customer service is he same everywhere,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39481,apple,"Lancaster, PA"," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,Awesome people that do not forget for the rest of your life.,None that I can think of at the moment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39482,apple,none," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Needs Major Improvement,I've met some great co-workers.,"AppleCare is a toxic environment to work in. I would not recommend this job. The training is a complete mess, they have you trained into other departments without notice and the training they provide is horrible. And the management team does nothing in regards to training to make it better for employees. The management team does some extremely shady things. Apple isn't like most normal employers who try to develop, coach and help their employees be successful. You literally are just a number. I have had several team members without any notice have been terminated and the few I've kept in contact with have said their was no prior coaching, training, or any warning. Which again also goes back to how shady and horrible the leadership team is including training. I have never worked for an employer where I felt like I didn't grow until working for Apple. Apple does nothing to develop it's employees in AppleCare, you are just phone support. They don't have development plans actively in place for their employees and truly do the bare minimum so they look good for their sketchy upper management. HR is also just as unorganized at Apple. If your needing anything done from HR it will take over a week at times, also they will say nothing but empty promises and don't really ever follow-through on what they say. I can truly say the Leadership and HR and overall AppleCare department as a whole needs a serious overhaul. I have worked several years for multiple Fortune 500 companies and from what I experienced at Apple is not what I would have expected. Also, their tools they give you to work and systems always have issues which make it at times extremely hard to do the job and the management team does nothing to help fix the issues and will sometimes try to pinpoint system issues on the team members so the managers don't get in trouble. And I would consistently ask myself does Apple even understand proper leadership skills? Management would consistently talk back about employees to the employees peers and then act normal to their faces. My manager would literally send me recorded phone calls from my peers and then try to make me trash talk with her how horrible my peers are. Also, multiple people on my team left as well as other teams including me, leaving Apple has been one of the best things I have done especially since they at the end of the day don't care and you are just a number.",Read my cons list above and take action. AppleCare needs major improvement.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39483,apple,none," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"Flexibility, Coworkers, Atmosphere, work schedule","Work environment, lack of experience managers",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39484,apple,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Business Manager,Wonderful company,Culture is beyond reproach. Unparalleled benefits and great bonus structure. Lot's of opportunities for moving in several different areas of the business. Great people who love what they do.,Must be able to live with A LOT of ambiguity. Recent changes in retail more focused on numbers rather than on people. Cookie-cutter approach to leadership limits diversity in approaches to getting results through people.,"Focus more on FYI as a development tool, less on an accountability tool. Development doesn't seem to happen unless a person is in trouble. Using a subjective rating to hold people accountable creates fear and confusion. Let the credo be your guide.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39485,apple,"Westminster, CO"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - IApps AHA Advisor,"Great company, advancement a bit limited",- Great pay and benefits - Convenience of working from home - Paid vacation / sick time (yes they're separate pools so you get more hours),"- Misleading advancement opportunities - Outside vendors do not have as much accountability, ruining the support process","Avoid setting expectations that employees can advance to places outside the AHA realm. Seems like most of the opportunities are within AHA and even then, it's entirely based on business need which is not particularly common. Work more on building employees skills and prepare them for higher opportunities",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39486,apple,none," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Fast-paced, constantly changing. Amazing professional and personal resources. Working for a world-class organization with amazing products.",For those uncomfortable with change it can be very challenging.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39487,apple,none," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Opportunity to work with other brilliant people.,Doing IT work for retail pay,"Management is fine, corporate decision-making over retail could use some work.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39488,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Product Design Engineer,"Very smart people, lots of resources","Long hours, lots of travel to China, hectic deadlines, ID controls design vision","Establish a mentorship program to help retain young (not only in age) talent and help them navigate groups/options, stop promoting high achieving ICs to management but discern if its really a good fit.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39489,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Smart kid graveyard.,"Benefits, 401k, stock options, and discounts. The talent that apple attracts is diverse. You are surrounded by some interesting people.","No work/life balance. Upward mobility is political. It doesn't matter how hard you work, the only thing that gets you ahead is how much you help management hit their sales goals so they can receive bonuses.  Perfect example of economic slavery.  Becoming just another retailer.","If you want better results, you have to inspire. You have to lead, not manage.  Be transparent and be real with people. They are not just numbers on a spreadsheet.  We live in an age where people can find answers. If you are not honest or if you give them the runaround with Apple jargon, they will know and they will find out and then they do they will let everyone else know how you handled it.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P287.htm
39490,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,It was a great experience!!,It's all about customer service and making sure nobody leaves unhappy. We never usually had any issues and assisted with care.,It's secretive and very intense. Even through the tough times everyone still makes it through the day happy and alive.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39491,apple,none," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Enterprise Architect,Amazing and Challenging Top notch technology company,Awesome environment Continuous Learning Latest Technology Research Savy Marketting Skills,Can be too much pressure sometimes,Keep Innovating,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39492,apple,none," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASIC DESIGN ENGINEER,Great place to work at. Good work,gets hectic at times but overall is good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39493,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Smart kid graveyard.,"Benefits, 401k, stock options, and discounts. The talent that apple attracts is diverse. You are surrounded by some interesting people.","No work/life balance. Upward mobility is political. It doesn't matter how hard you work, the only thing that gets you ahead is how much you help management hit their sales goals so they can receive bonuses.  Perfect example of economic slavery.  Becoming just another retailer.","If you want better results, you have to inspire. You have to lead, not manage.  Be transparent and be real with people. They are not just numbers on a spreadsheet.  We live in an age where people can find answers. If you are not honest or if you give them the runaround with Apple jargon, they will know and they will find out and then they do they will let everyone else know how you handled it.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39494,apple,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My time at Apple Inc.,"Benefits, Paid Time-Off, friendly mangers.",Annoying talking to customers all day long.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39495,apple,none," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome experience,Wonderful company to work for!,Nothing bad to add - it was a wonderful work experience,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39496,apple,none," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics at its worst,"People are genuinely nice and the offices, though sterile are comfortable. Can't say anything about the new campus because I wasn't there long enough to enjoy it.","Kinda racist and sexist. If you are a woman of color (there are very few) you will be made to feel like you don't belong and you are just there to fill a quota. And like most tech companies they don't give a damn about diversity although they talk about it all the time. Tim Cook should be ashamed and should take that picture of King down because it is disgraceful how exclusionary Apple is. And there are just too many managers, I mean micromanagers. They have added so many managers slotted between and above and below managers that they can't be innovative. It's a stifling environment that is leading many good people to leave.",Go back to your roots because there was magic there once. You can bring it back by scaling back all the levels of management and get rid of the pecking order. You also need to do more to make the company more diverse. Women of color have good ideas and should not be shut out or yelled down or dismissed at meetings as if there sole purpose is to book the meeting room and get the guys coffee. It's bad for morale and kills innovation. Stop pretending you care and act like you do for real.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39497,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Order Support Administrator,Order Support Administrator,"-Very nice building facility and amenities -frequent, generous parties/events -Great medical/vision/dental benefits -Looks good to have Apple on your resume",-Micro-management -Lack of upward mobility -Over-training due to constant micro-changes to policies and best-practices -mindless weekly or bi-monthly meetings with direct manager that don't result in anything -Low pay,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39498,apple,none," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Feels like family, the people are great to work with and everyone is understanding and willing to help, benefits are fantastic and people care a lot about you",can possibly not go anywhere in career opportunities and there is some favoritism,"Stop the favoritism, offer more money, and",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39499,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Flexible Hours for Students Supportive Mgmt Great soft skill experience Work from Home,"Too many manager rotations, difficult to build a strong connection with your mgmt Not all managers know answers to technical questions Very attentive to numbers rather than focusing on customer satisfaction",Put customer satisfaction over average call time and other numbers Require managers to have basic knowledge of technical solutions,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P288.htm
39500,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Test Engineer,iPhone Operations,you get to work on the iPhone,"24/7 on call, no respect for personal life what so ever. too much politics and a bunch of power tripping middle management in operations.",completely unsustainable model,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39501,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Flexible Hours for Students Supportive Mgmt Great soft skill experience Work from Home,"Too many manager rotations, difficult to build a strong connection with your mgmt Not all managers know answers to technical questions Very attentive to numbers rather than focusing on customer satisfaction",Put customer satisfaction over average call time and other numbers Require managers to have basic knowledge of technical solutions,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39502,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 19, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Senior Advisor,The corporate company is a wonderful powerful force in the world that makes great products,The managers. Managers on all levels view the employees as problems not assets.,Do not view your employees as broken replaceable numbers. They are people with lives as well and responsibilities that go beyond the job.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39503,apple,none," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ISO Security sucks,You can grow if you play politics.,"High attrition, racism and other teams have poor opinion of the management.",Install new management,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39504,apple,"Thousand Oaks, CA"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Growth feels like a myth,Overall your team that you work with is phenomenal. Everyone is so uniquely skilled and friendly.,High stress environment. Very few progress quickly through the ranks. If you don't see yourself moving up in six months then good luck getting a new position in the next 3 years.,Allow for more growth. The amount of stagnation occurring is jaw dropping. I have seen individuals doing the exact same job / position for over 5 years and still being told they aren't comfortable in their role yet.,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39505,apple,"Boston, MA"," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great Part Time Job/Great Step to Something Bigger,Probably some of the best coworkers you can ever have. The hardest part about leaving was leaving what I considered to be my family.,"Not much of an upward trajectory, it is easy to feel like you will stay in the same place.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39506,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Operations Manager,A very fast paced environment with a ton of responsibilities. A fantastic learning experience as you will never encounter an environment like this anywhere else. Travel and free gadgets what is not to like.,"Functional organization, organizationally believes in silo operational style, friction when working across with other teams, top down management style. Each Director believes they run a small kingdom. Reinvent the wheel, waste and inefficiency.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39507,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Audit Analyst,Relationships with people and commitment to excellence.,Not everyone committed and aligned with same thing.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39508,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Technician,It's Apple,"Atmosphere , colleagues, discounts, training, career path.",The only real con is Mall Location. I feel the stand alone spots have a different feel.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39509,apple,none," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Intern - Hourly,Great company to work for,"Innovative people, great opp, lots of resource","Fast-paced, sometimes overwhelming, too intense",",",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P289.htm
39510,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Electronic Design Engineer,Design engineer,Great people and mission. Loved every challenge and project I had a chance to work on. I'll cherish my time there,What's a social life anyways? Who cares since you're launching soon enough and it won't matter if it fails. Hard to balance quality of life,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39511,apple,"Manchester, NH"," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,"Limited opportunity, but excellent experience","Great benefits, and opportunity to learn and grow professionally",Retail has very limited growth potential in the long run,Work/life balance was always the most difficult. Making a career at Apple retail is virtually impossible if you have a family you will age out of the company.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39512,apple,none," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Technican,Alternative to the Apple Store. Conveniently placed for areas that were out of the way of the official Apple Store.,Unable to do screen repairs in-house. Customers who felt they were entitled to unrealistic expectations. Store unfortunately closed. Smaller staff.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39513,apple,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it used to be,The benefits are the best part.,"There are areas of the business where the culture is completely different, in store versus working for the Online team.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39514,apple,none," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Apple,It was fine for a job,"Too corporate, sometimes felt like high school as that is how much you seem to be treated.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39515,apple,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technician,"Good benefits, better than most companies including stock options",Long working hours and little room for upward movement,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39516,apple,"Palm Desert, CA"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - FRS,Family Room Specialist,"Great team, really pushes you to do your best.","Burn-out, not a lot of control of your schedule",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39517,apple,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gret place to work,great customer face and culture,I cant honestly anything bad,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39518,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,"Great company overall. Take very good care of their employees. Always allowing their employees to work on development to better themselves. Great work/life balance, and really try to care about what is happening in your personal life.",Can get promoted quickly to a certain point. Beyond that it takes a very long time to move out of role.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39519,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Web Developer,Employee Review,"Benefits, campus, shuttles, brand name, products.",difficult to contribute to open source.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P290.htm
39520,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 3, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Analyst,A place for achievements and challenges,"Benefits, Exciting products, atmosphere, Talented coworkers.","Lack of employee development, Lack of loyalty, low priority on work life balance, ruthless",Invest more time into employee development,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39521,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare At-Home Advisor,Best company I've ever worked for,"Fair, fun, driven, challenging, positive, great pay, amazing benefits",Honestly none that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39522,apple,none," Feb 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The Good, the Bad, the Meh","Great benefits in terms of insurance and employee discounts, real sense of caring about the individual employees","You get hired expecting to do one thing, then a few weeks in surprise you're having to fulfil a different role (or two) and there's no increase in pay to go along with your increase in skills. The rules and regulations are a little ridiculous too - I understand there need to be rules for the sake of order but it's a little excessive. The management leaves a little something to be desired as well, although from what I've heard my team was just stuck with a really bad one. Which explains the fact that out of approximately 20 employees on my team, maybe 3 or 4 stuck out the 1 year and none at this point continued on despite being offered contract extensions.",Make sure all managers interacting with lowest level employees are adequately trained in interpersonal communication - some of them leave a lot to be desired in that area.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39523,apple,none," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growth,Benefits are amazing! Apple takes care of their own. Pay is higher than most places i've worked.,"Work-life balance sucks. Every three months your schedule changes and you don't find out until a month before it does. You have to bid on you shift. You better hope you get what you need. If not, too bad.  and there's very little opportunity to grow. They hire outside talent for leadership positions.",Give us a chance to chose a schedule so we can spend time with our families. Give your internals a chance to prove themselves as leaders.,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39524,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Siri High Performance Computing Engineer,Siri High performance computing engineer,1) stocks and free dinner,1)no work life 2) no room for growth 3) no tech advancement especially if working in big data,hire some young talent and work on some new technologies,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39525,apple,none," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple,You get to meet a lot of interesting people and you get to learn a lot along the way. The culture is pretty cool and they instill pride in everything you do. Feedback is a two way street and is highly encouraged.,"In the retail environment, dealing with customers who have an overwhelming sense of entitlement (on a daily basis) can easily ruin the entire experience.","Stand up for your teams, they rely on you to back them up and make the right choices.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39526,apple,none," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, great people.","Good pay, benefits, and people.","Retail, typical customer service woes, mall hours.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39527,apple,none," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,1. Great culture. 2. Good benefits for a retail position.,1. Does not really do you any good in terms of experience outside of Apple unless you're one of the leaders doing management type of duties. 2. Underpaid for the work you do and the amount of stress. 3. Easy to get stuck where you are.,Nothing. It's more about the structure of Apple than it is the managers themselves. The managers I've dealt with were mostly if not all decent people.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39528,apple,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool job,dope place to work while in school,not enough job growth. Could be better.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39529,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Apple AHA,"Great company, high stress","Love my team, love the training, love the pay.","High stress, not a lot of opportunity for moving to better paid positions quickly.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P291.htm
39530,apple,none," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work,You work with amazing talent and get to learn so much. Great energy and passion all around and pushes you further. Great benefits,Stress to perform and meet deadlines. Balancing life is possible but peer pressure can undermine it. Very closed and secretive,Managers need to be more transparent,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39531,apple,none," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Administrator,Great benefits and very fair salary.,"Not many, must be able to keep up to date with new products.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39532,apple,none," Feb 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get ready to grow,Loved every minute of working at Apple. It challenged me more than any other company I've worked for and helped me grow tremendously.,"Really aren't many. You have to be ok with change, ambiguity, and the occasional angry customer",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39533,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Specialiat,Redzone specialist,Technology and people were awesome.,They are not loyal to their employees. They will work you to the bone. Part time equals 5-7 hours a day 5 days a week and never two days off together.,Listen to your people.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39534,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Sales Finance,"Challenging work that is interesting. Ultimately supporting products that you use everyday, helps to keep you motivated. Lean organization, not a lot of layers of management.","In Cupertino which can be tough for people wanting to live in SF. longer working hours typically. because it is more flat, its harder to go from analyst to manager level.",Consider opening an SF office.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39535,apple,none," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Good employee training. Stimulating work environment,You Have to work weekends.,Let employees know they are appreciated,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39536,apple,"Staten Island, NY"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Really great work environment.,"You get awesome benefits for part-time work. Sick pay, stock options, health benefits (dental and vision), 401(k). Flexible hours and ability to experience different career experiences within the company.",It's difficult to move up within the company. Clientele can be difficult to deal with but overall you are given the training to deal with difficult,Managers need to be more transparent and clear about opportunities and feedback.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39537,apple,"Houston, TX"," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Technical Support Advisor AHA,Their only mistake was...,Fun place to work. Everyone is very motivated and do their best to get you motivated too.,They fired me for circumstances beyond my control and it sucks...l,"Every person is different, everything should be case-by-case.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39538,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer - Quality,Awesome Place to Work at but challenging,Good compensation Good people to work with Competitive environment,Work life balance is dependent on your manager,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39539,apple,none," Feb 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,"Excellent products, Nice buildings, great food, nice perks","They keep poor leaders, not willing to listen to new ideas, poor vacation",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P292.htm
39540,apple,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - At Home Chat Advisor,What happened?,"Pay(ish), 401k, stock program, working from home","Micromanaging, work/life balance, benefits just keep getting worse, no Overtime or Hiring offered when it's super needed. Best stats in org and constantly going above and beyond, doesn't matter because there are no advancement opportunities to move to. Eventually you'll hit a pay cap and even the meager yearly increases will stop. Very low raises and rare/low bonuses even for top performers. We no longer even get the occasional ""swag"". You clock in, suffer through your 8-10 hours hoping no one will hound you if you have to go to the bathroom at a non scheduled time, and then clock out. Exhausted and thinking of a way out of going back tomorrow. Shift choices are dismal and just keep getting worse. Managers can't even pep talk us anymore because they're defeated as well. It's been years since it was an enjoyable place to work.","Remember your employees are humans too. If we start to hate Apple, it's going to be evident to the customers we talk to all day long.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39541,apple,none," Feb 3, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,Great benefits and people to work with.,Dealing with the general public can get a little old.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39542,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,"The biggest pro about this job are the people you work with. I have been blessed with great work environments in my life. Apple retail has amazing and diverse people. If it were just up to hanging with my coworkers, doing great work and having fun I'd be running to work to be there every day.  Apple will provide some great tools that can be used in your personal life and later professional life. If you follow how they teach it their perspectives on ""Fearless feedback and assuming positive intent"" can be incredibly useful.  If you are young and can get in it's a great place to start, learn some skills move up a little, if you can, and then use it as a resume stuffer.","This is Apple Retail - its not really Apple. They would like you to believe that the company is one big family but the retail side is kind of a step child. The vacation structure is different as are benefits. There is NO PROFIT SHARING. and also no commission. So even if you individually do 1million in sales, you still get just your salary.  They do not value experience or tenure. They appreciate it, like pat on the back 'great job' appreciate. But do not value it. There is no significant compensation other than additional vacation time for high levels of experience. That being the case it is good to get out sooner rather than later. They do not cultivate and give incentives for people to stay. The longer you stay, with no upward movement, the more demoralized you will get.  Tenure and Experience and Hard work DO NOT equal promotion. Apple managers have a secret recipe on who they favor or do not. If you do not fit into a management team's vision, YOU WILL NOT PROGRESS. PERIOD. It is possible to move up and sometimes dramatically if you do fit what they want. I have seen both very worthy and very unworthy (based on their effectiveness after promotion) people promoted.  Management is often hired from outside the company which causes a severe cultural mismatch and tremendous frustration. Potential leaders are not developed and people from outside with managers titles who might not click with Apple values are brought in on a regular basis.  Apple essentially asks you to develop yourself. That goes for managers on down. That is an upside for people who use the Apple language and style and live it, sometimes like an automaton. However if you do not speak their development language and feed it back to them, even if you have vast leadership potential they have no way to cultivate you. I've seen people with incredible potential bypassed, grow demoralized and leave because the company cannot find ways to develop people internally, They generally overburden managers and employees so any possible time you have for development is taken away or you have to essentially not do your job and overburden others to make time to do the development things they ask.  The company improves their systems which is helpful but essentially is only trying to make everyone (on the technical support side) take more and more people. Work in the technical support side is a thankless job often and more than it was. You are asked to help more and more people while somehow connecting personally and not making it ""transactional"". And often the customers are great but they can also be awful. Not know which you'll get EVERY 10-15 minutes!! Is emotionally draining day after day. And with managers who've never done the job they don't understand the emotional toll the job takes.  I appreciated my time at Apple but hit a number of walls of demoralization. As did most of the amazing people around me, managers included. I managed to reinvigorate myself but with every leadership change you are essentially at square one again having to re-build your credibility. I probably should have gotten out sooner but Apple Retail also has a way of sucking you in for longer than you expect... it can get comfortable because of the amazing co-workers.","to be successful a company need to cultivate and reward deep institutional knowledge. People who have been somewhere a long time can give insight and depth that constant new employees, moving them in, up and out cannot give. Apple sales, service and moral in general suffers because of it. NPS goes down.  Come up with development strategies that actually value different management styles not gust one that are heavy on ""command skills"" and regurgitation of Apple Speak... (Lominger)  Reward people commensurately with their tenure and value tenure in general. A significant pay increase to senior staff would go a long way for retention as would PROFIT SHARING.  Build in some inefficiency so employees can breath and regain their emotional energy trying to help frustrated and angry customers. Sometimes too much efficiency sucks the life (personal connection, helping others) out of the room.  Sadly after 15 years it seems to be getting worse. The new roles announced as I was leaving sounded like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.  The best three things you can do serious compensation increases, better development (with direct actual led development) and profit sharing (better incentives)  Just using the Apple name is as tired as buying a new iPhone every year...",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39543,apple,"Santa Rosa, CA"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple,"Good starting salary. Cool people to work with. Discounts and benefits are good- fitness reimbursement, education assistance, discounts on products, etc.","Horrible work/life balance. They don't take into account the area and the cost of living and raising wage to meet the rise of cost of living. Management has favorites. Not very supportive of employee's personal issues that may affect work, especially health or mental issues. Overworking employees-working 6+ days in a row without a break, but due to scheduling starting on Saturday they are able to get away with scheduling employees long shifts for 6+ days at a time. Not very flexible scheduling-they say they're flexible but then require full time employees be available 6 days out of the week and be available weekends, and part time employees have to be available on weekends and at least 4 days out of the week, (if you have plans to go out on weekends then good luck!). NPP is supposed to be anonymous and not have retaliation but they schedule NPP chats to discuss why things were said, but it's more of a way to tell their employees that they're not getting better hourly compensation or that the work a Product Zone (formerly Red Zone) Specialist does is the same as a Technical (formerly Family Room) Specialist does. It's very demeaning and belittling to the work that Technicians and Geniuses have to do and all the training that they go through in order to even do the position, unlike sales which is much easier. If you've been there for 2+ years they stop supporting you in what you want to do unless you really kiss up to the managers, and it has to be the right managers otherwise you're stuck. Base salary for a new hire can be the same as someone who has been there 3+ years and they don't compensate for that and instead give the excuse that minimum wage at the time of hire affects that. Partnering with Sedgwick doesn't do anything aside from make it harder for them to fire you. Management will still look down on you and tell other employees why you're on leave or what you're doing on leave, which is a violation of HIPAA.","Actually care for your employees. Have a better work/life balance for them. Don't just disregard them because they miss work, actually figure out what is going on and the best way you can help them instead of sending them to Sedgwick and then talking about them behind their back. Pay better! A sales specialist shouldn't be making the same a technician just because ""It's a lateral movement."" It's not, and the training a technician goes through is more intensive than sales. And that's not counting how many unhappy and aggressive customers technicians deal with on a daily basis. That in itself should be grounds for higher pay for a technician. Stop pushing numbers so much and actually care about the people.  ""Our soul is our People."" HA!",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39544,apple,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overworked, underpaid",Get to play with new stuff,Overworked for the pay in the Bay Area,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39545,apple,"New Haven, CT"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple cool part time gig,Discounts 25% somewhat flexible schedule,"Primarily weekend shifts , some managers watch you like a hawk",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39546,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Awesome Place to Work,"Great people, environment, and benefits, not to mention great starting pay.",Schedule is not consistent and does not allow for work life balance.,Schedules should be consistent and allow those with families to spend more quality time together.,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39547,apple,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great job in college,"I was part of Apple's College Program as an iOS At Home Advisor. They had great training to prepare you for the role. The biggest pro for me was the tuition reimbursement, it helped immensely.",At times the hours were hard to keep up with while in school.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39548,apple,none," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,You work with some of the smartest and most talented employees who have a passion for their team and technology.,"I was hired for role of business manager, the company decided to change this role to a retail manager and I was then threatened with termination if I did not comply with working outside my availability (that I was originally hired for). Upper management is unprofessional, disrespectful, and an HR issue waiting to happen. If you want any form of work life balance, stay far away from Apple.","Take a course in ethics and professionalism, you are doing the brand a disservice. Value your employees, stop treating them like gum under your sneaker.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39549,apple,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,"Good benefits, yearly raises, sick pay & vacation","Lack of promotion, always busy - understaffed",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P293.htm
39550,apple,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Product Manager,"Best Job for Dedicated, Loyal Human Beings","Benefits, Rewarding, Showered with praise, Great pay, Awesome work environment","Expect to be overworked, you are expected to show initiative, don't expect to learn from your peers, it's up to you to be productive","Be more environmentally friendly, stop outsourcing and bring back jobs to USA",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39551,apple,none," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Administrator,Free certification to work on Macs and iPhones.,Management does not care about your growth. It is near impossible to step into a management position from the bottom no matter how hard you work. The company has turned very political. Very hard to get RELIGIOUS time off. There is no work/life balance.,Start to care about your PEOPLE again like the Credo said once before.,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39552,apple,"Miami, FL"," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Apple Expert,Really positive work environment and great people,Very easy to become burned out. Not much to stimulate you professionally,Find ways to promote people who are deserving of it and earn it faster. It takes so long people become burned out,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39553,apple,"Washington, DC"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Great company culture and opportunities for employee growth and development,"Company culture, benefits, fun work atmosphere, great products","work-life balance, can seem cult-like, leadership not always transparent","continue to create a fun company culture with growth opportunities for employees, less secrecy- more transparency",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39554,apple,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Love working at Apple!,"Being able to help others make wise, educated, and informed purchases. Cool technology! We're always kept busy.",Extremely competitive and very tough to get promoted although annual raises are still given without a promotion!,Offer deeper discounts and offer more incentives for those over achieving.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39555,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Lead Genius,Excellent Pay & Benefits but with a Non-Stop Workload,"Compensation, Benefits, Co-Workers and a unique Culture.","Need better balance of customer demand and traffic to headcount and more short-term and long-term incentive compensation (bonuses, non-vested and auto vested stock or a better 401k match) is needed from the richest company in the world to retain talent.","You've added many additional benefits and services for employees in the past few years, but you need to acknowledge the stresses put on your teams day after day. And, for the richest company in the world with some of the best employees in the world, more incentives to work hard as well as better incentives/compensation bonuses as they barely match competing companies who have far less cash in the bank.",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39556,apple,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,The BIG Apple,"The people you meet are amazing and they can end up being your really close friends, you get amazing benefits for being a part-time employee and you work with amazing products.","Depending what store you are in opportunities can be limited, it can be a stressing environment.",Give more opportunities to internal employees,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39557,apple,none," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful but well paid,"Great pay, benefits, discounts, ability to work at home","Stress level, few opportunities to move up inside the company.",Stop hiring so many people through vendor sites and hire directly to the company. Customers get a much better experience with direct employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39558,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare Advisor,"AppleCare advisors have a work-from-home option, excellent training, excellent corporate culture, well thought out policies, flexible time-off system, great employee discounts, good benefits","Complexity makes communication of policy and procedure changes difficult, multiple, mandatory, and repetitive channels to accomplish one goal (for example to request time off you have two different systems that ask for the same information in two different ways)","Simplify job-maintenance processes and reduce the number of places to go for job-related information. Oh, and keep up the good work.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39559,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great place to work while in college,Flexible with time off and scheduling,The weekends get crazy busy!,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P294.htm
39560,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Engineer,N/A,Lots of interaction with multiple groups within the company,Dealing with overseas team is very inefficient,None,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39561,apple,"Lubbock, TX"," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Consultant,Apple Solutions Consultant,"Pay , advancement , 401 k , stocks , health insurance","Travel , turnover , hrs",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39562,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Data Analyst,"Great company, excellent working culture",Kind of a long commute,Keep on going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39563,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Localization Project Coordinator,Great company to to work. Life and work balance is great as well as all the benefits that come with the job.,I really can't think of any downside of working at Apple. I love it!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39564,apple,none," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work for,"smart people, great teamwork, good environment",too strict on some aspect,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39565,apple,none," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail sales experience,Customer interactions. Get to help people all days and impart technical wisdom upon them. You also great discount after like 6 months,People keep talking to you all the time. Real bummer. Takes forever to get your product discounts. I mean I totally only joined so I could get cheap apple products.,Keep doing you thing guys. A few more holiday days off would be nice.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39566,apple,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Program Manager,Good interaction with cross-functional teams,Work can be stressful during various build cycles,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39567,apple,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - ASC,ASC,"employee benefits such as stock purchase plan, 401k, tuition reimbursement, and maternity/paternity leave",not much room for growth in the program,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39568,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,"Bad Pay, Great Benefits",Great Benefits Flexible Discounts A lot of truly genuine coworkers,Poor communication Management doesn't lead Must work both Saturday and Sunday,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39569,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Under appreciated,Meet nice people and learn new things,Don't pay enough and hate the surveys because it seems no matter what you do it's still not enough if a customer comes in and the wait time is 3 hours and they do a survey I can get all 10's for the service I provided but they didn't like the wait time then I'm held accountable for something that is out of my control and that isn't fair I've done my job and provided excellent customer service,You need to change that nps rating tool,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P295.htm
39570,apple,none," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Cliquish, cultish, toxic",I'll start off saying that one's experience can vary a lot from group to group. So don't take these pros or cons as necessarily applying to all of corporate. It only represents my personal experience.  * Not a whole lot of red-tape or bureaucracy getting in the way of getting things done. * Work-life balance reasonable.,"* Cultish in that you have to be eagerly awaiting every single new release of an Apple product. If not, you kinda get looked down on. * Can be cliquish. * People had a tendency to talk negatively behind others' backs. Can get toxic.",none,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39571,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - EPM,Apple,Stable Place to Work Fun Place to Work Good Benefits At Work Organization excellent Good Colleagues and friendly to work with,"No free food, which might actually be good for the health No free gym You learn on the job",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39572,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Under appreciated,Meet nice people and learn new things,Don't pay enough and hate the surveys because it seems no matter what you do it's still not enough if a customer comes in and the wait time is 3 hours and they do a survey I can get all 10's for the service I provided but they didn't like the wait time then I'm held accountable for something that is out of my control and that isn't fair I've done my job and provided excellent customer service,You need to change that nps rating tool,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39573,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,I love working for Apple.,"Amazing benefits, amazing people, decent pay, great opportunities for growth and promotion. My leaders seem to really believe in me and actually want me to succeed. There is an amazing company culture, basically no drama between employees. Literally a breath of fresh air in the work environment.",Not really any cons honestly.,"Keep doing what you're doing, you're awesome.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39574,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Expert,A great company to enter the working world,-Great Benefits -Generous Pay -Generous Attendance Policy -Culture of Open communication,"-Lots of outside hiring for management -Lots of ""building hope"" but not enough action -Lots of company politics involved in advancement",The managers I worked with were great. Though there are varying opinions on this per employee depending on the store you were located at.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39575,apple,none," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leadership Associate,The people are wonderful there!,The long hours and working throughout the holidays,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39576,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Top down innovation,"For any manager, the way to succeed at Apple is to be seen to conspicuously innovate. Good managers tap into the talents of those who report to them so that the whole team is seen to succeed and innovate. Managers get substantial authority - it's very top-down - so if you get a good manager things will work well for you. If you are considering a position at Apple, learn as much as possible about the managers you will report to, as they will make or break your experience.","The hypothetical ""good"" managers referred to in the Pros section are uncommon. Much more common is the sort of manager who feels insecure and considers his/her reports to be competitors, and prevents them from contributing effectively. Such managers feel under pressure to provide all the innovation themselves, and actively suppress anything from below. Of course that won't stop them from giving their reports negative performance reviews for failing to innovate. If you get this sort of manager you will find you have no voice. If you are considering a position at Apple learn as much as you can about your potential managers, try to find out which sort they are.","Rate managers by their ability to harness the talents of their reports, not by their own personal innovation. Permit engineers a voice. The company is spending a lot of money on talent - stop wasting it.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39577,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Apple (Genius),Great opportunities to develop skills in different areas if you put effort into it.,"Flexible hours with your life events, coworkers are great people. Many managers will work with your school schedule if you do a great job while you're working.",Managers can be really unskilled in leading and not understand the culture if they were hired from outside of apple. They do not like to promote internal people to leadership roles who are more than qualified for the job.,Promote from within for more leadership positions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39578,apple,none," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Manager,Great staff of truly talented people. Passionate customers. Products that positively impact the customers.,"A senior leadership team that doesn't care or know how to lead a team to be their best. Apple is lost on how to acknowledge the growth of their stores, especially the technical support portions. Staff is always asked to do more to offset the increasing customer base, but very little appreciation is filtered down from corporate. The corporate leaders have very little understanding of what actually happens in the retail store every day.","Understand your employees better. Try to combat the increasing attrition by listening to your staff, understanding the retail division better, and truly caring about what they go through day in and day out.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39579,apple,none," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Broke man's grad school,"Growth, technical learning, leadership learning",Still a retail job (scheduling/retail hassles),none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P296.htm
39580,apple,none," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple sales,Great management and coworkers,New products so you have to keep up,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39581,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,iTunes,"Great training, environment & people.",Not much room for progression,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39582,apple,none," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great experience with tech, new products","Depending on your location, career growth can be difficult",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39583,apple,none," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Retail is retail,"-Hourly pay is very good compared to other retailers -Generally fun work environment, best ppl you'll ever meet -Work is always challenging, it's never the same day twice -Excellent benefits, even for part-time employees","-Minimal opportunity for career growth or skill development -Store hours, sales targets, etc always increase while staff shrinks -Full time requires 24/7 availability, part time requires 5 days & 20+hours -No fixed schedule makes a work/life balance extremely difficult.","The more skilled sales / tech support / training positions used to be 'career' level roles, but stagnant skill development & an insistence on external hiring for management created a high turnover of seasoned staff, turning it into fast-food environment. Focus on driving retention and promoting from within if you want to keep your culture and attract skilled talent.",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39584,apple,none," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,A+ Company Perks,"The company as a whole treats its employees super well. The pay is great, good health insurance, supportive internal network, and a lot more. All the managers I worked under and with were super empathetic to concerns which meant a lot.",They demand a lot. They failed to mention when I was interviewing for the spot that they have mandatory overtime up-words of 20 hours a week. So the work to home life balance can be pretty bad around the holidays and big hardware releases.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39585,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Hardware Engineer,High recognition of contribution (to friends and family). Good compensation. Good opportunities to present in executive reviews. Good opportunities to drive cross-functional collaboration.,"Poor work-life balance. Same issues happen again and again because product delivery pace is too fast, workarounds and patches are being used everywhere, and some issue is never fully addressed and solved.",Better to be more focused. Not to expand the product lines too much.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39586,apple,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love working for apple,The employees are amazing. Keeps you coming to work.,The work hours can be extensive.,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39587,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Entrepreneurial environment, challenging work that doesn't allow to be complacent, insanely smart people to work with, highly innovative work opportunities, never a dull moment, fantastic benefits, flexibility and a passion for Diversity, inclusion and equality. Great matching donations/volunteering program.","Super fast-paced, no work-life balance, high expectations (at times unrealistic) Work load is heavy. Culture is not for everyone.",Continue working on improving the work-life balance,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39588,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Advisor,Apple is a great company,Great Benefits Friendly environment Room to grow,Not Applicable None i don't know Maybe Can't think of any,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39589,apple,none," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,The glossiest dead-end job you'll ever have,"You'll be working with some of the smartest, most diverse teammates possible. Your customers generally love seeing you. There is a great variation of different roles in each store so it's fairly easy to find one that suits your personality.  Benefits are, by and large, better than just about any retail organization out there. Standards are high and this tends to produce a very rewarding day to day experience for employees and customers.","There is absolutely no blueprint or roadmap for advancement. This means you'll spend frustrating amounts of time trying to meet this quarter's ad hoc development goals only to learn that the focus has shifted in an entirely different direction next quarter. You'll find promises are plentiful, but opportunities far, far less so. It's not at all infrequent for people in leadership positions at other companies to be promised a fast-track into Apple Retail's leadership ranks but, too often, once you've taken the bait there isn't much you can do to move upward.  Internal promotions are exceedingly rare so don't be surprised when you find yourself working for a manager hired externally from another retailer or even a fast food restaurant. Apple has quietly de-emphasized growth training and is now focussed on throughput at the expense of all else, including employee and customer satisfaction.  From a products and services standpoint Apple has done very little of late to cause excitement. If you're on the support side of things expect frequent laments from customers about the degradation of Apple's products. Frequent recalls, abrupt cancellations of favorite services, and a general feeling that we've been here before. Apple has trod on its reputation for so long now that it almost seems quaint to recall the days when hundreds of people would line up for days in anticipation of a new product launch.","No one like disingenuousness from their leadership. Be frank, be fair, and above all else be honest. Far too much of your time is spent on selling the business to your employees. They're already sold. That's why they've agreed to accept poor pay (let's be honest: who among your staff can readily afford much of what's for sale in your store?) and odd schedules.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P297.htm
39590,apple,none," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,The glossiest dead-end job you'll ever have,"You'll be working with some of the smartest, most diverse teammates possible. Your customers generally love seeing you. There is a great variation of different roles in each store so it's fairly easy to find one that suits your personality.  Benefits are, by and large, better than just about any retail organization out there. Standards are high and this tends to produce a very rewarding day to day experience for employees and customers.","There is absolutely no blueprint or roadmap for advancement. This means you'll spend frustrating amounts of time trying to meet this quarter's ad hoc development goals only to learn that the focus has shifted in an entirely different direction next quarter. You'll find promises are plentiful, but opportunities far, far less so. It's not at all infrequent for people in leadership positions at other companies to be promised a fast-track into Apple Retail's leadership ranks but, too often, once you've taken the bait there isn't much you can do to move upward.  Internal promotions are exceedingly rare so don't be surprised when you find yourself working for a manager hired externally from another retailer or even a fast food restaurant. Apple has quietly de-emphasized growth training and is now focussed on throughput at the expense of all else, including employee and customer satisfaction.  From a products and services standpoint Apple has done very little of late to cause excitement. If you're on the support side of things expect frequent laments from customers about the degradation of Apple's products. Frequent recalls, abrupt cancellations of favorite services, and a general feeling that we've been here before. Apple has trod on its reputation for so long now that it almost seems quaint to recall the days when hundreds of people would line up for days in anticipation of a new product launch.","No one like disingenuousness from their leadership. Be frank, be fair, and above all else be honest. Far too much of your time is spent on selling the business to your employees. They're already sold. That's why they've agreed to accept poor pay (let's be honest: who among your staff can readily afford much of what's for sale in your store?) and odd schedules.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39591,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior QA Engineer,Senior QA Engineer Very rewarding and challenging. Had to work long hours and in midnight,"I came to apple as part of acquisition, where I had lot of perks(RSU's). I am with apple from past 3.5 years and happy to be here. They gave almost same number of RSU's every year. Had to work long hours but it was good as you can prove yourself. Maternity leave was 12 weeks which is really good",Moving within apple is easy but you have to tell your manager before hand which actually puts you at risk.,Give some gifts to employees for Christmas. Free food is something they have to think about.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39592,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Administrator,Work with amazing people that help with personal development,Hard to move up in the company,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39593,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great company, great team, great opportunities",uncooperative customers can be a bit challenging,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39594,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Amazing brand with excellent leadership,An amazing environment that encourages you to go far.,"The positions I held were in retail, which isn't for everyone.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39595,apple,"Richmond Hill, GA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Student,Happiest Computer Company,You get a good wage hourly depending on your job.,Have to be a good worker(meaning motivation).,Please have employees a 1 1/2 hour lunch break.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39596,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Flexible and Great Perks,Above average Wages. Great Benefits Flexible Schedule,Discount could be better Pay could be better for such a company Vacation time for Part time would be nice.,na-,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39597,apple,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to begin a career,Passionate Type A personalities that are motivating to work with,Can get burnt out quickly,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39598,apple,none," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GREAT COMPANY!!!!,"Amazing company full of smart and energetic people, plus awesome benefits and perks.","Hard to become a manager and due to talent pool, competition for advanced positions is steep. Don't expect to get a position because you're the most tenure .",Try to always remember your first year being part of the Apple family because,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39599,apple,none," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,This job offers great benefits and great opportunities to transition into different departments. There is always someone available to assist you and there are many opportunities for advancement,"When there are product launches or when it's holiday season, it can sometimes get overwhelming with the mandatory overtime that can be quite extensive",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P298.htm
39600,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great company and the best benefits!,"-benefits: health, stock, fertility, vision, dental,life, disability, tuition, discounts.... -great training and development opportunities",-retail hours -inflexible schedule including every weekend -you will only succeed and be given opportunities if you are a manager favorite,Put your employees first.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39601,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - ASC,ASC,"Great job, lots of trust in their employees and lots of freedom to run your business the way you want.",Not a lot cons to mention other than having to relocate for most positions.,Advice to management would be to provide more transparency to employees about opportunities within the company outside of this program.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39602,apple,none," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple employment,"great products, still has an innovative culture. Strong presence in a number of verticals. Competitive pay.",Career growth can be limited to only your area of expertise. Culture of secrecy is a core part of the company's DNA. Work life balance can suffer in certain departments.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39603,apple,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love this Company,"Great benefits, treat their employees very well, overall great company to work for, get to work from home","Overall, no complaints great place to work for.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39604,apple,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Career capital is pretty great.,Non-disclosure agreement is very prohibitive.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39605,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Support Specialist,What can I say? It's Apple.,"Remote (work from home) opportunities, if that's your thing. Apple provided equipment that you're encouraged to ""play"" on to better learn your roll. Good benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc...)","Product launches and major software releases are hectic. Management will ASK for you to work additional hours. This is a great opportunity to make extra money, but can be all encompassing, especially if you support multiple products/services.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39606,apple,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company that does care for employees, great benefits (tuition/gym/health insurance/discounts/stock), no sale pressure. Promote employee feedback and do train very thoroughly. Apple, as a company, really values their people and their contributions.","Depending on the store you work at, management may be what ruins your time at Apple. Micro-managing becomes very annoying and sometimes you don't feel as valued due to what managers expect.",STOP MICRO-MANAGING! value your employees and trust them.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39607,apple,none," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Takes everything you have and then some to be great.,"Coworkers are absolutely fantastic. Everyone is interesting, intelligent, and brings something unique to the table. Learning about the new products from an inside perspective is fun. No, we really don't learn before they're announced. Some customer interactions are incredibly fulfilling and leave you feeling very moved. These devices are important to them. I firmly stand with apple in that aspect of their vision. Those experiences are special and what make the job worth doing.","Overtime is NOT permitted. We're reprimanded for staying half an hour later but then aren't able to leave early another day to rectify the overtime. It's frustrating. Apple has enough money for occasional time and a half.  There is a language you must speak if you want to have developmental conversations. There's a guide for this language that isn't discussed. It's accessible, but it's such a bizarre part of the management culture. We're all expected to know this language and if we do not speak in such terms our points are cast aside and our voices are not heard. We're also reprimanded for not using said language.  Though we are paid slightly above other retailers, there is so much more involved that it's insulting to call us just retail workers. I've worked retail many times prior to apple, and it's a different ballgame entirely. As a whole, we are not paid enough for what we do. We're overworked, exhausted, and disenchanted. Apple has neglected their people over the past year in a massive way. It's heartbreaking.","Spend more time fostering the individual development of your people. Turnover is high for a reason. Unfortunately there's a never ending supply of inspired, bright eyed post grads who want to take our place, so that's not a concern to the higher ups. If your soul is your people, please act that way.",3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39608,apple,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Pros- Apple is a great company with great benefits.,Cons- There is a large disconnect b/w Apple Corp & Apple Retail,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39609,apple,none," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible,Best company for benefits and amazing co-workers.,Horrible managers and salary increases. Like working in a sweat shop where your hard work and contributions are never recognized.,Listen to your coworkers and do what feels right. Don't use corporate as an excuse for your rude and crappy treatment of employees.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P299.htm
39610,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - Small Business Sales Representative,Business Sales,You can win apple products.,"micro managers. you will never advance here. pay is $15 an hour with no commission. if you want a real sales job with commission, look somewhere else.",stop micro managing,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39611,apple,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros,Great place and good environment,Not so much to tell,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39612,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Best retail job you can get,"Decent pay, great benefits, shift flexibility, mostly good people","Difficult customers, policies and procedures can change week to week, Apple has a target on their back, high traffic for most of the year","Weed out lazy employees, be available for employees, and assist in employee development.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39613,apple,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for a college student,Flexible Schedule for college students,Gave a hard time when trying to go through the days off process,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39614,apple,"Houston, TX"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Good benefits with an easy job.,Dealing with inept management and work processes that tend to be unclear and constantly changing. You will loose all empathy for people after hearing every sob story for the millionth time.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39615,apple,none," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lot of data entry but great team!,"My manager at the time was very friendly, helpful, and more than willing to listen to any crazy ideas as long as you were able to back them up with facts and data. The team was small and willing to pitch in anytime someone needed help.","It is Apple corporate so expect white walls, cubicles, quietness, and no ""startup"" feel (aka fun daily activities, free food, etc.). The cafeteria is not free (but INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS) and you definitely feel like a number due to the number of people in the company.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39616,apple,none," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,"Good pay, particularly in RSU's for top performers. Bright, hard-working people in a relatively casual atmosphere. Employee discounts on great products.","Grew so fast, various growing pains including sub-optimal systems. Apple culture became so closely held and controlled that it backfired.","Incredible respect for Tim Cook, but his sole focus on work at all hours permeates through the company. Perhaps not the intent, but the pre-dawn emails creates fire drills that are given top priority, causing a reactive culture that has trouble focusing on mid-to-long-term priorities.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39617,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Language Engineer,internship for 6 months.,"Good salary, great work environment. excellent career for Engineers",too hard interviews to transferring to a full-time job.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39618,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - QA Manager,Awesome company to work,Good culture & nice RSUs,"tight schedules, hard to balance personal life",nothing,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39619,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GSM,Love the client-base I would with.,Management Change - Micro Management,Stop micro managing and trust your senior employees to do their jobs... that's why we were hired.,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P300.htm
39620,apple,none," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for gaining proficiency,Fun and interesting projects that have wide reach. Working here is really good training to become proficient at what you do.,"Big company, resources are spread thin. It becomes really difficult to get other teams to work on the things you need.",Be more focused when it comes to hiring engineers. A bad one will bog down the efforts of many good ones.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39621,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Former Phone Advisor,"When I worked for Apple, there was a heavy focus on teamwork and team building that resonated strongly with me. Training was thorough, and my first supervisor was extremely friendly, helpful, and constructive.","Due to the volume of work, it can be overwhelming. There are escalation procedures in place, but they can be ambiguous without enough experience.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39622,apple,none," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool job,"pay, benefits are nice. take advantage of them",entitled customers in the genius bar,dont micromanage,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39623,apple,none," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,specialist,"Amazing company and culture, listen to their employees and do a good job of creating a positive work life balance.","no cons, such a great company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39624,apple,none," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Great education , formidably organized company . If located in high traffic area , business is good",You need to enjoy being busy and challenged,Keep being this company and training the people who work there well . It means a lot to many people,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39625,apple,none," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Very competitive for a retail environment, upward mobility, friendly people",Unpredictable hours ( as expected with a retail job),none,4.0,5.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39626,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple +,Always busy. Do not need to worry about job security. Pay is good for retail.,If you are a Sales (Redzone) Specialist you can have weird hours and days off can be denied weeks after they were approved if a launch or reset comes up.,Share info sooner to staff.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39627,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Strong positives. Strong negatives.,Great pay. Best healthcare. Smart coworkers. Fast pace and challenging environment where you are expected to own your area. Always changing.,"Pressure packed, blame first environment. Expected to own your area and always blamed if you don't meet expectations. Expectations are a floating target and aren't communicated. Leadership focused on saving credibility verse employee development.",If you demonstrate an interest in your people as assets they will be dedicated and work hard for you. Try and change the culture of grinding through people for your own self benefit.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39628,apple,none," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Product Specialist,2 years worth of work,"Some of the best pay out there for retail. You won't get fired for not making sales, but you will hinder yourself from moving forward if you don't adhere to the metrics. Health Benefits in all reality are decent for part timers, for retail you can consider it great. Management is hands off in most scenarios. Not pushed to sell the most expensive item, instead whats truly best for the customer which is great. If you do take an offer, move politically and adhere to the company ""culture"", it's a facade but play the game wisely and you'll progress more, don't be comfortable being yourself 100%","Very politically correct environment. Management to Employee relationships are a facade in majority of occasions. No direct career path. If you're in college looking for a good part time gig to have some pocket money this is for you, if you're looking for a job(career) for more important reasons (supporting family - supporting yourself rent, groceries,general living) don't bother with a part time offer you will be stuck in a rut trying to advance. Work life balance is poor, especially if you're a part timer with open availability for all the hours you can scrounge. Metrics supposedly don't matter but in reality they do (surprise). They want a ""Yes"" man. With the size($) of this company they could offer a lot more employment to current employees even cross training but at the end of the day the bottom line comes first which makes sense from a business standpoint.","Be more proactive in distribution of promotions for hard working employees, don't hold onto them just cause they help you're numbers, if they truthfully deserve a promotion offer them to go to other stores.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39629,apple,"Boston, MA"," Feb 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Great people, great benefits, great training","retails schedule, low pay and a short glass ceiling",pay your employees what they are worth!,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P301.htm
39630,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"the good, bad, ugly","good benefits, work form home sometimes","bad management, stubborn, dont take feedback kindly while still asking for feedback",be responsible,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39631,apple,none," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple BOH Specialist,"Awesome culture, great benefits and discounts","Very strict on punctuality, no room for advancement, can be cliquey, employees who know Portuguese advance faster",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39632,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Apple (Genius),Best job ever,"The work environment is the best I've experienced ever. Everyone is stoked to be at work & we work together as a team very well. When you ask questions or make mistakes you're not treated like you're dumb. Great pay, health benefits, 401(k), and stock options.","I haven't experienced any yet. I came into it with alot of Apple product experience, so there was very little learning curve. Some people who work there don't even own an Apple product, it's harder for them to learn everything but they still can do it and I've seen some very successful Apple employees who started out with zero Apple experience.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39633,apple,none," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,They ask for a lot with little in return,Worked from home. Job could be fun.,Low pay. Robotic system of rating you. Very very low chance of advancement. They won't even tell you what's required to advance. A customer wrote in that they were going to shoot up an Apple Store and I forwarded it to the FBI and the Apple fired me for it. Said it was private info I shared. So basically if they learn about a terrorist threat they won't tell law enforcement because it's considered private info.,The at home advisors are not all cookie cutter robots. Don't treat them like so.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39634,apple,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Great culture and work environment,Need to push for yourself to get ahead,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39635,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,A Good Place to Be,"Great benefits: stock options, 401k, healthcare, discounts. Ethical working environment. Generally happy people.",Usually in a mall. Pay for tech work low for industry. Retail side means low work life balance. Hard to move into corporate or higher roles.,Help people with drive and skills grow into better employees rather than hiring management from outside of the company.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39636,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone Specialist,"It was a great company, but didn't always keep promises to its current employees","Pay was very low compared to what I left, and what management promised me after 6 months.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39637,apple,"Eugene, OR"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Care AHA Advisor,Mac + Advisor,Able to gain experience working a performance based job while attending school.,Being responsible for customers personal conflicts with the brand.,Do not hold employees responsible to customers resentment to the brands policies and procedures.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39638,apple,"Venice, CA"," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Back of House Specialist,The pros of working in Apple retail is that you'll have great coworkers. I've worked in multiple locations and have always found I was in great company.,The pros of working in Apple retail is if you are not ready to deal with very emotional customers who do not understand the technology they've purchased you are in trouble.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39639,apple,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Operations,Ehh okay.,"- Benefits are great, not many jobs offer this. - Discounted stock options. - Paid transportation.",- Lack of growth. You're not going to go up in the rankings fast at all. - Micromanaged. - Say goodbye to your life. Apple at one time offered us preferred days off which was swiftly taken away. Working every single weekend is a must.,Stop micromanaging. Help your employees develop and grow.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P302.htm
39640,apple,none," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"The company really does care about their employees, working from home is great and let's not forget the discount.","Every second of downtime needs to be accounted for when not on a call and it can get a little overwhelming, hours and shifts aren't the greatest",None,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39641,apple,none," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inpersonal,"Great flexibility in hours and workspace, allows for freedom to have work -life balance, good growth opportunities","highly inpersonal, easy to feel swalow up by the massive company. sole focus is to improve survey results, even when at cost to apple rep",figure out a means of constant feedback and quality improvement sourced directly from the boots on the ground employee,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39642,apple,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Retail.,Great benefits. Great Epp. Great people.,"HR is not consistent, you are at the flexibility of the business needs, lots of ambiguity and sometimes micro management.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39643,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great products = not so good management,Work from home positions from AppleCare division that allow you to relocate anywhere in the U.S. and internationally where there's a presence as long as you can also provide a good internet connection.  Great addition to your resume  Good opportunity for college students to have some income.  Health benefits average with the industry and large enterprises.  Personal discount and family discount on Apple products and some of its partners.  Discount on stock company stock purchases,Middle management knows a lot about everything and also a lot about nothing ( I think this is expected in any call center type of jobs)  Salaries are not as competitive as you might expect from a 700 billion dollar company.  Software tools used on daily basis crash and are pretty unstable. This can be frustrating when you want to support your customers but due to lack of tool stability you can't.  Unrealistic metrics and no matter how much feedback is provided soon you come to realize that it will not change due to bureaucracy.,"Please, please, please start paying the same attention you put to profits and new products to employees the phrase ""if is not broken don't fix it"" should not apply here. Most companies fail due to greed and poor management.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39644,apple,none," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,They ask for a lot with little in return,Worked from home. Job could be fun.,Low pay. Robotic system of rating you. Very very low chance of advancement. They won't even tell you what's required to advance. A customer wrote in that they were going to shoot up an Apple Store and I forwarded it to the FBI and the Apple fired me for it. Said it was private info I shared. So basically if they learn about a terrorist threat they won't tell law enforcement because it's considered private info.,The at home advisors are not all cookie cutter robots. Don't treat them like so.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39645,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Apple isn't what it used to be.,The employees are top-notch. Great discounts on products.,Apple is now a bureaucratic nightmare. It is now in a death spiral of not innovating and not leading the industry. They are kicking back on their accomplishments and putting all their eggs into the iPhone basket.,Start innovating again. Stop making good enough good enough. Stop focusing on buzz words and focus instead on actually doing what you say you will do. Stop lying to employees with empty promises.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39646,apple,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great products,"Apple develops some of the best hardware in the industry. The quality standards are top notch, and the access to resources is virtually unlimited.",Culture seems to be degrading. Seems like management is okay with burning employees out and replacing them with cheaper college graduates.,It is important to treat people with kindness. It is not acceptable to treat employees like a resource even if the product that comes out the other end is best in class.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39647,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Apple AHA,It was eh ok,"Somewhat decent pay, employee discounts",Stuck in a hole working at home,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39648,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Company,"Extremely intelligent colleagues, always challenged","Commute from city not ideal, flat organization so opportunities for promotion are slim",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39649,apple,none," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great products, benefits, co workers, and culture.","too many employees, too many customers.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P303.htm
39650,apple,none," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,Incredible working environment surrounded by motivated people.,At times it felt as if you were just a number.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39651,apple,none," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Busines Specialist Review,"Working at Apple is excellent, amazing culture, leaders who believe in their people, and excellent work life balance. Work is challenging and rewarding. I feel like my hard work is noticed by others.",Sometimes it can feel like leadership caters to those who are politically savvy. It seems like they get three or four people under their wing and then only focus on helping those people grow. Other people can get left by the wayside at times because they don't own their own development.,"Focus on not only helping the attractive, politically savvy people get better. Focus on the outliers, the part-timers who maybe only are there for three or four days per week.. Focus more on having a global perspective and building culture from within.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39652,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company in the world,You're working amongst many smart and ambitious people. The company cares about your work life balance and makes it a point in doing so.,You work with so many talented people that there is serious competition in getting a promotion. Always have to be on your A game!,Continue to focus on making the world a better place to live.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39653,apple,"Grand Lake, CO"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,I love working for Apple,"Great health benefits, they treat you like you matter to the company. The pay is good.",changes take awhile to implement,Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39654,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Great benefits and culture,"Apple takes really excellent care of their employees. You work with friendly, productive, helpful people and Apple gives you great benefits. I am a part time retail employee with stock benefits, transit subsidy ($100 monthly), fitness reimbursement ($300 annually), health/dental/vision, adoption assistance, new parent leave, bereavement leave, sick pay, education reimbursement ($5,200 annually), and a generous discount on our products (25%).","Retail hours are not conducive to a great work/life balance if your partner works a 9-5 job. Also, I don't want to go up from where I'm at - being a manager seems like a terrible gig.",You guys are awesome! The only thing I would recommend is allowing people to dictate their own hours.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39655,apple,none," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Specialist,Your coworkers are your second family,"Retail late hours and have to work Friday's Saturday's, regardless of your other obligations. Have to work 4 days a week.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39656,apple,none," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Innovative, Chaotic, Hardware-focused, Secretive, Proprietary","High level of innovation and lots of exciting projects but there is heavy emphasis on hardware and iDevices. Very good at iterating on hardware, design and experiences, if you enjoy those domains and are good at them then Apple can be ideal for you.","Very secretive and that has many (unintended?) consequences: teams don't talk to each other, implementations are not shared, duplication of work, much more ""not invented here"" syndrome and poor scaling of efforts.","Software, Services, Big Data are the future. Highly secretive culture can be problematic as people want to move around company and share data, ideas. Encourage greater experimentation and bottom up approaches. Encourage more mobility across teams.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39657,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Engineer,"Compensation, stocks, flexibility to work from home as needed.","Working in silo, total fear of revealing information or seeking unnecessary information, and hence less possibility of collaboration. Long work hours for 8-9 months in a year.",Reduce micro-management. Know your engineers 2-3 levels down and listen to them. Stop making engineers work on features that you know very well that are not going to take off. Reward excellent execution.,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39658,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Test Design Lead,Hardware Test Engineering (HWTE TDL),"Lots of cross functional team interactions, if you like travel and are single lots of opportunity to travel to China business class and stay in premium hotels. HWTE org works across all product lines so potential to switch between them.",Work life balance expect to work your weekends and holidays. Evening calls and text messages during family times are normal. If don't answer then it can be perceived that you are not committed to Apple. HWTE can be a very political at times. Previous experience outside of Apple counts for nothing once you join. You practically become an intern again. TDL role has lots of responsibilities but no one is accountable to you. You are advised upon Jong to bribe people with lunch to ensure your emails get answered.,Need to address on work life balance. Promote a culture of treating people with respect. People do make mistakes but no need to belittle while telling them.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39659,apple,none," Jan 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Great company. They care about their employees with benefits and discounts and many services.,"Retail is still retail, most customers are always upset before they walk in and you will have to defuse their anger.",Great job.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P304.htm
39660,apple,"Woodbridge, VA"," Jan 15, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great environment, coworkers and pay",Zero. Great job to have. Would recommend to anyone.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39661,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,-,"Interesting customers and coworkers, every day is different","Poor work/life balance, although it has gotten better, high stress for the pay rate",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39662,apple,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Specialist,good benefits for part time,Need more hours and better pay,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39663,apple,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Benefits and the family of co-workers,"Everyone on management team is pent up, lack of quality leadership.",Do the job you oversee.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39664,apple,"Towson, MD"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,So close,"The team is a huge collection of amazing people that do truly amazing things. This is especially true outside of the the walls at work. There are many photographers, adventurers, DJ's, etc. Even if/ when you do leave, these are friends that will be there for a lifetime. The benefits are great, even as a part time employee, health and life insurances, stock options, 401k etc. The company does their best to acknowledge the human aspect of a lot of things too.","When you do work with such a large collection of talented individuals, typically the loudest personalities come out on top when it comes time to promotion. This may not be intentional, but it definitely happens. Also the pay is pretty great compared to a lot of other retail jobs, but a lot of the ""benefits""take a healthy chunk out of your check. It definitely takes a toll on you in the long run.","Pay attention to your team, not just the ones that shout the loudest, but the ones that come in, do their job, and leave.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39665,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Excellent company,Apple is one of the greatest company I have ever worked for. The management team are very human and provide lot of flexibility. The company philosophy in general is great. We do sell product but we care about the experience before the transaction!,Maybe it would be great to have some type of commissions or bonuses around the top performers.,Keep doing what you know to do the best!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39666,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,"AppleCare Advisor - ever increasing demands, underwhelming compensation","It's Apple, with AppleCare growing at breakneck pace to support customers. Decent discounts on Mac and iOS devices.","It's Apple, everybody and their brothers uncle's dog wants to work there, as a result there is tons of competition. I recall them stating that only 2% of applicants get a job there. As a result, don't expect top notch pay or benefits. AppleCare is open 365 days a year, so don't expect to be able to spend the holidays with family and friends. They don't give support advisors who support the iPhone an iPhone, as a result many advisors supporting the iPhone have never used one. At best you may be provided an iPod Touch, but that's a total different user experience. It wasn't until I bought my own iPhone that I was able to competently support it.","Close AppleCare during major holidays, little Jimmy can wait for assistance resetting his AppleID password for one day. For employees performing a 'rotation' such as a senior advisor or manager, provide that employee with the pay of that role during the rotation. Increase pay for all AppleCare advisors by 25%. Increase medical benefits to pay 100% of premiums for all employees. Stop demanding exceptional performance but only providing 'competitive' compensation. Apple is being outclassed by many other companies in the technology sector. Time for Apple to step up its game.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39667,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius Bar,The benefits are absolutely fantastic.,There is zero room for growth.,Pay more attention to the people not their numbers.,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39668,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,"Good at first, wears off after a while","-Great Benefits -Tons of support from co-workers and leadership if you make mistakes, don't know how to handle a situation, or want to get better at something. -Managers don't micromanage and let you do your job -Decent Pay for Retail -Apple really cares about it's customers. I feel they value customer service more than most retailers.","-Corporate policies and company politics make it hard to move up. Now it's even harder than it was a few months ago to move up to roles like Genius -Your job description that you agreed upon when you get the job/get promoted can change dramatically and you have no say about it (Creative role in particular) -Even if you have IT certifications or lots of knowledge leadership still may not want you to use those skills outside of your main job duties because that's not ""part of your role anymore"" or ""will never be part of the role"" -Your role can be challenging at first due to lots of knowledge of company policies or product information but over time gets very tedious (say after 1 year) and makes it boring for you to stay with company unless you get promoted which is quite difficult -Company Policies change so much that there's lots of ambiguity on handling a situation for customer support. -At the retail level it's really just a customer support job that uses technology as it's medium. In short it's stressful because Apple takes a customers side first over yours even if it's not fair like the old saying ""customer is always right"" most of the time. -It's hard to maintain a work/life balance at the retail level. They have made some improvements but you still can't have a set schedule",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39669,apple,none," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,Great culture and amenities for a company so large.,None that comes to mind,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P305.htm
39670,apple,"Atherton, CA"," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Engineering Project Manager,short title,Smart people. Good pay.,Hard driving. Not great life-work balance.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39671,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technician,"Great benefits, unique coworkers, great dress code","rude customers, management always takes customers side over employee",Do let customers belittle your employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39672,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great culture,"Great culture that really stands behind its people, great benefits.","At the end of the day, it's still a retail job with the all too familiar ""retail woes"" - unset schedule / sporadic weekend shifts, occasionally a disconnect between leadership and specialists. Can feel like sometimes sales and numbers are valued more than employees.","Don't get caught up trying to make sales goals or quota, and end up letting your employees feel like just another number.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39673,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"The people, benefits (Stock, 401k, fitness, health/medical insurance), ""leave work at work""",Retail hours (work on weekends),none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39674,apple,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,Health care and everything you could imagine. Apple takes care of their employees and always puts them first. I wouldn't work for any other company,Nothing that I have witness. The field is a great environment and people treat each other with dignity and respect always,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39675,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,PD Engineering at Apple,"Resources to experts in every field and resources to support challenging and fun engineering and design. There are high expectations, and there is also an infrastructure and momentum facilitate the work needed to meet those expectations.","Very large company. Communication across teams can be difficult, and lessons learned from one project are not always properly applied to another project.","Given our size, reconsider our use of documentation and mode of operation. Some things are not scaling properly.",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39676,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Unit Supply Specialist,HW Devices Engineering Project Specialist,Access to High Tech company logistic system Promotion opportunities Coordination with working engineers,more information needed for the compensation,"It would be great if more information about compensation is provided, and the working strategies and internal coordination groups of the position is posted.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39677,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Lots of talent to make the best products,Work on software and hardware that almost everyone uses everyday.,"All companies have bureaucracy and Apple is no exception. I hear worse stories from people at other companies (like Google), though.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39678,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Store Manager,Retail,"A company with a clear vision and genuine concern for its employees an customers. High quality product and services. Some of the most talented people you will ever work with. You will constantly be challenged to improve yourself and the business. Within reason, stores run as independent business and can do what's right for their employees and their customers.","Retail is not corporate and the two shouldn't be confused. There is definitely a division between the two and retail is considered second class. Being a very flat company, advancement is incredibly difficult and competitive. Moving from retail to corporate is even more difficult. Being a retail job, the hours are what you would expect. Accommodations are made to to provide a work/life balance, but it's still retail and it's still shift work.","Continue to care for your employees, but also each other. For management on a market/corporate level, please put as much time, energy, and care into developing your store managers as your store managers put into developing their employees.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39679,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Mac Specialist,The people I worked with were some of the best humans I've met. The culture is one of growth and support of each associate's individualism and potential.,"This is a retail position with retail hours and a very ""particular"" customer base.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P306.htm
39680,apple,"Bradenton, FL"," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,AppleCare Advisor,Good pay for student worker,Management may not have as much experience with user questions as much as actual advisors,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39681,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Review,Great benefits and awesome teammates,Retail environment and inconsistent schedule,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39682,apple,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,good environment and good pay,boring job and same thing,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39683,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - ASIC Design Engineer,Rewarding and exciting work,Interesting problems to solve with an awesome team of engineers! Opportunities to contribute and get better galore everyday. Vertical scale of work with expertise developed from front-end to implementation.,Work life balance is a challenge Aggressive management with tight deadlines Scope for career growth limited Inter team communication could be better,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39684,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Peel the Apple and you'll see it's still retail.,Fun co-workers. Great pay. Good benefits. Tremendous amount of opportunities if you are willing to relocate to Asia or the Santa Clara Valley.,"Demanding customers. Often short staffed because of lenient attendance policy. Schedules are inconsistent both in shift times and days. More and more ""Priorities"" make it hard to understand goals. Unattainable goals. Inconsistent leadership. Difficult for internal promotion to leadership.","Don't be surprised that stores are being ran like a Target or a Starbucks when the only managers you hire are from those two companies.  ""Think Different""  ""Our most important resource, our soul, is our people""",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39685,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great job,"Discounts, stock options, great company and just overall great management. I just having the perks of being part of a great company","I would have to say the work life balance, for somebody that has a family I would say that it would be more difficult",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39686,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Dec 27, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Work, Work, Work",Great health/dental benefits and Time off is pretty good also. You get some pretty great holiday pay if you choose to work. Great for single folks.,"Your hours change every 3 months, and you have very little say in the matter. Being religious, and a husband and Father I would like to have some control over this. My final schedule, and the reason I quit, was Sunday-Thursday 11-9pm. So I didn't see my children, couldn't attend my college class, and couldn't attend church. The only way out of this was to have someone trade with me, and I was unable to do so. There was absolutely no flexibility even though I was one of a few hundred employees working the same job.","Certain managers care way too much about numbers, work on that.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39687,apple,none," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great products, great company as a whole, losing focus in education of what got them there","Solutions are solid. Products are fantastic. For the most part, job descriptions are accurate. Compensation and benefits are good.",Way too much operational focus in the field and loss of what got them to what they are. Work life balance was not good when I left. Mr. Cook needs to have better oversight of field management by executive team. Be prepared to spend more time analyzing business than actually selling.,People are humans. They need time to be people.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39688,apple,none," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Specialist,"Benefits, discounts and a lot of perks",work life balance is not great,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39689,apple,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Best workers in the retail space,Extremely busy due to popularity,Keep doing what you do,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P307.htm
39690,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Apple,Great Benefits. It's a very Social job. Health and wellness package and lots of focus on wellness. Awesome product line.,Retail schedule is somewhat out of your control. There is a Relatively flat pay scale. Very unclear rewards for more effort.,Higher compensation for higher talent if you want to keep them in your retail stores.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39691,apple,"Encinitas, CA"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great company to work for! A lot of responsibility for the pay.,Great benefits great co workers. Discounts are always a bonus. Work is always a fun place to be. You look forward to going to your job daily,A load of responsibility. Not always a clear path for growth. Lots of last minute changes. Would prefer a better work life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39692,apple,none," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Maybe not every store is the same,"The people I worked with were awesome, the facility was fantastic.","Customers were entitled and can wear you down. The line for company advancement is long and riddled with people that have the ""years of experience"" but not necessarily the skills necessary to advance - resulting in lots of outside hires for management instead of simply 'skipping over' the under-qualified people to get to the capable employees.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39693,apple,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Great company to work for. Great Experience,"lots of hours, no work life balance",na,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39694,apple,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay, forgets about employees","I've been with apple for many years. The first few years were great, they paid well and treated us like people. There was a feeling of pride and security. More recently, they have piled more work on us than we can bear, without pay. A lot of people have acquired anxiety because of it. We used to be employees, now we're just a number","Overworked, management doesn't take our complaints seriously, working all holidays",Listen to your employees,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39695,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Linguist and Data Analyst,Good Experience,"Overall it was a good experience working at Apple although I was a contractor. Fast pace, Great food, and very flexible hours.",Working as a contractor can be stressful specially when your contract period is not known. They can end your contract at anytime without a proper notice.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39696,apple,none," Jan 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,Apple is very energetic and if fast paced. They keep up with the best technology and are always looking for ways to help those in need.,They are pricey and you would think would be hard to sell however this allows you to build a relationship with your customer rather than a sell.,Take your employees strengths and apply them to their position.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39697,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Product Specialist,"They take care of you with benefits, discounts, your health, and scheduling.",Benefits are great to have. That feeling of love and care is what I enjoy most within the company. Management is always focused on what is best for you.,Kind of difficult to move up in positions. It's a long process to let management know and then you need to make sure your numbers are sufficient enough to prove yourself worthy. Could take months before you can even consider moving to a different position.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39698,apple,none," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Working for Apple,"Excellent benefits including the best health insurance for any company I have worked for, holiday pay, and more. Every team manager I have worked for has been excellent, balancing the need to serve the business while understanding the needs of the employees.",Schedules are very rigid. Very difficult to actually celebrate Christmas with extended family due to the retail demands of the season. Limited growth opportunities on the technical side of the business. The more senior the management the greater the decrease in transparency and decrease in understanding the impact on the front-line employees (which is to be expected for any large company).,Create opportunities for those employees who show tremendous technical skill and would better serve the company when not in a customer-facing position.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39699,apple,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Genius,"Ridiculously easy job. They teach you all the minor tech skills you need to diagnose their famously reliable products. All you have to be is nice to people and you'll breeze through your work day. It's impossible to get fired, because they don't hold you to any metrics (like number of customer's seen daily or number of devices repaired daily).","You DON'T work for Apple. You work in retail. Make no mistake, Apple stores are unlike working in any other retail shop in a mall. It's a retail job, so plan on working every weekend and having days off during the week. Holidays are a mess, but that's the nature of retail. Once you work your way up to Genius, there's nothing left but management.",none,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P308.htm
39700,apple,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Genius,"Ridiculously easy job. They teach you all the minor tech skills you need to diagnose their famously reliable products. All you have to be is nice to people and you'll breeze through your work day. It's impossible to get fired, because they don't hold you to any metrics (like number of customer's seen daily or number of devices repaired daily).","You DON'T work for Apple. You work in retail. Make no mistake, Apple stores are unlike working in any other retail shop in a mall. It's a retail job, so plan on working every weekend and having days off during the week. Holidays are a mess, but that's the nature of retail. Once you work your way up to Genius, there's nothing left but management.",none,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39701,apple,"Athens, GA"," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Flexible work hours, they allow you to set your own schedule with flex time Great training and resources provided Camaraderie with other employees","Required to work holidays, most devices are sold for holiday season and support is needed through the New Year Busy season hours inflexible",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39702,apple,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Well... It's Apple,"-Everyone is extremely smart. If you were ever at a job where you met someone and you're like 'how the crap did this person get hired?' That doesn't seem to happen here. Pretty much everyone is competitive and gunning for it. There are rarely people who just want to 'coast' by in a company. Everyone at Apple is looking for more. -Good health benefits. -Commuter stipend for those not in the shuttle routes -Employee discounts -You always get the best tech they have to offer (computer, monitors, etc.) -Ergonomic evaluations. They'll make sure you're as comfy as possible. Chairs, stands, adjustments, they'll get it.","-For a SV tech company, its one of the few with no free food. There are a few cafeterias but they're not free. With Google, FB, LinkedIn, Twitter and more making sure everyone is fed three meals a day, Apple is one of the last enclaves not offering that. Sounds petty but you'd be surprised how much money is saved when there is free food and how productive it can be.","-Satellite offices feel isolated from the main campus. Even with the new spaceship being built, I'll probably set foot in it twice a year. It'd be great if we get more attention or more amenities.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39703,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Scientist/Engineer,"A place full of talented people, but held back by group-think and hierarchy.",Challenging work with talented and engaged people. There is an abundance and concentration of knowledge and people to learn from.,"Culture and group-think can be difficult to handle. Management tries to emulate gravitas, but this kills the sense of community and mutual respect.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39704,apple,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,After 4 years,"You'll get to work with really smart people, work is quite challenging especially if you are working on new products. so, careful what you wish for!",Employee benefits are bare minimum compared to other silicon valley companies.,Please use 360 degree feedback to evaluate leaders,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39705,apple,"Brooklyn, NY"," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Management needs work,"Good benefits, great coworkers, there are lots of those positions and small teams/clubs that you can hop in if you know the right people. Great place to be part time/to supplement school or another job.",Number do matter even if you don't make commission. You will only move up if you brown-nose and upsell.,Be nicer. Your only job function is to make sure we take breaks on time. Be supportive in other ways. You make 2.5x more than us and just stand around and gossip.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39706,apple,none," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous,Not a forever job,"Pay, benefits, and the people","Work life balance, high stress",Bring more clarity,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39707,apple,none," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,good atmosphere and good location,bad food and not friendly,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39708,apple,"Fayetteville, NC"," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great Company,Great company to work for and plus the benefits are great!,Wish that we had more happy customers,"Keep your team involved and work together as much as possible, never know who may be under stress!",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39709,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Store Manager,Exciting place to work and a bucket list company to work for!,"Amazing benefits, caring store teams, exciting products introduced all the time to keep things interesting and never boring. Competitive pay, and some room for advancement",Apple has gotten very large and unfortunately doesn't have the small business advantages that everyone appreciates. It's a huge company now and with that comes security/benefits/good pay but the company begins to own your time like any major big tech company. Family time takes a back seat unfortunately,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P309.htm
39710,apple,"Fayetteville, NC"," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great Company,Great company to work for and plus the benefits are great!,Wish that we had more happy customers,"Keep your team involved and work together as much as possible, never know who may be under stress!",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39711,apple,none," Jan 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare,"The environment was friendly and filled with quite a host and plethora of beautiful wonderful people. Indeed, plus the hours were enjoyable.",The only con that I could think of is during that time of which I worked sometimes I could get too tired.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39712,apple,none," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Awesome benefits, great growth, taught great professional skill sets.",Sometimes management won't meet at an apple standard but that varies and is rare.,Stay committed to the culture and core of apple.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39713,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 6, 2017",Former Employee - Engineer,Great Place,Great place to work at,Lot of work at times,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39714,apple,none," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GREAT!,A great place to work to work in! Very good and healthy environment!,Nothing to say. Everything is good!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39715,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Challenging and meaningful,"Very collaborative environment where star employees are encouraged to go deep and wide, micro managers are not successful, autonomy is encouraged","Flat organization, difficult to move up, direct feedback is lacking, strategy is sometimes unclear, manager competence varies by department, employees expected to pivot quickly and often",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39716,apple,"The Woodlands, TX"," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Great Place,You want to be a better version of yourself... Work for Apple. It is truly a changing event.,Very competitive for new positions. The politics are there and expect to work for it.,"Make sure you spend time talking to all the employees. The quiet ones can be standouts, you just pass them up.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39717,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Salary,"Apple has a really good reputation for their products. You always get a discount on their products. There is a good team in apple, the instructors always help and they always give you a really good service.","It is hard work, you are there to keep the merchandise and software's well functioning so the customer is always satisfied.","Well i think the management in apple is pretty good, there attention towards the customer is really good and the environment it is a really good atmosphere and a really good place to start a career.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39718,apple,none," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Fun place to work at!,"Working at the Apple Store is an amazing experience. Fun, everyone is friendly and willing to help and Management is incredible. They really worry about you by making sure you take lunch and breaks in time and always look for ways to improve your customer service by offering training from time to time. Benefits are out of this world, definitely one of my favorite things.","Moving up the chain is hard. There's to much competition and even if you move up the compensation is not that great. Even if you show interest of the other position and try to help in any way possible, they want you to stay focused on your current position. Which is a shame as they're not exploiting your full potential. At the end of the day it's still a retail store.",Give opportunities for specialist to show their potential.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39719,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Design Intern,Design intern,Great atmosphere with fellow interns,"Difficult to speak with management, can feel secluded",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P310.htm
39720,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Design Intern,Design intern,Great atmosphere with fellow interns,"Difficult to speak with management, can feel secluded",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39721,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - IOS App Reviewer,iOS App Reviewer,"Company benefits, building your resume / experience","Work life balance, internal tools",Not much of growth opportunities,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39722,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company,"Great benefits, great pay, excited people","open office, small workspaces, no huge discounts on products",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39723,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Okay place to start, good benefits for students",Most locations in big cities have good pay and the company benefits are decent for both full time and part time employees.,Managers play favorites often and don't recognize hard working employees who score highly with customer satisfaction. It is difficult to move up in certain locations. There is a lack of work life balance as the company does not provide set schedules. There is also a lack of proper training for employees in recent years.,"Acknowledge hard work, especially when you see it consistently! Be fair when it comes to company movement.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39724,apple,none," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,"Benefits like tuition reimbursement, health, vision, dental, fitness reimbursement, and getting to meet new people everyday on the sales floor.","Being a high end retail store, customers come in with higher expectations resulting in a more stressfully job experience for employees. There are about 6+ managers in each store and most of the time their ideas don't align so be prepared to here one thing and then be told the complete opposite the next day.",Align with your peers to set a coming goal for the team. Don't just think your ideas as a manager are great because you think it is a new idea. A lot of these stores have been around longer than you have managed in them. This means that a lot of these techniques you are attempting have been tried already. I suggest asking employees whom have been at the locations the longest in a sit down meeting.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39725,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience,"Environment, opportunities of growth, international exposure, great conditions",very fast environment requires ability to deal with ambiguity,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39726,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple Store Employee,Great team and great management. All employees understand the needs and expectations of the work place.,Hours are tough and rising up can be difficult once you are pegged as not one of the special employees.,Give us a second chance to prove ourself.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39727,apple,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Specialist,Good flexible hours. Good pay for part time,"It is a great place to work. However, being that it is customer facing job. And occasionally customers take their anger out on you",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39728,apple,"Latrobe, PA"," Jan 4, 2017","Former Employee - IOS Advisor, Mac+ Advisor, IOS Senior Advisor/Supervisor",Senior Advisor,Apple is a great place to be. Everyone has a vision of success. Lots of opportunities if you seek them. Very professional.,"Understanding that certain metrics are out of your control, no matter how hard you try. Monitored very closely at any given time.",Become more organized in position transitions of the company and understand that certain metrics are uncontrollable.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39729,apple,"Woodmere, OH"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,Great team environment with a somewhat large amount of support.,"Movement away from education, shifted more towards sales.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P311.htm
39730,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Visuals Lead,GREAT CULTURE,work with some of the coolest people great work culture cutting edge technology very fast paced,ability to move up very busy environment some leadership politics,Hire within your own companies. push employees to move up and take leadership roles. Push people into corporate roles. Allow movement to different locations. Listen to employee concerns and react even faster.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39731,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"Working with great people. Great health insurance and benefits, as well as discounts.","Low pay for the job you're performing. Very stressful non stop working with upset people, who mostly treat you like garbage even though you're trying to help them. advancement is very competitive and very rare. schedule used to be flexible but they changed the policy and now getting days off are harder, work life balance because less valued. Corporate company pushing the corporate agenda.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39732,apple,"Marlton, NJ"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,"Great benefits, poor pay for the work",Insanely good full-time benefits. You'll learn a lot about technology and work with teams of people who are good at what they do.,The pay is far too low for what you do. The hours suck. Not much upward mobility in retail.,Pay more,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39733,apple,none," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great Company,Apple really works at giving you opportunities to grow. Everyday is filled with learning and teamwork. One of the best jobs I have ever had.,"Not a lot of down side to working at Apple. If anything, it can be hard to move up as there are a lot of people shooting for a select few positions. If you are willing/able to relocate, these options go up pretty quickly thought.",Keep putting your employees first. Apple is the first company I have worked for where I felt appreciated from lower management up to upper management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39734,apple,none," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Greatest,"Inviting, welcoming, enthusiastic, pay, teamwork",There aren't any cons about this company,Stay how you are. Helping us in any way possible.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39735,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spanish Chat Support,Good benefits and holiday pay. Schedules are good if you work your but off.,"Apple seems not to care about the Spanish chat department. They expect 30 advisors to take care of Latin America, Europe, North and Central America. Whoever staffs advisors during the weekend doesn't understand that 11 advisors to help all these regions is not enough. Others departments are off on New Years Eve, but not chat. Other departments have new positions so advisors can progress, Spanish chat doesn't. Other departments takes 18 chart per advisor (average) when an Spanish chat advisors takes 30+. Other departments are way over staffed and Spanish is not. Management even says to explore other job opportunities.",Take care of your people. Don't make us feel like mules stuck in a department who will never grow.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39736,apple,none," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account executive,"Great benefits, logo envy and easy commute","Company has lost focus on the customer, especially in EDU",Compete in EDU or get out,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39737,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - IOS Senior Advisor - Mac+ T1,iOS Senior Advisor - Mac+ T1,Work at home! Great benefits and your almost forced to be promoted. If you get fired from Apple you probably meant for it to happen. Great company,Traffic in the morning is horrible #WorkAtHomeLife...lol,More training. With any job you learn the essentials. We always have time during the week to complete our (SGT's) > trainings. Going into a new role like T2 or from iOS to Mac I would like to be more hands on.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39738,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Maps Editor,"The bosses could not be nicer people. They were always very kind, patient, understanding and helpful. I would have stayed if it paid enough. They were very upfront and honest. They told me in the interview that I was a contract worker and would not be hired after the year was over. That really impressed me. I can't say enough good things about the people that worked there. Just really great people. Training was phenomenal","The actual tasks of the job were incredibly boring, but I felt I learned a lot. The only reason I left is because I knew it wouldn't go anywhere and I couldn't make ends meet financially.",Keep up the great work. Thank you for being so positive!,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39739,apple,"Aurora, CO"," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,At home Advisor,"Great benefits, pay, people","Having multiple managers, and getting one that micro-manages always feel like being ruled by iron fist. Absolutely no work life balance. If you work here and your not an executive or engineer you will have no say on your schedule.",Stop allowing managers to pick apart advisors on very satisfied surveys. If a customer is happy and states that in a survey there should be no reason to review the call and find problems with it. Stop IT!! Review very dissatisfied or dissatisfied.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P312.htm
39740,apple,"Salem, NH"," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,It was like nothing I had done before. The people were amazing the atmosphere full of light.,"Great Discounts, All Health Benefits, Flexibility in Hours, more experience than just base job! Meet amazing coworkers. Gain sales experience fast.","Hard to Advance within, Come on bad snow days, sometimes not flexible. Sunday nights or morning store meetings.Inability to advance within.","To give everyone a fair chance to follow there dreams, and not just the favorites.",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39741,apple,none," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"benefits, discounts, prestige, fast pace, learn a lot about tech","work/life balance, low pay, poor schedule",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39742,apple,"Berkeley, CA"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Retail sales job without the sales perks.,"Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage even as a part-time employee. Great atmosphere to work in. Awesome management. Very competitive salary for a retail position. Great as a career stepping stone.","With the right work ethic you will quickly gain skills that make you more valuable, yet you won't be financially compensated for the extra work and knowledge that you have obtained. Corporate is very disconnected from the actual retail process. Corporate employees that are above store management only care about money and performance numbers. The wage gaps between sales/technicians and management is too much. Not a good long term career.","Empower your employees to stand up to rude customers instead of just taking the emotional abuse. Remove the idea of performance based promotions. Some employees work incredibly hard to gain knowledge of the products, and are in no way shape or form compensated for the extra learning and work that they have gone through.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39743,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Apple's poisonous culture is all about mind control, slavery",RSUs and relatively a good salary,"turns you into android, slave and mentally sick drone Create a culture of fear and hostility. full of sick managers it is all about policing employee.",What went up must dive down,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39744,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Apple Developer Program Support,Big Company Great for resume building,Micro management Poor Salary Competition,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39745,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Preservation and Operations Specialist,"Great team and fun job, but salary isn't competitive.","Good benefits, fun team, and chance to experience different areas within the business. I love the diversity of the team.",Salary is not competitive for certain positions within the store and this compared similar positions outside of Apple. Work life balance may not work for some people.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39746,apple,none," Dec 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,"PTO, fun atmosphere, changing the world",clients can be the worst,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39747,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Good gig if you can get it,Working from home is nice!,The schedule is not family friendly and is not easily changeable due to a shift bid system.,Find a new way to schedule employees,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39748,apple,none," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Tier 2,"Great team, great pay, good hours","overwhelming at times, hectic during product releases",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39749,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Good if you have no work-life balance aspirations,Rewarding and challenging work. Plenty of visibility to management if you want to make a name for yourself.,Stream of consciousness work style. Don't sleep. Employees are either working or asleep - nothing in between.,Striving for excellence in everything all the time isn't always realistic. Focus on what matters and don't stretch your resources too thin.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P313.htm
39750,apple,"Stanford, CA"," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Work with the smartest!,"Smart people, great camaraderie. I have never worked with a group of such profoundly bright and creative people. As Apple has a well deserved reputation for producing cutting edge creative products, the company attacks and mostly encourages the brightest minds. We had many dealing with the corporate group, but I worked in retail. Never before have I worked with so many smart people who were paid so little (but that is retail!).","the expectation is that everyone works very hard. It is well known that working in corporate Apple is high pressure stuff, and it looks great on your CV. Work life balance is probably better at many other companies. Working in Apple retail is hard and non stop... your feet hurt!",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39751,apple,none," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Expert,Expert,You meet some amazing people here. Very friendly and you recent a lot of training and experience before you are on your own.,A lot of managers and miscommunication from one to another. Hard to take certain time off and no realy holidays off as well.,Figure out what is the main idea and stick with it. Listen to what we have to say.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39752,apple,"Brea, CA"," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Technology Specialist,"Great Place To Work, Horrible Management","Its retail but doen't feel like it. The fast pace of the environment, the customers, and coworkers really makes working for Apple Retail amazining. Plus, the benfits have improved for part-timers (e.i., tution assistance, health care, fitness credit)","It is retail, hours may chnage but its not really a ""con"" if you make your schedule ahead of time. However, Management think its still 1920. Any signs of deviation from the plan is met with serious restraint, or worse they retaliate. Their way of improving an employee's productivity is by placing them in what is known as ""Documented Coaching,"" which is basically a threat to do better or get fired. This is not how you motivate or incourage people to develop, if any thing it makes employees scared and resentful of management.","Stop putting the blame solely on the employees for not being productive if you can't develop them correctly. Development is not a one-size-fits-all tactic, and must be molded so that employees can guage thier progress with 100 percent transparency. Management must accept the failures as thier own when the employee fails if development is lacking.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39753,apple,none," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great environment and great benefits,I do not have any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39754,apple,"Buffalo, NY"," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Intelligent, caring and memorable people in an insane, unrelenting retail environment","Attracts interesting, motivated and positive people, so coworkers tend to be a blast Constant personal development Strong company morals Plenty of opportunities for growth in the company Decent benefits Presents a good challenge Lots of instant friends and team bonding outside of work Caring leaders","Little work life balance, because even when you're not at work it'll be on your mind. Constant roar of a busy/loud environment. Extreme company kool aid... Apple can do no wrong. Hypocrisy.. say does not equal do. Corporate values aren't always reflected in individual retail stores. Mgmt hears but doesn't listen...Tries to solve deep-rooted problems by throwing a fresh coat of paint on and renaming it. They're afraid to call a problem what it is because thats too negative, ""it's actually an 'opportunity.'"" That's noble in general, but taken to this extreme just creates more problems by avoiding the actual issues. So we plaster on smiles and bend over backwards to ""position"" things differently to customers and to ourselves. Heaven forbid we speak realistically and think critically. Mental acrobatics because saving face is everything.","Don't shrug off NPP and blame it on ""people wait until the survey to talk and then they explode."" 1) Maybe you're not approachable if that's the case. 2) Yes, and that is actually what NPP is for: saying all the things you might not be comfortable saying if you weren't anonymous. So quit invalidating it. Utilize your resources: the talented individuals in ""lower"" positions whose feedback you should seek. And then listen. Listen, listen, and listen. Meetings often center around appeasing the team with ""I hear you, but..."" hearing doesn't equal listening. It's the reason that anyone who has ever tried to say all this in the past has yet to make an impact.",3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39755,apple,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Flexibility. Benefits. Casual dress. Diverse staff.,No clear promotional path. Lack of transparency in opportunities.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39756,apple,none," Jan 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,"Great Team Atmosphere, great pay to work from home. The have an awesome and thorough training staff. I liked it a lot.",Working from home u have to have a quiet space and be disciplined. Apple customers are terrible and rude. They're very demanding.,None none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39757,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Genius Admin,Overall atmosphere and possibility of growth within company,The only thing would be retail hours.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39758,apple,none," Jan 6, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,started off great but took a nose dive,"looks good on a resume, great experience, pretty good benefits and base pay",EXTREMELY political and favoritism at the retail level. especially my retail store in south Texas.,"Apple failed so hard in 2016. If you want to know why, take a look at your retail management team. you are no longer hiring leader to lead the business successfully, you are hiring managers that are beginning to bring in outside friends who are slowly tearing your company's foundation to shreds. The store I worked at lost 20% of its staff in less than 2 months! that had NEVER happened in the 5+ years I had worked at that location.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39759,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Manager,Great people to work with. Apple had emphasis on people development. Great benefits.,Retail environment is hectic and demanding schedule during the holidays,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P314.htm
39760,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"$, $, $, $, $","health, family, time, friends, life",none,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39761,apple,"Roseville, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Retail is officially the worst now.,"My fellow coworkers are great and supportive, that's honestly all I've got. Not much else is that good. The benefits are awesome.","TERRIBLE work life balance. Constantly understaffed and severely strapped for resources. People are constantly quitting and no one is being hired to supplement the amount of support we need. Our customer traffic is rapidly increasing, and we're expected to do WAY more with WAY less. The Higher ups in the company are constantly talking about ""retail evolution"", when the fact is the company is losing people faster than ever. As a result, morale is EXTREMELY low and just about everyone there only works for a paycheck. People are overworked and call out just to get some peace of mind. No one is passionate about their work anymore, and Apple is now just like every other retailer.","SPEAK UP for your employees! Stop pretending like losing people at an insanely fast rate is normal. Align with us, be available. Give us the resources we need!",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39762,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generally good company,Exciting place to work. Many smart people to work with.,Work life balance can be difficult. Requires quite a lot of traveling.,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39763,apple,none," Jan 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Training,"Wonderful training program, co workers, access to tech","Long hours, pay, upward mobility, pay, and pay",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39764,apple,none," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,Company cares about employees and benefits are great.,Work life balance isn't a thing.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39765,apple,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac+ T2,Working here will give you tons of experience and teach you lots of valuable knowledge.,"High standards with little recognition. You WILL be over burdened with work and stress. No matter how much work you put in, or how much you know. You will always be expendable here.",I applaud Apple for hiring people from the working class. But there needs to be an emphasis on weeding out bad managers. I left this job due to a very Type A manager who was more concerned about numbers. Other managers would manage around my personality and get the same if not better results. Having a defunct manager can lose you guys some talent. I had been there for 5 years and you lost me.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39766,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SOC test,Good compensation compared to similar level in other companies. Challenging works.,Intense work. May be pros for someone's perspective.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39767,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Cell Engineer,Generally good,"Fast pace, a lot of talented people to work with, great access to cutting edge technologies if you are interested in that","Office politics, management does not always know what they are doing, hiring for the sake of hiring, a lot of unnecessary hirin",Focus more on employee career development,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39768,apple,none," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Specialist,"Home Office is great. No travel time. Wake up, freshen up, and go to work.",Limited promotion opportunities for at home employees.,Make lateral moves easier to make.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39769,apple,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Retail Job,"Creative, Lively co-workers, great managers. Opportunities to get involved outside your job description and grow.",You're on your feet. It's Retail.,"To avoid burnout, continue encouraging employees and cross training them to provide a diverse set of responsibilities.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P315.htm
39770,apple,none," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Senior Advisor,Great team. Always pushing you to do better,Nothing honestly. It's a great company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39771,apple,none," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,You get to work from home and the workload isnt so hard,Impossible metrics to meet sometimes makes it stressful,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39772,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great retail environment,Retail side of working at Apple is great. The entire team is relentlessly positive but never to a fault. People are understanding and enriching in the broadest sense of the words. The team is collaborative and solution oriented which contributes to personal growth in wonderful ways.,"People can be too inwardly focused on Apple and only Apple things. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it means that working at Apple retail is the end-all to many staffers and that may limit your scope of the world. Upward mobility is limited at best.","Enrich the lives of your workers, but be honest with them about future opportunities to move around the company. Continue encouraging solutions first and people first. It works, so keep it going!",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39773,apple,"South Portland, ME"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Expert,"Great company overall, Retail could use some management help","It is amazing to work for one of the biggest companies in technology history. Retail can provide you with hundreds of different opportunities for going corporate. You can even get sponsored to go and work for corporate, and they will pay for you to live at a corporate location and work for them there. This is a company that provides growth on many levels for internal employees and has wonderful benefits. Even for part-timers, Apple provides paid leave for family needs, and has vision, dental, and great healthcare. They offer 401k and stock options, as well as donating to any nonprofit you may volunteer for. Apple is fantastic to work for.","The retail management is really rough for the most part. They bring in people from other retail companies, not realizing that none of these people know what our day to day jobs are. We have to explain technology to customers daily, and yet our management knows barely anything about technology. They are simply the mouth puppets of whoever is running the ""corporate values"" side of Retail. At Corporate, there is nothing like this, but in Retail they discuss ""competencies"" and more to sound like their boring management means something. They don't care about development for each employee, they just care about their salary and making sure customers don't get upset. There are a few managers who get it, but not enough to make a difference. Apple really needs to change the way they pick their retail managers.","Choose a much better way to find retail management. I get that tech people don't want to manage a retail store, but a lot of management doesn't get respect because they haven't earned it.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39774,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - ITunes Billing and Accounts Specialist,"iTunes Customer Support, Great Company, Excellent Teams!","Loved working for apple, benefits were incredible and began immediately. Team Contribution, great tools, extensive resources, awesome collaboration, responsive and supportive managers.","Pay was lower than I hoped for, working from home can be daunting for those adventurous persons, hard to do a job for a long time when you can't see your co-workers face to face.","Hire people with a willingness to learn and who have high attention to detail, increase pay sooner, provide cash bonus options.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39775,apple,none," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,College AppleCare,Great resume booster for college students.,How to be very weary of time management and can be very stressful if working within the iOS group.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39776,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,All that glitters is not a new iPhone,"Fun environment, great discounts, and some mediocre people to become friend with until you leave.",MICROMANAGED TO THE EXTREME. No clear path of movement if your manager has a problem with you.,To clean up shop--the slip that is running the store is a joke and they are petty. EGOS.,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39777,apple,"Towson, MD"," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple Retail,"Great benefits, good pay for retail, looks good on resume","Stressful, not easy to move to corporate, unreasonable expectations","Practice what you preach, don't micromanage, hire employees you can trust",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39778,apple,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Loved the coworkers and the people that were met throughout the different stores.,"Some of the customers were a little over the top, but that is to be expected.","Our soul is our people. Take care of your people, and your people will take care of the customers.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39779,apple,none," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Retail Store,"Team work is encouraged, Management seeks feedback and provides good feedback. Great Benefits program. Supportive of work life balance.",Frequent changes in metrics and policies that are not clearly communicated create uncertainty and can inhibit providing quality customer service. Its a very busy retail environment.,Avoid making frequent changes in policy. Especial after stating that a customer's experience is more important than a certain metric and then holding team members accountable for it.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P316.htm
39780,apple,none," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Fast paced environment, great place to learn","Busy all day long, never fails",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39781,apple,none," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,I like programming. Specially I am very interesting mobile world. So I have experience of mobile development about 7 years.,"I think apple should be share some tech like as OS api, customize theme api and etc. Now android is forwarding than Apple. we must focus about this.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39782,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Relations Advisor,Great Time,Positive Work Atmosphere and loads of extra hours opportunities and incentives.,There are some who get by and don't provide a certain level of quality that others work hard to provide. I would encourage upper management to really drive home the expectations they require and to not be so lenient when it comes to those who don't meet the cut.,Keep the positivity but continue to ensure good quality.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39783,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Fast paced, very busy, always learning.",The team is truly the best part of working at Apple. You meet many great people and create lasting friendships.,"Long wait times, usually not enough staff. Turnaround rate is very high as well. It takes a very long time to hire people which is difficult.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39784,apple,none," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare,"Depending on the team you're with, there are opportunities to really have an impact on the business.",Difficult to move into other teams or rolls if you are not in hardware or software engineering,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39785,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Supply Chain Manager,"Great place, great people","Great people, leading technology, great benefits","Some bad managers, some slackers just riding the wave",Trim the fat!!,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39786,apple,none," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,Pays reasonably well. Very friendly coworkers.,You help 3 customers at a time if you do chat support.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39787,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Exciting and challenging at the same time,Exciting products and projects to work on and have a meaningful impact Apple brand is still a huge asset on your resume,Lots of management which slows down decision making and managers promoting themselves which blocks the way for real contributors There's a feeling that stellar growth period has ended,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39788,apple,"Spokane, WA"," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great retail job,"Great benefits medical, dental, vision, fitness reimbursement, public transportation, education reimbursement, stock options, 401K which the company matches up to 6%",The schedule can be difficult to have a work life balance. Expectations of employees can be unrealistic at times. Genius Bar staff on verbally abused almost daily by customers.,Better work life balance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39789,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Great in Comparison To Other Retailers,"Relatively open communication between leadership & staff, Fairly positive & upbeat vibe amongst staff","Not much of a bridge between retail & corporate for job opportunities, Applying to jobs at corporate is like sending your info into a vacuum for most people. Over the years also if a person did not get a position, one would hear some helpful feedback as to why, Now not hearing anything back seems to have become the norm,","Encouraging employee experiences in other areas, both physically or departmentally, would reduce turnover",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P317.htm
39790,apple,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Employee Review,• Great benefits and decent pay for retail • Positive work environment • Get to meet lots of cool people • Plenty of discounts on products and software (sometimes free),• The mix of personalities among management means you'll sometimes get managers who are not empathetic to your work load • Heavy traffic in the store constantly • Noise in the store makes it difficult to communicate with customers • Lots of challenging customers to deal with • Very strict time and attendance policy that is without mercy • Misleading career opportunities,"Try not to get people's hopes up about opportunities within the company. Do people from retail get promoted to work in corporate? Rarely. Hiring from within may have been a company practice in the early years but that has changed. Most of the new hires come from outside the company unless you're getting promoted in retail. Even then, it can be very challenging to work your way up.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39791,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,One of the better customer support gigs going is at iTunes with Apple,"Livable wage, great health and dental benefits along with generous 401k matching contribution of up to 6%.","Is becoming more like any other call center, more focus on numbers with a veneer of concern for quality but meanwhile outsourcing to the cheapest foreign labor whilst reaping massive profits.",Hire more domestic better paid support whose primary language is the language for the country they are supporting.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39792,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NOC Tech II,Great secured work environment. Employees are friendly and very helpful.,Less opportunities for temp/contract workers to be placed in permanent positions.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39793,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,At-Home Chat Advisor,-No commute -Decent benefits -Work from home,"-Too driven by numbers and not the end result. -False promises. -Horrible scheduling issues. - moved half the staff to iTunes then kept them there after they told them they would be coming back leaving the chat department under water for MONTHS! -Depending on your boss, there is alot of micro managing. My boss was pretty cool but i heard otherwise from co-workers. -Taking 3 chats at a time for tech support is just too much. It's doable sometimes but when they were slammed for those few months that drove me to quit, it was busy with 3 chats+ all day for 10 hours and most everyone was upset because they had to wait, etc etc etc. -There are different rules and procedures based on the country the customer is in, causing confusion because previous reps never verified the customer location and they would get upset when they were offered an option that they did not qualify for because they live in the wrong country. -During that busy time, they kept telling us that they were going to fix the scheduling issues, but instead they purposely let people go home on VTO so the reps who stuck it out, were stuck on 3 chats all day just to save some money. -No dispute process for unfair survey scores. -Development was not taken seriously in my opinion. Many of my chats were reviewed but I was never given any constructive feedback on the surveys that fell under and was told I did everything I could. Well if I did what I could then there should be a process to turn over that survey as it was out of my control and providing a feedback link does nothing for the customer. -Previous supervisor reviews, wouldn't fully read my chats and just assume that I did not meet my commitments. I had to constantly read through all my reviews and submit corrections because they were being missed for not having enough time to go over my chats. If you don't have time for a rep's performance improvement and development, how the heck are you expecting them to improve? -During that busy time (which they said would only last a few weeks, turned into months) this was not even during a launch period. meetings and trainings that were required were being canceled but somehow we were expected to complete them while being on 3+ chats at a time. -They wanted reps to go above and beyond but with it being so busy there was literally almost no time to stand out unless you had 4 hands. I had to do many of my extra projects and presentation preps during my breaks/lunches and off time because the environment was too busy and stressful during scheduled work time. -Systems didn't work properly all the time and were poorly structured. My last job literally had one hub that we would go to for troubleshooting and then go from there. Apple wants to be different and have 1000's of articles that we have to search find through quickly when many of them had too many steps that didn't fix the issue causing a poor customer experience. I ended up using google for 90% of my research and I had better luck fixing issues then using their internal systems.","You took the fun out of working from home. When I first started in 2015, it was awesome. It wasn't as busy and it was spaced out enough where I could research, and learn, etc etc. Not sure what changed in 2016, but dear god... we are just money making machines to you. I might as well have worked in a sweat shop. This might have been worse. I took a pay cut for this job and then for you guys to have it constantly busy and high stress where it's unbearable. I was happy to quit. I came from a previous employer very similar who was only focused on numbers and money and didn't care of the opinions of the staff. I guess you guys are going the same route. I love the products but your service has gone down hill. Also, all expectations should be across the entire enterprise not only for specific regions. Everytime I contact Apple Support, they never once used the whole sequencing acknowledge, align jumbo you guys forced down our throats. So much happier without you guys. They pretend to care, but they truly can care less. Once you stop drinking that Apple Juice, you will see the light too. A weight has been lifted off my shoulders now that I'm free from this place.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39794,apple,none," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Overall positive,Very flexible schedule. Great while in school. Competitive salary for retail work. The team is usually great to work with. Very friendly and supportive management. Feels great helping people. Excellent benefits available for part- and full-time employees.,Customer interactions around mobile device and Mac repair can be challenging. You may quickly burn out. Genius Bars can be short-staffed.,Don't be afraid to give corporate more feedback on poor launches and quality program rollouts.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39795,apple,none," Dec 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,The people/employees are the best people you can work with. You will be surrounded by people with different back-ground. Leaderships will have your back. Benefit for part-time employees are almost the same as full-time. Career Experiences down to Cupertino will be available if you qualify for the experiences.,"It is a retail job. You will face with difficulties from customers time to time. Sometimes customers can be unreasonable, but your leader will support you.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39796,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Mac+ Advisor,Overall great place to work,"Great benefits for part-timers (health, medical, dental, tuition reimbursement, stocks, paid holidays) Positive work environment from management Work from home Room for advancement",Not enough training time with new products and features Some upper level advisors are not always helpful Things are always changing so it can create confusion sometimes,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39797,apple,none," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Feedback is one of the best features of the Apple culture and your team members become like family. People genuinely care about you as a person, in and outside of work.",Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason as to why someone gets promoted over another person and the feedback given is not always concrete.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39798,apple,none," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,Great people and great benefits,Have to be extremely self motivated,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39799,apple,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Fabulous benefit and employee programs,Strict schedule. Must work every weekend.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P318.htm
39800,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Great Place to work,Working at Apple opens up opportunities to inspire and connect to people in amazing ways. The culture is very relaxed and open. I love not feeling like I have to sell someone a $2000 machine they won't fully utilize.,I still have a lot to learn,Keep up the great work!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39801,apple,none," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I've been with Apple 4 years,Apple offers a ton of amazing opportunities and benefits.,Working at a store level is frustrating do to poor leadership and management support but usually the staff is amazing to be a part of.,"Try supporting the staff and encouraging their development, instead of focusing solely on your own career path.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39802,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Service Specialist,Not your normal retail job,"Surrounded by people who love their job so going to work never feels like ""work"" Continuing education and opportunities if you put the work in.",Retail hours are retail hours. Your shift is can start anywhere from 7am-6pm,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39803,apple,"Newark, NJ"," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great company to work for with all the available benefits.,Management teams aren't as organized as expected.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39804,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Senior Advisor,"Great Benefits, Awesome People to work with, At home position",customer retaliation and all day work schedules,Just remain supportive and compassionate with employees,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39805,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Care for employees, care for customers","In store team collaborates, cooperates at every level. Most consistently positive work relations I have experienced so far in my career. Part of Apple's strength lies in recognition of its constant re-invention.",It's retail. What can I say. The way to advance is through a recruitment by corporate.,Keep focus on credo. It works well when creatively applied.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39806,apple,"Buford, GA"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - At-Home Team Manager,At-Home Team Manager,Working from home is a huge plus. The benefits here are the best I've had at a company. Product discounts plus a ton of 3rd party discounts. The insurance is fantastic a well as the 401k contributions. 6% and up to 100% match.,Things change A LOT and the internal tools are annoying to work with at times. Not always a clear path on what is a promotion or a lateral move.,"Be more open about the changes that happen and let senior management know about policies that don't work well so they can be changed. Instead I see a lot of ""cheerleaders"" that are bouncing off the wall positive and not realistic.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39807,apple,none," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,"Culture, Development, Opportunities are available, and great people to work with.",Retail hours don't work for families or school. No time off during holiday time otherwise considered black out days.,More movement between roles,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39808,apple,"San Mateo, CA"," Dec 10, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Fulfilling and fun.,The pay was awesome and the ability to have part time benefits were amazing. Also being a part of stocks and rsus were superb.,Leaders were sometimes bringing emotions of personal lives to work. The retail hours were not as good. Lots of favoritism with management.,More support within personal career growth of employees,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39809,apple,"Casselberry, FL"," Dec 4, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,I used to love working for Apple,"The benefits. Health benefits, generous product discounts, tuition reimbursement, fertility treatment and adoption benefits, transit assistance, 401k, stock and RSU. The benefits at apple are fantastic and I have yet to meet anyone at another company with benefits that compare to apple's.","Working in customer service for Apple can be incredibly emotionally draining. Apple is known for its world class customer service and as a result, customers have come to expect it. In fact, many of Apple's customers have become incredibly entitled. The majority of the customers are still Mostly decent people, but not a day went by without being insulted, harassed, or yelled at by someone. When they aren't rude, they are needy and expect to have their hand held through all troubleshooting, and you are on strict timelines to keep your calls short. This is mostly to be expected in customer service, but Apple is so busy that you find yourself going through this back to back to back to back with little chance to breath. Scheduling changes every 3 months, and it's left up to chance- like a lottery, unless you are a top performer, in which case you can choose your schedule. Being a top performer isn't easy, and the criteria is strict. Your call handling is monitored, critiqued, and micromanaged down to the tiniest details. You are in a break or after call time for 20 seconds too long, and a manager is checking on you to see what's going on. Some people excel at jobs like this, for the rest of us, it is exhausting. The stress began to take a toll on my mental and physical health. I was an Apple Store employee for 7 years, but I only last for 1 as an Apple care advisor. I almost filed for a medical leave because of how sick and crazy this job was making me, but I found a new job instead. The good news is that Apple has fantastic disability benefits, probably because they know how sick and crazy his job makes people.","Hire more employees and open more apple stores in the US. When I left apple care, all of the huge problems we were facing could be boiled down to one thing: we were too busy. The number of Apple users has exploded exponentially over the last few years and apple refuses to expand the stores and number of Apple care employees to match the growing number of customers. We were always swamped, our offline time to catch up on emails and news was cancelled every week, our managers were breathing down our necks to take more calls, the customers were angry to be waiting on hold for an hour then getting rushed through the call. It was a horrible work environment, we all felt like drones. I know that this is not the culture apple wants to have, or at least the culture they lie about having. Apple- you have so much money. Quit sitting on it and hire some more people, and give them raises while you're at it- they work so hard to make this company what it is.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P319.htm
39810,apple,"El Sobrante, CA"," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Care Advisor,Work/Life balance,"Good pay, get to work from home. Good benefits. Discounts on apple products. Fun to work on provided Apple equipment.","No control of your schedule, impossible standards. Just about impossible to average all the call metics they want from you. The schedule is literally the luck of the draw. I have had problems with my family due to schedules I have gotten from Apple, with no option to change it once it is given to you.",The current set up for getting shifts does not work for a lot of employees life.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39811,apple,"Portland, OR"," Dec 23, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Retail is rough, but Apple is the best out there","Well-structured system for personal development. The best I've seen at a company and can easily carry it over to other companies, which help with building your career.","Once you move to higher positions like Genius or Creative, there isn't much you can do besides become a retail manager, so the opportunities become extremely limited.  The genius bar side of things become very stressful and demanding, and with the inconsistent scheduling (8-5 one day and 11-8 the next) there can be very high turn over.","Transparency is key and being more real with your employees. I ran into too many managers that focused on talking a specific way with employees (Apple-speak), rather than being honest and straightforward. People can quickly see through when someone isn't being true.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39812,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Project Manager,"Great company, true vision and commitment to core values, and well-paid employees.","Too many layers. People work 'til their physically sick &/or medicated. (sleeping pills, pain meds to sustain but not thrive.) Hard to get directly connected to the causes that you'd like to volunteer for.","Train your managers, not just around the performance review timeframes, but truly train them to empower and make sure that their employees are not just surviving...but they're thriving.",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39813,apple,"Novi, MI"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Get back to basics,"Great atmosphere, great people and culture.",It's become all about the numbers and less about the customer.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39814,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - App Development,Changing the world one app at a time.,"Working at Apple means that the things you work on get into the hands of hundreds of millions of people, literally. It's a lot of pressure to get things right and drives one to do the best work of their lives. 2+ years later I'm still blown away by the talent and creativity of people I work with.","It's a lot of work, teams are usually strapped for resources and under pressure to deliver on strict timelines leading to high stress and long hours at certain times during the year.","Keep fighting for ""what's right"". Renewable energy, civil liberties, working condition, everything. I couldn't be prouder of that aspect of the company, in the end it's about a lot more than profits and earnings.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39815,apple,none," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,"- Best company I ever worked for. In terms of motivation, peer relationships (the people that work there are incredible and some of the smartest people I ever met)  - BEST medical, dental, vision, life insurance benefits I ever came across. Compared to every other company I worked for no one comes close to Apple's benefits. The dentist I used actually mentioned that they never had any patient with as high dental coverage as the plan Apple ensures.  - Very challenging. If your going for a promotion your NOT competing against nobodies. These are some of the most intelligent, innovative and hard working people I know in my life. It made promotions a real challenge but that's a good thing I think. Makes you work harder and appreciate what you get.  - Good 401k and stock options. Apple has some great 401k and stock options, again I haven't seen any other company I worked for offer such benefits.  - Great discounts on products. A good example of this is I paid $1,000 for a $2,000 iMac. Some co workers bought a MacBook Air that costed $999 and paid less than $300.  - Caring company. I couldn't believe this but it's true. I had a lot of stuff happen to me the last 2 years with my marriage and life, where I had to take ALOT of days off and was a wreck when I was there. They not only worked with me but were there for me. Especially the employees who offered any and all support. Won't forget that.  - Career advancement. THIS IS HUGE! If you come in as a employee, even as a entry Apple Store specialist you can go anywhere and everywhere. You can be transferred to work at any Apple Store nationwide, or if you want go work at Corporate and even be part of software and hardware design teams. One Genius in my store did a Career experience at Cupertino, did such a good job they asked him to come back and work on The iPad team.","- Wish the pay was a bit more. It's above average for retail, but I wish I was paid closer to 40k a year rather than mid 30's. I was with the company for almost 6 years. If your closer to a major city market your pay does jump though. Good example I made 16.11 hr in a VA market and 18 in a NJ market","Please Please listen to your employees when it comes to morale in the store. We are a family and when you come in pressing - sell sell sell - it isn't attractive and we loose confidence. Our last store leader was a gem, she focused on the employees and morale. She was so outgoing and friendly. EVERYBODY loved her and we did anything she and management asked because of that. So when they ask can you stay 2-3 hrs to help cover - no problem. But when we got a new store leader who wanted us to - sell sell sell - and cared little for employees the attrition rate in the store SKYROCKETED. Personally I left cause the environment was too hostile. Employees understood they had to stroke his ego to get on his good side. I don't do that so we never got along.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39816,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Software Engineer,Slow and boring,"Good for slow, older or not so sharp junior engineers",Same phone for 5 years,Do what SJ did,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39817,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Working from home is an amazing opportunity but don't fool yourself - don't think you'll have flexibility to be with your kids or do your chores. You gotta follow your schedule and be online when you're suppose to. I actually can't imagine having kids at home when working, you need to pay attention and be dedicated. Once you get used to, the job flow is incredible. The benefits are the best I ever had - medical, dental and vision. They do reward you with amounts in Apple Stocks, which is great. Management is always on top, you don't feel left out because you're working from home and while some are in the office. Pay is very good and comparable to other companies. If you have a good perfomance, you can chose what schedule to have (of what is available, off course)","No cons! Make sure you're aware of the requirements for the job. Working from home can be amazing if you dedicate yourself. I personally think we have advantage compare to those who work in the office - we don't have distractions like your co-worker talking about personal life, or spending time in the coffee station. Your numbers can beat any other person's if you really want :)",Nothing. I absolutely love working for Apple :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39818,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting work but too much secretive,Interesting work Great products Work life balance Some managers are great Good teams,"Traffic through 101 can suck and the train (I cannot think of a legitimate con, everything is okay here) cafe food sucks at times",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39819,apple,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Easily the greatest job I've ever had and the greatest company I've ever worked for.,The pay is competitive. The benefits are next level and the environment is top of the line for a retail store. There are pressures and timelines but no quota you have to work off of..you simply must do the best for the customers and for your team!,"The hardest thing at apple is once you outgrow the retail life, the corporate opportunities really only lie within Cupertino, California or Austin, TX.",Continue to lean in and sow into your teams and employees! They notice when you do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P320.htm
39820,apple,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Easily the greatest job I've ever had and the greatest company I've ever worked for.,The pay is competitive. The benefits are next level and the environment is top of the line for a retail store. There are pressures and timelines but no quota you have to work off of..you simply must do the best for the customers and for your team!,"The hardest thing at apple is once you outgrow the retail life, the corporate opportunities really only lie within Cupertino, California or Austin, TX.",Continue to lean in and sow into your teams and employees! They notice when you do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39821,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Writer,"Mediocre—nice to visit, wouldn't want to stay","1. Nice facilities. 2. Good food that's not terribly expensive. 3. Decent pay for a technical writer. 4. People were fairly friendly, on the whole. 5. Great fringe benefits for full-timers (not for contractors), including a gym, on-site doctor, and other services. 6. You don't take your work home with you, as a contractor. 7. From what I can tell, Apple actually cares about its employees, and it tries to be a responsible corporation. That counts for something. A lot, really. My previous employer was happy to support bigoted political candidates just for the ""pro-business"" policies. I don't see Apple doing that. I do see it giving me a place to safely dispose of batteries, recycling waste on a huge scale, and building giant solar farms.","1. This was some of the dullest work I've ever done. At the Austin location, most work seems to revolve around helping Apple-associated repair shops do paperwork. I wrote a lot of processes about things like explaining to an Apple keyboard jockey how to replace incorrect serial numbers and how to document returned parts—and so forth—to support these repair shops.  2. It can be impossible to get away from deficient personality types, and that can screw up organizational functioning. I had the misfortune to get saddled with the smuggest, most pedantic—and yet still unfriendly—person I have ever met. The kind of person who can't distinguish between ""can"" and ""may,"" but who will take a paragraph to critique your use of ""who,"" instead of ""whom."" The kind of guy who makes his neck tendons stand out from strain when he's trying to make an ordinary point about a slideshow in a meeting. There's no need for that kind of inanity in a clock-punching job. Anyway, he trained me and occupied the adjacent cube during my entire tenure. And because he dug himself in, there was no way to get away from him, even though it was clear to my supervisors and coworkers that this guy was an obstacle, regardless of how hard he worked. Everyone hated him, but there he is, immovable.  3. Apple is Byzantine. More arcane than you'd dare guess, and yet there's not an organizational chart to be found. Ask for one, and you get a weird oral history recounting the succession of lords and ladies in the various sub-departments. But not, say, a hierarchy of departments and brief descriptions of their functions. This makes it unnecessarily difficult to figure out how the organization works.  4. Good luck getting access to the systems you need to do your job! I never got access to some of the systems I was actually writing processes for! Many times! Unbelievable.","1. Honestly, from what I saw, y'all are doing all right. My supervisor was good, though the system as a whole needs tinkering ...  2. For the love of human sanity, sketch out a rough organizational chart. If you don't know what that is, research it on the Internet.  3. Do more to identify deficient personality types. They drive away quality people, and they damage the overall pace of work through their effect on morale. Once you identify one, assign him to a solo project away from normal people. You know, quarantine. Don't have him training anyone.  4. Figure out how to get technical writers (even contractors) access to the systems they'll need for doing their jobs, even if they're just writing about using those systems, rather than using them directly.",2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,none,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39822,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great pay and benefits, and awesome coworkers. You'll stay up to date with technology.",Hard to transfer to different locations and requires another interview. Had to quit the company because my spouse was offered a job in a different state and none of the Apple Stores in that city had openings.  Required to work weekends.,Most managers treated everyone well and with respect.,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39823,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialist,The hiring process is lengthy because they only hire amazing people. Just about everyone I work with brings energy and knowledge to the table. Everyone is an Apple fanatic and wants to be there. Not to mention the pay is decent whilst still at university.,"5 hour shifts are kind of obnoxious. I'd much rather come in for a full shift a few times a week, than smaller shifts more frequently during the week. There aren't quotas to maintain otherwise you'll be fired, but you are expected to sell an amount of Applecare with all the products.",Keep up the energy! Don't promote false hopes of getting promoted,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39824,apple,"Mobile, AL"," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Aha,"Great company overall, I'd work there again.","Great benefits, work from home, team environment, they send you a computer and you're whole work station, plus you get clothing and misc. items in the mail that have the Apple logo on it like water bottles. What's cooler than saying you work for Apple? During peak seasons you can get up to 60 a week if you want and you get significant discounts on products and services.","Huge work loads, everything is based on a metric, no matter how good you do the managers point out flaws, lots of micromanagement since you work from home and in very impersonal ways since you never meet your managers in person.",Management needs to stop thinking about themselves so much and focus more on the people they manage. A lot of the managers seemed to think that by cracking down on their team members it made them look a lot better.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39825,apple,none," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,"Best benefits, lots of discounts, decent pay",No work life balance. You work late hour shifts. Calls are stressful. Metrics are impossible to meet. Too little time for training,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39826,apple,none," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its not so bad,Fun talking to customers,Busy work shifts unprofessional management,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39827,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,fun,"Benefits, Hours are really good, people, friends , discounts",- talking to lots of people,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39828,apple,"Tulsa, OK"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Retail Specialist,Great opportunities to learn and grow,Constantly changing work schedule. Some internal fighting over growth,Look to create a more consistent schedule. Setup a better way to trade shifts,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39829,apple,"Columbia, MD"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Apple,"Awesome benefits, solid pay, great co-worker around the country to interact with. Apple really cares about their employees and goes the extra mile to make sure we are taken care of.",Retail hours make it very hard for work/life balance,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P321.htm
39830,apple,none," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple At Home Advisor,"Apple's brand in itself provides a name that just about anyone would want to be associated with. As an at home advisor, you can work from home supporting people of the Apple family from all over the world. And the discount on Apple products is pretty cool too.","You have to talk or chat all day to different customers across the country, and sometimes the language barrier or fraud scams can be a bit much.","Allow your team to see and hear you take a few phone calls each month. It's easy to direct your team to on how to be effective as an advisor, but your team will gain more respect for your insight knowing that you have recently faced the same issues they have.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39831,apple,none," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good career job for introverts,Great pay very understanding managers decent hours,angry customer scammer heart breaking calls repetitive questions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39832,apple,none," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"details orientated, drive to prefect",hard to meet life and work balance,more communication,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39833,apple,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iTunes At Home Specialist,Great pay and benefits. Loved working at home.,Got increasingly difficult to deal with. Management would say yes to something and then say no the next day. Constantly!,Pick policy and stick to it.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39834,apple,none," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare Advisor,"Benefits, 401k was good, food is fantastic, as is the gym.","Quality of managers can fluctuate, micromanagement, facility lighting, and ambient temperature is too cold.",More of your fantastic mangers and please stop with the freezing temperatures on the floor.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39835,apple,none," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"Great benefits, work environment and team",You worked hard for those benefits.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39836,apple,none," Dec 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Caffe Macs,Pay is pretty good when compared to other hourly wages for cooks.,The entire kitchen suffers when too many associates are absent.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39837,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 3, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Good benefits, great pay for retail.",Difficult to move up in company- will usually choose external hire of internal.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39838,apple,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Working at Apple,This is a great place to work,I can't think of any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39839,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Dec 3, 2016",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Great Part time job,"Great benefits, stock options, positive environment. The company takes care of its employees. Pay is great for a retail job.",Many people that have worked in the retail environment are burnt out. Either by the retail hours or the customer service aspect of the job.,Let go of employees who are no longer happy working at the company.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P322.htm
39840,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Apple Retail Senior Manager,"Compensation is extremely good. You get to work with incredibly smart, creative people.",Advancement in Apple Retail is challenging as there are not many new locations opening in the US and people don't leave often.,Do not spend so much time talking about development and opportunities and then not actually do support them. It breaks trust.,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39841,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - IT Specialist,One of the most amazing jobs ever,The company allows you to have very good beneficts and pay all your vacations. Great team player politics and good relationship between peers.,Sometiemes you have to work in a rush and under a lot of pression to dinish the deliverables on time. Thats a cons if you dont like it. But I do,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39842,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Not what I expected, just okay","The culture of being a flat organization allows you to really own your project/program and make decisions without having to consult with your manager or leadership.  Perks like the Wellness Center (onsite doctors), nice fitness centers, yoga and spin classes make it easier to manage your life.","Very start-up-ish with outdated processes and tools and worker bees that just do what they were hired to do (that's the culture).  Employees are not encouraged or motivated to move around in various roles, they basically want you to do the same job for the rest of your life and not complain about anything because ""someone else would do your job in a heartbeat!""  Poor management that gets no training on how to be a manager and lack the knowledge on how to coach and develop your people. No opportunity for employees to give feedback (i.e. anonymous surveys) to management and/or the company to create efficiencies and improve employee satisfaction.  The secretive culture between teams creates an environment of constant fire drills. If the teams partnered and worked together- imagine what this company could accomplish!",Create efficiencies so we can move faster and really be an amazing company! Management needs training on motivating and developing employees instead of holding them down with the attitude that they are lucky to work there.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39843,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,I've never known a closer family of employees at any other job,Company opens opportunities for growth. If you want it you can go fro it. Of course discounts are a plus but it's so much more than that,You can easily get stuck in a roll if you let it. If your not a people person. It's not for you.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39844,apple,none," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best Organization I've Experienced, When They Walk the Talk","Talented, passionate people who care about every little thing. Overall positive culture of self-improvement and mutual support. Great products that you can truly be enthusiastic about. Beautiful physical work environment. No commissions.","Crazy hours, especially for part-timers and special events. Make you scrape for every little advancement. Can lead to cognitive dissonance when everyone's talking high ideals, but it doesn't match reality.","Keep providing lots of support (training, benefits) to your Retail team. And don't ever hire a penny pincher like John Browett ever again!",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39845,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,AppleCare Tech Support,Benefits from the first day. Get to work with the most up to date computers. Schedule can be 5x8 or 4x10,"Being with the Company for years it was great to work for Apple Inc. They made the place a enjoyable place to work! You were EMPOWERED to make decisions! You were celebrated for doing exceptional work. The perks and swag was Plenty, shirts Coffee cup, Blankets. muffins served at your desk and great fun celebrations for events. Overall enjoyable and exciting. Then Steve Jobs Passed and now you are Micro managed, audited bullied and constantly being warned of policy or be fired. Very little Chance of promotion. The Team Manager Apprentice program allows only a few people in and it can take YEARS for an opening. To get in, is not what you know, it is WHO you know. The good old boy process. If you have been withApple longer than 2 years, you may not get any promotions at all. Training is online testing, or self guided. The company has ERASED every thing Jobs had going on in the sites! They painted everything white and Grey. No quotes from Jobs, no inspirational notations. Everything is NOW focused on Profits and employees is the last thing thought about for improvement! The bottom of the totem pole that is rotting from being tinkled on.","Do not let the grass grow under the people that helped with making the company Great. Do not go around with blinders, celebrate your workers not just Corporate, but the support personal. Applecare",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39846,apple,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow,plenty of information to absorb,Employees often dogged by metrics,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39847,apple,"Smithtown, NY"," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Verizon Wireless Apple Tech Coach Sales Representative,Exciting with new relationships,Establishing new relationships. Opening business & personal accounts for clients. Explaining to clients in an understanding way to get familiarity with wireless devices operation.,Dealing with clients who have been disappointed. Keeping them with the network. Asking questions that will help them unravel their problem.,"Training is most important, without the proper training to meet the clients on their level and knowledge for the employees it doesn't work.",5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39848,apple,none," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What can I say,Amazing experience people wise everyone is super helpful and encouraging,Stacked schedule and stressful sometimes,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39849,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Lawyer,Apple's Company,"It is a wonderful company, And one of the most successful in the world. I rated it a five star because it works good with tech and finance.","There are not that many cons, but one of them would be slow-design process.",Only hire workers that meet high standards because if you want to stay a successful company you need people who know what there doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P323.htm
39850,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist/Expert,Great Company!,Wonderful people and excellent benefits.,No cons in my opinion!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39851,apple,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Support,It was a great environment. Coworkers were cool. I liked the perks. The managers weren't too bad.,Uniform gets kind of tiring. Corporate culture can wear thin. Discount was highly regulated. Opportunity for advancement was tough.,Please listen to your employees and don't feel like you need to micromanage them all the time. Trust goes a long way. Communication is key.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39852,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Genius,"Great company, limited growth","Impeccable training and support, intelligent co-workers, hustle and bustle environment",Growth is nearly impossible past the Store Lead role,"Audit your team, know their experience, keep great people!",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39853,apple,none," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,What you might expect...,"Good coworkers, always. Working environment can be pretty positive, in a good store, especially compared to typical retail.","Less competitive salary (benefits are excellent, however). Retail hours.","Be brave, even though these days (despite perhaps occasional lip service to the contrary) the straight path is encouraged, nothing great in that company has ever come from employees behaving themselves as expected.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39854,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,"Satisfying and fulfilling work, but very busy.","The work itself is fun and fulfilling. Management and groups vary, but my group has been a pleasure to work with.",Long hours and hard to keep work life balance. Feels like you are on call 24/7. High pressure and stress.,"Having better perks and better access to leisure areas (break rooms, ping pong tables, gyms, basketball courts etc) would make a huge difference in stress level and work life enjoyment.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39855,apple,none," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - FRS,Best Job!,Benefits Work/life Balance Pay Health Benefits Valued Employees,Minor/Minimum Advancement Workload Retail Holiday schedule Management favoritism Dealing with Angry Customers on a daily basis,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39856,apple,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great Place to work for,Long Hours crazy hours are regular,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39857,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Product Zone Specialist,The Culture The Customers The Benefits The Discounts Fun Place To be.,Sometimes the company can do things that make them seem more arrogant than they are,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39858,apple,"Buford, GA"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Product Specialist,"Flexible Hours, Great Pay",Flexible hours if you are in school or have outside commitments. The pay and benefits are amazing even for part time workers.,Definitely more demanding than your typical retail job but it's easy to stay engaged and passionate about the company. It's a retail environment so you have to work holidays/weekends but that is to be expected.,There is a huge push for growth and development of every single employee but no scheduled time to actually participate in growth and development.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39859,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Inside Look,Company that values all forms of diversity and strives to create an environment where anyone can say what's on their mind.,It has bad retail hours. Shifts are not at all flexible. There is no room for development.,Recongnize that your employees mean more than just a cash register and are capable of giving more to a business than just making a customer happy. Give weekly fixed hours to full time employees.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P324.htm
39860,apple,none," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Great place to work,Great place and people to work with.,There are really no downsides.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39861,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Data Analyst,"Challenging, demanding, but you get to work with great people on high visibility projects.","Smart, driven, top tier co-workers Challenging projects Great benefits Pride in the company values Pride in the products Sense of community","Lack of internal transparency Minimal performance recognition High expectations Pervasive ambiguity Some difficult personalities Competitive environment, not always very supportive",The brand's glamour only goes so far. Be mindful of work-life balance and career development for the talent and loyalty you'll need over the long term.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39862,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Pro Applications Senior Specialist,Amazing supportive company,"Awesome benefits, promotion opportunities, and supportive management. Lots of available career paths and rotations for you to find your career goals.",No open management positions at this time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39863,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior RF Software Integration Engineer,Good Company,"Its a very challenging environment, and you are accountable. There's a good opportunity of growth. Its a big company, but works like a startup.",Frequent travel to China to support the builds.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39864,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Great Place to Work,"Smart Co-workers, very interesting work","Very hard work expected, draining, hard to shut off from work",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39865,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 20, 2016",Former Employee - SQA Engineer,Everyone should do it once,"- Really smart people you get to work with - Excellent benefits - Some solid managers but also some real lemons. - Apple real does try to get it right all the time, and that is inspiring","- Career development can be challenging depending on what group or manager you are with/working for. When join Apple be sure that you have a good understanding of who your manager is and what the desire from you. - Live/Work balance can be a struggle sometimes. - Often times you are working in a windowless room, for security reasons (for years) - Often times you can't work from home for security reasons - Traffic to Cupertino is a constant",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39866,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,Talented hires and great technology. Excitement surrounding the brand. Hands-on experience mentoring and affecting sales change directly in the store.,"Management's goals didn't always align with the lofty feel-good behaviors we tried to espouse with our customers. Could be high pressure and stressful environment, especially during the holidays.",Remember what made the company great. Try to reclaim some of the prior culture of putting the customer and the product beyond sales (which is a tough sell).,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39867,apple,none," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Good place to start,"Apple has great benefits, even for part timers. Perfect for a job starting out (in retail that is). Managers and coworkers are typically awesome people",No simple way to move to corporate. Corporate treats retail like they're kids unfortunately. Very unhappy with that side of work.,Your employees are not idiots. Most managers understand this. Sometimes there are people that are hired that do not.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39868,apple,none," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Good employee discounts, employee benefits on education and fitness",Management is not knowledgable about products and employees,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39869,apple,none," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anon,Great job and perks,Great environment Good pay Amazing coworkers Awesome perks,Working on major holidays,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P325.htm
39870,apple,none," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anon,Great job and perks,Great environment Good pay Amazing coworkers Awesome perks,Working on major holidays,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39871,apple,"Murray, UT"," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,My Apple Review,"- benefits - respect from coworkers and leaders - positive, constructive environment",- Clique-y - depressing as you climb the ranks - you never can be truly needed there,"Love your peeps, protect and teach your peers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39872,apple,none," Dec 11, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Koolaid Culture,The ability to converse with people from all walks of life Is about the ONLY thing i looked forward to when coming into work. Everything else i'd place in the Cons category,No work life balance Favoritism is prevalent Lack of inclusivity Low moral Social climbers Fake personalities Drink the kool aid or get comfortable being an outcast,"Retail stores need major help. Specifically, the favoritism that's pervasive through out many different branches. As i'm sure you can tel, this leads to high employee turnover",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39873,apple,none," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Schedule,"Benefits, people, discounts, dress code,","Hours, customers, not a lot of upward mobility",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39874,apple,"Metairie, LA"," Dec 11, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist - Apple Store,"Great people, work with some of the brightest and talented people around, benefits are better than average for a retail job, chance to experience all the newest technology first","There is no room for growth (at least at my particular store), management is not flexible regarding other obligations outside of work, ultimately it's still a retail job and you will deal with some of the craziest human beings on the planet","Invest in ALL your employees, not just those in Cupertino.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39875,apple,"Foster City, CA"," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Expert,A lot of networking with many startups to fortune 500 companies. Apple hires extremely talented people.,Business Experts are basically business executives at a retail location minus the pay an account executive would make outside of retail. Do executive work without executive pay,Micromanagement tends to happen in a retail environment where the business workflow is still a mystery due to managers lack of understanding and education of business systems and workflow. Often the business department in all retail stores contribute a large portion of the store's revenue yet how it's accomplished is not understood.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39876,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Apple Inc. Review,Incredible innovative company with products that change and empower individuals use of technology. Customers and clients are pushing the envelope with their own innovation and reinforce the goals of Apple through their own projects in research or education.,Like any innovative company the workload is extensive. It is up to you to achieve your own work/life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39877,apple,none," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Does Care,"AppleCare is an amazing work experience, it looks fantastic on a resume. The business demands always keep increasing so if you're good at what you do, you'll have steady employment","The scheduling system is a little meh, have had to deal with payroll more times than I'd like to square away small payment issues","Keep doing what you guys are doing, it's been a great experience so far!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39878,apple,none," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Back of House Specialist,"Great work environment, fun company, lots of opportunity for professional growth.","It's a retail schedule, and it is highly competitive for advancement.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39879,apple,"Denver, CO"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,AHA Chat Advisor - A warning.,"Great pay, great benefits, work from home, and an average amount of opportunity to move up. If you like a fast paced, daily changing world, you might consider a job at Apple. In their words - the only constant is change.","For those of you who have worked in customer service before and are considering Apple - don't think you can handle it just because you've ""done this before"". Of all the places I've ever worked (10 years of customer service and technical support), this one is the most demanding mentally.  Extremely poor work life balance, especially if you work in chat. They don't schedule well, and they certainly don't hire enough to handle their volume, so you end up doing twice the work for the same pay. Or worse - triple the work which is very common during the holidays. And no - I'm not talking about extra product support - you will support all of their products. I'm talking about volume.  All the while you must maintain a strict level of quality which is measured by customers - which can be great, unless they're upset over something you can't control. And - you guessed it - there's no way to challenge the feedback.  On the days you work you are exhausted from too much over stimulation, and the days you have off (if they're not pushing overtime), you're just trying to recover. Be warned - this is an extremely stressful job and it will effect your day to day life in more ways that just having to be somewhere for a minimum 40 hours a week.  On top of that, it's extremely hard to provide feedback - everyone is focused on positivity rather than reality, and so it's not a very honest environment.  In the time I've been here, I've only seen it change for the worse - never for the better, so my outlook is quite grim. They have consistently proven the bottom line is more important than their employees or their customers, and this is unlikely to change.","Be honest, allow us to be honest, and actually do our job for a day - in the current environment.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P326.htm
39880,apple,"Foster City, CA"," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Expert,A lot of networking with many startups to fortune 500 companies. Apple hires extremely talented people.,Business Experts are basically business executives at a retail location minus the pay an account executive would make outside of retail. Do executive work without executive pay,Micromanagement tends to happen in a retail environment where the business workflow is still a mystery due to managers lack of understanding and education of business systems and workflow. Often the business department in all retail stores contribute a large portion of the store's revenue yet how it's accomplished is not understood.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39881,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Apple Inc. Review,Incredible innovative company with products that change and empower individuals use of technology. Customers and clients are pushing the envelope with their own innovation and reinforce the goals of Apple through their own projects in research or education.,Like any innovative company the workload is extensive. It is up to you to achieve your own work/life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39882,apple,none," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alright more transparency would be nice,Very positive place to work. A lot of openings and opportunity. Good coworkers. Nice benefits could be better. A lot of training.,"Lonely seclude job, pay rates are not transparent and public. Múltiple salaries depending on area. Not enough money on promotions .",Transparency on salaries even scale for same job. More in house training for new positions that require higher degree of learning or path to study in the field while working.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39883,apple,none," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The real life factor,Amazing people to work with,Can be a punching bag for many customer concerns,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39884,apple,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,"Benefits, team, development, leadership, learning",The customers we interact with seem to be entitled and unwilling to learn. Some are even prejudiced and even racist.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39885,apple,"Washington, DC"," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Culture,The company takes great pride in taking care of its employees.,"It is still retail, great support. But customers are customers.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39886,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,It’s retail,great coworkers and great discount,retail hours and hourly salary,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39887,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Software QA Engineer III,"Meh, and growing blander by the day",The people. The technology and public perception and public acclaim for the products you work on,"The management, the stock performance, the benefits are all lacking relative to other silicon valley companies",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39888,apple,none," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great company, great people, and amazing apple campus",Not many cons at all. Management is the best.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39889,apple,"Oakbrook Terrace, IL"," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Best Job I've ever had,Great Environment so much positivity to be a retail environment. You walk in the door and you literally become prideful about being apart of such a great brand. Everyday just walking through the store I appreciate the opportunity I was provided to enrich lives.,"It will be difficult to manage if you are unable to connect with people and occasionally deliver unfortunate information like ""Your data( pics of your newborn child, dead relative, etc.) was lost"" mediocre Customer service would make working at Apple difficult l.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P327.htm
39890,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,Great training and overall friendly atmosphere.,Position becomes very monotonous with same issues over and over again. No real challenge to learn something new. Working from home is limited as far as expanding your career.,Thankful to have my job but more programs or room for advancement for at-home advisors would motivate the at home workforce.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39891,apple,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,Great benefits. Great people. Fun environment.,Can be very stressful and overwhelmingly busy. Pay needs to be higher to compensate. Difficult to get full time or move up.,If you pay your retail employees more and promote more from within you will be able to create a much higher degree of loyalty to and love for the company.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39892,apple,none," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Not the best place to work,"Work from home, decent pay","NO work/life balance! They don't seem to care you have families or that you can spend holidays with them at all. They don't care what you are available, change schedules, add more and more duties onto you, threaten to write you up, change your schedule, or whatever they feel like at the time to ""punish"" you. They rely too much on statistics, metrics, surveys and things out of your control. Have yet to receive a raise, they work you to death and add mandatory OT on everyone which shouldn't be allowed if you are full time","Allow more flexibility in schedule d execs get most of the next 2 weeks off to be with their families! Need to go back to charging for support, getting calls for things the customers could do themselves, also the Retail stores need to answer their own phones and take calls",1.0,none,none,1.0,1.0,none,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39893,apple,"Augusta, GA"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At home Advisor,It's a great company that you can move up in and not stay at the same level you started on.,None at all i can think of.,Keep up the great work !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39894,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Working for a retail giant.,Great environment and salary. Flexible hours so I can finish school while making decent money. Benefits are great for retail,The people who come in who don't understand technology get frustrated with you easily. Technicians aren't responsible for you breaking your stuff.,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39895,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Account Manager,Apple Retail Business,"Great benefits, stock options and employee purchasing plans. The Manager that skill stay true to founding principles of Apple are excellent to work with. They Generally care about the employees they oversee and prepare you for promotions.",Low pay and hectic work environment. The management teams are very retail. They care less about the employees and working condition for employees. It feels like the company is becoming too big and the focus has become more about profits and less about people.,Get back to your Roots. Remember the credo and focus on your most valuable asset. Your People!,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39896,apple,"Windsor, CT"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Product Zone Specialist,"great benefits, awesome work Environment",nothing this job is great and I love it,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39897,apple,none," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Work from home Great benefits and pay Meet great people,Working from home can lead to feeling isolated.,Hire internally for managment positions.,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39898,apple,none," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Great benefits. Great people.,Can be tough at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39899,apple,none," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Welcoming culture for all individuals. Teaches you how to maintain and value the highest standard of quality.,High volume of work load.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P328.htm
39900,apple,none," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple,it was fun to work there,dont car about you during busy times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39901,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 19, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,NA,Great benefits with amazing people.,High traffic but as expected.,Keep up then good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39902,apple,none," Nov 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,"Great pay, management is very good on development, awaesime career experiences",Customers can be a. It pushy.,Keep up good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39903,apple,none," Nov 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great work and then some,"None so far, let you know",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39904,apple,"Rochester, NY"," Dec 3, 2016",Former Employee - Channel Management,Used to be great!!,Great Financials…exciting products…great co-workers…strong product pipeline,All new management …micro manage….took the fun out of it,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39905,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 19, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Specialist,Great environment,I enjoyed working with my coworkers and the support I got from the coworkers was great,"We used to have to perform at a certain level, if we didnt sell enough applecare warranties we would be told to work harder",My advice to management would be to keep up the good work and to continue to inspire the newer people that come in,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39906,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Work for Apple, but not through Xerox","At home position, get info first on product","Customer service is stressful, equipment is not always up to date, often glitches in the iLog system, POOR managers",Better work experience for the employees,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39907,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Retail Life,"Good pay for customer service, great benefits, you can grow there, learn a lot of life/technical skills, learn great communication,","Pay is not good if you are living in expensive city, pay raise is minimal, very difficult to move into corporate, very stressful/taxing being verbally attacked by angry customers, seems to not be organized at times, not enough vacation, no holiday requests for vacation can be made.","Pay your workers more, especially your technicians who have to be verbally assaulted at least everyday.",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39908,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Mac+ Senior Advisor,Company running out of steam,It's Apple the company that changed the world,"Shift bids, work holidays, forced into other departments without pay raise, constant stressed out employees, and all a numbers game.",Focus on innovation and develop your talent.,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39909,apple,none," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is great,Fun work environment and great benefits available.,The product discounts aren't all they're cracked up to be.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P329.htm
39910,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Meeting a diverse customer base, Excellent training and resources to learn about the amazing products, part-time health insurance, internationally renowned and respected company","Few opportunities for advancement or even full-time, newly hired employees starting at a higher pay rate than current employees",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39911,apple,none," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stable,Stable company. Teams are great and the work rewarding.,Becoming a large company. The layers can make things a little difficult.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39912,apple,none," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing and tough,Enriching customers and employees experience. Benefits are good. 401k is average. Stock options bonus is good. Staff promotions and transfers opportunities to leave the states is solid.,Managers position is difficult to transfer to other locations in Phoenix area. Work/life balance is challenging schedule for the staff gets out three weeks in advance but managers schedule is weekly and sometimes we get the schedule less than a week out.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39913,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,"HQ - Marketing, Stepping stone","Experience is cumulative, and having a background working in a 'always-on' environment like Apple's is immediately recognizable and favorable for future employers.","Low levels of support for learning development, career progression, visibilitiy into other opportunities across the compay",Motivate teammembers through career advancement opportunities,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39914,apple,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Good people to work with,Retail hours are not the best.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39915,apple,"Towson, MD"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Product Zone,"Meet all types of people (coworkers and customers), benefits are great, discounts on pretty much every item for every company out there and it's one of the best retail stores to work in.","The pros are only enjoyable when management doesn't suck. Otherwise, there will be horrible scheduling, no support, no consideration of the individual, difficulty moving in any direction besides laterally, etc.",Resign. Let someone deserving hold your position.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39916,apple,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/a,Decent place to work.younger management lots of sharing ideas on work flow and team building.,Its Apple.and they have planned obsolete products most of their customers don't know this.,None. As long as the bottom line looks right they will continue to do business as usual.,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39917,apple,"Peabody, MA"," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Sales and Marketing,"Karen Roberts, Trinny Cortez, Northeast","Working with the retail staff in all the Northeast was and is a commitment to sharing a vision, working for a purpose and dedicated to customer service. The discount, however ok, it is not about that. It is the clairvoyant employees on every level, that share talent, experience and experiments that make Apple what it is, and was.","The new and uneducated that are claimed to be genius. They used to be, know many of the top genius, that still perpetuate commitment front and forward quickly, and resolve problems. I don't see it in many store's anymore. Nor do I see it at the retail management level, not trained.. Retail made Apple what it became, along with Mr. Jobs, and Steve Wozniak. Retail pay is horrible, even if you sell 100K in 3 days, no commission, only management get bonuses. Corporate dictates the rules, and does not understand how to run retail, which is the heart and bones of our business. Sales have dropped, and counting on the service part of the company to make margins is the only way now.. A sad way to make the cut. What happened to innovation?","Mr. Cook, take a step away, let Mr. Wozniack run the R&D and fantastic creations he came up with. It was him and Mr. Jobs a combination of wizards one in marketing, the other in development. You don't have a clue. Running Apple into the ground with old technology, bad performing IPhones, which was the forefront of the business and has had many problems of late, does not show well. The Apple watch, another bomb. I am sure your focus is now on the service side of the company as that is the only way you can stay afloat. Look at your competition, research it, come up with something new, not updates, they only cause problems going forward, which is why it is your call for a service business.. Not something Mr. Jobs would have pursued.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39918,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Web publisher,Great salary package and benefits,Did not get a chance to explore so much because Apple has its own system. You need to start to learn Apple way all over again when you join.,Be more opened to new employee,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39919,apple,"Oakland, CA"," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - 3D Animator/Touch Up Artist,3D Animator,"laid back, they are understanding of anything you come to them for, can be fun, we had nerf gun fights here before. The people are pretty friendly. you get to dress regular. matching 401k plan.","Repetitive work, can be very boring. No opportunity to grow or to become full time employee. they dump you without telling you what you did wrong or if you need to improve your performance. they are suppose to have reviews every three months but they never have done them. It's a lot of favoritism here going on.","My boss doesn't communicate at all to us, he has the leads do it while he stands in the back of the room and stare.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P330.htm
39920,apple,none," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Fraud Analyst,"Casual dress, parking garage, food trucks","Petty, prying, overbearing management that plays favorites over ability.",Retire,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39921,apple,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You have to drink the Kool-Aid to succeed...,Community-building with co-workers and customers,Inconsistent schedule. High turnover rate.,none,2.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39922,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Easy job, great benefits, and good culture.","hard to get in, a lot of customers can be rude and arrogant which makes work stressful. Pay could be better given all the responsibilities we have.","Better pay, don't show favoritism.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39923,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Preservation,A great short term job,Positive environment. Great benefits. Few to no office politics or back stabbing. Managers really do care and try to give you the best experience with the resources they're given.,"High for retail pay but low for a career. Apple retail managers will dangle and Apple ""career"" in front of you to get you to work harder, however good luck every making over 40k a year.",Be honest and explain to employees that this should be a short-term job to learn some skills and have some fun but you should move on after a year.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39924,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple At Home Advisor,"Benefits, Pay, Learn about products that you wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to learn about in detail. Be a pro at what you do. Awesome team managers.","Working on holidays, too much expected by management, too much ambiguity seems to change way too often and management in AppleCare takes away more and more from their employees at the higher level (Area manager and above)",Let your US employees have the holidays off and make the other regions pick up the slack. Lay off on the metrics that are unobtainable... Who can really have a 90% when people are as nit-picky as they are?!??,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39925,apple,none," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,2016 Updates,"* Total rewards compensation package above industry average, including 401K and ESSP * Above average insurance benefits * Good operational structure including, staffing, training and resources",* Limited position growth potential * Retail hours and inconsistent work schedule * Lack of support structure and regular communication to stores from Market and Corporate,Apple retail store grossly underserve owners outside of major metropolitan areas. Many stores are dated in design and ability to serve customers which result in poor customer experiences internally and externally. There is a deep need for greater levels of store staff support with leaders rarely being seen in stores.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39926,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be overworked and underpaid,"It helps your resume, future employers will see it and they are aware that it is difficult to get a job there.","They don't pay folks what they are worth, and you will be overworked. Apple's workers need to unionize.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39927,apple,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/a,Decent place to work.younger management lots of sharing ideas on work flow and team building.,Its Apple.and they have planned obsolete products most of their customers don't know this.,None. As long as the bottom line looks right they will continue to do business as usual.,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39928,apple,"Willow Grove, PA"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Depends on what store you work at I guess?,"Benefits are choice, def top of the line there. Pay is pretty good compared to other retail environments. The people you work with are amazing.",They hire a lot of external people so room to move up within is virtually impossible. Not a full blown career for most people! Get's boring and repetitive over time.,Drain the swap of the poor power hungry management that likes to micro-manage. Please use the talent you have to move up the chain. Don't hire people externally with the same or lower experience and put them about others. That environment will rip apart quickly and cause animosity.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39929,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Web publisher,Great salary package and benefits,Did not get a chance to explore so much because Apple has its own system. You need to start to learn Apple way all over again when you join.,Be more opened to new employee,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P331.htm
39930,apple,"Willow Grove, PA"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Depends on what store you work at I guess?,"Benefits are choice, def top of the line there. Pay is pretty good compared to other retail environments. The people you work with are amazing.",They hire a lot of external people so room to move up within is virtually impossible. Not a full blown career for most people! Get's boring and repetitive over time.,Drain the swap of the poor power hungry management that likes to micro-manage. Please use the talent you have to move up the chain. Don't hire people externally with the same or lower experience and put them about others. That environment will rip apart quickly and cause animosity.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39931,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Great,Cant Complain! great place to work,I have 0 complaints about this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39932,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Product specialist,Get to meet great people. Great environment to be in!,nothing bad to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39933,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple At home Advisor,"Work from home, great pay",Need to get out of the home a lot,Go in with a work life balance plan,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39934,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Hadoop Administrator,Hadoop Admin,Very huge environment. Latest technology.,More working hours when compared to pay.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39935,apple,none," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Apple has an amazing internal culture. Great benefits. I met and worked with some of the brightest, hardest working people.",Many times you are overwhelmed by the number of customers. Customers have unrealistic expectations for being helped immediately with sales or service.,Continue to celebrate the diversity of the work force. Give employees a clear path for advancement. Benefits are great and outweigh lower hourly rates than other employers.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39936,apple,none," Nov 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great Benefits, good hours, some holidays off, a lot of training and excellent location.","its still retail, you have to know what youre getting yourself into. other than that great company.",get more experience in other areas,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39937,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Work/Life Balance, Few Opportunities to Move Up","Great Benefits, Healthy work culture, Good Work/Life Balance","Stressful Customers, conflicting direction from management, limited opportunities for upward mobility.","Take more time to listen to the needs of your employees, learn from them what they need to better serve the customers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39938,apple,none," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its Okay,Good Sales friendly people angry customers,Long Hours overtime no pay,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39939,apple,none," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,great people to work with and the job is usually fairly fun. Since joining Apple I have learef quite a bit of stuff. Flexible working hours and paid leave.,Not very high salary and not many paid leave days.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P332.htm
39940,apple,"Overland Park, KS"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Retail side was brutal,"I loved the company and products, but the retail enviornment and employees were not handled in the same care as the corporate sector. The computer discount was nice, as was the generous medical benefits.","They did not allow their full time employees which make up less than 10% of the retail employees create a steady schedule. I never had two consecutive days off, and in fact often worked over 9 days straight. The store I worked in was VERY busy and it drained me. I'm a true extravert that loved the product and love people but without the necessary time off to refuel they burnt me out. Myself and the few other full time employees asked for a set schedule and to fill around us with the ample PT staff but was rejected stating that this is just retail work so get used to it....","Think retention, in stead of promoting a stereotypical unsustainable retail enviornment.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39941,apple,none," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,Great benefits and many opportunities to advance to other lines of business.,Schedules are not very flexible sometimes and changes very often,More flexibility in scheduling.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39942,apple,none," Nov 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunity is endless is you don't have a family,Great fast paced environment with boundless opportunity to grow.,They won't work with your schedule if you have kids.,Be more family friendly,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39943,apple,none," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare iOS,-Work from home -All equipment provided -Friendly environment,-Very high expectations -Heavy micromanaging of your every action -Strict management,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39944,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Agent,You get to work from home Apple supplies all your equipment and reimburses you for some internet and phone expensives. The pay is decent,"Apple customers are horrible Roles are always switching meaning you get hired to do customer service and you end up working ever aspect of the business with no warning, no pay increases or incentives that others get, no training, you are just told ok this is what you're doing we will update you on processes as we make them.. You are held accountable when they throw you into a situation where they set you up to fail",Vest more in your tentured employees Give them the pay they deserve Take responsibility when the company makes mistakes and fix them instead of letting your agents being ill equipped and verbally abused by customers,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39945,apple,none," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,The benefits are great and you meet amazing people customers and co-workers alike.,Constant ebb and flow with leadership in regards to vision.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39946,apple,none," Nov 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros/Cons,Employees are like family Nice discount Great benefits Education assistance Flexible,Management If you're liked in a role hard to move to another Favoritism Hard to move to full time Management,Actually listen to what people have to say,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39947,apple,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare,The best place ever to work,"Nothing, the company is great to work for",Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39948,apple,"Wichita, KS"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great Company,Great company to work for. Many opportunities for advancement. Great benefits.,When you first start off the shift aren't the best. You have to shift bid.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39949,apple,"Plano, TX"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Benefits, good pay, work from home, helpful coworkers","Have to work one weekend each week, shift bids, sometimes stressful",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P333.htm
39950,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - APPLE At Home Team Lead,Aha horrible culture,"Great company, great benefits, great history","No work life balance, hired for experience then experience discounted.","Treat people better, your benefits do not make up for your arrogance. You hire some of the best, respect what they bring to your organization, lean in and listen.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39951,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Apple,"If you're a software engineer, you're among the kings of the hill at Apple. It's an engineer-driven company without a doubt (that *is* changing, but it's still very engineer-focused).","The quality of the engineers is possibly dropping, but possibly not. It's hard to get real metrics, because as the absolute number of people grows",Keep the focus on the user. Everything else will follow.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39952,apple,none," Nov 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mediocre at Best,"Very generous with the paid time off and work from home days. There's also the ""Apple factor."" When you go home for the holidays, everyone will think you've made it.","When I left, I learned that my male counterpart with equal experience was making 30,000 dollars more than me per year...so gender bias is still a thing.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39953,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Inside Sales,Great Culture,"Fantastic work culture. Full time employees are treated very well, great benefits: Employee Stock Purchase plan, matching 401K, great insurance, and discounts on products. Entry level pay is pretty decent compared to most call Center jobs out there.","Not easy to move up within the company, as Apple doesn't have processes in place to help your career growth within the company. Also, it's a call center, so you work almost every holiday (save 3), and you will most likely work weekends, unless you are a top performer.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39954,apple,"Cresskill, NJ"," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Business Account Manager,Business Account Manager,Learn to adapt to constant change.,There is no path for growth.,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39955,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Java/J2EE Developer,Java developer,Flexibility Giant Tech company good office environment it's in bay area,Big team so we don't know where to find another person no discount for contractors,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39956,apple,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare,The best place ever to work,"Nothing, the company is great to work for",Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39957,apple,none," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job for the pay and perks,Good discounts. Tuition reimbursement Good Insurance,Customers can be very demanding. It can wear on your soul.,Look more internally for promotions.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39958,apple,none," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare advisor,"At home position. Decent benefits and pay for the role required, specially when you factor in commute to work.","Growth from within was encouraged, but records of new hires would indicate otherwise. There is a severe disconnect between upper management and middle/lower management and customer facing employees.",Innovate. Stop trying to measure everything and perfect what is barely working and go back to doing what the company used to be good at.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39959,apple,"Houston, TX"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Retail,"For retail, the pay is decent.",Retail employees do not get the same benefits as corporate employees.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P334.htm
39960,apple,"Buford, GA"," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"What's phenomenal about the company is that they truly know how to pick a team and develop it. At Apple, you are not ""hired"", but rather, ""selected"", like a piece of a puzzle, to fit in with the rest of the team.  Apple focuses on developing you through the trials and tribulations in retail. Being good is simply not enough–so, when the opportunity provides itself to help you become the best, it is always taken. Your peers are there to give you feedback. You are there to implement it. Your leaders are there to do the same, but guide you (or lead you) through the process of growth, while ultimately helping you get to the next position in the store.  A lot of the skills I have learned here at Apple has bled over into my personal life. I am able to focus a lot more (and block out distractions as well, we know how busy it can get) on the things that matter.  I have learned to think creatively and strategically.  I have learned how to communicate passionately and effectively.  I have learned to empathize with upset customers and turn situations around.Even if I am unable to turn the situation around, I have learned to calm my inner self to the point where I do not lash out at customers. I am more vulnerable than ever now.  If you are looking for a great job, a job where you have another family that helps develop you, while making some great money and reaping some great benefits, then this job is for you. This job is NOT for you if you are not passionate, are not vulnerable, do not want to learn, or do not care about helping others grow.  This job is for the go-getters, the doers, the people who want MORE, the people who want to develop, reach new levels, bring others along on the journey (leadership) and learn technical skills/people skills that open your mind to a whole new level of thinking.","I know, I know, with the above post a lot of people will say, ""Oh, this guy must have drunk the Kool Aid. Honestly, it's not even about that. I do love the company I work for, or else, I would have never applied. No company is perfect, however. The job is incredibly demanding, and draining. Keep reading.  For me, I do not work at a flagship, or avenue store. Chances are, you might not either (if you're selected.) So, a lot of times, when heading to work you might feel like ""Oh, I just work in the mall. Nothing to see here. Just regular customers.""  I can't lie, I have had those thoughts sometimes. But there are ways to help with that. Show up to work a little earlier than expected. maybe 30 minutes. Relax for a bit. get your mind wrapped within the atmosphere.  Because, truth be told, the job is incredibly demanding...but it's so rewarding.  Don't be dismayed that you work in a mall. You still work at Apple and you are still enriching lives. It's incredibly fun.  Questions.  Customer's will come in and ask the same questions. Over and over again. And over. And over. Don't get bored. Find new ways to creatively express what iCloud is. Find new ways to show customer's the differences between the iPhones, Macs, or iPads. Let them drive. Don't take over. give them that, and you'll see that they enjoy the interaction more. (I used to be in this section, where you recommend solutions to customers, but have since moved to the Genius Bar.)  As far as the Genius Bar, you will get those customers who are mad. Don't snap on them. Just listen. Let them get it out. Empathize. Once you listen and stay calm, they become calm. Never match their level. You can't fight fire with fire. Works ALMOST every time. The times that it doesn't work...well, I'll leave that up to you.",Keep doing what you're doing!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39961,apple,none," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"- lots of benefits - good morals, values, culture","- too much focus on numbers (now, compared to before) rather than people, which were once the primary focus - very difficult to move upward, despite qualifications, and despite their saying that you ""create your own path""",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39962,apple,"Short Pump, VA"," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great place to work part time,Fun fast paced community family,Busy overworked cramped inflexible retail,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39963,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associated,"Great place to get experience, no growth opportunities","Benefits, strict 40 hr work weeks, coworkers","Retail, Limited advancement opportunities, leadership is nearly always sourced outside the ASLP program and current managers, so even successful ASLPs who are hired as managers get stymied at yr 3-4",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39964,apple,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Work along side many smart people.,secrecy makes it harder to collaborate,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39965,apple,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chat Advisor,"Awesome pay, At home office, benefits, and moral",They add more and more job duties once hired,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39966,apple,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"great pay, great managers everyone is really nice",I needed more flexibility in changing schedule,none,5.0,1.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39967,apple,none," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company and good peoples,Apple offer great benefits with vacations. Other employees are enthusiastic with respect for each other.,It's really busy. Store is always packed with customers and questions has always been asked about products. Other then that cons I can think of working here.,Great management team with respect for all other staff and very outgoing,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39968,apple,"Novi, MI"," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,AppleCare Senior iOS advisor,"Consistent schedule, competitive pay, at-home work environment, a lot of trust is given to you to make the right decision which is very rare in a non-managerial role.",Little scheduling flexibility- and by that I mean shifts are given by bidding. Bidding rules are not very clear and if you are not within the top 5% of your role you are at the mercy of the bidding. I closed every day I worked for over a year which was a deal breaker. Training is minimal when it comes to features. For example- iTunes is a very popular tool which we use daily but there is next to no training on it. The only resources we have are google or articles written to help but sometimes the directions are vague and it leaves a lot to the imagination.,I enjoyed not being micromanaged. It was a fantastic feeling to have the ability to make choices. However I would work on creating more resources for you advisors to master tools such as iTunes.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39969,apple,"Bellerose, NY"," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,"They are great, perfect for growth, fun environment",Management needs to listen to people more,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P335.htm
39970,apple,none," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Advisor,Great place to work. Very flexible work hours.,Working from home can sometimes be a negative.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39971,apple,"Thousand Oaks, CA"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Apple Retail,Great Benefits. Good company if just coming out of high school. Start pay is higher than minimum wage if going for intro job.,Low side of the pay scale for Macintosh Technicians. Retail Hours - Schedule starts at 9am-11pm. Non-consistent scheduling Hard to move up in rolls in same store. Most of the time you have to apply out of store.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39972,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Nice cafeteria - wide variety of menu options and great quality,"Low pay - just low, cannot make living with this",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39973,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Genius,"You will be able to meet a lot of cool people. Very diverse. No other job can beat the benefits offered, hands down.","After the culture and values changed, it went down the hole. Management in this market if full of bureaucracy and politics. Apple prides itself on providing worklife balance but yet does not display it.",Less micro managment,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39974,apple,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be,Really diverse team and a lot of great benefits. Definitely one of the best jobs you could have and for a good company,Definitely a lot of work and takes a very dedicated person to succeed. If you don't want to work hard this definitely isn't the place for you,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39975,apple,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great perks offered to all the employees.,Not much freedom for creative projects.,N/A.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39976,apple,none," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Adviser,Great people. Great management. Great pay. Great benefits.,Customer satisfaction is job #1 and people very rarely call because they're having a great day.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39977,apple,none," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company, good team. Gained a lot of experience`",Not many so far so good,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39978,apple,none," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Needs to change.,"They have a good vision, the coworkers are really nice, and I made a lot of friends during my time in my roles.","Management would say one thing and do another, talk to me and others like children, renege on promotion offers, coworkers would often joke about things that could come across as racist or anti-LGBT, like ""I'm fine with domestic violence between men, ha ha."" There is also lots of nepotism, which factors into promotions often.","Stop making promises you can't keep, and stop making up fake metrics or reasons that you can't promote people. Just tell them the truth that they're not the favorite.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39979,apple,none," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Expert,Good company but promotion is another story,Phenomenal benefits Good hourly wage much higher than current state minimums Plenty of vacation time Four warning system before being terminated,"90% of people calling in are just ignorant, condesending, entitled rich people  Management says you can be promoted if you keep your metrics good, I've kept my metrics good for almost two years and still no promotion ""because needs of business"" management just pushes you around and never really takes into account your actual skills, they just want you taking calls in a low level position like a zombie...when I first started they said we would be promoted within six months if we kept good metrics, it was a blatant lie and they just gave us additional roles and work without additional pay after those six months.  No real opportunity here, if you are hired in AppleCare all you are to them is a number to take calls from ignorant people utilizing subpar products. You have zero opportunity to move into a higher position within a different department at Apple, so just apply for those jobs directly rather than wasting your time with AppleCare.","Treat your employees less like numbers and give them actual paths and workflows to get into better positions within the company. There is nothing but empty promises and no goals besides keeping metrics good, which hardly says anything about an actual human employee and their skills.",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P336.htm
39980,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great experience,Worked as a specialist and always felt that I was treated fairly and given freedom to approach customers in my own way.,The pay is competitive with other entree level higher end retail stores but not fantastic.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39981,apple,none," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Expert,The best company,"This is the Ritz Carlton of retail. They care for their employees, no one can top their benefits, the best hands down",It's retail mostly unless you want to move to California or Austin.,The management at my location was very fair and personable. We were a family and couldn't ask for much more,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39982,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - ITunes T2 Account Security and Billing,No more holidays with family,"Excellent pay and benefits, nice discounts and perks. Paid vacation and sick leave. In this position you can work from home so there is no commute.",There is no work/life balance. You will be expected to work most holidays. Getting schedules with whole weekends off is rare and requesting off a weekend day/night is nearly impossible. You are guilted into doing overtime during the busiest times of year (product launches and holidays) while you are already worn down and away from family (like Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years).,"Do away with metrics that stress your employees. They are not robots. As such, there are going to be weeks where performance may lag such as when an employee is sick or has things going on in their life. Also, it should be manager's discretion to remove bad surveys from customers from our stats if a customer is unreasonable or spiteful just for the employee following Apple procedure. Don't force employees to work every holiday. It would be okay for the company to close on Thanksgiving and Christmas every year or at the very least have those days volunteer only- the company would still thrive with that closure.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39983,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Supply Manager,"I think that the primary Pros in Apple Ops are related to Pay and responsibility. The pay is competitive and they enable us to take on significant responsibility. Additionally, the people are very smart and I have learned an enormous amount working with peers.","The hours are terrible and the job is relatively thankless compared to other Silicon Valley firms. Middle management is mediocre and the outrageous churn in the organization is testament to that. Put simply, a large number of people you speak with in Ops range from unhappy to 'imminently burning out'",I think the primary flaw with Apple Ops is that there is infrequent feedback with little upwards reviewing. Managers who are universally disliked and ineffective seem to be immune to feedback that can pass through to Director level management.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39984,apple,"Washington, DC"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Technician,Technician,Great team environment! Amazing support from the company and management.,It is retail. Having to deal with numerous amounts of unhappy customers about their products.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39985,apple,"Fishers, IN"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Amazing company, local management could be better","Amazing benefits, discounts, and teams","My only complaint is with management at MY STORE. Any other store I've visited is much, much better.",Listen to your employees ideas. Don't make us feel expendable.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39986,apple,none," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Intern,Great place to work. I have wonderful time to work with smartest people in the world. You will get a lot experience.,"They don't advocate work life balance, I have to work 10-12 hours per day. They are too secret about everything.",none,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39987,apple,"Houston, TX"," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Good work environment,"Fast paced work, great people",Glass ceiling coupled with high pressure environment,n/a,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39988,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Not as good as it first appears.,"Benefits weren't bad, employee discount was nice, and working from home was great (at first).","In 2013, I would have given this job 4 or 5 starts. Since then, management has totally disregarded all employee feedback and has implemented new policies that are universally despised by the front line workers at AppleCare. Work-life balance has become nonexistent. And after years of working at home, your work life just naturally creeps into your personal life.","Actually listen to your employees' feedback. Over the course of 3.5 years, I would receive numerous requests for feedback from management (as would my other fellow employees). We would all generally agree on what needed to be changed, and we'd send our opinions up to management via the feedback surveys they sent out periodically. Almost without fail, management would implement essentially the opposite of what we requested. Then, when morale dropped, they would send out ""cheerful"" emails thanking us for our hard work. Getting a ""thanks"" after having your feedback ignored is extremely insulting.  This has lead to a virtually universal low morale among AppleCare's Senior Advisors. Everybody I spoke to near the end of my time at Apple was seeking a new job or lamenting how they were ""stuck"" at Apple. That's not how you want your highest performing, ""highest level"" of support to feel while at work.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39989,apple,none," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Advisor,Work-At-Home Great benefits Great pay Supportive leadership,"Lack of opportunity for upward growth when working from home. Other than that, nothing.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P337.htm
39990,apple,"San Luis Obispo, CA"," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Confused about reasons given for all to work retail hours.,Management is supportive. Merit is recognized. Benefits are good. Pays better than most retail jobs. Close to home. Most coworkers are easy to get along with.,Inconsistent hours make it difficult to stay healthy and positive. Unprofessional environment. Loud most of the day. Hiring questionable employees who are right but obnoxious.,"Employees are quitting because hours are inconsistent. Those who are loyal are burning out. High turnover is always expensive for companies. Save The company money by offering regular hours to employees, especially students. Rotate those regular hours to satisfy the Retail culture, you will keep employees.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
39991,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 13, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Politics galore.,Great part time benefits. Stock options. Tuition reimbursement. Diverse workforce.,Upper mgmt micromanaging. Lack of career development. Improvements to work environments move at glacial pace.,"Want your team to respect you? Listen to the little things and fix them. Have lunch with your Specialists, you'd be surprised at how much better things would get better for you for all the things you're being asked of from Corporate to improve.",3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
39992,apple,"Newbury, MA"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple Retail Specialist,"good environment, people are sweet, room for wroth in the company",no cons that I saw great environment to be in,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
39993,apple,none," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very bad management,The only pro is the company brand that was inherited from Steve Jobs and have been well known to the world.,"Very bad management, hierarchical, primitive, low budget, traditional, old, not efficient, no promotion, bad commutation, no social activity, unfair, no generosity, stereotypical, no growth, no free food.","Be fair, organize, communicate better, stop being hierarchical, provide free food, be more efficient, budget fairly, promote employees, be more open minded.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
39994,apple,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GSM Role,"Travel benefits, Brand recognition, Free products","Long hours, micromanagement, secrecy, competitive, cutthroat",Trust your employees more,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
39995,apple,"Saint Cloud, MN"," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,"Extremely amazing opportunities for growth, all while working from home. Great pay and great management support.",Working from home is amazing. Scheduled breaks and plenty of them. Lots of opportunities for overtime. 4x10 5x8 and split shifts options.,"It is a lot of work and sometimes emotionally tolling, but the pros heavily outweigh any cons. Working from home is not something everyone can handle.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
39996,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager II,Super smart people as peers. Amazing company,Takes long time to execute.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
39997,apple,"Boaz, AL"," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Care,Apple is Great !!! Apple Care Work at Home - Only For the fast paced and every changing,Apple has fantastic pay and great training. You simply can't beat them in that area.,Your schedule is constant changing. So for parents and family oriented its a really hard job. Your first shift for three months and then third for the next three. You have to bid for your shifts and it is based solely on performance.,Management is great ! Training is Great? Please give your employees that are family oriented a chance to work for Apple and not lose their schedule.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
39998,apple,none," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall pretty good,"overall, it's a pretty good place to work","ruthless culture, perks not as good as other companies, management can be a little clueless in the non-product related areas",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
39999,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for Students,"As a part-time, very flexible hours, good benefits.",no carrier growth what so ever,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P338.htm
40000,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for Students,"As a part-time, very flexible hours, good benefits.",no carrier growth what so ever,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40001,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Mobility Sales,Terrific Training! Great Campus with great lunch options on site. Employees can utilize the gym on site as well. huge potential for advancement in the future.,Traffic around the complex can be a nightmare around five o'clock in the afternoon. parking can be difficult at times. many levels of management can be hard to know direction.,keep doing what you are doing. Maybe do an analysis of what other companies are paying their employees and adjust accordingly. So people in the entry to mid level positions are paid way under market value.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40002,apple,none," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"I really enjoyed working here, and would recommend it to anyone.","Never worked in an at home environment, it can get to some people if you don't get out of the house!",n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40003,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Being in the right organization makes a difference.,"When you're in the right organization and have the right motivation whether it's the products or projects, you can be fulfilled beyond your expectations. I've seen many people with various capabilities flourish by moving to different organizations if they don't initially find success.","Finding the right cultural fit within Apple seems to be challenging for many people even though there is a general ""Apple"" corporate culture. It's hard to feel like a part of a larger organization. You find the right team, you find the right fit.",Innovate products and people and show that you're doing it by providing paths or encouraging self-exploration.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40004,apple,none," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Life Balance is Non-existent,"Wages, Benefits, Perks and working from home.","- Being a leader is NOT about completing checklist tasks. Excessive meetings, documentation and monitoring does not make you effective. - Advisor and Manager Schedules should align at least 70% of the time. Managing a Team of 20 advisors whose schedules range from 5AM - 8:30PM PST 7 days per week across 4 time zones is exhausting and difficult to support your team once you calculate all the mandatory meetings that could easy be emails, mandatory tasks required for our monthly scorecard and additional projects assigned by your area manager which typically consists of work they don't want to do themselves. - You have ZERO work/life balance. Working 50 hours per week is a minimum if you want to be effective. 60+ hour weeks are typical.",- Seriously take a look at your scorecard to determine what's necessary and get rid of all the busy tasks. - overhaul your shift bidding process so that the managers work a schedule that aligns with their teams for maximum support. - Team Managers should not be the only line of support for certain advisor issues. It's ridiculous at IT can't give someone access to the VPN on a Saturday. With things how they are you have to be tethered to your phone and macbook after your shift and on weekends just in case your advisor is locked out. Team Managers need time off as well.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40005,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Retail Employee,"1. Talented employees make for awesome coworkers and lifelong friends 2. Benefits are outstanding for a retail company 3. Great for a part-time or ""for now"" gig, not a career","1. Little to no room for growth -- politics play a HEAVY role in moving up, transferring, or getting a promotion, once you're full-time, there's nowhere else to go, if you want to be a manager, they'll string you around with empty promises so you can do their dirty work 2. ""Business needs"" are always put first and do not take into account your work-life balance -- want to go home for Thanksgiving or Christmas? Not happening. Need more or less hours for school? Can't guarantee it. 3. Entitled customers on a daily basis can be rude, condescending, and ignorant, at best!",Invest in your employees and show them appreciation instead of picking favorites and playing the politics game just to impress your market leader,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40006,apple,none," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Love the Employees & Culture. Inevitable Burn Out,"The employees and the corporate culture. Hands down, these two aspects of Apple are reasons to work for the company. Management is great and the support is excellent.","The role of Senior Advisor at AppleCare is unsustainable. To be blunt, it is a soul sucking job. It is embarrassing how rude the demographic of callers are. Abusive to be frank. I wouldn't go back to this role if I was paid twice as much.",The role is unsustainable for a variety of reasons. The customer facing requirement is set so high and the metrics are so strict that the only possible outcome is burn out and employee misery. I recommend diversifying the responsibilities of the role to counteract this issue.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40007,apple,none," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company requiring serious improvements,"-Excellent management at the immediate level is the norm -Amazing coworkers of diverse backgrounds. Great teams! -One of the best jobs in retail. Great pay and great benefits. -Great company values. Products you can believe in. -Feedback is highly encouraged and culture is often open. -Engaging, fast-paced work. The day can go by fast. You can meet some great customers.","-Sometimes contradicts its own stated values, both internally and externally -Great rhetoric, but does not always follow through in actions -Far too difficult to get full-time employment -Benefits for part-time are not as good as full-time -Work can become redundant. Some customers can be very difficult. -Can be understaffed. Excessive focus on individual productivity. -Communication and coordination between teams can be poor at times. -Schedules in Retail are highly variable. Can make work/life balance hard sometimes.","-Increase headcount more easily/more often -Care about morale beyond nice words -Make it easier to get full-time work -Increase opportunities and room for advancement (including to corporate) -Improve benefits for part-time, especially in the area of PTO (paid time off) -Always do what's right and admit mistakes, even if costs you a lot of money. You're a very rich company. You can afford it in the short term. it will benefit you in the long term.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40008,apple,none," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Core OS,"Great people, awesome work, be part of something really cool and cutting edge","To huge a company, which comes with its own issues.",none,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40009,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Technician,Technician,"Great benefits, amazing atmosphere, and you can transfer to nearly anywhere if you move especially in the US. Working in the retail side of it gives you flexibility to move to an entire different state and have a secured job that pays well.",Sometimes the scheduling can be a little rigid but nothing over the top. No real cons.,Continue to invest in your employees and the company will continue to thrive.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P339.htm
40010,apple,none," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Tier I IOS Advisor,"It's a good setup with good compensation, but has many frustrating issues that can deter anyone away from the job.","$12 an hour. You work for Apple (although legally you can't say that since you're outsourced to Kelly Services). Work at home with all equipment sent to you. Good Knowledge Base. Customers are just happy to have your help. Easy to pick up extra hours. Relaxed job, although back to back calls. Latest knowledge on new products and Apple related updates.","No benefits until you've worked a ton of hours for 1 year. Your hours change day to day, and you'll never get the same day off twice. Don't bother trying to speak to Staffing about it, they'll ignore you. I tried three times to talk to them (I had ticket numbers) about getting Thursday evenings off for classes with no avail. They'll promise you hours in the interview, but will change it completely by the time you get in. Training is awful. They don't teach you how to use any of the tools you'll be needing in production, and don't teach you how to use it later either. You just gotta figure it out. They want you to ask questions to help you understand how to handle new issues, but then they'll get on your back for having ""bad stats"" because of it when you consult. You'll be working there at the very least a year before even being considered for higher or different positions.","See above: Be consistent with hours, and communicate with your employees. Please please improve your training program big time and don't ever take away Ramp.",3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40011,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,One of best companies I worked for,Amazing culture. Progressive products. Employee discounts. Free gadgets. Incentives,I want to go back to Apple. Was golden period in my life.,Thank you for taking my career a million steps a head.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40012,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Senior Advisor,"Great management, the products we support are awesome","Schedule, job can become receptive",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40013,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,AHA,"Culture is fantastic, managers are easy to talk to.","Nothing at all, I loved working for Apple",A little less micro manage,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40014,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Technical Specialist,Awesome place,Awesome place to work thats right.,Could pay better that's right.,Keep up the good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40015,apple,none," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Core OS,"Great people, awesome work, be part of something really cool and cutting edge","To huge a company, which comes with its own issues.",none,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40016,apple,"Rockaway, NJ"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist/Trainer,Specialist,"Great staff, discounts. Great benefits & pay for a part-time retail.",Unreasonable sales expectations. Too much pressure to sell.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40017,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Expert,Great Company & Benefits.,Great Company with Benefits. Have some room to move up.,It is retail. Sucks sometimes.,"Make sure your team is happy and look out for them. Customers are rough sometimes, and just need to protect your own people.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40018,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Engineering Program Manager,"Great team, amazing engineering talent, being able to create world class products",not a good work-life balance,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40019,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Business Expert,"Benefits, pay, great technology and training program.",The retail stores are constantly busy and employees are overworked. Hours are not flexible and are too long.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P340.htm
40020,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Business Expert,"Benefits, pay, great technology and training program.",The retail stores are constantly busy and employees are overworked. Hours are not flexible and are too long.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40021,apple,none," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Benefits. Culture. Inspiring environment,Lower salaries. Hard work life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40022,apple,none," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recent Hire,"Great benefits. Friendly co-workers. After all, it's still technically a retail job and you're paid way above the average.",Customers can be rude. Coworkers can become clique-y. The inside of the store is more political than you'd expect.,"Hiring based off people skills is great, but please don't forget that technical skills are a huge impact on the job as well.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40023,apple,none," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Great on site cafeteria!! Love it,None that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40024,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Intern,Horrible Food,Intercampus on-demand shuttle is convenient.,$12 food is provided AFTER 7pm to ENGINEER ONLY.,"cheaper, better and earlier dinner",5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40025,apple,none," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Changed me for the better,"Worked with a ton of self-actualizing people who had enough in common with you that there was a shorthand for everything – music, food, culture, life. I showed up for the promise of being ""the underdogs"" early on. Apple changed my life for the better.","Work load was unsustainable at seven days a week, highly volatile team structure, constant leadership churn, job insecurity, made triple working at another company.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40026,apple,"Miami, FL"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Great sales in Apple products,Great working experience with all Apple product.,"Nothing bad, sometimes just like more eCommerce potentials to Employers.",Nothing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40027,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Demand,Great benefits. When you are on a great shift it is great.,"Likes to cross train - training is something that needs work. Calls cross training a lateral move while you do your original job and held accountable for that skill with no extra pay. Offers you experience working with other departments on rotations say it is great for your resume, but that is great if you stay with company. No extra pay for all this experience/cross training which is really obtained by working additional hours. It is always presented that working additional hours really shows you are a team player and you get extra pay. It is overtime and the extra pay is the law when working over a 40 hour work week. Bidding on for schedule gets really old. At home advisors appears there is on career path something with support","Stop sugar coating things from training, to working with customers, to working overtime just be honest call it waht it is.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40028,apple,none," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Amazing team to work with!,It can get hectic and fast paced but the team support always keeps you going,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40029,apple,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Eh.,This job included great benefits and was a real resume booster. You get tons of discounts on apple products and products they sell and partner with.,The day to day grind was ROUGH. Customers yelling at you everyday for 8 hours a day was insane. Schedule adherence and screen monitoring is so intense and makes you feel like you're under a microscope.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P341.htm
40030,apple,none," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Great work environment, great team",Not much room to move up,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40031,apple,none," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"- Great health benefits & stock options. - Structured development programs. - Overall, it was a great job to have throughout college. Taught me a lot!",- Very demanding for a full-time student.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40032,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Great benefits, good pay, no work-life balance.","Tuition assistance is great as a college student, the other benefits are amazing, the pay is higher than most retail jobs, Apple looks great on your resume, and you also get the opportunity to earn certifications that follow you once you leave the company.","The managers are clearly under a lot of pressure and that trickles down to the employees. There is essentially no work-life balance as it is close to impossible to schedule your vacations anything less than 2 months ahead of time. The expectations set on the Genius Bar team are extremely high, to the extent that most people leave the company within a couple of years after they become a genius.","Create more realistic expectations for the Genius Bar team. Our appointments take longer than the time we're allotted, all 3 of the stores I've worked at are understaffed, and the leadership teams commonly give contradicting advice to lower employees",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40033,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Oct 23, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great Company!,- Compensation! - Benefits! - Team! - Opportunity for development! - Great Hours,This job really didn't come with any cons. Everything is laid back and it's just a great work atmosphere!,Continue what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40034,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Preservation and Operations Specialist,"Great environment, decent benefits","Good Coworkers, great benefits, great culture, good employee perks","Tough to promote, pay not as competitive in some roles, gender inequality",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40035,apple,none," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good retail job,Good employee benefits that are eligible for part timers as well. Good retail job.,Movement upwards in terms of position / role is limited.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40036,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple,"Great work environment, fun co-workers and management. If you are not fun, outgoing, nice and ready to help people you probably won't get a job at Apple which makes it a great place to work. Pretty good benefits as well.",I would have liked to move up positions more quickly but it was difficult to do so. Although the main problem was that there were not positions open because no one was moving onto different positions quickly. There was no transparency from management to let me know what they were working on.,More transparency on what employees should work on and what management is thinking.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40037,apple,"Berkeley, CA"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Genius,Progressive company. Egalitarian. Employees first philosophy which redounds to unmatched customer relations. Incredible hiring practices in the retail environment.,Some employees top-out in retail and can progress no further unless there's an interest in management. The company has a tradition of promoting from within however and many move from retail into corporate. That pathway is not always clear but the company continues to develop talent even when it means losing a valued employee from the retail space.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40038,apple,"Orland Park, IL"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Great Company,"Great company to work for, I've learned a lot. Apple is the type of company where you put a lot of hard work in it does pay off.","Depends on your managers really, I've had good and bad ones. Again this place is what you make of it.","Treat your employees well, bend over backwards and watch them do the same for you.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40039,apple,none," Nov 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sucks,The people are great here,inefficiency at its finest here,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P342.htm
40040,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,-Wonderful training that you can take anywhere -Great entry into sales -Great skills gained from working with mass amounts of people everyday -Very diverse employees -Empowering and understanding managers -Great insurance benefits,-Can quickly become bored with job -Really low pay compared to job duties and sales revenue! -Retail hours,"Seriously guys, start paying your employees more. Many of my coworkers were on food stamps and were scraping to get by. Even with the product discounts, most people still can't afford the Apple products.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40041,apple,none," Oct 22, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Red Zone Specialists,"Great place to work, encouraging peers and leaders. Great company policy's and benefits even at the part time level. Highest payer in retail for non commission. So many perks. Great learning opportunities. Educational support for everyone from part-time to full time.","Really depends on what kind of managers you have. Becoming more sales profit focused then people focuse, so different from when I first started more then two years ago. Moving up the chain is very difficult and competitive. Managers decide if you get to move up ultimately so if you've got bad managers who display favoritism well........ I'll leave it at that. Otherwise Apple itself is a great company to work for.","Follow the company policy, treat everyone fairly, stop displaying favoritism and having alternative motives behind closed doors. Creat an environment of trust for your employees not distrust.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40042,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Creative,"Apple, a good Transition Job, but not a career","Some of the best reasons to work for Apple are: the people, the benefits, the occasional OT, and of course the yearly 25% discount on a new computer.","Some of the Cons would be: Low Salary (compared to the price of the devices being sold), everyone must work on the weekends, so having a normal social life is difficult.","Generally my experience with management was very positive, the only issue that arose was often a Manager was brought in from a previous retail space (like a clothing or food store) and had very little computer/electronic knowledge, that can be very challenging for our employees.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40043,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior sw engr,You get to work with bunch of phds who ae domain experts,you get pegion holed into Apple specific processes,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40044,apple,none," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Tech Support Advisor,Work from home Learn Apple products,Not a lot of growth from home,I had a great manager,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40045,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,It was good,"Great benefits, you won't find these types of benefits at any other job",It seems like management doesn't really care about you. They pretend but appear to be fake!,Genuinely care about your people. Stop faking it because we can tell.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40046,apple,none," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Analyst,Highly competitive salary. Great benefits. Healthcare is amazing. Challenging work.,There are no Cons to working at Apple. Keep on doing what you are doing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40047,apple,none," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius Review,Benefits are great Work is fun and challenging Always getting to work with modern/new technology Always get to meet people from all sorts of backgrounds,"Schedule is non traditional and can be frustrating Salary takes years to get to the point to be ok, let alone good Limited opportunity to move up in a technical role without relocation Non-technical managers often dictate technician decisions","Always have at least one manager on staff that comes from technical background! Work out way for higher compensation plans, always difficult knowing the training and experience we receive is significantly more valuable outside the company than within",3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40048,apple,"Glendale, CA"," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,just okay,looks good on your resume impress your friends training that you can use in the real world,no work life balance no room for growth starbucks quality management team that does not know the product,go through specialist training listen to your seasoned aslp's use apple products dont bend over backwards for rude customers enforce policies,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40049,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,"Excellent place to sharpen skills, awful politics","You may work with the most talented people in your industry and benefit from their experience and work ethic. You will never be bored.  There are many exciting opportunities within Apple and if you're clever and hardworking, you can work on those exciting products.  The pay is on par with contemporaries of similar size and stature. Any discrepancies can be assuaged by compensation in the form of generous RSU's and cash bonuses (distributed bi-annually).","Apple is a strict meritocracy.  The better your performance, the better your compensation and presented opportunities will be.  The company's reputation for secrecy bleeds into its culture and there is a surprising lack of transparency not only in terms of development, but management.  Your performance is entirely subjective to your immediate manager who is not always suited to managing people. The emphasis at apple is managing products.  Specifically their product. Combined with aggressive scheduling, there can be a astounding amount of infighting and politics.  It is possible to be a pawn in these politics and have information withheld concerning product and company vision.  Work-life balance skews heavily towards work. Expect 60 hour weeks minimum during post release lulls.","Management is focused but incredibly inauthentic and impersonal. Enough with the reality distortion fields and The Emperor's New Clothes. Admitting mistakes isn't a weakness, its human.  If you want employees to trust you and stay at the company much more honesty and transparency is needed.",2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P343.htm
40050,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,In store sales,-Awesome people -great company -You get to talk to people about what their looking for all day!,I have no cons for this company,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40051,apple,none," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a great place to work,"wonderful company, great benefits and you are part of something cool","long hours, secrecy and some time you face a lot of pressures",be open,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40052,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Support,Support,"Great environment, not micromanaged, they provide every tool I need to do my job. Benefits are really good(medical and money), low co-pays and deductibles,","Salary is low, have pay for my benefits, small room to grow or get promoted. Upper management doesn't seem to care about the low employees, you are lucky if you get a greeting from them.",Pay closer attention to your employees and listen to their feedback,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40053,apple,none," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent, my coworkers are amazing because Apple is extremely selective.",Great benefits and discounts. Close knit team. Working with a company on top of the Fortune 500 list is always a privilege. Apple does offer the best customer service for any company I know.,"Normal customer service cons, such as rude customers. Typical retail drawbacks. Repetitive work. Minimal upward mobility for entry level employees.",Pay all employees more equatable hourly rates.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40054,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Fast paced development, high pressure","You get to work on all kinds of interesting projects, often times challenging as well. Most colleagues are smart and hardworking, you get to learn a lot too. Benefits improve over time and overall are decent.",It is a challenge to balance work and family. Load of politics between groups.,Be bold. Take risks. Change the world. Seems the signatue of Apple is slowly decaying.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40055,apple,none," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-Time Specialist,"interesting work environment, internationally known company, discounts, benefits even for part-time employees, flexibility within job","highly hierarchal management, difficult to get past manager biases, many people in higher up positions in stores get there by being the only person able to get the job, not by being the most qualified, which leads to poor leadership",invest in your employees as people as opposed to trapping them in the cyclical nature of the workplace,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40056,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great for students,"Helped pay for school, great benefits and a decent hourly wage.","Management lacked organization, constantly changing hours per week and when you have to be there.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40057,apple,"Glendale, CA"," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,just okay,looks good on your resume impress your friends training that you can use in the real world,no work life balance no room for growth starbucks quality management team that does not know the product,go through specialist training listen to your seasoned aslp's use apple products dont bend over backwards for rude customers enforce policies,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40058,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Carpe Facto Advisor,"Fantastic company, amazing team","Awesome coworkers, plentiful growth opportunities, great benefits, casual dress, awesome environment",Bi-yearly schedule change with start times ranging from 7am to 1:30pm,Keep doing what you do!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40059,apple,"Madison, WI"," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple Retail,Excellent company and benefits package,heath benefits can be frustrating outside of major markets,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P344.htm
40060,apple,none," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Administrator,"You get to work for an innovative company that constantly re-invents the wheel. It is fast pace environment which makes your day fly by. They invest in training all their employees and really do focus on the customer experience. The BEST benefits (health, vision, dental, 401k, etc...) It is such a diverse culture, Apple invests in hiring in great people that become your teammates, friends at work and even outside (the people are great)","This is a STRESSFUL environment, so if you are poor at handling high amounts of stress, do not work here. It can be difficult to make the move from retail to corporate. Although there are a plethora of openings, at times it is difficult to get the support of your leaders wether your a valuable asset or simply collecting a paycheck. It has definitely become bureaucratic and the focus has shifted towards 'Business, Business, Business' which makes the internal politics that much more difficult to deal with. Lastly, work/life balance is NOT a priority, Instead, the 'Needs of the Business' come first.","Micromanagement can be a detriment, trusting your employees in my opinion can yield more effective results. 'Fearless Feedback' should be a two way street, the intent should be to develop and build a relationship with your employees, not create a wall. Recognize employees that deserve to be promoted.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40061,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Loved working for Apple,"I loved my time with Apple. They train their employees really well and give them the tools to succeed in customer interactions. My managers always backed up what I told customers, and if they decided to make an exception, they made sure customers knew it was a special circumstance. They were also really supportive in helping me find the best career path for me. Benefits, compensation and time off were great for a retail position.","Transfers to different positions do take time. They want to make sure they have the right fit, and sometimes there just aren't any available for a period of time.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40062,apple,none," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for,You can't beat the discounts and benefits of working with such a prestigious company,A lot of hours during weekends and holidays,They do a great job in hiring and instilling the apple culture from day one,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40063,apple,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fun,fun job while it lasted,can get very busy at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40064,apple,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,they teach you everything you need to know and the job is rather simple,"When you have technical issues, they could be more helpful",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40065,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great job for people looking to work from home.,While working for Apple I was able to sell my car and just share one with my husband. This is great in a city like Atlanta where parking and insurance rates are ridiculous. You will only enjoy this job if you are a people person. I had some great experiences and helped tons of people. Apple sends you small surprises in the mail every so often to make you feel like part of their community. They will provide you with a work computer and pay for part of your internet service. Benefits are amazing.,"This job can be very high stress and the schedule is strict. Will not work well if you need a lot of flexibility. It is a corporate 40+ hour a week job, so expect to work that or more.",The only thing I would've changed was making sure employees were comfortable with the department they are assigned to. Be more flexible with those assignments and work with employees to highlight their strengths.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40066,apple,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good pay and benefits if you can stay at home all day,"Amazing benefits, great starting pay Advancement opportunities Started out with a great training program, but could improve on it with more time to listen to current eomployees taking phone calls",Extremely aggressive quotas Being at home all day (might be a pro for some people) Constantly being yelled at from people upset about their phones and computers,Take it easy on new staff and crazy quotas. Have new employees listen to more calls to get the feel of everything.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40067,apple,"Miami, FL"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Company,"-Flexible schedules -great benefits (discounts, health insurance, tuition reimbursement) -Engaging management",-sometimes they are not as accurate with the advertised hours we should receive -hard to stand out against other specialist for upward movement,Find a way to stay more engaged with each specialists interests and have them work on goals to relate that to Apple.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40068,apple,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life Changing!,"-Incredible culture that celebrates diversity at every turn, fiercely protects its environmental impact, and values people above profit. -The skills Apple will teach you not only make you successful in your role and industry, but also translate to relationships and overall being a person who helps move the world forward in positive ways. -Leadership is very supportive and works very hard to ensure people feel supported and developed.","-As the company has grown, it can often be hard to see changes be made quickly. As things have gotten more structured and organized, naturally, some of the freedoms of a more organic and adaptive organization have become more limited.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40069,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Frs,None that I can think of that other jobs don't have,Pay could be better. Most of us live paycheck to paycheck,"Judge people on the job they perform not who they hang out with or how ""cool"" they are.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P345.htm
40070,apple,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,Great people and benefits even for part time employees. They are definitely willing to work with peoples schedules that are part time.,Not a lot of mobility. Once you hit genius there is not a lot of room to move up. If you are fan of a constant schedule this job is not for you.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40071,apple,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, but high stress",Great job. Some of the best and smartest people you will ever work with.,High stress and tight deadlines.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40072,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Security Officer,My two cents,"+ Very reputable company, useful as a resume enhancer. + Great benefits package for full-time and part-time employees, discounts on company products. + Room for growth. There are many departments within the company to choose from.","- Highly competitive applicant selection process can make it difficult for less experienced employees, looking to transfer, to get ahead.",Have a bi-weekly meeting with staff to better understand the team's point-of-view.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40073,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Cook,Cook,"Great place to work, salary is very competetive, awesome Chefs to work with, they have great benefits, emoloyees are encourage to continue with school.",This place is great to work for,More bonuses.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40074,apple,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great Place to work if you're goal oriented,"It is a really nice place to work. Benefits are excellent, vacation and sick time are great and Apple pays for a bunch of stuff such as child care. Don't forget those Apple Discounts!","Very Goal oriented. Managers job is for you to do yours. Keep you nose clean and meet the benchmark you should be fine. Lots of goals to move around laterally, but moving up is very rare and you have to be very lucky.",More options to move up and around management in AHA,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40075,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Cook,Great benefits,We want to work here for the benefits! It can take between 4 months to 2.5 years to get converted from a temporary to Apple employee.,Kitchen staff is still segregated from the whole of Apple. The kitchens are run by clicks. Over all feeling of kitchens is sterile. Leads are expected to work off the clock average of 3 hours a week.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40076,apple,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a great place to work!,It is a fun environment,"It's retail. You have some control over your schedule but when holiday comes, you work crazy hours",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40077,apple,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Incredible team, real unique experiences and very positive vibes.",Many tend to be apple-polishers.,Keep it real.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40078,apple,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Usually great,"Lots of freedom, relevant work","Lots of office politics, too much ""grind""",Get back to focusing on how we get ahead of the puck :),4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40079,apple,"Boston, MA"," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,Good benefits: Stock compensation and Educational reimbursement. Flexible hours,Miscommunication of management team. Work weekends and holidays. Poor work/life balance.,Better communication of management team. Do not pick favorites.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P346.htm
40080,apple,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,People are wonderful. Benefits are amazing! Pay is good.,Retail Schedule is not the best environment for a parent. Pay is substantial but having a family is can be harder.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40081,apple,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Team,"Exciting position in the Apple Store! You get to develop strong relationships with SMB business customers using Apple technology. Noncommissioned Sales with a primary focus on customer success, which can be very fulfilling.",Internal systems are not very well supported and occasionally cause difficult customer situations. The role does not change very often and seems to have less focus from corporate team.,Focus on development with this role. Recommit energy to supporting the Business Team. Make it apart of daily operations and communication.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40082,apple,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for a retail job or college job,"Awesome team, great products, strong benefits package even for part-time employees","Upward mobility, employee/manager politics, retail hours/schedule",Give career options and don't hold years-past previous behaviors over employees heads' preventing promotion or growth. Growing with a company (or at least being given opportunities to grow) shouldn't be exclusive to a select few that management likes.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40083,apple,none," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Untitled,"Great co-workers, at times can be a very fun atmosphere","When I first started with Apple in '05 it was more of a start up feel, very laid back, not big on metrics, as years went by up until i left it became too robotic, even as a genius had to hit certain number of goals per day and certain amount of people per hour, I loved what I did, but the culture started to change for me and I could not be apart of it. Also, I really do believe that Genius Bar should be like any IT firm working normal business hours say 9-6, not 6 AM to 9 PM.","Nurture your employees more, I think you guys either take or are given too much for you to handle to where you can not focus on development properly.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40084,apple,"Monterey, CA"," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Store Leader,Leadership,"Great pay, benefits and 3PP discounts which gives you an opportunity to experience all the great products and speak from personal experience. The products change lives and it is awesome to see and hear of the transformation that takes place in helping others through the use of the technology.","On the Retail side, you often take a step down when joining which doesn't look great on your Resume if others don't understand the company. Many competing priorities with limited resources and at times not enough staff.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40085,apple,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Center,"The People, the atmosphere, the growth opportunities",Processes and procedures constantly in development- this is both bad and goid,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40086,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Stressful, but the pay is good","Excellent pay and benefits, ability to advance within the company, work at home, perks and bonuses such as swag.","super stressful, with little assistance from management, multiple chats from angry customers, you're not given all the tools to accurately assist customers properly, Management is never really clear on company movements and will change requirements on short notice. Schedule changes every 6 months, and you are not guaranteed to get anything that works for you","Listen to your employees when they complain about stressful work environments, don't add more than they can handle just to make more money. Provide more hands on training, rather than SGTs and for the love of all that is holy, do something about scheduling.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40087,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Technician,"Great Benefits, Good people, pretty sweet discounts",Terribly inconsistent scheduling makes it tough to work other jobs,Be more consistent with scheduling,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40088,apple,none," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Great benefits, healthcare, and pay",Co workers and daily workflows,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40089,apple,"Lake Grove, NY"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Awesome Store,Apple maintains a positive and energetic work environment. All employees seek to help each other out and make sure the store and it's team is functioning well and efficiently.,"Can be extremely busy, especially during holidays.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P347.htm
40090,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Service Technician,Good People,The people you work with are great. Benefits are amazing!!! If you're okay with ambiguity it's an ever changing job which keeps things exciting. You can be yourself :),"- Hard to Move up - With things changing so much, your job description may get longer but pay stays the same - Managers are usually hired externally - Technicians are not paid more than sales even though their jobs are 10x more difficult","Give every one in Technical Support a hefty raise, they deserve it.  Get out of the back more, but besides that thanks for keeping everyone motivated!",5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40091,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dream killed,Amazing products - Thats the reason why I had a dream to work there,"Bureaucracy, totally opposite than what they make. Lots and lots of unprepared levels of management - Hard to make changes, apply new ideas and improve.  If you are ok with the monkey see monkey do type of work thats the place for you",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40092,apple,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,The benefits are great. Management is very easy to work with.,Not many that I can think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40093,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,"Benefits are amazing, PTO, Management is down to earth, get to work with some great customers and other employees each day, launch days are fantastic.",There is a disconnect between what our job role is and what we are actually allowed to do. We are supposed to be mac technicians and repair all hardware and software however lately they pull that from us so we are just glorified technicians with skills were never let to use.,"Let the geniuses do the job that you hired them for and if they wont be doing repairs as the position states, inform them of this before they accept the job.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40094,apple,none," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company has changed,"Benefits, pay. Job security. Hard to get fired.",No bonuses. No incentives. Everything.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40095,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - GIS Technician,Decent enough place to gain experience.,"It's a structured, straight ahead job/work environment with a few opportunities to extend yourself.","It's so secretive that they won't tell you that the team you were hired for moved to a new office, nor it's address, months before you yourself were hired. You don't know the context in which you are working. You are given trial projects after training. If you do not do these to their standards and within a short amount of time, you're canned.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40096,apple,none," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Less than creative,Benefits Great coworkers Have the latest technology available to use,Pay does not coorelate to knowledge required No home/life balance Most employees cannot afford products on pay,You are wasting talent with the evolution of the creative role.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40097,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,"Good Benefits, no development","Good company to work for, great benefits",don't expect to advance much,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40098,apple,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,a position that always keeps you on your toes... mentally.,"either early hours, or incredibly late hours. Hard to have a work/life balance.",NA,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40099,apple,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,It was a cool company,None That I can think of,N/A,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P348.htm
40100,apple,none," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pays really well,Most branded company around the area and very generous on yearly RSU bonus,no regular free food available,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40101,apple,"Brooklyn, NY"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Retail Specialist,Apple was great now it is kinda Ok for a season or two,Excellent place to learn customer service and interaction with the public. Learn to actively listen and respond with actionable solutions.,Schedule is nowhere near flexible the culture is not for everyone and they will squeeze every talent and special ability out of you for service of the company with no additional pay or chance for advancement.,Learn the same job your subordinates know and learn to support a person doing that job. There is no balance between management objectives and actual feasible goals or expectation of a human being. They treat you like a computer program.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40102,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Operations,Anonymous,cool products and you can get a discount on them for you and your friends and family,"little communication, management by intimidation",staff meetings would be helpful and solicit input from managers/employees,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40103,apple,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,love it,great amazing fun cool nice,there really aren't any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40104,apple,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer,Great perks. Cutting edge work.,Work life balance could be a little better.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40105,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,One of the best place to work.,"Great pay and bonuses. Excellent health care benefits and work environment. Every individual is responsible for his/her work, when at the same time, everyone is part of a team. Love Steve Jobs' model.","Some benefits are reducing year after year like every where else. For example, lunch price and travel. Overall it's a great place to work.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40106,apple,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay for a summer job,Got to work from home,very repetitive duties every day,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40107,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Great Benefits","Apple has some of the best benefits in the world and offer the best products in the market. In addition, the people that you work with are some of the best and brightest around.","No room to grow, lower pay than what most are qualified to do, customers are pretty crazy sometimes.",Increase retail salaries and make the starting wage $20/hr. This would set Apple apart from the competition and would help indirectly grow the brand as Apple is recognized for treating their workers fairly.,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40108,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,WiFi Systems Software Engineer,Get to work on products that many people are excited about. Get to work on technologies that are cutting edge.,A lot of complaints from customers and fire drills from executives that need to be handled even on weekends.,Need to give more training and time to help junior engineers understand code path.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40109,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Great benefits and great people,Very busy but isnt too bad,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P349.htm
40110,apple,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"Working from home was nice, so were the discounts.","Angry customers, long hours, a lot of overtime",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40111,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Architect/Tech Lead,Tech Lead,ok to good money and benefits,"zero work life balance, no career growth",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40112,apple,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,Amazing experience. Interns are treated like full time employees,No cons. Apple treats its interns very well,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40113,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Specialist,Great Benefits Ability to move up Excellent training,"Easy to get ""stuck""there Some don't utilize feedback",Don't have favorites,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40114,apple,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Development focused if you are driven to make yourself better.,"The retail schedule can be tough. Although, Apple is taking steps to improve this area.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40115,apple,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enriching Lives,It is a wonderful environment that revolves around enriching lives. You get to have flexibility and learn new roles every day.,"You can feel like you hit a wall at some points due to lack of opportunities to get promoted. Overall, it is not the worst feeling, but it pushes you to work harder.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40116,apple,"Santa Ana, CA"," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Not a Career,Great Benefits. Able to take vacations. Work along side great people.,This is a retail job.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40117,apple,none," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great People, Tough Position","Coworkers really want to help you succeed. It was really cool to be a part of a fun, motivated environment even though it was a remote position.","This position offered little time to focus on task completion. On top of a never ending work load, your job description changes during the busy seasons.","Stay consistent with your set procedures, no matter what new product was just released. Steer away from a quantitative approach to understanding how valuable an employee is.",3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40118,apple,"Glendale, AZ"," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Great Company,Amazing work place with down to earth culture.,Work-life balance needs to be changed.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40119,apple,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ehh it's ok I guess,Pay was cool and I enjoyed working from home,They say it's a tech support job but it's really just another call center customer service job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P350.htm
40120,apple,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Advisor Review,"Great pay, great benefits, great managers.",I did not have any regrets while working here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40121,apple,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Job,"Ok pay, long term friends will be made, amazing culture",No room for movement unless you get lucky,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40122,apple,none," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Manager,Great benefits Unique events Bounses,Overworked Hectic Inadequate pay for the amount of work,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40123,apple,none," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,Super progressive great benefits and helpful,"Ambiguous for promotion, hard to get hired",Better promotional rates. Get competitive for what work is done in retail. Stem the flow of talent leaving for higher wages.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40124,apple,"Topanga, CA"," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Apple Expert,"Knowledge, Technology, Teaching, Connecting, Exchanging, Enriching, Specializing.","Competitive, Compensation, Support, Staffing, Attitudes.",Take charge when needed but let your team do the work because if you prepared them properly there is nothing to fear.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40125,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"There is not enough GOOD things that I can say about working for Apple. If you've ever dreamed of working for this company and thought you knew what it would be like -- you're probably not even close. It is truly everything I thought it would be and more. In this position getting to work from home is a huge plus. In my honest opinion they offer a very generous compensation package. If you love working with customers and helping even the most frustrated with their tech issues, and you're comfortable working alone -- then this is a great position for you! If you excel at your position there are opportunities for advancement and expanding your overall skills.","You'll read a lot of negative reviews -- is it stressful, yes, but what customer service job isn't? I felt like I was constantly in hyper-learning mode for the first 6-8 months. If you don't like continuous change and constant learning, then this may not be the best fit. (To me it's not a con) I truly don't have any real ""cons""","Keep listening to the voice of the advisors on the front lines, as you've been doing.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40126,apple,none," Oct 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,work on latest and greatest very compettive teams,pay is not as great as projected. pay structure is based on companies under water . how about comparing to top companies in the world? Teams can be hard to get along for everybody and unless you are young or partying you will find it hard to break ice.,pay structure,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40127,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Cupertino,Engineering Project Manager,"Great company, some brilliant people to work with, excellent benefits.","Inconsistent management. From excellent to disastrous within the same group-one small reorg and everything falls apart. Politics taking its toll. Too big an influx of new people in the past 3 years - too much to absorb in a short span of time. It is changing the culture (and not for the better). Example: manager dismissing staff ideas without ever listening, manager criticising staff in front of a group, bullying tactics. Creativity cannot flourish in those conditions.","Return to the company's roots encouraging innovation and putting the good of the company first. Work harder to maintain that culture. Practice what you preach. When you hire a new manager, train them.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40128,apple,none," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job!,"Flexible, Great Pay, Fun Workplace, Amazing Co-workers.","Customers are pretty terrible sometimes...but what do you expect, it's retail.",Hire more.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40129,apple,none," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,Great people and a lot of training.,Difficult to move up and pay can be better for the amount of work we do daily.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P351.htm
40130,apple,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Knowledge, pay, hours, co workers and apple swag","Too many contractors, outcalls and lack of work life balance",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40131,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,"Best job I've ever had. Great benefits, incredible people. I'm stimulated every day.","The people I work with are the coolest people I've met. I'm constantly learning and developing not only in the workplace, but also as a human being.",I worry about being able to move up in the company. I've heard from multiple people that it's almost impossible to go to corporate after working for retail.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40132,apple,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"Great benefits, amazing health care",But hard to advance from at home advisor,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40133,apple,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Loved the work. Was excited to work here everyday,Nothing is bad about this company. I loved every day.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40134,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Hardware engineer,Good projects for a DSP guy. Casual and opened people. Salaries and overall conditions are good.,Commute from the city takes a long time. Secrecy is an obscession which makes it more difficult to create your own network.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40135,apple,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Great pay great people awesome,None apple is the best,None apple is the best company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40136,apple,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Able to learn a lot in a mostly professional environment. Built strong relationships.,"Working retail, angry customers with broken products.","Trust hardworking, honest employees without micromanagement",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40137,apple,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great retail job,"Good people to work with, amazing products.",Management was inconsistent and sometimes had no clue.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40138,apple,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Awesome environment and the people are influential,Micromanagement was a big concern for many people,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40139,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Working conditions,Viewed on the outside as prestigious,Very high expectations with no rewards beyond pay.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P352.htm
40140,apple,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service metrics need to be realistic.,Good benefits and discounts. Need to recognize talent especially among minorities.,Unrealistic metrics. Unrealistic goals.,They need to acknowledge that not all customer surveys apply to the rep. If its an issue with a carrier AT&T/ VZW and the survey was bad and criticised AT&T then dont blame the Apple rep for a bad survey.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40141,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,"Great People, Great Products",great people to work with. always great products. always busy. potential to move to other parts of the country,not much room for growth unless you fit the mould. always getting screamed at by customers. store leaders and market leaders are not present and completely disconnected to the realities of the job,"Reconnect with the store teams, step away from constant conference calls and join the teams in the stores.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40142,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Awesome workplace - very smart people. Big onus on quality of product & customers,People are pretty inflated about working at the most valuable company on earth. Too secretive for my liking - we wouldn't know what's happening in another office/lab in the same building,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40143,apple,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, bad hours","401k, health insurance, stock purchase plan all were great","Bad hours, but hey it's retail.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40144,apple,none," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You get what you give,"The more you put in the more you'll be rewarded - in experience, in team support, in job satisfaction",You have to make your own work / life balance and stick to what's going to make you happy in the long run,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40145,apple,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nearly Perfect,"Amazing culture, you truly feel like part of the family. Benefits are best I've seen. Compassion, going through a rough time, they'll have your back.","Advancement, retail doesn't have a lot of turnover in management and with so few stores, there's not often a open leadership position. Politics, could have just been my area, but getting advanced was less about talent, passion, and hard work and more about if there store leader liked you. Also, to much drama between leaders.","Develop you're talent, put your personal feelings aside and focus on the needs of the company. Don't promote a store culture of backstabbing to get ahead, follow the heart and vision of the company.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40146,apple,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,great environment and good benefits,I don't have any cons,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40147,apple,"Manchester, NH"," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Short but sweet,"Fun, Uplifting and motivating work environment. I loved the people I worked with and learned a lot from my experience.",The almost/not quite cult behavior is not for everyone. Being retail I get it... but don't expect them to cater to the hours that you can or can't work.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40148,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Love this job,"As a part time employee, you get benefits and sick time! They also do tuition reimbursement.",The constant change in processes and operating systems can be challengingn to keep up with and remember.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40149,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Company,I believe in that Apple culture and how it prides it self on Customer Service,Not given the opportunity to advance,No favoritism,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P353.htm
40150,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Company,I believe in that Apple culture and how it prides it self on Customer Service,Not given the opportunity to advance,No favoritism,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40151,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Good at first, quickly changed","Fun introductory environment, decent benefits","You work with toxic and aggressive customers on a daily basis. The hours are seldom ideal as they require to work weekends and shifts after 5PM on weekdays depending on your role. Constant rotation of management means having to prove yourself again and again. There were many promises of upward mobility that are now non existent even as I have been a recorded top performer in the organization for two years. Benefits come and go with ""business needs""",Hold true to your promises. Build strong communicative ties with employees and help employees with advancement as apposed to using the success of your employees for your own benefit alone.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40152,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist Job,- great team to work with - have learned a lot in my few short months being a technical specialist,- consistency in management is lacking,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40153,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced but very friendly.,"Excellent benefits, retirement, incredible health insurance, services discounts, great atmosphere, friendly people and various other perks.","Extremely busy. All the time. Constantly. Bad system of seeking technical help, constantly had to let people down who drove 4 hours from out of town to the nearest Apple store and had to tell them there were no appointments available until the next day.  Work/Life balance. No set schedule. Some days were 9am to 6pm, the next day would be 2pm to 11pm and you never knew what you got the next day.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40154,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a good company,"good work life balance, education reimbursement, good medical.","near impossible to move in the company, feels stagnant, manager feign interest in your growth in lieu of their own career.","If you care about getting someone somewhere, be more proactive.",4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40155,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Love the original culture, not so happy now","Awesome perks, basically working in a big kid toy store, you get your hands on the new technology first. Employee stock purchase plan.","Managers are mainly brought in from external sources, very hard to be internally promoted. The retail stores are becoming more of a show room with less and less inventory being available for sale.","Start promoting your internal talent. when a new product is released, make sure that there is actual inventory to be able to sell to customers.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40156,apple,none," Nov 5, 2016",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,Opened my eyes,"Work from home supplies work materials (mac, headset, etc.) get SMALL discounts on Apple products If having to help 80+ angry people back to back have to fix the smallest to largest problems with their iPhone, IPad, Apple Watch, Apple accounts, Macs, and iPods all in one day for money that does not match the work then Apple is the place for you! Have fun! :)","Before I began working for Apple I actually liked people. Now I can not stand the thought of ever again putting myself through the depression and self-downgrade Apple forced me into. Apple Advisors are slaves to their customers and to the company. If someone ever told you at Apple that they love their job, they were lying or on a great anti-depressant. You would think working for a big company like Apple would be having the sky the limit as far as how far you can go and how much you can make. I have been working at Apple for 3 years, no pay increase, no promotion. Yet, have met every metric constantly that their is to meet week after week. Thank God I have found a better job and no longer have to live in Apple hell. Because of Apple, I will never do technical work again for any company.",Stop hiring real people. Just hire robots if you want to keep being cheap and unrealistic with your employees.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40157,apple,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work with,"Good salary, amazing recruitment process and till now there hasn't been a month where they haven't contacted me to ask it was going.",Haven't had a problem yet,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40158,apple,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hours are the only downfall,Great People! It's always fun going to work,Workload is exhausting. You go home just wanting to veg out. It's retail hours so your schedule is always all over the place and it's impossible to get time off.,Have more flexibility for schedule and time off,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40159,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,"Great People, Difficult Culture",Everyone is smart There are innumerable problems to be able to solve,The culture is difficult to integrate into There is an air of distrust and secrecy,"Listen to the new people, just because something has been done a way for a long time doesn't mean it is a good way of doing something.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P354.htm
40160,apple,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Great benifits, good team, flexible hours","Low pay, home office, very limited groth",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40161,apple,"Hermosa Beach, CA"," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Product Specialist,"Working for Apple allowed me to strengthen many qualities, and grow as a human.",Enjoyable workplace. Surrounded by great people whom will push you to do better. Apple takes very good care of their employees! You're working with one of the most innovative tech companies in the world!,The work can get a little bit redundant. The same work everyday. Hard to get promoted. Mostly politics when dealing with position movement.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40162,apple,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Culture of Excellence,The highest caliber of people I have ever worked with.,It is a culture of excellence that demands all of you.,"Attract the best, cultivate the rest.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40163,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - WW Supply Demand Planner,Product Planner,1. Apple surely has the brand value 2. Provides a Big Company experience 3. Get to work with talented and accomplished colleagues,1. Apple expects you to grow vertically. This means work can be repetitive and people may not get to explore many new things 2. Not so great people management 3. Long work hours (with repetitive work),Help people grow plan and grow their careers,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40164,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Sales,Fun Place,Amazing benefits. Meet some great people. Fun environment to work in. Technology is really fun and exciting.,"Inconsistent schedule. Advancement. It is still a retail environment, therefore you work retail hours.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40165,apple,none," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pluses and Minuses,Great Compensation and a lot of talented co workers,Sometimes not open to outside of Apple ideas,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40166,apple,"Caguas, PR"," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it!,"Great company to work for, great benefits. Good for doers, people that like to work and prepared to work hard.",Career Opportunities and work/life balance.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40167,apple,none," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect job during college,"Working at an Apple Store was the perfect job for me during college. The management understands that you have other commitments outside of work, and is super flexible in making time for your life outside of Apple.","It can be hard to advance at an Apple Store, and there are a lot of politics and seniority that comes into play when you try to move up.","Keep up the good work, I would say just to not feed into the drama and politics when it comes to managing the team.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40168,apple,none," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical support advisor,great benefits package for a college student,customers can get annoying. a little bit of micromanagement depending on the manager you get,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40169,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with great benefits,People you work with are great. Discounts are nice as well. Most of all the convinces of working from home are stellar.,Advancement opportunities are slim. Even if you are a stand out. You have to look for every possible opportunity and jump before it is gone.,Improve the path to success,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P355.htm
40170,apple,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,Best benefits overall for any company I worked with. Fast paced and exciting company and products,"It is retail. Very late nights, huge amount of customer traffic, stress, work weekends. It is retail....",Have some type of strategic plan. everything seems like it is reactive and by the seat of the pants.,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40171,apple,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice job to have,Able to work from home Good benefits,Shift bids can dramatically change your hours and pay,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40172,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - WW Supply Demand Planner,Product Planner,1. Apple surely has the brand value 2. Provides a Big Company experience 3. Get to work with talented and accomplished colleagues,1. Apple expects you to grow vertically. This means work can be repetitive and people may not get to explore many new things 2. Not so great people management 3. Long work hours (with repetitive work),Help people grow plan and grow their careers,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40173,apple,"Sheffield Lake, OH"," Nov 5, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare At-Home Advisor,"Working from a home office, virtually zero commute time, great benefits, competitive wage, extensive and thorough training, finding coverage for emergent or medical call-offs is *not* needed, and a company-wide hands-off management style.",All medical-related concerns/requests/leaves of absence are handled by a 3rd party called Sedgewick and communication between them and Apple HR is terrible. Leave of absence for *any* reason will be denied outright within your first year. Attendance policy is harsh with no room for negotiation with management. Apple owns the full rights to any ideas that you have while working for them. Communication with HR in general is a hassle and often takes weeks or months for a response.,"If you are going to terminate an employee that you have fast-tracked for a promotion, at least give him or her a chance to fix whatever is wrong or even a reason for said termination. Communicate openly with your employees to head off any concerning behaviors or trends observed rather than apparently let them escalate to termination-level with no warning whatsoever.",1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40174,apple,none," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Na,Innovative. Helpful. Career oriented. Knowledge,No work life balance. Unrealistic goals.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40175,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Electrical Engineer,Electrical engineer at Apple,"Great benefits: medical center on site, 401k match up to 6%, Christmas and thanksgiving week off. Good salary, good stock compensation",Work environment can be competitive and sometimes uncomfortable.,Should keep a closer eye to the personal agenda that each manager tend to follow,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40176,apple,none," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"benefits, the company brand, people who i work with","weird hours, burn out on sales.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40177,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,was okay,"good pay, nice atmosphere, and okay work buddies",i like the company but they work you so hard and expect so much for the title we have,listen to the guys at the bottom,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40178,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Supervisor,Development Supervisor,"Work was always challenging and fulfilling. Co-workers, through their actions, are focused on making this company one of the best in the world.","There was always more work to be done than time in the day. If you want mentoring, you had to actively, doggedly pursue it ... unless you are a ""Golden Child"" and favored by management.","Apple culture is unique, but holding employees accountable for events and products outside of their sphere of influence while not listening to them is not a culture many people will stay in for long.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40179,apple,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great benefits, great company",You will meet some of nicest and most creative people in the tech industry.,At the end of the day it is still retail and you will be stuck with retail hours and responsibilities.,Provide more career experiences for part timers outside of the store. I would have loved to try working from home doing AppleCare but there was no career experience for that.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P356.htm
40180,apple,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great benefits, great company",You will meet some of nicest and most creative people in the tech industry.,At the end of the day it is still retail and you will be stuck with retail hours and responsibilities.,Provide more career experiences for part timers outside of the store. I would have loved to try working from home doing AppleCare but there was no career experience for that.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40181,apple,none," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Apple is awesome!,Opportunity to work in world widely used company.,Too many tasks. Pretty tired.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40182,apple,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My life,The people you work with are life long friends.,The inconsistent schedule and the abuse from customers.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40183,apple,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Expect To Grow Here,Benefits are amazing. Working with like-minded people. Get to stay current with technology.,"No opportunity for growth - In my 3 years there, they never considered existing employees for managing roles. Always hired from Starbucks or Target. Don't accept ""Career Experiences"". They Apple's politically correct way of giving you more work without paying for it, with promises of getting to management they never keep. Very strict schedule, and hard to get time off. Don't expect to see your family for holidays if you work in a customer facing role.",You have a TON of amazing talent working at Apple. You should look at it and actually use it.,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40184,apple,none," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great for Specialists, terrible for everyone else",One of the best retailers to work for,It is still a retail job,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40185,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"The benefits are awesome, The people you work with are amazing.","Drama, politics, being over worked, no work life balance.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40186,apple,none," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good in general,"The compensation are good. Let's face it it a job. You go there mainly for paying the bills and for that it serves its purpose. Other that that, the company is always checking new technologies and that gives you the chance to experience new technologies. You should be in the right place at the right time though. People I worked with were very professional and also great people. A lot of them are my friends outside working hours","While true the company is always exploring new technologies, it is also huge. The teams working on each project are very big. If your not stand out engineer, who's also in the right place at the right time you can sometimes do boring tasks that progress you nowhere. The group that I was working on wash't to keen to do company transfers, which severes this issue.  So, would I recommend it? Depends on what what you're seeking from your job.","Be more flexible and try to go along with the employees career development when possible. Though it seems this is the company policy (according to the HR web-site) the policy is more determined by the employee managers. If the manager don't follow the policy it's like it doesn't exist. Yes you complain, but I truely believe these kind of complaints will end with nothing and just make you managers ""mark you"". It's a sad statement, but I think this is the reality.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40187,apple,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative like nothing else,"Competitive workplace, latest technology, strive for perfection, lots of deals and great benefits and as long as you know your stuff, your customers will love you.","Work-life balance is practically non existent. If you are looking for a career and are not applying for management, then opportunities to progress are non existent. Micro Management (but it is a tech company) Micro Politics If you are entering with the thought of applying to corporate, then think again.","Apple has some brilliant people who work in their retail stores AND their corporate offices. The sad fact is that if you enter the retail side, you are ALWAYS going to be tarred with a 'retail' brush. For those that aspire, it's a dead-end. Apple used to be a place to go and give as much as you could to your customers every day and be paid for doing so. Now it's simply catering for the next dividend to the big share holders who are just padding their portfolios and egos. Your mantra has changed from ""The people"" to ""the sale at any cost"" Apple is a fantastic company: it's just searching for a way to ""be"" a company that's hip for the hipsters and rock steady for business and innovative for both. Take more notice of your people and don't just ask them to come up with stuff and then move on. Circus's and games didn't help the Roman Empire, Apple. Caveat Emptor",5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40188,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Graphic Artist,the best job i can get,i get discounts on new apple products like the iphone 7,i work by the street and its a lot of noise,Please make new buildings way from traffic please,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40189,apple,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent!,"If you are going to work retail, you might as well work for the best. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the fruit stand. The values and lessons you learn are applicable to any future job profession","Any regular retail cons. Long hours, holidays, weekends, launch days. Working with the general population can be very challenging at times",Continue to hire wonderful people. Make it easier to move up within the retail store structure for people who have been there for a while.,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P357.htm
40190,apple,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple At Home Tech,"Great team, pretty good benefits. Work from home. Lots of love from the development community.",Getting a good schedule is very Competitive.,More freebies!,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40191,apple,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,the pay is good and so are the benefits,long hours and poor scheduling,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40192,apple,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect Retail,The pay is pretty good.,Clientele can be a bit difficult.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40193,apple,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the Best,"Apple is a tough place to work, but it definitely is one of the most satisfying, rewarding places to work as well. There is a standard of excellence that I have not seen at many places. You also get to work with incredible teams and individuals.","Politics, but that's not unusual for a company of this side. You're on all the time. There really isn't down time, what you do is essentially integrated with the rest of your life. It is fast paced - but that is also a plus.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40194,apple,"Houston, TX"," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Creative,Good product...great job for students,"Tuition aid, great healthcare, flexible schedule, discounts on products, employee stock purchase program, diverse workplace, progressive values","Not the best place to develop professionally, low pay, repetitive/menial duties, little room to advance. A wonderful job for someone working while going to school. Not a career environment",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40195,apple,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,Fun place to work at.,"No benefits, but expected as thats the way it goes for contractors.",None,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40196,apple,"Massapequa Park, NY"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Global Security,Global Security,Excellent company to work for.,A lot of traveling. Away from home alot.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40197,apple,none," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company culture, experience working with people of different backgrounds, great pay","customer attitudes, not a lot of supervision..very learn as you go",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40198,apple,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but lacks diversity","Great adaptive environment, INFJs will flourish here as there are always new challenges, great part time and full time benefits, not pressured to sell or meet a quota, excellent onboarding and training experience","no commissions, hard to move up as a female and as a minority - Apple acknowledges this on a Corporate level. Advancement takes years and years, even if you have a Bachelor's Degree ad you are working with people who have a High School Diploma.",Hire more minorities in Leadership roles.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40199,apple,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you are looking to move up, best to start being friends with management!",Benefits especially maternity/paternity leave are amazing! They also give you great training before you are out on your own on the floor.,"Unless you are the managers favorite, the room for growth is not possible","Reward employees on performance and for the work they put in, not because they are a favorite.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P358.htm
40200,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Apple Finance,"Great culture, brand, benefits. Valuable insight and knowledge of how Apple functions and excels in their industry.",Silo'd into your respective team and org. Slow growth.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40201,apple,"Denver, CO"," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Good place,You work with some of the best people you will ever work with. Everyone in the place really cares for each orher,"At its best, which is pretty decent comparatively, it is still just a retail job at the end of the day. Here are some opportunities for advancement, but if they are not for you than you are kind of out of luck.",I do not have any advice for management.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40202,apple,"Madison, WI"," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Brilliant coworkers!,Constantly learning from some of the most amazing people I've ever met. They really want to share their knowledge and help you to become proficient.,"Pay is a bit less than what you might expect from such a successful company however, the benefits are great!",Hire people to work shifts instead of random hours. It is difficult at best to have a work/life balance when you do not have consistency in your work hours.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40203,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time store,Great products to sell and nice management. Discounts on amazing gear.,Working with customers is always a drag because anyone is allowed in the store.,"More pay for lower wage works, its hard to make a living working on low pay.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40204,apple,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the greatest companies.,"Meeting new people everyday and finding out what makes them unique all within your 10-15 interaction is an amazing experience. Management and the team are always so cheerful and friendly. They all support you with anything and everything that you do and they all want you to succeed at your goals both personal and professional. Fantastic work/life balance as they try to accommodate you for the things you have to do outside of work, like having a life!",None that I know of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40205,apple,"Marlborough, MA"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Full time worker at Apple Retail,Amazing people are hired. Leadership is fantastic (maybe I've been lucky with the two stores I've worked in). No commission so you aren't pressured to oversell someone. Company has a genuine interest in making the best products for the world and you know that working for them.,"Public sucks. People buy and iPod shuffle and act like Apple owes them something. People will hackle you for discounts you have no way of giving then get frustrated. No one wants to pay for a repair, and will always blame you (the company). You just have to overcome a lot of objections and it can get tiring after a year or more..","RECOGNIZE YOUR EMPLOYEES! NOT ON A QUARTLY BASIS, BUT DAILY! We don't work off commission yet sell at least 6K worth of product each day (depending on store traffic) and get a ""have a nice night"" at the end of our 8 hour shift. RECOGNIZE the people that put 200% into their job of selling computers and iPhones... you don't. If you did I wouldn't be on this website looking for a new job where I feel more appreciated.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40206,apple,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager at Apple,Once a direction is communicated teams are fast to react to deadlines,"Not an easy place to start at, people are hard working but really not aware of each other. They dislike meetings and are not open to new ideas or even suggestions, they are successful but it is not a fun place to be","Your teams are excellent, people are all on board and I guess that is all you can ask for",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40207,apple,none," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AHA Mac advisor,"Great company to work for. Working from home was awesome. They provided tons of training which helps. Additionally, every manager that I've ever had has ALWAYS been super supportive and invested in my growth as an advisor. Lots of room for advancement. They pay really well and the perks are pretty awesome!",Holiday hours and product launch time are really stressful. Not much flexibility with schedules. Not really many cons to list.,I think this company does a great job with choosing managers. They are really willing to go above and beyond to support and develop advisors. keep doing this!,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40208,apple,none," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Some good, some bad",You work with a greatly diverse group of people. Excellent benefits. You will meet some wonderful customers whose life stories will touch you deeply.,"As with many retail environments, you will deal with some highly entitled individuals. People can be very unreasonable and can even be belligerent or violent. How these people are dealt with depends on your management team.","Stand behind your employees. Don't let your position serve as a tool for you to break people down, but to enrich and help build employees lives and careers.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40209,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sighhhhhhhhhhh.,"Been with the company since before Steve passed and I've seen a few changes from within. Benefits for medical are amazing, you seriously won't beat it. Lots of free software and discounts on third party items in addition to Apple products. Fairly laid back environment regarding the culture, depending on your leadership team of course.","The company used to really focus on developing employees as people, i see a shift now and it's becoming more big box retail which is extremely sad to me. Work/life balance is pretty much zero. You simply can't have balance working retail hours, days, non consecutive days off, the amount of customers we see. All I can say is force yourself to request time off otherwise you will burn out quickly.  Pay. Shighhhhh. For retail maybe it's okay. Except in the Family Room. We're not really retail, we're a giant public IT dept. Considering the knowledge we have and the work we do we're paid very low. Six years later, three as a genius and repeatably told I'm one of the best Genii in the market, my reviews are outstanding and yet I make less than twenty dollars an hour. Please explain how this is even a thing.  The pay spectrum is way off as well. For those of us who came in under John Browett we got screwed starting out at $10/hr. Only a few of us are left but pay wise we'll never get caught up to the new guys starting in the mid teens. Even with the pay bump three years ago that Apple handed out in addition to raises newer, less experienced Genii are making more money per hour. Partly due to when you get a promotion in Apple Retail they increase your pay by a percentage vs. using a baseline amount. This method really is unfair to loyal, good employees and very insulting that new Family Room employees a lot of the time make $2-5/hr more.  The good news is if you're just coming on I would advise you to really wear them out on wanted pay, you'll benefit greatly if you stick to your guns.","Learn the Apple culture. A lot of you come from Target, Gap, SBux or other big box retail. Stop trying to bring your old ways here and embrace what Apple has to offer.  And those of you who are already here … Promote from within. A lot of people work their tails off and deserve to be rewarded for that work. External hires fragment the culture and should be reduced.  Learn what corporate has laid out for Family Room guidelines. Stop making this your own wild west where you make up the rules for what we're going to do as a company. Apple corporate has a lot of smart people working hard to figure things out, it's a waste of money and time when all of that is just ignored.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P359.htm
40210,apple,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,Apple takes time and money to invest into their employees,Not a clear path for promotion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40211,apple,none," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,More fulfilling than Specialist Role,Get yelled at a lot by customers,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40212,apple,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,"Good pay, co-workers, and overall working environment",Nothing really. I loved working here to be honest.,"Keep up the good work, maybe fast-track promotions.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40213,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist (Technician),Very Cool Company but...,Adquisition of great skills. Excellent training.,Not much opportunities to grow inside the company. It's hard to get a full time position.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40214,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Good for a min,"Apple at home is cool if you dont mind a straight 8 hours with non stop calls. Set hours but days vary. Set one weekend day to work. Open communication with managers, great incentives. I got 1 $100 gift card and another $25 gift card. Free pizza coupons. Weekly meeting. Open chat with coworkers. Pay was good. I started with $11 ended with $12 in less than a year. 35 plus hrs with options of overtime. adequate training. 1 hr breaks during 7 wk training. 30 min breaks during production.","Call volume was way too high..it was annoying. 1-2 seconds between calls. Bad hours 2:00 to 1030 pm. And calls may go over. My whole day. They forced me to troubleshoot macs against my will. Same thing every day got boring to me. Day to day same issues, frustrated customers(to be expected), put wear and tear on my mental. I lasted a year...but I'm just too free of a spirit for this job. Thats it. Not too bad.",none. good management.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40215,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources,Secretive Silos,Everyone I work with is very good at what they do.,"Management hoards the important work, decision making and pay. Internally, Apple is so secretive that often really critical communications never occur internally and people just then make up their own information. Ambiguity and lack of documented processes is rampant. It is truly a test of self confidence to work here. If you doubt yourself within the politics and ambiguity you can drive yourself crazy.",Communicate more. Work better with other departments. Stop letting your personal career interests keep your employees down. Foster development and growth. Please!,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40216,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - App Review,iOS App Review,Salary and overtime pay - Dental - health -,- Management - Hours - Appreciation - They say they are open to suggestions but don't follow it - They don't know how to do simple tasks to make life easier - Management is just a joke - Its like being in a kinder garden - As always whoever kisses the most butt gets the most out of this job even if they don't do a good job,- Listen to your employees - Take suggests - Adding extra steps doesn't make it faster it makes it slower - exercise some common sense. - Give people motivation and an incentive to work harder and the crazy hours you expect.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40217,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Work From Home,"Work at home, Provides all equipment, Very supportive Team Leaders. Tools to make customers issue correct readily available.",Calls Back to Back.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40218,apple,"Kansas City, MO"," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Can't beat the commute,Work from home. Company provides the equipment. There is a very good insurance program even for part time employees. Lots of variety,No opportunity for advancement. It is difficult to follow up with customers because of the expectations that you must be available to take the next call.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40219,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Store Administrative Assistant,Apple Retail,"Amazing benefits including fitness reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation subsidy (public transportation allowance). Flexible schedule if you are part-time. They hire the best people, you will meet many creative professionals with amazing skills you can learn from.","Extremely busy and over worked with little recognition. Poor Leadership (no accountability for poor performers, us against them mentality). Retail decisions are made at the corporate level by individuals who either do not have retail experience or have dated retail experience. This leads to a disconnect where these decisions negatively affect retail's day to day. There is not an easy communication channel to provide feedback regarding these decisions which results in a lot of ""work around"" solutions.","Feedback and performance management cannot be an after thought, it needs to be a daily part of the company culture. Correctly performance managing will allow Leadership to terminate those employees who are toxic to the work environment. The hard workers can become disenchanted due to picking up the slack and are not being recognized for it. Most importantly, you need employees in the retail stores WEEKLY who look at how to improve our processes and systems and get that feedback to the right teams quickly, in order to create a better experience for our customers and our teams.",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P360.htm
40220,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Supply Manager,Opportunity to learn new technology and skill sets.,Pressure to delivery can be stressful at times.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40221,apple,none," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,"Wonderful coworkers, great compensation, fantastic discount.","High stress, conflict resolution with disgruntled customers.",More breaks.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40222,apple,none," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Great place to work, always challenging,",Customer can be pretty difficult at times.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40223,apple,"Brandon, FL"," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Corporate is hard work. Retail is frustrating work.,"You get to play with the technology. If you can survive retail at Apple, you can get a job in ANY other retail environment easily. Profit sharing is nice.","Needing open availability in our market was ridiculous. They wanted use to keep our entire schedule open for them, yet they only scheduled us 20 hours max. You can't have an additional part time job, or even go to school. You have to work AROUND them, they WILL NOT work around you. At All. I was forced to quit my part time job teaching children in order to sell Apple products.  People who stab each other in the back often rise up the ranks. Which is sad.",Losen up a bit. You treat us as if we should be happy to work ten dollars an hour at a prestigious company and are offended when we say we need to supplement our income with another job. Don't be such a control freak.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40224,apple,none," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone Specialist,Benefits Co-workers fast paced company culture design of stores,hours holidays language barriers of customers constant turnover confidentiality,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40225,apple,none," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Believe the hype,All it's cracked up to be.,There are no downsides to it.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40226,apple,none," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work hard, play harder with some of the most talented people in the world!","Great, positive environment working with some of the most talented people in the world! Amazing Agents, Team Managers, and all levels of management, up to the Business and Director level. Your career is driven by you and there are so many opportunities to develop if you are willing to put the time in to be the best.","The job will make you work harder than you have ever worked even when you most likely have other things going on. For the most part, you are contributing to the team and everyone works hard and does their part to contribute. There are times your family won't see you enough.",Thank you for working as hard as you do.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40227,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Caring for their employees,great work place to work,no room for perm or extension,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40228,apple,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a tech company,"- Coworkers are a pleasure to work with. - Schedules are somewhat flexible. - Facilities are great, especially the gym.","- Work life balance is severely lacking, especially around build events. - Senior Management is heavily into the weeds. - Schedules are set my Marketing, not by feasibility.",- Have more realistic schedules. - Work on work life balance for teams.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40229,apple,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"Pay, benefits, overtime, management, people, and culture.",Less than challenging work and not many job opportunities.,Keep it up!,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P361.htm
40230,apple,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"Pay, benefits, overtime, management, people, and culture.",Less than challenging work and not many job opportunities.,Keep it up!,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40231,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Apple focuses on changing the world—often at the expense of its front-line employees.,"Excellent benefits, wonderful coworkers, and the chance to genuinely make the world a better place all combine to make Apple a worthwhile career experience.","Low pay, mediocre discounts, incompetent middle management (in Retail) and a lack of career growth options make Apple just a career experience, and not a good place to foster a career.","Spend more time on the hiring process and pay for quality employees, or be more transparent about the this-is-dirty-retail nature of the job.",3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40232,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Analyst,"Stable company, good benefits, lots of internal opportunities, clear org structure","Not quant driven, data messy to work with, a little political, poor work life balance",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40233,apple,"Titusville, FL"," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - At-Home AppleCare Senior Advisor,At-Home AppleCare Senior Advisor,"A plethora of discounts and benefits, as well as great healthcare.","Not enough support for employees who deal with irate customers on an hourly basis. This is mainly due to managers who are not good at empathizing, and are only concerned with metrics. Upper-level managers are only concerned with making customers happy, and not keeping their employees happy.",Do more to ensure the mental welfare of your employees is taken care of properly.,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40234,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Product,The best reason to work at Apple is to become an engineer at the facility and making some of these best products they have to offer for the people,A con would be making it how it is for example the iPhone it's so specific in detail that I'm sure it's challenging for some to make such a product,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40235,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - HW Engineer,Not recommend,"Good pay and perks, and holidays","bad management, work too hard",appreciate your hard working employee,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40236,apple,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Creative,An Incredible Company,"Apple's company culture is like no other. As an employee, I always felt like I was working toward something greater than myself. Our technology changes lives and I experienced it first-hand. On multiple occasions I taught customers how to use their technology to connect with others whether that was through FaceTime or through using VoiceOver to type an iMessage. What I did mattered and really made a difference. It's hard to find that in other companies.","Apple requires that you give your 100% every single moment of your work day. - it's not easy. Because you're working so hard, it's easy to become tired. Apple offers great benefits, especially for vacation and sick leave. You have to take advantage of this, though. A lot of my co-workers would never take a day off. You need that time to refresh and renew. When people don't use the time they have, it is very easy to become bitter and frustrated.","Keep focusing on professional and personal development in employees. It takes a lot of time and effort, but it means so much to employees and really changes lives.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40237,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Automated Testing Lab Manager,Testing Automation,"Apple is a great company to work for, and I mostly enjoyed my time. There are a lot of great people, and the whole company seems to share a sense of purpose to create great things. The general m","I worked with some groups that were in permanent crisis mode. Their upper management had committed those groups to deliver more than they should have, and many people were working more hours than were productive to try and match those goals. This is not all groups, but enough that you have to be careful.  Despite some really great organizational checks on this, there are some bad managers. Mostly they get weeded out, but I wound up with two of them above me, and more than half my group (myself included) left before the situation was dealt with.","Pay more attention when people are leaving. Despite their being a lot of feedback in exit interviews from myself and others, it took another few people leaving before there was any action to fix some bad management.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40238,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist,"It was a great working environment, fast paced, tons of training opportunity. Working near the corporate headquarters also had the benefit of seeing cool corporate employees who came into the retail stores once in a while","Being such a large company, it could be difficult to move up in retail. A handful of employees did make the transfer to corporate after a few years",Management was great while I worked there. Accommodated my schedule when I had no car and gave constructive feedback when needed,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40239,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Expert,Most Enriching Position I've Ever Held,You'll have a chance to work with some of the smartest people to ever walk the face of the earth. Creating WOW moments for customers every single day is probably the most fulfilling part of the job!,"They can do better for people of color. Too often my fellow coworkers of color were targeted for minuscule offenses. This often held them back when it came time for promotion. My white counterparts would make the same offenses but they would go unseen by management. I don't think this is fair at all. All in all, I still believe that it's a wonderful place to work.",Give everyone and equal opportunity to grow no matter their race.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P362.htm
40240,apple,none," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Great culture, products, team, management, vision etc. I couldn't have imagined a better place to work while I was in school.","Retail hours, not given information early so sometimes you are left in the dark about products or soluitons until Apple releases it to the public even if you know things are coming.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40241,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Store Manager,Manager,"incredible people, good benefits, competitive pay","inconsistent hours, retail environment, poor corporate planning and communication",need more managers to distribute workload and balance tasks,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40242,apple,none," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,8 years was enough of the kool Aid,"Some of the best co workers and overall people you'll ever meet. Great Benefits , Great Perks.","Retail Hours , inconsistent schedule, Micro Management , some co workers will do anything to move up.","Stop hiring other retail managers , Starbucks Managers are not sufficient for working with technical staff. Best management experiences came in the last year I was there ,",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40243,apple,none," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,"I enjoyed it there. It was awesome. Loved apple swag. Good hours, especially during releases. I was happy there.",Busy. Long hours. Customers are rude. Sitting at home all day. Release dates. New products.,Find ways to help with Busy. Long hours. Customers are rude. Sitting at home all day. Release dates. New products.,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40244,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Great for a temporary job,"Teaches some good foundations on professionalism, working with a team, interviewing, etc. Managers tend to be really down to earth and approachable. Great benefits and very flexible hours if you are in school or working another job. Coworkers tend to be really creative and friendly.",Promotions are slow (waiting for someone to leave the position) and a popularity contest. I worked at the Chestnut Street location and the clientele is extremely privileged and often didn't treat the staff with much respect. Inconsistent schedule.,Protect your employees a little more. Push for promotions. There are a lot of moving parts but having a more personal touch with every employee will go a long way towards satisfaction.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40245,apple,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life balance,Decent pay & good benefits. Awesome co-workers,Micro managing from management. Hard to get promoted. Lots of talk but no follow through.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40246,apple,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,linguistic tester,It opened the door for me to work for other tech companies.,They are not interested in contractors.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40247,apple,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,Disccounts given to employees every three years,Standing long hours and no much break times,None,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40248,apple,"Omaha, NE"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,specialist,pay and flexible hours awesome stuff,none its all good great,nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40249,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Apple. You're going to have a hard time.,"It's Apple. It's very prestigious, and you're going to be proud of the work you do.","It's Apple. Some of the decisions made, you're not going to agree with, and the pay ain't great.",Treat your employees - especially the little ones - fairly,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P363.htm
40250,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Programmer/Analyst,It's Apple,"I feel that Apple has the most dedicated and proficient group of employees that I've ever seen at one company. The work was interesting and the people were friendly. Plus, you get to contribute, in your own way, to producing the world's finest products.",Contractors cannot use any of the company gyms or attend certain events :( Apple is a huge organization. You only see the tiny part of it that you are working for.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40251,apple,"Long Beach, NY"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,The apple culture is unreal the co workers are great and discount are decent.,Only downfall I can think of was getting time off on holiday's but thats retail life.,Listen to the feedback we give you.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40252,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Challenging but rewarding.,"Amazing benefits, competitive work environment, Apple culture, long term stability due to the constant innovation by the company in relation to world markets.",Fast paced environment never slows down and is constantly changing. This can be exhausting and it is a constant challenge for leadership to prevent burnout in key positions.,Ensure focus on work life balance for all levels of employee. Increase pay for customer facing retail employees to be on par with At Home Advisors.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40253,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Merchandising manager,"Good salary, work hard . Learn a lot","Work hard, limited growth poor manager o",Wait for current leadership to change,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40254,apple,none," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review at Apple Store on Boylston Street,Apple takes incredible care of their employees. Great Benefits.,The Hours are tough. Management was ever changing and unorganized. Trying to grow in the company was difficult.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40255,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Idealism buried deep under a decades old corporate culture,"Bright people, some very idealistic and driven, great diversity. Generally high flexibility in self organizing and high accountability for employees (people get demoted or fired if they don't deliver what is expected of them).","Poor company benefits (vacations, retirement, subsidies), very little profit sharing with employees, boring office parks, expensive cafeteria.  Apple is culturally rooted in the past, and as such has not adopted a more aspirational mission like Airbnb, Uber, Google, Facebook. At the bottom of the line, it's all about doing business and making profit through great products — improving humankind and accepting social responsibility is no priorities to the company (and rather a projection of the marketing team).  Apple also doesn't care too much about the needs of its workforce. Company gym? Pay for it. Healthy snacks/fruits during the day? Rare. Child care? You're on your own. Need to send mail? You need to consider that their campuses are in the middle of suburbia with few options to satisfy your daily-life needs. And you work long hours.","It would serve the company enormously to have fresh blood, reinvigorate its ranks with a worldview that is not so cordoned off. The outside world has solved many of the problems that Apple is internally suffering from, but too bad the leadership doesn't know better.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40256,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer IV,Software engineer,"General package, regular benefit","Not very organized, code quality is ok but just ok",none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40257,apple,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what I expected,"Amazing benefits, convenience of working from home",High expectations and heavy workload that doesn't match your pay,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40258,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Diversity among workers, exposure to different people from all walks of life. Great networking opportunities.",Low wages. No commission for workers that usually total close to $1million in sales per year. (that's 1 million per worker!!!),none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40259,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never go to Special Projects,"Great company, amazing benefits, good culture...everywhere except SPG",Special Projects are well funded in Hardware Engineering but politics are the worst Ive ever experienced. Never again.,What management? Thank God Bob is back but what a horror to those 400+ let go.,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P364.htm
40260,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never go to Special Projects,"Great company, amazing benefits, good culture...everywhere except SPG",Special Projects are well funded in Hardware Engineering but politics are the worst Ive ever experienced. Never again.,What management? Thank God Bob is back but what a horror to those 400+ let go.,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40261,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Benefits, great company, not so good structure",Pay Benefits Working from home Provided all equipment,Stressful Lack of support Leadership Training,I think you should take your employees into a little more consideration when implementing new processes and launches.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40262,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple AHA,"great training flexible management top of the line benefits great coworkers, even though you might never meet them",long(ish) hours lack social experience since you are working from home (might be pro for some) work might get monotonous occasionally,"I loved working for apple, keep up the good work! hours can be long at times but that comes with the territory",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40263,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare as College Student,"flexible, good pay, yearly raises",can be hard to manage as a college student,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40264,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great place to work for college students,Not a lot of weekend flexibility,Continue to strive for excellence,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40265,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Technician,Awesome Play to work for as a student,"Flexible hours, College reimbursement for part time and full time, Apple 401k, sick days for part-time but sadly no vacation.",Hard to move up in ranks at times. Every year there seems to changed in management.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40266,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great job, many opportunities","You learn something everyday. Work with great people, including management. Do an outstanding job and it is easy to move up or around the company. Great benefits","Long hours (but they make it clear in your interview, so no surprise here). Yearly compensation is minimal. Cafeteria gets repetitive really fast and the prices are high.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40267,apple,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contractors are treated like 2nd Class workers,No slacker here. Everyone work really hard.,"Long, long, long hours. High pressure workplace.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40268,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,You get to work with great people. The culture is great as well- you are treated with respect.,The cons in retail are around career progression. Opportunities for advancement are a bit limited and career progression is very ambiguous and difficult to gauge.,My advice for management is to create more opportunities and programs for retail leaders to seamlessly transition to corporate.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40269,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good salary,"Good Salary, smart people, challenging work",growth (other than salary) could be slow,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P365.htm
40270,apple,"Denver, CO"," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,So unprofessional,You can Work from home You receive a Apple computer sent to you for working Gain experience with trouble shooting,Poor management Unprofessional and unorganized Bait and switch pay Trainers on power trips,"My very first on video trainer was a very unpleasant guy with a black sheet behind him. You could see right through it and tell he was in a gross basement- then went on to tell us we needed to have a workspace as professional as his. He was rude to everyone in the class, belittled several people, and went on a power trip About how he was the one who decided wether we got kicked off of the ""Kelly team "". Monitor your trainers and be a bit pickier about who gets to ""train"" and your employee retention will be much better.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40271,apple,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IOS/Mac at home advisor,"Great benefits (Vacation, Extra Time off, Medical), DIscounts, Good pay. Stocks.","500$ off discount is only applicable once every 3 years, other discounts are very small. Job is very mentally stressful and aches your body sitting for so many hours out the week.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40272,apple,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,Great perks and discounts for Apple everything,Not good for work life balance,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40273,apple,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail is fun and painful,Exciting atmosphere. Company really wants to take care of its customers.,Company taks care of customers at the expense of the employees . It is not a place to grow a caree.,"With high expectations and low pay, help your employees grow their career.",3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40274,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Manufacturing Engineer,Great Company!,Runs like a start up,Sucks the life out of you,Try to retain top talent,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40275,apple,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Advisor,The pay and the benefits are great.,Working hours are not that flexible.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40276,apple,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Teamwork Benefits of a large company Fast paced, well-driven atmosphere Excitement and enthusiasm is part of the teams culture Resume builder","Secrecy within company (not really that bad - but can make processes hard because of drastic changes that happen very fast) Work life balance is better with part time, but still can be rough",Consistency between the entire management team Find the best ways to connect and motivate the individual styles of each employee,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40277,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,"Super convenient, you get to remotely at home, they send you an iMac to use (you have to return it though), and you get decent discounts on Apple products (25% off).","Working from home isn't for everybody. There is no direct contact with people, you have a team but all your communication is via messaging, email, or the occasional FaceTime. The glitz and glamor that comes with Apple unfortunately means you get paid a whole lot less than comparative tech support positions for other companies.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40278,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor/ITunes Account Security,Great place to work,Great benefits. Awesome support system from Managament and tier 2 experts. Flexible schedule based on performance. The ability to gain experience in other departments with the possibility of permanent placement is awesome.,"The only con that I have is that although there are some awesome managers there, there was one who made me feel like I was in a hostile virtual environment. This manager lacked skills necessary to be in management and as a result I felt it necessary to remain on Medical Leave to avoid having to be under her leadership.","Taking the courses required for a backfill manager doesn't make you a good manager if you lack the characteristics of what makes a manager. I walked away from an awesome job because of one person and without any real assistance with Employee relations in regards to this manager. I rather stay on medical leave than to return under her leadership... find more managers like Hunter Hansen, Brian Arebalo, and Gabe Sanchez.. this were true mentors!",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40279,apple,"Chesapeake, VA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Team Manager,"Overall, the company is great. Plenty of opportunities if you actively take control of your development.","Family oriented, positive, flexible, relaxing, fun, benefits, reimbursements, discounts, people, honest, integrity, leadership, development, caring, sincere, pay, colleagues, remote, fair.",Only problem that you run into is upper management not being holistic when it comes to providing consistent feedback and treatment when moving around.,Everybody needs to be on the same page so that everybody is treated fairly and no surprises are thrown their way.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P366.htm
40280,apple,"Chesapeake, VA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Team Manager,"Overall, the company is great. Plenty of opportunities if you actively take control of your development.","Family oriented, positive, flexible, relaxing, fun, benefits, reimbursements, discounts, people, honest, integrity, leadership, development, caring, sincere, pay, colleagues, remote, fair.",Only problem that you run into is upper management not being holistic when it comes to providing consistent feedback and treatment when moving around.,Everybody needs to be on the same page so that everybody is treated fairly and no surprises are thrown their way.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40281,apple,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great place to work. Work life balance reasonable.,None really. Hard to get full time.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40282,apple,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Good Benefits, competitive environment, good room for growth. You will usually have a great time of people to work with.","Intense amount of hours, Work will bleed into personal life and can be all consuming. Many times need to work 7 days.",Many times upper management will not listen to problems related to customer issues on wide ranging problems. More interested in volume then customer satisfaction regardless of what the training and culture expects.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40283,apple,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineering intern,"It all comes down to the team/manager, but if you find a good one (really feel them out in the interviews) it can be an amazing experience.",Very secretive culture WRT interns.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40284,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great retail job but not a career for most,Great people to work along side with. Great Benefits. Best retail environment. Ability to learn lasting social skills.,Management never seemed to care and didn't know much about the product. Only way to move up was to make friends with the management. If you disagreed with them they wrote you off.,Find people who are actually willing to invest in your teams an not just themselves. People join Apple because they love the company and your manager destroy that love.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40285,apple,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,Great team. Discounts on products. Opportunity for growth,Need better pay for what we do. Stressful work environment,N/A,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40286,apple,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"great benefit, and work life balance",really hard to move up,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40287,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - FLORIDA,One down side.,Pretty much everything accept the cons.,Part Time hours were terrible. Not enough hours and the few were convenient.,Longer shifts oppose to really short ones throughout the week.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40288,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great company,"Apple really takes care of their employees. The benefits are fantastic and the culture is very welcoming and focused on your growth as an individual at the company. I worked in the retail end of apple and I really enjoyed working with my co- workers. The only reason I left was because the working in retail can take up a lot of your free time and the hours can be crazy sometimes, but as a company,Apple is pretty great.","Long hours, retail can be a little harsh dealing with angry customers, but the management usually has your back.",n/a,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40289,apple,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best and only job I've ever had,"Job protection, flexible, great training, ability to move up in the company very very fast, working from home is great","Nothing, I've been with the company for 5 years and it's had nothing bad",Keep up the great work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P367.htm
40290,apple,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great place to work. Work life balance reasonable.,None really. Hard to get full time.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40291,apple,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad but it could be better,"Convience, flexibility around school schedule and opportunities to work at the store.",Very high stress environment and metrics mean a lot to them. They require you to work a weekend day and the vacation hours are earned (instead of a bucket given to you),none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40292,apple,none," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"Lots of flexibility, management treats you well, coworkers are great to work with, and there are lots of benefits even for part-time employees.",Apple's really high customer service expectations have created some really entitled monsters as customers. They can be difficult to deal with.,Keep up with the feedback.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40293,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not so good for contractors,balanced work and business visibility,not good environment for contractors,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40294,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Intern - Hourly,Experience,"The team was so helpful! I had one-on-one meetings with each of my team member every week. If I had any problems, they would sit one-on-one with me for hours trying to fix it.",Everything is too secretive so I felt that it would be hard to move on to different projects.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40295,apple,"Medford, MA"," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - SPECIALIST/SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM ASSISTANT,Apple Inc.,Open and relaxed work environment. The best!!!!,There are no cons. The company is very liberal and allows for individuality.,They get it!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40296,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,Not what it's cracked up to be,"Salary, Bonus, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Product Discounts for personal purchases and for Friends & Family, Retirement plans","Stingy on the inside: hard to get a pen or a notepad for your own work purposes, lack of transparence, traditional email work methods,",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40297,apple,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Great team, culture, and steady pay",-you have to work full time to get health benefits -training is rigorous but worth it,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40298,apple,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved my time there,Always keeps you on your toes,Have to work weekends and holidays,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40299,apple,none," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as great as it once was,"Stable job, smart coworkers, and interesting challenges","Pay could be better, considering the cost of living in the area.  They like to stretch people thin, and don't spend money where they should.",Stop cutting budgets like the company is running out of money. Product quality is going down because of it.  Also don't treat long term operational requirements like second class citizens. Products have to be supported after they're sold!,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P368.htm
40300,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Manufacturing Engineer,"Fast job with great benefits. Hard to live nearby, very political.",- Extremely flexible hours and work attire - Lots of perks and bonuses - Decent subsidized food - Beautiful campus and location - Lots of different people to work with,- High pressure - Very political - Expensive to live in area - Long commute - 30-50% of time on international travel - Hard to make a routine,- Machiavellian politics takes precedent over innovation. - Haven't seen a revolutionary product since iPad in 2010.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40301,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Advertisement,"Web Marketing, Publicity and Neuromarketing",Good company where to growth,"tough to work, not easy to get a job",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40302,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Cash Operations,Cash operations,Benefits are amazing Pay for a retail environment is great Amazing coworkers,Sometimes overwhelming Dealing with entitled customers Work/life balance,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40303,apple,none," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Apple IOS Senior Advisor (At-Home),Great company to work for but VERY easy to get burnt out,"Great company to have on your resume. promoted in under a year, very competitive wages, constant training, really decent benefits.",Worklife balance is 100% nonexistent. Work tools regularly having issues preventing you from doing your job. Schedule changes to frequently and it really burns you out. Get stuck with schedules that do not work for your life. Late hours with no weekends off despite having small children at home does not work. 24/7 on the phones with customers tearing you down. No interaction with coworkers whatsoever. Metrics often out of your control dictating your schedule.,Your scheduling methods burn out your employees. I Shouldn't have to pick between my job and my young child to advance my career while my manager who has less tenure than me gets Mon- Fri 9-5 regardless of his performance.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40304,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Data Analyst,great work environment and coworkers,low pay and some inexperienced supervisors.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40305,apple,"Stockton, CA"," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Great job,Great pay rate Great insurance Good teams,call center service career opportunities limited,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40306,apple,none," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great fun enthusiastic eviorment to work at. Great fun co-workers.,Can't say there are some cons to working here it is absolutely fun and professional.,Management does a great job to adhere to all employees concerns and comments,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40307,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor,Great benefits! Apple provides a great 401K match and allows plenty of chances for OT pay,They do over work us at times and I feel like we are short handed most of the time,Hire more people,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40308,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked there,a lot of pros that included a great work environment,there was a lot of employees,I'd work shorter hours,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40309,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,8 Year Genius,"Fast paced learning environment, forced to learn skills in customer service, time management, and technical skills that you may not get elsewhere. Surrounded by passionate coworkers of all ages and skillsets.","Retail hours, scheduling can be rough around holidays and launches, obsolete roles are not killed off in a quick effective manner (looking at you Creative role).",Keep open the lines of communication and accept that most of your technicians are more versed in the company policies then you are.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P369.htm
40310,apple,none," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"My experience was pleasant, there is a great feeling walking into work but you have to learn to accept ambiguity.","Discounts, benefits and the people you work with. Very laid back style of work, no commission, so it's easy to be genuine. I don't know what else you'd like to know, I think I'm done here","Retail hours, unclear promotion scale. There's little to no incentive to work harder. Very team oriented, hard to shine on your own. Wish there was a type of commission somewhat",Make clear promotion paths,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40311,apple,"New Orleans, LA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,very nice,"People are nice, they are friendly and cool to be around. Everyone is every knowledgeable. They know all the products inside out.",Not very many downsides to working here to be honest. The main thing I think is a minor con would be the fact that some people,No real advice for all the really amazing and cool manager. They all work very had and are friendly to their employees. They know what they are talking about,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40312,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Transit Editor,Good job,The work is really easy and the training is really good.,Contacted positions. Managers don't really care about your needs. Horrible benefits,Stop contracting employees for a job you will need for years to come in the future.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40313,apple,none," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to start with,Once of the best place to start your career with,Not very flexible in shuffling candidates from one project to another,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40314,apple,"Temecula, CA"," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,No growth for those who work harder than their current role.,High pay for part time if management sees flexibility they call you in frequently for more work but it could change in the following week not consistent.,Hard to promote in certain stores seems like management a lot of the time doesn't focus very much with developing hard working employees.,If you notice an employees going above and beyond their current role help the individuals grow like they deserve.,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40315,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,"Lots of Pros, and a few big Cons",Best benefits I've ever had of any job. And perks out the wazoo. Work culture is very liberal and laid back. Pay is very competitive for the industry.,"With so many things right with this company, it's extremely disheartening that there are also so many things wrongs.  1) Little opportunity for upward movement - Apple REALLY likes to encourage its workers with promises of career advancement. Unfortunately, and not until recently, any and all movement I've encountered in the last year and a half has been lateral. The reason for this is due to Apple's outsourcing of advisors to 3rd party call centers or ""vendors"". For this reason, Apple is no longer opening up additional management positions, which has lowered the ceiling pretty dramatically. This is a huge disappointment for those of us who have at the ""Management"" carrot dangled on a stick in front of us for 2+ years.  2) Metrics-based performance measurements - One of the metrics by which advisors are measured is 'Issue Resolution."" After troubleshooting with Applecare, a customer gets a survey asking if their issue was resolved. If they answer 'yes,' this is good. If they answer 'no,' then the advisor is penalized. The problem I have with this, as a measured metric, stems from the fact that there is no expectation that all issues will be resolved by the end of the first call, before the survey is sent out.  So even on issues where the resolution is not 100% in control by the advisor, advisors are still graded on it. This means that if a hardware repair is needed, the call isn't resolved on the phone, and yet the advisor still gets a survey where they are held accountable for the resolution. If the customer has to stop troubleshooting and resume at a later time due to time constraints or a prior obligation, they'll get the survey, and may answer 'no' to the issue resolution question, and the advisor will be punished. Some tasks take a long time to complete over the phone, and customers are asked to call back after a specific step is completed. Once again, issue is not yet resolved, and yet the customer receives the survey asking this question.  I am of the opinion that if there is so much as an INKLING of a possibility that the issue not being fully resolved before the first call, due to factors outside of the advisors' control, then the advisor simply should not be graded on it. It makes as much sense as penalizing a baseball team for missing a game due to inclement weather.  Too frequently do circumstances outside of the advisors control govern an issue's resolution, and yet advisors are held accountable to these factors. This is wrong. This is unethical. And honestly, I feel that this runs counter to the culture Apple boasts. Any grievances aired to upper management about this are met with suggestions of mental gymnastics to try and essentially convince the customer to answer 'yes' to it, even if the issue is not resolved. No effort has been made to really address this as a valid issue, and I do not anticipate that this will change in the future. This is a fundamental flaw, and it's the only major, significant gripe I have about Apple policies and procedures, as a big company.  How this punishment affects the advisor is addressed in my next item:  3) Schedule picks - Advisors get a new schedule every 90 days. This is done through a process by which an advisor 'bids' on their preferred schedule, from a list of available schedules. The list of schedule picks available to the advisor is governed by their aforementioned metrics (including the dreaded Issue Resolution metric). Those with the poorest metrics (whether in their control or not) are often left to pick the 'scrap' (minus the 's') schedules from the bottom of the barrel, schedules that have the advisor working the entire weekend, working until nearly midnight every night, working on holidays, etc. Given the fact that the metrics on which we are measured that determine our 'place in line' for a schedule pick are not entirely within our ability to control, this inevitably screws with the home lives of a lot of advisors. I've heard of parents being unable to take or pick their children up from daycare because of this, people unable to attend church functions, celebrate holidays with their families, etc. And on some occasions, even glitches on the back end have stuck advisors with terrible schedules, without so much as a word from upper management on addressing it. And the ways in which the different senior area managers address these issues is extremely inconsistent, and would benefit from some calibration.  Apple is a large enough company, at this point, with a large-enough employee base that it could very easily assign workable, manageable schedules to every person in every timezone in such a way that it does not negatively affect their home lives, and still ensure that all customers are taken care of in a timely fashion. It's 100% plausible. And doing so would further promote the progressive culture that Apple loves to boast. But alas, they will do nothing of the sort.  4) The customers - As is the case with any customer service job, the most stressful part, day-to-day, is the customers. Angry customers who won't think rationally. Customers who simply want someone to get in trouble. Customers who blame Apple for their inability to function in a world full of modern technology. Customers who refuse to acknowledge user-error. And they take it out on you. Working this job has shown me the worst of the worst in people, and I know it's affected me in a very negative way (so much that I sought therapy from depression/emotional exhaustion because of it). This isn't Apple's fault, but people should still know what they're getting into.  5) You will work on major holidays. At least you will be scheduled, and expected to be in your seat ready to work, before they say ""Ok, you can leave,"" after the first few hours on the clock. Every single major holiday, advisors are required to work, and are often dismissed early due to low call volume. Of course I love being dismissed early on holidays. What I don't love is the inability to make plans with family for holidays due to the requirement of working, despite knowing I'll be dismissed early. Just let us off. Apple customers can go a day without someone to yell at when they don't know how to use their device. They'll live.  6) The resources given to advisors to utilize while troubleshooting are often insufficient, often nonfunctional and broken, and the fat is constantly being trimmed from them to make the advisors' jobs that much more difficult. Despite this, we are still held to the almighty metrics.  For some, these complaints may be relatively minor, but for me, after working here for 4 years, I'm left disenfranchised, and often uninterested, and certainly no longer passionate, about the work I'm putting in. I no longer look forward to working each day. At that same time, I feel trapped, because I know I won't find another job with benefits and compensation nearly as competitive as Apple's. I guess that's corporate work life for you. The level of effort I put into my work has lowered drastically, and with the punishments in place and the lack of incentives for hard work, I don't anticipate a shift toward the positive in the foreseeable future. The benefits and perks are phenomenal, but at a primal level, the things that affect you emotional, day in and day out, are what impact you the most, and Apple has lots of 'areas of opportunity' to improve upon.","It's time to dump the antiquated metrics-based performance measures, and implement something more in-line with Apple's progressive culture. Stop punishing advisors for factors that are out of their sphere of influence. Stop making promises of upward mobility where there is no upward mobility to be found.",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40316,apple,none," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Retail,Great retail environment and the talent that is in Apple retail is AMAZING.,Dealing with people who have no idea about their technology...,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40317,apple,none," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was a great company to work for,"cCool workers, pretty relaxing place to work if you are younger",No con's at this time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40318,apple,"Trophy Club, TX"," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,Great Company,"paid time off is generous for corporate employees, training, visibility of store management, environment is stimulating, retail allows 15 minutes breaks every 2-2.5 hours,","pay, inflexible schedule, transparency of management, promotions based on favoritism not skill, retail employees get about half of the sick leave that corporate employees do",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40319,apple,none," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,"Work with the smartest, kindest people ever, with a management structure that tries to support you. Lots of benefits, stock options. Corporate truly seems to care for your well-being","Ultimately working retail, with customers who are often rude and ignorant. Pay is low, and there is no upward path from this position. The position was recently changed by people who seem to know nothing about training.","Look to bring in people who have worked in the position, not just corporate managers afraid to offend.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P370.htm
40320,apple,"Privateer, SC"," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,Apple,"Fast growing company, good benefits","High pressure sales position, always increasing sales quotas",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40321,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,Fun environment and meeting interesting costumers.,Don't really have any cons.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40322,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Expert,"People, passion, fufilling, opportunity, and benefits.",expect strangers to begin having too high expectations for you.,Your specialists are the lifeblood.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40323,apple,none," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's chill,"Open environment, some room for growth within company","In a big team like the NYC flagships, it's easy to be overlooked and they pick favorites for promotions",Better communication within team and leaders,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40324,apple,none," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits and Work Environment,"Benefits, Culture, Co-Workers and also the overall focus of the company with respect to the greater good",Pay and Red Tape. We need more focus on employee advancement,Better Compensation and greater focus on development and career growth,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40325,apple,"Glendale, CA"," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Reliable with good benefits,For the most part this is a very relaxed and comfortable retail environment. Benefits are great and the ability to improve is possible,Can be a challenge at time to deal with customers. While improvement is possible the path and requirements to do so are very unclear,Continue listening to you employees and communicating,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40326,apple,none," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Creative,Some notes on Apple Retail from a Creative,-Fast-paced so it's never boring -Opportunity to learn a lot -Opportunities to intern (sort of) for Corporate positions that can expose you to the right people/teams -Discount incentives -You will work with some of the greatest people from all walks of life -Helps you with time-management and dealing with regular changes in your job/workplace,"-Often feels like there's little opportunity to move up rather than lateral -Many employees express feeling like they are strung along for career opportunities where they here something akin to ""just keep working at it and you can achieve X position'. -Feedback from leadership can often be very generic (positive or negative feedback) so it doesn't feel like they actually know what you have contributed during your review -Easy to burn out in most roles within the stores",Do your best to follow through on commitments made to various teams and take to heart some of the outlier NPP comments. Sometimes they are things more people want to say but are afraid to. Leadership really makes or breaks the Apple Retail experience and that's a very powerful responsibility.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40327,apple,none," Sep 23, 2016",Current Employee - Python Developer,Awesome Apple,A different experience for the career. Learn something new,"Too much work, lack of management",none,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40328,apple,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Went from a great place to work to an absolutely boring place to work.,"Pay, Coworkers, other Benefits","Repetitive, Jobs became too simplified, Management doesn't believe in the words they speak.",Treat everyone the same,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40329,apple,"Buford, GA"," Sep 4, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple Store - Sales Specialist,"Great pay, Great team, Great leaders, Great perks, Great benefits.  I worked at Apple Store for 9 months at a busy suburban mall. There were always new guests to interact with and new challenges to face.  The pay is great. The co-workers are super helpful and kind. That's just the environment of working for Apple. The management team is so professional and relaxed. Always ready to help, assist, lead, and train.  The perks for the Apple products are excellent. The benefits are like no other company and available for part-timers as well.","I do not have any cons to list about the company, per se. I do believe that there are so many pros specifically because the job can be so hard and stressful at times. I had plenty of negative experiences with the job itself (not the company). I often say that no matter how great everything is on paper, the job at Apple Store is still RETAIL. And retail will be retail no matter how much of a ""luxury retail"" status it may be.  Retail customers in a mall are demanding, difficult, needy, obnoxious, and annoying. They are relentless and have too high of expectations.  But for all the sour apples (hah) you may deal with in a given day, there is always at least one special interaction per shift where you help someone in such a genuine way that they may even give you a hug on their way out the door.  Apple Store can be hard and stressful because it is always so busy and always attracting more customers with each new fancy product release.  If you land a job at Apple Store, you will enjoy it for sure because of the great team you work with and the great company you work for.  You might quit sooner than you expect, though, because the stress of dealing with relentlessly needy retail customers might just send you over the edge.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P371.htm
40330,apple,"Farmington, CT"," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great benefits and work environment, but not livable on alone",Amazing benefits and the people you work with are like a second family. Managers are very invested in your personal and work development as well,Pay does not cover cost of living in the area or state. Technicians have a high turn over rate as they do not get paid more for having more responsibility or qualifications,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40331,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Retail Specialist,"Positive culture, good teamwork, extensive training","High volume retail, short breaks,",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40332,apple,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good job,"Discounts, paid time off for part time, and many more",They capped hours off for part time around 30,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40333,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,"Great people, great benefits, discounts, pay is alright for retail I guess, good insurance, 401k and stock options.","Awful retail schedule, stores are too busy, dealing with all walks of life, low retention rate, retail store.","Instead of ""bubbling things up to corporate"", focus on the changes you can make in the store.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40334,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specalist,"401k, product discount, awesome managers and co-workers",I can't really think of any,More often personalized attention to individual employees,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40335,apple,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Dynamic programs keeps you on your toes all the time. There are waves where the work load is huge, but then there are respites as well.",Things do get crazy before ramp. You have to take work home and attend late night calls for around a month or so before launch.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40336,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Advisor,working for Apple,BEST company to work for. Awesome benefits! A lot of opportunities for advancement. Making a difference every day. Best part about my job is the people that I work with!,Nothing. Everything about the company is great. I have nothing as a cons to comment on.,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40337,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,"Good pay, great benefits, You feel like you're legitimately helping people.",Limited chances for job advancement. The role isn't as prominent as other retail roles.,Offer more full time opportunities.,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40338,apple,"Emeryville, CA"," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great experience and resume booster,great culture and learning experience! i enjoyed my time here.,-hard to move up other than FRS,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40339,apple,none," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Care at Home Advisor,Working at Apple you get great hands on training with the latest products that everyone will be wanting.,promotions can seem slow. Managers sometimes have never taken calls.,Promot managers that have done calls,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P372.htm
40340,apple,none," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Family feel/dynamic Great people culture Working for one of the best tech companies in the world Looks great on any resume when it comes to applying for other jobs,"It's retail so scheduling is crazy, if you are part-time don't expect to have any consistency or predictable scheduling Hard to take off time if too many people have already requested similar days Vague at times and don't have a lot of training on the processes before new products are released Managers don't always show they care about you and favoritism is a huge game. Be a player and you can succeed. They don't really hire outside of referrals unless absolutely necessary If you speak multiple languages, don't expect a pay raise. Moving up doesn't really equate to a raise.",Be present. Don't give your staff hope for things you know won't happen. Be real,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40341,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Apple Leadership Team,"Pay, higher than other retail on average Large teams High levels of responsibility Challenging work environment Highest standard for customer experience",Politics in the workplace Unclear career path  work/life balance unsupported by higher leadership Pay rate growth minimal Leadership develops Kent not consistent,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40342,apple,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MBA Intern,Great learning opportunity and supporting colleagues,HR and managers are not focused on having good projects for interns.,"If you hire interns, make sure that you define some good projects for them.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40343,apple,"Denver, CO"," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great experience all around,-They encourage you to grow -they value your employees -they help educate you- more focused on person and their experience than product,-there isn't much negative to say,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40344,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - German Speaking Technical Support Advisor,Great company in all respects!,"I had the opportunity to work for a worldwide renowned company such as Apple. I am Italian but I got hired for the German area as a ""German Speaking Technical Support Advisor"". In the end I gave up since I realized I was not able to keep my concentration for hours speaking all the time over the phone German to German (as well as Austrian and Swiss..) clients (and simultaneously entering in english all notices and information given by the customers into the system) even though my level of German is advanced. Overall it was a great professional experience, no doubt!",None! I really liked dealing with all the employees I got envolved with.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40345,apple,"Snellville, GA"," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Apple Employee,Opportunities for growth and learning. Great managers and co-workers to work with.,I didn't have any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40346,apple,"Boston, MA"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Need higher pay,"As far as retail jobs go, management does care about you as an employee (for the most part). Benefits are top notch. Fast paced work environment.","Work Life balance is very poor, especially in one of the bigger stores. Its very difficult to plan vacations, time off. The hours are all over the place. Its exhausting to have a constantly changing work schedule. The hourly wages are far too low. These jobs are far from mindless, they require dedication, a ton of product/policy knowledge, and various strong personality traits yet the pay is equal to working at other retailers and far less than the standard ""office job"".  There is also virtually no upward movement available if you are at Genius/Manager level unless you are very lucky.",PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES MORE. Not only do they deserve to live comfortably but it will also keep them around longer.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40347,apple,none," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Relations Advisor,Fun people good benefits,Becoming more metrics driven hurts the customer experience.,Focusing on customer experience,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40348,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,"Fast paced, good company that teaches a lot of life skills that are difficult to gain elsewhere, Apple employees seem to be looked at in higher regards when applying for other companies. I recommend working here only due to the fact that I developed skills at Apple that are useful everywhere that I couldn't have learned anywhere else.","Discounts are very small, there are a ton of business politics in play at the Apple stores. Most managers have their own agendas and the promotion process couldn't be any further from a meritocracy. Most customers are entitled whiny babies, but some are cool. Very little career opportunities unless you leave the company to go work somewhere else and then come back to a better role. The pay could be way better based on how much cash they have on hand, the pay actually sucks to be honest.","Quit playing politics for your own personal gain, stores run a lot smoother if you promote based off of merit.",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40349,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"Co workers and benefits are great at this company.There are many benefits that you have to figure out on your own, but if you do, there are some really great things you can find.","There is a culture of ""putting in your dues"" that is somewhat brushed over. Many people have been passed over for promotion because they have opted to bring in external people rather than promote within.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P373.htm
40350,apple,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rediculously Confining,Good Coworkers Great benefits Great customers,Too confining Scheduling is horrible No empathy for illness,Care more about your employees health,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40351,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Advisor,I love working for Apple.,"I work at home for Apple doing technical support for iOS, Mac, and wireless multimedia. It is such a great job, a lot of autonomy and they are always teaching us new things. Even working from home, I feel bonded with my teammates. And working in pajamas isn't so bad!",The only downsides with my position would be the constant calls. There is rarely a time where there is more than a minute or two between calls. But this does make the day go by very fast.,More opportunities to advance are needed!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40352,apple,"Tulsa, OK"," Sep 4, 2016",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Amazing company!,I loved working for Apple at the retail level! I held many different titles and enjoyed all of them!,"Instead of being incentivized by commission, you had to meet a certain requirement of AppleCare sales as a Specialist and didn't receive any type of bonus for it, besides keeping your job.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40353,apple,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Store Leader,Store Leader,Apple has really great Values and lives by them.,"Fast paced, ever changing environment. You should enjoy change.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40354,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Great Experience, Would Not Do it Again",You gain knowledge and training on Apple Products and team building opportunities are endless. Constant Customer Service and access to resources,"Managers are not lenient with work/life balance. Some customers are extremely negative and rude. New call every 10 seconds, small amount of time for break.","Care more about employees and instill positive reinforcement instead of negative threats and consequences. Understand that you are working with people, not Apple Products/Robots",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40355,apple,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,You learn something new everyday and you work with a very diverse group of people. Everyone is willing to help and the work environment is fun. Good job to gain experience in customer service and the tech industry.,- Certain roles can be very repetitive at times - Not a set schedule - Have to work weekends - Have to work on some major holidays,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40356,apple,none," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,Transparent managers and a fun virtual environment,Work life balance could be better,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40357,apple,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Environment,Great place to work About you type of job One on one time with customers,Long working hours Stress to be the best,Great job but some people go through life problems to deal with.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40358,apple,none," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company overall,Great company with stories history,Benefits don't keep pace with others in the valley,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40359,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Tech Manager,AppleCare,"Salary is decent, benefits are good.","AppleCare is NOT an Apple position. On paper, yes. But Apple treats their support employees like slaves compared to retail/corporate.",Stop choking the life out of your support groups when you are the most profitable company in history.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P374.htm
40360,apple,none," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple care,Nice pay Great benefits I suppose,Change schedules too often (every 3 months),none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40361,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Standards and Open Source Counsel,Great Company,Culture of doing things right,"Long hours, don't walk the talk on work life balance",Listen to employees more,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40362,apple,none," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple review,It's a great company to work for awesomebenifits,They shove a ton of information at you at any given time you might be taking over another department with no pay raise,Have more communication,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40363,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Fun & Fast pace work environment,- Great managers and coworkers - Awesome benefits -work/ life balance,-can be exhausting - starting pay is $15/hr,Increase hourly rate,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40364,apple,none," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Front of House staff,"Great hours, busy job, never bored. I had great coworkers and the environment was always positive.","Having to work parties - I don't like crowds. Sometimes ended up smelling like condiments. Having to wear a uniform (can be good or bad, I just prefer bright colors to the black we wore).",The environment was mostly positive and fun. I think there needed to be more management because there were too many people for one person.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40365,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - 3D VIsion,Interesting people - no room for movement,Interesting characters who were contractors around my age (post college grad). Met some good friends and also met some lazy/clueless idiots.,"It was ridiculously easy work which is why I can see Apple hiring sheep. I thought I had a lot more to offer in terms of the work my leads gave us but as a contractor I didn't have a lot of room to be hired FT. Hiring to be FT required several years of being there as a contractor (at least in my division) and it was not worth my time to take a chance on that with such low wages, no attending events/beer bashes, and work repetition.","Nothing, honestly they have a perfect management system in place that effectively controls their workers and limits them from mutiny (you can get fired on the spot/day of for ostensibly not working hard enough or not being able to work well with the team).",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40366,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solid place to work, great to learn.","Great environment, great people, great benefits, fun to continually learn and be around the best products.",Difficult to move up and grow. Pay isn't what it should be for the amount of money we were bringing in.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40367,apple,none," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, Not Great",Great deals and most of the people you work with have the same passion for technology.,"Has become a very corporate environment of late. Everything is recorded, analyzed, and then re-analyzed. A bit robotic",Things are going great for the entire company. Ease up on squeezing every little drop out of employees.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40368,apple,none," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,5+ years,There are always new systems or programs to master as the technology landscape even at a retail store doesn't stay the same for more than a few months. Discounts abound for a wide variety of 3rd party products and of course Apple products as well.,"Health care and compensation are only average at Apple. It's a retail environment so the ""needs of the business"" come before any and all other personal scheduling needs.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40369,apple,none," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management should not come from retail,"Most of the people are great, it is a great place to work if you want to relocate to another city, as there are apple stores almost everywhere","management has been poor. I have seen store leaders berate employees in front of other staff and there is a huge disconnect from what is done at a Starbucks and what is done at Apple. Technicians are not paid enough, in fact most of the store outside management is not paid enough for the responsibilities that are expected.  The flat nature of the company makes it difficult to advance, and managers will sometimes make up things for you to work on in order to hold people back.  It can be fixed, but they have to promote Apple people from within, hiring outside managers puts a huge gap in knowledge and teamwork (top down management, vs a cohesive team)  I left because I don't have the patience to wait for things to get better.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P375.htm
40370,apple,none," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,No room for advancement in Retail,"Apple Retail offers decent pay, comparatively, in its industry. There are also a lot of perks and benefits that Apple employees get, whether they're in Retail or Corporate. The company culture is pretty accepting and affirmative of diversity among its employees.","There is no room for upward advancement. It's difficult to move from employee to management status, and nearly impossible to move into some kind of job in Corporate. Pay does not increase at a rate that is commensurate with experience.","Let employees know they're actually valued, rather than seen as replaceable and fungible. Increase pay commensurate with experience, and provide more room for advancement.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40371,apple,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,Best company in the world.,Steve Jobs is gone and a lot went with him in terms of standards and accountability.,Start vetting thing like 'the man' were still alive. iOS Music? Horrid interface.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40372,apple,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,Apple Store Leader Program,Great program where you learn lots of different things and every day is different. You truly get a broad sense for all the different roles in an apple store and get a good taste for if leadership in the company is right for you.,Some stores are less supportive of the program than others. If you are at a store where the Store Leader believes in the program and supports you you will learn a lot and have a great experience. If the store leader doesn't support you it is easy to fall into the day to day business of the Apple Store and you won't gain as much from the program.,Give associates more choices for which roles they want to spend the most time in during the second year - make it a less rigid schedule.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40373,apple,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Corporate,"Apple, Inc",Amazing culture/Great benefits  Beautiful/State of the Art facilities,"Opportunity for career growth/Promotion can be hard to accomplish  You work with the best, of the best of the best",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40374,apple,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Personal development, competitive pay, hours",There are none that come to mind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40375,apple,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,August 2016,Fellow employees are great and the overall culture is fantastic,Senior leadership completely separated from their employees,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40376,apple,"Glendale, CA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple Fam 4 Life,"- Many interesting internal (paid) internship opportunities - Fair wages (compared to most retail) - Everyone is treated equal - Minimal political BS - Gossip is frowned upon - Takes the open door policy very seriously - Most of the management team are amazing - The entire store claps as you walk out of the store on your last day - Realistic expectations for sales, quotas, etc. - Amazing work/life balance. They respect your time - iPhone launches are a fun experience for the entire store - Very family like",- A lot of immature/young fellow employees - Apple customers have unrealistic expectations - Really is 'cult-like' at times - Fail to communicate fixes or answers for 'known technical issues' with their devices - Glass ceiling when it comes to personal development - Management is stretched too thin for amount of employees,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40377,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Apple expert for a year,Company is great with benefits and laid back Great management Nice peers Everyone is on your side,Long tedious hours Retail business Low ceiling for promotion,Make more positions for upper level management accessible,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40378,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Designer,Poor company / vendor rapport at MARCOM,- Free Jolly Ranchers and/or Life Savers at the reception desk. - Free drip coffee and distilled water. - Free dinner (compensation for no paid overtime),"- The longest commute from the Bay Area - Awful company / vendor rapport: vendor employees are treated like second-class citizens and excluded from most Apple employee activities. I once saw an announcement for a once-a-week 30 minute meditation group with the caveat: ""Apple employees only."" Perhaps Apple thinks this exclusive treatment is motivation for vendors, motivation to work harder and longer and be one of the ""chosen ones"" hired by Apple. - Poor work / life balance (your kids are not as important as that copy correction you received at six o'clock) - ""Big Brother"" atmosphere full of employees who love to snitch - Most offices have no windows: confidentiality is more important than your wellbeing - A waterfall process, fickle hierarchy - Boring work, menial tasks - Antiquated tools and processes","Working as a vendor designer at Apple's MARCOM division was simply one of the most dehumanizing, worst experiences of my design career. I was sold the job thinking that with my years of agency experience (agile, user-centric), I would be in more of a consulting position at Apple, helping them improve their processes and evolve their brand. The reality of the situation was that I was paid a good deal of money not to think at all.  In a way, I'm grateful for this experience in that it further defined me as a designer: now I am exactly sure of what I do not want.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40379,apple,none," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,Great product and focus on the best product and user experience. You will work with great bright people.,Very secretive and protective of the product and any sort of roadmap. Makes it difficult in a sales role.,"Keep making great products, loosen up a bit to help out your sales org.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P376.htm
40380,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Global Supply Manager Assistant,Global Supply Manager Assistant,"Great company, nice people, good salary. I would really be happy to work at Apple, but my temporary position was maternity leave coverage.",I do not know downsides of working at Apple.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40381,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,good,apple is a very good company to work onnn....,i think there are no demerits present thereee...,i think there is no need of any advices or something...,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40382,apple,none," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Awesome Company and very chill people,Nothing to worry about the company,Nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40383,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Awesome Benefits, Amazing Culture, reasonable perks and discounts. Educational environment","Work life balance, management Shows favor",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40384,apple,none," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,A cult,You get to meet other companies and learn about technology - that's it.,"They way they operate: tell exactly what to say, what to do, how to act, from the time in at work until you leave they want full control. This is not a place for dreamer, entrepreneur type, hard working people who want to take their business to level. To make you work harder, they will tell how you are not on par or working at the same level as others - even if you excel in sales numbers. They make you feel very small in order for you to work 100 times harder and better or leave. This company doesn't care about tenture, experience, and other things that company value - they act do want people to leave because they will replace another brain washed mindless idiot who will work ten times harder and get paid way less. This trillion dollar company caps your raise after the 3rd (no raises) and do not offer any bonus nor do a spend one dime for anything employee recognition or holiday. They act like they are about their ""souls"" but their bottom line is to sell more and more iPhones. Everything they do is what Steve jobs did, that is their God. The people that work here especially higher ups have no loyalty to friends and family, their loyalty is to Apple. If your independent and team player with very high energy to succeed this not a place for you they want people that can clap like a Moran and be brainwashed.",Can't give advice brainless brainwashed people.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40385,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - At Home Chat Advisor,Mac+ At Home Advisor,"Awesome work environment from home, and your co-workers are all top-notch. It is a very competitive place to work, as I mentioned, the cream of the crop employees are all working their hardest to advance.  Having said that, all management is on your team, and they will work with you to get you to where you want to be within Apple. They promote from within, and will guide you to get to your dream job.","Not being able to go into an office environment can be a bit harsh sometimes. After two years of working there, I've never met a single person face-to-face (except via webcam).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40386,apple,none," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's alright,"The job was alright, nothing super special. Be careful with your other workload. They expect a lot. It will put your mind to the test","It was hard work at times, especially when there was a lot going on. Make sure it is your top priority at all times. You have to do whatever you can to make your job work.",Just be aware of other people's lives and what's going on. Sometimes things are out of our control and we can't do anything about it,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40387,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support,iOS technical support,"So many benefits,place is so nice",It's not. A 24 hour center,Doing a great job,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40388,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Design Engineer,Dump the orlando site management,"I really liked working with smart, creative and motivated engineers. I felt like the first level engineers all worked together very well and got a tremendous amount of work done in an incredibly short time. I'm missing working with them. It will be a good career memory. Pay and benefits are excellent. I also enjoy the whole Orlando area.","Now the problem. Management is the worst! Everything I was enjoying about working at the Orlando site was ruined by these corrupt politicians. First of all, being a manager at Apple makes them feel as if they are the best on the planet. This translates into extreme arrogance and failure to listen to anything any engineer says. They are not good managers. They just think so and demand to be treated like they are great. Forget about anyone listening to your ideas and expect to be talked down to all the time. Next, and I think worst, there is such a strong desire by management to retain their jobs, and hopefully advance their careers, at a company name like Apple that they will do anything to make themselves look even greater than they act like they are. So you will always fail to get a manager to listen to your explanation that an idea is bad. Then some story will be created to blame you when that bad idea actually goes bad because managers cannot be held accountable for their mistakes. This was a very corrosive work environment. I realized that instead of a chance to make a real difference, my career would only be one of being ignored, worked to death, and blamed for every bad move a manager made. I was paid well. But not well enough to put up with such undeserved abuse. I voluntarily resigned when I had enough.",Read the review title.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40389,apple,none," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Laid back environment and a relatively nice iterations with other departments,condescending upper management and always worrying about the bottom line,take into consideration the needs of the employees not just productivity,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P377.htm
40390,apple,none," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,Great benefits Awesome people to work with Apple trains and educates in many valuable ways,"No work/life balance Must work almost every weekend. Scheduling is strict and difficult to plan ahead for everyday life Must put in ahead of time if you want any specific special events off and wait to see kid it gets approved. The public perception is that Apple pays well, but Most Apple employees have difficulty living on Apple salary alone. Most have a second job or freelance source of additional income.",Maintain empathy with your employees. Appreciation and Positive words go a long way. Financial bonuses/ awards / monetary recognition for achievements would be helpful.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40391,apple,none," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Progress or be left behind,"You have a job. You work 40-80 hours as anemployee. Health Benefits, 401K, Stock Options, Student Loan Payment Program, Discounts, Occasional opportunities for advancement","You have to hit the ground running, progress or be left behind, meaning don't just do your job, but strive to put yourself on the radar. Your day requires a story and the successful employees are the most talked about storytellers amongst their peers. This is the key to advancement. You have to win over your team or no matter how good you think you are statistically or as a person, it will be hard to be promoted. Achieving work life balance during holiday seasons can be challenging. Increased stress loads are present when stores are understaffed (which is often).","Demand of yourself what you demand of your employees. Excellence, sacrifice and punctuality in some cases shouldn't be one sided commitments. How are you an excellent employer? Do you start your meetings and end them on time? Are you considerate of your employees time OUTSIDE of your stores? Finally, the ""take one more"" is a debt that should be repayed. Whether it's a transaction or appointment. Gratitude for the paycheck and position comes automatically when an employee shows up to work, so ask yourself, what are YOU doing to earn the buy-in and employees loyalty.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40392,apple,none," Aug 26, 2016",Former Employee - Tier I Technical Support,Tier 1 Technical Support,"Great benefits, company to work for, lots of room for growth, excellent training, work from home.","Not all are like this, but my manager rude and not on top of communication.",Area Managers should meet with representatives and ask for feedback on the Representatives Manager at least twice a year.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40393,apple,none," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Apple,Get pay starting out and fun environment to work in.,Most movement within the company is lateral once you make the initial jump.,"Compensate your top producers better, people are making your stores million of dollars a year, reward them for their hard work.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40394,apple,"Spokane, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Great benefits - nice people. Clean and cool work environment.,Benefits - employee discounts - helping frustrated customers. Management looks to hire nice people first. Tech savvy 2nd. And that is a very good thing. The company values our customers.,Retail can be tough some days. Some days are brutal. Customers expect the world because we are apple. I feel they exploit that at times and I wish management would be tougher with our customers. Like they can be with the staff!!,Look beyond sales and customer approval ratings. Many services we provide don't reflect in sales and customer surveys.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40395,apple,none," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Couldn't have asked for a better summer,"The Apple intern experience seems to be different depending upon your team. From my perspective, the engineers are brilliant and offer an extraordinary amount of their time and energy to help you succeed. Teams are small and seem to operate more like a start up than a big corporation. I would absolutely recommend working at Apple.","The company takes secrecy very, very seriously. At first this was a problem for me, but everything else about the company outweighed this.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40396,apple,none," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at home technical support,Being able to work from home,Dealing with customers with attitudes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40397,apple,none," Aug 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Apple is a good company because it treats its employees well and provides excellent pay. The culture is also a good thing because the technology industry is on the rise.,"The downsides include a lot of work, minimal vacation, and makes it extremely hard to plan your life to far in advance. You are also pretty much assured to work a Saturday or Sunday.",They are supportive of individual development and help you to reach your goal. Management will challenge you if you want to advance but it's always in the spirit of making you better to prepare you for the next role.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40398,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Hard core work environment,"Okay pay and benefits, company is socially conscious, exciting and challenging work. It's an okay place to work, relatively speaking for the Bay Area.","Working with novice hardware designers, ridiculous deadlines, some of the leadership doesn't appreciate the skill required to bring up suppliers. Very little family and social life,too much travel, meetings, politics and drama can be emotionally draining. Management has tried to reduce travel and improve work-life balance, it's kind of fake since good employees are still working from home 20+ hours a week is normal (on top of 60+ hours at work).","Please have PD do the ground work before rolling out half-baked ideas, it would save a lot of time and money, also, get some people in there who actually have worked in engineering to vet out the ideas prior to kick-off. I can't say this enough, the folks with boots on the ground are unsung heroes, thrashing away at suppliers and bringing them up should be given praise and reward. Please figure out who the key employees are and work damn hard to keep them, they love Apple, without them the core culture will perish.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40399,apple,none," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Specialist,Great pay and benefits for a retail position. Highly diverse work environment with good people. Experiences offered to retail employees for working at the corporate offices.,"The business model seems to becoming more and more ""traditional,"" doing away with the values that successfully built up the company in the 2000s.",Continue developing and promoting internally. Introducing external management outside of the culture has traditionally been toxic to the staff.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P378.htm
40400,apple,none," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Journey of Growth at Apple,"People talk about company culture all the time and Apple is one company that sooner or later enters into the conversation. While some people say they were offset by that internal culture, I found that it brings out the best in me. Getting hired here has sharpened my skills beyond what I believed to be possible in a year and can anticipate only the same in the years to come. Hands down the most diverse/dynamic team one can be a part of.","None per se, just have to learn as an individual to adapt to retail scheduling and a fast-paced work environment and see them as a positive.","Keep supporting us as individuals who as a mosaic bring different colors and experiences to the table. So many times I've felt genuine concern for me by our leaders that can be rare elsewhere. Please just make sure to learn how to approach each employee with feedback considering personality traits closer to hire because it can be difficult to pick up all the various competencies at first and we are bound to be lacking in a few areas at first. We WILL, however, rise to the occasion through dedication when we feel that the company is equally as dedicated to us, your ambassadors.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40401,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,This place is great,"the support from my managers is incredible. they really do listen, and they really do want to help.",the hours are really difficult. our schedule is completely shuffled each week (we are given a warning) but it's really difficult to plan one's life around.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40402,apple,"Baldwin Park, CA"," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,High Tech High Stress,get pay great colleagues and cutting edge tech,fast paced learn on the fly,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40403,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Genius,"Great benefits, good company, good people",growth within the store is difficult at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40404,apple,"Portland, OR"," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Nice shirts, air conditioning , tap water seemed filtered. Not much dust and the lighting was bright.",Terrible managers. Seeming corruption and theft. Managers and coworkers mean or uncaring towards customers. Not a pleasant working environment.,Pretend to be bigger than simply being smug about Apple being so popular.  Very much a Microsoft/ corp Walmart feel- sad to see such mediocrity making money  First year raise was seriously for .02 after being top in sales.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40405,apple,none," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,BEST COMPANY,They take care lf there employees,no room for advancement hard to move up,none,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40406,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Amzing Work Environment,"Everything. Pay is decent for sales consultant. Management is competent, diverse, and honest. Coworkers are enjoyable, cultured, and familial. Opportunity for advancement is encouraged.",rigid corporate structure. Disciplinary structure is aimed to fire without discretion.,Exhibit just a little bit of compassion when trying to manage employees. Know their journey as much as you encourage them to know the customers'.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40407,apple,none," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Assoiciate,"Awesome exposure to different parts of the Finance organization. Great place to start if looking to launch into Operations, Marketing",Career growth can be limited within finance,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40408,apple,none," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Once-in-a-lifetime experience,Brilliant and creative group of people with lots of drive and integrity,Long hours and the work didn't end when I got home,Keep the pendulum steady,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40409,apple,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is what it is.,Great benefits. Discounts. Dynamic personalities.,Poor management that encourages a false persona. Superficial and almost robotic methods of interaction with clients. Hectic environment.,"Was terminated for a practice that is constantly being honored ""swapping people's phones with their warranty"". I even brought evidence that this practice occurs, names, examples, etc, and still no corrective action to anyone but me. I advise the management to pay closer attention to the actions of the individuals on the floor and not to pinpoint and make an example of people who are telling you the sincere truth about the goings on inside your retail store. I still associate with current team members who still clock in daily, swapping people's phones for promoter scores, and smiling and grinning with the so called management. It's shoddy. Don't believe the façade that Apple has worked ceaselessly to create. The customers are just numbers and the workers are as well.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P379.htm
40410,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Store manager,Good environment and workload. Had fun.,"Management was less friendly, but still good overall",Listen more,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40411,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Amazing place to work,"A++++ team, sales training is top notch.",If you are in the field you are as described on you own island from the mothership.,Provide sales,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40412,apple,"South Brunswick Terrace, NJ"," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Benefits are great,"401k match, health, vision and dental plans, stock purchase plan, stock grants, health Reimbursment Tuition Reimbursment and more blah blah blah","Fast pace, rude customers, missed breaks, under a microscope, quotas, poorly managed. I can say more but I won't. Blah blah",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40413,apple,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,"If you really want to move up, you can under the right manager. The culture for the most part is a pretty good one and as an At-Home Advisor, you don't have to worry about crowds or multiple customers at one time.","Favoritism is still a think even if you aren't in the store. If you aren't under a manager that cares, you will be stuck in the same role until they switch you teams. Also for the stress that an At-Home advisor goes through, we could be paid a lot more. Work/Life balance is something that's hard to maintain",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40414,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Care Advisor,Apple Care Advisor - At Home,"-Working from home - No commute is awesome -Opportunities for advancement but only so far -Pay is really good - yearly raise potential -Amazing insurance and affordable plans - health, dental, eye -Vacation opportunities -401 K Options -Stock Program -Discounts on products",-Advancement possibilities - but sometimes very difficult to achieve -Can be lonely - working from home is not always for everyone -Work / Life Balance -Whether a person working for Apple Retail or Apple Care the hours can be any time. Sometimes late. You may also work weekends.,Currently for a position working at home I wasn't expecting many interactions with anyone. My manager is however outstanding. Very supportive. Great at giving feedback. Helps achieve goals.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40415,apple,none," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Flexible schedule Training is awesome Being at home,None that I know of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40416,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,"Awesome place to work, but ultimately it is still retail.","Great team. Seriously, they definitely hire people that are made to work together. Everyone got along so well.","The pay is decent, but without additional skills, its difficult to foster any actual growth there without a ton of work. Gotta play in to the game a bit.  The management team was definitely the weakest link, Though to be fair there was some changeover that probably caused confusion.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40417,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple Retail,"Great pay and benefits for a retail job. Health, vision and dental insurance packages, sick pay time, vacation etc. Pleasant and outgoing coworkers.",Super busy during launches and holidays.,Keep doing what your doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40418,apple,none," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast Paced,"Ever changing product, wonderful people to work with, beautiful physical environment, many options for professional and personal growth.",day to day customer facing environment can be stressful,slow down and stay focused on initiatives. take time to know your employees personally,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40419,apple,"Lake Forest, CA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,"Great position - able to help customer with more options, compared to a ","Absolutely wonderful company to work for. Management is great - there is some micro-management but not too much, benefits are awesome and having Apple on your resume is something to be proud of!","Cut out the (minimal) micro-managing. Also, the pay could be a little higher, especially for senior roles (non-executive). Other than that, I am satisfied with my position!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P380.htm
40420,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Campus Representative,Campus Rep Program,"Flexibility, free laptop if you earn it by meeting the requirements, great customer interaction experience, sales training in Cupertino, experience working for a top company in the world.",Since you don't have a direct boss above you every day you need to be on your game and make sure you're self motivated to get everything done.,"Keep everyone updated on their goals and tasks at hand, continue being supportive of campus store relations with the campus reps",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40421,apple,"Anaheim, CA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Creative,apple,"great company, fun to work with all the products",lots on time on your feet,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40422,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Campus Representative,Good company to work for!,The people were supportive and friendly. It was great helping customers learn new ways to improve their lives.,"Sometimes I wish I had a little more direction in my projects, but it helped me grow as an individual,",I think continually ask for ways to improve differ r programs and continue to teach the workshop leaders how to teach.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40423,apple,none," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love/Hate,"The corporate benefits are great. Tuition reimbursement, discounted stock options, medical, product discount.",Talented introverted people easily get stuck at the entry level. You are just a number if you do not display extreme attention seeking behavior.,Actively support the moment of employees to jobs beyond entry level that are aligned with their talents. Abandon the concept of you have to master entry level metrics before you are considered for work that you might actually have exemplary work experience.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40424,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"No ego, room for movement, pleasant working environment","Commute, lack of diversity",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40425,apple,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Meh,The pay is good. The people are amazing. The perks are wonderful. The company means well but not sure how to deal with the changing sales volume which causes chaos.,"The upper management have their head up their butts. They are blind to the hard workers and just love those that use the correct lingo. They don't appreciate nor have loyalty of those that have put in their dues. New policies and ""programs"" that are not in the best interest of the customer are being pushed hard to create sales.",Go back to the old ways. Pushing programs that make no sense need to be stopped. Stop hurting the great employees on witch hunts.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40426,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - IT Project Manager/Team Lead,Project Manager,Contracts have a possibility of getting extended.,"Contractors usually sit in a different building with minimum facilities, Apple employees are unprofessional about approving overtime hours. No benefits to contractors like company discounts. Contractors never get to interact with business directly.",none,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40427,apple,none," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great People, Great Benefits, Place a high importance on development.",No Cons awesome company to work for.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40428,apple,none," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It depends,The company produces interesting products. The stock market has valued them highly.,There need to be better integrations between products. And better QA.,There's got to be another way.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40429,apple,none," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, awful management","Generally a fun place to work, the benefits are great for part-timers, and co-workers can be pretty great too and easy to get along with.","The management is awful, they don't care about their employees at all. Some managers are really petty, especially when it comes to scheduling. Part-time retail employees are forced to commit to 20 hours a week at minimum, which is hard with a full-time job.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P381.htm
40430,apple,none," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good work, but also a big company",all the usual benefits everyone raves about.,"you're working at a big tech company, and there are two cultures, contractors and full-timers. prepare for that.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40431,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Ridiculous customer surveys that affect your score and annual pay raise,"Great medical benefits that are very inexpensive, good discounts off products, extremely competitive salary, cool to work from home, they provide all equipment for you to work, and provide a small stipend for the necessary internet access to do your job.","Job is extremely stressful, and their major metric they go by are surveys from customers. Apple's belief is even if you deliver bad news to the customer, they will still give you a good survey if you delivered it well. This is obviously not always the case, and it will affect your stats. Sometimes you will get a bad survey because of a bad experience the customer gets in a store or from another advisor, but it still counts for your monthly score.","Get rid of surveys, or at least allow them to not count towards an advisor's score if the comments clearly have nothing to do with the advisor and everything to do with the company.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40432,apple,"Cerritos, CA"," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great benefit. Great coworkers. Spoiled by lousy leadership.,"-Amazing benefit for both F/T and P/T employees. -Great work experiences and looks good on a resume. -Get to work with some of the most diverse and talented people you will meet not even just at a retail store, anywhere.","-Leaderships who are more concern about their own advancement, which leads to neglecting the employees. -Get to experience some of the most entitled, spoiled customers you will ever meet in your life.","Be open to feedback and not just listening to them, take some actions. If not then no one will feel they are able to freely speak up.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40433,apple,none," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Awsome work enviornment,you get to test some of the products or have,every part is important so if one person of a developer group doesnt show you have to wait to finish,keep it up,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40434,apple,"Oak Brook, IL"," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Expert,Expert,On the job learning and great discounts! Great benefits!,"learn on your own, very hard to talk to people 9 hours a day. They hire management from stores like gap that don't understand technology. They say they give feedback but they real don't very often.",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40435,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, Okay position",The benefits are incredible! Whether you are part time or full time you receive the same benefits. Met some of my best friends because of the company!,"The position itself, especially in this location is ideal for someone who loves tourists. Unlike other locations, it's a very transactional store. Incredibly busy and understaffed. Changes all the time, never consistent with plans. You don't get to connect with people as much. Growth in this store is slow.",The store environment really needs to improve. There's too much micromanaging going on. It's not a happy work environment. Management picks favorites and can be fake.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40436,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great Culture, Great environment and team development.","No Compensation structure, Work/life balance is not so great ( but thats retail)","Management is good, very encouraging.",3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40437,apple,none," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Employee,It was fun and had good timings,It was stressful at times,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40438,apple,"Post Falls, ID"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Home Based Service Agent,Home base service agent,The only good thing about this job is that you work from home. And the benefits are really good. Pretty terrible job though.,You work on the phones all day. You work with really stupid customers. You have no control. No room for growth.The schedule really sucks. You can work anywhere from six in the morning to three in the afternoon or three in the afternoon till midnight. Stay away from this job.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40439,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love apple,"Laid back atmosphere, great coworkers. Gym onsite, cafeteria onsite. A lot of parking. Fun events. Loved working here a lot. More educated type of clients than other companies I have worked for.",No opportunity to work remote. Some fraternization. Some moments of high stress with specific clients. Can't really say anything bad about the company as a whole.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P382.htm
40440,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Trainer,AppleCare Trainer,Apple provides a environment with amazing learning potential and a ton of perks. Benefits are fantastic and 401k match is just as good.,"Poor leadership structure, favoritism and too much focus on metric based performance is chipping away at the culture. This is present in AppleCare as a whole and people are fading away or becoming miserable. There is also a zero retaliation clause but it happens all the time if you speak up.",Stick to the culture as outlined in the initial onboard packet. Spend more time managing managers and less time on numbers. People are treated like robots and the leadership culture needs a serious overhaul.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40441,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former employee,Great company and amazing benefits overall. Competitive pay for level of position. Would work there just for the employees.,Hard to move vertical and develop career without an advance degree with years and years of experience.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40442,apple,none," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Woking @ Apple,Could not ask for a better place to work! The right place to be if you're smart and engaged. Awesome leadership.,"Apple is not a fun company to work for if you want a kick back easy job. Everything is scrutinized down to a low level of detail at some point, because there's a lot of care put into doing things right.",I have no advice to provide to management other than to keep on keepin' on.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40443,apple,"Tuscaloosa, AL"," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor,"Apple is an amazing company. The benefits are outstanding and your team and manager really care about you, as a person, and how you are doing. You are graded on meeting a certain criteria of stats on your calls, but are always given tips on how to get there.","The biggest downside is working alone. If you are a very social person, the only interaction you get with people is through the phone. For me, it was awful. I needed to be with people.",Seek people who like to stay at home.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40444,apple,none," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Architect,Great benefits and people. Offices are outstanding and cafes have great selections for all meals.,Upward mobility when co-located limited. Meetings do not start on time which makes planning a day a bit more difficult. Lot's of conference rooms but almost always booked up way in advance. The need to always use the latest and greatest keeps some systems from meeting their full potential and causes a scattering of knowledge.,Being open to people managing outside the bay area would open up many more smart individuals to complete same tasks. Use of all applications in order to manage departments will keep people in touch allowing for those outside the bay area more opportunities.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40445,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very secretive and top-down culture,The name of such a well respected company on your resume can open doors for future opportunities.,It's very difficult to do good work if the environment is so top-down and secretive.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40446,apple,none," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Benefits are great. Opportunities to learn technology are always available to you. The people you work with are the best.,If you are hired for a particular position it is not easy to move up in the company. Lateral moves happen often.,It would boost morale and ability to retain employees if you worked on developing potential internal candidates for higher level positions.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40447,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,AppleCare Advisor,"Excellent benefits and perks, relaxed but professional environment, mostly employs people that fit the company's vision/value system","Lack of flexibility and upward mobility (without a major technical skill), inconsistency between departments, image/reputation tends to outweigh merit","Allow people to find ways to contribute in ways that may not be conventional if there's a demonstrated benefit, encourage more ""outside the box"" thinking",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40448,apple,"Atlantic City, NJ"," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Store Manager,Store Manager,"Great company, great people, great benefits.",None that come to mind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40449,apple,none," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,great management staff that listens,strict deadlines with lots of responsability,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P383.htm
40450,apple,"Miami, FL"," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great Company,Incredible Innovators and fast paced.,Lots of travel and short staffed,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40451,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Review not necessarily for Apple but the specific job: Currently stuck in a thankless job,"Decent benefits (health/vision/dental/commute/holiday shutdown, matching 401(k)/ESPP/stock) Employee discounts on Apple/Beats products (ESPP) Fairly flexible telecommuting options (but restricted to exceptional cases) One big pro used to be the people, but (see cons)","Ever since our realignment / shift and management change, it's become very nepotic and clique-y. Our team is also at half its original capacity, and no headcount is approved. Team members left due to the lack of career growth / development (one of the original selling points of getting the job), and the rest are drowning in work, holding the bag.","Don't just tell your coordinators what they want to hear to keep them around. If you're looking to hire a dynamic team, they're not gonna wanna stick around in this job for 3+ years. Truly believe in the cause of career development as well as taking care of the team and their morale, believing in and following in fairness and promoting those who deserve it and aren't just friends or yes-people to management.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40452,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Expert,"Dress Code, strong coffee, casual environment","simply put, don't work for Apple in Austin, get your job in the Bay area and commute.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40453,apple,none," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare Advisor (AHA),Excellent work environment as you get to work from the comfort of your own home. The people you meet and work along side (though strictly via video/text chat and email) are amazing! Everybody believes in fostering growth and enhancing your skills. The type of dynamic most folks have with their Teams and Managers is inspiring. Working for Apple made me realize a lot about myself in order to become a better person.,"Your work schedule, though flexible, is set for anywhere from a 3-6 month period. The pay is excellent but the environment can be very stressful. Management is mostly competent and helpful, but a few bad eggs do make it through. Reaching out above the normal escalation path is frowned upon, so getting to your boss' boss is difficult without them knowing.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,136,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40454,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Hardware Engineering,"Great Work environment, Great pay and benefits","Everything is good, if given more Promotion Space.",Pay attention to team cooperation.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40455,apple,"Little Rock, AR"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Tec,Lead tech,"The owners of the company are family oriented. The hours are flexible, the work is always different. Wonderful health benefits.",We have slow work periods that can carry up to 4 months. In that time we do small service jobs and barely reach 30hrs a week during this period.,Hire good sales people to arrange big jobs for the the slow period. Look for out of town jobs that can make a profit.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40456,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Both good and bad,"To add to what everyone has said here, benefits/discounts/perks are fantastic. There's always something exciting and new happening. There's rarely a day where everything is the same. You pick up a lot of knowledge about technology and customer support that is really valuable. Management puts a lot of focus on helping you develop as a person. While I was there I was going through really though times for about my last 4 months with the company and they were more patient and understanding than I could have ever asked for. So work life balance is pretty well respected.","The hours truly are unpredictable. One week you're opening, the next you're closing. Typically you have set days off (if full time) but that doesn't always mean you will have the days you're supposed to. And it's a good retail job with decent pay (for retail). But moving up is almost impossible and after a while the magic of it all wears off and you get hungry to be more and make more money. At which point management will move up their favorites and keep giving everyone else more things to work on. Everyone I saw promoted in my position was a clear favorite of management, and their promotion had almost nothing to do with them being better than anyone.  An ok experience but clearly things to work on seen by the fact that I left. I don't regret leaving at all- I make more money know, have way more opportunities for growth than Apple ever gave, and feel like I work in a professional position. There's just too much politics and coworkers and managers can be super narrow minded and caddy at times.","Management needs to stop playing favorites. Sure your favorites stay around forever but so many people leave because they feel burnt out and like they are at a dead end. Make potential for growth and promotion more clear and obtainable, but also understand that just because somebody does things differently doesn't mean it's wrong. Get less political and care more about keep your team around as a whole.",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40457,apple,"Novi, MI"," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Awesome Place,This is extremely the place to be at wd-c23,They should let 16 year olds have a chance to intern or work in the Back,Very responsive and orbital and a awesome wa to learn new thinks,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40458,apple,none," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Working in apple retail,"Fabulous products, really interesting and intlligent coworkers. Love being able to help people learn about their tech, whether mac, iphone, ipad or watch. Really amazing to see the apprehension turn into excitement. I have watched an 80 yr old send their first email, to his granddaughter, and when she responded, his joy was priceless. Using icloud, I have helped grieving families recover photos of their loved ones.","Retail hours and retail salaries. Not knowing tour schedule more than a couple of weeks in advance makes it difficuly to plan for family needs, and of course having to be available every evening and weekend does not contribute to work/family balance. While salaries are ok for retail, after almost 7 years i have not reached the salary I earned in middle management 13 yrs ago. There also seems to be a glass wall between retail and the rest of the company. With the exception of members of the genius team, I have seem very little chance for advancement beyond the retail division. Especially as a creative, (trainer) the only options seem to be moving into a lead creative role or to retail management, both of which tend to be customer service issue roles, not instructional.","Help find ways to grow beyond the retail section. Make sure personal development time is used for pd, not as a backup when the floor gets crazy. Be honest about what is needed for growrh.",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40459,apple,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,The benefits are good and you have job security.,"The team culture is terrible. People are often promoted within so managers are long time Apple employees, rather than being the best person for the job.",Stop hiring managers from within and hire good leaders.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P384.htm
40460,apple,none," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple, Sales",Good stuff - keep up training,A little corporate - more casual environment would be nice,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40461,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Budget Coordinator,Loved the team I work at,great company compensation & benfits great culture and values,could have better benefits and company perks,keep training and helping employees to grow their career,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40462,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Engineering Program Manager,Cool Technology Large Scale Projects Opportunity to Learn,Depends on each and every individual,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40463,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Good pay for entry level,"Great job for during school, post school, Very few other places you can make 40K a year working sales or ""help desk"" with great benefits","Claim it is not a retail store and hold to a ""higher standard"" but then treat people like disposable retail employees",Care more. Remember your employees are people. You expect work of the highest caliber and hold your employees to the highest standards remember your employees expect the same of you.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40464,apple,none," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best in Retail,The pay rates are more then fair considering it's retail,It can get overwhelming because the volume of products and customers are always high.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40465,apple,none," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,- Company is all about employee satisfaction - great character builder - awesome benefits,- customers could be a bit too much at times - very busy environments,provide more corporate opportunities,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40466,apple,none," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great at times, stressful and frustrating at others.","Great benefits, great people, great products. Great culture at times and you feel like you're part of something bigger. RIP Steve","Stressful at times, sometimes feel undervalued, not efficient as could be. Customer situations can get way out of hand and out of scope.",Value your people more than you do. Forget about retail and take care of your people.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40467,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent,Apple is a great company. They are incredibly friendly and supportive. They care about keeping people. There is camaraderie in working hard together as a team to change the world.,Some of the employees seem very entitled. They are working for an incredible company so their ego is quite high.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40468,apple,none," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Starting Point and Career Experience,Apple leads the retail industry with dynamic customer service and care. Being a part of a team that shares values and ethics is what made me excited to go to work everyday.,"Retail hours and shifts in schedules were the hardest part of this job. Be prepared to work hard and fast, and get right up and do it again the next day.",Keep on taking the time and efforts to grow individuals on the teams. Allow for work-life balance and consistency in scheduling.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40469,apple,none," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make a difference to people's lives,Your work affects millions of users. You can show your friends and family what you did over the last year.,"Depending on the team, your life will be hectic once per year. But, overall it's not very hectic.","Free or discounted lunches and dinners are much more appreciated by employees compared to some of the other perks,",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P385.htm
40470,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"Great place to learn and develop skills in troubleshooting, tech support, customer service, sales. very strong team to be a part of due to talent level and creativity.","With a lot of talented and intelligent team members, there can sometimes be ego an competition. corporate initiative seems to be on the rise as opposed to employee needs/retention. terrible availability policy which leads to any employee wanting a career and family to find other work.",keep promoting the development of skills for the employees and make sure individual voices are heard be more lenient on scheduling.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40471,apple,none," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"I love working there, and it truly is a great company. We've done some amazing things!","Nothing, working there is great!",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40472,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Advisor,Great company to work for,"Support from management, above average pay, exciting atmosphere, great co-workers, working for a greater purpose (vision).",At the end of the day most Apple employees are providing customer service or technical support which always has it's downsides but is not specific to Apple.,No complaints here. For the most part management was very supportive and allowed employees to have more autonomy than other similar companies do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40473,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Tech Ops,Tech Ops,The pay is ok but it's a trade off. More money for less of a life of your own.,No process set up for new or current duties.,Need better management.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40474,apple,none," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Good community of people that you work with. The company has really good benefits and discounts for employees.,"Management plays favorites and it can be hard to advance within the company. It's very corporate and it acts like it. The company can also afford to pay its employees better and listen to them more. It's worth billions of dollars, and is really money hungry.",Treat your employees better and don't play favorites.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40475,apple,none," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,Great product and work system,Not much because it's a passion,Some stores need to be a bit more structed,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40476,apple,"Germantown, TN"," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great pay & Benefits,Awesome products and company! Too many wonderful things to say about Apple for the most part.,"Grew very fast and hired managers from other companies to run specific business units. In my experience, they were not accustomed to the Apple environment and started changing it. I would go back in a heartbeat, however, if given the opportunity.",Stay true to Steve Jobs vision and don't let high level managers ruin the culture that is uniquely Apple.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40477,apple,"Scarborough, ME"," Aug 12, 2016","Former Employee - Apple Trainer &amp, Certified Genius Technician",Apple Genius Technician,Great customer service experience being learnt.,Not a huge work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40478,apple,none," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Review,Positive work environment. The benefits are very good for both full and part timers. Driven and determined individuals will move ahead.,People around you can be downers. Individuals who are not driven and determined will still move ahead,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40479,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very liberal,Great office place and nice benefits. Lots of thing to break up the day and keep it real,"Liberal political views in the work place, to the point that some will not respond to questions....","We all have likes and dislikes, that stuff needs to stay home. Just let me work in the beautiful work environment",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P386.htm
40480,apple,none," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enriching Lives,World class customer service every day.,There is no set schedule.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40481,apple,none," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,"Great culture. Can be fun at times. Employee discount is a nice perk. Decent benefits all around, even for part time.","Hectic work environment. Retail hours, no weekends off unless requested. Ungrateful customers. Depending on store, it can feel like you work in a circus.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40482,apple,none," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail benefits,"Good benefits for a retail position. These include fitness reimbursement, public transit coverage, reduced stock options, as well as tuition reimbursement etc.","There isn't much room to grow at the retail level. Once you reach the position you're in, you don't really have any options for growth within the company. While it is retail, for the amount of work and revenue generated by the employees at a tech company, you're still underpaid by wages per hour.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40483,apple,none," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Amazing work culture. Amazing products.,Depending on the store it can be loud and crowded.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40484,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Fraud Prevention Specialist,Fraud Prevention Specialist,"Great leave benefits, easy to set up.",City is getting harder to live in due to rising costs.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40485,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Maps Analyst,"Loved it, but expected/wanted more","Overall I love working here- I like the people, it's a nice atmosphere, and we get to put ""Apple"" on our resumes. It's really awesome to be able to work at Apple, and I could only imagine what it's like to be a formal employee.","The discrepancy between contract workers and actual Apple workers is HUGE in terms of pay, treatment, benefits, etc. Contractors don't get access to a lot of things, and we aren't even notified of Apple events even if we are allowed to go. There's no way to move up from our current position, people get told of contract extensions literally DAYS before their contract is up, and we are treated like we're disposable and expendable. When you know that there's close to no chance of being hired as a formal employee or moving up, it's extremely discouraging, none of us have any work morale, we feel no sense of loyalty, and creates a generally negative work environment. I accepted this job offer thinking that if I worked hard, I could get somewhere with Apple. That's what I was told by others who now work for Apple that started off as contractors, like me. It breaks my heart to know that that's not the case anymore. A lot of us are feeling that there's nothing to work hard towards.","Please give your contract workers more of a chance to succeed, and treat them more fairly. It would benefit both Apple and the contractors, the contractors would feel more motivated to work harder and be more productive, and Apple as a corporation would obviously benefit from that.",3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40486,apple,none," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,specialist,Great benefits if you are full time.,There is no work/life balance.,Coordinate policies so everyone is on the same page.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40487,apple,"Burlingame, CA"," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Creative Trainer,"Learned a lot, got out at a good time.","Learned a lot from my peers, coworkers were the best and extremely smart. Customers were difficult and also fun and interesting.",Repetitive work becomes extremely boring and lack of opportunities for growth and learning can become stifling for anyone. It was a clock in clock out atmosphere.,Create different paths for growth into other positions and make it visible and viable for those who are interested.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40488,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,the best and the brightest work here,it will constantly challenge you,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40489,apple,none," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Proactive good nice friendly,Detail oriented. Too nice. Working hard,Work smart!,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P387.htm
40490,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Retail,The pay is decent for a retail job.,They are becoming more and more about the money and less about the employees.,Stop treating your employees like garbage.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40491,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Employee,Toxic Maps Team,Apple Maps is toxic. The head of the team is past executive at QUATTRO wireless the FAILED iAD startup. The team is very very toxic. The head of the team has his favorites from the FAILED IAD. Politics and favoritism is rampant. Maps itself is not profitable/good product and bringing in the failed executive of a failed QUATTRO is pulling down the group,Politics and Toxic culture. Failed iAd product executives ruining the company,Maps is not a great feature. If you do wish to continue ship the maintanence overseas where there is cheaper labor. Or revamp and get rid of the political QUOTTRO WIRELESS people. The iAD is failure and the executives there jumped shipped as they sold to APPLE a silly unviable product for exhorbitant money. Fire the iAD people and bring in better people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40492,apple,"Bronx, NY"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,Constantly learning Great people coworkers,Stressful Growth is limited. Sometimes management sucks. Mass exodus,Care about your employees and everything will work out,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40493,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,It's still retail,The pay is really good for a retail store job. The benefits are very good with some things being pleasantly unexpected. The employee discount is great and includes friends and family discounts.,"It's retail so the hours suck, making your life/work balance not optimal especially if you have a family. If you work on the sales floor you are constantly bombarded with customers, which can be quite taxing for some. Not a good option if you're looking for a career.",There are too many managers and not all are good at their jobs. With so many on staff it's amazing that they can not be found when needed.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40494,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Great for a short time!,"People, discount, culture, fast paced, and the learning opertunity.","Lack of transparency (something Apple prides itself as being), they will let you work yourself to death, employees come to collect a paycheck while you run circles around them.",Listen to the employees when they go to you and make changes.,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40495,apple,none," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!!,"Very accommodating to employees, great pay, great environment, come as you are",I have not encountered any so far,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40496,apple,"Portland, OR"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Great work experience,"This is a fantastic team. Overall, everyone is engaged, enthusiastic, and ready to do a job most others wouldn't dare to attempt. Most of the team hangs out outside of work.  The benefits are great and they try to make sure you know how to take advantage of them.","Some people can really get lost in the shuffle. Things change often and it's hard to keep everyone informed. There are periods of high turnover, so it's hard to get new people up to speed. Technology companies can't stand still.",Stay engaged with the team. Some people don't know where they stand. The best performers are the ones with good relationships with their leadership.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40497,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Regional Service Manager,Apple,-Good Brand -Good Learning Opportunity,-Only one way communication from the TOP -Too much pressure -Poor Career Growth -Poor Headcount structure,Listen to the voice of the employees at the ground level,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40498,apple,none," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Not For Everyone,"Great 401k, Stock, and Health Benefits. Pay depends on role, gender, and location, but, for retail, is pretty adequate. You get to learn the basics of computing and troubleshooting which can lead to better jobs down the road. You have access to amazing resources for assistance and learning. The company has really listened to us and has given us more freedom with our scheduling preferences. Tuition reimbursement, discounts, etc. Managers and Leaders can vary but can be pretty amazing both personally and professionally (depending on your store and location).  Unless you're late, do not show up for work, show up drunk (not hungover), steal, or have unprofessional relations with supervisors or subordinates, you won't get fired ,)  Overall, it's the best company in the world and Apple has given me so much with asking very little in return. However...","If you are driven, focused, determined, goal-oriented, have high standards, and contribute real solutions to real problems... you will not fit in.  If you're over 30, do not do drugs or drink excessively, do not play Smash Brothers or Pokemon Go, are comfortable with sticking to policies, you're comfortable with delivering bad news to customers, and you get easily annoyed at your borderline teenybopper coworkers... you will not fit in.  You will be told to ""smile more"".  Your coworkers will call out sick or leave early for being too ""lit"" from the previous day/night.  Your teammates will create ""science projects"" because they cannot diagnose or resolve an issue during an appointment and you will have to start from scratch because they have no idea how to document an issue. Ultimately, you'll have to call and explain to a customer that they simply need to reboot their device more often.  Apple Corporate and Apple Retail are two completely different beasts and it really shows. The Apple Store never used to be a retail job but over the past 5 years or so that is now the culture. You will have days where you actually really prefer to help customers than having to listen to your intellectually devoid coworkers who do not adhere to company standards or even common sense. The ""training"" that is given has really deteriorated and has created too many instances of customers returning with their issues not resolved or new ones created.  Unless you really want to stick in retail this should be a temporary job where you can learn a trade and then move on to something else.","You need to keep people in check because ""fearless feedback"" has zero effect. You seriously need to reconsider your hiring choices. You need to reevaluate your training programs. Either pay everyone the same or initiate consequences if employees divulge their salaries. Learning that you earn nearly $10 an hour less than a fellow technician who consistently breaks devices during repairs and cheats on all metrics is absolutely depressing and baffling.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40499,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,An amazing opportunity. So many talented co-workers that share a common goal to enrich customers lives. Everyday was an enjoyable experience.,There really isn't anything negative to point out. There are so many more positive things to say than anything negative.,Keep up the great work. I learned so much and enjoyed being part of such an amazing team. Keep on hiring the wonderful caring people who truly want to help the customers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P388.htm
40500,apple,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Learn Life Long Skills.,"Great Teams, Extremely Talented. Great Benefits. Amazing Investment Opportunities.",Somewhat to highly stressful. Retail Hours. Somewhat cramped quarters. A lot of ambiguity on the frontline level as far as career opportunities.,Communicate more. Be direct. Be honest. We're adults. We can handle it.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40501,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Heavy focus on development,You work with amazing people that have incredible backgrounds! There is a heavy focus on personal development and you feel that Apple really cares about making an investment in you.,"Customers can take a lot of energy to deal with. Hence the heavy focus on personal development, Apple has to build you back up after the customers tear you down.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40502,apple,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demo,This is a great company to work for,This company is really great to work at,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40503,apple,none," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room,"Great work environment culture, great people are hired",Limited opportunities in retail environment,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40504,apple,none," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA AppleCare Senior Advisor,Great benefits and decent pay. Random apple swag every month.,"No communication, they hire too much outside then promoting within causing new managers not to know the correct process or be useful. Very little communication and when you do get it it's a one way street.",Promote more from within rather then outside.,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40505,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist/Business Specialist,Changing lanes,"Took care of employees through morale boosting ""downloads"" (morning meetings), complimented each employee with personally relevant feedback. They used to make everyone feel like an integral part, not a number.","The work atmosphere has drastically changed after Steve Jobs died. They really focus on numbers now, i.e. bottom line, whereas before it was very employee oriented which helped raise morale, and in turn, boosted performance. Give the reins of the little guy back to the little guy. Stop being other companies, that's what set you apart, and ahead, of other companies.","Stop being like other companies, get back to how things were at Apple. A business family, not merely a business.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40506,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Amazing product not much balanace,Creating fantastic customer technology using a combination of old and new stuff.,Not much work/life balance. Nothing is explicit but with very aggressive deadlines it is necessary.,none,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40507,apple,"Conway, AR"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Awesome,Great working from home office,Working from home more difficult than I realized. I missed working with the company of other associates,Upper management was great. Always had time to mentor teach and train on new procedures,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40508,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Work environment,Very challenging and fast paced. There is always something new to learn. Management is very supportive and highly process driven environment.,Gets over whelming a bit during main events.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40509,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - End of Life Planning Program Manager,Great Company Great Work,"Excellent pace, entrepreneurial, fast moving product development cycle. problem solving under uncertainty, Smart people around, Huge volume exposure, better benefits,","work life balance, late night call, 24/7/365 on phone, political, can be stressful if can't cope up with pace",allow better work life balance,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P389.htm
40510,apple,none," Aug 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Start Your Career,The retail store is a great place to start your career. The benefits are great plus you learn a lot of things that will help you advance in any part of your career.,A lot of politics involved and not enough opportunity for people that wanted to grow their careers. Depending on the leadership team you have to read in between the lines in order to really understand what they mean regarding feedback or advice.,Learn how to give honest and valuable feedback instead of using buzz words and really learn to advocate for your employees who want to move up in their career. No one should have to feel stagnant,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40511,apple,none," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Expert,Awesome people and opportunities - excellent connection with management,retail hours are retail hours,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40512,apple,"Murrieta, CA"," Aug 5, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Very fun workplace,The company has a lot of Flexibility for completing work. Very good benefits and pay depending on what position you are working,Hard to get work done when the work place is as fun as it is. It's very easy to start procrastinating,Don't procrastinate,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40513,apple,none," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,AppleCare At Home Advisor,Work from home. Apple provides a mac to work on. Extremely competitive salary.,"When starting, the job will be very micromanaged. Your breaks are pre scheduled, and you are expected to have minimal (less than 10 minutes / day) of unplanned breaks.","None, they're actually doing a great job!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40514,apple,"Delray Beach, FL"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Genius,I'm happy to work for this company.,"Decent salary, great benefits, casual dress code, strong stance on workplace harassment, fair leadership structure. Stock options. I feel like I can get honest work done.","It can be challenging to grow with the company, opportunities for advancement are limited.  Work can sometimes be tedious. Apple is not immune to office politics.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40515,apple,"Washington, DC"," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,I like the fact that I can do part time here and go to school. It's just something to kinda help me get by in college which is nice. The benefits are amazing! Although i wish the discount on the products were a little bit higher. I learn every single day and there's always something new. You meet awesome customers who are constantly trying to hire you lol. The pay is pretty good FOR retail.,The Management was terrible and always talked about numbers but also treated you crappy but it was probably just my location. The pay could of been a little bit better considering how much we busts our arse*,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40516,apple,none," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,it's a job for someone,Great people and constantly learning from encounters with customers in the Family room.,Work life balance is impossible.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40517,apple,none," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Channel Manager,"Awesome place to work. Great boss, Great teammates, Great atmosphere.",Less opportunity to transfer job to other territory.,I would ask the Management to give us (ex-employee) an opportunity to work for new role in the HQ.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40518,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,Great people to work with. Professional and sturdy. Often felt like I was making a big difference in people's lives. Would love to work there again if needed.,Schedule is rough. Floors are really rough on the back because they are stone. Need to be able to sit down sometimes when working with customers.,Let people sit down when working with customers. i would enjoy catered lunch more often. It would also be nice to have more leeway when late due to traffic.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40519,apple,"Bethlehem, PA"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall something special,There are some amazingly smart and creative people there that genuinely care about the work that they're doing. When you're part of a dynamic group that is all going in the same direction and focused on the same goal it's exhilarating.,"Just because it's Apple doesn't mean that they aren't subject to some of the same downfalls as other companies. For an insanely wealthy company, it amazes me that resources can be so tight.","It depends on the manager, I've had some of the most amazing managers at Apple, ones that were true leaders. To many of the others, don't get so caught up in yourself, that you lose the others.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P390.htm
40520,apple,none," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment,Majority of co-workers were fond to work with. Upper management does adequately and is polite to employees.,Did not appreciate few hostile workers that did not fulfill to their roles in work environment. Some of whom were overlooked.,Doing great.,4.0,none,none,none,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40521,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"fun, but..","brand, collaboration ,teamwork, local, salary","no discipline, no best practices",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40522,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,"Apple Retail culture is people oriented which is very different from most of companies. You will be provided training on professionals that would help understand and get hands on your job very quick. Otherwise, personal development with soft skill training will be offered as long as you work well and ready to move forward. Communication is very efficient and ease. You could get the support from managers anytime.","If working at a flagship apple store, you might face a very high competition. Always saying that "" You own your development"". It means that you have to be strongly self-motivated and passionate on your job.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40523,apple,"Troy, MI"," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Computer Technician,Genius,"Atmosphere, culture and friendliness of other employees",retail life just kinda stinks. Working in a mall is a total bummer,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40524,apple,none," Aug 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Pay and Job,"Culture is great, friendly people. Really caring about personal life and personal growth.",The pay is low and hard to move up.,Don't pick your favorites. Your employees can tell.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40525,apple,none," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,"Great benefits, development opportunities. Corporate opportunities also exist for high achievement self-developers. Transfer opportunities for those that like to see the world.","It's retail. The hours can be terrible and often, particularly for people with children, work-life balance suffers tremendously.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40526,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Great benefits, not so great atmosphere.","It's very nice to be able to work from home, not having to leave home for work and better diet. At first it's very relaxing. There's descent opportunity for advancement.","After 6 months of working at home, you get stir crazy. With little to distract from your daily routine.. It's very difficult to stay fully engaged. Also, having very little options for shift bids is very restrictive.",I would recommend more positive reinforcement. More opportunities to move out of home office if requested. Possibly part time options.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40527,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Apple experience,"Excellent employee benefits, great discounts, good interactions with peers and superiors, working from home, flexible schedules, lots of training to keep up with new products and services.","Frequent schedule changes that can make home life and personal life challenging, career advancement is difficult due to the large number of employees.",Increase the amount of time for shift changes from three to six months to help stabilize home and personal life.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40528,apple,none," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple is cool...but..,Interesting coworkers and flexible schedules,Not enough latitude to help people. Managers frigid and unfeeling at times.,Screen better management candidates.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40529,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Company and Great People,I loved working here. The people and the culture are great. You get a sense of working with friends and helping customers learn about the new products is always fun.,"I sometimes think the reputation of Apple has people's expectations at an all time high - which they wouldn't expect from another company. It's a good thing, but also can be reflected on impossible expectations.","Great job backing up your team! I like that although we always aim to please a customer, you also know when to say no.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P391.htm
40530,apple,none," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Apple Solutions Consultant ( Area Sales Manager ),"Fantastic company , challenging work, great coworkers!","None, I really like working here.",None.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40531,apple,none," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Perks...Overworked,It's a great company to be part of for camaraderie. Everyone is very sweet as employees and we all generally get along. Plenty of great compensation benefits for both full-time and part-time.,Lesser than livable wage in a decent area if not wanting to have roommates. A lot of hours. Little recognition.,"Keep working at making your employees feel valued. Direct report is wonderful, however, would enjoy more open conversation further up the pipeline and more opportunities to expand for growth or develop ideas.",4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40532,apple,"Natick, MA"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Entitlement and Micromanagement,"Discount, Hourly Rate, spending a great amount of time hands on with the product in most roles.","No Work/Life Balance, mandatory meetings on days you may have requested as not available, management structure is backwards, Micromanagement comes from the top down.","Please stop leaving employees to fail. I was brought in as a Genius and literally received little help in improving... I received pointless feedback, and weekly pointless sit downs with managers. I had a couple of situations come up in my personal life only to be told they could not help me, and to speak to management. A major word of advice, as a former and now once again current manager, stop being self-serving and entitled. Be human with your staff instead of pushing the proverbial ""apple juice"" down employees throats. You measure people on so many metrics it becomes stressful and unattainable to find a happy medium even if you slip a moment. Apple is losing touch with more than just its audience. Given the special treatment of specific employees and the glorification of terminating people over a public beta, I am disgusted that I ever agreed to work in such a toxic, hateful environment.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40533,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Specialist,competitive atmosphere and flexibility in schedule,hard to promote and heavy schedule on holidays,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40534,apple,none," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple,"Good salary and bonus, shuttle bus.","Work load too much, need to travel a lot",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40535,apple,none," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,The benefits and pay was awesome,Some policies I couldn't agree with,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40536,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,You start off good but they over work you,"great benefits, fast paced, you get to work with a lot of interesting people. You will learn about technology in fast paced environment, great pay for retail.","Very little room for growth, you are overworked, overlooked. It is extremely clique based. Those who kiss behinds move forward. They make you feel like you are important only to tear you down. A lot of pressure and almost no reward. Almost feels like a sweat shop.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40537,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Analyst,Going Around,A very lovelyl place to study and make friends.,A few coffe breaks to enjoy the moments.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40538,apple,"Whitehall, PA"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Don't believe the hype,"Fast paced, amazing co workers, good starting wage. Overall for a kid who started working thee at 18, it is very good money","Long retail hours, holidays and weekends, management does not care, hard to promote within even though they say it's easy to. Do yourself a favor and do not listen to the hype. Between the hiring event and the interviews and the trainings you think you scored a once in a lifetime job, please think again.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40539,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible Old style Management politics,"- Working with some of the really smart people, learn a lot. - get to work on a product which is going to go on a million people's hands. Feels good",- horrible management. Have old style politics where the employees are divided into two categories friendly ally who agrees on every bad decision the management makes or the worst enemy where they will put you under the blame bus for everything bad that happens over there. - dishonest managers lying to the upper management about the work that is going around .Overhired Engineers for the amount of work that is needed. - Very very opaque management where its very difficult to get perspective or a long term idea of where your work fits. Randomly roles might changes without explanation.,- get rid of the low level managers and a dishonest site lead.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P392.htm
40540,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,A good place to work if you're in college or just wanting part-time work.,Be prepared to have other reliable income. This isn't it.,Pay more attention to the people who contribute.,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40541,apple,none," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company and Great People,The people you work with and Management are fantastic! Apple hires people based on personality opposed to experience...they can train you on the products but they can't make someone a good person.,"I had a fantastic time working there, so I have nothing negative to say.",Keep doing what you're doing. Apple knows how to run a successful company and they do a great job with management as well.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40542,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Love it!,Great people and really supportive work environment.,Can be energetically taxing at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40543,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible Old style Management politics,"- Working with some of the really smart people, learn a lot. - get to work on a product which is going to go on a million people's hands. Feels good",- horrible management. Have old style politics where the employees are divided into two categories friendly ally who agrees on every bad decision the management makes or the worst enemy where they will put you under the blame bus for everything bad that happens over there. - dishonest managers lying to the upper management about the work that is going around .Overhired Engineers for the amount of work that is needed. - Very very opaque management where its very difficult to get perspective or a long term idea of where your work fits. Randomly roles might changes without explanation.,- get rid of the low level managers and a dishonest site lead.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40544,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Working in Apple Retail,"Working for Apple in its retail department gave me a crash course in business. I didn't realize how valuable my experiences there were until I was studying for my MBA. Practically every management, marketing, HR, customer service, and sales topic covered in my coursework was already familiar to me. In my current career, I still draw on what I learned during my time with Apple.","Beware of the Kool-Aid. It's a very insular environment full of fan boys and girls which can actually stunt your growth in some senses. Any other issues I had could be attributed to the individuals I worked with.  That said, there were several cases within my store where people were promised promotions that never came into fruition. Yet, management would have these individuals performing job tasks of the role they were hoping to attain without ever giving them the raise or promotion. This was done under the ruse of ""training"" the employee for the coveted role, but training should not go on for years at a time. This did not happen to me personally, but it was an incredibly common occurrence.","Get back to the hey-day of vetting candidates a little better before actually hiring them on. I understand that the company is growing rapidly, but the caliber of employees working in the retail stores are not up the standard they were once at.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40545,apple,none," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare at home advisor,great pay decent hours Great PTO & benefits,micro management difficult customers creep webcam usage for interviews with management,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40546,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Benefits,They offer great benefits & genuinely care about their employees health and well being.,When you work from home you have to put in a move request and you must stay there for at least 6 months.,Continue to care about your employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40547,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,My Fresh Take,"Great Company, Awesome benefits, they will prepare you for a career beyond Apple. Some of the smartest people you will ever meet. You'll love the work you! If you work for Apple companies aggressively try to hire you :)",Good luck with advancement. However there training and will prep you for a better job!,Remove bias and you'll have better engagement with employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40548,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist/Mentor,Mentor/ Specialist,"Great atmosphere, great employee compensation.","Slow advancement, large turn around",More time developing in house talent,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40549,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only For The Benefits,"Health Insurance for Part-Timers (Dental & Vision), MTA Travel Stipend, 401k Match after 5 years, Stock Purchase Plan, Discount on Apple Products and other 3rd party affiliated companies.","Leadership is inconsistent and lack vision & purpose. There is a grave misuse of talent, which is why there are so many folks who leave the company shortly after a promotion to a higher role. There is little incentive to stay, aside from the few benefits that serve as bate to the creative demographic who know the struggles of being a freelance merchant. There is a high demand of availability for both part-timers and full-timers alike. All in all misguided.",The success or failure of a company really evolves around your presence. Are you inspiring or delegating? When should you do the former vs. the latter? Senior leadership needs to be more proactive in the success of all roles within the store and the company. This company was built upon thinking different. Offer your employees opportunities to thrive.,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P393.htm
40550,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Business Manager,"Retail Business, still figuring it out.",- shiny happy people all around - Apple tries to provide first-tier benefits - you have the chance to work with products you love,"- the people running retail have narrow mindsets - the people running retail business hadn't a clue how to build the business - you must love Apple like a deity in order to advance there, or at least pretend",Make sure that all managers would pass the Steve Jobs elevator test.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40551,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Texas,Good if you get the right manager.,"The company celebrate the individual, and really attempts to provide a good environment for growth.","The big problem at apple is at times navigating the ladder of success, if you happen to fall for the bait of more money and and a chance to prove yourself in a new division. Make sure the managers there are about employee growth and not about self-promotion,because you might end up stuck in a deadend job.","Let your employees open there wings and fly if they are ready they will make it, if not they will fail and appreciate that you gave them the chance to succeed, and will work that much harder for you.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40552,apple,none," Jul 28, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place to work and to develop,A lot of opportunity to develop your skills in a more professional environment. The benefits are great for either full or part time. Great first job out of college. NOT a traditional retail environment.,"Easy to get lost in the crowd. Need to be the squeaky wheel to develop and improve etc. Also, a very flat company, not really much opportunity to move up or out.","Don't focus so hard on the numbers! It's Apple, the products sell themselves!",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40553,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 28, 2016",Former Employee - Technician,Amazing company,The atmosphere and values that the company upholds are desirable . The staff are highly invested in each others future.,Sometimes complacency and office politics are apparent and create issues with day to day workflow.,Continue to invest and support the employees and the benefit of that investment will be able to reap positive dividends.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40554,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jul 28, 2016",Current Employee - FRS,FRS,"Plenty of Benefits, Health Insurance, 401k, discounts on Apple Stocks",Not easy to get a promotion,They should apply what they teach us in how to treat costumer in between employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40555,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Apple employees became a family more then I ever expected,The people who work for Apple are some of the brightest and best people I have ever worked with. Leaving Apple was the hardest things to do because of the people who work there.,The constant customer push back can be daunting and sometimes can make you feel like giving up because your intelligence is constantly being tested.,Some scheduled time out of customer presence would be way better. It's hard to be tested ever hour for 8 hours on end.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40556,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr Program Manager,Apple has a unique culture and an astonishing commitment to excellence in product and customer experience. I started my career with them before there was an iPod and I've seen the company grow because of these commitments.,While the commitment to excellence externally is impressive many systems and processes are poorly put together and that creates a challenging environment to implement improvements.,Apple should be more dedicated to their long term employees and value their feedback and guidance to the culture. The problem with such rapid and incredible growth is that the culture that once made this a compelling place to work is beginning to be diluted.,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40557,apple,none," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Opportunity with so/so atmosphere,Tons of great training to get you into your role. The benefits are amazing and Apple goes above and beyond to take care of its employees.,"Though Apple has a great vision and overall culture, the retail environment in this store is pretty bad. People don't even say hi to you when you walk into work most of the time. The opportunity to advance is also a bit challenging when you get toward management and they don't necessarily make it easy for you.",Take more time to invest in your employees and get to know them better. The operational aspects run but your most important resource are your people.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40558,apple,none," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,very good and really nice people,some annoying people who gets mad,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40559,apple,"Pembroke Pines, FL"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Specialist,"Excellent benefits, Amazing work environment, great managerial staff, constant training. They really care about their employees in every way. I definitely recommend to work for Apple.","High paced and Stressful most of the times. working sometimes can get a lot from you as you might get energy depleted. You have to be standing many hours and leading with people, but that's just the main part of the job. So If you don't like high paced environments, this one is not for you.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P394.htm
40560,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Mobile Technician/Family Room Specialist,Mixed Feelings,"Excellent Part-Time Benefits, Decent Retail Hourly Wages, Opportunities for Growth.","Working on the Weekends, Strict Availability Requirements, Poor Retail Management.","Stop displaying favoritism, reverse the pattern of becoming numbers-driven and get back to service-based leadership.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40561,apple,none," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Tier II AHA Advisor - Apple Care,Apple Inc.,Apple care specific- working from home is fantastic pay and benefits are unmatched many many good managers,"movement upward is limited to going from Tier 1 to Tier 2. There is a lot of internal hiring for other jobs, and it really depends on what you want. But you can only move up if something becomes available. I have also seen many people more than qualified for a job passed over without even an interview",be more open with future ideas,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40562,apple,none," Aug 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,Get to work from home,the pay is low and the hours and not cool.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40563,apple,"Hayward, CA"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer,One of the best in the bay,Dedicated and passionate engineers who are very knowledgeable and love to mentor and share their experience with other engineers.,"Middle management heavy in places with limited opportunities for management advancement. Some long time veteran employees with 10+ years experience that don't move around much. In some cases, employee life/work balance falls in favor of work and stress can be high.",Actively find new roles for senior level individual contributors and advise on career goals and advancement. Help them find new roles within the company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40564,apple,none," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare College Program,-flexible schedule -benefits -work from home,-some difficult customers -non-stop calls during peak time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40565,apple,none," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great people, management, store and environment. Very supportive in providing mentorship, knowledge, training and overall skills to perform your job.","Long hours on your feet, annoying customers!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40566,apple,"New Portsmouth, NH"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Solution Consultant,Outstanding Company,They invest into not only your work development but personal development as well.,They push you to get the best possible out of you.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40567,apple,"Jacksonville, NC"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Applecare At Home Advisor,"Pros of this job included great pay, great benefits and awesome discounts! If you are great with troubleshooting and technical support, and would like to work from home...this would be the perfect fit for you! You're provided with a work iMac and iPod, and have your own email and messaging system to keep in contact with your team manager and colleagues. Regular team and one-on-one meetings via Blackboard.","I personally felt that the training was a bit short, and didn't help me too much in the long run. I found it hard to have a good work/life balance as I worked from home and an overnight shift at that. Our training class was separated within 3 months of employment. Most of us went to new teams with terrible managers. My first manager was absolutely amazing, but the second was less than helpful. We went from taking 2 chats (which we barely got 1 to start with) to taking 3 simultaneous chats back-to-back. I was too stressed out and did not feel confident enough in my troubleshooting and technical support skills to stay with the company, so I eventually resigned. It's a great job, but I honestly just think it wasn't for me.",Better training from the start to prepare for the workload. Most of us did not feel prepared for the craziness that was chat during high volume times. More seamless transition when switching teams. Maybe better training for team managers? Seems like people are promoted too quickly and may not have what it takes to manage a team.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40568,apple,none," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at home Tech Support,Work at home. Company sends all equipment. Good pay and benefits,Training was very fast paced. It was hard to keep up if ou weren't familiar with Apple projects. I didn't like the trainig at all. No practice site that we could practive on before taking live calls,Get a practice website,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40569,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple Retail Specilaist,Great Benefits-- Educational Reimbursement. Colleagues are great people.,"There is not a significant opportunity for professional growth, working retail.",Consistency is important. Many times I had managers who enforced different rules.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P395.htm
40570,apple,"Bedford, NH"," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Certified Macintosh Technician,Apple Mac Genius,Awesome company. Wonderful work environment. Great team to work for.,Retail hours Make Work/Life balance difficult,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40571,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - GIS Technician,GIS Technician,Nice workstation & office space. Affable coworkers.,"Management had little to no GIS knowledge and experience, lacked motivational leadership, and gave the impression that they did not care about the team. No plan was in place other than the eventual outsourcing of our team, contractors were lied to about permanent positions, blame was constantly thrown around regarding avoidable problems, and people were fired without cause. Morale was very low on my team. Very high turnover rate.",VPs and other high level management need to keep tabs on bottom rung departments. Now I know why Maps flopped.,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40572,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Fantastic Company To Work For,"Company definitely listens to its employees. Company emphasizes on customer experience, makes you feel very empowered knowing you get paid well to provide the best customer experience","For the job that it is, its a pleasure to work for and there really are no negatives. If they paid more it would be perfect, but for what I do the pay is really good",Current management is fantastic. Have nothing much to say but the fact that they do their jobs well,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40573,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,specialist,great people and good benefits,the environment/customers can be hectic,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40574,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - BOH Associate,Least Evil Retail Job,"decent pay for a retail job amazing, incredible, brilliant coworkers relatively easy/chill job you can wear whatever you want","it's retail upward mobility is close to impossible lots of politics/games being played because 'management' is a bunch of young inexperienced kids, the reality of the day to day job is inconsistent, uninspiring, and hypocritical",hire experienced management. the overzealous college grad does not a good manager make.,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40575,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,SPG nightmare,"Benefits, pay, great people, cutting edge of tech on occasion","Politics, lack of leadership, no direction","Cut the Apple cancer - it lies with management, not the engineers.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40576,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,I did have a work life balance with he group I was in.,Leadership was hardly ever in the office yet made decisions with little to no input from those actually doing the work.,Listen to your people.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40577,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 6, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Customer Service,Senior Customer Service Representative,"The facilities, the people, the environment and products are one of a kind.","A lot of the call center jobs pay in the $40K range. There is a lot of focus they have on numbers, a lot of the times the numbers cannot be controlled by the work you do. It seems harder to move up as managers have been in the same departments for years and everyone including management seems to feel stuck.","Focus more on helping improve the individual employee succeed and move on to other roles, rather then offering ""feedback"" all of the time and calling out the mistakes.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40578,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Sales and Marketing,"Incredible people, great products, but culture needs work",Work with incredibly talented and intelligent people who care a lot about what they do and how well they do it,"There's a sense that you're lucky to work for Apple, so you should be willing to put up with a lot of downsides, like long hours, weekend work, and long commutes.",Focus a little more on your employees and giving them a reason to stay,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40579,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Visual/Sales Specialist,Helps you develop great skills as far as multi tasking and working under pressure.,Long hours on your feet.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P396.htm
40580,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Nice benefits, room to grow",The benefits and salary are the best you can hope for at sub-management in a retail store. Team is generally made up up smart individuals. Good opportunities to advance if you are a go getter.,Politics. Customer service is the pits. Can be ergonomically unkind to one's body what with the standing and stupidly high tables. Nowhere to sit.,Cut the PC crap. Fire people when they are not pulling their weight. It seems like it is impossible to get fired unless you do something ridiculous. The attendance policy is so weak that people just call out whenever they don't feel like showing up.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40581,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Work-Life Balance,Excellent Moral throughout the company. Excellent Training Program.,"Assisting consumers from international parts of the world, hard to understand the situation at hand due to terminology used.",Keep up the excellent work with the way you interact with the employees,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40582,apple,none," Jul 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist/Genius,"Great place to work, I worked for 6 years. It was an amazing company. Benefits were great. People i worked with were nice and easy going. Chilled out company because they have the best products","NO more innovation, kinda boring now.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40583,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - House Cleaner,good at cleaning,"All my life I have cleaned and my mother always showed me the right way to clean!I am very well at cleaning hospitals and I take my cleaning serious, I just need the right amount of well check!I work very well so I should earn what I worked very hard for.Thank you.",There are no cons I am always on time!But I only work 5 days a week,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40584,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great company...retail can be tricky,"Great environment, sparks creativity, and a company that you can definitely grow in. I worked on the retail side and it was very hit or miss by store. I loved the role I had, Genius, and I enjoyed working and growing for the company for 5 years.",The demands of each store and the how they can be very political and different. Depending on the store manager at the time it could be very fishy.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40585,apple,"Toledo, OH"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist,"The perks were AMAZING. Discounts on products, discounts on your phone bill, paid gym membership, tuition reimbursement.","I'm not sure if this is specific to my store but there was little opportunity for growth and development unless you kissed the management teams butt. You couldn't even transfer to another store without their endorsement. The hours were very few so it didn't matter that the hourly pay decent. If you are part time, there is no way you will survive off of just this pay.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40586,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Good,Great benefit options are available.,Retail hours are sporadic and make work life balance difficult,Value your employees,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40587,apple,none," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Training,- Great interpersonal training - great culture,- Retail hours aren't always the best. especially holidays - Transitioning from retail to corporate is very difficult,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40588,apple,none," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NIce,"It was a great experience, and i got to learn new things that benefited me in the future.",Sometimes the work hours were a way to long.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40589,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Great place to work, but difficult to advance","Pay is good, benefits are great, and I've never worked with a better group of people in my life. Apple really does attract the best people, and affords many opportunities to develop skills. Coworkers are skilled, friendly, and always ready to help. You are never looked down upon for asking for assistance or second opinion. Apple lets you develop your own style, and explore becoming the best version of your self.","Retail hours and scheduling errors can be tiring, and things are always up in the air. Apple embraces change, which is good, but there are a lot of things that slip through the cracks. Reviews, off the floor training/development time, and manager face time were sparse, meaning you had to nag a manager to stand out. Merit increases were measured against very high standards, which means sub-par raises unless you advance, which is difficult to do beyond Expert or Genius (upper tier retail sales/support respectively). You were expected to put in extra time or out of role experiences to stand out, but then discouraged from working overtime or off the clock. Advancement into management was typically very political, and personality was often chosen over skill for leadership.","Apple, you have access to the greatest people in the world. If you would spend as much time and effort on internal promotion as external hires, you would find many more great people for other roles, inside or out of retail. It's difficult to continue putting in 100% when you realize you're getting less and less back",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P397.htm
40590,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Best job I've ever had!,"Work from home, first time I've been expected to take actual breaks, great room for growth excellent training and continual change to keep from getting bored","A lot of people competing to be seen, can be difficult to stay within your support area and ensure that the person you're helping understands you don't know how to solve every issue.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40591,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Great Culture,"Really good community of people. They do a really good job of hiring people who are passionate and hard working, which usually means people like being and work. Some of my very best friends have come from working for this company.","You can get sucked up in the culture of the company. It's call dinging the blue kool aid. Because the company has such a specific way of doing everyone and protecting their image it can get to be a little much sometimes, but over all if you are level headed it won't get to you too much.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40592,apple,none," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity,Growing opportunities Great management Awesome team work/ networking Training and trainers were great! Opportunity to work tons of OT The best: BENEFITS ($$ OFF from products),No work-life balance for the first year or more. Bad Schedules that changes every 3 month No too bad things to say! Great company,Keep the good work :D,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40593,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great benefits and atmosphere,"Tons of Friends from work, benefits, discounts , always new technology and being cool, fast paced environment , tons of training","Salary low , high standards , tons of aggregated customers always , lay offs frequently , not that much vacation",Average pay should be 60k for retail,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40594,apple,none," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the same apple,You get to interact with people from various cultures. Some of the benefits are good. You work with technology.,"Company has shifted its focus away from employees and customer to sales. Work life balance is nonexistent and compensation, especially from a company making billions is a joke. Managers and higher make a lot, but regular employees that actual do the work and bring in the money make pennies.",None. They don't care to listen to advice. The company has a fake culture of feedback which only turns into a culture of retaliation when managers a presented with the truth.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40595,apple,"Fremont, CA"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great people. Great pay and benefits,Work/life balance does not exist,"After a year of working at Apple, employees should receive a promotion.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40596,apple,none," Jul 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"Flexible with schedule during school times, competitive pay and benefits","no work life balance, work most holidays",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40597,apple,"Voorhees, NJ"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Apple Retail Sales,Great place to work. Good pay for starting out.,Felt like I had to push apple care on people.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40598,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Support Advisor - Tier I,Very friendly and probably best and easiest job I have had.,"Lots of training, great benefits, fast work pace, checks always on time, co-workers don't judge, resources available, free software, great chances to move up",Classroom training is long before you actually get to the work part of the job. If you have a lot of tech background the classroom portion will drag on.,None they are awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40599,apple,none," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a company that values their engineers,Company culture respects and values their engineers. Competence is prized and rewarded. Collegial environment. Excellent compensation and benefits. Prominent company with good future.,"Some politics from what I've heard, but as an engineer, I've always felt insulated from it. Not nearly as bad as I've heard from other companies.",Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P398.htm
40600,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Great company to work,"- I love the fact that the company has a very intensive training program for the new hires, - Processes are very structured and clear making it easier to understand what's expected of you, - Benefits are great, - Work environment is great in most teams.","- Work environment can be stressful depending on who's the leader (but I guess any company is like that), - Senior management at Retail locations needs more consistency.",- It would be great to see the company increase opportunities in Retail-Corporate transitions. There's a lot of talented people in Retail that are not recognized and don't have their skills further explored because the company doesn't have a development process in that direction.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40601,apple,none," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - FRS,Great Company,Well beside the Great Benefits it really is the people. Most stores a hired with like minded people with a lot of diversity. Pay is decent for some of the tenured players.,Well there are a lot of employees. So it is very easy to be lost in the shuffle if you are good at your job and don't require coaching.,Need to be more involved. There is a high level of favoritism that comes from limited time on the floor.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40602,apple,none," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,There's always something new and you work with people that inspire you.,It is very busy so it can be mentally draining.,Always try to stay focused on individual employees even though it's tough with such a large staff.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40603,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,great company,competitive pay work from home options great benefits,working from home loses the personal and social aspects you can get lost in the mix a slave to survey results regardless of accuracy,introduce an option to overturn bad CSAT scores (i.e. if the customer is referring to another advisor or even a different channel) so they don't negatively affect the wrong person,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40604,apple,"Taylorsville, UT"," Jul 16, 2016",Former Employee - Lead Genius,Great company and culture. Starting to become a bit more corporate,"Great benefits, Fellow Employees share a great apple culture. Product can sell itself!",Can feel very corporate very quickly. Sometimes Management didn't stay up to date with my development.,Stay up to date with Exchange Journals and the like. Employees want to feel like they are being developed.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40605,apple,"Syracuse, NY"," Jul 18, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Amazing Company,Great company that takes good care of their employees,Sometimes management isn't the best,Listen to your employees!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40606,apple,"Madison, AL"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius Administrator,Genius Administrator,Great company with incredible benefits. The environment is of constant upscale pace and learning is constant.,Ambiguous direction if often difficult to interpret in a constantly changing environment.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40607,apple,none," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"Great benefits, lots of growth, job protection, great insurance",Its hard to feel appreciated because of how many of us there are,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40608,apple,none," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,"At home, nice ppl, talking to ppl and help resolve issues","Working holidays, shift bids, not enough ppl on thw phones for calls",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40609,apple,none," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing workpalce,• Amazingly flexible hours •Good benefits •Great Pay •Good leadership,"Sometimes things don't move as fast as you expect, but eventually everything gets to where it needs to be. Also, sometimes you put ins ome long days, but the salary and benefits are top top top notch.",More transparency,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P399.htm
40610,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,SPECIALIST,Intelligence is appreciated and nurtured while treating customers with care and respect-and the freedom to solve problems with a sense of humor. No commission driven.,Never going to get rich.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40611,apple,none," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"Great benefits, lots of growth, job protection, great insurance",Its hard to feel appreciated because of how many of us there are,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40612,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Wireless Engineer,Senior Wireless Engineer,Busy and lot of technical subject to learn,"lack of team collaboration, contractors being alienated on meetings etc..",contractors need to be part of meeting and that feeling of being alienated should be addressed,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40613,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great amazing people to work with and always being busy.,The work life balance is not very good. They need to fix some of those issues.,Management needs to take care of their own people and make some changes so us employees feel good at work.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40614,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist/Mentor,Mentor,Great environment with a plethora of diverse talent! Great benefits and coaching/development in skills to not only elevate for interactions within store but in real life. As good as a job in retail could get!,"In my experience with working in multiple stores within the years, I have notice a great deal of inconsistency of daily practices and lack/overabundance of the culture. It is a tricky balancing act and it ultimately boils down to the store leader, they can make or brake your experience and viewpoint of the company as a whole.","Just to care, not only of your internal/external customers but of yourself. In stores where the system and morale is broken it can be detrimental to everyones experience. Also truly listen to feedback/ideas from your employees (be present in the moment).",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40615,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Friendly workspace.,"Every co-workers are friendly and helpful. Even managers is friendly and supportive too! Great benefits such as employee discount on all apple products, stock etc.",Salary is little low for stressful jobs. Which is why lot of co-workers leaving apple for other jobs with better salary..... It is sad to see them leaving. :(,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40616,apple,none," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist,Work with really unique and creative people. Great company atmosphere. Very clean and organized. Benefits are very good and schedule is more than fair for part time employees.,Don't feel supported from leadership to grow into new roles in the company. Can feel oddly structured with different roles being disconnected from everyone else in the store and politics behind the scenes slows down communication between entry level positions and management.,"Let the ""mentor team"" have more responsibilities and leadership have less politics.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40617,apple,"Lindenwold, NJ"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist,The people you work with including managers are awesome.,Dealing with nasty customers that don't understand you're trying help them.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40618,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 23, 2016",Current Employee - Data Engineer,Feedback,Full employee has all benefit as per the standard companies.Overall its not a bad company to work for.,Some of the managers are directly hired from contractor jobs.they usually do not have etiquettes and expect contractors to work day and night even on weekends. These managers treat other contractors as their servant and usually lack people management and communication manners.,"When recruiting contractor as full time employess apart from their technical knowledge , people management and basic etiquette classes should be give.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40619,apple,none," Jul 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but...",The people are great. Everybody gets along well. The benefits are tough to beat and believe me I've looked other places and companies can not compete.,"There would be no cons except that recently they changed the availability restrictions to ""balance work/life"". But unfortunalty if you have a a family and want to see your partner and/or kids in the weekends, you can kiss that goodbye. You HAVE to work weekends. But, oh well.","Make an effort to understand that not all people have the same off-work lifestyle. I do believe that if you don't like it, then go find something else mentality, however, after years invested in a company and loyalty to the brand, you would think that flexibly to one's off the clock life should be considered.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P400.htm
40620,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Flexible hours - hard to get FT status,"EXCELLENT management, flexible hours, great coworkers, great culture, thorough paid training, 401k & stock options as PT, discounts on some Apple products (NOT IPHONE THOUGH), get to see new iphones first","hard to get FT status, management mostly hired outside of company, all hands on deck for iphone releases (regardless of your personal schedule)",Employee discounts on iphones,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40621,apple,"Saint Petersburg, FL"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare At Home Advisor,"Apple is a company that celebrates diversity, and provides very competitive pay. Benefits begin when you get hired, unlike most companies where you don't get insurance or start earning paid time off until you've worked there 90 days. Additionally, since it's an at-home role, they also add compensation towards your internet service, since it's required for the role.",Cons for working for Apple is that friends and family will constantly ask you what you know about the latest upcoming products.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40622,apple,none," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Ios Software Engineer,Amazing Company with Amazing Experiences and Benefits,"Apple is an outstanding company to work for as they truly want their employees to be happy and thrive. In my 5 years with Apple, I was able to learn new things while still working hard to complete internal projects, I was able to travel and feel that I was well supported by product managers, product leads and my individual team members.  The company demands a lot from it's employees, but rewards them by providing a great work life balance.","The company demands a lot of time from it's employees and it's a large company so it is very easy to go unnoticed for your contributions, especially as a new employee or lower-level employee. Teams can be large and somewhat overwhelming for newer employees. It is also very difficult to move up ""the ladder"" as competition for jobs is incredibly strong.",Take more time to focus and develop employees that have been with the company for long periods of time and take time to see where their skills can be best utilized.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40623,apple,none," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is fun,Very fun people to work with,Had having a work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40624,apple,none," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,hours go buy well because of both how many customers come in and how socially driven the apple coworkers are. Great benefits too.,"Not too much to complain, but always be on your a-game",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40625,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Tough management,Working at Apple is a dream. I was happy to be a part of Apple,Management is always forcing you to work fast. Lots of pressure. Company culture is poor. No communication,Pay more attention to employees,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40626,apple,none," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the Innovation style,"Great Benefits Ethical and Inclusive culture I can see proud of Challenges me to be the best version of myself I can be every day Surrounded by dedicated and hard working peers A company that is very open new ideas and change, regardless of your role in the organization","Very large company that newer employees may find overwhelming in trying to find their voice. Stick it out though, it is worth it.",More actions to help the newest of Apple employees learn the Apple Culture,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40627,apple,"Natick, MA"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great Company,"Room For growth, data and resources abound","Need to know your brand before you start, and make nice with everyone. This is not a job for those who hate politics, want to punch in and punch out, or just ""want to work"" If you want to be recognized you need to go above and beyond consistently.","Work alongside your workers, encourage feedback, don't be afraid to act stupid, and foster real conversations about personal growth. You're doing great!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40628,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Line Cook,Line cook,Benefits were above amazing. Very affordable for larger families.,Pay wasn't too hreat. Not much room for advancement.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40629,apple,none," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Home advisor,Very good place to work from home.,I didn't have anything bad to say about this company.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P401.htm
40630,apple,none," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the Innovation style,"Great Benefits Ethical and Inclusive culture I can see proud of Challenges me to be the best version of myself I can be every day Surrounded by dedicated and hard working peers A company that is very open new ideas and change, regardless of your role in the organization","Very large company that newer employees may find overwhelming in trying to find their voice. Stick it out though, it is worth it.",More actions to help the newest of Apple employees learn the Apple Culture,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40631,apple,"Natick, MA"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great Company,"Room For growth, data and resources abound","Need to know your brand before you start, and make nice with everyone. This is not a job for those who hate politics, want to punch in and punch out, or just ""want to work"" If you want to be recognized you need to go above and beyond consistently.","Work alongside your workers, encourage feedback, don't be afraid to act stupid, and foster real conversations about personal growth. You're doing great!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40632,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Line Cook,Line cook,Benefits were above amazing. Very affordable for larger families.,Pay wasn't too hreat. Not much room for advancement.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40633,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Apple 4 year review,Great Company really care about the employees. Good benefits and work life balance. Must be able to work with people who struggle with technology. This can be challenging.,"Long hours standing up, odd shifts. One day you can work from 1-10 the next can be from 9-6am. Must be able to work well with many people.","Management has been nothing but positive overall. Care about employees, overall nothing bad. Great place to work. Just don't get stuck working there too long.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40634,apple,none," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrific company,"You work with great people and great customers supporting great products. Excellent health care, cafeteria is gourmet, employee stock purchase plan.","Schedules change and you may not get the one you want. Overtime required during product launches and busy times. You will need to be prepared to work on and around holidays. Pay not as high as some other companies for comparable work, but is offset by the great benefits.",Try to increase staffing so that employees can have a work-life balance. Many employees feel overwhelmed at times due to all the metrics that need to be met. The best of the managers use constructive criticism.,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40635,apple,none," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Ever since Steve Jobs died...,"Fast-paced, energetic environment, constantly changing, access to Apple's excellent products, excellent training opportunities for technical support and learning. Large teams, always others around to support.","Retail hours, disconnected management. Working at an Apple Retail Store feels like being a grunt on the front lines, there only to absorb the massive waves of customers who walk in the doors every day. Your soul gets crushed by a constant string of demanding customers with unreasonable expectations and asinine questions.",Stop playing political games and do right by your team.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40636,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Excellent benefits, discounts, paid sick leave and paid vacation time (I actually don't think I can be off in any capacity and not be paid, which is nice).","Part of the magic of working for apple is that things change constantly. That can be good or bad depending on your views. In the past year I’ve worked here I’ve noticed that things have changed for the worse as far as the workers side goes.  Management is so uncoordinated. You have these sections in your schedule that are for not taking calls and learning about the products you support. This is a great idea, you should be aware of how everything works. However, they keep cancelling these segments and expecting us to support products they won’t send us to get hands on experience, without training, and without even a 1 hour team meeting to go over some stuff as well.  Also, you’d think if apple can build stuff that works well for customers then they could build software for the employees to support our customers well as well. NOPE, the software we use goes down at least once a week and is so bad. We have so many technical difficulties that I truly didn't expect when I started working here.  Getting a good schedule is rare. It depends if you are in the college position where you can choose your schedule, or in the professional position (same exact job, just with a raise and only once you graduate), and it is usually based on performance. Which isn't necessarily bad, but I think employees should have more control over their schedules than what is currently given.","Communication is key. I always feel like the last person to be in the loop on anything. Don't cancel things on us and then not tell us. Business needs are important, but I think it also a business need to have advisors who are properly trained and educated on our products and services.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40637,apple,none," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Best company to work for by far,Amazing company to work for. The benefits alone were enough to keep anyone satisfied. My management team was very engaged and incredibly helpful. I was a part time employee in their college program and absolutely loved it.,Only con was that I did the work from home program so I was cooped up inside all day.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40638,apple,none," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Fun work environment, managers listen to their staff.","Feel very corporate sometimes, with senior managers were more involved with staff.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40639,apple,none," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Business Specialist,Benefits are good. Thats the only pro about the job.,Employees have bad attitudes and bring negative energy inside the building.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P402.htm
40640,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - IT Support,decent,work from home decent pay stock options,insane corporate oversight drink the coolaid culture,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40641,apple,none," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible Company,I found nothing of any value while woking there.,No structure. Very disorganized. Poor leadership. Employee theft is high / out in the open.,Get a clue,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40642,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great,Great job! Treated well by the Apple Family!,"hmmm, retai hours take a bit of an adjustment","The management team is great, keep up the good work",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40643,apple,none," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great benefits for part time,None that come to mind,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40644,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 25, 2016","Former Employee - Team Lead, IOS/Senior Software Engineer",Fast paced challenging environment,"- Get to work on cool products, one of kinds (first iPad) - Learn how to be customer focused no matter what part of the company you are in - Challenging but rewarding work culture. They throw real hard problems at you and you have to figure it out. When you do figure it out and you see the product/feature being used by millions of people, its extremely rewarding - Some very smart people, engineering heavy, so as an individual contributor you can come up with ideas and implement them.","- It can be demanding and its not for people expecting a 9-5 job. Can get worn out. - Also the culture has changed slightly, become relaxed. - Not all people around you are smart, there are some free riders. Sometimes you do need them to do mundane things.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40645,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great sales job. Better than most,Good pay for retail sales and work environment can be really fun. Working for the best company in the world has a ton of benefits,Retail is very difficult and customers can be mean. The schedule forces you to work weekends and it can be tough to get time off during holidays,None,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40646,apple,none," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retails Best,Great environment for those who are looking for work in the retail field. The job has excellent benefits and incentives for its employees.,"The only real issue is the lack of mobility in the company. There are many opportunities for you to experience work outside of your current position but as far as actually gaining that position, the process is slim.","Fulfill the promises that are made to your employees during orientation. Yes, the retail field is shaky but a company as solid as apple should be well within their means when delivering promises made.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40647,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Amazing Company,"No other company like this, the culture cannot be described... almost like a cult, but in a great way. Everybody is very proud of their work and their company, lot of smart and capable people, has a slight bit of start up atmosphere amidst a gigantic company..... people respect you when you say you work for Apple.","Hours can be long, processes can be manual - which may sound weird for Apple, upper mobility is difficult for high level individual contributors. You have to negotiate well when you come in b/c they don't just toss bones for hard work.",Do more to retain talent.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40648,apple,none," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovate and interesting,"Good people and everyone higher up seems very dedicated to the company and very smart, everyone is treated well and is positive.",Some people act like they are much better then everyone else. This has occur even where people below me act as superior.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40649,apple,none," Jul 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job,"Flexible schedule, easy to move up. Opportunities are based on performance. Your reviews are almost ENTIRELY based on customer evaluations. Lots of opportunities for hardware discounts and apple swag.","Your schedule if based on performance. If your customer evaluations are good, you can pick your own schedule. If they're bad, you get the crappy schedule, usually 2nd shift.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P403.htm
40650,apple,none," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An Amazing Career,Working at Apple has been one of the greatest highlights in my professional career.,"Working in the Apple Stores means that you work typical retail hours and weekends, however the tradeoff for the skills that you take away is worth it.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40651,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - RF Test Engineer,Best place to end your engineering career.,The company culture as a whole is great. The culture of the products and customer service seem to trickle down from the general culture of the company. Company discounts are excellent.,"It really depends on your VP and boss. It feels like a butterfly effect with the higher ups flapping their wings and causing tsunami's for the poor engineers at the bottom. Schedule and priorities don't stop changing with endless pressure to work late nights and weekends. The culture of secrecy also makes it hard as you're expected to just do things with no explanation. It's only exacerbated by the inability to hire more people. Apple is the best place to end your engineer career, you will either die in the company or move to a completely different field from the burn out.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40652,apple,none," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iTunes and iCloud Localization QA tester,"If you want to gain localization experience as an onsite vendor at Apple inc, please Apply!","The lab is managed by iTunes Store Globalization director. This lab has a reputation of treating onsite vendors unethically. You are nothing to Apple employee team. The lab wants you to realize that you are not an Apple employee nor contractor. You are just a vendor.  The lab hired someone from a restaurant to manage the lab. The lab has many demeaning rules including the prohibition of walking too close to Globalization director’s office inside or outside the building.  Below are some of their rules:  - The lab protects Apple employee team. Even though you are right and they are wrong, You are nothing to the lab - you will be terminated the next day. - Cell phones are not allowed inside or outside the lab. If you want to make a phone call or text, walk away to other buildings. - Paid by the hour and hours change all the time, unstable income. - No Perks at all. - No Bus service and no mileage reimbursement. - You are allowed to take a 15 min break to do whatever you want, but you can't have breakfast because it gives the lab staff a bad impression that you are hired to work but not have a little breakfast in your own free time. - You have to come to work on time but you can’t wait or hang around outside the building. You have to wait in your car waiting for the Lab door to open. It is terrible for a pregnant tester like me. Sometimes, I have to wait in a hot car. - The lab threatens if you loose your badge, you will get terminated. - Can’t pick up any complimentary fruits or drinks in the refrigerator. They would rather see those fruits spoil than share with you because you are not an Apple employee. - Your work screen is monitored and viewed by lab staffs all the time. The lab uses this fact as a means of intimidating and taunting vendor staff. - You can’t even post “onsite at Apple inc” on Linkedin or any other websites. You don't deserve the credit for working for this lab.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40653,apple,none," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Care Tech Advisor,Depending on your work schedule and time zone can make or break the job. The job itself is relatively simple. But being a hermit crab trapped in a corner of your home 5 days a week 2-11:30pm can take its toll. The pay and benefits are amazing.,the work schedules make it difficult to have a life or pursue other endeavors,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40654,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Applecare,Very flexible scheduling and great teammates and managers,Never get out of the house,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40655,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,great benefits and discounts and perks.,beginning to change into actual retail. too many metrics now.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40656,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average employer,Employee product discounts Looks good on your resume,Way too much kool-aid Way too much Steve Jobs wannabes in the middle management,-,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40657,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Android Developer/User Experience Designer,Great place to work!,"Great benefits! Everyone the company hires (for the most part) is a cool person, so you make tones of friends. The free food, gyms and awesome events are also cool. The discounts on products makes buying christmas presents easy and the pay was great too (considering)!","Apple is a great place to work, however, the politics sometimes make it difficult to get things done. The confidentiality also sometimes gets in the way of people able to speak about what you're working on.","Not really any, all the managers I encountered were wonderful and a pleasure to work with.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40658,apple,"Trumbull, CT"," Jul 9, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Red zone specialist,"Learning great technology- working with co-workers that are up positive and have ""soft skills""",Oh heck - people are people and sometimes it's a bad day... Happens any/every where,Mine were great.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40659,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - At Home Advisor ­ AppleCare ­ Senior Advisor,Its Not All That!!!,Work from home. They send you Apple products to work with. Ok discounts.,"It was pretty much like being on house arrest. Although you work from home, you still have to punch a clock. Breaks and lunches are scheduled, and if you don't take them when they're scheduled it messes up your productivity, metrics, etc. Then you are written up. None of the managers I had were knowledgeable about the products or services when I had a question. Was almost always directed to refer to Knowledge Base, because they could never help me or told to ask my peers in the team chatroom. Was made to feel like I am a bad person because I did not want to work overtime during holiday or product launch time. STD is a joke!!! Although the employee handbook outlines what can be taken, they pick and choose who and what they will approve. And heaven forbid you quit, they blackball you, and you're never allowed to work there again, even if you quit for personal family reasons. The customer's determine whether you can grow with the company or not, based upon surveys. Even if its clear the customer was unhappy about something you had no control over, if you took the call, you were responsible.",Value the people who work there. Stop treating customers better than employees. Stop treating the products better than the employees. Hire managers who know the products and services.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P404.htm
40660,apple,none," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of Backstabbing,Great food and corporate location. Some nice people,Lots of backstabbing and blaming,None they wouldn't listen anyway,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40661,apple,"Danville, CA"," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Lifeguard/Swim Instructor,Making me fill this out,Good pay and good company,Bad hours and rude customers,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40662,apple,"Burlington, MA"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Store Manager,Can be great...,"Emphasis on development. High quality coworkers. Some amazing customer interactions. Benefits are fantastic. Tech is terrific. Discounts can be good, but are mostly marginal.","Some less than amazing customers. Treat ""dealing with ambiguity"" as an excuse for needless secrecy. Dangle promotions but at least 50% of high promo tables are external.",Walk the walk. Lighten up on the secrecy around areas here it's completely unnecessary. Who cares what color the shirts will be next? If a training is coming communicate the date before schedules are created so we don't need to adjust.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40663,apple,none," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome career,all the great benefits that they provide,none none none none none,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40664,apple,none," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be!,"Secure, great benefits, made lifetime friends",Tends to be political if you want to move up.,Spend more time focusing on your employees and less time focusing on numbers. The numbers will come if people know you have their back.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40665,apple,none," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"What an environment. Apple hires spectacular people and they are so supportive of not only your work in the store, but they also care so much about your personal development.",I honestly can't name any cons to working for this company. All I would say is that you have to be flexible and throw yourself into uncomfortable situations so you can learn from experience.,Please keep being awesome. This is the best company I have ever had the pleasure of working for.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40666,apple,none," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Soecialist,They are a great company to work for with lots of development opportunities. They benefits are amazing!,It is retail hours and deal with a lot ambiguity.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40667,apple,"Gainesville, GA"," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor IOS Chat T1,Apple At Home Advisor iOS Chat T1,"Pay no other company can beat this pay. Lots of time off during a week. Training weekly, Offline time for about 45 minutes, weekly 1 on 1 meetings with manager, weekly team meetings.  Higher powers listen to employee demands and provide solutions to upcoming issues","BUSY when it comes to product release including iOS releases, but OVERTIME pay is amazing.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40668,apple,none," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Store,"You get to meet and work with some really amazing people. Discounts are nice, and they will work around your schedule. Tuition reimbursement really came in handy while attending college.",Little to no opportunities to advance in the company at the retail store level. A higher position is available in each department but thats it. Full- time is considered to be a promotion.,"Raises and promotions should be more focused on performance and knowledge. Technical positions are treated as sales positions, promoting people who sell instead of those with experience. The lack of knowledge of the staff thus becomes embarrassing.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40669,apple,none," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad work environment,- Good Pay + Benefits,- Too many politics - Bad work environment - Very bad management - Unethical behavior - Zero work/life balance,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P405.htm
40670,apple,none," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Hardware first company. Good for HW Engineers.,Work/life balance can be lacking.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40671,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Adviser T1 iOS,"Great place to learn customer service. Applecare has been rated # 1 in customer service for quite a few years after all. Apple takes care of their own, and you get a lot of benefits. Co-workers were very nice. Okay pay. Nice employee discounts.","Being an at-home job, you feel closed off and you can burn out really quickly, especially if you're working 40 hours a week during the summer. The calls never seem to stop coming in and things can get pretty crazy. You're graded on metrics and are expected to improve week after week, but sometimes things are out of your control.",Realize that some things are just simply out of your employee's hands. Try to see the person under the metrics!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40672,apple,none," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Talent Team,"good culture, very nice people and team environment, definitely a pleasant place to work in and a lot of things to learn",management decision change happens very frequency,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40673,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Market Research Analyst,marketing,"good learning experience but a big team, evertyhing moves too slow",need time to figure out what you should do,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40674,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Human Interface Designer,Human Interface Designer,"Good Salary, good benefits, equipment",Long commute if you live in San Francisco.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40675,apple,none," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company.,"Not open minded enough, when compare with Google and facebook.",Can meet a bunch of energetic and talanted people,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40676,apple,none," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, work/life balance not for the faint of heart",Everything you might imagine about working at a company where the products you build are used and delight so many users around the world.,"Work/life balance, if that's something that you value. Lots of weekends and late nights, might be hard for some.","Keep doing what you're doing. However I also feel like they should value knowledge sharing more. A lot of people at the company have been doing the same thing for years on end, without growth in other technical domains.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40677,apple,none," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - At Home Advisor Tier I IOS,I absolutely love my job!,"Work from home, great pay, great benefits, great extras because you are an employee. Fantastic opportunities to move up in the company.","Benefits are mildly expensive. It's not easy, the learning curve isn't horrible but it's sure not easy, even if you have worked at a store.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40678,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Grown up tech,"Treats employees well and pays well, still an exciting company to work for.",Limited opportunities for growth and development.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40679,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great Company, a lot of politics","You work with inspiring, intelligent people. You learn every day. Great discounts. Strong emphasis on feedback.","Promotions are extremely political, some employees are immature and cliquey. Feedback is often not taken well by management even when they stress the open feedback-centric culture.","Stop using the word ""perception"", ACTUALLY invest in your employees success rather than just pretending to.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P406.htm
40680,apple,none," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for College Students,"-Easy to work while in school, hours are in the evening/night after classes are usually done for the day -Great health/dental/vision benefits -Random free swag sent to you in the mail -Access to all of Apple's corporate discount programs -Get to work from home, no commute","-You're required to work 3 4-hour shifts during the week, and one 8 hour shift during the weekend. You get to pick when you want to work the weekday shifts (2 of them have to start at 3PM or later PST, the 3rd can be anytime that they're open for calls), but the weekend shift is assigned. -They are crazy about your call metrics, you have a meeting with your manager every other week to talk about your performance and they record all of your calls and one of them usually gets played back during your meetings and the two of you have to talk about it. -Pay is better than some jobs, but overall you never feel like you're getting paid enough for what you have to put up with. -Rude customers",Make work hours more flexible,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40681,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Not so great.,"You'll make some great friends, and have benefits.","Management will essentially, grind you until you want to quit. The benefits don't really outweigh the cons. You'll be asked to do things outside of your pay limit due to under staffing. Getting promoted is pretty much impossible if you don't play the political game at work.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40682,apple,none," Jul 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple tech support,"Working for Apple was great. Competitive pay, great benefits, the company was awesome to work for.",Customers can be tough to handle and I think that's why Apple pays so well.,Management was good. Everyone was always very busy with their own work so at times it could be hard to be with one manager for a long period of time.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40683,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Engineer,Average working exprience,Good pay and insurance Job has good security Company offers awesome dining experience Highly intelligent coworkers,Vacations are rarely approved by management Long hours Always stressful Entire team looks depressed all the time I personally don't like the company's culture,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40684,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Your Apple Hiatus goes away quickly,Great Networking opportunities They are very big on volunteeringand creating opportunities to work within the community Good investment options and 401K plans Coworkers were fun to be around most of the time.,"So sales driven they forget about employee needs at times. & Even if you have great numbers and customer feedback, management has no problems over looking your for positions they are very aware that you have been striving for if it someone they have a more personal connection with. They often showed constant recognition to the same employees in the store despite the hard work of others, which can be a let down if you're that type of individual on the job. Your hours can decrease drastically at any time without being notified.",Hire and promote within the company before lookin for outsiders to fill positions. A lot of your employees are very familiar and capable of working a majority of positions that need to be filled. It creates the idea that there is no trust between higher management and employees,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40685,apple,none," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,Good experience,"Benefits are greatly appreciated, interviews went well and they were accommodating from the fact I was moving","Stressful, work life balance needs to be worked on, based on business needs.",Communication is key,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40686,apple,none," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,6+ years,great benefits! take advantage of the stock plan and the roth 401k. you learn tons of people skills that are really important and portable to other jobs.,Its a retail job so expect to work nights and weekends and expect to have a schedule that isn't fixed.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40687,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - In-Store Guest Trainer,Great place to work,Business experience and high standards but great balance,not sure at the moment,keep encouraging people to have career ambition and have goals,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40688,apple,none," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare At-Home Advisor,Great experience,Work from Home Decent Pay Benefits for a part time college kid Get to work with awesome Apple products Room for advancement though competitive,High expectations when it comes to metrics You change teams and managers frequently Lose out on 'office feeling' since you interact with your peers remotely Mandatory to work over weekend,It would be nice if you let us know what's going on in the pipeline. Sometimes we find out along with everyone else.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40689,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Why Apple is a great company to work for.,"It's has a great culture, family atmosphere and awesome benefits. Fun work environment and lots of exciting new products to play with!","Even though Apple pays better than most retail, most employees still feel we are underpaid for the excellent customer service and great lengths we go to, to fix people's devices among other things.","Just remember that numbers and metrics aren't why Apple is successful, it's because of the culture that Steve Jobs helped create",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P407.htm
40690,apple,none," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius - 3rd Street Promenade,"Lots of benefits relative to other Tier 1 / Tier 2 customer technical support. Wageworks benefit @$100 a month Healthcare with low premiums and co-pays with good HMO choices A bevy of discounts for items you probably can't afford on your hourly, Opportunities to learn other jobs at Apple Corporate or within Retail through the Career Experience programs.  Strong sense of culture and team. This was the biggest win for me. Very few layoff periods.  I'm still friends with mostly everyone I used to work with.","Managers often pick favorites within the retail stores which breeds an environment of perceived nepotism. Some are held to the letter with Apple policy for advancement because they aren't personal friends of management. The time and attendance policy has bordered on illegal or at the very least completely tone death and inconsiderate in many states and stores over the course of Apple Retail since the opening of Tyson's Corner and Glendale.  The schedule for Specialist, Genius, Manager, Assistant Manager, Family Room Specialist (or whatever it's called now) is completely erratic in most locations unless you're tenured at a location meaning, your schedule is different every single day. People aren't allowed to plan their lives around work because nobody has a consistent schedule. I know Apple thrives on periods of heightened sales and being flexible to respond to demand and customer behavior (e.g. launches) but the employees in retail certainly don't feel the success of working with such increased effort. Certainly doesn't feel like it trickles down as much as it should, but hey, this is Apple retail. Lower your expectations.  Unhealthy snacks provided and catering provided during launches - really tone death. Store Leaders often augment the pot of free stuff during launches with a trip to Costco.  You work a lot harder in certain times of the year and you're not compensated for that. Sometimes Apple really fudges a product up and customers will take out their frustrations on you in the Retail store. Overtime laws in some states make overtime discouraged and not worth your time because of the increased taxes.  These really aren't complaints, but just a reality of how retailers are expected to operate and how Apple fares with their own spin.  Customers will deride you for the lack of product availability during launches, lack of visibility to stock levels, and for the constant lack of appointments / difficult nature in making an appointment for service at the Genius Bar (which is always under improvement, but never quite good enough from the perspective of a customer).  You will use internal Apple systems that seem to always be in beta, especially at the Genius Bar.  Internal devices will often be generations behind due to a budget / depreciation cycle.  Few women on the Genius and technical support teams, but that was changing slowly as I was an employee.","Remain neutral to avoid perceptions of nepotism, it will take you far. That should be on the top of the list for a Store Leader, to remain impartial in all circumstances, especially with employee reviews and promotions. If you want to be perceived as fair, don't let anything pass. Strict kindness tempered with understanding (aka talk to your employees for a change, organically, rather than schedule time) seemed to work better than being ""nice,"" lax, and out of reach.  Consider more leniency with time and attendance depending on the city and everyone's transit concerns. Employees relying on the bus often miss their departing bus because they can't end on time, so that really hurts the work life balance.  Don't bribe people with food, it comes off as cheap and inconsiderate.  Do not date employees. Period. (can't believe I'm saying this, but it was a problem on more than one occasion in more than one store). Don't hire employees spouses / domestic partners. Hold your employees to high standards and hold yourself to high standards as a given.  Once you lose the culture of high performance after a store launch, you will never get it back with people that originally started that store, in my experience.  Don't tolerate defacement of the store on the part of customers and especially employees. Each chip on the tables is a chip at the image of the brand.  Do: celebrate your true successes and develop your team. Actively make sure people are applying for opportunities to learn and reach out on behalf of your good team members and that will pay off in ways you can't possibly imagine in team morale.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40691,apple,"Tukwila, WA"," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Good benefits, can be stressful job","The pay and benefits are great, particularly for full-time employees. Paid time off, medical, dental, vision, substantial employee discounts, employee stock purchase program.","There has been high manager turnover, and the company has become more numbers and results focused lately.","Focus on supporting employees. The people hired at Apple genuinely want to help customers and provide a great experience, they don't need to be micro-managed but do need you to be there for them on the floor.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40692,apple,none," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company To Work For,"Decent pay, lack environment. Get to work from home.",Tough to get promotions and move up. Back to back phone calls.,Offer better upward mobility and recognize great employees for longevity.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40693,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer - Applications,fabulous,tremendous fabulous awsome spectacular what ever you want to get you will get it there,"no cons as of now, some times work will be hectic but you will enjoy it with a cooperative team work.",discounts on apple products for employees should be more,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40694,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Good Job, Not for Me","- Incredible ongoing training - Opportunities to work in other Apple stores for on a ""passport experience"" - Amazing coworkers - Discounts or deals on products - On-the-job conflict resolution training - Very streamlined system","- At the end of the day, you are a retail employee with the responsibility of a technician. That combination works great for some people, but I found it unfulfilling. - In my experience, management went largely unchecked and corporate policies were used as ammunition rather than compliance guidelines. - Employees get yelled at a lot by customers, regardless of who (s)he is or what (s)he says. Ask any former or current employee: the stakes are high for Apple customers and being yelled at regularly simply comes with the territory. In defense of this, however, Apple has great training for conflict resolution.",Trim the fat when necessary: not everyone does well in a management position.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40695,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Store Manager,Management,"very good benefits, supportive leaders",stressful on work / life balance. Very little growth opportunities in management unless you jump to Inc which does not know what you do in retail division,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40696,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great place to work for the benefits and discounts.,Management is fake Customers are stuck up as hell Coworkers trying to move up are wolves in sheeps clothing,Quit playing favorites. Everyone see through it.,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40697,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Visual Specialist,"Apple is a great company to work for, great benefits, good add on to a resume.","The company is going downhill for the past 2 years. There is no new innovation and it seems all redundant. The managers stop caring for the employees and are only there to collect a paycheck. Also, depending on what market you work in, you never really see your store leader to voice your concerns. I want my old Apple back.",Remember to think about the team before you think about the numbers.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40698,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Retail is not fun anymore,The company pays well and gives some benefits even to part-time retail workers. They are also somewhat flexible for students with schedule requirements.,Advancement/role changes are completely dependent on arbitrary and qualitative reviews. Bullying is rewarded and employees are cliquey.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40699,apple,"Naples, FL"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,People that work at Apple are amazing. Great Benefits for all types of employees. Fast paced environment year round no matter what location you are in.,Hard to move up in the company since there are so many great people that you are going up against. Not many stores so it's hard to find open positions.,More recognition,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P408.htm
40700,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great company with great challenges,"You are consistently given new challenges, even at the retail level, and have the ability to change someone's life and perspective through technology. It is a rewarding job with good salary, phenomenal benefits and a great work/life balance.","Each retail location is unique making it difficult to say that my experiences can definitely be echoed by others. I have worked in other retail locations where the employees seem to have different experiences than I have. A lot of the results of the store come down to how involved the management team is and how they work as a team. If you have a non-cohesive leadership team, your job will not be as fun.","All of the great managers I have had over the years practice a true culture of feedback and have always been honest with me, whether positive or negative.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40701,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 5, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,The worst possible job of all time.,Great discounts. Benefits. They try to implement a career path strategy to grow within the company. Atleast at first they will.,"Hiring managers from outside. Treat you like scum. Very much a retail experience not much different working at a clothing store. Except there, they don't have a superiority complex.","Treat employees like people. Learn from the emerging start-ups: if you treat your employees with respect, they will maybe, just maybe, like working there again.",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40702,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist Apple Store,Great products Well-structured Open environment  It's great working for Apple. The culture is well-defined and they take pride in diverse backgrounds and personalities.,"Poor leadership Inequitable pay Low autonomy  The worst part by far is the inflexible scheduling, infrequent breaks, and strict enforcement of rules and corporate agendas. There is very little freedom and autonomy at the retail store. What you would expect in some ways, but reveals the artifice of apple in others.","Empower employees with scheduling autonomy. Reward the right types of behavior, not just the bottom-line agenda. Give retail employees a clear path to corporate.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40703,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great team, limited opportunities","Benefits, smart and creative coworkers. Good pay.","Limited growth, part timers can get stuck with no opportunities.",Avoid favoritism.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40704,apple,"Providence, RI"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Very busy stores that require many skills,"Great employee benefits, incredibly talented and creative employees, Leadership that truly cares about its people.",It's retail and there are many unreasonable customers with ridiculous expectations. Apple works too hard to make those type of people happy.,Continue to remodel stores so you can create an environment for employees and customers that creates promoters of the experience.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40705,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Web Developer-Designer,my apple review,"Great company to work for, diverse. You can be who you are. Energetic, honest, open. I developed real friendships that I still have when I worked there. I never minded going into work because everyone was so supportive. Everyone is unique and that is celebrated. Plus the benefits are flipping fantastic.",I worked in a retail store so the hours kind of suck. I also don't like that you're scheduled a 9 hour day because you're required to take an hour unpaid lunch. So that's a bummer.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40706,apple,none," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Academic Researcher,Independent Researcher,World famous innovation project camp.,High job competition and low application accepting rate,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40707,apple,"Farmington Hills, MI"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - NONE,N/A,More time for school work after school activities etc,No income coming in to support myself,None,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40708,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,At how senior advisor,Great company. Hands down one of the best period! Leave and Attendence policy are very generous. The apple atmosphere is unlike any other.,"Tech support is a bit tricky. It can be a stressful job. If you enjoy troubleshooting and problem solving on an advanced level, than this may be the job for you.",None.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40709,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Java Developer,Good,very good company good manager good salary good work culture good management,very good company and good to learn and everybody should work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P409.htm
40710,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Java Developer,Good,very good company good manager good salary good work culture good management,very good company and good to learn and everybody should work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40711,apple,none," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Retail Job,You are trusted to take care of customers and be firm. Awesome training. Great jumping-off point for a career in customer service or the tech industry.,"Often feel used to do management duties without a jump in pay. Many programs to make you feel like you're learning for advancement, but it's actually cheap labor with no upward movement.",Be up front about potential for promotion.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40712,apple,none," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Employee,"Best company I ever worked for. They really are a people company and they take care of the employees. Great health benefits,discounts on products, and overall a fun environment to work in.","It can get crazy busy at times, and can be difficult to take time off even if you have days off.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40713,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Best Place to Work,Super Fabulous place to work,No cons of note to share,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40714,apple,none," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Money, Okay Culture",Great benefits and pay. Great commute alternatives. Holiday shut-down that doesn't cut into your vacation time.,"Not a fun culture like other big tech giants (Google, Facebook, Linkedin). No free food. Campuses are far from each other so traveling to and from meetings becomes a pain. Very hierarchical. Hard to move up or even change roles",Stop laying off people,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40715,apple,"Tallahassee, FL"," Jul 1, 2016",Former Employee - Apple AHA,College AHA,One of the greatest companies to work for. Awesome benefits. Lots of perks and discounts. Several opportunities for various career fields. Always an opportunity for advancement.,Rarely had time off from work. Vacation time does not come easy. Job can be very draining.,Management was awesome. Best management I've ever experience.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40716,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,I had a great experience with Apple,No cons for me ha,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40717,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Gr8 work place,1. Best place to work 2. Gr8 upstream lead and supportive 3. Exceptional benefits with performance 4. Awesome team work,Not specified at this point,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40718,apple,none," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"If you can get hired here, take it and run with it. It's an incredible place to work. You'll love it.","Management can be over bearing, advancement is difficult but worth the work. Take advantage of PD time.",Make sure you're on the same page as the rest of your retail leadership team. Conflicting answers and reports are super commo,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40719,apple,"Kansas City, MO"," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great until they start throwing policy,"-Best benefits you are ever going to find -Consistant work schedule -Structured and easy ways to get time off -Ample support and training for position -(At my time of employment) RSU stock options -Excellent discounts across the board on a variety of different products, not just Apple tech","-If you aren't prepared to take back-to-back calls for 8 hours a day this job isn't for you. -Policy is enforced when policy is convenient for the manager (only had one manager, so this may differ) -Call volume is way too high. At the time of this review, Apple closed a good number of third-party call centers which in turn raised our call volume tremendously -They'll tell you that you have to work in that position for a year, but thats just because the managers are trying to protect their retention rate. Don't believe it.","-Don't customer out third-parties to save a little money. The call volume effects the employees just as much as the customers. -Policy is policy, but if the rules are bent in one situation and not the other, that leads to inconsistency -To follow along with that, treat your employees as people and not numbers. Using your best judgment will always pan out better than just hiding behind policy.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P410.htm
40720,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 22, 2016","Former Employee - Manager, New Product Introduction Readiness","Great supply chain experience, but stressful with limited career growth","You learn so much about supply chain operations - Apple is the king when it comes to supply chain. If you want to learn about capacity planning, forecasting, logistics, retail store and online planning, and new product launches, Apple is the place to be.","High amount of churn, especially in Operations due to the stressful nature of the job. Really long hours (60-70/week), with limited career growth opportunities (few managers and very hard to get promoted and manage a team). Groups also operate in silos and there is very little transparency, due to the secretive culture at the company.","Take better care of your employees from a comp and work-life balance standpoint, and you won't lose all of your employees to the likes of Google, Facebook, and the other attractive startups in the Bay Area!",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40721,apple,none," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Great benefits, hours for PT and FT, different positions with opportunities to do career experiences, tons of learning opportunities, large community of employees, both within a store and beyond, 2 days off every week, etc.",No consistency on certain policies & issues is probably the biggest thing since its usually the reason that there are problems in the first place.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40722,apple,none," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,Great environment. Great coworkers. Great benefits. A fun atmosphere. Customers are great and really love the product. Enjoyable place to have to be.,Little room for growth within the company. Management is slow moving to implement promotions despite their enthusiasm and encouragement.,Full-time employees need more support to move up within the company. There seems to be movement but only at a snails pace.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40723,apple,none," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operation manager,"401k matching is awesome, great benefits",too often business trips to Asia,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40724,apple,none," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior advisor,"Work from home with a rotating schedule every 3 months. Great benefits package, competitive salary. PTO / Vacation accrual is pretty fast as well.",Working from home. It's great at first but the line gets blurred between work and play. Constant reorganization of company leads to more and more responsibilities leading to overworked employees.,None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40725,apple,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,"A great, if stressful, place to work","An inclusive, casual work environment with a large amount of diversity and several branching career paths. Great incentives like discounts and company gifts that are employee-exclusive.","High stress, high traffic work environment where every moment of the day is planned out and there is very little room for downtime or personal development.",Allow for more wiggle room in how the day is scheduled so that personal development is possible and schedule so that the inevitable sick employee does not bring the entire system crashing down.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40726,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 22, 2016","Current Employee - Finance Manager, Retail Real Estate","Finance Manager, Retail Real Estate",Best work of my life,Fast pace isn't for everyone,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40727,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Apple,Great work environment. Excellent benefits. Perfect place for self development,Not much opportunity to advance in certain areas of the business,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40728,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Amazing Work,"great life work balance, and benefits are amazing, managers really care about you",pay could have been better,doing great!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40729,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great company to work for.,"Very supportive, focus on skills that are needed in a professional environment (not just for Apple) through the Lominger competencies, applying feedback to all situations which allows for better communication, amazing benefits, and opportunities for development.","Many of the values could be more consistent between stores, stronger sense of vision per store and more opportunities for advancement. The cons are not bad because they do help you develop within the opportunities that are presented to you in your role.","Consistency, accountability, ownership, and recognition.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P411.htm
40730,apple,none," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people but still retail hours,The diversity at apple is incredible. The people are of the smartest I have ever met.,Was moved to a location upon promotion that was not conducive for positive work/life balance.,Take into consideration employee personal lives,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40731,apple,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DevOps Engineer,Flexible work hours and convenient location,"Micro-management, conventional tools and boring staff",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40732,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,There are a lot of cool perks working at Apple.,"Scheduling Issues, Micromanaging, & Always a problem requesting time off",Let the employees flourish stop hassling them,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40733,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 9, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,Not the best place for an Account Executive to work,"The cafe is awesome, the offices are lovely all though a bear of a commute from south Austin. Co-workers and mid-level managers were all top notch, fun and Apple evangelists.","The corporate sales team does not appear to rate highly with senior management, I think Apple decided to off load all sales function to retail. Thing is I can't see asking the President of a large university to go shopping at a retail outlet for his multi-million dollar purchase.","Sad that you lost your love for education. Steve knew it was vital, but it seemed to not feel important because it wasn't a big enough revenue driver. That's short term, not long term thinking.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40734,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales Executive,You have a tremendous amount of autonomy to achieve your work goals,"If you are not working on the mothership, it is hard to network with other employees across the different divisions.",Encourage traveling to Cupertino,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40735,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Senior Advisor,Working at Apple,"-Great benefits, you are well taken care of with health, dental, and life insurance. -Employee Stock Program -Culture -Sense of purpose","-Calls are high stress and as a senior advisor you have to keep ownership of the case and maintain contact with customer until issue is resolved, even if that takes several weeks or months -Lack of training for new employees adds a lot of work kid to tenured employees",-Hire more people,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40736,apple,none," Jun 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great environment to be in. The management team is one of a kind. I love the company and will recommend it to anyone.,Nothing at all. Everything is the way it should be. I couldn't imagine how anyone would say otherwise.,Pleased keep doing what you are doing it is the reason in which i love the company so much is because of the leadership that is in order,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40737,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Chat Tech Support,It's started out good......,Benefits are great! It's nice and convenient to work from home. The people are nice and training was thorough. On boarding was great and there is definitely room for advancement.,"After 6 months of being on the job, leadership had a wonderful idea to raise our chat concurrency to 3 at a time. It's impossible to efficiently provide exceptional service while chatting with three differ by customer, about three different issues at the same time.",Listen to your employees. I'm sure you see the number of resignations and leave of absences increased when chats increased to 3 at a time. It's no coincidence and a direct reaction to the poor decisions being made. The mental stress and anxiety is not worth the job.,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40738,apple,none," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail is truly just retail,Great Team and Great Perks!,Very stressful and demanding. No matter how well you perform you are always expected to do better. For a major technology company the methods of communication are very disheartening.,Understand that Apple Retail is not a true retail environment and the employees should be treated the same as the corporate employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40739,apple,none," Jul 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"Great health benefits, especially dental.",Angry customers Constantly having to change departments,"Spend more time focusing on the employees, rather than how to fix every customer who is rude.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P412.htm
40740,apple,none," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,Great people and environment. Much like a family environment.,Structure and change in people happens a lot. Dealing with ambiguity.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40741,apple,"Fullerton, CA"," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great start, limited ways to influence earnings","Great company, pays well, highly qualified coworkers, exciting products","Everyone you know will want something from you Repetitive work, stressful products launches, intense holiday schedules","You hire great people, and they love working there. Most stay because you pay well and its a fun place to work. Lose high quality talent due to lack of attainable incentives. Positive feedback only goes so far.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40742,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Teir II Technical Support,Great Place to work,There's a lot of fun culture at Apple and great benefits. The people there are friendly and management really wants to see you succeed.,"To be honest, there weren't really many downsides. I'm a huge fan of the company and the level of support that they are allowed to provide to their customers.",If there was one thing I could say to managment,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40743,apple,none," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome At-Home Job For Those With iOS & Mac Experience,Great benefits. Great promotion opportunities.,Training is not conducive to those who have no exposure to iOS or OS . Schedule can be gruelling and not family friendly.,"Management is superb, but it is time to revamp training.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40744,apple,none," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,Apple is one of the best companies to work for. Period.,AppleCare at home advisor did not pay enough at 11.00/hr.,Nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40745,apple,none," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Co-workers were awesome. Benefits were good and cheap. I really enjoyed my time with the company. Would recommend it to friends and family.,"Due to how many people we waited on, pay was really over than what we deserved. Too many less discounts. Weekends was terrible.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40746,apple,none," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,Benefits are amazing. Genius training is amazing. Pay is great for a retail store.,Retail hours. Stressful environment at times at the Genius Bar.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40747,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Trainer,"wonderful company, long hours",the people are simply amazing. I have never worked with a better group of people.,the hours and managers are sometimes the worst part. what they expect in the amount of time provided is sometimes seemingly impossible,stick to what got apple to where it is. remember the creedo. bring back the creedo in fact.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40748,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,The company values diversity and creativity.,I don't have any cons to share about the company.,I don't have any advice at this time.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40749,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Retail Specialist,"Overall great company to work for, the people, the staff, and the products are awesome.","Incredibly hard to advance within the company, especially if you want to work at corporate.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P413.htm
40750,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Tier 1 Support Advisor,"Work from home, good pay and benefits, and excellent training","Strict metrics, goes are always changing, and hard to promote",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40751,apple,none," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Genius,worked with an awesome team!,"not the best management at my store, but it became much better within a year after my departure!",always listen to your employees :),4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40752,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,FRS,Quick paced fun evolving great company,"long hours, even part time nearly 40 hours a week, which is horrible for some in school",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40753,apple,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to Work,The hourly rate is second to none in retail The benefits are the best I've ever seen The company culture is wonderful. People there are hired based on their communication skills and understanding of people.,Can be a lot of hours for part time work,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40754,apple,none," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,The real Apple,"OK benefits, people you work with are pretty cool.","Has no concern for your personal life, I've been there over 5 years working both full time and part time. The first year I worked there no one left now theres 2-3 people leave a month ... and the reason is no concern for your personal life.... Apple owns you Apple retail has lost its ""Apple Culture"" Steve Jobs would turn over in his grave. Apple has become a Specialized Best Buy.. ... Its so so disappointing. No loyalty .. If you don'tgive your life to Apple your gone.. they will just replace you",Tim Cook .. you got to be kidding me Stop micro managing,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40755,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great place to learn and work hard, but not to make money.","You will learn so much working at Apple, I don't know where to start. It is sort of like going to a top university in customer service / sales if you're paying attention. Also, you get a lot of perks and discounts. I pretty much bought a maxed out iMac for only $900 ... almost 2/3 off? Free unlimited iCloud, Apple Applications.. etc. Lastly, they are very flexible about people taking time off.","You have to drink the JUICE! You will be brainwashed. If you can't drink the Apple juice, this isn't the place for you.  Apple doesn't pay well in far as actually salaries considering how much value their apple store workers bring to the table. They are first in line to market and create customer experiences about every new product Apple releases. It's not easy to work here, you need to know about MANY aspects of technology and about every phone carrier. You have to know everything about every phone carrier where as someone at AT&T only has to know about AT&T.  For example, I did near $500k in sales my first and didn't see a dime of that in commission. Just worked for the same low hourly wage.  Last, the work schedules suck because they are never consistent.",Make sure the Management has a commitment to the Apple steps of service. If they don't the rest crumbles beneath them because their are the foundational leadership.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40756,apple,none," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Apple discounts for merchandise and awesome culture.,There are no cons that stand out.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40757,apple,"Morgan Hill, CA"," Jul 2, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple retail,"Good people, good bennifits,","Women paid substantially less than men with less experience. Guy on my team still in school maDE $5 an hour more, even though I was his supervisor",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40758,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,strong culture and values that drive results,hard to grow internally/find opportunities to grow into other roles,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40759,apple,none," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail job,"You are part of an incredible team, in an environment that encourages growth and feedback.",Can be a bit of a rat race to get a promotion. Favoritism via schmoozing exists.,"If you don't know who to choose for a promotion, ask someone from the department who knows. Don't just wing it on whoever ""has been with the company longest"".",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P414.htm
40760,apple,"Palm Springs, CA"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AHA T1,Home life balance Opportunity for advancement Always know where your stand Great training,I can not think of anything. This is a dream come true job.,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40761,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,"Smart, Dedicated People","Extremely hard working group, people always looking to create the best quality products","Management drives all decisions, very little individual automomy",Encourage feedback,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40762,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Global Security Events Manager,feedback,"excellent benefits, amazing to be a part of for the last 5 + years","very difficult to have a work life balance with the demands of the travel. it increased over the years. Burn out rate is high, the politics get in the way of productivity. Very male dominant with a definite glass ceiling for women.","being a part of a team that works well together is amazing, I've lived it. It doesn't come often but when it does you can do great things.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40763,apple,none," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"You learn a ton, and coworkers are great. Apple is a great company to work for","Fast paced, and sometimes you can experience communication breakdowns with coworkers",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40764,apple,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporation is corporate. Surprise?,Apple is the gold standard of retail first and foremost. They offer great benefits and discounts towards their products.,"Over the years, I have found the company to become less and less creative than when I first started. Depending on your store, the customers can be extremely trying with their ignorance of basic technology functions like adjusting volume, and the Apple culture can be a bit much at times.",Listen to your team and take action on issues brought forward. A team will work harder if they feel they are being listened to.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40765,apple,"Waikïkï, HI"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Good pay, not great support","The pay, considering that this is a retail job, is definitely higher than most/practically all other retail jobs. The benefits are good, and the teams are friendly and exciting. Obviously there's job security since Apple isn't going anywhere for a while.","Politics for promotions, etc. is expected, but for a retail job, this is a little ridiculous. People literally get promoted for sleeping with managers. If you think that Apple owners can be snobby, try Apple employees. There's a huge disconnect between corporate and store. The company does not care about employees, they are ID numbers. There is very little opportunity for promotion, unless you're willing to play dirty politics, and there is absolutely no opportunity for promotion to corporate, although they constantly talk about how there is. This is not the same company of stores that Steve Jobs and Ron Johnson made, now it's all about the money, never about the customer.","Stop treating employees like a resource, and promote those who deserve, not those who you slept with.",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40766,apple,none," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great company to work for,Some times the customers can be rude,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40767,apple,none," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Area Manager,Amazing Company,"- Work along side incredibly bright people - Campus cafes are amazing - Really great benefits - Prestige of working for Apple. I mean, come on. It's Apple.","- Ambiguity, ambiguity everywhere. It's part of the job. get used to it. - Internal competition for new job openings and/or promotions. You think you are real smart and successful? Well, guess what, so are all the other candidates that applied internally. - Work / Life balance can be a struggle. Sometimes, there's just lots of work. It comes in waves throughout the year.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40768,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Great Benefits, Low Pay, Frustrating Work Life Balance","Unique, smart and interesting coworkers, amazing benefits.","Low pay, long hours, not the greatest work life balance, rude and frustrating customers, sometimes micromanaging managers.","Pay more, make scheduling preferences better.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40769,apple,none," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,Working for Apple was a great experience. I worked hard and learned a lot. The company also offers great benefits to part time employees.,Customer service at its finest. A lot of rude customers and retail hours.,Create a fixed schedule for part time employees and don't lead them on with growth opportunities.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P415.htm
40770,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 19, 2016",Current Employee - At Home Customer Service Advisor,At Home Advisor,Great benefits! Management is really great,Seems difficult to move up fast in the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40771,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Senior ITunes Advisor,Use to be great,Great benefits packages above average pay scale,Promotion opportunists are difficult to get Forced into rotations for positions not desired Staff stretched thin causing undo stress on employees outsourced employees not properly trained schedules available to employees are not family friendly,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40772,apple,none," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AppleCare Tech,-discounts are awesome -coworkers awesome -The pay is decent,-managerial staff very demanding and they do it all for bonuses. -very nit picky on stats when on the phone even if you perform well and give amazing customer service.,-relax a bit and stop worrying about metrics so much when some techs like to be very thorough with their customers and teach them.,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40773,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"AppleCare Understaffed, Overworked, Unacknowledged","Most Management is approachable and wiling to work with you. Amenities: bathrooms, gym, showers, cafe's, coffee are top notch. Generous sick leave and tardy policy.","Unclear Expectations: No clear path to promotions.  Limited Employee development: Little clear, specific coaching on areas that need improvement.  Out of Touch Upper Management: -Having the tools to accurately predict and staff for nights and weekends, but consistently not having enough people to address the increased volume of a Service Business that everyone knows has an influx of customers at night and on weekends. -Not using those tools to accurately predict need on holidays. For at least 4 years, we spent most of your time not taking calls on Christmas when other places of business would realize that the volume trend is low enough to let employees stay at home with their families. -Making decisions to not hire staff to cover the increased workload of major product changes that would foreseeably increase call volume. -Constantly Asking for Overtime on Nights and Weekends to make up the differences described above due to a lack of a desire to hire needed staff.  -Low Managerial Autonomy.  Unavailable Administrative and Managerial Assistance: Administrative aspects (Managers, payroll, HR, Scheduling, etc.) of a Service Business with the heaviest workloads increasing at nights and on weekends are administered on a M - F 8 - 5 Schedule.",Correct the Cons above.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40774,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Best retail job you'll ever have.,Extensive benefits and great pay. Don't forget to negotiate your salary! You'll get almost the best training than any Apple Retail employee will ever have.,You never stop. Constantly being asked to adhere to job duties. (Not really a con but worthy to mention),Motivate others.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40775,apple,none," Jul 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Suite America Destination Services,Apple is Apple. Great employees.,"Apple does business with SuiteAmerica, which is their Destination Services partner. The owner Jim Masten is a misogynistic bully. I am surprised Apple does business with this company.",Split from SuiteAmerica.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40776,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great to be inside the most profitable company in history!,As a contractor their security rules were prohibitive to the point of being unable to review the bugs on the project I was assigned to.,Review your security rules. They are getting in the way of your development teams doing their jobs affectively.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40777,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple Care advisor,- Freedom to work from home - Great Benefits - Awesome company to work for,- Not flexible when you want to take the weekend off,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40778,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greta company,Very helpful trainers and management,"None not applicable, None to report",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40779,apple,none," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,Great company to work gor,None that come to mind,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P416.htm
40780,apple,none," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Expert, Apple Retail","Bring your energy and a smile, it is truly enriching","focus on your job and the customer experience - it can create an environment of perceived behaviors, verbal or nonverbal-",continue improving with communication on all levels.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40781,apple,"Nanuet, NY"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Creative Trainer,I've matured and developed many skills with this company.,There is a strong commitment to personal development and career experiences to help you focus on particular competencies. There is also a substantial health plan and many incentives for full timers.,"At its core, this is still retail and the hours can be brutal when you have a young family or other obligations outside the store. Also, there is very little chance of moving from retail to corporate if you're looking for new challenges.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40782,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Validation Engineer,Great place to work,"Interesting and mind-challenging work. Company shuttle to work, free dinner, free passport-unlimited membership, employee discounts.","Far from where I live. Most coworkers are awesome to work with, but a select few are full of themselves.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40783,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Fulfilling and Exhausting,"great benefits, dependable company, competitive pay","highly demanding, fast paced retail. No one is busier than an Apple Retail store",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40784,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Edu Sales,Be more numble,"The Education team is very passionate about teaching and learning. Many of the employees came from the classroom. Awesome hardware and software, great local resources from Apple to schools which are free. Great company for benefits and pay is good.",For Edu: Relied too much on the hardware and have not moved to the cloud which is a huge mistake. Google recognized this years ago and has slowly been spreading their solution which has promoted low cost hardware that allows teachers and students to do some basic transformation in the classroom. Apple is perceived as expensive.,"Ask the clients what they need, sooner and more often. Recognize what the competition is doing and don't always think you can replicate and do better. Need more lower cost solutions for schools",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40785,apple,none," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Challenging problems to solve. Surrounded by smart people.,"Long hours at times, mostly cyclical though.",Please continue to be bold. This is still just a huge startup!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40786,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,Amazing environment. Strong incredibly motivated teams who all want to help their peers grow with them. Fantastic benefits and company values.,"As you would expect, dealing with difficult customers from time to time. A lot of strong talent in one place. May be a little more challenging to move up quickly.",A strong leadership team communicates well with their peers at all times.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40787,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,iOS Mentor,Work From Home Opportunity for Advancement,Hard to move from customer service side to business side.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40788,apple,"Ridgeland, MS"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Part Time Work,Great place to work part time. Lots of benefits with the free software and discounts. You also get a 10 minute grace period for being late and mandatory breaks.,Way too many interviews for a $10 an hour job. I went through 5 interviews starting with a big group all the way down to a district manager-type one on one. That whole process took almost 2 weeks.,Management was really great at this location. No complaints.,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40789,apple,none," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,Lots of training. Support from team. Open communication.,Pay could be better for work done.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P417.htm
40790,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,Great brand!,- Great Brand and lot of learning opportunities - Unique start up culture with high standards and high expectations - great stress on innovation,- Quantity of work is very high (relatively) and on an average (my guess in two years experience ) people work 60 hrs a week. - No standard policy for bonus and stock options in annual appraisals and very subjective to manager perception.,- More training in tools and technologies to new employees as it can be very hard to adapt in this unique culture.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40791,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Individual Contributor,Engineer,Smart people around to work with,a lot of secrecy and not enough exposure,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40792,apple,"Hanover, NH"," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Campus Representative,Campus Representative,Great way to get work experience while in college.,The program is very particular about the campus representative protocols.,Tailor the program for each university's specific needs.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40793,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company!,"Great, GREAT people to work with. Very active, challenging, and fulfilling work environment. Constant development and self-growth opportunities.",Working partial and/or full weekends.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40794,apple,"Glendora, NJ"," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Manager,It really is all about people. Both internally and externally. Your success is defined by the strength of the relationships that you make.,"Because it is all about the people, it can become a difficult workplace when you do not connect with your supervisor. It is often hard to work around this, as your relationships are more important than the work that you do.",Keep in mind that someone's opinion is just that. Seek out multiple opinions before making decisions.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40795,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Best work place for college students,Working at an Apple Retail Store has taught me a lot about the technology world that we live in and the importance in the relations formed between the customer and their product and the people at the Genius Bar that are there to help. The people that I've met working here are also the best kind of people that you still keep in touch with after leaving your job. The management team was also very flexible in scheduling as a majority of my colleagues were all full time students working a part time job.,"Sometimes it was hard to cover call outs like most retail jobs especially working as a technician at the Genius Bar. Each technician is assigned a number of customers they see each day so if someone calls out, the assigned customers will need to be picked up by the rest of the team.","Sometimes when we are trying to go by policy, it is hard when you ask for management to assist but the manager ends up following along with the customer instead of backing you up. This may be due to different management styles although it would help if the managers would help the employees too sometimes in tough situations.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40796,apple,none," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest Retail job,Straightforward work environment Great pay Great benefits Fun products to work with Company looks great on a resume Discounts on products,"Not much room for development if you are a part time employee. Very fast paced work environment, which is not ideal for some people.",Create more excitement around opportunities for development for employees. Especially part time employees who may be in school.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40797,apple,"Dedham, MA"," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Good benefits. Great part-time opportunity. Unless you're looking for a career in retail I'd avoid full time work here.,"Politics. Promotions/advancement often times seems to go to people who speak to things, not those that do them. It's retail, so the hours aren't great.","Pay attention, be consistent",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40798,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Tour Guide,Disorganized but Fun,You meet new people constantly and the job is low-stress. Perfect for college students.,The full-time staff are disorganized and their priorities are extremely skewed. Getting more visitors to a museum only works if the museum is properly staffed and capable.,"Focus on visitor services, not marketing!",3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40799,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist - Technology/Technical Specialist,"Competitive pay, flexible schedules, educational work environment, strong core values, employee engagement, work-life balance",No negative aspects come to mind,"Management is very informational, educational, and are very transparent",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P418.htm
40800,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist - Technology/Technical Specialist,"Competitive pay, flexible schedules, educational work environment, strong core values, employee engagement, work-life balance",No negative aspects come to mind,"Management is very informational, educational, and are very transparent",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40801,apple,none," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,fast paced and challenging environment,high visibility and often demanding,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40802,apple,none," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple teview,Very family oriented environment. Room for growth and major potential. Networking and great communication. Great benefits. Health care and dental care. Discounts.,"No flexibility, long hours, retail, micro managing, customers, technical support, holiday season, holiday hours, holiday rush, weekend work, lack of positions.","Time to put more focus on employee and back them as opposed to siding with customer at all times. Customers can be cruel and rude and it's not fair to go against what employee has said, it makes employees look foolishness.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40803,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Jun 10, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great College Job,"They offer flexible hours, lots of training, and the managers where awesome. They offered a great experience for working in such a large company.","The company will always come first and if they need you to meet demand, then they will not let you take time off that you need. Other than that, great place to work!",Offer faster advancement to students! I wanted to pushed more and I felt held back at times when .,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40804,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OPS TE,Flexible working hours and exposure to many aspects of manufacturing. Great experience.,"Flexible working hours can mean to extend pass midnight several nights a week for several months during pre-ramp, ramp.",Lots of money can be saved from all the traveling. Maybe we should give tele-conferencing a try or remote trouble-shooting during pre-ramp.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40805,apple,none," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,"good company organization great company culture, i felt connected with higher level corporate world we would recieve regular videos from Angela on the status of the company stocks & 401k for part timer! fairly paid for retail position",Difficult to attain full-time status no employee discount for iphones (only for macs & ipads...),"more training for handling issues with phone providers (AT&T, verizon) when customers had issues activating new phones",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40806,apple,none," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Really Great place to work!,Not enough room to grow,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40807,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Management cares if you care,Great connection with managers that genuinely care about your growth and comfort in the store. Great benefits and rich interactions with many different people throughout the experience.,"Sometimes you are surrounded by people who don't want to work as hard as others, and because there are so many employees in the store, it could at times be discouraging. Don't give in to complacency and push to be better, OR just enjoy working at the store.","Especially when being faced with new programs, such as the iPhone Upgrade Program when it was a newly released, just harp on the importance of selling it instead of giving specialists the option to believe in something else (suggesting AT&T Next to a customer because the customer feels comfortable with AT&T Next)",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40808,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,All Work and Very Little Play (though plenty of pay),"The pay, the prestige, the resume bump.","Crazy deadlines and unrealistic expectations, over-reliance on contractors, sink-or-swim culture.","Hiring the best and the brightest is great, but so is setting them up for success. The onboarding process was pretty smooth...the learning curve was very steep, and many end up failing miserably.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40809,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius Technician,Apple Genius Technician,fun people to work with,there not the best with people as far as staff,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P419.htm
40810,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Work at the Fruitstand,"Excellent benefits, incredibly talented employees. Unlike most jobs, you actually can share your opinion and have your voice heard and through that, enable change.",The younger people tend to be lazy and complain a lot. Dealing with the general public can be exhausting.,It would be great to have more diversity amongst upper management. Meaning more women and people of color.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40811,apple,none," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"The flexibility is pretty good, the people you work with are pretty competent, and the work is really exciting.","It's still a retail job, so customers can sometimes be really irate, and management sometimes pushes goals a little too hard.","Let employees have a bit more agency -- though we already have a lot, sometimes they push things a little too hard.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40812,apple,none," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great entry level position,"Management is actively involved in personal and professional development of all employees. They assign you a ""Connection Manager"" who reviews your progress regularly and gives you advice on where to improve.",If you do not actively pursue advancement and perform well in your current role no action will be taken to move you higher. This is to be expected but can leave an individual feeling bored.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40813,apple,none," Jun 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Amazing culture created by the company.,No room to move upwards.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40814,apple,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job,"Great benefits, comfortable uniform, great talent, caring leadership, and job security.",Ability to advance in the Retail Store is limited.,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40815,apple,none," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Apple Retail,Great place to work and grow!!,Definitely defines a lot of your life as a leader but it's worth it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40816,apple,none," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Well, it's still retail...technically","-AMAZING benefits!! -Great culture in terms of technology immersion and opportunities to learn. -Did I mention the benefits? -Out of all the retail establishments in the world, this is by far the best to work for.","-Work life balance will be awful and always changing (have fun trying to book vacation) -Time off rarely ever gets approved (not surprising, it's retail) -Oh yea, it's retail -Zero opportunity to bonus or make commission if you're in sales or sell things in the technical realm... -WAY under-compensated...the pay scale is awful in comparison to other companies with similar roles in technical world -Management doesn't care about you or your ideas -No time to train, you have to do it on your own personal time -One more fish in the sea, you are -Good luck moving up...it's if you'd like to Cupertino or manage a sales floor in retail","Better resources. Better pay scale. Start scheduling consistently, please. Did I mention resources and pay?",3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40817,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,It's ok.,"- decent product discounts, stock purchase program - decent benefits, vacation sick - stable job","- retail, so basically no weekends and very unstable hours - hard to grow, managers hired from outside, hard to get any kind of guidance, - low and ambiguous raises",More opportunities to grow within the company.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40818,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Pretty good college job,Great pay for college students. You learn great sales experience.,Management claims to be employee focused but sometimes is not considerate of life events.,Be more considerate to employees.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40819,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, stressful.","Amazing benefits, great onsite cafe, gym, even doctor and dentist offices.","Most have great time management skills or you'll work 60 hour weeks. A lot to get done, not a large amount of time.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P420.htm
40820,apple,none," Jun 11, 2016",Former Employee - Apple AHA,Awesome Job,"Good Pay I received 17.20hr in northeast Ohio at home job, awesome customers easy job","nothing bad just do your job and you will be fine, don't call off or be tardy",there is no advice to give if you can get hired into this company stay with them they are amazing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40821,apple,none," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Awesome Benefits and great co-workers! Lots of added perks!,Every Store is Unique. Very fast paced.,Listen to the people.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40822,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Team Manager,Amazing job,Wonderful time working for this company. Great opportunities.,Working from home is very difficult.,Keep being cool,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40823,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Product design engineer intern,"Good salary, tech shuttles, opportunity to work at a a top company. It varies a lot team to team... On the right team with a supportive team, Apple can be a great place to learn, especially in product design.","Long hours, unhealthy work culture, poor diversity on engineering teams. If you're joining as a junior level engineer, be expected to do a lot of grunt work for a long time. Or to be stuck on a very myopic assignment. Lots of material testing and data processing. Not very much product design unless you can the trust of more senior engineers.","The company is driving away young talent because of its work culture and poor diversity. Most junior engineers work at Apple for 1-2 years and then get poached away to work at consulting firms or startups because of the improved work life balance and/or competitive salaries. More diverse teams are rare to come by and yet the most appealing in the company. This is a result of a handful of awesome senior managers, i.e. Mac PD, Soft Goods PD",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40824,apple,none," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple-y,"Benefits, people, cafeteria, gym, proximity",Cultlike corporate culture. Questionable management,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40825,apple,none," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Program Manager,"Great products, highly motivated individuals who push the limits, great benefits","Lots of slide decks, too many meetings to prep for other meetings, no work/life balance, frequent conference calls in the evenings",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40826,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Material Handler,Material Handler,"I have worked for the company for 20 years and it has been great. Great environment, great benefits and very good perks",The Per hour is competitive,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40827,apple,none," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Rewarding customer experiences with more opportunity on the horizon. Competitive pay scale based on location. Minimal experience required.,"Long hours. Difficulty keeping work life balance, which may be a personal issue. Advancement is difficult depending on local management.","Keep up the good work. Focus on the individuals with potential outside their current role, sometimes people are a better fit elsewhere in the brand, and need someone else to say it.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40828,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 10, 2016",Former Employee - Wireless RF Engineer,Great!,"Very fast paced, with a wide range of projects to best suit you and your talents. Team is extremely smart, there is much to learn from them. Managing team was an amazing mixture of kind, smart and provide good mentorship.","You cannot be shy if you want to do well, much of the success here is based on your initiative and people skills. Being fast-paced is a double-edged sword, there is very little hand-holding","It can be easy to lose track of interns, especially if they are quiet or shy. Culture requires you to be very initiative, but there are very talented folk who do not have that skill. It is important to make these people feel responsible as well.",5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40829,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Highly advanced company with a very competitive work environment. I would highly recommend for anyone to work here. Processes are tailored to productivity, and not cast in stone. All of which makes this is an amazing environment for someone who wants to create, learn, and innovate.","There is ongoing training and reinforcement around this, and when team dynamics are out of kilter, management will rally around the team. Despite everyone having equity in the company and boasting the ""people first"" motto, many middle-management leaders/directors posses and exhibit some serious egos. Rather than being collaborative, they have a tendency to shut down ideas, speak dismissively.","- Provide coaching and/or training courses to new middle managers (Associate Dir./Directors) on leading effectively and professionally - Look for ways to combine or eliminate ""nice to have"" deck requests and presentations. They are a huge time commitment and seem like they happen too often - Invest heavier in Sales/Marketing Opps - the systems simply can't keep up with the pace of our growth",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P421.htm
40830,apple,none," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Paid high as a place,No free lunch is not ideal,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40831,apple,none," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Operations Specialist,It's very different on the inside,"Employee discount, stock purchase program, 401K matching (100% after 5 years), relaxed dress code, onsite services (gym, doctors, dentist)","Work/life balance is not respected, HR is over-involved in everything, difficult to find info that employees need (have to dig through layers of websites), management is very scripted and does not say what they mean, management picks favorites and does not reward those who really do the work, management becomes friends outside of work with employees. Management will block you from advancement into other positions if they think it will cause them any extra work if you leave.","Mean what you say, do what you mean. Separate from your employees and have only a professional relationship.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40832,apple,none," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mundane job,Great insurance benefits for medical and dental Cool people to work with Decent Managers Employee perks and benefits programs are great,Managers are very strict and nosy Timings and scheduling is terrible Often a highly stressful job as store isnt managed well,Get a grip and pay attention to scheduling and timings people are available for. Work on making it an easier job for the employees by doing your job well.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40833,apple,none," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Working at home is nice,There is alot of stress,More training,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40834,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,I love the culture at Apple.,The benefits are amazing! The pay is great also. There is room to move up if you work really hard. Leaders care about your personal development.,"Naturally, with a big team, it can lead to inconsistency around communication and development. There are some moments when Leaders are micromanaging.","Always invest in those who are passionate the most. You can always teach someone skills, but you can't teach passion.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40835,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Great Goal, not great execution","Full of opportunities for career development, great benefits compare to other retail stores. Wonderful and friendly people you will be working with.","Depends on the store you work at, the culture of Apple might be very different. When you work in a big flagship store, disconnection between management and employee can be very troubling. Raises are very minimum, and very hard to earn.","Listen to your employees and take their idea, or soon all the good talented people will leave for someone who listens.",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40836,apple,none," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Experience, HR Leadership thumbs down","Great opportunities to do different projects, fast pace environment, smart co-workers. Big brand recognition.","HR leadership in Apple Retail lacks originality, diversity, often unethical. Apple is not employee focused, it's all about stock holders. Rewards homogeneous behavior.","Some of the top HR leaders are so removed, insulated and lack true inspiration and innovation. Maybe the ax should be focused on this group.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40837,apple,"Fairview, NJ"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great company depending on what location you're working in.,"Good pay, good benefits, fun atmosphere, great team work. Good discounts, new technology. The business is geared toward helping community.","If you work in certain locations promotion is very hard to come by without brown nosing, even when your numbers are top notch.",Customer input should be what leads to promotion if the work follows.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40838,apple,"Yardley, PA"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Enterprise Account Executive,Enterprise,You can get a meeting with anyone when you call from Apple,The company doesn't understand what they're doing in the enterprise and happily change directions with a moments notice without regard to the impact it has on their employees.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40839,apple,none," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard Work,"Discount, fun employees, benefits for retail","Hard work, high employee turnover.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P422.htm
40840,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Innovation,"Resource rich in funds and talent, lots of hours to interact and leverage synergies, work on all aspect of project and interact with the leadership and contributors","Encourage spontaneous hallway discussions like the ACM study shows is critical to success (1), as well as access to a Guru (2)",Foster 20% time for engineers like 20% Google time,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40841,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Part-time Pro Rocks!,"Apple takes it to the next level with all the benefits it extends to their employees, even those who are part-time! Frankly they don't actually distinguish between part-time and full-time when it comes to benifits. Work 20 hours a week in your PJs at home? 401k contribution match, stock purchase program, endless discounts, health, dental, eye, and life insurance CHECK! And the list goes on and on!!!",Schedule is pretty rigid. Essentially part-timers get to put their preferences in but once your schedule is set there is no changing it. You are also expected to meet holiday and product launch demands which can go as far as being pushed into full-time temporarily with little notice and no say to the contrary.,"Keep rocking on! While its expected that you most likely will only have any one specific manager for a short period of time, having a new manager every couple months really helps you improve! All the different points of view and critiques really helps define room for improvements and underline areas of talent.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40842,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 8, 2016",Former Employee - Data Analyst,A very good role for multilingual professionals,"Flexibility in schedule, constant skills development, friendly and wise management, organized work structure: meetings, productivity evaluations, new tasks' assignments",Highly competitive environment which promotes some co-workers to be personally aggressive and pushy,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40843,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Family room specialist,Great atmosphere and very helpful with development. Helps teach the skills to succeed in either technical field or sales. Would recommend to anyone.,Hight turnover. Competitive company for new or better positions. Difficulties to move forward in retail environment. Nonstop customer interaction very little in between time.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40844,apple,none," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Applecare Call Center At-home Agent Review,"Good benefits for family and yourself (medical, dental, employee discount, time off). Good job if you want to work at home, but it has its drawbacks being outside of the main work environment (lack of work social interaction, miss out on job opportunities that may not know about) also see cons...","Workload is constant and understaffed. Constant change in work policy and constant change in product can be demanding and stressful. The stress mainly comes from the overwhelming amount of cases to deal with on a daily basis. Lastly, there is a rotation in shift every couple of months and don't expect to have a weekend off. It can be a huge con for people who want to have a social life.","Grow the department two-three times its size to give current agents a break! Also, sincerely listen to lower-level employees and stop making excuses for why the work is so demanding.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40845,apple,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Panel Process Engineer,Easy getting the latest industrial information,We have to buy a meat at cafeteria,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40846,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Apple Retail,Apple Inc as a whole is great. The culture is amazing. I had the pleasure of working for them for 5 1/2 years and over seeing the tech department in about 6 location. The people I got to meet along the way were great. I definitely felt like I had a wonderful work family. Another thing Apple did great was made sure their employee's were taken care of with benefits.,"I did not like that if you didn't play the game you couldn't move up. The days of hard work shows off your skills and should determine your advancement are over. Its all about ""look at me"" or ""look what I did"". If you kiss butt and showed off how amazing you think you were then you were rewarded. I did not like this aspect. They also had a policy about Open Feed Back. Which only went one way. If you had a concern or wanted to talk to Management about how you felt or what can be improved it was looked down upon and turned back around on you.",My advice to management is listen to you employee's they are the ones that work hard for you and deal with the customers day to day. They know more about technology and processes they you will because they have to be knowledgable in all fields.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40847,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Work with Little Forward Movement,"It is a constant, moving machine. The Apple Stores have customers pouring through their doors, and there is always someone to help. It keeps the workers on their toes and the money coming in! You always will have something to do, and are expected to keep up with the way the company trends.","There are very few ways to progress within Apple. The pathways to higher levels in the company are muddled and (I feel) purposefully difficult. You can go from part time to full time, but you just won't find much support to achieve the next level. They would prefer to higher outside management experience, rather than promoting those who know the company and the stores better than anyone. It never ceases to shock and amaze me at how staunchly they continue this trend.  The stores are frenetic and extremely high volume. When i leave the store I feel woozy from the sheer number of people i talked to and the assault on my eardrums.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40848,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 6, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great place to work,"Your coworkers, the way everyone gets along so well. It's your family but not your family. You will sometimes see these people more than your own family. So it is great that you can get along so well.","The retail life. Hours are all over the place. I mean if you like to sleep in and work later, then great",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40849,apple,none," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone specialist,The full time benefits for part time workers and the felixble hours,It's turning into a sales company where they push workers to make a sale of there services including up selling the service plans including phone and business. They never had employees rated based on sales until recently they started firing because sales aren't up to par,Realizing that people who come in to work at Apple have a passion to work at Apple and if there isn't commission being made there shouldn't be so much pressure on making sales,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P423.htm
40850,apple,none," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but lacks perks of other tech companies","Incredible employees, driven and focused, but super friendly.","Perks don't amount to other companies in the area. Mostly surrounding food. It used to be at least subsidized, however they recently increased all food prices, in many cases by 2x without any explanation. That was HUGELY disappointing of a company we thought wanted to look out for us and not make a profit off of us.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40851,apple,none," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,Challenging .. Rewarding .. Out of the Ordinary,Not for everyone out there .. Making great products isn't that easy,Keep up the culture!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40852,apple,none," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare At Home Advisor College Program,"Decent pay, a lot of hours, full benefits including life insurance, a heavy employee discount, and discounts from other retailers. They payed for my summer classes in full,","Very strict scheduling and extremely cumbersome to switch shifts with other employees. That's why I had to leave the job. It became too hard to manage when full time classes started. Avoid if you don't want to sit behind a computer 40 hours a week in the summer and 20 hours in the fall when classes start. You have to build up vacation time, so make them before you accept your offer. My mistake!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40853,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Media Producer/Photographer/Retoucher,Apple,The overall company mission is a fantastic approach for a company to have. It is something employees can be proud to be a part of.,"I found divisions in Apple that seemed to operate differently than the overall vision of the company, and that was not pleasant to see.",Reflect the mission and culture of the company throughout the different levels of Managers. Consistent approach to management and employee development.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40854,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great company to work for if you like the culture,Great team work. Welcoming to any new ideas. It is very flat in structure considering the size of the company. I worked in multiple locations in the company for more than three years. The similar culture throughout the company.,"It is not easy to begin with. The learning curve can be very daunting especially you will need to get to know people to learn stuff. A lot of things are not documents and processes are fluid. If you like it, you kinda enjoy it. Otherwise, you won't stick for long.",Keep the structure flat and good ideas will flourish. We need to keep agile and lean in order to be continuously successful. We need fresh perspective to look at everything we do.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40855,apple,none," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Redzone,Nice culture. The pay is great and a lot of benefits. You get to meet a lot of interesting people.,"Not really flexible on scheduling. Also, the career opportunities are very hard to move through. Horrible employee discounts","Think about all your employee's, not only just a few departments.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40856,apple,none," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great before Angela Ahrendts.,-Great people -Good salary (for retail) -Discounts -Learn excellent customer service skills,-Retail life gets stressful -Retail hours -Apple now feels big box retail -Innovation no longer exists -No room for growth outside of retail. Not even Leadership -Leadership cares more about business intros than development of employees.,"Remember that a lot of ""leaders"" don't know how to activate a phone and you guys wouldn't be able to run the store for 20 minutes from lack of knowledge on how to work an Isaac.",3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40857,apple,none," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A lot has changed,"Great discounts, day goes by quickly, awesome benefits overall.","Quality of employees hired has gone down a lot, lack of innovation & management doesn't know what they're doing half of the time. Also, very difficult to get moved up-you're better off leaving and coming back into a promotion then trying from the inside- this has been confirmed by managers.",Spend a day in your direct reports shoes to understand what they do- empathy from management seems fake and forced.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40858,apple,"Laguna Hills, CA"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not that different,Great products and company culture. Full of talented people.,"Apple is no different from any other company when it comes down to management. Lots of red tape, politics, and egos in leadership which takes the fun out of working there. Unfortunately, I was in an organization where the leadership was to busy worrying about themselves.","Live by the credo, especially ""People are our greatest asset.""",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40859,apple,none," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Most dynamic retail environment ever,"pace not for everyone, but for those that can handle it, its amazing",think globally and continue to innovate,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P424.htm
40860,apple,none," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager did not help,"Good engineers, lots of work","Long hours, lost many weekends to work",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40861,apple,none," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great before Angela Ahrendts.,-Great people -Good salary (for retail) -Discounts -Learn excellent customer service skills,-Retail life gets stressful -Retail hours -Apple now feels big box retail -Innovation no longer exists -No room for growth outside of retail. Not even Leadership -Leadership cares more about business intros than development of employees.,"Remember that a lot of ""leaders"" don't know how to activate a phone and you guys wouldn't be able to run the store for 20 minutes from lack of knowledge on how to work an Isaac.",3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40862,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Support Lead,Dealing With Ambiguity,Very customer Focused. Really good values system.,Sometimes there is no clear path to advancement. There are some diversity opportunity that should be addressed.,Focus on creating synergy.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40863,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 0, 0000",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,It all depends on local management,- Exciting work environment. - There is always something to be done. - Benefits are top notch. - Compensation is higher than most other retail opportunities.,"- Depending on management, you will be overworked and under appreciated. - Customers can become extremely abusive. Management does not always take your side. - No flexibility in scheduling. Expected to have 100% full, open availability with one ""preferred"" day off that is not guaranteed.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40864,apple,none," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the Best Places to Work,Very flexible hours. Managers are very understanding and will work with you. Great company culture whether in retail or corporate,Not enough career experiences for part time workers Not commission,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40865,apple,"Towson, MD"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Genuis,Great Company Awesome Benefits,Great place to work. Coworkers are more like family. Environment is great to work in.,There is no work life balance it's retail. A bit of a popularity contest to move around. Pay could be better,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40866,apple,"Chattanooga, TN"," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Consultant,Great company to work for. Very caring people.,The job itself is hard and frustrating,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40867,apple,none," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IOS,Great benefits and pay. Benefits are outstanding.,The company tries to be so progressive that they hurt their employees.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40868,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Retail level is unforgiving,"stocks purchasing options, good entry level options","retail environment is harsh for working in technicians areas. misdirection from many managers, my way or highway from management",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40869,apple,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a good place to work.,Still a lot of smart people. Good pay/benefits. Mostly individual offices instead of open space.,"Levels, pay and promotion policies are not clear and look intentionally obscure. Lots of internal politics.",Need to be more open to your own employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P425.htm
40870,apple,none," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,Loved working there - awesome people.,No cons - I really enjoyed my time there.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40871,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Expert,Amazing company and amazing people,Working at Apple was one of the best experiences of my life! You get to work with the most forward-thinking and innovative people while being able to creative transformational experiences for customers.,Retail hours aren't too fun but that's the only Con I have.,Keep being as awesome as you are!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40872,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Creative,"A company that takes training, listening and teamwork seriously, whose only shortcoming is the wages.","For years to come, the software awareness are assets to companies that hire you. Also witnessing other use the operating system all day and the training you can do and the teaching you get to do- fantastic",Alike many other companies - a part time employee can work 30 plus hours a week and without full benefits.,Oddly enough they did recruit outside of the company and usually those recruits came in at a higher pay. This caused some resentment as it was counter to what Apple is about.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40873,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Front-End Developer,Consultant Developer,Some good technology implementations to work on. That is interesting and motivating. That is something that made em look forward to work with Apple.,Consulting is kind of ruining the work culture. Small projects not helping on long term for these companies. Full time employment is what will help these companies do better. It grooms people for that company specifically. Consulting is patch work projects. Knowledge sharing is a problem that needs to be solved.,Try to know what is happening within different groups and projects. Knowledge sharing is a problem that needs to be solved. Limiting information to few happens that goes unnoticed by upper management. Management may not be concerned as long as things are done. but this approach does not help either way the company or the employee in long term.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40874,apple,none," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Benefits with decent retail pay, little movement in company available",Benefits Reputation of company worked with Salary,Little upward mobility Repetitive tasks Very biased hiring and promotion system,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40875,apple,none," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company!,Excellent products and company! Management really cares about employees. Excellent on-boarding and training program.,You are more likely to excel if you have some college or a degree and sales experience.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40876,apple,"New York, NY"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Building relationships with customers, enriching their lives, and your fellow employees!","Scheduling, and of course some management types,-(","Work with your team, and put your personal aspirations to the back-burner",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40877,apple,"White Plains, NY"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Great,"Good people, good benefits. For retail Apple is definitely the pinnacle and there are plenty of opportunities for advancement. You get out what you put in.","It can be challenging to deal with the monotony of the sales transactions. You're answering the same questions all day pretty much. Although, most of the time people are very appreciative of the help you have to offer.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40878,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Corporate Employee,I had high expectations coming into Apple...,"I had high expectations coming into Apple's corporate team and they blew those expectations away. I have been an employee for about a year now and I absolutely love it here.  * Working here, you will interact with some of the brightest, smartest, and most ambitious individuals in the IT industry. * It is a good feeling working on projects that will have such a large impact. Knowing that the work done at Apple will affect millions of people across the world was the original reason I left my previous employer and they have not disappointed. * Managers who actually care and make decisions based on the smartest possible direction (instead of just running on emotion or what their gut tells them) are refreshing to work under. * Attention to detail seems to be a motto across the organization. It is a beautiful thing knowing that Apple does not believe in releasing a product that they don't believe has been perfected. * Work life balance is actually not bad. I came into this job expecting the worse, but I feel that Apple is better than a lot of other companies in this respect. * I'm a big foodie and the food in the cafe is fresh and healthy with lots of options.","I sincerely had a hard time coming up with any negatives that I have had over my first year. This could always change, but so far so good.",N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40879,apple,none," May 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Great benefits for full-time employees,Low pay with little upward mobility,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P426.htm
40880,apple,none," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,at home advisor,work from home is great but can get to me sometimes,can be stressful during releases,provide more help to lighten the load some,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40881,apple,none," May 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redone Specialist,"Flexible, Good team and good management.","Early Hours, difficult to move from one department to another.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40882,apple,none," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Great environment, OK pay.",Favoritism is heavily showed.,Help everyone the way you would yourself.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40883,apple,none," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract,The contract hourly pay kept me to commute 4-6 hours daily,Shuttle Buses do not coincide at all locations accordingly,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40884,apple,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,The company treats employees very well. It offers generous discounts and plenty of opportunities to advance in the organization provided you put in the effort.,Your hours are subject to change often. At times you will be asked to work additional hours during particularly busy times of the year.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40885,apple,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail for those who hate retail,Good coworkers Training Fantastic benefits Doesn't feel like traditional retail,Communication with some managers Ease of transfers Customers can be emotionally draining,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40886,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," May 30, 2016",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Great place to work,"Pay, hours, ℅-workers and Fun work meeting activities.",Switch of management was not needed.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40887,apple,"Novi, MI"," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,The best part of being a Creative it working with the customer teaching them how to use their Apple products and also meeting new and interesting people all the time.,"The con to being a Creative is that now that one to one is going away, people are not utilizing the free workshops that are available to them and also people want more of a one on one training.",I feel that they should find more ways to utilize their Creatives in and out of store.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40888,apple,"Fayetteville, AR"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Solutions Consultant,ASC,Insanely good benefits and amazing corporate culture. The pizza at cafe Macs is also delicious. They are thorough in their training and they have a serious attention to detail.,"Management can be overbearing at times. As an ASC you are disconnected from the culture for much of the year. Occasionally, Goals are simply unattainable.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40889,apple,none," May 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RZS,The team you get to work with is second to none for the most part. Excellent benefits and a variety of growth paths for your career.,"Leadership is usually the biggest hindrance to the success of the team. If they would focus on the big picture more than the individual parts of the business, I feel there would be more success.",Take a step back from the individual elements of the day to day of the store and focus on the big picture occasionally.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P427.htm
40890,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,"Big fish, little pond",The ability to work from home and make a decent hourly.,"While their products are innovative. The way in which management runs the company is not. You will find technical advisors are over whelmed by the work load. With the high turn around rate and under staffing, stress and anxiety levels are high.","The lack of planning, implementation, and follow up to key areas of critical business aspects has caused me to doubt Apple's leadership. The company should promote more leaders from within and provide more innovation to supporting their clients and personnel.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40891,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Benefits and Time off are by far the MOST impressive thing about working for Apple. When there's an illness in the family or you're sick, they definitely step up and take care of their own. The customers are mostly nice and fairly well educated people, however, you will get at least one person calling in a day that will try to make your job harder just because they can. Management is mostly awesome. I've met one or two people that can be a little too aggressive and impersonal. The pay is the best in the services industry, starting around $15 an hour for employees directly employed by Apple according to glassdoor. Also, as an At-Home-Advisor, you are considered corporate rather than retail. This has a huge effect I can't go into at the moment but it definitely makes a huge difference in what your job has to offer. Also, if you don't like one department, you can transfer to another department. You may have to wait a while for that transfer but you can get it. There's also a wide variety of further career opportunities to open yourself up for once you get into the fold. This is probably the number one reason people stick around at Apple for so long.","Like most companies, there are cons. So I didn't give the full five stars. You're still dealing with customers who are either a bit uneducated or lacking in sophistication at times, so it is appropriate to learn how to speak to the 'salt of the earth' types in order to deescalate the situation. Sometimes, especially after a long call, you need to catch your breath and take a breather... but metrics doesn't like it when you do that. Not only is this type of approach stressful to employees, it also makes people prone to various physical and psychological ailments like sleep disorders, anxiety disorders, heart palpitations, drug/alcohol addictions, etc. Right now, they're saying we should be back on the phone and ready to take a call within a minute of hanging up. This is to compensate for understaffed departments and busy times of the day. This should be a temporary solution rather than a year-round expectation. I guarantee none of the people instituting this policy have actually had any real world experience fielding calls from customers. Otherwise, they might think twice about setting such an insane expectation. However, this isn't just Apple. The vast majority of companies fit this con. If this is the kind of work you're going to do, at least do it for a better wage, better benefits and with better time off policies. Speaking of which, you will be severely stressed out the first 2-3 months on the phones since training is usually rushed. The good thing is when you're starting out you can reach out to your ""Senior Specialist"" and they can help you out with any calls you weren't fully prepared for in training (I'll give you a hint... it's most of them).","Honestly, I've had nothing but good experiences with management. Keep up the good work. They're not the ones who implement policy change (that's the executives, the shareholders, firm investors and people in the board meetings). If those people want some constructive feedback, then they're more than welcome to read my suggestions.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40892,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's changed,"Get to work on Apple devices. It's always changing, so you won't get bored. Some of the best people work here. The cafeteria is amazing.","There's no such thing as work-life balance, or work-life fit, or wellbeing here. The company is slowed down these days with ridiculous office politics. The bottom line has become more important than doing what's right for the customer/Apple. They say they support diversity, but they haven't backed that up with a meaningful budget, manager training, or clear planning to promote diversity. It's difficult to move within the company. New hires face a pretty rough onboarding. Lots of tearing people down and very little rebuilding.","You're the problem. You can manage the heck out of projects and resources, but people management and development is a skill you don't possess. Managers should receive better (or any) training, and be held accountable for how they grow and develop their people.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40893,apple,none," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big company with both good & bad,"I've worked @Apple for almost 5 years. It is a very challenging place to work with. People around you are all talented and very smart. If you like to take challenges, it is the place. You can learn a lot about iOS/OS X knowledge depends which teams you are in. Opportunities along the career path varies between managers. Some manager really cares about the team and willing to growth with them. Some managers just don't care and treat team as labors.","Always work over expectation means long working hours, especially when the new product will be launched. No free food is really something we would expect in Silicone Valley. The food quality degrades recently or the price raised. Work/Life balance is not as great to people who has family. No clear company direction is another big hit for past few years. The whole company atmosphere is now heavily driven by the capital.",Please get those cash back from oversea and improve employee's working environments.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40894,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing at Apple,Corporate Culture can be amazing. Lots of passionate people,As Apple has grown there is so much management bloat and frankly some incompetent people.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40895,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Service Specialist,"Amazing Company, Amazing Opportunities",Apple truly appreciates its employees and listens to our opinions and feedback. They do not cut corners on things that most retailers do. They will give you a Christmas present every year and will host forums for your development. They give you all the opportunities to improve yourself as a person and an employee.,"Work-life balance. They do keep you busy, but to me its worth it. Your experience can be lacking if management is not up to par. The constant changes in abundance of knowledge that you're always expected to know can be taxing, but you adjust over time.","My advice to management is to be real with us. I luckily had a manager that was able to be honest with me about my development, but not at are like that. Just be real with us.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40896,apple,none," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You won't find anything better,Of all the places that I've worked Apple by far is the best. They really care about their people and moving up in the ranks really comes down to how hard you work. I work with amazing people and have always felt supported.,Like any retail store the hours could be better.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40897,apple,none," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Interns do real work that has an impact on the company. Coworkers are super friendly and welcoming.,Nothing I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40898,apple,none," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,The people were great to work with. You will learn a lot from a progressive company,"Although progressive, the company can be very one tracked mind. If you want a promotion, expect to be waiting for a couple of years before someone says something.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40899,apple,none," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Great camaraderie, awesome creative people! Such a fun place to work, great benefits!","Work/Life balance came to a screeching halt as the demands of the business changed. Less flexible with scheduling etc. Very fast paced, expect a lot out of you for not the BEST salaries.",Lot of politics,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P428.htm
40900,apple,none," Jun 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits,"Good benefits, paid well for a college job. Good managers, they were always there to support and help you and grow you in your strengths and weaknesses.","Work was not expected. Turnover is quite high, many people left the team after the initial few weeks of training.",Sympathize more with the employees. A lot of managers have been through the other roles as well so have a fair bit of understanding but sometimes the communication gap is still there.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40901,apple,none," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"The pros of working for Apple are the Benefits, Perks, and environment",Little to no room for development,N/a,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40902,apple,"New York, NY"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great culture, and great place to meet people",Not enough pay for all the hard work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40903,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Apple AHA,great company to work from home.,you can work from home.,you must have set hours.,more help with how to move up in the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40904,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,Working with a great team of smart individuals,Very stressful at times due to culture of customers. Lack of opportunity for advancement from this position.,Streamline communication between management so all employees on the same page,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40905,apple,"West New York, NJ"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Pay,"Great pay, great benefits, time off is great","Hours, upper management, sick time",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40906,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Expert,It's still retail,"Sales is not emphasized so there is a more friendly environment compared to other retail stores. There is good benefits, especially for part-timers, that other companies just cannot compete with.","Once you are hired expect it to be near impossible to move up the chain in retail. What you're hired in, you'll stay in unless it is a lateral move.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40907,apple,none," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"decent pay, additional perks, exposure","work life balance , secrecy, inflexible hours",none,5.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40908,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Retail Manager,Amazing company with great values. Far above and beyond what you'll find in any Retail environment!,"Retail hours/schedule.  Depending on the area, Middle Management is more focused on politics than the teams they serve.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40909,apple,"Tigard, OR"," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Best company to work for,They treat you like humans and not like robots. The befits are great and the people who work there are the greatest people you'll ever meet. The managers are excellent abs the apple culture makes for a very happy work environment.,"It's still retail and some customers are still jerks. You still have to work on weekends and near holidays, you have to have an open mind and be cool with constructive feedback that will make you better if you let it.",Management at Apple is the best there is,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P429.htm
40910,apple,none," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Amazing benefits, flexible work hours (can work from home when needed), laid-back and diverse culture. Ground-zero for honing experience no matter what field you work in, there is so much opportunity to work on amazing projects with crazy challenges -- but it helps make you the best at your job that you could possibly be.","Stressful work environment. Lots of politics and layers of bureaucracy. Some opportunity for upward mobility, but it seems to be mostly based on luck/timing/who you know, as opposed to merit.",Don't treat your employees like you would treat an external supplier/vendor.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40911,apple,none," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Mac+ Senior Advisor,Promotion at Apple,Great company. Very ethical with good benefits. There are always random opportunities to make lateral moves at Apple and once in a while to move up.,Very little if any previous management experience outside of Apple is worth anything. The focus is experience at Apple only. I've been in management and leadership my whole adult life before coming to Apple. I've been there 3.5 years and wanting to be in management. So slow...,"Break down previous experience in management and actually use this to bring people up, rather than making them go from the bottom up.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40912,apple,none," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Care at Home Advisor,Guaranteed good hours and amazing benefits for part time work,Very hard to get time off,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40913,apple,"Aventura, FL"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Fun place, too much politics","Very laid back, generous in pay, awesome teamwork","Too much politics in management, hard to advance if you're not on managements good side",Learn to give promotions based on how well someone performs said job - not based on numbers.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40914,apple,"Appleton, WI"," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Great place,AHA is a great opportunity.,There are some rude customers,keep on keeping on,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40915,apple,"San Diego, CA"," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,"As good as they say it is, with minor issues.","Great benefits, corporate structure and best in class products. You're definitely a part of something big, and you're generally well taken care of.","Extremely fast-paced, high demand, especially if in the retail stores.Sometimes foggy direction from corporate regarding new initiatives and lack of opportunities to keep veteran employees engaged.",Continue to focus on developing existing employees and make opportunities accessible to them as we continue to grow and bring in external talent.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40916,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialsit,Awesome tech. Always busy. Great coworkers,Constant learning on the fly.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40917,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great,"Great team environment, everyone very open to helping one another get better. Best job I have had",At the moment just tough getting promoted to higher positions,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40918,apple,none," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone Specialist,Competitive pay fun environment Constantly something to do Never dull,I have not had any negative experiences as a sales specialist,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40919,apple,none," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Rep,great company to work for,work from environment wasn't for me,none,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P430.htm
40920,apple,none," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better than red zone,Great benefits and pay and management aren't too anal,Expect to get less than 20 hours when it isn't the holidays,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40921,apple,"San Jose, CA"," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Worldwide Corporate Recruitment At Apple,Sourcer,"Smart people, learning and development set in place.",Everything is a secret at Apple so transparency is not there.,In crease cross functional collaboration.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40922,apple,"White Plains, NY"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Best Job Ever,"People ,Tech, Innovation, personal growth",can't think of one thing I would change,Keep u the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40923,apple,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Flexible hours, varied job role, rewarding hour-to-hour job experience.","Everyone you know wants you to get you a discount, and you are suddenly everyone has questions for you. I don't recommend telling strangers you work here unless you want to work off the clock.","Improve in-house hiring practices. Getting better, long way to go",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40924,apple,"Orland Park, IL"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great Company,Awesome management Good benefits Great work environment Great leave program when having children Willing to work around your schedule Awesome work/life balance,"Customers are not always the easiest to get along with. Sometimes you will have people that just want to argue, but it comes with the territory of any customer service position.  Sometimes when things come down from corporate about new policies and work flow, they are not implemented correctly and it causes a headache for management and the staff.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40925,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Apple is an amazing company to work for/with. They choose exceptional people and have amazing products. I love learning and there is ample opportunity to learn, grow and expand in the company. I received a great deal of support, encouragement from management and especially co-workers. I can not say enough about how amazing the company is, the benefits and the endless perks. Highly recommend working at Apple if you love helping people, have patience, love technology and love learning. Everyday i learned something from either a customer or an associate. It was an awesome experience. :)",This is more of a heads up rather than a con. Being patient is very important in this position. Technology can be overwhelming for older generations and it requires you to be extremely understanding that technology is something very scary and new to older generations. Just keep that in mind as you might have to explain things multiple times in different ways to help someone understand.,Keep up the good work and always remember how it feels to be on the other side. I loved the advice i received once. A managers customer is their employee. If you serve your employee they will give your great rewards and you will all have tremendous success.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40926,apple,none," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Working here was very good,Food is not free but is still good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40927,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Supply Demand Planning Manager,"Amazing, demanding company to work for!","You get to work with the brightest, most analytical, driven people who live and breathe the Apple culture and are fanatical about the details and doing what's right - both for the customer and for Apple.","Work-life balance...this really isn't a strength of Apple. Long hours, nights, weekends, holiday work are all the norm.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40928,apple,none," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Good international exposure and job prospect.,No benefits and no PTO.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40929,apple,"Spokane, WA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,Good pay Great healthcare Amazing team environment,Long hours No work life balance Pay often doesn't outweigh bad customers,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P431.htm
40930,apple,none," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ops Manager,Great culture and smart colleagues,"Frequent travel, too narrow job scope for each employee",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40931,apple,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,"Amazing, inspiring, innovative leaders....lots of opportunities to grow and develop, company is committed to making a meaningful difference in the world, for the better","commute can be long, hours are often long, fast-paced, exceptional work is expected day in and day out -- that's also a pro, however, as it's like a continual workout!","Keep findings ways to reward the best employees so they continue to excel...if they are at the top of a ""strata"", find ways to move them to a high talent category",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40932,apple,none," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work from home,No one sees what you wear. You can decorate your desk the way you want. Great people to work with.,"Isolation: you have to like being alone. Do not expect to do laundry, clean house or put your feet up to watch tv. You will be taking a lot of calls and be at your desk all the time. This is a job for people who take pride in what they do.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40933,apple,"Broomfield, CO"," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Best college job I could ever ask for,"Competitive pay, great benefits, great people.","Almost impossible to go into corporate from retail. It's possible, it does happen, but don't expect it to.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40934,apple,none," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,second class employee,It looks good on your resume,"brutal long hours, insular, cliquey culture, contractors do the same jobs as full-time employees, but get no benefits. No future, no appreciation.","make your contractors feel welcome. instead of using staffing agencies, pay your employees more. show them you appreciate the long hours",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40935,apple,"Long Beach, CA"," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Expert,Great option for students,"Work Life Balance. Health Insurance for Part-time Full Medical, Dental, and Vision 401K (Roth) Employee Stock Purchase Plan Discounts on Apple Products Tuition Reimbursement Paternal Leave","Can feel like a popularity contest. Company prides itself on ""Living in the gray."" aka A lot of the aspects of your job will be ambiguous, especially when it comes to your end of year reviews. Management can be feel like they are full of hot air at times.","Do not cave, so easily yo upset customers. In the end you may have made one customer happy, but you probably lost the trust and respect of your direct reports.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40936,apple,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Adviser Review,"Flexible, fun, full-filling and rewarding job at a great company with awesome benefits.",I wish I could work more hours.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40937,apple,"Jackson, NJ"," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great career opportunity with limited growth outside the store,Health benefits including domestic partnership. Discounts for products. Valuable skills in customer service. 401k Great stock discount Education asstiance Pay is great starting if you are young.,Limited growth inside the store Dependence on NPS score rather then your heart and abilities. Pressure on customers specially ones who visit the Genius Bar and have standards without the education behind the product.,"Focus on everything someone does for a company, especially ones advertising and being your brand for a long period of time. Needs more experiences outside the store for people who have families and cannot leave for a long period of time.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40938,apple,"Century City, CA"," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Good People,"Coworkers - the type of people who work at Apple stores are creative, interesting, and dynamic.","Some of the most insane retail experiences I've had were here, it can quickly wear you down.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40939,apple,none," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,intense workload,work with talented people and cool products,"intense workload, no work and life balance",work on work and life balance,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P432.htm
40940,apple,"The Woodlands, TX"," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Apple BOH Specialist,Back Of House Part Time,"Working in the BOH is an experience where you learn how the whole store flows. You runner products to the red zone, and to the FRS specialists. You learn every product by its part number and you start to learn the functionalities of all of Apple devices. Also learning and mastering your inventory processes becomes like second nature. Every thing is simplified to where it's very hard to mess up a process they created, you are also held to higher thought process level. Your peers around you are usually hungry wanting to advance to different roles.  Apple Retail is very good with advancement and development of yourself, they make certain goals very obtainable depending on your leadership within the store.  Apple teaches the best communication between human to human. You gain a sense of being able to clearly voice certain important information needed to know to your peers. ""Downloads"" and ""Fearless Feedback"" are great cultures Apple creates.","Not too many cons from the retail standpoint , I would suggest learning and knowing your Apple culture. From the devices they sell to the policy to the people you work with. Hard to get into Apple but easy to leave.","Continue to do a good job with learning your people, and advancing the right people to important roles in the store. Sometimes it can be favoritism showed depending on the manger to the person, but as a whole management is very great with communication to their team and creating a great work atmosphere. Apple is a very great company to be apart of and they make you feel that from day 1 .",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40941,apple,none," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Advisor Supervisor,great employer,"great team, good environment, lots of support for advancement. great benefits, paid gym, paid internet.","can't really think of any downsides, flexible overtime during busy hours, flexible early out during slow times.","I supposed I lucked out and got a great set of managers, I imagine the experience varies depending on the team.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40942,apple,none," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,It was a good time,It's a great job if you're part-time. I've met and worked with some of the smartest and most creative people in my life. The skills I've developed have been a huge advantage at my current job.,"Work/Life balance was poor. The shifting week schedule didn't allow me to have any consistency. Things were getting better when I decided to leave, but I knew retail wasn't for me.",Management gets bonuses off of the overall performance of the team so they can get carried away with fulfilling metric scores. They also need to communicate better between each other so that their team performs efficiently.,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40943,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family room specialist,Decent pay Good benefits Great people to work with. We get a decent discount on purchases at the store. Great hr helpline,Retail hours Huge amounts of stress at the genius bar. Bad work/life balance At the end of the day its still a corporation with a corporation attitude,It is unfair that a person has spent a year and a half of their time putting in their blood sweat and tears into the workplace so that they can better improve themselves at their job. Only to be slapped in the face during an interview for a promotion because of surveys that their performance had nothing to do with the low scores. I for one will definitely be moving on from this company due to the fact that they put on this front that they are all about our happiness but in reality all that matters is the numbers at the end of the day.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40944,apple,none," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great place to work and Advance!,Great company to work for with excellent benefits! Fun and engaging team. Interesting people to work with. And a company which recognizes hard work.,Tough to get in the door and once you get in you need to have focus or direction or you could get lost in your day to day job.,A yearly bonus would be nice if the company does especially well one year.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40945,apple,"Boston, MA"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Inspiring and great work environment,"They do an amazing job recruiting and hiring people that are alike. I felt at home every time I went to work.The management team is young and understanding. I went to work with a hangover once, and the floor manager noticed so he let off early, without adding any negative report to upper management.","The Pay is way too low for the amount of stupid people you have to deal with every day. Steve Job's passing was the worst thing that has happened to Apple. Lastly, no first dibs on new products. Employees buy new products the same time apple fanboys, who would spend the night outside the retail store.","They have an issue about being late. even 5 minutes is a big deal for them. and if you get 3 late attendance in 6 months, you get fired, no questions asked!",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40946,apple,none," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales manager,great place to work. lot of great people and good benefits. not many things to complain about other than the hours.,not many cons. company needs to care more for employees. such a big company its hard to focus on sole people.,not much advice for management. listen to employees more. don't let employees get washed away with the others.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40947,apple,"Jersey City, NJ"," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Apple Retail: YES Business team: NO,"- Great opportunity to learn how to reflect on your own growth and development - Healthcare, 401k, ESPP",- Easy to get lost in the mix and not recognized for your work - Business at Apple is still being conceptualized and the retail business teams don't have the resources available to be effective in their roles - Very low comp. compared to another B2B environment,- Clearly define the mission and vision for the business managers and business specialist at Apple retail and give them the resources to execute.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40948,apple,"Boston, MA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Apple is a great place to work. Our team members are like family. I highly recommend working with Apple. They offer opportunity for advancement and growth.,"I haven't yet experienced any cons of working with Apple. You meet great people. And you learn something new every day. It's a friendly, fun environnent.",The management team at Apple is supportive. They are team players and they work to develop their team members. We are constantly given feedback which allows us to grow.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40949,apple,none," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare Advisior,"Work from Home, Face Paced, Customer Service Based",Barely any time in between each call,Trust the advisers more than you do,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P433.htm
40950,apple,none," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life At Apple,"Innovation, Quality of work, Quality of colleagues",Long hours can hamper work - life balance,Should improve work life balance,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40951,apple,"Jersey City, NJ"," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Apple Retail: YES Business team: NO,"- Great opportunity to learn how to reflect on your own growth and development - Healthcare, 401k, ESPP",- Easy to get lost in the mix and not recognized for your work - Business at Apple is still being conceptualized and the retail business teams don't have the resources available to be effective in their roles - Very low comp. compared to another B2B environment,- Clearly define the mission and vision for the business managers and business specialist at Apple retail and give them the resources to execute.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40952,apple,"Rosemount, MN"," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Store Leader,Store Leader,"Working side by side with dynamic, intelligent, and interesting people who are passionate about changing the world together.",It look like retail but actually it is a marketing channel. Too bad they don't know who they are and embrace the beauty in marketing.,Stop hiring excellent talent from Retail companies when they only last a few years because you never wanted their expertise but rather a body to smile and make others smile.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40953,apple,"Bountiful, UT"," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,AppleCare College Advisor,The working environment was a lot of fun. People seemed to be pretty laid back and comfortable with each other.,"As with all customer service jobs, the micro-managing can get out of hand. Some managers focus on metrics instead of the employee.",Keep the focus on the employee and not on the employee's numbers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40954,apple,none," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Best company I've ever worked for,"Competitive salary for part-time and full-time employees, great communication between employees, especially from management to entry-level team members, awesome benefits that aren't standard among part-time employees elsewhere","Some of the metrics used to measure performance are not very accurate, and could be tweaked for more effectiveness in determining employee value",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40955,apple,none," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Must be self-driven...,"Awesome pay, benefits, and super-positive work environment. Lots of opportunities for advancement if you perform well.","Schedule changes every three months, like it or not.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40956,apple,none," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Q.A.,"great environment, very nice scheduling",vacation and paid time off could be better,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40957,apple,none," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PT Sales Associate,Had a super fun time working there. Would def do it again. Just graduated and moved away so I had to resign from my job there.,There are none. I had such a fun time at Apple in LA. I can't wait to work at another branch somewhere else.,"Keep doing what you are doing. It seems to be working for me, my coworkers, my managers, the customers, and everyone else that I know. Don't change a thing.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40958,apple,none," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for the Money,Great Benefits Job Security Good Pay Good Resources,Shady Managers Hours Vary as a PT Hard to Move Up,Stop Bieng so Fake,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40959,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - ASIC Design Engineer,ASIC Design Engineer,"People are smart here, a lot work to do",People are cold to each other,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P434.htm
40960,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great/Fun company!,Very exciting brand to work for. A trendy environment and you meet lots of cool new people.,Growing within the company wasn't as possible as they advertise to be. I went in thinking i could move forward but their constant leadership changes made it almost impossible.,Stay consistent with your word and help hard working individuals progress with the company verses keeping them in the same position because they are incredibly good at what they do.,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40961,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Genuinely great company,"Benefits are great, pay is above average for retail, flexible schedules, wonderful coworkers, good discount, and apple looks great on a resume so it can be a great stepping stone!","Difficult to get interviewed without a referral, very high pressure and high stress job, long training period where things can feel overwhelming, very little movement in terms of promotions, and very little pay increases over time.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40962,apple,"Lynnwood, WA"," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist,"It was very exciting at first, and a lot of fun to be part of such a respectable company. As a Sales Specialist, you aren't super driven by managers in regards to metrics, which is good for those who are content with showing up and collecting hourly compensation. Best perk? The employee discounts!","You will be a salesman and it's never going to be a slow day. You will bounce between setting up devices, and describing to older folks what an ""iPad"" is. Every day is the same. And the biggest downside is the pathway from Retail to Corporate... Or shall I say: ""lack there of"".",Drive metrics more & help with internal personal growth.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40963,apple,none," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company ever!,You get to work with very talented and professional engineers. Overall you get very good benefits. You get very good support from your team when there is a problem.,It's a huge company and sometimes it feels like it is impossible to move up the hierarchy. Every little thing is a secret and you even sometimes don't know what your lab-mates work on.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40964,apple,none," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field sales at Apple,Works with the best products out there.,"Apple does not treat people with respect, you really are just a number. I don't know what's it like to have an engineering job but salespeople are not respected at all. Apple relies on people wanting to work here, the pay and benefits aren't great. Everyone is always in fear of losing their jobs.","Treat people properly, do t treat people like robots.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40965,apple,none," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Supply Manager / Strategic Sourcing Manager,"Competitive salary, smart people, great place if you are truly passionate about supply chain / procurement","Negative, stressful culture, always ""on-call"", little focus on developing people",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40966,apple,"Tampa, FL"," May 9, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,No Upward Mobility,"Apple was an exciting place to work. It's a great job to have through college, but definitely not worth considering as a career option if it's where you start. The products were exciting. Many of the skills accrued here are transferrable. You get much more personal development than any other sort of retail role I would imagine. You get exposure to such a diverse segment of the population and have really fun coworkers who will have a lot in common with you and make you feel included.","The positions pay what any retail position would, but are far more demanding. Apple extracts a lot of productivity from their employees. The availability requirements are extremely inflexible. The volume is challenging and you don't necessarily feel any rewards from dealing with it. You get pumped a lot of ""world changing"" ""big picture"" type ideas for baseline customer service work. There is no upward mobility. Your coworkers will be people who have worked their positions for 8-10 years. Management is very political. Nepotism is predominant throughout. Expect external hires or new hires to get much of the promotions. It's a revolving door as Apple has evolved a lot under Tim Cook.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40967,apple,none," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Great environment, fun people, and an energetic atmosphere to keep you moving and having fun.","Very narrow opportunities for growth. It's difficult for employees to bridge the retail/corporate gap and are often told to ""get experience elsewhere and reapply.""","Keep the store atmosphere upbeat as it is, but allow for more growth within the company for those who don't want to have a career in retail.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40968,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review--6 months in,"Mostly respectful culture, lots of forgiveness, solid training","Sometimes people and practices don't live up to Apple ideals, and then it's less amazing, but you still generally have a sense that people are good-intentioned",The politics ruin a lot of the culture,4.0,3.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40969,apple,"Woodcliff Lake, NJ"," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great part-time job, with full benefits and stock options","Full eye, dental, and health benefits for part time, with stock and 401k options, easy to work environment, hiring process weeds out bad employees","Retail world, hard to move up, no commission, retail hours, strict attendance policy, some management favoritism, fast paced environment, overall a good time though",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P435.htm
40970,apple,none," May 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Working with a smart and very dedicated team. Everyone is very passionate about what they do, no matter the level. The company feels smaller than it is and it gives you the ability to make an impact, even for a large org.","Typical of some larger/any organization, management can sometimes play favorites in some situations. Not sure if it's a con, maybe for some, but you need to be flexible and change with the needs of the organization. Can be challenging if the focus is changed on a whim.","Be sure to vet out jr/ new managers better. Just because someone is a good individual contributor, doesn't make them a good manager.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40971,apple,"New York, NY"," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great Company to work while in college!,Co-workers are awesome. Every one gets along there is not workplace drama.,Promotions take time. There is a lot of competition for opening.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40972,apple,"New York, NY"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Design Engineer,design engineer,Very good salary with good work environment,No cons as per my point of view,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40973,apple,none," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare Advisor,"Great benefits including insurance, gym reimbursement, internet reimbursement. Also get employee discount for use on apple.com or to pick up in store.",Corporate culture is too energetic. Almost like a cult of personality but most bigger companies seek to ingrain their culture across all levels of the company.,"Management was very friendly, I have no issues with them. Apples treats their employees with respect and care consistently. Could vary with other managers thought.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40974,apple,"Walnut Creek, CA"," May 16, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Great Culture with very creative people like a family. Full package with benefits, medical,dental, eye, option to buy stock and much more. Special pricing for employee's offered. It can be tuff work but rewarding when you see the light go on for the visitor.","On your feet most of the day, dealing with angry customers and have 10 min. for each appointment to repair relationships.",Avoid micro managing.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40975,apple,"Dallas, TX"," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Love it,"Work life balance, and benefits.",Unclear path to corporate from Retail.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40976,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Apple Care,"Amazing company to work for. They really care about their employees, lots of training and room for advancement if you want it and work for it. Great benefits!",None! Kind of sad that I graduated college and had to leave to go work in my field :P,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40977,apple,none," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Advisor,Work from home excellent and friendly management extenstive and contious training friendly and knowledgeable co workers,"there really arent any cons for working here, it has been a pleasant experience full of job opportunities for growth  pay increases only after a year may be the only downside","management has been some of the best that i have ever worked with, they take the time to know you as an individual rather than just an employee",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40978,apple,"New York, NY"," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,In my opinion,"Great benefits, eclectic team with lots of energy and ideas, tons of resources and new opportunities within the company.","Micromanaging, lack of communication (at times).","Truly investigate the talents of your team and employees, there's much to be developed.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40979,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Fraud Prevention Specialist,Making Donuts,"Pay is good, benefits are good","No growth opportunities unless you socialize outside of work with management, agism, burnout, cult mentality.","Either change the company mantra from ""Think Different"" to ""Follow the rules since there's always someone else willing to take your job for less"" or live up to the standards the company supposedly embodies.",3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P436.htm
40980,apple,"McLean, VA"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Part-Time Red Zone to Family Room,"The transition was pretty painless coming from the Red Zone. If you show interest and perseverance you will surely be able to make the switch quickly. As for how the roll is, I have to say this are much better now. Yes, it is a more stressful environment, but if you treat it very systematic and don't let customer's attitude get to you, then you'll love it. Much less to worry about that sales.","For a company that vomits they are not ""numbers focused"" constantly, they are very numbers (metrics) focus. But they do it in a way that is ""under the table"". I know it sounds shady, which its not, but near me out. They constantly tell you to focus on customer service and numbers. But whenever you have reviews and/or are looking to move up, numbers will be a huge deciding factor. And let's say you don't get what you applied for, and it was for numbers, they'll say it in a way that sort of seems like it was that, but not really, but yes. This might not make seems, but that's exactly what my experience was. I've been through three different store, 2 different states. All that same everywhere.","Cut the BS and be honest at the time of hiring. It's a great company, I don't need to drink the coolaid to know that. But this whole ""high school girlfriend"" drama crap, makes things unnecessarily complicated",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40981,apple,none," May 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,excellent Benefits - great group of employees regardless of what location (retail) you work at - flexible hours - great stock options,your work days can be very long - customers can be very disrespectful - you will to get yelled at every day by customers for there mistakes.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40982,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 15, 2016",Former Employee - Service Technician,"Amazing company, expect to work hard.","If you are smart and hungry, you'll go far. Caring managers, slick review process for coachable people. You must be a self driven learner.",Some people get caught up in the politics or worrying too much about the person next to them. Focus on making a difference for your customers and everything else falls into place.,Listen to your teams. Promote from within.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40983,apple,none," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"You will have a good team to work together, and have many ideas every day.","The company is very big, you cannot deep more tech, and just focus on a part of project.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40984,apple,"Provo, UT"," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare,At-Home-Advisor,Great benefits Good product discount Outstanding management,Hard to set yourself apart from home.,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40985,apple,none," May 13, 2016",Former Employee - Genius,The Byte,"Working with some really great people. Great benefits , great training","Internal promotions didn't happen enough , Not every store is ran the same. The culture has changed but its still a better place to work than most retailers",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40986,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Dynamic Environment,"Fast paced, welcoming people, dynamic environment. Lots of room to grow","Late work hours, occasionally long days.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40987,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Repair Computers and Provide Customer Service,I love working with diverse and positive people. Every single person I have met working for Apple has become a friend of mine. Very very cool place to work.,"Some of the new policies and procedures can feel very out of touch with customer base. After you learn to ins and outs of the company, you will see that our market is global and these decisions were for the better.","They inspire people and find new ways to rejuvenate the team. I have received some of the best life advice I have ever received from my management team. They have developed me into a much better person.  My advice to them, is to try and be a lot more ""real"" with everyone when things are going badly. Some people mistake god news for bad news and we can be more effective than that.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40988,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Best part-time job during college, but not forever.","They really treat you well with cool holiday products, discounts, and food. You work with the coolest and funnest group of people. Some bad eggs, but that's everywhere. It forces you to stay up to date with new tech, and when you tell people you work at the Apple Store, they treat you like God for some reason.","The work is tedious and can become quite the drag. After a while $15 per hour doesn't cut it when you have to connect with a customer, help them find the right product for them, AND be their therapist when their stuff hits the fan. The retail --> corporate route it not as accessible as you think.",They're really working hard to invest more and more into their employees. Keep it up! Maybe more discounts though haha.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40989,apple,none," May 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,Work on projects that are seen by many people.,The commute from San Francisco is a nightmare.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P437.htm
40990,apple,"Brookline, MA"," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Good for what it is,"The work you do is really rewarding, and the customer base is more thankful than the average retail. The coworkers are incredible and experiences are great.",scheduling is difficult and demanding. Job changes frequently with little input considered. often feel like the last to know about literally everything.,this role needs revision and redefinition. Currently in a lost state,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
40991,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Technical Advisor,"Great benefits, able to work from home or campus, and job development and improvement",Sometimes the work schedules are not flexible,Keep up the great work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
40992,apple,none," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Atmosphere,Able to work with quality coworkers to produce high quality products.,Often times the long work hours can be stressful.,Sometimes there needs to be a better balance between work and time for a personal life.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
40993,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,You're right. I am so lucky to work where I do.,Amazing projects. Smart people everywhere. Kind coworkers. Great benefits. A CEO to be proud of. Products worth supporting. Global impact with everything I work on.,No resting on your laurels. Constant state of development and evolution. (Which is also awesome). Sometime it is not a magical as we want it to be.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
40994,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,"Opaque, disorganized, and petty",The benefits and great and the coworkers are sometimes great. Also seeing how the sausage is made is always fun.,The mamagers are only interested in their own advancement out of retail and into corporate. There is a serious problem with being a second-class citizen in the Apple family. And it's still just retail.,Be straightforward with your thoughts. Apple isn't going to kill you (or sue you) for having a personality and a sense of humor.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
40995,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Business Manager,"Wonderful Company, Wonderful HQ People , Very Bad Store People","The Company is Wonderful. I've been in Cupertino for two weeks for training and my takeaways were invaluable: Importance of People, Personal Growth, Slow Down to Speed Up, Always Be Yourself and so on. So, at the end of the training, I was really enthusiastic and positive and in the best mood to start my role as a Business Manager in a Store.","As soon as I landed in my Store, all I got was an extremely high pressure. No care for people. No care for my personal growth. No coaching. I've just received a lot of ""feedbacks"" from the Store ""Leader"" and the Business ""Leader"" with the only goal to stress me out. Subjects of the feedbacks weren't about how I was managing my specific role, but of my way of being a manager, of being myself. I was going to make violence on myself to uniform to my bosses will! Just loosing my mind..... A great disillusion. The Store was a store.... not an Apple Store, with a store boss and not an Apple Store Leader... Very sad....","My advice goes to Cupertino's Managers and Leaders: please get involved on how Market ""Leaders"", Business ""Leaders"", Business Development Managers and Store Managers and ""Leaders"" take care of your people. People are the real Apple's Value. What happens in your retail stores is as important as what happens in HQ.",1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
40996,apple,none," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good first job,Fun people to work with Looks great on a resume Good people and technical skills building,Schedule always is rotating Customers can be very rude,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
40997,apple,"Fair Oaks, VA"," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Awesome place to work!,"- Amazing company to represent with products that we love & use everyday anyways. - Open environment for communication with peers and leaders. - Great benefits (insurance + discount-wise) - Career Experiences - give you a chance to almost ""intern"" in other areas of the company","- Sometimes competitive, Apple will definitely see what you are doing, give you feedback on how you can improve. If you don't put the work in to become a better employee or be more of a team player, you have a chance of not moving up - Leadership sometimes has their own agenda, creates rules that don't often fit the focus of the store.","Create an awesome relationship with your employees. Yes we are there to sell products and create an enriching customer experience, but we need to focus on our ""internal"" customers before our external ones.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
40998,apple,"Boston, MA"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Fun family environment. Really talented teammates that you can easily create friendships with and learn something from. Huge focus on your development and growth. They want you to be a better person for the company and yourself in the future regardless of where you end up.,Some of the leadership will micro manage you to hit your number goals. It's positioned as a goal to reach for but in reality it's hit this number or get talked to every day.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
40999,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - GIS Technician,Contractors are the bare minimum,"Entered as a fresh graduate, as a contractor with minimal GIS experience. Learned IT management skills, how to stay motivated and professional. Made significant contributions to my team  -Low expectations -Easy projects -Room for creativity -Great food -Interesting professional development classes offered",-Low expectations from contractors -Management can be ineffective -Coworkers are kinda dumb -If smart you will outgrow quickly  I was teaching my manager's things that he/she should have already known...,"Should be more ruthless to their lower management, and hire out of your contractor pool if they display talent/growth potential.",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P438.htm
41000,apple,"San Diego, CA"," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Good place,"It really is a a great place to work. You get good pay. Along with good pay, you get and automatic friends. lot's of vacation.",Scheduling was always strict. because they are a retail store you cannot have 2 consecutive days off in a row. because of this it was hard to maintain a good work life balance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41001,apple,"Willow Grove, PA"," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist position,"Good pay, great benefits, stock options, health care","Fast paced environment, slow growth potential",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41002,apple,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great people","Awesome place to work with awesome people. Lots of great benefits, even for part-time hourly retail employees. Great compensation for a retail job. Many growth opportunities/internal internships.",The work environment is pretty busy all the time. Not the sort of place for the lazy.,"In most of my experience, management has been competent and compassionate. The ones who seemed to have lacked never lasted in my store for very long.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41003,apple,"Washington, DC"," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Flexible hours, great pay, most friendly work environment you could ask for, intelligent and social coworkers. Apple has it all figured out! Managers genuinely want to see you grow in the company and in life.",They really hate tardiness and last minute changes to schedules. So make sure you arrange shift switches as soon as possible.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41004,apple,none," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,Great job in college providing technical support from home and consistent schedules!,Can be difficult to maintain numbers,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41005,apple,"New York, NY"," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Over it!,"benefits, network of people you meet",Sold a dream in the beginning. Smoking mirrors effect. No career development. Its just your regular retail job,"Strong focus on career development, bonuses, pay everyone the same not just new hires, fire some under preforming managers,",3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41006,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist/Mentor/Workshop Leader,Specialist,"Lots of great benefits, and discounts on Apple products","very limited career growth, and low hourly pay","Allow employees an opportunity to expand their career opportunities, and become more technically proficient.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41007,apple,none," May 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Analyst - Maps Team,"Great food and perks, good pay","Incredibly boring tasks - tasks usually involved reviewing tickets/information and making minor changes. I felt more like a robot than a researcher, I very much doubt that even a high school kid could not pull this off.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41008,apple,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,Best company to work for! The team is absolutely amazing and they are very flexible with your schedule,None. Its a great place to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41009,apple,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,No Complaints,"I've never admired working. Couldn't imagine myself clocking in for work AT ALL ! I worked for Royal Caribbean, AT&T, and other companies that are pretty credible but this here, Apple, is AMAZING !  The atmosphere ! The people ! The energy ! The customers ! The growth !  It's really a culture or lifestyle. Apple is by far one of the best companies to work for and this is coming from someone that believe 9-5's is modern day slavery. Ha. I love this company. I love my job. I love my future.","So far, So good. Really have nothing bad to say. Of course you'll find bad apples everywhere but I seen very little here",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P439.htm
41010,apple,"Boston, MA"," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok,Products offered and Customer interaction were great Location was great,"Benefits were non existent Hours were give and take Pay was ok even with previous experience, didn't match other companies",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41011,apple,"Walnut Creek, CA"," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work-Life Balance,- Great Benefits - Company Pride - Great Locations - Support in Crisis  We had a tragedy in the family and the team/management were very supportive. United Healthcare has been great to work with as well. We were able to reach them at noon on a Sunday! Participation in the Pride Festival in SF is lots of fun!,"- Work-Life balance. Schedule changes frequently. - Time off not approved when proper process adhered to. - Management, especially scheduling management, is very hard to coordinate with.  Chose to work at this particular location to be able to spend time with family. Days off constantly move around without notice, so scheduling anything is very hard. Specific request for work-life balance seem to have gone by the wayside.","- When an employee moves to your store to be closer to family and spend more time with them, scheduling should take that into account. - Keep a closer eye on time off requests and approve it if it has been submitted appropriately. - Provide at least 2 weeks notice if schedules are going to change, i.e., days off are going to move around.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41012,apple,"Noblesville, IN"," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Flexible and rooms to grow,Its customer service so it can be hectic,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41013,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - At Home Senior Advisor,Lots of Advancement Potential if You're Suited for the Job,"- work from home - very reasonable compensation - great benefits (401k, healthcare, stock etc)","Especially compared to working in an Apple Retail store, working from home can be pretty disengaging after a while. There is a lot of stress involved with being a Senior Advisor. Most customers are either already angry, and/or have a complex issue that takes a while to work through.",Make more career opportunities available to at-home advisors. Making more opportunities available to work in a retail store temporarily would definitely help fuel/maintain brand energy.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41014,apple,"San Jose, CA"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Part-time Specialist,What an experience,"Culture, people, excitement, joy ... The words that come to mind when I go to work.","Holiday hours, limited openings for full-time",Keep the culture alive and find creative ways to keep store morale at a high,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41015,apple,"San Diego, CA"," May 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Leader,Fun work environment for all team members,Upper management disconnected.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41016,apple,"Charleston, SC"," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Awesome company to work for if you love change and groth,"The growth you will get from this job is amazing, they help you work on your strengths and weaknesses. very customer oriented, you get to meet tons of great people internally and outside.",Not much opportunity for moving up in the company. You're pretty much in the same position for your career unless they really like you then you have a shot of being something different,"Be more honest with employees and don't always go by the cookie cutter people pleasing answers that aren't real. Like no you can't move up because there is no money in the store for the position. Not, were still seeing what we can do. You KNOW you're not doing it.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41017,apple,"New York, NY"," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - FRS,Great,"Great culture, great benefits, great developmental platform","Limited growth options, and limited work life balance. FRS role is not compensated fairly for their stress level, as it is still considered an entry level position.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41018,apple,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best college job,Working from home is amazing. And while in the college program Apple has been very flexible with my college schedule. I have enjoyed working here,It can be hard to be on task because you work from home. Can be lonely with no workplace experience. Very ambiguous about changes some times,Senior level support is a bit condescending. However your reporting manger is normally awesome. Should make more of an effort to allow us who live in the same city to meet in person,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41019,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Visuals Manager,Became Corporate,Great people to work with. Lots of mobility within the company. Lots of internal resources.,Some folks are like tenured professors...they just shouldn't be there but they are embedded. As soon as the iPhone came out Apple started getting really corporate-y.,Remember to look at your Credo Card once in a while –– do you even still have those?,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P440.htm
41020,apple,"Wauwatosa, WI"," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Genius,"Great pay, great benefits, great people.","Overly demanding, customers and leadership don't appreciate what you do","Give employees the benefit of the doubt, eight years there and felt less and less respect as the time passed.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41021,apple,none," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,The best retail company to work for,-Insane benefits -great hourly rate -typically great coworkers,"-retail -changing corporate culture becoming increasingly toxic -sourcing new managers from Target, who do not usually fit into the culture -extremely competitive -must work weekends",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41022,apple,"Lake Grove, NY"," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Specialist,"Customer Service, Tech savvy, Business interactions.",no room for growth,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41023,apple,none," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer 4,"Talent people aggressive approach learning a lot and could contribute to things exciting, not just waste time to make money","Balance of work and family could be tough, company located in a region requiring two jobs",Nothing really. Supervisors are professional and nice. They are among the best I could find after 11 years of working.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41024,apple,none," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great gig,Pay is good. Not scripted customer service. Great benefits.,Opportunities for advancement do not come often.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41025,apple,"Miami, FL"," May 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Part Time,"Dress code was great, could grow my mustache, good positive co-workers. Excellent training.",Too much emphasis on selling Apple Care. Pay could be better for hourly.,Pay more for hourly associates if they are not getting a commission.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41026,apple,none," May 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SALES,"Great working environment, nice people and good pay",I cannot find any for cons,you guys are doing a great job!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41027,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just status. Not the best place to work,"Benefits are killer including a in campus wellness center, gym and cafeteria, product discount (but still over priced), available tools and resources to get the work done, employee assistance for everything, RSU bonus.","Nonexistent work-life balance, below average pays, extremely long hours (including nights and weekends), extremely unreasonable expectations (1 person have 2-3 different jobs with responsibilities way above their pay range). First level managers think they are stars. Cash bonus is a joke considering the amount of money the company makes.","M1s e M2s can bring results but 80% have no people management skills. The bigger they are, the harder they fall...",2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41028,apple,none," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develop",Awesome products to work on,some what expensive to me,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41029,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,High quality people driving towards the same goal Amazing products and services Great community and environmental efforts Internal mobility is encouraged,Intense working hours - expectations to work even when you're off. New hires are compensated much better than employees who have been there for years.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P441.htm
41030,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Senior Manager, Operations","Smart people, interesting work. Ability to travel a great deal around the world. Working in a small team means a lot of exposure","Culture is a web of interconnected pieces, which means it's really hard to get anything moving. Many medium priority items sit for a long time.","Start from the customer experience and work backwards, not from what we are able to get done before the deadline. Too often people move on to the next thing before ensuring a great customer experience.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41031,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Quality Assurance Operator,Quality Test Operator,I learned a lot at apple.,there were no down sides,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41032,apple,"San Jose, CA"," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Excellent,excellent working culture and friendly people,tough to get in but once you get in its a different world,do not maintain soooo much secrecy,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41033,apple,"New York, NY"," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,"Great benefits, great coworkers, a really good job for someone who is trying to find there way or just looking for a part time job that pays really well",Sometimes management can be a bit disconnected from you if your agenda doesn't benefit theirs  A lot of favoritism  Very high turnover,Take a minute to show that you actually do care about your employees  Find a better way to prevent as much turnover,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41034,apple,none," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thankful,"Benefits are pretty awesome, discount subpar",They don't pay enough for everything they require you to do. They say the experience is all about the customer but it seems to be driven more and more by dollars spent by the customer.,Go back to a model surrounding the customer experience and the happiness of your employees and the profits will follow. There is no way any of the retail employees should be making less than 70k/year.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41035,apple,"Woodside, NY"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiting Specialist,Good but not great (retail),"Decent benefits even at entry level. Great for resume Opportunity for personal development (i.e. competencies,people relations) Team Environment",No work life balance Politics to the max Vending machine type environment Pay is not adequate for the amount of money made for company,"Get back to basics, Apple Retail employees are not vending machines",4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41036,apple,none," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Jov,I've never learned so much at a job. This company is incredible.,"The customers absolutely suck. Being a technician, you are subject to constant, CONSTANT barrages of yelling and cursing and it takes patience.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41037,apple,none," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great times!",Apple is a generous and progressive company that treats its employees very well.,I sometimes got the impression that younger employees made more headway within the ranks.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41038,apple,"Miami, FL"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Retail,Ive learned more at Apple in 2 years than all of my precious work experience combined.,Retail is tough... Apple Retail is another level. It can be very stressful and tiring on your body.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41039,apple,none," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Moving Up,"Great Benefits , Good Managers , Working at Home is a Bonus. The discounts for apple employees are awesome. The employee referral program is awesome as well.",Hard to get into management. Even being in the top 5% you are not able to get into a management role. The completion is tough and some mangers promise you something and then back out of what they said.,Keep your word. Lead by example and mold your advisors to be able to make it in different roles in the company .,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P442.htm
41040,apple,none," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Senior Advisor,Great benefits and great management. Awesome ability to move up the ranks as long as you are a top performer.,"The scheduling can really stink, but you're in a call center environment so it kind of goes with the gig. Also having to deal with difficult customers",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41041,apple,"Pasco, WA"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AppleCare At-Home,Working from home is a huge benefit! It is really comfortable and allows you to save money on other expenses. Apple seems to genuinely care about your advancement.,"When it comes down to it tech support is purely customer service, meaning that you regularly encounter rude individuals. With practice it gets easier to inject some cheer into the situation and calm them down.",Managers are great! I do wish there was more team interaction but what do you really expect from a job where you work from home?,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41042,apple,none," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,forced,This company had huge campus,but they have bad work environment,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41043,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Love my job,"Awesome company to work for. Love the people that I work with, my benefits (even as part-time), and the atmosphere.",Sometimes I feel like it is hard to try and move up in the company.,"If you track and care about our numbers, don't tell us the numbers aren't important.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41044,apple,"New York, NY"," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - Genuis,Over rated,"Job security, discounted stock plan, good health benefits. Commuter benefits. Good as a part time gig. Decent pay. Good place to understand how to talk to people",Lack of development for a company that is growing: lack of loyalty to ppl that have been working there for years. A place where your great ideas may be used but you are not compensated for it,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41045,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA Manager,Large budgets to get the work done,"Too many to list here, most have to do with being a very large company",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41046,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Great coworkers and great benefits.,It's still a retail environment and the hours are retail-based.,"Honestly, management has gotten a lot better than they used to be. They do the best with what they have to. Some managers still question everything you do, but most of them just try to work with you.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41047,apple,none," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA College Program,"DIscounts, health benefits, and other opportunities","Flexibility of schedule, meaning only allowing employees to select the days but not the exact hours",Hire better managers that find the time to assist their team,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41048,apple,none," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved Working for Apple!,"Apple provides excellent, in-depth training to get you started. The company gives a great benefit package including Health, Dental, Vision, etc. Managers are very helpful. As an Apple AHA, my position allowed me to work from home. Apple provides the equipment needed to do your job. Great experience!",Occasionally had to work a couple extra hours (required) during new product releases.,Keep up the good work! You know how to treat your employees right.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41049,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Excellent!,"Awesome products, great people, and energizing",Sometimes customer interactions can be draining.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P443.htm
41050,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,I have been working at Apple retail for four years.,The best thing about Apple is their ability to push people to develop. Everything is centered around your development as an employee or as a person.,The worst thing about Apple is that it is hard to get hired and even harder to get fired. There have been plenty of people that flew under the radar and should be let go.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41051,apple,"Greenville, SC"," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Treats Employees Well,"Great benefits, even for part-timers Management truly care about your success and work-life balance",Low wages for retail Difficult to advance as not to many upper level positions vacate very often,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41052,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Challenge yourself,Grow your professional experience - work with the best in the world here - always learning new things - fast paced and rewarding environment - much improved work-life balance in the past two years,- Perks aren't on par with other companies of equal stature - A lot of travel away from family and friends - Pressure and stress can be quite intense,I see a lot of management and leadership brought in from outside the company. Why would you want to bring in talent from inferior companies?,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41053,apple,"Tacoma, WA"," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,"Great people to work with, good discounts",Not enough hours for part-time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41054,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Excellent Benefits, Excellent facilities, Ability to design products that will be used all over the world","Combative culture, no work life balance, culture of competitiveness that hinders collaboration and innovation",Encourage collaboration instead of combativeness. Reduce pressure to ship things on tight schedules and instead to ship products when they are at their engineering best.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41055,apple,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work/life balance is tricky,golden handcuffs and base salary,"work/life balance is tough, depending on your team.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41056,apple,none," May 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Positive atmosphere, smart people, chance to learn a lot about positive customer service","Very busy, sometimes difficult to manage customer expectations",More room to advance,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41057,apple,"Northfield, NJ"," May 1, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Apple,"Great people, fantastic benefits, ability to learn something new every day.",It's still a retail environment with the usual management challenges.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41058,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Full Time Specialist,Pros & Cons,"Great company. You'll learn a whole new style of working that's awesome, and you'll grow tremendously. Great people. You'll honestly work with the happiest, smartest, most driven people you've ever met, and they'll become your best friends! The money is fantastic, you start at at least $15 an hour, and the benefits are top notch! You'll get benefits even if you're part time! You will NOT be fired for poor sales (but you do need excellent sales to be promoted, in fact you have to ""qualify"" to apply for another position based upon your sales and customer service records) You really DO grow from all the ""feedback"" sessions, but it's hard!","There aren't many places to go. The few positions that become available are hugely sought after and they go to whoever the managers ""favorites"" are. You'll grow old waiting for a promotion. You'll work for like 5 different managers who all have different expectations and personalities, so it's very hard deal with that. What makes one happy, upsets another, etc., and they're never on the same page. If you're full time you can forget about college or anything else because you are NOT permitted to have specific days off, at least not at my store. You are NOT allowed to request ANY days off from Black Friday through mid January NONE!!! You'll never spend Christmas with your out-of-state family EVER again. You WILL work Easter, Super Bowl Sunday, Halloween, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and all the 3 day weekends. If you have school-aged kids....you'll go days without seeing them because you have to ""close"" several nights per week and they'll be in bed already when you get home. You'll be bored out of your mind on slow days where you're forced to literally just stand there. They won't send you home, but I guess that's good from a financial standpoint. Peers are not only allowed to confront you with negative ""feedback"" they're encouraged to...so be prepared! It's REALLY HARD at first. You are rated on your ""NPS"" Net a Promoter Score. For EVERY SINGLE transaction that occurs an email is sent to the customer asking them to rate you on various aspects and they can write comments. Any negative comments mean trouble for you even if they're untrue or were someone else's fault. For instance, a customer goes to the Genius Bar to have a phone repaired, but it's out warranty or has water damage so it cannot be repaired. Obviously this customer is gonna be unhappy! Before he leaves the store he buys a new charging cable and YOU sell it to him, well guess who's name the bad review goes under...YOURS! It's tough to have every transaction evaluated!","Give full time employees a break! Allow them to have specific days off to go to college, church, or be a Scout Leader, etc.",4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41059,apple,none," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,#1 Customer Service Training,"Great work environment, health benefits, flexible work schedule and training. You will learn what it really means to provide elite customer service.",Lack of career paths from retail to corporate.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P444.htm
41060,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Operations,Worst Company Ever,Nothing at all. See the Cons below.,"Review for Operations 1. Long hours. When you have to work till 2 AM to answer e-mails and calls and wake up at 6AM to attend meetings, it shows that the company culture does not care and respect employees. Companies that allows and and expects employees to work past midnight does not expect anyone. Period. 2. Very cheap company. With over $200 Billion in the bank, it's the cheapest company in the valley. Extracts every drop out of it's employees till you have no time for breakfast and lunch. At the same time, they don't provide free breakfast or lunch or snacks. Did I say cheap? 3. Very expensive cafeteria food at $10 per meal. They do not subsidize the meals. 4. Used to provide free apples. Not anymore. Did I say that they are super cheap? 5. Employees only leave Apple for Google, Facebook. You will never see employees from Google or Facebook. That got to tell you something. It's a sweatshop that does not care for its employees. 6. Oh got to pay to use the gym. Did I mention cheap? 7. Bad company. Very very bad.  If you get a job offer, please consider it carefully. It is a sweatshop. They simply cannot get quality candidates Goggle and Facebook. Got to hire cheap labor from outside of California.","Stop being cheap and address all the cons above. Please don't do lip service. Just do it. By the time Iphone 10 comes about, you will have the same fate as Blackberry. Might as well invest on your employees.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41061,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Great company but still retail,"Working for apple is great, very innovative and fast-paced. However, retail is retail. If you want to stay in retail, Apple is the best though.","Sporadic 7-days a week scheduling Pay for managers is great but could be better for lower level employees, especially with increasing demands of them.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41062,apple,none," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good salary and benefit. And good match 401k,too much works so difficult to make a valance with family.,be careful about discrimination,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41063,apple,"Spring, TX"," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Support Advisor,Senior technical advisor,"Coworker's and work environment are cool, excellent benefits, wear whatever you'd like to work including tattoos and piercings, automatic coffee machines galore, gourmet kitchen with affordable prices",Strict adherence to metrics and a feeling that you are constantly being watched/recorded and must rush as fast as you can to get more work done is quite stressful,Remember quality is as important as quality,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41064,apple,none," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Senior Manager, Apple Retail Store","Leading smart, diverse team Innovative products Fantastic benefits","Store Leader can make or break the experience for all in the building. Unfortunately, the Store Leader I work for is devisive - doesn't know how to build a team. Service business model is a tough when you are the only Apple Store for hundreds of miles. The pace of the store wears on the team.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41065,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Pretty good place to work at,"great benefits, great people, great management, overall just a great place to work at","none at all, just a great place.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41066,apple,none," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great job while in college, best store for retail","The benefits are amazing, discounts too (even though it could be a little higher in percentage). The environment is not like typical retail. Management cares about your best interest",Dealing with different personalities each day can be challenging and sometimes you'll feel like things can get repetitive after being there for a while.,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41067,apple,none," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,RedZone Specialist,Excellent atmosphere with great coworkers and management. Best benefits of any part time job I know of.,"Schedule is very random, and you will work almost have weekend especially during the holidays and there is very little offered overtime.","Keep doing what you're doing, hire the right team members, motivating in a positive way, and keeping the workplace drama free.",5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41068,apple,"Henrico, VA"," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,This company is amazing.,Very busy all the time in the retail space.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41069,apple,none," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Expert,"The benefits were great, co-workers were friendly and easy to get along with","Very stressful environment, and constantly being micro-managed",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P445.htm
41070,apple,"Miami, FL"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,sales specialist,"People, great benefits for both part time and full time employees. Easy to take time off, will train you in competencies to use in real world settings.","Advancement, it is not easy to move up on the company. If not full time getting hours is a little bit of a struggle.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41071,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,Great people who really care about others. Excellent culture and opportunities for self growth.,Glass ceiling if you don't want to be a manager. No set schedule.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41072,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Best Company ever,"Great work, great toys, great beer, great food, great pay...what more can you ask for?","Competition, promotion is tough, need to keep it secret!","Promote more, make it easier to move between groups",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41073,apple,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambiguity Is Everything,"Apple is an incredible company to work for. They are very supportive with your professional development and provide a great culture to meet awesome people and work with genuinely kind and bright folk.  It feels good to work for a company that cares about the right things such as the environment, human/civil rights, security, and privacy. They don't just say it's their mission or their vision, they really do care and put in a ton of effort to support the causes that are important to them.  - 401k matching (varies based upon employment duration) - Healthcare is 5 stars A+ incredible! - Vacation time accrual is solid, but could be better (varies based upon employment duration and corporate vs retail) - Sick time accrual is also solid, but could be accrue faster (half the rate of vacation) - Stock options - Educational assistance for students - Adoption grant - Maternity leave - Paternity leave - Family care leave - Discounts on Apple products - Discounts on third party products, accessories, and software","I have worked on the retail side and currently work on the corporate side and the one thing that is consistent is the ambiguity. This isn't necessarily bad, but it's the culture. If you can't adapt, if you can't evolve, and if you can't do it fast, then maybe Apple isn't for you. There is no hand holding, there is no roadmap to success, there is no path forward. If you want to go anywhere with Apple, you better pioneer it yourself and let others know you are doing it and maybe, just maybe, you'll get where you want to go. Like I said, it's ambiguous, so it's hard to say that if you do all the right things then 2+2 will always = 4 because that is not the case.  - No bonuses or employee recognition (unless you count free t-shirts and water bottles) - No clear path to promotion/transfer - No work/life balance for retail employees",- Develop a clear path for promotion - Develop a clear path for internal transfers - Improve the scheduling of retail employees so they can have work/life balance - Appreciate your employees more with things like bonuses (t-shirts don't cut it and I have 1000 of them),4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41074,apple,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,"get to talk about apple products all day. low stress, high speed lots of benefits great co workers",little upward mobility retail hours are random people are sometimes mean,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41075,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Failure Analysis Engineer,Great working experience to learn from the best practices,plenty of talents and politics,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41076,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,"Cool people, management needs work","Discounts are OK, could be better but it helps For the most part, your coworkers are pretty awesome people Laid back culture, all though it's starting to get more strict","No work/life balance You probably won't get a promotion if you're not kissing up to management And the managers suck. They barely manage It used to be a pretty laid back vibe, but not its getting more strict and not as fun to work there (more pressure to sell)","Do your job! Apple gives managers all the tools they need to build a strong team and keep morale high. The managers just don't do that, hence why majority of the store employees end up leaving Apple all together. Apple should also give more opportunities for retail employees to move up to corporate. We're already in, it shouldn't be impossible to get to HQ.",3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41077,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,Company Discount on products is good,Management is not very good and need training,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41078,apple,none," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - IOS T1/T2 Advisor,A double-edged sword,"* Pay rate was fantastic! Apple is hard to beat when it comes to them treating employees well from the pay rate and benefits included. Various perks for healthcare, 401K plans and other stock options, and other perks such as free software were really nice and helped employees feel more valued as opposed to just feeling like a number.  * Discounts on Apple products and services (consisting of various set percentage discounts and one-time per 3 year discounts to get an even larger discount, really helps a lot when you want something new and shiny :) ).  * Hours for work were almost always readily available - there are practically a near endless amount of overtime hour options available, and especially so during the holiday seasons or peak times such as a new product or major software update launch.  * Being able to work from home is a huge perk! You never have to worry about any kind of dress code or commuting costs. In addition, Apple will reimburse you for your phone and internet bills monthly!  * Apple regularly sends little freebie gifts to employees every few months or so. It's a really good feeling to open your mailbox and randomly receive a free gift such as a t-shirt, coffee mug, or jacket.  * While you may not have a guaranteed job, as employees are regularly reviewed yearly on performance metrics, if you are able to meet these jobs there are certainly opportunities available for you. Those opportunities may manifest themselves as either job extensions in your current position, a pay raise, or perhaps a promotion to an entirely new role. One thing that I am happy to see Apple do is promote existing employees within their company rather than just look outward to find a candidate.  * In a given work day as an employee, you usually learn something new. Even if you don't expect yourself to learn something a new, a new situation or customer type might throw your brain for a loop. I consider this element of uncertainty a positive, as I like taking on challenges and learning new things in the process.","* Metrics performance goals are *FAR* too highly focused on and too micromanaged - you can be a fantastic employee at Apple, but if your metric numbers even look a little bit off in one area, expect to receive lengthy coaching from your manager. Management needs to realize that these numbers are largely out of control of the advisor, as the customer is the person with the ultimate say and can issue a rating that may or may not be appropriate for any or no given reason. In addition, metrics performance became practically impossible to achieve once management started issuing additional roles for the existing employees. For example - initially our team started off as T1 iOS advisors, where we would solely troubleshoot and help issues related to iOS-based products for the most part. However, over time once promotions came down the line, at the T2 level you are expected to act as a 'final point of contact' for customers regardless of their issue in the majority of situations. In addition, you take on additional products and services that you must be familiar with, and internal information is constantly being changed and updated which may lead to a different protocol for approaching certain issues. Not only that, but over time they expected all iOS advisors to be cross trained for Mac computer products as well - guess what that ended up doing? It ended up making every advisor be expected to know literally *everything* about practically every product and service, while drastically increasing the workload in any given day to the point where you never had a chance to take a breather. The T2 advisors were also being forwarded blind calls from T1 advisors, so these last two points significantly added onto the burden of the employee to the point where it becomes too much to handle.  * Forget about having any kind of work/life balance. At Apple, your primary focus is always expected to be about the job and nothing else. Expect emails from management or pressure from your team manager to take on additional hours. While management will sometimes issue contests based on employees who take on additional hours, they are completely random as you would expect (given that there are thousands of employees on shift at any given time). In addition, your work schedule typically changes every 3 months in the role. Every 3 months, you will have to submit a new shift bid and *hopefully* get the appropriate days and times you're looking for.  * At the T2 level especially, customers often tended to be rude. At the T1 level when I initially started off this issue was negated somewhat due to the larger influx of calls, but rude customers are to be expected in a customer service/technical support based role. To be fair, quite a few customers are also enjoyable to speak with. :)  * This last point may or may not be an issue for employees, depending on the team that you are randomly placed into - during complex or difficult situations during a call, you may or may not be able to rely on support from your fellow team members/manager. Again, this point can be either a pro or con depending on the situation for the employee (I had both variants happen throughout my tenure at Apple).","* Stop focusing so much on the metrics - year after year, the metrics performance goals keep getting raised while forcing employees to take on more and more duties for their same role that they didn't initially sign up for. This issue ends up driving away good employees, making retainment a significant issue.  * Make management more reachable - while previous managers stated they were ""always available"" via email or phone, typically you would get lucky to reach someone right away due to conflicting schedules where your manager might not be present on that given day.  * Listen to employee feedback - as an Apple employee, at various times you would be asked to complete surveys asking for suggestions or feedback on things ranging from training you may have had to complete all the way down to direct feedback going to management. While these were always filled out, at the end of the day the feedback never seemed to translate into any kind of tangible difference, not even something as small as acknowledgement from the management team.  * As far as culture and values go, I'm torn on how to rate it - on the positive side, Apple has had a fantastic track record as far as promoting positive values for society and personal health. I absolutely adore what the company and management have done in regards to promoting issues such as civil liberty and personal health. However, internally the company culture is a bit of a double-edged sword. While positive messages and encouragement are generally within the company internally, there is an issue in regards to the way that employees are expected to give up their personal lives for the sake of the company. With CEO Tim Cook, I understand that he surely has a difficult job in not only maintaining the company that the late Steve Jobs left him, but also being expected to build it up even further. While these issues within the culture are present within Apple, I do have faith in Tim that he can make progress on these issues to make the company a better place.  --------- At the end of the day, if someone were to ask me to recommend Apple as an employer, I would cautiously say yes. Make no mistake, Apple is a fantastic company that provides a lot of benefits and perks to its employees. Just be aware of the potential downsides and weigh the pros and cons before committing to a decision.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41079,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Tier 1 Advisor Review,"The ability to work from home, flexible hours as along at the call volume allows, currently I work 4 ten hour shifts with a 1 hour lunch.","Only ONE static day off, extremely micro managed in regards to call reviews, not enough propriety hands on training prior to hitting the flow. Too many hurdles or processes required to submit timecard, check schedule, check email, etc.","Offer increasing in pay primarily on attendance, make it a weighted situation. I am aware performance is extremely important however some one can be an outstanding technical employee, excellent customer service skills and resolve customer issues yet still be killed on their surveys simply because they didn't make an empathetic plea to the customer or ""Align"" with them. This can cause the advisor to not receive a 100% positive score even though the issue was resolved and the customer is happy/satisfied with the experience.",5.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P446.htm
41080,apple,"Lawtey, FL"," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,Admin,Good culture an community is fun,"Busy, but every store is though",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41081,apple,"Elmhurst, IL"," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,The work environment was outstanding! They take pride in building the greatest customer experience and go above and beyond to ensure this happens - my managers would often get involved to make a customer laugh or deliver a memorable experience. The training was also great and kept you up to date.,"Honestly, I cannot think of one.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41082,apple,none," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,Good company with fun employees,Not much advancement in retail,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41083,apple,none," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Amazing job,"Perfect job for college students, excellent experience, coworkers and managers are awesome","can sometimes get very hectic, busy, and customers are frustrating",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41084,apple,none," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I wouldn't go back,Usually a good group of people to work with and it was pretty easy to make friends.,"Management was horrific and, ironically, mis-managed. Anyone thinking differently was quickly labeled as 'trouble' and ostracized by most of the management team.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41085,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place if you love Apple products!,"Apple has a core set of values. If your values match Apple's, you'll have a great ride. It's hard work, but you work with accomplished people on highly successful products. The compensation is fantastic. There's little time wasted collaborating with various geos across multiple timezones.",You had better be passionate about Apple products - it would be hard for you to justify your hard work if you didn't care about the beautiful products that you contribute to.  Internal mobility is not straightforward - some teams handle it better than others.,Make internal mobility an integral part of the employee development plan. Have more and regular conversations around employee performance and growth.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41086,apple,none," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Bar Specialist,Your coworkers will be great. It's the best possible retail job you could get. The benefits are fantastic for a retail job.,It's still retail. Retail doesn't lead to corporate. If you want to go to corporate build the skills that fit the job you want outside of your hours in retail.,You need to give people more options with scheduling. Retail employees should not be on call like doctors or firefighters.,4.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41087,apple,none," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,Easy job if good at sales,"Growth Opportunities, repetitive issues, Customer concerns,",Build employee depth better,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41088,apple,none," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work in,"The team is full of smart people, whenever you meet problems you can ask them any time.",You could feel pressure to follow up if you don't work hard. So it may not be an easy work.,The company is so big that we should often have activities to know people in other groups more.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41089,apple,"Portland, OR"," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Part Time Job,The employee discount is great. The employee benefits package is extremely valuable. Especially the stock options and the ESPP program.,"The work can be very taxing. Long hours, constant rush in the store. Extremely over-stimulating environment at times.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P447.htm
41090,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Project Manager,Poor management,Exciting products Nice facilities Good technical training,"Too many drama queens Managers ill equipped to manage Inadequate manager training Managers promoted on technical skills, not people skills",Need increased people management skills,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41091,apple,"Holyoke, MA"," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,The Retail Store is a Great Stepping stone,The environmental can be fun so long as you know how to let go and unwind throughout the day.  Management encourages you to be innovative and allows you a good amount of autonomy. Basically no micro-managing.,"Pay is not competitive. While it may be a couple dollars higher than Walmart or McDonalds, don't expect it to be on par with other jobs in the industry.  Working at the Genius Bar can be overwhelmingly demanding.  Really the only metric that matters is customer ratings on surveys. The overall scoring metric is heavily weighted towards the negative reviews. Add in the fact that you have a very limited time with each customer to give options/solve their issue, and a lot of the negative reviews aren't really relevant to your own performance but rather on how the customer feels about Apple.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41092,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Amazing Company Amazing Work,"The work here at Apple is really amazing, and you get to work with some really smart people with top-notch experience.","Not much but Apple could provide employees with better benefits like free food, gym etc.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41093,apple,"Monterey, CA"," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Creative and Retail Specialist,Part time and full time expereince,"Amazing company High energy, positive people New exciting tech Pays well above federal minimum wage You work at Apple :)","Retail hours regardless of your job Like any other retail environment, selling is included regardless of your specialty Constant Change","Listen to your employees, remember that they're people and not just cogs in a machine. Offer positive feedback for a job well done.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41094,apple,"Newark, DE"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great work environment, a lot of opportunity, excellent benefits, flexibility",work life balance could be better,Be as straightforward as possible about upward mobility for part time employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41095,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - IT Project Manager,Apple,"talented team, good exposure, latest technologies, high volumes, complex IT landscape","Long working hours, weekend work,",HR is very weak. Invest in employee growth.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41096,apple,none," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great job, good people",Working at apple was an incredible experience. The management encourages transparent communication. Your coworkers will always work with you to make the best experience for the customer and the betterment for yourself. Always learning something new.,"Always so busy. My store had about 10k people walk in on a typical Saturday, if you cannot handle barely hearing yourself think on some days, this may be a bad fit.  Management dropped the ball on giving me a transfer when moving out of the area. Sketchy process.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41097,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Tech Support T2,"Good benefits, low pay. Everyone is replaceable.",Good benefits. Some options to work from home. It's close to home for me. You never have to worry about a dress code.,Working for managers that kissed butt to get where they are and have no skills. Just because Apple is a large and well known company doesn't make it the best company to work for.,Double check your mid level management,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41098,apple,none," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,culture,"culture, people, products, working on the future of consumer electronics",frequent travel internationally usually over 30%,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41099,apple,"Lansing, MI"," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Love co-workers, dislike management",Enriching the users/customers life experiences,"Not a lot of perks, store management plays favorites and could care less about employees, only, themselves, and personal growth.","Stop micro managing, you hired us, we are adults, we just graduated from college with a degree, care more about individuals, don't play favorites, open your eyes.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P448.htm
41100,apple,"Canoga Park, CA"," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,"Great benefits, decent pay, and the opportunity to work with some very interesting and talented people.","Not a whole lot of upward mobility from the retail arm, you kind of have to know the right people.",Don't take advantage of the retail employees. I've seen some of the most talented people walk to other companies because of the lack of opportunities at Apple.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41101,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Tech Support T2,"Good benefits, low pay. Everyone is replaceable.",Good benefits. Some options to work from home. It's close to home for me. You never have to worry about a dress code.,Working for managers that kissed butt to get where they are and have no skills. Just because Apple is a large and well known company doesn't make it the best company to work for.,Double check your mid level management,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41102,apple,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,n/a,It's a great place to work because of the discounts.,The main con is the work life balance because you are still working retail.,n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41103,apple,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Excellent base pay, benefits, and opportunities",You lose the social interaction that you find in most office jobs,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41104,apple,"Marlton, NJ"," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Retail,The environment is amazing and the people are all incredible. Apple retail is not your ordinary retail. Many people do not understand how hard the store works to give the customers the best experience.,The only downside is the rude customers you'd have come into the store.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41105,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Firmware Engineer,"Decent, but really depends on your management","Fast pace, collaboration with other teams, great employee discounts, paid time off during Thanksgiving and between Xmas and New Year (because a lot of holidays are work days here).","Almost constantly on call, not much of a work time and off time difference, really depends on your assignment, politics and rivalry between teams. Too much secrecy between teams and projects makes work very inefficient.",Have less rivalry and competition may actually encourage better collaboration between teams and prevent disasters like antenna gates and calendar day time saving switch flop.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41106,apple,"Towson, MD"," May 9, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Being a Specialist at Apple,Flexible hours that work with school. Great benefits. Good discounts.,Hard to move up quickly. They mainly hire from outside the company rather then within. Managers change every couple months so hard to get use to a certain style.,Stop quitting.,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41107,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,"Apple retail is a great opportunity to develop skills, good for college students or people looking for benefits",This is a great job for three 4 types of people:  1. College Students 2. People who would like to become managers 3. People who don't know what they want to do in life 4. People who are older/retired and looking for benefits,"Unless you want to become a manger, there isn't much potential for career growth. If you live in San Francisco there are so many other great companies.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41108,apple,"Fremont, CA"," Apr 18, 2016","Current Employee - Software Engineer Front End, EDiscovery Engineering",Apple Inc,One can realize there full potential,Be prepared to slog and forget about work-life balance,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41109,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Wonderful,"Apple is a wonderful place to work! The people make going to work awesome. The culture, which in retail is often hard to find, is rich. Stores are kept clean and operation has been streamlined through some pretty cool technology.",Interactions are timed which can make troubleshooting transactional.,None.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P449.htm
41110,apple,"Broomfield, CO"," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great Company,World class company with an incredible culture and group of people. Great benefits for all employees as well,"At a retail level, pay is behind the times and not proportional to the work that their retail employees do.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41111,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Former FRS,"Ability to help others and see the direct results of your work. Working with a fun, diverse group of people.",Pay an hours are horrible. Overtime was an expectation not exception. It's also very draining having people angrily yell at you about their issues when you are just trying to help.,Pay employees better and be more flexible about scheduling.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41112,apple,"Oakbrook Terrace, IL"," May 7, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Great place to work for the right person,Great benefits employee discount 401 k flexible schedule,Advancement is kind of political and a science their time and attendance policy changed and it's crazy,na,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41113,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Best Job I've Ever Had,"Great Benefits, Fun, Helps you grow as a person & an employee, growth opportunities.",Part Time hours suck. Anywhere from 3 to 4 days a week.,Give us more training when it comes to take on new roles.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41114,apple,"Whitehall, PA"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - FRS,Great Company,"Benefits, Development, Leadership, Perks, Discount","Growth Structure, advancement for already developed employees",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41115,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Technician,Apple Store,- A very casual work environment with a great connection to coworkers on a personal level (your mileage may vary) - Great benefits - Structured and thorough job training - Great products made it fun to work with customers,"- Not a lot of room for career growth - Emphasis on political attitude over job performance (this is store specific, but those who were promoted/rewarded were done so because they were better at politics than they were at their job)","- Return to a focus on services as a benefit of the Apple Store experience, not a business - Hire managers from both within and without, external managers are changing the culture of Apple retail too far, too fast",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41116,apple,none," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Expert,Expert,Amazing culture with ability to develop personally and professionally,"Average pay, little to no work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41117,apple,"Washington, DC"," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business,Great Company with above average benefits,Not a lot of room to grow.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41118,apple,"Boston, MA"," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Visual Specialist,Great company to work for,"One of the best groups of people to work with, probably ever. Everyone is friendly, outgoing, smart, and for the most part hardworking. We all have a little bit of nerd in us, and that passion is what bonds us, that love for the new and coming of technology.  The benefits are great, the pay is decent, and the flexibility to transfer to any location around the world is so freeing. Highly recommend.","Work life balance does not exist. Your work family becomes your real family, and also become your core group of friends. Sometimes it is definitely overwhelming, and can become too much to handle.",Honesty is key.,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41119,apple,none," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great opportunity to learn new technologies and be part of it,Work Life Balance not consistent,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P450.htm
41120,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,A shell of it's former self,"Competitive pay, healthcare, discounts, 401k matching. You know, normal corporate things.",Excessive and stressful workload for what you are paid. Corporate mentality that is the same as any other call center type job. No longer feels like a place to make a career. Life long Apple customers are always angry because they are not used to having to hold 20-40 minutes to speak to someone about their $3000 computer. Customer appeasement programs have been all but stripped bare so advisers hands are mostly tied when trying to help repair the relationship with customers.,Care about employees more. Bring back incentive programs. Staff more employees so customers do not have excessive hold times during all business hours. Bring back appeasement programs that let us give small items to customers as a gift to help apologize when we as a company dropped the ball. Make Applecare warranties what they used to be: Get rid of all the excess restrictions and let advisers replace lemon devices instead of making excuses to skirt the issue. Go back to making functionality as important as design. Devices shouldn't be so thin they overheat under normal use or lack necessary battery life just for the sake of being more thin.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41121,apple,"West Hartford, CT"," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Worthwhile but random timing of shifts will drain employees energy,Good experience for Sales employees to gain experience translating the double speak of management,It's retail Local management has no power to make needed policy changes,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41122,apple,none," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Neutral experience,"Nice coworkers, good network of accessibility to go between buildings.","Depending on the department, management is varied, if you are unlucky you get managers who have no idea of what they are doing and you wonder how they got their position. If you are lucky you get managers who are more competent and good to work under. I had both from working 2 different departments.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41123,apple,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company / Great Benefits,"Overall, I enjoy working for Apple. My coworkers are awesome and I can be my true self while there.",The only down side I can think of is when customers get upset with us for things that are well outside our control. i.e. Slow internet speeds in store or issues with their cellphone carriers,Continue to do the great job that you are doing and pushing employees to grow and break out of their comfort zones,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41124,apple,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,It is a great place to work! Apple loves its employees and treats them fantastic.,It is hard to move up. You'll get recognized and a good job but to move up you have to put in time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41125,apple,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,"Working at Apple is an incredibly inspiring experience. You are surrounded by a group of people that are intrinsically motivated to change the world and build a brand. People at Apple believe in their work and are motived to do their best, every day. The culture at Apple is so strong, it is obviously very quickly if you are the right 'fit'.","Working at Apple is incredible demanding. You must be the best of the best in order to move forward. With such loyalty and career longevity, there aren't many opportunities to fill vacated role. In the same respect, your opportunity at Apple is only limited by your ability to travel and be flexible for the needs of the organization. Many people that can relocate among the globe have led paid growth careers.","Management should expect the absolute best and be quick to act when people need support. There are so many people at Apple that are ambitions and so much talent is lost due to positions being filled by under-performing team members. Leadership is about activating the best in people and helping people do their best work. When Apple is no longer the place for their best work, it's time to transition to their new passion. Life and business happen too quick to not enjoy what we do everyday!",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41126,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,iOS Senior Advisor,"Great position to take time with the customer and wow them, Apple pays higher than most call centers out there. Full time benefits, work at home if that suits you, all equipment is provided to you.","Very stressful position, company is all about numbers and getting VSATS or very satisfied surveys. You have to be really proficient in a high performing call center even if it's work at home. You could be getting 90% VSATS but that is not good enough and they will make you feel horrible it's not higher around the 92-94% range. You have to be open to constant feedback, your manager will start nit picking you honestly. Everything is based off what they call the 3 A's which is how overall the advisor is going to take the call to wow you and get that vsat. Overall very stressful company to work for, schedules are off a bid system and if someone won't trade you, that's what you get. Everything feels stale working there. Working at home has been the worst. They also make you feel like if you can't meet the basic expectations if doing your job, you'll always get written up and put on action plans. Honestly horrible company to work for, hard customers to please.","Forget about numbers with the advisors and focus on behaviors that they are lacking to give a good experience. Teach your managers how to effectively build up and employee, stop using fear tactics, those eventually will stop working and end up with an employee who will look to go else where. MANAGERS your team numbers reflect on your skill as a leader. Take some accountability don't blame your advisors for your lack of training.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41127,apple,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Use what your learn in retail and get out by 5 years,Total benefit package is beyond good.,Bad or misguided management can stall growth.,Listen to your people.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41128,apple,none," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus ambassdor,"The benefit was good, and the experience was good.",Not every flexible with the schedule,please provide more flexibility with schedules.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41129,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - FRS,Family Room Specialist,"Great Benefits for part-time and full-time employees, great co-workers. Relaxed atmosphere in terms of dress code and interactions with one another.","No work life balance. Hectic and work is not spread evenly, even though management will say that they are working to improve others and hire more people. Those that suck up get promoted, even though others may be more deserving. A lot of the culture seems too ""fake"".",Pay attention to details and be proactive about admitting your mistakes. Look past the person who is constantly pointing out all of their successes and focus on the person doing more work and only brags when something is truly exceptional.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P451.htm
41130,apple,"Braintree, MA"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great Company.,"Apple is a great place to work, especially for those who are looking to get their foot on the right track for developing personal and professional skills. You can benefit from these takeaways:  -Learn from each other. -Great benefits! (Health/Dental insurance, 401k, stock options, public transit benefits etc.) -Tons of available trainings for opportunities and development. -Minimum wage at Apple is well above the minimum wage of State. -Your team will always have your back! Work with integrity, always. -Working with a team full of great people is always fun! You wake up knowing you can go into work and survive a hectic day.","There are only two places you can really go within Apple: Retail or Corporate. That’s it. There’s so much competition (I’m talking 60k+ employees within the company) that there’s very little room for movement. Management can get too focused on sales and metrics that they forget to appreciate the little behaviors at times. Days of the week can get very exhausting and repetitive. If you go full-time, good luck on trying to find balance in your work and personal life. You will most likely work every Saturday unless you’re luckily not scheduled or requested the day off in advance. Sometimes it’s even difficult to request certain days off two months in advance due to store meeting thresholds.","We work for you, and you work for us.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41131,apple,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Job security. Very interesting people. Loves diversity and letting your voice be heard. This company is all about feedback.,Can be stressful. Sometimes you work more than you realize. It can be hard to gain a good work/life balance. Once you master that though- great place to work.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41132,apple,none," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support,This company does provide great benefits and competitive pay. Easy to move around horizontally to other positions and expand skill set.,"A lot of micro management. It is difficult to move vertically into a higher position unless you really play nice with management. Too many unrealistic expectations set for low level employees. Training is adequate but with so many things to learn, on the job training is more useful. It is all about stats. If you're unable to meet or exceed unrealistic stats, good luck! A multi-billion dollar company that is focused on customers and not employees.",Focus more on the your employees. Customer's are important but employees are your first customer. I know numbers are important as well but setting unrealistic expectations based on old statistics is unfair to new employees who are expected to know the system.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41133,apple,"Winston-Salem, NC"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Benefits, Pay, Employee Perks, Apple Swag",Managers are hired externally and cannot relate to what you do. Working from home gives you cabin fever.,Hire internally.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41134,apple,"Anaheim, CA"," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Great company if you have what it takes,"Competitive Room to move up Diversity of opportunities Amazing benefits with insurance, stock plan, life insurance, and 401k",Stress of representing a large corporation while dealing with complex issues Rigorous workload with a lack of additional employees sometimes (which is good if all we get is quality),"Middle management can be stuck on the company line instead of being true to themselves on internal issues, meanwhile the lower echelons know what is actually going on, but can't talk about it.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41135,apple,"Hayward, CA"," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Fun retail job that allows you to learn and interact,Training is great and non-stop. You're always learning new things. Store leaders and managers truly care about your growth.,None. I loved working for Apple,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41136,apple,"Miami, FL"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Great Benefits, hard to become full time","The benefits are amazing, the people you work with a very interesting too! Each has their own niche and thats what makes the company so great, its like a clash of different aspects that in the end work great in a whole","SO HARD TO BECOME FULL TIME Promises are sometimes made, if not in writing dont count on them Hard to learn so many people coming in and out, the rotation No set schedule, hours can fly up or drop like no other.",you have heard them all,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41137,apple,none," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Business Specialist,"Super supportive environment, personal development and opportunity for advancement",Very busy store is handled well by employees not so great by customers.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41138,apple,none," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Support,"Great pay, benefits, culture, attitude","Stressful retail environment, difficult customers at times",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41139,apple,none," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great pay. Great people. Great benefits n,It's incredibly difficult to move up in the company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P452.htm
41140,apple,"Pembroke Pines, FL"," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist/Sales Representative,Redzone specialist cool job,"Meet a lot of people, time passes quick, learn a lot about products.","Hard to go up in promotion, never any down time.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41141,apple,"New York, NY"," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Meh,"Great benefits and discounts from Apple products to carrier plans and also transit, health coverage dental etc, You'll make great friends here on the sales floor","Managers are NOT in tune with employees and are too busy trying to think up of new sales processes to understand their products, employees and are often patronzing. Management are not true to their word and don't do anything to address the negative feedback from staff","Stop drinking so much KoolAid and be a normal person, we can all enjoy working for the company but Management are normally over the top. Follow through on what you say, I've lost count on how many times they let employees down and talk ""too much like Apple""",2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41142,apple,none," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Instructional Designer,Great team to work with.,"Poor management and bad pay. The expectations far exceed what they want to pay their employees. Lots of work for no pay and get it done quicker than possible. Also, there was absolutely no time to ramp up and learn the ropes. Other companies say it will be a quick ramp up when starting, but Apple allowed no time at all in my case. I love their products and continue to buy them, but would never work for them again.","Get your team's advice before letting good people go. Also, you need to pay more for what you expect from your contractors.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41143,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Business Account Specialist,Business Specialist,"Amazing coworkers, wonderful work environment.",Glass ceiling is very evident. It is extremely difficult to move past the sales floor into upper management without great political shoulder-rubbing.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41144,apple,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,at home advisor,Applied months ago never received response or email!,Same as above please contact applicants,Contact applicants to acknowledge also give a contact number or HR email to communicate with a potential employee,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41145,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Care Senior Specialist,Great Benefits but hard to move up beyond answering phones,"- talking to customers is fun - you can work from home - pay, increases, and promotions are lucrative - great discounts on Apple products - great benefits",- work doesn't vary - time is micromanaged - little opportunity to move up beyond phones,- value experience and seniority - place more value on women and the diversity they bring to the team - promote and hire based off a knowledge and experience more so than personality and bro code.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41146,apple,none," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh.,Discounts on Apple products which is nice.,No free Apple products. A lot of talking about how great they are.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41147,apple,none," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job!,"Super progressive, World Class company. I love Apple. I always thought they made good products before working for them but once I joined the company. Pros:  - Some of the most talented, friendly, truly awesome people I've ever met. Sometimes my coworkers show me something new and blow my mind, sometimes I'm having a bad day and they lift me up, all the time I walk into work and get hugs all around.  - Leadership cares. And they care about caring. It's almost like Kindergarten where they go out of their way to make sure that you're okay that they you know that they care about you.  - Awesome benefits. 401(k), competitive wage, health/dental/vision insurance, gym membership reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, super awesome discounts, etc.  - You get to meet some of the coolest people who come in as customers and have the chance to actually make their lives better. I helped this old lady who was 72 last week. She is completely blind but can hear very well. I helped her get her first smartphone (iphone 6s Plus) and taught her how to use the accessibility feature for blind people. I taught her how to get Siri to play her favorite music for her. We sat there for about 10 minutes jamming out and when she left, she gave me a hug. I got paid to do that. How cool of a place.  -No attendance policy. They know things happen and are very flexible.","Some of the customers can be entitled and annoying.  Some of the staff can be arrogant at times.  SUPER HARD to get promoted unless you are a rockstar amongst rockstars. I beat out over 400 people just to get in the door. So did everyone else I work with... Anywhere else I would be the standout MVP of the place, at Apple, im just slightly above average according to my management team (that's not good enough to get a promotion at Apple, btw)",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41148,apple,none," Apr 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Senior Advisor,"Unparalleled training, caring culture and quality structure make Apple an incredible stable place to work. The people and personalities though, that's what makes this huge corporation feel like a tight knit family.",Promotions are few and far between but well rewarded once achieved.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41149,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Good pay. Good experience. Can't go wrong with Apple.,"Lots of work. Other than that, it's good.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P453.htm
41150,apple,none," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,"Great environment, great people,",The pay considering the area that the store is located.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41151,apple,none," Apr 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA iOS 1,"Great Work Environment, Great coaching and feedback, Great benefits and perks, Lots of room for advancement, Team based approach that creates positive relationships with co-workers despite the fact that you are working remotely.",You are only given windows of shift availability and therefore might be working late into the evening or very early in the morning depending on where you live.,Switching team members around too often can make an employee feel less purposeful and can take away from an employee demonstrating their true potential.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41152,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Creative,Apple Retail Store - Creative,"- Got to work with a lot of really great and smart people. Work schedule could be flexible if planned far enough in the future. - Decent discounts on Apple products - Exposure to the latest hardware and software. - While the pay isn't get rich quick kind of money it's very good for the retail industry. Plus they have many benefits that part-time employees can take part in. Such as stock plan, retirement accounts, etc.","- Having to work weekends and attend mandatory training on Sundays. These were only ever few months, but it got tiring having to work weekends (even though it's expected for retail) - It got tiring teaching the same basic tasks to a typically older clientele. There's only so many times one can explain email and websites before going a little crazy. - Stores were very busy, not for people who want to avoid crowds.",- Continue to improve on promoting from within and help retail employees find contacts and good fits at apple corporate,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41153,apple,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Apple is an amazing company for which to work. I have been constantly challenged during my tenure and the benefits are amazing. You are surrounded by a high-functioning team that desires to be successful.,Most of the current opportunities are in the retail part of the company. This leads to a requirement to structure your life around the realities of a 7-day a week rotating schedule that can have shifts starting early in the morning and ending late at night on a routine basis.,Working with your employees to aggressively balance the needs of the business and employee work-life balance in scheduling is the greatest opportunity that you have to retain the amazing talent that you attract.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41154,apple,"Pflugerville, TX"," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Online Chat Specialist,Company Eval,"Good perks, decent food available. Laid back atmosphere - depending on the department you're with. Friendly coworkers for the most part.",Management is pretty disconnected with their employees. Employees are regularly kept in the dark about something until the moment it's launched. Then we're expected to be pros on this new product and know all it's intricacies. It's just not possible.  The food they offer is kinda pricy. You would think that a company that has more cash capital than any other company in the world would be able to splurge for free food for their employees. More recognition when reaching milestones. Promoting within. Apple has switched to a Temp Agency mentality and therefore cut costs when paying employees. Plus the turn over rate to full-time employment from a temp position is nil.,"Be more transparent. Promote within. Offer more incentives to be part of the company. It's really lost it's flair as a company that you want to be apart of. The culture has slipped, and management is really disconnected from the employees.",4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41155,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales Specialist,"I love the company culture of the retail segment, I do not work for the corporate segment so I can not say from my own experience what that is like. In retail I have learned many valuable lessons that will definitely help me in my future careers. We are the face of the company, the people that Apple customers interact with. I have improved my customer service skills, communication skills, understand marketing and pricing tactics, and the importance of attention to detail which has set Apple apart. I love working in a place where I can share my knowledge with customers and help them learn how to use their products the way they were designed to be used. It's the best retail job experience I have ever had and honestly don't think I can go back to any another retail job.",Part time hours are not always consistent especially in slow times. If you don't like talking to people this is not the job for you. You have to be able to build rapport.,Have better planning when it comes to assessing the budget for hours and also when deciding whether to hire more people or not. It is unfortunate when the hiring process continues on and it leads to less hours for everyone as a result.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41156,apple,none," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,At-home Advisor Hell,Decent pay and benefits. Holidays you get 2.5x pay. Plus you get nice discounts. Generous tuition reimbursement where you don't have to have seniority or wait years for it like previous jobs I've had.,"First, let me say that every At Home Advisor coworker I know is looking for another job.  At home Advisor Chat position requires you to chat with 3 people at once, troubleshooting complicated processes. In each one of these chats, it's possible you may have to escalate the chat to a senior advisor.  This used to be a single chat job with possibility for a 2nd. As of early 2016, they moved half their chat agents to phones and the ones that are left are being worked to the bone. It's been like this for months with no change in sight. In fact they're still moving chat agents to phones.  Every day you log in, you'll see a horde of customers in the chat queue, guaranteeing you will have a miserable day.  Unless you like being worked to your mental capacity limit for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, you should look for something else.","Put us back to 2 chat limit. Everyone was happy with 2 chats. You spend over $10 billion on research and development, but can't give us a few extra agents to help with the chat queue? Monsters.  With 3 chats, you will see increased turnover. Everyone I know is looking for another job. You will need to hire more Ergonomists due to breaking us down on your nonergonomic equipment you send us since we're working to the bone trying to keep up with 3 customers.  Whoever made the 3 chat idea, I'd love to see them try it full time for one week.",1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41157,apple,none," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,One of the greatest companies,"Managers care about employees and caters to their need, lots of room for growth and other employees are friendly and helpful","There is no con that I can think of, everything thay goes on in the store is fluid.",My advice for management is to keep up what they are doing because it's working. Employees love working there.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41158,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Legal Assistant/Office Manager,Great Company to work,"Cheap breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Beer bashes, Apple Games. Discount programs, great benefits. Work with great people, creative and happy.",I don't have an cons,i don't have any advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41159,apple,"Denver, CO"," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Worth it,-outstanding coworkers -interesting environment -you'll learn and grow as a result of your time here,-can be a bit disorganized,-be sure everyone is complying with the same set of rules. No one likes watching obvious favoritism.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P454.htm
41160,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Specialist,Specialist,"Fantastic Benefits such as Health Insurance, Dental, Vision, Stock options. Discount on Apple products. Happy environment",It is very difficult to rise up within the system. They throw so much obstacles to make you stay where you are.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41161,apple,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Apple is a great company to work for,There really are no cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41162,apple,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Decent pay for retail. Incredible benefits. Product discounts.,"Retail hours aren't great. They are a bit sporadic, so it makes it hard to plan your day to day schedule. Especially if you have a family.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41163,apple,"Aurora, CO"," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support Representative,At Home Technical Support Agent,Great benefits. Decent pay.,This is your standard call center position. So your performance is based off of standard call center stats.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41164,apple,none," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"The pros of this company include: great health insurance plans, days off, flexible schedule, positive atmosphere of employees, discounts for great products, and name recognition.","The cons of this company include: very minimal opportunities for growth and/or promotion, big corporate feel- employees are treated like a number.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41165,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AOS Sales,"Worked with good people, casual dress code, discount on Apple products, stock options.",The pay could be better,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41166,apple,"Burlington, MA"," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Great Culture,-Great Culture - Great work Life Balance -Amazing Coworkers -Amazing leadership,I cant think of anything off hand. I actually miss this job a whole lot.,Keep up the good work hiring great talent!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41167,apple,"Hollywood, CA"," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,"Great staff, it was a pleasure working there.",Difficult to leave such an amazing environment.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41168,apple,none," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Lot's of good people and lots of room for career advancement.,Management can be a little egotistical and you will have to work long hours,Listen to other peoples ideas more.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41169,apple,none," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Years ago, it use to be great place to work, not so much now...",Pay and benefits are reasonable. When you first join your enthusiasm forms your opinion. On the surface a great place to work. If you are favored by management and tow the party line a future can be yours.,"Specifically in the retail division, needs of business trump all concerns for individuals well being, health or life/work balance. Burnout is common among technicians with no real options, but to leave.","No advice for management, they don't listen to you anyway. Fearless feedback is a joke, be careful what truth you speak of.....management will end your career path. Apple will succeed despite itself. To big to fail. Eats retail employees up and replaces them with fresh recruits. Tim Cook gets low marks because he really doesn't know what goes on with the retail people.",4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P455.htm
41170,apple,none," Apr 13, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,The people are wonderful and it looks amazing on my resume. People love to ask me about my time at Apple.,It's a big store. There are a lot of personalities to work with and even more customers coming in on a daily basis. It takes a strong person to be able to get along with colleagues and treat customers well while doing 50 other things at once.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41171,apple,"Paramount, CA"," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Senior Level At Home Advisor,Working from home and all that comes with that privilege.,Ambiguous and sometimes overwhelming workload.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41172,apple,"Hollywood, CA"," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,"Great staff, it was a pleasure working there.",Difficult to leave such an amazing environment.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41173,apple,"Overland Park, KS"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Benefits, Management",Insurance and benefits are great management promotes a positive culture lots of at home possibilities,Can take a while for an opportunity to advance and there is a LOT of competition Scheduling is not very flexible,Develop more support resources and learning opportunities for newer advisors to the phone,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41174,apple,"Hutto, TX"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Nice,"If you like to work at home, this is great place to be. We have multiple jobs available at home and onsite. Lots of fun ways to keep moral up as well at this company. Benefits are wonderful as well!",Work/Life Balance! I would say especially if you have kids. This is a call center and we are open til 11pm. If you work at home and in chat. that is a 24 hour business. Schedules do change every 3 months and you have the option of choosing a 5x8 or 4x10 but you can still get some pretty bad schedules.,"Management is relatively good with anything you need. They help out as much as possible to keep moral up with how busy we are. If you work in the home space however, you will go through ... I should say some people have went through a lot of managers because there is so much movement.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41175,apple,none," Apr 13, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Red zone specialist is a good place to start,Managers are very understanding in my store. Learned a lot and company culture is great. Some great benefits for part time as well.,Requires working weekends and most holidays just because it is a retail store.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41176,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Apple,Most of the people you work with are friendly considering we're all in the same boat. There are some great managers who want to see you succeed.,The hours can vary depending on how much they need you. Management sometimes can be iffy. We need more holidays off.,"Listen to your staff more with out the take it or leave it approach, overall nothing else every job has something we don't like.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41177,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,"Change the world, at your cost",Having millions of users use your work is amazing. Big and bold ideas to change the world.,"Lack of coordination between team and orgs, lack of interest in infrastructure and all the focus is on user visible features. Software engineering processes are from the 90s: infrequent releases and focus on manual testing.","Shake up QA and project management, force them to modernize.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41178,apple,"Braintree, MA"," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great for fast-paced learners,High-profile company looks great on your resume and provides fantastic benefits package and training opportunities for technicians. Fast-paced retail environment is great for those who want to move into tech support but don't want to sit at a desk or do phone support all day.,"Your satisfaction at retail depends entirely upon which store you are hired at. Management can be drastically different, working at multiple stores showed me how poor Senior Mgmt at the retail level can be. Most retail managers are not technology people, which can be a struggle. Work life balance is exceptionally poor as scheduling is released only two weeks ahead of time and managers can be very bullish about not changing schedule to accommodate PTO, etc. As it is retail, weekends off are simply not possible most times.","Figure out a way to keep your high performing talent by offering better opportunity for leadership that isn't simply store management trial positions. Follow through on promises at the retail store level. With the resources available to Apple, it should be easier to create schedules that achieve better work-life balances.",4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41179,apple,none," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,love ittt,liked it quite alot yes,nothing that was really major though,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P456.htm
41180,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Love it / Hate it,"The work, at its best, is truly inspiring. It's really all about getting to do interesting projects that will touch millions of people. The fast pace provides an adrenaline rush that, deep down, I seriously enjoy.","I'm not convinced that Apple cares about its employees, and things are getting worse all the time. In the last year, free dinner was moved from 5pm to 7pm, our free apples were taken away, and food prices were raised. A large, delicious salad from the salad bar used to cost $4, and overnight it went up to $7. I have little hope that things will be better when Apple Campus 2 opens next year.  Additionally, the campus (if you could call it that) is now so large that I often spend hours of my day just shuttling around to different meetings. My productivity suffers.","Show that you care about your employees, beyond just financial compensation. I'm really, really, not convinced. You can't just throw large salaries at people and expect them to be happy at the end of the day.",3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41181,apple,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Great products to work on.,Bad management. Not necessarily very good perks either.,Treat your employees better.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41182,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,They Are The Best For A Reason,"You are front row for an exciting career at Apple. They really take the time for your personal development. It is crazy, fun, challenging environment.","They are really strict on their policies. If you have even a minor infraction, you will potentially lose your job.",Go back to promoting for management from within. The recent influx of outside retail management is diluting the culture.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41183,apple,none," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Quick and fast moving company.,"Retail hours. No bonuses, no promotions or internal movements.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41184,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Good company to work for,"Good entry level pay for retail, good discount, good work life balance.","very difficult to move up, they tend to pull in from other companies to fill management level positions.","Do a better job about utilizing the resources you have in each store, it would be more efficient to promote someone than have to train a new person both the operational part of their job and the general culture of the company.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41185,apple,none," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice, but demanding place to work","Smart, driven colleagues. People genuinely care about the products and projects they're working on. Potential to make large impact. Get to work on the latest and greatest technology.",Hours can be very long and demanding. Lot's of strong personalities and increasing politics as the company grows. Meetings tie up most of the day so often times real engineering work will have to wait until the evening.,Increasing costs of food at cafeteria and reducing benefits does not send the message that you care about employees. Continue to reward great talent.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41186,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Good, with a ceiling","Great people, fast paced environment that will usually stimulate you mentally. Not a lot of time to watch the clock.","Constant change, shifting initiatives. Pressure placed on management prevents them from genuinely being themselves. Recent decline in stock valuation is creating strong internal pressures to sell.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41187,apple,"Simpsonville, SC"," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,"Ok, retail","Fast Paced. Get to play with new technology as it is released. Looks good on a resume for similar jobs. Benefits are good, even for part time.",Pay is way too low for what is expected of you. Advancement is minimal for such a large company. Takes a while when you do get it.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41188,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Best Retail Job,"Everyone at apple is friendly and inviting, and that is the culture that they try and represent. Very fast paced and always something to do.",Work life balance isn't the best sometimes you feel as though you slept there and started work again.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41189,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist/Analyst,Specialist,"Great people, great training, great culture, fun",Not enough non retail positions,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P457.htm
41190,apple,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Great place to be,Great benefits Other employees are kind and helpful Mangement listens,The rules can bend depending on who you are. It can be great and it can be terrible.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41191,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare,Apple At Home Advisor,"Work From home, easy, great benefits.","Boring, too many calls not enough agents.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41192,apple,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,"401k, Gym, on campus dining, shuttle program to/from SF and bay area, interesting people, interesting projects.","The cost of living in the bay area is hard to sustain a life so my only con is the cost of living in the area, non towards the company.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41193,apple,"Boston, MA"," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist at Apple Store,"The team I worked with was great, almost family like. The environment is fast paced, energetic, and extremely friendly. Coworkers are always willing to help when needed. The pay was great for an part time gig.",Unfortunately the hight turnover rate lead to more people quitting. The strict tardiness policies with barely any wiggle room made it difficult for students like me to compete with others.,"Management was mostly great and incredibly helpful and open to change. However, there were a few managers who made work life more difficult than it had to be.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41194,apple,none," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great structure and company values,Benefits were amazing Flexible scheduling Excellent training Easy work environment Clean work space Well trained managers Low Pressure environment,"Working weekends is always one of the biggest downsides. It is a retail environment though so it is expected. Very busy stores are sometimes overwhelming, and the appointment structure is sometimes hard to work within.",Listen to the new employees about what they think needs to be done. They have fresh eyes and can help more often to fix more day to day problems that are often overlooked,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41195,apple,none," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,Great benefits and pay with opportunity for growth,It's a giant machine and sometimes you can feel like a cog,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41196,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,Scheduling flexibility Career Growth Benefits are great pay is great for the job regular chats with management about personal development,weekends are most demanding pretty stressful environment,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41197,apple,none," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"You work with some very talented, interesting and fun people. The discounts can be nice, mostly on third party products. Good professional development.",Hours are tough to work with. Co-workers often call out leaving you with too much work to do in a day. Not enough staff to keep on time.,Hire more staff and react more quickly with things change. Don't set your team up to fail by over promising to customers.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41198,apple,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,Working from home gives a lot of flexibility.,There aren't really any cons except for the longer shift on a weekend day as a part time employee.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41199,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Amazing company,Great people and amazing benefits.,Work life balance is hard.,Open up more opportunities for employees to elevate up within the company.,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P458.htm
41200,apple,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,AppleCare Senior Advisor,Great company to work for. They really take care of us as employees.,The one thing that I do not like is how they determine shifts. They do not explain how they determine everyones shifts.,Please be transparent with your employees :).,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41201,apple,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but has some opportunities","Solid pay for retail, great variety of work",Management can greatly differ from place to place,Listen more. Talk less,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41202,apple,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Job,Great pay and benefits. Surround by amazing people.,You can't be lazy. It's a fast paced job.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41203,apple,"Boston, MA"," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,"A+ For Health Insurance, B- for Vacation Time","Health Insurance is great, even for part-timers","I wish Vacation & Sick Time were better. A company like Apple that supposedly ""Thinks Different"" should be able to think different in terms of benefits.","Studies have shown, better time off = more productive employees. Apple, you can do better.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41204,apple,"Sacramento, NE"," Apr 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Planner,Some of the nicest people are at this site.,There are not a lot of opportunities for advancement at the Sacramento/Elk Grove site. Many of the old time management at the site do not have degrees.,Stop advancing people who do not have the training or education to manage others.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41205,apple,none," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Associate,"The team of people and the ability to connect with other people (customers, peers, and employees) about a shared passion of apple products and services.",Working Retail can provide a lot of opportunity to grow within apple retail but harder to work for corporate.,Be clear about the development opportunities within the company and help employees better understand their impact on the customer and employees.,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41206,apple,"Murray, UT"," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Great Company!,They pay well for retail,"The amount of work you do can and should be compensated more often, aka bigger raises and possible bonus",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41207,apple,"Allentown, PA"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Be prepared for a long road to success,"You truly feel like you're apart of something big. The company has so many perks, incentives and benefits that you'd be hard pressed to find another place that takes care of you as well as Apple. I feel like I have a huge security blanket over my finances and health coverage. Also you are working with some of the smartest and coolest people in the world at home none the less!","Moving up in the company is challenging. Remember that working for the best means you are working with the best. Competition is stiff. If you think you'll be coming in and a year later will be a manager or within another facet of the company, you're going to be a bit disappointed. I'm not saying it can't be done, but I am saying it'd be like getting accepted into Harvard Law and then trying to graduate at the top of your class. I've seen colleagues of mine with Master's degrees and they're still stuck on the phones. If you don't have patience then this is really really is not for you. Talking on the phone all day is draining and half of that time is spent empathizing with senior citizens that don't know how to turn on a phone.",All of my managers have been awesome,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41208,apple,none," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Challenging, good pay, excellent conditions, good benefits","At times too competitive, tiring,",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41209,apple,none," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High powered, high stress","Apple is one of the most influential companies in the world, so working for them is a great honor. In most roles, you will fully understand how your work is impacting not only the company, but the world.","High-powered environment sometimes leads to high stress and short deadlines. Very lean company headcount-wise (for additional reference, look at Apple's revenue/employee).",Be cognizant of your employee's career goals. It's easier work at the level of intensity Apple requires when there is a clear career path.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P459.htm
41210,apple,none," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,"Benefits are nice, they fully train you and make sure you are ready to deal with situations as the present themselves","Working from home can be difficult because you don't get a social aspect of the job. Also a lot of times, because you are on a phone, customers can forget you are a human and treat you very poorly.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41211,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Teacher,Apple,"Discounts, good pay, flexible hours","Over worked, not appreciated, and much much more",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41212,apple,none," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rewarding,"Wonderful atmosphere to work in. Constant excitement and educational opportunities. Very happy to be working for a company that takes care of their employees as well as they do. So many benefits, even for part time. Each location is different, but it's nice to have managers that encourage and trust you. Huge difference from previous jobs.","Professional development is available for all it's employees, but the rewards to that PD is quite slow.","Keep employee focus a priority. Every day, there is always a focus on the customers and at times that can be a toxic relationship between customers and employees.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41213,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 3, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great people, awesome place to work!","Great people, good culture, awesome place to work, great benefits, great perks. In short everything's great! I feel great to be a part of this company.","Little crunch on timelines to deliver. Sometimes pressure is on to deliver product, but where it's not. When you're doing great things it's not easy! But if you are smart you enough you will be able to manage it.",Keep doing great things the way you are doing now!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41214,apple,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,"Greatest job in the world, training Apple customers how to use the greatest technology",Apple has discontinued the personal training program leaving Creatives with nothing to. Total waste of talent.,Bring back the personal training program or face losing loyal customers and highly experienced talent.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41215,apple,none," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Mac+ Advisor,At home advisor,Love the people. Management is great. Work from home,No work/life balance. At all. Also difficult to move up in the company. You will always just answer phones.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41216,apple,none," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a great par-time job and nothing more,Great benefits and training on all their devices Corporate discount program,Work/life balance Part timers are supposed to work every weekend even though they have enough people to rotate time-offs among employees,Less micromanagement and more focusing on connecting with your team,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41217,apple,none," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Benefits are Excellent. Taking time off is doable and accommodating.,Employer doesn't utilize feedback for reasonable goals. Bad wear and tear on hands and stress levels are high here. Pay isn't worth time on joints as far as workload is concerned,Be reasonable with work loads,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41218,apple,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for retail pay,Benefits by far are worth even being in retail,Can be slow moving up at times,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41219,apple,"Murray, UT"," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,"Benefits, People, Hourly Rate, New Hire Expectations, Comparing when I started to where I am now, Stock Program","Hours, Manager Reliability, Promotions, Hipster Mentality, New Apple Products",More support necessary,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P460.htm
41220,apple,"Shelton, CT"," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Full-Time Specialist,"Friendly, Fun, Creative",Things were going great looking good. you can grow with the company if you go with the flow.,After a few management changes things started going down hill. Now its not about the creative fun in you but about money and numbers.,Take it back to your roots.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41221,apple,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,"Fantastic place to work alongside smart, engaged people. The company takes care of their employees from benefits to development to work environment.","When looking at advancing, it's entirely politics.",Be transparent and communicate openly.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41222,apple,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great store and great company to work for. Benefits are great for part timers. They understand the whol work life balance.,Can get a but redundant after awhile. Mall hours can be a drag,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41223,apple,"Tyrone, GA"," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great company culture and products...obviously,Not enough hours for part timers,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41224,apple,none," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,Great company. Room for growth. Caring team. Many opportunities.,It's a cult. Don't get sucked in.,The customer is not always right.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41225,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good benefits,good benefits the people are friendly. manager gives 3 check ins a month,the advisor tools are very buggy. customers yelling at you,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41226,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Not Paid Enough,"Competitive Pay, Well-Known and Successful Company",Not enough for what is dealt with.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41227,apple,none," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Great company to work for,Amazing benefits. Lots of opportunities for personal development and advancements if you are willing to work hard. Lackluster pay especially for expectations of my role as a supervisor,Fearless feedback nap be a blessing and a curse. You are expected to give feedback to a particular individual several times before a manager will step in. This can be frustrating when this situation is not professionally your place to coach an individual.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41228,apple,none," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare iOS T1 College Program,"It was really awesome to work from home, receive on the job training, and to have full time benefits - and some.","The work is really, really stressful. If you don't have a Disney ""happy-go-lucky"" voice, you will get negative feedback from your manager even if the call went well. The customers are the hardest part, especially as a female, sometimes they won't even give you their time and will ask for an escalation because of your gender.","Train more and perhaps let your employees just be themselves. What separates your company from others is authenticity, so let your employees do just that.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41229,apple,none," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interactive Intern,Great pay for internship. Free food if we worked late. People are nice. Amazing campus.,Not a very creative role.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P461.htm
41230,apple,none," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interactive Intern,Great pay for internship. Free food if we worked late. People are nice. Amazing campus.,Not a very creative role.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41231,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Companies are a reflection of their leadership...,Great people and excellent culture to be a part of.,Leadership isn't consistent with developing their people.,You must be consistent with practicing transparency with everyone.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41232,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Drank the Kool-Aid,Everything is on campus! Literally,You'll eat at the cafe everyday!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41233,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Technician,Technician,"Incredible benefits, embraces diversity, strong culture.",Variable work schedule. Retail requires weekend availability.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41234,apple,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great work dynamic, store teams, professional development, communication, medical and discount benefits etc.","Requires flexible schedule, impeccable patience with troubleshooting devices/software, and the most expendable position when it comes to consistent hours",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41235,apple,none," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place to work.,"Great company to work for. Managers are all friendly and relatable. Their benefits are one of a kind, if you work here definitely look into buying Apple stocks.",Not too many Cons. Some favoritism was going on. Also it did seem like once you work there you have to be part of the apple cult or else you are ostracized a bit.,There is some advacement to management that i could see when i was there but obviously you needed to go above and beyond for them.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41236,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Technical Advisor- At Home,Poor Work/Life Balance,"Pay, good benefits, reputable company","Only concerned about metrics, 90 day schedule rotation, late hours, high-call volume, poor management, no work/life balance",Focus more on employee moral and not just on the numbers.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41237,apple,none," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunity for at home workers,Work from home in PJs Can snack all day Mostly great customer base Excellent benefits Apple looks great on a resume,Still a call center job Growth is hard to come by after a certain level Schedules changed every 3 months (FT)- 6 months (PT),Promote TMs from within!,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41238,apple,none," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Benefits are good for me,Hard to move up in ranks,More sit downs,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41239,apple,none," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Good people, fun company to work for.","Sometimes overworked and underpaid, moving up isn't easy",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P462.htm
41240,apple,"Dallas, GA"," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare At-Home Advisor,Salary is great,"Great pay, decent environment,","Favoritism, hard to move up, terrible work/life balance",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41241,apple,none," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor - Its Not Pretty,"BENEFITS You will have excellent benefits here. I've had a few procedures done and did not have to pay anything out of pocket. By far the absolute best, most affordable benefits I've ever had.  DISCOUNTS Without getting into too many details, I will say that the discounts offered to the employees are reasonable. I have definitely used mine and I'm grateful for them. I've always loved Apple products so this was just icing on the cake.  WORK FROM HOME There are a lot of scams out there concerning working from home. This is one of the few opportunities that truly offer a job that you can do from the comfort of your home and actually make money. Its not invasive and they really allow you to be independent. You're not really micromanaged per-say.. but just know you will not be able to ""pretend"" you're working.  SALARY I would say that what I got hired for is well worth what I'm paid. I no longer feel that way because I've been cross-trained on so many things and have not received a raise. I am way more valuable to the company then when I first started.. therefore, I feel I should be compensated for that value. I believe that it would be fair to increase the pay, per skill. But overall, the starting pay is well above the minimum wage. I'm able to live comfortably and I'm able to do things that I enjoy that I wasn't able to do with the previous pay with other jobs.  PERKS You get a lot of perks here at Apple. I'm unable to go into details, but the company does really take care of their employees from a ""material"" and ""health"" standpoint.","CHANGES, CHANGES AND MORE CHANGES Things change all the time as with any business, however, with Apple, some of their changes can affect your overall position and pay. For example, you can be hired as a Chat Advisor, but if the need permits, you'll end up on the phones. Another example is, you can be working on night shift, but then end up on day shift if the need permits. Nothing is set in stone. You can be moved around or changed to go somewhere else at any moment. Apple does not care how it affects you.  ONGOING TRAINING WITH NO PAY INCREASES You will get hired for one thing.. but you will be crossed trained for everything else. They're goal is to have all Advisors knowledgeable about all products. They want everyone to be able to float around and provide support anywhere needed. I had been working two months on my own and my stats were horrible. I was still trying to get familiar with what I was trained to do. However, despite my lack of knowledge and ongoing horrible stats which clearly showed I was not ready to take on new products, they trained me on two other products within a month of each other. I did not receive a pay increase. I was totally stressed out and was about to quit several times. I expressed my anxiety to my manager but they were not able to assist me.  MANAGERS ARE PUPPETS I have nothing bad to say about managers other than I feel so sorry for them. You can tell they really want to do something different other than what their superiors are advising them to do. There is ALOT of pressure on them. Their managers are pressing them to get this done by this date with each member on their team. Most of the time when you take a problem to them, they will not hear you out. They will only make excuses as to why something is the way it is. I really do believe that is how they're trained. So I don't blame them. Don't expect your manager to be able to assist you with much. They are not trained to do that. They are trained to protect the brand - which ultimately means, if its not affecting the customer, they really do not care. The only thing they are concerned about is your stats. Anything outside of that they really don't care about.  YOU WILL DREAD LAUNCHES Launches are suppose to be a exciting time, but if the customers you support are directly affected by the launches, you will eventually hate them. I hate whenever Apple launches anything new. Although they test and test and test the product/software, it never works straight out of the box. Apple is a industry giant, but when it comes to product releases, I have yet to experience one that went smooth. Customers go absolutely nuts. Business owners scream at you, curse you and all kinds of things. Its terrible! iTunes and other non-technical departments do not have to deal with launches.  STATS WILL KILL YOU I really don't want to get much into this, but I will say this: It is very hard to have good stats. A customer can chat in, you help them, chat back in and the next person don't help them - the customer gets YOUR survey and mark it negatively based on what the other Advisor did. The customer can chat with you, you send them to the Apple Store, they have a bad experience at the store.. but then use the survey from their interaction with YOU and complain about their store experience. Yes, you can get penalized for what someone else did. I understand how this could happen, but there should be a way for the managers to correct this. The reason this is so important is because this affects promotions, salaries, EVERYTHING!! Currently there is no way to move a survey to the correct person that the customer is complaining about. If its your survey then its your negative mark even if the customer was not complaining about you.  THE STUCK SYNDROME Because Apple offers such a good pay and good benefits/perks, if you decide that you hate working for Apple, but you don't have a degree or experience to be able to leave the company and find a job that will pay you the same, you'll be stuck. This is exactly what has happened to me. Since working for Apple, I have moved and purchased a car. I thought this was my dream job and that I would retire from here one day. Now I wish I had not purchased anything or moved. That way, I could have at least found another job - still moved and purchased a car based on that income.  When it comes to Apple, please give yourself at least 6 months to a year before making any major life-changing decisions. This will give you enough time to decide if this is a place you can tolerate or even thrive in. For me, it isn't. I'm job hunting as I work.",Nothing because they wouldn't listen anyway. Its about enriching the customer's lives... not the employee.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41242,apple,none," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job,Great company to work for,Compensation level could have been higher,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41243,apple,none," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,RF,amazing work experience. learned a lot new stuff,none that can be found,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41244,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Drank the Kool-Aid,Everything is on campus! Literally,You'll eat at the cafe everyday!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41245,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,contractor life,limited managment no dress code the future,unwritten rules misunderstandings via instant messenger disorganization,"do not say, ""contact me if you have any questions."" say, ""contact this person if you have any questions.""",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41246,apple,none," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Benefits are good for me,Hard to move up in ranks,More sit downs,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41247,apple,none," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job experience,Met a lot of great people with different needs,No cons what's so ever,No,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41248,apple,none," Apr 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple ....,Great company to work for,Work life balance can be an issue,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41249,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,System Engineer,"Apple Inc. is one of the best companies that I have every worked. The Sales team that I worked with had the best talent that I have every worked with. The entire team was smart, driven, goal oriented, and very knowledgable. If you are self-driven, this is the company for you. They only expect the very best.","Long hours are typical, but to be expected when driving towards goals. There was very little direction from an execution of your goals. The expectation is that your are smart, driven, and know what to do. A good friend that I worked with described Apple as the 30 year start-up. It took me 6 months to understand and it was the best advice I received.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P463.htm
41250,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review from a long time employee,Great benefits and work environment.,Salary not as competitive as other companies,"Takes time to move up within the company, unless you're hired from the outside.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41251,apple,none," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family room specialist,great culture great benefits for part time competitive hourly rate,feedback can be overbearing at times,"keep doing what you're doing and don""t be afraid to keep innovating at every level.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41252,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,Great company with amazing benefits for part-time employees! I think it's a great job if you're looking for some work outside of going to school!,The only con of working at apple retail would be the customers. The customers can be a tad bit demanding and cause you to stress a bit,I don't have any advice for the management! They are a great team who works on the well-being of the store.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41253,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Reduce upper management stress. Pay your engineers more,Intelligent colleagues to work with. Good benefits. Company doing well overall and still growing.,"Long hours. Often miss dinner with wife and kids. Mean 65-75 hours per week. Get calls and texts at all hours, expect to answer","Don't surprise your workers with last minute asks, causing them to miss precious family time with no advance notice. Increase engineer pay.",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41254,apple,none," Apr 16, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Eh,Get to work from home which is cool so its hard to be late to work,You work from home...so you have no real coworkers and time goes by so slowly,So much of their job is micromanaging and listening to ALL your calls and just like chill,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41255,apple,"Roseville, CA"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Redzone Specialist,Fast paced environment. The day goes by quickly. The people I got to work with were amazing. So many different people. Always fun.,"Management pretends to ""help you grow"", some managers put more effort into you than others. Well it's retail...so the schedule pretty much speaks for itself.","Take an interest in a few people who want to be there and help them become their best selves. Help them find opportunities that will make them better, even if that means they aren't at the store, but they are working on the corporate side.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41256,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Director,"Iterating work, interesting people, lots of new ideas, good salary","Stress, politics, overwork, in-fighting, only people looking for self-interest",Concentrate more on collaborating and less on politics,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41257,apple,none," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great treatment,The people and the culture,The time management there isn't ideal. You find yourself spending more time doing unnecessary things.,Tighten the ship with better goals.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41258,apple,none," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Genius,Meet a lot of people. Receive discount on Apple Products. Regular Hours.,Can be extremely busy with customers. Short lunch break.,Need more staff,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41259,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Training for your future..,"This company gave me the skills to succeed in any profession. The training and skills I learned from my time in Apple Retail has shaped me as a person. This company gave me the confidence to walk into any job interview and rock it! The friendships amongst co-workers will last a life time. Great place for someone wanting a career in Technology, or really any other profession.","The job is stressful, just because of the amount of customers seen daily.",Keep promoting within!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P464.htm
41260,apple,none," Mar 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"Great management, truly cares about your successes (at least in my experience), smart and driven co-workers, aside from the few that slip through the cracks everyone really cares about the company.",Bidding for shifts makes it difficult to plan too far ahead.,Nothing,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41261,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 1, 2016","Current Employee - APPLE SPECIALIST - SALES &amp, SERVICE",Apple Socialist,Compensation & Benefits. Staff purchase. Autonomous.,No proper guidelines. Make your own pedia,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41262,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Talent Attraction Manager,Recruiter,"Great team members, Nice office space","Lack of development, unclear direction, promises of being converted with no follow through",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41263,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Individual Contributor Tech IV,Software engineer,"Working on some of the most interesting projects I've ever seen, with some really talented people.",It sometimes feels like I disappear in the crowd somewhat. Some inter-group politics can get a bit much to handle at times. Nothing particularly out of the ordinary or unique though.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41264,apple,"Denver, CO"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Incredit,My co-workers and the mission of apple,Customers are the worst some days,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41265,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - UI Engineer,Inspiring,It's easy to find yourself doing the best work of your life at Apple.,It's not easy doing the best work of your life.,Diversify your leadership and workforce more.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41266,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"As an AAPL investor since 1985, working in Apple Retail allowed me to express the gratitude I've felt towards Apple and its customer in a concrete way. It felt more like a ""calling"" than a job. Great benefits, too.","Remuneration is low for highly skilled professionals. The stress is was actually more than being senior project manager charged with saving a $45M project-in-crisis. The low pay, stress level and exceedingly variable hours make it a job that few could manage for over a decade.","Trust retail support employees and allow them to excel with the more needy and difficult customers rather than just making the NPS quality numbers and customer throughput. The situation mirrors the little boy, when told his walking along the shore and tossing beached starfish back in the waves didn't really make much difference in the world, replied, ""It means the entire world to each starfish I help.""",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41267,apple,none," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Management Needs Work,It's Apple! Great customers nice training smart people,a lot of managers grew into sr leadership roles and aren't true leaders. unprofessional in alarming ways. even at director level.,Look around and do some digging,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41268,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Business Account Manager,Business Account Manager (Business Specialist),"Decent Pay, Good Discounts, Overall Easy job",Worst Management Team Ive ever had,Be Fair not Political,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41269,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome experience,"Great and solid company, possibility to grow, lots of interesting things to learn while on site.","Long hours, depending on the group in which you end up, you may find people between the Apple cultist to the cool and easy-going engineer.  In the late years, that spark related to doing something new, got wet due to a more cautious approach to products. There is still a lot of innovation, but the risk taking attitude changed into focusing on something that will sell well first of all.  Also if you end up against one of the senior members or managers, better leave, because you will always end up being the one at fault.","Leave more freedom to employees, believe them when they point out management inconsistencies. Don't be afraid to take risks, got plenty of cash for experimenting.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P465.htm
41270,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - IT Support Technician and Help Desk Specialist,Mac Genius or Home Advisor,"A love of helping customers get the best understanding and value out of the tech products they own, especially is it is an Apple product.",Knowing that I won't be able to support those customers who use other Operating Systems such as Windows OS or Linux variants.,Keep the edge of excitement in new products alive by keeping innovating your products!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41271,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Product Design Engineer,"Challenging, interesting, brilliant people, lots of passion","Aggressive co - workers, high stress, long hours.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41272,apple,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Creative,Apple,The benefits and diversity are great. Every year they get better. The products are exciting and the discounts are nice. The ceo is fantastic.,It sucks to have a retail schedule. I wish my position was more 9 to 5 Monday through Friday. The employees are all very young.,none,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41273,apple,"Cherry Hill, NJ"," Mar 27, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist/Genius Administrative,First and only company in 14 years of employment where I felt like I mattered.,"The training available, the ability for growth, the resources and support and benefits are amazing. Little things here or there could be tweaked, but I've never worked for a company (and I've worked for 20+ in 14+ years) where I felt like a human being that was cared for and wasn't just a number until working for almost 3 years with Apple. If it wasn't for relocating from the East Coast to the West Coast, I'd still be there.","Since it's retail and a fast paced environment, it can be hectic and very stressful. In my role, I had to use limited information at times to address customer issues, which led to some heated customers and tense situations. Although I was able to manage these customers and have them leave feeling better 90% of the time, it still takes it's toll on you and is not for the weak of heart.","Allow people to continue being more individual instead of going the route it seemed to be going with a uniformity of appearance (within reason, of course). Promote and celebrate individuality and creativity and get back to the focus of creativity like it used to be with huge emphasis on the arts.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41274,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great place to work,"Awesome team , benefits, and pay.",Customers are hard to deal with,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41275,apple,"Mastic, NY"," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,"to work from home, great people to work with",i was given odd ball hours,try to work out better hours for students,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41276,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Best Job Ever,"Amazing team, philosophy, and overall dedication to customers and fellow employees.",Hard to move up due to such a wealth of talent.,"Keep doing it y'all, best job I've ever had.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41277,apple,"Newark, DE"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great job, but with caveats","As a retail job, pay is far in excess of what most other retail jobs are likely to pay you. Most of the people I work with are also people that I happily call friends outside of work. Overall great work environment (at least up on the sales floor, can't speak to the service area in the back). Additionally, the fact that the company provides healthcare benefits, edu reimbursement and other benefits even for part timers is pretty awesome.","Career progression is scattershot at best, and if you start in retail your chances of progressing to corporate are slim at best. Apple seems very averse to promoting from within, so don't expect to move to far up the chain. Advancement prospects are mostly lateral with one to two steps up afterward. Chances of going to management if your not hired as a manager are low. I think at lot of this depends on the store as well. I work in a larger store with a large management team and every so many months they change my review manager, and all of a sudden all the goals I was working on seem to take a 180.","At the retail level... inter-managment communication seems poor, though I also give most managers the benefit of the doubt that they are trying and genuinely care about the people that report to them (at least it seems that way from my perspective). To company management as a whole... there is a huge talent pool in the retail stores, start actively advancing them and recruiting for corporate within your retail associates and you will probably be amazed at the results.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41278,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard Driving Culture in Need of a Reboot,"- work with smart, driven people - data-focused environment holds people and teams accountable - perks like doctors onsite, gyms, subsidized cafeterias, free bus transportation and concerts - relationship based, the more you have, the more successful you will be","- when you get to a high level at Apple, it's free reign - no one closely watching how rank and file are being managed - lack of professionalism with HR, if you disclose anything they are likely to tell your manager and/or do nothing, based on my experience - management always driving staff to do more but not always clear where or why - silos make organization hard to navigate, it takes at least a year to successfully onboard an employee",the exponential growth of the company has left a lot of holes in the infrastructure that need to be filled in.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41279,apple,"Omaha, NE"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Apple Retail,Great team and training provided.,"I can't think of many cons, I have enjoyed my time there.",Keep doing what you are doing! They are great team,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P466.htm
41280,apple,"Saint Cloud, FL"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Mentor,Mentor department at Apple,Upper management knows where's it going company is a good company minus AppleCare. Career paths with the right manager are worked on seriously.,Lower level management many micro manage and do not care about employees.  Career paths and being able to move up non existent throughout many areas of apple care. Mentoring is a dead end and several people have worked at this for 6 years and can't get out.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41281,apple,none," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working for apple!,Great culture Working with smart people,"too specialised in a particular field, long working hours during new product introduction",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41282,apple,"Denver, CO"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,BOH specalist,"great benefits, tuition reimbursement,and salary","stress related anxiety, horrible customers, and micromanagement",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41283,apple,"Newark, NJ"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Really wonderful people, got payed to learn really cool technology. Very fast paced and innovative.",Very hard to aquire a full time position. It was almost like being part of a cult.,Offer more room for advancement.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41284,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,Work with knowledgable friendly people.,"More time, energy, and dollars spent trying to convince employees that they're happy, than what it would take to actually make them happy. Turning the retail stores into iOS repair shops, becoming the major purpose of stores existence.",Kill the brain washing techniques,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41285,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great place to work,"Incredible co workers. Great company, fantastic benefits.",Glass Ceiling for advancement. Next steps are leadership or stay put until you hit the top of your pay band.,Need to find more ways to keep people motivated to stay. Our soul is our people and we need to keep our people longer,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41286,apple,"Grove City, OH"," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Amazing culture, amazing people, amazing company","This has been the best experience I've ever had working for a large corporation. The benefits are top notch, the companies core values are upheld in every aspect of the business, and the culture is everything you'd hope for and more.","No job is perfect, like any other job you'll have to sacrifice time and dedicate yourself to move up through the company. But Apple goes above and beyond to reward these kind of people.","Keep the culture and core values while evolving and adapting, and you'll have an amazing company for years to come.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41287,apple,none," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to Work,Push you to succeed very fulfilling working there enjoyed my time there,Work life balance is difficult sometimes well working for them,None I loved working at Apple my manager was amazing,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41288,apple,none," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,"I was able to set my own hours, individualized to meet my needs as a young mother. Vibrant workplace, intelligent people","As a part time consultant, I was not part of the main team, although they made efforts to make me feel welcome. I also did not have the advantage of benefits, etc.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41289,apple,none," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,excellent engineer team to learn from,"constant traveling, poor work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P467.htm
41290,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Marketing Manager,"Benefits, people, pay, lack of direction and politics.","Management, lack of direction, lack of communication, false promise and fueling a dream that does not exist.",Stop drinking the kool-aid. Tell it how it is and stop wasting people's time and money. You lose value employees and talent because hire management can't rub two sticks together and realize what is in front of them. You let politics get involved and will eventually catch up with you.,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41291,apple,none," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Understanding, calm but enough pressure to keep your progressing. Apple employment gave me a lot of exit opportunities, pleasing experience to say the least.","Nothing really notable as a con, great work environment. People who give cons to apple probably did not have the passion to work in the tech industry.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41292,apple,none," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Working with Apple since 2006 and it's been an amazing ride! There is more than ever to learn and ways to develop! Join us!,"You have to deal with a lot of other mediocre people, who complain daily about this or that to no end. They need to realize what an amazing opportunity they've been given. Whiners gonna whine.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41293,apple,none," Apr 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,Great company with a wonderful ideology,Too many managers who lead like they're parents herding children,Work on treating your retail staff like adults--learn to coach instead of passivepassive-agressively belittle your team members in an attempt to bring lasting behavioral change,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41294,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Wireless Software Performance,Wireless Software Performance Engineer,Get to work on some of the most challenging problem statements & easy to collaborate and come up with ideas and implement. Good visibility higher up the management chain.,Projects are very dynamic and goals/deliverables can change on the fly giving you less time to ramp up on the management change.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41295,apple,none," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,Fun job for someone who isn't looking for the typical 9-5 life. Get to interact with a lot of awesome people and learn a lot about yourself and others.,"The hours are hard, and consume most of your day. Poor work/life balance.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41296,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,People > Job,"The people I worked with were the most eclectic, amazing group of individuals, and I've kept in touch with them more than any other job I've had.","They let customers abuse their employees, which causes everyone to die a little inside. I left because the management started seeing their hourly employees as less than people, and they began to disrespect my work-life balance.","People are your number one resource. More than the health checks, the feedback, any of that stuff, make sure you're actually taking care of your people.",5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41297,apple,none," Mar 20, 2016",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,At Home Advisor - College Program,great pay for a college student training was long and detailed great benefits,there should be an option to not work a weekend day should be allowed more time in between phone calls to recover,be more understanding when advisors struggle with their metrics,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41298,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Great company to work for, has amazing benefits and good work/life balance",Work and life balance and great health benefits for both full time and part time employees. Management cares about employees as persons oppose to numbers,Really hard company to get hired for and very competitive to move up. It is rare to have downtime to slow time. Fast paced,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41299,apple,none," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Technician,Apple,Amazing Benefits and great culture to work with.,Tough Work Schedule and retail shifts.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P468.htm
41300,apple,none," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Amazing job good to communicate with other people,I haven't experienced any cons,Manger should be cool and help other when there in need for help or problems people are having,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41301,apple,"Metairie, LA"," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Excellent Company to Work!!,"Great benefits, discounts, best health insurance I've ever had. It was a Family Envoirment, everyone works as a team. Apple encourages all creativity and accepts everyone to be themselves. Meaning if you have blue hair, peircings, tattoo's it's ok. Truly the best job I ever had!!","When hired, my schedule was flexible, then new management came in and that changed. The pay is above average for retail, just hourly rate, no commissions or bonuses. So there's no increase of income other than annual raises. Also, to advance its limited, therefore you will need to relocate for opportunities. It's retail and standing for 7.5 - 8 hours a day is required and the only padded area on the floor is behind the Genuis Bar. So make sure you have comfortable shoes.","Have compansion and understanding. Having a steady pay is great however, life changes as well as financial situations, therefore some people need to work a second job to make ends meet. Be flexible with scheduling. Apple should have incentives for preformance.",5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41302,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,No more Apple juice. A Peek behind the curtain.,Benefits package: • $100/ mo Wageworks • Employee Stock Plan • 401K 50% (match up to 6%) • Medical/ Dental/ Vision • Life insurance/ Accidental death • Dealer rate cell phone plans • $500 computer credit every 3 years • lots more,"• No work/ life balance • Poor work schedule and poor shift flexibility • Work holidays and weekends and may close store and then open next day. • Managers full of themselves and do nothing all day • Managers Micro-manage and nitpick so they look good • Feels like a mix of High School & Survivor • No longer required to certify skills so anyone can do the job. • Very few re-usable/ transferable technical skills • Little to no repair time for Genius' • All day at the Bar dealing with customer service issues • High employee turn around especially from Genius team • Lack of Development/ Growth for Genius' • Managers and Leads play favorites for promotions and advancement. • No in-store HR staff anymore. Managers handle HR issues. • No recognition or acknowledgement, but quick to provide critical/ negative feedback. • If you come from a technical background this is like 2 steps backwards because you won't use or utilize many of those skills. Everything is cookie cutter tech. It's like being a drone with lots of repetitive work. • Poor pay in relation to the work and stress involved and the lack of work/ life balance. • Rewarded with free lunch for Record Breaking Quarters while managers get incentives and Bonuses. • Apple Culture replaced in retail stores with NPS scores and daily completed sessions. • Not meant to be a career.","“At Apple, our most important resource, our soul, is our people.” How quickly they forget this. When you take care of your people your people will take care of you. There is no more Apple Culture in the retail stores. That's been killed off in favor of how many sessions completed for the day and NPS (Net Promoter Scores). • Focus on employee Development and clear Career Paths • Fix the scheduling issues and work/ life Balance • Provide more day to day shift flexibility for Genius' • Filter appointments so that we are not addressing Gmail, AOL, Android, Blackberry, MS Office, and other out of scope issues. The Bar should be for full on technical troubleshooting of hardware and OS issues. Provide in store or online workshops for the little things like ""Start up disk full"", ""music syncing"", etc.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41303,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple AHA Advisor Tier 1 - Review,"The good: - To work from home  - Benefits are decent, my bi weekly deduction for myself + 4 was $30, this was for medical, dental, vision. Although low, be prepared to pay for a high deductible in order to use the health benefits under this plan, was $3000. The other plan was apps $200 per month with a lower deductible.  - Apple stock options  - Supplies iMac station and iPod and headset to work from home, cost does not come out of pocket, except for office desk, chair, etc.  - Start receiving health benefits, 401K and earning sick and vacation time off the first day of employment.  - Double time and half when working on holidays.","- Work from home. Because you work from home, Apple excepts you to me flexible. They probably see this as luxury or perk. I.e. I worked a 2nd shift schedule and it was completely changed a week prior to the new schedule change date. It was changing due to my team being selected to test out a product. It was completely changing to an much earlier shift. It was an issue as I had other commitments in place and worked a 2nd job. *This happens across the board, happens to several other people I know of.  - Little work for advice: If working from home, there are limited opportunities to advise. All opportunities will be based working in at home call center environment/role. I.e. AHA Tier 2, Team Manager, Area Manager. If you want more up in other areas, it would require a move to CA or TX.  - The job role is stressful: Apple has been ranked the best customer service award for 14+. Although they whole culture is much different than most traditional call centers, their matrix system is out of this world.  - Work days are long: As an AHA you get the opportunity to select from 3 shift types, 4x4, 5x8, 4x10. The 4x4 is where you work 4 hours, take 4 hours off, come back finish 4 hours. You work this shift 5 days straight, with 2 days off. The 5x8 is where you work 8 hours and work 5 days straight, with 2 days off. The 10x4 is where you work 4 days straight for 10 hours with 3 days off. If you work from home, I would highly recommend the 4x4 shift. The calls can be stressful, long, and on top of this you have to meet your matrix. Having the 4 hour break in between the 4x4 really helps. The 5x8 and 10x4 feels like punishment. You pretty much don't have a life working on these type of shifts.  - Shift bidding: Is based on your matrix performance. Matrix performance is based on the following:  - having great surveys based from the customers (this is mainly if you were able to solve their problem), low call handling time (very impossible based on the type of calls have), low after call work time, calling a supervisor for help (the lower the better), call resolution. If you do have good stats based on these areas, your shift selection will not very limited.  - You are monitored like a hawk: They monitor every little thing you do while on a call. They can even view what you are doing while on break and in between calls.  - The Apple perks: I was surprised to learn of the apple discounts offered to their employees. For employees you get 25% off on 1 type of OS X system, 1 type of iOS system, accessories all per year. Employee family and friends receives 15% off 10 type of OS X systems, 10 type of iOS systems, accessories all per year. Also the employee gets a $500 EPP credit towards OS X or some iOS systems, and $250 on lower priced products every 3-4 years. The 25% off plus the $500 or 250 credit is not bad every 3-4 years, but other than that it's still expensive. Especially at an AHA pay rate, when it's your role to know and trouble shoot the product. Look at Google, they actually gifted their employees with their products. Very little discount, nothing to brag about. Apple is very cheap.  - Working OT - Working OT is a killer. You won't get back for OT too if you don't 'work' your 40 hours per week. I.e. I worked almost 20 hours OT and was only paid OT for 7 hours. This is because my 40 hour work week were on days that the department was closed. Still received pay for the holiday off, but because I didn't 'work' my 40 hours, they took it off my OT. Although I technically worked almost 60 hours that week.  They expect you to stay and be a lifer: Because it's 'Apple' they expect their employees to stay and make a life with the company it is build this way at the beginning of training.",Onboarding can be mayhem. Find a better way to make it less crazy.  Treat your employees as people and not numbers.  Stop treating your employees like you own them.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,35,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41304,apple,none," Mar 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to Work,"After 10 years in call center management, I thought all call center jobs were the same. I couldn't have been more wrong. This is a career, not a job. Management is amazing and supportive, policies are lenient and flexible, and I have never been more happy.","Sometimes balancing work and life is hard, but maybe that's just me trying to figure things out","Keep up the excellent work. Seriously. They say people don't quit a job, they quit their manager. I would not have made it this far if not for an incredible management team.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41305,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Relations Advisor,Fun and fast paced working environment.,Great people and benefits. The campus is beautiful and the managers really care about their employees and their well being.,High stress most of the time. Difficult to move up within the company due to the amount of people applying.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41306,apple,none," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Project Manager,Smart people and a sense of working on projects that change the world.,Long hours and cutthroat culture.,Keep doing what you are doing. The executive management is incredibly talented and driven.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41307,apple,"Kansas City, MO"," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Good Experience,"Easy commute, company provides equipment",no consideration for family life- work schedule is completely based on business needs and leave sno room for personal life. You work every holiday and weekend,design a better schedule that takes into consideration the needs of your employees and their family life,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41308,apple,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer support,"Paid training, flexible hours great enviorment, work from home",I personally can't see any cons for this job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41309,apple,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Benefits insurance espp salary growth,Hours not enough hours more hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P469.htm
41310,apple,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Org Report,"Support infrastructure for employees is well managed including transportation, wellness centers, and mail/package delivery system.",It's not unusual for attrition to be the only means for advancement within your given organization.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41311,apple,none," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great experiences. Would recommend to students,Retail job so it's good temporarily . Physically exhausting.,Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41312,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - GENIUS TECHNICIAN,Awesome company!,Company and culture are great!,Spending too much time in store and not taking time for yourself,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41313,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart People, Horrendous Hierarchy","I worked for the internal marketing team (MarCom) on the creative side. The best thing about working at Apple is your coworkers. They do an excellent job of hiring incredibly intelligent, talented people. It's quite humbling to work alongside such accomplished people. You'll always feel like the dumbest person in the room, which is great because everyone has so much to teach you. Most of them are ego-free (about 70% of them) and will help you whenever possible. There are so many personality types, though nearly all of them are perfectionist Type A people. If that is your kind of crew, you'll do well.  The work usually comes in waves. When you're on, you're all the way on. For weeks at a time you can expect late nights and no weekends. On the flip side, when it's slow, it's very slow. You can often work from home or take comp days. During downtimes it is not uncommon to go in for five hours including a long lunch and then go home.  In addition to this, the compensation is good. The stock program is okay. But the pay is more than fair and their annual reviews pretty much guarantee a raise, bonus, and/or more stock.  Finally, Tim Cook seems like a genuinely good person. Even in the relatively short time he's been in his role, he has made enormous leaps to give that company a real set of values that are current with this generation. He feels like a real human being, which is something Apple desperately needs.","Creatively speaking, this place is hellish. They hire people to do one job and one job only. Great creative happens when you're exposed to a lot of different projects and people, not in a vacuum. Apple will make you sit in your sandbox and churn out a huge amount of work for a single thing. And don't you dare look at someone else's sandbox. They live by the phrase ""individual contributor"". It's not collaborative in the least. This creates a giant divide between creative teams and roles, a divide that can be frustrating, isolating, and overwhelming.  On top of that the management style and structure is a disaster. Prepare for massive insecurity, nitpicking, micromanagement, unrealistic expectations, information silos, finger-pointing, miscommunication between management titles, and all the unfortunately awful qualities so often associated with the dreaded ""middle management"". Meanwhile the people at the top, who could actually effect change, have earned the right to be blissfully unaware. There are too many people in leadership positions who have been at Apple entirely too long and have little or no experience with other creative work environments. They are stale, ignorant, and arrogant.","When a subordinate questions anything structurally at Apple, the answer will inevitably be, ""That's just the way it is here."" Horrible. That should NEVER be the answer to ANYTHING. As a manager, this is a missed teaching opportunity that shows your employees you do not care about investing in their understanding of the company. It's the management equivalent of a parent saying, ""Because I said so"". That's so lazy.  Let your people have ownership. Recruiters go through so much to bring in the best and brightest, just to have them treated like they are several years and steps behind that which they are capable. Have faith in the employees you brought on. Don't spend every waking moment with your hands on their hands. It's exhausting to your subordinates and eventually it becomes downright scary. They end up dreading every interaction they have with you, because nothing feels like it will be good enough and it's crazy-making trying to guess which of the hundreds of options you've already thought up will be the chosen one. Empower your employees to have creative freedom and confidence within that. Too much time is spent telling people all of the ways they aren't getting the Apple look/feel/voice/whatever.  Managers should also be educated on other roles within the creative process. It's impossible to collaborate when your boss inherently does not understand what their subordinates' teammates do. Constantly having to ask people to do something that is near impossible or would add several hours of work onto their day just to appease an uneducated supervisor is a special form of occupational torture.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41314,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,really good pay for retail,can get stagnent at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41315,apple,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,interview,It's a lot of pressure to get things right and drives one to do the best work of their lives. 2+ years later I'm still blown away by the talent and creativity of people I work with.,"it's a lot of work, teams are usually strapped for resources and under pressure to deliver on strict timelines leading to high stress and long hours at certain times during the year.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41316,apple,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,"Great Benefits, of course the infamous apple discounts, but part time employees get the same benefits as full time","Demanding, they know they're Apple, and they have a surplus of people. Not really a con but something to think about when applying",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41317,apple,"Oakbrook Terrace, IL"," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Awesome community environment. Many mentors and staff members are very helpful and patient. Learn as you go.,Can get overwhelming during the holiday seasons.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41318,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Harder than it looks.,"I love that I don't have to drive to work every day. I'm saving gas and car repairs, but more importantly I can see my family a lot more when I'm on my breaks.  The benefits are out of this world great!",You're stuck inside all day long AT home. This is harder than it seems.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41319,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare Technical Advisor (Phone),It was a good stressful experience,"- A lot of room for growth in the company if you are striving to climb - Great way to form connections - AMAZING co-workers (most people are very friendly!) - Great pay - Work agenda & expectation is very clear - Good performance on the job will be rewarded (with swags, management recognition, better schedules available) - Competitive and active learning (training is constantly provided) - A LOT of resources for your work - Great choices in the on site cafeteria - The Elk Grove site contains the best advisors you can work with - You get tell people that you are part of one of the coolest companies in the world","- Long hours (10 hours shifts) (you can choose 8 hours-10 hours, but 10 is more common) - Micromanagement, I understand that metrics are the MOST important thing in call centers, but nit-picking your employees on the metrics for every single call makes going to work harder by the day - Very stressful dealing with hold times and unhappy customers, especially in situations that you cannot control - NO FORGIVENESS in the metric tracking system. A lot of times, I feel like it is based on luck. - Schedules are NOT flexible - Low job security (room for very few mistakes) - Very poor Work/Life Balance (sick days, holidays, and vacation time is mashed all together) - Mandatory overtime",Please do not over do the micromanagement: treat us like humans and not customer serving machine. Our job is to make our customers happy and the best way to do that is to make sure your employees are happy first!,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P470.htm
41320,apple,"Sammamish, WA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting products but hard, sometimes frustrating, work",- Compensation is very competitive - You get to work on interesting products - The food in the cafes is tasty and the coffee is decent,- Hard to promote collaboration amongst teams when most of the projects are secretive and you can't talk about them with peers - Work/life balance is non-existent - Very little opportunity to move up in the company,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41321,apple,"Boston, MA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,A (Not so) Inclusive Culture,Outstanding benefits and competitive salary. They give their employees a lot of freedom and a lot of self empowerment. Wonderful products and opportunity.,"The people they hire are consistently not as diverse as they would have you think. Yes while you may run into many people with beards and tattoos, good luck finding a fellow employee to talk about sports with.",Truly make the company diverse. Open up hiring practices to people with more interests than just art and music. Bring the very creative and self-empowered culture and incorporate people with more interests. Management needs to open up.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41322,apple,none," Mar 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No two days are the same,Amazing staff Great benefits Great pay for a retail job Works well with availability Good discounts Career experiences Must be okay with not knowing everything Constantly changing,Management can be overwhelming (depending on store) especially if they were hired from outside the company. When transitioned to our culture they lack basic tech knowledge and it's quite upsetting speaking to someone who should know the basics. They tend to come into the store with a machismo alpha personality rather than being themselves and their personality clashes with everyone's in the store.,"Hire within the company for management, rather than outside. Trust your people.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41323,apple,"Los Gatos, CA"," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,SW EPM,"So many groundbreaking new things to work on, very smart and very driven colleagues","Can work you to death if you let it, chaotic environment (sometimes that's a good thing, though)","Do less SW features and do the ones we are committed to better. Get back to ""it just works"" Clean up the mess that is Apple Music and Photos.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41324,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Software QA Engineer,Great place to work. Rough commute.,"The cafe food is amazing, and co-workers were excellent. I had quite a bit of downtime during which I was able to work on personal projects. There was also a lot of overtime available.","It was a little disorganized, and there were times when it seemed like my boss forgot I existed.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41325,apple,none," Mar 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, can be better",Lots of talent around you,Pay doesn't quite match the level of tech support you provide and the revenue brought in,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41326,apple,"Stamford, CT"," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Expert,Amazing company,"It is a Fun environment, the teams are passionate and intelligent. Pay is great considering it is retail and no one will complain about the discounts!","While development is a focus, Movement/promotion is slow. This particular role lacks clarity and varies store to store. It's a very simple position but so much more responsibility can be given to make an expert feel more like a leader and less like another sales person",Ensure an environment where development and career experiences happen for everyone who deserves them and not the same individuals,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41327,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,"Sweet, no fuzz.","Comfortable, professional environment,with a strong style you gotta love or leave . Good people and great snacks if you look in the back of the middle drawer.","No one really owned washing the dishes in the mini-kitchen on the third floor. We had to go out for free lunch, and it wasn't everyday, and it wasn't everyday. Style is too restrictive.","Reopen old school Apple someday, with Friday beer bashes, and refill the chocolate almonds more frequently. Designers need more autonomy and time to explore.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41328,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,"Grat company, stressful jobs",They have loads of benefits for their AHA employees,People call and yell at you,None. Excellent management,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41329,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,interactive designer intern,"Great place to work, the people are amazing. you can truly tell people are passionate about what they do. they take the outmost care in everything. you can learn amazing things from just talking with people and interacting with everyone. they are more than welcome to help and show you the ropes. amazing internship had completely changed my life.","because when i got to my internship the manager who was usually in charge of the internship program left, they weren't any specific task for us to do. we get end up being put on very non essential projects. also because its such a large company they have a role for everything so you tend to get lost in the noise of it if you are not careful.",keep doing what you guys do best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P471.htm
41330,apple,"Livermore, CA"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Project Specialist,apple,best company i have worked for!,"such a great company,no cons ! fun",great,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41331,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Sales/Support Manager,Manager,Great culture and great people with support along the way. I've learn so much at my time there.,Some managers are too invested in company policy and hush hush that they forget to cater to their direct reports.,"Be Human and drive what matters...Don't worry about the consensus of the norm of how others look at the business. As long as your employees are happy and retain what you've taught them, that is growth and success measured.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41332,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 20, 2016",Former Employee - TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDER SUPPORT,None,"Great Co. and benefits, amazing environment, good carrer possibilities",Salary for all you have to do.,"I had a very good Manager, no complains.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41333,apple,"Ocala, FL"," Mar 20, 2016",Former Employee - Work At Home Tech Support,Great benefits,Great perks and benefits,Low pay for duties performed,Please direct workers bettet,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41334,apple,none," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No future job opportunity,"Working at Apple means that the things you work on get into the hands of hundreds of millions of people, literally. It's a lot of pressure to get things right and drives one to do the best work of their lives. 2+ years later I'm still blown away by the talent and creativity of people I work with.","It's a lot of work, teams are usually strapped for resources and under pressure to deliver on strict timelines leading to high stress and long hours at certain times during the year.","Keep fighting for ""what's right"". Renewable energy, civil liberties, working condition, everything. I couldn't be prouder of that aspect of the company, in the end it's about a lot more than profits and earnings.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41335,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Apple,Best technology and cool products,Balancing work and life can sometimes be challenging.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41336,apple,none," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cooks,Great schedule Fun employees and management,Go Apple because you do not want to stay with Adecco for long.,move people from stations more frequently,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41337,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great company, smart people","It feels so great to work with smart people and change the world in smart way. Most employees here are very experienced and senior in their areas, and it's definitely a great place to grow fast for young professionals","There are a lot of internal meetings, and the work-life balance is very different from Internet companies like Google or Facebook. Also, the company is famous for its secrecy.","Everyone in the company has great self-esteem, owing to the management's contribution in establishing the leading role in the industry and keeping this leader role",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41338,apple,none," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Environment,"Incredible people, awesome technology and caring management.",Working with the public can be tiring.,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41339,apple,"Cedar Park, TX"," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Administration,Not what it used to be....,"Great products. Good side benefits. New campus is beautiful. The ""old guard"" people who survived are great to work with & have great experience.","Low salaries compared to other high tech companies, complete culture shift from creative & open to bland & corporate. Work/life balance isn't a thing.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P472.htm
41340,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Best retail experience you will find,"Competitive pay, some of the most talented and intelligent people you will meet, unique work experiences, large focus on employee development","Retail schedule (duh), exposure to the lowest of humanity (but overshadowed by the majority of customers who are incredible)",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41341,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good first job,good team culture a lot to learn smart co-workers,too many NDAs low transparency not flexible on projects,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41342,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare Team Supervisor,Stellar Leadership,Working with some of the smartest people on the planet. Treasure trove of knowledge to learn.,Work life balance seems to be the new norm with any company including Apple.,Keep striving for perfection,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41343,apple,none," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Good people, benefits, work environment. Busy and room for growth. Challenging yet rewarding. Easy to relocate domestically and internationally. Highly recommend.","You have to own your development, but sometimes you need others to help. You have to be proactive in getting those advocates on your side.","Keep listening to your people. When that is done, everything is great. Empower direct reports to achieve goals and create a great customer experience.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41344,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Opened doors for further growth,"Good opportunities to learn and grow. Fun, fast paced atmosphere.","I worked in retail, so all of the typically retail cons apply: long, poor hours, middling pay, dealing with the general public, etc.",n/a,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41345,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Amazing people Amazing benefits Not forced to sell,Work life balance is key,Try to get to know everyone even if it seems hopeless and hard,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41346,apple,"Newport Beach, CA"," Mar 12, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Develop Like You've Never Been Developed Before,"Working at an extraordinary company like Apple had it's perks- even in retail. The development at the company was incredible, you were capable of doing anything you desired whether that was developing others, working on business, applying for career experiences in HQ. You are surrounded by incredibly creative and entrepreneurial people, people that started their own companies, screen-writers, musicians, artists, editors and Apples goal was to make sure each individual developed in the way they felt it necessary in order to fulfill their personal goals.  Apple isn't just about bettering itself, it's about creating a community of individuals that will help leave the world a better place then they found it. And they truly lived by that.","The downside of course is retail means working holidays, weekend and taking a vacation means you're affecting the flow of the store not just your own personal projects. Working part-time is tough, money-wise, and everyone that starts at Apple retail, starts in part-time, and you are able to be promoted to full time.","Continue to focus on building your employees to be better individuals, guide them to become more independent and self-starting and give them that helpful guidebook on competencies. That helps a lot.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41347,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Good company,Apple really seems like they care about their workers,"Horrible customers, low wages. Poor scheduling",Better pay and more room for career advancement,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41348,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 15, 2016","Current Employee - Information Systems &amp, Technology Project Manager",Awesome place to work,"Incredibly smart people, awesome benefits, tons of opportunities.","Extremely demanding, high expectation 110% of the time.",Create more career growth paths.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41349,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Business Specialist,A great start to the real world,Apple Retail is great for getting you ready for experiencing what life can be like in tech. I use much of the foundational skills today.,"Highly competitive, overly political, and ultimately retail. Sometimes employees and management can get very petty. Metric measurement isn't necessarily the best yardstick for performance. Each store varies drastically from each other.","Collaborate with leaders in your market to create a universal method of measuring talent. Utilize many of the features of Apple culture to inspire employees, because that culture can be wielded like a weapon to hold back as much as it is to promote.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P473.htm
41350,apple,"Cleveland, TN"," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Enterprise At Home Advisor,At-Home-Advisor,"Get to work from home, no commute! Amazing company to work for - Incredible benefits and they really seem to care about their employees","Working from home, you can miss seeing people, sometimes I just have to go for a drive when I get off work just to get out of my house.",Be available and be helpful when answering questions. Try to always have a backup in place if you are not available.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41351,apple,none," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales Specialist,Fantastic group of people to work with. My Coworkers were some of the most creative people I have met from artists to musicians to coders.,No one thing I can say I didn't like about working for Apple.,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41352,apple,none," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not staying for long,"Working from home, Benefits, Discounts",EVERYTHING not listed in pros,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41353,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Education Inside Account Executive,"Great Company and Benefits, Challenges at a Satellite Office","Great financial picture, benefits, and other resources. Very rewarding if you believe in the products.","The Austin site exists in distinct vertical silos and it is impossible to jump from one to another. If you are unable to find a satisfactory career path within your own organization, you will eventually have to leave the company. Some groups have significant management assistance and advocacy for individual contributor career growth, but others do not. If you are in the latter, you are in a pigeon hole.",Local Austin site leadership needs to cooperate more effectively and build a community. People leaving the most valuable company in the world because they cannot advance their careers is pitiful.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41354,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Great benefits. Wonderful people to work with.,Not a lot of scheduled time to complete work related tasks.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41355,apple,"Carteret, NJ"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Certified Mac Technician,ever changing environment,"teamwork, growth, learning, environment, resources","retail, busy, hours, location, holidays",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41356,apple,none," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASC,"People are great to work with , everyone is so smart and helpful",Nothing wrong .Just too much work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41357,apple,none," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time Apple Specialist,"Great workplace and philosophy, they give you training, they're respect your life balance",As a part time employee you don't have all the benefits.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41358,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Best business you could work for,Incredible training and leadership. There are plenty of opportunities to learn and advance.,It is hard to move beyond the retail space when advancing in the company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41359,apple,none," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Technican,They are a great company and there is room to advance,The company moves the call centers to different states,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P474.htm
41360,apple,none," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Technican,They are a great company and there is room to advance,The company moves the call centers to different states,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41361,apple,"McLean, VA"," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Learning Everyday,"Great environment, great co workers, and leadership. Leadership will help you develop so long as you put in the effort. Health benefits cannot be beat! List goes on!",There is some politics but that is present in every company. Just work hard and try to be vocal about your development,Make sure to recognize the hardworking talent although they might not be as vocal. Usually they do the most and go unnoticed,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41362,apple,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Positive energy great benefits fun place to work. Constantly learning something new,Not enough hours some lazy co workers and crazy customers,Keep doing you. Stop letting experts not work hard as new hires,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41363,apple,none," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Business Manager,Not for slackers!,"Performance is noticed. Carreer advancement is available, and tools provided to get there if you have the drive to develop. You get to be a part of awesome products and software every day. Super smart and talented people all around you, ups your game. Lots of training, and development (when you have time, or make it). Feedback is important in the company structure, anyone can escalate issues at any time, and leadership teams want to hear it and will take action.","Super smart and talented people are complicated to lead, they question stuff (you have to be ready to LEAD, not just Boss). Priorities change constantly, keeping upbeat about more work or new procedures and policies in front of staff requires a ""Smiling Game Face"". Competition, you have plenty of smart, talented, and driven people that want your job, and are competing for the one you are developing for. You need your ""A Game"" all day every day, if you can't do that you will burn out.",Continue to stay in tune with feedback from customers as well as staff. More development paths from retail to corporate.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41364,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Certified Trainer/Tech Support,Apple. Retail University 101.,"Lots to Learn. Diverse Co-Workers. Opportunity for Growth. Work Here, Work Anywhere.",Stunted Growth by Factors Outside of your Control. Can Take a While to Advance. Lots of Kool-Aid.,A tendency to Micro-Manage can cause trust issues in your relationships.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41365,apple,none," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Genius,It's still retail,"Fast pace, great hiring practices, you get to help people",It's retail. Retail hours. Retail environment. Retail.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41366,apple,"Boston, MA"," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Manager,Great people who worked there,Too many people in management who would stab you in the back to make themselves look good.,"Let your staff have fun, they deserve it and pay attention when people look like they are getting stressed. We all deserve a break from the stress every now and then.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41367,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Great Benefits, Salary, and Awesome Company","Certain Departments (IS&T) can be very different in culture from the rest of the company, long hours, and performance reviews only happen when someone has something bad to say.",Get rid of the nepotism and favoritism in IS&T.,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41368,apple,none," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist - Retail,"Lots of benefits. Management is very open minded and easy to work with. Schedule is flexible. Great for anyone, especially students.",None that I can think of.,"Keep up the great work that you guys are doing. You serve the whole world, and it is amazing that you guys maintain such a high level of composure. Never change, but at the same time, keep adapting.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41369,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Contractor,Contractor,Great company. They really care about their contractors.,None that I have encountered so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P475.htm
41370,apple,none," Mar 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,Great place to work if you enjoy fast pace deadlines and deliverables. Mostly very smart people and tremendous opportunities to learn.,No work life balance and career growth opportunities are few.,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41371,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Relations,Interesting,"It was nice to work at home. Apple does pay part of your hi-speed internet bill, (some work at home positions that require do not) Training for Customer Relations does try to cover every aspect of the job that you will do, although of course , you can no cover every scenario you will cover in each encounter, they do try to prepare you for the majority of customer contacts.",It was hard to feel disconnected from everyone and communication is could be better.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41372,apple,none," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,"awesome work environment, work life balance",have to work hard for full-time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41373,apple,"Cherry Hill, NJ"," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Expert,Awesome,"This is one of the best places to work for, environment is great, pay for retail is great, management is awesome!",Nothing really bad to say besides that I wish there was commission,Thumbs up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41374,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great Experience!,"Super flexible with your schedule, with lots of opportunities to grow as a person and work with your people skills!",It can get monotone really fast,More breaks in between times on the phone would be great,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41375,apple,none," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,Strong company culture throughout the heirarchy,Poor work/life balance depending on department,Pay more attention to lower level employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41376,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Good benefits (great among retail jobs), great perks, and a fabulous part time job where you needn't worry about being asked for any more engagement than you want to make.","If you aren't an extrovert, the pace of interactions can be extremely draining if you work in customer support for Apple",Work a little harder to find opportunities for those who aren't deeply committed to dip their toes into the pool. It might help retention.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41377,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Working for Apple,Work environment at retail store is incredible. Everyone is unique in their own way. You will gain better communication skills. The company really looks out for you.,Flexible hours so you'll see your weekly hours jump around,Keep showing interest into your employees. It is what drives us and helps us improve. Providing feedback is the key to improving,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41378,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,AHA Tier 1,"good benefits, work at home. good pay",sitting for too long. weird hours,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41379,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Education Sales Operations,Great Company,The benefits are great and the people that you work with are very professional and best in their field.,It depends on your manager how your experience will be. It can be very stressful or manageable. The company does expect a lot out of each employee.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P476.htm
41380,apple,"Altamonte Springs, FL"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,The people made Retail worth it,"My coworkers were, as a whole, the reason I worked as hard as I did. That's not to say I didn't enjoy helping customers, but as a Genius (technician), I more often got yelled at and insulted than hugged. I certainly learned a lot about people, and have some good stories to tell over drinks.","Entitled customers are the worst. Not all customers reacted in such a manner, but those that did could ruin your day. You worked long retail hours with very few holidays. It was always depressing to see the e-mails to Apple Corporate about enjoying their paid time off, but having to get up the next day for work.",Treat your employees the way you'd want to be treated. They're showing up to work because they love Apple. Not everyone is there to just have something to do when they're not in school.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41381,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Retail Job,Great work environment and amazing co-workers,At the end of the day it was still retail,"Management was great but, the potential to grow in the store was made tough because of management.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41382,apple,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail Specialist,Best job I have ever had. The staff is extremely friendly and it was a rewarding experience.,"Even as a part time employee, the hours are difficult.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41383,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,global supply manager,"great products. touch culture, but exciting to be shipping multiple products a year.",too much international traveling. as much as 75%,compensate better,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41384,apple,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Details and a lots of smart people,Stressful. Lots of politics among the management team.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41385,apple,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Best retail but still retail!,"Good pay, benefits, and experience.",Hard to move up. Managers control a lot. Schedule can be difficult.,Work with your staff and be honest with what you want them to do. Don't be shady or weird about who gets a job.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41386,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,Good Working Environment Dynamic nature Attractive Salary,Need More focus on domain Should invest on business analysis,Management should focus more on investing on business analyst rather than project managers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41387,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Expert - Apple Online Store (AOS),Initially Great Until,"Hired about 1 month before the initial launch of the original iPhone. Worked for 7 years at the Apple Online Store in Austin, TX. Fortunately, I was a direct hire and did not have to suffer as a Volt contractor. Highly recommend applying directly with Apple and not using Volt.  There are some really good people here. Great relationships and great benefits. Constantly recieving variety of training and additional optionally training available. The quality and design of Apple products makes it easy to sell.","Somehow management consistently makes poor hiring decisions for those in charge of a team, especially in Sales. Major inconsistencies from one team to another, can often feel like two different countries in the ideology of success and who's more important, your boss or the customer.  Of course, always pressure to meet ever changing sales metrics, but no enforcement, and secretly encouraged, to manipulating your metrics for the betterment of the team, and ultimately the profile of the team's manager.  If you're a contractor, i.e. you were hired through Volt, there are times you'll feel like a second class citizen because technically, you are not an Apple ""badged"" employee and therefore are not allowed to attend certain company wide events and will even be asked to stepped outside during your own team meetings.  Major complaint company wide was always the opportunity for advancement. Pay is less than average and bonuses too small to fully motivate.","Stop promoting your friends and others who are weak / easily manipulated. With all the training offered at Apple, why are managers not required to complete any effective training? Management also needs to hold team leaders accountable for creating an environment for success.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41388,apple,none," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,Awesome work environment and training!,"Schedule is set for 6 months, but you do get to trade with other is they agree to",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41389,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great Company,Great people and learning experience.,"Not enough recognition of work, granted it's a retail environment.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P477.htm
41390,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Demand Planner,Great place to work,"Great benefits, perks like free food in the evenings and access to incredible products at a cheap discount","Lack of work life balance, salary not competitive with industry, saturated career growth. Company is frugal in nature","Times have changed and people are no longer goi g to think that they are changing the world by working here. So, Apple should offer better perks to retain talent",5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41391,apple,"Maiden, NC"," Mar 18, 2016",Former Employee - UNIX Engineer,Welcome to the meat grinder,"Co-workers, environment, resume padding, nice facilities and use of technology","MANAGEMENT SUCKED!! Complete lack of vision, never given the tools to properly do job....",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41392,apple,none," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,average technical support job,"teammates are great, the organizational structure of things are easy to manage and they provide everything you need from software to hardware.","the pressure of pleasing management, having to sell the applecare products",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41393,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Amazing environment,An amazing environment that fosters growth and provides continuous trainings. Looks amazing on your resume. The discount. The uniform,Hours can be a little sparse( like every retail job in the winter),none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41394,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - IT,software engineer,how to guarantee the security of everyone more safely and contribute to their daily life. their privacy not to share accidentally with the whole world.,"great technology, keep exploring the great genius mind of technology where life can be more simple and more efficient.",continue great work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41395,apple,none," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS.,Love this job its the best,Hard dealing with customers.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41396,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hired by VOLT Corp (staffing agency),nothing to mention! no pros at all... Apple use people by hiring them indirectly,"No money, bad leads, humiliating treatment, no respect,,, ... Apple use people by hiring them indirectly",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41397,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Manager Ever,"* smart, dedicated, motivated people","My manager was a nightmare, and borderline abusive.  I shared, openly, the extreme conditions I was under with this person, and instead of trying to improve things, they instead made things worse for me. I also shared with HR, but that was a dead-end, and I knew I needed to escape the unhealthy conditions I was facing. Every single day was incredibly stressful, and despite my ability to perform at a high-level, expectations were always ever increasing. I always felt exhausted, both physically and mentally, and rarely even had time to run to the bathroom.  The words I would use to describe my manager: * Lacking empathy * Tyrant * Alpha * Extreme micromanager (i.e. would email/message/call/text me every 5 minutes, every single day) * Lacking boundaries (i.e. calls and texts in the middle of the night, regardless of the severity, with an expectation to always respond) * Unable to prioritize * Bully","Take a breath, and consider the damage you are not only doing to your direct reports but to yourself.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41398,apple,none," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"flexible hours, judged by performance to deliver","Becoming too big a company hence Apple culture is getting diluted, bureaucracy is creeping-in.",Promote internal long time employees rather than getting people from outside to keep Apple culture.  Promote women to higher position than just hiring them.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41399,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CPU advisor,"Great management, great positon and great teamwork as well",Evolution not really easy from the client service,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P478.htm
41400,apple,none," Mar 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Intern,+ Free dinner after 7 + Great pay + Very nice campus + Apple product discounts,-They encourage you to stay past 7 -Limited in terms of impact you create,"There are very many levels of hierarchy which is to be expected in such a large company. This was never a problem that affected me, I just stayed and worked in my team.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41401,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Fast paced, customer focused environment.",Being surrounded by intelligent capable individuals was exciting and challenged my growth. I enjoyed working with Apple products and learning how to repair them at the software level and the hardware level.,"Inflexible schedule options, more specific career path for those not interested in management. Can be overwhelming if one isn't ready for the volume levels in their retail stores.","Understand that people want to work for the company, however it's not the only thing in their lives.",5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41402,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - IT,software engineer,how to guarantee the security of everyone more safely and contribute to their daily life. their privacy not to share accidentally with the whole world.,"great technology, keep exploring the great genius mind of technology where life can be more simple and more efficient.",continue great work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41403,apple,none," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,DONT DO THIS JOB!!! IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE.,"Good Pay, - One Star Good Benefits,- One Star At Home - No Stars","Hers the deal... This job is a call center. Your calls will be approximately 10-30 seconds between each call. You'll take each call and you will need to make sure you meet metrics on each call. These calls may last a few minutes (Rare) to 45 minutes or an hour. After each one of these calls you will get 10-30 seconds between that and the next call to get yourself together.  CONS START HERE... 1. Not enough time between calls for you to mentally process what you just went through. 2. You will be passed around like a worthless peon between managers and eventually you will land on one who is indeed heartless.  I have seen people stripped of their credentials for NO REASON. Demoted for NO REASON. I currently know at LEAST 10 people who are out on psychological disability because of this position. When I tell you NOT TO TAKE THIS JOB.. DO NOT TAKE THIS JOB...  This job has compromised my family, my confidence and even mental health.  I was a TOP performer in the company. Eventually I was managed out. My metrics were great.. they just didn't want me anymore. So they built a case against me and made a way to get rid of me....  I know you're reading this thinking. Oh it's not that bad... Not EVERY manager is like that. And you would be right! Not every manager is like that.... But...You WILL be passed around and you WILL eventually land on a terrible manager....You are lying to yourself and are delusional if you seriously think that you are going to always have a breezy job here. Especially since most of these new guys are not from the old culture of Apple... These new managers are from this NEW apple the Tim Cook era which is NOT and I want to make sure i'm clear here NOT Apple. I don't know What this company is but i cannot be clear enough..THIS IS NOT APPLE.....The days of inspiring, think different, be the change apple Unfortunately Died with steve. ( This hurts to even type because I loved the company) I've been with the company almost 6 years now and I've seen both sides, and I can honestly tell you that the reviews are right.  WHEN YOU GET STARTED: It feels and seems great! WHILE YOU'RE WORKING: The koolaid slowly wears off and you see that you are still in a machine. One beautifully made and elegantly made on the outside but the internals need work.  Again I stress ... I AM NOT a disgruntled employee, a poor performer, or just pissed at this company. I will admit being hurt that the comany has fallen so far from it's glory days, But that's it. So this review is written with Genuine (OLD APPLE) Care not to see you all waste your time with this new beast that will drain you dry and spit you out.  Wishing you all the best.. and if you do take a job here... GO IN with an exit stragtegy",All of you should be fired. You're ruining the legacy of a once great company.. You have destroyed all of the old values and killed any remnant of the great culture that once was.... No I'm not upset... I'm hurt and disappointed.. You have killed a once great company..,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41404,apple,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Dreadful and uninspiring.,Co-workers Gym and sauna Discounts on apple products and phone bill Stocks Working with a mac and apple lab,"Management Human Resources(don't rely on them to fix any issue) Schedule hours Development Holidays force to work No life-work balance Client not happy and bad survey, completely your fault",Don't take anything personal with ex employees when they end up resigning to your lack of professionalism and harassment.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41405,apple,none," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manufacturing,high dynamic and creative environment,"long hours of work, unnecessary internal competitions",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41406,apple,none," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"flexible hours, judged by performance to deliver","Becoming too big a company hence Apple culture is getting diluted, bureaucracy is creeping-in.",Promote internal long time employees rather than getting people from outside to keep Apple culture.  Promote women to higher position than just hiring them.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41407,apple,none," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,The Pros and Cons of working at home for Apple,"Great pay, awesome discounts, job security, learn a lot about Apple products, most customers are really nice and understanding, the company is not too strict, feel like a part of the ""Apple Society""","Stats and the goals set by the managers are unrealistic, I don't agree and understand the call flow metrics, this is coming from a representative who worked at a call center for over 4 years with awesome stats, they are unable to take off customer surveys even if the survey was not about the call you had with the customer so you get ""dinged"" for it. Also when you get a call that need to go to the correct department good luck having a representative in the correct department take the call over, they tend to not want to do their jobs.",Don't set unrealistic goals and make it mandatory for other departments to take over the call if it is in their scope of support. Also when a representative is hit with a bad survey that is not about their call do not leave it on their stats take it off!!!!,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41408,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Get to work with high performance talent.,Cupertino is very political and advancement is difficult.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41409,apple,none," Mar 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company.,Apple gave me the skills I needed to become a successful recruiter making a $100k,"Glass Ceiling. Some managers are great, some are not. No guidance for improvement.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P479.htm
41410,apple,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best job,best place to work at,i have nothing bad to say,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41411,apple,"New Haven, CT"," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Stressful fun,"Amazing benefits 401, medical, dental, vision, stock option etc. Fun place to work. Best retail environment I've had a chance to work in.","Can be a very stressful place to work if you are part of the Family Room as a Genius, genius Admin, or Family room specialist. You responsibility for dealing with unhappy people.",Management at Apple is very supportive. I was able to move up into the Genius role solely through excellent and clear expectations set by my leadership team quickly.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41412,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,AT HOME ADVISOR,easy job and good pay as student,full time during times off school,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41413,apple,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Advisor,"Apple has great benefits, opportunity to move into other departments, a very laid back environment, and an amazing training program.",Working at Apple involves working in a very fast paced environment and there is a survival of the fittest type of set up after training.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41414,apple,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,50/50,Management cares Co workers become family,Very hard to get weekend days off No set schedule,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41415,apple,"Plantation, FL"," Mar 4, 2016",Former Employee - Trainer,Application Specialist,Ability to be creative and innovative,Would like a higher payscale,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41416,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Benefits (Part-time employees get benefits) Pay (You put in the work, you get payed well) Co-Workers (All Friendly)",May work longer hours on weekends,Keep doing what you do!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41417,apple,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best,They Care for their employees,There are no cons for working here.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41418,apple,none," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Driven,Customer expectations were high but help was always easy to find best team environment friendly. Everything you needed was taught but bring your own people's skills customers come back because of the good service.,No real problems sometimes you can get a difficult customer that needs a answer right away you can always find the direction for them with support software most people are used to a extremely one on one with employees and.,Keep doing what you're doing apple is a great company to work for with great benefits competitive compensation and as always awesome products.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41419,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great Company,- Great compensation and benefits - Flexible,- Walled garden mentality - Too much cheerleading and expectations of product ownership,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P480.htm
41420,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great Company,- Great compensation and benefits - Flexible,- Walled garden mentality - Too much cheerleading and expectations of product ownership,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41421,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok Place,New and Awesome people and products,Politics can be a bit distracting,Focus on teams and not middle management,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41422,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Changing atmosphere,Good benefits and a generous leave of absence policy.,Losing its luster. Every day that goes by Apple becomes more of a penny pinching and number focused company.,"Actually live the company Credo and put the employees first, including the leaders. Its exhausting being overworked and under valued.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41423,apple,"Wilmington, DE"," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Delaware Specialist,Apple Store,"The people I worked with were great. I worked with people who were smart, funny, and fun to work with. Most of the team was also very talented in some for of art.","The job is a great part time job, but if you have any desire to improve your position, can be frustrating due to the lack of upward mobility. It is better than most retail jobs, but at the end of the day, is still a retail job with all the pitfalls that entails.","In the time I was there, management became increasingly separated from the rest of the staff. I would recommend that the managers at the store learn about the products and how they work, and try to recognize who in the store is actually producing results and not just saying the right things at opening and closing meeting.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41424,apple,none," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Was a great experience. They pay well and are very friendly! Benefit packages are beyomd amazing.,It was pretty slow at times. We would spend too much time trying to talk to a customer just so they can pull out their android and walk away.,My advice would be to really help out on the floor. The floor needs everyone working so we can meet our goals.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41425,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple,"Flexible hours, good pay, great people",None to mention at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41426,apple,none," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great people and wonderful products,"The people you meet working at Apple are people that you'll remember for the rest of your life. The company attracts a diverse team of hard-working, intelligent and driven folks, and working with a team toward a common goal is inspiring.","Working in retail can be draining, sometimes customers are difficult to deal with, but generally management is supportive in difficult interactions. Schedules can be tough to work around, especially around the holidays.",Continue fostering an environment in which everyone's voice is heard. Words of encouragement and praise go a long way.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41427,apple,none," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Fun environment, great team, perfect atmosphere.",It's retail so basic customer interaction.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41428,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Retail,"Great benefits, good pay in comparison to other companies/ retail stores that are similar to this company.",None. Really enjoyed my time here.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41429,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 1, 2016","Former Employee - Theater Presenter/Trainer/Genius Bar &amp, Mobile Support",Trainer,Loved my co workers and Apple products,"As Apple got bigger and bigger, I felt more and more forgotton.","Take time to help with a real career path with Apple, more empathy when working with difficult customers.",5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P481.htm
41430,apple,none," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Glass ceiling irony,"Great discount, great coworkers, health care and stock options, 401k for FT","Management, cult like atmosphere, little room for growth outside of store, you're a little fish in a huge pond",Feedback goes both ways.,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41431,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a great company,"Decent pay, great benefits, great co-workers. I got to work with a lot of intelligent, caring people, in a generally supportive environment. The company invests a lot in tools for the employees to use to make the best support experience for the customer. My immediate managers were all great people, and great managers. It seems odd to say that anything could be ""inspiring"" in a call center environment, but there you have it. (Well, okay, there was one guy who's style was a bit harsh, but it was comically harsh, and deemed a rite of passage.)","The company is growing so quickly that the upper management doesn't seem to have a cohesive strategy to deal with the growth. It seemed to me that they were cutting corners in hiring criteria, because they needed to add so many people in tech support. The fallout from those cut corners ended up falling in the laps of those of us at the senior tech support level: the ones saddled with responsibility in the customer-facing position, the ""last person you'll talk to on this issue,"" (even though we may have had no training on the issue). The upper level tech support became a dumping ground for the issues that management hadn't figured out how to handle. ""Best effort"" becomes a disservice to the customer, and ""whatever works"" is a disservice to the employees.","Make sure new managers are trained properly on company procedures, so they can ensure that new hires are trained properly on company's best practices, so that we can all have the same expectations and provide the best support experience to our customers.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41432,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Working in Apple Retail,"The pay is pretty decent, the benefits include insurance for part timers, 401K, stock purchase program, and pretty great discounts. You're always learning something new.","Depending on the market you're in, it's very political. Retail is not for everyone. The FRSs and Geniuses on our team constantly refer to ourselves as overworked and underpaid.","Put your employees first. In Apple language, don't lose sight of the credo.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41433,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The fruit stand,"The company has an excellent set of benefits, and a unique retail culture","the aesthetics are what drives the work, brand standards prohibit sensical layouts or actions. concrete floors are murderous on our bodes. There is also a discrepancy between roles, and as a person of color moving forward seems to be moot point. There aren't many female or many managers of color in my store","I would advise to find ways to engage people in their work. with a company of this size, that encompasses so many worlds, it would be beneficial to use the talented people you have by allowing them to take part in things that engage their interests and skills",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41434,apple,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,An amazing part time jon,This job has a TON of benefits that no other place gives to part timers,Crazy fast paced environment,Value your employees like you do your customers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41435,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Specialist,"Really fun environment, great benefits.",Customers can sometimes be difficult to deal with.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41436,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Great atmosphere, feel like you can do anything.",Tons of people on a small campus. No parking and lunches are best if you go off campus.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41437,apple,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Apple,"Great company to work for. I'm still in college full time. The management team in my store is awesome, they work around your school schedule and are really lenient with vacation, it's unpaid obviously for part time .","I would say that a lot of the 401 k benefits are for full time employees. Part time does get great event it's as well but full time employees get paid vacation, etc.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41438,apple,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great working environment with a ton of growth opportunities. Also very knowledgeable staff.,None that I can think of.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41439,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Great people, no work/life balance",You will work with some of the best people you will meet in your life,"Scheduling could be far better, but there's no impetus to fix it though.","Fix scheduling. You claim to care about your employees, so respect their time.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P482.htm
41440,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Gain valuable knowledge and skills about how to evaluate, isolate, and resolve software and hardware issues in technology and devices.","A lof stress and pressure is placed on you by both dissatisfied and upset customers, as well as the company via NPS scores that the customers give you.",I honestly feel that management do a great job day in and day out as far as taking care of the employees is concerned.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41441,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Culture,Amazing team atmosphere. Some of the brightest and most kind people I have had the honor to work with.,Management sometimes are hired from people that have never worked for Apple before.,Hire deserving managers that rise through the ranks of Apple employees..,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41442,apple,none," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, awesome culture, tons of turnover.","Working with awesome, like-minded people every day is great. Most managers understand this is not a career for most people and for the most part are supportive of a fare work/life balance. Large number of employees within similar roles allows for ample opportunity to trade shifts and accommodate days off. Great benefits and discounts even for part-timers.","The company rewards management for doing well by shipping them off to other less successful locations to increase productivity there. Things change so frequently that it is hard to keep track of things. Company needs to find a more efficient way to gauge employee performance that simply basing it all on customer surveys. An angry person is more likely to take time out of their day to complain about something than they are to commend someone for a job well done. New employees would commonly start out making more money that experienced employees to perform the exact same job. When this is addressed with management, they simply respond by saying ""oh the market is tougher now, we have to remain competitive to attract new employees."" I have a better idea, reward the people who have worked for the company and proved their worth and offer equal pay across the board for those within the same position. It almost feels like the company prefers the revolving door mentality as they like to bring in new, impressionable employees who are excited to show up to work. This only lasts so long however and the cycle starts again.","Keep things more consistent procedurally and come up with a better way of gauging employee performance. Equal pay for those working within the same position. If you are going to give new employees considerably more money to perform the same job, you don't give current employees much incentive to stick around. If you offered vetted employees raises to mach the new employees pay you would have a workforce of people with experience instead of people that have no idea wt they are doing. This would undoubtedly cut down on training costs as weel because you wouldn't have to bring in new employees every month to fill the spots of those that left.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41443,apple,"Washington, DC"," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,"Good benefits and compensation, awful hours.","Pay, compensation, change, at home office, awesome managers and team members, team meetings, the fact that we work for apple","Work hours, not enough breaks, constant change in departments, constant competition, entitled customers, base your performance on surveys, too much multitasking",Offer us more pay if you're going to train us in other departments and make us take calls from all of them.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41444,apple,none," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - AHA Apple Care,Fantastic Company,Really cares about the employee Great Benefits,Constant Manager changes. Can be a bit crazy in Call queus,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41445,apple,none," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Worker,Worker,Very inspiring environment for people to work with.,It might be challenge for people to work with unstable schedule.,So Far is good,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41446,apple,none," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Rep,The atmosphere of working at apple was awesome! I really enjoyed that I was able to help people with their computer related problems.,During the holiday rush things can get a bit hectic in the store. Sometimes people can be rude and pushy when you can't fix their problems right away.,"Please, Please, Please , value your employees, there are the ones on the front lines who are moving your product and the ones who will provide the customer with the best shopping experience possible.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41447,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Lead SAP FICO Consultant,Lead SAP FICO Consultant,Good working environment and good SDLC systems in place.,Work for consultants is not challenging,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41448,apple,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,Apple is a great place to learn a lot of skills and work with some very talented and enthusiastic people. The leaders I worked with / for inspired me daily. The benefits are amazing.,"Working in retail is tough, and at times thankless. The hours are irregular, and the job is extremely cyclical, so although you will be exposed to new things day to day, year to year it feels the same.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41449,apple,"Pleasanton, CA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Working in an Apple store,"You have control over your growth, for the most part. Flexibility, free flowing, independence.",It seemed like a handful of the employees you work with aren't as technical as you would think. Many don't have to much experience in technology.,"Hire people who know Apple products. Knowing how to interact with people and making a connection with a stranger is important, but product knowledge is equally as important.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P483.htm
41450,apple,"Franklin, TN"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Wonderful Company and Culture,"Cares for employees, positive environment, amazing benefits, focused on innovation of processes.",Hire too much from outside of Apple in management roles which causes culture issues.,Look within for dynamic leadership and growth.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41451,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Great pay and benefits. The company wants you to advance and grow. Lot's of overtime opportunity around the holidays.,"Shifts can be weird, not much to work with unless you have really good KPI's",Apple has a path to success program that makes it very clear and easy to advance in the company,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41452,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Localization Producer, Music",Work with the best talent on earth.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41453,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place where you can learn a lot within a short period of time,Working with super smart people and the learning curve is very steep!,"fast pace, sometimes can be stressful",maybe need to provide better perks,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41454,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Nice Perks, Product discount, Casual environment, Great CEO and Management Team",Too secretive between departments always with a suspicion about each other wondering if they are disclosed making it mistrustful environment,Great job!,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41455,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple culture is a very positive experience.,Best company I have ever worked for with the most positive learning environment. Ability to learn and to develop your skills was always a priority.,Everyone should have the opportunity to work for this company at least once in their career. No cons.,Keep up the great supportive environment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41456,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project manager,Opportunity to work with great minds,It is somewhat hard to achieve work life balance,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41457,apple,"Lyndhurst, OH"," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - Full Time Specialist,"Great People, Great Benefits","Benefits, Co-Workers, Flexibility, Training, Competitive Pay",Management sometimes has unrealistic expectations. Scheduling.,Better scheduling practices. More communication.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41458,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Enterprise Technical Support Advisor,Enterprise Technical Support,You learn how much you are willing to put up with to work with the World's #1 company,"Management is incompetent. Management is a series of walking EEOC violations. Beware if you are a person of color or a woman, the management staff is extremely hostile and misogynistic and any attempt to speak up WILL be met with retaliation.  If you think you can avoid this by appealing to AppleCare's HR department, that is wrong. They will use every dollar of their team of talking heads to convince you that you deserved that discrimination.  The Enterprise group is notorious for ""black-listing"" anyone who tries to step outside of their department unless they are a white male who goes to church with the Senior Area managers.","Fire the Area management staff before the federal EEOC finds out you are denying people basic rights to be free from retaliation, discrimination, and harassment.",3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41459,apple,none," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok Place To Work,-Driven crowd -Brilliant Designers and engineers -Lots of toys in hardware,-Poor integration of services with devices -Project management is non-technical and largely just clipboard monkeying -pay is not nearly competitive with other big firms,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P484.htm
41460,apple,none," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice store!,people I worked with were awesome,"I did over a million is sales every quarter and then only paid me 32,000 kinda crap",pay your best employees more money so they don't leave,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41461,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Service Specialist,"High expectations, low results",The environment is great. Apple seems genuinely interested in their employees growth. A lot of time is spent on development.,Managers aren't well trained. They don't communicate effectively with staff and seem to not care about a work life balance,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41462,apple,none," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Advisor,Apple has one of the best training programs I have ever seen. They are also very flexible and offer tons of help.,It could get really busy at times and calls arrive back to back meaning customers have been on hold for a while so it could upset them but the frequent calls makes the job go by faster,"The company is great already, the teams are small enough the management is effective, the pay and incentives are also up to par. Nothing to change there",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41463,apple,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,Good job. Great customers. Decent Pay,None really. Good company to work for,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41464,apple,none," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Technician,Excellent Company,Environment. Apple is great company to work for and if you are dedicated you can even make a career out of it! Multiple people I know are in Cupertino and are thriving! You meet amazing people and they treat you well.,"Depending on the store you work at it can be hard on your body. I hurt my knee and back and because of the demands of standing all day I had to leave Apple. I just couldn't stand all day anymore. On top of that I started to get migraines because of the lights and noise. However, if that doesn't bother you it's a great place to work!  If you want to go further in Apple, basically it becomes your life. They do talk a lot about work-life balance but you end up being there all the time and with the people work with.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41465,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Genius,Stressful work but worth it,Retail hours interfere with life,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41466,apple,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great environment, fun working on many amazing initiatives","Very top down, many last minute changes",None,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41467,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,App Reviewer,Apple has a great work culture.,A lot of work leads to long work days and work weeks.,Keep pay competitive but improve work/life balance.,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41468,apple,"Burlington, MA"," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great stepping stone,"Flexible hours, higher paying mall/ retail job. More mature work environment. Positive environment. Pretty good discounts, great benefit options. You get stock options and something equivalent to profit-sharing.","Culture has changed a lot. Not as customer focused, more number driven. Managers are now starting to talk down to you. Because they feel like they are better than the every day specialist.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41469,apple,"Madison, WI"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Resume builder, not a career builder.","If you pay attention to the culture talk and apply it carefully, you will get excellent training in how to succeed in finding future jobs. I gained some real business skills. Also, free trip to the Bay Area (depending on where your store is or your luck). Not being flippant, Genius training really is a fantastic experience, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.","The SV company culture talk is ALL talk at Apple, because the powers that be hire ""old retail"" managers, so you end up dealing with ridiculous red tape, micromanaging, when you just want to do your job. There's a lot of talk in the repair room that would give any HR person a heart attack. It led to a lot of sexual harassment. Management did not care, covered it up when I reported it--one of my primary reasons for leaving.",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,none,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P485.htm
41470,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"-Working with highly talented, motivated people -Amazing leadership at all levels of the company -Great workplace culture -Access to amazing benefits and compensation","-Work/life balance can be difficult at times -Many career development opportunities are internationally placed, not domestic -Retaining talent is a challenge in certain areas -If a student, difficult to except other work placements (internships, other part-time jobs, etc.)",To continue to help create more career development opportunities and to help students with finding placements in all areas of the company to retain the talent that is often lost when students graduate.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41471,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"Good pay, Great culture, Great benefits",It's retail so expect retail hours and retail costumer experiences.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41472,apple,none," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great time!,Great community of people who make work fun.,Zero flexibility for work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41473,apple,none," Mar 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool gig while in college,The people you work with very quickly become family,"The customers, the attitude of entitlement",Please listen to the staff more,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41474,apple,none," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,"Great benefits, great leadership, coworkers are like family",Customers are spoiled and demanding and feel entitled to everything,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41475,apple,"Buford, GA"," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,great company,"great training and development opportunities. Benefits are amazing. insurance, 401k, stock plan, etc. Would still be working there had I not been offered a multi store management position with another company.",not much turnover so promotions are rare but worth the wait. long hours but plenty of support staff so time goes by quickly. entitled customers can be frustrating but for the most part everyone is happy to be there.,keep doing what you are doing. it was a pleasure to work here and I would recommend the experience to anyone.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41476,apple,none," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone Specialist,Great team environment within the store.,Retail job with micromanaging managers.,Empower employees as much as you empower the customers,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41477,apple,none," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent Learning Experience, but Retail Long-Term is Difficult","Benefits, focus on Personal Development, sense of community","Retail hours, compensation, require you to jump through lots of hoops for promotions",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41478,apple,none," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Developer,good environment to work in. Friendly culture,none that i found during my tenure,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41479,apple,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people,"-Direct manager is intelligent, thoughtful, and leads by example. -Benefits/retirement appear to be competitive, if not top notch. -Many opportunities to grow within the company, if you are willing to move.","-No concept of work/life balance, from engineering down to Applecare. -The cult-like attitude is tiresome, and often gets in the way of recognizing real change that needs to occur.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P486.htm
41480,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Apple,Relax work environment good people,Too caught up in time managment,Skills more important than time,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41481,apple,"Newark, CA"," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Direct Sourcing Project Coordinator,Project Coordinator,Great company to work for with great creative people to work with. Super fast pace and exciting,"No training. Be prepared to be thrown into the deep end, and watch your step. They don't go over policies or breakdowns to help you be sucessful","Provide more training, and explanations of policies so that you don't unknowingly violate a company policy that could be career ending.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41482,apple,"Redwood City, CA"," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - ITunes Online Marketing,"Director, iTunes Marketing","Fun, face paced, tied to cultural moments, ability to set personal priorities.",Most product and strategy decisions made at the very top. Not enough engineer resources for systems that help track marketing. Overly concerned about privacy so it ties the hands of marketing and cannot even do the most basic targeting,Listen more to employee input. All decisions do not need to be made at the top,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41483,apple,"San Mateo, CA"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,Systems Administrator,Great company. Good stock sharing program and benefits. The people are what really makes Apple a great place.,The company is getting huge and so many internal processes are broken. The world of IS&T is especially challenging to get anything done in a timely manner.  It can also be difficult to maintain a healthy work/life balance.,Promote telecommuting and a good work/life balance. Happy employees are important!,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41484,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Materials Program Manager,Great Company to work for!,"Fast pace, high pressure, but high rewarding.",No life and work balance. Long working hours.,Be more transparent about bonus plan.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41485,apple,"Eugene, OR"," Feb 20, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Great Job,Good management and easy to sell product. No strict quotas.,Job can be hectic around holidays,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41486,apple,none," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer and benefits,"Nice benefits, can work from home, no need to travel, and nice hourly rate","So of the benefits does not make sense, need to go deeper and research",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41487,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment,"I love it here. At my old company, my stomach used to hurt Sunday nights just thinking about work the next day. Now, I look forward to every weekday. I like the work I am doing and enjoy my team. If you like iPhones and technology, you'll like working here. It is all about passion. The cafe is delicious, and they have all fresh recipes, which have all natural ingredients. They even list nutritional value!","Everyone is extremely smart, which makes it a little difficult because everyone wants to be right. There can be some big egos, but what else can you expect at one of the best companies?  Cupertino is not somewhere you will want to live if your in your younger years. I recommend taking Apple's shuttle and living in SF. The long trip can sometimes take a toll on you because you will get home late, but you can work on the shuttle and take that opportunity to be productive.",No issues or advice to management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41488,apple,none," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Bar,Great place to work Apple products are fun to teach,Long hours and dealing with people can get tiring,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41489,apple,none," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Employment,Your coworkers are amazing and make working there enjoyable,Stressful work environment during the holiday season,Need extra employees to work during the holidays,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P487.htm
41490,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Co-workers, Technologies, Culture, mobility, management","No work from home, Rigid",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41491,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Electrical Engineer,"The people that you meet and work with are amazing. The work can be very interesting but zero work/life balance. If you have a family and want to see them, do not work at Apple.",No work life balance. Meetings to prepare for meetings to prepare for meetings. Somewhat of a negative environment and it can be a serious emotional roller coaster.,There really seems to be an overall negative attitude towards the employees. Nothing will ever change because they believe they have the secret sauce for success but it really seems the success is in spite of the atmosphere not because of it.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41492,apple,none," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst Review,"Smart and helpful people, well-loved products","No work-life balance, little focus on people programs",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41493,apple,none," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working for such an amazing team and company,Great talent Higher quality retail management Genuinely love what we sell,typical retail cons hours and dealing with really mean or rude people,continue to show your support and encouragement to you team. take the time to really acknowledge the greatness around you,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41494,apple,none," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Campus Rep Position,"I loved being a campus rep, great experience and good exposure",there were very strict guidelines,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41495,apple,none," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job i've had so far,Amazing people to work with company helps take care of you,hard to get into a second interview,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41496,apple,"Sugar Land, TX"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales specialist,"Great benefits, great people, fun working environment.",Managers can be fake at times. Everyone drinks the kool aid.,Stop sounding like robots when translating information. More realness please.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41497,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius / GYOG Trainer,Great place to work for and culture. No place have I worked have I felt well respected and supported. The growth opportunity is limitless based on your personal investment to evolve. Management is always there to help and guide you in the right direction.,There are no major cons to share. Every place has its quarks. It's just a matter of being the bigger person and keeping your head on straight.,Keep giving your team the support and respect they deserve and your team will go far. You're already doing an amazing job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41498,apple,"Sharon, MA"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Associate,Device access speed,Everything works smoothly. The touch screen is very smooth. The wide variety of apps is very useful on the go.,Sometimes there's trouble accessing certain parts of the iOS preferences and there is confusion finding some settings. The battery also skips back and forward.,Develop this further ^,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41499,apple,"Elkridge, MD"," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Love Apple,"The people are amazing, they live the culture they create.",Scheduling can be difficult at times.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P488.htm
41500,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer/Corporate Office Representative,Software Engineer,"The gained experience, merchandise, traveling, Work from Home.",I haven't got paid in a year due to HR screw ups.,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41501,apple,none," Mar 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HQ Mananager,The pay was adequate yet bothersome,"To many distractions,no communication",Keep your close and your enemies closer,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41502,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,AppleCare Senior Advisor,"Work from home, very well compensated","lack of management, lack of team work, policy changes that hinder our ability to help customers","be more hands on, make at home advisors feel like they're part of a team.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41503,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Software QA Engineer,Most people working at Apple are passionate about what they do. You're given a lot of responsibility which only increases.,It can be hard work with long hours and weekends at times.,Don't forget about the perks for employees. I've noticed Apple cutting corners when it comes to keeping employees happy. We've lost good people to other software companies because they offer a more positive environment.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41504,apple,none," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Was amazing while in school, working around my schedule",Hard to get promotion to full-time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41505,apple,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work/Life Balance - Schedules are a ,- Great benefits - Paid time off - Sick and vacation time earned depending on years of employment - Family time and leave options,"- Used to be a fun place to work, where you could send your peers a fun ""hey you did a great job"" award where they could get swag - this has been taken away - No work/personal time balance - Shifts are awful - don't take family into account at all - pay is good but not worth the stress - Favoritism - CONSTANTLY - If you've been working for the department for over five years, you will be overlooked for all promotions and they will be given to someone three-four years your junior (to sound less bitter, they don't take experience into account, only what ""yes men"" qualities you have) - you are expected to be flexible no matter what the conditions - Constant overtime and very very little incentive to do it - Opportunities for movement are only granted on a limited basis and only for people with (a) a report from HR that you need to move (b) someone that is constantly having lunch with AMs (c) Yes men  - There are actually far too may cons to list - but if you've been working here eight years like this reviewer has - you should have more of a life/work balance for being a good employee and for sticking with the change, instead they stick us with terrible schedules and no life outside of work",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41506,apple,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Tier 2 At Home Advisor - job is going downhill FAST,"Able to home work. Able to do other things while working. Save gas, babysitting, dog sitting and eating out costs.","Apple new standards to help customers is very robotic. Survey system is pretty messed up and affects your pay, ranking, and job advancement. Team Managers get pulled from the street and put in charge of veteran advisors...big morale buster. Team Managers pick their favorites and reap the benefits of being the teachers pet. The rest get kicked in nards for doing our job. Obnoxious, demanding, unrealistic, mean, foul mouthed customers. They seem to feel that just because they aren't standing in front of you, they can get extra nasty. You have to sit back and take it, even though it gets personal, you have to believe that it isn't.","Get with the program. When managers all tell you that they are here for you and want to help you to succeed, it sounds read from a script. I've seen no help.  Get rid of the current survey system. Most customers will fill out the survey not knowing exactly what or who they are reviewing. Most advisors have to deal with negative surveys coming from disgruntled customers that didn't get a free phone or free repair. That survey sticks with the advisor. It affects their pay, job status, shift selection and future at Apple. If you are going to put so much emphasis on the survey, make sure that The incoming surveys accurately reflect what the advisor did, and not what the customer felt they deserve.  The survey system shortcomings make me want to quit. It's absolutely intolerable",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41507,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Equipment Manager,decent benefits,i enjoyed working here because my coworkers and benefits were good. the work atmosphere is more friendly than i originally thought it would be.,"i dislike the management, which is why this company received 4 stars instead of 5 stars from me. some things can definitely be improved, but i am happy overall.",pay closer attention to your employees,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41508,apple,none," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple inc.,Great company to work for Looks great on resume,since its retail the hours are crappy Have to work on holidays,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41509,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Support,Technology Company,"Full of intelligent fun people of all ages and backgrounds. There is lots of opportunity, the Austin campus is beautiful and has lots of amenities. They offer fantastic benefits comparatively and generally better coverage for female reproductive health than other companies. They have a lot of employee health programs, they actually buy special and expensive equipment if it's medically necessary for people, you can get ergonomic appointments to put your desk at the right height and chair etc. Seems like such a small thing but the older you get the more necessary that is.","Lots of opportunity and lots and lots of competition. You're best chance at getting into another department or getting a promotion is to know a manager in that department or someone with influence. The training is hit or miss it's a lot of self driving and learn as you go at least on the customer facing side. Management can be hit or miss as well, they don't always recognize the strongest leaders there, I've been in more than one department run by someone with a high school mentality.","Hire outside the department more often, having the cross departmental experience is beneficial to any role. If I move from technical support to sales, I'm going to be sure to set appropriate expectations when making a sale because I know what impact failing to do so will have on the customer and the technical support rep they will eventually speak with. Focus on positive reinforcement, it makes a big difference and was not something many managers here did.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P489.htm
41510,apple,"San Marcos, TX"," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Golden shackles,Education/tuition reimbursement if you're a student is amazing. Lots and lots of amazing benefits. Also very flexible if you're a student.,"The work you to death, the customers are so idiotic, and people get angry at you when they don't remember their own passwords.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41511,apple,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Awesome opportunity,"- Decent pay - Constant support, encouragement, and motivation - Awesome benefits - Generous discounts - Opportunity for growth for positive and motivated employees",- No real glaring issues. Every job has it's downsides. Weekends can be pretty busy and stressful.,"Keep doing what you're doing. Offering employees new benefits and opportunities keeps them engaged and loyal. From what I've seen, you're doing great!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41512,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Great benefits, higher than average retail pay, teamwork influenced work environment, supportive management, learning resources at every turn","hours fluctuate after holidays, some employees do not share your passion and as such bring your ability to convey the proper experience for the customer down","keep up the great work, continue to work on workflow and dont stop working with employees to constantly grow",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41513,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,"Fast-paced environment, smart people, flexible hours, nice cafeteria, good experience for career later on","Demanding, not much perks, bad work-life balance, some management very demanding, politics involved",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41514,apple,"Washington, DC"," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,"Good culture, fun work, great to interact with people, good team.","Hours, pay, sales/metrics driven environment.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41515,apple,"Fairlawn, OH"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Associate,"Loved the people, hated management","Discounts, working with great people and fun products","Scheduling is a joke, management plays favorites, high turnover",Listen to your people. Stop promoting your favorites.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41516,apple,none," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great benefits with a truly positive environment. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.,Politics can sometimes cause problems,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41517,apple,none," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Amazing benefits and career development,"Excellent benefits, professional development, job & skill training, tuition reimbursement, and global career opportunities.",Career advancement and creativity can seem restrained by big corporate feel.,"Continue to provide diverse career experiences to engage, develop and retain emerging talent.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41518,apple,none," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist retail,It is a great experience working with smart and supportive people including management.,The hours on Saturday are long considering it is every Saturday.,Shorten the hours to 6 hours on Saturday for part timers or give every 4th Saturday off .,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41519,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,"Customers are highly receptive to the business services provided by Apple because of the integrity of the brand and its products // Casual work environment // Good individual benefits as well as fairly generous personal product discounts // Diverse work community, highly creative and entrepreneurial staff","Salary is significantly lower than comparable inside sales positions with other companies (no bonus) // Strangely, the sales/operational support systems are pretty archaic and unreliable // Limited opportunities for advancement (unless you want to move to China) // Business leadership is undisciplined and unit objectives are mercurial",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P490.htm
41520,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple care,loved it it was a great place,nothing i had not issues,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41521,apple,none," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Redzone,Great atmosphere and people. They treat their employees well and train them to help them succeed. Truly bring a corporate-type education/feel to the retail world. Great Benefits.,"Standing at all times. Hourly wage was relatively low. All in all the work was not too hard or challenging. It's tough to grow into different roles, most people either went the business route or became a genuis.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41522,apple,"Houston, TX"," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,Relaxing atmosphere with some great people and helped me build a great skill set.,You have to buy into the culture. If you don't then you will drown.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41523,apple,"Cary, NC"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Supervisor/Senior Advisor,Great place to grow and develop,Benefits and opportunity to learn and grow.,Truly good managers are hard to come by.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41524,apple,none," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,Work from home. good Pay. Organized,Micro management. not enough training. very stressful.,stop micromanage,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41525,apple,"Greenville, SC"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Good Pay But Always Busy,"Being a Senior Advisor is definitely a nice step up from being a tier 1 rep. It's a little more laid back than the previous role, and having the power to do what needs to be done for the customer and the company makes the job easier","Workplace politics, cliques, queues are always full with back to back calls, hard to get a good schedule and time off",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41526,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software QA engineer,Good company to work for. Really enjoyed the work there. My managers were very co-operative,Contracts does not access to full details about the project. So they are restricted from learning more. Access to certain floor is not allowed,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41527,apple,none," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - IT Analyst,Great experiencw,Salary. Benefits. Working with brilliant people.,"Workload was not proper, due to the prestige you actually get from you job.",Value more apples employees,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41528,apple,none," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-Time Specialist,"Good benefits for part-time workers, easy to get other people in NYC to pick up shifts, good training programs",The customers can be very rude and it can gnaw at you. Sometimes the managers don't rotate you around to the different areas.,Try to rotate people to the different areas so they don't get burned out.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41529,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Feb 27, 2016",Former Employee - Mac+Tier I Advisor,It looks good on your resume.,"-Nice, decent pay.  -Call center experience  -Basic knowledge of how to troubleshoot Apple products.  -Comfortable environment.  -Even if you don't stay long at least it makes your resume look stronger in the long run.  -Good vacation time.","-Misleading concepts, poor positioning, terrible articles, and lies. When I went from iOS to Mac+ I was promised a raise. In time I learned that it was based upon performance not accepting the position. Now I'm doing double the work without a pay increase. Thanks a lot Apple.  -Good trainers, poor training methods by Apple. They have this ""Sesame Street"" mindset as if we're back in preschool. They stick you in a classroom for 2-3 weeks and only provides the basics rather than the biggest call drivers. It's no wonder why customers become so frustrated in waiting 15 minutes for the most simple answers.  -The majority of Senior Advisors rarely wants to take over the call. They try to put it all on you. Bottom line: it's an ""inside vacation"" to them.  -In order to gain an opportunity you have to be cool with management and become their lapdog.  -Some team leaders barely want to help and prefer to gossip about people and their personal lives. They even become jealous when you're able to help your peers in a way that they never knew.  -Customers are rude, nasty, and impatient(especially the older folks). They think that they know so much but if they did there would be no point in calling us.  -Major high turnover rate.",-Pay people for what they learn and stop making empty promises. Everything that happens in the dark will finally come to the light.  -Improve your OS X. You have destroyed most people's computer with El Capitan to the point that they have to erase & restore(unless they have Time Machine). Thank God I decided to stick with Windows.  -Give better directions to your customer in the software. People spend thousands of dollars on your product and you can't even put a tutorial in the software? I think Windows got you beat on that Apple.  -Provide better training methods. The trainers are good but Apple lacks on dealing with the biggest call drivers. This is one of the many reasons why people leave and find other jobs.  -Your Mac+ idea is ridiculous. I think people should choose if they are ready for that rather than making it mandatory within 3-4 months of employment.  -Give people a reason to stay. Just because you cut the check doesn't mean that is the reason why people stay.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P491.htm
41530,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intense but fun,"Good benefits, fast paced, smart co-workers, good cafe, gym, very good learning experience","poor work life balance, hostile meetings. Be prepared to work late night and weekends. Getting little corporate and political lately",keep the entrepreneurial spirit alive. Hire people with passion and not focus on specific business schools,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41531,apple,"Tallahassee, FL"," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Mac+,Love it,"Great benefits, Treats employees really well, Easy to move up",There aren't any cons that I feel are serious,Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41532,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Graphics Software Engineer,GPU SW Engineer (iOS),The really does want to make great products. It is a good place for heads down engineers that just want to worry about technical problems.,"This is a big company with a lot of mature groups. Management handles most non-low level decisions, and often neglects to give senior engineers the information to do a senior level job.",Elaborate the vision to employees. Communcation is around once a year and insufficient.,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41533,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Good Company, Management needs to work",Good company and culture set b steve jobs,"Bad management , Needs to come up with better management skills",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41534,apple,"Augusta, GA"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support,dont leave,"fantastic company, good pay, a lot of jobs opening all the time.",i think there is no Cons to work for apple. just do your work get paid and enjoy your life.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41535,apple,"Houston, TX"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Access to great technology, on the cutting edge. Always the first to hear about first new technology and features. Extra lightning cables. Great discounts.","Dealing with irrational/upset customers. You can only deal with so much sometimes in a given day, however management is very good at resolving issues and being extremely supportive.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41536,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Internship at Apple,Inspiring work environment. Did not feel cutthroat at all like you hear in the news. Great campus and great people. Boss was very clear with his expectations and internal competitions were fun.,"It is definitely corporate, it does not have a startup culture like some claim. That being said its one of the best corporate cultures I've ever experienced. There is bureaucracy but the work is rewarding and everyone I met was very friendly.",Be very clear with what an intern will be doing so that you don't end up with someone working one something adjacent to their interests.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41537,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Field Technician,In the right company,Name recognition. So much to learn... so many different people to meet and so many places to see within the company. Plenty of opportunity. Take a pick.,Find the right group where you can apply YOUR gifts and talents. Ensure you research before acceptance to know exactly what the landscape looks like.,Embrace the experiences and ideas of those you hire. It is the very base of why you hired them in the first place.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41538,apple,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Great benefits, great group of people",Large company so changes happen slowly,Be more present,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41539,apple,"Washington, DC"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Senior Systems Engineer,"Great freedom and exciting products, decent pay.","lots of pressure to produce, sometimes pushing ethical boundaries","let people catch their breath every now and then, Show more appreciation. Don't ask employees to do pointless exercises that don't have direct bearing on the work. I had to read ""leadership"" books that I promptly forgot.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P492.htm
41540,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Expert/Genius,Long time retail employee,A bit of background - I got a job at Apple straight out of college. When I was working there they paid almost double what I would've made in any other retail job. It was awesome. The work was easy. The products sell themselves. The people you work with are amazing. The leaders (they're not called managers) helped me develop more than any other job.,Why am I not there any more? Easy - I hit the ceiling of advancement in 5 years. I switched roles (laterally or promotionally) once every year,"Management on the store level was doing an excellent job when I left! However, they should have better options for upward mobility. After you hit expert or genius, there's nothing more to do.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41541,apple,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone Specialist,"learn things every day, friendly and professional working environment","the hours are not flexible, many limitations",work on schedules,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41542,apple,none," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius bar,Great coworkers and fun working environment,Quick turnaround and long hours,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41543,apple,none," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning process.,"The Apple Store is a fine place to work, the money is good. Coworkers were really smart and interesting people.",Managers are over involved and try to make the job seem like rocket science.,"Ease off of the workers and promote people to higher positions who deserve it, as opposed to using store politics.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41544,apple,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Apple Expert,getting to leave the world a better place than we found it. managing great relationships with different cultures and pay if over the top compared to other career experiences,"believe it or not 2016, Apple is a smaller company than you think so, the aggressive customers that are ridiculous. in the areas. cons for customers not Company",keep doing what we are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41545,apple,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Electrical engineer,"Nice pay, nice people, active working automosphere",Hours hours of overtime,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41546,apple,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,"Great benefits, good pay for retail","Hours, lack of advancement opportunities",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41547,apple,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoyed the Experience,"Very smart, personable managers and coworkers. Well run intern program.",Brand culture can be a little bit too much sometimes.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41548,apple,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Amazing benefits! friendly staff, feels like a family, fun environment",lower pay than other tech companies in the area,increase the pay,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41549,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Full Time Specialist/Mentor,"A Company that cares, but doesn't always hire management that do",- Great benefits at even a part time level - opportunities to expand in the company to higher positions is provided upon inquiry - Positive Attitude,- Staffing often goes to personality and not professionalism,"Be clear with your goals with your staff. Distrust between management and employee is born from a lack of information, so hard but fair approaches will make a bigger difference than the often utilized Apple-Language fluff that is often utilized.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P493.htm
41550,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare,apple at home advisor,great benefits -laid back -great resources -community and values,-training and lots of it -little growth,n/a,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41551,apple,"Reston, VA"," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Great benefits even for part-timers. Lots of useful training where ever one works, not just Apple. One example is learning how to give positive feedback, even when the feedback is discussing a problem area.",Retail schedules are erratic which some may see as a bonus! Can be stressful keeping up with constant technology hardware and software. Customers can be tough but that is retail.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41552,apple,none," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best retail job you can ask for,"- Freedom to talk to customers without pushing any sales - Self development is encouraged in many ways - Job that focuses on the people, not the products - Great benefits",Hard to find something wrong in a company that is always evolving to make the better experience for the employees and the customers,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41553,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Designer,Designer,"Working with great people, some of which are the best in their industry. Decent compensation. Pretty good benefits. Love being able to commute via shuttles, coaches, etc. Beer bashes are fun. Hours aren't horrendous.","Politics tend to play into your ability to get promoted or your salary increases. HR tends to favor management over employee concerns. Being under a control-freak boss, I'm constantly micro-managed. Career pathways and structure is a bit murky. Lack of transparency makes it tough to see the big picture. Apple discounts are pretty meh.",Recognize the strength of your employees and reward them for their efforts. Understand that not being able to reinvent the wheel is ok and is not indicative of an employee's ability to make significant contributions to the team. Reward hard work and experience. There seems to be a trend of hiring untested new grads or recent grads. Learn how to celebrate achievement rather than constantly expecting it.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41554,apple,none," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good stuff!,Very good management. Every one of them is great and understanding and feel like they're on your side. Very professional staff. Apple can afford the best and have awesome training programs. Benefits are beyond outstanding!,Sitting at home taking calls and dealing with customers for hours can be brain numbing and exhausting.,Keep up the great work,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41555,apple,"Menlo Park, CA"," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Communications,A place to work,Work at a place that has talented people. I think this is true in most places at Apple.,Managers could have some training and encourage new ideas. The company goals are not clear.,Managers should take pride in managing people and develop their skills. Show you care about people.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41556,apple,none," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Specialist,"benefits, end of life cpu reduced price, stock options","irregular hours, retail! change of management every 3-6 months",give folks with disability a chance to go up in ranks.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41557,apple,"Germantown, MD"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great JOB!,I wish I had this job before I got married and had kids because this is the best way to earn money while staying at home and saving on gas. This pays very well for entry level job and Apple takes good care of you with the benefits,Chat is 24/7 365 days a week so no break for the holidays for anyone who enters that group,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41558,apple,"East Freehold, NJ"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Maybe the worst job I have ever had,Everyone will think you are so cool,Toxic back of house. If you don't make your goals you are sent to the BOH and you never return to the selling floor.,Be leaders and stop letting the people you lead do the thinking for you. Set and example and not of whatnot to do.Start your day by getting to work on time,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41559,apple,none," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting yet stressful,"Very exciting job to work for, great people to work with. Great benefits.",Can be extremely dramatic and very high pressure the closer to a leadership role you achieve.,Focus on positivity and drive instead of numbers.,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P494.htm
41560,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"benefit is good (401K, education support)",hour pay is too less,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41561,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - FRS,Family Room Specialist,Great environment with talented with coworkers. Great leaders and managers that are caring and supportive Challenges that keep you learn and accommodate daily,Schedule changes every 3 weeks. Life and Work imbalance.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41562,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company,The pay and discounts are great,work ethic varies at each store I think based on pay. You see some specialists making 9 dollars/hour and some making 15 dollars/hour,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41563,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great part-time job,Great people. Amazing technology. And the feeling of showing someone a piece of technology that changes their life is sort of awesome.,Your weekends are spent at the store — which is to be expected with retail.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41564,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 9, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,A great company to work for.,"Apple is a very supportive company to their employees. It is pretty easy to improve oneself here. Managers and HR are the best. Always looking out for your best interest. You get what you put in. If you are content in your current position so be it. But if you want to move up, they are there to help you.",Long hours and the pay per hour is horrible. Lots of standing in a very busy store. The floor can get overwhelming with customers especially the store I worked at.,Please keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41565,apple,"Bloomington, MN"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Genius/Family Room Specialist/Specialist,Genius in a Retail Store,This job taught me so many conversation and people skills that will be useful throughout life. The pay is above standard retail pay. The benefits are amazing.,"It can be frantic at times, not for the faint of heart. The management at my particular store was not effective in their jobs, as they were all salespeople who were promoted (instead of actual leaders). As in any retail job, nights and weekends are fair game for work scheduling. There seems to be a slow decline in company focus from employee (and customer) experience towards cutting cost.",Hire better leaders for the stores. Re-kindle the magic that was an Apple Store (i.e.. focus less on squeezing money out of every possible place).,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41566,apple,none," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, fast paced","You get to work with incredibly smart people. Also very collaborative, working across multiple different functions. It's a flat organization so you get exposure to senior management and executives pretty easily.","The fast pace sometimes makes for a tough company to work for while trying to maintain a life outside. A lot of meetings with Asia, which results in work at night - some managers are good about encouraging time off, but some are workaholics and expect the same of their employees.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41567,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Test Development Engineer,Software Test Engineer,Technology and Smart People are biggest benefits for staying at Apple,No Work balance and not good benefits,none,3.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41568,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,"Revolutionary, though Political","Talented, conscientious coworkers. Inspirational mission. Fun environment, great friendly culture. Design thinking and innovation truly a foundation of the company. Opportunities to make a difference abound.","Artificially enforced ambiguity. Lack of career path transparency. So much promise, unfulfilled. Political posturing and insincerity abound.",Be authentic and transparent. Broach the elephants in the room. Define the expectations early. Plan career paths 5 to 10 years down the road.,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41569,apple,none," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company,Flexible hours Great benefits A company that really cares about their employees and makes them feel valuable,"No cons that I can think of. It can be hard to get a position and then hard to transition to other roles in store, but so worth it.","Keep doing what you're doing. This company is such a great thing to be a part of, and you make it worthwhile",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P495.htm
41570,apple,"Tallahassee, FL"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,Working from home is great and helping customers is very rewarding. Apple has taken great care of me since I graduated college.,As with any job requiring you do to customer service it can be very tiring. Average burnout in a call center is just 6 months,"Keep doing what you are doing, I love the organization and all the bosses I have had.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41571,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Awesome pay. Super friendly environment. People actually care about your success at Apple.,"You can't really complain, so much is given to you. There is so much opportunity to grow within the company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41572,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Scientist,Great opportunities,"Apple manages to maintain a very fast, efficient environment for invention and execution. They are a show-me company, rather than being focused on slides, documents, meetings.","Risk tolerance can be low, depending on which group is driving the initiatives.",Continue to inspire and plug in top-notch staff that love to execute.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41573,apple,"Southfield, MI"," Feb 3, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At-Home Advisor,Greatest Company to work for,"Apple takes care of their employees, holiday time even if you have to work your given those days off which creates a work life balance","Can't find one, possibly ability to get updates prior to drop date to have knowledge to assist customers more efficiently....",Thank You,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41574,apple,none," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales Specialist,"Good work environment, Collaborative work environment","Difficult to move within the company, little growth within positions",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41575,apple,"Baldwin, NY"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist.,Great company to work for with a lot of talented people on your team,"I wish that they was more minority in management position they is a huge unbalance when is come to diversity at apple, tim cook know about it and most of the directors.","I Wish I could see more diverse company since apple products have no color, every body like apple products.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41576,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,"Stock options, FT benefits, some leaders are great","Micromanagement of time, breaks, dress code. No help to develop. ZERO work + life balance. Allows tats and piercings but no frayed denim. Is that professional? This is RETAIL, relax.","""Our soul is our people."" Apple is about diversity. Corporate says to embrace it. Instead, you've added your own dress policies and take away our options for pants but allow tats and piercings? Take away our 15 minute breaks and say it's really only about 8 minutes because you expect us to leave our zone, dress out, leave store, return, dress out AND be back in our zone all WITHIN 15 minutes. This is micromanaging at its finest.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41577,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great Company... Not the best store.,"Great coworkers. Lots of ""Career Experiences."" You gain a great amount of experience with dealing with others.",Management (Leadership). Lots of politics. Lack of communication between teams. Very little feedback or support.,Focus on the internal employees and be more honest. Reward those that work and not those who are just friends with a manager.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41578,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Not Just a new Job, but a new Family.","Working for Apple is like an experience none other, heading to work everyday is like hanging w/ the bros yet we always manage to be productive while still having that fun vibe. Apple always treats me like a family member, they MAKE SURE I take my breaks, & they assure I am always treated fairly. I love my managers, they're like my older brothers, always there to listen to me when I have an issue wether job related, or the little decisions like what coffee to get at Starbucks lol. I truly love my job & would hope that everyone in their lifetime at least once works for Apple, it's amazing how some companies say they're fair & that they will take care of you, but really don't. The difference with Apple is that is a lot harder to get a job there you really have to have passion behind what you are doing, & you truly must want to enrich lives, with both yourself, & the product. If you do get the job, you would not have only earned the job, but you've honestly earned a new family as well.","Only true downside I can honestly think of & its depending on what store you work at is that it gets SUPER BUSY, at least at my store it does, and I'm always tired after a 9 hour shift, that's about it, not really a con but I it had a ""20 word minimum"".","I love you guys! Lol but honestly I would like an Apprenticeship program for specialist like myself, and corporate figures side by side, I aspire to move to the corporate side, and changed my major in school to international business in hopes of moving to that region of our company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41579,apple,none," Feb 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Apple has amazing products the staff is really great to work with. All of the training is really well organized as well. great product and company knowledge to learn from. managers are understanding with work schedule,i would not change a thing to the structure. apple knows how to make money work for them and they are able to do so by releasing their products at just the right time to get the publics eye.,"management keep on pushing apple employees to see the vision that you see, with apple products. make the best out of the worst and keep up the good work.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P496.htm
41580,apple,"Glendale, AZ"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Trainer,"Awesome working environment, learning life lessons that can be applied to any company or anything in life",Wish compensation was more than whats offered,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41581,apple,none," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great work environment with a knowledge to learn from internally and externally. would definitely recommend applying even if its part time.,"hard to move up, can be political with advancement but you have to learn to work hard while being the peoples choice as well. No commission even though you'll make the company a ton of money. Apple products pay for themselves but the workload can be overwhelming when comparing to other retailers. they should pay atlas 1% commission or give a bonus. not fair to all the part-time college students trying to do there life best work, while thinking about how they need more hours to afford gas and food.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41582,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Business Manager,Best company!,"Many companies out there claim to be all about their employees, Apple time and time again actually put their money where their mouth is - and prove that we are their greatest asset.","In comparison to many other tech companies in the valley, Apple is actually a little lower on the pay scale. They make up for it though with many other perks, work life balance and most importantly - you're working for Apple.",In the time I've been here there have been many re-orgs that have hurt teams and confused people on our priorities. We need to understand the fundamentals of who we are - and stick to that.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41583,apple,none," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great co-workers, slightly frustrating management","Apple is all about people, and in retail it's no different. The people who work with you day in and day out become your closest friends and allies. You hang out at work, outside of work, and everything in between. Pay is really great for retail. Culture is casual and friendly.",Management can be incredibly frustrating. TONS OF HOURS anytime there is a launch or near the holidays. Can be incredibly difficult to get full-time employment. Politics and favoritism amongst the managers can greatly influence promotions to lead positions. Schedules can be incredibly frustrating.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41584,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Apple Store FT Expert,"Great team, great benefits, great location",lack of communication between departments,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41585,apple,none," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful,The company offers Great benefits. Also has State of the art work environment You start well above minimum wage.,The work environment is VERY stressful. Retail hours make it a lot worse. Feels as if you can't breathe at times because there are so many people in a small space.,My advice to management is to offer employees things that reduce stress in the back/break room. It will improve the quality of work.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41586,apple,none," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"It's Apple, of course. Great to be a part of such a noteworthy company.",I felt a bit lost in the machine... it's a big place.,"Felt a bit like arrogance runs in the personality of things, especially when dealing with folks from other companies. I'd like to see humility and gratitude as part of the culture.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41587,apple,"Miami, FL"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Ok for a stepping stone,You will learn lots of skill while on the job which will transfer over very nicely,The expectation on helping as many customers at once effects the customer experience and leads to a unblance review process due to NPS.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41588,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,FRS,"A great opportunity! if you are able to join, do it!!","Time cards and some politics,","If you make a rule for one employee, make all of the members of the team.",3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41589,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist (Retail),Great Benefits! People become your family and learn a lot.,"Different ideas of how to ""move up"" in the company at a retail level",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P497.htm
41590,apple,"Cranston, RI"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Good fast pace mostly motivated with how you serve customers,Discounts on Apple products and services related to the company. Sends gifts to employees during holiday and have contests. Pay is very good is solid benefits I must say.,3 point system once hit you're fired. Get a point just for calling out if sick or something. But guess it's okay since its call center driving. Schedule is determined on how well you do with bids,Have a bit more stable schedule for students since have to work hard to hopefully have one that can match classes,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41591,apple,"North Dartmouth, MA"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Information Technology Project Manager,"Solutions Consultant, Business manager","While I worked for Apple as an Apple solutions consultant it was the best company in the world. I learned almost everything there is too know about the company that changed the world a few times over. Apple changed my life for ever also in a sense that venturing off on my own hasn't been an easy experience at all but I get up go for the gusto and give every interaction a powerful experience. Capturing any power and energy to create innovation. Life is not easy, just do it.",I loved this company more than life itself. I set incredible almost non existing goals for myself that were impossible by any means to reach. Some of them I conquered others I did not. What Apple taught me was failing is okay every now and then. Logically it's inevitable if you are going for greatness in whatever field or craft you choose to innovate. A closed mouth doesn't get fed so why not just except that we have off days sometimes longer rough periods but if you don't withstand to the best of your ability and do a wake up dance and say show me the money. ''Jerry Macguire'',"I have huge customer service skills, people of all walks of life have learned from me. Growing up I was involved a program called M.E.T.C.O it was African american students from Boston commuting to surrounding towns such as Wellesley and Newton Massachusetts. Ultimately the goal was to give children the experience of growing up together, from different worlds the experience to feel how each other lived and get used to the real world with different walks of life in it. Going to Wellesley from k through 12 grade made me an All Scholastic Bay State All Star and one hell of a peoples person.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41592,apple,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"It was one of the best experiences of my life. Definitely worthwhile, although it could be a little difficult balancing with family commitments at time.","It could be a little difficult balancing work with family commitments at time, although that being said my job was a blast.","I think they could use a little more contact with outside management, i.e. the corporation can be so insulated that things within the company wind up seeming a little stagnant.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41593,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Good company,super fast environment . easy to grow,nothing keep the work and keep going,keep going,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41594,apple,none," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,great job for a college student,after a while it can get boring,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41595,apple,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Fantastic benefits for both full time and part time employees. Great hours, and scheduling. phenomoal culture.",Difficult to move up and lack of opportunity for people who really want it.,Keep and on rocking it.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41596,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Great experience!,"Fast pace environment, great coworkers, great benefits",Sometimes it is too busy and not commission,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41597,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Specialist,solid job though too time consuming for college student,"i loved the work there, very fast pace and exciting",very repetitive. didn't fit well with my school schedule,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41598,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,OK,"Relaxed dress code. Great Cafe, Offsitrs, Beer Bashes","Pay is low compared with other competitors. Very cowboy old school boys style management,",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41599,apple,none," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,The level of pay for the type of work we did was great.,Often times felt alienated as a contractor from the rest of the organization.,I would suggest that you make contractors feel more a part of the organization. They will likely work harder for you in the end.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P498.htm
41600,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,No regrets,Work with stimulating co-workers and products. Apple on your resume opens doors.,Sales numbers are not pushed but in reality your numbers need to be top to advance.,Be more transparent with your team in guiding them.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41601,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Intern - Hourly,Computer science engineer intern,Great pay. Great projects to work on. Great perks: the food is great and free on evenings for engineers on overtime. Interns overtime hours are paid.,Not much free time. Cupertino is not the best place to live. The secrecy culture of the company sometimes feel your a missing the big picture.,"Find a ways to communicate better on explain context of projects without giving in secret informations, i.e. non-disclosed information.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41602,apple,none," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, management problem","Awesome products, intense and passionate engineers, little corporate speak, fast moving and exciting","Management subpar, especially for the size the company is now, some arrogant staff and managers who need to get over themselves, management of internal support and infrastructure is poor.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41603,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware engineer,"Company truly understands what makes for practical, useful, impactful innovation.",Don't feel like we get as much love from management as some of the other companies in the Silicon Valley.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41604,apple,"Bronx, NY"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Creative,Great Place to Work,"Great culture and coworkers, company really cares for its employees.","Managers sound like robots, use ""apple speak"" way too much.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41605,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - ACMT,"Great work, room to grow","room to grow within the company, opportunities to go corporate from retail stores. Good work/life balance, very comparable pay, and great benefits. tuition reimbursement and fitness reimbursement","Shift work means usually no set schedule, not always weekends off. can be very hectic, confined spaces, and irate customers","Everything that is being done seems to work well, so keep up the same stuff. Love finding new benefits added all the time",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41606,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Life as a Specialist,Work with many super smart savvy co-workers.,"Much of an employees success and worth is measured by sales and numbers quotas. Company policy was to bring new management in, rather then promote current employees.",Promote current staff rather then look outside.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41607,apple,none," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to make a difference.,Great minds and allied values. Interesting conversations with like-minded individuals who will push you to your limits.,Long commute if you're not living nearby. Sometimes hard to navigate past a certain level of workflow.,Keep up the great levels of commitment to innovation. It's been a great ride.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41608,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,system analyst,Casual dress and no set work hours,very little interaction with manager,help new employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41609,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - BOH,boh guy,You really do work with great people... Some you might have noticed they definitely drank the kool-aid.,managers don't seem to care deeply about your concerns. they don't seem to actually understand what it's like to be in someone else's shoes.,"my advice to management would be to pay attention to the employees more. instead of trying to micro manage, really take on your employers role to really understand the troubles.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P499.htm
41610,apple,"Miramar, FL"," Jan 31, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support,technical support,I love this job because there is room to grow,nothing bad I have to say everyone is helpful,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41611,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Apple & Oranges,"Good pay, minimal supervision, great on site cafe.","Arbitrary raises and promotions, too spread out and disconnected.",Pay more attention to innovative employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41612,apple,none," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Cool Company, get to work with Apple products everyday. If your skills limit you to a retail job, this is the best out there.","The company is incredibly stingy, management doesn't show interest in developing careers, highly political hiring and promoting.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41613,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Amazing,"They offer 401K and Employee Stock Plan. Benefits like medical, dental, family services, and fitness. Great Work/Life balance. You can transfer to any store in the world.",There are no commission on the sales you make.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41614,apple,"Stamford, CT"," Sep 10, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Company genuinely cares about you!,"- Great benefits - great work environment - great salary (especially for retail) - lots of peer support - lots of management support - lots of learning experiences and resources - opportunity for advancement - opportunities for ""career experiences"" in corporate roles, for retail staff (underutilized, apparently. go for it!) - you become really good friends with your peer group, or maybe even family! - Amazing sense of belonging and community - great stepping stone to new career, if that is your choice","- Too much ""drinking the kool aid"". WAY too much. I hope this is an apt metaphor: Imagine you have an 8oz cup in your hand. They pour a 64oz pitcher of Kool-Aid into your 8oz. cup. Then they pour a pitcher of sugar into the same cup. You get diabetes. The amount of company propaganda is absolutely astounding and excessive to point of being absolutely ridiculous, wherein you feel like a caricature of yourself wearing this blue shirt. This is coming from me, a lifelong Apple fan since 1987 (the year I started using computers). - FAR too much bashing of anything that isn't Apple. Apple has now decided as a company, to compare itself to Samsung and Google, etc etc. It used to decide not to compare itself to anybody. This shows everywhere from development to retail attitudes. - Willing isolation from and ignorance of the rest of the world of technology. Apple exists in a bubble, and those within the bubble are blissfully unaware that any other technology is relevant and useful. I heard one employee say that Microsoft Office is going the way of the dinosaurs. Nobody called him out on this. What dream world is he living in???? Isn't it better to learn Apple's technology in a way that helps it workably coexist with other technology? This is equally as important as learning the Apple ecosystem, which, yes, in itself is amazing. - Training is too general, not specific enough to help sharpen one's technical skill set on a consistent basis. - No ongoing training program to keep your technical skills sharp and up to date. Instead, they offer ""Pathways"", which is meant to improve your social skills. Great! But isn't that why they hired us to begin with? You have to search Apple's technical reporting system for relevant known issues, which is fine but if you don't (and a lot of techs don't) you usually find out what those are when a customer has a problem and you don't know the answer. One person who happened to look at iDesk might know the answer, but if they're not available, you may end up giving the customer the wrong solution. The signal to noise ratio of important, specific information is a total mess. - ""I can't believe they re-arranged the lockers. I'm thinking about quitting now."" Everyone joins in agreement. Really, guys? C'mon. Again, as I mentioned in my point about the Apple ""bubble"", the perception of reality can be largely distorted. Management has to work REALLY REALLY hard to bend over backwards for every little thing. So how much energy do they have left over to make sure their techs are up to date, or that sales staff knows their specs and has good ways of explaining tech to non-tech people? Apple is very big on managing expectations for customers (great, actually!) but could do a lot better to manage expectations for employees. Maybe this would improve management's time and ability to fix some more important issues. - Far too many points of contact for customers. A customer may end up talking to between 4 and 8 different people who may end up telling them lots of conflicting things. Either communication needs to improve in the store or the number of contact points needs to decrease somehow.","My feedback section was long, I realize, but it's because I genuinely care about Apple as a company and would love to see things improve in real, tangible ways where the signal to noise ratio is considered for retail as much as it is considered for its products and services!  Consider and analyze the cons I wrote above and communicate them with your market leaders! How successful IS Pathways, really, for example? Everything has to be given a chance to work, of course, but I think maybe corporate doesn't get enough constructive feedback from its retail stores for fear of being perceived as not having put enough effort into making these things work.  Regardless, I loved working for Apple and would absolutely return given the need and/or opportunity.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,156,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41615,apple,"Calif City, CA"," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,good nice friendly light easy to interact amazing atmosphere,bad perk not a good place to work high level of expectation cannot interact with higher authority,vgrftvbgtrvgrvjklrmvcklnckjjkcncjrfvccccccccccfbjernfkn4rjfjkjk4rnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41616,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Not as good as it sounds.,"Lunch break, nice hours, great atmosphere, the products are awesome, especially with the discount! Learn a lot about the products","No good staff, no room for advancement even when you meet the metrics, very much awesome in training then when you hit the floor, nothing expected ever came",Your doing a great job of driving employees away with the secrecy and unfairness. There should be less favoritsm and more building improvement for those trying to get on.,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41617,apple,none," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Go there for 1 or 2 years then join a company that respects you,Working for a company that creates truly great products Good name on the CV,No career path Work-life-balance is not something that's supported,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41618,apple,none," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Amazing company and awesome benefits! Managers are all amazing people and employees are super nice!,Overnight is really hard in the fifth Ave location and the store is always super busy,Nothing to say really. They are all super nice people always ready to help!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41619,apple,"Lynnwood, WA"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Specialist,"Great supporting cast, you'll find co-workers with a diverse set of interesting skills.",The normal cons from working in retail.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P500.htm
41620,apple,"Lynnwood, WA"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Specialist,"Great supporting cast, you'll find co-workers with a diverse set of interesting skills.",The normal cons from working in retail.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41621,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Great Company, not great pay",The on the job training is unparalleled. Great People. Positive work environment.,"Pay isn't that I would have expected. If you're part time they will schedule you to the brink of full time anyway and as full time expect to work over full time hours and very little flexibility with requested days off and vacation. Also, little down time at work, always have customers upset with wait times due to lack of sufficient staffing.",Hire more staff to allow for vacation coverage and more coverage in the work place. Higher wages and more sufficient staffing per day.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41622,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Some great people Great health benefits Good discount,"Next to nothing in bonuses since we were a ""non revenue generating department"" Back stabbing Harresment Siloed projects cliquey","Corp HR Mangament is most of the problem, they feel entitled and untouchable. Retail HR is fine.",3.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41623,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,Working with latest computer technology.,Apple focuses more on how many customers they can see at the bar vs actually fixing their products.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41624,apple,"Bronx, NY"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Inventory Specialist,Great working environment and the managers actually care for there employees.,They say that there is in room to grow from withing but they usually always go with outside hires.,none.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41625,apple,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everyone is a potential best friend,"You get to be on the cutting edge of Apple's hardware technologies but also their features and why they matter. Various parts make up the Apple Store. You can triage broken computers and become a Genius (uber stressful), fix/swap iPhones in the Family Room (stressful), or you can do a little bit of everything in the RedZone!","Depending on the store, management could care less about your personal growth. It seems forced sometimes.","Stop getting to know certain employees over others, no matter what you might say, eventually it will turn to favoritism and breed resentment.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41626,apple,none," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Pay, benefits, culture, employees and company","Retail, which means dealing with bad people here and there.",Listen to your employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41627,apple,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review,"The benefits are great! You'll love the people that you work with because they end up becoming your family. While things get stressful, you count on your coworkers to lift you up and be by your side.","It's retail, hence, retail hours. It's also tough to move up within the company because everyone is basically competing for the same position.",none,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41628,apple,none," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good Company to work for, good communication between","No cons, great company to work for",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41629,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Designer,Ui reviewer,Good people to work with. Best of the best!,"Long hours before events but better than overall i would assume.,",Take care of your people,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P501.htm
41630,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Working at Apple,"Excellent benefits, education reimbursement, wellness program, emphasis in continuous training, innovating work environment.","Very limited advancement opportunities, inflexible scheduling options, mandatory weekend work hours, mandatory evening work hours, minimally incremental pay increases",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41631,apple,none," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"I worked with many talented and motivated individuals. Apple is a company that promotes from within, making it easy to work your way up.",The retail side works in a mall.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41632,apple,none," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,-great perks -easy tasks not hard -good pay -good culture,-it can be a little lonely to work alone at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41633,apple,"Farmington, UT"," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple has CULTure,Pay is fairly nice. Working with people is something I love. You get to be a Doctor for customers devices. Freedom to do what you want for the customer,"People can be very entitled and arrogant. Work life balance doesn't exist here. At my store management is not there for you, worried about their salary and policy",none,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41634,apple,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok for students,Company really cares about employees. Managers all the way up are always positive and they try to build up their employees.,"The internal search function is flawed. Search strings that make no sense whatsoever, and are in no real order. Very frustrating to try to carry on a conversation with a customer while searching for a needle in a haystack.",streamline the internal searches so that employees can access info faster,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41635,apple,none," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Mac & Mobile Technician,"Great benefits, great people, good hours, enjoyable and rewarding work","no vertical movement, ambiguous tasks",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41636,apple,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,redzone and family room specialist,everything is a pro,i have no cons i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41637,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," Jan 22, 2016","Current Employee - Retail/Corporate Sales, Mobile Technician",Family Room Specialist,"Team work, communication, growth, work with your schedule","non set schedule, i don't have anything else to say",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41638,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You can learn everything here.,The company is committed to giving you the opportunities to become your own success. Opportunities are there you just need to be willing to put in the time and effort to reach them.,"It's still a huge company to work for, and at times you can feel that you're just a tiny piece of a puzzle that ultimately you can't influence.","Make every decision with and through the people, and they'll tell you what you need to do.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41639,apple,"South Bend, IN"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the worst company to work for!,"Good morale, opportunity to grow and move up within company, on going training","Underpaid across the board, but especially in rural areas. They did give the entire company a wage to help rectify this, but even with bump my full-time salary was about $28K. It's very challenging work for that small of a salary.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P502.htm
41640,apple,"Long Beach, CA"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great Company!,"Great Benefits, opportunities, great culture, great management, great pay for an entry level retail job, flexible with your schedule.","It's huge place to work. You really have to shine in order to get on managers radar for a promotion. May not be a bad deal for some people, but if you're shy, this wouldn't be the best place for you.",Stay open to feedback,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41641,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Boss,Apple,"Great benefits, very good tools for support from management.",Raises are small. Salaries for positions cap.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41642,apple,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software,Nice worklife balance. Great teamwork,"None really, and just awesome!.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41643,apple,none," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Incredible company to work for. So many benefits even for a part time employee. Learn things that you will use both at work and outside of work. Never want to leave this company!,During the holiday season things can get extremely busy. Sometimes customers can get frustrated with you because of the wait time.,Don't change anything! The benefits and amount of empowerment that you give to your employees is phenomenal.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41644,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,Apple is a great company to work for. You are working with some of the best and brightest people and the benefits are amazing! Also the resources you have for training and equipment are about the best I've had at any job.,"The company is very technology focused and that can sometimes affect strategy, cutting out the human aspect. But that is a byproduct of the age we live in as well.","My advice to management would be to allow for more and better communication from within the business unit itself. At times, I would have liked to have open communication in my group.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41645,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Intern - Hourly,Great place to start a career,"caring people, they showed that they wanted the people to succeed. Took a real interest into the work.",people are too into the culture. I found that some people are looking out for themselves rather for the company. They want to improve their own job status and security.,higher pay!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41646,apple,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Inc at Austin,"The Benefits, the free starbucks coffee, the gym and cafeteria are amazing. Also, telling people you work at Apple gets a great reaction.","There are no flex working benefits. The work is very siloed and my management (immediate supervisor) was horrible, but seemed to be getting promotions because regardless of how bad a manager she was, she would get work done (even if it meant causing anxiety and health issues for her employees)",Please work on Work life balance and ranking managers based on performance as a leader.,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41647,apple,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chat Specialist,Great company to work for. Great pay. Excellent training provided.,Shift bid can be very annoying. Hard to p I have been very happy.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41648,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Call Center Team Manager,Great culture lots of opportunity for growth. Awesome benefits and vacation,"Opportunity to transfer anywhere in the US or other countries. Incentives paid for job performance. Recognition & awards. Work, life balance",Out sourcing of some vital positions. Some good people overlooked for promotion. Does not always function as 1 American Express,Team work makes our dreams work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41649,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Specialist,great retail position. retail transformation needs to go deeper,"As someone who was probably qualified to work in engineering, I was really surprised how much I learned on the job - it was a fun job. Met really amazing customers - had the freedom to spend up to an hour ensuring they got all the support they needed. Was able to rotate around and spot teach people 1-on-1 and got recognized by customers. one of my best experiences was sharing about the iPhone in the Apple Theater and really shifting customer mindsets - they have never heard anything so compelling!",having to stand all the time was taxing on my back (admittedly this was retail). lack of more sophisticated benefits like personal development and career coaching from HR. I did not feel my immediate manager was in the position to help me fully explore all the possibilities that were available to me at Apple outside of retail.,"have programs set up to identify star talent that come in at the bottom. I witnessed a colleague who was part of your improvement team get excited about implementing an idea a teammate shared at a store meeting in front of everyone, she got the green light from management, and proceeded to get zero support to execute and follow through. It looked like all talk at the end of the day and quite demoralizing for her. Both employee and managers need to be rewarded, compensated for taking time out of their core operational role (ie. running the store) to support new initiatives - they need to feel like it's okay to spend 10-20% of their time implementing something new that will provide greater value to Apple (and its store) once implemented.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P503.htm
41650,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,The Apple Life!,Great Products and prestige. Tremendous amount of resources to fund programs and new products.,Hi expectations to always be on,Keep doing what you are doing.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41651,apple,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS App Reviewer,"Great experience, as an addition to my resume. Got to work with a lot of intelligent and smart people...",Hard to transfer from a contractor to a full time position,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41652,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Store July,Specialist,Apple Inc. takes great care of its workers. The environment at the Apple Stores are very supportive and positive. The people are what make Apple such an amazing company.,"The downside to being a Specialist at Apple is that it's still retail. Though you don't necessarily have to ""sell"" products to the customers, it can sometimes be very tedious and annoying to act as a troubleshooter when customers don't know how to work their devices.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41653,apple,none," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working apple,Barely any dull moments. Great environment to work in. Family oriented and focused. Great pay. Something is always changing.,Can be boring at times. Have to deal with very disrespectful customers at times. Hours can be sparse at times. Scheduling gets hectic.,Take time when zoning. Don't hire people that can only work a couple days a week for a few hours.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41654,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer V,Emotional Rollercoaster Coaster,The CEO and level 2 executives are inspiring.,From level 3 leaders and down to Manager most are cut throat inexperienced managers that are in their positions through relationships and sticking it out from when Apple was close to bankruptcy. Average turnover is 2 years. Recruiters are mostly contractors and will cold face lie to you about bonus and RSU expectations because of the pressure on them to recruit top talent and the average number who do get a bonus is about 50% of the over 150k $ workers.,"To all of the selfish, mean & despicable bad apples and there are many ""Shame on You"" and you know who you are.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41655,apple,none," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great pay/compensation,+ Has very smart engineers in the engineering team + High visibility for project successes + Competitive compensation + Geekiness for working in one of the coolest companies,- Apple culture is not very cross-functional - High visibility for project failures - Very stringent on project deadlines and schedules,* Provide opportunities for social engagement * Provide opportunities to learn about the cool things Apple is working on,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41656,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 3, 2016",Current Employee - Operation Program Manager,Still the Supply Chain epicenter,Great Products & people. Lot's of passion towards everything,Tough Environment. Pay equality is way off even amongst peers,Provide more focus on what really matters,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41657,apple,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partnerships - Business Development,"Great company benefits- 401k matching, RSUs, health benefits, etc.","Silos, cross-functional collaboration is lacking. Very flat organizations resulting in limited mobility.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41658,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,"Superb benefits, amazing co workers and opportunities",I would say the retail part,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41659,apple,none," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Boring,First to get a look at some tech,Not much going on otherwise,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P504.htm
41660,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Time at Apple,Flexible hours. Great People to work with. Fun and fast-paced environment.,In store politics. Hard to get recognized for achievements.,Celebrate successes.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41661,apple,none," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare at home advisor,Working for Apple is good for the benefits like discounts on product and the healthcare and 401k. Also the hours were decent,"Dealing with some costumes was a nightmare. They expect you to fix everything because ""you're apple"" even if it's their fault or if there isn't anything that can be done.",none,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41662,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Positive work environment, but it really depends on what store you are in. Health benefits are EXCELLENT, even for part-time employees.","Difficult to move up and become full-time, they look for a lot of part-time staff",Invest more in employees so it makes them want to move up and stay within the company.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41663,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,The benefits like shuttle services.,The compensation is very average.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41664,apple,none," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,as a work from agent you have the freedom to be comfortable at work and the pay is steady,no job security and the hours are long,stop micro managing,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41665,apple,none," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,growth,actually cares for your personal development and well being,"retail hours, especially during the holidays",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41666,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer IV,Huge Impact. Your work will affect hundreds of millions of people and everyone will understand when you tell them you work at Apple.,"Difficult making large changes quickly. Maybe this is for the best though, breaking your Mom's phone is something you should take the time to avoid.",Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41667,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Part-time retail specialist,Managers legitimately care about your well being. Fun team atmosphere. Corporate actually listens to retail requests.,"Scheduling can be tough sometimes and scheduling managers can 'fall into' the habit of over scheduling you, giving you full time hours if you're part time. If you want the hours that's great, but it's technically illegal for them to go over a certain threshold of hours for part timers. They try to ignore this or get around it very often.",Respect the part time employees work hour parameters.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41668,apple,"Albany, NY"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,"Easy Going Job, Good Pay",Amazing work environment with caring co-workers and management.,"If you're not with the culture and ecyo system of Apple, it's a struggle to stay interested.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41669,apple,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment to work in,The working environment is great and everyone feels welcome and belonged. Love the interaction with customers and conversations with fellow employees.,Do not pay that much. Do not have much to learn. No upper mobility,Increase salaries and offer bonuses.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P505.htm
41670,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,dont let your internet go down,The job working for home was great,with working at home you do not want your internet to go down,They need to understand that not all areas have more than one provider and give opitions,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41671,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Family Atmosphere!,Apple provides amazing benefits and pay for both full time and part time employees. They also strive to make work a family type atmosphere where all of your coworkers become like brothers and sisters.,"Because the stores average about 200+ employees and on average have maybe 2 to 3 openings for growth every few months there isn't enough room to grow. Apple offers career experiences a lot around the globe, however you must be full time to qualify but it's difficult to go full time with so many employees all applying at the same time.",Don't hire so many employees from outside of Apple before allowing internal employees to move up and grow within the company.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41672,apple,"San Luis Obispo, CA"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Retail Specialist,"Great pay, steady hours, diverse coworkers with a range of talents, amazing benefits, discounts, and opportunities.","Frigid with time off any time, demanding hours for P/T but zero F/T promotion... just overtime hours. Company policies and employee approach is creepy at times with its utopian approach, and made it difficult to communicate honestly and directly.","Become more human and less robotic. Realize this is a retail environment, and not a corporate job.",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41673,apple,none," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy to have Apple on my résumé!,Was pushed to learn and develop in ways I hadn't previously entertained. Clearly defined expectations. Good benefits.,Very political. Incredibly difficult to grow. I ended up leaving because promise after promise wasn't getting me anywhere. Very disappointing in the end.,"From the top to the bottom, everyone should matter. I saw people regularly given so much hope and promises were made and not kept.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41674,apple,none," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great for a first (or second) job....tough for a career,"Apple has one of the best training, on boarding and continuing ed I've ever seen from a company. You will learn invaluable knowledge from the company as long as you ask questions and are okay with drinking the koolaid a little bit.  Even after leaving the company, I find the skills and knowledge I continue to use daily","It is a very large company. Every job or promotion that you go for will have 15-20 other applicant's within the market....minimum.  As with any retail the hours are tough and it is still sales. Whats unique with Apple is the crushing amount of business they have in their stores all day everyday. You will feel overworked at times but there is a support from mgt.  As long as you come into the company with these moderated expectations, you'll enjoy the job.","Be more open and transparent about the opportunities within the organization to your employees. You don't need to kill their dreams on day one, but after a year or two, if you notice them getting very frustrated with promotions or role changes, help them find other avenues.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41675,apple,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Job I've ever had!,Absolutely love the company and everything that they stand for. Great benefits! Highly recommend.,Nothing! The company is the best!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41676,apple,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunity for a Part Time Position,- Team Oriented - Fast Paced - Work with people,- Retail Hours - Working Weekends - Extremely busy on holidays,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41677,apple,"Newark, CA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Network Ops,Network Ops,You work for Apple and that looks good on a resume. IF you are an employee and not a contractor you get to attend Beer Bashes!,The Data Centers are pretty bland and held down. Management are over their heads.,Be more willing to keep good employees and fire the ones that have been there for 15+ years and hate the company,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41678,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Working at Apple,Fantastic people to work with and good benefits.,"Long Hours, No Work/Life Balance, Rude/Awful Customers, Hectic and Demanding Environment.",Shorter Working Hours for Full Time. More Variety in Job Role Required.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41679,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Fun work experience,"Great work environment with friendly coworkers always willing to help you. Management goes out of their way to be available for you and answer questions about your work, job, or career. Benefits are awesome.","It can be very busy and stressful at times, and its important to know that you are working at a retail location which can be very busy. It is also a little difficult to grow vertically within retail locations.","Training could be a bit better, rather than focusing on getting people more engaged (which i hope your potential employees would be since they are fresh), and focus more on some of the technical aspects of working with our equipment during training.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P506.htm
41680,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Austin Texas,Apple Maps,Really interesting project I worked on.,"Not always transparent, and difficult communication between the teams",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41681,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - ITunes Spanish Specialist,iTunes Spanish Specialist,"- Great management and co-workers - Modern, minimalist building - Delicious food at Mac Cafe",- Work was repetitive - Career advancement can take too long,Empower employees set on advancing their careers within the company to do so at their pace.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41682,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,fun place to work. good pay for retail.,it's still a retail job.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41683,apple,"Newark, CA"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Intern,Great atmosphere. I was an intern and got great experience,"I really can't think of any. even though it was an internship was hoping it would be a paid internship, but it's understandable.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41684,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 17, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It was nice the environment was pretty,Fun condition and nice pay. I can imagone others working in this place in such a big company. Apple is big.,"Boss is the boss, kind of far away from where i live, but it ends up working out in the end.",Yah?,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41685,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Service Specialist,"Excellent benefits, great pay, focus on teamwork and professional growth","Career advancement options becoming limited, a lot of external hiring",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41686,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Education Sales,they suck,high income potential in some sales positions,they are unfair in how they compensate sales personnel,get new sale management in education sales,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41687,apple,none," Jan 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home Advisor,There are awesome trainers. You get great Pay. You get extensive training for job. You are able to have shift preference.,Typical call center job. If you're not used to working in that in environment it will taking some getting used to.,The training was more customer service based and a lot of people that were in training wished there was more equipment orientated.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41688,apple,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Never a dull moment running an Apple Store!,"As a leader for Apple, you are always on stage. This honor is a responsibility, a privilege, and at times, quite a challenge. That being said, there is no better way to master the competencies of composure and teamwork.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41689,apple,"The Woodlands, TX"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Loved working for this company,Management took the time to hire the best of the best so you end up really getting along with all of your co workers.,Its a lot to know. Every product not just the iPhone and in detail.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P507.htm
41690,apple,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place if your a people person,Good place to work if you like group environment and like talking to people. Apple does cool things and gives employees great discounts.,Bad place if you do not like to interact with people or groups. If you do not embrace feedback you will not fit in.,"They do a good job, have fun, and change people's lives.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41691,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,blerp,Benefits. Stock options. 401k. Co-workers. Discounts.,Everything else. way too stressful,do better,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41692,apple,none," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great training, benefits, and some cool co-workers.",Low pay compared to other fields.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41693,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Good company, bad customers","Amazing company to work for, really treat their employees well. Good benefits, and coworkers.","It's retail, you work with the general public, so you tend to have random bad experiences with a lot of them.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41694,apple,none," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,"What an amazing place to work. Challenges everyday and builds confinance with the ""fearless feedback.",Retail hours can be challenges,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41695,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Director,Awesome,I am surrounded by brilliant and dedicated colleagues. All the facilities are top notch. Can't wait to move to the new campus. The food is varied and nutritious. Leadership is inspirational. Tim rocks.,The company is very Cupertino centric. Food prices have shot up dramatically. You start with only two weeks vacation no matter what you had before. There's not a lot of diversity in the leadership.,Hire some diverse leaders - either grow them or get them. True leaders will transcend industry - look at Angela Ahrendts.,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41696,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great,Structure good morning friend girl structure goodmanagement good excuses on there's not really a knee problem is that there is a really friendly people environment,Please kind of low but I neglected to do when I resource management is really low I'm not sure if I'm getting the stuff I need to do my job right,Do a better job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41697,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Store Leader Support Experience,Great Company,good benefits 401 k plan health benefits education benefits,no cons really! you own your own development if you work hard you will go far,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41698,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management crapshoot,"Work with mostly brilliant people on products used by hundreds of millions of people. Excellent pay, mostly well-treated by the company.","While working for a good manager is great, working for one who has risen to his level of incompetence is painful. The company is growing faster than its offices.",Supervise less competent managers more carefully. Plan ahead better to ensure enough work space.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41699,apple,none," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Development, team, organizational culture, leaders","Schedule, lack of flexibility, leaders",none,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P508.htm
41700,apple,none," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Working for apple,I am surrounded by interesting intelligent people who I love to work with.,"The customers that we deal with can at times be extremely mean, rude, condescending, and down right mean. Other than that, no complaints.","I can't say that I really have any advice. I suppose financial compensation based off of work performance and not just when you get a position what the current fair market value is for you position would make more sense. But oh well, still happy overall",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41701,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"A garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom","Great environment to learn skill sets that help you get ahead in all aspects of life, personal and professional. Awesome people who will constantly inspire you to be the best you can be.","Deceptively competitive when trying to move up. Initiatives and strategies are constantly ""evolving"" while the culture, internal policies, and developmental training seem almost Orwellian in nature.",Become more immersed in the roles you support and facilitate to gain a better understanding of opportunities within the business.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41702,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 17, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"The people, the pay and benefits, the culture of feedback, the employee discounts, non-monetary benefits (jackets, occasional paid lunch, etc)","it's retail, intense level of customer service, no slow moments, large corporation, limited resources, not enough available hours for part-time employees, not enough opportunities for full-time, a lot of company ""politics"" involved with promotions","ease up on the office politics, back up employees, fight for more full-time positions",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41703,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare At-Home Advisor,AHA Not All It's Cracked Up To Be,"-Working from home -Occasionally get 45-60 minute blocks of time off phones for training. Can often do a quick load of laundry or watch Netflix while doing trainings -Moderately lenient with call offs -Customers mostly aren't completely horrible people -Pay is good for a call center job -Discount is great: 25% off all the time, plus $500 off a Mac (excluding Mac Mini) or unlocked iPhone, $250 off an iPad, OR $150 off iPad Mini once every 3 years","-Don't kid yourself, this is a call center job. A cushy one, but still a call center -Lower management can be somewhat unorganized, but from my experience it wasn't always their fault -Metrics to hit can be somewhat ridiculous unless you are ok with skimming on the experience in some cases -Reaching out to other departments for help/assistance is sometimes met with resistance from people who don't want to do their job -If you work from home, the only upward mobility is to Tier 2 or management/trainers. You will be in a customer facing position most likely unless you want to work in Austin, TX or Cupertino, CA","Better training, better communication, be realistic on metrics, more non-customer facing work from home positions",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41704,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,It is a great learning experience and environment to grow as a person and professionally,Apple does things different which means they innovate policies all the time in terms of providing better benefits and accommodations for employees.,A lot of people get get worked really hard without much financial compensation. The salaries are better than many places but as the richest company in the world they can do much better,N/a,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41705,apple,none," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,Great benefits. People are friendly.,Responsible for bringing in a certain dollar figure per week. The job does not pay anymore than the Experts in the field. Great expectations by the business leader. No advancement opportunities. Moving to another store is not advancement.,Review the position. Increase pay as it is considered a higher position. There is a big business push. Important to keep your employees happy.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41706,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Not Keeping up with Growth in Retail Store,"Benefits, open communication, incredibly supportive peer environment","High volume of store traffic without additional hiring, political management structure",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41707,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - MacGenius Mentor,I miss the people.,"Made life-lasting relationships, got my start in the industry, learned from the best people I know.",Can be very stressful dealing with angry-faced customers.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41708,apple,none," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,great work in my job now,yay job now come to,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41709,apple,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"benefits, coworkers, fun work environment, decent pay","difficult customers, unreliable hours, retail hours",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P509.htm
41710,apple,none," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Lots of oppurtunities, working at home!",rapidly changing schedules = no family life constant changes to intiiatives,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41711,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Home Based Tech Support Agent,Eh?,It was okay and it let me support my family the best way that I could so I was fine with it,It's was a good experience until there were scandals and all but oh well that's life for ya. I quit afterwards,Do your best,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41712,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Learn something new every day.,I am challenged every day at work to grow professionally and personally. Apple as been the most rewarding company I have worked for and I am only looking forward towards the continued challenges I will face there. I work with a team of highly talented individuals with a focus on our customers and support for each other. I receive the training i need to perform my job and the freedom to bring to bear my own skills. If are seeking a rewarding company to work for and exemplary training look no further and apply online.,Work life balance is a struggle when working in the retail environment. I do receive the opportunity to request time off to schedule events like important school dates for my son and advanced vacation planning but the events that life throws at us are harder to deal with. Anything that comes up last minute is something one would have to call out for and it be counted against you if too many occurrences happen.,Continue what you are doing. Challenge individuals to grow and be the person you are molding to replace yourself in your own career.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41713,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great people who have the best interest of the Company as a whole in mind, so it's cooperative. Still operates as a small company in many ways.",Has started to feel corporate & bureaucratic in some places.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41714,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - MacGenius Mentor,I miss the people.,"Made life-lasting relationships, got my start in the industry, learned from the best people I know.",Can be very stressful dealing with angry-faced customers.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41715,apple,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,They love bragging about the awesome benefits we get.,Managers only care about themselves and the way they look to their managers. No bonuses (unless you're a manager). Overall poor pay vs company wealth.,Stop thinking that we are Apple Corporate. We aren't. Apple doesn't care about us - we are just a blip on their map of money making mechanisms.,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41716,apple,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,Lots of engagement with customers. Never bored and always new challenges to face. Was a great job!,"For the most part, people are great. The managers at the store however are not that well trained and will take assumptions and accusations of employee misconduct by word and not do any investigation",Please be more thorough when hiring employees based on recommendation and have better training programs.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41717,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Would recommend for those up to the challenge.,Great management support. Positive work environment. More focused on the customer experience than sales. NorthPark is a nice place to work.,Retail hours. Weekends. Busy busy busybody standard for excellence. Low base pay compared to other sales gigs. Dealing with the traffic on holidays can get kinda crazy.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41718,apple,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Apple is a great place to work because the benefits are great, the pay is great, culture and co-workers are awesome.",It is constantly busy. So if you like to always be on the phone then this is great. I like a little it slower paced work.,Management is great. they have a really good system going for them.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41719,apple,"Puyallup, WA"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Apple is AMAZING!,"- Great work environment - amazing coworkers, and leadership - Apple truly cares about their employees and their customers - endless opportunities both working from home anywhere in the country to multiple on site locations nationwide. - a culture of constant innovation and creative thinking - your opinion matters to almost everyone. Including Tim Cook! - great benefits and discounts - great equipment for remote workers (top of the line iMac etc.. - tons of holiday pay during the holidays","- working holidays is never fun (although the paycheck after is!) - can be difficult to find quick support for at home advisors working with customers during non-peak hours (closing time, opening etc)","Don't ever stray from the culture of employees being of real importance to the company. I feel more valued as an Apple employee than I have at any other company.  I was told when I was first hired that Apple is like one big family. I was pleasantly surprised with how true that is.  Please keep up the good management. Oh, also... Not to be THAT guy, but it'd be cool to get Holiday gifts at AppleCare like the retail guys do. We work A LOT of hours during the holidays too, and it'd be awesome to get some recognition for that too! :)",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P510.htm
41720,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Trainer,It's just like every other retail company at the end of the day.,"Great benefits package, Fantastic culture, Awesome co-workers","Management acts as if they care but if you aren't one of their favorites it's very easy to get passed over even if you may be the better person for the job. For the amount of money they make every year, they could afford to pay their people in retail better.","Pay your retail employees what they are worth as they are the ones standing on the ""front lines"" selling your product for you and making you successful.",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41721,apple,"Cape Canaveral, FL"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Associate,It was a good job,Nice co workers to always help you out . You can always find help here if you need it .,"Sometimes rude customers that want everything done quickly . Bad hours . Not that high of pay , wished it was higher",Hire more people,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41722,apple,none," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Job, glad to be out","Benefits, pay, discounts, holiday pay, sick and vacation time","No work/life balance, ridiculous goals to meet, schedule is based on a shift bids, would not recommend for some one who loves to spend time with their kids. Even though you're home, you may as well not be.","Learn the job before enforcing all these policies. Managers coming in with little to no experience in what is done, thinking that the goals that are asked of the advisors are attainable need to experience what the job is like and take calls day to realize that it's a very difficult thing to do",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41723,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Senior Advisor,Excellent company to work for,The work environment is great. You meet a lot of interesting people from all over the US. The training is excellent and ongoing. You never really stop learning.,"The schedule changes every 90 days and you have to bid for your shifts. You never really know what you're going to get, so it can be somewhat difficult if you have children. You are most likely going to be working Saturday or Sunday.",Offer small incentives or raises for additional skills that are added to your expertise as it comes with more workload. Work with people on their schedules.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41724,apple,none," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Fun & Fast Pace Work Environment,"- all coworkers are willing to help - information is at your fingertips, just utilize your resources - 3 days of conference room training is made enjoyable","- some training for technicians was really broad and not helpful at all when in an appointment with a customer - technicians learn the most in the ""sink-or-swim"" mentality.",use actual resources and examples for the training.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41725,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - FRS,Frs employment,Working for apple is great,there are no cons to working for apple,keep doing what you're doing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41726,apple,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you don't mind the work,"Good benefits, acceptable pay.",Treated mostly like a number.,Cut out the corporate verbiage and speak to your employees like a human.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41727,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Great Place to Start!,"- The facilities are world class - You will get to work on nice Mac computers all day - The training is thorough and the trainers are fun, smart and caring - Opportunities to touch the lives of people all over the United States by helping them recover important data such as photos, videos and emails. - Freedom to be who you are - You will never have to use MS Outlook etc.","- As a ""contractor"" through a staffing company, my pay was very low. It wasn't even over 30K - Many of the people you will have to consult/escalate/transfer to within the company can be quite rude although you will also find some truly great individuals. - You get the sense that management feels like they're herding cats which often offended me and eventually led to me seeking employment elsewhere. - As I had been pursuing my education in networking, I didn't feel like there was any opportunity whatsoever for me to move into any other IT or networking role within Apple outside of phone support. - Lots of required overtime","1. If you're going to have contract and direct hire employees working alongside one another, please do more to blend the groups in with each other.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41728,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be ready to work!,Working for Apple was one of the best career moves I've ever made. The possibilities are endless with this company.,"Be ready to work, work work...it's no joke. At one point, I was wearing three hats and had no work-life balance.","Continue appreciating your employees and walking the walk when it comes to diversity and inclusion. The business world looks up to you, Apple!",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41729,apple,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,rest & vest - you won't get promoted,Decent comp & benefits. You are issued best in class hardware. Very mature organizational & management structure. Depending on your level you will get RSUs & Bonus. For many roles working at Apple can look good on the resume.,"Go in with the job level you expect to have for a very long time, if not forever. Apple doesn't promote much from within. I've heard managers joke that hiring is like playing fantasy football and you can pick whomever you want from the outside. As a consequence the trend is for pre-existing employees to have less and less on their plate, to the point they loose transferable skills.",Stay nimble and leverage key talent. Stay focused on product and don't put so much energy into trying to compensate with marketing. Get middle management to provide leadership and do more than simply approve expense reports. Reward employees making a significant difference. It's not always best to buy your way out of an issue.,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P511.htm
41730,apple,"Portland, ME"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Good company,"Great team to work with, decent pay in comparison to jobs like and really good benefits as well.",It's retail hours so work life balance is always somewhat of a struggle. Working in tech support would be nice if it was separated from retail store.,"Keep listening to the employees, find even more creative ways to improve work life balance. Otherwise keep up the good work.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41731,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - 3D Touch-up Artist/3dmodeler,Been there,You get to work with something that will make a difference. You want to work harder,"The management has many miscommunication within itself and it's employees, terribly over compartmentalized.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41732,apple,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Retail Specialist at Apple,"Great benefits, good people, amazing discounts, perks with public transportation, room for growth if you really want it, lots of training, meet lots of cool customers","It's a retail job, unstable hours/workweek, standing all day, having to deal with unhappy customers, having to take breaks when they say you can take a break",Understand that we are all people trying to get by. Hounding us to take our breaks and making sure we are where we are supposed to be every second can make us feel like babies and unable to do our job and be responsible.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41733,apple,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super long hours,Opportunities to get exposure to global first league manufacturers as global supply manager at Apple.,Super long hours to spend at suppliers to ensure production schedule and deliverables.,work life balance,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41734,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Business Specialist,"Solid company, great culture.","Wonderful environment, lots of career opportunity. I enjoy work and my team. The job is not emotionally taxing at all for retail.",The pay. Everything is pretty kosher except for the pay. There is only high turnover because people want more money for their work.,Pay what your talent is worth and help create more training opportunities for corporate roles.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41735,apple,"Folly Beach, SC"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Management is supportive and encourages you to learn more and try new things.,You are required to work on the weekends.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41736,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,"Wonderful people, exceptional training, definitely an environment that makes work feel like play.","Wonderful benefits, even for part timers. Not a difficult place to learn, and no prior computer knowledge is needed, they value the PEOPLE, not the knowledge!","Lots to keep track of, I.e. Conversation journals, emails, retail me, concierge. Not a lot of direct communication with managers.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41737,apple,none," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Technician,Great company and culture,Unruly customers at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41738,apple,"Madison, WI"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,red zone specialist,"exciting atmosphere encouraging coworkers, room to advance. I am excited each day knowing I will learn something new and create a connection with somebody",constantly changing product information and tech specs. Customers very upset when you aren't aware of all new updates,Training should involve more shadowing and less private/out of store work. Helps to see coworkers in action before hitting the floor,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41739,apple,none," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Best place I've worked.,It's retail what can I say.,Promote from within and get rid of all the jumping through hoops.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P512.htm
41740,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - National Affiliate Program Manager/Channel Sales Manager,Affiliate Program Manager,"Great management, flexible hours, travel, innovative compnay",Feels like a small company in a big company,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41741,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Fog,Good atmosphere of fog. False hopes with limitless dreams..,Management just wants to make store seem big with tons of employees who are part-time. Full time is out of the question unless you have seniority or are good at business intros. Company just tries to make you feel good with some good benefits and stock programs. Don't believe the hype. Find a better job if possible.,"Condescending, arrogant, and unhelpful! Thanks!",1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41742,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Operations SQE,Ops Management is addicted to prostitutes,used to have great products,long hours of work. extensive mount of travel in Asia lots of managers hire their own relatives Married managers with kids hooked on prostitutes in Asia and thats their motivation to travel to Asia  Senior Directors are like the God and everyone fallow what they say even if they are wrong.  No career growth within Ops. Ops managers block employees growth because they are so depended on their direct reports since they are busy with hookers in Asia,This is the Advise to Tim Cook.  Fire all level of management and hire more ethical managers that don't waste company's $$,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41743,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,"Great company and benefits, positive behaviours","Work/life balance, stress, working hours",Emphaty,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41744,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Overall fun job, but terrible schedules and work/life ratio.","Great people, very helpful peers, high energy. The people truthfully love Apple products and love using them, passionate people that work there.","Micromanaging, scheduling is absolutely horrendous, good luck having a social life. This really needs work and COULD possibly be changed.","Less micromanaging, and more actual help on the floor.",3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41745,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jan 10, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Best Job Ever,Some of the friendliest people to work with and for. Not only does this job help you to enrich other peoples lives but will do so for yourself.,Policies frequently change so consistency is a little hard to maintain.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41746,apple,none," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great company with a fantastic culture.,"Management will always have your back. Hours are good, and pay is great. Benefits far better than one could imagine. Fantastic people to work with who are insightful and well rounded.","Cant think of any, i've enjoyed my stay.",Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41747,apple,"Lakewood, CO"," Jan 10, 2016",Former Employee - Employee,I Love Apple,The company is AMAZING. Excellent work environment as you get to work from the comfort of your own home,ZERO work/life balance. The schedule changes every 90 days,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41748,apple,"Chapel Hill, NC"," Jan 10, 2016",Former Employee - Helpline Analyst,O wow,It is so great with people and others and like i feel like everyone there knows what to do and stuff so i think it is a great place to be,It's difficult and the food there sucks and like the bosses there are mean and aggressive and people get in trouble too,but it's so fun,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41749,apple,"Berwyn, IL"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Co workers are nice and friendly, management as well. They will go out of their way to help you with any issues that arise as long as you show you're a good worker, give and take. Training is exceptional and personalized, very impressive internal library of resources for whatever position you have. Work hard and they'll promote you quickly. Learn the library of knowledge quickly and you'll be a trainer. Do your work, do it well and they'll act in kind.","Too ""cult of mac"" ish. Most of the new hires were weirdly ecstatic about being an Apple employee and getting hired... ""I love working for Apple! OMGosh I LOVE MY JOB!! oh em gee APPLE is the best!!!"" all that nonsense just felt too ""drink the koolaid"" for me it started getting creepy. It's a job like any other... stressful helping customers with minimal knowledge of the products they buy and no flexibility... a job like any other. Chances to get time off but still you're tied to your chair watching the beautiful sunny days pass you by more than not.... ask for too much time off and they wonder if you want your job or not. A job. Like any other. Didn't want it in the end.",Meh,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P513.htm
41750,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 9, 2016",Former Employee - Fraud Analyst/Customer Relations,Fraud Analyst Apple Online Store,"Culture of inclusion, merit based performance reviews and recognition, large amount of time and money invested in training, lateral movement hiring within that trends upward, amazing benefits, autonomy in the team environment, sensibly run company with no arbitrary demands or changes or meetings. HR policy not open to interpretation.","Lack of support given to positions that were non-customer facing/back office. Lack of transparency allowed to management overseeing of the fraud groups to run things according to personal likes and dislikes with disparity to Apple's HR policy, the gospel, for customer facing positions.",The ends does not justify the means. Achievement today is not worth the consequences the known weak link will bring tomorrow. The unjust application of HR policy in terms of business conduct is an invitation unwanted negative attention to the brand so lovingly and fiercely protected.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41751,apple,"Anchorage, AK"," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,I Love Apple,"Great people, caring leadership, amazing perks, opportunities for advancement.","Retail environment can be tough for those without patience, can be demanding work at times.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41752,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Jan 9, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Expert,Expert,"- Great benefits (Dental, Health, Tuition reimbursement, Gym/yoga class Reimbursement, Wageworks $100 metro card per month) - Great products and work ethic - Good work and life balance",- Not easy to move around,- Learn to be polite,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41753,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,The big apple...,"greatest brand in the country, benefits are decent, the allure of working in a beautiful glass and steel store, and looks great on resume.","pay isn't enough to deal with HEARDS of people day in and day out. No compensation for speaking multiple languages. Managers tend to be VERY arrogant and smug and seem concerned primarily with their own development and advancement. Schedule is very erratic because all they do is press a button to do the schedule for 350 people. not extremely flexible with availability. Full time is a promotion, unless you're a newbie off the street, then they'll give you full time (or any other position that should be given to someone that actually has worked for the company for a while.) there's 3-4 positions open at a time for 350 people to compete over. Plenty of ""carrot in front of the horse"" behavior when it comes to advancement.","You do NOT have the finest job in the world. There's no need for a Prince and the pauper type attitude most of you have towards your direct reports or workers. Focus on making the job fun and growing people instead of just profits. For as much money as (my) store makes, you could afford to pay people more. Also, there's no reason a person off the street should make almost as much as I make when I've been there 5 years. Of course I've had some developmental problems in the past, but it would be nice for management to stop kicking a dead horse. (which is you all' favorite sport.) I know it's nice making 30-40 dollars an hour range, but you're not curing cancer or the editor in chief for Vogue magazine. Hang your own coats up for a change.....",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41754,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Project Manager,"110% Sterile, negative work culture","Benefits and stock (RSUs). Job security. Semi flexible working hours. ""Prestige"" of having Apple on resume makes it possible to get a new job outside Apple and outside silicon valley.",I rode the free bus to work every day for two years and never got so much as a hello from any colleague. Everyone is just miserable it seems. Location in the bay area is dull. IS&T dept fosters culture of complacency and non-innovation,HR does not address real problems including those that are gender related. Entire company needs an overhaul or maybe just a teardown.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41755,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Best job ever held,"Non stressful environment, they hire top notch people that love to work hard. They have amazing benefits that really show care for the employee. The pay is decent if you are single and I've never worked anywhere with such a vast learning resource. The entire culture motivates you as a person to want more and be more! Great place.","It is still ""retail"" so customers with bad attitudes. Micromanaging is sometimes a thing. I know that I could never keep this as a career job simply because the pay does not allow it. Sad but true.","Get rid of the name ""retail"" we are so much more than that. Don't be afraid to match pay so you don't lose your best employees. Make it possible to have a career at Apple even in a ""retail"" location.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41756,apple,none," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Everyone is amazing I like the culture,very intense competitions in the company,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41757,apple,none," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great beginner opportunity, reconsider long term.","experience, exposure, professional development are a plus.",work related politics may be toxic.,implement feedback presented by employees.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41758,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Control Supervisor,Inventory Control Supervisor,"The individuals that work for Apple are the most talented people I ever worked with, They make the soul of the company.",I personally don't can't find any negatives working with Apple. Maybe a better discount!,All Managers can do a better job at relating to their people. Its a blessing when you have a Manager you can relate to and discussion good situations and also give feedback to.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41759,apple,none," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store,"Great environment, benefits are amazing and culture is also great",Having to drive across town,Continue to provide great feedback and development. Provide more career experiences for employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P514.htm
41760,apple,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,An excellent work environment with amazingly smart and friendly people. The hours were flexible and the work was rewarding.,"It would often take a long time to get permission to try out a feature or use a specific tool, by then you usually have moved on.","I had an amazing experience, keep it up. The same friendly and welcoming atmosphere was the best part of my time there.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41761,apple,none," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Busy work environment, customers are nice to work with, enjoy helping them make the right decisions for what they want to accomplish with our products. Employee associates are a family at work. Team effort to make sure customer's expectations are met.",On you feet a lot. Prepare to invest in good shoes and orthotics.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41762,apple,none," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Everyones very helpful and there tons of learning resources,its a competitive work environment.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41763,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 31, 2015",Current Employee - Manager I,Manager,Ability to work with very smart creative people. Must be willing to thrive in an environment with constantly changing priorities.,Too many people crammed into limited space. Efforts to minimize this by setting up people in open office spaces impacts productivity.,X,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41764,apple,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great people high pressure,You meet great co-workers that eventually become close friends. Apple does something great when hiring. They ask all the right questions things that find what makes people tick. The company relies on the soul of their people. The work has its perks specially with other tech companies and a good way to exercise creativity.,It can be very demanding at times. It really helps to become self motivated.,Pay attention to emotion not just body language.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41765,apple,none," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful Experience,"Great environment, loved going to work every day",There is not much to complain about.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41766,apple,none," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company + benefits,"High Pay in regards to every other retail job. Treat employees really well, Great benefits!",Hard to move up in High-Market locations,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41767,apple,none," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Solid Company,amazing group of talented employees,working at the mall sucks,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41768,apple,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Home advisor,Awesome and comfortable work environment !,the entire experience was awesome,Keep up with the great work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41769,apple,none," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Care College Program,"Get to work from home (Can be a pro or a con depending on your personal preference). I had a great experience with the manager I had, she was very easy to work for and I felt she truly cared about all the students that worked for her. If you are not knowledgable about Apple products the training you are put through is very helpful, and if you already are familiar with their products you'll most likely learn a thing or two as well. You get full benefits as if you were a full time employee out of college. The benefits are awesome and Apple gives you things such as employee discounts, stock purchase options, 401k, and health care. (Good luck finding another job with as many benefits as this in college). Apple is a great company to work for i.e. absolutely no discrimination in workplace, they are accepting of everyones beliefs and values. However, I did not complete the full year because it was not what I enjoyed doing and I moved on to find something more technical.","Working from home can get old, especially if you stay at your house after work. I had already known 80% of the things they talked about in training so it made those weeks extremely boring at times. They keep everyone involved in training by have ""ice breaker games"" and things like that (Again this can be a pro or a con depending on what type of person you are). The people that call Apple Care are often ""technologically challenged"" and it can make the job frustrating at time, however I talked to many very intelligent and interesting people as well. Hours during training are not flexible.","Overall, I learned a lot from this job especially how to talk to people that are angry and do not understand technology at all. If there was one thing for management to improve on it would be the survey system. The customers whose surveys are clearly rating you poor because they are angry at their products can be frustrating, especially if you are a high achiever who tries to keep a high average on all stats.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P515.htm
41770,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Decent Job,"Good pay for a retail job. Great Benefits even for Part-time employees. Medical, Dental, Life, School, Fitness. Hard to get fired.",Hours for part-time employees vary widely.,"Take a Harder look at employees, who aren't cutting the mustard so to speak.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41771,apple,"Glendale, Andrew, MO"," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Field Sales Manager,Field Sales Manager of France,Management - Team Building - Telecom/High Tech environment - BtoC & BtoB - Fight for Excellence,Perhaps the culture of secret per moment !,Set clear Goals !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41772,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Great place to work, though lots of polotics","Great pay, real smart people, lots of perks","Angry customers, politicking to move up",Pay more attention to the smal stuff,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41773,apple,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Awesome company culture, good health care, great co-workers. Leaders care about employees' development. Provide food and snacks during holiday seasons.","long working hours, sometimes overnight shifts. Besides that everything is perfect","Awesome company culture, good health care, great co-workers.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41774,apple,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Great pay great environment awesome ppl.,Can be a little clicky at times.,Advance those who want the training,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41775,apple,none," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Care College Program,"Get to work from home (Can be a pro or a con depending on your personal preference). I had a great experience with the manager I had, she was very easy to work for and I felt she truly cared about all the students that worked for her. If you are not knowledgable about Apple products the training you are put through is very helpful, and if you already are familiar with their products you'll most likely learn a thing or two as well. You get full benefits as if you were a full time employee out of college. The benefits are awesome and Apple gives you things such as employee discounts, stock purchase options, 401k, and health care. (Good luck finding another job with as many benefits as this in college). Apple is a great company to work for i.e. absolutely no discrimination in workplace, they are accepting of everyones beliefs and values. However, I did not complete the full year because it was not what I enjoyed doing and I moved on to find something more technical.","Working from home can get old, especially if you stay at your house after work. I had already known 80% of the things they talked about in training so it made those weeks extremely boring at times. They keep everyone involved in training by have ""ice breaker games"" and things like that (Again this can be a pro or a con depending on what type of person you are). The people that call Apple Care are often ""technologically challenged"" and it can make the job frustrating at time, however I talked to many very intelligent and interesting people as well. Hours during training are not flexible.","Overall, I learned a lot from this job especially how to talk to people that are angry and do not understand technology at all. If there was one thing for management to improve on it would be the survey system. The customers whose surveys are clearly rating you poor because they are angry at their products can be frustrating, especially if you are a high achiever who tries to keep a high average on all stats.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41776,apple,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Perks and Pay but Long Hours,"Great Pay, benefits, company culture. everyone at apple really feels like they are part of something bigger, which is very inspiring","long hours, overworked employees. apple is notorious for overworking its employees and they can easily burn out",allow work from home days regularly to cut up the long days at the office,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41777,apple,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect if you want to grow...,Lots of opportunity for growth and the company really invests in its people,"If you're just looking to make some extra cash on the side but don't really want to grow with the company, this job can feel extremely demanding for a part time gig.",Part time staff should be your extra. You shouldn't rely on part time people to sustain the needs of the business... that's what your full time people are for.,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41778,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor Customer Relations,Dream Job,I'm an at home advisor in AppleCare Customer Relations. The job is great because I work for an amazing company that has endless opportunities. I get to work from home which is the BEST because I can roll out of bed and go to work without getting ready. I love that Apple takes care of its employees in every aspect.,"If I had to choose something negative, I would say that schedules can change unexpectedly which can be inconvenient, however it's not a big deal. I like to remind everyone looking for a job, that there will be parts of ANY job that you don't like, it's just a matter of finding one good enough to deal with those downsides. And Apple has so many positives that outweigh the bad ten fold.",I have no advice for management. Whatever they're doing.. Keep doin it,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41779,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Amazing company, need a few tweaks here and there but simply Amazing!","To begin, getting into Apple is difficult and time consuming, although once you get the job everything you worked for matters so much more! Apple has a culture where people respect people. Does not matter which department you are on, or who works below you or above you. You get the support, friendship and respect from everyone. Also it is Apple, best products and won best customer service awards year after year!","I have nothing bad to say, perhaps just advice or a tip for the company. Follow Sweden and Norway and have better vacation time. Apple is wonderful, but with many if not all companies in America they don't have much as far as vacation time goes. The longer you stay the more you have.","Keep doing what you are doing, respect, trust and honesty is what takes a company and friendships going! Thank you for the experience!!",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P516.htm
41780,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Business Account Specialist,Mac Expert,Great product. Great company culture. Great people. Great benefits.,Hard to move up in the sales dept.,Find ways to help their employees with career advancement.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41781,apple,none," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, stagnating growth","Great to start out at, there's no room for growth like there used to be","Very top down management, wish it was as good as it used to be","STOP HIRING BEST BUY/CIRCUIT CITY/RADIOSHACK PEOPLE. I mean seriously, who looks at the director of innovation for circuit city and goes ""that's who should run our store""",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41782,apple,none," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company,"most advanced technology, a lot of new stuffs to learn","very tight schedule, work flow is not solid",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41783,apple,none," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work but quite demanding,There are lots of amazing and innovative people who work here. They are always there for help.,"Sometimes the hours and work load would be rough, but that is to be expected at a top tier company",Continue to promote innovation and employee programs,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41784,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,My experience has been exciting and fun.,The people are the best part of Apple. With so many personalities and hobbies and outside interest we have a well rounded group of people that are friendly and willing to help not only customers but each other when in need of help or an answer.,"The personal discount could be better. Especially with how much Apple makes, a bigger discount would allow us to really experience mostly every device and really be a promoter because we've used it and loved it and now we want to express how much to our customers.",Be fair with promotions.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41785,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Reseller Operations,Multinational Base International interaction with cultures. Trusted with Responsibility. Fast Paced Changing Environment,Silent culture of expecting you to work late with no compensation. Expected to be happy to have a job rather given recognition. Poor morale. Institutionalization of staff.,Build more morale among the staff so that they can feel happier in their work environment. More recognition and better career advancement opportunities.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41786,apple,"Clarendon, VA"," Jan 3, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Best company to work for! Especially for students,"Good pay especially if you are a college student, you will have time for personal development, great benefits, fun/creative culture, greater opportunities within the company",I have nothing negative to say about this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41787,apple,"Wichita, KS"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Mentor,IOS Senior Advisor,"Great benefits, good overtime pay, and nice work environment.","Long hours, and hard to get desired shifts. No real room to grow after becoming T2.",Make it easier to transition into other roles.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41788,apple,none," Jan 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Great Experience,It was interesting and fun to work at apple mainly because of the pay and all the benefits coming from apple itself. I use a lot of their products so the discount helped a lot.,"Sometimes the managers would schedule me on days where I did not want to work, but other than that, the management was great",The management need to understand the employees work schedule more often and give more leverage as to when I am able to reschedule.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41789,apple,none," Jan 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ehh Ho,It's fun and pays a bunch of money so I liked it when I worked there at Apple that is where I worked,They were not nice and they were mean and even though I got payed I didn't get payed that much,Be nice,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P517.htm
41790,apple,none," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent for Development,"If you consistently use the experience to develop, there is no experience like it in the professional world. Learning and change is constant, fast paced, and the norm.","so few, hard to mention",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41791,apple,none," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Physical Design Timing Engineer,Discounts on Apple products. Reimbursed dinner. Motivated co-workers. High pay comparing to my previous employer. 2 weeks of shut-down. Managers are highly competent.,Lots of work. HR still try to low ball you. But they WILL pay you more than your previous employer.,Even though I just joined and do not have much work. My colleagues seems to be really tired. I think people are overworked.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41792,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At-Home Advisor,Apple At-Home Advisor,"Apple Perks/ Benefits, Great resume liner and has amazing people and creativity. This is a company that will give you Opportunities to get your education then give you a job when you're done.","This particular position, the At-Home Advisor, is extremely stressful. The hours are long and they always want more. There are many variables that impact your overall performance that are out of your control.  If you want to work this job you need to first ask yourself, how much stress are you willing to put up with.",Put yourself in the shoes of your Advisor's more often. Not every problem we have is room to improve on our part. We are a team and in so need to see things from each others' perspectives.,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41793,apple,none," Dec 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My time at apple,"Great environment, good people to work with and for. Always a positive day!","Spoiled customers, people are entitled and do not care to learn how to do things (older generation). If any issues with the younger generation, is they don't understand that they do have to pay for their damaged device.","Be more open about feedback, when you hold back it makes you seem like you're two faced or holding something from the persons involved.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41794,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales admin,Good facilities and tools and parking,Treat contractors like disposable assets with no intent to hire perm.,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41795,apple,none," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Flexible schedule, work from home, given equipment","Discount on products, vacation time",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41796,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Visual Merchandiser,Work with bright individuals.,You get to see the way in which these masterminds work. It's amazing to see so many amazing designs come to life in the blink of a 2 months span.,"While there is opportunity for growth, it's is seldom and short lived. They usually don't promote within the company instead they bring others over.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41797,apple,none," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great Perks, great people, great customers","Retail, retail, retail, retail, retail",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41798,apple,none," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Apple,"Great people to work with, develops critical thinking and progressive learning.",Can be repetitive and template match style of work over time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41799,apple,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Fast pace, stressful, but rewarding","Develop great comunication skills that apply outside of work as well. Benefits, stock options, and 401k even as a part-time employee. Of course discount on products and getting to work with an amazing team of very talented individuals",Zero work/life balance in retail with no consistency in schedule. Opportunity for advancement in position is a struggle and extremely competivie as well as political in some stores. Focuses more on customer experience and very little on employee experience. Extremely fast paced and stressful. Lots of learning on the fly,More scheduled ongoing training to keep up with current technology for technicians. More career experience opportunities should be available for part time employees should be available.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P518.htm
41800,apple,"Myrtle Beach, SC"," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - At Home Care Advisor,Love my job,"Great team, great benefits, great companay",none that i can really think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41801,apple,none," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Get to Know Your Managers,Lots of Benefits Great Work Culture Great Co-Workers,Managers are more involved with sales and tend to lose touch with what happens with the repair technicians. In short this is also caused by having too many managers.,Be more cohesive in decision making.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41802,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - IT Manager,Great company to work for,You are solving problems at a scale that only the 10 cloud companies in the world can do. The work is never ending but you get a lot of job satisfaction.,The pay slightly beats industry standard which can be very difficult to live on in Silicon Valley. This can be easily mitigated with two partner incomes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41803,apple,none," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,Loved my time at Apple. I worked with some of the most talented people on this planet!,None at the moment. Maybe in the future.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41804,apple,"Century City, CA"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great company, coworkers, but horrible management",Great coworkers that in some ways can become your family.,Extremely inconvenient and unpredictable hours makes in near impossible to plan ahead to have a stable life. Strong favoritism from upper management results not only in difference in leniency but also in pay.,Get rid of all current managers and hire up internally with people who know what they're doing so as to preserve the great Apple culture.,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41805,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Apple Creative may be the best retail job. (Impossible to get.) Still a great company.,"Best benefits I've seen for a full or part-time retail job. Genuinely positive company culture. Yes, we have our cult-ish moments, but then the company commits real money and time to support its idealistic talk. Apple constantly improves things for employees.",Do NOT start at Apple Retail expecting to become a Creative. Not gonna happen. It took me three years of trying very hard (and a lot of luck) to get there.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41806,apple,none," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great environement. Everyone is very friendly,I don't have any cons for Apple,No advice.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41807,apple,none," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - PT Specialist,Amazing Company to Work For!,"Excellent benefits package even for PT employees, generous product discounts, super positive, upbeat atmosphere, lots of room to move up the ladder if you're committed, and they constantly feed us good food - all with a company that celebrates inclusion and diversity - and you can wear shorts to work.",No cons that I've found!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41808,apple,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing but with a problem with contractors,"multicultural environment, crop of the cream",contractors are considered goods and can be discharged in every moment,do not trust multiple contractor companies for the same project,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41809,apple,"Fort Myers, FL"," Dec 28, 2015",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,"Great, flexible Company With Amazing Benefits",- Working from home - Great team and accessible managers - Awesome benefits - Competitive pay,- Can be lonely - Can be challenging when you don't have the proper tools,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P519.htm
41810,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great for work/life balance.,"Not enough room to move up, lateral moves are more common than upwards.",keep up the good work.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41811,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Present ­ Specialist,Specialist,Team is diverse and filled with so many people to learn from.,Some are overlooked for hard work.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41812,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 27, 2015","Former Employee - Team Manager Backfill, Senior Advisor, and Technical Advisor",Best Company to Work for,"Working at home, amazing co-workers, ability to move up in the company if you push for it, recognition for working hard, and the best benefits in the universe.","None! It can take adjusting for those not used to corporate life, but I loved it.","There is always opportunity to provide some feedback to target something to work on. Because of my success, I always got only positive feedback, but giving people something to push for anyways is helpful and motivating",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41813,apple,"Roselle, IL"," Dec 27, 2015",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Service Specialist,Great benefits . Team oriented environment and helpful term to help you be successful. Growth is not limited to a specific area in the company so you can choose your part of growth.,"My only complaint is that Apple is hiring so rapidly into my department that we all have to share an office with another employee. Perhaps when we move to the new ""spaceship"" campus I'll get a private office.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41814,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Sr. Project Manager,Good Benefits Flexible Work Hours Apple on your resume,Low pay Bonuses hard to get,Spread around big projects so everyone is eligilbe for a bonus.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41815,apple,none," Jan 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average,Okay amount of money and discount on all Apple products,Sometimes a decrease in salary,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41816,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 10, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Once you stop drinking the kool-aid, it sucks","Coworkers were creative and kind people. I opened the 5th avenue store pre-iphone, and that was fun. It stopped being fun once the iphone came out.","Managers were full of themselves. They did not promote from within, as much as they told us otherwise. Only real chance for investment was to transfer to corporate. People threw ipods at me because I told them liquid damage made it out of warranty.",Pay more.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41817,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Dec 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,Great management all around. Benefits are amazing. This company really invests in its employees.,Haven't found any Cons as of yet.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41818,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Enterprise Technical Support,Not good,Pay is ok and allows for OT.,"It's a call center. Every detail of your day is micromanaged. You only get 6 minutes to use the restroom during the day. If your break is over 15 minutes, there is a conversation.","Less red tape so we can help people. Currently, the process to help customers can be so convoluted that no one wants to.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41819,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test engineer,"Innovation, fast pace, new stuff to work on all the time. Efficiency. Saw Steve jobs and Tim Cook. Nice people.","Crazy, no vacation days, burned out, no long weekends, work culture is really all About work. No fun to be have.",Let people go on vacation when they need it to avoid burn out like I did,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P520.htm
41820,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Enterprise Technical Support,Not good,Pay is ok and allows for OT.,"It's a call center. Every detail of your day is micromanaged. You only get 6 minutes to use the restroom during the day. If your break is over 15 minutes, there is a conversation.","Less red tape so we can help people. Currently, the process to help customers can be so convoluted that no one wants to.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41821,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company,People are smart and the job is challenging,"Not much to say, I love my job",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41822,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, rewarding and challenging place to work","Smart colleagues, challenging projects and schedule.",Always have to sharpen the skills to keep pace.,Stop raising lunch price.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41823,apple,none," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Expert - Retail,"Constantly learning, great discounts. Being apart of a large training system that gives you customer service and sales tools you can use in any aspect in life.","Strict attendance policies, not a lot of respect for personal emergencies, employees are constantly in fear of losing their job due to attendance policy.",Managements hands are tied to cooperate policies. Some mangers let the position go to their head and can be condensing and passive aggressive.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41824,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Management,ok,"decent pay, ok company to work for. can be fun",Crappy upper management. Everyone is willing to step on each others heads to get over you.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41825,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,You are likely to work with a good crowd of people. Apple does a good job hiring likable people.,You still have to deal with the general public. A lot of pressure to know everything.,Keep the people on your front lines happy. Check in with them often and make sure they're happy in what they're doing.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41826,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Good for College,Good benefits. Co-workers are great.,Terrible work hours. Gets very busy.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41827,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,A great career that got me to where I am today,"Tons of room to grow into different roles, especially if you are willing to relocate, great benefits and competitive pay","Work life balance, I ultimately left due to most of the tech sector offering a better work life balance of a M-F 9-5","Work on making a more competitive work life balance for the Family Room, the market is there and makes it hard to retain talent",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41828,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Best Company I've ever worked for!,"Everything is great at Apple! Amazing Salary (base salary + stock awards), Great Benefits, Lots of Autonomy with your projects. Very smart co-workers. Never get bored because there is always great new projects going on. Corporate holidays and end-of-year breaks are an amazing plus.",Apple is growing rapidly so space is become a bit of an issue in some buildings.,Keep being amazing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41829,apple,"Broomfield, CO"," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Advisor/Supervisor,Employment Agency,Apple itself is a great company,Paired with a terrible staffing agency that refused to increase our pay with our promotions despite the promise Apple gave.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P521.htm
41830,apple,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Systems Analyst,You get to work with a diverse group of people.,As a contractor you feel that you are in high school and your opinions do not matter at all.,Hire competent people into management.,2.0,3.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41831,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,"Apple as a corporation is great but the retail experience is lacking, especially in regards to Managment",Benefits and pay are two of the only things that really keep people holding on. Most people dislike working there.,Hard to advance if hired in at entry level. Lots of promises but no follow through. If you transfer to a new store you're treated as new no matter how many years you've been with the company.,Care about your staffs professional advancement instead of day to day micromanagement,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41832,apple,"Newport Beach, CA"," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Retail Specialist,"Great family, great support, great corporate culture",Retail life = no free weekends,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41833,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Graphic Production,not worth it.,Steady work. prestigious work environment. center of the tech world.,"crazy, demanding hours. job duties that don't apply to the design industry.","you can't apply that steve jobs attitude towards the mid and lower lever jobs. it probably works for the higher level jobs, where employees are paid crazy amounts of money. however, the normal salaried people will just leave and find somewhere else to work.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41834,apple,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,Using the products on a daily basis is a pro. Many interesting customers to work with each day makes a work day go by quickly.,Management is cut throat. Many lack significant professional management experience and people skills. Ethics of management is hard to find when dealing with hard working employees.,Top heavy in Apple. Management puts of facades of concern about employees but lacks sincerity and communication. Integrity and authenticity are strongly advised for Apple's management.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41835,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 25, 2015",Former Employee - App Reviewer,"Yes to Apple, No to App Review","Decent pay, particularly for those who speak more than one language","60+ hour per week, work all weekends, do not receive same benefits that other Apple employees do, management is sub-par, not all co-workers have college degrees.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41836,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Music Producer,"Closed-minded, incompetent, and extremely unprofessional. They really screwed me over.",•They sell fine Apple products,•Extremely unprofessional •Extremely closed-minded •Extremely incompetent •Extremely poor communication skills with management •They do not care about someone's livelihood,"Make your requirements for employment not apply to former nonviolent drug offenders. Don't hire someone and then the day before they're to start employment training, tell them they're not welcome afterall.  I quit my former employer on the confirmation of employment with Apple Store - Palo Alto. The day before I was to start my employment training, they emailed me and withdrew my employment offer because of their incompetence and closed-mindedness with former nonviolent drug offenders.",1.0,none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41837,apple,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst experience compared to many other Silicon Valley Companies I worked at,High quality QA. Apple University is educational.,"Incompetent manager and HR. ""Don't we all wish we don't have managers"".",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41838,apple,"Boston, MA"," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Very enjoyable,"Very rewarding and satisfying job. Sales Specialists are not on commission and are judged on customer satisfaction, not sales. Part time, flexible schedules, rest of staff very helpful.","Training on internal procedures is haphazard and lacking. It's easy to get product knowledge from the web, but procedures can't be found there. I'm not even sure they can be found anywhere! I sometimes got conflicting answers to my questions in this area.",Provide more training on in-store policies and procedures. Put helpful bookmarks on in-store computers to authoritative procedural information.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41839,apple,none," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Mac Expert,"Amazing benefits, no dress code, great cafe and gym",Still working at a call center.,None really. I just wasn't cut out for that life.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P522.htm
41840,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 23, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Cool,"Love apple tech, interacting with people, helping old people new to tech. If you are a little ocd about then visuals might be for you. Cool discounts","Schedule fluctuates often, have a variety of roles you may not like not always promoted on merit. Some rules kinda suck",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41841,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jan 3, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"From good, to okay to Meh",Apple offers an exciting work environment where time passes quickly and you're on your way. The company also does care for its employees in that it offers amazing benefits that are hard to find elsewhere.,"It seems that each year the Apple Store becomes busier and busier. This is a good thing... Except that Apple is SUPER slow to add head count and hire additional help. Moreover, I feel that the culture within the company is becoming too corporate in that employees who are outside Cupertino or Austin hardly have a chance to influence the direction of the company, and every minor transgression is tracked.",Shuffle up the senior leadership within the stores. Give retail employees more varying tasks.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41842,apple,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is no good,there are none this company is a complete waste of space time and energy and develops the worst products in its business,You would be working for the worse product developer in exsistance I wouldn't recommend working for this company to anyone they just need to crash and burn already,Learn from hp,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41843,apple,none," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company ever,Good pay many benefits and opportunities,Hard to get full time,Keep up good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41844,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Supply Demand Management SDM Pac Ops,Planner. Supply Demand Management (SDM).,Good learning opportunities from smart people. People are generally nice and kind to work with.,"Apple venerates functional expertise, and therefore micro management to get things 'right'. Fortunately and unfortunately, this is how Your job is very well defined and it is not encouraged to explore new areas without completely mastering your deliverables. Your work is heavily scrutinised and micro managed.  Opportunities to be pro active and push for a change are very limited in regional roles.  Processes are very manual and tedious. At times you will have 4 people + a manager working on the same thing, to ensure there are no slips.  There are lot of new managers rotating to different teams and have no idea on performance evaluation. Some of my colleagues have had sour experiences with their micro-management and left the company. There is no forum where you can raise issues against your acting manager. Your manager is the only one responsible for your career development.  Apple hires a lot of MBA folks from top B-Schools (mainly ISB and INSEAD) to do very mundane job involving lot of micro management. Career development opportunities are very limited for a junior level analyst (typically fresh out of school/1-2 yrs experience).",Get yourself trained so you can better guide your direct reports and develop them.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41845,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - ACS- (Xerox) Quality Analyst/Sales Coach/Technical Support Advisor,genius bar,very responsive to changing technology,too much demand for services.,hire more employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41846,apple,none," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,My life is changed forever.,"Apple is the greatest employer I have ever had. They treat me like a valued human being, which I can't say for other places. My store in particular is very much like a family. We take care of each other and go out of our ways to make each other feel appreciated, even on the tough days. The work environment is busy and customers can be challenging, but my coworkers keep me sane and satisfied with my job","It can definitely be hectic, especially on weekends and holiday season. There are also limited full time positions, at least at first.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41847,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare At-Home Advisor,"Ability to work from home, friendly co-workers. Closely work with management to provide best customer experience.","Performance-based, customers can determine your success, so you must be on top of your game throughout the day.","Focus on resolution and success, not how well the customer felt the employee did. At the end of the day, the customer cares that their products work, not necessarily that the employee was super friendly.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41848,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Support Specialist,AHA Advisor,"Great Company with excellent training and superior management, I appreciate the flexibility of working from home. This is a great job if you are in school.","Like all center, the customers are a challenge, but its very manageable. Time off could be a little more convenient though","I would recommend, more hands on training, maybe a mandatory retail experience would definitely help increase the job performance. Also more perks like the retail department.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41849,apple,none," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice offer,Relocation and stock options are very good,Very secretive and long recruitment process,"Be more open about what you are working on, provide info about perks, also provide free food",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P523.htm
41850,apple,"Whitefish Bay, WI"," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr manager,"Great People, good culture, fast paced","Too Much travel, other than that not much else",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41851,apple,none," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Family O,Working at a Big Box Apple,The best experience for personal and professional growth. Especially amazing if you are currently in school,Can be very political if you pay attention,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41852,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Failure Analysis Engineering or a Joke!,"1. You are working with apple products. 2. Diversity/Mix of different cultures. 3. A good temporary job(little better than working at Target, Walmart, Costco etc) for a fresh out engineering grad but not as a career.","1. Lies. All lies. Beware Electrical Engineers as there is no such thing as electrical engineering (designing/developing) job here since it is an Apple repair center. The temporary agency/ manufacturing/repairing companies which work at this Apple facilities- will tell you one thing at the beginning and will make you do completely different things. I think Apple knows this but still allowing this to happen. 2. They take advantage of people's misery. Lots of new college grad especially who are international students are getting job here in order to keep OPT 3. They will make you work long hours. Sometimes 12 hours a day without paying overtime. They will tell you that you are an exempt salary employee and you have to finish whatever you have left. 4. If you are hired as a contractor, be prepared to get a huge amount of your paycheck get deducted even after tax cuts. 5. You will be sometimes doing operators' job even if you are hired as an engineer because operators are not adequately trained. No one in fact has time for that due to the high volume of the production/repair line. 6. If you are an electrical engineer, run away from this place as you will forgot what you learn from electrical engineering to interview somewhere else, IF you work here for too long. 7. The schedule is a bit odd. 8. A lot of Chinese/Taiwanese people in these facility directly coming from China/Taiwan and they play favoritism. They even talk about you in-front of you in their language. Very unprofessional and rude. 9. The security is too tight and sometimes disruptive to your work specially if you are in a hurry.","Learn how to communicate effectively. The lack of communication, misinformation and sometimes lies will be contaminating this place. You are not realizing it but soon enough you will. Do not be racist and don't play favoritism. Learn how to cherish good employees. By burning them out with overtime work and less pay won't help you keep up with the flow of this massive process. Hiring more people does not solve any issue. Properly training them and giving them good compensation & benefit does. This is not China. This United States.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41853,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"Great people, good pay, benefits, supporting team.","never enough staffing, 1 person doing 3 jobs, favoritism sometimes apparent","Don't let someone become a manager just because they asked a million times, and don't promote someone because they cried for the position during an interview.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41854,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great,Amazing benefits. Great experiences and the opportunity to work in different locations,"Mentally draining, always busy, but really not much. It's a great career path.",Keep it up because it's an amazing place to work. Haven't thought about going anywhere else,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41855,apple,none," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company - Depends on the org though,Benefits are great and are the additional perks. The sales group has begun to cut back on pay though.,"Work/Life balance is something talked about but not followed through with. Typically the reason is ""per business needs"" when requesting time off. I was also asked to move Dr. Appointments to fit with various lock outs for vacations or time off","Upper management is great, field management has been around for a while and is reluctant to change. This creates a split between company directives and what is trickled down to the various people in the field",5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41856,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Great place,fun and free",The culture is awesome at apple! People are encouraged to be who they are and you feel accepted. They do love their customers and do what they can to make them happy. This is going to sound cheesy but  helped me find love ( long story) ! So no complaints it was a good time.,Hard to move up. There are still office/store politics you have sift through. In my role breaks and schedules were pretty structured so not much flexibility there. Emphasis on sales and this would be OK if they were more upfront about it. You won't advance with poor numbers.,Train sales staff better have a more open door policy,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41857,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineers beware,High quality products. Chock full of smart people. Excellent free shuttle service. Great food at reasonable prices. Most people think it's cool that you work at Apple. The spaceship is coming soon. You might end up in it.,"Open seating for pretty much everyone below director. Mildly cultish. Despite ""honest communication"" being a primary value, it doesn't really happen. There is a lot hush-hush, especially about problems. Too much deference to management, especially with the run-up in stock price which leads to too much fear of asking the hard questions. Because hardware is the primary focus, there is a cultural lack of understanding about how software development works, which is almost universally frustrating to software engineers.","Shouldn't have fired Forstall. The lack of a real software expert in executive management is unfortunate. Consider traditional UI design principles in your software. The need to memorize vast numbers of secret key combinations and one-off UI conventions defies logic or consideration for your users, and chases key influencers to other platforms. Get your user-identity management sorted out.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41858,apple,none," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start,"Loved the products, worked with great people, very knowledgable teams, amazing environment. Learned a great deal including retail, customer service, and technical skills.","You plateau very easily, extremely difficult to move into any management roll. Pay is good up front, but very hard to advance from there.","Treat your people better, focus on what makes them happy and keep them happy. Appreciate the good people and reward the hard work.",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41859,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Great for College,Great resume booster. Great peers to work with. Up-beat atmosphere.,Bad hours. Low pay. Lack of positive feedback. Hard to move up,Appreciate employees more often.,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P524.htm
41860,apple,none," Dec 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"At Home position which allows some flexibility and doesn't require commuting , frequent training , strong support structure between co-workers and management to help succeed in position","Shift scheduling, performance strongly tied to metrics",Continue building At Home program,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41861,apple,none," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare At Home Advisor College Program,"+coworkers were cool, team managers were helpful and supportive +decent pay for a college job +employee discount","-work hours were very unforgiving at times. scheduled to work on weekends leading into a full week with only one day off to break the schedule -no visible upward mobility within the job, either you'd stay as a remote call center rep, or you'd graduate to being a call center mentor -high stress if you are not prepared for full time on the phones -live and die (figuratively speaking) by statistics and caller reviews which can be fairly given out, or unfairly -at times, the reference software would freeze and crash while assisting customers, which leads to longer call times -general feeling of odd complacency with working in the remote call center among coworkers, simply because ""it's Apple we're talking about""",Allow for students to be flexible when moving into their school schedules to prevent problems. Possibly allow for employees to facilitate a move into retail work if allowable.,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41862,apple,"South San Francisco, CA"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple family room specialist,They give stocks and a lot of benefits,There are a lot of customers,Nothing really they are pretty good,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41863,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Tier I Service Representative,CSR,Work at home opportunities incentives all the time,Working every weekend and sometimes you have ridiculous hrs.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41864,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SQA product integrity at Apple sensors testing engineering to avoid. disrespectful and poorly managedd,Apple has a good benefits,"Paranoid management, disrespect, constant tension, and long hours . Do not apply in these jobs : gas gauge SQA and thermal SQA it is the worst teams with the lowest level managers you can work for litteraly it is a gang they will screw you and they enjoy doing that",need to radical restructure of the sensors's team,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41865,apple,none," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Job,This position paid extremely well and had perks such as generous employee discounts and company car,Managers were poor in most cases. There was not a lot of career advancement opportunities.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41866,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 26, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Inexperienced managers make it hard,"Can work from home, pay is very good, benefits are top notch","shifts can change frequently, place WAY too much emphasis on metrics above customer satisfaction",Be consistent and find something nice to say to your employees every now and then,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41867,apple,"Denver, CO"," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Surrounded by smart intelligent creatives.,Hands down the people are the best thing about Apple retail. You meet new coworkers daily. There are about 115 in my store. Everyone is uniquely weird in their own way. Which is why we were chosen for Apple.,"All in all it is still retail and you will put up with some grumpy customers. But then again, there are some that absolutely love you for fixing their phones and will offer to buy you lunch or bring you candy or even just give you a hug.",I am not sure yet. Only been here about 3 weeks.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41868,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare College Program,Work from home Amazing benefits Vacation time Work with school schedule Nice people,Customers can be brutal Metrics are tough Not great pay Difficult to manage while in school Customers review you,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41869,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail specialist,"I love how Apple contributes a lot to being ""Green"" with their products and also encourage employees to volenteer to make the community a better place. Depending what market you work in, you'll move up fast.",Hard to move up within the company in Miami.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P525.htm
41870,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail specialist,"I love how Apple contributes a lot to being ""Green"" with their products and also encourage employees to volenteer to make the community a better place. Depending what market you work in, you'll move up fast.",Hard to move up within the company in Miami.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41871,apple,"Oakbrook Terrace, IL"," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,This is the greatest company that I have and I'll probably work for.,"Easy to find your fit, benefits for part time and great salary. Also, a company where management listens to their employees","Hard to get extra hours and sometimes a long interview process. Otherwise, it's great job and I wouldn't work for any other company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41872,apple,"Binghamton, NY"," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Experience,Great team. Great environment with lots of opportunities to grow.,"The lousy customers, other than that nothing off the top of my head.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41873,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Mac Genius flagship store,Great company with excellent opportunities for growth. They are passionate about the products they make and the employees as well.,"Customers can be very demanding, making interacting with them trying at times.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41874,apple,"South Bend, IN"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Best retail job around,Apple is a company that genuinely cares about its people. Management is constantly soliciting feedback to make life at Apple better and better. Great benefits. Lots of support. Fun co-workers and work environment. Lots of opportunity for advancement. I learn something new every single day.,"I have worked at five different stores in a variety of roles. There are lots of tenured employees who have lost the initial spark. Each store has quite a few of them. They are cynical and negative people who bring down the rest of the team. Many feel like they have no choice but to stay with Apple because of the pay and benefits. Apple should take a page from Amazon's book and offer unhappy employees a ""buyout"" program, so they can leave the company in good terms and use the capitol to start something new.",Address and squash the negativity. Give unhappy employees a way out. Clean house. Customer satisfaction would skyrocket.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41875,apple,"Willowbrook, IL"," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Overall a great place to work.....,"Apple's standard of quality throughout the hiring process and training process is second to none. They truly invest in their employees and give great incentives such as discounts, training trips and more. The environment was focussed on giving the customer a 5 star experience and handling them with care from walking through the door to finalizing their purchase. They have great back of house systems in place and a great management rotation.",It's easy to get complacent and lost in the huge employee base. Every store can have up to 100 employees. I think that their business model could still use some tweaking in regards to what they offer businesses. I was involved in a few product sales for businesses and the offerings were kind of a joke. They do not have enough sales relationships with universities and schools hence why IBM and Microsoft own much of that market.,Inquire for better business towards the education system and small businesses. Live what you preach in regards to your expectations for employees at your store. Many managers do not have good employee relational skills but are more so sales driven.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41876,apple,none," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,-Benefits are good for health and education,-The amount of Work that is expected,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41877,apple,none," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and bad,"Best resource over the world, strong control over vendor","intense work, a lot of non-sense work",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41878,apple,none," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great benefits, all around good company to work for",Wasn't big on the position. If you are very customer service oriented this is the place for you,None. They were great,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41879,apple,none," Dec 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,They hire great people. Mostly good management.,Have to work weekends in Specialist role,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P526.htm
41880,apple,"South Bend, IN"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Best retail job around,Apple is a company that genuinely cares about its people. Management is constantly soliciting feedback to make life at Apple better and better. Great benefits. Lots of support. Fun co-workers and work environment. Lots of opportunity for advancement. I learn something new every single day.,"I have worked at five different stores in a variety of roles. There are lots of tenured employees who have lost the initial spark. Each store has quite a few of them. They are cynical and negative people who bring down the rest of the team. Many feel like they have no choice but to stay with Apple because of the pay and benefits. Apple should take a page from Amazon's book and offer unhappy employees a ""buyout"" program, so they can leave the company in good terms and use the capitol to start something new.",Address and squash the negativity. Give unhappy employees a way out. Clean house. Customer satisfaction would skyrocket.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41881,apple,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great for part time work, be wary if looking for full time","They offer great part time benefits such as insurance, stock options, 401k match, and even education assistance. You get great discounts and work for a team that is constantly growing and adapting.","Typically high volume, be prepared to work in a very demanding retail job. Your experience will vary greatly from store to store, and it is all dependent on having a capable leadership team.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41882,apple,"Willowbrook, IL"," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Overall a great place to work.....,"Apple's standard of quality throughout the hiring process and training process is second to none. They truly invest in their employees and give great incentives such as discounts, training trips and more. The environment was focussed on giving the customer a 5 star experience and handling them with care from walking through the door to finalizing their purchase. They have great back of house systems in place and a great management rotation.",It's easy to get complacent and lost in the huge employee base. Every store can have up to 100 employees. I think that their business model could still use some tweaking in regards to what they offer businesses. I was involved in a few product sales for businesses and the offerings were kind of a joke. They do not have enough sales relationships with universities and schools hence why IBM and Microsoft own much of that market.,Inquire for better business towards the education system and small businesses. Live what you preach in regards to your expectations for employees at your store. Many managers do not have good employee relational skills but are more so sales driven.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41883,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Getting too big but is still awesome,"Apple has a great atmosphere, some really, really talented people and great culture. They also do some really cool products where it feels great to be part of the process. There is a great collective feeling of everyone striving for the same goal and very little internal competition. Other companies may have bigger salaries, but it's hard to beat them on benefits. If you get into the RSU vesting schedule for a few years, you are certain to think twice before leaving and watching your unvested stocks go up in smoke. Work/life balance can vary, but it's very much up to the employee. However, when I had a death in the family, there was 100% support from my management and I never had to worry about deliverables or taking too much time off. It really felt like they were more concerned about me than my job. Experiences like that makes for loyal employees.","With intense growth there will be hiring and promotional decisions where compromises are made because there simply isn't enough people available. In the balance of quality (which stops shipping) and shipping (which can compromise quality) the company in recent years have slipped more to the shipping side, while under SJ it was securely on the quality side. Something to watch out for.","It's not enough to teach about what makes Apple Apple, you have to live it too.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41884,apple,"Los Gatos, CA"," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Review on Administrative Roll at Apple,"Flexible, fast-paced, high level of autonomy to get your work done. Generally, they don't care how you get your job done, as long as you get it done.",Lots of red tape and lots of politics to deal with at times.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41885,apple,"Riverside, CA"," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Best Company for College Students,Great benefits Ability to work from home Ability to make a decent living-good salary Huge discounts on products,Metrics are not all that reasonable with call flow,Use individual performance to consider who moves up the ladder rather than depending on the opinions of managers who may have bias opinions,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41886,apple,"Miami, FL"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist/Red-Zone Specialist,Cool Place for a part time job,Great place to grow and develop,Work Life balance during season,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41887,apple,none," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,the best culture in the world.,"Stop bringing management talent from outside, nature your loyal and knowledgeable internal talent who love the company.",Build more bridges betweenRet ail Strategies(Corporate) and Store Leaders.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41888,apple,none," Dec 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,exciting workplace,"lots of driven, passionate, and intelligent people working around you, good food in the cafeteria,","work-life balance isn't optimal, lots of managers who are too young to really know what they are doing, parking can be tough sometimes,",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41889,apple,none," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My time at the BIG A,Great benefits and pay is nice.,No work life balance unless Apple is your life.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P527.htm
41890,apple,none," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great work atmosphere and compensation...,no cons at this time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41891,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"good benefits for a home based job, healthcare, dental, vision, and paid leave. It's a REAL job.","So far, so satisfied with what Apple offered",Keep changing the world!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41892,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great opportunity!,"Great company, great benefit and great opportunity to change the world",So satisfied with what they offered,Keep momentum,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41893,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Full Time Specialist,Amazing Culture,"The one thing that keeps Apple retention high is the ""Culture"". Haven't experience a culture like it. Yes, they are a For-profit company but they are not driven by numbers but experiences in which I appreciate.","There's not much growth in the retail level but with the oppurtunity one should consider Career Experiences. But keep in mind, opportunities are limited and company wide.","Leadership at my particular store create relationships. Relationship that become Life-long. There are the few bad ""Apples"" but thats with any organization.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41894,apple,none," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I miss it.,"Great work environment, high pay for retail, great benefits, great training","it's a retail job. if i only worked weekdays 9-5 and no holiday craziness, i'd go back in a heartbeat.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41895,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Churn and Burn,"Great Co-Workers, 401k Match, Decent Medical, Stock Discount, Provided Equipment,","Deceptive management/training, told during training that flexing up to full time would only last a couple weeks but was untrue-- turned out to be mandatory overtime lasted over half a year with a full time schedule that was out of your control. Told that you have 100% call control, if 100% call control means having to follow a guide to do forced and scripted scenarios with management and told to use those same scenarios over calls (forced empathy is most uncomfortable) thats a shame. Told that you could do lateral movement to departments after a year of employment....out of the 20+ or so out of my training class only 4-5 survived the burn-out 1 has moved to a Senior Advisor role and the rest are stuck in whatever call que Apple puts them in against their will.  High burnout rate, If you look at AHA reviews on Glass door 80%+ of them haven't been with the company longer than a year and most are fresh out of training/nesting where they hype you up so much for how awesome the job is but the new car smell wears off after about 5-6 months of getting beat up on the phones.  Direct team management is hit or miss, some will take credit for something they had nothing to do with. (I contacted HR about 2 different issues and both took credit for a decision in my favor AFTER I contacted HR). Some will openly pacify and lie to you out job openings within the company and give you false direction then you call them out on it and met with more lies and deception.  Direct support while on a call is a joke, you either fumble on the call for 30+min and get a bad stat. Escalate to a Tier 2 Advisor who rarely wants to take the escalated call and get a bad stat or you put the customer on hold for 5+ min praying someone will answer you question in chat which NEVER Happens. Don't bother asking your team manager either, lunches...personal breaks, real life issues and them just not being there the majority of the unsavory hours and times you work (i.e Nights and weekends).  Initial training was fine, it was paid..in depth and had multiple mentoring sessions with great Q&A and lasted well over a month. Getting trained AFTER That is a joke, read some articles and self guided learning and lead you to the wolves, its a disaster and your performance will suffer and feed into any uncertainty you had about getting into your ""new"" role as well compounding your new found dislike for the proceedings.  Apple HIGHLY...HIGHLY advises not to talk about your job with anyone during your training courses, they even suggest not putting it in facebook. Its really a cleaver tactic not just to save themselves the rumors that float around major tech forums/websites but sites like these where people get scared to leave bad reviews on sites like Glassdoor. Nobody will care about a glowing review about Apple but they might think twice about leaving a bad one because of what they saw in training...well played Apple.  Company discount, you get a fair % and cash discount once every 3 years. Outisde of that its a joke--they want us to be proficient in the equipment we are supporting but they can't give us a device at cost once a year.  Work/Life balance is a joke, if you are right out of training get ready for some of the worst schedules you can imagine. Nights...weekends, you name it. With stats you can juke it can improve some but you are going to have to work a full shift on a weekend none the less more than likely.",Bottom line is that there is hundreds of people coming in every month for training and the ques are staying the same or getting slightly worse where you can see it in the internal software numbers . Attrition and burnout is so high within these roles they don't have anyway to fix and retain any of the advisors. Find a way to fix the problem,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41896,apple,none," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Easy to work your way up. Some management was great. Great community.,Hard work. Mean customers. Some managers would blow you off.,"Listen to your people, and let them know you appreciate them.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41897,apple,none," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business/retail,Great place to work with some of the smartest people,opportunity to move from retail/business to corporate is nonexistent,Keep hiring fantastic people! create growth opportunities and give exposure to your retail/business teams,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41898,apple,none," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its like every other job.,"Good people, Good ideas, Good Benfits, Steve Jobs","Glassdoors everywhere, You can see where you want to go, but you have to work for it.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41899,apple,"San Mateo, CA"," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"Great coworkers, good benefits, fast-paced environment, fun customer interactions, always learning about technology and emerging issues on the job.","Have to attend daily meetings that are aimed at sales people, have to listen to ""motivational speeches"" from some managers who think they have to constantly push people to be more productive by talking a lot, some customers are frustrating (they want to solve their inability to organize things on their computer), pay is low compared to other tech support positions.","Instead of trying to coach employees all day long, take a step back and see what you can offer I the way of support and improving the work environment for employees.",4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P528.htm
41900,apple,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius at Apple,"For a retail position, Apple pays more and has better benefits than any other company.","It is a very busy environment. It requires good multitasking skills. Also, the customers can be very unhappy.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41901,apple,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"great place to work, good company",must be very up to date,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41902,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,"the products, career development, seat at the table, positive environment","retail, retail hours, lots of initiatives all the time",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41903,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Expert,Amazing and innovative company!,Being a part of a great team that inspires and motivates each other. Best structure I have ever been a part of from management to the part timers.,"Typical retail cons, nothing more.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41904,apple,none," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Apple is a great place,"money and the lack of it, is an issue",Pay higher,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41905,apple,none," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialists,Good environment. Great place to learn and develop,Not enough movement in the company. I would have to stay there for more then 2 years for anything to happen,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41906,apple,"Fort Myers, FL"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Specialist,Work from home is the best pro.,Low pay but hey you are working from home. Done get too lazy!,need less responsibility to focus on each employees growth,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41907,apple,"Tallahassee, FL"," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - AAt-Home Advisor,College Program AHA,"There are great benefits for workers, especially for students. Works around school schedule and gives paid time off and some holidays.",Wages are not competitive and are given in a blanket sum to college students. Yearly wage increases are non-negotiable for college students and are barely discussed before being given.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41908,apple,none," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My time at Apple so far,"Great work environment, best I've ever had",work life balance is not so great,Keep doing what youre doing,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41909,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,Excellent experience,"Work at home, Amazing Managers, benefits are great as is pay. Swag and employee discount is really ace as well.",Hard to get communication at times with large teams.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P529.htm
41910,apple,none," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good brand name. You get discounts to all Apple products and you could get discounts for friends as well.,"Intellectual property agreement turns me off a bit since I like working on side projects, but it is what it is.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41911,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Project Manager,Why People Don't Leave,"Unlimited Opportunities Brilliant People Corporate Integrity & Values Solid Compensation and Benefits Amazing Products: Hardware, Software and Services","In a company this size, there are bound to be some people who don't manage well or have abrasive personalities. They generally don't last long. There are hundreds of opportunities here for anyone to find the job and manager that will allow them to do the best work of their life. When you find that place, you'll never want to leave!","Don't be afraid to take risks or let your teams take risks. Innovation is a messy, iterative process. You have an army of people ready to change the world if you keep them unleashed and engaged.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41912,apple,none," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Manager,Great people to work with and people caring culture and enviornment.,complex internal systems and too many support teams that have inconsistent communication,narrow down the support team's size and simplify the communication channel,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41913,apple,"Remote, OR"," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare,- Great benefits - Great managers,Somewhat lack of direction.... no clear path to promotions/management level roles - Very heavy metric based performance reviews,Define ways for top performing employees to go into a management role,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41914,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great environment, not many opps for growth","Great health benefits, great brand, good product discounts, good company culture","Not much opportunity for growth, no money for team activities or holiday parties",Create rotation opportunities/more opportunities for internal growth,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41915,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,Best company I've ever worked for,"Work from home Great benefits This company really does want you to succeed Advancing is simple, treat your customer like a friend and the raises and advancements will follow",Fast paced Not much interaction with co workers You have to be the type of person that truly cares or you will burn out,Great job. I have worked for many of the top tech companies and have never seen a company stand behind the workers as Apple does,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41916,apple,"Chesapeake, VA"," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great Experience,"From home, Great training, Got a raise after a year","Only part time, no additional hours to get",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41917,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Work Life Balance,Health and Stock Benefits Coworkers and Management are top notch.,"Work schedules change weekly, inhibiting even an average work-life balance.",Raise the pay for the Specialist and Family room staff. Have the seniority work staff have fixed schedules,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41918,apple,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok job,"Great experience, great training and coworkers",Just didnt enjoy doing customer service over the phone,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41919,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Good respect for work-life balance, nice support for professional development. Mostly wonderful coworkers.","Density of store crowds could induce PTSD. Pay not quite commensurate for the value provided by employees, who have to endure and handle a lot of stress when the store is busy. Shift scheduling is highly variable/irregular.",Try to work out some way to offer a more regular/consistent weekly schedule.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P530.htm
41920,apple,none," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced tech firm company with suboptimal cooperation across groups,"Apple has tons of resources, both financially and headcount wise, which helps enable very cool products. More often than not you'll work with world-class engineers in a variety of fields. The engineering challenges are innumerable, which makes this place fun for problem solvers.","The sheer headcount lends to the high likelihood of duplicate work. Due to the gestapo-like levels of secrecy, it makes it pretty difficult to obtain access to peer groups and services. You'll also see TONS of politics and power struggles, especially when you try to cooperate across functional areas. Lastly, high levels of talent occasionally means you'll have to accept near daily doses of elitism, holier-than-thou personas, and sheer ""douchiness."" Perhaps it's just an overcompensating Si Valley thing. YMMV.","Lighten up with the secrecy checks by replacing it with common sense, and help engineers be engineers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41921,apple,"Dedham, MA"," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great part time job for college students, offers career opportunities for those looking to work full time.",+ Fantastic learning opportunities and training + Fun atmosphere + Employee Stock Purchase Program + Room to grow into different roles in the store,"- Apple ""brainwashing"". Managers tried to make it seem like working at an Apple retail store is better than it actually is. While it is a great job for those who have a passion for retail, it is still retail, which isn't for everyone.  - Busy work such as cleaning screens and organizing the store.  - Managers pushed metrics too much sometimes even though the position is not commission based.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41922,apple,"Mission Viejo, CA"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,good experience,"good benefits, easy enough to learn","customers, no commission, resetting passwords",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41923,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Working from home, employee discounts, good benefits","It is a great job for a young kid with no family - i.e. college student etc. However, not so well suited for those with family, kids etc, as your schedule can change often and you have little control over what hours you may end up working. For example, I had 730 to 630pm CST for six months, and then got reassigned in the next shift bid to 12p to 9p with only tues and wed off every week. Worked either Saturday, Sunday, or both every weekend for three years. Also had to work every Christmas AND Thanksgiving for three years. Two or three times a year there is mandatory overtime, to the tune of anywhere from 8 to 20 hours EXTRA per week.  If you are ok with these kinds of expectations, go for it.","Strive to be more atune to work/life balance and give people better control over their work life with scheduling choices, option to have some holidays off on a rotating basis.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41924,apple,none," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work-life balance,"Good travel benefit, smart people",Long working hours and high stress level,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41925,apple,"Marietta, GA"," Dec 4, 2015","Current Employee - Retail &amp, Inventory Specialist",Easy,"Easy to learn job, laid back fun place to work at",Too much favoritism. If you are not kissing manager butt the performance you put out gets little acknowledgment,Stop always siding with customers it makes the employee look very bad,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41926,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,One of the best Silicon Valleys at present,"Apple currently offers competitive salaries and benefits, interesting projects, smart colleagues and a comfortable workplace.  Of note is Apple's contribution to the 401(k) plan. For the first two years, the maximum matching contribution is 3%, but increases to 4.5% after two years of tenure and to 6% after fives years of tenure. Other employers such as Oracle and (before the Oracle acquisition) Sun offered only a 3% maximum matching contribution. And the Apple matching contribution vests immediately, unlike for example HP where the matching contribution vests only after three long years, incredibly, HP will confiscate its matching contribution if you leave HP for any reason prior to three years. Apple won't.  Also, Apple's medical insurance is top-notch, easily besting for example the medical insurance of HP. With HP's lowest-deductible health plan, a $3,000 MRI will cost you $750 out of pocket ($500 deductible plus 10% of $3,000 less the $500 deductible) whereas with Apple the MRI will cost you nothing out of pocket. Apple's medical insurance is among the best that I've seen in Silicon Valley, and rivals that of Oracle and Sun.","My only complaint is that Apple is hiring so rapidly into my department that we all have to share an office with another employee. Perhaps when we move to the new ""spaceship"" campus I'll get a private office.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,100,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41927,apple,none," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,the most amazing place in the world - hard to find a company that makes dreams come true,didn't make the cut - tough to stay on with such rock star teams,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41928,apple,none," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business specialist,People are very passionate to each other,hard to get promotion like most companies,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41929,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Pretty Nice Pay, Relative. Great Company!",For what you do each day it is nice pay. Amazing benefits.,"Arguably should be paid more for the level of importance to the company in customer retention, repairing relationships, etc.  Very fast paced and demand is always high. Can get stressful doing customer service for extended periods of time.","Figure out better solutions to educational opportunities that clog the Genius Bar and limit access to actual hardware and software repairs, troubleshooting.  People that come in to learn how to do something with notebook and pencil in tow, helping people with Gmail and other out of scope things are stressful and neither customer nor employee typically leave satisfied.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P531.htm
41930,apple,"Greenwich, CT"," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialies,Excellent company to work for.,It takes quite sometime to get a full time job.,Open more often opportunities for people to stay.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41931,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Environment, lower Pay",Apple provides great training and involves a lot of great people. They are flexible with their benefits and work with you when situations arise.,"It is very difficult to get promoted in Technical Support. Each opening has hundreds or thousands of people applying for it. Everyone in the company is top notch, and its very difficult to stand out in the crowd. The pay is lower than what other companies pay for similar services.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41932,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Engineer,"People outside the company immediately take you seriously, makes getting traction with vendors etc. very easy. Some of the perks are nice.",Caustic corporate culture values noisy schmoozers over people who like to buckle down and work hard on technical problems and actually do something of substance.,Nothing I could give. Company is a thorough embodiment of Steve Jobs' attitude of getting others to do his work for him and browbeating them until they deliver.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41933,apple,"Christiana, DE"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,Great benefits Great team of employees,Completely changed after Steve was gone All corporate micromanagement,"Treat employees with respect and treat us like individuals, not replaceable parts to your ecosystem.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41934,apple,none," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy after 5 years,"Depending on your department, work life can be a challenge but if you love your job...its hard to notice",I would say the same would apply to many technology companies,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41935,apple,none," Dec 4, 2015",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Fast Paced and Great Development,Company has great benefits and opportunities to develop your skill set.,"It still is a retail store. Tough hours, customers can get annoying, and pay really is not that great based on what I could be making elsewhere.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41936,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Dec 4, 2015",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,,"There were a lot of benefits to having his position. I enjoyed the incentives, hourly wages, employee discounts, etc. At times it was a lot of fun working with your team. Occasionally you get ""Apple Swag"" sent to your house to build team moral.",You must accumulate sick time and time off. Make it very difficult when trying to go somewhere on spring break or anywhere during the summer as your work full time in the summer. Apple takes individual metrics and performance very seriously.,"Don't rely on metrics and ""measured performance"" to base an individuals work ethic off of. Sometime you get stuck on a long call which you cannot help, that should hurt you in the long run.",4.0,2.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41937,apple,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Don't Do It, Genius Review","There is a team atmosphere. There are development opportunities for proactive and talented individuals, if one is willing to commit a very long time.","After a while, you get burnt out. The days begin to feel hollow and repetitive. Customers are the worst because they are unreasonably needy and verbally abusive. Apple enables this behavior by doing whatever they can to shut up the loudest complainer, even if that means giving away free product to them. Near the end of my tenure, I dreaded going to work.","Only keep the Genius Bar open from 9-5 like any other reasonable establishment. Start charging money for the Genius Bar to cut down on the massive flow of people. PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES MORE MONEY!  And finally, scrap those red t-shirts for holiday. If you very subtly changed them from red to green, December and January wouldn't feel like the Running of the Bulls.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41938,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - T2 IOS Advisor,AppleCare in Austin,"Good benefits, incredible campus, most admired company in the world, people are smart, you can actually get interviews in Cupertino, if you have the right experience. Tim Cook is doing good work.","AppleCare is a weird part of Apple. The hiring practices aren't what they used to be. You used to have to come from retail or have technical/customer service experience. Now they're hiring people straight out of high school with little-no experience. Management in AppleCare doesn't always have a level of experience or education that commands respect, IMO.",Help employees who have skills/experience beyond customer service.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41939,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great time,Learned so much at this company,nothing bad to say about the company. great time.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P532.htm
41940,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 3, 2015",Current Employee - Senior QA Manager,QA Manager,Great place to work on world altering consumer products,Priorities and time management can be better,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41941,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple is a great place to work.,Some of the best and knowledgeable people to work with. Training is top notch. Apple really knows how to set people up for success. One of the highest paid retail jobs.,No growth. Managers can take you for granted,Communicate with your employees a bit more and learn their growth.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41942,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 3, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Great people but culture of company is changing.,"Colleagues are friendly, smart and supportive. The work can be challenging as it is mostly customer facing but this means it can be incredibly rewarding. Fantastic benefits. Initial training is very detailed and mostly prepares you for your role. Discounts!",Moving to other roles in the store can be slow and frustrating if management don't 'like' you. Retail hours can be anti social. The pay is not the highest in the industry.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41943,apple,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Don't Do It, Genius Review","There is a team atmosphere. There are development opportunities for proactive and talented individuals, if one is willing to commit a very long time.","After a while, you get burnt out. The days begin to feel hollow and repetitive. Customers are the worst because they are unreasonably needy and verbally abusive. Apple enables this behavior by doing whatever they can to shut up the loudest complainer, even if that means giving away free product to them. Near the end of my tenure, I dreaded going to work.","Only keep the Genius Bar open from 9-5 like any other reasonable establishment. Start charging money for the Genius Bar to cut down on the massive flow of people. PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES MORE MONEY!  And finally, scrap those red t-shirts for holiday. If you very subtly changed them from red to green, December and January wouldn't feel like the Running of the Bulls.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41944,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,"Time off, benefits , vacation times","Politics, work pressure, no career growth",Stop doing constant re org,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41945,apple,none," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very average,Brand name and discounted products,Pressure cooker and a sweat shop,Lost,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41946,apple,"Buffalo, NY"," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Service Specialist,positive,extremely open and positive place to work. the culture of fearless feedback keeps any growth of cliques or gossip completely squashed. huge amount of support for personal growth and opportunity to change positions and apply for higher up positions.,Your store's attitude largely depends on the Lead Manager and can drastically vary from store to store. Depending on the month's focus goals can vary from one extreme to the next.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41947,apple,none," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer,High pressure low growth slave house,"nice products, good perks, nice location","boring job, little new learning",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41948,apple,none," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Pay, Continuous Change","Pay is great, even for people that are relatively new to the game. Benefits are out of this world great.","Change is continuous, so continuous it can be frustrating and you have to be extremely flexible. There is also a bottle neck on getting up into management positions.","Communication, more training time, better understanding os stress level home environment gives.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41949,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Lead Genius,"Great company, great store","Corte Madera is great store. Most of leadership treated you like family. But remember, they still have to run a business so as long as you don't take advanced of them, you'll be fine. A lot of tenure in this store. A testament to how well people like working there.","Customers from Marin who are entitled is the only negative thing you'll experience while working here everyday. Even though some corporate Apple people think that ""all Apple customers are the same - they demand the best"", Marin customers are a whole different breed. Visiting stores have seen and experienced it.",Keep doing what you're doing.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P533.htm
41950,apple,"Boston, MA"," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best Job Ever,Working with exciting people every day. Innovation is always key to success,What cons? NO cons at all.,Account people for taking responsibility.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41951,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,You will grow so much here if you push yourself. The environment at Apple changes every single day and the people running this place really show you how to keep up with that. You will test all of your limits and you will come out of it reaching your full potential. There's a reason it's so difficult to get hired here.,"Everything changes so fast that leadership can sometimes be on the wrong page. If you address it to them, though, they change immediately.","Keep up the amazing job. People in management are trained incredibly well and managers at an Apple Store are unlike managers anywhere else. They are diverse, much like all Apple employees, not only in how they work, but in how they are personally.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41952,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great products, smart people, interesting work but needs to be more agile","The compensation, benefits, and overall company offerings are top notch. The products and projects we work on are interesting and are seen and used by many. Being surrounded by many highly intelligent, motivated individuals pushes us to be better and gain more skills as we develop.","Work/life balance periodically gets skewed during deadlines, which can get stressful. Opportunities for career advancement are not always provided and many managers are too eager to ""build empires"" rather than focus on making their existing direct reports more successful.",Please be mindful of over-hiring and managers that seem to concentrate blindly on the number of direct reports they have. This is a recipe for disaster and one that will end with many employees unhappy.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41953,apple,"Washington, DC"," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great team, great environment, great benefits! An amazing opportunity for college students or young professionals in between jobs. I've learned so much - not only about technology, but also about people.","Because it is a retail job, the time commitment can be overbearing at times.",Make sure to listen to employee's needs and create more opportunities for growth and development,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41954,apple,"Columbia, MD"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Amazing culture. Rewarding job tasks. Great team. Great benefits.,Work-Life Balance is Zero. Your only friends will be who you see at Apple.,"Create a system where employee can opt-out of working past 6pm, with a voluntary pay cut.",4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41955,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Decent pay for retail, great working environment with friendly management and coworkers, 401K, stock discounts.","Over staffing, cramped work environment, overcrowded stores, rude and crazy customers...",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41956,apple,none," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,"great company to work with, talented people,","long hours, living cost high near company",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41957,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,wow,Some of the best reasons are the flexible hours and ability to make a lot of money doing this all from home. The Pau is nice too. I like that,There really isn't much to not like. You get go work from home in customer service and make decent living. If you can't handle the heat stay out of the kitchen. Right?,Spend more time focusing on really preparing people to be on the phone with angry people because that's what it will be like most of the time. Peoples stuff I'd broke they want it fixed and sometime you cannot just fix without them pay and they get mad,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41958,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 13, 2015","Former Employee - Specialist, Apple Store 5th Avenue",Good place for growth,No micromanaging. Flexible schedule. Excellent HR department. Very intelligent employees. Great benefits. Stock options at a discount.,Apple seems unable to keep up with amount of traffic at retail locations. Difficult and impatient customers at times. Upper retail management not from the tech industry. Too many hires for management from non tech retail.,Hire from within rather than The Sunglass Hut. Company should do more to promote internal cultivation and listen to specialists more often about conditions on the sales floor.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41959,apple,"Addison, TX"," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room FRS,"It's a fun environment as a ""while in school"" job, they work with your school schedule and even though your hours will never really be ""ideal"" it's good for experience. If you tell any employer you worked or work for Apple, it makes you look really good.","Growth in the retail side is slow and frustrating, if you want to move up in the company be prepared to wait and don't expect a huge raise.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P534.htm
41960,apple,"Cool Springs, TN"," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple is a good place to work... sometimes,"Good benefits Good healthcare Fun to work there, most the people are very nice Most of the time the job is fun if you know a little bit about apple products even though they train you","The hours can sometimes be a pain, you must be flexible. Sometimes the people you are trying to help can be a pain, as with any retail job you must be flexible with the costumer","When someone is trying to give a suggestion, actually take it into consideration, don't just throw it away as soon as they leave.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41961,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Nov 29, 2015",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Great work community,Great perks and work and life balance,"A lot of work, and others things",None,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41962,apple,none," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Job,Increadible environment to develop and thrive. Great people to work with.,Work life balance and interview process,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41963,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SAP CONSULTANT,Learn to work with Indian outsourcing companies. Learn Telugu.Speak Hindi in meetings,Only Indians work here. Feels like in India. Learn about all the Indian companies. h1Bs and L1bs. Rare to see a US citizen.,Prefer Indians only.Diversity needed. Don't recruit only Indians. Give opportunities to other races. Give opportunity to locals.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41964,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Inspiring management, lazy coworkers.","Working at Apple provides a lot of great benefits. Discounts on products, Apple and third party. Gym membership reimbursement, great health benefits, discounted cellular service. The work environment is fun and challenging, providing constant stimulation.","Pay is ok, barely enough to live in Southern California. Many coworkers that get away with sub par quality work and frequent call outs.",I'd wish you would bring the hammer down on all the people that don't really contribute.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41965,apple,none," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, but not exceptional",Great coworkers! Fantastic health insurance and perks.,Long hours on concrete floors. It's nearly impossible to get a full-time position. Career opportunities only kick in for full-time positions.,Open up more hours and pay your employees more.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41966,apple,"Durham, NC"," Nov 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MBA Intern - BI,"Good team, easy going. Flat organization.",long hours. Old school when dealing with processes,none,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41967,apple,"San Bruno, CA"," Nov 30, 2015",Former Employee - Visual Specialist,Inventory Specialist,"The people are amazing, learning structure is solid, departments work well to work with each other, great knowledge across the board and keep up to date with new tech.","Micromanagement by the leadership team, high theft due to it being a mall store near schools, mall food sucks, non-consistent schooles.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41968,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,"Fast paced, energetic culture. Super smart colleagues, who never balked at the most impossible seeming tasks. Great benefits, access to to latest apple products and great brand exposure.","Work life balance suffers due to long hours, lengthy international trips and round the clock con. calls and meetings. Frequent burn-outs after long and demanding product ramps.","Look at ways and means to start balancing out employees personal time vs work needs. Flexibility to move across functions was almost non-existent, could be better thought out to provide more options.",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41969,apple,"Portland, OR"," Nov 29, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Stressful but Interesting,"Great team, great peers, trust from management. My Apple team is like a family.","Lots of stress, minimal pay, difficult to move up, competitive market.",Work on making us feel valued.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P535.htm
41970,apple,none," Nov 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Engineer,Nice working experience and descent pays,Long working hours and extensive meetings,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41971,apple,none," Nov 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good coworkers. Too much pressure to perform.,Great coworkers and cool products.,Crazy busy. Overworks. Managers rarely give breaks. Push for loads of appointments.,Let genius slow down and actually give good customer service.,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41972,apple,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great Brand to have on Resume,"WORKING FROM HOME. This is the BIGGEST pro of them all. No hassle with traffic, saves on gas, no parking worries. Pretty much self explanatory.  BENEFITS. Are really good.  PAY. Apple pretty much pays living wages, which is higher than comparable positions of the same caliber at other companies. Also overtime is offered during the busy times/product launches, which is great if you need the extra money.  MISC. Telling people you work for Apple is a great conversation starter.. The SWAG they send, and they send you all the equipment needed to perform your job. Discounts on Apple products are great as well.","SHIFTS AND SCHEDULING. Anybody in the Apple AHA environment knows that one thing that keeps on changing is your schedule. If you value having a set schedule or have a lot of other commitments, then I would advise not to take a job in the AHA-sphere. Your shift is assigned based on your stats, but sometimes it can really just be random. And then you are stuck with the schedule, unless you are lucky enough to find someone to trade with. In addition to the schedule change frequency is the type of schedules that are offered. I've never seen such an odd array of schedules, with some schedules you do not have time to do anything but work, and very little time for anything else. Their explanation is the schedules are made to accommodate when the customers contact us (however weekends still seem to have a massive call/chat volume and understaffed.)  TRANSFERS. For some reason, you can be transferred to a different team or have a different manager transferred to your team out of the blue. Changing of mangers a lot is a biggie, as each have their own personal way doing things and ""rules"". So what was okay with one manager, may not be okay with another, and vice versa.  WORKING FROM HOME. Although mentioned as a pro, can be a con as well. Working from home constantly can soon become mundane and getting a case of cabin fever. Also you can feel a bit disconnected from your teammates since you are not in the same room/building/office with them talking face to face.  MISC. A small con in regards to metrics/stats and policies. You are always coached on providing a customer with more than average interaction, and strive to have complete customer satisfaction. Of course this is easier said than done, as there are many policies in place that prevent us from giving a customer the resolution they want, and this of course will effect your metrics/stats. And you have to be at your current position for 12 months before you can be considered for anything else (promotion, transfer, etc.)","A better scheduling/shift policy. Currently it's very difficult to get a 2nd job, or make any other commitments outside of work.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41973,apple,none," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Engineer,Great place to be at!,I am just so stoked to be here! I understand that there may be times that I will have to work more that 10+ hours but that comes with the territory in this type of fields.,None at all... so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41974,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,This is retail,Apple likes to preach work life balance and all that jazz but it's not.,It's retail all retail. You will not get paid enough to become customers therapist. I.e. Hold their hands while they cry about their liquid damaged phone.,Pay more and develope people to become leaders and actually follow what you preach.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41975,apple,none," Nov 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great pay Great employees Great hours Benefits,Micromanaging Annoying customers Overwork employees Lack of employee acknowledgement Holiday season,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41976,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,How do you like them Apples?,- work from home - decent pay - great benefits - awesome discount,- pay is less than competitive - I often felt like a guinea pig - no real career progression,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41977,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Good retail job that provides little recognition for hard work given.,Good flexibility. Strong training and experience. Leadership opportunity. Connection building. Good for students. A lot of discounts and perks. Probably best retail position available.,"Hard, exhausting work. Constantly working to staying time. Once you are no longer on time, you will not catch up. Little recognition between experienced employees over new. Pays lower than industry equivalent.","Begin to observe, recognize and compensate the individuals that stand out. The revolving door will begin to slow down and the overall experience to customers will improve.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41978,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Engineer,Good company,"Good company, lots of resources",Lots of micro management going on,More communication and cross team collaboration,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41979,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing company, very hard to move up","You will work with amazing people, and connect with a lot of customers. Every day you learn something new, its an amazing place to work.","If you want to move up and grow within the company, it is near to impossible. The training and development that you receive is amazing, but wanting to become a lead is very hard.","Believe in your people, give them a chance to show you that they can do it.",5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P536.htm
41980,apple,none," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,None a very good place and people to work with. Nothing bad that comes in mind for the job at the moment,NoneNone a very good place and people to work with. Nothing bad that comes in mind for the job at the moment,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41981,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Best Benefits,"Apple speaks for itself. Working for a powerhouse like apple comes with its perks! The benefits are way above average, the staff is all top notch and they Have their act together from day one!",I have only had one poor experience with apple and it has been because of a manager but it was no fault to Apple. I feel like the only negative is that it is very competitive and being promoted does not come without work,Always keep feedback focused on bringing out both and employees strengths and weaknesses. Also keep the focus individual rather than coaching the many,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41982,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,"Great Products, not so great workplace",Work on products everyone knows. Large corp benefits. Commute Alternatives throughout SF Bay Area.,"You basically have to work in Cupertino. Reluctance for telecommuting options. You will work many more hours than what you are payed for 99% guaranteed. Minimal childcare benefits (e.g. no onsite daycare). Crammed office buildings - small offices are shared between 2-3 people, some people get make-shift desks in hallways and lounge areas.","For the most part Management is making the right calls. Pay is not competitive with the rest of the industry given what is being asked of engineers at Apple. Avoid creating products and features that are just ""me too"". Apple needs be better and leap-frog existing products.",2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41983,apple,"Novi, MI"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Poorly run store,"Pay good, good benefits, flexible hours, discounts","unexperienced managers, too many workers, not enough hours","Give employees more chance to grow, have more smypathy",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41984,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Company culture is pretty good.,"Software wise feels like weaker than competitive company, especial in the field of cloud.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41985,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 22, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,A great job that I like and dislike,"Apple pays everyone well. Above average retail pay, amazing benefits! Managers will come talk to us, have a conversation and get to know each other, instead of just nothing-to-talk-about-if-it's-not-work-related. Lot of coworkers, amazing products and accessories to play with. Lot of freedom in dresscode, working hours, taking breaks(no micro-managing on lateness). Lot of talented co-workers with all sorts of talent. We work as a team, support each other-coworkers and managers. Managers here are exceptionally respectful, very well trained to lead (some people say apple hire a lot of outside managers, who cares, most important is they are competent leaders). Lot of very interesting customers, get to see a lot of celebrities. Apple as a company actively listens to feedbacks. Constantly provide things that enriches our work environment like food, music, more vending machine, etc. Apple has so many benefits that even me as a part-time can't even count!  Overall Apple changed my life for the better!! Lifted me out of poverty :D Helped me developed better personality traits like learning to setup expectations, developing habit of thinking outside the box,etc.","With good pay and a package of benefits, it also comes with a package of stress!!!  Lot of chinese customers who doesn't understand the product, and doesn't speak English, making it hard to communicate. Some customers haven't learned proper manners. Chinese customers will form a circle around chinese employees, waiting to be helped. While cutting out the willingness to be helped by someone else. Chinese employees deal with unusual amount of stress on the sales floor and genius bar.  A lot of co-workers. Very friendly, but very hard to form a deep connection. Because of several different reasons: 1- When you are on the sales floor, so many customers and co-workers, you will probably get distracted 2min within the conversation. 2- Schedule is so flexible that everyone has a different schedule, so you don't go on break with a specific person. 3- We have a break room, with a lot of co-workers taking break. Some goes to lunch, some are eating lunch. Some are on the computer, others are listening to music. Everyone is on a different schedule. If you sit down with someone... the most you can do is probably a 5 min dialogue. Will sure get interrupted by someone/something else-- other people asking questions, going back to work,etc. Before I came to Apple, i used to work in an environment where i can be next to a co-worker for 2-3 hours with a short 2min task to do every 20min or so. That allows us to connect with each other deeply and really get to know each other's lives. At apple, you probably just dive into some superficial stuff like how are you? Where are you from? Do you go to school? and... I heard that guy has a lot of Apple stocks. Heard of instead of personally listening. And after a year of working here, I don't know half the coworkers. So many of us, so many transfers, so many new hires. Can't really connect unless you take coworkers phone number, and hang out outside of work.  Another stress.. in the middle of a transaction with a customer, you may get interrupted by another customer, co-worker, or a manager assigning you another customer. You really have to step up your refusal skills to survive on sales floor or genius bar.","For some managers-- don't micro-manage on the floor and assign customers. That's adding too much stress to us. We've been told with the lastest information of what to do in the beginning of the day, so we know what to do. Just walk around, and only step in if someone ask for your help.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41986,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Best company there is!,They care for you as an employee and value your input. They compensate tremendously and make sure every employee is happy!,"There are no cons in this company. The benefits are outstanding, management is supportive, there is opportunity for growth and the team is always positive.",Transfer more often so that more positions can open up within the store.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41987,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Awesome company to work for,Great pay especially for a college student. Company really cares about the growth of each employee and trains you very well.,Call center hours are difficult to work with at times.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41988,apple,"McLean, VA"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great place to work!,Opportunity to grow in business team,daily work is often in malls,Do it!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41989,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Keep cool by keeping it cool,"Apple is one of the most progression minded companies of the hip future movement. Other companies are with it and may even catch up, but Apple definitely paved the way.",Apple got huge. I mean HUGE. Their retail options are way too slim for the product and demand for service is capable of offering. That cool feeling of seeing the most crowded store has turned into seeing one of the highest anxiety filled stores.,"Keep staying cool by keeping it cool. The stores are at a highest rapid pace right now. The amount of stress you endure is ungodly. But you are called the leaders to keep leading, and by that it means just being cool bosses.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P537.htm
41990,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Keep cool by keeping it cool,"Apple is one of the most progression minded companies of the hip future movement. Other companies are with it and may even catch up, but Apple definitely paved the way.",Apple got huge. I mean HUGE. Their retail options are way too slim for the product and demand for service is capable of offering. That cool feeling of seeing the most crowded store has turned into seeing one of the highest anxiety filled stores.,"Keep staying cool by keeping it cool. The stores are at a highest rapid pace right now. The amount of stress you endure is ungodly. But you are called the leaders to keep leading, and by that it means just being cool bosses.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
41991,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Automation Engineer,Automation Engineer,It's good company to work with.,Everything has to be picked up by yourself.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
41992,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Simply the greatest place I've worked at,"• Lots of accountability and responsibility given to the individual, with lots of trust from management. I was expecting the opposite before starting there, so that was a wonderful surprise.  • Entry salaries are fair, but from the stories I've seen around myself, if you get results, you get rewarded very quickly, and by a lot.  • Benefits more that fair, I heard it's one of the best, if not the best, in the Valley.  • People. In my corner of things, there was very little politics, and everybody was here trying to simply do their best with each other. Really amazing work environment.  • They don't hire fanboys in engineering, so you get a really nice variety of mindsets.  • Diversity, while still at a disappointing Silicon-Valley-esque level, is much better than in other Silicon Valley companies, and you can feel that it's that way because they know that's how you get a really complementary workforce. The campus itself just ""feels"" great (even though a bit cramped in collective spaces like restaurants, but they're working on it!).","I minded:  • No public stuff, no public speaking, no blogging, no open-source, no nothing (you're supposed to ask, and then you're told no). ,) I know many many people, probably among the strongest engineers I know, with a lot of open-source activity, who quit, refused an offer, or wouldn't even talk with Apple just for this reason. I do miss Apple, but I don't miss that bit, I enjoy every bit of public freedom now (as you can see!)  • Every engineer must be in Sunnyvale or Cupertino. There's a strong anti-remote culture, the right to move away from the over-expensive Valley is only for veterans. They let you be very flexible with your time (you can take some days working remote, as long as it doesn't go against the current projects), but that doesn't solve the fact that you still have to live in an outrageously expensive corner of the US, and there's no other choice. On the other hand, it's kinda cool to say in the morning ""oh, I wonder if that bit of the final product could change to accommodate what I'm doing"", and to have lunch with the person in charge of it that same day (that happened to me a bunch of times).  I didn't mind:  • ""Work hard"" culture. I didn't mind, but some people could. Definitely hard to maintain work-life balance if you're not careful.  • Sure, there was no politics and fanboy-ness in my part of the company, but I hear it can be very different elsewhere in Apple, notably outside of engineering.  • Engineering knowledge transmission is badly broken. Nothing is documented, and it's seen as a feature of innovation (I never bought it very much, but who am I to judge, so that's still fine with me). Problem is, in that case, you would expect a solid oral-explanation culture, but it's the opposite too, people expect you to figure things out with no oral explanation of anything. I've heard this numerous times from people everywhere in Apple, so this is not a local culture thing in my department, and as you would expect, a lot of time is wasted that way, either on trying to figure something out for days that could have been explained in 30 seconds, or achieving entire pieces of work that have already been done by other people before, but no one told you even if you asked. I eventually got around that by bugging people and asking them the same questions 10 times in 10 different ways, people were a little bit annoyed, but getting the knowledge made me far more efficient than other recent engineers in my department.  • Not as ""fun"" as other Silicon Valley companies, where you find workplaces with crazy stuff, and every day is weird. Apple decides not to follow the ""there's a slide in my office"" trend by design, and I actually prefer it this way. But if you want a truly full-on Silicon Valley experience, Apple is much more ""like other companies"" in that regard.","I understand why it's good to be careful with your employees' public activity, but maybe you've been a bit too far with it? Except for that, congrats for a really wonderful work culture!",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
41993,apple,none," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"The best role in the Apple Store in terms of job duties, pay, etc.","Hard work, pay could be better. Management has a big influence on how pleasant your job is, and management varies from store to store.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
41994,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Product Specialist/Expert,Apple Specialist,Not very metric-based. Very simple and fun place to work with big focus on the employees happiness. Good pay for retail but definitely not easy to get into.,"Positions for internal promotion are not easy. When hiring full time employees, expect one internall promotion from part time to full time while 3-5 externals are hired.","As long as you are not a manager who falls under the category as one who favorites certain employees, there really is no criticism i have to give.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
41995,apple,none," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Administrator,Good pay and benefits for most positions,Work/life balance is non existent.,Remember that your employees are people,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
41996,apple,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - South Carolina,Family Rooms Specialist,"Great people and often fun. The customers typically weren't too bad, either.","They push you to you limit as far as work load and customer help. Instead of hiring new employees, I had to juggle 4 customers every 15 minutes. For the pay, it wasn't worth it",Hire more people.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
41997,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Under the shiny exterior it's still a job, but a good one!","Fast paced environment with lots of people-person opportunities, whether it's working with the customer or with peers. An environment full of bright and engaging peers. For a retail job, it pays a nice wage, yet at the same time it's not like any other retail job and you really do earn every penny of that wage. Aside from the pay, the other benefits are great too: product and service discounts, healthcare benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off for both full- and part-time employees. During hectic times such as product launches and holiday, the company effectively ensures that a fun environment is maintained.","As I mentioned, it is a fast-paced environment, and a very intense one at that. Stamina and pacing are key. Sometimes, getting time away can be difficult if not planned far enough in advance. And politics.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
41998,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,"Great place to work, lots of upward mobility, promotion. Strong compensation, smart co-workers, interesting work.","None, its fantastic but join only if you love what you do, long hours required.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
41999,apple,none," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Time of my Life,"Brilliant people, brilliant products.Exceptional leadership.",Work life balance -- but that's self imposed. It's hard not to give it your all when you work with such and amazing group of people.,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P538.htm
42000,apple,"Miami, FL"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,An amazing experience if you have the right leaders.,You work in a dynamic environment that will teach you valuable life lessons on a regular basis. Surrounded by amazing people for the most part that all have something to bring to the table.,Most of leadership in the South Florida market has little to no regard for the company's culture. Cutting costs even if it means over working a department.,Manage your resources more efficiently.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42001,apple,none," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,There is a lot that is great at Apple. Sometimes you have to switch orgs to find it.,Awesome company. Awesome compensation and benefits. It's relatively easy to move between orgs once you are in and have put in a few years. You get a chance to work with industry leading engineers.,"Work life balance can be challenging. Also, not all orgs are staffed with the same level of engineers. Some groups choose not to be innovative and some folks prefer to maintain unchanging routines. If you end up working in a group like this and you want to remain competitive as an engineer you may need to shop around and apply for jobs in other orgs/departments within Apple. Don't be afraid to leave Apple if you can't move orgs. Engineers leave and come back routinely.","Overall upper management at Apple is very good. However, it seems each year at review time lead/sr. engineers are moved up to management and sometimes (probably a lot of the time) great engineers turn out to be lousy managers. Managing is hard! Maybe offer more training to people that would like to manage someday before they actually become managers.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42002,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work!,Fantastic co-workers and management on my team. Large corporate environment provides wonderful opportunities for knowledge/experience growth. Transportation options are great for commuting to Silicon Valley from throughout the Bay area. Benefits are awesome.,"Super, super, super busy. Be prepared to do the best work of your career.",Keep going! Apple is truly firing on all cylinders.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42003,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Apple Solution Consultant,Real friendly people Great benefits even for a part timer Very appreciative,Most training and product info is on you.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42004,apple,none," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Times are changing,Working with the best people in the planet,"The Apple ""culture"" has changed Limited room for growth Favoritism",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42005,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Good discounts and fun enviroment.,Hard to get full time position.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42006,apple,none," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good money, but overworked","Excellent benefits, good pay, good discounts, generally a good management team","Workload has increased dramatically, compensation has not followed.","Hire more staff, stop expecting one person to be able to do the work of five.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42007,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Amazing at first and then it becomes very difficult to maintain the excitement.,"People, product, environment. If you enjoy working with intelligent and interesting people selling the best product in a extremely fast paced environment you will love it.","Environment, lack of support. Although a pro, the environment can become ridiculous at times. Complete sensory overload. Good people leave while plenty that shouldn't be there are still there.",Don't let the great people leave.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42008,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Nov 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,The team you work with is great. Everyone is encouraging and willing to help.,Customers can be difficult. You have to be able to brush things off and give the best experience possible.,"Don't always act like you drank the ""juice"". While managers were great, they always seemed to be ""high"" on apple.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42009,apple,none," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack of Openness,"Great company, exciting work with driven people from all backgrounds.","- I was moved into a different office further away, turning my 2h daily commute into 4h. - Not much room for movement as the teams are fairly isolated",Ask your employees before doubling their commute.,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P539.htm
42010,apple,"Houston, TX"," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Apple Genius,"Amazing training, support and growth of skills",schedule. I was in retail,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42011,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 28, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,benefits and disadvantages,Fun and extremely beneficial benefits.,Not allowed to buy stuff from samsung and get it to work.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42012,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Preservation/Operations Specialist,Enjoyed my time,"Fast Pace, Fun environment, Diverse employees, Everyday is different. Felt appreciated for the hard work.","Job Growth, Typical politics with in management teams.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42013,apple,none," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,I love my job. I feel so good coming into work. I am the happiest I've ever been since I started working for Apple. Lots of career opportunities. Great benefits. Awesome pay ( so I don't understand those who complain about it ) . Amazing team and environment. Rewarding work.,Very busy which can get stressful.  (No other cons but glass door makes me write at least 20 words for a review portion),Thank you for genuinely caring about your employees. It shows day to day. Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42014,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Nov 29, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,"Over worked, under appreciated","You'll definitely get your scheduled 40 hrs, and there is no question of job security. Benefits are unbelievably amazing. Full time employees share the same benefits plans as corporate.","Work life balance is not a huge consideration. Any more, employees seem less like the soul of Apple and more like expendable parts. Use them til they burn out, then replace.","Work with employees on work life balance and advocate for better pay. As far as tech support goes, there is a reason your technicians leave after certification. You can make so much more money with less work and responsibility anywhere else. Leadership is all too aware of employee burn out, as it's mentioned in interviews. How about instead of acknowledge the problem and just moving on, working to find solutions for your employees over all. The issue is systemic.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42015,apple,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Advisor,Good training program Ease you into taking calls,Hours can be weird depending on your time zone Start with no vacation,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42016,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Retail and Tech Advisor,Very Competiitive and Difficult to Stand Out.,"As a retail operator, retail pay is above average, but may not remain above average with initiatives to push up the minimum wage. Cutting-edge and well-recognized brand that has opened doors for people who have left the company. Good benefits.","Hard to stand out because very competitive. Do not always get credit for experience outs tide of the company depending on the position. Pay increases are minimal cost of living-type increases, although said to be based on merit.",Understand what drives turnover.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42017,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Tough to manage work life balance,Great n challenging projects that I have never seen before. Happy to see that my work is visible in customer hands,"No time for personal things. Always on fire, issues, unplanned tasks. Even if we go for team lunch, we rush back in 30-45mins",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42018,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Good company to work for.,Nothing in particular - as any big company would have there will be some bureaucracy,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42019,apple,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,great benefits and work environment. My boss is great! awesome introduction to a higher business setting. Work from home,none that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P540.htm
42020,apple,none," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great company,Great healthcare benefits and discounts,"Retail hours, lack of autonomy",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42021,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,So Much Love for Apple!,"Amazing benefits, amazing people (coworkers and managers), wonderful environment, so positive and refreshing, progressive company, lives its values. Would have worked here forever if I hadn't had to relocate.","High stress, high pressure, can be difficult to progress in career",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42022,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great place to work but busy.,"Great Benefits, lots of development. If you ever leave, there are tons of people who love seeing Apple on your resume",Everyday is an emergency at an Apple Store. You will burn out eventually. They try to do what they can to prevent it but it can't really be helped with the volume that you see.,"Expand retail operations! More stores, more employees so that we can serve our customers better.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42023,apple,"Millersville, PA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,A Refreshing Experience,"Awesome Pay Interesting Coworkers- I worked with producers, artists, professors, and an oncologist A lot of Training Unbelievable Benefits Great Managers- Leads","Customers- The scarcity of stores bread customers who drove 3 hours just to be told they have to wait at least another hour to be seen. I get the frustration- however, I don't need it. Weekend Freedom",Spread the word to other managers of the world,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42024,apple,none," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great people to work with. Everyone is positive. Loved helping people. Highly recommend this job.,The pay is low for the job that is required.,Increase pay.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42025,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great company I meant it's APPLE,Competitive pay and great benefits,Busy Holiday schedules but still a plus because of the holiday pay,Management is awesome,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42026,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Business Manager,Amazing Company,Experience of a lifetime. Great job to learn about tech.,Ethnic diversity within management needs to improve.,Business Sales needs to be a focus through all channels.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42027,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 29, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Take Some Good with Some Bad,"Great co-workers, great benefits, good compensation",Not a lot of opportunities for advancement,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42028,apple,none," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Awesome company. A lot of opportunities.,None.the company is amazing to work for.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42029,apple,none," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Apple designs the best mobile CPUs of anyone. The strong team this company has assembled is years ahead of the competition. It's exciting to see things you work on going into the market-leading products. There is a less formal process for getting things done than at other large companies.,"By Silicon Valley standards, Apple is pretty secretive internally. It can take a while to get clearances to access all the code and documentation you need, so expect to ramp up slowly. Because of the secrecy, people often work in silos and you will not have a clear picture of what everyone on your team is working on.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P541.htm
42030,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Operations,It's all about you.,"Started in retail, and later moved into corporate. It's all about you.  Great personal development schemes and lower level management really wants every individual to get where they need to be.",Interview upper management a lot more closely. I've met some individuals who were very disappointing to work with.,None!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42031,apple,"Ontario, CA"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Pretty good,"It was alright, provided a lot of experience which is always great.",Sometimes the management wouldn't even know what to do in certain situations but it occurred only twice.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42032,apple,"Tallahassee, FL"," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Not a Bad Job,Great Company to work for Good Job with pretty good pay for being a part time job from home.,"With this job you will deal with alot of customers who are very angry, and sometimes they do take it out on you. Apple does a good job teaching you how to deal with this, but it will happen a lot.  The second level of training was less than desired. We spent a month training on how to fix phones only to spend the majority of our time working on computers (2 week crash course)","Management was great, very understanding and helpful",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42033,apple,none," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - ITunes Chat Support/Team Manager Apprentice,A fantastic place to expand your skills,"Good pay, excellent benefits, discounts, but not just on Apple products. Opportunity for growth, ability to transfer to other departments easily.","lots of competition for higher roles. new ideas are implemented slowly (not necessarily a con, unless the current ideas aren't working as expected) lack of communication between departments.","Strive to do everything you can to help your employees reach their goals, and make their voice heard. Be transparent about situations, even if you think the person may not like what they're hearing.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42034,apple,"White Plains, NY"," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - BOH Specialist,Phenomenal place to work!,"- Great benefits - Great company atmosphere - Great communication between staff and management - Fun! No uniform, friendly environment, you feel like you're part of a family.",- Pay - Schedule - during holiday hours especially!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42035,apple,none," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love apple,"Awesome support, products and people who work there","its in the mall, its crowed almost every day",You need a lot of knowledge about apple products,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42036,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail Specialist,-incredible coworkers and managers -benefits -a very rewarding experience,-pay -work life balance -lot of customer service issues -very competitive for open positions,focus more on your employees from an individual stand point and point out their successes no matter how big or how small.,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42037,apple,"Ithaca, NY"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - ITunes Store At Home Advisor,Challenging work-life balance,"Great Brand, big reputation Amazing people Cutting edge tech",Shift work = no social life Poor career prospects You aren't valued,Value your staff more and they might stay longer,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42038,apple,"Durham, NC"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Great, but gets old",-great people -manager very involved in development -plenty of apple swag -great benefits and discounts,"-fast pace, days go by faster but more wear and tear on you physically","Look into at least helping people advance earlier than you are now, people are getting burned out way before reaching their goals.",5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42039,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,Apple,- work life balance - colleagues - tech fan culture,- senior management - not enough communication,not responding,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P542.htm
42040,apple,none," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Great benefits, great people, good pay. Great product discounts. Opportunities for advancement",Stores are very busy/loud and customers will lot of times complain about this,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42041,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Awesome Experience!,Every day was different yet exciting and a very upbeat and fun environment! Was able to meet and connect with many different people. Discounts and benefits were great!,Not able to pick a consistent schedule. Had to be available for all shifts.,Allow for more advancement opportunities.,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42042,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,A Great Place to Work,Very cool stuff is happening,"A very hardworking environment, people work so hard here",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42043,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Good Company,great pay and environment. Open communication.,No way to move up unless you're a superhero or you move.,Don't take numbers and ratings so seriously. You sample a small amount of people who come into the store.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42044,apple,none," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Cool environment - Great company and innovation,"Busy, busy - Nonstop from the time that you step out onto the floor",More management presence on the floor to assist when there's an overflow of customers,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42045,apple,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Matters,I got a good team and it made all the difference. Look into specifics before you sign.,Poor work/life balance sometimes. Adjustment can be difficult,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42046,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Channel Sales Rep,Great people and products. Apple is a company you can be passionate about selling other people on.,Lots of ambiguity in processes,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42047,apple,none," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,loved every single minute of it,nothing at all to complain about,do not have any advice,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42048,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Product Design Engineer,Associate,it was amazing experience i will never forget,"i like dells better, PC Rocks",sell,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42049,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Challenging and rewarding,"Great team atmosphere and a strong company culture create an environment in which you feel comfortable and thus are more likely to succeed. They are great teachers and are patient with you, which allows you to focus on the customer service and the quality of the product being presented, rather than being worried about your future employment.",A little bit too much micro managing at times and work/life balance can be sacrificed in order to help the common cause.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P543.htm
42050,apple,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Specialist,Energetic and positive work environment,Vacation days should be increased,Keep up the good work,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42051,apple,"Miami, FL"," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great people, great hours, and great culture","If originally part-time, it is hard to later on get full-time",Some managers need to try and connect more,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42052,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 8, 2015",Former Employee - Tier I Tech Support,Apple of My ,Work from home. Extensive training and very good support from middle management. Decent employee discounts. Product perks and morale booster bonuses.,Difficult to move up the chain of command once you are established in a particular position.,Be honest with employees as to what the best way to move up the ladder at Apple would be. Would encourage employee loyalty and keep talent long term.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42053,apple,none," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really good starting job,"Good benefits, great team, opportunities for advancement fun work environment","Retail hours, management is hired from outside, customer is always right to the point where management won't back you","Back your employees, help them move up instead of trying to keep them in your store only",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42054,apple,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,"You can very well find yourself with the company, overall the best culture you could ask for.biggest benefit are the people that work there are a huge wealth of knowledge.",advancement can be both subjective and political.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42055,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Great Place to Work With Great Engineers,Smart and motivated team is great to work with. It's also fun to work on products that so much of the world uses.,"Work life balance can be difficult depending on the group you work in, but it's been improving and gets easier for the individual with experience.","From what I've seen, Apple management strategy is to hire good people and give them everything they need to be as productive as possible, which is great. Keep it up!",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42056,apple,"Israel Haul, DE"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,general review,great people and great career opportunities,long work hours and high pressure,keep it great,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42057,apple,none," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits!,"Great place, team, and opportunities to move up.","None honestly. It was all positive, you may have 1 or 2 consumers having a bad day every once in awhile but don't let it discourage you on the job and change their mood around.",Doing great!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42058,apple,none," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,"Great work environment, great benefits, great life balance",That I will not be working there anymore,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42059,apple,"Joplin, MO"," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Amazing experience with work life balance.,"Flexibility, independence, amazing opportunity to work from home and not have someone constantly micromanaging you from behind","Low-pay, you will spend an abundance of your time helping people who aren't qualified to operate a calculator",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P544.htm
42060,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Integration Engineer V,System hardware engineering,"Rewards results, plenty of interesting work, many smart peers to learn from, competent executives, demands excellence all around, fun environment","Not many cons if you are the work hard play hard type, demands commitment, texting at all hours if there is a need, may be too competitive for some","Keep it going, keep taking risks, keep company culture competitive and hungry, keep hiring standards high, find the right balances between being meticulous vs productivity.",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42061,apple,"Joplin, MO"," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Amazing experience with work life balance.,"Flexibility, independence, amazing opportunity to work from home and not have someone constantly micromanaging you from behind","Low-pay, you will spend an abundance of your time helping people who aren't qualified to operate a calculator",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42062,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid place to work,Great and smart people. Enjoyable environment.,A bit chaotic at times.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42063,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Expert,"Fast paced job, pretty good pay, good benefits, caring upbeat co-workers, fun work environment.","Hard work/life balance, 9 hour shifts, poor management, boring store meetings, consistent frustrated customers.",N/A,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42064,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"They have great benefits for both full-time and part-time workers. You learn the necessary skills - which can be advanced with their employee development services - for any career, whether it be with Apple or another Company.","At least for the flag ship stores in New York City, I can say fellow employees had issues concerning politics and scheduling. Those employees believed Managers select candidates based off personal bias rather than abilities. For scheduling, if you're full-time there isn't really any flexibility, many employees scheduled almost every weekend to work as late as 10:30pm.",I never had issues with how Management operated. The truth is that a type of store like that with that much traffic frustrations concerning support are expected. Management knows this and they are always looking for feedback from their employees which they indeed do their best to make changes. You can't make every employee happy since every employee is unique and may have contrasting feedback.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42065,apple,none," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Working For Apple,"The pros working for apple are: flexible work schedule, room for advancement, and a family company culture. They believe in team work.",The time line for advancement is very lengthy. They make the opportunity for advancement tedious and detail driven...,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42066,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great company. Great people. Great benefits. Boring job.,Decent pay on top of tuition reimbursement Full health care and flexible schedule,Work is very boring and monotonous No great upward mobility,Understand that the job sucks.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42067,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"It's simply ok, nothing too exciting.",- Good pay. - Good benefits. - Good food. - Get free Apple products (while you're there).,- Long hours. - Long commute. - Lots of politics.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42068,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,Great people and great self development,Mobility in company and pay,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42069,apple,none," Nov 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,my work experience,you want to work here if you want to give up your life,99 problems but a dollar aint one,na,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P545.htm
42070,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Integration Engineer V,System hardware engineering,"Rewards results, plenty of interesting work, many smart peers to learn from, competent executives, demands excellence all around, fun environment","Not many cons if you are the work hard play hard type, demands commitment, texting at all hours if there is a need, may be too competitive for some","Keep it going, keep taking risks, keep company culture competitive and hungry, keep hiring standards high, find the right balances between being meticulous vs productivity.",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42071,apple,none," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,It is what you make it- don't be afraid to ask for help,"I worked at two different stores, one in New York City and one in California (Bay Area).  I really enjoyed having a structure to each day and a sense of direction and goals within my role.  They provided excellent training and were supportive of my desire to transfer, even matching my pay. When I hit a rough patch in my life, they provided a lot of good resources for me and were really understanding, which is pretty rare and pretty great.  I also just had fun working there. There were many days where I laughed so hard that my face hurt. I made a lot of wonderful friends and it changed my life.  It is what you make of it and no, it's not for everyone. But it's a great way to get into the tech industry and can take you far. It also really IS the best retail job, if you're looking to go that route. It's really rewarding and you're always learning new things. The perks/benefits/discounts are great.","Work-life balance was a constant and often painful struggle for me, and ultimately one of the biggest reasons I decided to leave. I had never worked a full-time retail schedule, so for me- as someone with a delicate immune system and a need for routine- it was a huge shock and really compromised my abilities to do my job. If you've already worked retail, you'll probably do better than me. That said, if you ask, they will be flexible for you in turn. So don't be afraid to ask.  Sometimes it would feel as if we weren't being told everything we needed to know for our jobs. But it all changes so fast that I guess it's not realistic to expect that...? Who knows. It's also very different from one store to the next.  You will end up giving a lot of yourself to your customers and I think sometimes this is encouraged to a point that is unhealthy. If you're a people-pleaser, you might have a tough time.  I also wish they had a coffee machine in the break room...","Training and personal development time should be prioritized more on a day to day basis, for every role, even cross-training. Give us a little time during the day to sit and regroup instead of being so tightly zoned...especially when first coming in to work during the start of one's shift, but also throughout the day.  The ability to move up/around seems to hinge on store-specific politics and really specific qualities/competencies. I don't know if this is the best way to encourage growth within the company. I think it's too much like typical retail and that this mentality hurts the employees on many levels. The bottom line is that Apple is consistently selling more and more iPhones than the year before, and I think the workflow of the store has yet to truly adjust for that in a way that makes sense.  Still, I've never worked anywhere that has been so supportive of me as a person and as an employee, both emotionally and otherwise. That's really great...keep doing it...so many companies lose this in their quest to create perfect employees!",4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42072,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,"Fun, Exciting but Underpaid.",A fantastic experience with top notch people as coworkers. We all were truly lie family to each other. Company is always changing and evolving. Starting to feel very corporate though. Product launches were a blast!,Underpaid for how hard you work. I worked as a Business Specialist and my yearly wage was laughable considering how much money I brought in. If I even got 1% commission I would have a healthy wage and would have stayed.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42073,apple,none," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Was thrilling to work on projects I wanted to advance on my own time and be supported by the company!,I did not like the micromanagement style,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42074,apple,"Athens, GA"," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - College Program At-Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor,"Definitely give you the tools you need to succeed. A very friendly environment all around. I did the college program so they also sent me plenty of random times like shirts, cups, bags with Apple branding on it.",Lots of long hours and includes one weekend day for a full shift. It was a lot of balance between work a school.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42075,apple,none," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,"Great working experience, get to learn a lot due to the great products you deal with and travel is good","Very demanding and consuming, always expected to work and no breaks",Need to learn to work with the people and not have demands which are not consistent,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42076,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Company Environment,Great Company that cares about its employees and provides wonderful benefit packages. Good opportunities for advancement through the ranks. Likes to hire from within when available. Overall fantastic company to work for.,Long work hours and stressful environments. Benefits are totally worth the efforts put forth. Can move up quickly within the company with dedication and determination.,Keep in mind your employee's sacrifices and determination. Show them that hard work pays off in the end. Keep doing what your doing and the company is sure to succeed long into the future.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42077,apple,none," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,technology,Apple is always a front leader in new and creative technology. Its great to get a jumpstart on whats coming next,in store politics are ridiculous. Favorites are played across the board and not because they are a person of talent but because they are but kissers,be a real person not just a robot on auto. your'e jokes are discriminatory and not funny,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42078,apple,"Rohnert Park, CA"," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Creative/Retail Marketing,Better than going to college.,Great environment. The people you work with at Apple are some of the top people in their fields. You meet extreme use of collaboration amongst teammates and others outiside of your team.  Training is amazing. They really want their employees to excel and give them the right tools to do so. The key is taking he initiative to want to learn and improve.  I leaned more about business and marketing than I did in my two colleges that I attended.,"Work/life balance is hard. Because Apple always excels to be the best at things, they really push their employees. Sometimes to the point where working overtime or stress levels start to rise.  It used to be that getting promoted was easy when I first worked there. Then after the iPhone Apple grew so big. Apple tries to promote from within but it is extremely competitive compared to the past to get an open position.",I was one of the few who was able to balance work/life. But I know many it is hard. Encourage more time off and more vacations.,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42079,apple,"Bernalillo, NM"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - AppleCare Advisor - IOS Tier II Tech,At Home Advisor,"Apple is a great place to work because they really understand that if you want your employees to take care of your customers, you have to take care of your employees. Apple is a world leader in customer service, their customers expect the best service! Because of this Apple takes great care of their employees. They offer a great total compensation package, training, benefits and support. Having employees that like their jobs, the company they work for and the people they work with, they are genuinely happy to help their customers and create a positive experience while resolving their customer's concerns.","Everyone you know with an Apple device suddenly becomes your best friend if they ever have a question or concern, and you may get calls at 2:00 in the morning when someone's Apple Watch stops working ,)","Always remember what it was like when you were on ""the front lines"", don't ever become ""too good"" to jump in and take a customer's call. Remember that your employees are your customers and even though you're their boss, they still deserve world class customer service. Lead by example by providing them that service, tailor your communication style to best match theirs and always ensure that their concerns are resolved in a timely manner.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P546.htm
42080,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Great people, great benefits, weekdays off at times, good pay for retail. You will spend all day on your feet and the environment is fast paced. Can be very hectic most of the time in the genius bar part of the store. Our team of about 50 in the genius part managed anywhere from 200-500 support reservations per day. They have very good training and even opportunities for retail employees to work temporary position in corporate Apple.","It is retail after all. Working holidays, working weekends, limited time off. There is zero room to even consider moving to corporate Apple from a retail start.",I would allow a little more work life balance for your retail employees....they're on the front lines after all. A bit more training for sales employees would go a long way in helping customers find their ideal products.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42081,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Working for ,"Pay is good, people are okay",Moving up isn't the easiest. Its all about politics. Its who you know and who kisses butt more to move up,"Look to see who is exactly ""working"" and not working to be on your good side.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42082,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good so far,Work culture depends on the group you are working. The group I am in has very good culture.,"The cafe food is ridiculously expensive. The prices have recently been jacked up by $2-$3 dollars. $9 for decent food, $1 for a tea bag. The company is trying to make money out of everything now. Cant believe the most valuable company with a ton of cash pile is cheaping out.  The parking is ridiculous so dont have an option but to eat in cafe.",Follow other companies and be a bit generous with your employees. Hint: food.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42083,apple,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,good experience in terms of learning customer service and sales,"the overall environment was fine, but the people work in the store don't seem to be sincere.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42084,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Staff Engineer,Great company,If you want to work with intelligent people join Apple. Fast paced no politics and excellent pay.,None I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42085,apple,"Miami, FL"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Apple Employee,Fun place to work. I really enjoyed working with my team.,I don't have many cons. Being promoted within apple requires drive and ability to take feedback.,Continue to encourage growth for employees through career experiences. It's a great way to leverage the team.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42086,apple,none," Nov 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall it is a good company,good pay. good benefit. morale is high,you will only get chance to learn a very narrow area as everyone is trained to be a SME in a really narrow area,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42087,apple,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Lots of room for personal growth and development, good benefits, company perks.",There is no work-life balance and we all have to work weekends.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42088,apple,"Plano, TX"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Inspiration without compensation,"Working for the greatest company on the planet has its perks: great benefits package, non-traditional benefits, stock purchase plan, stock grants, challenging and rewarding work, doing something that actually makes an impact on people's lives. It's also great to work for a company where the leadership actually cares about and listens to the employees.","The biggest drawback is the lack of advancement opportunities. Working for such a large company, you would think the opportunities would be plentiful. Well, they are. There's just a few dozen hoops you have to jump through. And internal recruiting will take at least a month to contact you about your application. If you don't get a interview, you're likely to never hear from them at all. And the pay could be better. Look, I've worked in HR, I know how pay bands are structured and companies have to be fair & consistent to avoid lawsuits, but when you hold back employees from advancing simply because they changed departments so now they have to wait 12 months to be considered for a promotion is ridiculous.","Pay your talent well and let them advance, or watch them walk out the door.",3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42089,apple,none," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Smart and dedicated teams, awesome perks, great weather, happy coworkers (on most teams)",Traffic in the Bay Area is terrible. Expensive cost of living. long hours during crunch times are routinely expected.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P547.htm
42090,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Awesome,Flexible Schedule. Great benefits. No real pressure to do anything. Interesting Human interaction,The work gets old. It can be frustrating being at the end of the sales process,Allow employees to simply do their job and trust that they will.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42091,apple,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Technical Advisor,Great company to work for.,The hours can be a little overwhelming. Customer reviews are used to rate your performance.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42092,apple,none," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - ITunes Advisor,Low pay,Benefits Work from home iMac provided to use for work Discount Can't think of any others LOL,Make chat advisors do 2 chats at once Low pay for more work than a phone advisor Pay wasn't negotiable in interview Apple can afford to pay their employees more but don't Moved normal days off to accommodate a busy day without asking and without much notice,Pay your employees more. You're the worlds richest company. I don't think hourly pay somewhere in the middle of comparable jobs is acceptable. Apple should be on the higher end of the spectrum. Chat advisors should be paid more than phone since they have to help two people at the same time all the time. Hire more people to meet demand of customers and don't treat the chat queue as some kind of experiment since it's very obvious Customers love using the chat option for help.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42093,apple,none," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Look elsewhere.,The name 'Apple' goes a long way.,Plenty of coworkers have succumbed to the stress of the job via addiction or suicide. It's sad.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42094,apple,"Valencia, CA"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Things changed,"Great benefits- health, vision, dental, discounts Great training Chances for advancement Great for longevity Great co-workers and sense of team","It's still retail! so hours, customers, stressful during holidays and new product launches Focus seemed to change. Things were much more customer service oriented. Slowly have been changing to profits. Also my particular store had the favorites game and advancing only if doing what the store manager wanted you to do.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42095,apple,none," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job!,"Great work environment, awesome co-workers!","Nothing, loved it! Best retail job.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42096,apple,"West Palm Beach, FL"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great for retail,Cool job. Gray benefits but,not enough pay or hours to go around for part time employees,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42097,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Store Leader Associate,"Great place to grow and develop, but impossible to get to management.","I've acquired many skills from the experiences at Apple.  Perks of an Apple employee are great.  You'll work with the most talented, enthusiastic, and creative human beings on this earth.  You'll establish life long skills.","Work/balance is an opportunity.  Acquiring a manager job as an internal is unachieveable. They're more interested in external talent for leadership positions, instead of the gems that lie under their very own umbrella.  The huge disparities in salaries among the team. Someone can be doing less and getting paid more money.","Need more internal promotions to leadership positions and corporate jobs. Continue to practice the true fundamentals of leadership and try to stay as ""small"" as possible. It's easy to lose sight on the value of your internal talent as you continue to grow as a company.",4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42098,apple,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technician,Great work culture. Some of the best people I have ever worked with. Company cares for its employees and it shows.,Retail schedule is always tough. Tough to break through retail into corporate.,Continue providing opportunity for employees to use their skills and talents. Career experiences for more employees.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42099,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Nice,It's really fun and the people who work there are amazing!!i love all apple products and working for them is a honour,It's a long walk from my house and I can't really come there feeling good because of morning grumpiness. Other than that there's nothing wrong at all!!,Please trust us employees more,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P548.htm
42100,apple,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review,Amazing people. Great atmosphere. Management really cares.,Its still retail. People want you to do everything for them.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42101,apple,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Best company in the world,"Tons of energy, tons of knowledgeable co-workers",Impatient customers at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42102,apple,"Arlington, TX"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Tier II Technician,Great Company,NOT a job that thinks seniority is a good idea. If you work hard you get paid well even if it's your first year on the job.,working Christmas day....Honestly it is not like Apple Makes billions on Christmas day. The entire world knows Apple is GREEDY to make us work on Christmas Day. Also my son was born on Christmas day.,"Less emotional mind games, it is obvious and insulting. Just call a spade a spade without the drama. People for the most part want to do well at their jobs, increase the pay because we all know we are worth it.",5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42103,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,make or break in Apple,"great place to challenge your patience, to test yourself against a variety of different people.",poor middle management. Do things for the sake for doing. Feels like a lot of them are very judgmental even if they do not really know you.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42104,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great company to work for,"Apple really cares about their employees as people. They are serious about getting feedback from employees and making changes based on that. They have some sales quotas, but they are not difficult if you put in the effort. The community is really positive, and they (for the most part) do a good job hiring managers that can motivate you every day. The benefits are great too - they'll comp your public transit memberships, your gym memberships, and even offer 401k matching and discounted stock purchase plans.","They expect a lot in terms of hours. Working 25 hours a week was difficult for me as a student, and when I worked there they were fairly strict about absences (I'm told they've gotten less so).","Be more flexible in terms of hours - some people can only give 15 or 20 hours a week at certain points, and that should be acceptable. Otherwise, keep up the good work.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42105,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,"A big company that works very hard to seem small in a retail setting. In general, I always had a close relationship with my bosses and coworkers and felt empowered to make my own decisions. Great benefits for retail Health insurance, PTO, stock options and a nice discount.","While the pay is certainly competitive for retail its not something that is livable for a long amount of time. I say this because the next downside to the job is that while you may move up rapidly through the lower rungs in a retail store, management opportunities are hard to come by.","You do so well in most things, stop with the outside hires at management and promote from within.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42106,apple,none," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice, easy job",You can wear jeans and it's an easy job to do.,People can be a little brainwashed.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42107,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Different,Very flexible when it comes to scheduling and making it work for you as a part timer. I also really enjoyed the openness to learn and grow.,Ambiguous on moving to different positions.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42108,apple,none," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,data scientist,very knowledge coworkers. phd's in machine learning from top schools. helpful and friendly manager as well.,limited scope of projects. it can be difficult to use tools they do not support.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42109,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Low pay for high expectations,Even at retail you'll work with some of the brightest people you've ever met in your life. Definitely made some friends for life. Apple is great at finding really amazing people to work with.,Not recognized for the work that you do. Expected to provide results for sub-par pay. I don't know why I didn't leave earlier but my salary had almost a 50% pay bump. not sure if that is difficult. Your hours are horrible and requesting time off is a pain.,"Pay your employees more and give more PTO. You can easily afford to do so. Give people a career path an stop taking advantage of people with ""career experiences."" If you're going to have them go through ""career experiences"" then offer a bonus or temporary pay increase.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P549.htm
42110,apple,none," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was great when Jobs was alive.,"Fun, get to woke with really diverse, talented people, everyday is different, always learning something new. Occasionally will make a meaningful impact on a customer's life.","Culture differs from store to store, work availability and attendance were not flexible. Depending on store, leadership may play favorites or use the team to advance their own career instead of focusing on the good of the team.","Show a united front. Make a schedule and still to it. Be on the floor when you're zoned for it. Also, please ALWAYS support your employees!",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42111,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Empowering, but easy to get locked in","You get to work with a lot of interesting people with bright futures ahead of them, and you get to sell some really interesting technology.",Retail is an easy industry to get stuck in. At the time there didn't seem to be many opportunities to advance beyond the retail store.,Keep focused on developing your team members and do everything you can to be proactive about combating burnout.,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42112,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Applecare Advisor,Incredible benefits - best in the business,Semi cult-like atmosphere. Poor attention to work/life balance,Rate the managers as thoroughly as the employees - need better management consistency,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42113,apple,none," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Great company to work for!,Lots of competition since it's the number one company in the world. Interviews are long and hard.,Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42114,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Aslp,The best place on earth,"This is the job you want if you are passionate about the company. You work with the most amazing people, and you have a blast.",The salary is hard to live off of. But the job is amazing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42115,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Engineer,Great name on your resume but prepare to lose your life,- Great name on your resume - The experience of traveling the world (Asia) and managing complex supply chains - Decent opportunities if you want to sign your life away,"- Engineering work is done very fast and sloppy - Processes are never followed from project to project, which created inefficiencies - Work-life balance LOL, kiss your evenings goodbye Sunday-Friday nights and if you're in Ops, you'll travel 35% of the year. - Great pay but once you break down the hours necessary to do your job well, the pay isn't so great. - Hobbies? You must mean my hobbies are to work and try to maintain what I have left of my out of work relationships.","- Staff your teams for the projects assigned, if not don't take on all the projects Apple is handing down - Pay your team members fairly for the effort put forth",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42116,apple,none," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was a fun place to work...most of the time.,Discounts on products I was going to buy anyway. Benefit packages were very generous for part-time employees.,There was often a disconnect between the official company culture and what actually happened at the store level.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42117,apple,none," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good college gig from home,"There are great benefits, flexible work hours for college students",Unable to make much movement into other positions or skill levels.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42118,apple,"Roseville, CA"," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Company,The people at the company make it. The way they do their interviews to figure out who is a good fit at Apple is great. They also review how you're doing on a regular basis to make sure you are align with the company values.,Nights and weekends. As a part timer it took up too much of my time working nights and weekends with a full time job. I loved every minute of it but they had a 20 hr minimum.,Ease up a little. Give more opportunities to retail employees wanting to move up.,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42119,apple,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"great job, they really value the people","none really, it has been a good job.",keep up the goo work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P550.htm
42120,apple,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"great job, they really value the people","none really, it has been a good job.",keep up the goo work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42121,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,it is a great company to work for.,"one of the best high tech company in the world. smart people are all around,. you can grow your skills and learn the most from here","interview take long, it take too long.. anything else are great.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42122,apple,none," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job for College,Fun working environment that allows you to make some great friends. I would recommend to anyone in college looking for a good paying job with great benefits.,Management can be hit or miss depending on what store you're at and there is a decent amount of turnover.,Being transparent is something corporate pushes to it's customers but not something that's seen very often in the employee retail world.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42123,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Micromanagement is a dealbreaker,"Great people, some really rewarding work, and access to the cutting edge of technology.","Micromanagement ruins the job. I work at the Genius Bar. Every tiny detail of each repair I perform is micromanaged. If something goes off script, it is used against you later on. If you try to do something nice for the customer because it is the right decision to make, then the managers will make you feel wrong or distrusted to manipulate you into making a different decision.","Stop micromanaging. TRUST your employees, they will get it done the right way and FASTER.",2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42124,apple,"Denver, CO"," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Great company culture - the people I get to work beside, are the highlight of my day! Great benefits. You get to be a part of bringing innovation to the market.","There are great career growth opportunities. With that, you work with a high caliber of team members and for a company with high expectations. So career growth, while possible, can take a bit longer.","This is advise I will share directly with management, not on this site.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42125,apple,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,Great company with many possibility to improve your career,The most important thing is the networking which I believe applies to any companies in the world,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42126,apple,"Cape Coral, FL"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - At Home Advisor IOS Apple Care,At Home Advisor,Excellent Team. Encouraging and supportive Management. Stellar Benefits.,Cannot make your own hours.,"Keep on Encouraging, Teaching, and Raising Up Apple Leaders",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42127,apple,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - AHA Chat Support,Awesome job!,"Great Company, Great Pay, Opportunity for advancement",none so far jut started,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42128,apple,"Tallahassee, FL"," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,It Was Okay!,- I was able to work from home which was convenient for me since I'm a student. - I was able to help and assist people with their issues - The benefits were awesome,"- My manager was horrible. Things didn't improve for me until I got a new manager. When we got a new manager things definitely improved. - It's hard to advance outside of your department. You can move up within your section but if you wanted to go somewhere else within Apple it's a bit difficult - You don't have too much of a life with the hours you have to choose from. However, I guess that comes with the price of having any job",Care more for your employees.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42129,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 14, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Best in The Retail Industry,"the benefits were insane. WAY better than what I'm getting at white collar startups right now. I got to work in an environment that was full of energy, and interact with new people all the time, which meant always learning new things, which was great. Very stimulating environment, and a larger (albeit slow-moving) corporate attitude that did its best to take very good care of its employees.","Was sometimes skeptical that taking the best case of its employees it could -- for retail-- also meant taking the worst care of its employees it could get away with while still being the best place to work in retail.  Management at my Flagship store had behaviors of managers rather than leaders- they seemed unable of actually empathizing with workers underneath them, esp. part time workers. they made decisions that were best for the business without trying to explain or excuse their negative effects on the employees' livelihoods.  If you don't want to work in retail, or at HQ, the career opportunities kind of fall short. The way the ladder is built in Apple Retail, there is a lot of need for employees at the bottom of it, and not a ton at the top.","Communicate better to employees- specifically, consider how your policies affect the least privileged of your staff, and figure out how to treat them like autonomous, thinking, people in the midst of a business that can't help but care about its bottom line. I'm talking about communicating policies directly to people, and communicating respectfully.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P551.htm
42130,apple,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,Great company with many possibility to improve your career,The most important thing is the networking which I believe applies to any companies in the world,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42131,apple,"Portland, OR"," Dec 4, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Selfish Company,It's Apple so at least it has some prestige to it. Working at the store allows you to interact with many different kinds of people everyday.,"You do not get paid well for the kind of work you do. Getting barely paid over minimum wage is not a good motivator for employees. When new products launch you are required to take on many more additional hours and personally, my manager didn't let me know about this until a week before launch.",Getting paid 11 an hour to basically take over the entire customer side of the company is ridiculous and needs to be seriously reconsidered or you will continually lose hardworking employees to companies that will pay them more to do the same amount of work.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42132,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Incredible place to work, but not without a ceiling","I learned more about people, communication, and interaction from working at Apple than I have doing anything else in my life. The team at the store became my second family, and I was able to make more working at Apple than the majority of people my age that I knew. Absolutely the best retail job there is.","At the end of the day, working Apple Retail is just that, retail. You learn a lot about how great, patient, and understanding people can be, but be prepared to be hardened by the callous, careless, and hurtful nature a lot of people have in this world. You'll work with so many people in a day that you almost always end up seeing a vast spectrum of humanity pass through those doors, and sometimes peoples' lack of understanding leads to frustration that they take out on you, no matter how good you are at your job or welcoming you can be with your language and body language.","Hire people that are truly passionate. If your team is passionate about Apple and lifting the company higher through incredible customer service, you'll have to do very little to keep the show running smoothly, as we all have a vested interest in continuing to enjoy the wonder that is Apple.",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42133,apple,none," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits and leaning curve,"You get a sense of your contribution in apple products when you see other people use it. Opportunities to learn and experiment things out of your comfort zone.  Good Benefits : 401K Match, Employee discounts on apple products, ESPP, RSU.","- Work pressure could get heavy at times. - No free meals, except for dinner post 7pm -",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42134,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,definitely an innovative company for sure,Management sucks at all levels,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42135,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"Apple attracts some of the smartest, coolest, and nicest people you'll meet. They put up with a lot of garbage from customers to reassure them the product works the way it should. You help all different types of people from life from homeless to CEO and you can learn and develop and grow here to whatever you dream to become.","It comes at a cost though. Helping all those people all day is brutal and will make you want to go home and not talk to anyone. It's draining, and they don't pay you enough. Management seems to be getting worse and worse in a tech city with lots of opportunity.","Like I said, management keeps getting worse. They aren't trained, they don't care to learn, they don't support their teams. They reflect responsibility. On the flip side, for many years I had some of the kindest, smartest, most caring and supportive managers that really wanted to see me grow.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42136,apple,none," Oct 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"great benefits, discounts on products, really supportive managers, opportunities to advance within the company as long as you're willing to work hard and must have a voice letting your managers know what you'd like to do within the company","NO cons at all I loved working for Apple, received another opportunity with higher pay so left for that reason","my manager did a great job, be supportive of your team and let everyone have the opportunity to shine.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42137,apple,"Des Peres, MO"," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Awesome work life balance.,Little to no growth opportunities.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42138,apple,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,home advisor,"treating employee well, good vibes","technical receptive issues, big company",hourly pay,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42139,apple,"Westlake, OH"," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,"No micro-management, competent co-workers, great company values. Astounding employee benefits, customer appreciation","Customers feel entitled and don't understand the store flow, repetitive working environment in sales.",Specific to this location. Need to follow company values more closely. Steve would be disappointed. Empower employees more.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P552.htm
42140,apple,none," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time specialists,"Benefits, fun, keep up with technology, team is good to work with","Retail environment, inflexibility to change schedules, not enough pay for where I live SF Bay Area",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42141,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Localization Project Manager,Localization Project Manager,"well organized department, efficient, innovative, many perks",high peaks at new product release times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42142,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Engineering Intern,Incredibly smart engineers willing to put in the time to help interns grow. Real projects directly connected to the success of the products.,People here are very busy so I received little informed direction from my manager. I was lucky to have other engineers to ask for help but I was only able to talk to my manager once a week. The culture of secrecy exists so assess whether that is a problem for you before applying.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42143,apple,none," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly a good place,"Good work environment, mostly good coworkers, great benefits and discounts. You got to do cool stuff and help other people do cool stuff. Frequent opportunities to experience all aspects of the company.","Frequently changing demands, which often contradicted all previous demands. No room for different ways of thought depending on the store environment. People tend to become entrenched and defensive rather than working towards creative solutions.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42144,apple,"Paterson, NJ"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Back of House Specialist,Well payed job in relation to other retail stores.,Best chance of getting an interview is with a referral.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42145,apple,none," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, Great People","Some of the best people I have worked with. Very challenging! You will learn a lot of new skills about not only technology, but how to work as a team and communicate you passions to customers.","Busy, busy, busy. You day will start at a sprint, and there will be little time for anything else until the end of your shift.",Keep up the good work. Listen to your employees. Help them to find their passion and achieve their goals.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42146,apple,"Yonkers, NY"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales,very good people to be around. Great benefits. Great job for part time employees. Laid back environment,Dealing with ignorant people all day long. The apple concept of apply employees is hard to achieve.,a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42147,apple,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Apple has the greatest people working for them who really know what they are doing. They are leaders in tech and innovation, and those characteristics are seen in the workplace as well as their products.",Working at Apple is fantastic. The only downside is how it reveals how inept other working environments can be by comparison.,The only advice I can give to management is to continue treating your employees in the same fantastic way that you treat your customers.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42148,apple,none," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Lots of opportunity to do different things,Big company politics reward ladder climbers more than loyal employees,Get to know employees better: Promote from within,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42149,apple,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Difficult but rewarding,Working at apple has been a great experience. Benefits are great and your co-workers around you are talented in many ways. It is really interesting working here.,at times It can be very difficult to keep up social life,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P553.htm
42150,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great job!,"Great pay, easy work, great staff, awesome benefits, great perks.",Scheduling could be a little more flexible,You guys do an awesome job working with the advisors. Keep it up!,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42151,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family room specialist,"Training Good environment Smart and friendly people Embraces ""uniqueness"" and personal/professional growth","Not too many, training is good and intensive. Once you start as regular worker you kinda notice the breaks are too short",keep the friendly environment and motivate others to grow,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42152,apple,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Under paid,Friendly atmosphere and good benefits,Poor raises. Not enough room for advancement.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42153,apple,"Provo, UT"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At home support,Love the work and it's at home,None fantastic environment and nice,Doing great,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42154,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,The people that you work with are some of the most talented individuals.,"The employees are all very talented, and the company pays well","The job requires you to deal with a lot of ambiguity, and sometimes the management and employees are not all on the same page",Be consist with each other's practices and be straight forward with the practices surrounding new experiences,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42155,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work for... but its just work work work...,"Remuneration is above par and great value in the stocks Brand name recognition, you will see several dozens of InMails on LinkedIn just because you work for Apple! Benefits are excellent as far as medical is concerned, 401k not so good for a new hire, but it builds up, vacation also builds up in couple of years","No Work-life balance. Most employees slog, I think the mantra is to extract as much as possible out of the well paid employee. Vendors/contractors are abused with heavy work load because everyone knows in US the H1B visa status is essentially slavery.","Please Care for employees, employees are people with families and need to spend time with them. When will the managers stop acting and actually start caring.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42156,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Engineer,Time Machine,"Excellent benefits, the newest toys on the block and by the time you leave you will either retire or have more skills than you know what to do with.","Very demanding, management direction can change on a dime. You could easily look at the clock and discover that 15 years have passed since you played that guitar...","Stop breaking stuff, removing features and destroying user data, read you iWork reviews.",4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42157,apple,"Chino Hills, CA"," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Campus Representative,Amazing,"Awesome in every aspect, shape and way. Good pay and benefits. Great deals for fiends and family discounts as well!",No cons whatsoever. Great company and I have nothing but positive things to say about them. Highly recommended to everyone.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42158,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,"Great Benefits, Heathcare coverage is as good as it gets",No opportunity to develop or career path,"Get rid of the Silo model, it""s hurting us all",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42159,apple,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I wouldn't pick any other company to work for!,Constantly busy so your shift goes by super quick. Amazing benefits! Flexible for college students and their schedules,Can be difficult to get time off during peak hours of business.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P554.htm
42160,apple,"Buford, GA"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Best retail job,"Part time health benefits, Fitness reimbursement Percent off stock Discount of products No micromanaging Flexible work schedule Education reimbursement More perks Your voice will be heard if you yell loud enough",Hard to move up if you're not favorited Values are not always followed,Favoritism will make your best employees quit. You're a leader not a manager. Don't fold under pressure.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42161,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 8, 2015",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Slow growth but pretty good benefits,"Job security, and benefits such as 401k match, stock, health, eye, and dental. Great as a 2nd job as the hours can be flexible.","Slow growth, hard to attain a full time position, as part time hours fluctuate from 15-32 hard to count on this paycheck.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42162,apple,none," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Some of the best people i've ever met work here. The company truly cares about humanity as a whole aside from making the best products in the world.,i've got none so far,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42163,apple,none," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Unique Work Experience,"Great work environment. I have never been part of a team that is so focused on improvement year round. Peoples expectation of Apple is very high, and that bar being set so high is taken very seriously. Everyone understands their actions represent something bigger, and all take responsibility for delivering the best they can at all times.","Not really a con, but you need to be able to be friendly. People who are anti-social would have a hard time flourishing in the environment.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42164,apple,none," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,store experience,There are so much exciting things going on in store every single day. The people are amazing.,"During holiday season, waiting line is quite long though.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42165,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Great company,"Lots of cross-functional interaction. Work on the #1 products that influence the lives of hundreds of millions. Many great managers especially at the topmost levels. Plenty of smart people. A ""cool"" atmosphere with beer bashes and famous bands coming to visit. All the comforts of a large company, yet maintains an energy of execution similar to many start-ups.","Some dinosaur rotten apples in middle management that are nothing more than political animals. There can also be territorial disputes over who-does-what that are usually not properly resolved from the highest levels. People who need to talk to each other are sometimes overwhelmed and have no time, so communication often suffers. The culture of secrecy is often frustrating.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42166,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Visual Team Specialist,Innovative Team driven place to work,"This is concerning an Apple retail store. Great training, positive attitude of management, good work environment, fellow employees were of all ages, races, religions and the diversity was a fantastic positive experience.","Even though one was not on commission per sale, if one wanted more hours, one had to sell, and sell well, the peripherals with the regular Apple products. I.e. Apple care, etc.",Always practice what you preach!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42167,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Call Support,Bilingual Latin iTunes Support,Great work culture and product development,Micromanaging became unproductive and hindered company's progression,Increase overall viewpoint for company goals,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42168,apple,none," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"nike perks, the job itself is enjoyable","people are rushed to do too much at once, retail hours",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42169,apple,"Portland, OR"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Part time specialist,"Health/vision/dental benefits, great coworkers, the people you work with are the best part of this job. They are what keep you with the company. Pay is good for someone in college looking for a part time gig.","Getting full time in any position? Forget about it. You have to drink the Apple juice, and pretty much join a cult. Out of any job I've ever worked in, the part time to full time ratio is obnoxious. Being part time pretty much means from May-December you're working 40+ hours (unless they randomly decide to cut hours. January-April, you're lucky if you get 17-20 hours a week. The kicker? They will keep hiring new people every month. It's a little bit of a slap in the face.",Open more full time positions and stop making it look like a giant home coming court.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P555.htm
42170,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Oct 25, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great company, Great Culture!",Company that cares about its employees - lots of similar benefits for part-time employees as full-time employees. Lots of room for growth and flexibility to transfer from store to store if you move.,Not much room for growth monetarily unless you are able to work for corporate.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42171,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Fraud Analyst,EMEIA FRAUD ANALYST,"The benefits are great, food is also superb. Many small events and perks to make it a fun environment","Internal movement to work in a different Department, Yes they do offer after period of time to venture out to another Dept. but tough to receive any communication or recognition",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42172,apple,none," Nov 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time consultant,"Energetic team, good food choices.",Being around geniuses (and not the kind of genius at Apple Stores) is highly stressful and everyone needs to be on high alert at all times. Feel like being watched for trade disclosures.,Appropriate risk mitigation to specific departments.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42173,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Cellular Test Engineer,2nd year at Apple,"Great people to work with, decent benefits, challenging environment","Starting to be stingy with some benefits (food services, etc), some people in management can be a little abrasive.","Don't be so cheap with some basic benefits, you're raking in money hand over fist, you don't need to nickel and dime us",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42174,apple,"Boston, MA"," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,great experience and unique people,big learning curve if no technology background,keep hiring the right people,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42175,apple,none," Oct 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Resume Builder,"- Advancement opportunities are plentiful. They have programs called Career Experiences, which may send you across the globe. - Compensation and benefits are above average for retail. - Having Apple in your resume is huge for multiple fields of future employment.","- No matter how you look at it, it's still retail. Work/ life balance is not great. - Tons of work to make sure you outshine your peers. - Too many cooks in the kitchen (managers). They take weeks to decide on even the most minuscule idea. - They dangle the idea of a dream, even to those who they know won't get ever reach it.","People love working for Apple and their leaders, so reciprocate with the same devotion and loyalty.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42176,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Channel Support,Inside Apple,"The culture overall has been great at Apple. The campus environment is fun, positive, and inviting. The benefits and onsite amenities are great.","The pay could be more aggressive to compete with other IT companies in Austin, TX. There is a lot of ambiguity in terms of moving around to other positions or roles within the company.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42177,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,"Excellent work environment, talented co-workers.","Everyone shares an excellent work ethic, What you do means something.","Base level management is sometimes inexperienced at working with skilled direct reports (come from GAP, Target, etc)",Focus on hiring managers from non-retail sales environments. Bring in people who can motivate a highly skilled staff.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42178,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior IOS Advisor (Tier II),Great company to do technical support for,"Best company I've ever worked for, innovative, progressive, open minded. Great diverse products always attract great customers to work with.","Working from home was very lonely with no ""water cooler chatter"".",More company sponsored get-togethers for employees working away from a campus or outside of a traditional call center environment.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42179,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great Retail Experience,"Access to management, constant training, diverse and interesting customers, working with technology","Availability requirements, it's still retail, store politics were intense",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P556.htm
42180,apple,none," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,"Amazing co-workers, great benefits for part and full-time employees and the best company culture I have ever encountered. Really rewarding if you like to help others.",Retail store management is exactly what you would expect. Management team gets quarterly bonuses but the employees that do all of the work for them are rewarded with posters and lunch boxes. Pretty disappointing considering what the company is worth and how hard the employees that deal with the majority of the company's customers work for them.,Treat your employees with more respect - they work really hard!,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42181,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,"Fine for retail, bad for long term.","You will work with some really fun, interesting people. The technology is good, and it's generally easy to get behind the company philosophy of helping customers.",very little opportunity for growth. Terrible schedules (it's retail) and very little sympathy from managers about schedules. Development is basically non existent. Company does very little to honor or take care of its employees.,Actually care about your people. Don't just say it. Do it. They will give you a LOT if you'll just give them respect and some good TLC.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42182,apple,none," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Advisor,IOS Advisor,"Employee Discount, ability to work from home",Not family friendly shifts. Weekends and holidays spent working. No part time unless your in school fulltime,Allow more flexible hours and people to bid for holidays before everyone is forced to work them.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42183,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"(for IS&T business intelligence team) minimal success rate if you are a good engineer... politics, politics & politics","average to above average salary and perks stable job routine work which is mostly done by contractors, you can sit idle if you like this approach you don't need to work hard to improve your technical skills :-)","poor poor work culture hardly any thought process into building good, crisp, intelligent solutions claim to fame is business intelligence, absolutely no work done with predictive intelligence mostly routine work of building useless reports and some dashboards if you are a strong / good technical engineer looking to do some good creative work, do not join here plenty of managers who have no vision, no management experience many non technical senior managers who are extremely proud of not knowing what's happening in the industry and their poor technical skills lots of politics that kill innovation and new ideas as frequently as possible few political honchos who need to approve anything and everything that needs to happen knee jerk reaction is the long term strategy mechanism unfortunately :-( no opportunities for employees to grow or build a defined career path plenty of discrimination based on bias, favoritism very very minimal diversity in teams and on top of that as if to promote diversity, they encourage less than smart people to grow (that further leads to frustration in engineers if u r good at what u do)","create managers who can be leaders, distinguish between a well oiled co-ordinator vs a good technical manager create leaders who do not have politics on their agenda and can inspire teams, engineers",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42184,apple,none," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,Great Place to work for people,Rapidly changing Schedule and direction,Spread the wealth down to more,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42185,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great company,-WORKING FROM HOME! -Apple works around your school schedule -Great pay -Benefits are good -Amazing staff -Opportunity for growth -Discounts on apple products! -Your manager cares! -Proper training given. -They give you a work computer and pay for your internet.,-Sometimes can be stressful -Taking calls back to back -Strict on tardiness,Great management. Best company I ever worked for.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42186,apple,"Sunrise, FL"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Get in young,You are basically paid to stand around and talk to people.,"Tons of coworkers, area to advance is small.",Work to create more full time positions available.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42187,apple,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room,"High pay, awesome co-workers, great benefits","Not learning anything, extensive customer service, part time hours are not enough to live on",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42188,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Intern - Hourly,Great Place to work,"free snacks, discounts on products","highly secret stuff, sometimes the snacks ran out.",Refill the snacks more,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42189,apple,none," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome job,"so many benefits, managment is amazing",no face-to-face interaction with co-workers and can only view them through a screen,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P557.htm
42190,apple,none," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Advisor,Interesting company as they are at the forefront of technology innovations. Extensive training.,Large scale leads to a narrow focus per job role. Not very dynamic experience gained.,"Widen the scope of job roles, perhaps rotate through departments on a more regular basis. Include additional training throughout.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42191,apple,none," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,Great Place to work for people,Rapidly changing Schedule and direction,Spread the wealth down to more,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42192,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Panel Process Engineer,Senior Panel Process Engineer,"Fast development pace, high interactive environment, etc","Long working hours, lots of business trip, etc",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42193,apple,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Service,Great job,"Working at apple retail is flexible, fast paced, fun working environment, great people, great benefits, they give you the proper training and support to be able to do your job correctly.","Since this is a big company the retail employees don't get the same benefits as corporate employees, they require open availability on weekends and can change your schedule without warning once it has already been made",make sure you really listen to your employees and understand that micromanaging will make your employees feel uncomfortable. overall great job,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42194,apple,"Grand Rapids, MI"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,Love my customers,The pay and skill training make the position worth it.Promotions are given based on merit not personal relationship with your Boss,Hiring so rapidly they put a new manager with a brand new team which puts you at a huge disadvantage . Your manager is everything to you and when they are inexperienced they can't help promote your growth .,Place New TM's with seasoned teams to help them get up to speed more quickly,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42195,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Visual Design Consultant,overall a great place to work,• collaborative environment. • smart co workers,• lack of transparency • competition among the upper level management.,• stop being selfish and develop a team approach to problem solving.,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42196,apple,none," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Good management, leadership actually seems to care, paid breaks","They hire leadership from outside Apple often, so they need to adjust to Apple's leadership standards....",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42197,apple,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good. There are good employees and nice benefits. The job is pretty routine.,"The pros would have to pretty much be the friendly employees, the benefits and the discounts if you really like Apple stuff.","The cons of working there would have to be the fact that the job is pretty routine. Each day is the same, usually.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42198,apple,"Peabody, MA"," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Meh,"Horrible management, standard retail bummers (essentially no holidays, no days off, long hours, awful customers...)","Good pay, good coworkers (sometimes), and good discounts.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42199,apple,none," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist (FRS),Meh,"Diverse team, great discounts, and free food during launches.",Seemed always under staffed & when needed to seek a supervisor it can be very difficult.,Stop focusing so much on you.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P558.htm
42200,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for long term career or just part time,Value the customer as well as the employees opinions and are very proactive when trying to accommodate both. Benefits especially those for retail and even part time employees are amazing.,In certain areas of the retail stores role advancement may be a little difficult.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42201,apple,none," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Own your Work Life Balance,Decent Compensation and Good Benifits,"Prepare to work late, if you don't own your work life balance they will burn you out",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42202,apple,"Brookhaven, NY"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Lead technician,"Benefits, stock options, vacation and sick time, student loan refinancing options, work environment, employees are like family","Customers, crowded stores, advancement opportunities, some other miscellaneous things, not much else to write",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42203,apple,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FT Specialist,"The reason I would say that Apple is a great company to work for is the benefits that you get and the environment that you get to work in, which is rewarding most of the time. It is fun to play with the new technology and to educate customers on how to use them.",It can be stressful at times working with customers who either have attitudes or entitlement. Trying to manage a personal life or a second job can be difficult depending on the second job schedule.,It would be great if there was a way to have the same shift every day that you work to provide a little bit more consistency plus being easier to manage your personal life around.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42204,apple,none," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Great bennifits, positive work environment. Fast pace, highly skilled coworkers, great leadership team, nice facilities, fair pay, terrific ESPP plan.","Lots of work hours, requires constant focus on tight timelines, demanding job duties, complex systems, still a terrific place to work in the wonderful Bay Area but cost of living here is very expensive.",I have nothing really to say to management as advice as I think they do a great job and so I'm just typing this to meat the minimum word count.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42205,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - Producer,"The big, cold, silver meat locker","At the time of this writing the company makes gobs of money, so it's less likely you'll end up in lay-offs as long as you work hard. The company's prestige is great, so that'll impress people.","Each and every morning, people will hardly as much as greet one another. Management will walk right by you daily and not as much as acknowledge you exist. Never seen a more demoralizing work environment, ever.  I saw one middle aged contract worker that no one had greeted or spoken to for three months straight. She almost broke down in tears when I greeted her with a basic 'good morning'.  If you look at Apple workers waiting in line for their Apple buses in the mornings, hardly any of them speak to one another. These are people that see each other week after week. Once they get to their offices, it barely changes and they still hardly communicate. It's like working in a giant, cold, silver colored meat locker.  If you pay attention to Apple ads on TV, you will notice that no one talks. It perfectly reflects the company culture. It looks pretty on the surface, but that's all it is, a surface.  The company is so pathologically paranoid that they will keep it secret when a new copy machine will get installed, right next to you. It's like the workers there are neurons in a brain, but they hardly connect.  I left and now work in a place where everyone greets one another in the mornings and the CEO will happily high five you in the hallway. I still get a bit startled following the Apple years treatment. So glad I left.",Smiling and greeting your own corporate employees does not mean you're hitting on them or want to sleep with them. It means treating them with basic human dignity.  Not everything needs to be a secret.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42206,apple,"Norwood, OH"," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,"Hard work, but worth the end result.","Amazing benefits, always looking for a new way to support you. Especially for a retail position, goes above and beyond.","Extremely competitive, can feel a bit cutthroat, you may never know a position opened and it'll already be filled. Definitely have to be ""in"" with management to have any shot.",Can be way too focused on numbers to notice what's happening in their store. Not very accepting of feedback if you disagree.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42207,apple,none," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,You get to work with great people,Getting promotions is a pain,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42208,apple,"Secane, PA"," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Creative/Specialist,Creative,Wonderful work environment. Great staff to work with. Great products to work with. Great customer experience opportunities.,There is only so far you can develop and grow within the Apple Retail environment. The bridge between Apple Retail and Apple Corporate is completely disconnected. Providing more opportunities to move up from Retail to Corporate would keep a lot more of the devoted employees in the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42209,apple,none," Oct 10, 2015",Former Employee - Apple AHA,At Home Advisor,Diversity is awesome at apple. They like to listen to everyone’s input and enjoy helping people grow rapidly. Your voice is always listened. Amazing company with amazing benefits and pay! You also get to work from home so its awesome!,"Work schedule can sometimes a little out there, this isn’t your typical 8-5 mon-fri. You’re lucky if you do.",Keep up the management work! so far so great!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P559.htm
42210,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Priveledged to work here,"Great people, the company really cares about its employees. We work hard and we are rewarded for it. We have many great benefits and it is family oriented. Your co-workers become like family. Best job I've ever had. I am proud to work there.",Cant think of many cons.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42211,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales Specalist,"Great team, great benefites and great atmosphere","Always busy, not a great way to move to cooperate through retail",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42212,apple,none," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red zone specialist,"Fun team, discounted products, good benefits","Low pay, high expectations, retail hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42213,apple,none," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perks,"Free dinner after 7pm, Business class for international travel, 5 star hotel while earning status and points.",Asks a lot of the employee. Prioritizing work over personal life.,"Focus of providing perks that better involve family life. Pets at work, kids at work, etc.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42214,apple,none," Oct 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Patent Intern,"Great benefits even for interns (health check ups, free food, etc). Business casual dress code. Supportive work environment. Opportunities for networking.",No noticeable cons for interns.,none,5.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42215,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,AppleCare Advisor,"Awesome people, you learn new things everyday",not a thing bad about Apple,"Management is awesome, they care a lot about the employees",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42216,apple,none," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,You get to work with great people,Getting promotions is a pain,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42217,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,IS&T has changed and for GOOD !!!,"I have been working in IS&T just over an year. When I joined the company I was pretty skeptical about this Apple wing following the reviews about it before but after the first year I am pretty darn proud to have actually joined it.  The people I work with are top performers and all ENGINEERS. We have the highest engineering strength in the IS&T Org. which was not the case a few years back. This has improved both employee motivation and deliverables. IS&T is now more engineering focussed than ever which is evident from the number of Apple employees in the team now.  ... and the compensation is one thing at start that you expect good from company like Apple but to get an year end stock bonus, cash bonus and salary increase and all together is just top notch. Also earlier in the year all employees got BEATS headphones in the annual  Working hours are fine too, yes ! you work hard at times but thats just part of dev cycle. Nothing out of ordinary.","No freebies, No Free Food - Yes we do get small parties here and there but I think Apple expects to spend out of your pocket to cover for it. They have stopped giving Apples in cafeteria :) ( Well that one is just due to drought )",Keep IS&T Engineering focussed and it would be the best in Apple in no time.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42218,apple,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"benefits, pay, get to work with amazing people","opportunity to move up, micro managing",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42219,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Excellent company and situation,"The company is very kind to its employees. It's not excessive because it can't be, but it's an excellent position to be in. I'm a distance employee with total control over my own hours each week","Extremely strict rules and regulations which they're very serious about. It's sometimes inefficient internally, but better than other places Ive worked.",Management could stand to communicate better with distance employees. I don't know the entirety of company policy which is relevant to me. Training was limited.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P560.htm
42220,apple,none," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"pays pretty well, great location","too much work, the teams stay separate from each other",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42221,apple,"Melbourne, FL"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Advisor,"Virtual work space, benefits, coaching","Work ""atmosphere"" is very young and scattered with many unprofessional employees.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42222,apple,"Encinitas, CA"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Good Job,it's fun and exciting to work for a company that's consistently innovating how things are viewed in the world as well as in the company,it's stressful at time working with the public and people can be mean when their computers aren't working so that kind of is lame.,n/a,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42223,apple,none," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"-Great Management Team -The team is amazing, they truly do pick personalities that mesh well with one another -Flexible, will work around your schedule (which was amazing while in college) -Never a dull moment, a nine hour shift flies by in a blink of an eye -Working for a company where products and environment changes happen monthly -Benefits, too many to count",-Growth for part time is near impossible. All career experiences are only available for full time employees. -Burnout is inevitable due to the environment type and tight appointment scheduling.,"-Create career experiences for part time, to help motivate growth and help them realize what opportunities are available outside the walls of the retail store.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42224,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - General Manager,General Manager,"Great Benefits, Positive culture and dynamic and innovative. Apple publicly admonishes their employees.",I can't think of any,Keep doing great work inventing the future,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42225,apple,"Canyon Country, CA"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Store Leader,Store Leader,"Great culture, and they genuinely care about their employees. Pay is great and the discount is as well.","None, great company to work for.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42226,apple,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great benefits, talented people",Hard to grow to management or senior management,Communication and better support on the floor,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42227,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Package Handler II,Fun work for tech heads,"being able to repair devices, cool pay and very nice facility its like its lil own city with a live food court and shuttle rides on the compound. basketball court and many other things.",workplace feels like a prison. and so much security. too fast pace with people running around with there heads chopped off. lil stressful at times due to quota,if a apple product is not working find a way to make it work with top programmers and engineers as workers we should not have issues with programs and how things work.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42228,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Advisor,Apple Senior Technical Advisor,"Great benefits, great salary, work from home. Really all you could ask for as an at home job.",Not much upward mobility.,Hire from inside the company more for Management,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42229,apple,"Luling, TX"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Love Apple,"Good pay, great insurance, what more can I say? Lots of advancement opportunity. Love working at home! No gas bill!","Very extensive interview process, tough stats, not sure why we have to fill this space with 20 words. I don't have that much negative to say",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P561.htm
42230,apple,"Huntington, WV"," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - IT Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Work from home, flexible hours, great benifites","No advancement opportunites, or very little. Condescending micro-management, very little time away offered, mandatory overtime, understaffed, no positive reinforcement, just punishment for customers not taking surverys that don't matter.","Hopefully you used to be one of the advisors you're set to 'coach'. Do that, instead of punish or condemning them with unnecessary coaching and playing favorites.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42231,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great products, always learning something new, everyone gets treated with respect.","Employees should get better discount on products, they should also be paid enough to make a living.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42232,apple,none," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent place, nothing truly negative or positive","Work on some of the mostly widely sought after products in the world, with millions using your handiwork.",Delivering for those millions with few Silicon Valley perks and a culture of doing more with less (aka work long hours all the time),none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42233,apple,"Middle Village, Otsego, NY"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Gebuis,"the best part of working and coming into work here is the co workers, products, and the stories from costumers",work life balance is so hard here its almost as if they assume you have no other things going on except for work . They design you schedule to not take in that life's passing you by,find a way to allow employees who work very hard in the retail store to have time to relax unwind and enjoy there friends and family.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42234,apple,none," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the people and values,The people here are fantastic. A great culture with a worthy mission.,Part time work is not sustainable. Crazy fluctuations in work schedules and no advanced notice made it hard to have any kind of life outside of work.,Don't overlook the quiet ones.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42235,apple,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - AHA Support,At Home Advisor,• Insane benefits • Great co-workers (via chat) • Great technology • Fun swag is sent out to AHA Reps,• Moved to over 7 teams in 2.5 years (and 7 different managers) can be exhausting • Expected to take 2 chats at one time is extremely stressful • Training to support new products and handling a wider range of customers doesn't result in pay raises,"In most cases, managers that run teams have never done the role of the advisors and are simply metric driven. In a few cases (I have had 2 wonderful managers), they did have the right people in the right positions...but it would be great to be moved around less and promoted a little quicker....there are a plethora of very caring and talented people that never get utilized or are allowed to grow.",3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42236,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Best work environment,Best place to work. Everyone including the managers are very cool and friendly,There are no cons here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42237,apple,none," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA College,everything is amazing and I wouldn't trade it for anything,"Nothing, Apple does a great job at listening and taking care of their employees",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42238,apple,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved Working at Apple,"i loved working at Apple because they gave me interesting projects to do, they worked hard but played hard, they have a culture everyone wants to be a part of",There were moment where there was so much secrecy that I couldn't really understand what I was doing. I did my part but I did not know where that was going,"Nothing really. I loved the management, I thought it was well run. Everyone was so nice and helpful.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42239,apple,"Brea, CA"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Great,Great pay for retai. Amazing benefits. Supportive climate and smart coworkers.,Political climate of the stores has to be carefully navigated. People can be overly sensitive.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P562.htm
42240,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Retail Specialist,Love their employees,"The benefits even for part time are amazing, and your coworkers are wonderful people, it's so easy to have fun at work.",Work life balance is hard.,Give more flexibility to open schedules.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42241,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is for people who want to change the world,"Fast pace, lots adrenaline, excellent stock reward if a top performer.",Need to work every night and weekend to keep up. Peer competition is high,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42242,apple,"Denver, CO"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Apple AHA,If you like money,"Apple Inc is a perfect place to work. I'm an at home advisor working for apple for almost a year now from Denver Colorado. A perfect job because I don't have to worry about getting up and going anywhere, especially in the snow. Great pay and great benefits. They also have special programs to allow parents extra days off to be with their kids, which I think is super cool.","Attendance policy is the worst. They really start to press dowm on you around the one year mark, probably to determine if your worth their time and money or need to be replaced. I am pregnant and needed to take a lot of time off recently. Even though I used sick hours and actively communicated with my boss, I got written up for second warning attendance AND misconduct in one day. Write ups stay for 180 days which is INSANE compared to other companies. Gotta play it careful or I may be looking for employment elsewhere, even though I'd hate to leave.  They also reassign work loads actively so I recently was promoted to a supervisor in iOS and then a week later they dumped the Mac dept work on us to complete, even though my training for mac is incomplete! Thats an additional 40000 customers in one day plus our 20000. Wait tomes are crazy This is causing all of my calls to be long and ruining my stats.",Level the work load and advocate for even work distribution. Especially when handling multiple departments workloads.,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42243,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long Term Employee,"Amazing health benefits. Onsite wellness facility so you can go to the doctor without having to leave campus. Great onsite coffee/juice bar, cafe. Offers pick up from metro rail/bus station. Onsite celebrations quarterly (beer bashes).","Company is growing fast globally. There is limited growth opportunity in many departments. Pay is not as competitive as it once was. It is hard to apply directly for a job. The company uses multiple temp agencies to hire employees (temp to hire, seasonal).",It's important to talk to your employees and help them grow and see what their strengths are. Take care of the employees who have been there for 5+ years.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42244,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Admin,"This is a face paced, exciting, rewarding, and fun place to be. I work with the best people in the world. Everyone here really believes in making the world a better place by enriching people's lives through the use of our technology. It's a great experience to be apart of such a diverse team.",Knowing what other people were making upon being hired is what turned Apple into a frustration for me. I have been w,"While knowing that we don't talk about our pay, know that with your employee referral plan we are referring our friends and family, and when they get hired it may come up. If you don't keep your pay on some sort of tiered system then those of us that have worked hard to move up, will feel under valued, under appreciated, and altogether loose some of our fight to be the best.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42245,apple,none," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,its a good place to work,there is no cons here,good job,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42246,apple,none," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,-Great team building skills -Exciting products with an interesting retail atmosphere -Managers are very understanding,"-Week-to-week hours that are dished out randomly -Occasionally difficult work environment when presented with a difficult customer -There is no trust, everytime you leave work you must show a card with your devices serial number so they can make sure you didn't steal it","Trust the people who work for you, listen to their ideas and be more focused on employees rather than customers because happy employees mean happy customers",5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42247,apple,none," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for hard workers,Ther company is not frugal with money,You have to work through block hours.,Keep doing what they are doing. I had an aazing manager,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42248,apple,none," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead,Great company. Not so great worklife,Great stocks and salary. Good brand. Wow factor. Discounts. Cafeteria.,Not so good middle management. No work life balance. Unreasonable demands.,Do something to take care of employees life and family,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42249,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Benefits are decent, but don't get trapped here.","Coworkers are mostly intelligent and Apple provides some decent benefits (if you take the time to read the fine print). Unlike a lot of other retail chains, you actually want most of the products being sold. On top of this, there are a lot of discounts extended to Apple employees by 3rd part manufacturers that do business with Apple. You have to sift through the pages of the Apple's Employee webpage (only accessible from the store's break room) in order to find out about these. Once you're employed for over 3 months you earn a $500 discount for a single, large Apple product (iMac/MacBook). It takes an additional 3 years to earn this discount again, so it's best to use it upfront unless you plan on making a career out of working retail. There are also a set amount of smaller discounts provided to each employee, which reset at the beginning of each calendar year. They make a small dent in the inflated price of Apple products, but are worth it if you stack them with the $500 voucher.  Some people would say ""helping people"" is a large pro of this job, you're fixing problems with iPhones and educating mostly incompetent consumers, non-stop. I would disagree. The high expectations put on the FRS's by Apple/management do not reflect the modest retail wage.","The customers. Everything is an emergency when it comes to the customer's iPhones. They want their phones fixed, and they want them fixed now, which for some reason causes your average consumer to lose their humanity. People assume that it's Apple's fault that they dropped their device in the toilet (90% of the water damaged phones), or that the screen was faulty because they dropped it 10ft onto the concrete and it cracked. Everyone else in line be damned, they're time is more important and they demand to be seen first. People also don't understand the very basic principles of a warranty. ""I know it's out of warranty, but my 5-year-old phone isn't as loud as it used to be. I didn't do anything. Apple should replace it for free.""  The FRS is not only responsible for taking these iPhone appointments every 10 minutes (a very demanding time limit per appointment), but are also tasked with teaching One-to-One customers with 30 minute and 1 hour personal training sessions. The amount of knowledge you're required to absorb (mostly on your own time since Apple is only really interested in teaching customer service during training) is immense, and insures that you'll be discussing work-related issues during your breaks.  You have no downtime with this job. On one hand, the day goes quicker when you're shotgunning tech support to 40+ customers, but it gets taxing. The front of the store (normal ""Specialists"") who are tasked with working basic sales and the like, are given as much time per customer as they see fit. If you want to spend your days interacting with your coworkers rather than rushing through appointments, take this job instead. It pays a dollar or so less, on average, but is an entirely different experience when it comes to working at the Apple Store.  Also, the hours are erratic. As a part-time job, the FRS position takes up ALL of your time. This is because you're scheduled only a few hours per day, almost EVERY day. It's hard to predict what your hours will be, week to week, which makes it impossible to schedule something in your free time. You have to give a minimum of 3 weeks notice to get a day off, and it's not guaranteed that they'll give it to you. On top of this, all the other FRS's are working a minimum of 5 days a week, and because Apple has to pay time-and-a-half on the 6th day, nobody else is allowed to cover your shift.","Part-time employees should be scheduled for a full day's work, a few days a week. Everyone would prefer this and Apple has more than enough employees to make sure this is feasible. The scheduling system at the moment is horrendous.  Employees that have been working at Apple long enough to become managers are no longer humans, they're robots. These people are so enamored with the Apple ""Credo"" that they can no longer observe a situation through relatable eyes. These are the people that should back you up when a customer gets aggressive or refuses the solutions presented to them. Instead, the managers will often fold under pressure and make the Family Room Specialists out to be the bad guys. This is a problem, being that employees receive raises/promotions based upon the feedback given by willing customers. If you don't earn a 9 or 10 on the promoter scale, that customer is considered a ""detractor"", which hurts the employee's chance at moving up at Apple.",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P563.htm
42250,apple,none," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,University At-Home-Advisor,"PTO, Work from home, Free swag sent to your home",Not as flexible of a schedule as there could be.,"Nothing really, if you get a good manager the job is great.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42251,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Don't drink the Apple juice,"Great benefits- health insurance, employee discounts, food...","stressful working conditions- very cold temperatures, demanding customers, long transactions inflexible schedule low pay",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42252,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for the right kind of worker,"Great company culture, where you feel you can do great work. The work is challenging and your co-workers will push you. People there all seem to be excited about what they're doing, which is inspiring and motivating. Caffe Macs has great tasting, high-quality food, for reasonable prices.","You're going to work long hours here - I felt like I spent more time commuting and working than anything else. They don't really allow telecommuting, so commuting will be a part of your life here. You'll likely get paid less here than at other companies in the valley.","Don't screw up the culture following the open-plan trend. People need to collaborate, but they also need space to be alone and think. Innovation requires both.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42253,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Great place to learn and grow,"Apple is a great place to learn and grow. Definitely lots of opportunity to do challenging work. This definitely depends on the group you join, but my experience has been great. Yes it is very secretive, but if you don't need to know something, you don't need to know. Simple. Depending on the group, things can feel a bit isolated, as engineers may not talk to you if you're in your office crunching away, but again....this depends on the group.  Surprisingly, Apple can feel like a startup at times, with certain processes feeling incomplete or certain projects feeling a bit rushed. However, this leaves a lot of room for innovation and growth. Engineers have the freedom to enhance projects and processes at will, which is great. See something you don't like? Make it better. With deadlines though, this is definitely encouraged to be done on your own time.  Work/Life balance? Depends on the group. Mine is perfect. In at 8 and out by 5. I am on call though, and I do tend to work at home a lot, especially when I'm working on enhancements or critical fixes.","Food isn't free...not even Apples or Tea. Considering food is free at pretty much all the other companies in the Bay Area, this is kinda of ridiculous (particularly the Apples).",N/A,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42254,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple review,"Hard works, but pays good.",Long hour and not very friendly work environment .,Need to be more friendly,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42255,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist,Human resource manager,Apple is a great company to work for. The management is very helpful and the benefits are awesome. I don't plan on leaving.,The only Con I could thing of is the fact that I would like for our discount to be more than what it is. Other than that the company is great and I can see myself retiring from here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42256,apple,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Back of House Specialist,Flexible working environment. Fun work environment and unique group culture,Lack of communication from top down,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42257,apple,"Reno, NV"," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Tech Support T2,Not that great,Working from home is really the only benefit of working here. Pay isn't horrible either considering that the work is pretty easy.,It's really cult like and there is very little diversity in management. If you don't suck up then you'll never get promoted.,"Maybe don't just promote white people. There is just a stream of monochromatic twenty something year olds who get promoted. Apple likes to pretend that working for them is some sort of calling of privilege, but it's just a job. Same politics, cliche colleagues, and bs. Managers are inept and just spout the same nonsense day in and day out.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42258,apple,"Elizabethton, TN"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,I enjoy working at home for Apple.,Working from home is awesome and has its own lists of pros. Everyone at Apple has treated me like family. It's a very positive environment to be in. Everything has seemed to work in a very fair way.,Schedules change about every three months. That seems like it may be a bit disruptive. But I do like that better than yearly like I had to deal with at a precious employer.,Upper management has put a very great team together in my area from what I have experienced in my 6 months with them so far. My advice at this point would be to keep doing what they're doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42259,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer III,A life experience,Very smart people. High salary and bonuses. Very good benefit and travel allowances,Some roles can be normt exciting for an engineer. A lot of travelling. Very demanding and competitive environment.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P564.htm
42260,apple,none," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Good health benefits. Apple Co workers are the best people you'll work with.,Unfair it's like working Walmart but they hide by paying you just enough to keep people mouth shut.,Finish my teaching certification and got Summer's off yas,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42261,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Advisor,Good first job!,Decent pay for a first tech job. Lots of parties and free food. Great cafeteria.,Don't stay too long. They are becoming 100% customer service so you don't do as much technical.,Don't treat your employees like crap.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42262,apple,none," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful Workplace,Great community of employees who are passionate about the products. Some of the most talented and skilled professionals I have ever met has been while working in an Apple retail store.,"Fairly stressful environment with business to consumer retail model. Consumers tend to be rude, brash, and outright offensive when they do not receive the answer they feel they are entitled to.",Don't allow employees to be steamrolled by members.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42263,apple,"Washington, DC"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Excellent Retail Experience,"Eclectic Coworkers, enthusiastic environment, excellent product",Management can be stuffy at times,Engage specialists more,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42264,apple,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Company to work at,Company culture is great and the people are wonderful Many job opportunities and fun things to do Good training modules that were fast and effective,Didn't enjoy the long hours The customer service was awful to deal with Not very flexible in regards to time off (sick or vacation),Management is good so far. I loved all of my managers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42265,apple,none," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Back of House,They care about their people and their development. Lots of fun people to work with.,"Its retail and its hard to escape that sometimes. You will get great experience if you apply yourself, but in the end its still retail.",Continue to listen to feedback from your employees and actually promote from within,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42266,apple,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The people,"Over the years there have been a ton of great people walk through the doors, both customers and employees. They're very diverse.",I've had the same title since I started 10 years ago. It's very hard to move up if you're not able to transfer to other stores.,"Hard to say, but it would be nice if there was more upward mobility. Over the years they have added more positions but it's hard to get into management from the Family room.",5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42267,apple,none," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"Apple benefits are amazing, work from home, and the team makes it a fun working environment","Stress levels can be higher during release periods. This is customer service based, so be ready to keep your composure while dealing with irate customers.","None. Keep doing what you're doing. It all depends who your manager is but for the most part, management is very supportive.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42268,apple,"Miami Springs, FL"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,A job where you will learn how to talk to anyone about anything,"Great benefits and pay for a retail job , you learn how to properly present services and products and how to tailor them to specific individuals you will also learn great multitasking skills and decision making Stratford as well as how to properly use tools around you to make your job easier",You have to learn to have a lot of patience with both costumers and employees. Being at Apple costumers expect for you to put up with a bit more nonsense then regular retailers,Pay more attention from the feedback of your employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42269,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Expert,Customer Service Expert,"Really amazing buildings, great campus, great food, good benefits. Highly motivated environment, fast paced, and everyone who works there really wants to be there for the most part. Good pay.","Unrealistically high expectations, people at times could be arrogant because they work for the company, when the company made some changes that I felt were detrimental to the customer experience- everyone just had to shut up and deal with it or you would get reprimanded.",Keep focusing on the customer experience and listen to employees feedback.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P565.htm
42270,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - AppleCare At - Home Advisor,Great place to start a career,"Great benefits, discounts and management really care and make it a fun environment",limited cross promotion/upward mobility in the tech fields in the home base work environment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42271,apple,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,Fun place to work. Exciting and great pay. Room for growth,Busy most of the time. Scorecard you must meet. Long hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42272,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - AHA Chat Advisor,AHA Chat,"AMAZING JOB!! Nithing negative about anything here, and I have been through the ringer with other call center companies. The Managers are awesome and do not come down on you, instead, they really help you succeed. I coldn't be hppier with my job!",Absolutely nothing! Wonderful place to be!,Keep it up! This is an awesone place to work.... We would like better discounts though.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42273,apple,"Medina, OH"," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Learn all you can.,This is a great company with amazing opportunities. Take the time to learn all you can from working for Apple.,"Very little work life balance. Expect to work over 35 hours, even part time. It is stressful on basically any given day, not just launch days.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42274,apple,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Pay, Bad Customers","Pay was nice, very good hours and pay for a college student. I would recommend any student who needs to pay for college to take this opportunity in a heart beat. No experience required and they accept almost anyone.",The management team hardly every spent time helping the workers. They often had meetings and were too busy to assist. They piled on every job title into one so your spectrum of coverage doubles every month. The customers are often times so dumb you hang up without even trying.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42275,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Expert,Expert,"Great team, benefits, and competitive pay.",Sometime Leadership can leave teams behind.,Over action orientated can leave your team behind and not on board with new initiatives.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42276,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Awesome experience,Teamwork is preached here for the store to be successful the crew has to work together as a well oiled machine,I'm still in training with Apple which they take very seriously which impressed me because they are passionate about putting out the best quality in all departments,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42277,apple,none," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good product, poor work/life balance",A lot of intreating technology Employee discount Good location Good Cafe,Too many layers in the org now. Bad work/life balance People are stressed all the time,Make sure those people you promote have a certain level of management skill,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42278,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Probably the best retail job,"Apple has great HR and policies in place for their employees, so you can never really get abused by any managers.  A lot of interesting and ambitious people work there, so you end up making a lot of great friends.  Benefits and discounts are great.","At some of the larger stores, you can often be overlooked. That's what happens when you have over 200 employees at a single retail location.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42279,apple,"Boston, MA"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,One of the best company to work for,"good pay for retail employees, good benefits. Smart people","At my store, you can barely take any days off. You have to request a day off a month in advance.",fix the scheduling issues.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P566.htm
42280,apple,"San Carlos, CA"," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Director: Technical Operations,"Innovation, Opportunity, Growth in all facets, talented work force, driven organization, relentless in the pursuit of perfection and an overall positive work place",Work Life Balance and very frequent and extended travel,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42281,apple,"Berkeley, CA"," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Hard work pays off,"The people is what makes Apple the best place to work. The team I am with, specialists, technicians, leadership, are some of the most hard working people I know. I love this job because I get to help people every day, I am constantly learning new things, and my team is supportive.",My feet hurt at the end of the day. I have to work on Saturdays and Holidays. Pay could be better (though definitely not bad for retail).,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42282,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,"None. Non-commission job. You have to clock out for lunch. Yes, it is an hourly job <$18.00 per hour.",Work in the mall. Store meetings usually are scheduled for 8:00 AM on Sundays.,Business team only online.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42283,apple,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,hardware,"good, very proud, challenging, and exciting",nothing nothing no nothing nothing,none,5.0,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42284,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,"Innovative company, perks, benefits, and responsive to employee feedback. Awesome employee purchase options! Working on a dynamic and intelligent team is great. Always being trained and constantly encouraged to learn more.","Angry customers, crazy hours, always on your feet. The limited employee resources causes strain amongst the regular employees. It is difficult to get weekends or vacations off due to lack of staffing.",Clarify the appointment process to customers.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42285,apple,"Uniondale, NY"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,room to improve,benefits are great and great atmosphere.,Work life balance is horrible.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42286,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,So Far So Good,I Love Working from Home,To earlier to list cons,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42287,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Greatest retail experience,Literally the best support from managers i have ever experienced. i would recommend everyone work at apple for a stint of time. At least once in their life,Literally nothing wrong. They give you every opportunity to move up and gain experience for real world experiences.,No advice for management. I think the managers at apple are some of the best out there. I don't know what training they have but their fantastic.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42288,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Advisor,Work from home Good pay Full Benefits Lots of support programs Will provide most of the equiptment for you,Can really make you hate your home office Almost always busy Will be frequently moved to new teams/new managers Training is getting shorter and shorter (sometimes just self guided) Not super flexible with schedules will most likely work holidays,"Be more consistent with your team, more training is required. Lots of the excuses of ""people always want more training"" is applicable when they're actually getting more then a couple days to learn an entirely new facet of the business.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42289,apple,"Somerville, MA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,Great coworkers. Great place to get a foot into the work of business selling. You will gain valuable skills in presentation and solution selling.,Lead generation is done a bit differently and is not comparable to most businesses. It would be a bit detrimental to switch from this role to an account executive position at another company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P567.htm
42290,apple,none," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good in general,Good Benefits. A lot of smart people around.,Long working hours. It is difficult to make an impact.,Treat your engineer with respect.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42291,apple,none," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist (Retail),"Fun people, high energy, great products. Working at Apple taught me a lot about how to effectively communicate and consistently deliver delightful experiences.","Unfortunately, as in any retail role, some customers can be unreasonable and generally a pain. Having to deal with these folks can be challenging.",Keep up the good work. Most managers were very helpful and great teachers. The leadership folks I worked with were always great to be around.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42292,apple,"Victor, NY"," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,My co-workers were some of the best I've ever worked with. Going to work everyday and being with my supportive team made it a great place to work. Everyone thinks Apple brain washes employees to think the Apple way. I was never told what to say to customers. Managers did not micro manage me. I was always allowed to be myself when I interacted with customers. I learned so much in the 14 months I worked for Apple. The perks are numerous and often very generous.,"My schedule was the only reason I left Apple. You almost never get two days off together. You never have a regular schedule. Days, nights, closing, opening. There is NO balance between work and family life. Managers tell you to take RTO but it almost never happens. Apple offers so many perks for employees, but your schedule almost never lets you take advantage of them.","I know Apple could make regular schedules available to full-time employees. Apple spend too much time, money and resources finding and training the right person. Find a way to KEEP those people who would love to stay.",4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42293,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Director,"brand, product, innovation, stock, people","work hrs, future out look",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42294,apple,none," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job Security,"stable company, no layoffs, good salary",cupertino employees get all the fun stuff like beer bashes,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42295,apple,none," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,Get to work form home. Room to advance. Flexible scheduling.,"Can get boring. Was lied to concerning Holidays. AHA employees do not actually get the holidays off (unless they're regular work schedule happens to fall on that day(s)). AHA employees are corporate but treated as if they are retail. While other employees enjoy company paid shutdowns during the holidays you can count on working since those days are blacked out for any time off to AHA. Pay is below my standards but, compared to other tech support I guess it is ok.","Give people the option to work paid holidays or take them off like every other corporate employee. It is a lie to lure a candidate into the company with ""paid holidays"" that you will not likely get. Be honest so people know what they are getting into.",3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42296,apple,none," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good company to work for ... really ... employees lead an artificial life inside,"Good 401K, RSU. Ok on medical but not the best. Salary is also on the lower side on average. But everybody wants to join Apple because of their name. So company has an upper hand now. Once the beacon fades, the flock will leave because of the treatment.","Must be the stingiest company in the planet. Good to be money savvy, but it is too ridiculous to even describe. Never expected a multi-billion dollar company -- making 100K every 3 seconds -- looking for dirty savings upsets employees who are molded to believe that is ok!  Work is purely execution driven. No scope for RnD. Management folks have big time attitude: ""I dont take my paltry 12-days of vacation, so you should not"". They dont care because everyone wants to get on to Apple so they dont bother about folks who are unhappy.  Employees are ""indirectly"" expected to be wired all the time - no worklife balance.","Dont reject employee expense report for not showing $3 receipt. Accept some products are bad instead of making people believe Apple is the best in every dept. Trust employees. The NDAs between teams and requests not to talk too loud in hallways because every damn project is a NASA secret is worse than slapping in faces. No, sir, it is not a great company to work for (unfortunately people dont have the balls to say that)",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42297,apple,none," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cult-like,I love the ability to be able to help people with their products and show them how it works. I don't feel like i am pushing our product on a customer because we're not asked to and i do believe in everything i tell a customer. It also gives me a chance to work on people skills seeing as we get hundreds of people through our doors daily,"On the weekends it seems that the genius bar is well understaffed. The sales side of the store seems to be favored a bit with all the new hires and also with the emphasis during daily meetings with most of it being about how great they do and what they can do to sell more. Also some managers seem to be playing favorites with people. The biggest turn off about working here is that it feels like a cult sometimes. Everyone is so crazy about everything apple and if you're not you're looked at as an outcast. Also, if you're not someone thats nonstop smiling about god knows what and aren't always yakking off about something then you'll never get recognized for the hard work that you do. I've been busting my butt off here for a while now and i have not once gotten recognized at a meeting for it (these meetings have a ""recognition"" portion in them where everyone recognizes someone for their hard work). It's always the same few people giving the recognition to the same few people. Most of the people that work there seem to be trying to compensate for something with their arrogant attitudes or maybe they've been working in southlake so long that the customers' attitudes have brushed off on them.","Stop playing favorites. Practice what you preach and recognize the people that are actually busting their butts off for you. Pay the family room employees more, much more. We get paid starting at $13 while most of the sales people start around $15 yet throughout most of the day there are only about 3 sales people actively working at one time whereas the family room is nonstop busy from sunday to saturday without a break talking to customers nonstop and yet we get paid so low. It's ridiculous.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42298,apple,"Wilmington, DE"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail is great for college kids but not for an adult IT Professional,"The best reason to work for Apple is your peers. I've never worked with a more diverse, caring and interesting group of people.","Too many to list but here's the main ones. - Horrible work life balance, Apple leaves its teams understaffed especially in the support side of things which translates to very exhausting days with no set schedule - False culture, the upper levels of management don't practice what they preach, try to make you fell cared about but they really couldn't care less about your career and well being. - Pay, you make slightly better than mall retail money to deliver top notch technical support.","Go back to hiring from within, paying a wage that sets a proper precedent. Don't tell people its a place to have a career and advancement if its not.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42299,apple,"Fishers, IN"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Good,"Good Training, Room for upward advancement.","Churn and Burn Employees, Management",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P568.htm
42300,apple,"Chapel Hill, NC"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Campus Representative,Great company and full benefits as part time.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42301,apple,none," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,You get to work with a lot of good people (not management),"Undervalued and underpaid, management doesn't care about you or your needs",You need to recognize and value your employees more.,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42302,apple,"Stockton, CA"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple at home Advisor,"Excellent at home opportunities, although I haven't heard from them yet...I am hopeful.","So far, no communication from them. The process takes awhile?",Communication is key.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42303,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great experience working with multiple teams. Great benefits. Sense of pride on what your do.,Lots of competition in advancement - some roles prefer to hire from outside than to promote internally. Not a clear career path.,Need to make sure when hiring from outside they bring good practices but leave their previous culture out the door. Apple's DNA needs to be preserved.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42304,apple,none," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Good corporate culture, good people, innovative company",can tend to be political at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42305,apple,"Brooklyn, NY"," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"great benefits, great job environment",great environment and place to work at.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42306,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Great company vision and culture. Chance to work on really interesting things with smart people towards a common goal and vision. People are motivated and work hard. Great exit opportunities.,"The hours can sometimes be challenging. It can be hard to move internally, and not provide the best opportunities for growth since the company is doing so well.","Great alignment of priorities to drive the company vision. The benefits could be improved, including free food and more amenities to keep up with the rest of the Bay Area.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42307,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Pretty Good,Great benefits Great company to grow with The company understand that life happen Work is fun when you are surrounded by young smart people with a true sense of team work...,You are watched and every little thing can be a big deal so be careful Sometimes the customer can be mean and very disrespectful but that is normal and in every retail,Encourage more fearless feedback between coworkers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42308,apple,none," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great internship program,"It's a good company to work for, and though the management is pretty big, they try to emphasize working on projects in smaller teams. The internship program is pretty well organized, and we had the opportunity to hear high up executives (Eddy Cue, Tim Cook, Eric Schmidt, etc.) speak.",Could be some more onboarding process. There was one day where learned about all the rules and the next day we got thrown into your team.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42309,apple,"White Plains, NY"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Specialist,Great and good starting wages Fast paced environment with a lot of training provided Very diverse and fun workplace,Non commission Usually non flexible with scheduling,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P569.htm
42310,apple,"Burlington, MA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,Best if you must work retail,"Product discounts, fun customers, Apple stock purchase plan, ever-changing product line, enthusiastic co-workers, great music, career growth if desired.","Management can be a bit zealous, especially for part-timers who may also work full-time elsewhere. They're not very understanding about work-life balance issues.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42311,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Relations,"You can say you work for them, network with coworkers from around the world, great food at the cafe. possibility to work from home.",Salary not competitive Stagnant Not many opportunities for carrier development,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42312,apple,"Lansing, MI"," Sep 19, 2015",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,iOS Advisor (At-Home),"Great culture, very supportive, went out of their way to help you in the day-to-day work.","Biggest downside was the size of the bureaucracy. My wife got pregnant while I was working there, and I had only been working there 11 months (1 shy of when the Family Medical Leave Act kicks in) and they were unwilling to give me any support, basically telling me to quit and re-apply later.","Make sure you aren't losing good people simply because there's too much bureaucracy for people to actually be able to help. People wanted to help me, but my request couldn't get high enough to reach someone who could help.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42313,apple,"Syracuse, NY"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Incredible Dynamic,"There are incredible individuals working in the stores, meaning every store breathes the Apple culture. Incredible discounts on products. Overtime is practically handed out to those who want it. Best benefits i've seen from a retail job, including gym, loan and tuition reimbursements.",It seems impossible to move into management from within the company. Launches of products and policies are always convoluted.,Keep up the good work. Loosen the reigns on internal promotions to leadership roles.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42314,apple,none," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience but toxic managment,"Good experience, Nice work stations",Management does not care if you get full time in a position or not.,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42315,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Lead Creative,"Fast paced, fun, and always learning something new.",Can be difficult to move up. Must have tons of political savvy and drive.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42316,apple,"Bethany, OK"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great for some,Apple has a real idea what customers are looking for and provides a good sense of job security. They also care greatly about their employees and employee families.,Retail hours and iPhone launches are always stressful. Apple does give a lot of different ways to help with managing time evenly across all the employees but their is simply not enough time to allow all the time off that is needed and the constant shifts changing everyday and every week.,Hire enough employees to meet the customer demands to help ease the burden off high traffic times at the apple store.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42317,apple,none," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Fun environment, fast paced, time goes by quickly","Can be hard to advance. I came in with a technical background and previous IT certifications with the idea of moving to Genius very quickly. The people who seem to be promoted the fastest are those who suck up to management the most, or who know someone. Not those who are best qualified.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42318,apple,"Cherry Hill, NJ"," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Best Retail Job By Far,"Great people, products, and services. Pay and benefits are commensurate with the world's most valuable company.",Fast-paced environment can be exiting at times but overwhelming at others.  Your personal inability to work full time and/or move to various positions over several years can cause you to burn out in one singular position like it did for me.,"Keep up the good work but maintain a positive, inviting attitude for all employees looking to change positions in the company. Regardless of how far out of reach it is, give them the motivation and tools to get them where they want to be then let them show and prove their abilities.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42319,apple,"Brentwood, NY"," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,Great Learning Environment Great Benefits A great focus on developing leadership,Compensation for account managers are pretty low Hard to grow internally without any external experience.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P570.htm
42320,apple,"Dalton, GA"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail Store,"Great employee to work for, managers always loved and supported whatever the specialist in the Apple Retail Store wanted to do.","Very busy environment, not for people who want a slow and relaxed job.",Keep loving your employees. They love what you are doing for then and how the company is growing with new innovations.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42321,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Life,The constant support received during employment,"Too demanding customers, and non stop questions",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42322,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work Especially In College,The company and the people are great to work with the actual job itself is tough but if you stick it out it's worth it!,Phone tech support isn't the most glamorous job but it's a good gig for college.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42323,apple,none," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience but toxic managment,"Good experience, Nice work stations",Management does not care if you get full time in a position or not.,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42324,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great people, benefits and opportunities","Not very clear about what they want from you. They're vague during performance reviews about what they want from you. Not very motivating, but it does depend on the manager you have.","Check in more with employees, let them know what they are doing well and what they aren't doing well right away. Not months down the road. Feedback that is delivered right away is more effective.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42325,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Fun Tech company with it's own pros and cons,"There is never a dull moment around the store, and because everyone who works there is passionate about the brand and about the company, it's some great common ground to get started when meeting and talking to your coworkers. The pay starts significantly higher than many other retail positions","Store politics. Holy cow. The managers are all buddy buddy, and give promotions based on friendships and being a bit of a kiss up. Rarely have I seen a promotion based on merit. Also, no commission. This is understandable, as some people typically sell more than others (are scheduled for sales, as opposed to workshops or setup), but when we are selling over 10,000 work of product in a single day... $16/hr almost feels insulting. Maybe offer a bonus structure or something similar?","Please promote based on work ethic and merit. Seriously, you pass up on those who are most passionate about their store and the people they work with, and ultimately it kills their passion and excitement for the brand.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42326,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Best-case Scenario for Retail,"Good starting pay, especially for part-time. For retail, its interesting and challenging work for the most part. Good benefits and advancement opportunities. The hiring process is very selective, so you get to work with smart and interesting people.","As a part-time employee, you can expect to work full-time hours, just without full-time benefits. Holiday time is exhausting, especially if understaffed. It can be difficult to get time-off, expect to request time-off about six months ahead of time if you want it.","Work/life balance is definitely an espoused value of the company, but it sometimes feels like it takes a back seat to business needs, especially during busy times (holidays) and when understaffed.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42327,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Apple is a great company. They offer many benefits and can be flexible with the schedule. Not easy work, but it is very fulfilling.",Lots of entitled customers. We deal with first world problems all day long. This can get challenging at times.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42328,apple,none," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Great products, competitive pay, good benefits","very big and easy to get lost, minimal mentorship",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42329,apple,none," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,The schedule is really flexible. The compensation is pretty high for a retail job. They have part time benefits. The team I work with is awesome,"Even though I'm in a technical position, the overall job duties is customer service and it is in an retail environment. This particular location is extremely busy and crowded.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P571.htm
42330,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - AHA Team Manager,Team Manager,Wonderful benefits and amazing products.,The hours can be tough. Its hard work.,Really enforce work life balance.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42331,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Good overall compensation, benefits. Smart coworkers with good personality.","Politics, lack of transparency between teams, projects. Reluctant to be open about technology stack and participate in open source.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42332,apple,none," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review title,Great team and management to work for,Nothing at all great place,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42333,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Think Different,"Amazing products, people, and corporate focus on cultural diversity.","Rapid growth in the fast few years, can be hard for talented entry level employees to find their place given the ultra-high caliber of applicants.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42334,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you get in right team, awesome place to be in","If you get in right team, awesome place to be in","some teams are over worked, it can be a plus for some and minus for others. So do your research about team",None,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42335,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for some!,You get to work with really cool people from all walks of life at Apple. And the products you are representing are top notch and fun.,Most of the time I felt like a cog in the wheel. So many employees and I felt I went unnoticed.,"Please take the time to celebrate your employee's achievements. I know as managers you have to make people the best they can be, but part of that involves letting them know what they are doing well.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42336,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,I work with great people.,Very conservative with salaries. Hard to move up.,Listen to your employees more,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42337,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Expert Australia Sales,good,job buddy i don't care i try to focus on not writing reviews as much as possible,because this is ridiculous and no one cares what i have to say on here,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42338,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Good experience to elevate career aspirations.,"Work on great products, challenging environment, constantly moving away from the ""status quo"", decent benefits, mostly great people working with you.",No life/work balance. Work with China at all hours of the day or night. Some roles demand a lot of travel.,"Middle level managers, the ones under directors are weak.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42339,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,"Good for career development, bad for your health",Great career opportunities Good overall compensation,Very heavy work load Too much politics Arrogant co-workers,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P572.htm
42340,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Good experience to elevate career aspirations.,"Work on great products, challenging environment, constantly moving away from the ""status quo"", decent benefits, mostly great people working with you.",No life/work balance. Work with China at all hours of the day or night. Some roles demand a lot of travel.,"Middle level managers, the ones under directors are weak.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42341,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,"Good for career development, bad for your health",Great career opportunities Good overall compensation,Very heavy work load Too much politics Arrogant co-workers,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42342,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Technical Advisor,Apple transform lives through innovative products and technology.,"Long hours, Paranoid Management ,low sallary , stressful working environment",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42343,apple,none," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"An incredible place, but some negatives",Very smart people and interesting projects.,Very difficult to have a balance. Aggressive personalities that make for caustic work environments,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42344,apple,none," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Love it. Great company, great people",Not much of a con but it's always busy,Keep up the great work guys,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42345,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Good place to work while gaining experience,Great people to work with Discounts are good Exciting work environment,Retail hours Management is at some times not knowledgeable enough technically to make proper decisions Hiring is not based on knowledge but on personality,More geniuses should be technically strong,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42346,apple,none," Sep 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store,"Friendly co-workers, Access to new technology",Customers will not always understand what you are trying to explain to them.,Keep up the good work,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42347,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Specialist,"Fun, but can be cult like",I loved being around technology,"If you don't fit into the mold of what the managers want, then there are very few chances you will succeed or be promoted",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42348,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Really Gr8 place to work for,"Great experience, amazing people, cutting edge technologies and awesome perks","Work-life balance can be a bit off, but you forget about that due to the perks",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42349,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Technician,Fun stuff,"Excellent work environment, lots of recognition",Stressful people but thats every customer service job,No thanks,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P573.htm
42350,apple,none," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Detractor,"Great benefits The company is all about the new latest greatest. If you drink the cool aid, the environment is awesome.","Short staffed, unrealistic expectation by managers and customers. Mangers are there to take customer service issues primarily. Lip service on personal growth",Get more staff!!! If you want to grow your team at lest have enough managers and staff to follow through on you intentions. Backup you people!!,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42351,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - AHA Latin America,AHA LATAM,"Can work from home some few perks - discounts, freebies",Not well trained managers Better tools to communicate with partners,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42352,apple,none," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - FRS,Best company ever...,Best place to work. Period.,Retail customers can get interesting.,Management is great.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42353,apple,"Bakersfield, CA"," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Full Time Student,Went in for Interview,I applied for the service specialist job back in June- I heard back within a week inviting me for a group interview!,I was the only 18 year old girl in the midst of 20+ group with tons of working experience and despite my efforts to stand out I was constantly outshines by the man who has his own theater company in New York,maybe have a similar age group just so there is some balance,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42354,apple,"Daytona Beach, FL"," Sep 12, 2015",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,"Overhyped, Just Like Their Product Line","I should start this review off by saying that I serviced Apple’s “At-Home Advisor” (AHA) program through one of their vendors, Kelly Services. However, the reason why I’m posting this review under Apple instead of Kelly Services is because my review is based on certain global processes within Apple itself rather than its vendor. Having said that, some of the benefits include…  * Excellent compensation. Apple has an established reputation as compensating its employees well, and this is something that passes through pretty well through its vendors. Even working through one of its vendors, I earned $11.00 an hour – a very competitive wage for work at home (WAH) lines of work. There also seem to be plenty of opportunities for overtime and extra hours.  * Constant opportunities for advancement. There always seems to be room for growth and development at Apple. Its vendors are always looking for ways to move people up to the next level of support (Tier 2 / senior advisor) or in leadership positions. The availability of these positions within Apple’s vendors directly reflects on Apple’s growth. Apple’s need for additional advisors/agents – and the leadership groups that support them – are clearly growing. This is evidenced by concurrent aggressive hiring efforts from multiple vendors, including Concentrix, Arise Virtual Solutions, Teleperformance, Xerox, and Kelly Services.  * Provides all necessary equipment for the job. With other WAH lines of work, you often must provide your own computer and headset. Apple ensures that its direct employees and vendors are provided with the equipment they need to do the job. (In this case, this includes an iMac, keyboard, mouse, USB headset, phone system, and Ethernet cable.) An exception to this is Arise Virtual Solutions, which requires its independent contractors to provide their own equipment. (That’s one of the qualities of an independent contractor.) Beyond that, though, Apple seems dedicated to equipping its people for their roles.","However, as anyone born in the last three decades might realize, Apple also does not lead the market in terms of operating system brand or affordability. As a result, most prospective Apple employees (whether direct or through a vendor) need to have some degree of experience with their products before providing service to their customers, or it’s going to be an uphill battle.  * Inadequate training curriculum. Now, I know what you might be thinking, this is where Apple’s responsibility might be blurred with the vendor’s responsibility, since the vendor – as a contractor – provides its own trainers and can make its own adaptations to the training process for its agents. Nevertheless, Apple clearly intends for its vendors to use their proprietary training process (known as “New Advisor Training – Academy”) inside a portal known as iDesk in order to complete the training process.  --- It lasts several weeks, but the training itself involves very few simulations or interaction on the part of the student. Most of the training consists of boring, unengaging lectures from classroom instructors who go through a slide show presentation.  --- Those of us who net less than $20k a year tend not to be familiar with Apple’s product line. This means that something as innocuous as swiping back or going to the ‘settings’ area on an iOS device can be hard to understand or describe because it’s just “one of those things” you have to PRACTICE in order to remember. Training might be able to fill the gaps, but with very little hands-on practice of any kind (even simulated), most of the information just goes in one ear and out the other. Aggravating this situation is the fact that my employer (Apple’s vendor) - Kelly Services - never provided the promised iPod that we could use to familiarize ourselves with the product line we would be supporting.  * Poor support structure. Just like many other call center projects, Apple has an additional level of support known as Tier 2. This queue consists entirely of agents who are supposedly the “best of the best” and are there to support customers and the agents on the frontline. In contrast to other projects, however, agents are actually allowed to reach out to Tier 2 for help when they aren’t comfortable handling a call. Apple itself makes getting help very hard, however – even for newer agents.  --- Apple tracks the number of times agents reach out to Tier 2 for support. I don’t know how the other vendors do things, but Kelly Services held agents accountable to this metric right from the start. To keep Tier 2 escalations low, agents would be strongly encouraged to reach out to local management and chat support for assistance.  --- Even if agents just needed to ask a question or get help with a call instead of escalating, the very act of dialing Tier 2’s line would count as an “escalation” for purposes of the “Tier 2 Escalations” metric. While I can understand the potential for abuse of phone consultations as a method to avoid customer interactions, this puts unnecessary stress on frontline agents – especially newbie agents – who could be panicking because they don’t know what the heck they’re doing.  --- Tier 2 also seems to have an attitude problem. Agents on the line don’t generally assume good faith in Tier 1 agents and tend to leave Tier 1 agents with the impression that the act of escalating is an inconvenience. As a former Tier 2 phone agent and Team Lead on another project, I understand how frustrating it can be to get agents who don’t use their tools before calling in, however, this lack of willingness to assist discourages Tier 1 agents from asking for help and hurts customer satisfaction. With such a poor training process in place, reaching out to an additional level of support really should not be such an involved process.  --- Adding even more stress to the situation is the fact that Tier 2 agents give “peer feedbacks,” which are basically reviews on the Tier 1 agent’s performance. So, as a Tier 1 agent: if a Tier 2 agent is miffed because their 30 minutes of ‘available’ time is interrupted with your phone call, there’s nothing stopping them from giving you a negative peer feedback.  --- To my utter amazement, Apple also mixes all of its Tier 2 agents from multiple vendors into one gigantic queue – a very unusual practice for a call center, in my experience. So, when you reach out for help, you might get a Tier 2 agent from your own employer, or it could be someone from one of Apple’s many vendors – all of whom have their own policies, techniques, and personalities. This is just additional inconsistency to further complicate an already convoluted support process.  * Ineffective tools. iLog, the application that allows Apple’s support agents to connect with and assist customers, tries to be an all-in-one tool for agents to efficiently assist customers. However, it, too, has its shortcomings.  --- The knowledge base (“Knowledge Center”) is a collection of how-to articles and procedural documentation agents use to support customers. However, agents must rely entirely on keyword searches or a list of article suggestions (based on how agents classify their case) when finding relevant resources. There’s no menu or organized list of topics from which to drill-down. Additionally, some questions on simpler topics are only available in product manuals, which requires a PDF file download – further extending the call’s average handle time, harming agent confidence, and lowering customer satisfaction.  * Strange quality expectations. Apple’s approach to empathy and rapport-building is embodied in something it coins the “Three A’s,” which are: Acknowledge, Align, and Assure. Agents with Kelly Services routinely miss “Align” in quality evaluations. Sometimes, agents overlook empathy during their phone calls and don’t use the right voice inflection, in Apple’s case, however, I think empathy is more complex than it needs to be. Most call centers – even the ones who use NPS and follow a CARES quality model – combine or link acknowledgement and “alignment” together. So, a simple statement such as, “we want to get your screen repaired so that touch functionality works normally” combines acknowledgement and empathy in one simple statement. Apple’s idea of empathy (or “alignment”), however, is “I would feel that way too” statements, which tend to patronize the customer – especially on calls with very simple issues.","Training is everything. You’ve certainly done a great job of building hype in the brand and rewarding your personnel for a job well done, but your ability to recruit and retain talent outside of brand loyalists strongly depends on how well you give them the skills with which to do their jobs.  * Make Tier 2 support their agents. Tier 1 agents should never feel afraid to reach out for support, but that’s what’s happening because of the barriers both you and Tier 2 has placed to getting help. By holding agents strictly accountable to the number of times they reach out for help on BOTH consultations and escalations, you’re discouraging agents from getting help and encouraging them to “wing it.” In spite of your global processes, every vendor has its own personality, policies, and techniques, and separating the Tier 2 queues by vendor could go a long way toward increasing consistency while maintaining the accountability you want.  * Make training an interactive process. Adults tend to learn effectively through practice and self-directed learning. If you or your vendors can’t provide agents with the equipment (i.e., an iPhone or iPod) that they’ll be supporting on customer calls, at least provide enough of a simulated experience so that the agents are reasonably confident in what they’re doing.  * Integrate your support resources in a one stop shop. Searches by keywords ought to be a last resort. Both your Tier 1 and Tier 2 agents are turning to Google – a third party resource – to find answers because your knowledge base system isn’t fast or effective enough. You’ve been in this business long enough to know how to identify call drivers, and these are things that should be mapped out in a drill-down menu or by category that agents can easily access on each call. You’ve already made a step in the right direction with article suggestions (“articles linked to similar cases”), but there’s more to be done. Make support articles short and to the point to save handle time and increase agent confidence, they shouldn’t have to read a novel to get their answers!",2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42355,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great Company,"Loved the benefits you would get working here, the atmosphere, and the products",Not really many cons to working here. Its a great company and I enjoyed my time there.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42356,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Mechanical Engineer,Sr Mechanical Engineer,"Great learning experience, highly recommend giving it a try",Be prepared to give it your all this is a job that requires 110% of your best effort.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42357,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Solid caring company to work for,"Management behaviors, culture, and benefits are like nothing you will ever see in retail","High stress environment and pay is good for retail, but not appropriate for what is asked of you on a daily basis",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42358,apple,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor Internship,- Lots of training available to help you learn the position - Hours are worked around your school schedule,"- You may end up with one day off a week, as you have to work at least one full day on the weekend and then a few hours here and there throughout the week. - You are volun-told to work extra hours during new update or product releases. - I ended up with having five days off, between school and work, in three months due to new releases and asking us to work more hours. - Told you would work part time during school semester, but have to work more during new releases. - No career opportunities unless you want to stay on the phone talking to people.","Students need some personal time to relax and de-stress between school, tests, and handling technical support calls (we know these can get frustrating). Encourage, but don't require students to work more time during the school semester.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42359,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Great Company,Work with some of the smartest people in the world. Working on products used by hundreds of millions of people is an indescribable feeling.,It is impossible to test software enough when your product is being used by millions of users. The law of big numbers dictates that a 99.99% success rate still leave thousands of users with a poor experience.,"Definitive planning for features needs to happen early on in the year. Asking engineers for major changes several weeks before launch leaves little time for testing, which results in a poor user experience.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P574.htm
42360,apple,none," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist in Retail,Had a lot of fun working for Apple. Made a ton of great friends. Not sure if there are better retail jobs out there.,"Expect to be constantly busy. Customers can be rude, but that's the nature of the beast with Customer Service.",Keep preaching that credo and high fiving. Don't get jaded.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42361,apple,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Things about being an Apple AHA,Awesome co-workers and management. The company treats you so good and you get these cool little packages for working so hard. Would continue to work for Apple but I want to change paths career wise that has something to do with my degree.,"I can not think of a bad thing about Apple, this company is simply amazing. However, helping people who break their phones and blames in on Apple is the worst at 6:00am in the morning. 9/10 of all calls are because of the users fault and they expect us to correct their mistake and if we take to long they get mad at us... AppleCare Advisors are the frontline for support please respect them because we don't deserved to get yelled at. Be happy we are helping you when its your fault.","Management is amazing, they are helping you become the best you possibly can.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42362,apple,none," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,"Great benefits, opportunities for growth, encouraging and supportive team members","Long hours, deal with many difficult people, sometimes management can be confusing on what their goals are.",More clarity to employees on how to succeed,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42363,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Culture,"Best company and best products Smartest, most passionate and creative employees",High pressure environment You don't get much recognition,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42364,apple,none," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Atmosphere,Really enjoyed the people I worked with and the company as a whole.,Hard to move up past management in the company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42365,apple,"Columbia, MD"," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,"The heart is gone, money is the name of the game","Social, fast paced, busy, good people (they hire personalities). Better than average retail pay. Amazing benefits package (401k, education reimbursement, sick/vacation, discounts, etc)","Brutal almost slave labor conditions at times, company focus on money not service, political game to get raises, promotions or move positions. Always understaffed and sometimes high turnover.",Care more about people and less about money,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42366,apple,none," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fun working environment,Fun environment with great benefits,Not much room for internal strategic development,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42367,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GSM,"Leading edge company with great exposure to new technology, and good pay.",Very long hours and calls well into the evening/early morning to coordinate with Asia. Work not altogether fulfilling given so much was out of one's own control.,"Not much management change given that the company is so big and has such high expectations of product delivery - but somehow finding a way to help with work/life balance is key, schedule was unsustainable.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42368,apple,none," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - QA Analyst,QA Analyst,Greatest company in the world,"Strict environment, not the best work/life balance",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42369,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Apple is a great company. For now.,Apple is a company that truly cares for their employees. There is a culture there that recognizes hard word and is always looking to put people in a better position.,The company is getting very large and it seems that it may be heading more toward a corporate structure. If this happens it will change what Apple is known for.,Please allow people of color to have a chance to move I to management.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P575.htm
42370,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - College AppleCare Advisor,Apple Employment,Loved working in the interactive teams to accomplish tasks. Super nice staff and management are easy to contact. You are never left in the dark and you always have support.,Scheduling can be pretty strict and it can be difficult to constantly have to answer phone calls. Can be hard to deal with so many people.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42371,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Apple Specialist,"Apple takes such good care of its employees, even at the very lowest rung of the ladder (retail). Apple employees are so passionate, and Apple recognizes this and keeps them very happy, from the benefits to the pay.","They are literally no cons, aside from how busy the stores can get (it can be frustrating not being able to help everyone!)",Remind fellow managers and yourselves how good of a job you're doing in regards to fostering a positive and creative environment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42372,apple,none," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Benefits, people, atmosphere, diversity, amenities on the new campus","working for managers without degrees, hard to move up based on skill, it's who you know",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42373,apple,"Eugene, OR"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - ITunes Advisor,Love/Hate,"Lots of over time and extra work, Benefits, Job security, management is great!","Not a lot of room to move up quickly, scheduling, repetitive work and not a lot of excitement!",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42374,apple,"Peabody, MA"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Fun and exciting, limited growth","Firstly, the prestige and ability to learn from the best is worth the sometimes daunting pressure to sell and sell big. In Apple Retail, you are able to hone your ability to instruct and interact with a diverse cohort of customers while representing globally revered products and solutions.","Lengthly training really straps on the training wheels and can be emotionally reductive. I found the way in which ego thrived to be sobering at times. In the Retail domain, nobody engineers what we end up selling, take a lap, and keep your ego in check.",Trust those that you hire want to work there and value their ability to think and share their passions for all things Designed By Apple in California.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42375,apple,none," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Retail at its finest, with a few mild exceptions","- Great people, benefits, and leadership (in my experience) - Fun atmosphere, despite the craziness often associated with Apple Stores - The retail staff are the first people who get to play with the shiny new products!","- Customer interactions can be pretty stressful at times, so having a resiliency as far as this is concerned is important. - Too much flexing toward the customers' desires and not standing by the company's policies from management, which often made it difficult to deliver the right position on delicate topics. - Rather strict attendance policy, many employees I knew were docked for missing their start time by only a few minutes. The work schedule can be quite erratic and those with regular family commitments may find it hard to establish a good work/life balance.",Keep hiring great people!,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42376,apple,none," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,mechanical engineer,comforrable environment and good colleages,sort of stressful good work team,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42377,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 28, 2015","Current Employee - Instructor &amp, Employee Development",Sandbox,Place to practice your skills,"They blow smoke, aren't forthcoming about opportunities, reality of working in retail.",Keep it real,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42378,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"eh, it was ok, kind weird.",very secretive annoying staff lots of silly rules,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42379,apple,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good people and environment in the organization,Less chances of promotion in the organization,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P576.htm
42380,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Benefits, People, Training, Knowledge, Premium Product, Fine Arts, Technology,","Entitlement, Bias, Malls, Retail Hours, Secrecy",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42381,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Retail Manager,Too much ,"Great overall culture, energy, and workplace","Too many senior leaders brought in from outside the company for ""experience"" have stifled and diluted the focus on customer experience.","Hire leaders for how well they lead and radiate the Apple values, not how many years of traditional (horrible customer service) retail experience they have.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42382,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great People!,"Great people, great benefits. The culture here is amazing and people value feedback.","Not many cons, the company tries to do what's best for their people. The only thing I can think of inconsistent practices between different locations but that is normal in retail.","Keep up what you are doing! There will always be the 10% that are unhappy, that is inevitable but Apple tries it's best to accommodate everyone.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42383,apple,none," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cashier,nice people nice staff clean place,Rude people people are slow hard to explain,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42384,apple,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great environment, people that work there are amazing, regular employees, managers are questionable at least a few majority are extremely help and nice.","terrible schedules, couldn't go to school and work at apple at the same time because scheduling manager was lazy and didn't want to anything but retire","better people for managers, someone that wants to be there",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42385,apple,none," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Good people, generally very customer focused","Apple is disorganized in its communication between corporate, AppleCare, and Apple Retail.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42386,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Genius,Crooked Managers,Best job you can have without a degree. Pays well and if you buy into the cult-like atmosphere you might get a self esteem boost.,Managers in my location stole service parts in order to build and sell computers on the internet. They were caught but it really soured the experience for me.,Metrics aren't everything. If your bosses are using you to enforce imaginary numbers maybe it's time to come together and make some changes.,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42387,apple,"Madison, WI"," Sep 12, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great place to work.,"Fun, great people for the most part. The ones you don't care for (very few) you can stay away from but overall great people. Can be a bit clique-y at times- like in high school with the ""cool kids"". Day flies by quickly because you are always busy.","If you are part-time it's tough to have another gig. They suck up as much of your time as they can, often at the most inconvenient hours when you need to do other gigs. Other than that there are few ""cons"".",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42388,apple,"Brandon, FL"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,A company that truly cares about their retail employees from part-time to managers.,- Health benefits are unmatched by any other company I've worked for. - Company goals and standards are easy to align with. - Managers don't feel as their name implies. They lead teams with great perspective and honesty - not micro-manage.,"- Moving into management is a challenge. Coming from management experience in previous roles, I figured to move up quickly - which has not been the case. - Internal interviewing for promotions sometimes seems as if the chosen candidate was picked before interviews.","As great as the managers lead and create innovation, they should take more insight from the people in the trenches to gain ideas from the people who do the jobs every day.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42389,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing place to work great benefits good training simply a great company to work for!,"Apple really takes care of their employees with great benefits, good pay that is competitive. They listen to employee feedback and make changes accordingly always trying to improve the lives of their employees so that they have a good worklife balance.",can be very competitive to try to advance to other positions.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P577.htm
42390,apple,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Famlily Room Specialist,great company fun place to work. the benefits are amazing if you can get past the people then its not a bad job,the customer you get are interesting to say the least they are very very picky.,keep doing what you do. it take a different type of person to work at apple. you have to be very customer focused.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42391,apple,none," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Specialist,Excellent company never had any issues while with them.,none that I experienced within the time I was employed.,none.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42392,apple,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Working at Apple,"The coworkers, managers, and the customers.","I enjoy working at Apple so, there are no cons to mention.",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42393,apple,none," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Genius,"Of all of the things that are worth while to work at the Apple store, it is the look on people's faces when you show them something extraordinary - something they didn't even know before - and they get this look on their face. ""Wow,"" is the refrain. Also the benefits, and coworkers are amazing.","The schedule is erratic. Like, wildly. It's retail and they justify the crazy schedule because you needed to have completely open availability to get the job. Being a Lead Genius means you have to not complain about it either. Working in consumer tech support is also pretty grinding. Lead Geniuses get involved with customer when they are already upset. Getting actually screamed at was a regular occurrence. Security occasionally gets involved.  If you get to be a Lead Genius, but don't want to be in Retail Management? You've hit your ceiling.","Change the Family Room so that there are more solid schedules. Figure out how to allow for lifers to have real schedules because they are working full-time and supporting families, maybe going to school.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42394,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Tech Support,Remote Technical Support,Stay up to date with the latest advances in the Apple Ecosystem,Telephone based support. Call center style environment where individuality and creativity were stifled . Very corporate,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42395,apple,"Olympia, WA"," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"If you know which store to work for, you'll love this company.","Friendly people. Very diverse. Fun atmosphere. You'll meet a very eclectic group of people and they offer incentives. 401k, health insurance, all that jazz.","Favoritism among management. Cult-like mentality. Low pay if you're not a ""Genius""(no worries about that though, they make even less,now).",Please do your research on managers. The store I was employed at hired a full-time manager with no previous experience. this was only noticed after he was accused of sexual harassment and they found out that he was a former stock boy from Old Navy and he was fired for the exact same accusations.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42396,apple,"Washington, DC"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Management and employees,Great atmosphere amongst people in the same job level.,Horrible disconnect between managers and employees.,"Get to know your damn employees. Don't wait for them to come up to you, they're below you.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42397,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,best retail job in the world,"the people I work with every day, customers and contemporaries are some of the most diverse and interesting people in the world. My leadership cares deeply about m development.","Its very busy, and I'm always on my feet. As in any retail environment the customer can often be difficult and demanding, and the pressure is even greater within apple no not necessarily have all the answers but be able to find them.",Maintain the human element. Never let go of the credo.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42398,apple,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Support Analyst,At Home Adviser,- pay - flexibility - benefits - paid vacation - not alone (have a team),- long hours - can be stressful - become bias about other products - people ask you for favors a lot - very secure,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42399,apple,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,AWESOMENESS,GREAT BENEFITS! Loads of perks,super high maintenance customers.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P578.htm
42400,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Great experience.,"You get to network & work with so many amazing people, both management and peers Great benefits Good discounts The culture is awesome","It is retail, so you'll have to work weekends but it's not so bad. As a BOH Specialist you do get to help out customers on the floor but not as much as an actual specialist. I don't have many complaints to be honest.",None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42401,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great company to work for but terrible schedule.,"Amazing benefits, high paying for retail, great resume fodder for other jobs.","Not only is it retail so holidays and weekend work required, but management insisted on using Kronos software to make schedules that enhance profits even if the schedule was disastrous for the health and sanity of the employees. There were week I worked a different shirt everyday. YIKES!",Remember that your people are the soul of your company and that happy healthy employees mean happy customers,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42402,apple,none," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS Experience,"-Company offers excellent discounts and benefits. The perks definitely kept me with the company. -They do their best to treat employees well, especially in the retail environment, considering how difficult the job is","-Difficult job dealing with other (usually angry / ass-y ) people's problems all day long. -Thankless work - you are taking multiple appointments at a time, getting paid less than your Genius counterparts, and not given the same resources as them to get the job done.",Pay your FRS teams more. Geniuses are obsolete considering that Apple's money maker is mobile devices. Great retail pay - but not enough for what you're asking of us.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42403,apple,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just started,"Pay, hours, at home, it's apple",None so far. I'll keep you posted,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42404,apple,none," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Bitter sweet,"- They really care about their employees, - Have numerous programs and initiatives that help you take care of your family and recharge -Contest, puzzles and drawings to keep employees engaged. -Best In Industry, paid Job specific training (they will literally allow you to take time off the phone to complete training when available)","- Too customer oriented, it's good to please customers but some times customers are cocky and you always have to bend to their BS otherwise they give negative CSAT and your manager has to coach and pester about it you about it and it takes down your overall CSAT score which (if you get enough of them) affects ability to get promoted within the company, your bonus and consequently can get you disciplinary action.  - Since you're the face of the company you're responsible for weeding out the media, people who just want to game the system, trying to mine for proprietary information, really really pissed off people with a chip on their shoulder who think Apple owes them something (in cases where they don't owe them thing) so it's taken out on you and those who want to find out about the ""unreleased products"" and it can become irritating.","Realize that although you take great care of your employees, you shouldn't follow your customers words blindly as sometimes there are customers who just simply don't like your policies and procedures or just flat out cry foul because your advisers won't give them what they want...",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42405,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Great for a Retail Job,- Potential for professional growth - Amazing people to work with - Great benefits - Plenty of locations around the world - Management actually listens to feedback,"- Retail Job = Retail hours (holidays, weekends) - Office space is awful (many locations without windows, white walls, no personal affects allowed)",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42406,apple,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great,"Great people, always fun to go to work.",Retail hours working weekends wasn't the best.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42407,apple,"Kansas City, MO"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great team,"Awesome team based work environment. Great benefits, infinite development opportunity.","Long hours. Impatient customers. Customers don't take personal accountability for their device, passwords, data.",New process implementations should be vetted a little better and never launched with new products.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42408,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Great benefits and options. Worked with a team of intelligent individuals who are truly passionate about their work. Overall, a great experience.",Felt that there could have been better compensation for the work which can be grueling at times. Scheduling is retail based and not fixed.,"Offer higher wages, show appreciation for the team in tangible ways, allow employees to have scheduling preferences, and offer extended support.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42409,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Experience,There are great benefits for working there.,There is not much room for growth.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P579.htm
42410,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Experience,There are great benefits for working there.,There is not much room for growth.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42411,apple,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, depending on the store","Amazing people. Apple hires on personality, and it really shows with the coworkers","Very little room to grow, and development is completely absent depending on store. Leadership is very hands-off, and they seem to make an easy job much more difficult at times. Customers can have a serious sense of entitlement, like not wanting to wait in a simple line to get help.","Develop your people, or be prepared to lose them",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42412,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fun place,Fun place and everyone is pretty easy to get along with,To much trying to push add ons that customers don't really need,try to keep the positive culture,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42413,apple,none," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent job,Excellent pay and benefits here.,"None, if you are comfortable with lots of calls.",No advice to give. Very well run company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42414,apple,"Edison, NJ"," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,A Place to Grow,If you are eager to learn this is the place to learn and get paid while you do it.,"Management can be uncompromising, but what can you expect from a company built by Steve Jobs.",Don't talk down to your employees in front of other employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42415,apple,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible scheduling,Ability to work unconventional hours.,"Most of the time, was required to work long hours during holidays without receiving holiday pay.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42416,apple,none," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employment,"Amazing benefits for students and medical, tuition reimbursement and awesome leave of absence abilities  Fun work environment, awesome people","Worked to the absolute bone, never a down minute, crazy time schedule, difficulty getting time off, blackout time",Hire more people so that employees hours can be more stable and normal.  Create room for advancement!,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42417,apple,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail Mac Genius,"Great people, tons of discounts/free stuff. Free certification in OS X and iOS as a Genius.","Some late hours, lots of work, not enough pay for the Dallas market.","Listen to your employees concerns more, too many auto pilot robot responses to legitmate human needs.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42418,apple,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,Just Meh,"Pay, Benefits, Working at Home, Apple Swag. The pay is awesome, along with the benefits too. They offer the best insurance, at great rates, that I've ever seen. I work from home, and absolutely love that aspect of it. Apple swag are the perks of the job, receiving shipments of Apple branded mugs, hoodies, blankets, etc. Contests continuously to get you more Swag. My co-workers are great, very helpful and caring.","The lack of support from management is heartbreaking really. Apple has so much to offer, but then when thrown to the wolves, management is MIA. The attendance policy isn't up to par with industry standards either. A reason and an approval must be received from team management to even use earned vacation or sick time. I don't feel that a reason should be given to take any earned time off, if the time off is available on the calendar.  I received a promotion and that's when the lack of care began. I am the highest level, with no help, except from my peers. In the event of a difficult situation, management wasn't available to assist with decision making, issues, etc. This position is extremely stressful for me, as is most of my peers. This position is what drives excellent employees to seek out other employment.","Pay attention! Pay attention to us little guys. We still need your help with our work. We need you available for us. Revamp the attendance policy too. No one plans to be sick the next day, stuff like this happens. We get penalized for this, in negative ways. Train properly. Allow the time for training. Have sessions where we can ask questions about our training. Our jobs would be easier and we would be able to provide more for our customers with the right support.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42419,apple,"Portland, ME"," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Preservation and Operations Specialist,Great benefits but no mobility,"Benefits for healthcare, employee pricing, third party pricing are great. Can be an exciting place with constant change. Never boring. Hands down the best experience you will have in retail. Great starting pay with no experience as long as your cool. You will get a lot if hands on experience and see behind the curtain if a successful company.","Employee shelf life is 1-2 years. Turn over is 30% a year. Company is so successful that retail middle management hasn't got much else to do but watch over your shoulder. Since most upper level positions in retail are external hires, management doesn't know how to use the technology they expect you to sell. They work in theory only and hide behind delegation. The people are great but it makes it much harder to compete for very few advancements. Corporate uses illusion of secrecy to hide rampant disorganization between retail, phone centers, corporate, and other support mechanisms. Reviews have been boiled down to three useless measurements expected more, achieved expectations, and exceeded expectations. Some how even though daily results are met, when reviews come up, the stores poor results explain why your raise was 0-3%.",Never ask someone to do something you wouldn't do yourself. Learn the roles you supervise. Stop hiding behind delegation.,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P580.htm
42420,apple,none," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RedZone Specialist,"Wonderful company, amazing benefits, I feel that Leadership takes great care of its employees.","Can be very stressful, processes can be complex and can change rapidly.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42421,apple,none," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,The best,such good benefits and great people to work with,"none, its always busy and you have to love interacting with people",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42422,apple,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,Just Meh,"Pay, Benefits, Working at Home, Apple Swag. The pay is awesome, along with the benefits too. They offer the best insurance, at great rates, that I've ever seen. I work from home, and absolutely love that aspect of it. Apple swag are the perks of the job, receiving shipments of Apple branded mugs, hoodies, blankets, etc. Contests continuously to get you more Swag. My co-workers are great, very helpful and caring.","The lack of support from management is heartbreaking really. Apple has so much to offer, but then when thrown to the wolves, management is MIA. The attendance policy isn't up to par with industry standards either. A reason and an approval must be received from team management to even use earned vacation or sick time. I don't feel that a reason should be given to take any earned time off, if the time off is available on the calendar.  I received a promotion and that's when the lack of care began. I am the highest level, with no help, except from my peers. In the event of a difficult situation, management wasn't available to assist with decision making, issues, etc. This position is extremely stressful for me, as is most of my peers. This position is what drives excellent employees to seek out other employment.","Pay attention! Pay attention to us little guys. We still need your help with our work. We need you available for us. Revamp the attendance policy too. No one plans to be sick the next day, stuff like this happens. We get penalized for this, in negative ways. Train properly. Allow the time for training. Have sessions where we can ask questions about our training. Our jobs would be easier and we would be able to provide more for our customers with the right support.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42423,apple,"Pikesville, MD"," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Great company to work for,I love love love love love love love love love love love love love Apple,"Retail cause be frustrating, due to hours and the few customers that feel entitled.",I don't have any advice to management. None at all.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42424,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare,-- great coworkers -- great benefits -- really good pay,-- customers are extremely entitled so they can be difficult to work with -- no work life balance since you work from home,I really don't have any advice for the management except that I wish it was more cohesive across the board.,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42425,apple,none," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Awesome company to work for,none about his company is bad,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42426,apple,none," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top notch,"Great environment, great people, great culture, management is great and overall is an awesome place to work.",None that I can think of.. Maybe the only downside is all your friends want a discount.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42427,apple,none," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDM,"Overall a good company to work at. Flat management structure, creative & honest people who are passionate about their work.","Not great employee discounts, not an excellent salary until you make manager. Poor training and on boarding for new employees, zero documentation on processes or systems.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42428,apple,none," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working as a creative at an Apple Store,"-Good culture -Exposed to new technologies -Variety of roles -Meet lots of interesting people -ESPP -Great part-time job for a college student, or someone not reliant on only this income",-Pay is not great -No real career path,"Allow people to move into roles more quickly. Often, there are a lot of hoops to jump through to get from one role to another. And by the time one is ready to make the transition a new system has been implemented that includes another hoop to jump through.",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42429,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Back of House Specialist,"Great benefits, stock options, 401K, tuition reimbursement, Positive work environment with very smart, motivated people. If you're going to work retail, I would recommend Apple.","The opportunity to advance bottle necks very quickly. Using key buzz words that Apple just gushes over will get you advanced faster than actual talent or previous experience. If you're 18-25 and live at home with no real bills, Apple is perfect for you. You'd be better off becoming a manger somewhere other than Apple and then transferring into Apple as a manager. They do that a lot. It may be Apple, but it's still just retail.","Stick to your core values of developing and advancing from within. Someone spending several years learning the Apple culture in efforts to become a manager gets slapped in the face when an outside hire comes in and gets rushed that same training in a couple of months. When that happens, your supposed importance of living that Apple culture becomes real flimsy. Long story short...IT'S JUST RETAIL.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P581.htm
42430,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great Company the staff that I've encountered with so far is great.,"Stock discount, 1st day of work benefits and great pay for work at home with no commute or traffic. Lots of support and resources.",If you are not flexible with the hours then it will be hard to adjust.,Keep up the good work and the hiring process within so that your Co workers can advance within the company.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42431,apple,none," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is apple,"Great sales training, great people, great system","Work life balance, its retail, don't forget that part of the whole process.",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42432,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Review,Great Company to work for...,Long working hours most of the time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42433,apple,none," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"Work from home, set your own schedule, discounts on Apple products","Strict goals for performance, must work overtime on holidays",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42434,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple care,"Good pay,flexible hours, great employees. Cant wait to clock in.","None that i can think of, really enjoy this company.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42435,apple,none," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail experience you can get,"Amazing company, amazing people, amazing product. Good pay, but could be better based on revenue brought in and complexity of the product and customer.","Leadership in retail is often experienced RETAIL leaders and not Apple users/fans, and not used to managing diehard Apple fans/employees.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42436,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Still just a retail job,"You can learn something new everyday. In fact Apple promotes learning and keeps you ""on the clock"" while you learn more about their products, services, tech specs, etc.  The other employees Apple tends to hire are awesome people which makes for a fun environment to work in.","The pay wasn't very competitive. But since everyone wants to work for Apple they don't have to offer much to attract employees.  While it is exciting to work for Apple, if you work Apple retail you have to remember you're still in ""retail"". Just like all retail jobs the hours are lousy, time off is nearly impossible to get, and holidays are your busiest times.",All the managers I reported to were really awesome people. They were friendly when you approached them with questions or requests for shift switches or time off. Keep it up.,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42437,apple,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Rep,"Great corporate culture, benefits, products, and discount",Teaching people how to use technology that are not tech savvy.,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42438,apple,none," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple,good money per hour 60 hours a week.,get fired on the spot for handling something wrong,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42439,apple,none," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very great job and position that I like and a lot of people enjoys which reflects public recognition of the company pretty much.,what is the bad part of the company? i am not sure what the question mean and what I can express from over here at the moment yet.,it will be better if something could be changed and other things maintain the same way as it is right now as what I've observed from the company,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P582.htm
42440,apple,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Exercise caution if you are a minority,"The discounts and pay are exceptional, it is the best-paying job in retail. Benefits are fantastic and you may work with some of the greatest, brightest individuals you've ever had the privilege to call ""coworker."" Freedom--to an extent--of self-expression. The feedback system, when appropriately used, is extremely beneficial for personal and professional development. Incredible access to professional development resources that don't necessarily have to do with your role. Semi-direct communication from head executives minimize the gap between retail and corporate. There is constant access to some of the best consumer technology in the US. There is a great deal of emphasis on extraordinary customer service, which is transferable almost anywhere. One of the most liberal work environments, period.","As someone said, it's the pinnacle of retail, but it's still retail. The secrecy becomes overbearing and we are frequently thrown into complex situations with little training beyond customer service. Internal questions about products frequently go unanswered, and we are left stumbling around in the dark, ignorant of our own devices. Morning meetings are tedious and redundant. ""It's not about the numbers"" but it is overwhelmingly about the numbers. Micromanaging is overabundant, especially if you are in sales. Organizational structure is, at best, weak, and at worst, crumbling at the foundation, a haphazard monstrosity of miscommunication. Resources for training, mystically claimed to be abundant, are hard to find. If they exist, we are not given time on-the-clock to pursue them. Scheduling is a mess. /// As a Black female employee in the Midwest, my negative experiences have been compounded along the intersections of identity. For example, a customer called me the N-word, and when I told my store leader about my experience, he responded with with another derogatory term in an attempt to 'connect' and told me that ""the company does not protect [my] comfort."" Coworkers and managers alike have made inappropriate racist, homophobic, and sexist remarks. Whenever a person of color tries to confront the issue of racism, we are met with hostility, gaslighting, and condescension. The turnover rate for Black employees is disturbingly high, but little attention has been paid to this. These are, however, the most blatant examples. Most of the time, the offenses are subtle: offhanded comments, being called out more for negligible, nitpicky things and ignored for everything else, half-hidden little happenings that make you think you're losing your mind. Promotions favor young, White men, they are hired full-time into the company, while my female, part-time coworkers, regardless of race, have had to work twice as hard and for twice as long to receive the promotions doled out to their male counterparts. Apple has a race problem. Apple has a gender problem. And it needs to be seriously addressed.","Honestly, if you took the time to read the quarterly reviews and listen to the concerns of your minority employees, you could create an environment that became the standard within the tech and retail industry. Cultural sensitivity training for management should be a necessity. Reduce ambiguity around...everything. Treat your employees with the dignity and respect that you wanted when you were in this position.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42441,apple,none," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple juice,Great benefits and excellent people,Lots of micromanagement and stress there is a lot of secrecy and poor planning around launches,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42442,apple,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,Meet a lot of interesting people.,Pay should be higher for the amount of money that gets brought in.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42443,apple,none," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Tech,"Great bonuses, Fun and easy job to do if you know about iOS devices, great hours if you work from home, and fun coworkers.","Customer surveys aren't sent in a timely manner, customer surveys aren't sent to every customer, and dissatisfied customer reviews are counted against you even if they are unsatisfied with their own isp or Apple policy.",You need to monitor team leads and supervisors more to make sure they are actually doing their job. You also need to find a better way of handling customer surveys.,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42444,apple,"Riverside, NJ"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrative,"Good, but let's make it great.","You generally run into some absolutely brilliant people here. They're smart beyond any quantifiable measure, and they're creative to boot.","Working retail can be hard. Don't be fooled: working Apple Retail IS retail, but a little bit better than other kinds of retail. It can be difficult to make the transition into the corporate world.","Hire higher quality retail store managers. Push for quality candidates in the hiring process. I've seen plenty of managers come across as either unthinking, unfeeling, or a weird combination of both.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42445,apple,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red zone specialist,Such an amazing company to work for. They really care about their employees and customers. Wouldn't want to work anywhere else.,No cons so far. Like I said really good company to be work. When you're taken care of like this there's nothing negative about work.,Keep doing what you're doing. The system you have and the way you go about work and treating employees is mind blowing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42446,apple,"Torrance, CA"," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Tech Support Advisor,apple care,"work from home, nice pay, fun energetic company, great benefits","male dominated environment, its a really great company other than that",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42447,apple,none," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you are a college student....,"-Great Employee discount for your first major Apple purchase (iPhone or iMac/Macbook). -Good for students in college who need a job. -Managers are typically very nice, and supportive.","-Cult culture. -Extremely high turnover rate. -Schedules fluctuate every few months, and are chosen on a lottery and trade basis. -They lie to you claiming how ""successful"" you'll become as an applecare advisor... its BS don't believe it. -Will not hire you if you have another part time job. -It is only a part time job, not full time. -Must pass three tests to fully get the job. -Must purchase your own desk and chair. Apple sets specific requirements (ergonomic) on what you can purchase and will release you if you do not abide by this. I spent $400 on everything. They give no financial assistance with this major purchase. -Must pay for your work phone and internet service. Apple pays a small portion of this, and claims you cannot use the phone or internet services for personal use, even after work hours. -Call center type work, gets very old, very fast.","Stop acting like AppleCare advisors are the lowest on the totem pole of your corporation. If it wasn't for them, customers would stop coming back to buy your overpriced products. You're lucky people are still dedicated to your products, and the expectations presented by the late Steve Jobs, or else you'd end up in the same situation you were in shortly after you had fired him.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42448,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,Easy job for the pay. Great people work for the company. Great benefits for full and part time employees. Apply,Customers are entitled and demand service as soon as they walk in the door. Corporate employees have the ability to enjoy more then retail,Have thick skin,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42449,apple,none," Sep 5, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Creative,"Apple offers a fast paced and fun work environment, where you make great friends, support one another, learn new technology and skills, and if you're interested leadership, too.","In the store, you may outgrow your position and if you're a creative, find yourself making less than if you were to be a freelancer doing video and audio work for clients...but not everyone wants to run their own business",Develop more internal training and pathways for retail staff to rise into leadership roles...developing a private online leadership training portal with video classes might be helpful and cost effective if workshops are too costly,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P583.htm
42450,apple,none," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is like a family,Corporate takes generous care of us and we get to be a part of some of the greatest innovations of our time. Apple hires the best people out there.,"Can be political, preventing good people from earning positions they deserve. Upper management can get wrapped up in 'moving up,' but there are still some amazing people in leadership.",Focus on streamlining the experience from store to store by holding management more accountable. Inconsistencies can disconnect us from the bigger vision.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42451,apple,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work For,"Positive and engaging environment, you will meet and work with diverse groups of very talented people. All needed training will be provided to you, and you will own your own professional development.","Retail positions can be very demanding, and the company understands and makes efforts to compensate for this. Peak times bring lots of traffic, but strong teams and strong people skills help alleviate traditional stress experienced from this.","Continue to listen to your employees, and continue to be open to feedback and new ideas.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42452,apple,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,Great discounts and holiday pay. They really consider you when they are making decisions about the work environment and listen to your feedback.,"Sometimes tedious. Not much room for growth depending on your management staff. In both large and small markets, advancement decisions are often determined by your direct managers, not by your previous experience before Apple or actual qualifications.","Please be a little more open and considerate of people's work before coming to Apple when making decisions about hiring and advancement within. I've heard veteran teachers turned down for positions as Creative trainers since they ""lacked experience.""",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42453,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Export Compliance Associate,my best job ever,"Company does really care about employees and listen to them incase they have something to say, for example, if you want further professional development. Perks are really cool, but not so excessive as at Google, what is very good.","High level of secrecy and confidentiality what is totally understandable, but may create some frustration. Easy overtime.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42454,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,As good as retail can get....although that's not saying much,-Great coworkers -Awesome benefits (loved the public transportation payment) -They do try to understand and accommodate their employees -Great on a resumé,"-Stingy with time off requests at times -Grind of dealing with customers can be intense at times, with no letup -not compensated nearly enough for what we do -Conflicting orders at times from management",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42455,apple,none," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Positive Environment to work in.,"Depending on the manager, they micro manage.",Keep up being positive. Do not micro manage. That is why I have seen teams fail.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42456,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Bumping my head on the glass ceiling,"Great benefits, fun coworkers, casual dress","Demanding customers, terrible retail hours, high stress level, fragmented management, unrealistic demands",Everyone needs to get on the same track and give the employees some recognition in the form of money and praise.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42457,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Some of the smartest, underpaid individuals I've ever worked with",- Talk to people about Apple products and how to use them - Lots of training on Apple products and services - Health and commuter benefits are great,- The 5th Avenue store is too crowded - Entitled customers - Pay rate sucks - No flexibility with schedule - You must work weekends - No work/life balance,- Learn to talk to people - Be empathetic - Lead by example - Your manager role does not entitle you to sleep with your employees,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42458,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Feels like you're on a college campus,Good pay with good benefits,They hire so many fresh grads and engineers/managers with very little experince. If you have more than 15 years experience you will feel like you are on a college campus and chances are your manager will have way less experience than you.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,none,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42459,apple,none," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great company, but it is retail","You have the opportunity to be a part of Apple's well-known company culture, it is a fun place to work with creative-minded people. There are constant changes and every day is different. I have met some of my best friends while working for Apple. Amazing benefits - tuition reimbursement, transit plan, stock discounts etc",It is retail. This means retail hours and retail customers. You will work holidays and weekends. There are so many employees at one store that it is very competitive to stand-out and move up from within. A lot of times they do not internally promote but rather bring in managers from other retailers.,Be transparent and communicate with your team. Be available and assume positive intent. Do not play the political game.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P584.htm
42460,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning competitive new skill sets,"Opportunity to work on products that impact a lot of people, with very passionate people who believe how important technology is to changing lives. One of the things I liked most about the company was the energy that possessed every employee and how they were quick to take up a new challenge when put up for one. Apple employees in my opinion like to tackle problems head on. In general if we had other groups that needed to provide us with any data it was expected that we would have an answer by the end of the day. Having that culture and a sense of urgency in my mind helps everyone contribute to the business that much more effectively  Additional Pros include:  Great perks such as discounts on hardware purchases Ability to learn new skills with support from management Fast paced environment ensures that you are always challenged",Need more management support for better work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42461,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - FRS,"Awesome experience, very demanding","-Apple typically hires very smart, outgoing people. I have made more friends with the people I work with than anywhere else I've been. -Incredible benefits and discounts for both part and full time employees. -After learning the ropes, the job is a breeze. -Some interactions are incredibly rewarding",-Many uneducated customers/users with silly demands -Sometimes very stressful -Managers sometimes expect too much from certain roles -long hours on hard concrete,FRS should honestly make more than Specialist.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42462,apple,none," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,The atmosphere working in Apple was fantastic. The benefits were absolutely awesome and the incentives given to you regarding discounts is also amazing.,"Some individuals are very helpful and will push you to succeed, but some individuals are extremely cutthroat. Working at Apple is very competitive so you have to be on your A game or someone will cut you down with no hesitation.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42463,apple,none," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great company. Loved being knowledgable about the latest devices and how to user them. Get to help people and teach people. Excellent benefits,Retail hours. Over crowded store,Promote from within. Have set schedules for some retail employees.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42464,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Pre-Sales Engineer,"Super positive work environment, successful products with great name recognition. Evolutionary improvements in management for sales team, slowly getting better.","Compensation not always on par with similar jobs in industry, not much is documented.","Love of Apple is a real thing, but it's hard to keep saying no to higher salary offers.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42465,apple,"Miami, FL"," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist - Retail,"Great products and company ops. if you enjoy retail sales without the concern for sales quota and casual approach toward appearance, this is the place.",Mediocre earning potential but plenty of opportunity for advancement if you are willing to put in the time and effort.,"I felt management was very accommodating toward scheduling and helping you succeed in all aspects i.e. technological knowledge, presentations, customer approach etc.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42466,apple,none," Sep 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work,"Good manager, salary and bonuses",Can get lost in the woodwork,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42467,apple,"Toledo, OH"," Sep 5, 2015",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Amazing,Good pay. Great company. Values employees. Great benefits. Wonderful team of co workers.,Upward mobility can be difficult since nearly everyone wants to work their way up to Cupertino,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42468,apple,"Boston, MA"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Great benefits,"Amazing health ins., great discount on products","Managers frowned upon employees who took their 15 minute breaks and even used that as an excuse not to promote someone stating that they were ""not a team player"" and ""lazy"". This was common in both stores that I worked in (Boston and LA).",Working for Apple is not the single greatest thing anyone could ever possibly want and therefore they will do whatever you tell them just to keep their job (why would anyone want to work anywhere else?) In other words: not everyone drank the Kool-Aide so chill out.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42469,apple,none," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great money for retail and amazing discounts on products. Amazing management team who show a genuine interest in your growth Great opportunity for growth,They are not as flexible with the hours as they could be and there are obvious downsides to working retail during the holiday season if you want time off with your family.,The senior management could work harder to adjust schedules for those who are working part time while in college.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P585.htm
42470,apple,none," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great college job,"Great pay and benefits, plus flexible hours to work around my college classes. Super friendly peers and management and a great culture.","The best way to move ""up"" was to be friends with management, but that was more of a reflection on our specific managers.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42471,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Fun and no stress,Fun atmosphere. Rarely any stress from anyone. Learning new things constantly. Great discount. Costumes usually come in knowing what they want so I never need to actually sell anything.,"""I love it!""""You are awesome."".. They encourage this kind of absolutely positive attitude. Sometimes it feels too much. And the love towards the company and products is crazy.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42472,apple,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Store,-Great people -Great pay -Work with trechnology,-Love working here. Had to leave because of school,great job,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42473,apple,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple: Pros and Cons,Great Pay and awesome coworkers,Not a fun work place,Work hard and be determined.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42474,apple,"Saint Cloud, FL"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Genius/Genius Administrator,Genius,"Great People. Love to enrich lives.Great benefits, stock options etc..",No work life balance. Blackout days prevent you from requesting holidays off. No set schedule.,Very Supportive!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42475,apple,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Customers are Evil,"The people, fellow employees. We're a family in (almost) every store and when you visit other stores you're welcomed with open arms. (makes vacations interesting). Store meetings are like big parties, managers are excellent people-people. High energy, amazing benefits (dental, vision, general), great discounts.","The customers are all horrible. Spoiled teens and kids, entitled adults. Some people think just because they own an apple product they get special treatment. Always angry and foul mouthed. It's rare to actually have a pleasant interaction with a customer.",PLEASE STOP PROMOTING/MOVING NEW EMPLOYEES OVER EXISTING ONES!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42476,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Retail Specialist,Great benefits & culture,"Great perks, free food, transportation benefits, swag & team environment.","Potential sexism in selection of employees to promote. As a female I worked hard for 2 years to ""earn"" a promotion that as many as 5 less qualified male employees gained in weeks.",Check your biases,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42477,apple,none," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Review,Great friendly team to work with. Keeps you up to date with the newest tech in the consumer market,"Assembly line consumer repair. Little personal touch, time based diagnosis",make it more personal,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42478,apple,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,great place to work with smart people,long hours and no flexibility - retail,hire more management from within,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42479,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent job,"Had a great time working hear good pay, work, comfortability, great policies, great medical and very welcoming",Working in a call centre can be redundant,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P586.htm
42480,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Regional Sales Manager,Great place to work,"Apple is a demanding, but rewarding place to work. The culture is strong, but unique, and can be jarring for outsiders.",You can certainly earn more money elsewhere.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42481,apple,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Meaningful impact, lots of work",working on large scale products used by millions of people,expectation of long working hours,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42482,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Best in retail, but still retail (Fair Oaks Mall)",Friendly co workers Paid well Very friendly managers overall,Hours fluctuate Still retail (there is an implied push to sell while they claim they don't care about numbers) Work during holidays Can be difficult to get time off,Appreciate your employees more! And boost your employees' product knowledge.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42483,apple,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Amazing Oppotunities,- Tuition Reimbursement - Development as an Individual - You'll be challenged to expand your knowledge and better your teamwork skills - Great pay for a college student - Opportunities to move up in the company and or transfer to take on new experiences,- Can be demanding of your time - Must submit time-off requests 1 month in advanced when you never know what can come up,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42484,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Senior Advisor,"Great culture, people, benefits, salary, environment, training and Management.",Not so much for the cons as long as you realize that this is a driven company leading the charge into the future. Sometimes you can have a bad day but it is not Apple's fault.,They do not need my advice. Management are very smart people who have more information than I do.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42485,apple,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,I work on the education sales team and it's a great division. We have a lot of support as evidenced by the breadth of the teams they hire to support our team's objectives.,I feel tired a lot.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42486,apple,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,great place to work with smart people,long hours and no flexibility - retail,hire more management from within,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42487,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Global Sourcing Manager,Global sourcing manager,Working on new products/categories that consumers get to enjoy. Getting to negotiate deals directly with supply base executives requiring well thought out strategies and how to leverage them.,Non stop work 24/7. Refusal to optimize systems/processes creating double/triple the workload.,Time and dedication required to be successful is not balanced with compensation/recognition. To build a strong culture this has to change.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42488,apple,none," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple AHA,Great pay great people to work for,I really don't think there is a con,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42489,apple,none," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place where you come to do your best work ever!,"You get to work with incredibly smart and fun people You get to listen and meet the top players of innovation Challenging and interesting jobs Access to learn a different way to do and to think You will realize you are not at the top of your game, there is another level of greatness! You will have a lot of AHA moments Will learn so much your will overload A company that truly wants to leave a mark in the world Great pay and benefits galore! Unbeatable Medical insurance Strong diversity and inclusion efforts","- It is really tough and intense, if you are not a passionate professional this is not for you - If a title and power is your drive this is not for you - After acclimating to the culture the expectations of performance are very high, so if you are looking for a cushy job, this is not the place for you",Continue to develop and groom your leaders you are doing a great job! Continue Diversity & Inclusion initiatives Continue investing in programs to improve life/work balance,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P587.htm
42490,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Tech Advisor,Senior Advisor,"Great training, lots of structure, awesome benefits, an all around good experience.",I don't have any cons at this time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42491,apple,none," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,amazing benefits and discounts. lots of opportunities.,some stores are amazing while others are awful.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42492,apple,none," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible but no autonomy,"Flexible, great discounts, great cache for future emplouers, awesome pay","Lack of autonomy, not always innovative in thinkjng",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42493,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anonymous,Everyone was really helpful and useful to help me get better and learn how to become a true professional in the technology field.,Some of the stuff had a steep learning curve and it there were deadlines that a lot of people had to meet that was hard at times to keep up but hey thats everywhere right.,Keep doing what you're doing with all the cool and innovative things cause it is because of you guys that the world has been changed and will constantly evolve.,4.0,none,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42494,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Retail - Not at shiny as the products,You will be met with different challenges everyday. Dress code is relaxed and you work with great people.,There is lack of leadership support for retail. Labor is ridiculously allocated and is no where in line with the demand. Corporate is so disconnected from what goes on in a retail store its comical.,"Well, since there was no ML for the last 2 years, I can't really give any feedback.",3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42495,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,"Good job, bad career",Really good benefits for a retail job. Compensation is good.,Scheduling has been a persistent problem for the whole time I've been full time. There is little to no opportunity to move up to management and almost no chance to move to corporate. The stress level is consistently one of the highest I've ever experienced.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42496,apple,"Montebello, CA"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great experience so far,"Great pay package, perks, swag and team oriented. If you get involved at work you can get that family atmosphere. Everyone wants to help everyone.",Ridiculous customer's attitudes and unrealistic demands at times.,"Learn to trust your team, support and delegate.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42497,apple,"Kettering, OH"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple,They take care of you. Not about the numbers. Upward mobility. Plenty of opportunity for bonuses. Transferring is easy. Great co workers.,"Being around incredible product all the time makes you want to buy it.  Also,  As much as they tell you it isn't about the numbers, it actually is in some ways, because there really is no other way to measure retail success.",None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42498,apple,"San Marcos, TX"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review,"Great company to work for, highly recommend. Awesome work environment, culture, and benefits.",Nothing negative about working for Apple. You fit in if you are passionate about your work and work hard all of the time.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42499,apple,none," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"You work in a big boy toy store. Lots of fun people to work with, and great products. Sick discount.","Unless you're full time, impossible to get enough hours. Also basically impossible to move in to management as they typically only do outside hires for management.","Focus on training your replacements, not someone to just be a placeholder.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P588.htm
42500,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - AppleCare Corporate Customer Relations Advisor,"So Far, So Good",Opportunity for growth Tools availability In depth training Positive and open environment,Work life balance Workload Hours of operations Pay,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42501,apple,"Annapolis, MD"," Sep 12, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Good retail job,"Good coworkers, mostly competent management, fun to work with a product you genuinely like to use, opportunity for a little advancement: you're probably not going to go from specialist to senior manager but maybe in a couple years you'll be working behind the genius bar. Lots of full time spots available (at least in 2012).","the usual retail cons: hours suck, pay is low (although this is the best paying retail job I could find), customers can be rude/entitled. The culture can get weird, especially for store meetings, teambuilding, etc.","I know you think you have to do it all by the book, but bend the rules a little more often (especially senior managers and store leaders) and I think you'll have happier workers.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42502,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales specialist,i very good working with people. i feel if hired i can be a great asset to your team ive been in the hospitality industries over fifteen years.,i dont have any thing i feel that will stop me from getting the job.,na,3.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42503,apple,"Saint Cloud, MN"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Prestigious Job Title,Very good training Excellent benefits packages available ESPP Internet reimbursement,Same thing day after day Managerial structure I don't know much that's going on when it happens. The left hand knows not what the right hand does.,"Just please listen to us, we're the people in the trenches supporting and creating an awesome customer experience for the customer,",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42504,apple,"Hempstead, NY"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Best retail employer!,"You work with the best people, good pay, and good benefits.",Nothing. The company is great. I have no cons. Best company to work for.,Better pay would be awesome.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42505,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Technician,Fantastic.,I cannot say enough good things about working for Apple. Everything from the benefits to the salary. I work with a great team and have learned so much.,"Only downside, much like any job, would be some of the highly unreasonable customers. People baby their phones and computers more than their children. If we need to keep a machine for a day or so, all hell breaks loose.",Only suggestion would be to change how the commission works for the technicians.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42506,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Prototype Web Developer,Fun Times,Prototype work was challenging and interesting.,"Too little information spread, no transparency.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42507,apple,none," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Labor,I love working with my other coworkers,They didn't do what they said they was go do they basely told us lies,I think I will be a great fit for the job,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42508,apple,none," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Store,"Great coworkers, thorough training, great benefits, generally friendly management, large discounts on products every year, people seem to legitimately admire the brand","Extremely repetitive, poor communication between management, a lot of time is spent talking how great the company is... and you are forced to agree",I would ask that the management stop forcing the staff to talk ad nauseum about how wonderful Apple is as a company... A great deal of every shift is spent on indoctrination,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42509,apple,none," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruiter,"great brand awareness, good use of sources for hiring",need to look at more fun culture and integration,improve ATS,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P589.htm
42510,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Expert,"Great teams, smart bright people, diverse","Schedule can be exhausting, political ,apple retail is not corporate, too few employees as ratio to customers. Customers are rude.","Stop holding back good people, live by the Apple credo not your own self promoting agenda. Be kind.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42511,apple,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,at the forefront of technology innovation,"its very demanding, competitive and sometimes work-life balance can be difficult",more transparency in HR policies,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42512,apple,"Houston, TX"," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Love the culture and there is plenty of opportunity to grow,+ You feel like you're part of a family and not just another cog in the wheel + Plenty of opportunity to grow and contribute + Compensation and benefits,+ Environment can be fast paced and demanding + Have to get comfortable dealing with customers in difficult situations,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42513,apple,"Mission Viejo, CA"," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,Best people to work with. Really enjoyed all co workers,My issue was making no commission. No real room to grow!,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42514,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Lead,review,Apple has the most competitive and fun filled environment to work on,sometimes the work become challenging,Everything is great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42515,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software QA Engineer,Middle Mismanagement,Excellent products to be working on. Excellent tools available for testing. Ridiculously talented individual contributors to work with. Cafeteria has decent food at a decent price. Great perks with occasional beer bashes and film screenings,"Tiresomely long hours. Short deadlines bordering on instant burnout. Impossible to make weekend plans as weekend work is routinely demanded on extremely short notice. The aforementioned perks are first come, first serve, and chances are you will not be able to take advantage anyway, because of last-minute, emergency testing that needs to be performed. Management will make you feel guilty about taking your family vacation. Management will make you apologize for your child's medical emergency pulling you out of work. Management will gladly work from home, yet scoff at the idea that you can attend a doctor's appointment mid day.","Stop pretending to be the martyrs that you're not, stop pretending that you're too busy to develop interpersonal skills, and stop pretending to be so important that you get to work from home while your individual contributors work 16 hour days in the office.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42516,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Instructional Designer,Apple is good medicine,Curent technologies. Always pressing for the edge of the envelope.,Demanding work load.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42517,apple,"Denver, CO"," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,One of the best!...in retail,"Great company to work for, while working towards something else. A lot of room for learning opportunities and how high-end retail and its customer base works.","Gets caught up in the same red tape that every other big company does. Micro management, tough to truly make an impact or move up.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42518,apple,none," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,"part of something bigger, benefits","isolated departments, no free food",provide growth opportunity across departments for employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42519,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Expert,"Great company overall, but you need to have the right leadership team.",Difficult to move out of retail into corporate,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P590.htm
42520,apple,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great Company to Work For,"Fast paced, good people, good pay, lots of perks, good benefits and discounts. Always on the leading edge of new Apple tech. Learn a lot.",Retail is Retail. Blackout days during Holidays for Vacation. No set schedules.,There must be a way to allow full time employees set days off.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42521,apple,none," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,The people and atmosphere are amazing,barely any. forever changing got the extreme but its still awesome,Continue to do great by your team and they will forever appreciate you guys.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42522,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship experience,It was really fun to work and a really skill learning experience. Their office was amazing and I was able to meet a lot of intelligent people.,The only thing that I didn't like was the difficulty of work but this is to expect from such a great and big company.,They should maybe hire more people to ease the workload on everyone else so everyone can enjoy the office to its full potential.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42523,apple,none," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Good work environment. Fast paced, and ideal for quick learners with enthusiasm for knowledge and the brand.",Often times a lot of politics between leadership and the rest of the store.,N/A,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42524,apple,"White Plains, NY"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Service Specialist,No other company beats it!,"Amazing benefits, great people to work with, discounts on more than just Apple products. Management is beyond superior and very willing to work with employees (to an extent) for any need they have.","Work-life balance is often hard, even for part-time employees. The company often wants the employee to have a full time availability schedule even though they aren't full time.","Remember that people do have lives and commitments outside of work, not everyone's lives revolve around the business/operations of the retail store.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42525,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Relations,Great job once you get past Teir 1,"Great benefits, options and room for growth if you're bright and outgoing. Very positive place to work. Lots of support and recognition for good work, and helpful feedback when mistakes are made.","It's tough to get noticed by the right people when you're home based, and if you have a bad manager it's impossible to advance. There are lots of great people but I had 4 managers in 4 years. The 1st two were amazing and I moved up in the company quickly but the third held me back for ages when I could have made at least one more level up. My last manager was one of the best but only came in after I gave notice. I would have stayed had I known. Customers are usually great, but the bad ones are really bad. Once you get in a senior level position it's better, but I never felt like I could let it go at the end of the day.",its a very nice place to work. Wish there was more training for positions that agents are interested in.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42526,apple,none," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work environment,"Apple has Great benefits, the people are awesome, and things change when they need to.",The way raises are implemented could be better. Other than that I couldn't be happier.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42527,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,You can learn a lot,Very difficult to change to a different team/project.,They should allow people to acquire more experience facilitating team or project transfers.,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42528,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing company practicing operational excellence,They spend money on their employees. Good food. Meaningful projects,"Not fun, hard work. Professionalism (not as casual as Google),",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42529,apple,"Newark, DE"," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great benefits, needs better pathways for college students to find their place within the company.",The benefits are all fantastic,"If you're a college student working at Apple retail, once you graduate with your Bachelors it doesn't seem like better opportunities tend to arise within the company other than staying sales or repairs, which can get stagnant.","Train development leaders to actually develop their team! We don't know what to do next without your guidance. I feel like my career at Apple will stay stagnant even after I obtain my degree, when I have so many skills that I could put to use.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P591.htm
42530,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cushy Job,"Decent wage for Retail, Mostly Great Colleagues, Benefits (Health Insurance, Stock Purchasing, 401K, Discounts).","Retail, Management, often numbers driven, semi-boring unless a new product is released, CULT-ure. Managers will push sales for their bonuses, which sales people do not partake in.",You must have good people skills to manage people well. Particularly in this setting.,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42531,apple,"Magnolia, TX"," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"The employees are great, they treat everyone like family. The customers are a nightmare.","You get good discounts on apple products, good healthcare dental and vision even as part time, and a stock plan. Your surrounded by a very positive team in a relaxed environment, guys often wear camo cargo shorts in the summer, girls have hair of every color, and tattoos and piercings are not a problem.","The hours are retail, so you'll be working on most holidays. Hours for full time is usually 12-9:30 or 9:30-6:30 with two days off each week, but it's random from week to week, meaning it's hard to plan an outside life. And while you work with the smartest people, you have some of the least intelligent customers. As an FRS you are suppose to take 6 appointments and hour, 10 minutes a piece, and work with multiple people simultaneously like a waiter at restaurant. But most issues take well into 20-30 minutes so management will be on your back the whole time. It's the grueling repetitiveness of issues, including resetting grandmas email password a second time because she typed it wrong a minute ago, and dealing with the upset customers refusing to admit to pay for damaged they did to their products that will get to your morale quickly.",Management is usually very open and easy to talk to.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42532,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple Redzone Specialist,"Work/Life Balance, Great Benefits, Positive Enviroment","No Real Set Expectation, I work on my on goals. Non Comissioned.","More one on one with Employees,",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42533,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Tech,Love this Company,Great company to work for. Salary is location based but benefits are outstanding! Management is the best i have encountered thus far in a 25 year career.,"Depending on your field, there is a bottleneck of advancement and sometimes a salary cap but you can move laterally if you need to.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42534,apple,none," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Professional Development Specialist,"Awesome culture, excellent benefits for full time employees","Can be stressful, work life balance can be skewed.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42535,apple,"Denver, CO"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,"Great people, great training, great products and services.","Limited professional growth, holiday work and poor promotion benefits.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42536,apple,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist/Business Specialist,Specialist,"Amazing benefits even for part time employees including vision, medical, dental, ESPP, EPP, 401k match, sick time, stipend for gym membership. Not to mention all of the career experiences.","A lot more corporate than people think, not much autonomy at store level. Also they do not promote internal candidates into managerial/leadership positions.","Working for Apple is an amazing opportunity, please let your great employees stay with the company longer by promoting more managers from within your own great pool of applicants.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42537,apple,none," May 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work From Home,Sent an iMac for work. Worked from home. Good pay.,Crazy hours. I was usually working 50+ hours a week. Over time every week was nice though.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,38,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42538,apple,"South Florida, FL"," Sep 5, 2015","Former Employee - Partner Business Development Manager, Education","Great Company, Great Benefits, Not So Good Separation","One of the world's most recognizable brands, and an excellent company for many to work for. Overall, I think the company is on-mission, and will over a few years become a solely consumer electronics and entertainment company, abandoning computers altogether.","Insensitive HR practices surrounding a ""forced"" relocation from home-office based to Austin-based position. There is no reason my job function could not continue to be home office based - I did that for five years. But when my boss transferred from his home office in Delaware to Austin, he insisted I go with him. Very poor explanation of why, what the business driver was for the huge change, what the benefit would be to me and my career, and most of all, a totally crappy, inadequate relocation offer.","Be more sensitive to seeing managers working good people out of the company by forcing them to relocate for no apparent reason. When forcing a relocation, offer a reasonable, competitive relocation package. Listen better to employees who are being pressured to move to keep their jobs. I lost mine because my family would be disrupted, and the economics of a move were not taken care of by Apple.",2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42539,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - At-Home Team Manager,Best Company to work for,Great in focusing on family Excellent vacation and sick time plans Awesome 401k plan Great Healthcare benefits,Currently have not found any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P592.htm
42540,apple,none," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mobile Technician/Family Room Specialist,"Not selling, you know what to expect, more or less, on any day.","NYC stores are crazy, not enough appointments or technicians to handle the demand. Hated turning away people with legitimate problems. The pay is great, but could be much, much better for the volume NYC stores in particular deal with.","Start from the bottom, feel our pain.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42541,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - WW Demand Supply Planner,ok,OK to wok in the company,high pressure job with multiple interactions with other teams,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42542,apple,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Phones are getting heavier,The boxes I move around are very nicely packed,I have no idea whats in the boxes most of the time,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42543,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Itunes customer service rep,"Great work envoirment, very relaxed and easy work. Technical help was super fun and easy via email. Solved majority of people's tech problems via email.",The temp agency they go through is messed up.,Go through a different temp agency,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42544,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to work,best work from home job ever. best benefits ever,"no cons, no cons, no cons",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42545,apple,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome Company, lots of stress!","Great company to be a part of! Benefits, paid time off, all standard for At Home Workers","STRESS! Not a lot of management actively involved, you are basically on your own (cling to your team mates is my strongest recommendation, they will be your life preserver!)",Actively participate with at home advisors more,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42546,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Good people, retail/sales environment",People are smart and for the most part friendly and fun. Managers are human and treat you like you are too. Growth opportunities and learning are driven by employee initiative. Most employees have other jobs/skills/degrees and haven't found work in those fields and need a steady income so are interesting to be around.,You start to get good at the entry level position and get bored within 6-9 months. Growth opportunities and learning are driven by employee initiative. Differently hourly wage for same role dictated by corporate without much explanation. Acceptable standard for customer experience at Apple much higher than acceptable standard for employee experience within Apple retail.,Care as much about employee experience working at Apple as you do the customer experience in the store and the customer experience will do better. Be honest about environmental and human rights impacts of manufacturing the products being sold and allow employee's to participate further in helping make the changes to allow Apple to help the human race (beyond the limited scope of producing useful technology).,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42547,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Certified Macintosh Technician,Genius,Great customer service. Job stability. Good learning experiences. Great starting job.,Not a lot of room for growth. Tiring work environment (customer service). Poor hours. Unexpectedly low pay for one of the richest companies in the world.,Find a way to do scheduling better. That would likely keep a lot of employees around. Having a regular schedule that's easily adjustable would be amazing. Work experience can be terrible when just one person calls off. Finding a way to make adjustments for call offs would also be wonderful.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42548,apple,"Edison, NJ"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Apple,"Work with great people, learn, grow",It is a retail job,"Need a better strategic plan, on all levels, to move forward",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42549,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Great Place to Work and Learn,You will never work with a brighter cadre of people than those found at the Apple Store. Its a fast paced working environment where you are constantly learning from your co-workers as well as your customers. Technical information flows like water from a fountain. All you need to do is be open minded and hold out your cup. Face to face with customers lets you have all of the experiences of retail where you gain insight into problems and personalities. Wonderful benefits and support for personal and professional growth. Great all around learning environment!,Working here is non-stop! If you see it as just a job you are bound to burn out. Taking advantage of the learning that is available makes it worthwhile but its still exhausting at the end of the day. High turnover is a function of college aged students who are graduating and moving on with their lives . . . and another crop of fresh excited minds are always waiting to take their place.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P593.htm
42550,apple,none," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,Coworkers were great! The schedules were flexible the majority of the time. I worked there for ~2 years while in college and they worked around my schedule.,"The Apple Store was located near stuck up rich people and sometimes they'd be very rude and always wanted their way or the highway, and during their tantrums they'd insult you.","Don't just stand behind your employees to show support, actually step in and do not allow the customers to insult the employees.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42551,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Aha,"3 different interviews, one on the phone, two via FaceTime. Roll playing.",Took 5 months to get a call.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42552,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Communications,"High Expectations, Big Rewards","When you work at Apple, you get to be proud of the amazing products Apple creates. You obsess over the customer experience in everything you do. You are constantly pushed forward in the pursuit of excellence. And if you're excellent, you get compensated accordingly.","When you have a global role, working nights and weekends are the norm. It can get a little squishy at times—people who are underperforming tend to get coddled. Nobody I personally know has ever been fired. Mediocrity tends to get shuffled around instead.","Toughen up on performance expectations and firing policies. Not to the point where people feel scared to lose their jobs, but people need to know that they can be cut for underperforming.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42553,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 4, 2015","Current Employee - AOS Customer Service Specialist, Home Based Agent",Customer Service,"Great benefits, wonderful team and some of the discounts are good.","Shift bids, you never know when you'll be working every six months. Recent changes to the job description of ""Apple Online Service Representative"" is killing morale. AOS reps are treated like the step children of the organization. They aren't paid well enough, endure constant changes to their roles and on a personal note, feel like we are an after thought to the organization as a whole.","The focus used to be on ""white glove treatment"" for our customers, doing whatever was possible to make their experience exceptional. Over the past few years, the focus shifted to efficiency and cost savings. This change has significantly altered the customer experience as well as the AOS Rep's level of pride, morale and basic ability to do a good job. We are no longer specialists that take pride in delivering exceptional service, rather we are reduced to being call directors that have no real impact anymore. Rethink your strategy, lest you lose all your best performers. Nearly anyone can answer a phone.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42554,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Director Editor,Great job for rertail,"Very passionate company. Everyone is into it for more than just the money. It can feel very rewarding. They care very much about their employees. ""at apple our people are our soul"" It's very true, they do take care of their own. Good benefits and gifts every now and then. Especially good for a retail position.","As a corporation, weather conscious or not, they can take advantage of the fact the the people that work for them love the company so much they'll take a lower rate than what they're worth. They can work you hard.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42555,apple,"Carlisle, PA"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,ASC,Pay and Benefits were great. The training was also impeccable but if you had any serious illness or injury. They would get rid of you asap.,Work life balance needed to be adjusted. Management only cared about their bonuses.,There are really no words for the most popular company in the world. Who can hire anyone. Try retaining good employees and develop a conscious.,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42556,apple,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Work from home Great benefits They send you all sorts of Apple ""swag"" like little gifts",Dead end job Limited options for growth,Pay us more for training us to do more than one job.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42557,apple,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Well Run Meritocracy,Tremendous benefits. Growth and development is fostered and encouraged from management downwards.,"Demanding schedule adherence, tight monitoring of professional habits to gauge performance.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42558,apple,none," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail - good,"Good pay and benefits, cool people.",Causes you to realize how much people suck when they don't get their way.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42559,apple,"Silver Spring, MD"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Care - Customer Relations Tier II Advisor,Apple Care - Customer Relations Tier 2 Advisor,"Making part of a company that has shaped the way we communicate, interact with others and that provides a great path for innovations.","Working from home and sometimes home and office get confused since you always are in ""the office"".","Apple provides paths to success, so make sure your goals are clear since day one. Once that in mind utilize your Manager's ability to put you in contact with the people who hold positions that you may be interested in.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P594.htm
42560,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business events lead,Great benefits. Fun atmosphere. Best friends with co-workers.,"Delusional sense of a retail job being a ""career"".",Lack of flexibility in scheduling causes people to give up their entire life to be a retail slave. Promoting from within is a nod to the past which is a bummer.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42561,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great experience full of growth the first 2 years,"Good benefits and cool company, as a retail employee you get well rewarded, positive environment for the most part","Not much room for growth after the first year, got to the top sales job but to become a manager it's a looooooong way. Job is very monotonous and you have to deal with lots of people's problems that can affect you physiologically",Invest more in your talent,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42562,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Designer,Thanks Apple!,"Worked with the smartest, most talented, and funniest people. I learned a lot. The benefits were excellent.",There was a define lack of career development. Apple can tend to pegion-hole designers.,Shift designers around so they continue to grow and learn. Continue to believe in quality over quantity and function over form.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42563,apple,none," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great benefits, good culture of support, employee discount on computers, talked and interesting coworkers. Recognized for work experience, looks good on resume.","You really have to buy into the culture of it all, which can be tough sometimes. It's still a retail job, so you have to accrue vacation and sick days.",Try your best to be an actual relatable human being to everyone and not just an Apple drone. It's much easier to work for that kind of person.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42564,apple,"Hartford, CT"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Great People,Great coworkers with an extreme amount of talent. Good deals on the gear and accessories,Limited upward mobility causes short tenure within the environment,Plan out career paths and work on the objections to forward movement to create better job engagement.,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42565,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Waited for progressive review for 2 years,"Great team, enjoyed the atmosphere, constantly busy with updates and new technology and launches, great product and energy","wasn't able to have needs met by upper management, pay structure was not up to par- hopefully things have changed since i left",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42566,apple,"Houston, TX"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail,"There seems to be a good culture within the company that encourages positive behaviors among peers. They offer pretty good benefits and pay rate that you wouldn't get with most other retail companies. Job is pretty secure as well--once you're hired, it's pretty difficult to lose your job.","Being retail, hours aren't great and working with customers is like a double-edged sword. Some interactions are draining, while others are extremely rewarding. There is a pretty high turnover rate as well, some times due to employees transferring to other positions within the company, and others leaving for a more permanent job or more regular work schedule. It is rather difficult to move up within one store. They seem to prefer external hires. You'd have a better opportunity transferring to a different location.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42567,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,I love apple I currently have an apple product and I would like to work with apple,The hours can be good and the environment is great,I don't have any cons this is a pretty good working area,Have fun and make it look like you love your job even if u really dont and if you do then great,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42568,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Great people, always something to do. Work that feels important and valuable to many people.","You never truly leave work, always something to think about.",Reward people for the work they do above and beyond expectations and work to correct the ones that don't even meet expectations.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42569,apple,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,aha,good pay good people good benefits,trying to balance work/school life,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P595.htm
42570,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - FRS,Awesome,"Family environment, cool tech, benefits, sociology education",Depends on how you see it.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42571,apple,"Portland, OR"," Aug 14, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,A great company to work for with amazing benefits.,"Apple's retail sector has a lot going for it. The company is continually growing and leading the way in technology so job security is very good. For a retail job, the benefits can't be beat! -Amazing health care offerings at cheap prices for what you get. -Huge discounts on both Apple products and 3rd party. -Wonderful co-workers. Apple only hires the best. -good resources and support. -Lots of room for growth. Doesn't matter if you start as a Specialist, BOH Specialist, or anyone of the Various leaders. There is always room for growth and a newer higher position you could go to. Corporate is even possible, although not very easily. -The pay can be good...","Apple's success is one of it's biggest weaknesses. -The stores are packed! All the time! A slow day at an Apple Retail Store is a busy day for any other business. -Long time loyal customers expect special treatment and free services. -Miscommunication between the multiple different store teams can show through onto the customer experience on many occasions. -Store policies for employees change rapidly and don't always allow for a rhythm to be created before their changed again. -A set schedule IS NOT POSSIBLE! Part-timers can choose any days and times that do not wish to be scheduled, but the more they limit the less likely you are to get hours. Full-timers are Required to have a FULLY open schedule, although you can have one day as a preferred day off, but you haven't guaranteed they day by any means.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42572,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 15, 2015","Current Employee - Build &amp, Integration Engineer",Just get it done,Focused on making products that people will love. Complex and challenging work. A management that focuses on getting things done. A variety of technologies. With more being added all the time.,"Complex integration of products. Fragile infrastructure that seems to go down frequently. Focus on using own products, but without ability to scale.","Figure out how to get scalable product, up to web scale, to use internally. Keep the focus on innovation and getting things done.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42573,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Technical Advisor,Senior Technical Support Advisor iOS,"Work from home, learn to manage change effectively",Corporate ladder not too inviting for non-whites and non-Asians,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42574,apple,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail,"Great people & product. Know what you want to achieve, learn and grow with highly engaged peers and the best quality of products.","None if you know how to navigate a large corporate environment driven by customer engagement and buy-in. As above, know what you want to get out of the experience.","Have less fear to continue to innovate. It may sound naive, but the company's core ideas are high ideals. Get back to fearless",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42575,apple,"Bronx, NY"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Trainer,Life,"Discounts, amazing people (peers), knowledge.","work life balance, opportunities on all levels.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42576,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Life as a Contractor at Apple,"The food at the multiple distributed cafeterias and coffee bars is awesome. Who could imagine, two to three choices of fish every day! A few open atrium casual talking and work areas are quite nice as well.",Virtually no social interaction with Apple employees. Total exclusion from the physical work areas of employees. Absolutely no effort on the part of the management and employees to make you feel like you are a part of a team effort. Almost no opportunities to feed suggestions upward/back to employees. Locked in a room with other contractors who have nothing in common with your work.,Counsel your employees to behave like normal human beings when interacting with contractors.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42577,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Best company I've ever worked for!,- Many opportunities - Customer focused - Great pay and benefits - So much growth potential - Great training - Guaranteed hours - Challenging for long life learners - Feedback is always asked for and welcomed - Great potential for a career or stepping stone into a career,Hectic work environment BUT Apple understands and is constantly improving. Understandable that not all stores can be big but smaller stores are always cramped and wish we had more space to work with.,Continue to keep us on our feet and keep allowing us to do what we believe is best for the customer!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42578,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy,"By far the most driven and well educated people I have ever worked with. Depending on the team, work life balance can be achieved.","Do to the nature of the work, your life revolves around Asia and it can be difficult to network with other teams in Corporate Cupertino.","Focus on simplifying things, generating value and enriching your employees lives.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42579,apple,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone Support,Always something new to learn and strong sense of teamwork while working.,Communication between management and floor specialists can be limited at times.,Delegate more of your accointabilities to other specialists so you have more time to connect with employees.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P596.htm
42580,apple,none," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Great benefits, discounts and pay. Looks good on a resume. Very hard to be fired. Fiercely loyal customers.",Management is not interested in promoting from within. A call center is a call center no matter what company you work for.,Stop pretending to care about employee development. With thousands of employees who already understand the culture hiring from outside should be a last resort.,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42581,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager I,I'm a little over it...,"Challenging work, interesting projects, good benefits, good location, great company reputation, good perks like stock, 14 weeks paid maternity leave","Rampant sexism, unsupportive management, corruption, dishonesty, bullying, lack of diversity, lack of respect for others, rewards manipulation and lying over honesty",Listen to your people,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42582,apple,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Management, management, management","Immediate managers are responsive to professional and personal needs. When I was first hired I was told the order of importance was ""You, your family, the job"" and Apple has stuck to this policy the whole time I have been at Apple.","Upper management can have unrealistic release schedules. This doesn't allow for proper testing time and usually results in the release being pushed back. If planning and scheduling takes into account the proper time needed, this wouldn't be necessary.",Allow for proper testing time so there is no need for a bug-fix release. This ends up taking time away from the development and testing of the next release.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42583,apple,"Saint Cloud, FL"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Genius/Genius Administrator,Senior Mac Genius,The people you work with everyday.,no work life balance. Your hours change everyday and everyweek,none,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42584,apple,none," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but lacks in agility. Hard to get things done.","Amazing benefits, employee discounts, great culture, smart people -- all what you'd expect from a company like Apple.","I was client facing and worked against delivery deadlines. I'm type A and process oriented by nature but Apple can be process heavy to a fault -- the ""having a process to create a process"" mentality. Most often than not, there are also many approval steps. And in my department (it may be different elsewhere), there were very few who had approval authority. Heavy process and many steps to approval makes it challenging to get things done.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42585,apple,"Miami, FL"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great yet little advancement in particular markets,love the culture and training foundation,"great talent leaves because they are never clear on a path towards advancement. It comes down to politics, but I assume that is the one aspect of retail that doesnt change no matter the company.",promote your talent,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42586,apple,"Woodbury, MN"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Apple culture and customer base has changed...not for the better.,Great people to work with. Fulfilling job. Good pay for retail.,"Apple used to be more fun. The customers were more like family. Since the launch of the iPhone, this has changed quite a bit. Near the end I felt like it was me against the customer instead of the two of us working together. The stores are now just a training ground for you to find work in the IT field somewhere else.","Pay more. Don't be so ""corporate"". You've lost the community feeling.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42587,apple,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work life balance,Benefits like health care,Working insane hours and no relief,Give employees a real standard way of life,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42588,apple,"Newport Beach, CA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Specialist,Best sales experience out there,A lot of standing on your feet,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42589,apple,none," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receptionist,Management is awesome! Buildings all vary a lot so some buildings are fun and others aren't as much. Cafe Macs is delicious!,Every second counts with clocking in/clocking out so just make sure your on top of your time management skills,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P597.htm
42590,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A meat grinder with no respect for work/life balance,"People are insanely smart, driven, some pretty chill... and all dedicated to doing their best work.",Upper management in Marcom needs to pay attention to their tech teams or risk the trickle of devs leaving turn into a full exodus,- listen to your teams - value developers as much as your do creative - get out of your own way - stop treating people like mere moveable gears in the machine,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42591,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Hardest and Best Career You'll Ever Have,My ideas are valued and I feel like I am part of the story that makes us the greatest brand in the world. I get to work with some of the most brilliant people I've ever worked with to do some of the greatest work in retail that I've ever done.,The pace can be intense and development can fall away if you let it. All eyes tend to be on the customer experience and those employees who don't keep up simply leave rather than finding a different role in the organization.,Allow employees to fill out and update talent profiles that you match to qualified jobs within the organization. Things are so secretive and ambiguous that finding a place to contribute at your best can be almost impossible.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42592,apple,"Hiram, GA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,AppleCare Senior Advisor,"Work from home, great team, excellent resources. Excellent support and they set you up for success. Internet and gym paid are only a few benefits.","Depending on your schedule it can get tedious. Deal with irate customers, as a tier 2 role you take ownership of the issues and are the final point of contact for customers who may already have had a terrible experience, and it is your job to turn it around. However, for me I love this.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42593,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Project Manager,Jr Project Manager,Brand name to have it on the resume,"not very vendor friendly, too much compliance and strict work culture",Give more liberty to employees,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42594,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - AHA Apple Care,AHA loves Apple,"Everything about the job duties, the people, the culture, the metric goals are perfectly set. There is a lot of fun things they send out for you to feel like a team member even though you work from home alone.","Too many changes to your Team Managers and no consistency between Team Managers, so every time you change, it's literally like starting over with the company each one is focused on a different area and they all handle the same issues differently.",It is very detrimental to an employees success if they can't connect with their supervisor for more than a few weeks before you changing again. People are more accountable to people they build a working relationship with.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42595,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - SALES MANAGER/TEAM SUPERVISOR,The best place in the world!,• top company on Earth • full benefits • endless career opportunities,• unknown roles. Apple's ambiguity.,Help people with their careers. It should be dedicate time each week for you. Apple's most valuable assets are its employees. Act accordingly.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42596,apple,"Orange, CA"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Great benefits. Good company and culture that has a lot of discounts to take advantage of.,Difficult to transition to corporate.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42597,apple,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Best Job I've Ever Had,"""You own your own development"" is a phrase that is repeated often at Apple. While at first glance, the phrase may seem like a nice sounding way for management to tell you it's not their job to help you with career advancement (and that's true), the fact that career advancement opportunities exist at all - much less good ones - is something that truly sets Apple retail apart from all other retail jobs. Not only do advancement opportunities exist, but if you tell your managers you want to do something, achieve something, work on improving something, they'll be there to support you, help you achieve that goal, and if you are purpose-driven in your goals and let them know what they are, they'll give you the resources and time to achieve them. There are many reasons to work at Apple, this is just one of them, but one of the best things that's come from my five years with the company is the massive amount of learning and development that I've experienced in my roles, from technical training and certifications to a philosophy of soft skills that make it clear why Apple is an industry leader in customer service.","The work-life balance is tough. If you're young, single (at least without kids), and don't mind having to be available on weekends, from 8am-10pm, and on holidays, then it's fine. But if you want any semblance of a normal schedule, it's not going to happen here.","Every store is different, so this is a difficult one to answer that would have some meaning company-wide. Some store's management teams are truly great, and some are seriously less than that. But if there is a universal truth in all retail jobs, it's that ""hours"" or ""labor"" or ""efficiency,"" or whatever your company calls it, is overvalued. It takes time to set goals, make plans, align resources, track progress, reflect on performance and receive and give coaching. And if you allow people very little time to do these things, you won't see them (or their results improvement) progress at the rate that it could. You might say, ""well, that's retail."" But if you're truly committed to the kind of performance improvement goals you talk about, you're going to have to allow for more unstructured time at work for people to work on these things. You've heard of the 80/20 rule in many innovative companies lately, where if 80% of an employees time is devoted to their job description and AORs, with the other 20% of the time they are allowed to pursue some sort of company/business-related project? Make it a company priority to give hourly retail employees more time on the clock to dedicate to whatever work-related project or cause they want to champion, and you'd see an unleashing of talent in Apple retail that you didn't even know you had. All the structure and rigid zoning of employees wall-to-wall in their shifts is a serious bottling up of potential innovation.",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42598,apple,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of At Home Advisor Position,More time with family Friendly environment Awesome people Competitive benefits and great pay,The occasional negative customer can bring you down,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42599,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Review,"Amazing benefits for part-time employees. 401k and stock options. education assistance, transportation assistance.",upward mobility. pay should be higher,Customer focus is key but internal customer focus is also key.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P598.htm
42600,apple,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place I want to stay,"benefits are best in business, incentive programs are abundant, development is prioritized, internal and external customers are valued, competitive work environment, fast pace","Competitive work environment, hectic fast pace  that's all I have to say really. Not many cons to think of",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42601,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Apple Is Amazing,Working for a company that is at the forefront of technology was always exciting. Incredible training and management.,In this position it was difficult to work up in leadership without putting in some serious time.,Help employees open doors outside of their department to grow within the company. Help them know who to contact in order to get on the right career path.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42602,apple,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract Production Designer,Great people to work with,Not as many benefits as full time employees,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42603,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Job,"I worked at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store for a year along with some other Apple Stores before leaving the company. It was a great ride. The people of Fifth Avenue are amazing, the managers are caring and genuine and the pay was great, the benefits were excellent and they invest a lot of time into your personal growth and education. There are always opportunities to grow within the company. I grew into different roles consistently and so did my colleagues, many becoming leaders and trainers. It's a very laid back environment, no one micromanages you and they trust that you'll get your tasks done. There's no quota or commission so there's no pressure to sell or ""do better"".. It's very much about giving the customer a wonderful experience. At every store I worked at, there was always food provided on a consistent basis and on Holidays there's always a huge hot food spread along with device giveaways. They always work with your schedule and give you the time off you need. This was by far the best job I'd ever had, so far.","At the Fifth Ave store, the hours are difficult and can become stressful if you're not up for intense customer traffic, fast paced environments and long hours. At times there are inconsistencies amongst management regarding how we should handle situations.","Especially at Fifth Ave, since its such a large store, work harder to be on the same page about how employees should handle certain scenarios. Inconsistencies amongst management makes it difficult to perform as a Specialist.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42604,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Fun while it lasted...,"Good pay, Great benefits and pretty good schedule flexiblity","Very high stress environment, can be too chaotic at times.",Always have plenty of managers working and on the floor.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42605,apple,none," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job for a while,Excellent work environment and I loved the people,"You work in retail, and at the mall so after a while its monotonous and wears you down.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42606,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review,An amazing company for work/life balance. Good benefits.,"As a leader you are not supposed to utilize metrics in your coaching. What makes this difficult is when you have two employees in the same position, one who is going above and beyond and one who is doing the minimum they are both measured by the same results.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42607,apple,"Hartford, CT"," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,not a bad place to work,"great benefits, good people, decent pay",not a lot of opportunity to grow within the company unless you're one of the lucky few,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42608,apple,none," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of Apple,"Direct interaction on projects that effect the products that customers deeply care about Incredible balance of ""get stuff done"" culture while also having a good time",Easy to get blocked on projects because of intense disclosure guidelines,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42609,apple,none," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,From Big Apple to the Apple in Cupertino,Good company. Good compensation. Good culture.,"Because everyone is so awesome, no one moves out.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P599.htm
42610,apple,none," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,**,"benefits, people, environment, growth, experience",i can not think of any,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42611,apple,none," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company ever,"teamwork, trustworthy, amazing, best work hours",no cons really to report at this time,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42612,apple,none," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fruitstand,"Friendly, resourceful, happy, safe, technology",Who you know rather than what you do.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42613,apple,"Duxbury, MA"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,family room specialist,Good work environment that is ever-changing.,"I feel apple as a company doesn't do anything wrong, the only problems would be of that that come with retail such as client base.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42614,apple,none," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life as an Expert,"Benefits, BENEFITS AND MORE BENEFITS. This is truly the best thing about this company. Other than that, you can find another retail job that actually pays you commission for your hard work.",Stressful. at the end of the day it is retail. People suck and really drain you with the constant nagging and neediness. Leadership especially.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42615,apple,none," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Giant Company of Specialists,"The best thing about Corporate Apple (not Retail) is that your fellow employees are really good at their job and focused. The benefits are excellent, morale is high, and you might get to work on some neato new technology.","It's now a huge company of specialists focused on iPhone and iPad. If you're the sort of person who grew up using Mac desktops, if you're a Mac ""power user"", or if you aren't super interested in mobile computing, the post-Jobs company might not be interesting for you.",Hire more people managers than project managers and provide employee training for new hires.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42616,apple,"Cerritos, CA"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Good company to work for,not enough people at the time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42617,apple,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Brand name, that is all.","Work life balance, compensation, management",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42618,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Values Poor Communication,company is based on essentials and ideals that make it easy to fall in love with them.,Inter office communication isn' t as direct and accessible as customer facing communications and efforts.,C levels should have a better connection to what is really going on in the company,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42619,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - At-home Technical Support Senior Adviser,"Great company, good job at least for a few years","Amazing benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k, education reimbursement, and more. Working from home means no commute, which in turn means lower car insurance rate, more sleep, cheaper lunches.","Schedules change every three months, and 75% of them are some degree of awful. Working from home can be lonely and isolating, so not recommended for people with conditions like depression or who otherwise need to be around people. Also, the longer you are an the phones, the less you like the job.","Create a clear, consistent path to advancement, including training for those who need it. Don't hire outside people for management positions, and try not to pair managers with advisers who have been with the company longer than they have.",3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P600.htm
42620,apple,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good pay,"Good pay, great co workers and steady work. Overtime during the busy times of the year.",No work life balance. Not always the best shift and your stuck with what you get for awhile. Can be a bit stressful and hectic.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42621,apple,"Houston, TX"," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple genius,"Great benefits, Nice pay as a customer service rep","Pay could be higher, More chance for promotions",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42622,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Bar,"Amazing team and really tough challenges to solve together. Anything below excellent was unacceptable, so people accomplished incredible work. Highly organized, efficient and goal oriented organization.","A pretty tough hierarchical culture, and some acutely unpleasant senior executives. Apple people can be very myopic and unaware/unconcerned with anything happening outside of the company, this results in decisions that are sometimes unaligned with greater needs/interests of the marketplace.","Bring in more people from the startup world and consider the organizational models they have been part of. The current brutal top down structure of apple won't take it into the next century. This worked with Steve, but doesn't float without him.",4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42623,apple,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Retail,the employees are nice and so are the products,hours and little room for growth can be high stresses,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42624,apple,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unix Systems Administrator,The benefits are great and I work with some really smart people.,There is a lot of work and it never ends.,Keep the focus on ensuring the foundation of the infrastructure is strong and scalable then build on top of it in a scalable and manageable way.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42625,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Sales,sales associate,everything was great great benifits and enviroment,very busy none stop pase,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42626,apple,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part Time Specialist,friendly work enviornment. Good part time benefits,Hourly pay should be hire so that part timers can use all the great benefits that Apple has to offer.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42627,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great place to work,It's great to have Apple on your resume if you are trying to work in the Tech Support field.,They could give a bigger discount to the employees for Apple products.,Make sure you take care of the people you manage.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42628,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Expert,A Place For Growth,"Great products, great benefits, fantastic coworkers, company listens to feedback","Some stores are hectic, customers can be mean, holidays are very busy",keep offering as much training and education/loan assistance as possible. It means the world!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42629,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple and beyond.,The people you work with are awesome!,Customers can be quite entitled and you have to service them with a smile.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P601.htm
42630,apple,"Dedham, MA"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Good Company to Work For,Great people and great benefits.,Management has turned to money priority in the stores compared to people priority.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42631,apple,none," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,crazy but fun,I once met a boss there that had the coolest outlook on life and I wish I stayed in contact,But he ended up dying a few years after I left the company sucks but it was fun,Try not to do drugs like PCP opiates you know basic shoot,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42632,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,financial analyst,Great 401k benefit and health care package.,"givem the size of each department, it can be difficult to get notice for advancement",Provide more career advancement for their employee,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42633,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Lead Product Design Engineer,lead product design engineer,"great products , great team - good challenges that keep you on your toes","more politics and non-sense dealing with upper management and the 'way things are done,","if it ain't broke, don't fix it - but there sure is room for improvement",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42634,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Retail Specialist,"Awesome company, awesome culture","culture, leadership, benefits, customers, proactive management","retail hours, limited career advancement opportunities, need better training structure for current employees",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42635,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Advisor,Apple Advisor,Great campus with a great cafeteria whose menu changes every day. Solid culture intent on improving customer experience,Low mobility after a certain point. The Austin campus has limited opportunities for individuals that want to look beyond customer support,Over-focus on certain metrics can cause despair within the employee community when the metrics seem unattainable or over-emphasized at cost to the customer experience,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42636,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Hourly Income for Apple Retail Expert,Fabulous team of people to work with.,The store interior was a very loud environment.,Focus to make sure to give team their breaks.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42637,apple,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be better,"Good health benefits, positive work culture (in regards to working with peers).","The hours take a toll. If you're full time you can at least have one day on the weekend off.  The pay, while moderately better than other retail operations, simply does not align with the level of expertise required for our work nor does it align with the companies ability to better compensate employees. (No commission, meager raises and a lot of lateral promotions without pay increase).  You'll consistently see a lot of new faces year over year.",Strive for better communication up the ladder in regards to most pressing employee concerns such as wages and scheduling. We know when we're being thrown a bone vs. getting actual change implemented.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42638,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,The truth has started to come out about the store environment for employees.,"Friendly people, positive attitudes, fun products to work with, benefits.","Low pay for amount of work and industry specific, Its Retail, very little upward mobility, incompetent managers at many locations, blatant scheduling favoritism even though company guidelines strictly call for otherwise, employees that kissup the most get promoted the most, bar none.","Corporate managers need to understand and accept the fact that retail employees are one of the main reasons they, people at corporate, get the exorbitant salaries they do. Regardless of their own personal education and experience, without retail employees doing the actual selling and explaining to the end user, people at corporate wouldn't half as successful with Apple that they are.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42639,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,"Great team and environment, awesome benefits","Its retail so retail hours, hard to move up as a technician",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P602.htm
42640,apple,"Beverly Hills, CA"," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Lead Mac Genius,Genius Bar,"Great discounts, nice environment if you enjoy what you do, good management and CEO! You get great health benefits and all of that great stuff… You also can enjoy what you do at the store and they are accepting of all people.","Bad hours for new workers, rude management— inpatient, unwilling to take employee advice to improve the retail, etc… They do not apologize for their mistakes, awful wages, mediocre benefits. WOULD NOT RECCOMMEND!! I was super unhappy.",Treat your employees kinder and be flexible with there schedules… Dump the three strike rule because it just adds stress to new employees and customers can tell that there sales associates and geniuses are quite stressed!,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42641,apple,"Ashtabula, OH"," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunity,"This company is just pure amazing with a full 401k and very generous matching the benefits are endless, including maternity leave for both men and women.",It takes forever to get in but once you are there as long as you do your job you'll never find anything better.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42642,apple,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Fantastic company to work for,"none, none, none, none, none",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42643,apple,none," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Person,Laidback enviornment and lots of fun,Busy hours but overall great,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42644,apple,none," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a great place to work,Its a very pleasant environment and they really take the time to talk with their employer's and their feelings about the work environment.,"The parking is horrible, and they hire too many temps.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42645,apple,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a great place come down and try it .,The reason why you need to work with apple is you get to have hands on new apple divices,Some of the challenges working at apple is you have people who think what they know about apple,Be your self,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42646,apple,none," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,non i can say of,need better recruiter for it,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42647,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist/Mentor,Specialist-Retail,"Very friendly culture, co-workers are always helpful. Different type of retail, and really enjoyable to educate customers on products and services at Apple. Great benefits, flexible hours, and ability to grow in company with promotions.","At times, the business can be very stressful and too fast paced. Customers sometimes come to the store with a sense of entitlement, and want things done in their favor but you cannot control company policies and have to stand your ground or collaborate with a manager.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42648,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Siloed, movement nearly impossible, cheap",High quality products. Everyone who works at apple is really high caliber at their job. Usually you get thanksgiving week off.,"No free lunch, no free gym, no free drinks, political hierarchies flourish. Upward mobility is almost non-existant. Moving from one team to another is rarely allowed. Employees are strictly forbidden to develop iOS apps. The pay is not great. Stock share grants are reserved for people above you. As far as internal support goes, IS&T wants to help you, but really can't turn the ship too much. Take a number, get in line, see you in a year if they can help you, probably not. It's not their fault, it's just a gigantic slow moving company now.","Why not be the industry leader for compensation instead of being the best at paying the least? Bring back sabbaticals. There's an embarrassing amount of cash in the bank, give everyone a raise and a reason to not go work elsewhere.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42649,apple,none," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Good Salary for retail, good discount, several perks such as free meals, etc,","Shifts are too long, long training",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P603.htm
42650,apple,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard get far,"benfits, location, people, company, job status","Attendance policy, customers can be a pain, sometimes unclear promotion paths",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42651,apple,none," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Back of House Specialist,You meet all types of people whether its a customer or a coworker.  It also looks good on your resume.,"The Management team was not always on the same page. Favoritism also took place, managers only want to help out the people they talk to.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42652,apple,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Store Manager,"Fun atmosphere, competitive pay for retail. Quick paced, ever-changing which keeps you on your toes.","Hours are tough, customers can be difficult. Management rewards and promotes based on favoritism vs. talent and skills",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42653,apple,"East Lansing, MI"," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Campus Representative,"Lifetime dream, but poor culture fit",Hands on with products Great benefits Creative flexibility,Micro-management on status Could only work up to 20 hours a week Year long term which required a second job to make ends meet Made me close my personal blog,Ease up a bit on the restrictions for employees,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42654,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great company, some retail managmenet",Great company to work for. A lot of opportunities for those who wish to continue growing in the company. and Job security.,"In the retail division, some managers can become disconnected with the rest of the team, or give off a feeling that they are better than you.",Remember your roots.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42655,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Face Recognition Researcher,Good teams building great products,Pride in knowing that what you are working on will result in a quality consumer product that will be used/loved by people around the world.,Teams/project are so compartmentalized that it's difficult to get meaningful mind-share.,"There are many great engineering managers there - but there are some real terrible ones as well. Get rid of the bad ones, you lose too many good engineers because of them.",5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42656,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple store employee,The benefits working at Apple are far better than one would receive at comparable jobs. Very good teamwork. Flexible hours and hours vary depending upon which store you are working at,"Some employees at Apple stores appreciate the flexible hours and other employee would prefer a set schedule. Flexibility works for me. Apple is very serious about providing excellent customer service, so expect to work hard and no slacking off.",Keep up the training for employees as we will always need this. Keep doing what you are doing as most apple employees know their managers and feel pretty comfortable approaching them with any issue.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42657,apple,"Boston, MA"," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,At home advisor,"The benefits are good, work from home, prestigious company.","I have worked for over 2 years and it is almost impossible to move up. For a company that was built on individual thinking, you don't get to do that here. The stress and pressure never let up and you are constantly being criticized. It is the worse job I have had on the past 15 years for sure. If I didn't have to work from home, I would have quit already.",How about not constantly switching things around. Having 5 team managers in 2 years sucks.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42658,apple,"Miami, FL"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Service Specialist,Couldn't Have Loved it More,"Pay and benefits were great. Work culture, and environment were spectacular.","Management was fair but often beholden to corporate (scheduling, time and attendance), but they were willing to work with you if you worked with them.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42659,apple,none," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operation works,"Exciting, fast moving projects.",long work hours. frequent travels.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P604.htm
42660,apple,none," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good times,there were alot of good benefits,there was no free food,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42661,apple,none," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fraud specialist,"Nice discounts, monthly beer bashes, great cafe and other on-site amenities, full-time pay is decent but temp pay is dismal, and it's difficult to get full-time from temp positions","Terrible schedules, hard to schedule time off especially during the holidays, difficult to move into other departments, very little career development assistance","It will be hard to figure out how to do this without impacting productivity, but employee morale and employee engagement will need to improve. The best way to do this is to improve career advancement.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42662,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,RedZone Specialist,Learning logistics and sales techniques as well as the latest technologies to present as solutions to customers,Overnight hours can take away from work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42663,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,"Great pay, moderate effort, tiresome environment","The pay for compared to any retailer is extremely competitive, the work is not too strenuous (except during peek times for sales throughout the year), and the work environment can be somewhat positive and fun","Compared to what the company earns payment should increase, often times one must wear (too) many different hats, environment can be very stressful especially when dealing with a variety of strong personalities and poor work ethics","Stop micromanaging, listen to employees more, lead by example",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42664,apple,"Atlantic City, NJ"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Expert,The Worst Experience,"Amazing benefits, matching 401k after 5 yrs, apple stock discounted, discounted apple products","Management team is horrible, culture is more like a concentration camp then a store with high values. Huge disconnect between retail and corporate.",Treat everyone with respect be the credo you say you stand my. Be open to feedback and don't pigeon hole people when they tell you the truth. Managers have no accountability very much us vs them mentality.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42665,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Data Entry,Data Entry Representative,"A fast paced environment, that you have to reach goals. Everyday of your work week.",If your not uesd to working with products then this is not a place,I'm open to any available positions that my experience can be utilized,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42666,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Easy to get comfortable. Comfort is not a good thing.,"Good connections, ok benefits, ability to make own decisions. Semi flexible hours. Cool co workers. Apple does a good job hiring quality sales people for the most part.","Fake management. Inability to communicate with sales floor. Terrible staffing choices. Too many in sales not enough in repairs. Hard to explain to customer why there is 14 specialists standing near the front of the store and not one has the ability to help. Opportunity for training is few and far between. Have to rely on self for knowledge which looks bad when other specialists don't seek after that knowledge. Lack of commission makes for lazy and unmotivated sales people with an attitude of ""fine, I guess I'll help you buy a phone"". Poor positioning leads to inaccurate expectations of what we offer as far as services and help. Do not get paid enough for what we have to know and deal with on a daily basis. If I have to know information and positioning for every Apple product, carrier (4 majors) knowledge, activation knowledge, positioning knowledge, and stand there getting yelled at least on a daily basis, and there's a burger flipper at in n out that makes as much as me, there's something wrong here. There will be changes made, but too late.",Read cons,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42667,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 19, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Designer,Not an easy place to work,"Work with the best of the best, and design devices that are purchased and loved by hundreds of millions of people. You are encouraged to be brilliant, and talents typically aren't squandered.","The higher you climb, the more political drama you encounter.",Would love to see some form of profit sharing or a greater financial appreciation when a new design or patent saves the company tens or hundreds of millions,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42668,apple,"Miami, FL"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,I take pride in the job that I do,Great people to work with,work life balance isn't that great,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42669,apple,"Farmington, CT"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Genuis Administrative,"High hopes, cult of personality",Great coworkers Days go by fast Schedules are variable and flexible Employee discount is pretty good Ability to transfer to other stores,Stores can have a strong cult of personality Hard work does not pay off as much as one might hope,Your employees make the experience for the customers. Keep employees happy and the customer base will feel it,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P605.htm
42670,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Business Support Specialist,The Apple Experience,"The environment in Apple is so positive and challenging, the desire to succeed is ambiguous","Schedules change alot, but i the new building is awesome",Keep up the good work?,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42671,apple,none," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job But Watch the Stats,"Insane amount of benefits, flexible hours, great pay, good hours","Management will get on you about satisfaction scores, early meetings, lots of policys",Don't be so rough on NPS,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42672,apple,"Trenton, NJ"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Daily work flow,"Company hires based off of personality and skills, versus wanting to know if you graduated college.",Management tend to switch up leaving Uncertainty with the team sometimes.,N/a,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42673,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Genius Admin,"Status, intrigue, excitement, leading brand.","Pressure, competitive, misleading, overrated, under appreciated",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42674,apple,"Campbell, CA"," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Work somewhere else!,"Beer bashes on Fridays, cool team building events, good pay, nice cafeteria and decent gym.",Horrible management. Apple will work you to death and will make sure that you feel under appreciated all at the same time. No work/life balance. Lack of a true-oriented team environment.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42675,apple,none," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Present review,Get latest knowledge of tech advancement operating systems hardware software great health benefits stock options vacation benefits,Difficult to advance company does not always appear to do internal promotions very often even though prospective candidates are more than qualified,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42676,apple,"McAllen, TX"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor,Working from home and no dress code,Schedule changes every 4 months,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42677,apple,none," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company Great Benefits Tops in training program,"Great Company to work, Great Benefits, Tops in training program",Software that collect data from surveys to customer should be revisited,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42678,apple,"Los Gatos, CA"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,Contractor at Apple,Amazing company to work for,Contractors are painfully segregated from the rest of the employees,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42679,apple,"Portland, OR"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,A Great Place To Have Worked,"The people are out-of-this-world. Apple knows how to spot talented, caring, and truly compassionate and savvy representatives of their brand. The benefits are comparable to many other tech-related companies, including educational, commuter, 401k, medical, dental, and vision (even for part timers) and purchase discounts for yourself, friends and family.","The pay sucks compared to other tech firms, but this IS retail, so even if you're a Genius, you will cap out around $18/hr. So there is a dead end if you're not considering management. And I wouldn't since the work/life balance that Apple states is part of their Credo, is actually disingenuous - that's been documented. HR is outsourced, so you're really at their mercy with regard to policy. The schedules are determined by store needs, not by seniority - which can be fair or not considering your perspective. Basically, you work when they need you, so good luck with having a ""normal"" life. Hard on the students especially, despite the educational reimbursement. Customers can be very hard to manage especially in the more busy and often crowded stores. If you're in the least bit agoraphobic or have noise sensitivity, this is absolutely wrong environment to work in. And you better get used to standing for many hours on end.","Know that your people are just that: people. They come from many different cultures and backgrounds and don't really care about melding into a corporate culture as much as you may think that makes for a better brand. Letting them wear their hair in a huge mohawk or facial piercings may distinguish you as a laid back company, but a loose dress code does not a diversified company make. And know your talent. You are the frontline to determining careers, so stop being a hindrance. The Lominger Competencies are just a metric, they do not adequately determine a person's value to your brand.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P606.htm
42680,apple,"Lemont, IL"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Midwest Business Account Manager,Great Company,Best Technology in the World,"Retail company, not many Enterprise Sales Positions offered","You want to play in Business, create more outside sales positions",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42681,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,An Apple Specialist,"working at Apple comes with great benefits. Not just medical, dental and vision, but also 401k, discounts on their stocks, nice discounts on all of their products for you and your friends, lots of opportunities to network with other creative people, and decent base pay.","it's retail. Retail isn't for everyone. Everyday you have to sell a product, whether you believe in it or not. Also, management can tend to suck. They micromanage way too much sometimes, and always implement new rules. Sooner than later, working there felt like a prison.",Less micro managing. Give your staff some more freedom and engage with them some more.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42682,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best of the Best,Working with brilliant minds. Always challenged. You really can bond with your team. Getting an MacBook. Transportation to and from SF to work. Awesome culture.,"Sometimes we worked long hours. Expectations were always very high... To the point where if it wasn't ground breaking, you felt like you were underachieving.",I really enjoyed my management team.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42683,apple,none," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great Company!,- Great starting Pay for PT - Great work atmosphere - Wonderful management - Benefits offered are great - Discounts and deals for employees and families - Easy to be promoted - Great job for self-help and trying to better your life inside and outside of the job,"- Sometimes people can be too ""Apple"", meaning they live and breathe by the book - That's honestly all",Keep doing what you're doing,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42684,apple,"Maiden, NC"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Site Services Engineer,Site Services,Great resume filler and great medical benefits. great pay,"Maiden DC is hot(80-110 degrees all year) management is strict and two face. management fires people for being 2mins late or using their cellphone People play back stab to move up faster The atmosphere is horrible, game room with zero free time Turn over is horrible. internal software is the worst I have ever seen protocols are confusing and poorly written",Fire one of the two 'shift' managers. I never see them without the other. Why pay for both to do the work of one?All they do is clown around and yell at the workers.,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42685,apple,none," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,day to day,fun people to be around,work life balance sometimes hectic,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42686,apple,none," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just Started,"Nice people & team, great culture, helpful, fun",Unorganized communication due to the amount of people required in making a decision,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42687,apple,"San Pedro, CA"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist Manhattan,Service Specialist,"Competitive salary, fantastic team, flexible hours, chances to advance, fantastic training, difficult to get bored, amazing benefits including health, 401k, and stock options.","Burnout can happen very easily, great employees are taken advantage of, the hours while flexible are inconsistent for part-time employees. It is not as easy to transfer to corporate as they make it seem.","Set clear expectations, give people promotions when they deserve them for the work they've put in, not because you favor them.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42688,apple,none," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's good.,"Working with incredibly talented people, and working on products that people love. The company really does focus on making great products, with a level of detail that many other companies don't come close to approaching.","There is a high level of office politics once you get past entry level engineering, and there isn't a high tolerance for making time for anything personal. Management is generally untrained and focuses efforts on heroics and brute-forcing solutions with hours and effort.","Process and organizations can be managed so that every solution doesn't involve individuals simply spending extra time to solve problems. Employees can be trained to improve, and a mature organization should not be fully dependent upon employees who are always overachievers from the get go.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42689,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Great opportunity,Worked from home. Very enjoyable.,None that i think are major,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P607.htm
42690,apple,none," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company to work for, good benefits.","must work weekends, short staffed, irate customers at the Genius Bar",management needs to hire more staff around holidays,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42691,apple,"Milpitas, CA"," Aug 5, 2015","Former Employee - Shipping/Receiving &amp, Material Handler",Shipping and Receiving Clerk,"A positive vibe when walking into Apple, Inc. to start work. The Operation's staff actually made you feel valued, which helped motivate me to go above and beyond my daily duties. Management and staff are helpful and courteous. I highly recommend AppleApple, Inc. a great place to work.","Nothing negative to say about Apple, Inc. in what I've experienced.","I would like to give kudo's to the management at Apple, Inc. for giving me the experience and support while working there.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42692,apple,none," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Heaven on earth,"Great benefits, great people, great product!",People are always asking for discounts or to fix their products when you are off the clock!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42693,apple,none," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice place to work,"Very nice people there, The employees there are very young, You will enjoy the work there.","No free food, no gym for contractor, The cafe is just so so and the price of the food is reasonable but not cheap.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42694,apple,none," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inter,Big company! Good environment! Friendly people!,Salary is too low! I believe everyone want more money!,It is a good place to work! I think they should get more salary!,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42695,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Experience,"So much opportunity, so many resources to learn, grow and advance through the company to have a longevity.",If you're at a location that management is disconnected and concerned more for their own work & numbers it's easy to disconnect yourself and quickly lose interest in the movement and get lost in the shuffle.,"Stay connected, stay pushing for making sure everyone is adapting well to the culture. Stay consistent.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42696,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - SPECIALIST PART-TIME,Okay,Great pool of co-workers. Great benefits.,"Spread of information internally is horrible. Most people have no idea whats going on, and it's not for a lack of trying.",Nobody wants to go the extra mile for someone who's first priority is making themselves look good. Care about the people and they will care about you.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42697,apple,none," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,"Best retail company to work for, by a long shot","Apple Retail Stores (and Corporate, too, I would imagine) are filled with fun, interesting people to work with. Apple provides extensive training, opportunities for advancement that can actually help you exit the retail industry (as many want to do), great discounts, benefits for part-timers, and just a fun place to work.","Professional development (i.e. sitting down with a manager and charting a plan for getting you to the next position you're interested in) was spotty and management was mixed on follow-through. In a busy retail environment, long-range planning often gets sidelined. Still, opportunities were there--just could be a straighter path.","Create more channels from Retail into Corporate jobs and make it more transparent how one might achieve that. There are places to move up with in Retail, and skills/certifications one can gain to move out of the retail industry as a whole, but if you want to go from Apple Retail to Apple Corporate, the path is less clear.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42698,apple,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Huge corporate powerhouse,"The benefits are great. Discounts, public transportation money, good health care (even for part timers) and job security.",Poor opportunity for growth and very hard to make contributions that really matter. Expect to just be another very tiny cog in the wheel.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42699,apple,"Washington, DC"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer(IT),System Engineer,You get Apple on your resume. You are working for one of the most recognizable brands in the world. You get to work with some very smart people,There is no career planning within Apple. They work you hard and don't care if you leave. They continue to cut benefits even though the company is doing very well.,"Make Apple a top employer, you have the money to do it.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P608.htm
42700,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be so much more efficient,Great products and unique industry reputation.,"Lots of big talk from senior management on improving things, but no follow through. Cult culture and nepotism ruins long term prospects.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42701,apple,none," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for retail,"Competitive pay, amazing benefits, good group of co-workers","Very corporate, it's retail so that's a struggle.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42702,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,Work with inspire individuals that want to make a difference. Great job coming out of College or during college. Learning skills that are valuable to an individual in their future.,Loud and difficult environment to communicate. Difficult with our older generation to concentrate. Better store balance within the family room area.,Store renovations that give the students a a better learning environment. Our owners will appreciate and become better promoters for our brand.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42703,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Tools Engineer,Tools Developer,Flexible hours and enough vacation to stay on top of your game. You're free to work on what's most interesting to you inside of your team.,If you're interested in working on a project outside of your team it's very difficult to get involved. There's often layers of security segmenting teams.,Engineers working in cross functional teams need more freedom to work with other teams. They layers of security had a way of stifling productivity.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42704,apple,"Washington, DC"," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,"benefits, technical training, overall fun group of people to work with","stressful, oftentimes poor work life balance, not much retail career opportunity beyond store management",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42705,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"You are part of a well recognized company that is making incredible products. The people who work for Apple are top notch, and there will be some highly educated people there from all walks of life. They promote from within.","Being retail you will work weekends, at least two days a weekend. Dealing with customers in a high pressure environment like Apple stores can wear on you. Working a late shift, and then turning around and opening the store up the next day is rough too.",Work on making a schedule that allows employees to plan their future better. Give better continuous training to the employees. Whenever a new product or software is released there should be mandatory training for everyone.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42706,apple,none," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Good salary, good environment and good colleagues.","No free food, and cubic offices are not open.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42707,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Amazing to start out but not a career,"- Some of the people you work with are extremely intelligent, highly talented individuals and some just aren't.  - Good benefits, cool discounts, fun atmosphere (most of the time)","Sadly in the AZ market there are a lot of cons that need to be addressed before I would recommend someone working for Apple here:  - Market lead has clear favorites within specific stores, having worked at one store for over 4 years, I know nothing about this person where every other visitor such as the Market business leader, Steve Jones etc. took the time to form a personal relationship with the top performers/tenured employees in the store.  - Management is not transparent about why they are promoting from outside of the store and ignoring internal talent which they themselves have called ""the best in the market"".  - Feedback often falls on deaf ears with management around core business functions such as pulling technicians un-necessarily off the booked queue to perform menial visuals tasks that other employees on the sales floor are more than able to execute without effecting the team or customer experience.  - No vacation time what-so-ever to spend time with family during the holidays. Yes it's retail but the company likes to use ""work life balance"" as a key positive for working for Apple Retail when that is not so. Often full time employees are scheduled Fri, Sat & Sunday and thus miss time with their families/significant others and you can see that this wears on them.  - No clear path to promotion. Being excellent at your current role doesn't actually mean anything if management feels that you are not ""apple"" enough. This means people that kiss managements behind move up whether they are actually skilled or walk the walk vs talking about how great it is to perform a certain best practice and then ignoring that themselves.  - HR from corp. was brought in for a specific store and this feedback was given to them by over 20 people however no changes were seen as a result of this. HR was brought in because the NPP score for this particular store has been consistently horrible for a year. ]","Advice to upper level management in corporate: It's time for you to switch up the management teams in the AZ market. Some managers have been at the same store for over 6-7 years without being switched and un-fortunately their legacy does not help them to develop into better leaders and they tend to have very linear views about more tenured employees which do not modify as the employee changes their behaviors. This has lead to an environment that has stamped the ambition out of the best talent and this is sad.  - Realize that your family room team is deeply un-happy not because of their inability to suck up situations that can't be changed but as a direct consequence of the actions of management. Do something about it and stop saying ""feedback"" is the answer when the feedback has clearly been ignored. Find a response when this is pointed out to you by various team members other than ""oh"".",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42708,apple,"Emeryville, CA"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Lot's of options,"Working at Apple, you are never stuck with the position you were hired for. There are an abundance of other opportunities. You just have to work hard to get the option of other opportunities.","Just that it's retail. So, retail hours.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42709,apple,none," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great internship experience,- real impactful work and responsibility,- not all departments are closely integrated,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P609.htm
42710,apple,none," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Service Specialist,"Amazing full-time benefits, great co-workers and supportive management. You have a voice and have the ability to affect change. As the face of the Genius bar, having the ability to resolve someone's issue and make their day is very gratifying.","Retail schedule is so erratic, not many opportunities for in-store growth, and you deal with many irrational customers looking for support at the Genius bar.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42711,apple,"Newark, DE"," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great job for being single. A little hard to swing with responsibilities and a family.,Pay is decent. Benefits are great for any retail job. There is alway something to do which means there is hardly any downtime while in the clock.,"Work environment is very hostile and fast paced. Work life balance is very lopsided and no consistency in schedule, it is a retail job at heart.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42712,apple,none," Jul 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job to have while you focus on something else,-Flexible Hours -Good Work Life Balance -Great Benefits -Prestige associated with brand,-Politics usually determine who gets promoted -Abundance of identity theft committed but no resources to turn away individuals committing the crimes,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42713,apple,"Drexel Hill, PA"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Apple AHA,AHA,So many I would be here all day listing them.,A few but get in there and see for yourself,Keep doing what you're doing .,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42714,apple,none," Jul 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,"Tuition Reimbursement, Pay, Ability to work from home",Customers and not much flexibility,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42715,apple,none," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make great stuff,Get to work on products people love.,It's take a lot of hard work to make products people love.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42716,apple,none," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,great pay and benefits reliable coworkers,none that i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42717,apple,"Burlingame, CA"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Broken House,"good benefits, highest in retail.",may learn a little bit new experience. broken house.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42718,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Blue Shirts,There are some extremely talented people you will work with. Most of the employees tend to like there job--some a little too much.,"Many of the leadership teams within retail are inconsistent with their messaging. There are also always people who tend to fall through the cracks and contribute nothing to the team. If you interact with corporate employees, they tend to be extremely stuck up and rude.",Get your messaging straight and consistent before introducing it to the team. Corporate employees need to spend some time in roles where they get yelled at on a regular basis to fully understand what retail does for them.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42719,apple,none," Jul 31, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,I love my job. I couldn't ask for a better company to work for,"Great people, great products, every time something new comes out its like Christmas","Long hours, but it goes by fast. And its retail, so goodbye weekends",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P610.htm
42720,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,No long term growth or career support. Poor leadership in the middle management level.,More of the same. No long term growth or career support. Poor leadership in the middle management level.,Figure it out.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42721,apple,none," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, bad management","Great benefits, casual environment, can be fun, great discount","Retail hours, management can be rude and entitled with no real leadership skills. Very difficult to move up and leadership will use you to do their jobs without any real intent to promote.",Be honest.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42722,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Could be good, depending on what you're looking for.","- You could not find a better retail store environment- upbeat, friendly. - Great benefits. - Access to employee perks from a large tech company. - Working on a team is the most important value of Apple, and you come to work respecting your coworkers, managers, and customers.","That being said- it's not much better than many other retail jobs I've had. The staff at my store were very over-qualified for the position and got bored easily. Rather than take advantage of our overqualified staff, they still choose to hire new part-time employees than promote part-time employees to full-time. They also have little flexibility around the holidays, which is understandable in some ways for a retail environment, but difficult for employees with strict family or religious obligations. It's very easy to drink the kook-aid at Apple, and after a few months, it stops tasting so sweet. They talk a good game, but at the end of their day, their values statements do not align with their actual treatment of employees. They say they want self-motivated people, but do not use them effectively, so the people who feel dedicated end up getting bored and leaving.","Be honest and upfront. If someone is performing well in their role, give them reasons to want to stay. My experience at Apple was so much ""it'll happen when it happens"" but at a certain point, I stopped receiving feedback I requested about what to do to get a promotion or feel like I'm moving ahead.  It may be a good idea to offer ""seasonal employment"", which would solve the problem of regular full-time staff's work-life balance but allow students or people who want extra spending money around the holidays or launches to fill into those spaces. It's uncomfortable for other staff to take on so many ""forever employees"" and then ebb and flow with replacing them as the retail seasons change.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42723,apple,"Murray, UT"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great Job, $ Aside","Great work culture, excellent products, fair policies for most part","Benefits are not worth underpayment. Culture, etc. is wonderful, but pay is not competitive.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42724,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Support Advisor,Great Place to Work,"Working for Apple is every bit as cool as you would think it would be. I get to work from home, contribute to a dynamic global brand, and truly enjoy what I do.","I have to type at least 20 words here so I can complete this review, so I will simply say that there are no cons working for Apple.","Management does an amazing job, and really delivers on all that Apple claims to stand for. Employees are treated like we really matter, and that goes a long way.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42725,apple,"Rancho Cordova, CA"," Jul 30, 2015",Former Employee - Line Cook,production assembly line,i work in apple computer/via volt temporary service agency.this job one year contract job.three month stay home start again.,"this job production line,testing i phone pack and ship",no/commet tis time,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42726,apple,none," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Benefits, Great Environment, and get to be around awesome products. Its simply the best entry level position you can get. Highly competitive, but worth it",None that I have seen yet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42727,apple,none," Jul 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Apple hires a lot of great people, and the management is structured to help you succeed at your job and achieve your personal/professional goals.",Customers can sometimes be very rude. That is the major complaint. They sometimes do not recognize that you are human being too.,All of the management I have interacted with has been great. I enjoy the conversations and process that apple has in place to help management guide us to success.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42728,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 13, 2015","Current Employee - Senior Oracle Database Administrator, Consultant",none,"great name, some great people","lot of work, lot of work",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42729,apple,"Temecula, CA"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,I love working for apple,They have great benefits and leader .. Who motivate and encourage you to grow.,Times can get slow .. And you may have to do things for customers way out of your scope.,Keep doing what you are doing ... You are all great leaders.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P611.htm
42730,apple,none," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great work culture and amazing training. Great place to work,Comes with the job - customers who have no idea how to turn on a computer or worse.,None. You guys are awesome. Just keep doing what you do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42731,apple,none," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,Apple is the most supportive company I've ever had the good fortune to work for. It was more like a family of friends.,No cons to list here,"Please consider benefits for part time employees that cover job protection due to disabilities. Currently only full time employees are covered by FMLA. This is a problem for people with chronic conditions on part time hours. We are in this together. Also, stay awesome!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42732,apple,none," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Really good company and working here is amazing. Always meeting new people and get the latest news.,For as much a Apple makes in business I believe their employees working at the store could make a bit more.,Hire more people or figure something out that lets me balance life again.,2.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42733,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Glorious,"Amazing. Excited coworkers, great product, fantastic benefits. Company cares about employees, looks out for our best interests. Wants to see us succeed.",None. The company does a great job. Now I'm out of words for the 20 word minimum for this review.,Keep up the great work!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42734,apple,"Albany, NY"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple is great!,Great hours Stay At home Co-worker group sessions Training is adequate for the position,None to speak of except alot of hours during holiday season,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42735,apple,none," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail is still retail,Benefits and hourly for retail are a plus. You get discounts and stock purchase options plus a 401k,"CUSTOMERS, Also managers who try to tell you how to fix something though they have no idea.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42736,apple,none," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Excellent working culture of the company,everything was excellent bout the comapny,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42737,apple,none," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow your skills,"Innovative, inclusive, great benefits, working with the cutting edge technology. Competitive pay. Structured development and training.","If you're an advisor on the phone your time is not your own. They don't really trust you. It's a call center, so you clock in and clock out, very strict attendance adherence.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42738,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Slow development,"Working with talented, motivated people that are passionate about helping people","If you're interested in moving up, it's a slow process that involves switching stores and putting in the hours. Even then it's not a guarantee",Focus on individual employee development,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42739,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Inside Sales,Benefits are excellent. Stock program is also excellent - highly recommend participating. Relaxed atmosphere - very casual. Office accommodations are very nice.,There had been some compensations issues regarding bonus/commission. This may have been addressed recently. There can be some micro-managment but not so bad if you are one that can work very independently and proactively.,Be more proactive when an account has issues. Know when to step in and when to escalate before an issue becomes more than it should.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P612.htm
42740,apple,none," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,Supportive team members and management. Awesome training that prepares you for the job. Love working here! Very upbeat and positive environment that makes work fun.,"None, all is well so far!",Keep on keeping on!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42741,apple,"Edison, NJ"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Such a wonderful company,"Excellent coworkers, friendly management, great benefits, being a part of the world's most successful company","Inconsistent hours, may be difficult to move up, low pay for the level of knowledge you have",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42742,apple,none," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Genius,Best job ever,"amazing co-workers, great managers, great perks, best retail salary imaginable",all over the place hours,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42743,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Ground Truth Analyst,ground truth surveyor,great benefits with travel and food,unfair reasons for letting their employees go,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42744,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist,Good work-life balance. Management cares about you. Company cares about personal development.,"Work can get very tedious. They try to create a ""stimulating work environment,"" and for a retail job it is. But for people that have higher aspirations, it can wear on you.",Create more work experiences that will allow for more cross divisional movement because it's near impossible to move from a retail position to a skilled technical position in corporate offices.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42745,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Intelligent people, lots of opportunity for growth (across teams or in your team), good salary, great benefits",Work life balance can be a challenge at times. Cupertino isn't the most exciting place to work in. Lack of systems for some processes... esp for such a big company.,Apple is growing so fast and seems as thought we can barely keep up with the growth. Hiring quickly and getting people on board faster would be beneficial.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42746,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,qa lead,The largest company in the world you work on coolest products.Great financial pay,The grueling stress levels and deliverables.,give free lunches and dinners improve your benefits like other startups or Google,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42747,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,meh,"discount, flexible hours, pretty laid back with dress code tattoos hair color and stuff like that...",very political-you better know the right people to get ahead and going to full time is considered a lateral move so translation not a raise.,too many cooks in the kitchen and lack of consistency across all leadership. You can ask 5 different leaders the same question and get 5 different answers.,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42748,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Support II,Apple...,"Awesome Benefits, family oriented, decent discounts, schedule changes every 3 months which is good sometimes. I like the fact that they have a education program.","Opportunity, don't like the position they shove you in to? Oh well. Schedule changes every 3 months. Ambiguous in everything there isn't really clear procedures everything is grey area. Pay isn't enough for what you deal with.",Listen to your people. Help them find ways to stay with the company instead of encouraging them to leave.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42749,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,It's what you make it.,"Great company, benefits and opportunities.",They move very slowly with developing leadership.,Focus on your internal clients as well as you do your external clients.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P613.htm
42750,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Marketing Manager,"Every day I come into the office to do my best work, supporting the Apple culture/brand values.",All my friends ping me to see if i can get them discounts on Apple products.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42751,apple,none," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Manager,"Great environment, very dynamic and engaging. Always something new to learn and tackle. Great opportunities for growth.","Workload can be overbearing at times. Normal red tape that comes with any big company, slow to move processes internally. Pay does not always feel commensurate with workload.","Increase pay, be quicker to respond to internal challenges and upgrades. Continue to foster great corporate environment, continue to drive amazing Company culture.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42752,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Disappointing,Looks good on your resume. There are some really smart people and interesting projects.,"Middle managers suck, they are on power trips and don't support their staff. People who are good leave and go work at startups. Incompetent people often get promoted.",none,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42753,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Product Design Engineer,Product Design Engineer,"Salary, benefits, projects with endless budgets, interesting work, challenging, everyone is smart and helpful, free gadgets, cutting edge","60-80 hour work weeks, live in China, even out of work you are constantly bugged from China or support teams at all hours of the night, holidays, and weekends. Managers will cover their own behinds only, never go to bat for their team,","Manage, give feedback to your team and help support them when they need it. Don't make your employee have to make a choice between family and work, when it is clear that family is the only fair choice (example: sending them to China during Thanksgiving and Christmas).",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42754,apple,none," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Apple,"Good culture, benefits, work/life balance, workplace environment","Hard to progress, don't get a lot of help if trying to move from retail to corporate","Put yourself in the employees shoes more often, empower them more",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42755,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,good company,"great environment, awesome culture, great benefits, flexible hours, good discount through other companies.","easily replaceable, over worked, under valued, not much for growth or promotion. can be clique-y, lots of gossip. very focused on the customer experience what about the internal employee experience. silly attendance rules and regulations.","be more invested in your employees. give more feedback, recognition, incentives. be open to new ideas, think about the bigger picture and not quick results.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42756,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a great place,everything is awesome!!,none,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42757,apple,none," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Great coworkers and management. Room to grow.,Your schedule greatly changes from week to week.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42758,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Work-Life Balance,"They have a culture that cannot be duplicated and it is mostly consistent through the entire company on all levels. Work hard, pay attention, learn, and strive to be an ethical and honorable team member and you will enjoy a good career with great experiences.","There are some pockets where there have been bad hiring decisions and it shows in the loss of careers because of poor leadership. Things usually work out and the bad apple is exposed and dealt with, but there is always collateral damage.  Customers are incredibly entitled and spoiled but it's our own fault","If you are going to tout it is harder to get a job at Apple than gain entrance to Stanford, you should probably have better standards than Stanford and hire based on merit over friends and family.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42759,apple,none," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Worked with the best and brightest in one of the largest, most innovative companies in America.",The bureaucracy can be a little off-putting to deal with. But that's the case with a lot of companies. Apple generally handled it well.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P614.htm
42760,apple,none," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,I loved my job I would recommend,retail can be exhausting but Apple retail is unlike any other. it is the best.,Advancing opportunities,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42761,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,sales specialist,You deal with a wide range of customers and are always learning things even if you've had or worked with apple products for a while. You will work with some of the best people that you have ever met and will have people to help you out whether its work related or personal. It's like having a second family.,"Depend on which store you work at, the opportunity for growth can be non existing. Mangers tend to play favorite and only promote you if you are willing to kiss the butt. Also a lot of the times they would much rather hire for outside and train for a specific position instead of hiring within. I would say if you're looking for a career, you're better off at apple corporate then trying to work your way up through the retail ranks.","Take care of your team, instead of just talking about the credo try living it. because our most important resource, or soul, is our people. Stop trying so hard to make your store the number 1 store in the market and then having people quit because your not willing to help them develop their career. Don't make certain team members jump through hoops to get a promotion while hiring someone who has no retail experience and giving them full time or technical positions.",4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42762,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Store Employee,"It's better paying than most retail jobs and a lot of the benefits are probably better, too--healthcare, 401K contributions, stock options, etc. I've almost always gotten the vacation days I've requested (one of the major reasons I'm still there). Most of my fellow employees are fun people and great to work with.","You don't work at the same time every day (sometimes you start in the morning, sometimes you close) and don't usually get two days off in a row. You obviously also have to work weekends. It is pretty difficult to advance quickly and almost impossible to advance to corporate. Most of the managers have obviously ""drunk the Cool Aid"" and they feel like a separate group. It does not feel like we are in it together, as much as they'd like us to think so.",Get on the same page and have a unified vision. Once you have that vision clue the staff in as to WHY you have made those decisions.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42763,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - MQE,Mechanical Quality Engineer,"Great products, some of the smartest people you will ever get to work with, cutting edge technologies - this is the stuff text books are written about. Very few companies can claim to execute to the minute details that Apple does. Nothing short of perfection is good enough and even then some more is expected. There is a reason the products are so good, reliable, aesthetically beautiful...almost like a perfect work of art - its all the smart minds and hard working people behind it. You will learn a ton of stuff in a very short period of time.","ZERO ZERO ZERO work life balance. The day you sign your offer letter, lock away your personal life only to be be claimed after you quit Apple again. The work culture, esp in Operation is extremely fast paced and demanding and you got to be on you A game non stop day in day out. 12 hr days are lean, 15 hr days are frequent, somewhere in between is the norm. While travel initially seems to be on par with other operations / consulting jobs, you should prepare for the disruption it brings to your social or family life as it is very frequent and intermittent. While there is a lot of lip service and Sheldonesque sympathy about work-life balance, the basic culture is simple - its a privilege to get a job at Apple, so stop whining and get on with it. It can be a great opportunity if your type is all about getting recharged by the constant stress and chaos and believing in a world changing goal. If not you will burn out very quickly - almost 3 times as fast as another company","Simple - Either fix the work life balance issue or pretty soon you will lose the really talented ones, and new hires will think twice before signing on or even if they do treat it as a short term deal, eventually the dilution of people quality will start to show throw in the products and technology. I hope not, because I do really love what the company does and admire its people - but man are they over worked!",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42764,apple,none," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,project management,Projects can be interesting. Most Individual contributors were great to work with.,"Many mangers were arrogant. No OT but were still accountable for deliverables - even on weekends. In general, contractors are treated as task agents vs. knowledge workers.","It's good to keep separation for co-employment reasons but blatant disregard of common courtesy for people is pervasive. Also, homophobic attitudes amongst some H1b holders. Suggestion: new hire orientation for contract new hires (especially from abroad).",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42765,apple,none," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,Apple is open to ideas from everyone from their staff. Senior management is supportive of everyone's professional development and there is a great deal of opportunity for professional development.,I actually do not have any areas to complain about.,Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42766,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"great culture, good food, work/life balance, and a fun atmosphere",no room for growth when trying to maximize potential,more opportunities to advance careers,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42767,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Great people amazing company,"The culture is like no other, customer are given priority over all, even money. Great place to grow. Events are super fun","Retail schedule, always busy, customer based feel entitled. Sometimes work leaks into personal life specially social life. Also not a lot of time for projects.",None,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42768,apple,"Pflugerville, TX"," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Trainer,apple austin - not the same as apple cupertino,it's not as bad as working for dell i guess,"the sense of culture that was present before steve died has been replaced with generic, empty corporate sloganeering, focus only on numbers, and an utter disregard for employee satisfaction. overworked, under compensated. adversarial relationship between different groups that support the online store/retail online. apple rewards management for all the wrong things especially being professional jerks, frontline reps aren't paid a living wage for what it costs to live in Austin. members of customer service teams at apple (as well as other groups ) are on assistance because they don't get paid enough. everyone constantly has new responsibilities added but without the appropriate increase in pay. this is especially true of the poorest among us. apple also constantly outsources jobs to other companies in the states but doesn't seem to care about the quality of those sites or the extremely low pay of the employees there. all we hear is ""focus on quality"" at sites where the people hired are making just above minimum wage to perform a very complicated job that requires a high degree of competency. Most of the people at the facilities are not qualified to do the job as they have little to no technical skills, no job experience, or they are too old or sickly to flip burgers. Plus, you get what you pay for. good people are not going to take a job that pays $8 an hour.","wake up, you are ruining the people at the bottom rungs who have contributed to the company's success. if you really care about quality, pull your head out and look around.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42769,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Great Benefits. Great opportunity to learn on the job. Provides decent job training.,Stressful environment. Retail hours are terrible. Work most weekends.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P615.htm
42770,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Great company to work for, a lot of flexibility without a busy outside schedule. Highly recommend the place for all","Great flexibility, Upward Mobility, experience galore, nice attitudes, and consumers love the products and solutions","Can't think of any cons, would like to have a set schedule. but that's retail for you.",provide more opportunities within location,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42771,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,Had lots of great benefits. The pay can be average though. Great work environment to be in.,It can be stressful at times. Sometimes its hard to get to know everyone that works with you at your local store.,Have patience with your co-workers. Always be open to listen to new ideas and opinions at your store.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42772,apple,none," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Fantastic employee growth programs. Great benefits. Seriously nobody beats our benefits,Schedule is hard but Apple does value work/life balance,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42773,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,"Practice what they preach. Everything is driven first by customer experience, not market fit, not TAM, MAU, APRDAU, etc. Metrics don't drive the product, experience does","Worked in the same area for 12 years, hardly a change. Difficult to move forward in Product Marketing. The joke is ""to move ahead, someone has to die""","To retain talent beyond a high stock price, give people opportunity to take on new challenges.",5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42774,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A change in culture,"Good job if you're a college student. Apple provides excellent benefits, including tuition reimbursement. The teams are filled with creative and smart people.","If you've been a part of the Apple family for the past few years, you can definitely feel a difference in the culture. There is less customer focus and focus on development. There is a disconnect between corporate and the retail stores, so there is little support in the stores, even as we get busier. We are frequently told we are more than retail, and this is true. Our responsibilities are wide ranging and challenging, but we don't get paid that much more than typical retail.","Bring back the focus to developing your teams and creating an engaging and fun work environment. We focus too much on appeasing angry customers and are forced to make exceptions for them when mandated by corporate, while others who understand our systems and limitations are out of luck.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42775,apple,none," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,#1 Company with No Career Development,Good brand on your resume,"No career development here, i dont recommend it",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42776,apple,"Visalia, CA"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Good pay, good company","Pay was great, work from home was convenient, management was friendly and seemed to care",You are cross trained in other departments based on need and can sometimes end up essentially working in an area you were not hired to work in.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42777,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great company, ok store, low pay for the workload (For LA)","Great company with awesome benefits. In general I love working for Apple as a whole, and I have met some great coworkers that are some of my best friends now.","Our particular store, when compared to other stores nationwide, is said to pay differently contingent upon the local cost of living. The fact is that for living in Los Angeles, we don't really get paid much more than other stores. Also, the management at our store is a mixed bag.","You say you want to change things and make them better, but it doesn't seem like you really want to, or will.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42778,apple,"Paterson, NJ"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,amazing co workers and staff,went partime for balance in work/life area,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42779,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"You'll have opportunities to learn new things, and it will be in a very fast paced environment. The pay is little above average for retail, and there are benefits even for part-time positions. The paid time off and 401k is also pretty good.","It really depends on who the Store Leader is,if they are the micro-managing type it can be hell. Often times, each department can be completely in a lack of communication with each other which can lead to conflicting situations. Often times, dealing with very irate customers can be mentally draining, this is more on the Genius Family Room side, but there will be people who will throw an epic tantrum in your face.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P616.htm
42780,apple,none," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is love but Apple isn't life.,"The company really treats you well. Great benefits and atmosphere. A great place to grow with communication, teamwork and feedback.","A lot of expectations, hard work, frustrations and little payoff. Managers seem as if they have no idea about what is going on with their employees.",You need to take more initiative. Don't be afraid to help customers and to jump into things. We need to have you do we do.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42781,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,Fun job. Meet cool people. Great benefits. Looks good on the resume.,They make it difficult to make any moves to management in the company. Even if you have experience in the past. It's even difficult to make a lateral move in retail stores. Never a clear path. It varies from specialist to specialist. Sometimes managers can treat you like you're a kid. Micromanage for most bored managers. Especially when they are hired outside of the company.,Management needs to remember to be more human. Have more connections. Be leaders not just someone holding an iPad. Develop your people even when your head is buried in your schedule manager.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42782,apple,none," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Retail Life,"benefits, great coworkers, close knit team, fast=paced","work life balance, schedule, manager holding accountability",listen to the technicians,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42783,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,"Great benefits, great people, stock options, great on the resume","Bad hours, long shifts, crazy customers",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42784,apple,none," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Senior Advisor,Great company cares about their employees,none that i can say,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42785,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Employee,Good Benefits Great Co-workers Great atmosphere Top of the line technology,Hard to move up in company No work life balance,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42786,apple,none," Jul 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you work hard you will be rewarded.,Great benefits Above average pay for retail At the heart of amazing technology Discounts on products Switch shifts with coworkers Creative coworkers and awesome people,Work life balance can be tough to come by Really tough customers come in expecting miracles Sometimes too busy and hard to keep great experience consistent,Every store will have different management and therefore it will vary store to store. Keep the demands solid and let us continue to give feedback to the management. They have done a solid job.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42787,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ground truth analyst,I got to travel around the world,"Salary was low, and the management of the Project wasn't to good",prepare the Project and have a procedure guidance for the position before hiring people and have them changing their work every day,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42788,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great retail store to work in,I worked here through college and the work environment is great. The worst part is how swamped the store gets and customers are jam packed seeking attention. But management is good about keeping a flow.,Crazy busy all day. Rude entitled customers.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42789,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - SSA,My family,"Benefits, pay, input, flexibility, wonderful coworkers and supervisors. This is a place you can work for a lifetime career. In building or out, you know that they care about your happiness.","Upper management (way up) doesn't seem to have a grasp on the smaller details, it's challenging to present emerging issues at times but this has vastly improved!",Be more open to the little people when they are mentioning an issue.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P617.htm
42790,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Great company to work for, don't expect much",Great learning experience Amazing people Getting to work with the best technology in the world and the nicest retail environment,Hours are hard Management often have no technical background and are underprepared,PAY MORE! The compensation based on what is asked of the employees is really low. Apple could afford to make it a little easier for people who put in the years with them.,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42791,apple,none," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple At-Home Advisor,Great company. They care about their employers and they provide excellent on the job training. Loved being able to work from home. Awesome benefits like 401k matching etc.,Working with customers all day is very draining. Escalating issues to other departments was sometimes a bureaucratic process.,Keep caring about your employees!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42792,apple,none," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for with great people to work with!,*Amazing benefits. *Solid training. *Strong network of resources. *Good pay *Amazing people to work with.,*Inconsistent work schedule (it is retail tho). *More employee engagement functions. *More opportunities to learn on third-party apps or hardware. Since Apple's ecosystem is expanding to many different devices and services it would be awesome to have training that would expand on those types more.,*Stronger sense of community within the store which I know is a challenge. *Having more training when it comes to third party apps or hardware since it ties into our products more and more. This is a grey area I know but something to consider.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42793,apple,none," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple rocks,Great perks with a great company,Hard fast pace demanding environment,Doing well,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42794,apple,none," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Job,"Such a great place to work, I loved it. Working from home with no commute was the best.",They are very metric goal oriented,Lighten up a bit,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42795,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great,"great company with great products not much more you can say than that, lots of fun to sell all things apple","sometimes you can get long hours especially around the holiday selling season, but it increases the pay so you can't complain too much","keep building the sales and training the sales people, it is the best part of the company in my opinion",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42796,apple,none," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"There are tons of benefits, many great and insightful people. I believe starting salary is one of the highest and if you are seeking to be constantly challenged, this is the place for you.","The only disadvantage for me was that a smaller company would be a better fit for me. For people that seek less formal work place and more opportunities to stand out, this is not a start up environment.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42797,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, really interesting co-workers, exposure to the best creative teams and agencies in the country. Ability to think really big and realize your efforts are making an impact.","Long hours, no life/work balance. Very flat organization, so it is difficult to advance. In my department, there were cliques - if you weren't aligned with the right people you will get overlooked for career advancement and bonus.",My advice would be to HR. They should have a stronger connection with the different teams and help support the employees that are not at Director level.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42798,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Enterprise Advisor,Sometimes the kool-aid tastes good,Great food (for a subsidized price) New office with a friendly atmosphere Good interactions with managers Good team,"Hard to advance as you have to wait till someone quits or dies or god forbids gets promoted further. You find out about new technologies when a customer calls and asks for support on it. The customers. Honestly Apple would be a 5 star if it wasn't for the customers. Expect daily interactions explaining why an iMac is not a toaster and will never make toast. Expect the customer to attempt to belittle you, act like a child (we worked with schools predominately as well as small businesses and clueless end users) and generally have a fit demanding toast.",A little more heads up on new technologies would be nice.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42799,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,red zone,Apple is a great company!! everyone the company hires seems to be creative. You will probably love your coworkers no matter what store you work in because the hiring standards and process at apple is amazing!,There are no cons working with apple. You submit your availability and they work around that. For retail pay is amazing,My Management team is great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P618.htm
42800,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Real Estate Market Analysis Coordinator,enjoy it while you are able to,great company and highly motivating,"lots of contract gigs, wish they would hire perm",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42801,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Specialist,"Great team, Great development. You will stay in retail very long time.",Hard to make it to corporate.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42802,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jul 20, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great part-time employment with a fun atmosphere.,"Great team, which made going to work much more fun. The benefits for very nice for a part-time worker such as myself - included a 401k plan and very good discounts on Apple products.","Definitely an intense, competitive environment. Not the kind of job for someone who doesn't like Apple products and doesn't want to sell, sell, sell.","Offering more advanced training would be helpful for new employees - and continued education for current employees as well. But overall, it was a great place to work!",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42803,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,TPM,Great hardworking people. Work on some cool projects,Work life balance is poor and traveled a lot. Commute can be tough from SF,"Improve work life balance, and prevent management for berating people",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42804,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Retail is retail.,Good folks to work with. Pay should be better.,Everybody is white. Where is the diversity?,Diversify better. Have better outlook on she duke g.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42805,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Best company to work for,"Exciting, educational, fulfilling, inspiring, test of your ability, you grow professionally and personally working for this company.",When people are upset about things related to their Apple devices they can get really mean! But you learn how to help that.,Keep it up! Stay involved :),5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42806,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering,nice place to work,"all good , nice food, nice people .",public transport can be improved,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42807,apple,"Cerritos, CA"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Good college job,"Good benefits, pay, and resources for life enrichment. Great work environment. The people you work with are usually the best part of working at Apple.","If you're in college, with little to no responsibilities, this job might make you feel like a baller. But you can't provide for a family while in school off of this salary.",Advocate for your people more,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42808,apple,none," Jul 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good!!!!!!!!!,good job.people were really good at work.no worries,nothing to say.happy at all the time,none,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42809,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Overall a good time,"Amazing coworkers, good team environment","Customers can get difficult at times, scheduling issues",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P619.htm
42810,apple,"Plano, TX"," Jul 19, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Redzone Specialist,"Peers are great for the most part, most customers are nice as well. No pressure to hit sales numbers","Management sometimes is sometimes inexperienced, customers can get obnoxious.",Don't micromanage so much,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42811,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 2, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Administrator,Temp ~ take with a grain of salt,"The job was routine enough I knew what I had to do each day, and was feasible. Coworkers were nice and had the right attitude, good company culture","Provided with refurbished Apple Macbook, ran very slow, was hoping I could be more efficient with a faster computer",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42812,apple,none," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Overall fun vibe,"The atmosphere was great. And received a lot of help from Geniuses when I wasn't sure how to deal with the problems. Everyone you work with is a lot of fun. Even though I was not the ""typical"" apple employee, you can fit in. Also, the store meetings were always fun. And the Apple discount is a great plus. Many friends I made there I still keep in touch with.",Hours can get long when there are too many people coming in with issues with their devices and not enough time to see them all quickly. Theres a lot of cranky customers.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42813,apple,none," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations manager,"Great brand, stable and growing, tons of room for growth,training and learning is at your finger tips, good pay and benefits. Great environment. Good food and music.",Crappy work life balance if you have a family. Single or newly weds or career driven couples work best with the schedule. Super corporate. No wiggle room on policy. Corporate bureaucracy is hindering and cumbersome,Give more control to the cafe at the local level and allow for local adaptation. Corporate structure can be hindering.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42814,apple,none," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love all the iphones that Apple has made so far.,You'll get to do and learn more about electronics. Also you'll might understand electronics more. Apple also has camp so u could teach campers,That the stores would always be busy and you'll never really get that long of a break before another customer comes in.,That Apple should keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42815,apple,none," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Clark,"We work with geniuses - in every department, We create innovative products that thrill our customers and create new product categories - who else can say that?","ZERO ZERO ZERO work/life balance. Execs have been saying for YEARS that they understand and will make it better. But in actuality, it gets worse every year! It is obviously top management LIP SERVICE because if they meant it, they could fix it tomorrow. They have hundreds of BILLIONS in the bank. If they REALLY cared about employee work/life balance, they could bring aboard the right number of folks to…",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42816,apple,none," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Service Specialists,"Fast paced environment, friendly staff, amazing benefits, competitive pay, Room to grow, Tons of opportunities within the store to try different roles (sales, mentors, repair, teaching, workshops)","It's still retail, so it can become stressful when dealing with multiple customers at once",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42817,apple,none," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,"Great benefits, friendly co-workers, works around schedule",no cons at all. great company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42818,apple,none," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,-Working from Home  -Apple really is amazing  -Friendly management  -Flexible time off  -Fantastic benefits (healthcare etc.),-Sometimes difficult to move up  -Scheduling (for school/ family) is very strict  -Lack of holidays (good holiday pay though),none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42819,apple,none," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius bar,They called me a genius and I got paid.,You really have to know how to deal with people and be a people person,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P620.htm
42820,apple,none," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,Everyone was great and the company really cared about it's employees.,The bizarre politics of upper management sometimes meant that the people on the floor suffered the fallout.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42821,apple,none," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,Great Training and fun work environment,Some the customers nag you and get impatient,Continue to encourage workers and motivate them,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42822,apple,none," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Higher than average pay, amazing benefits, amazing people.","Retail stores are unmanageably busy at times, leads to staff burn out and angry customers","Staff up the retail stores, build larger ones where necessary",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42823,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Amazing job that cultivates your strengths and develops you into a better person , leader and professional.","People , management, culture, customers, products,learning ,opportunity, development. Company fakes care of their employees health in big way. You feel like the company cares about you as a person and you don't feel like a number","Retail hours are demanding, but you have options to create work/life balance. This I think ostensibly thing you have to adjust to",Create a way that internals can complete against externals who have more management experience outside of Apple with those who just have leadership experience inside of Apple.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42824,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Great products Lots of resources Influence on projects,Large Work load is cyclic. Difficult to get electric charging stations.,More perks on campus,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42825,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Challenging work,The work here is multi-dimensional and challenging. Extremely talented people and the hardware know-how is unmatched.,Work life balance takes a hit at times especially close to release.,Higher management is extremely good and their strategic approach is great.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42826,apple,"El Mirage, AZ"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,Awesome Place to work,"Great benefits, they have a student loan finance program, they also pay for school. After the first 3 months working there you get an additional $250 to $500 off certain apple products.","From time to time you come across a crappy manager who is on a power trip. Schedules sometimes are crappy, such is the call center life.",Just cause we say so isn't always a good method to inspire the best feelings from employees,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42827,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,A fun place to work - be prepared to be busy.,"Lots of free hardware to use while working there. and employee discounts. People are very fun and young, and full of energy","infinite amount of work to do. Many emails arrive after 10pm, people still finishing their work Hard to find a good life balance. you want to support the team, so all in. Crowded at the top, you really need to stand out and work hard to even be considered for a promotion.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42828,apple,"Miami Gardens, FL"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Business Consultant,Business Specialist,"Great leadership, team, and training.","Limited growth potential. Was advised to leave Apple, find a management position elsewhere, then reapply for management position with Apple. Almost zero chance of being promoted within. BUT this was for the south Florida market.","Promote from within. Stop bringing in ""numbers"" people to a culture filled with ""people"" people. Again, this is for the south Florida market.",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42829,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,Analyst,Opportunities to move around the company,"depends on what you considered as cons, it could be positives in a different perspective",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P621.htm
42830,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Apple can continue to redefine Retail if ...,"A dynamic environment that seems to currently be in an experimental state as to its employee and employer relations. If you can express an intelligent argument as to an initiative or benefit you require to make your career with Apple a positive one, the possibility exists.","Afflicted with nepotism, there is a perceived sense that some co-workers have reached their positions and compensations due to who they know and not necessarily due to what they know. I do feel that this state of affairs is no longer trending but the most significant indicator of this will be the baseline for the elementary position within the retail sector of this company. The bottom line being, that an entry level position can provide for the employee with a living wage/salary.","Insure that dialogue regarding compensation and life/work balance is encouraged, not a uneasy topic as it is today. I feel that Apple has enough resources and influence to redefine the livelihood that a retail employee should expect and deserve, globally speaking. It takes a talented and versatile work force to keep Apple Retail on the cutting edge, this workforce should be respected and nurtured.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42831,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Jul 30, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Used to be great...,"Pretty decent discount, great place to learn basic Mac skills, fellow coworkers are (mostly) into the products, great place to be a nerd.","Antiquated attendance system, low salary,no opportunity for advancement, clueless management on the retail side and high school politics through and through (typical retail experience).","Revamp retail management, raise pay, be more selective of employees and start treating the ones you have like adults.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42832,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 30, 2015",Former Employee - Mushroom,"Bizarre, twilight-zone-esque","Great teammates, great benefits. A lot of cool things to work on.","Tremendous amount of competition between teams to the point of how to frame results to make your team look great and push blame to others. Watch your back environment, someone is always trying to trip you up. Collaboration between groups is non-existent, everything is siloed. iTunes, Maps, MobileMe suffer greatly due to this environment. Not a pleasant work environment at all. Image is everything.","There is no need to be secretive and siloed for things that you are terrible at (Maps, MobileMe, etc.). Apple could be a great place to work, chill out a little. I understand secrecy with hardware, but software, come on. Just because you say you are the greatest company ever doesn't mean it's true.",3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42833,apple,none," Jul 31, 2015",Former Employee - Coordinator,Good company BUT,"Amazing benefits, fun environment, great coworkers.","Base pay. For what Apple expects of their Genius Bar and other employees to be able to accomplish and deal with, they are poorly compensated.","find the people who care about what they do and are making a difference in the lives of guests, and THEN coach them into the business practices. You can't teach someone to be passionate about their job.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42834,apple,none," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great job,"great company to work for, employees are very valued",work load over whelming at times,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42835,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great company, but it's all about the politics!",Great Benefits. Positive atmosphere. Exposure to solid trainings and development.,It's all about the politics. Diversity could be better. Work-life balance is challenging. Long hours for full timers.,Be more consistent and direct with feedback to the team members.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42836,apple,"Columbiana, OH"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,System Engineer,"Flexible schedule, access to incredible technology","Large company, anonymity, internal non-tehnical people",build rapport with current management first,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42837,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Company that likes feedback,Promotes a culture of feedback to constantly improve. Values their employees. Has incredible technology to use that makes jobs easier. Great benefits.,Management can have inconsistencies across the board. There can be a lot of store politics to work around.,Please show compassion for staff. Invest in their personal development.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42838,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good culture,"People are smart, and hardworking. Challenging projects can enable you learn a lot. After hard work, you will reap the harvest.",Not transparent as expected. Not much documentation is there. You need to network with others to collect all info you might need.,Be more transparent to employees about compensation ranges. More training opportunities to organise from a function point of view.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42839,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Tech Support,applecare t1,"-great benefits (healthcare, 401k, stock discounts) -decent pay -awesome coworkers -sweet discounts",-management has no idea what it wants -tedious,"Stop trying to focus on things that ultimately don't matter (H2h). Focus on retaining good employees, weed out the bad ones",4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P622.htm
42840,apple,none," Jul 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales associate,great work environment and discounts,"poor work life balance, poor benefits",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42841,apple,none," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content Manager,"Allows for creativity, fast paced, positive outlook, decent benefits",The hiring process was a little slow and they seemed like they weren't prepared,Work on the hiring process and ask better questions next time!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42842,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - BOH,Non-IOS user,I love how you dont have to be an Apple guru to work here. Everyone is welcone and open to diversity.,Its retail everyone has cons but not really here,Great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42843,apple,"Beverly, MA"," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Amazing Environment to Work,"Fun, Challenging, great people and tons of opportunity. The benefits are amazing for retail and the hours as a BS are great.","Regular retail hours can be challenging at times, customers can be extremely condescending, and you have to deal with a number of customers that are just a pain and provide no value to the time you spend with them.",Keep hiring amazing people that love working in a team environment. Be more consistent with your feedback as a whole when coaching or mentoring your staff. Keep a consistent message across the board.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42844,apple,none," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Job,"Day moved fast, working with smart people",Seemed to hire managers from outside the Apple store (pottery barn etc),none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42845,apple,"Ardmore, PA"," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good people, management was lacking",Fun place to work with good discounts. The non-management employees were generally all on the same page and could be counted upon to help you out.,Management at my particular store was very distant. They spent WAY more time in the manager's office with the door closed than they did interacting with employees or mentoring them on how to be a better employment. Advancement was kind of a joke.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42846,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Expert,Retail specialist,"Great atmosphere, fun work environment","No commission, poor upper management communication",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42847,apple,none," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store,Great place to work with great benefits. Always busy with never a dull day. I would recommend working here but they are quite selective.,The only downside is the hours as this is a retail job you can be scheduled pretty much any time during the day based on when they are busiest.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42848,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"The Good, The Bad, The Ugly","This review is about working for apple retail, not apple corporate. At apple, you will work with some of the smartest, kindest people you'll ever meet. I made friendships that I will carry for a lifetime.","Working at the Genius Bar was thrilling work at first (I was with apple for 4 years). If at first the goal to be reached was to help your customer and give a truly memorable experience, apple has strayed far from it. Employees are expected to see x amount of sessions per hour, typically ranging between 10-15 minutes a session. Another issue that became a problem while I was there was the lack of man power. Demand for the Genius Bar was incredibly high but our management teams for some reason could not meet the demand with employees. Promotions and hirings took forever and by the time new employees were onboarded, many more employees had left.",Listen to your employees.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42849,apple,"Grand Rapids, MI"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple is great,"Unbeatable benefits for retail (and even part timers can participate), actually get breaks, discount, great values as a company, managers are generally hired well","Long hours for part time, can sometimes get frustrating with customers, not the best work/life balance a lot of the time, promotions are sometimes based on who kisses up more",Make sure to give the best employees the time to shine. It can be frustrating to work yourself very hard and not get really any recognition for it whatsoever.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P623.htm
42850,apple,none," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,Very smart co-workers (mostly :)) Wonderful benefits (seriously great) Lots of opportunity for recognition,Product releases mean long hours You will become certain that some people should not own computers.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42851,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Undervalued, abusive customers","Fast paced, meet interesting people, learn a lot","Entitled, and often abusive customers. Management changes strategies every few weeks. Often pressured to sell unnecessary services to customers",Value and trust employees to do their jobs properly.,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42852,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Financial Analysis,"Learning a lot, top skill set training","Highly demanding, long commute,long working hours",None,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42853,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Place to Work - Management Gets Power Trip,"Best people, team atmosphere, the opportunity to twork for a company that everyone wants to work. Great products, pay is awesome for retail. Loads of Opportunity","Managers ALL catch a power trip. Some stores are flushed with one race prevailing. Not much ability to move upward because mangers are usually external hires. A big dream is sold to you of the possibilities for advancement, but when you chose a path they dont let you change or you will be labeled as a person with no direction. Really hard to take a day off and managers are really inconsiderate when it comes to life situations.",Take the stick out your A . . . es and act like real people that go through real situations.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42854,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - AppleCare At-Home Senior Advisor,Great Company to work for,They really treat their employees very good.,A lot of favoritism going on,Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42855,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Mac Genius,"Great Benefits , Never a dull day, inspiring co workers","work / life balance gets thrown out the window , often would come home and stair at the wall due to the day being so demanding",be more hands on,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42856,apple,"Westland, MI"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,Friendly Work Environment Management are always willing to help,Moving up is a little difficult and sometimes can be very biased,Nothing.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42857,apple,"Shreveport, LA"," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Senior Advisor,Enjoyed the job until I didn't.,Coworkers were great to communicate with. Amazing benefits. Insurance was wonderful. Great discounts on products,"If you don't brown-nose then you won't go far. Even if you are perfect at your job, if you don't go above and beyond and work hard to make your manager like you then they won't discuss advancement opportunities any more than they're required to. Whether you keep your job or not is literally based on whether or not customer check a box that says ""I'm very satisfied"".","Don't judge employees based on metrics alone. Stick to SOP. I was constantly told to go outside of SOP to help customers and that's bad for customer experience. It becomes a contest of ""Who can go further out of Scope for a VSAT.""",4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42858,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jul 10, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Was great until it wasn't,"I started working at the Apple Store part-time when I was still a college student. I loved the fast-paced environment and that every day was different. It was great to know that every day I would learn something new, plus I loved working with people. I truly felt like part of a team. Also, there was tons of opportunity to specialize in different areas within the store. Towards the end of my time working there, management began to focus a lot more on professional development, which was awesome.","I did not enjoy working retail hours because it was difficult to keep a normal routine. I also felt management was less than supportive of my growth within the company, despite my impeccable sales record. The managers at this location tend to play favorites with the people that they like best, not the people who have worked the hardest or been with the company the longest. I did not feel like management was open to new ideas, unless they came from corporate.",Don't pigeon-hole your employees so quickly!,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42859,apple,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,A place where you can be yourself. The leaders care and want you to grow! Even a part time you get benefits. Will work with school/other work schedule.,"The customer was the only con to me. If you don't want to interact with people every moment you are at work, Apple is not the place for you.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P624.htm
42860,apple,none," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great Company Culture. Great coworkers. Tons of training available.,Getting promoted from within is harder than what is initially sold to you during the hiring process.,Make a clearer path for specialists to move up.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42861,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Planner,"Great vision, took care of employees well.",Mangers like to micro manage employees. Senior management does not learn from mistakes and repeat them often.,"Let your experts run their desk, they know the business best. Senior management - Fix the big picture stuff like material shortages at the factories instead of focusing internally on the world's best supply chain.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42862,apple,none," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Great Job, Great pay. Manage Apple products and train Bestbuy Employees. Make commission on every Apple product that is sold.",Not around other apple employees throughout the day at work. Have to be self-motivated and disciplined.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42863,apple,none," Jul 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The magical Apple!,"Great work environment, friendly management, great work rules and the company really takes care of their employees.","Not much a work/life balance, constantly stressed. Apple is not a black and white or even a slightly grey company. More of a pink and fuzzy when it comes to customers and their demands.",Stand behind your employees don't like the customers walk all over them and please advance your employees more often into new roles.,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42864,apple,none," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,A Cult.,On the job training  Discounts  Acquired new skill-sets  Prepared me for advancement beyond Apple  The diversity among the employees  Benefits are good,"Apple does not give job references. Period. You could be the most incredible employee, but you will have no reference when you leave. HR will tell the inquiring company the dates you worked there and your position. That's it.  Difficult to advance in certain markets  Markets are not unified across the United States in policy and procedure, although they SHOULD be. I worked in two markets 2,000 miles apart, and the cultures couldn't have been more different.  The pay was insulting when I worked there. I think they have rectified the pay scale since.  It can be cultish. Some managers seem completely brainwashed. It's scary.  The company needs to respond better to harassment among employees. Many women in my store were verbally harassed or threatened, and they never let the person go. #AppleFail",Advocate better for your store employees when it comes to matters that involve Apple Corporate.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42865,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - 55 Years,Sales Associate,"Work with intelligent people, love the product, popular product, reliable product to sell, solid company",Would like to get back into Public Relations,Keep a open mind,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42866,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Jul 11, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great discounts - not just on Apple products. Made friends - attracts similar people, generally good attitudes within the store. Cool factor Paid well Learned a lot",Time off was unpaid. Scheduling was always an issue. No sick time - attendance policy is strict. Customers can be crazy - spent 70% of my time resetting apple IDs. Pressure on the family room means trouble customers get punted to red zone. Leads to worse NPS. NPP didn't really have an effect. Managers are often politicians.,Apple was a cool place to work when it was about tech and gadgets. Turning more into a watch or jewelry store.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42867,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Applecare At-Home Advisor,"I love the company. This whole review mostly applies to Applecare, which seems to almost be a different company entirely from Apple. It's maybe mentioned once in the SJ bio. Good pay and benefits. I was proud of the products and services that the company provided. It's hard to say whether this has changed over time, but I definitely see it with more nuance.","It seems Applecare would mostly hire people who love the company, perhaps so they wouldn't realize how incredibly unorganized the system it is and what a bummer the actual work is. The day-to-day was awful. It felt like being yelled at 40 hours a week with very commiseration from co-workers. The retail employees barely seemed to know how Applecare worked, and Applecare barely seemed to know it worked. When I joined, I had met my manager face-to-face, but after being promoted a few times, I got shuffled around a lot, and management was a mess. I never met any of those managers, none of them cared about my performance or ever really got to know me, and it made it difficult to advance further when I didn't live in the same town as everyone else (the main hubs at the time were Sacramento and Houston). When I gave my two-weeks notice, I e-mailed it to the three possible managers who would have cared (as I recall, my team's previous manager, the brand new manager who had recently come to my team, and a backup manager, since the new manager was already taking time off), and I didn't hear back for a few days. On my last day, nobody contacted me, and I had to call the tech team to ask what to do.","I'm sure (I hope) stuff has changed since then, but I've heard stories from people who stuck around. I understand that Applecare is growing, but it certainly can't help that everyone gets moved around so much from team to team, likely because of the massive turnover. Give more opportunities to those that exist outside of the two major hubs, and it might motivate people more. I remember a ""paths to success"" meeting that showed a bunch of paths, but all of them included being in California or Texas. It was incredibly discouraging.",3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42868,apple,"Stratham, NH"," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,"Apple Retail is NOT Apple, Inc.",Great people that are supremely intelligent and passionate about helping others,"Work with retailers who are born and bred in the retail environment. Experts at selling overpriced jeans, fashion accessories and leading from a high school and gossip mentality get ready to see the foolish, schmoozy, all bark and no bite people get promoted while talented and dedicated employees are passed over. I speak from a place where I learned to play the game and was promoted quickly over and over again during a 6 year period with the brand. I just saw to many talented people get looked over because one person felt they weren't ""ready"". I lucked out and had some very good mentors help me navigate the politics of Apple Retail. Which is very different than the politics of Cupertino, Cork, Austin, etc.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42869,apple,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Program Manager,Goof ambient at the office,the competence is high among employees,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P625.htm
42870,apple,none," Jul 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer.,"Killer benefits, great environment, amazing team.","They set the pace for advancement, not you.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42871,apple,none," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Store Administrative,If you work hard you will not be rewarded,"Apple was a great company to work for. Benefits are amazing (401k match, healthcare, educational reimbursement, stock discounts, gym discounts, transit reimbursement) You really learn so much from your co-workers because they are just so creative and resourceful - they truly do become your family.","Very political when it comes to moving anywhere within the company. Consistency with policy does not exist when it comes to following through with proper protocol. Because management does not talk well to one another in terms of their people, consistency with policy is actually pretty much non-existent. They'll do one thing for someone and another for someone else. Working within HR you can see how this can be bothersome. The pay is also something to talk about. Looking at how much the company makes on a daily basis (and also how much management makes) you'd think that the employees would get paid at least a decent amount. Unfortunately this is not the case. You almost feel taken advantage of after a while because of everything that you do. It's quite upsetting, especially when you expect more from such a great company.","Be consistent. Talk to one another. Get rid of that ridiculous exchange journal that no one cares about (it's just a waste of time). Bring back the culture that took place back in 2008. Stop with the corporate attitude. Make sure that when you have a manager review them during their yearly review that they actually have witnessed their work. Assignging someone a manager that see's them once a week, rarely talks to them, and then decides how much % of a raise they will get at the end of the year just does not make sense, period.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42872,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Company,"Huge benefits, you'll have some of the best coworkers you'll ever meet. Seriously, some of my best times were spent at Apple.","The hours aren't great, most people get fired due to strict standards on tardiness. Really hard to move to corporate. Most people max out at 'genius,' then have to look elsewhere.","Increase upward mobility, relax on tardiness standards",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42873,apple,"Natick, MA"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Pretty Good for Retail,"Excellent health insurance, at the time, covered everything with no deductible. Even part-timers were able to get insurance (although it wasn't cheap for a part-timer). Discounts on all but iPhones.",It was a retail job. Your time was scheduled by others. Weekends were not your own. You were subject to bag search upon leaving the store.,"Apple generally chose good managers. The best ones trusted their staff, empowered their people to make decisions, recognized hard work and made it a point to praise others. I would say, don't harp too much on reaching certain sales goals and focus on customer service and keeping employees happy.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42874,apple,none," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Benefits, Work/life balance, opportunities to grow, caring atmosphere.","Salary, intense customers, their rating system for judging customer interactions is greatly flawed.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42875,apple,"Oakland, CA"," Jul 11, 2015",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Fair Pay for Home Phone Support,"Good training, fair enough pay, normal hours. Good feedback during training sessions.",Steep learning curve. Does not always stand up for the support person when there is a dumb-and-angry consumer.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42876,apple,"Kennesaw, GA"," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Technical Adviser,Ex-employee review,"Apple gives extensive training on all their products and services - they also, once hired, send you all the tools necessary to perform the job.",There is no flexibility and often the supervisor or management do not have the interpersonal skills to be in there positions or the ability to resolve or assist in any detailed technical issues that arise.  Apple pay is not commiserate to ones experience or schooling.,take a little more stock and appreciation in your advisers.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42877,apple,"Tacoma, WA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Best retail experience you can have.,High performing team Supportive management Reliable systems Extensive training on new products/services,"Little opportunity to grow if looking outside of sales, tech support, or management.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42878,apple,none," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Americas Supply Demand Planner,"Best supply chain in the world, great place to learn everything there is to know about supply/demand management",Work/life balance is tough. Micromanagement is an art form,"Focus on value-add activities, relax on old processes that don't impact the business as much. If the only justification you give a report to get them to do something is that somebody higher up the chain will look at it, you are not doing your job as a manager. Managing ""up"" is always important but it is important to remember that the point of managing is to enable/support your reports.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42879,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Apple AHA,AHA,Great to be able to have flex schedule,I don't think I have. Come across any cons at the moment I love the job and the company great training wonderful Apple family,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P626.htm
42880,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AHA Advisor,Work from home is a plus,Manipulation and training not good enough for the expectations.,would be a waste of time,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42881,apple,"Lakeville, MN"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Guaranteed hours Paid holidays if you don't work that day, and 2.5x pay if you do work that day Set schedule, per 3 months","You bid for your schedule and your lifestyle (family in my situation) has no input whatsoever. No pay increase for learning new areas, but you can't choose if you want to learn them...unless you move up a Tier",Direct management: you're doing awesome! Senior Management: Recognize that your employees would like some of the holidays off over the extra pay...it's terribly slow as it is and although the extra pay is nice I'd prefer to spend it with my family.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42882,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Ok,Pretty good job just pay attention,Hard to learn but if you are focused you will be ok,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42883,apple,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible to an extent,"Friendly work culture, training program was excellent/in-depth, and lots of opportunities to increase or decrease your workload.","Somewhat of a like-minded culture, although not to the extent that some people describe it.","Weekly face to face meetings are great but are not needed, possibly consider one every two weeks.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42884,apple,none," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,"innovative, fast pace, think differently","work life unbalance, frequent travels",keep up the good work!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42885,apple,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,"Awesome corporate culture! Management are open minded and genuinely want to help you succeed within Apple. My manager has gone out of his way to contact other departments in an effort to let me shadow employees in these other jobs, so that I can gain a better understanding of the role - before I apply.  Facilites: World Class. For real. Mac Cafe's provide inexpensive, tasty, fresh and healthy food. It is restaurant quality actually. Offices are new and look and feel like an Apple retail store. They did not spare any expense on design and materials and employee comfort. Best I've ever worked in. Oh, and then there's the seriously impressive gym.","Not many. Like any company, there can be pressure from the top down. But that is as bad as it gets!",Don't change a thang!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42886,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Part Time Job,-Amazing Culture -Great Pay for Retail -Respect from friends and family... haha,"-People will bug you with their ""apple problems"" once you work there. -While they offer what seems like endless training for their employees, they rarely promote internally. So, if you're looking for a career I wouldn't advise starting at the bottom level.",Don't let apple culture dry up. Improve internal development and promotion.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42887,apple,"Aberdeen, SD"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,A great job,I liked working for a brand who valued their identity,"Absolutely no progression, made clear by endless 'career experiences' ending in no additional salary bumps.","Find a way to develop staff fairly, without favouring older (age) staff because they need it more",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42888,apple,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Just a great company to work for. I absolutely loved working for apple and I would possibly work their again in the near future.,none at all. I actually have nothing to say bad about working for this company at all. I really do love this company and all it is about.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42889,apple,none," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple inc,Great benefits Advancements if you go above and beyond Good management,Low pay Low raises Advancements given to those that play the brown nose game Work life balance Mandatory over time with little notice for product launches,Higher wages would be wonderful.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P627.htm
42890,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Revenue Accountant,"Loved the working environment and the lateral hierarchy. The work benefits were wonderful (health center, on-site cafeteria) and i really enjoyed the folks I worked with.",The salaries were a bit lower than market.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42891,apple,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius. Apple Retail,Great employees and managers for a retail environment. Good to excellent pay for retail. Enjoyed the overall training/continued training that is required to prepare for an always extremely busy customer service/technical support in an Apple Store.,Customer focus was hard to sustain when short staffed. Turnover for the mobile team was high for apple retail.,Mobiles have been and are future so far. Staff support teams the best you can to diffuse large volumes of support customers. Customers who got great service while having an issue with Apple products and software return gladly to buy future Apple products. Service is one of a few really big differences that Apple has to keep focused on into the future.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42892,apple,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,WW Operations and Planning,Great smart people to work with.,Long hours and not enough recognition,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42893,apple,none," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Micromanagement plus limits to use your skills,Good salary and looks good on resume,"1. Micromanagement 2. Don't research - ask! (""Oh my God, I don't know how to do this so I need to go ahead and ask my manager how to do it without even researching it) 3. Everything is a secret 4. Of course politics 5. People are not that friendly like in Google",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42894,apple,none," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work!,Apple is family based and you always feel a part of something bigger!,Schedule changes every 3 months.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42895,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, terrible company to work for.","Top notch health care provided by United. Solid 401k plan from Charles Schwab. Greater employee stock purchase plan from E-Trade. Decent discounts on services and products, but could be a lot better. Peers make for a solid family as you spend most of your time at work.","No work-life balance. Management sucks, too many cheerleaders and zero coaches. No room for growth and/or development allowing for no pathway to promotions, any advancement is that of a popularity contest between management. Business managers and business team members are a bunch of goons. Most employees don't see their jobs as a career. Customers can get down right mean and hateful. Too much stress and lack of mental health access from corporate.","Most of the management in the Las Vegas market should be terminated as they can barely run the store, let alone coach their own people.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42896,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Analog IC Design,Cool place to work!,1) Smart Peoples 2) dynamic environment 3) recognition,1) poor work-life balance compared to other corporates,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42897,apple,"West Jordan, UT"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - AHA Mac+ Chat,Everything great for the most part,Work from Home No having to deal with the typical bad hygiene guy that always exists in the office. No traffic,More strict about time management vs if you were in an office. Harder to get noticed and make a name for yourself. Managers can be distant and not care as much due to no face to face time.,"Pay more attention to the team you currently manage, not the team you used to manage and want back. Don't ignore requests, address the requests even if it's a negative answer.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42898,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,"Fast paced environment with great benefits for part-time employees, competitive pay, and tons of available learning resources.",It is easy to get lost in the pace of the store. Finding opportunities to stand out and advance with in the store can be stunted by heavy customer flow and managers who often seem to be under very high stress.,"Slow down. Take the die time to recognize your team when they are really excelling. Overall I really enjoyed the experience, and found myself surrounded by positive, motivated people.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42899,apple,none," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"An excellent retail opportunity, but remember it IS retail","Good pay for retail, family environment, some good career advancement opportunities. Excellent benefits even for part time employees.","At the end of the day, though there are noble ancillary goals, it is retail sales. The enriching of lives sometimes plays out in a secondary fashion.","Keep your eyes open to all employees needs, including ones you'd rather not hear. Fearless feedback has not been so fearless the last year or so.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P628.htm
42900,apple,none," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, great people",Loved working with excellent people. Retail is tough but Apple leadership did empower even the low-range employees to make important decisions.,"Store management was hit or miss. Some managers, while open to feedback, felt any negative feedback was an affront to their personal ability to manage.",Hire from within and promote your best people.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42901,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialists,"Good entry pay, benefits for part-time, paid sick and vacations, discounts on products and services. Looks good on resume for future employment","Hours per week vary, having to keep up with new product details as well as carrier info, high expectations of customers because of the high level of expectations set by the company, a lot of philosophy used instead of sometimes just taking action.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42902,apple,none," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company I've ever worked for hands down.,"Great health benefits, discounts on stocks, fitness reimbursement, free stuff, amazing discounts, great hourly wage, welcomed feedback.","Hmm.. I got nothing. Apple does everything possible to keep the employees happy. They welcome feedback and actually make changes things that are common ""issues"".",Keep the benefits coming.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42903,apple,none," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Design Engineer,• People      passionate colleagues      highly collaborative team culture • Products,• 50 to 60+ hour weeks are typical,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42904,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Jul 5, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Specialist,Creative and laid-back atmosphere.,Really none that I can think of.,Great work and thanks for the looking out for the employees.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42905,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple,"I have never felt so valued and respected by an employer. Even being a retail employee, I am treated like I am important by Apple. I left one of my previous employers because of that constant feeling of being replaceable, and after seeing said employer fight and fight to keep it's employees down. I keep watching the beautiful decisions Apple makes at the corporate level externally as well as internally and my heart soars. Not only do they keep to their core beliefs of treating people right and making quality products, but they are obviously SUCCESSFUL at it!",The transferring process from store to store is a bit tricky and the communication from market to market could use a bit of improvement. Overall these are very opportunities that Apple can improve upon.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42906,apple,none," Jul 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Writer,"Flexible schedule, good work life balance","Impersonal, large company, not innovative",Hire more writers,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42907,apple,none," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest Company I've ever worked for!,Great benefits and great employee treatment.,Once you become a full time you can not have a set schedule if you were willing to have a different job or go to school.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42908,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Genius,The best dead end job in the world,"Apple has an incredible ability to hire outstanding people. I've been in the work force for 20 years now and the 3 years I spent at Apple were with the best people I've ever worked with. My team was phenomenal. the skills gained were extremely valuable, and above all, I had a lot of fun, and pride in my company and my contribution.","Unfortunately, Apple's care in hiring does not extend to the managers. While Apple goes to considerable lengths to carefully hire only the best for the non-managerial roles in retail, they seem content to hire pretty much anyone with retail management experience as managers. This significantly damages the overall experience of working there, because for all the talk of being special and better than other retail jobs, in the end, it's really all the same. What makes Apple special happens in spite of the managers, and not because of them.  There is no real opportunity for advancement. You may move from part time to full time, or some inconsequential minor move from one position to another in the store, but any real growth in skill or experience is not rewarded or incentivized with promotion or raises, Again, the managers are nearly all hired externally, when the people who have earned those jobs are kept in lower positions.  Also, the pay is awful. Since leaving, offers I have received have ranged from 23-55% higher than my Apple salary. Apple's benefits are great, but the pay is anything but.","Carefully consider your credo, and live up to it. Your most important resource, your soul, really is your people. However, you don't really develop or reward them, pay them appropriately, or advance them to leadership. You are wasting your greatest resource.",3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42909,apple,none," Jul 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great culture, fast-pace, educational, supportive peers and management. They care about their employees growth, health and overall well being. Excellent benefits for both full and part time positions.","No negatives overall. You must enjoy working at a fast pace and with the retail stores filled with most often hundreds of people all day, nearly every day.","Continue the current course of positive growth, the improvements made over the past few years have all been positive.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P629.htm
42910,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Give them your life. Make some money.,* the quality of my colleagues is exceptional. * compensation is better than the competition * products are widely recognized * brand value is great * company is doing well * Discounts are great * 401K match is nice * Usually 2 shut-downs a year. Week long each time. * quality of food in the cafeteria is great,"* Management style make take little note of employees as humans who need their personal time. * Perks at work are not that great. * Work pressure is relentless, unless you are brave enough to say no in a company where everyone always says yes. * Sterile work environment.",Be mindful that a lot of employees are at or near burn-out. Don't build a meat grinder. Relax on the departmental budgets for outings/events. Free food would a great perk.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42911,apple,none," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working for apple retail,above avg pay excellent health benefits the company itself has high moral values and does what it can to take care of its people for the most part there is an amazing teamwork and family atmosphere among the employees,"retail is retail - crazy hours, long days, customers who don't know the distinction between Apple the company and the retail store. People always think we are lying when we say we don't know when products are going to be launched, and they always want us to pass their ideas on to Tim Cook himself.","keep in mind that the customer can't tell you're a manager just by looking at you. they see you in the same shirt carrying the same iPad as everyone else. Most of the feedback about the store being full of customers but employees just standing around doesn't just apply to red zoners standing around up front while the family room is busy. They see you standing and watching and don't know you're shadowing to provide feedback.  Also, maybe take a look at how the schedules are divided up - I understand that working retail means that we have to work long hours, and we have to work holidays and weekends, but I don't know why we can't have more set schedules. There are some people who work M-F 9-6 and others who are left picking up the slack, working all the weekend and closing shifts. It's unfair and tiring.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42912,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Producer,Excellent experience with top talent coworkers and big brands.,"Poor work/life balance with regularly working full days, nights, and some weekends depending on your position.",Make sure each employee has at least one mentor besides his boss.,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42913,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Transducer Design Engineer,Pretty awesome company to work for.,You get to work on some of the best products and huge exposure to new tech.,Salary doesn't compensate for the amount of work some of the newer employees perform. Hard to find work life balance as a hardware engineer.,None,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42914,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Decent for a while,"Depending heavily on the individual store, the management can be great or terrible. The under-management level employees are usually pretty great, with some sour grapes here and there.","If you get lucky and end up in a store where management treats you well and you get along with your coworkers, the job essentially becomes a waiting game. Waiting to get promoted to Genius/Creative, or waiting until you get something better. The customers are typically the worst part of any retail job and it's no less true here. Lots of entitled people, lots of angry people. You get cool people once in a while but dealing with these types of people for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, is very taxing and will take a toll. Don't believe the spin about moving up the ladder at Apple - except in extraordinary circumstances, you will work as an FRS until you leave. You can sometimes get lucky and move up to Genius/Creative, but the likelihood of going further than that (and even at Manager, you kind of max out) is not to be believed.","The Family Room in particular has to be run in a way that allows people to actually book appointments - as I was leaving, I was noticing the blocking out of appointments, days in advance. It's a great way to make sure the customers come in angry, and that's a great way to make sure the employees won't enjoy their job.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42915,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist/Mentor,Not too shabby! DO RECOMMEND!,-Helps you grow -Develops you into a better person at work and personal life -Awesome benefits and discounts -Great environment -Most stores always busy so time flies -Growth Opportunities,"-If you are not too strong you will get brainwashed -Most employees are brainwashed with the Apple ""Motto"" -Will never have free time, always working (Good thing for some, bad for others) -DONT BE LATE, won't be able to grow if you have ""Points"" from tardy","Keep up the good work! Stop being so hard on the people that don't have strong sales, they help out with other things that you can't see in the numbers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42916,apple,none," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Apple has an incredible environment of collaboration and feedback. Much of the decisions that are made come from employee and customer feedback. They truly listen and take action.,"The hours can be all over the place, but that is retail and should be expected. There is an expectation for managers to accomplish a lot in 40 hours.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42917,apple,none," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AMAZING company to work for,"You get amazing benefits whether you are part time or full time. The environment in the retail store is great too, it feels like a family. Everyone is supportive of you and is always there to help if you are struggling with something or need help. LOVE working at Apple.","Sometimes it gets very busy in the stores which can get kind of stressful, but the pros outweigh that in my opinion. Some customers tend to be very rude which does get tiring.","Treat everyone the same. There is a lot of sucking up to management. Other than that, keep up the good work!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42918,apple,"Leesburg, VA"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Lots of hype,"Some of the older people are great, but recently too many right out of highschool kids have been hired.",No work life balance whatsoever.,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42919,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,good,nice customers and joyful work b enjoying experience easy,hard to balance work and personal life pressure to sell products,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P630.htm
42920,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great people, health care, get to play with new toys.",Work life balance for full time. Not enough hours sometimes for part time when its slow,Nothing really they hire good managers,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42921,apple,none," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great entry level job,"I was an at home college advisor. It was flexible with your school schedule as long as you can make your weekly hours requirement (16-20 hours/week during the semester). You get to work at the convenience of your home. Also, the virtual work environment amongst co workers was very inviting.","This is to be expected, but be ready to work crazy hours during the end of the year - during new product release times and holidays. If you're the type to value holiday time with the family, this is not for you.","Make sure to address an advisor's weakness and acknowledge their strength when it comes to discussing stats. My manager addressed my weakness and still pressed for me to improve my best stat, which was a 99% positive csat. I knew my csat was good, but I still felt bad about it because my manager said I needed to ""bring in more good csats."" In the end, I dreaded the one on one meetings because I felt like it was only to discuss everything I did wrong.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42922,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Publications Manager,Working at Apple,"Working with very bright, dedicated employees who want to produce the greatest products on earth. Upbeat, team-oriented environment.",Sometimes necessary to work long hours and weekends to get job done.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42923,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Winning, people-focused company",The retail side of Apple does an impressive job of valuing customers and employees at every level. The policies and technology tend to support the customers and employees verses the other way around. Benefits packages are excellent.,Retail hours include weekends and holidays.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42924,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place, but doesn't work for everyone","Top projects, you are on the cutting edge of technologies, excellent environment, very smart and brilliant colleagues. You have everything you need to become one of the world top specialists if you use the chance.","Alas, some of those smart colleagues are sometimes arrogant. With no formal hierarchy in many teams, everyone is formally equal, but as it always happens in situations like this, ""some are more equal than others"". If you are new to the team and don't silently listen to those who are longer in the company than you and start to dispute and ask ""why"", chances are you won't be well accepted and won't stay there for long.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42925,apple,none," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,Apple retail offers great benefits and the best pay of any retail job. Very inclusive company that cares about individuality.,"Retail schedule, very little opportunity for growth and new positions. So many people want to work for Apple that they bleed people and will hire anyone.","A lot of managers are ""sheep"" and only work for apple for the brand name recognition. Very few of them know anything about Apple products and will break rules for customers to make themselves look good.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42926,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Portuguese Localization QA Tester,Portuguese Localization QA Tester,"Team work, international environment, creativity.","Outside San Francisco, Not amazing work conditions.","Not a very good management, although it is easy to work with the management side.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42927,apple,none," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to Work!,"Team environment, never pressured to sale more than what the customer was in need of, solutions focused, fun family-like team, never boring, always something to do.","Had to be available 80 hours a week to be scheduled 40 hours a week any time between 7am-11pm, including weekends, without any regularity.","Don't micro manage as much, let your staff do what they're trained so well to do.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42928,apple,"Madison Heights, MI"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor T1,#1 Customer Service. Promotions. Skills,Cannot think of anything at this time,"Great place to work, Amazing!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42929,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great company to work for, no regrets","Health benefits, Gym reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, Medical/dental insurance benefits","Attendance policy, senior management. I'd love to work for the company again, it's still the best company I've ever worked for, and I'm told that the attendance policy has been altered since I left.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P631.htm
42930,apple,none," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA iOS College,"Flexible, awesome coworkers, lots of stuff to learn and great ways to develop professionally","Strict but necessary policies, weekend and late hours",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42931,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 10, 2015",Former Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,It Was Good... For Retail!,"Apple was demanding, upbeat, fun, and a job that was just as hard to earn as it was desirable to prospective employees. Every day was a busy day and co-workers are generally more than up to par, though unusually young compared to the rest of the workforce. Great lounge, free Apple TV viewings on lunch breaks, good insurance, and supportive work environment.  Having worked Apple also looks pretty damn good on a resume too. People eat that Sugar Honey Iced Tea up.","Apple is great for retail.... but at the end of the day it is still only a retail job. Corporate retail, at that. At interviewing I was told I would quickly fall into full-time status upon starting work but that just wasn't so. There were at least three other part-time employees in my department that had been there 6+ months who were ""working their way"" into full-time status.  In one of the new specialist orientation videos we were advised by the new CEO, Tim Cook, to literally ""keep your head down, work hard, and don't ask too many question."" That set a bad precedent with me from the beginning. Lets be real, Tim: that statement doesn't reek of Apple's purported ideals of curiosity and original creativity.  Management was extremely distant, vague, and generally unhelpful. I'm not sure what exactly it is they do to get paid so well but good for them. Lets just say there is a definite lack of support and communication between management and specialists.  No employee discounts on merchandise, lacking in detailed/comprehensive education on products, and makes employees sign a confidentiality and intellectual property ownership/""Apple owns your original work"" for 5+ years agreement upon accepting a job.","Move production back to Cupertino, CA! You are abusing the Chinese while simultaneously killing American jobs. Shame on you for your anti-union and anti-American stances, Tim Cook!",3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42932,apple,none," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Great place to work and lots of discount for products,Too many people and politics and no personal life balance,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42933,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Jul 14, 2015",Former Employee - Retail,Crazy,Big sense of family in the retail setting. There really is a structure for growth and advancement within the company.,Madness. Retail was always busy and there really were never breaks that helped the structure of your day.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42934,apple,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Specialist,Great Pay! Lots of Training! Looks good on your resume!,Working on Weekends and always crowded,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42935,apple,none," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Student,former apple visual specialist,Best company to work for in general....I was working here when I was a full time student so they def work with my school schedule,Doesn't really affect me because I was going to school but if this was your full time job and you are looking into moving up within the company it's kind of hard because it's all politic just like any other corp.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42936,apple,"Fairfax, VA"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Overall Good, Management Variable","They are a ""cool"" company and people are excited to come in. There is flexibility on how to treat customers and managers try to be helpful and open to allowing us to make decisions. There are many opportunities to get involved. Full benefits are great, 401k, vacation, medical, dental.","Management is spotty, some are great, others aren't. Advancement requires hitting the sales targets, so while it is commission free, you still need to hit certain numbers in order to move. Managment also made a promise to me but rescinded it.","Don't lead employees on, especially about promotion. Be honest with them.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42937,apple,none," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Amazing leadership with people who truly care about development.,There are no cons to working at Apple. It is an incredible company to be apart of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42938,apple,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Decent pay for retail store,Bad schedule due to retail,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42939,apple,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Very nice, concerned with how you treat the customers and to what measures you are willing to go to show empathy",I do not have any cons at this time to share about Apple,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P632.htm
42940,apple,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"strong mentorship, fun environment, and cool products",store management too focused on bottom dollar,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42941,apple,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but bad Schedule,Relaxed work environment and room to grow if you REALLY want to. Great benefits and OT.,"The schedule is just the worst. If you are looking for a normal 9-5 then this is not the job for you. It is possible to get an Ok schedule, but not probable. Working at home is also very isolating. You are on a strict schedule with breaks etc, so don't expect it to be a chill work from home job.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42942,apple,"Nowhere, OK"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Senior Advisor,"Good benefits, good coworkers, lots of time for training, work from home, and decent pay. Lots of overtime if you need it.","Dead end position unless your the best of the best of the best, with honors. Metrics driven, customer surveys driven, little actual help in getting out if you're anything less than perfect.  90% of your time is spent fixing password issues. too much time spent on language.","Find a way to work with advisors who are not perfect, and find a way to work with their strengths, and overcome their weaknesses.",3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42943,apple,"Ardmore, PA"," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Amazing Place to work,Great benefits Good Discounts work along amazing products perfect availability for working in school,customers are very privileged some managers don't have a handle on their emotions,"None, had good and bad managers",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42944,apple,none," Aug 2, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Not too Great for being a ,Great health insurance. Okay co-workers.,You're led to believe you're changing lives but you're not. You're getting people acclimated to devices and the iOS. I don't know where these Creative salaries are coming from but I was paid $14.50 an hour with a 5% raise after two years.,Pay your employees on the front lines.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42945,apple,none," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Competitive pay, great benefits, provides equipment and reimbursement for internet and phone. Also get a pay increase if you work past 9pm.",Process can take months to get hired,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42946,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Work at home. Nice campus. Good RSU compensations, and good bonuses. Your work has the potential to reach hundreds of millions of users.","Top to bottom management approach. Manager not technical enough, too much politics. Difficult to move to another team and to be promoted. Environment not open at all. Lots of meetings happening behind your back, some of them might be relevant for your work. Too much Agile development. Performance reviews seems to be based on the number of Radars tackled. Lack of innovation and ambitions compared to main concurrents.","Less politics and secrecy ( at least inside a single team, among colleagues ). Managers should be more technical.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42947,apple,none," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,Great benefits. Fun environment. Great hours,Poor pay for the amount of revenue I bring in,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42948,apple,none," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,There is always something to do,Not much room for promtion. Culture is cult like.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42949,apple,none," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Fast pace - great technology,None I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P633.htm
42950,apple,none," Jun 23, 2015","Current Employee - Apple Care At Home Advisor, Tier I IOS",Best company I have ever worked for!,"Ability to develop talents and other job roles faster than I have at any other ""fortune"" company.","Haven't had any yet. They're diligent to develop and keep employees. They are not ""fire happy"" nor ""clean house"" - feels nice to be secure",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42951,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,It's just OK,"Great co workers there are a lot of creative minds here,decent benefits ,stability there is not a lot of turn over","Hard to advance , very little recognition , lower pay that rest of industry . Lots of talented people doing jobs that they are way over skilled for .","Keep employees engaged , offer more refresher training and improve career pathing",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42952,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Advisor Trainer,"Great in many ways, but plenty of opportunities for improvement.","Comfortable environment, predictable. Competitive salary and benefits. On site food (does cost). Fantastic core values and focus on the customer. Strong epp.",Arbitrary factors in career advancement. Wide variables in expectations. Lacking consistency and managements investment in career advancement.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42953,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Funnel For Advancement,"Great benefits, flexible schedules, positive work environment, ability to work from home, great training for most positions, excellent resources for personal and career development.","No work/life balance, heavily dependent on customer satisfaction for performance, call center work environment and scheduling, a funnel when it comes to advancement (not much space to move through to the next phase).",Start working with employees immediately to establish career goals and help employees determine their possible career paths. Make sure to develop motivation for veteran employees to keep motivated.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42954,apple,none," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Grow,"The hourly rate is excellent for a retail job. Training is valued and growth is encouraged. Part time employees receive the same benefit options as full time. The people you work with are smart, interesting, and genuinely kind. Folks work as a team and really look out for one another. There is a culture of politeness that really makes the work day a joy.","Training is a bit of an indoctrination process. Hours are intense at times. Be ready to work a closing shift that can go long until 10 pm, come home wired from the day, and be ready for a 9 AM shifts or even worse, a 7:30 AM training before a full day shift. It is not your typical retail job in any way, but be prepared for managers who are not as smart as you are, are petty and small minded.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42955,apple,none," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,FRS Life,It's Apple! One of the best experiences of my life and works great on your resume.,"Very little, work life balance for a full timer.",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42956,apple,none," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,I owe my success in my career to Apple. It is a great place to develop your skills talent.,It can be very hectic working here because of the high pace of change.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42957,apple,"Lansing, MI"," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,Apple as an organization has an immense amount of resources with kind people and a somewhat flexible schedule. The political standing of the organization and the CEO are great and progressive.,"The consistent growth of the company is not shared with employees, but instead advertised and exploited in a ""look at me, I'm Apple"" way. The division between corporate employees and retail employees is disgustingly stark and unwelcoming. Growth within the company is nearly non-existent, so much so that I was forced to accept an offer from a direct competitor.",Promote from within and share the wealth of the company with the employees who help make the company tick. Embrace talent and engage people.,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42958,apple,none," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple,nice works space clean enviroment,long hours rude people in the office,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42959,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great place to work,Benefits Gym reimbursement Apple stock 401k Changes based on my feedback Attention to developing individuals Excellent discounts on all the products,Anything in Customer service is going to be a difficult job but apple takes care of you and you have team members who will support you.,Increased attention to personal development,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P634.htm
42960,apple,none," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer with wonderful benefits.,"You will be working with great people. Apple does a great job weeding people out and hiring the best of the best. The benefits are great for both part-time and full time employees. Your time will always be respected and you will always feel respected. If you are looking for somewhere to get your feet wet in the business world, this is the place to be. The finest retail outlet to work for in the world.","It's tough to move up the ladder because of the competitive nature. You have to get the managers to like you to get a promotion, if you get what I mean. Work sometimes feels repetitive unless you make the most of it.",Keep doing what you're doing. Some of the best management I've ever worked with.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42961,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple Retail Specialist,"If you are willing to learn and grow, Apple is a great place to work because they will develop you!",It's hard work but it's satisfying!,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42962,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 25, 2015",Former Employee - Security Specialist,Apple Security,The campus is really cool and has a lot to offer to the employee even including the contractors. As security specialist I had a cool and simple uniform to wear that was really great quality. They also start a great pay rate.,"As far was con’s go, they didn’t have many. One of the con’s is that they monitor everything that you do and it makes it a bit stressful when working there. It feels like all eye are on you especially in sensitive areas of some of the building's.",I would have to say to give the guards more a role in being a specialist. The job its self is simple and very strict. If it has to be strict might as well give the guards more responsibilities.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42963,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Jun 25, 2015",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Great Place for Retail work,Great Atmosphere Fun environment. Always busy,"could not make lateral moves in company w/o upgrade sales at a certain level. Will over-work you if you let them, especially w/ visuals",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42964,apple,none," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,"Great pay, benefits, co-workers. You get to work from home and you are reimbursed for your internet expenses. Not a bad deal.",You get really tired of seeing your room all the time. Customers can be irrational and angry at times but largely they're pleasant so it's not a big deal usually.,I don't really have any advice for management. It's annoying that they make me put 20 words minimum here. There isn't much to improve upon.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42965,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Career growth, exciting product launches, great perks on software, employee discounts, software training. I feel I got what I put into Apple.","Store culture wildly varies by management. Can either be a meritocracy or extremely dysfunctional, all depending on the managers. Not certain that Apple 2015 has the opportunities that I enjoyed---seems that career paths and values were changing to a more traditional sales and retail vibe when I left, complete with managers from Best Buy, other chains that weren't compatible with Apple culture.","Stick with managers, people who have passion for and truly love Apple.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42966,apple,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Very independent and fast paced atmosphere,Views have to be specific to apples needs and wants,There's a lot that management could improve on,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42967,apple,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Great pay and benefits, especially stock",Still like any other retail store,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42968,apple,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,none,Opportunity to work from home. Career opportunities.,Management stresses. Almost like a salesman.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42969,apple,none," Jul 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA,Good manager to work with.,Nothing bad to say for now.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P635.htm
42970,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Advisor,Apple a good company to work for,Apple provides great perks and benefits. Good people to work with and a lot of freedom to be yourself.,"Management is not well trained and has people who should not be managers, Confusing HR benefits, Get defensive when you don't take overtime, Manager's do not challenge you to prove yourself or help you advance.",Managers need to be educated and not someone's friend.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42971,apple,none," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee, Red Zone,great place to work at,no cons I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42972,apple,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful Company,"Great place to work - highly intelligent people with passion, always challenging you to be better.",Honestly it's somewhat tough to maintain work life balance.,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42973,apple,none," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contact Center Coach,"Great benefits, great company, beer bashes and stock plans",Bad leadership within the Apple Online Store and Retail. No chance nor opportunities for growth. Hard work not appreciated.,"Stop promoting your ""friends""",4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42974,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Creative,"Positive environment, great people, and I learned a lot while working there.","No upward mobility, and no connection to cooperate jobs.",Stay true to what made Apple cool in the beginning,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42975,apple,"Plano, TX"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Concierge/Specialist,Superb Company!,Apple is a fantastic company to work for. They are on the cutting edge of technology and they pass that on to their employees.,Apple had at one time a supreme customer focus but now the focus seems to be more on profits. Apple has traded some of their personality for profits.,Remember to engage your employees. Do not forget the original Apple culture of creativity and fun. Do not focus solely on the dollar.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42976,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Systems Administrator,Great compensation,"Great compensation, flexible work hours",Only in Cupertino. Expensive cost of living.,Stay competitive with market compensation and incentives,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42977,apple,none," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Chat Advisor,Senior Advisor,Very supportive towards employees and good pay.,The constant customer interaction can be a bit taxing.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42978,apple,none," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,"Fun at first, then brutal",Apple Retail does a great job of generating a lot of excitement when you first join the team. You're excited to be included in what seems like a behind-the-scenes access to a cool company. You do get good benefits like healthcare and discounts.,Apple is a high-stress environment if you assume any sort of responsibility. (Part-time specialists aka sales are probably the exception to the stress rule.) Advancement can prove to be very tough as even the smallest of Apple Stores can have 60 or more employees all wanting promotion opportunities.,Stop asking to search employees bags off the clock. Not cool.,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42979,apple,"Wharton, NJ"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple genius,You work with amazing people who push you each and every single day.,It gets really hard to progress after a certain point which can become really frustrating and stagnant.,"Help push corporate to give us more career opportunities between retail and corporate. Also, advocate for higher pay grades.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P636.htm
42980,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative Company,The most innovative company to work for in the world!,Some have difficulty understanding culture that needs to be preserved.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42981,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Mobile Specialist,Great company to work for!,"Awesome company to work for, great benefits, good pay. Well taken care of and a great culture, top notch company.","Long hours around product launches, specifically iPhone launches. Hard to advance if you aren't kissing up to the right people.",Help develop people who are willing and excited to move up within the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42982,apple,none," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Apple,Apple,To help people with their iPod or iPhone to fix the apps or sitting and I like to design any.,I know a lot or little about the apple company and I would like to help people with some problems with their devices.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42983,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Retail Specialist,Great company,Apple is just a great place to work!,"Pay rate, sometimes a hostile environment.",Raise pay.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42984,apple,none," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail environment available,-Management really cares about your success -Great opportunities to move around the company -Amazing people and environment,-Lots of sugar coating when giving/receiving feedback,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42985,apple,none," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"good salary, nice benefit and good working environment",working hours are kinda late.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42986,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jul 3, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It was amazing until it wasn't.,Amazing group of colleagues. Get to be around Apple products all day long Occasional gifts like an Apple backpack or water bottle. The ability to switch shifts with your peers.,"1% of applicants get the job causing too many people to be overworked. break room is not up to par. Horrible leave policy and procedure. Inexperienced Store Leader. Micromanaged. CORPORATE HR (NOT GOING TO NAME NAMES) ARE IMMORAL, MANIPULATIVE AND UNETHICAL",Learn how to manage crisis. Review and IMPLEMENT your sexual harassment policy.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42987,apple,"Lighthouse Point, Broward, FL"," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Expert,Very fast pace and ever changing. Nice perks and health benefits. The mandatory breaks and trading required is reassuring that they have our best interest,Customers can be quite entitled. They need to constantly be reminded that there is a level of ownership responsibility and I do not remember your password. Sorry.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42988,apple,none," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great benefits terrible hours,"Great benefits, free stuff, good pay, great management","Terrible hours, shift changes every 3 months, hard to move up",Move good people up,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42989,apple,none," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Roller Coaster,"Great benefits, talented people, great job security, large amount of resources","Just because its Apple doesn't mean its immune to bureaucracy and under performers, I imagine this its just as bad or worse at any other given company. Apple expects high performance, and its frustrating when untalented people ""rise to the level of their incompetence"". Changes come down the pipe hard and fast, so your job might change drastically overnight. Thats both a plus and a minus.",No complaints on my end!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P637.htm
42990,apple,none," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Wanted More Balence,"You get to be on the cutting edge of technology and are constantly learning about new products and features. You get to work with a really good customer base, most understand how the apple stores work.",Any time there is a new product vacations get put on hold. You can't take time off during the holidays to visit family. If you say that you cannot work certain days then you will get bumped from being full time. There is no rhyme or reason to how the schedules get made. I moved on to be able to have time off for races and my family.,Remember that your employees are people with Family and dreams of their own. There needs to be a work life balance.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
42991,apple,none," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Enviornment,Love the Company.....very sleek  Great Benefits!!!,Hate the lack of involvement Working hours,none,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
42992,apple,none," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"Fantastic benefits and wonderful coworkers make this a great place to be. You own your own growth. I have seen many complaints about not moving up and it being retail, but if you work really hard, you will move up.","Bottom line, it is retail. You are in a retail environment and expected to have ultimate flexibility and be able to work later than you might like.",No advice needed. I think the management team is trained well and does better than any other retail store.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
42993,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Bilingual Sales Support,Excellent work place,"Possibilities of growth, culture, casual dress code, salaries","punctuality policy, (youre late at 8:01) is a little rough",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
42994,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager of Organizational Change,Innovative and highly likeable,"The culture is so alive at Apple, everyone wants to help and the team is very important. People get recognized when they succeed and those who fail get help to improve. A true culture of excellence.",Hours could be long but you don't mind since the work is amazing. Your spouse may mind though!,"None, keep up the good work",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
42995,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Great Company,"Great company, benefits, and culture.",100% happy (here is my 5+ word minimum),Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
42996,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - Product Design Engineer,"Excellent experience, poorly managed","- work on the best products in the world with the autonomy to ""do what is right"" versus ""do what is cheap"" -- excellent training for an early-career engineer - lots of support for learning and investigation, a culture of innovation and invention - surrounded by smart and passionate people","- tons of politics between teams - people are treated like resources here, don't expect anyone to care about your work-life balance -- but you have to be willing to sacrifice to do well here - culture varies drastically from group to group, some groups are great and some have a toxic culture - it seems to get ahead here you have to both be a rockstar *and* willing to step on people to get to the top -- which results in the top management spots being held by people with questionable moral standing","Upper management at Apple is entrenched with ""old white guys"". There is little diversity in leadership, and few successful role models for people who aren't ""old white guys"".",4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
42997,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Mac genius,Great company with very positive future. Benefits are great and are constantly updating. Lots of opportunities for growth if you are proactive.,The pay for this title is disappointing. The average genius salary is lowering as time progressing. I work next to people with the same title and make ~20% less then them.,Push for better pay across the genius team.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
42998,apple,none," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great benefits Great pay Easy job,Customers Work life balance Favoritism,Connect with team more,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
42999,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Jun 21, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Sale Specialist,"Great opportunity, experience and training",Career path and growth not clear.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P638.htm
43000,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 18, 2015",Former Employee - Human Factors Engineer,Engineer- special Projects Group,"Supposed to be a great job that made an impact and ""changed the world""","Ended up wasting my time by never allowing me to use my skills, never introducing me to the team, and keeping everything a ""secret"" so that nothing could be properly communicated","Use the talent that you have, and have better checks and balances in place. Everyone is afraid of losing their job, and upper management will cover up incorrect data collection for the sake of keeping their own job. Anyone who does not conform will be thrown to the wayside.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43001,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,The notariety of saying you work for Apple and the benefits. Apple really takes care of their employees. Great company to work for,"Working in Applecare is separate from working for Apple's headquarters so it makes it hard to move up into corporate if that's your goal. Things change a lot, almost on a day to day basis. Once you think you know whats going on, it changes.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43002,apple,"Lakewood, CO"," Jun 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job,"awesome benefits, great salary, great peers","none to share really, great place",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43003,apple,none," Jun 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great experience,if you want to grow as a person and develop skills that will help you in any other company or business this is the place to do it at. plus the networking opportunity is incredible,"if you have a negative personality and all you see is the bad, then this isn't the place for you",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43004,apple,none," Jun 15, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist Plus,"For the pragmatic, the benefits, stock options and discounts are very good. The variety and quality of the people you will work with is generally very high. There are opportunities for training and qualifications (some caveats, see cons) but the environment is usually low-stress, if sometimes a bit busy (this is retail after all). The people are honestly the best thing. I haven't encountered many workplaces where this was a truly accurate statement.","Compensation is slightly low when compared to others, especially considering what company you're working for. Some stores can be politically charged, that is, a subset of employees will be focused on ways to curry favor or advance by any means. Any workplace can, this is simply no exception. If you can adjust to this, it may not be a con. If you move into a leadership position, you will have to drink the cool-aid. Again, this is not necessarily so bad, but this company is very protective of its brand and can employ strict language and constraints on how you operate. Part-timers have very limited opportunity to pursue additional training and other experiences in the store. Full-timers may find these opportunities rare and highly competitive. Hours and scheduling procedures were a constant if minor frustration throughout my tenure, consistency, interpretations of policy and clear procedure were grappled with regularly. It's better-than-average retail, but it's still retail. All the cautions and issues of a large chain store apply.","Obtain managers and other leadership from within wherever possible. While agility is important, rapid and multiple changes to policy and procedure, however minor, can be disruptive. This is especially true if management does not communicate, even with Apple-approved language, the motivations or intent behind said changes. This applies in general as communication between leadership and the rest of the store was a constant point of contention. As far as hiring, mostly keep doing what you're doing. Yes, it's a retail business, but I'd place a slightly higher emphasis on creativity and persons able to effectively engage customers rather than sales acumen. Get someone who can talk comfortably with people and the sales will come.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43005,apple,none," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Senior Advisor,-Convenient to work at home -Apple discount -Tuition Reimbursment -Working for Apple looks good on your resume,-Gets tiring talking on the phones all day. -Internet reimbursement doesn't cover internet -Very competitive to move up -Work on most Holidays,Management was great. I have nothing but good things to say about management. If you put in the effort they will do their best to get you promoted.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43006,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jun 16, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Store Specialist,A Retail Experience Like No Other,"While competing in a saturated retail environment with their brick and mortar stores Apple consistently distinguishes itself by providing retail employees with an experience significantly superior to almost all other retailers. The corporate culture, while demanding is also more supportive of employees than many others. Active training programs, generous employee incentives, solid team atmosphere and a real regard for supporting customers makes it a rewarding venue for employment. There is a strong ""work hard, play hard"" attitude driven by the managers and leads. While reflecting the scheduling challenges inherent to retail operations, they still manage to be quite flexible to individual needs. Along with generous healthcare support employees are also encouraged to build stock ownership and retirement accounts even for part-time employees. Especially nice is the deliberately diverse and talented employee population.","If you are not used to the pace and demands of an active and popular retail footprint, the requirements for participating in an Apple Store can be daunting. Not all managers are created equal. While Apple does a much better job than most in screening and advancing employees and managers, some stores are more challenged than others in how they are managed and the quality of the employee experience. Retail has very tight scheduling needs, and some part-time employees may not be able to support the minimum required scheduled time allocations. Apple products are highly desireable, and as such requires much more vigilance around shrink (shop-lifting, etc.), without being directly confrontative.","Apple Retail operations need some additional controls and responsiveness around management issues, perhaps a proactive regional engagement to ensure that store operations are kept to a high standard of professionalism. The ability to act on employee feedback in a manner beneficial to improving store management would also be appreciated where management of a store has been not up to the higher Apple standards.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43007,apple,none," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so bad,Not so bad environment for proceeding the project.,Some people afraid layoff everyday.,Keep going!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43008,apple,none," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"make some long time friends, awesome co-workers",no change to move up,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43009,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales manager,employee are so nice in this company,working inside Chinamobile retail store,kick off Chinamobile,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P639.htm
43010,apple,none," Jun 14, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Pay Benefits Wageworks Dress code Occasional catered lunches Coworkers!,Long hours Demanding metrics Treated very poorly by customers ATTENDANCE POLICY,"Lower the expectation of metrics to employees. The majority of guests want to hang out and have fun in the store. Not everyone wants to buy something. The Apple Store is a community for all, not just customers.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43011,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Experience,- Company truly cares about you - Meet many people - Helps communication skills - A whole lot of work hours,- Alot of pressure to perform excellence - Errors are magnified - Customers can sometimes be irrate. - Very to little work/life balance at all,none,4.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43012,apple,none," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,Working as a Specialist in an Apple store is for the most part an amazing experience. Most customers are wonderful human beings and it was so fun to meet and work with so many great people. I would come home each day feeling like I helped people and made a difference and solved problems.,"The management was awful. With so many talented employees internally, I was amazed how often they hired managers from other companies such as Starbucks and AT&T. It ruined the culture. I had several occasions in which the manager would come over to the customer and make the situation worse. Plus, we had a lot of injuries in our store with doors and I know several employees (>5) who sustained severe injuries because of faulty doors (a broken foot, a sprained ankle, a contusion that caused years of nerve pain, a 24 year old on a cane because of a door handle and another back injury from that same door). They never bothered to fix it after years of requests.",Care more about people and make the work environment safer.,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43013,apple,none," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fruit Stand,The values and techniques you learn is something money cannot buy. This was the best job I ever had or will have I just left for a management opportunity that paid salary.,The only Con is that it's retail and because it's retail sometimes that means long shifts and early opens but hats okay because it's RETAIL!!!,"Keep doing what you're doing. I had managers named Drew, Bri, Omar and Chance that were very hands on with my development and a store leader named Kerri who was like our mother Hen who watched over us, nurtured and protected us with all she had.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43014,apple,none," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits whole working from home,Work from home! And great benefits,Just like any other call center type job! Working from home can be quite boring,Try to be more consistent. I have moved thru so many managers and everyone is different.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43015,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it was.,Still a good place to work. Good benefits. Excellent co-workers.,"Over the last 5-6 years the company has started to get management top heavy. Decision by committee has curbed some of the innovation. The paradigm of the company has been shifting from making amazing things to making money and being consistent. There has been a shift to all things being created by design which has led to a lot of lesser quality products. FCP would be a prime example of this. Mentoring and career dev used to be a priority, now it's nonexistent (At least in my dept) Also the compensation is just OK. Bonuses and salaries have been in decline unless you're in upper management.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43016,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,enginner,"smart people, good culture, innovative","a lot of pressure, rewards are mediocre",frequent reward system,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43017,apple,none," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Everything was great. O love this company,Nothing. I love working for Apple,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43018,apple,none," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specilaist,Great work environment to work in.,Dealing with the crazy customers.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43019,apple,none," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but not great hours,Pay is great. Benefits are top tier. Discount is amazing. For the most part the management is caring and well motivated.,In some cases reps are hired on the basis of the position being full time only to find out its company disgression as to if full time is needed. Too many metrics.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P640.htm
43020,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,at home advisor,"great pay, friendly team, great company",can't think of anything right now,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43021,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great place to work if you,Great training and resources. Your direct management is really professional and receive great training as well. Flexible scheduling when not in peak season. Opportunities to advance if you're willing to put in the work and meet management goals.,"If you work in AppleCare, you will work holidays during peak season and product launches. Long hours during those times even if you're part time. Prepare to put life on hold during those times.",Would having Christmas off be such a bad thing for employees who don't live near their family?,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43022,apple,none," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Adviors,"Work from Home, benefits from day one, lots of OT, decent pay for at home, lots of training","The Raises suck, they say there is room for advancement but that's not always the case, attendance policy sucks.",Give better raises than under 20 cents raises after a year. And don't take forever to give such a little raise.,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43023,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Graphics Software Engineer,Software Engineer IV,Nice office spaces & working environment,"Job can be very focused, and won't let you develop into other areas.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43024,apple,none," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,The best company I've ever worked for.,I have not come across a con.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43025,apple,none," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work atmosphere,great work atmosphere benefits 401k 200g iCloud storage,There are none at all really.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43026,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Jun 15, 2015",Former Employee - FRS,Family Room Specialist,* Great training program. *Enjoyed co-workers * Learned many useful skills * Fun environment to work,* boys club * some of the managers a bit chauvinistic towards woman * lost some hearing due to the dB levels,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43027,apple,none," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Fun environment with great people who you can grow from.,The pay isn't that great,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43028,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Steve Jobs was amazing at life.,Tim Cook is not amazing,Change your attitude towards thinking differently. Steve would be ashamed of who you hire these days.,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43029,apple,none," Jun 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent, collaborative place to work","Surrounded by world class talent, passionate coworkers",base salary is average relative to size and success of company,Design products to be more friendly for user repair/upgrades.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P641.htm
43030,apple,"Greenville, SC"," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,Decent discounts. Pretty basic mall job with a low skill entry level. The manager at the store didn't even know what an iMac was upon being hired.,Little chance for growth in the company. The company cares more about the culture than the employees skill set.,"To listen to ""fearless feedback"" and not brush it off since you are their superior. They preach the company culture, but don't act it.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43031,apple,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Apple Retail,Fantastic Management. Pretty good compensation for a retail establishment. You're generally working with talented and creative individuals.,"It's retail, so you're taking the blame for a lot of things that aren't really your fault. Hours are a bit of a drag, holidays and weekends.",Not much. Further empower your employees to make changes at the store level to improve the workplace of everyone involved.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43032,apple,none," Jun 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare at home advisor,Great company. Would work for again. They give great benefits and have a great team working with you. Great products,None that I could think of. The cons might be the amount of expectations they ask for. They give little wiggle room for subpar metrics!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43033,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple Mac Genius,"Great company, great products. Better coworkers","10 years ago Apple was all about making customer's happy. Now it's about fattening the bottom line which no one the front line sees. I am the face of Apple yet I am at the bottom of a the food chain. Company only hires managers from Gap, Starbucks, and Target. These people do not know the unique culture Apple once had and are contributing to the demise of our culture. My boss doesn't need to know my job in and out but they do should know how to motivate, inspire, challenge, and lead me.",PROMOTE FROM WITHIN,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43034,apple,none," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Localization Project Manager,"top notch office hardwares, useful softwares, employee discounts on apple products, decent benefits, great stock option, shuttle bus for long distance commuters,","long hours, security measures sometimes prevent me from getting things done quickly, no free food, extremely secretive",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43035,apple,none," Jun 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail speciaist,"Great co-workers, great products, innovative retail space","Dead end retail job, managers typically from retail, they have retail goals and metrics so drink up on the Kool-Aid if you want any chance of promotion or more hours","Value your sales and technical teams, allow transfers to other stores without demotion to the bottom, embrace those employees who do ""think different""",3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43036,apple,none," Jun 13, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple retail specialist,"Takes care of employees with great benefits, Friendly environment, great training on knowledge of products. You have a great time creating relationships with customers. introducing apple products for the first time to people.","little room to grow, a lot of micromanaging going on. Long hours during holidays and launch days. pressure to sell Apple care and one to one training for specialist.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43037,apple,"Altamonte Springs, FL"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,"Game of Phones (iPhones...sorry, so cheesy smh)","Culture, People, Products, Training and Development - Working for Apple starting out and most of your experience will profit you some of the best people and experiences you've ever met. You will use practical skills, best practices and rhetoric for every work environment/situation you have moving forward. Plus, Apple looks amazing on your revenue. Starting pay for a retail employee is insanely awesome as well.","Management, Incentive, Talent Acquisition, Accountability, Positive Intent, Business Conduct and Politics - You will see a massive discrepancy between external hires and internal hires. There is a serious culture at Apple - its quite beautiful actually - and those who don't come up in the proper channels tend to push that aside for their own previous workplace habits and behaviors - which creates a huge divide. Positive intent and feedback are a huge part of the internal success at Apple - most Managers do not adhere to this - you are sized up and a decision of who you are is made and it is very hard to break that, very unfair. If you are talented, motivated and work hard you will find out fast what the ceiling looks like in great detail. You will be made to feel like you're in a bad relationship, where when you reach out to your management for support or recognition they push a bluff in your face of saying, ""maybe you should take your talents elsewhere then."" Can lead to resentment, feels of being unappreciated, overworked. ALL THE MOST TALENTED VALUABLE PEOPLE WILL LEAVE BECAUSE OF THIS. The way to move up is to be political, that is a proven fact. Also, prepare to have all your holidays cut short because you are retail. Remember - Apple transcends retail - until you hold them to it.","Practice what you preach. We have a credo and business conduct for a reason, stop holding others to it and exempting yourselves from it. Also, have some faith in your employees - take chances and allow them to truly develop in their roles and future roles without feeling taken advantage of or unappreciated. Stop selling to resellers, pocketing tips, giving into terrible customers and reprimanding great employees in the same breath. Have the courage to be a leader - not just a retail manager.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43038,apple,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,"Great learning experience in sales, technology, benefits for part timers were decent. Coworkers are generally friendly and unique",Customers are sometimes awful and entitled. Hours were never a guaranteed thing. Sometimes I was treated like I did not know what I was talking about by customers.,Pay attention to which employees are providing the Apple experience and which ones are slacking off and taking longer breaks that slotted while not punching out.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43039,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Good career,People that wanna see you move up and grow. Awesome benefits and ambience,Very competitive to get in and a lot of responsibilities. That's about it really. Everyone is friendly and not much to complain about,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P642.htm
43040,apple,"Townsend, MA"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Apple Expert,"Great people, supportive management, incredible benefits","Constantly shifting responsibilities, new initiatives,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43041,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Allocation Execution Planner,"Apple, a great place to learn and build a resume!","High impact work, smart and cool peers, nice company perks, nice blend up start up and corporate culture, plenty of people who care to see you succeed.","lots of ambiguity to sift through, lots of projects just because it's slow, haven't seen many promotions from within",Connect with the team members and see how you can help the superstars navigate their careers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43042,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Engineer,Money Food Friends Fun Caring,A lot of work but awesome,Your doing good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43043,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,Sales leader,Amazing company would work for them multiple times the sales role is amazing and they take the time to teach,Long hours but love the company the store was amazing but didn't like some of the co workers they were caddy,Love apple,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43044,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Test Engineer,Test Engineer,Loved working on Mac systems and Mac technologies.,"Nothing much to say, Thanks",NA,4.0,none,none,none,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43045,apple,none," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sux,I really do not have anything to add to the pros. None. The discount isn't even worth how hard you work.,Everything is terrible. Bosses do what they want to do. Co workers are able to act any kind of way. It's not after 5 yrs what I thought it would be!,Get new management,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43046,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Problem Coordinator,Problem Coordinator,"Great environment to work, coworkers are intelligent and helpful with daily tasks.","Repetitive, not much room for growth on the Elk Grove campus in the IT Helpdesk role.",Keep working on an avenue to move people up through Helpdesk in other positions of the company or management.,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43047,apple,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is awesome!,Very smart and driven people.,Work / life balance can sometimes be challenging.,Keep doing a fantastic job!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43048,apple,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Specialist,"Great team, amazing company, fantastic growth opportunities","Rough working with customers sometimes, as we try to exceed expectations and sometimes expectations are implausibly high.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43049,apple,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intersting meaningful work,"Best things at apple are that the work is interesting and meaningful. The perks and benefits are good, but the work is the most important thing.","There a lot of work to be done and a lot of pressure to work long hours, and there's no free lunch.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P643.htm
43050,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Good Resume Stamp,-You work for one of the biggest companies out there. -Your people skills are put on steroids. -You work with some really talented/interesting people.,"-You leave work sometimes feeling exhausted. -You don't want to talk to anyone for like an hour after working. -If you don't work with management to get a life/work balance schedule, you can really start to feel like a yo-yo.",Create off-the-floor duties throughout the week for employees to get a breather. Allow a little more flexibility in how much change employees can actually offer instead of EVERYTHING being trickled down from the higher powers.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43051,apple,none," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great people to work with,Call center so the calls are non stop,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43052,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Drink the Kool-Aid,"Reliable, exciting, fast paced and never boring. Your peers become your family here, Apple hires not only intelligent individuals but people who understand the depths of true human compassion and teamwork.","Retail hours. If you plan on living a ""normal"" life and like your weekends and holidays spent on your own time rather then Apple time, forget about it. At times the leadership team sounds more like a well trained robot rather then actual human beings. Sometimes the culture can be a little too cult like and it seems as though people can forget that there's more to life then technology.",Practice what you preach.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43053,apple,none," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,people are friendly and treat every one nice. it is maninly about helpping other people,it can get really busy and take a lot of time if you do not move fast enough,be on time. manage your time well. be prepare and not narrow minded,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43054,apple,none," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,Best Interviews I Have Ever Had!,"Very friendly and outgoing. You can tell everyone loves their job! Each person I interviewed with was friendly and outgoing, and you could tell they were excited to be there speaking with you!","They are open 24 hours, so some shifts are not for everyone.",Keep the fun loving attitudes in place. It really makes you want to work ther!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43055,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great company to work for but it's still retail...,-Benefits -Competitive pay for a part time retail position -Fun work environment -No micromanagement (managers let you put your own personal touch when it comes to customer interactions) -Managers care about your success not only within the company but also in your personal life -PTO even for PT employees -Discounts -Family environment -No commission (could be a con) so you never feel like a car salesman. You really are trying to do what's best for the customer as well as the Apple brand,"-No work/life balance (even for a PT position) -Work most (if not all) weekends -Retail store so you have to deal with rude customers on occasion -Hours can be demanding and draining  There were no glaring cons to me. If you are okay with working in a retail environment, then you will do well.","I understand that the stores revenue is generated by sales, however, I personally don't think it is fair that employees are evaluated on things that are out of their control. At the end of the day, we do not control the customers wallet, no matter how great of a sales pitch we give. Other than that and a few minor things, Apple is a GREAT company and anyone who has the opportunity to work for them should take it. All of the managers have a proven track record of success and if you listen, you will learn a lot. Trust me, having Apple on your resume is not something many people have and employers notice it.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43056,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Culture,A lot of perks good work environment respectful co workers great culture,long hours standing hard to move up in the company,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43057,apple,none," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,it was good everday it was,IT was good everyday it was,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43058,apple,"Hampton, VA"," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Corporate Tier I Advisor,AHA,"Wonderful job, pay was great and it's wonderful working from home.",Very stressful other than that can't complain,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43059,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Advisor,meh,good pay and benefits and great cafeteria,the amount of oversiht i smothering,loosen up a little,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P644.htm
43060,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Jul 11, 2015",Former Employee - Part Time Specialist,Not all its cracked up to be...,"I learned how to set up iPads, iPhones, iMacs and I became pretty savvy with the products.","Good old boy network, slave drivers, racist management. If you work the closing crew you become the cleaning crew as well, dusting, cleaning the bathroom (except the toilet/floor), cleaning the microwave. Some of the managers speak down to the employees in a demeaning way like kindergarteners. Also extremely low morale amongst staff unless you're one of the ""favorites"". Sexist bosses with young naive pretty girls. Many guys would have nothing to do with customers who were looking for ""just"" an iPhone or iPod, so Management would allow the boys to chat until a computer sale came up (supposedly there's no commission) and make the women hustle for those small sales ALL DAY long. Corte Madera store, for 1/2 hr. lunch once you clock out, it takes 3-4 minutes just to get to the break room to get your lunch. Basically, we'd have 20 minutes to hurry, gobble down food, pee, wash hands, check phone, then go around and through the store to clock back in...all within 1/2 hour. All in all, the schedule was never the same week to week so it was impossible to plan a life. Boy when they needed you you were theirs. If things were slow, maybe you'd get 20 hours. I couldn't live like that, let alone survive on such little money!","Stop the favoritism toward young white males. Hire and promote women including women of color. Treat all Specialists equally, no matter what the client needs...Sale or not. No more cleaning chores. The Company's made so much money, I can't believe they are really that cheap to make employees clean every night. Really? Offer good coffee, keep a coffee pot in the break room. Everyone will hustle even more! Every place I've ever worked has at least good coffee for the staff, c'mon now. I had great idea (offer personal training in groups of 4 in Spanish - A Manager took credit for my idea, got promoted and transferred closer to his house!!! Are you kidding me?",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43061,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Face paced, challenging, developmental, somewhat decent pay, great medical and dental benefits, discount for friends and family, growth opportunities","Large staff, the pay could be better considering the level of skill set necessary to be proficient, minority diversity in leadership is not conclusive across all retail markets.",It seems almost easier to be hired for a management or leadership position as an external hire than being promoted externally.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43062,apple,none," Jun 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cashier,some of the best reasons to work at apple were the people you got to meet every day.,some of the downfalls of working at apple were the long hours and the busy busy stores and impatient customers.,"get more organized, make lines, write more things down",5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43063,apple,none," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple At Home Advisor,"Great benefits, great pay. Constant support from Senior Management and great career opportunities.","Long hours, early start time for Pacific Time Zone. Also, difficult to get vacation time if you haven't been with the company long enough.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43064,apple,"Madison, WI"," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Incredible for a retail environment.,"The majority of your coworkers are incredible, inspiring, and fascinating people who you can learn new things from every day. There are also very few things you can't do to make the customer happy because of the immense resources that Apple has, so you feel empowered to make decisions.","Very fast-paced and the customers basically never stop. Apple also seems to be relying more and more on using less employees to accomplish more things, which can be exhausting if you allow it to be. It's also very difficult to make a name for yourself since you're surrounded by so much other high quality talent.","Take care of your employees and let them take care of the customers. Some employees feel overlooked because management largely makes decisions based on what's best for the customer, which is also what employees do, so it can feel like nobody is watching out for the employees. It also seems like management would rather defend their actions against complaints than accept them and work to correct it.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43065,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,IS&T in general,Looks good on the resume maybe and get your feet in the door?,"The real problem with this place is the contracting model that started long time ago. The whole IS&T was built on top of it. A lot of the full time including many managers are coming from that background. Technical skill wise they can only offer the very basic and usually have no idea or insight when it comes to design and engineering. Mentally this brings them job insecurity and pushes them the urges to move to managerial role asap.  Projects in this places usually have tight timelines to meet business needs so quality was never the main concern. In this place you will not learn anything new as you will be working with raw SQL and single methods with 2000+ lines of code embedded within static classes everywhere. Most of the internal business facing systems, if not all, were developed by contractors from various vendor companies. These contractors, as Apple grew, were converted into full time and some later became managers.  Due to the large number of projects taking place in this org and the restriction on the rate of contractor conversion, sometimes outsiders will get hired in to run projects. Don't get me wrong, you are not really making any decisions here and if you are hired as a PM, you will be dealing with politics on a day to day basis. If you are hired as an engineer, you will not have any impacts at all because you are not allowed to code using the best practices. The technologies, methodologies and design patterns that you have learned are going to cause them fear of losing control and that is something they really do not want to see because they have no where else better to go. So they will try everything to stop and 'humiliate' you. After sometime you started to think, maybe this is not the right place and choose to move on. If you are NOT lucky enough to see the lucky ones move on, you will again see this bad cycle happening over and over again: Contractors getting converted, buddies of some higher up getting hired without following proper HR guidelines and occasionally some external hires (when they had no other options)  In IS&T you will see this quick people turnover quite often. It has the tendency of not able to keep the good people around. The ones left there mostly share the same kind of mentality. You will be wasting time if you think you could have it changed. The culture of this organization really isn't what represents the TRUE Apple. Hard work is not recognized, performance review won't make a difference if the BIG boss thinks about you differently. If you are skillful and young, join startup. If you can get an offer from anywhere else but IS&T from Apple, by all means go for it. The culture there will be completely different. If you really want to join the company with no other options at the moment, BE READY TO SUFFER AT LEAST FOR 365 DAYS!",hear the people out and do something about it!!!,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43066,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Great place to work and learn.,Apple is committed to the growth and development. Training is a priority and provides many great opportunities for advancement.,"On one level, Apple Retail is like no other retail store. At another level, there is no way to take the retail out of Apple Retail",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43067,apple,none," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,"Amazing company, awesome benifits, great works ncg from home, great network of coworkers and managers",Double chats can get hectic,Continue what your doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43068,apple,none," Jun 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company!,"everything was great, nothing to complain","none, really I have nothing to complain",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43069,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Producer,Good job,Great and inspiring company to work for,Works lots of hours. Need to be motivated to change the world,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P645.htm
43070,apple,"Staten Island, NY"," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Apple is a great company to work for. Part time health benefits definitely a plus,Great work environment and company discounts on products not only apple but third party as well,Worked in a smaller store and it was very clicke. Felt like high school,All jobs play favorites. Just don't make it so transparent,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43071,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Rotten Apple,Greatest people that you could ever expect to work with in a retail environment.,Very rigid employee policies and full timers are expected to be available without much discretion given to preferred days off.,"The Credo states that ""Our people are our soul."" So, try to treat your people as if they actually have souls.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43072,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Not long enough for review,a lot of smart people,"too big to move fast, dependency",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43073,apple,none," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall I love it,"Great management team at our store, love the health benefits and purchasing stock at a reduced price. The discounts are awesome too.",It can be difficult and competitive to go full time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43074,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,Great place to work and grow. You can really develop as a person and leader at Apple. Great training and amazing people to work with,"Not too many cons to working here. It is retail after all but for retail it is amazing. Great leaders that challenge you, so I guess if you don't like to grow then Apple isn't for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43075,apple,none," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist at Apple,Loved the community and discount!,On your feet a lot.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43076,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 5, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist/Back of House Specialist,Retail-Specialist/Back of House Specialist,"The Apple culture is one of a kind. After working there for 4 years, I learned that this is an environment of constant change. You will definitely get what you give. If you aren't willing to learn, grow, and take constructive criticism this place is not for you. A lot of talented colleagues from all walks of life.",- It takes time to get a Full Time position and that is typically lauded as a promotion - High turn-over,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43077,apple,none," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Pros and cons,Good benefits and great products.,Bad work life/balance. Some managers are fake.,Some managers need to stop saying 'needs of the business' all the time when making excuses.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43078,apple,"Augusta, GA"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Expert,Nice college job,People and experiences are the main reason I stayed so long.,Low pay. It was decent for college but not so much as I got older,Continue to be great,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43079,apple,none," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company!!,great benefits. A lot of opportunity for growth and development,finding an opportunity in your desired field,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P646.htm
43080,apple,none," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,they are great,lots of hours great job,can be really busy but thats good,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43081,apple,"Tampa, FL"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,There is a 401K plan and good health benefits.,A lot of micro managing.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43082,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Admin Assistant,"Great benefits such as on-site medical, gym, eye care. Great (healthy) food options in their cafeteria.",They are very secretive which translates to exclusionary. It is hard to learn the business and questions are not encouraged. The culture is quick to blame.,Management style is very similar to the movie Whiplash.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43083,apple,"Deerfield, IL"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,Great place to work for,Very demanding and high expectations,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43084,apple,"East Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family room specialist,Great company ma ms ma,Opportunities na na na na,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43085,apple,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Salary, overtime, culture, perks, food","Structured, hierarchy, secretive, worked more than I clocked",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43086,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Social Media Manager,social media manage,"learn alot, fruit, social, good colleagues, good team","tired, work too late, sleep little",give us more lifetime,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43087,apple,none," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Employee,"Great Co-Workers, Great Benefits, A lot of extra training",Can be too fast paced at points,Nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43088,apple,none," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,"greatest company I have ever worked for i. my life, I would recommend to anybody who loves technology and innovation","I can't think of any cons for the company, they truly are awesome, only way you could not like apple is if you have no drive to succeed","keep up the great work, I have worked for 2 different locations in different states and the pride everyone takes in working for apple is really phenomenal",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43089,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - AppleCare At-Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Great benefits and they send u all the equipment,No flexibility with schedule and your schedule changes every 3 months,None,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P647.htm
43090,apple,none," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Good company to work for,Long hours for part time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43091,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 14, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,"Ok for college job, not great for adult job",I love meeting so many new people every day. Repairing computers and iPhones is fun. As well as helping people fix problems. You're often a hero.,Pay is not great considering how profitable Apple is. Retail schedule makes it very difficult to have work/life balance. Management does not really make an effort to make that better.,Trust the technicians. Make more of a focus on supporting us support customers. I feel your job should be to support the internal customers.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43092,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 4, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,meh,the only pro to this employer is the benefits offered in discounts with the employer and with third party vendors as well.,"the leadership has a very horrible management style. i did not enjoy my time with this employer at all, sadly.",your employee are human,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43093,apple,none," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive Experience,"Great work atmosphere, amazing team.","Nasty/rude customers, not much other than that.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43094,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,Great place to work,"Results-driven, vs image of getting work done. Those that work hard get rewarded.",Can be lots of hours when crunch time,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43095,apple,none," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great leadership and community values.,There are none to list.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43096,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Best company I've ever worked for,"I've had many jobs. Apple is the best by far. Great pay, amazing benefits, and awesome discounts. I plan to stay with Apple for as long as possible. Great career experiences. Apple is very good about hiring from within, and promoting often.",The only con is working retail hours. No set schedule.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43097,apple,none," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple At Home Advisor,"Great benefits such as company discounts, paying for my internet service provider, providing me with an iMac to do my job.","application process took significantly longer than it did at other companies, I also felt that there was not much room to move up in the company or department.","Promote from within, rather than outside hires, such as asking current employees who they think should fill the position",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43098,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,Rewarding,-Good environment -Good pay -Good internal resources -Good hours -No commute (At-Home Advisor),-Metrics are outrageously important -Customer feedback surveys are outrageously important,"Finding an appropriate balance with metrics is hard. I know Apple does a lot of changes and does their best. It's a work in progress, and I get that.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43099,apple,"Seattle, WA"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,The best company I,"There are many resources and benefits offered to you that genuinely help improve your overall quality of life.  You will work with some of the best and brightest people you will ever meet.  Open dialogue and communication are promoted and prevalent through the culture.  The benefits package is amazing, as are the discounts.",None. Absolutely zero complaints. Working for Apple is hands down the best career choice I've ever made.,Continue to promote open dialogue and feedback.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P648.htm
43100,apple,"San Mateo, CA"," May 24, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,family room specialist,"The work environment is great, very different from other retail environments! Many friendly and positive people. From experience, customers are generally nicer at Apple versus other electronic retailers.",Moving up can be difficult.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43101,apple,"Washington, DC"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great place to work,"You get to work from home. This means, no commute, not dealing with quirky co-workers on a daily basis, and staying in your pajamas all day if you want.","The biggest con is that phone metrics determine your work schedule every 3 months. That might not be a con to some, but if you have other scheduling factors in your life, such as a college class or your child's school schedule, this could be a huge challenge when working as an Apple At Home Advisor.","My advice to management is undecided at this time. They work hard to keep productivity and morale up in a remote work environment. That is not an easy task, but it appears that they are doing well overcoming this challenge.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43102,apple,"Syracuse, NY"," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Retail Employment Review,The pay is very competitive for any retail company. Additionally the skills and experiences you are able to gather prove invaluable later in life when applying for other positions.,"Unfortunately the majority of Apple employees are Intelligent and creative so there ends up being a lot of ""passing over"" of extremely qualified candidates for positions. Additionally, if you are hired one year for a position at a specific hourly wage, a new employee who starts say 4 years after you for example could end up making a great deal more than you even with 4 years of raises under your belt, simply because Apple pays well, but their pay increases are very minimal from year to year.","I would say unlike other retail jobs I have worked, the majority of the employees are just as qualified as the management team. So managers just be sure to speak respectfully to your staff since they are often times just as qualified as you for employment.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43103,apple,"Annapolis, MD"," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Sales Associate,"Great team atmosphere, fun company, awesome products, fluid work environment.","Management skills depend entirely on the branch, customers can test patience.","Check in more frequently with employees, however, this seems to be more of a branch-to-branch issue.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43104,apple,"Lansing, MI"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Specialist,peer relationships are great all the time,"management needs work, needs to motivate whole team",improve all of your team not just specific individuals,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43105,apple,none," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Typical Retail,Training benefits discounts product opportunity,Staff management work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43106,apple,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Benefits are amazing, and my relationship with HR worked out really well, so make sure to be friendly to the HR people! The work itself is interesting depending on where your location is in NYC. Working at Fifth Avenue definitely enabled me to meet some interesting folks and kept me on my toes.","The work can be stressful as the job site itself can be psychologically strenuous. Being underground for 8 to 9 hours in a crowded room without direct sunlight can be a bit of a downer. Also depending on your manager, you'd get really great reviews and consistent feedback, or none at all.",I would hire for better managers as they are the ones that rally team spirit and have the capacity to give feedback and also withhold it.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43107,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Expert/Support Leader,Expert,"Good retail pay, good benefits, awesome friends",Micromanaging. Politics. No lean on scheduling,Chill on the politics,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43108,apple,"Waltham, MA"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone Specialist,Management is incredible. Job is fun. Get to talk to people all day.,"None, nothing bad about working for Apple at all.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43109,apple,"North Westchester, CT"," May 31, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,company review,great environment to work with,salaries kinda lower then other rivals,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P649.htm
43110,apple,none," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Manager,The greatest place I've ever worked. Growth is abundant if you want it.,Negativity from those that aren't growing.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43111,apple,none," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Apple Retail,The people make this place a networking heaven,Retail is still Retail. Hours are all over the place.,Don't limit your people. Give them the opportunity to grow!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43112,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," May 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Fast-paced and you learn a lot about dealing with people.,Stores are really busy during the holidays and it is tough to get time off a lot of times.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43113,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Support Specialist - WMM,Great depending where your goals are.,"Highest pay for the position, great benefits, plenty of vacation and sick time. They do some great events and have an overall good vibe. Feedback is readily available and management will always be available for coaching.  Very easy to do well and have a comfortable life. Good chance of getting a better position if you make friends and have a good outlook.",Because they are willing to get people based off of culture over skills though their contract employer it seems a lot like high school. Turn over is ridiculous and if you don't kiss butt or know the right people you may get stuck in a position. Over coaching gets frustrating but I know it's what the want from management. You can only have so many weekly meeting to review metrics when you are amongst the highest ranking .  The calls can be terrible and a lot of internal transfers can be just as bad as people don't know how to do their job or hang up or blind transfer a rough customer to a group that has nothing to do with the issue.  Shift rotates every 3 months for no reason but to be fair. Once a year the lowest ranking employees will get first pick at the schedule before the other higher half.,"When your best teammates all state they have the same issue with other advisers not doing their jobs you need to follow through and make sure they get dealt with. Nitpicking on things completely outside of your control, stop.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43114,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,"At-home Advisor. Not for everyone, but good for some.",good pay. good benefits. you get to use lots of nice apple equipment. fast paced work (if you like that),can have overbearing customers. need to learn lots of new computer programs. what you support can change.,do a better job of staying with your team. in my four months i had four different managers. it was hard to stay feeling like i was connected.,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43115,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,All good but some bad,"No place is perfect, but Apple does come close. Apple as a company cares about their employees, have awesome benefits, and make sure that their employees are happy. HR is very efficient.","Not every store has a great management team. Some management teams promote based off of favoritism, making employees feel like their hard work and efforts are pointless. Managers are hardly ever on the floor, so they do not know what goes on.","Promote off of work ethic, make sure you are present and aware. When an employee tells you they want to work towards another position, truly help them. Do not set expectations and then let the employee down.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43116,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,At Home Advisor - Excellent Job!,"The company is wonderful to work for. The managers are great, the benefits are excellent, and working with customers is great for the most part.","Some customers can be cranky and rude, but that's to be expected. Also, career growth opportunities are not always well defined.","Create well defined career paths and more importantly, HOW to progress to the next level with specific timeframes - don't leave advisors in the dark and in the same position for years with no progression to management except for a select few.",5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43117,apple,none," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Good working experience. Excellent project experience and working condition. Good company culture,worse balance in lift and work. Pay does not match to reputation. Do not have enough respect to the software developer.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43118,apple,none," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - IOS/IMac Advisor,Tech Support,"Work from home, decent pay.","No work/life balance. Work long hours, have to work at least one weekend day and very few holidays off.",If you have no tech support experience you should not be a manager. It blows my mind that Apple would even hire a manager with no technical expierence to manage a tech support team.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43119,apple,none," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware of the new Apple,still a great product and company there are a great many plusses to them,since the los of Steve Jobs the new management has shifted focus off of great customer service and products and moved it to more profit driven models and metrics,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P650.htm
43120,apple,none," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is amazing,great environment Great managers good team good pay,long hours start off as part time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43121,apple,"New Haven, CT"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great place to work with great co workers, a enjoyable place to work majority of the time. Good benefits for part-time even better full time.",Not so much of work life balance. No room for vertical growth and no manager direction or care for development. Can be micro managed and managers show favoritism,"Most managers are good and makes your time at work enjoyable, others show their favoritism and you can tell without a doubt. There also should be little to no micro managing, as well as managers actually knowing about our products and assisting a customer if it comes down to it",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43122,apple,none," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job,The pay is decent and the discounts were pretty nice. Sometimes there was food catered too.,Many times the store would be understaffed. The managers were also very harsh on employees making the work environment very stressful.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43123,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Good first job out of College,Great opportunity to learn a lot of core knowledge for future jobs.,Retail experience is very daunting over time. Limited growth.,Don't understatement make your employees feel valued,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43124,apple,none," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Being A Genius,Open and challenging work environment allows for learning quickly.,Retail hours means no set schedule.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43125,apple,"Tuscaloosa, AL"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,College At Home Advisor,Benefits Pay Home Environment Discounts All the workers have been friendly and helpful Reimbursement for Internet Bill,No unpaid time off No negotiating pay Can't do shift bids as a college advisor,Allow more flexibility during summer time (college advisors work full time during summer),4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43126,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Building Automation Engineer,Great company to work for,"Benefits, gyms, food, discounts & culture.","Work-hardy environment, face paced and sometimes no time to breath, deadlines will either make or break you..","There's so much passion around. Employees are eager to learn and improve and ready to progress, maybe offer more opportunities for advancement.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43127,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," May 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In process,"Still going through the hiring process. So far it's been an above average experience, and I'm really looking forward to completing the process and getting started.",Communication has been delayed at times.. It seems like they're going through a busier than normal time of hiring right now.,"I'm going to reserve my thoughts for now, until the entire process is completed. I think that's the fairest way to respond right now.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43128,apple,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,Huge sense of community with other employees and teamwork is highly valued,Certain aspects of teamwork can sometime feel a little bit forced,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43129,apple,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,You work from home as an at home advisor.,There is always a downside to customer support some people can be really rude but the better you get at the job the easier it is.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P651.htm
43130,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Expert,An amazing company and very relaxed employment. Customer traffic can be busy and stressful at times.,Benefits and pay for what you do. Most management staff are understanding on your feelings and concerns. They have a lot perks,Stressful at time due to busy traffic. Flexibility with availability you can work. Movement within the store sometimes can be hard due to available positions,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43131,apple,"Deer Park, IL"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Part Time Specialist,"Great Staff, Managers that care about you getting to where you want to to get to in your career with Apple. 401K, Full benefits, product discounts.","There's a long line, to get to where you want to get to with Apple. If you want management, you may be best served working for the GAP or Old Navy and going up faster through there ladder and then transferring to Apple. Finally you are at the will of the business in regards to your hours, so kiss the weekends goodbye!",Be more open to your employees ideas,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43132,apple,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"Disney land of retailers, tons of fun. Get to work from home. Amazing benefits. Get to meet new and interesting people from all over country. Amazing opportunity.","None, benefits are cheap, Internet is compensated, short hours, great pay. They support you and your family if anything comes up and you need to step away","When hiring bulk amounts of people, advertise more about it. Hiring process is very very long, good and bad thing",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43133,apple,"Lansing, MI"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Process,"Great Pay, Fun, and Interesting","Graveyard hours, and working from home gets kind of lonely",Good management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43134,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - College At Home Advisor,Monotonous after 1 year,"Management, coworkers, benefits and health insurance","Few advancement opportunities, calls are tedious, schedules are picked by company during summer and winter",Educate enployees that are interested in advancing what opportunities are available to them,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43135,apple,"San Jose, CA"," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Algorithm Analyst,Great Place,Excellent environment and salary. The team is very professional and we all like this place. Fancy equipment of course,"Too push. A lot of projects and needs at least 50 hours a week. If you like busy job, it will be a good option",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43136,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,It's a sales job,Good retail pay. Fun colleagues.,"Very busy stores. Customers expect a lot from you when shopping. Despite Apple recruiters telling you it's about creating the Apple experience for customers, it's really a retail job with targets of selling add-ons.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43137,apple,none," May 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,contractor,good team and nice people,it was not a permanent position,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43138,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," May 25, 2015",Former Employee - Apple AHA,Excellent company to work for,"Great benefits, excellent working atmosphere- everyone is motivated and wants to help each other, Apple does a great job of motivating and rewarding employees, could lead to a career opportunity","Due to company being so large and having consumer demands, hours can be inconvenient at times",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43139,apple,none," Jun 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Cool product launches, fast-paced environment","I worked in a store in the Silicon Valley and everyone was very concerned with appearances and ""getting to corporate"" more than the job at hand. Apple also really likes to employ Apple fanboys and, as a non-fanboy myself, they made my time there fairly unpleasant. For example, management often gave me a hard time about my personal phone not being an iPhone. I also felt discriminated against for being female.",Appreciate the talent you have.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P652.htm
43140,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Fast paced, demanding but amazing coworkers","Decent pay, you meet amazing people. The job usually isn't boring",The schedule is erratic and there are too many clopens. I can never get the time off I want. The management team doesn't talk to each other. Corporate directives suck,Communicate with each other. Get our schedules fixed,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43141,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Not much recreation options,Stocks offered at the time of Offer are huge. Stock purchase plan is also good.,"- No TT/Ping Pong, foosball, or other recreation options in any campus except may be the one building - Silent, dull environment, with everyone just simply doing their work and like robots. - Much like a big professional corporate, no startup culture (though in the induction, they say they still work like a startup - that's completely false) - 401K contribution is very less for the starting, unlike companies like Intuit which give 125% contribution right from the start - Gym is nice but joining takes time. And Gym is not free like other companies. - Cafetaria is not as great as companies like LinkedIn, Intuit, Netflix - and not even close to Google, Facebook.",Please keep the work environment creative and motivating.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43142,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,My favorite employer,Apple recognizes initiative in their badged employees and works aggressively to develop capable employees for more meaningful roles,"Corporate policies are strictly adhered to, by the letter of the law one can and will find their employment terminated. Walking the straight and narrow and knowing how to play ball are essential survival skills.","Continue hiring employees internally, do not try on contractors for what would be full time employees. The impression of the position I've received from vault contractors is very different from my experience in the position and reflects negatively on the company from an organizational standpoint.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43143,apple,none," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,ASC,"Great pay, great benefits, espp",Retail hours with large blackout dates,Flexibilty,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43144,apple,none," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As awesome as its products,Great company that truly cares about its people,You want to buy everything when you work there,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43145,apple,"Orlando, FL"," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Business Sales Manager,Business Specialist,Apple is a wonderful company to work for. It is very secure and the culture is excellent. The products sell them sleves and the clients you will work with are typically very knowledgeable.,"Advancement is very difficult if you do not fit the mold of charater traits that are usually promoted. Probably the same as with any other company. Also, probably not going to get rich working for Apple unless you are a super genius or willing to move to Cupertino(and be a super genius).","Since the products sell them selves so well, managers do not have to harp on encouraging sales reps to sell. While this is not aproblem while Apple is on top, it could turn out to be a major problem should a company find a way to compete with Apple's products",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43146,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple Retail: Crabtree Valley Mall....,-Good name to put on resume,"-Very political, especially when it comes to hiring managers. Several internal managers have been snubbed which is why they probably left. -Leadership team is made up of those who haven't even graduated from college yet they hold the title and role of manager. They are no more than just factory managers ensuring the busy bees stay working and on time. I feel so bad for those employees who are woefully underpaid with no real career opportunity working in the mall. These managers aren't visionary at all, just maintaining the work. -WOULDNT RECOMMEND THIS TO ANY OF MY FRIENDS OR FAMILY",-Insecure leaders...I mean managers need to learn what it truly means to be an organizational leaders,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43147,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 30, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Good not great place to work,"Great benefits., good pay for the market. Austin is just way too packed full of people, for this reason I recommend going At-Home Advisor. Beer Bashes are great.","Not much room for advancement in Customer Service side of things, unless you plan on becoming a people manager, go into HR or something like that.",Listen closely to your employees. Provide more job training for advancement.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43148,apple,"Chattanooga, TN"," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Independent Consultant At-Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor,Great company to work for. Extensive training. Great trainers.,Troubleshooting process when on a call. Micro-management,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43149,apple,"Alpharetta, GA"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Great place to work!,"Loved the team I worked with! I was part-time (would come to work after my full time job & on weekends), and enjoyed the fast paced environment a ton. Plenty of opportunities to learn about Apple products, services, and additional opportunities. The company holds its interview candidates to a high standard (with a passion for Apple), so most team members were really hard workers too. Great healthcare, stock, 401K, and discounts!!","As with anything in retail, pay wasn't enough to support myself full time (hence my other full time job), but I worked there because I really enjoyed it. In comparison to other retailers though, Apple pays their employees substantially more.",Keep doing a great job finding talented team members that deliver exceptional service!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P653.htm
43150,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,"Great products, great culture, every day interesting.","Poor culture, poor management, employees are disposable.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43151,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,A retail experience like none other,-Lots of benefits for fulltime and part time employees -Relaxed environment -Open forum for feedback,-Corporate secrecy can get in the way of business -Not enough communication between departments outside of retail,"There is a need for more alignment between retail, online, and corporate departments.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43152,apple,none," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Administrator Apple,Good company to work for especially if you want to be yourself. Free environment with no judgment. Money is decent. You will meet some of the most talented people.,Hard to get a full-time position.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43153,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Learned a lot but will be wanting more,"The people, relationships I have built, valuable interpersonal skills for troubleshooting and customer service, learned skills in collaboration and hardware certificates","You have to like being told what to do, not too much room to do things your way, work with some employees who have no drive but enough to do their job",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43154,apple,none," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for a temporary job.,The other employees were great. The benefits are quite good especially in a retail environment.,"Unfortunately, most of management didn't live up to the same standards as the employees. In the store I was at, sucking up to management was far more important than what was done well. I saw many highly capable people get passed up for advancement.",Culture and honesty is important. Many managers need to pay more attention to what people are doing and less to what they say they are doing.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43155,apple,"Houston, TX"," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Ex,Best place to work,Communication is encouraged between management and employees. Amazing experiences with customers. Extremely rewarding! Good support system and room to grow. Great for development in business professionalism too.,Apple customers are passionate which can result in anger and tears if the product doesn't work. Must have thick skin to work in the family room! Long hours.,"Communication, support, encouragement, development. These are thing that should be kept up with your employees! Thankfully my store is amazing and our team is fantastic, but I've heard that the vision can be skewed in other locations. Continue to make Apple the best place to work as well as the only place to shop and you'll win.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43156,apple,none," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,Great benefits and great team members to work with.,Management in the Hawaii market is horrible. They will go on their little power trips and throw anyone under the bus that will benefit themselves.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43157,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Lead Creative,The Best Company I've Ever Worked.,"- Very Good Training - Amazing Benefits, very good pay when compared to other retail jobs. - You work with unbelievably talented people. - They truly care about making the world a better place through technology. Corny, I know, but it's true.","- The Retail hours can wear down on you after a while. - They expect their leaders at all levels to be ready to make Apple their life's work, even people who are only the equivalent of team supervisors.","The advice I would say is to give their people a better work-life balance. It's definitely there, but sometimes they expect you to make business commitments that knowingly interfere with personal ones.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43158,apple,none," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware engineer intern,"You're working with some of the most motivated, talented engineers in the country. Lots of incredible benefits, and competitive pay.","Work life balance doesn't exist, work is life. It's not too much of a con, because everyone within the Apple bubble feels this way, so it just becomes the norm.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43159,apple,none," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love my job!!!,"Apple is a great company that appreciates their employees. The pay is decent, especially for retail. The benefits are great. Having worked at other corporations, working at Apple is a dream.",Some long term employees may ignore you at first but that's probably because they've seen so many come & go. Always be friendly & most people eventually thaw.,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P654.htm
43160,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 20, 2015",Former Employee - Professional Applications Support,Professional Applications Support,"""Benefits"" for doctors and computer discounts. Everything else is an illusion like beer bash you never get to go or food provided when you have worked 8 hours of overtime.","After 5.5 years of working for the biggest company in the world I have realized a few things. Life will take you places where you never expected them to go. I have failed, learned, grown, and succeed. I also have met some of the most talented, and inspiring people I have worked with. There was a person who I worked with that loved his job. He stayed late nights working and did everything he was told to. He was one of the most compassionate and caring person I have ever met. He had a lovely kid and a wife. A few months later he passed away. At that moment I realize life can be gone at any second, and many people don't realize that the current moment it's your most valuable moment. A few days later I found out that they were trying to fire him for a long time ago for a system that its structure was design only for better performance that makes more revenue. This system goes so far that ignores any kind of good talent or people that actually care about helping others. It also ignores any work life balance because of the needs of the company. It's a company that was designed so well that brainwashes people into thinking that they are doing good to the world. Never be afraid of standing up for yourself. Even if you become that little rock on their shoes. You and your family are the most important things is life. Follow your dreams and help others get to where they want to be. Find your inspiration and work hard to get where you want to be.  Pay is not the best. Raises and promotions are based on employee favoritism.","Needs to be replace completely. There need to be a system rates advisors based on customer experience, and not how fast they take calls.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43161,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Fantastic place to work.,"New ideas, suggestions, and feedback are not only welcomed, but often acted upon. Employee input is not shut down or frowned upon--no matter how long you've been there. Great people and culture that cares.",Lots of time management metrics to be conscious of. New products and training for new releases isn't provided until same day as public announcement. Can be challenging.,"Keep the culture open minded and genuinely receptive to employee concerns, stay up to date when problems are reported and distribute resolutions/work arounds/isolation steps as early as possible. Implement design and functionality of MobileMe issue tracker system company wide to improve monitoring and sharing of information. Database should be able to pull results from all support teams. Often, issues added in one support team may not appear relevant or applicable to another team, but ends up being key link to solving complex issues. Recommend providing retail stores with their own issue tracker system in order to obtain reporting and observation from all possible sources.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43162,apple,none," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,"This job is awesome, they treat you with respect, pay higher than industry standard, and have plenty of room for growth.",You better want to work hard,Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43163,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Software Engineer,"Major cool factor. Inside information about the latest iOS developments. You'll get a peek at the guts of UIKit, etc.","Somewhat high stress. Everyone seems serious / tense. No one is having much fun. Average salary. Fewer perks than competitors (no free food, for instance).",Focus on creating a better social environment and reducing stress. Provide better perks. Don't just count on the cool factor of working for Apple.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43164,apple,"Rockville, MD"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,"Benefits, Distance, Friends, Stimulating, Movement","Work Life Balance, Pay, Hours, Lack of path to management",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43165,apple,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,back of house specialist,Great Benefits even for part-timers,there is no set schedule so your hours vary alot,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43166,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Supportive and Warm in a Tough Job,"Working within the Family Room (Trainers + Technicians/Geniuses), I feel that I've been supported throughout my time here. Whenever I run into a situation where I'm not sure, I feel it is easy to get advice and have a clear discussion on next steps. Pay is particularly high for retail Great benefits, on par with corporate employees, even for part-timers","Like most retail spaces, the customers can be demanding and it can be difficult straddling the line between customer service and rewarding bad behavior. Although the pay is particularly high for retail, though may not offer great options for living in SF.",Continue to support your employees in tough situations and having those in-the-moment conversations after elevated situations occur. I would suggest offering more time for group feedback with follow-up on specific employee feedback.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43167,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Unix Systems Administrator,Not for everyone,"• Pay is competitive. • Stock options, during the time I was there, were good. • Commute incentives were of good quality","• Heavy with middle-management • Oppressive political environment • Cafeteria caters to people who prefer not to eat meat, ""gluten-free"" folks, etc., but does not provide viable options for people who wish to eat normal food.","Rectify the discrepancy between the communications style you say you want and the risk-averse, conflict averse timidity you actually want from your employees.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43168,apple,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Solitions Consultant,"Good pay But continuous diminished commission, bad partners",Base pay was ok and commission was good at the beginning. Good benefits package.,"Mixed bag over overly aggressive sales managers, to bad partner management in the bestbuy locations. Commission was always cut and dried up like a desert over the years. Dishonest coworkers with lots of shady business practices endorsed and signed off by management. Limited promotion opportunities",Keep your Regional managers in check and make sure the favortism isnt given for the yes boy mentality. Ensure that dishonesty and overly aggressive and questionable practices are eliminated. Make more levels of promotions available for cross-transfer to different areas of the company,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43169,apple,none," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Underwhelming,Above average pay for retail. Great Benefits. Diverse staff. Excellent discount.,Too much mircomanagement. Required to work EVERY weekend. Company boasts too much about earnings yet 40% of staff are Part Time. Work Life Balance non existence without months notice of requests off,Tone down the Micromanagement. Because it kills morale. Stop bringing up earnings so often. Hire people that can work full time. Rotate the schedule so people arent forced to work EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND. Stop cross training people for other areas of the store with no plan to move them into those positions.,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P655.htm
43170,apple,none," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Amazing company to work for!,"Great benefits, competitive pay, excellent culture (feels more like working for a startup than a corporation with endless policies and departments butting heads).","Honestly having worked in the same or similar positions for several other companies, I don't know of anything negative I would say. Tremendous opportunity.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43171,apple,none," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Administrator,"Great benefits, innovation and ideas suggested and diversity respected. The company values its people and for that alone it's worth checking out.",Work/life balance can be an issue depending on your position and schedule. The company is becoming more and more like a big box store.,Respect employees lives outside of work and provide enough support training and planning before launching massive rollouts.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43172,apple,none," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Love working at Apple,The team that I work with is very close and we all get along so well. I never felt like an outsider when I was hired on. I love everyone I work with and I love helping each and every customer I interact with daily,Always busy and sometimes you have those days where every customer you deal with is difficult,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43173,apple,"Thousand Oaks, CA"," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Love my job,I work with some really awesome people that make work enjoyable and fun.,Standing all day gets old. Working for a tech company sometimes you deal with people that just don't get technology but they want to and they expect you to magically make it happen,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43174,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,"Fun, but not for everyone","Fun relaxed environment, great colleagues, work can be very satisfying.","Work can get very repetitive, senior management can be a pain pushing corporate nonsense.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43175,apple,none," May 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,Still unproven ground for Apple. The Business strategy in the Retail is designed to work with 1-100 users Apple products. There is a ton of space to work with in the customer data base and walk in traffic.,"If you prefer to have to work with ambiguity then this is a perfect position. While there are no cold calls being made the CRM is still working with customer information that is more than 4 years. Working on the business teams means you have to learn a ton of company information in short order and implement it with proficiency. While that is a common theme in any company, if your customer base does not have this demand, you are look to falling short of the goals. Apple is not for everyone and just as click-y as any other company. If you are not on the inside of decisions or not aligned with leadership then you are invisible.",Do you really develop people or do you just ask questions and not provide expectations? To get a member of leadership to commit to the actual goals is frustrating at times as they will tell you what the store goals are and not your individual goals.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43176,apple,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience not a culture fit,"Build great products, fantastic brand and some nice people to work with.","Worked with a lot of lifetime Apple employees, building a lot of custom solutions which did not help me build my skill set and/or wasn't relevant with leading marker player tools.",Keep up the good work and respect all employees at all levels and in all functional groups.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43177,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Resume builder,"The products are fantastic, work with fantastic people who are WAY over qualified for their job. Getting to teach people who are wanting to learn about products and how to use them.","Politics of each store, no movement from job to career, the entitled customers who come in and completely suck the soul out of you, slowly burning you out of the job.",Pay needs to equal the amount of work/putting up with the entitled customers who come in and ruin your week.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43178,apple,none," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Experience, Poor Work-Life Balance","Good pay, great resume booster, great experience.",All of your time becomes work. You are judged for how good you are at your job by how much of your personal life you sacrifice for Apple.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43179,apple,"Brea, CA"," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great place to work,Great benefits and a huge verity of opportunities,"Slow growth, advancement is there but takes a long time to move up",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P656.htm
43180,apple,none," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,Great benefits. Innovative Technology Giant. Wonderful working atmosphere.,No set scheduling in retail locations. Favoritism. Management pushes their on agenda.,"Stop misleading new personnel into believing that it's One Team, One Dream.",4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43181,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Business Management,Business captain,Monday - Friday only if you are making calls,If you are on sales floor you have to prove your self to be one of the few making calls through out the week,do rotations every 90 days to give others a chance,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43182,apple,none," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple is a great company, but still retail","Excellent benefits (healthcare, tuition reimbursement, PTO). Decent pay for what they ask of you.",Expect meetings on Sunday late nights or early mornings. Not much consideration for work/life balance.,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43183,apple,"Pensacola, FL"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Support,Great Home based job,"Fun, decent wage, company cares about its customers, takes pride in products, good training. Benefit of working from home.",You will work on holidays and in many cases won't have a lot of say about your initial shift. Apple does work hard to accommodate and after your initial hire schedule (6 months) you will bid for your shifts and that is performance based vs. longevity.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43184,apple,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,great people and great products,pay could be a lot better,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43185,apple,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love what I do but not who I do it for.,The benefits are amazing! The company is a great company with good products. You make awesome friends and get to help great customers.,"Management is horrible, they don't listen to their employees.","Go back to our core, customers come first not sells!",3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43186,apple,"New York, NY"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Great Benefits, Terrible Pay Rate","-Employee Discount on products and some third party accessories. -Great Benefits (Health, Dental, Vision, Wageworks, 401k, Employee Stock purchase program) -Great co-workers -Generous Vacation and sick hours",(Fifth Ave Store) -Can be a very stressful environment -Managers' attitude toward employees is terrible -The pay rate does not match the work load required at this store -Inconsistent schedules. Schedule will be vastly different day to day. ex. of a daytime schedule is Mon 8am-9pm /Tues 1pm-10pm/ Wed 11:30am-8:30pm /Thurs 7am-4pm /Fri 9am-6pm,"Employees at the fifth avenue store should be earning a higher wage. The flagship store is a tourist beacon and has the highest customer volume of any Apple store in the world. Making the workload 4 times that of any other NYC Apple store, but earning the same amount of pay. Employees are asked to do far more at this store than any other Apple Store and are not compensated accordingly. The longer an employee works at this store the more angry and unhappy they will become. This store has a high turnover rate for than reason.",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43187,apple,"Newark, DE"," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Store Leadership Program,Excellent Opportunity,Stability Culture Atmosphere Growth Products,Not much to go on yet. But the hours can be a con.,none,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43188,apple,"San Jose, CA"," May 16, 2015",Former Employee - BOH/Red Zone Specialist,Apple Store Valley Fair BOH and Red Zone Specialist,"They hire a diverse and special group of people, usually new college graduates or currently attending college students who are passionate people. They were very good at giving time off when it was requested.","Sometimes it creates an environment like High School with such a broad mix of characters. The shifts, like any retail job, can sometimes be difficult to have a vacation around. It is very easy to burn out at the Apple Store because there are so many customers and it's very loud and ""go go go."" There is a lot of competition for new jobs even within the store.","It gets busy, but don't miss the signs that someone is struggling and offer to help. Hearing that personally from a manager can help.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43189,apple,"Skokie, IL"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Go in with eyes wide open,"You're working for one of the best companies in the world--a company that makes superior products and cares about its employees, customers, and the environment.",You're working in a store. Quite detached from the rest of the company.,Be more open-minded about the talent your employees have and what they can do.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P657.htm
43190,apple,"Houston, TX"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great opportunity for growth if you drink the kool-aid.,"Intelligent, inspiring, people to work with. Plenty of opportunity to grow. The benefits are unbeatable when most companies are cutting back which includes: 401k, health insurance, dental, vision, stock options, educational reimbursements.","""Needs of the business"" is an excuse used for everything including work-life balance, you MUST have open availability if you're full-time so forget have any kind of a consistent schedule, its retail so the hours WILL stink, God forbid you aren't thinking of ""the team"" when giving feedback to management.","Lighten up with the competency based reviews, we don't fit into molds, treat us like humans. Allow full-timers to have some sort of a consistent schedule within reason and/or allow us to have two days we can set our hours/availability.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43191,apple,none," May 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun for school,Challenging yet rewarding job has relatively good pay for a retail job. The people you work with are the main reason why its such a good job.,"Pressure from management can sometimes be a little overwhelming. Also, gives the feeling your never doing enough. They can always give negative feedback, but hard to give positive feedback.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43192,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Forecast Analyst,Forecasting Analyst,"Flexible Working Schedule, Convenient Shuttle Service",narrow career path limited training opportunity,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43193,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Was great in the beginning...,"pay, diversity in customers and team",Management leaning on favorites vs true applicable skill,Stop trying to mold and allow people to be who they are within Apple's supposed diverse culture,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43194,apple,"Houston, TX"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Advisor,Apple is an Excellent company to work for,"I liked working for Apple because they made me feel like part of the team even though I worked from home. When I was hired the company sent me an Apple advisor t-shirt, and a desktop Mac to complete the job. My manager was very attentive and helpful. It was an all around great experience.",I didn't experience any cons really.,"Keep up the excellent job making employees happy, which in turn allows them to provide an excellent customer experience, which keeps the company happy and prosperous. Everyone wins.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43195,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Growth,"This job has opened doors to incredible opportunities for education and growth over the years. Apple has been accommodating when personal obstacles detracted from business needs. The leadership teams have provided a lot of support of not only myself but for colleagues to take what amounted to customer service retail position to moving on to corporate. Currently being led to make a transfer to software development teams. Not what was expected when I was hired but definitely a great surprise. Reach for the sky, do the work and Apple will help you get there.","The most challenging position I've ever held in terms of patience, time management and stress. The volume of interactions you lead while working the bar is mentally draining. Everyday feels like a test of your own personal abilities as the questions the average consumer will have almost always seem counter intuitive to the way technology works. Most want to be hand held doing the most mundane to extreme tasks all without doing the diligence to learn how our technology will enable them.",Remember to provide consistent relevant feedback to team members. We're under a great deal of pressure to fulfill all customers needs within a 10-15 minute appointment. Often its impossible to resolve an issue in that amount of time.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43196,apple,none," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"great benefits, great skill building opportunities, fun work environment, very casual","scheduling, can be difficult to advance from current position",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43197,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Maps POI Editor,Year as a contractor,Pros: Pay was above average. Very environmentally-conscious company.,Cons: Not many perks for contractors. Very strict with information control and compartmentalization.,Have employees and contractors feel more like they are a part of a team.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43198,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Everything good,Good schedules Good Payment rates,Not enough training in social working area,Better Communications,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43199,apple,"Wellington, FL"," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Specialist,Great people Great benefits Decent pay Management is fair No drug testing,Rude customers Growth is uncommon Pay could be a little better,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P658.htm
43200,apple,none," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,great for resume. good personality builder. great confidence booster. great employee and other business discounts. atmosphere of coworkers are very positive.,it is in the end a sales retail job. very high expectations in sales. too much fraternizing in the workplace.,Needs to stop fraternizing with employees.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43201,apple,none," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Awesome products and great experiences,Traveling and sometimes the stores might get really busy,none,3.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43202,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Bilingual Customer Service Tier I Advisor,T1 Spanish Customer Service Advisor,"Great work environment, wonderful facilities and a really good place where to professionally grow.",The management personnnel usually don´t care for the employees as individuals.,n/a,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43203,apple,none," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,"Excellent work environment, fast pace, always something to do, great development opportunities, good discount, generally an amazing company culture.","Some cliques can form with management, some newspeak moments during reviews and interviews for promotions.",Keep up a friendly and fair environment and all will continue to go well.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43204,apple,"Orlando, FL"," May 24, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,What a Ride...,"-Decent starting pay  -Coworkers that are sure to become long-term friends  -Very laid back, lenient dress code  -Lots of opportunities to learn about product knowledge  -Benefits for part-timers are considerably more than what you'll find at another retailer  -Sufficient resources on hand whenever needed  -Fantastic training  -Employee discounts were nice","-Complete lack of work/life balance. It's retail, say goodbye to weekends or plans outside of work.  -Absurdly inconsistent hours. Many instances of closing the night before only to find yourself opening the next day.  -Though pay is well for a retail job, the hours are scarce, resulting in bi-weekly pay checks that feel like they don't nearly compensate for what you have to deal with.  -In my time with the company, I transitioned from a sales specialist to a ""family room specialist,"" or a technician for mobile devices. There was no pay raise, though I took on a much more stressful role. This makes the store expect much more out of you with no added compensation.  -Being part of such a renowned brand, the customer base can be terrible. Clientele often feel entitled and then take it out on the specialist that has the misfortune of breaking the bad news to them. This was a daily occurrence that really took a toll on morale and put stress on the specialist.  -Often times, it felt like store leaders and managers force-fed and sugar coated the company way too much. Anyone who wasn't as enthusiastic about their job was immediately looked at in a different light.  -No recognition from corporate other than an occasional ""thank you"" via video. With a company's face being its retail stores, they do a poor job making retail feel significant.  -There is a clear and defined line between Apple Corporate and Apple Retail. Apple Corporate has a very secretive nature and has a poor way of executing ""in the moment"" training.  -Awful system of attendance points for occurrences and requesting time off. Having to request time off almost a month in advance with no guarantee of it being approved is infuriating.","Make retail employees feel more valued. They literally are the face of the company, so it's only right that they're treated as such. Apple Retail works unbelievably hard for next to no compensation. The point system should be more lenient. Life does indeed, ""happen,"" so don't punish your employees for extreme instances like being involved in a traffic accident or being severely ill. Pay your technicians more, they put up with way more than you guys can imagine. They are the front line of the angry army of disgruntled customers that flood into the store every morning while you applaud them (literally). The company has changed far too much for my liking since I joined, which is why the thing I'll miss most are the friends I made there-not the job itself.",2.0,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43205,apple,none," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Get Stuck,"Apple Retail has some of the smartest people who seem to have just 'gotten lost' along the way. There are a lot of fun-loving, creative people who make the environment a better place. I learned a lot when I was here, not just about retail systems, and technology in general, but just about dealing with people (externally and internally).","It's a retail job. You work long hours for little pay and the work never seems to end. Staying for a long time in such a position leads to burn out and resentment - of the customers, your coworkers, managers, etc. Limited growth opportunities, because you are mainly limited to the confines of the positions available in the store. The Kool-Aid wears off rather quickly.","Support your staff. Customers are important, but the staff will be with you day in and day out.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43206,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Physical Design Engineer,Job life,Good perks and salary is above industry standards,Bad office-personal life balance.,You are the cream in the industry - figure it out !,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43207,apple,none," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,You got a good discount.,There are a lot of weirdos.,They need to grow up.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43208,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Good first job out of college (Retail Store),"Great benefits, paid for software certifications, discounts on products.","Hours were inconsistent as a full-time employ. Despite getting vacation time, the company was pretty strict about you being able to use it.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43209,apple,"Miami, FL"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Amazing company!!!!! Amazing benefits,Great company!!!! So much energy within the people itself! Hard to get into but worth it in the end!,The balance of work life gets alil blurry at times and the business sometimes gets overwhelmed by the large clientele that common things likes breaks get push out the way very often.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P659.htm
43210,apple,none," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Advisor,Ability to work from home is great. Also given a iMac computer for work and personal use. Great way to make money from home.,There are no benefits. The pay was sufficient for the technical work you do helping customers fix their apple products.,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43211,apple,"Bedford, MA"," May 9, 2015",Former Employee - M AC Specialist,Excellant people FUN atmosphere,-Great coworkers -Awesome managers -great products to play with all day -great pay -educating customers -room for advancement,- retail hours (holidays and weekends are gone) -,keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43212,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Retail Sales,"Awesome Work Culture - Great Benefits - Work with smart, talented people",Might be difficult of move up,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43213,apple,"Santa Cruz, CA"," May 13, 2015",Former Employee - IOS Developer,contractor at apple,"good experience, especially if you work for Apple directly",didn't get to work directly for Apple. Contractor experience totally different from Apple direct-hire employee.,"treat contractors like employees, and hire contractors directly",4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43214,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Great benefits, moderate to poor compensation, limited development.","Great benefits, mostly great people. Very marketable certifications. Fast paced environment and dynamic problems to solve.",Benefits do not make up for lack of compensation and upward mobility or development. Raises are very conservative. Retail hours and poor holidays.,Losing best people due to hiring externals for higher level positions.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43215,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 10, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Great company,They are a great company and they have great people working there. Lots of fun and competitive pay and benefits/,Hardwork. It can be very stressful,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43216,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Apple,"Very challenging, innovative work place. Tons of opportunities to grow, and move positions if you out in the work. Very fun environment.","Working retail has its challenges, working holidays probably being the biggest challenge.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43217,apple,"New York, NY"," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Fun and a great learning experience was a great and interesting job would work here again and the people were great,long hours and even though they were long the pay was't the greatest and it was hard to scrape by,Increase wage and shorten hours even though this was a fun work experience and great fun,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43218,apple,none," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Employer,Management is solid and always there to help with your development,Retail hours are very inconsistent,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43219,apple,none," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,"Benefits, flexible scheduling, great peers",Not the most competitive salaries unfortunately,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P660.htm
43220,apple,"New York, NY"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,not bad. but...,a lot of talented people. compatible compensation. employee for good discounts.,very hard work life balence. inconsistently shift schedule. micro managing. limited to carrier path.,need to more hearing from field staff.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43221,apple,none," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,"commute, management, benefits, prestige...I could list tons here that were great about Apple. I took this job so I could be home with my infant son more. I started part time and then would flex back and forth to full time. Great benefits, fitness reimbursement, discounts..","scheduling was my only issue, my husband travels and our schedules would change to meet the needs, as is expected. But I was ""promoted"" to a chat position and permanent full time, but lost my schedule I had worked hard to obtain the first year and half because I was new in chat. This made daycare coordination difficult, so I started looking for other work.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43222,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great Company to work for,"- Learn so many skills that will allow you to exceed in any career from here on out - Great discounts, benefits - No commute","- Constantly monitored - The entire shift is work, you are constantly thinking and solving problems",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43223,apple,"Edmonds, WA"," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Amazing amazing amazing,"Extraordinary company, great benefits, great products, Tim Cook is awesome",Trying to not wear your pajamas after work to the store,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43224,apple,none," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unorganized Old Folks,Brand Name Perks Benefits People you get to meet The Wellness Center,"No communication from upper management Old vets worried about younger people coming in and taking jobs Too many chefs in the kitchen, everyone things they are the next Steve Jobs Pompous in Cupertino","Grow up, take the stick out your butts and let the smart creative young people help guide the direction of the product.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43225,apple,"Bloomington, MN"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Best job I've ever had,"The job was fun, the products were awesome, and Apple really cares about its employees. The pay is super competitive for a retail job.",The company has become more corporate in the last few years. They're pushing for selling specific things harder than they ever have before.,Remember that your soul is your people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43226,apple,"Tacoma, WA"," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,Terrific Work Environment World Class Service,Pay Office Space (Don't have a dedicated office space),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43227,apple,"Remote, OR"," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Struggling for sanity,"It's a great company to start your work from home experience. If you're someone who feels that migrating to office everyday isn't for you, this is a great start. You'll be part time starting out, but if you do well and get the promotion to Senior Advisor, you'll be given full time with a small raise. The At Home program isn't a career, though. I understand they promote it as such and you'll be so excited they hired you, but after a few years in the program you'll see it's just another call center job. Put a few years in and move along.","- Incompetent Team Managers - No consistency between managers. One will praise you while the other will put you down. - If you're not someone's favorite, don't expect to move up. - During launch times, you'll be expected to work 60+ hours per week. Mandatory with no exceptions. - If you don't ""fit in"" you'll be ostracized.",Managers are supposed to be advocates for success with their direct reports. They're supposed to build goals and nurture working towards them. I know of one TM who plays video games with their direct reports on off-hours. Another TM who logs in and then goes out for the rest of the day. It's not an environment I would call healthy for someone who strongly desires to build a fulfilling career.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43228,apple,"New York, NY"," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great stepping stone,Great pay and great people to work with nothing else you can ask for and you get benefits and stock options.,Sometimes you get terrible yuppie customers which sucks and could really lead to a bad day,Pay employees more you make so much off of them it really sucks most can't afford to to flat out by a product in full.. Discount should be wayyy bigger and should be way more frequent. Something along the lines of every product release 50% off.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43229,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Business Specialist,The company and benefits were great,They feed you a ton of BS and koolaid,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P661.htm
43230,apple,none," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise Sales team at Apple,Fascinating conversations about the future of enterprise workforce mobility/enablement.,"ratcheting commissions yoy, decelerators, 70/30 split",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43231,apple,"Remote, OR"," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great Company,Ethical company who cares about customers and employees. Good Pay. Excellent Discounts,Work comes before school Needed overtime during certain times of year longer than expected,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43232,apple,"Roseville, CA"," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Mobile Device Technician,Mobile Device Technician,Employment / Income. Exposure and experience in the electronic technology industry.,"Contract Worker: To much micromanagement, no incentive to move forward ( contract employment is finite no pay raise for increased individual productivity )",Some positions that require higher technical skills available but no incentive to preform them due to no wage increase than that of entry level functional testers.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43233,apple,none," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisory,"Working for Apple and its perks,",None in my opinion everything is awesome working for them.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43234,apple,none," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Be sure you drink the company Kool-Aid,"There are a lot of pros to working at Apple:  Amazing benefits (why most people stay) 401K match up to 6%, great vacation, medical benefits are pretty good, lots of product discounts. Dress code is very relaxed. You can basically wear almost anything with your Apple shirt. Care-free about tattoos and piercings.","APPLE RETAIL IS A VERY POLITICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT.  If you do not drink the kool-aid and play the political game, you will either wash out or be overlooked for any type of promotion. The retail store managers love playing favorites and they have their hand-picked successors already thought out way before any interviews for promotions begin. Store leaders are competent people, but some visions of what running a retail operation is like are very skewed. Management promotions are few and far between and they love bringing in external hires for management roles. Don't expect to fast track to any promotion here. There's people at my store who have been in the same role for 3-5 years with no growth in sight. Also, the pay could honestly be better. It's great that they pay pretty well for retail, but with no commission coupled with the amount of idiotic people we deal with on the daily basis AND the fact that Apple made $18 BILLION last quarter, you should be paying your people way more.","Take care of your internal customers (employees) better financially. Apple makes too much money to be skimping the lower-level employees while management makes ridiculous amounts plus bonuses. Promote from within! You preach about hiring the best people, but you seek external candidates for management almost always.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43235,apple,none," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great team, access to cool technology.",Repetitive days and inconsistent schedules.,Be cheerful.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43236,apple,"New York, NY"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,soul,they do not only value their customers but also their employees and work culture is great,it can be very hectic at times and you have to deal with ambiguities,"keep listening to you staff, you are doing great!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43237,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Engiennering Technician,My experience at Apple has been the most demanding and yet enjoyable thing I have ever done.,The people you work with are the best in the business you can always learn from them.,"The hours are extremely inflexible, you may get emails at 4 am you are expected to answer not to sleep, it is extremely demanding.","The only thing management could do is to create more flexible hours, otherwise it is a great company to work for!",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43238,apple,none," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Great company,"Wonderful staff, great benefits, and even an amazing work environment. Apple knows how to hire and it shows in the stores","When you're part time it can be tricky to get hours, you're basically per diem and get put on the schedule when they need extra support.","I'd advise them to be a little more flexible in terms of hours, 40 hours one week and 12 the next is not something people can live off of. Working for the most profitable company in history but struggling to pay bills isn't cute.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43239,apple,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Mother Ship,Great perks and learning experience,Too Many Chefs in the kitchen,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P662.htm
43240,apple,none," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,passionate place to work,"You get to work for a company that is instantly recognizable. Very few places work with data sets or rates like Apple, so programming there is usually sharp.",It is easy to burn out on all the work to do.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43241,apple,"Apple Valley, CA"," Apr 19, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At-Home Technical Support for iOS Devices,"Working at home, great pay and benefits, insane tech discounts and great people to work with.","Customers with entitlement issues, chat is open 24/7 with no holidays off (but you get very nice holiday pay).",Chat needs WAY more advisors than are employed currently,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43242,apple,none," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, fast-paced role that develops people and creates owners of the world's best technology.","Great compensation, benefits, people, and challenges at work.",Sometimes overwhelming amount of work.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43243,apple,"Greenwich, CT"," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great Perks, Scheduling not the best, a lot of favoritisim","Awesome Perks, Benefits, great people to work with.",Management not always great. Played favoritism at times. Tough to move up in the company. if you want a set schedule this is not the place for you.,"You should know the ins and outs of the store, not just management skills.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43244,apple,none," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was good until new management and new policies came in.,"Great people, fun learning new tech, working for the leader company in the world","Nobody outside the store cares about you, almost impossible to get promoted outside the store or even to management in the store.",Promote and recognize the good people you have working. Fear and intimidation are not good tools for motivation.,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43245,apple,"New York, NY"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,"you will learn a lot, but at the end of the day its still retail...","Great benefits, amazing coworkers, open and encouraging environment to work and learn, access to career experiences","it's retail. long hours, weekends, some holidays, dealing with angry customers who treat you like disposable garbage. no real opportunity for growth aside from a handful of opportunities within the retail store - once you've achieved your goal in store, aside from developing yourself, it seems like you're stuck. corporate is not realistic for most employees unfortunately. wish company helped develop more skills that would be useful outside of apple retail",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43246,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Apr 14, 2015",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor,"Amazing Training, Great Pay, Good Benefits Working as a At-Home Adviser is NOT for everyone. You need lots of self control in order to work from home. But if you have the ability to handle that and still do a great job at support customers you will love this job! Everyone is always in a great mood at work and the leadership is the best",I don't worry really have any Cons that i can list off from the top of my head. Looking back it was the best job i ever had and the best leadership i ever had,"Once again don't really have anything, The leadership was amazing. I loved my boss and other leadership. Everyone was so helpful.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43247,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 25, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,"Exciting products, smart people and fantastic career opportunities. Best place at I ever worked.",Office politics were extreme at times. Other than that I have nothing negative to say about my experience at Apple.,Continue to hire great people,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43248,apple,none," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - FRS,Great place to work,The people and the culture. Plenty of training and resources to learn as much about the product,"The retail hustle and bustle can get overwhelming at times , especially during launches and holidays. Not to bad, because they have enough staff to cover the floor.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43249,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great experience for college students looking for non-traditional work experience.,Apple cultivates an atmosphere that is very conducive to learning fast and on the job. Treated extremely well by al management.,Busy retail hours aren't for everyone. Not much growth within a store unless you devote a long time to that one sine location.,Keep your employees happy and don't micro manage. Apple is about individualism and personality.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P663.htm
43250,apple,none," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail environment to work in.,"Best hourly rate in retail, amazing and excellent benefits, great co-workers.","Schedule can be rigid, and sometimes management gets too stressed out.","Continue to focus on employee growth, maintain a positive attitude during the most crazy-busy times.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43251,apple,"New York, NY"," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Great place to get a start,"Apple is a great place to launch a career. If you are 18-23 get in now, spend a year, make some connections and move on.",In theory- perfect. In execution the people get in the way and things can become a typical retail environment.,Remember the reason why Steve did all this.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43252,apple,none," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Specialist at Genius Bar (Retail),The benefit of working with Apple is you can use their name to go elsewhere to pursue your dreams and career aspirations.,Within retail they DO NOT promote or hire enough diversity. Everyone wants to wear a hat but I feel that managers are not supportive in your career goals within the company. The environment often at times feels like you are in grade school again and there is no real work/life balance. You may have a better opportunity working with Apple on a corporate level.,Be more in touch with your employees!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43253,apple,none," May 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Energetic, challenging, community, competitive pay for retail environment","Working Apple Retail was definitely high point in my life. Amazing benefits, surrounded by motivated and talented people daily, and received a great starting pay.","There is not a good work/life balance, even for part-time employees. Attendance policy has been changed to become less flexible. Prepare to be faced daily with angry customers blaming you (the face of apple) for why they forgot their apple id passwords, broke their phone, or can't get into the genius bar because they didn't make a reservation.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43254,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Best Retail Job Out There,"The benefits are wonderful, there is a really good employee stock purchase program that helps people build a solid foundation of investments for the future, and the employee discount is reasonably good (25%). The work environment is fast paced and exciting, and the management is friendly and extremely fair. Put simply, this is the best job I've ever had.","It is rare that you ever get a weekend off, and sometimes you work six days in a row without a break.",Please have a human review the schedules so people have reasonable schedules and don't work for six days in a row. Employees can provide a higher quality of service when they are not overworked.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43255,apple,"Lincoln Park, MI"," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,Good not great.,"Great benefits, competitive wages, friendly managers","Fast paced, tedious to be home all the time",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43256,apple,none," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Personal Development at it's best.,I've never been surrounded by such a passionate and high performing work force. We grow together. We learn together. We openly offer each other feedback. We strive to give the customer the best experience possible. Supportive management. Great benefits for part-time.,Hard floors causes aching joints by the end of the day.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43257,apple,none," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"They have really good benefits, people are nice",there is not cons at Apple,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43258,apple,none," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple at home advisor,decent pay for customer service work form home,not too many cons( I'm looking for employment now so do not want to upset the apple nazs),none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43259,apple,none," Jun 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not good experience,"You can learn many things in a very short time, good or bad.","High turnover rate, long hours. Similar nationalities occupies the entire division. Hard to communicate.",They should grow up.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P664.htm
43260,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Expert,Great Job,Work from home! Great Bonus.,Limited visibility to move up or create change.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43261,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - At Home Apple Specialist- Sales/CS,AHA Apple Specialist,"At home agent, great products and very strong job security the pay is competitive and the benefits are many. Easy to acquire paid vacation and sick time. Work for Home!",Customer facing roles are very repetitive in scope on a daily basis after a few years its hard to maintain enthusiasm. Morale for front line agents is not a very high priority and the company does constantly change your job role and scope with little warning. If you are an At Home Agent the advancement opportunities are very limited in both reach and variety of position.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43262,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Excellent Company, Excellent Store","The company challenges you to be your best. Lift you up to help both the customers and your fellow employees. Help you to develop your skills in the workplace. Get to work with great people, great technology, and meet interesting new folks.",Not much room for promotion. There is much internal drama directed at certain people. Typically a lack of weekends (due to it being a retail job).,"Keep up the good work, and keep making sure the employees stay happy.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43263,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,sales,salary was fair for work.,a little low on avaiable hours,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43264,apple,"Edison, NJ"," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,specialist,Great company to work for,Retail - Hard to advance up,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43265,apple,"Southfield, MI"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Tier II Apple I0s Advisor,"Marketable skills learned, no future sticking around though","Steady work, good training, great people to work with","Low pay, no advancement opportunities. Favoritism, strict company policies. Unprofessional environment.","Listen to employees, rather than listen to the owners in India.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43266,apple,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work in retail,"Working at an Apple retail store is a good experience. The benefits (even for part-time employees) are very generous. The managers and coworkers are supportive and professional. As far as retail jobs go, Apple is a great place to work. Working at Apple has its downsides, just as any company does, but I feel the company is a better place to work than most.","As with any retail store, hours are not ideal. Prepare to work several nights and weekends. There is not much room for advancement on the retail side of Apple. Genius is the best position attainable before exploring the manager track, and I have seen several geniuses strung along until they either move to the corporate side of Apple or seek IT jobs outside of Apple.",Management could work to improve communication about internal growth and goals of their employees. They could work on reducing the turnover rate.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43267,apple,none," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple was fun,Apple was a great place to work. The people there are awesome and they let you learn as much as you would like.,"The retail environment, even though I was a tech, was not for me. I did not like having to work holidays and sell to people.",Keep things the way they are. Apple's business model works for a reason. It makes sense to foster as much new young talent as possible.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43268,apple,"Tulsa, OK"," May 13, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,"Best technology in the business, fun work environment, intersting customer base, discounts from apple.","Located in a mall, weekend hours, late nights, having to push extras when selling product to people who don't need it, management needs work, pay is just above minimum wage.","Need to be more selective when choosing management, promotions come from friends within apple not feom people who deserve promotions.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43269,apple,"Orlando, FL"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Lead Genius,Lead Genius,Fast pace environment with lots of customers,Management doesn't support the team,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P665.htm
43270,apple,none," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Agent,agent,I am preparing for my 2nd interview. There are 3 stages to interviews. 1. Interview with HR 2. Interview with Role Playing (Skype Interview) 3. Interview with hiring manager,"Benefits, Pay, scheduling and shift bidding. Time off and benefits are available from date of hire.",N/a,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43271,apple,none," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great! Until you go on disability!,Work at home was great! Pay great! Dont go on health leave or disability you will end up loosing your job,Dont go on health leave or disability you will end up loosing your job,none,1.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43272,apple,none," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,great workspace to work in. very easy going work friendly environment. great company. easy to move up for better roles/titles.,attendance policy sucks. hard to days off in advance with the current system they use.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43273,apple,none," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone Specialist,"Progressive company, good atmosphere, good benefits","Because it's retail hours, there is no consistency in the scheduling making work/life/balance difficult.",Focus more on employee growth,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43274,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Store Manager,Rewarding fast paced challenging position,Best company in the world with best benefits. Even the worst team members are more talented than the best at most everywhere else,Retail hours.growth potential without relocation is severely limiting. Market based bonus structure makes own store success less meaningful,External promotions over internal makes staying beyond 5 years a difficult proposition,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43275,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Campus Representative,Free Macbook Air and iPad 2,"If you're busy, this job is not for you. You need time to devote to apple",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43276,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Individual Contributor Tech IV,Software Engineer,"rewarding, challenging, well-known products, exciting to be a part of something big, working on unreleased products, fast-paced for a large company","mountain of legacy code, demanding hours for a large company, not the most beloved product in Apple's portfolio",improve work-life balance,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43277,apple,none," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,We create innovative products that thrill our customers and create new product categories,Execs have been saying for YEARS that they understand and will make it better,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43278,apple,"Irving, TX"," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Partner,A retail experience unlike any other.,Nothing really comes to mind.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43279,apple,none," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great comp and I really like it,Nothing but thanks for forcing me to write that,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P666.htm
43280,apple,none," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Professionality great design good work team work white great products advertising with a good target study apps with asome usuary interfaz,Wen you work in a company like apple you have to be prepare for a lot of stress in your life,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43281,apple,"Boston, MA"," Apr 26, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Great Place to Get Started, Very Manager Dependent","Great discounts, good pay for retail along with benefits. depending on the store it can be crazy at times, which is good if you like that.","Some managers, especially the latter ones are so driven by attach rate, etc it can be annoying and discouraging, no matter how hard you try. Discourage the Best Buy attach mentality.","Keep up the good work, but make sure some of the newer managers aren't alienating those that got you this far...",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43282,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 23, 2015",Former Employee - Cross Functional Content Production Manager,"Amazing work, insane workload.","You get to work on products that get people excited in a global level. The level of energy, creativity, and camaraderie is unlike any other place I've worked.","Unreasonable workload and timelines during product launches. If often felt like decision makers were out of touch with the amount of work required when decisions were made, particularly around production and timelines.","Get in touch with the people who are doing the work, all the way through production. If often felt like decisions were made with little or no regard as to what it meant for the people who actually had to do the work.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43283,apple,none," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Pay sucks,management definitely cares about you. Your co-workers are pretty amazing. You can openly talk to management about anything.,"For the intense level of business and angry customers we deal with, your better off applying at a startup company if you want to get paid well. The pay is ""above average"" for retail, but not by much. you would assume working for a multi billion dollar company you would be able to save money for a vacation right? No, can't do it.",You guys are great. Wish you got paid more too.,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43284,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 3, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Great for a year, don't stop looking for other jobs","The people that Apple hires are some of the best you will ever work with. I can actually say I enjoyed working with everyone while I was there. The job is demanding and everybody is in the same boat so the team mentality is very strong in order to get through the day. The discount on items is very nice as well, albeit not strong enough to stay around forever for","The demand and traffic we saw everyday was brutal and as a ""Family Room Specialist"", the traffic we saw was absurd at times. Systems were put in place that would set unreal expectations for the customers that were unrealistic. We would have to work at an insane pace to keep up with the traffic we would get and it would not be a normal day if we weren't running 15-20 minutes behind due to the systems put in place. When we would seek assistance from management to report these issues, we basically got the ""We are working on it"" treatment because that is what they were getting as well. Very frustrating.",The turnover rate is about a year to 18 months for a reason. People get burnt out at the pace we are asked to keep. Allow the retail stores to have a day off or a half day because we needed it.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43285,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Great benefits, exhausting work and attendance standards","Great healthcare options, competitive salary, great CS training","Strict high school-like attendance system, difficult to progress in company, will suck the soul out of you if you stay too long","Not everyone's trying to game the system, treat people like adults",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43286,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Advisor,AppleCare College Program,"Awesome benefits, flexible hours, educational assistance, fitness reimbursement, etc.",None that I can think of.,You're doing a great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43287,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 24, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Creative,Great company! Really got their stuff together,Micromanagement - they should really let us soar!,Don't micromanage!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43288,apple,none," Apr 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail/work experience!,Great people to work with and great product discounts.,"Not a lot of vertical movement. Promotions are hard to come by. Since it is retail, you'll lose your weekends (especially during product launches).",Don't have favorites. Be better mentors despite constant role shifting.,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43289,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 19, 2015",Current Employee - Art Director,Great place to grow and be challenged.,"Apple is good to their employees when it comes to compensation and stock benefits. The people are also the best in the business. Always being challenged by my peers. Great food, as well.","Everyone struggles with a work/life balance, but that's pretty common in this industry. Old school boarding for meetings takes up time that could be spent doing other things. Hard to move up here, as well. Plan on being stuck in the position you were hired for for at least 8-9 years.",none,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P667.htm
43290,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Expert,Excellent benefits! Always something new and exciting introduced.,No consistent schedule. Too much micromanaging.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43291,apple,"Fulton, MD"," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Investment Intern,Specialist,"Great culture, pays well, managers are all cool, insane benefits for retail.","Most strenuous retail environment out there, too much change sometimes. Inane company policies and overly complicated sales procedures make helping your customers hard sometimes.",Slow down!,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43292,apple,none," Apr 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Q&A Software Engineer,company genuinely is interested in your well being and cares about you. very rewarding job,no work life balance. draining work but fruitful,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43293,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,iOS Power Engineer,Great place to work. Access to any information you need. Stock is doing good. Beer bash!,"Intense competition. ""Amount of years in Apple"" is very important.",Keep up the great work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43294,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Teradata DBA,"Good team, Work life balance Training number of system and their size",Always burning situation ultra expensive area cafeteria,they are good,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43295,apple,none," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great interaction with Angelas videos to retail stores. Amazing customer interactions. Changing peoples lives.,Inconsistency of management in store. People working there think they are entitled and are better than other employees.,Make there a consistency in management with communication. One person says one thing the other will say something different.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43296,apple,"New Haven, CT"," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great people, great benefits, easy job, great perks, don't know what else to say lol I guess that's it okay","Sometimes bad hours, working on weekends",None,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43297,apple,none," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great company","Awesome co workers, cutting edge technology, relaxed work environment, feel like you are actually appreciated.","While there are long hours, and you have difficult customers as you do with any job, it it still bearable to get through.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43298,apple,"Arlington, VA"," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Concierge,Front of house Concierge,"Good benefits, flexible hours",Little chance for advancement,Work to develop from within,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43299,apple,none," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home-Advisor College Program,"Great Pay, great manager, great benefits, and great training","Work is long and rigorous. There is very little flexibility in terms of schedule. Once you have a set schedule there is very little you can do to change it. The work can be long and tedious and if you are not good at what you do, be prepared for some criticism.","Add flexibility to schedules, let people advertise hours and don't require that every employee work a set amount of hours.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P668.htm
43300,apple,none," Apr 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Good culture Great People Learn a lot,Hard to move up in the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43301,apple,none," Apr 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company to work for,"best shifts, pay, benefits, employees",there are no Cons to report,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43302,apple,none," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rotten Core,MAY impress some on a resume. Decent health benefits.,"Help Desk support as a At Home Advisor pays an average of $14.50 an hour for very stressful hours on the phone, yes, you read that right. From the the MOST capitalized company in the world. Disgusting. No real advancement path except for Tier 2 support or a lateral move to different support teams.","Pay your employees in these positions a competitive wage, they may want to hang around longer and put more effort into the daily grind. Most large companies in my area START at around $20 an hour with similar benefits.",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43303,apple,none," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Back-Of-House (BOH) Specialist,"Amazing benefits, flexible hours, opportunities to move upwards","Retail environment, retail hours, must work at least two weekend days per week",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43304,apple,"Greenwich, CT"," Apr 20, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great part-time benefit options, worked with fun, knowledgeable people who cared about the customer. Apple retail is a great retail environment.",I would like to have seen the opportunity to progress into corporate from retail. I was pursuing an MBA at the time.,Management did a great job while I was there and they followed the Apple way which creates an opportunity for a good mentoring relationship with employees... (If the employee is ambitious to grow.),4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43305,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 20, 2015",Former Employee - Creative Trainer,Creative Trainer and IT Support and Sales,"Excellent training to handle customer service, impressive support system, very well organized. Great experience overall.","Working in retail means they control your schedule and your life. Always have to work weekends. Holiday vacations are barred. Being ""always on"" can be exhausting. Burn out is common. Limited advancement options",Build a gateway between Retail and Corporate! So many talented people start at the stores and move on to other companies.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43306,apple,none," Apr 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Expert,Great company to work for. Work life balance and culture are second to none,Base pay for sales isn't up to the increased cost of living for Austin Tx.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43307,apple,none," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home-Advisor College Program,"Great Pay, great manager, great benefits, and great training","Work is long and rigorous. There is very little flexibility in terms of schedule. Once you have a set schedule there is very little you can do to change it. The work can be long and tedious and if you are not good at what you do, be prepared for some criticism.","Add flexibility to schedules, let people advertise hours and don't require that every employee work a set amount of hours.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43308,apple,none," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team matters most,"Great benefits (health, perks, commute options, etc) Flexible work-hours Lots of fun, really smart people",Your experience at Apple varies greatly depending entirely on your team and manager. Upper management (not exec level) doesn't like to make decisions and will give vague instructions,Time to clean out middle management and get rid of the dead-weight,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43309,apple,none," Apr 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Engineering Manager, R&D team",Excitement of real world usage,Short product dev cycle times,Keep up the awesome culture!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P669.htm
43310,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Apr 19, 2015",Former Employee - Solutions Consultant,Apple Solutions Consultant,"Good pay, amazing benefits, fun environtment, awesone discount, stock option, and my coworkers were and still are my family.",Not any room to grow where I was located. If you're willing to go to California the door is open for growth. Anywhere else in the country and you're going to be stuck in a retail store which I didn't want to do or be stuck workING the same job forever.,Don't keep the same people in a position when it's obvious they are not only not performing but are not even showing up for the job.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43311,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Software Engineer 3,"Good company, good product, tons of talents to work with that help you grow and get you inspired.",Hard to achieve work life balance. OT a lot.,hire more people,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43312,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - IOS T1 At-Home Advisor,iOS Tier 1 At-Home Advisor,"Good pay, nice people and a very convenient job considering you get to work from your own home. They send you a iMac and an iPod which you can use on the job. Schedule is to modify and they let you take on an enormous amount of hours during the busy times of the year. So if you play your cards right you could make a lot of money if you take advantage.","Job was good for the first few months. I noticed that it started getting really repetitive and started getting irritating. The phones seemed to always be busy and there is only 8 seconds between calls. This was my first experience with a call center type of job and I honestly think the type of job just isn't for me. However, I would think that in regards to other call centers this is definitely one of the best.",No advice to management. They do as best as they can living in a different state than you.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43313,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Senior Operations,I've asked myself over and over again in the past 7+ years where else would I want to be...still no answer.,Work/life balance is certainly a challenge but it comes with the territory as being the number 1 company in the world.,Continue to empower and trust the staff.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43314,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business,"Great company, great products. Had an amazing 4 years there. Accomplished a lot of career goals, learned a lot of things, and met some amazing people.","The Apple internal culture died when Steve passed. The company insisted on hiring sub-par middle management and forgot why the company exists. Does a company need to make money? Yes, but don't do it in a way to sacrifice that culture","Remember the ""why"" behind you have that position. It's not just a tech company, it's a company that was built upon amazing principles that makes amazing products. RIP Steve.",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43315,apple,none," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great place to work so far,too big just like any corporate america,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43316,apple,none," Apr 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,Apple does a great job supporting and developing their personal. You have to put forth the effort and show interest.,"Still has a little bit of feel like a big corporation, red tape, methods, etc which you can expect.","Keep focusing on the individual and they will grow with the company. Don't play favorites, and take into account the individuals that work their butts of and those that just float along.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43317,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 13, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Working as an Apple Specialist is a great career path for people interested in technology and customer service.,"The managers are top notch and offer excellent constructive criticism and quarterly reviews. Also, the benefits are great including a fully subsidized metrocard, healthcare, and stock options.",Working in one of New York City's Apple retail stores can be overwhelming due to the volume of customers that enter the store each day and being asked the same questions each and every day.,It is very beneficial to shift employees around to different positions so that they can understand the importance of their position in relation to the other positions within the store. The management does a superb job in keeping the employees motivated and informed of how the company overall is doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43318,apple,none," Apr 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Great people, fulfilling role, great benefits,","Drink the koolaid mentality, You're one of dozens of employees so your needs often slip between the cracks, very little room for advancement",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43319,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Good,Good atmosphere as it was good that's it.,Great. that's it yea I did like it.,No advice.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P670.htm
43320,apple,"Portland, OR"," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience with amazing staff and perks,Great part time work with excellent benefits.,This job is one that allows you to approach problems in the job by talking to management.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43321,apple,none," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,Great flexiibility for work hours,Need to grow the business,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43322,apple,"Newark, DE"," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Specialist,"Good benefits, friendly and caring environment, relaxed policies, good compensation, very team oriented.","extremely high paced working environment, long hours of standing, noisy.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43323,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Data Analyst,It's great to have it on your resume...,The pay is low compare to other companies in industry. They keep saying how great you are and how great your bonus is going to be and you see a 4% bonus in your paycheck which is quite disappointing,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43324,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Manager,"Cutting edge technology, stock is doing good.",Too many projects and hard to manage.,"Management should not be biased and support their old buddies, hiring happens due to contacts and then the peer management group is not comfortable in giving honest feedback.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43325,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,The salary is good and the culture is also very good. The people are also nice. My office is in a good location.,The work is very boring. It is doing the same thing over and over again every day. Management refuses to fix problems with the company.,fix all the problems you are facing with new software integration and competitors reverse engineering new and different functions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43326,apple,none," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Pivotal Experience, Overall, Positive","Friendly colleagues, fun environment, upbeat, and fast paced. Great benefits, and very supportive HR department.","Through no fault of the company, the position was not right for me. On top of that fact, it was very difficult to attempt transferring positions. Eventually felt stuck.","Listen more attentively to your employee's personal concerns. Personal issues should always be kept out of the workplace, but the few times they are not, they should be better addressed in order to better support the store team as a whole.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43327,apple,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,"Meet good people Very diverse workforce Good training opportunities Always super exciting, never do the same things twice",Management can be shady/selfish Customers take frustrations out on you Everyone is in a rush Some people try to throw $ in your face as an excuse as to why they deserve preferential treatment Interview process takes forever,Dont treat part-time employees like the red-head stepson. Try to embrace part-timer who would like to go full-time. Metrics system arent entirely dependent on the specialist.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43328,apple,none," Apr 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great environment to work for career growth,Severe work pressure .Less work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43329,apple,none," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,finance intern,"great atmosphere, the company is moving forward",hard work and a lot of work load,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P671.htm
43330,apple,none," Apr 9, 2015",Former Employee - Lead Creative,Rewarding but frustrating and often tiring,"You'll love your job. You'll be a celebrity whenever someone finds out you work for Apple. You'll work hard, you'll gain life-long friends, get great discounts, tremendous healthcare benefits, and you'll believe in what you do.","You'll work hard in a rigid environment that promises innovation, but often discourages or ignores it. Advancement beyond the role of Genius is nearly impossible from within unless you posses an insane tenure and you're extremely chummy with your market managers.",Management does a great job with the restrictions they're given. Corporate needs to recognize the power of promoting from within.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43331,apple,"Leawood, KS"," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,The best retail job out there.,"Exciting and always changing environment. Best part about the job is the people you work with. Amazing team. Benefits are through the roof for a retail position, especially for those of us who love technology. Management are good people. They care about their jobs and they care about their employees. Frequent surveys that change the work place in impactful ways.","Very busy in the store, almost all the time. Break room is a great place, but too far of a walk/drive. In a 15 minute break, it takes 8 minutes to walk to and from the break room.","Sales stats matter to your job, but to most of us, we care about making people happy. Continue to support your employees- they are very hard working people that need encouragement and guidance. Continue to be stingy with who you employ. Some of the recent employees are lazy and will complain frequently out of the gate. People are what make Apple what it is.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43332,apple,none," Apr 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Great Experience, many opportunities for growth at the store I worked at. Company does a good job at providing training for its employees.",Can be difficult to develop relationships with management given the number of employees at each store.,Provide more opportunities for employees to give feedback of their experience.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43333,apple,none," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Firmware Engineer,Many talented people who you can learn from.,Giant company where you don't have a lot of say as to how to make things,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43334,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 12, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,"Active, involved and opportunistic.",This company really cares for their employees and strives to provide as many amenities and opportunities as they can.,It is usually not that easy to get hired on with a company such as Apple. The pay is decent compared to most other jobs of this type. It is very customer facing so if this isn't your forte then I would stay clear of this occupation.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43335,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Apr 20, 2015",Former Employee - Former Employee - Internal Help Desk,"a great company at first, but after awhile you'll have very little life/work balance...","decent products, good people to work with","Biggest Con - no life/work balance, any free time you have, plan on working, rarely will anyone see their family on holidays. No stock options, profit sharing or free food. Your ideas will never be used. No breaks between calls, its off one call then on to the next. Your future depends on whether you have a good or bad manager, as others have quoted. I went through manager roulette, ending up with a bad manager in my corner. You do the math.","Lay off the micromanaging, employees don't care about metrics, they want tangible rewards, not some hunk of plastic suitable for an anchor with their name on it that will end up in some landfill. Give them a dinner out or tickets to an event, have some fun for a change, liven things up a bit. Give your workers a break. They are the ones doing the work, day in and day out, while you watch over them and criticize.",3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43336,apple,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare Senior iOS Advisor,"Excellent benefits, excellent employee discounts, great culture and technology.",Outside of earned time off they really don't work with you if you need time off even if it's a life event.,Great company. Senior Leadership and Executive leadership are great. Immediate leadership will deny requests for time off for important life events just to avoid submitting requests to senior managers which is extremely annoying.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43337,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Employee Stock Purchase Program, 401K","False Advertisement in Credo, No Work Life Balance, over worked for not even $35k a year, unorganized tenured employees and managers, discrimination in pay and advancement when you are not a white male.","Stop showing favoritism and stop lying about being transparent. Stop lying about diversity reports that don't reflect your ""soul"", the people who work in Apple Retail who really matter. If Apple can afford to pay it's employees more hourly than what they currently do, why don't they? And STOP ASKING US IF WE ARE BUYING A WATCH! Nobody can afford that when our paycheck is barely enough to pay rent, car note, utilities and to eat.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43338,apple,none," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast-paced and never ending,You will learn a great deal and are involved in substantial decision making. Compensation is good.,Work-life balance is non-existant. Quite a bit of time spent covering yourself rather than working collaboratively to resolve issues. Vacation is not very good.,Somehow need to provide employees with a good work-life balance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43339,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Great learning experience. Aside from being a fun job, you get to interact with a lot of different people.","Good pay, interactive job.",A lot of third party integration makes the job a little tedious.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P672.htm
43340,apple,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good management. Good environment,"Cool company, cool technology, cool environment.",Not many vacation time.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43341,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design,"The company, the products and the people are all top tier. Amazing talent and unbeatable quality and manufacturing. The food is pretty amazing too.",There's very little room for career growth. Many glass ceilings. Burnout is inevitable.,Utilize your talented employees. They have much more to offer than the one skill you've hired them for.,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43342,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Apr 25, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"In the end, it's retail.",Benefits - great. Discounts - great. Coworkers - can be great.,"Management - not so great. Room for growth, development and promotion - not so great. The pay isn't worth what you have to deal with.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43343,apple,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working crazy hard to help achieve some ridiculously ambitious goals,Great work ethic Passionate people Cross-functional work to achieve goals Great sense of teamwork,Bad work/life balance Often responsible for resolving issues outside of your control Burnout,Give your employees the chance to pull away from work occasionally! It will reduce burnout.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43344,apple,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enriching,"Great people, great environment, management respects employees",Work weekends and not a lot of room for growth at retail level,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43345,apple,"Woodland Hills, CA"," Apr 5, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Good times.,"For a mall job, it's the best you can get.",Job can start to feel monotonous.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43346,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 23, 2015",Former Employee - IT Manager,Release Manager,Location and amenities were nice. Direct Manager was great and team mates were easy to work with.,Contractors are rarely converted to permanent employees. Upper Management was not supportive of their teams. Obvious favoritism.,Treat contractors like people since they are a large part of your work force.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43347,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Great company, great for personal development","Apple fosters a creative, liberal environment where the employees can be and develop themselves. Apple's retail division, in regards to technical support, gives employees many great training and certification opportunities, as well as almost limitless access to resources external to the company. The sky's the limit to the employee that applies themselves.","Retail schedule is a bummer, no 9-5 scheduling truly available. Leadership shows difficulty following through with procedures and having developmental discussions. Significant divide between retail and corporate treatment of employees for work-life balance.",Don't be afraid to speak to someone if they need to develop and aren't following protocol.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43348,apple,none," Apr 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Energetic,Culture and innovation made for a great place to work. always learning new products and new ways to work with tech,the hours and random schedule. the facilities for employees were also poor. customers were very demanding and sometimes crzy,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43349,apple,"Fairfield, CT"," Apr 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have experience to work like an expert in customer service,It's most popular and successful company,I don't see any downsides,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P673.htm
43350,apple,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,best part time job you,"great pay, great people, college students dream job",you work in a mall so you wanna spend all your money.... on starbucks food and clothes yikes,my management is awesome.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43351,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Lead Genius,Great Benefits Good Pay Great Training Great Customer Service,Retail Hours Instense work load Employee Career Opportunities low,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43352,apple,none," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple Retail,"Great company, good benefits for part-time, team environment, proper training","Retail can be grueling, no fault of Apple, just the business.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43353,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 7, 2015",Current Employee - Business Intern,xyz,Great place to work hard.,Not much upward mobility here,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43354,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Retails retail,"Apple is probably the best retail job you can get, best benefits, treats employees well, fair. Learn a lot about great customer service","You have to drink the kool aid. Very corporate, end of the day it's still retail.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43355,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Apr 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great company with strong focus on employees.,Apple provides great perks and amazing benefits for it's employee's even at a Retail level. Provides great opportunity for growth within the company and provides chances for optional trainings at different locations.,The scheduling for retail employee's is all over the place. Hard to plan anything more than 2 weeks in advance which makes your social life suffer.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43356,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Hardware Engineering Manager,Engineering: perennial growth opportunities in a high stakes environment,"The teamwork, when it clicks (about 80% of the time), is incredible. Individuals carry tremendous responsibility, but always have the cross-functional team there to support an back them up.","The complexity, intensity, and time spent doing this job consumes most of one's life. There is no work vs. life balance. It is work/life synthesis. I've become comfortable with that, for some, it doesn't make sense.",Continuously re-commit to making great products that enrich people's lives. Continuously re-commit to attracting and cultivating great people. Be tough while being kind.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43357,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 2, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Working for Apple was easily the best experience I've had working in retail, but it suffered from common retail problems","-The people you work with are typically all very nice, accepting, and open. -Many of the people you work with in the technical support side are knowledgeable and passionate about the job. -Many of the managers you work with are excellent and fair. Many care more about experience than metrics. -The company has excellent health benefits at an incredible price, as well as employee perks (such as product discounts, both maternal and paternal time off for new babies, adoption assistance, etc.) -The training course is very enjoyable and, for what it is, very insightful. -Most customers you get are actually very friendly. It is inevitable that you will get a frustrated customer (you are working support in retail), but they are typically few between. -There are plenty of opportunities to move upwards throughout the company, as long as you have management supporting you. Much more so than any other similar retail store. -Typically flexible on hours to accommodate school, children, etc.","-Poor management can honestly break the store. Caring more about metrics in a company that makes more money per square foot than any other company in the world is not the best. (including upper management) -You do occasionally get an employee that makes you wonder how they got the role they did since they don't know what they are doing. -The pay increase for promotions is pretty poor and management will not help you out with getting more fair increase (at least in my experience) -It got better the longer I was at the store, but management will bend over backwards to make a customer happy, even if they are in the wrong. It puts you in a bad place, making it seem like it doesn't matter when you tell a customer they have to pay for breaking their screen when they didn't buy warranty.","Be sure you pay your promoted employees well! The job is in retail, so there are aspects of it you cannot avoid, such as difficult customer interactions, but make sure you back up your employees and don't let the customer walk all over them (unless they were wrong). Lastly, for senior management, remember that you don't have to be competitive to Best Buy, or Micro Center, or any other electronics retailer because you aren't on the same level as them. Your employees and your customers expect more from the company and when the expectations aren't met, it's a disappointing experience.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43358,apple,"Akron, OH"," Mar 27, 2015",Former Employee - Apple AHA,College AHA - Great summer job!,"-You really get to know and like your ""team."" They're very supportive and helpful throughout if you have a great manager like mine to bring you guys together. -Extensive training, you can really come in with no knowledge of computers but I found it easier knowing a little about windows computers because there are a lot less support files for it -Great Benefits -At home! -They send you everything -Lots of free stuff! -Great discount!","-extremely long interview process, I waited so long to here back I assumed I didn't get the job -Lots of evaluation (probably the same any customer service position) -it's ridiculous when school starts and calls pick up. I found it to be too much of a headache and quit before I started my hectic class schedule. -dropped summer hours to part time earlier than promised",Have more feasible stat goals. It's hard to keep call times down when you're dealing with certain issues like restore or new updates. Most people would have computer issues with the Apple software that had to be addressed before you could even start on what they called for. Even the screen share quota was a little ridiculous because it causes extra issues that drag out call times.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43359,apple,none," Apr 5, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Hard work but great environment,"Job growth, fun environment, management really cares about employees, exciting to be there","Always working, no real tech training prior",Allow employees to train and understand the technology better,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P674.htm
43360,apple,"Boston, MA"," Apr 14, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"- You'll inevitably meet people you like since the number of staff is so big - There's a decent enough opportunity to have a voice and move up fairly quickly. Upper management pays attention to that, as does everyone else -It's such a powerful company and although there are human elements to working there, the capitalistic elements, the money making, the sales...that can get really really under your skin if that's not your thing. -Free clothes (even though they have the Apple logo on them)",-You're on your feet constantly and in an annoyingly bright incubator-like store. It somehow works as a marketing device and employees have to deal with it daily -The pay isn't great. It can feel very corporate even though they try to make it not feel like that -The hours are all over the place,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43361,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,at-home advisor,"Great benefits, high energy and excitement. Great products and employee discounts.",At home position can be more stressful that retail. Training is sometimes rushed and you may feel unprepared. Promotions seems to be handed out to luckiest person instead of by true merits.,Apple has grown as a company and management and corporate policy is a necessary evil. but don't loose the true essence of how Apple was founded. Stop doing everything as a way to cover yourself. Remember 'The Crazy Ones',3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43362,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous,IS&T (ETS/Emerging Technologies) - A miserable place to work.,"1) Pay - if you negotiate well, you can get a lot of RSU's, although this is very similar to any cash cow blue chip company in the valley these days. 2) Health Insurance - The best in the valley period!! 3) 401k match from day one. 4) If you are love brown nosing and playing politics, you will become a millionaire very fast. 5) Apple brand - Although that probably won't help you get another job in the valley if you are in IS&T.","Where do I start? Let me start by first telling do not join IS&T at any cost. Unless you are of the lowest skill level in the entire valley and no one else will hire you (period).  1) Zero diversity - All employees are of Indian descent and few from Chinese descent. If you are any other race, you will not be treated favorably.  2) Slave shop culture - Employees live in fear of getting a negative rating in their appraisal. Management is all a bunch of power hungry Indians who treat their reportees in a very condescending manner to boost their ego.  3) No engineering culture - Software projects are really CRUD applications at the end of the day, and are completed by 90% contractors from Wipro, Infosys and TCS (Foxconn like) - these temps are really treated like slaves and if you join as an engineer your job is to manage them period. You cannot write code. And the timelines are really short. This cycle keeps repeating each year.  4) No automation, self service tools for most SDLC processes - Very manual, as an engineer you will spend 90% of your day talking to people, fighting turf wars, brown nosing infosec to get your software into production.  5) Poor engineering methods - The people here actually advocate to not use Spring for example. Think about that for a second. Similarly there are a ton of poor engineering methodologies that are driven top down from ""has been"" engineers who are afraid to allow engineers to make decisions because they will loose control.  6) Top down engineering approach - Engineers are not free to make any technical decisions.  7) A mirror copy of Wipro/Infosys but the kool aid in the job description of a silicon valley company.  8) Infosec bureaucracy - Infosec is afraid of change. Hence as a result projects that takes a week at the most, takes 1 year to go to production, because of age old rules around security and zero automation. In my opinion, if infosec makes rules, then it is their responsibility to make sure that the validation of those rules are self service and that developers are able to get instant feedback in a few clicks. There seems to be a sense of racism as well in the Infosec team (towards the other teams who are not of similar race).  9) ACL controls - This is the worst. To enable connectivity between two systems, you have to put a ACL ticket in place with the subnet masks, source-ip, dest-ip and this takes days to resolve and is always implemented wrongly by the offshore contractor engineer whom you cannot contact directly unless a ticket is in place.  10) Engineers have no power to do anything - ZERO self service tools. You have to go through some team for everything. And each team is building an empire. Imagine the level of bureaucracy in that process.  11) Work life balance - ZERO. You will not get to spend time with your children or wife. At work, you will not work on cool stuff either. You will not have work life balance because of this culture of fear.  12) No free food.  13) Very hard to move out of IS&T into other teams. The other teams I feel, know that IS&T is a step child so they won't hire you (that is if you manage to coax your manager first).  14) Training is separate for IS&T and that sucks hard. All the training topics are old and outdated. No training on new technologies.  15) A few years into IS&T and you probably won't have the coding skills to be hired by any other engineering company.  16) Heavy politics between teams.  17) IS&T buildings have no frills and are very bland.  If you are head hunted by Apple's recruiters, first ask ""Is this IS&T"". If they say 'yes', just keep the phone down. Other departments (Software Engineering, Internet Software and Services) are doing just fine.","Tim cook does not care about IS&T, so I won't say anything. But I wouldn't say Tim is doing his job 100%, I mean you can't talk about diversity publicly and how you are passionate about that and have a sub organization that is almost close to 100% Indian. That is just plain BS.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,46,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43363,apple,none," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,consistant,"nice, team work, good, great, awesom","mean, not team person,mean, bad, poor",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43364,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 3, 2015",Former Employee - Tech Support,Awesome,"great pay, benefits from the start managers teach teammates are helpful schedule is great",repetitive work rude customers schedule can change I dont know more to add,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43365,apple,none," Mar 27, 2015",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,At-Home Advisor College Position,"Great team to work with, A+ training, amazing benefits, solid compensation, especially as a college student. Very positive work culture, it makes one very motivated to work every day.","Having to work during the majority of holidays. You get New Years and Thanksgiving weekend off, but Christmas, New Years eve, and other holidays were expected.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43366,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,A unique retail workspace.,-high energy social environment -quality coworkers -technologically advanced -high variety of job types -solid benefits even for part time employees -company has good presence (globally/socially),Its low income. The retail environment means dealing with the public at large. If that is not your thing then this probably isn't the job for you. A lot of people want to work for the company. You may feel easily replaceable.,"My listed low income con says more about our current socioeconomics than my feelings for Apple, Inc. Will big business companies cut profit margins and pay retail/service employees a higher wage? I doubt it if quality applicants continue to apply and accept a meager bargain in compensation. My intelligent, creative coworkers work hard to please a demanding public while selling an amazing product but typically have to acquire a second source of income in order to succeed financially.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43367,apple,"Bloomington, MN"," Apr 3, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Retail, but cool retail.",Good hourly pay compared to other retailers. Opportunities to learn and grow within the company. Fast-paced and changing environment.,Lots of politics. Not a lot of flexibility with scheduling.,Allow employees more choice in scheduling.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43368,apple,none," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail Specials Review,"They are very good about promotion education and personal growth with the store. The benefits are great too, especially for a part time retail position. I was able to get health benefits as well as an employee stock purchase plan. Thanks to working here I now have 2 share of Apple stock!","The retail environment was quite hectic ans stressful. Come customers were almost abusive. Internally there was some favoritism. They had a very strict tardiness policy. If you were more than 5 minutes late for your shift more than 3 times, you'd be fired.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43369,apple,"Tunis, MI"," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - Store Manager,Best experience. Great values,Best brand. Working with geniuses,No life/work balance. Too many hours,Social bonding and stuff entertainment,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P675.htm
43370,apple,none," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,Great learning experience. Great people and it looks great on your resume.,they changed their approach in the retail industry. Numbers are now the key.,career path explanation.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43371,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 1, 2015",Former Employee - Senior AppleCare Advisor,Amazing company,"Best call center job I have worked in, great management, slight discounts on products, always something new with changing products",rotating schedules every 3 months,more stable schedules,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43372,apple,"Miami, FL"," Apr 1, 2015",Former Employee - Senior IOS Advisor,Apple is one of the best employers in the world,"Competitive wages, flexible vacation, great benefits, amazing co-workers",Fast paced career advancement sometimes makes management change around very quickly,More consistency and transparency with management structure,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43373,apple,"Naperville, IL"," Apr 1, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,A great company to work for,"A fun, supportive environment. Ample training and empowerment for the job.","Long, slow moving interview process. Slow rate and vision of personal growth.","Be more intentional about communicating individuals growth in the company, including possible/actual future positions and salaries.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43374,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Packaging Engineer,People are great. Unlimited resources. Leading edge technology and knowledge to learn from. Good pay. Good benefits.,Can be 10-12 hour work days. High stress. Unreasonable design and engineering expectations.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43375,apple,none," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare Advisor,Amazing company to work for,I can't think of any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43376,apple,none," Apr 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Nice benefits., good discounts, good coworker relations","Micromanagement, not much recognition, must adhere to politics to get anywhere",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43377,apple,none," Apr 14, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,Worked with B2B Accounts and customers. Warm fuzzy environment on the inside.,Unrealistic job environment. Management micromanages. High quotas for Business Team. Must also work Retail floor time AND B2B sales time so nothing can be accomplished in a day. ALSO retail store employee frustration of selling phone plans that are ever changing.,"I admired you (Apple), but then like Steve (Jobs) you turned around and bit me. Be careful with Apple. She bites the hand that feeds her. Take care of your Mińons, Apple, b4 it's too late.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43378,apple,none," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,"Great Job, hard to keep a good work life balance though. Very challenging. Very rewarding.","If you don't like to be busy, do not work here. Hourly could be a bit better as well. Otherwise great.",Share career experiences with other more often. Other than that management in Apple retail is fantastic.,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43379,apple,none," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Roller Coaster journey,Have met some the greatest people,Have met some of the worst people,Micromanaging needs to go,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P676.htm
43380,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 21, 2015",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Great company... great ideals,Lots of fantastic people to work with. Enjoyable atmosphere. Very good benefits. Competitive pay. Understanding employer. Good stock options.,Stress! Advancement can be tough and have more to do with networking/how others view you rather than your work. Training and advance notice can be foggy at best.,Take a healthier approach to helping employees manage stress. Pick opportune times to help employees move or enter different roles before they get the notorious 'burnout' feeling.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43381,apple,none," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,I drank the apple juice long before they hired me.,"- Great benefits, passionate coworkers, almost cult-like culture (but it works) - I've never worked an event like a product launch, and I doubt I will at any other company. I still go wait in line at ridiculous hours because I love the energy and passion of the employees and customers alike. They were the most magical (and only) 18-hour-days I ever worked.","- Very little regard for work/life balance from management and scheduling. - Not much room for advancement if you're interested in leaving the customer service world (i.e., you're not trying to climb up the leadership chain). People come in bright-eyed and excited about working for Apple, only to realize that it's still a retail job. An amazing retail job, but still retail. Truly: The best way to get a job at Apple corporate is to leave the retail scene and apply a year or so later. - If you worked in tech support (the Genius Bar, the Family Room in general), you were usually working with a manager who did not have the skills that you had. The Family Room is made up of people who are trained to diagnose and fix issues--and when customers challenged the options we gave them, sometimes leadership would side with the customer without fully understanding a diagnosis.","- If you're managing people in the Family Room, understand that they have skills you do not possess unless you have also come from the Family Room (you are a rare unicorn if this is you). Support your employees rather than questioning their judgement in front of a customer. If you need more information, get it first. - Nurture your employees' interests. If someone wants to be a mentor, set them on the track with some great feedback and opportunities (within reason). - Corporate: Your retail employees make up the majority of your employee base. Acknowledge their existence outside of a hoodie at Christmas. They're the face of your entire brand, possibly more so than the products themselves. The store *is* a product. Retail employees go through this long and arduous interview process because they're passionate. Keep them that way. Keep the apple juice flowing.",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43382,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 28, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Positive environment, great benefits, lots of opportunities to grow personally and professionally.",Retail job means retail hours -- nights and weekends are not optional.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43383,apple,"Miami, FL"," Mar 28, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,great,"you work for apple, you work with great smart people","moving up is... possible, but very political",sorry to see how the corporate and the retail side don't communicate.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43384,apple,none," Apr 7, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,still a retail job,"great benefits, especially for part-timers. higher pay than similar jobs. great discounts. everyone at apple is unique and offer individual strengths. its easy to make friends.","ive worked at apple for 6 months now. all throughout training i was told that apple is a place like no other. everyone at apple sips the apple kool-aid, but try not to believe the hype. i work in one of the larger stores. about three months in, i realized apple still had the same difficulties as any other retail job. management plays favorites. having one review manager is difficult if its a manager you dont exactly click with. the other veteran employees can be rude and pretentious. its hard to get positive recognition. management and fellow employees alike overuse fearless feedback and love to micromanage. management are sticklers about time and attendance - its probably what most employees are fired for.  my advice to future employees: arrive on time every day that youre scheduled. keep quiet, be positive, be a hard worker. smile, nod, agree and let negative feedback roll off your back. come in, do your job, and dont expect to get promoted easily. really find what you love about apple and use that as motivation, sometimes this job can be really aggravating.","stop micromanaging. stop playing favorites. give willing and eager employees a chance to shine, instead of picking the same resources.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43385,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Cool Company,Pay is alright People and co-workers are fun Love the environment,Hours can be pretty disappointing if part time Some co-workers ignore you depending on position,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43386,apple,none," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,great,really good place to work at good environment could not say there really is anything bad,once again i didn't find anything bad only part that i don't like i have to work on weekends however that's retail,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43387,apple,"Manhasset, NY"," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Special Retail Experience,"Apple offers competitive hourly pay, good benefits, employee stock options, training, and the opportunity to gain career experiences from within the company (corporate, etc.). Flexible with scheduling and understanding management. Not your typical number driven sales floor. They focus heavily on customer experience and team involvement.",Some team members are a bit out there and just plain weird. Sometimes moving up in the company is impossible due to saturated markets.,Keep doing what your doing. Management is very transparent and accessible to all team members. Great feel in the store.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43388,apple,none," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,very friendly boss and staffs,i dont like some of the people there,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43389,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 27, 2015",Former Employee - Business Systems Analyst,Good experience.,"Lots of flexibility, good environment",Did not really see many cons,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P677.htm
43390,apple,none," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be aware of which Org/SVP group you work for...,-Easy to grow and move to different teams -Discounts on Apple Products -Musical Performers at certain Beer Bashes,"- Perks Inconsistent across Company: Some teams get treated like first class citizens (catered meals, beverages, free massages), others not so much (don't even get free bottles of water, have to pay at team lunches - pretty pathetic).  -Budgets: Unbelievably this year I got an amazing review however since our group's budget was cut I got NO bonus. Pretty sad - I will either be moving to another Org or out of Apple entirely.  -Legacy People: Some people have been here forever and are not innovative or even good Managers.","Stop playing favorites and make perks more competitive for Bay Area (don't we have enough $$ to do this?). Alternatively, talent will head to Employers who treat them better (Google, Facebook, etc).",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43391,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Email/Calendar Adminstrator,Had a great time with all my team,The contract was too short,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43392,apple,none," Mar 26, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Experience,"Great pay, great people to work with, great fit in company culture, something new everyday!","Dealing with difficult customers can be challenging, but everyday makes you stronger",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43393,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,The best in customer service. Genius,leadership that looks after you. many opportunities for growth and experiences. excellent pay for a retail job. work with awesome people.,easy to get lost in the mix. drive your own success.,keep it going.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43394,apple,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone specialist,"excellent benefits, young work environment.","work-life balance, micro managers, lack of relevant on-going training for job growth.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43395,apple,"Bismarck, ND"," Mar 22, 2015",Former Employee - AHA Tier I Chat Support,Excellent employer,"Wonderful at team building, coaching, education","When working from home, there are not a lot of opportunities to move to another position",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43396,apple,none," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Freedom from too much bureaucracy, few levels of command.","Secrecy between groups, internal communications tools need help.",Don't try to do too much with too few people.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43397,apple,none," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Working for the greatest company on the planet is amazing, I learn new things everyday.",Work with the best people in the world.,Pay Lack of Recognition Difficult to get promoted - esp in Retail,Consider promoting internally before the burnout. Stop hiring other retail leaders who don't understand Apple culture,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43398,apple,"Marlton, NJ"," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Good experience, would recommend if somebody wanted to get some good experience at selling a product.",- Fun people - Discounts on Apple products and other electronics,"- Always had to push Apple Care on customers - No commission or really any incentive ""sell for the love of the products""",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43399,apple,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"The discounts, the learning opportunities.","Compensation, No career growth past genius, management depends on employees.",none,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P678.htm
43400,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 25, 2015",Former Employee - Part-time Specialist,Loved it!,Too many to list. Working here was one of the best decisions I've ever made.,"Needed full - time, higher salary",Stay amazing!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43401,apple,"Cocoa Beach, FL"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Home Based Agent Apple Online Store Customer Service,Home based Apple Online Store Customer Service Rep,"Working from home, health benefits, good pay.",Tough to move up working from home.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43402,apple,"Frisco, TX"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Outstanding Company,"The management at Apple are second to none, and they deeply care about your developent and growth of every ten member. The ecosystem is awe inspiring! There is such warmth that radiates from fellow employees as you all become one close family like brothers and sisters.",The Apple Store can become pretty busy. Especially on the weekends and holidays! The days can seem extremely long while helping multiple customers through rough situations with their device(s),Keep doing what you're doing! My only suggestion would be to consider the schedules of people that have a full time job and work Apple as a part time job. The days start to run together when you're working 70+ hours a week and seven days a week. More flexibility would've been greatly appreciated.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43403,apple,none," Mar 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Employee development is a plus for Apple.,Over promising growth opportunities but under delivering them,Focus more on internal customers not just the external customers,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43404,apple,"Tallahassee, FL"," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Great job, great people, great pay",Part time pay is good Full benefits for part time workers Apple discount 25% for yourself 20% for friends and family great training in customer service,"Weak technical training rude customers constant talking on the phone no privacy, constant monitoring","The jobs needs more technical training  the jobs needs more versatility, doing the SAME thing EVERYDAY is no good.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43405,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Mar 27, 2015",Former Employee - ITunes Store Tier II Advisor,Too product focused and not enough people focus,"Great products with employee discounts, competitive pay, good benefits, ability to work from home, a great place to get experience.",The biggest con is the work/life balance. Expect to work during all holidays if you work in customer support. This is something that has become more and more frequent through the last few years. Also expect you take call/chat/email one after the other with little breather in between and have this last for months. Expect to be so burned out that you end up taking a medical leave because of it. You will also deal with absent management who take frequent vacations and have backfills fill in for them. You may also deal with not being paid properly and having to wrestle with HR to get it corrected.,Focus on the people who serve the customers. They have lives and limitations. Your people should get to spend time with their families and loved ones on holidays. They're not machines that can go go go without much of a break. Management also needs to be there for their people and stop taking so much time off.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43406,apple,"Washington, DC"," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Working at Apple is what you make it,Great culture and benefits even for part time,Starting pay they offer you even with a stacked resume kind of sucks,Continue focusing on individual personal development within the company and connecting more with employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43407,apple,"West Hollywood, CA"," Mar 23, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple is a great company to work for, I enjoyed my time there","Great environment, training and benefits",I have nothing bad to say,experts,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43408,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - ITeam Brand Advocate,I really liked working for the company! its fun and great mangers ..if you get the right ones! but it can get boring too,"Great tech! company computer,Ipad,Iphone Plus the biggest is that your working for the biggest company's looks great on the rez Make up how your days for the most part.",Long days Emails at all times of the night products shipped to your house with out you knowing,Talk to you people find out what can make their days easyier,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43409,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Pretty good I guess,"Great coworkers, benefits are good, higher than average pay for retail.",No real career paths in retail. Development isn't really important to some managers. I feel like not all stores are the same.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P679.htm
43410,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Tech Manager,Good place to work,"Innovative company, good pay, great people.",They get a lot out of each employee. They are very demanding.,Create a work/life balance,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43411,apple,none," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Fun. Fast paced, great work environment and amazing benefits!",You will gain a lot of knowledge in a short period of time. Great work ethic. Fun company to work for. Laid back atmosphere,A lot ambiguity. You have to keep up with unexpected changes. Pay is stable but hard to move up corporate ladder.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43412,apple,"Chestnut Hill, MA"," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Amazing company,Great pay and benefits. Top notch staff.,You have to jump through hoops to get noticed for a promotion. Lots of favoritism.,Numbers are not everything. Employee engagement is important to the company so recognize those Managers that actually make a difference in this area.,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43413,apple,none," Apr 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good job for a young, tech savvy person but after a year, the pay is no longer worth it",Exciting environment you're really into Apple,Managers are very controlling. They compare your pay to other retail stores. They should value workers beyond their sales.,"Pay your good employees more. Come on Apple, your the wealthiest company on the planet!",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43414,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Working in Apple Retail has been an amazing career experience.,The people you work with both customers and employees are wonderful.,The only thing holding it back is retail hours.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43415,apple,none," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service Rep,I liked the products at the time.,Retail. I think that's self explanatory.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43416,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Systems Architect,"If you like making your own opportunities, this is the place...","Apple has a very solid culture of respecting employees and offering challenging work that will change the world.  The important thing to know is that you should be ready to make opportunities for yourself and not sit around waiting for someone else to hand you a dream assignment. You need to network with other teams and be aware of what's coming. With that information, get yourself in front of the hiring manager and let them know you're interested.  This is how you have a great experience at Apple. Take charge of your future.",Not so much a con as advice that applies anywhere. Apple has a range of managers with varying levels of skill at managing.  Ask good questions of any prospective manager to find out how they manage in certain situations. How do they recognize above and beyond contributions from their directs? How do they manage conflicts inside the group and between groups? What professional development programs do they have in place for their directs? There are many other questions and I encourage you to search online for some more.  Your manager is the single largest influence on whether you enjoy your job. Take the time to get to know her/him in the interview process.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43417,apple,none," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for part time,"Great culture and training inside the company. Overall, interesting and challenging work.","Really demanding hours. Scheduling is not flexible. While there are no sales quotas, there are pressures to upsell",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43418,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 19, 2015",Former Employee - Design Intern,Great place for internship! Absolutely life-changing experiencing being in a community where everyone is passionate,"Flexible hours, High pay for interns, Healthy food, lots of benefits","Non, this company is the best!",Office atmosphere can be pretty dull during the low period,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43419,apple,none," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Internship Review,There were a lot of fun events for anyone to participate in. The company has a great brand and it is clear that everyone is excited to go to work in the morning.,"Sometimes felt like there wasn't anything to do. Also, my project wasn't as cool as some other people so that was disappointing.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P680.htm
43420,apple,none," Apr 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but retail sucks","Cool people, laid back job","Retail job, working in a mall",Care about your people,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43421,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Field Technician,Apple,"Great location, nice people, great benefits, good hours.","Tt was a hundred percent traveling, no flexibility. on call 24 hours.",Always keeping good communication with your employees. Communication is key to any project.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43422,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Didn't feel like retail,"Fun people, didn't feel like a retail job. Apple really cares about their employees.","Store would get really busy and chaotic sometimes, but it just made the time go by faster",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43423,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Great education!,Always challenged to think outside the box.,Too many managers too many false promises of growth.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43424,apple,"La Jolla, CA"," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Constantly learning and adapting to new technology while providing an amazing customer experience in the store.,Top Tech company in the world.,not so great pay,Continue to be humble!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43425,apple,none," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Good company, bad work/life balance.","discounted stock, benefits, treated right.",Social life / work balance,Need better scheduling.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43426,apple,none," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Manager,"Fast paced work environment, no proper training for certain positions","Good benefits, laid back environment",terrible compensation and chances to growth depending upon the department you work,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43427,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,I love working here.,All the employees are super friendly and accommodating.,There can be a lot of information to get down including Apple names for everything.,Remember not to overload new hires with too much criticism when training in,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43428,apple,"Fresno, CA"," Mar 17, 2015",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Great company to work for,Amazing environment and a lot of challenging situations (in a good way),"Nothing at all, it's amazing",Keep on keeping on everyone,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43429,apple,none," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Exciting place to work,Wonderful company. Great benefits and opportunity for growth,You must be willing to get along with all personality types,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P681.htm
43430,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Working with talented people and the cutting-the-edge products. Lots of internal benefits.,Serious hard working environment. You are expected to finish certain tasks within the time period.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43431,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Senior AppleCare Specialist,"Overall, a great place to work.","Apple has great benefits, including the Employee Stock Purchase Program, awesome health care.","Depending on which building you work in, you may or may not have easy access to [A] the cafeteria.",n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43432,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Engineer,Principal Engineers,"Their pay is better than most company, but you have to work extremely long hours and weekend.","Zero work/life balance  Unethical management. The manager in my department (Silicon Engineering Group) only cares what his/her boss thinks and try whatever possible to please his/her boss. They consistently made up stories/lies to make them good in front of others. If things go bad, they try their best to blame others and cover their fault.  Nonfunctional HR. HR plays very weak role. Reporting management issues to HR does not help, instead the retaliation is what you can get.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43433,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Mar 15, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great learning experience and a good opportunity to work with a diverse group of people.,"Daily learning opportunities, equipment discount, great chance to help customers.","Retail environment can get very crowded, long hours standing.",offer healthy snacks and yoga program.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43434,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 15, 2015",Current Employee - QA Lead,great company to work for,working on coolest products. Very smart people and very good benefits. Work is dynamic and fast-paced which keeps you on the edge,Work life balance is bad...work can be stressful sometimes...benefits not the best in the world although they are good,Projects need to be well planned. Especially on the Mac side.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43435,apple,"Nassau, NY"," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Great - It's Apple,25% per product line once per year. 15% for family and friends ten times per product line per year. Discount can be applied at any apple store.,"Hard to advance past retail level,",need to use your talent in all aspects of the company,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43436,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 10, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Positive first retail experience.,"Superb training processes, great mentorship opportunities, lots of loyalty from managers and store leads, many chances for promotion.",Micro-managed timesheets down to the minute. Very difficult to know schedule in advance. High likelihood of dependent/inappropriate customers.,Continue to protect your employees from customers who don't understand or respect boundaries,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43437,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Values talented people and dynamic workplace environments.,Great benefits for part-time employees. Leaders are supportive in career goals and approachable.,Consistently busy and at times overwhelming. Misleading about potential for growth. Strict attendance policies.,"Keep listening to the people, they are passionate about the products and will work better when listened to.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43438,apple,none," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a great company to work for.,Great benefits. A lot of discounts. Stock plan. Good salary for retail.,Still retail. Hard to move up unless deoted to company,Open communication. Feedback widely accepted.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43439,apple,none," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One Big Apple Family!,-great work environment -fun people -great benefits,-challenging work/life balance -no clear path of advancement between retail and corporate,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P682.htm
43440,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 8, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Fun place to work,"Discounts, easy job, people are stoked","Too many people, lots of tourists who didn't speak the languages I speak, managers were annoying",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43441,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 13, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great retail job!,"Cool people, cool tech, cool work environment.","If you wanna grow, you need to spend the time being there",Too much micromanagement,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43442,apple,"Denver, CO"," Mar 28, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"One interview, was a group panel style interview. Make sure you are always smiling and engaged with the interviewer.","Fun people, awesome stuff and cool place to work",Work hard and fit the mold,Be more compasionate,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43443,apple,"Newark, CA"," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding,Your working for the worlds top company. Forefront of Innovation.,The focus was on management. Created a comfortable environment for them while increasing demands on workers.,"Cut Management, there are too many layers, its a waste.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43444,apple,none," Mar 12, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Review,"Great Perks, great people, awesome technology","Work lots of hours, lack of work life balance",Better communications top down,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43445,apple,none," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,It was okay.,"Working from home, discount, wearing pajamas to work","working from home, discount, communication with managers",Do not get mad when we get dissatisfied customers.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43446,apple,"Chula Vista, CA"," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great environment,I really think the office culture promotes forward thinking habits. Motivated individuals everywhere Fast advancement,"Although this place can be great for outgoing people, I don't think the environment can improve until we adopt better communication skills (both verbal and written).","Keep up the good management. My only suggestion is leveraging salaries against other companies. If the mula is not appealing, then someone can just say to themselves, ""Well, there's this and that... and I can make more over there with a similar experience.""",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43447,apple,"Buford, GA"," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Company to work for!,Employee Benefits. Value Propositions. Product Experience,Ambiguity and Communication within the organization,More Retail inclusion to Corporate Initiatives,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43448,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 11, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Best Job ever,Great Environment with great people. Great career paths and management really cares about your well being. When you want to learn about solution sales and not just selling to sell apple is the place,"of course working weekends, but that is retail. There was a bit of favoritism that causes tension between employees but overall great work environment","My advice would be to stop the favoritism, there were lots of initiatives that were not followed through, The store leader Tully was the best boss I have ever had",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43449,apple,none," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing!,Absolutely everything. So empathetic and great environment.,Not many if you play your cards right... and work hard.,Listen to your employees feedback. Internal customers are important.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P683.htm
43450,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Best company for development,"If you're commited, it's better than a masters degree. Benefits are top notch for retail and the challenges make you a stronger parent, friend, community member.","It's retail... The hours, the pay, the upset customers. If you don't get good hiring, it feels like babysitting. Most of the time that's not the case.","Pay more, figure out schedules.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43451,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 6, 2015",Former Employee - Analyst,Awesome,"Fast paced, exciting, complex but a lot of fun. Opportunity to learn so much. Great knowledgeable people around some really very helpful. Some real geniuses around.",Sometimes too fast paced and hectic. Had to work long hours to keep up. Everyone around was also working longer hours so if one didn't then one probably stood out!,No advice since Apple got where it is by doing what it is so they are probably doing something right! Just continue to make awedome products!,4.0,1.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43452,apple,none," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,College student,Its a great company to work for. Great insurance and discounts,The scheduling for a college student is hard becasue you have to work a set schedule that is given to you.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43453,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Challenging yet life-changing,"Push yourself, learning more about what makes you unique","Getting lost in the shuffle, work life balance",Making sure everyone gets noticed for their unique qualities,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43454,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 19, 2015",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Horrible they were so controlling and I felt like a puppet.,Good pay for a college student and good look on resume.,It was hard to sit in one spot all day and talk to customers over the phone.,Switch out workers from home and the store instead of just one place.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43455,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,"Apple Inc is your typical corporate company. They leave you very little work-life balance, and everyone is uptight.","Meeting People, Benefits, Making lots of connections through customers and or co-workers, Great products, Great Customer Base.","Hours, Management, Career Development Opportunities,",Listen to your employees and help them balance their work-life schedules. Be little more involved and more knowledge of the products that your employees are servicing.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43456,apple,none," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Retail,Great team and benefits for a retailer. You interact with a lot of customers and help a lot of people in need.,There is some room for creativity but it doesn't always get noticed. When it does there are not a lot of rewards for going above and beyond.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43457,apple,"Oak Park, IL"," Mar 25, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Fun at times but no opportunity for promotion.,Love helping the public and learning about new technology.,To much politics and favoritism. Management only promotes brown nosers while ignoring the hard workers who look out for the customers.,Do your job and be fair to everyone.,2.0,4.0,2.0,none,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43458,apple,none," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, not smart work",1. relative good compensation 2. a lot of new stuff to learn 3. tech focus,1. too much job pressure 2. startup style for big project 3. some managers are not tech style and lead a lot of try and redo,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43459,apple,none," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Good resume builder,full benefits for part time work Great pay for college streets Save money working at home with no commute Great paid vacation Great discounts for you and your family Tuition reimbursement,not enough technical training Dealing with rude customers Constantly talking on the phone Phone metrics are constantly counted Lack of privacy,need more tech training Don't invade privacy by watching screens all day Job deserves more pay,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P684.htm
43460,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Intern - Hourly,I really liked it. The job was great and really fun,"Freedom, flexibility, good office culture, high pay, personal growth","long hours, hard to balance work, fast paced, demanding environment",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43461,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 8, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Great products, excellent brand name, good pay, lots of talented people",some positions have better job satisfaction than others,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43462,apple,"Beachwood, OH"," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,One of Best Companies to Work For! Retail-Specialist,Great work environment. New challenges everyday to make the job more exciting. Managers are great and easy to talk to. You really become a family. Visual Team!,No very many full time positions available in retail. Not easy to move up into other positions because they do not happen a lot so everyone wants them .,Work to expand the work experience of the employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43463,apple,"Little Rock, AR"," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Lots of opportunities to grow,"Able to grow in leadership skill,interpersonal skills, and interpersonal skills.",Hours are not consistent. Communication can decline as days get busy.,Within the store level communication needs to be key in everything.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43464,apple,"Berkeley, CA"," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - Mtz Corporation,excellent company to work for. no problems with management. manage your own time.,flexible hours. manage your own time. work from home. excellent management. and customer relations.,minimal direction from management. too much emphasis on personal time. paychecks not steady.,get more projects. increase salaries. more benefits. more 401k matching. more carreer and skills development. more personal time.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43465,apple,none," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Team Lead,Great Colleagues. Learn from each other.,"Very competent, supportive colleagues. Great listeners even in midst of busy schedules.",No time for career progression planning.,Discuss regularly about individual's career progression opportunities within the company and don't wait till annual review period.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43466,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Apple is a great company to work for, they offer competitive wages and a positive high tech atmosphere.","At apple you'll never say ""I wish I had something to do"" because there's always work to be done. The company likes to challenge it's employees do to their best and always get better.",Difficulties with scheduling. Very rarely do you work the same schedule twice. The job offers poor work-life balance mainly due to the fact that their retail stores have such broad operating hours.,I would recommend that managers attempt to make set schedules and that they hire more part time employees to allow the full time staff to have weekends off.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43467,apple,none," Mar 6, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great place to work,They have a lot of perks for employees They empower you.,Nothing comes to mind at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43468,apple,none," Mar 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Pay and flexibility were great!,I can't think of any cons working for the company.,Keep up the good work. Great company. Great benefits.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43469,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Care Senior Advisor,Working with Apple was awesome.,"Apple provided me with a seemingly limitless stream of perks, support, and Apple ""Swag"" (shirts, water bottles, umbrellas, etc. with Apple's logo on them). They gave great pay and clearly care about their employees a lot.",There is a lot of emphasis on numerical success. The company wants to quantify how well you preform and you are always pushed to improve. In my case I hit a point where I was a my max potential and my bosses weren't pleased that I wasn't improving any more (even though I was one of the top performers in the company for my position),"Overall management is amazing, not a whole lot they need to change. Perhaps a little less emphasis on quantified success.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P685.htm
43470,apple,none," Mar 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growing Experience and family oriented staff,"Working for apple is working for a technical company that constantly embraces innovation, and invites their customers to share in the experience.",Working at a flagship store in NYC can mean extremely busy conditions around product launches,Be available to your sales staff.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43471,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail Specialist at Grand Central,Flexible schedules for part-timers outside of holiday. Paid developmental time. Tuition reimbursement program for full-timers. Moderately young energetic environment with a lot to learn.,Apple Retail is by no means a long term career. High turnover for part-timers. With 300+ employees it's tough to stand out for promotions or even lateral moves within the company. This particular store's management micromanages its employees by the minute.,Don't treat your employees like children. Don't hire people that you feel need to be treated as such.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43472,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 15, 2015",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,"Great Experience, Well Compensated",I love working at Apple. The opportunities are second to none. You get to work on products that the whole world wants. I get to travel and the compensation is great.,"Hours are long, the management does not always maintain a common message. Culture can be a bit cutthroat at times.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43473,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Most people I work with are smart and tend to respond quickly if you need something from them. Rarely does a whole day go by without hearing back from somebody that you reach out to.,"Culture is ruled by fear and you're on call basically all the time. At any point, your night, weekend, or vacation could get interrupted by an ""urgent"" fire drill. People who aren't responding to emails at 10pm every night tend to be considered poor employees.",At least acknowledge it when employees are going above and beyond the call of duty. Unfortunately it's common for Apple employees to work until midnight without being thanked by anyone.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43474,apple,none," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Complany,"Pay, Benefits, Flexibility, Rewards programs, Work from home","Management, company system used to access customer accounts, hard to achieve metric","Lower exceptions with surveys, lower the fear factor",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43475,apple,none," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Large growth, low movement.","Great, and I mean GREAT back end benefits. Probably the best out there. Working with the smartest, most talented, and most diverse set of people I've ever met. Your coworkers are like your family.","Horrible hours. Low room for growth and movement. They will hire externally before promoting internally. Pay raises are minimal. Unless you're on the E-Board, pay is not that great.",You're worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Quit budget cutting everything (including salaries). Remember this company became what it is because of the generosity to both it's employees and end-users. That seems to be battling and losing. I fear it will soon all be null.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43476,apple,none," Mar 1, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Great company, but the Store Leadership can change that",The company is awesome! Great benefits Cool brand to work for Looks great on resume Can be rewarding Culture of the company is fantastic You learn a lot Great discounts!,"-If you don't like your store leadership (or vice versa) the job can be miserable. -Availability expectations can be unrealistic -Work-Life balance sucks -Customers you deal with are a pain -You will often feel like you aren't getting paid enough for amount of work you do  But then again, most retail jobs will have the same issues",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43477,apple,"Metairie, LA"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Awesome,great people and environment here,customers can get a little rowdy,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43478,apple,"Reno, NV"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great place to work and grow,The people are wonderful and care about you personal growth,Difficult to move up in a smaller market,Walk your walk and not jus talk about it,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43479,apple,none," Mar 17, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"If you're willing to drink the kook-aid, it can be a great place to work.",Great Benefits. Stock options. Lots of perks. Discounts. Nice people.,Not a lot of room to grow. Customers can be a pain. Hard to get full-time.,Management seems to circle the wagons when dealing with issues instead of having an honest and frank discussion.,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P686.htm
43480,apple,none," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great culture, awesome benefits, but low pay and growth","Great culture, awesome benefits, opportunities to travel and meet amazing people are frequent","Pay is not very high for the demands made on employees, growth is difficult and most people never make it past retail",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43481,apple,none," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment to learn and thrive in. Apple Retail is not your typical retail job and people recognize that.,You won't find a diverse community such as the one that Apple has built. Opportunities are available to those who maintain an interest in development and benefits are considered top flight for part-time and full-time employees.,It is a retail job and sometimes the amount of hours given for part-timers can be very low to support one self. Leadership can be questionable at times and communication can be lacking. Customers can ultimately make or break your day.,Allow employees to really pursue development. Reward excellence with other benefits that will boost morale at the work place.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43482,apple,"Manhasset, NY"," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Apple was a highlight in my life, and a great stepping stone.","- No micromanaging - Perks galore, everything from products & services to commuter benefits - Great insurance",- Lack of work-life balance - Undercut your hours without prior notice - Political hierarchy,- Talk to your workforce - Allow individuals the opportunity to grow - Cut the nepotism,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43483,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Any job could be what you make of it,"Pros - get to work with some incredibly smart people on products/technology that's used all over the world. Most people do work where the contribution really does matter. Pay could be really good depending on your performance (ie stock options, bonus, etc).","There are huge differences in work/life balance depending on you / your team / your manager / organization, and on the ability to say ""NO"" at each of those levels to the people/team where that request is coming from. Due to secrecy / culture, often several teams work on similar solutions wasting engineering hours. Similar mistakes from similar teams can sometimes be seen year after year.","Do feedback on the managers, to be provided to the manager's manager as well as the level above.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43484,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Mar 1, 2015",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Administrator,"Awesome schedule, laid back work environment, good work flow (not too busy and not too slow), great room for growth and learning","Slow points in the retail season, too much growth and not enough workers at points",Awesome job. Would have stayed here had it paid a little more and been in-line with my schooling.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43485,apple,"Miami, FL"," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple provides a great work-life balance.,"Flexible schedule, great training programs.",Apple retail is very flat and it is very difficult to work up to anything.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43486,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 26, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Applecare is a soul-sucking dreadful place,"The cafe has good food, but nothing is free... The gym is very nice as well.","-In the division of Applecare I noticed very little people that had any career ambition than to just ""get off the phones"" because they were so miserable. Pretty much everyone's career path was to just make it there long enough to not have to talk to a customer on the phone. It is awful soul crushing work and you are rarely rewarded for it. -I've been asked to cancel planned vacations to work ""mandatory"" OT and was threatened to be penalized if I didn't cancel my vacation. Ultimately, management was unable to provide in writing how this was okay, so they were not able to follow through with their threats. -You will be asked to work all holidays. Requesting time off is difficult. They make it easier to call in sick rather than request time off. Which is total crap. -Very bureaucratic structure. If you're not willing to brown-nose all your managers, you will not succeed no matter how well you perform. -Micromanaged more than you could possibly ever imagine. Every second of your day will be logged. You will not be able to pee without having to account for that time somehow. -Lots of sexism in upper management. I saw women being targets and discriminated against in several instances. -Managers can find ways to fire people for pretty much any reason. If one of them doesn't like you, you're done for. You have to be willing to kiss a lot of butts if you want to make it anywhere within this division of Apple. -Sexual harassment is huge at Apple. I was a target as well as a lot of other women I knew there. -Absolutely no culture whatsoever. Very very corporate feel. You'd think that a company that is historically known for being innovative, creative and on the cutting edge would try to mirror their corporate culture in that way.... but NOPE.","Value women in the workforce, combat sexual harassment. Work on company culture. Work on training your employees well. Value and reward employees. Give decent benefits and pay. Stop the high level of micromanaging.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43487,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple really takes care of it's employees.,"Full time and part time tuition assistance, vacation time and health care. Discounts! Pay is really good for a retailer. Apple employees are some of the best co-workers I've worked with. There are also plenty of opportunities to move up in the company.","Part time is great during holidays, but after the holidays, the hours can sometimes range from 12-16/wk",More hours for part time employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43488,apple,none," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,this is a good place to start your life,discounts in every single products,poor pay and they dont let you leave early,keep looking,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43489,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Super great,"Sandwiches, yoohoo, copy machines, praise, and onsite chapel.","Sulphur smell, proximity to Alcatraz, only velcro shoes allowed.",Change up the keynote it's as predicable as the next season of American Idol.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P687.htm
43490,apple,"Tulsa, OK"," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Great experience, but extremely tough to get promoted.",You learn a lot and work with great people.,It's REAL tough to move up in the company from within.,Make clear guidelines for promotion.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43491,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 12, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Program Manager,Never boring and always challenges that push the thinking outside the box for solutions. Smart people to work with in every capacity and rewards in seeing impossible problems being solved with great tenacity and focus by like minded group of people.,Travel and work/life balance has always been the challenge from most of the employees in operations. Most of the manufacturing is still done overseas which tend to keep travels very high.,"Building local onsite team more to help keep balance for employees in the states. Make it mandatory to limit the length of stay to 2wks max before having to return, recoup, and then return again with a good down time.",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43492,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - T1 CPU Advisor,"Great benefits, need more in the way of training, along with the Apple Culture.","Can work at home, have great medical benefits, decent pay, and great sick/vacation time.","They own your schedule (whether you are part time or full time), and offer little advisor support over their VPN.","Moving advisors from team manager to team manager is, in some ways, beneficial, but it is perhaps done too often. It is hard to start off with a Team Manager that is really experienced, and end up with subsequent managers who make you feel like an afterthought due to inexperience. I would be way happier with my job and less worried about this if the training was more focused on HOW to help our customers rather than how to be so nice and meet metrics. Metrics are great, but not at the expense of not knowing how to help our customers.",2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43493,apple,"Roseville, MN"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Like its products and history, working at Apple Retail is not quite what it used to be.","Your coworkers come from diverse backgrounds — everyone from salesmen to musicians — and they will become your best friends. Never worked with a more interesting group of people. When able to help a customer learn something or repair something, you will feel valued and appreciated.","You will be subject to high levels of stress every day — angry, irate, irrational customers will badger you in any way they can find. Little support from management in stressful situations, including verbal abuse and harassment from customers. Limited and slow opportunities for promotion. Poor pay considering the importance of the role regarding brand ambassadorship. Insane, ridiculous availability is demanded — say goodbye to your weekends.","Ditch the Lominger Competencies® and evaluate your staff like human beings, not robots. Promote your hardest-working employees before the burn out. Increase pay. Allow more flexibility in scheduling — nobody should be asked to have 8a-9p availability every single day of the year, including holidays.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43494,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,A great place to work,"Your colleagues are some of the coolest, most intelligent, and diverse people around. The people that work at Apple, actually care about it being a good work environment and also about doing well in business.","Pay is low, but because a lot of people want to work for Apple, Apple doesn't have to pay much to draw in good employees.",I don't actually have any advice. I was rather impressed.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43495,apple,none," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Probably one of the best of my life.,Great benefits all the way around. You won't regret working for this progressive company and if you work hard you will be rewarded for your efforts.,This is a no non-sense environment. Apple is one of the top brands in the world so you are expected to be excellent by everyone on the outside looking in.,None at this time.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43496,apple,none," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test Engineer's perpsective,"Perks: lots of travel if you like travelling to Asia, dynamic workplace, high expectations, high performing. Good salary, DRI mentality, freedom to take decisions and navigate product.","Test engineers are not usually the best of the best though, usually get the grunt of the work without any thanks, are at the end of the pipeline with no say in decision choices.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43497,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"innovative company with great benefits, impressive culture and all around great career!",The ability to be who you are and be valued for it.,Huge company...hard to move up unless you are able to move.,Continue to listen to the team and leadership in the stores.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43498,apple,none," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,The People are what make this company who they are... Of course the products as well.,Scheduling issues at times makes it hard to plan your life accordingly. They could be more flexible.,"Have more of a relationship with your employees, get to know them more. Be flexible with the scheduling of shifts.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43499,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Worked in retail store, experience was like a ",If you like to help people with passwords,"Managers are from other retail stores, they rarely train or hire from within",Stop hiring former Best Buy and Circuit City managers and train your own people so the culture is maintained,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,none,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P688.htm
43500,apple,none," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,LOVE this job,by far the best job i have ever had,"very busy, can be really challenging",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43501,apple,none," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Awesome,"Management, Environment, flexible hours, pay","Dealing with customers, nothing else really is bad",Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43502,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - ASIC Design Engineer,Proud to be part of an excellent company,Brand value. Pride in working for widely known company. Get a chance to be among most competitive people. Chance to learn lot of things in quick time.,Not much interaction among colleagues other than work.,"Poor facilities (not even have proper canteen and TV, no games, no recreation not even small gym inside).",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43503,apple,none," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top place to work,Top talent Challenges Great support from management Common goal Apple culture,"Work/life balance Number of emails Travel Limited employee benefits compared to other top companies (e.g. Day care, free food, other)",Continue to push and maintain apple culture,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43504,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Feb 17, 2015","Current Employee - ITDP for IS&amp,T",People are Inspiring work can be more interesting or less interesting,Within IS&T You get quite a bit of agency over the work you do which is really nice.,You might have a hard time finding a projects that is actually inspiring.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43505,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Constantly changing and stimulating environment, levels of stress through the roof.","The benefits are fantastic.  You genuinely enjoy the people you work with, consistently high-performing, intelligent people.","Underpaid for the work that we do.  Communication at the retail level is abysmal, but hidden under the moniker of 'dealing with ambiguity'. Management include many ladder-climbers with no personal accountability.","Re-tool your focus from results to internal customer focus. The NY market has an atrocious NPP. I witnessed constant braindrain from our teams as area startups poached our best people, who wanted to leave because they were overworked and underpaid.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43506,apple,none," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty decent,Easy job Great work life balance,You can't ever move up,You have great talent in lower positions take advantage,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43507,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,hello,good company good paid good time,short of staff great atmosphere,training,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43508,apple,none," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Carpe Facto,Great Company,"Hire within, Better salaries than most private market and all government doing the same thing.",Can be a stressful job,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43509,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Feb 21, 2015",Former Employee - FRS,Good experience overall,"Definitely the internal team. The managers and team members are what made the experience at Apple so memorable. While customers can be difficult at times, it's great having the support from other colleagues on a daily basis.",Can definitely be stressful due to dealing with customers who could be on edge due to their piece of technology not working as expected.,Nothing in particular,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P689.htm
43510,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 5, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,All-consuming job,"Decent pay compared to other companies (especially since I was a college student), amazing coworkers, great family environment","Absolutely no work-life balance, long days, kind of a thankless job, difficult to veer from path established for you by management once you join company, it's obvious that you are replaceable to management and not valued for your individual contributions",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43511,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous,"Great company, but political","Job security, they are good to their employees, outstanding benefits and perks, smart people, and you'll learn some really valuable skills that you can put to use with Apple or externally if you decide to leave. Don't expect to see the same perks and to get the same treatment from other companies! i rated work life balance ""neutral"" - it's retail.","Growth is difficult. Enormous amount of people working for the company, hard to land positions above specialist or service specialist. Few available roles and too many internal applicants opens the door for political games when choosing a candidate. Patience is key.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43512,apple,none," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place!,Great environment. A lot of room for growth.,Won't do better unless you are a people person.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43513,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 13, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Working for Apple is like working at a really fun Summer Camp,"Great benefits, competitive pay, wonderful coworkers and a challenging work environment. It is a top flight company for a reason.","Upset customers have been conditioned by years of excellent service to expect instant gratification, which can only sometimes be achieved. Sometimes one has to be patient with impatient people.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43514,apple,"Portland, ME"," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Creative,Great team and customers. The training was beyond what I could have imagined and prepared me for a successful career.,There were many days where I didn't have a chance to breath and the demand for my time was beyond what I was capable of.,"There are smart people working for you, listen to them and use that information to shape your programs.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43515,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,I loved working for a company that is cutting edge on their product.,On the job training Great benefits Good pay Great people to work with,Overwhelming workload Disgusting schedule Childish customers Some people paid high and low for doing the same job,I think its better to pay higher salaries to the ones who have great experience and good work ethic. The ones who excel should be the ones you want to keep. Do not pay high salaries to the ones who are horrible and lazy.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43516,apple,none," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Interesting experience, gained a lot of technical knowledge but not a lot of opportunities for advancement.","Cool team with interesting people, nice discount on Apple products, you will gain a lot of general technical knowledge and awareness.","Environment can be very stressful, customers are often rude, have to work weekends and late hours, have to spend hours standing, holidays/ launch days are especially difficult in the volume of customers serviced.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43517,apple,"Santa Cruz, CA"," Mar 6, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Sales Representative,It was okay,You make easy commission because people know what they want when coming into the store,it is hard to move up within the company,they need to have better communication,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43518,apple,none," Mar 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but retail is not for everyone.",Latest and greatest technology by one of the best companies in the world.,Retail environment is very clique oriented and designed for the young and hungry. Working on weekends and rotating shift work make work/life balance very difficult.,Be more accessible to everyone.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43519,apple,"Naperville, IL"," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Working for Apple was one of the most fulfilling and professionally rewarding jobs I had the pleasure of experiencing.,Experience in many aspects of professional development,High Stress and customer service can be difficult,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P690.htm
43520,apple,none," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Lots of opportunities withing the company.,limited locations in smaller cities,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43521,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Not comfortable reviewing,And doing mandatory things is stupid,Why would anyone do this,Try public info if you want truth,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43522,apple,"Washington, DC"," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,I have greatly enjoyed working for this company as both a RZ specialist as well as a Family Room specialist,"I am given the opportunity to deal with different people every single day, providing solutions and repairing their devices. Having worked countless retail jobs, this is by far the best opportunity someone can get in retail. Granted, I have only worked at one apple location, however the people who i get to work with make the experience very enriching.","The best can often be the worst. I really enjoy my colleagues and fellow employees, however often find inconsistencies with management and overall team communication. This is no one person's specific fault, and in fact can never be permanently resolved due to relatively high turnover rate.",Management overall works very efficiently and well. Often times communication between members of management can be improved.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43523,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Dedication,- They will pay for college - Internal perks are awesome,- High-school politics - Favoritism is present,Listen to the feedback your employees give you and help them when they need it. Especially when it comes to advancement within the company.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43524,apple,none," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team supervisor,"Fun and growth, great products",Promotions can be few a far between,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43525,apple,none," Feb 18, 2015",Current Employee - Lead Mac Genius,Working at Apple Retail is amazing because of the people you work with.,"The people hired at Apple are usually brilliant and talented people. Work is always challenging and the time flies. You're the first to experience all the latest and greatest technology Apple has to offer. The skills developed at Apple are applicable to many different career paths. You have the opportunity, if you're a hard worker to travel world wide and have international experiences few companies can afford their employees.","It's easy to hit a dead end with different roles, they only promote so far within the retail level and moving into Apple Corporate is next to impossible. From an IT standpoint it still difficult to leverage your technical knowledge when applying for tech support positions with other companies. Work can be exhausting, retail hours are unpredictable and fluctuate based on seasons and product launches. Speaking to Leadership about Compensation is very difficult, you have a yearly review and that's it.",Accountability between management and employees should be held at a higher standard. With so many people working in one place it's easy to the let those who slack or don't perform as expected fall through the cracks.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43526,apple,none," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Store Manager,Apple Retail,Awesome company with an exciting culture and products. The team building in the stores is unlike any other company. Working day in and out with your teammates to satisfy the thousands of customers builds amazing friendships and team camaraderie.,Lots of overtime and development programs needs more work.,Invest in your people no matter how busy it gets.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43527,apple,none," Mar 1, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Not the same since Steve left us,Peers and direct reports become family,Too much upper management brought in from other big box retailers that don't get the culture,Listen more to your people more and stop playing favorites,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43528,apple,"Kansas City, MO"," Feb 12, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,This company is the very highest end of retail.,"They care about their employees, whether through benefits or respecting our time, I never doubt it.","Well, it's still retail, and that just means unexpected hours. Though, they are still good about working around schedules.",Keep listening and caring.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43529,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Call Center Representative,Apple Care,Everyone is very nice and professional,Have to pass 3 test,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P691.htm
43530,apple,none," Mar 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical advisor,Good health benefits for part time worker,Very hard to move up in this company,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43531,apple,"Boston, MA"," Mar 22, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Apple a great company, but doesn't look after their staff","Great working with cutting technology, new products, and discounts are great.","very poor work-life balance, long retail hours, weekends, pay is really low, you can earn more as uber driver, lots of fake people, saying love apple and products, but the would cut trouts to get places, but to get management you really need to work in a target, as seem to like external hires for management, don't tend to promote internal.","Listen to staff, pay more attention to people concerns, don't base a person on their NetPromoter Results,",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43532,apple,none," Feb 1, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"All employees are energetic, creative, and fun! Just walk into an Apple retail store to find out for yourself!","This working environment is one you want to be in. You will be surrounded by great people, have competitive benefits, and a highly regarded job.","The turn around in the recruitment process is lengthy. However, it is just as rewarding once it is over!",Keep doing what you are doing! This company makes it a lot easier for the world to go round! Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43533,apple,none," Feb 27, 2015",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,"Worked with great people, but you can quickly outgrow opportunities available in retail.","Benefits, People, and the pay is good for retail only you are expected to sacrifice at every corner.","Lies about opportunities, shift in company ideology. Company has lost its way about customer focused and has now joined the ranks of every other retailer about pushing for volume and dollars.","Do whatever you can to get to the way it was around 2008. The culture and energy was amazing in both corporate and retail, now its all just a facade.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43534,apple,"Portland, OR"," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Small Business Sales Representative,Apple On-Line,Most rewarding job I have had. Offers above average pay for a similar job at another company. Benefits are superb.,"The most demanding job I have every had, and the most challenging. Hard to get promoted, as everyone is tops in their field here.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43535,apple,none," Feb 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Its amazing working there, they pay great, and have great bonuses",They have a decent pay with a bunch of benefits such as vacationing and sick leave,"Some of the cons is that their are so few of them they are great distance away from house, so gasoline for car costs a lot.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43536,apple,none," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple developer program advisor,big company and have complete system,no flexible time and too much job,They are good manager,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43537,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Feb 6, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,some good some bad,the pay is great and you work with amazing peers,management is iffy and the customers suck,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43538,apple,none," Feb 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Recruitment - High Volume Division Review,"Overall, Apple is a great place to work, but certain divisions such as (AHA-recruiting management) need major help! - Great benefits and perks - Ability to work with world class technology - Top notch training available","- This recruiting management team plays HUGE favoritism. If someone feels threatened by you, be aware because the axe is coming - Management lies to their employees - Career growth is blocked even after time is put in - Hard work and dedication is not recognized unless you kiss butt to the right people - Competition is high amongst one another","- Do not manager by fear! There is absolutely no need for this and it's really sad if you have to take it to this level - Do not micro-manage unless necessary - Listen to your employees if there is an issue with other co-workers. There is always three sides to a story...yours' theirs, and the truth! - Let your employees grow within Apple! Yes, you may have hired great talent, but don't hog them to yourself! - Reward and acknowledge your employees equally! They will want to stay and not try to move out from under you!",3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43539,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Data Analytics Engineer,Fantastic workplace,"- good work - good peers - good food, benefits - pacy work - aggressive time lines - scope to learn a lot!",- sometimes the job gets too hectic and sometimes it is relaxing.,more compensation,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P692.htm
43540,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Churn & Burn,"Strong introductory training, great team comeraderie","Metrics shift constantly, work schedules were sometimes posted days before the work week began, very low wages, management expects employees to last about 18 months",invest in your employees (monetarily) and maybe you wouldn't have to be in a continual hiring mode.,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43541,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,I would only recommend it to my enemy,Having the name on the resume is a big plus Surrounded by really smart people,"Horrible culture where the only thing matters is Apple's bottom line. The company from top executives to HR department to the lowest rung on the totem pole do not have any respect for the individual. There's no such thing as work / life balance. No such thing as personal relationships. Any displayed friendliness I've encountered was fake...the second something went wrong, fingers started pointing. The people are super smart, but fierce competition turn them into robots where the only thing matters is personal gain (at the sacrifice of their own mental health and others).",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43542,apple,none," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - HBA,Awesome place to work,"Benefits ,pay, perks & work environment . Ability to work from home.",None that i have encountered so far.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43543,apple,none," Feb 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work life balance,you can get chance to work in multiple technologies,"Frameworks, no work life balance",don't treat contractors as robots,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43544,apple,none," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terminated after years of fierce loyalty over a bogus HR Complaint.,"There are many great things to say about working for a company like Apple Inc. Managers at Apple are quick to recognize hard workers. I touted this as one of the major positive aspects of working for a company like Apple for years. The opportunities for advancement within the AppleCare environment are numerous if you are dedicated and hard worker. Furthermore, there are many very smart and dedicated people working alongside you that make the job enjoyable on a day to day basis. Apple typically makes the right choices when it comes to advancements/promotions. Apple is competitive when it comes to compensation. They typically aim to be better in this area than many other companies. It's easy to get behind a company like Apple who is continually releasing innovative products. The positive aspects of working for Apple are almost too numerous to list here.","The negative aspect at Apple is its growth. Apple, in some ways, has grown to become the behemoth company it stood against in its infancy. Apple is, on its surface, an incredible place to work, but Apple is struggling with becoming a giant corporation like any other thriving tech company. It would be difficult to explain without proper context. I'll share some of my personal experience.  I worked at Apple's corporate campus between four and five years. I excelled in every role I was placed and was quickly promoted through several different groups during my tenure. I was chosen for my last promotion at Apple over at least 250 other applicants. This promotion was on a 'technical path' while I was being groomed for a path in management. I accepted a position in Apple's 'engineering group' over pursuing a management role. This was considered a extremely desirable promotion and a reflection of my hard work.  I excelled in this role as well. I had worked approx. three months in this group before I was taken into an office to be interrogated by Apple's HR group. They explained I had become the subject of HR complaint. This was the first time I had ever had any interaction with HR or been the subject of any disciplinary action whatsoever in my entire tenure as an Apple employee.  Apple's HR group made the decision to terminate my employment over their interpretation of Apple's business conduct policies regarding tobacco and 'electronic cigarette' use. I was assured by my management team that the decision was made entirely by Apple's HR group. In other words, my management team was not consulted and this had nothing to do with my performance at work. I was urged to appeal the decision by virtually every manager and peer I had at Apple.  The decision/interpretation that led to my termination also led to a series of meetings to clarify Apple's policies on this subject. Numerous employees at Apple Inc. use personal vaporizers or 'electronic cigarettes' as smoking cessation devices. Naturally, my termination led to fairly serious questions about HR's interpretation of 'tobacco use' and 'personal vaporizer' use. HR's own support could not give a singular answer on this subject, so management had to demand clarification on what the policy actually states before any one else was terminated on the same grounds. The understanding being that if I was somehow guilty of violating Apple's policies so were many other people working on that campus at that time.  During my appeal, HR stated that the clarifications made to the policies regarding this subject did not apply to my termination because they were made the day after my termination. This ignored the fact that the decision to terminate my employment with Apple was directly responsible for the push for management to seek that very clarification. Furthermore, it was verified by my co-workers that I was never a part of the conversation that was originally cited in the complaint to HR in the first place. In fact, I had never met or spoke with the person who originally made the complaint to begin with. Finally, HR's representative who handled my appeal made several statements that indicated she did not have a fundamental understanding of the events or policies that led to my termination. This being the result of two months of 'research' she claimed she was doing on my appeal's case. I feel it's also important to note that the group that made this decision also resides in California. It's likely they had never stepped foot on our campus.  I hope this illustrates the issue well enough. This is the kind of corporate behavior you would expect to find in a Terry Gilliam film or a Franz Kafka novel. This is not the behavior I expected from a company that I was fiercely loyal to and loved working at. I can't help shake the feeling that somebody was 'making their numbers' when it came to my case.  It's a more than a little ironic that Apple would have such archaic policies regarding the use of personal vaporizers given the nature of their business and interests in health devices.  The experience of working for the company is exemplary. It is everything you would expect working for a company that is dedicated to releasing innovative products that have a huge impact on the way people live their lives.  However, if HR's gaze falls upon you no one at Apple can save your career from the faults in their interpretations.  Tim Cook could probably stop this from happening. He didn't respond to my emails.","I know the managers at Apple to be extremely good at what they do, but I think it's time they exercise a little more 'managerial courage' when it comes to disputing HR's actions.",2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43545,apple,"Tyson's Corner, Fairfax, VA"," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,very good place to work,very positive environment and team work in general (with few exceptions),"crazy schedules - salary is good but only if you're full time, very hard for people who don't have flexible schedules to accommodate changes",It would be nice to have more full time opportunities and consider workers with families,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43546,apple,none," Mar 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Been there, done that.","They make great, unique products.","So much money, and they could do more for their employees. I mean no free food!?! Sure it VERY high quality food for only $8. But that's all the reason why the most valuable company should be able to cover $8 worth of food for employees that work so hard.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43547,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Love it,"Passion, Pay, Team, Experience and Products",Taxing and Exhausting. Not very family friendly.,Should be more family friendly,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43548,apple,none," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked here as a software engineer,"Good environment, good food, and great salary with bonus.",Hardly get promoted and achieve management level.,The way to beat Google is treat us better than Google dose to their employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43549,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"culture, passion, good pay, good breaks, cool people","Micro-management, sales numbers are all that matter in the end which is disguised by ""caring for the customer""",More customer service less sales,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P693.htm
43550,apple,none," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,thought different.,"Great benefits, fast growth, good people to work with, fun.","stressful workplace at times, expectations of multitasking with more than 2 customers, more focus on numbers than people and customers.",Focus more on good customer service and the numbers will fall into place.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43551,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Genius,Genius,Great benefits and very flexible hours. Company culture is amazing. Employees are great to work with,Long hours and terrible customer experiences. Over worked and under paid.,Listen to employees,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43552,apple,none," Feb 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fantastic jumping off point for your career,"Awesome people, passionate workforce, good pay. So many fantastic training opportunities, truly driven by the desire to build your career.","Sometimes the corporate rules pull you down a bit--my least favorite practice was ""fearless feedback"", where you had to practice through role play. The problem with this was it painted you into a little box. What if I have better success managing people in a more authentic way? Too bad for you.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43553,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 25, 2015",Former Employee - Senior CopyWriter,Bring your best,"Apple is the type of place where you can do the best work of your life. They have all the resources and incredibly high expectations.  They also pay their employees well, provide tons of training opportunities, and have great products to work on. In other companies, I sometimes had to compromise an idea to bring it in under budget. That very rarely happens to truly great ideas at Apple.  Additionally, I found that my personal values were very in line with the overall compass of the company.","It's exceptionally intense. So respect for personal time can exist as long as you work for the right person. If you don't, that can be a bad thing.  Also as I understand it now, the group I was in has grown so big it's lost some of its magic. They've had a hard time maintaining the consistency of greatness that was a little easier when the team was smaller.",Focus on quality. Make sure you're bringing in great folks and stay true to what has made Apple so incredible.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43554,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,"My Org is Great, But I Can Only Vouch for Mine","Each R&D org has its own culture. I love mine, but I've heard stories from other groups that sound unpleasant to work for.  It's such a huge company that there are always positions in other groups if you are interesting in changing jobs.",The secrecy gets in the way of open collaboration.,I've been pretty impressed with the upper mgmt. I'm not in any position to offer advice there.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43555,apple,"Denver, CO"," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Store Leader,Apple needs to ask ,"Great pay, benefits and the most amazing people to work with.","Leadership in and above Store Leader have been systemattically replaced with retail manager drones. There is no longer opportunity for internal promotion and free thought. It is all about the ""retail jargon"" and old ways of getting things done... not at all like the Apple Retail of Steve Jobs and Ron Johnson.","Look at all the original retail ""Leaders"" you have lost in the last 2 years and ask yourselves ""why have they all left or asked to leave"". It's because you have replace Leaders with managers.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43556,apple,"Denver, CO"," Feb 22, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Good job considering its retail,Apple is a good company period. The pay is above average for working in a retail store and the benefits are excellent.,Most job movement is lateral and it's extremely difficult to get promoted when you're competing with 100+ coworkers in a store.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43557,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Working here was a lot of fun but incredible exhausting!,"The management really wants you to be the best you can be within your title, before moving up to any other position. They are very focused and dedicated to expanding your knowledge on all the products, and give you time to study the products or anything you feel needs brushing up on. They are very lenient with days off, as long as you request them a few weeks in advance, and they are very adamant on answering your requests within a day. The pay is good for a retail store, however, for the amount of money the company makes, mostly because of their retail store employees, the pay should be more. The managers for the most part care a lot about their employees and treat them like equals, they are very friendly and helpful and good at listening and responding to the employees suggestions and feedback. All the employees in the store really love doing what they do.","Being part time felt like a full time job, it was exhausting. The customers, although a nice chunk of them are interesting and fun to interact with, are mostly annoying, non-English speakers who yell at you and get frustrated at you for not speaking their language. The pay is good for a retail store, however, for the amount of money apple makes, mostly because of their retail store employees, the pay should be more. The training is very tedious and time consuming for a retail store, but understandable given the amount of customers and questions you have to deal with everyday.",The store is run very well and management seems well trained and competent to handle the type of store that they are running.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43558,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Strongly encourage to be a promoter of the brand,Great benefits Free things Recognizable brand,Time management High competition Lack of freedom,Less rotation of new people and more focus to keeping existing employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43559,apple,none," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company on earth and by far the most security a non-Union friendly company can offer,"Insane benefits, insane benefits, insane benefits insane benefits, insane benefits. Did I mention how insane the benefits are? Finest senior leadership around. Finest CEO you could imagine.","None. If you are unhappy it's likely your own fault. If I repeat, if you are unhappy it'd likely umyour fault. If you come to apple with unhappy baggage Apple won't fix that for you. It is your responsibilty.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P694.htm
43560,apple,none," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"exciting consumer product, high profile","extremely long hours, ends justifies the means kind of mentality",manage people right,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43561,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Experience working at the Apple Store,Got to meet interesting people,Had to work some long days when new products were launched,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43562,apple,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"amazing, some room for growth",the people and products are great,not a lot of room to grow,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43563,apple,none," Mar 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Arrogance,"They pay you relatively well. Also, people seem impressed that you work at Apple.",The company has no ethics. They pretend to be all about the user but really they subjugate and lock in their users. Greed is what drives this company now.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43564,apple,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Great for developing yourself.,"Paid vacation and sick pay, great benefits, education assistance They're very much into development and keeping employees happy.",It's retail. Hours varied quite a bit and work a lot during the holidays.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43565,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Great company with great products.,- Amazing people to work with. - Great products. - Amazing benefits. - Pay is great. - Vacation time. - Awesome perks. - You learn a lot about technology. - Pretty flexible with scheduling. - They do not frown upon going to school and offer assistance.,- Upper management can be clickish. - Upper management can make it hard to move up. - Middle management follow upper management. - Customer can be extremely rude and demanding. - Unrealistic expectations from all management. - No bonuses.,- Remember what it was like not to be on top. - Treat your employees with the same respect that you demand. - Do not hold people back because of your personal grudge to them. - Protect your employees from rude customers. - Consider offering bonuses for the great job the team does.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43566,apple,none," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Campus Representative,Cares about employees,"good compensation, wonderful training courses, amazing all expense paid training trips, great incentives, great communication between higher level staff and lower level staff, 401k and benefits even for part-time employees","difficult submitting hours due to working cross-country & if you miss the timecard submission deadline, pay will definitely be delayed, difficult time window of scheduling meetings with westcoast staff based on availability of all due to time differences","continue wonderful training programs, don't forget about the little people, bonuses, products and incentive programs are great reminders to employees that their company cares",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43567,apple,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fast paced company that is always seeking to advance technology and enrich lives.,Great benefits with a stable work-life balance,"Not easy to move up, managers are very micro managing",Stop micro-managing,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43568,apple,none," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,AppleCare,Training and product knowledge. Working with and actualy helping a large amount of people. Pay is decent with bonuses.,Stressful Job. Poor / unrealible reasorces provided to do your job. Poor management structure.,"I've worked for a vender site for Apple Care for a year and a half. I love helping people. This is not venting I just want Apple to look into some of the working conditions of there venders. We are still representitives of Apple but are not treated as such. The working and sanitation conditions are poor, most of the macs we use are 2006 to 2008 and are having issues from constantly running. The management needs to be looked at because they don't take proper care of us. High stress factor, you need to have a program for helping advisors in high stress situations. I don't know about Apple corporate sites, but I suggest send out surveys to all Apple care vender site advisers to check on their conditions so you can find out how to help. Happy advisors, happy customers.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43569,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 23, 2015",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Work here only if you have to,-Benefits. Thats it. Only reason to take this job is if you need healthcare,"-Pay is low. Barely enough to make it in Austin. You're lucky if you start at 16 dollars an hour -No upward mobility. You will not move upward unless you are willing to put in a decade here. -Management is completely messed up. Managers move laterally to other roles and you'll get a new manager every 6 months or so. -Morale is spiraling down. On my team, the turn over of full time employees was large. A person leaving every two weeks or management finding a reason to fire employees for minor reasons when they themselves call in sick constantly. I was on a team of 20 people, within 6 months 12 were gone. A new person would be added, another person would leave. Terrible morale. -Management does whatever the heck it wants while front line people are treated like work horses. At some points, I would see my manager maybe once or twice a week because they are calling in sick or taking time off. -Everything is metrics based. Quality used to be the focus when Jobs was CEO but efficiency has been the focus over the last two years. -The job is soul sucking. Dread going to work everyday. -Work all holidays. For three years I missed thanksgiving and xmas with family -Getting time off is a pain. You are in competition with other team members for days off.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,27,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P695.htm
43570,apple,none," Feb 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and Cons of working at apple,"The benefits at Apple are great, they allow you to get the products you want or that your family wants.",But when you work there it can be tough at times. Working at Apple can be a very tough job and can get overwhelming.,"Get good with talking to people, other than that Apple will teach you anything else that you need to know.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43571,apple,none," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,College At Home Advisor iOS,You get to work from home and the people you meet in your job are amazing. You also get good benefits. Apple rewards you for doing good by sending you small gifts and allowing you to move up when you graduate.,"Like any call center, it is a call center job. You speak to crabby people all day and as a college advisor, you're stuck in the same spot until you graduate (which can be terrible if you have 2 years to go).",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43572,apple,none," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Not a long term career,"Has great benefits, development time, and some of the best employees to work with.","It is very difficult to have a work-life balance with retail hours, but that's the nature of retail. Seems to be a disconnect between corporate ideas and the actual implementations in a retail environment.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43573,apple,"Lake Grove, NY"," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Enthralling experience,If you are ambitious and competitive. Specialist is for you. It is so much fun. I love Apple products so being able to make people happy and getting to play and learn on these products are amazing.,Not a lot of training outside of core. Although they do have a lot of training for customers on there site which is a great at home utility if you need to work on certain tech questions.,Keep doing a great job!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43574,apple,none," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Apple online support.,You're able to Work at home.,"They only give you 5 days off per year no matter what, no benefits, no schedule changes, and you have to handle everything. Pay was horrible","Learn how to run a real company, treat your employees with respect, offer benefits, and stop putting so much stress on your workers.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43575,apple,"Miami, FL"," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Fantastic Experience,Great Learning experience. Surrounded by smart talented passionate people.,"Management has a ""middle management"" mentality so having them lead creative people is sometimes not a great fit.",Empower and bring out the best in your people and make your job easier.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43576,apple,none," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,This is one of the best companies I have ever worked for.,Fair compensation. The best benefits. You are paid for every minute you work. Happy upbeat working environment.,The hours can be crazy at times. It is retail after all. Not enough vacation. Needs more engagement with upper management.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43577,apple,none," Feb 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Advisor,excellent training Apple ensures that you feel good in your team visible progress great opportunities after a year in the positions,call center type cannot select your shift time off policies are first arrived first served,keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43578,apple,none," Feb 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great atmosphere,Great perks and overall salary,The amount of work is a bit much,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43579,apple,none," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,It is a very good company to work for. Always on the move and if you love to help people its great!,"Tough to advance, seems political and feel at times stuck without being able to advance",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P696.htm
43580,apple,none," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Amazing Job - Amazing Company,"The opportunity for growth in the various fields within the Apple Retail environment are available, from Specialist, to Expert, Family Room, Genius to Creative. I work with some of the best coworkers who truly care about their jobs at Apple and the customers they help.",During my one year experience working at the retail level I haven't found any CONS working at Apple.,The work life balance is something that could be improved upon and looked at during the scheduling of hours.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43581,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Feb 2, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Amazing!,"Great people, Great building, Great product","could be higher pay, but other than that everything great",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43582,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Life changing company. Seriously, if you can handle corporate culture and don't expect a free ride, apple is the place.","Culture, history, passion, benefits. Great people, great products, good environment.",Can be difficult to navigate by design.,Keep up the great work. Don't listen to the haters.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43583,apple,none," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Lots of benefits. Meet great people. work with good people.,Hard work life balance. Hard to move up or get promoted passed a certain level at Retail.,Better compensation for employees. Should scale up better than the current rate.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43584,apple,"Mishawaka, IN"," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Sales,Fun environment. Great place to learn sales.,Underpaid. Mangers do not follow the rules.,Terrible management.,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43585,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Fun if you follow the rules,"great culture, wherever you go you will gain a family",hard to move up if youre not liked,"be open minded, stop micromanaging",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43586,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Best job ever,It couldn't be a better company,"So far, I've had no problems.",They do a good job being available.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43587,apple,"Cape Colony, NC"," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Most Comprehensive Training and Development,"Apple ensures all of their employees develop in leadership, business, and technological mindset.",Not enough time in the day to learn and do ...,Continue to embrace all employees by applauding and recognizing their accomplishments. Continue to push us into the stars and leaders we are all called to be.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43588,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Feb 15, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Never judge a book by its cover.,"The Benefits and pay is very good, consider this as a retail Job. The discounts are great, and the team atmosphere is great. there room for growth","Comparing the pay to market competitive rate. The technical support are strongly under paid. But people will not complain because they are to complacent and take what ever apple can give. The hours are terrible though, it really conflicts with your family and personal life.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43589,apple,none," Feb 14, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Apple Retail is not Apple Inc,-get to work with some very talented and interesting dedicated people -customer engagement is very energizing and never boring -exciting to provide great service with great products,"-store structure is not designed to allow managers time to spend adequate time in their areas of responsibility -weekly meetings take up too much time and a comm log or leader huddle could suffice -due to the ""sensitive"" nature of product releases, planning is challenging and there seams to be a thrill to coming down to the wire to have successful rollouts. -talent development is hampered by too great a focus on all the tools that are available that using them (compliance) overrides the time needed to spend developing your team. -schedule was challenging with a need to request 2 days off together and too many mid shifts which eliminates your entire day for practical purposes",-stop celebrating being part of one of the most admired companies and stick to retail 101 aspects of leading a potentially world class retail business.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P697.htm
43590,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 24, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great entry level IT support role.,Work from home. One month paid training.,Performance based solely on customer surveys. Even neutral surveys count against you. It only takes one bad survey to tank you.,Spend more time during training taking real calls.,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43591,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Family room specialist,"Great connections, fun job and great troubleshooting skills.",Customers service sometimes may be harder since some customers are not as tech saby!,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43592,apple,none," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - FRS,"Its a awesome place to work, great people and great benefits","The leadership is supportive and your coworkers are awesome. everything is about teamwork, and they will work to make your work/life balance as easy and pleasant as possible.",it takes a long time to become full time. most people are part time workers,Increase the pay. compared to other companies in the cell phone market the pay is a little low due to there being no commission. Some people do over a million dollars in sales in a year. with all the profits apple makes it could afford to make more people full time and raise the pay.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43593,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Visual Merchandising Specialist,Good company culture with good benefits,"Everyone gets along. It's a perk of being a social retail gig plus you're always up to date with the newest technology. Benefits are amazing - affordable health insurance, transportation coverage, fun workplace.",With working for a prestigious company comes customers who expect top notch attention and service. Luckily my position didn't require a lot of customer interaction. I will say you meet all sorts of personalities at the Apple store.,"More monetary compensation is always welcome. But to really move up at Apple, you need to be a top notch worker or have good relationships with your managers.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43594,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Too much of arrogance,The brand sounds good to other employers.,"The employees tend to think they are above others. Everything changes, the way they talk, they behave. Its not the company for people who expect sort of normal behavior.","I am pretty sure their attitude will be ""couldn't care less"".",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43595,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 14, 2014",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,An amazing experience,"I got to work with some of the smartest people in the world on really tough problems, and got to really contribute, my work shipped in an identifiable way - which in such a large company was an amazing thing. The energy of working at Apple was addictive, not to mention the fact that everyone (family, friends) were in awe of you working there.  I briefly worked at Google after leaving Apple, and my god, it was a stark difference. At Apple everyone focused on product, everyone knew that what they did made a difference and poured their hearts and souls into every day there. At google... not so much. Projects were cancelled regularly and people just didn't care, whether your product shipped or not, Google still got paid from advertising, so hey - why bother sweating it?","There was a LOT of work, but I was absolutely happy to do it. Brainwashing? Not really, more just making the most of the opportunity in front of me. Opportunities like this don't come around every day.  When I started, it was very management light. We got to move incredibly fast and make decisions mostly ourselves. By the time I left there were layers upon layers of program managers and the hiring bar was noticeably lower. That tends to spoil things for everyone.  New projects at apple feel like startups with unlimited resources and no investors to pander to... ie, spectacular... but after a few years of success, the structure calcifies and though it's still a good job, it's not the same rush.","Compensation (RSUs etc) was great at the start, but kept going down every year whilst the company made more and more money, this just felt wrong when you were working 70+ hours a week.  You really need a super-clueful CTO who isn't involved in the politics - someone who can cut through the crap and ensure your VPs aren't outmaneuvering you. You effectively had one, but sadly he is no longer with us.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43596,apple,none," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,It is a great job for college,Great pay and presents for employees.,Not always part-time during launch.,Compensation can be ehh.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43597,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Feb 2, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Support (Applecare),Technical support is a sales position.,"I worked there for about two years doing technical support. For maybe the first year, it was pretty great. There was plenty of training, good benefits, pay was decent. Fixing customer problems was the main focus of the job, and I was doing very well at that. We also could sell items to customers, but that was just a useful way to order them a part or cable or disc they needed without having to shuffle them to a salesperson. Sales was not a focus. I wouldn't have taken the job otherwise, because I have no skill at all at sales, and it's something I absolutely loathe doing.","After about a year, things changed. Suddenly technical support agents were pressured to make sales. Another month later and we had sales quotas we were expected to meet, though we earned no commission. Another month or so later, and sales was the main focus the call-center. All department or team meetings were now about sales, all discussions with management were about how to sell more, and any performance awards given out were for making sales. At one point my supervisor made her team fill out a form after any technical support call where they didn't make a sale, where we had to explained why we had failed to do our job... because SALES was our job now, the technical assistance was just something we had to do between pushing products on the callers.  Also, the entire Apple call-center had no windows. I always wondered if that was some kind of architecture-based pun.","The callcenter went downhill so fast, and it was during a time when Apple was starting their run of record profits. There was no excuse for it. People don't want to be subjected to sales pitches non-stop when they just want help with the (very expensive) product they already bought. Hiring technicians and then telling them to SELL SELL SELL is a wonderful way to drive morale through the floor.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43598,apple,none," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company to work for, lots of perks",There are too many to list.,"You may encounter some managers who were ill-equipped to handle the type of tremendous growth you've seen at Apple over the past few years. As a consequence, the understanding of what Apple Culture is or should be...may fluctuate. In other words, it's difficult to grow professionally when different managers can't agree on what YOUR success looks like.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43599,apple,none," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learn for life,Best place to work for,Too long commute time from SF,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P698.htm
43600,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,The best Silicon Valley company for Artists.,"Many of my friends from college work at Google and Facebook, and from my conversations I can honestly say that Apple values design more than any other tech company. Don't get me wrong, Google and Facebook (as well as a few other notable Silicon Valley corporations) have extremely high standards when it comes to design and user experience, but Apple takes it to a whole new level. They treat designers like royalty, and it shows in the products. As a software designer, I do feel highly valued at Apple. I do feel that I am doing great work. I do feel that I am more of an artist, a craftsman, than a developer. And I do feel that the long working hours pay off, not in cash but in the ability to look at the work I've done with my team and think to myself that this is what Picasso would use today. That's priceless. The 'climbing a ladder for prestigious positions' doesn't exist here because that's not what Apple stands for. The workers are here to design beautiful products together, and if everyone competes for meaningless position titles, the product quality worsens. That's why Apple doesn't really give a lot of freedom to move up.","Working at Google and Facebook and Twitter is probably better financially, and it probably delivers a lot less stress. That's excellent if you plan on having a family and spending time with your kids. I do have trouble managing time because I usually work overtime four to five times a week. Of course, this gets frustrating, but I love what I do, and so the extra work is never a reason to quit or complain. Secrecy is also a pain, as some of us even carry a wallet with half a dozen security badges. We are told multiple times a day that our work can never be discussed outside certain rooms, and in some cases we don't even know what were working on. For example, I had a project for a product that I had no idea about. I assumed it was a new version of iPad, but it ended up being for the brand new iPad mini. And I knew it was for the iPad mini on the same day the world was introduced to iPad mini. Yeah, that level of secrecy can really get annoying. But it also keeps things interesting ...","There are a lot of unintellectual brats running divisions they shouldn't be running. This was always there, but severely worsened after Steve Jobs left. That's not entirely Tim Cooks fault, it's mainly the fault of the recruiting division. Getting the Burberry CEO is genius, but getting snobby programmers from San Jose State to run important divisions is simply stupid. Lucky, I don't deal with them to often. And in many cases, they are cool. But the stress that they have is often pushed to workers, and that's something that Apple really needs to fix.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43601,apple,none," Jan 12, 2015",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,They really have a balanced approach to taking care of employees,"Training was awesome, the team members really work together. The training is ongoing and the job can really be satisfying. The convenience and the benefits are great as well",Business requires a flex schedule. The schedule may change at any time and the hours can vary as well as the days.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43602,apple,none," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is the place to be if you care about user experience.,"The best colleagues in the business. This is a great opportunity to work with some really fantastic, dedicated people, who genuinely want to use technology to make the world a better place.","Sometimes there can be bureaucracy and management sometimes does not listen to the opinions of the rank and file. When crunch time hits, it can be all-consuming.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43603,apple,none," Jan 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Fast career growth, with ability to learn techonogy",Company didnt keep up with technogly,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43604,apple,none," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is really exciting to work on something that can potentially change the world.,The coworkers are really talented and creative. Apple is really pushing the technology.,The horizon is a little narrow,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43605,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 12, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Fast paced and ever changing technology sales environment,Great health benefits and stock purchase plan. Great pay for a retail environment.,Low ceiling for internal growth.,.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43606,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 12, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service,Great work environment that is good to employees,Benefits and freebie. Travel oppturnities are amazing. Also learning and careers growth,Distance from home. But that's my choice,Keep doing what ur doing.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43607,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Excellence is your daily bottom-line,"A remarkable group of people, of all walks of life, all age groups, ethnicities, education and experience work together very hard, every day. The real challenge is to stay true to yourself -- the very reason why you were hired -- while polishing your knowledge and developing a broader emotional intelligence. The structure built in to insure you do great is there. You need to ask if you need help, stay put, never give up, strive to better yourself, because the company will be there to support you. Choose your mentors, become a mentor to others. Make sure you stay generous of your talent, give something back in return for what you receive, every day.","Ever-changing schedules can be hard to combine with a very full family life, or a full-time student load. There is a great career development path, but it must be fulfilling a business need relevant to the retail location where you work. Fast-track-style careerists may get frustrated.","Regularly-scheduled time off the sales floor to access those learning experiences, complete a certification etc.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43608,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,"Excellent education and experience from working there, but company policy can still end up screwing employees.","Tremendous room for growth and satisfaction with the profession. They really do notice if you're doing an excellent job, and want to give you room to improve your expertise as long as you want to. They hire excellent people, and I've made some of the best friends of my life by working there. They educate their employees, and the training is a positive experience both for improving one's personal skills and demonstrates that Apple is not in the business of screwing its customers at all.","Monetary compensation could be much better. They are willing to sacrifice the comfort and peace of mind of employees, and forego obvious logic, in order to comply with company-wide policies that can sometimes seem arbitrary. Like any large company, it is difficult for them to fire incompetent people, and so a poor hire can drag down a good team for too long.","Be willing to sidestep company policy in minor ways when the benefits of doing so would very obviously outweigh the cons, and the logic of the policy might not apply rationally in particular contexts.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43609,apple,none," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Employer,Good work environment. Excellent collegues,I don't see anything wrong to mention here.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P699.htm
43610,apple,"Natick, MA"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Crazy but fun experience.,"Team is great, good benefits, learn more about the products than you'd ever hope to know otherwise. Leadership is very supportive and caring towards your progress as a team member and genuinely care about you. Team sort of becomes a family.","Some customers are just looking for a fight, very hard to get hired, it's a very tiring retail job. Sometimes work will be very demanding hours-wise.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43611,apple,"Lafayette, LA"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,I sat out this semester for THIS?,"The pros are the interview process is pleasant, and quick. The recruiter and all of the hiring managers I spoke to were all extremely kind and friendly. In addition the pay and benefits are lovely.","Wow! Where do I begin? First, I am currently a Senior Accounting major who WAS scheduled to graduate in December 2015. I started the Spring 2015 semester but then withdrew after 2 weeks, after receiving notification that I was selected to start training for Apple.    In addition to withdrawing from school this semester in order to "" work"" for Apple, I also quit the job I had for nearly a year in order to be able to "" work"" for Apple. I already knew that my old job would become a thing of the past due to Apple's better pay and benefits package. -    Not only did I withdraw from school, and resign from my old job in order to "" work"" for Apple, but I also declined another job offer that was made to me, prior to accepting the Apple "" job"" offer.   Training was highly intense. From 9am- 1 pm there were self guided learning modules. And from 2 pm -6 pm there was role playing and advisor guided training. After 2 weeks of training, there was a test, where in order to pass, you must score an 80%. The test is timed with 20 questions on it. About 1/3 of the material on the test was not covered in training. Which is BEYOND unfair. I took the test last night and scored a 70%. I was able to take the "" retest"" this morning and scored a 75%.    At this point I am waiting for the inevitable, for me to be informed I have been "" fired"". This experience that I've had, I would not wish on my worse enemy. To tell someone they're "" hired"" by Apple as an at home advisor is a scam. It's all a rat race to reel in as many unsuspecting "" applicants"" such as myself, issue too demanding exams with unrealistic passing requirements, and then surprise you with the "" you're fired"" line after 2 weeks! I would not recommend this "" job"" to ANYONE!",Set clearer expectations on what the exam will cover,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43612,apple,none," Jan 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chat Agent,Working for Apple was AMAZING!,You sit down or stand in place all day.,Grow up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43613,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Best Company I Have Ever Worked For,"Great Company, Great Benefits, Treats Employee As Well As They Do Their Customers","None really, if you work hard, you will continue to advance, if not, you will not succeed like most things. Also shift bids can be a pain sometimes, but you can usually get the schedule you want if you do bid right.","Ive been amazed so far, have already met and surpassed all of my expectations",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43614,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Supply Base Engineer,So so,"Flexible, high salary, travel if desired","No direction, no info, your on your own",Put some structure,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43615,apple,none," Jan 25, 2015",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,"Fun, Busy, Upbeat","Awesome coworkers, great benefits (even part-time), good pay, AWESOME DISCOUNTS.","Management doesn't have the employees back. Customer is always right, even when wrong. Can't take off during certain events. Point system for tardiness and sickness is not flexible",Always have your employees back when the customer is wrong.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43616,apple,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Overall decent,"Amazing co-workers, good benefits, decent pay. The 401k and stock options don't hurt either.",Work-life balance could be an issue. Working in retail you don't get a typical weekend off like other people do.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43617,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Amazing benefits and potential for an amazing team.,Amazing benefits awarded even to part time employees. Flexibility with schedule as long as you plan in advance. Many options for movement internally or to a different location.,Exhausting customer service work for customers that often feel entitled and not very grateful. High turnover makes it hard to forge relationships and means that the team is always relatively new/inexperienced.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43618,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Incredible company to work for,Employees are provided with incredible benefits. There is a lot of independence and very little micro-managing. Everyone I worked with was friendly and happy to be there.,Different managers adhered to policies differently. Employees are kept in the dark about many internal things. Internal systems had a lot of issues that would not be expected from this company.,Work on consistency in management roles.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43619,apple,"Eugene, OR"," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Best company ever!,They are flexible with scheduling and offer great party!,It can be hard to move up with so many employees competing for the same job.,Offer more opportunities for advancement.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P700.htm
43620,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Excellent place to work. In the end it is still a retail job.,- Positions are not performance based - Relatively easy job if you can handle a high-stress environment,- Scheduling can be tough - Managers can be very strict,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43621,apple,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,good place,"workmates, time off, development, culture, perks","compensation, benefits, management, location, hours",compensation,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43622,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"After 5 years, it gets old. Great college job.","You're working at Apple. Job security is great and it's a good, higher paying retail job. You get a decent discount but it's very rigid.","Employees tend to get sucked into the apple lifestyle do to the job security. Technicians aren't empowered to make coverage decisions when repairing, must have all go through manager and have manager approval. Most decisions against the standard warranty aren't approved.","Empower Employees to make decisions for customer support, even if it's against the standard policy.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43623,apple,none," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company, work friendly, culture is amazing, lots of employees, tons of development, support","No career growth, not high enough pay",NOne,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43624,apple,none," Feb 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked at Apple,Great opportunities to work in many different things.,Nonthing I can think of as of now.,None,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43625,apple,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EPM,Innovative friendly dynamic casual operations,Low work-life-balance due to high expectations and relative to staffing,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43626,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,very adventurous and rewarding,its nice and warm and friendly,very demanding and difficult work life balance,come to work prepared,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43627,apple,none," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fabulous!,Benefits and growth opportunity are superb!,"retail hours, although the company is very fair about what is offered to corporate and retail alike",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43628,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Best job and worst job I have ever had,"- Awesome products - Smart People - Great Benefits - Many good leaders, unfortunately they lack the power to influence (see cons)","- Very political - Some unethical Sr Managers/Directors/VPs- they will do what they have to do to climb the ladder....they would throw their own mother under the bus if it gets them a promotion. Unfortunately many of them get to run the show. - If you aren't ready to give 100% of your time to Apple, don't bother applying.",Better figure out why the good ones are leaving.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43629,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 2, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Good job after college but selling iPads to entitled a-holes during the Christmas holidays crushed my soul.,"Lots of people you work with will be high energy, super cool people. I learned enough about technology through Apple products to talk shop with VC investors.",Lots of Kool-Aid to drink before you can expect to move up. Big corporate machine... that makes beautiful products. Customers can really blow.,I think mgmt does a good job all things considered.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P701.htm
43630,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Applecare home advisor,Great company on your resume,you cannot choose what time you want to work,need strong time management,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43631,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 25, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Wasting Talent...,"Apple takes pretty good care of employees, good benefits, lots of training, energectic though sometimes chaotic environment.","poor pay, awful awful customers, lots of terrible politics, and they don't listen to needs of the employees.","Listen to what the people on the floor are telling you. They know how to fix what's wrong and how things can be better, precisely because they're on the front lines.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43632,apple,"Newport Beach, CA"," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Best retail job for personal and creative outlet,"I enjoyed the freedom of being who I am and enjoying working with people. The culture of Apple is amazing and the best at taking customers through a journey. Working at Apple not only changed my way of life, thinking, and values but to see the difference I make one person at a time. I love that everyone is a family and is encourage to provide feedback.",Personal development is encouraged but not as supported as expected to be. Opportunities for growth is limited due to positions available.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43633,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,"Unique, busy, and stressful.","Exciting, fast pace, meet lots of interesting people, get to use great technology, be part of something big.","Extremely busy, people can be demanding customers and co-workers alike, high stress, terrible scheduling, not much upward movement, several band-aids to age old internal problems, no room for personal growth.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43634,apple,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting place to work everyone is nice,The leadership is very good. The culture is nice and the training is very good. There is plenty of support from the whole team.,There is always changes going on which sometimes get overwhelming and hard to adjust too.,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43635,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Decent,"health benefits, ample hours, vacation hours, sick hours, 401K","Extremely stressful, many bitter overworked co-employees, little opportunity for advancement.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43636,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Engineering Project Manager,"A great place to work, but you have to be strong","Fantastic technical challenges, brilliant people, complex and important problems to be solved. The benefits are great, of course, and the prestige both during the time you work there and even afterwards on your resume are significant benefits. If you like serious intellectual challenges, and the opportunity to do something that makes a difference in the world, this is the place for you. I think the compensation was very fair compared to other companies, and those people who really are rock stars really get very well compensated.","The culture (in engineering) is a tough one, hard on people who aren't at the top of their game. I think that Apple actually is a pretty high integrity place in general, but in my experience there certainly used to be a very strong political nature. This is always true in any organization with a lot of people, of course, but at Apple there was a certain sloppiness about allowing bad managers without a strategic plan to continue to survive and do damage far too long just because they were good at making their bosses feel good. Maybe this was just the case in the group where I worked. Maybe this has changed since Tim Cook has taken over.","Find more ways to actually measure the quality of the managers. Do more evaluation of the value and worth of the managers as seen by the people reporting to them. This is for two reasons 1) It helps upper levels recognize managers who are hated by their people 2) It helps upper levels recognize managers who are adored by their people. There have been cases where managers were fired even though their people thought they were great, and the groups then fall apart completely. There have been cases where the managers were completely hideous but were great at managing up, so their people were tortured for ages. Of course, the bottom line is that productivity suffered badly in both cases.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43637,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jan 12, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,The people you work with are vibrant and interesting,"I loved my experience with Apple. I started out at their corporate headquarters in Austin, and worked for three retail stores afterwards. The coworkers have completely made the experience for me. I have met so many passionate people and made many lasting friendships.  They pay well above minimum wage, most likely the highest of any retail store. There are goals, but no commission, so the pressure is not on you to force the customers into something they do not want. Managers treat employees very fairly, and have shown great compassion when real life gets in the way of work life.  They have the best benefits package of any company I have ever worked for. Great discounts on products, and employee stock purchase discounts too.  You have the opportunity to make lateral moves within the company to find our what role makes you happiest.  Apple was a job, not a career for me. It didn't pay me more than I made in other, more corporate settings. But if happiness had a price, this company was better to me than any other.","If you wanted to start at the entry level and move to management, it would take many, many years, if at all. If you want to be a retail store manager, you would have to be a manager somewhere else first, and be at the top of your game.  There is no set schedule for 90% of the employees. It can be difficult to take vacations around the holidays.  If you cannot handle tons of crowds and talking to people all day long, this would not be the job for you. It can be mentally and socially exhausting at the end of the day. Entitled customers break their own gadgets and get mad at you for it. That is one of the worst parts.",I would encourage employees to make more content from the software apps of the devices to encourage deeper learning of the software. That seems to get overlooked. That is where the joy of creation really leads to a deeper enjoyment of the hardware.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43638,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Great for development,"Consistent, fair wages/benefits, good people, stress free, room to grow","Floating schedule, pointless meetings, changing goals/agendas",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43639,apple,none," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - ICS,Great culture,Great Culture. Great leadership. Great environment,Not enough in the pay or salary to make the work worth it,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P702.htm
43640,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 1, 2015",Current Employee - Electrical Engineer,Electrical Engineer,Reputed name in the industry for quality products.,"No work life balance. Vendors are treated badly. Even the engineers within Apple are treated with no respect. No work ethics, slave for money attitude.","When good people are leaving Apple, make sure you listen to their problem they had which made them leave the company. Some mid management is very bad.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43641,apple,"Hingham, MA"," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company,"awesome atmosphere, great benefits, fun to work",nothing really i can tell about,good job,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43642,apple,none," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Great company,"Supportive environment, great training and on boarding process. Loved the work-life balance. Diverse and accepting corporate culture. Good benefits.",Retail schedule requires a lot of availability. Schedule varies from week to week. The no commission policy has pros and cons.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43643,apple,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,It's great company with a passion for excelling and reaching the world withs it's great products,Consumes a lot of your person time,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43644,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Physical Design Engineer,Get to work on awesome products.,"Opportunity to learn a lot, and a highly competitive environment where one gets to work with the best of the best.",work life balance is very poor. work life balance is very poor. work life balance is very poor.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43645,apple,none," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Fine place to work at,Nothing to say about this,Nothing's,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43646,apple,none," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love working for apple!,many opportunities for higher advancement,must be flexible all the time,keep hiring good people!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43647,apple,none," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Stay hungry, stay foolish.",Company values are strong and reasonable.,Personal growth Ability to move from retail to corporate easily,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43648,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Care Tier II,The burnout of your life,"Great people work there, learn a lot.",Easily get burn out by doing phone support all day long. Very large turn over of people in the call center.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43649,apple,none," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Roles don't matter, just get it done with quality however you can.",Working with bleeding edge technologies is highly encouraged and supported. The best on site food services you could ever imagine.,"Be prepared to work any time day or night even if your sick or on vacation. It's expected, no kidding.",Contribute more to older aged employees retirement and make it easier to vest in RSU's sooner.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P703.htm
43650,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 3, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Whatever you make of it,"They had Company beer bashes, giveaways & paid health care for employees. Mostly had no dress code. We used to come into work in our pjs","The company micromanages its' employees. You WILL work weekends, most holidays including Xmas & New Years. Depending on who your manager is, they can find ways to fire you if they don't like you.",Fully investigate all terminations,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43651,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,great place to work,"great pay, great benefits, helping people.","requires a lot of energy, attendance policy is super strick, stressful environment.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43652,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 15, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,It's just a retail job in the end.,-People -Benefits -Vacation Time -being able to clock out and leave all the cares and stresses of the day there. -extensive training,-rotating schedules out of your control -limiting roles -repetitive nature of the work -work holidays,Put the people you work with first otherwise by becoming invested in knowing them. Otherwise your system of management will always collapse.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43653,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Jan 11, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,Great company,"Great pay, great opportunities",Highly political for upward movement,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43654,apple,none," Jan 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Analyst,Good company to work Great discounts on apple products. Requirements are clear Free shuttle to most part of bay area Flexible timings,Lack of space to work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43655,apple,none," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Motivated coworkers and nice benefits,Located in the south bay,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43656,apple,"Peekskill, NY"," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Shift Lead,Its been a great learning experience and I strive to do well in all that i do,They offer amazing opportunities and they are always creating better ways to work.,Its beginning to get extremely uncertain the road the company is taking.,"Sometimes the people closer to the bottom of the corporate ladder have great insight on The things that matter to the customers, also that they should realize how hard we work for the benefit of the company",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43657,apple,"Naples, FL"," Jan 14, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Excellent Company,Amazing leadership. Product sells it-self. Amazing team.,"Severely competitive to get in. When your product is at the top, there always people that want to tear it down.","Keep doing what you are doing, it works!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43658,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Salesman,The pay isn't to bad,"Hours are flexible, lots of standing, good pay, managers are usually pretty fair and understanding, DISCOUNTS, worst part is the hostility some of the employees show to the fellow salesman but its a great place to work!",Competition reallty but that'd about as worse as it gets,Fair employee punishment,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43659,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,Pretty awesome company to work for.,"Not much many cons, none that I can think of.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P704.htm
43660,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Nice and shiny outside, empty inside","One might find some interesting things to work on, depends on luck and timing",Work-life balance is awful. Due to the high bonuses the people are very aggressive.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43661,apple,"Marlton, NJ"," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,It's fun and worth it for the first year or two goodbye,Discount is great Skills learned booth technical and customer service wise Health benefits are great vested day 1 401k is very nice Employee stock purchase,Retail management is a joke. They used to be from other tech compaines now are former retail employees selling jeans. Have no idea how to deal with purchases over 200,Listen to your people. Know your product. At times the customer is wrong some technology isn't designed for what the customer wants.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43662,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 2, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Design Engineer II,Found myself putting my best foot forward when surrounded by the smartest and brightest.,"You get to work on products that impact the real world , a chance to make a difference. Everyone from an intern to manager does meaningful work. The hours are hectic but the work is interesting and demands long hours. Free food after 5 for engineers is always a great benefit! The compensation is better than average (especially since it's an RF position). With overtime pay, you can make well above the base.","Work life balance takes a toll on you. So much so that when it's perfectly normal to leave by 5 in other companies , here you get the stares! Due to the flat management structure , I see a lot of managers burdened And in turn this leads to a block in communication between teams/managers.",Hire more and spread out responsibilities instead of piling on and functioning in small groups like start ups.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43663,apple,"Greenville, SC"," Jan 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Both a great and a challenging company to work for.,"The people I worked with were AMAXING people. A truly diverse group. The benefits were amazing, even for part-time. Management back up employees.","As with all retail, the customers made the job hard. Also, Apple has a very strict way in which things are done.","Be more open to the workers. Silence is more frustrating when you know something is going on, but you don't know how it will affect you.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43664,apple,none," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A+ Experience,"Upbeat Atmosphere, The satisfaction from unselfishly helping people. I still say its the best job I've ever had...3 years later","Almost none, you can get a little burned out, its so fast paced but still an amazing experience.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43665,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Fast paced and exciting,Always on the go something for everyone,Can be overwhelming and demanding,Listen to the team,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43666,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 6, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,MARCOM IS SINGLE-HANDEDLY DESTROYING THE APPLE BRAND.,The stock (which they don't offer as much of anymore now that the price is high).,"Political. Dictatorial. (Really) low morale. Inefficient, unqualified, inexperienced, ignorant, callous, spineless leadership team who let politics and their own stock portfolios get in the way of making good creative decisions. Compete with the ad agency on every assignment, who ends up producing most of the (good) work anyway.","There's a reason most companies don't bring the advertising in-house. It's not necessarily because they can't afford to, or that they can't hire lots of talented people. It's because you need objectivity. Otherwise, the creative product (and the people making it) will suffer. But if you're still going to insist upon doing it, at least put a leadership team place who has done it before. Good God, the guy running Marcom has never made a TV spot or worked at an agency in his entire career. So he's reading books and hiring people based on their resumes (unfortunately most of whom are hacks) instead of the actual work they made or how they fit into the culture and inspire people making the work. The place is now so filled with people who are busy trying to make a name for themselves by changing the brand that they can't sell any good work that feels right for the brand. Meanwhile, the leadership team is so busy trying to figure out how to compete with Jony (who's taking all of the design talent) or please Angela (just in case she replaces Phil) that we all end up making work we don't believe in, in one of the most oppressive environments any of us has ever worked in. Marcom needs to change, but first it needs someone who cares and who will listen.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43667,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Mechanical Quality Engineer,Challenging in all ways,Wonderful learning opportunities Supersonic paced Free goodies :),just terrible work-life balance. Expect to work 15 hrs a day even on weekends and during vacation. Compensation is so-so for the amount of work you do.. forget your evenings as you will be on China calls.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43668,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Great college or retirement job,"Apple offers a multitude of benefits to its employees, which is GREAT! These include vision, health, dental,up to 25% off discounts on their products. Recently they just opened their gym/health program for part time employees, giving them up to $300 in reimbursement for their gym memberships. Food is often made available during product launches and holidays which is definitely a plus.","Firstly, if you young and have a degree, the pay is awful. The culture of the Apple store has changed a great deal in recent years post Jobs. Each store is different in terms of social dynamics so I cannot speak for them. My store was very cliquey and the managers clearly had their favorite employees. Favoritism was measured in how much one was willing to suck up to management and not by sales metrics. If it weren't for poor management of my store, I may have enjoyed my time there a little more. Work/Life balance depends of how well you can manage your time in a Retail environment. Upward movement to corporate is rare.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43669,apple,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,innovative place to work liked a lot,the hours really really suck,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P705.htm
43670,apple,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,There is emphasis on development and learning. The benefits are unparalleled and help contribute to employee futures. The work environment is challenging and face paced,The retail hours make it tough to have a family with 9-5 hours.The availability policies create terrible work life balance. Beyond the Genius level there is little opportunity for growth in the technical side of the company.,Please be aware of all employees desires for development and needs for scheduling and do not adhere strictly to by the book policy enforcement.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43671,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 16, 2015",Former Employee - Corporate Business Support,"Corporate in Elk Grove, ca is a joke",Apple as a whole is an amazing place to work. Very open minded and just really cool,"Corporate in Elk Grove is ran by abusive men. Hostile work environment, one red headed no educated procurement manager, physically and verbally attacked the female employees below him. Then padded their personal file to justify his actions.","Look into Elk Grove corporate management. They are not following the Apple way, and really could cause more lawsuits.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43672,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jan 7, 2015",Former Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,Inventory Control,Loved the environment. Great people and great culture.,"Corporate mentality of co-workers and management. They don't care about you, they care about moving up in the company at any cost.",Take care of those who are the face of the company a bit more and they will have much more incentive to take care of the company.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43673,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Great job with great pay and great people,"Pay, benefits, pace of the store","Language barrier with customers, sometimes the management sides with customers to make them happy",Goals aren't always the end all be all,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43674,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 14, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,Join only if you are already part of the cult,"Absolutely the smartest people I've ever worked with, and I've worked all over the world. They do everything they do better than anyone else. No detail is left without scrutiny. The scrutiny does not leave any room for failure which lends to their success, but doesn't allow for mistakes.","Senior management does not trust anyone, especially each other. The trickle down result is that everyone is on edge in the company. The saying is fail fast, then learn from it. But in Apple's case, it's fail once and then lose all credibility.",Build trust by promoting stability in the senior ranks of the company.,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43675,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Site Reliability Engineer,Good luck and hold on tight!,Some of the smartest people you will ever meet. The resources of a kingdom at your fingertips,"a complete lack of oversight and vision leave a ""do the needful"" culture to fend for themselves.","Think repeatable and scalable when you think of the future. Put a process around it, stop relying on heros.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43676,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Tech Support,Advisor,Great place to work and environmental,Hours are kinda much but they balance out,keep up the work,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43677,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Feb 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Technical Support,Learning all about iPads and iPhones,"Very micromanaged, large turnover, the training is not adequate when put on the floor.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43678,apple,none," Jan 10, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Company to work for!,"Friendly people, co-workers become like second family, and management is very open and welcoming.",It can be a little out of control when trying to hunt down a manager.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43679,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Bliss,Apple is a great place to work. Flexible with schedule (college students) must be 18.  Our people (employees) are you unique. Very diverse fun people work at Apple.. & can't forget smart.  Pay is better probably better than any other retail store.,Retail- holidays- weekends - nights  Hard to get hired if you don't already know someone who works for apple. Yes it is about who you know.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P706.htm
43680,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jan 12, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Best company to work for,"So much training, great company values, good benefits, very flexible when you need time off","It's difficult to grow within the retail side of things. Once you reach a point, its very hard to get past it if you've grown as much as you can in a retail environment.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43681,apple,none," Jan 9, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great for a retail job,If you love technology then this is the place to work. Great/funny coworkers Benefits even for part time employees,"Retail hours/hard to have a set schedule Customers can be rude, but that's any job now-a-days Depending on your leadership team some can seem hard to deal with at times",When receiving fearless feedback please don't take it personal.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43682,apple,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company.,"vision, benefits, training, perks, amazing","none, none, none, none, none",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43683,apple,none," Jan 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not the best, not the worst",Work from home and pretty easy tasks,Can sometimes be really hectic,Keep it up,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43684,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jan 8, 2015",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,"Great company, great benefits, but still a retail job.","Great people, solid pay, great benefits",It is a retail job.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43685,apple,none," Jan 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Intelligent, hardworking people","intelligent/motivated people, innovative products, large company allows ability to move","Work/life balance given that people are dedicated to their jobs, location far away from SF",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43686,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jan 2, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Great place to work, very smart people, solid company",Solid people and great training,Low pay. Especially in retail.,Pay your good people. Show a career path to your people.,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43687,apple,none," Jan 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a great place to work,The culture is overall very friendly and modern,It seemed difficult to further my skill set,Provide more clear steps to develop your employees' careers,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43688,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 31, 2014",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Apple was a great place to work,Great people. Management cares about employees. Great opportunities,Relentlessly busy. Rude customers. Inconsistency between managers,"Consistency between managers is a must. One manager tells you one thing and another manager, another.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43689,apple,none," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,"Laid back, family environment. Most of my peers are great people. Benefits are very good. You accrue about 1.5 vacation days per month full time.","It's retail, and the customers are sometimes unbearably rude. Part timers fuss about scheduling and hours.","Ease off on the micro management. Promote more within. Consider Promoting some of the talented, experienced, adults once and a while.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P707.htm
43690,apple,none," Jan 15, 2015",Former Employee - Apple (Genius),"Fun people, great culture, lackluster management, and not really a career option unless you get to corporate.","Met some really great people, and I had a lot of fun. Some of them will be life long friends, I can tell. Starting pay for specialist has gone up since I started. You are forced to learn to think on your feet, which is a great talent to have. Benefits are awesome! Great health care even for part time.","As I said, this isn't a career, even though the benefits are great. There are pay caps for multiple positions. It can be a high stress environment. Although specialist pay has gone up, the trainers and techs get almost the same pay to start as they did years ago. They will find a way for you to work more in those positions, understaffing personnel, or overbooking appointments. This was a corporate initiative, and is across all stores. They don't like to fire people(unless it's for time and attendance), and when they do they don't want to talk about it. This leads to somewhat of a circus that veterans of Apple does have probably seen all too many times.","Cover your employees. It is sad to say, but I and many of my colleagues, that still work there, feel underappreciated and expendable. Sadly it's the truth, you can replace an entire staff with young kids waiting in line to work at the, ""cool"" company. However, there is no substitute for a strong experienced employee in many jobs. There needs to be a fight to support, protect, and retain your current experienced retail employees.",3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43691,apple,"Metairie, LA"," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Retail tech,Don't expect to change the world or gain a career. This is still retail and has changed significantly over the past few years. Sever lack of room for advancement. The only positive is that having apple on your resume speaks volumes,Just a terrible environment. Too toxic due to dissatisfied employees,"Get over yourself. Also stop treating your people like mules. Check your ridiculous retail management, many are overtly stupid/racist just down right awful people to have above a staff that excelled at understanding technology",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43692,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 2, 2015",Current Employee - IT Manager,EDW DBA Operational Manager,Great place to work.. Fun place,"If you are in the wrong job, you are doomed.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43693,apple,none," Jan 4, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Best job environment ever,"As a company, they truly do believe that making every customer happy is the best way to do business and not to just try to upsell them every chance they get. They strive to make the workplace much more cooperative and make your coworkers feel closer together than simply people you see when you punch in.","It is almost always crowded no matter what store you go into and the extremely fast pace can be off-putting for people that cannot handle it. Customers definitely do get upset when they need to wait, which can sometimes be an obstacle to overcome as soon as you begin helping them.","Like all retail settings, managers can sometimes promise more than they are able to deliver or follow up on.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43694,apple,"Miami, FL"," Dec 22, 2014",Current Employee - Retail Store Management,Retail Store Management,Excellent organization. You really work side by side with some of the most talented people in the industry.,Growth takes fooooooooorrrrrrrever. It's almost as if people who have been with the organization for a long time are at a disadvantage.,"Promote within. Soon, you will loose the culture we worked so hard to create.",4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43695,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 30, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Expert,"Great place to work, but hard to climb up.",Job isn't too stressful and pay is good. Great culture. People are positive and friendly.,"Limited opportunities to climb up the ladder if you are in sales or customer service. You have to wait for someone up to resign or move in order to have a position open and have the opportunity. Lack of support for education, if you are in sales they can only pay for college education related to sales, so if you were looking for them to pay for engineering or something else they wont support you.",More opportunities and support for people who want to study.,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43696,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 7, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Pleasant untill the new CEO came in,Manager was easy going and straight forward,getting ahead isnt easy as they like to hire new staff,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43697,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Apple is not what is seems.,"The prestige of the job attracts attention to you, making others and yourself feel good. There are also stock benefits.",There will be hard work everyday ahead of you. There is no room for slacking or even adequate sleep.,"You must be a bit less strict, or else creativity cannot flow.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43698,apple,"Frisco, TX"," Dec 30, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Incredibly friendly and passionate about the employees.,"•Up-beat environment. •Friendly/knowledgeable management. •Employee discounts. •Compassionate co-workers. •Random small perks, like free apps and such. •Working for the leader in smartphone and tablet notoriety.","•Always busy (especially weeks leading up to holidays). •Angry, misunderstood customers. •All eyes/ears on you...do not feed any information to a customer without checking and double-checking that information first!","Keep up the great work, but please try to be more understanding about requesting time off. Should not have to send a request 3 weeks before the fact. :(",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43699,apple,"Topanga, CA"," Dec 31, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great Place to Work with Likeminded, Unique Individuals & Learn Apple Values",+ Enjoyed coming into work because you are surrounded by a bunch of guys and girls who genuinely share your interest in technology and Apple. + Apple promotes employee growth and learning about the company and its products.,"- Senior management at the time of my employment was too worried about sales numbers, even though Apple's motto was more about focusing on the customer's experience. This turned a lot of employee's off from his management style.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P708.htm
43700,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 2, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Fastpaced and lively work place for what is suppose to be a retail atmosphere,Every day throws something new at you and there are countless experience you would never expect from other Sales positions,Customer Service or trick predicaments when technology does not work as it is intended to. Providing options to clients who may not enjoy the options that are given.,Great People taken from other various companies.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43701,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 26, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Care,Great Company!,"Great pay, benefits and culture!",Working weekends and Holidays. But they made up for that with extra pay!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43702,apple,none," Jan 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,Liked the work culture and can improve leadership qualities,Need better work place for contractors,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43703,apple,none," Jan 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PERKS,You'll Have Flex hours Fun Managers Sometimes They'll send u FREE stuff,you have to deal with customers with really really really bad attitude,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43704,apple,"Kansas City, MO"," Jan 1, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Fast paced environment with some of the best people in the industry.,The thing that I like best is the people I work with and the fact that my opinion counts. It's faced paced and no day is ever the same. The benefits are some of the best I have ever received from a company.,"I have worked a lot of retail and I can't say I have any complaints. It can be a little stressful at times but hey, it's retail.",Keep the opportunities coming for personal development and advancement from within.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43705,apple,none," Dec 29, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,"Apple was a great, collaborative place to work for.",They also have great benefits and perks. The people are fun and are heavily focused on team work and people development.,"The company is very large, and it may be difficult to move into a different position within the company. The interview processes are also more focused around your ability to tell your experiences through stories.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43706,apple,"Marlton, NJ"," Jan 10, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Fun place to work, keep your nose clean","Fun, easy environment. Like minded coworkers, decent management. If you love the products, it's an easy sell. I worked retail for a year as a ""Specialist"". As long as you follow the rules you're good to go. I'm in my 40's and started out at $11/hr which was decent for years ago.","Once you leave, it's really hard to get back in. I left just after a year and I went back to interview recently and didn't get in.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43707,apple,none," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,mixed feelings,awesome benefits for both part time and full time,they penalize you for every sick day you take you get a point against you. 3 strikes in a 3 month period and you are out.,seems like micromanaging is a big thing here…across both retail and the corporate side.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43708,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 28, 2014",Former Employee - Supply Demand Allocator,"A great company for customers, not so much for employees","A highly intelligent workforce, great place to challenge yourself in many ways, very ethical company with pretty good pay and benefits.","Like many large companies, it's easy to find yourself in a ""hamster wheel."" Leadership promotes to management roles primarily based on ability to do a specific job well as opposed to an ability to manage people well. The company will always put its interest first before the advancement of a single employee.","Actions speak louder than words and truly showing you care for your employees does not come in the form of an extra day off or a beer bash once a month. Rather, it comes in the form of helping your employees advance themselves in a meaningful way and rewarding them first and the company second. If your employees feel fulfilled, challenged and represented then the company's success will follow.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43709,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Some good, some bad","Working in the Education Sales group was a tremendous experience at the customer side. You knew you were able to make a positive impact on young learners lives and felt great about what you were doing. Everyone at the field level really cared about what they were doing and were great to work with on a daily basis. You made a decent living, but the compensation was not amazing.","I want to look at my time with the company two ways, first within my group and second as a company on the whole.  Above the field level, things get a bit shaky in the Education Sales group. Managers, Regional Managers and the leadership had no touch with what was actually going on in the field. The company missed critical opportunities to dominate the education space. I also had no career path, I was a field guy and that was it no matter how successful I was, and to tell the truth, I had some great years.  As for there company as a whole, I loved Apple before I went to work for them, while I worked there, and still do to this day. For a regular Joe, it was a bit a celebrity in a weird way. The company has the best products on the market and will continue to innovate for years to come. It is just in the DNA. I really do like Tim Cook and the decisions that he has made on a whole are strong.","I wish the company could go back in time about three years ago and have come out with the enterprise partnership with IBM at that time. It is still good that it has been done, but with regards to the Education space Apple lost a lot of momentum and control of the conversation. I hope for our kids sake Apple is able to regain that lead.",3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P709.htm
43710,apple,none," Dec 29, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Wonderful experience,"Great workplace, wonderful leadership, fun place to work",I cannot think of any cons at this time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43711,apple,none," Dec 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's been a very fun and exciting experience,Friendly staff Efficient management Streamline store experience Great training Flexible schedule,retail hours cant think of much else,Great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43712,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Dec 27, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service,Good overall,Unlimited amount of over time,Pay really wasn't that great,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43713,apple,"Lincoln, NE"," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Product Design Engineer,Apple review,Its freaking apple my man,cut throat environment ya dig,leave,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43714,apple,none," Dec 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Apple Tech Support,They are a great place to work. They really promote a great work environment and push you to take on new roles and challenges. Schedules are flexible and compensation is competitive.,You have to work really hard to get noticed when working from home. There are plenty of benefits but make sure you always stay in the limelight to get ahead.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43715,apple,"Ardmore, PA"," Jan 8, 2015",Former Employee - Service Specialist,Good money for a non career job,Great people and experiences lots of learning.,Not much opportunity to grow or start a career,Be more up front about growth opportunities,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43716,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Great company as a whole. Some structural issues.,"Fair Pay, Great Benefits, leadership allows you to voice concern without repercussions,","poorly structured management, complex office politics, not a lot of room for growth, raises are minimal, no bonuses after successful quarters.",Be team focused. Be aware of how your actions will affect the team as a whole. Listen to those who you have put in expertise roles. Don't discount opinions simply because they aren't in leadership roles.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43717,apple,none," Dec 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Amazing work environment, flexible working hours to help you do whatever outside of work","Retail of course, working Sunday's it probably the worst thing about it for me at least",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43718,apple,none," Jan 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with amazing technology,Cutting edge Technology and Innovation,Continuous extreme levels of pressure - Danger of burnout,Better use of work force,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43719,apple,none," Dec 25, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Loved by peers and customers,You are valued and trained at a high level Management is always watching out for you and proactive in helping you get to where you want to be Variety of work - not just all sales,Customers can get quite frustrating Holiday time is brutal Can be very difficult to move up,Look hard to see what everyone's individual skills are and how they're contributing to the team,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P710.htm
43720,apple,"Quantico, VA"," Dec 12, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At home advisor,The coworkers were the best. Training was engaging and positive energy consistently flowed throughout. Awesome medical benefits and great employee discounts.,"Mandatory overtime hours, tons of training modules to cover. Must be a fan and owner of Apple products to understand the complexity of troubleshooting these products.","Managment selescted the right people to conduct their training. My particular trainer was outgoing, engaging and was extremely passionate about Apple. You don't see this often in employees. Good job in picking that one!",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43721,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,An intense experience working on great products.,You get to work on highly-visible and well-loved products. You get to learn from some very talented colleagues. They have great benefits and executive leadership. The company's organization is highly cross-functional. Great work culture.,"An increasing number of under-performing first-level and middle managers. Some areas of the company can be highly political. HR department does not do a good job of helping teams to hire new talent. Sometimes requires short-term periods of intense work to meet deadlines, especially for product releases.",Completely reorganize the hiring division of HR. Hire better managers.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43722,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 20, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Mac Genius,Excellent place to work but be prepared to work. No resting on your laurels.,"Always changing, lots of training and perks. Discounts on various products and services. Wonderful diversity.",Hard to be a single parent and work retail. New hires are paid grossly lower then job expectations. No movement unless your a manager.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43723,apple,none," Dec 20, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Consultant,"great experience, great focus on customer experience","great benefits, stock purchase plan, effective leadership and culture of feedback. expansive roles in an ever changing environment and your job description is never the same.","very demanding and busy culture, sometimes lack of clarity and secrecy is frustrating, but ultimately you understand the reason why.",continue doing a great job,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43724,apple,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun environment, but frustrating hours and policies.","Great coworkers, freedom to make decisions","Difficult retail hours, sometimes treated like children.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43725,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,sum it up,"the best parts of the job are the prople you get to work with. the co workers ,benefits, focus on development are all key.",I wish they paid more money for qualified persons. There seems to be a cap for certain areas and it should be increased to retain great assets in personnel.,pay more money to workers,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43726,apple,none," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, high expectations to perform, still retail","Incredible benefits package, great team of people to work with, backed by a world class name. Flexible hours and so long as you request them long enough in advanced you're gold",Still retail. People expect highly of Apple and they come in with a chip on their shoulder. Working weekends and holidays were a nightmare.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43727,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 22, 2014",Current Employee - ITunes Home Advisor,iTunes Home Advisor,"everything the pay, 401k health insurance",not any at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43728,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 17, 2014",Former Employee - Product Design Engineer,I love it!!!,Very lovable work environment. Friendly coworkers.,Long hours. And very crowded. And also very long lines. And does no free food like Google,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43729,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 22, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Perky,"I worked there as a specialist in the retail store. It was a fun, and exciting time. I really enjoyed the organization of the company.",There were definitely challenges dealing with so many people at one time. Some of the managers were easy to lose their temper because of the fluster.,I guess my advice would be to listen when employees are giving feedback.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P711.htm
43730,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 22, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Working for apple is pretty good,"Perks are good . You get paid holidays, paid metrocard, and 401k and more and my peers are great","My particular store is a high demand of customers which can become overwhelming, and the commucation between management and their workers",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43731,apple,none," Jan 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ups and downs with management. Feels like there's not a strong definition of where they are going,Great people great perks great profucts,"Glass ceiling, management inappropriate and biased",Look at your leads and ask why,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43732,apple,none," Dec 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Quality people, challenging work, ever changing.","Great benefits, amazing people. Leadership genuinely cares about people.",Retail hours are retail hours... Sometimes hard to balance with family.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43733,apple,"Christiana, DE"," Dec 16, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"As far as an entry-level retail job goes, Apple was an excellent, supportive, educational company to work for.","-educational opportunities -non-commission based -technology -positive, encouraging work environment",-strict scheduling with irregular hours -uniform,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43734,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 18, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Representative,Apple Inc,Great company to work for,No flexibility and less salary,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43735,apple,"Syracuse, NY"," Dec 19, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Very, very family driven","Apple preaches how much it cares for its employees, and as a current member of their roster I can vouch for them 100%. Each member of management makes a real, honest effort to reach out and to get to know you, and everybody at the store works together to create the best experience for everyone else. The discounts on products, both Apple branded and 3rd party, are substantial and are spread out over a variety of products and services. The training is personal and very in depth, and nobody gets annoyed, even if you ask the same questions multiple times. They genuinely want you to be happy. They offer full 401K matching, complete benefits, even to part-time employees. Starting in 2015, they will cover gym membership costs to every single employee, even part-timers. It's really a great place to work, and I feel very happy to go in every day.","We are always encouraged to continue our training, and despite our plethora of training software and programs, no special time is assigned to work on training stuff specifically.","Policies, such as lates, call outs and other scenarios should be discussed for each incident, not just compiled due to the explanations of a corporate handbook.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43736,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 10, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Avoid IS&T like plague,"If you get a chance, work in the core groups that deal with iOS,OSX, iTunes, AppStore, etc. Avoid IS& T. IS&T = Information services and technology","1. I worked in IS&T group at apple. This IS&T is totally different from the main Apple. I have often heard this: ""Those who don't make it into the infinite loop, end up at IS&T"". In other words, IS&T is a second rate citizen at apple. Of course, IS&T supports many IT services (jobs, recruiting, payrolll, mail, directory, sales, GBI). For instance, online and retail stores are supported by IS&T.  2. You see 3 contractors for every employee in IS&T. And IS&T has global contracts with Infosys, TCS, Wipro, etc, the latter companies supply 1 online resource for every 4 offshore resources. In many application support groups, you find the dumbest of the dumb among the people that global offshoring companies have placed.  3. Too much politics and too many lifers in IS&T. The only game in the town for IS&T is to how to brown nose each other. Yes, there are too many Indians there, as a consequence, you find smart people among them, and dumbos as well.  4. Advice to prospective employees: if you are talented, and if you can find a better job, just avoid any and every group in IS&T. Someone may say ""Oh, apple gonan help you on your resume"", it is half true. If you are smart, talented, you don't to worry about the apple factor on resume.  If you get a job in the core engineering groups, go for it. If you are interviewing in IS&T, just avoid any offer and go and work elsewhere, and increae your skills.  5. If you are applying for some project manager, manager, teamleads (for app support, etc), of course, you won't have much choice. I don't complain if you go for IS&T: but it is a great place to learn politicking. This politicking has led to more offshoring, why? The more employees you get, the more you need to fight for bonus for your group, so, it is better to offshore, and keep less number of employees, and get more bonus.  6. You are not going to get any quarterly bonus, however, people in core groups get such bonuses. Some people don't get first year bonus in IS&T. And the bonus is like 7 to 10 percent. Don't come here, hoping that you gonna get similar wages in core engineering groups.",Clean that place called IS&T,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,44,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43737,apple,"Towson, MD"," Dec 15, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple was the best company I have ever worked for in my entire life.,"The freedom to be your genuine self, the comfortable atmosphere, great benefits/discounts, and the people you work with are so amazing.",I don't have anything negative to say.,"Try to find a way to promote people who really want it, not somebody who is just your favorite.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43738,apple,none," Dec 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A great job, but not quite a career","The company has great benefits (health/dental, 401K matching, stocks, discounts) for full and part time employees. The culture is very positive. It's easy to request days off, and there's good vacation and holiday pay.  The work itself is relatively straight forward and easy, everything is streamlined and follows a scope of service.  The coworkers are the best part of any store, they are the best people around. Friendships for life are often formed.  Employees don't earn commission, so it reduces the pressure to have perform.  It's possible to transfer to other stores in the US and possibly the world, so there's flexibility for people who want to move.  Management is very caring and attentive.","It's retail. That means retail hours (no weekends off, random work schedules every week, no consistency, no set days off).  No sick time for part timers.  The stores often feel under staffed. The staff complains a lot about feeling overwhelmed when it's busy. Dealing with ebbs and flows is always an issue in the retail environment. It would be nice to invest the downtime back into the people's training rather than run a lean staff.  Little to no training time during launches and holidays.  There's no direct route to Corporate, as people might expect. The two are worlds apart, and work in the stores may not appropriately prepare someone for work in the Corporate level (or other jobs, for that matter, other than tech support).  Management doesn't have a lot of leeway in terms of innovating processes. Because of brand consistency, it takes a long time for changes to happen across all stores.","Give employees at least one set day off per week, one of those days being a weekend. Hire weekend staff or offer overtime for people to work weekends. I know it's standard to expect retail workers to work weekends and holidays, but wouldn't it be nice for a company that prides itself on innovation (and calls these jobs ""careers"") to innovate what a career in retail could be with a little more care.  Allow employees to take more than 2 weeks off at a time. You save up vacation, it would be nice to take 3 weeks to take an occasional big trip.  Include employees in profit sharing. Managers get bonuses on sales performance. Employees don't make commission or get bonuses.",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43739,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,8 out of 10,Great atmosphere. You will work with some of the most creative individuals on the planet. Time-off is easy to come by during the off peak season.,"In contrast to the intellectual people, you will also work with some absolutely incompetent employees as well. Management is given key words to use when communicating with employees in a positive or negative manner.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P712.htm
43740,apple,none," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"At Apple, you don't stop learning.","The people are intelligent, passionate, and driven. The impact our products and services have on customers is very rewarding. The food at the company cafes is delicious.",Not much work/life balance. Most people don't have insight into the exciting things other people are doing in the company.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43741,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Great,Great Benefits and good culture,all the dept are working on their own,Please provide more valuable info for the sales people,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43742,apple,"Greenville, SC"," Dec 17, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Apple has a great culture with passionate employees.,"Great Benefits like healthcare, time off, development, tuition assistance, and discounts.","Retail hours and hiring and advancements based on political decisions, not skills.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43743,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Ahhhmazing,"Great culture, and that's the most important. Management always has your side, and will work with you concerning any issues you have whether business or personal.","Apple is working on some enhanced compensation for its employees, something much needed as a prominent con is the extent of employee benefits.","More benefits, higher pay",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43744,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Creative,"Great company, if you yearn to go higher, be passionate",Great place to begin a career. Your resume will love you and prospective employers like seeing the most valuable company in the world connected to you. Mostly passionate people with a minimal of people who don't belong there.,There's always a glass ceiling and you hit it sooner than you wish.,"For the most part, keep doing what you are doing.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43745,apple,none," Dec 16, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Would return,"Great work environment, fantastic discounts, non-stop support from most of management if needed.",None that I can think of.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43746,apple,none," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Famiky Room Specialist,"Great Company, Awesome Values","Great, Secure Job And Company.",Work Life Balance Is Not The Best,Educate Yourself On All Mobile Operating Systems...Not Just Apple. All Apple Customers Usually Having Some Other OS At Home...They Need To Know How Apple Product Work Coheasively With Other Product.,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43747,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,The best in retail...,Great benefits and products.,Not much growth opportunity at the retail level.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43748,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 13, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"The best people to work with, the worst o work for","Benefits, pay is reasonable, discounts, traveling expense(depends on location), fast pace, meet a diverse group of people (connections), sick pay, paid vacation","work life balance, micro management, upward mobility",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43749,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Mobile Technician,Great Experience,"Company values, Teamwork, and a great working enviroment",I have not encountered anything yet,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P713.htm
43750,apple,none," Dec 15, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Wonderful Opportunity and Experience.,"The training received at Apple is one of the most unique I have had the pleasure of attending. What is taught is not about how to about product or technical aspects or anything like that. They teach that Apple is a culture not a product and it shows in the stores, product, and most importantly, the people.","There is no lee way with policy regarding personal tech. If you are found to have done something or have something on your personal iPhone or MacBook, you will be terminated. This is what happened to me. A policy was changed about pre-release software and I was let go.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43751,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Fun place to work in , everyday is a challenge.","Food,atmosphere and CODING!.We get free time everyday to go out and take a break","Life at apple is full of stress, teams are always competitive for better performance",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43752,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Procurement,"Innovative culture, fun work environment","work to produce products that can change the world, and be respected everywhere.","work too many hours, put a terable strain on my family","keep micro management to a minimum, and understand the limits of individuals alowing time enough for projects",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43753,apple,none," Dec 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Company values people over anything else,Low pay for the work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43754,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Associate,A family of tech savvy people to easily talk about technology,Everyone in the apple retail is easy to talk to and is outgoing. Environment is clean and the pace is quick,I live far to all retailers,Needing of a mentor but not too much,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43755,apple,"Tacoma, WA"," Dec 7, 2014",Former Employee - Technician At Genius Bar,Reason I left,Benefits for full time and part time enployees are the best I have ever seen. Hourly pay is above average for retail companies. Time goes by fast,"Stressful, many hours needed to be available in your schedule. Very hard to get a day off for students during the holiday season.",Hire more employees so they can cover each other shifts. (Part time),5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43756,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 9, 2014",Former Employee - AppleCare Content Team,"Some really great people work there, though it's important you choose the right department",There are many amazing people who work there.,"Stay out of AppleCare unless you want a regimented work existence (for the most part, and from my experience).",Never lose sight of the morale of your employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43757,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 28, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Worked in retail for 7 years,Working for a respectable company. Being a part of the culture,Working retail hours. Never really felt empowered by leadership. Not much internal growth unless you play the game of favorites.,Listen to your team. Promote from within.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43758,apple,none," Dec 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Plenty of help on the floor,Too Demanding during holiday hours,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43759,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support Advisor,Endless opportunities and competitive benefits,Benefits are THE best I've had as far as price and coverage go which says something as my current employer is a medical insurance carrier and benefits are 3x as expensive. Once in the door there are endless opportunities whether retail or corporate.,Expect to be working a heavy amount of OT during product releases and the holidays. Some may not be a fan of this but you are compensated well for holidays and OT. The company will also provide lunch and such on days like these.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P714.htm
43760,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior At-Home Advisor,"Started off well enough, but have become frustrated.","I really like that I can work from the comfort of my own home, I can set up my home office wherever and however I want so for me it is very comfortable and peaceful. I don't have to worry about commuting and I can wake up 10 minutes before the start of my shift and start work on time. I also found that I was able to eat better as I did not have to pack a lunch or go out to a restaurant.  I think the pay and benefits are pretty good for this line of work, you get overtime and holiday pay. You also get a decent amount of vacation and sick time.  There is some room for advancement and some control over schedule, but more on that below.  I personally find a lot of satisfaction in helping others and this job offers plenty of opportunity to do so. After finishing work most days I feel like I made a positive difference in the world, however some company policies stifle this (more below). As a Tier 2 or Senior Advisor you have a lot of empowerment to help others, much more than a Tier 1 advisor.","When on calls I am constantly stressed about my performance metrics such as call handle time, survey results, and conforming to Apple's call flow guidelines. It is upsetting to receive a bad survey over an issue that you did not cause or have no control over, especially when you did everything possible to correct the problem.  The surveys and other other performance metrics are used to decide priority when bidding for schedules. One or two bad surveys can be the difference between working a good schedule or a bad schedule. To me, it is the difference between having time to spend with friends and family or barely seeing them at all. I have worked extremely hard to achieve good metrics and I am typically in the top 10-20% in the internal advisor rankings, yet this is still not enough to get both weekend days off.  Advancement is also a problem. I was able to move up to Tier 2 fairly quickly, but beyond this, it is much more challenging. There are a limited number of positions available beyond Tier 2 and there is such a vast amount of talent you are competing with for those spots. So far, in almost 2 years on my team of 18 people, only 1 person has advanced to a higher position. Admittedly, if you work ""on-site"" you have more opportunities available.  Another big frustration for me is that it as advisors, we have a surprising lack of tools to do our job. I would think that as one of the largest software and hardware manufacturers, we would have a range of diagnostics, tests, and utilities at our disposal to correct and handle issues that arise with customer's devices, but this is not the case. We have access to an internal knowledge base (90% of which is already publicly accessible on our support site), the ability to run very basic diagnostics on iOS devices, and access to some account information - that is all. We are also not given much information in regards to any ""known issues"" or bugs in the software. In short, as advisors we put in a position where we are fairly ignorant and blind, which often makes us look bad and doesn't do any favors for the company. Basically, we just have to make the best of what we have and use experience and logic to solve problems.  Perhaps I just had higher expectations that Apple would be a more progressive and resourceful company, but I think it suffers from most of the problems facing large organizations in that change is difficult and slow.","There is a huge amount of talent in the At-Home Advisor space and I feel that can be leveraged to address issues in a better way. Our organization is set up to be very reactionary and I would like to see more of a proactive approach to issues. Maybe allowing advisors more time to work very extensively with engineering on issues that are call drivers so that the problem can be addressed in future updates. Currently, we are very pressured to address a large quantity of calls, whereas, I would like to see more quality calls that actually render solutions so customers never have to call in the first place.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43761,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 1, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor (Chat),"Lots done right, lots done very wrong",Pretty good training program Opportunities to move up or transfer into Good benefits/discounts,"SEVERELY understaffed, not just for a couple months but for the ten months I worked in 2014 we were always doing 5x our normal payload due to insufficient staffing. Many co-workers got strain injuries / carpal tunnel from the over-exertion  Our training time, breaks were almost always cancelled and our lunches were constantly asked to be cut in half  Schedules can be very bad since chat is 24 hours a day. Expect to have an overnight graveyard shift and to work all holidays. Overnight shifts are worsened by dealing with primarily international customers whom we can't do too much for due to being in another country unless it's something we can troubleshoot but this is limited.","Improve chat support staffing, consider reducing hours from 24 hours when staffing can not be held at a level that is healthy for your staff and at a level where customers receive a great experience.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43762,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 9, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Amazing place to work.,"Leader in innovation, product development and launch process. Truly global team and global impact.  Amazing executive team wicked smart with hearts in the right place.  Benefits second to none.",Has become a huge company that has lost it's former cult-like culture. Kind of jumped the shark in this regard.  Salaries are good but not great. Offset by amazing stock performance.  Some people are eager to step on or manipulate anyone to make Director and be the heavy in the room. Not in all groups but some. Not sure how to fix this. Just a fact. Settles down at VP level.,"Look to promote amazing performers, not just loud ones.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43763,apple,none," Dec 13, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Great People, still retail",Benefits are great fast paced great folks to work with,hard to find a work/life balance in retail,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43764,apple,none," Dec 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It's a fun environment with a lot of smart people and interesting experiences.,There is a lot of standing.,N/A,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43765,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 12, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Awesome people to work with, never a boring moment, always learning!","I worked for Apple part time during college and made a lot of friends, connections, and eventually moved on to a full-time job somewhere else since there was not any full-time available.","You work retail hours, but you are busy constantly in the crowded environment so the time can go pretty quickly.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43766,apple,none," Dec 12, 2014",Former Employee - ASC,amazing company to work for,"free computer free phones and phone bill paid for, free trip to Cupertino for training, great benefits.",nothing negative to say about the companyfriendly environment management is very hands off as long as you're doing your job.,keep doing what you're doing great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43767,apple,"Edison, NJ"," Nov 25, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great place,Great place. Great people. Great store.,"None here, other than the lack of benefits for being ""part-time"" but working 40+ hours per week.",Wish they would create more full time opportunities and not take advantage of part time employees.,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43768,apple,none," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at an apple store,"great benefits, amazing people to work with and the perks are awesome","weird hours, no really life b/c you work different days all the time",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43769,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Life Altering.,"Great teammates, wonderful camaraderie. Gold standard of health benefits.","Retail is retail. It can be a bit stressful dealing with other peoples perception of what ""they're entitled to"" ...",Lead by example. Empathy and compassion towards your employees gets you results you never dreamed of.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P715.htm
43770,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Creative,Unique and set apart from the rest!,Great benefits. Great people. Great opportunities,Lack of communication. Lack of administrative competency.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43771,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Dec 4, 2014",Former Employee - Concierge,concierge,"So many benefits. Parking, transportation, stock options, and now health.",demanding customers that are eroding the companies core values little by little.,"Don't hire outside people to be managers that come from Best Buy, Circuit City, Radio Shack, because they start using their selling ""tactics"" on customers that come to apple.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43772,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,An exciting learning experience to propel you to higher things,"Tons of resources to learn new things related to and around Apple, so it's a huge plus if you love their technology. An arguably reasonable salary as compared to other retailers. Amazingly talented people that is mostly consistent amongst all the retail stores. Product discounts. Busy environment that really challenges your people skills.","Slow to assimilate to the growing demand for support. No higher management leadership on how to provide an insane amount of customers with an amazing support journey, this results in a ""too many Chiefs, not enough Indians"" mentality","I can't really criticize store management because they're spread thin as it is. So I'll give advice to staff: work there, learn as much as you can, fight for the time to do so, and when you feel you've peaked, move on. It's an amazing stepping stone to bigger better things once you see what a career revolving around technology is like. Don't rely on the stores to get you in the doors of that new Spaceship Campus building. Learn and develop, flee the nest on good terms then when they want you back it'll be feel real good. The career in the store is great if store management is a goal. It wasn't for me. I grew very content in my role as a Genius, but the journey to get there was very exciting.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43773,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Operations,Wouldn't trade it with working for ANY other company,"Benefits, team is amazing, management is wonderful, constantly learning on a daily basis. You work with people who are as passionate about what they do as you are- who are determined and destined for great things. Work life balance is great- yes when you need to complete an assignment you are expected to as you should! But if you're always on top of your game and know how to manage your time it's incredible! Vacation, stocks, health benefits, etc.. Are wonderful!",I wouldn't want anything changed as of right now. I do hope that all managers and teams are as amazing as mine!,Thank you!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43774,apple,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Apple is a great company to work for with great growth potential for those who try hard enough.,"good benefits even for part time employees, great management, always learning",Communication for new products are sometimes not very timely,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43775,apple,"Walnut Creek, CA"," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Best in retail,"Decent pay, great people you work with in a very diverse environment. Opportunity to grow and do different roles. Awesome company to put on a resume.",High stress level. Even though pay may be a lot better than other retailers sometimes doesn't feel enough for what you do. Management like to micromanage at times. Can be demanding around holidays and products launches.,Trust your team more. Make them feel you have confidence in them that they can do their job.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43776,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 9, 2014",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Caring Core,the core management is generally very caring,difficult for individuals to get promoted,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43777,apple,none," Dec 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company to work with and world renowned.,great company to work for.,Upward mobility could be difficult sometimes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43778,apple,"The Woodlands, TX"," Nov 25, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Good work environment, decent pay for retail",Fun and upbeat working environment Good opportunity for advancement Resources for self-learning and personal growth Good company culture 25% discount on most Apple brand items,Promotions can be based on favoritism Managers and employees continue to work there after their passion is gone Strict attendance policy with no exceptions allowed (seen lots of good employees fired) Steve Jobs no longer CEO,"If one of your top salespeople has poor attendance due to circumstances outside their control, see if any exceptions or changes can be made to keep good employees.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43779,apple,"Athens, GA"," Dec 7, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Fantastic company,"Great coworkers, great pay, ability to move up in the company, friendly and helpful management, convenient",I honestly can't think of any at the moment except for competition between coworkers for better positions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P716.htm
43780,apple,none," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my review,you get paid and you get great discounts,too much work customers complain alot,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43781,apple,none," Dec 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance analyst,Big name company with lots to learn and opportunities to climb up the career ladder. Lots of fun people to work with.,Little work life balance and busy all year round. Fast-paced and dynamic.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43782,apple,none," Dec 7, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Customer service in retail,"Decent pay, fast paced, somewhat challenging. Benefits are amazing. Can be emotionally straining dealing with upset customers all day, however they provide some of the best training I've seen for dealing with customers.","Highly political, so make sure your buddy-buddy with the Leadership team if you intend on getting promoted. It's retail, scheduling can be a pain and just a few holidays off, though they do give bonus holiday days to be taken later in the year. Management has to ""sponsor"" you if you want to transfer or promote outside your store.","Be out on the floor in more numbers, having just enough of you to do their tasks doesn't provide them the opportunity they need to observe the staff.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43783,apple,none," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I had an overall good experience people are great but get ready to work this your average retail position.,"Great people, environment, fast-paced, benefits even for part-time employees, and decent employee discount on all apple products.",No commision! And mangagers are always on you in regards to your sales techniques.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43784,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 17, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,Apple Business Manager,Good People excellent customer focus,Poor opportunity for upward mobility. Requirement to change personal views to conform to company culture. Politics are very high in determining your career path. Rewards are not based on merit but how much people like you and the way you treat others. Top producers are not recognized unless you are connected (liked) with the right people.,Reward people for their contributions.,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43785,apple,"Annapolis, MD"," Dec 4, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple Retail Experience as a Specialist and FRS was fantastic,"- Flexible hours, plenty of opportunities for shifts - Many opportunities to get more involved with store operations including but not limited to the Visual team, teaching workshops, and mentoring. - 401k for part timers!! - Incredible team atmosphere - Excellent training - Room for professional growth","Aside from holiday hours in a retail store (which is to be expected because it's RETAIL), the starting hourly wage was on the low side.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43786,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Dec 4, 2014",Former Employee - Lead Creative,Great learning experience and fun environment to work in.,"Growth, learning, access to software, great customers, great team members","Long weeks, working holidays, it is retail",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43787,apple,"Kansas City, KS"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - At Home Team Manager,At- home Team Manager,"Amazing company with amazing people. If you work hard and do your job, you will move up. This company is all about career development if you do your part and work hard. The work is extremely satisfying and I love what I do. Love the comfort of working in my home. They also send lots of t-shirts, mugs, totes, and other cool stuff that truly make you feel appreciated. Best place to work.","None, other than have a more strict policy on hiring. Weed out the clowns who don't have a strong work ethic and are just there to try and get out of working.",Keep up the great job. It's nice to see a company that cares about it's employees and their career development.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,32,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43788,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Dec 14, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company to work for. There are many benefits as well as work environment was fun. Would recommend to other people.,"Friendly coworkers, great benefits and discounts, takes good care of employees, lots of opportunities for growth, company is moving towards achieving new innovative ideas.","Can be quite challenging at times when there are a lot of customers, leaders tend to micro-manage employees, must have a good amount of availability, expected to know a vast amount of information.",Consider listening to employees and their suggestions on how to improve the company.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43789,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Dec 1, 2014",Former Employee - IOS Senior Advisor,Apple At-Home-Advisor,"Compensation, benefits, culture, company values, perks","isolation, not as many perks as on site, non-personal relationships with coworkers and management, difficult to move up after you have worked there for awhile",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P717.htm
43790,apple,none," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Friendly and entertaining employees and environment.,I don't really have any cons.,Stay awesome.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43791,apple,none," Dec 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great environment, Fun Job!","Great hours, work-life-school balance, they work with you, have fun events, great environment with friendly management and co-workers.",No cons. Would work there again if I didn't go to school.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43792,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," Dec 3, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Friendly atmosphere, teamwork, best working experience","excellent training, allows you to learn and grow, friendly colleagues and managers.","a lot of customers, can become hectic and loud at rush hour",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43793,apple,none," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brazil Operations Specialist,Estable company Good culture Easy going Time off and benefits are good,Low pay grade Very hard to move from one department to other Unless you know the managers No incentive to move forward,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43794,apple,none," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for Professional Development,"Benefits, coworkers, management. The benefits are hard to beat, and include but are not limited to healthcare, discounted stock options, paid education, student debt refinancing, 401K matching program with Charles Schwab","Difficult customers, working on weekends. It is retail after all",Thank you for the amazing benefits.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43795,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,My experience was very innovative.,You have the Freedom to be yourself.,You have to work Retail hours.,Paying closed attention to the schedule and time off resuest.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43796,apple,"Duluth, MN"," Nov 30, 2014",Former Employee - Campus Representative,Solid company to work for,"Work life balance, benefits, and pay",Too many meetings that don't impact goals,Listen to the boots on the ground a bit more and get out of your office.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43797,apple,"Stamford, CT"," Nov 23, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great company great benefits,Working for Apple is amazing. You can move up quickly and the pay is great. Lots of opportunities for different backgrounds and fun environment. The company really cares about the employees and benefits are great.,Must be available to work at least two weekend days and cannot pick your own hours.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43798,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 14, 2014",Former Employee - Trainer,"Great customers and training, but most management is hired from the outside from companies like The Gap & Starbucks.","Wonderful benefits, on the job training, and terrific customers!",Micro-management is encouraged by Flag Leaders. Bathroom breaks are timed. There is almost no internal promotions beyond Creative or Genius or Expert.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43799,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"It's a fun time, but retail customer service is very taxing, mentally and physically.",Some of the best reasons to work at Apple are the flexibility of schedules and part time benefits. The starting pay is great for college students looking to work and attend classes. The team-based culture of feedback and knowledge really contributes to Apple's excellence in the customer experience. No one needs to feel dumb about their technology.,"The leadership can be hit or miss, with some leaders not very educated on the tech their working with. The obvious con to this job is how unforgiving and mean customers can be, but that's usually with every retail job.",Please hire managers and leaders that have the education in technology.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P718.htm
43800,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"It's a fun time, but retail customer service is very taxing, mentally and physically.",Some of the best reasons to work at Apple are the flexibility of schedules and part time benefits. The starting pay is great for college students looking to work and attend classes. The team-based culture of feedback and knowledge really contributes to Apple's excellence in the customer experience. No one needs to feel dumb about their technology.,"The leadership can be hit or miss, with some leaders not very educated on the tech their working with. The obvious con to this job is how unforgiving and mean customers can be, but that's usually with every retail job.",Please hire managers and leaders that have the education in technology.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43801,apple,"Skokie, IL"," Nov 29, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Pleasent, fun, and demanding.","Benefits, atmosphere, discounts, pay, coworkers","High demands, no room for growth",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43802,apple,none," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,More flash than substance,"-They hire fantastic people. Your coworkers are the saving grace. -For retail, the pay is not terrible. -For part-time workers, benefits are astronomically better than most other retail companies -Good, albeit redundant, training program -Socially conscious, inclusive company -Good job at building a culture that is easy to be passionate about","-Lateral movement is simple, but vertical movement is impossible. -Retail hours means your work/life balance will be nonexistent -Difficult to request time off unless it is done months in advance -Pay has not increased with the rate of inflation -Micromanagement -Employee performance metrics system is atrocious -Pushes add-on sales under the guise of ""Complete Solutions""","-For a company that grosses billions of dollars yearly, the fact that the wage scale does not keep up with the rate of inflation is completely unacceptable. -Consider changing the employee metrics system based around a few pieces of customer feedback...anyone with a background in doing research knows how ineffective this system is. -Figure out a better, more efficient way to allow for employees to take time off...particularly for weekends and holidays. They have lives, too. -Part-time employees should not be expected to hold availability times more appropriate for a full-time employee. -Pay for mobile technicians should be significantly higher. -Do not set the expectation that ""numbers don't matter"" when they very obviously do. -Allow for more autonomy from those who are actually talking to and interacting with the customers...they're the ones driving your business, even if you're the one who's getting to line your pockets. -If you're going to hire externally (particularly for management positions), the candidate should have a wide breadth of technical knowledge. I know that Apple is all about effective communication and relationship-building, but if a manager needs to ask an entry-level employee for help in activating a phone, that person should not be a manager. -Expecting passion about your company/work and expecting cult-like conformity from your employees are very different things. Toe the line carefully, because hiring smart people also means they see right through the ""drinking of the kool-aid"" principles that seem to permeate through the entire company.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43803,apple,"Miami, FL"," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Very fast paced alot of work,"Great benefits, discounted stocks, and even discounts on all hardware. Paid holidays and great health benefits.",Leadership team involves alot of power hungry individuals. Overly political and back stabbing people.,Reason with your employees the way you do with your own customers. Too much politics. Resentment occurs from employees who chose not to network with leadership.,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43804,apple,"Novi, MI"," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - AHA - At Home Advisor,Home Advisor,"work from home, never late to work, equipment provided.","constant over time, hard to change schedule",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43805,apple,none," Dec 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Advisor,"Worked from home, Benefits from day one. very competitive salary, and gave you an iMAC","Customers were always rude, and was hard to get time-off.",More training as the products are always updating and changing.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43806,apple,"Portland, OR"," Dec 7, 2014",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,"Great coworkers, challenging environment, okay management",Coworkers are awesome and the products are great,Management is typically not truly invested in you and only in numbers.,Learn why all roles in the company are important and how to support them.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43807,apple,none," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A funny thing happened on my way to the Apple Store...,"- clean, positive work environment - upward mobility - hot stock options - name brand","Apple has actually become their own commercial, from 1984: lines of brainwashed drones, chanting in unison, with a bald-headed overlord issuing instructions on a huge video screen.  I worked for Apple, then left to pursue another career. A couple years ago I ended up in a city where it was difficult to pursue my occupation so I went to the Apple Store to interview for a position as a ""Genius."" I was so shocked at what its become-- or how I've changed, I'm not sure which.  Its like everyone snorts Zoloft. I appreciate being positive, but this was positive taken to the nth degree, a scary, conforming kind of positive. It's like everyone was looking around to make sure they were smiling at least 10% more than the others: and their eyes spoke fear. I like Apple overall, but Steve was a tyrant and the company greenlit some absolute steamers, against the advice of people who knew what they were talking about. Rather than admit they screwed up, though, the company religion is that Apple can do no wrong and you (the consumer, or the doubter) are the problem. As in, it was ""just too advanced for you"", or ""you just don't get it.""  I agree with another reviewer on the willing isolation and ignorance. Apple's OS X really was a thing of beauty when it was first rolled out… more than a decade ago. A decade. TEN YEARS. Ever since, we've been hopping along on forced upgrades that look more and more candy while sucking up more and more memory. Meanwhile, the Calendar app blows, iTunes blows, and Apple's push to exclude Microsoft Office from its mobile suite (in favor of everybody's favorite, ""Pages"") just annoys everybody who has to do something serious. Where's the innovation that changes someone's life?  Gone, because now Apple's cool. It's the popular kid, wearing the polos and the cardigans. And I'm the surly maverick with big dreams, looking for a company like me.",Spin off smaller companies to breathe innovation back into your empire.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43808,apple,none," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company stable hours low pay,Good management great cowokers tons of overtime,Low pay espcially if you are in the genius bar arena,Better training more raises,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43809,apple,none," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,And amazing place to work with good pay and good benefits,great team with many awesome products which makes it exciting typical day at work consists of managing the flow of repairs. Communicating with customers about their repair status. Thus far I have learned the paradigm of Apples' customer service while obtaining a deeper understanding of the management style. The hardest part of the job is delivering difficult news to customers about repairs or the status of their device. I most enjoy interacting with customers. Teaching someone something new about their personal equipment is quite rewarding,"lack of promotion, senior management can vary",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P719.htm
43810,apple,none," Nov 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Newer employee,Great company with great benefits and a lot of opportunity to grow and develop,There are a lot of hours to choose from but you may not always get your first choice of hours.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43811,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Nov 24, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great place to work,"Was able to explore my interests with different positions in the store, able to hold a variety of roles","Definite responsibility cap if you are only part time, had to work holidays",Continue your great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43812,apple,none," Dec 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good transitional job. Not a great career.,Co-workers are the best. Also learn a lot about how to deal with difficult situations that help elsewhere outside of work.,"The time commitment they expect for the wages they offer. Pretentious, snooty, politically correct, HR approved answers to specific questions. ""One size fits all"" mentality when it comes to workers' work/life balance needs.",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43813,apple,"Newport Beach, CA"," Nov 14, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager- Apple Retail,Business Manager,Great products. Great brand. Great people. Would recommend to people who like to be challenged and like a good mix of b2c and b2b.,"Politics, cliques within members of leadership. You will succeed if you know how to build the right alliances. If you fly under the radar, you wont last.",Live the values that you preach!,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43814,apple,"Fresno, CA"," Dec 6, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room,"Knowledgeable coworkers, incompetent management.","Working with the latest in technology and amazing training. The workers (Genius, Creatives, Specialist) were some of the most talented people I have ever worked with.","Management was high turn over and always insecure with their lack of technological knowledge. Always attempted to treat it like Target or Starbucks, where they all seem to come from.",Promotion from within would keep a unified vision for the stores growth and progress.,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43815,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 19, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,9/10,"Company Values, great benefits, amazing work environment, awesome employees.","Work-life balance, slower responses to different issues.",Keep it up.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43816,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,get environment and workers. You get to work with alot of young people. Caps out and no growth.,"low salary, low benfits and comp days off. this would be a better part time job.",Company could work on getting employees more leeway on vacation and time off.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43817,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 3, 2014",Former Employee - IOS Tier I,Fun,Working from home and the benefits were amazing! Training was informative!,Working from home can be very boring. If you are not good at your job you will be hounded by management. Luckily I did not have that issue! Not easy to move up or around. Pay was not fantastic. And you were expected to go full time around holidays or product launches. Did not matter if you could not.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43818,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 20, 2014",Former Employee - Education Advisor,Nice place to work,Management is cool and environment is fairly relaxed.,"They will work you hard though. Be prepared to work nights, weekends and holidays.",Give advisors Christmas day off.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43819,apple,none," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,"You get to work with some of the greatest people who all are there for one purpose: to have a good time. It is an upbeat environment and innovative. If you play your cards right it is easy for you to move up in the company as well. The pay is pretty good, but the benefits are amazing.",Hours are long and there is not a set schedule. Many locations are based in malls so they are open during almost all holidays.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P720.htm
43820,apple,"Dayton, OH"," Nov 19, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Awesome,Great environment Great people great benefits great products great discounts very very very nice outfits good working environment,there are really no cons that i can think of. it is just a great working place and environment. great people and good service,there is no advise i can give.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43821,apple,"Portland, OR"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Company,Great values and benefits and fast paced place to work,Promotions are a little hard to get,More focus on development,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43822,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 15, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Unlike any other retail job,"Fantastic people,well-managed fun atmosphere, good training, great benefits (even for PT), very good pay for retail, discounts on all their products,","Can be tiring, would have liked more hands-on training, dealing with irate or distraught customers can be frustrating",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43823,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 1, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,A pretty fun / weird blur,"I met some amazing people that I still keep in touch with to this day! The benefits were decent (both health and on Apple products) though you can't always afford most of the products on the Apple retail wage. I gained a lot of skills (as it's a fast paced environment) in dealing with people of all backgrounds, nationalities and anger levels.","The suck-ups get the promotion, not the those who are 100% qualified in the technology and people skills. I didn't polish the turds of upper management, however I had a 100% Positive Feedback based on my Genius Bar and Personal Training feedback. Even with my knowledge and customer satisfaction I was never considered for the Genius position. It's very clique / culty, you get ahead by following the rules and buddying up with all managers..","You need to be transparent, numbers make you look good but cutting out the ""tailored"" customer experience we're told to do, yet very quickly (10min) kills it after someone has been waiting 45min to see their ""Genius.""",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43824,apple,none," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,everything was awesome i liked everything,"nothing wrong here, i like",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43825,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,Great people and products.,"They have amazing benefits and are very understanding if things come up. They hold their products high and expect the customers to get top quality help. There is a lot of metrics to adhere to, but the customer is always the top priority.","Promotions don't really make sense. They aren't necessarily looking for the best talent to promote first, but they do have opportunities for advancement.",Please look at those with more experience and good metrics and help them to get promoted especially if their peers are getting moved up with less experience and metrics.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43826,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Nice company,Evrything is good for this company,Nothjng is bad for this conpany,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43827,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Nov 15, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Exciting and caring company to work for, getting burned out on lack of weekend time.",Phenomenal benefits Leadership really cares about your well-being. You have the authority to make decisions that are best for the customer.,You will always work weekends. Sometimes promotions internally are more difficult than being hired externally for the same role.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43828,apple,"Yonkers, NY"," Nov 17, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Loved Apple,"Best company I worked for, loved interacting with the customers. Pay was great",Management is horrible. A least at my store.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43829,apple,none," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Excellent place to work for,Can not think of one,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P721.htm
43830,apple,"Milton, FL"," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - IOS Chat,Stangnant,Benefits are excellent with many opportunities for investing and great healthcare. Management seems to be willing to work with you through a variety of situations that are less than ideal.,I feel like we have been stagnated in our current roles and it is very hard to move up or even laterally in the company. It feels as though upward movement is decided on by an arbitrary set of values rather than actual performance and abilities.,none,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43831,apple,none," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,The Hungry Hungry Hippo,Great offices. Beautiful industrial design. Brushed aluminum everywhere. Literally aluminum couches. Time to do your own thing a lot. Everyone is interesting and talented. Don't care about your gpa or school all about how well you interview.,The couches get cold since they are made out of aluminum. The reviews are not frequent enough and therefore when you get feedback it can be a surprise. Everything comes from the top down not a lot of ideas being suggested you make your way up and then you earn the right to tel others what to do.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43832,apple,none," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Large Company thats growing like a startup.,One of a handful of companies in the world where you get to work on cutting edge and beautifully designed products.,The culture is very secretive and there is a lot of duplication of effort. Also the internal IT systems leave a lot to be desired. Very un-Apple like.,It's a pressure cooker environment inside Apple. Make it less so.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43833,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Just not that exciting,"Decent work/life balance. Good perks. Good pay. Great people, lots of smart people.","Lots of people seem to love working at Apple. I can't say I understand why. To me, my job is boring. They don't value creativity or insight, they value carrying out the tasks that management sets for you. The company's priorities don't make a whole lot of sense, either, wrt to how resources are allocated. Micromanagement seems to be the norm. There doesn't seem to be a sense of urgency in some areas, while other areas are on the ""death march"" from release to release. Secrecy between teams is irritating and leads to less innovation and poorer quality.","Work to grow your employees, not shrink them. Give us opportunities to learn, collaborate, and share. Give employees the opportunity to set directions for themselves and their teams. Find top talent and cultivate it, don't just reward whoever has been there the longest.",2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43834,apple,"Thousand Oaks, CA"," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,"Because it's Apple! The management really works well with everyone to instill the company beliefs, gets you excited about being there for your shift, and yet everyone of all positions still chats and jokes around as equals. A really lovely team feeling, and some of the most interesting people I've ever met.","Customers can be, at times, difficult and demanding. However, with the extensive training and team support you have behind you once you're on the floor, there's not been one situation that was unable to be solved.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43835,apple,none," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple gives your an abundance of resources what you take away from the experience is entirely up to you.,-You will make some of your closest friends within these walls -Free online training on a vast number of subjects -Excitement of seeing/play new products the morning of a launch without having camped out -3rd party promotions,-Retail: inherently erratic schedules -Time off needs to be requested well in advance making work/life balance a challenge,-Better proactive plans set for employee call out,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43836,apple,none," Nov 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GSM,Some cool products and people,Management are very cold and only concerned with money,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43837,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Great company with fanatstic benefits for entry level retail,Exposure to new technology and a people focused environment.,Difficult to move into leadership if you are not in an accelerated program.,Promote more internally. Employees can feel undervalued.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43838,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Nov 29, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Great company, changing retail culture","Benefits are great for retail, compensation is relatively fair, fun people, interesting clients, flexible hours, easy to get time off","Culture is shifting towards more generic retail. Management hired externally needs better training, and needs to be positioned to succeed from the get go.","Fill in middle management with people who have been around. When someone has been around for 3/4/5 years and they speak up, listen. They aren't trying to undermine you, they want to help. It's a high pace retail environment, take a deep breath and calm down before getting too worked up and saying the wrong things to people.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43839,apple,"Miami, FL"," Nov 28, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,It's ok.,"Decent pay, good benefits. Everyone got along well and it has a decent work life balance. But then again it is retail",Too much politics. Manager favorites and I feel like I'm working in a pep squad. If you enjoy clapping and cheering every time someone buys an iPod go for it,Train your employees to be better sales people rather than cheerleaders,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P722.htm
43840,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Nov 19, 2014",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Meh! At least I got a bunch of discounted apply products cheap before I left,"Deals on apple products, and perks","Working for Applecare will suck the soul out of you. Non-stop people yelling at you because the idoits at the Genuis bar or store can't fix issues right the first time. If you want a Career in tech support this is for you. Team managers get on your case if you have the highest handle time in the team, and they threaten to fire you.",how about caring for your employees. It doesnt really matter cause any idiot out of highschool will apply for the job.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43841,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Power Systems Engineer,Power System Engineer,Growing company and good location in bay area.,work culture is not good.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43842,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,"This is my dream job, couldn't even imagine anything better.",There are no cons and I don't think there will be any,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43843,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Nov 24, 2014",Former Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,Dealing With Ambiguity,"High energy and a sense of community. I met some life-long friends there. Healthy developmental growth opportunities. Hour-long lunch break. Great discounts on Apple goods as well as third-party offers. Store meetings are always fun and informative. Excellent benefits package as well as ""staying healthy"" competitive challenges. I did learn how NOT to mentor/manage others.","Truly expected to lay ones life down for the good of the company. Long hours with high (sometimes unreasonable) expectations. There is no life outside of Apple. Although it tries to represent itself as a big company with a small business approach, the longer I was there the more I realized how much it is a huge corporate entity and I was just a number. Hard to get promoted within the company unless one is driven toward corporate. Managers, Store Manager, and General Manager have their own approaches and agendas. Be ready for many management changes, including upper such as Store and General. With so much turn-around and transfers, it becomes harder and harder to feel complacent (of which is a word meaning ""death"" in the eyes of Apple).","It's a constantly changing environment so it's really hard to advise. If anything, deliver support. Being short staffed and expecting everyone else to pick up the slack even though it's within the budget to hire more people. Struggling for almost 8 months as promises of support turns into ""the boy who cried wolf"". Know your place, do your job, and don't ask questions.",3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43844,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 13, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Don't make the same mistake I did,25% discount on 1 product a year? That's the best I can come up with.,"I joined Apple because I thought it was an innovative, smart, creative company. Instead, I found IBM. People are promoted because of longevity, not talent or innovation. The most frequently used tool is Excel. Yes, Excel. I even had to fight with management to get an iPad to test the iPad app I was building for Apple. IS&T couldn't even get the current model.  My team was working on projects I had implemented 10 years ago at other companies. A content mgmt portal, customer master data, a training platform. It boggles the mind how this company is able to grow and scale.  It's also laughable how often you're told ""It's a privilege to work for Apple"". Seriously?  Their benefits are average. I was paying $200/mo to cover my family of 3. The perks (for Silicon Valley) are below average. Work 50-60 hours a week and you can't even scrounge a free soda in your building.  And talk about an uninspiring work environment. Ever notice Apple's office buildings are never profiled as cool or creative? It's cube city. My building felt more like a call center than a fun, energizing work space.","I heard a dozen times it was a privilege to work for Apple. That is ridiculous. Pay your people what they're worth and give them an opportunity to grow.  I can honestly say this was the least challenging, unrewarding job I have had in my 18 year career.  Also, consider giving back more to the community. Observe how companies like Google and Salesforce make this region a better place for everyone. Think and act locally.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43845,apple,none," Nov 10, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist (Apple Store),Great.,"Exciting, thrilling, enjoyable. Work with the coolest devices on earth. One of my most favorite jobs by far.","Meet some bizarre people in the retail industry. Crowded, crazy. Not too many cons to be honest.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43846,apple,none," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Management, pay, training, advancement, team.",I truly can not think of any cons. Aside from having to work retail hours which can be a drag on social life.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43847,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer/Architect,Great and tough place to work,The main advantage is great people you are working with and lots of learning opportunities. The company encourages innovation and do not fear to challenge status quo. Also an emphasis on quality goes throughout the project life cycle.,"Grueling hours and lots of international travel, mostly to Asia. No formal training is offered.","Share long term strategy and roadmaps with subordinates, so there will be more advanced planning and less urgent tasks.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43848,apple,"Miami, FL"," Nov 6, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Mac Genius,I want to retire working for Apple,I'm able to be myself and everyday learn things that make me a better human being.,It takes many years to grow in terms of promotions. Work-life balance for Leaders and Managers is not the best.,Promote from within so that the Apple culture remains. Too many managers are coming from food industry and other retailers that don't understand the culture of the brand.,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43849,apple,none," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contracting for Apple,"Good company, work culture is excellent.",None that I can think of now.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P723.htm
43850,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 18, 2014",Former Employee - Team Manager,Great place to work if you can go with the flow.,"The health insurance is great, and Apple has a great cafe. The building and work environment are great, and you always the latest technology at your disposal.","There is a methodology to everything. Free-thinking and innovation, surprisingly, in the customer service space is generally frowned upon by management.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43851,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Nov 4, 2014",Former Employee - IOS/CPU Senior Adviser,"Great environment, extremely stressful job, wonderful benefits, great culture",Great pay QOL services Many fringe benefits Extremely stable Quick to promote those qualified Benefits are industry leading Management is legit High profile position,Stressful work Customers are snooty/self absorbed Standards are very high,You should not have a manager that you cannot sit face to face with. What I mean to say is that your manager should not be located in a separate state from where you work. It makes for lousy communication.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43852,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Nov 4, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Great learning experience, great job role, great co-workers, terrible management","Pay, the people, the learning experience, the tools you gain, the doors it opens","Horrible management, scheduling issues, lots of drama, no ability to move onto corporate, room for advancement but you can only move up so far, retail sucks, the customers can be very difficult and entitled","Treat employees equal and do not use favoritism, which I saw happening all of the time. Use proper feedback, don't hold employees back from progressing based on rumors, and be more hands on and truly observe your employees. Act like you care about your employees and not just on sales.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43853,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Opportunities abound. There is plenty of room to grow here.,"Despite some public opinion, Apple is an extremely ethical company. Lots of smart peers to learn from. Opportunity for growth when you demonstrate potential.","Not really a con, but expected: compensation generally lags behind performance. Work can be very ambiguous at times. Many peers are spread very thin. Apple has a ""show me"" culture which generally requires you to work periods of double-time to prove your own ideas.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43854,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior QA Engineer,Good Company,Good Work Culture. Good Benefits.,Work is not that great,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43855,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,Great experience with an amazing company,"Unbelievable team, customers, and technology.","As a member of the business team, spent more time selling business to the store that to the customers.",Need to reassess commitment to the business team and it's success.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43856,apple,none," Nov 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,Great job to have for anyone,Great job to have for anyone,No cons. Great job to have,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43857,apple,"Newark, WV"," Nov 8, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great,"Nice environment, smart people, i felt like i was really part of a community. My boss was very receptive",Not much upward mobility to management positions. There is a lot of job competition.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43858,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 20, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist/Mentor/Extended Business Team,Awesome until I transferred to Boston,"The training is awesome! The benefits are amazing! Access to so many resources! Some of the brightest and friendliest coworkers anyone can have! Feedback can be given by anyone, to anyone.","Retail hours don't allow for great work/life balance. Store HR and other admin can be very incompetent at times and not be held accountable for mistakes that have heavy impact on store employees. They tell you that you own your development, but hinders you from training and developing because store traffic is often times outrageous.","Learn the products and services a bit better so you can be better resources. Have more face to face time with team members. Give more, and better feedback.",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43859,apple,"Miami, FL"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Redzone Specialist -Part time,- Flexible hours - Benefits as a part-timer (one of the few companies that do it) - Training,"- Not enough employee's scheduled to balance the traffic of incoming customers. At times we are helping up to 4 different customers at the same time. -Micromanaging - Difficult to move up in the company, either to get full-time or go into corporate. - There is no set schedule so the hours you work can change on a day to day basis. - The pay does not reflect the amount of work that goes in to the job. This is why most part-timers have a 2nd job.",- Give your veteran employees better pay or bonuses. - Stop micromanaging. - Need to go back to the company roots that Steve Jobs laid out.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P724.htm
43860,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 7, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Awsome,"Great culture, great working environment very supportive management","It's hard work, very busy retail environment , can be stressful",Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43861,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 19, 2014",Former Employee - World Wide Supply and Demand Manager,World wide supply demand management,"Exposure to the biggest company in the world, managing billions of dollars of revenue, massive scale to force will into the supply chain","Hours and expectations are unsustainable. Managers are good individual contributors but terrible managers. Cadence of meetings doesn't allow any downtime and teams work in silos, and have internal conflict with other groups to pass blame.",Put people in management positions that are good at managing not because they were good at their technical job skills.,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43862,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 7, 2014",Current Employee - Chat Advisor,No longer a company you want to work for,Apple used to be a good company to work for and there was plenty of chances to move up in the company. That has now changed.,Over the past year it seems they have moved the upper management from China to the US. They have have stopped trying to staff for the amount of business they were receiving and instead required everyone to work overtime far more than normal with complete disregard for their employees. If you like paid slavery then this is the job for you.,Stop looking at employees as numbers and remember they are actual humans.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43863,apple,none," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New Employees,None. Zero. Nada. Zip. Treated badly.,Apple treats new employees very employee. They wanted me to wait one full year for benefits.,Quit using temp services and hire people permanent.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43864,apple,none," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Busy but lots of perks!,"I worked here for two years in the At home advisor position. I was taught in the comfort of my home via iMac. They supplied all the work equipment and reimbursement for the phone and Internet bill needed to do the job. Overall, working with Apple was great. The managers are very supportive. SW focus mainly on numbers but others were such an encouragement. I loved being able to work part time with full benefits and around my school schedule. Each year we got a $1 raise which was nice and also commission on extra sales which was easy to obtain. Te meetings were fun and informative. The schedule was set and never any last minute changes. Very well organized.","Customers were the biggest challenge. If you are not afraid and like to deal with conflict in difficult people, then you may like this job in customer service. Getting bounced around to different teams every couple months was a little difficult to relearn each managers preferences. Numbers could be difficult to stay in if one got too comfortable in the job.",Lots more encouragement and more clear job path opportunities.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43865,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail,"Awesome work atmosphere, friendly employees, supportive management team",Not many I can think of.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43866,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail is an entirely separate entity,"- Benefits cannot be matched by any other employer (PPO plan) - Great employee discounts on peripherals and phone plans - Relative to other retail stores, this is one of the best to work for","- Retail ages ware barely enough to be able to buy computers, even with the discount, rendering the discount almost useless. They're really great as favors for friends/family who have jobs that pay more than yours. - Management is extremely skilled at giving you the runaround (also known as Feedback) when it comes time for promotion or a lateral shift in positions. Interviews either end up going cold with no response, or some ""surprise star candidate"" will swoop out of nowhere to take the position you desire so dearly. - Glass ceiling. Extremely little room for advancement. Someone has to either die or get fired for a spot to open up. There are pretty much 2-3 positions you can move into before ""management' is the next step, where you get a nice little raise to get yelled at by more customers and deal with disgruntled employees who have no future. - Resume killer. Once you've spent enough time in retail, you're essentially silo-ing yourself into that industry. Recruiters will see your experience as retail and generalize you as a retail salesperson, despite your own perception that you do not work at Macy's, Best Buy, Urban Outfitters, etc. If retail is your career choice, you're in the right place. If it isn't, you're screwing yourself. - Methodologies to provide customers with ""options"" for service are really just an euphemism for coercing the customer to conform to the workflow that Apple has set out. You are taught to repeat the same ""option"" repeatedly until the customer gives up, and agrees with you. That is NOT successful negotiation. It's not truly a choice if you can only provide the option to take it or leave it. That is called communism/socialism/totalitarianism. (ps. This is America.) - False perception of creativity. Apple positions itself as a company that breeds creativity. Truth be told, the retail store is merely a delivery mechanism for distributing products. As an employee, you have no impact on product development, processes, etc. You are merely a drone whose role is to hand customers product with a smile and collect payment. (The finger doesn't tell the brain what to do. The finger does what it's supposed to do.)","- Fight for your employees. Protect their personal lives, their time, and their dignity. - If you are not interested in hiring or promoting the person, don't yank their chain and give them an interview. It creates false expectations, the very thing you seek to avoid with customers. Hope is a very powerful thing. Stop abusing it. - Understand the needs of your employees. Do the same as you would with a customer. - Provide employees the bandwidth to make decisions. Canned responses and rigid policy help to standardize the level of service, AT THE MINIMUM. If you want to go above and beyond, do special things.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43867,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 5, 2014",Former Employee - Creative,Great benefits and a bit stressful during launches/holidays,It's a great company and they seem to really want to make employees happy. The perks of the employee discount are great as well as the health insurance.,It's still a retail store... The busy times of year you're treated poorly and expected to dedicate yourself to the job as if it were a career.,I'd appreciate a better work-life balance to be implemented.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43868,apple,"Troy, MI"," Nov 5, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,What you would expect,Pay is good for job being done,"retail hours, getting time off",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43869,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 4, 2014",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Excellent for Part-time work,"Competitive pay, Apple routinely hires great people. Almost all of my coworkers were intelligent, friendly people","Retail hours can be unpredictable, and the attendance policy is a bit draconian.","I wish the attendance policy made workers feel more like human beings and less like cogs or pawns in the system. Life and reality happens, people shouldn't be so harshly punished for it.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P725.htm
43870,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Hands down the best,"Benefits and the people, management is great",Can be stressful just like any retail position,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43871,apple,none," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great Pay, awesome work environment","Nasty customers, management can be overly bossy at times",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43872,apple,"Beavercreek, OH"," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Amazing co. that stands behind their employees with unlimited growth potential and management that cares to develop you.,"culture, opportunities, environment, support, development",average pay and benefits becoming more expensive,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43873,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,They wasted my time.,"Nice cafeteria. It was exciting at first, thinking I was going to help the famous garage-shop entrepreneur with his dream.","It's just unbelievable that, after I hired on I had absolutely no job assignment, no introduction to the group, no keys to the group area. Just sat there waiting, waiting waiting. No matter how much I studied the product line and showed how I could use my skill set to really help them where I knew help was needed, all I got was nothing, no communication, no job assignment. So I watched a critical product get delayed, and delayed, and delayed. Instead of analysis and calculations, their approach to solve the problem was to have meetings meetings meetings on and on with a bunch of people who couldn't care less, staring at their cell phones instead of joining the meeting! I was like, This is Apple? RUFKMe? By having meetings upon meetings the manager could lie to the upper management that something was being done.I looked back at my resume to make sure it didn't say somewhere, ""I am skilled at being ignored and tapping my fingers on my desk"". Nope, not in there.","If you have a specialist in a field, listen to him and head his advice. If you see a team with no energy, no drive or excitement, why don't you like, go find out why?",1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43874,apple,none," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An amazing place to grow yourself,Management values hardwork. Peers are very cooperative and help you learn all the different Mac tools.,Sometimes work load becomes too much especially during new releases.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43875,apple,none," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,Excellent working experience and great benefits,No cons to think of with this company thus far.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43876,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - BOH Specialist,It's just retail,Most of my coworkers are great,Management is awful. They micromanage without knowing what it is the different departments actually do. Time off is hard to get and the scheduling is a nightmare. External hires and transfers are brought in instead of promoting from within.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43877,apple,"Anchor Point, AK"," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great experience but no upward mobility,"Culture,values, benefits, focus on employees,","fight for hours, no uppward mobility",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43878,apple,none," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting & Rewarding,"excellent benefits intra-preneurial work environment/culture innovative, progressive industry-leading company extremely intelligent and talented pool of professionals",promotion and compensation increases slow to materialize,"recognize employees whom make outstanding contributions with commensurate compensation, and within a reasonable timeframe",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43879,apple,none," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Good Company,Great benefits and great company to work for. They are great people and really acre for the employees,Just somethings aren't great but it's retail so what can you get,not as easily,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P726.htm
43880,apple,none," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business,The Apple stores offer quality service and quality products. Service however is the most important.,"Sometimes the stores are overcrowded and service takes a while,",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43881,apple,none," Nov 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Impressive! I'd rather go there every morning than the office buildings in NY.,Maintains the good mood people awaken with.,Too casual and laid back reducing the output from employees.,Keep it up! A happy employee is a productive employee.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43882,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"It is challenging to take calls one after another, but Apple will take care of you, and they provide training.",-competitive compensation and benefits -great experience for customer service and interpersonal skills -opportunity to continue working with the company if you consistently meet performance standards -performance reviews and guidance -good management and organizational structure,"-very taxing when you are dealing with people who are calling because they are frustrated, unsure how to use the product, or are unappreciative of your effort -additional hours can occur for busy periods, even if you are taking classes at the same time",Encourage advisors to do side projects like tracking performance and trying to figure out how to be more efficient.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43883,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - ITunes Account and Billing,Amazing company to work for!,"Very friendly environment, employee discount, awards you receive, pay is great too. The work from home opportunity is great! They provided us with the Mac to use for work. I loved being able to work from home while doing a job I loved. I only left due to my husband's job relocating and the hours wouldn't work with our new schedule with the kids.",Rotation of hours based on stats. That is the only con I have for Apple. I loved working for them. I have many friends who still work there and were promoted within a year!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43884,apple,none," Oct 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun company to work with,Great co-workers for the most part. Great company to have on your resumé. Great place to learn a lot as well,promotions are a high school popularity contest. Some Customers can be extremely unruly (threatening to throw various iDevices at your face for not replacing them). Stress will become your best friend and you have no say in the matter,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43885,apple,none," Oct 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple at Home,"Work from home, decent pay.","Shift variations, I didn't like having different shifts month to month.",Ability to switch shifts or pick shifts.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43886,apple,"Chestnut Hill, MA"," Nov 11, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Rewarding first year, intolerable two years due to meager pay, metrics, bad management and awful work-life balance.","- Health care benefits for part-time employees - A plethora of training - Some promotions, such as end of life products and third party accessory deals from vendors","- Too much focus on metrics, under the guise of giving the customer the complete solution. Often times it felt as if leadership just wanted us to meet metrics so that they could get their bonuses at the end of the year.  - The worst work-life balance I have ever experienced -- had a multitude of time-off requests denied (that were submitted months in advance) and was also hassled by management for not meeting ""the needs of the business"" - Micro-management -- what is the point of telling your employees to assume positive intent and have liberties with the customer interaction if the management is constantly overbearing and questioning a majority of your decisions anyway - No chance for career growth. There is a lot of bait and switch with Apple Retail. Many employees are misled to believe that they will eventually end up at Apple Corporate. There is nearly no career growth to begin with, most pay increases are marginal and promotions in Apple Retail are lateral. A lot of politics play into promotions, the innovators are seldom recognized.","Not all hard workers are good leaders. Promote people who embody the culture of the Apple and innovate, while also demonstrating great leadership skills. Do not promote people who get some superficial percentage of add-ons for their sales.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43887,apple,none," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overworked/undervalued,"""prestige"" to say you work there for the folks who think it might be ""glamourous"". Good for the resume..","NO work life balance, constantly pushed to take on more with no relief and no reward. Weak middle management and too many layers.","Overworked employees are not a good thing, leaves no room for creativity, fun, new ideas when ones head is always barely above water. Not physically healthy. Encourage/""enforce"" management skills, stop promoting good IC's who have no people skills- bad for morale.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43888,apple,none," Nov 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,"Excellent marketing to employees, too bad its all hype",Great passionate people. Smart folks are everywhere and almost everyone is friendly.,"No upward or sideway movement potential. You will do the same job for 5-7 years at least after your first bump from junior level. Lots of talk about promoting from within, rarely ever happens. Managers are hired from outside instead. Salary is lower than average.","Walk the walk, don't just talk. If you say you promote movement in the company, provide it.",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43889,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 26, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great place to work,"Very good benefits, people-first culture, worked with some really creative coworkers, good opportunities for growth, can easily transfer to different stores around the country",Customers can be particularly draining,"Be sensitive to the mental health needs of your employees, but keep fostering a creative atmosphere of smart, happy people",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P727.htm
43890,apple,"Annapolis, MD"," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Very Good,"Fantastic job, good training, good people, always enjoyed it very much.",no specific cons other than occasional late hours and weekends which is hard if your social life requires hanging out with friends and family on the weekend,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43891,apple,none," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,"Great Company, Retail Hours","Limitless potential, Training, Work-Life Balance, Benefits",The Hours can be long and are not 9-5,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43892,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple Retail Specialist,Company cares about the employees and takes care of their needs. They provide a great balance of work life and the benefits provided are great. Never felt pressured or stressed out to a point where I did not want to work.,"Growth was not very well, it also depends on your store and mangers but for the most part they want to see years of experience just to be a genius. Sometimes even favoritism. They make growing into a role much harder when newbies can just be hired into the role. They require you to go through each role and wait minimum 6 months to change roles. Even feedback does not help this situation.",Help grow employees for their best interest. Don't make it harder for employees just because you want to keep them on your team longer.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43893,apple,none," Sep 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was cool for a while,"Apple gives you a good support system. I worked at the retail level, and it was leaps and bounds cooler than most retail jobs you'll find.","The culture is more like a cult-ure...the place is a cult. If you are a level-headed human being, you may lose your sh*t working with some of these folks.","Keep it real, don't drink the ""kool aid""",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43894,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,"Better than most, but still needs improvement.","Good pay for what is essentially entry-level IT. They will pay for your training as you progress. Tuition reimbursement and health care is awesome. Lots of vacation time, too.","Absolutely terrible hours. If you want any hours at all, you have to be available 100%, no exceptions. Schedules change from week to week, making having any kind of event planning near impossible. That is, unless you request off at least a month in advance.","Stop letting politics get in the way of decision making. Many of your good--actually, great-- employees are burned out by watching management not consult with the people below them. Stupid, inefficient brown nosers advance faster than skilled leaders and knowledgeable techs. You burn out the best and brightest due to wanting to get your own egos stroked. Stop it.",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43895,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Impactful, but stagnant","You are a part of a team that is very smart, caring, approachable and you feel like you make an impact in your daily interactions.","Not much opportunity for growth. Depending on your location, leadership may or may not take an interest in developing career.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43896,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,"Great People, unforgiving Polices","The support of the Management and trainers is out standing, the people you work with are top notch.","Their attendance policy is very unforgiving, if you are more than a minute or two late to clock in you get a point that stays on your record for a year. Get 3 of those in a year and you can no longer transfer to opening at other stores (which I was planning on to solve some traffic issues that was making it hard to be to work on time). Get another point beyond that 3rd and you are fired.","Give some flexibility to the employees on attendance, being late 4 times in a year isn't worth firing someone over, especially if they are someone that top sales, customer service, and mentor in the store.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43897,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,"My experience at Apple has been nothing short of phenomenal, you're surrounded by a brilliant group of individuals.","Flexible hours, travel opportunities, beer bashes, ideal weather, wide array of food options, casual wear, company prestige, company pride, generous time-off benefits, great healthcare benefits, loose management structure, free snacks on the job","Long hours, work never ends, not enough free food, poor internship program structure, sink or swim environment, pay can be better",Provide a clearer list of expectations early in the project,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43898,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 22, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,High Stress. Great Co-Workers,"Great Company, Benefits. The best part of the job was my co-workers. It allowed us to have a sense of community, like we were going to war together to conquer a common enemy.","This retail location had a very high volume of customers. The environment seamed very hectic and not controlled. Management seamed to be overwhelmed by customers and employees, thus deeming them unreliable.",Please pay attention to employee fatigue since the environment drains us of all we have for in life.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43899,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"Apple invests a lot in your genius training, and management have respect for you so they dont really bother you or second guess any of your decisions",The overall direction of the company isnt what it was before. now its very power/money hungry and customers are taking a back seat to it all. People get hired into leadership roles who either do not know how to use a mac or dislike them. makes zero sense.,stay at best buy,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P728.htm
43900,apple,none," Nov 4, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Great until it wasn't.,Highly intelligent employees who are mostly passionate about the product and the company,"Customers can get crazy when their technology doesn't work. As in, yelling, swearing, throwing a tantrum crazy. Managers who drink the cool-aid speak competency language and are often condescending towards employees who are often not familiar with Lominger.",Increase staff size to accommodate Genius Bar traffic. Staff is consistently overwhelmed with amount of traffic paired with no available appointments. Consider making Genius Bar either appointment ONLY or walk-in ONLY. The mix of the two is extremely hard to accommodate and maintain positive experience.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43901,apple,none," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Back of House specialist,"Great people to work with, great benefits. Lets you do as you see fit, lots of belief in it's people.",Customers can sometimes be unnecessarily rude and mean.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43902,apple,none," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"people focused, innovative, exciting and cutting edge. Company values and culture are exactly what you would expect","people focused, innovative, exciting and cutting edge. Company values and culture are exactly what you would expect",none that i can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43903,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Best retail job ever.,Depending on the store there is strong support from your managers. Most of your co-workers are people who are contributing to the arts in in an incredible way.,Every retail job has crazy customers. At Apple you get a great taste at how un-human people are. Some fail to notice that they are entering a store that doesn't revolve around them.,"Don't ask your team members, especially Geniuses to be flexible. It puts more stress on us. Back us up and follow through when we are trying to stay true to policies, don't deviate because it makes us look like idiots and we have not done our job.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43904,apple,none," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It can be kind. It can be cruel. You just never know what you're going to get each day.,Great products to sell. Lots of work to do. Many customers love the products. Strong engineering team. Strong Senior Management team. Great anti-harasment policy. 401K Matching.,"Micro-Managers abound. Field employees are not given the tools they need to do their jobs. Raises do not keep up with the rate of inflation. There is very little budget for training. Engineering decides what will get into the products. Software quality has decreased over the past 24 months. APIs change, without notice, causing major software outages for customers. Don't believe there is an open dialogue encouraged philosophy with your manager. You are one innocent mistake away from being fired. You will work very hard to make management very rich.",Fix the first line management. Many of them rule their staff using fear and intimidation.,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43905,apple,none," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still a great place to work, but maybe too many B+/A- players",Apple wants to do great things and they value passion in employees. They run a very tight ship with operations that are second to none.,"As much as Steve Jobs used to say Apple is ""flat"", it really isn't. It's very structured and political. You are supposed to ""stay in your swim lane"" and not worry about what other teams are doing. For some employees that's fine (and even desired), but if you are a big picture thinker you like to know the big picture and that makes it hard. If you try to help in other areas too much you are likely to get your leash yanked to get you back in line. It almost feels like they want to crush the disruptive innovators in the organization and get a bunch of mindless followers.","Encourage disruption! Don't promote people just because they have seniority, promote the people who are best at what the job requires.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43906,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,It's still retail,"Great discounts on apple products, higher pay than most other retail jobs","The pay still isn't enough to live in New York City, any job where you wear a branded shirt makes you feel like you're working for 'the man', regardless of the fact that it's Apple.",Consider more time off.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43907,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple,"Exciting constantly evolving, changing to make a better customer experience","Lateral movement is easy, vertical movement nearly impossible",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43908,apple,none," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Some of the best people you'll ever work for,"Fun environment, fantastic support from coworkers, extremely passionate people, felt I mattered to both my coworkers and my managers.","lots of customer interaction, which can be a pro or a con. You just have to have the right mindset and find your stride. Overall, though, a GREAT place to work, and I made many friends whom I still keep in touch with, even after 2+ years out of the job.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43909,apple,none," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail: Great management and work-life balance,Transparent and communicative management that put employees first. Flexible schedule for students and part timers. Supportive training program that ensured quality customer service experience,More hours for part timers,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P729.htm
43910,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,Part time benefits and great networking!,Everything about the managers in general,n/a,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43911,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Creative,"Great learning experience overall, but really poorly paid given the amount of work and self-teaching that was required.","The best reasons to work there are the ability to share a little bit of your passion for Apple products with the customers , and to work alongside some very intelligent and interesting individuals.","I felt that the pay was not up to par with the job demands, which can be very stressful. And by the time I left the company, I felt that their emphasis on training their employees well was taking a back seat to just selling as much as possible at all times.","The company allows employees to get burned out too easily. The retail stores are very busy places, and I found that they were too often understaffed given how much traffic was the store was experiencing.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43912,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"good team, good product but lack of growth oppotunities",very good people and team. plenty of learning opportunities.,very hard to gain insights or big picture view of the product because of the secretive culture.,Engage engineers in the early stage product development and decision making,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43913,apple,none," Nov 2, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Rewarding at first, make sure you are a favorite among the managers.","Great culture, I met people that I would never ever have met and I am still friends with them even after I left the company on good terms.","Micro management, managers don't know much when it comes to operations within a position.","Managements level of knowledge of products is very small. There is not an open dialogue with management anymore. There always right no matter what. Wasn't always that way but ""fearless feedback"" doesn't exist anymore. Work life balance isn't the best either. Usually worked closing shifts because thats the need of the business. I will say that I am very thankful what Apple made me into. You need a combination of in with management and hard work. Must perform and make them lots of money. Moved up in the store within 4 years of my time there. Held multiple positions, Apple needs to rethink the way they hire management. When stores succeed, I can assure you that its not management thats doing it, its the hard working people there. Managers had no influence on my performance, they had the decision making power to move me up. When I left, management was saying that we will hire anyone right now. Its kind of sad, start with fixing management within the stores. There is very little respect for them.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43914,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Oct 13, 2014",Former Employee - Decline,A great learning experience.,"The experience develops character, a tough work ethic, and analytical thinking skills. leadership genuinely cares, but there are challenges that may be a distraction from developing talent.","co-workers fly off the cuff verbally at times, work / life balance is less life and more work, upward mobility is lateral, and the constant rush of customers keeps life interesting. Cons aside, still would recommend the experience.","Fine line between hands-off leadership and a free-for-all. Foster healthy competition, not ill-will or sabotage. Rediscover and foster the culture present when Apple was still small.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43915,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,Awesome company for growth,The possibilities are endless in this company. Almost every month there are different positions that are available for you to apply. The culture is extremely laid back. The managers (most) really care what you have to say and work with you to meet your career goals and help you develop into an awesome leader.,"I'd say it is very difficult in some departments to be noticed, considering there are LOTS of people that do exactly what you do. Overall what I am trying to say its you absolutely have got to be the BEST or innovative (which is key) to be noticed and can get a promotion or raise. My opinion, a 5-10% increase in the current salaries / per hour increase would be just fine considering that we work our butts off.",Keep up the good work. Management is excellent. Maybe focus more on career building.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43916,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 15, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Fun for short term, although limited progression and repetitive after a while.","The people you work with are what make this job - they are smart, social and savvy (mostly).  Great discount and a company I'm proud to say I've worked for.  Excellent training - not only about the products but with dealing with customers.","The job itself can get very repetitive after a while.  Whilst, the company values are good, it can sometimes get a bit happy-clappy. It seemed that you're promoted and assessed on your willingness to conform to a set of strict values, rather than your ability.  Limited progression.  As with any retail job, it can be difficult to get holiday off around Christmas.  Felt short-staffed at times.","As my time at Apple went on, the autonomy I had in my role continually shrunk until I felt like a cog in a wheel. The low point was when John Browett was in charge - don't let that disaster happen again!",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43917,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Oct 17, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Good company, very supportive structure.","Very friendly environment, lots of resources for improvement.","A great deal of micromanaging, lots of metrics that are very difficult to control and maintain good customer service scores.","Some metrics are counter productive, like escalation and handle times.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43918,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Tough but rewarding,High compensation for a star player Coolest products Strong job security for a high caliber engineer,Extremely long hour Slave driving culture,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43919,apple,"Plano, TX"," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Living the dream,"The store I have the pleasure of working in is beyond incredible. Staffed to perfection. Everyone is so kind and we all support each other in our growth opportunities as well as praising each other in our strengths. There is no situation that could rise where you face it alone. The benefits are astonishing, which just shows how great this company truly is.",Dealing with difficult customers. Sometimes short handed on genius's. Schedules being done in a way where you're set to work 7-10 days in a row.,"Keep doing what you're doing. I couldn't be blessed with a better management team. Each and every one of them are so kind and know our names. We all matter and play a vital piece to the store, which management always reminds us of.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P730.htm
43920,apple,"Durham, NC"," Oct 12, 2014",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,"Crazy hours, great opportunity, a real learning experience.",The environment that Apple had/has makes dealing with retail customers possible. The benefits in my opinion are some of the greatest for a retail job.,"Sometimes management can overwork you. Management won't always be on your side, even if you are following policy. Management can seem to care more about the onetime buyer, then the everyday employee.","Managers used to be there to help the employees do their jobs. Unfortunately, now they seem to be their to micromanager employees and tell them when they",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43921,apple,"Boston, MA"," Oct 16, 2014",Former Employee - Business Specialist,"The company is great, but the average retail woes. Not a lot of career development.",The health benefits are really great and the fact that they pay for transportation (public transit).,Poor leadership and not a lot of connection to the corporate section.,More career development that leads to opportunities outside of the retail world.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43922,apple,none," Oct 17, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Not Your Typical Retail Gig,"You work with some amazing, talented, and intelligent people. The hiring process is fairly rigorous, so you get coworkers who are pretty interesting, outgoing, and creative. The products for the most part sell themselves, although you do have to do some work to sell add-ons such as AppleCare or other memberships. Fast paced (could be a pro or con depending on personality) and upbeat workplace.","Sales numbers and metrics are tracked and while it depends on your store's managers, you can either feel very pressured to perform or not. The customers can be pretty hard to deal with, there are certainly good ones, but the bad ones are REALLY bad. There is also pressure not to call out sick or miss work days as the stores are pretty busy. Unless you're very lucky, you will be working most weekends for sure. I have known a few people who have worked out getting weekends off, but it's not common.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43923,apple,none," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius administrator at apple,The benefits outweigh the cons,The benefits make you not want to leave,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43924,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Technical Recruiter,Great opportunity. Access to managers you support. Personal growth and great pay.,Applicant tracking system isn't amazing.,Impove ATS.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43925,apple,none," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn,You will work very hard,bonuses are terrible unless you are a manager,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43926,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - IOS Apple Advisor,Best job I've ever had!,"The people! Everyone from management to cafe staff are welcoming and they're a creative bunch that truly believe in Apple, in Apple's culture, and in the products. Plenty of opportunities to network with the beer bashes and other employee enrichment events The pay is phenomenal and the benefits are amazing Apple truly cares and treats you like a family member no matter what Management IS truly there to help you advance and hone your skills and make you a better person They're so involved with community and health issues and it's good to see a huge company such as Apple giving back and caring for their employees and their families Not your regular 9-5 desk job!! They emphasize fun and they mean it. Yes, it's corporate but the atmosphere is laid back and the campuses in Austin are HUGE. You'll see anyone on any given day with a hula hoop in one hand and their MacBook Pro in another Love love loooooved this job! I truly felt like I was improving my customer's lives and I even cried with one customer because she was so happy! This is a great feeling.",Sometimes it could get stressful because the customers could be quite demanding but there was always someone there to help you out on the other end Work/Life balance could be a bit hectic but as long as you showed up when you needed to be there and didn't abuse the absence policy you were fine :),Keep up the great work!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43927,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 21, 2014",Current Employee - Acoustic Engineer,Hardware engineering is truely hard here.,Working with a lot of experienced and excellent engineers. Feeling proud and competent. A lot of equipments and state of art labs to use.,"Limited team work. Everyone works on his own...mainly because of secerecy policy. No internal documents, so have to ask a lot, and have to know who to ask.","Well...management crisis maybe? just like any other big company. Nobody can make dicision like Steve Jobs anymore, so you know how that is.",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43928,apple,"Washington, DC"," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,2 years Specialist 1 year Family Room Specialist,Excellent caring management. Many options for advancement to mid tier positions. Excellent benefits.,No set schedule. Not many options for advancement above mid tier positions. Some positions misclassified as mid tier when they ought to be higher tier and higher pay due to job intensity and difficulty.,Recognize that Family Room Specialist is a harder job than Genius and pay them equally.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43929,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,High stress technocracy,"Highly successful, high visibility, prestige job",Too much secrecy between teams. Technocrats run development. Politics drives development. Little recognition and reward.,Open up. Improve collaboration between teams. Be aware of customer desires. Give employees a break from 60-hour weeks.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P731.htm
43930,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 27, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"It was fun, until...",Two fifteen minute breaks and an hour lunch. Most locations are by great food that you have time to wait for. You get the chance to meet A LOT of awesome people.,"Upper management is GREAT at saying one thing and doing another. They'll promise you a position you work your butt off for then at the eleventh hour present another ""competency"" you need for the role. While folks have as qualified as you are given that same position for no apparent reason other then they're friends with upper management. Lot's of cock-blocking if you're not part of the ""in-crowd"".","I LOVED Apple at first, I had been through two stores before my last one and they were amazing! My last round really knocked the love out of me.  Now it might have just been the store, Biltmore, Phoenix, AZ, but management DID NOT live up to the Apple culture in the slightest. They were great at lying to you with a smile on their face. Their focus was their bonuses and only moving people up that suited their fancy, not anyone that could actually do the job.  Avoid the Apple Store Biltmore in Phoenix AZ, as a customer you'll be fine. As an employee you're better off looking elsewhere, try Arrowhead.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43931,apple,none," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Creative,Has been a good learning experience but the retail schedule is terrible.,"good people to work with, customers and employees.","Terrible work schedule, you never get weekends. Low pay.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43932,apple,"Miami, FL"," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Fantastic,"Getting hired at Apple has to be one of the best things that have ever happen to me! Extremely flexible with scheduling, the vibe from my team members alway keeps me going, and the acknowledgment of hard work you put in is appreciated. Best retail job hands down! Also, the benefits and pay is great especially for a college student.",I have nothing to complain about!,"More communication with team members on floor, especially when it comes down to communicating with a customer.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43933,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Passion for Apple,"Work life balance is awesome and managers at Apple do not micromanaged you. The hourly rate is great in comparison to other retailers as well. Many discounts on products in the store and offer great medical discounts are offered by Apple which is great. Also, there is major opportunity for development within the company which makes it a great place to start your career.",Cons is the promotions within take a long time because there are so man people trying to get promoted at the same time as you.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43934,apple,"Greenwich, CT"," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Moving,great people and benefits. constant excitement and new changes to keep you stimulated,limited pay and career advancement,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43935,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 13, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"The product is amazing, and so are the people who work there.","The atmosphere is fun, the products are fantastic, and they teach you how to use all of them.They pay well, and offer many opportunities for advancement, and the benefits are amazing.","Make sure to consistently have a positive attitude, and sometimes it may take a long time to get promoted depending on what you're going for.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43936,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Genius,"Challenging, fun great people. Good benefits.","Exhausting, repetitive and few advancement opportunities if retail is not your end goal.",Review and merit system is far from effective. It's not 95/5 take responsibility for your help in development,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43937,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 2, 2014",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,I had a good experience at Apple.,Apple had a great training program for the position. They also provided decent pay and had some good benefits. My manager was great though and very supportive with my position.,"I didnt really like the job and I wish the pay had been a bit higher. Its not a bad job, but can get kind of repetitive with having to deal with so many customers, and the metrics that they expect you to meet.",Increase pay for basic workers. Also possibly incorporate more benefits for employees into the program.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43938,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 8, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,Don't Think Different. Don't Think At All.,"In the two positions I've held at Apple, I've been able to work from home for both. Not commuting is nice, but many times, this may not feel like a ""pro."" Employee discount is better than I expected. Ample vacation days (12 for entry level first-time job) and pretty lenient with sick leave. It's nice to not really have a script that I'm required to read from, since basically AppleCare, as well as my previous Online Store Chat position, closely resembled stereotypical call-center jobs.","As a home-based employee, of course my interactions with co-workers and supervisors were expected to be drastically different than they would be in a real office. But there's never an effort to balance this out. I can go weeks without a word of casual conversation being said in the team chatroom. I feel almost embarrassed that I'm holding a bachelor's degree from a top university, but I'm surrounded by dull people who do nothing all day but play video games and sleep. You cycle through managers and teams, shift schedules, even entire job roles wlly-nilly, without any input on your part.  There is really no interest in the satisfaction of the customer. It's all about the metrics. You can have stellar reviews from customers, and documented peer feedback from other departments bragging about you, but if you can't average out a 15 minute phone call time to fix the endless list possible issues that can go wrong with a computer, then you're in the hot seat. Don't ""fix"" your behaviors in 3, 6, then 7 months and you're probably going to be canned. So it's either be curt, and frankly rude, to a lot of the people that buy products from you, or fall down the totem pole in the staff rank and get stuck working a late night shift the next time shift bids come around, which will make good performance tougher, your personal life lonelier, all while any recommendation for a change in the operating procedures is balked at by management.  One is expected to clock-in and immediately start taking calls. 60 seconds is expected between hanging up one call, finishing the case notes, and taking your next call. Any time over 5 minutes will have you speaking with a supervisor. I once had my pay revoked for taking 20 minutes to check email and get situated before logging into the call queue. And even if you're not completely hoarse and exhausted from a nonstop cycle of calls, you will be pressured, and by that i mean threatened with zero consideration for future upward movement, if you do not partake in at least 6 hours per week of overtime during the busy season, which is about 5 months out of the year. I stopped caring when I realized I was spending my extra money from OT on prescription painkillers for my back from being chained to a desk every solitary second for 7.5 hours (that's a day minus 1 hour lunch and two 15 minute breaks). Also during this busy season, you will experience cancellation of team meetings, training seminars, or any other offline time that might have given you a moment of rest from the endless work or time to work on a side project that you could use to show your skills to other areas of the company.  Sum of the story: you are paid to do exactly one job and one job only and you're not allowed to do or think anything else besides that one job. It's a dead-end. I hear the salaried positions are pretty cool, but if you have to work like a dog at the entry level, I hate to think of how life-consuming a position with actual responsibility at this company must be.","Hire more people, people should be allowed to take a breather from such a robotic job, but we can't because we're severely understaffed. Respect talented, intelligent employees with actual competence. Stop promoting based on whether you can reach an arbitrary metric. Being able to blast through a call and being callous with customers does not equal good management material. If I had known I would be forced into such a short-sighted job, where the there's no time to actually appreciate and consider that some individuals might just be really good at doing other jobs besides just this one thing, I would have gone to work for a bank or something.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43939,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"It has been a great opportunity to learn and network with other motivated individuals, diversifying my skill sets","Brand name, opportunities, networking, Benefits, ability to transition into different groups, and personal growth","Difficult to get promoted, very flat structure, compensation is not as high as it should be for the amount of work that is being down","Give more bonuses, it's less than all other companies that are similar",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P732.htm
43940,apple,none," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cult Culture, Outstanding People, Supportive HR","Brand name, opportunities, networking, Benefits, ability to transition into different groups, and personal growth","Difficult to get promoted, very flat structure, compensation is not as high as it should be for the amount of work that is being down","Build better internal tools/systems, promote better work/life balance, and get more involved in the development of your line-level employees",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43941,apple,none," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,"Great people, great products, great benefits","The people you work alongside are the greatest people in the world. If your like retail, there's no better place to work.","Transparency between corporate and retail stores.  There isn't much time to allow for personal development time while not directly in role, and everything is very ""gray"" in terms to getting promoted past manager level.  Apple prides itself on owning your own development, but that looks different for each store, and there's no true assessment of one's qualifications and promotion.",More transparency,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43942,apple,none," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Fantastic,"Benefits, Flexible schedule, great training","long hours, constant change in policy",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43943,apple,none," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,#!,Its the best! Keep up the great work team,none at all writing this bothers me,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43944,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great Culture but Limited,Great environment to work and the products are excellent to represent. Diversity is awesome and people have a lot of positive intent.,Pay is very low and the opportunity to move up within the pay scale lies in your ability to relocate to Cupertino. Long term career is difficult to imagine here.,Offer opportunities to create income levels that would sustain employees.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43945,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - ASIC Engineer IV,Small fish in a big company,Challenging work. High growth business.,Big company culture... lots of redundancy.,Make it a flatter organization.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43946,apple,"Tacoma, WA"," Oct 7, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Inventory, Sales, Training","Great work culture and friendly environment. Management is willing to work with your schedule if you are in school. The structure of the training is helpful, not only to being an asset at Apple, but to your outlook on life.","Nobody in the store makes salary and they try not to let anyone work overtime. You must be a people person in order to succeed at any job at apple. Management will often schedule for a 7.5 hour shift so that you have to take a full unpaid hour lunch, rather than a 7 hour shift where you only have to take a half.","The interview process takes too long. Schedule annual meetings with each of the employees, even if you do not expect them to stay with the company long term, and discuss a timeline of the opportunities Apple has for the team member to progress with the company.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43947,apple,none," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,😍,"Apple is cool and i love tim cook he is funny and cool , thank you apple for every think","Apple is awesome , apple is my favorite company and is best company ever! iPhones are best in the world",.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43948,apple,none," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The start of lifetime development,"People focused, great benefits, very diverse set of people employed",Upward movement is very competitive. Culture can mask the business side but doesn't negate it.,A revisit to the core values of the company quarterly rather than yearly can be extremely beneficial.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43949,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Oct 4, 2014",Former Employee - AHA-part Time,Part time,Great benefits for par-time job and good training. I was allowed to take care of customer needs at the beginning.,"Not a flexible part-time job but schedule demands are more like full-time position. Your schedule has to be available to company needs at all times. Many workers are wonderful, but only takes one bad Apple to who misuses position to sour experience. Watch out for senior substituting for manager name dropping area manger to you in introduction. This one person actually threatened that the views shouldn't be challenged because of long time work relationship with area manager.",Allow for time off without pay when employee asking for personal/family reasons will retain employees.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P733.htm
43950,apple,none," Oct 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,"Great people, benefits and place to work at",Schedule can be tough because of consistency,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43951,apple,none," Oct 10, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Best Team I've Ever Worked With, but...","-Best, most high-energy, passionate group of people you will ever work with. We have fun with each other, and with the customers, and it's a good atmosphere. People come to Apple Stores because they love Apple. People work at Apple Stores because they love Apple. It makes for a good environment. -Great Health Benefits. Premiums are less than $100 per month for full dental, health, and vision -401(k) plan with matching (Apple matches 50% of 6% that you put in, from day one, and it goes up as service time goes up) -15% off of Apple Stock twice a year -25% off one Mac per year, 25% off one iPad per year, etc...15% off 10 Macs per year, 15% off 10 iPads per year...etc...and unlimited 10% off of anything in store. Also, pretty strong discounts on third party products from time to time. (like 40% off Bose, etc.) Also, additional $500 off after the 25% off Mac once every three years. So you can basically get an $1800 Mac for $850 once every three years. -Tuition Reimbursement (which may be getting enhanced to cover PT employees as well as FT) -Good hourly wage (plus overtime) in a retail environment. New PT Specialists start at around $14 per hour, and you can be making $17-19 after 3-4 years if you get promoted to an Expert (sales leader) , or get promoted to Genius (technician) or Creative (Trainer). Usually get about a 4% raise every year. But that depends on how you do. And if you can cut through the red tape to get there. -The only metrics they look at are AppleCare attach rate, One to One attach rate, and accessories sold...and they really don't ever have a conversation with you if you're doing poorly (or well, for that matter) -It's a pretty ""cushy"" job. Products sell themselves. Just come to work, do your job, and you'll be fine.","It's busy. Really busy sometimes. Expect to stand on your feet all day, all shift. And the floors are mostly hard concrete/rock. You are required to work two days out of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one additional day. As a FT employee, I had both of my days off during the week, and worked pretty much every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Each store may be a little different, though, so ask if you are concerned. Promotions are difficult. Hard to get to where you want to go, and definitely no clear path to management. Lots of politics and grudges held. When I left, I was still being reminded of mistakes I had made 3 years ago. Also, Leadership can tend to micromanage. I suspect that this is different in each store. Some customers are tough customers who have overly high expectations. The hours are lousy, especially during the holidays. Sometimes you might work 3pm-12am, even though the mall closes at 10pm. Expect 5x 9 hr. shifts during your week, with one hour unpaid lunch each shift and two paid 15 minute breaks each shift. But don't expect to go to lunch on time, or to take your 15 minute breaks on time, because you probably won't. Apple is in some hot water for this out in California. You aren't paid commission, bonus, or anything, just hourly, so no matter how well you outperform everyone else, you get the same pay. I never heard of anyone, save for maybe three people out of 170, not get the standard 4% raise.","Do not play games with our livelihoods. Be upfront and honest about where we are, and what the opportunities are and how to get there. Actually help us to get there. I understand that the ""journey is the reward"" but it seems strange to me that I would be a top 10 sales person at the store I worked at and not be recognized monetarily.  Pay attention to who is doing well and who isn't doing well, and reward those that are doing well.  Also, stop sending us cheap hooded sweatshirts at Christmas time as a ""bonus"". While I appreciate Apple swag, the company has billions in the bank. Reward your hard working employees with a small monetary bonus during the holidays. It's insulting to receive a $3 sweatshirt at Christmas. At least give one additional share of stock.",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43952,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 22, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Fantastic company, tough job.","Apple is a great company, and it was awesome to see how much they care about the customer. Relatively flexible hours. Employees were treated with respect. Company perks. Team oriented - even working from home I didn't feel alone. The training was great, but a little shorter than I would have liked.","Any customer service job is hard. Some of the people you help will be very rude, which makes the job less desirable at times. Be prepared to be yelled at sometimes.",Innovate,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43953,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good starter job in HR,"Awesome offices, gym, cafe. Workload wasn't overbearing and had a clear understanding what was expected of employees from management.","Some co-workers just didn't have people skills and made coming to work almost depressing. Started to become understaffed and the work started to pile. Management would take there sweet time hiring new people, which made getting ahead or even caught up your task virtually impossible.",Take into consideration employees opinions and notice the hard work and overtime they put in.,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43954,apple,none," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,Save on gas and work from home,High call volume/non flexible hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43955,apple,none," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Inspiring and working on great products. Responsible for something that has a great impact.,Heavy secrecy. Harder than other companies to grasp the big picture.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43956,apple,"Panama City, FL"," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Excellent employer,"Home-bound, good pay, good schedule",Can be stressful if customer service is not your forte,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43957,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Oct 7, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great retail job,"Great benefits, culture, and products",Very busy and requests too much availability for part time employees,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43958,apple,none," Oct 7, 2014",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,"Great Company, Difficult to transfer",Great employees. The company makes you feel like you are apart of something bigger.,"Apple has a ton of $, that's no surprise. The $10/hr offer they give you might be. As of 2012, Apple was doing pay increases for all employees. This would have been great, as I was planning a transfer to a store in a different state. During my transition, Apple went on a hiring freeze, where in my current position was lost, and the future position I was going to, was put on hold. This went on for 6 months. I essentially lost my job, and senior management did little to help.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43959,apple,none," Oct 7, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Expert,Greatest Retail Experience Out There!,"Great products, strong company culture, self development and growth are strongly encouraged, awesome staff, competitive pay, excellent benefits (health care, stock purchase, 401k, etc)","Hard to grow with the company into a management position--they are currently hiring a lot externally for leadership positions, which was really devalue the experience one has gained after 3 or 4 years with the company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P734.htm
43960,apple,"Albany, NY"," Oct 6, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Overall, worth it.","Co-workers were by and large the greatest aspect of working for Apple. They do a great job of hiring awesome, intelligent, hard-working individuals. Also just a great environment if you like helping people but don't mind the occasional tough cookie who is hell-bent on giving you a hard time. Most customers are extremely grateful for your knowledge and help.","It can be tough to move to different positions. Sometimes it felt like there were manager favorites that would get all the opportunities to move around. When the store is busy, it can be chaotic and stressful working with customers you want to give your all but have the eyes of many waiting customers staring laser beams into your soul.",Remember that all of your employees have value to share with the team. Sometimes you have go out of your way to discover what that value is but it will be beneficial to the team and will help each employee feel more valuable and like they have something unique that helps the team find success.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43961,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - ASLP Associate,Great company to work for,"Awesome benefits, great people to work with and you can learn a lot of practical skills that will benefit later in career development","Lack of work/life balance. It also all depends on who is your direct report. If they willing to invest in you, then your next step is way easier to come to you. But if your direct report does not care about the team, then it eventually will lose all the hard working people.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43962,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,"Competitive, Hard work, Great perks",The managers are very supportive. All managers are willing to help and all have great tips. Great employee perks.,Very competitive. Mandatory overtime hours. There are also alot of employees that you must compete with in order to move forward within the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43963,apple,none," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work-life balance,"Benefits, Challenging projects, Great intelligent team",There is no work-life balance what so ever.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43964,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing place for growth,Getting to work with competent people. Manager's really care. Great pay that matches the city's economic status.,"Getting the worst customers EVER. You really need to have thick skin. Also, managers will schedule you for full time even though you are part time, so students don't get to be students here.",Be really aggressive with hiring. Hire the best and REALLY search and recruit. Having low coverage makes me want to quit.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43965,apple,"Miami, FL"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Apple Life,Meeting great people. Time goes by fast. Benefits.,"Meeting horrible, self-entitled, tech-illiterate-yet-condenceding, rude people. Impossible to get time off. Not flexible.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43966,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - IOS Advisor,Innovative and learning enhanced,Office culture is what you make it since you work from home. There are guidelines but nothing too bad. I love it. I make work how I want and the atmosphere I keep enables me to constantly strive at what I do.,Leadership is great. Management is amazing. Great perks. Apple takes care of you from their health benefits to their employee programs. Amazing!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43967,apple,none," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Positive. great benefits but a grey area as far as advancement,The company has extremely good teamwork and dynamics in the at home position.,You are far away from your teammates and sometimes it is hard to communicate problems or issues with management when you are working remotely.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43968,apple,"Troy, MI"," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,This place was awesome!,"Money, Latest Apple Tech, Life Long Friends, Networking, the customers",.....Apple had no real cons. Everything you experienced there was what you made of it.,Keep it up. I loved you guys.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43969,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 2, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,"Great Company, Great benefits.","Excellent benefits! Matching 401k, full health/dental/vision, great stock plan!","Hard to move up, very competitive, and sometimes politics come into play.","Alot of time I feel certain bonds are created with certain employees, and these people tend to move up quicker. This is tough to avoid, but I feel that hard work sometimes gets un noticed.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P735.htm
43970,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Oct 1, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"No work life balance, great benefits","Culture is pretty cool, they let you be who you are. Your coworkers are great, there is a lot of training. Benefits are great, pay is so so. High for retail, but low for tech","Management is a mixed bag of amazing people and incompetency. Your hard work may be for nothing depending on who is managing. Absolutely no work life balance. Weekends are mandatory, and Friday is a weekend day for them. Midnight shifts are also a thing, instead of repairs in the morning like it always was, now you stay til midmight despite the store closing at 9.","Part timers should work weekends, which many already need since many times they're students. Work life balance is an issue",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43971,apple,none," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learned a lot,Made a lot of really good friends.,The job is stressful and opportunities for advancement are done on need over quality of work.,n/a,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43972,apple,none," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is the new IBM,Good co workers and reasonably laid back atmosphere.,Losing the soul of the Steve Apple a little more every day,Don't try to turn Apple into IBM,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43973,apple,"Palm Desert, CA"," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,Directly helping others understand and use technology. Strong senses of community amongst peers. Beautiful environment to work in. Your problem solving skills will be improved dramatically.,1% chance of advancement. Poor training of the necessities execute the expected tasks. Store is constantly understaffed and the longer the customers wait the more likely it will be more taxing on you to deliver the appropriate experience. Over time this becomes a situation you can't win,"If you say you are going to do something, then do it. They say they celebrate diversity, but the truth is that they don't. What they do celebrate is a cleverly disguised language which allows them to propagate their own agenda.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43974,apple,"South San Jose Hills, CA"," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Procurement,work,time off to spend with my husband,long hours I need my sleep,great job,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43975,apple,none," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Worked at Apple for the last year and a half and they are a lot but they might still have one good one the 6! Great perks salary is abbove 19,000 a week for software personnel and corporate but as a company they could improve in the speed and SUVs ! I took a better opportunity too be with my wife but Apple is very innovative and open minded!",Making over 3 million plus bonus in less than 2 years!,Long hours and so much information transmission,Get to work,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43976,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,A lot of good people.,I liked the atmosphere and the products. I liked the atmosphere and the products. I liked the atmosphere and the products. I liked the atmosphere and the products.,Being in customer service was a nightmare. Being in customer service was a nightmare. Being in customer service was a nightmare. Being in customer service was a nightmare. Being in customer service was a nightmare.,None to give.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43977,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 19, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Awesome,"Great pay, bragging rights, discounts",Possibly talking on the phone all day,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43978,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very product focussed company,"As an engineer, it feels great to make contributions that have a visible impact on Apple products. People love it or hate it but they never ignore it. Even the negative user comments just show how much they expect from Apple. Engineering is well respected and the thing I like most is that the rest of the engineers are very grounded and like to make impact on a product level. In some other big tech focussed companies, often times, engineers end up building an entire new compiler in order to get done with their project. This seldom happens at Apple and it is a good thing.","There is a lot of secrecy and silos in order to keep company information on a need to know basis and extremely confidential. This is a good thing from the perspective of PR and marketing but sometimes it hinders learning, sharing and effectively working on new things. It also has a tendency to foster a culture where more senior employees can effectively shut off newer employees.","Do not let the genie out of the bottle! Even though Steve is no longer with the company, there is no other company that can create such damn good products with a fantastic management team. There still a LOT to be done though. Trust your engineering employees more.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43979,apple,"Reston, VA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Love working at apple!!,"Great pay, great hours, atmosphere! i just love waking up in the morning and going to this great job, you'll love it here undoubtedly one of the best jobs out there.","Lots of competition can lead to jealousy, you have to really work hard in order to make it.","give better vacation time, don't get employees too worked up.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P736.htm
43980,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Awesome,"Just working for Apple is a pro, can't get any better",how can there be. I love Apple.,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43981,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - AppleCare At-Home Advisor,Apple is the greatest,"Apple doesn't care if you are two feet tall, green and 300 years old. If you have the right qualifications, experience and attitude, you will likely get the job.","Since I have to enter at least twenty words, I will simply say that there are none. Really.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43982,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,"Pay is good. You get trained and certified. And benefits also goes to part timers, except for sick and vacation pay.",Retail hours and working on holidays.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43983,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Apple is a great place to work,"Apple has the best brand recognition in the world, and they have the top talent to create great products like Macs and iPhones.",Engineers are sent to China way too often. The life in China for several weeks leading to new product launches is not very good.,"Apple has the tendency of being too secretive about the new products. Sometimes the ""need to know basis"" hurts communication among different product groups.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43984,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Fantastic Company,"You never stop learning! Mostly everyone is friendly and worthy of looking up to, kind and extend that same learning experience offered to customers. They are encouraging and good teachers!",Getting to know some co-workers is a bit challenging.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43985,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 29, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,Best Retail Work Experience Ever - You'll love it.,Fast paced Great Training Work-life balance is good for non-management positions Insurance Stock options Great system with great workflow Great team atmosphere,Fast pace can be challenging sometimes Not a lot of room to move up but there are opportunities occasionally,Management was great,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43986,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 21, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,You do what you love.,You have to know tons of information,Pay more,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43987,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 2, 2014",Former Employee - UI Designer,"Intense, always on","Apple is the Acme of Silicon Valley--looks great on resume. Everybody wants to talk to you about Apple, so you get interviews.","It never stops. You are expected to be up, available and on 24/7. I quit.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43988,apple,"Eugene, OR"," Aug 4, 2014",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,Great student job (At-Home Advisor),Great pay. Work around your class schedule. Work from home. Managers are supportive. Lot of mentorship and development by both direct supervisors and continuous training. They often send gifts boost moral and create a sense of team.,"Nothing really bad to say. The job itself can suck at times. Customers can be really demanding and rude. BUT, once you get into your routine, the few bad calls you get are easy to deal with.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43989,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Finance,I have loved working here the past 8 yrs.,"Ability to move around in the company to different roles, can dress casual, lots of employee perks.",I have no complaints about working at Apple. I have enjoyed working here the past 8 yrs.,I feel management has done a great job of providing opportunities for career advancement and I have appreciated their help.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P737.htm
43990,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,Has potential,Ability to work on some of the best hardware in the world. Ability to work from home occasionally. Excellent commuter benefits. Has a generous sick leave policy. Annual cost of living raises.,"There are a whole lot of inexperienced managers here and there is no training to help them learn people management skills. They tend to promote good performers without any management skills and then don't help them obtain any. Be extremely judicious in getting onto a team that has great leadership because there is a huge inconsistency in management skills. Not really a company that appreciates and respects older, experienced folks, geared more for the 25-35 crowd. Starting salaries are low compared to other companies in silicon valley, but do give annual cost of living raises (as opposed to other companies that bring you in high but never give raises).",Really need to get some training for managers in people management skills. Far too many talented people are promoted to management positions and then find out they just have to sink or swim with no help to develop people management skills.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
43991,apple,none," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Phenomenal...,"Great team, great management, best retail to work for. Awesome perks. Good pay. They will take care of you!","I hear management depends on the store, but that goes for every single career or passion job I've ever been at.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
43992,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Work Environment,Apple has a great environment to work in. Everybody is friendly and easy to get along with.,"Personally not into sales, but that's just my preference.","When I worked there, there were no issues.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
43993,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Expert (Phone Sales),Excellent experience. Thorough training and decent pay for a Call center work,"Training, Organized, Good Culture (fun environment)","They tend to rule with an Iron Fist, There is this annoying fear that makes people unwilling to express anything that may be perceived as criticizing. Everyone seems to be looking over their shoulder for reason other than bad production.","Even though the environment is good try not to always be on the look out to bust or fire your team. Even though I did well there, I witnessed too many people getting fired for what seemed like trivial things. I know you are in fear for your jobs as well but try to filter that fear if you can. You will gain a lot of respect from your team as a result and they will go to war with you.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
43994,apple,none," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends a bit on which division you're in.,"Wide range of projects and departments, nice cafeteria, nice facilities and hardware. Never worry about getting the hardware you need. Some jobs are much easier than others, from what I hear. Prestigious name.","Software development is secondary to hardware development. Some departments run like startups and sweatshops. The technical ability of staff isn't as great as you might expect, but there are some standouts.",Need more consistency between groups and support.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
43995,apple,none," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Very fast paced but overworked-retail job,"Work with great coworkers here, they keep you coming back. Get some good deals on third party products from time to time, but the employee benefits could be much better. Compensation was decent for a retail job.","Leadership only cared about $$, customers had unrealistic expectations many times and company would expect you to cater to these while not giving you the tools to do so",Value employees more than you currently did,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
43996,apple,"Boston, MA"," Oct 8, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Fun Job, Great Co-Workers, Frustrating Bureaucracy",Challenging work. Great co-workers Easy to get time off if you plan far enough ahead. There's a real sense of family. Compensation was far at least when I worked there.,"Hard to transfer either between stores or corporate. Management doesn't communicate with each other well. Easy to get pigeon holed into one role Movement seems to plateau once you reach a certain level Management seems to be hired externally instead of internaly Some stores have high turnover, making working as a team difficult Horrible time and attendance policy As with any retail store, weird or difficult hours Customers are sometimes difficult to deal with. Sometimes staffing doesn't fit company needs. Tenure seems to have no importance. 8 years and I needed to interview like it's day one all over again. Sometimes it feel alike good work goes unappreciated by management.",Loosen the time and attendance policy as employees gain tenure with company Make it easier to transfer between stores Learn more about your employees and carve out more time to do so.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
43997,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Rewarding at times but very tiring.,"You get some perks like iCloud storage and the awesome discounts. Work meetings were always enjoyable, and you get to play with the technology all day.","You are expected to deliver 24/7 with a lot being asked of you, gets very stressful and management is always wanting more. On weekends the store is crazy busy and customers are not always understanding. You are expected to sell apple care with everything so sometimes other employees will hand you off a customer cause they don't think the customer will buy apple care.",Be more understanding of the stress employees are under.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
43998,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 13, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,"Smart, self-directed employees, great culture, occasionally disruptive reorgs",Getting to work with smart people is great.  Most people are self-starters who are driven to accomplishment and Apple culture reinforces that drive.  In some teams resources are easy to get as long as you provide the product or customer focused justification.,"Deep reorganization within a group did not consider the skills of the smaller teams or individuals well.  If you are used to being a big fish in a smaller pond, you'll need to become skilled at suppressing your ego.  Annual review process having only 3 levels and then adjusting those from upper management to 'balance' is insulting to the excellent people on my team, however, compensation is a much better received.",Add clear goals and tracking toward those goals within all teams and related to processes as well. Hyper focus on 'features' when defined too narrowly because they are the easiest to understand leaves other aspects of the business to be managed at varying levels of quality depending on the management chain.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
43999,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple retail,"The benefits are great, the products are amazing and the people you work with will be some of the best.","Work life balance is hard. Its retail, so you'll work black friday and christmas eve. It isn't always easy to get the days you want off.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P738.htm
44000,apple,"Edison, NJ"," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great for first job.,If you're young with no bills sales specialist is a great position to start out with. Part time and full time health benefits. If you're a college student part time and full time employees may be eligible for tuition reimbursement.,"Compensation is low . New hires make the same as you when they start, even though you've been with the company for years. At the end of the day, its still retail. You have no set schedule you could be working 9-6pm one day then 12-9 the next. Weekends off rarely exist.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44001,apple,"South San Francisco, CA"," Sep 24, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,A nice place to work,"Leadership was good, The salary and hours were more than fair. The company values were okay. I would recommend this job to someone else.",The training took way to long. It is very hard to move up and the work life balance isn't great. It can be hard to be in a retail setting all day.,Focus more on the training.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44002,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Good place to work with good managers... otherwise it can be hard,The culture and many of the coworkers are great. Pays fair for retail but not enough to really make a solid living at. It is a part time job and won't deliver quite what I'd be looking for in the future (with more flexibility and better pay).,The managers can be micromanaging and I know that sounds like I'm not trying to work. I'm honestly good at what I do and am rated very high by my customers and am in the top 5 in all categories for part timers. Yet they still are challenging and not trusting me to do what is right for the customer. I haven't done anything to warrant that and honestly have been a good employee - delivering great sales and support. There are just a few managers that shouldn't and that can really make work exhausting when you don't trust the leadership.,It should be easier to get promoted within the company. Majority of the mangers within the company are external hires which makes it really discouraging to allow for people to move up. Also a gross difference in pay and the fact that mangers get bonuses if we hit certain revenue levels bothers me. They talk about focusing only on customer experience but at the end of the day they are micromanaging so they can hit their bonuses.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44003,apple,none," Oct 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a long term thing,"Even if you know nothing, there are chances to advance. You meet some really cool people from all walks of life. Discounts are great, especially around holidays. You're paid more then the average retail place.","Because of the name, people expect you to know everything about every piece of technology ever made. Your experience really comes down to the management team, so each store varies. They create a policy and then 5 minutes later, that policy is scrapped. Politics (favoritism) Retail hours/holiday rush The quality and culture has really changed since Jobs' passing",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44004,apple,none," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Excellent pay and facility.. training, work-life balance",Too much competition.. No growth,Doing great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44005,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Sep 14, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,The experience at Apple was different but I loved the time that i was there.,Good pay for stay at home and a very supportive management team.,The hours didn't work. Your first shift bid you don't get to choose what shift your on. The days i got off were great but the times when my kids are at home was very stressful.,I had an awesome manager!,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44006,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - IPAD Line Trainer,My 2 yrs at Apple has been a waste of time because they hire through temp agencies with no growth to become perminate.,It's perfect for a high school graduate interested in the tech industry.,They hire refuges from Iraq and Afghanistan that hardly speak English and that is 90% of the entire warehouse it's very hard for a Trainer and Line Lead and if they don't like you they talk about you in there own language. That's not right but Apple doesn't care it's all about the pass units and money for the company. So your constantly Auditing there work because if they don't understand English your responsible to make sure the procedures are done right. I'm in charge of 30 Iraq and Afghanistan employees.,If I could advise the management they should make sure that the people they hire can read and speak English. I feel the HR people skip this step to hiring people from Iraq and Afghanistan. There must be no interview for these people they just put them in the Apple Warehouse and leave this responsibility for the rest of us. It's not fair at all.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44007,apple,"Durham, NC"," Oct 6, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Not bad if you have no personal life,"Coworkers are amazing. Lots of training opportunities available if you can play the game. Great place to learn fundamental skills about low level IT work and customer service, which you can then take elsewhere. The compensation was more than fair for the job level, and benefits were really good. The health insurance especially was very affordable.","Time off was very difficult to come by. The schedule came out maybe a week in advance, but employees had to give at least four weeks notice to use vacation time. Swing shifts and weekend/holiday work was expected (it is retail, after all). Hiring moved at a glacial pace so store was perpetually understaffed. This worked out poorly for employees and customers alike, since the people who were there were overworked and tired. If you were a management golden child, you could expect to advance.","Improving hiring workflow to get teams fully staffed. Consider giving additional perks and trying to make retail feel more like ""part of the company"" again. The retail jobs are coming dangerously close to being just another mall job with mall-level service.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44008,apple,"Burlington, MA"," Sep 20, 2014",Current Employee - Retail Sales Specialist,"I love this company! I have been here over 3 years, and really like my job here.","Great people, great place to work. Great benefits. Awesome managers. Lovely people. Love the product. My co-workers are like my second family here. Challenging work, but amazing payoff. Love this company!","Erratic hours, sometimes confusing feedback from management. Time-off is difficult at times. It is hard to climb ranks from part to full time.",I love you guys!!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44009,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but retail is retail","Great training, good compensation for what it is, good HR department in the city stores. I learned a lot that I still use today, as a client-facing project manager. A lot of Apple Store alum go on to the tech scene. I worked with a lot of great people.","Hard to move up, retail hours, pervasive low morale at some stores. I found myself unhappy at this job most of the time because I wasn't challenged and there was nowhere to move up besides management, which is basically a glorified babysitter of employees and customers.",Hire better managers. I saw a lot of mgmt hires that came in from Starbucks and certain fashion retailers that didn't really get Apple's culture — they were just OK retail managers. It was hard for me at least to want to do my best beneath an underwhelming management team when they reaped all the benefit of sales bonuses.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P739.htm
44010,apple,none," Oct 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,look at yourself in the mirror,company has a great reputation,"elitists, overpriced, unwilling to admit blunders",drive prices in this industry down,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44011,apple,none," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is a very good place to work,it was a good place,nothing was bad everything good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44012,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Work of your lifetime,"technical freedom, fast-paced, high visibility, employees just love their products and company..",growth is challenging...too many good people..,work like a startup..work hard to hire the right people..,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44013,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 8, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,A terrific company with change happening daily. Leaders constantly challenged to know their business in detail.,Amazing people all working to achieve extraordinarily high standards of work. Personalities are often larger than life with razor sharp business acumen and commitment to doing great things.,"Organization often allows senior leaders with personality challenges to run their organizations with little regard for junior managers. Accountability at senior levels is paramount, but less senior managers should not be victimized by character deficiencies at the top.",Keep up the great work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44014,apple,none," Sep 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Great company to work for,none that i can see yet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44015,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,The best job in retail,The culture here is one that focuses on teamwork and self development. I always felt like I was supported by my team members and those that managed me.,I can't say anyting bad about this company. I always felt supported and cared about. There aren't many retail jobs that I can say that about.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44016,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a great place to work.,"The first thing I noticed was that the people I worked with were super nice. Although there are inevitably jerks everywhere, Apple has surprisingly few of them. I also really loved the work/life balance. People at Apple have the time and flexibility to manage their lives outside of work, and it shows through in generally happy and healthy employees.",Murky and flat organizational structure can make figuring out a career path somewhat tricky. Extreme secrecy hampers Apple's drive for collaborative creativity.,"Management might reconsider the level of secrecy at Apple. Leaks seem inevitable in this era of media scrutiny, and trying to maintain secrecy can be a real burden on employees.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44017,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),greta at the beginning but slowly changed it's ideas and culture,Apple is one of the world's leading technology companies so it is great to work for a successful company and have job security.,"Culture used to be more important in the earlier days of Apple, it seems as if the main focus now is on the repairs of products versus the full experience of the customer.","Management should be leaders and lead by example. Many managers are just that, ""managers"" they are not knowledgeable of the products and are simply there to fill space.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44018,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Great Stepping Stone,"A lot of customer facing experience. If not familiar with customer facing or retail environment, this job is a great way to break in. Most stores run very well. Many little jobs to make the big picture a better thing. Great pay for retail job.",Long hours (like most retail jobs) Glass ceiling. Really hard to move up.,"Connect with your team, learn and really know them.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44019,apple,none," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,NO WORK LIFE BALANCE SUPER STRESSFUL,Very good benefits. Good discounts and incentives. Working in a ever changing technology environment can be exciting . Being able to see new and upcoming issues and help to trouble shoot problems is a rewarding experience most of the time. Working with the latest technology is very cool Staff (co workers) are all very smart and for the most part all good people and high knit.,Absolutely no Work/Life Balance. Working just about every single weekend is a nightmare. Extremely crowded loud environment can lead to a ton of stress. Most days are spent getting yelled at by most customers. Management doesn't care too much about employees being overworked. They can do something about this but choose not to . Pay is good but not nearly enough for the amount of work and job duties expected.,Please strategize a plan to give full time employees better work/life balance. I love apple and i used to love coming to work but now its just so stressful and no reprieve from the daily stress is taking mental toll on a lot of employees. Offer more incentives such as higher pay or weekends off more frequently. We are pushed to the absolute limit and many people are unable to deliver good interactions with customers due to the intense stress they are under. For a company with as much money and influence as Apple it wouldn't or should i say Shouldn't be a huge task to make some positive changes.,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P740.htm
44020,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 17, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,great,friendly environment and great products,"heavy workload, extensive training not much perks for employees",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44021,apple,none," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Administrator,"latest technology, training, compensation, company values","work-life balance, retail hours, stressful",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44022,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,It was incredible.,The camaraderie is like no where else. Your coworkers are family. Having your only goal be help as many people as possible as efficiently as possible was also great.,It was non stop. The only non-busy hours in that store were after closing and before opening.,"As I was on my way out, upper management was shifting and I have only heard good things about the changes.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44023,apple,none," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Excellent Job!,"Friendly co-workers and customers, great benefits and pay, training is solid and the company makes you feel valued","to be successful you need to be willing to grow, change, and adapt",Awesome job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44024,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 11, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,"Nice perks, paid shut down, some folks are great to work with","This company has become filled with a bunch of bad Apple unfortunately. I loved this Company, but frankly, middle management is getting too big, decision making process is getting too bureaucratic, and there are a lot of employees who are just there for the money, rather than focus on doing a great thing. Unfortunately I see this ship sinking in the long term. There are no growth opportunities here other than to get the company's name on the resume and go somewhere else.",The is a lack of accountability in the culture that is become worse and worse. It was not an issue when Steve was still alive. Get rid of the bad Apples. Fire middle management. Make sure you can compete for talent. They are going to Google and Facebook.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44025,apple,none," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Technical Advisor,"Good pay, excellent training, work at home, excellent benefits, some growth potential",Sometimes business needs will dictate role changes.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44026,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A Great Place to Work,"They really focus on the people, with a great corporate culture and pay structure. Being around the fun products are just a bonus. There is a big emphasis on training and getting to know the product, so that customers are well informed of the benefits, but also an emphasis on getting to know the customer so that they're matched with the right product, regardless of price-point.","All entry level positions are part-time, and the schedules can shift around quite a bit.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44027,apple,none," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service,"work from home, all tools necessary to complete job","managers switching every week, the way to do things changing on a weekly basis",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44028,apple,none," Sep 12, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple Retail Store Specialist,"Excellent Training Programs and Opportunities to move up. Work with very smart and creative people from very diverse backgrounds. Great benefits such as health care for part time employees, free software, and product discounts. Above average pay compared to usual retail wages. Not commissioned based.",Very few breaks and long hours standing. Depends on manager working with. Some are very people oriented and some are all about sales metrics. Raises and opportunity to move up depends on sales metrics.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44029,apple,none," Sep 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship Experience at Apple,Very strong organizational culture: passion is rooted in everyone. People were very nice and supporting. Really good working atmosphere. Freedom and space for personal growth.,"Not much training for the job. Most of the times, need to explore and learn by oneself. Long working hours. Usually worked overtime. Not much opportunity for promotion.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P741.htm
44030,apple,none," Sep 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Rocks,It's Apple. It's awesome! They appreciate creativity and innovation. Apple pays well.,"It's the corporate world as you would expect. Systematic, structured, organized, and a narrow ladder up.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44031,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 28, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,An amazing enviornment that is fun and demanding.,They create an environment that allows you to build great relationships with your coworkers. Amazing benefits and good pay. They also paid for my school after a year.,It was very demanding and tough work at times. Sometimes I would get frustrated because of how much there was to do but they always provide the resources to help.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44032,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 14, 2014",Former Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,Great diverse team to work with. Very smart people and a lot of opportunities to contribute to impactful projects,Work can be very demanding with long hours depending on the group you are in.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44033,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - Engineer,Great,People and products are amazing!,Not enough time in the day,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44034,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,"Great Place, Mind the fools in management","Benefits, campus, feeling of prestige","ineffective managers, red tape, preferential treatment",even those of us getting preferential treatment notice it and feel bad for our co-workers who may deserve more,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44035,apple,"Waikïkï, HI"," Sep 12, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Can be overwhelming if you work in their flagship stores,If you enjoy Apple products and showing people how to use them this job is for you. I worked at the Apple store at the Royal Hawaiian location. Its fun meeting tourist from all over the world. The Staff and co-workers were top notch. Management and co-workers were always there to help out if the store became overwhelm during peak hours of the night.,Sometimes its hard to speak to tourist who aren't native english speakers. It is always best to have Google translate by your side.,Hiring of personnel who can speak multiple language would be beneficial in the Hawaiian market.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44036,apple,none," Sep 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its okay,good benefits  corporate discounts Stock Purchase plan,"NO work life balance restrictions on creating things outside of work not paid fairly, especially for the higher level retail jobs",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44037,apple,"Glendale, CA"," Sep 12, 2014",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Job Review,Diverse Company Culture. Great management. Teamwork.,No cons for this position.,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44038,apple,none," Sep 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Great experience,Very good place to learn about customer service and how to work as a team. Future employers appreciate how well Apple has trained employees in working with customers in difficult situations. Opportunity to grow. Very friendly environment.,It's retail and the hours are unpredictable because the schedule rotates. The store can get very busy. Everyone you know will ask you to fix their device.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44039,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Hardware Operations,Operations at Apple HQ,Great people. Amazingly effective organization.,Poor work life balance. Marginal compensation.,Reward accordingly.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P742.htm
44040,apple,"Wayne, NJ"," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Great opportunity, but too demanding at times.","Having Apple on your resume opens doors in many different fields. Prospective employers are always impressed and if you leave on good terms your manager will most likely give you a great reference! Also, their benefits are hands-down amazing for full and part time employees.","Some feel that promotions can be ""political,"" but it all has to do with the dynamic of that specific team. Compensation is still retail level and this job can become extremely demanding. The metrics they strive for can only be accomplished when the Family Room team and the Management team are 100% on the same page and that isn't always the case. In my experience a lot of managers were outside hires and lacked the technical know-how to lead a team of technicians.",Keep your store leaders in check and protect your people. Apple Store employees are one of the most loyal groups in the history of retail. Don't abuse their trust!,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44041,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer,"Excellent benefits, great company.",Culture. Benefits. Advancement opportunities. Training.,Competition is incredibly fierce. Some positions can be stagnant.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44042,apple,none," Sep 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Apple iTunes,"Well managed, clear goals, good people","Somewhat banal, not much room for creativity",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44043,apple,none," Sep 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great team,"You get to work with some of the most creative and influential people. Benefits are excellent for retail, as well as some awesome work perks",Very past paced environment. Not for those that can get stressed out easily. Also not for those who want an environment that constantly stays the same.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44044,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Honolulu Senior Management,"Great company, exciting product launches, LOVE all products!! Great relationships formed with Apple aficionados!","Upper management favoritism, hence high turnover rate HR claims open door policy, yet sweeps concerns under the doormat that you just entered from.","Be wary of your next lifetime. For all you have wronged will return the equal ""compassion"" you dealt.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44045,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Crazy Intense,"If you are in one of the better groups at Apple you will learn and do more than you dreamed of. New technologies, new skills, it's all part of the work day here.","They will eat you alive, especially as a contractor. Disposable anonymous warm bodies, especially in the groups with weaker management styles.",Leverage best practices and technical skills from one group to the next.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44046,apple,none," Sep 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job for students,"Awesome co-workers and managers, paid training, amazing employee benefits (discounts on Apple Products). Pay is decent. You get to work from home. They are flexible with school schedules in the college program, and will schedule you around your classes. They do contests around Christmas and holidays and give away lots of free stuff. Lots of opportunities to contribute to the program in a meaningful way.","During Holidays you have to work full-time with no chances of time off. Had to work on christmas and christmas eve, new years day and new years eve. Crazy high expectations and compensation is not that great. Almost impossible for upward mobility.","Recognize people for their achievements and success, not based on their popularity on the team.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44047,apple,none," Sep 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iPhone Technical Support Intern,Excellent ppl to work with. Great customer service training.,Nothing I can think of at the moment,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44048,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,cool job,Pretty cool job plenty of great coworkers,"customers are douches, policies change constantly no wiggle room for error",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44049,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 8, 2014",Former Employee - Mobility Specialist,Great Place to Work!,"Great pay, benefits, working environment.",Taking call after call during new product launches.,More professionalism.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P743.htm
44050,apple,"Des Moines, IA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Amazing benefits, great crew that becomes family, great discounts, but the worst of all retail environments.","Incredible health insurance, the best that I've ever found. Amazing discounts on all sorts of products, services, car repairs, hotels, etc. Being on the cusp of advancement in the technology industry. Great personalities in coworkers, family-like environment where everyone sticks together and looks out for one another. Management that really looks out for the employee, tries to remain fair and balanced. Respect from the public for working for the brand. Fair balance of breaks and lunch time to break up the monotony.","LIterally no work-life balance. Swing shifts every day, no set hours or days off for part time or full time. Schedule is made only a week in advance, not uncommon to work 7 to 9 to 12 day stretches without a day off. Poor flow of customer interactions, many many angry people all day who take out their frustration of the flawed system on you. Appointment system for tech help is mediocre at best, technicians are overworked, overbooked, underpaid and in constant demand from increasingly impatient and upset customers. Fair pay, but underpaid for the amount of stress and disequilibrium the job entails. On your feet on limestone floors all day, without insoles will cause back pain, knee pain and feet pain if not finding time to sit down every few hours. Hardest retail position I've ever worked.","The management are firm and fair, very helpful and in just the same stressful boat as you are. The things that make the job difficult and despairing are out of the control of immediate supervisors. Set schedules for employees, some kind of appointment system that doesn't leave people frustrated and angry, making them detractors to the brand would be helpful. 9/10s of people coming into the store with a broken device or needs for tech help are turned away or not given options for immediate help because there is NO awareness of the appointment system. Possibly having a telephone system that the public can call to reach the store and set appointments instead of getting frustrated at the automated system that sends them into the store to find out they either have to wait several hours for help or flat out cannot be helped at that time and must wait several days.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44051,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 23, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great experience in IS&T,"I've seen some bad reviews on Glassdoor about working at IS&T at Apple, and I feel compelled to share my experience there because I think it was actually pretty great. Some aspects of corporate culture that I see shared by most (if not all) areas in apple:    1) A standard of excellence, which can be extremely satisfying for perfectionists. At other companies that I have worked, there tends to be a mentality that as soon as something is 'good enough' it is pushed into QA or production. At Apple, things don't move forward until they are excellent.    2) Passion for work. I've never been at a large company where employees are genuinely this passionate about their work. You won't encounter any of the apathy that you often find in large corporations.    3) Cool problems. Numbers 1) and 2) are arguably made possible on a widespread level within the company because the problems that engineers are working to solve can be extremely interesting. Additionally, solutions almost always have a large footprint of impact due to the number of people who interact with Apple products on a day-to-day basis. You won't find yourself doing anything remedial.  So now the question becomes- how are things different in IS&T from other parts of the company? The answer is that it doesn't really. If anything, the impact of what you are working on is larger than in some other areas because a lot of what IS&T does is the foundation that makes consumer facing products possible to run on. There are entire companies out there that *only* make a one of the products that a given team in IS&T produces, and there is a good chance that IS&T is doing a better job of it. While all the teams in IS&T are different, I think that these general principles are true for all of them.","One of the things that I found challenging was the modularity of the teams. By that, I mean that the teams in IS&T don't interact much with other teams except for when they have to for business reasons. Socially speaking, I don't see a lot of full time employees eating lunch with people from other teams that often. Also, within my own team I never really felt like I had a strong social connection to the people I worked with- people were often just coming in and doing their own work without really interacting that much with other people in the cubes around them. This means that in order to make work friends you kind of have to go out of your way to initiate contact with other people, which can make the first couple months of work a little tougher. This was my experience and I have also heard it echoed by other people in IS&T.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44052,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 21, 2014",Current Employee - IOS Technician,"Great people, great products but will CONSUME YOUR VERY LIFE!","Great people, great products. Rewarding most of the time. Management is respectful and responsive. Very little micro-managing.","The Apple 'culture' will require you to get sucked into a ceaseless, never ending work life with very little 'real' life to speak of - even a part timer will find themselves work 6-7 very stressful days in a row, with one day off to recoup and you're right back at it. For part-timers, Apple will ride the cusp of what's considered full time with their part time employees so they don't have to offer benefits like paid sick days or paid vacation.",GIVE YOUR EMPLOYEES CONSISTENT TIME OFF TO HEAL THEIR MINDS AND BODIES. They should not be expected to be 'consumer punching bags' for so many days in a row. Adhere to part time hours as a PART TIME JOB or offer full-time sick day and vacation day benefits to your part timers as well. You have hundreds of billions of dollars and your retail employees are right on the front lines - GIVE THEM REST AND RECOMPENSE.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44053,apple,none," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,"Great company, amazing products, high stress, questionable upper management","Excellent training, benefits, perks and culture. As a hard worker I had multiple opportunities for advancement which was great. Plus, the products are incredible and the attention to detail in every facet of the business is impeccable.","Very poor work-life balance, poor hiring decisions around leadership result in high management turnover. In Apple Retail, retail management experience is very important to becoming a manager - however most managers were not in touch with overall company culture or passionate about products.","Be as passionate as your teams, learn about the products and lead by example.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44054,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 24, 2014",Former Employee - Ios Software Engineer,"Great mission, but career development is difficult",* Believe in the mission. Everyone is focused on delivering the best product to Apple's users. * Very collaborative * Great perks * Cafe Macs has amazing food * Every well financially compensated * Social responsible company,"* Politics can get in the way of work progress * They haven't figured out how to do continuous integration at their scale. Lots of wasted time on non engineering configuration. * Living-on program is basically having everything you use: your phone, computer, apple TV, Xcode, etc. broken 70% of the time. * Engineering management is reactive. They under invest in testing, automation and continuous integration. As a result loads of productivity is wasted at the company and the organization constantly misses QA sign off on features. * Employee growth is not valued, only current contribution. Very difficult to change roles, work on something as a side project or have impact outside your immediate team. No ability to work on actual projects/apps outside of work due to contract.","Invest proactively in your software development process to increase productivity. Encourage employee growth, thats where innovation comes from.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44055,apple,"Jeffersonville, IN"," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,Best company EVER!!,Amazing company and great team members. Can't say enough good things about this company. Everything from the equipment it makes to the service it offers employees,Not a lot of room for professional growth working from home but that's the only downfall.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44056,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 17, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Support Specialist,They will occasionally buy lunch for us and take us to team-building off-sites. I learned a lot of skills here.,"No real room for growth. Too many lazy co-workers. Micro-management here is annoying. No joke - meetings about meetings within other meetings. If you need to blow your nose you'd better be on your break. Lots of busy work and wasted time running unnecessary reports. Great health benefits but an insulting salary considering all the trivial extra work and added stress. A lot of people keep quitting for that reason. I'm not sure my manager even knows what we do, all of her work gets trickled down to us while she texts on her cell phone and sends the same email over and over without bothering to really read the previous ones. She awkwardly struggles to connect with the team and has zero concept of us being busy and unable to get to things. A new responsibility gets added to this job every day with no substantial raise or accolades. Only place I know where you can get an award for going above and beyond and then, come raise time, are told you merely did what's expected of you.",Fight to get us better wages! Enough with the CONSTANT reporting and pointless meetings. Stop wasting so much time. Get rid of the lazy bums who always call in or don't pull their own weight.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44057,apple,none," Sep 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The voyage was always in turmoil with management kneejerk reactions, but a fun staff overall.","Tons of product discounts. Generally flexible on hours, especially students although one weekend day was expected yet maybe not always scheduled. Casual and paid for (at least your blue shirt) attire. Excellent health benefits.",Being in tune with your managers. Deciding if taking a break or lunch I n the store was worth having time to your own. Avoidance of areas scheduled for if you could sidebar with a Manager about interests in a promotional advancement an email was sent about vs. a bulletin board as limitation to email could be sometimes difficult and totally impossible outside the store firewall. Continuous variance from the Apple Credo. Attendance can lead to impossible advancements for up to a year already in progress had you got that time to step from sales and discuss.,"Please use feedback as a helpful and learning tool instead of still fear of retaliation by timid employees. Please also choose words as ""I can term you"" or other inappropriate comments that could be deemed threatening even if not meant in senior leadership discussions. Please remember we live in a country always assumed innocent unless proven otherwise.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44058,apple,none," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great Retail Environment,"Empowering environment, Cool Technology, Exciting Product Launches, Meaningful Customer Interactions.",Customers are often upset. Most of them are coming in because something isn't working properly. Dealing with unhappy customers can be unpleasant but the training more than compensates for this. You will absolutely know how to handle 90% of those situations.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44059,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCares,Great place to work with awesome benefits and a healthy culture,"Raises take more than a year to acquire, you need to keep metrics up extremely high and the amount of emotional involvement in each case is enormous (though wasn't this expected). Careful wording is key. Angry customers may make you take it personally jus because you have to put in so much effort. Vertical movement is also very slim with no motion path upwards. No one knows what job position is above them unless they're your boss.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P744.htm
44060,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Care Tech Support,Great!,"You get to work with fun, creative people, and dealing with customers is fairly easy. Laid back environment, and friendly supervisors. You also get to learn a lot about the company and the products. You may not know how to build your own iPhone in 6 six months, but you'll know how to turn one inside-out, or at least know what to do if your phone or iPad starts acting up.","You may get caught off guard with the new software because the higher-ups may not give you the info until it is fine tuned and tested. Also, you may not get paid time and a half for overtime.","Leadership is great but promotion to a higher position may be difficult. I suggest you test your subordinates to see who has the qualities to become a manager too. If not, you can always instill the characteristics of leadership into someone else.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44061,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 14, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,In the days after Steve Jobs Left,The company cares very much for their products and works tirelessly to make sure that they are built to perfection.,"Since Steve Jobs left and subsequently passed away the company became all about metrics. The new CEO sent his directors into parts of the company that were working like well oil machines and made it more about metrics, therefore sacrificing customer experience. This trickled down through all parts of the company. Expect to be micro-managed.The company was already making money hand over fist. This is probably why it had been since the iPad that we had seen any new product innovation.",Get back to building relationships with your customers and employees. People will stand by your products as they are excellent. Do not ruin what was once a great culture for the sake of dollars and cents. Stress is no way to motivate a worker or a customer.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44062,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 26, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,Operations program manager,Have chance to manage operations from development builds to ramp to mass production for high volume cool new products. Challenging work but get a lot opportunities to gain experience in Operations management and Supply Chain management. Get chance to work with a group of smart people and learn from them.,"Long working hour, demanding corporate culture, no work-life balance. Too much travel time, especially during new product ramp.",Adjust corporate culture to allow some level of work-life balance Provide more opportunities to employee to grow,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44063,apple,none," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked here over the summer and while I enjoyed working here it was not the best job I have had.,I enjoyed the work environment,"I was unable to successfully maintain a work, school, and personal balance",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44064,apple,"Green Hills, Davidson, TN"," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strong Company Culture - Fun Workplace,"Training, management and leadership were strong. Enjoyable workplace.",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44065,apple,none," Sep 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of apple,"Very good culture, and environment smart people, you can grow and learn a lot","I don't find much cons with apple, one might find it hard to get into the company and hard to get an interview:(",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44066,apple,"Boston, MA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Excellent team, hit or miss leadership.","Work culture, employee discounts and partner programs, quality of home/work balance, competitive benefits packages.","Hit or miss quality of leadership, scheduling (retail...), upward mobility.","Upper management tends to lose sight of the value that Apple places on putting the customer first. For a company so concerned about personalizing their sales approach, it's exhausting to have half of the management team completely disregard what's right for the customer.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44067,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Aug 29, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great place to work,Apple has continues learning and growth opportunities for it's internal employees. Promotions are self driven. Leadership believes in everyone and is open to feedback and acts on it.,Transitioning from retail to corporate is extremely difficult.,You do a great job investing in the face of Apple. Most people who see and interact with Apple do so in retail. Ensure those employees have the opportunity to transition to corporate if that is their goal.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44068,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Great experience, great company, average money","Supportive positive atmosphere, great management, excellent discount options, and there are multiple departments that you can advance to within 1-2 years if not sooner. And you have the pride of working for an amazing company!","The salary isnt very competitive with other IT companies, possibly because it a work at home environment. They tech discounts and stock options do help indeed, but a higher salary would definitely help.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44069,apple,"Miami, FL"," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Place,"Easy to work, Great development.",at the end of the day its retail.,none,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P745.htm
44070,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Great co-workers, but customers are a extreme hassle.","Working at a Apple store provides many benefits. Good health, dental, and vision insurance for a low cost. Pay is somewhat decent.","Be prepared to work like a dog. Genius bars are less of a place for you to learn about your favorite technology, but instead more of a rinse-wash-replace method of troubleshooting. This typically frustrates the customers as we hardly have any time (Due to the lack of employees, which may sound absurd, but Genius bar employees typically must take 2 or even sometimes 3 customers at a time. Pay should certainly be more to work with these technical situations versus on the sales floor. Also the revenue to payroll ratio is quite extreme towards the revenue side. One former coworker of mine calculated if our store was to give back to the employees (as a bonus) 0.5% of revenues, each employee could possibly make a EXTRA 10-15k per year. This was in a larger store that had over 200 employees. rather daunting.",Hire and training of employees should be a much quicker process. Employees wait way to long for promotions that come far and few. More positions open from disgruntled employees leaving the company rather then new positions actually opening. Which is quite odd due to the success of the stores.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44071,apple,"Alpharetta, GA"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Learning from Challenge and Change,"A distinctly fast paced and challenging environment where it is beneficial to begin to foster and nurture business relationships with clientele on a personal level. I find it very easy to talk to people and want to get to know them as people, not just as customers. The camaraderie that people develop with their customers, both internal and external is incredible.","Even though the senior corporate leadership is fantastic, skilled, proven and driven to make a good product and take care of its people, the retail leadership is highly lacking. The tendency is to hire people from the outside (Target, for example) who are not familiar with the internal Apple culture and ascend them into leadership roles, rather than spend a little more time and a little more money to develop leaders from within the Apple retail family.","Rethink your retail business model, especially when it comes to hiring outside people to lead your stores. You say you are passionate about your employees, retaining and developing them into being whatever they want, well, prove it. The soul of your company is your people. The face of your company is your Retail Stores. when you hire sub-par people to lead AMAZING sotres, you are going to get sub-par results.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44072,apple,none," Aug 31, 2014",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Inventory Specialist,"Fast paced environment, friendly, develop good behaviors for a small team of employees, a face of the department.","A fair amount of physical labor, motivating others, management is often hard to get on board with ideas.","Challenge your Inventory Specialists to have more presence and say in your store, they're leaders too whether you see them as them or not.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44073,apple,none," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Great company that lets you discover your leadership,Amazing culture and the pay is great for retail. There are so many stores so it makes it easy to move around and try new things.,"While there are lots of avenues to try at Apple, there can be so many roadblocks in getting to the next step.",Nobody enjoys playing the political game. Recognize people for their contributions rather than judging on if you like them or not.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44074,apple,none," Aug 31, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great place to work,They provide incredible benefits to all their employees even the part timers. All around everyone is really interesting and great to work with.,If you work in retail prepare for hell if you want to move into corporate or any leadership role in the store.,Apple Corporate needs to monitor store promotions very carefully many people are promoted because they are the managers friend... nepotism at work.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44075,apple,none," Sep 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,"Fun, busy environment. Learn a lot.",No way out of the retail store,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44076,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,One of the few jobs that offer an opportunity to work at home.,Working at home. Salary is below industry standard but the advantage of not having to travel for work compensates for that. Excellent benefits package.,Schedule changes every 90 days. Opportunity for advancement beyond Senior Advisor is practically nonexistent.,"Promotions to management should be from within. Apple's policy lately is about 80% hiring from outside, leaving little opportunity for advancement inside.",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44077,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,"Kind of like the movie Snowpiercer. Feels like being on a fast train that is not allowed to stop, or everyone dies.","Awesome work environment. Large work force with interesting people and personalities. Tons of interesting projects going on and everybody very very busy. Sometimes too busy, but it beats being bored. You will not have time to be bored here. Great hardware and software. I was not much of a Mac user before, but after working for Apple for 1 month I will never again use a PC unless out of necessity. Apple has thousands of employees getting things done, and no Windows, no Powerpoint, nowhere. Mac Book Pro with extra 27"" Thunderbolt Display is standard issue. Plus, you get to log in at work with your own personal iTunes account, which means you get to download free Apple software via the App Store, and you own it. Not to mention there are ways of getting completely free Apple products within the company. I got 2 iPhones and an iPad in my first month, but you need to know people to get hooked up with those, and you better never get caught with them on ebay.","Before I started working here I heard 2 rumors: low pay & poor work-life balance. Low pay certainly does not seem to be true, although maybe this varies by department. Work-life balance can be challenging at times, but I don't think it is any worse than most other Silicon Valley tech companies. You can't work at a Tier 1 Silicon Valley tech company and expect 9-5 / M-F. What I don't like: Food is not free like Google, and not as good as Google. However they give engineers a $12/day dinner voucher. That is enough at the slightly-subsidized cafeterias to purchase enough for dinner and the next day's lunch, so it's almost like free food. But the variety of food is not that great. Always seems to be the same stuff. Their corporate discounts on things like travel and entertainment are not that good for such a big company, except for Apple products of course. I get better discounts with AAA and buying stuff through Costco.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44078,apple,none," Aug 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple retail was wonderful in the early years, changed a lot after Steve died and Ron Johnson left.","Apple Retail has some really great people, good benefits and for the most part, a fun environment.","It's retail, awful hours, some awful customers and while they talk ""work life balance"" you are expected to work often with little notice and EVERY weekend. In the early 2000's it was all about the customer experience, now it's all about selling and how much can we make off of a customer. I had a manager actually tell me ""I expect $5,000 an hour out of transactions like that"". After giving Apple 11 years of my life, that was the last straw....",Get back to the basics that Apple Retail was founded on.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44079,apple,none," Aug 25, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Apple is a dream company! Amazing entry level tech job, but learning potential is limited at the retail level.","Compensation, benefits, flexible schedules. The culture of the company is outstanding, you are inspired to be the best you can be, and there is growth opportunity. Management drives for high performance, but in a positive way that eliminates unnecessary pressure and encourages collaboration and helping peers. Your colleagues are smart and fun, there is great camaraderie and healthy competition between coworkers. You will master people skills in a short amount of time.","The technical skills you can acquire from Apple as a retail tech support consultant fell short of my expectations. Erratic, inconsistent retail schedules can be hard to deal with over time. Apple is so successful that the stores are often crowded beyond comfortable levels. The Genius Bar is very stressful due to the huge volumes of traffic you have to handle. Managing upset customers all day long can emotionally wear anyone down, so the job demands high mental fortitude.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P746.htm
44080,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 29, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great people and benefits,Great people and benefit package,Scheduling issues: not given advance notice on weekly changing work schedule. Difficult to plan life around,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44081,apple,"Washington, DC"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great place to work,"Benefits are great all the way around...from commuting, personal purchases, stock and health insurance. Apple really believes in helping you reach your goals and encourages professional development. Exciting, positive environment to work!",Work - life balance is important to Apple but it becomes a little difficult during holidays and when a new product launches.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44082,apple,none," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,"Awesome benefits, good people, smart people","Have to work retail hours, not a lot of OT",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44083,apple,none," Aug 29, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Fun yet difficult,"products, people, environment, and cause","no leadership, no movement (upword mobility)",hire from within...,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44084,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Support Level IV,Yay,"Love it, great benefits, great working environment.","It becomes your life, long hours.",Encourage creativity,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44085,apple,none," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,Great benefits and good people,I have not found any as of yet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44086,apple,"Troy, MI"," Aug 27, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Amazing retail environment,"Fun job, great culture, great pay for retail.",Not as many full-time opportunities.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44087,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 23, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),One of the Best jobs I have ever had.,"You get to help those who do not know anything about computers. it is a very enthrilling job and I loved every minute of it. I would have loved to keep the job, but I couldn't with all my personal events.",Some people are idiots and it can be hard to work through their problems with them. If they do something that causes them to lose all of their data then they blame you.,Great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44088,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," Aug 26, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great Part-time job,I hold a job within another profession and got a job as a red zone specialist. The management team was understanding and work with me around scheduling hours. They is also a lot of opportunity to increase your knowledge and advice within the company.,The only negative were when store meetings would happen before your shift. It made for a long day.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44089,apple,none," Aug 26, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Mind-expanding.,"I was a Specialist on the Sales Floor of a very busy and tiny Apple Store. Learning curve was tremendous and challenging and completely outrageously fun. I was being paid to know every wonderful thing about Apple products and services and to share my enthusiasm with interested consumers. Perks were few and far between but appreciated nonetheless. No promotion sought, was a part-timer. Compensation, pretty low.",Weekends and nights and holiday drudgery for Apple Retail. 12 hour shifts Black Friday. Corporate did not appreciate Retail Employees enough. Blanket emails sent to every employee giving the 'entire' company off except Retail was unappreciated.,"I left because I had a very difficult time attending mandatory meetings on 7 weekends in three of the four quarters of the calendar year. (Who knows how many meetings were coming in the fourth quarter!) I would still be there today, learning and truly helping and guiding people with years of knowledge and advice about these unmatched computers, mobile devices, services and 3rd party products. The company management was inflexible. It was a difficult decision to leave.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P747.htm
44090,apple,none," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative company with an amazing culture.,You work with some of the most creative people ever. Major job security. An environment where you can grow if you play your cards right (can also be a con though).,"Working in retail, especially on the flagship level, can sometimes makes you lose sight to what Apple is really about. You're always ""on stage"" and can easily burn out smiling and being bubbly all the time.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44091,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Support,Apple sales to training to support,Fun environment. Love and stand behind products.,Low Pay. Must meet Metrics. Politics. Still a man's world.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44092,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Apple retail review.,Great medical and dental benefits. 401k match. Employee discount is good. Company culture is great. Fun place to work most of the time.,"Impossible to move up in the retail division. Promotions are based on political and personality, not job performance. Pay could be better in the retail division.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44093,apple,"South Houston, TX"," Aug 25, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple care customer service,It wonderful to work from home and work 4 days a week at 10 hours so you get 3 days off a week.,Its difficult to keep from getting lonely or cabin fever when working from home.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44094,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - NOC Engineer,Nothing special,Nice campus. Good perks. Plentiful discounts. Free concerts.,"Very silo'ed, impedes mobility. Highly clique-ish.","Show originality, pay attention to staff morale and development",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44095,apple,none," Aug 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Free to Dream..,"Apple provides you with the opportunity to not only grow as a professional, but also as an individual. I didn't have the opportunity like others did coming up, but Apple has given me multiple opportunities to develop into who I'm becoming.","Apple expects the best out of you everyday, and consistently performing at a high level can be stressful at times.",Continue to promote from within. Don't be afraid of taking a risk on your people.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44096,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Great experience,"benefits, training, people, promotions, stock","management, driving, location, no weekends, no holidays",no thanks.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44097,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Enterprise Sales,Great company with challenges in the Enterprise field,"I was there 8 years with 5 being in sales and it was a firm I was always proud to represent. The resources are there to allow you to ""do the right thing"" if there are product related issues. Generally, mgmt is supportive of efforts that support the customer",Its a consumer products company that tries to dabble in enterprise sales. Not all the resources for deployment are there and there are many instances of a truing to fill a round hole with a square peg.,"If you wish to participate in enterprise deployments, provide the resources",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44098,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The ,"Working for a great company, with theoretical room for advancement. It is fun to always be on the cutting edge of technology.","At the end of the day, it is still retail. Although Apple stresses customer satisfaction, the real factor is the almighty dollar. Apple had a trend of hiring managers from outside the industry (i.e. from Starbucks) to manage people with technical training (Genii and Creatives). Skilled workers do not like taking marching orders from unskilled managers who could not do the jobs themselves.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44099,apple,"Grandview, MO"," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,"Amazing benefits, daily challenges and unbelievable growth potential","I have been promoted six times in two years and gotten a performance raise, also, so advancement here is amazing. The benefits are incredible and affordable, and there is a ton of vacation for the job type. They expect a lot but the give a ton in return.","Not for the faint of heart - if you are not dedicated, this job will eat you alive. The standards are high.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P748.htm
44100,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 23, 2014",Former Employee - AOS Blended Agent,One of the BEST places to work,Metrics based and goal driven grading options to work from home good location cafeteria gym transportation or shuttles,can be long hours very stressful hard to get in or seen,make it easier for people to directly apply with Apple without all the entry level jobs being through a staffing company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44101,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 18, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great place to work,"Great benefits, super even! Management is always looking for ways to help you to improve and that works for you in the long run.",I've been there 2 years and I dont see any cons.,Keep doing what your doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44102,apple,none," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - ITunes Support,Apple is the most amazing company I have EVER worked for.,"The pay is great, the benefits are great, they treat their employees like gold.",There are really no cons working for Apple. I cant think of even one! They are just an all around amazing company to work for and to do business with. They really know how to win people over!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44103,apple,"San Bernardino, CA"," Aug 23, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great team, learn as you go",The managers are positive and always watching you to help if need be. The team I worked with were the hardest working group of people I have ever come across. Pretty much every one covers your back for help with something you don't know or if you get into a difficult situation with an irrate customer....and there are plenty of those.,"The manangement is always watching you. You have 10 seconds to greet someone at the entry and if you aren't on it, they are on you. Everyone is being watched at all times and listens on to what you are saying. Learning on the floor is painful as you aren't given the time to learn and if it is slow and you work on any of the devices to pick up a tip, you are spoken to about it. The company says they use what's called 'fearless feedback' which is supposed to mean that you can talk to them about what's not working or whatever is on your mind (if you can get time with them), but what it really means is basically everyone spying on one another...not a supportive environment given how hard everyone works.","It's retail and everyone needs a minute to breathe, including the customers! Some of them are terrifeied to come into the store coz they know they will be bombarded immediately.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44104,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 7, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,Fast paced and challenges you at every turn,Great culture and people. Amazing benefits and unique opportunities to work worldwide. The personal development is incredible. High energy and fast paced.,It's retail sales so no matter how much they develop you or pump you up mentally it's still a grind working retail with no holidays off. Highly political environment either you're in with movers and shakers or you're not.,Add commissions to business managers since they are responsible to increase revenue. Also take away time card punching and make them salaried.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44105,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2014",Former Employee - Creative,Apple Retail is not Apple,"Good pay for retail, OK discounts.","Numbers-driven, even for support people. Unnecessary pressure put on the various teams and members of same, bordering on oppressive.","Value your team. These people aren't store fixtures or a line item on a balance sheet. Apple is swimming in money, you could pay your front-line employees (the ones you call the ""face of Apple"") more but, more important than that, give them more time to learn and grow. Let them love their jobs, instead of grinding away at them until they can't take it anymore.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44106,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applicant Interview -- non-Employee,Working with a great product.,"~Working with less-than-professional sales staff. ~Too much blue Kool-Aid too often. ~Loud work environment. Deafening music, loud employees, and alarms going off every 5 minutes.","Find real leadership to head up your retail stores. Many of the ""managers"" are completely clueless when it comes to dealing with customer and employee issues.",1.0,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44107,apple,none," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Magical retail job.,"Loved my team, managers and overall job exp. Great company to work for when the rest of the tech industry is flat.",It is still retail. And you have the schedule and crabby people that go along with that.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44108,apple,none," Aug 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Great work ethic and culture,Tough to get into the Supply chain sector,Invest in hiring entry level grads,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44109,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Not a very good company to work for. Not pro school.,Good benefits. Work at home.,"They keep on asking for more and more for the same salary. If you are a student, this is not the work for you. Apple management do not care whether you are in school or not. They just dictate, ""That is how this job is."" They force you to work overtime whenever there is a software upgrade. I was a full time student, I needed the money, and they took advantage of my need. I had to stop going to school. This is not a good company.","Try to understand that we are not objects. We are people with needs. You always brag of how good apple products are, but your employees have to pay a high price to enjoy the benefits you offer. You don't own us. I really hate I had to miss last school semester because of your arrogance.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P749.htm
44110,apple,none," Jul 20, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Apple Was My Job, Not My Life.","For a retail position, compensation and benefits were solid. Lots of good training and many opportunities for temporary assignments around the company. Apple goes out of their way to seek out talented individuals who are interesting, engaging and usually fun to work with. Products speak for themselves.","Work/Life balance can be terrible. Even for a retail specialist, leadership constantly asked people to come in early/stay late, work days off, etc, especially around product launches. Our leadership team was increasingly difficult to satisfy - their drive for results was bordering on maniacal, which took a lot of the Apple magic away from our store and ultimately burned out a lot of their top talent.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44111,apple,none," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,High Stress / Low Pay - AppleCare At Home Advisor,"- Work from home. - Paid time off. - Free Apple software (All products). - Discounts on Apple Hardware. - Discounts on associated companies' products. - Discounts on Apple Certification tests and learning resources. - Full health insurance, workers comp, etc. - Paid sick time for doctor's appointments. - Stock Options. - 401K plan contributions. - Looks good on a Resumé. - Technical skills not needed.","- Low Pay, Pay is not based on skill or experience, but based on locale. Raises are 1x/year, despite many new skills learned and responsibilities delegated between yearly reviews. - High stress situations, working with frustrated people, time constraints, glitchy internal systems, and other departments that refuse to help. - Uncontrollable situations reflect poorly on Advisor's records, customer surveys determine ½ of overall Advisor value in the company (with call time metrics making the other ½). Surveys are filled by Customers, who sometimes use the surveys to evaluate other to vent about factors besides the Advisor's service. Surveys are not 'weighted', meaning that a 'neutral' survey counts against an Advisor. - Persistent internal system issues, internal system software is persistently glitchy, causing Advisor and Customer frustration. - Management not helpful, Manager's job is to report to upper management, and take orders from upper management, to push Advisors to be quicker with calls, etc... focus on call 'metrics'. Some management give helpful advice, others only stress that the Advisor focus on improving their metrics. - Upper management disassociated from Staff, Upper management seems to like to experiment with staff by moving them around between Managers, not allowing them to get comfortable or have esteem in any specific team.","- Include pay increases when Advisors are more skilled and take on more responsibility. - Make surveys 'weighted'. - Make Advisor managers able to assess and edit Customer surveys, in circumstances where the survey was clearly meant to evaluate something other than the Advisor's service. - Enforce managers to focus only on behavior, not metrics. - Establish appropriate management and Advisor team placement, and stick with it - allowing advisors to feel camaraderie and esteem in their teams, as well as have follow through with management assessments and plans for career development. - Increase budget and focus on development of internal system tools and infrastructure.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44112,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Home-Based Senior Technical Advisor,Apple is great at making you think you're working for the greatest company ever. But it's hype.,The people. The energy. Great management team. When I was in the college based team... you really felt the culture and the hunger from all of the advisors.,"Lack of true growth. There's no way to grow outside of your current department. The deeper you get in the company, the more you noticed how jaded your fellow colleagues become.",More career opportunities.,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44113,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Help Desk,Ok,Great benefits and a wonderful culture,"Lack of communication, disinterest from management",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44114,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Best job for college EVER,"The pay is AMAZING. I'm a senior in college and even without my degree, I'm making more than my friends that have graduated make with office jobs. You'll get what you put in.Everyone you work with is valuable and talented so expect to be challenged all the time.","It can be monotonous in between product launches. It's also REALLY hard to get promoted. Most people have to leave, work somewhere else, then come back to get a higher position.","Slow down. Develop relationships. Recognize your high performing individuals more and compensate them accordingly. Not everyone wants a monetary raise. Sometimes, giving more responsibility and autonomy will go much further.",5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44115,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Aug 19, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Be yourself.,"At Apple, there is a saying: ""Its soul is its people."" I'd agree. While at Apple I had the opportunity to work with some of the most creative, brilliant, and outgoing individuals that a retail environment can offer.  The really is a an Apple culture can be defined as individualistic. At Apple they want your own creativity, and individualism to be your strength. They capitalize on quirkiness, friendliness, and exuberance.",At the retail level the cons are the same as any other retail job. You have irregular scheduling throughout the week which puts a damper on creating any type of consistency. Be prepared to work holidays although Apple does do holiday pay which is great!,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44116,apple,none," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not your average retail,Low key environment compared to other electronic retail companies,High traffic in the store can sometimes be a bit overwhelming but the management does a good job at making sure everyone is ok and staffing well,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44117,apple,"Madison, NJ"," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Working but not really,"Great, easy going environment The job is super easy if you're passionate about good computers","The hours are long, you don't get weekends off",Keep being great,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44118,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,My coworkers are amazing. Relaxed environment.,Demanding hours. Makes it hard to balance work and regular life.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44119,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Genius,"Fast paced, challenging but growth and benefits amazing","Compensation, benefits and discounts as well as the company culture.","Work life balance is good, but the typical retail schedule sucks.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P750.htm
44120,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 26, 2014",Former Employee - Legal,Political,"It's a good thing to have on a resume, discounted products are nice, cafeteria has good food and if you are a good communicator it can be a place to move up the ladder","Overly political and back stabbing and people who only want to deal with ""their"" people. Legal department has a very structured environment with a closed door policy",A review system that allows coworkers to slam the people anonymously and be very abusive is just wrong,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44121,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,"When I started we were rebels seeking to change the world, now we are bottom line driven.","Excellent benefits, strong attention to hiring quality talent.","Nowhere for talent to go. Highly political, overly HR focused on insignificant issues. Upper management not coordinated or inspiring.",Worry more about your current store than your future aspirations.,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44122,apple,none," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Awesome company to work for and build a career path!,"Team work and inspirational, an opportunity everyone with a passion for technology andinnovation, should consider.","None, the experience has been worthwhile",Realize your best asset is your people,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44123,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Web Content Publisher,Awesome place...depending on what part of Apple you work for...,"Apple has quite a diverse workforce that consists of passionate and hard working people. They are great when it comes to talent acquisition (the way management handles that talent is another story). Their network of shuttles make it very easy to commute, and their facilities are top notch. Cafeteria food may not be free, but the quality and selection is amazing.","work-life balance is almost non-existent. Expect to work long hours and/or erratic schedules, especially if you work on a team that deals with the introduction of products. The web tools continually have issues, and there is a mentality of ""fix it when we get to it"" and not at the long-term. Not much room for career growth, unless you try moving to another group within Apple. Some Apple employees sport free swag, as some get nothing.","Many of us have skills that we want to use or develop. Management should try to foster that and take our interest in growing more seriously. There are still many of us who want career growth, and do not want to be stuck doing the same tasks over and over.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44124,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Project Manager,It's not the same anymore,"Apple makes the best products, and I've been here a long time and watched this company almost fade away and come back to be the powerhouse that it is.","It is sucking the life out of me finally, after many years. I've never been in a team here before that tries so hard to destroy their members, but I'm in one now.","Listen to your people... sometimes the problems are not with them, it's with you. There are still amazing people here that may finally get fed up.",2.0,1.0,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44125,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Aug 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Energetic, enthusiastic people striving to make a difference in customer's lives as they relate to new technology.",Great opportunities for growth and promotion. Learn VERY valuable professional and life skills applicable in any environment. Apple looks amazing on any resume and helps you be confident in many other positions.,"Compensation is decent, but the stressful, fast paced environment demands a little bit more than is given. As with any retail, this job can take an emotional and physical toll on your body. Customers expectations of Apple are so high that you need to be absolutely perfect.",fight harder for your employees if they have a valid concern.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44126,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Sep 2, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"decent company, poor management.",wonderful team atmosphere and staff.,volume of customers does not equate to level of pay.,"Nepotism or favoritism is not reflected well with this company, and store leadership should know better.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44127,apple,none," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work Hard, work harder.","Great benefits, amazing opportunies.","Being asked to work more and more - with less time. Sometimes, instead of helping the standard amount of people an hour, it's 2 to 3 times that.",Consider hiring decisions and how employees are treated,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44128,apple,none," Sep 2, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,inconsistent voice,"great benefits, discounts and peer relationships.","Messaging is inconstant from day to day, manager to manager, store to store, retail to corporate.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44129,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Good company, bad experience","The benefits were great, i could have used more credit for commuting and the employee discounts are pretty light.",The management was disappointing until the last couple months of my employment when the store leader was replaced.,"Keep Chris Heymauer, he was the best manager I have every worked with and turned the store around very quickly.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P751.htm
44130,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,The Genius Bar,This company was a fun place to work and really get a feel for what a tech support role feels like. Apple really does seem to care about their employees as well as their customers.,"Often overworked. I'd have 60-80 hour work weeks which could be exhausting. The management wasn't all that great. Often a manager would come in and take over a role in which they had no understanding of how it worked, and no care to learn of how it would work either.","Please be invested in your employees personal growth within the company, and learn what they do. Once you've learned what they do I feel like it will be easier for you to connect with your fellow employees and truly become a great manager.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44131,apple,none," Aug 19, 2014",Former Employee - Creative,Apple Retail is a great stepping stone for your career.,- Pays well for retail. - Stock options! - Decent benefits. - Killer discounts. - Awesome people. - Corporate sends out surveys and actually listens to concerns. - Nice to have on your resume.,"- Retail schedule. - The stores get incredibly busy and are often understaffed. - Job can be stressful, especially during holidays. - Vacation blackout from October to January. - Points system for attendance is flawed. - Terrible work/life balance. - Not much upward mobility.","Please continue to listen. This is what sets you apart.  Apple is one of the most successful companies in the world, and a great deal of that success comes from your retail team. Don't ever forget that.",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44132,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Intense but rewarding,You're given a lot of autonomy and responsibility,Working with Asia requires you to essentially work a 1.5x day at a minimum,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44133,apple,none," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"The job has lots of pros. Some of those include perks that are technology based. Such as discounts on cell phone plans, and discounts on Apple technology.","The hourly pay is good enough, however there is little room for advancement. Poor scheduling and lack of flexibility.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44134,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Aug 18, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Mac Genius,Apple only hires the best of the best. I felt like I was working on an amazing team with brilliant minds. The opportunity for advancement is there if you just push yourself. Discounts are amazing 500$ off a mac every few years on top of that an additional 25%. The company also stands by their customers and really do care. Becoming Genius also means a three week stay in Cupertino which is an amazing experience in itself.,Work politics can be a pain. There is always that one person that drank a little too much of the apple punch. After sometime it just seemed like management was very verbatim over everything as if it was straight from the apple guidelines. Also the pay was not worth all the work. Overbooked queues and understaffed. Meaning more work for the Family Room with no pay increase.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44135,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Aug 18, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great,Ther pros were that everyone in the store got along and it is a great work enviroment,"I didnt really like the store managers at my store, they were really mean to me at times",Loosin up,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44136,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 9, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,"Hard, but incredibly satisfying work.","Work on the best products in the world. Incredibly strong culture, and great leadership. Tons of bright people around, and morale is very, very high.","Perks and compensation not at the level of Facebook, Google, etc. The secrecy can make it hard to make friends with coworkers.","Better compensation to stay competitive with the rest of the Valley. Also for younger employees, a leadership program would be really helpful in facilitating personal growth.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44137,apple,"Temple, TX"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Amazing,"The company speaks for itself. A true leader in products, customer service and support. I haven't worked for a better company in that respect.","The shift bidding can be a bit ""unfair"" and has disadvantages. Some things are just not taken into consideration. I think the company (leadership) could do a better job at that.","Be a little more concerned with employee concerns. Sometimes it feels like there just isn't a true ""concern"". Advancements seem to be plentiful, but then again, seem to be so hard to achieve. Hard to describe.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44138,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 27, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great People but Management Needs work.,"Great people, 401k, salary ok for retail",Management is inexperienced and often times difficult to reach. some of the customers in retail.,Take care of your employees. Stop playing favorites.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44139,apple,none," Aug 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome place to work.,"good enviroment, the people are great.","hard to get raises, too much noise, and people in the stores",take more care of employees,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P752.htm
44140,apple,none," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Great experience, terrible leadership","The job provided a vast array of experiences, from low level office setups to high level IT briefings. This environment is one that rewards people who can adapt to change quicker then most. The position allows you to develop enough B2B sales experience to take elsewhere which is a huge plus.","Store leadership, this is not just one store, does not understand nor care to understand B2B sales. Rather than meeting halfway the Retail Business Teams are asked to change and adapt to the ways of a retail environment. This normally would not be an issue if it weren't for the extremely high sales goals that were rewarded with not so much as a pat on the back but rather a you did good but were terrible at xyz.",Seek to understand before seeking to be understood. If you don't understand what someone is doing ask them instead of constantly trying to assert your dominance and show your authority. The best leaders at Apple are those that understand the difficulties of each position and help the team to leverage strengths to work on those difficulties.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44141,apple,"Boston, MA"," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,A wealth of innovation and opportunity.,"Apple invests thousands of dollars in the development of their staff, and puts strong focus on the personal experience of each and every employee.",There are no significant reasons I would identify as issues with this company or work environment.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44142,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Creative,Great entry level tech support job.,Awesome team of people overall. The culture is a very positive one. Good base pay with opportunity to advance within your store.,Extremely heavy workload. Job is stressful. Will often work extended hours.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44143,apple,none," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working here but no where to go...,"Inspiring to be here, love what we stand for",The company needs to help employees with career opportunities,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44144,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,A company where people do their best to make things happen,"Challenging teams, challenging tasks, highly rewarding results of what we do",Tough time schedules. political senior management,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44145,apple,none," Aug 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Best work environment ever...,Great friends and family built with co-workers and management.,"Still retail hours, but you love each moment...",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44146,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Stable company with solid business model and innovations,"Work Life Balance Pay (assume you get good RSU package) Salads - $4 No BS interview questions, more applied Very Hands on","A lot of politics Not diverse enough, especially in IS&T Hard to move up if you don't have connections Too many crappy consultants that is given work because of former connections with apple badged employees",30 bad consultants cannot substitute one good engineer,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44147,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great job with great people!,"Apple is very fast-paced enjoyable place to work. Great benefits, managers who care, and team members that will go out of their way to help out. The benefits are fantastic! Lenient time-off policies to ensure you get the rest you need.","Working from home can be a bit challenging at first, but once you learn the ins and outs of working from home everything begins to fall into place.",Offering a few more opportunities for advancement would be great including offering the ability to train for higher positions before the position is available so that when it is available you are ready.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44148,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 11, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Fast-paced, good people.",Great people. Great products. Really the best place to work in retail.,"Little room for promotion, even though management claims there is.",Offer clearer paths to promotion.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44149,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - At Home AppleCare Chat Advisor,AppleCare at Home Advisor,"Working from home is great! No commute, and little downtime  The perks, discounts, and benefits are amazing!","Customer service metrics are geared solely on the customer's satisfaction with your service, however, customers leave feedback about Apple services/products, as well as issues regarding connectivity within chat that are outside of your control. Your measurement of success is not based solely on your performance in rectifying an issue or providing accurate knowledge. Your measurement of success is not based solely on your demeanor and handling of the customer. As a result metrics are skewed and regardless, you are held accountable for performance of these metrics.  Additionally, management seems to be lead to or trained to make you believe that all accountability for metrics is based solely on your performance. I have worked with Apple for two years, plus now and simply cannot understand this method. Management will use scare tactics to make you believe that your job security is at risk while stats are low, even if all dissatisfied surveys are based only on the disconnection of the chat before you even get to speak with the customer which is out of your hands, ultimately.  Management is also untrained in the use of Apple products, and doesn't seem to have any positioning statements or training that help you to improve your performance.  At the end of the day, I have been ultimately dissatisfied with my experience in this position and I'm actively looking for a position elsewhere. I've seen a lot of turn over, and as just an example, my entire team has changed during my stay at AppleCare.  I have tried to apply for other positions which I am more than qualified for several times, but never get a response.","Design a management method that acknowledges good performance consistently with managers that can give constructive feedback concerning the actual metrics of your performance. Hire managers that know the Apple product and can provide explicit statements which would help us to meet the goals for AppleCare metrics and ratings as a whole. Disregard metrics that are not explicitly related to performance such as chat disconnects, or customers who are leaving dissatisfied surveys based on Apple products, services, and policies.  My job was made so challenging that I have decided against furthering my employment in your organization and will take my many years of work experience and talent elsewhere. My anxiety from one week to the next could not be justified by the amount of hard work, and sweat I put into dealing with each and every customer just to be told that I'm not good enough on a consistent basis, when many of the relevant feedback I received was more than satisfactory.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P753.htm
44150,apple,"Omaha, NE"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Excellent products, needless bureaucracy in Apple Retail, managers mislead employees about bonuses they get.","Excellent products, reasonably nice discount, generally good quality employees, updated attendance policy not so strict on occasional late-in.","Management misleads employees about bonuses. They do get them even though they try to pretend they don't, that leads management to relentlessly push certain objectives under the guise of customer satisfaction, but it's really to earn their bonuses. Completely transparency about those bonuses would be better in the long run.",Do not lie to employees.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44151,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Fast paced environment with great coworkers & crappy management - most of the time.,• Great Benefits • Get to work with some of the greatest minds in the industry • Work with purpose • Unveil new technology and educate customers on how it can improve their lives,"• Upper management is close minded • Employees are under valued • Company is one sided when reporting misconduct from Management (sides with management) • Doesn't matter how long you've worked there, everyone's expendable • Long hours","Value your employees more and listen to them more. Happy employees = happy customers. And stop hiring the rejects from Gateway, BestBuy & CompUSA, those business' clearly didn't work out for very long. Don't infect yourselves with inferiority.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44152,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Area Manager,Challenging and demanding excellence in all things.,Moderate potential for salary growth in sales division. Excellence is expected in everything you do from customer interactions to reporting to program management.,Zero work life balance. Individual divisions were too isolated from each other even when there were similar job duties and no confidential information involved.,"While the kool-aid is great tasting, there needs to be a balance.",4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44153,apple,"Miami, FL"," Sep 11, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,It was stressful and frustrating. There is no standard of living with this job.,"Coworks, flexibility in swapping schedules, theres not much to be happy about at this time.","Management, management behavior, harassment, fake concern, pay is not high enough for the standard of living, health benefits are not as great as they can be especially for part timers, must have another job in order to make ends meet due to cutting hours at a whim.","STOP MICROMANAGING. By lacking leadership qualities, and instilling rules and regulations that defy logic and basic scientific law, morale is driven to be absurdly low. This is due to the hierarchy that is established at the workplace where integrity and character are no longer requirements for being a respectable leader. In fact, fear and disingenuous concerns are the driving forces for most of the goals at the establishment. With negative reinforcement management tries to reach company goals, however due to the lack of logic in how certain ideas are being executed,the establishment is suffering from a decrease in the number of current employees. Retail is retail. There needs to be a sense of honor and dignity with the interactions within the hierarchy of management at the establishment. Also removing hours from the schedule at a whim is not fair to those who depend on this employment in order to pay bills. Management needs to be compassionate about the struggle.",1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44154,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Electrical Engineer,Fantastic,Fantastic place to work. Fun Friendly Community,Large Campus Hard to find your way around Can be long hours,Help people get around,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44155,apple,none," Jul 25, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Apple = People First.,"People focused, innovative, exciting and cutting edge. Company values and culture are exactly what you would expect from Apple Computer. Great pay and wonderful benefits.","Extremely fast paced, and still retail at the end of the day. You will have goals to meet, most of your day will be spent on your feet, hours can be long and tiring. Shake ups in leadership, more recently, have resulted in a dip in company culture.",Provide clearer direction and a more focused outline for employee career pathing and personal growth. Communicate openly.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44156,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Tech,good,fun as can be to work at,this place has low low pay,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44157,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Aug 7, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Most genuine work environment I've worked in, especially in retail.",- Employee Development - Great benefits - Great team atmosphere,- Maintain work/life balance - General retail work schedule,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44158,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,"Fun, fast paced.","Fun and fast paced envirnmenont, good discount, ability to grow if you work hard.",Peers often get jealous of you when you're doing well it felt very high school like. Work-life balance goes out the window during holiday season.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44159,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple is not the glorious company they lead people to believe they are.,"You get an Apple product discount, healthcare, dental, and vision.","You will have to resolve customer issues in 10 minutes or less. You are also require to sale Applecare Protection Plan's and Service Agreements to Out of Warranty customers. Zero Work-Life Balance, Hectic Schedule, High turnover rate due to people accepting terrible pay. Your work schedule can change the very next morning without warning. Working for Apple isn't what it seems, toxic competitive corporate environment. The pay for new hires gets worse and worse due to the fact that people believe Apple is a dream employer.","Tear down the Ivory Tower. Start promoting based on competency, work ethic, and ability to fulfill qualifications and not on who brown-noses the best. Quit piling responsibilities on advisors that have to deal with hectic customers every day. Allow your employee's to have full weekends off at least once per month.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P754.htm
44160,apple,none," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Apple is like no other job.,The training you get at Apple is amazing.. The being it's even for part time is worth working there.,Pay is higher that regular but not enough to survive.,A program needs to be put into place where financial growth is available and outstanding performance is rewarded,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44161,apple,"Akron, OH"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Working for Apple was a dream, working for my Store Leader was a nightmare.","Good employee benefits, incredible health insurance, commitment to work/life balance, ability to master multitasking, creating new customer journeys","Leadership at the store level is vindictive, and has ulterior motives.","We need more oversight from a regional level beyond our market leader. Our leader would come into the store occasionally, not offer feedback and leave. Our store leader was out of control, and vindictive and Apple HR did nothing but sing happy songs of hope instead of handing the situation.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44162,apple,none," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One in a million,"Work life balance is great, benefits are awesome. You build a family","the attendance point frustration, leadership isn't always understanding of tardiness",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44163,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Managed supply chain for a module,"Lots of responsibilities, insight in to how the biggest technology company works, great brand recognition.","Travel, work culture, generally ops culture is the most terrible, it is better in industrial design and product design - people are friendlier and a bit more grounded in those teams. Ops teams are responsible for costs and that means you are expected to be an animal who would not leave a piece on the floor. If you are a blue sky thinker, creative etc - ops is not for you.",Think about your culture - especially at ops.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44164,apple,none," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,It's been a rewarding experience thus far.,Many opportunities to learn from an amazingly talented group of people.,Difficulty finding a work life balance.,Embrace the talented group of individuals you have to work with and be willing to nurture their skill set for their benefit and the benefit of the company.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44165,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Aug 4, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,A great place to work.,"You learn a HELL of a lot about customer service, you get some great perks, the store meetings are fun and you work with a great group of people.","Scheduling conflicts (it is retail after all), work-life balance depending on the demand of your store. You could come across some bad customer interactions. Don't take these to heart though. Everything is okay again once that transaction is over :)","Listen to your employees. Obviously, they love the company that they work for. If they're asking for a promotion, encourage them. Don't turn them away.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44166,apple,none," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great,Great atmosphere to work in,"None, no stress no strain, great team atmosphere",Keep up good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44167,apple,none," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,Great for single people,"--Very detailed training, gives an opportunity to learn a lot of tips and tricks for personal use as well --Part time, working from home--10 step walk from desk to kitchen for lunch --Excellent benefits","--All about the metrics, they say that the numbers aren't important while you're in training, but once you go live all the focus is on the numbers, surveys, etc. --Required to work at least one weekend day for AHA part time position, which is hard with kids in the house",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44168,apple,"White Plains, NY"," Sep 8, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Amazing co-workers, horrible managment",The co-workers you work with are the most talented and amazing people you will ever meet in your life. There are good benefit but they do depend on whether you work full time or part-time since you get better benefits when your full time. The pay is better than your average retail job.,"The hours are terrible and all over the place. The full time opportunities are rare and when they come, the only go to the favorites of the managers. There is avid favouritism there, I was told that it didn't matter how hard you worked that you needed to suck up to the managers to get ahead. If your trying to make living, look elsewhere especially if your trying to built a career since they work you to the bone and they want to work you harder when your part time since they try to call you in for any hours that their favorites call out. If your new, be prepared to be stepped on, your basically the person that everyone will throw horrible customers and give you the grunt work until you pass your probationary period and not comsideree new anymore so your expected to throw someone else under the bus. They lie to you and tell you that you can built a career and they will help you to achieve your goals in the store, but whatever job you start with, you tend to be struck with since new job openings tend to go externally and internal promotions are hard to come by especially when your hardworking since it seems they rather have those people on a lease and call by basis. Be prepared to watch your punch in and punch out hours since you'll find people abusing the system a snack they get away with it, if they are friend with the manager. I think the experience at Apple differs with the manager that your struck with, while some managers will have your back and guide you to where you want to go in store, while others will treat you like garbage and give you excuses when you want to apply for other positions I store and if you need to transfer to be closer to home. Remember the customer is always right since they are the ones, that are put ahead of you, if you ever treated like crap by a customer, be prepared to get some lecture by manager regardless of the fact that the customer treated you like crap.",There needs to be changes to the management to treat employees respect and stop playing favoritism.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44169,apple,none," Aug 4, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great experience. Great people. Learned a lot,"Even as a PT employee, you are still offered benefits and 401K. Although i didn't require these benefits, i appreciated the fact that they were available to me. I did take advantage or the 401K plan and matching. Also, the schedule flexibility was very important to me",Lack of promotions. A common theme is to higher managers from outside stores (Target for example) and make them managers here as opposed to promoting geniuses who have worked for the company for 8 years.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P755.htm
44170,apple,none," Aug 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Energetic among the elephants,"Among all the big companies, Apple is moving relatively fast and decisively. Good pay comparing to industry standard.",Not enough innovation. Management sometimes pushes too hard.,Get fresh blood from outside and keep it fresh! (Don't let the big corporate's culture to taint the good culture of new blood you just acquired) More people doesn't mean more output.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44171,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jul 24, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Senior Advisor at Apple,"Great pay discounts and benefits, great culture, great opportunities for advancement.","The main con is the work-life balance and the schedules everyone gets. Apple is heading in a direction I don't like when it comes to employee work-life balance. Also, your success at Apple depends heavily on if you have a good or bad manager in your corner.","Remember your people are just that, people, who have lives and limitations, and not machines who crunch numbers. Put the focus on them first, then the customer, and you will see great results.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44172,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Great benefits, limited promotions.","The benefits at Apple are fantastic, and the pay is decent for the positions.","Most of the ""promotions"" given are just lateral moves with different job titles. There is not really much opportunity for promotions.",Benefits and vacation benefits are excellent. The managers at the company continue to hire in their friends from their previous jobs instead of promoting the talent from within.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44173,apple,"White Plains, NY"," Sep 8, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Amazing co-workers, horrible managment",The co-workers you work with are the most talented and amazing people you will ever meet in your life. There are good benefit but they do depend on whether you work full time or part-time since you get better benefits when your full time. The pay is better than your average retail job.,"The hours are terrible and all over the place. The full time opportunities are rare and when they come, the only go to the favorites of the managers. There is avid favouritism there, I was told that it didn't matter how hard you worked that you needed to suck up to the managers to get ahead. If your trying to make living, look elsewhere especially if your trying to built a career since they work you to the bone and they want to work you harder when your part time since they try to call you in for any hours that their favorites call out. If your new, be prepared to be stepped on, your basically the person that everyone will throw horrible customers and give you the grunt work until you pass your probationary period and not comsideree new anymore so your expected to throw someone else under the bus. They lie to you and tell you that you can built a career and they will help you to achieve your goals in the store, but whatever job you start with, you tend to be struck with since new job openings tend to go externally and internal promotions are hard to come by especially when your hardworking since it seems they rather have those people on a lease and call by basis. Be prepared to watch your punch in and punch out hours since you'll find people abusing the system a snack they get away with it, if they are friend with the manager. I think the experience at Apple differs with the manager that your struck with, while some managers will have your back and guide you to where you want to go in store, while others will treat you like garbage and give you excuses when you want to apply for other positions I store and if you need to transfer to be closer to home. Remember the customer is always right since they are the ones, that are put ahead of you, if you ever treated like crap by a customer, be prepared to get some lecture by manager regardless of the fact that the customer treated you like crap.",There needs to be changes to the management to treat employees respect and stop playing favoritism.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44174,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," Aug 3, 2014",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,Great college job,You work from home and get paid better than most college jobs. Manager is really flexible.,"Work from home, little interaction with coworkers (this is also sometimes a pro)",Discuss more on how you grow your employees.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44175,apple,"Estero, FL"," Aug 3, 2014",Current Employee - Creative,Great company to work for. Not your everyday retail job.,Great team atmosphere. I really enjoy being able to teach what I want to teach and get paid as much as a teacher with better benefits and better home life.,"Your average retail woes. Serious ""glass ceiling"". Need more career focused opportunities on the retail side. Too hard to make the switch to corporate.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44176,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 2, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Coolest company I've ever worked for was Apple Computer! Allowed you to be the best you can be and rewarded you for it1,There you worked hard and Apple management made sure you played hard too.,They took away sabbaticals and weekly beer bust.,"For outstanding performance, monetary rewards should better reflect that.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44177,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Accountant,Proud to work for this company,"Great benefits, relaxed yet hardworking culture, health services on site, gym on site, amazing cafeteria, events to show appreciation to employees, amazing new office being built.","May have to work holidays and late on some evenings. But, you just have to do what it takes to get your work done.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44178,apple,"Springfield, MA"," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,It lives up to the hype,-Amazing benefits packages that are even offered to part time employees -Very good wages -Friendly coworkers -Lots of room for professional development and growth -Education is encouraged,-The hiring process takes a while and can lead to an awkward gap between jobs if you don't currently have one (but is completely worth it),"Management has been nothing but great to me! They are constantly asking me if I have any questions or anything they can help me with, and when I do the answer is always close by.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44179,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 2, 2014",Former Employee - SAP Analyst,Senior SAP Analyst,"Good salary, good working environment",Not enough lead time for secret projects,honesty about bonuses and raises,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P756.htm
44180,apple,"Farmington, CT"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Great company, benefits and people! If you want growth, look else where","They finally realized that Business Team members need to work Monday-Friday. Great chance to work with local and big businesses. Also the ability to work on the floor with sales and help technicians work with business customers. You have the ability to gain a lot of skills in developing others, leading a team and driving personal goals.","You get all these skills and develop a lot, but there is no room for growth. The glass ceiling is very short, and it get very frustrating for everyone. They will rather higher external managers than promote within, the employees notice this but upper management has no clue.","If you preach about being people oriented and caring about personal development of your employees, then give them opportunities to be more than sales and technicians.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44181,apple,none," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company that does try to make its employees happy.,"This review goes for the retail side, but the people at the stores are what make the place unique. With such an eclectic and talented group of people, this place is never a dull moment. It is also good to know that the members of your team have your back.  Time allotted for personal growth and training is also something management tries to make a priority for team members. Time before each shift is given for personal development and in addition, group training sessions are offered 2-3 times per quarter...not bad.",Sometimes movement upwards can be difficult.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44182,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Very smart people, everything turned up to 11, including politics","Most of the smartest co-workers I've ever worked with I met at Apple. Everybody is extremely driven and has ambitious goals, and the environment will increase most people's drive and make them more ambitious. Compensation is good. Opportunities to get promoted to leadership positions abound. In my experience, there was very little useless process, though product groups are rumored to be very rigid.","If you are not a manager, or working on iOS, you will almost certainly work in a cubicle in boring office space.  Everybody is perpetually on-call. Your boss will call you at 8-9PM on a Friday night to ask you a question. You will be expected to work some Saturdays/Sundays even if there's no production reason. The pain of this is slightly mitigated by the fact that you know that your boss's boss is doing the same to your boss. Sometimes it feels like you're being tested.  Bonuses are a big part of compensation, and it is easy for a manager to hide subjectivity in your performance review which potentially means getting paid a lot less for being liked less. Perks are minimal for the tech industry these days but fit with the ""no-nonsense"" budget attitude, and I didn't have such a problem with that.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44183,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jul 31, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Very good and rewarding experience,"People, training, teamwork, knowledge base, work/life balance, benefits, pay level","customer entitlement, very competitive landscape",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44184,apple,none," Aug 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Initially innovative, exciting, and fast paced while meeting interesting people and hopefully making their lives better.","If getting hours is what you want, this is the place to work. If you aren't scheduled you can always find someone who wants time off. Benefits are ok, especially the employee stock purchase program. Co-workers are interesting, talented, skilled individuals with vast interests outside of work. They are quality people to meet and befriend. You get personal and family/friend discounts on the products. No one works on commission so it creates a better team environment when trying to help a customer. You must enjoy interacting with people from all walks of life to do this job. Shirts are provided and no other uniform requirements. It's a decent place to work short term.","Personal growth seems limited. They like to hire from outside and not promote from within. The don't like to promote older employees and opt for younger, ""hipper"" individuals even if they have less experience or skill. It seems the more eccentric you are, the greater the chances you get hired. Compensation is average, with predictable annual increases, even though some locations exceed forecasted revenue. It's a cookie cutter one size fits all award system There are no special financial awards for exceeding goals, etc for the average employee. Christmas bonus has consisted of a sweatshirt the last few years. They want ridiculous availability for scheduling (full time has to have 100% availability for all days the store is open), and they will push part time to full time hours during holiday to avoid over time for full time employees. This basically eliminates a work-life balance. There is a high burn out rate. Someone there one year is a seasoned veteran! Time off availability is a bit variable. During training, there are certain values they speak of that they want practiced by the employees toward the customer and each other, but they do not practice those values toward the employees themselves. It has so much promise but falls short.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44185,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Great company, bad store",They really do offer areas to grow... Providing you're committing your whole life to the job. The coworkers at my own level really are fantastic and amazing people to work with.,"No real life outside of work. As far as my store specifically went the management only really cared about numbers, they just wanted to be the number one store in the company in different categories. Not a ""fun"" place to work because you will always feel pressured to hit your metrics. I often felt as if talking to management was like pulling teeth if you weren't one of their favorite people that they were ""buddy buddy"" with, in other words if you weren't on their list good luck getting help. ""assume positive intent"" was a phrase always thrown around at employees but also never exercised by management. Resellers often took priority over the average consumer because they buy lots of products and money speaks.",Stop trying to be number one and just be a fun place for unique individuals to come to enrich lives not just enrich your metrics.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44186,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,"Great Place to Jumpstart Career in CX, CS, and tech","Looks great on resume when you leave, company fosters growth, allows employees to take the reins on their development. Awesome.",Working in retail sucks no matter how great the company is. There also needs to be better compensation for all of the word employees are required to complete.,Pay your employees fairly.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44187,apple,none," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Great people to work with, great products, total comp better than anywhere I've worked in similar work.",There is an expectation bordering on slavish devotion to Apple from managers that is totally unreasonable,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44188,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 13, 2014",Former Employee - AppleCare T1 IOS,"Great benefits, terrible job.",Great benefits. Fantastic company discounts.,"AppleCare phone support. Awful job. Micromanaged to the minute, while this is generally the case with call centers, they don't do anything to make it more bearable. Your job consists of ""convincing customer's that they are not really dissatisfied with bad policy and technical decisions by Apple.""",Timing how long and often I go to the bathroom is dehumanizing.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44189,apple,none," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"it's Apple! A center for all that's cool and good in tech. it's not just about ideas, but about thought, not can we do a thing, but should we do a thing.","sometimes customers can be a challenge, sometimes the couture can also be a challenge",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P757.htm
44190,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 24, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,"spectacular, roller coaster ride!","bleeding edge innovation! highly driven / motivated individuals recognition via rewards (promos, raises) great benefits",constant change political territorial work/life imbalance,explosive growth need more focus on new employees rigorous training,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44191,apple,none," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative.,Great Team. Hourly Wage is pretty good.,Managers would be better if they're homegrown.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44192,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Awesome job,"Excellent pay, benefits, discounts and best coworkers ever!! Best company I've ever worked for period.",More management hired from outside then from within which don't really know the process or products to support there teams,Look into growing management from within,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44193,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,"Great benefits, hard to make a career","Good pay for an easy job, great benefits - insurance, 401K, stock plan, great discounts, generous time off","No career growth, co-workers on the sales floor aren't the brightest",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44194,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 12, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,Apple,There are many great reasons to work for this company. The benefits are fantastic and the pay is very competitive.,"The cons of working for this company are many. If you want to have an opinion or idea to be heard then this company is not for you. The company often turns a deaf ear to anyone who is not from the walled gardens at their Cupertino campus. Management will pretend to listen to your ideas but your ideas will actually never reach the top and if they do make it there they will be passed over and be re-introduced at a later time as some one elses. If you are someone who does not want to fit into a cookie cutter mold then this company is not for you. While the company praises it's ""unique nature"", this is a facade. The company trains you like the military to act, think, and speak like a programmed robot. The company wants everyone to be the same and come from the same cookie cutter. If you are independent stay away from this company at all costs. If you do not live and breath Apple and are not a fan boy do not bother applying. This company does not value diversity in regards to ideas. If you do not think, act, and talk like everyone else this is not the place for you. Apple does not value differences. If you are fat, shot, ugly, or have any other outward awkward attributes that do not fit into their unspoken model, do not apply. The company is riddled with inept systems that are continually breaking down. The communication between executive management, mid level management, and employees is abysmal. I have worked for both sides of Apple (Corporate and Retail). The work life balance is horrible if you are working in the retail environment and if you are working it corporate it depends if your superior likes you or not.","Do not run the company like robots. Celebrate various ideas, cultures, and uniqueness of people. Not everyone should fit into the same mold.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44195,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Tech Support,micromanagement to the extreme,"good healthcare (albeit expensive and goes up every year just enough to consume any raise you might have received), 401k, paid time off structure is average/decent (i.e. two weeks paid vacation per year, some paid holidays)","high stress, low compensation, poor management, no trust, very low annual raises, job expectations/requirements change more frequently than it is possible to keep track of, little room for advancement, politics. need i continue? i certainly can. must work most holidays even if it falls on your day off and usually told about it with very short notice and penalized if you're unable to work. shift changes every three months with no control of what you get. keep going? i could say more, but I think you get the point already. oh yeah, horrible work/life balance as you are expected to be completely ""flexible"" and totally rearrange your life at every whim of the company in the name of ""change""- which would be more appropriately called ""control"".",start treating people like people instead of numbers. stop nitpicking and trying to find something wrong with every single person on your team and you will have a better and more productive team. it has changed so much in the last few years and not for the better. do something fast before you lose every good employee you ever had.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44196,apple,none," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,"Apple has fantastic culture, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here.","The people, the benefits, and the knowledge gained.","No work/ life balance, bad hours, bad customers.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44197,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Could do more.,Benefits are great (health). Other benefits could be better. Management works with you.,Promotions are different from conventional promotions. You work towards a new job and then you have to re-interview for the job. I'm a Business Specialist. Pay could be better for the goal we have to work towards weekly. Training for my field is non-existing.,Pay attention otherwise you will lose good people. You already have.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44198,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome place to work,"Smart people, fun and interesting projects.",Too many hours each work week,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44199,apple,none," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Would recommend,Great benefits. Cool coworkers. pay is good for a retail job.,Great retail job but at the end of the day its still retail. opportunity for growth not great.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P758.htm
44200,apple,none," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Opportunities and a great environment to work especially as a new or first job. Pay is amazing for retail!,Retail can be tough even though working here may feel a little different. Yearly pay increase could be better.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44201,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Part Time Specialist,Part time Specialist,"smart and supportive co workers and management that cares, Great benefits, part time health care, discounts and free soft ware.",Hard to move us as part time They over hire too many and then cut hours drastically when slow.,Keep showing your employees you care about them as a person and they will continue to work hard more hands on development.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44202,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple,"Great company and people, they value their employees as people, very rare.",low pay for roles outside of sales. this is my only compliant.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44203,apple,"Deer Park, IL"," Jul 26, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,Great.,It is a high performance work environment that is consistently challenging and rewarding.,None that come to mind.,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44204,apple,none," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - ITunes,iTunes,"Work from home, great benefits, good pay","Shift bids, no room for advancement",Management is great,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44205,apple,none," Jul 25, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Best retailer to work for,"Apple provides fantastic benefits for retail employees. Although you're getting retail pay, you'll get good perks. I had some of the best managers of my life in Apple Retail.","Hard to move up or move into a corporate role. Many people in retail corporate started in the store, but only a few make it to the top. Also, a few managers who were unprofessional and hard to work for...but that will happen anywhere.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44206,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,Mediocre Management and Development Opportunities,"The culture is, as advertised, unique. This can be a pro for quite a few people. The company sponsors monthly beer bashes to encourage communication between different groups within the company, although sometimes they are too large to accomplish this. Plenty of resources are made readily available to each employee if they want to develop themselves.","The development/growth opportunities are very lacking, convoluted, and far between. Speaking to a recruiter or another group is near impossible. More often than not, new positions are given to people that have been in their previous organization the longest as opposed to who deserves it the most.",Rewards positive behavior instead of tenure.,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44207,apple,none," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great products but no work life balance,"Amazing products, passionate people, good food","No work life balance, office politics",Make a plan to integrate new employees,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44208,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,"Incredible, Talented People, No Life","The People.  So many amazing, smart, talented, passionate people. If you leave the company, you will dream about working with a similar-calibre team again, and you will realize that it may not happen. Treasure it while you're there.","No life.  Apple is your life. The high expectations around both output & quality will drive you to do excellent work, but your life will suffer. Add to this the insane hours commuting and you can bid your fun times farewell.  After a few years of this grind, you may expect to be promoted. Forget about that. You may be able to move up the pay scale, but an actual promotion is a unicorn among cattle.","While I gripe about the work/life balance and lack of career opportunities, if I were in upper management, I would probably make the same choices. It's amazing how much productivity is achieved from a (relatively) small number of employees.",4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44209,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Jul 24, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,An incredibly fast paced environment that keeps you on your toes and always learning more.,"Coworkers are like your family, learn a lot about the products, great company culture, diverse group of employees,","Management not on the same page, few opportunities for growth to corporate, promotions within the store are incredibly competitive, no consistent schedule,",Give cohesive instructions to the staff,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P759.htm
44210,apple,none," Jul 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,The best reason to work for apple is the people you actually get to work with on a day to day routine.,Dealing with angry customers is extremely difficult to deal with at times especially during the holiday times. Other than that it's fun to work here.,Handle business better rather than pushing it off on the workers underneath you.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44211,apple,none," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,INNOVATIVE,The People. The most detailed company I've ever worked for!,Quick changes - must adapt to any situation.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44212,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great inclusive culture in a great learning enviroment,Learn a lot about about Apple company and the technology industry w/ good pay.,"Must work extremely hard for advancement, not excluding leader shopping.",Help develop all employees equal not just favorites.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44213,apple,"Victor, NY"," Jul 23, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,I had the pleasure of working with some of the most talented people in the retail computer business.,My co-workers made the job worthwhile.,Constant crush of customers -- this store is always busy.,"Don't micromange, there is already enough pressure to get the work done. Managers also need to assist more and never throw employees under the bus, just for the pleasure of the nasty customers.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44214,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great College Job,Great for students. Great coworkers. Laid back dress code. Good benefits.,Inability to move upwards. Pay for what you do. Over privileged under motivated customers,"Realize that the people that you have are actually ""your soul"" and pay them what your competitors will.",3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44215,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 20, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great company, great team.",Fantastic coworkers. Apple typically hires fairly interesting and well rounded people. It is a fun environment where you can make great connections. You gain a wealth of knowledge and skills that make you valuable to other employers.,"Retail is retail no matter how you look at it. Some stores more than others have politic games you have to play to move in any direction. Typically if you want to be a manager, you have to leave then come back. Apple hires externally for management despite the talent it has groomed.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44216,apple,none," Jul 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work. Great benefits, amazing culture.","Fun place to work, good benefits, opportunities for advancement.",Retail hours are no fun.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44217,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer,Great place to work.,Great atmosphere and great people.,work-life balance can be difficult.,more interaction with staff needed.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44218,apple,"Valencia, CA"," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Hoping to spend the rest of my career at Apple!,"Apple is a company that thrives on smiles. This makes for an extremely encouraging environment in which employees support each other and the customers love being in the Apple store. Long story short, the staff is like a big family encouraging each other to succeed and thrive.","If you don't like smiling, enjoying your job, and being given the tools and encouragement to succeed, this isn't the job for you.",Keep up with what you're doing because Apple has crossed every T and dotted every i.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44219,apple,none," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Apple retail had great benefits for their employees from perks to policy.,Not enough room for development.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P760.htm
44220,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,Apple,Good people. Really honest company.,Lots of buzz words that management throws out but doesn't act on sometimes but its not terrible.,It seems like the last two years people stopped moving up from within the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44221,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software QA Engineer,Great place to work at!,Great place to work out. Apple Inc offers a fair work environment and everyone works cohesively.,The pay is good up until you need to move up the ladder. There isn't much of a pay raise.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44222,apple,none," Jul 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Friendly environment Never ending learning Amazing products Great leadership Great Team Work Open minded atmosphere Personal Growth Good Compensation,Fast past work environment Less hours if your part time Performance sometime based on customer feelings Learning other Job roles,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44223,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work which attracts smart, intelligent people but politics are everywhere.",Working at Apple is a great experience as it is one of the iconic companies of this era. It is a very cool place to work with many of the perks that Silicon Valley is known for. People are friendly and helpful and there is a real passion for the kind of products that makes Apple what it is today.,Work life balance is non-existent and there is something of a clash between the old Apple and the new. With such explosive growth comes a whole bunch of issues that make things more challenging than they should be. It is a very political environment.,In my experience Senior Management does not support their teams as they should.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44224,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 25, 2014",Former Employee - AHA Advisor,Horrible,You get to act Happy all the Time !,"Pay is well below average for my area. Also a fake atmosphere and sense of all employees being so Happy all the time, when in reality they are not happy at all about there job. Apple says treat our Customers the way you would want to me treated. The same goes the other way, ""Treat your Employees the way you would want to be treated"" !!","Quit acting like all your workers are happy, and pay them a decent salary and treat them the way you would want to be treated..",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44225,apple,"Aurora, CO"," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Senior Advisor,"Working from home in my PJ's, no commute except down my hallway, can take a nap on lunch. Great pay no exceptional pay. Consistent pay promotions at least once a year if you work hard. The best benefits Ive ever had and stock options and 401K",Working from home requires dedication and focus. Its very easy to become distracted. Also while your taking calls your manager is not sitting right next to you. You need to imagine that he or she was.,Make it a little easier for annual performance review to have better raise amounts. It seems that you work so hard and apple has very high expectations of you and if you hit these expectations the raise amount could be better. Especially for a company with 20 billion in liquid assets.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44226,apple,none," Jul 1, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great as long as you don't stay too long.,"Amazing coworkers, some of the most incredible people I've met and had the great fortune to work with. Very interesting customers. The good ones definitely outweigh the bad ones. Great benefits, good pay for a retail job. Good discounts.","Not really a lot of upward growth unless you want to be a Manager. Depends on the store but our leadership wasn't great and it didn't seem to matter who higher up we gave feedback to about them. Not allowing any sort of set schedule is really hard for work-life balance and unfair, no matter how they spin it.",Read NPP. Go in to stores and sit down individually with random people. Listen and develop game plans. Act but don't act so quickly with everything that you don't think of consequences of your actions.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44227,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,very political retail culture,great benefits and developmental experience,retail culture and bad politics,improve and find better leadership candidates.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44228,apple,"Glasgow, KY"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - AHA Cpu T1,Cream rises to the top but left if with dissolve,Great benefits and perks for working at home best is working from home.,to many management changes like 7 in 11 months and never has consistent policies for business conduct just a pdf file that says this is what you can do.,Take the time to really manage you people and not wait 2 months to introduce yourself or rely on emails to do your job that is just lazy.,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44229,apple,none," Jul 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As good as retail can be,Great pay and intentional community building,The customers. If there is a problem with the product many come in with a sense of entitlement and become unreasonable. Sometimes just plain rude. No complaints internally.,Recognize the quite ones.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P761.htm
44230,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 29, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Poor,"Co-workers are nice, helping customer is nice, they sell a great product","Treat valuable employee with no respect, They promote according to popularity not credentials, They try to create reasons to fire employees that have been with a company a long time but they do not want to promote. I knew a few employee who were overly qualified to work at an apple store and worked their for years praying they would get a promotion in the end they were terminate for silly reasons, However they promote people that had no working knowledge of computers and had been in the store less time. Oh and they talk about this thing called ""fearless feed back"", however, don't get it twist.. if you decide that you need to talk to your manager about something important and need help you will get burned for it. The store in the falls in notorious for firing the smartest people and keeping the dumbest ones because they are drones. The employees that make it are the ones that aren't going to school and will work retail till they are 60. Oh and they just recently started giving part-timers insurance benefits. I knew better then to stay at this company working for peanuts and also having an easy-pay that would constantly fall apart when I was trying to ring up a customer.",No need to give them advice. They won't listen.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44231,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 1, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"It's the hardest you'll ever work, the most you'll ever be challenged, amongst the smartest people you'll ever work with","Apple is still the foremost case study in dedication to product and customers. While base salary and bonus are market-level, stock benefits are top of market.","It's all in the eye of beholder: talk to any current or former Apple employees and they will say the same thing, which is that there is very little work/life balance, yet they love and are inspired by what they work on. Travel is frequent.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44232,apple,none," Jul 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Became just another retail job,Discounts on products and partners products & services Core group of peers became friends Believed in the brand/ company,"2008 saw a culture shift. From nerds and geeks to bro's and kids. Was no longer the retail job that felt like a career path, it became just another retail job. Top talent moved on or was pushed out the door.","Individual managers at each store make or break the experience. The overall quality of managers has decreased, attracting less qualified workers and shifting the brands culture from the niche it was to the mass market one it is today.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44233,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AT Home advisor-Apple,Work from Home Great benefits Save money Flexible if you have kids and need to work from home,Pay was good but not for the lifestyle I want to live. Call center environment but at home so that can be good or bad depending on your lifestyle,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44234,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Service and Support Administrative,Awesome company,Benefits are amazing and there are lots of opportunity to move around or up. On site buildings are amazing but there is also an opportunity to work from home!,Attendance policy is very strict. Pay scale could co inside with cost of living or increases and bonuses could be better.,Close on Christmas Day!!!! Give cost of living increases.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44235,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Jul 14, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Exhilarating and rewarding to work for an organization that focus's on the employees and the customers needs.,"Team environment. Everyone, no matter what level helps out with customers. Management is very employee friendly.","Sometimes, not often, short of staff. This puts pressure on the rest of the employees to multitask. Very difficult when the store is crowded with customers.",Keep producing the best products in the world and keep focusing on developing the staff that you have.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44236,apple,"Madison, WI"," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great starter job!,Great Benefits and Flexible Scheduling,"Retail environment is fast paced and stressful with little work-life balance, schedules can be all over the place and seldom weekends off.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44237,apple,none," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hit or miss in ASC Program,Stock options are the best,"Working every weekend, work life balance is a miss",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44238,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great expierence, but had to move on","Good Pay, Great co-workers, fun atmosphere",can get mundane management isnt always the best,Just go all out for your people.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44239,apple,"Wellington, FL"," Jul 13, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great Company,"- Great Work Culture, Chill environment, Stores are very clean and nice to work in, Selling products that I use and love - Great Pay (Starting was $13.55 an hour in FL) - Great Benefits (6% 401k match, amazing product discounts, health insurance was top of the line) - Great job for straight out of college/younger people - Many opportunities to train in a different job - 95% of the employees are great people, amazing backgrounds - Never felt like I was micromanaged - Lots of breaks","- Employees are allowed way too much creative license (sometimes can be wacky/unprofessional with customers and do not get in trouble for it) - Getting a promotion to another position/or full time work is definitely possible, but extremely time consuming, mostly based on how long you have been there, not necessarily how good you are at your job, many people worked there 2-3 years just to get full time for a basic specialist position - Part time hours not nearly enough to live off of unless you are 30 or under, unless you can live very cheap - Managers are hit and miss, some were the greatest in retail, some were dull and had a BestBuy type mentality - Flawed NPS system (This is how you are evaluated) - A handful of employees are ""cultish"", and believe that no other company can offer a better job/if you leave apple you are nuts/etc - About 5% of employees were very lazy/never do there job, management would never say anything, since these people knew they could not get fired","Be harder about disciplining employees who are disrupting work flow of others/or not doing any supportive work, way too much ""hands off"" approach from managers regarding that.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P762.htm
44240,apple,"Glandorf, OH"," Jul 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,wonderful,great benifits and competative pay,poor location nothing and just a good company,take care of the emplyeys better,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44241,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Expert,Frustrating but rewarding,"Work from home, very good benefits. Steady position and bonuses.",Compensation not in line with cost of living. Few opportunities for advancement. Treated differently than in house employees. Leadership can seem uncommunicative and non-responsive to problems. Lack of ability to adjust for demand.,Expand at home options. Integrate more within the company. Set up regional face to face meetings and local managers. Anticipate demand better and higher earlier and more often.,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44242,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Excellent people, culture, and pay",Not too many opportunities to grow within or beyond the store.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44243,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 12, 2014",Current Employee - Creative,Work with the best people and best technology.,I work with the most talented individuals. There is always something new to learn. Good benefits. Good for a part time job.,"Retail hours, managers are impossible to work with, little to no growth in the retail store. Can get burnt out if you work full time, repetitive.",fix the compensation levels to veteran employees who are paid less or the same as new hires. Stop micromanaging!,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44244,apple,none," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Tier I CPU,Awesome at home Job,I go to work in my pjs. The benefits are awesome. Great structure to learn new skills and advance. If you work hard you can go far.,Sometimes it is hard working from home. No co workers to take breaks with. Less room for growth unless near major apple center.,Have more open discussion with employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44245,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - At Home Adviser,Excellent place to work,Work from the comfort of your own home. You're treated fairly and given many opportunities for working your way up the ladder within the corporation.,The schedules change every six months and if you need to have a consistent schedule because of children it can sometimes be very difficult to keep adapting to your new schedule.,Overall management was great. Within a corporation there are some things that you just can't get away from such as sometimes feeling like you are talking to a robot. The answers can be almost read verbatim from the corporate rulebook. But overall you're treated so fairly that it is not that much of a negative.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44246,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Good company, poor pay","Great people, good work-life balance, good benefits and stock options.","Horrible pay, poor retail management, and structure. NO career opportunities to advance.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44247,apple,"Fort Myers, FL"," Jul 9, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great place to work, not a career","Excellent training, highly rewarding and fast paced. Many perks such as holiday bonus gifts and paid time off.",Pay is mediocre and scheduling can be demanding. The points system is at best flawed and management makes all the difference.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44248,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Jul 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It started great, but ended poorly.","It's not what I expected a retail job to be like. It's very fun and very challenging. They tell you that you're there to connect with people, not just sell stuff or fix stuff, and I thought that it was just a lot of motivational fluff. It turned out that they were telling the absolute truth, at least in the beginning. Management was very supportive of me during some hard times, and that was something that, for the most part, remained constant.","The only cons were during my last several months with the company. Certain managers left, and the senior managers that remained didn't really belong in a company whose credo starts with ""Our most important resource, our soul, is our people."" It started becoming a very ""transactional"" environment, where statistics and metrics became more important than what we were doing or accomplishing. People were promoted that didn't deserve a promotion, while people that did were given nonsensical reasons for being passed over. It became quickly apparent that leadership already knew who they wanted before the interviews began, so there was little reason to even try unless you were one of the ""chosen."" It makes it impossible to progress in the company unless you're willing to drink the kool-aid to the degree that you alienate your peers because you take on the bad leadership traits of existing management.","First of all, stop cherry-picking the people you promote. Stop denying people the chance to even interview for promotions because of whatever reason you can think of in the moment. You're alienating people that could turn into your shining stars, and that's why you have so many people leaving. Treat your employees with dignity, as they're far more talented at running the show than you give them credit for. Stop resorting to guilt-trips and condescension to force agreement. Listen to criticisms and concerns with open minds, rather than rejecting everything that's brought to you because you want to save face. Hint: You make yourself look worse, not better. The employees at your store feel that they're succeeding in spite of you, rather than out of anything you've given them.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44249,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,"Intense, but highly fulfilling","Work with some very smart people, lots of great perks",A lot of intense A-type personalities make it a very stressful work environment. Working weekends. No free lunch (literally).,Free lunch. Literally every other tech company in the bay does this.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P763.htm
44250,apple,"Westlake, OH"," Jul 6, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Amazing company to work for!,Culture is fun and laid back. Pay is great! Very talented and creative co-workers,"No career advancement, no work/life balance",Need career paths for Managers! Need a better work schedule for Moms and Dads,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44251,apple,none," Aug 10, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,"Best Company, Worst Company","The information you learn about the products is second to none. The core competencies, technology used in the work place, and communication of real time reports is all high level. We use iPads to conduct downloads with real time information around sales and performance. We use our iPhone 5 as a basis to order, ring, and collect payment for all products in the store. We take quarterly NPP (Net Promoter People) surveys to make upper management aware of our happiness within the company. We have quarterly reviews with mentor managers to identify areas of improvement and work on peer relations. We have the most amazing 3rd party products that work with our hero products.","There is little to no room for upward mobility. You do not get acknowledged or increased pay for performance. Politics is everything in this environment and mostly you are given the run around if you want to move into management and eventually corporate. Apple has everything in place to be a top company in the world but their technology is for show and not to support their existing employees. They would rather bring someone from the outside in, rather than reward hard working employees who are passionate about their products. I have witnessed so many talented, educated, highly-skilled people come and go only to watch people put in leadership roles that lack the ability to chew gum and walk simultaneously.",Start looking internally for promotional positions. Raise people up from within the company and maintain the high level of standards you have for the products with your people. There is so much talent attracted to this company and it goes unacknowledged for fear of surpassing those above you. Stop simply reviewing a resume and looking for a babysitter as your solution to management. Take the amazing training and technology and actually use it and your company and it's employees could be unstoppable.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44252,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jul 4, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Specialist,"-Very flexible with shifts. You can work days off and days on (as long as you can switch with someone). - It's a very laid back job, as long as you do your job, there really isn't anything to worry about.","-You have to be on top of your sales, especially on selling Apple Care and taking care of business sales. -Dealing with a few customers daily, but that's given when working anywhere in retail.","Keep up the great work looking after the new one's. Without the help from management, advancing up the chain wouldn't be easy.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44253,apple,none," Jul 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work but not a career,One of the best companies in the world. Retail focuses on the people who uses the products rather than the technology. Very unique staggie.,Not much room to grow in retail and the compensation is not great compared to the amount of sales.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44254,apple,none," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a great place to build upon current and new skills and build lasting relationships.,You'll never find a better group of individuals to work alongside. I believe it is the actual employees at apple that you work with and of course the benefits that make it a great place to work.,For some growing can be rather difficult. And after being shot down many times employees end up calling it quits. It's disheartening to see other coworkers be led on to think they might be going somewhere only to find out it was a short lived experience and they wind back up where they began and resentful.,Be more direct and consistent.,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44255,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 7, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great people who are under-appreciated.,"Fast-paced work place, great co-workers, exciting projects.",Difficult to move up in the company as everybody is seen as replaceable. That's what happens when you work for the most admired company in the word.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44256,apple,none," Jul 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very fast paced environment, and I have learned a lot.","You learn a lot in a short period of time, learn to multitask, learn to work as a team.",Overall I am satisfied with my time at Apple.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44257,apple,"Greenville, SC"," Jun 25, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,WAY TOO MANY EXPECTATIONS!!,"The insurance is the best I ever had. I have no copay. I only pay my $20 (regular doc.) or $30 (specialist) deductible and everything else is covered 100%. I had a baby and I only paid $20, total. I had another surgery which cost $35000 and it only cost me $30, total. The pay for the amount of work is not good. Read below.","The pay is less than normal for all the goals we have to complete. We have to make sure we sell the AppleCare Protection Plan to at least 3 customers out of 100, must maintain customer satisfaction goal of 80% (hard to do if customer gives a bad review for something you can't control).  For instance, if a customer calls in since their brand new computer is broken and you refer to the store to get it fixed, they can give you a negative survey which in turns makes your stats come down. Now management wants you to explain why they didn't approve of your service, etc., even though the calls are recorded.  They implemented a new call strategy called H2H. It entails me asking the customer permission to ask them questions (why do I have to ask them for permission if they are calling for help?), empathize with the customer (never enough empathy on your weekly reviews per manager), determine the customer's state of mind and talk to them dependant upon their personality. I must align myself with the customer (never do it since I have no idea what I am actually doing), assure the customer their issue will be resolved and make sure to clarify their resolution.  You have to make sure you solve at least 70% of customer issues (hard to do when the computer needs physical work done at the store), maintain a customer satisfaction goal of 80% (also hard to do when you get bad surveys because a customer was out of warranty and didn't want to pay for support $19), you also must make sure your calls are around 14.5 minutes long (too short, you're in trouble, too long, you're in trouble).  Dont expect to have a life. Mandatory OT for Christmas and other holidays. Also when there is a new product release. Good luck having a vacation during holiday time.  While on the phone you get a call around every 8 seconds so it's hard to take a breather. You must type notes while talking to the customer so you can make sure to take another call. If you don't hustle between calls you know what happens, another chewing out by your manager.  To top it all off you have 3 exams to take that you must pass or get fired. It's 8 hours a day training for 4 weeks. If you miss a day of training for any reason, you are fired. You do 4 hours a day of instructor led training and 4 hours just reading your own materials. If you don't read you won't pass and you will get fired. 5 people from my team didn't make it.  Lastly, don't expect to advance quickly. Most managers are promoted at an average around 4 years. The bad thing is they will give a regular employee backfill (manager perks but no additional pay) to help the managers out. The backfill will review calls and critique your work and do the managers work. Most people never make it to manager even while backfilling. A guy on our team has been backfilling for over 2 years. They make it seem once you backfill the manager position opens for you. But that's a lie. They do a lot of external hiring for managers instead of inside. Last hiring spree they hired 4 external hires for manager and only 2 internal. My manager has no idea how to do my job since he was hired externally. He can't give me advice or pointers since he doesn't know.  I am in the process of looking for other employment opportunities. But I will be replaced with the tap of a keyboard since most of my team has quit since starting. But that's the way it is here.","Stop hiring so many outside managers. We bust our butts to make it to the top of the food chain and an external hire with no management experience can come in making lots more money than me but can't even assist me with my job since they have no clue how to do it.  Also, stop micro-managing. We are human beings. We arent going to be able to get everything right.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44258,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 3, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Crazy retail hours, great people and work environment.","The benefits (healthcare, discounts, etc) are sweet, and the people are amazing.",Retail work hours are what they are. Don't expect to have anything close to a 'regular daily routine' ever again. Higher pay would be nice.,"Consider commission oriented quarterly bonuses for retail employees. A way to reward for hard work, without sacrificing the morals of the company and service experience.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44259,apple,none," Jul 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company with great benefits.,"Full Benefits, flexible hours, a team that's focused on development.",strictly attendance policy not flexible to anyone who isn't salary based.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P764.htm
44260,apple,none," Jul 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Culture,Apple cares about a team atmosphere and gives me the resources to connect with my employees.,You have to be really good with your time management. Super fast paced.,Put more money into keeping the retail stores fresh and current. Increase employee discount and give more latitude in regards to store level employee recognition.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44261,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jul 6, 2014",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,Very Structured,"Great work culture, awesome perks and benefits.","Very very structured, cutthroat requirements for lower ranking positions",Allow for more flexibility,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44262,apple,"San Mateo, CA"," Jul 6, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Fun company to work for, but customers expect a lot more","The people you work with is by far the best part of the job. I've made a handful of life-long friends from my year and a half of working here. Also, working with Apple products all day is pretty sweet","The customers expect a lot more (not to mention the impossible) from us. Sometimes we can't deliver on requests, and end up getting verbally assaulted. It comes with retail I suppose.","It may be a part of the Apple culture, but to the management: not all of us want to drink the Apple Kool Aid. Everything that comes from their mouths is sugar-coated, and makes it somewhat awkward to have a 'normal' conversation without feeling like your manager doesn't give a crap.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44263,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 16, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great Benefits, but Draining Retail Environment","Awesome benefits, even as part-time: discounts, great health insurance, matching 401k, discounted stock plan. Learn a lot about the products while meeting some very interesting people. Great for networking, especially in the Tech Industry. Looks impressive on a resume, nearby start-ups and tech companies value Apple's reputation.","Retail environment: lots of micromanaging, cult-ish feel where things are constantly hammered by several different managers, night/weekend schedules with no holidays off, sticklers on clocking in and out (if you get 3 warnings you're fired no-matter-what). Difficult to be promoted, lots of competition. Terrible pay but good for retail.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44264,apple,none," Jul 5, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Interesting experience,Benefits are great for retail. Company values are ideals - management attempts to fulfill those value to their best abilities. Turn over is high.,Lack of a regular schedule - its retail after all. Opportunities for growth are available if you look hard.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44265,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 2, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple,The people that work at apple retail are all very talented individuals the company has provided me tons of tools to use in my career and my lifestyle.,The expectations of delivering a phenomenal experience while providing you with less and less time to work with customers. The pay has gotten lower and lower as apple Growth has increased over the past years.,Micro-managing can be a tool to help an employee get the hang of the job but should be balanced.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44266,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,"Political, stagnant environment. Innovation is not welcomed.",Being part of big Apple,"Old tools and processes, Work-Lifr Balance is very poor. Consultants, QA and Site Ops are blamed for everything that goes wrong with product. Upper management does not understand modern approaches (Scrum/Agile, Continues Integration, Continues Deployment, etc). People get yelled when production issues are found and blames usually flows downhill until the next scape goat is found and dealt with.  There is no learning from previous mistakes, so the cycle will repeat itself again and again. If you really know your job and willing to share how to improve things - do not join Apple. You expirience is not welcomed there and your proposals will not be heard or implemented. Apple expects everyone to comply and mold. Many people there work for years and completely missed modern advance in technology and processes.","Stop saying: ""this is Apple and this is the way we have always done things"". Change culture to foster collaboration and learning.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44267,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 16, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Hire to create redundancy, then lay off, rather than creatively find solutions to improve teams with current employees.","Good pay, health insurance, and stock has grown providing additional benefits.","Lacks trust and authenticity. It's about EXTERNAL image. The products are great, but internally individuals don't have value.","Managers lack empathy, skills, to develop personal growth in their employees.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44268,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 19, 2014",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Retail hell....,Employee discount and employee stock purchase program...,"Although it's Apple, Apple Retail is still retail with career retail managers running the ship...The experience as an Apple employee really depends on your manager. If you have a narcissistic manager, your life will suck. Apple Retail attracts many college educated employees that have goals of advancing to corporate. This rarely happens...Apple Retail is the farm team for the ""Big Leaguers"" in Cupertino.",Retail is retail...,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44269,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Good environment. I've been working at Apple for 3 years and I love the company and the products. Great benefits with matching 401K, school reimbursement, life insurance, etc. Great culture!",Lots of changes and very little training. Salary is very low compared to other companies and seems like that new employees that are being hired are starting with higher salary than employees that are in the company for years. Very hard to get promoted. The Austin campus is growing a lot and they are hiring more new employees than promoting from within.,"I understand that if somebody gets promoted to another position, that same position needs to be fulfilled, but ""ignoring"" the current employees is not right. It's every employee desire to grow within the company instead of having to look for a better career opportunity outside.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P765.htm
44270,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Awesome,Good pay and benefits awesome culture,Lack of progress hard to climb the ladder,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44271,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 17, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Too much hype,"Working for the ""coolest"" company on the planet.","Being bombarded by everyone you know, asking when the next iDevice is coming out.",none,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44272,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 3, 2014",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Apple,Its a great place to work at,The location wasn't as good as it could be.,I have no advice,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44273,apple,"Plano, TX"," Jun 26, 2014",Former Employee - Genius,Good if you can handle a busy retail environment,"Employee stock purchase plan, healthcare, product discounts, efficiency, using all Apple technology, working with a great team","Inconsistent schedules, customer interactions, lack of advancement opportunities",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44274,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Apple retail is a target, not a destination...","The people are great, the products are fun, and the launches are exciting... This is an incredible job to work in if you are lucky enough to have a great manager, and have outside opportunities for income to subsidize your salary.","Apple does not hire many quality managers anymore, they are becoming much more numbers and revenue focused, and less concerned with employee experience. I was at the company for several years before, and several years after. Two different companies.","Bring someone like Ron Johnson back. Once he left, the company went down hill.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44275,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," Jul 15, 2014",Former Employee - FRS,Politics,Great learning experience and great while going to school.,"No stright path, need to play the game.",set a career path for employees,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44276,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jul 15, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Apple - The good, the bad and the ugly.",Good culture. Decent discount on products. Great people. Thorough training program.,"Management has no consistency. Long hours, not much flexibility when it comes to scheduling.",Be more transparent and more consistent.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44277,apple,"Miami, FL"," May 27, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,"Awesome Company, Crappy Managers",The training is amazing. Outstanding people work in the team over all. The way that team work is exemplified really raised the bar on my expectations in other retail/sales based positions. I loved my time with customers and my time in the company... in the areas of team relationships and customer relations.,Managers behaving like children. A senior manager being hired with a prior felony check fraud conviction with time served. Managers having favorites and utilizing bad politics to promote team members. Extreme lack of concern for overall well-being of team.,Do better.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44278,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Jun 30, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,A wonderful place to work!,"Great people to work with and that makes for a great atmosphere. Plus, you get to play with the coolest toys and it's called work.",You're always on your feet because there is never any slow time and customers are always in a hurry to get out of the crowded store.,"Make sure you position people throughout, it's the worst when customers can't get help.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44279,apple,none," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Enter: entry-level applicants, RUN!: those who are experienced and career-oriented",It's a job. The pay is high for the type of demeaning work involved. Good benefits.,"Management is totally disorganized, no communication from the higher-ups. Being the highly matured and polished brand that it is, you would fully suspect that it's online channel and support team would have a more structured agenda and not base it's lackluster decisions on reactionary measures. If you like being involved and in the loop and have a professional go-getter personality with your sites set on growing within a firm, this is not the job for you. In other words, good entry-level position, poor and humiliatingly frustrating dead-end, here-today, gone-tomorrow sort of non-career.",Yeah... stop promoting to management those with ZERO relevant educational experience. Does being the best burger flipper at a fast food joint qualify them to manage the place? It doesn't. Wake up.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P766.htm
44280,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 14, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great Perks, No Life-Balance","Good pay, great perks (cafeteria, shuttles, gym, discounts, etc.), thorough training, and the opportunity to work for a world-class brand.","Very little work-life balance, arrogant executives, having to decide between living in the South Bay or commuting from San Francisco, difficult to move up in certain departments, very uninvolved and unhelpful Human Resources department.",Be kind.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44281,apple,none," Jun 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great sales job,The products and the people.,Selling pressure. To intense of an attendance policy.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44282,apple,none," Jul 8, 2014",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,"Low pay, crazy hours, lots of micro-management","It's Apple, biggest company in the entire world. You get to help Apple customers resolve issues with their devices. You'll get a lot of training, and learn more information than you thought was available. Excellent medical benefits.","Poor quality IT systems that regularly go down, making it hard to provide the best support to customers. Lot's of micro-management. Crazy rules for schedule bids.","You've got 150 Billion in the bank. Kick a little of it down to your front line support advisors, many of whom are underemployed in this poor economy. Also, don't be cheap - give your advisors a pay increase when they accept a rotation in a senior advisor role. That is keeping some talented folks from pursuing these rotations, and are instead looking for other opportunities outside of AppleCare, and even outside of Apple.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44283,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Jun 24, 2014",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,It's what you put in,"-Employees can adjust their schedules to fit around school -Free Apple gear, shirts, sweaters, Apple Software -Meet a lot of great people -Many internal job opportunities to move up into the company, i.e. management, Cupertino Jobs - Many learning opportunities","-Some of the worst customers to deal with if you're on the technician team -Salesmen are pressured to keep numbers up despite not making commission which leads to misleading information that can make the company look bad -Senior Management -Hard to land a job - but once you're in, you're in",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44284,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,"Apple is a great company to work for. There are endless resources you can throw at any problem and they are very focused on professional development. Whether Apple is the end goal or a stepping stone, they will support you as long as you deliver your best foot forward.","It's pretty corporate as far as the the attitude goes. You have to be behind apple 110% no questions asked. A cornerstone of the company is to be okay with ambiguity, which can be hard if you are a critical thinker that needs to know the ""why""","Put the Apple cool aid away when an employee approaches you with a problem and try to level with the person as a human being rather than a representative of Apple. Otherwise, keep on keepin' on!",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44285,apple,"Buford, GA"," Jul 2, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,Great experience. Excellent customer service training and conflict resolution training.,They pay their employees way to little,"If they paid more, the would probably retain better quality employees for longer.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44286,apple,none," Jul 14, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,False Hopes and Promises,"A fair amount of nice, smart retail colleagues","Fake leadership, false hopes, low to know consideration for employees.",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44287,apple,none," Jul 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stuttering...,Amazing colleagues and talented people. Not a bad place to brain storm possibilities. Tim Cook is a great individual and that is a major plus.,Career growth opps are beginning to feel restricted. Makes for more of a cut throat culture rather than a collaborative one.  Sense of murky vision only adds to the uncertainty. Tim Cook is a great individual but doesn't communicate vision or inspire. This leaves a feeling of a ship with many ships pulling in many different ways. This has opened up great room for competitors and nimble startups to encroach on the forward position Apple is renown to hold.  Nothing seems genuinely new or crafted to truly be transformative for the customer. Just iterative.  It was a good run...,"The more talented people that leave the better for the companies they join. So, thank you for the recent internal conditions leading to the significant contribution of talent and culture of innovation into other companies to raise the bar and democratize the tech space by wrestling away the hold of the new behemoths.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44288,apple,none," Jun 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Two thumbs up,Great work balance and love my job,None to think of currently,Communicate with front line staff,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44289,apple,"Durham, NC"," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Loved it,"Work life balance and ESPP, life lasting friendships and a chance to meet all kinds of people",You might get too comfortable,Sometimes it's good to associate with cliques but don't overlook others who work hard!,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P767.htm
44290,apple,none," Jul 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer service,"Decent pay, get to know the ins and outs of products you probably use. A job that can be mentally challenging and also emotionally fulfilling. If you work at a corporate run office good benefits and work environment.",Can be emotionally taxing to deal with distraught people for the majority of the day. You may begin to lack empathy for elderly people. The hours can be insane sometimes. If you work at a contracted office the benefits are more likely to be sparse and the management abysmal.,Allow expedited internal advancement flexible work hours and I wish Apple had stronger workplace quality standards to raise the bar on their contracted facilities. (Eg. Cover benefits in-house and have regular monitoring that the Apple culture was present).,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44291,apple,none," Jul 12, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Expert,"Be happy with the role your in, or move on.","Bright and unique peers, which would allow a great work environment if management had a clue.","Too big, too compartmentalized for it's own good. Losing culture and commitment to values. Accountability and absolute dedication to perfection has declined and focus not there. Not able to recognize and doesn't focus on talent within, hires ignorant and lacking management who focus on managing and not truly accomplishing anything when this is what it's to supervise already capable individuals.","Pay much more attention. Get in the mix, really, know how it works! Think outside the box, don't just tell your employees to do so. Stop losing actual talent",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44292,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Jun 27, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Best job i ever had,"people, culture, values, teamwork, staff, customers, work life balance, room to advance","inner turmoil in some stores, managers accused of thing they hadn't done, some managers unfortunately working the system though, and not getting in trouble for the wrongs they HAD done. Too many managers letting the ""power trip"" go to their heads, too many issues becoming HR issues.","be fair, be consistent, don't sleep with your employees IN or OUT of the store. Golden rule should always apply.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44293,apple,"North Providence, RI"," Jun 30, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,It was a great place to work when i was wiring there,love the atmosphere... they made it very easy to work there,when i tried to transfer store to the providence place mall they just gave me an extremely hard time. it was very aggravating because i did not do anything to lose my job. they just did not like me for some odd reason. overall my worst experience about apple was practicaly begging for my job even though i already had a job. they people that stripped me of my job over at providence place mall should be fired because they had no reason to do so.,be a little bit more understanding,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44294,apple,"Deer Park, IL"," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Best job I've ever had,"Company takes very well care of its employees. Fast paced, fun, meeting great people and room for advancement","Retail hours, not the best pay, work weekends",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44295,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 29, 2014",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great company it's that great for you to sacrifice others to stay,Being part of one of the best innovative company in the world,"No much work life balance, salary & bonus is not that competitive if you are not in core r&d or sales & marketing",Could be more generous to the general employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44296,apple,"Lexington, KY"," Jun 24, 2014","Former Employee - Apple Genius, Genius Administrator",Cool Enough,"Fast pace, ever-changing processes, technology, culture.","Politics, stagnant, small opportunity for promotion other than within retail environment, underpaid for amount of revenue generated by employees.","Consider evaluating employee's potential, skill set, and using a pipeline to fill positions accordingly. Appreciate the hard work put in by retail employees everyday, after all - you say they are the face of the company.",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44297,apple,none," Jul 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple at home advisor,"training, home office, hardware provided","every minute of every workday accounted for, even going to the bathroom, digital police, no room for advancement, pay is ok at best",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44298,apple,none," Jun 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,"Great team, great company, great cafe","The commute, not being able to work from home",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44299,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,No Work Life Balance at All......The only thing that matters is to meet the schedules,Working on top technology with extremely hard working and smart people.,"No work life balance at all, everyone seemed and treated as a disposable resource, crazy work hours, etc.",Develop some leadership skills so people don't just follow you out of fear for their jobs.......,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P768.htm
44300,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 10, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The facade and the corporate culture became out of sync.,"Great coworkers (at least while I was there), very useful discount and decent pay (for retail).",The friendly family culture morphed into something more cold and corporate as the company made more money and started to be accepted commercially.,Treat your employees better than you would treat yourself because those under you hold you up ...a building can't stand without its foundation.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44301,apple,none," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Overall a great environment.,"Excellent benefits, stock purchase plan. Fun environment.",Pay is not on par.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44302,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 19, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Experience,"training, work-life balance, great benefits, relaxed work environment, great pay","Opportunities for growth, hard to get into corporate",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44303,apple,none," Jun 19, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Apple at home advisor, college","Able to set your own schedule Great benefits, tuition reimbursement, product discounts, health insurance Friendly people everywhere",Very very boring Strict schedule The work wasn't difficult but eventually it becomes too tedious and repetitive,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44304,apple,"Troy, MI"," Jul 8, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,I felt like I was in high school again,Apple has really good benefits for their employees and pays well for a retail job.,What store you're in makes all the difference on how its run. The store leader was rude and could care less about you. The longer you stayed the more of a jerk you could be to others was basically my stores overall theme.,"Grow up and stop treating the employees like children. Don't allow other employees to be rude and yell at people, especially to new employees who haven't picked up the fast pace of the store.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44305,apple,none," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This place is very professional. They make sure everything is taken care of.,It is very professional and a great company to work for.,low pay depending the job you are working on.,keep up the good work. Make the iPhone screen larger.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44306,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jun 26, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great place and pay for college students, overwhelming after 2 years, too much micromanage","insurance is great, public transportation is free in your city paid by company, easy job for college students, flexible for school/univeristy.","management treat people by the book, too much micromanagement, management plays too much mind games, very political environment.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44307,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Great company to work for,"Great culture, very flexible with hours, diverse coworkers, learning opportunities are everywhere",moving from sales to tech support still requires you to be able to meet sales goals even though selling is not part of your job in a tech support role. Management can be inconsistent.,Consistency across all managers throughout a region can help improve employee morale and the customer's experience,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44308,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Jul 8, 2014","Current Employee - IOS Advisor, Tier I",At Home Advisor for Apple,"It's completely remote, working from home. Incredibly technically easy work. Very feel-good training.","Metrics, no technical training - all focused on soft skills. Boring.","Not everyone wants a group hug - the job description is almost misleading - you end up handling all kinds of customer service issues (listening to people vent about cell service, for instance) instead of technical work. There's no real problem solving involved, just reading back tech articles. Change the job description, please.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44309,apple,none," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Sinking ship,"My teammates (this does NOT include management) are the best. Benefits, stock options, and discounts are also nice. The occasional gracious customer is also refreshing (there just aren't enough of them to make it worth it).","Overworked, no work life balance, treated like we're expendable, management cares more about getting their bonuses than looking out for their employees, policies have changed to reflect that quantity is more important than quality but we get in trouble if we can't meet numbers and also keep quality high.  In regards to whether I'd recommend someone work in Apple Retail...: If you watched a guy on the Titanic trying to convince a passing sailor to climb aboard after the cruise liner had already hit the iceberg, you'd wonder why he would do that when the sailor's vessel was comfortable and in a much better state. Even if that sailor was well qualified to help on the cruise liner, you wouldn't try to convince them that life would be better on a sinking ship. Obviously, the better choice would be to jump ship and see if that sailor could get you aboard their vessel. Some of the more passionate of us stay with the ship because of our love for what we do (think of the musicians that went down with the ship in the movie) but it's depressing and frustrating nonetheless. In our store, our management team is that jerk that keeps people from getting on the lifeboats or pushes people overboard if they get in the way. This is how I see our store.","Stop preaching the credo ""Our most important resource, our soul, is our people"" if you don't intend to treat us like it. LEAD BY EXAMPLE! If you don't know how to do what we do, how can you effectively support or lead us? There are enough frustrating and ridiculous procedures that come down from corporate teams that have no idea what it's like to work in the stores but it's more frustrating when managers that should know how crazy it is are also blind to it.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P769.htm
44310,apple,none," Jun 22, 2014",Current Employee - Creative,Mostly great,Smart people to work with. Awesome product. Good work environment. Great training and access to further training if you want. Certifications are an awesome addition to your resume.,Little advancement. Hard to see where you can go higher unless you are in management. Not much feedback to help you find that advancement.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44311,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 22, 2014",Former Employee - Electrical Engineer,Great place to work for,Great company to work for.,Difficult to learn for new college grad,keep doing what you are doing,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44312,apple,none," Jun 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding but rewarding,Many opportunities to be creative,Work-life balance worse than most,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44313,apple,"Farmington, CT"," Jul 5, 2014",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Cool company,Cool products. Great atmosphere. Excellent co workers. Great benefits. Great discounts and fun product training. High energy environment. Good job to learn how to handle high customer volume.,Low pay. Terrible hours. Awful managers. No room for growth or advancement. All promotions are handled externally. No support from management team.,Be respectful of the employees under you who actually run the store.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44314,apple,none," Jul 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"no room for advancement, leadership make you jump through hoops and you will not gain anything from it",awesome colleagues - it is the only reason why I am still working there for the time being.,promotions are solely based on likability and friendships - if you are not in cahoots with management then forget thinking about getting a promotion. Talented people are leaving left and right because of mismanagement.,start promoting people who do step up and do actual work and stop making up new responsibilities for certain job roles that have nothing to do with certain aspects of the store.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44315,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 24, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Always interesting, sometimes fun, sometimes high pressure, poor pay","Many really great people to work with. Cafeteria is really excellent (and got better over the years). Frequent Beer bashes, and other events. Many opportunities for different roles at various times (though with fierce competition). Great benefits. The medical/vision/dental plan is really good, more sick/vacation than many places, 401k was good, the stock purchase plan was great, and the plans for buying Apple things offered great deals. Interesting and challenging work. I was very self directed, management was really there to advise rather than direct, and good ideas/soutions are respected and rewarded. Exciting to be a part of something that was growing and influencing the industry. While it is a big company it doesn't have an oppressive corporate feel in most departments.","Lots of pressure to deliver made for a lot of 10+ hour days. I was up working on things after midnight way too often. Self-directed While there were opportunities for professional development, they were hard to take advantage of since we were constantly overloaded. Many of my team weren't just checking email on weekends, but doing a lot of work on Saturdays and Sundays, so I eventually was as well. Being self guided is tiring and can be stressful. The level use of contractors was really disturbing and their lack of investment in what they were working on showed in the end results. Pay wasn't up to industry standards. At all. The internal organization that develops software/infrastructure for the rest of the company is completely parasitic. Most people really dislike working with them, they were slow to respond, bureaucratic, rarely delivered the solution that was requested, and pushed back when requesting things. Some of the IT infrastructure is shockingly disorganized (though getting better). In Austin there's a lot of career growth limits since there's sales, support, finance, and little else. Easy to get a little lost in such a giant company.",Rein in the IS&T department hard. Offer global clarification that it is a company policy that working on the weekends for exempt employees is discouraged so that managers can't coerce employees into giving up even more of their life. Balance the contractor/employee ratio a bit. Offer better pay.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44316,apple,none," Jun 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I was a Mac Specialist in retail sales and training of others.,"Greatest products for productivity and managing life activities, personal devices, music, and business software tools. Their employee discounts allowed me to purchase a laptop that took my Web and graphic design to a new level.","This particular location was a good distance from my home, so I spent a lot on gas in comparison to the $8/hr I was earning at the time. Otherwise, I might still be there.",Higher pay would attract more experienced people who'd like to supplement their income and who would provide better advice to customers.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44317,apple,none," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,i love my job,"Fresh fruit, no tree burring, simple math","freakishly secretive, lord our god, blue",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44318,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 19, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Great team, tough customers","The staff and team at Apple stores are incredibly talented, and always supportive of each other. You get to work with amazing products every day. They also offer a lot of opportunities for employees to get training towards roles/positions they're interested in.","As with all retail jobs - you will eventually get burned out. My biggest issue with this job is not with the company itself, but with how a lot of people that come into the stores treat the retail employees. My advice for those looking to work at the Genius Bar? Have a thick skin.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44319,apple,"Newport Beach, CA"," Jun 19, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),GOOD,"Awesome products, awesome Credo, Can enrich lives",Personal growth is promised and never given.,Follow the Credo,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P770.htm
44320,apple,none," Jul 3, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Overall positive for the first few years and as glamour wears off you see there are not many opportunities to progress.,Good benefits and good people. Stress-free job with nothing to come home to.,Dealing with absolutely terrible and misinformed customers. If you work full-time your schedule will be different every week and you will work many close-open shifts which make it difficult to do anything outside work.,"Some leaders are absolutely amazing. However, the top leaders such as senior managers are often ladder climbing to a store leader position and in most cases the top district managers are absolutely pathetic leaders without college educations that have simply worked for Apple for 10+ years and are simply coasting. They make horrible hiring decisions and back them up because they don't want to roll themselves over.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44321,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 16, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,A Great Place to Start a Career,If you dive into the work at Apple you can expect to be rewarded handsomely with life long skills that are transferable to anything you may want to do. The amount of focus on personal development with both soft and hard skills makes working for the company like being in a major league farm system that will eventually get you recognition to move into almost any field of your choice.,"What has kept me at the company as long as I have been there is certainly the 401k, ESPP, Health Benefits, and Personal Development. What keeps me wanting to find other employment is the retail schedule and the wages. Coming out of college the wages are probably the best there are out there for someone with little to no experience. Sustaining a family and making it a life long career is just not possible for the majority of people unless they can mange to move their way into management and that is no small feat when you are surrounded by incredibly talented and driven people.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44322,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Think different, they said...",-Amazing health benefits -Legit swag -Modern offices -Some smart people -Iconic legacy,"-Experiences vary (depends on department, team, role, manager, location) -TONS of red-tape (see reviews written by engineers at HQ using agile) -Over-zealous job requisitions, sometimes seeking experience that half the employees do not possess -Promotions often come from favoritism/nepotism and not performance -Current organizational structure breeds an environment of paranoia and secrecy -Contractors and vendors treated poorly (they aren't considered human beings) -Certain managers care more about their own stock portfolios than Apple's *This leads to being forced to use external tools that are far below the threshold of industry standards -""Drinking the Kool-aid"" means adhering to secret rules -General lack of freedom -Compensation below industry standards (even with a degree or two) -Local community involvement is nonexistent *Samsung, AMD, Google, and other major industry names market/sponsor events in local markets where campuses are located","Fire all mid-level management. Some of the tenured management needs to go. Investigate why so many talented employees keep leaving. Figure out why your retention rate is so low. I felt more in-tuned with Apple's big picture plan than most of the tenured employees (including managers). I know it's hard to believe, but you have plenty of employees that could care less about your products, your future, and your reputation. Weed them out, and don't just listen to what they tell you. There's an insanely large amount of smooth talkers at Apple. Identify them, replace them with quality people, and win. Focus on hiring the competition. You should be trying to sell Apple to your competitor's users, not just relying on people who are already familiar with Apple products. Develop a hiring strategy that encourages a more diverse workforce. Use the competitive market that Austin has available. Sponsor locally. Make sure future employees don't walk away regretting their experience.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44323,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great innovative environment to work in but stressful at times,"There is a culture of innovation and design at Apple that is very invigorating. For a large company, things move really quickly and ideas are taken seriously.","Because Apple is a large corporation, my job was very task based and only focused on a small part of the production cycle. Teams are segmented and there is little communication about what other people are working on.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44324,apple,none," Jun 13, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Best job ever,"I work from home in almost any attire I want, I have responsibilities but they are very reasonable and I'm not on a script when on a call. They pay me fantastically, my manager is a very easy going, easy to get along with kind of guy. There are also a lot of opportunities to move up or around.","Keep an eye on your schedule, you're on and off times never change but meetings and training are changing all the time",An option to sit on a medicine ball would be nice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44325,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 16, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Not perfect but pretty darn close!,Apple is an amazing company to work for. You get to handle the latest technology on a daily basis while working on an incredible team and customer basis. The benefits that Apple provides and the employee discounts make it super easy for employees to have the latest Apple goodies.,"For a company that has so much money, Apple gets cheap when handling its employees. OT always seems to be a problem even when its completely necessary. Transferring within the company is not an easy task either, it usually takes months for management to get the ball rolling unless you are on their case 24/7. Being rehired into the company after you leave is also an impossible task, you would think with the experience and knowledge it would be worthwhile to hire someone who has the experience.","Apple leadership, understand that I loved working for Apple because it was a place where I could think different and be myself. In recently years, that focus has shifted to becoming all about the bottom-line and the money. Don't forget your employees, the people who make the company what it is.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44326,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 15, 2014",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Great place to work,"Flexible hours, good pay, friendly environment","Store was open for 24 hours, which was rough ... some seriously crazy hours.",Love the one to one sessions.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44327,apple,none," Jul 16, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Sold a pipe dream,"The pay, benefits and discounts were great. I got to work with some smart and amazing people.","No work life balance. Favoritism was an issue that was never addressed. People not being accountable for their actions and performance made it frustrating. Although there are several talented and intelligent ppl, there was equally lazy idiots that should have never been hired and deserve to be fired that still work there. I would never wish bad on anyone, so I will say I hope the culture changes for the better.",Get it together,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44328,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Jun 14, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Expert,Great at first. Then extremely political.,Health insurance is the best. Really. No other company has better insurance. Even doctors tell me I have better insurance then they do. Stock options are great. The people are fun to work with and you learn a lot.,"Not good pay or hours if you have a family. If you are a single, college student then its perfect. IT turns into groundhogs day. Its the same crap day in and day out. Old people forgot their Apple ID passwords, angry 20-30 somethings freaking out that their Mac or iPhone died and of course they never back up and its your fault. Hard to become a manager unless you put in 12-15 hr shifts for months on end and even then they will probably hire some jag weed from Starbucks, Target or Best Buy.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44329,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Great Company,"Great company and benefits. Management is open to conversations regarding the job, and performance.","Management is on top of employee attendance and adherence to schedules and breaks. There is little room for growth and development at flagship locations due to the fast-paced and high demand environment. Poor attendance policy for being in such a metropolitan area. Difficult work-life balance, because it is retail and little prep time is given for product launches",Adjust attendance policy to accommodate tardiness from mass transit.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P771.htm
44330,apple,none," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Energetic environment and very relaxed people to work with,Can be very hectic be prepared for anything.,none,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44331,apple,none," Jun 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for fresh grads to get experience,"Good experience, great products, good focus","Hugely political, poor management, poor work life balance",Have some integrity please.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44332,apple,"Madison, WI"," Jun 13, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Awesome coworkers, fun but nonstop work (Retail).","The people I work with are fun and greatly supportive. The technology is great. There's no boredom at all, even without customers there is always something to do and or learn.","Working at a mall has its downsides, and customers can be awful. After a while it can be hard to keep up enthusiasm and positivity.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44333,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Jun 13, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Amazing learning experience.,Learning about other Apple products besides their hardware. Understanding how their software works well with their hardware. Great place to meet various people with great passion.,No development career growth. If you wanted to seek advice for career growth it was very hard to identify the necessary steps. Programs were in place but management was not always supportive of it.,Need the ability to identify employees who have worked hard to build the team and be able to guide them to a higher career path.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44334,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 25, 2014",Current Employee - Volt,apple warehouse,The best reason is that you can repair the phone and learn how to fix the phone when something happen to it.,talk to other people while we are working.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44335,apple,none," Jul 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrendous,"No pros at all, I'm not even going to waste my time saying anything good about this overly-rated abomination of a company.","Terrible company that works their employees like slaves, only concern with profits rather than true innovation. Apple should be a victim of more cyber-attacks.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44336,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," Jul 17, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"Work with new technology, never boring! Always on your toes thinking fast.",You are on your feet. Hard to advance in the company. You work with unhappy customers at times.,Be as supportive as you can and always assume positive intent in the employees.,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44337,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 4, 2014",Former Employee - Tech Support II,Best Place To Work!,"Great pay, great benefits and a fun place to work. A place where you can take your idea's and grow. Apple makes the best products and has the best customer service and support. You will never be bored with your job, since there is always something to learn.","When I worked there we were not able to access peoples computers so sometimes it made my job more difficult especially when I had a user who was not very savvy. They were working on this, but were worried about the liability. Most company's use this tool to fix your computer as standard operating procedures. Not able to choose how long you wanted to take for lunch. Other call centers will let you choose how long you want to take for lunch and let you adjust your time every week.",Please consider using the tool so Tech Support can have access to fix people's computers. It takes twice as long to help a customer when they are not very savvy.  Have the flexibility to change my lunch schedule would have helped a lot. All in all Apple is the best company I have ever worked for. Thank you for making it such a great place to work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44338,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Loved the company, but customers treat you like crap.","Awesome hours, coworkers, and management. I worked for the college program so I believe we got paid a little less than the full time employees but it was still nice. It was an at home position, so it was very convenient not having to deal with traffic every morning.","I worked in AppleCare and multiple times a day there would be customers who had absolutely zero respect. They would call and be impatient, because they were put on hold before the call ever go to me. Then those customers may get sent a survey and take out all of their frustrations on you, screwing up your metrics.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44339,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jun 11, 2014",Former Employee - BOH Specialist,Not bad for working in a mall,"Good people, fun to be around the latest tech stuff. When you get on full-time, the benefits are pretty killer, and usually the scheduling is pretty accommodating if you need a sudden day off but don't want to burn a vacation day or sick day.","Occasionally run into the large-company type problems, can make it hard to get anything accomplished. The love to promote from within, but they pretty much peg these people from the beginning of their time with the company, and if you decide after a while you want to do something else in-store or move up, it can be a little hard to convince people you are more than just one-note.",Flatten out the scheduling if you can. Don't forget about people's potential just because you've known them for long enough to think you have them figured out.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P772.htm
44340,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 10, 2014",Former Employee - Lead Creative,Apple,great work environment and job opportunity,work life balance is key to employee,people first,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44341,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 10, 2014","Former Employee - Creative, Trainer",Fast paced and electric environment focused on revenue and customer experience. Great to jump into but takes its toll.,"Becoming a technological genius, leadership skills, communication development, and community of like minded employees.",Part time employees have little to no benefits. Health care is about it. Job is really demanding for the pay.,To value the employee more by giving better raises to keep the staff.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44342,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Caregiver,I Love This Company!,"They are always on top of everything! If a customer comes in and if they are not happy with their iPhone,iPad etc...They Fix it right then and there!",I think sometimes they do get beside themselves because they have so many people that comes in!,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44343,apple,none," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Part-Time Specialist,Great people and environment. Part-time benefits alone make it worth working for Apple. Everyone I work with is supportive and intelligent. Apple encourages personal development and gives you the tools you need to grow and learn.,"It's retail, so be prepared to work weekends, nights and holidays. Working face-to-face with customers that do not want to learn how to use the incredible technology they get with Apple products can, at times, be frustrating. In addition to the diverse group of people who are, generally, very pleasant, be prepared to deal with Apple haters, rumor mongers and those who would , frankly, be better served to buy a flip-phone.",Keep listening to feedback from employees and be mindful of work/life balance.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44344,apple,"Akron, OH"," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Good but,"Culture, co workers, and benefits. The people you work with are fantastic and really become a great circle of friends.","Tyrannical leadership, work life balance gets destroyed quickly. You are super tired at the end of the day, but the insult comes when your leadership fails to acknowledge the hard work you and your team put in. They are obsessed with sales objectives and often lose sight of the general good of the store",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44345,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 25, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Culture is a cult, brownnosers paradise!","Discounts, benefits, training, good reputation, products","Compensation, work-life balance, company culture, accommodations are horrible","It would be nice to get opportunities when you are a straight male that is looking out for the company instead of watching others make moves because of their sexual preference. Lot's of excuses and only brownnosers would succeed. They would hire you as a part-timer but make you work full-time so that you don't get full benefits. They stick to these guidelines that no one could ever exceed and if you did it would be too late. The best aspiration at the store is to be a genius and if you are good at selling you would never get recommended to corporate, no matter what...",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44346,apple,none," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging but worthed!,"compensations, learning new skills, company values","work-life balance, high demanding environment,high performance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44347,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"A fantastic, educational, and exciting work environment.",Great co-workers goal oriented peers friendly competition & mentoring,"Large grow of co-workers makes implementing small changes more difficult limited tools to perform our jobs, so we must rely on others to maintain our tools as a team. The customers are extremely rude and disrespectful very frequently.",Make sure you spend the time to tell your employees how much they are appreciated and when they're doing well. People excel on motivation.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44348,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Algorithm Engineer,World class opportunity to have the world as your audience.,Producing work that will touch so many people in this world. Decisions have such a monumental influence. Large stake poker. Who needs soap opera to see drama.,"There's no roadmap, no guarantees. (not the cooperate kind, the typical ""professional"" kind) Then again, rarely are things worth the effort if there is a roadmap.","Run looser, run faster.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44349,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Amazing,The best people you'll every work with in retail and elsewhere.,Employees that don't try as hard and then blame the company or the leadership for their short fallings and unhappiness.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P773.htm
44350,apple,none," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,A very great company to work for.,"Where do I start?!?!?! They have a good 401K plus have medical, dental, vision for even part timers. They reimburse you for certain expenses which is great. And if course the Discounts!!!! They company really takes care of their employees do they can give it their all.","Cons non so far maybe the scheduling perhaps,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44351,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Paradise of jobs,"Apple offers crazy benefits, and competitive salary. By competitive I don't mean a couple grand more in a year, I'm talking about a 2X / 2.5X salary. This place is a sea of knowledge. Never seen a more dedicated group.","Work life balance may be a bit tricky, people work their butts off here and surprisingly, at least for me, I don't ever mind stay a few hours late, because I am treated well and can't go 10 feet without running into something incredible.",Most managers I have met are doing an excellent job.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44352,apple,none," Jun 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place but becareful,Great work environment in regard to co-workers,There are limiting career paths. It will require you to transfer to obtain higher positions. There are to many instances of abuse of power and no reasons given behind changes,The emphasis on NPS is way to high and the cattiness among some if you managers is too high. The lack of transparency regard promotions is shameful,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44353,apple,"Newark, DE"," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist/ETC,"Laid back, fun.","Great work environment, fast paced/exciting. Flexible hours, interesting customers. Great discounts on cool stuff.",Weekends are required. Hard to move past retail level.,Add more avenues for people to move on to corporate!,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44354,apple,none," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Experience from the bottom up,"Great opportunities in retail based on where you start. If you put the effort in, you will get several opportunities to grow and develop. Chances to experience stores in other areas, experiences to try out other positions to see if you would enjoy it. Grew values that I can use in my profession that I went to school for.","Depending on your store, management is different. One store I worked at there were favorites picked, people not always deserving of positions moved up. Another store I worked at gives everyone the chances they want if they are willing to earn it.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44355,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,The coolest company in the world. Simple. Yet holes to fix.,The coolest company in the world. Simple.,"Favoritism is persistent, no real chance of moving up, always hiring external managers",The retail employees got Apple to where it is today and they need to be recognized properly.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44356,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Great on a resume, frustrating pay","You love most of your coworkers. Apple makes a point to hire interesting people and the training is honestly incredible. It results in my coworkers supporting me in ways that I've never known before. I know this job will look great on a resume once I get genius, which is why I've stayed as long as I have. Health care is amazing. They pay for your metro card.","Full time employees are not allowed to have any sort of set schedule in any way, can not even request a specific day off consistently without kickback. Leadership is passive aggressive and misleading. They will not give you real feedback or a timeline for growth. If you are not a genius, you are technically certified and not being paid well. They push you to pursue ""Apple quality"" customer service, but are unwilling to pay you for the level of exhaustion you reach from a consistently overbooked, never-ending, NYC genius bar queue. Those receiving genius promotions are even being paid less than they used to be. It's a bummer.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44357,apple,"Providence, RI"," Jun 19, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"It was a decent retail job with decent pay, thats about it.","Good pay for retail, fairly interesting, good discounts and bonuses (401k / stock/ health care)","Very intense, high burn out rate, terrible management","Stop being so terrible! Promotions should be earned, not given to friends.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44358,apple,"North Sacramento, CA"," Jul 6, 2014",Former Employee - Tech Advisor,If you have a disability - you are not welcome,The brand name adds value on your resume,The company lower managers don't care about work balance with personal life especially if you are suffering with any type if disability. They will not accommodate flexibility with work schedule and still expect 60 - 70 hours of extreme work pressure. They have no apathy and will fire you even if you go on medical leave. Not a place for those who have any empairments.,Have 360 rating with lower management. There is a reason why your customer support area is struggling. It's not the workers it's those that you have in charge. People are people not robots or a number to be discarded at whim of management.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44359,apple,"Des Moines, IA"," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Amazing Company,"Good mix between work, and family. It had a positive feeling and didn't feel like work at all.",Not much except for having to deal with lots of people just messing around.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P774.htm
44360,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 3, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,life changing experience,"Great people, Great Benefits, Always Challenging in a good way",very demanding schedule. Hire at will agreement.,keep it up.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44361,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Great People, Needy Customers",Livable Wages Great Benefits Development for career,managers can be unorganized full time must be available 7 days a week with no preferred day off.,"You shouldn't put the quote ""our most important asset is our people"" in your company credo and then no allow them to form some sort of work life balance.",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44362,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 4, 2014","Current Employee - Researcher &amp, Software Engineer In Machine Learning &amp, Computer Vision",Great experience to put on your resume. But not a long term choice.,Safety. Great salaries. Great people.,Lack of challenge. Difficult to move up without impacting your personal life. No real innovation.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44363,apple,none," Jun 14, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"At Home Adviser, Glorified call center job",It is a decent job if you are in college and need to work around a class schedule.,The same as any customer service job. People who you are trying to help will be super mean.,The management was quite good.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44364,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 15, 2014",Former Employee - Famiy Room Specialist,"Very entertaining, enjoyable, and great friends are made but incredibly busy to exhaustion.","Very clean, interesting to be a part of one of the top grossing current tech companies in the world, hours are very simple and it's easy to leave when your actually supposed to leave at the end of your shift as most customers and staff understand retail hour policies.",So busy that it becomes chaotic at points and becomes hard to hear yourself think as the stores can become so loud and after some time the job becomes repetitive as most of the products sell themselves and the time span for new products to come out is extremely long.,"Promotions are a must and if they do not happen often enough, just like with any company, people begin to leave and their work performances drop dramatically costing the company more than if the company gave promotions.",3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44365,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," May 31, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Enjoy the Job, Learned a lot about retail!",Great company to work for! Enjoyed the benefits of not being in an office and talking to customers!,"Had to hit sales goals, didn't like when I took risks. Didn't want to pay employees more money, try to stifle raises. Very little room for growth to the next level",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44366,apple,none," May 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love It,"Pay, Experience, Ability to move up",wish we got commission,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44367,apple,"Cerritos, CA"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Apple Family Room Specialist,"Best company to work for. Very great management. Everyone at Apple Gets a really great discount. %25 + ($500 every 3 years). Everyone support each other as family. Managers always treat us to great food. This company cares about you. Very good benefit. Free fitness and health plans, free bus pass year round. Pays very well and get promoted very fast. Once you worked at Apple, you can work at any Apple Store in the World!",Get yell at everyday by crazy customers. Request time off are tricky.You use old iPads and iPods touch that runs very slow. Store gets too crazy over crowded.,"Update EasyPays and use up to date iPads for mobile genius. More sick pays hours. Better raise every year. (.40+ Cents increases is not enough to feed my two kids, while managers makes banks off good NPS and ISP. As a employee at Apple, we FRS and Red Zone Specialist work sweat and blood for you guys and all we ask for in return is some kind of advance pay raise or bonus. FRS should at lest make $20/HR due to many stress from customer and RZ should get at lest $17/HR. And if we achieve our ISP / NPS goals, We should get a bonus or a free iPad/ iPod. We work our butts off just to get a Thank You email while manager swims in pool of bonus cash. Apple Makes billions $$ a year, What better way to spend it by giving it to your employee.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44368,apple,none," May 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A true lesson in life skills.,"Really smart and interesting people work there. Great life skill lessons and a fun, engaging environment","The retail side is struggling from a talent perspective. Higher level leaders are too comfortable with their financial standing, the level of their engagement has decreased","Stay small, stay sharp",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44369,apple,none," May 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for overall!!,"Environment, products, basically everything except for the hourly rate.",Horrible pay considering Apple is the most profitable company on the face of the planet these days.,"Increase hourly rate for full-time Apple Retail employees!! Oh wait, you guys only have a hand full of true full-time employees in your stores (excluding mgmt)..",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P775.htm
44370,apple,none," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Low stress, high energy","Great people to work with, get to meet a ton of new people every day","Hard to move up in the company, high degree of turnover",Pay more!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44371,apple,none," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Probably the best retail experience that I've had.,Great focus on team building and opportunities to try different roles.,"Work-life balance and depending on who the leadership team is for the store - personal growth maintaining time can be a problem.  Also, working for and with people in the customer service industry can be difficult in general.",Remember the credo.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44372,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful company to work for,"Amazing coworkers, several opportunities for growth, constant feedback and support from upper management, very good benefits and salary.",My particular team is unable to choose their work schedule. Customer service can be a bit tedious at times. Advisors across multiple teams are not always on the same page when presenting an appropriate resolution to our customers.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44373,apple,none," May 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,Great company,Taking good care of you. Good pay for a retail store. Meet a lot of interesting people.,Not many opportunities to move up. Have to work holidays and weekends.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44374,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Great experience, a good entry-level position for those in tech/analyst support","Work balance is good Amazing Benefits Work at Home Constantly trained and up to date on latest software, technologies, and services. Good Upward mobility Networking is great. Discount + Perks Great resume builder/entry level position in tech/computer industry Management is friendly","Hired as part-time initially, had to work for at least 9-12 months to be consider for advancement to full-time so that was probably one of the biggest cons. Pay is moderate to moderate-high. I think the pay should be a little more for the amount of work and hours put in. Otherwise working for the company was a blast and enjoyed every minute of it.","Hire on at-home advisors for full-time. Out of my whole experience, I would say nearly 90% of all the AHA part-time I interacted/worked with wanted to be full-time instead of part-time. Its hard for anyone to make an honest living on the AHA part-time budget only. The people I worked with were mostly higher educated (bachelors degree or more) and have matching experience. We work hard and care for the position and the corporate culture and want to move up within the company. Pay them as they should. at least full-time from the point of hire or increase hourly pay.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44375,apple,"Houston, TX"," May 19, 2014",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Retail's best kept secret,"Amazing job with amazing compensation, opportunities that are not normally available outside of this company are plentiful inside and the form of management and business being done is unparalleled in todays's retail world. I have worked the retail side for 5 years and can honestly say I have never loved a job so much.","Retail is always retail, so the hours are never going to be as favorable as a 8-5 office job, and it definitely has it's disadvantages when discussing compensation when trying to take care of an entire family, but that is it on a retail level, and the opportunities to branch into corporate are the answer to that.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44376,apple,none," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great Job for a College Student,Great Pay for a retailer and opportunity to gain corporate experiences.,Can be stressful with high volumes of customers.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44377,apple,none," May 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Apple is a great place to work with amazing benefits.,I haven't found any yet.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44378,apple,none," May 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience has been good so far.,Environment fosters learning and independent thinking.,Technically a person should be good in her/his field to succeed.,Currently no opinion.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44379,apple,none," Jun 9, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,The culture changed,"I loved the friends I made I made. To this day we still keep in touch and they are like family. Apple retail is really like no other retail stores. I have worked at other retail stores, but Apple has an amazing strategy for customer service. If and when you get full time, your possibilities are endless, you can move up within the company, you can travel to new ones across the world.","They overwork you. Pretty much they test to see how much they can get away with and have you work in every department while trying to keep your title the same. To them, its called ""being resourceful"". To my fellow employees, it's called not promoting us. There is favoritism in retail, so just make sure you are in that group if you want to get anywhere.","Well as a manager, I wouldn't favor employees. I think employees should be promoted for working hard. I think about should come up with a differential for bilingual speakers as well when Market is made up mostly by bilingual.",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P776.htm
44380,apple,none," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Culture, Intelligence, Quality, People","Amazing culture. Working with some of the most creative and intelligent people on the planet. Great development as an employee, you're heard and trusted. 401k match, amazing health, dental, vision, and product discounts. Benefits are almost endless.","It's retail, so work/life balance are hard. It's easy to feel as if you're not paid enough when the stores get beyond busy, which is often :)",Raise the compensation,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44381,apple,none," Jun 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Honeymoon Period Doesn't Last Forever,"Apple makes you feel good about yourself when you're hired. The energy is amazing at first, and it's very easy to have your breath simply taken away by the magic of it all. We Apple long-timers call this ""drinking the kool-aid."" You get pretty good discounts for yourself (once a year) on merchandise. And, their benefits (medical, dental, 401k, and stock program) are pretty awesome for full-time employees.","When being promoted from within, you WILL NOT get paid as much as someone being hired from outside the company. Not even close. This is how they save money... Also, you will never receive a substantial pay increase. Just don't expect it. Apple ""promotes"" people into new positions they create so that they don't have to hire someone else above that pay grade to do the job. For example: An Apple Genius is the tech that troubleshoots and fixes your stuff at the Genius Bar. An Apple Creative is the trainer that is very knowledgeable about software, who teaches you how to use your computer when you have a One-to-One membership. They both get paid much more than Specialists (salespeople). Apple invented the position ""Family Room Specialist"" to do a little of both of the Genius and Creative roles' jobs. They have to train for it, bust their butts to prove themselves, interview, etc. But after given the ""promotion"", they receive no pay increase. Thus, Apple now doesn't have to hire any more higher-paid Genii or Creatives. Another con? Is the con. They will (management) con you into believing that it's ok to be up front with them, and you can do anything... This is true only if it makes that manager look good. It's all just corporate retail politics. Lastly, you will always, ALWAYS be stressed out, and you will never know your schedule very far in advance.","Consider not lying to your employees to get things out of them that make you look good. If your employees are happy, that should make you look good enough. Don't screw them over.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44382,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 7, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Good place to start for retail focused individuals,Great benefits for retail industry standards,Takes too long to get promoted. If you don't start at a management position it can take you years to work your way up the ladder.,internal promotions would motivate employees to staying around longer,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44383,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 14, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Good job opportunity for someone who likes to work at home,"Good benefits,very fair salary for working from home and not having to worry about gas expenses, great company","Hours are way too scattered and inflexible for most, especially during the first year","Try to focus on better schedule flexibility for the AHA position. People who work at home often have disabilities, children that demand a lot of attention, or other issues and reasons that they need to work from their home office. The biggest benefit is schedule flexibility. Workers will be more focused, better able to work shifts, and generally will be more happy! These things makes the experience better for the customer. Everyone wins with this situation.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44384,apple,none," Jun 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So good,Apple makes it clear from day one that they highly value their employees. Great learning environment.,"It's difficult to get into the retail side of Apple. There is a lot of competition. Change is constant, there is no hand-holding.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44385,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,A Rewarding Challenge,Exposure to a diversity of people and technology.,Not everyone appreciates the solutions we are able to provide.,Identify reoccurring issues and the best solutions to better structure training.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44386,apple,"Clemson, SC"," May 22, 2014",Former Employee - Campus Representative,"amazing. well-oiled machine, all-star minds.","great people, great work environment. the best thing about working for apple is that you get a sense of meaning from your work.","fast pace, high expectations, and it can be overwhelming but if you are chosen, then you can handle these things.","recruitment. best recruiters in the world. that's why they are the highest dollar value company in the world, seriously.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44387,apple,none," May 21, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,I loved this job.,One of the best retail jobs out there. Higher pay and better benefits than other jobs I have had. You get to meet a diverse group of people in your coworkers and customers. Opportunities to grow within.,Atmosphere is fun but you have to be willing to work hard. The stores stay busy and if you don't have the right attitude you may burn out.,My managers were great at employee recognition and checking in to see how we were and how we wanted to be used in the store and company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44388,apple,"Kansas City, KS"," May 21, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Great company to work for.,Employees are great people and if you like technology it keeps you stimulated,It is retail. Retail hours. Customers have unrealistic expectations.,Pay your employees more so they don't leave and find other opportunities.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44389,apple,none," May 10, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,"Great company, high expectations.","Fantastic work from home department Great benefits Crazy cool perks (tons of free software, Apple & 3rd party discounts, etc.) Overall, great training (though sometimes very last minute, ex. Finding out about new technology or procedures updates from customers before you have the training available) Extensive resources available to do your job effectively Awesome culture, great coworkers Unique project opportunities (temporary rotations available that offer completely different jobs/requirements for several months at a time) *If you want to work from home, THIS is the company to work for.","Very poor pay for the expectations (even if your performance is at the top of your team or area) Terrible sick leave policy Required OT during holidays Lack of time for innovation (though it is expected, even at low levels)","If you are going to boast having top notch customer service, pay the front line employees better. The perks are great, but pay for at-home advisors sucks.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P777.htm
44390,apple,"Nashua, NH"," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Strong Retail Company,Strong bonds formed through technical challenges. Seamless integration with wireless carriers for support,work-life balance is abused. Lack of support when dealing with ambiguous situations. inflexible retail hours means no weekends or fridays off.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44391,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Great Company, Great Culture, No Movement",Great experience in the retail environment Good credo to follow Awesome Co-Workers,No bonus for how much we sell No Advancement Apple has seem to forgotten retail,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44392,apple,"Newark, DE"," May 19, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,I loved my time with Apple.,The experience and education that comes with the time spent with Apple is a wealth that I wouldn't change or give up.,I would have enjoyed my time more if there was more of an opportunity to further my career within the company.,I believe the ideals that once made the company amazing have now been lost.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44393,apple,"Coral Gables, FL"," May 19, 2014",Former Employee - Campus Representative,Great learning as a campus rep,"independence, fun, education, great training weekend for all reps, gained skills for future job",hard to work with staff on campus to get the events to work,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44394,apple,none," May 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enriching,Empowered to show customers how technology can shape and enrich their lives. Awesome culture focused on innovation. Incredible coworkers who become life-long friends.,"Not many to mention. Every now and again management will hire some dispassionate and disinterested people, but those same people usually find their way to some other job shortly after realizing that they don't have the drive to buy-in to a truly impactful vision.","Adhere to the culture, and be uncompromising.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44395,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you want to work with fake people who don't care about you this is the place to be.,Great pay that is literally the only pro.,"Management is terrible, they only care about themselves, every week something new comes up that they are trying to sell us on. The flavor of the week management style is VERY much the way of life. Customers are self entitled and they speak to you any way they want and get away with it. Team is great if you want to get drunk or get high as that is what the majority of team members do to cope with managers and customers.","Please don't lie to everyone about being promoted, you all use these 'promotions/career experiences' as bargaining tools yet they never are real. If you cared half as much about your employees as yourself you would be a great company.",1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44396,apple,"Burlingame, CA"," May 19, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,A great company to work for,they hire the best people which add to a dynamic atmosphere,the politics of upper management,don't get cocky,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44397,apple,none," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - FRS,Review,"At Apple you will meet some of the most amazing, smart, interesting people.",Work-Life Balance and overwhelming number of customers. After working it can become the same things day in and day out.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44398,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 2, 2014","Former Employee - ICS, Retail",Former Unique Retails Succumbs to Box Box Mentality,"Competitive wages, employee discount, stock options.","Core training went out the window after a few years. The unique values of Apple that at first went into their retail philosophy soon gave way to typical big box mentality. Working at an Apple store may sound cool, but it isn't much different from Best Buy.",Let individuality shine a bit more. Cookie cutter/big box isn't true to the Apple way.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44399,apple,"Columbus, OH"," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,AWESOME COMPANY!!!,"Perks, time off, salary, team, management style",I don't have any cons about working here,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P778.htm
44400,apple,"Wayne, NJ"," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great place to work, a company that cares for their workers.","Many job opportunities, pays very well for retail and sales, excellent benefits. Many skills can be picked up that are useful for other employment opportunities. Everyone is extremely knowledgable, and this company is truthfully more about doing what's right for the company instead of making more money.","The only real con is the retail scheduling and hours. Other than that, there are no complaints.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44401,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - IOS App Reviewer,Best Place to work with great people all very proud of what they do,1) Great working environment 2) Great people all brilliant 3) Exciting work knowing it will impact tens of millions of people 4) Great benefits for employee 5) Flexible work hours 6) Great food at Mac Cafe (Not free but well worth it) 7) Free bus ride from home to work servicing many communities in the bay area,1) Lots of work in tight schedule 2) Not being able to know more higher level info and planning besides your own work scope,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44402,apple,none," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company!,"Apple cares about its people. They have above average compensation and benefits, even for part-time employees. The benefits are good. Apple attracts the best, most passionate people in the world and that makes going to work every day a pleasure.",Management vision can vary depending upon the location. Advancement within the company can be difficult,Promote from within.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44403,apple,"New York, NY"," May 18, 2014",Former Employee - Genuis,A great place to work!,Life is always in the air. People are satisfied with their products and you feel part of a team,No perceivable growth. Apply somewhere else if you are looking to achieve higher milestones,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44404,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 25, 2014",Former Employee - Human Resources HelpLine,"Great benefits, tough job",Apple is a good company to work for. There is room to advance and benefits are very good.,The HR HelpLine job is very demanding. The phones and emails are non-stop and you can rarely catch up. Overtime is readily available. Many want to leave but the benefits are too good to give up. The shifts rotate and range from a start of approximately 7:30AM or end of 8:30pm or later. If you have day care deadlines this job will not be suitable.,"Treat the HR staff like professionals and less like a call center. Work to minimize the ""drama"" and playing favorites.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44405,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - AHA Advisor,It was the most difficult job I've ever had.,"the training is phenomenal and the experience is invaluable for anyone wanting to work in a call center. However, they will work you to the bone for a year and drop you and/or remind you that you are replaceable the second you show any sign of breaking. Overall, they","not very flexible when it comes to requesting time off for AHA advisors as one would think for an at home position. Also, they were rather cold when voicing concerns about the grueling pace expected of someone in this role.","self evaluation is difficult for someone that has never been in a call center environment before. So when the only coaching is framed around reviewing a negative comment from a customer or a metric such as average handle time, just be direct and transparent with constructive feedback rather than being vague. Furthermore, don't treat employees like they don't matter or like they are replaceable machines. It's cold and inhumane which is ironic considering how human you all wanted us to sound to customers...",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44406,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 3, 2014",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Thrilling & Dynamic Environment,Company headquarters has intelligent people who are passionate about the product in a fast pace environment with opportunities for creativity (hardly any bureaucratic hurdles). People are eager to deliver high quality results and do not hesitate to meet in person and resolve issues quickly. Pay and benefits are amazing as well as stock and promotion opportunities. Movement within the company is encouraged.,Apple culture at headquarters takes getting used to and the first 6 months tend to be challenging in the highly driven environment. People are detail oriented and analyze every detail which can derail meetings. There is plenty of uncertainty and you have to be adaptable to change. Hours are long due to the eagerness to deliver results.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44407,apple,"New York, NY"," May 17, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Cares,Takes feedback to better the work environment,Lack of communication with managers,"Set one way of promoting, instead of allowing others to move up based on your own opinion.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44408,apple,"Aventura, FL"," May 16, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Apple Review,great benefits for part time employees,Full availability for full timers. No set schedules. no exceptions.,none,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44409,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," May 12, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Best job I ever had!,Managers were excellent mentors. Truly supporting all staff to achieve their best performance. Managers willing and able to handle difficult customer issues. Staff were well trained before they were expected to perform. The Apple Store was a pleasure to work in even during peak holiday rushes. Always exciting with great opportunities to learn and advance.,"The pay, though above average for retail, was not enough for me to support my self in the DC metro area.",Keep on doing the excellent job you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P779.htm
44410,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Great Benefits, Terrible Management","Benefits (even for part-time employees), discounts, coworkers are always very interesting and fun.","Inconsistent hours, terrible work-life balance, management wants everyone to be a cookie cutter employee with not much room for individuality. Terrible growth opportunities. As an engineer by training, I was told that I ""wasn't qualified"" for a repair technician position and that I would need to stay in sales. The management team has no experience with technology and is not even required to have used our products in the past. They have no idea what's going on with the technology itself.","Don't be afraid of individuality and value the status of the part-time role. These employees are looking simply for a part-time job, not a life long career with Apple.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44411,apple,"Wauwatosa, WI"," May 15, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Retail stores are a fun place to work.,"Lots of different personality types, where this can be good and bad... works out really well for Apple. They also had strong career paths built into working even the lower end/part time jobs.","A discretion with a single manager can be hard to overcome, but there are several managers on staff, and a possibility of transferring as long as other locations are near by. Scheduling availability was very widely open, so difficult to schedule life around at times.","Keep listening to employees, and help out with more static scheduling... it helps everyone involved if you know when certain employees are available.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44412,apple,"Miami, FL"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,great company to start your career,One of the most respected companies in the world. You will work with a lot of talented people. A lot of learning opportunies,"I can't really think of any. If there is one, it will be you will challenged a lot to grow",Pretty awesome management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44413,apple,none," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Working with exceptional people who are very smart,work and life balance is hard to accomplish,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44414,apple,none," May 18, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,fast paced and fun,"great hourly rate with constant raises, flexible schedules for people still in school, fun coworkers, awesome benefits even for part time employees, great discounts on products, overall great workplace with opportunity for growth",- company is starting to care more about money than its people. - must work many hours during the weekends - needs a bigger store for all the volume we get - no commission,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44415,apple,"Richmond, VA"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great starting point, not a place to stick around too long","Apple hires a lot of young people who are on the path to going places some day which makes it an exciting, albeit gossipy place to work. I love the people I work with for the most part though and am generally satisfied with the way Apple treats their employees. There is no doubt in my mind that Apple is the king of retail and continues to be so well into 2014.","I have seen plenty of frustrating experiences where Apple either will not fire, or for HR reasons cannot fire, people who meet the typical criteria of a burnt out retail employee - someone who is bad at their job, hates their job, and generally just negatively impacts the entire experience. Management is also full of these individuals, people who have been with the company for far too long and become rather jaded and lackluster, no longer interested in really creating an inspiring environment but just looking to show up to work and debate what places to go to lunch that day. There is a weird imbalance between employees who seem to really care for their job and want to do something with their lives vs. those who just seem to be there to get paid.",Fire bad employees. I have seen far too many employees ruin customer experiences and detract from Apple's overall image and professionalism that management has simply swept under the rug rather than dealt with.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44416,apple,"Washington, DC"," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Wonderful company to work for.,I feel I am valued. The mission of creating lasting relationships with customers is always at the forefront. Benefits are great even for part-timers. Wellness challenges encourage people to participate across multiple stores and get to know one another while getting healthier.,The minimum hours required to remain an employee are increasing. Its a bit tough to do that and keep a full time job. Doing this personally to be a part of something great and to be engaged with all walks of life is what I love so much about this company.,Allow employees to work for fewer hours during the week. Thus allowing them to work and go to school on the side.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44417,apple,"New York, NY"," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It was a group interview first just to learn about how you with with different people and ideas and your consideration.,Everyone cares about each other and treats you with respect. Your opinions and thoughts do matter. They try their best to make the experience for employees the best possible.,"Harder to grow if you are in a more busier store, but they do work with you to help you real your goals.",Continue what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44418,apple,"Victor, NY"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great people, fast-paced, but still retail and could be stressful.","Great friends, great environment, good benefits, job security","Stressful, retail hours, not enough pay, repetitive tasks",Do your best!,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44419,apple,"Charleroi, PA"," May 3, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Best Company to work for,"Great teamwork, Time and resources to properly assist customers, Working from home",Cabin fever from never leaving the house,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P780.htm
44420,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," May 13, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great place to work fun people and everyone is chill,Its retail so hours can be crazy and weekends are long,"Keep doing what you are doing, they really try the best they can to mange all the customers, and employees.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44421,apple,"New York, NY"," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Best place to work in retail,Great benefits fun place to work,To much work for the people that are there,Hire more people,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44422,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 27, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),handling monotony of customer questions,very cool group of coworkers: everyone's always very knowledgeable about what they know. no less than truly dedicated managers that want to make their individual store succeed here. the employee discounts are nice too.,"no unique cons about a retail position. apple is great, and there's always been a lot of effort to make it so, but it's still a retail job.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44423,apple,"San Diego, CA"," May 27, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Big pros and big cons,"Good pay for a college student, full time benefits, and no experience required.",Schedules are not lenient and school breaks can be difficult.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44424,apple,none," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Passionate Employees,"Several opportunities within company to find something you love to do. Most employees are passionate about the company. I worked from home and they frequently send ""swag"" like water bottles, snacks, and things of that nature. And occasionally something really cool like an iPod Nano or something of that nature.",Can't really think of any cons. The only reason I stopped working for the company is because I moved back to my hometown where the particular job I did for Apple wasn't available.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44425,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,The Apple way,"Great work environment, staff is very helpful and family oriented.",Being a retail store the work hours are not the same every day.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44426,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Director of Sticker Placement In Retail Packaging,Ripe to the core,Free iPhones. Free Macs. Relatively easy work compared to Google.,I can't let people see my Android phone. No free Redbulls.,"Take a page from the Google playbook, and learn to pamper your employees.",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44427,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,Work culture does not make up for the very low wages.,"24 hour gym, Monthly Beer Bashes, and employee discounts on Apple products and select 3rd party vendors.","Due to the current economy, I had to take a 40% pay cut to work here. To advance from your current position, ""it is not what you know, but who you know."" If you do not know anyone, be prepared to stay in your current role for at least a year or more.","Increase the wages for your front-line employees, offer free food or at least a daily budget for your standard employees, and free healthcare to match our competitors' benefits.",1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44428,apple,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job For Retail,Nice pay and excellent benefits especially considering it is a retail job. It is quite fun to work at the store when there is a new product launch.,Retail hours. One day you may work until 9pm and the following day have to start at 8am so it doesn't feel like any time away from work. Also you are not guaranteed two days off in a row. It makes it hard to have a life as most of the world caters to a M-F work week.,Really think different and figure out how to turn retail on its head. Start with giving the week off at Thanksgiving like you do for the corporate folks.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44429,apple,"Burlingame, CA"," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,"great social environment, young friendly employees who have remained friends","no growth in the company, condescending managers who wanted to plan our career paths without actually letting us input our ideal career paths",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P781.htm
44430,apple,none," May 12, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great experience overall,Was given free reign as a Mac Genius to help the customers beyond the norm. Most of the staff were excited to be working at Apple and loved the products.,"Retail is not the best experience. The hours tend to conflict with your time off. Having to work holidays, weekends and vacation blackouts was not good.",Remove the nepotism. I understand that the retail environment is such that it promotes those that get along very well with management. It would be nice to be recognized and promoted because of the work you had done.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44431,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," May 26, 2014",Current Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,"Great Experience, little career advancement, monotonous daily activities",Benefits are great they include domestic partners and at an affordable price Yearly reviews Great discounts on their products Inspirational Culture and values Bi-Yearly anonymous surveys for employees to communicate how they feel in their role,"The tasks tend to be monotonous at best, the company used to really value its people they had working for them but that is slowly going down hill. Advancement in the company is slim to none, usually external candidates are hired rather than promoting within. Development within the company is also difficult you're expected to ""own your own development"" which is hard when you don't have enough time in the day to even spend developing yourself. Communication between retail management is lacking and needs to be improved so everyone can be on the same page within the store.","Get communication skills down pat so the whole store is on the same page. Value the employees more, show some more gratitude towards them.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44432,apple,"Detroit, MI"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Creative,"great friends, tough life",you get to work with amazing people,"the customers are rude, the company changes its mind to much.",the customer is not always right. stop sacrificing the customers happiness for their employees.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44433,apple,none," May 14, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Expert,Loved it til the end.,"Meet Incredible people, Have fun with amazing coworkers. incredible culture.",Golden Handcuffs. Managers didn't seem to know what they were doing half the time.,Unify,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44434,apple,"New York, NY"," May 23, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),I grew as an Individual however it has many horrors to it,"Benefits... Like commuter benefits where you get a free metrocard, Rather cheap health insurance if you are fulltime (only $40 each check depending on plan, I used in network only) Employee discounts on apple products, employee discounts on other products, free shirts, cool name tag, training (developing thick skin its customer service) Learn a lot about Macs, ipods, ipads etc.","Theres no opportunity for growth unless your a favorite. Yup I said it theres a lot of bias. It is retail what can you expect. You are successful in it if you have a good manager and your manager likes you, if you don't you will not advance. I worked very hard, but didn't care to make much friends with management so I was there 6 years without advancing. I am bilingual, a hardworker, great work ethic but just never got a chance to obtain a higher position.","Stop creating cliques and promoting your friends. Help your fellow employee so that the lines don't get so long. Have knowledge of Apple products, I am tired of managers coming from Starbucks or another major retailer and not being familiarized with how a mac or iphone works. Help employees and do not fill your pockets with bonuses.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44435,apple,"Wayne, NJ"," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Retail Store,"Great Environment, Great pay, Looks great on your Resume, great people.",Customers being allowed to do what ever they want.. Promotions are very competitive.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44436,apple,"Portland, OR"," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - Full Time Specialist,I had a pretty enjoyable time there.,"Good work-life balance, a lot of opportunity for growth, great people","Store culture is not for everyone. The store is a never ending state of cheering, celebrating and hi-fives for things that have no affect on you whatsoever. It seems to annoy everyone, but people don't want to look like they're not loyal.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44437,apple,none," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Good work ethics, acknowledgement of work, smart people and good learning opportunities.",Too much of work load,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44438,apple,"Alpharetta, GA"," May 9, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Experience,getting to see the latest technology working with extremely dedicated and positive individuals,hours are not standard-its retail so there aren't weekends off,"keep doing what you are doing, you are doing a great job",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44439,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Great Pay with no life,Very generous with their pay scale,"With great pay comes high expectations, the work life balance is horrible. There would be weeks where there was only one day off and managers come to you an hour before its time to go home and ask you to stay later.",remember that even though you are working for Apple you are working RETAIL and that people who work for you are PEOPLE they deserve to be treated as such. Don't expect a person to stay for 12 hour shifts and work 6 days a week if you are not willing to do the same.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P782.htm
44440,apple,"New York, NY"," May 21, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Retail,"Good benefits, fun work environment for most part, good discounts and perks",Low pay (in my opinion) for the amount of work and effort put in. Retail=rude customers. Little chance to advance far. Unfair pay raises. Management are not all management material.,Try to be fair to all coworkers and offer equality throughout the team in all aspects of work,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44441,apple,none," May 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Non stop work,"Great atmosphere, all the employees are social and easy to get along with Great training, they make sure you know what you are doing before you start","Strict managers, they don't allow you to take your sick time without the thread of a mark going on your record and being ineligible for promotion.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44442,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 6, 2014",Former Employee - Business Specialist,little room to advance but lots of room to learn,"The best personality match for a career in Apple Retail is the humble techno-monk whose only ambition is to serve people and fellow workers. The ongoing training and integration professional improvement means that you can fill your brain, actually increase your skills and you will truly, madly, deeply learn your job. Most of the financial benefit comes from the halo effect when you leave. Before Obamacare, the benefits were amazing. Everyone is as smart as you, as nice as you, as humble as you and as talented. That's good for collaboration and can be bad if you are used to being a star, a keener, the key team member. However, if you have glacial patience and are financial sustainable at the level of your offer (as well as amazingly humble, able and talented), you can ascend.","You have to be able to afford to work for years at whatever wage or salary they first bequeath and, if you are a manager-type, it will be a non-negotiable fraction of what you used to make and at least one demotion. If you do get one of the rare promotions, it will be because you have become (frustratingly) completely competent at the new job first and then waited for an eon for no apparent reason for the actual job title and tiny raise. If you have any sense of being a star or being entitled to advancement as a result of hard work, run Forest run. You will get discouraged and accept an outside offer before you get a promotion.","A store used to be a pirate ship and now it's a priesthood. Embrace that and look for monks. For retention, select for people who can afford to work for what you are paying and select for humility and a desire to serve. There is literally no physical room for identity let alone ego in your tiny, sterile interior spaces. Stop hiring talent. Hire patience and non-reactivity in noisy close quarters. Hire for people who comply enthusiastically with partly understood direction (improvisers). Privilege ambition to learn over a history of meteoric rises through the ranks. Listen for people who love to over-prepare (which sounds like a lack of confidence but will get you people with the stamina to endure your glacial hiring and promotion pace and processes).",4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44443,apple,none," May 8, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Amazing environment, working along side the most diverse, intelligent, fun employees in the world.","benefits, peer relations, positive environment, fun",retail. hours. weekends. holidays.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44444,apple,"Houston, TX"," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Best Company TO Work For,"Everything, Management, Pay, coworkers, training. evironment. everything",no cons that i can think of as of now. great company truly. i have bene here 6 months and love it,non right now,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44445,apple,none," May 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company,Big Brand! to work with!,No issues as such !,Great Team,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44446,apple,"Bridgewater, NJ"," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great people and work environment. Forget all the rules!,"Whole new hiring experience and awesome peoe, prepare to be social!",The wait time/communications to be hired. Stated it'll take 2days to get back to you. Week & a half later. I received a call.,"So far, no complaints =]",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44447,apple,none," May 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun While It Lasted,Good pay for retail. Great benefits.,Retail hours. Stressful environment. Little development.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44448,apple,"Metairie, LA"," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,"Great launchpad, bad destination","high pay for no experience, lax uniform policy, cool customers, culture, easy to be recognized, looks excellent on resume","stress, stress, stress, looks better on resume than bank account, no clear advancement strategy, extremely political, too ambiguous",care as much for employee as customer,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44449,apple,"Orlando, FL"," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Mix feelings when it comes to work for Retail.,Good pay for retail. You get to work with really smart people.,There is no such thing as work/life balance at Apple. Also promotions are really hard to come by. And salaries often aren't that good compared to what you can get elsewhere in the industry.,I'm very lucky to have probably the best store manager at the Apple Retail but like everything there is good in bad.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P783.htm
44450,apple,"The Woodlands, TX"," May 7, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Best retail environment ever! -every store is different but, mine has great co-workers and excellent management -great benefits -learn valuable life skills (communication, dealing with ambiguity, etc.)",Get some bad apples every now and again. -essential to have good management at your store to maintain a health ecosystem.,"Careful with new hires. I feel like we let some employees in how are not a match for our culture. This may be in the name of diversity, short staffing, or something else but it has a negative impact on our team and our customer experience.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44451,apple,none," May 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,"Great company, very collaborative atmosphere. Would recommend this employer to anyone seeking an amazing opportunity!",Can not complain about any parts of the company!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44452,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 21, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Use to be ok,"Apple use to be a great company, but that has changed.","Over the last 2 years they seem to just take things away from the employees. They use to really treat us well, but now it seems like they could care less about our department and anything good that I use to love about my job either gets worse or they don't have anymore.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44453,apple,none," May 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Employees are motivated, pride about the job is high, exciting place to learn and grow",work life balance not so good,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44454,apple,none," May 6, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Best place to grow,benefits discounts vacation time development time fun culture,attendance policy understaffing for demand,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44455,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - AppleCare Team Manager,Great company to work for,"As an employee you get to enjoy the following perks: Mac Cafe: Food is organic, healthy and delicious. Beer Fridays 1-2 / quarter for celebrations. Work out gym with group exercise classes Dr. and Nurse on Campus Team building outings every quarter A ton of training is available","None, I loved my time at Apple. Management was supportive.",Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44456,apple,"Miami, FL"," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great company, great job","Probably one of the best companies to work for. Benefits and all, they cover you from medical to 401k as a PT",Kind of a cult. Seriously. Hard to grow,PROMOTE INTERNALLY,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44457,apple,"San Luis Obispo, CA"," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Definitely Beneficial,"Freedom, great learning experience, free Apple gear",My school didn't have any AE,No complaints,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44458,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great work for retail,"Awesome people, tons of connections gained, fun environment (for mac enthusiasts). This is one of the few places I have worked that led to the betterment of my career not necessarily through the experience I gained, but connections I made along the way.","Kind of cultish (in a fun way...). These people start to be who you see day in and day out and the cult of Mac is a real thing. If you love Apple an their way of life this is the place for you, if not, it's going to be kind of weird.",Focus less on metrics and more on a meaningful experience for the actual shopper.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44459,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," May 17, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Apple Retail: Great in the beginning but turned out to be just like any other job.,"The perks, the benefits (only if your offered the full time role), stock options, Apple Passport, discounts on Apple goods and also third parties product discounts.","Favoritism in retail, people getting promoted who didn't deserve it, moving up the retail ladder requires lots of lateral moves, pay is alright but not great, if you speak a language, they milk it. I've worked retail for 10+ years and I thought Apple would be totally different. I thought it would be an easier foot in the door into apple corporate. Just be careful, apple is VERY selective to who they promote into corporate (certain positions), plus your manager needs to give you a good work if they decide to promote you and its just like any other retail jobs. The perks make it semi-tollerable.  **Use your 2nd language to leverage more pay when negotiating pay in retail, especially if you speak Chinese or Spanish, very high customer volume in stores here in the Bay Area, California **","Don't micromanage, don't talk down to the associates (Some managers, not all), We all have favorites but please don't make it so obvious as to who you do favor, promotions or even lateral moves need to be carefully evaluated. Some people don't deserve them but they happen. I tried to become a 'Creative and I did many in-store initiatives to make my way there. However, numerous people got promoted to the next steps over me who didn't deserve it or didn't work as hard as myself.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P784.htm
44460,apple,"Alpharetta, GA"," May 19, 2014",Former Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,Drink the Apple Kool-Aid or Go Somewhere Else,"Fast paced environment makes the day go by quickly, casual dress code, awesome discounts on the latest technology, great starting pay for retail,","poor work schedule, management plays favorites, rude customers, people try to be different for the sake of being different, if you don't drink the apple kook-aid you will not last, promotions are hard to come by for sales team.",Stop playing favorites and forming little cliques and actually let everyone in the company have the same shot at advancing through the ranks.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44461,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple certified mac technician,"Excellent growth and training opportunities. Excellent benefits even for part timers. The people are smart, talented and great to work with. It's a fun rewarding environment to work in.","Some management can be real control freaks while others barely acknowledge your existence. The method for measuring success can be extremely ambiguous. Some policy and procedure is baffling and there is little transparency. There is little or no warning for major announcements or procedure change so if you have trouble rolling with the punches, this is not the company for you.",Keep your promises or don't make them.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44462,apple,none," Apr 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great.,Great benefits. Cool atmosphere. Loved 90% of the people that I worked with.,Bad managers playing favorites. Retail hours suck. But they did a good job of working everyone around the holidays.,Stop playing favorites and take care of those who have been there the longest.,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44463,apple,"New York, NY"," May 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but lacks in career opportunities/growth,"Amazing culture, branding and products.","Terrible at providing with new career opportunities, almost impossible for getting a promotion to management, as they constantly move the target.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44464,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," May 6, 2014",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,One of the most flexible and friendly companies I have ever worked for.,"The management is friendly and supportive, there is rarely negative feedback.",Can be overwhelming when call volume increases.,"Keep up your current practices, you are doing an amazing job.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44465,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 30, 2014",Former Employee - Itunes Senior Advisor,Good experience that helps in career and resume,Love the atmosphere and camaraderie. There is a feeling of serving and evangelism for something greater than self. There is a A game mentality in the processes that helps you develop the habit of high achiever.,There needs to be better compensation and upward mobility. Most of the part timers are unable to fit another job in their schedule when products are released. Management should be more flexible with compensation for top performers.,Management should share more of the earnings of company with the bottom line workers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44466,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 24, 2014",Former Employee - Supply Base Engineer,You hit the ground running,"Pushed the limits of technology applied to the products. Never a dull moment, if you like travel there's plenty of it. Worked with a lot of driven and talented people. Liked the team building activities. Meet a lot of great people at vendors. Salary and benefits were good for consumer products company.",Management was not great at recognizing the positive contributions made. Critical feedback was not very tactful or constructive.,"Let your direct manager do his/her job, don't go around or make threats to their direct reports. Very confusing to get feedback from your manager and then a call from his manager with conflicting input.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44467,apple,none," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,My career with Apple has changed my life for the better,The company truly cares about its employees. It understands that taking care of these people will allow them to take care of Apple.,"This is a forward looking company, which is good. However, the fast pace this industry moves at requires a lot of time put into the job.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44468,apple,"Orlando, FL"," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,On the most part pretty much stress free!,As oppose to other employers this one is very cool and collective with great potential to grow within the company. Guidance and someone to take you under their wing is needed.,Sometime unfortunately there is favoritism with management and employee which I dislike. I see growth for some and not all. Its a bit sketchy.,Recognize your talent within and ask more probing questions to promote the potential employees you have.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44469,apple,none," May 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great People, Great Product, Great Philosophy","It's a fast paced, fun, and diverse environment that truly attracts the very best people. The product detail is second to none! The company truly creates an environment to ""think different"". It's a company that gives you a sense of pride.","Career Paths. Innovative, creative and ambitious minds need career paths. Talent is consistently recruited away by other companies in part because of the lack of developmental processes and the low visibility to internal promotions.",Review the internal promotion rate. Passionately pursue development. Exit interviews could provide insight.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P785.htm
44470,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 16, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Apple Retail is not what is once was,"You are working for one of the most sought after brands in the world and develop great customer service skills. Great benefits, 401k and stock plan",Not much growth for Genius's at the retail level. Once you reach this point unless management is where you want to go then you have no future with Apple. Moving from retail to corporate is not something that happens just from putting in time at the retail level and in most cases you will need to leave and then re apply to get the experience that is wanted at the corporate level.,Managers have decided that retail employees are basically a revolving door and do not fight to keep good talent and because of this they are losing more and more of their good talent and getting stuck with the left overs. Most managers seemed to not care and I personally never wanted to share my real opinion in fear that it would lead to me being roadblocked more than I already was. I had seen this happen several times. If management wants you out or has decided that you have outgrown apple they do everything in their power to make sure that you move on instead of helping and finding a new position within the company. Apple needs to re evaluate retail and figure out how to keep good talent.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44471,apple,none," Apr 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare's Work From Home Program,"Working from home is amazing, and they provide all the computer equipment and training you need to be a work from home service representative. The training is top-notch, and all the people, not just the trainers and supervisors, are super helpful and knowledgeable.","During new hardware or software releases, Apple tends to get inundated on release dates with issues. They sometimes have very heavy requirements for mandatory overtime during these releases, which puts a lot of pressure on you. Other than that, I highly recommend this program to anyone interested in working a legitimate, well-paying work from home position.",Consider hiring reliable workers from temp agencies during the most anticipated release periods.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44472,apple,none," May 11, 2014",Former Employee - Tier I Technical Support Advisor,Heart of the company is in the right place but the social politics of management can be counter-productive,Working from home with this company is great because they give you the equipment that they need you to use. You can also learn a vast amount of information in a short amount of time.,"The training isn't thorough enough for a person who has very little call center experience and limited knowledge of Apple products. In such cases, for awhile you'll only be as good as the training that you receive.  This not a good environment for someone who works best independently nor those who aren't very social. You are basically pressured into being very social outside dealing with customers, especially with your team manager and your team. If there is a small learning curve for you to master the duties of this job, then chatting with your team members all shift about non-job related topics such gaming helps you to develops bonds with your team mates. If you have a larger learning curve to master the duties of this job, then chatting with your team all shift is very distracting. There can be social consequences that you may face if you aren't extremely social with your manager and your team on a daily basis that will eventually affect you on the job.  Confidentiality about job performance and personal information is nearly non-existent if you have a boss that frequently delegates his job duties onto to others. Your team mates and will find out all of your personal business that you have shared with your manager. Things that you may only want to discuss with your manager will be discussed with your team mates.","Don't let your ego get in the way of how you relate to your employees. Most Employees that don't throw a parade for you althroughout their shifts are trying to focus on learning their jobs and doing them correctly. Yes Man-ism is totally overvalued and counterproductive to those who respect the company enough to make the effort to focus most of their time on learning as much as they can about the products and the customers rather than being a Yes Man to the boss.  Further, confidentiality is important to employees, especially when it concerns sharing their private information or issues that may be occuring on the job. Backfill team managers and those who are being unofficially trained for management shouldn't be allowed access to their colleagues evaluations and communications between you and those on your team about their performance. This is very unprofessional behavior.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44473,apple,"Lancaster, PA"," Apr 30, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Awesome company, great benefits, rewarding work!","Great place to work, management really cares about you. Expect a lot from you, but you receive a lot in return.","A bit of a glass ceiling at the Retail level, but hard workers can make it to corporate or management if they work at it.","Keep up the great work. Apple has done a great job of hiring the right people for the right jobs, and does a very good job of keeping those people on.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44474,apple,"Southlake, TX"," May 14, 2014",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Administrator,Easy going and friendly atomposhere. A good discount and AMAZING BENEFITS!,"I started working here back in 2007 and left 2013. The mind set changed, because Apple stopped promoting within. Instead they bought people from Circuit City, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, etc. People who never had a Apple computer and do not care about the Apple culture. There are a lot of broken promises. If a manager says that they will help you get to Corporate they are LYING!",Tell the truth and back the people you see everyday. Instead of taking the word of a customer you just met over a employee you have known for 4 years and see everyday.,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44475,apple,"Burlingame, CA"," May 14, 2014",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Just another retailer..that shoves its hype down your throat from day one,"I learned a lot about crisis management: What to do when ALL managers were absent, how to handle the terrible relationships with pathetic customers who only valued material goods, how to advocate (unsuccessfully) for my advancement in the store and, most importantly, how to force a smile when every day felt a little bit more soul-sucking.","Read above. Seriously. This place is not an easy place to work at. It was my first retail job out of college and the job that showed me that I really wanted to become a teacher and help educate people, instead of act like a cleaner, more youthful equivalent of a sketchy car salesman selling overpriced and over-hyped tech goods. What I liked about working at the Apple store most, instead of selling useless goods to people, was teaching them how to use the technology. It's good tech, just too expensive and snobbish for the plebeians (like me!) to be marketed towards.","Elevate the smartest people in the store, the hardest working and the least committed to petty retail gamesmanship to better positions on the floor. If people WANT, really want, to educate others at the FRS booths, let them. OH WAIT! I forgot, us FRS (Family Room Specialists) don't make any money for the company, at least not in a straight transaction sort of way. What a joke. Talk about devaluing a core tenant of the Apple stores, the education....",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44476,apple,none," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wish it would be better..?,The reasons to work there is because there are great people and great environment. I like it,The management is terrible because they will make you work like there's no end day. Hope they will change this,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44477,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 26, 2014",Current Employee - Attorney,Love Apple,"People, Salary, Location, Access to new products","Long Hours, some of the competition/ office politics",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44478,apple,none," Apr 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Good pay, customer focused service, relaxed environment. Always up to date with current technology. Friendly people to work with.",Disconnect between corporate and retail employees. Management favoritism. Promotions/growth not always based on work/production ability.,"Even if your employees ARE replaceable, it's not always the best thing to let them know that ALL the time or at the first sign of disagreement.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44479,apple,none," Apr 29, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Great Place to work!!,Great team environment. You can learn a lot. The company treats you very well.,If you're working in a store than say goodbye to weekends.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P786.htm
44480,apple,none," Apr 29, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Great Place to work!!,Great team environment. You can learn a lot. The company treats you very well.,If you're working in a store than say goodbye to weekends.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44481,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,awesome place to work,great group of people that are always there for you to help you,none that i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44482,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Apr 24, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Very fun environment that allows you to be yourself,Fun culture. A lot of young and different people from all walks of life.,Definitely a little culty and is hard to move from part time to full time,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44483,apple,none," May 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a great experience if you truly love people.,Apple provides loose work environment. Allows you to be laid back even if it's just a little bit. High pay for a retail job,"Management can at times, be oblivious to employee needs. Customers can be surprisingly rude. Always on feet.",Listen to employees more often than just quarterly meetings.,3.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44484,apple,none," May 11, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"The people you work with are some of the most intelligent and brilliant people you will ever meet. Benefits are pretty good, and training opportunities are available if you are persistent with communications to your managers.","Work-life balance is non-existent, new employees are paid more than existing employees, limited opportunities for part-time employees.",Value your employee's time more.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44485,apple,none," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Working on the best consumer products Great co-workers: very smart, funny, congenial Fabulous benefits Employee discounts Culture","Occasional long hours/weekends Lots of pressure to produce the highest quality results, which is expected (meaning some people do get fired if their work is not top notch)",Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44486,apple,none," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,love working here,great place to work for me,none that I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44487,apple,none," Apr 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple care @ Home rep,Great pay and benefits for an at home job,nothing comes to mind that was negative,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44488,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Apr 22, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Stick to Apple Retail through your college days, then get out","Culture, people, benefits, discounts, great schedule","managers can be strict, late hours, work weekends, low ceiling",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44489,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 17, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great retail job,"Being a Genius is actually a really good job. Sometimes its cool to hate the job, but when it comes down to it, the benefits, experience and people make everything worth it.","For the pay, Geniuses are getting poached easily by other companies who will value their customer focus, troubleshooting skills and attitude more.",Pay Apple Certified technicians more to keep them around.,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P787.htm
44490,apple,"Leawood, KS"," Apr 24, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"The people are intelligent and caring that you work with, Apple has attention to details that matter!","Working at Apple was fun. The management treated you like you were valuable to the company and you could see it from day one during training. Apple cares about the professionalism in which you approach customers as much as the knowledge you have of the products. It was one of the best places I have ever worked and I understand why they are successful in todays dry, unorganized, and mundane stores. The discounts that we were able to get were great but again, hard to spend 10-20% of your gross income on a Macbook and an iPhone.","Management was amazing with tough situations involving meeting customer expectations, but it was stressful during high volume times such as new product role outs. The biggest con was just the pay, working full time and still unable to get payed above $24,000/year makes it difficult to look at the retail position as a career.",The managers I worked with were great with customers and employees. I really was interested in moving up in the company would have stayed if there was some discipleship in career advancement but after the holiday season I had reduced hours as a specialist and quickly had to change to more reliable pay. If I had any advice it would be to develop talent within current employees offering educational advancement through grants and scholarships that local management could invest in the people they work with daily.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44491,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 8, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Working Apple Retail is good and bad,Friendly people and you make a lot of friends. Great training from staff Free software for employees Great supportive culture Great for students who are studying Build up confidence and people skills in sales,Poor pay and it takes along time to earn decent income. Lack of long term opportunities and promotions to meaningful pay. Working weekends can be frustrating It can get really noisy in the Apple store. If you hate lots of people and noise this is not your place.,Create ways to reward your employees better. Create a better pathway to management or senior leadership.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44492,apple,none," Apr 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Workplace, amazing people","Good company to work for, great people working in the stores, customer service focused","Very strict attendance policy, Depends on the manager you have.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44493,apple,none," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,Laid Back and fun environment,Management is not as lenient,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44494,apple,none," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Team & Process,- Awesome Team and management around you - Your work will get recognize on spot - You will get involved in all discussions & phases of project,"- Company Benefits not that great, just good. - Wont maintain same team in long run,You will change teams n projects frequently.",Maintain same team collectively in long run.You will get more better results.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44495,apple,none," Apr 21, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,A phenomenal company to get to work for.,The benefits of working for this company were the benefits offered for both part-time and full time associates as well as competitive compensation for retail.,At times I felt like others that were putting in less work and effort than myself were moving up and I think that its important to ensure that people are going to be hard workers prior to being promoted.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44496,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,This company is an awesome blossom,"ready to spring forth and birth its fantastic, transcendant products into a free and beautiful world coming with the singularity. I can't believe that I'm working here. Verily, I am incredulous! A truly graceful employer building my heart and mind. Apple is such an inspiration to me, that little else matters!","They don't have applesauce, which I believe to be the fruit of the loom, so to speak. As I said, there's nothing bad enough to bother writing about.",Get applesauce and promote me.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44497,apple,"Glendale, CA"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Best Retail Job But It's Still Just a Retail Job,"Plenty of career development opportunities and support. Dedicated time allocated each month for self-guided training. Benefits are good, many healthcare options, matched 401k contributions, discounted stock options, etc. Discounts available on Apple and 3rd party products. Great managers and co-workers (depends on store though). Usually a very positive atmosphere.","It's a retail job with retail hours and slightly above average retail pay. Discounts aren't particularly deep and Apple makes a tidy profit from its own employees' purchases. Compensation doesn't match the skillset and knowledge required. FRS role is a blend of Genius and Creative whilst getting paid the same as a part-time entry-level Specialist. Specialists who are routinely selling $100k+ of goods per quarter will never earn even $40k annually. You definitely wont be able to afford a mortgage. You'll probably be grateful to afford rent within 5 miles of an Apple store. Just thinking about it will ruin your day. Apple is no longer allowing employees to specify a preferred weekend day off, so you get to pick a day off Mon-Thurs and hope you don't work all weekend. You're dealing with the public all day, some of whom have no sense of responsibility (or sense at all). Too many people fighting for too few higher-paid positions.","Apple Retail is crucial to Apple's success, yet the compensation does not provide an incentive for talented individuals to stay more than a couple of years before 'real world' opportunities lure them away to enjoy better hours at twice the pay. Apple talks big about work/life balance but the reality is grim. I'm looking elsewhere so that I can spend more time with my family, and earn enough so we're not living paycheck to paycheck.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44498,apple,"Newport Beach, CA"," Apr 17, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,It's been a great experience working for a company that has a vested interest in almost everyone.,"The staff and team are amazing personalities! Everyone is supportive and down-to-earth. Whenever there is a challenge that the team is faced with, we always find a way to overcome it while having fun.",It may take longer than people originally thought when considering progression within management. There are a lot of steps that one must go through during the approval process when being considered for another position/promotion.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44499,apple,"Boston, MA"," Apr 21, 2014",Former Employee - Scheduling Coordinator,"Great experience, long term potential very limited.",You learn the business and customer service approach from one of the most successful companies of all time. They really focus on education and building interpersonal skills plus the technical skills.,ITS RETAIL. If you want to be in retail long term then its a great place to work and grow. Only a select few actually make it to corporate.,Work-life balance was a real challenge. The job just absorbs you. Take a better look at growth paths outside the standard positions.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P788.htm
44500,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 25, 2014",Former Employee - Developer Support,Developer Program Support,-Relatively fixed schedule -Good Insurance -Safe area,"-Poor hiring process, a lot of the people they would end up hiring are some of the most self centered people you will come across -No value system in department, just easily skewed numbers and gossip -Many of the managers are dishonest and have no issue saying whatever they think the other person they are having a conversation with what wants to hear -Lack of short or long term growth -1 to 2 managers at most would be working while we would run full staff unnecessarily on holidays. Some holidays like 4th of July they would buy pizza after realizing we would run out of work after an hour. -Poor planning was the norm -Most people are afraid to speak up in fear of retaliation which often made for a volatile work environment",-Ask questions and the right questions -Make yourselves available in some capacity outside of required meetings -Don't take your employees for granted,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44501,apple,none," Apr 20, 2014",Former Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,Apple is great,Great products coupled with great customer service equals great experiences. Apple strives to make every customer feel like they are part of a much larger family.,I have nothing negative to say about Apple.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44502,apple,none," Apr 18, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Benefits, work-life Balance, Experience, time-off policies, company values","A lot of Politics within the work environment, Angry Customers, rare promotions, no raises",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44503,apple,none," Apr 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's retail,Great Product. Easy to sell. Customer base is usually fantastic.,Erratic hours. Difficulty working with other departments.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44504,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," May 2, 2014",Former Employee - Tech Support Tier II,Great learning Experience,"Working from home, training, compensation. Keeping up to date with the latest technology. I loved working for this company.","Making all customers happy, they expect to make them all very happy but there are some customers no mater what you do they would not be happy...",Give there employees more then one chance.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44505,apple,none," Apr 17, 2014",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,A positive (albeit remote) entry-level corporate experience during school,"Good training program for new support advisors, good internal tools for supporting customers, nice benefits and a satisfying introduction to the corporate (albeit remote) atmosphere for college students","It seemed impossible to move to other parts of Apple when starting in the support organization, I also had four managers in 8 months — not good for remote workers when rapport with management is completely through digital interactions (video/audio/IM)",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44506,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic company from the top down,"Great pay, lots of enthusiasm, great coworker support, employee-centric culture--all very different from the corporate culture that I had come from. All good!",Every department is different so Apple is a but like many companies in one. It can be difficult to move to another department once you have been hired into a certain department.,Please share your knowledge with your direct reports.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44507,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 27, 2014",Former Employee - Human Resources,Amazing experience to work during the Jobs era,"Cutting edge technology that focused on the consumer. Very strong brand and design with amazing benefits. 401K, ESPP, Vacation, Health and Life Insurance are amazing.","Corporate Staffing leadership was replaced with Electronic Arts employees that removed Apple's long standing processes, people and culture. Many key recruiters and sourcers involved in Apple's iPod, iPhone and iOS success were pushed out in 2010-2011. The departure of these key engineering and tech recruiters may end up hurting Apple's success in the long run. You never want to remove something that was working extremely well and established the teams that brought Apple great profit.  Apple has been referred to as the ""rotten core"" since these Recruiters have started to take key talent that has made Apple such a successful company.","Prior to forcing change, make sure to ask what is working really well and make sure not to change those things. Joining a new company doesn't require you to bring your previous company's culture and processes with it. Every project deserves it's own evaluation and solution. Quick reactions and decisions that impact a large number of people can eventually do yourself a disservice.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44508,apple,none," Apr 18, 2014",Current Employee - Service Specialist,"Great people, Great team",Management cares about your career goals and aspirations. Everyone is there for each other. Exciting work environment.,"You may be hired at a location that is a bit far, but you can eventually transfer to a closer one if you are a good employee.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44509,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 18, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple is an amazing company to work for.,"Apple Retail is unlike any other retail job. Not only are you encouraged to learn, you are also given time (paid) to do so. You never stop learning and they help you to grow into a better employee.","As with any retail job, the hours and customers can cause quite a bit of strain on you. The difference is Apple is a customer-focused company through and through.",They need to increase the yearly wage increase. Especially if you exceed expectations.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P789.htm
44510,apple,none," Apr 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work whole life,Good company to work whole life,"too much politics, too much travel",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44511,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Best company to work for,"Great manager/employee relations Plenty of advancement opportunities Pay raises based off of work by annual reviews and not seniority Management actually enjoys working here Fun and exciting place to work Amazing health benefits Great discounts Have not come across any cut throat co-workers Co-workers are more than happy to help you succeed Recognition for hard work Great Employee Enrichment program that offers contests and company get togethers with rewards Plenty of personal sick time, vacation and even time for family illness if needed and other types of time off when needed Great compensation benefits including shift differential pay",Not working with co-workers in person can be tough at times when working from home but there is still plenty of communication between your co-workers.,"None, they are fantastic and are continuing to improve to give the best management experience to the employees",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44512,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Apple has some great people.,"Competitive atmosphere, great peer work environment",No work life balance. I am expected to work 10hour days and literally every weekend but no benefits will be given. Management does not recognize the words (Thank You).,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44513,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,"Great security, great corporate culture","Good job security, room to grow within company, great coworkers and team members",Retail hours are all over and difficult. Customers can be draining.,They need to communicate with each other better.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44514,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 17, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Retail is still retail.,"good benefits, flexible hours, nice discounts, great team.","difficult management, not a lot of room for growth, managers pick favorites, long hours",Be more understanding to peoples schedules and lives outside of work.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44515,apple,none," Apr 16, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Fast paced and really fun!,"There is always something to do, so time flies.",There can be challenging customers to work with.,Be more up-front about when time off will be possible.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44516,apple,none," Apr 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,absolutely amazing,"no micro managing, great offices, amazing food court",nothing its a great place to work,"none, the management is amazing",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44517,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 19, 2014",Former Employee - AppleCare At-Home Technician,This is the best company to work for! I did not know employers like this existed!,Apple really cares about its people. How they treat you makes you want to really take care of the customers and the company.,"Sometimes the hours are less than desirable, but higher metrics ensure a better choice.","Nothing, you're doing amazing!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44518,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 17, 2014",Current Employee - CPU Tier I,Great benefits,Apple has the best benefit programs available.,upper management hesitant to meet with tier 1 employees,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44519,apple,"Littleton, CO"," Apr 30, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Job keeps you on your toes, but unfortunately so does scheduling...","-Fun culture, very people-oriented -""Cool factor"" -Nice base pay -Great benefits",-Scheduling was awful and time off is not an option -Shifts are long and grueling,"-You say you put people first, but do you really? Trying to get people schedules that actually work for them would be a good start.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P790.htm
44520,apple,"Columbia City, IN"," Apr 15, 2014",Former Employee - Tier I Technical Support Advisor,An awesome Work at Home opportunity,"Loved the discounts and the people that i worked with there, i would love to work with and hang out with any one of them again.","Not able to get full time hours all the time, (hired in as part time not full time off the jump), and the lack of desire to allow you to help across multiple platforms if you had the knowledge like i did, (laptop and cell/tablet)",My Manager Geoff George was awesome. Nothing to add there.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44521,apple,none," Apr 15, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,Great work experience where you can gain lots of experience and develop yourself in many ways.,"Great benefits, learning and development opportunities. Flexible scheduling for the most part.",Fast paced and requires lots of patience.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44522,apple,none," Apr 12, 2014",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"It's Retail, after all","Great, innovative company. Exciting and leading-edge products and services.",Apple is built on the shoulders of the little people...who are trampled in the mud.,Learn a thing or two about technology. You're not folding blue jeans any more.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44523,apple,"Miami, FL"," Apr 14, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great first job,"Very busy environment, where you get to engage with a diverse group of customers. Benefits are definitely nice for retail. Overall, there is a great internal community and potential for growth.","Management can be hit or miss, but that is expected in retail.","Reward and retain those who go above and beyond, and have a deep passion for the company.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44524,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Apr 7, 2014",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Great place to grow and meet amazing mentors.,"Career advancement is possible, personal and professional growth programs, good compensation, fast paced.",It IS one of the busiest places you'll ever work at.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44525,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Apr 29, 2014",Former Employee - Genius,Dealing with Ambiguity is a cop out.,"Stable career, I never felt that I could be out of a job. Great training, I loved every minute of Genius Training. Amazing benefits, I have better health and fringe benefits than anyone I know my age.","Frequently mismanaged, Retail leadership runs around like a chicken with their head cut off. Clear disconnect between Corporate management and the Retail side. Stressful environment, lots of work to be performed in short reservation windows with a focus on metrics. Low wages for the work that is performed, I could (and did) leave for a similar role with similar benefits for a massive pay increase.","Focus more on the internal customer. Happy staff makes happy customers. Session delivery is important, but so is providing the team with the tools they need, and tailored opportunities to grow. Make plans, communicate, and don't let the business control you. Leadership can be too wishy-washy in crunch time.",2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44526,apple,none," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - Tech Support,"Fun, but somewhat frustrating.","Good salary. Good benefits. The opportunity to work with decent people. Management, that (so far) is uniformly bright, and pretty easy to work for. Easy going, (in some respects) corporate culture. It is like any job, though, follow the rules, and you will have no problems. The problems start when you don't reach your assigned goals, and metrics. The metrics for At Home Advisors are not overly strict, nor impossible to meet. All you have to do is show up, do the job according to established practices ( and trust me, once you start doing that, it gets a whole lot easier, and your metrics are met......). The company is fun to work for, you get gifts every quarter (nice Apple-branded clothing, high quality commuter cups, and water bottles. Sometimes you get silly things as well, but that's just part of the fun of working there.) The training for At Home Advisors is about 5 or 6 weeks long, and it is kind of tough. It's not impossible, but it's not easy either. The overall atmosphere is fun, and it's fairly easy going as well. Working from home also has the benefit of being away from office gossip, and office politics. In addition there is the employee purchase plan for Apple devices, and, all kinds of discounts on other stuff as well. Apple builds their support around ""empathy"", and building a relationship with the customer, so they feel as if they are getting personal service from you. It's a good thing, too. I have done tech support in the past, both face-to-face and over the phone. Apples formula for doing things, while hard to get used to for the cynical, is really an effective way of dealing with customers. There is also plenty of opportunity to advance, and move into a full time gig. Also, your manager is their to support you. All of the managers I have had, have been involved, encouraging, and supportive, but there is no ""hand holding"". You are expected to take what you have learned, and help customers. Now, don't mistake that as meaning you are on your own with no support. Quite the opposite. There is tons of support, but once something is given to you to do, you are expected to complete it, or accomplish it in the agreed upon way. There are no excuses. Your manager is there to support you, help you sharpen your skills, and give you some best practices. All of my managers came up through Tech Support, going from Tier 1 to Tier 2, and then moving in to Team Managers. They have been there, they know how it works, and their knowledge is what will help you get to the next level.","Constant Team Leader changes. I am now on my 4th team manager in 18 months, all of them have been good so far, but, it does get a bit old Hours and scheduling can be a bit crazy, you have to bid your shifts properly, so you get what you want. One day per weekend is required, and that is your 8 hour day. You are generally kept at 20 hours a week. If you take the benefits, (in my case it's for my entire family) anywhere from 25%-50% of your paycheck is gone. Benefits, however, are good. Customers... oh, the customers.... They can be draining.. Some of them are literally emotionally involved with their device. I kid you not. I have had customers crying because their Apple product is broken, and not working. Many of the customer, in fact, the majority of them, are intelligent, and given to following instructions. But, as with any other call center job, there will always be the difficult ones.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44527,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 5, 2014",Current Employee - AppleCare At-Home Technician,One of the Best Jobs I have ever Had,There are so many benefits that come with this Job. Never have I had a job that provided so much for me. As a college At-Home advisor I was given flexible hours and full benefits when I worked only 20 Hours a week.,The job is very demanding. The metrics that you have to meet are very competitive. During holidays there is a high demand for overtime,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44528,apple,"Ashford, AL"," Apr 23, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Terrible unless you're mindlessly devout to Apple products,"The pay is ok and the benefits are good. If you like Apple products they have a good employee discount, which you can also use for friends.","The people there are the worst. They're completely full of a crusader Apple spirit that says Apple is the best and if you don't agree you're wrong and not very smart. They're VERY exclusive. It's one thing to be proud of your company but another to be derogatory to people who have different tastes. The phone policies are terrible. Customers have to pay for phone support past a complimentary period, and if they're past that you can't help them with anything, even very minor stuff.",Improve training. It's horrible.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44529,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,Amazing company.,"benefits, discounts, stocks, vacation, work from home, gym membership",the hours kinda suck. i wish i could pick my schedule as opposed to having my schedule given to me.,let me choose my schdeule,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P791.htm
44530,apple,none," Apr 12, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,And the extroverts shall inherit the earth...,"Plenty of room to move around, but like one of managers once told me, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Things vary greatly from store to store, and I've had the benefit of working with caring, creative, gifted people.","""Ambiguity,"" as they call it. Constantly inundated with peoples troubles every time their iPhone does something unexpected. Not knowing what you'll be doing on any given day until seconds before you clock in. You're telling people bad news. Not all of them are going to take it so well.","To some, talk less and listen more. To all, observe, observe, observe. Then act on those observations.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44531,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Great to start but not a career,"Lots of opportunity for interpersonal growth and to learn new skills, great place for feedback, lots of perks are available","Not enough compensation to retain good employees, has been flip flopping between Apple culture and just another retail store, making genius team overwork and way underpaid, not becoming customer focused, have to fight to do work projects, rat race to get to full-time","Please return to classic Apple culture, force customers to inspire themselves to do great things with their technology, apply more resources to business teams",3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44532,apple,"North Sacramento, CA"," Apr 24, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Good pay, full benefits.",You need to pass 3 exams to be officially hired.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44533,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Apr 11, 2014",Former Employee - Genuis Administrative,Great company,"great company, takes care of their employes, great retirement plans","long hours, not too much work/life balance. experience depends on your manager",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44534,apple,"McLean, VA"," Apr 11, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Bittersweet,-Good hourly pay -good discounts on products,-Very strict schedule (cannot be even one minute late getting back from a lunch break) -Very hard to schedule time off (need to submit at least 6 weeks in advance even to be considered) -can be difficult to work their schedule around college schedules,Work more flexibly with the employees. Give more opportunity for certifications and lateral movement. Give opportunities for some sort of leadership training and some way for people in Apple retail to make the bridge to corporate.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44535,apple,none," Apr 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"An exciting, abstract workplace.","I really enjoyed the variety of people I met while with Apple. I was given the opportunity to learn a ton of new things, and Apple truly believes in helping their employees' development. They hire a diverse, yet similar group of people, where almost everyone that you work with feels like they are your close friend.","Some managers exhibit ""micro-managing"" type qualities, making it hard to see eye to eye with them and feel like you're doing the right thing. Also, the attendance policy at Apple was awful. A point for every callout, no matter if you were deathly ill or just hungover and didn't feel like coming to work - regardless of if you had a doctor's note for the illness. There was an extremely complicated method of filing for medical leave, which required contacting a third-party company and having extensive paperwork filled out by both you and your doctor, which had to be faxed or mailed to the company. For a company that states to really believe in it's people, it didn't seem like that went to the extent of their wellbeing when they are sick.","Try to be on the same page and realize that most of you are externally hired - you don't know what it's like to do our job. If it's busy, help us out. I shouldn't feel like fainting if I see a member of the management team helping employees out with small sales or interacting with customers.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44536,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - ASLP Associate,ASLP,Great:  - Company - Values - Leadership,Opportunities:  - Movement into corporate if you're coming from a leadership position at a flagship store,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44537,apple,"Boston, MA"," Apr 23, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,Don't Mix Business with Retail!,Working for a top brand selling great products. Customers love Apple products.,Overall an extremely disappointing experience for me. I loved Apple before I worked for them. I quickly learned that the retail stores are not a professional environment. And there's a lack of integrity that I found to be too frustrating for me so I quit! Not my thang.....,Get some moles into the retail stores and markets and you'll find out what I'm talking about.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44538,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Apr 8, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,They are positive people and believe in treating everyone with respect including their customers. their approach to customer service is great and you rarely be in a position were you are the bad guy. The knowledge and benefits for just part-time employees are great and is the ultimate job to have during college. very easy to change hours and swap shifts.,Training for new software and devices are always on the go and really never get an understanding of the updates and software changes.,During busy times management seem to go crazy and lose the positive up beat vibe. I think during these times specialist's and others need them to stay calm. I think sometime there in such a rush to serve the customer they forget about the people that actually deals with them and provides them with the service.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44539,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 10, 2014",Current Employee - Embedded Software Engineer,Great place to work.,"Life as an Engineer is good at Apple. Challenging projects, good pay and benefits. A very stable company with long term vision. It's great seeing your products everywhere. Apple throws good parties (although they are getting a little crowded these days). Work-life balance is better than previous experiences I've had.",It's a big company so bureaucracy creep occurs.,Keep looking forward to the long term and don't get caught up in the quarterly reports.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P792.htm
44540,apple,none," Apr 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Very caring of employees and friendly atmosphere to work in! Thorough and trained well!,Customers were sometimes a challenge. Their expectations were very high!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44541,apple,none," Apr 5, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Not a good fit for a student,"It was a high quality tech support experience, I learned a great deal. It was also an exciting first job.","It was extremely stressful for me to balance 20 hours a week with 12 units of college classes. I actually would work shifts in my dreams (as in go to sleep, dream a shift, wake up). You are evaluated on your statistical results (which is perfectly reasonable, but something I was not ready for at that time in my life.",none,4.0,2.0,none,none,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44542,apple,"Grand Rapids, MI"," Apr 2, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,"Overall good experience, limited mobility inside",-Excellent Benefits -Huge team to work alongside with -Excellent Employee Discounts/Perks -Great Resume Boost,"-Very difficult to receive promotions -Too many managers for concise communication -Over promise, under deliver on many conversations (Personal experience not necessarily status quo) -Sit and spin progress","-Concise communication, smaller management teams -More opportunities offered for corporate experiences, certifications, and cross team learning (local stores and even international) -Easier transparency/HR resources for retail staff",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44543,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,You have a chance to work with exceptional people. You can also gain a significant amount of skills.,"Exceptional people, flexible schedules, competitive compensation","growth is limited, penalties for workers not performing up to standards are non-existent,",Pay attention to the workers who genuinely care about the company. Those with a passing interest will not help sustain a healthy working environment.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44544,apple,none," Apr 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the best job,"Work from home, if thats what you like",did not adequately prepare techs for what they were going to have to do,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44545,apple,none," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mixed from store to store, go for a big store in a big market for a better experience","The benefits are great, health care is incredibly. Generally work with a pretty good bunch of people.","Management can be braindead, but Apple are like the Vatican and never really remove anyone, they just ship them off far away. And, its still retail, hard work and all the downsides of retail.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44546,apple,"Huntington, NY"," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - apecialist,Specialist,It is a great place to work for. The people are awesome and it's like another home,Wish the company paid it's retail employees more. Would like to see more opportunities to advance into corporate positions,Need to pay employees more.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44547,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - Education Inside Sales,Excellent company with great benefits,"incredible perks, amazing insurance, gym, cafeteria, education benefits","my job has no career path, effectively stuck. New management deeply affecting commissions. Very bad policies of cutting large deals and managing commissions down.",Remove effective caps and large deal cutting! un-silo our department and share resources from retail.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44548,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 29, 2014",Current Employee - Front End Engineer,It's an awesome place to work,"Smart, great people, great culture. Work on the coolest stuff. Great place to work.",Lots of management. Lots. Lots of people you know are taking serious pay but you're not really sure what they actually do.,"Promote more from within, not hire external for every position.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44549,apple,none," Apr 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I can not say much,"Nice people, comfortable work environment, and very good pay.","It is a large company, you will be a pawn.",Think more openly for working at such a innovative company.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P793.htm
44550,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Project Manager,Times they are a'changing,The great people that are still left. The fact that you get to work on a mac. There is still clout in saying that you work for Apple,Its become a mature organization much more political in nature. Culture is changing.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44551,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Apple AHA,"Great company, great benefits","Work around your college schedule, lots of benefits, fun people to work with.",None I can really think of.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44552,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Great Company,"Great Company, Team Work, Funny Culture, Energetic Team Kickoffs","Retail hours, not the smartest customers, general public",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44553,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 21, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,A Retail Slave,"Great Health Benefits, nice discounts, ""fearless feedback"" and open communication with managers. With the exception for Time and Attendance, it is a very secure job and hard to get fired.","You will be up for a ride working at a Apple Retail Store in NYC. Most of the customer interactions are negative and they have absolutely no respect for you!! Customers, will scream and shout out you and will look down upon you like your less than a homeless person. The store was generally understaffed and several hundred customers were pulling me in every single direction at one time. Managers wanted us to follow the company policy 100% without no hesitation. However, if we were doing our part and a customer was angry, then they would throw a tantrum and the managers would give into them All the Time and make Us Specialists look like the Bad Guys!!! I have seen times when a customer caused a scene because they couldn't return their two year old phone. As a result, the manager would give in and also give them a free phone case. The policy is 14 days and the policy never sticks. When it came to making an exception for an employee. OOOO Noooo But the Policy!!! Many of my co-workers were frustrated with the mixed messages of management.  During my time there, out store had a really harsh Time and Attendance Policy. If you were late or call out no matter the reason you would get an occurrence. The subway could of shut down or you might of had a death in the family, doesn't matter!!! Many great employees were fired because of this broken policy.  They had system called the NPP where the customers can rate you. This was one of the reasons I left. Your raise is dependent on this. The store can be way understaffed and a customer can write a negative review about the experience ( not having control over it) so that effects your raise. Also, Management wants you to sell as much AppleCare or One to One as possible. You can convince a customer to buy it without being pushy at all. Then later on the customer will have buyers remorse and slam you by giving you a negative NPP score by saying ""they were too pushy"". Then I would be blamed by the managers for being too pushy and getting a detractor. If I didn't Applcare then they would ask me to please improve my numbers. Again, mixed messages!!!  The NYC Market is run by very poor management. I understand that other markets and stores are much better.","You are completely disregarding your Core Values. I understand that you want to 100% satisfy your customers and there is nothing wrong with that. There needs to be rules though such as keeping true to your return date policy ( with reasonable exceptions), and not give into angry customers who are degrading your employees.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44554,apple,"Clinton Township, MI"," Apr 20, 2014",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,"Great pay, terrible management!","Pay, benefits, perks, job growth opportunities, good corporate backing","No work/life balance, no commission on sales, micro-management, unnecessary drama, management picks favorites","If someone suggests change, then do it. Also, pay attention to how people work together. If a problem is clear, step in and help.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44555,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Awesome,"Working from home, great pay, awesome benefits","Part time, terrible management promotion pathing(temp as manager first at normal pay, and then be on call to maybe do again or become a manager while they still hire other college graduates frequently from outside)","Quicker avenues for advancement, more in-hiring",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44556,apple,"Broomfield, CO"," Apr 5, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple,Amazing corporation — top of the chart benefits.,It's retail. The managers think small.,Look in the mirror & take your own feedback. You're one petty mess.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44557,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Apr 19, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Its...different,Solid pay great benefits good appreciation of the consumer looks out for their employees (to a degree),Long hours retail is retail Management often has little to no understanding of how to do anything but micromanage a sales experience they themselves are incapable of navigating alone,Stop treating the job like a cult community and understand that feedback should be often as positive as it is negative.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44558,apple,none," Apr 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Team , little real mobility","Company values ,personal development benefits. Ability to become well versed in tech and tech speak at even most basic positions","Stress ful, work life balance , advancement is often very smoke and mirrors. Does not develop well.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44559,apple,none," Apr 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Absolutely Amazing. worth a lifetime,"Very flexible. Extremely considerate about your growth and development. Everything there is done proper down to the work/life balance to the breaks, management always has time for you and there are many ways to excel quickly if you put your heart and effort to it you will be right where you want to be.",None. The experience is simply the best,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P794.htm
44560,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great company with great values,"No micro management, lots of freedom for creativity, fun atmosphere, generous attendance and time policy, genuinely care for their employees, very generous benefits. lost of other job opportunities.","Retail hours, nights and weekends, hard to stay busy when traffic is less.",keep doing what you doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44561,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Apr 4, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great customers, internal politics abound","Looks good on your resume Great perks, even for part timers Amazing networking tool. Got my next job through customers",It's a retail job The hours can suck Managment can get political,There are people who want to stay there and work their way up. There are also extremely talented people who work there who want to go do something else after their experience at Apple. Help out both groups. You will motivate those leaving to be more loyal (/make them give a crap) and will have happier employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44562,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 4, 2014",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,A very fulfilling ride with a company that values its employees as much as it does its customers,"The stores are always very popular, regardless of where you are, so if you enjoy interacting with different types of people, this is a place you might wanna go. Like its customers, Apple's employees come from 101 different backgrounds, so you learn to mix with people unlike you & make satisfying relationships with people you probably wouldn't think twice about. For me, the people I worked with were one of the best parts about it the company.","The stores can get overwhelmingly crowded, so I wouldn't recommend those with claustrophobic tendencies play amongst the people. As the company continued to grow, expand & evolve, the relationship between leadership & teams began to resemble a ""ball & chain"" like quality, which in most cases, I'm sure trickled down from the top, where the powers that be at retail spit new rules & regulations & force-feed them down the chain. This type of scenario typically played out in scheduling, where it almost became detrimental to your future with the company to have a life outside of Apple, simply because they wanted you there so often, even if you came on as ""part-time.""",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44563,apple,none," Apr 10, 2014",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,"A good company, with an energetic corporate culture. Stringent restrictions keep employee satisfaction lower.","Great products and an energetic workforce to back it up. Excellent perks with corporate benefits, health care, 401k, the works. Good discounts on products. An attempt to personalize communication between management and employees.  They do give you reasonable tools to help you fulfill your role. Expectations are high which keeps things interesting. Some managers genuinely care about your happiness and satisfaction, others seem aloof and self-concerned.","Things are always in flux. You will likely not know about projects or new expectations until they are already announced, which makes it feel like you're always catching up. The job expectations are often increased without training to make sure you're able to do them right away. New opportunities can be spotty, and you have to have the right stuff when they come up. There is no time to prepare for positions down the road other than doing your current job exceedingly well.  As far as the role specifically, being on the phones constantly is wearing and leads to a lot of fatigue. There are almost no systems in place for job variation or ways to get different kinds of experience. Hard to make lateral moves within the company. Management can be stiff and unwilling/unable to make exceptions for when life issues come up.  Scheduling is a nightmare in this job. Your schedule preferences are limited and based on performance, and it is near impossible to swap shifts with someone, even when you have legitimate reasons for it (school, church, etc). Makes it very hard to plan any down time.  Few systems in place to attain new skills without an interested manager backing you up, which doesn't always happen.","Make your employees feel like the most valuable asset. There is so much focus on the the customer that it is alienating after a while. The customer experience is important, but not at the expense of happy workers. Add variation to the jobs, and more opportunities to pick up diverse kinds of experience.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44564,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Specialist,Apple is a good company to work for. I really like the products,"Growth is very limited, my job has no career path. Managers lack management skills",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44565,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Apr 16, 2014",Current Employee - At-Home-Advisor,Don't take a part-time position thinking it will lead to full-time.,"Flexible hours and workdays. Work at home. Good benefits. Work with interesting customers. Every customer contact is different, which keeps the job interesting.","My recruiters both stated there would be opportunities for advancement after committing to one year of part-time, technical support. After one year, I found very few opportunities for advancement and securing full-time employment. Apple seems to place more value in hiring outside personnel and outsourcing, than developing and promoting opportunities from within.","I'm aware of others, both part-time Retail and part-time At-Home-Advisors that would like to see greater opportunity for full-time employment",3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44566,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Apr 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can be stressful at times but great benefits.,Great place to learn and develop your skills in other careers. There are a lot of smart and energetic people that you will get along with. There is always something to look forward to in advancing your position if you make an effort.,"Depending on your job, it can be very stressful. Leadership is not always on the same page. Apple corporate sometimes has initiatives that don't make sense, they end up frustrating a lot of employees. The work environment can be negative at times if there is not proper guidance from the managers. It is extremely difficult to move into higher job roles like management.",The leadership team should be more attentive to the needs of their employees who are not on the sales floor. There needs to be more communication with all the teams on initiatives from corporate and management should take feedback more seriously as a whole.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44567,apple,"Palm Desert, CA"," Apr 18, 2014",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Genius Administrator,"Great on resume, good if you like a discount on apple products, learn technical skills, above average benefits.","Lack of growth, leadership, communication, huge lack of respect to employees. Terrible, non-useful ""propaganda"" training, even though they claim it's the best. Awful, inconsistent scheduling, with total disregard for employees. Pay is FAR too low for what they demand of employees vs. store revenue, and do I have to mention those awful shirts? I took this job out of desperation and as bad as I expected it, it was much, much, worse.","People flock to Apple to build a career. You build them up during core training to be working for the best of the best, you talk of empowerment, providing ""Ritz-Carlton"" service, and finding ""the right solution"" for each customer. All that does is disappoint every single employee when they soon realize that all the company really cares about is sales and there is rarely time to actually spend time with a customer. The store was usually understaffed and when the store went to chaos and customers became unruly with sales and repair wait times, the ""managers"" typically hid in the back office. If you want your employees to think of this as a career and not just a job, there is NO reason you can't provide set schedules for full time employees, while flexing the part-timers, as needed. No matter how you hype it, it's just another retail job- only much more demanding. #1 complaint: Pay a living wage. Period. You should be ashamed.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44568,apple,none," Apr 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Apple Retail really focuses on the development of its employees. You collaborate with innovative, fun individuals.",Retail can be challenging,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44569,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Attorney,"Good (not great) products, no humility.","Good technology, very visible company, smart people that really want to make the best products they can.","The company is too full of itself to be open to new ways of thinking. If you don't fit into Apple's culture of secrecy and paranoia (even for the next versions of products that have already been in the market for years) you won't do well. The company has grown too big to be able to innovate, and is too proud to really listen to its customers (although internally, it insists that it does). Apple is very good at believing its own hype. There are lots of corporate politics, much more than I've seen elsewhere. There is very little attention to work-life balance: expect to have much more to do than you can finish in a week.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P795.htm
44570,apple,"Glendale, AZ"," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - IOS T1 Chat Advisor,Truly Cares about their Employees,-You are valued as an employee and individual -Your ideas/thoughts are considered in company procedures - Various opportunities to advance in promotions - Fantastic benefits,-work/life balance can be rough -using vacation time accrued is vital to support work/life balance,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44571,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - Store Leader,Great place,Work/Life Balance is a plus,Extreme transitions make little sense.,Talk to the teams in the stores and listen to their ideas,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44572,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Excellent,"Awesome company. Opportunities, Fun, time off",The only thing literally is salary. I wish they would raise your salary faster. It made me leave the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44573,apple,none," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,best company in the world,cant think of any,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44574,apple,none," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent learning experience,Good pay for retail Promotions to be had with proper support Great benefits,My particular store leader was stuck in the old way of retail.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44575,apple,none," Apr 2, 2014",Former Employee - Macintosh Technician,"Great company to work for, as long as you aren't in retail",Corporate truly cares about their employees and their offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits.,"If you're stuck in the retail space, there is nothing that separates it from any other retail job. The company also is not very good at identifying talent in retail and providing them with growth opportunities.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44576,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Apr 13, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Everyone is dealing with ambiguity,"Pays well for what your doing, other employees are supportive, a lot of discounts. Great if you enjoy talking to customers.",Leadership doesn't seem to understand the job when setting expectations for metrics. Clientele can be extremely abrasive. How to move within the company is unclear or misleading.,"thee benefits of the position. The work given that is outside the role expectations are often just place holders for a role that is denied or used as reasons to not promote, because not enough focus on their hired role",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44577,apple,none," Apr 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The company doesn't want to convert contractors,Decent Pay. Good learning opportunity,Very little upward mobility or chance for conversion.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44578,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Apr 15, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"College job, not a viable career",-Out of college pay is Okay -Culture is great -Discounts -Pretty Chill,-Difficult to move up -Hours are horrible -Company hiring less specialized employees,"-Hire internally, not externally",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44579,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Best Job I ever had,Friendly employees Not commission based Frequent opportunities to broaden your skills for a resume FUN! Benefits for part-timers Great discounts Great base-pay,Full-time jobs are rare to come by because there are so many employees but you can still get a decent amount of hours. You know how busy that store is alllllllll the time!,Keep making work fun! You're good at it.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P796.htm
44580,apple,none," Mar 31, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great company to grow in,Development is a priority. Many opportunities within company to grow. Many discount programs throughout the year and benefits are great,Retail hours.. Not many holidays off.,Always be approachable,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44581,apple,"Newark, DE"," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,Great place to work. Like Disneyland for a geek.,Great people and products.,Career ceilings come fast.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44582,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 7, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Overall, a pretty good place. Some really great people are here!","Worked here for a few years. From what I heard, things seem to be pretty team-dependent. I ended up really loving my team, however. And, I always had awesome, awesome, awesome managers that I truly love. I never had to deal with politics here (although, again, team dependent). Benefits were pretty good, and I was able to balance work/life pretty well.","I was a little unsatisfied with the work. I didn't really feel challenged. Additionally - and I realize this is quite petty - but hearing about the free and delicious food and on-site perks at Google didn't help. There is quite a lack of frivolous perks that you have at other tech companies. On a more serious note, the company culture doesn't seem very collaborative. I didn't really feel like i was part of anything big ever, or part of a bigger team than my own.",Foster a more collaborative culture. More company-wide events.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44583,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 20, 2014",Current Employee - Design Verification Engineer,Work Culture,1> Good Pay 2> Open to Talk,1> Expects too much 2> Very aggressive,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44584,apple,none," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Worked with many people from all walks of life. Learned a lot about technical advising and troubleshooting.,"Not much room to grow, company seemed to lack initiative after the passing of the once great Steve Jobs",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44585,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Trainer,"Great culture, great friendships, no upward movement from Retail to Corporate",The friendships I have made will last me a lifetime and the health benefits are top notch. Within the years I have been with the company I worked hard and eventually made it to the position I was aiming for within the Retail stores. The Time and Attendance policy has gotten sightly better.,"There's no real room for movement from Retail to Corporate the way it used to be. It doesn't feel as if Corporate knows what it's like in the stores anymore, or they do and just don't care as long as they are making their money.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44586,apple,none," Apr 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Amazing company...retail leadership is disconnected.,The work is not as challenging as other retailers and you are given the ability to make the right choice for your customer. Great health benefits.,They say that their soul is their people yet the customer is treated like royalty while employees receive very little additional perks.,Get out and be present inside of the stores. The quality of my work is only known by the stories my manager shares rather than actually being present.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44587,apple,"Westlake, OH"," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Company goes out of their way to hire good people,"Interesting Technology, great benefits, good presentation of product. The overall experience is more than just about the sales.","Scheduling of hours, typical retail point of sale can be changeling.",Better consideration of life/work balance.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44588,apple,"Lone Tree, CO"," Mar 20, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Retail redefined, still retail.","Apple's corporate retail culture is unparalleled. There is no better retail store to work for, Apple Stores are diverse, dynamic learning laboratories for creative technology users and consumers.  The caliber of employee is beyond that found in any other retail environment I've worked in. Everyone there, for the most part, is there to genuinely help and ensure quality customer experiences. Most Apple retail employees are interesting and intelligent young people who participate in various activities outside of work -- outdoor sports, music, art, university, digital media, etc.  There is room for growth within Apple retail, but it will likely take a long while before one reaches corporate from there, if ever. Apple does provide opportunities for retail employees to participate in ""on-campus"" learning experiences at the Cupertino headquarters. They also have a leadership program (ASLP) for store employees to gain knowledge of every level of the retail experience the company provides.  You will learn a lot working for Apple, retail or corporate. The discounts (EPP+) and benefits (401K, stock options, health care, transit incentives) are a huge plus, too.","Having visited numerous Apple Stores, two of which I worked for, it is clear that some stores are more enjoyable and productive than others. The feel of each store is very much dependent upon the employees that work within it, and sometimes managers fail to hire the brightest of the bunch, which often leads to frustration, inconsistency and unrest.  The sales environment can be extremely hectic, and some Apple Stores are more prone to chaos. Many stores have steel walls, wooden tables, stone floors and minimal sound mitigation, which can add stress to the day-to-day. There is also a certain mundane repetition that seems to develop after more than two years, a lot of explaining the same things, repeating analogies, and talking about the same products and services day in and day out.  Many employees, especially those under the age of 28, see working at the Apple Store as a stepping stone towards their dream jobs, which seldom exist within Apple, Inc.","Pay closer attention to what happens on the sales floor. All-too-often, at least at my current store, many managers are more focused on menial tasks, sharing this weekend's plans, or complimenting customers on their shirt. Listen and observe the employees in the store you’re “managing.”  If management were to put more of an emphasis on building an effective, intelligent and dynamic team there would be fewer detractors (customers who give negative scores through Apple's feedback program), greater profits, higher stocks and more satisfied employees.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44589,apple,"Boston, MA"," Mar 28, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Overall great!,"Brilliant and committed peers, caring leaders, great benefits! It's exciting to be part of company that is always striving to be the best. It's contagious, making you want to jump on the train! You are always challenged to be the best, thus, never leaving you feeling bored or unchallenged.","With the velocity of the business, people development can get lost or forgotten.","Focus on the PEOPLE, regardless of how busy you get!",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P797.htm
44590,apple,none," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,"Good insurance and outside benefits, i.e. cell phone discounts, transit pass and education reimbursement","retail hours, not challenging and not upward mobility","spend a day in the life of a genius,",3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44591,apple,none," Mar 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting,"This company really cares about you, which makes you feel like you can go to work every day and not hate it. It is a real relief to have this.",Some of the people think they are so smart because they work here and there egos get to big.,Keep it up.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44592,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,Employee treatment different by division,Exciting to work on things the world will use en masse. Fun to work with other people who are so passionate about the products being made.,"The company is any umbrella of divisions. There is a sort of hierarchy of divisions. Dev and Engineering teams (particularly iOS) get taken care or better—free dinners, RSUs available to more people, better holiday events. iTunes division gets free drinks, see free screenings of movies, and occasionally experience free shows. AppleCare gets nothing.",Try to pretend you care about your employees being treated similarly to other divisions. Truly try to innovate on process and tools rather than always falling back to the safe and cheap thing. Just because Apple is massive now doesn't mean we should be waiting for smaller more agile companies to show the world how things could be done. Just because AppleCare is part of operations doesn't mean we should work on a shoestring including how employees are treated.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44593,apple,none," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great community of coworkers, but micromanaged","Great benefits, even for part-time employees. Different work zones so you're always doing something different. Very picky in who they hire, so you're always around smart and talented individuals. Lax dress code. Great discounts! They stress that feedback is always open and welcome, which while it can be frustrating at times, is overall effective and helpful.","They micro-manage the hell out of you. ALSO if you ever plan on going into management, know this is a very difficult route if you come in as a specialist or really anything other than manager. They like to hire outside the company for all manager/store leader positions. Not saying it's impossible to work your way up (there's one manager at my store who did), but generally speaking it will take forever. Apply as a manager or for the ASLP program.","Stop micro-managing us. You hand picked us for our skills and abilities which should correlate with how you treat us on the floor. Most of us have college degrees or are working towards one, and we all have previous experience related to this job. We know what to do, don't micro manage just so you feel like you've done something managerial for the day.",3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44594,apple,"Newark, DE"," Mar 24, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,The best place I ever worked,"You will be extensively trained on everything you need to know, how to learn more and how to use your talents. Benefits are fantastic and you get TONS...seriously TONS of huge discounts from other tech (etc) companies. Time-off is a little difficult even in the huge store I worked in. Once you leave Apple you will have a family forever, and you will be sought after by other companies.","It is very difficult to get some shine when all of your peers are excellent. If you plan to move up here, you had better start from the time of your interview. Don't be late, don't take advantage of the loose dress code. Pay close attention to everything management tells you, show off humbly, and play to your strengths. Keep in mind, though - you will never get to management by starting as a specialist. If you want to be full-time, mention it early to anyone you can. This is my only complaint.","1 on 1 sessions are fantastic, but be careful about bouncing people around from being under one manager to the next. It can make them feel like they don't matter.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44595,apple,none," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Best job you can get if you love Apple,The environment and the people are so friendly and welcoming. There is lots of support from all of your coworkers and everyone wants you to succeed. There is a constant flow of feedback throughout the store so everyone has the opportunity to improve. Perks and compensation are great.,You need to be proficient in your current position and hold it for a period of time before promotions are a possibility.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44596,apple,"Portland, OR"," Mar 26, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple stores r ok.,"great people, everyone knew what they were doing and an easy job.",getting time off was pretty tricky.,not much. It was great.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44597,apple,none," Mar 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,"good place, nice environment",nothing that i can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44598,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Amazing people,Employees are hand picked for their positive attitudes and enthusiasm which makes working with them a blast.,Movement to other positions is harder than it should be and less of a meritocracy.,More training and opportunity to continue building skills through advancement.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44599,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Bottom Line,Has benefits for part time and discounts. Discount for family and friends as well. Many artistic personalities on the retail floor. Challenging work. Great products to work on.,"Attendance policy is hard to maintain. Turn over is huge. Its like a revolving door. People come and go so quickly! Always hiring and in groups because of the great turn over. Its retail first and upfront! Its all about being there and on time, only 5 minutes allowed for error. NO paid vacations or sick leave for part timers.",Revisit the attendance policy as it is harsh! Many good people are walked out for time and attendance and have so much talent to contribute! Room for advancement is minimal. Ive seen new hires get positions that existing employees have applied for.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P798.htm
44600,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Memorable, but time to move on","Store team, benefits, training, compensation,","Management, inner-workplace politics, ambiguity, work life balance",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44601,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - SQ Test Engineer,"Depending one what project you work on, this place is amazing or difficult","Apple is worldwide recognized for its innovative products, if you are interested on working for projects for the not too distant future with some really smart people, Apple can offer you that","Pay is low. Depending on what project you work on, working weekends for 6 months in a row is tough. A lot of new people with any real life experience, also a lot of people believe its a religion.","Pay you workers more, manage and plan for projects better",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44602,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Engaging, fun and man you do important work!!","- work on products that the world loves and uses for all sort of great applications - people are smart, cool, creative and a joy to work with - culture is disarmingly informal, so stuff gets done and everyone can contribute - Tim Cook, best CEO ever! - immense sense of pride and ownership","- None that I can think of, really is my dream job and company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44603,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Recruiter,"Work with smart, passionate people - but experience really depends on your Manager and the culture has changed.","Awesome products, work with smart, passionate people that are geeked out about the same things you are. Customer experience is a focus. Everyone is focused on common goals, and you can take great pride in the brand.","Many weak managers in the organization drive amazing talent away. What once was a really amazing culture that focused on people and products has become more concerned with expenses and profit (e.g. layoffs of talented sales people, talented recruiters, and absorbing their workload to other already overworked employees).","Make decisions that support your most talented employees. If you need to layoff, let go of employees that are not performing vs. higher paid top performers.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44604,apple,none," Apr 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as awesome as I thought it would be,The compensation was good eventhough I came in as a contractor.,"Not exciting of a company to work for. You would think that this company would be open to hearing about ways to make change, but they are not.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44605,apple,none," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rewards in areas that are not monetary,"Absolutely fantastic company to work for. You tend to work with young, like-minded, and driven individuals where the is always an opportunity to smile and half fun. Apple does a great job at providing discounts and lunches and things like that as well.",Sometimes it feels like the pay isn't justified. When you sell hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and only get $15/hr it's tough. Also when you're hired they say they don't worry about numbers and sales but if you're looking to move up expect to be one of the top performers in the store.,"To be honest apple's management has few problems in my opinion. Management usually feels like they're equal and treat you with respect, but there is always that one person.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44606,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Great company! love working here,Great salaries Great benefits fun work place great growth potential,Changes very fast. not really a con for me but it can be for some people,You guys are great. keep up the great work. just keep all your employees in mine for development,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44607,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 23, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It was a great place to start,The environment was fun and entertaining. Learned a lot about sales.,Too many people work and it's hard to move up,Recognize good work from employees and don't be so stringent on policy,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44608,apple,none," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Great Vision and Purpose, Retail trails behind the rest of the organization","Amazing work/life balance, focused on customer experience over results, intelligent employee's","poor bonus potential, limited growth opportunity, lack of transparency around necessary business data points needed to improve overall results",Trust your retail store leadership to maintain confidentiality and provide the info that will allow them to do better work.,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44609,apple,none," Mar 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great college experience,No micromanagement at all so that was cool! But gotta keep yourself accountable.,"No accountability sometimes, both ways.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P799.htm
44610,apple,none," Mar 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,"Leadership team is phenomenal! Company truly cares about staff and customers, doesn't just say they do, I see it every day!","So many talented people interested in going further, while there are not a lot management openings, from so little turn around.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44611,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 6, 2014",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Working Retail at Apple is still working Retail - no matter your title.,"The benefits were great - health, matching 401k, stock options. Pay was good for retail, and the discounts (Apple-provided and third party) were insane. By the time I left, I was up-to-speed technologically. My peers were INCREDIBLY talented, charismatic people. The only positive thing I have to say about management was that they knew how to hire.","Business at Apple is a grey, murky area. There's no alignment with enterprise-level business sales, so internal poaching happens. We had to share our inventory with the store, so sending a customer to third-party sales options happened from time to time and was frustrating.  Store Management was extremely short-cited - most of them had only ever worked retail, which didn't help the company's vision to be more than just a retail location. They didn't understand anything beyond what was right in front of their noses. I felt smarter than most of my ""leadership"".  I shouldn't have been hired at the store - I was overqualified for the job. When management realized that, I wish they would have assisted me in looking for other opportunities...I would have liked staying with the company, but I didn't know what other options there were.","Just because you know buzzwords doesn't mean that you understand them.  Store Management: If learning about the Business Team is part of your training, it's your responsibility to retain that knowledge. (We facilitated ""What does it mean to be a Business Specialist?"" presentations every few months, not to highlight what we were working on at the time, but to outline, again, what our job entailed.)  Business Management: GROW A PAIR. Stand up for your team. Don't be a passive ""company man"".  Corporate: Learn operations. Visit the stores. Talk to the low men on the totem pole. Listen to them. Consolidate.",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44612,apple,none," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple is the most positive upbeat work environment I have ever experienced!,Great personal and professional development.,Hectic retail hours with little opportunity for time away.,"Stay open to feedback, you're doing a great job!",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44613,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Amazing,"Amazing interactions with potential customers, wonderful coworkers, great benefits with 401K and stock, encouraging managers and the latest technology","Odd work hours, retail during holidays, some customers are not always happy, inconsistent training.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44614,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 19, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Retail Is Retail,"Great company, takes care of employees for the most part and a good working environment",daunting when having to deal with customers who 90% of the time are ungrateful and rude.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44615,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - AOS Mac Expert,Great Experience,"Plenty of coaching, intelligent co-workers, hands on training. Great benefits.","Little or no movement from a sales position at the Apple Online Store. Most Apple products are sold at retail, so growth in the AOS is slow and movement is less. AppleCare seems to have higher promotion opportunity.","Keep your employees challenged and engaged with special projects, career development options. Nobody starts an AOS Sales job to stay there forever - acknowledge people's desire to grow and move within the company.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44616,apple,none," Mar 25, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work for,overall it's one of the best company to work for,people are very fast moving,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44617,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Apr 5, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Genius,The rumors are TRUE!,"One of the best things about Apple is the community. Being able to work for the company that produces hardware, software and support for them both is a big plus. Additional training and resources are always available.","It doesn't take very long if you search the internet for people dissatisfied with Apple. Although with anything online, some claims are petty or from former bitter employees. If you are favored and well liked you will go far regardless of your skills. I believe people should only be rewarded for a job well done. I've seen countless skilled & talented coworkers, that deserved the opportunity, be passed over often, for someone less qualified. I understand every business is political to a point, but when this practice becomes the norm, there is a problem.",Senior management should really take a look at who they are hiring as Assistant managers. Several are woefully under qualified and have difficulty meeting the performance goals listed within the job description.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44618,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Good Filler for Career Path,"Laid back, work with great people, learn a lot.","Retail schedule, hardly any time off during the holidays, very strict attendance policy",Listen more. Empower more. Be more transparent.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44619,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 28, 2014",Current Employee - Fraud Prevention Specialist,Great to work for if you are looking for another job.,"Great benefits, 401(k) match, vacation time, sick time, will pay for school (as approved by your immediate supervisor), great to have Apple on your resume, job security, takes a lot to get fired.","Training is a work in progress, dept is going through growing pains, only motivation to do hard work is for the chance you MIGHT get the schedule you want, shift bids every 6 months, hard to get recognition, when you do get recognized you aren't eligible to receive another award for over a year, employee morale is low. Keep in mind this company is based in California so there's a lot of thin skin.","Lift the year probation on award winners, expand rewards program instead of diminishing it, stop dangling carrots when you know you aren't going to deliver.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P800.htm
44620,apple,"Mission Viejo, CA"," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Depends on management of location,"Casual atmosphere, co-workers, pay, benefits","Poor management, incompetent people put in roles because of politics, sometimes going above and beyond isn't enough",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44621,apple,none," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Retail Job Ever,"Great benefits for all, including part timers.",Promotional paths muddled and vague.,Nothing.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44622,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,It was a great experience meeting new people who were so compatible and intelligent.,It was a great experience meeting new people who were so compatible and intelligent. We had a lot of fun at work and made life long friendships all over the world.,The hours were tough being retail and the constant changing environment could be hard to keep up with.,"It would be great to have more consistency and less ""ambiguity"". Also the rules as far as not having friendships with people from all levels is a little extreme. So many of the managers were people I would have loved to have more friendships with outside of the store.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44623,apple,none," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, still innovates",People focus on making great products. There is no compromise on quality.,"Do not ever work at IS&T. It's like the slum of Apple. Please ensure you ask if it's IS&T they are interviewing you for. IS&T employees have been banished to Sunnyvale and have no perks like free sods like the rest of the Company. You are usually given hundred consultants to work on 2-5 mostly internal projects simultaneously while the rest of the Company focuses and innovates on great products. Most people think they are Steve Jobs. People focus on the beauty of products, but forget about performance and simplicity.","Free food, gym memberships aren't perks anymore. If you want to hire the best, you need to provide the best. Please treat all employees equally.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44624,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Great environment and many opportunities to develop one's self,Constant feedback from coworkers and store leaders. Outstanding benefits and discounts. No commission and thus no need to push customers to getting items/services they don't need.,"- little leniency on punctuality. - only 5 min leeway for clocking in. Example, if your shift is @1pm, if you clock in @ 1:06pm, you get 1point. 3 points in a 3-month consecutive interval leads to a warning and so on...",Nothing really. Love the work environment and management treats everyone with respect and there is little if any micromanaging.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44625,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,mixed,- Very successful company - Great to talk about with friends and family,- Secrecy and security get in the way all the time - work life balance isn't great - IT is not always up to par - Not as many perks as a google or a facebook - Cupertino is the most boring town in the south bay,You guys clearly know what you're doing based on the bottom line.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44626,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Trainer,Apple is an amazing company to work for.,"Apple offers on the job training in a team environment, they don't just hand you a manual. You are in control of what you want to do for Apple. The employees are energetic, smart, fun, creative and extremely talented.",It is hard to reach management from a starting position. The personal growth is up to you. There is no clear career path.,Management needs to be more receptive to ideas and change.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44627,apple,none," Mar 30, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Great people to work with, but unrealistic demands from management.","Great company in general, get to work with a lot of very talented people. Paid training to become a Certified Mac Technician.","It's retail, hours are all over the place with no steady schedule. Extremely demanding with very little feedback from managers, just that the team is not doing enough to keep up with customer demands.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44628,apple,none," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"It was pleasant, most times.",I enjoyed the team I worked with and the availability to use anyone as a resource at the store.,"Management didn't connect with, nor did they seem to invest in the team. Although they thought the initiatives they were ""creating,"" were aimed at boosting morale of the store, and bringing fun, they were not and most always seemed disingenuous.","Actually connect, show some flexibility, and be approachable.",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44629,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Mar 17, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,Incredible company to work for,"Work environment, benefits, work/life balance, career experiences, co-workers, developmental opportunities, hands-on experience with incredible technology, communication, training,",Working for Apple Retail does not necessarily ensure you have a better chance of gaining a corporate position within Apple Inc.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P801.htm
44630,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard to progress. Seem to open to creativity but hierarchy is still,"Sound cool, employee discount on Apple products.","Office culture, relatively lower compensation than peers.","Be more open to opinion, encourage collaborative environment",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44631,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 14, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Become a member of the team, but do not expect to do so and be satisfied in the long-term.",Working at Apple gives you access and exposure to amazing technology and the company of kind and interesting co-workers.,"A frequent dismissal of personal needs by management in favor of even the most ungracious, and often disrespectful, customer's.","Follow the credo: If people are your most valuable asset, act like it. Too many times, I felt unsupported and thrown under the bus by management so that a customer's tantrums could be quelled.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44632,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 15, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,"Insanely great people products, smart people motivated to serve customers. I love Apple","Great people benefits, quality products. Solid leadership they value their people and show it.",I love my job at Apple look forward to becoming full time moving up after I learn new concepts.,Thanks for the inspirational appreciated focus taking care of your people. Teaching me why Apple is the best brand in the world. Top fortune 500 company. Thanks very much.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44633,apple,"Novi, MI"," Mar 18, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Best job I've ever had,"The people I worked with were really passionate for the products and Apple did a great job of letting you express yourself. We got to test drive new software, and work with people from all walks of life. It made the days go by quickly.","Getting a job is tough. Once you make it in, there is limited opportunity for advancement. Good luck getting full-time work.",Set up career paths for new employees. There are some who do not desire to work entry-level retail their entire lives.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44634,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 3, 2014",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Great company, great people, bad middle-management","As retail jobs go, this was pretty fantastic. My day-to-day was amazing. I had to pinch myself that here I was getting paid to advocate for and empower people to use these amazing devices. Really fun. Very dynamic. Co-workers were amazing and fun. Good pay.","The ONLY issue I had was with the adversarial relationship we seemed to have with middle-management. Small things like consistent scheduling/goals seemed to be manipulated deliberately to induce fear and frustration. Any success my co-workers experienced moving up the ladder to corporate was despite the best efforts of of store management. A few made it, and it was exclusively by circumventing store management. Especially frustrating given the rosy picture painted for us by the guidelines about growing people.","When your employees know more about the products they become better sales people. The customers we had coming in were VERY tech saavy and treating them like idiots hurts the brand. The guidelines established in the employee training painted this lovely picture where learning and enhancement were valued and celebrated. Re-read those. The devices are great, but if the culture suffers, you're really aren't optimizing anything.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44635,apple,"Germantown, TN"," Mar 13, 2014",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Great experience,"The people, the experience, the atmosphere","The managers, in my opinion, didn't appeal to their employees... their view seemed to conflict with the companies view.",Please CAREFULLY review your store managers/leaders,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44636,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Mar 13, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Very short experience but wonderful work environment.,"Incredibly supportive staff. The management/company seemed to truly care about opportunities for you to improve as an employee and as an individual. Their streamlined approach to ""the customer experience"" is revolutionary. The store operates like a well oiled machine which made for fun and exciting shifts at work, day after day.",Almost always hires strictly part-time employees with opportunities for advancement to full-time later in the future. Very strict attendance policy. Not for individuals with bad attendance records.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44637,apple,none," Mar 27, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Challenging work environment.,Great benefits package if you're lucky enough to get full-time. There was a very diverse group of people on the team and we felt like a big family.,"Very difficult to get full-time in any position within the retail store. In-store management team was virtually powerless, everything from quantity of hours available to promotions/role changes were left in the hands of the market leaders (who didn't really have any idea what was needed). Hours were highly unpredictable, which made it nearly impossible to have a life outside of the store. Very difficult to move within the ranks of the store, they would very often bring in ""new hires"" from outside the store that would get positions that people who had been working there for years wanted. Very high-stress work environment (particularly at the Genius Bar) and, the pay rate didn't compensate for the demands most of the time. No connection between retail and corporate sides of Apple as far as job movement.","In-store management should have more power and market leaders should have less. Make schedules more predictable. Hire from within the store more often. Increase retail/genius bar employees pay rates to more closely resemble those of corporate employees. For example, Genius Bar employees made, on average, significantly less than AppleCare at-home advisors (which is absurd). Lose Tim Cook.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44638,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Quality is key,Apple provides some of the best benefits I've ever encountered. They really take care of their employees. You get a fantastic amount of sick and vacation time as well.,Working at any retail store is hard. The hours are not pretty and you are customer facing at all times.,Management at the store level seems too focused on numbers and not enough on their customer experience or the employees.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44639,apple,"Union City, CA"," Mar 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,network support engineer,documented stuff. responsibilities are very clear and tailor made and job is secure,"you can learn your own way and write documentation, Every body is working together to make the company successfull",All managers are good . Hardly any thing to say any thing bad. Specially our Network support area managers were really good and willing to co operate and work with you.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P802.htm
44640,apple,none," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,Expert,love what I do everyday.,none. the companies culture and people are amazing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44641,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Mar 11, 2014",Former Employee - Genius,Genius,You meet amazing people here and the benefits are phenomenal,Favorites play a big part here.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44642,apple,none," Mar 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,perfect,Nice environment to work in,None at all that I know of,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44643,apple,"Durham, NC"," Mar 25, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great way to break in,"Apple has introduced me to some of the smartest people and some of my best friends. Most people are welcoming to any store I go into and will be comfortable sharing a drink after work, because its usually needed.","Work-life Balance, overwhelming number of customers, inflexible management. After a certain amount of time working can become the same thing day in and day out. Very few career opportunities. I was expected to work over my normal schedule hours and then berated for having overtime.","Be open to talking to employees, don't encourage fake group projects.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44644,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Creative,Lead Creative,I work with wonderful people,The customer base is becoming less and less accountable for their tech.,Develop from within.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44645,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 10, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,one of the greatest retail experiences anyone can ask for.,"- Great benefits included with a retail job (401k options, stock options, medical, etc.) - Flexible hours (24 hour store) - Great team(s) to work with. - Management was deeply involved whenever needed and necessary","- Growth is highly dependanton ""hidden"" statistics - Very hard to fit in with the existing staff at times. - Management seemed uncaring at times (probably because of such a large staff in store).",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44646,apple,"Hingham, MA"," Mar 20, 2014",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,overall company was great- Management was terrible,great benefits. Friendly co-workers. promote from within though they did play favorites,management rotates and different rules and schedule issues each time I got a new manager. Nothing consistent,be fair & dont play favorites,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44647,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Apr 14, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Provided phone support for Apple products.,Opportunity to meet new people on the phone. Get to work with new apple products,"Low pay. Shift bids, can't keep the same shift, have to bid for shifts every three months. Dirty work environment.","I worked for Apple ( phone support ) in Lexington, Ky. I moved to Honolulu, Hi and applied for a position in the Apple retail store and was given an interview. I received an email saying that there were more qualified candidates being considered for the position. I was shocked. I love Apple products and would recommend them to anyone and have pushed my friends to get them. My friends often call me ( the ones who don't have apple care ) asking if I can help with there issues. I once got a call while working for Apple from a Apple retail store and ended up helping the retail worker sell 61 iMacs. That's right 61 iMacs at once. With Apple care. If you don't like the way people look, then tell them that. Oh wait, that's against the law. Wouldn't want to ruin apples image. Just lie to them. Because I know that I'm more than qualified to sell Apple products.",1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44648,apple,none," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and Bad,"The pay was pretty good, hours flexible(ish) and co-workers were awesome.","Management team was mostly ok, but some managers were rather sexist.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44649,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing place to work at,Get to change peoples lives.,Have to be available 24/7,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P803.htm
44650,apple,"Tacoma, WA"," Mar 23, 2014",Current Employee - FRS,"It's exciting at first, and the products are amazing, but poor management infrastructure.",Fast paced environment On the job training Room to advance easily Leads to more opportunities outside of the company They hire a lot of quality people.,Poor management infrastructure Management has no clue about the tech side of things Deal with angry customers that no little about technology,Actually know the tech side of your own products!!!,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44651,apple,none," Mar 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work/Life balance,Great engineers to work with.,Have to work on most weekends,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44652,apple,none," Apr 12, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Employee,Former Apple employee,Enjoyed the teamwork and 'fearless feedback' which worked great for everyone to generate revenue for Apple.,"Hire better managers with management experience and key skill sets and not those who have been sitting in retail for the past 20 years. If managers are there just for a paycheck who dislike their job, pay them 5k to get out and replace them with new leadership who will get the job done.","Change management on a quarterly basis and if you're sitting on a few billion dollars, consider changing the pay structure for all employees so they can take a vacation, buy a car and have the opportunity to buy a home. If Apple runs a reputable company then provide incentives with better pay to keep employees for the long haul.",1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44653,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 8, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,I'm always satisfied by them.,"If you have to work in retail, this is the place.",It's still a bit soul grinding to work in retial.,Don't be so uptight about all the rules. Have fun!,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44654,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Feb 28, 2014",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor,P/T At-Home Advisor,"Name recognition (""APPLE!!""). Health benefits are pretty good. Product discounts are good.","Like someone else said here: Callers are typically the less-than tech-savvy. Getting yelled at for not fixing the phone for free when they're out of warranty, or they broke it themselves. They record and listen to most every call, including your screen. They micromanage to the point it feels like grade school. The company is way over-hyped from within, uber-secretive about everything. Super-paranoid of their own employees.",Lighten up... don't push so hard on front line employees. Pay them more. Trust your employees. Stop treating AHA employees like children.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44655,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Mar 9, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,"Great place to learn and grow your skills and work with the most talented, underpaid individuals you'll ever meet.","Every day is a learning experience. If you have a strong work ethic and the ability to always be positive and ""on"" then you'll find opportunity to grow in the company. Working alongside some of the smartest most talented people from all walks of life is extremely beneficial, especially when learning the technology and business.",It's retail. You're skills and hard work can only get you so far. Most people hit the proverbial ceiling within a year or two and either continue to work or eventually leave to pursue better career opportunities. Unless you come in as a Manager it is extremely hard to cross that threshold to that level from any lower position.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44656,apple,none," Mar 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Allowed to embrace innovation,"Apple employees are encouraged to innovate, and everyone is passionate about what they do. Interdepartmental communication is excellent.","It can be easy to work long hours, because of the fun and exciting work environment. This is the only con I can think of, and it's not really a con.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44657,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Great company that truly cares,"Incredibly talented, smart people Genuine people centric culture Empowerment to do what is best A place to develop both internal and externally Beautiful locations Great work life balance, especially in retail",Not many....maybe more of a travel benefit in major metro areas,"Keep doing what you're doing, build the culture from within and continue to ensure that we promote only the best from within or external.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44658,apple,none," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Sales,fun good group of people,Weekend hours and retail schedule,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44659,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 8, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great ,"Working in a high-end retail store, using technology every day, getting occasional discounts on the latest products (brands frequently give 50% off to get employees to own their products - making us more likely to sell them to customers), and occasionally networking with high-end customers","There are some strict policies in place, including the time and attendance policy, vacation requests that must be submitted a full month in advance, and the requirement that every employee list availability to work on both weekend days. Smaller annoyances, such as achieving various sales metrics, micromanaging managers, and changes in policy that mean you can't always give the customer the full experience have made Apple Retail a less enjoyable place to work.","With new rules around Personal Setup, OnetoOne, and trying to have Specialists sell more and spend less time with each customer, its important to consider how this makes the customer feel. If we can no longer provide them with a full solution to their questions/problems, then no matter how much we smile or how nice we are, the NPS score will continue to fall. And more importantly, we'll have more unsatisfied customers.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P804.htm
44660,apple,none," Mar 24, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Most Political Environment I've Ever Been Part Of,"Apple Retail offers great pay...thats undeniable! Its a fast-pace retail environment unlike no other and is rarely a boring place to be. The pros are seriously limited to financial compensation and perks of that nature though. Discounted company stock is pretty great, benefits for all employees, product discounts (albeit rather minor discounts)...these aspects are where Apple excels compared to other retail operations","They make a lot of empty promises that they can't keep at the store management level. I was there for 2 years and was ALWAYS performing within the top 5% of everyone in the store and yet, the VAST majority of open positions would go to new hires who have never worked in retail or for Apple. This inevitably caused incredibly low morale amongst the employees at our store. The people who WERE being promoted from within were those who would hang out with managers outside of work, and were usually the most fake employees in the building. If you can sacrifice dignity to move up, then you will be a rockstar in this company. If you refuse to be fake, and stab other people in the back, then you will have no shot at a career in retail. How much you know, or how good you are at making customers loyal to Apple for life, is irrelevant. However, I will say that when I would go and work for other stores outside of our market, it was a LOT different. It felt like how retail did back when Steve Jobs was still alive and Jon Browett was still in charge of retail. Ever since then, things have been all about numbers and politics. Back then, it was all about change and enriching lives.","Management NEEDS to be help accountable for things they do or say. I've heard some REALLY messed up things coming out of management's mouths that are not only an HR concern, but also a direct insult to the Apple credo. For instance, at our store, an employee who was openly homosexual was harassed by a new manager for being ""too flamboyant"" around customers. Also, our store LEADER has on multiple occasions blasted people via email for moving to corporate positions without consulting with him first, myself being one of them! I was told that I went behind his back and that if I want to apply to ANY position within the company, I need to check with him first. This isn't cool and I know at least 3 other people who he said the same thing to. He also mistakenly sent an email out the entire store that was solely intended for the management team. In this email, he singled out an employee and said something pretty humiliating that everyone in the store read. He didn't even apologize for over a month. HR came in and investigated the situation by doing ""random"" interviews with employees but nothing changed and nobody was held accountable. This is NOT the Apple that I hired into, and it's this kind of thing that is the ONLY reason I left Apple Retail.  Also, changing for the sake of change is the most idiotic mentality I've ever seen when it comes to training employees. Things would ""change"" all the time and it was blatantly obvious that this was only the case because Apple claims to be all about ""change"". For instance, I had 100% customer satisfaction scores, and yet, I was told in my review with my manager that I need to change how I approach customers because studies show that approaching them with a product feature will drive my customer satisfaction score up. I'm already at 100%! Why the heck would I want to change a thing?!? Fixing things that aren't broken is a MAJOR recurring theme at Apple Retail and 9 times out of 10, we would pilot something in an attempt to drive up a metric that was already stellar, and it would fail miserably. Then we would spend the next couple months doing exactly what we were before JUST to bring that metric back up to where it was had we not tried to change anything. I'm COMPLETELY behind these kind of suggestions when someone is struggling maintaining metrics because that shows that something definitely needs to change. However, when someone has stellar metrics, it would be wiser for management to make an example of them and have them share their knowledge or techniques for success. Instead, they're just told their not doing things the way management would like and any opportunities for advancement go out the window at that point.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44661,apple,"Houston, TX"," Mar 1, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Learning experience that you will NEVER forget!,"In a nutshell, Apple helps you grow as a person, teaches you things school never did. Any experience you have here, you will take it with you forever. Good pay, diversity, positive, a happy place to be!","It may get very political, if management does not approve of you and they are not willing the help you, they will find a way to get you out. Just like any company, sometimes scumbags slip through the cracks, unfortunately, these people make it to the top and run away the people that are worth it.","Listen to your employees, if they raise a concern over a a peer or someone above them, try to find out the true reason of the concern. Sometimes things are forgotten and the bad people get rewarded.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44662,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 26, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Outsiders dying to get in, insiders dying to get you","Great products, great network, smart people",Talent and people are expendable - even up to VP level,50% attrition - really?,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44663,apple,none," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing company, and great job.","Work from home, great benefits and work/balance.","Part time job only and that was a big problem for me, it may not be for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44664,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,"Benefits. That's it. The stress of this job is insane, and if you don't drink the cool-aid you're not going to last long at all.","Your time availability for full-time employees is 6-7 days mandatory. Part-time is 3-7 (but you can only have one weekend day off, and if you don't specify, you WILL work both weekend days).  This company is excellent at giving you just enough money and benefits to keep you stuck in which ever position you're in. And don't forget, there is NO position (except store manager) that gives you ANY skills to improve your résumé and move on to a better job. DO NOT come here intending on making it to Apple Corporate, and DO NOT expect this to be ""the end game.""  Pay is sub-par (especially for the richest tech company in history). Sales ""Specialists"" start at $13/hr, ""Experts"" at $18, and ""Creatives"" and ""Geniuses"" at around $20/hr... but you'll never start out as the latter 3. You almost always have to start as a Specialist.... Oh, and there's NO COMMISSION. EVER.  One last thing... your annual ""raise"" (if you're an exceptional employee) will be around 60 cents.  I've noticed that the only people who think this company is good to work for, are people with no college education, used to be homeless, ex drug-addicts, or simply have extremely low self-esteem and low self worth.","Since management gets all of their orders from corporate (in Cupertino), there's nothing that management can do to improve work conditions, even if they wanted to... Their Christmas bonuses depend on it.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44665,apple,none," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - Genius,Easy to get caught,"Great benefits, good discounts. Big focus on training for different positions, including technical training and customer service training, which is really good. Your co-workers will be typically awesome, especially for a retail environment.","Pay is not great, customers are just as bad as any other customer service job, maybe a bit worse. Depending on your manager, it could be bad or good. It is easy to think that there is a path from retail to corporate and get caught up in it, but there is not really.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44666,apple,"Greenville, SC"," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),This company really focuses on development,I learned a lot at this company and they really focused on me as an individual and my development. I also enjoyed the family like atmosphere. Amazing discounts on products.,Since this is still a retail job it does tend to take up your holidays and they require that you work during holidays. So don't expect to go away for Christmas or Thanksgiving. No one gets time off on the holidays.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44667,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"The working experience is as personalized as the shopping experience, which is totally unique.","clear development path, management will work with you on where you want to go and not try to force you into doing something that will be great for them, great career opportunities, brilliant coworkers",taking a long time to get promoted...but they don't promote someone unless they're fully ready. they set you up for success. not failure.,None at the moment,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44668,apple,"Denver, CO"," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,A people-focused company with integrity.,Apple makes it clear from day one that they highly value their employees. They put a lot of work into properly training their employees and giving them a reason to like the company that they work for.,"It's difficult to get into the retail side of Apple. There is a lot of competition. Nearly all employees start at part-time, and that makes getting hours difficult","Be aware of how many your retail specialists are part-time. There are often a lot of e-learnings and trainings to complete, and for employees working less than 20 hours a week. I ended up leaving Apple because there simply weren't enough hours available for me to support myself working there.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44669,apple,none," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,4 Years in a Retail Store,"They hire fantastic people to work with. You will talk to customers who are genuinely excited and please to be purchasing products. The culture is defined by upbeat morale and innovation. Pay is very competitive for retail, if you do well and work as a team player, they will keep you around and treat you as an asset. It is somewhat difficult to move up in the ranks, it largely depends on opportunities within the market you are working, how you are perceived by management, and luck.","Management between stores is very hit or miss. Some viewers might have gotten the short end of the management stick, overall they try very hard to bring in great people and figure out when things aren't working.","You are doing well at stringing people along for higher positions, but there just aren't enough to go around for the people who deserve them.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P805.htm
44670,apple,none," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love going to work everyday,"Great benefits, excellent environment, work with truly awesome people!","none really, if you are open about what your goals are, in my experience management will guide you appropriately",keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44671,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Order Administration,Hard to compete,"On site cafe, doctor, nutritionist & gym, ATM, Starbucks, coffee bar, corporate games, unbelievable health insurance, massage therapist and constant ""beer bashes"" and ""off sites"" just to name a few.","It's too easy to become stagnant, stuck in the same position wether you like it or not. Pay is underwhelming compared to other companies.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44672,apple,"Portland, OR"," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Store Leader,A career Ruth Apple?,Great traffic and great products. You'll be busy all the time. You will learn things that are unique to such a successful business.,"Brutal pace, there is no downtime. High customer service focus adds more pressure to fix every issue- some of which are unrealistic. Lots of staff- over 100- to keep happy.",Pay more given the responsibilities and competition.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44673,apple,"Natick, MA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Challenging, Fun, and Rewarding","Mentally Challenging, Always learning new things. Company has great core values.",Long hours spent on your feet. Full Time requires 100% open availability. Schedules change from week to week.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44674,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Executive,"The best learning experience of my life! However, the company culture has radically changed recently.","The people that I worked with at Apple were incredible. I looked forward to going to work every day and the company really does value a diverse demographic for its employees and its customers. I'm haven't started looking for another job yet, but I'm sure skills that I've acquired there will come in very useful. I particularly learned a lot about communication skills and positioning of a product/ topic a certain way. Taught me a lot about patience, tolerance, organization, loyalty, and teamwork.","Growth, particularly in retail was extremely narrow. I had the highest metrics in my area and was a great resource to the team, but there was often tenure and politics involved in any promotion. Responsibilities are frequently increased in big increments but there wasn't nearly adequate financial compensation for the new responsibilities. After the loss of Steve Jobs, I believe the company shifted focus from the customer experience to generating higher numbers and impressing wall street. This became very evident in our budget cuts, resources and training that was provided, and severe reduction in headcount even during the busiest time of the year. Apple has also had a lot of success in convincing the public that its a green company, however, if you work just one day in the retail stores, you'll notice that Apple isn't really much of a green company at all. There is almost no recycling that occurs with the massive amounts of shipping and packaging for the products.","I would've really loved to see management offer more opportunities to grow within the company if employees wanted to grow out of retail and reach corporate. Tim Cook has a lot to follow after Steve Jobs' legacy, but what made Apple and Jobs really great was the commitment to the experience of the customer/ user/ employee. I feel like that value has been lost in the last two years.",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44675,apple,none," Mar 3, 2014",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Amazing,"Great work environment, excellent benefits",finding a new position for growth can be met with resistance,Give the benefit of the doubt,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44676,apple,none," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"It has a good work-life balance, great discounts on the Apple products as well as on third party accessories and also discounts on mobile bills! Holiday discounts are pretty generous.  Apple trusts it's employee to make the right decision so we are given a lot of lee way when it comes to making judgement calls on technical issues.  Communications between management and worker is pretty open. If you have any concerns just ask for a quick meeting and they will set aside some time to talk.",Sometimes the store gets so busy that we don't have the time to set aside for additional training. We are suppose to get ongoing training on the position by going over the latest technical post.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44677,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Needs to revamp,Great company... great benefits... great people... The environment is great... lots of fun people to work around,upper management won't listen to you anymore everyone kinda thinks they know how to do everything no room to move up,listen. You don't have everything figured out,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44678,apple,"Houston, TX"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Fun, Exciting Place to be",Like no other retail. Huge room for growth job security benefits the best people in the world work-life balance company values,some bad attitudes (rare) inconsistencies between stores and markets,communication is key,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44679,apple,"Allentown, PA"," Feb 27, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great experience,"Co-workers, discount, constant training, flexible hours, the training for customers is fantastic, always updated on latest products","Pay isn't great for such a profitable company. Constant stream of customers who can get a bit cranky, co-workers can have a bit of an uppity attitude towards their knowledge of the product",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P806.htm
44680,apple,none," Feb 26, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,It was a good experience but lacked any chance for advancement.,The pay was better then what most retail jobs pay and your coworkers are pretty stellar. Raises came every year and were significant($.75-$2/hr). Good benefits and stock options. Discount is nice and you get to meet some interesting people. You can learn a lot about people and technology by listening in.,"No chance to move forward to a higher position unless you want to do the job without the pay increase first. If you want to be a Genius you have to work the genius role with out the pay first, same with becoming a trainer. They very rarely promote internal employees to management. Apple prefers to hire Starbucks, Gap and Best Buy mangers into the company. The workload is absolutely overwhelming, store is packed nonstop and not enough employees to help everyone (even with 20-30 sales people on at a time). Because it is so packed you will get sick all the time.",Have some more understanding for how overwhelming the job can be. Consider even a very small commission to make the constant stress and illness worth it. Promote from within and stop hiring from outside the company.,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44681,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,"Plenty of people to learn from, lots of ways to contribute",You have to continually improve or you will be left behind,Arrogance doesn't work. You will lose the talent you need to be successful yourself when you burn bridges.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44682,apple,none," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GREAT CULTURE,"This company's retail division has a great culture, you always have mentors that are willing to help you develop. you can never be bored at an apple store, because you can always do different job function whether it is inventory, sales, pc repairs, mentoring staff, or demonstrating product feature in workshops. And off course, as an apple employee you get great discounts and benefits.",be aware of office politics,Management might need to consider partial commission for sale employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44683,apple,"Mableton, GA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"It is great for multiple reasons, mostly Apple is very efficient.",There are no downsides that I am aware of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44684,apple,"Atlantic City, NJ"," Feb 23, 2014",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Great Culture, Bad Retail",Great company culture Benefits fun upbeat environment,Retail environment is terrible brain wash employees not much room to grow,Be more understanding,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44685,apple,none," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Apple hires some of the most creative and intelligent people around. So fun to collaborate with!,Not much downside to working for one of the greatest companies on the planet ...,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44686,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,The best company I have had the pleasure of working for,"Benefits, scheduling, management, training, flexibility, empowerment, support, etc etc",Can be very difficult to move up in the company. You definitely have to prove your worth.,"Most management take the position of leading, not managing. Communication is great and key to have effective specialists.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44687,apple,none," Mar 11, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,"Decent temporary job, not a company that I'd want a career with.","Pay starts at above minimum wage, a lot of opportunities for bonus pay if you meet your metrics.","You are told that accommodations will be made for this like schooling, but when Apple started to get busy all accommodations were canceled, which resulted in a lot of employees having to quit.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44688,apple,none," Mar 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, if you like working","You will work your ass off, and build great products.",You cannot slack off... there is no room for that type of slacker culture.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44689,apple,none," Feb 27, 2014",Current Employee - BDM,Great company but made by employees,Products first! Working with Apple mindset and processes are a great experience. You fill like be in Cupertino everyday despite you are in Europe.,"American mindset is very particular: it's so hard change their mind and explain that process are ok in U.S, in Europe may be not.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P807.htm
44690,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 25, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Insanely Great,Wonderful corporate culture that extends throughout the entire company. Fantastic pay and benefits for part-time employees.,"Must be able to adapt quickly to circumstances, sometimes the big things change and they change fast. Apple finds a way to make it your life. It can be too much if you don't work to balance it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44691,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Enriching,Personal growth if you know to speak up and know to keep composure,Retail hours mean a serious balancing act of work/personal life,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44692,apple,"Portland, OR"," Feb 25, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,Great company while you last.,"Amazing People, Great environment, incredible benefits, amazing products. Generally speaking you have lots of opportunity to move up in retail pretty fast but hit a pretty solid ceiling at manager.","They will work you until you burn out and then replace you with a fresh duplicate. I put in 5 years of blood sweat and tears and left without as little as a ""thank you"". (Don't let the door hit you on the way out.)",Make sure you regularly let your employees know their hard work is appreciated.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44693,apple,none," Mar 11, 2014",Former Employee - Creative,A good place but be careful if you move to another state: Politics change with markets.,"You can express yourself with clothes, hair, tattoos and find like minded people who come from so many walks of life. You will find some of the best friendships here!","Depending on your market and managers' disposition to hit sales / appointment goals, you could be asked to work 14+ hour day and come back bright and early the next morning. If you work retail, you will have NO chance of getting to corporate. Working part time means working 40 hours. Yeah, do the math.","Be mindful of what your store says. Gauge your climate and general attitude around the store. If you notice a decline in happiness, change it up a bit. They will repay you ten fold.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44694,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Project Manager,One amazing journey!,The culture. Apple's dynamic quality is unparalleled.,Work-life balance is a big challenge.,Be cognizant of work load.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44695,apple,"Manhasset, NY"," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,"Great People, Not A Career",The employees that you work with will be friends for the rest of your life. Without the employees support for each other no one would stay as long as they do.,There isn't much room to grow unless you are in a very high volume market. There is a lot of lateral movement in the company but not much progression. They value managers from outside the company than growing from within.,Have a blueprint and clear path for employees to start a career and get to leadership.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44696,apple,"Natick, MA"," Feb 23, 2014",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,A company that lives up to its promise for carrying about its employees,"Great people, supportive leadership, great benefits, stimulating work environment, day to day variety.","Busy environment that can be hard to thrive in, very very thorough interview process.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44697,apple,none," Feb 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,Very intelligent and passionate coworkers.,Cupertino isn't the most exciting city.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44698,apple,"Roosevelt, NY"," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It was ok,Flexible and professional working environment,Working retail is not my cup of tea,Teach more than apple software,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44699,apple,"Reston, VA"," Mar 8, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,"The people, the products, and being paperless. Everything is digitalized.",Apple rolled this position into Retail which means no Account Management and going after Enterprise accounts. You're now at the mercy of the Store Leader which 90% don't understand Account Management.,Put the position back into its genesis which was going after large accounts and penetrating markets.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P808.htm
44700,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people,"great coworkers, fun to get to play with new products right away. Awesome parties!","not much to any room for advancement. No promotions, lack of compensation. Managers really don't appreciate anything. Even a smile would do or a simple thanks.",look in house before out,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44701,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Feb 21, 2014",Former Employee - Advisor,GREAT COMPANY TO WORK FOR,LOVED working for apple one of the best jobs i have ever had,NONE! apple was very flexible,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44702,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a very good experience to be part of a company that has brought so much innovation to the world.,"Overall company culture, environment and peers. Great benefits package. Horizontal hierarchy, somewhat easy to navigate.",Some departments have hight turnover due to lack of growth opportunity.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44703,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 21, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,Simply Amazing.,"Hmm, let's see... They pay really well, really open work space, as well as workmates, they also have Satisfactory breaks...","Uh, they have extremely rigid work hours... That's it I think.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44704,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 22, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,People are impressed,Tons of benefits. $100/mo transportation allowance. Insurance. Free Apple stuff.  People are always impressed by Apple employees - even those at the retail level.,Way too much hype. People take themselves a little too seriously.,Commission would be nice.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44705,apple,none," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Apple provides quality training and exposure to the technological age.,"Diversity in work, high caliber co-workers, looks great on a resume, development time, thoughtful leaders","inequality between expectations and pay, social pressure to speak over-highly of all corporate decisions, lack of vertical movement, unproductive meetings",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44706,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - Field AE,"Great brand, not so great as a Sales Professional",HOT brand that everyone recognizes,Not an environment that is SUSTAINABLE as a sales maker. Constant demand on quota growth due to the public nature of the company,Map out a plan to RETAIN good people. No more churning and burning out people..,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44707,apple,"Beachwood, OH"," Feb 19, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Life changing but you can't stay,They hire the cream of the crop - therefore you have a lot of things in common with most of the people that work there. Culture is strong with this one. People are very positive and love their job.,Extremely hard to move up in the company. They tend to hire from outside - the internal metrics are very difficult to achieve and therefore they pass on most internal candidates. This is retail so you have retail pay - which for most people with Bachelors and Master's degrees have to move on since promotions are so hard to get.,Promote within to keep your cream of the crop,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44708,apple,none," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Micromanagement,Casual atmosphere. Face to face communication not required during normal work hour.,Micromanaging. No flexibility. Feels like a line worker. Bullying.,It's not okay to discriminate by age or sex.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44709,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,A stressful but rewarding position with one of the most highly thought of employers.,"The culture is amazing if you are in the right store. It's a retail environment that cares about it's employees. The work can be rewarding, but it is what you make it (just like every job). Apple positions are very secure. There is room to grow and positions in Apple are highly regarded as some of the most difficult jobs to acquire, and if you don't want to stay with Apple, just being with Apple makes you very desirable to other employers.","In the Genius role, it is pretty much non-stop angry customers. There are situations where you have to get a leader or security guard because of customers' temperament. Over time some people get ""burned out"" and should leave or move on, but sadly they don't. It's difficult to get fired when working for Apple so people who are content in their positions do what is necessary to stay, but have very little drive. This can be difficult on the people who are trying to grow with the company. Trying to improve numbers on the team can end up being a 1 person job (which, in turn, burns out that individual). Also, in San Francisco, there is a big turnaround for technicians because Apple does not pay the average rate for someone doing a technical support job.","Salary for the Genius role needs to be more in line with the same tech support jobs in the immediate area. This way, the turnaround won't be so high in areas with many tech support jobs. Also, the Family Room process need an update. The family room journey is okay, but does not take into account a call-out or short-handed team. If the positions are not staffed properly, the ""journey"" doesn't work. I think, sadly, it is time to shut down the ""walk-in"" traffic at the Genius bar. Creative sessions are done by appointment only, why not the Genius Bar? This will make the scheduling easier (which will make technicians happy) and force technicians to be more accountable (because they HAVE TO finish their queue). If someone calls out, each technician on the team takes an even amount of the sick technician's appointments. That will root out people who call out too often - the team will push that person to be more accountable, or to leave.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P809.htm
44710,apple,"Walnut Creek, CA"," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Great Stepping Stone,"Lots of great opportunities to advance within an Apple Store. Easy to move from store to store. Great people to work with, and fun ecosystem.","Moving from Retail to Corporate is difficult. Apple hardly fires anyone in retail, so many of the harder workers have to pick up the slack for those that are just there paycheck to paycheck.","Trim the fat, and more presence on the floor.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44711,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 19, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support Advisor,"Very encouraging leadership, you'll get out what you put in",- Great leadership from your direct boss up - Great benefits - Accountability amongst peers and managers - Opportunity for advancement - Hard work is rewarded,"- Advancement can take awhile - Suggestions for improvements have to go through a long process and sometimes are said to be being considered but aren't - If you don't meet your metrics, you're out",Make improvements and suggestions more transparent,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44712,apple,none," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple has been great!,"Flexible, tuition reimbursement, awesome training",gets tiring talking non-stop on the iphone,the upper management is really helpful!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44713,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 18, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Fantastic place to work!,"Creative work-life balance, flexible environment, great people, and inspiring environment","No commissions, sometimes demanding management and occasionally difficult customers meant you had to be ""on"" at all times.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44714,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,They will run you down,-Great personalities in coworkers -Every day is different -Some great customer interactions -Cool technology,-Tough to deal with disappointed customers -Lack of support from leadership -Shifts are exhausting,"-Please decide if you want to be a ""turn and burn"" employer or if you actually want to develop career paths. In my experience, we were promised everything, and treated like we were replaceable.",2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44715,apple,none," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Store Manager,Horrible HR Practice,"Products, intelligent and talented workforce, lots of opportunity for growth","Extreme politics to a point of not truly supporting a performance based culture, HR practice was a joke (from how they promoted, to how they rolled out training, etc.)","Higher level executives need to work on visibility and make their presence known. There was a considerable disconnect between the people doing the work, and the executives. With Apple being such an incredibly innovative company from a product perspective, they were far from that in how they managed people. Lots of traditional, autocratic, hierarchical structure. I witnessed a lot of morale issues and people problems that could be addressed with putting more focus on understanding how to manage talent and engage the workforce.",2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44716,apple,"Newark, DE"," Feb 18, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),I had a great experience with Apple but the pros and cons below will give further insight to the positive and negatives.,"Great Benefits, nice work environment, nice people, decent pay if you don't have a degree yet.","Very political. They tend to give you the ""runaround"". Promises of promotions are hardly kept. It can very disappointing and discouraging.",Be real with your Employees. Be honest.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44717,apple,"Lyndhurst, OH"," Feb 18, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Specialist,"People who work at the store or customers who come to the store are Always Full of energy. The mangers are usually very cheerful, positive and encouraging. I love that people are trained to give fearless feedback. It make the workplace just so much more positive and having constant improvement and hitting the target goals always.",could be physically tiring due to the long hours of walking and standing on concrete floors.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44718,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 17, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place to work if you love retail.,"Great benefits, awesome staff, lots of people to pick up shifts if you don't want to work.","The same cons as any retail position. Odd hours, weekend work.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44719,apple,none," Feb 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dynamic work environment where everyone is an 'A' player,"The work is meaningful, the people are intelligent, and the beer bashes are the best! Cafe Macs has the best food around! No need to go out for lunch.",Access to crucial information to help move a project along is always closely guarded. This can be a good thing too.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P810.htm
44720,apple,none," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Quality Program Manager,Customer support process,"Dynamic, fast paced. Smart people around you who take pride in their work.",Difficult to move up or around. They like you to get good at one thing and them just do it. Not employee focused.,Care more about the people going all the work.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44721,apple,none," Feb 16, 2014",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,Best Job Ever!,"Great benefits, pay, atmosphere, genuine interest in where you want to go within the company","Working on the weekend, very limited Mon-Fri shifts",None I can think of right now,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44722,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 28, 2014",Former Employee - Order Support Specialist,Order Support Specialist,Great benefits. Ok Pay. They will match 401k to a point,You will never move up unless you are buddies with management.,Quit micro managing and watch lower management who take advantage of their workers.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44723,apple,none," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rewarding,"Great stock options, rewarding working environment, the bosses are relatively nice, the food is nice, great ambience and decor","people can be too demanding and ask for too much, and this is not a rearding experience when working in the company.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44724,apple,none," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,competitive,insanely great perks such as mobile carrier discounts and device discounts. cool to have awesome things,lack of promotions. full time cannot set availability of schedule,stop showing favoritism.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44725,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 1, 2014",Former Employee - Back of House,Don't get too comfortable,Discounts Surrounded by some great people Good work experience to understand how awful the human race is Looks good on a resume (as I've been told) Really good health benefits Stock purchase plan,"Don't get paid nearly enough Was around during the awesome $2-5 raise that many employees got, but otherwise it's around $.25-$.75, once a year. Not enough support for the Back of House (this is company wide, not just my store) You're working retail Did I mention it's retail? For my store, it was 24 hours minimum you had to work per week, which is not an easy thing to do when you're going to school full time. They used to be a lot more flexible with students and their schedules, but they seemed to have changed that. It pays you just enough so that you're afraid to move on to anything else. You get comfortable and next thing you know, it's 3 years later and you're at the same store. I've seen it happen to many people until they realized they can do better and left. Just be careful. This is a decent job if you're working here and going to school, but after that, get out.","Support your BOH teams. They may not be customer facing, or sell anything, but they are the reason products get restocked, computers are available to be purchased and how customers computer parts get received on time. Take a little time and actually try to understand what they go through on the day to day, it would mean a lot to them.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44726,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Feb 15, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple is a great place to work.... Depending on your location,Great company good pay for the position and awesome benefits,northbrook location has terrible management and even worst customers soooooo man old people that don't know anything about their devices makes for long days,Listen to the people who are actually doing the work before making company changes,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44727,apple,none," Feb 16, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Got to use my basic knowledge of apple products to help customers.,Pretty relaxed job. Basically just assisted people who did not have much knowledge of apple products.,"Store gets pretty crowded, especially on weekends and holidays.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44728,apple,none," Mar 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gone downhill,"It is Apple. Great products, everyone knows the name.",Incredibly secretive. Suggestions up the latter is nonexistent. Crazy hours.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44729,apple,none," Feb 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love going to work!,"They care about both company and personal growth! You feel taken care of and it is a no-pressure, welcoming environment.",I can honestly say for the first job yet that I haven't come across anything negative as an employee!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P811.htm
44730,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Feb 14, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Getting to work with awesome people, constantly being exposed to new experiences and people, and challenged daily.","Pay is great for retail, benefits are amazing, supportive work environment, and interesting people.","Extremely, extremely difficult to advance from retail on to corporate. Sometimes depending on the day things can get a little monotonous.",make the transition from retail to corporate actually possible,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44731,apple,none," Feb 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart interesting folks trying to make good products.,The company was indeed full of smart interesting folks trying to make good products. It was one of my favorite jobs in my career.,"if you are not in a popular project, it is very challenging because you don't get the resources your team needs.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44732,apple,"Denver, CO"," Feb 15, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great company to work for. Highly recommend!,Really enjoyed the atmosphere the company created for working at the store,Tend not to promote from withen,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44733,apple,"Portland, OR"," Mar 1, 2014",Former Employee - Store Leader,Store Leader,"Prestigious company with good pay and a good learning environment. Many good people, many of them exclusively techy and not necessarily good with people skills.","Intense workplace. Customer flow does not ease up and is a never ending battle to keep them happy. Company is rightly focused on customer service, but this additional pressure really takes its toll on the store leader. All department managers are hourly and expected to maintain close to only 40 hours per week while leaders can end up working 60 hours per week.",Pay better and get more management positions in the stores to lessen the pressure.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44734,apple,none," Feb 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is always fun to work with your passion,"Positive People, Healthy growth opportunities",Sometimes the trainers aint cooperative,Salary requrements not met,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44735,apple,none," Feb 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great internship program.,Incredibly smart people. Great employee benefits.,Technical role on a non-technical team was tough at times.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44736,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great company, but very different sugar-coated retail environment.",-Discount -Great pay for a retailer -Great people to work with -Culture -Looks greta on a resume -Employee discount plus+ -Some career opportunity for those willing to lose themselves -Travel,"-Not much room for growth unless you suck up to management -Inconsistent management team -Very cult like -Easy to get comfortable and satisfied with what you are doing -Not a very challenging environment after some time -Once management has an idea of you, they aren't willing to help -Too many politics and unfair practices -No work/life balance","Please hire new management. Management is inconsistent and always has been. LISTEN to your employees. We are all adults, don't speak to us like we are children.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44737,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Great benefits, management sucks, customers suck more.",The health benefits were great and I can honestly say that I worked with some of the best and brightest people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Working at Apple retail also helped to give me insight into how one of the most successful companies in the world operates. I also learned a great deal about how to diffuse tough situations and I learned a lot about how to switch between different contexts very quickly.,"The work-life balance situation is very unbalanced. Full-time employees are expected to have 24/7 availability and although they accrue vacation time, it's nearly impossible to use it (I requested vacation time up three months in advance and was rejected) because only two people can request the same day at the same time. Management seems to be mostly concerned with how many appointments are closed and not how many issues are actually fixed, we were constantly asked to multi-task, sometimes helping up to 3 customers at once. Getting a promotion is very political, and is mostly based on who you suck up to and not on skills or aptitude.",Take better care of your employees and stop overworking them. You have some really talented people who work for you but you're wasting your resources by burning people out so quickly.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44738,apple,"Houston, TX"," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Very rewarding experience, working with some of the most talented employees.","Great learning experience - Apple photo, audio, and video are great tools for development. Tests your limits with multitasking. Great coworkers, best and brightest work here.",Sometimes difficult to overcome some customer expectations. Retail hours can be grueling especially on weekends and holidays. Stores have difficulty balancing staff hours. A lot of times understaffed/overstaffed.,Keep innovating.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44739,apple,none," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Project Manager,Great culture and ambition for building amazing products.,None that standout from the ordinary busy work environment.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P812.htm
44740,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Feb 7, 2014",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"One of the best retail experiences, though YMMV depending on the store managers.","You get to play with and talk about some of the best technology on the planet. You can also be the catalyst for teachers, entrepreneurs, students, etc. to use said technology to enrich their lives and that of others.","Depending on management, you may have very little time to train and continue your learning. Burnout from constant work activity is common. As in most retail jobs, extra demanding customers can be a challenge, especially when it relates to their personal data and/or work.","Making sure everyone is well trained, and on the exact same page on policies, products, and services will drastically reduce most of the fires you have to put out daily.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44741,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Not easy an easy job, but a lot of fun!",Really fun and safe working environment. Amazing management team. Very relatable to coworkers. Flexible hours with little restrictions on shift swaps. Very diverse customer base.,Very demanding customer base with extremely high expectations. Constant training/education is required to keep up on the job changes. Takes very long to move forward in the stores.,Explain some of the decisions to employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44742,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 7, 2014",Former Employee - Theater Specialist,Working in Apple Retail store... crappy compensation for high expectations,"* Awesome technology! * Friendly, knowledgable co-workers * Great service and support provided for the customer.","* Crappy compensation for the amount of training, knowledge and work required to deliver Apple's high-level of service. * Apple Retail stores feel like a cattle corral for the employee. Hectic work environment with only 2 co-ed restrooms for hundreds of employees. * No clear career path from Apple Retail to Apple Corporate. * Lots of Rah-Rah and it feels like Apple is relying on 'paying their employees' with the privilege of working for Apple vs. really taking care of them financially.","For the amount of revenue that Apple generates, especially via their retail stores, pay your employees more money for all the amazing work that they do. It's an insult to work for the big ""Apple"" but having to take a second job just to pay rent and bills in a city like San Francisco.  If Apple would share the wealth more in the retail space and pay their employees as they deserve to be paid, you would retain a lot more talent. Sure, there is also an employee stock purchase plan but good luck being able to buy more than a few shares per purchase period based on making close to minimum wage for busting your hump.",5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44743,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Feb 11, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Accepting and open minded of numerous backgrounds.,"Apple gave you the chance to have fun at work and work with truly wonderful people. You get a chance to meet a number of different people on a daily basis. If you are a people person then this is the place to work. The pay, the company makes so much money they have no choice to pay the employees well.","It's kind of like high school, there can be groups of people that are similar in taste, but that can happen anywhere. Unfortunately, there is a little bit of naivety and unrealistic looks in the real world. There is a phrase, ""Drinking the Apple Juice."" Where you get so imbedded that you believe the company can do no wrong and is the end all be all. It isn't, it's retail and definitely not real life. With this comes an attitude that the managers kind of look at the employees like they are children. They try and assign busy work instead of respecting people's individual talents, skills, and rolls. Many have developed a my way or the highway scenario, which doesn't get companies or employees on the right path. If you want to be respected as an individual and welcomed, you'll be ok. If you want to be seen as an individual with ideas being recognized on a daily basis, then you'll have to suck up and never speak your feelings if it's against the popular opinion.","Remember, it is retail but your employees are not teenage kids. These are adults with long and full experience in the workplace.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44744,apple,none," Feb 25, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,family room specialist/ genius,met some great people. Great fresh out of high school or college job. Also a good part time job.,No room for advancement compared to other companies. Only value for certain employees based on arbitrary things.,"Apple has a lot of over qualified people that can contribute a lot. Rather than let them go, promote internally and offer competitive pay.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44745,apple,"Boston, MA"," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Great for the first view years,"Great people, strong bonds. Awesome benefits, and unique training/ employee assistance.","Not much room to grow. Plenty of lateral movements, but no real growth opportunities in upper management.","Pay more attention to the employees, they have great ideas",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44746,apple,none," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great overall experience,"Company, Benefits, Believe in what you sell",no room for growth within sales,add more room for growth within aos sales to edu and enterprise. More opportunity,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44747,apple,none," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Japanese Systems Analyst,Very nice environment and working teams.,Very simple and repeating task.,n/a,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44748,apple,none," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work with top talent in the field.,Work with top talent in the field. Apple hires the best. Most everyone here cares deeply about the product and the end user experience. Good compensation. Good food. Working hours may not be as bad as you think depending on what group you are working in. Software engineering in general has reasonable hours. Company has resources to develop the best technology in the industry.,Cafeteria and parking are crowded. Few free perks. Working schedule/style depends on group. Hardware groups have brutal travel schedules and deadlines.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44749,apple,none," Feb 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job of a lifetime,"Amazing colleagues, incredible products. You really do get to work with the best of the best, and the culture of caring about the user interface is second to none.","Poor work/life balance. Management has typically been a weak,spot in an otherwise very strong company. Apple typically does little to foster quality leaders.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P813.htm
44750,apple,"Novi, MI"," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),not a bad part time job,"The job is pretty easy and lovable just, if you're looking for a full time position it would take a lot of time and effort to accomplish. Pays more then any retail position I know off.",if you're looking for full time I would not recommend but a great place to work with lots of benefits.,the management is great I cannot really say anything negative about them.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44751,apple,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Working at Apple has been a career choice that has made me a better person.,It all starts with the people. Apple recruits and hires top talent that continues to strengthen the brand globally.,"Once in retail, it's difficult to break into the corporate side of Apple, Inc. Sometimes, we grow faster than anticipated and it's difficult to get a consistent message through the many layers of leadership.",Streamline communication and communicate more. We want to know and be involved.,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44752,apple,"Albany, NY"," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great place to work,Apple pays pretty decent and its possible to move up the chain as long as managements sees potential in you.,"Some employees get a little too into the Apple culture, and it definitely takes time to move up the chain.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44753,apple,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Really Great company who really cares about you spending time with your family,Great work environment Some of the best people in the work force Smart and Talented people Laid back retail environment,Not a lot of room for advancement Getting a Manager job is a bit political - have to rub elbows with the right people to be noticed,"Overall Management does a great job. In my store specifically each member of the leadership team is more worried about themselves instead of being a cohesive unit, and sending a team message.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44754,apple,"Boston, MA"," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,Great culture to be a part of.,"The perks of the status ""I work for Apple."" Being surrounded by tons of people who know just about everything regarding Apple software/hardware. My co-workers were a plethora of computer knowledge and I was able to further mine by being surrounded by such fantastic people. The work schedule wasn't difficult and the work/life balance was good. The store meetings were fun and entertaining and the discounts were standard in any computer type job.","Pay. I know that's the heartache of every company, but for the workload some of your employees get paid well below their worth.","Middle management, please don't forget where you came from. Get your hands dirty. It's discouraging just watching you standing there with your iPad thinking you're above everyone else and not helping customers directly. Learn something, knowledge is power. If a customer comes up to you and asks you a question, be prepared to answer it. Don't just pass them off.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44755,apple,none," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,Apple Life,"working with apple allows you an inside look at the technology that is changing our world, a very forward thinking company with many resources. also provide full benefits for full/part time associates",moving up in the company is difficult,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44756,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 8, 2014",Former Employee - Manufacturing Engineer,Awesome,"cutting edge, stimulating, never a dull moment, incredibly smart people, great culture, great benefits and salary, awesome campus, good food",While at apple I couldn't really come up with man cons other than work life balance is sometimes tough to maintain and there really isn't a lot of on-boarding.,work on onboarding,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44757,apple,none," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"not at al easy, but fun",learning skills that make you a better person and a better candidate for other employers.,only if you fail to recognize opportunities,better opportunities for advancement.,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44758,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Feb 1, 2014",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),A great place to work,"Positive, upbeat, career growth support.",Lots of competition for the few opportunities that rarely crop up.,Keep supporting those who want to grow at Apple.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44759,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Feb 12, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great company and atmosphere,"Pay, good working environment, fun team. Would defiantly recommend the company to others.","Hours when's new product, like an iPhone or iPad, is released are a bit aggressive but can be managedb",N/a,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P814.htm
44760,apple,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Really Great company who really cares about you spending time with your family,Great work environment Some of the best people in the work force Smart and Talented people Laid back retail environment,Not a lot of room for advancement Getting a Manager job is a bit political - have to rub elbows with the right people to be noticed,"Overall Management does a great job. In my store specifically each member of the leadership team is more worried about themselves instead of being a cohesive unit, and sending a team message.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44761,apple,"Orange, CA"," Feb 21, 2014",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,Good pay demanding tool,Great pay in so cal Chat support,If you don't have 100% surveys your manager bug you crazy Customers can be abusive and give u a negative survey because of apple polices but it's still your fault Very stressful,Don't over analyze 1 negative survey when the employee has 100 positive surveys,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44762,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Channel Manager,Work at Apple for the experience and name - but don't plan on staying more than two years,Unique experience No waste at Apple: Things get done very lean,"Company-wide culture of fear of the manager. Zero organizational agility. People at ALL levels are stuck in their jobs: There is no demotion nor promotion at Apple: You will do in 10 years from now the same job that what you were recruited for. Internal tools (mail, calendaring, intranet, expense reports, etc...) totally outdated and inefficient... Software from the XXth century in a XXIst century company","Rotate people. No one should stay longer than 3 years in the same job, whether they like it or not",4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44763,apple,none," Jan 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Expert,Very good customer focused company. It is a very fun job that I loved having in which I still wish I had.,They will let you go at any second for any reason.,"Pay attention to ace scores which are customer satisfaction scores because that seems to be what the world is crazy about. I had 100% customer satisfaction surveys for quarter and was extended, but they still let me go because of two bad weeks of close rate after being above 40%, when the goal is 25%.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44764,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Audit Manager,i love it.. it is great,i love it.. it is great,nothing much that i can think about. maybe long hours,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44765,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Feb 7, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Retail,"They take care of their employees, even in retail. Emphasis on training and customer service.","Part - time, no clear path to promotion",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44766,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High octane + fast pace,Very smart and dedicated folks. Good benefits and great cafeteria. On site health and welllness center (cupertino) is very nice. Laser focus on milestones and schedule.,People are very busy with tasks on hand and have little or no time to pause and think about the task. Big and complex processes which can lead to small rivet in a big machine feeling. Very limited time to work on new things due to schedule.,Improve the process and put down time between projects in schedule.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44767,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 6, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Amazing store culture and very professional management. There will not be one person you dislike at company like this. Everyone is super support towards your goals and want to you to succeed.,Attendance Policy can be a little difficult for long commuters.,Keep doing what your doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44768,apple,none," Feb 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, great people.",-Love the Culture -Encouraging and challenging work environment,-Very demanding (which is expected),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44769,apple,none," Feb 6, 2014",Current Employee - At-Home-Advisor,Great company!,-Employees are very bright and motivated -Company honestly cares for the people that work for them,The position can at times be very monotonous,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P815.htm
44770,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Feb 6, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,"Great company to work for, very invested in personal development.","Great culture, and drive for success. Really appreciated feeling like I could be myself.","Sometimes even the bad eggs get through interviews. Like all companies, I definitely dealt with some poor managers. I also found that the culture continued to change, it seemed like employee benefits in the past were much better, as if the company was trying to go cheaper.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44771,apple,"Athens, OH"," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Campus Representative,"Two supervisors, one completely unengaged","Excellent Training, Good pay, Resume builder","High expectations for college students, manager in Cupertino was engaged, lack of guidance from manager nearby",More accountability for Account Executives,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44772,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jan 25, 2014",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,"Love being a customer, didn't love being an employee.","Apple delivers amazing products to its customers (I was an Apple fangirl long before I started working for them). That is the biggest pro. Job wise, benefits were good, as was the 25% off employee discount (and the $500 off computer or iPad every three years). Flexible schedules for students.","As an At Home Advisor the work day got pretty boring as your whole day was spent answering phone calls for the same product. Difficult to take time off (at least my manager wouldn't allow us to take time off, even unpaid, if we didn't have the vacation time), which seemed ridiculous considering it was an hourly part-time position. This particular position caused lots of stress to myself as well as others on my team.","My particular At Home Advisor Manager was very inexperienced (it was her first time as a team manager). I would recommend that a first time manager has a ""coach"" that is involved just as much during their first year so that things run smoother. Or increase team sizes and give each team multiple managers of varied experience.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44773,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Feb 4, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great experience,Loved my experience with the company,nothing bad to say here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44774,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 29, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Fun company to work for,Great people to work with Working with Apple products all day allow for great flexibility,you can ONLY advance if the RIGHT people like you Some managers were lucky to be in the right place at the right time but they often lack the skills needed to do their job well,Make sure Managers have at least a bachelors degree because it shows when they are lacking reasoning skills,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44775,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Awesome company,Great People and a wonderful culture. Lots of room to advance and move up. Benefits are amazing.Employee discounts are a huge plus also.,Not so great pay. The pay is OK but should be higher for the amount of work and stress that you deal with on a daily basis.,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44776,apple,none," Feb 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Sense of Community.,"Good Work/Life Balance, Very Customer Focused.","Often Sells ""Career Experiences"" over advancement opportunities and upward mobility.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44777,apple,"Bloomington, IN"," Feb 2, 2014",Current Employee - Tier I Technical Support,Great company to work for,Awesome opportunities and great benefits,"Must be very flexible with schedule, especially if part time, as they can change with business needs",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44778,apple,"Westlake, OH"," Feb 17, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Pit of Despair,"Employee discounts, a great team mentality, the work isn't hard. Lots of attractive young people in one place with a common interest.","Incompetent managers, interpersonal drama a la high school, difficult to succeed. Random imperatives from corporate level employees who have never worked in a retail environment.",Trust your employees. Take their advice. Help them succeed and advance. Explain your decisions. Allow people with ambition to aim for management!,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44779,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,A good place to start a career,"Opportunity to learn and enhance customer communications skills, acquire outstanding hardware at a discount, and experience an open, helpful work culture where people can make mistakes and not get 'flogged'. Mistakes are treated as opportunities to learn and improve.","it is still a retail store and thought should be given to how this will work into one,s long-term career plan. The pay is low just as in other retail jobs. Generally, the management team is excellent and works very hard.",Continue to emphasize the importance of honest employee feedback.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P816.htm
44780,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Software QA Engineer,Decent salary and benefits but the work is non-stop with little or no down time.,The salaries are competitive for the area and for the industry (software development). Benefits are pretty good and lunches and dinners and easily available and affordable.,The Mac has been around for decades. But Apple still has a bit of a startup mentality. Depending of what group or department one works in it may be difficult to get weekends off or real vacations of more than 1 week.,How about a little down time between projects to give employees opportunity to avoid burnout.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44781,apple,none," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Innovative, exciting and energetic company to work for!","Top-tier tech company, very influential work even in retail stores. Store management allows for employee input every quarter and genuinely tries to act on it. Amazing benefits and day-to-day work. I like coming to work every day even if it means a challenge. Its so much more than just selling electronics. Despite being retail, you have the capability of controlling interactions that get out of hand. ""The customer is always right"" doesn't fly here, so you get to feel confident about your job. Management will back you up if you have a legitimate good idea or concern, and do a fair job of connecting with everyone even with a team of 200 people. An apple store is not just a store - its a hub of great thinkers, problem solvers, and engaged workers.","Management can be disorganized from store to store depending on leaders.  Difficult work/life balance - Hard to take time off (especially during holidays) due to high demand, availability requirements for part-timers are still restrictive.  Clientele knowledge and attitudes vary by location and you are expected to act your best no matter the circumstances. Do not consider working here if you're not a self-starter or enthusiastic hard worker. Still, It is the most difficult, yet rewarding, job I've ever had.",Corporate retail management - Take input from lower employees from multiple stores when coming up with new ideas.  General management - Promote from within when filling leadership positions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44782,apple,"Huntington, NY"," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist and Back of House Specialist,Don't ,Discounts. Health benefits for retail after 6 months.,"Management is an absolute atrocity - Conniving, heartless, and without morals. Forced to work long hours without legal breaks, quick turn-arounds ""clopening"", complete disregard for state/federal workplace health and safety. Disrespect, no appreciation, completely unvalued.","Show your employees respect, and appreciation - mine never did. Jump in and be a part of it, don't just stand idle laughing as they drown in consumer purgatory.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44783,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 22, 2014",Former Employee - IST Engineer,"Good place to work, but depends what part of the company you are in","Good benefits, can be cutting edge",In many positions you make less to say you work there,Better process needed for employee review,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44784,apple,none," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,NA,"Great Company, Great benefits, Great Employees/Managers",Harder to move into new roles.,Always work hard!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44785,apple,none," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Each day a little piece of your soul is taken,"Sweet discounts, excellent healthcare. Cool work environment. The pay is decent.","In the retail side of things you are a punching bag for a lot of upset customers at the Genius bar. For instance, if a customer spills wine on their 2000 dollar computer you are the one that gets to break the news that the warranty does not cover liquid damage. And the kicker is that that person then can go home and Give you a poor review that affects your yearly raise and eligibility for promotion. Most stores are obsessed with metrics and NPS scores. It makes for an extremely volatile and stressful work. Management is disconnected with what is actually on the workers mind. Apple Retail claims to act on feedback, but after 2 years with them what I learned is that they are only prepared to listen to certain feedback. If you critique the way things are being done at a large level you get a pre prepared response and no changes are made. Once you get to be a genius there is no room for advancement whatsoever unless you are the perfect apple poster child with near perfect NPS","Consider dissolving the NPS measurement system. It's unfair, inaccurate and frankly the sole reason I left.",1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44786,apple,none," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent training, benefits and compensation","Amazing set of people to work with. You will grow as a person based on their credo and culture. The benefits are great, and the additional perks are good too. The compensation was very good considering my previous work history","Stressful work environment, loud, high pressure. It takes a lot of mental and emotional fortitude to truly work in an Apple store. There is always someone yelling or being upset and the store systems are not set up in a way where it is a relaxing environment.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44787,apple,none," Jan 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Direction was mainly towards customer satisfaction, and not so to employees",Great big Apple family that revolves as one,Better communication regarding higher management,Listen...act.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44788,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 26, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Campus Representative,Innovative company with a lot going of them,"Smart colleagues, excellent leadership, always working on something new",Tend to be micromanaged at times,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44789,apple,none," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is Amazing,"Being at Apple is amazing. You are paid well, constantly challenged, you get to be a part of revolutionary technology, you work with some of the most brilliant people in the industry, and they have great perks.",You work long hours. Somethings the work-life balance gets a little hard to keep up.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P817.htm
44790,apple,none," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great opportunities, terrible management","Pay, training. I got very good at sales very quickly.","Management. Half the management team were educated and came from strong sales backgrounds. These people were great, and really valued success on the floor. The other half were career retail, and didn't have the same standard. I felt discriminated against by these managers because of my education and background. Regardless of my success, I knew that I was experiencing prejudice based off my long-term opportunities outside of the retail floor. It doesn't matter how many higher-ups tell you you are being groomed for corporate, the second the retail floor finds out, you're screwed.  Apple is also stagnating as a company. They're innovation is slowing down, and I always felt like I was lying to customers about the products.",Chill out.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44791,apple,none," Jan 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Advisor CPU,"Great hardware to work on, autonomy to cut through red tape to resolve issues. Company has a great reputation among most customers.",Some customers are unreasonable and leave surveys that tag your permanent record.,Devise an appeals process legitimately unfair customer surveys.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44792,apple,none," Jan 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work environment,learned a lot of new technology,There were no cons I could see,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44793,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 13, 2014",Former Employee - Product Design Lead,I hate this company,Nice HQ (I talk about CA) Smart coworkers,Not so great pay Enough work hours!!,Please out!!,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44794,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 25, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great company to work for!,They only hirer great people that turn into friends for light. Everyone has something creative that they do besides working at apple. They are known for hiring folks who also use there products creatively so everyone has something in common.,its retail.... and some of the rules don't make sense but over all a great company.,A wee bit better pay and do more creative things internally with team.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44795,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Jan 27, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple is a great company to work for so far. Excellent values and culture.,"Friendly, diverse, fast-paced. I learn every day.","Customer service will be customer service, no matter for whom you work. Customer interactions can be the best and the worst part of your day.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44796,apple,none," Jan 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Apple doesn't leave anyone behind, they move forward together.","none, show up on time and be respectful of others and the company.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44797,apple,none," Jan 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, good place to work","Great people to work with, relaxed atmosphere, and freedom to work on things that you feel are important. Good balance if you get a good manager.",Work/life balance varies greatly by department. Can be just as political as any other large corporation. Bad balance if you get a bad manager.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44798,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Great place to work, great environment and culture. They treat employees well. Lack of advancement opportunities","Benefits, time off, culture, management","Salary, location, lack of advancement opportunities",Salaries should be competitive with the rest of the industry. Currently below average,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44799,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,One of the best jobs in retail you will ever find.,"It's a very stimulating job with many different levels of complexity that require a balance of tech savviness and more importantly, people skills. One of the best parts of this job is constantly providing solutions for customers. While that might sound cheesy, if you know what you're doing, you will make your customer happy 9/10 times. The management at my store are super nice and understanding but also know when to challenge us. No complaints so far! This is definitely a job to be proud of.",Sometimes you have customers who are rude and disrespectful but that is to be expected at most retail jobs I suppose.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P818.htm
44800,apple,none," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best yet!,"Great staff, excellent work environment nothing beats apple when it comes to computers",Nope there is none! Can't think of any really! Everyone is great and there aren't any cons now,Doing great! There is nothing your doing wrong,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44801,apple,none," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have learned a lot about the company and its cultures and values.,Changing peoples lives daily and dealing with different customer situations as well as meeting daily goals,work life balance and handling any customer issues as well as the long hours,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44802,apple,none," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best company I have ever worked for, hands down.",The culture built around developing our people is second to none.,Are there any cons? I can't think of any. I really love everything about working for Apple.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44803,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),One of the best companies I have ever worked at!,"Great people, great technology, great company!","There are no Cons! If you love the products, working for the company is just as good!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44804,apple,"Columbia, MD"," Jan 26, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The environment makes it worth it!,"The best part of working was the customer interactions I had with new owners of Apple products. Watching them realize the potential of their products and their thankfulness always made my day. Also my coworkers are some of the BEST people I have worked with. Apple has a tendency to hire the sociable, fun, hardworking folks. It helps make the work environment one you want to be in.","There are days when your shift just does not seem to end and that is because of how busy the store can get. Sometimes you can be short-staffed during a shift b/c of how many people call out ""sick."" Scheduling is store dependent but I'm pretty sure folks have issues with it across the board. There are days where it just does not seem to be enough people to meet the business of the day. And that can be frustrating because you have to pick up the slack. Oh and if you're in retail, it is tough to find opportunities for upward mobility within your store. You have to be open to moving to another store. Everyone seems to be vying for those few openings that rarely open up.",Hire enough employees to meet the demand. OR just schedule enough employees to work during the busy periods.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44805,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 24, 2014",Former Employee - Customer Service,Excellent Company,Great Salary & Atmosphere. Loved working with some of the best minds in the world. I would recommend a job with Apple to everyone.,Hard to move up in the company. The company favors software engineers more-so than the business minds. Pick Favorites.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44806,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jan 24, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,AWESOME!!!,Great work atmosphere and leadership.,"Tough hours at times, but it is retail so you learn to adapt",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44807,apple,"Modesto, CA"," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,A rollarcoaster.,The experiences that you have every day. The people you meet. Every day is different.,Long hours. Customer's yelling. Kids just hanging out in the store.,"Be understanding to those of us who are taking appointments everyday, all day. We don't have an office to go hide in.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44808,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 8, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,It's really about drinking the Kool-Aid,"Nice friendly coworkers, okay benefits","Apple really wants its employees to be sheep, blindly enthusiastic about every initiative the company develops, even as these initiatives may change drastically and contradict former initiatives, without warning.   A lot of beating around the bush with feedback and expectations.  Most employees are overqualified people who are treated like babies.  Despite management saying the company is Customer Service driven employees are rewarded more on their sales and attachment programs rather than quality of relationship with the customer, though employees receive no bonus on sales.  Loss of individualism. Really feels like a corporation. Employees expected to fit into cookie cutter roles while being told they are hired for who they are as individuals.  Employees and especially management seem really fake.  Employees could be paid a lot more considering how much profit the company makes. High turnover as employees are unhappy with the meaninglessness of the job.",Be more direct,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44809,apple,none," Feb 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Representative,"Amazing learning experience, was able to gain leadership experience and also worked on communication skills. There are a lot of benefits that come with this position.","Not much direction, sometime I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be doing, not enough training",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P819.htm
44810,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jan 21, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,As good as retail gets. But it's still retail.,"Intelligent staff, strong company mission and vision, multiple training opportunities, excellent focus on development. It's great getting to be a boss with employees so much smarter than you. Training is in depth and development of team through touch bases and quarterly meetings is wonderful in the world of retail.","Limited upward mobility, numbers over value focus, overly customer focused - sacrificing integrity to please customers. It's retail, so the hours are hard, the expectations of the employers are harder, and the customers expectations are the hardest.",Listen to your employees and keep your word.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44811,apple,none," Jan 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies to work for.,Ill keep it simple. *The People you will meet. *The pay and benefits. *The status of working for apple. *The Knowledge you will gain. *Room to grow.,Continuing to keep it simple. *The culture is not for everyone. *The cons really change with location and people.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44812,apple,none," Feb 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Warehouse Lead,Good company as a whole.. decent benefits,"no upward mobility, hard to cross over to different departments",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44813,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 24, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,My experience was absolutely dreadful.,Free Apple products...if that is a pro. The job does pay pretty well if you can avoid putting a gun to your head for long enough to deposit your paychecks.,Basically everything else. Everything from the management down to the customers...absolutely painful. I have no idea why Apple is so highly rated. Apparently I forgot to attend the employee brainwashing sessions.,Quit while you're behind.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44814,apple,"Lynnwood, WA"," Feb 5, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,Looks great on a resume,You work with a lot of great people and you are constantly learning new things. Great if you are interested in a career in sales. Having a background with a great and success full company with high sales metrics looks good to potential future employers.,"Management, at least at my location, almost abused the fact that their employees were apple fans and could get away with not paying them their fair share. Also dealing with highly technical issues with non tech savvy customers can get frustrating.",Be more transparent about promotions from within.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44815,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Jan 21, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,The Greatest Company,"Best insurance, best rewards. It was really fun working with some talented people.",It's retail and retail sucks.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44816,apple,none," Feb 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple has some great qualities. It's better to own the products than work for the company.,Great benefits! Work with amazing employees Flexibility: ideal job for college students,Selective few get promoted Plenty of favoritism Lots of micromanagement Management pretends to be there for you but really all they care about is the metrics It's retail so don't get caught up in the hype! Don't believe what they tell you in core.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44817,apple,none," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Mediocre at best,"This job hired me with no technical support experience, I only had to pass an online test. The training was intense and had no tolerance policy for ANY absence. It is an opportunity to get your foot in the door for technical support. And to prove, if you haven't had measureable success before that you can learn impressive amounts and maintain strict attendance and statistical requirements. The job, as a whole, is stressful but can be rewarding.","It was not worth it at all for 10.35 an hour. There are only positions available through a temp agency. You go through an intensive training and learn products inside out. Then a 2 week additional on-the-job training. They also create a competitive environment during training for shifts but are not careful with keeping scores and attendance. The management was absolutely inattentive and I have never felt more like 1 in 1000. They had us sign an attendance policy 2 weeks after it went into effect. And did not provide a copy. Ultimately, it was the actual physical room that made me leave. No natural light.",Care more,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44818,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 21, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Overall a great experience. Great benefits, and resources are available to grow within the company if you are ambitious.","Very good culture, good managers, empowering.",Lack of growth opportunities and slow to resolve solutions because of the scale.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44819,apple,none," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,You can develop your people and communication skills while in a great environment. There is also plenty of priceless information you learn while helping customers on there journey.,The management is horrible and the pay is too low for the work you do. You have to be very flexible with your schedule.,Get a new store leader.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P820.htm
44820,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 16, 2014",Former Employee - Supervisor,Excellent Experience!,"Learned empathy. Something I realized that I did not have. Had great managers, peers. Made a lot of good friends. I would not have left if it was for the scheduling conflict with other obligations outside of work. As with any job. You most likely need them more than they need you, so you'll work when they say. Great opportunities for advancement or lateral moves within the company. Pay is great. Don't foul up your attendance or policies that apple upholds, or any other obvious things. A lot of excellent perks and discounts!","Not really cons, but advice to potential candidates. For advancement: Drink the kool-aid. If you don't know what I mean, you'll know when you get hired. I don't mean this in a negative way, I mean this in a, this is a cutthroat sink or swim business, you'll stand out if you love what you do, (maybe just a little more than anyone else though...) Hours are competitive and rotational. Dependent on how good you're doing is how you're rewarded with a particular time slot of 4x10 or 5x8. I was at the corporate office, so, regardless of kids, school schedule, any obligation, Apple will own you unless you can polish those numbers for them to get what you need, so don't bother planning ahead, unless you make the cut every quarter.",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44821,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work with great benefits.,"Benefits are very generous. Very diverse atmosphere. Overall, all employees are very friendly. Very flexible for work hours. Convenient location.","At times, numbers seem more important than employee welfare and moral. Communication with team on some things leaves a lot to be desired.",Management should communicate more with and listen to employees doing the actual work when making decisions to change to new procedures and the timing of the change.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44822,apple,"Appleton, WI"," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Consultant,"Great Pay, Bad Work/Life Balance","Good Pay, Good Benefits, Educational","Lack of Work/Life Balance, Management can sometimes be very micro managing.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44823,apple,"West Palm Beach, FL"," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Apple BOH Specialist,Great place to work,"Great managers and supporting staff. Fun, well educated team that makes it a pleasure to go to work each day. Great pay and very low stress.",Very competitive and tough to get full time.,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44824,apple,"Brandon, FL"," Jan 28, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Dynamic, fast-paced, but poorly managed.",Apple prepares their employees for success with customers and the management staff nearly always backs their employee's decisions.,"The way Apple cultivates a management team is in a very passive and passive aggressive manner, which leads to a very critical and hands off feeling. This has been my experience with 20+ managers over the course of six years at Apple. It was few and far between that a manager would not meet this expectation.","Realize the history between managers on a store and regional level as it greatly effects the bias of decisions. Also, variety in management gender would help balance out the over powering empowered-woman-in-the-workplace mentality.",3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44825,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,A challenging but rewarding work environment.,Working for one of the most desired companies in the world.,"Image is everything, you must be perfect. Financially, Apple is an extremely conservative company.","At times you wonder where management's heads at. At the end of the day, when you begin to see the full picture, you realize that everything Apple does is a for reason. Detail oriented is an understatement for the work culture. Some management requests seem daunting and there is little advice given from management on how to achieve their requests, this forces you to be creative.  Apple has strict guidelines and rules for success. ""Entitlement rots the soul"". This could never be more true however much the upper management has forgotten this rule for success and they require an entitled attitude and level of respect from all underlings.  Apple is a massive business that runs like a small business with Tim Cook requiring approval for much what would be considered a small request.  Only the most creative people in the world should consider any job with Apple, their is no clear line or direction from management out side the inner circle of leaders (Time Cook, Jony Ive, Phil Schiller ext.). You cannot look for success at Apple, you must create success at Apple. If you Apply for any position that you think you would feel comfortable in, know that it will push you though many obstacles that are out of your comfort zone.  You must LOVE Apple to work there. I've spent many countless hours working off the clock for mundane small details that make a report or project look perfect. You must be willing to give up free time for unpaid off-the-clock work. You must love the company in order to work for it. You must love Apple in order to work for it. Love Apple in order to work for Apple. Love Apple you must in order to work for Apple. (there is a theme here, do you get it?)",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44826,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Jan 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer V,"Smart people, great products, exciting work",You work with some of the smartest people around on cutting edge and innovative products and ideas.,Work/Life balance can be exceedingly difficult at times. Secrecy can be muddling at times.,"Keep on keeping on! My only suggestion might be to push harder on the employees to use their vacation time, or at least make it very clear that vacation is there to be used. You can feel guilty sometimes taking time for yourself.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44827,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 16, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Proud to be part of such a amazing company.,"Enriching lives, creating loyal customers","occurrences, penalized for sick time",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44828,apple,none," Jan 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great.,Work environment with the retail stores.,Structured environment limits the amount of opportunities. Based more time at company and not qualifications.,None.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44829,apple,none," Jan 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,I enjoyed being able to work from home. I was in the At-Home AppleCare dept.,"I felt like I was always being micromanaged. If you are comfortable working this way, then this job is for you.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P821.htm
44830,apple,none," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple iOS Advisor,Better than average call center type job. Work from home. Benefits with part time work. Good holiday pay. Payed vacation and sick leave. Excellent management.,They enforce a strict attendance policy. Very competitive in terms of advancement. Worst part is sitting at a desk taking call after call for 8 hours.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44831,apple,"Reno, NV"," Jan 15, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great place to work with many outgoing people.,Really great coworkers and managers. Great training program. Everyone wants you to succeed. Many great perks including discounts.,You have to be very patient as a sales specialist - a lot of older customers not sure what's going on.,Do more talent searching from within for promotions.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44832,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Jan 15, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great company,"Discounts, flexible schedule, if you really enjoy customer service in a relaxed environment, this is for you!","Leadership is lacking, they rarely listen to employees and are usually so far out of touch with what's going on, that it's comical. This only gets worse the farther up the chain that leadership is!",Listen to your employees NPP feedback!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44833,apple,none," Jan 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail,continually growing company with vision,Not enough time to train employees,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44834,apple,none," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,"Overall positive, some fixes but Apple is a responsive company.","Benefits, Stock Purchase Plan, 401(k) Matching, and Employee discounts. Co-Workers are extremely nice and drive. HR staff is supportive","Lack of support from leadership and large demands. However, they are aware of their problems are strive to fix them.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44835,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 12, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,great experience while it lasted,"opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, great motivated coworkers","limited advancement at the local site, operations positions moved out of state",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44836,apple,"Princeton, NJ"," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrative,"Company getting larger and more bloated, but still great at its core.","Amazing people Established/Reputable Brand Solid pay for retail Challenging for retail  Compared to basically any other retail, Apple is definitely a step ahead in terms of quality of work. I worked for Best Buy and some other retailers (low benchmark I know), but was very happy with the people that worked at the store, and the level of impact I felt I was giving to customers.","Bureaucratic at times You're a ""number"" more than an individual Tough growth path  Just like with any retail store, the experience can vary greatly based on the quality of management, particularly the store manager. Mine was merely ""eh"" and ran a successful store, but I always got the feeling that we were never progressing as a team because there was almost no growth and development. There were some small portions of training, but nothing that really developed the talent at retail to further employees and the company as a whole. Unfortunately, since this is Apple we're talking about, it's very likely that this won't change because they are doing so well.",Spend more dedicated time on growth and advancement. Corporate and Retail/Corporate needs to continue developing the retail talent into more technical jobs.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44837,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Great Character building role to be in,Stressful at times and learn quick on your feet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44838,apple,none," Jan 15, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Three years of working for Apple showed me countless ways by which technology can empower people and businesses.,"There is a huge potential to learn valuable skills in working for Apple Retail. As long as an employee pursues learning from each customer interaction, they can walk away from Apple with a very well rounded perspective on how technology can empower people and businesses.","Career path advancement within the business is not very straightforward and it is largely unavailable. Also, despite part-time retail employees being offered good hourly pay, the hours you are actually given are heavily regulated and minimized. This will depend on the current growth of a specific store, but on top of hours being minimized, it can be extremely difficult/competitive to achieve full-time status.","Apple does an amazing job at developing it's employees and maximizing their potentials.  What Apple Retail needs is fewer part-time employees and a lot more full-time employees. When an employee is able to spend 40hrs/wk in the store, they will, generally, do an exponentially better job at developing their competencies and performing in their given role than someone who is stuck only being allowed to work 20hrs/wk. The employees who are actually able to develop within such restriction realize that they have gained a valuable skill set and they take their new skills somewhere that actually allows them to pay their bills.  To be concise, if Apple Retail finds a way to give all of it's employees a means to actually support themselves financially, the company would stop losing many of the employees it spent time and money to develop.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44839,apple,none," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process heavy and lots of managements levels,Ability to work on problems related to high traffic websites,Too many levels of management and it takes a long time to come to decisions due to lack of understanding of the systems in place.,Be more open about future plans and provide solid direction,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P822.htm
44840,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 16, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,"Huge coolness factor, still a corporate job","Coolness factor of Apple, less so after Jobs left. Ok pay(below market rates in my opinion though). Looks great on a resume. If you can get on a team that is a cool project then you can have a lot of fun, there is a lot of projects that arent really ""cool"" or ""fun"" though and you are kinda considered in a lesser position when you are on one of those.  Stock price made me a ton of money cause I started there when it was really low, I dont know how it would work out these days.  Had my own private office, I wish I had that at the places ive worked since haha.","Marginal pay increases even with stellar performance review. The general feeling that you should be ""lucky"" to work there because it is Apple. Lots of slow processes in the teams I was involved with.  Org changes happened a lot. I witnessed a large layoff(half of a dept, over 60 people, when the company was absolutely thriving, but that product wasnt).  I was tossed around managers, because of re-orgs.  Food wasnt free when I worked there, and it wasnt that good, pretty repetitive.  Feeling of being treated as not part of the ""in crowd"" if you aren't working on a top tier project.","Make all teams feel important if the project is necessary, try to get rid of the culture that people should be lucky to work there and people should compete to work on the ""coolness"" factor projects since you still need people working on lesser things to keep the company functional.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44841,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 11, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"A fun, upbeat place to get some solid work experience with a world renowned company.","fun, positive environment, pay in comparison to other retail stores, wicked awesome store discount and partner discounts. Really fun co-workers.","retail hours, crazy work schedules,","spend more time on the floor so that you are available to the employees and customers. Also, family room specialists should really get paid more than specialists. They basically do the same job as a Genius without additional compensation.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44842,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,An amazing company with an amazing support team.,"Incredible managers and support staff. Constant dedication to helping you achieve growth within the company, and as a person in general. Spectacular training. The benefits are OUTSTANDING. Many great benefits even for part timers, outside of health and 401k.","Retail environments can be very difficult. The hardest part is being limited to the direction of such a large corporation. What may be logical improvements to you, in operation on the floor, often get over looked merely because of the large size and consistency of the corporate decisions.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44843,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - Genius,You get what you give out of it. Be passionate and you'll be taken care of.,"Excellent base pay, excellent benefits, quality coworkers, managers trust you to make informed independent decisions with customers. There's room for growth at corporate but nothing is handed to you, you have to apply to open positions.","Some managers are better than others, it's the same everywhere. Further development for other positions is done on the clock. Obviously, if it weren't, there would be issues with work/life balance. But given the industry of retail, it constantly fluctuates between hectic and calm.","Cut the fat, reward the right people.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44844,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Decent place to work,Best pay in retail. Lot of jobs available.,No room to grow. Dead-end job.,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44845,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,The best you can ask from retail.,Excellent resources. Logistical systems in place flow as well as anywhere I've worked. Technician team worked very well together and had a great atmosphere.,It's still retail. No set scheduling. Weekends and evenings a must. Indianapolis specific (I hope): internal advancement from the technical half positions is not an option. Tier 1 (FRS) to tier 2 (Genius) is as far as it goes. There is a genius team lead that can promote or rotate internally to the genius team. There is no management position for technical employees. Managers are only promoted up from sales positions.,"Give some love (in the form of advancement options, development, promotion) to outstanding members of the support staff. Sales numbers are impressive, but survey after survey reports Apple's support is the reason people buy and return. Also, it would help the tech team tremendously to have a technically-minded person in the management staff.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44846,apple,none," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple was a great employer. I stayed for 3 years and never looked back.,-Creating product relationships with customers who can come back to the company -The employee culture and support system -Always having some sort of answer and being prepared for the day's worth of questions -High tech atmosphere (obviously) -Constant striving toward improvement of the sales floor and technical questions -GOOD BENEFITS (even for part-time) -Great pay for sales -Moderate stress levels - nothing you can not keep in check or improve on,"-No part-time career movement for specialists. All full-time corporate and career experiences which to some degree is understandable, but most of us were students and working part-time. -VERY VERY busy family room for technical repairs. One of the largest in the company. Constant strategy changing and this involved multiple parties to submit ideas on better ways of doing things. -Attendance policy is very strict and I wish more of an emphasis was placed in this when I started.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44847,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Visual Specialist,N/A,Flexible Hours Wealth of learning opportunities Variety of day to day opportunities,Can be difficult to move in to a position suitable as a career,N/A,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44848,apple,none," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Creative,Great stressless job championing Apple products,Busy stores at times do not make for a good training environment,"A separate location, off of the retail sales floor, to train",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44849,apple,"Cheektowaga, NY"," Jan 27, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great people, stressful atmosphere.","Benefits, open and accepting people to work with.",Everyone always felt that their job was in jeopardy because of their attendance policy. And forget about a work / life balance.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P823.htm
44850,apple,none," Jan 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing products, and amazing job depending on who your boss is","Fantastic benefits for FT and PT employees, good training and onboarding","As the company has gotten bigger, they still talk up the importance of culture and that people are their greatest asset, but decisions from the top make it clear that profits and spreadsheets are more important than their loyal employees.",Live your own credo,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44851,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Fun people to work with, stressful environment for retail.",The Apple culture is a great way to learn to deal with ambiguity and decent company to work for. They provide resources and motivation to move in the company. The biggest pro is the people that you encounter while working there. They are the best people you could ask to work with! Friendly and welcoming the entire culture can be very warm.,"There is fairly little room for upward mobility in the retail side of things. Apple hires very enthusiastic people who are mostly highly intelligent and motivated. Trying to get ahead can both be rewarding and frustrating, because everyone is at mostly the same level. After a while it seems as if there is no more room for motion inside the little world that they have built. The culture is fun at first, but can be overwhelming.","Be friendly to the management and get on their good side, if you can successfully do this, there is not a whole lot you won't be able do to at the company. A good game face is also necessary when dealing with not only management, but customers as well.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44852,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 12, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,"Grueling and demanding, but fulfilling and developing.","Casual attire, flexible shifts due to shift demand of other employees, benefits, discounts.","Retail hours, store management has no control over hourly wages of employees, so there is negotiation of wages so you basically have to wait a year to get a 3-5% raise which is based on very vague criteria. It has absolutely nothing to do with numbers or revenue, so it's hard for a results-driven individual who believes advancement should be based on skill and performance.",Build awesome employee relationships. They'll work for you if so.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44853,apple,"Newton, MA"," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrative,Get what you give,"If you have a positive attitude and are willing to put the work in, there are lots of opportunities for growth and development, and the people you work with are some of the most talented people out there.","Retail is hard. Customers are difficult sometimes and the hours are not always the greatest, working holidays can suck.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44854,apple,none," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Preservation and Operations Specialist,Apple breeds a culture where YOU can make both yours and your customers a valuable learning opportunity.,"The people both peers and leadership are all different, teams are made up of all ages and experiences which means if you choose to thrive in the environment you can always use the time spent at work learning from each other.",Retail hours and employee turn over,"Create additional positions in store based around sales floor time, business, iPhone and visuals.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44855,apple,none," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilling and enlightening,Smart people and great food,Some customers may be a bit iffy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44856,apple,"Hartford, CT"," Jan 12, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Amazing company to work for,"Excellent benefits and development, provided you seek either","Work life balance, it's retail, what would you expect?",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44857,apple,"Annapolis, MD"," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Best job I'm retail, period.","Organized management, wonderful coworkers, excellent pay, supportive environment, versatile scheduling, catered food, benefits, career opportunities, holidays off.",Smaller stores and huge crowds can be so overwhelming sometimes.,Can't think of anything at the moment.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44858,apple,"Modesto, CA"," Jan 10, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Fun,"Loved the team and the training, kept busy all the time and constantly learned new things. Great playing with new products all the time. I became very good and being flexible and adaptable.",Retail Hours are the worst. I didn't like working at the whim of the management. Also when a manager was late we still got dinged with a point even though they were the cause of the lateness. The gangster attitude of the customers in Modesto was awful. It seemed like a low demographical area to work in.,Some of you are on a high horse. Get off it so you can help your team make things even better. There were great managers too but they are likely gone now.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44859,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jan 9, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Love the product, love the culture, love helping people",get to learn the latest and greatest. Have a team that values your skills,No room to grow beyond your role.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P824.htm
44860,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Jan 23, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Stressful,The people you get to meet and build relationships with. That's what makes working here worthwhile. Great health benefits.,"Poor management, lack of consistency and support, no work life balance, terrible schedules, concerned more about the external customer than the internal customer. No incentives. They constantly tell you they want you to grow within the company, but are always building obstacles as to why you're not ready to move up and they don't help you get to where you'd like to be. They show favoritism at all times. Micro managing. The customers are probably the worst. Stuck up and needy grown ups who have no desire to learn how to use the product. Lazy customers.",Learn about your employees and treat them with more respect. Support them and be consistent.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44861,apple,none," Jan 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Falls short on promises,Work with some very interesting people and get to stay well informed with the world of technology.,Work life balance does not exist as promised. A lot of politics to deal with if you are looking to advance.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44862,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - App Developer,Awesome Job,Great company to work with. the company has a great atmosphere and my co-workers are friendly and understanding. apple promotes teamwork and creativity. It's amazing how Apple has continued to make great products after the death of Steve Jobs.,There are no cons because this is a good company to work at. There are no cons because this is a good company to work at. There are no cons because this is a good company to work at.,no advice,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44863,apple,none," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with intelligent people.,"Good benefits, wide array of experience to gain in many areas",Difficult upward mobility after certain milestones.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44864,apple,none," Jan 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The most amazing people, amazing company, amazing products and sucky scheduling.","The people are smart, different and all have something to offer. The company will do amazing and fun things when you least expect it. Product launches always well planned, well staffed and fun!",Most positions are part time. It's great with the exception of the down times. It goes from all hands on deck to four hour shifts a week and constant revisions of schedules having nothing to do with product launches.,Don't cut the hours of your veteran part timers in order to hire newbies when hours are scarce to begin with.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44865,apple,"Columbia, MD"," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Wonderful! Amazing! Best Retail experience ever!,Pay is great. Meet some awesome people. Get full benefits and stock options.,I don't think there is any other than at the end of the day it's retail.,Be more consistent.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44866,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Awesome place to work for sure,Awesome place to work for sure,No cons to speak of at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44867,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 22, 2014",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Cult like,They hire the smartest and most creative people,It is a cult with no room to be creative,Learn to manage and develop true talent,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44868,apple,"North Atlanta, GA"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Great company to work for with awesome benefits,Diverse environment with awesome benefits.,"Crazy retail hours, especially around holidays.",More shift rotations for weekends off every month,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44869,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The best company I have worked for, with plenty of management support, great pay, and satisfaction of products.",Great pay/benefits.  Salaried positions paid hourly for OT.  Full gym/exquisite cafeteria on-campus.  Great management support.  Plenty of movement opportunities.  Rewards for hard work.  Machines and systems are easy to use and get support for.,"Can be a little tough to discover new employment opportunities within the company.  Not everyone is motivated to be part of the betterment of Apple as things get a little too corporate at times.  Personal life is often asked to be put on hold in order to ""meet company needs."" Would be better that the company do what it takes and not ask more of their employees that already put in their dues.","Be kind, be helpful, and help people move to the position you are at just like you want to move on yourself.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P825.htm
44870,apple,none," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple experience,Money and stock compensation glamorous products,No job growth Middle management has no clue,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44871,apple,"Burlington, MA"," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Good experience and good job while finishing my degree in college.,Great Flexibly while I was in college,No room for improvement in career,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44872,apple,none," Jan 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not for everyone, but ok for some. Long hours, long hours, and LONG HOURS. Low flexibility. The trade off is recognition",Some value recognition that comes in the form of pats on the back.,"Poor work-life balance. Recognition is in plenty, coming in the form of pats on the back, but nothing tangible in the way of funding. Prospects can be politically limited. Management changing personnel rapidly. In sum, managerial rotation results in only changing face and rules but no business related. Changes occur. Incredibly fast paced too focused on greeting each person in numbers than building strong relationships. Deployment is a terrible experience. All other complaints aside, like any other job and not too bad.",Listen to employees,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44873,apple,none," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It is great at a retail level, if you like retail.",The people you work make working here tolerable. They are hard working and creative which is just like I am.,"You will not go anywhere unless management wants you to. They have their own political agenda and if you don't fit in with that, don't expect to go anywhere.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44874,apple,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Disappointing experience but then again, they fired even their founder",convenient of working from home,misleading job post and unsupporttive management,"define a culture that employees can trust in your willingness to support them from the time you hire them and throughout. by doing that you will have employee morale and if employees are happy, your customers are happy.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44875,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 26, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Smartest guys in the room,"Working at Apple, you get to collaborate with a brilliant team to bring the gadgets everyone wants to life. Fair compensation, fun culture, firm knowledge that they are #1.",The company is all grown up now. These are far from the garage years. Expect to watch your back for the regular corporate political games. Workload is astounding.,"Remember that your employees are human beings with lives, needs and health issues.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44876,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 5, 2014",Former Employee - Genius,6 years of amazing yet tough experiences,"Working for this company for 6 years has definitely let me expand my resume with experiences I would have never received outside of Apple especially within a 6 years time frame. I do feel as thought I had a lot of promotional opportunities in retail until I reached Genius. Then I transferred to corporate and realized how specified each job role was and that people were in one position for up to 15 years. Great that means job security but kind of scary that promotions or even lateral moves didn't happen to expand their knowledge and experience.   Apple has incredible perks such as amazing employee discounts for Apple and 3rd products, free public transportation, bike, gym membership, and school reimbursement, and of course great employees. The corporate environment is unique depending on the department and how big it is. I would in Retail Support Operations and one of the best managers who was excited anytime someone had an idea or suggestion and if she believed strongly enough in it did whatever she could to make it happen.",I spent 5 years in Apple Retail and towards my last couple of years of being a Genius I felt as though the pay did not compensate the amount of hours I spent (not too mention during holidays) being told that we are behind on the queue and to take 2 more appointments on top of the 3 I was already working. Many co-geniuses on my team (at 3 different stores) felt as though we were loosing our ability to surprise and delight customers and make sure their issues were resolved because we were being rushed to take more appointments and do a sloppy job which made many customers unhappy. This caused for many of us feel good geniuses to feel like we were scum of the earth. I also wish bonuses and pay raises reflected what you did instead of what the sales people did especially because we were certified technicians who are or went to school for information technology and it would have been nice for Apple to compensate us as so.,"Appreciate your employees ESPECIALLY the veterans that have been there more than 3 years because you are starting to loose them due to lack of respect, trust, and making us feel wanted/needed.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44877,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 25, 2013",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Design Engineer,"Good compensation and perks. Topnotch product design, always something to learn. Very smart colleagues. What else? It's Apple!","Sometimes stressful, and requiring long hours. Extremely secretive, no publication except patents. Barely can build your resume except saying you have worked for Apple!",Allow some publication and visibility for your engineers and scientists. Others will steal ideas anyways!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44878,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 16, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Cult of Apple,If your into the anything and everything apple this is the place.,If you like tech and other companies you will be shunned. Always have to wear a fake persona as in being overly enthusiastic about Apple products,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44879,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Awesome,"The company cares about their employees. The people I work with are the best. Everyone loves working for Apple, so it makes for a more friendly environment.","It was difficult to get in. The interview process is very long and anxious, but well worth the wait.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P826.htm
44880,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Advisor,For the most part its been good,You get to work at home.,Working at home sometimes means you don't leave your house for days...,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44881,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Expert,Cut throat managers,They do award prizes for closing a lot sales. Have a high close rate and you get bragged on. You also get ranked on metrics. Great work schedule. Great pay. And when a new product launches they feed you for the day.,"Some of the managers think they are Donald Trump! Firing people left and right for prejudice reasons. They may not ""like"" you regardless of attendance and performance. Only 5% of the entire staff has blacks in the sales department.",Practice the principles you expect the sales advisors to live by....and stop LYING so much! Fakes. It's about the dollar I'm sure!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44882,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 6, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Despite the reputation, the amazing products and the glossy stores: one horrible place to work","Decent benefits, name recognition and a small discount","Little or no chance of advancement. For a company that claims ""our soul are our people"" they work you like a dog, and make little or no effort to help grow their staff.",Better pay. Real schedules. You need to you re-vamp your internal process for advancement...oh and stop treating the front line retail staff like cattle.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44883,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 2, 2014",Former Employee - Education Group,Fantastic place to work back then,"smart people, self motivated teams",location was too far from SF,I don't really have any advise,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44884,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jan 2, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"A great place to work, but hard to move up.","I work with some of the greatest, most intelligent people.",Playing the political game is exhausting.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44885,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 2, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,Fun Place Without the customers,You get sales experience and meet some really amazing people. They have special event and and prizes for their employees. There is a good company culture where you'll meet life long friends. If you love technology and love helping people this can be a good place to start your retail career. Also After you have worked in Apple Retail every one seems to go on and find amazing jobs after they quit or leave.,"This is retail! I was Working in the Marina. This place was a play found for the rich! You don't work on commission but your still measured though KPI every day. They act like you and the store are sharing the same destiny but its just more of the Kool Aid that they feed you while your there. The employee discount is just buying items tax free. You can't move up unless your a Genius then you might have the chance to go to corporate.  You expected to do things that have nothing to do with the job. Imagine trying to teach an 80 year old man how to use his computer.  Apple corporate Employees are some of the shittiest most entitled people you'll ever meet. They will tell there friends not to buy protection plans! And there just condescending with how they treat you, ""Oh, you consider yourself and Apple employee.""  End the end they where going to fire me over something stupid so i quit!",Stop Putting the employees before the customers.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44886,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jan 16, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Great Retail company but is missing the mark from 5 years ago.,Amazing people with a great sense of diversity that are truly passionate about the products and the technology that Apple is helping to invent and grow. Good pay for most positions in the store. Constantly challenged and changing so you will never be bored.,Many of the new Store Leaders and Market Managers come from traditional retail and they do not have the ability to think beyond normal retail with numbers and goals. There is very little room for growth unless you fall into the old retail mindset. Innovation is no longer appreciated.,Hiring externally does not fix what problems may exist. Return to promoting from within.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44887,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 22, 2013",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,"Hard work, interesting projects and plenty of politics","Smart, hard working people who care about the products they work on and are always willing to go the extra mile.",Some leadership issues. There's still a fair amount of empire builders mixed in middle and upper management ranks.,"Keep working on cleaning up the older, outdated methods which keep down enthusiastic talent. There's a perception that becoming a manager is a success story at Apple, and not everyone is cut out for that. Mixed in some really good divisions are leaders who are too focused on themselves and not inspiring others.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44888,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Jan 1, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,Most exciting fun and rewarding company I've ever worked for!,You are selling the best products that every body wants. Pretty chill laid back work environment.,Sometimes management can be blinded by the numbers they must hit and not put the customers or employees first.,I'm pretty sure you can afford it and if you want better sales associates then pay them more and you won't have as much turn over or employees that just don't care as much. And stop taking away so many of the great perks that used to be available to employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44889,apple,none," Jan 2, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Great,Good products for discounts fun environment to work in,Bad Hours and sometimes rowdy customers,Work out schedules,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P827.htm
44890,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Dec 31, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great Positive Place to work,"I've only been working here a few months but already it's one of the best jobs I've ever had. No job is perfect, but this is the closest I've come in my lifetime so far. The managers are all awesome, they are very supportive. I've never worked for managers that seemed to be on the same team as the employee's. The managers are usually there to make sure the employee's are doing their job and reprimand them if they don't, this is not the case at my store. The benefits are some of the best I've seen. The stock option package is great. The company really seems to care about it's employee's personal and professional growth.",I was a little disappointed to hear that there is no Christmas bonus program for retail employee's. Dealing with angry customers can be frustrating.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44891,apple,none," Dec 27, 2013",Former Employee - Campus Representative,One of the best employers out there,"Very proud company, that values their employees.",If you aren't into the Apple culture it can be a hard place to work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44892,apple,none," Dec 31, 2013",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,Great Work Environment,"fun,engaging management,very interactive and involved",expects you to have an open work environment,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44893,apple,none," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Retail Job!,this is a great retail position to have especially if you want to learn to love and cherish apple products!,"No work/life balance, you will be forced out the door if they decide they don't like you",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44894,apple,"Miami, FL"," Dec 25, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,A Retail job unlike any other,• Treated fairly • Great co-workers • Dedication to quality • Good benefits • Never a dull moment • You learn a great deal of customer service skills that will translate into assets in other relationships both professionally and personally.,"• Too much outside hiring for Management positions • Excessive ""Apple Speak"" trumps telling you like it is • Between Holidays and Product Launches ""needs of the business"" at times is an overuse • Staffing rarely matches the demands of the business","It would be nice to see Management integrating with the ""peasants"" of the base level positions. There is this wall between Management and staff that has been created for whatever reason that tends to create a sterile environment.",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44895,apple,none," Dec 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Better Staff",I loved my job at Apple. They let you express your opinion and really care about your individual growth.,They cared more about numbers than personal experience. I left Apple because I worked very late. I am a small girl that lives in a bad neighborhood so working until 3 am was not safe for me. I wasn't able to move into Daytime shifts until My one-to-one was at 12%..I had 10%!,"Keep listening to your staff as an individual, it really makes us do our job better.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44896,apple,"Burlingame, CA"," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great experience, but not worth the stress","Each store has a little of its own culture, but most of them function as a large somewhat-unhappy, way-to-stressed family. I've retained more friends from Apple than I have from any other job. Dealing with crazy people really does bring people closer together. While it's a decently ok job and has many cons, there's a lot to learn from Apple's culture and way of doing things. I've learned how to be more patient, how to teach someone in a way that they'll retain the information, how to dumb down tech talk without making the other person feel stupid, and how to talk my way out of an argument. All great skills to have in life. Lots of great discounts on both Apple and 3rd party products they sell in store. With all the cons there are, it's a great place to learn, make some friends, and just get paid when you're in college.","The pay is horrible when you consider how much money an average employee brings in. Most of management has no idea what they're doing. Store leaders are almost always out of touch with their employees and their store in general. Some people think you can get into corporate through Apple retail...Yeah that almost never happens. You will be forced to deal with some of the rudest customers I've ever seen. Apple really shot themselves in the foot back in the day when they offered free iPhone replacements on a regular basis for issues such as liquid damage, so it makes it tough to explain to customers that Apple doesn't do that anymore. It makes it tougher to sell Apple Care + and to tell a customer that it's going to be $250 to replace their iPhone 5s that they dropped in the toilette. If you have the opportunity to work at the genius bar, you will be expected to see one customer every ten minutes for mobile devices (ipad, iphone, ipod) and fifteen minutes for computers. When you take into account that Apple wants you to build a relationship with the customer, acknowledge their issue, assure them you'll do your best to get them out quickly and happy, and fix the issue, it's a difficult task to always stay on time. Your team is judged by being on time, getting great feedback from the customers who come in, availability at the genius bar, and even how long it takes to repair the computers you have. It's a lot to keep up with. Some stores have ridiculous standards for how many hours or days you must be available to work. At my old store, if you were full time they expected you to have completely open availability. So let's say you can work 40+ hours a week but you have to pick up your kid at a certain time every day so you show ""unavailable"" for that time, nope, gotta be part time.","Pay attention to what's going on with your team. If they're unhappy or too stressed out, take the time to learn why and actually give a crap instead of ignoring the issue at hand. In the end, if they complain about you enough they can get you fired. I've seen it happen. Don't override their decisions. If a customer is asking for something ridiculous like a free iPhone replacement because they claim they let any liquid touch their phone even though it's obvious it's damaged, back your employee up. Don't make them look like the bad guy because you don't want a bad feedback comment. When your employees feel they can trust you, it makes your relationship that much better. And happy employees=happy customers.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44897,apple,none," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh...,50% of the people you work with will be excellent... people like to hear you work for apple because historically the name is tied to good service and good products,50% of the people u work with will NOT be excellent. That number has significantly increased since I first started ...,Create more incentives to get good people to stay... Too few paths in the retail environment.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44898,apple,"Naperville, IL"," Dec 29, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist and family room specialist,Great experience. Great team of awesome people. Overall a fun job to have. There were actually people who took it up as a second job just to have it as a hobby.,Most of the entry level positions are not compensated well enough for their qualifications and what they contribute,"Trust in your employees, don't hover or be bossy. Odds are they have a better grasp of how to do the job than you do.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44899,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer V,Highly Secretive,Lots of really smart peers. Challenging work. Good (not great) pay. Excellent benefits. Great products to work on. A chance to really make a visible impact on people's lives.,Long hours. Poor on-boarding. Sink or swim philosophy. Excessive intra-mural secrecy inhibits effective collaboration. Rushed schedules. Explosive growth of the workforce.,Improve on-boarding. Buying lots of small companies leads to fragmentation not integration. Promote tele-commuting: It is impossible to buy a home in the bay area on current wages. Excessive secrecy evicerates the entire point of having people co-located.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P828.htm
44900,apple,none," Jan 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,Paid training was excellent with good benefit,No guarantee for 40 hours/week,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44901,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 28, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"If ambiguity is your forte, you'll love Apple","Fast paced environment, something new every day, endless opportunities for growth, spectacular career experience, and by far the hardest working and most interesting co-workers you'll find anywhere.","Cons can vary depending on the store you are in. For some stores, micromanaging happens more than it should. Although there are guides in place, the work/life balance is ignored for larger profits.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44902,apple,none," Dec 28, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marvelous experience,High-tech company with good profiting momentum. Ambitious culture. High pay,"Bad localization in China, which is a very special market where customized strategy is inevitable.","Don't let the profit veils your judgement of the messy management in China. People come to your store because they have to, not they like to, now.",5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44903,apple,"San Marcos, TX"," Dec 29, 2013",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,"Good, fun, energetic, relaxing, flexible","Flexible, fun, exciting, energetic, good",Unable to move up in the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44904,apple,none," Dec 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail. But still retail,"It's a creative environment, challenging, and you get a broad sense of many technologies","Demanding customers, demanding management, and just extremely busy. You can't be passive, you have to move fast. Not for everyone.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44905,apple,"Gilbert, AZ"," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Squeezing the most productivity out of every employee is fine. Just pay them for the work they do.,Great people. Great development systems that are poorly executed. Great discounts. Great benefits. Open communication with leaders if you can get them to slow down for a second.  Some of the best things I have learned in my life have been talking to an Apple Retail Manager when they are available.,"Managers are overworked and underpaid in retail stores. Usually there are only 2 managers to supervise a staff of 70-100 people. They can barely manage to talk to all 70 people in a shift let alone support them and think strategically about the work that they are doing  Managers are pushed to be on the floor at all hours which then means they can't meet with me for development, or hire people, or plan strategically, or even just do something fun with us.  By default managers then run from fire to fire and then they quit after a few years realizing this is what Apple Retail is going to continue to be.  Apple has three levels of in store leadership the store leader, the senior manager, and the manager. Frankly I don't see a lot of difference between the three and I would think that you would. In fact I have a manager that I think would do a better job of being a store leader than our store leader. At the very minimum he is better than both of the senior managers.  I am sure there is a difference in pay at each level but because he wasn't part of Gap brands before he came to Apple or some other retailer they put him into entry-level leadership.  Come on every one knows that retail isn't known for it's professionalism so bringing people from other retailers just serves to perpetuate that.","I think Apple already knows that its retail leadership teams are spread too thin but I think it is simply about saving money. I do not think there are any plans to change or improve this for our leadership teams.  That frustrates me because I wanted to be a manager but I see what we do to the managers and I am not truly sure I want to be one.  Hopefully you fix it. More managers, more pay and more unique benefits for the leadership team.",3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44906,apple,none," Dec 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Design,"Open, friendly, fast-paced, challenging, complex","no real free time, work/life management",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44907,apple,none," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Total cult,Nice co workers and fun toys to play with.,Very culty. Pretends to be focused on employees when they clearly aren't.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44908,apple,none," Jan 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't do it.,Great name company for your résumé.,Poor management training. No advancement if you can't brown nose. No work life balance.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44909,apple,none," Dec 26, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for growth!,Definitely a company that looks out for their employees. Great place for personal and professional growth. Very open environment and a great opportunity to meet different people.,None really. I guess I can say support from management depends on location and how long a manager has been with the company. New managers have a tendency to look out more for themselves rather than work together with their employee.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P829.htm
44910,apple,"Walnut, CA"," Jan 9, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Decent company to work for, as a company they have moved into a huge business and less focus is on the employee",Things are constantly changing and it looks good on your resume,Lots of managers who did not graduate through the company,Stick to the creedo,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44911,apple,none," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,A great job to catapult you to your next career.,"Employee benefits are great, and its the only place to get great discounts on apple products.",Work/Life balance full-time is at a minimum. You work over 40 hours a week in most cases and most employees also commute far to get to work.,"Promote within the company, HR needs to be more actively involved in store concerns.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44912,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Paid the bills while looking for a real job.,Low pressure sales environment because they don't pay on commission. Staff is very diverse and overall fairly friendly with each other.,"Poor pay considering almost everyone there had a college degree and had to have a working knowledge of tech retail and consumer tech. Difficult to advance. Managers were really a mixed bag, some it was their first management job & they would micro-manage a ton, others were fantastic. Because most of the staff tends to be just graduated or still in college, it can be a fairly immature environment with a fair amount of juvenille gossip.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44913,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 23, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Great company,"great people, fun, hard working and respectful. Appreciate your contributions. very supportive",work/life balance but that is tough with retail in general.,better focus on clear paths to career advancement opportunities/development. Good job overall asking store teams for feedback,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44914,apple,none," Dec 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Flexible scheduling Good Pay, fast paced environment",Busy at all times of the day,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44915,apple,"Boston, MA"," Dec 23, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Excellent company that cares about its people,"Apple cares deeply about its employees, even in its retail operations. They highly value personal growth within the company, giving you opportunities to be better at what you do everyday. Within the stores, they even have specialised trainers whose job it is to help you improve on skills ranging from speaking, interpersonal, and sales. I also received ample support from the team. Lots of great benefits are also in store for even part-time workers.","It can be highly demanding, especially during the holiday seasons. But overall, they're a great company to work for and learn from.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44916,apple,"Canoga Park, CA"," Jan 6, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,This is mainly because we didn't have the best management,"in the month I left, we got an amazing manager who really listened to the issues going on and the previous store leader's favoritism, promoting the least experienced employees","Previous store leader promoted new employees, overlooking outstanding employees who had been there for years. favoritism...",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44917,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 12, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Technical Advisor,Good learning experience,Great coworkers and an excellent supportive environment Flexible work schedule Good benefits Managers are very friendly and supportive in helping you improve Excellent training programs Recognition for achievements,Limited career opportunities Can be very stressful trying to satisfy and help customers while adhering to company policies Extensive corporate policies can limit ability to assist customers No performance-based incentives Very strict work schedule adherence (to the minute) Always feel like you are being watched,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44918,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 1, 2014",Current Employee - Presentation Designer,"Work you hard, but inspiring workplace","Great to work for influential company, great products being released, company truly cares about their work","Workaholic work environment, not good for employee's with families, not much understanding of family emergency, etc.",N/A,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44919,apple,none," Jan 2, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,The Apple Store Leader Program,"Company's Financial Stability, Stock Bonuses, Great Health Benefits, Good Compensation","Horribly Misguided Management, Tons of Bureaucracy, Nothing Gets Done, No Clear Direction, Uninspired, Often Too Proud to Admit When Heading in the Wrong Direction","If you want to be a leader in the retail space who will stand out for having a truly innovative and enriching customer experience. Stop hiring your higher management from other lack luster retail shops... unless of course you want to become like them. They bring plenty of bad habits with them and want nothing more than to apply their existing formula to the Apple stores.  Your successful stores capitalize on the organic growth that happens among the employees in the store. That is the magic of the Apple Store, the unique retail environment the employees create. When you try to shove policy and bland retail marketing across the board to every employee... the store loses it's individuality and it struggles to find its identity constantly. This becomes incredibly distracting for the employee and distracts from the goal of hitting their metrics and performing.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P830.htm
44920,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Dec 20, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,"I feel loved, all the way from the top.","Benefits, time off, sensitive to your needs, great managers, great customers, cool apple 'swag', work from home --- or don't work from home, great discounts for you..and your friends !","I entered under the college student program, so I was limited in progression. I'd recommend applying regularly if possible to other people.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44921,apple,none," Dec 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Positive, open, creative work environment.","People don't work at Apple because it was they place that gave them an offer -- they work at Apple because it's the company they love. That attitude pervades the whole company, from retail stores to our Cupertino headquarters.","Self-reflection and criticism is good, too. Feedback is emphasized, but there are types of feedback that can be less than welcome.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44922,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Dec 19, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),awesome job to have while in college,Learn new things all the time.,"For the amount of money I make the company, I'm not compensated very well.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44923,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Operations,Operations,"- The smartest people with outstanding pedigrees. Not just Stanford/MIT/etc grads but the top students from those top schools. Young, energetic, and ambitious - it’s very exciting to be part of. - Work on great products that you see everyone using. Know that you played a huge part in making that happen. - Empowered. Immediately put into roles and positions where you have to make big decisions (multi-million dollar) that impact the company and end users. - Lean in places. Very fast paced and not a lot of formal processes. Ability to make decisions quick without having to go through tons of redtape. - Fantastic cafeteria at very reasonable prices. Plus, free Apples. - Great on a resume and recruiters constantly contact you because you work at Apple. When you leave you go to Amazon/Square/Nest/Google etc. - Good discounts on products for personal and friends/family. Get stuff for yourself too. - Okay compensation (salary, bonus, and stock). - International travel is on business class and stay at 5-star hotels (Grand Hyatt, JW Marriot etc. with good daily food budgets). Get to keep those airline/hotel points and travel for free on vacations. - On-site Concierge, ergonomics experts, laundry service, free dinner. - “Beer Bash” every couple weeks. Free beer/appetizers in the quad while a top band plays live. - Wear whatever you want to. Some people come dressed as Ninjas or wizards. - Good shuttle service to many locations in the SF Bay with free Wifi.","- Extremely high burnout rate. Some products have teams where the overwhelming majority of people (>60%) have been at the company less than 3 years (high turnover). Hearing that someone has been at Apple for 5 years is rare and garners respect/admiration. - Zero work-life balance. Expect to work until late every night and then be “on-call” to answer emails/calls at any hour. If in Operations, expect to work both California and Asia working hours in the same day (9am-1am). - Travel a lot to be on-site. Essential but draining. When you fly overseas, it’s expected that you land in the morning so you can work the second you get there. When you fly home, it’s expected that you take a flight to land in SFO at 8am so you can be at work that day. Also, common for last minute travel. Had a couple instances of getting a call on Saturday and was on a flight to Asia on Sunday. Stay there until job is done. - 90 days a calendar year is the limit to be in a certain Asian country for business purposes. “Strongly recommended” that employees apply for a work-permit/visa so that you can stay there longer. - Extremely fast paced. Very common to get an email/text on a Sunday afternoon and it’s expected that you have a presentation done and sent by dinner time (Sunday night Pacific time is Monday morning in Asia). - Working with Asia means getting calls at all hours. - Lots of politics between teams/orgs. Some teams (Industrial Design and Product Design especially) are higher in the totem pole and treat the other teams with annoyance (at best) to belittlement (“Just get it f***ing done, Engineering PMs! I don’t care about supplier capabilities.”).",Look into attrition. Tons of people leaving. Management doesn't care because numbers are good and there are 1000s of people willing to replace us.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,22,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44924,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 16, 2013",Current Employee - Attorney,Experience here is great,"Constantly learning, always being pushed to take on new roles and responsibility.",New layers of bureaucracy can make doing your actual job more challenging,Cut the red tape,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44925,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Dec 18, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist (Retail),Life changing.,"Many opportunities for development, great business skills gained during time there. Company focuses on the development of their employees. LOVED how they focus on the employees personal lives and well being.","Working in customer service is never all rainbows, but no cons for the company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44926,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great people but demanding schedule,You have a great morale when you work there,It is incredibly busy all the time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44927,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 14, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,The best place to be at !,Great people great store great customers great outlook,Have none at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44928,apple,"Walnut Creek, CA"," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,"There is retail, then there is Apple Retail...","Great benefits and a nice feeling to be apart of a the worlds most valuable brand. With medical/dental, 401k, stock options and discounts it is hard to believe that I was just a ""retail employee""",One of the downsides is the way they determine headcount and when we need to hire and staff up. It always felt that the store was staffed at bare minimum to be able to get through a high-traffic day. It was common that many employees wanted to pull their hair out at the end of the day!,Focus on being genuine when giving feedback and being more receptive to the feedback given.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44929,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 17, 2013",Former Employee - Business Specialist,"Amazing environment, co-workers and management!",Working with a fun team while selling the best products in the world.,Customers feel entitled and will do anything to try to get their way.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P831.htm
44930,apple,"Asheville, NC"," Dec 17, 2013",Current Employee - Aha,Great company and position if you can put in the work,"Great company with a fair amount of incentives, somewhat flexible schedule, work from home, great training, ability to work mostly independent .","Locked into part time unless you really excel and can apply for a full-time position - not really a ""con"" but if you goal is steady, full-time employment , it can take a very long time to get.",Managers where all excellent. My only advice is allow employees to determine their employment a bit better.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44931,apple,"Stamford, CT"," Dec 17, 2013",Former Employee - Expert,Best retail experience ever. Learned innovation firsthand and got to work with 3 generations of people daily.,"Smart co-workers, easy to sell something you believe in, always something new to learn on a daily basis.","Long hours, direct retail sales can be tiring. Apple has a specific manner of selling and developing new business that is very different than traditional business development.","Listen to your older employees. They bring valuable wisdom, experience to the table. Watch for arrogance in your younger employees. Can be a turnoff for middle market...",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44932,apple,none," Dec 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Really great place to work.,It is a corporate place to work.,Be kind,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44933,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Dec 16, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,I was greeted with a warm welcome into a wonderful positive culture and was pushed to better myself and learn more.,- Getting to play with new technology as soon as it's released - Positive and considerate management - Room for advancement/potential for growth,"- Heavy workload, especially during the holidays - Working on Black Friday - Potentially rude customers - High-demand items not in stock during new releases",Keep up the positive attitude!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44934,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for.. and work.. and work.,"The smartest, most talented group of people I've ever worked with. Their passion for making everything the best it can be goes well beyond their products.",There is a high burnout rate. Months of sleepless nights and obsessing over the smallest things. Some departments rule by fear.,Don't take a job there just because it sounds glamorous and exciting. That will pass. Make sure you really love what you're doing and the people you interview with.. You'll be spending every moment with them.,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44935,apple,"Denver, CO"," Dec 30, 2013",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Wonderful learning opportunities,Work with wonderful and creative people,Constant shifting in policies and work flow hurts the employees more than anything,"Rethink your attendance policies, and give more hours to your flagship store so they can function reasonably",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44936,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 30, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,"Great company, job just depends on the position","Great people, everyone is easy to talk to and very motivated.","Very fast passed work, expect to be moving very quickly.",More options for people to grow would be fantastic.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44937,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 13, 2013",Current Employee - Apple Care,"Fun, fast paced- great benefits.",-Great company -excellent benefits -great customers -qualified coworkers.,"-in AppleCare, major career advancement opportunities must be sought out (on a regular job sight) and even then are somewhat limited.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44938,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 13, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Great company!,"If you are looking to work retail, there isn't a better place. A lot of opportunities to learn and make a difference in your career.",The retail store can get over crowded.,Offer incentives and you'll see a growth in Mac sales.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44939,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 10, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Great company to have on your resume,Almost limitless budget for big projects. Bragging rights.,"Start-up type environment, territorial at the upper levels, little room for upward career growth. Older demographic than facebook, google, etc so people are more even keeled.","Try to look inside for great candidates, if nobody inside is good the you probably have bigger problems.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P832.htm
44940,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Extremely rewarding!,Work with a diverse team that truly becomes family!!!,Next to impossible to move up.,Create more oppertunities!,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44941,apple,none," Dec 15, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Not your everyday retail experience, Refreshing all the same","Company benefits, pay rate, work life balance, local bennies such as monthly transit pass. Product discounts and various vendor discounts for accessories.",Takes a bit too much time to be recognized for past career experience. Apple has incredible talent at their finger tips but moving up is very competitive and sometimes just not going to happen.,Hire/Promote some new blood in terms of individuals who haven't done retail but have excelled in Education and/or Business. Starbucks and Best Buy don't always have the highest quality in terms of managers but that really seems to be their hot buttons for promoting. Untapped talent is such a waste and many business professionals would stay if they thought they could advance quicker.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44942,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Rewarding experience,"Great culture, positive environment, and great opportunities",Availability of staff and hours,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44943,apple,"San Mateo, CA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,"Even though it's Apple, it's still retail.","The people are great, benefits are fantastic, and discounts are great.",Hours and vacation isn't great. Customers suck.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44944,apple,none," Dec 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Being part of a team that builds products that people love!,A lot of work compare to other places that I have worked for...,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44945,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 13, 2013",Former Employee - Online Tech Support Lead,really great place to work and play.,very flexible and encouraging of dedication. great people to work with. always learn something new. great benefits.,my middle management was capricious and unkind. some personalities are on the fighter pilot level.,get better middle management. allow horizontal moves.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44946,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 28, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Working at Apple,"Fun Work Environment, Great Location, Funny Co-Workers, Decent Benefits, Okay Management, Decent Core Training Program for Store Opening Crew","Retail Hours, No Formal Ongoing Training for Creatives, No Trip to Cupertino or Ireland for Training at Apple Camp for Store Creatives,",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44947,apple,none," Dec 26, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Great for the short-term, but not the longer than 3 years",You get discounts on products that help with purchasing. It's a great place to learning how to interact with people.,"The skills you learn are great, but as soon as you start becoming the long standing member at your store, you will start to understand the business too well and want to jump to conclusions. Customers are the worst and they make you feel bad for decisions the company made about a product that you had no control over. Even the Genius Bar has existed for 10 or so year, customer still come in without an appointment and then blame you why they don't have one.","Keep you managers. Stop getting rid of them. If they were bad to begin with, you didn't look hard enough at the beginning.",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44948,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,The greatest company to work for.,"Great cultural atmosphere, work-life balance, salary and benefits compensation and leadership teams.","In the retail sector, shifts can be inconsistent so flexibility is important. Takes a bit longer to transfer between certain roles.",Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44949,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 18, 2013",Former Employee - US Enterprise Sales,Avoid Enterprise Group,This review is not a reflection of Apple as a company but rather the US Enterprise group. The company as a whole has great benefits and perks. I've also heard very positive things about other departments/divisions.,This entire Enterprise organization from the inside sales group to the field is mismanaged. The management team has been in place for a long time and is best described as complacent. The work environment is both hostile and demeaning. I would strongly recommend avoiding this organization.,Resign.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P833.htm
44950,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," Dec 8, 2013",Former Employee - Apple Care Senior Adviser,Working at home was great,"They take good care of their at home advisers. They would always send gift baskets, shirts, food. They wanted to make sure you didn't get sick so you could work so they would even send emergen-c. The company has great discounts, not only at apple, but also at a lot of different stores.","The company was not willing to work around your schedule. Most companies are not willing to do so, but if you are going to school there will be a point where you have to use vacation just to attend class during the day. I ran out fairly quickly, and eventually had to quit because all my classes were during the day. They help pay for school, but don't help working around the schedule.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44951,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Dec 10, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Excellent working environment.,Team centered working environment. Excellent opportunity for growth.,Retail hours are no fun.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44952,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 10, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),One of the better retail jobs,"Great pay compared to other retail jobs, fast paced environment and good people.","Hours can be bad, customers can be rude, not allowed to talk to other employees at all on the floor.",Stay the course,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44953,apple,"Walnut Creek, CA"," Dec 10, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Very stressful, yet fulfilling.","Great benefits, job security, family culture. The company provides $100 a month toward commute. Fitness reimbursement up to $300 a year and other perks.",Not paid enough for the work that's asked. Management sometimes are on different pages.,Listen to what employees are requesting. They work hard and deserve it.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44954,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 10, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple Genius,Great salary and benefits for retail job. Able to work Part time.,Very limited growth potential. Repetitive.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44955,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Network Engineer,"Professional, Strong development, Great Teams",Excellent pay Lots of entry-level positions amazing company Great place to develop awesome troubleshooting service skills.,People always watching you. There are people that want to put you down. No respect for contractors. Tough work.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44956,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 17, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Instructional Designer,"Headquarters is like most tech companies, except people are not encouraged to share information with their colleagues.",Cool technology. Feeling like you are part of an important team.,"Competitive, uncooperative atmosphere. Pay isn't great. Unless you are in engineering, the work is not any more interesting than any other company.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44957,apple,none," Dec 8, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place to work!,"Great, challenging, ever-changing environment in which to work","Not for the lazy or faint of heart. Financial remuneration is okay, but not stellar. No bonuses or commissions.",Stick to the Apple Credo!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44958,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 8, 2013",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,"Great Benefits, Pay, Training, etc.","Great benefits, pay, training, extras, manager, etc.",AppleCare Advisor should be given a chance to retake an exam.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44959,apple,none," Dec 4, 2013",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,I truly enjoyed working for this company,"The company itself is amazing, the benefits, holidays, PTO can't complain. If you like meeting people this is an amazing job. In this role theres truly advancement opportunities as long as you can prove yourself.",You are mainly dealing with 3rd party retailers. Meaning you have no authority to make any real decisions but you are still required to make them. You play a role where sometimes the in-store management team treats you like a store employee and not a partner (vendor). You don't deal with your own apple co-workers as much as you would like.,Keep working hard at doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P834.htm
44960,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 7, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Passionate, smart people working in a great retail environment, backed by the best technology.","Competitive retail salaries, great full and part time benefits. Responsive HR and management teams.",It's busy. All. The. Time.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44961,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Dec 7, 2013",Current Employee - Management,Apple is the best company ever.,They let you be you,I cannot think of any right now,Keep being great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44962,apple,none," Dec 7, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Overall, great company to work for!","flexibility, compensation (pay & benefits for part-timers)","At the end of the day, it's retail.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44963,apple,"Denver, CO"," Nov 30, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Excellent Benefits, Strong Development, Great Teams","- Strong Push for Development - Excellent pay for Retail Industry - Lots of entry-level positions - Great compassion from Managers - Phenomenal Benefits, Discounts, Etc",- Hard to internally grow into management - Too touchy-feely at times - Managers pulled in too many directions,Really push for a work/life balance among your employees. Its quite easy to give yourself to the company and work yourself to exhaustion.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44964,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 7, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company with great people,"Great pay for retail, and very friendly co-workers.",Needs more internal promotions for employees,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44965,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - Front End Engineer,Amazing place to work,"Work among the best people in the world, puts a demand on your skills and will make you grow beyond your current capabilities",Long hours during project launches and work/life balance takes a backseat at some points,"Keep doing what your doing, continue being careful in hiring and taking on bloat, take more product risks",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44966,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,Expert,- Great company with amazing stock options and benefits - Very talented staff - Highly motivated company,- In the retail aspect of this company there is no room for growth - Weekends and hours sometime can be rough,If you are a company that strives on behavior based culture why is it so hard to develop people around you and promote within the company instead of hiring managers from result driven companies.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44967,apple,"Boston, MA"," Dec 5, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Many pros, but tough to do for a long time",Lots of training Great benefits TONS of training Looks really good on a resume Fun Good people and culture Management listens,"The pay is very low Retail hours are tough, and there is almost no flexibility with scheduling It is a real challenge to switch from part-time to full-time It takes some time to move up, and each promotion is not a huge increase in pay Bureaucracy and corporate mentality","Even though it's mandated that you get feedback from employees, make sure you have an open, non-defensive, attitude when you listen to them. Be understanding if someone makes a scheduling request, even if you can't approve it.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44968,apple,"Natick, MA"," Dec 4, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,It is the most amazing job I have ever had,"The company is amazing to work for, the people you worth with is exactly like you, it is incredible","The interview process was long, but overall, it is worth it because they are so high on customer service",Keep doing whatcha doing! I love it here,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44969,apple,"Herndon, VA"," Dec 4, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Awesome Job, perfect for students.","Lot's of benefits, many discounts form a variety of third party partners and part time health and dental and optical insurance","Stores constantly stay busy but besides that it is a great place to work, go apply now it's absolutely wonderful and great and terrific and the best job ever that you could ask for",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P835.htm
44970,apple,"Rockland, NY"," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Meh,"The people, your peers and co-workers. They are absolutely helpful and one of the best teams to work with. EPP discounts for Apple products.","Part-time specialists are the grunts and over-worked low class of the store. Boot-licking by some PT RedZone specialists to get full time positions. Lack of growth into management or corporate. It is next to impossible or aspire to get transferred to corporate...don't even dream of it. The management at my retail store location is god-awful partial. Your numbers and Net Promoter scores are watched and only used when you have negative results but positive results are not used in promotions or job assignments. Management play favorites and are most often than not very discriminatory. I know my store is an anomaly and I wish corporate take a look and they will be shocked about what goes on here. It is a fiefdom!! Play ball, know your place and maybe you'll get promoted.","Store managers, stop playing favorites and listen to the grumbling around you. Steve Jobs did not envisage his business to be run this way. Be fair with everyone and recognize those who actually do the work.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44971,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 15, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Not great for a technology carrer.,One of the better retail operations to work at. You learn to use a lot of great first party tech.,"You really top out after 2 years and if you aren't interested in management, go somewhere else. If you are interested in a career in technology, stay for a bit but take your obtained skills elsewhere.",Stop with the nepotism. Realize that its a retail job and don't spin it to make it anything else. No body is getting rich and successful.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44972,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 25, 2013",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great company. Great colleagues. Weak senior leadership (Education Sales).,"Great co-workers, excellent stock benefits, 401k matching, company car","medium salary and commission, difficult to move to other divisions (from Education Sales)",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44973,apple,none," Dec 3, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail job of my life.,"Great company who really care about their employees, if given the opportunity would definitely go back.",I struggle to find any true complaints with the company. Certain people could've been better vetted for positions in the interview process but as a whole the company is great to work for.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44974,apple,"Peoria, AZ"," Dec 3, 2013",Current Employee - FRS,Really awesome,awesome people good experience yeah,lower than good pay but decent,you're awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44975,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Nov 28, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,My favorite job I've ever had,Best team environment and a fun place to work,No a whole lot of pay and advancement is pretty difficult.,more help and clearer direction on how to move up.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44976,apple,none," Dec 2, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Technician,A Giant family that bonds while fighting retail politics,it can be great atmosphere. the culture is one of the most genuine I've seen,theres a consistent level of learning as you go and walking into situations with little or no background info.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44977,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good,too many people in the company,there are a lot of smart guys here,no,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44978,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 28, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,"Punishing. But after this, anything is easy.","Name recognition, beautiful products millions of people use. It's not often you can tell people in any country what you do and they all know what you're talking about. Tremendous learning experience—probably a great thing to have on the resume, too.","Incredibly stingy for such a high-value company. Below-market compensation because of the desirability of the brand. Will let you work yourself to death—work/life balance is abysmal. Too much work and not enough people—unless you repeatedly raise a red flag or leave, they will never give you more people and will try to take some away to work on new initiatives. The commute is horrific.","You hire people who are good at what they do and work very hard—if they're asking for help and more resources, listen to them.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44979,apple,"Durham, NC"," Nov 28, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great benefits and great people!,Feedback is strongly encouraged at all levels of the business. Great place to develop awesome troubleshooting service skills. The company is very focused on the customer experience.,Their are times where the customer experience comes at a high cost to the employee experience.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P836.htm
44980,apple,none," Nov 20, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Ever-changing and challenging,"Good benefits. Innovation is encouraged, diversity and unique talent is valued. You will work with the most interesting people - in and outside of their professional lives. The company really tries to stay true to it's culture - enriching lives through technology, and the people being their best resource.",Expect to deal with a lot of ambiguity and shift gears in the dark. Some in-between senior management are a disappointment.,Live up to the culture and value that you preach.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44981,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Nov 30, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great internal team,"- The team is incredible, really dedicated and very supportive.",- The environment can be stressful at times,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44982,apple,"Frisco, TX"," Dec 1, 2013",Current Employee - Product Specialist,The company worth working for,Great products Excellent employees Great workplace Amazing product line Very friendly customers Excellent company overall,I wish the iPhone screens were larger,I wish the iPhone Screens were larger,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44983,apple,none," Nov 30, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Highly recommended.,"One of the most innovative companies in the world, with some amazing perks and interesting bonuses. Travel benefits are good, on campus benefits are amazing. This is one of the top motivators. Regular retreats or seminar will help also to step regularly out of the campus.","This varies greatly department by department, but while most departments offer great team spirit, you can find yourself in a department with less motivation.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44984,apple,none," Dec 11, 2013",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,"Good retail job, don't expect any upward movement though",Relatively good pay for a retail job. Awesome health insurance. Really cool people work there. You get a discount on stock purchase with employee purchase plans. And you get 25% off Apple branded stuff (not iPhones though). Great for keeping up with the newest laptop.,"Bureaucracy. Managers of managers and employee reviews of employee reviews. Stupid customers (comes with the tech territory). You will never move past your position into management. That is not a path that is possible, if thats what you are looking for, be a manager at Best Buy then apply to apple. They do not promote from within for those roles.",Don't be so by the book. Show a little of the humanity you show to outraged customers to your employees who get stepped on every day.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44985,apple,none," Nov 26, 2013",Former Employee - Sales,It's a great place to grow and develop many different skills.,The coworkers are awesome and the benefits are many. There are also many different career experiences that you get to partake in.,If you don't like meeting high expectations to perform then this will not be the job for you.,I think that some of the higher positions should get paid better. The job is very demanding and the salary doesn't compete with similar positions elsewhere.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44986,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Nov 26, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Learned a lot about the community's relationship to technology,Challenging retail experience allows employees to grow and learn so much every single shift. Not knowing everything is okay - learning with the customer and using plentiful resources is encouraged.,"Critical thinking/questioning of the rules/status quo/""business as usual"" is not encouraged. Each shift was incredibly draining - spending eight hours in this kind of retail environment demanded being 100% present 100% of the time. Opportunities for personal development were few and far between, despite management touting otherwise.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44987,apple,"South San Francisco, CA"," Dec 30, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"There's no sugar-coating retail, no matter how valuable the company may be.",Great benefits for San Francisco employees. Free parking and public transportation are huge pluses.,"Spoiled, privileged customers, coupled with severely underpaid and overworked employees working inconsistent hours in a constantly noisy and crowded store. Along with intentionally prohibitive management on corporate career paths provides very little incentive, motivation and morale for employees to care about anything.  Tim Cook and his board runs a tight ship, makes the company profitable and has no need to care about expendable retail employees. No matter how its employees are treated, Apple Retail will always be the shining beacon to those who have never worked within its walls.  I will never work retail, ever again.","Your employees can't pay rent with pretentious ""thank you's,"" no matter how much you think you mean it when you say it to them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44988,apple,none," Nov 25, 2013",Former Employee - Expert,Don't expect to go to corporate after starting in retail.,"You work with talented and interesting people, and learn a ton. Fun job.","Company does not provide enough movement after you climb the latter, slim to no chance at management even though mangers think you should be one.  It's not an adult grown up job as they don't have a place for that mindset of a person, but great if your in collage and looking for a job.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44989,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 24, 2013",Former Employee - Business Specialist,There is no like Apple.,"Fun, innovative, brilliant team,the company collects data and implements new strategies all the time. Fast paced with a strong culture dedicated to creating an exceptional customer experience.",Compensation is low which leads to talented people exiting when they would have preferred to stay.,Identify talent and pay them.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P837.htm
44990,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - Business Specialist,,Great Culture and people and benefits,"low pay, not easy to move up the ladder",The company comes out with develpment plans that are not always so helpful. There is no time in the day to do development. Very difficult to get to management level or to move within stores.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
44991,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Working at Apple Retail is an incredible learning experience.,"Apple focuses on constant employee improvement. You get a great deal of training on the most up to date technology. There is also a high quality program to develop employee communication and troubleshooting skills. The compensation is adequate, but the benefits and employee discounts are terrific.",Apple Retail is still the little brother of Apple Corprate. Compensation is adequate and can be improved. At times the expectations of customers can negativley effect your experiences.,Spend more time getting to know the people in the store.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
44992,apple,none," Dec 7, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Amazing growth opportunities, but needs a management overhaul.","Great benefits, opportunities for personal and professional growth, life-long skill building, anonymous feedback form provided quarterly.","Management is inconsistent about expectations, promotions are rare, extremely high stress, low guidance for initiatives, certain markets require ""open availability"" making college impossible while working.","Listen to your employee feedback. The low-level employees of the company know how to run the operation better than the management, because they are talking to the customers and understanding why the customers are confused to certain practices. If upper management would read the NPP (NetPromoter for our People) surveys they provide to the employees, they would be able to gain an accurate picture of the management.",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
44993,apple,none," Dec 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced! Constant change.,"Employee focused, culture driven. Treats people, both employees and customers, with respect.",Not a lot of room for advancement. There are just so few jobs in the store and have to be relocatable to move forward.,Find ways to add future promotions.,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
44994,apple,none," Nov 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working for this company,"The people I work with, the flat management style, good pay for retail","The Corporate culture is creeping in more, changes.",Allow for employees to grow and move on to better and different positions,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
44995,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Nov 11, 2013",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Retail is a terrible environment for someone who has a family.,Apple is a fun place to work,People who start in retail get stuck there. It is impossible to jump to Corporate from Retail. Its easier to quit and reapply.,Pay your people more,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
44996,apple,none," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - Business Manager,Amazing!,"Great culture, leadership, quality of products.",Tough to get on board due to high demand.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
44997,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Writer,"Lonely, stressed, and overworked in a competitive environment","- The cafe is amazing, even if it's not free. - Great equipment - standup/sit-down desk, machines for testing. - Smart co-workers who care about their job. No slackers. - Shuttle buses for transportation. - Bonuses for job well done.","- Meetings where you could cut the tension with a knife. - Profanity is okay at any time. - More work than can be done in a 40 hour work week. - If you're a woman and work in engineering, but you're not a programmer, be prepared to be lonely. - If you don't respond to emails received on nights and weekends, you're left behind. - Arrogant company culture. They expect you to treat your job like you're employee #10 in a start-up. - No work/life balance. - Dysfunctionally secretive. Little to no guidance to new employees. - Co-workers pass you in the hallway and don't acknowledge your existence.  If you enjoy a competitive work environment where meetings get tense, and the company takes itself very seriously, with long hours, then you'll be okay.","Let the people you hire do their job, don't swoop in at the last minute and make split-second decisions that are counter to decisions made by employees in previous meetings.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
44998,apple,none," Dec 3, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Retail has gone downhill.,"Watching a company grow from the underdog to the top, from the inside. I've worked alongside the smartest, most creative, and most patient people that I've ever met.","I then had to watch those people get burned out after Apple stopped opening new stores (in the US) or expanding Genius teams. We keep hiring ""retail"" managers instead of people who are passionate about the brand and about technology in general.",Bring back the magic of the early days in Apple Retail.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
44999,apple,"Littleton, CO"," Dec 5, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Fun and exciting for retail, but the hours and scheduling were both horrible.",Nice pay for retail. Also it carries some prestige as a base level job which looks good on later applications.,"Asking for time off is like talking to a deaf ear, as is trying to get them to work with any scheduling restrictions. They don't work well with students or people with other commitments like families.","LISTEN TO YOUR EMPLOYEES. Requiring ""open availability"" is insane, and lots of people (including myself) quit because of it.",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P838.htm
45000,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Dec 5, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Associate,A fun experience minus the brainwashing,"Teaching customers was the best. ""Enriching lives"" is a mantra that is actually followed through, to give the best customer experience possible. Being able to help someone that had honestly little to no knowledge on say the iPad is a gratifying experience.",Metric goals were focused on more than anything (mind you this was 2 years ago) but it felt a little unrealistic given how many customers come in,Stay focused on development of employees,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45001,apple,none," Nov 29, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,"You love who you work with, not who you work for.","Decent pay, good benefits, great co-workers","Pay is only decent, again, decent. There is NO chance of advancement in retail, you hear a few cinderella stories but the kid selling macbooks isn't going to Cupertino anytime soon.","Restructure the family room, those poor guys are stressed out of their minds.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45002,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Nov 18, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great place to work, supportive leadership and capable coworkers.","Ability to Transfer to other stores in the company Room for career growth Company Non-Discrimination policy that goes above and beyond laws Ability to ""down sell"" a customer out of a product to either something cheaper, or nothing at all","You sometimes get lost in the sea of employees, and don't get recognized for accomplishments. Your career growth is completely on you. If you're not the type to seize every opportunity, expect to be in the same position for a long time",Communicate better across leadership levels in order to deliver a consistent message,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45003,apple,none," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - At-Home AppleCare Advisor,Superb company to work for,"Managers who want you to succeed and advance in the company. Great benefits. Lots of room to grow and learn. Fast-moving company that's fun to work for. If you manage your vacation and sick time well (both of which are generous), it's a pretty flexible job.","Some training can feel rushed at times, but still effective. Forced socialization a few times of year, but nothing unbearable.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45004,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Packaging Engineer,Great,"Innovation, always being challenged, fun work environment","High Stress, long hours, too much security",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45005,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Nov 11, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,A stepping stone,•Diverse community of talented people •Scheduling flexibility •Endless amount of educational and training resources. •Great networking potential •Great employee incentives and health benefits.,"•Overwhelmingly stressful workflow, with an insufficient amount of staff to complete given task. •Little to no advancement from a retail to corporate level.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45006,apple,"Tigard, OR"," Nov 9, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Extremely Inspiring Company,"Apple is on the cutting edge of innovation in consumer electronics and software. It was so inspiring to be around very talented and inspiring people who all believed so strongly in similar ideals, yet all brought a variety of background and experience to the table.","After a certain point, the potential to develop beyond your existing role became seemingly impossible. I was promoted twice and then hit the ""glass ceiling"" in my development.",Promote your people from within. That is how you keep talent and loyalty in the company.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45007,apple,none," Nov 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company.,Fun work environment with a lot of pride for the brand. Wonderful camaraderie amongst employees. Leaders are very available and open to feedback and new ideas. Employees are encouraged and empowered to try new things and make their own decisions.,"The only thing I can recall is sometimes management would seem to candy coat things a little too much, almost overly optimistic or robotic.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45008,apple,none," Nov 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun people, rewarding work",People are great and you get to work on Macs.,It is acceptable for people to be demeaning to employees because they are too much of an asset to lose. Unwilling to pay for performance.,Reward people with the proper pay for performance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45009,apple,"Huntington Station, NY"," Nov 15, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Mixed reviews.,"Excellent people to work with. Sense of community. Good benefits, discounts, and third party promotions. Always have the opportunity to learn new things.",Difficult to move up. Interactions with customers can be trying. Understaffed and overworked. Hours can feel long and are inconvenient to a proper work life balance.,"Value the quality of your people, especially your long time members. Realize that some things cannot be solved without enough people to assist in situations.",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P839.htm
45010,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Decline to State,"You'll work with really great people, but it's difficult to move up within the company.","great talented peers, great learning environment.","Slow movement within the company, low compensation.","Find better ways to compensate technicians, particularly those in the FRS role. increase the time for moblie appointments, 10 minutes is unrealistic. While I understand how outside hiring can benefit a company by bringing in a fresh take on things, too much of it in one location is bad for team morale, especially when many of that locations employees have",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45011,apple,none," Nov 14, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS/CPU technical advisor,working from home means no commute every day Apple provides great benefits Great position for a student while in school,answering the phone all day gets very repetitive not moving from chair all day Overtime during holidays can get excessive,It was an excellent experience,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45012,apple,none," Nov 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family room especialist,Great company to work for Good salary Great benefits Amazing people and culture,Difficult to move up Too many steps to get a better position.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45013,apple,none," Nov 14, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun but disorganized,Exiting Smart co-workers Good pay Strong history of culture,No strong leadership Work campus is old Innovation is slow,Stop trying to lead by committee,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45014,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Nov 14, 2013",Current Employee - Technician,Best company to work for!,- Really take care of their employees with excellent benefits - Works around my school schedule,"- None really, everything seems to be great so far",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45015,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 12, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Never a dull moment!,"Wonderful experience from the interview process to the last day, made friends for life. Great employee training program. You're constantly learning something new and will never get bored!","Very selective, I had to apply twice before I was hired. New products (or any information on them) aren't released to employees ahead of time so you have to learn everything about them up to five minutes before you start selling them.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45016,apple,none," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple taught me to step outside the box and develop myself,The people. I work with an outstanding amount of talented people.,Black friday is a long day.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45017,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Great company but stressful environment,"Great people, great benefits, feel empowered.","Lots of politics, little control over business, tons of entitled customers and employees.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45018,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Poor management. Managers not living up to company values.,"Get the opportunity to work on really cool and visible projects, together with great engineers and designers.","Ambitious managers with not much technical background, low integrity and lots of politics","Do your research on who you promote. If more than X (X>5?) people leave a team in a year, do not promote the manager. Also provide new managers with training so they can perform better and lead teams according to stated values. Do not let people play politics and increase transparency in decision making.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45019,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Retail Robots.,Career Experiences Discounted Computers Technology Discounted Phone Plans,Irregular Work Hours Politics CLOPENS (leave 11PM come back at 7PM) Credo is just words. They don't live it.,"Practice what you preach. If you're going to tell us to do something, tell us the why behind it. Because the store leader and the hr admin wants it done that way, is not justifiable enough. We are Apple, not ONE store.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P840.htm
45020,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,The BEST company on EARTH!,One of the most innovative company's I have ever been with and by far my favorite company on earth. I enjoyed working everyday with this amazing company!,With all the talent around out I found it very hard to be original,Very happy with what your doing Tim!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45021,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 6, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,a barrel of genius monkeys,"the opportunity to learn the best practices when catering to a demanding, entitled, and needy customer base. Customers of the Apple Genius Bar can be sweet and courteous, yes (its feels rare), but you'll learn that, in the end, everyone just wants something for nothing.","Management will not encourage you to think differently. Thinking Differently is how Apple innovates their products, not how they run a retail business.","learn how to take feedback on the fly rather than deferring employees to NPP for people, or telling them to put things in the form of email because, what you're ultimately saying is, you don't care, unless it comes from a majority of people, of which, are too young and impressionable to question upper management anyways.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45022,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 10, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager IS&T,"Great learning experience, fast paced, potential exposure to some really cool projects/products. Lots of neat employee focused events. There are the beer bashes, the occasional bands that show up to play at 1 infinite loop, the cafeterias have really good food (it's not free, but the quality is excellent - if you have a chance try the gelato in the IL cafe), bus service for employees throughout the bay area (has Wi-Fi and very comfortable leather seats), employee discounts on products, casual attire (as is the case with many tech companies in the bay area), free StarBucks coffee, on site oil changes, car washes, haircuts, on campus gyms, shuttle service between buildings throughout Cupertino, employee stock purchase plan, good health benefits...just to name a few.  It's an amazing bullet point on your resume - opens up doors that may not be otherwise open. If you are in the right group, you can bank on stock, bonuses and other perks. Also, depending on the group, there are a ton of extremely brilliant and dedicated employees that foster a phenomenal collaborative culture. A few years at Apple can change the overall trajectory of your career. If you can hang at Apple, you can make it anywhere else. If you find the right group, it could quite possibly be the best place to work. So, do your homework on the group you are joining (stay away from IS&T).  Lastly, telling people you work at Apple always gets a lot of attention - the brand recognition is amazing.","As with any company, there are parts of it that are amazing, and then parts that are not as amazing. IS&T falls in the 'not so amazing' category. Employee development is mediocre at best, pay is lacking and the charm of stock is elusive. There are a lot of fiefdoms, a lot of obscure politics, and parts of the organization lack the Apple culture that you would expect or hear while on the outside. A director, having come from another bay area company, had hired others within management from the same bay area company. There seemed to be quite a bit of favoritism within this clique - didn't look like people moved up the ladder if they weren't a part of the clique.  Working from home is generally frowned upon and discouraged. The occasional working from home is ok but the expectatation is that you are in the office (why else would you build a multi-billion dollar HQ?).  IS&T heavily relies on outsourced vendors to do the heavy lifting and this can grow frustrating as you spend most of your time interacting with non-Apple employees. As a result of this, the diversity is lacking and there is an endless line of replaceable Indian resources. It's very impersonal at times - if you don't like one of them, pick another, like a box of infinite tissues. Constantly working with replaceable resources prevents one from developing any meaningful working relationships. There are stretches where you hardly interact with other 'badged' Apple employees. Many in management have moved over to Apple from one of these vendors, and bring with them a different work culture which at times takes away from the Apple culture. Apparently, it's ok for customers to email Tim Cook, or Steve Jobs when he was around, but god forbid that an employee emails an executives admin (not even an executive, but their admin) inquiring about the most benign of things. Hell shall break loose, and you will forever be marked as ""that guy"". All of a sudden, the backside of the fence doesn't seem to be painted as nicely as the front side.  Performance reviews are an absolute joke. If you are too technical and lack the business/management aspects they will tell you that you need to grow your business acumen and management capabilities. If your strengths are management but you lack technical skills, they will tell you that you need to strengthen your technical skills. Needless to say, there is next to no process in place, or employee development to help you grow in whatever area they think you need focus on. This is just a tactic - draw attention to your weaknesses then provide no means to improve them, thus justifying your paltry merit increase. While you are told you will get a bonus, additional stock - if you aren't in the right group or have the right 'people managers' batting for you, you are screwed. Many in management have no business being managers as they do absolutely nothing to help those under them grow professionally. At the end of the day, it's an attitude of 'be grateful, you work for Apple'...unfortunately, this just isn't enough justification to stick around long term for some.  IS&T also has this extremely poor and chaotic funding process for capital projects. It may have worked very smoothly when Apple was much smaller, but it does not scale well at all and creates absolute mayhem. It's a process that begs the need for a six sigma type approach to correct it, or get a bunch of consultants (real consultants, not offshore) in there to help streamline it. Many of the challenges they face, such as a diluted culture resulting from an overabundance of offshore resources can be directly attributed to a poor planning and funding process. Also, projects that are deemed 'sexy' are the ones that get approved, the ones that are on senior managements presentations, and the ones that you have to be a part of to really get any recognition. If you are on an 'operational' project', even those that are business critical, and it's not a 'sexy' project - you will more than likely be sidelined when it comes to merit increases/performance reviews.","Grow your employees, or they will outgrow you and move on and you will be left looking at a sea of outsourced resources who don't 'think different'.  Don't become a bureaucratic and disjointed organization by creating artificial layers of management who are there to protect their fiefdoms. Apple is Apple because they think different. The day you stifle that spirit is the day you may as well outsource it all because you have ceased to 'think different', ceased to 'stay hungry, stay foolish... .’, and ceased to be Apple....",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45023,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,good company to work for,no issue. good company to work for,no comment,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45024,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,"Retail is fun, corporate is better!","-If you're a 20 something school is possible, and you get to meet other 20 somethings! -Decent pay -Opportunity to get promoted with in retail","-It is just another retail job sometimes. -There is 0% chance to go to corporate. -Hours are rough (Close the store at 11, back at 8:30am)",Make your most valuable resource feel valued.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45025,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 5, 2013",Former Employee - Supply Chain Project Manager,Project Managment- Supply Chain,The company has lots of resources. Environment can be fun.,"Travel a lot, long working hours. Tough work life balance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45026,apple,none," Nov 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brutal,It's Apple so it's nice to have on a resume.,There is very little work life balance and the perks are not as good as other companies.,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45027,apple,"Augusta, GA"," Nov 10, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great job, great products, great people.","Good pay compared to other retail jobs, excellent hours, great co-workers, great employers, opportunity to move up, lenient dress code","Can be difficult to stand out or advance with so many people working in the same store, very strict rules on sticking to the ""Apple way of doing things""",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45028,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Nov 10, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,"Great company, average management","The company culture and treatment of employees is second to none. Benefits and compensation are above average, and the side-perks (NFR software, discounts, internal services and networking opportunities) are fantastic.",Managers often place their own bonus structure above adherence to company policies and employee benefits.,"Listen to your employees' feedback. Better yet, listen to your employees' direct reports' feedback, because the only thing the mid-level managers will report is their own metric success.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45029,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great you love the environment, but love your employees too!",Everyone is passionate and most management is very detail oriented and will roll up their sleeves. Great for commuters with their bus system. There are really smart people so I appreciate that and I feel like I have grown tremendously in my skill set.,It appears they believe that employees love to work for Apple for the products but it's not enough. Rewards are scarce and development is even more scarce. Need to improve mother's room for working moms! (Not enough rooms or poor set up) Food is expensive and buildings are spread apart where parking can also be tough.,"Great efforts in making everything environmentally friendly - Very impressive but please send some love to your employees (Can I please get a fork in the break room? And I had to provide my own lunch at an all day offsite! And rewards are non-existent!!) Fight hard to keep the culture - see it eroding with hiring so many externals who are used to titles and bureaucracy. If the intention is the be tight with money so we can be smart and targeted on what we do, in reality the management just makes people work harder and burn them out.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P841.htm
45030,apple,"Portland, OR"," Nov 22, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,If you worked at Target or Starbucks you will be fast tracked to management,Great discounts Part of something big Great products,"VERY political Most entry level managers are not approachable They don't focus on internal promotion, they love hiring management from the outside. Always.",Live your credo don't just evangelize it.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45031,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 7, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great Company,Really good Training. Really Good Management. All around amazing company to work for,Nothing at all. There reallly isnt anything bad to say,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45032,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Network Engineer,Great cache,"Lots of smart people, lots of big projects","Surprisingly tight on spend for traditional employee perks - no paid home internet, etc. Very political environments and advancement is definitely based on who you know, hard workers that don't self-promote regularly aren't going to move ahead and one misstep can blacklist your advancement for years.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45033,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 22, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Not what it used to be.,Health benefits are pretty good,Management. Customers are entitled savages.,Start listening to your people,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45034,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 9, 2013",Current Employee - Global Supply Base Manager,Great place to learn if you are young without a family,Ideal place for young people where you can learn hands on supplier management,Ideal place for young people who don't have a family life.,Keep innovating or die,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45035,apple,"Albany, NY"," Nov 21, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Amazing experience, great staff, stellar products, but they pay retail employees very poorly.","It is a very energetic and young environment so you constantly feel inspired, and it is easy to forge lasting friendships with colleagues. The management is usually supportive and easy to work for. Being around Apple products is just fun!","The stores are still very corporate and employees are frequently treated like children. Constant bag checks, clocking in is a hassle, and long hours on your feet. All of it would be worth it, but they barely pay over minimum wage! For the amount of information you are required to know and the crazy customers you deal with on a daily basis, they should definitely pay more.",Learn to delegate and stop micromanaging.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45036,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 4, 2013",Former Employee - MacExpert,"Not a terrible place to work, but coworkers can be hypersensitive if you are successful.","Benefits are outstanding, culture is a lot of fun and loose.","The pay isn't great, and the shifts change often. Perfect for young, unmarried without children.","Lighten up, Francis. The Kool-Aid isn't that great.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45037,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Exacting but rewarding,Cutting edge work on great products.,Starting to get somewhat political,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45038,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Incredibly bright, motivated employees with challenging projects",- Large stable company - Good compensation and stock bonuses (RSUs) - Diverse set of challenges and products to work on - Many opportunities for career growth: technically and managerially,- Security and privacy border paranoia (for good reason) - Less agile than smaller companies - Scattered campuses make cross-department meetings a challenge when commuting to different buildings,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45039,apple,"Denver, CO"," Nov 18, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Typical coporate environment,Comes with decent pay and discounts,A lot of corporate kool-aid,Not every metric needs to be sales-oriented.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P842.htm
45040,apple,none," Nov 18, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Treats young experienced talent as tools,-Talented and kind people. -Some knowledgeable staff.,"-Corrupted Corporation. -Very robotic, no recognition.","Treat people like people, and not tools.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45041,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Nov 5, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"A journey into the cutting edge of retail, fast paced, adaptive, and always something new","Amazing benefits and employee centered policies, a real sense of team collaboration. You feel like you are apart of a bigger picture and that every customer exchange counts.","Hectic work/life balance, difficult to take days off when needed, sometimes overwhelming.",Try and realize that your presence when it is busy is just as important as your presence in team building activities.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45042,apple,"Emeryville, CA"," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Good Company, Not Great Pay",awesome team of motivated amazing people. get to know great customers and work closely with them to solve their issues,"retail hours, pay could be better, work load continues to grow with no new tools to resolve it",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45043,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 4, 2013",Former Employee - Business Manager,Apple created the best possible foundation for my career,"If you work for retail or corporate, you have the ability to make the opportunity at apple about bettering yourself, and your customers lives.",Retail has a glass ceiling that is very challenging to break through. Very hard to grow your career from retail to corporate,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45044,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Enjoying almost everything about being here,"• Work on world class software that millions of people use • Excellent office environment • Opinions respected, ideas listened to, bug bears acted onto • No expectation to work ridiculous hours (though I'm sure crunch time will exist)",• Having a lot of secrets to keep • The campus is very spread out just now,Hurry up and build the space ship!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45045,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Nov 4, 2013",Current Employee - Material Program Manager,Job Interview taking too long,Apple is a Great/Secure place to work,Interview process taking too long,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45046,apple,"Denver, CO"," Nov 17, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Assistant Manager,Lack of Work/Life Balance,Apple has an amazing culture related to their employees and customers. Extreme attention to detail and a commitment to excellence.,"The culture listed above does not apply to management. Overtime is required as you will spend 40+ Hours on the floor creating that culture, so the tasks necessary for running the store/department will be done before or after your shift.",Utilize the Credo to support your leadership with the same commitment you do for your employees and customers.,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45047,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,Best company PERIOD.,Benefits Discounts Being treated like you matter!,That at apple you are surrounded by many talented people standing out is always hard,Keep pushing to be the best!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45048,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Proud to work here,"You may get to work on the number one feature, on the number one product, from the number one company in the world. Processes in place for risk management are excellent. Everyone shares a common goal to make the best products for the consumer, and it shows in most every conversation you have. Plenty of smart people to learn from. All your friends and family know about your company and the products you helped create.","- Some of the higher-ups are just Apple dinosaurs who have been promoted over time for what appears to be loyalty and relationships alone. Quite a few don't have the capability to understand what they are managing and regularly make poor decisions. Engineering is the only profession I know of where this disconnect can be so vast... ever heard of a chief of staff at a hospital who wasn't a physician? - Managers can manage with an iron fist due to the legacy of Steve Jobs and for some, he the only management role model they have. Works if you are him and CEO, not so much if you're director level. Lately this is being improved upon with frequent re-orgs. - People keep saying how everyone is an ""A"" player, but this isn't really true. Have worked with smarter people elsewhere. - No opportunity to publicly discuss your work, or get involved with academic research - Secrecy can get in the way",Open up the information flow a bit (or a lot) more internally. Seems like the press generally knows what's coming anyway. Allow for richer external working relationships. Focus on finding better middle-to-upper level management talent.,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45049,apple,none," Oct 30, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer IV,"You'll never work with a smarter, more driven group of people","Amazing co-workers, the best products in the industry, a shot at really chaining the world.","The explosive growth over the last five years means that some of the middle management imports aren't really invested in the culture. Beware the big company 'experienced' managers who get brought in at the director level, it's a mixed bag.","Work harder on internal career path and promotion, Apple's greatest asset is it's employee culture of diligence and user first design, and that's subject to dilution.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P843.htm
45050,apple,none," Nov 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Products, Great Company if not in Retail.","High Pay, Benefits, exposure to newest technology, high intensity environment","Inept managers, carrot on stick mentality, difficult to get straight answers from higher ups",You have amazing people but you also have terrible people in key positions littered throughout.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45051,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 29, 2013",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,Advisor,Work at home. Extensive training. Part time with benefits.,"Wish was full time all the time, not just when busy.",Keep up the innovations,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45052,apple,none," Nov 14, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,Apple will never be known for pay but the work environment and inclusiveness and relationships are great.,"Pay not great, schedule not great, but it is retail after all. Environment may be changing. Hooe the new head of retail doesn't lose focus on customer first versus bottom line. It is NOT chicken or egg. Customer service needs to be priority 1. The rest will continue to happen.",Fearful that creativity lacking and just another retial store atmosphere will prevail.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45053,apple,"Miami, FL"," Oct 30, 2013",Current Employee - Sales,Interesting,Pay rate is very good for retail,"Sub par management, very basic individuals",No advice could save them,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45054,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,"Exciting, lots of potentials and long hours...",Apple people and Apple culture. Apple is an exciting place to work but just like any other large company you have to pick the right group.,Engineering and product side of the house is much more organized and functional than the internal IT side of the house. Internal IT outsourcing model does not and will not continue to work.,Outsourcing does not work,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45055,apple,"Washington, DC"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,Good Job During College,Overall Apple pays rather well compared to other retail jobs. You have opportunities to network and build your resume with BS job responsibilities.,"Your pay will never be as good as your friends who have ""real jobs"" and no longer work retail after college. It does not matter if you work for the almighty ""Apple"" it is still retail. No matter how well you perform you will still only get 3-5% increase each year. Some managers come from retail clothing companies and places like Bed Bath & Beyond and have no idea what they are doing or anything about technology.This is not always the case, but most are clueless. When working retail you just have to accept that your hours suck and that you will never earn a good salary.","Learn to be managers and not think you know ""everything"" just becuase your title makes you believe that. You may know how to fold a pair of jeans and recommend a matching t-shirt, but take the time to acutally learn Apple's products. This will help everyone..",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45056,apple,"Miami, FL"," Oct 26, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Fullfilling expericing, best retailer to work for. Best customer service experience/lesson for anyone willing to learn.",Best salary offered by any retailer. Great products to play with.,Sometimes you work like a slave cause you are in retail and in one of the greatests companies in the world that sells the best electronics yet customers will come at you from every angle and expect you to help them out,Listen more to your team members for better ideas,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45057,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 30, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great place to work. Coworkers are great but customer's are stressful.,"Great people. Great perks. Great benefits. (insurance, transportation subsidy, discounts)",Always on your feet. Stressful. Schedule constantly shifts.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45058,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Oct 30, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Great for Retail,"Job is very easy, it's a pretty chilled environment depending on the managers.","Customers get annoying but thats the nature of retail, it gets boring, it's not challenging after about 8 months.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45059,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 11, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good place,Environment is a good place,Politics exist within this company,Better communications,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P844.htm
45060,apple,none," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Long live politics,Fun and better pay than most retail.,Overworked and politics go into about every decision in regards to promotions.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45061,apple,none," Oct 29, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,challenging yet enjoyable,"Good compensation, great people to work with","challenging, does not have a well work-life balance",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45062,apple,none," Oct 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Laid back and relaxed company to work for,"people are friendly, products are awesome, pay is really good for a retail job",a lot of piloting new management ideas that never work out...i guess becuase they are still growing and trying to figure how to make experiences better.,reach out to employees more often,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45063,apple,none," Oct 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love it,Great place to work. It really is amazing. Great place to start a career in computer science or computer engineering.,Sometimes it can be very busy inside of the Apple store which can wear you down and make you very tired by the end of the day.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45064,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 26, 2013",Current Employee - Software Architect,It is a very pleasant experience working for Apple.,"Friendly work environment, company pays for iPhone and wirelss bill for business/project need.","Very secretive, information sharing is on a need-to-know basis.",Empower employees to explore new initiatives and to expand new areas of expertise for career growth.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45065,apple,none," Nov 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Innovative and unique company, inconsistent management","Apple is a great company. The pay is outstanding for retail, they offer part time benefits and many other cool perks. You meet amazing people, co-workers are brilliant and very talented! Its a great job for a while but don't get stuck there just because they pay well. Many opportunities for growth...if you are willing to look past their inconsistencies. You could easily work your way up to 20+ dollars per hour within 2 years without becoming a manager. Unheard of in retail! Health care, transportation benefits, free services, stock purchase plan. Easy access employee website.","Lost sight of their core value ""our core is our people"" I started working at Apple in 2007 and boy have things changed! It has gotten more and more corporate and more and more dehumanizing focusing more on policies and proceedures than the wellbeing of the employees. The daily foot traffic in the store is immense! The climate can be very emotionally overwhelming, loud, and overly stimulating...yeah you are probably thinking I am some sensitive shmuck! But the daily traffic gets overwhelming when you are responsible for dealing with angry customers daily in an environment where you have little support! Managers are inconsistent in implementing company policy, constantly making exceptions for customers who scream and disrespect employees. THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH EMPLOYEES ON THE FLOOR!! BUT MANAGEMENT EXPECTS US TO HELP 4-6 PEOPLE AT ONCE TO MAKE UP FOR IT. LASTLY, moving up in the company is extremely difficult! there are many lateral promotions that warrant no pay raise, but managers are extremely inconsistent in their reasoning for promoting people. You could have perfect numbers and attendence but they will give the promotion to someone who has worse numbers but just sucks up to them more and they will give you a lame reason such as ""we think you need to work on your peer to peer relationships"" (happened to several of my co-workers) THERE ARE NO REAL BEARRINGS FOR PROMOTIONS. AND MOST ""PROMOTIONS"" ARE LATERAL AND ALLOW YOU TO WORK HARDER AND DO MORE IN THE STORE WITHOUT GETTING PAID A CENT MORE...THEY HAVE A REALLY WONDERFUL WAY OF TRICKING YOU INTO FEELING LIKE YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL AND HAPPY THEY GRANTED YOU WITH THIS OPORTUNITY!!! AND THEN DURING THE REVIEW THEY WILL COMMENT ON HOW YOU DON'T SMILE ENOUGH IN YOUR NEW ROLE AND THEY ARE WORRIED YOU ARE GETTING BURNED OUT................AFTER GETTING YELLED AT BY A CUSTOMER EVER HOUR THAT DOESNT WANT TO OBIDE BY THE COMPANY POLICY, AND THEN AFTER THAT CUSTOMER SCREAMS AT YOU AND DEMANDS A MANAGER THE MANAGER GIVES THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT! MAKING YOU LOOK LIKE THE BAD GUY WHEN THEY TOLD YOU TO UPHOLD COMPANY POLICY! IT CAN BE HARD TO KEEP SMILING! BUT WHEN AN EMPLOYEE NEEDS AN EXCEPTION MADE FOR THEM???OOOOHHHH NOOOOO....THE POLICY IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT THEN!!! They say they want to give you more personal development training time but you have to FIGHT for it!  ONE MORE THING! The corporate availability requirements! you are forced to give 29 hours of open availability and they can ether give you 5 hours a week or the full 29....you cannot request to work more or less. THEY ARE SEVERELY INCONSIDERATE AND UNFLEXIBLE ABOUT PERSONAL AND FAMILY EMERGENCIES! IF YOUR GRANDMA DIES AND YOU CANT GET YOUR SHIFT COVERED IN TIME OH WELL! YOU WILL RECIEVE AN ATTENDENCE POINT EVEN IF YOU NOTIFIY THEM A WEEK IN ADVANCE! EVERYTHING IS DONE BY A COMPUTER...ALTHOUGH MANAGEMENT HAS OVERRIDING POWERS THEY WILL SELDOM MAKE EXCEPTIONS AND JUST SAY ""SORRY THE COMPUTER ALREADY SCHEDULED YOU...I HOPE YOU FIGURE SOMETHING OUT!""","Read above. YOUR SOUL IS NO LONGER YOUR PEOPLE! As much as I loved your company and invested 3 years of my life to it, my last day was the best day of my life. You must find a way to maintain the appointment queue at the genius bar and lessen the stress on the FRS role. You must find a way to be solid as a management team and have a joint agreement about when to make exceptions. If a coach has a team and teaches the team to obide by certain philosophies, such as: good conduct at every game...but when team players dont follow the rules, no consequence is given...the team loses integrity and later down the line the coaches philosophies will mean nothing to its students because they all know the philosophy was never upheld or valued. This is what is happening to apple retail. The credo is no longer living, it is not longer the center...we never revisit it, we never recall it. And if we do, we never believe it because there is no integrity.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45066,apple,"Apple Valley, CA"," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - Engineer,Great.,Apple knows what is up.,I cannot think of any cons.,IDK,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45067,apple,none," Nov 10, 2013",Former Employee - Expert,"Don't expect advancement into Management, very hit and miss",Educational Reimbursement EPP Pay compared to other retailers,"MOST MANAGEMENT Apple hires 99% of managers externally, internally expect to stick around for years before promotion unless you're in a new store You will not have a life",The southern California market specifically is crammed with subpar managers that are so lazy and disinterested in anything but their paychecks. I've experienced this in 3+ stores. Prepare to be very very frustrated in SoCal Apple stores.,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45068,apple,"Houston, TX"," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,A Great Company Like No Other,"Positive, fun environment. You are in charge of your destiny and how far you want to go. Never a dull moment. You learn something new everyday. Cool, hip environment. Loved having an effect on people's lives.","Closed mouth will not get fed. Don't look to be discovered for you hard work if you are not consistently tooting your own horn or volunteering. Perfection at its best, not for slackers. Be careful of what you say and do, there is no such thing as a secret between co workers word travels fast.",Utilize all employees and their talents to the fullest for your advantage as well as the employee. Management that did not start at the bottom need to pull there head out of the clouds and come back to reality.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45069,apple,"Boston, MA"," Oct 23, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Rewarding, but left me wanting more.","In my store, I worked with a lot of smart interesting people. They did a great job creating an environment with people who cared about doing there job well. Great benefits, very little micromanagement.","The expectations they have you contrasted with their unwillingness to further your career is unbelievably frustrating. Being a part-timer gives you little to no ability to move within the company. You are happy when people leave, because you know they are off to somewhere better. The pay is good enough to keep low motivated liberal art graduates around, but not enough to make you want to stay. It is impossible to make a career there unless you want to be a manager. And I don't know why youd want to.","Management drinks the kool-aid, and some of it is warranted, but a lot of it is not. It's hard to get straight talk from someone who works higher up.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P845.htm
45070,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Acoustical Engineer,Only robots need apply,Products. being part of something special and world changing. Truly still a great company.,Micro-management to the highest level. Expect perfection in anything and everything you do. Too much report and status and not enough time for engineering.  Highly dependent on organization....,Listen to your employees. Allow them to be themselves and learn to work with them rather then trying to fit everyone into a single mold.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45071,apple,"Denver, CO"," Nov 4, 2013",Current Employee - Store Manager,Manager in a retail store,Great team to work with. Smart people.,Little care about the employee at the retail store. Too much talk about how they care and very little to show it. Employees at Apple retail have become disposable commodities which has resulted in a revolving door. Market managers and above simply do not care.,"Wake up, get real, have honest dialogue with your store management team about what is really going on. You are asking so much of everyone and giving so little in return.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45072,apple,none," Oct 22, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),I've had an awesome experience working at Apple. Great learning experience.,The development at Apple is exceptional. You learn a lot from the training and get great exposure to customer relations.,The ceiling is lower than most would be able to appreciate on a local scale.,Make the elevated positions get some of the kickback from the ridiculous amount of money that we bring in.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45073,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Nov 5, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,One of the most incisive yet ambiguous learning experiences into human nature and hi-tech.,Learning what's new in technology. Some of the people are really nice and open while others are closed only to people in their circle. Discount on products & services.,Under constant scrutiny and surveillance.,Stop micro managing the workers and penalizing managers that really care for their teams. Be more inclusive with the workers and not just your favorites to build a stronger team.,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45074,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Oct 25, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist and Mentor,Such a blessing to work for Apple,"Awesome work experience, great vibes, very relaxed environment, best products that you believe in, decent pay, best work atmosphere and culture ever.","Noise level in store, snobby customers. I experienced hearing loss after working at apple. In addition, many customers may be very selfish, rude, and inconsiderate with their repair demands.",Listen to employee suggesstions more and allow more time for specialists to spend with customers. Do not be transactional.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45075,apple,none," Oct 24, 2013",Current Employee - Store Manager,"Great people, great compensation.","Best people to work with, great philosophy, cool products","Challenging customers, heavy workloads, a lot of ambiguity",Build better long-term incentives for employees to improve turnover/career development,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45076,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 5, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,"First few months great, then downhill from there","SOME benefits, but read the fine print. Healthcare appears to be good, but there are many holes in services offered. Ability to purchase stock was great and made a good amount of cash from that, even though I didn't sell at $700 (darn it). Tuition reimbursement is pumped up, but there are a lot of requirements and limitations about what is approved.","Management is inconsistent in direction, advice, and level of knowledge (or lack thereof). They're sneaky in phrasing pep talks as though everybody is up for a promotion, but like many lesser companies, the promotions go to the butt-kissers not the hard workers. Bitter? Who, me?","pay more attention to the minions, don't just fake it. stop passing out kool-aid and give employees options they can really use. your image matters to the public, but employees don't care about that. retail employees mainly care about two things: hours and salary. if you mess with those, they won't like you. if you recognize the importance of pay for work, instead of putting gold stars on their learning blueprint, then maybe you'll get somewhere.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45077,apple,none," Oct 21, 2013","Current Employee - Specialist, FRS, Creative, Genius, Guest Trainer",Great place to work,Some of the most talented individuals I've ever worked with.,Retail managers from clothing stores and food establishments,Technology is different than clothing.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45078,apple,"Chestnut Hill, MA"," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Mac Specialist,I did not enjoy working for this company in a retail environment.,"Fun gadgets. You get iphones for free if you are full time. Mostly young co-workers, which keeps the workplace fresh.","Little chances to move up in the company. Very sale's driven environment, takes all the fun out of the job. Sell Sell Sell! Customers are not a priority.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45079,apple,none," Oct 21, 2013",Current Employee - Mobile Technician/Family Room Specialist,"Apple, the best place to work.","I absolutely love the culture, acceptance, the people. Everyone I work with is over qualified and works well as a team, even when there are extreme differences in personalities and even values.",It's pretty stressful. Even if it is the best position in retail aside from Genius.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P846.htm
45080,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Apple is a great Co. overall,Great benefits and bonus by company,Long hours at work . no work from home,Please allow for easy transportation to work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45081,apple,"Berkeley, CA"," Oct 22, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,The coworkers definitely made me feel like family.,The store I worked at was fairly new so everyone got a say in how the store worked. They value your opinions and always take your word over the customer's. All my coworkers felt like family to me. They were the reason I looked forward to coming into work everyday. Scheduling was lenient and so was the attendance policy. Amazing training,The managers definitely choose favorite. If you're not in their clique you have little to no chance of moving into a different position. The managers act to much like friends to everyone. They go out for drinks and get high with the people they favor. 98% of people were pot heads and smelled like weed or were high while they were at work. Some managers would try to micro-manage I thought they paid well up until I realized how much work was being piled on us. At first I thought their values and what we were taught were awesome but then I realized we Were like minions You constantly have to train on irrelevant stuff. It's like going to school,Stop picking favorites and act a little more professional. Recognize the people who work hard not just the same people over and over again.,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45082,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 19, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Better than all other retailers,"Fun, Energetic, and well compensated. They try to keep an upbeat environment where learning is key.",No room for growth or any type of way to move up into corporate culture.,More transparent individually,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45083,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 19, 2013",Current Employee - App Review,Great Company,"Great People, nice manager, Good benefit","Long hours, Micro management, small office",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45084,apple,"Kennesaw, GA"," Nov 2, 2013",Former Employee - Apple At-Home Agent,My Time at Apple,Apple is a well run and organized company from the start. They made you free apart of the entire apple team. It is also true that Apple employees are laid back.,I was apart of the at home agent program that was expanded into the southeast and the pay was not desirable.,Increase salary of those at home agents,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45085,apple,"Southfield, MI"," Oct 20, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support,Want to be excellent at customer service? This is the place to start.,The Culture is wonderful Great Classroom experience Its all about Apple!,None As of this moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45086,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," Oct 17, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,FRS,Loved the people and the environment,Retail hours and late night shifts,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45087,apple,"Newark, NJ"," Oct 17, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great retail job! Fair compensation, exciting place to work, with very heavy internal marketing.","Strong culture, friendly co-workers, great benefits/pay even for part-time retail employees (for example, the same 401k that Corporate employees have), fun place to work","Definitely a little brainwash-y in terms of internal marketing, have to put in a LOT of work keeping stores visually standard, some tasks can be frustrating (dealing with cell phone carriers in particular)","Stop saying ""feedback"" all the time.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45088,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 11, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Associate,"Overall good, but could use improvement in management.","Really awesome coworkers, good pay, fast-paced environment with great benefits (if you're full-time, not just working full-time hours), looks good on your resume, and opens a lot of doors if you know how to play your cards right and find whose ass to kiss.","Management is all over the place. It started out being about the customer experience, and then it became more about the numbers and sales. If you can't get numbers in sales, don't expect to get anywhere if you're working retail, regardless of what position you want. They only care about getting people in and out with the most expensive stuff. Oh, and they definitely don't care about you or how you express yourself. Be prepared to groom yourself to the standards they expect, even though the company is so-called ""accepting of diversity.""","Give employees CONSTRUCTIVE criticism when they are seeking improvement or promotion. It does not help to be told ""no"" without ""why.""",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45089,apple,none," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,For the most part good,Lots of prose from health benefits to 401k and more plus good pay.,They try to work you tell you drop then find a new person to fill your place. Some grate management and some vary bad ones that hire more like them.,Work harder to find more personable managers that care about the customer and the employes. I found a lot of managers had an ego a mile long.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P847.htm
45090,apple,none," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start a career,Great Retail job and pay in perspective to other retailers. Perfect for college students that need a resume builder. will learn skills that can be taken anywhere,Very clique like. Management challenges. The classic too many chiefs not enough indians. Very demanding sales goals in comparison to pay. Very school like policies and procedures.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45091,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Oct 29, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting and frustrating in equal measures.,Corporate: I had a lot of flexibility to accomplish my job as a Campus Rep. Retail: my coworkers were the most interesting people I've ever met.,Corporate: there is inherent ambiguity in how responsibility was maintained which made the job challenging. Retail: troubleshooting our own devices while repairing relationships with customers on a tight schedule is a nightmare to walk into on a daily basis.,Promote employees to positions that complement their skill set. Even six months can seem like a lifetime when you are working at a job that will never go anywhere.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45092,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Oct 13, 2013",Current Employee - ITunes Store Senior Advisor,Amazing first job out of college,"- Some really amazing people work here, and you can learn so much about quality customer experience - Constant changes keep things exciting - New tools and innovations are around every corner - Lots of cross training and rotational opportunities - Potential to move up in the company","- In some departments, metrics tend to be the main focus - Constant changes may not be for everyone - Sometimes innovation comes in the form of drastic change in tools, procedures or standards of operation","It should always be a fine balance between quality and quantity (metrics), high emails per hour or low handling time does not always equate a great customer experience.  Encourage advisors to provide more feedback! The only way tools and procedures will get better, is if the people who use it the most ask for it to get better.  Talk with your advisors, give them opportunities to hone their skills and find their passion. It's easy to get set in a role, especially working from home.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45093,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 9, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Being a Genius in a glass cube.,"You work for Apple. Your title is literally Genius. A Genius has authority, technical facility, and the ability to problem solve under high pressure and velocity -- this brings a great deal of respect from some people while off the clock and in the real world. You are able to work on the most wonderful pieces of technology, repair them, and sometimes help people in the process.","People are more often than not against you before you've even seen them or said hello. You must constantly balance the conflicting weight of good service/final resolution to how quickly you can get to the next person in queue. People will treat you like you're an idiot, mean, or vindictive constantly while on the job. Many people will never grasp how to solve the problems they cause, but blame the product, company, & you for.","Advocate for stronger measures in talent retention. Understand that actually solving technical issues is the point of the Genius Bar, not just to see as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time -- that doesn't resolve anything and amounts to an embarrassing environment where not only are customers not seen in a timely manner, but they are often left without a complete solution.",4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45094,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 7, 2013","Current Employee - Software Engineer IS&amp,T",IT divisions are the same around the world,The massive scale challenges faced by the Apple IS&T division provide a great environment to elevate your skills. The IS&T model of using lots of low-skilled contractors can be a great way to learn how to manage teams and get things done with poor-quality tools.,"The outsourcing model to contractors from the lowest-bidding vendors is more of a management drain than a benefit. The struggle to corral a horde of barely-competent people and get something accomplished is frustrating, and the overhead is plenty of waste.",Hire more smart employees and fire vast numbers of low-commodity contractors.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45095,apple,none," Oct 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Apple was an amazing experience.,Some of the best reasons to work for Apple are: 1) the level of talent 2) the culture 3) the product (of course!),I really don't have anything negative to say about my time at Apple. I am thankful for the experiences and the relationships I have.,"Although I wholeheartedly appreciate the multi-layered selection process for new employees, it can take a toll on the business because it takes a long time.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45096,apple,none," Oct 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be ready for drama,Highly capable fun creative peers,Consistently AWFUL in providing a clear path for advancement.,Stop bringing intrigue/ favoritism in to the process. Lay out clear steps and take some of your own medicine by providing direct and no bs feedback as to why a particular employee doesn't have the necessary skills/experience to move up the ladder.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45097,apple,"College Station, TX"," Oct 13, 2013",Former Employee - Apple-At-Home Advisor,Amazing,Very professional and amazing culture. The company provides great in depth training.,Stressful and time consuming for college students but a great company overall,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45098,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 22, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Didn't drink the kool-aid,"There is some real exciting stuff going on, lots of bright innovative people. They're at the leading edge on the hardware side.",It's a very legacy driven environment. They haven't changed their ways and aren't interested in how the rest of the world operates.,"Pay attention to the infrastructure, it's quite broken and in need of investment. Scale only makes the problems worse. Manual brute force isn't the answer.",2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45099,apple,none," Oct 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company to work for, but has changed in recent years.",Great co-workers and environment in Cupertino.,Company used to be more adventurous.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P848.htm
45100,apple,"Rexburg, ID"," Oct 8, 2013",Former Employee - Campus Representative,They treat their employees very well.,"Great pay, they love to work with their employees and want you to succeed. It is a wonderful environment to learn and be paid.",Their relationships with other companies are hard to deal with at times. Many hoops to jump through. It can be difficult to branch out without doing things they would not approve of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45101,apple,none," Oct 8, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,technical rep,great place to start a career,their aren't any any thin negative to say about the company,Keep doing a magnificent job,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45102,apple,none," Oct 23, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Good Job for College Students,Good pay for retail. They don't push you to sell everything and don't place a huge emphasis on numbers. It is a great job for part-timers.,Not a lot of room to advance. Managers just promote their favorites. Expected to do things that are not in your job title. Not a good place to have a career (despite them telling you it is over and over).,Open your eyes. You promote people who aren't good at their job. Sometimes I wonder if I am working at a different store. They have no idea what really goes on in the store.,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45103,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 5, 2013",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Great experience and preparation for upward movement in the technology field.,"There is a great culture within the retail environment - awesome people with a common goal to impact customers' lives. I felt very supported by leadership, and that I was a valued member of the team. Having Apple on your résumé says a lot to potential employers as well!","The compensation versus the amount of work that is required does not encourage lasting employment. Once you've moved as high up as you can (short of a management position), there's not a lot of opportunities to develop yourself and do something new. Most Apple corporate jobs require a lot of prior experience that cannot be obtained in a retail store. The hours are also rough, but that's an unavoidable aspect of working in a mall.",Keep up the great work and encourage your employees to challenge themselves and try new things. Schedule someone to man the phones so your Business Specialists are spared the incessant ringing and covering of someone else's responsibilities.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45104,apple,"Elizabeth, NJ"," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Amazing company to work for!,The management cares and there is tons of room for growth. The atmosphere is great!,"The only con I have is during holiday, they do not respect what days you need off.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45105,apple,"Pleasanton, CA"," Oct 6, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Enriching lives with the highest quality of technology.,"The heart and soul of Apple is truly its people. An employee knows he or she belongs to a world class company that takes deep pride in innovation, quality, and people. Apple is very keen on the details, yet sees past each detail and sees a person's true character.",There are none. The incredible Apple culture truly recognizes and values their employees' passions. An entire company that legitimately encourages oneself because of the positive impact it may have on the entire community will always have pros that far outweigh any con.,Continue listening to NPP.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45106,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 5, 2013",Former Employee - New Product Operations,Excellent company,Crazy smart people making the best products in the world. I wish I had never left.,Work is the main focus of your life,Dream an innovate. Forget what Steve said. Do what he would do.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45107,apple,none," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Extremely demanding but rewarding,"Culture, top quality products and service, great employees, feedback driven","Lack of transparency due to secrecy, under built stores considering excessive traffic and revenue, less than sophisticated systems considering A technology company, can be too results focused","Provide more transparency to leadership, build, expand and renovate all olde store to meet current demands, use industry analytics for metrics",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45108,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 30, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,Bright employees with exciting products,Being a part of creating or supporting the best products Bright motivated and dedicated employees Work/life balance fairly decent,Privacy of information taken a bit too far and information can become power Mid-level management is ok with some long-term entrenchment there Does not value differing approaches and skills other than apple culture Flat organizationally with little room to move up,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45109,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 25, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"If all else fails, be honest",You will work with very smart people. Advance peek into some of the new technologies the world is raving about. Possible to stick to 9-5 working hours most of the time - productivity is achieved more through discipline than raw time.,"Candidates beware - most Java development jobs at Apple are actually SRE jobs with 24/7 pager rotation, multiple conference calls on Thanksgiving and Christmas and management taking it for granted that you have to promptly answer phone calls every time of day or night. Now, production monitoring jobs obviously have their place and are necessary in every company. Generally speaking, those should be non-exempt positions that pay overtime and give time off for extra hours. In Apple, it is more like software engineers are expected to work an uncompensated second job with no recognition or benefits.  But most importantly, a company must be as honest and upfront about the nature of each job as a candidate is expected to be about his/her skills. Instead both myself and candidates who were considered after me were actively misled about need to be on-call or spend months manually installing software rather than writing code. This is really a classless act for the worlds richest software company that takes pride in its image and could easily afford to hire extra people to do production support on sane terms.  I should also add that Apple has the most dysfunctional internal transfer process I have seen in my life. I don't blame you if you still want to work on iOS after reading this review, but beware that you will NOT be able to take some other position and then transfer to iOS after building up internal creds. If you work for Apple, but have skills and desire to work on actual Apple products rather than backend, you must quit Apple first.","You must sell Apple to your current and future employees the same way you sell it to your customers. Most importantly, this involves honesty, fair work culture and rewarding success by letting people work on more interesting projects (this is far more important than money to talented engineers).  But also look at the campus! Inside of an Apple's building looks nothing like inside of an Apple store. It looks like inside of a Costco, and that's being charitable. Googleplex looks like inside of an Apple store. Our building had caving ceiling and broken A/C this summer - who would have thought Tim would run a literal sweatshop right here in the valley!  With the ""spaceship"" construction increasing number of years away, it's time to spend around 20 million of 100 bil Apple has in the bank on putting one really cool amenity - like an arcade or a free movie theater - into each building in the sprawling campus. This will at least give employees sense that the company has some concern about weather the employees are happy while tougher cultural problems are being worked on.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P849.htm
45110,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,"Great opportunities, and awesome culture",Great Life/Work Balance. Benefits with apple are one of the best,"No cons, cant really think of any, friendly environment","None, Mangement works with you towards your goals with apple",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45111,apple,none," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I've gotten a lot out of this company,"Great benefits, amazing people. A culture that really everyone in the company aligns with. It's hard to really get fired as everyone is there to support you, even if you fail. Just don't be late or steal things!","So much talent that it's hard to move up. Lots of passion, so it takes a lot of energy. And for all the incredible customers you work with, there's always one or two crazies that take the wind out of your sails.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45112,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Oct 3, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,One of my best experiences,great company with amazing benefits,It is a retail job. That is a big negative.,Do not micromanage,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45113,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 29, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist/Mobile Device Technician,Sincerely as wonderful as you make it,"— A positive, dynamic environment, every day. — Seldom a dull moment — Every day is a learning experience — Being surrounded by and working on computers all day — Opportunities for advancement abound — Meeting new people every day and solving their problems","— It's easy get bored if you don't have the right attitude or become indolent — It's difficult to move up if you don't really try hard/expect to be given opportunities (nothing special from any other job) — Working with the public can sometimes be difficult, especially given our demographic — When there is negativity, it shows, and it is difficult to work around","Provide for paths to corporate from retail, especially for part-time employees!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45114,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 3, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Very good,"They gave alot of flexibiilty to do your job, and recognition to do it well, great experience working with all kinds of people","Some managers could be a little overbearing, too many employees for personal attention, large corporate buy-in-to-the-culture style",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45115,apple,none," Oct 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for.,Apple spends a lot of time developing you,Can't think of any at the moment.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45116,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Interesting, challenging work with a company making excellent products.","Interesting, challenging work with a company making excellent products.","By comparison to other silicon valley companies, neither the benefits nor the compensation are as good",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45117,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 2, 2013",Former Employee - Associate,It's ok...,Great starting point for careers.,"If you work retail, you will run the risk of being branded as retail if you stay for too long, making lateral moves harder.",Value the aspirations of your people. It's hard to not feel like a number in the retail environment sometimes.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45118,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," Oct 2, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Retail,Laid Back and can be yourself. Learn a lot about how to approach different types of customers.,It's still retail and you will deal with sometimes crappy customers and sometimes crappy managers.,Do not force numbers on anyone,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45119,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Oct 1, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,"Great environment, great bosses, good people","Low Pay, you have to drink the kool-aid to fit in.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P850.htm
45120,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Brainwashing at it's best!,"Discount, learning new stuff, product training","Brainwashing, brainwashing, brainwashing and guess what? More brainwashing!!!",Chill on the brainwashing!,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45121,apple,none," Sep 30, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing experience,"Amazing people, great training and a great experience",Have a bonus program for your specialists.,Managers back up your employees. Don't crack when a customer gets upset.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45122,apple,"Menlo Park, NJ"," Oct 14, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Specialist, Apple Retail","Great 401K, stock purchase plan, really cool employees. The specialist role is stressful but not difficult. You can leave the job at work. You meet interesting people all day long.","They say that people are their greatest asset. They pay horribly low and increases are pathetic at best. Specialists often fill in the gaps of other positions in the store for extended periods of time, years without getting the actual position and the the increase that should go along with it. Super high turnover rate. Most come in super stoked that they got hired by this amazing company that makes the best products in the world. They often get fed up and or jaded and wind up leaving. This is a great job for a collage student and looks great on a resume.",none,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45123,apple,none," Sep 29, 2013",Former Employee - ASLP Associate,"Retail is Fantastic Day-Day, but beware Anxiety Ridden Culture for Management","Never boring, amazing customers, incredibly fast-paced, outrageously generous perks to part time and full timers, great professional development training for ASLP Associates, FUN culture!!!! Move over to call center type positions within corporate is possible i.e. Apple Care support reps.","You will not go from retail to corporate headquarters, period. Employee development helpful for your next job, but purely a retention tool and not meant to help you advance within Apple. Indescribable anxiety throughout company- a little bit like middle school with the he-said, she-said over analyzing of employees. Lots of talk about ownership, but no trust and none given to employees. Depending on store, management can be very top-down and condescending. Hire incredibly smart people, but treat them like children. ASLP program great in concept, but still developing. Family Room testing on employee morale- time limits on repairs very idealistic and the customer experience suffers as a result.","Find ways to let your employees have actual ownership. If you want to hit numbers, hire Specialists who have more Sales DNA while still being able to deliver awesome customer service. Do not invite an ASLP Associate into your store without gaining buy in from whole management team and outlining the expectations of involvement (from associate and managers) and areas of ownership for this person. Only hire a person into this role who has experience in management- will make them and you more successful.",4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45124,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Soft Engineer,Extremely rewarding to work on products that make millions of users smile.,Very focused company. Opportunity to work on things that make impact. Great colleagues.,"Not the best paying job in this neighborhood. If you are a research minded engineer or scientist, there isn't much research kind of work. The downside of making extremely polished products is that half of the development cycle is spent on endless bug fixing and fine tuning.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45125,apple,none," Sep 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very stressful but rewarding job,"work with innovative people who always put consumer in the first place,","work pressure is very high, long work hour, secretive culture makes it hard to gain holistic view of a project,",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45126,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - WW Supply Demand Planner,Great professional experience but with a lot of personal sacrifices,Great products Great people who are passionate about their work,no work-life balance overly demanding management makes unreasonable requests,Listen to employees and provide better flexibility and work-life balance so they don't burn out so quickly.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45127,apple,"Clearwater, FL"," Sep 26, 2013",Former Employee - Call Center Tean Lead,I enjoyed working for Apple.,Competitive but there are opportunities to advance.,None that I came across.,I was treated fairly by upper management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45128,apple,"Broomfield, CO"," Sep 27, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Best job i have had,good pay great people. always exciting,very fast pace work environment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45129,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," Oct 10, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Good company,"Discounts, and being up to date on the new products.",Hours and favoritism in employees who did less quality work,Training is key,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,none,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P851.htm
45130,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 25, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great company, high class retail","Great company to work for, excellent benefits.",Limited opportunity for growth and still retail,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45131,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 7, 2013",Former Employee - Expert,Great company to work for,Great benefits. Great job environment. Never have to take your work home. Hours are always available to work. Benefits within 3 months even for part time staff.,Advancement opportunities slim. Must schmooze your way to internal promotions. Must be available to work 7 days a week. Retail hours. Work/life balance not the best. Pay does not always reflect all the responsibilities given.,"More opportunities for advance,met to internal employees",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45132,apple,none," Oct 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience is highly team dependent,"Lots of perks, great food, really smart people. For all logistical reasons, Apple is a fantastic place to work and will pay you well and take care of you.","Culture on some teams is very closed. I had several coworkers who complained about how quiet it always was, how suffocating it can get. Because secrecy is so important, it's hard to talk about anything you'er working on.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45133,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Sep 17, 2013",Former Employee - Engineering Support,"Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.","About Applecare:  - For a Customer Service department, working under Applecare is very rewarding. - Many opportunities to move up, move to Engineering or QA - Working under both Steve and Tim, other than the announcements, operations are the same. - If you work with integrity to do your job as requested, management will have little to no qualm with you.","When you create the bubble of self-entitlement and lower the technical barrier of entry to its products, customers tend to expect the world. Anything less than perfection is criticized. Look at the stock prices after product announcements. Look at the general media criticizing Apple for things that other companies such as Microsoft easily get away with. The double-edge sword of success.","When people say Apple has not released a great product since Steve, those are people that will never be happy. Keep doing what you are doing!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45134,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 8, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great benefits, no room to grow",- benefits are great: full coverage for PT and FT - lots of perks - hourly pay is higher than most retailers,"- no room to grow - lack of support from management at almost any level - insufficient staffing (i've worked at two different stores) - lack of proper tools to perform job well - always hire to fill management team from external pool rather than looking to your internals - cannot turn to management for support when you're not sure how to do something because management team does not go through basic training - customers are spoiled - company does not know how to say 'no' when appropriate - instead when customer throws a tantrum, they get free stuff to satisfy them. customers who truly appreciate us and really need our help end up walking away with nothing - burn out easily",- learn to perform the functions of your team rather than telling them to ask their peers - don't micromanage your team - trust them - be more flexible with scheduling - promote more from within,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45135,apple,none," Oct 7, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Project Manager,"Romance was the draw, then I woke up",Working for the #1 technology hardware company in the world Great product discounts Amazing co-workers Occasional free food,"Retail hell Virtually no advancement opportunities in retail realm Inconsistent hours, late nights, early mornings, all-nighters, weekends Low salary for comparable positions in other companies Extremely negative environment in Support","Understand that employees are people, and treat them as adults. Extremely poor attitude when leaving company, as if it were a personal attack, rather than a positive experience. Remember that everyone that works here wants to be part of something bigger, and advance as such. Treat them like gold, as they are what brings the business.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45136,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 23, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Although there are some quotas, very fun job, never got boring.",The entry pay was above minimum wage for a specialist. The company seems to care about their employees.,The store can be sort of clique-y and standoff-ish at times. Business team quotas were a bit much and turn out to be awkward and forced a lot of the time.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45137,apple,none," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Change in culture,The 25% personal discount and 15% family discounts.,Difficulty to transition from retail position to corporate even when excelling in a specific field,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45138,apple,none," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company not interested in sharing success of company with employees,"Smart, committed people, interesting work","Stagnant comp, lack of autonomy and control",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45139,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,It has been great!,"Great benefits, growth, pay, and environment.",Apple usually has long interview process.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P852.htm
45140,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Business Manager,Overworked under valued,The best products in the world and the company trainings are some of the best I've have the chance to experience.,"Internal promotions are rare to none even for top performers. Politics and bureaucracy have taken over, making it nearly impossible to provide feedback to the upper management. The IT support team (IS&T) is filled with incompetent making your life harder when you discover a systemic problem. Many empty promises!",Cut the red tape and listen to the field. Merit increase is below industry standard and cuts motivation.,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45141,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,A political struggle,The company prides itself on its people. It has measures to ensure company-wide feedback and making sure employees are taken care of at a collective level.,"Employees are focused on as a whole, not as an individual. Many individuals are blended together and never get further unless the management team allows, more particularly the store leader.","Be careful of what you do, how you do it, and when you do. Be as transparent as possible, and carefully get your work noticed.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45142,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointed. Seems awesome at first but it wears off the 3rd year. You realize how the company truly operates.,"Health Insurance, Matches 401k, Discount on Stock",Will never move up in the company unless you are friends with managers and have a degree.,Please be sure to keep track of who mgmt promotes and the reasoning.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45143,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 16, 2013",Former Employee - AOS Chat Sales Agent,"Lots of room to grow in your career, exciting culture to boot.","Apple is one of the best places to work for folks that really want to have a sense of community, access to incredible benefits, and place themselves in an exciting culture.",They say they will hire from within but several times I had jobs that I was in final interviews with go to outside hires.,Be more direct with your employees.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45144,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 27, 2013",Current Employee - IT Manager,Apple Reiew,"Aggressive Work Culture, latest technology","Too much work, no work-life balance",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45145,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Back of House,"With the right persona, if you love retail, or are looking for a great place to start, Apple is an amazing place to work",Challenging. Teaches you life lessons. Truly pushes you forward as a person if you invest. A great launchpad to future jobs.,Dead ends quickly. Not a long future at Apple retail unless you love being a manager of a retail store.,None.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45146,apple,none," Sep 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,Great culture and work environment.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45147,apple,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 17, 2013",Current Employee - ERP Developer,IS&T is Toxic,Meet lots of interesting people.,"This review is of the very toxic IS&T department. Steer clear of this department. The environment is discriminatory... those who are most incompetent get promoted, while the brightest and most hardworking are demoted if they question long-standing traditions or processes. 90% of workers are on H1B visas straight from India. Work is sloppy and timelines are ridiculously fast. There is no focus on or appreciation of quality. The business units for which software is implemented are not seen as important. There is a spirit of secrecy and fear. The department needs a major overhaul in management which should come directly from Tim Cook. The atmosphere is downright disgusting.",HR should listen to employee concerns.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45148,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Entire Career,Creative environment allowing for free thinking and unedited passion to shine through on product development,So many strong opinions makes for getting things done difficult without the laser focus that we had within the company with S.Jobs at the helm,Unify vision from the top down across all product lines. Focus and simplify.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45149,apple,none," Sep 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,LOVE this company.,They take care of their own.,Working from home can get lonely. Be sure to get out and breath the fresh air once in a while.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P853.htm
45150,apple,none," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Mind-blowing and exhilarating...,"I learned so much in culture and sales with Apple that I have never regretted taking the position with the company. Unfortunately, the hours caused a complex in my Work/Life balance that I no longer liked to have to work around.",Only con would be that I think focusing on lower performers pro's before drilling them for their cons would truly help team development and chemistry of sales culture.,"Focus on employee's pro's to build a better workforce and team. The company is one of the most amazing company's to work for, but there is a lot of opportunities in growing the weaker performers and rewarding the highest level",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45151,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"It was a very fast-paced, high stress environment.",I loved the people with whom I worked. It provided an atmosphere of constant learning. I learned to accept and embrace constant change as necessary to my personal and professional development.,"It was a very high stress environment, especially when factoring in the pay that I received. We were always running behind on our appointment times, so customers were often angry.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45152,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 15, 2013",Current Employee - Associate,A great place to work,"Apple is a great place to work and a company that care about its people. Work hard and it's bound to pay off. It's also deeply rewarding if you have the right attitude. Looks great on a resume if you happen to see it as a stepping stone to something else, as most people do. Benefits are CRAZY nice. I could go on here...","If you're working in retail below what is referred to as ""leadership"", upward mobility within retail can be challenging. Work life balance is very challenging, but that's just retail in general.",We need to hire internally. More organic movement and less hiring externally is important to our success.,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45153,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 15, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great if you like to drink the kool-aid,- Great base salary - Friendly co-workers.,"- Pressured to sell to progress into other non-sales career paths. Especially Apple Care... - A few ingenuine management members. On the surface, they're very personable. But when push comes to shove, you're treated lowly. The fake smiles start to annoy you.",Visit an apple store without the managers around and ask employees' opinions directly.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45154,apple,none," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service,I love the cafe,Lots of great people with giant brains and fantastic ideas.,"Sometimes its hard to think different, even for those that specialize.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45155,apple,"Boston, MA"," Sep 17, 2013",Current Employee - RZ Specialist,"A very interesting, stressful, high-paced environment",Good people Hard working people Great product There are opportunities to learn the latest and greatest of the new technology but you need to do it on your own time. Some of the people are real and care about helping you. Others could give a....well you know. You're pushed to produce,Never a moment to be quiet FAST FAST pace Just when you think you've got it figured out - they change it and then don't tell you You're pushed to produce and make the numbers,People are more important than numbers,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45156,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Sep 26, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Amazing people on our team, completely incompetent managers ","I found some of my absolutely best friends working with Apple, it absolutely attracts the most qualified and interesting people, period. The technology is exciting and the company is very good at hooking you in with the ""Kool-Aid"". Training customers is rewarding and the pay is not at all the best, but it is much better than most full-time retail positions.","Management is awful. At the store I was at there was a complete management about a year into my time there, the new management was almost completely new to Apple and had never worked in technology before. People hired and promoted by the old management team were targeted and slowly forced out. We were forced to work with more people than the company asked us to and we were also forced to put up and air of fake happiness to ""keep team morale up"". When someone left they were negatively talked about openly by management and if management felt slighted, you were looked over for promotions. Promotions were almost entirely filled with outside hires, this created a negative atmosphere of broken promises and good people languishing in positions they had mastered.","Pay attention to your people. Hire from within and make a clear path of promotion within the store. Morale drops when each new higher position is filled with outside hires. Allow employees to air grievances in a safe environment without fear of retaliation, this was the number one complaint of nearly everyone in our store.",3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45157,apple,none," Sep 27, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"The work and pay was great, but the people and management were not","It wasn't a difficult job as long as you kept up with product knowledge, or knew who was good with certain products/software. Launching new products were always the best part, because it was always busy, you could work longer shifts, and they were never boring. Overall Apple is a great company to work for. They pay well for a retail job, it's always interesting, and the discounts were great.","There are times when hours get cut a lot, but they usually don't last long. I was never an ""Apple fanboy,"" but I did love the products. However, it seems like people get hired more on their enthusiasm for apple products than how well they work. A majority of my co-workers had no work ethic whatsoever and were never reprimanded but promoted. It was a very political environment and less than half the employees were actually competent at their jobs. You do have to deal with many different customers, and often times they would take their frustration out on you. Almost every shift had at least one angry customer you have to deal with, even more if you work as a Creative or Genius. Although you get used to it, it's never fun.","Hire and promote employees that are actually good at their jobs. Listen to what your employees have to say. If all of them say that promoting a certain employee would not be good...then do not promote that employee. Don't let people get away with everything, because that's how other employees become lazy and stuck in their ways.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45158,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 12, 2013",Current Employee - Exper,Great,Fun and great opportunity for advancement. Even though it is retail you still get the perks as a corporate employee. You are welcome to company beer bashes and on-campus events in Cupertino.,"No really much bad to say. Only in that launch days can be pretty heinous and you could potentially work upwards of a 16 hour work shift. It is retail so there will be times where you face that one person that hates life, hates Apple, and hates you.",Hire and promote from within. You are working with future management on the floor.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45159,apple,"Carbondale, IL"," Sep 26, 2013",Former Employee - Mobility Specialist,"Sales,customer service, technical support was provided.",World class products and white glove service.,"Unrealistic metrics, favoritism among supervisors",Work on the call center metrics and approach to sales.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P854.htm
45160,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 9, 2013",Former Employee - Lead Front End Developer,Great place when I started but some bad hires soured the experience.,"* A lot of very smart people to work with * At the time, the compensation was excellent * Team culture was excellent for the team I was on * It's amazing to work on the innovative products Apple is producing","* Pretty rigid in process * Middle management became a growing problem (in that more and more middle managers were hired) * Very tight deadlines and media events mean there's no room for error on delivery, the work absolutely needs to be finished on time",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45161,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 9, 2013",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Cool Gig,"Nice company perks for employees around the holiday time, so no complaints in that department--at all. Overall, a cool experience.","The work schedule can be a bit demanding for someone who prefers a work-life balance, but definitely not too intimidating. Also, I wouldn't suggest anyone who isn't people person to work here.",Care more.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45162,apple,none," Sep 25, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Great Ideas, Poor Management","Work on the bleeding edge of tech. Coworkers who are not management are great people, and just as passionate about company as you are. As a creative, you work mostly with people who are satisfied with their products already, and just want to learn more - not traditional customer service where a customer comes in frustrated with a problem you have to fix - thats a job for the Genii.","Poor management, poor hours, poor scheduling, poor pay (they will absolutely take advantage of the fact that people love the idea of working for apple and there is no shortage of those who are willing to work for little pay no matter how valuable you are), poor recruiting, poor communication, very little opportunity to move around in company.","Pay your employees what they are worth, not what the market dictates. Obvious profiteering, a part time sales person is able to easily move close to 500K worth of product in a year but is only paid 12 dollars per hour? Very greedy.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45163,apple,none," Sep 25, 2013",Former Employee - Runner,Like Vector or Cutco,If you are young and different versus experienced and professional you will be hired,"If you magically turn into a real human wanting decent benefits, work/life balance and upward mobility none of the above will ever happen - if you are 25+ with 2.3 kids maybe they will consider you for more - but as a young adult you are only considered to be there for so long and in it for an experience versus a career",What management?,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45164,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 6, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,Satisfying,Plenty of Co-Workers to cover shift and have fun with,"Micro-Management, no commission, no incentives to push Apple Care or One to One membership","Let the ""experts"" of the team do their jobs, they got there by being awesome people so don't stress on them when they don't meet Apple Care or One to One or Business sales goals.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45165,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 10, 2013",Former Employee - Ops Support,Great company,Its Apple...great co-workers...growing like crazy,Work LIfe Balance is difficult,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45166,apple,"Stanford, CA"," Sep 9, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Great place to work to develop oneself,"Great culture of incredibly intelligent and passionate peop, plus good benefits for even part timers, like stock purchase plan, hardware and software discounts on not just apple products, but third part accessories.",Can be difficult to get in without an inside connection.,"Look from within before going outside when hiring. Also, allow more time for training.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45167,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 1, 2013",Former Employee - Intern,I interned at Apple this summer (2013). I was surprised at lack of diversity.,"The internship was a great experience. We were introduced to the Apple culture, plus had executive speakers, and other fun activities. The company also provided housing.","The only problem I noticed at Apple was the diversity. I am a non-person of color but realized that there weren't many people of color in our intern class. It was quite noticeable especially during our intern events. There were like 5 interns of color out of hundreds of interns. During lunch at main campus, I never did see hardly any people of color sitting at a table. It was kind of odd to say the least. I thought Apple corporate diversity would resemble the retail store diversity. I could tell the interns of color noticed it too. I was talking to one of them and the intern mentioned visiting Google campus and that it was way more diverse. I recently visited Google at lunch for an interview and my friend was right, it’s a totally different feeling. Google’s executive leadership on the website even shows a person of color and a woman. I love Apple but sometimes wondered if it was by design (like their products). As a non-person of color, I felt Apple corporate Intern program could improve on this front. It was obvious that there isn't a voice pushing this in upper management. My 2 cents...","Great intern program, bravo, but increase diversity of people of color...it just looks off.",4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45168,apple,"South Portland, ME"," Sep 9, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great Company, lot's of development opportunity.","If you apply yourself and go above and beyond, there is no limit to where you can go, literally. Apple has positions all over the globe, great benefits while simultaneously offering lot's of opportunities for personal growth and education.","Apple is a big small company, sometimes it was hard to get my individual issue heard and addressed by corporate. When it came to things that effected everyone, however, store management was more than responsive.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45169,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 9, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,The best retail experience I've ever had.,"- There is a great respect for work-life balance. - Compensation is better than average for retail employees and come with great benefits. - Full-time employees receive full benefits on day one, part-time after 90 days. - All managers I have worked with have been incredibly helpful and supportive.","- City stores in particular can be incredibly hectic and constantly busy. - Although the culture is great, it can feel a bit like a cult at times. - While pay for specialists on the floor is good compared to other retailers, pay for technicians is below the average pay grade of similarly certified technicians elsewhere.","While it is great that Apple strives to create a similar experience in all of its stores, the differences between a flagship and a mall store mean that it becomes inefficient to adapt the same internal systems to wholly different store environments. More recognition of the difficulties that different kinds of stores face could lead to greater efficiency overall.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P855.htm
45170,apple,none," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Sure,Best products in the world. Work with some phenomenal people!,Need better benefits to compete with other Silicon Valley companies. Not fully transitioned from Steve Jobs days -- risk adverse.,Stock isn't working as the only motivator anymore...,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45171,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 10, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Best place to work in bay area,"fast pace, very innovative work environment",nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45172,apple,none," Sep 8, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,A great company to work for with a few glaring flaws.,"Great co-workers, challenging environment that will build personal & job skills like at no other company. The wealth of personal and job growth someone can have working at Apple is unrivaled at any other company. Apple employees, due to excellent training and a stringent selection process are highly skilled and personally well rounded, if not from the moment of hire, they will become that way within the first year of working in the Apple environment. Apple provides a sort of education that can't be learned anywhere else.  Employees are paid well for retail. There are frequent opportunities for lateral movement in the store, and opportunities to ""intern"" or work temporarily at corporate.","In a crowded retail environment where employees often get sick from their customers / the public, Apple has an attendance policy that severely punishes employees for taking sick days. Because of this, most employees come to work sick [and sometimes injured], especially during flu season and the holidays, to avoid being penalized. This, in turn, gets more people sick. During the holidays, 30-50% of the employees in the store will be at some degree of ill, many repeatedly re-catching illness from other co-workers.  Upwards mobility is limited. Apple often hires outside manager candidates with little or no experience working in the store and places them in a position to manage people far more experience than them. Apple also has policies in place to prevent managers from building a human connection with the people they manage, such as preventing the few internally hired managers from working with previous co-workers, and preventing managers from having any social interaction with non-management employees outside the store. As a result, managers form their own ""social click"" like the the ""cool kids in high school"" that is entirely detached from the rest of the store.",The attendance policy is abusive and bordering on inhumane. This is one glaring flaw in a company that in every other way seems concerned with the well-being and development of employees.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45173,apple,"Boston, MA"," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Starting Point,"Talented coworkers, excellent training. Apple looks great on a resume and is a great place to start.",Stale atmosphere. No room for advancement. Inflexible.,Listen to your employees. Perhaps pay them more!,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45174,apple,none," Oct 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I spent the day interviewing at Apple, and never heard a word after the interview.",They are working at an incredible scale.,I interviewed with very junior engineers.,Fix your interview process. A veteran manager should not be interviewed by a bunch of college hires.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45175,apple,"New Brunswick, NJ"," Sep 20, 2013",Former Employee - Janitor,Janitor,Good people to be around,No way of moving up the food chain,promote,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45176,apple,none," Sep 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for!,This is definitely a great company to work for. Learned a lot and worked with some of the most intelligent people on the planet.,It is very hard to move up. Once there are a lot of employees all going for the same positions and it is not always based on merit.,Value your employees more,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45177,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 4, 2013",Current Employee - AHA Pro,Apple Experience,"Great products, Great training, Great management support, Fast advancement opportunities. I have found great support since day one and it never stops coming.",In my time with the company I have not found any disappointments. Everything I was told upfront before hiring was true.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45178,apple,none," Sep 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All the rumors you have heard are true... This really is a great place to work.,The benefits are amazing. The people are among some of the smartest I have ever encountered. You will become better at whatever you do after working for Apple.,The work is hard. Customers can be downright abusive. Upward mobility can be more political that based on skills at times.,Apple has such an amazing vision for who they are and how their people should be cared for. I think retail has lost some of that vision. It needs to be restored.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45179,apple,"Orange, CA"," Sep 18, 2013",Former Employee - Manager,Fun but not for people who want to implant their own ideas..very very structured not creative with problem solving.,Personal development is taken very seriously..it's Apple,Apple Retail is for people who like a lot of structure..not a place to be creative..managers play favorites..store Leaders are treated like royalty..very top down management..,Promote your people between channels..,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P856.htm
45180,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 16, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You either ,"Everyone think you are incredible. It is great to build your resume. Great to be with a leader in technology, particularly if you live in the Bay Area.",It's all about the numbers! The emphasis on quality and great experience and ease of use that makes their products fantastic -- does not exist at all as an employee.,"turn over is expensive. You lose a lot of people because of the very low focus on employee commitment, recognition and development",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45181,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Love my time here...but kind of a holding pattern. This is not long term, but more of an idle...","Great discounts, flexible hours, availability, love the people I work with.","Apple offers different pay bands through out the country and the region that I work in is the lowest on the pay scale so someone in my same role may get something much higher just because of where they work. However, cost of living in my hometown is not low so I'm not sure the justification.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45182,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,4 years of working in retail from Back of House to Family Room Specialist,"Employee Discount, flexible hours, great benefits, nice coworkers","Extremely demanding and difficult customers, small and rare raises, difficult to get promoted unless you own it as your goal and work hard on it, w/o relying on managers on rewarding you with the promotion","provide more accessible training and support employee development, connect with staff on a more personal level, offer more money.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45183,apple,none," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Product Design Lead,An innovative place to work,Employees are encouraged to dream big dreams and to be passionate about what they do.,Very few negatives to speak about.,Continue to encourage the employees to turn their dreams into reality,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45184,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Sep 7, 2013",Former Employee - Warehouse Worker,This is just a dead end job,Good People to work with,Micro Management is very poor,Get Another Job,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45185,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 6, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Fifth Avenue,"The people Apple hires are out of this world. The best people I have ever worked with. They have that part down. Mostly everyone is nice and educated and really interesting people. The benefits are great, not to mention an allowance for travel. Stock options. Sick and vacation pay. The education I received at Apple is like none other. They do invest their time in developing your skills as an employee.","It is cult. Without a doubt. It feels like they are brainwashing you when it comes to the culture and product. Management are not real humans they are robots. Not all but most. They use the ""Apple lingo"" to avoid any real interactions. There will always be a rebuttal. Unrealistic expectations of you (The specialist) This place will make you crazy. It is always busy. Always crowded. You will and I quote develop anxiety at this store. If you have anxiety already I would steer clear from this job. It will be a living nightmare.",Be a human. Apple gives you guidelines and a culture to live by not for you to become a robot.,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45186,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Sep 12, 2013",Former Employee - Home Based Advisor,Alright place to work with little chance at movement within the company if you start as an Advisor.,"Experience, and keeping you up to date with knowledge for position.",Very little chance to move up or sideways in the company. Benefits were amazing when I started and disappeared each passing year.,"Benefits and options in the company were amazing in 2008-2009, by 2011, all I heard from fellow employees was griping about unappreciated they felt by the company. Even though our team was touted as a success in telecommute agents.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45187,apple,none," Oct 4, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Other places to work in the Bay-Area,Everyone feels extreme sense of ownership,No work-life balance at the company,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45188,apple,none," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,"Great personal development, training and benefits.",Narrow upward mobility within business field. Corporate strategy often trumps the autonomy to take care of customers at street level.,Consider allowing more outside connection with business customers.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45189,apple,none," Aug 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working here,Great culture to work within.,Too much expectation that you work 24/7.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P857.htm
45190,apple,"Marlton, NJ"," Aug 29, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great place to start career,"Encouraging work environment, gain great customer service skills, learn new ideas","typical retail hours, ""interesting"" clientele",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45191,apple,"Hattiesburg, MS"," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Solutions Consultant,All around amazing company,"Great pay and benefits, honest and reliable leadership, supportive and professional peers.","Highly demanding schedule that can be rough on family, friends, and social life.","Treating employees like responsible, self-sufficient adults is one of the best practices to continue.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45192,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 23, 2013",Former Employee - ITunes Advisor,Overall great experience,"Beer bashes, Full Benefits, My manager tried holistic coaching methods, Great discounts on Apple products","Since working with a great company that people look up to, customers feel more dissapointed when things go wrong.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45193,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Aug 28, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great values and great individuals.,They hire great people to work with. They have great discounts.,The hours suck and they work you hard and don't pay you very much.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45194,apple,"Madison, WI"," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Love what you do and the people you work with!,"Friendly people, satisfying work, great managers, flexible hours, fun.",Not for you if you have a problem with occasional overtime.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45195,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Aug 23, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great job during college. Zero opportunity for a career.,Great people to work with. Generally great customers. Great to put on your resume.,hours can be long especially during launches. Pay is terrible considering the amount of product you are moving out the doors. Zero opportunity if you are looking for a career.,pay your people better. Share some of the massive profits with your retail people.,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45196,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Aug 23, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail: Good company if you can deal with Retail.,"Great customer service experience since you're dealing with a HUGE flow of many, many different customers. Good formal product/customer service training for someone with little previous retail experience. The chance to play around and talk all day about cool gadgets. A company culture that manages to motivate it's employees nicely. Pretty good pay for a mall retail outlet.","Typical retail issues: managers unwilling to be flexible with scheduling, a little too much ""kool-aid"" to drink at times, esp. when managers are discussing metrics (the need to hit AppleCare and MobileMe sales goals at the time, althought MobileMe has been phased out.) VERY little career mobility, even shifting into a Genius role is nearly impossible as a part-time employee.","Fair enough if you don't want to internally promote much, but it's not fair to your workforce to use career progress as a carrot to continue hitting sales goals when you rarely fufill it. The rest of the retail environment I can take as coming with the territory, but I thought it was particularly unfair to give the impression that people are getting new jobs within the company all the time.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45197,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 20, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,"Smart, focused and driven coworkers. Fun products and exciting technology. Learned a ton even at the very beginning of my career.","""Big Brother"" product secrecy. Upward movement difficult.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45198,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 22, 2013",Current Employee - At Home Advisor Cpu Tech Support,Amazing company .. best job ever!,Flexible work schedule. Over the average on the pay scale. Great benefits. Discounts and perks. Positive environment. Apple goes the extra mile to really take care of support all their employees.,I have found no cons to working for Apple.,Keep doing what you are doing because those of us who work with Apple will never leave.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45199,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 22, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Always on your toes,"Always engaging, encouraged to think outside the box, encouraged to be your best self","repetitive, rude customers, pressure from management",Breath. The world will keep revolving. Being high strung does not translate well. Listen to your employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P858.htm
45200,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Sep 6, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Don't join the wrong team.,Some store leaders and managers will coach you for great success. Exceptional health and education benefits. Strong product training for team members who choose to avail themselves of it.,"Wild variations between stores. If you're seen as part of a ""bad store"" or a ""bad team,"" it's almost impossible to gain forward momentum in your career. Stacked rankings mean that you can exceed your goals and still fail to gain sponsorship for career advancement. You won't get fired, but you will get managed out with bad schedules and reduced hours. Leaders are more excited to recruit a senior leader from another company for a junior role at Apple instead of building a bench of talent.",Stop looking for ways to rule out internal candidates for advancement.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45201,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 21, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Not worth pursuing,"Other than the name of the company, working at Apple wasn't really rewarding.",The ancillary departments such as Customer Support do not have really good caliber management or people working there. The management has been there for well over a decade so it's very stagnant.,Kick out the dead beat management in IST and all the ancillary departments such as CS.,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45202,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," Aug 21, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Best college job ever.,"When I was working at Apple Retail, it was such an exciting time to be with the company. New, exciting products all the time, great energy and an amazing staff. Loved my coworkers - and keep up with them to this day.","Tiny cog in a giant machine - very little input on how anything works. Retail is a bit grueling, especially at the scale that Apple does it. Holidays are hard.","Never sacrifice the customer experience - the expectation that they will always find really passionate, intelligent staff - in favor of people who just look the part. The staff in some stores doesn't really represent the level of excellence my store always brought.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45203,apple,"Washington, DC"," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,Extremely disappointing treatment of employees,"I was a Genius for about a year. There was a lot to love about the job - good pay, flexible hours (I loved working night shifts), (mostly) good people, and good discounts. I loved being able to fix computers for hours a day, and it felt great to help people solve their problems.","The particular store I worked at had very poor management. I was eventually fired even though I had documented evidence of my coworkers harassing me and deliberately trying to get me fired. The manager who fired me refused to transfer me to another store. HR wouldn't reconsider the termination, even after directly explaining the harassment.","The HR rep who took my termination case was completely incompetent. She had no sense of empathy for my situation, and when I told her verbatim some of the inappropriate things that had been said to me during my employment, she told me ""I wasn't there, so I can't comment on that"". The company needs better human resources people who understand that their job isn't just protecting the reputation of the company.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45204,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but the pay sucks!","Great energy, great morale, great products, smart folks work here.","The pay sucks unless you are in Executive Management or are a software engineer. You will starve to death unless you are in one of these groups. Also, unless you are age 25 or under, forget it. They do big time age discrimination and don't like to hire seasoned, experienced people aged 40 (or older) when they can pay 11 bucks an hour for a kid.",Pay us more! We work our ass of for you!,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45205,apple,none," Aug 19, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Friendly, highly energetic retail job without commission","The people are phenomenal. From management to coworkers, Apple takes great care in hiring the best people and it shows in the upbeat work environment.The job is also rewarding in that often you're truly helping people understand and use new technology.",Great for a retail job but retail jobs still aren't for everyone. Work hours can vary and shifts are exhausting as store traffic is incredibly heavy.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45206,apple,"Alpharetta, GA"," Aug 31, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Best retail in existence, ... But still RETAIL.","- $15 hr - training - 12 days vacation, 6 days sick time - 25% discounts (1 time a yr), 15% for family: $500 off Mac OR $250 off iPhone (unlocked only) or iPad EVERY 3 YEARS. - weird benefits like public transportation reimbursement, gym membership reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, stock options, 401k - this is exactly the job I needed at my point in life- something I loved, something I was good at.",- management too worried about themselves. There is no growth. All lies just to keep you motivated to keep doing well so they capitalize off your talents while they do nothing. 30% of my store ( and long term tenured ) left in the course of 3 months or so. - terrible scheduling - bad quality of life - never two days off in a row.  I worked hard for two years straight and simply ran out of juice and patience. They sucked it right outta me. I never wanted to HAVE to quit!,"Get over yourself. You're not creating these products, your supervise the break charts of the people who sell the crap outta them. Start being humans, and servant leaders. Not corporate robots running your retails sales sweatshop.",3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45207,apple,"West Palm Beach, FL"," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,"Amazing company, amazing people, amazing benefits","Benefits, pay, hours, nice people, good work environment, awesome training, very well organized","None, the company is awesome","You guys are awesome, keep innovating and maybe take some suggestions from the little people!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45208,apple,none," Aug 12, 2013",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Love it.,Get to work independently. Well paid for retail sales. Work with all kinds of people and customers. Never a dull moment.,The work life balance on my team it not what it used to be. Very little time for your family especially if you have young children at home.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45209,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Different than the typical outside impression.,"Descent salary, good benefits, 401K match, stock bonus, & other perks.","No documentation, little/no software engineering process, high expectations/workload.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P859.htm
45210,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Working at Apple,"Apple makes great products and its employees are proud of their company. Apple employees are driven and passionate, which fosters a fantastic culture. Apple has a competitive benefits package, which includes 401K matching, medical, dental, vision, fitness reimbursement, and Employee Purchase Program.","Current employees are overwhelmed with work. Apple is trying to dramatically grow revenue without growing head count, which can lead to burn out of it's current employees. Additionally, there is not much in terms of a career path.","Apple needs to grow its head count and foster a career path for its employees. Also, Apple should take care of medical premiums.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45211,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 2, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,I've been working at the company for over 5 years.,"Exciting work, challenging projects, motivating atmosphere. constantly moving forward, fast-paced, surrounded by smart peers and brilliant engineers. Those here have a passion for what they are doing.","Establishing a life/work balance of your own. There is always more to be done, finding this balance for oneself - though in essence one is always the master of their own fate.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45212,apple,"Santa Clarita, CA"," Aug 16, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Company to work for!,- Great people and environment - Amazing innovative products to learn and showcase to customer,- High heavy traffic - New Weekly Work Schedule,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45213,apple,"Skokie, IL"," Aug 16, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist (retail),"Casual but still professional, customer focused, good pay","Fast-paced to the point of stressful, intense secrecy and company speech rules",Relax about on your 'company message',4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45214,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 19, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Worth the experience gained. Glad it is over.,"This job started off as one of the coolest, most interesting things to happen to me (job-wise). I made so many good friends and connections through Apple retail. I will have those connections for life. Perks were great, discounts were great, location was great. I was really pleased in how the management was more flexible then I imagined before I was hired on. Everything seemed great at the start, but now you'll want to read the Cons.","Where do I begin? Most customers lack basic common sense with electronic gadgets. Then they have the gall to call you a greenhorn and scoff at you because of their ignorance. Highly distasteful attitudes from customers that didn't get their way. I worked in a high end part of town and all the Elites shopped.  I felt that everyone in the Genius Bar area had their head so far up the backside that any new-hire was a complete newcomer and knew absolutely nothing about computers. Very disappointing to work with know-it-alls every day. I will say that there was a nice hazing at first. Instead of the bad hazing, I was treated overly nice for the first three months.  There's a ton of training that is involved when you're first hired on. There's always a push to do it all within a really small amount of time. It's usually always busy in any of the Apple retail stores. When it comes down to the wire, the hustle you like no tomorrow.  Management was somewhat of a disappointment. I have to say that the management is under extreme pressure to do things a certain way, so that is my grain of salt for this situation. Expect them to constantly remind you of ""this"" and ""that."" They seemed to be constantly overwhelmed and would forget about lunch breaks, things of that nature.  I didn't like how some of the management would talk down to you. How everything is so beautiful, wonderful, devine and enchanted. How it's a privilege to work for Apple. Apple has the privilege of hiring on some of the most amazing people I've been around.  Being a realist, it is best to be cut and dry. Being talked down to constantly by people that are typically younger than yourself. Not very enjoyable.  It was difficult to advance in the company because of bad management situations. Set schedules for talks were always canceled and most of the folks that were a tutor/mentor would get out of there as soon as they were done with work. Same for me.","Treat the people that have true talent and experience with a little more respect. Help the ones that help everyone else and genuinely want to succeed. Favoritism can be hurtful. Especially when the person they come to favor stabs them in the back (they don't know it), is on drugs half the time, and doesn't care about the future of his/her own life, or others.",1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45215,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 15, 2013",Current Employee - Aha,Awesome,"Great place to work, like the people, like the products",None I like all about the company and have no cons o say,Great,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45216,apple,none," Aug 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, slave hours",Work with a fantastic team of people doing challenging work. Never a dull moment,No concept of work-life balance.,Hire more people and improve base salary compensation,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45217,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 22, 2013",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,If you have a REAL (not a call center) job at Apple it is Awesome!! Worked both clear difference!!,"GREAT, GREAT, GREAT environment to work in (unless you work in AppleCare). Positive Management, talented engineering, very talented people working in Cupertino and Austin. If your job is outside the call center it is a GREAT place to work.","Upward mobility just isn't there and if it is it isn't based on talent. Don't think you can work your way up, go get the skills, work somewhere else then come in at the position you want. Talented people tend to stagnate. Avoid working in the call center (AppleCare), it's a call center no different than the others: promotions are still customer service positions. Worked there 3 years only 11 promotions from inside the call center to outside of it, however hundreds of promotions to other customer service positions. If your a tech that wants to do help desk that is less technical and more customer service then the job is perfect! Got out of the call center after 3 years and a Ph.D Totally different company than in the call center.",Please represent the call center jobs as what they are Customer Service very little technical knowledge required. A contributor to high turnover is due to the job being horribly misrepresented it is not technical support it is customer service.,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45218,apple,"Huntington Station, NY"," Aug 14, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Educational yet frustrating at the same time,"Learned some of the best team building skills, nurtured a very family-type community amongst your coworkers, and work with some of the best products in the market.",Still a retail environment where sales goals are still a key performance measure no matter how they want to label it. Sugarcoating it with different terminology doesn't change that.,Be more straightforward with your retail employees. Recognize the amount of work they do for you and how they affect the bottom line when it comes to actual revenue and reward them accordingly in a more fiscally effective manner.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45219,apple,none," Aug 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Days at the Apple store are long but quick, you have to be high quality to enjoy your career here.","Smart people to work with, great benefits, fair pay, and career opportunity make Apple a really great place to work. We make and sell the best products in the world.","In my opinion there are currently no real down sides to working at Apple, mainly just some minor adjustments to your lifestyle will help an employee to maximize success and enjoyment while working at Apple. You must know how to handle many personalities and be willing to take/give feedback.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P860.htm
45220,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 13, 2013",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Apple Campus Rep,I really enjoyed my time with Apple. Great company and experience for students in college.,Must be able to commit for the entire year including summer which limits opportunities to take internships or pursue outside interests.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45221,apple,none," Aug 26, 2013",Former Employee - Retail Business Sales Manager,Retail Business Manager,Great Prestige! Great Products! Beautiful Stores!,Horrible working conditions. I was expected to be creative and innovative but my desk was between the people answering phones and the people on break. Not enough room to breath let alone think!,Design your stores so that they are management friendly as well as customer friendly.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45222,apple,"Tigard, OR"," Aug 10, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Excellent culture, fun place to work but not a career.",Fun lively culture that doesn't always feel like work.,Will never make enough pay despite modest annual raises.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45223,apple,none," Aug 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Dynamic and challenging, great products","Grueling work hours, less opportunities to move up",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45224,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Most fun you can have at work,People and Products. Working at Apple you work with the best people on the most amazing products. Everyone is driven to do their best work.,Can be demanding. Rigorous schedules.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45225,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 4, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Support,Lives up to the hype.,"In my experience at Apple I have found a supportive work environment, some of the best managers I have ever encountered and extensive training and opportunities for advancement. It is truly an inspiring company to work for.","Apple is a very large company, and people used to working for startups may find more bureaucracy than they have encountered at other workplaces.",Keep innovating and putting out great products backed by great support!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45226,apple,none," Aug 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Culture, Poor Communication","The food is great at the Austin Customer Support campus. The people are mostly decent (just avoid the sales guys). And, there's typically a fairly well defined path for advancement.","You may be looked at as an outsider if you don't drink the Kool-Aid soon after hire. Your job description changes on a regular basis. And, when new products are to be released, you're not given any training nor advance notice to prepare.","Fix the cons listed. As for how, you'd have to pay me for that.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45227,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 30, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple Retail (Cupertino HQ) - great company, strange culture","Very bright co-workers, dedication to higher goals, commitment to quality, the front line people in the stores are great.","Senior management was infiltrated by retail clothing managers who did not understand technology, were very focused on the fashion they wore each day and their primary skill was often an ability to play court politics.  There is also an almost cult like self-improvement culture. Except senior managers (director level) don't apply it to themselves. So everyone below them should be open to ""feedback"" at all times, but not if you're in a management role because then you're showing vulnerability and how would that look?","You need to stick to products and technology and hire people in the stores and at HQ who get it. Great ""people persons"" who don't know tech will not be respected or be good at their jobs. If SJ had met the people who were directors in Apple Retail he would have been appalled (except for a few, there were a few who were excellent).",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45228,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Good training program,-great training program - great products -fun team to work with -fun team building activities -interesting market,-just another sales job -not enough new opportunities presented - management was sometimes too busy and could not be found when needed.,"create job plans for new employees. where do they want to go in the company. more check-ins with their specific manager to talk about goals would also be helpful. sometimes its easy to get lost in the employee shuffle because there are so many blue shirts, might be nice to include more personal rewards and assessments. if I would have been offered a higher more challenging position I would not have quit.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45229,apple,none," Aug 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A lesson in how my technical expertise factors into social interactions,"They helped pay for my transit to and from work, which helped me save a lot of money, they held contests to win software like adobe creative suite for free, which is an amazing chance for anyone who knows how much those products cost, and they were always concerned with my well-being as an employee...it was a huge concern to the people that I worked under that I not feel as though I was just a cog in a machine, they stressed the philosophy of the importance of teamwork and impact of employees.","Most of the cons were due to my own personality, but I was continually stressed by times when I would have to try and make meaningful connections with people who didn't understand technology the way I did. I wouldn't trade the experiences I had there for anything, and I met a lot of really amazing and interesting people, but the amount of time I had to spend explaining things to people that seemed second nature to me required a lot of patience to bridge that gap, and that's not for everybody. Sometimes sporadic nature of how my schedule shifted around got on my nerves, too.","It's important to communicate if you don't see eye to eye with an employee, or if you can't necessarily understand their feelings on the subject. I know when you are a manager you worry about rubbing someone the wrong way if you don't completely align with what they are trying to say, but if you don't provide any perspective and just agree with everything, that can almost be just as problematic. If there is an experience you don't understand, just say it. It will gain more ground in communication even if it isn't the most positive of responses, and it can lead to a positive conclusion.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P861.htm
45230,apple,"Daleville, IN"," Aug 21, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Very stressful job which I was involuntarily thrown into.,Steady work if you can do it with decent pay for entry job.,"Training was no help. Most training took place while on the job. During training, you are told that you can refer to the next tier, however after a little time on the floor, you aren't allowed to. This leads to unhappy customers. Team Leads and Management too focused on their own individual numbers - this is especially true in CPU.","Be sure that when you place people in training, they have some knowledge of position you are placing them in. Management does not understand when a person doesn't grasp the knowledge of how computers operate, but this definitely comes across to the customer.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45231,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Aug 6, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Started from the bottom at retail,Great growth centered work environment,easy to get lost on the development track,"with the so called transparency, actually implement some of the sought after feedback, and make a show of implementing it.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45232,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 21, 2013",Former Employee - College At-home Advisor,It's definitely a good college job. Not sure after that.,"The tuition reimbursement is excellent.  The college program comes with a seasonal schedule (full time in summer, part time during school), with full benefits even during the part time phase.  The people are pretty cool for the most part.  There seem to be a few opportunities for advancement, at least within the AppleCare department. Not really a track toward a fulfilling career for 99% of people, but at least a chance to get promoted within the job and make a few more bucks.  Working from home can be very convenient.  The pay is decent for a college job, especially when considered alongside the tuition money.  The product discounts are pretty good for people who want to buy Apple products. There are also several other discounts that third parties offer to Apple employees.","The training is shaky at best, focusing on how to talk to people (which is obviously important) but breezing past a lot of the technical knowledge required to do the job well. During the first month or two on the phones, most advisors are like fish out of water. Nobody seemed to know how to answer most of the tech questions, whom they should contact for a given issue, or which internal procedures applied to which situations. It works itself out with time and experience, but the training should be more thorough before people are put on the phones with customers.  There's a steady stream of calls from people who are ticked off and want troubleshooting help, but don't have AppleCare coverage. You have to tell those people, as nicely as possible, to either buy AppleCare for the device, pay $19 for a single issue, or try to find their own answers on the Apple website. Then, when they decline to pay for support and subsequently aren't happy with the outcome, you receive a 'dissatisfied' survey and get to discuss it with your manager. Dumb.",Do a better job of educating the public about the fact that their devices don't come with free lifetime tech support.  Staff phone lines full time for iTunes billing issues so your tech support advisors don't get stuck telling people to email the iTunes Store and wait for an answer.  Revisit the training schedule and make sure that every advisor is well-equipped to answer the ten or fifteen main questions that will come up every week.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45233,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Aug 2, 2013",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,One of the best companies to work for.,"Amazing benefits, workflow is very understandable, room to branch out to different positions, training for a week prior to position setting in for 2 weeks.","Flexibility depends on job, customer demography isn't like a walmart customer demography which translate to more angry customers yelling at you with some intelligence.",None! perfect kind of management. All management are trained well and are removed promptly if not performing at expectations of said job.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45234,apple,none," Aug 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Pay to work ratio is excellent. There may be other jobs that pay more in base salary, but when you factor in all the access to free products, product discounts, amazing health, dental, and stock plans.. it adds up to an amazing company. Apple also fosters a culture of togetherness and seems to stick to its roots in cultivating a work environment with lots of creative, fun, and interesting people. Your normal ""i hate my job"" watercooler conversations just aren't found here.. sure there's a few people who are unhappy, but they are overwhelmed by the majority of us that are quite content with how we're treated. Raises are done on a clear merit based system so the people who work harder get the best raises -- which seems like common sense, but I've seen many prior workplaces where this has not been the case.","Apple has an ego.. if you want to work for the company but aren't a ""fan"" of Apple, it's almost like a cult... people will shun you and mock you for, say, preferring Windows to OSX or having an Android phone instead of an iPhone. This comes from your peers, not management, and doesn't seem to affect raises or promotions or anything --- it's just annoying to see. I'm personally an Apple fanboy so I'm right at home, but I do hate seeing people get picked on for their preferences in tech.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45235,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 6, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,I have been working part-time for 2 years.,"Pretty relaxed work environment amongst peers and management, depending on the managers for the day. Medical benefits for part-timers. Commuter benefits help a great deal in nyc.",It's a retail job. Unclear path for movement in my store. Little to no full time opportunities. Any full-timer that leaves or gets fired gets replaced with 2 part-time positions. Favoritism for promotions or movement within the company.,Help build morale by promoting internally and giving everyone an equal opportunity to shadow the roles of their interest.,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45236,apple,"Deer Park, IL"," Aug 18, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,Not the Apple they used to be,"Excellent discounts offered to employees on Apple products, as well as rotating discounts on third party products.","Full time employees work five 9-hour shifts per week with a 1 hour break after 4-5 hours, schedules are generally not set, meaning your work schedule may change week to week. When I started working at Apple in 2008, my schedule was set every week, but in 2013 Apple decided to ""get away from set schedules to meet the needs of the business"". This makes having a personal life and a decent work-life balance nearly impossible.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45237,apple,none," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Wonderful room to grow. Great benefits. Great company.,Development opportunities galore. Good benefits and wonderful compensation. Discounts on both Apple products and third party products.,Customers are crazy and the stores get very busy. Can be overwhelming if you do not watch your work/life balance.,Continue to listen to the little people.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45238,apple,"Victor, NY"," Aug 5, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Consistent coaching across all levels,You need to be an absolute junkie to mesh,Ensure on boarding is properly completed,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45239,apple,none," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for recent college grads,Apple provides a structure and culture unlike any other in corporate america. Its a great place to transition into the professional workforce out of college,"Not a place that you're going to make a lot of money, long hours with little consideration of personal life",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P862.htm
45240,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 18, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,"Positive, it is what you make it",Decent pay for the job,"Stressful environment, little potential of advancing out of retail",Clearer career paths,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45241,apple,"Braintree, MA"," Sep 8, 2013",Former Employee - Concierge,"If you don't look like the ad, good luck getting promoted",Very competitive pay A good place to network with artistic people,"Inconsistent direction from management People seem to be hired/promoted based on whether they fit the ""hip"" appearance they are looking for, rather than knowledge or how long they've been with the company. (Note: this may have been limited to the location I worked at - Braintree, MA, retail store)","Talk to each other and decide what you want your employees to do and how Hire and promote people based on skill If someone is not promoted, give honest and actionable feedback on why",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45242,apple,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 2, 2013",Former Employee - Expert,"Sales Expert position was worth the time, even if it's a position that lacks focus.","The people, the customers (yes, the customers!), being exposed to constantly emerging tech, learning a lot about yourself, fine tuning your strengths and becoming aware of your opportunities.","Lack of internal vertical movement, social drama among employees, lack of realization that this isn't a retail job (in the traditional sense) and thus shouldn't be deemed a retail job when presenting comps in terms of salary/wage.","Provide more internal vertical movement, more attention to development, acknowledge that the internal customer is just as important as the external.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45243,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 22, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer III,Outstanding,"Great products, great culture, great people to work with. Stock options appreciated greatly in value. Amazing experience.",Silicon Valley is a terrible place to live and work. Real estate prices are way over the top. Traffic can be impossible. Cost of living cancels out much of the benefits of good compensation.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45244,apple,none," Aug 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like none other,"Pushed beyond comfort zone, challenging work, amazing talent pool","Serious backstabbing and politics, lack of life balance of any kind, terrible management styles, stressful unhealthy lifestyle",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45245,apple,none," Aug 13, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Opportunity to work with great people,"Apple hires only the best people, and it's very refreshing to work with smart and kind people regularly. Being that Apple Retail is the most financially successful retail establishment per square foot, you know they are doing something right. They are very customer focused and have many good practices in which employees are trained. They constantly point employees towards the customers needs, and bend over backwards for each and every customer.","Working at Apple Retail is a great part time job to have during college, or during another demanding life stage. However, it's a poor choice for someone interested in career advancement. Very rarely do employees get selected for any cooperate positions, and it doesn't take long for employees to realize they have reached a wall. The very nature of retail demands employees be always available to work, and the system rarely supports breaks from work longer than one day at any given time. Your schedule is always staggered, and you feel like you are always working. Apple Retail attempts to create an environment in which employees are able to innovate and grow, but that doesn't end up to be the reality. The truth is that at the end of the day it's much like any other retail establishment. Customers have needs, and Apple Retail cannot afford to have you doing anything else but helping customers each moment of the day. If you are interested in making a career move, Apple Retail might not be the best decision.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45246,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Really fun & exciting experience,"Exciting, lots to learn, tools to succeed","Still a retail environment, customers can be moody",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45247,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Greatest retail experience I've ever had.,"Great pay, fast environment, diverse staff, and management instills a lot of trust and freedom in it's employees. You can move up quickly if you put forth your determination and voice your intentions. It's a great part time job if you're going to school as they are the best with flexible schedules. You learn everything there so no tech knowledge is necessary beforehand.","May be too fast paced for some, great management is dependent on the store, sometimes an unclear path for promotion.",Try your best to relate to each employee and provide a path in which to move up within the company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45248,apple,none," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,A good job to help you find yourself,Worthwhile benefits for PT and FT retail employees,Internal promotions are hyped during training but Apple fails to promote from within,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45249,apple,"Cerritos, CA"," Jul 28, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Hard,Great product discounts and benefits to employees,"long days and nights, shitty managers",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P863.htm
45250,apple,none," Jul 30, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place to work,The people are the best part,Its one of the best retail jobs I have had,none,5.0,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45251,apple,none," Aug 13, 2013",Former Employee - Creative,"Both amazing and disappointing, overall a good experience.","Apple retail is a well oiled machine or at least it was three years ago when I left. As far as retail employment I imagine it is one of if not the best but remember it is retail sales. Apple has a stick set of rules which makes it easy know what you can and can't do. You can have multiple body piercings, ware unique clothing, hair and shoes (as log as you ware the correct official shirt) but you can't be 7 minutes late. The benefits are very good for retail and available to part time employees. Advancement opportunities are there but a little limited. The pay is OK, probably better than most retail stores. The attitude and atmosphere where I worked was awesome.","Many of the plusses are also cons. It is retail sales and that can only be so good. There is a limited to how many irrational, irate customers you can deal with no matter how good you are. Apples strict set of rules can be rigid and unforgiving. When I started there was a ridged corporate rule concerning tardiness. I saw three very good employees be released in two years over legitimate scheduling mistakes that were more the managers fault than the employee. A beloved creative, a hardworking efficient stock person and an excellent full time specialist with excellent sales numbers released because of ridged enforcement of time policy. I understand these rules have now been changed because of the loss of to many good staff.  Apple seemed fixated on hiring managers with a number of years in retail but they don't differentiate by type of retail. WalMart and Kohles don't train you to run an Apple store.  All the best people seem to be transient at an Apple Store, college students working their way through college or professionals who are between jobs. The talented come and go but so many want to work for Apple the supply of staff seems unlimited. I was fortunate enough to do a couple of new store openings. It was a blast but of the stores I saw open in two years 80% of the staff had turned over. In most cases the best and brightest with the best sales and customer satisfaction were gone. I was between professional positions when I worked for Apple Retail. I started as a part time specialist, was promoted to full time, and then expert, and creative. While a specialist I lead the store in sales, sales metrics and customer satisfaction before moving on to another professional position.",I love Apple and don't regret my three years in Apple Retail. I would recommend Apple take more care in hiring Managers. Retail experience isn't necessarily a guarantee of success. My experience was that Apple hired managers from low end retail chains that were totally unsuited for an Apple store. Perhaps thinking outside the box on hiring of managers may be a good direction. I fear Apple is aware and actually counts on the transient nature of its retail staff. I can't offer a better alternative but I would like to see Apple Retail become a good carrier choice for some of the excellent transient staff it looses. It would be great to walk into an Apple store and be helped by someone truly knowledgable that had been there for over three years.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45252,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 29, 2013",Former Employee - Event Planner,Apple can be great,"fast paced, lots of upward mobility, changing all the time","fast paced, changing all the time,",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45253,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 25, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Apple is great place to work.,Positive environment. Great Healthcare and other benefits,Little internal development. You may stay at the same position for a very long time.,Help your employees become the best employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45254,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Database Administrator,"Fruitfull but kind of stagnent since last 2 yrs., no improvement in your career path","Good working environment, ability to work with exciting products","No guidance on making a career out of it, no support from upper management, too much politics",Motivation....Motivation.... Motivation....,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45255,apple,none," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,you need to work,You can get well paid and learn a lot if you are an intern.,The houses are very expensive here.,"Not available. sorry, i have no idea",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45256,apple,none," Aug 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked as a campus rep for my school,"You get to work on your own hours. If you work for a full year, you get to keep your Macbook Air that is loaned to you","Honestly, people don't need/want to hear about Apple products. The role isn't really needed, so it doesn't feel impactful",Eliminate the campus rep program. You are wasting money on it.,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45257,apple,none," Jul 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay hungry Stay Foolish,"Working with real-time geeks who have had their 2nd PHDs done.  Beer bashes, wine cheese, good food, employee benefits, unmatched health insurances, Live concerts.","Work pressure, Deadlines, Long hours",Needs to mellow down,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45258,apple,"Broomfield, CO"," Aug 28, 2013",Former Employee - Expert,Horrible place to work,There are no pros at all,Will be overworked under payed,Grow up. Stop acting like a Frat House,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45259,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Stability,"great benefits, job security, Fitness center, good food, nice co-workers, looks good on your resume.","no RSU for individual contributors, no profit sharing, difficult to rotate around, promotions for women is difficult.","Provide RSU for all full time employees and provide equal pay for men and women, also give women more opportunities for promotions and encourage job rotation.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P864.htm
45260,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Jul 23, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Store MAC Specialist Review,"The Store was very friendly when I started and had many nice things such as substantial break time, and flexible work hours which made working there a blast.","The Management was very tough and demanded alot from their workers. Although hours were flexible, the management would never forget errors and were harsh when it came to sales quotas.","Preferably have more leniency towards the workers to promote a better environment to work. The environment is already fairly hectic as it it, being patronizing does not help.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45261,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," Aug 5, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,It was fun and an experience,"Learned about new products, got hands on detail, worked with very smart people",Management was very unorganized and flustered when things got busy,Better communication and work ethic,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45262,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jul 22, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Sales Floor selling macs, ipads, ipods, and iphones","Great benefits, great pay, great job","Monotonous, long hours on launch days",Eliminate cliques to allow for better team,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45263,apple,"Tulsa, OK"," Jul 18, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,One of the better retail jobs...,Well developed culture and products and extensive training...,"At times it can feel condescending the way peers and management have ""feedback"" on a personal level, however, I believe this to be a result of the poor leadership and their ""agendas"" that existed in 2010.","Listen more, be patient, and live the credo, even when it's not convenient.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45264,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 20, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Good company,"Excellent support, great benefits, outstanding team building opportunities","Hours are rigid, shift bids infrequent","Allow split bids or changes based on productivity, not just longevity",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45265,apple,"Tacoma, WA"," Aug 3, 2013",Former Employee - Manager,Apple Retail Manager with specific focus on in store department.,"Dynamic company, good pay, challenging environment.",No growth opportunities. They hire external candidates to fill open positions.,Grow with the talent you have rather than always getting new people.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45266,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Jul 19, 2013",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,The Best Company I Have Ever Worked For,"Career Advancement, Corporate Culture, Training",Hard to Move From Retail to Corporate,Don't Forget Your Core Values,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45267,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,"Great products and excitement, growing pains.","Innovative products, exciting roll-outs, fun people to work with.","No work-life balance, politics in management, no career path.",More careful review of new and existing managers is needed to validate their treatment of employees and promotion of their programs and subordinates.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45268,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jul 16, 2013",Former Employee - Store Manager,Great place to work,Great development and employee benefits,Extremely busy and always changing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45269,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jul 16, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,In 6+ years of working retail this was by far the best job experience I have had.,"Invest in employees with training, great HR support, everyone is enthusiastic and friendly.","Worked here during college, shifts were busy so expect to be energized and ready to go.","Thank you for the training, mentoring and development. That is what made me excited to come to work everyday verse other retail jobs.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P865.htm
45270,apple,none," Jul 16, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great friends, reliable, fun","- Amazing people - seriously, because Apple focuses on your relatable qualities when they hire you, it creates an amazing environment of interesting and friendly people. I considerable my Apple co-workers a family and I've made amazing friends that I'll have for years to come. - Learn every single day - Awesome benefits and decent pay - Fairly transparent management - Opportunity for self-improvement. Some people can make Apple retail a career. But for those who aren't planning on that, their training allows for opportunities to improve on yourself. A lot of the skills used and developed on the sales floor have positively impacted who I am as a person. I'm more patient, knowledgeable, can strike up meaningful conversation with strangers - all things that can be very useful in life or for future jobs.","- For many employees, it's easy for the job to become your life. You work there 8 hours, slowly you realize all of your friends are your co-workers, you end up talking about work when you're not there, etc.",I'd love it if management was a bit more serious about putting employee suggestions to action. Sometimes I feel as if it's all talk and not actually walking the walk.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45271,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 16, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Wonderful,"Great atmosphere with potential to really make it far. Because of your surroundings, it makes it easy to truly step up your game","It was a bit too many hours for my liking, I dont mind working long hours but at times it was a mess when it came to my scheduling.",Keep up the good work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45272,apple,none," Jul 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looooooooooong hours,"Challenging work, good pay, a few fun perks. Overall a good company, financially stable, smart co-workers, very dynamic. Great on your resume.","Long hours, especially depending on what department you work in. Middle management could use some work - having an expertise doesn't necessarily mean you should be in management.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45273,apple,none," Jul 29, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Inconsistent management turned a great job into a frustrating and disheartening experience,"Fellow employees, free shirts, discounts, benefits, and an exciting work environment","Customers can be abusive and managers can sometimes hurt you to appease a customer, inconsistent statements with actions, corporate policy can be rigid, and you can easily be missed or forgotten by team/management if you don't speak up.","Look at your staff like people, not ""red zone coverage"" or ""employee hours"". Be consistent with what you say to staff and with what you do, especially when it comes to an employee's career. Always analyze a customer situation from both sides, and if you must undermine an employee's decision try not to make the employee the ""bad one""",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45274,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jul 28, 2013",Former Employee - At-Home Mac Expert,"Oh yes, it's SALES","It was great working from home: no commute, no dress code, no bag lunches. There was a pride factor in working for Apple. Extensive training.","No choice in work schedule. I worked evenings and weekends. Communication was horrible from the get-go. While recruiters admitted it was a sales job, they downplayed it severely. In the end, they should not have hired me. Although I seemed to excel at one set of metrics (customer response), which they said was most important, they hammered me on another set of metrics-- basically they wanted me to try to get every caller to buy crap they weren't shopping for. I can't do that. They didn't like that.","Be up-front with your prospective employees about the REAL requirements of the job. If it's hard-core sales, tell them that! Then, when they aren't meeting expectations-- communicate that and work with the employee to solve it.",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45275,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"crazy place, truly a large startup","at the forefront of consumer electronics, excitement about new products","little transparency in HR processes. for workerbees below director level, bonuses are not based on merit or tied to company performance, they're basically based on how well your management team likes you. also, HR is reluctant to share basic info with employees (eg, salary ranges, performance review schedule)",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45276,apple,none," Jul 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Name, Competitive Salary, Hard to Move Around","Great name on resume, pays well if you do well",Hard to move around company if you want to try something different,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45277,apple,"Portland, ME"," Jul 27, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It was okay,Great co workers and the store was always busy..time flew by!,"A little fake. You had to act extremely excited everyday, but it is just another job",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45278,apple,none," Jul 12, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,You will make friends here that you'll have for the rest of your life.,Nurturing and educational work environment. They're very interested in your personal growth.,The rules are black and white. There's no gray area with policies.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45279,apple,none," Jul 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You can make it a career if you're creative,You can get lots of flexibility in your role once you become liked and trusted. The pay is much better than other retailers.,You can gain a lot of experience doing different jobs but not work your way up. You are working in retail and that means you need to be prepared to work with customers.,It would be nice if not only managers got bonuses if the stores meet their goals.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P866.htm
45280,apple,none," Jul 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for,- It's Apple - Discounts on products - Working with lots of smart people - Unparalleled technology,- Lots of long hours - Very little job flexibility,Give your employees more work/life balance,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45281,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 22, 2013",Current Employee - Site Support Engineer,"Politic at its best, if we're this good I loathe to think of other companies.","Great Benefits, great co-workers, job security","Highly political, egos need to be amply stroked to get anything done internally. Management often nowhere to be found.","Help us help you. As part of support our job is to interact with customers. At times our tools barely function. We go on a near yearly rotation of support tools with each iteration seemingly tested only for what should work, not tested to see what makes it break.  As far as the customer facing aspect of things go, spend more time fixing broken products rather than struggling for the next big thing. iTunes is a woeful nightmare, features such as match, wishlist, season passes, allowance, all of them only partially functioning. Then what rolls out, iTunes Radio, instead of fixing day one bugs in the Mac App Store.  Apple was around for a long long time without having to constantly cater to the ""What's hot now"" crowd. We were around because of the quality of the product we released. Now, our focus is in a million different directions and fixing our problems doesn't seem to be one of those directions.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45282,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 13, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,depression.,higher pay than most retail,"sexual assault, physical assault, emotional abuse, extreme harassment from lead genius and managers.",open your eyes to the employees instead of the redzone.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45283,apple,"Washington, DC"," Jul 11, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Good for People, not so much Growth","LOVED the dynamic group of people I had the pleasure to work with! Everyone is so smart and talented in their own way, which makes for awesome people in your network and even better friends, if you should be so lucky to vibe so well.","It can become very routine and complacent unless you have the desire to become a Genius and ultimately break apart and fix Macs and iPhones, upward mobility isn't really offered in any other way",Stop micromanaging! and please stop hiring management externally! It's really embarrassing when a manager doesn't know how to turn on location services in front of a customer and has refer to a resource.,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45284,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 14, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,wasn't what i thought it would be,"great benefits. some cool, smart people. there is not much more then that.",too big of a company. too retail oriented. losing its aura.,i think it's too late,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45285,apple,"Clinton Township, MI"," Jul 9, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Enjoyable work environment,"Friendly and knowledgable staff. A real sense of purpose and direction. Freedom to work as you feel is the most effective, so long as you can back up your decisions.",A bit hard to move around within the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45286,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 22, 2013",Current Employee - IOS Senior Technical Advisor,Senior technical advisor,"Apple treats its employees like human beings and trains us to treat our customers as such. It's such a nice relief to know that I can be honest with customers and not feel like I have to manipulate people or be withholding to do my job well. We get to listen to every story on a case by case basis and are empowered that we know what the best decision is for ourselves, the customer, and the company without having someone standing over our shoulders deciding for us. Apple allows me to be very independent and gives me the tools to go wherever I want in the company - it's awesome. Apple also strives to make everyone feel like one big family, and is an extremely family oriented company","My schedule changes every 3 months, which I understand is to meet fluctuating business needs, but it's still difficult when you have a small child in the mix. Also, the Austin campus doesn't currently have child care ( but might in the future?), and we've lost a lot of great employees because of that",I know y'all truly have our best interest at heart. Thanks for actually considering us before you make giant company-wide decisions,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45287,apple,none," Jul 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work.,Lots of bright minds at work.,No downside to speak of.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45288,apple,none," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"Work at home, benefits, flexibility. Apple provides and awesome training for their employees.",lack of personal interaction during business hours,None,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45289,apple,"Key West, FL"," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,stay away,I would have to say that your a nut working here,everything is outsourced to the communists,ur all incompetent,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P867.htm
45290,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 14, 2013",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great people to work with. Exciting environment. Not a lot of career growth opportunities.,"You get to work with a lot of great people who are smart, passionate, and hard-working. The products are beautiful and you're part of a company that has a huge worldwide impact.",There's a lot of politics and secrecy. There are few opportunities for advancing your career.,Develop your employees and promote from within.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,none,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45291,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jul 20, 2013",Former Employee - Expert,Best option for retail. Great co workers. Not the best management,-Discounts on products -Fun and outgoing co workers -Best pay for retail job -Store meetings you get paid for,-Managers constantly micromanage -Difficult customers -Hard to have a work-life balance with constantly changing shifts that sometimes end at 10pm -Unclear expectations from management -Little room for growth -Body gets tired from standing all day,-Provide a consistent message -Trust your employees,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45292,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jul 20, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple specialist,"Coworkers were real great, good employee stick purchase program and discount on apple products.","Employees are sometimes too into promoting the apple brand, kind of zombiesh at times.","Avoid micromanagement, trust your employees to get the job done!",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45293,apple,none," Jul 24, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Overrated,"Fellow co-workers, awesome products and having the ability to make someones life better with technology.","Customers who take advantage of APPLE, letter writers to CEO, lack of trust amongst management, pretenders.","Show some loyalty to the people who do all the work, support decisions in the store, get rid of poor managers sooner than later and the whole idea of ""ambiguity""?",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45294,apple,none," Jul 18, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Apple technology is great, but the retail experience is not so great","Excellent benefits, even as a part-timer. It's also great to introduce or reinforce customer's experience to Apple products, which are the best in the world. I love the fast-paced environment and constant change of working for Apple. It's a job that allows you to learn a lot from experience and also from training. The interaction with customers is energizing.","Exploitive. Apple retail keeps people in the lower-paying rung of ""specialist"" while utilizing your expertise to fill in for people who get paid more doing tech and training (and not promoting). It's getting worse and worse. Many would be willing to be ""utility players"" and do more than one role, but the pay and official title stays on the lower scale. I also think there is a ""bait and switch"" in the recruiting process where Apple contacts people with training and tech skills with the promise of Creative or Genius, lures them to work for Apple, but then keeps them in the Red Zone.  Lots of part-time positions, with crappy and inconsistent hours (I know, this is retail), managers are increasingly micromanaging issues to keep employees from progressing for silly rules (i.e.: gum chewing and color or pattern or shirts worn under Apple shirt) and employees who give great customer experiences (NPS) are not acknowledged in terms of advancement, it has more to do with kissing up to management and saying the correct corporate gobbelty-gook. Suck-ups are rewarded. Age-ism can be an issue at some stores. Pay is not great. Employee store meetings are rah-rah annoying. People are feeling unhappy about the lack of movement. Outside hires are poisonous. Standards regarding experiences and benchmarks for roles are a personality contest.","Stand up for your people. Don't allow ""head-count"" issues to keep people from advancing. I know the emphasis on ""one to many"" is a great skill, but the Family Room is understaffed and there are many people in the Red Zone with a passion for Apple products who are up to the challenge of being busy their entire shift.",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45295,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,its good and i like it,teaches a lot about how to give customer service,bad hours give at lease some weekends off,give better hours to employees,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45296,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 7, 2013",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Not so positive,"Great benefit, culture, top notch technology for daily use.",Management not good. Mid-management is not good. Lacks attention to how place experience with the right position. Interviews showed very little interest in learning more details about candidate and hiring was more like a placement of a body than trying to get the right person for the job.,Mid-management needs help although they look like they have a lot of experience.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45297,apple,none," Jul 4, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Working at the Apple Store - Great environment for retail experience.,-A lot of resources for training and advancing career. -Some good benefits like free bus card. -Exciting to see new release of products/services. -Coworkers are generally friendly & environment thrives on feedback.,"-Having to deal with occasional high-maintenance or angry customers that may be having issues with their product. -Like many of retail workplaces, not having a consistent work schedule.",Don't get too caught up in lecturing. Remember to ask questions.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45298,apple,none," Jul 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looking for a Part-Time Opportunity,"Easy, laid back interview process. Very interesting benefits. Love the attention to employees.",Would love to have been a part-time manager for Applecare,Lets open our minds to innovation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45299,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 30, 2013",Former Employee - Manager,"It's great to say you work at Apple, but not great to actually work there.","-Brand recognition -Get to use their products as part of your job -Good benefits and RSU's -Beer bashes and private concerts for employees -International exposure -Diverse workforce, lots of women and different ethnic groups","The company is very arrogant. Management hates being compared to competitors or even analyzing the business against competition. Everything has to be done the Apple way even if it's inefficient and inconvenient to employees and partners.  They do not like out of the box thinking. Questioning long-standing processes or decisions is frowned upon.  Very top heavy. Everyone lives in fear for their boss or their boss's boss. Lots of decisions are made arbitrarily based on if some executive likes it or not, no matter what research or analysis has shown. I guess it's the legacy of Steve Jobs that every executive has a Steve Jobs complex and likes to act like God.  Sycophants and mindless rule followers get promoted. This results in too many middle managers with no people management experience or skills. People who questions status quo or push for change are pushed out.  Hardware may be advanced, but internal software tools are completely outdated. They hate using SAAS or third-party software and subject employees to slow and clunky systems and tools. I was using more advanced systems in 2007 at a startup than I was in 2013 at Apple. And there is barely any automation. They have armies of human drones working on basic data-entry and other really tedious tasks that could be easily automated.","-Examine your competition closely and own your weaknesses. -Don't be so smug you can't accept criticism and feedback. -Promote people based on their skills and ability to bring new approaches to business, instead of rewarding the people who are blindly loyal. -Automate!",1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P868.htm
45300,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 1, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Better than most retail but still retail,"You come into work knowing that your customers come in needed your help, and its your job make sure you ""enrich"" their lives. I leave everyday tired, but a sense of fulfillment knowing that I have helped so many people with either new or old products. Glad I was able to make them leave with a smile on their face. Over all the pay is worth the work done, its still retail.","The cons of the apple store, poor management. Lack of promotions, even though you are promised from the interview that every week there is not a person who doesn't get a promotion. Overall your store leaders are the ones who make your store a good one or a bad experience for your self and its customers. I would make sure to talk to apple store employees before applying to make sure if this store location is for you.","Listen to the feedback given by your fellow employees, they have more idea whats going on in the store than you are. Be more engaged on the floor with your employees.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45301,apple,"Wellington, FL"," Jun 29, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialists: A complex relationship,"Great company, great products, fun environment, and managers are easily accessible.","Not great pay, extremely difficult to get promoted, and very little feedback unless directly requested.","The expectations of sales of add-on services are sometimes unrealistic and unfair. Also, as an employee that was super-ambitious and excited to learn, I felt ignored for older, less motivated, worse performing employees who simply knew management longer.  I was practically begging for full-time hours and was always offered a lame excuse.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45302,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 28, 2013",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,engineer position,I think it is a great company to work with. The location is good too.,I would have to relocate. But CA is a nice place to live.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45303,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Inside Account Executive,"Awesome learning experience, currently harder to make high commissions","gym, cafeteria, nice office, excellent benefits, matching 401K, education assistance, employee stock purchase discount",current management has manipulated commission structure to tighten the gap between bottom and top performers. Much harder to have a stellar year compared to previous years,"don't kill the sales culture, loosen up the sales comp plan and allow for a few outliers to make good money to inspire the other salesmen",5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45304,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 25, 2013",Current Employee - Content Manager,"Great Expereince Overall, Some Small Complaints.","Great work environment, great benefits. It is a lot of hard work, but if you beleivein the mission it is worth it.",The career path in any part of the company is not very clear. At all.,You've gotta do something about the lack of a clear path for advancement.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45305,apple,none," Aug 4, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Avoid working Apple a Retail.,One of the better paying retail jobs out there with great benefits. The coworkers are loyal and eager to learn. Apple software is free and there is some discount on products.,"They will try to convince you it's a career, but will not assist you with development of any kind. There is a lack of communication and it is assumed that you will be working outside the scope of your position. There is no flexibility in schedules. To managers customers come first, employees are second.",Just because you managed a Gap doesn't mean you have people skills.,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45306,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 30, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Experience at Apple,Apple employees are valued very much by other employers. Next job is always easy. Opportunity to work on latest technology.,"Work resembles that of a start up without enough rewards. Long work hours. Employees are loyal to company, but company does not seem to care about employee retention. In product development groups, employee turn around is high. In iPod group where I worked, on average every month there would be about 40-50 employees leaving the company and approximately same number would join as well.",Provide better benefits and improve satisfaction of employees than just promoting pride of working for Apple.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45307,apple,"Kingston, RI"," Jun 27, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Apple Campus Representative,Campus Rep is the Best Job I had in College,get first hand experience working for an incredible technology company and get some cool surprises too,high expectation of work ethic and ability to manage yourself,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45308,apple,none," Jun 27, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Enthusiastic hard working employees, selling extraordinary products. Helping you pick the best one to satisfy you.","Amazing environment, turning people's sad day around, helping to satisfy people of which product is best for them. Friendly Co-workers.","Having tough customers, very busy all day.",You will always receive advice from anybody if you need help. They will guide you with any problems or questions you have.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45309,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 26, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Apple Creative,The best thing working at Apple is the group of intelligent people that surrounds you.,The compensation should be higher for the pressure you have.,better compensation,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P869.htm
45310,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 26, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Great, lasting experience",Working at Apple was a great part of my life to experience. It helped me improve upon personal faults as well as build leadership skills. It's a very open-minded environment and your surrounded by creative individuals.,It can vary from store-to-store but management needs to do a better job of communicating with each other.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45311,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 8, 2013",Former Employee - Business Manager,Not what it's cracked up to be...,"Apple - specifically Apple retail is a great place to work if you're young, unattached, have a flexible schedule and want to work with one of the best brands around.","Promotions are dangled in front of employees, but are rarely more than moving from one department to another and getting minima pay increases (at least from my experience.) Apple has attempted to hire people from the B2B world for Business Manager positions with the promise that even though you're in a retail environment, it's not really a retail job and that working hours are 9-5. That's a complete lie.",Be honest upfront about what the job entails. Stop selling the glory of working for Apple and tell the truth that it's nearly impossible to promote people.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45312,apple,none," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Greatest Job on Earth,"Fun, Challenging, Highly qualified employees",People think they are ready for promotion when they are not.,Enjoy the Ride.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45313,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 20, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Great team - great system,"- Most of my coworkers were great - Apple really brings in quality people - Management led (as opposed to ruled) and were truly a part of the team - Corporate did not simply forget about retail - any communications came to the ENTIRE company (getting an email from Steve Jobs and later from Tim Cook was pretty neat) - Corporate actually listened to its employees and made several changes in retail based off of employee feedback in my year and a half there - Positive attitude most of the time - Encouraged a great team environment - No commission for retail, so it is not cutthroat - Extremely laid back overall",- Tons of interviews to get the position (I did six interviews for the retail specialist position - although this filters out most bad eggs) - The store sometimes pushes getting a certain quota a bit much at times,"Great thing is, when I had advice for management, they actually listened while I was there. Top notch company.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45314,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Fun but stressful work environment,Flexible schedule for retail. Store managers are genuine. The product discount is great. Apple is a very clean work environment. Great opportunity to learn fields of work you may be able learn elsewhere.,Stressful work environment. Some employees get away with doing far less work than others. This forces those of us who work hard to work even harder. It seems like no matter how many times some calls out sick they never get fired.,Better pay for those who deserve it. Promote managers who deserve to be promoted.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45315,apple,none," Jun 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generally positive especially if looking for new experience,Company is doing well. With right attitude one can acquire new sets of skills that can be useful down the road.,Extremely political. Lots of red-tape. Managers do not seem to care about long term career of employees. Groups are compartmentalized and hence there is little cross-pollination. Very hard to know the big picture of how ones is work fits within overall company plan/products. Very hard to obtain internal transfers to work on other projects.,Try to improve on the cons listed above.,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45316,apple,"Natick, MA"," Jun 21, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Excellent coworkers, poor manager","Great coworkers, fun environment. Good benefits too, including product discounts.","Store manager was awful, didn't understand the repair business at all, and tried to micromanage. New store manager since I left, and I've heard they are much better.","Sometimes you just have to stay out of the way. Trust your employees to make responsible decisions based on company goals. Otherwise you take away their motivation and as a result, their productivity.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45317,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 30, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great peers, incredibly poor management.",The people hired by the company are some of the best I've ever met. Lifelong friendships and networking opportunities were forged in those walls.,"Management is incredibly lacking in skills necessary to run a store. Customers are always right, even when they yell and degrade you.",Teach your teams to communicate! Management that is unapproachable and hard to talk to is a recipe for disaster.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45318,apple,"Towson, MD"," Jun 19, 2013",Current Employee - Genius Administrative,Exciting and overwhelming,"It's always busy, you're always learning new things, and the benefits are ridiculously good. The people I've met at Apple are lifelong friends and have helped me get through the roughest of days.","The pay is much less than a similar job at other companies, moving up is extremely hard to do, and management isn't always trusting. Just like at many other places, the bad apples (pun intended) tend to ruin it for everyone.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45319,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jun 7, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Genius,Apple invests more in their people then any other company I have worked with. There are endless development opportunities and a huge opportunity for career advancement and development.,Retail environment and less then ideal hours.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P870.htm
45320,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 17, 2013",Current Employee - Operations,Good company to work for.,Good company to work for.,None that i can think of.,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45321,apple,none," Jun 20, 2013",Current Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,You will not find many companies were the team that you work with are the best of all other teams. It really is the Yale or Harvard of employes. The focus on training and development and care about the employes.,"They are still figuring out the ""Business Manager"" Position. Running an entire business with only one business specialist. Does not put you in the best place to be successful. You will at times be a highly paid sales person vs. a true manager/Leader. Currently for Leaders you are limited to close to 40 hours a week. Normally that sounds great but you are still required to accomplish everything needed in that time. You consistently have to leave things undone and the stress can be heavy.",The Store Leader is the only Salary position in the store. So be prepared to clock in and out everyday. You will learn an incredible amount in a very short time. The joke is working for Apple feels like dog years. You will pay the toll on your mind and body. They do a lot of things different but when it really comes down to it they still are corporate with things that will still frustrate.,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45322,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 19, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,Great for the first couple of years,"Amazing benefits, employee stock purchase plan, a ton of free software, amazing peer coworkers, significant product discounts.","Poor store management (across multiple stores), long hours, terrible work/life balance, not as well-paid as one would hope, and an attendance policy that borders on draconian.","Fix the attendance policy, pay your employees what their worth (especially in technical support, where they get yelled at regularly by customers), and provide better facilities overall at all stores.",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45323,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Jun 18, 2013",Former Employee - Campus Representative,Great Experience as a College Student,"Newest technology, great training, good perks, set your own hours as a campus rep.",Can be a lot of red tape on campuses. Not much opportunity outside of retail after you complete contract.,My managers were awesome in the program.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45324,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 21, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It was amazing,Great Employees Great Salary Pay Great Benefits Amazing and Helpful staff,Just one thing: Long work hours,Less work hours and becoming more supportive,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45325,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Jun 17, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great company to work for, with very limited upward mobility","It is a great work environment with a great team. You get to sell incredible products to other people that are passionate about them, and you aren't paid on commission. This allows brutal honesty, and also a high level of trust between sales person and the customer. Apple really emphasizes the customer experience, and wants to treat every customer as if they were in a 5 star hotel.","The store was always incredibly busy, and frequently understaffed. It was a generally stressful environment, but being that the team was so close, it really wasn't that bad. The worst part about this job is that they force feed you the Apple Kool Aid, which in and of itself I am not opposed to. I love Apple, I love their ideals, and I love their products. However, the unfortunate consequence is that every person there is basically a die hard Apple employee, and many of them believe if you stay long enough you will move high up in the food chain. After 2-3 years, you realize you won't. I had some friends that were around 4-5 years in my store, and they were incredible people...fantastic with customers, knowledgable about every aspect of the business, and constant over performers. However, at some point they realized...wow, there really isn't anywhere to go. Apple frequently hires store managers from other chains (like Gap, Starbucks, Banana Republic), and infrequently promote directly within. It is a great place to work, but there is a VERY large ceiling there that is virtually impossible to break through without leaving and working elsewhere for experience first.","I think in general the team is great, but as is always stressed in the consumer side, I think you need to manage the expectations of your employees better. Yes their is some mobility in terms of roles within the store, but you have to be more upfront and honest with talented employees about the likelihood of legitimate career sustaining advancement.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45326,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 30, 2013",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,Apple At-Home Advisor,"Working from home, Full benefits, Stock purchase plan, 401k","Dealing with pissed off people all day, No flexibility in scheduling, Working holidays is mandatory",None,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45327,apple,"Cherry Hill, NJ"," Jun 15, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),This is the best retail job available.,Great people and products. Sincere employee development. Constant workplace improvements for external and internal customers. Knowledgeable staff to supplement your abilities. Caring leadership. Great products. Low pressure environment.,High store traffic. Constant changes to products/services which is also can be a good thing,Maintain constant communication and transparency to optimize workplace efficiency.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45328,apple,none," Jun 30, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist at Apple,"-Flexible schedule: If you work part time, it is easy to have flexible schedule -Learn a lot: there is a lot of training going on all the time.",-Very busy environment: sometimes you just get tired of people all day long. -The pay could be better given that they dont pay commission.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45329,apple,none," Jun 14, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,"Great company, low pay.",Phenomenal culture and rewarding experiences.,"Low pay for the skills required, even if its high for retail.","Value your employees with dollars, not just recognition.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P871.htm
45330,apple,none," Jun 11, 2013",Current Employee - Designer,great place to work if u r on the right team,"smart and caring people they make sure you are doing work you are interested in and foster your growth flexible schedule and autonomy my managers have been awesome, and really care about my career interest apple product perks","secretive culture apple is very big, has large corporate culture, lots of process if you work on teams that are not central to the company, you could feel under appreciated",culture could be a little less secretive within the company to encourage innovation and collaboration across teams,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45331,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 2, 2013",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,hardware engineer in Apple,"challenging, you have to be able to handle multiple projects at the same time, and also able to finish task on time.","job is demanding, You have to love your job to survive",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45332,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 23, 2013",Former Employee - Cusstomer Relations,it was good till it was bad,"Great company, great experience and interesting situations.","High school like clicks, unrealistic metrics, and forever on the late shift if you have no children","I would like to quote Heidi Fleiss ""Be nice to everyone because you never know who will be on your jury"". My advise to management. Be nice, Stop pretending that people are numbers and do not forget where you came from. There is more to life than that silver portable that you carry everywhere...",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45333,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 26, 2013",Current Employee - Technician,Technician,"Some of the pros are working with great people and working in a fast paced environment, so you are never bored. You also have the opportunity to enrich lives.","The technician position can be stressful at times, as you are asked to multitask with several customers at once, while dealing with upset customers.","Don't forget about your employees. Even though you need to focus on the customer, your employees are just as importnant.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45334,apple,"Wauwatosa, WI"," Jun 11, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,It's the best place to work.,"Great people, great pay, great experience",Cannot access work email at home,Offer salary pay instead of just hourly,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45335,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 21, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Don't let them fool you... this is retail.,If you want to be lazy you can for the most part - you will not be fired for performance in sales (or at least that won't be the official reason),"THIS IS RETAIL. It may be cool to say you work for Apple but if you're not a fan of retail and the terrible hours along with the unpredictable schedule, don't waste your time",Give full timers 2 days off in a row to allow them to recharge.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45336,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 14, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Good Company, Crazies Retail Experience","-$15/hr for retail, sales floor position -nice people -sense of community -good training program",-insanely busy -no room for growth,-employees at bigger/busier stores need more (and longer) brakes,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45337,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 11, 2013",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Amazing Experience! Still Major Flaws in Career Path for Retail Business employees.,"Excellent benefits, some of the most interesting people you'll ever meet in your life, great environment to work in. Great business customers. You also learn how to better deal with personalities of all types. Most people that come to Apple, leave better than they came (many come back!). Your feedback is heard and the company responds (to most things).","As a Business Specialist, your pay is still tied to retail standards, which is unfair considering the amount of revenue you're expected to drive, particularly if you work at a high traffic store like my store. One of my biggest issues with Apple is no commission, no bonuses, at all. Regardless of your background and experience, as a retail employee you will have a strike against you if you're interested in corporate roles, and recruiters make it clear. Most corporate hiring is done through external talent sourcing. Conversations around career paths for retail employees are centered on retail opportunities, not corporate opportunities. Not encouraging when you know you are a valuable asset to the team.","Get out of your own world, remember that you started somewhere too. Value the people that want to grow at Apple and bring a lot to the table.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45338,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Jun 10, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Great place to work,"- Fun Environment - Friendly Coworkers - Good Training  Apple is overall a great place to work, with dedicated, enthusiastic staff that love the company and the products they sell. It is a very relaxing place to work that never really feels like a hard days work at the end.",-Expects complete dedication -Difficult customers  Things can get crazy at Apple sometimes around the holidays and other times it can get very boring if no one is entering the store. Since employees are not on commission the money isn't always the best but considering it is retail it is pretty good.,Help out more in the stores when things get busy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45339,apple,none," Jun 11, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great place to work, family of friends",Lots of perks Benefits are amazing,It's retail so no set schedule,"Be consistent. Stop being fake, others can tell when someone is genuine.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P872.htm
45340,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 22, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great coworkers, but poor management. Still retail.",Awesome coworkers. Generous 1-time discount on custom computer per year. Terrific sales training. Ability to work at other stores in the US with little red tape. Terrific stock purchasing program.,Sloppy management awful at feedback. Low pay for amount sold. Rough attendance policy. Almost impossible to pivot positions or receive promotions without having to suck up to management for a long time.,Educate yourself on the product. Try not to use double-speak.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45341,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 22, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Support,Gave hope but Not so impressed anymore,"-Good discount and some good benefits for employees -I have met great co workers -technology , products","-set on random schedule with metrics, don't bother the flexibility ( you will work on holiday as well ) - less staff on demand peak and management doesn't speak up to make a better change - no stocks options, no bonuses, no appreciations for hard work - internal politics and favoritism, micro management, no room for advancement and development for a long career - too many changes within the management process, work process","Recommendation in listening to employees, sharing a pool of bonuses since the company has so much cash in reserve. Can improve to develop the career path for everyone. If the company makes everyone happy from the work environment and implement the cons listed above, the company should be on the top just like Google. Apple should match Google culture",2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45342,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Benefits are great, but what they expect out of you is way beyond a retail experience","Benefits, benefits, benefits. Full time benefits for only working part time hours.",No set schedule. So it' always random.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45343,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 30, 2013",Current Employee - Test Program Manager,"Best company I ever worked for, but a large company","Best company I ever worked for. Very innovative, industry leaders.. both for the product as well as services around the product.","The company just blew up in a the last couple years, a lot of people left. Politics have taken over the company, we need to go back to making great products. Opportunity to grow upwards is limited since its a very flat organization. Bad Work/ Personal Life balance.",We need to focus on the product and not Give employees who perform well a chance to grow.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45344,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 7, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service,Receiving,"Employees are friendly, helpful, and excellent managers",There were no cons when i worked there,Keep up the good work,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45345,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 13, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing,Exhausting,People are very fwd thinking. Great food and Perks. Able to work on some very exciting projects and learn from the best. HQ has a big college campus feel to it.,"Long hours. Very cut throat. Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines. No room for compassion. Everyone is jockeying for a title and everyone is out for themselves at all costs.",Ease off on employees a bit. They are burning out at a very fast pace.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45346,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 31, 2013",Former Employee - Senior IOS Software Engineer,Huge impact while learning with the best about how to write software.,"Talented teams, laser focus, shared obsession with quality, broad impact on a large user base.","Rigid corporate structure, management challenges, input from engineers is rarely accepted in the design process.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45347,apple,"Modesto, CA"," Jun 6, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Best job I've ever had,Flexible company that invests in you as a resource. Ongoing training that includes lifetime learning skills.,Very fast paced...must be able to effectively meet the demands of proficient time management.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45348,apple,"San Luis Obispo, CA"," Jun 3, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Best Retail Employment Experience, Hands-Down","Better than average compensation, Benefits Encouraging environment Stock options",Little to no growth opportunity Hard to transition to corporate rols,"Bring Ron Johnson back! Aside from that, keep on hiring the way that you do. The best part of the Apple Retail experience, by far, was the people I got to meet while I was there.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45349,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 26, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Apple,Freedom to creatively contribute to the Company's success.,Some choose to micromanage when it's not needed. Company political and social opinions are not appropriate in the workplace.,Don't micromanage Senior resources. Stop with the social engineering at work.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P873.htm
45350,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Jun 2, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Awesome Job, Love Apple A Lot","Environment, pay, people, technology, :)","Don't choose hours, but the pros beat cons",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45351,apple,none," Jun 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,The pros are that you work with great people with great hours and great benefits. It is a very fun place to work.,There arent really any cons to working for this company. It has been a pleasure so far in my time with the company.,Keep on trucking.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45352,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Jun 5, 2013",Current Employee - Apple At-Home Advisor,"Good Pay, Great Benefits, Excellent Promotion Opportunities, Best place to start your career!","Good benefits, Employee discount, Stock purchase plan.",New managers don't know how to do the job that they supervise.,Make sure you can do the job that you supervise.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45353,apple,"Charleston, SC"," Jun 9, 2013",Current Employee - Tier I CPU,Too many quotas for Technical Support,-Okay compensation -Great benefits -Work from Home,"-Management is sketch -Too many quotas (average call time should be less than 14.5 min, must sell Apple Care Protection Plan, Must get very satisfied surveys, Must not go to Tier 2 for questions unless you get penalized) -Must be a within top 10 of 2,000 employees to pick schedule",-Stop micromanaging -Train in our position before you tell us how to do it. You cant manage it if you dont know it -You are not always right,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45354,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 31, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Downward Spiral,Great place to learn about all things Apple.,My job deteriorated from one of vast potential and creative facilitation to one of mundane tasks and a feeling of being underutilized and undervalued.,"Learn about Apple culture, not just how to manage (if that's what you want to call it). Most employees come to Apple because they like the products as well as the culture, not just for money (clearly).",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45355,apple,"Boston, MA"," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great place to get skills, discounts, and work with cool people","Discounts, awesome people, perks, flexible hours, awesome products.",flexible hours. working weekends and nights a lot.,nothing really.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45356,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Number One for a Reason,Stick with them and they will treat you golden. Very nice company to work for.,Apple will turn into your life. You will join the cult and converge to all of their products. You will want to buy everything and spend money from all of the discounts you get!,Keep on with the Employee appreciation and fun activities.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45357,apple,"Edison, NJ"," Jun 1, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"A great place to work during college, leaving me with job experience at graduation","It was a great opportunity to learn skills varying from technical to customer service, and helped you meet an interesting cross section of people. It also provided plenty of stories.","Being a retail job, it came with problems such as terrible customers and less than ideal schedules.",Do a consistently good job at scheduling,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45358,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 6, 2013",Former Employee - Moderator,"Decent pay, simple job.",Big name company. Relaxed atmosphere. Generally good management.,Nepotism. Very secretive about seemingly insignificant things. Contractors do not get converted to full time unless they have personal relationships/connections with managers.,Often people working in contract roles deserve to be full time employees.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45359,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 6, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Overworked and rushed,"I made some excellent friends, got consistent training.","Incredibly demanding, overworked, literally not enough breaks to be legal (this was in 2009). The turnover here is very high.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P874.htm
45360,apple,"Southlake, TX"," May 26, 2013",Current Employee - Sales,Sales Specialist,The company really takes pride in their employees and values the education with knowing their job.,Working in retail the hours are different each week,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45361,apple,none," May 23, 2013",Former Employee - Expert,Best retail job,"Great benefits, they are better than any other I have seen, EVER","The retail part of the company is a grind, while corporate jobs are more enjoyable. Difficult to move vertically within the company. Most of the hiring is done externally.","Develop your internal talent. Encourage promoting from within. Continue the great benefits and never lose focus of taking care if your most important asset, your employees.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45362,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 8, 2013",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,I felt like there was never a pat on the back,"Best pay in retail, best benefits, best colleagues","Worst management style ever. If you're not on their A-list, it is all a numbers game. Although input in the form of employee feedback is important to collect, it is not an agent of behavior change. Very superficial employers.","If your retail employees are Prozac like Tim Cook says, than you have a dangerous batch. As it is, the change in leadership has been rough-and-tumble with longtime fans. Harming the majority of your workforce at the bottom of the barrel does little to inspire the hope of the brand.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45363,apple,"Cherry Hill, NJ"," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Very good!,"Staff was always friendly, and I enjoyed the upbeat atmosphere. It was always busy and I had a lot of practice with the customers.","The staff is a bit cut throat, fighting for sales. They also barrage the customer.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45364,apple,"Metairie, LA"," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Great job,"Great company, great employees, overall great experience.",Can be limited career opportunities working on the retail side.,Need to interact more with employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45365,apple,none," May 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AWESOME,"Workplace is awesome, people are awesome!",Work schedules and most people are contracted so no benefits,Hire on directly faster instead of waiting till contract is over,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45366,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 19, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Communications Employee,"Don't Be Blinded By Cheery Recruiters, Money + Company Name",– Great salary – Good name for the resume – Semi-decent discounts on Apple products – Special concerts by great artists during summer Beer Bash,"– Very poor leadership – Work w/ a wide range of people: from ex-agency folks who are sharp to 50 year old parents who want the salary and stock but not the hours – Work within creative and strategic constraints (thinking outside the box is discouraged) – No accountability from leadership down – Flat organization which prevents a lot of growth – Recruiting is sharp and well-trained in pitching the job, etc. – Easier to get into Apple then to leave (no exit interview, no benefit reviews, shuts off cell service, etc.) – Too much gray. – Operations (process and response time) is hit and miss from IS&T to HR – Very impersonal because it is so large. Each department has their own internal intranet site and emails and hotlines. The in-person HR lead knowledge is inconsistent to the hotline.",Don't let the talented and passionate ones go because you're threatened by their out of the box thinking.  Hold those in each function accountable for team goals and responsibilities.  Stop reacting to competitors efforts. Start to be proactive in design and marketing so stock stops dwindling. Be the company you were 10 years ago that innovates and is passionate to outdo themselves...not sit pretty and react to up and coming category players and continue to be arrogant that you'll remain on the top being complacent.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45367,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 14, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Analysis of Apple,"I enjoyed working at Apple since there was purpose (a Unix-driven OS with a great front-end GUI, consolidated Sony-like ""family"" of product-line, a strong leader (Steve Jobs), and of course great success in the retail market, a good framework for designing software.)","The negatives for Cupertino are many. It is part of a largish valley that has bad air, immense traffic, horrid housing and rental costs, and a cultural milieu which has aggressive immigrants raising housing and rental prices, on-purpose. The area is essentially unaffordable!!! The ""boutique towns"" along the peninsula do not impress. The East Bay is dangerous. It is hard to find a place to relax in the ""Bay Area"".",Divest yourself of your large bonuses and options/restricted stock units and GIFT them to your employees for you are NOTHING without them!!!! Renounce your too-high salaries and take $1 per year!!!! Be like Jobs and stop following his advice to not be like him. That's fatal for the firm!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45368,apple,"Century City, CA"," May 17, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,You get what you put in,Amazing place to work for obvious reasons. You get what you put into your work and can move up if willing to work hard,I worked at an Apple store in a huge city so I am not sure if same pro above relates to smaller stores,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45369,apple,"New York, NY"," May 12, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Good place to start...bad long term.,Good place to start in NY.,Limited potential for growth as employee.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P875.htm
45370,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," May 16, 2013",Former Employee - At-home College Advisor,At-Home college advisor,"Good experience, looks good on resume, better pay than most college jobs, benefits, work from home","Very little time to relax, non stop calls, deal with angry customers, stressful situations",Once school started the team started to get distant and no longer felt like a team environment. Find a way team members can interact and stay close together during the school year.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45371,apple,"Westlake, OH"," Jun 17, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Only If You kiss managers but,good pay learn alot looks great on resume,gossip like HS Bitchy coworkers management sucks,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45372,apple,"Lexington-Fayette, KY"," May 16, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Great college job,This is a great job if you are looking to start out or in college. My review is strictly for retail so I can't speak for corporate. The benefits are fantastic and the pay is decent,You pretty much hit a ceiling once you've been here long enough. There are so many retail employees and so little room in upper management. I have know a few to move up but it is very difficult.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45373,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 20, 2013",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Exhilarating career experience,Apple is the first company out of four that I've worked at that would allows me to make decision and be accountable for results. I can see the direct effect of my work.,Long hours and around the clock dedication is needed to keep up with the pace.,Give breaks to employees when there's downtime and provide guidance on career planning.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45374,apple,"Washington, DC"," May 13, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,It's OK,Stable employment that is not going anyway. People will always love there apple product and always will be all over a place like apple.,There is a terrible work/live balance that does not even exist. You will always be working. People will always ask you question about Apple for the rest of your life even after you quit.,The culture of Apple and what it represents is dying starting from the Inside.,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45375,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 9, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Business Manager,Business Manager,"Good Company to work for innovative, leading edge in consumer electronics, has methodologies to follow.","depending on the current administration at your job locations, you are either in and good up the ladder or put aside because your management is not favoring you at the moment. Everything is done by consensus. If one person out of 19 does not feel you are qualified for the job or promotion, you will get black balled. I've seen it too many times.","Get a third party opinion ,outside of the small mgmt click that ends up making all the decisions, not necessarily for the right reasons. Sometimes doing the right thing is not as important as following the flock.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45376,apple,"Seattle, WA"," May 11, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Place to Work!,"Best retail job you can ask for. Great benefits, good pay, better culture than most. Paid vacation for full-time.","Lots of politics in the workplace, and can be a little cultish at times. Have to be willing to drink the koolaid.",A lot of favoritism is present in most stores.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45377,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," May 23, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,"Mac Genius - Hardwork, low pay.","- Learned a ton, lots of experience - I am now a customer service CHAMP.",- No advancement opportunities - Poor pay for role,- Allow for breaks - Pay a fair wage,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45378,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work but can be rewarding,"-The stock purchase plan has been rewarding. -My co-workers tend to be very high quality. The average tenure is much longer here than at other companies so I tend to think most of the employees are satisfied. -The onsite caffe is great and serves healthy fare. -Employee perks are numerous and generous. (beer bashes, BBQ cookoffs, etc.)","-Managers tend to ""manage up"". -Lots of trendy business lingo without a lot of substance in some of them. -The company can be greedy. Compensation plans change to drastically reduce employee income when it suits them. -Culture is changing since Steve Jobs is gone",Manage your employees instead of managing your spreadsheet. Build tools that help not only you but your employees do their jobs more effectively. Remember that other companies envy your talent pool.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45379,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 29, 2013",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Apple - mixed bag,I love working for Apple. They treat you well. The work environment is great.,My work (in QA) is very boring.,Get more serious about properly staffing//funding maps application.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P876.htm
45380,apple,none," May 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,Apple is a great place to work!,The only downfall is that you have to deal with many customers. More than usual.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45381,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," May 9, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great culture - same retail experience,You learn a lot and get to network with a bunch of great people. You learn the best sales skills and how to interact well with the public.,It winds up being another corporation and working for another job. You get lost in the slew of other employees and they tend to be much too focused on sales and numbers.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45382,apple,none," May 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoyed working for Apple - 12 plus years,Invest in their employees. Hard work but rewarding. Met people as co-workers and are now life time friends.,Somewhat demanding hours - but worth it.,Keep up the great work!,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45383,apple,"Clinton Township, MI"," May 3, 2013",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Great place to get started,The people are amazing and the culture is great.,You won't be moving up anytime soon.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45384,apple,none," Apr 22, 2013",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,The most rewarding Retail job you will find.,"I've worked in retail for nearly 10 years, and I'm extremely pleased to call Apple my home. -Ability to get hired full-time right out the gate -Very good hourly wage for entry-level Retail -Promotions are dependent on your personal sales performance, if you know how to talk to people and can be open and inviting, you'll be fine at this job. -Benefits are AMAZING. Health insurance is cheap and great. Tuition reimbursement, 2 weeks vacation from the get-go, sick pay, etc. I could go on and on. -Work/Life balance. It's nice to have a life and look forward to going to work. -You get to wear jeans to work.","-Be prepared for a lengthy interviewing process. You will attend a hiring seminar, followed by 3-5 one-on-one and panel style interviews. If you exude Apple and know how to answer basic retail interview questions, this will be easy. But be prepared to interview for two weeks to a month to get the job. -Red Zone performance is based on overall sales performance. If you know how to sell, this should be easy. If not, be prepared to be talked to. -At the end of the day it's still retail, so be prepared for working nights and weekends. Sat-Fri scheduling is weird to get used to, but it works.","Apple Retail was founded on providing the customer with an amazing shopping experience, not as a car-dealership-esque sales floor. While selling solutions is important, remember that service should always come first. Other than that, keep up what you've been doing. I love my job, and I know others do, too.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45385,apple,none," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience...,Fun filled environment. Great to work with knowledgeable people.,Sometime you need slog a lot.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45386,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting & challenging with some unpleasantness,"Innovative, challenging, dynamic, fast-paced, rewarding. Brand name is compelling and motivating as you are working for one of the top companies of the world.","Ultra-secretive, political, people jumping levels to get things done. People are not collaborative and are just working in silo's. Only focused on own work deliverables and not concerned about overall team or company.",Teams need to be more collaborative. Some people are too individualistic ('hero's) and not team-oriented.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45387,apple,none," Apr 28, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company that wants to see its employees succeed,• Highly intelligent and creative colleagues • Great mix of autonomy and support • Employees love the company and its products,"• Because the company's organizational structure is so flat, it can be difficult to move up in the ranks without first leaving the company • Not focused on individual career development",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45388,apple,"Dedham, MA"," May 1, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Best Company to work for... ever. I have never found a more open company.,"excellent benefits, love to train customers because they love macs and are wonderful people! I also enjoy the people that I work with.","busy bisy busy always, I belive that I should have a bigger salary than I have now. I work very hard and is the most demanding group of retail jobs out there.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45389,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 12, 2013",Former Employee - Designer,Mobile cpu Ic hardware design,Good facilities and monitors and laptop,Very Stressful and average compensation for engineers,No,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P877.htm
45390,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 30, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Great,-Working from home -very open contact with manager -flexible to your situation -great pay for job skill,-none that I've had at this point,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45391,apple,"Denver, CO"," Apr 30, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great company, great resources, excellent job to carry you through to next step but not a career place.","Apple retail offers great health benefits, product discounts, free software, lots of technical and leadership training. The store management empowers the workers to grow themselves professionally and personally. They would rather be helping you to get what you want out of life than getting reamed out by an angry customer. The pay significantly above average for retail employees.  They seem to be listening to the employees and some changes have reflected that.  When they say you can get whatever you want out of your time at Apple it is largely true but takes a lot of work and usually very creative thinking on your part.",The #1 con is that most customers lack the skills to use the products. People don't take the time to understand Apple's technology so they blame the store employees when their computers or iPhones don't work. On a daily basis customers don't know their email addresses or passwords and expect you to do a more thorough investigation than Sherlock Holmes in order to help them download an app.  Some co-workers don't try at all or pass their problems around and the result is the good employees clean up the messes.  Performance is not incentive based. The guy who has the highest sales could technically earn as much as the guy with the least amount of sales.  To get a promotion is difficult because there are many people vying for one spot.  Different roles in the store are very stressful. Sometimes we have to help multiple customers at once with very diverse problems. We have to turn people away from tech support because they don't have an appointment to meet with a technician. It gets very difficult after the 20th time in an hour.  Your hours will vary because of the stores longs hours. Sometimes you work early in the morning and sometimes late at night. Usually you will be working on a weekend. Not very fun and not very conducive to family based or social people.,Figure out a way for your employees to earn more money. I am single with very few financial obligations but yet I'm still going broke while working for Apple. Hire more full time and less part-time employees.,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45392,apple,"Miami, FL"," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great College Job,"- Work life balance and the flexibility of the schedule that can be set in place. - Challenging work, with a great outcome. Always great to be able to inspire someone and repair relationships with our customer base.",- Stressful - Dealing with ambiguity,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45393,apple,"Rockaway, NJ"," Apr 23, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Different, in a good way.","Fun open culture, always positive, cool technology, great discounts and awesome benefits and 401k packages.","Sometimes management gets confused on what to cover (repairs) and what not too, and sometimes the lose their cool, but normally apologize.","Relax, have fun.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45394,apple,none," May 10, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,Passionate but lacking supportive community,Great coworkers outside of technical support team,"Competition, distrust from management, lacking flexibility",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45395,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great People but don't look for any advancement opportunities,The people are great and you learn a lot about the products.,Managers will play favorites. If there is a position you want to move to be sure your friends with that direct manager!,Stop playing favorites!,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45396,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 7, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great Company, fast paced environment.",Fun work environment. Great benefits and innovative company. A lot to do!,Nothing comes to my mind.,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45397,apple,"Woodcliff Lake, NJ"," May 7, 2013",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,"Apple is a growing and extremely successful company, so working hours are never really in short supply. Decent Discount Relatively Easy.","You need to attend meeting, which are pretty pointless, and IF there is anything important it could be summed up on a post it note. There is a cultish feel to the company, and if you share negative thoughts on products or anything Apple, managers will not be happy with you. Customers have a sense of entitlement and can be very rude and disrespectful. Promotions are in short supply, and offer marginal raises. The chances of moving from retail to corporate is basically 0. Not saying it never happens, but extremely rare. No bonuses or incentives for reaching sales goals, or any other goals. The job can get repetitive and very boring. How many times can you sell the same thing, and answer the same questions? All in all, its a retail job, and not much more. If retail is you passion, you'll love it. If your a college student, or in a transition period, and over-qualified, you will not be able to wait, and move on to bigger better things.","Try and take the employees side once and a while before giving a complaining customer the world. Realize that the retail employees are just that, and not apple clones, and that they don't always have to think Apple is the greatest thing since sliced bread,",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45398,apple,none," Apr 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The pros and cons of Apple retail,Surrounded by some of the most overqualified and fun people from very diverse backgrounds. Your team truly is your family away from home.,Ability to move up or to receive help from management to grow with the company is sorely lacking.,Better compensation for the level of education and qualifications each individual brings to the Apple experience.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45399,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Apr 22, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,Excellent place to work. Great work life balance!,Unlimited advancement opportunities are limitless,Advancement opportunities are up to you,Best management support of any employer,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P878.htm
45400,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Awesome.,"Flexible hours. Very friendly management. I came in with almost 0 experience, and my manager has trained me for a good week, until I became good at my work.","A lot of confidentiality, but not real cones. I love Apple! its a great place to be in !.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45401,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 21, 2013",Former Employee - Global Supply Manager,Great for learning not good for work life balance and career development,"Great experience, accelerated learning. You will learn a ton in a short period of time. A lot of hands on experience on real products.","No time for family, intense continuous & unnecessary pressure, no career development. If you consider yourself a work alcoholic then you are going to really enjoy working in Operations.",Hire more and spread the work on more head counts,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45402,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," May 3, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Fixing iphones. All day, every day.",The people you work with here will be friends for life. Apple has a lot of really nice people.,The customers. It is your fault. Their iPhone is broken and they must make this very clear to you.,None. They work pretty hard.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45403,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 19, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Best Employer I've Had So Far.,"Great training, excellent benefits, fun environment, interesting coworkers","Poor communication, and training is impossible off-the-clock, unclear pathway to advancement or moving from Retail to Corporate.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45404,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,Maybe not as great as you'd think.,-Tuition reimbursement up to ~$5000/year -Great benefits -Reimbursement of some adoption expenses -Employee stock purchase program -discounts on most Apple products,"-somewhat hard to grow within the company -I was treated like I was totally dispensable since so many people want to work for Apple -customer service can really suck -poor compensation compared to other companies, considering education and experience",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45405,apple,none," Apr 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great but not what it seems,It's exciting to work for a company on the forefront of technology. Leadership is always upbeat,"They seldom promote from within. I've seen full time sales people, genius, and especially managers mostly come from outside the company. The company blows at promoting from within. Whatever you're hired as is where you'll remain",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45406,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Mar 28, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"As a specialist in the retail store, learned a lot about Apple Computers and met some great people.","Great technology. Fun working environment. Great way to see the inside thinking behind one of the greatest retail stores. Meet amazing people (both customers and co-workers). Management is fair, and always willing to work with you. If the store is busy, management will often allow you to extend your shift if you're willing to do so.","I never really felt management was encouraging towards employees regarding promotions. Often, it is difficult to find time to use the online training tools or shadow another position because the stores are always so busy, managers can't afford to have you off of the sales floor. You will almost always work all major holidays and product release days.","Many of the employees who work in the retail stores are incredibly smart. More often than not, the employees are doing work that they are extremely overqualified to perform. Seek those employees out and help them gain their full potential.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45407,apple,"Garden City, NY"," Apr 15, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great store to work at, albeit very busy, management could be better.","Benefits such as health, dental, and vision insurance. WageWorks commuter card, bike subsidies, numerous third party product discounts, and of course Apple product discounts as well.  An amazing team of talented and friendly employees who are amazing to work with.  Open communication is always encouraged and management is usually willing to listen to complaints and suggestions from employees.","Management is often times clumsy in their duties. Schedules do not get completed on time, vacations or time off can easily get rejected, managers are not always there when you need them. They are constantly changing role as to their responsibilities and the teams they manage. Most managers are not promoted internally, but rather recruited from other stores.","Give us the hours we ask for. Give those employees asking for full-time, full-time positions. Hire more people to make up for the number of employees who leave and stop being stingy with overtime. I know this is handed down from corporate, but you have to talk back because corporate ca'nt see what's going on in the store, management can.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45408,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Apr 15, 2013",Current Employee - Trainer,"Amazing, a company that promotes the best work.","Great Benefits all around, good pay and ability to grow in your career.",Secrecy can be inhibitive but doesn't generally keep you from doing the work you need to do.,Value your employees and they'll return the value in their work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45409,apple,none," Apr 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent working place,Professional environment and professional management style,Living cost in Bay Area,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P879.htm
45410,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Taught me so much, but was discarded like a piece of trash at the end.",Amazing People Good Training Great Benefits Its Like Bootcamp for real corporate america,Management is useless and has no mind of their own. they follow a script that apple corporate tells them to read!,"Grow some back bone, stop being afraid of losing your jobs. Protect your employess. Bring apple back to a community. Not a shark tank!",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45411,apple,none," Apr 29, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),A wonderfully intense creative place to work.,The people you work with will be the most interesting people in the world. Apple products are incredible. The benefits are very good for a retail store. You WILL spend your first year paychecks on Apple products...at a discount.,The schedule you will HAVE to keep is the worst and the pay is not that great. Not that great since Steve died. Way too much management that the company does not need. Tim Cook is not someone to look up to.,Lighten up! Quit micromanaging. Become a human again!,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45412,apple,none," Apr 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow but not if you have a family and enjoy seeing them.,Great culture and working environment. Opportunities for growth. Great example of how to use technology efficiently and effectively.,Not many. Hours were incredibly long though. Pay did not match experience or performance.,Keep having fun!,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45413,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 29, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Not worth the pay,Management and co workers are amazing individuals to work with,Income and growth opportunities are non existent,Appreciate your employees!,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45414,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 15, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,It was ok,-Job Stability -Open communication -Engaged workforce -Opportunity for advancement -Decent benefits -Cherish individuality -Relaxed atmosphere,"-Because of company growth, large locations can make you feel like a number -Pay is not adjusted for local cost of living",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45415,apple,none," Apr 11, 2013",Current Employee - Project Engineer,Incredibly energetic,"Throughly enjoy working with such smart people, especially for a company that's always on the cutting edge of technology. Working for a company that so many people aspire is inspirational. There benefits are outstanding and will probably not find another company that comes close to covering my family like Apple.","Many managers do not allow you room to grow. Very process driven, without room to understand different prospectives. The company overall monitors finances with a very critical eye.","Don't be so eager to high from outside the company, for internal employees enjoy getting moved around sometimes.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45416,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 10, 2013",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Great company, very big bureaucratically, amazing team",Teams work together Fantastic benefits Great commute options Fun environment Young culture Opportunities to move up Very positive about positive work environment Great food,Food is not free it is a very large company and sometimes it feels like it takes a million sign offs to get anything done sometimes will have to present to senior management many times before anything gets traction sometimes expected to work longer hours but can also be flexible if needed,Make quicker decisions or delegate more,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45417,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Apr 22, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"A great Company, bu hard to move up",Great pay not a lot of work great work environment,crazy hours and clopens and too many managers,the fewer the better,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45418,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 28, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Being a manager can be like working in a mad house,"Very smart people, 95% of them super dedicated to the company. Amazing products that the world loves. Feels great to work someplace where you can be so proud of what you are creating and under such a recognizable brand. People are pushing technologies not for the latest fad but for rational reasons.  I loved, loved, loved working with so many smart engineers who knew their stuff, and who demanded the best from others.  Campus has a great energy, food and other benefits are great.","There are some sociopathic managers at this company who I observed trying to manipulate others just for the pleasure of cruelty. There are some deeply insecure managers holding grudges and trying to get revenge for perceived slights. Honestly, the politics of this place were overwhelming to me. Maybe only 20% of the managers were what I would call ""sick minds"", the rest were honest and sincere, but it was too much for me. I can't play those sorts of games and I had to get out. Sometimes you don't even know that you are playing a game until afterwards.  This is an old company and has a lot of legacy code around. Being innovative often means ignoring glaring problems that have been around for 5 - 10 years. That is kind of painful if you care about quality.  I saw some happy managers and I concluded in the end that it was luck of the draw. If you got thrown into the lion pit you might escape or might get torn to shreds. Some managers never got thrown into the lion pit and were able to do well, so if you are considering working there you may get lucky. No one is going to help you out, though.  Definitely better to be an engineer than a manager at Apple, IMO.","Keep cleaning house.  Tim Cook recently fired one famous sociopath, who was taking credit for others' achievements and attacking others for perceived slights. I never had to work with him directly, but he is a good proxy for others I'd prefer to not name. But it made me very happy to see that Tim Cook is cleaning house a bit. I think Apple will improve by getting rid of the insecure and machiavellian ladder climbers.  Apple is awesome because it is one company. Don't tolerate the silo makers.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45419,apple,none," Apr 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,I've enjoyed working with the type of people that I find in my company here with Apple.,"It can be a bit of a drudge at times, but it gets better.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P880.htm
45420,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 8, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,Amazing work environment. Wonderful people. High pay for retail job. Discount is great. If you get full time the benefits are amazing and the pay gets even better.,"Unbelievable strict attendance policy with no room for error. You will get fired, tons of people do all the time because of basic stuff.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45421,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent pay, no work-life balance","If you were there 5 years ago, you're now rich","If you're there now, you're being overworked and not getting the stock appreciation the old-timers got",Stop working people to exhaustion,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45422,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 2, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple Stores seem to be loosing their sole,Unique environment. some people are very pasionate about the brand and teaching and educating prospective buyers in order for them to get the most out of their devices and ultimately themselves,"Middle management is so concerned about the stores being ""profitable"" they are loosing what made Apple Stores special. Stop hiring employees from the competition (Best Buy), the cultures are not the same.","Be yourselves, dont loose what make Apple Store the envy of all other retail companies",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45423,apple,none," Apr 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company if you get hired into Senior Management,"if you like fast-paced, ever-changing environments this is a great company to work for. Great health benefits, salary is high for retail.","For those coming in to the company with years of work experience, your salary and position level will be cut with the pitch to dream your career path because it can be achieved, even if they position doesn't exist. Extremely political, more like a sorority. Many managers do not have a clue how to manage and develop teams. Senior managers are constantly being degraded by customers and customer reviews determine all.","The company needs Ron Johnson back. It's been a downward spiral since he left. Retail and Corporate are more separate than in sink these last couple of years. Management holds a tough position - half are incompetent, there isn't any stable internal development for talent pipeline, no succession planning and those managers that are great are SLAMMED and overwhelmed with work. Get ready to be mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted every day.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45424,apple,"Washington, DC"," Apr 6, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Retail experience unlike any other.,"Friendly environment No pressure to ""just sell"" (paid hourly) Working with good people Decent pay great experience very rewarding benefits",Very long hours for students not great for part time workers no seasonal working set ups available sometimes early or late hours for students,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45425,apple,"Cork, GA"," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fantastic in most ways.,"Most of the people are friendly, Your employer is nice and treats you with respect and you are sure that they focus mainly on their goals and nothing else.","Sometimes You might be put under pressure when it comes to intense project/work to do at Apple, for your benefit.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45426,apple,"Denver, CO"," Apr 5, 2013",Former Employee - Solutions Consultant,"Fantastic company, a great experience.","Great pay, benefits, work environment. Takes good care of employees, etc. On the job training is continuous and beneficial, and management is active and involved in growing the business. ASC position provides a lot of autonomy to manage virtual teams and networking in the way you find best fits.",None that I ran into.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45427,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Apr 20, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Hard to move up from retail?,Amazing people benefits for part-time (didnt have it before but now they do thanks for Employee Feedback) Good company that listens to employees You will have amazing moments with the customers . Thats for sure,"- to become manager, you have to be a College grad with 3.0 or higher and join the 2year program - from specialist, you have to SELL APPLE CARE like crazy 40% up to become EXpert -From Expert, you can start work on your leadership skills - They hire Managers from Bestbuy and AT&T - Non-commission which is fun but it creates LAZY people - Some business specialists (wear black polo) dont want to sell you phones because they love Macs -carrying cash around is scary - holidays : OMG dont even think about looking up from the EXPRESS TABLE",- Stop hiring managers from Bestbuy . They are idiots - Stop pushing Apple care and One to One. Sometime peopel dont care,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45428,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hands down the best company to work,Have a direct impact on the products that people use everyday. Being able to work with some of the smartest engineers in the world.,Work/Life balance. But I knew that coming to Cupertino was not going to be a cake walk.,Don't change a thing. Right now its working.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45429,apple,"Minnetonka, MN"," Apr 20, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Not for everyone,"Pays well, great coworkers, good benefits, lots of learning","High stress, angry people, very demanding, noisy","about the products, as well as myself. I was a Family Room Specialist, which translates roughly to a ""Genius"" of only the mobile devices. I would take appointments all day and try and repair customer's devices (as well as their attitude about it).  My review is for my position only. I can't speak for people of the other positions. But some things carried over consistently for everyone.  PROS: First of all, it pays well for a retail job. All medical benefits are included, even if you're part-time. That's great because you'll be working with A LOT of people and thus tons of germs.  The team is amazing. I have never worked with such a tight-knit group in my life. You can depend on your coworkers for pretty much anything, and they'll be there for you. Apple hires very intelligent, dependable people with great personalities and it shows. You are almost guaranteed to make life-long friends there.  Management is decent and does try to care about your stress level, mental health, and work/life balance as much as possible. They can't take a ton of interest in you considering they have over 100 employees at any one store, but they try very hard to get to know you and talk with you about your goals.  You'll learn a ton about the products. Training is a couple weeks long and you'll never stop learning little bits and pieces. The workers are very smart and you will always learn something from someone during the day.  CONS  The customers. Not all are bad. Most are neutral, but for the most part, you WILL be the brunt of everyone's bad day, bad attitude, or bad personality. You will learn very quickly that customers are complete a**holes who are entitled to everything. There are good ones out there who actually treat you like a human being, but it is very rare. For the most part, you are dealing with people who are already frustrated with their devices and right away you're at a disadvantage with them. You will try your hardest to help them and ease their nerves, but sometimes it gets out of control. I've been sworn at, stormed out on, insulted, and just plain disrespected. I've had customers threaten to shoot themselves in the face because their contacts disappeared. This is no joke. People are very emotional about their phones. It becomes ridiculous. And it gets old REALLY fast. It's draining. You're not a technician, you're a psychologist.  The store is a complete madhouse with noise levels well above normal almost all the time. You will have people at your back consistently and will have to dodge tons of people just to get to the back room. I am claustrophobic and so I did not do well in this environment. The customers even complain that it's ""crazy"" and ""too loud."" You have to raise your voice to even be heard by people standing two feet from you.  There's really no where to go promotion-wise. The stores have only a handful of positions, and none of them are conducive to growth. If you don't want to become a Mac genius or a manager, there's really nowhere to go. It's very dead-end and even those at the top agree with that.  OVERALL  Some people really thrive in that environment and were there for years. I couldn't wait to get out. Most workers are trying to get out too. If you can handle high stress, lots of angry people, and noise, by all means, go for it.",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P881.htm
45430,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 1, 2013",Current Employee - Tech Support,great company with great benefits,this place has decent pay and they have great benefits. no 90 day waiting period. can get benefits with as little at 20 hours/week work. stock options are a plus. overall a nice place to work,information on how to move up in the company and pay are impossible to find out. There is no discussion anywhere of pay scale so it makes it difficult to plan ahead or know if you will make the salary you want to obtain your goals,more transparency,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45431,apple,none," Apr 4, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good fun place to work loved it,Fun company a lot of cool perks,"None loved working here, contract position that ended and I tried reapplying to the store after that position and have had no success",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45432,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 31, 2013",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,"Work From Home - College Program, CPU T1","You get to work in pajamas, be awesome, you don't have to drive anywhere, people are usually polite when calling Apple customer service. Your co-workers are generally awesome and you have an open chat room to ask questions.","The pay is lower than on-site customer service, you are only guaranteed employment for 1 year at a time, and only when you are in college. They may or may not offer you another year or a job after college, depending on your performance.","Understand that people have different personalities and that someone can provide great customer service without a bubbly personality. Look at their CSAT and if it is good, leave them alone about their tone.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45433,apple,"Temecula, CA"," Apr 1, 2013",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Best Company Ever!,great company reputation flexible schedules friendly staff competitive pay,compétitive environment inconsistent schedule hectic holidays,keep being the best managers you can be and get to know all your employees the more you know them the better you will thrive.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45434,apple,none," Apr 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,"Benefits are spectacular. Health, dental, vision, transportation reimbursement, education reimbursement, and even fitness reimbursement.",Pay is not where it could be based on experience.,"certain role transitions do not adjust to a higher pay increase and are considered ""lateral""",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45435,apple,"North Charleston, SC"," Mar 21, 2013",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Overall Good Place To work,The benefits are great to have even when you work part time hours.The employee environment has been very friendly. Get to use a company iMac at home as well.,"The schedule can become full time if volume gets very busy. Your schedule is based on performance. There is little accommodation for school schedule, which means online school is the only viable option.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45436,apple,none," Apr 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much work for not enough pay,Apple Hardware Discount Good Benefits Reduced Priced Software,Horrible Boss Limited Capabilities Restricting Bureaucracy,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45437,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 23, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great place to work with some opportunities to be called the PERFECT job!,An amazing place to work. People really care about doing the right thing for the customer and the long term of the company.,"Apple expects you to be an expert in your functional area, which is not bad for those who want to be a functional expert in a great place. Not good if you want to explore opportunities beyond your own role and also can be hard to grow inside the same function.","Step outside the bubble, see the market out there, respect the competitors, listen to advice.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45438,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - Production Designer,Not what I expected.,"People are impressed when they hear you work at Apple. Apple encourages learning, classes are offered to learn new software. They have some really fun events and guest speakers. Cupertino is a pleasant town if you are tired of the crowds and cold weather of San Francisco.",Work space is very crowded. Everyone in my group works in one open room. Very political work environment. Some groups burn out employees quickly and have low job retention. There is often no notice if you have to stay late.,"Treat everyone in organization better, not just upper management, and you would have higher employee satisfaction and retention.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45439,apple,"Ardmore, PA"," May 2, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,It is a cult,Exciting and fast-paced work environment that will challenge employees to think of solutions on their own. Self-starters will be rewarded. Fair compensation for a retail job.,"The C-Level management of the retail operations seems to ignore the fact that Apple is a technology company first and a retail operator second. They are focused on making buying or repairing an iPhone or iPad similar to buying a sweater at The Gap. In fact, they hire so many managers from Gap retail that the employees have coined the term ""Gapple."" It's a sad sign that this refers to Gap-Apple employees, and not Google-Apple employees. This should give you an idea of the direction that this company is headed in. This being said, you will be treated like a disposable resource, and there are always 10 naive teenagers salivating to get your job as a retail employee. Don't waste more than 6 months working here, if you haven't been promoted to Senior Manager by then you probably never will be.","Your retail stores are your leading interaction point between the company and the public. If you don't start treating your retail employees like an essential part of the organization, and don't start treating each customer like a long-term problem in search of a short-term solution, Apple will end up back where it was when Steve Jobs had to be called back in to save it.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P882.htm
45440,apple,none," Mar 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company hands down,Great corporate culture within the company,I really have no complaints about the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45441,apple,none," Apr 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All work and no play,Your friends will have high regard for you,"No social life, No peace of mind","There are lots of disparities between hardware and software teams. Software teams are looked after better and are offered lots of perks. Hardware teams dont enjoy the work, everyone's in for the money.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45442,apple,"Yukon, OK"," Apr 11, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great Company to work for,Cares about their employees and values,None that I could speak of,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45443,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 25, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,You will get tons of experience!,So much to learn from what you'll be doing. I've had so many life and career experiences that I wouldn't give up for anything! Amazing health benefits and the people you work with WILL be awesome!,"Tons of traffic our little store usually sees 1000 people a day. I personally would help 20-40 people a day. And if I am the ""concierge"" position that day you can double or even tripple that number. Because I am technician most those people are unhappy so that brings your mood down. The shifts make it really hard to have a good work/life balance so I wouldn't recommend someone with children to work at Apple retail. Over all though it really is great!",Figure out that you NEED more stores!!!! Our customers tell us every day that we need more stores!,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45444,apple,none," Apr 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,An exciting time to be part of a growing company.,"Lack of clarity, too many chiefs, not enough Indians.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45445,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Concerned about the direction Apple is headed in.,Work from home opportunities and some schedule choice provide some flexibility. Apple is best company I have worked for overall in terms of technology and support apparatus.,"Apple seems to be losing some of the qualities of what made it great. First, the pay does not measure up to the work. I came in 2010 and felt like I was a few years too late as Apple became hugely popular with release of new iPhone and the iPad some of the magic and personality seems to have left. Also the loss of Jobs may be a major underlying factor.","I'm surprised by the overall corporate feel of things. I previously worked for an insurance company and I feel like I'm doing a similar job, the one perk is that I am at home. I read an article today regarding the perks at Google and I was jealous considering we're a more profitable company.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45446,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great work place,Pursuading the innovation in every areas Requiring close collaboration with cross functional teams,Hard to control work and life balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45447,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 3, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Great company, lots of politics",- Compensation - Great product - Enhances resume,- No life balance - Lots of internal politics - Functions are very narrow focused - Growth opportunities are inexistent,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45448,apple,"Reston, VA"," Mar 27, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great place to work for,Room for growth and development. Apple wants their employees to be knowledgeable,"Be real it is retail, the hours are not always the best and people can be rude sometimes.",Keep doing what you are doing and best wishes,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45449,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 27, 2013",Current Employee - Ios,Love my job!,"Move up quickly, recognized for good performance, fun contests, lots of overtime, room for growth, great pay, great benefits...  I've been with the company for 7 months and have already received a promotion due to my performance!","The only con is when we don't find out about a product launch until less than a week before it comes out and they change our schedules. I'm full time now, so I don't have to worry about that. It was really the only downfall.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P883.htm
45450,apple,none," Mar 27, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Great benefits Flexibility for student schedules Ability to work from home Treated with respect Opportunity to work as an individual but operate as a team as well,Unfortunately a requirement of the At Home Advisor position is the you have to work at least an 8 hour shift on either Saturday or Sunday.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45451,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Apple Retail Sets the bar at Apple,"It's a fun place to work, the culture is entrepreneurial and everyone has a sense of mission. I definitely enjoyed working in retail versus the other division e.g. Apple Online and Apple Enterprise.","Politics at the center many times limits the speed of implementation and change. There's way to may ""career employees"" that coast and milk their tenure at Apple.",Try building more startups within Apple like what Cypress Semiconductor did. This will allow Apple to continue to innovate and still be a big company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45452,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 5, 2013",Current Employee - Store Manager,"Lots to learn, but often overwhelming","Great benefits, good pay, and the people tend to be engaging and dynamic.","Long hours, managers never get to take the 15 minute breaks that the associates get, often the pace and workload is overwhelming. Very few development or training opportunities for the managers. Customer expectations of getting free replacements becomes exhausting.",Give some additional support and training to the leadership teams in the stores.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45453,apple,"Danbury, CT"," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Don't Trip,"The pay for retail is phenomenal. Great discounts, free software. Health care for full and part time, other wellness incentives, education reimbursement, good training.","Mostly the management that is hired externally. They don't understand the culture that was put in place and when you say anything it's ""just retail"", which is funny, because the first slide in the hiring event says ""Apple: More than Just Retail""",Start learning the culture. It's unacceptable that the managers are not certified to do the jobs of the employees they are supposed to be managing!,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45454,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 29, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Design Engineer,"Fantastic compensation, high-stress environment",Co-workers are smart and the best at what they do Impact of products is huge Everything you work on typically ships out to customer Highest compensation in the industry for HW workers,"Always-on work climate - emails are answered within minutes, even on vacations/weekends Not child-rearing-friendly Inflexible working hours - few in HW ever work from home Can't have a 'public persona' or represent Apple at conferences. No credit outside the company for work you do.",Increase workplace flexibility Most-hours-works shouldn't matter as much as impact made,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45455,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 13, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great people, great work environment, lots of training opportunities. Great place to train sales technique. Very well prepare training program. Strongly recommended for students and part time work.","Very small chance to move from store front to corporate. Promotion opportunities are limited within the store. Unless one wants to become a store manager, chance are rare to be part of the corporate branch",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45456,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 15, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service,best company to work for--ever,"great environment full of smart, creative, dedicated people","sometimes long hours because of product launches, but thats the best part of apple!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45457,apple,none," Mar 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Easy job, great culture",Very easy Great benefits Great pay (for retail),No room for growth other than in retail,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45458,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 5, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It's a retail job.,The people I work with. Love the product.,"Terrible management. Our ""market"" needs attention and managers need to go. Hire ""leaders"" instead. The bad communication between staff ad current management makes a job that once seemed magical, monotonous and too much like Best Buy.",Get new store management. Promote from within. Listen to staff. Get back to core values.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45459,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 21, 2013",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,"Generally good, but there's need of good leadership training","Fantastic facilities, top notch in terms of good working environment and the culture of the company embraces people of all types.","Like many corporations, Apple Retail makes the mistake of confusing Management with Leadership. Employees who have no business being placed in a leadership roll are often promoted because they are good employees and have to learn how to lead in the store the hard way, sometimes creating difficulty for the teams they are supposed to be leading.","If it hasn't been done already, the ""leadership"" and ""team-building"" training that was in place as of May 2011 needs to be done away with and a real leadership training system needs to be implemented. The ""training program"" that was in use at the time was complex, confusing, and made many assumptions about the person going through the training that weren't true for all people.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P884.htm
45460,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"If you want to do well, expect a sweatshop experience and sweatshop rewards","- Get to work with bleeding tech - Week off thanksgiving/xmas - Youthful environment, with bright minds - Good RSU package","- Poor managers, they view subordinate personal career goals as their attempt to ""climb the corporate ladder"" and its heavily frowned upon at the group I've been in and neighboring groups I've interacted with. - Below average base salary for the bay area. - Poor teamwork, its all about competing against other engineers through a self manufactured obstacle called ""confidentiality"". You only get to see what you are meant to see. Sometimes you want to look at the big picture to help you do your work, too bad. Sometimes you want to interact with key developers to see their design process, too bad. - Projects cancelled left and right. I feel as some are fake projects used to weed out leakers. - Expect to work 50+ hours a week to get anywhere. Apple doesn't see that overworking produces less quality code. They say if you don't spend atleast 50 hours a week you're not being a team player. - Extremely low morale environment - 0 concept of what is good software, some of these people never had to be a software janitor, they fail to see the repercussions of their code and don't write quality code. - Get ready to face high ego developers who still think Apple is the best thing since sliced bread. Its their first job, expect them to not have a down to earth view.","Stop treating software as a second class citizen. Listen to your employees. Get real managers, rather than these individual contributors who lost their minds working to get where they were. Allow more flexible vacation time.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45461,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 12, 2013",Former Employee - AppleCare Manager,"Great at first, but the culture took a nose dive over the years","- At least when I first started, the culture was amazing. Creativity was valued and prized. You were taught interesting things, and given projects that tickled your brain if you were interested. - The people were, and still are, some of the most amazing people you'll ever work with. - The managers who are good are absolutely brilliant, amazing, and inspiring. You'll want to jump off a cliff for them. - The onsite benefits are pretty rocking. Cafeteria, very nice gym, lovely campus, onsite Toastmasters group (at least while I was there), various employee organizations and clubs, etc. - There's a lot of growth, so if you can play the politics game, you have a bright future ahead of you","As I continued on in my career at Apple, the company grew up and became more corporate. What does that mean? Fewer people got promoted from within (preferring instead to get people form the outside, people with MBAs, etc.) - As good as the benefits are, there were some serious lacks (example: No paternity leave, no paid leave for adoption, no sabbaticals, etc.) - Very few managers (and certainly almost no upper managers) care about the customer. They care about the number, but not about the actual customer. - The pay is okay at best. They brag that they're solidly average. This seems counterintuitive for one of the richest companies in the world. Value your human capital. - You do have to play politics. Which often translates to keeping your mouth shut. Anger the wrong person and you may as well quit because your career there is over. - A lot of the skills they teach aren't transferrable. Instead of certifying people in recognized brands (PMP, ASTD, etc.), they prefer to do their own certifications in house, which don't mean anything anywhere else.","There's a certain amount of brainwashing that you start to believe as an Apple employee. Namely, that because you work at Apple, there is no other company anywhere that is possibly even a tenth as awesome and hip and reliable as Apple - if you ever have the audacity to leave, every job for the rest of your career will be worse. It isn't true, but this attitude prevents Apple from caring as much about their employees as they could (and should). True, the benefits are great, but the culture definitely suffered in the time I was there. A few things I would look at:  - Rethink how you want the culture to be. Do you want people to have the freedom and creativity to make things better for coworkers and the customer, or do you want them to say ""Yes Sir"" to the Powers that Be, sit down, and be quiet? - Invest in employees, both in terms of their professional and personal development - Take a hard look at the managers that you hear are terrible. If a manager has a reputation for being awful, you should probably work on managing them out, not just proving them around to different teams. This isn't the Catholic church. - If you see a drastic change in peoples' behavior, try asking them what's wrong, rather than assuming that they've suddenly become bad employees. - Value your top performers. Keep them challenged. The fastest way to make a top performer your worst performer is to let them get bored.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45462,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 20, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Engineer,Senior Engineer,Good place to work and they take care of you.,"Working hard and late, but that's the nature of business.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45463,apple,none," Mar 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun to work at retail but hard to move up.,"Ok benefits, fun environment, lenient scheduling.",Very difficult to move up. Can become very repetitive and boring for many.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45464,apple,none," Mar 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job,Interview Details – Phone Interview followed by in person interview on one day. Meet with three different people and one video conference.,"A few days later I was asked to visit for an on-site interview of 3 hours, 6 interviews. Each was a one-on-one setting, and half were with analysts or senior analysts the other were with managers or directors (one with HR). The majority of each interview we spent discussing my thesis",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45465,apple,none," Mar 19, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great atmosphere to work, awesomely diverse people and loved selling their product.","It was a second job and I always said ""If I have to have a second job, I am really glad this is the job""...",Communications were a bit of a challenge on occasion due to the limited number of hours I was working (16 hours).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45466,apple,"Madison, WI"," Mar 19, 2013",Former Employee - Genius Administrative,awesome,Favorite job ever. Loved the atmosphere and you were set up for success. Learned so much about sales and the field.,Pay is not great. Work is satisfying and you really can set your own pace. Love the amount of opportunities.,Pay is just not there. These are professionals that are working crazy hours. Compensation would make retention easier. Everyone gets recruited.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45467,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 3, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Specialist,"Some of the best people I have worked with. Talented, creative, and just a joy to be around (not including management). Had they not been there, I would not have stayed for as long as I did.","At first, management was welcoming, made everyone feel at home and would support your decision with a customer regardless of who they were. Then, a new shift in management came through and were micro-managing to a ridiculous degree. Also, they were unsupportive of the workers unless you were considered a ""favorite"" by which I mean, you had to think like them.  Also, be prepared for some grueling conversations with customers, most likely getting sworn at, and learning to get a backbone if you don't already have one.  Expect no vacation time, unless you ask for it in the summer. You run by their schedule and only their schedule. I was not able to visit family for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Spring Break.","Get to know the people you work with. Respect them and they will respect you. Micromanaging is not the only way to get people to do what you want. There are many other ways to lead a group of people. Also, back up your team. If you don't, how can you be a leader?",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45468,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 5, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Apple helped me become a better engineer, and I helped Apple change he world","Get to work on amazing new stuff that actually ships. Tens of millions of people run my code every day in their iPhone, iPad or Mac. Worked with and learned from the best people in the industry. Tons of mutual respect for all fellow employees. Confidence: you are at Apple.. If it can be done, then we can do it.",Some teams are better than others. Some managers would be better engineers. It's hard to live up to the reputation of Apple.,"Your employees love working for you, just please make sure you aggressively fight political situations and poor management and trust in your engineers to do what it takes to make awesome stuff. Also: a profound thank you for many awesome years. I never felt like I was wasting my time.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45469,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Mar 19, 2013",Former Employee - Retail Sales Specialist,Fantastic Company!,The people that work at Apple. The customers who come to Apple stores. Always in need of people. Very rarely is there a dull moment. Great discounts. Great benefits.,Lots of odd schedules Sometimes advancement becomes too political. Not good for those who have a family. Stress level is high and doesn't match compensation.,"Look beyond the stereotypes for certain positions. Don't allow personal bias to cloud your judgement on choosing people for advancement. Sometimes your best employees are right in front of you. Don't let the best get away. Don't forget about ""Our soul is our people.""",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P885.htm
45470,apple,none," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Superb company,"Great culture, fast paced, thrives on feedback & implements positive change",growth potential limited to a few corporate centers,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45471,apple,none," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Greate facility and health benifits,Poor schedule and low pay for work we do,Look to develop experienced staff into new roles look for people who are planning to stay.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45472,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun. Fast-Paced. Low pay,Got to be a part of some of the most iconic launches of this generation. Worked with an extremely talented group of people. Got to help a lot of people.,Pay could be a lot better. Review system could use some improvement.,Assume positive intent.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45473,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 15, 2013",Former Employee - Project Manager,IS&T (IT department) Simply Terrible Place,OK discounts on products and winter holiday shutdown period adds to your vacation days.,"This review is for IS&T (IT) department.  99% are Indian H1B visa contractors so practically there is no diversity. There is bad communication skills, heavy accent (very hard to understand email and verbal communication) and bad manners. Contractors tend to stick together so you have to watch your back. Vendors are not very technically savvy and mediocre and/or below-average developers/consultants. However, there are few exceptions. At times they speak Hindi (during meetings) so you might as well learn the language to fit in. Apple claims to hire the best of the best but it looks the opposite.  Middle management does not have necessary skills to manage and in many occasions does not have proper training to manage people/projects.  Terrible work environment and culture. Office space is very bad - crowded, noisy, bad air flow.",Hire more permanent employees with CS background and change your permanent/consultant model.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45474,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple Family Room Specialist,-Great flexibility for work schedule if your going to school or need specific days off -discount -don't have to wait in line for tech support,"overworked, mental stress, rude customers, low management involvement",get in the trenches with us.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45475,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 17, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,A culture to be proud of,"Smart people, management that cares","People constantly asking for help about a product, very competitive",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45476,apple,none," Mar 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Fun for your first job out of college,No career unless interested in a career in retail,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45477,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 28, 2013",Current Employee - AHA Team Manager,Still In Love after all these Years,"Great benefits (money, health, free stuff, Apple discounts) Wonderful people, almost every employee can tell you why they joined and why they stay, we are working towards a greater purpose. As Steve stated ""I want to put a ding in the universe."" Tim's the same way socially responsible, innovative, and a wonderful captain for this ship! Great flexibility and drive for excellence, Apple culture is like nothing else you add driven people to wonderful ideas and you get at all levels a drive for excellence. Again as Steve stated we all need to ""be the yardstick of quality."" We make products that change the world and the individual's quality of life, who else can really say that?","Scalability issues, minor just seem to be behind the curve sometimes reactive instead of proactive. Infrastructure issues, we have a opportunity as we grow to rebuild the internal infrastructure, that we don't always seem to take. Normal cooperate stuff (minus the soul sucking) there are politics, misconceptions, skewed messages just like every other company, even Apple can't solve for the human design.","Invest, we have the money. Take the same usability and elegance we apply to Customer facing products and give our internal tools a good shine.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45478,apple,none," Mar 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A fun, creative place to work!","Awesome people, fun environment, and the latest technology","It's retail, so sometimes customers can be a little rude.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45479,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Work hard and ship great products,Being part of the great products that Apple makes,Doesn't care about the people.,"Need to figure out how to make people happy, not just work long hours.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P886.htm
45480,apple,none," Mar 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest co-workers you could find.,"The people they hire are the most talented, fun, overachievers you can find. There's no surprise being hired by Apple looks good on a resume. Their focus on hiring based on personality and then training may be their greatest success.","While they push customer service and employees aren't commission based, they are still rated on numerical scales. Most people leave the company yearning for a 9 to 5 job with consistent hours or because they could not grow amongst the heavy competition.",Value employees by paying more or hiring from within before hiring fifteen employees from outside the company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45481,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Mar 14, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, amazing products",If you love the products then there's no better place to work. Very good benefits. It can be a fun diverse place to work. Career opportunities as long as you put your time in and do your job well.,"It's a big company and sometimes the little guys get lost in the shuffle. Lots of non-Apple people working at the company now, so the Apple culture is being diluted by ""beige box"" mentality. Many career opportunities require relocation to Cupertino.","Listen to your employees. When they reach out to tell you that they're getting burned out or need a change, even a temporary one, do something about it before it's too late. Also, when you tell an employee that you're going to do something to help, then do it. Focus more on employee development.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45482,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Mar 16, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"You get emotional realizing you, on behalf of Apple, enrich people's lives",- amazing work place - leadership listens to employees ' ideas - the job will change your personality ( in a very very good way ),"- a lot of shady customers who Do damaging things - angry customers yell at you - don't count on a 9to5 schedule ( its retail , don't complain )",- give a 1year probation for new employees -2% acceptance rate is awesome . It makes me feel proud of myself but there are ppl who I think arent qualified enough,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45483,apple,none," Mar 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail develops skills and character,Surrounded by a creative and open environment. The training program develops an individuals ability to face unknown circumstances in stressful situations as well as how to address other peoples (customers) concerns. A very good experience.,Moving forward did not seem to happen to those who deserved it. There were good employees that were more than qualified for a higher position who were not chosen over someone less skilled. This was a store specific experience and I don't believe this is a company issue.,Be clear in your expectations and stay true to them because a loyal employee is a happy employee.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45484,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 11, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Genius,In whole there is a fan atmosphere.,It provides Geniuses and Creatives a great opportunity to learn everything Apple.,Retail is still retail. There can be a lot of drama with managers and other employees.,I would treat everyone in the store equally.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45485,apple,"Gilbert, AZ"," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great learning experience,"No pressure sales environment, selling a quality products that people want.",It is corporate retail chain. They do go through periods where they will reduce staff in favor of new lower paid staff.,Hire managers with at least some knowledge of technology. Just because a person managed a clothing store does not mean that they can manage a technology store.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45486,apple,none," Mar 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical project manager,"Great place to work, smart people, money isn't an issue when it comes to the 'right' choice",treat contractors much like Cisco of old.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45487,apple,none," Mar 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great degree of respect for you and your work.,Professional and sophisticated atmosphere. Chance to work on cutting edge products. Ability to work with best in the field. Great facilities and benefits. Amazing cafeteria food that is healthy and tasty.,"Work can be demanding. Not all offices are on main campus. Working with very smart people can be intimidating. Bad location for young people, far away from the city.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45488,apple,none," Mar 8, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Retail Experience,"Managers actually care about creating a great work environment. Co-workers tend to be interesting, intelligent people. Also you get to work with the greatest consumer electronics products on the planet.","Workers are qualified to do great things and should be compensated as such. Sometimes working with the general public can be stressful, but this is probably true with any job.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45489,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 18, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,"Great company to work for, work culture is laid back",You mostly work with the most talented and smartest people in Silicon Valley,Upper management does not provide enough resources to keep teams motivated,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P887.htm
45490,apple,"Holyoke, MA"," Mar 22, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Part Time Job But Has No Future,"Fun environment, challenging, engaging, enthusiastic--a great group are attracted to work there",There is barely any upward mobility. Most management is hired from outside.,If you want to retain employees give them a path to move into management tracks,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45491,apple,none," Mar 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool,Really great place to work for those who want to work in retail. Fairly easy to move up if you apply yourself.,I dont have any right now.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45492,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Its all about the experiences,You will learn so much from working for Apple. They will give you free training that you can apply to any job you might ever get in the future.  The People you work with are awesome. I work in a store of over 100 people and I can honestly say I like 98% of them! Its like working with your best friends and having fun at work!,The crowds of people. On average our store see over 1000 people a day. I personally help around 25 a day. Because of the sheer amount of people. It high pace and high stress some days.,Bigger and stand alone stores would be great! Our store is very small for the amount of people we get.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45493,apple,none," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,Great Environment for those who wish to connect with people.,"Committed employees, Superior training. You get to work with cutting edge technology and systems.","Upward mobility can be a challenge. Salaries are good for retail but for level of effort and expertise required, still under compensated.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45494,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,"Positive, but demanding","Great benefits for an entry level, understanding management, and potential for advancement.","Rigid corporate environment, little to no information given on future product information and training on those is spotty.",Be a little more flexible on hours and information.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45495,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Grueling pace but an outstanding experience with a company that treats you better than any other retail company will.,Some of the best benefits available in a retail job.,Still very much a retail environment.,more hugs,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45496,apple,none," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High quality of work, very fast paced","- In general, almost everyone I've worked with is much smarter than an average employee at some other company. - Great beer bashes with awesome free food - Caffe macs, although not free, serves amazing gourmet quality good. The only problem is, I've gained a lot of weight! - Tons of work around...wide exposure to lots of IT systems. I've learned SO much in the past couple of years here and I continue to learn something new everyday. - People love to innovate and find creative solutions to everyday problems, however small. - Nothing but high quality of work is expected - Small teams. So you have a bigger chance to get noticed for your work. The only problem is, everybody is a rock star. - Good opportunities to take job related training - my manager always encourages me to take as many related courses as I want. The difficult part is taking the time out to do this. - Fair performance review process + cash bonus + RSUs.","- People who've done their time at Apple (read: Older employees) seem more laid back compared to the more recent hires/younger blood. This causes bottlenecks in projects which are extremely fast moving and need juggling of multiple priorities at the same time - NO WORK LIFE BALANCE. I regularly work 50-60 hours per week. The sad thing is, the more you work, the more people expect from you and the more you work. If you treat it just like a job, you might stick around, but you'll be passed on when the good projects come in. You need to decide what type of career you want - you can't do 40 hours AND shine at work at the same time. - High burnout rate. I find myself short of patience many times just because there's always too much to do. - Base salary is not that good, but more than compensated for in the form of cash bonus, RSUs, 401k","- Don't let us burn out. Balance the work across the team and don't just burden 1-2 people who are willing to work longer hours. It's not going to work long term if your best employees end up changing teams, or worse, leaving Apple.",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45497,apple,none," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,Apple offers amazing training courses.,Haven't found any problems yet!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45498,apple,"Temecula, CA"," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,It has been a stressful but very rewarding experience.,Apple has great and knowledgeable people that create an environment where you strive to do your best. The employee purchase plan is generous and there are stock options.,It is a very stressful environment where metrics are very important. If you are not performing to expectations then you will be talked to about it.,It would be great if there was a greater chance to move to a corporate position and if there were more corporate positions available throughout the US.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45499,apple,"Denver, CO"," Mar 5, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Mac Specialist @ Apple Retail,Work with some great people selling some of the coolest stuff.,No commission and lower pay then many other sales jobs. High sound level in the retail stores from so many people talking and all hard surfaces reflecting that sound.,Use some sound treatment in the stores.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P888.htm
45500,apple,"Wauwatosa, WI"," Mar 3, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,An amazing grow your own experience,"Trainings , certifications, discounts, network, customer service","Pay, flexibility to move up, work schedule/long weeks,",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45501,apple,"Skokie, IL"," Mar 2, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Fun place to work,Lots of smart people who come from a diverse background.,"Mangers can harass you about your numbers of applecare, one to ones, i.e",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45502,apple,none," Mar 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sometimes good,Apple employee discount when available is nice,Hired manager that was way too young.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45503,apple,"Greenville, NC"," Feb 28, 2013",Current Employee - Campus Representative,This has been an excellent experience.,They are so great to work for and are eager to help in any way they can with any issue.,There are no cons in my opinion.,Great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45504,apple,none," Apr 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big Company Small Wages,"Worked from home, other than that there are no pros.","Took drastic pay cut, training was terrible, supervisors had not a clue. The company boasted record sales and paid employees with years and years of experience like garbage.",None. They would rather make money than listen to ex employees gripe.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45505,apple,none," Feb 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company that truly cares about their employees,"Flexibility, hours, perks, technology, hours, people You will not get a chance to work with so many wonderful people anywhere else.",Not many promotions available... Mostly lateral movement,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45506,apple,"Washington, DC"," Feb 28, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,I loved working here,Great people to work with,some times mundane and boring,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45507,apple,none," Mar 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple employee,"Very known company, looks great on your resume.",Companies leadership has recently ruined the companies overall customer and employee experience.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45508,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 25, 2013",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Listen and solve tech issues with empathy,"Easy working from home, decent pay for a college student, plenty of opportunities for overtime, great holiday pay, great PTO, random presents sent to your house",Expected to deal with calls with only 10 seconds between calls daily. Tier 2 advisors can be rude on top of rude customers.,"Monitor Tier 2 advisors and make sure they are there to help Tier 1, rather than shoot them down for asking for help.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45509,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Feb 23, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Felt like family,"Great company ethics and standards, truly values both employees and customers, amazing culture",job itself is draining in my opinion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P889.htm
45510,apple,none," Feb 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Marketing Manager,Passionate people. Innovative and entrepreneurial culture.,Commute. Lack of upward mobility.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45511,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Feb 27, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Innovative culture and impossible to get fired,"Weirdly positive people, too artsy",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45512,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 27, 2013",Current Employee - IC5,You get to do really cool stuff.,You work with really smart people who are doing things better than almost anyone else in the industry. You gain several years of experience for every year you're there.,"This is a fast paced, highly charged environment. You have to be smart, fast on your feet, and be willing to adapt to change.",Promote more from within.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45513,apple,"Troy, MI"," Mar 13, 2013",Former Employee - BOH Specialist,It is another Retail Job,Great co-workers. Good environment. Made a lot of friends. Pay Decent.,Pay was decent but not enough to live on. Favoritism was definitely shown between management and employees. Management didn't go to bat for you. No opportunities for promotion and if there was really hard to qualify for. People deserving promotion didn't get it and those that did were under-qualified for promotion.,"Listen to your employees. Don't show favoritism it will cause discontent among the other employees. Be consistent with rules and policies. Apply the same to everyone. Fight for your employees, they are working there to improve business and are working hard.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45514,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A fabulous place to work,"low stress level, offices with doors, good pay, everyone says 'wow' when you tell them where you work.",There are no downsides working at Apple. It's a great place to work,Keep on what you are doing.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45515,apple,"Portland, OR"," Feb 24, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,Expert at apple,"Ive had the opportunity to travel many times with apple. pay is good for the work you do, your coworkers are amazing","Tedious work sometimes. It becomes repetitive after a while. and when you see the amount of money you produce, it makes your pay seem meager","Remember that the specialist experts, Family room, and BOH make the stores what they are. Showcase their talents",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45516,apple,none," Feb 26, 2013",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Best Hourly Position I've Ever Had,"Laid back environment Supportive management Awesome coworkers, employees are mostly hired based on personality Fun workplace Food catered in for launches, holidays, and store meetings, occasional 'field trips' Easy to get coverage for time off Plenty of opportunities for personal development Health benefits, stock options, company matched 401k, gym/ transportation subsidies, etc","Often a very busy and hectic work environment, not bad if you thrive under stress Strong temptation to spend all your pay on Apple products Limited opportunities for part time employees",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45517,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 21, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Used to be great culture, downhill the last few years.","Great people, great foundation in the company","Terrible treatment, no help towards achieving goals",Pay better attention to employee needs instead of just customer.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45518,apple,none," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,"Good company, good benefits job sucks",Work from home Good Benefits they really take care of their employees,Salary is not great Supervisors are not great They mircro-manage and harass you about small things you could have a 100% CSAT for surveys by customers about your performance and your manager will find something bad to say about your performance that month The job is very annoying calls back to back you have to baby customers There is no room for growth with the At Home positions I know people who have been agents for years and have masters degrees but aren't supervisors but some joe or tom off the streets with a degree can apply and become a supervisor because they seem to only hire externally for management positions You change schedules every three months which makes it hard to kind of have any work/life balance or take any classes,If you are not going to provide better schedules to employees at least provide a better salary because people are giving up a lot just to work for Apple and are not getting a lot in return.,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45519,apple,"Boston, MA"," Mar 12, 2013",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Not what I'd expected,Great people. People for the most part generally care about customers needs and each other. Great opportunity for a younger person (25 and younger) looking for a career.,"The cool aid is sometimes hard to swallow, even for the most die hard Apple fans. Not a place for someone with a lot of experience unless you are willing to unlearn everything you've learned before.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P890.htm
45520,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Mar 13, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Mac Specialist,I met a lot of neat people who are still friends. I got a great employee discount. I learned the ways of Apple.,The Apple koolaid can be thick to wade through. Retail is cut throat at EVERY level. Such is life.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45521,apple,"Troy, MI"," Mar 13, 2013",Former Employee - BOH Specialist,It is another Retail Job,Great co-workers. Good environment. Made a lot of friends. Pay Decent.,Pay was decent but not enough to live on. Favoritism was definitely shown between management and employees. Management didn't go to bat for you. No opportunities for promotion and if there was really hard to qualify for. People deserving promotion didn't get it and those that did were under-qualified for promotion.,"Listen to your employees. Don't show favoritism it will cause discontent among the other employees. Be consistent with rules and policies. Apply the same to everyone. Fight for your employees, they are working there to improve business and are working hard.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45522,apple,"Pensacola, FL"," Feb 23, 2013",Current Employee - Aha,"Great job, but maybe not a career.","For a part time job there are great benefits, same as if you worked full time.","The only constant is change. Hire on as part time flex, which means during times of need you may work 50-60 hours/week.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45523,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 11, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specilist at an apple store,"Great people working their, great customers coming in and awesome products. You get to play with the latest technologies when they come out.",I'm part-time. It is extremely difficult to go from part-time to full-time. Being part-time you don't get vacation or sick time. The shifts are challenging and you never know more then 3 weeks in advance when you will be working so it is hard to plan future events.,You need to create more full-time jobs.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45524,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Feb 24, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Lots of hard and fast-moving work with interesting people,"Excellent benefits and healthcare coverage, cool and interesting coworkers, good company culture. Real opportunity for advancement if you're driven and interested.",Occasional poor interactions with the public. Can sometimes feel like a cult.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45525,apple,"Skokie, IL"," Feb 27, 2013",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Love the people, was okay with the crowds, despised the rate of pay.","Felt like I was getting paid to befriend and teach some amazing people. I loved the products since the 80s and the environment was electric, exciting and there was a lot of love at my store despite 3 management changes in 4 years.","The richest company in the world made over 50 billion while I worked there and paid poverty. As a part time Specialist working 30+ hours, I was rewarded by qualifying for an earned income tax credit. The quality of the Specialist staff seemed to decrease. HR seemed to be moving away from hiring ""Apple Fanboys/girls"" who brought a wealth of knowledge to the table, to more of an Ex-Gap/Ex-BestBuy who are learning on the fly.","Increase pay for increased quality of workers. This is a job not a Career (w/ a capital ""C""). We want to be able to afford the products AND a family who can live in a comfortable little house. Too much to ask?",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45526,apple,"Orland Park, IL"," Feb 20, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Good foundation,Direct Feedback from supervisors and peers Extremely Fast Paced Retail Opportunity for Growth Discounts on Products Interaction with Customers,Requesting Days off on Weekends Retail Hours Favoritism,You already do a great job of involving your staff but provide more training for specialists as far as technical support. A lot of questions or troubleshooting can be handled right on the floor in less than 2 minutes that do not require the long waits for a genius at the bar.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45527,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 14, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Not what it seems,Very unique and fast paced environment.,"Long hours, low pay, often feels like you're not really making an impact on the real world.",Ultimately inspirational speeches are not as powerful as a raise.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45528,apple,none," Feb 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good part time job,-Decent pay for a part time retail job (you will work hard for it) -Lot's of training opportunities -On average most colleagues are intelligent,-they say you don't have to meet a sales quota but you most definitely do. If you don't you will be let go. This is fine since it is a sales position but know that they will not tell you this. Make sure your numbers are on point!,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45529,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Low pay, high stress, no bonuses.",Engaging work environment with creative-minded peers. Bragging rights. Being forced to embrace change. Health care coverage. Benefits. Free software.,"Apple is run like a startup company, even though those days are far behind them. The pay can be terrible, depending on the store's staffing budget. Be prepared for sales goals with no incentive plan.",Watch out for middle management vying for promotion who start an overlapping series of projects and foist them on unsuspecting sales people in the hopes that upper management will see it and promote them.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P891.htm
45530,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 21, 2013",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,"Great people, interesting views, still a regular corporate company","The people there are amazing and it is really easy to make friends. You find that you fall into a niche somewhere within the store. You never have to work overnight, and there is always a lot of free food","It's still a retail company, and even though they like to lure you in with the ""We're different than other companies, we don't have a lot of levels to go through"" you still have to deal with all the corparate nonsense that goes along with it - Example: I loved working there, was a hard worker and ended up clocking in 1 minute late one day. That added to a couple days I'd taken off earlier in the year ended up with me having to go into review and ultimately being let go.","Don't pretend to be friends. You either are or are not, but you are still a manager and you need to do your job.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45531,apple,"Houston, TX"," Mar 5, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,It was alright,- Mostly easygoing people - They work around your schedule (except for weekends) - Random gifts (though normally on holidays),"- Fake culture - Dog eat dog, people are always throwing you under the bus - Have to be available on weekends",- Practice what you preach,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45532,apple,none," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple has been the single greatest professional experience of my life.,"You will work with the best people. Everywhere I have traveled with this company, I have found that the people are top quality - no matter if its at headquarters in California or a remote store somewhere. The pay on the retail side is very good for retail, and you get to work with some of the coolest products in the world.","Long hours. Oftentimes, overtime is the norm rather than the exception. You rarely get recognized for dedication and commitment. It sometimes feels as though you should be grateful you were let in the door, because, ""This is Apple."" Its not often, but it happens.","Recognize your people. Pay is nice, but an email or something even just saying you noticed how hard someone was working, or that you appreciate something they do can go a whole lot further than you think.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45533,apple,none," Feb 19, 2013",Former Employee - Campus Representative,A flexible position with great benefits!,Mentorship with some of the best individuals in the field,"Not as many hours as I would of liked, but managers usually allow for more",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45534,apple,none," Feb 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great time in a demanding environment,"Different, constantly new material, never boring","Nebulous, contradictory, demanding customers, hectic",Keep Going,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45535,apple,none," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The job responsibilities encompass a wide range of accounting and tax knowledge.,It is a good place to get good overall experience.,A very demanding work place. Management expects a lot from employees.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45536,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 17, 2013",Former Employee - Manufacturing Engineer,Cool Stuff,"Work on the latest products available. Awesome, smart co-workers who know what they are doing. Great enviornment to work in.",There is NO free food at Apple. You'll have to pay to get your food here. Surprised a multi-billion company doesn't want to feed its workers.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45537,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,Clear communication from recruiter about job role and hiring process.,Irrelevant questions as compared to the job profile,streamline the interview process,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45538,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2013",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Professional but not helpful.,"Decent pay, good benefits, fun environment",management will always ask more from you and then will not offer references when you leave or rehire you even after good reviews. basically snotty management who feels you should be loyal to them but they're not inclined to return the favor.,offer references for former employees/rehire former employees who always maintaine above average reviews!,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45539,apple,"Washington, DC"," Feb 15, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"I learned a lot and worked with a lot of motivated, intelligent people","Great people to work with, motivating corporate culture.",Not a lot of room for upward mobility,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P892.htm
45540,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 2, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,a winding road,"challenge, stimulating co-workers, public recognition","pressure, culture of blame, infighting","get back to the common mission, be willing to hear bad news",2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45541,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 27, 2013",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Former iOS/CPU Senior Advisor,A great company that is perceived as prestigious to gather up a ton of experience. The name alone certainly grabs the attention of other I.T. firms quickly and respectfully.,Communication Communication Communication It is all to often that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. Which as a result leaves both customers and employees sharing the same frustrations. It's also an utter embarrassment for the company being the supposed leader in the industry.,"Management is going to have to get out of the bubble and start living in the real world. The advisors need ""in hand"" the very products they are supporting. There are a large number of great advisors there that their intelligence is based on vision. It is urgent that the company start to put those very products in the hands of those that support them. Everything should not have to be based on theory....remember this is the real world. After all Apple can afford it",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45542,apple,"Ridgeland, MS"," Feb 15, 2013",Former Employee - Expert,"Fun, hip and ever evolving place to work",Many opportunities to take on multiple tasks to keep one's self challenged.,Sometimes poor communication and/or consistency between multiple managers.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45543,apple,"Staten Island, NY"," Feb 28, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,life changing and great benefits.,"discounts, benefits, culture, team, hours.","micro managing, warning system, and numbers game",lighten up.,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45544,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Work at Apple as a hardware engineer,Work on the coolest products in the world. Learn a lot of stuff every day.,lots of work. everybody is pushing. travels a lot.,we need better compensation!,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45545,apple,none," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, not so great customers","Great pay, hands on with amazing technology.","Customers can be demanding, impatient, and childish while management looks to hide those negatives with customer service training and support.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45546,apple,none," Feb 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall my experience at Apple was positive, I was inspired daily by my colleagues and team members","Innovation, Collaborative environment, Teamwork, Culture, Values",Narrow focus can feel confining,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45547,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Its Going Okay ..,Work life balance is good.,Quality of work is not so great at times,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45548,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company to work at, but not to stay.",A place for personally development. Awesome technology to work on. Good opportunity to grow your network. Work around some amazing people.,Dedicated employees that are committed to driving business and provide amazing customer interactions are not paid well within the retail stores. Career opportunities are limited within the retail stores. Lack of vision within Market Support and the retail stores leadership.,"Market Support - stopping treating, training, and advising staff in the field like children. Spend more time on the field to truly understand what your training for and advising on. Talk to field staff as adults and equals. Retail Leadership - be more flexible when it comes to work life balance. Support the employee for their best interests and not your own.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45549,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 23, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Apple Retail: Enlightening and grueling,"The company is incredibly customer-focused, providing best-of-breed service and support, and wonderfully made products. Gained a great deal of customer service experience, both as a salesperson and as a technician.","Micromanagement, unforgiving rules, and having to jump through many hoops to go the extra mile for some customers make it unpleasant at best, and incredibly stressful at worst. The need to provide help desk support at a rapid clip under severe time constraints severely limits the ability to provide the level of support Apple is renowned for.","Trust your employees more. It worked for years, and began disappearing around 2005/6. The bottom line is important, and the products and services are valuable, but the pressure to upsell ""attaches"" is incredibly negative, as is the need to provide help desk support to multiple customers at once.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P893.htm
45550,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,OK place,great people smart and capable,"terrible work life balance, no promotion, just lateral",a few kind words to the peons wouldnt hurt now and then,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45551,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Excellent career for someone who is self-motivated and positive!,"- Great People - Great Benefits - Good Pay - Great Culture ( If you ""drink the apple juice"")","- Management style varies from location-to-location, so there are some inconsistencies in the way teams are run. - Career advancement is not as clear-cut as it may be made out to look. You will be successful here if you take charge of your own advancement instead of waiting around to be recognized/promoted.","- You have great people that work for you, listen to our feedback and give us more encouragement!",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45552,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," Feb 20, 2013",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,"Great people, Boring Job","Great company, and Great People Good opportunity for the right person Get to work from home Great Benefits",Same 8 problems every single day Can be stressful when a new update comes out Older employees can be belittling at times,Doing great,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45553,apple,"Denver, CO"," Feb 4, 2013",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,An innovative and fun company to work for.,"Wether you are a technophile, Art/design admirer or just love your iPhone, Apple is an amazing place to work. They have a great medical, 401K, stock benefits program and employee discount. You will always be on the cutting edge of technology.","On the retail or corporate side, there are really no cons. This posting is in regards to the ASC(Apple Solutions Consultant) positions within Apple. The ASC position is a melding between the corporate and retail sides of Apple. You work with third party vendors such as Best Buy to increase Apple revenue at these locations. The position is challenging, with a rough schedule but the compensation can be fair to really good. It is however one of the only positions within Apple without a career path. Sadly it is a position that needs a career path. A great job for someone in their 20's.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45554,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Feb 20, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Not what it used to be,"Great products, things I'm proud to own and recommend to other people.",Big brother Kronos watching. Clock in 1 minute late at the beginning of your shift or coming back from lunch and you get a automatic point. Leave early with permission and the machine gives you another one. People as so afraid of getting points that they come to work sick and infect everyone else.,"Please treat us as adults who have something to offer the store and it's customers. Return to hiring a wide range of types and ages of people. Stop hiring 20-27 year old boys who all are the same, they don't reflect the customer base coming into the store",3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45555,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Feb 5, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Good part time job to college students.,Really cool and creative coworkers.,Dealing with the public. Having customers coming in already mad and trying to calm them down while being nice.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45556,apple,"Clinton Township, MI"," Feb 17, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,"Decent company, poor pay depending on who you are.","Great products, great products, great products.",Poor pay if they feel they can get away with paying you less than everyone else.,If you heap praise on an employee and constantly tell them how great they are- PAY THEM to show this gratitude. Nice words don't pay the bills.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45557,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Top Notch 0pportunity, if you're willing to give it your all...",Able to regularly get products out the door that hundreds of millions of people use everyday.,Gotta hustle to keep up... things can move at a lighting pace as tight deadlines loom.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45558,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 5, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service,"It's Apple, of course it's awesome!",Laid back atmosphere Individualistic Value your innovation/input,"Advancement sometimes seems unfair based on previous skills- some people have almost no background in management, but they are in charge","Development plans are good for employees who have bright futures- you find out skill sets you may not have known were there and you can ask a ""hungry"" employee to do more, simply by using their desire to succeed to your advantage.",5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45559,apple,none," Feb 19, 2013",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Good Pay Can Work From Home Nice Benefits and Perks Managers were pretty cool,"Training Is very strict, no room for any error, Very little support throughout training HR attitudes can be horrible They don't seem to value their employees my experience was just a number",Invest more than equipment and gadgets into your employees Hire HR reps who are actually human towards other human beings Rethink how you train and invest in employees as people and not numbers,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P894.htm
45560,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Feb 5, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Apple Genius,"Good teamwork, everyone is like a family.",Can get very competitive when it's time for sales.,Sometimes you need to give the employees a bit of leeway to learn. My particular manager was not very lenient at all and expected too much out of an employee resulting in 2 members leaving.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45561,apple,"Albany, NY"," Feb 1, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great experience, horrible salary","Your colleagues are energetic and fun, the work is demanding but fun, and they give you great experience and training","The salary is too low to be able to support yourself without another job, and the hours are incredibly long",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45562,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Work Ethics at Apple is VERY VERY bad,May be somewhere you get a satisfaction of working for big tech company,"-No work/life balance -No recognition -Very poor middle management These comment are about Cupertino office, not about Coxconn, China. We are always working on major releases, we stay in office for more than 24hrs, but no one bother to ask you about food, about you and about your family. This is emotionless company. Very poor middle management with whom we are dealing with. Always very poor project planning.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45563,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 23, 2013",Former Employee - WW Supply/Demand Planner,A great learning opportunity in a well defined but limited role,"Great company culture Great talent Great execution You feel like you can accomplish anything you need to at Apple You get to learn the ""secret sauce"" that makes Apple great","Senior Execs have all been their since the iPod days Career advancement is slow Career development / coaching not institutionalized, so you are at the mercy of your boss","Make career development, training, and coaching a bigger priority",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45564,apple,"Danbury, CT"," Jan 28, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Wonderful job but limited growth opportunities,"Community atmosphere, excellent teamwork, a lot of fun, great stock purchase plan, excellent products","Limited growth potential (both in position and compensation), not cooperative or understanding to employees with families",Identify your best people and give them opportunities to succeed and reward them when they do,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45565,apple,none," Feb 1, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Best company to work for,"Apple is challenging, exciting, fun, and prepares you for any career whether with Apple or not. You will learn life skills not just tech or customer service skills. Great benefits from healthcare to transit subsidy, gym reimbursement, 401k and stock plan.",It's getting really big. It can be hard to be recognized unless you are the absolute cream of the crop. Very hard to get promoted from within. It's also stressful. The demands are high and pay is not equal to the work most of the time.,"Figure out how to offer career level positions from within. Most managers come from the outside these days. Recognize the hard work with rewards - not just monetary or promotion, but recognition. Some form of incentive plan would make sense also.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45566,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Engineer,review,"can use latest apple products for free and can learn new tech. travel condfition is good, business calss and 5 star hotels.","you have to live in a high pressure working enviornment, long time work even in the weekend. no appreciation to your contribution",they have high pressure too and handover pressure to lower employees.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45567,apple,"California, MD"," Jan 30, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Breathtaking,Its Apple...do you need any other reason,"A lot of secrecy, you dont know what you are working on.",Bring Steve Jobs back,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45568,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 29, 2013",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,system engineer,The company pays its employee a lot and you also have lots of extra things other than the regular salary. A great company to work with. Food is awesome!,you are encouraged to work work work and the company keeps you buzy busy and busy forever,this is not a military sector!,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45569,apple,"Rochester, NY"," Feb 10, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Cultish & Self-Serving,"Exceptionally talented and bright employees, excellent resume builder.","High turnover rate (this includes management), lack of strong leadership from a retail level. Perceived favoritism from management. Poor work-life balance and flexibility in scheduling.","Get a better hold of your managers, half of whom don't use/own Apple products, and all of whom seem to spend more time hanging out in the back of the store than setting a positive example for young, impressionable employees.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P895.htm
45570,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work and get experince,exposure to new technologies and future trends,too much work and stress,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45571,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 27, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Product Manager,"Great place to learn, then move on",- Great products and new technology to work with - Learn to leverage Apple's huge supply chain influence to get what you want quickly - Business class travel and 5-star hotels,"- Extremely flat at the top, execs make almost all of the decisions - Promotions are very few - Poor feedback from the management team - 60-80 work week is the norm, not the exception - 2-3x per quarter in China, expected to go to every Engineering built, even if to just sit in the factory ""in-case"" something goes wrong - Organized chaos, everyone does their own thing to get the job done. No structure - Salary/benefits are below market average, and yearly compensation is getting worse every year I've been here",Have been opportunities to promote. Increase benefits and compensation.,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45572,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 31, 2013",Former Employee - Operations,Awesome,"Great benefits, Employee Discounts, and Lunch",I can't think of any.,Doing great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45573,apple,none," Feb 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,awesome people helping you out,not very good at some points,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45574,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 28, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Great place to work with amazing people,Working at Apple is a very unique experience. There are certain things that are expected of you but you'd find that in any customer facing job. You get autonomy and the chance to direct your own growth path within the company. The people here care about you and make it very easy to care about them.,"The worst part of working for Apple Retail is the customers, sounds ridiculous but it's true. Extreme levels of patience are definitely required.","Remember your people, metrics only tell you so much.",5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45575,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer I,Very good experience working at this company.,Great management. Clear understanding of job duties were stated from the beginning.,I put a lot of pressure on myself to deliver quality work.,Thank you for everything you do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45576,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 26, 2013",Current Employee - Analyst,Exciting place,"This company has been making the best products, so exciting place to be. Always new project, innovations, etc, and you can be very creative to participate to it.",Some may be frustrated when start the job since not everything is prepared for you. You need to be a self starter for everything.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45577,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 21, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Of course it's Apple...,"Very challenging environment, where you might impact millions of people, do great things and ""change the world"" in your own little way. You'll learn very valuable lessons in how a big company is still trying to operate as a startup","Secrecy is a killer, the more you give to the job the more is expected from you. no chance of life balance here. Ever wondered why Google always makes the the top ten of the best companies to work for but Apple never get even close? well there is a reason...","Employees are your best asset, cultivate that relationship and respect them.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45578,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jan 30, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Apple's Disciplined Constructive Chaos, YeaH!","The People, Wholistic Philosophy and Benefits are beautiful!",The Uninformed Public is an opportunity and an exhausting challenge.,"Management and Marketing need to Utilize Ad campaigns/Media to teach rather than AWE! Life is Short, Keep it Simple, Apple - A Cloud is .........",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45579,apple,none," Jan 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good for retail,"they hire good people, full time benefits are good",limited room for advancement in retail stores,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P896.htm
45580,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It has been a roller coaster but fun and exciting all at the same time.,- Innovative company - Always something new going on - Great salary and benefits - Stable company,- Work/Life Balance - Not a lot of opportunity for growth and development,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45581,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Jan 23, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,sucks,"discounts, can wear what ever you want",retail is boring as hell and you work like a slave,stop taking all the money let us shine and pay us for our work,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45582,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 8, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,It depends on which department you work at... avoid IS&T,"Apple discount is ok. When you start, you will receive a $500 bonus to be used every 3 years so buy something immediately. 25% off one item from each product family per year - desktop, ipads, iphone, etc. 15% for up to three friends every year. If you work in IS&T and you love project management, then this is for you.","Every IS&T department team is governed by the onshore and offshore vendor model primarily from India companies. If you enter as a developer, you will be involuntarily assigned to work as a technical program/project manager role where you will delegate all your code to onshore and offshore developers. Sometimes you'll get good developers, but most of the time, you'll get mediocre or below-average developers. There is no diversity in this department as the overall ethnicity is 99.999% India descent. Most of the senior managers are not technical, not hands-on and rely solely on the program/project managers/consultants to deliver all projects for them. The technical knowledge is heavily relied on the consultant/contractor engineers. The performance reviews can be conducted arbitrarily and can be tweaked at the discretion of the manager. It depends on the manager's integrity and honor if he/she will base your performance on merit. Over time, the more you do project management work, the less you will do technical work unless you put in long hours at night. The management team will do whatever possible to protect themselves and avoid all risk. There is a lot of politics and arrogance. One director hired most of her managers from her previous company. Everyone who knew the director ascended to management ranks by this association. So either it is by coincidence or maybe cronyism? If you don't belong in that ""3com club"", then you will not be as richly compensated. e.g. The managers brag to their employees about buying and/or rebuilding 1- 3 million dollar homes (ground up) in areas of Saratoga, Cupertino, and Evergreen.  Just to emphasize, this is for the Apple IS&T department. All other product development teams - iCloud, iTunes, etc. will not have this environment. Furthermore, it can be confirmed that those departments are more diverse in ethnicities, rely on badged employees for development work, and work long hours depending on the team and project.","Change needs to take place from the CEO down if IS&T was to become a better work place. Move out of the onshore/offshore India vendor model and reorganize all management. Hire diverse, computer science-degreed, technical managers and permanent employees who understand technologies and can be hands-on. Rely on in-house permanent engineers.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,29,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45583,apple,"Pasadena, CA"," Jan 23, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Part-time Specialist,Great working environment with awesome an awesome team!,Heavy foot traffic within the store which can get overwhelming.,Keep up the awesome work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45584,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jan 23, 2013","Former Employee - Business Team, Specialist",No company treats you better,The best people Great benefits Room to grow your passion,Hours for new hires are sporadic,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45585,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 6, 2013",Current Employee - Expert,"Great company, bad retail gig","Amazing co-workers, innovative workplace, clean workplace, amazing benefits, health insurance, stocks, 401K","Low pay compared to the amount of money you make for the company, not very generous towards employees, very strict, very corporate, attendance policy",Take better care of your employees. Give better perks.,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45586,apple,none," Feb 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regular sales job with apple culture ingrained,"flexible hours, no pressure, decent discount","Poor pay raises, Managers tend to micromanage",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45587,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 6, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,"Great people, questionable tactics","Fellow employees. Apple hires a very specific set of people and if you're one of them, you'll love it.","Once Jobs passed the new regime really didn't seem to know what they were doing, every one was trying to assert themselves, and it made a mess of things behind the scenes. Also, not much room for advancement once you reach Genius level. Was told point blank by sr management that they only pull new managers from sales.","Tell the truth to your employees. When you're trying to clear out old inventory by a new phone is coming out, tell them that's why you're pushing sales of the old product, don't couch it as ""it's in the best interests of the customer""",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45588,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jan 16, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Working at Apple Retail was an excellent part-time job experience,"Fun work environment, customer interaction, good corporate culture, high quality management, flexible hours","Busy, crowded, sometimes uncomfortable stores, crowded break rooms, occasionally stressful environment",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45589,apple,"Madison, WI"," Jan 20, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Phenomenal people, excellent culture, lack of opportunity for growth","When you work for Apple, you are working with a group of people that are absolutely amazing. Great customer focus, intelligent, driven, communicative...it's just awesome. The leadership team is great, when they have the time to provide direction.","Time. It's simply near-impossible to strategize with your team, develop yourself with leadership, and to review your interactions.  There is a culture of pulling leadership from external sources, so much so that it causes you to think that it's impossible to grow with the company.","There needs to be intermediary paths of growth for positions such as Genius/Expert/Creative. You have brilliant and talented people in these positions, but they grow complacent and lose the passion for the company since they essentially get ""stuck"" in this position. This leads to decreased job satisfaction and causes us to look elsewhere for other opportunities. If the credo really does put the internal customer at the heart and soul, please live up to this giving us the opportunity to stay with the company. Despite how much management talks about it, these are NOT career positions.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P897.htm
45590,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 20, 2013",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Amazing company with great values,"Incredible work place. Easy to excel if you put your mind and personality into the work. Lots of great, fun, unique, and smart people there.",Difficult to get promoted. Bad communication. Unclear objectives for development. Backroom politics.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45591,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 7, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Best learning experience...,Best learning experience in the Valley.,Worst work/life balance in the first world...,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45592,apple,none," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing people, amazing products.","If you love Apple technology, love talking to people, and embrace personal and professional development, this is a great job for young people. Great benefits.",Retail hours. Retail pay. Can be intense on the sales floor.,"Walk the walk, don't just talk the talk.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45593,apple,none," Jan 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good experience.,The pay and benefits are very competitive. Excellent training. Management is friendly but keeps employees motivated.,Very demanding of your time and attention. Often asked to work double your scheduled hours and are frowned upon if you don't.,Keep up the ggod work for the most part.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45594,apple,"Hingham, MA"," Jan 30, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Retail is still Retail,"Discounts, working with amazing people, they really know how to hire.","I love Apple as a tech company. Don't quite love it as a Retail employer. Because retail is retail no matter what. Weak links just remain because it's not Apple to get rid of them. Ridiculous point system for callouts. You are expected to not come in if sick, yet you get penalized for not coming in!","Fight harder for employee benefits and rights, fight that inane point system.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45595,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jan 30, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room,"Good people, Good Products, Overall negative environment","Benefits, pay, discounts, and after all...it's Apple.","customers can be rude and managers, most often, side with these customers. quite laborious and not fun, so lack of support from managers can exemplify this. co-workers tend to be stressed which becomes contagious.","while the customer may ""always be right"", there is something to be said when you can trust your employees and side with them from time to time when approached with a conflict.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45596,apple,none," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not perfect, but a great place to work",Amazing career development opportunities. Great management team.,"Pay is substandard, despite world-class benefits package.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45597,apple,"Tukwila, WA"," Jan 15, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,A retail experience unlike any other,"The pay is great, it's a fun environment to work in, Apple works hard to find only the best people to work with. Get to sell some of the best technology in the world. Apple has her own way of changing with their customers to make it I'm like a used car lot","Very busy on the weekends, customers with unrealistic expectations, don't get commission for anything you sell",Recognize the strengths of your people and recommend them to positions where you know they will make the store better,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45598,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jan 15, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,High expectations,"Nurturing retail environment. The retail arm of Apple is embraced by the corporate arm, Apple retail employees work for Apple, as such you can get a corporate badge and attend events on campus in Cupertino.","Little to no room for advancement. Many hours, very high expectations, very high tempo when working on the floor. Inconsistant management.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45599,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Jan 14, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Best Job for College-Life,"Flexible Schedule, Plenty of Perks for Part-Time work, Great Pay and Thriving Environment","Urge to stay at Apple and be one of ""those"" people forever... if that's even a bad thing.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P898.htm
45600,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Operations,"Smart coworkers, challenging projects",Some of the smartest people I've had the privilege of calling my coworkers. A meritocracy in the truest sense of the word.,There is no such thing as employee development. You drive your own tenure.,Place some emphasis on employee development.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45601,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Jan 14, 2013",Former Employee - Stock Broker,"Great experience, don't expect it to get you to the mothership",Diverse work experience and an opportunity to take ownership of the role.,Not necessarily a track to a corporate position.,Add opportunities for growth following graduation.,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45602,apple,none," Jan 24, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Product Marketing,"Great products. Smart, affable people. Great culture.",Little real affect on product decisions.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45603,apple,"Natick, MA"," Jan 13, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great exp. but don't expect to be properly reward,Apple is great to build experience with sales. Encouraging management. Clearly articulated goals. Amazing onboarding and training program. Discounts. Camaraderie amongst co-workers. Engaging with customers and helping them learn something new.,"Little room for growth. Don't expect to start as a specialist and move to genius. They're two different worlds according to management. Often found that although I was better at helping/repairing software/hardware issues, got stuck in specialist position and told to focus on sales. You end up selling $10k+ a day with no commission.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45604,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 12, 2013",Current Employee - Store Manager,Such an inspiring and motivating environment,The people that I work with are some of the smartest individuals that I know.,"You are not always in the ""know"" so you must be able to deal with ambiguity",My advise would be to try and keep the feeling of Staying small. The bigger you get the harder it is for team members to know what the priorities are.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45605,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Leading with ambiguity,Clear career path Employee empowerment solid core for everyone to follow Development heavy,"constant revision of ""what needs to happen” The Retail schedule (work holiday, plan on not seeing your family) Unmet promises","keep empowering, though always keep your word",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45606,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Things have changed for bad, I think",Good reputation and brand name Decent compensation,People stealing credits getting ahead in reviews Management complicit in outsourcing projects to body shopping companies Arrogance and sycophants are rewarded,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45607,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 20, 2013",Former Employee - Lead Genius,"The Good, the Bad and the not so ugly.","Great benefits, Great Product, Talented employees and friends that will last a lifetime.","Environment can be a little too stressful at times. Overcrowded stores and loud decibel levels for extended periods of time. Pay is good, but not good enough for the stuff you have to deal with.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45608,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Work hard and play hard.,We actually get paid to make the products that people around the world are excited to open on Christmas morning.,Secretive and poor work/ life balance.,Remember that you're supposed to be here to support your teams not further your egos.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45609,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good to work in Apple,Dynamic to work in this company,Hectic to work in this company,None,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P899.htm
45610,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 9, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Nothing more than an in-between job when you're trying to figure something else out,"Good benefits, nice social aspect","Monotonous, boring, gossip-filled environment, micro-management, stupid rules, very political, unwarranted egos",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45611,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Working at Apple is extremely enjoyable, you get to work with very talented and amazing people.","Being the forefront of technology, being part of company who continues to innovate and push the envelope of personal computers. Also being part of a company that makes products that bring joy to many people, including myself. Having a sense of pride when new products are introduced, and being able to show people how it works.","Working at the retail level of Apple, can be extremely stressful. It's extremely difficult when the management team isn't on the same page, it can feel like your pushed to many different directions. I loved my first store, but moving to a new city the markets can range from good to worse. It really depends on the store management. If the store leader has a good head on their shoulders, the store will be a great experience for the employees and the customers. If the store leader is unorganized and unwilling to work together, it will be a very hard relationship for both the employee and the customers.","Be open to new ideas, trust your team members. Don't be afraid to take advice from co-workers that have been around longer then you have. They have lots of knowledge that can help you and the team succeeded.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45612,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jan 23, 2013",Former Employee - Applecare Phone Support,Good experience.,Learned the software of the iOS inside and out,No wait between calls. Busy and long days.,Provide employees with more training/learning time.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45613,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 5, 2013",Former Employee - Senior AppleCare Specialist,"Overall, a great place to work","Apple has great benefits, including the Employee Stock Purchase Program, awesome health care, regular Employee Enrichment events (beer bashes, etc.), and a relaxed atmosphere with no dress code… If you excel in your position, it is normal (almost expected) that you will be able to move to a higher position in an area that interests you. The management staff is really good, as is the management style of Apple in general.","Depending on which building you work in, you may or may not have easy access to [A] the cafeteria, [B] all of the events. Also, for hourly employees, you may end up getting a shift that is less than desirable now and then… but shift cycles rotate often enough that you won't usually get stuck with a bad one for too long, and management is very fair about working with people to get them their top choices.",n/a,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45614,apple,none," Jan 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hipsters,"-Everyone Seems to care for each other -Long breaks -Decent Pay -For those interested, opportunities to move up.",-Too Extroverted of an environment for anyone that is introverted,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45615,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 10, 2013",Current Employee - Finance,Apple,Fun to be at Apple,Have to put in time,Help your employees grow,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45616,apple,none," Jan 18, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,Lots of energetic young and interesting people.,Limited mobility for the majority,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45617,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Dec 29, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great, but there are some management issues",No need to work for commission.,The feeling like you need to sell applecare and look at numbers.,"Try not to be so corporate, it takes the life out of working there.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45618,apple,"Troy, MI"," Jan 6, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales specialist in the busy Apple store,"Other employees, relaxed work culture, fun product to sell.","Extremely busy, many customers wait very long times and become agitated, some customers are very rude.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45619,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 13, 2013",Former Employee - Instructional Designer,A fast-paced ride at one of the world's most-admired companies,"Always busy working with talented people, making you run to keep up with your peers. There's a buzz of excitement. Beer bashes and appearances by big0name artists keep alive a fun silicon valley tradition.","There's no defined career path, nor is career development and progression something that is embedded into the culture. You must actively manage your career or stay stagnant. Like every company, things are always rosy.",Watch out that the fast (and amazing) growth doesn't lead to a dilution of managers. Become leaders throughout the organization of modern and forward-thinking management styles and practices. Become better at employee talent development.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P900.htm
45620,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Engineer,Good place to work for,"no free anything, no lunches, gifts.... no free time either",learn from google,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45621,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jan 15, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"One location was amazing, the other, not so much",Discounts Experience People you work with Customers Culture Opportunity to grow in your role,"Hours ""Cult-like"" management Customers can be JERKS Some management can be kinda power trippers or play favorites","Pay people more, be better organized",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45622,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - College At Home Advisor,College At Home Advisor,"Fun teams, good benefits, working from home.","Required over time, competitive, and hard to work with managers",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45623,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jan 9, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Slow downhill ride,Great people to work with Discount on products Working for the best electronics company in the world.,"Ever increasing responsibilities without proper compensation Hard to take time away Can get ""stuck"" in certain positions with out any growth opportunities.","When employees have real concerns, take them into account and do not just shove them into a corner. There is a reason why so many are not happy working here.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45624,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - AOS Sales Manager,Apple is more than a job it is a culture,"laid back work environment, great technology, cool smart coworkers and its Apple",You have to be flexible or you won't like it here.,I'm good!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45625,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,A wonderful ride.,great training. great benefits great friendly culture,retail store schedule is too varied,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45626,apple,"College Station, TX"," Dec 18, 2012",Former Employee - College At Home Advisor,Wonderful experience,"Great atmosphere, they give you the tools to accomplish goals. Training was very good Benefits are outstanding",none that I know of,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45627,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Store Manager,A very focused company,big focus and clear management help creating products.. but creates friction on people,"too much focus is not good, especially with competition arising.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45628,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 13, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,"Stressful at times, rewarding at times and surrounded by really smart people.","Job satisfaction. It's wonderful to work with people who are really good at what they do. If you're not sure of something, there's always an expert to call on.",The stress is intense at times. A whole team of people can be working flat out (including going to China) on a prototype build of your design and you don't even know if it'll work. There's not much work life balance.,I commute 2 1/2 to 3 hours a day. I've proven I can do the job - it would be nice (and more productive) if management were more open to my working from home.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45629,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Too many limitations and hype for average salary,It seems to be good for resume. People believe that Apple is hot.,"- Average Salary - poor bonus with no stocks - Obj C/Cocoa is only matters, don't even bother if you are HTML5/js person - Not much innovation in a lot of departments, especially IS&T - Very little diversity in a lot of departments","Pay more to engineers, better bonuses, and free food",2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P901.htm
45630,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Retail Experience,you get to meet a lot of great people since you are always in the public eye. You get to play with great technology and leran a lot from peers and customers. Employees are a lot of fun and very intelligent and artistic in their own right. The management seems to care about the employees wellbeing generally,"As a full time job you don't get paid nearly what you're worth. You often have to deal with insane amounts of ambiguity and constant changes. You are expected to give your life for the company, which can become increasingly difficult if you have another full time job.","My advice would be to corporate. As a company that can solve the national deficit it would be nice to be treated as though we werent so easily expendable. Yes I know that because it's a job a lot of college students/grads go for, which means they will take lower pay, however it's a bit insulting to those of us who have been there a while and have families. Back in the day Apple positions were very highly sought after because they paid much better and the retention rate was higher. Times have certainly changed and it's very unfortunate. Now it seems as though people only use Apple as a stepping stone for a job they really want.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45631,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 31, 2013",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,at home advisor,"sleep thru my shift, and training","errythang, it was no fun.",stop micromanaging me,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45632,apple,"Danbury, CT"," Dec 31, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great culture, wonderful co workers, difficult to pursue other interests","The culture and the enthusiasm that the Apple Culture promotes is no lie, people love Apple products and the excitement is contagious. You bond with your co workers and work together to find great solutions for customers.",The inconsistency in being able to plan your life around Apple pretty much makes Apple your life instead of fostering the creativity that Apple so desires in its employees and fosters in its culture.,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45633,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 12, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer IV,"Great products, damaging culture",- Work on world-changing products that have great design and strong technology. - Very talented people that know their stuff. - Good benefits.,"- Culture of secrecy for the sake of secrecy is extremely damaging. - Impossible or extremely difficult to build your career through public presentations / publications, open-source, etc. - Very ad-hoc and poor software engineering practices and support systems.",none,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45634,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Dec 22, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place to work,They treat us very well. pay is great. love the people,mall traffic really sucks. mall food.,keep feeding us!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45635,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),worked in retail store as a specialist,"cool products, fun store environment",everybody wants your discount and the retail teams are not closely tied to the HQ / corporate teams,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45636,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Lack of remote working opportunities for Finance professionals,"Excellent pay, benefits, casual work environment, flexible schedules.",Lack of remote working opportunities for Finance professionals. The only remote opportunities are for managers and very senior level employees or call center part time jobs. There are a lack of remote opportunities for experienced middle level employees who desire full time roles.,Be more open to the possibilities of remote opportunities. In Finance several good employees were forced to move or be laid off when they could have been accommodated with remote positions.,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45637,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mind-shaping, transformative, world-changing experiences working with the brightest on Earth.","You can make a dent in the Universe, and you will be proud of getting up everyday.","Long hours and ferocious politics over sometimes trivial minutiae (also the reason the pros exist, so take that with a grain of salt).",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45638,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jan 1, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Great people, excellent chemistry, genuine support","occasionally entitled customers, not as much technical training as you might hope",Family Room staff need longer appointment times and better training,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45639,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 29, 2012",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Never again,"You get to work with a decent number of dedicated people who believe in their work, especially in junior positions.",Middle management is generally clueless.,Can't you hear the din of chips being cashed? Senior management doesn't need my advice. They know what the company is ballmerizing.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P902.htm
45640,apple,"Wayne, NJ"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Fun Place to work,You work with a lot of great and smart people,The tasks that are assigned become repetitive at times.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45641,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - CPU Tier I Advisor,I love to go to work.,"Positive work environment, very casual dress code, great benefits and terrific company culture.",Some of the internal tools need work and/or redesign to simplify them. If you need to file a trouble ticket for an issue at your terminal it's like trying to read a 747 flight manual while you're trying to land the plane.,Be more available. Quite often I can't find a manager when needed.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45642,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - BOH,meh,worked with some great people,such a huge gap in pay between sales and management,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45643,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 11, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Its really not the company it was years ago, which is good and bad",Great software and hardware products Work is fast paced and tons of work if you can drink at the fire hose. Work is self directed (good and bad),"Lack of career path for engineers Very secretive even internally Limited stock grants, its an old company that doesn't put its cash back into its employees",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45644,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 7, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Mean Spirited Staff,"Can be fun somewhat, but don't expect a warm fuzzy ""welcome to the family"" approach after your 2nd month. It's ok in the beginning, but the claws come out around the 3rd month.","Staff is mean spirited & VERY clickish. If they don't like you, the co-workers will make it difficult for you on a daily basis. Hours are also very UNFLEXIBLE.",Stop trying to move up the ladder & out & take care of your people.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45645,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Dec 4, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Expert,Well Supported. Ever Changing Job. Well paid,The customers and the hard stone floors,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45646,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 6, 2012",Former Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Great Place to work,Innovative company with friendly people.,Can be demanding but not really a downside.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45647,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 2, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome,THe technology that apple has produced are amazing and getting to share my knowledge with the people in the community is a really fun experience.,The popularity factor of all of Apple's products are skyrocketing which is also causing a big rushto get things out there.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45648,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 28, 2012",Current Employee - Mobile Device Genius,What is expected,"Highest echelon of retail sales and services Benefits for part time include 100$/month commuter master card, health insurance, stock options, and 401k contribution. Pay is good for retail position, however I would argue that more is expected from Apple employees than just basic retail services - so I would also argue that although pay is good technically, more would be justified. Personal Discount is nice.","it's retail none the less - just somewhat glorified It's not a door to corporate hour requirements are substantial - it's retail It's a retail position - as long as you keep that in mind, you'll find nothing really wrong with the position.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45649,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 7, 2012",Current Employee - Business Specialist,A good stopping ground between better things.,"Very talented co-workers, clout of Apple brand is great. Learn to work in a very fast paced, demanding environment.","Poor management, little career opportunities. The role is not given much support by the company as a whole, and results in a poor work environment as the business teams try to work with large businesses. Once in the business specialist role there is little room to movie within retail and a very small chance of moving to corporate even though many of the business specialists have wide backgrounds and educations.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P903.htm
45650,apple,"Ridgeland, MS"," Nov 25, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,"Good days, bad days...","Great people and atmosphere, some room to move up.","Management is friendly, but not very knowledgeable, just want you to sell attachments.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45651,apple,"Denver, CO"," Nov 20, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Genius,More than you would expect from a retail experience.,"Working in Apple Retail allowed me to have a flexible schedule so I could focus on my studies during college. I met a ton of people from all over the world, all walks of life, and really just was able to engage with individuals about their technology that I would otherwise not have the opportunity to meet. I learned quite a lot about Apple technology, computers and enterprise set ups in general, and was trained thoroughly on the technologies I was expected to support. I had fun co-workers and they helped to support one another in their customer encounters, as well as educate. Overall I had a positive learning experience there, and while some days the interactions were not top notch, or I had to deal with an irate client, I eventually learned a great deal of patience, empathy and humility from my peers.","In any retail environment, you run the risk of being micro-managed by a supervisor who doesn't quite understand the scope of your daily activities, nor is attentive to employee needs. Sometimes the management fails to set clear or sustainable expectations. In my time at Apple Retail specifically, I found that we would be so engrossed in the tasks at hand that I wasn't getting adequate breaks, or some days, would end up having to miss lunch altogether on an 8-9 hour shift. Working a desk job, this would not always be an issue. But when you are on your feet for hours a day...","- Be attentive to human needs (i.e. - people who are standing and talking all day long non-stop should get a break to get off their feet and have a drink of water). -Be attentive to development opportunities and internal growth. I felt that often people were pigeon-holed into certain tasks and roles, when they could have been grown into leadership or advanced roles. This could prevent a great deal of burnout/turnover. Focus on keeping people excited and engaged.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45652,apple,"Washington, DC"," Nov 23, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,"Simply awesome, very easy to enjoy work, and challenging!","Friendly atmosphere, easy to enjoy work, strong coworker bond. Frequent workshops to help boost employee knowledge and skills.","Standing, walking alot, little to no opportunities to sit down aside from break. Very difficult to move up in corporate ladder, they make you jump through quite a lot of hoops.",Make it easier for entry level employees to move up -- giving them the illusion of being in control of moving up when it's actually at management's whim isn't cool.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45653,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Dec 7, 2012",Former Employee - Assistant Retail Manager,A Fantastic Opportunity to Waste a few years of your life!,"Fantastic Products, great talent, fast paced... good for young college students.","WORK LIFE BALANCE! Expect long shifts, minimal breaks, with pressure from managers to skip or come back early because it is ""busy"" Not a workable solution for someone with a family! The Vision of the past has been replaced with an acquisition model, poaching big box retail managers from other companies and bringing them in, which has changed the retail store culture from what it once was, to a much more sterile and in your face style. This is a company that outgrew its roots and has transitioned from a one stop shop where you met friendly passionate people who cared about the products to a circus sideshow or efficiency at all costs - even customer service unfortunately.","Stop with the Big-Box retail manager hires and focus on retaining the passionate and incredibly gifted people that are there because they LOVE APPLE as a product and as a company. Those are people worth investing in and keeping... Why on earth would you hire a awl-mart, target, or BB manager who hasn't even owned a Mac before to manager a retail store where you are trying to preserve and cultivate a culture of passion and knowledge? It is an insult to those who are there for the right reasons.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45654,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 22, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,Apple Retail is the best of retail,"This is generally a great place to work, but keep it in perspective. It's retail, not everyone's dreamland. Working with customer's was entertaining and sometimes challenging. Not to mention being surrounded by Apple nerds, which I consider fun.","Retail hours suck, there is no way around that. Also, the quality of management fluctuates significantly which can lead to significant frustration.","Take more time to evaluate individual's contributions and reward those who work hard, and get rid of those who don't.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45655,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,"Lots of work, but","Company is not going anywhere, it will last another 10 years for sure. Employee discounts on some cool products. Other employees are great to work with.","Sometimes powerless to change anything. Lots of work, it's still a rapidly growing company.",Lower managers are always out to cover their asses and are afraid to make tough decisions. You also don't see the bottom managers push back or know when to say no.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45656,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 17, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Excellent corporate culture.,"Strong corporate culture, lots of perks, events, and other means of breaking up the work day.","Difficult to network cross-departments unless your position allows for it easily. Little emphasis on career and personal development beyond where you are right here, right now.",Provide easier access to training.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45657,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 17, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Best work experience,Working on the latest and most innovative products. Great people to work with.,Not necessarily the best place for entrepreneurs. Inconsistent patterns for advancement.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45658,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Research Scientist,Very positive experience working in a stimulating environment,"Pros of working at Apple include good retirement benefits, a casual culture, inspiring people with high degrees of knowledge in their field, and transparency.","There is definitely an inability to publish papers. As a scientist, this is important for me, considering I might want a career in academia in the future.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45659,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,fine.,It's apple. Good benefits. all the standards plus more. You get to be part of a technology advancing company.,need more room to grow. a lot of employees. i feel like employees could be easily dispensable because of the amount of people applying to this company.,more work life balance. More opportunities to jump to corporate.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P904.htm
45660,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best corporate jobs I have ever had. Life changing.,"If your sweet spot is the intersection of media and tech, and creating products there - it is the place to be.","More siloed now than when I was there, meaning more control over output and market secrecy, but less opportunity for the serendipitous ""intra-preneurial"" event to occur - if that is important to you. The recruiting process is quite a mystery these days.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45661,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,its good to work for apple,its always try to do more and more,very expensive products an less holidays,there should be increase in salary,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45662,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Tier I At Home Advisor,Interesting looking opportunity turned out to be just ok.,"Flexible Hours, decent pay, work from home, Good experience","Hectic, self-guided pace, very busy at product releases, mandatory overtime","Dont be so focused on metrics, it leads to a stressful environment which then bleeds through to calls and makes customers upset.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45663,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Nov 27, 2012","Former Employee - Concierge, Specialist, Family Room Specialist","Interesting culture, but a little too kool-aid-y and stressful",-Can get a lot of hours as a part-time employee -Valuable experience -Fun culture -Be the first to play with new Apple products -Feel like part of a team -Competitive wages,-Little to no flexibility -Management was clueless at times -Slow to give cost of living adjustments -Very busy and stressful work lifestyle -Virtually NO opportunity to move to corporate positions.,Learn more about the responsibilities of your fellow employees. Communication was often an issue because management assumed instead of asking questions. Create a kind of training or gateway to help employees grow and maybe find positions in Apple Corporate.,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45664,apple,"Albany, NY"," Nov 11, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"This job is tiring, rewarding, and satisfying","The colleagues are encouraging and very helpful. Everyone is willing to help each other as much as possible. You do not make commission, therefore everyone is focused on one goal: finding the right solution for the customer",The store could get overwhelmed at times and there are times also where the customers are unreasonable.,Need way more opportunities for part-time students.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45665,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 11, 2012",Current Employee - Business Manager,Only six months of employment,"Progressive and technological company. New products - Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Mac Mini, iMac, new iPad, new iPad Mini, iPhone5 are the most marketable in the world","Many hours of work, work stranuosly, higher requierment ,every day new problem solution, new customers, new product and speaking, speaking, speaking","More conference, more selling",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45666,apple,"Denver, CO"," Nov 11, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The MacRumors are right...,"Thorough training program with great trainers, Wonderful and talented employees from all walks of life, Continuous learning opportunities, Fair pay for being retail, and Great benefits.",Retail hours involving holiday hours,Post photos of employees in break room for reference.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45667,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 25, 2012",Former Employee - Concierge,"Lots of fun, but hard to survive on Pay","Challenging environment, chance for great interface with customers, awesome brand and product line to represent.",Very demanding learning curve for a 'retail job'. Low pay for level of expertise and involvement required to do job adequately.,"Promote from within more. Profit sharing for all store employees based on a 'store wide' basis should be implemented. So if store is profitable beyond a certain metric, all employees should receive a bonus or share of the profit.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45668,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Nov 8, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place to work with great people.,- great benefits - great people -customer focus,- sometimes long hours - sales pressure,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45669,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Nov 21, 2012",Current Employee - Genius,It's still retail.,"-Better pay than many retail jobs. -Lots of cool coworkers with a diverse range of talents (professional photographers, artists, designers, musicians, teachers, etc.) -Get to be part of the Apple craze, if that's your sort of thing. -Fairly flexible hours. -Good benefits, even for part-timers.","-It's still retail. -No commission or bonuses for sales people, even if sales exceed $1million in a year. -VERY busy almost all the time. Becomes stressful. -Limited pay jumps with role changes (from sales to iPhone tech support, there is no raise at my store. From iPhone tech support to ""Genius,"" it's about $3/hr) -Management doesn't manage well. Lots of micro-management. Difficult to get help from management when needed. They all know they have to suck up to the Store Lead, which affects their ability to work FOR the other employees. -Working on weekends and holidays (there's a blackout around winter holidays, so traveling over Christmas is not likely, for example) -Some stores are 24 hours, which means you might have to work some very strange hours. -Not a lot of chances for advancement. -No tangible rewards for good work, generally. -Small annual raises of about 3-5% of your wage.","If you're an Apple manager and you're reading this, take note. In many of your stores, your employees are stressed out and unhappy with your management styles. When going over the anonymous reviews given every quarter, don't pay attention to your final NPS score (shows overall approval of working at Apple). Ignore the positive reviews, as you should be getting them in the first place. Work on the negatives. In my experience, the least happy people also have been at the store for the longest time, and have the best ideas for fixing the problems. Apple retail is declining as a good place to work because the people with experience are being pushed out by poor management and bad leadership attitudes. Stand up to your store leader and support the other employees. If your store lead is around as little as mine, you know he/she has no idea what the store needs to keep the workers happy. Really cherish these workers, they're the only reason you have a job.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P905.htm
45670,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Lots of smart interesting people focused on the user experience,"Really great products to work on, exciting opportunities and smart interesting people to work with. There is a strong culture of focusing on the end-user experience and not irrationally obsessing with features/technology.","It's a big company, so there are the general the rules and bureaucracy you don't have at, say, a start-up. There is a strong Apple-focused culture and loyalty which becomes both a strength and a weakness.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45671,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Oct 24, 2012",Former Employee - AppleCare Technical Support,enlightening,"Excellent exposure, quite a learning experience.","Horrible pay, constantly more demands on agents, with no money to justify, and rode on the ""Apple"" name.",Raise your investment in your technical staff...9.00 for an in home job is just robbery,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45672,apple,"Westlake, OH"," Nov 5, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,You couldn't find another company better than this one!,Training is the best around. Advancement is determined by performance not by experience. Family atmosphere. Best technology in the world,"You are rewarded for hard work by leadership positions and more responsibility, but it does not mean that you will earn more compensation",Continue to list to the specialists that interact with the customers as you have done. Great job!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45673,apple,"Plano, TX"," Nov 4, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,I worked in an Apple retail store,"Employee benefits are good, covers domestic partnerships. Employee discounts on products and with partner companies like AT&T, Verizon, accessories companies.","Full-time staff are involved in too-frequent meetings, and they make the same hourly wage as part-time even though there are many additional responsibilities.",Remember that this is not a forever-job for most of the employees in a retail store. You MUST help employees develop their career experiences and job skills for the future - that's what I feel I gained from working at Apple.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45674,apple,"Reno, NV"," Nov 2, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Overall good company to be with, especially compared to other retail stores.","Great benefits Good pay Nice culture, depending on the store",Hard to advance Can be draining work everyday,Consistency is key. Listening to your team is very important.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45675,apple,"Little Rock, AR"," Nov 2, 2012",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Continuous learning opportunities,"Great job with great benefits, I learn something everyday.",Sometimes coworkers will have drank too much of the Apple Kool-Aid.,Stop drinking sooooo much Apple Kool-Aid!!!,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45676,apple,"Salem, NH"," Nov 1, 2012",Former Employee - Retail Store Manager,"Enlightening, Career Changing Experience",Innovative Company Allows Middle Management Discretion to Make Decisions,"The Larger it got, the less the experience mattered to a certain degree","Continue to Keep the Product Vision Simple. Don't focus on too many products, and perfect those areas that allow for the greatest growth opportuntiy.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45677,apple,"Houston, TX"," Nov 1, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Incredible experience working with incredibly talented people.,"I absolutely loved the people I met every day, the experiences involved in product launches and the general positive attitude every employee had, as well as every customers surprise and delight when you showed them something Apple technology could do better than the competition.","The only complaint I could ever have about working for Apple was that it was difficult to move up to the next level, even when you as an employee are hitting and exceeding the goals set for you. The only other issue I had was with compensation. Delivering the kind of sales results I was should have led to a higher salary and more opportunities.",Try to notice the employees who are striving every day to do and be the absolute best and reward them for those things.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45678,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Coach,Apple Coach,"Flexibility, freedom to innovate, great culture, supportive, and very progressive.","Very challenging at times, very ambiguous at times, and lots of people that ""Just want to work for Apple.""",None,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45679,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,okay job. could be a lot better.,"working with people, team, managers. i like working with computers and technology as well.",needs more pay for work. it's hard to work for a company that you don't morally support.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P906.htm
45680,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Oct 30, 2012",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Great co-workers, Products that sell themselves","Customers are enthusiastic for Apple products, and working in an Apple store is fun. I never felt that I sold anything. Instead I got to spend time talking with customers and helping them make informed decisions. I made great friends working at the store, and met a lot of interesting people.","The real negative for me was around scheduling. I had a full-time job and this was my part-time job. I never knew what my upcoming schedule was going to be until about a week ahead of time. This made making plans difficult, and interfered with family time.","A more formal training program for the 'extra's' would be helpful. For example polishing chrome, and laptop angles were all word of mouth and each person gave me different information. Schedule further in advance.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45681,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Oct 29, 2012",Former Employee - Concierge,Great place to work and learn!,"Great co-workers, interesting work environment, and very supportive managers. If you're willing to learn, someone will teach you, even if it's not Apple-related.","Customers were difficult at times, store can be very hectic.",Keep up the good work!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45682,apple,"Columbia, MD"," Oct 27, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Apple Retail: one of the best retail experiences out there.,Full benefits from day one. Pretty good hourly rate for a retail gig.,Disconnect between what management requests and what is actually doable.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45683,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 19, 2012",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Lower-end ineptness,The Apple name carries great weight Lots of resources,Stingy business model Few employment benefits in form of technology share,Lower-end management seems to come straight from high school (both unprofessional and immature),4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45684,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 24, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Hard working place. Sometimes hard to work,"Passionate people, great benefits, cool people.","Long hours, older tech culture, sometimes trying to be too coll.",How about free food?,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45685,apple,"Las Cruces, NM"," Oct 22, 2012",Current Employee - IOS Senior Advsor,IOS Senior Technical Support,"Great hours, always someone in need of tech support. Managerial role where i get to put my boss hat on and fix some issues with iphones and ipads","Talking to negative people all day can take a toll, and trying to empathize with the customer, and not think they're ungrateful snobs.","Keep your current employees, it takes too much time and effort to train new people",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45686,apple,"Mission Viejo, CA"," Oct 25, 2012",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Good Job Good Benefits,"Co-workers are so amazing. Love working with them. A place we can laugh and have fun, while still getting things accomplished.",Can deal with very challenging customers.,Answer questions staff has more directly and not be so vague.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45687,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Nov 4, 2012",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Micro management is an understatement in retail stores,Lots of fresh talent in these stores. I learned so much within the course of three years. Made a lot of friends for life in this company. They love to promote from within.,"management is usually not experienced in computers, you will be micro-managed, drink the cool-aid or be shunned. Don't be even 5 minutes late or you will be on your way out in no time. Once your a Genius or a manager you've hit the ceiling and corporate does not seek to hire retail employees.",Stop micro-managing. Most of your employees may look and act young but are a great source to team up with. You burn them and they will make your life hell.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45688,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Just an awesome place to work,"Very smart people, amazing culture. people think of innovation, take it as a challenge and do it beyond everybody's expectations.","Secrecy and ""need to know"" mode of information sharing sometimes hamper progress",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45689,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," Oct 20, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Mac specialist,Great product and awesome environment,Worst management and unvalued treatment,Do not under estimate your staff,4.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P907.htm
45690,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 26, 2012",Current Employee - Account Executive,This only relates to Sales Dept.,Great company. Excellent benefits. Innovative products.,Lots of politics. There has been little promotion from within. Senior management has been hiring people from outside Apple that are bringing the negative corporate culture to Apple. Way too many business processes and a very generic approach to running a sales organization.,Stop hiring people from outside the company and develop internal candidates.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45691,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 1, 2012",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,working conditions inside apple offices,team work and satisfying coffee during breaks,the cockies are too soft and i dont like them,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45692,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 17, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"So, So",Get to work on new cool stuff,"Low, pay raises, no stock this year after getting it for many years, even having a decent review.",Use some of that $100B for the engineers.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45693,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," Oct 29, 2012",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Troubleshoot mobile devices and run data migrations.,Great place to network. Apple software certifications are free. Discount on products.,No room to grow. No connection from retail to corporate. Horrible scheduling. Shifts are either far to long or far to short (aka either 9 hours or 4 hours) most often. Pay is not appropriate for the work you will be made to do.,Remember the value of your employees,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45694,apple,"Deer Park, IL"," Oct 14, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Experience. It's all the hype it lives up to be,Excellent training. Nice discounts. The Company provides good benefits to its Full and Part time employees.,Work schedule is random. Be prepared to be on your feet the whole day. Some customers are ridiculous.,Better Pay to keep better employees,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45695,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Oct 12, 2012",Former Employee - Apple Care,Trained the best way possible to give the best service possible.,"great healthcare, responsive bosses, small enough that people care, but large enough to move positions and have something new to do",I had a boss that was not working well with my medical condition. I was a phone operator when I was given medication by my doctor that caused frequent bathroom visits for over a month. He was not happy when I had get out of the que.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45696,apple,"Brea, CA"," Oct 13, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Place to Work,Great! It was an rewarding place to work at.,No cons! I'd like to work here again.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45697,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Oct 24, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,Fun Company but Overworked and Under-appreciated,Great opportunities and fantastic resume builder. Apple has a lot of opportunity for education which will allow future job opportunities. Good benefits.,"Generally Apple does not compensate employees outside of certain fields very highly. Also in retail the job is typical retail with long hours, holiday work, and a general lack of appreciation.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45698,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 9, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work,Apple builds amazing products millions of people love. Working as an engineer on those products is both challenging and rewarding. Great campus Smart colleagues,Very long hours. The culture of secrecy can be fairly annoying at time.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45699,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 5, 2012",Former Employee - Engineering Project Manager,Apple Lifestyle,"Great people, Great products, work environment that supports growth and outside the box thinking.",Work/life balance is difficult. The product lifecycles do not allow for much less than a 24/7 workload.,More support from the executive team of middle management,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P908.htm
45700,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Developer Support,Too much smoke and mirrors,-No work outside of business hours -Solid time off policies -If you don't like challenging you may enjoy this,"-Arrogant management with so many smoke and mirrors deployed you would think they are running for political office -The amount of whispering and gossip that occurs I have not seen since high school -Lack of advancement opportunities, the more skilled positions are outside hires -All the feedback received is in a manner similar to an assembly line and very impersonal","Be a little more transparent. Most of the feedback we get is what we can do to improve our customer's experience, but I'd like to know how dissatisfaction is being analyzed and what is being discussed so customers have a better experience.",2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45701,apple,"Washington, DC"," Oct 4, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Made some great friends,Apple is always willing to support your dreams and aspirations. If you are a hard worker and want to succeed they will help you find your niche.,Not the greatest pay for the amount of work but better than most.,Please show appreciation to the lowest level employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45702,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 15, 2012",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Back of House Specialist,"Good benefits, great co-workers, get to work with highly coveted, technologically advanced products.","Hours, breaks, work-life balance, pay, company policies are all less than ideal, and appear to be getting worse as time goes on.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45703,apple,"Gainesville, FL"," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - AppleCare Advisor AHA,Initially very exciting but then very mundane,- Flexible - Understanding of Student Schedules,- Very little room for error - Whenever you call in sick or miss a day it counts against you much more severely then many other companies. 4 missed shifts in 6 months can constitute grounds for dismissal.,Provide a more clear path for advancement and recognition,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45704,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Sep 30, 2012",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,A great place to work,"Very supportive environment, constantly learning newest technology, stock purchase options, 401k, medical, discounts on almost all merchandise. Very creative and relaxed environment, friendly co-workers and managers. Fast paced environment, people are mostly happy and want to be there. No complaining from co-workers. Bright atmosphere to work in. CO-workers very diverse range of backgrounds.","Retail hours expected two out of three days every weekend and they weren't up front about this commitment during interview process. Standing for entire shift and most of the time you are ""ON' the entire time.","Pay more for the weekenders. For goodness sakes, we sell enormous amounts of stuff with no commission.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45705,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 1, 2012",Former Employee - HBA - Sales,GREAT NAME BUT LOUSY PAY,Products Products Products Products Products!!!!,"How can you make it on $30,000 with no commission with a family.",Please provide a better commission structure for all sales positions.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45706,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Sep 26, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Just another retail job with great networking opportunities!,Great discounts On the job learning/training Stay on top of tech news,"If you're a 20-something, you're accepted! Not so much if you're older... Retail drama","Just because one is not ostentatious and 23 does not make them less an employee. Please treat your older, more responsible employees with more respect. Also, be more lenient with weekend scheduling.",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45707,apple,"Washington, DC"," Sep 27, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Love Apple Would work there again,"Apple has an awesome company culture, and they give really great benefits to their employees, and working at Apple retail is by far the BEST retail experience you can get.","Within Apple retail there is little room for upward mobility, and it is a difficult move to go from retail to corporate. Retail workers are also offered no commission on what they sell.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45708,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Oct 9, 2012",Former Employee - Frontline Helpdesk,This was long before 2008... things may have changed,"Nice environment, paid training for supported products","location, hours, too many supervisors",ditch the overwhelming sense of micro-management.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45709,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 26, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,"Fantastic environment, benefits, and pay (New York City)","•Great people •Good benefits •Better starting pay than most retail jobs •They encourage you to be yourself.  I had the opportunity of working in a large store where there was lots of space to move around and pass the hours. I had a great time, and Apple kept things new and interesting (although I was there for less than a year). If your store does well you may even get a few perks.","•Corporate's been making changes recently, some good some bad. There have been pay raises, but scheduling has gotten stricter.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P909.htm
45710,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Sep 27, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Above Most Retail Jobs, With Some Noticeable Flaws","-Great team to work with -Nice Apple and 3rd Party Discounts -Benefits for Full Time and to some extent, part time (Public Transit vouchers as an example) -Get to be very personable with customer in helping with a purchase -Pay is higher than most retail stores","-Ignorant/impatient/rude customers. -Demanding hours for when you are in school (15 minimum) -3 weeks in advanced to request off -Too many people drink the Apple Koolaid -Depending on the store, too metrics/numbers focused (AppleCare, One to One, etc)","Be understanding of those in school. Depending on the major and school, 15 hours a week at a retail store is taxing. Apple Retail is also very busy and extremely stressful, so that makes it more difficult. Also stop looking at the percentages of AppleCare and other attachments. Yes the employee is a sales person and that is one way how you measure a sales person's skill, but there is much more to that in Apple Retail",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45711,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Oct 8, 2012",Former Employee - Lead Genius,"Good Company, But Retail is Retail",Apple is one of the most admired companies in the world. Many of the benefits given to corporate employees trickle over to retail employees.,The retail portion of the job is no where near the caliber of a corporate position. You're dealing with peers and managers of the caliber of a Best Buy.,"Invest in retail, it's a growth opportunity for the company.",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45712,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Sep 21, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great company at the corporate level, tough at the retail level","Great community, good benefits, reasonable pay, constant access to new technology, constant ability to give feedback to other employees","Tough hours, retail atmosphere, some of the staff can be very hard to get along with, can feel like management doesn't have your back","Retail staff works hard during long hours, and its not always appreciated.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45713,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist (Apple Store),Not too bad... for retail,"Great benefits (health insurance, 401k, stock purchase plan, discounts, etc.) Flexible schedule (kinda) Great coworkers and team environment Innovative environment Helping customers (lots of them) Pay not based on commission","Hire from outside rather than internally too often Little chance for ladder climbing Becoming beareaucratic Employee burnout Relentless push for more and higher sales, cloaked in a veneer of ""We don't push for sales"" Part-time capped at 29 hours, unless they need you more than that. Their choice, not yours.","In my store too often outsiders were hired for roles that should have been filled by current staff. Full-time sales roles would be filled by a new hire rather than 1 of the 10 proven specialists wanting (and often needing) full-time hours. Employee burnout is also high, although those that get hired tend to stay for a year or more. It seems like many hit a wall after a certain point.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45714,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Technician IV,Intense and fast moving place to work with big recognition of the company name,"Good benefits, products and services to be proud of. Apple has a strong commitment on producing awesome products and customer's experience and not just on making money. The isolation and compartmentalized environment makes it feel like working for a start up within a big company. This allow Apple to move very fast for a large company.","The company is very big and the secretive and compartmentalized culture can result in individual employee feel isolated and not empowered. Even though the employee benefits is first-class, the compensation package (salary + bonus) is not that great.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45715,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 15, 2012",Current Employee - SDM Manager,"Not treated with dignity, humanity, or respect","Great cafe, high compensation, nice equity price","- Managers suffering from mental instability or possibly on drugs - Brown nosing definitely superior to intelligent work - Very long hours and weekends, most job roles outside of engineering mind numbingly dull, a CEO who demands work before 6am everyday, & ""accountability without control"" (that's one of the core values they teach in Apple University management classes btw -- it's Apple culture to get screamed at for things that are beyond your control). - Verbal abuse and intimidating workplace the norm -- everybody craps on somebody while getting crapped on by somebody else - Internal infrastructure (basically everything IS&T builds) constantly breaking, management solution to scream at underlings without fixing root causes or problems - Avoid at all costs unless you really need to money, like getting abused, or God forbid want to work someplace where you're expected to abuse your reports into mindless submission","Get some sleep, fire and replace all IS&T top management, apply roughly the same standards to internal applications and processes that you apply to finished products, stop hiring psychotic leftovers from The Gap",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45716,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Oct 17, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Horrible, cult-like place to work.",I made the best friends of my entire life working here. Apple knows how to hire amazing people. This is the only pro.,"I dealt with actual verbal abuse from both management and customers on a weekly if not daily basis. I was treated like a peon and a disposable member of an army rather than an actual human being who mattered. There were numerous HR issues with coworkers and managers that almost always got swept under the rug. Disgusting. I would never recommend working here to anyone. Every quarter, employees anonymously review management and ours consistently received a score UNDER 0%. I don't even know how you get a negative percent, but this job sucks so badly that it defies math.",Stop abusing your employees and learn how to run a business.,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45717,apple,"Victor, NY"," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great,Great Co-workers and the envirnement is high energy!,Managers too focused on micromanaging their bonuses,Utilize peoples strengths more.,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45718,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Expert,"Great products, terrible company.","Interesting work, always around new technology, occasionally great customer interactions","Terrible corporate politics, no forward movement in retail, management is horrible","Grow up, stop acting biased and stop pretending like working there is the big time. It's still a retail mall job, regardless of what you want everyone to believe.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45719,apple,"Rockaway, NJ"," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple is definitely the best retail experience of my life.,"They have amazing benefits and ""learn at your own pace"" training that really lets you dig deeper if you want to. I feel like I could read all day about my job and never learn enough!","Sometimes the exact path to help someone else or yourself isn't very clear. (They're definitely working on this.) Also, it can be a very high stress job if you let it. Sometimes people aren't happy with what their device is doing, even if it's their fault, and can blame you.","Keep doing what you're doing! Have more positive feedback to Specialists in general, it makes us feel better!",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P910.htm
45720,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Working for apple was a great experience, but many times I felt ","Worked at home, flexible with schedules, good pay.",Felt overworked during certain time periods due to lack of proper hiring or forecasting of demand for applecare technicians.,"Create better compensation to employees when working overtime, especially near release dates of new technology which allows for virtually zero down time between assisting customers on technical issues.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45721,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"feels like heaven,simply fantastic..",full motivation with the ability to work at any place with anyone freely and have a great understanding with each other so that you can develop something new and an innovative product,it is quite a place where there is no free food or other various recreational facilities and so kind off at times it becomes boring and irritated.,try to develop various other facilities with work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45722,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Work on high visibility products,"There is much to like and enjoy about working at Apple. The product you work on will likely have high visibility and used by millions of consumers. While the company is huge, the individual teams tend to be rather small, which helps with rapid iteration and development cycles. The environment is fast-paced. As many of the products are new and cutting-edge, there are plenty of challenges to face and most individual contributors tend to take on a lot of responsibility.","Are with many large companies, Apple tends to be quite top-down in its organization. There is little feedback that goes upstream. Add to that the secretive nature of the company and there tends to sometimes be a lack of communication. This can at times stifle collaboration between teams.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45723,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 5, 2012",Former Employee - QA Engineer,Great place to work,"Innovation, great people, and you really feel like you're someplace that's changing the world. I loved it there.",You get a sense of being out of the loop at times. Various departments are shut off from one another. It's very competitive too.,Open up more.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45724,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 12, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Mac Expert,"Great Company Values, people are interesting and fun to work with.",Wage and additional compensations for salaries.,More coaching.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45725,apple,"Columbia, MD"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Not always for the employees as per the creedo.,Fun place the people are great and some of the most creative people anywhere...The environment is charged and the discounts are pretty good.,Customers can make it hard but that is why you are at work. The wrong Senior Manager can make life at work unbearable.,"Respect employees, respect their time and drive.. The employees work with you and for you.. not just for you..",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45726,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Sep 9, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,A very good company to work for overall,"Innovative company,very casual and social work environment while still striving for excellence. Great products, and you'll meet a lot of unique and talented individuals while working there. When I was exposed to the corporate side of things when getting genius certifications, it was one of the best experiences I've ever had. The corporate and non-retail side of Apple is magnificent.","The company itself is amazing, but the retail side of the company has all the cons of any retail job in the nation, especially concerning retail management, whose visions and overall attitude I would say often differs compared to that of the actual company (outside of retail). As the company grows larger and larger, the quality of employee that Apple has had to hire to keep up with business has had an impact on the quality of service in my opinion.  Another problem I had for a time was the social aspect of the store that I was in. Even though I was great at my job, if I wasn't a social butterfly that went out with the 'in-crowd' of my store's employees on a frequent basis, it hurt my chances of advancement (I actually had coaching sessions about this from management which is COMPLETELY ridiculous. For a time even though I had top notch technical and customer service numbers in the store, the fact that I didn't like to go out drinking set a promotion that I was more than ready for back a few months. But this is more attributed to the retail management side of things than Apple as a company).","In most ways, keep doing what you are doing, when it comes to retail, stop trying to commercialize the retail store, which is what started happening over the course of time that I worked there. Also, I think some of the higher ups should take more of an interest in who is being hired at the retail level, as I saw a lot of people hired towards the latter end of my career that I felt did not have the ability to uphold the quality of the Apple brand at all. You need to keep yourselves apart from the pack like you have in the past, including retail.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45727,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Very good working environment,A very good prospect for future.,Very busy work environment and high demand work needed.,Growth opportunities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45728,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,Great company,"great people, interesting work, exposure","long work hours, few vacation days",more health benefit,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45729,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 21, 2012",Former Employee - Manager,"I worked for Apple for nearly 20 years, and loved 18 of them immensely.",Generally great people. Definitely reasonable income. Sense of purpose to the world.,Not all people managers are as skilled as they could be which can create friction and discomfort in the workplace.,"For management, require folks to have exceptional people skills and understanding of how to maximize job satisfaction.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P911.htm
45730,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Sep 7, 2012",Former Employee - Tech Support,Great environment,"Intelligent co-workers, fair pay and pleasent working environment",We didn't get enough time for lunch,Hire older people,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45731,apple,"Farmington, CT"," Sep 9, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Store: Probably the best experience you can have in the retail,"Amazing corporate culture, looks great on any resume, decent pay, be proud of what you do","Not for the faint of heart, underpaid compared to the sales you bring in, normal retail downsides","Keep up the good work, you're in that position for a reason",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45732,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Trainer,Paid poorly 2% raise for highest rated work.,free t-shirts. candy and a vacation once a year.,upper management - the pay - the perks.,If you give someone a review that is rated as the highest rating you give - and heap praise on them with no criticism at all and tell them they are the best employee on the team - Dont give them less of a raise then the worst employee on the team - I am no longer motivated to innovate due to my 2% raise.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45733,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2012",Former Employee - Global Retail Trainer,"Amazing Company, No Doubt.","Cultural Diversity, Acceptance, Passion, Believing in their people, opportunity, fun, ownership, selfless","Retail, Corporate BS, Underdeveloped Middle Management, Pay for retail employees","Be a leader, not a manager, let your employees see you fighting with them, say what you mean, no empty promises, do hard things, believe in your people, promote internally, foster employee development.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45734,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Sep 8, 2012",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),awesome place to work,great people and culture and lots of stuff to learn. they invest alot of time and money to make sure you are able to help customers and other team members,crazy customers sometimes make the job environment a little hectic,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45735,apple,"Boston, MA"," Sep 19, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,"Fun, engaging, cooky at times, though very strict","Its a very fluid work environment, and definitely different than any place I've ever worked, the interview process was fun and engaging.","SUPER strict, don't think about coming in late. Overtime shifts during product launches are super crazy and people are a little to heated",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45736,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 1, 2012",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Great company. Awesome Products. An ethos I can get behind...,"Apple's commitment to customer service is what I love most about the job. I feel empowered to do whatever it takes to make it right for the customer and I get zero push back from management when I do so. Perhaps this is unique to our management team, but it is what I truly love about the job.",Moving up to corporate from retail is utterly opaque. There is no clearly defined path for those who wish to make that leap. I find that most frustrating because I know an awful lot of people like myself who can offer substantial benefit to corporate based upon our retail experience.  Another gripe is the compensation. Based upon the revenue I generate I am receiving less that 1% in salary. I find that manifestly unfair especially based upon the salaries and benefits that corporate employees receive.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45737,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple retail has top notch management and great training for advancement.,"Working at the Apple Store is a fun and energetic experience. Every customer who comes in the door has different needs and different problems. Finding the solution that fits that customer is very rewarding. The company treats it's employees well and promotes training for advancement inside or outside the company. The benefits help offset the low retail pay. Insurance for full or part time workers, 401k, profit sharing and product discounts are nice benefits.",low pay and bad hours are all a part of the retail experience.,"Don't regurgitate what you learned in your training to your employees. Too many of the pep talks to employees are canned and unimaginative. To use a cliche, think outside the box.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45738,apple,"Woodcliff Lake, NJ"," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,definitely worth it,"learned alot of valuable information about apple software, worked with some amazing people",pretty much teaching customers how to use the computer and trouble shooting all the time,be more organized!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45739,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 5, 2012",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,"Empowering, fast paced, great place to grow career - but No personal life = unsustainable","Empowered to make big business decisions even at the lowest level within the company. Every company has red tape, but Apple seems to have a lot less of it. GREAT management (how often do you hear that).You get to work on the most interesting and state of the art consumer products, and once you're here it really drives you... Since you see the direct result of your hard work. Despite the secrecy legend, I think Apple does a good job at letting employees see the big picture because it enables folks to be more effective. They really make you feel special with excellent compensation, shuttles that navigate thru brutal silicon valley traffic, etc. that being said this is an extremely expensive area to live, so it's not going to be easy to find an affordable place to purchase .... But renting is no issue.","I think because of the strict work schedules (ie, working from home is frowned upon) combined with the brutal amount of work and hours you need to put in here this is a really burnout job where your health and personal life will be severely challenged. Most of the people in Ops are new for a reason. Management knows it is an issue but ""can't seem to figure out how to solve it"" which in a nutshell means they are sympathetic but unwilling to do anything real about it. Your work and personal life will know no boundaries... Except calls daily during dinner with the family, don't try and go see a movie after work, calls at night with Asia teams, and never feel like you can ""unplug"" . High Stress.","If you want to keep people around start thinking more progressive about work life balance. Working from home a couple times a month would go a long way. Comp days when weekend work occurs, an extra week of vacation time, or even an unpaid sabbatical program to let employees recharge would be just putting yourself on an even playing field with other companies in the area. Stop all of extreme amounts of executive status meetings and put your managers on the hook for reporting up the chain to stop driving so much work.",4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P912.htm
45740,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 23, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Loved working for Apple had to leave for study abroad program,"people were great, I loved my team. I always call them my apple family the atmosphere was fun and energetic! management provided a lot of opportunity for growth and learning","I didn't like wearing the blue t-shirt, a small gripe Also, all the customers think you have to know everything to work there",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45741,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Amazing experience, great products, fast faced, high pressure but very rewarding","- Getting to work on the latest and greatest wireless gadgets - iPhone/iPads - Getting the opportunity to work on latest wireless technologies such as LTE, IMS, SIP - Opportunity to work with multiple groups of people - QA, dev, product/project management, external vendors, hardware, network operators - Being able to build products that people LOVE to use","- Work/life balance is not there - Apple doesn't necessarily groom their employees to learn a specific skillset, they will simply hire someone who already has the skillset - There is no one to help you out initially and it is extremely easy to get lost in all the confusion",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45742,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Enlightening!,"Great co-workers, supportive and creative environment, famous brand with tons of customer loyalty, great benefits,","not much upward mobility, the pay is good for retail, but not enough for the amount of time, energy and effort it takes to actually be successfully in company.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45743,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 26, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Enriching work experience during college - but not my career choice.,Discounts / Perks from Apple & other companies. Fast paced and sometimes fun environment. Breaks are valued and encouraged. You really learn so much! You get a little education.,"Very loud, stressful environment. Very crowded. Somewhat smothering ""culture."" Crazy schedule. Sometimes worked night shift & morning shift back to back. Difficult to make full time employment. A huge void between the sales employees and the FRS team or skilled employees. Lots to learn every day - some times overwhelming - especially for part time employees.","More consistent / respectful schedule for employees. Overall a great experience - I wish upper management was hired from within more often. I often felt like I was expected to put my position at Apple above all else. Above school/ my career ambitions/ my family. This was frustrating - especially when I would pull all nighters working an apple shift, go straight to class, and come back to work from class for an evening shift. This seemed unfair - especially since they had my school schedule on file and I was a part time employee. I think having respect for a home life would improve the experience of the employees.",4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45744,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 28, 2012",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Apple is great!,"Great place to work! Very good work ethics. Things move too fast to waste time with drama or people who don't contribute… they get fired fast. From an IT standpoint, you get 100% control of your own system(s)!","Poor work/life balance. Employee discounts are less than desirable. Because working for Apple is considered ""it's own reward"" there is a tendency to pay on the lower side of the spectrum. Unfortunately applicants will take the below industry rates just to be at apple.","Never be afraid to say ""no"".",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45745,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 28, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Retail: Great place to learn how to deal with all kinds of people,"Basically was life training, the varied interactions (and customers) teach you how to approach lots of different situations. You might become more outgoing as a result of working there. You also get the opportunity to learn a ton about technology. Worth it if you are willing to put the time in.","Lots of rules, some of which can be broken, but unclear which. There is a bit of a glass ceiling - it can be hard to move up. And there is a lot of ambiguity, sometimes it's not entirely clear what is actually expected of your performance vis a vis with what management is saying.",Try to be consistent in what you are communicating to staff.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45746,apple,"Towson, MD"," Sep 9, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Brief, but fun","Fun, good discounts, good people, great perks. There was opportunity to grow and visit Cupertino for certification, but I only wanted part-time work. Plenty of free software, discounts on products from third-parties, and even cellphone service.","Pay could have been better, but I was only looking for part-time work. The store was located inside a mall, so you're basically a mall employee, just like the sales folks at the Gap or Brookstone. Parking at the mall was pretty bad and not safe at night.",Grow the good people and get rid of the slackers.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45747,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Technical Advisor,It's all or Nothing,"Job security, benefits and convenient. They hire anyone which could be a con but it is nice to be a graduate with an Art Degree and have a job.","If your not a couch potato that has no life other than video games then this is the perfect job for you. If your someone that wants a life outside of work than this is not for you. Vacation please, you get time off but don't expect to be able to use the time, cause they will tell you no for some reason.",Don't make us feel like we are going to lose our job because one out of one hundred people give you a dissatisfied survey. Things happen and you can't please everyone.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45748,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 20, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product manager,Best working environment and respect individual,"Hard working, need work and life balance",Work and life balance,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45749,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest retail job that exists,"Work environment unlike any other. People around you are unlike any other their all a great single individuals, it's hard to believe they can have so many great people in one place.",Moving to another position is almost impossible in the retail stores because of the number of employees it becomes incredibly competitive.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P913.htm
45750,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - Genius,"Great co-workers, great training, becoming increasingly demanding...","I really enjoy my co-workers in Apple Retail. My position is a Technician, perhaps better known as ""Genius."" The products and services are well aligned to customer needs, and there is no pressure to be ""salesy""... we're simply there to help people out with their Apple products.","Our store was very small and outdated for the demand we face. The managers sometimes forget that our job is customers AND repairs, and lately our scheduling has been abysmal.","Proper scheduling makes this job really fun and engaging, or completely awful. Being able to meet demand and fix customer's issues is where our heart is, and when too many customers flood the store, it makes the experience horrible on both ends.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45751,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great Place, Great Benefits, Great People","The Benefits are truly amazing... They cover so much... They give you $100 for commuting every month, pay 150 of your gym membership, health is awesome... The people are great, both customers and co-workers. You're given different things on different days to do (Phone room, Greeter, Personal Set Up, etc) Pay is excellent as well!","Lots of managers.. so it can get confusing when you're told to do one thing, and then corrected... then corrected again... A lot of competition for any position in the Family room (Family Room Specialist, Creative, Genius.)",Be supportive.. give fair chances!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45752,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 17, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Expert,Leverage working for Volt to get your Apple Badge,"Cool technology Opportunity for advancement is okay Decent Pay If you do your time (1 year) with Volt and are not a total loser you will be badged. Get your badge and then look for better jobs in the company, just be prepared to be put through 10-15 interviews. If you can fog a mirror, you can get on as a contractor around the holidays.",Horrible hours - I was working 6pm to 2am. Difficult interviews for badged positions Expect to work holidays- this is a call center job Micromanagement,Don't wait so long to badge the best contractors- when you see talent- take it!,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45753,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Aug 1, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Life Changing Experience,"Culture, if you don't get it do not apply to this company.","What good are employees compensation programs if you can't afford to be a part of them? The Following Sentence describes Apple Retail best for most people working there... It's like being a waiter or maid at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Sad to say but true,you can get by but only if you can count on someone else's salary within your household or as most people there you have roommates, go to school or have another job that actually pays the bills.","It would be nice if after paying taxes,health ins. and 401k maybe we have an opportunity to be a part of the Stock Option pool OR even to have enough $$ to Pay our rent.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45754,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Becoming political and beauracratic,Great brand name Nice benefits Satisfaction in working for a company you love as a brand.,Incompetent middle management. Lots of politics and gossipping. Incompetent people are being promoted.,Watch out for your middle rung management. Incompetency and political candidates will ruin this great company.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45755,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Want to be at the Bleeding edge of technology with some of the smartest humans ever? Come to Apple Core Engineering team,"- Great Engineering Challenges Atmosphere - Awesome perks, pay and bonuses (STOCKS :)) - Good growth perspectives for engineering and engineering management roles - Amazing Job security - Great work environment (top notch equipment, your surrounded by tones of cool gadgets and you can request for almost anything yo need at work)","- No free lunches (although dinner for the core teams is free) - Very few engineering offices ( 3 main locations ), No international offices (unlike competitors like Microsoft, Facebook and Google) - No Swimming Pool",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45756,apple,"Birmingham, AL"," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,It has been an over all life changer. You look at people and customer service different.,The benefits are amazing! And it's nothing like working for the #1 company in the world! The resources for making it a pleasant place to work is endless.,"Working here can be too 'in your face' at times! Especially during the holidays, back-to-school, and product launch times.",Relationships are great! Saying hello & smiling.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45757,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 8, 2012",Former Employee - Manager,"Working for Apple is exciting, challenging and fun.",It's a fast pace environment so things are always changing and you continue to learn. It's a great culture and you are treated like family. The staff is well compensated.,The pace and the products can be hard to keep up with. There is a lot of stress and demand on every employee. It's super busy.,Keep looking for opportunities for the staff to grow and develop.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45758,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," Aug 9, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Great for what is was,You will not get any better in RETAIL. Opportunity to grow EVEN from the lowest position. They want you to succeed. Retail employees have the best benefits and are treated as an interregnal part of overall success. great discounts. Resume booster.,"Stores have clicks. Apple is a big popularity contest, If you are liked and live.sleep. eat and speak the Apple ""Credo"" you will succeed. Unfortunately If you are yourself, not fake, don't go beyond your outlined job description, forget to use the phrase ""no worries"" at least 10 times a day and most certainly if you are not tied to the hip of your managers you will not succeed.",not too much to complain about.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45759,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 11, 2012",Current Employee - Director of Engineering,Fantastic culture at apple inc,Great opportunities - if you work hard and are talented you'll do well here,Competitive culture be prepared to fight for your ideas,n/a,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P914.htm
45760,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 12, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Signing your life away,-Great people to work with -Ability to learn about the OS and its features -Discounts,"-Poor management all around -Severe lack of communication -Many empty promises -Hard to advance, even in store -Little to no work-life balance -Raises not high enough","First and foremost, stop making empty promises. No one should ever join Apple Retail with the dream of going to Corporate because it will almost never happen, or it will take a very, very long time. Management loves to talk about how easy it is to move up in Retail, just to express your interests and they will ""show you how to get there"" but that is totally the opposite. You have to go over their heads and then bother your manager repeatedly for an endorsement once the time comes.  The lack of communication is a huge con. This goes back to empty promises, as well as communication in between managers. They have their own agendas, and when on the floor, they tend to push you in many directions, making it harder for your core employees to be satisfied with their jobs.  Make better schedules.",1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45761,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 10, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Very Interesting, you meet nice people",Great pay lots of good people Interesting work,Lots of work Lots of skill needed,Be ready!,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45762,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Pretty much the best part time sales position you could ask for.,"Working at Apple will reward you with outstanding training, remarkable opportunities, highly likable co-workers, opportunities for advancement and exposure to bright, challenging customers.","Though advancement within is frequent, moves are often lateral and are more for opportunity that increased compensation.","While it's really a great system the Apple enterprise has built, the culture can be a little bit insular, just don't forget to 'look outside' once in a while, you don't want to lose that keen wit and sharp perspective, that got you your Apple job in the first place now, do you?",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45763,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 9, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good Company, with World Class Employees",Some of the more interesting products and designs that one could hope to work on.,"Large company, prefer smaller organizations instead of being a cog.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45764,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 8, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,great experience,"learn how to sell, learn how to enrich lives, have fun. If they paid enough, I'd stay there forever!","low pay, retail hours and all the negatives that come with it.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45765,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 7, 2012",Former Employee - Global Supply Manager,Corporate vs. Retail are day and night,"Creative, innovative, fast paced and exciting. The best products in the world. Only perfection is acceptable. Salary/benefits are competitive. RSUs.","Horrible management. There are probably more managers than there are ICs. The reason for this is Apple just promotes people based on years at Apple. First level managers have no mgmt or leadership skills. I've never seen so many managers have one direct report. Even then, they are not really managing. Awful culture. No training, no support. Everyone is ultra competitive. Zero work life balance. Expect to work 18 hour days, 6.5 days/week. Frequent travel, up to 50%.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45766,apple,"Wayne, NJ"," Aug 16, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,"Overpromise, Underdeliver","Get to work with the BEST products, and really see every scenario imaginable in the tech world through your experience with customers, it's amazing to see how innovative people as a whole are. Also get to work with cool personalities, who do cool things","HORRIBLE personal development...as in, it doesn't exist. Apple's super ""secrecy"" is used at Retail level to keep employees out of the loop of what management's plans are, and again to prevent you as a retail employee from achieving personal development and rising up to the ranks of management...you are like a wheel in the car...and if you choose to get personal development elsewhere on your own dime like i did, your managers will get PISSED., they really don't like wheels turning into drivers on their watch, you are not hired to be a driver at Apple, only ""executives"" can do that...and if you want to be an executive, you sure as hell better have the degrees and experience to back up your name. Although Tim Cook may claim ""Politics Don't Exist At Apple."" He is only referencing the camaraderie between the current team of 10 people who run the company, at the retail level to succeed...""you need to know how politics work, and you need to know more than 99% of others."" Only then will you be able to ""beat the games"" that are played there, but when you figure it out, they don't want you there, because ""YOU ARENT SUPPOSED TO KNOW.""","Get rid of the stupid political games...seriously. YOU create them, you KNOW about them, and YOU don't care...it's honestly pathetic.",3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45767,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 28, 2012",Current Employee - QA Manager,Excellent place to build your skills and further your career!,Great people. Great products to work on! Excellent compensation.,Sometimes you just gotta work a lot. And it can effect your home life.,Keep it up!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45768,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Part Time Specialist,"What can I say, at the end of the day it is retail",Best pay in retail Cool Co workers Cool benefits Interesting customers,Inflexible hours uneducated management team stupid/entitled/spoiled/idiotic customers Favoritism/Unclear requirements for promotions,Look I get it. You don't have to know everything about a computer to work here. But jeez at least know some of the basics. At least know wtf intel is and what the hell an x86 architecture is. At least know that underneath the wonderful aqua gui that the os has a beautiful unix certified system in it. At least know that majority of the programs are written in objective c and that apple champions objective c. At least know what the hell a computer does.  Management there is a reason why the people below you resent you. Your knowledge and skill level is sub par and quite honestly no better sometimes even worse than our worst customers and yet you dictate a lot of our lives and get paid way more than us. There is a big disconnect between skill level and pay level.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45769,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Video Codec Engineer,New members are asked to to the most risky projects.,"Work cutting edge technology, fair compensation, RUS.","Ask you to do which is not your specialty area, and what they or their people don't want to take the risks.",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P915.htm
45770,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Place to learn, grow and meet great people.","People who I work with in the store is amazing, very knowledgeable & very supportive. The system supports you and try to make your job as easy as it could be. It's amazing when you put all great & smart people together. If you love a fast pace environment, this is the place for you.","If working under pressure and time constrain environment would drive you crazy, Apple Store is not for you. It gets hectic sometime but I never bring 'it' home.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45771,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 24, 2012",Current Employee - AOS,Excellent place best job in the universe,"they really care about the customers and empower their employees to help them. you don't feel faceless there they always are pushing and helping you achieve your goals, there is always room to advance",they are always in your face and sometimes you feel you can never do good enough. Sometimes the managers can be real jerks though,"back off a little or give more positive flow so we can feel like we are doing an excellent job, and stop picking on the front line agents god forbid you have to do their job again!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45772,apple,"Tempe, AZ"," Aug 9, 2012",Former Employee - Apple At Home Adviser,Working at Apple is tolerable,"401K, stock options, vacation, 5K p/y for school... all the standard corporate benefits.",Very rigid corporate structure. The go out of their way to make work not fun. Some days have mandatory overtime even if you have school.,Find ways to make this job even remotely fun instead of a giant painful exercise. Train us better too with some hands on work in the store even.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45773,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"If you have always wanted to work for a church, but it isn't religious enough, Apple Retail is UP YOUR ALLEY.","Good benefits, good co-workers, nice physical store","Terrible hours and scheduling, insane brainwashing 24/7/365, little to no career development, promises with no results, insanely stupid customer base.",Quit.,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45774,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 23, 2012",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Great company,very good management fun work environment,"competitive work environment, average pay",Great company,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45775,apple,"Glendale, AZ"," Aug 2, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,College backup,Cool products and awesome staff. This is perfect for current college students. Great benefits.,"No commission, poor career growth, bad pay. They hire 90% of their managers externally! Good luck working your way up. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone with ambition or a degree.","Be real with your subordinates. A $.50 raise is nothing to get excited about. In the end, this is not a career, this is underemployment.",2.0,none,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45776,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best experience of my life.,"good pay, amazing working environment, good teamwork, chance for innovation, employee subsidies.","Strict work schedules, very autocratic, stress level is very high.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45777,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Apple Specialist,Apple Specialist,"Amazing development, comprehensive analysis into your competencies, chances to progress within the organization.  They take very good care of us, give us adequate breaks, compensation is amazing.","Constant standing, very competitive work environment.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45778,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 18, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Best Job I Ever Had!,"Pay, Benefits, work, discounts, friends, learning and your able to work for different stores in different areas.",Pay could be better but the benefits is amazing.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45779,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 17, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,A fun and rewarding work experience,Great for a people person Interacting with many people and amazing products Helping others Great Benefits Working for the most prominent tech company around,Sometimes stressful at times Management not always available at peak times Customers take out their frustrations on the employees not understanding that we are doing our best to help.,Make sure employees are always supported,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P916.htm
45780,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),I love doing what I do!,I love working with people and the products that I love! The store is very well run and they only hire people who the know will do the job.,None that I know of at the current time of my employment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45781,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 16, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist/Guest Trainers,"On the job training, access to pro software tools, great benefits and perks",Overworked and not paid the best salary,"Everyone needs to maintain the Apple model of being team players, being fair and know who their assets are in their company",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45782,apple,"Friendswood, TX"," Jul 16, 2012",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Learned a lot about customer service, could have been compensated better.","Amazingly talented co-workers. Great opportunities to work with, repair, learn and teach cutting edge technologies and equipment. Fun environment, to learn and work within. Lots of resources for learning, feedback about work environment, managers etc... Great training and mentoring by management and leaders. Decent perks and full benefits for full time employees and par timers that have been employed for a year.","Ambiguity is the name of the game. If you cannot deal with ever changing processes Apple is not the place for you. Not enough pay and pay increases for the amount of training your must complete. The most intense customer interactions you'll experience in retail. Actually have seen co-workers attacked by customer trying to get an iPad. Some of the jobs that require much more responsibility, training and testing to acquire do not come with a pay increase.","Pay employees that excel and got the extra mile MORE! I saw many employees jump thru hoops to ""champion"" a particular role yet were not rewarded monetarily for their efforts. Family Room Specialist should make MORE money than an average specialist and should get a mandatory raise when promoted.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45783,apple,"Naples, FL"," Jul 16, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great,"love the people, lots of hard work but fun",always short staffed which makes it hard to handle number of customers,"open communication, keep hiring",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45784,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jul 30, 2012",Former Employee - Red Zone,"Red Zone not appreciated, no commissions","Discounts are good, but limited.",Managers play favorites and create Hell for nonfavorites,"Get real, get out of LaLa land",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45785,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Interaction Designer,"Great place to work, with excellent benefits.","You get to work with some of the best people in the industry, and the things you work on really make a difference.","If you're not careful, the workload can get a bit overwhelming, and there's the danger of burnout. You really have to stay on top of your own work/life balance.",Don't lose Apple's core values as the company grows.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45786,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Jul 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company,Work at home atmosphere is unparalleled,Changing schedules interfere with planning,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45787,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Jul 28, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Not what it used to be…,Competitive pay and good benefits for full time staff plus great discounts and free copies of select Apple software.,Working there used to feel like you were part of a family… no longer. No benefits for part time. Not easy to get full time. Not much chance of advancement in the retail stores unless you want to be Store Manager as a career goal.,"Bring it back to the family feeling that it used to have. Not only between staff but it has also been lost with the customers. Customers used to be like family to and now employees are taught to finish and move on as quick as possible… like most big retailers. The reason why Apple Retail got as big as it did was because they were different, not because they were like everybody else.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45788,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 11, 2012",Current Employee - Materials Buyer/Planner,Incredibly challenging and very satisfying,"Apple really makes sure their employees have the tools they need to do their job well. From the office furniture to the cafeteria offerings, computers, and little perks like state of the art gyms and luxury shuttles with wifi that take us to and from work, they really make us feel special.",Management politics. Apple has too many chiefs and not enough indians. Apple is populated by leaders. Subsequently there is a lot of head-butting.,"Apple is constantly looking out at other companies to make sure we're doing things better than them. You should look at other departments to make sure your people are better treated than theirs. Best Practices can apply to how you lead your people, as well.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45789,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Best people in the world to work with,"Co-workers are sharp, fun, and usually work well as a team. Management very much cares about your personal development, and if you show ambition and dedication you will do well.","Micro-managed from far away in California. Stores have very little control and must be uniform in every way. One can see why this is so, with Apple Retail's success, but it can be discouraging.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P917.htm
45790,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 27, 2012",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Not Employee-focused,Great place to meet individuals with various talents especially in the Creative industry.,"Not Employee-focused: Does not provide training time that they require employees to complete in order to advance in the company, provides lateral movement but rarely promotional advancements, difficult to move from retail to corporate, management team needs to be effectively trained in using soft skills with employees","If you use training as a strategy to motivate employees to advance, provide them time to do the training. Management team needs to role model what they want their employees to demonstrate as a professional working for the company.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45791,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A life time experience - Not for everyone,Great products and projects to work on Mission feeling even in the most small activities,Secrecy makes things much harder than they could be Long hours Burn-off,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45792,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - IT Executive,Great environment and great outcome!,Smooth and flexible working hours.,Nothing found yet. Its awesome workplace.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45793,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 11, 2012",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Benefits, how they treated employees, discounts. Apple I a very respected company and looks great on your resume. Great work for college students.","Working from home was not for me. I would rather get up and go to work. The pay for At Home Advisors is less than iOS Support. If you want to work for Apple, go through a temp agency and you will have the opportunity to be hired on permanently.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45794,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Jul 6, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Best Job Ever!,"Great people, great technology, great benefits, great pay!",inconsistent scheduling. Most weeks with staggered days off.,You have enough people working per store to give better schedules.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45795,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 24, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,"Started out fun, but slowly became way too micromanaged",Commuter benefits 401k Cool people to work with,Too many managers doing nothing but watching the employees Too much micromanaging,Trust your workers more by not having so many managers watching their every move.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45796,apple,"Clinton Township, MI"," Jun 21, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,One of the best companies to work for.,"Advancement, amazing coworkers, greatest technology available","Retail hours are difficult. Holidays are CRAZY, but fun.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45797,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 5, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,"If you're passionate about the company and it's products, Apple is an amazing place to work.",- Less burearacracy than many/most companies - Many passionate and very smart people - Always looking to innovate and never settle - Very challenging environment,"- Expectations are high and hours can be long - Compensation seems below average, especially for a company doing as well as Apple - Lack of structure can be challenging at times",Management could do a better job of recognizing and rewarding top talent... the superstars tend to wander and consider other opportunities because they are not properly incentivized to stick around.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45798,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 23, 2012",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Not for the weak....,"You manage your own success. Job is very demanding but very rewarding. You will accomplish things you never thought possible.  Most importantly, you get to be apart of a very elite team. I have never met a weak link at Apple that has lasted. Team is extremely strong and you'll feel proud to be apart of it.",The work-life balance is off kilter compared to other tech jobs in the valley. Excellence is the norm so don't expect gratitude for doing your job.,Give bonus targets at beginning of year for employees to work towards.,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45799,apple,"Troy, MI"," Jul 4, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,"Mostly fun place to work, Made many new friends.",Can be fun place to work. Excellent benefits and discounts. You will make new friends that last beyond your time employed at Apple,"very demanding job, Work/Personal life balance not good. Management is not on the same page on many things. Many customers have a ""Sense of entitlement"" and not friendly. Management is not all up so speed on technology and Apple products.","Hire Management that has a passion for Apple, Not former Gap managers.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P918.htm
45800,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 3, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Manager,VERY GOOD,One can lLearn new and important things. which is necessary for his future life/,you have to do too much work. sometimes it creates pressure on the employee.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45801,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jul 2, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Overall, a solid place to work especially for retail",I loved working at Apple over all. Great products. Steady shifts. No commission pressure - which helped me focus on helping customers and not trying to meet my commission stats. High energy. Apple did try to offer various career paths to fit their individual employee's needs and long term goals.,Changing to different positions can take a while. Sometimes managers are lackluster (as with everywhere). Long hours on your feet. Although custom career paths were offered it often came as a last priority option when many weeks being skipped altogether. I also have several scheduling issues where I was repeatedly being scheduled outside of my availability although I had clearly (and repeatedly) communicated with management.,I wish there were better opportunities for training in specific areas that interested me while working there. But overall - a great place.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45802,apple,"New Orleans, LA"," Jul 2, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),the experience is overall great.,it is basically great to work with apple.,sometimes too much of workload.,beware!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45803,apple,"Mission Viejo, CA"," Jun 29, 2012",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Had a great experience, met people I would have never met","Because Apple Retail is such a diverse setting, I met interesting people I never would have met in my life. You also never have to work on a PC. Stock purchase plan and employee discounts are amazing and almost makes up for low retail pay. On your feet all day, which is great exercise, I walked 6 mi a day around the store.","The customers are demanding, the support side of the store is set up to maximize the use of evry employee on staff and it can get very stressful on holidays, weekends, and summers. Little movement up the retail ladder and no possibility of going into corporate.","Please overstaff during peak hours and time of the year. When we are understaffed, the pressure is intense and we get burned out.",4.0,none,5.0,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45804,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,gr8 place to work,"Very fast paced, challenging environment.","long working hours, including weekend sometimes..",Mgmt is gr8,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45805,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Jul 7, 2012",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Great if you're young, single and a Type A personality","Great company, great products, fun co-workers, usually okay customers, decent pay for retail. Customers can really get to know you, which is good for some people, bad for others. I made lifelong friends while working there. Slight employee discount, which isn't better than the Student Discount they do once a year. It's easy to get caught up in living in the ever present hype of the Apple machine, which can be really fun and exciting. It's also nice to always meet new people every day. It's nice selling products that really live up to their promise.","Not a family friendly place to work. You're required to work one weekend day, meaning you never get a full weekend with your family, if you have one. The shifts range in start times. Great pay for retail, but in the grand scheme of things, and considering what Apple brings in, it's pretty low for what they expect from you. You're supposed to always be 'on' and be an encyclopedia of Apple knowledge, which is fine. Just know that going in. You're on stage before you even enter the store, in the break rooms, at lunch, and even when you're walking to your car.  One big deal is that it's a very uncomfortable place to work, physically. It looks like a spaceship, and is about as ergonomic. The chairs for the tables are horrible, and the slate floors are murder for full time shifts. Even the break rooms are cramped, noisy, highly trafficked, and uncomfortable.  They're also Draconian in their confusing point system for tardiness and absences. It's done in so many great employees. It seems to be MUCH more important than the quality of their staff. They'd rather have mediocre staff with perfect attendance than amazing people who are a little late now and then. Example: you get a point if you're more than three minutes late. You can be let go very easily. So if you live on flex-time, Apple isn't going to work out for you. You're only allowed to Think Different when you're not on the clock.  There's also very few places to go in the company once you're in, which isn't bad for most people, but it's definitely not a way to go further with Apple beyond their retail structure.","Well, most of the complaints are coming from corporate, and not from individual managers. It's more about Apple's blanket policy for their retail stores.",3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45806,apple,"Glendale, CA"," Jun 25, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Decent discount, good benefits, fun products","Way too busy for the amount I got paid. i did a lot more work than somebody at this salary should have done. Never recognized for my jobs well done. Management obviously run by a very specific type of person, very cliquey.",Don't be so clicky.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45807,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 16, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Worklife at Apple,It's great to be part of a company that creates some of the best products in the world. Employee Discounts Health/Medical Meet new people everyday,Clueless managers hired from outside Apple (Starbucks) Fluctuating Schedules. Not a lot of upward movement for current employees.,"The best part about being at an Apple Store is that it's a fun, care free, non pressure environment. We're trying to build customer loyalty and customers like to be around that type of atmosphere. But some managers forget that and get too caught up in sales and numbers. They get very nervous about iQueue's and hitting sales goals. Frankly, no specialists care about that because they don't make commission. And it does nothing to motivate them and in fact makes them less motivated. Get back to old school apple philosophy where we just focus on creating a great experience for every customer. Hidden behind this philosophy is a ground plan for creating happiness for both employees and customers. Happiness ultimately leads to more sales. So forget the numbers, they'll come.",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45808,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 18, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),great company,"I enjoy working at apple due to the following reasons: flexible work schedule, fantastic management, fun environment, fantastic benefits.",The only downsides to working at the Apple store is the low pay compared to the amount of money that you bring into the store. Because there is no comission on sales even if you sell $100k in a month (which is typical at my store) you do not recieve any extra compensation.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45809,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 17, 2012",Current Employee - Expert,This is a particularly good time to be working for Apple Retail,"Apple has one of the best conceived and articulated customer support standards in the electronics industry. So, assisting customers to fulfill their various needs is generally easy, and does not require the customer to be a computer engineer to comprehend and master. Apple gathers an enormous amount of customer usage data and translates that into constant tweaks to improve its products and offerings for customers. That makes my role of offering customer service particularly easy.   Additionally, Apple has an open hiring policy that allows people of any age, gender, race, sexual orientation to work for them, as long as they can offer excellent customer service. And, Apple offers several directions and lots of opportunity for self-development once a person is onboard.",It's retail. Most people will never make an engineer's or corporate salary.,"Apple needs more language skills among their retail workforce. For instance, In Chicago Brazilians are regular shoppers, but no one in the store speaks Portugese. That means staff relies on Google Translate to assist customers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P919.htm
45810,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Apple At Home Consultant,Apple Is One of The Best!,"On-going training opportunities, great salary, fantastic benefits, there are always ways to find out how to better your experience. Supervisors are on hand and eager to assist when needed. Apple also allows you the freedom to work independently and add your own touch/personality to each experience.","As of yet, I really don't have any cons....",Keep on doing what you're doing. Allow agents the freedom to express concerns while also continuing to make them feel as though they are a valued part of an amazing company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45811,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jun 10, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),magical,"The pay is nice, the benefits are good, the work environment is very organized and professional!","long hours, with non stop customer traffic, demand is very high",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45812,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,An extremely fulfilling life changing experience but with plenty of costs,- Work on amazing products - Work with amazing people - Pride in the work that you do - Huge gain in professional knowledge - Experience makes you hirable anywhere else,- No work/life balance - No direct career paths - Average compensation (pre-stock) - Average to below-average perks - Having to deal with growing and encroaching bureaucracy,"Read more books on complex systems. Stop enforcing top-down process for the sake of it, build simple rules to create a fence around where you want the company to move while allowing your teams to direct how they best see fit. Apple isn't a small company anymore and as such the same management models will not work. Invest more in the talent that has brought Apple its success as that will create a positive feedback loops in ares of: competing in the high skilled labor market, reducing overhead costs, avoiding the Apple engineering churn, etc.",4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45813,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 4, 2012",Former Employee - Intern,Learned a lot,"Got to work with a lot of ""veterans"" who are experts in their field","As in all companies, had to work with some stubborn and arrogant people",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45814,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 1, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Every company should have this department!,"Energetic, professional, challenging, and lots of opportunity fir those who make them.","Any position as a call agent in a call center can get monotonous at times, but the purpose of this group is so important, that boredom is a rarity.","Assume nothing…department growth tends to do that, and newcomers don't know some about what you assume in many cases. New employee orientation is too high-level, so area and team managers have to manage the lexicon and vernacular to the new employees, but also become more knowledgable about programs, initiatives, and benefits (such as tuition reimbursement) to stimulate employees to keep growing their knowledge.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45815,apple,"The Woodlands, TX"," Jun 1, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,"Decent start, good people, nice atmosphere","The staff there are a good bunch, there is the possibility for a lot of training and internal career development. Good company, with high quality products that you can stand behind and believe in.","Through training and internal career development there is limited/disproportionate compensation, the hours weren't very flexible.","Some workers want/need more hours and/or more pay, and others need less hours.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45816,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Jun 15, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Young,"Great medical benefits Great vacation & sick time (for full-time employees) ""Fun"" work environment - you work with a wide variety of people from all walks of life","One word: retail. Unable to have a fixed schedule, deal with cranky customers on a daily basis, managers who don't really know the product (unable to support you). Apple seems to target those without much direction, and gives them hope that they will be able to advance and then never actually promote them (besides money-making machines). Hard to get a job here, even harder to advance once you're in",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45817,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 1, 2012",Former Employee - Advisor,A great experience working for an amazing company.,- Employees are taken care of well. - Great communication between supervisors and employees. - Working for Apple.,- High-volume work. - Schedules weren't really flexible.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45818,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 15, 2012",Former Employee - Mentor/Family Room Specialist,"Was fun at the beginning, but then they ","Some of the smartest, most creative individuals I've ever worked with. Being at the forefront of new technology. Popularity nearly border lined to stardom.","Terrible hours, no pay raises, never was able to move up - even after promises of such. Was given 3 promotions in less than 6 months, but never received any monetary rewards for it. The discount wasn't enough for us to actually OWN the products we had to showcase and teach to users on a daily basis.",You guys don't need my advice. It'd just be yet another on and ever-growing pile of disgruntled ex-employees,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45819,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,"If you are passionate about Apple products, you will love it here!",Exciting work that impacts a LOT of people. Operates more like a (collection of) startups rather than a big company.,"Lot of work here, aggressive schedules.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P920.htm
45820,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Repeat Offender,"Size. Apple is run like a bunch of small companies (work groups). When your job gets old and boring - and they all eventually do - it is easy to move within the company to get a fresh outlook without having to change employers completely. Likewise, if you need to stretch or improve your skill set, there are plenty of opportunities for advancement.","There is no room for mediocracy at Apple. If you're not an ""A"" performer, it will become apparent all too soon and you'll be down the road at Google.",Keep the spirit alive.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45821,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 9, 2012",Current Employee - Business Sales Manager,"If you don't bleed blue, Apple's not for you","Apple is a very innovative, progressive company..however, for as large as they are, they are a strictly revenue driven company, not sales driven...",Employees are expected to perform/exceed all expectations without a platform for higher earnings capacity...Apple historically doesn't pay as well as competitors...,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45822,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jun 8, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail,"Fun, relaxed place to work on the surface. Decent benefits- available to part time as well as full time employees immediately upon hiring. Pay slightly above average retail.","Constant pressure to sell add-ons to products, i.e. extended warranties and training packages. Managers are old-school, retail management lifers- they open and close and count the money. No opportunities for advancement into management.",Develop internal talent- there are a LOT of sharp young people at Apple but they tend to move on after 6-12 months due to no career opportunities.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45823,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Working for the #1 company in the world is nothing less than fantastic,"Professionally challenging Rewarding, both intellectually and financially Company is hyper-focused",Work lots and lots of hours,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45824,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 18, 2012",Current Employee - Market Leader,The most amazing experience of my career.,"Never a dull moment. A culture of driven performers who refuse to see obstacles in their way as being limiting, while they push Apple forward. Feels like a family at times, because of how hard everyone works and how closely aligned we all are to the vision. Constant innovation begets constant change. Work closely with an incredibly talented and motivated group of people. A chance to change the course of the world through technology.","Limited to no work life balance, despite Apple's claim to endorse such a balance. There is an endless amount of work, and it feels like there is never a quiet moment. As a culture, Apple doesn't look back, which can make it difficult as there is rarely ever a moment where your past contributions are acknowledged. You always have deficiencies in your individual performance. When you are able to sort those out, there is little acknowledgement that you accomplished addressing them beforyou are given more to sort out. It feels like an endless process, that can de-motivate. Culture shift following the passing of Steve Jobs was palpable, the hard-charging 'pirate era' gave way to the staid corporate era, where audits are common and individual creativity is discouraged. Retail Senior Lederahip positions are being filled with big-box veterans, who have little to no ability to generate creative ideas and solutions to leadership and management challenges, beyond the bad habits and limited thinking that they used to eek through previous employment.","Don't lose track of the vision, don't be so panicked about the rapid growth that you neglect the individuals within the organisation who could, with proper mentoring, play a more significant role in developing Apple and settle for recruiting talent from outside organisations who bring the baggage of their previous experiences to bear on what should be new and pure thinking. If we are trying to innovate, reliance on the failed past ideas of lesser companies will not get us there.",4.0,2.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45825,apple,"Washington, DC"," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Consulting Engineering Manager,Pleasure to work with the best minds.,Innovative in all areas. You are always part of the cutting edge. After years in the Marines I felt like I was part of another team again.,"In engineering, if you were not in Cupertino you were not considered to be in the same class. I gained weight from eating at Cafe Mac.",Hire me back!!! I am a huge evangelist that has successfully worked in the corporate arena for Apple before leaving to go to a .com. I am still pro-Apple in my office and in all of my dealings within the Energy Industry.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45826,apple,"Towson, MD"," May 18, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great place to work,"Great work environment, people, products and company. For a college student you get an opportunity to learn, get paid well and have a nice benefits package. And the discounts aren't bad either.",Things change quite often and sometimes create confusion amongst staff.,Continue to listen to employees concerns.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45827,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High Pressure, Great Rewards","Lots of interesting problems to work on, many different areas to work in, and a ton of smart people who have been working there for ages.  The pay is competitive, the stock price is skyrocketing, and the benefits are on par with the rest of the valley.","Very high pressure environment, Product release schedules are absolutely key.  Company secrecy is crazy - prototype hardware is kept under strict lockdown and people have lost their jobs for small gaffes.","There are many different ways to manage people, and while hiring engineers as managers is important, sometimes they don't quite have the management skills needed to perform their duties properly.",5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45828,apple,"Madison Heights, MI"," Jun 1, 2012",Current Employee - Campus Representative,Campus Representative,Very easy and fun Job,"No oversight, which can be problematic",None,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45829,apple,"New York, NY"," May 17, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Fun but don't expect to advance,"Work is fun and the atmosphere as great, but its gotten increasingly harder to get promoted to anything making a substantial amount of money - don't expect to be a manager or even a genius if you start in sales",Hard to get promoted. Can be repetitive. Lots of secrecy and paranoia.,none,4.0,2.5,none,2.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P921.htm
45830,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," May 16, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Enlightening.,"Great people, great environment, excellent employer support.","Incestuous workplace, difficult scheduling, hard to have a life outside of work at times.",This environment is wonderful but I feel the managers need to be more strict with employees on their code of conduct.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45831,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 22, 2012",Former Employee - Manager,1st few years were good. Deteriorated quickly in the last year,Good stock price. Competitive compensation.,"Management hired many incompetent directors to manage design teams. Lots of politics. No respect for employees. Very immature and arrogant behavior toward vendors. There are managers who favor employees of his/her ethnicity, even able to hire relatives into the team. Lied to his/her team frequently.",Look into reasons for high employee turn over. Hire competent managers/directors who have knowledge of the products they're responsible for.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45832,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 27, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Yup,"Everyone who works at the Apple Store are very interesting and passionate and having something to say. Genunely interesting people, if not a bit lost.","The pay is really, really bad. The hours are straight retail. No weekends off. Can't say how much of a downside the low pay is.",Pay people more.,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45833,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),This job is a roller coaster ride.,The benefits are great. The fun work environment makes the day go by quickly.,The store is constantly busy. Downtime in unheard of.,Consider reigning in some of the ASLPs. It's off-putting having over zealous future managers gallivant around like they run the show.,5.0,2.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45834,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Online Sales Representative,Pretty easy job,"Drinking the Apple Juice right from the beginning. Training is great. The products sell themselves. Is not commission based, at all.","Hard to move up, a lot of competition. You have to be contracted in a lot of the time, and can be let go for no reason.",Apple is making a lot of money. They should hire their contracted employees. 1/2 sales jobs are contracted in through other companies.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45835,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,I feel I am perceived by others as a minor celebrity due to my Apple association,"The respect I feel for the organization's business practices/innovative products, the respect Apple has for its customers/employees/global responsibilities, great benefits, great working environment, Apple is just cool..",I have to drive 45 miles to work,Feedback is not intended as a substitute for a training program,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45836,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," May 5, 2012",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Best place I have ever worked!,"Great Pay/Benefits, wonderful opportunity for growth.","Crazy pace, need for secrecy sometimes means doing work twice when changes happen in schedule or releases.",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45837,apple,"Portland, OR"," May 4, 2012",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Still miss it,It was always rewarding to come to work at a place that filled people with excitement and wonder. I was able to train people on how to use their devices for the first time and felt a strong sense of pride in knowing you had enabled a student who had never used a computer before.,"The attendance policy was overly strict & caused a few well respected long time employees to lose their jobs. Absences for illness were also tracked in a strange way. The posted schedule had a tendency to change without notice, and the online schedule system was frequently inaccessible.","I understand the need to have a strict attendance policy, but this necessitates a better system for employees to know when they are expected to be at work. An online scheduling system that is frequently down is not a solution that works.",5.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45838,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Apr 30, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Better than Average, not to say great",Higher pay than most retail. Name recognition on resume.,"Awful hours. They say numbers are irrelevant, to keep your job they arent, to get promoted, they are number one",Relax,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45839,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 2, 2012",Current Employee - Expert,"Fun in between job, but not a place for long term growth","Apple is a fun place to work. The employees are great and the customers can be kooky but they are rather terrific as well. If you are passionate about apple products, you will enjoy yourself immensely. The Managers are also helpful in personal development. The benefits are out of this world, even for part time employees and they are only getting better. Also, the job isn't commission based so there is less pressure to sell and more camaraderie amongst employees","There is not as much room for growth as I would like. After a while, it is easy to feel dispensable. The turnover rate can be high, there isn't much flexibility with hours, and it gets difficult to manage a good work/life balance.","Be more transparent! It often feels like there is something going on that we don't know about. Also, encourage growth amongst employees.",5.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P922.htm
45840,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 1, 2012",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,"High pace, high pressure, highly motivated, overall very well satisfied","Highly satisfaction from the coolness of working on the best products on earth, simple working environment, unparalleled experience in life","Too much secrecy, dog eats dog, poor life balance","Steve is a phenomenon, but it doesnt mean his way of leadership is always right. Please treat your employee with more respect, and honesty. Make it like a working place where mature men and women work to thrive, not work survive.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45841,apple,"West Palm Beach, FL"," Apr 22, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Fantastic place to work!,Awesome people and a fun environment to work in. The energy is positive and the management is supportive of personal growth and professional development. The benefit package is superb.,It is still a retail environment and any role you take in the store you will still be working retail type hours.,Keep it up! The training and development time is a huge plus. The team building makes it a great place to be.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45842,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 7, 2012",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Fast pace, good fun work environment.",Great discounts on products. Really cool co-workers.,Shady Senior Management. Very demanding schedule (product lunches). Pressure to preform well.,Value your workers. Give everybody health benefits.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45843,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," May 12, 2012",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Good, but not great...","Benefits are good for both full-time and part-time employees. Apple covers same-sex couples on health insurance and includes the difference one has to pay for imputed income. Stock purchase plan is good, and so is the 401(k).","Management isn't the most competent, and retail stores are very politically driven. Promotions are sometimes rewarded by effort and ability, but most of the time it is the favorite. Thus, moving up and career advancement are difficult in this company because the decisions are made arbitrarily. Most information passed down to employees is subjective.",none,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45844,apple,"Danbury, CT"," Apr 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Disappointing, discouraging, but still hard to leave.","People are definitely the biggest pro to working here. Apple has the tendency to hire amazing people (unless they do a mass hiring event) and the family atmosphere is definitely there. Even if leadership is continually fostering negativity, your friends are always there and you can't let them down despite being discouraged. The benefits are also good. They've drastically improved the part time benefits and they're much more affordable.","The pay for what's expected of you is low. Of course, the schedule isn't the best but it's retail- you go in knowing this. Management (at least in this specific location) is extremely discouraging. I've been in two other locations and never experienced this. Almost everyone (and I mean everyone- I have positive relationships with about 90% of the staff, neutral with the rest, which consists of leadership and new hires I don't know yet) expresses disappointment with their interactions, lack of real acknowledgement and recognition, and leaderships' focus on negativity. If you have a heartfelt opinion that you think would benefit the team and the business (which I vividly remember Apple as a culture ENCOURAGING THIS) you're beaten down- they accuse you of being negative, lacking social tact (quoted- seriously!) and any chances for advancements quashed. The leadership team picks favorites and fosters this strange environment that makes you feel unwelcome, muffled and worthless. They seem to not like older people, particularly ladies- which I think is due to the feelings of one manager specifically who is quite obviously a misogynist. They also have a habit of creating their own policies outside of Apple corp's HR rules, such as vacations not exceeding 12 days (even though you can take up to 14. Almost everyone that's been there at least 8-12 months is leaving or actively pursuing opportunities elsewhere.","You're leadership. You're not managers. Treat your team like a team, not like employees. If there are REAL concerns, acknowledge them. LEARN THE BUSINESS. Know all the processes- don't run to the same people you put down and insulted in the office with the door shut 15 minutes prior to do something for you because you don't know how or are too lazy. Manager presence on the floor does not equal micromanaging. So stop, it's insulting. We are all doing our jobs! Net promoter and sales says so! When you are interviewing managers locally, INTERVIEW THEIR CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEES AS WELL. Anyone that's worked with our current senior manager pities the team and where it's going with him in place.",4.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45845,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work and grow,A great place to work and grow within the company. They are flexible and want their employees to succeed. It feels like Apple really does care about you.,"The only real thing I can think of is people assume you are an arrogant ""know it all"", and some of the people that come in to the store can be rude.","Keep up the great work, everything you are doing seems to be working and its a great system to work in and with.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45846,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great experience.,"You are part of a team where you learn many valuable skills that will benefit your personal and professional career, whether or not you decide to stay with the company or take another path.","There are often times where things are very busy, and when this happens sometimes one might deal with aggravated customers--this environment is not for everyone.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45847,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 7, 2012",Former Employee - Engineer,"Loved the company, wished for better balance",Just being able to say that I worked at Apple was pretty cool. Work was interesting and challenging. Didn't really have time to take a breath between projects. I liked the feeling of achieving some pretty hefty goals in a heroic time frame. Great sense of accomplishment. Good to see things that I have worked on be successful in the marketplace.,"Biggest challenge was balancing work and home life. The pace of the company is better suited to people in the early part of their career. As someone who now has a young family, career has taken a back seat. Unfortunately, I couldn't balance my changing priorities with my job. I would love to be back at Apple, but I cherish being able to have dinner with my kids every night.",I still love Apple. Just wished there was a better way to have a balanced life and work at this company.,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45848,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," Apr 24, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Enjoyable,"Kind Co-workers in a pleasant, if somewhat hectic atmosphere.",It's take a long time and a lot of work to advance.,Idk. Keep up the good work.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45849,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employees are expendable -- get a few years of experience and move on to something better with Apple name on your resume,The place is loosely managed and you may have an opportunity to work on significant project by fluke. You could gain considerable amount of experience because of that.,"The place is chaotic. (probably true for any consumer electronic company) Everyone is an individual contributor essentially, so most of the time, your managers don't have good understanding of what/how you're doing. The promotion is very difficult to come by. Internal politics are quite ugly. HR can't help you at all.",No point of giving any advice as you haven't listened to employees' voice and probably nothing will change.,2.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P923.htm
45850,apple,"Newark, DE"," Apr 20, 2012",Current Employee - FRS,"It has been a great learning experience, and an opportunity to grown personally and professionally.","The benefits are excellent, and the pay is decent to start out with. Very interesting environment, and a great place to get better understanding of the retail strategy with personal experience.",Very secretive and generally unwilling to disclose any information.,"Open up to the employees with information they might need about career advancement. Keep them informed as to what positions are opening and closing, and who might be acceptable candidates and why.",5.0,3.5,none,3.5,2.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45851,apple,"Troy, MI"," May 24, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Interesting and wear some comfortable shoes.,"Innovative minds, people and ideas.","Insane hours Crazy customers Leadership could be better, too many cases to elaborate Yet at certain times it's almost as if managers expect way too much out of their employees. Long hours will cause you to feel drained physically and emotionally. Advancement in the company? It's rare so you had better have a stable back up plan or you can forget it.","Senior management, will always have their flaws no one is perfect. Just remember how important your ""RED ZONE"" workers are.",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45852,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Apr 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!!,The benefits were great!! The stock purchasing was the best.,If you kiss ass you'll get promoted more quickly. The time and attendance policy was horrible!! They have no mercy for people that are quality employees and have been there for some time.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45853,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 16, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Company,"Amazing Culture, thrives on innovation and expression. Placed emphasis on offering solutions rather than selling items. Apple Discounts. Great People.",24 Hour Store meant that scheduling conflicts were bound to happen. Some people use the display computers like an internet cafe,"There are plenty of amazingly talented people that work at Apple, yet, the lack of room for lateral moves within the company's business segments lead me to employment elsewhere.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45854,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 30, 2012",Former Employee - Business Specialist,A great temp job while aligning your career opportunities.,"Great customer service training. Great benifits (health, etc.)",Very low wages. Promotion opportunities are more titles than wage or salary.,consider long range opportunities and offer competitive wages and salaries.,3.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45855,apple,"Grand Rapids, MI"," Apr 17, 2012",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Perhaps the highest class retail chain anyone could work for but don't expect a equal high class paycheck.,A great place to grow your sales skills and leadership training to the point where you can sell millions of dollars of product and services in one year.,"You may see your selling millions of dollars of products and services in one year for your company but your only going to see a annual paycheck of $20,000 to $35,000 a year.",Truly acknowledge their employees when they voice frustrations concerning pay and compensations.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,1.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45856,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good learning experience, but don't expect to get paid what your worth.","You will learn a lot regarding Apple's software and hardware, coworkers are generally very nice people, and Apple does have a very innovative retail operation.","The pay is a joke, especially given how much information they expect you to know, the metrics they use to measure job performance are flawed and provide an incomplete picture at best, some managers are nice, but others are a nightmare to work for and will nitpick you to death over insignificant details.","Pay your retail employees what they are worth! It's ridiculous that you horde over $100 billion in profits while under-paying your retail employees, especially given all that you expect from them. I made more money 10 years ago as a cashier where much less was expected from me than I do working for Apple.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45857,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Its a great place but the advancement is slow,"flexibility of work, free coffee and teas, nice cafe macs and cheaper thatn the food outside. stocks",if you want to advance better start applying so that by your 2nd year you can easily apply for opportunities,"some managers are great, they even treat you better that their subs",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45858,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 11, 2012",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,#1 best place to be,"good vibe, great people, plenty of room for personal growth and development, additional perks",retail can be a stressful place,"Continue to promote, encourage and develop great leaders from within. Knowing that the company is growing and changing and realizing that I can be a huge part in the company's future is a great motivator for me and the people I lead.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45859,apple,"Washington, DC"," Apr 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you have to work retail Apple is the place to be!,-schedule flexability around being a student -tuition assistance -growth and development is strongly encouraged within the company -good pay compared to competitors,-weekends are almost impossible to have off - working in retail requires you too work weekends -CAN be a SLOW career path,Learn to not micromanage but give employees the freedom to do their job. When available empowering your employees is your biggest tool,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P924.htm
45860,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,OK,Great Products and great coworkers,"Cheap, low pay & benefits",Should Pay employees more. Dont be cheap,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45861,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Apr 10, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,There is a lot of really great development as a leader.,They spend a lot of time and effort getting you where you want to go and you work with a lot of great people.,Advancement can be difficult because you work with a lot of really qualified people. There is also a lot of external competition for the jobs available.,Be more proactive with feedback and be aware of the fact that how much higher your compensation is compared to the average employee and you should avoid drawing attention to that.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45862,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Your voice is heard and people actually care.,"Plenty of opportunity for career advancement. Opportunities to grow knowledge on whatever you would like to learn about. Corporate opportunity right down the street. Ability to perform duties outside of your current role to see if it is something you like. Coworkers become family, very close, sense of unity.",Hard work for very little pay. No more bonuses or opportunity for increases. Hours are crappy but thats retail for you. Things change everyday and often times you aren't warned or even briefed until you asked.,Instead of interpreting what you think corporate is trying to tell you take a step back and listen to your employees and have an open mind. Often times corporate and the people on the floor that aren't in a management position are on the same level where as the managers are on their own level. Focus more on communication with your employees.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45863,apple,"Duluth, MN"," Apr 9, 2012",Former Employee - Campus Representative,Absolutely amazing!,Apple is a place to share your ideas and work among some of the best people out there and I would strongly recommend this company to anyone looking for a place they love to go to work!,They really work you hard and you are busy a lot of the time which can be hard for some people but overall all of the work you put in is well appreciated and recognized!,"Besides Apple Retail, you are pretty free to work the way that fits you best and they give you quite a bit of freedom to make choices on your won without someone breathing over you back which I found in most sales jobs.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45864,apple,"Portland, OR"," Apr 7, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company to work for if you are a people person,Good benefits. ESPP is very generous. Good perks from other companies. Managers don't micro manage you. You have a lot of freedom.,"Salary isn't really competitive. So many people want to work for Apple, they don't really have to be. Huge disconnect and equality between Cupertino employees and retail employees. Recognition can be iffy. They heavily rely on peer to peer feedback.","Most leaders are great. Some are still developing. When top leadership visits are store, the store's leadership team quickly operates like a dog and pony show. They talk about being yourself and transparent, but it isn't the case when the higher ups are around.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45865,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 19, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Metrics metrics metrics metrics metrics, no time off, metrics metrics.","Decent benefits package for full time people. Stock options are nice, and medical insurance is offered as well.","Long hours, very few tolerance for breaks, no breathing room, and pay is not very good compared to other high level support positions.",none,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45866,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great community of coworkers.,"Coworkers do care each other. It's never competitive or backstabby. Opportunity to learn as much as you want. ESPP. Good benefits, even for PT.","Standard retail pay makes the job less attractive, unless you are really committed to a career in retail. Otherwise, as a PT for-the-time-being job, it's acceptable.",Please remember to look beyond sales numbers. There is more than just metrics that make someone an asset to the store.,4.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45867,apple,"New York, NY"," Apr 7, 2012",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Great company to work for,creative environment. working with the best products in the world. benefits.,salary in some roles. politics when trying to move forward.,n/a,3.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45868,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 3, 2012",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,Welcome to the Vortex,Chance to work on cool products loved and used by millions of people. Highly energetic environment full of very motivated people. Intense focus on innovation and getting projects finished on time. There is a very strong corporate culture and sense of identity.,Way too much going on. With everyone trying to innovate there can be conflicting agendas between groups. The need for secrecy makes for special challenges in trying to coordinate cross-functionally.,"Time to market is not always everything. Value is added by making products fit-for-use, not just by adding glamorous features. Invest in first line management as a true discipline. The best managers are not always engineers.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45869,apple,"Wellington, FL"," Mar 22, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great Company, Great Products, Great Opportunities.",See ratings. Everything is extremely positive.,"Can be very overwhelming in their retail environment, not for everyone.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P925.htm
45870,apple,"Greenwich, CT"," Mar 31, 2012",Current Employee - N/A,N/A,Great company to work for! Very well known!,Compensation sucks! I don't understand why they pay retail employees so little compared to how much money we help bring in money for the company! I don't want a hoodie or a company bowling night! I want a raise!!! How about that Tim C?,Bottom line!! Pay us more!!,3.0,4.0,none,1.5,1.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45871,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 5, 2012",Current Employee - Sourcing Manager,most dynamic place to work,Fast paced challenging work environment,unbalanced work life over loaded with work,Hire more people to provide a balance between work & life for existing staff,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45872,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 3, 2012",Former Employee - Manager,"All The Glory, A Different Story Internally","- Great brand name, great products, lot of glamor to working here - Lots of passionate people - Excellent employee benefits, good cafeteria","- Vicious, cut-throat, political environment, it is all about whose good side you are on. Culture of Fear permeates, it is like always walking on eggshells - Many good employees have left out of frustration - No upward mobility, no career growth potential, little opportunity given to change roles, lot of pigeonholing - HR is useless, terrible performance reviews - ZERO work/life balance, you sell your soul to the company - Intense, driven work environment, extremely stressful at all times","- Keep a check on the attitude of the VPs, they are like mini-dictators of their teams - Institute a checks-&-balance system in place to limit the political BS - Listen to all employees, give the good ones a chance to flourish",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,3.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45873,apple,"Mishawaka, IN"," Mar 7, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,"Great company, great employees, particularly poor management at some stores","-Friends you work with -Recognition from peers -Fast paced environment -Consistant training and development -Opportunity to 'wow' customers -Rotating hours, gives you a chance to enjoy morning shifts and night shifts","-Specific stores have poor management: Some 'leaders' were brought in from various retail chains like AE and GAP, which have little or nothing to do with how Apple is as a company. Clothing retail chains do not reflect the type of environment that managers need to succeed with Apple. Speaking literally for multiple employees, there are/were managers that work(ed) at this particular store and held down the talent of some employees that were really special. Maybe the management felt threatened? Maybe they can't understand the true potential of these workers? Either way, I have kept in contact with these people that were held back from getting a chance to succeed in Apple, and they have gone on to be extremely successful! A.k.a, from the 3 I know who left from being held down by these team 'leaders', 2 are managers in their own career field (IT and Engineering), and the other owns his own business! Given the opportunity, I believe Apple would have been better off recycling its own employee potential, and should have given these folks an opportunity with other stores, or within their own store.  Honestly, I can point back to where Apple 'harvests' its management from, and its not usually from its own employees, but from other retail chains that can't touch the high bar to how amazing Apple retail really is. That is truly the darkside of some of these stores.","Give your employees a chance! Your employees are pooled from the cream of the crop, and they certainly are great folks who want to make Apple successful. Keep a close eye on some of your managers, because it was seen quite often where there was rude and inconsiderate acts shown to some employees, creating a very hostile environment. I knew of 3 employees that were verbally sexually harassed by two of the managers, and nothing was ever done about it. Its rare to say that Apple is lucky to have a great staff of employees, with the most (if not all) problems confined within the management team.",4.0,1.5,none,2.5,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45874,apple,"Santa Barbara, CA"," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),gets old,"good benefits (the best ones are from 3rd party, not apple :-/) and a genuinely fun place to work. Great employees who are often very similar to you yourself.","obvious favoritism in promotions, lack of leadership skills with my particular store, and very strict late policy.",give everyone an equal chance. just because they are not always meeting sales metrics doesn't meant that they are not fit for any other job.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45875,apple,"Leawood, KS"," Mar 16, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Fun and exciting . . . for a while but ,"Great environment, great people, positivity, cool products and image. Benefits for part time, no one watching over you. No micro managing, consistent breaks, ability to work with devices. Supportive team atmosphere. No ""dress code"" and they promote individuality and creativity.","You work for praise, no bonus, no commission, no incentives. Crazy unpredictable scheduling. Promotions are merely job titles, not financial. Extremely vague growth path, LOTS of talk but very little action for financial and personal growth. You can't afford any of the products you sell! It doesn't feel like retail to the customers, but it sure feels like retail when you're working there.","You should pay the people who viscerally protect the Apple Image by connecting customers to your amazing devices, we can't afford Apple products. Do the math, how many hours does an average Apple Store employee have to work to buy an iPad? Praise and a cool image doesn't pay the bills.",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45876,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 28, 2012",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Great Company,Great Employees..Great Company..Great Benefits. Love the innovation at the company and the opportunity to work in the market.,Wish Pay was a little higher.,NA,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45877,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Feb 1, 2012",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,"Best In Class Benefits, very limited carrer advancement, non-competitive pay.","Top-notch benefits package even for 20+ hour part time employees. Unbelievable health & dental insurance for about $120 a month, 25% discount on computers, 12% discount on stock purchase (up to 10% of salary), 50% matching 401(k) (up to 6% of salary), tuition reimbursement (up to $5000).","Very limited opportunities for advancement past the front-line technical support position. Constant focus on meeting the numbers. Limited interaction with coworkers. Limited & ineffective continuing technical training. If you aren't good at self-directed learning and troubleshooting you will not do well at this job.  The hourly pay is not commensurate with the abilities that you need to have to do the job well, and there is extremely little flexibility to reward more skilled employees with higher pay. If you do a mediocre job then the pay is appropriate, if you do an excellent job, and have sharp technical skills, you could be making easily double or triple working as an independent consultant.","More competitive pay-rates. More opportunity for carrer advancement without having to 'pay your dues' by putting in the requisite number of years before moving up to Tier 2 and beyond. Much, Much more effective technical training for the Advisors who are less skilled, so that those of us who are more skilled don't have to clean up the problems they caused when customers call back.",4.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45878,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Mar 1, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"My expierence has been good and exciting, alot of fun with new products and people.","Diversity, cutting edge, can have an excellent and dynamic working environment. The job experience is changing. It appears that it will be for the better, that makes me excited because the company has the possibility of being the best place to grow a career with","Slow growth at higher levels, some times the job demands to much and your body just gives up. The floors can kill your back, good shoes replaced every three months is key. If you are career driven it can be difficult at times.",If the associate performs at or beyond the expected level then trust he/she will maintain that level of performance in a higher capacity. If they are career driven and show that they are then they will not let you down.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45879,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,You have to fight for your right to party,"Work with stellar and deadly dedicated people on amazing products. Learn what it is that makes Apple different. Frequent opportunities to move to the project you like. Receive broad and career changing visibility if you are able to do something great. Forget longish and back breaking analysis work. It is acting by the seat of your pants that gets the job done in time and if you've really got the vibes, Apple is the place to be. Enjoy good food and cool beer bashes.","With too many superstar, it's difficult to shine and sparkle. Everyone strives to get a rare chunk of management's attention, always. Coworkers are wisely behaving nice as only teamwork keeps you in the loop, which is so essential for survival at Apple. But don't be foolish. Everyone has her secret personal agenda. Your boss will most likely be an accidentially promoted engineer, not a manager. Good ideas are always welcome, but don't act surprised when yours are put down at first and later get presented by somebody else than you, in a meeting where you are not invited. Be prepared to fight for your family life and against burn out, everyday. Expectations and pressure can be almost unbearably high. On a day where you decide to not work at night, everybody else on your team will and you will learn next morning that you have been blocking at least half of them.","Even though I feel that Apple is going to kill me in the long term, it's the greatest work place I've ever been part of. But there is tendencies towards too many keypoint slides and operatinal planning meetings. Don't lose your think different!",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P926.htm
45880,apple,"Southfield, MI"," Feb 28, 2012",Current Employee - Minacs (Apple),Okay,it was an okay job for somebody fresh out of college. Don't look here for anything long term. Overall don't do it.,long hours crappy pay discounts were not good honestly i would not recommend this to anybody who wants to work a decent job,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45881,apple,"Staten Island, NY"," Feb 17, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Amazing, leading to growth personally and professionally.","Very warm, friendly, and comfortable atmosphere to work, its top notch.",There aren't any downsides to list,Continue the great work,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45882,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Fast paced but high stress,Work on very key aspects of products that are used by a lot of people. Compensation is good,"Hours can be very long, you stay until things are done. Stress can also be very high due to aggressive schedules and high expectations. Office politics can be frustrating, especially across teams.",Office politics are a waste of productivity. I'd rather spend time on advancing products than pointing fingers at each other,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45883,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 22, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some of the folks holding senior management roles aren't the brightest folks around,Good products. The lower management folks are much easy to work with.,Certain individuals holding management roles has no common sense.,Control the politics and protect the do'ers rather than the talkers.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45884,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 30, 2012",Former Employee - AppleCare (Phone) Adviser,Decent position for someone with little work experience,- Great benefits - Decent pay - Access to your own computer with little site blocking (although you're technically not supposed to do it while on a call) - Fairly easy work to learn and master,"- Unreasonable customer expectations (e.g. customers feeling like they deserve a new iPhone because they have AppleCare, which is a warranty not insurance, after the phone is dropped) - Very high goal targets (90% customer satisfaction) where irrelevant/incorrect (e.g. for another adviser) or really bad customer expectations are not weeded out","Don't just consider the numbers or goal target not met. Also look at how hard a person is working, especially when management can't figure out what's going wrong and thus can't give feedback on what needs correcting.",4.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45885,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 7, 2012",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,It is great for retail,"Apple is a great place to work. It beats any other retail establishment, hands down, in regard to how employees are treated by management, compensated, and given opportunities. It is highly demanding work but you know that you are always supported by competent managers and team members.",Its great for retail! But... it is still retail. They work with you schedule the best they can but it isn't always ideal.,"The required corporate training should be tailored to individuals new roles in the company, not a general overview. I felt extremely surprised and unprepared for my role as a back of house specialist after corporate training.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45886,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Feb 3, 2012",Current Employee - Home Based Advisor (IPhone),Great job for anyone who is interested,"Working at Apple was an awesome experience. They were very flexible with hours and provided constant on the job training and manager feedback so that you felt confident and comfortable with the quality of your work. There are full health benefits, including vision and dental, Access to 401k and the ability to purchase stock at a reduced price, and finally they have awesome employee discounts",During some holiday seasons and product launches you may be asked to work some additional hours. It is not a very big deal though because you get to choose when you want to work.,Keep up the great work! All of my managers were some of the most amazing people i've ever ahd the pleasure to work with.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45887,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Feb 20, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Fair,I work with great people.,Limited flexibility in adjusting schedule. Inability to train remotely.,none,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45888,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,decent but low pay,cool products that you support,low pay compared to other tech support positions in other companies,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45889,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Expert,An experience which has yielded unlimited growth in my character and people skills.,"Fun and exciting environment where people interactions are more then transactions. Product that is mores often then not fun to use and more fun to teach. Experiences that are fulfilling and life changing,",At times there can be a stress on numbers that seems borderline too much. Sometimes there are customers who have unrealistic expectations.,Continue to focus on enhancing the careers of everyone at Apple and push development more then anything and all will go well.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P927.htm
45890,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great people, great place to work, good growth if you want it",people are awesome products are great the environment is like no other place in retail the benefits are really good even por part-time,"deal with some really bad customers at time, sometimes tough to grow if managers are not on your side, hard to get to corporate through here",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45891,apple,"Southlake, TX"," Jan 29, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple s a great company to work for.,"The pace is fast, the company constantly strives to improve, the morale is high, and the people I work with are inspiring.",The hours can be somewhat erratic. If you don't deal well with change or ambiguity it would not be for you.,"Look for ways to specifically give feed back, positive specific, ori negative specific to all employees.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45892,apple,"Kansas City, MO"," Jan 28, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Great for retail,"Benefits, third party discounts, professional training, looks good on a resume, good customer service training, management backs you up and doesn't step on your feet during customer interactions","in-store discount could be way better, ""fearless feedback"" from people on the same level as you who don't have the necessary experience to correct you",Opportunities for a bonus,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45893,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was fantastic opportunity to be involved with the company,"The best reasons to work at Apple, aside from the employee discount, are the people that Apple considers employees. They are some of the most talented individuals I have ever met.","The only thing I didn't like was the hours I had to work, however, this falls more on a personal responsibility than a company's.",You guys were great mentors and I can only hope that our roads cross again in the future! You are the best management.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45894,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 29, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great place for professional growth but very little opportunity for career advancement.,Great products and people. Solid management structure and overall company direction. Great opportunities to develop career skills for other employers.,"Low wages. Low wages. Low wages. So yeah, low wages coupled with little opportunity for career advancement out of retail into Apple corporate makes for an extremely high turnover ratio.","Pay the retail employees more! Seriously... twice as much across the board. It would hardly make a dent in your cash horde. They maintain Apple's high social capital through their daily interactions with the public, but are not compensated accordingly.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45895,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Feb 6, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Fun job, underpaid, don't think you're making a career out of this","Great products, fun interactions with customers. The team you work with is carefully selected and fun to be around. Days pass quickly during busy times, which is almost all of the time.","Too many people start working for Apple Retail thinking it's a career job. It's not. Even if your aspiration is to manage a retail store, you'll have to go get experience elsewhere before Apple will promote you to that position. Pay is about average for retail work, but you will sell significantly more product than just about anywhere else. It will become a bit discouraging to know you are working for the most valuable company on the planet and all of your hard work is rewarded with some cheap trinket during the holidays.",none,2.0,4.5,none,1.5,1.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45896,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 23, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful place,Good money. Excellent benefit. People are very smart and work extremely hard. Nice environment as well. A great place for any level of employees.,Too busy and too many meetings. Not too much time to improve yourself. Schedule is tight and deadline is always there.,Wonderul management and great pay. Only thing needs to address is to have more fun and less stressful for every one. Have a better balance of work and life.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45897,apple,"Houston, TX"," Jan 25, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Fast-Paced Environment,"- decent pay for a college student. - fun environment of people (various personalities) - get paid for training and meetings - get to work with apple products (i.e. listen to music on an iPod, look through Apps on an iPad, and play on the computers) - management tries their best to work with your school schedule.","- even though it's decent pay for a college student, def. couldn't make this your career if you aren't a manager. - holiday retail hours stink - not enough time to train - favoritism is definitely seen throughout the entire market.",read through your feedback comments that the employees make. don't feel threatened that others will steal your job. help employees who wish to make apple their career.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45898,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 19, 2012",Current Employee - Global Commodity Manager,struggling but worth to experience it,"awesome reputation of course experiences in an unstructured environment, space to move and make changes","lack of experienced middle level manager, making organic long-term development for the entire company is somehow hard. company is more focus on R&D, other than robust supply chain.",take more time hone your management skill. People leave because of bad manager.,2.0,1.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45899,apple,"McLean, VA"," Jan 8, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"A enriching, dynamic, challenging, and good place to be","Its a great place to learn, sharpen retail skills, and be challenged in more areas then just sales.",Its a retail job its hard to make a living with for the rest of your life unless you make it to management which is one really hard place to get to unlike all the other aspects and jobs.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P928.htm
45900,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Jan 21, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,"Good work experience, retail always sucks no matter what","- Having ""Apple"" on your resume is great - Working as a Genius is about as good as you can get short of store management - Getting to play with awesome new technology - If you get along well with people, you earn the respect of management and are more free to make decisions","- Growth of retail stores means every day is hectic - Too many new people get hired and on-boarding process is laughable - Burnout rate is high among good Geniuses - most of the good ones ending developing something cool and getting a job somewhere else - They used to pay Geniuses a lot more - Management teams are hit/ miss (and the managers rotate sometimes across teams, so one manager that you get along with might be in charge of a different team next quarter)","Communicate more with the team. HIre and promote those who are genuinely more capable and who promote good relationships among the team. If people don't get along well, it affects the entire group in a huge way and it sucks for everyone. But when everyone gets along well, even if they aren't the smartest or most capable, they will have the support of those working with them and things are better for everyone, especially the customer.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45901,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 8, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"A super fast pace environment, but they suck the life out of you","it's Apple. Great technology, great products","Everything is a secret, very little communication. They keep pushing for more work. High stress, very little down time. Not a lot of opportunity for personal growth","Take a better care of your engineers, they're the one making your future products.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45902,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 1, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,I am in good company...,"Great technology, great products, friendly and decicated colleages","Long commute, long ladder to climb up, long wait for conversion for contractors.",none,4.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45903,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is good,"good environment, friendly people who are always there for you. good, healthy competition that motivates you to do your best","low pay for most due to the large workforce. Mean manager who does not really care about you, only about himself","improve your management. make sure no one is being taken advantage of, and that everyone is getting paid what they deserve",4.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45904,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 5, 2012",Current Employee - Apple Campus Representative,Fantastic Campus Rep Program,"-Incredibly supportive management and hands-on marketing training -Extremely flexible, self-driven hours -Freedom to think of different ways to plan marketing events -Cool perks like a free laptop at the end of the contract","-Senior managment was great, but middle manager was a nuisance -Sometimes difficult to circumvent middle management -Not all reps were create equal","Evaluate the level of involvement by Apple Account Executives, and encourage Senior Management to be the main link to all Campus Reps.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45905,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jan 16, 2012",Former Employee - Expert,"Products like no other, job pride, and an immense work load",The epitome of technology Job respect Unparalleled benefits package for retail Fair employee discounts Get to work with products you love and use yourself Lateral team members generally very fun to work with,"Customers are becoming more ""trend"" customers rather than highly educated Insufficent pay Dated time measurement and vacation policies Business needs will never be met by staffing Development and employee issues will always be put 2nd","Beging making your priorities your people. Apple preaches how important their people are, they are obviously only talking about corporate employees because retail employees are some really talented people given the nature of the position, but we're constantly having dirt kicked in our face. For the amount of nonsense we deal with completely unrelated to our job, and for the amount of revenue we generate for the company, a little more true recognition would be definitely called for.",3.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45906,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jan 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,What seemed as a great job quickly went downhill,Fun place to work Good benefits Great co-workers,Management No work-life balance Cult-like atmosphere Very demanding hours Very strict company policy,Offer better feedback to employees Offer better and clearer training,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45907,apple,"Brea, CA"," Jan 18, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing people but it's retail.,"The name says it all! Amazing job whilst in college, however, the structure of working around your school schedule are long over...very sales driven, more so than customer service.",Managers can be tools. Especially if they come from Best Buy. They do not understand Apple culture and are ONLY driven by sales not the experience.,"Retail is very minimal, do not expect to grow. It's a good job whilst in college and after college. Use it as a safety in finding another job. This is not Apple corporate so everything is trickled down from the top.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45908,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 2, 2012",Former Employee - International Marketing,Opportunity to collaborate with brilliant individuals from many countries and partner to roll out global and strategic..,Consistent learning and being part of new ideas and quality products that impact people lives in a positive and productive manner.,Balancing work and life......needing to remember your own personal boundaries and speaking to them - take the risk.,"Empower your employees by extending yourself, support them and let them know they are valued. Help guide their development (career), and allow them to take risks.",5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45909,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jan 14, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Good temporary job that sucks you in.,"The benefits package is stellar. There is a stock purchase program that is great because our stock is doing so well, and the health insurance is superb.","Retail hours suck, and restrict any sort of work-life balance. There is almost no room for advancement from retail, the pinnacle is Genius, Expert, or Creative. After that, it's nearly impossible to go on to management and it is even less likely for someone to go on to corporate.",Make the stores more appealing to work. Otherwise just keep up the bad job of making it an outwardly cool place to work but not cool once a person has been there for a time.,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P929.htm
45910,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stable but boring place to work,stable company slight discount on products interesting youthful co-workers,those that succeed are not necessarily qualified,actively develop employees that want to do more,2.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45911,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Incredible place to work, however, I wish they had some age variation in their hiring system.",Great environment with fun people to work with. Plus you are constantly around apple products which is obviously fun because they are the best in the world.,"There is no real variation in the employees there. Management can be kind of stuck up about how important they are. Tying to that, you don't get incredible benefits...","Far too stuck up. Obviously the success is so plentiful, but does that really tie straight to management.. It is mainly because of the awesome products.",4.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45912,apple,"Boston, MA"," Dec 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"So far, its great!","Great products, excellent customer support, supportive management, great benefits",Can't always get your preferred job assignment,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45913,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 18, 2011",Current Employee - Retail Store Manager,Great Leadership Experience,"great products, culture, people, pay and benefits.",To much promoting from outside the company. Not enough internal advancement.,"If you are conservative in your political views keep them to your self. Very liberal company, which does not like you sharing other insights.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45914,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Exciting, Challenging, Fast paced, High Stress, Competitive, and FUN!","It's a great place to work. Great leadership, great employees, great compensation, and you can be proud to tell people where you work. What I really appreciate is the willingness to listen to new ideas. If you think you can improve upon a process, and give ample evidence of how it will improve production or increase revenue, then there is a good chance it can be implemented. Opportunities for career development is unparalleled.",No bacon in the cafe.,Can we bring bacon back to the cafe?,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45915,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Apple provides creative freedom, great pay, great benefits, great location, and a wonderful cooperate culture. My team is great, and I love what I do.",up to this point I have no complaints,keep up the good work.,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45916,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Great place but....,Great place to work everyday people are great.,Be prepared to put in some time before you move on also can be had as dept heads like to hold onto people,none,4.0,1.5,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45917,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 28, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Just Another Retail Job,Great training at the start and continuous support throughout your time their.,"With the number of associates they hire, it's very difficult to move up. Internet is available on all the computers making it awkward to kick somebody off so you can demo product for customer.",Provide more support to those that are interested in advancing their careers with Apple. There is no need to micromanage. Don't make the internet available to everybody. It's a retail store not an internet cafe. There should be a way for associates to unlock the computers in case internet access is needed.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45918,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Dec 28, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,It is fast-paced and people oriented,"Good products, good benefits, good co-workers",Salary is low for the amount of revenue they make,If you want the best of the best pay them better.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45919,apple,"Detroit, MI"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,One of the best retailers to work for.,Working with technology every day.,"It is still retail, lousy pay.",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P930.htm
45920,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Awesome,Great leadership within the company and customer arrive training in matched.,Hard I move from retail To corp. you basically need to k ow someone.,Help your wmloyyes grow more and follow though with lead ship abilities,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45921,apple,"Tacoma, WA"," Dec 8, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"It's good, but it's retail.",Great working environment. The people are great and individuality is encouraged and celebrated. Pay is competitive and greater than most other retail jobs.,"Loads of ambiguity. At the end of the day, it's still retail so hours will never be what you want them to be.","For the most part, all of the managers are doing a great job at making apple a great place to work!",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45922,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great environment, great company",The caliber of people you encounter here is extremely high and one of the biggest benefits is that each and every person truly was the best candidate for that job. Everyone is committed to doing a good job of doing their job.,"If you are geographically bound to a remote or field office, opportunity for advancement is limited. Relocation is often necessary.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45923,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 22, 2011",Current Employee - Test Engineer III,"I've been there for 11 years, and I am still going to work everyday, we work on things people really love.","We get to work on the products that people have real emotional commitment to, and thats something amazing to be part of.","its a lot of work, and there is a lot of dues to pay before one should expect a promotion","As long as we continue to do what we are have for the last 14 years have been doing, we will continue to be a great company",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,4.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45924,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 30, 2011",Former Employee - Expert,"Fantastic part-to-full time employment, but not a career.","Outstanding leadership and support, great discounts, wonderful work environment, and excellent co-workers. Apple Retail takes great care in treating its employees well such that we will treat the customers well in turn. The environment is optimistic and energetic.","At Apple Retail, the word ""career"" gets tossed around a lot. Make no mistake, this is a retail job like any other in terms of growth opportunity. If you don't aspire toward retail management, there isn't much for you to gain here.",none,5.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45925,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 1, 2011",Former Employee - Business Partner,Have to love the benefits,"Apple provides a surrounding of employees who are driven, creative, interesting, and gregarious. In all, the environment helps people see the holes they can fill with their skills and thrive on their own.",Apple Retail has huge gaps in manager performance since most have little to no knowledge of electronics or computer sales and are often promoted to their greatest inadequacy.,Continue to self educate! Harvard Business Review should be required reading for anyone who manages at Apple.,4.0,1.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45926,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Expert,"Not the worst job, but there are better",Nice newer office with a clean and modern feel. Training is adequate. Great cafeteria and benefits. Friendly co-workers and a nice gym.,"Crazy hours/days off and a WEIRD SALES model makes this a difficult place to work. No metrics and a very arrogant company. Pay is cheap, as they get away with it because they are ""Apple."" Senior managers at Apple (at least in Austin) are clueless with the exception of one or two. Very hard to advance. Contractors are treated awful, so if you are going in as a VOLT employee, I would advise against this having seen how they are treated.","Train your sales managers better. Most of them goof off and sit on facebook all day and are generally clueless when it comes to asking for help. They refer you to a ""deputy"" who is just a guinea pig. Your Apple....pay better and get your HR Recruiters on the ball.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45927,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 26, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Unlike any place I've ever worked for in my life,- top 1/2 of 1% of employees work here - product comes before customer - no one ever says no,- crazy long hours - drink the cool aid - no one ever says no,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45928,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 2, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,"Smart people, great people, great products. Everyone is very good at what they do. A lot of trust and independence given.",Not much of any downsides. Not enough space perhaps? Apple has grown so much that we have to double and triple up.,I think leadership is doing an amazing job. There is nothing much to add. We have the best management team anywhere.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45929,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Nov 28, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"Need more money, but it's cool otherwise.",It's a cool place to work. I love the atmosphere and the people.,Monetary compensation is truly lacking for the amount of responsibilities and traffic piling through the doors.,Lobby cupertino to pay higher store hourly wages!!!,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P931.htm
45930,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 6, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Years in the same job, satisfying for most of that time.","Awesome to be part of the greatest company ever! Lots to do, I was able to invent my own job and run my own projects for many years. Great pride in the products and vision of the company and its ability to execute a masterful plan.","Poor management by some, very unprofessional behavior of some who were favored. No oversight by senior management. Not widespread but apalling in some cases. No real chance for advancement or career change, I tried for a year to find a new role but no one was interested. I had a strong history but my role was eliminated for business reasons which I accepted. I would have preferred to stay with the company but never found an option, so I left and I was glad I did.","Pay attention to your first-line managers, a few of them are doing some terrible things to your great people.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45931,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good on some days and bad on some other days,Best products/technologies to work on.,Politics plays a role on your success at Apple.,Don't work employees too hard. Hire more people.,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45932,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GREAT!,"The people are so freaking awesome, they make the job so much easier, fun and life changing. The company is awesome.",The customers can be pretty difficult sometime because of the prices of the products but other than that is it awesome.,"Management kind of thinks of themselves too much, but remember it is still a company. This company is awesome awesome!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45933,apple,"Albuquerque, NM"," Oct 17, 2011",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Great at first, then you learn about how little leeway you are given.","Work at home, discounts to Apple and other places, knowledge of new products, being able to say you work for them, very thorough training.",Little understanding when sick or need to take a personal day - will fire you without question in you go over 3 missed days. Unforgiving about technical issues and will make you pay for them to be fixed. Not flexible with schedule -- will have you work at inconvenient times. Very high expectations.,"Be more lenient with sick days! Offer more training when needed. Pay for necessities like ""ergonomic"" chair (couple hundred dollars that is required) and cover technical costs for messed up phone lines. Also, give phone/internet reimbursements on time.",4.0,1.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45934,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 28, 2011",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,"Stressful, but fun.","Very laid back, not a lot of micromanagement, on the cutting edge of technology, hands-on work. Generous compensation.","Really competitive, stressful, raises are small or non-existent.",none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45935,apple,"Manhattan Beach, CA"," Dec 3, 2011",Former Employee - Sales,it was good,"Good place to grow, and learn about technology",lack of management support to deal with customers who are disrespectful,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45936,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 13, 2011",Current Employee - Part Time Specialist,Great people,The people you work with at the retail level are pretty amazing.,Even though its a good work environment it's still retail at the end of the day.,Apple's retail arm can sometimes feel like a dead end job. Find away to keep the excitement about working for this company alive as you go forward. Sometimes I feel a little disposable.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45937,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,I wouldn't have been able to obtain the knowledge I got elsewhere. Definitely the most engaging thing on my resume.,Apple Retail is hit or miss when it comes to management teams. It can be a great experience if you get the right people!,"Actually make the career path from retail to corporate legitimate. It really feels like a lie. No ""programs"" that will ""eventually"" get you there, give your own employees first dibs at the jobs in the company. As a mentor, I felt like I was lying when I said there was a definite career path to corporate.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45938,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Overworked under appreciated.,"Decent discounts, good health, vision, dental. like the products we do enjoy ""Revolutionizing"" the workplace practices. Atmosphere is typically good and mostly people are positive minded. Entering from the ground up there is a lot of advancement.",Can tend to be over worked. Breaks are not given Bonuses and vacation has been cut. Benefit prices have gone up and up. Management is not held accountable by their superiors. No desire to promote employees beyond the retail locations.,Management in the retail locations needs to be overhauled. Apple is retail but that does not mean that they have to hire only Money minded managers. Treat the employees with more respect. working at Apple can be exhausting especially with out proper recognition of a job well done. All Full time apple employees should be given the same benefits and rewards.,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45939,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Nov 10, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Support Agent,Apple is a great company to work for.,"Apple has the absolute best culture in the business, hands down. The benefits are amazing especially for such a low position in the company. You work from home which is very nice on gas. Benefits include tuition reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, Internet reimbursement, medical, dental, vision, 401k plans.",This job is very near the bottom of the totem pole. As a technical support advisor you hear every complaint from both the customer as well as management. Most people expect apple products to be perfect which wears on you. The pay is average.,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P932.htm
45940,apple,"Fresno, CA"," Nov 7, 2011",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"not bad, but where do you go from here?","Good pay, work with great people, stimulating environment,","No real upward mobility. A LOT of repetitive tasks, i.e. showing people the basics over and over again, swapping out iPhones all day.",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45941,apple,"Durham, NC"," Nov 5, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Exciting products, really fun employees",Always one of the first people to get your hands on new products. Tons of excitement and energy around product releases that make you hyped to be a part of the Apple team. Tons of inept customers truly respect your technical skills.,"No speculating about rumors or potential products, even though you want to. Company is growing so fast that they can't keep up with customer demand in the store.","Some hires are baffling. I understand the need for diversity, but I'm not sure how the mental capacity to perform technical basic functions is a skill they don't always look for.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45942,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Nov 16, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Fun at first, politics at the end",You get paid high in the beginning. Coworkers are fun to work with. Get to meet a lot of interesting people in the silicon valley stores.,People hired after you get paid more and you can't discuss pay with management because you sign an agreement not to reveal your pay to other specialists. Fearless feedback is a joke. I've gone through giving fearless feedback only for no change to happen.,"Listen to your employees when they give you fearless feedback. We know how much our coworkers make so don't belittle us with less pay. Experienced specialists should get paid more than inexperienced, not the other way around.",2.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45943,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple A.SJ.,"People, products, being on the cutting edge, never a slow period","secrecy of new products, lack of promotion from within","Weed out the incompetent management, there are a number of talented individuals waiting in the wings",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45944,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 21, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,This is a job that does not annoy me. I am proud to go to work,"Salary and benefits package are the best in retail  Hours are very flexible  Environment is very clean and enjoyable  No ""dress code"" or uniform",Very high paced environment. Sometimes stressful  Since Apple is such a high volume business there is a lot to keep track of  Some information has a hard time being dispersed among employees,Please do a better job at communicating to us in a timely manor! You guys do a great job of actually providing the information but getting it faster would be great.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45945,apple,"Philadelphia, PA"," Oct 31, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience with co-workers and clients.,A work environment that allows you to be yourself. The people that you work with and work for make the experience what it is.,"The pay could always be better, but in Apples case, they have so many people who would love to work there, that they can offer a less competitive salary and still get great employees. The environment and work keep people around, but the salaries in certain rolls only permit someone to go so far.",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45946,apple,"Lancaster, PA"," Oct 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is Fantastic,"No Pressure, Fun Environment, Great culture , they give you a chance to thrive in their company and advance to higher positions",i really dont think there are any cons it is really a fantastic place to work. In time the money will be better,always strive to further develop your newer employees after training so they pick up on the proper techniques and policies,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45947,apple,"State College, PA"," Nov 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Best Ever in the world.,Best! Crazy good in every way,Great job. Keep it up.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45948,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 28, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work but high pressure,Great company with great leaders. Worlds best computers and hand held devices. the products speak for themselves and the company,High pressure work environment and every team is keen on their own processes. Project plans change fast but the deadlines don't.,Great Job so far. Hope Steve was alive to take lead the company for a few more years. Satisfied with the leadership,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45949,apple,"Nashville, TN"," Oct 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company that cares about its people.,"Incredibly friendly and helpful community. Apple cares more about its people than its products, and you can tell that when you work there.","There is really nothing bad that I can say about Apple. I only ever worked part-time at Apple and loved every minute of it. If you can deal with angry customers, you'll be fine.",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P933.htm
45950,apple,"Allentown, PA"," Nov 8, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,A menial job that is perfect for those who are quick to drink the ,"-Apple (corporate) is ""hands down"" the most innovative and intelligent IT company in the world. -Looks great on the resume (have to not include the retail part.) -Decent product discount on computers and ipods (no iphone) -health care after 1 year of part time service. -cool to talk about technology all day and get paid. -great college job","-Low pay -low respect -Depressingly dead end -There is a perpetuated story that retail employees will have chances to move to corporate, this is pure fiction.  -Full of ""failed to launch"" art school alumni -It is easier for unexperienced outsiders to be put into management positions than current employees.  -the GAP-ple retail joke is true","Allow the ground troops to move within the company. There is a lot of genuine talent in retail, but it all leaves when better jobs come around. Low pay really exacerbates this.  -To Stop the leaks at the bottom, allow upward expansion.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45951,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 25, 2011",Current Employee - Treasury Accountant,The best ever,"I've been with Apple for 27+ years now, and I've seen them go thru a lot of changes. Apple cares about their employees like I have never heard of any other company. Fighting Cancer and can't come to work. Then they brought the work home to them. Have bad eye sight then they got him a much larger screen with big lettering. Want a degree Apple will help you and allow you to meet the needs of your schedule. I have always had great managers who would always be there for me if I needed help. I couldn't imagine working anywhere else.",The only thing I could say in this department would be that sometimes the communacation isn't there all the time. When working on something new you need to look at the trail all the way to the end to see who it all effects.,Same as above. Sometimes when a new project or system is being worked on make sure that you follow the trail for all that it will involved.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45952,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 20, 2011",Current Employee - Wireless Multi-Media Technical Support,I am only limited by myself.,"Job security and the pride of working for the best company in the world where creativity and ideas are more important than experience and excellence is the rule, not the exception.",Non salary employees rotate schedules every 3 months. OT requirements during Christmas and working Christmas.,"As Steve told Tim, continue to do what is right! Keep the foundation of creativity and excellence Steve built intact and flourishing. We are leaders in every area of our business...keep it up!",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45953,apple,"Lyndhurst, OH"," Oct 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It's a great place to work, but hard to advance to career positions.","I know I'm lucky to say I truly enjoy my job. The work is fun. It's great, because we're always busy, which means there no boring lulls. Customers can sometimes be ""needy"", but the majority are great. Management keeps things fun.","It's hard to advance in the store, but thats a compliment (in a way) to Apple (for choosing good employees).","It really brings down employee morale when external candidates are chosen for promotions, over employees who have put in a decent amount of time and deserve a promotion.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45954,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Oct 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best experience ever,"Apple is THE greatest company, great benefits and awesome pay, very good way to treat their employee, always try to get the best of you while working with them","i really cannot think of any disadvantage of working for apple, they simply appreciate good work and good employees. AWESOME.",keep doing what you're doing... because its AWESOME.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45955,apple,"Oakbrook Terrace, IL"," Oct 23, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"Love Apple to death, but promotions are unfairly dealt with.","Apple is Apple. Working there and garnering your blue tee shirt is enough to make anyone jealous. It is extremely hard to get a job here, but once you're in, it's the best.","Apple is Apple, but retail is not exactly what you'd think. You're either literally offered promotions, or you're not. You can work as hard as you can, and magically, people with lesser experience will be promoted before you. If you can be among the magically promoted few, all the more power to you. If you're not, you will definitely know.","Leadership needs to take experience and overall knowledge into account when deciding promotions and hires. There is not a process for promoting from within. I have been at Apple for two years, and I have not seen a clear way to be seen by management as someone worth promoting.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45956,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 20, 2011",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Wonderful,It is the greatest place to work in the world,The number of people who come to the Apple Store is sometimes overwhelming.,None,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45957,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Oct 16, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"Apple is a fast growing, fast developing company that inspires employees and customers to be better all around.","The people are great, the atmosphere is enticing, the product is desirous, and the job is fun. I am a people person and a tech nerd and love getting paid to talk about a product that I love and provide great service to people that I know will find value in what I do and the product they buy. The company is at the forefront of technology and has endless potential with an increasing customer base. Great company to work for and work with as I develop myself and do my best to help my peers grow too.","Biggest con is the fact that its retail, not always the best hours, but management works with us for our schedule. Not enough time in the day to develop myself in order to progress from position to position because the traffic is so heavy. I need to take more initiative in this area however. Could find some ways to help retail employees have more incentive: free products or fun, non-customer affected contests (not suggesting commission, but metric based things...?)",Keep up the good work and continue to encourage us to develop and pursue what we want out of this company!,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45958,apple,"Greensboro, NC"," Oct 17, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,Amazing,"I get to learn more about Technology more, and of course I get to use or see never seen before stuff..",Well..There's almost nothing..But if I need to choose sometimes or usually there is so many people that comes in so that it is really hard..,I think it is always smiling.. being nice..Just be in a good mood so that customers will be happy too,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45959,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Oct 19, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Amazing so far,"The experience has been amazing and to sum it up in one word, it's been because of the people.",Nothing so far! It's been a great experience.,Continue the vision of Steve Jobs and make our company continue to be amazing and innovate.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P934.htm
45960,apple,"Ridgeland, MS"," Oct 19, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Fun environment to work,Fun work environment. Opportunities to grow within the company are limitless,I haven no experienced any downsides to working at Apple yet...,Keep on doing what you're doing because it works well!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45961,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 15, 2011",Current Employee - QA Engineer,Awesome place to work coolest technologies on earth,Excellent colleagues Immense growth Cool technologies Nice projects Can switch to various teams,"No free lunches, gym etc.",Keep doing the great work !!,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45962,apple,"Houston, TX"," Oct 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Uhmazing...,The overall experience is unbelievable.,retail hours and working holidays.,keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45963,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Oct 20, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Awesome people and a great atmosphere.,"If you enjoy fast paced environments and always having to think on your feet, it is the perfect place for you.",There are no cons for working here.,N/A,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45964,apple,"Salem, NH"," Oct 13, 2011",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"I have had a lot of fun, have learned a lot and working at Apple has definitely been a great experience.","Apple provides their employees with great growth opportunities. The management lets you achieve and develop on your own, without pushing or prodding you into roles you don't necessarily want. They expect you to own your own development and to push yourself to be better.","While Apple pays better relative to other retail environments, considering Apple's massive cash assets and the knowledge their employees are expected to display, I would expect them to compensate their employees somewhat better. Apple's attitude on the matter is that their work environment is an ""experience"" which is as rewarding as cash compensation. While I understand and appreciate the value of this work environment, you can't pay the bills with ""experience.""",I would consider compensating employees better. I have seen far too many extremely talented and dedicated people leave Apple simply because another position pays much better.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45965,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 17, 2011",Current Employee - Inside Account Executive,Innovative products and very busy work.,Great innovative products and just security with low stress.,Very busy and am underpaid compared to competitors,Need to make the sales process more efficient.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45966,apple,"Palm Beach Gardens, FL"," Oct 16, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,It is the single best job place i have ever worked,Great benefits and discounts and life experiences are that are unparalleled.,I can't think of any...,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45967,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 19, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),very nice at working with apple,good to work with apple,nice to work with apple,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45968,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Opportunity for advancement, great people, great pay, great experience, overall just a great time, good fellow employees, 8 bucks a month for a gym membership, definately one of the best companies to work for, its great & i love it!","I cant think of any, they give out free apples to employees, cons would just be those that apply to all companies in general, whatever that may be!",it would be super awesome if volt employees could also use the gym! oh and maybe all employees would get free iPhones? haha just sayin :),5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45969,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Oct 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Things aren't as great as they seem from the outside.,"The people I work with are the redeeming quality about this job. Without having great co-workers, it wouldn't be manageable. The benefits are also fantastic.","The amount of stress and over crowding that goes on in the store because it's so small and we have so much influx of clients on top of the amount of employees is a bit much. Corporate keeps denying a bigger store but we break fire code daily. All of this on top of angry customers makes for a very poor workplace. They seem to hire whoever for whatever. Experience doesn't matter and new hires tend to get paid more than the people who have been there for years. They hold so much emphasis on growth and helping you to move up in the company but they do nothing to back it up, mostly because they are always ""too busy.""",Focusing on what is said will be done would be a huge improvement. Having the store leader work in the store I think would give them a better idea of how things really are. As business increases and cost of living goes up a pay increase to help keep the employees happy would go a long way.,2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P935.htm
45970,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 28, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great Coworkers, Good Pay/Benefits, Alright Management, Terrible Communication.","If you are an artist, at all creative or just like socializing, Apple is a great place to work. The coworkers there will definitely become some of your best friends, and most customers are pretty cool too. Considering it's a non-commission based sales position the pay is very good too.",Sometimes it takes a serious amount of brown nosing and hoop jumping to get any sort of vertical growth within the company. Management can be distant or downright lazy. Corporate dictates many stupid rules that don't always make sense for individual stores.,"Honestly the best advice to give to management is to actually get to know all of your employees, and poll opinions from everyone to get the best idea of who your people actually are, not just how they act when management is around.",3.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45971,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting, Developing and Challenging",It is a great place full of innovation and smart people. A great place to learn and grow as an engineer.,The pay is not as high as I believe it should be. The work can be a bit stressful.,none,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45972,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Oct 16, 2011",Current Employee - Computer Advisor,One of the best experiences of my life!,No traffic to get to work!,Stuck in your office all day.,Apple is an amazing company to work for. No complaints on my end.,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45973,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 29, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience has been very rewarding.,Love for the products. Diversity among community. Very stable company. Exciting potential to grow within the company. working at apple is fun.,Must be flexible with work schedule. Compensation is not always desirable. The growing pains from a small to large company,"Tim Cook, The best of luck, future endeavors, and leadership guidance your new role as Apple Inc C.E.O",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45974,apple,"Manhasset, NY"," Oct 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enriching Lives,"The atmosphere in the store is unlike any other. Not only that, but the amazing collection of personalities, minds and atitudes that make up the Apple family make it impossible to enjoy yourself while working. Putting smiles on a persons face after showing them something new is just an amazing feeling. I wouldn't trade it for anything.",The only downside of working at Apple is the fact that I have to go home at the end of the day. I honestly love this company.,"The management team at Apple are the most supportive I've ever had the pleasure working with. At previous jobs, I always felt somewhat daunted when approaching management. I used to feel that managers didn't care about me. But my sentiments have changed. At this company, the management team feels almost like the advisory feeling you would get from a grandparent. They're calm, understanding and caring. If every company operated at a fraction of the way Apple does then the world would be a different place.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45975,apple,"Austin, TX"," Oct 26, 2011",Former Employee - Named Accounts Manager,Cog in the wheel,"Best benefits out there, the discount is pretty slick and hey, you work for Apple.","I worked retail at Best Buy and didn't feel so much as a cog as I did at Apple. In retail, you can progress quickly and do well and be recognised. At Apple Corporate, I knew people who'd been in the same middle-management job for 15 years. In a company growing at the rate of Apple, that's frightening.  Couple that with the compartmentalisation within Apple and it's hard to move around or up. People get too specialised and therefore, stuck.",none,3.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45976,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 27, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,"Interesting experience, but only for short period of time.","Looks good on resume, some learning possible.","A lot of work, low pay, very hard to be promoted, too much brain washing...",Pay people more and be more real,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45977,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 11, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Fantastic place to work.,Engineers at Apple get to make real contributions that will benefit tens or hundreds of millions of people everyday. That's awesome. Everyone makes substantial contributions to one or more products. I think incredibly highly of all of my co-workers. They do some of the best engineering work I've seen anywhere.,"Products go out the door on a schedule. Those schedules can be aggressive. If you can't deliver, you are left behind.",none,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45978,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Oct 25, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"I learned quite a bit of information and how to talk to people, but raises and promotions after 3 were next to nothing.","People seem to respect the fact that you work for Apple. Apple trains its employees how to communicate well with people. Diverse people to work with. Decent discounts, not great! Health insurance is decent. Guaranteed 15min breaks and lunches. They used to work really well with Part-time employee scheduling, but right before I left they were cracking down on wanting employees to work more without added benefits. On launch days, food and drink was provided for staff.","Even though I had a very high percentage of sales in certain areas and they gave me praise I never got promoted. One reason stated by a manager was that I was doing to well in the area that I was in so and they couldn't afford to lose me to another area of the store, ie. Genius. I then asked for a raise and only annual raises are given...A mere .45 cents. Work almost full-time hours without the full-time pay or benefits. For a company that is the most profitable in the world, you would think they would kick back a bit more for their employees.  Apple needs to figure out a better way to get the message across to customers on how the store operates. I spent so much time getting yelled at by unsatisfied customers because they didn't know they were suppose to check in or where to purchase an item. They greatly need to increase the staff for the amount of traffic each store receives on a daily basis. This understaffing lead to many unsatisfied customers taking it out on employees which in turn make for a very trying day, which turns into every work day.",Don't hire people off the streets when someone has been working in the store and is qualified for the position/promotion. Promote with-in when employees are performing to above satisfactory expectations. Learn how to keep the staff happy. When morale goes down people tend to hate their job and look elsewhere. Our particular store lost about 20 people in 2 weeks and 2 months later had lost aprx. 35-40 people total. That is a sign of bad management!,2.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45979,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Oct 15, 2011",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Setup for success,"The company is innovative, the corporate culture is amazing. You are truly setup for success when you start working there. I have found that management is open and ready to help.",Things can get stressful we're a company who releases new products constantly and you have to be up on the latest technology all the time.,Getting my job at Apple made the day the last company I worked for laid me off the best day of my life.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P936.htm
45980,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 8, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"All employees are over-qualified and stuck working there, due to Apple's hiring process based on personality.",It is a prestigious place to work because the best personalities are hired on.,"Retail hierarchy, the corporation holding a carrot in front of your nose incessantly. Laughable wages, and even more bitingly hilarious system for raises.(not based on individual performance and is only once a year. Best wage increase being $.50-$.75 to hope for.)","It is actually impossible to be promoted to management as a Specialist because all the hiring is done based on personality. Managers have entirely different personalites as Specialists, so a Specialist could never aspire towards it, one cannot change their own personallity.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45981,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Culture,"Flexible, Great Culture, Decent Retail Pay, Above Average Benefits, Exciting Job",Depends on management and location of experience. Promotions are mostly laterale without pay raise.,Focus on how to promote growth within your employees.,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45982,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not flexible or understanding.,Pays enough. Really customer oriented. I really value my time with each customer trying to help them out with their needs.,"Could pay more. Needs to be more sympathetic to full time students. They are terrible with being flexible with school schedules. The sheer amount of employees can be overwhelming. I feel like I'm in high school again. The type of employees Apple attracts can be annoying as well. If I wanted to go to Williamsburg to see a bunch of hipsters, I would have.","Pay is what any retail store in the city SHOULD be. So, the fact that Apple is doing rather well lately the pay could be higher. If an employee shows interest in growing within the company and looks to move into corporate using his education, listen and help them out so that can happen.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45983,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 1, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,a good place to work hard,"a company that everyone loves: the world will cheer you just because you wear that badge great products, with a focus on perfection - you are constantly pushed to do better a dynamic work environment: everyone's contributions are valued","long work hours, probably too long at times the focus on perfection can become stressful when deadlines approach secrecy all around the place: you can know a lot about what goes on in your group, but anything beyond that is a mystery",none,5.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45984,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 18, 2011",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Great in the beginning,Discount. The Pay is great for retail. Vacation time. Ability to try out new product before anyone else. Free software.,At first it was amazing. Now its turned into the GAP. it is retail and i understand that but make it fun again. don't concentrate on numbers give employees development help them grow ... let us wear flip flops n have a lot of earrings. bring the old apple back.,Forget about MobileMe one 2 one and apple care.. each of these will sell if the customer needs. make sure every employee leads. send them to apple corporate no matter the cost it is worth it to build up and give them a sense of pride. offer a proper exchange into apple corporate. Give your employees incentive to move to corporate and hire more of them. Apples stopped growing because you are taking people from microsoft and other companies that know nothing of the ideologies that once made apple amazing..,3.0,1.0,none,1.5,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45985,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 6, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,great place,"great company, great people, vibrant env","you have to dedicate yourself, its a 24/7 thing",none,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45986,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,wonderful,"great 401 k benefits, flexible schedules, great people to support you, comfortable work environment, very understanding time and attendance policy",i have no complaints as of yet.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45987,apple,"Thornton, CO"," Oct 17, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Hope you drink the cool aid,Apple is one of the most innovative companies in the world. Being part of it is fun and interesting. Every day I learn something new and amazing about mac computers and devices. Full time benifits are great.,"You have to completely buy into to the ""Apple Speak"" if you want to move up in the company. They say we are not a numbers driven company, but when it comes to promotions and pay raises you are partially based on those numbers. Also if you don't hit the numbers you get hassled about how you can position it better. Also to move up, they expect you to take on much more responsibility with out pay bumps or promotions. For example a sales specialist will be expected to order things for the break room. Incoming specialist get paid around $11 an hour with out commission. in a 6 month period I alone brought in $250,000 to the company. At a 1% commission that's $2,500! Plenty of people hit $1 million for the year!","I was up for a promotion to an FRS position, I was by far the most qualified. The manager told me that ""You haven't paid the price of admission."" After being with the company for a year, pulling long hours doing overnights and launches, I haven't paid the price of admission? All because I am not going to grand stand my accomplishments, and because I am not willing to sell One To One to people who don't need it. We are supposed to be thinking about our customers, but the managers at my store only have the numbers on their mind.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45988,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 30, 2011",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Very competitive, keeps you on your toes.",The caliber of most my co-workers is exceptional.,Not sure what to put as a negative.,To much internal competitiveness distracts us from competing with our real business competitors.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45989,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Oct 14, 2011",Current Employee - Home Advisor,Good For Tech Support I Guess,I can't complain about the benifits or the pay. Also other people think it's cool. Working at home is nice. Customers are very nice compared to other call centers. Lots of perks.,It's still a phone tech support job and that is still awful even at Apple. In fact it might be worse because management does not have your back and is often reactionary to minor statistical fluctuations that don't persist over a day or so. Management often seems unfamiliar with the process of how we do our job and is a source of misinformation.,"Here is how statistics work: If you average a 14 minute hold time over several months, one day of having a 15 minute hold time on the first of the month does not mean that you suck now. At least wait a few days to see if the trend holds up. Also do research before giving bad solutions.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P937.htm
45990,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 22, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Sales Incentive Analyst,Apple gave me quite an opportunity and experience overall.,Casual work environment. Management accessibility. Opportunities exist. Dynamic environment. Never boring. Great cultural diversity. Pride in products and innovation. Prevalence of team effort. Generally great co-workers.,"Substandard compensation. Poor work/personal life balance. Constant focus on whether your departments is considered one of the privileged, company-essential ones. Benefits have been considerably downsized.","Think more of what you can invest in your employees and you'll reap the benefits. Loyalty, dedication and appreciation should go both ways.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
45991,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 24, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,I learned much more than I expected to grow as a programmer.,"Great recognition. Opportunity to work in a huge, impactiful company. Be surrounded by incredibly smart co-workers.",Too much secrecy. Company is not open to share information and knowledge between departments,Give a little more feedback on the performance of the employee,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
45992,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 25, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It has been a great ride.,"Salary, cooperation among different groups, ethics, and bleeding edge work.","Lately, a lack of equipment to do the job and excess secrecy/security.",Lighten up - we're not leaking secrets. Stop being cheap with the tools we need to work.,5.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
45993,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Oct 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a horrible place to work if you love the product.,Great access to new and cool technology. Great to work with young people my age and share knowledge. Fantastic if you like helping people through problems or teaching them how to use their devices.,"Horrible management structure. Some ""Specialists"" are not keen on the techno lingo...which creates problems for the ""smart"" ones in the store that end up fixing mistakes for everyone. No flexibility in management rules.","Be open and honest. No caddy bs. And please be on the same page. It is very annoying to play the ""mom vs dad"" game when trying to help out a customer.",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
45994,apple,"Columbia, MD"," Oct 14, 2011",Former Employee - Retail Store Manager,9 years of running wind sprints,"Wonderful to be a part of growing the most fantastic retail company in the world. Good benefits, health, and discounts, and fun teamwork.","High stress, moved from store to store many many times. They would raise the bar of how much we were to do and then level off for a bit and then raise the bar again... this was repeated many times in a year. Continual change... daily change... constantly changing gears.","There were amazing managers there, but some were just not. The stress was overwhelming and some knew how to diffuse it and work WITH a team but others just let it fester within.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
45995,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 30, 2011",Current Employee - Testing Engineer,good,good company good pay good benefit,busy company stressful working enviroment,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
45996,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 25, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great work environment, great people","> Wonderful work environment, beautiful store. > Helpful peers, very friendly. > Management team is supportive. > Recognition for your work. > Full-time workers get wonderful benefits.",> Promotions depend on your sales stats. > Better scheduling. > Very demanding customers.,none,4.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
45997,apple,"Miami, FL"," Sep 23, 2011",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great learning experience, it really pays off to work for Apple","Relaxed atmosphere where you are you own boss basically, we make decisions on our own. Flexible hours and great benefits.",Management is really bad at deciding whats good for your personal growth and what direction you should take. They try to steer you away form your dreams and what YOU want to be within the company!,"Listen to people what they want to be, what position they want to pursue and help them reach that goal. Do not try to impose what you think they should be because you need to fill the quota.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
45998,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Sep 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great.,they treat their employees with respect.,nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
45999,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 4, 2011",Former Employee - Expert,If you love drinking the cooperate cool aid then this is the place for you.,- 25 % discount on one computer purchase a year -Stock Purchase -,-Discounts are not that great -Management is a joke -Pay could be better -Requesting time off is near impossible -Management is under trained and inadequate to the task -Because you want grey hair,Hire more capable management. Its a complete farce.,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P938.htm
46000,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 2, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,"No work life balance, no good process, people are entrenched in old patterns","Name recognition, okay benefits, best benefit are the commuter shuttles","Management is weak, most of them have been in the same positions for long time so very little incentive to change, or make things better.","Kick out the managers that have been there for 5 yrs or longer, or give them new goals to achieve to improve their organizations.",2.0,2.5,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46001,apple,"Akron, OH"," Sep 17, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),,"Apple is an amazing company to work for. The people are fantastic and you have a ton of room to grow. The best thing about working there is truly the people. You really do become like a family. I've never felt so close to co-workers in my life. You work really hard and it can get really really REALLY REALLY stressful, but at the end of the day the job itself is so enjoyable that it's worth the stress.","The management could really use some help. Most of the managers never really know what they're talking about and the rest are not willing to actually help you. There are the handful that are willing to help, and will do anything they can to help you learn. One manager in particular was a complete jerk all the time. I would avoid asking him for help because he would typically make the situation much worse. You are not compensated for your work in any way so the desire to sell is low but the need is high. Most of the time I felt like a worker bee, in a hive much bigger then I would ever realize. I was sometimes need to feel very small.","You tell your employees to ask questions, yet when they do you love your way to make them feel uncomfortable. You need to realize how much you force your employees to take in and learn when they get the job.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46002,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 28, 2011",Current Employee - IT Consultant,,- Great prestige to work here - Great products ( pride ) - Good Pay - Great Benefits,- Way too secretive even amongst departments - A lot of employees are rude and a-holes to other employees - Unbelievably cheap - I am using a machine from 2001 - Printers from the 90's & early 2000's ( this is a company who is spearheading technology and this is what we get to do our jobs? ) - Hard to get good equipment to do work,Provide the necessary tools for people to do their jobs. Serious?? A computer from 2001 ?? C'mon! Quit making it impossible for people to get upgrades.,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46003,apple,"Cerritos, CA"," Sep 15, 2011",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Never knowing what's ahead!,"Working at Apple is very invigorating. There is always a challenge that you must overcome. The team, management, leadership, and people you meet will be a great asset to you. Learning and development is a key part of Apple, and they always encourage it. The ability to use resources from team members is a key plus. Working at Apple is a big change, but a change I would never like to move away from.","Working for Apple is different form other jobs. Since technology is always moving faster than the speed of light, you have to keep up to date with everything Apple! This has always been a challenge for many due to the fact that once something comes out, something new will take its place pretty soon! So it is up to you to stay focused and maintain the thirst for technological know how!",Reward your employees more. Distinguish people for their efforts more so than just saying thank you! Acknowledge the skilled and challenge them to drive others.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46004,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 30, 2011",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Good learning experience,GSM position offers hands on experience working with Apple's suppliers and engineer to bring future products to fruition.,"Long hours, often working at night from home.",There is a lack of group and team building activities. People don't spend time getting to know their team members on a personal level.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46005,apple,"Grand Rapids, MI"," Sep 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Personally rewarding,Changing the way people use their computers and devices. Part of a team of bright and talented individuals. Proud to work for such a respected company.,Retail. Mall. On your feet all day. Must be positive and upbeat all the time even when people are rude to you or the company.,Terminate those staff members that under-perform or have poor attitudes. They do not help the company or people's perception of it. Apple doesn't seem willing to get rid if those individuals.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46006,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 22, 2011",Current Employee - Receptionist,Best job I ever had,"It's the greatest place ever! Great pay, great people, paid vacations.....",I don't have anything bad to say!,None.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46007,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Excellent place to work,Great culture Great co-workers Great products Great pay I can't complain. It is such a great pleasure to work for Apple.,There are never enough minutes in the day to finish the amount of work that I have to get done.,Give more cash bonus' to the employees when the company has record breaking profits. More RSU's would also be appreciated.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46008,apple,"Skokie, IL"," Sep 11, 2011",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Apple is a great place to work, but you can probably get paid more elsewhere.","I love working at Apple retail. I'm a sucker for new technology, and right now, Apple is leading the pack with new tech. The people you work with are interesting and generally fun to hang out with, inside or outside of work. The employee stock purchase plan is a nice bonus, especially recently.","All Apple retail employees are expected to perform at a very high level, but we are not paid more for good performance, nor do we usually make more money than comparable positions at other companies. A workday can be stressful because of the high number of people coming in and out of an Apple Retail store each day.","Think about ways to reward your high performing employees, whether that's better opportunities for advancement (not just in retail, but also at the corporate level), or higher merit pay increases. Allow your employees to negotiate their salary with you. Pay internal hires as much as you would an external candidate.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46009,apple,"Houston, TX"," Sep 8, 2011",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,"Apple is all about the customer, both external and internal!",Working at Apple is a great experience. Every store has a tight knit family feel. Concerns are addressed and there are many routes to follow to promote improvement for your self and for your team.,"Growing within Apple does require spunk and professionalism. Because the job is great and generally everyone loves coming to work, people sometimes get complacent and want their promotions handed to them.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P939.htm
46010,apple,"Naperville, IL"," Sep 6, 2011",Former Employee - Full Time Specialist,"A Life changing experience, that taught me skills for a lifetime!","People! They say the people are the soul of the company, well, they are also the heart. Learning! There's always something new to learn and theres always someone eager to learn it that wants you to teach it to them.","Yes, it's retail and the hours and staffing are not always what you need it to be. This is your mcguyver challenge! How to be in the busiest store in town, serving the most people, giving them the experience of a lifetime. That's why they hire good people - we try to figure that out.","Spend more time on the floor. Know what the front line is like. Be there for staff, customers and most of all yourselves to gain an understating of why we call it ""the front lines"".",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46011,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 25, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good learning experience.,Working for the most innovative company on earth,Burn-out is a big problem.,Have enough personnel for the job.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46012,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Sep 4, 2011",Current Employee - IOS Tech Support,"Beneficial, fun, and productive, with very little stress.","Tuition reimbursement, personal discount, generous benefits, friendly colleagues. I had a fantastic year with Apple, and would be honored to work for them again in the future.","I don't have anything to report on any particular cons regarding working at Apple. It was a positive experience, and I'm glad I had the opportunity.","Keep it up. Working at Apple was a great time. You have given a huge number of people their dream job, and mine was no exception.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46013,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I seend pople home looking like heroes.,Having autonomy to do the right thing. Making wicked cool friends. Enjoying great benefits and discounts.,Low wages. High stress work environments. High competition to out-perform peers.,Develop each team member. Make training time mandatory.,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46014,apple,"Santa Monica, CA"," Aug 30, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"fun, great people, but not something for the long term unless retail store manager is a goal","cool coworkers, great environment, interesting days","large retail environment, quickly growing but the systems a slow to accommodate, sometimes unwelcoming or unsupportive management staff - sometimes it seems like they will bend the rules when they want but perhaps without consideration for customers or employees",be clear about rules and procedures and stick to them but know that compassion and understanding is an important part of being a leader as well.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46015,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Sep 1, 2011",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Ok,Discounts are great to have,Cult like the employees the time,Dont brain wash,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46016,apple,"Wayne, NJ"," Sep 3, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),one word: amazing.,the sense of community in the store and company itself is like no other company. nobody even comes close to how people-oriented the company is.,it gets extremely hectic and busy.,keep it up,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46017,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Aug 24, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,"Love the product, the people, the atmosphere, not necessarily the all the policies.",Great people Training and advancement opportunities Great company with vision and good product Nice pay and decent benefits for part-time Love the dress code Atmosphere of fun with most supervisors,"Inconsistent hours in a day, a week, or a month It is retail and all that goes with that Some policies are overbearing Too secretive in some aspects Constant change you have to keep up with","Better communication, better support for all employees (not just the darlings), drop the demand for APP, ProCare, One-to-One, & MobileMe add-ons. AppleCare should be standard on all computers.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46018,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 26, 2011",Former Employee - Help Desk,good,community feel and limitless resources to help balance work and quality of life.,schedules were done by shift bids so your work schedule would change every 6 months..sometimes not for the better,none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46019,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"Learn a lot, meet great people!",Meeting people with a passion for your brand. Coming up with solutions to problems as people come in and internally.,Store management is lacking. Communication down the chain is almost non-existent. Some customers don't have any technological ability and request personal training sessions to last hours upon hours.,Pay your people what they're worth. Yes ts retail but the knowledge required to assist customers is beyond finding a shirt or making a tea.,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P940.htm
46020,apple,"Naperville, IL"," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Specialsit- Part TIme,An incredible experience but long term is questionable,An exciting place to be if you love Apple technology. Every day is different but at the same time everyday could be a challenge. The realm of customer service here usually goes above and beyond to keep customers happy. Apple follow its motto very well of the customer experience being the most important part of its DNA. The cultural is lose and eccentric and you will make many many friends in the long run. Management is also more eager to communicate with you as a group because of constant change in technology and business plans.,"Because of its retail nature, expect a lot of disorganization, ambiguity, and constant changes throughout your day. Some days will leave you feeling high and that you changed the world, others can leave you feeling down and question your career path. Nice customers make up for a third of your conversation while the other 2/3 sounds like they own you because they are here to spend 4 digits of dinero. Busy seasons from Nov-Jan and from Jun- Sep are the most strenuous. Every year, traffic increases and it always feel understaffed. Turn over is high among internal employees. Management are always busy with customer service issues so they don't have time look out for your development. As a result, if you don't fight for it, likely you will be left behind to always do sales. Sometimes it feels like the ones who are most friendly with the managers, are the ones to move up quickly naturally because managers don't have time to get to know everybody in the store. It can also sometimes feel very red-tape, every move-up requires a formal interview and assessment of your skills. They even interview you formally if you want to transfer between stores. There are no bonuses and salary increases are mostly 3% unless you significantly changed roles.",Get to know your employees by scheduling touch-base time and keeping up with it every 3 months as it was suppose to be. Hire more and hire often. Open positions to the whole store fairly and let others know of the positions instead of just offering it to the ones who have been the most friendliest to you.,3.0,2.5,none,1.5,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46021,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Depends on the department, but generally work hard, play little.","Great company leadership, nice campus, great commute options, products to be proud of, strong brand recognition","This is not Google or a fun start up with company parties and beer in the office - this is a carefully oiled machine that is constantly under scrutiny. As a result, you are expected to work on Apple's hours (all the time), be prepared to battle red tape, and constantly operate with numerous people and teams with no one having a full sense of the end goal (because it is a secret). Additionally there is very little upward movement.",none,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46022,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 19, 2011",Former Employee - Engineering Project Manager,40+ hour work week loaded with a sense of purpose.,It is great working with co0workers that have a passion for what they do/develop.,"Hours worked in a day can be long, however, overall it is rewarding.",none,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46023,apple,"Hampden Sydney, VA"," Aug 23, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,They take care of you better than any other employee's out there. It was a pleasure to work for Apple for the time I could.,"Salary wasn't the greatest, I was barely making more than minimum wage, but I didn't have much experience at the time.","Bonuses make the retail side of Jobs complete. If Apple would continue to give electrical bonuses to all their employess, satisfaction would be much greater.",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46024,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the Most Rewarding in My Life,The Products & The People,Hard Work sometimes dealing with Demanding Customers,Remember to care about employees however many Managers already do,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46025,apple,"Austin, TX"," Aug 18, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Expert,"I like being here at Apple and am a proud member, although advancement opportunities can prove difficult.",Financially strong company with great and innovative companies. Apple also finds ways to promote its top performers. Also enjoy the great work-life balance that also includes a great benefits package and lots of OT.,"Part of your advancement will be dependent on your manager. A pro-active manager will help coach, train, and promote your strengths. The opposite is also true, so when you interview in a position, get to know your management.","Keep making all the right decisions! However, let's give some of the Mac Experts more opportunity/responsibility in achieving more. A lot of us are ready for more responsibilities!",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46026,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends where you work within the company,"I've heard that there are great places at Apple, but due to ""need to know"" mentality of company, you are pretty well segregated to your dept, and sometimes even your office. The equipment you get to use day to day in your job is some of the best in the world!","Lower management is often just the most technically able person in the group before the existing manager is promoted, leaving a good hard working knowledgable person that has no idea how to manage people. There are exceptions of course, but let's just say, ten years ago, you would have not reported to someone with such behavior and inability to actually manage and coach their team.","Apple is a great and prestigious company to work for, but more energy needs to be given to the lower levels of management in training and support. Also the individual contributors need support to deal with the stress, as it is becoming a place people can only stay for a few years before burnout. Some divisions are great, but others are much more difficult to be successful in you job.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46027,apple,"Durham, NC"," Aug 8, 2011",Current Employee - Genius,"High stress work environment, hard working colleagues, and still some fun.","Everyone you meet that works for Apple is dedicated to excellence, strives for an open team environment, and is in love with our products. We all work for the future success of our company by innovating in even the smallest areas of our job. Feedback and self improvement are a huge part of working for Apple, everyone can benefit from this environment.","Currently, Apple is seeing an exponential increase in it's customer base with a similar reflection in the amount of foot traffic in the stores. Loud, hot, and overcrowded stores can make for difficult customer interactions in an already stressful work environment. Working for Apple retail requires dedication and every last drop of performance and efficiency an employee has, this will leave you physically and mentally exhausted at the end of the day.",It would be helpful to streamline communication and give employees dedicated time to review and process this communication. One of the most difficult parts about working at Apple is not knowing about new information when it comes out.,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46028,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2011",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,A great opportunity to grow,Apple gives you tools to grow and develop new skills professionally and personally Great co-workers and great work ethic.,"Pay and mediocre benefits are the main reason people leave the retail side. Overwhelming secrecy about everything can make your job difficult, as one never knows what to expect at work. This however, is a known issue and will never change.",Jobsy. Could you please wear some nice shoes with that turtle-neck and those jeans.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46029,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Jul 29, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great people, fantastic products","Surrounded by the greatest technology, no micromanagement, and a very relaxed environment.","The management that isn't competent, is very incompetent. It places additional stress on other managers, as well as the highly competent members of that staff (that are not management)","When people prove to repeatedly to be a detriment, let them go. Especially in regards to management. Everything flows from the top down.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P941.htm
46030,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 26, 2011",Current Employee - Project Manager,Upper Level positions filled by external candidates over well-qualified internal employees,Most days I am proud to say that I work for Apple. The products speak for themselves and it is great to be able to use them. The work environment can be very invigorating as well as mentally challenging.,Salaried employees are expected to work 50-60 hours a week. Advancement opportunities minimal for upper level positions. External applicants are being hired with less experience & fewer qualifications over well-qualified employees. Internal candidates for those same positions are then asked to provide training for the new Apple employee.,"Look to promote from within Apple. There are many extremely talented, hard-working current employees that Apple could benefit from promoting. Current employees are leaving which is a loss to Apple.",3.0,3.0,none,1.5,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46031,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jul 25, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Its a really fun job,"meh, its not so bad",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46032,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jul 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but not truly recognizing one's ability and potential. doesn't pay well","Great people, challenging and fun atmosphere",Pay not commensurate with ability,"Please offer more incentives to employees, with regards to basic pay. They put in so much for Apple. Their efforts should be recognized.",5.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46033,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 17, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Genius,A great place to learn and grow With one of the coolest companies in the world.,Lots of paid training and management that cares about your development as a person. Great benefits and vacation package and discounts on hardware and software. Training is a top priorty and is worked into our schedule.,In a retail position the hours are bad. It is a physically demanding job as you are on your feet all day. And the downside of working for a company who cares is customers can really try to get all they can out of you even when you go above and beyond.,Hire more employees at a higher rate of pay so you will have less turnover and more competency. Talk more with all emplyees not just the ones that complain the loudest.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46034,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 27, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,"Grind it out, hope to get lucky","Apple makes really great products - being a part of that is rewarding in and of itself. Now that the company is doing so well, we're really an 800 lb. gorilla when it comes to vendor relationships - it's great to have other companies bending over backwards to get your business.","Sometimes even annual performance reviews get missed - that means not a lot of feedback about career growth or professional development. If you have upwardly mobile aspirations, Apple is probably not going to help you out very much. Sometimes you'll feel like you can't get the information you need to do your job.","Give up on this unit tracking garbage. It doesn't solve the problem you're trying to solve, and it makes everybody's job harder.",3.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46035,apple,"Lake Grove, NY"," Aug 2, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"Employees at Apple, Inc. work at a relentless pace in the New York area and pay is not adequate for NY cost of living.",Exciting environment and creative co-workers,The NY pace is relentless. Workers are clearly underpaid. There is no time for training.,"They need to step up to the plate during promotions and do hands on work if necessary to support the staff. They need to advocate for staff with higher management. In New York salaries are not adequate, will not meet living costs.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46036,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,interesting busy and fun,career advancement and knowledge are two things Apple will provide employees with,"very busy, product launches can be stressful",specialist's deserve higher rate of pay,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46037,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 23, 2011",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),GReat,Great place t work at,None at this time to new,None,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46038,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Exciting and successful company to work for. Bright and talented people everywhere.,Always working and tethered to Apple. divisions are completely separate hard to move around from place to place,Great pace of leadership and communication. Takes risks and not afraid to go against the market,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46039,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 26, 2011",Former Employee - Area Manager,"Great if you're in development, not so great otherwise",Pay and benefits are extraordinary The products are simply amazing,"Act like a mom & pop organization that refuses to grow up If you haven't grown up 'professionally' within Apple, you will always be viewed and treated as an outsider Most in management have been promoted from within, which isn't a bad thing, however, there is no training in managing or leadership, and it is painfully obvious Home-grown tools that are inconsistent and woefully inadequate Inconsistent employee treatment relative to performance concerns",Train your leaders and insist on professionalism.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P942.htm
46040,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 25, 2011",Former Employee - Tier I Advisor,Goodis,Great people Casual Good experience Ok Pay,Stange Policies No ability to defend yourself when HR makes decision,Make Warning policy clearer,3.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46041,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Proud to be here for what I have done, but sad to see how people get burned out and mistreated here.",Using products that we design.,"Long hours, ineffective review process, low compensation, stressful.",Treat your employees as human instead of robots.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46042,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 28, 2011",Current Employee - Human Resources,Apple's HR/Staffing organizations are being run into the ground,Cutting edge technology with cool consumer products. Strong brand name recognition. Apple provides solid pay structure and benefits along with outstanding short and long-term stock performance. A unique work environment that embraces diversity.,"The new HR leadership team from EA is running the HR and Staffing organizations (and eventually the company) into the ground. We are one of the most globally recognized brand names on the planet and this is as good as we could get? Staffing and HR folks are leaving in droves. At least 10 people have left in the last 2 months. They are firing and pushing employees out who are long-time, loyal Apple workers. They are looking for drones and trying to build an empire without considering others or the business ramifications. If you have an opinion that doesn't match theirs then you are out. These employees acquired the top engineering talent needed to make Apple products successful with great personal sacrifice, working an obscene amount of hours. This new leadership team has proven to be dishonest, self-serving, condescending, egotistical and lacking common sense. If you are considering a job in HR or Recruiting at Apple - run the other direction.","Partner with your current employees and draw from their experience and historical knowledge of the company. Show respect to your employees, don't treat them like children. Don't assume you know everything when you've only just arrived. Change and forward momentum is a positive and necessary thing. However, you don't need to turn every single thing upside down just to prove you're doing ""something"". Don't be so insecure. There are some things in place here that have worked - which is why Apple is as successful as we've been. Don't talk down to your employees and micro-manage them to death. Productive employees who have been with the company for years don't need their every movement monitored. Don't try to control every minor detail down to the finest point. You are alienating your employees. Stop being fake and phony, it makes people distrust you. It's obvious when you're patronizing us and not really listening. The passive-aggressive tactics are wearing down your staff. You are basing decisions solely on who will ""fall in line"". This will not be successful in the long-run.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46043,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have learned an enormous amount and have had the opportunity to work on meaningful products millions of people use.,"Lots of smart people, cool products and a growing company.","Long hours, Cupertino is not appealing to many/most of the younger and most energetic employees. The long commute from SF (1 hour+ each way on shuttle) is a disincentive to working for Apple.",Open a San Francisco office,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46044,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 7, 2011",Current Employee - BBA Intern,Best place to intern on the planet!,"Be a part of a company that's leading the technology sector! People take you seriously as an intern, and they pay you like it!","This is a corporate job, which means that you will be working in a cubicle by yourself for 8 hours per day.","Keep doing what you're doing! Great programs for the interns, I really like that you don't have to be an MBA student to get taken seriously",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46045,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jul 17, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Good place to get started.,Great co-workers. Amazing innovative products. There is no better place to develop yourself as a young employee. For a retail job... it is awesome. As an IT career... it will get you started. My fellow geniuses are awesome. They are the best group of people I have ever had the privilege of knowing.,"Pay, and the customers. Apple's customer base has grown over the years, which is great. But we have influenced consumerism to evolve into a whole new dirty animal thanks to Apple's ""Getting to Yes"" policy. I'm fifty fifty. Half of the customers deserve the great service. The other half should try chewing their own food for once in their life.","Stop swapping so many iPhones. If you want your employees to stop swapping so many iPhones, give them the means to do things differently.  Put Apple employees in AT&T and Verizon stores to distribute the load and service your customer base appropriately. Having the ""swap swap swap"" mentality for a few years has created a new and utterly disgusting breed of consumers in our society. They don't appreciate the great service, we have only raised the bar for unreasonable expectations. These habits will be tough to break.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46046,apple,"Edina, MN"," Jul 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is Probably as Good as it Gets for Retail,"Its definitely an exciting field to work in with a wide range of people to interact with. But, at the end of the day, its still retail. Great benefits, occasional opportunities for overtime, and no job there is really all that difficult, other than giving bad news about someone's computer.","There is really only so far you can go without moving to California. Anything past a middling level, in-store position will have such a high volume of competition that its very discouraging, and Apple appears to prefer outside hire's rather than promoting from within.",none,3.0,4.5,none,1.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46047,apple,"McLean, VA"," Jul 20, 2011",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,ok i guess,nice coworkers but thats all,everything else is pretty bad,"listen, learn from your people. there is strong disconect between the about managers and the front line people. get it together",3.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46048,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's good,it's a good paying job,"not much, none what so ever",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46049,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 28, 2011",Former Employee - Manager,Great until the End,"People are great smartest you'll find. Great campus, everyone really enjoys their job. Week off between Christmas and New Years.","long hours, fast paced environment, limited holidays during the year. Not enough feedback on job performance. pockets of little kingdoms that make work harder for everyone.","Provide Mentoring to new employees, Apple is a touch place without advice on how to avoid the politics",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P943.htm
46050,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 30, 2011",Current Employee - Business Specialist,The people are amazing.,"The people - almost everyone is happy to help, and happy to be there. Absolutely amazing products, and customers who love the products.","In the retail division, the pay is low, discounts are few and for the amount of money the company makes, they need to treat the front line workers (retail employees) with better incentives.","Substantial monetary incentives for retail employees. More NFR/Free products. Larger discounts on Apple products. In the retail division, encourage employees to make the move to Corporate.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,2.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46051,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 30, 2011",Former Employee - Concierge,Fun,Great place to work for those who are in college or college-aged. Great for people who love technology and looking cool.,"Immature managers and some of the staff is immature, but I guess that's what you get when you work at such a ""hip"" place.",Management should be more considerate of employees and respectful. I wish they acknowledged the employee's hard work more because sometimes they are more concerned with metrics than employees who work hard.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46052,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 23, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Satisfactory all around,- discounts - fellow employees - challenging work environment - opportunity for personal and creative growth - helping people - learning about products,"- can be stressful at times - micromanagement is annoying - cramped work environment, some stores are tiny - store politics - management can be suffocating",Stop micromanaging the employees and allow them to help customers with more space Take responsibility when it is the company's fault,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46053,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 7, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Learn a lot from peers but would like to be given a raise without needing to be promoted,"Colleagues are some of the smartest, most creative, and amazing people I have ever worked with. You get to meet many people everyday who you can connect with and network with. It's busy a lot of the time so time flys.",Management is rather unorganized and do not know a lot about the products. Pay should be better considering how well the company is doing.,"In my opinion, a manager should be able to answer ANY question that I cannot answer myself. Also, they should learn how to be in the mix more, rather than hiding around in the Genius Room or upstairs.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46054,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Jul 4, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"Excellent company to work for, except....","Smart, interesting co-workers, smart, dedicated management, stimulating environment, challenging opportunities. In one day, a Specialist can wear many hats. No two days are ever the same.","Managers appear to only be hired from outside, just about any move is lateral. Virtually impossible to move from Specialist to a job that allows you to make a living. The company is thriving, but raises do not reflect that.","Kind words are a great way to support your employees, but some of the success of our stores should translate to raises and bonuses. A little would go a long way towards employee satisfaction!",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46055,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"you are the part of the best engineering team in the world, can learn a lot and be proud of your work","tough schedules and long hours at work, work might get repetitive ( release after release ) , especially in test teams . need to plan vacation ahead.","overall great leadership , though the company is very flat and sometimes coordination of big project require a lot of people and efforts compared to matrix model",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46056,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 19, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Fantastic!,"Excellent work environment, great products",Retail is always a tough sell,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46057,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 15, 2011",Current Employee - Store Leadership,Awesome,co workers and work enviroment,long hours and metrics can be stressful to meet sometimes. Other than that no complaints,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46058,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 14, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great experience, learned alot",-great pay -great benefits -great networking -fun staff -rarely boring,-management doesnt implement changes for employees -employees are under appreciated -have to deal with angry customers from time to time -need more flexibility with part time employees,Dont neglect the needs of the employees. Actually seek to help them with issues within the workplace. That can ultimately affect their work performance for good or for worst.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46059,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast-paced, but fun.","You will never have a dull moment, you get to play with some of the best technology, generous benefits and schedule flexibility.","Stores are constantly busy and can be stressful if you do not handle crowds easily. It can get repetitive, and while not a requirement, metrics are stressed.","You have a great connection with your people, but salaries need to be made more competitive. Otherwise, I am satisfied.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P944.htm
46060,apple,"Gilbert, AZ"," Jun 24, 2011",Former Employee - Genius,great and fantastic,"People, money, techno, travel, training","long hours, too dynamic, fast paced",love one another,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46061,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of a kind,"Very laid back and open environment. You meet a lot of like minded, creative individuals many of whom will become good friends.","Customer is god, even if it means getting screwed over yourself. Can be a very demanding job once the managers put pressure on you while praising sales that were doneby bending rules",Offer better benefits and discounts for employees. The products are so expensive even after our benefit. Bring back free iPods or something.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46062,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience at Apple,"Long hours, but that's obvious. Great campus, great place to work. Pride of work, name value, etc.","long hours, low pay relative to industry, cut-throat coworkers, did I mention long hours?","More pay, more perks, this dream run isn't going to last forever...",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46063,apple,"Denver, CO"," May 31, 2011",Former Employee - Creative,Fun-loving-geek family,"It's a life style. They really do treat their employees well- good discount, growth opportunities, excellent training and solid brand name.",Very corporate and competitive. Everyone wants to work for Apple so you have to step up your game and compete.,Think about localizing your public relations and community relations programs.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46064,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 13, 2011",Former Employee - Production Designer,Wouldn't recommend it.,"Pretty decent benefits, and a great commuter shuttle. You'll also get the chance to work with some really inspiring people.","There is almost zero opportunity to move up — even if your the best. Apple is plagued with hiring externally instead of promoting internally. recruiters WILL low ball you if your offered a spot, so be prepared for a fight.",Some are really good. But tot he ones who aren't please stop only looking out for your selves and tossing people under the bus.,2.0,3.5,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46065,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 24, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Fun at times, perceived a strong age discrimination","exciting work, a lot to do. responsible jobs.",engineer won't go out to lunch with older employee. Won't even spare time to talk. Management does not care to create an environment for cooperation.,"Apple needs to take care of employees both at home and at contract manufacturers, or else the good will.",4.0,3.0,none,2.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46066,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Good people, casual work attire, great products, ""think outside the box"" kind of place",Have not seen any downsides yet.,Everyone I've worked with has been very approachable and open.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46067,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymo,Sales Support,"Great place to work. Nice people, excellent benefits, and good salary.",Having to stick to strick metrics.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46068,apple,"Columbus, OH"," May 25, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),good place,"Good part-time position. Competitive pay for retail position, or part-time position.",More flexible schedule for part-time would be nice,"Great job, great company.",4.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46069,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," May 24, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Fun and fast paced environment.,"There is lot of security I'm the company because they are so busy, there is always hours available. The pay isn't that bad, there is no commission which means no bonuses, but it makes it less competitive which is also nice.",Management at the location I worked at was not that friendly. And it was extremely difficult to get into corporate from the retail stores.,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P945.htm
46070,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 1, 2011",Current Employee - Analyst,Apple is a good place to work....depending upon your department.,"Good benefits, great products and innovation.","In this department most of our Finance team is hourly and we feel we are not treated as good as our salaried counterparts. We work hard and meet our deliverables but feel we are micromanaged and unappreciated. Promotions for Financial Analyst positions are given externally to candidates with MBA's even though team members who have been stuck in the same position for years are qualified and capable and managers in this department don't even have a Bachelors degree. Rules are not enforced uniformly throughout the team but rather enforced upon certain team members who are singled out. Any new responsibilities we take on are always considered lateral rather than upward movement and the outlook for advancement if you ever want to be considered a ""real"" Financial Analyst or even a Manager are grim. Any attempt to discuss our feelings with management is looked down upon as complaining rather than expressing our concerns.","Be fair, consider the team's feelings, motivate and encourage growth, be positive, listen to us and do not put us down. We do not need to be micromanaged. We do desire advancement and we are smart and knowledgeable in our fields. Give us a chance to learn and consider us for promotions. If an internal candidate applies and does not get the job, let he or she know what she can do to get the job the next time it or a similar position becomes available. Just because the economy offers so many highly qualified and experienced individuals doesn't mean we should be discounted. When we started here, we desired to grow and advance in a Finance career at Apple and we expect our managers to facilitate that growth and encourage it wherever possible. Finally, please deal with problems that arise within the team and don't ignore it or look down upon employees who express their concerns. Most importantly, BE HONEST to us and don't hold things back!  One other thing unrelated to this department.....the Cafeteria in Elk Grove needs more food choices and shouldn't be so expensive. In Cupertino, salad is charged by the box, not by the weight. Why on earth are the poor Elk Grove people being charged by the weight of the box! We don't earn that much so why should we pay more than what people in Cupertino pay? If you want to encourage healthy eating, lighten up on the cost of the salad bar!",3.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46071,apple,"Pittsburgh, PA"," Jun 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great on a resume,T-shirts and jeans as a uniform!,Strong belief in work/life balance and not life/work balance.,Embrace the talent your employees have.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,5.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46072,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 12, 2011",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Great company!,People are enthusiastic about working there,The commute was too far from San Francisco,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46073,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," May 9, 2011",Former Employee - Account Executive,"Great Company, hard work",Great products and phenomenal co-workers! An awesome work environment that cultivated creativity and competition. I woke up every day and could not wait to get to work!,Incredible grind over time. 80 hours a week was nothing unusual and very hard when trying to raise a family.,"Appreciate the effort of your teams. Set realistic goals, not easy but realistic, and never stop asking ""What can I do to help?"". Your team and its members and your shared success are a direct reflection on you.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46074,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 11, 2011",Current Employee - Visual Designer for ITunes,iTunes needs serious restructuring and they need to clean house.,Benefits and the people there are friendly,"WIthin iTunes there are too many cooks (cooks in the kitchen). Most of these cooks are not really thinking about UI but rather reacting to it. Half the solution they come up with are half assed and most of them are yes-people, Agreeing with whatever executives want and executives don't necessarily have their hands in the problems to know whats really going on.  The teams that work with iTunes, and there are many, all have something to say about the product. No one here at iTunes can get them to all agree.  iTunes is NOT a collaborative environment. You get told what to do.  Work here if you enjoy political headaches!","iTunes is a team that hasn't changed for years. Clean house of lazy complacent leaders, get rid of the hierarchy within iTunes and get more doers instead of talkers.",2.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46075,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 17, 2011",Current Employee - T1 Technical Advisor,Walking on Eggshells!,"Cafe Macs, excellent landscaping, building is always kept at a great temp.","From Day one it's stress city, your told that if you do not pass a series of test, your assignment will end, if you post anything Apple related on the Internet, your assignment will end, if you bad mouth apple and don't drink the Kool-Aid, your assignement will end, and if Steve Jobs ask for your kidney and you dont obey, your assignment will end.    So the first week is 5 days of procedures and how to use their querky knowledge base search system, then a 20 question test which you must make a 80 percent to pass. Second week is how to talk to customers and how to gain agreement, pretty much kissing ass customer retention basic skills and a 20 question test which you must make 80 percent to pass. Third week is a little hardware basic knowledge and review of the first two weeks with a comprehensive test of 30 questions which you must make 80 percent to pass. And the final week is the nesting period where your on the phones talking to customers...So in a nutshell, AppleCare employees Tier 1 are really there just to smooth over a entry level Mac Idiot and need and basically do not have Troubleshooting skills whatsoever. If anything complex occurs at this level you escalate to Tier 2.",Give people better opportunities to offer feedback and offer one on one sessions with those who can make decisions.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46076,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good but long work hours suck,exposure to latest technology brand name and news. feel like being distinct. always in news and always in limelight ok.,very long working hours. too much stress. uneven workload. too much politics. lot of undocumented processes and rivalry in teams,pls take feedback and inputs from [people at bottom of ladder and take candidi advice...it helps in lng run and,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46077,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Apr 25, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Love it!!!!,Great environment. Doing what i love. Being a Mac Genius is something people dream of doing. Being able to do what i love everyday is all i can ask for,"very tiring mentally. can be very busy at peak hours ( as expected though). Very competitive work environment, but allows you to be challenged.",more feedback on how to advance more direction as to where the employees on staff would like to go and what steps and what requirements have to be met to get to that goal in their career,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46078,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is Excellent place to work,Work is Awesome over in Apple.,Dont have anything really with respect to the cons.,none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46079,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 29, 2011",Current Employee - Genius,"Great job, great perks, great fun-- but HR is a nightmare of mismanagement and poor decisions","Great benefits, fantastic knowledge-sharing, relatively flat hierarchy, a true sense of community, a perpetually-rewarding work environment, incredible sense of cross-company cohesion, nice perks on merchandise and hardware, great relationships with your immediate management","HR makes contradictory statements and claims, HR makes terrible, short-sighted decisions, lack of communication between senior management and lower levels, inflexible full-time scheduling, many conflicts between work and personal life, people can and are fired instantly, job performance is mostly irrelevant unless you are in sales","Apple is the greatest company in America, bar none. Everyone on the (high-level) leadership team deserves praise. On the retail level, however, many stores put VERY inflexible and difficult people into positions of power and give them control over virtually all decision-making. This makes all the great talent and ability of their subordinate employees go to waste.  Screen your mid-level employees as carefully as you do your low-level, and you'll have much more efficient and much more enthusiastic stores.",5.0,1.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P946.htm
46080,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 4, 2011",Former Employee - Web Store Publisher,Mixed,"Fun people to work with, with exceptions, steady if tedious work, nice facilities, decent benefits.","A fair bit of no-work-related intra-department drama, managers do not always select the best sub-team leads, tolerance of certain kinds of abuse.",Quit hiring inarticulate people for team leads.,3.0,4.0,none,1.0,1.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46081,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Apr 21, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Amazing place to work,Benefits Great people to work with learn great skills,crazy customers always crowded competition for advancement hard to transfer between stores,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46082,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 19, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,The people are great to work with here. They are very creative and intelligent individuals with talent. Fun environment with good amount of perks depending on which department you are in.,Not much opportunity for advancement.,More opportunities for advancement.,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46083,apple,"Towson, MD"," May 15, 2011",Former Employee - Genius,"Welcome To Apple, Now We Rule Your Life","-Occasional rewards for performance (Laser Tag, Gift Cards) -Learn how to repair the engineering disasters that are Apple products -Interact with some great customers -Some of your co-workers have a brain",-Super corporate environment -Incompetent management -Even more incompetent regional managers -Terrible pay (even worse for Product Specialists) -Small store size for crowd -Horrible balance of work/personal/school life,"You may be a manager at Apple, but half of your employees will have higher paying jobs than you in 2 years at a job that isn't a high-tech McDonald's. Get off of your high horse--your secret meetings are petty and foster that corporate secrecy environment. Just because you control Apple product in that particular store doesn't mean that you're the most important person in the world. Your employees may be your subordinates but not your slaves--and not all of us are drinking the Kool-Aid. It's no wonder that the manager of the store quit halfway through my employment there. And I ended up doing the same.  And no people, even though corporate may claim that it's harder to get a job at Apple than it is to get admission to Stanford, the ratio is incredibly skewed. You'll feel like you've been working with the best community college dropouts and hipsters that Apple has to offer.",1.0,1.0,none,3.5,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46084,apple,"Towson, MD"," Apr 15, 2011",Current Employee - Apple Specialist,I love IT!!!,Great first time working environment. Meet new people. Get to learn a lot of stuff.,"long work hours, very fast paced",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46085,apple,"Peabody, MA"," Apr 13, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Fast paced, always challenging exciting company.",Apple is always changing and really listens to its customers and staff to evolve. The diversity of the staff is refreshing and the knowledge base really makes it an amazing experience.,Staying current on company initiatives and keeping the communication flowing through the teams can be overwhelming. The innovativeness can be empowering as well as challenging to get buy in to your vision.,"Clear specific feedback, weekly exchanges to keep lines of communication open, focus on life work balance.",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,5.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46086,apple,"Gilbert, AZ"," Apr 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Work Hard and move up,Work hard and move up,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46087,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 19, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The people were great, the manager not so much",It's like a family. You sell all the cool products.The benefits and discounts are amazing. I miss the sense of community.,The store manager plays favorites. It is hard to get promoted or transferred. I wanted to leave after being treated like I was expendable.,"Everyone has something to give, you just might have to look for it.",3.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46088,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 6, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent and challenging,"Innovative, rewarding, structured, inspiring, motivating",Long work hours and stressful at times,Spread work load during peak times,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46089,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,"Great benefits, employees, managers! Very good experience working here.",Schedule doesn't always work out..,none,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P947.htm
46090,apple,"West Palm Beach, FL"," Apr 17, 2011",Current Employee - Genius,"Great company and benefits, but no advancement for non-management in retail",Exciting and innovative products. Customer appreciation for exceptional service in most instances. Excellent benefits.,"Virtually no opportunity for advancement in career within retail unless you have come in as senior-level management. Easily typecast into level hired. With rare exceptions, retail management is typical of other retail companies - too much politics and crap. Retail customers are aware of company's desire for market share and growth by exceeding customer experience of competitors, and some will use that to smear an employee that does not give that customer what they want. Even then, they may complain and become a ""detractor"".",Read the reviews,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46091,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Apr 2, 2011",Current Employee - Operations Support,Excellent,"Work environment is relax, pay is well and benefits are great","No big discounts on products, no profit sharing",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46092,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2011",Current Employee - Genius,A roller coaster,"Apple has a Great working environment, the people are generally happy and great to work with. You have ever evolving job responsibilities, meaning you never know what tomorrow may hold.",There is no clear direction for advancement. Decisions seem to be pre-determined about who is going where. Most managers don't embrace the fearless feedback that is such important part of the job.,"have open communication with your people. Don't assume you know who people are, ask. I see alot of qualified and intelligent employees get passed up because they don't fit into the trendy persona portrayed by advertising.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46093,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Mar 30, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Fun, very busy.","Fun, busy, get good standing shoes.",Hard to advance in company,Hard to move up it seems. Very secretive.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46094,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 18, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing,exciting place to be,best products in the world smart people dedicated employees not bureaucratic fast,no growth opportunity no employee development no information about plans from management secrecy,"focus on employee development and growth, a lot of the time, employees have to leave the company to get promoted and then com back to a higher level position",4.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46095,apple,"Houston, TX"," Mar 29, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"t place to work, but could use some improvements","Great people, great company, laid back, the ability to change lives for the better (seriously, the products change people's lives)","pay is a bit too low, hours can be killer at times","I love working for Apple Inc … However based on my real world experience & knowledge of their products my pay could be a bit higher. Overall pay for Family Room staff should be higher in general when you consider the level of knowledge needed to perform this job. And the level of patience & the ability to instruct gives justice to higher pay as well. A true loyalty of the company & product keeps employees in place but realistically the private sector would easily 4X what Apple does. Don't get me wrong, Apple rocks the casbah but pay needs to be higher for sure.",5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46096,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard and put yourself out there and you'll be recognized!,Apple is an amazing place to work. There are so many opportunities to grow and learn. Apple is definitely a marketing and engineering company. Consequently the opportunity to shine is in these areas for sure. Other areas offer ample options for career development. Company Fridays on the green are nice.,"If you don't like to work hard, no need to apply. If your used to solid process in place, no need to apply. Apple is nimble and prides itself on being married to six sigma or other established religion. Luckily there enough gifted individuals who are able to sense direction to keep the ship sailing.",It would be great to see better communication across groups. Divide and conquer works very well for product development in order to protect. Other areas may benefit from a little sharing.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46097,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Mar 21, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great job to have in college, thriving company culture.","Culture, environment, uniform (t-shirt), training, coworkers, pay, discount","no downtime (during work) maybe overly-diverse sometimes a ""hippie"" attitude stopped hiring most college students","Great leadership, but sometimes a confusing hierarchy. Also college students would love to know about the opportunities for company advancement. That is sometimes a hard thing to talk about with management.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46098,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Mar 16, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,A generally fun place to work...,"Great people, great benefits, fun environment, product launches.","Be ready to stand all day, talk to tons of people, get yelled at by customers and pay could be better,",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46099,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 9, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work if you want a challenge and potential to change the world,How many places can say they make products that change the world? It is really exciting to work at Apple. It is hard but well worth it. You need to like what you're doing but if you do it is really rewarding. Many people complain that Apple makes you work too hard. You need to work extra to make a shipping date. That's it. And it feels good when you actually can ship a product - most companies are chronically late.  The development environment is very free. You are not bogged down by useless rules about which editor or source control system you have to use. The only rule is get your stuff done. So if you are a good engineer and don't mind some controlled chaos - you will shine here.,"The benefits could be better -- more google like. E.g., free lunch - but I'm reaching here. The company is very secretive internally which can be frustrating but it is probably a necessary evil.","One thing I would change is to improve the benefits a bit. But otherwise, keep doing a great job.",5.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P948.htm
46100,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 11, 2011",Current Employee - Business Analyst,It can be challenging,more opportunities are given to those who show good effort.,employee has to have patience,better advancements,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46101,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Mar 10, 2011",Current Employee - College HBA,"A learning experience that was fun, challenging, and resume building",Awesome benefits!!! There are vacation accumulation as well as sick hours so you don't draw from your vacation if you get ill. Payed holidays!,Nothing with the company but some customers can be extremely difficult over the phone. Constantly training so not for the lazy type.,Keep doing what you are doing to make your employees feel they are important and understand their role. Great feedback,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46102,apple,"Glendale, AZ"," Mar 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The good side of retail.,"The culture, the people, the opportunities, the ability to grow in yourself.","If you want to move to a different position (not get a promotion, just work somewhere else), you have to be the absolute best in your current position. Many people get misplaced in positions and then are stuck, and can't move.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46103,apple,"Peabody, MA"," Mar 15, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Good College Job,good perks...also good flexibility....i like the launch days alot....some of the most exciting experiences ever,management tries to speaprate itself from the rest of the staff....also they need to promote management internally. It would give current employees more incentive.,promote managers internally......but definitely not within the same store.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46104,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Feb 25, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Genius,A Fun but Fast Paced Place to Work,- Meeting nice people and becoming friends - Working with new products - Problem Solving at its Finest - Great Environment - Ability to repair and open machines,- Compensation - Long Hours - Disregard for personal life - Communications with Seniors - Scheduling - Under Staffed,"I know you're on a tight budget, but giving us more compensation will allow us to work at a better pace. Communicate better with us, give us opportunity to shine, and advance our careers like you have.",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46105,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2011",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Good, not great.","The people are awesome, fast paced work environment, cutting edge of computer products, awesome benefits and stock purchase plan, most innovative company ever.","little room for growth, upper management is distant, same downsides any retail environment would have, lack of recognition, dismal pay rate compared to corporate, too much separation between Apple and Apple Retail","I have filled out this information before, and have sent it directly to my management, as well as in person. I feel no need to leave feedback thru a third party site.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46106,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Feb 26, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing!!!,"Great environment, great people, great products.",I have no cons to write.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46107,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 17, 2011",Former Employee - AppleCare Iphone Advisor,"Great company to work for, but not the most rewarding job.","The discount was amazing. 25% off of all Apple products not including the iPhone. Brand equity is unmatched. If someone hears you worked for Apple, they are automatically like ""wow!"" Pay was okay",Customers were continuously disrespectful. Everyone treats you condescendingly. They expect you to work long hours with short 10 minute breaks. They time you on these breaks down to the very seconds you work. Every second that you are on the clock is expected to be documented. Absence program is extremely inflexible. Expect to make friends good enough to cover your shifts. It's very totalitarian.,Don't treat workers as if they are expendable.,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46108,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 15, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,positive,"Apple is a big player in the field, working at apple can move your career ahead. Lots of good things are done in the company.","Apple isn't always fair, and sometimes it's a bit tough to be the only woman. This isn't always true, but it's an occasional problem",none,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46109,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 12, 2011",Current Employee - Engineer V,"Never worked harder, never had more fun.","The products are great, the senior managers are smart and engaged. Most engineering peers are smart, hard-working, and engaged. Most of the problems are fun and interesting.","The engineering risks we take demand tremendous effort to avoid catastrophic failure. Yet we staff to an absolute minimum, so it often feels like a start-up. Consequently, overwork and burn out are common.","If you keep working with focus and intensity, so will the rest of us.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P949.htm
46110,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 16, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing.,The people are extremely intelligent AND down-to-earth. Very helpful and supportive atmosphere. Great personalities.,"Lean on the business side, so opportunities are hard to come by.",none,5.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46111,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 13, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,The best retail management job i've ever had,-benefits -the people are amazing! -career experiences are unparalleled. -lots of opportunity for advancement -the best technology company in the world!,-More technological training would make us more effective as managers. -More vision from individual store leaders. -more internal promotion -strange hierarchy within stores.,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46112,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very interesting,interesting new people to meet everyday you have to enjoy your job and be able to help costumers with any questions small or big,to get the job must go through a seminar its not a one on one unless they have picked you,"was a good expericance the way they ran things in the apple store i was at,,, NY always smile and dont be afraid",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46113,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, little reward or recognition",I get to work on cool and exciting products. The business travel is always first class (actually business class for flights overseas) and the hotels we stay at are top-notch.,Extremely long hours working in local office and also overseas in the manufacturing sites. Work'life balance is completely skewed. People don't get properly recognized for their contributions. Promotion from within has more to do with politics and less to do with how well you do your job.,"Think about treating your employees better, not just the senior managers, directors, and VPs. Be more attuned to what the employees are saying and try to help out with the work/life balance. That will go a long way in retaining workers.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46114,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 22, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,A good place to do support,Working support at Apple means you get to learn Apple products inside and out. This is good for getting a job working elsewhere in the computer industry.,It's hard to get out of the support organization. The obvious promotion paths don't offer many chances to take them as the people in said positions tend to stay there.,More guidance on leaving the support organization.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,2.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46115,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 1, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,Great time.,"Awesome environment, I would recommend everyone go.",None that I can think of. It's a great place.,Go there.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46116,apple,"Des Peres, MO"," Feb 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Stressful, challenging, though sometimes very rewarding.","Great benefits, you meet lots of interesting people, the pay is good for retail, they're usually well-organized, lots of employees to cover your shift if you can't make it.","I experienced poor management, being worked long hours and was always asked to stay late on my shifts. I tried to take management advice and team up with other members to improve my selling abilities, but it was always ""too busy"" so I never got to improve the way they wanted me to.","Be more respectful of your employees, because you aren't the only one stressed by long hours. Also work better with employees when they really want to improve, and be more understanding.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46117,apple,"Bridgewater, NJ"," Jan 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overworked, Underpaied",Get to work with some great people,Have to put up with angry customers day in day out.,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46118,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 3, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,First corporate job out of college,love the product and innovation,lack of career growth in my field,More career growth and areas for those starting out to grow within their career,3.0,3.5,none,1.5,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46119,apple,"McLean, VA"," Feb 23, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Poor place to be stuck,Computer discount. The fun people you work with.,"Disrespect from managers- they treat people as less than them. Poor store leadership. Geniuses-who also treat people as less than them. Poor pay. The ""cult-like"" atmosphere. The pressure to upsell add-ons: Mobile me, applecare, onetoone.",Pay your frontline employees more! This constant attitude of sanctimonious self-aggrandizement will destroy the company. Stop hiring so many part-timers.,1.0,3.5,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P950.htm
46120,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Jan 16, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,Reality Shock,"Often regarded as a ""prestigious"" retail job by anyone but fellow employees. Never ""down time"" in the store. Customers are (for the most part) kind and patient. Pretty good employee discounts on not only Apple things, but 3rd party affiliates of Apple (Blue Mic, Logitech, HP, and tons more). ""Different"" style of retail environment. Pretty good pay for a retail job with ESPP options and even 401k for part-time employees.","Often some of the rudest customer experiences you'll have in retail. Management can come off ""brainwashed"" and completely disregard personal life of employees. ""Time off"" is almost impossible to get without a year's notice (not kidding, had to miss a WEDDING because I didn't receive the invitation until 4 months before it). Always busy (in the bad way).",Actually listen to the feedback given to you from your employees through the system Apple has for that exact reason.,4.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46121,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 1, 2011",Current Employee - Regional Manager,Great experience,Inspiring experience that you will learn so much and so fast.,You're the workhorse and always run back-to-back.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46122,apple,"Newport Beach, CA"," Jan 19, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Associate,A dream,"Friendly People, and great work enviroment",I have no cons for Apple,None. Great job!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46123,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 22, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"Okay, gets worse over time",Up beat and talented staff.,MANAGMENT! they think they are kings.,let us do our job. We are trained and certified.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46124,apple,"Schaumburg, IL"," Dec 21, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Not the place it used to be,"The environment is fast paced and the sales support you receive is great. In store promotions and competitive rivalry is encouraged, but team effort is praised and maintained.","The ability to move up in rank is limited, with little chance to jump up to the corporate level. Benefits were not available to me for the majority of time I was there, until only recently, for part time status.","Maintain the prior ideals of customer interaction and encouraging more time with each customer, instead of driving sales per diem and fast conversations. It is no longer possible to build trusting relationships with customers the way we were previously encouraged to when we first started.",4.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46125,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Jan 3, 2011",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"I love my team, they are the reason I come to work everyday","Many of our customers are die hard Apple fans, like myself, and it's rewarding to interact with and assist them when their device gives them difficulty. I have the freedom to come up with out of the box solutions for each customer and the corporate culture supports the idea of free, but properly given, feedback. There is never any shortage of opportunities to hone my critical thinking skills, and management supports solutions I come up with for customer problems. My team are the reason I come to work everyday, and from the management to the newest Specialist, I feel we all pull together to get the job done. It is very satisfying to feel a part of that. Our products are exciting and innovative, and I never feel anything but proud to say I work for Apple. There are many positions in this global company and theoretically unlimited potential for growth.","The salary is just ridiculous. I have been there 2.5 years and I still make only 10.30 and new Specialists right off the street make more than that. There is no system to compensate for time worked in other more demanding areas - a dollar more an hour, *something* - and the pervasive philosophy seems to be an elitist 'people would do more than you for even less', that makes employees feel devalued. The fact is, customers routinely say that the service is the reason they choose Apple. There would *be* no brand without the people, and yet we are overworked, underpaid, and treated as chattel much of the time as evidenced by policies from upper management. Our store management never has good communication, this is a symptom of the draconian ways of dealing with things from the top down - you get one chance to violate Apple confidentiality, this is it. Of course Retail had evening and weekend and Holiday hours, but we aren't compensated for it like the corporate employees would. Yet we are in the trenches everyday. This affects morale. Sometimes more than others. Turnover is high. I don't even bother to learn the names of the new specialists for several weeks after they are hired when it's obvious they are going to make it. Working for Apple is like dog years of employment, yet corporate makes no distinction. Routinely, we are given a congratulations or a pat on the back, but really what we all need is money!","See my words in the cons section.  If you really want Apple to continue to be on top. Pay your people - well. Don't understaff us - overstaff us so we have time to develop our skills in the face of constantly changing policies and products. Give us benefits similar to those at corporate. Give us the ability to have a clearly defined career path to corporate, many of us older people working at retail want this, but have no path for development, and no free time to do so due to being staffed from the moment we get in to the moment we leave in some customer intensive task. Be more transparent. Have a process to re-evaluate the salaries of those of us who have been here, receiving only 3% raises to those new hires and bump our salaries so that those of us training the newbies aren't getting paid less than they are.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46126,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 10, 2011",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"At least in my store, I don't feel I am appreciated. Lots of politics to be considered worthy.","The medical is good. Some perks are good. Lots of software, some incentives of products with discount, in a quarterly basis.",People are promoted ahead of you even when you have been working longer and as well. Politics.,"I have NEVER seen a employee at my store promoted to Manager. At my store, Everybody leaves because of that. The ""Experts"" get better treatment than FRS'. Get better pay even when they don't know as much as the FRS team. That's my point of view at my store.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46127,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 25, 2011",Former Employee - Genius,Not worth your time and talent,"Relatively good benefits for full time employees. Salary is OK, not great - definitely not proportional to the unstated amount of physical labor one endures on the job.","They will suck you dry: - no respect for your time - must work on godforsaken hours, ex. 1:30 to 10:30PM with no weekends off - must stand ALL day long - majority of other Geniuses have joint problems - no balance between respect for employee professional needs and need to satisfy customers - most of the time ""bad"" customers are rewarded for tantrums and the like, often at the expense of employee's time, effort, and dignity - very little potential for professional development - you're better off investing a year or two developing your coding and network skills and working for an IT company","Keep up the good work? ""Think different"" is a joke. The retail division of Apple is no different than any other retail company.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46128,apple,"Nashua, NH"," Dec 14, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,"Amazing, Heart-Felt",Positive People Benefits Working Environment Develop Knowledge In Technology,Long Hours (Overnight) Multi- Tasking Unknown hours until week before,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46129,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Over worked and under paided.,Far and few between in retail.,Everything from time off to promotion to raises to general respect.,none,1.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P951.htm
46130,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 28, 2010",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great.,"Very nice community, nice food, benefits, people, location. Made lots of friends throughout my journey at apple. I also liked how they didnt always tell me what to do.",There werent that many bad things at apple. Salary could have been higher. Thats pretty much it. I think i like them a lot.,great work dudes. just maybe salary increase would be nice for the future. i think your a good comapny. go apple. i like you.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46131,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," Dec 4, 2010",Current Employee - Creative,Feedback,"Incredibly talented employees. Lot of team work, Very engaging & busy atmosphere. Ideal place of work attending college & building technical knowledge for future careers in tech field.",Majority of the stores are not designed to handle 100 + employees who work at stores. Very noisy & extremely high din levels when store are busy. Limited space & time for personal growth & development. Management is busy leading the stores with narrow focus on employees. Extremely busy shifts pretty much all year around due the popularity of Apple products.,Get rid of quarterly meetings with corp. emphasis. Organize smaller store meetings allowing employee feed back on the company or store focus. Focus on your employees Not all the great ideas from some one in a cubicle in corp. Engage employes to give feedback & if they are great implement them.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46132,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 28, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you love Apple products, it's an amazing place to work. The compensation and growth potential is lacking.","Work with some of the brightest and most passionate people in today's workforce. Great culture of hard work, passion, and innovation with less bureaucracy than other large sized companies.",Certain departments are lax on reviews and feedback on areas of improvement needed. Everyone is so busy there are often times that room for professional development is put on the back burner. Apple often hires senior positions from outside the company so room for growth is limited.,Focus on professional growth for employees to enable them to move up within the company. Deal with the fact that many employees know other high-tech companies provide larger comp packages (focus on the non-monetary benefits of working for Apple).,4.0,5.0,none,2.5,2.5,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46133,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Dec 24, 2010",Current Employee - Cashier,Employees are underpaid and expected a lot out of,"for some reason, people think you're really cool if you work there.. so that was interesting. also, you get a 25% discount (at least when i was there) off of apple products",low pay for what you're expected to do. management often doesn't agree with your time off and benefits are lacking,none,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46134,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 10, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,"great place to work short term, not best for long term",great product easy to sale,Pay a little low for job,increase pay to other peoples pay,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46135,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 6, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Innovative and challenging.Lot of learning.,None noticed at this point with my employment.,-,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46136,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 2, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best place to work at,Amazing growth opportunities and feedback in order to grow,Have to work with the system,"Our soul is our people, then the managers should make people feel like it",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46137,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 12, 2010",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Apple is awesome for hard workers.,"Free product depending on your group.  If you're truly driven by your work, then this is the place. It truly is a products, customers, and the numbers will follow sort of place.  Good health benefits, good on site benefits, subsidized good food. No matter how much vacation time you have saved up, the company still shuts down from Christmas to the day after New Years (but you might have to still work).","If you're not the type to take pride in saying, ""I work for Apple"" to people then this isn't the place for you.  If you can't handle ambiguity, this isn't the place for you.  If you want 9-6 with an hour lunch, 5 days a week, this isn't the place for you.  Everyone is so focused on delivering something great that the ""process"" isn't always reviewed, since there aren't many processes, the wheel gets reinvented.","Sometimes it feels like employees are always there for Apple, but Apple isn't always there for the employees. That's really the case with any big company, but Apple is so successful and so lean, I don't think it'd take much to share a little more of the success.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46138,apple,"Leawood, KS"," Nov 27, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail is fun (for a while),Apple is a fun yet challenging place to work,retail hours get hectic sometimes,It varies from store to store.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46139,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 20, 2010",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Fun to be part of something great, but you won't get credit for much",Very exciting products and a bright future.,Most employees are treated as replaceable parts.,Employees want to have ownership but middle management is so busy managing up they don't allow workers the freedom to do their jobs proactively. Managers just don't trust their staff to make them look good to senior management... that's really your primary task.,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P952.htm
46140,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 4, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Great place to work,Highly innovative products come out of you,long working hours to be put forward,great job guys,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46141,apple,"Westlake, OH"," Dec 9, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Retail Management Ruins the Apple Experience for Employees,"Working with customers and helping them take home Apple products is truly a rewarding experience. The majority of customers are friendly and excited about being in the store and learning about the products, which makes the job a lot of fun. Coworkers are also a major pro, as they are diverse, supportive, friendly, helpful and fun.","Management is obsessed with service attachment rates. Despite Apple Corporate's belief in providing exceptional service, store managers are willing to sacrifice the customers by promoting aggressive selling techniques and will even punish compassionate specialists. If you want to work in an Apple retail store, be prepared for an intense sales environment where your are constantly pushed and bullied into achieving better sales numbers.","Think of the customers and employees before your numbers, because people are the heart of Apple, not service attachment rates.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46142,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 25, 2010",Current Employee - Firmware Engineer III,Firmware development for Apple products,You get a chance to work with teams where management & engineers are very Intelligent and Hard working. Go Apple :),Certain HR benefits are less compared to other companies but other than that I don't see any other downsides of working @ apple. This is a great place to work and grow in your career.,Management makes all the right decisions on a timely manner and always produce products of high quality in the market. I think providing more benefits to company employees would be the advise from my side.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46143,apple,"New York, NY"," Nov 19, 2010",Current Employee - Genius,8 out of 10 on NPS,"Very good place to work. Great benefits, great co-workers. Most of all especially since Apple products are such a hot commodity their retail and corporate sectors has weathered the economic woes over the last few years. So... I think that explains it!",Since I work in the retail sector it's very demanding and can be very redundant. The products and services pretty much sell themselves. There's no real challenge for me at this company in my position anymore.,Do not make something harder than it needs to be.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46144,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 2, 2010",Current Employee - Store Manager,"Fun company, but I don't agree with their structuring.","Fun, great incentives. I get to hire nerds all day long, and I absolutely love each one of them.","The way the the company is structured at the top will eventually collapse. Every company has growing pains, but I get irritated because of the way a lot of things are ran.",LEARN FROM OTHER RETAILERS MISTAKES!!! I love this company but ya'll just do not get it!,3.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46145,apple,"Lancaster, PA"," Dec 3, 2010",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great job before starting a 'Real Job',The work is not too difficult Health benefits are great Co-Workers provide a friendly environment Working for a huge and influential company is fun,"The pay is much less than what I would want in a full time job While co-workers are fun to hang around, most do not have any initiative and are satisfied to either stay in their current job, or only move up within the company.","The leadership as far as Apple Corporate goes is great, however the leadership at the retail level is no different than the managers at another store such as Gap or American Eagle, and that's not the way it should happen. Also, there should be pathways to corporate from retail for those that don't wish to stay in retial, but that program has been eliminated.",3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46146,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 24, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Love Apple,Company is the greatest ever.,I wish they gave more hours,give more hours,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46147,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 11, 2010",Former Employee - Project Manager,Apple,Most interesting and challenging work of my career. Technology is ground breaking,Work load incredible Information sharing in company is not so good,Keep up the good work,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46148,apple,"Boston, MA"," Nov 13, 2010",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Kind of a Con,"The benefits package is amazing. Medical, Dental, Vision, an insane employee discount for you and your family, as well as a variety of discounts at other stores and venues. Being a specialist is super-easy.","The Family Room Specialist position is a total con. When it was offered to me, it was referred to as an entry-level position, yet it is a position that those who start as specialists are promoted to. The work is backbreaking, requiring a significant deal of knowledge and an ability to take abuse from customers. You don't get to just chat with customers about cool speaker systems. You have to deliver the bad news. You have to be able to deal with pissed of customers, work quickly, be creative and sharp. It's a huge step up from the specialist position, and although it requires only a tenth of the technical skill required to be Genius, it requires just as strong an ability to work with angry, upset and confused customers with broken tech. Yet you make less than half of what some of the geniuses make.","Stop acting like counselors at summer camp. Yes, there are a lot of college-aged kids working at the store, but there are plenty of adults there who deserve to be treated as such. Also, try and hide the favoritism a little bit. Not because it makes employees who aren't favorites feel bad, but it makes you look like really weak leaders.",2.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46149,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 10, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,One Hell of an Internship,"* Beer bashes! Free beer! * Intern Activities. They took us out to ballgames, a party boat in the bay, and other fun stuff. * Doing REAL work. I was given an actual project to complete and demo to our VP. Awesome!","Seriously, there is no downside to working here as an intern. You'd be very very very crazy not to accept!",There is nothing I can think of that would help my leadership. The closest thing might be to make sure managers keep up on their intern's work.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P953.htm
46150,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 1, 2010",Former Employee - Project Manager,A place full of invisible walls,"You get the name in your resume, cool products to play with, and mostly smart people to work with.","Teams are super protective of their own people.  If there's a problem, it's always huddle time and present the message that it's another team's fault.","Let's save faulting one another for later, apologize, hug it out, say kumbaya and get things resolved. There's nothing wrong with making mistakes as long as you learn from it. There's too much pride in being perfect that it creates unnecessary cycles to keep your bases covered.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.5,3.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46151,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 8, 2010",Current Employee - Business Analyst,analyst at apple,proud of the hardware and company brand,hard to get a new req open,instructions need to be more clear,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46152,apple,"Marlton, NJ"," Oct 23, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great atmosphere to work in.,"Family environment, fast-paced place to work. Can advance far, very fast. Great team work. Awesome support from the management team.",fast-paced place to work. barely any weekends off. could increase the pay a little bit more. needs flexibility to work with schedule.,Keep up the good work! allow part-timers to have weekends off. allow specialists to work in other stores for the experience.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46153,apple,"Baltimore, MD"," Oct 18, 2010",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,It's just a job,"Great people to work with-Co workers are usually what drives you to come to work day after day Benefits-401k, Health benefits, discounts on items.",It's still retail Upper management placed harsh deadlines on staff Customers are ungrateful Mall hours for some stores-Not always the best,Show us our worth...Let us know we are appreciated. We understand that corporate comes down on you but we carry the company..there would be no Apple without the retail level,4.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46154,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 23, 2010",Current Employee - Middle Manager,"Coolest, Smartest People you will ever work with","I've worked at 5 Fortune 100 Companies, Apple is the best...very focused, very lean You will work hard and your resume will be the bomb I am constantly in meetings where i am the dumbest guy in the room This is the most efficiently run company on the planet, buy and hold the stock, This is company has an incredible work ethic Nobody will keep up with Apple over the long run, except maybe Google, and that is just a maybe Steve Jobs is the Thomas Edison of this century You can find a cool spouse here You will be pushed toward excellence beyond your current abilities Video games and beer bashes...it is kinda like you never left university Your kids, parents, and friends will think you are cool Lot's to be proud about here Best corporate cafeteria on the planet","Total Comp less than expected, but offset by the stock, it will continue to grow 30% a year Not big on training or rotational programs...more like sink or swim","rotate, crosstrain, provide career path....don't be so cheap",5.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46155,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 3, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Focus is key at Apple,"It's great to work on products with outstanding recognition. Everybody believes in the product to a good extent and engineers ability to provide input on many aspects of a product even if it's not their area of expertise (such as user interface, process, and general quality).  There is little bureaucracy and politics for a company of its size. I've worked for companies many times smaller with far more politics which creates inefficiencies through needless intracompany competitiveness and lack of communication. This is less so at Apple due to 3 reasons: 1) Almost everybody is in Cupertino so it's a lot less likely you'll talk behind someone's back if you actually see them face to face in meetings. 2) There is a culture of communication where it's okay to provide input on process without people getting very offended (Apple's own bug tracking system is part of this. 3) Steve Jobs is on top of things, if he see's bureaucracy he will cut it out, and even if he doesn't there is a fear that if he does see you as a bureaucrat he will cut you out.  I like the people a lot here: They are very smart and pretty humble. There is not much individual arrogance which makes it a comfortable place to be (although there is a fair amount of arrogance on the products). Good focus on products.","The focus on products (and profits) means it's unlikely for Apple to stray into new territory or experiment with something that doesn't have a clear path for profitability. (There will never by a policy at Apple which allows engineers to spend %20 of their time working on some experimental project like Google or other companies have).  There is some arrogance on the products where engineers believe what they have done is THE right way to do it despite users having valid complaints about it.  Apple is pretty cheap. It's difficult to get managers to to spend money or invest unless there is a clear path for profitability as the result of the investment (this includes training such as books and conferences). Thats one of the reasons it's go $46 billion in the bank.  Also as a result of the company's frugality, Apple hasn't really shared it's success with employees who have worked very hard to get it there. There is job stability in a poor economy, but there is no profit sharing or increase in bonuses as a result of record revenues and profitability. Not even the products are given to employees or discounted very highly.",Share some of the company's success with employees who have worked very hard to get the company where it is.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.5,25,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46156,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Oct 7, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you have to work, work for Apple","Excellent work environment, superior leadership",It can get a bit busy and stressful at times.,Better way to capture and review employee performance,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46157,apple,"Albany, NY"," Oct 5, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Great retail job,"Great retail job. All of my coworkers were very friendly, and the culture made working at Apple retail more fun.",Long hours on weekends and holidays. It's hard to plan out vacations and days off because sometimes the schedules aren't released until last minute.,I wish that there were more employees at the Apple store. Sometimes its difficult to balance multiple customers at a time.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46158,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Oct 4, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great Company, not a good Career",Great company to work for and an awesome resume builder. I really enjoyed the job for the first two years but after a while the shine rubs off the Apple.,"I would get a call everyday almost trying to get me to come in and work because they were busy. Great for the company and for their stock, but can be very overwhelming when you just want a peaceful day off.","I think the leadership is good, though they were sometimes not the strongest support. They were sometimes a little to emotional about stuff.",4.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46159,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Apple is a good place to work,"Great people, smart people, great leadership.","No ability to grow, underpaid for comparable work at other similar companies",Provide a way for people to advance and pay them more money. Share the wealth.,3.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P954.htm
46160,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 2, 2010",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Some groups better than others.,Work at Apple on the future.,they are changing most salary employees to hourly. working on some products much harder than others with little rewards,Middle management is incredibly poor. Employees who have been at Apple previous to the iPod are taken advantage of.,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46161,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 9, 2010",Current Employee - Engineer,"Big, popular company with secrecy issues","If you like Apple products (and you really should if you work at Apple or are considering taking a job at Apple) then it's nice to be working for a company that produces first-in-class products, that most anyone can recognize and admire. Additionally, there is a fairly wide variety of things Apple does, more so than the typical valley company (everything from engineering to retail), so you (might) get exposed to some interesting facets of the business.  The people are, generally, nice, smart people. Apple employees can often be a bit more passionate and/or opinionated than some at other places I've worked at, but I generally consider this a good thing.  The general benefits are ok - not great, and I've gotten better elsewhere, but I've also certainly gotten worse. The employee discount is ok. If you're into trendy pop music, you might spot a music star on campus or playing at a beer bash every now and then.","For a big corporate entity, the general secrecy policy really can work against the efficiency of the company. Apple still manages to make it work, but from what I've seen, things could be so much smoother if people were allowed to be more open with information. Mind you, I'm talking about within the company itself - yes, I've been in plenty of situations where employees in different depts are not allowed to talk directly to each other due to this policy.  Apple tends to be very frugal, for a company with billions in the bank. Salary and equity aside, they don't seem to really hire everywhere that's needed - only on those projects that really have the attention of upper management. Other projects and products, while still producing, suffer from limited resources, and creativity and production is stifled.  There's the usual management hierarchy problems present at any large corporation. At Apple, there tend to be middle managers who have been with Apple a long time, are happy with there lot, and have decided to impede progress for anyone below them. Again, this is typical, but disappointing for a company that claims to 'think different' like Apple.","Open up communication within the company, otherwise if trends or management direction ever shift, things are going to get messy.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.5,4.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46162,apple,"Northridge, CA"," Oct 1, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great Company, great products, bad compensation",Fun environment Great discounts Free Apple branded software training Flat corporation,"Compensation is lower than most high-end retail stores Work/life balance virtually does not exist, you sometimes won't get your schedule for the following week until the day before","Adjust compensation to performance. Better communication is needed between management and employees, feedback is crucial to development. Try to post work schedules at least 1 week in advance, rather than the night before it goes into effect.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46163,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,*Provide white-glove treatment to employees and customers *Enjoy meeting people and building relationships with employees and customers *Friends and family see you as a tech guru *Having a background in tech support and customer service,*Trying to solve problems if not giving them the solution or alternative *Juggling customer and product issues with a genuine sense of urgency.,*Being more involved or hands-on *Maybe a Day in a Life or Role Reversal with Management,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46164,apple,"Saint Louis, MO"," Sep 21, 2010",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great place to work, yet...",Instant gratification. The discount. Learn something new everyday. Exciting. Great co-workers.,"Retail hours. Retail pay, though it seems to be higher than industry standard, still doesn't seem like enough to support a family unless you're management. Not clear on how basis of who gets promoted. I felt well-qualified for a promotion, only to see someone less qualified get promoted. It really brings down your morale.",Pay people enough to live a quality life. Apple is doing very well...share the wealth. Promote good workers.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46165,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 9, 2010",Former Employee - Technical Project Manager,Give yourself 12 months to steady yourself....,- Great Health Care - Great Wellness activities - End of the year shutdown,- Desperate Self-Interest rules the day - Low pay precludes use of employee discount - Though the official word is there is freedom. Others around you are fearful - Difficult to work across teams as mistrust is common.,Recognize those non-engineers that have skill and experience. And listen to their assertions.,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46166,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 7, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Mac Genius in NY, NY",Easy workload when things were light. Teamwork and camaraderie are unparalleled. Easy job when fixing machines. Salary was competitive for similar retail fields.,Retail. A_hole customers. Insane customers. Combative customers. Constant shift and changes and management and operating procedures. Inconsistent policies and internal promotions.,Enjoy it while it lasts.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46167,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 23, 2010",Former Employee - Finance Intern,Apple Finance internship,"relaxed corporate environment, very flexible, happy people work there from all walks of life","Flat management means that incompetent people may get promoted to manager status (so many managers!), middle management problem where it may take a long time for someone to get promoted beyond manager and they get disgruntled, and there is a lack of constructive feedback, interns are often set up to fail since there are so few employment opportunities available","Just because you can't rise above a management position doesnt mean you should sabotage or hold others back, thats my opinion and it was shared by several colleagues.",1.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46168,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 2, 2010",Current Employee - Quality Assurance,Apple can be a great place to work but this really depends on your Manager and how well you play politics.,Company Culture Company Products Challenging Projects Great benefits Fast Pace lets make a difference style Think Different place to be And lets not forget SJ Great Beer bashes and food,Really depends on how good your Manager is ( Walker or Talker) and takes care of the whole team Politics is the name of the game Depending on group / team expect to work very long hours and weekends for long periods of time Work / Home life balance is really tough depending on which team your on Lots of teachers pets drama going on through the groups with management Often stressful,"Remember your History and remember it's the "" Think Different "" idea which rebuilt a great company from the ashes. Customers are number one Old and new products need to be treated with respect, don't let the newer groups step on the old groups. Crack down on the in house Drama / Politics games Keep it in house, out sourcing Dev, QA over seas is just being lazy and cheap and takes away from the people that help built this company to the star it has become. People buy the products because Apple employee's take pride in the products they make and produce, otherwise they would be buying another company products.",4.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46169,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 15, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great company experience from the consumer perspective, needs more refinement from the employee perspective.","Great culture surrounding the brand. A place where honesty is encouraged, and not trying to just sell something to someone for the hell of it. Lots of benefits, and perks for full time, and part time alike to take advantage of.","Didn't like the fact that employees were almost made to feel expendable, regardless of the level of service they brought to the company, and their positive contribution to heighten the experience for the consumer. I watched a lot of good employees get drop for being late a few times in a heavy traffic, constantly congested location.","My advice is to don't treat employees like children behind closed doors, and not give them respect in that regard, but then turn around and expect them to be adults when dealing with customers.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P955.htm
46170,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 11, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great job for young workers,"Beautiful campus, cool products, smart co-workers. It's a fun company to be associated with. Your friends will be jealous (and also ask you to buy products using your employee discount).","As Apple continues to do better as a company, they also cut back on employee benefits. The employees with lots of stock keep getting richer, while the rest work too much overtime for average compensation compared to other companies. Healthcare costs are passed on to the employees, so benefits that were once the best in the valley pay for much less now.  Apple quietly gets rid of older, more expensive workers, and replaces them with the recent college grads who are willing to work more hours for lower pay. If you are young, it's a fun place to work a lot of hours and it looks great on your resume. But don't plan to stay there too long, unless you get lots of stock.",How about a pension program? Many workers have $millions in stock. Many don't.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46171,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 9, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great work environment.,"- get to work on fantastic products - challenging problems - meet the most talented people in the industry - fast paced environment, startup like","- work load can be extremely - compensation might be better in other, smaller companies - no profit sharing - very hard to get promoted","I would really like to see profit sharing happen. Other than that management at apple is one of the best i have ever seen, very focused, driven.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46172,apple,"Cambridge, MA"," Aug 12, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,A solid money-making opportunity with a great atmosphere and awesome products.,"Apple is innovative and hard-working. It not the easiest job but if your looking for challenge (which I was) and want to work with retail and technology there is no better company to work for. The benefits are great - even when you are part-time. No matter what position you work with the company there is always room for growth and everyone is one big happy family.  Apple spends lots of money, time and har-work into making Apple retail flawless. They have a special corporate team dedicated to making internal software that'll ease workflow for employees and customers.","The politics inside of Apples culture are a little bizarre. For example, when something is released and it is slightly wrong or people are unhappy with it the everyone in the company needs to be prepared to take one stance on the subject and hold onto that stance until Apple says other wise.","Communication over RNN is great but, sometimes I feel as if I would like to be able to check my Apple webmail from home, even if I'm part-time. In my store there is a lot of communication through Apple webmail and I don't get that communication until I actually go to the store which is 1-2 times/week since I'm PT.",4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46173,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 8, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,"Caring Employer, Chaotic Environment","Great company with nice benefits and comfortable salary. Constant communication with management, approachable and friendly. Great hiring standards. Smart, generous employees.","You're selling products at the height of their popularity, dealing with a lot of crazy policies and limitations that change every day. Along with a lot of crazy people. A lot of silly ""lingo'' for a company that tries to ""think differently.''","I never received feedback at all from management about my own performance. Over the course of three months, I never met with a manager. We interfaced daily, but I never even knew if I was doing well with customers!",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46174,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 16, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Like any other big company,- Nice perks - Super casual dress code - Really nice people and interpersonal culture - Can actually take accrued vacation without anyone complaining - Stock has been doing very well - Heavy marketing means you can impress everyone when you say where you work.,"- Lots of weird managerial politics - Endless meetings to get anything done - Ridiculous amount of secrecy causes animosity between different teams and makes it take forever to get anything done unless it's high priority or ""for Steve"". - Waaayyyyy understaffed for software engineering in most departments, prepare to work lots of overtime. - Some senior engineers have been around for 20 or 30 years, no matter how out of touch they may be, they'll have a significant say in projects tangentially related to them. - Corollary: Don't be young. - Software engineering culture is fad driven (and we're talking weird Apple-only fads like GCD) on the desktop, rushed and buggy on embedded.","Software design mimics the organization that creates it, by separating desktop and embedded development with such an insane amount of security checkpoints, you're ensuring that economies of scale and scope that could come from sharing embedded and desktop code will never happen no matter how much management tries to force it.  And getting caught between these two worlds is infinitely frustrating.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46175,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 28, 2010",Former Employee - Global Supply Manager,Not a great place for MBAs... I can only recommend Apple Ops to fanboys who would like a career in Supply Chain.,-ability to work on cool consumer electronics -international travel -stock / RSU package is a reasonable income supplement -pride associated with working for the most admired company in the world,"-management by chaos - resulting in a lot of unnecessary churn and work -no respect for work life balance -management expects you to be on call all the time -everyone is so busy, training and development is an afterthought -very top down structure where individuals hold little authority and are often micromanaged -management considers ""company pride"" as a perk, and skimps on other benefits -financial compensation is not competitive -no clear career development opportunities -very few processes, so the culture is people-driven, and therefore, very political -management is maniacally focused on the bottom line, so certain detrimental behavior is not discouraged. This is often manifested in needless politicking, bad management styles, heavy-handed vendor relations, and turf wars. In short, jerks are tolerated. -the company is very siloed, limiting mobility (in my case, my VP would not allow me to consider jobs outside his umbrella) -different organizations have different incentives, often resulting in poor coordination at critical hand-off points",Allow engineering / ops to push back more on late design changes. Align incentives so that engineering / ops are better coordinated between across development builds. Do not allow form to trump function (see antenna-gate). Provide more competitive compensation for your top performers.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,3.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46176,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Aug 23, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"High expectations, low pay","This place is great if you want people to think you're cool, trendy and willing to work for nothing. A lot of the Mac Specialists seem brainwashed to think they're getting a good deal with their low hourly rate to sell, sell, sell.","If you want a relatively dead-end, low paying job to do while you're in school, work here. You're better off getting an internship in non-retail.","Offer your employees higher pay, your Genii won't have anything to do without sales people. Offer some incentive, not just some old crap you have laying around at Christmas time.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,1.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46177,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 3, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,Software Engineer IV at Apple Inc,It gives you the chance work on products that impact users all over the world and millions of people use every day.,You have to be ready to work long hours and hard but the seeing the end result makes it all worth it.,"I am quite happy with the high level management at Apple, they focus on what is important and it shows in the results of the company these past few years.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46178,apple,"Peabody, MA"," Aug 7, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,"Fun place to work, network and learn","Meet lots of people, learn a great deal, one of the most admired companies in the world, amazing products and technology, good benefits, a fun place to work!","Pay is average, customers are very demanding, hard to take your break on busy days, sometimes understaffed, standing on your feet all day","Motivate employees, provide more team-building",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46179,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," Aug 5, 2010",Current Employee - Retail Specialist,Great Company...Great Environment,"Thourough training. Company's comittment to its products, services and employees is as revolutionary as its computer technology.","None, really. Downside of working retail is dealing with unreasonable customers. Fortunately, the numbers are small with Apple. Apple stands behind its products and services and bends over backwards to make all customers happy.",It would be nice to have some kind of incentive plan for specialist or see a higher hourly rate.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P956.htm
46180,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 30, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Iphone T1 Advisor,-work from home -flexible hours -discounts on products,-often stressful dealing with unhappy customers -pressure to make applecare sales,great management.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46181,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 12, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, but hard work.",Good corporate culture and learning.,Long hours. Company is driven by brand marketing rather than engineering.,Listen to employees.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46182,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 29, 2010",Current Employee - Intern,Engineering Project Manager Intern,"Fun, fast paced, great coworkers, excellent engineering teams.",Work tons of hours at Apple.,Good job!,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46183,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 27, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Grinding it out,"Great products, warm fuzzy feelings everytime you see white headphones. Everyone in the world knows and loves your products. Lots of the people are great (and smart!).",Zero information or support for career or professional development. Turning the crank is the name of the game. Look elsewhere if you want career advancement.,At least let people know how they can get promoted. The bad project management and opaque scheduling isn't making anything very easy.,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46184,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Aug 6, 2010",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Run of the Mill,Apple was a fun company to work for but mu experience with the Tucson Apple Store was less than enjoyable. Cool technology and good environment is the right locations. Kansas City was a dream.,Childish co workers with petty high school issues. Management is stale and phony lacking true direction but is excellent in keeping the image of direction. No room for advancement and no recognition from the top. Tucson has been forgotten,Be a real person with your team. Be transparent with your thoughts and feelings and do not play the whisper in the corner game. Know when you are not effective and be strong enough to admit your mistakes instead of unloading them on your subordinates.,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46185,apple,"Mission Viejo, CA"," Jul 21, 2010",Former Employee - Genius,Loved it,"Absolutely loved working for Uncle Steve. The corporation, even as a corporation, was a great thing to be a part of. Loved the services I provided to the public, even when they were challenging and unappreciative.",I had things thrown at me by customers who were less than satisfied by the company line. But that kind of goes with the territory of working technical service in any industry.,Keep the store weird. Keep retail small. Always be accessible. Teach them well and always have faith that your employees are looking out for the company's best interests.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46186,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 17, 2010",Former Employee - Applications Developer,straightforward interview,they are the best in the business,long hours during crunch time,"there is an air of arrogance, though well deserved, needs to be humbled a bit",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46187,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Jul 19, 2010",Current Employee - Apple Specialist,Fun and engaging,Great management Fun and interesting customers,Intense sales environment Sometimes have to pretend that products are perfect when they have flaws,Great work,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46188,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Aug 2, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very pressure based,"Great perks in terms of getting free software, etc., fun to be associated with the brand.",Way more pressure than most commission-based sales jobs. Consistently sell products customers don't want or get let go.,Sit down and evaluate which products sales goals should really be based on because the ones necessary to sell are a little ridiculous.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46189,apple,"Cerritos, CA"," Jul 16, 2010",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Place to Work!,"Apple is obviously leading the way in the latest technology. Don't you want to be part of that? You get the latest dibs on new stuff, great discounts, you meet new people everyday, and have the best co-workers on the planet!","If you plan to work this position, then expect to work long hours and encounter some customers who are just plain going to piss you off.",Pay attention to more of the workers that have been there a long time and give them a chance for better opportunities in the company.,5.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P957.htm
46190,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jul 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work in,"the company is doing great and it doesn't look like it's gonna be otherwise anytime soon. if you're in the correct postion, you'll get a free iphone with all bills paid. (and they'll usually pay your internet bills if you need to WFH)","with the high growth these years, the company's ""productivity"" is much much higher than other top high-tech companies. (i.e. every employee has to work much harder.)","the leadership mostly are good, knowledgable and experienced, the boss-employee relationship is pretty relax and open. the annual review thing is a pain, like writing a book.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46191,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jul 12, 2010",Current Employee - Genius,Apple Store,Great benefits for FT and PT employees Competitive Pay Family like sense to the team you work with Everyone loves the product we sell,"You can sometimes get stuck in a ""stereotype"" for your role in the store, which can hinder movement within the store itself. Lack of fore knowledge of products before they go public",I think the time and attendance policy needs some changing / editing. Allow people to branch out to new roles.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46192,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 26, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Why work at Apple?,You work for the most valuable technology company in the world,"They treat their employees, especially in retail, as nameless worker bees",What happened to doing things differently?,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46193,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," Jul 8, 2010",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Amazing Place to Work,"Amazing people to work with. Great Benefits. Flexible Scheduling. Doesn't feel like a ""Retail"" job. Excellent growth opportunities. Leadership team leads by example.",Can't think of a single one.,None.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46194,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jul 6, 2010",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Good job,"Pay was okay, scheduling is good as long as you perform",Scheduling sucks if you do not perform well and the pay could be higher,Stop the High school click stuff,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46195,apple,"Fresno, CA"," Jul 9, 2010",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,A good place to work.,"Great people, coworkers and customers. You will learn a lot, and the environment is as challenging as you allow it to be. Great discounts, the ability to be on the cutting edge of gadgetry.","Lower compensation than what might be expected, sometimes thankless work, a bad manager can REALLY ruin the experience. There is a lot of focus on metrics, that is the attachments you are expected to sell.","There is a big shift with HR to correct some of this stuff, it's getting much better. More rapport between entry level employees and upper management.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46196,apple,"Tampa, FL"," Jul 5, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great retail job,Very positive attitude by all employees Most employees genuinely enjoy working there Management leads well and creates a great work environment,Very few opportunities for advancement. Nearly impossible to move from a retail store to the corporate offices. Retail employees can sometimes feel like second class citizens within the company.,No advice for management,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46197,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 26, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Secretive and mistrustful work environment,Bright and witty colleagues. Faced paced environment with a start up mentality.  Cafeteria food is good.,Lack of information sharing between functional groups. Treatment of suppliers is atrocious.  Intense politics and intra-company competition undermines morale.  Lack of accountability when something goes awry. Finger pointing abounds at this place.  Upper management is aloof and they often only make appearances to turn up the heat when a deadline is about to be missed.,"""Trees die from the top.""",1.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46198,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 22, 2010",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,back of house,no customer interaction easy day to day work load fixed schedule first to see new products easy going job that relaxed,there is not always a clear path on advancement coming from the back of house there is little room to advance,promote more from within your own store give detailed analysis of what an employee needs to do to move forward within the company,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46199,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,$50 billion startup mentality,"Senior management is brilliant, focused, demanding and work long hours Company is on a roll. Products are awesome. You can make an impact here. The sky is the limit.",Zero work life balance. We are ridiculously understaffed. Perception from execs both negative or positive are a big part of talent planning.,"We need to scale up systematically and staffing. No we don't want to lose our flexibility, but we can't keep running this business off a few key individuals backs.",5.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P958.htm
46200,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jun 21, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple... it's just another retail store.,"Working with a diverse staff, benefits are great, it's alway busy (keeps you on your toes), learned a lot along the way.","Horrible discount, horrible customer service issues, politics run the show, gossip mill for employees, HR takes forever to accomplish anything.","I'd have advice to offer, but it would take me all day long to type an no one would read it anyhow. Make sure you rank high on your bosses totem pole.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46201,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 18, 2010",Former Employee - Tier II CPU,AppleCare Technician,Cool company. Good ergonomic cubes with sit/stand workstations Lots of chances to get perks through selling Opportunity to advance to management and different departments Innovative work environments. Home Based agents,"Pressure to keep call times to a minimum while keeping customer satisfaction high. You have to like working with the public. Lets face it, there are some ignorant people who can not follow directions","management did a great job. I thought all my managers had something to offer, except for the one I could not understand half the time.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46202,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 30, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ask for more money...,"You are on this site, so you know what competitive pay is for your position. Don't be afraid to ask for more money.  Great people to work with on a daily basis, plenty of hours to work if you need more.",You have to drink the kool-aid.,.,3.0,2.5,none,1.0,1.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46203,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 23, 2010",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Instructor for Apple novice and pros,"Incredible access to free software and corporate discounts from a smorgasbord of tech-companies. (non-tech, too) Lots of autonomy to perform your job function and to please customers.","Lots of managers, thus lots of I'm-the-honcho-in-charge-type of management styles, all competing for attention and recognition. Can at times serve to lower morale. (This of course is subjective to my personal experience at the store I worked at)","You hire many talented and intelligent people, you should treat them as such and not as children that must be controlled.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46204,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 3, 2010",Current Employee - Apple Intern,Wonderful place to work,"There's a health plan, corporate housing, really good salary, and the airline ticket was covered. Fair overtime is given too.",Some days can get long but its worth it.,I love you apple,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46205,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 10, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place to work for if you are in the product development group,Nice brand name company to have on your resume,Not employee friendly and no charitable support,Get rid of some old-timers in IS&T senior leadership. They are just sitting there happy to keep the lights on.,3.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46206,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 10, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple - Great work environment, horrible pay","You get a great work/life balance, good benefits, great work environment, and of course, great products.","You get no bonus and the pay sucks compared to other companies in the industry. It's a shame, considering how successful the company is.",Show your employees how much you value them by giving them a salary that covers their cost of living and is competive in the industry.,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,2.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46207,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,Work your butt off with the best people in the world,Best product company in the world. Smartest people.,"Long hours, impossible to be promoted.",who can argue with your numbers?,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46208,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 17, 2010",Current Employee - Security Analyst,"Intrution Detection, Security Investigations","Lots of tecnology, company culture is great. They encourage a members from other teams to work well together. Company benifits package is good, along with company perks. Relaxed work environment.","Budget wars rule all. Company is downright cheap when it comes to spending money on much needed equipment or facilities. Lots of overlap in operations departments that lead to project wars. The dumb employees are kept, for fear of wrongful termination lawsuits.",Get rid of all the people in your legal department. Their inability to to comprehend technical aspects curbs their ability to be effective.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46209,apple,"New York, NY"," May 17, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Apple,"Good pay, flexible schedule, excellent teammates/co-workers, good for students, casual dress, opportunity for growth and gaining technical knowledge. A lot of doors open to you, and you have the opportunity to spend your own time there using internal tools for learning about Apple products.","Lack of fair internal promotion. Much favoritism among the managers, who sometimes act like teenagers (as many of the employees are). The mostly young employee base led to a lot of rumor-spreading and unprofessional relationships.","Treat your employees objectively. Many capable employees are passed over for years (while somewhat incompetent yet favored ones are hired) for promotions. Internal promotion is important - there is a high turnover rate, and hiring external people for positions that could have been promotions for dedicated long-term employees decreases company loyalty and pride.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P959.htm
46210,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 7, 2010",Current Employee - Account Executive,Corporate Account Executive in a consumer facing company,"""Very Cool Products"" you will be the coolest guy in town as the ""Apple Rep/Neighbor/Relative/Friend"" Hard working colleagues. Good health and life benefits",No balance with life and work. California requires you to work on their hours even if you are located in the East Coast. Low pay since you have the privilege to work at Apple.,Treat your lower employees as if they work for Apple and are not the enemy.,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46211,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," May 19, 2010",Current Employee - Home Based Agent for Phone Support,Apple review,I get occasional presents. The job is laid back and easy to do. There are no direct supervisors to hassle you if you do your job decently because it is an at home job.,I dont really have any downsides. The work is somewhat repetative though,I have no recommendations,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46212,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 3, 2010",Current Employee - Engineer,Mixed feelings about working at Apple,"Great senior level management, I can see how Steve Jobs gets voted the Best CEO. Streamlined operations, very lean, disciplined and focused. You feel proud working for the company.","Can sometimes be over political at lower level management. Crap rains down from the top, managers will try to cover their ass, tries to shovel the blame to others outside the group. Depending on the group you're in, there might very limited room for career growth.","Not much I can say here... if upper management doesn't enforce the strict discipline, the company would not be as successful as it is today. So the politics that happens at the lower level is really inevitable. There's no perfect place to work.",3.0,2.0,none,2.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46213,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 3, 2010",Former Employee - Apple Advisor,"Awesome company, crappy job","It's Apple! No matter who you tell, everyone will always be impressed that you work for the company that makes the iPhone. The benefits are great, and the environment is very driven towards ambitious people who are serious about their work.","The job was kind of annoying. Working at home was cool, but it really disconnected me from a social life of any kind. Doing telephone tech support is also a frustrating job in general, working with people who aren't very tech savvy. Anything new is TOP SECRET -- and you will never know about a product release until the day it is announced with the rest of the world.","The leadership knows how to get things done! My manager was very open minded and willing to work with me, so I hope most other Apple managers are the same way.",5.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46214,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 2, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,good jumping off point,"plenty of training, great benefits, pretty good discounts, and you get to work for Apple. If you want to work in retail, I can't imagine a better place.","The number one downside is the pay. Even if you are bringing in thousands of dollars worth of computers every day, you get paid the same low pay as the guy standing next to you who doesn't know the difference between processing power and RAM. Also, it takes forever to get promotions, since most of the people who work there are specialists, and they all want a promotion.","Don't oversell the job. In the initial meeting you act like it is a place to have a career, but most of the senior management at my store come from other retail management positions at other companies.",3.0,2.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46215,apple,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jun 2, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Not bad...,"There was a pretty decent employee discount, the hours weren't bad and everyone was generally cool to work with. People envied the job","The hours assigned were tough as I was a student at the time... The pay was decent, but no real incentives","Listen to your employees. If they can't work, they can't work. There was a guy that had to miss a funeral because he was scared to get fired. Chill for a minute.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46216,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 12, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Great place to work. Would recommend it to anyone.,Great coworkers. Good salaries. Fun and challenging place to work. Fantastic management. People here are really passionate about Apple and you will feel the same way too. PS: Mac discounts are great.,Maybe a bit understaffed. No profit sharing.,Keep doing what you guys are doing.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46217,apple,"Waltham, MA"," May 14, 2010",Current Employee - Data Mining Specialist,Data Mining Specialist,"Apple offers great benefits, coworkers are intelligent and good at what they do, and the dress attire is comfortable and easy to work in.",One needs to be careful of all the legalities in what you can and can't tell others about Apple products and services.,I have no advice or feedback as of this moment concerning what Apple management could do better. Every company has things they can fix and I'm sure Apple is doing their best to fix these issues.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46218,apple,"New York, NY"," May 7, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Worked in the SoHo store in downtown New York,"- Lots of fun people to work with. - Especially enjoyed all the good looking girls that would walk into the store and ask for my help, made for a great way to pick up some numbers. - The floor managers, known as ""Leads"" let you work where you wanted as long as you justified it to them and they approved it. For example, I was originally supposed to work on the iPods side of the store, but after explaining my self to the leads, they let me switch to Computers. - Management would encourage you to take breaks throughout the day (you get a lunch, and two 15 minute breaks)",- Can be extremely over whelming when the store gets busy. It is by far busier than any other store in Soho or retail experience. - Sometimes the leads would make you do awful things like work the register or use the easy pays.,"Dont focus so much on things like Applecare and MobileMe, rather let people buy computers that are actually perfectly suited for them.",4.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46219,apple,"Arlington, VA"," May 5, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A great part-time job,The scheduling was very flexible The store provided a fun place to spend the work day My managers were all very knowledgeable and familiar with company procedures,"I really can't think of any downsides except for having one manager who was completely unqualified and completely clueless. Some of their policies are quite strange as well. I once had a woman breastfeeding in the store and after another customer request that something be done to stop her, I had to tell the customer that she was allowed to do it in the store.",Don't change a thing. I really enjoyed working for Apple and would love to work there again. Maybe listen to the ideas that every employee has.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P960.htm
46220,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," May 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun and Exciting,"I feel like I have an impact on the lives of others, especially on the development of my direct reports.",Occasionally I get slighted by my managers.,"Keep up the amazing work, and keep listening to the feedback of the direct reports that are farther down the food chain.",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46221,apple,"Deer Park, IL"," May 18, 2010",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,Meh,"Employee Discount once a year - 25% off. Coworkers are nice. You get to wear pretty much whatever you want, so long as it includes the T shirt.","you will feel like a loser because you're working in retail. The hours will be terrible, and unless you're willing to devote all your time and energy, plus about 1.5 - 2 years, you won't ever be a full time employee.","the management needs to be more present on the sales floor. the door to the managers office should NEVER be closed. That's saying a big F you to the staff, that they can't be bothered because of some BS conference call or something.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46222,apple,"New York, NY"," May 10, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Possibly the best place to work in my life.,"The training for apple was amazing and uplifting. A great team attitude and a sense of belonging and family. Their values are amazing. If every company was as amazing as Apple, this world would be a lot better to live in.","Everyone is extremely gifted so it might be hard to shine. Even though its competitive, your greatest competition is yourself. You just have to push yourself harder and harder to get higher and higher.",I think management is doing a great job as is. The interview process was simple and to the point and they have great judgement in hiring the right people for the job.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46223,apple,"Arlington, VA"," May 20, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Your workplace experience totally depends on the management at that particular store,Pretty cool place to work in the tech field,it's retail environment can be very micro-managing,Pay more... better ways of hiring Management... your retail employees are the face of your brand. Treat them well and the sales will follow exponentially.,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46224,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 7, 2010",Current Employee - Supply Chain Manager,Apple Review,Sexy company from the outside. Great Products and good employee benefits. Free shuttle from SF or other bay area locations. Free concerts from artists time to time.,"Demanding work, long hours. Hardly any career development and growth opportunity. Does not promote within in the Operations group. No work life balance.",Apple has alot of great products but there is alot of employee churn and dissatisfaction because of the demanding hours and lack of work life balance. Management should look into the churn issue,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46225,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 17, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not every group is great,"A great company overall, visionary top management","Hard to maintain work-life balance, too much unnecessary secrecy, some groups are not up to par with the others",Take a look at how the middle managers are leading,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46226,apple,"Portland, OR"," May 17, 2010",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Personal Training, Small Device Certified, Data Transfer Specialist.",The positive appearance Apple has in the world is a plus.,"Management at the store has poor leadership and communication skills, making for a very unpleasant experience long-term. Not much room to grow within store structure. Little to no career advancement opportunities bridging between Apple Retail and Corporate.","Retail Management needs to evaluate the store management in place in order to have successful store and successful, happy employees.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46227,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 14, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Working at Apple,"Challenges are good, lot of responsibilities",Growth scope is quite limited,Work/Home life balance is lacking,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46228,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 21, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer IV,,"1) smart people, 2) great products, 3) discounts of the great products, 4) good health plans, 5) good diversity, 6) you will learn tons of apple technology","All of your hard earned expertise and well-honed instincts count for nothing. Some groups may be different but in many you are graded on how many bugs you fix how quickly, not how many you examine, or resolve in other ways but how many code is changed for. No matter what your expertise eveyone has to prove themselves in the same trenches. This is disaster if you are older but very experienced. Few 50+ or even 40+ software engineers can sling code as fast as their 20 or 30 year peers or self. There is little acknowledgment of different skills and needs. If you are at a more senior level you are also expected to do this while impressing Apple with you creativity and grasp of cross functional areas and cross-functional interaction. Never mind creativity takes time and experiments and management support you haven't earned in the salt mine yet.  As a software environment I found Apple very chaotic and poorly organized. Each release, every part of the software practically may change at once and throughout the entire period. Little or no layering or getting the base layers solid for the next level of development. Constant eating of dogfood. Sometimes you can't get your own work down for long stretches because of bad internal builds. Oh yeah, you are often expected to install and attempt to work on several new builds a month. There is little or no internal documentation or formal software design whatsoever. Just a lot of bright programmers flaying away for the most part. Sad, so much brain power wasted. The secrecy is so bad you are not allowed to know things that have direct bearing on your own area and even on your success. The only documentation of much of the software is in the bug tracking system and in mail and all ad hoc. As you struggle to fix your quota of bugs you learn to find the minimal patch that works without blowing things up. This leaves the software a shoddy non-cohesive patchwork over time.  Apple is arrogant as hell or rather some of its VPs and Jobs himself dictate how many things should be done that many of its senior engineers know is the wrong way to proceed. Apple has a serious phobia about using good database technology and shipping same. Core Data is good as far as it goes but that isn't all that far as far as db capabilities. It is oriented to one app only. In general Apple has a very App centric view. And senior management loves files. Lots and lots of little files - even one per record. It is the model they based Spotlight and to a decree, Time Machine on. The industry knows this is not the way to go but it seems Apple has to periodically reinvent the wheel badly and call it great.",Practice much better software engineering with actual design documentation. Give teams room to rewrite and re-architect Apple shipped software so it doesn't become stale or become a patchwork.  Do not treat every engineer the same. Listen to your senior people and give them a lot of room to be creative and find a way to improve Apple from day one. Don't burn them out in the bug trenches. Make it much more obvious that you actually give a damn about eliciting each engineer's best and those things they can bring to Apple.  Ship a real database and integrate data across applications.  Never ever leave 3rd party devs high and dry. Extend functionality to richer better functionality - don't just take things away or tell them they have to redo things differently periodically unless there is real payoff for them.  Stop insisting that Objective C / Cocoa is the one and only truly blessed way. Since Apple controls that utterly you condemn 3rd party devs and your own employees to Apple only lock in. Not nice. Objective C was great in the 80s and slowly Apple has added things to make it almost sort of modern. But it is not state of the art no matter how much Steve crows about how wonderful it is.  Stop running a mushroom factory.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46229,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 26, 2010",Current Employee - Manager,very cool company.,fun place to work if you want to be involved in cutting edge technology.,long work hours and high stress,balance out the workload among resources.,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P961.htm
46230,apple,"Detroit, MI"," May 6, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incompetent retail mgmt,"Retail, Great group of individuals very excited about Apple and Technology.","incompetent mgmt, uneducated, inmates running the asylum",n/a,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46231,apple,"Columbia, MD"," Apr 28, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Growing to big too fast,Apple provides great benefits and provides the appropriate payroll at most times to staff the stores to meet the needs of the customers.,"The company is growing too fast and is not taking the appropriate steps to make sure they are staying in line with the core values that made Apple Retail a great place to work many years ago. Apple needs to provide more information to management to help us plan and run our business as opposed to simply reacting to to company announcements, while secrecy is important to the public, at times it is important to communicate information to streamline work flow and increase efficiency.","Please be more open to Apple employees, create transparency in leadership and foster a relationship of trust in the retail environment. Stay true to the core value of talent development, there is a balance to grow larger and keeping the small store / company feel.",2.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46232,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Apr 30, 2010",Current Employee - Back House Runner,Not Bad,It's a popular company and you get to help the back of house keep good inventory. Plus major discounts on most of their products.,It's always hard to get the days that you want cleared because of the high volume of customers and the long hours that the store is open.,"Be flexible, on average we're happy to work there, but we're people with lives too. People who have to work odd hours deserve some stability.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46233,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 23, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company you can give your life to.,"Everyone there is incredibly passionate about the work they are doing, and the projects they are contributing to. Also, since Apple makes the hardware and software you're working on, it's easier to get the tools you need to get your job done.","As in the rest of the valley (I assume), long hours and weekend work are expected. It's hard to shine next to engineers who will give their entire lives to the company.",I have seen several coworkers leave and transfer while management was clueless about their dissatisfaction. Work on getting the pulse of your direct reports.,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46234,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 13, 2010",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Great place to work if you do not have a family.,"Good benefits, exciting, empowering, not rigid.",Too Dynamic sometimes. You never know when or how long you may have to travel.,Try to remember that people have personal lives that need their attention if they are going to be happy long term.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46235,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 1, 2010",Former Employee - Engineering Analyst - IPod New Tech,This was a summer internship with the iPod New Tech group at Apple that evaluates vendor technologies for iPods,"You get to work with ridiculously intelligent people who are also very creative. Keep in mind that the engineers who make Apple products are also the users and they control their entire hardware/software stack, which is very enabling on a company level. Apple is also a great place to learn about designing products for user benefit, which is not always apparent in other organizations - designing an experience is of the utmost importance and part of the culture of the company.","One of the hardest parts of working at Apple is how busy everyone is and how hard it can be to get time and resources from people. A lot of times you have to be very inventive and maybe take a less efficient route if it means not involving other teams that don't have the time to spend on your project. I imagine this gets easier as you advance in rank, but as an intern it can be hard. You could also look at that as an opportunity for growth. The other hard part of working there is not having a lot of freedom to actually take your products to market and test them out - there is a lot of filtration of ideas that occurs, even before Steve Jobs can slam an idea.","I cannot speak much about the full time job opportunities at Apple, but you have one of the best internship programs I have ever seen. I was pushed, I met some great people, and I grew a lot. There is not much more that a student can ask for in an internship, and I will always be grateful for that experience. I think one of the difficulties at Apple is not being able to explore and learn about other groups, but I know that is part of the culture of secrecy there and I understand your reasons for preventing such talk between groups. If that culture were to be lifted and interns could talk to each other more about their work, perhaps it would make for an improved experience. Overall, I had a great time at Apple.",4.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46236,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 15, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Not What Is Portrayed,Apple has some of the best benefits available in retail. They also have an “assume positive intent” policy which would do other companies well to adopt.,Much of what is perceived by potential employees is just an illusion that is further enhanced by managers during the hiring process.,Quit kissing regional’s ass and be your own person. If it weren’t so funny it would be downright disgusting to watch store managers covering their butts days before the arrival of regional management and then sucking up to them on bended knee when regional is in the store.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46237,apple,"Aventura, FL"," May 1, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Don't hope for advancement.,"Relaxed environment, relaxed attire. Freedom (to an extent) of how you can present the products. People are generally good to work with (case by case).","Management stresses various opportunities for advancement and ""everyone starts as specialists"", but contradict themselves by bringing in less qualified individuals from competing retail outlets for higher positions. Management has poor communication with each other. For the amount you make for the company, your salary will be significantly lower than 10%. This is demeaning.","As much as management is required to preach individuality and making lives better, the management fails to apply this when dealing with an employee's actual living situation. The management at this particular store seem too scared of losing their jobs than concerned with doing an actual ""good job"".",1.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46238,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 14, 2010",Current Employee - Back of House,"count inventory, stock floor, receive freight, ship products to ware house, carry customer's products out to their car.","very stable company, everyone gets plenty of hours. there is also amazing discounts on hardware, and we get several free licenses on apple and third party products","management leans towards those who lick _____, and not those who actually do their job. not fair when deciding who works what shift, as a result, the favorites work best hours, even if they are lazy.","the management team has a tendency to take personal problems to work, and vent off on employees. this never happened to me, but i saw this quite often. managers seem to be able to find excuses when something goes wrong, and quickly look for the least popular employee to blame. show more honesty when leading a team.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46239,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 30, 2010",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A great place to work,"fast-paced environment, great employees that they hire at apple, fairly good pay, you learn a lot just by going to work about the industry and technology.","so many employees, sometimes it felt easy to be overlooked. Some managers were very much into numbers and how employees sell solutions to customers.","Get to know each individual employee more personally, beyond just what they seem to do at work. Acknowledge how hard each individual works to make the store great",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P962.htm
46240,apple,"Edison, NJ"," Mar 29, 2010",Former Employee - Genius,"Apple Genius, Great Job but Horribly Overlooked","Great opportunity for hands-on experience working with new technology. Fulfilling if you enjoy helping people. Good benefits. Healthcare is through UHC unless you're in CA, which is even better for you. Reasonable amount of opportunities for advancement, with preparation and training. The kinds of people Apple attract as employees make for a wonderful group of colleagues. You get certified after training (Apple Certified Macintosh Technician)","Inflexibility in terms of work hours as a full time member. Constant barrage of upset customers. You are, after all, the customer service AND technician. Weak support from management. Poor pay in comparison to private consultants. High, sometimes unrealistic expectations from management and customers. As one of the more tech-savvy employees, you're bombarded with questions from coworkers.",The inflexibility of management is a death knell for employees that fall into bad misfortune in their lives. You can get sent home because you're sick and they'll still write you up.,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46241,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 18, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,I love working for Apple.,Apple is an awesome place to work filled with amazing products and people. Since I've worked there I have made amazing relationships and developed as a professional person.,It is very hard to become a full-time employee at Apple since it is an extremely competitive place filled with very competent and qualified people.,"The leadership team at my particular store is very knowledgeable and helpful for the most part. Like with any place of employment and management team, I get along with some more than others.",5.0,4.5,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46242,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 20, 2010",Former Employee - Digital Asset Manager,Great opportunity if you can survive the wild west.,"Great brand, exciting environment, supportive co-workers, good quality of work.",Disorganization in some departments. Lack of direction from management.,It is what it is! I don't think management has any more control over the iCrazy workflows! Great learning experience.,4.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46243,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Feb 22, 2010",Former Employee - Work From Home Advisor,,no travel required apple pays $50/month for utilities good benefits/compensation all team members are really nice to chat with,no face time with upper management no one knows who you are no way to get your name out no mobility never meet anyone that you work with. you are stuck at home for the whole time. this could be seen as a pro for some folks who have prior commitments or would rather stay home than meet new people or teammates.  stuck doing tech support for a good 5 years before management acknowledges you,if people are qualified to move up then please review them,4.0,4.5,none,1.0,4.5,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46244,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 22, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very aggressive schedules.,Looks great on your resume. Work with world class engineers.,They work you like there's no tomorrow,Rarely see promotions to management,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46245,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 12, 2010",Former Employee - Intern,"Sexy from outside, different experience inside","- Great brand to have in your resume - Sexy products - Great campus, a lot of pride to work there - a lot of smart people - great food in the company restaurant","- secrecy, secrecy, secrecy - people refer to projects in code names - arrogant attitude towards applicants and new people - didn't feel integrated in my team","Although the secrecy is a part of Apple's marketing strategy, more collaboration is needed between teams. Need more initiatives to integrate new employees.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.5,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46246,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 8, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A good place to have on your resume, but move on or out quickly. Politics rule here.",Get early info on product releases and plans. Get to be in the reality distortion field and understand how it works.,"Poor management and development of employees. Politics rule who gets a promotion and who works on interesting assignments, even if the idea originated from someone else. A friend of mine was forced to leave after his bosses best friend was fired from another team. They had no extra headcount so his boss made mistakes and blamed them on him so he could be fired, and then replaced him with his friend. HR wouldn't do anything about it when they were told what happened. Similar stories abound there, and makes people want to leave.","Stop letting people steal ideas from one another and try to run with it themselves. Yes, everything is ultimately decided at the top, but that doesn't mean you should let everyone below you just run around playing politics.",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,3.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46247,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 27, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Exciting place to work. Lots going on. I like it here.,"Smart products, smart engineers, smart designers. Everyone motivated. Good tools, budget and equipment. Ultra-cool cachet among peers, plus your Mom has heard of the company. Feels great to come to the campus every day and be part of something so visible.",Considerable thrash. Some inter-group politics. Some arrogant/difficult engineers. Secrecy. Histrionics rumored at top levels.,"Figure out how to avoid inter-group politics, duplicated effort.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46248,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 20, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Good place to work, but you are easily replaced.","I worked in a flagship store in New York City. The Genius Bar is fun gig if you don't mind dealing with people when they're freaking about a broken ipod (I didn't mind at all). I met lots of great people: fellow employees, celebrities, academics, artists, musicians, models, etc. The benefits were stellar: 401k, full medical/dental/vision, two weeks paid, discounted stock purchase program, discounts on merchandise.","As a Mac Genius, you are fairly replaceable. When I started at Apple, being a Mac Genius was really special. But by the time I left, after the company had expanded rapidly and opened dozens of new stores, the talent level and expectations had dropped considerably. Therefore, it was not uncommon to get fired for minor offenses and starting salary had declined precipitously for MG's by the time I left (as much as $10/hr less).  Higher retail managers were often drafted from places like Gap/AF/B&N, etc so they had little technical skill and product knowledge. This diminished the culture somewhat for die-hard Mac heads like me and other MG's and salespeople. Management was overly self-congratulatory about their sales figures: anyone can look like a brilliant sales manager when the product is iPhones, Macbooks, and iPods--this stuff sells itself. Don't forget that, ladies and gents.  As a Mac Genius, there is little opportunity to move up. ""Lead Mac Genius"" is a supervisory position that very few attain and it carries little if any bump in pay. Like many companies, Apple has a bad habit of hiring management from outside the company (for some reason, someone from someplace else always seems more talented than the good soldiers you have in your own back yard). I still know extremely talented leaders who are MG's who have been passed over time and again for management positions.",Provide easier access to pro-apps training. Promote more management from within. Work harder to maintain the prestige of being a Mac Genius.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46249,apple,"Huntsville, AL"," Mar 1, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Great retail,great produces high energy people live the product,few full time jobs per store,fewer part time people make better use of people,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P963.htm
46250,apple,"New York, NY"," Feb 22, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Fearless feedback,"There are many things that I like working here, but with out a doubt I would have to say the network of people you meet here is awesome","First and Foremost, the pay is not all that. I would think apple might want to reconsider their salary structure","A couple of things, pay more, and open more opportunities for folks in retail to advance up into corporate, stop dangling the golden carrot",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46251,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 30, 2010",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,If you have a college degree stay away from the Solutions Consultant position.,"You make great money for working in a Best Buy for Apple. You get the benefit of an Apple corporate. You make almost twice your base pay on commission. Most people make 70,000+",Your a glorified Best Buy employee except that you work for Apple. You work every weekend and every holiday. Your treated to high attach standards when selling computers. You must sell 35% Mobile Me and 50% iWork and always be hitting your computer sales each week. You are constantly hounded on hitting sales/attaches and your only as good as your last week.  There is no upward track in this division of Apple. You basically have 15-25 people going for one associate regional manager positon which doesn't open up for multiple years. Moving up to corporate in Cupertino is difficult since our Managers don't know many people at headquarters. Its basically a dead end job folks. Don't get blinded by the pay its a waste of your time and your life. Also don't think this division is like Apple its not its more like best buy but with apple managers who are a bunch of old used car dealers.,"The ASC program needs to change. We are apple not Best Buy employees. Need upward mobility for the Best of the Best. Managers need to help build the career of employees, instead of making them stay for 7 years!",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46252,apple,"Austin, TX"," Mar 23, 2010",Current Employee - Advisor,Think the Same.,"To be fair, Apple provides excellent compensation for in-house employees. Benefits, pay and other company perks (stock, health insurance) aren't shabby at all.  A good chunk of management at AppleCare still retains what one could call an ""old Apple"" feeling. These managers, dwindling in number, have worked with Apple for many years and are laid back, responsive, honest and generally pleasant to work under/with.","This is with regards to AppleCare specifically (as opposed to those involved more directly with the company's internal goings-on). Having to tell a computer when and why you need to go to the bathroom or make any minute changes in your day is extremely Orwelian and the complete opposite of what one might expect from a company as ""creative"" as Apple.  As Apple has grown, so has AppleCare, which is now treated like any old call center. There is a severe lack of transparency between certain levels of management and the work-lives of ""the underlings.""","Think different, the way AppleCare (supposedly) was run previously. Allow information pertinent to an employee's job (or job advancement) to flow freely from above. Trust your employees to really be going number 2 when you think your 1984-esque computer system is going wacko.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.5,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46253,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 7, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,A good place to work,"Good environment, friendly people who are generally smart and have eclectic backgrounds. You get a lot of freedom to resolve issues. Benefits are decent, and you are working someplace people respect.","Lower salaries than other companies, so there is more churn than ideal. Getting time off can be a real problem when you are a Senior Advisor/Tier 2 because there just aren't many hours available. Your experience depends almost entirely on how good your manager is, and there are some bad managers. The extreme secrecy about everything can be counterproductive.","Secrecy in product design and launches makes sense, it builds anticipation and gets great press. But secrecy in corporate decision-making and process changes is counterproductive and makes people feel somewhat helpless. If salaries were improved even a little, it would encourage the best people to stay longer rather than have to go work elsewhere in corporate IT once they have a mortgage and family. Training new people every six months when it would be easy to retain your best and brightest just doesn't make sense. Also, salary reviews once a year may make sense from a management standpoint, but the inflexibility makes your best performers feel under-appreciated.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46254,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 31, 2010",Former Employee - Product Manager,working for the mothership,interesting products people and environment. cool products and services. a place that promotes employees and gives a good feeling while working.,"the secret environment can really be annoying some times. compared to other companies, not the the best compensation. a very large company.",share more information with employees. that could make the effort more effective and promote a better work environment. keep building moral!,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46255,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 13, 2010",Former Employee - Marketing Intern,Work there!,- Great culture - Great leadership - Good network of alumni,- Low work life balance,Keep it up!,5.0,2.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46256,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 10, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Best Retail Experience,-Great products to sell -Management is normally very cool to work with and quite hands on -Customers leave the store happy with what they bought,"-Pay is only ok -Metrics are pushed hard -Its hard to work our way to full time, part time employees stay that way for a long time","I had a blast working there, and if it wasn't for outside circumstances I would have stayed their much longer.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46257,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 18, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Apple Financial Analyst,"- Apple is leading the way. Therefore, a company I was proud working for and products & services I can stand by. - Fun company culture and activities. - Know colleagues outside of my organization that are very happy about their organization structure and management, growth opportunities, and salary.","- Finance organization was decentralized, therefore no knowledge sharing. - Inefficient finance systems and processes. - Large company, but sometimes felt like a startup with the long work hours.","Believe in overall strategy of the company and executive management leadership, but don't believe it's getting executed at all levels especially lower management.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46258,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 24, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Fun selling,It was really fun selling computers and helping people out on a one to one basis. overall really cool i thought.,You cant be late or miss meetings even if you have a valid excuse. Managers are a bit tricky to deal with.,Stop acting like you work at a magicial music resport or something it just doesnt make sense really i dont know.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46259,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 2, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not as grande as you might expect,"prestige, salary, employee stock purchase plan","employees expendable, no inter-department transfer actually supported",provide employee feedback forums - listen to workforce,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P964.htm
46260,apple,"Austin, TX"," Feb 9, 2010",Current Employee - Call Center Jockey,Great place to work,lively environment with exciting products,"a call center is still a call center, regardless if you're working at Apple or anywhere else",provide more opportunities to learn new technical skills and train for new positions,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46261,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 2, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,"iPhone, iPod, Professional and Consumer Computer Solutions.","Comfortable and professional working environment. There are certainly opportunities for growth and promotion within the company. There certainly are perks: between employee pricing on apple, and 3rd party products.","To my knowledge, the pay is not as substantial as other retail environments. That being said, you actually do get to be a part of one of the greatest retail experiences in the world, and that, combined with the experience you'll gain is certainly worthwhile.","I feel that management should actually be even further involved than they currently are. I understand that many of the forms and feedback come from corporate, but management should not hesitate to take on new actions to make procedures at their stores unique.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46262,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 19, 2010",Current Employee - Engineer,"Fun place to work, but watch out for politics and your career","Exciting products that you can feel associated with. You are given opportunities to work with smart, creative people. Depending on the team or job, in can be an exciting, challenging experience. Great campus and work environment at corporate headquarters.","Depending on the job, you may just get stuck implementing others' or management's decisions. You can get blind-sided by politics (re-orgs, program cuts, or even layoffs) No formal training available internally. Must learn on the job (if you are lucky) or find external means (classes, books, web) to learn or get experience with new technologies. Difficult to transfer internally to other positions - no career pathing this way -- you are on your own. HR offers little support in this area (perhaps they are powerless). Also, your boss can easily block a transfer if they choose.","Provide some internal opportunities for employees to gain skills in new technologies, languages, etc. Provide support for employees to grow their careers by encouraging internal transfers when appropriate.",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46263,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 28, 2010",Former Employee - Telecom Engineer,Great Place to work if you like work!,They are pretty close to the bleeding edge in their IT departments. You will learn alot.,"You work. Life/work Balance Could be better, It is not uncommon to work 50+ hours a week on average.",Look internally for superior performers and recognize them more often,4.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46264,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Feb 9, 2010",Former Employee - Technical Support,Apple Care Support,Generous benefits and perks such as vacation and sick time.,It feels like the culture is more of who you know then what you know. The training is very well done unless you are in a department that is not in the core of Apple Care (example: Itunes and MobileMe). Certain Managers do not seem to care or learn what we are supporting. Makes it very difficult to explain when there are legit issues that customers are upset about.,It feels like the culture is more of who you know then what you know. The training is very well done unless you are in a department that is not in the core of Apple Care (example: Itunes and MobileMe). Certain Managers do not seem to care or learn what we are supporting. Makes it very difficult to explain when there are legit issues that customers are upset about.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46265,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 27, 2010",Former Employee - Intern,"Very rewarding, yet rigorous place to work...","very competent and helpful coworkers, work with the coolest products on the market, gain invaluable product design experience, creative freedom, nice people, beautiful workplace, flexible hours","long hours, demanding deadlines, subtly competitive employees, some managers can be brazen, product direction can be controlled by management, top secret projects",listen to some of the great ideas that your smart and capable employees may have,3.0,2.5,none,4.5,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46266,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 14, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A greaet place to start and build a career,Great working environment : veryu startup-like Cool perks like discount on Apple gears Very challenging and fulfilling technology,"Perks could be better. Like more on site goodies. And for God sake, please make Caffe Macs free.",Keep up the good work,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46267,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jan 11, 2010",Former Employee - Sales,As Retail goes its better than most,Easy going work environment with managers that allow you to take time service the customer fully not just get them in get them out,they put a large emphasis on certain metrics for their extended warranty and training program which are good for some people but not most but they push them anyway,Over all good job made it a fun place to work while at school and paid $4 more than most other retail.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46268,apple,"Salem, NH"," Jan 9, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple's Retail Division,"Usually great people, Cool technology, You can be yourself, Most customers are fun to work with and train",Upper management (market managers) can be very bad. Becoming very much like other retailers which is very frustrating,"The retail division was such a great idea. It's falling into ""retail as usually"" Especially on the East Coast",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46269,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 21, 2010",Former Employee - Analyst,Nice place,Great products and fantastic brand,Politics can be overwhelming sometimes,Politics can be overwhelming sometimes,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P965.htm
46270,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 1, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at apple,"stimulating environment, and smart people","pervasive secrecy, and tight departmentalization.",great management,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46271,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 28, 2009",Current Employee - Contract Employee,Contractors: Second-class citizens,"Super-sharp co-workers, prestige of the brand, nice campus and employee services, OK pay, lots of development opportunities for full-time employees.","I've worked as a contractor at a few Silicon Valley companies and was treated pretty much the same as staff employees. At Apple, that's not the case. They seem to make a point of differentiating between contract and FTE employees (badge only works certain hours, contractors excluded from events and small perks.) It feels petty when you can't attend team events that affect your work because you're on contract.","Don't be so exclusionary. You have some strong talent in your contract staff too, but the dismissive attitude is really off-putting. Most of my contractor colleagues and I prefer contracting, but when and if we look for full-time jobs, I'm not sure we'd want to stick around.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46272,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really good,Determination Strength Confidence and other stuff,Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary,Be not so arrogant,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46273,apple,"Washington, DC"," Dec 21, 2009",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,This job was a bridge between a sales person and a trouble shooting tech.,"Company name, Good Discount, Being able to back a good product.",Working with customers that look down on your because you work in a mall. The pay is not good for the same job elsewhere.,Pay your employees more money. Most of us could not afford the products that we where selling.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46274,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 22, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,How to Work the Network at Apple,Incredible cross-functional teamwork - if you know how to network across different groups. There are so many resources available to you if you know how to work it.,Large company that you can get lost in.,Be willing to build internal tools vs. expensive tools like Salesforce.com,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46275,apple,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Dec 21, 2009",Current Employee - Apple Retail,Apple ROCKS!,"-Unique, one of a kind environment -Great working relationships with co-workers and managers -Amazing benefits -Training & development is always available -Hard work does not go unnoticed -Very little micro managing","-Some co-workers have a false sense of entitlement -A large focus on sales numbers, instead of other measurable successes -There is a lot of talent - so you have to PUSH yourself to get noticed","I love what the company stands for, and I hope the focus does not change.",5.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46276,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 9, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really intense work environment. Unique culture.,"Really interesting work in most areas (very little dull routine). Outstanding opportunity to work with really smart people in your field. General helpfulness of colleagues is almost uniformly present across teams. Really cool leading-edge products and services you can be proud to help develop. Very intense focus on understanding and helping customers. Lots of opportunity to become ""expert"" on a subject for the company. Financial health of company is excellent. Very good handle on cost management. Benefits are very good. Equal opportunity is apparent everywhere. Very diverse workforce. A truly international company and workforce.","General rule: You will not know if you really ""fit"" the culture until about a year on the job. Managers mostly work higher level projects and negotiate resources and priorities (as opposed to develop their people). Experience of working at Apple is hugely influenced by your direct manager and his/her style. Some buffer the craziness, others amplify it. Company is now huge but still trying to act lean like a start up. Teams are getting moved off main campus with little regard to who they need to interact with. ""Campus"" feeling only applies to core business groups. Work-life balance can quickly become terrible for those who really understand systems and processes and how to manage them. The better you are, the less balance you can expect. Management planning process - continual over-committing continues. Really stove-piped planning structure. Very little cross-functional planning below VP level. Regular surprises from project work in other areas for which you had no visibility.. Secrecy bordering on paranoia can be a pain in the neck especially when it delays notice on necessary (and unplanned) changes in other areas. High turnover in the areas I worked with. Less during the recession. Burn out is common. Fear of being the team/individual that delays or messes up a project is ever present. Absolutely no professional development outside a modest number of internal courses. Don't even think about trying to publish a paper, or speak at a conference! Growing inequity in business team perks and facilities is an annoyance.","Relentless product and service focus is fine, but growing company complexity means brute force changes (forcing deadlines, etc.) is becoming more difficult. Less recovery time between waves of project work is stressing people and systems to the extreme. Very few people will tell you how they really feel about the growing workload.",3.0,1.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46277,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 7, 2009",Current Employee - Apple Advisor HBA,College Intern Program in Austin,Great opportunity to work from home as a Student. Managers are understanding of school and work balance. Discount is great!,"Our managers was sometimes incompetent, always assuming that students had no real work experience. Treated the college students like incompetent employees.",I would go ahead and state that you hire more experienced managers if they are to take the role of Manager for the HBA program.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46278,apple,"Providence, RI"," Dec 2, 2009",Current Employee - Apple Specialist,Fun place to work,"Good benefits, and great EPP","Tough to advance, it seems they don't hire management from within, even if the employees have management experience. They always seem to look at places like the Gap, or Banana Republic.",Try looking at your current staff for advancement opportunities,5.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46279,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 10, 2009","Current Employee - Sales Compensation &amp, Program Coordinator",N/A,"Large company, great medical/dental/vision plan, company match 401K program.",You are just a number in my opinion. Not much focus from my manager on her employees. Too busy for your own employees,To have management take a look at their direct report and make time for them.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P966.htm
46280,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 29, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,manager with poor people skills,"high-tech, cool factor, tons of toys, shiny modern offices, young and mature crowd, quiet and safe neighborhood near plenty of good place to have lunch .","Boss was a good engineer who was promoted way to early so had NO people management skills whatsoever. I left after being tired of hearing him scream at us, including senior engineers he would get angry at when he was under stress. Boss was unable to manage any kind of stress even simple pressure coming from junior always nagging.",surround junior manager with mentors and offer them an easy way to get help and support when they are not comfortable with a specific situation. promote engineers to manager only when has proven people skill as a team lead.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.5,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46281,apple,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 14, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Innovative, creative and great products","lack of flexibiities, just listening to Hutchison and 3 is a bad strategy and wasting the talents of the people.",empowerman,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46282,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 5, 2009",Former Employee - IPhone Product Design Intern,Long Hours,"High pay, you have access to any resource you need, you are given tons of freedom in your work, and the work place environment is very free (shorts/t-shirts are common).",I worked on average 65 hours per week.,Chill out.,2.0,1.5,none,1.0,3.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46283,apple,"Oak Brook, IL"," Nov 11, 2009",Current Employee - Concierge,Very good place to Work!,Great Compensation for retail Management takes care of employees Nice benefits for part time Fun Job Fast Paced never boring Good way to develop sales skills and knowledge in the technology field,Very competitive for advancement in retail division or company Hard to keep consistent amount of work hours when part time Managers can play favorites,I have worked in a large flagship apple store and a smaller mall store and have nothing but good things to say about the management teams that apple puts together for their retail stores.,5.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46284,apple,"Orland Park, IL"," Nov 18, 2009",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great environment, pushy sales",Great Atmosphere. Helpful colleagues. Lot's of enthusiasm. Helpful management with lots of training. Some opportunities for advancement. Fair compensation for work duties. Compensation is not based on commission.,"Pushy about meeting sales goals. Upper management is mostly concerned about meeting goals, rather than employee development. Very busy atmosphere",Focus more on the employees and what they bring to the table rather than what qualities they lack. Keep a positive attitude at all times.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46285,apple,"New Orleans, LA"," Dec 7, 2009",Former Employee - Technician,a technician not given any respect.,"i got to meet and great customers everyday, got to repair amazing apple products, and work with amazing ppl","extremely poor management. some managers and i mean a few are nice to your face and not so much behind your back. the company is based on open doors and when you were told thats how the company works the manager would say there calling role and what you were lead to believe is a total lie. ive had major issues with other co-technicians that would cause major animosity between each other and was treated indifferent. you are told by apple that if there are issues report it to your manager and was told by a manager ""grow up"" i have never been treated so low and have worked so hard for five years to gain knowledge to work there and was treated so wrong.",you need far more training and you need to give more respect to fellow workers.,3.0,3.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46286,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 4, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on who you are,The Apple Brand Diverse staff from all walks of life Very interesting work that you can be proud of doing,"Too many secrets and people rarely share information that can help you when you ask. You have to fall on your face before someone says ""well if you WOULD HAVE did it this way, that would have never happened"". When you are new, some people will withhold information so that they remain most knowledgable.","it's a big company with big company issues, but they are doing the best they can",2.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46287,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 10, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,1. Brand name 2. Benefits 3. Great people 4. Decent work-life balance 5. Interesting work 6. Bay area! 7. Entrepreneurial structure,1. Career advancement not great 2. Siloed in role 3. Too much secrecy 4. Base salary and bonus not competitve,1. More opportunities for MBAs 2. More career mentorship 3. Better benefits 4. Give perspective on other parts of the business,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46288,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 8, 2009",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,"Great place to work. Good people. Good compensation, perks. Employees are treated well.","Work is challenging. The projects are interesting. Perks, benefits and compensation is very good. The people I get to work with are all very talented and helpful. Unlike my old company, I know that the products I'm working on will make a significant impact. Management is really good too. That being said, I work in a pretty close knit team so I'm not sure if its like this all over Apple.",Work hours are sometimes long but not unusual for a company that is doing so well. But the ROI is good.,Remember that people are the reason the products are great (you guys are doing fine in my book).,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46289,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 26, 2009",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great Environment to be in. Fast pace, people are friendly, and everyone is easy going.","A place for a lot of growth, great experience with peers, and management. A lot of information is available through peers and training.",The cons were sometimes I felt that management was very biased on who was to get promoted and it got some people mad.,"Instead being biased on who to promote, look at the numbers, examine the people on the floor of how they treat , and handle customers. Also , to look how well they are doing the other stuff like merchandising etc.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P967.htm
46290,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Nov 7, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place.,"Great pay, great people, pretty cool benifits, and pretty shirts. The amount of people you will meet from this experience will be beyond your imagination.","Even though there are so many perks to working there, the requirements of the job are repetitive. Customers who are there are often impatient and unwilling to stick around for the full treatment. Leadership will impress upon you time after time that you must present everything with a slight undertone reminding you that it's not about the macs that you sell but about the attachments that you make.",My sole advice to management would be to be more selective during the hiring process and more cooperative as a management team. During my time there I've only seen the quality of employees decrease as their quantities increase. This is both a disgust premeniation for the quality of the company's future as well as a sign of weakness on the part of the managing team. If they are to continue as a high end retailer they need to continue to remain being just as selective with their employees as they are with their products.,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46291,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 28, 2009",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple JObs GOOD,The best discount ever in the world,"Working on the weekends, no matter what you have to",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46292,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 4, 2009",Former Employee - Engineering Project Manager Intern,"Ups and Downs, Overworked and Underpaid","There is an employee discount of 25% on Apple products and 10% on third-party accessories. The 25% discount can be used once every three years on laptops and computers, within-reasonable-quantities on accessories, and once a year on everything else (iPods, etc.) This discount does not apply to phones but you do get a 20% discount off AT&T.  The cafeterias are good: They are reasonably priced, have many organic and vegan options, and use compostable containers and utensils. In addition, they host beer bashes every milestone or product launch, and other fun events.","The corporate culture for the engineers is to stay until at least dinner, with no overtime for salaried workers. The other con is the strange culture surrounding Steve Jobs. When he walks into and out of the cafeteria or around campus, the standard is to keep talking and ignore him, but discuss his health immediately after he is out of earshot. It seems as if the future of the company is uncertain and largely dependent on SJ's health and well-being.","All of the managers I met while at Apple seemed very competent. In addition, it seems as though they've subscribed to the ""beehive mentality"" I've heard described and seen in action. I appreciated the fact that management at Apple gained respect through the ability to stay organized and get things done.",4.0,4.5,none,1.0,3.0,4.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46293,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 9, 2009",Current Employee - Director,Engineering Director,"Apple places a very large priority on innovation The people I work with day to day are very smart, creative, and highly motivated to produce killer products",Secrecy makes it hard to do my job Isolated nature of product teams means that more often than not multiple teams are producing nearly the same product,Better coordinate amongst the senior management layers so that we place all efforts behind one or two contenders for a solution rather than having our resources spread across 6 or 7 efforts all working in secret.,4.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46294,apple,none," Oct 12, 2009",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Place to Work,One of the best work environments I've ever been in. If you talk to people and are friendly then you will be just fine!,The store does get full and your managers will forget your brakes unless you remind them. Sometimes all the Apple confidentiality gets a bit annoying when speaking with customers.,Great job guys! Apple was the best place I've every worked and if I ever have an opportunity I'll be back,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46295,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," Oct 8, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),long interview process,"-great opportunities to advance -relaxed, calm atmosphere -relaxed dress code -discounts and in-store advantages -interesting and fun co-workers -lots of great learning experience",there really aren't any bad things to say.,thank you.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46296,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 4, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Life of a Salesperson without the title or rewards,* Readily available knowledge * Enthusiastic work environment * Very Selective Hiring Process * You for the most part can actually believe you are selling something you believe in * 25% off is a nice discount * Supervisors are looking to you to grow yourself,* The salary for the income you generate is negligible * Very limited openings to advance up to * If you let managers talk to you like a child they will take advantage of it,Deliver the goods to your people in a higher discount so that they can actually afford the products they sell on the salary they are paid.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46297,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 30, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inside a Tornado,"You know you are becoming part of something great, pride in showing off the products you work on to your friends and family. Ability to change outcomes. Working with some of the smartest people on the planet.",No work life balance. Average benefits package for a company that is doing so well. High stress environment. Low emphasis on family - no company event with family!,Recognize that work life balance is important. Benefits compared to other companies of comparable size are average. Encourage cross geography movement of employees to spread the culture,4.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46298,apple,none," Oct 5, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good pay for part timers.... Bad hours,The best technology in the industry. Really nice stores and culture. Once you are in it is a really stable job.,The hours are only delivered two weeks in advanced so if you have a strict schedule it can be hard.,More transparency for part timers. Their employees are never in the loop. That would really help job satisfaction for employees.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46299,apple,none," Sep 29, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Great company culture, excellent reputation. Lot of opportunities to work with intelligent people and interesting customers. Excellent training for certain positions.",Unclear career path for retail employees. Office politics and gossip are prevalent in most retail environments. Management often unfamiliar with culture/products.,"Hire people who understand the culture and products already, and retain the people that embody those ideals. Offer continuous education and allow employees to take advantage of the program.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P968.htm
46300,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 27, 2009",Current Employee - Concierge,Best place to do retail...period,"Having worked other retail, I can say I've never found the level of respect and training as I have at Apple. Sharp leadership and unparalleled products.","Very high standards and high volume of customers. If you lack people skills, don't even bother applying",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46301,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 11, 2009",Former Employee - Engineer,You're on your own,"exposure to leading edge technology, intelligent co-workers, generous employee stock purchase plan, on-site fitness center, excellent food-pellets at Cafe mac","no internal job alternative process, management makes no effort to find ongoing projects for employees when re-structuring occurs - employees are on-their-own",promote teamwork rather than pit employees against one another for opportunities - share project information across teams and respect the integrity and honesty of the staff,2.0,4.5,none,1.5,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46302,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Sep 22, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Place to work,"Great Products, Great Team, Good Pay","If you sell $1,000,000 a year you still only make $10 an hour... No bonus for good sales...",Bonus for good employee peformance,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46303,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 4, 2009",Former Employee - SQA,"It's a job, not an identity","Smart people, good products, competence and focus in abundance. Certain pride you feel working there is warranted. Get to work on/with OS X all day every day.","You may find you're so flattered to be asked to join Apple, the ""it"" company of the moment, that you'll ignore the red flags. Does everyone talk about relentless work hours? Do they seem enthused? Happy?  The power of the Idea of Apple is so strong that even rational engineers get lost in the meta. ""Are you worthy to work at Apple?"" is the unspoken question that permeates the atmosphere, inciting, especially in the newer hires, a manic desire to prove themselves. Its power is amplified by the state of the economy. Employees voluntarily give away large swaths of their time and life energy, essentially subsidizing a corporation that is quarter-to-quarter hoarding billions in cash.  I can only speak for my small slice of the Apple pie, but I found it a tense, unfriendly place, with few glimpses of unguarded humanity.",None,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,24,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46304,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 20, 2009",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Not all it's cracked up to be,There is a certain recognition you receive when others hear you work for Apple with it being the high flyer in the industry. There is some flexibility in the hours as long as you get your work done.,"Ivory tower management that tends to be in the way more than helping. They often make decisions that the people who do the work don't understand and hurts productivity. After cutting down benefits quite a bit during the lean years (mid 90's), has done nothing to bring any of them back now that we are making a killing.",Middle management is creating a bureaucratic nightmare. How about holding team meetings where you listen to us and instead of us listening to you?,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.0,1.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46305,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 6, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,"Very lofty goals, but is there a realistic road map for getting there?",Diverse and pleasant workforce in general. Excellent products that remain among the top in the industry. Excellent programs and services to help each customers unique needs. Managers do not expect you to take your work home with you. Employees with more experience willing to help newcomers get up to speed.,"No communication of ongoing issues with products. Not nearly enough staffing to meet customer demands, which also gives leaves no time for development. Lack of upward mobility, all managers are imported. Product and service demand seems to be growing far faster than the companies retail presence can support.",Utilize the company email to communicate issues to those on the frontlines. It makes them and the company lose face. The elephant in the room is starting to show its head. Will the company have the talent and the man power to be able to support its lofty goals?,3.0,4.5,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46306,apple,"Boulder, CO"," Sep 16, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The Best Retail Position,"I had never worked in retail before starting with the Apple Store, but from my point of view, it seems that Apple is one of the best retail sales positions in the country. The management was competent, the customers were generally well-educated and easy to talk to, and communication among coworkers, management, and customers was above average. I loved working with the Apple staff, they were all generally very easygoing and friendly. Not to mention that the pay was good for an entry level retail position. I would work for Apple again in a heartbeat.","Training was a bit rushed due to it being the holiday season and them needing to get me out on the sales floor ASAP. Other than that, I was assigned back of house inventory duty for a good portion of the time I was there, even though my sales numbers were good. That was a bit frustrating.","Keep up the good work, and keep hiring people that are not only good at their job, but also fun to be around and motivating to their employees.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46307,apple,"Salem, NH"," Sep 17, 2009",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Assistant Manager who worked the way up through the ranks.,"Product discounts, being part of a great team and awesome company. Apple is an innovator in the tech industry and is breaking the rules in retail.","Pay is low, but for the most part, so is most of retail. Tech positions are not paid well and often over worked.",Think less about the bottom line and the sales will show. Friendly service goes a long way. People want to be a part of the Apple Experience.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46308,apple,none," Oct 1, 2009",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Company Run By A Genius is not necessarily a great place to work!,"Apple still has a great cachet, and is an exciting place to gain industry experience for a newcomer to the industry. However, it is not the best place for a seasoned executive.","Everything depends on the next hit product and of Steve Jobs staying ahead of the competition. Although there is lots to like in Apple's products, they have fallen behind before with Steve Jobs, and he will not be there forever.","Find some other visionaries, you are way too dependent on Steve Jobs.",3.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46309,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 9, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Computer Vision Specialist,Best job I've had in my 36 year career of 2D/3D imaging.,"The facilities and work environment are very conducive to thought, problem-solving, collaboration and productivity. Everyone I interact with is genuinely happy to be here, bright, and they bring something of value to the table in every conversation. We work on technologies/products/services that positively impact people's lives.  Apple has been moving in the right direction ever since Mac OS X: Mach-O, Xcode, iTunes, iPod/iPhone - the list keeps growing...","Haven't found one, so far.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P969.htm
46310,apple,"Boston, MA"," Sep 14, 2009",Former Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,Great Company,"The People, The Products, The Technology",The pay and the hours,Apple's management is actually quite impressive. Great company!,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46311,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 14, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing products, Amazing people, Hard work","Work on amazing products you can be proud of. Work with some of the highest calibre engineers and designers. Interesting engineering problems, be on the cutting edge of technology","Long hours, many fire-drills. Constantly changing priorities. You might work for months on something just to see it disappear. Very little communication between groups, extreme emphasis on secrecy. Way too many meetings.","The main advice I can give is to trust employees better. I understand that secrecy is important, but I think Apple can make better products if the internal groups talked more.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46312,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 6, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Need work life balance!,"The product, the people, the prestige and the stock options. Not necessarily in that order. Apple is a very rewarding place to work, in both career & financial terms.","In some groups, work-life balance is non-existent. Working weekends for months on end is considered part of the job, and the attitude is, if you don't like your job, there are plenty out there who would take it. However, that isn't quite true because we've been having trouble getting quality interviewees for a while now.","People who are ""before iPod"" are there because they want to work for Apple. People who are ""after iPod"" are often there because they want to work for AAPL.  Burn the Apple people out and you can never get them back. Would the company be as successful if they are run by AAPL people?",4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46313,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 26, 2009",Current Employee - Firmware Engineer,Overall good...,Making world class products is really great - there is a strong job satisfaction component from being able to take my grandma to the Apple store and SHOW her my products.,"Project cancellations, unreasonable requirements for implementing solutions. We do make some great stuff, but is that a good enough reason to burn people out?","The company is getting bigger all the time. I guess that's a good thing, but the projects and requirements are getting sillier all the time too.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46314,apple,"Northridge, CA"," Aug 26, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple ... that should say it all!,"I love working at Apple because of the employees the company hires. You have the opportunity to network with people from all walks of life with different experiences. Also, the work environment is very laid back. Apple does not condemn tattoos or wild hair styles, it actually encourages them. Apple really tries to go out of its way to make its employees feel appreciated.","Being a part-timer, your hours can fluctuate between 5 to 28 hours in a given week. Also, it sometimes hard to move from retail to corporate. There are no benefits, other than 401K plans, that are available to part-time employees.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46315,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 19, 2009",Current Employee - Engineering Technician,lack of policy is a double-edged sword,"There are no solid rules about what your job is, so as long as you get your work done right you can kind of make it up as you go along. This gives a lot of flexibility to peruse the aspects of the job that interest you. People at Apple are smart and dedicated, they're there because they enjoy the work. The work is action, not talk, because there's no time to waste.","The converse of everything I said above is that there's an extreme lack of planning (positive spin: ""Our company can turn on a dime!"") or policy (positive spin: ""Work how you want, when you want.""). As great as flexibility can be, sometimes set policies are good so people actually know what to do. It sure doesn't hurt to make solid plans more than a few days in advance when a project has a 6-12 month schedule. Last-minute changes are the norm, and many a hair-pulling night has been spent cleaning up messes created by others' lack of planning.","An environment where workers are literally afraid to send bad news up the management chain leads to huge problems down the road. Management says they're open to comments and criticism, but when things go wrong, all they want to know is why it wasn't fixed yesterday. This isn't magic, people!",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46316,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better than most!,"Very talented group of people, with good creative abilities. Not a lot of politics or disingenuous behavior in my particular workgroup.",Sometimes very myopic about what the outside world really looks like and what competitors bring to market. Overly conservative and introspective in planning and strategy.,"More investment in projects with longer return windows, be more proactive in understanding future competition and taking it into consideration as part of operational planning.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46317,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 3, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Enjoy Working for Apple,Fun working environment. Good benefits and discounts.,Working in retail. To much stuff I want to buy,None.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46318,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Sep 7, 2009",Former Employee - TELESALES Representative,worked at the elk grove call center.,discounts on products. if you want a job and your handicapped it is a good place to get one. Cafe and gym on campus locations.,"If you are not in the cliche you will not go anywhere in company. Ran like a small company, lack of communication on basic knowledge every employee should know. Felt like it was ten years behind the time when you were suppose to be working in a cutting edge company.","Fire your middle management and start from scratch, they will cost you money in lawsuits with their extreme prejudices and stupidity.",2.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46319,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 24, 2009",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Apple Retail,Paid transit subsidiary Slightly above average pay for retail,Your availability has to be extremely open Difficult to move up No set schedule,Provide a clearer career path,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P970.htm
46320,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Sep 8, 2009",Former Employee - Family Room (Genius/Creative),"While Attracting Excellent People For Its Retail Operation, Apple Comes Up Short As A Place To Work","The company attracts bright, thoughtful, funny, upbeat people. The products the company offers meet the needs of a diverse and large number of people. The services the company provides offer good to excellent values to its customers.","Apple banks on its hip appeal to the extent that it doesn't offer the most equitable compensation in exchange for the work performed. It seems to pay lip service to one value it says it holds dear, the importance of its human resources. It can be difficult for career advancement.","Retail Managers could be more on the same page, in trying to achieve common objectives. Instead they often worked at cross purposes to each other. For example, Red Zone (sales) versus Family Room (Service) needs were often at odds, with the Red Zone most often coming out on top. This is often due to short-sighted workforce planning.",2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46321,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 2, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist,SoHo- Mac Specialist,"Easy, Laid back environment, Good discounts and benefits, Low stress, not a job where you have to take the work home with you, get paid for something you would probably do for free","seemingly arbitrary promotions to under qualified persons. outside of work, EVERYONE complains about their ipod or computer to you which you dont get paid for","some of the management there only cares about sales, and not the apple culture whereas others do not care to learn about the products we sell. you should be knowledgeable about every part of the business/products, and not manage with $'s in mind",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46322,apple,none," Aug 15, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work.,"There is no ""busy-work"" at Apple. Everything is done for very good reasons -- there is no wasted work. You're proud of what you do, and people you meet outside of Apple really care about what you do.","Potentially long hours. Long lines at the cafeteria? But other than that, there's no apparent downside of working at Apple.","The senior management team at Apple is the strongest in the industry. They have experience, vision, unyielding innovation, and the power to execute.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46323,apple,none," Aug 18, 2009",Current Employee - Concierge,"Our Store is Awesome, Sorry others suck",-The managers are very caring and interested in what is going on in your life -Everyone works together as a team -There is a great deal of support available to you,"-Since the corporate retail folks had not been allowing retail stores to hire more people for a while, many of us have been scheduled to the edge of our availability.","-Quarterly exchanges are great, make sure you keep them up -Encourage people to follow the career path they seek",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46324,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Aug 19, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great job for those with patience,awesome products that are easy to sell and a company you can be proud to associate with,constant changes in policies and procedures drove me nuts,"celebrate the bottom of the food chain--the mac specialists are the ""red blood cells"" of the entire organism...with them...you are dead",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46325,apple,"Townshipin Cities, MN"," Aug 24, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Genius,It has it's pros and cons,"Excellent Benefits Package Decent wage QPromo, EPP, ESPP, Friends and family discounts Inside technical information, software and hardware to play with Great co-workers Street cred","Customers (complaints) NetPromoter Points system (call in sick, 1 point, more than 6 minutes late, 1 point. Accumulate too many points during a quarter and you're fired) Butt-kissing gets you promoted faster than doing actual work ""GAPple"" management Non-apple new-hires that don't get any training Lack of space","Value your long-term employees. Compensate them fairly, give them the credit they deserve to do their jobs well and provide excellent service. Value your customer, without them we are nothing. Train your employees. Listen to your employee feedback and act upon it. Get rid of the ""points"" system. Be available and on the floor - not in the office with the door closed. Be an example, motivate your employees instead of always telling them what they are doing wrong or could do better, celebrate what they do RIGHT. Give more positive feedback. Reward great work. Don't turn Apple Retail into Circuit City.",2.0,1.0,none,2.5,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46326,apple,none," Aug 22, 2009",Former Employee - Manager,Challenging and Demanding,"You will work with some of the most talented, skilled and amazing people in the world, with some fantastic products. Fun, exciting environment. Great products, and for a retail store, best in the world.","That said, your work / life balance will be absolutely terrible. Managers are demanded all the time, and its on you to make sure a roll out, launch, or initiative succeeds. Often times, a day off is a joke, with plenty of emails and phone calls for follow up or other things of the sort. Apple controls communications, so often times, you're making special trips to work to do things, and due to the secretive nature of the company, you're often given very little lead time to get things in place. Rearranged schedules are the norm. PTO is a pain in the ass to schedule. Tough to see the ""next move"" once you've reached management, the limited number of stores is also a built-in challenge to that.","Give your Managers a more detailed career path. Give them something to skill and train for, as well as encourage them. Not much positive feedback, always scrambling to put out a fire or deal with a situation, consider some rewards for the managers too. It's a great place to work when it's working correctly, or it's not a launch time, find the ""magic"" that the stores had years ago.",3.0,1.0,none,3.5,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46327,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 6, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,You work on some very cool product,can get pigeon holed fairly easily,promote from within,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46328,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 13, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Text feedback and Rating do not match on the review,Recognition in the industry You feel to be part of an evolving technology culture,Sweatshop Management culture - Team slogs and manager grows Hire junior resources to keep the cost low,Leverage Smart resources on the team Managers are not always right Communication Recognition of Employees,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46329,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Aug 3, 2009",Current Employee - IST,Great Job,"Great job to work at, Great pay and great people",Work hours can be tough,Continue the good work!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P971.htm
46330,apple,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 17, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Skewed in salt lake,"Awesome company to work for, you can not denie working for the brand. This job can really be called one that changes lives.",managememnt has a tendency to skew themselves to select people. This some times does not allow people to move like they should,"Work to provide routes for people to grow and become centered within the apple organization, this is not retail. This is apple.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46331,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 4, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,70000,Best place to work in Bay area. Too many challenging projects,No growing opportunities inside the company,Consider the strategy of hiring contractors as a full time after a certain time if company is satisfied with the performance.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46332,apple,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Aug 12, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It's fun for awhile until you realize you will never catch the dangling carrot.,"The people that work at Apple are wonderful and it is good fun. If money or long time career aspirations aren't important then it might be a good place to work. Probably would be a good place for a college student living at home looking for some extra bucks, or retiree's that can't bring home too much for fear of upsetting the balance with Social Security.","I worked there for nearly a year and half and it is a good place to work, although if you need to raise a family it won't pay near enough. The only way to get out of the measly salary is through management and they don't have a clear path to follow if that is the direction you wish to pursue. If you move from one area to another they will not match your salary and will make you go through the interview process again. Also, they have gone from an easy going educational sort of salesperson to the entire concentration being on making your numbers (solutions). If you don't make your numbers (selling the ad on's) then you won't be promoted to full time and you will be subject to pressure from the bosses to sell, sell, sell those solutions! Even when you make it to full-time the pressure is intense to sell those ad on's. It's a major competition with no real rewards for making your numbers - other than the ASM's getting bonus' on your behalf. Of course, they won't share that with the employee's. Also, you need to enjoy working weekends and nights.","You will continue to lose good people unless you concentrate on the internal workings of the Company. People want and need good communication and career advancing goals and paths. If Steve Jobs had any idea how some of the local managers operated, they probably wouldn't be there for long. It used to be a great place to work, but not any longer. It is getting easier and easier to get a job at Apple. Also, at the Apple where I worked you have to love to hear swearing - it's commonplace from the Manager down.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46333,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 11, 2009",Former Employee - Engineering Project Manager,Great reward for the talented hard workers. Be prepared to sell your life to the company.,Making products that you and your friends use. Changing everyday use of technology.,"The products are determined by the executives at the top. Your job is to execute fast and correctly. A false move can be career ending. No regard for your personal time, just get the job done.",We are human in the long term. But we understand that the culture of fear is trickle down as you are under immense pressure as well. We need more of Steve's vision for the next big thing after iphone.,3.0,2.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46334,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 7, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I remember when it was ,"excellent $$$$, usually some free software. you get to wear your own clothes (except for the t-shirt and lanyard they make you wear.)","The place went from being a very lax work environment that cared about it's employees to a very much numbers and sales oriented operation that made employees cut-throat against one another. got rid of bonuses, and barely gave any free iPods or iphone away. I remember the days of bonuses, lots of free iPods, and even a free iPhone.  It's sad when it's employees can't even afford to own the products their selling.  Also, ? used to have a more rigid hiring process, now they'll pretty much take you off the street even if you don't know what a computer is.  Kind of a sexist, homophobic, racist environment to work in at times.","Get a clue, and please stop pitting employees against each other, also while you're at it stop your unfair practices of how you determine who gets promoted.",2.0,4.0,none,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46335,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 11, 2009",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,"A fast, fast pace, demanding work environment with great reward.",You'll always be on your toes 'cause pressures come from all directions and everyday is a new challenge. Great place to sharpen your mind while getting getting paid.,"It's a huge pressure cooker! Soon you'll realize that you will have to pick either career or family, not both.",Cut down on meetings.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46336,apple,none," Jul 15, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Headline,"Apple is a company that appreciates and values its employees. The pay and benefits are great. It's great to work with people who are passionate about what they do, and it's also a pleasure to work with management that has a clue.",Apple's well known reputation for protecting information security is sometimes a hindrance in terms of getting things done. This is a shortcoming that requires some adjustment for new employees.,I can't say that I have any advice for management. I think Apple's leadership is unusually competent in the field.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46337,apple,none," Jul 30, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A few bad apples can spoil the bunch,"Unlike any place I've ever worked, Amazing inside track on new products and how they work, training is amazingly fun and helpful, very diverse workplace, it's very much like a family","very hard to live up to all the hype they feed you, upper management sometimes lacks training, hard to get used to doing things so differently, don't seem to keep a lot of their promises","I have none, the company as a whole is amazing. Some locations seem to have slipped through the cracks, but this is not the issue of the entire company.",2.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46338,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 10, 2009",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,Better than most other jobs,"very smart, talented coworkers. casual work culture. not a problem to get time off for personal/life events. modern/progressive company. employee morale is high. paid training. employee discount. ESPP.","secrecy is a little discouraging at times. people get worked very hard, get burned out. employee discount could be better. office space is severely lacking.","I say for the most part, keep up the good work! apple is doing very well and I'm happy to be a part of it. the only issue I have is that apple keeps adding people but where do they all go? the cafeteria is CROWDED and there are so many people doubled up in offices. I think the crowding needs to be addressed.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46339,apple,none," Jul 12, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Managers give fair intelligent feedback and open, honest, consistent communication, employees are motivated and forward looking. Everyone seems encouraged and happy to be at work.",Discount is a little meagre.,"Continue leading employees in this direction, give a little more interaction from senior management to line level employees.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P972.htm
46340,apple,"Edison, NJ"," Aug 7, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great job for people who don't know what it's like to be treated like a human being.,"You will be in the midst of cutting edge, cool technology and will be seen as cool by your friends and customers. You'll only need to by pants, undies, socks, and shoes since you'll always have a new t-shirt. You get discounts on equipment. You may be able to see products that are never put on the sales floor.","You are there to be kicked by the customer, while management holds you down. They never stop thinking of news ways to work you, while your paycheck stagnates. Communications of company policies is sporadic. You are expected to keep up with the technology on person, unpaid time by customers and management, which is too much to ask for a job paying at this level. Management can be arrogant, oblivious, and mean-spirited all at once. You are not allowed to miss time for an ill relative - not even for a day. If you have a real, full-time job other than Apple, Apple will hire you and then assume it is first. There is absolutely no concern for employee safety. Music that is racist, sexist against some employees is allowed to play in BOH (Back of House) with no intervention from management. Management has been known to throw things at employees.",An adult needs to run this store.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46341,apple,none," Jul 7, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,great place to work. i highly recommend working there if you like to work with some great technology and poeple.,a bit hard to stay on the ball. you need to be up to date on all of apple's products and their functions.,leadership at apple is okay/ i would say that its up to the manager of the store and thankfully mine was pretty decent.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46342,apple,none," Jun 27, 2009",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Frantic pace. Never a dull moment,Always changing. Very flexible. Learn something new every day. Great team environment. High level expectations breeds high level team members.,Very low pay for responsibilities given. Does not seem to be the case in all markets. I find this unfair and should be balanced company wide. If I didn't love the job and company so much I wouldn't put up with it.,"Management needs to create better communications between teams. Events should be planned for further ahead even with secrecy issues. Remember, it is retail!",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46343,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 10, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Not bad but could be better.,Selling amazing products. Amazing employees. Apple without a doubt hires great personalities. Training is good. There are times when you feel you are really making a difference.,"There isn't a clearly defined career path. There can be favoritism shown at times. Most companies offer salary and commission when selling big ticket items, Apple doesn't.",Some mangers micromanage too much. Allowing commissions would do a world of good to increase employee morale. Stop playing the music so loud. Customers are always complaining about the hectic environment.,3.0,4.0,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46344,apple,none," Jun 25, 2009",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Fun place to work,Working for Apple is awesome. Its a fun atmosphere with lots of great people with impressive backgrounds. There is an incredible amount of energy and excitement with coworkers and customers. Apple as a general sense of wanting to make its working environment the best it can be.,Working in Retail can be stressful at times. We have to be ready to change gears at any time. There are different career paths in Apple Retail but some of them seem to have a dead end.,"It would be helpful if managers would provide more information as to why we are doing something. Sometimes we just have to go a new direction without an explanation of why, but maybe they don't know either.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46345,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 25, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Nice compensation,nice compensation as lead genius,have to deal with alot of BS,more parts per repair without retribution!!!,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46346,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 16, 2009",Current Employee - Apple Online Store Order Maintenance Representative,"Fast Paced, Fun work environment, but some room for improvement.",Incredible staff. Most people are passionate about their job and really want to make a difference in the company. Most management interactions have been positive. Strong sense of job security in the company with senior executives advising employees not to worry about the economy.,Using most salary websites as a bar: pay is in the lower quarter percent. Without management assistance movement in the company tends to be lateral. Upward mobility is hard to come by. There had been a steadier push to try to make sales on order maintenance calls which a lot of times feels at odds with providing excellent customer service. The online store staff has a tendency to be pushed aside for both the technical support teams and the sales teams when it comes to praise and recognition.,"A push for more employee appreciation would go a long way for the people on the Customer Service end of the transaction. These employees help turn a negative experience into a positive one, and tend to fix a number of mistakes(sometimes seemingly deliberately misleading mistakes) made by the Sales team, but rarely get a nod from anyone at the top of the food chain, even when making record strides in customer satisfaction surveys. Remembering to include those of us who are constantly trying to turn the angry customer into a lifelong Apple advocate, in public mentions would go a long way to help make us feel like a part of the company many of us passionately wished to be employed by.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46347,apple,none," Jul 3, 2009",Current Employee - Specialist,All in a hard days work,"When working at Apple, you get to meet a lot of different people, customers and co-workers. If you are a Specialist, there are some problem solving skills needed. What's great is that you get to really dive deep into the products and get opportunities to learn more about the software and hardware which helps you grow.","You will probably disappoint at least one or two people a day. And trust me, those disappointed people will blame you for their phone or computer not working. Management can be a toss up from store to store. Product launch dates are ridiculous and long and it will carry over to the next week or two. Also holidays bring just as much traffic, so be ready for non-stop days.","Let's keep the passive-aggressiveness to a minimal level. I do appreciate the effort in making customers happy. However, giving people what they want just because they kick and scream and throw a fit, is not healthy.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46348,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,"Great place - smart, hard working people creating innovative products",very smart people and great products,culture of secrecy can impact cross divisional productivity,keep the innovation flowing,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46349,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 15, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the culture. Love the work. Loveee our products.,Proud to be an Apple Employee.,Just not enough benefits for employees.,Not enough benefits,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P973.htm
46350,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Believe the hype,"Apple is the type of company that you really want to work for. Senior leadership, products, market reputation are first rate","It is a bit easy to get lost in the shuffle of such a large organization. but if you are able to work long hours, you can succeed",Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46351,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2009",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Hard work, run your own show",Apple provides the ability to work on your own or on a team. You make of it what you will.,"Lack of support is tough to handle, but a fun challenge once you get the hang of it. Never a dull moment.","Spend more time training new employees. The current freedom is a nice change of pace. However, showing the path to success in the culture would be beneficial.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46352,apple,"Chicago, IL"," May 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple treats both Customers and employees with full respect, and bends over backward to satisfy.","One shares with very few limitations and much encouragement in a corporate life that expresses the most creativity possible in every encounter. Over many years in corporate life, I have rarely experienced such encouragement for creativity, and been surrounded by creative people pursuing greatness together.","Customers have come to expect so much of us, that, thank goodness, we have a team of colleagues to turn to when we don't have a ready answer to every customer query. Pressure to deliver is relentless, so it takes a certain kind of bold achiever to function in an Apple environment. It's not for the weak of heart.","Stay collaborative, but push each other to achieve, the way a team of Olympic swimmers urges each other to be their individual best, but participates fully as team members in the Relays.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46353,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 6, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A great place to work,Apple is a great employe,too much customers running through the shop and asking crazy things,You did a nice job,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46354,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 28, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,"great company, but long hours","great company, great product, job security (at least for now in 2009), challenging and interesting work","extremely long hours for people around me. I've heard some other groups are less stressful and work regular hours, but overall people work very hard and long hours.",staff the overworked groups properly,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46355,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 22, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Apple - A Fun Place to Work,"Great coworkers, good pay, happy people, and the ability to work on amazing projects.","Serious pressure, demands, and time requirements.","Value your employees more, try to keep them from getting burned out. They are not always replaceable.",4.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46356,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 9, 2009",Current Employee - Genius,"Hard work, low pay, 4 year max until burnout.",Working with cool products. Meet interesting people. Product discounts for you and family. Occasional small bonuses or gifts.,Irregular hours. Retail customers can sometimes be a pain. Unfair low compensation. Standing for eight hours is tough. Not really a long term career. Dead end job.,"Spend more on quality employees. Stop hiring weird people with tattoos, piercings, and hair that stands straight up. This turns off a lot of customers.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46357,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 5, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Apple was a huge disappointment.,It is nice to be around so may really bright people and I did pretty well financially with my stock options/employee stock purchase plan.,"As a female engineer, it was impossible for me to develop or even stay up to date. There were ""some"" really great guys who treated me as an equal from the first moment. However, there were too many others who excluded me, talked down to me, and discounted or ignored what I had to say.  I was shut out from the projects and information that I needed to stay up to day or develop as an engineer. I did everything in my power to try to get around this, and was still shut out.  They have a diversity program, but are very naive about what is really going on.  I also got the distinct impression that the software engineers would never get the same respect and status as the hardware engineers.  In addition, certain people, would obstruct teamwork and information sharing presumably to preserve their job security.  The last thing that really bothered me was that certain teams were required to work seven days a week for 2 or 3 months straight, in order to get a product out.",First level managers and program managers should get a lot more training than they do today.  Working 7 days a week makes people's total output go DOWN. Set the right weekly milestones and have people go home and recharge on the weekends. They will get MORE done every week.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,42,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46358,apple,none," May 23, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,"Good experience, rewarding job, but hard to fit into long term career.","Good place to work, great team, casual working environment, commitment to diversity. Interacting with the customer base can be rewarding. Good benefits of both traditional benefits and product discounts. Favorable brand recognition --everyone is excited to be involved with Apple. The job gives your exposure to a variety of both different coworkers and customers --all unique. It is a growing experience. Great working atmosphere.","Compensation is not directly related to quality of work. Company politics and favoritism seems to be a problem --management's favorable circle is promoted to the exclusion of other employees. The usual retail drag --weekends, difficult to obtain full time or ideal part time situation.",Focus more on allowing employees to move laterally within the company.,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46359,apple,"Raleigh, NC"," May 18, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Steve Jobs gets the job done.,The pay is very above average and if you love Apple you'll love this job. The other employees all seem to be great people who share your same values. The management is capable and above average for retail.,"You have the deal with tons of people and some of them are nuts. Most people don't know how to really use a computer and assume it has to be the fault of the computer itself. Retail is its own downside - you deal with consumers who want everything now, with expectations that exceed reality.",What was great about working for Apple retail was that Apple corporate did actually communicate with us. They want you to share the goals and values they do.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P974.htm
46360,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 26, 2009",Current Employee - Engineer,"Apple, great place to work to start your career",Get to work on the coolest stuff. External perception that you are very smart.,"Long hours, high pressure, limited opps for advancement.",How about sharing a little more of the spoils with us engineers?,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46361,apple,none," May 31, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Classic problem,Best C level executives in the industry. Company foundation is solid. Company values and principals are great.,"Some of first level managers are bozos. Higher level management is too busy with ""management"" that they overlook even the obvious signs of bad management.","Take a 360 degree survey of all managers, investigate survey very well and eliminate just the bottom 10% that's all. How hard can it be?",3.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46362,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 23, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Good place for those with wives and kids.,"Great Product. Somehow, they manage to churn out good products. Salaries are decent. Stock price is going up.","People are really not that smart. Most are middle aged. The young guys are the kind who are not very ambitious (yeah - I have a girlfriend so I want to get done with the work). It is the kind of place where if you were to suggest some startup idea over lunch, they (your colleagues) will shoot it down. Very uninspiring.",Open-ness. Learn to trust your employees.,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46363,apple,"Edison, NJ"," May 8, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Good Job, Good Benefits, but you have to drink the Kool Aide.","Casual Dress and Great Attitudes of Co-Workers. The majority of people that work at the Apple store are ""fan boys"" so to speak, so they are all happy to be there and have a lot of pride in the work they do. Compared to other retail in-store computer repair jobs, the mac genius position pays very well. i.e. Geek Squad in store techs make about $12, this position pays around $18.","If you come from a windows background/experience, expect to be made fun of (jokingly). Management will almost always side with the customer no matter how poorly you were treated. Apple's #1 priority in their retail environment is to satisfy the customer, they don't have to be as conscious about the effect on the bottom line of giving services (and product) away for free.",Educate your employees on some windows equipment and do not alienate customers who use their iPod/iPhone etc with windows. Apple retail is very successful but it could be significantly more successful if windows customers were not treated like they are doing something wrong.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46364,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 12, 2009",Current Employee - Hardware Engineering Manager,Enjoy making a real difference,I feel like I am making a difference in my industry. Innovation is rewarded. Real access to industry leaders.,One must be disciplined to maintain a work life balance. Apple moves fast and it's very easy to become overwhelmed.,I am happy with the performance of my senior management.,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46365,apple,"Costa Mesa, CA"," May 5, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A great place to work if you are into retail and like to share your knowledge of Apple products and technology.,"If you love Apple products and like sharing your enthusiasm about Apple products to people, this is the best job. At times, I didn't even feel like I was working. As a specialist, I was not rushed into completing a sale with anyone. I was allowed to take my time in order to make the customer feel appreciated.",It's retail so that in and of itself is bad. Standing on your feet all day sucks too.,Keep up the great work!,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46366,apple,none," May 4, 2009",Current Employee - Concierge,Excellent job if you can rise to management level or above,Discounts on Apple products and 3rd party products. Great company to have on a resume. On the job Learning.,"Underpaid, overworked. Insane level of secrecy between management and employees.",Accept feedback from employees more often.,5.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46367,apple,none," Apr 27, 2009",Current Employee - WW Operations,If you love what you make all else is overrated,Pride of working on best products with the most talented people. A startup agility in a big corporation. Instant and direct feedback that allows you to improve your skills. Be part of a success story. Opportunity to grow vertically and laterally.,It takes time to build the best products - long hours are the norm. Very fast paced and places a lot of stress mentally and physically. Personal life takes a backseat. Systems are one of the worst in the industry.,Be more family friendly. Share the wealth - bonus plan is for directors and senior management only.,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46368,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 5, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer IV,My boss is cool. Most aren't.,"Working for Apple can be something you take pride in - I write software that my whole family (and millions of other people) get to see and use every day. My work is usually interesting, and I'm mostly surrounded by very smart people.  My manager is not typical - he is respectful of my life outside of work. My work schedule is very flexible thanks to that. I'm always able to take vacations, and I'm able to telecommute once a week, sometimes twice if I need to. I haven't come into the office on the weekend at all during the last 4-5 years.  Since 2007-2008, our cafeteria is awesome. It really sucked before that. The burrito bar kicks ass now. Cafeteria food costs $$$ - it's not free.","Many departments, and their VP's, directors, and managers have unrealistic expectations of their employees. Particularly on the hardware engineering side of Infinite Loop (buildings 5 and 6), people get driven very hard and are regularly expected to work weekends.  I've witnessed age discrimination. On multiple occasions, co-workers over 50 were laid off without warning. I assume this is a routine pruning to let go the people with the highest salaries, but it always feels kinda wrong to me. My department does regular layoffs, maybe 8-10 people get dropped every 2 years. At the same time, we're always hiring. Our use of layoffs seems like a disingenuous (disingenuous since we're hiring simultaneously) way to drop poor performers.",Pull the throttle back - nobody likes to come to work on the weekend.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46369,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 20, 2009",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,Great place to work if you don't have kids!,"Smart people to work with, great pay and benefits--you can essentially carve your own niche if you have enough ambition and can work with the right people to get where you want to go. You will have to put in LOTS of extra hours, but travel opportunities abound and if you are not limited by family obligations and have extraordinary drive, you can go as far as you want to go. I met a number of extraordinary people there, some who will be friends for life. The informal Apple alumni network has also been extremely valuable in my post-Apple life.","Long hours, poor work/life balance. If you have small children or other family obligations that limit your hours to the typical 9 to 5, this is not the company for you. That mindset is typical for Silicon Valley, however.",Lighten up on the guilt factor if people have to leave at a normal hour.,5.0,2.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P975.htm
46370,apple,none," Apr 28, 2009",Current Employee - Technical Support Agent,Great work if you can get it.,"Always something new! Great customers, great co-workers, great products. Opportunities for advancement exist -- Apple expects the best and promotes the best. Feedback from management is fair, frequent and consistent. Training is expected and encouraged. Overall, compensation is fair. Co-workers are terrific people overall and very supportive in general.","Like any company, apple sometimes gets stuck inside its own processes, despite having a reputation for being ""outside the box"" thinkers. Salary reviews could come with more frequency. Call center hours change frequently, and there doesn't appear to be an easily understandable way to explain how schedules are handed out.",Listen to the peons.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46371,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Apr 27, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Not a bad way to earn a little money.,"It's the best entry level retail job I've had, or heard of. No commission, acceptable pressure to make sales, and the best ""dress code"" in the business. Everyone working there is happy to be there, and is fun to hang out with. I've never had a retail job where coworkers actually wanted to hang out after work- and neither have I had one where management/the company wasn't bashed every chance we got.","It's retail. Dealing with The Public sucks. The store gets really busy- there was literally one single time where it was empty of customers, and it's almost always quite busy. Also, people have ridiculously silly expectations of warranty coverage, and take it out on you on an almost daily basis.","A predictable schedule, completed months ahead of time, would be great.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46372,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 17, 2009",Current Employee - Lead Mac Genius,"Great place to work, but can be better.","The opportunity to work with an amazing and varied cadre of individuals. It IS retail with all that entails, but the quality of customers in general is better than General retail, if that makes sense. Consistency is definitely the goal, a consistently high quality level of service, and Apple is one of the most responsive companies I've worked for when comes to addressing issues with it be regarding employees or customer's gripes. That's not to say it's perfect, far from it, there's definitely a lot of room for improvement and transparency. Also better communication amongst the various groups, teams and departments within Apple would go a long way towards resolving any misunderstandings, something which is sorely lacking right now.","No growth oppurtunities for retail employees, aka ""the redheaded stepchild""","The Retail side of Apple has a great pool of enthusiastic individuals who feel neglected by the mothership. Pay attention to them if you hope to continue Apple's dominance, Sony used to make great products too, and still do, but where are they now?",4.0,3.0,none,1.5,2.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46373,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Personal Shopping Specialist,"Apple Retail, the real way.",Great benefits for all full-time employees at all levels of the company. Discounts on Apple products. You will be working with other very smart like-minded people which is not something that can be said of all places. One of the most prestigious employers in the computer industry. Discounts and free software from third parties.,Unable to work on any side projects in coding or software development no matter what part of the company you work at. Management does not always understand directives of the company and different levels of management are sometimes misaligned.,Get on the same page and listen to employees.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46374,apple,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Apr 20, 2009",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple,"Fun, lots of stuff to do. Never bored.","Busy-ness. Always something to do, may be a downside.",Be friendlier to employees,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46375,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Apr 24, 2009",Former Employee - Technical Support Agent,"Not for the faint of heart or thin skinned. Play hard, work harder.","Benefits, Benefits, Benefits! Pay is not necessarily the highest in the industry, but Apple benefits look more like corporations of old, minus a pension.","Although you control your destiny, Apple picks who they want to hire and retain...and they are VERY picky indeed!","It's nice that Apple is ""going green"", but a more important move would be to start INsourcing their workforce agan. Some of Billions they make per quarter could go to that effort and they would come out Patriotic Heroes in doing so!",3.0,4.5,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46376,apple,"Escondido, CA"," Apr 15, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Genius,just some thoughts,"Great products, great discounts, great place to work",working your butt off for the pay,were working harder than you think,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46377,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Apr 12, 2009",Current Employee - Specialist,A great place to work with a few caveats,"Apple is a company that offers good opportunities to employees who work hard, and a place were weaker employees are given chances, and help to improve their abilities. There is an amount of prestige associated with positions at Apple which can lead to great job opportunities after you leave the company. A great amount of time and effort is expended to train employees to be able to perform at a high level, and reach their full potential. A great amount of effort is made to work with people to provide them with a working schedule that works for them, and the rest of their life.","Because of the size and number of people that work for each apple retail location, there can be a tendency to get lost in the shuffle on occasion. There is a high rate of turnover in the staff, which can lead to periods where the customers do not receive the best service which can reflect badly on people who are doing well at their jobs.  There can also be a large amount of bureaucracy in finding out about positions within the company, the application process for those positions, and what steps need to be taken to be considered for those positions.","There is a need for some more transparency in the process involving changing position, and improving ones position in the store.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46378,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 10, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,Good but tough,"The brand, the opportunities, cash in the bank",A lot of egos. People flocking in from large corporates without the Apple spirit.,You don't have to behave like Steve Jobs to get ahead. That's not the only thing it takes.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46379,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 1, 2009",Current Employee - QA Engineer,"Some flaws, but in general a fantastic place to work.",Coworkers are very high quality,"Management are just people good at their job, not good at management. Managers are also expected to continue do do their previous jobs in addition to managing.",Promote better managers rather than good performers.,4.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P976.htm
46380,apple,"Arlington, VA"," Apr 8, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Happy to sell a computer, but proud to sell a Mac.","Apple is retail 2.0. They handle customers as people and not units. They not only allow you to work with the same customer for a onger period of time, but encourage it, as the stores are compared not only by sales, but also HEAVILY by customer feedback.","The means of advancement are not clearly outlined, and in-store communication in general is somewhat lacking. It's understandable, though, based on the sheer number of employees per store (often 100-150).  I detest EasyPays, the horrid windows-based mobile cash registers. They cause me more missed sales and opportunities than anything else in the store.",work with your staff to develop better communication between the top and the bottom in the store.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46381,apple,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 17, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Apple is Great Company, Steer free of Retail Though","Apple is an incredible company. They offer amazing benefits, including Health, dental, 401k (matching), vision, gym memberships, ESPP, and education reimbursement. The people that Apple as a company attracts as employees are also amazing. For the most part you'll enjoy the staff you work with at the store and even management on a personal level. Apple has a great training program that involves sending all new hires to California or Texas for training for two weeks. During this time all expenses are paid, including food, hotel, and travel expenses. Apple will later pay for your re-certifications every year. The training is top-notch.",Retail does not allow for promotion and management will work you to death to make their bonuses. Frequently due to the explosion of Apple's popularity stores are overworked. Apple has increased the sales staff in many stores but the tech support staff is often overwhelmed. Stores are doing double the business they did last year with no additional support. Pay increases are minimal considering the increased amount of work. Management however in order to meet their bonuses often push retail employees to work even harder. Stores often will fine that they are physically too small as well. You'll be forced to work mere inches away from your co-workers.,Support the staff in favor of more staff and larger stores.,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46382,apple,none," Apr 6, 2009",Current Employee - Specialist,the coolest retail job around,To say you work for Apple. Apple has created a dynamic workplace where the workers are always going through some type of training to keep up with the always changing product line. They really believe in the success of their workers and develop them for advancement within the company. Apple is Awesome. The perks of working at this innovative technology company are also fabulous.,They should consider giving some type of time off for part time workers. Alot of younger people work at the stores so people tend to band together. Sometime the management tends to not schedule any learning time,Appreciate and help out your workers any chance that you get,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46383,apple,none," Apr 5, 2009",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great place, great people, but it's retail. Customers are customers.","Great people, great products. The managers are extremely protective of employee's break times, and they treat employees with respect. There is a great sense to teamwork and camaraderie amongst the teams, and a lot of people hang out together outside of work. The training is thorough and there is always mentoring going on. They do their absolute best to make for a positive customer experience, and it's unlike any other retail anywhere, period.","Like any retail experience, the customers can range from great to horrific. I thank my lucky stars I wasn't a technician, where everyone who comes to you has a problem of some sort. I've been yelled at and insulted by customers.","Keep doing what you're doing, keep making the best products around and keep revolutionizing retail!",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46384,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Awesome work place, low pay.","The atmosphere is simply amazing. Everyone is a ""pretty person"" and they're all very smart and fun to talk to. You also get the added benefit of knowing you work for an amazing brand.",Low pay and relatively slow promotion.,The management did a great job in judging performance and awarding those who did well.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46385,apple,"Providence, RI"," Mar 31, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Definitely not a boring day at the office, however don't expect to know your schedule to far ahead of time...","Apple is a great place to work because everyone seems to get along really well. A lot of customers think that we work off commission but we do not and I like that. I feel that if we did then there would be a lot more tension amongst the employees. They are very good when you request time off (as long as its 2 weeks in advance) as well as allowing you to switch shifts with people and they really try to make it fun at work and not like a ""day at the office.""","Of course not every job is perfect, and even apple is not an exception. One of the main issues is that we do not receive our schedules until a week or 4 days before we are scheduled and its hard to plan your life around that. Also, your schedule changes every week which makes it difficult to plan other things because you never know when you will be scheduled. It is also sometimes very redundant because we are selling all the same things to some very obnoxious customers!","I feel the management team works pretty well together as well with the rest of the employees however sometimes they put a little to much pressure on you to sell certain things, and in this economy its very hard to sell the ""extra"" things.",4.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46386,apple,"Portland, OR"," Apr 29, 2009",Former Employee - Customer Care Assistant,"Apple is a low-paying, unethical sweatshop.",You enjoy being treated as less than human. You're desperate and can't find anything else.,"Apple has no conception of employees as human beings. This is made evident through its incentive bonus plan. You can earn a max of about $500 per month based on customer feedback. Exact amount depends on customer ratings and number of reviews received. However, management makes it clear through periodic reminders that if you miss any time at work for any reason, you are displaying a poor work ethic and will lose your earned bonus. A sick day costs you the entire bonus for the month, even if it's the last day of the month and you were about to qualify for the maximum bonus. Lateness to work for any reason, even a legitimate one like a car accident costs you a significant portion of the bonus. I have been with mothers as they sobbed in the break room, because they have to leave work in the middle of the day to take care of a sick child, knowing that they will lose their bonus money and will struggle to be able to pay the child's doctor. Apple management actually states in writing that ""it is always your choice if you don't come to work and you are showing a poor work ethic if you don't"". Legitimate sickness, legitimate child care issues, any legitimate reason for absence is not accepted. Because of the significant drop in earnings, people usually don't stay out when they're sick, colds and flu are rampant in this workplace. Furthermore, the requests for feedback about your work that Apple e-mails to customers do not mention your name, or the topic that was discussed during the telephone call. Quite often the customer reviews someone other than you, e.g. a previous agent they were dissatisfied with, or a Mac Genius at the Apple Store you referred the caller to. So even if you did a great job, you get a bad review on your record. This reduces the percentage of good feedback for the month and drops your bonus. Apple does not remove these mistakes from your record. Management says ""you get some good ones and some bad ones."" In other words, tough s***. I have lost hundreds and hundreds of dollars because of this unconscionable attitude. Who has the poor ethic in this picture?",Get a clue. Explore how the majority of large American businesses handle their employees.,1.0,3.0,none,3.5,1.5,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46387,apple,"The Woodlands, TX"," Apr 6, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Jump in the water is fine.,"Great Products, Fair Discounts, One of the most innovative companies that you could ever think to work for. Changes lives! Constant product development. They really try to focus on the customer and providing an enriching experience to keep them coming back for more.","Hard to get promoted unless you are part of the ""in"" crowd. They don't look at a person's strengths only the opportunities and use that as a basis of your not ready to take the next level. Too much philosophy and not enough application of knowledge. You can read a book but then you must stop reading and apply what you are learning.",Jump in the water is fine. Learn the products and technology and listen to your employees and everything will be much better. It is better to be a part of a team than to be alienated.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46388,apple,"New York, NY"," Mar 24, 2009",Former Employee - Sales,Different. In a Good Way.,"Apple is unquestionably a cool company and working for it definitely feels different (and better) than other retail gigs I've had. Benefits are great and you really do become better at what you do the longer you're there and in a meaningful way. Things can get hectic, but all in all, it's more fun than other retail without a doubt.","The usual retail blahs. Salary is not as high as it should be for genuinely skilled and knowledgeable employees. Customers occasionally make you want to pull your hair out, so it's not for people with a lack of patience.",Trust a bit more that you really don't know everything and there are others that might be able to teach YOU something.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46389,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 2, 2009",Former Employee - Director,Cool yet ruthless,"If you're looking for the cool factor, Apple is a great place to be. It can be fun to say you work for Apple.","Apple takes pride in keeping things confidential and this has huge marketing impact for them. Product releases are treated as news. The problem is that everything is confidential inside the organization too, which means its hard to get the information you need to do your job.  It's also a pretty ruthless place to work, with non-stop urgent deadlines and little appreciation for your work.","Do some things to show you value people, not just technology.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P977.htm
46390,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 15, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,You don't work here for the money,"Working on something relevant and respected means the best and the brightest stick around, even if it's not the highest compensated place to work. Intelligence is thick there, and it's easy to learn something you are interested in directly from the person who designed it.","Older employee base means there aren't very many social opportunities (colleagues go home to families rather than meeting socially). Employee satisfaction is not a top priority among upper management because ""You don't work here for the money"". Short term product cycles get in the way of long term investing, for example offices are crammed with 2 or more people and the new campus has been delayed to start construction by 2 years.","In a company where talent and intellectual property are so important, yearly bonuses and Patent bonuses are quite literally a joke and you would do well increasing those performance based incentives.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46391,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 27, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Apple can be exciting to work for, but it's a rough ride. Not for the faint-hearted.","Everyone knows where you work and they think it's awesome. You get to play with all of the latest software and toys, and work for one of the most profitable companies in the world.","Apple is very secretive. It can be difficult to know what's going on ahead of time, and then all of the sudden, you need to shift and adapt. Schedules are very rough and change a lot. Releases, and crunch-time seems omni-present. It can be overwhelming. If your strengths do not include constant adaptation to continuous change, then Apple will frustrate you.",Trust your employees more than you do with company secret information. Things would run a lot smoother.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46392,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Mar 20, 2009",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Retail for career minded techies,"High level of independence, professional growth. Good for young folks who haven't picked a direction yet.","Everything is always changing, management, people, policies, products.","Nurture your talent, ignore the politics.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46393,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Mar 18, 2009",Current Employee - Genius,If you can get paid more somewhere else....,"Kind bosses, a lot of busy work and useful work. You aren't responsible for doing dumb things. You get paid time off, insurance, benefits. There are monthly bonuses and incentives. Your management is very nice and understand if things come up. The hours aren't bad. The customers are very responsive and enjoy speaking with you.","You don't get paid what you're worth, there are no commissions, your discount is sub par to the say the least. Holidays are hell on earth.",Share the wealth! We are the backbone on which the products are sold and we make a pittance compared to the billions this company makes each year. Hire true professionals and pay them as such.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46394,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 20, 2009",Current Employee - Market Development,Apple is GOOD,"They pay you good the people are nice ect, ect, ect, ect, ect",Nothing it is very good,Thanks,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46395,apple,"Short Hills, NJ"," Mar 19, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Highest paying summer job I ever had.,"Excellent pay, you don't have to serve people food, if you're in to consumer electronics it can be interesting sometimes, customers are usually nicer to you than they would be elsewhere. You get discounts on a lot of third party products that apple sells, and if you take more than just a seasonal job you also get discounts on apple products themselves. Having just a high base rate of pay rather than working on commission makes for a low pressure sales environment in which you can just be honest with the customer (most of the time).","A lot of standing, a lot of walking, constant pressure from managers to make high sales even though there is no commission.","Relax. People are going to buy what they're going to buy, and the system we're all working under makes managers put pressure on salespeople to sell certain things that customers probably don't need.",4.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46396,apple,"Knoxville, TN"," Mar 28, 2009",Former Employee - Genius,So you want to be a Genius?,"Great co-workers, good sense of camaraderie. Great benefits, great discounts. Proud to be helping people get such an amazing product. Very good training resources, constant internal systems and efficiency improvements, open to suggestions.","VERY POOR advancement possibilities for Geniuses at Apple Stores. You're basically topped out unless you want to be management. Few geniuses ever make it to corporate. Really crappy schedule, typical of retail is nights and weekends. As a Genius, you are a customer service rep, you take a lot of abuse from customers in person, and often get forced to try to sell things to customers who are not in a good mood to begin with.","More staff on the Genius Bar, better diagnostic utilities, faster troubleshooting methods, more automation. Do not make the geniuses meet sales metrics, have some other staff educate customers on the benefits of Procare, AppleCare etc. No time for that at the Genius Bar.",2.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46397,apple,none," Mar 23, 2009",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Apple. Think Different, or DO NOT DEVIATE?","The best reason to work for AAPL is the stock, the street cred after the fact, the discounts and occasional free iPod/iPhone, and meeting customers who love the product. Benefits if you survive the bureaucratic gauntlet to FT","Choke hold on company transparency. Conflicting must-do requirements from managers who have less technical knowledge than they advertise. Pay is retail, not tech company. Reality distortion field requires brain bleach Kool-Aid Working at Apple destroyed my love for it as a company. Misrepresenting company policies to customers. Essentially, AAPL puts as much effort into pretending it is a flawless company as it should into being honest and forward to customers.","Solidify metrics requirements, unify message, understand that Gap retail employees cannot replace technicians, and be more honest with upward channels.",3.0,1.5,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46398,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Mar 22, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Retail is still unfortunately still retail.,"The best reason to work for Apple is to abuse the discount. 25% off retail is price impressive. Thats 700 dollars off the 2499 macbook pro model. This really helped me throughout school only having to work for retail part time. The other great reason is debit card for caltrain, bus, and bart. Apple gives you 100 dollars in the form of a credit card that you can use to commute, or joyride to the city on your days off.","Growth is hard. If you're gonna go into this job in retail, expect it to be temporary. You can't really move up in the company quickly. It's contradicting on how they work. If you're the best at your job, they try to keep you there to help store numbers. Yet if you're bad at your job, they say you need to improve to get the other positions available. Don't assume working for apple retail now gives you an advantage to get into apple corporate. It no longer works like that. Retail doesn't mean crap.","your job to appear cheesy makes our days miserable. I hate how you guys try to appear like working for apple is all glamour and you try too hard. Yes we love apple, but we hate retail.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46399,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 11, 2009",Current Employee - Software Quality Assurance,Being QA at Apple,Producing great consumer media applications Appreciation for quality Interesting people Being in a strong position in the industry Creative thinking,periods of overload contracting doesnt provide the benefits,be open to tapping into the creativity and growth of all emploees,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P978.htm
46400,apple,"Wayne, NJ"," Mar 24, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,"Not the best job, but I'm not quitting anytime soon","Great benefits, good discounts on the products, getting to learn while on the job, awesome t-shirts, discounted stock, excellent company to have on a resume, usually a pretty fun work environment  Day to day the job is pretty cool. Most coworkers are on the same wavelength as you, so it's usually pretty easy to get a long with people. Higher up in the chain, it appears that the top level of management really does listen to employee concerns and they make attempts to address problems. (Unfortunately this is usually botched by local level management). Overall though, it's a great day job, but not something I want to do for the rest of my life.","Retail hours (including weekends and holidays), the occasional obnoxious customer, absolutely no transparency from management, expectations of work don't match the pay rate, promotions are based on manager preference rather than job performance, additional responsibilities without pay raises are given to people all the time so they get burnt out, summers and holidays are almost unbearably busy  At my location specifically, I'm not a big fan of my management. I think they're mostly inept. This doesn't reflect on the company as a whole, but it's the main reason I'm somewhat dissatisfied here. Beyond my local and market managers, it at least appears that there are some competent people, but then again we've never actually met them, either.",Quit while you're ahead and let someone who knows what they're doing take over.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46401,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 10, 2009",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Great company with great products suffering from culture changes to big box retailer.,"Great products, great benefits. Really great vision and mission statements. Very innovative company.","Turning into a big box retail. Bad pay.  Payroll hours are limited during slower times of year but company continues to increase staff which causes hours per employee to average around 10 per week during slower time periods, about half the year. This decreases morale considerably.  Management is overall very positive but can tend to value going outside the company for positions rather than promoting from within. This leads to a lot of senior and regional managers who don't share the culture of the company and who have a large learning curve to get up to speed.",Be braver with creative ideas. Support your store more.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46402,apple,"Fort Worth, TX"," Mar 12, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Better Than Microsoft,The quality of life factor. Yes they don't pay as much as they should but man is it a blast to see a persons face when you show them dashboard to iPhoto and they light up like a candle.,Promotions are almost non-existent and even when they do come you have to fight tooth and nail for it. I've heard horror stories of my friends who trained a new comer and then that new comer took the full time job he was inline for! Promotions from inside the company are almost a joke.,Promote people and hire replacements for people who leave. Don't just leave us all short handed all the time.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46403,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 1, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,I've made more money at Apple than any startup or established company I've worked for.,"Working for Apple is best if you like having a peer group to learn from and grow with. You get out of Apple what you put in. You really can't be a super rock star to it alone type, since the process of creating a product requires many hundreds of people. An individual can come up with and promote their own idea - and then see a support group grow around it if the executive team decides to productize it. This is quite different from other companies where individual contributions are not respected nor desired. Apple lets you be creative, and rewards that.","The biggest downside to working from Apple has to be the overcrowding on the main campus. They're building another campus, and they've leased a bunch more space, but new hires are starting to double up and the on site cafeteria has become a madhouse. Apple no longer has a sabaatical program, which is something I'd hope they bring back in the future. With the economy being the way it is, Apple holds the cards as far as compensation, but I really have no complaints. They recently improved the coffee situation too. I wish they had a better employee purchase program.","I would tell senior management that they need to reign in the number of parallel projects. All groups seem to be working at full steam all the time, without a chance to realign and redesign things that are getting old. It would be a good idea for Apple to fund more basic research. All that being said, Apple makes amazing products and its an honor to be a part of this company.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46404,apple,"Reno, NV"," Mar 10, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Apple!,Its a fun place to work,Not one that i cant think of,none,5.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46405,apple,none," Mar 10, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Love working at Apple,It allows people to be themselves and be happy to go to work every day. You can have tattoos and dress how you want and they accept you because you are you. It makes it so that it doesn't seem like you are going to work or dreading going to work.,Less hours lately but that is the same case nation wide. Hopefully with the economy improving we will see even this downside go away. One of the things I heard about working for Apple was that it is a great place to work for quick advancement in the company.,There should be incentives such as free iPod give-aways or something like that. I would imagine selling so many would call for a couple being handed to the employees as reward.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46406,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," Mar 9, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),To the point,"There is a fantastic culture in the store. Everyone is so relaxed and friendly. It's like one happy family. Great place to socialize with customers and co-workers. Great products of course - If you're as passionate as most of the workers are, then it won't seem like work.  Another great side - Management doesn't breathe down your neck all the time. Although, they do have to meet a quota for Mobile me, applecare, onetoone sales so sometimes they can hassle you if your numbers are low.  Also, if you want time off, they're quite flexible. You just need to give three weeks notice.",There's no commission. The pay is average. Company is very secretive of information.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46407,apple,none," Mar 5, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inside apple,"You're involved in something that's changing the world. That's huge & exciting in itself. You're also working with very very intelligent people, so there's always an opportunity to learn. The cafeteria is phenomenal & you can wear whatever you like.","A lot is done manually. We focus on the customer experience & do what we have to do on the back end to make it seamless, so things don't work as smoothly behind the curtains as you'd imagine. There are also some VERY interesting characters that work here - you've got to be someone that is flexible in your work style & can communicate with various personality types.",Have Apple engineers write our internal systems!,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46408,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 26, 2009",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,iDream job,"You work with some of the brightest, smartest, most creative people you will ever meet.","Project secrecy can be a hindrance, but also adds to the allure of working at Apple.",none,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46409,apple,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 16, 2009",Former Employee - Concierge,Apple Retail a Fun Diversion But No Place For a Career,"Great product, fun coworkers, fun overall atmosphere.","One word: Retail. If you already have a degree, and are hoping a job at the Apple Store will get you noticed in the corporate world, forget it. If you are a student and need a cool $10/per hour job, then go for it. Otherwise, expect to be treated as just a warm body - management may talk you up about opportunities, but they are only concerned with one thing: making a sale. Coworkers who toe-the-line in the surreal 1984-style atmosphere behind the polished steel and glass doors are rewarded while those who may have real-world experience but don't become the store manager's pet are not. Check your real world at the door when you take a job for Apple Retail, because you have just entered Ron Johnson's fantasy land domain where Apple Stores are synonymous to ivy league universities such as Stanford, but not surprisingly, salaries aren't!","Promote people based on background and experience, not brown-nosing or Kool-Aid drinking.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P979.htm
46410,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 17, 2009",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,"Good for the short term, single persion","Working at Appled means absolutely everyone on the planet knows who you work for, the name brand is very powerful and means a) when you're doing things with customers or suppliers, they listen, and b) the best resume builder you can dream of. There is a lot of mystic associated with the Appled image and many tech employers place great weight to it. Additionaly, because of the ridiculously high volume they do for some products, the work environment allows you exposure to extreme volume production, meaning you can do a lot of things and explore a lot of areas you aren't allowed to do at smaller firms.",Ridiculous working hours. NO work/life balance,Give people a change to enjoy life rather than suck the life out of them.,4.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46411,apple,none," Mar 11, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feeling stuck and oppressed,"My current position permits me to have a very flexible schedule, I basically set my own work schedule. It's nice having access to the latest gear from Apple as well as the myriad of software. My immediate management is excellent. Benefits and salary are good.","Working out of a home office can make you feel isolated. I also don't have a lot of opportunities to expand my professional network within the company, making professional advancement outside of my division next to impossible. To move up in my career path would require far more travel, which seems absolutely backwards. Our Marketing department is absurdly oppressive, I often feel that creativity is sought only from Engineering and Product Marketing while conformity is dictatorially and unkindly mandated elsewhere.","Senior management should recognize the value of the creativity of all employees, even those at the bottom of the ladder.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46412,apple,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Feb 24, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Pretty decent experience with some opportunity for advancement (for retail),The best reason to work at Apple is there were some open box sales for employees in addition to the employee discount. The employee discount was limited to like one or two big purchases a year. It was at least 25% off if remember correctly.  Opportunity to advance was made known and could be initiated. I was under the impression you could end up at corporate if you kept your focus.  The retail environment was very positive and productive,"I would have to say that the benefits are poor for part time employees. They really only hire part time employees and the couple of full time positions are for aspiring management. Nothing wrong with that per se, it is smart considering they are publicly traded. There was a lot of pressure for achieving numbers at the store and from corporate and this is pushed on down. It wasn't done in a negative way but there is a lot of rah rah rah and negative people really won't do well there (I was fairly negative at the time and didn't really last to be honest) but if you love Apple it is a fun retail environment and you will love your colleagues. SO many Apple geeks!!!  In addition I would say that there seemed to be ample opportunities for trainings and moving on up, however you had to take the initiative because no one was going to hold your hand through it. You have to raise your hand and take the first step, which was encouraged of course.","It's great that full time employees receive health benefits (with no premium cost) and all, but at least allow part timers to buy benefits if they need (at a discount) for themselves or their family.",4.0,3.0,none,4.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46413,apple,none," Feb 28, 2009",Former Employee - Account Executive,"If you are considering a field sales job, do your homework.","This post relates only to corporate sales, not Apple stores, and not working for Apple Corporate in Cupertino. As an account executive, the group (e.g. Higher Education, K-12, Corporate or Channel) you work for makes a huge difference. The products are great, and the benefits are great. Customers love the products, and hence generally want to work with you. It's a company you can take pride in at the high level.","Most of the sales managers have been in their jobs for 10-20 inside Apple. My manager was promoted despite having no experience working outside of Apple for the last 20 years. The ""good old boy"" network was in full swing. There was zero tolerance for ""out of the Apple box"" approaches business development, which is highly ironic for a company known for innovation. Our team brought proven concepts borrowed from other industries, with documented ROI, yet every attempt to improve processes was crushed by people who had been in their jobs far too long. To make things worse, very poor performance is tolerated if the employee is a manager ""favorite"", while top performers suffered. Many members of our group went for several years without a performance review, which then eliminated their chances for salary increases and promotion.","Listen to the front line members of the team, not just the managers who tell you exactly what you want to hear.",2.0,1.5,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46414,apple,"Broomfield, CO"," Feb 19, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple Store, Fun, but not a career","Fun products, and fun people",Retail politics are present even in this industry leader,Provide more opportunity for growth,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46415,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Mar 1, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,It's just a corporation.,"Smart co-workers, good products, pretty campus.","Change the world? If you mean feeding starving kids in Africa, that's Bill Gates. Apple makes slick products for yuppies. In exchange, you get huge work hours, medium pay and benefits. This is okay though, it's not so different essentially from other companies. Worst problem is some of mid-level management. I've never seen the level of pettiness and in a couple of cases, viciousness toward employees anywhere else that I've seen here. It's not throughout the whole company, but there are a couple of sectors that are really bad, and they have lost people because of it. You have to be very careful about the mid to senior level management you'll work for.","Grow up. Apple is a corporation selling consumer products, not ""changing the world,"" whatever that means. Expect professionalism from every level of your management.",2.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46416,apple,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 2, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple review,Apple is a company with a huge focus on customer satisfaction and delivering transformational products. There are many useful CSE and selling techniques that are taught. These techniques are a solid foundation for any selling environment. The products are constantly changing and updating so there is a challenge involved in making sure the employees are constantly training to be knowledgeable about all the products.,The structure for advancement is very basic. Retail takes a big hit given our current economic situation so it is difficult to balance a staff of the right size and keep a consistent schedule. Vacation time is not that great.,Recognition of top performers is key.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46417,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 15, 2009",Current Employee - Manager,"Coolest Company to Work For, Period!","Coolest company to work for, period!","Demanding environment, constantly under pressure",Keep actively developing and promoting right talents,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46418,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 10, 2009",Current Employee - Specialist,"i love apple, and you probably do too",great staff great products word,working in a mall word,keep it up,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46419,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 5, 2009",Current Employee - Account Executive,Apple is a satisfying experience.,Creativity and Flexibility are valued as employee qualities. The company makes outstanding products.,"Imbedded administrative processes can be cumbersome. You have to have a strong personality to ""sell"" internally.",Walk a mile in the shoes of someone who works in the Field.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P980.htm
46420,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 30, 2009",Former Employee - Operations/Projects,"High morale, great people but stressful work",High Morale overall. Competent and respectful Senior Management.Products you can be very proud of.,"Work/Life balance is hard to achieve. Stressful work at a high pace as company was / is growing so much. People there are extremely smart and you have to keep up with high standards all the time. Too many undefined processes with various departments involved ( you often can't speak or understand their 'language' - technical), and no training is available for learning the processes (it's all hands-on. Can't really figure out with common sense either as processes are highly technical. ) If you don't have a technical background, you may be lost.","More flexible with employees working from home, telecommute, etc.",4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46421,apple,"Jackson, MS"," Feb 6, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Top notch company,"Great Place to work, amazing company, amazing vision. High level though to take care of its people and customers.",There is a lot of info that comes at you. It is ever changing.,keep going with the strong,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46422,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Feb 3, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple is a great place to work, including great products",Some of the best reasons to work for apple is the fact that as an employee you have the closest environment to products that you should be passionate about,"Some of the downsides of working at apple range from a variety of things. The major concern I had was that apple is a big company, and with such a precedent, there is limitation of communication between lower employees and higher employees.","To senior management: wonderful job so far, you have resurrected apple to success. The most important thing I feel is that there is passion and dedicated research to making great products, marketing is the easy part.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46423,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jan 31, 2009",Current Employee - Concierge,go and apply to apple !,The knowledge discounts and people,"busy, hard work, you not paid much",take it easy guys,4.0,3.5,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46424,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 2, 2009",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Cool saying you work for Apple but thats about it. Low pay, overworked, unrealistic expectations. High blood pressure.",Having the name on your resume is nice as most other employers will be impressed. The amazing Marketing machine that Apple is brings a lot of status wearing the badge. You can have pride in the products that Apple sells as they are truly the best products in its market.,"The pay at Apple is quite a bit below industry standards. Apple leverages the name in every possible aspect including employee productivity. Management puts the constant ""fear"" that there are others that would love to have your job and that you are never trying hard enough or doing enough.",Increase pay and let up a little on the Micromanagement. And stop with the leadership by fear. It is driving me out.,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46425,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 26, 2009",Current Employee - QA Engineer,There's no place I'd rather be.,"Products, technology, benefits, work environment.",Apple is still a workaholic's paradise.,More hardware interconnectivity/interoperability might be an advantage.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46426,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 1, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unethical director level management,"Great products, great reputation, great ads.","No work/life balance, HR ineffective in dealing with senior level managers who display questionable ethics","Remove managers that abuse employees and have questionable ethics and integrity. It doesn't pay to keep someone at the director level who is unethical, the company as a whole is brought down and good employees are leaving.",3.0,1.5,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46427,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 14, 2009",Former Employee - Writer,Excellent products and great culture,"Groundbreaking technology, fabulous products, excellent salary and benefits, high-pressure but exciting corporate culture, products are developed by teams, so each employee has a chance to contribute to making the product better, generally can get the resources and support needed for essential work on products, visionary leadership.","High expectations, at times, very great schedule pressure if your work is part of a new product, sometimes difficult to get upper management to respect needs for balance between work and the rest of one's life.","Keep the teamwork going and always allow individual contributors to improve the products. Bringing back sabbaticals would be terrific, too.",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46428,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 27, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Very satisfied,"Great company vision, amazing team.",Time management can be difficult.,None.,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46429,apple,"San Antonio, TX"," Jan 22, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Not the best,Great diverse ecosystem Gay friendly,"Nothing, great place to work i love it.",None,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P981.htm
46430,apple,none," Jan 22, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Being apart of a revolution takes some sacrificing,"This is the most fun company to work for. As an employee, you are apart of a revolution every day. You will work with the smartest people you've ever met, and your superiors at the corporate level will inspire you.","If you are in retail, you have to abide by the store's hours, which can be anywhere from 7am to midnight. Also, different stores may have different management ideas. Some management teams might be great, others might totally stink. There is a lot you might have to sacrifice if you consider a full time job with the company.",a lot of people are underpaid and have no direction or idea for where they want to be in 5 years.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46431,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 20, 2009",Current Employee - Non-Disclosurable,None.,Design the coolest product. What more?,Demanding and extremely results driven.,NA,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46432,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Engineer,"If you have the energy, a great place to grow","independent work environment, exciting and forward thinking products. Very casual environment with senior management. Being a relatively young person, I've found my management tree has been very good about compensating good work, regardless of age.","I've found some employees in parallel organizations (such as the EPM's) to be overstaffed, overpaid, egotistical and incompetent while at the same time, certain teams in in more technical areas have been grossly understaffed and underpaid. The environment is very fast paced in some of the higher profile teams, and thus people tend to burn out",Stop hiring excessive project managers and hire more engineers.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46433,apple,"Jackson, MS"," Jan 10, 2009",Former Employee - Business Partner,A discussion of all things Apple,"Apple provides a unique work environment in that most coworkers are enthusiastic about the products directly relates to a great customer experience. In my years there I have found that Apple looks out for customers first, unlike most retail chains. They are dedicated to the consumer and dedicated to employees. Management does their best to accommodate all people from all walks of life. You are allowed to express your individuality within the walls of Apple","When looking to get promoted there are a lot of qualified applicants from within, not to mention the outside. Highly competitive for advancement. Other downsides include the air secrecy around product releases and what not. While I understand Apple's desire to create a marketing buzz, as employees, we are immediately bombarded with questions about new products the moment they are announced when we in fact have no prior knowledge of them.",Promote from within. It's a great company with a lot of good people on the inside.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46434,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jan 25, 2009",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Having weekends off may not be an option.,The best reason to work for Apple is the technical training. The salaries are high but lower that the people who worked before our new group came in. There seems to be a turnover about every 18 months and you can be fired for cause. There is no tolerance for being late or not showing up to work without calling in. You will get warning letters but if you are not liked by your management you will have a hard time.,"Your work schedule is all about Apple. Not about you. So If you are use to working and having the weekends off forget that. You may have 2 days in the middle of the week off. In a way that could be helpful if you are running to the doctors office with kids. But if you are single, or just a married couple it can really put a damper on things - especially if you enjoy going to church or enjoy being with friends and family on the week-end.  The other thing is the hours. With the crazy schedule and hours changing, it can be a challenge working for this company.","Apple's management changes a lot. I think that managers need more sensitivity training. So far I have been lucky, but there are those who really do not know how to manage people. Employees need to be able to evaluate the managers, and give feed back.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46435,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," Dec 27, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The best retail store on the planet. Period.,"It is just a really fun place to work where you get to use and sell the latest and greatest consumer technology of any company in the world. You get to sell product that are genuine and that you know are the best of their kind. Everyone uses a handheld cash register to ring people up on the spot. Just about everyone you work with is extremely friendly. There is an energy in the store unlike anything I have ever seen, like everyone is just so happy to be there, employees and customers alike. There are always customers bustling in and out of the stores, sometimes to many to handle, but you never feel intimidated. You actually feel like you can help everyone in the store with what they need. There is no commission, which is a good thing for three reasons. First, so there is no competition between you and other employees, everyone works together to answer the customer's questions and get them what they need. Second, you don't have to be pushy when trying to sell a customer something, which allows you to almost build a relationship with the customer. There are various customers who will come in now and say, ""Hey, how are you doing? How's your family? I'm doing great, my Mac runs wonderful."" Third, there are no goals to meet every week or month. Sure, you try to do your best, but you are not going to go home hungry or get reprimanded if you don't, which is so nice, and lets us be laid back and casual while still being productive.","If you are hired at, lets say $10 an hour, six months later, another employee can be hired at $10.50 an hour for the exact same position, and you won't get a raise because of that. Basically the person with less experience will get paid more just for getting hired later. When you argue with the higher management, they will deny it even happening, even if you show them your pay rate against another person's pay rate. Also, you would think that because one works for Apple, one would know when new products are going to come out before the public. Sadly, no. Apple runs around employees with the same amount of secrecy as it does with the general public. And a major turnoff is we as employees are not allowed to speculate at all about possible future Apple products and software. If you do, you face getting fired.","Senior Management needs to stop being so transparent. When a decision is made, they don't even have an opinion about it. They just follow orders like a brainless Nazi. e.g.: We ring everybody up with handheld registers, and there are no signs to tell people of this. So people wander aimlessly, some get angry, some get frustrated and leave. My natural first instinct is, ""Oh, put up a sign that says what to do."" Upper management will say, ""We have to do what Apple tell us to do."" I'll say, ""But don't you think that's dumb not to have any signs. If I was a customer, I would want signs to tell me where I have to go."" Upper management stiffly says, ""Apple tells us what to do, we have to do it."" I say, ""Yes, but don't you have an opinion in the matter?"" Management says, ""No, I don't get paid to have an opinion, I have to follow what Apple tells me."" Other than that, the management is very friendly and awesome.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46436,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 8, 2009",Current Employee - Apple Campus Representative,Lots of freedom at an entry level position.,"The products are great! I really like the people I work with. Gives me great opportunity to connect with my peers. Great entry level position to get me into the world of sales. Has tremendous networking opportunity. Lets you be creative in the the most competative and exciting field there is out there: Sales. What's great about this company is you can do so much within the boundaries of the company in so many areas. While the Apple culture is fairly strict when it comes to the image, you can always count on your fellow teamates to keep your creative juices flowing in the right direction.",They think they're the best computer company because they are.,"More pay! Give the Reps a higher marketing budget, and also, MacBook Pros.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46437,apple,"Austin, MN"," Jan 8, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great job, but easy to get consumed by it.","Very bright people to work with. Fast-paced environment. Risk-taking acceptable. Judged by performance. Chance to learn about many areas int he business, but at a break-neck pace.","Workaholism is rampant. Lots of talk about work/life balance, but it's nonexistent for most key resources.",Don't burn out all of your best resources.,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46438,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Wonderful people and great working atmosphere. But you're still here to sell computers.,"Working retail at Apple is really one of the most high energy positions I think I've ever had in sales. The employees and management are very upbeat and genuinely happy to be there and ask questions. It's always stressed that as a Specialist, you are NOT a salesperson, but rather a source of information - you are there to inform customers about the products so that they can make the best decision possible rather than pushing them to buy this or that, and as much as that sounds like some kind of corporate line, I always found it to be true in practice. I was never really pushed to sell more or less of any specific product. There are daily/monthly/yearly metrics, yes, but as retail employees don't work on commission, they're more used to track your own sales and progress - there's also some friendly competition between sales staff as well. Management is usually very helpful and accommodating - they can sometimes be inundated with any number of things, but usually if you simply remind them a couple times that you need to sit down for something, etc., they always do their best to find time to resolve your issues.","This may have changed since I worked at Apple retail, but my training concentrated a lot on customer service and sales, which is great. It did not concentrate too much on store procedures and policy, which isn't too great. I found, at least when I was working there, that there's a lot of ""learn as you go"" in terms of customer returns, which forms to fill out, who to direct questions to, where items are located in back-of-house (such as service items), etc. While it's not terribly difficult to figure these things out on your own, it would help tremendously if more time was spent on giving this basic information during training so when you encounter those types of situations, you're not left scratching your head or scrambling around to find someone who knows how to do what you need to be doing - it looks unprofessional to the customer.  Apple corporate also keeps employees in the dark just as much as the general public - when the iPhone was announced in January of 2007, the employees only knew as much as the general public did, and had to resort to looking at the website in order to figure out features, pricing, etc. in order to answer questions. I imagine it was the same a year and a half later for the iPhone 3G. While I can understand an amount of secrecy in order to create the necessary ""wow"" effect for when a product launches, there has to be some way to brief the employees in the retail channel that are going to be actually SELLING the thing so that they're not caught too off-guard - even just a ""be prepared tomorrow, something's coming"" would suffice so that people would be mentally prepared.  And when I mentioned earlier that retail employees aren't required to sell certain products, that's really a grey area, and the one place where I was able to keep myself grounded and remember that while Apple is a great place to work, you're still ultimately just selling computers. There are several add-ons or ""attachments"" that you're expected to at least TRY to sell (mobileme [formerly .mac, which is what I sold at the time], ProCare/One-on-One, and AppleCare). These attachments are included in the daily metrics alongside each system you sold, so you can see what you sell better and what you might need to work on. Management will sometimes just have a quick word with you about your attachment rate if it isn't too hot in some areas and ask if you need help in how to sell these products. That's the only real things that I every felt pressured to try to sell, because while it doesn't affect your employment or pay rate, you nonetheless feel that there is pressure to sell these products with the system, even if you think some of them are worthless add-ons (which I personally felt everything except AppleCare were).","Keep your employees in the loop. Don't scoff or give any deep *sighs* when they ask for help on something that they should have been trained on but weren't (see above). For Apple corporate management, you guys need to figure out a way to keep the sales force of your company more informed about new products.",4.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46439,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jan 7, 2009",Current Employee - Business Consultant,If only our organization was as pretty as our products. . . .,We produce innovative and compelling products for consumers which makes it a compelling place to work at times. Most people are here because they are talented at what they do and they are happy about being at work so that creates a productive vibe in the office.,Middle management can be very frustrating. There is a serious lack of communication from the bottom up and the top down. I would prefer an environment where every contributer is respected as an asset and not a commodity.,Please re-evaluate the sales organizations. Come up with a cohesive and structured single organization that allows for better communication between sales divisions and also provides for more accurate reporting and analysis.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P982.htm
46440,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 6, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),I would happily work there again..... how's that?,Great team to work with and the employees were motivated. It is exciting to work for a company that is doing well and takes care of the employees the way they do. Benefits are pretty well rounded also and pay is good.,"Because of the soaring popularity of Apple, the stores can get pretty crazy at times....",Make sure to keep a personal relationship with the employees also even amongst the crazy times.....,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46441,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 6, 2009",Current Employee - Conciege,Working at Apple Retail is lots of fun because there are plenty of toys to play with and constant innovation.,"Apple is full of lots of toys and plenty of good people to work with. Everyone loves their new Macs as soon as they open them up at home. With innovative products like the iPhone 3G and new Macbook lineup, there are always new customers swarming the stores. There is plenty of opportunity to learn how to multi-task as well as communicate effectively with team mates and customers.","Apple is retail, and like any retail store the challenge of not selling your soul does exist. Remember to stay true to who you are, and keep in mind that there are plenty of people dying out there because they do not have access to enough food or clean water-- all the while customers will be pouring in and out of the store with brand new three-thousand dollar macbook Airs (so their wife can check her e-mail in the kitchen wtf).","Remember to remain consistent on expectations you have set for your employees. Although policy changes from time to time, it is important to provide the same solutions to different members of the team if the situation is unchanged.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46442,apple,"Westlake, OH"," Jan 5, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple is Awesome,I love the company & their products. Fun atmosphere.,Some customers can be very rude and/or hard to help. But that can be expected at any retail.,n/a,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46443,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Jan 6, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Cool Company to work for, but very little or no training and lack of personal growth.",It's a cool place to work and I get to wear jeans and T shirt to work. Good benefits. It's fun most of the time and they're pretty flexible. Good discounts if you like apple stuff. Good stock purchase program. Mac Genius get mad respect most of the time. Mac Genius is the heart of the Apple Store,"No health care of Part Time Employees, they do not like to promote from within especially to a manager position. They hire too many managers from Gap. No ongoing training for Mac Genius or specialist. No exchange programs between stores. No training, NO training, NO on going training",Pay your outstanding employees more so they would stay. People who earn a B.A. or B.S. degree should have a higher salary.,4.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46444,apple,"Austin, TX"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Customer Care,"AppleCare can be rewarding, but little room for advancement","The people in AppleCare are generally very friendly and supportive. Management usually does a good job in letting you balance your work and social life. They will usually help you find positions outside of AppleCare, should you want to leave, but still retain employment at APpple in some way. AppleCare really can be a fun and rewarding place to work, but be prepared to be stuck in practically the same job forever. There are basically two levels: managers and everyone else. If you don't want to be a manager, you will find almost no opportunity for job growth at all.","AppleCare can be a fun and rewarding place to work, but be prepared to be stuck in practically the same job forever. There are basically two levels: managers and everyone else. If you don't want to be a manager, you will find almost no opportunity for job growth at all. The large amount of cash Apple has accumulated over the last few years has not really been redistributed to the employees. In AppleCare, if you are an exceptional performer, the biggest raise you can expect is only about 5 or 6 percent. Though, they tend not to lay people off, which could be considered a nice trade off.",Pay better,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46445,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 31, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A great place to make a difference,"You get to make a difference on products that people love to use. You might have more influence on the overall product at a smaller company, but you can have a significant impact on products that millions of people use and which set the direction for entire industries. Nothing compares to the thrill of having a product you've worked hard on being announced at Macworld or WWDC to glowing reviews, and then seeing people all over the place using it.  Also, unlike some other large companies, Apple's teams run small. This means that nearly everyone's working on something really important to their product, and that at least within your own area of influence it's pretty easy to get things done.","The company's expectations are very high. Product schedules are aggressive and the quality bar is high, so pushes to get releases out can be tough. Management is often willing to let you work as hard as you're willing to, which in retrospect can be more than you really wished you'd worked. Apple doesn't offer quite as much vacation time as some other companies (though Christmas through New Year's is a free vacation every year), and a bit more time off would help.  Also, the company is very fast-paced, so things can change quickly. Get used to decisions being made one day and changing the next, but on the plus side the final decision is nearly always the right one.","Not much -- senior management is top-notch. More office space would be good, since growth over the past couple years has led to a shortage of offices.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46446,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 16, 2009",Former Employee - Technical Project Manager,One man show.,Great brand and marketing. Cool products. Beer bashes are fun if you have time to get there.,"Steve makes almost all decisions, big or small, irrespective of others opinions and thoughts.  Very unforgiving. Mistakes, big or small, are not tolerated. Compensation is average at best. Benefits are mediocre for a company this size and profitable. Too many contractors that don't share the same pride for the work. Internal secrecy and lack of process makes things chaotic and thus you are always scrambling to meet deadlines. Work-life balance can be a major problem, you are always taking home work.",Let your people make their own decisions. Educate your people on what you think is important. Don't be so secretive internally.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46447,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Fantastic place to work.,"The people with whom I work are incredibly dedicated, competent, and feel a tremendous ownership and pride in the work that they do. There's an intense desire to do good work and to do work that our customers will love. In addition, the fact that the work that we do at Apple is seen and used (and hopefully, loved) by so many people is an immense source of satisfaction.","The hours are long, the salaries are not fantastic, and the benefits (health, 401k) are fairly average. I wouldn't rate these as necessarily downsides, but just areas where Apple doesn't shine.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46448,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Great Job, as long as you don't get supervised","Job Security, Great on Resumes, Wonderful coworkers, and you can get your iphone swapped for free if there's a problem with it.","It's a bit of a cattle call. Tons of employees, tons of customers. When you work in a zoo, you know you work in a zoo.",Some of them are great and some of them need to get off their micromanaging high horses and threat everyone else like a person once in a while.,4.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46449,apple,"Irvine, CA"," Jan 2, 2009",Current Employee - Concierge,"With the strong Apple culture, you will become a part of a new family, and sometimes that may include your customer.","The Apple culture is amazing, whether you work for the company or not. It's also great to work for a company that's recognized as an innovator and having people respect you because of that, even if in the end you're just another employee in the retail field. Along with that culture comes the fact that they hire the right people, for the most part. You will quickly build a family at work, that is if you want to.","Competition for growth within the company is very strong. This means that what would be considered a small mistake at another job, may remain in the back of management's mind come promotion time.","Don't forget what the company was founded upon, a life-changing customer experience. Of course, at the end of the day, this is a business and we're here to make the company more money, but never forget that revenue comes along with a great experience.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P983.htm
46450,apple,"Oak Brook Mall Branch, IL"," Dec 31, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,A good place to work.,"Interesting job environment, and just a cool company in general. Flexible on personal stuff, some advancement for growth -- course it depends if you're retail or corporate. In general, my experience was pretty positive. I don't think it's the best place in the world to work, but it would rank pretty high on my list, and I would consider going back if some changes were made (more on my side than Apple's).","Nothing company-specific. Of course you can run into micro-management, which happens everywhere. Sometimes the lack of information was annoying, although that's to be expected with product launches, etc.",Chill out a bit.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46451,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Dec 31, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Great place to work. Not so great management.,"If you love Apple and it's products, it's a great place to work. Of course with any job there are bad times, but honestly I can't remember a day when I didn't have fun at work. The customers might not have always been the greatest, but working with the great people at Apple always seemed to reverse anything a customer could do.","Management definitely likes to micro-manage. If your a Genius be prepared to give up your pride whenever a customer isn't happy, your given policies and procedures on everything but if that doesn't work for a customer, your manager will make it work for them. It's fun being a Genius, but being in a retail environment will knock the wind right out of that sail.","Stick by your employees. I know that Apple cares a lot about giving great customer service, but employees shouldn't suffer because of that. Also, give employees the same service any customer would get. Don't treat them different because they work for Apple and know how the company works.",4.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46452,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast-paced, fun, exciting, and always upbeat!","Working in the Apple Retail stores is very fun and exciting. My management emphasized greatly in teamwork and getting the job done together. It honestly felt like a big family. It was a very relaxed, fast-paced environment. We'd all help each other if we saw a teammate falling behind in some way.  The management team was always fun and positive. Every morning they'd start off by acknowledging the top sellers of the previous day. There would even be occasions when we'd have fun sales contests.  Overall, Apple is really a great company to work. If you love technology and everything Apple, or just beautiful designed products, this company is so worth working for.","I guess the only downsides of working in the stores would be not having any form of commission or bonuses. It would be nice getting some extra cash, especially after a long day of bringing in thousands of dollars and sometimes having to put up with some very irritable customers.  Another thing would have to be the constant reminder to upsell memberships. Sometimes, you know when your customer doesn't need or want it. It's not too bad with the managers, but just the fact that something as small as getting your customer to sign in for a ""Personal Shopping"" appointment to get points for corporate can be a little irritating.","I loved my managers and how they treated everyone equally, position-wise and personally.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46453,apple,none," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest company on the planet!,Great people from very diverse areas joined as one.,Communication could be better but otherwise if you like long hours and can adapt to change at a moments notice you'll fit right in.,None,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46454,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Motivating place to work,Very motivating. Fun atmosphere. The strong products drive people.,Middle management sometimes show little foresight.,Impart some more of your wisdom unto the lower level management.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46455,apple,"Boston, MA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"A decent place to work for, but with some problems.",The fellow employees are great to work with. Most of them are very friendly and very helpful when you have a question. Teamwork is encouraged. Managers are easy to work with for the most part.,"The policies that they provide for you are intended to be used as a guideline. However, each manager has their own preference of service and it makes it very annoying to be told ten different preferences. Also the breaks that we are allowed tend to be very random and not given if theres too many people. I end up very tired due to being on my feet for a full 4 hours without any breaks nor time to cool down between customers.","The store does not feel very organized as I expected it to be. Schedules do not come out in a very consistent fashion and it is up to the employee to remind the managers about their schedules. Management needs to allow the employee to provide whatever service they deem necessary for helping out the customer. We have been told to provide the customer with the best possible service and they need to stop being bitchy about ""going that extra mile"" for every customer.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46456,apple,none," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),a pretty awesome place to work.,"the experience of working in a high-class atmosphere with wonderful people, products, and innovations. there's always something new to play with. the benefits are awesome, as well.","bad balance between work and personal life, tons of internal politics, favoritism, etc which gets translated into management opportunities/promotions that may or may not be deserved. often, although they're wonderful people, it seems as if management is entirely clueless about key things going on.","pay attention a little more, i suppose? it seems as if their heads are often in the clouds.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46457,apple,"New York, NY"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Cool place to work but doesnt recognize your hard work!,The Employees are cool and you learn alot about Apple Computers.,You do not get recognized for your hard work.,I would tell them to promote inside the company more than hiring from outside.,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46458,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"As long as you can float above the water, it's an exhilarating ride.","Recognition of the company name by general public. Employee discounts/benefits. Free meals at times. Company hierarchy is pretty flat, easy access to upper management. Developers, QAs, marketing, documentation, managers, ...etc. all work together as a team, in constant communication. Most of the first line manager are very technical, often required to code just like the other developers, so it's easier to communicate with the manager. Get to work on great products that have profound impact on people's daily life.","Telecommuting is not encouraged. Some pressure to keep ""innovating"" and coming up with new ideas. Hard to keep with the fast pace and long hours. Burn out work schedule is expected for at least 2-3 months before every major release. Even during non-deadline time, the younger, fresh out of college students would volunteer to work nights and weekends for no apparent reasons. The culture makes the work/life balance harder for those who have family.",Be more open to telecommuting as an option. Be more realistic about product schedule.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46459,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 28, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"If you have to work for someone else, Apple's about as good as it gets.","At Apple, you have the chance to advance an industry. The company leads the world in several fields, they actively seek continuous improvement in the product, and it's very rare for technical workers to be led by non-technical managers.","The downside to working there is that there are still a few of the people around who nearly ran Apple into the ground back in the Sculley/Spindler/Amelio days. Fortunately though, they are few and far between.","Expand into new markets. Apple can afford to make a major push for business customers now, and doing so will improve a lot of people's lives.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P984.htm
46460,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Dec 28, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,great job,other than the discount... getting to work with cool tech and a great company,being asked tech questions all the time,mostly good management,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46461,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 29, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,"Apple: Great for the workaholic, everyone else... not so much.",Creating great products that people love.,You are expected to work 16 hour days and weekends.,Give people a better work/life balance.,4.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46462,apple,"Columbus, OH"," Dec 27, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple retail. Polished products, polished management",unlimited advancement potential if that is what you want. A fun group to work with. Varied talents of staff increase joy of working there,Don't see any negatives except working holidays but that is the nature of retail.,Continue what you are doing. Employee feedback program is exceptional.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46463,apple,none," Dec 27, 2008",Current Employee - Systems Eng,Great place but forgettiing there roots!,Great place great people love to work here cant think of a better place just they need to remember the little people who help get us here and not forget our roots,hmmm work hard but heck what job is there you cant work hard,Keep up the good work but please listen to the little guys and the old apple dealers if it wasnt for those guys we wouldnt even be here!!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46464,apple,"Wayne, NJ"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Genius,Best Retail Job on Earth,Always an interesting work day. The people you work with are generally great friends. The benefits and pay are far superior to other retail jobs.,Can be stressful dealing with frustrated customers.,Take a closer look at the good things your employees are doing.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46465,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Dec 31, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Everybody is happy as long as your project the strong Apple image - if only they compensated you properly.,Wonderful environment with great coworkers in all positions.,Repetitive. Limited growth for part-time.,Keep paying attention to the people on the ground - your Specialists.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46466,apple,"Bridgewater, NJ"," Dec 26, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Great company and great people, but working in a retail environment has its challenges.","Excellent and friendly coworkers, and a good work environment. Apple is on the cutting edge of technology. Apple actually cares about customer service, and the store definitely leans toward making customers happy. We are allowed a lot of latitude in this regard as well. The benefits are excellent, we get medical, dental, vision, 401k. There is also an employee stock purchase program. Good career opportunities for the future.","Retail has no set work hours, they vary every week. Weekends off are a rare occurrence. Working with customers can be very stressful at times. Compensation is good but not great, it should be higher.",None,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46467,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 6, 2009",Former Employee - Intern,Good Company but same routine boring work,1) This is one of the brand companies to work for. 2) You get chance to work internals of some of the best product . 3) team members are quite responsible. They will carry out their responsibility very well. 4) But some team members were really dumb. So sometimes I was surprised how can they be in Apple.,1) You are exposed to limited set of the product. you can not talk to some other team about the product. 2) It is same maintainance/feature enhancement kind of work on different products 3) As a summer intern you will not paid that much as compare to other companies 4) You will be limited to your sub modules. 5) Work environment is really boring. It feel really dull to work in such environment.,Good Work,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46468,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 28, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's simply the best!,"Excellent opportunities for advancement. Lots of excitement. Great benefits and perks. Opportunity to work with a lot of creative, talented and driven individuals. Actively supports diversity.",Mid-management could do a better job of listening to employees.,Keep up the great job!,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46469,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Hope you like having a chance at making a difference, and don't mind never being famous, or getting paid real well.","You're working on the best products ever, and you personally can make a difference.","Poor raises somewhat offset by excellent other benefits. Difficult work schedules, brutal feedback. No matter what you do, Steve Jobs is the only name on the final product.",Stop pretending that absurd schedules are not a big deal. Great products can be shipped even if you don't work every single weekend.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P985.htm
46470,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,Inept senior management ruins a fantastic job experience.,"As a company, Apple is probably one of the greatest places you will ever find to work. The environment is extremely casual and as a whole, morale is consistently high. There are very few jobs where you can literally wear whatever you want every day, and you will be hard pressed to find a more exciting place. The pay is great compared to similar jobs at other companies, and they are supposed to hire within the company first for promotions rather than hiring in outside work, so job security is relatively stable. The customers are enthusiastic and excited about the products, so if you share the passion, work is always very fun. Most days, your shift is over before you know it.","Lately, Apple has had a bad habit of hiring management from other retail ventures and these managers do not understand how to function properly within the Apple environment. Numbers are a big part of the game and some managers judge you based on your numbers, regardless of how good or bad your customer service skills and knowledge of the product is. Like any other retail job, some stores have better management teams than others. Generally, the stores run by internal Apple management, that is, ones who started out at a lower level and worked their way up, tend to have a more satisfying work environment.","Less micromanaging, learn about the products and customers and pay attention to the feedback your team is giving you. Stop playing favorites and give promotions to people who deserve them.",3.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46471,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jan 6, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Retail=Siberia, Cupertino=","Great technologies, great solutions, always something new to learn and show customers. Can't get enough of it in most cases. Love to share with new customers cool things the Mac can do.","Both management and customer demand cause problems in trying to get things done. Never enough time and some employees have to work off the clock and during breaks to keep management off of your back. No one wants to ""look bad"" to their bosses in the name of ""accountability."" In order to be promoted from Retail to Cupertino you have to ""SHINE"" compared with most, making it nearly impossible for advancement. Mostly single, younger, ""eager beavers"" under age 30 who are willing to sacrifice things to work at the ""mothership"" head there, nearly anyone else can forget it.","Too often directives from HQ can be confusing, unclear, and shortsighted and when you try to implement it half the time it becomes a joke and we had to bear the brunt of explaining to customers the issues. Store management NEVER has enough time to get things done. Most ASMs are great, it's above their pay grade that things get worse. The perpetual ""Fire, fire, fire"" pace rather than a slower ""Ready, fire"" or even the ""Read, aim, fire"" approach to getting things done could help reduce the amounts of rework of issues and problems. Way too many times you don't really see that things are fixed or improved only change for change sake. You make up the processes but don't have a clue as to how long things take to get done. Shame on you!! You pissed off a lot of people with the change to the Performance Review process and it was only when you sat down with your boss that you found out about it.",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46472,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 29, 2008",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Incredibly reliable,"It is just a really fun place to work where you get to use and sell the latest and greatest consumer technology of any company in the world. You get to sell product that are genuine and that you know are the best of their kind. Everyone uses a handheld cash register to ring people up on the spot. Just about everyone you work with is extremely friendly. There is an energy in the store unlike anything I have ever seen, like everyone is just so happy to be there, employees and customers alike. There are always customers bustling in and out of the stores, sometimes to many to handle, but you never feel intimidated. You actually feel like you can help everyone in the store with what they need. There is no commission, which is a good thing for three reasons. First, so there is no competition between you and other employees, everyone works together to answer the customer's questions and get them what they need. Second, you don't have to be pushy when trying to sell a customer something, which allows you to almost build a relationship with the customer. There are various customers who will come in now and say, ""Hey, how are you doing? How's your family? I'm doing great, my Mac runs wonderful."" Third, there are no goals to meet every week or month. Sure, you try to do your best, but you are not going to go home hungry or get reprimanded if you don't, which is so nice, and lets us be laid back and casual while still being productive.","If you are hired at, lets say $10 an hour, six months later, another employee can be hired at $10.50 an hour for the exact same position, and you won't get a raise because of that. Basically the person with less experience will get paid more just for getting hired later. When you argue with the higher management, they will deny it even happening, even if you show them your pay rate against another person's pay rate. Also, you would think that because one works for Apple, one would know when new products are going to come out before the public. Sadly, no. Apple runs around employees with the same amount of secrecy as it does with the general public. And a major turnoff is we as employees are not allowed to speculate at all about possible future Apple products and software. If you do, you face getting fired.","Senior Management needs to stop being so transparent. When a decision is made, they don't even have an opinion about it. They just follow orders like a brainless Nazi. e.g.: We ring everybody up with handheld registers, and there are no signs to tell people of this. So people wander aimlessly, some get angry, some get frustrated and leave. My natural first instinct is, ""Oh, put up a sign that says what to do."" Upper management will say, ""We have to do what Apple tell us to do."" I'll say, ""But don't you think that's dumb not to have any signs. If I was a customer, I would want signs to tell me where I have to go."" Upper management stiffly says, ""Apple tells us what to do, we have to do it."" I say, ""Yes, but don't you have an opinion in the matter?"" Management says, ""No, I don't get paid to have an opinion, I have to follow what Apple tells me."" Other than that, the management is very friendly and awesome.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46473,apple,"Burlington, MA"," Dec 21, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple store will pay you more than any other store in the mall.,"Apples compensation plan is by far one of the highest in retail.After working retail for over 3 years, and finding apple, I am already extremely satisfied. The add-ons as a specialist are part of job and its the same as all retail, push the product to the customers. Apple puts its people right after its customers, which is very rare. They ask you how you think the company is doing once a quarter with a survey. They also provide a great discount plan!",Apple is very demanding and the customers are very needy. You need to be extremely patient and be able to deal with difficult people on a daily basis.,Communicate my successes better to me and congratulate a job well done.,4.0,2.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46474,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jan 11, 2009",Current Employee - Accounts Payable Specialist,I needed 100 words in these categories.,"There is no dress code, you can wear jeans and t-shirts and flip flops every day. Even my manager does this. Each employee is given a free apple every day by the cafeteria. This is the health plan for the temporary employees, which is more than what most companies offer to their temporary employees. There are frequent keg parties and off-site parties for various departments, and I am told by the permanent employees that they are very fun. So if you'd like a permanent job, that would be a perk. Also, you get a very shiny Mac to use at your desk.","You have to use a Mac, not a PC. There is no right click button on the mouse, so you have to do a lot more work to get the same result a lot of times. The lack of dress code means some people come to work straight from the gym, so it can get a little smelly in the afternoons. And it is very very hard to keep your Mac shiny and pretty, especially when you have been kicking it all day for freezing every time you try to save something in Excel. Fortunately, the company does provide cleaners for this purpose.","They dress very nicely, so maybe they should wear sweat pants every now and then to fit in with the rest of us. It builds team morale.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46475,apple,"Richmond, VA"," Jan 3, 2009",Former Employee - Manager,Don't eat the apple,Great pay and benefits. Fun technology. Apple has cool street cred.,"Good old boy system. Lackluster upper management in retail channel. The values of Apple are suppose to carry over to the retail channel but there is no one for check and balance so they don't. Never think there is an open an door and a ""safe environment""",Start over in retail management from Ron Johnson on down. You can bring a bunch of Gap rejects over and expect success. It greated a good old boy/girl network from the start and a non Apple culture.,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46476,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 3, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),No hours for part-timers with little chance of moving to full-time,"They pay for my metro card, and it's a good hourly wage. The other employees are mostly nice, and everyone seems to get along. You don't have to know everything as other employees are always willing to help answer questions. It's nice to just be able to talk honestly about the products, which I and most of the employees love, and really help customers out.","No hours, even though it's always super packed. It's a fairly stressful working environment. The managers claim they don't want you to do any hard selling, but then get on your case about not meeting metric goals. The managers also claim that they always want you to get all of your breaks, but I'm often so busy on the floor that I only get to take a lunch break (If I'm even scheduled for enough hours in a shift to qualify for one).",Hire less people part-time to give employees more hours.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46477,apple,"New York, NY"," Jan 1, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Good benefits, but you have tolerate hipsters that work there.","Discounts and health insurance, along with working along side some very smart people.","People are quite annoying at times, after all it is still retail. Often times managers will promote friends or friends of friends over more competent individuals. The hip no nothing about computer, but Apple is cool crowd is annoying...",Get your heads out of your asses and start treating people fairly.,2.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46478,apple,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,happy employees make happy customers which makes money,"In the apple store your fellow employee are the best reason to go to work. The in store employees are great people. The healthcare, stock options and employee discounts are great. You get to learn about the newest apple products. Depending on your position you may be able to learn new skills or practice your passions while at work. For every 1 bad customer there are 100's that make going to work fun.",Management cannot/does not make consistent decisions. Working a constant shift is impossible. Standards for mac genius got lower and lower as the time passed. Employee suggestions were never taken into consideration. Management has little to no working knowledge about technology. The one bad customer can make the 100's of good ones disappear.,Happy employees make happy customers which makes money.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46479,apple,"Houston, TX"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Lead Specialist/Genius,They don't know what they're doing anymore.,The discounts and medical benefits mainly. Working with technology and meeting interesting people helped kill time.,"Management incessantly lying and taking credit for all the hard work the employees do. Even though I was promoted several times, most promotions were due to favoritism instead of people actually doing any work. Incompetent people that didn't know anything about Apple and the products kept getting hired (especially for management). It turned into a car dealership environment.","Learn to treat people with respect. Do some work. Know the company and it's products. If that's too hard, do us a favor and quit so this company can move forward.",2.0,1.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P986.htm
46480,apple,"West Nyack, NY"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Retail at it's worse.,"Great technology. Innovative products that work without complaints from customers. Clean, safe environment to work in. Talented people work there, but not in the management ranks. Good discounts on company products for employees.","Too much pressure to sell add-ons, even if the customers don't need them. Store management is hired from the shoes & socks retail stores and don't really understand technology and the sales cycle. Management runs the store like a high school. Management under-estimates the talent of the employees. The store manager is king in this environment and if you don't make her happy, your job is over. Sad, very sad.",Quit and let Apple hire more competent individuals. Go back to selling women's clothes. Let sales people take the time to develop the trust with customers. They'll then refer other customers to you.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46481,apple,"Reno, NV"," Dec 17, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple is a great place to work,"Opportunity for advancement, excellent training","Fast changing product lines, No incentives to meet sales goals",offer some sort of bonus or cash incentive for meeting sales goals.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46482,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 28, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Creative and rewarding place to work.,"Excellent people, to work it and amazing applications to work on.",Long hours as it typic with any tech company,"keep up the good work, but you may need to keep a closer eye on some of the people in the director level.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46483,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 24, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn about making great consumer products but not about personal and professional development,"Apple employes some fantastic people who are smart and hard working. The company is growing and continues to do well. From a brand standpoint, there are few better companies to work if you are in the tech/consumer products industry. Getting to work on exciting and successful products is a privilege. The culture is innovative and entrepreneurial. No bureaucracy or red tape in the way of getting things done.",Little empowerment from senior management. Little investment into personal and professional development. Meritocratic only to the extent that someone above you leaves (which happens infrequently). Politics can be nightmarish. Internal secrecy often conflicts with knowledge sharing and collaboration. Lack of process and structure. Need to aggressively manage your own career or you can end up staying in the same place forever.,Empower your employees. Take risks with them. Invest in them. Push them to become better people and employees.,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46484,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 23, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great people, poor leadership below Steve.","Products are exciting. Co-workers are nice and sincere. Engineers are smart, awesome, and best in class.",12-16 hours/day. Secretecies. No process. No leadership below Steve.,"Apple does not recognize it's own weakness. If Apple still doesn't know where to improve, it will face severe challenges. Also, Apple needs to work on training management on leadership skills.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46485,apple,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Dec 11, 2008",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Great Place to Work but Requires a Lot of Personal Dedication,"Apple is a fast paced environment. It does require long hours and dedication to work there. With a company as innovative and clandestine as Apple, trusting Senior Leadership is a must. I had no problems with this at all since I saw them on the upswing.","Long hours and some of the craziest, fast-paced environments in retail from October to January 1. You can say goodbye to work/life balance during this time of the year.",Increase the number of employees hired for store launches to ensure adequate coverage for customers.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46486,apple,"Jacksonville, FL"," Dec 11, 2008",Current Employee - Business Consultant,A Different Kind of Retail,"Great company to work, surrounded by dedicated Apple enthusiasts like yourself. The store staff is truly dedicated to helping each customer. Come in with a smile, and you'll get what you want, usually.","It's a retail job. Plain and simple. While everyone loves their iPhone and Macbook as much as you do, at the end of the day, it's still retail, and pay, while better than most retailers, could always be better.","Better communication and follow up. I'm glad they focus on each individuals strength, while trying to help people with their not so strong points.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46487,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 6, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Change the world ..,Apple brand name. Very exiting projects. Bright colleagues. Fun/relaxed work atmosphere. You can see direct result of your work enjoyed by millions across the world. That's really a shot of changing the world !,Work life balance. Very flat structure with few employee positions (atleast in my group). So less chance for promotions.,High end products is not going to cut in this economy. Go mass market !,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46488,apple,"Bethesda, MD"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,"Great place to work, except for add-ons","Working at apple is great because it has great products, great people, and great atmosphere. I love not working on commission, because you can truly sit there and have a deep talk with the customer, and just talk about computers and things that they are going to be using it for, this allows for a much deeper connection, and makes people feel better about what their buying. Thats something thats great about apple, you believe in what you sell for the most part. They are great computers most of the time, and the iphone ipod touch etc are amazing gadgets. The people that work there are also great, and I have met many friends that I have become close with. Also, the managers are very caring, and for the most part are there to either fix a mistake, or facilitate a smooth interaction between you and a customer. This is a very good quality that every manager should have, and having the power and ability to help someone out by going to the manager is a great satisfying feeling. If i feel someone shouldnt have to pay for something, or they've been treated badly before and it isn't right, then I can talk to the manager and for the most part he/she will agree with me. I love having that power to truly help someone. Along similar lines, is that you aren't trying to sell someone something they don't want, so you can be completely straight forward and honest. Say hey these are the great things about this computer, but if you personally don't feel justified for spending this much money? Then go somewhere else and buy another computer if thats what you prefer, theres no difference for me. I tell people that all the time, I say hey I'm not on commission, and if you don't want to buy this thats absolutely fine with me, I personally think that it is a worthy investment but that of course is your choice, and I wont push it on you. What I WILL do is inform you, and give you the information you need to make an informed decision because ultimately I want you to be happy with your choice. That is a great thing about this place, being able to really help, and be a completely honest unmasked person, not working for money based motives. And if people ask you questions you don't know, you arent forced to lie, or make something up to sound good, you walk over to a computer and google it, or find someone else who knows the answer and get the information. No stress of sounding right, because if you aren't right, you just go to someone else and find the right answer.","On the other hand, there are the add-ons. Although there is no commission, we are expected to sell applecare, procare, 1v1, and mobileme at certain percentages. I hate this because it almost is like working on commission because you are worried about your numbers, which they do look at pretty heavily. Applecare is fine, because hey you should buy applecare it is a good idea. On the nanos/touchs its a little iffy, but still a worthy investment. But procare? Very situational service, as is mobileme and 1v1. You pitch all these services and feel like you're pushing them, and sometimes you are harder than you should, because you start thinking man this could help my procare numbers! And everyonce in awhile, someone buys it and they never use it, but you made it sound good. 1v1 is great, if you need lessons. Mobile me is awesome, if you have multiple devices you want to sync, or would use the ilife sweet and storage space online. and procare is cool if you have an extra 100 bucks to plop down to be a VIP. But the fact of the matter is people do come in on budgets, and they shouldnt be treated any less well than others. If someone says hey, i have 1323 dollars, I'm going to buy a macbook, but I'll be back with that money. I know he/she is not getting applecare or any other service, so I don't paticularly want that sale. If they see me and come to me when they come in than thats that, but if they dont, ill be happy about that. That shouldn't be in my motivations. The reason you can buy applecare within a year, is because this is a huge investment and people sometimes don't have the money to throw down an extra 160 and up. Yes its worthy, but if you've been saving to get yourself this computer, and you just made 1300, you're not going to save up another couple weeks and come back to buy applecare and the computer at once, u'll buy it and tack it on later when you have the money. Theres nothing wrong with that, that person gets a great computer that they've been wanting and has the option of spacing out the spending on applecare. The problem, however, is we think shoot no applecare, and that person becomes slightly less important. They shouldn't but they do. If someone buys an ipod Touch from me, and they get applecare, I will go out of my way to put on a screen protector, I have a good chance of offering to do it. But if no applecare, than unless they ask I'm not putting on a screen protector. They didn't help my numbers. It just makes commission stress in a non-commissioned job, and sometimes that can get to be overwhelming. I should be excited for them and say, lets enjoy your new computer Ill show you cool things, have fun with it! And i do, but a little less enthusiastically because in the back of my mind I""m thinking, where can I put applecare into this sentence so they come back and buy it from me? Yes, some people just blow off applecare, but I'd rather pitch it my best, and then at least know they're very likely to get it in the near future. It is a great service, but some people are skeptical, and if they want to go home ask their friends, research it before they buy it, then they should be able to! I shouldnt be gunning for them to buy now! They'll find out its great, and they'll get it! If there were a way to link a particular computer to that sale, so that when applecare eventually is registered..that would be better, but still, we're being judged on how much money people have, and what they are willing to spend. somedays Ill get 100 percent applecare, somedays people jsut don't want it. I pitch it the same, and I'm good at it, but thats the way it is. I purposely avoid saying you have a year to sign up, because I know once I say that its game over...then they say oh we'll get it later. They should know that, they should have options upfront so they can make the best decision for them. For some people that just want to cruise, this isnt a problem. You won't get fired for your numbers unless they're really bad for a really long time. But for people like me, who hope to one day be a manager, the stress is unbearable. Every sale you want to improve you're numbers, you want to blow every one else out of the water, you want to be that successful stand out that is the only choice for manager. But sometimes its just the people that you get, and not how great, how helpful, and how good you are at pitching the services. I can go on for hours about how cool mobile me is, but if you don't want it/can't afford it, you're going to tune me out. If you don't have multiple devices, then I talk about iLife, if you don't use that, and have no interest, I talk about storage space and backups...if you just don't want it, and have no need for it, than I won't sell it to you or try any harder to sell it. And in the back of my mind I think, damn, there goes a little bit of my numbers. Another negative about working there is the occasional rude customer. At least once a week I get a foreign person that comes in, and tries to buy 3 iphones, with no applecare, mobileme etc. (ouch my numbers!) but the annoying part is it is because they are reselling them, and there is no point of having a personal connection with them, in fact they will resist it. All of them will lie straight to your face, and that is demeaning and depressing. On at least 3 occasions I've had someone tell me they are psyched to get an iphone, they tried their friends and loved it, they are buying one for themselves and one for their family member...I start ringing it up, get an error, call at&t and they say this account has purchased too many iphones. Then i go back out to the floor, and say to the person that literally just told me this is my first iphone, im excited!, that they have already had too many, and cannot buy another one. Once the guy continued with the act, said really on my account? that cant be, maybe my brother bought one....and I say, you need 10 to be limited, and he says no way....then says, i'll figure it out with at&t and come back. Clearly does not come back. That is a negative to working here, but its an acceptable annoyance for mostly genuinely good customers.","You do a good job, I feel appreciated and welcome at all times, and for the most part you listen and try to solve the problem. sometimes you come off a little condescending, but other than that you're a great team.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46489,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Dec 4, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,Apple great place to work,Products are great and innovative.,Location outside of the bay area,None,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P987.htm
46490,apple,"Austin, TX"," Nov 23, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Support Agent,Mostly good Apples in this barrel.,"Killer benefits package. Reasonably priced, on-site food (Cafe Mac). Employee discount. Awesome corporate culture (quarterly beer bashes, no issues with visible tattoos/piercings, non-existent dress code, okay to be an individual and not a business-casual drone. Occasional opportunity to do something incredible that can change the world. GLBTQ-friendly. Many options to work-from-home/telecommute.","Long hours expected. Never worked this hard at a job in my life. Rapid turnover rate with management means it's hard to develop a mentoring-type relationship with a manager who helps you develop your career. I've had 5 managers in less than 2 years, and each time I work under a new one, I have to go through the whole learning curve of proving my worth and learning their style, all over again. Corporate culture also is big on secrecy, sometimes to the point of paranoia.",'86 the micromanagement and really listen to the voices in the trenches.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46491,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,Apple is the best employer,They give me great benefits and paid vacation. i have a strong relationsihp with my team and i very much enjoy going to work because of the environment i work in. It may be a huge company but it is easy for employees to connect with each other. I also get a discount on all the products and i was also given the 8gb iphone. The company makes me feel like i am a huge contributor to the company.,my manager can be very indirect and unforgiving. It is advised that you do not make any silly mistakes or your ass is on the line.,have direct communication with all employees,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46492,apple,"Potomac, MD"," Nov 19, 2008",Current Employee - Specialist,Happily underpaid apple store specialist.,It's fun deailing with interesting people all day. I never r stop learning.,"You are on your feet all day and there is no commission. If you are not a people person, forget about it. Sometimes others will get promoted faster than you.",Pay entry level specialists more. We bring in a lot of cash for the company. Why not offer limited health insurance for part time employees.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46493,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Nov 29, 2008",Current Employee - Project Manager,"Apple has figured out the hard part products. By easier part is still questionable, people.",1. Company is managed by best management team in the world 2. Products make you feel proud 3. Salaries are competitive 4. CEO is great,1. CEO spends way too much time in some of the trivial things 2. Innovations of product are fine but innovation in managing people quality is not great 3. CIO is not treated like a C level executive 4. IT senior management is disappointing 5. In last few years many incompetent people got in as employee,Avoid getting and keeping incompetent people in. Everyday!,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46494,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 21, 2008",Current Employee - Specialist,great place to start or re-start a carrer,"great brand, lots of opportunity for growth with the brand, retail...they get it. the pay is good and it can be a fun job where you can make friends in a non-competitive environment",can be poor communication in the store. they also focus too much on selling attachments to customers. They to do a better job of backing up their employees and and stand up for them when confronted with difficult customers,better communication and do a better job of backing up their employees and and stand up for them when confronted with difficult customers,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,3.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46495,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Oct 30, 2008",Current Employee - Apple Specialist,Fun place to work but add-ons can be a drag,"If you love Apple, its exciting to be around all the newest and best technology. I was a promotor of Apple products before working here and thats all I do in the store. Most of the other employees there are really cool and I've made some life long friends, but some are kinda odd as well. Most of the managers listen to me when I have a problem at work or at home, and are very willing to help.","By teaching us how to ask open/close ended questions to every guest that purchases something in order to find an opening to suggest a relevant solution, they expect us to sell a certain amount of ""add-ons"" like Applecare, Procare, MobileMe and OnetoOne with every product sold. I would rather just like to have a genuine conversation with the guest and not have to worry about sale numbers especially since I don't make commission. Most guests are already on a budget when buying and I can tell they already feel pressured to buy if I bring up MobileMe and how well it works with iLife. And at that point, I still have to go over Applecare and OnetoOne. Oh yeah, I don't make commission.","Keep up with the education of add-ons so we know what we're talking about and just let us have genuine conversations with guests without having to worry about sale numbers. From training, it seems Apple is more concerned about customer interaction than anything but store managers always bring up these add-on sale numbers in meetings and emails constantly, how good they are or how we need to bring them back up asap! If you want numbers then you need to have a traditional selling atmosphere with commission.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46496,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 22, 2008",Current Employee - Manufacturing Engineer,A great place to gain valuable experience.,"Apple has a unique work environment that both encourages and requires independence and the ability to be versatile. Aside from working on the newest and greatest consumer products, Apple's fast pace enables one to learn and gain much more experience quickly than one would at other companies where work is slower.  For those who like to travel, Apple can be a great experience leading to opportunities and luxuries that one would typically not be able to enjoy themselves.","For those who don't want to travel, Apple is not the company for them in an ops position. Travel is required and very frequent in order to be on top of issues that are pertinent to ones position.  A lack of structure is an obvious flaw which affects the team's ability to stay organized and to keep the lines of communication open.",Senior management needs to analyze what changes are needed as Apple continues to grow in both product and employee size. What has worked for a smaller company no longer works as easily.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46497,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 29, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great products, committed to innovation, but a tough place for work","Apple Inc has amazing products, and is commitment to innovation unlike most companies. Cash flow to employees is fairly limited and based on what I know, no one will think themselves paid well until they make the jump into director level and beyond. However, there's amazing equity appreciation available in a company that carries such a high market valuation. People there are very smart and generally motivated. The ""supporting"" roles around the products are also motivated, but at times they may not be as committed as your team needs them to be. Ultimately, there's a poor work and life balance at Apple.","Apple has a poor work/life balance. And the promotion schedule is generally too slow, as is the pace of salary increases. However, Apple Inc has amazing products, and is commitment to innovation unlike most companies. Cash flow to employees is fairly limited and based on what I know, no one will think themselves paid well until they make the jump into director level and beyond. However, there's amazing equity appreciation available in a company that carries such a high market valuation. People there are very smart and generally motivated. The ""supporting"" roles around the products are also motivated, but at times they may not be as committed as your team needs them to be. Ultimately, there's a poor work and life balance at Apple.",Hire more people,4.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46498,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 27, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineering,Apple is great for interns,"As intern: contest to come up with business ideas, executive speaker series where you get to hear from the whole apple management, snack rooms where you can get candy/redbull/etc, food in the cafeteria, beer bashes","high expectations, not enough communication between departments",lets interns learn more about what their bosses are doing on a daily basis,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46499,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 22, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Not as great as some might think!,Get to work on all the new hardware. Get to work my own hours pretty much.,"Long hours, little recognition. Cafeteria is a little expensive. It getting really crowded here also. Many people are now 2 to an office. Too many engineers turned managers that don't know how to manage people.",How about a pat on the back once in a while? Where are all of the bonuses when I get excellent reviews? I've never gotten more than 3.5% raise.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P988.htm
46500,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," Oct 22, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist,Apple: A Great Place to Work,The Culture. Apple is all about innovation and really makes their employees feel that even they can make a difference in whatever role they are working. I was impressed with all the management I encountered and the open door culture at Apple.,"The company has left it's roots as the laid back and fun place. It has now become a company in the true sense. It's not terrible, but it went from being a fun place to be to being work. Still, a great place to work.","Get back to your roots. Don't lose sight on why Apple was started and what it stands for. Innovate. Fun. Those are two words that should and do, describe Apple.",4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46501,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 3, 2008",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Get a second job if you plan to get stuff based on employee discounts.,You learn alot about software and hardware. The people (coworkers) are great and it truly feels like you're a part of something bigger.,"Work life balance, no perks, 25% off a computer, come on give your employees a break. Very little in compensation. They change policy constantly and really have no concept of how to treat people as humans (senior management)",Listen to your employees and get a new management in Stonestown. You should actually visit your stores and see how the people are doing not just conference call senior management once a week.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46502,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 8, 2008",Current Employee - In-House Counsel,Apple is simply amazing!,It is one of the most exciting tech companies in the world that is re-writing history with it's amazing products. The compensation and benefits are great. And the work environment is ideal.,"The food is subsidized but not free, like other employers. And my commute is long. While Apple does provide free shuttle services to San Francisco, East Bay and San Jose, there is no shuttle service to my city. I wish there were better commute options for me.","Keep up the great work and vision, and keep providing incentives to Apple employees to design and develop market leading consumer technology products.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46503,apple,none," Oct 16, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It's not work it's Apple!,You get the opportunity to enrich and transform lives with some of the coolest technology known to man.,You can burnout because a passion does not always seems like work but certain positions require you to constantly go over and above when it comes to your time and personal life . . . you have to make apple your life.,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46504,apple,"New York, NY"," Oct 12, 2008",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Apple a good place to start.,Great vibe and great place to move up. The level of stress in the job is also pretty small. Only on product days do things get crazy but on the usual day its a great vibe to work there. You get to help people out and its a good feeling.,"We are depending on the market like every one else. Apple tries really hard to make the work fun and we preach that every day to have fun helping people with a huge purchase in there life. Down side is most of the time you have to start of as a part time employee, but to move up its not hard.",Connect a bit more with employees.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46505,apple,none," Oct 14, 2008",Former Employee - Intern,"cool, hip company for young people, but they can work you hard","one of the best reasons to work for apple is that it has a really creative, young, energetic culture. i think a big part of it is that the company makes really awesome market-leading products that people get excited about months in advance of release. whenever a new product launches, people who work at apple get really excited, and there's a certain amount of pride associated with being a part of this company. another cool thing is that i think that the senior management share a pretty common vision of what the potential of their products are, where they want to take the company, etc.",a secretive environment and ridiculously busy people,n/a,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46506,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 13, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A great place to work on cutting edge products,If you're lucky you get to work on cutting edge products. Employees are generally happy to be working at Apple which creates a positive environment to work in. Free Apple products.,"As with any company that produces ground breaking products, hours can be long and work stressful. They seem to favor handing out stock options over cash bonuses which is great when the stock is going up, but cash would be nice.",Management is doing a great job,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46507,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,An oasis of interesting fast-paced creative work with talented colleagues and enlightened management.,"People are friendly, talented and interested in their work. Managers respect employees and appreciate their hard work, and are most often technically adept themselves. People really care about getting the best quality possible in our products.",I'm having a real difficulty thinking of any.,Find out how to continue doing your current excellent jobs.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46508,apple,"Walnut Creek, CA"," Oct 12, 2008",Current Employee - Creative,Great place to pad your stats (if you have some game and know-how).,"paid training, great people to work with (aside from management), paid training","lack of communication between departments, constant internal policy changes, promotion through popularity or politics","learn to be leaders, real leaders inspire and foster an environment of growth, trust, and workability, not miscommunication, criticism, and reactivity",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46509,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 8, 2008",Former Employee - Materials Manager,Apple can provide almost endless career experience and possibilities but be prepared to give 110% all of the time.,"Information is shared all the way down to the lowest levels. For example, when I worked in manufacturing in the nineties relatively sensitive information about sales, forecasts, and new products were routinely shared with the lowest level worker. In addition information about salary guidelines up to the director level were readily available to all employees.  The ability to move horizontally in the company is fairly easy. It is not uncommon for a person to have had jobs within the company in several different distinct groups. For example a New Products manager may have experience in Human Resources, Materials, and Facilities.","In general, near perfection is the assumed performance that an employee will give. As a result, significant accomplishments are often taken for granted by managers with little recognition being given to the employee. Even though the monetary recognition is there, the importance of the old pat on back is often forgotten.",More attention needs to be given to providing a supportive work environment. When you are expecting employees to work 60 and sometimes 70 hours a week stuffing their wallets is not always enough.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P989.htm
46510,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 30, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Support Agent,"Good benefits, but hush hush.","Benefits, good people to work for, great customers on average.","Secrecy, management style, transparency, or the lack thereof.",Increase opportunities for synergy between depts.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46511,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 30, 2008","Former Employee - Senior Director, Marketing",Chance to change the world,"Passionate, devoted, creative employees. Bleeding edge, great products. Industry visionary and leader. Average compensation, stock has been great.",Long hours and demanding schedules are a downside for some. Limited flow of information.,Do more projects in parallel,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46512,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 29, 2008",Current Employee - Specialist,"Don't change the model, it's working.",Opportunity to learn a great deal about the products. Flexible work arrangement. Great group of people to work with and to learn from while enjoying superior products.,"Product knowledge of new releases have to be learned, generally, on the day of the release.","Don't change the model, it's working. The store is one of the busiest retailers in the neighborhood for a reason.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46513,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 28, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Fun place to work, low on the perks.","Fun environment, good training, nice people, excellent discount. Company always seemed to care for it's employees, even at a retail level. Low turnover and company maintains high goals for moving people from Retail to Corporate.","No commission, dealing with the ""iPhone public."" Lot of talk of promotions, but certain lower-level management was generally slow to act. Long hours sometimes, but company was never stingy about overtime pay (all depending on your store manager).","Reward top selling employees more frequently. If someone can sell more than $10k/day including top metrics (at a moderately-busy store), Apple should up the perks slightly. However, most employees are hired as Mac Specialists first (sales) with the promise of moving into other positions (Genius, Creative, etc). However, those who show strength in sales are less likely to get ""promoted"" into those other positions because management doesn't want to take them off the floor. But if you don't sell well, you also wont get promoted either. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46514,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 29, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Either you'll love it or have a psychotic episode,You're at one of the leading companies in the world. Where if you play you're cards right it might lead to growth in both the retail and corporate life at Apple. If you're really smart you will be proactive and take all teh little benefits that come your way and make as much from it for personal growth.,Fan boys and egos run a muck at the company. People forget the little tings and just good judgment. Too many people sometimes play favorites.,"Don't treat people like kids. Some of the people on the floor are just as competent to have your job. The ego's that run rampant at the retail level is astonishing. I can't understand why some people because maybe the fan boy in them, have reached apple at this stage choose to loose sight of everyday things.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46515,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 26, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Show me the money,"Fun people, fun products. There are lots of smart people to learn from and plenty of opportunities to try different things.","Becoming more corporate, compensation is weak","The ""change the world"" feeling is going away. It's time to start paying people what they are worth. Good people are already starting to leave.",4.0,2.0,none,3.5,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46516,apple,none," Sep 26, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"If you like crazy smart, c'mon aboard",Exposure to new technologies. You will work with amazingly smart people and learn how to fix everything Apple.,"Crazy retail hours, never able to make everyone happy, poor pay","Please pay us more, please don't expect miracles in only 15 minutes - we can't make everyone happy - customers or corporate.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46517,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 27, 2008",Former Employee - Concierge,Not bad overall,"The work environment is fast-paced and the people genuinely care, at least for the most part. There is a strong sense of community within the store, and it has been a great place to develop friendships and to learn. Some days you get the chance to really make a customer's day, or to turn a bad situation into a positive one, and that can be very rewarding. The chance to make a customer's day is worth coming to work for in the morning, and management is (mostly) supportive of employees who go out of their way to do this, which is encouraging.","Secrecy hurts the company - employees are given limited information about important company news and events. Also, the tremendous volume of customers a store handles in a single day makes the pace incredibly stressful at times, and you are often forced to multi-task to the limit of your ability to comprehend. Customers can be extremely rude if they feel they've been slighted by the company, which seems to be frequent, as many people today have a sense of entitlement the size of California. The company also expects you to be a ""team player"" i.e. devote a generous portion of your free time to your work schedule.","Promote based on how an employee treats customers, not how they perform financially. Give more employees the chance at full-time status if they want it.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46518,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 10, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous,Some change is needed,Benefits and time off. The benefits are very good. So is the time off and vacations. I also think there is good work life balance. California laws allow for great benefits. Steve Jobs is revered at the company. Is seems to be a great leader and everyone is excited about the products. Employee discounts on products are a plus too.,"Stucture needed for a growing company. As the organization get bigger, the organization will need to change how they go to market and the processes that the organization employs. The organization opposes this becauses it changes the company culture, but there is a way to balance maintaining the culture with structure needed for a growing organization.",Change is needed for a growing organization.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46519,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 20, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Passionate people, awesome products, great technology. Needs better work/life balance.","Passionate people, awesome products, great technology. Things aren't always done by the book, but things get done. There aren't strong guidelines in terms of procedure, just make it work.","Maniacal dictator leadership. Not particularly good at promoting a strong balance between work and personal life. Expectations (unspoken, of course) of a 50, 60, 70 hour work week are not unusual.",Back off the expectations of having employees work themselves to death.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P990.htm
46520,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 7, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,"Steve is a gifted marketeer, in knowing what people will buy, and when to bring new ideas to market.","A chance to say you work for a ""cool"" company, that outsiders admire for the most part. There's also a chance to be involved in a great innovative energy that you might not get elsewhere. Sort of a halo effect from the creativity that occurs all over, not just in engineering. At the end of the day, its nice to be recognized for being part of the effort. All in all, its a good community to be involved with.","The caste system between engineers and all who are not. Includes pay, smugness, attitude. People who aren't engineers are sometimes regarded as less intellectual, even though the work might be very creative, very important, and very mind intensive. You have use the F-word, ""flexible"", more times than one cares to count.","Take care of your foundation and support structure to keep the roof from caving in. There's a significant team supporting the folks who create new products and marketing ideas. Many have decades of experience here, bringing invaluable tribal knowledge to the table.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46521,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 19, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging a great place to work,"Keeps you on your toes, always improving. Great HR services.","Can be competitive at times, and everyone is very busy... almost too busy.","I'd like more communication between departments just cause I'm an Apple fan, but it makes sense why certain things are kept in secret.",4.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46522,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Oct 3, 2008",Current Employee - Supply Chain Analyst,A big company in the mould of a small company,Independent work culture making you manage ur workload.....,Too vague in terms of processes making it frustrating sometimes to get in touch with the right people.... sometimes I wonder at the inefficiences with which we operate in terms of operations and still get such a healthy margin.... what would happen if we can tighten our processes... somehow vagueness is a doubel-edged sword here at apple.. it fosters great ideas sometimes but leads to ad-hoc actions a lot of times making the company lot of money.....,"Never expect yourself to stay in one role here for a very long time.... there are so many things to do.. if you are up to it, there would be no dearth of work and opportunities....",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46523,apple,"Roseville, MN"," Oct 3, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Research the store's flow, workload and attitude before you accept and offer.","Better than average pay, excellent benefits for full time employees, including stock options. Above average training for skill positions, opportunities to grow if you are the right ""type"". Access to internal knowledge of products. Excellent corporate support for employees. Often get a ""bonus"" at end of year - usually an iPod. Somewhat ""glamourous"" I guess, you may impress your friends if you work there. Excellent discounts (25% off one full system per year, 15% off other systems, 10-15% off product including 3rd party product, lots of partnership discounts and offers.) T-Shirts provided.","In Retail - management. They hired people with no knowledge and gave them no training. Communication was next to nothing. Netpromoter feedback was only communicated it it was negative. Incompetent people were promoted. Policies were continually ignored, broken or sometimes outright imagined. Employee feedback was ignored, and if recognized, it was shot down or patronized. More attention was paid to sales numbers than customer satisfaction. Training provided was to ""increase the sale"" rather than find the best solution for the customer. Lack of inter-store communication left our market in the dark and the customer experience scattered and varied.",Start focusing on the customer again. Be more selective in who you hire. Train the ones you do hire. Give more credit to the staff members who have worked there since the beginning. Grow slowly. Don't penalize good employees for the mistakes of incompetent ones. The time clock should not be a terminable offense. Stop over-promising to customers on goods and services we don't have the space or time to deliver. Defend your Geniuses. Honor your Creatives. Train and manage and observe your Specialists and Concierge. You can't manage the floor staff if you're never on the floor.,2.0,1.0,none,1.5,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46524,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 20, 2008",Current Employee - QA Test Lead,A great place to work for days on end without a break.,"The company is charged and on a roll. Products are exciting and the recognition is good for the ego. If you want to get to the heart of all things Apple, you need to work there. Few outside experts exist. The facilities are top notch, the food great (and subsidized) and the general culture makes day-to-day interactions easy. The benefits package offers the best healthcare (United), a 401k match, stock options plan, health club, and an extensive discount-sharing program with third party vendors.","Too much work for engineering teams. Most Directors/VPs want to hire more engineers, but they fail to hire enough QA to support them. QA is strained to the hilt throughout, especially in Mac Engineering, iPod and iPhone. Though management promises to do better, projects generally end up demanding weekend after weekend of commitment, or risk being labeled ""not a team player."" Most entry-level QA positions pay below the market average, and demand more time. In the end, Steve Jobs stands up at a comm meeting and offers a round of applause for everyone's families, but no profit sharing.","Re-evaluate the distribution of head count, and push more folks into to QA to continue to support the industry-leading quality customers expect. Recent quality failures like me.com and it's services, and rapid-response updates for iPhone clearly illustrate the need for more people to get the quality up to a higher standard.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46525,apple,none," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - WW Supply Demand Planner,"Apple is Great, but be ready to work a lot.",Great people. Challenging and interesting work.,Work life balance. A lot of tops down direction and not enough freedom to make decisions.,"Figure out how to run the business without requiring employees to work all day, then all night communicating with Asia.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46526,apple,none," Sep 15, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Company to work for,"Plenty of potential for promotion from within. Company encourages a balance of work and home life, so they try to minimize work calls or emails during days off. Company has a lot of respect for employees diversity. Company culture is geared around a great customer service outlook. Initial training provides a great customer service training. There is a lot of promotion potential inside the company due to growth. Employee morale is high. There is a lot of communication between managers and staff. Compensation seems to be higher than in like companies.",There are few full time entry level jobs in the retail side.,Too many issues with products being released recently. Need to further test products before release.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46527,apple,"Mid Florida, FL"," Sep 27, 2008",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Look before you leap,"Great place to work if your an Apple ""fan Boy"" and think the company can do no wrong. The benefits are good and you can purchase Apple stock at a discount. This may be the best reason to work for Apple. Discounts on hardware is OK, but products must ship from CA, can't be purchased from retail stock. Retail stock discount is only 10% and excludes some products such as Bose.",Most store managers or general managers are incompetent. They lack respect for the employees and treat the majority of the customers with little or no respect.,Hire better store managers that understand HR better.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46528,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,You won't be the smartest kid in class,"Apple hires very well, your coworkers will be extremely talented and smart. You can learn a lot, fast, and you have the satisfaction of working for one of the best loved brands in the world. Too, the employee perks are good and getting better, albeit under pressure from GOOG.","It is a personality driven organization, and only those personalities that match the screaming tantrum thrower at the top seem to get ahead. The secrecy is beyond fastidious and is in fact insultingly petty and political, and often is an impediment to actually getting one's work done. Communication is not a skill that is prized or rewarded and thus is naturally underdeveloped to the point of atrophy. We're remunerated well, but not as well as perhaps we might be.","Keep doing what you're doing, but pay more attention to company-wide communication over direction, succession, &c.",3.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46529,apple,"Austin, TX"," Sep 8, 2008",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Review From AppleCare Call Center Perspective.,"Great company to work for. Great products. Good employee discounts (Were better before iPhone 3G became subsidized). Good discounts with other businesses as well. Very laid back atmosphere (Never been somewhere that didn't have a dress code before). People have even interviewed while dressed up in costumes and gotten hired.  Unlike many call centers I have worked at, Apple actually has time available to be used in the case of a family member being sick. This is extremely helpful when you are a parent with children in daycare, which is all to common these days.",For working in the AppleCare division: As with any call center there is the strictness to adherence and also to attendance. This has never become an issue for me as I've worked in call center environments for over 10 years now and that is really a downside to all call centers.,"Keep doing what your doing, because it works. Only request would be to allow us to purchase the iPhone 3G with our employee discount.",5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P991.htm
46530,apple,"Emeryville, CA"," Sep 9, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,Get ready to be the center of attention in retail frustration.,"IF - if - you qualify, getting benefits for a retail job is definitely a plus. Currently I'm scheduled for 39 hours a week - just shy of the standard 40 that pushes you into a ""full-time"" employee. It's frustrating. It's not uncommon to be asked to pick up shifts for other employees, but in the end that doesn't affect your status as full-time as opposed to part-time.  The camaraderie, though, that's something else. I've worked in two different Apple stores but always felt like I had an instant group of friends when I've joined. The employees are usually smart, savvy people. Nerdy to some degree, yes, but also very often very hip and very passionate about something in the creative arts. If it wasn't for these guys, I never would have come back to work for Apple retail in the first place.","Oh, those high-traffic hours. Definitely a good but bad thing. Understandably, people get emotional about their technology products. When you are not the ""Genius,"" you are often caught in the sticky situation of explaining product limitations or product issues with your customers while releasing very little information. Never expect your customers to know your limits. Working Apple retail requires a lot of patience and a lot of people skills. Apple used to be an almost boutique-y computer store, but more and more it's attracting people for whom the system and the company are foreign worlds. There's going to be a lot of hand-holding involved in your time as a Apple retail employee. Of course, you may also be faced with know-it-alls, in which case, you just gotta listen to their esoteric talk and grin.","When in doubt, overstaff your store.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46531,apple,"Brandon, FL"," Sep 9, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great place to work... but not a permanant solution for a college grad.,"Cool company, outstanding growth potential, and enough action in a day's work to keep you from getting bored. You'll meet all sorts of people. Especially if you get into the habbit of doing Personal Shopping appointments, or you are entered into a GYO program.",If you think having a college education will get you ahead while working at apple retail..... you're wrong. Which is good for the regular joe... but sucks for the degree holders. I love my job... but when it kind of burns to see the 18 year old fresh out of high school working right along side a 30 year old with a Bachelors degree.,"Just keep an open door policy, and don't be afraid to address the rumors that circulate abound.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46532,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 18, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Good for some, not others",The brand and reasonable discounts. People tend to be excited to hear you work there. Usually is fun to come to work and be able to interact with a wide range of people.,"Overly secretive. Little to no room for advancement. The retail roles are extremely repetitive and at times nauseating. Great if you're a college student or something, but everyone else should steer clear (though to be fair, that's true of retail in general). I don't feel like I'm recognized for my hard work and am highly limited in the ways I can advance within the company.","Great job with the products, not so good at managing people.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46533,apple,"West Palm Beach, FL"," Sep 9, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Work here,"Simply put it's a very relaxed company to work with, while there are also fantastic advancement opportunities. Due to the two divisions, corporate and retail it makes it so there is quite a bit of advancement opportunities, if you can make the networking connections.","If you don't work hard, you are unable to advance. The biggest issue is you have to wait for a new store to open in order to fully advance or for a stores popularity to pick up in order to allow the opening for a Creative or Genius position to open. The other issue is the transfer from Retail to corporate can be a bit more difficult since there isn't as close of a relationship between the retail and corporate divisions.",None,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46534,apple,"Falls Church, VA"," Sep 21, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The first bite is delicious. The rest of the Apple...well.,Discount on products. Teach people not to use PCs.,"Baby managers, salary for part time, big turn over in staff.","Do what you promise to do- ie. reveiews, training, staff support. MAKE NEW HIRES SIGN A CONTRACT. Of my training class I am the only one still working for Apple- (2 years).",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46535,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Sep 18, 2008",Current Employee - Creative,A good starting point...,"Apple is an exciting place to work. The people who work at Apple Retail are intelligent (for the most part) and very excited to work there. In addition, it's a great place to network with the customers Apple attracts.","Apple doesn't seem to be very sincere in the professional development of the Creatives. It is very difficult to find the time and motivation at the job to study for certifications. Apple uses the certification card as bait to attract you to work there, then there isn't much follow up. Also, Apple Retail is...RETAIL. It's easy going in to ignore that.",Do more to develop your employees. Give more encouragement and feedback. Be more sincere about the education aspects of the Creative position.,2.0,4.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46536,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Sep 6, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Operations politics,Working with a few very bright and creative people.,I believe that certain directors in Apple's Manufacturing Operations will burn out an employee to the point where the employee's ability to function is seriously impaired. The director can then drive them out of the company and get someone fresher. I believe that they often target an employee early as a candid for removal. Even a good performer who falls out of favor politically can look forward to intense scrutiny for many months or years.,"1. Working hard to point out an employee's faults, but not their successes, is NOT leadership. 2. Working to find reasons to punish an employee and ignore their achievements is NOT leadership. 3. Meeting with your employees once every few years is NOT leadership. 4. Holding threats of termination over employees' heads for several years is NOT leadership. It is nothing less than tyranny.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46537,apple,"Glendale, AZ"," Aug 28, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Inc. is a phenominal place to start a career working with the latest technology,The Apple atmosphere as well as the oppurtunity to be on the inside line of Apple products,"The retail side of Apple is no different than other retails operations concerning pay, time off and scheduling. Apples policy for part time employees is they must be flexibiles and schedules are only know two weeks in advance.","Being concious of the fact that Apple Inc. Retail is a great environment but understanding that over 50% of the retail employees are part time, having better judgement against allowing time off as well as scheduling per requests",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46538,apple,"Honolulu, HI"," Aug 29, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple tastes great but not with AT & T,"friendly work environment, solid new employee training, paid technology training, flexible hours for parttime employees, great product discounts, very satisfying to provide terrific services that change lives, best customer service provider in the world, great cooperation and support among non-management employees, cool & modern facilities,","having to spend your time selling cellphone service for iphone, association with AT & T, poor compensation and rewards for outstanding employees--pretty much everyone is equal, mixed messages from management about what is more important--helping customers or making sales quotas, too much emphasis on selling extras that new users don't need right away,","begin disconnecting with AT & T as a sole provider, AT & T is NOT the same quality company as Apple....far from it. This has tarnished the apple reputation, employees feel ashamed.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46539,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 25, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"A fantastic place to work and have balance, but not perfect.","The best reasons to work for Apple is the ability to have exciting work. You can work on exciting technology that changes the industry. Furthermore, many managers at Apple provide ample flexibility in coordinating work and personal life. There have been many instances in which I was able to accommodate a personal task within a work day or work vacation in when I wanted, not necessarily when the company wanted. The amount of respect the company gives you is also very rewarding. You're not treated as a replaceable piece, but rather as a valuable asset that they would like to keep around for a long time.","It seems that the pay is low. However, with the perks of personal flexibility, respect, and meaningful work, I'm not sure I would work anywhere else. The level of secrecy at Apple can also be irritating if you're in engineering.",Pay higher salaries. Increase the ability to take jobs within the company easily. Allow more professional growth.,4.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P992.htm
46540,apple,"White Plains, NY"," Sep 6, 2008",Former Employee - Concierge,Roll The Dice,"Awesome Discounts and you work for one of the most amazing companies in the world. You always have awesome coworkers but theres always that bad egg in the batch. Awesome Pay and Free t-shirts! The also have a amazing benefits program with awesome perks. You are also always in the ""know"".","Miserable hours, overworked, treated terrible by customers and no backup from management. The company doesnt tell their employees about any new product coming out to protect the product. You will be harassed for discounts more than you will ever know.",tOpen your eyes. Listen to your employees.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46541,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 9, 2008",Former Employee - Genius,At least you always get paid on time.,"You can say you work for Apple. At least you always get paid on time. You get good health benefits, discount stock purchase every 6 months, 401k matching up to 6% (less than 2 years 50% match, 2-5 years 75% match, over 5 years 100% match)",Trying to deal with problems with cutting edge technology while customer are upset at you for 8 hours a day. Standing on your feet all day while trying to solve complex problems is mentally and physically draining.,I drowning here. Throw me a life vest please. Hello is anybody home?,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46542,apple,"New York, NY"," Sep 4, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The Electric Kool-Aid Apple Test,"Apple offers excellent medical benefits as well as a 401k plan and employee stock purchase plan. In addition, Apple tends to give their employees free promotional items when major new products come out.","Where I worked, scheduling was a nightmare. I practically never had any weekend days off and, since the store hours were 24/7, I had to work much later than I would have liked. When you are scheduled to work from 11-8 or 1-10 on a regular basis, your job becomes your life. There's not enough time to do anything before work and by the time you get home its also too late to do anything. Also, Apple can oftentimes feel more like a cult than a company. There's only so much self-congratulating one can take before you start believing it. Don't! Remember, you are just a cog in their unfathomably large wheel. Yes, Apple may in fact be more selective than Princeton when it comes to new hires (something that was repeated many times during the hiring process), but maybe that's because most of their employees are low-level proles just trying to pay the rent. Only the top students in the world would even consider applying to Princeton, but anyone can fill out an Apple application. It only takes a few minutes and can be done one their website! I cannot stress this enough: Do not drink the Kool-Aid! This is just a job and you are just an employee.","I must say that you guys are extremely good at keeping a straight face while spewing the most ludicrous self-promoting nonsense. This is not to say that you are mismanaging the company, on the contrary, it is clear that what you are doing is highly effective. I just find it sickening, that's all.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46543,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 14, 2008",Current Employee - Producer,Apple - you won't regret working here,"Apple is one of the most high profile companies around, so when you work here, you constantly see the results of your labors out in the world. Apple's customer base ranges from loyal to fanatical, so even when the company makes a mistake, there is a sense that a lot of people stand by the Apple.  Apple pays well. It is a large company with huge financial resources, so when they want to, they are not afraid to spend money.  Apple is a global company. People travel all over the world routinely, and Apple's presence is continually expanding across the globe.","Apple is essentially, a dictatorship. There are very few public companies that are so dominated by a single CEO, and Apple is probably the most extreme case. While everyone respects SJ, they also live in constant fear of him, and this trickles down to his senior management and so on throughout the entire company. Sometimes it seems like the entire management structure tries to mirror SJ, so you have a lot of VPs who are treated like royalty.  It is difficult to get things approved at Apple. Every major decision must go through multiple levels of decision and then up to SJ himself. No detail is too small for him to review - it is amazing how he has time look at everything.","Nothing would change the current management structure. Steve is the king of the castle and that's the way it is. It will be interesting to see what happens when Steve steps down, because no one can fill his shoes.  The worst thing is the managers that act like they are better than everyone working for them, but when they get in a room with someone higher ranking than them, they are brought down to the same level as everyone else. This is a large company, but sometimes it feels very small, because it is truly run by a select few.",5.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46544,apple,"Durham, NC"," Aug 23, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"A great job for part-time and full-time employees alike, but especially good for college students.","Rewarding experiences, working with people who enjoy the products. Above average base salary, perfect for students. Very flexible weekly scheduling. Impressive employee discounts. By design, you aren't paid on commission, so both you and the customer won't have to go through the motions of selling/buying products you don't want to.","Customers, understandably very sensitive about their computer-related investments, get a bit testy sometimes and take their anger out on you, when they are often the cause of their own problem.",None.,5.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46545,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Aug 19, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,All the perks of brand-name recogniton plus all the downside of retail!,"You're in one of the most cutting-edge technology companies around. Apple is constantly striving to come up with the next great thing, or the next big surprise that crosses over whatever the technological bar is, leaving the rest of the competition to follow along or be left behind. The products are amazing, work simply and efficiently, and are beautifully engineered. It's a classier establishment that you don't have to be ashamed of, and the brand recognition is among the best out there. Everyone knows an Apple product when they see one.","This is a very high stress job as the customers can be some of the worst people ever born, especially first-time Apple customers who're under the impression that everything should ""just work"" without any kind of intelligent input from the user. We've got lots of brand-name recognition, and a very high reputation that isn't all that hard to live up to, but more and more, people expect much more than they are willing to accept as the truth of a situation.","Be more aware of all of your employees, not just the loud ones.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46546,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Aug 22, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Long hours. Each department is seriously understaffed. Big name, but runs like a start up (by design).",Brilliant people and products to be proud of.,"Long hours. Each department is seriously understaffed. Big name, but runs like a start up (by design).",More resources!,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46547,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 11, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Engineer,"If your great at what you do, you can change the world, as long as you are quiet about it.","It's one of the few places where you have the chance to change the world of technology, and work with some of the smartest people in the world. Anyone's pet project can wind up shipping to millions of Macs and iPhones - but you have to be great at what you do, and really be passionate about it.","Secrecy is the cult tool of management. While secrecy is beneficial during development, and helps make a big splash on introduction of a product - the paranoia still runs deep after the product has shipped. The default answer to any question is ""say nothing publicly"", and this philosophy is driven out of fear, even for purely technical discussions.","Focus secrecy where it matters, and let people who work on non-secret projects work in the open with developers. Your employees aren't stupid, and know how to not pre-announce products. Also, recent deals with phone and record companies are corrupting our soul, and are antithetical to serving our customer's needs first.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46548,apple,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Aug 13, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"A great position to break into the technical support world, as well as earn your first certifications.","An upbeat work environment, complete with superb benefits for full-time employees, as well as significant purchase discounts and a great discounted stock-purchase plan. In addition, Apple offers its employees access to discounted purchases with its channel partners, as well as incentives for programs like employee wellness & fitness, mass-transit and carpool transportation.",Limited mobility within the retail structure. Pay rates for certain positions (specifically in the technical support field) can be significantly lower than those with equal qualifications. The retail architecture can at times feel strained and can work to distance employees feelings of belonging to the company as a whole.,"Greater attentiveness to the needs of employees, and a focus on internal satisfaction can strongly improve overall morale and behavior.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46549,apple,"New York, NY"," Aug 10, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),High School Environment,The company knows the type of people they want to work there and they actively search for them until they get them. They are a well rounded company that focuses on the customers' wants and needs. I love the product and love the people that I work with because they are equally in love with the product. They are always the most coveted product and far more advanced than other companies in design and technology. It is a fun and safe environment to be a part of and everyone makes you feel as if you are a part of something bigger.,"The downsides of working for such a family oriented company is that everyone is in an intricate relationship with one another. It is like being in high school all over again complete with cliques: the popular kids and the nerds. Since it is such a relaxed environment where your personality is a huge part of your ""uniform"", there are people who clash with each other and others who take advantage of the lax environment and do not do any work. There are times when I do feel under appreciated for the work that I accomplish because it isn't a place to get reviewed and promoted too often.","I would have to advise the management team to communicate with each other and remain consistent on the things that they are telling their employees. There are times when it is like a ""parent situation"" where you go to one manager and they say go talk to the other and vice versa. Or you get advice from one manager, follow through with it and then get reprimanded for those same actions by another manager. Being told to sit down and walk at the same time.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P993.htm
46550,apple,"Miami, FL"," Aug 14, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,Work for Apple!!,benefits and culture make for a very fun place to work.,the pace of the store along with sometimes being understaffed is a major downside,the Senior Management is really striving to create the most utopian work culture,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46551,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 7, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Awesome company, amazing people, know how to set boundries or you'll work endless hours","Amazing people to work with, great culture, great products",Sometimes people are given more work than can fit in a 40 or 50 hour work week. It makes it challenging to have work/life balance even though managers encourage work/life balance.,"Work with employees to evaluate their workload, and give recommendations on how to either manage the workload better, or distribute the work. Learn more about what motivates individual employees. Pay may not be the only motivator - for certain employees, more recognition could go a long way. More focus on ways to boost employee moral for how hard they work would go a long way, but for how hard they work the Senior Managers, I can't see how'd they'd find time to do this.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46552,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2008",Current Employee - Business Partner,Why would you even think you want to work at Apple?,"The stock option package is decent and benefits for full time employees are generous. Discounts exist, but aren't all that great given what you have to put up with as an employee.","The retail environment is unruly. There is never a break in the day and management rarely supports your mental well-being by helping to breaks. Once you become a key member of the team (full time and are a leader in your department) or you have a particularly well-based exceptional knowledge-base, the questions never stop rolling in. Your role becomes much more similar to that of an Assistant Manager, who also get badgered quite a bit, but without the pay. Management has no problem assigning more responsibility but never compensates for it either in the way of a raise or in the form of preference for day off or scheduling requests. Lastly, there is no commission structure in place. Given the huge disparity in work ethic (which translates to sales), some kind of commission structure would make the mayhem worth it, but there isn't. There is nothing to reward me for working at a grueling pace all day to try and keep customers happy—I make the same as a peer who has figured out just how much work they need to get done to look busy and fly under the radar. Even a half of a percent commission would add up really quickly for me, particularly on days when I break 20k in sales. $100 in commission in a single day would double my salary. Management and corporate doesn't see to care about who sells their computers. To them, we are a renewable resource, once we burn out and leave, they'll get someone else to do it—and don't forget it's a privilege to work for Apple. What a joke!","Care more about you employees beneath you. More times than not, the people you hire have very good qualities, but you don't care enough about their advancement. Because of that, you end up losing very talented people. Taking a quick snapshot of the average retail store would yield a high percentage of employees who have college degrees working in low-paying jobs, typically as a stop-gap to make ends meet. If anyone from store management to senior management took the time to observe this and care about those employees advancement in the company, you would see a lot less turnover in the retail sector and employees who actually are proud to work for Apple.",2.0,1.5,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46553,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 1, 2008",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,"Still a great place, but definitely areas for improvement","To be part of something bigger, something that is changing the world. To work on products anyone can use, to see your products all over, and to be able to be a consumer of the products you work on. To be part of the excitement and the glamor (from what people see on the outside).","Much like sausage making....you enjoy the end product but don't want to know how it was made. There often times can be a lot of thrash, or lack of communication that leads to more stress than is needed. And being part of a large company (even Apple) can leave you feeling like your just a cog in the machine somedays. Apple does not do a good job of reviews, or communicating to employees real feedback on their performance and what is needed to get to the next level. Promotions are often based more on working tons of hours or having completed a major task (much easier for developers to show than someone in QA). So often developers are promoted to be a manager not because they'd make a great manager but because they worked really hard, and did some great thing.","Continue to make great products...but also realize that you don't make those great products without talented and hard-working employees. You've done a pretty good job of allowing most of us (that want it) to have a good work/life balance (ie. the week off at Thanksgiving, etc.) But ...for those of us not directors and above our equity stack in Apple is nearly 0, unless we use our own money to buy into ESPP, most of us do not have any stock, stock options, profit sharing. No matter how hard we work or how much time we put into our jobs and Apple, we ultimately get no financial reward or incentive (other than our paycheck...which is not enough). Thats great Steve thinks we don't need profit sharing because the focus should be on doing well and making the stock go up...if you have millions of shares then yes stock going up is great....if you have no shares or 100 shares what does it matter if the stock goes up 10pts or so?? I often find myself thinking why should I put in anymore than 8hrs a day?? Why should I take from my family time and my time to give more to a place that isn't giving me anything towards the future (paycheck is for today, stock options are for tomorrow.)",3.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,4.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46554,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 6, 2008",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great products, tough to make an impact",Great products and a passionate customer base,"- Decisions are made by C-level executives. If you come to Apple, don't expect to be able to make the types of decisions, no matter how small, you made at other companies. Additional downsides to this are the amount of time that it takes to be able to get decisions made, then act on them. Jobs are generally more focused on execution so depending on the type of environment you come from, you may not feel that you are having any impact. Great jobs for people right out of school or those intending to stop at Apple for just a year or two to get the company on their resume. - Opportunity for advancement is minimal. If you are looking to be promoted, you will probably need to leave the company and then return later. Same goes for salary increases. - Outside of product development, people don't feel the need for change (there are lots of individuals who have been at the company 10-15 years+). People are very content with processes as they are. Get used to hearing ""well, this is the way we have always done it..."" No sense of urgency.","Try to push some of the decision making to lower levels of management. Not likely this would even happen, but it would greatly assist.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46555,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Aug 10, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Ok place to work, but keep you on your career advancement",There are always really great opportunities to work on neat products -- iphone/os. There are also really good discounts on Apple products.,"There can be a lot of long hours. It's important to set limits for yourself, particularly if you have a family. Training in new technology is often lacking. And when it is provided, there is often no opportunity to use it without transferring to another team. In moving to other positions, it's important to be ENTHUSIASTIC about the job. I don't know whether that means doing somersaults across the floor -- but you can't just have the talent without showing enthusiasm.  Still wish there were at least free drinks and maybe a complementary breakfast for early birds coming in to work. Some managers still haven't grasped the benefits of telecommuting.","There need to be more downward flow of information (not just when things go wrong!). Current management is horrible at this. Provide opportunities for advancement, particularly technology training.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46556,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 29, 2008",Former Employee - Intern,Best. Internship. Ever.,"They really care about making things people will like, and find useful. That makes it immensely satisfying to work there.  Brilliant co-workers.","Hard to get a full-time job there.  The secrecy is a big negative. Even when you are an employee, you are still kept in the dark, especially about the ""coolest"" and newest R&D. There is a lot of research going on there, but since it never gets out, it's worthless.  Long term -- it's not clear what will happen when Steve Jobs leaves. It seems unlikely he will continue to lead Apple for another two decades. It's possible the ""magic"" will go when he does.",Clone Steve Jobs.,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46557,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 15, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great company, not so great management",It's great to work for the coolest and most important and influential tech company right now. It's crazy when you realize people will wait hours in line around the world just to buy a product your company sells,"At the retail stores it can be difficult dealing with political garbage of moving up. Even worse sometimes the stores really do hire incompetent kids and you have to deal with their immaturity, lack of professionalism and overall lack of knowledge.","Listen to the employees you respect the most, especially when it comes to hiring decisions. The hiring events are a way for us to properly warn you of potential talent or problems.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46558,apple,"The Woodlands, TX"," Aug 6, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Free iPhone but No OVERTIME!!!!!!!,Free Stuff and a great place to work,"NO OVERTIME, and long hours. it is true that we don't get payed overtime and that is why I left. I worked there after high school and had an awesome time working there but i didn't make much money (well, it's not very high in the company, so i can see why it wouldn't pay much but 19k is not enough!) I also had to work for extremely long shifts, one time i worked 12 hours straight! and when i went on vacation it wasn't paid and i was on call which was stupid.",I'm not sure...been a while since I worked there,3.0,1.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46559,apple,none," Jul 27, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Store provides a stable job with tons of room for career advancement.,"It's Apple. The discounts are good (25%) and even part-time employees are entitled to a 401K, employee stock purchases, transit subsidiaries, free Apple stuff, like software. Along with a lot of 3rd party discounts. 3rd Party vendors will occasionally, like Bose, will visit the store to give a hand and provide lunch for all employees. It's a laid back environment most of the time, with the possibility of career advancement and of course having access to Apple recourses. And there is the occasional possibility of meeting a few celebrities and what not. It's all good stuff.","At times, a lot of foot traffic, a multitasker's home. Maybe some rude folks, but great for the most part.","Perhaps, you should consider giving a raise to those that deserve it.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P994.htm
46560,apple,"Durham, NC"," Jul 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple: Great unless you're in Retail,"There's the atmosphere, its great, full of energy and excitement. Helping people every day and watching them leave with a smile after you told them they lost irreplaceable baby pictures is powerful. The stock discount is pretty awesome too.","As a an Apple Retail employee, you're replaceable. And they don't hesitate to remind you of that. Pay is high for retail, low for technical jobs. There's a lot of strife between the store and regional levels, and between the stores themselves. There's lots of drama.","Appreciate your employees more, and they might stick around longer.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46561,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 22, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,get in but don't stay for long,"stock options, reputation, prestige, close to my house","if you're not working on the hot product, such as iphone or ipod, you're nothing. bonus and profit sharing only go to director level.",share the profits. you don't get to the top by yourself.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46562,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 8, 2008",Current Employee - Project Manager II,Cool company and we make coolest products,Cool products. Feels like a young company. We get an office of our own unlike other companies where you share a cube. Shuttle service from SF and Fremont. Pretty decent cafeteria. Casual atmosphere. One can walk in shorts and will not be questioned.,Salary is low. Stock options given only after multiple yrs of experience.,Compensation is very low. How come the bonus is nowhere comparable to what other companies give.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46563,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 27, 2008",Former Employee - Product Designer,"Good employer, but not quite as amazing as the consumer perception would lead you to believe","Cool projects, good benefits, employee discounts :-)",Middle management didn't really impress me much. SJobs is clearly awesome but I think that the trickle-down has caused a bunch of 'yes men' to end up in the lower ranks.,Ferret out and remove the middlemanagement that are there for political rather than skill-based reasons,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46564,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 7, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist,"AWESOME! Very fun place to work, great morale. Company is really centered around their employees.","Awesome company! Invests a lot of time in training employees, from an initial 3 day seminar to weekly videos to update employees on new products. Workplace is very upbeat and fun. They applaud the new employees as they walk in on their first day of work. Co-workers are very friendly and always willing to help each other out. Great discounts on products too!","It can get tiring. It is crowded, and there are so many customers trying to find someone to help them. No matter how many employees are on the floor, there could always be more. The first month I worked there I lost my voice","When remodeling stores, rethink the mini-store idea. A store that is already overcrowded is going to be a fire hazard when it is one quarter it's size. I'm surprised someone didn't call OSHA when our store was remodeled. Other than that, it is an awesome, friendly, positive environment. I really appreciated all the feedback the managers gave me. Overall, the positives outweigh the mediocre pay.",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46565,apple,"Baton Rouge, LA"," Jul 7, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A job i love to get up and go to!,"The company keeps its employees in its heart. It believes in the employees, and i like that. I am able to do my job and not get micro-managed. my managment staff really belive in my abilities and what i can accomplish.","none at the moment, my work experience with apple has just begun.",Continue to provide the driving force for all employees to follow. together we will continue to achieve the bigger picture.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46566,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 16, 2008",Former Employee - Materials Manager,"Make great product, have no life","""Us against the world"" mentality really brings a sense of family to the group that you work with. Working on bleeding edge products that you are sure to see in the mall, and on every news outlet Enjoy not only working on the product, but enjoy owning and using the products - actual pride in the product itself a casual and fun place to work for, very liberal and open-minded culture","No life/work balance Expectation of being on-call 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week No standing processes, manual paper report driven Need for constant non-value add communication required from management Very stressful work",Need work/life balance for all employees,3.0,1.0,none,5.0,3.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46567,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 4, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,a nice place to work,"- lots of smart and really passionate people to work with, you will be challenged - most teams are small and the work you do will have an impact on the product that you are working on","- compensation and benefits are less than other similar companies in the area - long death marches to the final release or major milestone, expect to work late nights and weekends for several months before a product is shipped or before a conference","- be more open about compensation and benefits, its on the back of most peoples minds",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46568,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jul 1, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work and then get a real job.,"A great company with long term vision and ideals. Apple truly is changing the retail industry as well as the computer industry. If you want to be challenged in the areas of customer service and expectations , there is no company that lights a candle next to Apple with the exception of extremely high end luxury boutiques.","Stagnant growth in certain market fields. ""Short"" business structure in retail leadership , results in overwhelmed leadership who tend to let the details slip through the cracks. Certain job titles are under paid considering what a comparable professional would be making outside of the store.",Reach to employees for feedback. Hold people accountable for their actions. Treat employees as important as customers. Drop the traditional high and mighty Apple attitude. Apple should spend less time talking trash and more time creating products and processes who's quality speaks for themselves.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46569,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jul 1, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"A great place to start a retail career, if that's what you're looking for.","The pinnacle of technology, working in the Apple Store gives you the opportunity to be the face of one of the most talked about companies. There are plenty of opportunities for advancement within Apple Retail should you decide to go down that path. Show them your strengths and they'll move you to where you need to be within the store. Apple Retail corporate's senior management is supurb.","Not the best at motivating those with goals outside of working in retail, however that is to be expected. While it is a ""retail revolution"" it cannot escape the fact that it is, indeed, retail. The downsides are thus everything typical of any other retail job.",Work on finding a way to motivate those without retail goals in mind.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P995.htm
46570,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 27, 2008",Current Employee - QA Engineer,great great great,"talented and competent co-workers, exciting products, pride of ownership when shipping a product. excellent corporate atmosphere","opportunities to advance upward are limited, due to the large amount of people here",none,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46571,apple,"Towson, MD"," Jul 14, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great place to work during summer, an IT career jumpstarter, sadly no career","Fun, easy-going place to work. Good pay, allows computer nerds to get payed by talking about computers. Lots of attractive girls that work at the store, fun place to meet up with friends who enjoy seeing me work, lots of shiny products to have hands-on time with.","The fact that there is no over time, and that there are obvious favorites chosen by the management team. Inadequate training opportunities, sometimes a little too laid back, elder employees are allowed to slack off more than new employees which have higher expectations.","To make employee appreciation even higher, for leadership reorganization, to keep things more organized in general, to increase promotions and recognition of performance.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46572,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 25, 2008",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,"Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy (and rewarding) ride","The mission, the passion, the chance to work with the most remarkable people in the world. The people factor is the single biggest reason to work at Apple, they are without peer and some of the most intelligent and creative folks on the planet. Aside from the culture and history, it's the biggest reason why I still love going to work every day.","Lack of process in certain areas, high pressure environment, long hours. All offset by the best reasons to work for Apple. Some areas of the business don't feel world class in terms of operations, feel sometimes like we are still operating as we did when we were a MUCH smaller company in the late 80's or early 90's.",Circulate a little more with the rank and file. Keep your fingers on the pulse.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46573,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 29, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,"Some good products, massive internal problems.","You get to be part of a company that makes some of the most recognizable, and, in some cases, some of the best, products in the market today. Most people are proud to be there, and that's a plus. Also, despite the recent down turn, in terms of financial compensation, it's still very good in terms of stock options, and so on. Salary is at least OK.","Some of the people are not nice. They're effective in what they do, but they're not nice. It's one thing to be no-nonsense, but in my opinion one can still be polite and professional about things. There's a lot of politics, too much for my taste. But that's not the real problem, the problem is they see it as, at worst, a neutral attribute, and, at best, a good feature, which is puzzling to me. The biggest problem is the lack of process. The work gets done, but it's extremely inefficient, and, as with politics, some people actually see this as a feature rather than a problem. People spend a lot of time doing things that, were good processes in place, would not even be necessary. While people are hard working and put in a lot of time, they don't stop and ask themselves if they're doing things the right way. In a way, they're ""disciplined"" in doing many of the wrong things. The result is they keep hiring people, and they get burned out. In the words of one manager, every project is like a ""moon shot"". They're proud of this, instead of seeing it as a problem. After 30 years, making products should not be anything like moon shots.","Learn from Jack Welch, that is, GE, and Toyota. You need process. You believe you don't need it, as you've managed without it for a long time, and still you've done well. Consider just the possibility that you can do much better. A lot of good people have left because of this. Imagine if they'd all stayed. Imagine all those who burned out didn't. Imagine doing the same things with fewer people, in less time, and with less cost. It's possible, but it needs direction from the very top. Start a process group and give them authority.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46574,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 3, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Ideal place to work: cutting-edge innovation, enthusiastic and capable colleagues, enlightened management.","The work is cutting-edge, fast paced and interesting, my colleagues are enthusiastic and capable and management is really excellent: mentors and leaders, not tyrants or bureaucrats.  I noticed the difference in morale immediately when I first walked into the company. People looked relaxed and like they were having fun. Contrast with some of my previous companies where people were walking around with frozen faces or hunched over in cubicles, the atmosphere was like a labor camp. Give credit to the management at Apple: this high morale doesn't happen by accident. Managers here respect the engineers, and help them to get the job done. Questions are encouraged and ideas are rewarded. I've worked for enlightened managers in good teams in previous companies, but it never seemed to last: they lost out in the unending political infighting and they were soon replaced or their projects were disbanded. Here I see the exact opposite.",It makes me regret not having come here much earlier.,"Keep on doing what you're doing, I'm happy to come to work every day.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46575,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 30, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I think it's a great place to work.,My favorite part about working for Apple is the people. I work with some amazing people.,The compensation isn't as high as it is at some places.,I think they are doing a great job for the most part. My only feedback would be to aggressively try to retain some of the great people that end up leaving due to pay.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46576,apple,"Denver, CO"," Jun 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Not worth the stress but pays the bills.,"Well, for instance, I wore board shorts to work today. The environment is mixed and ALWAYS lively. Due to the stress involved, all the employees tend to shrug it all off with one another, meaning they all tend to have great collective sense of humor. For those on the sales floor, the absence of commission is a great way to have team unity. For trainers, having actual time to learn at work is something that I had never heard of and for techs, the ability to make important decisions with very little micro-managing is a testament to the trust Apple has towards it's employees. At any given Apple Store you will find cheer and unity despite the stress of dealing with entitled and spoiled consumers this has much to do with the craft behind the hiring process.","At the Retail stores, as a tech, growth is minimal, albeit a unique and novel environment to occupy, the pay (which is competitive) is NOT worth the stress. To Apple's credit, the pay is actually fair but in my opinion, the demands put on the techs or Genii are not fair in comparison.","If you pick an initiative, such as customer focus, don't micro-manage and expect the world for less (i.e. make up your minds and let us help people without needless scrutiny). Also, be aware that sometimes our sense of time is very warped due to the volatile environment we work in. I know overtime costs the company allot of money but the stress of having the clock breathing down our necks like a hungry wolf does not aid the decision-making process. Thus, a pendulum swings throughout or days moving from glory to tragedy. Because of our demands, our human resources dry up due to overuse of our people's good nature and ability, we overdraw ourselves. This comes mostly from having to aid undeserving and entitled consumers while meeting the unrealistic demands of our corporate masters.",4.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46577,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 24, 2008",Former Employee - Sales Associate,"Apple can be a great place to work, be prepared to 'make your own way' and drive your career there.","Great products, as sales person its wonderful to be able to represent the best, campus life is good (great food, beautiful surroundings, and the occasional party/fun activity at the main lawn). Compensation and overall benefits (matching 401K, stock purchase when the stock is rising :-)) are definitely competitive. Smart people and overall the company feels 'well run', they deliver great products somewhat on-time, they market these products well. Management seems relatively flat and so you can know/meet the top execs and that is cool.","There is this overall 'secrecy' feel that is weird - and I think it permeates many many aspects of the company from engineering to marketing to sales - so you are often wondering if you are supposed to know something and not talk about it, etc. and it makes for a sometimes uncomfortable environment. Not all mangers are great (some are egomaniacs intent on self-promotion and 'kissing up' and/or micromangers) and if one of them is your boss, bummer for you. Work hours can be significant (its not an HP 9-5 type of place to work).","You've run an incredible company these last 8-10 years, congratulations, I'm awed. Perhaps have somewhat more consistent policy (across the entire company) for giving anonymous feedback on management so can hear feedback from those of us choking under bad middle/lower management.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46578,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 29, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,"Great work environment, but mediocre pay levels.","Good benefits, Employee Stock plan has done GREAT over the last few years, diverse workplace, fun people.","First level management is usually unqualified and just puppets to middle management. Usually not capable of asserting themselves when needed. Pay is average to below average compared to similar jobs with other companies. Moving up is difficult, but sideways is easy. Most people leave the company and then comeback for a promotion. Raises are mediocre when they happen, even when the company is beating records year after year and accumulating massed of wealth.","If you want to keep employees happy, pass on some of the profit. We helped you achieve those record quarters YOY, but you keep the raises low. Ask for ideas via skip management reviews... IE: Let us express ideas occasionally without filtering via lower level management and I think you may find some hidden gems.",4.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46579,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Even though the pay could be better, it's still a great place to work!",Great brand to be associated with. Really good team of pears in entire company and division. Tremendous products and a feeling that we are the leading company in technology. Good compensation/benefits. Solid resume bullets. Sense of pride in what we are all doing! Nice perks like occasional free iPods/iPhones and discounts on our products.,Job security is sometimes lacking. No pay raises are the rule of thumb - pay increase only comes with promotion or movement to another department or division. Some senior managers are disconnected from our jobs and unwilling to listen to feedback. Our goals can be inconsistent or sometimes unattainable. Layoffs happen without rhyme or reason even when the company is doing well.,Work harder to keep employees if they contribute and add value to the organization. Human collateral is the most important asset this company possesses!,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P996.htm
46580,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great products, low salary, long work hours","Apple has some great products to work on. Most of the engineers are very talented and passionate about their work. There are many opportunities to learn from other developers. Since there are so few developers, each one holds a huge responsibility, so there is some pride in ownership. You will not be a ""Cog"" though you may be treated like one.",Apple pays a low salary relative to the same job at other companies. Engineers work very long hours with very little to no reward. Weekend work is assumed for months at a time. Often the management takes no account for the engineering staff or time required to complete a project when picking a release date.,Pay more attention to quality. Give your Engineers a break and avoid back-to back releases. Consider rewarding engineers with more pay/benefits to stay competitive.,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46581,apple,"Dulles, VA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Manager Business Development,Great people - but heading no where fast,"Overall, people are really nice - and are friendly to work with. The benefits, including work-life balance and the opportunities to come in and go whenever you want is great. The pay is pretty good.",Doesn't seem like everyone is motivated to really bring great products and services to the marketplace. Everyone is okay with the status quo. Right now we've been focused on maintaining services at a bear minimum. No one is actively looking to move the needle and do something bold and creative. The product areas always are lagging the competition.,Way too focused on short term goals as opposed to longer term investments.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46582,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 18, 2008",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Apple is not a magical place,"The best reason to work for Apple is that you will get to see your products go to market almost every year. If you get a strong team that likes to follow process (and there aren't very many of these types of teams), then you will be happy. If you can still get stock options, you'll get a good return on your investment.","It is a completely dysfunctional organization with almost no memory of lessons learned. The products are very challenging to complete when given minimal time and subpar resources. If you're not in the iMac or iPhone groups, then count on being the last priority when it comes to resources.",Give employees a career path and allow them to expand the scope of their jobs.,1.0,1.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.5,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46583,apple,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 20, 2008","Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store) &amp, Concierge",Fantastic short-term job,"The people you meet, the products you sell, great environment. the people you work with tend to be very interesting and very diverse. The stores tend to be very high-energy environments and you should really be prepared for chaotic saturdays and sundays","can be very corporate, but depends on the store. Lots of pressure to sell certain goods/services, no comission",-,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46584,apple,"Chandler, AZ"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Very fun and fast pased great place to work,"The amount of knowledge and learning experience. Overall good place to work and is very fun and past paced. Lots of awesome products available, and one large company to grow with.","The scheduling is the worst, there is so many people working that its hard to get anything set and dated. I worked part time trying to just work one certain time a week or time and couldn't ever. I would love to have a set schedule but there is so many people working there. Other than that, the pay is great but the wait time for going full time is a little long.",Pay and more stores giving more people oppurtunities for career.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46585,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineering Director,Insanely great people and crushing blows from leadership,The people are smart and the products are cool,People stay for too long and its hard to get a promotion in a saturated environment.,"Focus on bottom up, rather than top down.",4.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46586,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jul 6, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Place for the Mac geek. Passionate engineers. Average perks.,"Driven employees. Folks are passionate about what they do. If you love Mac, you are at home.","Less perks than anticipated. Granted, Google has raised the bar to near-impossible standards, but come on Apple, you could at least feed us a little bit!",Don't forget to listen to the users.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46587,apple,"Woodcliff Lake, NJ"," Jul 8, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Number One, Happy Street!","Mac OS X, iPods, and all the other great products that have been developed at Apple. And doesn't the man who invented that thing called the ""internet"" sit on the board?","At times, it was challenging to be part of something so great, but with little opportunity for advancement beyond the world of retail. Seems like the iPod represented the second-coming of Apple, but it also brought in Windows-users, and a realization (from above) that Apple could sell more if it lowered it's standards across the board.","Honesty is the human quality of communicating and acting truthfully related to truth as a value. This includes listening, and any action in the human repertoire — as well as speaking.",3.0,1.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46588,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Consulting Services Engineer,... but it's Apple.,"It's Apple, and you get to be a part of it! You get to make the coolest things around.","They know you're addicted, and they'll work you to the bone. You'll get paid less, and you'll be underappreciated. If you're in a role that's traditionally underappreciated (e.g., system administration,) this can really wear on you. Everyone in the management chain is afraid of bringing bad news to Steve, so the reality of what makes it upstream is questionable sometimes. But then... it's Apple. You know it, and they know you know it, so they don't care.","Compartmentalization kills in Apple-sized doses. Secrecy is one thing, colleagues and departments who are afraid to communicate are quite another, and the atmosphere at Apple fosters the latter. It hurts the company.",4.0,2.0,none,3.5,2.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46589,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,"Apple- cool place to work, but be prepared to WORK","Challenging, exciting... dynamic. You get to work on the most cutting edge consumer products.",no life outside of work. Communication sometimes can be tough. too many meetings.,Not much. Most senior management does a pretty good job.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P997.htm
46590,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Fun, exciting place to be!","Fun environment, great people. It's nice to have an opportunity to handle some of the most innovative technology in the industry. Most of the customers are really kind and have a legitimate interest in the products. Apple provides fantastic training and really seems to care about their customers.","Management frequently passes up talented employees for promotion. Store is frequently very, very busy so it's definitely not for the faint of heart. You need to be able to adapt in a quick-paced environment. Plus, customers who have problems are sometimes upset - it helps to have good people skills when dealing with customers who have problems.",More communication between management.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46591,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," Jun 22, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A good place to work with talented individuals...need better managers,"Benefits, products, working with good people. Love the product, co-workers love being around the product. The opportunity to get people to switch from PC to Mac.","Management has a tendency to use ""cookie-cutter"" catch phrases when attempting to motivate employees. Has a tendency to hire managers that have mostly retail experience. These managers take the best practices from other companies and attempt to implement these practices in a great organization.","Motivate and develop based on strengths, not textbook, cookie-cutter phrases",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46592,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Benefits at a price,You get to work with very bright co-workers.,You are expected to put in hours at the office.,Open up the platform. Create an official telecommuting plan.,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46593,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 21, 2008",Current Employee - Tools,Great place to work with great people on great things,"Cool products, life balance priorities. Great culture. Ability to work to live not vice versa.",Addiction to the culture makes considering working anywhere else nearly impossible.,Prioritize all systems enhancements (SAP) at all levels to help everyone at every level do their jobs more efficiently.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46594,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Work on amazing projects with bright and motivated people,"I get to work on the coolest projects and have a had in the future of technology. When I tell people I work at Apple, they know and respect the company. They get excited and ask questions. My coworkers are smart and driven. There is a lot of autonomy, and with that, responsibility.","The level of secrecy, while nothing compared to government secrets, is a huge impediment to getting work done. You aren't given the freedom to just go ask the most knowledgeable employee on a particular subject for advice if that employee has not be ""disclosed"" on a project.","Stop playing chicken with deadlines. Set a deadline and manage the project in such a way that if a team misses a deadline, their new stuff is out of the release. Fix the software update process. If an engineer tells you it's important and low risk, take it. If an engineer tells you its risky and they don't want it to go in, heed their advice. Software update feels like the lottery. The stuff that makes it in is completely random.",5.0,2.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46595,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Lead Mac Genius,"Good job, dead end career","If you love Apple products and already have a job that pays your bills, working for Apple retail is a great second or part time job. You get to play with all the new products the day they are released, get NFR copies of Apple software products, lots of cool shirts, etc. As a Mac Genius, you have the ability to be a hero and really make a difference in peoples lives. You have the power as a Mac Genius to make decisions about repairs and product replacements without having to run to management for answers. Flexible hours, paid holidays, decent insurance, employee discount. In the 5 years working there I received, 1 iPod, 2 iPod shuffles, 1 iPhone for free.","Working for Apple as a Mac Genius can be extremely frustrating sometimes. As a genius you are expected to be an expert technician for every brand new product released. The problem is you don't have any prior info about these new products until the day they are released. Many, many times customers know more about brand new products than you do since you are forbidden to read rumor sites or speculate about new products. Customers think you are lying when they ask you a question about when a new product is going to be released and you tell them you don't know.  Most management is from either Starbucks, Gap, Pottery Barn, etc. They mostly are great with people but don't know the 1st thing about the service business but are assigned to supervise over the entire operation. So imagine a 22 year old, fresh off the floor from Holister, walking in and giving you advice about the workflow and techniques in the repair room you have b een working in for 3 years. Management styles vary greatly store by store and can be really stifling sometimes. I have heard some stores will not allow employees to wear jeans. NOTE: CEO wears jeans every day. Many managers get on a power trip and can really just be assholes for no reason. Management at the store I worked for were very sneaky and would occasionally lie to your face about something just to see how you will respond.  Pay is much less than it should be for the amount of responsibility entailed with the job.",Create a service manager position. It is ridiculous to assume that you can have a team of skilled technicians managed by people who many times don't even have a Mac. It causes much friction and resentment on both sides. Bonus the MGs based on their service metrics. Pay your MGs better. Should be a better career path from MG position.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46596,apple,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple is a great place to work.,Some of the best reasons to work for apple are the we have a fun laid back environment that still gets the job done and that people are great and diverse. The focus on customers is refreshing in a retail store. The leadership team is helpful and supportive.,"One of the downsides of working for apple is that you never get any information before the public. I can understand why, but it can still be frustrating not to know.","I like the direction that company is taking, but I think that sometimes we have conflicting goals when it comes to customer service issues.",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46597,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Great place to be a workaholic.,"Tons of motivated people, innovation is everywhere, work is challenging and fun.",The workload is intense. Very high expectations. Long hours.,"After working weekends, a random day off would be nice.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46598,apple,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 21, 2008",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Changing how people use and view tech.,Work with the best tech products in the world.,Some sacrifices in terms of time and must work hard to advance.,Continue to hire the best.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46599,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 21, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great place to work, not a startup","Almost everyone in engineering at Apple is very qualified and capable, and everyone wants to do the right thing for our customers and the company. The engineering campus is modern and nice. The cafeteria is quite good as well and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There's no requirement that you be in at work by a certain time. Engineers have a fair amount of control over what they work on and how it's designed.","Apple is very compartmentalized and this secrecy affects and sometimes hurts Apple and the employees who work in different engineering areas of the company. You're not going to get filthy rich working at Apple on stock or options, but will get reasonably compensated.",Sometimes the barriers erected to try to maintain secrecy remain around too long or are too broad.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P998.htm
46600,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"If you have the desire, there is plenty of room to grow and be on the cutting edge of fun toys and technology","Health benefits are excellent and the opportunities for advancement, if you make your goals known. Great people to work with, a combination of creativity and technicality. Being around the latest tech-toys is a great way to spend the day. As you reach higher levels in retail, that's when the respect level grows for you.","In larger locations, you can get lost in the shuffle, unless you make your presence known. I've seen some people get passed over, and some managers lead them to believe they will advance. Very competitive, if you've got what it takes, you can move up quickly.",Continue to feed the desire of new employees to use their skills and grow. There are so many opportunities to grow.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46601,apple,"Saint Paul, MN"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Assistant Project Manager,Good Job,"atmosphere, talented people and lost of new technologies to work on.",nothing much. Things have been good,keep up the good job and try and diversify more.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46602,apple,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jun 20, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Good job, not a good career","Good pay, excellent environment to meet new people. Not really the best salaries for a company of its size, but the access to technology is unparalleled. Working in a an active environment is rewarding, even though some customer interactions are not worth very much. Free tech support via in store staff is helpful, but it is important to be sure in your answer to customers. Luckily Apple provides excellent learning resources both on and of the floor. Every interaction with ""mentor"" employees at the store is well worth it as Apple definitely picks these people to train for a reason.","Too much time required at work, no clear path for advancement. Advancement is slow, and customrer interaction can be onerous. Even though a retail job requires a smiling face, Apple neds to provide some better training for dealing with stupid customers.",Try and respect employee's needs outside of work.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46603,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Everything is great except the salary.,"I get to work on cutting edge products that I really enjoy and am proud of. Working on products that millions of people use gives a good sense of satisfaction. Overall I think management is competent and has been leading us in the right direction. It's a good, relaxed working environment. There's no dress code, the hours are flexible, and the people who work there are mostly very intelligent. I haven't perceived any kind of discrimination from anyone at Apple. In terms of stress, some people have to do death marches before major deadlines, but I wouldn't say that it's a way of life. Most people can go home whenever they want.","The major downside is that the salary is low compared to my peers whom I graduated with, who now work at other companies. Bonuses are on an ad hoc basis and also usually less than what my peers get. The benefits are not good either, in terms of health care and vacation time, etc. The stock purchase plan, and sometimes stock options, are nice, and the stock has really gone up, but that doesn't make up for everything else. Another negative aspect of working at Apple is that communication with the outside is very limited. We don't have any blogs or anything like that(aside from Surfin' Safari), and generally nobody outside of Apple knows who works on what. The engineers are sort of a faceless mass.","Obviously, they should pay us more. They should also make the cafeteria bigger.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46604,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great products and people, subpar project scheduling and pay","Best products in the industry, period. You'll feel the envy of the industry working here. Highly talented, interesting, motivated coworkers that will drive you to learn & create. A place that you're proud to tell people you work. Excellent perks for commuters.","Often unrealistic project schedules lead to semi-permanent crunch mode. Unproductive employees can carve out a niche and stick around way too long without contributing- this leeches from morale. Caffe Macs is largely mediocre, although it has seen some improvements as of late. Compensation and bonuses are uninspiring because they know you don't want to work anywhere else, which is understandable but still unfortunate.","Your good employees deserve to be paid well and share in Apple's success- don't wait until they start looking elsewhere before offering to compensate them appropriately. Remember that your employees have families, so start scheduling projects more realistically.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46605,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,High workload and secrecy,Good starting place to build up my resume. It's a well recognized company and is known for their talent in creativity. It's a company with good image.,The workload is incredible high.,"Pay overtime to contractors, or raise their salary.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46606,apple,"Rockaway, NJ"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple store employment is a Apprentice job and a dam good one! Then you move on....,"As a 19 year old College student & a Geek You will learn very important things! A great working environment withe other employes. Working one on one with customers -sales,training, teck issues & more is a unique experience that you will not get ANY WARE ELSE!",Poor pay working for in a retail store at this level of service I provide. No real future within the retail network at Apple.,If they want to keep Star employes at the store's the will have to pay them!,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46607,apple,"Hurst, TX"," Jun 19, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,take a stab at it,"macs and the tech. dont apply if you are boring. non stop action all day long. very challenging job, but if you like macs and like people you will do well. dont get tired of answering the same questions over and over, remember it is the first time the customer has hear the answer - usually","very busy place to be. you dont want to be any where around there if you are afraid of people. they will be all up in your biz-ness and such, but it is cool. the brand is getting better and this comes with the area.",hire more people,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,1.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46608,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 19, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,UNDERPAID SWEATSHOP!!! (Apple treats you no differently than the Chinese kids they underpay in their factories),"You get to work on really cool product (iPod and iPhone in my case) and it is everywhere in the states. The stock options/RSUs (while it does good). Benefits are good, 401k price match is pretty decent with a progressive scale over 5 years that ramps up from 50% to 100% matching.","You get treated like crap.  ""SWEATSHOP!!! YOU HAVE A FAMILY? YOU WON'T NOTICE IT"" The schedule during the iPod release was working from 10am to 3am every single day of the week for 3 months (Wife was furious). You may think that they would compensate with a nice fat BONUS for doing SO much work, but think again. We received roughly 5% of our salary as a bonus for the year. If you count your salary per hour, it's not pretty. Expect to do a LOT of overtime with little compensation for it.  ""YEARLY RAISES = INFLATION"" The yearly raises are such that the managers get 4% of the employee's salaries as a raise. They are then free to distribute the money however they feel like. So on average, people tend to get ~4% increase/year (this isn't necessarily bad, but it's also not necessarily good).  ""IT'S A ONE MAN SHOW"" It's ALL about Steve. He dictates everything from the corporate vision down to the position of the pixels. Although it's a great thing to have him there. Don't expect that your ideas will really make any headway into the products. You're more of monkey than a thinker (and that's a good thing for Apple as an investor, but a really bad thing as an employee).  ""VACATION TIME? WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT"" You really have to plan around Apple when you take vacation. Forget about taking anything longer than 2.5 weeks straight. They simply can't have you outside of Apple for that long even if you do have the time off. Every year, Apple has this plan where you can cash in 1 day of vacation if you take one day of vacation. ie: -2 days of vacations, you get paid for one day on your paycheck. A lot of people end up taking a day off (although still working on that day) only because they would otherwise have too many hours (it's just that hard to get vacation there). If the product is about to launch in a couple of months, don't even bother taking time off.","I know most of the employees are young people that have no family and pretty much no life, but that's not a reason to abuse your staff and make Cupertino feel like the Fabs that you own in China.",2.0,1.0,none,1.5,4.0,5.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46609,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Best Retail Job in America,"Wonderful company with vision and the coolest products in the world. Customers are almost almost happy, and when they're not it's pretty easy to make them happy. There's a certain cache to working with the best products in the industry. It's very rewarding to help someone make the transition to Macs.","Tough to get time off around holidays and keynotes, but heck that's retail everywhere. At least the employees you work with are generally a fun group and you're all in the same boat. Managers try very hard to be fair. It's hard sometimes to deal with all the secrecy, but well-worth it when it generates excitement at launches.",Keep making fantastic products.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P999.htm
46610,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"If you love what you do, go do it with Apple. They'll let you do it all-day long.",The people and the atmosphere!,The hours you likely work.,Thanks for NOT micro-managing me.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46611,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software QA Engineer,"Apple is a great place to work if you care about what you do and don't mind potentially keeping it a secret ,)","Producing products of good quality and refinement that make technology accessible to even non techies. It's a thrill to walk into an Apple retail store and see all the smiles. In general, people care about the work they do. It's not just a zombie 9-to-5 job. It's a place where you can really take pride in the end product, assuming it's not canceled.","It's a secret. I can't tell you. Also slightly lower pay relative to other high tech companies. Benefits are average. Main campus is overcrowded and a tourist attraction. Hiring has skyrocketed and kinda makes you think about the quality of those being hired (no evidence, just makes one think about it).",Don't be so paranoid. Profit sharing anyone? When's that second campus coming?,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46612,apple,"New York, NY"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),if only employees knew a little more,"employee stock, constant change keeps things fresh,","its a small company, things can be annoyingly secret.",pay retail employees a little more and you would be able to retail some great talent.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46613,apple,none," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Good place to work.,Very good benefits package. You get to work for a company that makes products you are proud to be associated with and use yourself. Lots of room for personal development and enrichment.,"Lack of good advancement paths from the retail store to higher opportunities in the company. Lots and lots of talented individuals already work for the company, but getting to a better job is not an option for most. Pay is lower than comparable jobs outside the company.","We keep having record quarter after record quarter, time to share some of that with the rank and file, at least up to comparable pay.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46614,apple,"Boston, MA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Peerless place to work if money isn't everything.,Company embraces diverse life styles with a passion. The company's design excellence make it a national treasure. In this regard there is no American company that comes close. They recognize excellence and pursue it with passion. Superb products and very devoted customer support.,Limited career advancement possibilities for a Mac Genius. Advancement path is to Lead Genius. Beyond that management is the only opening which is not a logical direction to pursue. Crossover from Retail to Corporate is notoriously difficult and likely requires re-locating. Low salaries compared to the rest of the industry.,"Advise middle management that if asked a simple question, or told a simple thing by an employee, respond conversationally not with a lengthy restatement of Cupertino policy. Intelligent people expect to be treated intelligently. Senior management seems to understand this, middle management sometimes does not.",4.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46615,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a great time to be at Apple- it's all about the people.,"Great people and great products. If you like working with smart people that have a common purpose and want to be part of a great moment in time, Apple's the place for you. Through some of the best minds in the industry and sheer hard work, you can be a part of Apple's huge success.","If you're a hard worker you'll quickly find yourself giving more to the company than to your life outside of work. The compensation should not be your primary driver if you are below Director level. Also, given the organization is fairly flat, titles should not be the only motivator, especially if you are a Director or VP at another organization.","Ensure your employees are taking their vacations, have the bandwidth and resources to disconnect from work so they can stay engaged and support the business in a more sustainable way.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46616,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Apple! It really whoops a donkey's ass!,"The challenges are unparalleled. The environment is fast-paced and quirky. Cool cool people abound! The Marcom folks have unequaled taste in hipster music and the latest fashion trends. It's APPLE! What more could I possibly say?! The cafeteria is awesome, too (especially the sushi!).","I would say that there are two. The first is that the work/life balance really *can* suck. Part of this is an individual employee's responsibility -- you need to fend for yourself and unplug when you can. Part of it, however, is a culture of workaholics and burning out.  The other downside is the top-heavy management and proliferation of needless meetings and email. It's a drag on everyone's time and a constant annoyance.",Hire more good people so that the ones you have aren't so overworked.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46617,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"High profile, high intensity work, incredible opportunity to learn, but it can be very demanding","Quite simply, you make some of the best and most talked about products in the world. Superb upper management, and a great place to learn and develop. Culture is very diverse, and you work with some absolutely brilliant people. Ultimately, you go home everyday knowing you work for a company whose products really get people excited.","Slightly older demographic, Low churn rate can make it hard to rise quickly. Most large scale design and strategy decisions are left entirely out of the hands of engineers, which can be frustrating. Aggressive culture can be off-putting to some. Work-life balance can get out of whack after high profile deadlines.","Wonderful job overall, though more input from some of the lower levels (particularly with newer employees) would be a great thing. Often the idea that Apple/Mac can do no wrong prevents great products from improving further.",5.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46618,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Business Systems Analyst,We're number 1 for a reason,"I'm proud to work for a company that believes in making 'meaning', not just making money",Pricey to live at corp. HQ in cupertino,Expand the operations at the Elk Grove facility,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46619,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"If you want to make a difference in tech, there's really no better place to be","You get a chance to innovate, making a difference. The tech industry desperately needs someone to show how you can truly innovate in a way that people get, and Apple does that. Benefits are acceptable, but not great. But really, I'm in this job because I like what I do, not because of the compensation. Lately, that hasn't been an issue though, because of the way AAPL has rallied. Other than the innovative part, I like the mentality of people at Apple. People in general are open to new ideas, and if you push for it, you can realize your dreams here.","People are working very long hours at Apple, especially in crucial projects where delays are simply not acceptable. It's a job to live for, and if you're not willing to do that, you're probably not going to have a great time at Apple. Raising a family while working at Apple is a hard thing, and I'd recommend anyone thinking about it to either have a partner that is not working, or getting some help taking care of your kids. Also, the compensation isn't great. The AAPL rally lately have compensated for that, but that won't last forever. But Apple management knows they can get away with paying lower salaries because of the hype surrounding the company.","Be even more open to new ideas. There's a lot of people at Apple with great ideas, and not all of them get a chance to get heard.",5.0,5.0,none,3.0,2.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1000.htm
46620,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Apple is a great place to work, but salaries don't reflect the success the company has had in recent years.","You get to work alongside some of the brightest, most energetic people in the industry in an environment where creativity is encouraged. Apple really knows how to hire. You can feel proud of what your company does and the products it creates. You get the feeling of working for a startup within a large, established company.","Compensation is well below industry standard. No stock options unless you're management level or greater. Profit sharing is apparently non-existent. Even though the company is doing well, you don't get to take some of that success home with you. If you're not directly working on a major product, it's very easy to feel unappreciated.","Get a little more generous with salary and stock. Nothing lavish, but the company can afford to compensate more in line with the rest of the industry now that it's very profitable. In the current economic climate, employees would very much appreciate it.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46621,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Product Design Engineer,Great company for bachelors!,"Within the design aspect of things, despite it's secretive appearance, Apple is very open place for ideas and communication. Proper respect and compensation is given to those who come up with good ideas. Apple is also a very dynamic and growing company with opportunities for further professional development and inter-company shifts. Co-workers are very friendly and open to your choice of lifestyle and personality. There is very little room for rivalry or friction between people as the goal is to provide an environment that focuses on product development and not merely coming to work everyday. And I'm trying to hit the 100 word mark so I'll just write this at the end.","Occasional politics. Big drain on your time, hard to balance work and life.",Remember the little people.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46622,apple,"Miami, FL"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Retail is awesome for the realistic mind.,You work with the latest and greatest in electronics. You get to meet a diverse group of people that work within your store and who regularly shop at your store. You are able to help make people's lives better through sharing knowledge. You learn more about Macs and computers through your day to day interactions with colleagues and customers than you would in a lifetime of reading blog posts and how-to manuals.,"With the growth of Apple Retail, Apple, like most retail companies, wants to hire hundreds of employees all at low part-time hours. That way, they can filter turnover easily while not extending valuable benefits to all or most of its employees.","Pay attention to who is really leading the store! Promote the leaders within your store to management positions, don't automatically assume someone is wonderful for your store just because they were an assistant manager at xyz retailer.",5.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46623,apple,"Baltimore, MD"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist,"Apple - A good place to work, have a blast and do a little growing.","The Products. They are fantastic. Plus it is not a desk job, which is a nice change of pace. There are good oppertunities for growth and a good discount program. Customers are customers so some are great and others are not.",There are alot of people who work their and it is difficult to get face time with management sometimes.,Make it a Job. If it is your career try to get through the ranks quickly. Make a great first impression so you are not stuck as a specialist forever.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46624,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Intern,"interning at apple: much expected, much received","California, secrets, they push your abilities, they turn out great products.","long hours, lots is expected of you, and what you do must be perfect. that is the standard, which is a double-edged sword.","I was an intern, and I didn't feel like I was directly managed very much. I kinda hung myself with a long leash, but that was probably my own problem.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46625,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Only high-flyers need apply,"You work with some of the most talented and intelligent people in the world who also have ""good taste"" and an appreciation for beauty and elegance from the design of the box to software architecture. Also, it's Apple....seriously. The fact that it is such a premium brand which is associated with innovation makes it a point of pride to go to work. These reasons make it worth working their despite the negatives. They give you lots of room to own your work and decisions seem to come up through grass roots rather than top-down.","While having a large amount of autonomy to direct what you are working on, sometimes it would be nice to have someone make those decisions for you. It's a company for high-flyers who like to swim in the deep-end...and while that's invigorating sometimes...it sometimes makes you feel exhausted.  There are no traditional corporate concepts like years-served-seniority etc. which means equal & small severance regardless of your years at the company. This is a bit stressful because in the event of being laid off, you won't be able to find something that matches the culture and enjoyment.  There's virtually no way to get to the upper management jobs without being a rockstar in some capacity and usually, once you are in the corporation, you aren't as desirable as outsiders. But at the same time, the people they bring in are actually damn talented and the day Apple starts hiring within to be ""nice"" to their old employees is the day we should worry. It would be nice if there better programs for ""grooming"" people who want to be rockstars because I feel that with a little bit of guidance, some would be stellar. In reality though, every is too busy to mentor/groom others...it's a fast moving belt that you have to jump on at full-speed. I can see both sides.  The bar is high and some of us weren't born with the talent to be above where we are. We could be rockstars at smaller companies (which might be the proper career path) but the prospect of working with morons (or on a PC) isn't desirable. It's sometimes like being married to a rich and attractive, yet abusive husband.","Continue to always be ""principled""...not in terms of good-vs-evil, but rather in terms of always making decisions based upon fundamental tenets set forth by the culture and goals of the company. In other words, don't compromise the vision to pump the stock one quarter. Don't ever just follow the money.",4.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46626,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,A great place to work,"The products are the best in the world - everyone has a great attention to detail - everyone works hard and cares about the products and customer experience. The company is going in a positive direction and is driven to succeed and lead the market. Everyone follows Steve's direction and if you like not having to think about what your next move should be, Apple is perfect. They are the only ones really innovating in a way that helps the users. The overall atmosphere is good and somewhat laidback, but if you want to get ahead, you'll need to work 24/7 and be the smartest person you know. If you aren't then be satisfied just having a job there","they work you like a dog. If you aren't the smartest person you know or willing to learn everything you need to know with no regard to how this affects your life, you won't move ahead.","keep up the good work, but watch your New VP's some have gotten very lazy with new positions and and being flush with new found cash due to stock cash in.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46627,apple,"Simi Valley, CA"," Jun 1, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"A truly enjoyable company to work for, with very few complaints.","Apple employees are very passionate about the company they work for. They love Apple and the products Apple makes, so every day was fun to work because you were around people who really loved their employer. Apple offers incredible benefits and amazing training so employees know what they are selling and enjoy selling it. Communication was great between management and employees. Managers truly cared about the employees as people and the employees treated each other like family. The atmosphere on the floor of a store and also behind the scenes was fantastic and fun. Apple is leading the technology drive in so many ways and it's fun to be a big part of introducing their genius to others.","Pay was not great, and raises were small and spread far apart. If you work at a small retail store, opportunities for advancement are not great. Slow stores are not very exciting to work in. Unless you want to be a manager, there are not great opportunities for large pay or salary, that I'm aware off, minus going to work at corporate, which was pretty much everyone's dream. Retail seemed like a small offshoot of corporate and a gateway for many of my fellow employees. Focus on sales and metrics was not very fun for workers who were more technically or creatively gifted, but unfortunately the metrics drove too much of the job.",Keep opening more stores and doing what you are doing. The people who work for Apple love to work for Apple and they share that with their customers.,5.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46628,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Saving people's bacon every day,Saving someone's bacon on a daily basis. Helping people understand how to take control of their machines.,"busy, busy, busy, loud, chaotic, crowded, claustrophobic, screaming customers, crying customers.","We don't get paid enough for the responibilities bestowed upon us. We take people's entire electronic lives in our hands multiple times a day and go above and beyond to perform miracles. The pay is almost there, but in comparison to management pay, we don't even come close. Yet we do the managers hardest job- pleasing the customer when Apple has let them down, all-day-long.",5.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46629,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,An intense experience,"The best part of the job is that I interact with so many smart and capable people. Most of them share my passion and enthusiasm for what we do here. The work is challenging, I'm learning something new every day, and I have great career growth prospects. It's the best place that I've ever worked, although it's not without its downsides.","My work/life balance could be considerably better. Since I'm working on their website, and we have fairly frequent releases, I feel like I'm constantly putting out fires. As a result, the job can be very stressful. Some of the people that I work with are up-tight, so this also adds to the stress.","The management team, at every level, is doing an superb job. They are experienced, they exercise sound judgement, and I agree with their strategic decisions.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1001.htm
46630,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Visual Designer,Life = Apple.,"Smart and passionate team members: you're going to be working with some of the smartest and most passionate people in the world. You will have good moral and feel like you are doing great work and 'making a difference.'  Creativity and exploration is widely accepted and encouraged: Apple is a place that is willing to explore and introduce new technology and user experience--that is the core of their mantra.  Short development cycles: products ship, you feel accomplished.","Lack of care for work/life balance, lack of process, management will bow to Steve Job's every whim. If you're going to work on a 'hot product' be ready to leave your life at the door and know you are expected to drop your life for Steve Jobs.","Weed out corporate climbers whose sole goal is to be in Steve Job's 'radar' -- they're talentless leaches. Apple's had significant financial success in the last 5+ years, profit share with the people that will work night and day to make it happen.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,2.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46631,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Patchy, but generally OK","excellent products, large emphasis on design and branding. second-rate is not acceptable and being an industry leader in digital music sales and product design is something that everyone is very proud of. People tend to be friendly and extremely intelligent, with a great work ethic at a very young age. Almost everyone works at what they love doing. Also Apple is good about shifting you to other parts of the company if you aren't happy. They want to keep employees.","the process of getting to the final product is gruelling and inefficient. Lots of politics leading to strange partnerships and promotions based not on quality but on starstruck management caving to external parties.not paid as well as other companies in Silicon Valley, with long hours, never really being ""off"" work, strange management hierarchy… iTunes in particular seems to be chaotic and suffers from a noticeable lack of competent management on the upper levels, with a lot of grandfathering-in of people with no music industry background and promotions seemingly based solely on seniority and random luck.","to split teams off when it makes sense and try to stay involved in the process beyond only the most superficial and glamorous aspects. Try to stick to commenting on what your experience lends itself to, though. Hiring people to do a job means you trust them to do it well, so micromanagement on something you have no background in is a terrible idea. Leave things for people who are good at it.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46632,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Cool place to work as long as you don't mind working like a dog at times,If you're a geek then there are always cool projects waiting,"Long working hours, working like a dog at times","To transfer from one group to another sometimes takes an act of God. Sometimes, short of leaving the company, there is no way out if you're in certain groups.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46633,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Former Employee - Telecom Engineer,Apple is worth spending some career time.,"Good pay, great benefits and Apple is always near the bleeding edge of new technologies.",Career path will be limited if you are not working in Cupertino,Embrace the teleworker model more.,5.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46634,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Truly innovative company where individual contributions count,"One of the most interesting companies to work at in the Valley. Individual contributions count. Cool hardware products, great software products, smart people, fantastic stock price ,-). Innovation is something that we actually do, rather than just talk about. Plenty of opportunity to work on different products and get some job variation.","Benefits good, but not as good as they could be. The product secrecy gets to some people. Insufficient stock compensation for lower-grade employees.",Be less paranoid about secrecy i.e. trust your employees with more information rather than less. Give more stock to lower-grade employees and engineers in general.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46635,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Fun projects, lots of responsibility, exhausting","Lean staff means more responsibility for individuals. Amazing sense of pride for working at Apple, even when company wasn't doing so well. People always impressed that you work for Apple.","Lean staffing means there's usually no backup. Heard many stories of senior folks who were burning out but there was no one to take over for them. The ""crunch time"" for OS development could be long, with folks eating dinner on campus for multiple months straight.",Watch out for employee burnout.,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46636,apple,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"I drank the Kool-Aid, but I didn't need to. Apple is like no other company in the US.","Working for a company that people love, admire, and respect, diversity, interesting work, and general coolness. Having a senior management team that understands its markets, and never is content to ship a mediocre product just to make a buck. At Apple, innovation, excellence, and elegance are all important. One thing I love about Apple is that when I walk into the company cafeteria at 1 Infinite Loop, I look around and see people of all ages and races. Most technology companies I have worked at tend to have a large number of young people and a few older people, at Apple the mix is polyglot, multicultural, and intergenerational. This means that the company has a fantastic talent pool with great breadth upon which to draw. At a recent meeting, when people were asked how long they had been at the company, the answers ranged from two months to twenty six years.","Hard work, lots of pressure. You really can't sit back and coast, because everyone here is driven. Because of company secrecy, you often won't even know what you coworker is working on. Some people might find this kind of environment hard to work in. Many people I know have issues getting time off because of the breakneck speed. Some of our benefits are not as good as other companies -- for example no free lunches, and United Healthcare and Kaiser don't make me feel warm and fuzzy. This is a fairly lame complaint however, the coverage is still better than 90% of the companies I have worked for.",Learn from Steve while you still have time.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46637,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fast-paced company that offers an alternative to the cube-dwelling lifestyle,"Excellent benefits, for one. Full vision, dental, mental health, prescription plans, and emergency care. One sick day earned per month, as well as one vacation day. The company takes care of us as well. Caters in lunch frequently, offers a great gym and cafe on campus, fun company activities. Easily, though, the best part is the culture. It's a very laid-back office, and generally speaking, everyone is friends with each other. Office politics don't come much into play here, and no one appears to hesitate when it comes to speaking their mind. Very music-friendly, as working at your desk with headphones on is perfectly acceptable. Customer focus is a large aspect of the job as well - this is a company that cares about their consumers. There is also fantastic opportunity for growth, and quickly.","While we earn one sick day per month, we are not always able to use it. This is only in my department however, where attendance is key. I have co-workers who have over 100 sick hours saved, but have accepted that they will never get to use them. Many come to work sick. If four days are missed in a six month period, you get marked up. It can also be difficult to schedule vacation - you can only request it six months in advance, however you might be denied for reasons they can't give you, even if you do ask off far ahead of time. Lastly, upper management are slow to get things taken care of - it can take months to get something business critical fixed, and our department is often stretched too thin.",Listen to your employees.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46638,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,"So, you think it is paradise?","Apple is a company that continuously pushes the envelope. It is a lot of fun to work for a company that produces such innovative products. I have worked on many development projects, and get to see my products used by many millions of people. It is really wonderful to be out walking around and see something that you've built in people's hands. The CEO is a very charismatic leader, and is able to whip crowds into a frenzy. Our product release have been compared to Hollywood premieres! I've been at events where I've been able to meet stars that I would never normally see. I get to work with some of the nicest, most creative people on earth.","Work-life balance is non-existent. You must give your all for the company. Many people end up divorced when working at Apple. Want a vacation? Sorry, not now. Not ever. Apple thinks of employees as ""disposable"". They burn people out, and discard their empty shells.",Start treating employees as people. Do you ever wonder why we can't hire people? The people I talk to refuse to work for Apple. They hear that it is a sweatshop.,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46639,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,A good place to work for the right person.,"Apple makes some of the best loved products on the planet which makes every employee proud to be there. It's also great to have a Silicon Valley atmosphere which isn't just geared towards single people, meaning colleagues respect your desire to go home and see your family/friends.","The secrecy is what makes Apple work. But at the same time it means that you often have no idea what's coming around the corner, even for products you're working on. Apple also doesn't care about developing young talent, so if you're looking to be coddled or given any type of structure, this is not the place for you.","There must be a Steve Jobs succession plan in place, let employees know what it is so that when SJ starts to look like a skeleton everyone is aware that the company will go on.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1002.htm
46640,apple,"Springfield, MA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Tons of Fun!,"Such an awesome place to work, its so much fun! Everyone works well as a team, and our customers love coming here. Its rewarding to be able to really help people see what they can do with technology.","The management can be messy, and unorganized. Many times, managers will talk about something, with a sense of urgency and importance, but that frequently doesn't happen. Many times managers will not follow through with what tey want to do in the store, and have horrible communication. Many days, two or three managers will all give me day long tasks, not realizing the other already has.",Get organized and practice what you preach.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46641,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer (Level 4),"We are the Apple Borg. You will be assimilated, or else.",They make some really cool toys. The campus is great. There are some really smart people to work and play with at Apple.,"Apple corporate memory is very spotty at best strewn across emails and bug reports and the occassional standalone blog. It is very difficult to come up to speed. Information is also highly restricted by project rather than cross-functional which makes work difficult and design from foresight very difficult. Every part of the entire software stack is modified at once throughout a new OS product / version cycle including dev tools. QA is much, much too sparse and Apple depends on all devs eating the dog food while trying to meet their own very aggressive schedules. In the groups I experienced their is very little real design except in the heads of individual engineers. Their software stack sucks. Objective C is archaic and long of tooth as a dev environment. Every developer regardless of seniority and experience is expected to sling fixed bugs (radars) at a certain rate to be seen as worth keeping around. Everyone has to prove they are a good Apple drone before they can do anything creative. And/or they have to work nights and weekends (if they don't already have to to even keep up) to do something that gets them beyond drone mode and have some measure of control over their time and destiny. The people that make it seem to all work 60 hours or more a week.","Stagger new product dev so changes to pieces used by many developers are done and perfected early. Hire a lot of real QA instead of expecting dev folks to do it all in addition to development. Make a lot more space/slack for your people to innovate. Drop the idiotic grading of contributions by number of radars. Make more room for different types and temperaments of workers instead of cramming almost everyone into the same mold. Open source all software products you can as Apple is not great at bread and butter software apps like Mail, Calendar, Address Book. Unify all data persistence outside of per app silos as much as possible.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46642,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 26, 2008",Former Employee - Test Engineer,ok.,"freedom and innovation and i can,t think of any","micro management, unrealistic schedule.. push everyone to the limits",Profit sharing.. more bonuses.,3.0,2.5,none,4.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46643,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Product Marketing Intern,"Great place to work, if you have the right job.",Prestige. Coolness. Fun. Free products. People.,"Pay, secrecy, commute from San Francisco, perks.",Do more management training.,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46644,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,Apple Retail : Think Different,"Apple is innovating the world of retail, and it is exciting to be a part of it.","On a bad day, you may get yelled at by several different customers, even while you are trying to get them everything they want.",Continue to support technological innovations and standardize practices from store to store. Email us our schedules!,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46645,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best Tech Company in the World!,Small company atmosphere. Exciting products.,Engineers are overworked! Please hire more!,Please pay more attentions to technical career path.,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46646,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,The most enjoyable job I have ever had.,"Apple is a very collaborative environment, something I love in a workplace. People are constantly exchanging ideas, asking questions when they pass each other in the halls, etc. Compared to another well known tech company I worked at, where nearly all communication was done via email and you could go an entire day without saying a word to anyone, this is heaven.","Sometimes you can end up working long hours, and it can be difficult to move up from within the company.",Think about promoting from inside more. It is a huge frustration among engineers and low level managers that the default thinking is to hire someone from outside rather than to promote.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46647,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a great place to work.,Great Products and Innovative ideas!,"We work very hard, all year long.",Remember where you came from!,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46648,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,My time at apple,The brand and the people.,Over abundance of secrecy at all levels of the company.,Get rid of the secrecy bull.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46649,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Apple is Awesome,coolest products in the world!,no work life balance here,think as much about your people as you do your products and customers,4.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1003.htm
46650,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Excellent technology company, but may not be a long term career option","Work with some of the smartest and best engineers in the field, and one of the most competent senior management in terms of technology.",Management can be personality driven and chaotic. Practically zero support for career development - basically sink or swim. Too much churn and burn mentality with regards to staff retention.,How you treat people who have devoted a substantial amount of time at Apple (say 5+ years) can strongly affect on whether Apple is viewed as a long term career option or a nice highlight on the resume.,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46651,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work and play,"challenge and sense of accomplishment. Is it a joy to get up and work everyday because you know that everything you make will be used and adored by the consumer. The atmosphere at campus is also awesome with a great court yard and cafeteria. The location, at the heart of silicon valley is also a great bonus as it allows year round outdoors activities. Coworkers are generally very smart and hardworking but of course there are always lazy bums at both the engineering and mid level engineering managers. The greatest thing I think is to be able to wakeup and go to a wonderful place to work and be appreciated.",work hours can last too long,pay us more,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46652,apple,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Its like the sausage factory, you don't want to know what goes in the stuff...","Get to work with awesome technology and gadgets. The store is a great place to meet some really bright people, the Apple store is most def the place to pick up some of the best stuff for your Mac and to meet with some total Mac heads. Discount is great too!","Always busy, not really any room for improvement. You always have stupid people coming into the store that think they know what they are talking about because they read it on some discussion board or they know someone who is a 'computer expert' and then they try to stump the Geniuses.",You guys need to open your eyes.,4.0,5.0,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46653,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,A good place to work,"People at Apple are mostly very excited about their work and the products they produce. The campus is nice, great perks, and laid-back work atmosphere. The secrecy of Apple makes working there feel perhaps more important than it otherwise would.","Long hours are certainly a downside if you have a family, but at least the hours are flexible. The offices are not as colorful as Google's, but feel more natural and less forced-cute.","It would be nice for Steve to show his face on campus a bit more, but perhaps he likes the rarified atmosphere he creates. It reflects the public image he has.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46654,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Analyst,I work at the Mothership!,"it's a cool and very dynamic company with lots of talented people, Innovation is KEY. So is Industrial Design. It has a great cafe that serves a wide range of food, and the best part of it is that it practices Casual Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays!!!! Also, it has now installed free Starbucks freshly-grounded vending machines in all pantries! Great employee discounts as well as discounts on products for friends and family.","Too hush-hush...everything's on a need-to-know basis, makes learning and being resourceful difficult. Buildings are not linked together and makes getting around a bit difficult.","Be more proactive and less hush-hush about things, and increase headcount!!!",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46655,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Training Specialist,Apple is a great place to work.,"It can be a lot of fun, it's a somewhat prestigious employer in the tech community and you work with great people. You also get to work on some really cutting edge projects. They also provided great travel opportunities.","Apple expects a lot from it's employees, often more than competing firms do. The demands can be tough to meet, but are rarely outside the scope of what you are able to accomplish. The biggest problem is that the company is very compartmentalized for privacy reasons and this can be very isolating, especially since you usually can't talk about what you are working on with anyone.",Keep doing what you are doing.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46656,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Apple, a love hate place to work.",Get to work on technology that is used by so many people. A very exciting place to work.  The Steve Jobs keynote presentations are as close to 'rock star' as an engineer is ever going to get.,"Company does not encourage innovation from within. If the idea doesn't come from Steve Jobs, it's not worth looking in to.  Vacation is WEAK. Start with 12 days of time off, with a week shutdown at Christmas. You must be there for three years before you begin to accrue 15 days of vacation a year.  For a company that is basically printing money in Cupertino and making a ton of profit, the fact that there is no profit sharing is a very glaring flaw.","Apple knows that the best benefit they provide to their employees, is that they get to work at Apple. Until this stops being the foundation of Apple benefits, Apple will always have bad benefits. This won't change until employees start demanding more and decide to work elsewhere.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46657,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best Place I've Ever Worked, Hands Down.",The people. The products. The company culture.,I can't think of a single one.,"While telecommuting is often allowed, I think the company behind ichat (which revolutionized audio and video chatting) and is on the cutting edge of multimedia solutions for long-distance collaboration should take a more active stance on ENCOURAGING it. Particularly when every single building is packed full and people are running out of space. Make it a company-wide policy that people SHOULD telecommute as much as possible! Take cars off the road, save employees gas money (which is not insignificant these days), give them their commute time back, save the company money on power and support for having all of those people in the office. Truly, a strong stance from management on this would change people's lives and would be SO good for the company.",5.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46658,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Embedded Software Engineer,"Sometimes great, often terrible.","Instant product recognition, everyone in the world knows what an iPod is. It's a hip place, and everyone knows it. Lots of smart people to work with as well.","High pressure situations, disconnected management, never knowing what projects might be real or which might be a waste of everyone's time. Lots of extra hours with low or no compensation. Possibility of getting pigeonholed into pretty specific functional areas that you'll grow to despise.","Better transparency, if I had an idea of what I might be working on in 6 months or a year's time I might be able to make decisions now that would make future projects easier.",3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46659,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software QA Manager,Apple Rocks as a place to work,"Products, culture and other things",None. I enjoy it and the products rock,None,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1004.htm
46660,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - NONE,none,"You get a chance to work on interesting products and the people you work with are, without exception, very intelligent.","They work you like a dog and for the vast majority of the employees, management has the mindset that you can easily be replaced.",Learn how to manage people and REALLY believe it when you say that Apple's people are its number one asset.,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46661,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 14, 2008","Current Employee - Director, Marketing Communications",marketing communications,a truly innovative company - great people - change the world,"lack of good leadership in Marketing (product marketing, corporate communication and marcom). People never get credit or praise. Plus, everyone is drinking the Kool-Aid",Learn how to retain your talent and compensate accordingly,3.0,3.5,none,1.5,3.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46662,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - AppleCare Representative II,It's what you make of it.,"Apple has great benefits and depending on which department/sector you work for, has a large potential for growth and profession opportunities. There is a wonderful attitude of ""You do your job, you look however you want.""","Working for the AppleCare division, upper management did not treat people like people, but numbers. It was all about numbers, never human beings, whether it be the employee or the customer on the other end of the phone. When you treat technical support agents like humans, who can be taught and deserve respect, that will be reflected in the way they treat customers. Working for AppleCare does not leave much room for advancement in the way of career moves. They don't offer much mobility within AppleCare, nor within Apple itself. Apparently unless you are an engineer with 3 PhDs, you are completely expendable.","Use the talent you have. Treat agents like human beings, and they will make happier more productive employees and happier customers on the other end of the phone. Apple used to be about making quality, truly innovative products. Let's return to that, as opposed to pretty tools that don't provide anything innovative, and break constantly.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46663,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - QA Engineer,"Great products, great engineers in the trenches, but penny-wise, pound-foolish","Great engineering talent, attracts some great people that care deeply about what they work on. Brilliant people at both the executive level and down in the trenches.","Apple is extremely penny-wise and pound-foolish, which is not uncommon at many companies, but in particular, they are ridiculously stingy at providing adequate hardware for engineers. It's sad because we make the hardware. Many people have 3rd party CRTs and LCDs because they can't get Apple LCD monitors. Many hours are wasted when every engineer should have at least one loaded top-of-the-line Mac Pro to build and debug as quickly as possible.  Apple also only rewards it very top people for the successes of the last 7 years. Even employees that get exceptional reviews get raises that are barely more than cost-of-living (5% is considered a large raise and same goes for bonuses). Many engineers are hired with no stock options and few are ever given out after that. Long-time employees made great sacrifices during the lean years, giving up benefits on an almost yearly basis. Now that Apple is successful, none of those benefits have been restored, although lately there has been a renewed emphasis on adding some new benefits, so perhaps they are finally seeing the light (or the increased attrition of late).  Compensation is average for the industry (they will even tell you this is their goal), which is sad given they should be trying to attract the best and brightest and allowing them to share in the successes they create. At the same time, senior managment (deservedly so!) gets 50-100% bonuses every year and millions of shares in stock. It wouldn't kill them to hand out a few hundred options a year to highly performing individuals.","Start pro-actively caring about the morale and concerns of your employees and don't wait for a brain drain first to take action. We love to work for Apple, but feel that we're not sharing in the success of the company. If there were another company around that made kick ass products like Apple and were more employee-centric rather than product-centric, I think you'd see a stampede to the doors.",3.0,1.5,none,3.5,2.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46664,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Apple a thrilling but exhausting rollercoaster.,"It's exciting and there's rarely a dull moment. You get a great deal of respect from others in the tech industry, and it makes it easier to get employed elsewhere.","It's exhausting and leaves one prone to burnout. There is a start-up culture in a what is now a large corporation, and that can become tiresome, if you know that you have no chance of vesting shares at an IPO.",Pay your staff better and remember that not everyone at Apple is Steve Jobs. Listen to staff feedback. Your employees do sometimes actually know what they're talking about.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46665,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"The sausages taste great, but the factory is just as messy","Your work gets in the hands of millions. When you win the occasional battle to get something done right, you can help a lot of people.","Apple is hyper-secretive, which is both frustrating in principle and make it difficult to do your job. (1) A lot of wheels get reinvented every week. (2) The feeling that you (as an engineer) aren't trusted *really* bothers me. Besides, all the leaks come from marketing and ops anyway.","Your middle managers are really dropping the ball here. They all have cushy jobs and are afraid to take risks or rock the boat. Instead, they play it safe, and it is reflected in the poor quality of our products.",2.0,4.0,none,1.0,2.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46666,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great senior management, but culture of overwork","Everyone there is very competent -- no one coasts. The senior management is extremely capable, and the company is completely focused on everything making a profit, sometimes to a fault. The food at the cafeteria is reasonably good. The best thing about the company is its dedication to making great products (that may sound like I'm regurgitating ""the kool aid"", but it's the truth), the company focuses on making things as good as they can be (while still eventually shipping a product). Lastly, the benefits are pretty great: the health plan includes dental and vision, and there's a stock purchase plan for employees.","As above, there is extremely little R&D, if that is your interest. Also from above, every part of the company makes a profit *including the cafeteria*. This is not a company likely to get a free menu (like at several other Silicon Valley companies). Additionally, the culture of overwork pervades Apple as it does many Bay Area technology companies. I have many friends there that can not be relied on to be available on weekends. Lastly, Cupertino is not a particularly fun place to spend time. It's by far the most suburban and sprawl-y of the cities and towns in the Valley.","I can't fault the senior management for any of the decisions they've made, as it's very obvious that they're doing very well for the company as a whole. That said, I know that some employees would definitely prefer higher salaries for working weekends for months at a time (though who wouldn't), as well as fostering an environment that has a better work-life balance.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46667,apple,"Murfreesboro, TN"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),I love this comapny! Just give me a chance to succeed!!!,Fantastic cutting-edge company. Extremely exciting technology. Great level of satisfaction relating life-enhancing information to customers.,"Low pay for how extremely picky they are about hiring people. They expect you to be ok with anything since, after all, you are so lucky to have this job!....even though the pay is relatively low, you only work part time, have no benefits as such, and have to know most everything about the Mac. I would lost my part-time job with Apple if I got a full time job to supplement because they want to schedule me whenever they want regardless of having requested off or having limited availability. Yes, they will schedule you for shifts during hours you are not available after they said they would not. Then you get written up if you can't find someone to cover for you.","Just because I don't fit exactly into you ""hip"" factor clique, that doesn't mean I suck. Nothing but favoritism for the perfect people and endless lack of opportunity for the perpetual part time hangers-on. Never a chance to get full time and benefits, even after years of dedication.",3.0,2.5,none,1.0,1.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46668,apple,"Memphis, TN"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Good part-time job for college kids who want to gain experience and credibility for a low wage,"Apple is finally getting the respect it deserves. The company, on the whole, is a good company. Now, thanks to the move to Intel processors and being able to run Windows, everyone can (and is) using a Mac. The benefits are quite good, and they even provide benefits for domestic partners. There aren't a lot of companies in my area (the south) that do that. Decent discounts on most products. The fact that the sales staff (specialists) are not on commission is both positive and negative. It's theoretically better for the customer because they are not trying to sell the customer on an uber-powerful system that they don't need. They should be trying to match the computer to the customer's needs. No commission also means no underhanded competition among the staff. There is generally quite good camaraderie amongst the staff...we're all in pretty much the same boat, so we tend to stick together.","Seriously underpaid, not much room for advancement, very few full-time opportunities, lack of management support, insane secrecy/paranoia, pathetic salary (it's so bad it was worth mentioning twice!). Salary info was accidentally posted on iCommunicate a while back (taken down within an hour or so) and I was shocked to see the huge difference in salary between management and the genius staff. The specialists didn't make much above minimum wage. The lack of training is surprising as well. We have to access ASTO (Apple Sales Training Online) from home, off the clock, to get new information about products. Management does not give us time to do it at work.","Our store is known throughout Apple Retail as ""that store"". It is the exception store. It is the store where all the rejects are. One guy there has gone thru literally every position in the store, and he finally scored a Genius role because it was all that was left. For some reason he is immune to being fired. Customers walk in, see him, and leave. He is rude, obnoxious, and gives out quite a bit of erroneous information that he makes up as he goes along. Our lead Genius (who was brilliant) left due to lack of management support. Our next best Genius was fired after being baited by Idiot Genius who has HR on speed dial. The previous manager was fired, the replacement manager is even worse (something we didn't think possible). There is NO support from management. Stop hiring managers from clothing stores to work for the best computer company in the world. They are clueless and are running this store into the ground. They are ruining Apple's reputation in our area. They constantly pit employees against one another and try to keep drama stirred up. Get some management in there who support their staff before it's too late. Although it sounds like I have nothing but sour grapes, that's really not true. When I first started at Apple, over four years ago, it was a nice place to work. But changes in management and the hiring of grossly unqualified employees, has mad the morale take a nosedive. Most of the older employees have left or are looking for other jobs. It's a shame, because it used to be a really good store and a fun place to go to work each day. I have been in other stores across the country, and none are anything like ours.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46669,apple,"Reston, VA"," Jun 1, 2008",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,"Apple - you're not joining a company, you're joining a family.","Apple is a big family. Almost everyone who works here does so because of their love for the company, the products we produce and the technology. Everyone has a stake in the company's success and it's visible in the way business is done.","Apple is run on a very tight budget, so there are a lot of things that Apple doesn't do that other employer might. For instance, charitable contribution matching no longer exists. There are a few areas like that that would really improve the overall atmosphere.","Listen to the employees, and loosen the purse strings just a little to make a few small changes that would go a long way towards retaining even more excellent people.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1005.htm
46670,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - STE Test Engineer,"Too much work, too little pay, no promotions, had to leave!",Cool place to work. Nice (physical) environment.,Work too hard. Little financial incentives.,Recognition of hard work is needed. Apple makes billions off the sweat of its employees.,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46671,apple,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 19, 2008",Former Employee - Human Resources,"Like working there, but it is not without downsides.","Apple has great technology. There are many smart people who work there and it has a culture that rewards innovation. It is hard not to want to work someplace that is known world wide and has a brand that is recognized by everyone. When you say you work at Apple, people love to talk about the products. Apple's products are high quality and fun to use. They have a great campus and when you work there you feel important and like you have contributed to making products that the many people in the world love.",Parts of the company are disorganized and management is not very respectful of people.,Treat people as people not as machines.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46672,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Large organization, Some very good people, some not so good, Management and culture doesn't distinguish between the two.","For projects that Apple upper management has its eyes on, quality is given high priority. Teams on those projects are also often very good, with smart and experienced people with whom it's fun to work and from whom one can learn at lot.","It's a big place, and there are sometimes inefficiencies due to the number of people involved with a project. There is a significant amount of politics involved with promotions and a significant amount of empire-building, with teams growing unnecessarily to bolster the team managements' prestige. Projects that are not visible to upper management suffer from quality problems typical of any organization, but everyone is very confident about the superiority of their work regardless of their actual performance and the actual quality of what they produce. Arrogance is rampant and encouraged by management and the corporate culture.","Things are going very well so there's not much advice to give. More needs to be done to differentiate quality work from other work within the company even when the overall product of the work at the company is deemed to be good, otherwise over time the company's results will not be so good.",3.0,2.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46673,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Things get done.,The projects are interesting and have immediate real world ramifications.,It can be highly stressful and unpredictable.,Keep making great products.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46674,apple,"Syracuse, NY"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Creative,Great products don't equal great experience.,"Definitely the discount, and the first hand experience in a one of a kind retail environment. You get to use and become familiar with the products before anyone else is. They also give you very good training, and you dont ever really feel forced to sell. It is your job to sell but the way they go about doing so makes it feel as though you are somewhat of a consultant, where the customer does not have to purchase it immediately. This is one reason that working for Apple is a great lesson. You learn great sales skills, and you learn how to not upsell.","Limited growth, and again you begin to feel like just another number in the system.","Treat their employees with more respect, and act a bit more professional. Also take what the employees have to say into mind because they are the ones who are doing all the work.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46675,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," Jun 1, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,"Apple is a great place to work, but it's much better when you make friends who can effect your career.","Apple is a very family-like environment. We're all very supportive of each other and very willing to help where it's needed. Everyone is encouraged to give feedback, where needed, and to accept feedback that they receive to make it a learning tool. Apple is also very education oriented, wanting to provide the most opportunity to learn about their products and services as possible to their employees.  The pay is excellent for being a retail store, and the discount is outstanding. In most cases, you're given the opportunity to really shine, where with other companies you're discouraged from making decisions for yourself.","While they're not necessarily stingy with hours, they could certainly to with opening up more full time positions. It's very difficult to concentrate on doing your job when you don't feel valued enough to be given a full time slot. The promotion system is a little convoluted, as well. The interview is informal, especially when they've already decided on who they'll be promoting. It almost seems as though they interview the other so-called candidates just for show. The people who truly do deserve the full time positions aren't the ones who receive them - it seems that the ones who get them are the ones who made ""friends"" so that they'd get it, with or without an interview.","Reevaluate the way you promote your employees. Promoting from the inside is great, but don't lead people to believe they're in the running for a position that's already been decided. There is no shame in promoting based on merit, or percived merit, but don't put up some facade and make people think they're going to get something that they have no chance for. It's not right and it's not fair.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46676,apple,"Northbrook, IL"," May 30, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,take notice to what apple is doing in retail,"able to enhance lives daily, customers and employees.",Benefits package could provide more assistance to the employee,keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46677,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Project Manager,Apple review,interesting products and decent growth,no work life balance and tremendous amount of travel in certain positions,Keep doing what you are doing,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46678,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 1, 2008",Current Employee - Web Developer,I love my job,Have you read technology news? We are the leaders.,Sometimes long hours are expected but when you are doing what you love I don't find it to be an issue.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46679,apple,"Elk Grove, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Logistics Analyst,"JOB=Exciting, Work/Life Balance = Below Zero, Management team=Incompetent or ",Apple is an exciting place work if you love to WORK and love the STRESS. Great people to work with if they dont' end up throw you under the bus for their own benefits.,"The logistics group that I am with is down right the worst. Not only the managers (regardless at what level) are incompetent. Most of the team members are also incompetent. They are just getting by. There are some dead weight, but the management team is too incompetent to get an action out of these people. Too much backstabbing. No team work. People that you work with will ""throw you under the bus"" whenever they can. You get punished by your manager for not participating screwing other team. There is no feedback on your performance. Just punishments. You learn very quickly not to trust anyone. If you are dealing with the group in Cupertino, you better know how to kiss up because the big guy is the GOD and he is the only one in this world knows logistics.","TRUST YOUR PEOPLE. DO NOT MICRO-MANAGING the COMPETENT ONES. BE A LEADER. LEARN THE ART OF TEAM WORK. LIKE YOU ALWAYS TELL YOUR EMPLOYEES, ""DONT PLAY THE VICTIM"". BE MATURE, BE PROFESSIONAL.",2.0,1.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1006.htm
46680,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Project Manager,"Apple is a great place to work, if you really love to work.","Working at Apple means you get to work on some of the coolest products. These are products that people really love. The structure is quite flat, so you will routinely find yourself in a meeting with engineers, middle manager, and VPs. It's also nice to work on a product, where the BOM cost is not always the main focus. Apple will spend money on whatever equipment or resources are required to get the job done.","Sweatshop through and through. They like to keep teams very lean, the hiring process is so gruelling that few make it through. This makes for very long days, usually 12-14 hours. Very confrontational interactions between teams, by this I mean the normally collaborative atmosphere between teams is more like in-laws fighting at Christmas. Traveling to China 6+ times a year.",Hire some more people!,3.0,1.5,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46681,apple,"Minneapolis, MN"," May 21, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple. I can talk about this stuff for hours!,"Apple is one of the best companies to work for because they genuinely care about their employees, the opportunities for learning are endless and you are constantly getting enriched. Another good reason to work for Apple is that you get to enrich your customer's lives each and every day in everything you do. Working in Apple Retail is so much fun, I go to work and I have nothing to complain about, it's just so much fun to educate people about the Mac, iPhone, iPod and Apple TV. There is always something going on at Apple and it shows when you come in. Between One to One, Workshops and the Genius Bar, we have it down to a science.","The downsides of working at Apple are that you are tight-lipped about just about everything. That's not the worst part. As a Mac Specialist, I looked for either a promotion to Full Time or Genius, and after being there for over one year, got looked over. I think it's more of a popularity contest than anything. Management doesn't look for who can complete the job well in terms of technical abilities, but who can make it look the best. The thing is that the qualifications don't mean anything to management and I hope that they see that it is a problem and fix it before they lose valuable candidates for certain positions.","I would look at Sr. Management, and tell them that while numbers are good, they aren't everything. The whole point of Apple Retail is not to sell the customer everything under the sun to make revenue. We initially were told to probe and find out what the customer could really use and explain the benefits of those products. Another is the path for career advancement, it is not supposed to be popularity-based, it is meant to be something that is a good fit for certain individuals with the qualifications to do the job.",5.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46682,apple,"Austin, TX"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Education Technical Support Agent,"Amazing, but sometimes just reality distortion.","It is casual, and doesn't always feel like a big company. People get to dress however they like. You can be gay, straight, or something else. Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton are definitely likely to be very well received at any Apple campus location.",It is a big company and at the end of the day you're nobody. A hard core conservative Republican or other similarly conservative types might not feel very at home in a place like this. It is a rainbow of fruit flavors at Apple.,"Spread that wealth around to us all ! There is a lot of money in the bank, and it could certainly be shared with employees more ...",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46683,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,iPhone: your chance to eat pizza all night and code — for free!,"Apple's place in the public eye is unparalleled, with lots of opportunities for innovation. iPod, iPhone, the entire Mac line — there's nothing like it in the world. The products can't be beat — if only that were true for the working environment.","If you like working on exciting, innovative products and you don't mind doing it for free — and you're happy with crappy food and horrible hours — you'll love Apple. Oh, make sure you're under 27 and a guy. As John Rubinstein (a former VP) once said, ""Alwyas hire them right out of college. They're cheap, you can feed them pizza, and when they burn we kick 'em out.""  Apple consistently underpays relative to other major players in the industry. To be fair, they say the salaries are ""competitive"". Sure, they compete, they just never win.","Pay people what they're worth. Maybe take a bit of your $500,000,000 and distribute it around a bit? At least spend some money on better clothes — you look like crap.",2.0,2.5,none,1.0,1.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46684,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Former Employee - Information Systems Technician,"Not bad, if you're in the right group.","The prestige of being with a company that is still out on the cutting edge, someplace that while fresh and exciting also has stability as a company. It may not be like the Wild Wild West days of the Valley at Apple, but it has moved into middle age more gracefully than some other companies have. They've done a good job of not throwing out all the perks as they aim for profitability, and the management team over the last decade seems not to have put a foot wrong in some time - if nothing else, the stock performance alone vouches for the the choices made.","The biggest problem comes if you're not in a group that is contributing directly to current projects. If you don't have the visibility, if your group is in some more pedestrian area like support or fulfillment, you won't get your share of resources or headcount. If you're not located on the Loop, and you're not turning out new product, be prepared to be an afterthought in the mind of the company at large. It's also extraordinarily difficult to move around within the organization, it almost seems easier to leave and come back than to apply internally for new positions in other groups.",Slow and steady is still winning the race - stay clear of the Web 2.0 foolishness and notions of chasing a bubble.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46685,apple,"Danbury, CT"," May 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple is great but there is definite room for improvement!,It is a great environment most of the time. Staff gets along really well. The products are exciting and consistently innovative. There are opportunities within the company to move forward and get training.,"I think the company needs to improve part-time employee benefits. Also, my particular store manager tends to base promotions on her personal feelings toward the employees, which leads to very biased decisions. I think there should be a more uniform manner of applying for higher positions.","Be more aware of scheduling, part-timers should not be working 6 days in a row. Also, part-time employees need to be treated as such unless they are ready to give all the full-time benefits to us and not just the full-time hours.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46686,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Great place to learn if you are ready to compromise your personal life big time with no attractive benefits,A lot to learn and place to put your knowledge to work,No personal Life. Very poor benefits. If you manage to compensate those poor benefits initially in your package. then its good. Other wise it sucks big time.,Improve communication with in company.,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46687,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Network Engineer,"IT is the basement of Apple, but other areas can be much nicer!","It's Apple! In terms of product, it's one of the most exciting places to work for! Watching Apple grow in the Steve 2.0 era has been nothing short of astonishing.","Working IT in Apple is much like working as a member of the janitorial staff in the basement of a really cool club. Very rarely do you ever get to surface and get a taste of the good life. It's lots of hard work, and they do definitely get away with paying less for employees than other B.A. companies... at least in IT. But ultimately I was proud to work for a place that creates such kewl products.","Some parts of Apple are wonderful, some are less than stellar. IT is a fundamentally boring job sector, but senior management could make it a much more vibrant workplace if there were better opportunities and appreciation for IT employees, both in terms of compensation and job growth. A lot of IT employees I know feel trapped in their current positions. Pushing the blue button every day gets boring. Sometimes a green button, or even a fuchsia one (gasp! how daring!) might be, you know... different.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46688,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,"Great experience, but fast burnout","Stability as the company continues to grow and is never without new products. No need to worry about running out of work or not enough new projects. Working at Apple provides an excellent experience in bringing new products to market and working for a company that others outside recognize. It's exciting to be working for one of the most successful companies in the world, although things are not quite what they appear to be from the outside.",A lot of pressure from management to work long hours and to sacrifice family life. There is a lack of understand for having a home life. Steve Jobs is one of the most controlling individuals and that attitude permeates the organization. He is hot tempered and you don't want to be in a room when he's looking for someone to blame.,Provide a more balances environment and give the employees more credit. The environment is politically charged and some very good people get shuttled aside because of incompetent managers.,3.0,1.0,none,4.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46689,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Contractor,unless your the best in the country you work in retail,The people who work there are awsome. Going from retail to coperate was an complete change. It was comparible to switching companies. The cultures are completely different. The benifits = awsome. The benifits in retail are almost just as good as the cash well at least as long as your a fan boy.,Coperate vs. retail completely different. The culture in retail is great as long as your ok being the best in retail. If you want to be the best in the country find something only you can give to the company until then you trading time for dollars in retail.,Keep it goin,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1007.htm
46690,apple,"Alpharetta, GA"," May 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple, It's all you want it to be.","Working at Apple was a very rewarding experience. You really feel as if you are part of a bigger picture and a close knit team with one big goal. You are praised for a good work and there are many activities to motivating employees and satisfying rewards for when you do so. For the big picture, when the store does well, you do well","It can be a bit overwhelming sometimes and a bit hectic, but it comes with the territory and can be rewarding for the most part.","Senior management should continue pushing the Apple vision and help connect the ""team"" that the store represents.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46691,apple,"Freehold, NJ"," May 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Fast times at the Apple Retail Store.,"Apple provides each employee with a chance to move forward in the company, there are always ways to move up and up without stopping. Cutting edge technology and a great team to work with make working for Apple enjoyable on a daily basis. I don't think I held any previous job that I was always early to work and actually excited to be there. Working within the realm of a ""tech guy"" I find it challenging to figure out peoples issues, seems to always be stimulating the mind when you can't figure something out, you always press yourself to get the right answer.","Well one of the downsides to my position as a Technician is dealing with some of the unruly customers and getting paid less than I should for the amount of ""internal jobs"" that I have to do. Be it customer support, repairing things, being extra nice and letting people get what they want because they curse and yell. It's stressful as hell, but I guess that's what you get when you work for one of the largest computer companies in the world mixed with people paying way too much for a computer they don't know how to use properly. Another downside is the lack of allowed overtime, I'd really appreciate that, considering that it costs a lot to live on your own these days.","Advice for senior management would be to treat your team properly and compensate them when appropriate, none of this once a year raise none sense.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46692,apple,"Miami Beach, FL"," May 29, 2008",Current Employee - Creative,The ,"I'm a professional Graphic Designer/Art Director (full-time), and I'm fortunate to work in an environment that promotes constant learning and networking. I LOVE being there on my weekends.",Nothing. Always positive to work in such a wonderful environment.,Keep up the good work!,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46693,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Overall Apple is still not a bad place to work.,Currently have the best consumer electronic products and phone.,Salaries are not as competitive as it should be.,People are the company's most valuable asset.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,2.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46694,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,A double-edged sword can kill you two ways.,The name. The brand. The mystique.,All work and no play makes great Apple technology.,speak truth to power.,3.0,1.0,none,5.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46695,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Upside/Downside,Innovative company in product leadership.,Lack of reporting systems and processes. More structure to drive the business and increased need for business continuity.,"Focus on business continuity, employee development and increased focus on putting a framework around key processes and systems. Move toward cutting edge innovative solutions in managing the business.",3.0,1.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46696,apple,"Annapolis, MD"," May 24, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,"If you are looking to work at a great place with great people, work at Apple.","The people, the products, and the company. Almost every week when I go into work I meet new people who amaze me about what they can do. The products speak for themselves. And the discounts also help out a college student who is pressed for money. Speaking of money, the pay is great, starting at 10.50 in retail, with room to get raises almost every 4 months. Working for the best company in the electronic industry that cares about its people, its roles, and its products so much that if they dont make you say ""wow, thats amazing"", they dont do it. Apple is an amazing company that breaks down barriers everyday.","People wanting to know when the new iphone/ cpu will be out/ every 1 out of every 100 customers will be bitchy, but other than that, enriching peoples lives everyday and helping people with the tools that they need to accomplish amazing feats always feels good. INFORMATION. Knowing all of the stats of everything, how much memory, how much ram, whats applecare? Whats 1-to-1? needing to know the ins and outs of everything is tough, but its worth it. And learning all of the job titles and the roles of the store are kind of hard, but when you know the way that it works better, it helps you do your job much more efficiently.",Keep doing what they do,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46697,apple,"Tucson, AZ"," May 28, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Its hardly called working when you love it this much.,"Great people, exciting work, great pay & benefits.",The work pace is always fast and furious.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46698,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Apple is for young people.,Working on cool and challenging new products,"Long hours, no life outside of work.",Stop micro-managing.,2.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46699,apple,"Memphis, TN"," May 28, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple is not a bad place to work.,"With Apple the computer world is at your finger tips. Not only can one learn the ins and outs about Apple Computers and other Apple products , but also Apple employees are well versed in other computer worlds like Microsoft and Linxus. Also Apple has a very open policies which do not prohibit employee from dressing casually and the required attire is very light usually just a t-shirt.","With the open policies, Apple does not prohibit Managers from going out and even dating employees or rather the particular store Saddle Creek Memphis does not prohibit employees from hanging out with managers. This results in managers playing favorites. Also Apple employees are not allowed to know about new products which result in angry customers.",Treat everyone equally.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1008.htm
46700,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 21, 2008",Current Employee - Corporate Customer Care Administration,"Great to work for, beware politics and bad managers","Benefits, extra circular activities and GREAT people","Politics, managers who do not manage, changing of managers frequently",Make sure your managers are actualy doing their jobs.,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46701,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 20, 2008",Former Employee - Editorial Manager,Check your creativity at the door,"Great products and interesting look at what's coming up. It's kinda cool to be at the cutting edge of technology hipness. Plus you get to use Apple products in your daily work, which is a definite plus. There's a lot of excitement in the atmosphere from people who are truly energized by what they do. The ""coolness"" of the corporate culture make it the kind of place where people are impressed when you tell them who you work for. And the overall industry affection for all things Apple make it the kind of place where you don't worry if your company will be in business in 6 months.","There's a decided lack of creative freedom, very little room for advancement, and atrociously bad management. Only certain people are allowed to have ideas, and many of us who were hired because of our creative background have to stifle our experience and just do what we're told. It also has the worst management I've ever experienced. I had 5 different managers in 18 months and not one of them every held a one-on-one with me. Even when I requested time with a new manager, they were too busy impressing their own manager to deal with the people who reported to them. It's sad to see so many great ideas never get off the ground because the people who came up with them weren't ""important"" enough. Plus there's this huge ""high school clique"" mentality of the cool kids vs. everyone else. If you aren't one of the cool kids, you don't get to work on the interesting projects, get noticed my management, or have any chance to prove what you can do.","Let your people do the job you hired them to do, rather than make them produce second-rate work based on your own ideas.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46702,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An excellent place to work for a year or two,"There are few better companies to have on your resumé.  Apple is an innovative leader in the consumer products field, and recognized around the world as having some of the best engineering, marketing, and final products in the industry.  Few engineers in Cupertino have to work on infrastructure, as most IT development work is outsourced to overseas contractors.  While the cafeteria doesn't compare to Google's, it's not bad at all, and is improving lately. If you're in the eight or so buildings (of 30+) that are near it, it's a nice choice.","Management burns through employees with no regard to their long-term value—many management decisions seem to be based upon how long the employees involved will put up with the demands placed on them.  Depending on your exact job and how little time is left in the product cycle, vacation time and even weekends are privileges that you may not be given the opportunity to afford. If WWDC is rescheduled at the last minute, for example, hundreds of engineers will be asked to change their vacations, even if they've already made plans (and paid for tickets).  At the end of a cycle, a $20 bottle of wine or a $50 iPod shuffle reflect the gratitude you'll receive, and the value of your work to your management. It is against Apple policy for your name to be recognized externally, only Steve Jobs' name, or the names of those he picks to introduce them, can be associated with a product release.  At least one division was giving less than 3% in average yearly salary increases to critical senior engineers, while the company's profits soared. And if you're a manager, it's not discouraged for you to go several years without accepting a raise, just so you can use the budget savings for your staff's salaries.  It's a well-known secret that the best way to get a large raise and promotion at Apple is to leave and be hired back a few years later into the new position.","Hold an internal employee communications meeting that doesn't open with Steve Jobs thanking all the engineers' for all the time they've given up with their families. For three years, they all opened that way, and I am sure they still do.  Give QA the resources to truly test products before their release. Snow Leopard is a nice step in that direction, but try it with Mac OS X Server, and Airport, and MobileMe. Back To My Mac was a fantastic Leopard feature, and it would be great if it had ever worked--maybe find that out before the product ships, and not afterwards?  Once MobileMe is a success, don't forget it wasn't a boxed product. The web services Apple provides require daily maintenance, actual backups, and talented people with a long-term commitment to making them work. Don't starve their budgets until they go back to the terrible availability and service that .Mac was well known for.  As Apple's developer and user base grow, and its products are accepted into more and more businesses, Apple needs a plan to manage the increased QA and sustaining engineering efforts.  Continuing to let a project die of neglect for years while insisting it's got full support (Java, WebObjects, .Mac) will grow old, and the userbase will move on to the next big thing.  There's no replacement for experienced engineers. Sure, overseas contractors are cheaper, and kids just out of college have great ideas and unlimited energy, but at the end of the day, someone has to know what they're doing. Cherish and retain your senior staff. Don't wave press releases gloating over the money the company has on hand in their faces, praise their hard work, and then deny them a raise that meets inflation.  And just because someone isn't in Steve Jobs' direct line of sight, doesn't mean they're not important to the company.",1.0,1.5,none,2.0,1.5,1.5,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46703,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Web Producer,Crappletastic,"It can be mildly exciting whenever a new product surfaces and you get to join co-workers in a collective ego massage at the keynote. Also at said keynote, workers sometimes get free product, and that is a bonus when it's the iPhone. There are coaches going back and forth to SF from Cupertino and back, which is a plus.","There has been a consensus for a long time, even its among top engineers, that Apple does not tend to promote people or compensate them fairly. Have you ever seen Apple on the Forbes 100 Best Places to Work?' Enough said. You will be just a number to them if you decide to join their ranks. The focus is purely on product and the bottom line, which of course is no surprise in the corporate world. But if you're a corporate hooch, I guess you won't mind that. 'Think Different!' Ahem. And here's some juicy gossip: Steve is afraid of donuts! How do I know? Because he banned them, along with balloons from Macs cafe. He also has a fear of buttons. Origin of this phobia - unknown. But here is what you should be afraid of my friends, the tendency that Apple and just about every company these days has to keep Permatemps. You may want to board the Mother Ship so badly it hurts, but take my advice and do it the regular way, through the Apple hiring process. Don't go through an 'agency.' Basically they are in the business of laundering...people. These are shady operations that are not even real companies and are in cahoots with Apple to deny you benefits or any basic rights, all while forcing you to do the same work and keep exactly the same hours as employees. For what? Surely not for your benefit.","Stop being so secretive. You have a right to withhold information about your precious merchandise. But you've no right to do the same when it comes to a person's employment status. Hello HR at Apple? Are you there? Hellloooo!!! Oh well, I guess Apple is an HR free zone! Good for you. I mean, other companies are just gonna have to continue to be suckers, believing that they have no right to go above the Law. Peachy keen! Some folk have all the luck, huh? Even when there is a department (uh, mine) in which a husband is actually supervising his wife. You folks just crack me up! You really do.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,21,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46704,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Will Apple *ever* make ,"It is still a big time, name brand company with a lot of international recognition. Apple is also continues to ride a huge amount of hype and (relatively speaking) recent business success. The stock options also made many of us multi-millionaires over a short period of time. A number of internal processes, the culture, and the people are also quite unique to Apple, and from a diversity of experience point of view, that's great exposure for one's career.","There are an unusually high number of individuals at Apple (both management and individual contributors, at various levels), who would clearly NOT be successful at any other company or period of time. But that's not the problem. The problem is that many of those individuals genuinely believe in their own talent, capabilities, and accomplishments and make ridiculous decisions based off these fundamental dillusions.  Bozo cancer has also reached Stage III levels.",Quit while you're ahead or someone notices. Cash out on top!,1.0,1.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46705,apple,"Santa Rosa, CA"," May 21, 2008",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Great Company, Young Environment.","Apple is an amazing and innovative company. I have seen people grow for Specialists to managers. It's also a very Web 2.0/Gen Y. It's just great being around brilliant young people all day long. Once you start working at apple you have many different paths you can choose. If you are more about customer service and talking with people, Concierge is an awesome position. If you like fixing broken computers, it's not that hard to become a Genius. If you passion is seeing other people be surprised by what their computer can do, the creative road is an amazing one to follow.","Secrets. If you let something out of the bag, you could be gone the next day",Understand a little bit more about the technology,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46706,apple,"New York, NY"," May 21, 2008",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Work here - you'll love it!,"If you love innovative technology and friendly, knowledgeable co-workers then Apple is your heaven!","There are no downsides, really.",Continue doing such an outstanding job!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46707,apple,"San Diego, CA"," May 21, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple is amazing to work for!,"I feel that I am treated like if not better than a customer. Most other jobs that I have had is all about pleasing the customer. At Apple, the management does everything in their power to please the employee. I have only been working for Apple for a few months and I went to San Diego just for the summer and they transferred out to a store there without any hesitation. No other job I know would ever do that. Employee satisfaction is why I work for Apple.",No benefits if you work under 30 hours a week.,"None, they are doing a great job!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46708,apple,"Emeryville, CA"," May 21, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A fantastic work environment,"Amazing, cooperative place to work",Retail salaries means quick turnover for the strongest workers,Nothing much to add...,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46709,apple,"Sacramento, CA"," May 21, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great place to work, though challenging","Apple is innovative, friendly, and people oriented. The management really focused on developing the employee. There are great training programs and there are plenty of opportunities for advancement and growth. It is truly a company that supports the career growth of its employees and rewards leadership abilities and new creative thought. Employees could make suggestions to managers and have these suggestions seriously taken into consideration. Working for apple also has great perks in terms of an employee discount program that allows employees to experience apple products first had. All apple employees are somewhat gadgetiers, even if they didn't start out that way. Its nice to work somewhere where you feel proud about the work and the company.","Working in apple retail is time consuming, and it is often challenging to balance personal time and work requirements. This is mostly because there are too few stores in many area's, and an always growing amount of customers. Christmas season and back to school shopping are some of the busiest times of the year, as well as whenever there is a new apple product on the shelf. Sometimes the management had slightly unrealistic idea's about the extent to which Apple employee's could commit themselves to their job. As a student as well as an employee I have had to choose between work or school, and at the end of the day pressure for the management wanted me to choose work instead.",build more stores to take the pressure off of overly crowded current stores.,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1009.htm
46710,apple,"Portland, OR"," Jun 1, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Watch your back!,"Apple has some of the best designed and accessible products in the world. Every product is lovingly designed, and it shows in the attention to detail. As a Genius, someone who was responsible for troubleshooting and taking apart these products, even on the inside many design details came to light to show the care that was put into each machine. Depending on where you worked, each store brought together such a wide variety of employees, from kids just out of high school working a summer job to the guy who has been using Macs for ten years and knows it inside and out... the benefits are good and you meet so many amazing people.","Its too bad the retail management is absolutely terrible. When I was in training to become a Mac Genius, our trainer referred to them as turning Apple into ""Gapple"" because so much management had such little knowledge about computers and came from retail environments. Our store manager was a college dropout (albeit from Stanford) who originally came from Starbucks and had never been a manager before. Two of our assistant managers also came from Starbucks, and one came from Wal-Mart. Our Senior Assistant manager encouraged a young employee that college was ""pointless"" and she should drop out to become a creative. The retail job used to be very different with much better benefits, but sadly has now turned into just another mall jobs, just prettier on the outside than others. Benefits were slowly stripped, from turning a quarterly bonus into a ~$.75 raise for everyone, to the removal of the ""free iPod"" for every employee plan, to just making the job seem less like working for a cool company that cared about you and well, just another job.","I would remind retail management specifically that their job isn't just about making their quarterly bonus by pushing metrics and hiring energetic kids to sell. The old guard, the people who originally made the store fun, were all pushed out by management because they wern't sheep who would bend to the desires of management. And there will be a percentage of customers coming in wanting knowledge and will find it lacking because management is hiring employees that have never even used a Mac or iPod before.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46711,apple,"Boca Raton, FL"," Jun 19, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Dead end.,Creative people are drawn to apple. There is a good benefits package,The pay does not match the level of work that is asked of you. The stores are understaffed. There is minimal support from the management. The pay is horrible so the people that work there are horrible also. The customers are frequently nasty to employees (mostly because of the chaos of the store and the lack of staff) The Mac Genius position is a dead end.,Get back to basics. Apple used to be a place where some great talent loved to work. After years of monumental growth you have forgotten what made apple a great company to work for.  Start hiring people who are passionate about the company again. Start paying acceptable wages and promote within.,1.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46712,apple,"Salem, NH"," May 17, 2008",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Apple's a cutting edge, innovative company - join this booming industry as opportunities abound!","Apple is an innovative company on the cutting edge of the market. The company itself has grown immensely in a relatively short amount of time - and that reason alone could be enough to jump on the bandwagon. But when you combine the huge growth over the last few years with excellent products and one of the best customer service philosophies I've seen, it's ends up being a great place to work. Apple employees get to interact with real people on a daily basis, just talking about what works for them and solutions they've found in a laid back, informative, and fun environment. And, because Apple is in the incredibly fast-moving technology market, there's never a dull moment, as new products, services, and upgrades are always just around the corner. Oh, and the discount's not to shabby either.","The downside with working at a retail store for Apple are the same downsides in any retail environment: employees must inevitably deal with down time on the nice weather days, endure the unreasonable and selfish customer issues, and start low on the totem poll in terms of wages. Aside from the normal retail items, one must be comfortable with being referred to as a member of the Apple ""cult."" This is a common statement from many people who aren't involved in the company. Additionally, one must be comfortable with secrecy and a lack of communication from Apple corporate - all new inventions, upgrades, shipment information, changes in staffing, etc. is kept incredibly secret (ie: very often don't have any information on a new product until it arrives at the door 10 minutes before the store opens.)","I mentioned the fact about there being a secretive aspect to pretty much anything Apple does as a company. While I understand a need for privacy, and I do appreciate the fact that Apple takes pride in how it introduces a product and wants it to come out on their own terms, rather than through untrustworthy sources, I feel that as a store employee that I don't have any special recognition or treatment in terms of company directives. We know when the public knows. Am I being selfish? Possibly. But I think the reason we should communicate can only better the work environment and how we interact with the customers. We'll have a greater knowledge of products, as well as a better understanding of how the company works.",4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46713,apple,"Northridge, CA"," May 15, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"A great environment to work it, but a lot is asked for you in return.","Get to know the latest technology, and they teach you how to use it. You don't need to worry about commission sales, you just get out there and do your job. Some people would probably like to be on commission, but honestly, it creates a better working environment when you are not. It can be a lot of fun, the coworkers are always very colorful and fun to hang out with, and we always learn from each other. Not to mention, it isn't really difficult trying to sell things, people just buy them, all you have to do is ring them up.","Management can be a pain sometimes. Most of them don't even know about the products, I am amazed about that. The worst thing I can say about apple is about their unfair attendance. You can be fired just for showing up a little late. Sure they give you 3 days you can call out, but if there is an emergency, it doesn't matter. So many people have been fired from there, and most of it was from the attendance policy. If I am very sick, I have to suck it up and go to work with a fever. Other than that it would be great.","Well, I would tell them that they should train their managers to know about the products as well as the specialist. Because I had a manager that was stunned when (he/she) say that you can play music on the computer. Yea, its called garageband. And (he/she) has been working there for many years. I don't feel like a lot of the managers are competent. I didn't even get my work schedule until the day before. It makes really hard to make plans to study for school, or go meet with my professors when I don't even know when I work. I think a lot of them need to step up in their game. And some of the managers make you do some shady things. They want us to promote personal shopping, that's fine. But they shouldn't force us to make false ones so the stores numbers go up, that totally defeats the purpose. I just think they really need to do their jobs.",4.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46714,apple,"Corte Madera, CA"," May 15, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,Apple Inc. leads the pack in retail employee satisfaction.,"This is really the place where doors open, but Apple also pushes it's employees to take the steps through those doors by applying for higher-ranking positions within the company. The people who work at Apple Retail is enough to want to work there regardless of what exact job one might have. The employees are friendly, diverse (on many different levels) and intelligent. Retail is usually never is exciting, but at Apple Retail, it is. Apple knows its people and the people (both customers and employees) know Apple. One who works at Apple Retail feels local, not national.","The job can be quite rewarding, but I do find that many employees are having difficult balancing work time and other time. I myself have been in a few situations where the calendar for my work-schedule overrides my life schedule, and that shouldn't happen. Some employees often look towards others to share shifts, but everything usually works out in the end.","Our team is solid, but it can always use more strengthening. All the departments need to come together. There needs to be a large amount of time put into this. Great job on being available when employees need you. We know you look out for us. Praise us more when we do things right - pat us on the shoulder. And make sure when we do things incorrectly, that we have ways of practicing to make them right.",4.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46715,apple,"Phoenix, AZ"," May 14, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Why YOU should work for Apple!,"You get to help people change how they think about computers and be able to do what they never thought of doing with a computer. The best feeling is them walking out the door so grateful to Apple and you for helping make their lives better. Staff was great to work with, very helpful and always encouraging. Also, almost all the customers who come in are very humble and are great to work with. Overall, working at Apple gives me a sense of self-fulfillment in the way that I know I'm helping people enrich their lives by making the most of at least one aspect of their lives.","While there really aren't many, I think Apple needs to do a little better of a job distributing work hours among its employees and be a little more lenient when it comes to college students because unexpected events always come up. It was always tough to get hours and they kept hiring people so it felt like they were just giving hours away to new people. Also, scheduling was a bit off in the way that they usually always schedule to you have the least amount for lunch and break as possible. For instance, at 6 hours you have to take a 30 minute lunch break, so they will schedule (managers, not Apple itself) most people to work 5 hours and a half or 5 hours and forty-five minutes to avoid that.","The Senior Management and all of Apple included takes what customers have to say to the highest extent, while I believe that the staff has a great input into how things should be changed to run better because they're the ones on the floors day in and day out and there really is no feedback system in place for employees to talk to the senior management team without fear of being terminated.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46716,apple,"Las Vegas, NV"," May 15, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple is a great place to work,"Great company, lots of growth potential, you can go as far as you want, great people to work with, very diverse backgrounds. meet lots of people, very high profile company","very high profile, high expectations from customers",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46717,apple,"Syracuse, NY"," May 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple: Decent Retail Gig,"Overall, Apple has a great and friendly atmosphere, with a good deal of morale and camaraderie between coworkers. You can learn a lot from your coworkers too. Apple and many other third party companies also provide a lot of free software to Apple employees. There are a few great benefits Apple offers, but managers don't advertise to new employees, such as free bus passes for commuters. Even with the stress of being expected by customers to know absolutely everything about electronics, Apple has to be the best retail gig around.","There is not enough training on products and procedures. Often because of low staffing and high retail turnover, new employees are thrown out on the floor to fend for themselves. There is also too much dependency on management, which make employees and customers have to wait longer than they should. There is also too much focus on metrics (add-ons of the extended warranty, .mac, etc) that it doesn't matter how much you sell, just your percentage of the metrics that matter. This leads to some employees cheating by giving credit for sales that didn't meet any metrics to house instead of their own name. There is also not enough promotion from within, which leads to disgruntled employees. The high amount of work and stress I have to put up with on a regular basis doesn't not match the petty wage I make.","I really liked working for Apple for the first few months, even though it was a crazy holiday season, but the more time went on, the more I felt management didn't take the employees seriously. By serious, I mean the employees who are not college students, but the adults who have to survive on this and want to be promoted.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46718,apple,"New York, NY"," May 15, 2008",Current Employee - Cashier,city store. different world than smaller apple stores.,"fun environment, gratifying work- they hire awesome people so you never run out of good people to be around.",managers promoted without proper training,train your leads better!,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46719,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Test Engineer,Not so good to work for.,discounts for their product...? I do not know what else is good about working for them.,secrecy and visibility to the company is causing not-so-friendly environment,Open up the environment to be more friendly,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1010.htm
46720,apple,"Burlington, MA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple, hire more respectful and capable retail managers.",Exposure to the workings of a profitable retail business.,Employees are nothing but pawns to the management and only used to generate profits with no regard to their needs.,"Most of the managers and assistant managers I worked for were computer illiterate and managed their employees based on fear instead of respect. Many times, I have seen and heard a manager belittle an employee in front of a customer because they didn't take the time to understand the situation. More than one manager on more than one occasion acted disrespectfully, disgracefully and discriminately towards an employee. Other manager had no social skills to speak of so was surprised they had even been put in a managerial position at all.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46721,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 22, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Steve Jobs Dictatorial Style Trickles Down,"It's great for the resume. Better still, it's a great way to meet lots of people who will ultimately move around within the industry -- an excellent way to build a professional network. In addition, you will have lots of opportunity to practice working in a somewhat chaotic, but often creative workplace, and to benefit from the genius of Steve Jobs.","It is essentially a dictatorship, and not a benevolent one. At the exec level, the leadership style is unequivocally domineering and unforgiving -- driven by fear of Steve. And many of them are just plain mean. Lower-level managers have very little control, they may be nice, but they're often irrelevant.","Learn to be leaders. Set people up to succeed. Give them the direction and the parameters for success (not micro-management or correction). Develop plans and stick to them, and help your teams work to the plan. Develop confidence in your own leadership capabilities and your own intelligence, so you don't have to operate in fear of Steve.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46722,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," May 8, 2008",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Great company to work for the rest of your life.,"Apple has continued to go out of it's way to see that I not only excel in my current role, but they facilitate my education and future roles. My previous work is always appreciated and I they look for me to be a leader among my peers. They call upon my experiences and ask me to present on topics that I'm more familiar with than my other colleagues. They allow me to work the hours that are most appropriate for me and allow me to be flexible with those hours, coming into the office around 11 am and working until 7, 8 or 9 pm. It is a blessing to have such a generous employer.","The pay is slightly below what other technology groups are paying, but the benefit of having job security makes up for that. Sometimes I wish that we had the free meals like Google and that we could spend so many hours a week working on our own 'pet' projects, but I can totally understand Apple's reasoning against such thought. The secrecy thing is also kind of a downside. Unless you're directly involved in an upcoming product, you know nothing until the absolute last moment. This can make things really difficult when it comes to working on related products. It also leaves a lot of us feeling as though we can't be trusted.",Think about paying your employees just a little more. Maybe tone down the internal secrecy just a bit.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46723,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 8, 2008",Current Employee - Genius Support Staff,Apple is the best thing that has happened to me career wise.,"Apple is a large company with large stores, but the feeling of working in the store is not like a business, it is like working with family. The co-workers are friendly and it is always sad when one leaves, like loosing a brother.","The only downside is the occasional customer who makes life difficult by making a scene, but the management quickly and calmly helps the customer cool down, and helps everytime.","Keep up the feeling of family, it is a great feeling.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46724,apple,"Buffalo, NY"," May 22, 2008",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Great company. Beware of rogue management.,The best reasons are primarily for the benefits. You get great perks from 3rd parties. The whole experience can be very rewarding at first. Selling products you can stand behind never hurts.,"Depending on which store you land in, you may have to fight for justifiable pay. The smaller market stores have a tendency to operate on sales to win the attention of corporate. They focus solely on numbers and not so much the concepts and ideas of Apple. They serve out the Kool Aid and it's not bad but it's certainly not the same Kool Aid larger market stores are serving up to their staff. Beware of smaller stores.",Relax a bit and appreciate the talent you have on hand rather than belittling them. Negative reinforcement never fixes anything.,2.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46725,apple,"San Francisco, CA"," May 8, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple: Great fun but little reward,The culture of the Apple Store is what made it so great to work there. Everyone was friendly and become friends and would share stories and go out together after work. If you really love the Apple products like I do then the job is a pleasure. You get a lot of satisfaction from helping others learn how to use a computer and seeing the smile on their face when they realize how simple and easy the interface is to use. A lot of customers are repeats and will ask for you by name and you start to build solid relationships with customers.,"The pay isn't that great. I haven't worked their for a year now, but I was only getting 11 dollars an hour. I guess that isn't so bad considering i was 18 and 19 years old when I worked there. Sometimes you feel that you don't get compensated justly because your on an hourly wage. I would routinely outperform other mac specialist in terms of sales volume each day, but still would get the same hourly rate. There should be some kind of commission reimbursement to compensate those that sell more. Also the managers could sometimes over look your individual performance and only concentrate on sore performance.","I would tell senior management to make sure that those sales people that are bringing in more sales get recognized for it. There were certain days when I accounted for 30% of the stores sales, but would not even get a pat on the back from the managers. Instead I would be asked why I didn't sell enough protection plans. The way the system is set up sales people are more encouraged to sell ""attachments"" such as Applecare, ProCare, and .Mac than actual computers and ipods.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46726,apple,"Norfolk, VA"," May 7, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Although not perfect, working at Apple can be a dream job for the right candidates","There is an energy inherent to the culture at Apple that is creatively invigorating. Apple is passionate about providing technology that helps people get the most out of their creativity and interests while minimizing the obstacles in the way of their visions. Apple Retail's motto of ""Enriching Lives"" resonates throughout the ranks, which makes the entire team focus on ensuring a great customer experience for everyone. While Apple's retail salaries are a bit above average, the benefits can outweigh any concerns about hourly wage: 40 hours maximum work week (even for management!), employee stock purchase plans, generous employee discounts, and the occasional 'bonus' of product gifts (which have included software, iPods, and iPhones).","The downside of Apple Retail is that it's not really ""Apple,"" the innovative computer and consumer electronics company. It's the same DNA, which can be frustrating for those who are really passionate about Apple and want to advance within the company. It's much easier to advance in Apple Corporate than from Apple Retail to Apple Corporate, although opportunities do exist. The other downside for working at Apple is once you've worked for Apple, the culture at other companies can seem rather uninspiring.","I would encourage Senior Management at Apple to continue building on Apple's successes in all areas: computers, consumer devices, phones, and retail. From the retail standpoint, and in particular the service business, there are plenty of opportunities for improvement to infrastructure (repair logging and tracking systems, adequate software tools and diagnostic resources for new technology, etc.), as well as need for individualized store assessments based on local demographics and demand (a store design that works well in one location may not be the best fit for another locale). Open up a bit more internally, especially with regards to new product launches as they relate to the service business, so the technicians on the front lines can be better trained when a new product is released.",5.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46727,apple,"Madison, WI"," May 8, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Greatness at Apple Retail.,"Great management, good atmosphere, relaxed working environment, careing people, competent people, motivated people.",retail hours suck but the management has an easy and responsive system in place to help scheduling conflicts.,More full-time staff.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46728,apple,"Albany, NY"," Apr 20, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Not enough time to grow,"Apple honors and respects all of it's staff for who they are. They encourage and support creativity and diversity. The Grow Your Own programs are a wonderful opportunity for staff to gain new skills and move up in the organization. Apple's dedication to ensuring that it's employees are paid for every minute of work related activity is amazing. I recall a recent memo that reminded us all that we should be clocked in when reading our apple.com email, corporate bulletins on iCommunicate or even changing into our uniform t-shirts. I can't think of any other retailer that is this concerned with equity and fairness in the way its employees are treated.","The downside to working at Apple? Everyone wants you to fix their iPod! But seriously, There is one thing that I think really could use improvement, which is providing scheduled time to study material on iLearn or the the Grown Your Own programs. I am in the Grow Your Own Creative program and I find it very difficult to find time to study the GYO material while I am scheduled to work in the store. When I am on the clock I am supposed to be on the floor working with customers. Things are rarely slow enough to leave the floor to study in Back of House for more than a few minutes. We are not supposed to review study materials on our lunch break because we are not on the clock and should not be engaged in any work related activity. It's a bit of a catch-22. Btw, when I say that we should have scheduled study time, I'm thinking of maybe an hour a week. Nothing extreme.","I really can't think of anything that I didn't mention in the previous section. Time to study is really the big thing for me. Our store has a bit of an issue with getting schedules posted far enough in advance. Staying on top of that would be great. One more suggestion, it would be lovely to be able to access our schedule online. One more other thing. ALL of the ipods should have demo photos, addresses and calendar entries, not just the iPhones. It's just embarrassing to demo an iPod Touch, get to the photo album and have to say, ""pictures really look awesome on here, but we don't have any to show you. I can show them to you on an iPhone though. It has the same screen."" Likewise the Nano and Classic. We have to be able to show off all of the features. We can't do that effectively without good material to work with.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46729,apple,"Farmington, CT"," Jun 5, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,Too Good To Be True.,"Apple has a name brand recognition like no other in the retail market. When someone sees the company ""Apple"" on your resume you are automatically put to the top of their list because of their perceived prominence in the retail computer market. When most people think of Apple, they think of the iPod, iPhone, and the lines of computers such as the MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMac. All of these products have a simplistic elegance and sophistication in their design, which is shared with the design of the Apple retail stores. You are seen as hip, classy, and cutting-edge by association with the Apple brand.","While there are a lot of positions open for career development, it is too hard of a goal to achieve if you don't fall into the ""hipster"" category of people in order to be considered. Tattoos, unnaturally colored hair, hippie clothes, and a penchant for reading comic books and playing Dungeons and Dragons puts you in contention for higher positions in the store over virtues like positive attitude, good conduct, hard work, and reliability. There have been instances I've seen where people have been promoted because they had the right ""look"" rather than the right attitude for the job. It really makes you dissatisfied with your work experience when a company that will literally do anything for their customers do so little for their employees.","I would love to give senior management feedback, but unfortunately they are absent. The regional and store managers for my location left their positions in November, and even now in June the positions aren't filled. There is currently one manager splitting time between two stores to compensate for having a store manager, which is not cutting it. This retail store is being run by four assistant managers who are frankly floundering without a management figure present in the store. There is also a terrible elitist attitude in the Apple retail stores, where customers are put off by the ""I work for Apple, therefore I'm better than you"" attitude. This attitude even comes forward when one worker is interacting with another, again producing a negative work experience. There are changes that need to be made to the retail stores that nobody has the guts to tell Steve Jobs about. But I guess that's what you get with a company that was founded by an anti-social person who consumed illegal drugs in the 1970s.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1011.htm
46730,apple,"Salem, NH"," May 5, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The Apple Stores are the place to be.,"Apple is a great place to work if you are into the latest technology. They do a really good job of showing you everything you have to know to help out customers. The company is always promoting personal growth and does their best to help you and promote you. I started working there towards the end of the summer, buy December I had been made into a part-time employee and had been given a raise. In the spring, I was given another raise because of my performance. And that was due to the fact, they kept training us and giving us lots of useful information to use out on the selling floor. I love the fact that they don't make it all about commission. It's more about helping out the customer and finding out the right solution for them. In the end, that's what retail should really be about.","One of the downsides of working at Apple is that at times many people feel like they're being pressured to sell certain things. The fact is, Apple is only trying to make sure every customer gets the most out of the product. They encourage us to ask lots and lots of questions to find out what the customer's needs are. Our job is to let others know of the different services available to them. If the customer finds that service useful, then they can use it. Other employees feel like they are pushing people to buy stuff when they mention the services because they are not asking the right questions. If I know a customer has been a Mac user for a number of years, then there might be some things I leave out that wouldn't really pertain to their needs. If you make it a habit of talking to all your customers and mentioning everything, then the metrics take care of themselves. I used to think it wasn't true, but it really is. That's how I got about three raises in less than 2 years. The only other thing I don't like about Apple is the fact that starting in November (around Thanksgiving), requesting time off is strongly discouraged until after January (because of Macworld). I understand they need people to be selling and that they holidays are coming up, but we do have family and friends we like to spend time with. A weekend off during the holiday season will not hurt anybody.","For senior management, I would just say to keep doing what they're doing. I believe they do a great job of keeping us informed of the latest happenings in the stores. They really listen to employees and constantly hold meetings to help us share information and go over how we're doing in the store. I would just suggest they take a little more consideration during the holidays for certain employees so they are able to get some more time off. I can't complain too much though because last December, they actually let me go to the Dominican Republic for 9 days even after I told them like 2 days before I was supposed to go, so they do have some leniency.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46731,apple,"King of Prussia, PA"," Apr 30, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A Greener Apple!,"I have used apple computers during my entire professional career. Even when it was unpopular to do so, I fought and clung to my Apple computers. I feel I have a high level of expertise and I am respected by customers. I would aspire to a corporate job, I would sweat blood for Apple, and so I do. I absolutely love taking an irate customer and turn them back into a promoter. I am absolutely gifted at doing that.","I don't believe metrics, although I do well, is an appropriate measure for me. I have trouble at times providing the complete solution when there simply are things customers don't need. I am confident as I relate to customers, I know if we are building a relationship with someone. In doing so, some things should be evolutionary, which is why I am such a big .Mac and one to one proponent. APP is a no brainer, but it is sometimes hard to position Pro Care.","Take me, a guy who has several platinum awards for music production, was a founding member and producer of a 6 X Platinum rock band, Song of the year 98, Has designed developed products for large manufacturing companies, and who on the side started a real estate company, which the search interface is wholly influenced by Apple, as well as my fight to populate real estate offices with Macs. My ability to maximize the talent of a brain trust by my willingness to participate, as well as throw out my own ideas in favor of achieving excellence makes me an untapped resource that is measured simply by metrics. I know performance must be measured, but the road to real personal accomplishment at apple seems bleak, and I notice the change in attitude even among the younger guys. I would watch the kids on the floor closely. Management is excellent. Absolutely the finest because they live it as I do. But it is hard for someone so committed to a company to maintain that level of commitment if it's just about grabbing an EZ Pay and waiting for the download to be over. Point is, there should be more of an interest in individual advancement by management rather than just trying to maintain a status quo.",4.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46732,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 20, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Good company to work for, but keep in mind that it *is* Apple.","The culture of the company is one of the best I've ever experienced. From the basic understanding that if you do something there's probably a good reason for it to the whole team-integration, there's no fear that there is going to be backstabbing or infighting. The fairly clear paths for keeping a career is a nice touch as well. Even the little things, like the Wellness Program, really convey that the company cares about the employees and values them as a major asset and not a liability.","Apple is a very exclusive company to work for and they know it. The pay isn't as high as one could get elsewhere, and sometimes minor infractions, like talking about a possible upcoming product launch, are enough to get you dismissed. Also, while my training, expertise, and career path lie with either repair of computers or education of users, I'm stuck in a sales job until a manager determines that I've met some benchmark that seems, at this time, to be completely arbitrary.","Recognize when an employee might feel like their current position isn't really providing the day-to-day challenge that will keep the work fun and interesting for an employee. Also eliminating some of the hoops that need to be jumped to get to a new position that one might wish to be in, especially if the employee is not especially well fit to their current position.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,2.5,4.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46733,apple,"Lynnwood, WA"," May 5, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"If you have a passion for not only Apple but people, then this is the job for you.","Personally, the best reason for me to work at Apple was that you get to be a part of something really fantastic. People are changing the way they run their lives, whether business, personal, or both. And often, you get to see things become easier for them by switching to a superior Operating System. Additionally, you get to meet people who share similar interests as you, especially in certain fields. (For example, this might just be that you enjoy using a Mac, but you also get to talk to a lot of people who use software that's Mac-only, like those many Music or Film production applications.) This is also a really great job for those who enjoy teaching. A lot of what you do there isn't as much selling as it is answering questions and solving problems. That can be really fun - especially if you can show them an easier way to accomplish something or fix a problem that they thought unfixable. When you do sell, it's not like other establishments where the pressure's on or you're dependent on commission. Also, the products kind of sell themselves. There's rarely a situation where you feel like you have to sell something you don't believe in. There's something right for everyone and part of the fun is helping someone find the right fit.","If your management team isn't competent or trusting, just like any job, it can become difficult. At Apple, there's a lot of self-motivation. Meaning, for things to work well, you need to be able to take initiative. However, if the manager seems like he or she might be a micro-manager, then it doesn't go as smoothly as it might at another Apple Retail Store. Another downside of working at an Apple Retail Store is that it is a great job and a lot of people want to work there. Unfortunately, with such popularity comes a few bad apples (no pun intended) who can ruin the fun for others. There's been a lot of recent limitations instituted against Mac Specialists and it takes away from the atmosphere of trust. My main recommendation to an interested Mac Specialist would be to check out how the other employees are doing to see if that exciting and fun atmosphere still exists.","Instead of micro-managing, I would believe in the competence of their employees. As far as retail positions go, this one is in demand so they should have their pick of the litter. If they take a little extra time to make good hires, they shouldn't have to worry about whether or not their employees are taking the time to learn the material or helping as many people as possible (AKA doing their job).",4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46734,apple,"Orland Park, IL"," Jun 2, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,,"It is Apple after all, saying you work for Apple is really the only incentive.","Retail hours aren't for everyone, prepare for working 10 days in a row on occasion, and working most weekends as well. Get used to dealing with customers on at all levels of expertise, or lack thereof, you know nothing, get used to many heckling your job title as well. As a Mac Genius you're expected to know everything Apple, be able to fix everything instantaneously without even touching it, and make everything happen right here right now.","Senior Management was very selfish regarding their own advancement within the company, disregarding those below them.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46735,apple,"Austin, TX"," May 1, 2008",Former Employee - IPhone Specialist,"Apple, a great company, with great products, a great message, but not the best positions offered in a call center.","the products, the perks, and the benefits","the career mobility, the hours at a call center are rough and there is not much flexibility. you have to plan your life around your work, pretty soon your life becomes your work and not much else. it can be draining at times and if you are not careful you can slip into that mundane routine without anyway out. the communication pathways to escalate up and down needed work. if management needed to do something it would take some time before it would go up the pipeline or something would come down it.","to be more flexible with schedules, if everyone is fighting for the m-f work schedule there should be an incentive to have to work a weekend",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46736,apple,"Milwaukee, WI"," May 2, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple rocks! (if you like selling things),It is an extremely fun place to be. Coworkers are easy to work with. The work environment is friendly. We get great discounts on our product(s).,"It is a sales job. We do not do ""hard"" sales, but your ultimate goal is still to sell the product. It is a very, very busy place. As a part time employee, my schedule varies a lot from one week to the next.",Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46737,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Education Customer Support Representative,Apple is the best company I've ever worked for.,"Honestly, they're the best company I've ever worked for. Management is both competent and efficient, and communication is fantastic, as well as a sense of doing constant good for the company and our customers.","The schedules swap every 2 months, so you can't plan too much in advance, and sometimes you get phone skilled into departments you have some knowledge in, but not as much as you'd prefer to have when providing the customers support","Maybe make the schedule times a little longer, or have our support group here for our job, not to cover other departments.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46738,apple,"Brea, CA"," Apr 25, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple is the dream job!,very fun atmosphere to work in and excellent people to work with. lots of camaraderie and bonding and the company really takes care of it's employees. the meeting are great because everyone gets to know everyone and there's always food and prizes and geez dont forget the discount. the management is great at taking care of problems,the hours and the misinformed customers,very fun atmosphere to work in and excellent people to work with. lots of camaraderie and bonding and the company really takes care of it's employees. the meeting are great because everyone gets to know everyone and there's always food and prizes and geez dont forget the discount. the management is great at taking care of problems,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46739,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 25, 2008",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Happy to work for one of the most mature startup companies in Silicon Valley,"Apple is a large company, but often has a small company feel. Most project teams are very small - a few people at the most. Often there are only one or two key engineers directly responsible for features or key project areas. Because of how small teams are, it makes it very easy to approach key players and influence product direction. Conversely, key engineers don't have much bureaucracy to cut through to implement innovative new ideas. It is because of this culture of innovation, as well as a culture of excellence, that working at Apple has been one of the best experiences of my professional career.","Because of the small business mindset, and the decentralized nature of the decision making and product direction, Apple at times lacks the structure that other companies have set up. There are very few departments that are isolated from their customers - so the process and structure that each group attempts to establish can be heavily influenced or even ignored by those who need to use a back door method of getting work done. It is possible that project managers may pressure engineers or other staff to complete work faster than their managers agreed upon, where in larger companies this behavior would be frowned upon, or forbidden. Some structure is necessary to keep a happy medium, and at times Apple could use more structure.","Plan ahead more, and don't wait until the last minute to make key decisions. No one wants to work for months on a feature, only to have it cut 4 weeks before shipping the product. Encourage more lower level employees to participate in the product design process, from the ground up. Continue to foster a culture of innovation.",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1012.htm
46740,apple,"Burlington, MA"," Apr 29, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Awesome company, unforgettable experience, totally worthwhile endeavor.","Apple doesn't just have employees, they have True Believers. Most people begin working for the company because they're long-term Apple customers. Some grew up hoping to work for Apple one day. It's exciting to be part of something that inspires awe, curiosity, and sometimes envy among even the most stubborn detractors. Working for a company that produces products and services you believe in is much more fulfulling than, for example, hawking hoochie halters at Hollister. Even as a part-time employee, there are supplemental 'perks' to the job, including discounts, weekly training on software packages, and sometimes, even product gifts. For example, during my tenure with Apple, employees were given the iLife software suite, a 30GB Video iPod, a shuffle, Parallels Software, and an 8GB iPhone - all completely free. While those gifts are absolutely welcomed by staff, that isn't what inspires such praise and loyalty. Many Apple employees feel almost like missionaries, we spread the word of Mac, explain how Apple products can improve peoples' lives, and instead of just handing them the 'fishing pole', we teach the customers to fish through online video tutorials, in-store demonstrations, workshops, and even personalized weekly one-on-one training sessions. Personally, I have witnessed everyone from suited businessmen to droopy-jean clad teens to technophobic senior citizens come into the store, use the products for themselves, and fall in love. What's really fun to see, though, is how surprised they are at their own enjoyment of the products. The look of unmitigated joy that spreads clear out to the corners of their mouths and beams right up to the corners of their eyes is not something I have found in any other job I have had. Apple doesn't just give people products, they give them feelings such as pride, confidence, excitement, joy, and yes, even 'coolness'.","Depending on the store, management can make your life HELL. All the customer accolades, positive co-worker relationships, job competence, product knowledge, and above-average goal/metric achievement in the world will mean SQUAT if someone in management dislikes you. There's no recourse when it's your word against theirs, and the Apple concept of ""Fearless Feedback"" is a complete joke when your supervisor's favorite phrases include ""I'm not going to discuss that with you"", ""This isn't a conversation"", and ""I am not opening this to dialogue"". That said, I also know that leadership teams at some stores take a much different approach with their staff, and as such, a much more pleasant, positive work experience is provided. It's difficult to communicate effectively as a part-timer, as there is a company-wide moratorium on external communications. This is especially problematic when changes are made to the schedule mid-week, and you're notified only by email that can only be accessed from within the store, and you're not due in before your newly-scheduled shift. This could potentially be solved with the implementation of a secure, password-protected employee website that would be accessible from anywhere, wherein an employee could be notified of schedule changes or other crucial information.","Establish an arbitration process for escalation of employee issues. For example, if there is a conflict between one member of management and an employee, who do you think has 'leverage of credibility' in such a situation? It would be extremely helpful for an unbiased, outside perspective to weigh in on these matters. Follow the Apple concepts such as ""Assume Positive Intent"", offer and accept ""Fearless Feedback"". Create an environment in which your staff will work *with* you and not just *for* you. Don't castigate employees when others are present, especially if the employee in question is not present. Utilize your staff's individual strengths. Always try to remember why it is that person was hired. Work with staff to tackle challenges, don't issue arbitrary and inexplicit commands to 'fix problems'. Praise in public. When positive feedback is received about an employee, share it. Share it with the employee and share it with the team. (Don't think we don't know that it doesn't always find its way to us.) Consider employee suggestions. Be flexible.",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46741,apple,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,"A retail job that is altogether exciting, thrilling, and life changing","Despite the fact that it all boils down to selling products, Apple makes me feel like I'm actually accomplishing something. I leave work every day with the feeling that I've changed and improved our customer's lives, which is very rewarding. The entire atmosphere of the company is really refreshing, and inspires employees to do a great job. Everyone who works there has a great sense of humor and there's not a single employee there that I don't like. The benefits and promotions are a big plus as well, as there are literally hundreds of companies giving big discounts to Apple employees. I always check Apple's list of partners before I make any electronics-related purchase, as 90 percent of them qualify for a discount. The most rewarding part of working at the Retail store is getting to be the person who introduces customers to the amazing technology that Apple comes up with. It's an incredible feeling when you open up whole new worlds of productivity and creativity to strangers.","As part of their intensive training, there are a few mandatory meetings every month that could possibly conflict with time off. The retail store is a customer service job, so you do have to interact with customers. Most of them are happy and are thrilled to see the awesome products, but occasionally you'll get some really pissy customers who have just had their computer fried and think you're to blame. Working at the front as a greeter can be pretty stressful and hectic, which really wear an employee out after a few hours. There really aren't too many downsides to the job, I really do love working there.",Continue to encourage employees and always seeks out the ones that are doing a good job. Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46742,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 1, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple, Where You Can Truly Love Working At","You can enjoy working there because its a great product, great people to work with, and great management. You can sincerely believe in the place that your working at and really love it. It's a really chill place to work, where you can be yourself, and really develop your talents and skills.","There are not too many downsides. When inventory runs out on hot items (e.g. iPhones or Macbook Airs), explaining that they are out of stock or that other stocks don't have them is sometimes challenging to explain. Even when the weekend crowds get busy, it still is enjoyable because of the overall vibe and atmosphere of the store and the crowd. Everyone is excited about Apple and the new products.","Apple is a great place to work. Great products, great coworkers, and great management. This has really made a big difference from other jobs. The coworkers are in general very chill but the management has been great too at Apple at well. I loved working there.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46743,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Apr 25, 2008",Current Employee - Content Manager,Apple Works Well For Hard Workers,"Apple is the kind of place where they throw you in the deep end very quickly and expect you to produce results. There is very little hand holding --- but since *everyone* has been in the same boat, folks are usually very good about answering questions If you can survive and excel in that environment and if you believe in the product and the mission of the company (without being an obnoxious fan-boy), this is a fantastic place to work. The company expects productivity and results, but also is very good about giving you the space you need to get the work done on time. Mico-managers (and those who require micro-management) need not apply.","Due to the secretive nature of the Company, employees sometimes won't know exactly what they are working on will be informed about a lot of important difficult work they have to do at the last possible minute they would need to be informed about it. The hands-off management style can lead sometimes lead to a lack of feedback. Becasue the attiude aroudn here is ""do whatever it takes to get it done"" thee can be a lack of work-life balance -- you can take whatever personal time you might need, but you still have to get stuff done on time.",The internal secrecy can sometimes be a bummer.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46744,apple,"Los Angeles, CA"," Apr 21, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Miss the store... not so much the mangers.,"Apple has a Great enviroment, with great energy, and variaty of person to person and person to peer interactions. It makes for a very interesting work day. theres almost never a moment of boredom. and when there is, here come 30 people around the corner. its demanding, its detailed and its alot of fun.","Strickt policy handling, lack of communication amongst floor management, Biased floor managment.",Keep up the good work Sr Mgmt.,5.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46745,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 21, 2008",Current Employee - Site Support Engineer,"Demanding, supportive career growth at Apple","At Apple, you control your career. Nothing is off limits, and at the same time simply doing your job is enough if you need to focus elsewhere, such as family or education. Apple pays for most schooling and supports employees becoming more educated. I've never worked in a more supportive work environment.","There is always more work than time - it seems that Apple tends to run lean rather than risk having more employees than it needs. Because of that, demands can be higher, stress can be higher, and the average pay seems worth less compared to other market positions.","Increasing the base pay even 5-10% would go a long way towards reducing the implicit stress of being overworked, but the work environment offsets most of that.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46746,apple,"Austin, TX"," Apr 22, 2008",Current Employee - K-12 Acquisition Sales,"Apple Sales is the sweet spot of the whole industry right now! Easy, explosive growth...","Positive atmosphere, great pay, time when Apple is on everyone's minds, great products, great resources. The time we are in now, means easy sales, positive experiences with customers, being a part of a cultural change. With the new iPhone platform, new uses in education are being discovered and championed every day. It really is like being part of a new religion that everyone is adopting...","Really can't think of anything concrete... lots of change, but I like that! Some of our sales tools are arcane and difficult, but they are constantly being updated.",Let us in on more of the secrets! I would like to be prepared ahead of time for new products to strategize how best to serve my customers. It would make me feel more connected to Apple.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46747,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Apr 23, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,Apple-the most fun you'll have at work!,"It's terrific to work for a place that has become such an iconic and reputable company, not to mention the fastest growing retailer in history. The products are second to none, and Apple has really figured out the best way to attract new customers, and maintain customer loyalty with old ones. The structure and hierarchy in the stores are unique to any retailer, making us the current envy of just about everyone. Everyday there is some extremely fun component or thing that happens that makes showing up to work an effortless task. I would recommend a job at Apple to just about any qualified individual. It's a great feeling to work for a company that truly does change the fabric of peoples' lives, everyday.","The atmosphere at Apple is never dull, and on days when most stores in the mall are dead, Apple is overflowing with people. This is great, but is often hard to keep up with, making for a challenging working atmosphere. The training process, though long, is at times not thorough enough, putting people on the floor to sell and answer questions who don't have a solid enough working knowledge of the product. Another huge downside is Apple's ""closed-lip"" policy about its product development. People expect us to know the latest scoop about what's coming out next or how something is changing, and it's frustrating that Apple works so hard to ensure that we're in fact the last ones to know. In those terms, the lines of communication are unsettling. Another disturbing thing to me is the fact that Mac Specialists are forced to compete in the ""numbers"" game with regards to the ""attachments"" that they sell with the computers. This is how the company determines an employee's worth.","I would advise management at all levels to take a closer look at the people they hire and promote within the company. The opportunities for growth within the company are vast, but are often made available to people who are not perfectly suited to the posts. I would also urge the higher-ups in the retail division of the company to listen more intently to what is going on at the store level, and act quicker when attention is needed in a particular area or for a particular thing. For example, it's taking the company 2-3 years to approve and act on the remodeling of our store, which was constructed to the old model of how retail stores were designed. Our store is also without a working AC unit, and it has taken the company 2+ years of being tenants in that space to propose what to do. I suppose that's just corporate retail.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,2.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46748,apple,"Paramus, NJ"," Apr 20, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple employees are the rock stars of retail,"The soul of Apple, and it's strong point, is the people. Everyone you work with is proud and excited to be there. Everyone believes in the product(s) and are extremely knowledgeable about everything Apple. This was the first place I worked where everyone got along, where I made close friends with, and felt proud to be a part of.  Working at the Apple Store isn't because you want to make money, it's because you want to spread the word about the product because its changed your life and you want to help others do the same. I love it when a first time Mac user comes in and realizes that there is something other than the mainstream PC that will not only work for them, but that they'll have fun with. I can't count the times when a customer makes the switch from PC to Mac (or even Zune to iPod) and they come back just to say ""hi"" or to tell us how great it's working for them. Apple employees are not regular retail workers. We are the rock stars of the retail world. When a customer comes in and asks where something is, we don't just point a finger in the opposite direction. We personally help out customers according to their needs and find them the best solution.  It's a common thing to be on a first name basis with regular customers. I love welcoming people back to the store. They're surprised you remembered them from the one time you helped them out, and that you even remember their name and situation. Working with people at the Apple Store is on a personal level, and that is what makes our customer service excellent.","The only time I felt there was a downside to working at Apple was when it came for a promotion. Granted, working at Apple means growth and moving up. However, I felt that there were several times that there was favoritism going on, as far as promotions. There have been a couple of instances were those being promoted were very close with management, and many felt that the promotion was more deserved to another employee who worked longer or harder. Another similar situation that has happened before would be when an employee is promised a certain promotion or is ""next in line"" for an opening position, and then it is given to someone else.","I feel that the management team is one of the best teams I've worked with. Most of the staff at the store became friends. However, there were times when life outside of work interfered with professionalism, such as favoritism with promotions.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46749,apple,"Stanford, CA"," Apr 20, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Got a techie mind and want benefits doing retail? Work for Apple.,"People who put in a set minimum number of hours in Apple retail can actually receive benefits and stock options! I personally didn't benefit from those pluses of working in Apple retail, but I am happy to say that Apple retail managers are extremely personable and accommodating. I worked a regular 9-to-5 job and took on the Apple job to help out with holiday bills. After the holiday season ended they allowed me to minimize my retail schedule to just once a week. Others in my position loved their jobs as well, and the best Mac Specialists were always recognized for whenever they went above and beyond. It was a fun place, and honestly, I only kept the weekend job because I liked the people so much.","Apple's a popular place with plenty of skeptics and crazy ""I want to know the inside story"" fanatics. Like any retail job, you've got to deal with some pretty offbeat and belligerent customers every once in a while. A popular question is ""So when is X coming out?"" Sometimes you feel like a holder of secrets because you just can't give information to customers. Other times, prospective customers treat you as if you are on a commission (which Mac Specialists are not), and their attitudes and pursuit for cheaper prices are geared to put you on the defensive. Working with those customers isn't a whole lot of fun, but it is a good challenge. Once when I was finished working with a difficult customer for two hours straight, my manager took me for a walk and bought me some tea to get it off my mind.","I loved my Apple experience. Love the Bay Area Apple stores! A major plus to working in the Bay Area is that you are close to Apple headquarters. Visits from ""Senior Management"" are not impossible at all. Ron Johnson, Apple's VP of Retail, shouted ""Nice smile!"" to me when he visited our store once. Steve Jobs and other big shots like Johnson like to drop in at the Bay Area Apple stores, and yes, once someone came in with the iPhone before it was available to the public and we actually got to see it.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1013.htm
46750,apple,"Houston, TX"," Apr 21, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple is unlike any other retail organization.,Apple is very serious about promoting from within when able and about helping people grow in to the position they want to have in the company. They really do care about both the employee and the customer. Most other retail companies treat their employees like disposable items. When you reach a full time position the benefits are very good - they compete with other non-retail companies I've worked for and hands-down beat all other retail companies I've worked for.,"In the end it is still retail. So, there are odd hours, working nights, weekends and holidays. A little bit of the retail ""numbers"" game creeps in as well, but not anything like the rest of the retail world.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46751,apple,"Woodcliff Lake, NJ"," May 22, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Lower your expectations when it comes to working at Apple!,"The best reason to work for Apple was definitely the discounts, in fact, I plan to go back to work there, in a lesser capacity, in order to receive the discounts again. Apple has the coolest technology out there, and as a fan of theirs for a long time, it was great to get first hand knowledge and experience on the latest products. Also, when I first started working for Apple in 2006, there were a tight-knit group of employees who were ""Mac-heads,"" and it was a great environment to work in. As soon as Ron Johnson got word that customers weren't getting enough attention due to not enough employees, Apple started hiring everyone in sight, and the environment became what it is today.","The management is completely horrible! Like I said before, the managers used to be good, but now Apple is hiring anyone and everyone with retail experience, which completely goes against Apple's plan for their retail stores. Ron Johnson, head of Apple retail, originally designed the stores after luxury hotel chains in order to give quality service to its employees, but unfortunately, things have changed drastically. I was even told by my manager that we had to start hiring people who used Dells and owned an iPod because ""we had exhausted all possible routes"" to find other Mac users who would be interested in working in the retail stores. This was completely bogus because I know tons of people who use Macs and don't work at Apple.  The recent employees hired and the management are all wrong for Apple. My management even started distancing the true Mac users, like me, from working there. Despite my full time availability, I was only given about 10-16 hours per week right before I left. I was also told that other people would receive full time before me, even though I had been there longer than the other person being considered. Talk about no motivation.  Everyone also felt extremely overworked and underpaid. The raises were completely arbitrary, and the new hires weren't trained to sell Macs, just iPods and iPhones, so there were still the same number of people to help people who wanted to buy Macs, which just weren't enough.  Also, one of my managers had a problem with physicality. This manager touched people inappropriately, and even physicially threatened to harm another employee..and still works there!","Listen to your employees, give them valuable feedback, and stop being rude to them. Mac Specialists are the ones bringing in the money for the store, so maybe you should treat them with respect.",1.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46752,apple,"West Des Moines, IA"," Apr 22, 2008",Current Employee - Concierge,"Love working here, and things could be even better!","I love coming into work every day because almost everyone I work with wants to be there every day, and everyone has such great positive energy! When I was a Mac Specialist before becoming a Concierge, I never felt like I was doing sales - it just felt so relaxed and natural. I love the way that Apple approaches sales and solutions.  I feel proud being part of the Concierge team, because I see on a day-to-day basis how I really can enrich the lives of both customers and staff.",Jerk customers who think the world revolves around them. They bring such a terrible negative energy to the store and hurt other customer's experiences.,"Don't outsource Apple Care Phone Support, and improve the wait times! As a Concierge who frequently answers the phones, I find that nearly all of the customers that I talk to about Apple Care have had a bad experience with them, whether because of the long wait time, the poor reception quality or the difficult foreign accent of the representative. I've experientially come to realize that Apple Care Phone Support is the worst product that Apple offers. This is unfortunate, because we offer it as a great solution for all of our hardware, but it is often a very weak solution at best.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46753,apple,"Cleveland, OH"," May 3, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Local Managers Undermine Apple Corporate.,"The corporation as a whole is a wonderful place to work. The training is excellent, and the support from corporate is wonderful. You'll learn so much that will help you later in life about technology. You'll also associate with a great array of people in both your fellow staffers and the customers: artists, programmers, health care providers, business people. You get to see new products and new technologies first hand. You also get to have a unique position to learn what's going on in the small developers community. One more thing: it's incredibly rewarding to help guide people to technology tools that are going to make their lives more interesting.","You're at the tow of local managers, who themselves often don't live up to Apple's mission or culture. Often times, the managers of the local retail stores will present themselves to their corporate managers as if they're all about the Apple culture, and then turn around to be the meanest people in the world. In my experience, the workers at my store were consistently appalled at how viscous our general manager was to customers and fellow employees alike. He would do or say anything to keep somebody from returning something, even if it was a blatant mis-statement of Apple policy. Management is in a unique position to distort Apple policy and culture on the ground, and it was shocking to see. It is ultimately why I decided to leave.","Keep a closer eye on your local store managers. Sometimes you have no idea who is running your stores. Sure, their numbers look good, but are they actually good people making good decisions and working for the benefit of their employees and their customers. For all the scrutiny that the Specialists are under, the managers are often un-checked, rated only by certain performance figures. You should allow regular anonymous feed-back from floor employees to be part of your review process for your store managers. You lose good people like me, gosh darnit.",2.0,1.0,none,1.5,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46754,apple,"New York, NY"," May 1, 2008",Former Employee - Project Manager,Review,Working with incredibly intelligent people.,Long Long Long Long hours.,Communicate more to employees,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46755,apple,"Chestnut Hill, MA"," Apr 20, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"The most fun job in IT. Also, the most frustrating job in IT.","In some ways, it can be the most gratifying job you'll ever have. Being able to help 25 or more fascinating people per day, every day, is enormously rewarding. The clientele is dazzling, from humble college students and retirees, through to rock stars and the like, to Nobel Peace Prize winners, people who climbed Mt Everest, pioneers of the computer industry itself, and back down to that old friend from high school that you haven't heard from in a decade. Plus, you get hands on experience with all the new gadgets as they come out, the employee discount is great, and occasionally there's even freebies such as an iPhone for all full time employees as of when they were released. Apple Retail is doing some brilliant things, and some day every smart store is going to be doing things the way Apple is, so it's fascinating to be able to be a part of it now.","For all the positives, it can be an incredibly frustrating place to work, too. Most obviously, but least importantly, some of the customer interactions can be intimidating, and scares off some people from the job. Actually, this didn't bother me so much -- when a customer is agitated, it's rarely *you* they have a problem with, so much as their frustration with the company as a whole and the product specifically. Focusing on the specific problems & needs usually quickly gets you past such customer frustrations, allowing you to come to a resolution to the problem that brought them in to begin with. That's fine, and you either get used to it immediately, or customer service isn't your best line of work.  The bigger frustrations all had to do with the company itself.  Lots of specialists try to get promoted to Mac Genius (or Creative), but there really isn't any credible way for most Geniuses to move up with a technical role within the company, other than to try for a rare job at corporate offices in California or Texas.  The company's secrecy is pervasive, and all information comes down from On High -- you often have a dim idea of where your own store is headed, nevermind the company as a whole. There's little opportunity for good ideas to trickle up from the ranks, or for peers to collaborate with each other across the chain -- rather, marching orders come down from the top and everyone expected to get on board.  For a technology company, they're startlingly reluctant to ""eat their own dogfood"" -- you often end up being officially instructed to do things in a ""sneaker net"" kind of low-tech, labor-intensive way when some of the company's own products could have potentially been making aspects of the job much easier.","What's the point of hiring all these hundreds or thousands of smart, enthusiastic supporters of what you're working towards if you aren't willing to get them involved in working towards that shared goal? The top-down, secretive, monolithic leadership style is obviously working on many levels -- my stock purchase plan shares continue to thank you for this -- but at the same time it's extremely stifling. A Mac Genius job is fun to do for a few years, and looks great on your resume, but it never for a minute feels like a place that you'd want to make a long term career out of, and none of the dozens of MGs I met seemed to have any intention of sticking around for long. As long as Apple can tap into a pool of Mac enthusiasts that are willing to put in a couple of years as a cog in the wheel, maybe this can be sustained, but long term the burnout rate is high, demands on the MGs are rising, and morale is sinking. This can't be sustained without making some fundamental changes in how the MGs are nurtured as a group.",3.0,3.5,none,1.5,3.5,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46756,apple,"Louisville, KY"," Apr 20, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Worst choice ever.,The benefits for fulltime employees were great. Stock options and retirement were also a huge plus for working at Apple.,Too much confidentiality. You couldn't even fart without getting reprimanded in some way. It felt like working for Big Brother at some points because of everything going on.,"Quit sticking your nose in the customers' asses and do your job. The customer is not always right and if you suck up to every single one of them, you'll get walked over.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46757,apple,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 21, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),An inside bite into Apple,"Apple is a great place to be updated with the latest Apple technology, as well as being provided with superior training on their products. Every day, each employee is given a daily rundown as to how the store is doing, what new products are available, and how customers are rating our stores based on online surveys. As a company we can look at the feedback customers are leaving and be able to improve the customers' experiences, which in turn makes our experience better with less customer service issues. Whenever I have a particular question, whether it be how to fix a broken iPod to transferring data from a PC to a Mac, I know that there is another employee who will be able to answer that question without hesitation. I believe that Apple is the absolute best place for someone to buy a computer based on the training our staff goes through, and the services we offer in the store such as Personal Shopping, Personal Training, Genius Bar, computers for children to play on, and to allow anyone passing by to use our computers to both check us out as a product/company, or just check their inbox on Gmail.","As employees we are constantly expected to add on to every computer sale, there is AppleCare (three year ""protection plan""), ProCare (V.I.P. service for technical support), One 2 One (Personal Training membership), and .mac (online membership to share photos and store data). Not every person will want one, let alone three, of these services that we offer. Yet we are expected to have 60% AppleCare, 25% .mac, and 30% One 2 One and ProCare combined. To top that off, there is no benefit to the employee by getting any of these services, except a photo taken of you if you receive a ""Trifecta"" (having 3 out of the four services). Having another job that pay commission on every sale, it really bothers me to have no motivation to sell these services, that definitely a majority of people do not need.","Sometimes I feel like our company is too forward onto giving answers, then asking questions. We try to give customers the best solutions to help solve issues they might not even want answered. It would be nice also to not have to have manager approval for every return, I hate getting all the pissed off customers mad at me, and then after grabbing a manager having them tell them it's perfectly okay to return their product after the deadline. I think many of them are too focused on miniscule details of the store that they are losing touch of the real goal, to teach people that Apple is the best computer brand out there, and it's hard to do that when you are treated like a child with ""fearless feedback,"" or asking ""permission"" to ask a customer a question.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46758,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 15, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Working at Apple is the hardest job you will ever love.,When you work at a place like Apple you have an opportunity to change the way the world works with innovation.,"The people at Apple are living on the bleeding edge, we don't know what the future holds until we invent it.",Finding ways to engage more people proactively but still maintaining secrecy.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46759,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Feb 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It is a different job because of all of the different and creative products they work on.,The big positive for me is that I really do enjoy my job at Apple because it is always innovative and changes regularly.,I suppose that a con would be that there is a very hard balance here between work and home life.,There should be a lot more communication when things need to be circulated.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1014.htm
46760,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 31, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,We make products that poeple enjoy buying and using.,"The people we work with are great and I can't imagine life w/o the products. However, they are a tool that needs to be taught and used.",You have to be careful because this job can take over your life if you are not careful. You need to learn to seperate the 2 and learn to say no when it is necessary.,If I was Senior Management and I really wanted to hire a person I would give clear and concise advice as to what I expect and need from them as a whole.,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46761,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Amazing Place to Work,"By far and away the best thing about the company is the people. Every store, every office, every part of Apple is full of talented, passionate people who all genuinely care about each other.  Benefits package is very good, comprehensive cover with health, dental, insurance, everything you would expect. Very easy to deal with the partners who administer the benefits and all very easy to take advantage of.  Plenty of progression opportunities, either within your current career path or into a totally different one. If you choose to totally switch it up and change directions as long as you're the right fit management will support you all the way.","If you work in a store, even within technical support, its still very much extended retail hours. So expect to work late/ very early sometimes. Can be very very busy too at any hour of the day but there's always enough employees to deal with it!",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46762,apple,none," Dec 10, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,cool and fun job,staff is always funny and nice,some people think they know better,get better coffee machines,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46763,apple,none," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,stimulant job but difficult customers,"salary, benefits, colleagues, environment, team work","workflow, customers, assessments, constantly under review",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46764,apple,New Delhi (India)," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Like to Apple,Software engineer is my life .,Nice company for me and very happy to work this company.,Yes,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46765,apple,none," Dec 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Administration Specialist,"systematically, well-organised, amazing benefits, and culture is good","hard to be promoted, career growth take times, managers changed often",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46766,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Creative,Creative,"Apple is one of the best places to work, great benefits, great culture, they nurture feedback and open communication, there are opportunities for growth and training..",i was a pro apps trainer so maybe a bit too noisy as a training environment and being in a retail space i was asked to work weekends and holidays,"keep on being awesome, take that feedback culture seriously, give and pretend feedback!",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46767,apple,none," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent environment,overall very supportive work environment.,for some people it may not be a career.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46768,apple,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,A global company with a small business feel,"The people. Apple has an uncanny ability to hire people from all walks of life that really align with the company culture. It's a place to build your career and there is really a sense of ownership and pride in what Apple does. Yes, it is a large company multi billion dollar company, but there is plenty of opportunity to volunteer (Apple matches all your volunteer hours in local currency) and leave the world a better place. I do believe Apple is doing the right thing around customer data and privacy, and with regards to the Envoriment, all of our offices and store being 100% renewable energy. This is quite an accomplishment and I'm proud to part of a business that really cares about it's customers.","As with all large global business, there can be a hierarchy and certain areas but this can be overcome if you're able to build relationships and see around corners effectively.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46769,apple,Madrid (Spain)," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Cretivity Inventor Technology,Inventor,Because I know Steve Jobs more than 30th years ago. and I was the person who talked he about a new inventor for the computer technology. (same things).,"Because my creativity have not limit, Steve Jobs known it very well, and the Company in this momento need to continue with my creativity for new ideas.","I have got a Master (Management Leadership). I prefer work in USA, or India.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1015.htm
46770,apple,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything I expected it to be.,"The work environment is rather “liberal”, compared with most jobs here in Japan. The company takes really good care of each and every employee, and management is always keeping an eye out for trouble and concerns.","Most employees are too comfortable at their current position/area, which is kind of discouraging for someone who needs a challenging work environment in order to grow as an employee/person. People lack a little bit of ambition.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46771,apple,none," Dec 1, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Great Team!,Good team and managers.,Unavoidable but the customers really take a toll when working on the genius bar.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46772,apple,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good coworkers,You work with great people.,"While it was a good experience, retail is retail.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46773,apple,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pro,a great team and products,lack of opportunity at corporate,concentrate more on customer service,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46774,apple,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,"Amazing products, very easy sell and very individual centric. Fulfilling job helping others by solving problems.",The most authentic yet inauthentic company I have ever worked for. Everything seemed superficial and nothing was really real. Amazing but cliquey co-workers,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46775,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Compnay,"Just great people, great opportunities, ideas from all levels are always welcome.",Can be elitist in some departments,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46776,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Mechanical Engineer Intern,Mechanical Internship,Very huge responsibility and being respected,Not much to mention. A great organisation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46777,apple,Madurai North (India)," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - LABOUR,Amazing,I am strongly saying apple worker .it's my pleasure,Apple brand company leaning my life .it's myself very love,Not for advice management .but I am leave for management sincerely truly loss them one labour.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46778,apple,none," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Work life balance really good,no negative comment so far,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46779,apple,none," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,After Sales Representative,The training was very thorough,Bathroom breaks were always timed,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1016.htm
46780,apple,none," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Busy place but a great place,Growth and support. Safe environment to fail as long as you are willing to grow and be better for it.,"Customers/grown adults yelling at you in public will get to you, especially when you have the most positive intent to help their issue. But that’s the reality of all retail no matter where you go.",Continue to allow people to feel safe to fail and help them grow better for it.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46781,apple,none," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior tech support advisor,"good benefits and good culture, best company ever",there is no cons at all,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46782,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Tech Support Advisor,Tech Consultant,Working Time. Career Track. Discounts available for Staff. No Flexi Time,"Long Shifts, Little Breaks. Work Ethos Strange. Temp Staff Hired",Better Chain Management. Target Goals,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46783,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 20, 2018",Former Employee - Regional Team Lead,Great company,1. Really smart and collaborative colleagues 2. Supportive and strategic managers,None I can think of,Continue to foster a culture of innovation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46784,apple,"Newcastle upon Tyne, England (UK)"," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,5 Years at Apple,Training is exceptional Flexible around personal schedules,Career progression was very slow due to the lack of available positions,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46785,apple,none," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic compny,"Great benefits, honest, open, accepting, flexible, modern",None at all - I loved everything about apple!,Keep doing what you’re doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46786,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 19, 2018",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Apple care iOS support advisor,No commute good benefits opportunities to progress,feeling of isolation no social interaction,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46787,apple,none," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Work Environment,Everyone is friendly and supportive to each other.,It may become to stressful,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46788,apple,"Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)"," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical advisor,Biggest company in the world,stressful work with intense targets,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46789,apple,none," Nov 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,A lot of perks and a friendly environment,"Politics, it’s unavoidable. Just play the game",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1017.htm
46790,apple,none," Nov 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The bigger the company gets the quality of management drops,The benefits are great and the salary is good.,Work life balance and quality of management.,Take the time to invest and provide adequate training for people to succeed. I had little to non and had they taken the time not to assume that I knew everything I may still be there.,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46791,apple,none," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time role,Product discount and team atmosphere,Little room for career progression,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46792,apple,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,Work life balance is great,Slow hierarchical growth compared to competitors,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46793,apple,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Courteous and fair employer to employees,none at this time to submit,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46794,apple,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,I just like it because it's fun,Less money and not rally,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46795,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Technical Support,Benefits and decent salary (not the best tho),Heavy volume of calls. Few consideration for T1s,Stop looking only figures.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46796,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Apple Genius Admin,"Great benefits, great hours, flexible","Management can be difficult, depends on your location",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46797,apple,Herzliya (Israel)," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Sourcer,A challenge,one will have the chance to work with the best and smartest people in the insutry,highly competitive environment and no life work balance,Make sure your employee work together and not against each other,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46798,apple,none," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Admin,"Amazing company to work for, good perks and benefits, room to grow",could be very busy and loud depending on the store you work at,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46799,apple,Kilkenny (Ireland)," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Support,Apple tech support,"Great training, great perks and the customer base are fantastic to work with",Goal posts are constantly moved on expectations of employees.  Booking holidays is problematic,Streamline holiday booking and allow your At Home Advisors the chance to have a guaranteed annual meet up.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1018.htm
46800,apple,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great people and company really cares about its employees,I cannot think of any cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46801,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech support advisor,"Comforts, benefits, gym and changing rooms and showers are amazing, food is great and you always have help on hand.",Management are cliquey and they do not go the extra mile to help develop you as an individual. No one inspires me from management and it feels robotic at times. It is too stressful in AppeCare and mental well-being is not taken care of enough considering we have the most emotionally exhausting job in AppleCare.,Look into making APRs and such things actually credible and worth something what is more than to tick off a check list. Make it more meaningful and hire managers who care about their team as individuals and not about micro managing.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46802,apple,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice experience,"Team, Salary, Environment, Experience, Reputation",Huge company with too many d,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46803,apple,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mobile Technician,Good part-time job. All about working as a team. Always busy so time goes by really quick. Discounts on Apple products.,You only get 15 minute break-times. Can be stressful- angry clients,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46804,apple,"Ang Mo Kio, North-East (Singapore)"," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Technical Advisor,Good Basic Salary package and good in house gym,No year end bonus and too much micro-management. Too high expectations from Management to hit KPI,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46805,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - IOS Technical Advisor,Worth it !,"Discounts for employees, good canteen and good work atmosphere ! Plus, you will become an expert in Apple products !","Honesty, none. If you are in a great team with a good manager, there will be no problem at all.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46806,apple,none," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Good please to work I enjoyed it,Nothing really it was pretty good,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46807,apple,none," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Benefits,"Great benefits, great team environment",Not much room to grow if working in the retail sector,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46808,apple,none," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good job,good trainingand lots of fun,working from home not easy,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46809,apple,none," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Great team, open conversation about development and upskilling.",Expect inconsistent rosters if working part time and no set days off.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1019.htm
46810,apple,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Flexible hours, GREAT benefits, paid on training","Close-knit colleagues, always wanting to socialise",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46811,apple,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supervisor,"Salary , team spirit","Stress level, turn over",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46812,apple,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Solutions Consultant,ASC,Greag benefits and great salary,"Small team, nowhere to advance.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46813,apple,none," Nov 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,contractor,"Good pay, Good pay, Good pay","temporary contractor, not permanent, job security",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46814,apple,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,Loved working with the customers.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46815,apple,none," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feelings,1: Strong teamwork 2: fast pace 3: constant changes,1: Over communication 2: Strong confidential - add transaction cost - time and money,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46816,apple,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,"very nice culture, good benefits","All are good, no cons",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46817,apple,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,- great perks - great people - great time,- not flexible - management annoying please please change,please switch up ways,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46818,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Fantastic place to work,"Great benefits, amazing people, diverse and varied experiences, improved tech knowledge and high pay","Occasionally difficult customers, confusing product protocols",None!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46819,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation Manager,"Get a chance to feel the positive and innovative culture of the company, everyone get excited when a new product is about to launch","i worked in Asean and Asia operations, and they are full of foreign hire at managerial level. Will like to see more local mgr ideally.",same as per my cons,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1020.htm
46820,apple,Istanbul (Turkey)," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,iOS Technical Support Advisor,"Caring, giving, humanist, rewarding company and good side rights","*Salary needs to be improved *Moving to another role due to past experiences should be a lot easier, stuck in position held is very possible",More career opportunities including other countries needed,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46821,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist Role,- Great training and experience opened doors to different industries and learnt invaluable lessons and skills along the way,- Hard to progress and senior roles are typically not advertised internally but external candidates are preferred.,Be open and upfront with employees on career paths and nurture talent internally otherwise they will go elsewhere like myself and many of my colleagues did.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46822,apple,none," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical support,"Beautiful environment, nice facilities, all types of food is available.","Factory settings, not enough cultural melting pot, each section has its own language.",No comment,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46823,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Good place to work for students,Good hours Works with your schedule Gain a lot of personal competencies,Advancement in retail can be difficult,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46824,apple,none," Nov 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Need some cultural changes,Great benefits Fantastic place to learn and grow Exciting projects,No work life balance Too much politics and possees in certain verticals Review system needs to be updated to avoid full control from the direct manager (-> some managers are bullies...),none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46825,apple,none," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Double standards and inappropriate behaviour,Friendly staff who are your BFF’s during your time there. Some benefits.,"Managers play favourites. Male members of staff have exhibited incredibly gross and inappropriate behaviour towards female staff. This ranges from Leads, Experts, to Creatives. No action is ever taken is due to demands of loads of evidence. Very cult-like mindset. The GR is a toxic place to be in. Very toxic environment through out the store. Managers will say there is no “hierarchy” but there is. Zero work/life balance. No career path to corporate despite being told there is.",None. Managers at this store pay no mind to people they consider beneath them.  Advice to those who are thinking about working here- unless you are obsessed with Apple and don’t care about anything else then go ahead and apply.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46826,apple,none," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Advisor,"Good Pay, Great Benefits, Good Management",Overall Repetitive nature of job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46827,apple,Lyon (France)," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Good experience,- Good products to sell - Intellectual stimulated due to technical products - Passionate colleagues - Good atmosphere in most cases - Very supportive team when facing difficulties,"- Low salary - No commission politic - High pressure based on customer review metrics: we tend to behave with ""too much smile"", not natural anymore. Customers notice it. - Depending on managers, naturally stressed employees may have difficulties to work with no pressure. As employees, we can notice our managers are also stressed from their top managers and do not know how to perform their job without sharing their own pressure.",Management should learn how to manage stress with their employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46828,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Crazy work. Great company,"Amazing benefits. Dentist, gym, stocks plan. Lot of training and managers that empower you",Followed at the second on everything.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46829,apple,none," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor,Good benefit and other resource,No good opportunity for talents,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1021.htm
46830,apple,none," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,I worked at Apple for a year. It is a good place to work. Enriching experience. Lovely colleagues and management team.,I don't see any cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46831,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"A great job, for the most part",- Great internal systems to make scheduling and other tasks easy - Awesome people - Really good benefits,"- Technical specialists get the same pay as sales staff despite undergoing more training and putting up with a lot of customer abuse. - Hard to ""drink to kool-aid"" when you're in a retail environment, have to deal with a fair bit of cringe.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46832,apple,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Stage Developer,"Awesome Work Ambience and Environment ( Social, Team-oriented, Friendly, Satisfying being employed)","Very satisfied, Where I want to be working for long years","None, I could not imagine one",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46833,apple,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-time,Super flexible with time off,Hard work while on the job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46834,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS SW Engineer,huge personal growth from both professional and technique perspectives,high work pressure. require a lot multi-tasking skills,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46835,apple,none," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation Program Manager,You learn a lot on how to handle operations that is very different when compared to other companies,No work life balance. You have to also work during weekends.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46836,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Fantastic Company,"Great culture, brilliant company to work for with very inclusive benefits.","Fast paced, can be stressful work environment.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46837,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,Poor management,Good canteen and food friendly colleagues,Poor management and supervisors replace the lot,Replace management,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46838,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,"Pleasant, dynamic, supportive",Brilliant colleagues and kind managers.,A bit of pressure to sell add-on's like AppleCare,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46839,apple,"London, ON (Canada)"," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Company and Culture,- Lots of training - Felt like a family and a great community - Great learning experience,- Retail can be quite draining,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1022.htm
46840,apple,none," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,- Average Pay - Discounts - Able to show your creative side - Good while at Uni,- Kinda crappy management - Long Hours,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46841,apple,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Decent salary for a retail environment,Poor engagement on a personal level,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46842,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical,Developed so much in the time i spent there. Prepared me for things i'd never anticipate. Wouldnt have left if it wasnt for personal reasons.,Work life balance wasnt great. But the team was great so it compensated for that.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46843,apple,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Efficient engineer,"Agile, innovative, creative, modern, love technology",I like work independent with no stress,I like to work with last technology,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46844,apple,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"- Good benefits (share program, study allowance, discounts) - Consistent hours - Nice people working there",- Got way more hours than I wanted - Impossible to get someone to cover shifts because everyone had more hours than they wanted.,Make sure you have enough staff that everyone can work the amount they want.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46845,apple,"Novena, Central (Singapore)"," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,RCA is a company that comprises of ICA-related agency,Learns how to manage time,Work is tedious so the worker gets tired,Needs to improve bias,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46846,apple,"Wenzhou, Zhejiang (China)"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Teaching Or Hotel,from Monday to Sunday,I want to work cause it’s has to benefits one for my self I can earn money and I will work hard and use the society or customers and I believe that I have an ability to do anything so that I want to work and,"“Working from home is more and more of a hot topic because of how tight the marketplace is,” says Dawn Fay, senior district president for Robert Half, a recruitment and staffing company. One winning way companies can compete for top talent is by luring would-be employees and retain existing ones with creature comforts. “Companies will do all sorts of things to entice employees, including offering flex time and work-from-home options,” says Fay. Indeed, according to a survey by Robert Half, 77% of workers said they’d be more likely to accept a job if it offered the ability to work from home at least some of the time.  Or course, while working from your couch (or bed) sounds great in theory, like everything else, it’s important to understand the pros and cons before you start picking out home office furniture. In fact, 81% of workers in the survey admit there are downsides to working remotely.  If you’re considering a telecommuting gig, here are some of the potential advantages and pitfalls to think about before you log in from home:","Top tips for better management. ... If you are a director, line manager, supervisor, team leader, or head of department, the way you manage can have an important impact on the health and wellbeing of your employees, how well they do their job, and how well your organisation performs. Whatever the size of the organisation you work in, whatever you do, your employees are your most valuable asset. If you are a director, line manager, supervisor, team leader, or head of department, the way you manage can have an important impact on the health and wellbeing of your employees, how well they do their job, and how well your organisation performs.",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46847,apple,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Grateful for the experience,"Supportive, good way to meet people","Ambiguous, can be repetitive, no growth in Specialist roles",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46848,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Agreement Administrative,Agreement admin advisor,Opportunities for advancement if you're a hard worker and good at your job.,There isn't much flexibility around working hours and if you're unable to work overtime it's frowned upon,To minimise staff turnover concentrate less on staff parties and token gestures and instead take real steps to ensure work life balance for staff.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46849,apple,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Good benefit compared to other company,Shift working hour zzz z ..,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1023.htm
46850,apple,"La Prairie, QC (Canada)"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Pro,Fruitful and enriching,Growth but most of all the company values,"Schedules and family/work balance, coaching is an opportunity and développement.",We need to change the method of creating schedules and come up with a system that includes part timers and full timers without putting families time at risk.,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46851,apple,none," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Its a really nice company.,It's a lot of work.,none,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46852,apple,none," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great staff and work atmosphere,Very secretive and can be stressful,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46853,apple,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,The energy around the people is great.,It can get really busy at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46854,apple,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the greatest,"Respected as an employee, flexibility, great remuneration package.","Demanding environment, challenging to fit in initially",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46855,apple,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only apply if you are in Cupertino,Opportunities to work on cool projects that are at the cutting edge of technology. Pay is good but not best in class,"Work life balance is poor, and few career opportunities exist if you are not in Cupertino. Confidentiality rules are far too strict and lead to inefficiencies and duplication of effort","The world is bigger than Cupertino, take a look outside of the ring from time to time and appreciate and value your global colleagues and their perspectives",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46856,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple At Home Advisor,"Friendly, flexible and generous.",Can be repetitive and stressful at times.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46857,apple,none," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company structure, best in retail!","mature sales model, supportive management, flexible hours and high quality products to sell",Very little upward mobility. Prefer external candidates for management positions.,Keep doing what you’re doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46858,apple,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD PLACE TO DEVELOP,"Benefits, Flexibility and a good place to develop if customer service is really your field.",Need to consider shift bid process a bit more.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46859,apple,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius,Positive environment Good benefits Learning culture,Retail Retail Retail Retail Retail,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1024.htm
46860,apple,Brisbane (Australia)," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,Pretty easy work,easy work work from home good benefits free random stuff in the mail,"long hours, little communication between people customer who think your nothing but the scum of the earth and wont listen to your advise.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46861,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great oppurtunities for learning. Plenty of oppurtunites to work within the store. Great benefits and competitive pay within retail.,"Very american company, which is to be expected. Too much clapping. Can seem like a cult every now and then.",Bring back the 50% watch discount.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46862,apple,none," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place,culture and people are amazing,customers can get annoying and bothersome,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46863,apple,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company,"Work culture, products, perks, stocks",Long hours during launch,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46864,apple,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Good place to work both at a personnal level,no specific drawbacks to mention,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46865,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 29, 2018",Former Employee - Data Analyst,data analyst,good environment in the company,"not really, feels pretty good",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46866,apple,none," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Diversity, career opportunities, infrastructure, salary","Hard work, management, stress, loud",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46867,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 22, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple Retail - Very Good for What it is.,"Pays you better than any other retail job.  Got to pretend I worked for a tech company and had a real job even though I just problem solved basic user issues.  No pressure to sell.  Very good hiring practises, I liked all of my coworkers.  You get benefits even when part-time.  You work for a company that generally has very good practises in terms of privacy.  Lots of retention. So many coworkers were 5+ years with Apple retail.  High accountability for workers and management.",You work in a mall or plaza.  You ultimately work retail and therefore have to deal with retail hours and customer entitlement.  Management talk about work/life balance but you never really get a proper weekend. Usually one day off some more work days an then another day off.  You work for Apple Retail not Apple Corporate. There is a giant divide. Less benefits. Less involvement. Less pride.  It feels like it would take a miracle to ever transfer to Corporate even if you had relevant skills.  Pretty extreme expectations in terms of Work Reviews. Very very good workers did not seem to get rewarded for their behaviour due to arbitrary and unrealistic customer-review expectations.,Keep up hiring real nice people. It was always a pleasure to see coworkers.  Continue to value loyalty.  Be more transparent about what the expectations truly are and be more understanding of how fickle customers are.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46868,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Apple programme manager,The best work of your life A lovely working environment,Huge company Flat structure Everyone drunk on the “kool aid”,Be more flexibke,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46869,apple,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,The benefits are great for a retail job.,Micromanagement and sales are the primary focus.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1025.htm
46870,apple,"Bromley, England (UK)"," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,No Work Ethic,Great discounts nothing more than that!,If you have a child or a life no point working here. you could be 30 seconds late and its an issue. All sales sales sales focused. Only care about targets and not your wellbeing.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46871,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,What’s not to enjoy?,"Supportive, flexible and understanding of work life balance.",The pay is inline with retail but the work is well above average retail,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46872,apple,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Retail Review,culture management flexibility with requesting days off discounts and benefits,long hours busy store always working weekends,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46873,apple,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Surrounded by smart people Benefits,Nothing in particular to say,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46874,apple,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sale,Know the latest technology.,Push for sale targets especially Apple Care insurance policy. Painful legs because you stand too long.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46875,apple,Lucknow (India)," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Store Manager,no,"Thanks to unicorn for giving me a chance to show my skills.. Has great benefits, development time, and some of the best employees to work with.","But when you work there it can be tough at times. Working at Apple can be a very tough job and can get overwhelming. It is very difficult to have a work-life balance with retail hours, but that's the nature of retail. Seems to be a disconnect between corporate ideas and the actual implementations in a retail environment.","Get good with talking to people, other than that Apple will teach you anything else that you need to know.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46876,apple,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A Great Place,"Has great benefits, development time, and some of the best employees to work with. The management is really motivating. Good Work-Life Balance.","No cons as such, it was fun to learn so many things.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46877,apple,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job but works you to the bone,Lively environment Fun people Professional Development Easy going work environment,"Immature staff as they hire a lot of part time and young people Works you hard, stores get unbelievably busy Doesn't pay as much as other jobs would, for same role",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46878,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Providing best apple experience,"Best place to work,Great products ,Innovation to make lives healthier One solution for all customers need Apple Best in class industry",Growth in company is very less Opportunities are very less.,New roles and responsibilities,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46879,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Sep 23, 2018",Former Employee - Store Manager,A+,Good discounts. Looked after staff. Opportunities.,Diverse environment. High expectations. Knowledge key,Keep on keeping on,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1026.htm
46880,apple,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager,Good benefts and good people,Work you tithe bone! Many hours after clocking out,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46881,apple,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Work culture, benefits , stock plan","Taxes, low foreign hire benefits, no travel benefits to home country",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46882,apple,"Surrey, BC (Canada)"," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,"Above average pay, comprehensive benefits",Treats employees a lot better than most retail,"Constantly busy and crowded environment, not a lot of room to breathe",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46883,apple,none," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,Great culture. Everyone has each other’s backs. Possibly the best retail work experience you can have.,"Very average pay, work is not very fulfilling.","Management is actually at its best currently. The Genius Admin role is one of the most crucial and also overwhelming roles, whilst being paid less than other roles in store. This role should be reviewed and be given higher pay.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46884,apple,none," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to work,"Great work opportunity, lot of different teams to rotate and gain experience","fast pace environment, steep learning curve",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46885,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Good compromise for recent graduates,"Variety, people, decent pay (can be better), discounts, training and development","Angry customers if you’re a technical advisor, pay can be slightly better for the work produced and definitely there should be a clear path for individuals looking to progress into corporate!!",More connection needed and being less hierarchical,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46886,apple,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer,There are a lot of Benefits,Location is outside of the city,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46887,apple,none," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,Best place to work. Salary is not so bad,People tend to stick to this company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46888,apple,none," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great perks, great team atmosphere",Don’t do zero hour contract which are needed for students,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46889,apple,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Worker,scarce,a good place to work with others,"low paid, not that high friendly staff",handle everything as quick as possible,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1027.htm
46890,apple,none," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple is great work here,fun fun great top best,hours hard time holiday pay,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46891,apple,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Representative,"Great atmosphere, great work for students.","Strict inside policies, lack of career opportunities.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46892,apple,none," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good pay -awful management,"Money is good for the kind of work, overtime is welcome","Terrible micromanagement, days can be very monotonous",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46893,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Expert,Technical Expert,Working for apple you really do end up making friends for life,The politics behind moving up in role and favouritism - just like most workplaces.,"Focus on the team before the customers, because when the employees are happy everything will improve on its own.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46894,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Fine for a retail job,"Decent pay, good employee benefits (although not as good as you might assume), Get to pick your own hours to a certain extent.","Customers are generally not nice to you. Company culture has a facade of niceness and honesty but it's incredibly secretive and passive-aggressive. No commission, which apparently makes you trustworthy but in reality, it just makes somebody else very rich off your sales work.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46895,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Workplace!!,As glossy and professional as you would expect it to be!,"Long Retail hours, especially during holidays - aside from that not much!",Be a bit more present on the shop floor!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46896,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great company to work for,"Amazing array of benefits, great company structure and the ability to succeed if you work hard",high expectations and targets but nothing that cannot be achieved.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46897,apple,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,I love my job!,Fantastic Progression and a company that stays true to its core values.,"Work life balance - it’s just life. It’s retail, you know what your signing up for!",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46898,apple,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,retail,vibrant and fun lavish place to work,I would say nothing to be honest,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46899,apple,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Coordinator,recruiting coordinator,good training and clear coach,less of career development and too much work load,nope,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1028.htm
46900,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor College,Applcare at home advisor,Great pay €11.80 per hour . Discounts -27% for you and 17% for friends / family(10 per product) 500 off any product after 3 months Stock purchase at 15% off lowest price over 6 months from start of purchase scheme .,Awkward hours ( 20 hours per week plus college) Aggressive customers Having to deal with long wait times while transferring to other departments,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46901,apple,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place for opportunities,"Big, open, flexible and generous.",Sometimes too big for its own good. Nepotism and clique mentality in certain departments.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46902,apple,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business analyst,A lot of work life balance Employee discount on Apple products,"Too much work life balance, not much learnings and personal development Too political, only people who are outspoken gets the recognition",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46903,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Credit Risk Analyst,Great work environment!,Good Work/life balance Work amongst smart and creative individuals No micromanagement,Not very clear career progression path Cyclical workload,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46904,apple,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great perks, good benefits, great discounts.","Bad politics, less work life balance.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46905,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ITunes support,Really good company as you have good advantages. Good salary and good atmosphere. Many events through the year and they help you develop yourself.,"Really disappinted On how they have preferences with some people.  Even though you did a better job than someone else, that other person will have a better raise than you because he was the manager’s favorite.",Stay fair and value a person’s good job. You will have happier workers and less dimissal’s letters. Otherwise thank you for the opportunity.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46906,apple,Karnal (India)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Online Marketing,Online skill,Best product today in marketing,To much expensive for normal person,Give best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46907,apple,Zagreb (Croatia)," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Sales Assistant,"Regular pay, no working weekends, close to city center","Bad boss, bad atmosphere, no promotion possibilities",None,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46908,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Store Manager,Amazing Company,"Lots of Benefits, great culture",Retail stores are always busy,Keep up the great work. Open more stores,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46909,apple,none," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Retail: Perfect Student Job,"-Busy atmosphere, days fly by - good fun // good team - excellent perks (Insurance, Dental, Gym etc)","Really busy all the time, especially holiday periods -- can be very stressful",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1029.htm
46910,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Enterprise Technical Support Advisor,Going downhill.,"The benefits are good, however not really better than what other companies offer in Cork or Ireland in general.  There are some great people in the department to work with.","The position has really gone downhill quickly. From being quite different from a general AppleCare job, it's now being incredibly micromanaged.  Meetings, trainings, offline time is cancelled constantly due to service levels and management is sending out emails to the department threatening with disciplinary actions for small mistakes to people.  The department has been understaffed for a very long time and it's only getting worse. There's a very big difference on how managers are approaching advisors - some are ok with people being off the phone to work on cases, even in busy times, while others are micromanaging them and asking them to go available to take calls all the time.",Trust your advisors more and micromanage less. Promote the advisors who are working hard.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46911,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great team environment full of feedback and team learning,Can't think of any at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46912,apple,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Sales,Sales,"Pleasant atmosphere, and well taken care of.",Can feel a little uncomfortable at times with the pride for the brand.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46913,apple,Tripoli (Libya)," Aug 27, 2018","Current Employee - Computer Specialist, All Other",So great it help a lot of people to get work.,"Needing to job like this is impressive to lean a lot of skills, that helps you to be an expert for the thing you already will work in.","The uncomfortable atmosphere during work, the psychological discomfort, the number of hours and pressure on the workers.",So great to meat a new workers and skills from all around the world this will give a specific Technical character.,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46914,apple,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Great environment to work in and wonderful coworkers,very busy every day,Be yourself and think about others first.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46915,apple,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"The team in almost every store is excellent, Apple does a great job with hiring, if you’re there, you’re there for a reason.",It can be frustrating watching unreasonable customers yell and get their way with management.,Back your Geniuses! They were hired to do a job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46916,apple,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - IOS (Champion) Technical Specialist,Life at the Big Apple ,"The culture or growth, aspirations with UX focus. Great career opportunity and mobility.",It's very easy to get so involved within Apple's journey you may have little time for person growth out side of Apple which is perfectly OK if you are 110% committed to Apple had map.,"The leadership teams at Apple as I know are generally Awesome, Apple put great focus on employee satisfaction. Nearly as much as customer focus.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46917,apple,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CEO,My own Company nothing better than working for you,"No time for family, money come in and goes out.","Manage your time, manage your priorities and rebuy Time with faith, he only currency that will allow you to rebuy time",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46918,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Mac +t2,Mac+ Senior Advisor,Great benefits. Well payed position. Job security.,Procedure for everything. Target driven. Not as many opportunities for AHA,"Because apple so so large most changes take along time to happen. Take onboard more feedback from advisors, most of the time decisions are made that impact advisors without taking into account there view on it.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46919,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,specialist,Amazing environment to work at. No KPI no commission needed. And good discount rate,poor management and also hard for promotion.,Try to promote the current employee first before hiring someone from outside.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1030.htm
46920,apple,none," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning experience,- Learned how to better communicate with people - Work with great people,- Management picks favourites - Hard to move around - Work life balance not the best,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46921,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Expert,Great student job,"Work with multiple talent, multiple horizons individual","Business need, schedule is what it is",Be customer oriented,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46922,apple,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Job perks - gym, dental, healthcare Workforce - Apple seem to hire great, charismatic individuals","Little job responsibility, makes it difficult to have motivation Little progression for part time roles",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46923,apple,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"None, great place to work.",Great company to work for,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46924,apple,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack of room for promotion,Work in a great company in the world,Retail is far lower value than corporate,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46925,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Advisor,Advisor,"tools, training, fitness ...",challenging on long term | and promotion difficult outside the department,-,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46926,apple,none," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,Take great care of employees. Tons of benefits. Fantastic working environment.,Workload can be challenging at times.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46927,apple,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trade Marketing Manager,"Culture, Motivation, Innovation, Benefits and Products","Could have more carrear opportunities, autonomy, empowerment.","Be yourself, learn a lot, listen, have a lot of initiative and motivation.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46928,apple,"Exeter, England (UK)"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Loved it,"Great people, great atmosphere also",little scope for progression really,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46929,apple,Idkū (Egypt)," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - IDK,Specialist,Great environment and support. Awesome training.,Often need to leave and come back for upward mobility.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1031.htm
46930,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - French Technical Advisor,French customer support agent,"Good pay and perks, a lot of evolution opportunities after a few years, possibility to work from home, good environment and a lot of activities and opportunity for bottom-up management.","The job can get a little repetitive and the public isn't always an easy one. It's a luxury call center, but still a call center. The schedules can get a little hard sometime.",Maybe be a little less about the brand and a little more about the people.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46931,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 18, 2018",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Good Place to work,"Gym, Pension, stock options, healthcare and salary.",Shifts very repetitive. America do scheduling so you could be on lates for a year.,"Re-hire employees who were reliable, consistent&good at the job. Apple don’t like to re-hire employees who had to resign for unforeseeable circumstances.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46932,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Advisor,This job is great for college,"You pick your preferred hours - 20 hrs per week. They can be adjusted to suit your college schedule. Good pay, work from home, talk to customers and help resolve issues, it's not difficult. Lots of opportunities to progress in the company of you want to go full-time.","Can be difficult to get time off at short notice, depends on holiday allowance for you and your team. Management changes frequently, don't be surprised if you have a new manager every 6 mths.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46933,apple,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,Organized hardware development process. A lot of great people,Getting big and development is slowing down,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46934,apple,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best benefits,"Apple is a great place to work, there is a family feel, no upwelling pressures and great benefits.",Only 3 weeks rota,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46935,apple,none," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quite ok,Get to know many talented people,"A bit micro-management, don’t have much team building within the team",Empower the employee,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46936,apple,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales assistant,Good Paying get to know many people its fun,Some co-workers pushed me to the edge,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46937,apple,Brisbane (Australia)," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,Craptastic job with poor management and pay.,"Great health insurance benefits and employee discounts. Work from home, claim tax benefits on rent and electricity.","Management don't give a damn if you're sick and will bully you into leaving. Complaints to upper management don't go anywhere. Extremely stressful for very low pay. Can get lonely. Equipment provided for call work (headsets) are painful to wear, you can buy your own but if you're found out management goes ballistic. You are not provided with the most up to date technology and as such it can be difficult to provide support - you are expected to buy products yourself. No opportunity for promotion. If you have a bad manager they will bully you into cancelling any overtime you have scheduled if you receive a bad review from a customer.",If you receive a complaint and/or documented proof of bullying - or even if a whole team is complaining about their manager - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. The job is already stressful enough without the added pressure of being told to quit anytime you try to take leave.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46938,apple,none," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Fantastic place to work, with fantastic atmosphere","there are no cons, a very positive place to work",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46939,apple,Milwa (South Africa)," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Overnight Stocker,Stocker,Because it’s a very nice app,People want to be better then others,That allows work hard and never give up,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1032.htm
46940,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Retail Store Manager,Store Manager,Cutting edge products in store,long working hours all the days,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46941,apple,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Good great company, nice benefits",Long working hours sometimes weekend work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46942,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Business Intelligence Developer,Business Intelligence Developer,"Good work life balance. Staff benefits i.e. gym, stock options, etc. Opportunity to understand business strategy.","Unless you're a vocal and a good presenter, there's limited chance for career growth. Also very limited opportunity to learn new technologies.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46943,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wireless engineer,very flexible and people are open,too much travel and secretive culture,"no particular advice, managers here are very good at communication and interpersonal skills",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46944,apple,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Genius,Great being able to dip your toe in the water with leadership work.,Seems like a pointless role with the business structure,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46945,apple,none," Aug 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,A lot good ppl there,None but political sometimes,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46946,apple,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Oppurtunity,"Working at home, no need to dress up","No social life, long hours",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46947,apple,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Workplace,Friendly team as always. Full of energy,"Long hours, shift hours vary through the week. Possibly a weekend shift too.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46948,apple,none," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service,Good compensation package and working environment,Limit of promotion within technical service department,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46949,apple,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,"Cool to work at Apple, but Retail is still retail","Great company to work for, nice benefits such as discounts on products and fitness reimburstment.","Retail stores can be a crazy busy place to work. Some stores, such as the one in Amsterdam is understaffed. This leads to high turnover and a high sickness rate.  Other downsides is the scheduling, due to long opening hours there is quite bad work life balance. It can happen that you have a late shift on tuesday, early on wednesday, late on thursday, early on friday. Because of this it is almost inpossible to create a social life or to commit to things such as teamsports.  It can also be difficult to take holidays or even a weekend off. Since the schedule is made 5 weeks in advance a last minute birthday can be a nightmare to attend since taking time off is no longer possible. The so called shift swap system doesn't work, and often employees have to manually search for people who are able to change a shift.","Hire more people, create better schedules, improve shift swaps system. Improve processes in the store so that we are better able to handle high amounts of traffic.",3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1033.htm
46950,apple,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for learning and self development,"Great community, focus on growth, really friendly and you can develop close relationships with those around you. Leadership is supportive and lots to learn everyday",Work hours can be long and minimum 4 days required. If part time must give weekends.,Scheduling of shifts could be improved,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46951,apple,none," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience,"Salary, people from all over the world","Stressful, poor management, shifts, useless meetings",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46952,apple,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Culture, inspiration, career development, benefits",It takes very long to progress within the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46953,apple,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Everyone is so nice and good salaries,None really everything is really cool,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46954,apple,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Overview,There are lots of pros,There is no cons really,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46955,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Order Management Specialist,Order Management,"Great benefits, great atmosphere, great people, great managers. I have had a great experience there, the best until that time.","It is a big hard to go above, if you are interesting to apply for operations or finance, even if you have a good background, it is hard.",Help people to rich their personal goals and develop inside the company,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46956,apple,none," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Awesome,"Great Working environment, good pay, and the workload is equally balanced.",Might take time to adjust as people as fast-paced and sometimes reluctant to involve you in a team.,Try Involve new hirings in your team and make them more comfortable,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46957,apple,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Place to Work,Great benefits including stock purchasing plans. Company discounts are great. Up to date training on all products.,Not much work life balance and hard to move from the retail level. Management came from other retail store and did not know much about the technology.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46958,apple,none," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Associate,The people you work with are nice,hours are usually short and christmas time is hectic,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46959,apple,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very best place to work,No orange and no worries,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1034.htm
46960,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 2, 2018",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Don't let them fool you!,"The Monday to Friday free fruit, although you're only allowed to take one piece and also have to make sure only to take from the fruit bowl that is label for you.","A few months ago or so, I discovered an interesting article called ‘Work for Loyal Employers. Life is too short for anything else!’. I asked myself, are there still employers worth working for, if so where are they because let’s face it around 99% of the people just go to work because they have to in order to pay rent, mortgage, etc. and they’re not working for supervisors or company who treat them right. This inspired me to write an honest review about one of the biggest companies of our time, a company everyone seems to have in high esteem, too high in my opinion, and always looks the other way when they do something hideous - I’m talking about Apple. There might be similar or worse conditions in other of their offices but this is regarding the office in London. I started to work for Apple as a contractor via an agency (I might write a separate review about them) and remember well, how full of dreams and innocent I was when I started my first day at Apple and now after having worked there for almost a year I have come out of there with my dreams crushed and a nearly dead mind because of the job - both of them thankfully recovering, albeit slowly. At first, all supervisors are friendly, although some faked it so strongly that it cringes and are pretty passive-aggressive to the point that it can make you sick to your stomach. If you’re a contractor and have an issue with your employer (the agency), such as late payment or no payment at all, don’t have any hopes that Apple will help you sort this out, because they won’t even acknowledge you or the issue and prefer to do like it never happened or just say they’re your employer. Apple’s way of saying we do not care whether you get paid or not as long as you get the job done. Also, Apple didn’t do any in-depth research about the agency they hired and turned out that one of the biggest issues - inaccurate payment/no payment - was happening in all their branches across the country. From the beginning, Apple will tell you that no matter if you’re a contractor or not, you’re part of the team and welcome any feedback. However, the truth is that you’ll always be at the bottom of the food chain and the only type of feedback they welcome is the positive one. If you want to succeed and move forward in the company, keep the real constructive feedback to yourself, and if you don’t mind informing on your work colleagues for silly things as well. There’s a strict separatism regime like in the Middle Ages (the common folk and royalty) but at Apple, it’s between the permanent staff and the contractors. This starts from the very beginning with the ID being a different colour compared to that of the permanent staff, first sign you’re not really part of the team. Forget about having any interaction with colleagues from other departments. In their eyes, you don’t exist and they won’t even acknowledge your existence. I’m not suggesting to talk about work because it’s not allowed and I fully understand this, but not having the decency to say ‘good morning, how are you?’ back to someone who is talking to you and just treats you like you’re invisible/beneath them is disgusting, also the managers won’t sit and eat at the same table as you and this is not a joke, they’ll sit at their own table without any contractors in sight. You’ll also be excluded from the company’s parties and they keep them highly classified, this one was a first for me. I’ve had my fair share of fixed-term jobs for many companies (big and small ones) and they all welcomed me to their parties, whether I had recently started or been there for years, whether I was a contractor, part-time, full-time, etc. e.g. during one of my FTC jobs, my senior told me the company was invited to an event (and it was quite a luxurious one too) and asked me if I wanted to assist as well and I was barely a week at the job! You can say that they've got the right not to invite you but it shows that they don’t consider you part of the company. Moreover, you’re not allowed to send parcels to the office. If you do, they’ll “kindly” ask you to not send any personal post/parcels to the office as they only can receive parcels related to Apple work as it’s “Apple’s policy”. Nonetheless, the permanent staff will constantly send stuff to the office, like clothes from H&M, gym products, things from Amazon, etc. So much for products only Apple-related... The first time, you’ll get a warning but if it happens again they’ll refuse to take the parcel and it’ll be returned. As a contractor, I spent 40 hours a week at the company with only half an hour lunch break and some people have a long home journey and wouldn’t make it on time to pick up the parcel because the post offices are closed after work. If you require specific work equipment due to a medical condition or similar no matter whether you were born with it or due to an accident, then strongly avoid Apple to work as a contractor. They’ll beat around the bush for months with back and forth emails, so that you eventually give up and forget about it, no matter if you’ve got a doctor’s letter stating you require it. They’ll find an excuse so as not to approve it, much less provide it, and go as far as saying ‘I think the doctor meant to say that you need something else’. If someone has a doctor’s letter confirming you’ve got a medical condition and for said condition, you require special equipment, what on Earth more do you require? And how do you know what the doctor meant? Are you a doctor too now? Can you read minds? Firstly, it’s very hard to get an appointment, most of them are in 3 to 4 weeks’ time (if you’re lucky unless you can afford private medical healthcare) and until then you’re supposed to work as usual while being in constant pain? Secondly, if diverse body areas are affected you’ve to go to different doctors in the UK, meaning to book an appointment for each speciality doctor you’ve to see, and by the time you’ve got all documents they “require” months have already passed. No wonder that there isn’t a single person with a disability working at the company, so much for diversity at their workplace. In addition, keeping up morale is the responsibility of the contractor ONLY, not of the company you work for too. You’ve to come up with ideas to improve the relationships - little info for Apple, the relationships between contractors are not the problem, it’s the lack of relationship, understanding, and support between contractor and Apple that is lacking, if not completely non-existent. It’s not surprising that the company DOES NOT care about you, even if you’re a great and hardworking employee and exceed in the assignments given, for them YOU ARE REPLACEABLE. About the job itself. The job is easy, like incredibly easy. It’s so easy that your brain will reach a state similar to a coma while still being awake after only a few weeks (if not days) due to the constant repetition and lack of innovation/improvement for the tasks. However, policies can change rapidly and frequently even contradict themselves and if you ask for further clarification they’ll dismiss you or tell you the exact same information given by the policies you already read and make no sense. Now to the part on how you succeed on becoming a permanent employee, even though they say this is impossible from day one. Well, if you really want to be part of the cult then follow these guidelines: don’t think outside the box, don’t look left or right and be close-minded, don’t ask for deeper clarification or further questions about a topic, go with their flow, become best buddies with the managers, inform on your colleagues – e.g. a work colleague is making a constructive comment about work, company, etc. or checking their phone while sitting on their desk while waiting for the work tools to load (which take ages by the way), then go and have a tête-à-tête with a manager about them, make sure to mention the employee’s name. At a certain stage, they’ll approach you and praise you for all your great espionage data, I mean feedback and “hard work” followed by an interview with other permanent staff from other countries where your ego will be moulded to their vision and tell you that from now on you’re part of the higher-up and given the great power of prying on your colleagues and patrol the office to make sure only work-related tools are on display and the same for conversations - after all, this is kindergarten and someone has to breathe down your neck at all times. No wonder when I was watching ‘The Circle’ the first thing that came to my mind was ‘they should’ve called it Apple’. You can be as hard-working and punctual, kind and honest, always helping out others, even taking the responsibility of training others which is actually the managers’ job, and even excel at work and in all your tasks all you want because if you’re not ready to be submissive, forget your principles, and backstab your colleagues you will never be one of them. These reasons might seem petty to some, particularly to those who think alike as Apple and are already under the spell of Apple’s indoctrination. Nevertheless, if you put them all together and imagine yourself going to work five days a week during a daily eight-hour shift where you see and experience these factors and many more day after day after day, you’ll realise that a job at Apple nor Apple itself is truly worth it and also shows, the bigger the company the less value an employee/contractor will have. Please don’t think this review is coming from someone who is envious (yes, envious not jealous there’s a difference) for not being promoted or made permanent, and I know that my review might be fairly derogatory and too much for some to handle (probably for Apple too), but I don’t sugarcoat things particularly when it comes to the truth and Apple deserves it. I can happily and proudly say that I got a much better and permanent job offer at a company that highly values and greatly rewards their employees as well as gives them the opportunity to develop themselves and I don’t have to be an unscrupulous lowlife and can keep a clear conscience. On the other hand, if you’re looking for backstabbing, two-faced politics, lies, hypocrisy, lack of recognition for hard work and dedication, no real employee value, and modernised and legal slavery, then by all means, Apple is your company. Apple, your slogan is ‘think different’ but where is that different? You are a company that generates a revenue between $50-55 (or more) billion a year and pays only around 10% taxes on said amount (you might even surpass the trillion dollars soon), so why not bother in improving your work conditions and relationships among your permanent staff and contractors? Peace out!",I've said everything that needs to be said in the above section.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46961,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,ios advisor,good salary conditions multinational possibility to escalate problem wellness,routine only french colleagues clients hard sometimes management to improve timer,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46962,apple,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,"High efficiencies, experienced mgt teams, innovative peers ,young and high energy level",Still looking and experiencing as I am newly being with Apple,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46963,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,"Apple Retail: Your worth as much as a charging cable , easily replaceable","The reviews here on Glassdoor are going to be very positive throughout about Apple retail. Because the company itself uses very clever psychological methods in to making you believe your part of something amazing when in reality you just work in a shop.  The job itself in terms of retail and your wage is not bad. But saying this the company can easily afford to pay employees in retail a lot more when you factor in that you must work weekends and late shifts.  The perks they give have gone worse such as the healthcare is now done through an app where you still have to pay for Medicine yourself.  The biggest pro is you will work with the most amazing people, believe me this is what will get you through your day.","Wow where do I start!  You are micro managed so much. Believe me it’s like being in a real life call of duty game managers would constantly be on the radios checking where you are if your supposed to be where you should be.  You are told in training that it’s all about customer service and there are no targets. That’s all a big lie you are measured on things like how much revenue you make for the store, how many business customers you introduce, how many iups you do.  If your someone who speaks up and says what you believe working in an Apple store is not for you. Managers will bully you out and try and make you resign yourself by doing things like not promoting you, making you do stock room duties, make you do cleaning etc.  Management don’t care about your happiness if your unhappy they will pretend like they care and listen to you but they won’t do anything about it. There facial expressions will just say it all. Managers know that they can replace you easily so they do not care if your feeling happy or down.  This is an honest review of a very busy mall store in London I work in. The turnover rate of staff here is so high because they use and abuse people if your good at your job but don’t have a sucking up relationship with your manager get ready to get managed out. Someone resigns here every week because it’s just such a horrible atmosphere to be in",Value your employees Stop trying to manage people out Value hard work and promote the people who are good at their jobs,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46964,apple,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good to work for,Very good to work for,Can sometimes be lonely working from home,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46965,apple,none," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unlocking my profile,The Apples in the lunch room.,There were not any oranges.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46966,apple,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Cool!,"Very friendly working environment. Well paid ,great employee discount, free gym membership, and generous health/dental insurance package","Your quality of life will vary greatly depending on the team you get assigned to. Your impact feels very small in the grand scheme of things (even if, in absolute values, it affects millions of people).","Nothing much to say but, hey I have to write at least 20 words. 6 words are still remaining. Done!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46967,apple,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great Employee benefits and great culture,Very dynamic company and requires ability to adapt in fast paced environment.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46968,apple,none," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Lead,Apple is great at taking care of the people who work there via perks and shares. Dream job type scenario,"Not always on the right side of the employee. If you have a 'bad' manager, you are expecting to be ok with that.",Take comments from your team seriously. Some of the higher levels of management are untouchable and this should not be the case.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46969,apple,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,They are supper helpful and you work with a great team!,If you don't like people this is not the job for you!,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1035.htm
46970,apple,none," Jul 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very rewarding place to work,None really some days are stressful like any other job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46971,apple,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare,Good compensation Good quality of working place,Political no good career development opportunities,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46972,apple,Madrid (Spain)," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Lead,One of the best companies to work for,"They have the philosophy of ""Good is the enemy Great"", and that, together (kind of contradictory) with the buddhist Zen philosophy of minimalism, simplicity, marks the whole style and thinking of the company and the way they do business. The employee is quite well looked after. There are great benefits if you are a full time employee.","Due to their ""Good is the enemy of Great"" phylosophy, that means that you will never do a good enough job. There is never the feeling of satisfaction and, if there is, it lasts very very short time. You will always feel unsettle. Although there are good benefits, you always feel you belong to the company without time limit.","Do not think you own anything in there. And even less the people because then you will suffer a lot, and will make people suffer. Be kind and also be open to the constructive criticism, no matter who gives it to you. Just be open. Also make use of the ""infamous"" fearless feedback. I loved that ""tool"".",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46973,apple,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,great benefits and discounts great opportunity to grown and develop skills,"have to drink the koolaid scheduling, availability and getting time off was a pain and so poor work life balance because of it",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46974,apple,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Leader Program Associate,"Nice mentoring, great place to learn",Front line job can sometimes ruin one's image of the brand/industry,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46975,apple,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Team, great leaders, everyone is helpful","Challenging job scope, tough interview.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46976,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Jul 22, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Apple Genius,"You work with a lot of fun people who have a very diverse skillset. Additionally, if you love technology, working as an Apple Genius is a great experience because you get to learn a lot about both the hardware and software of Apple products.","Definitely a strong company culture that encourages disingenuous political behaviour from employees. Also, the hours are pretty stressful for part-time work as they want you to work pretty well all weekend since that's when they are most busy.",Allow part-time workers (specifically students) to have a better work-life balance.,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46977,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Engineer,"A short-term dream, not a long term goal.","Good training, and Apple will employ people of entry level. Great experience for your resume. Facilities, salary and benefits good - above average.","Management structure is all wrong. Managers receive too much pressure from above and do not take enough pressure from below. Employees are given more responsibilities every quarter without any pressure being lifted, or salary raise etc. Management do no take ownership of this, try to change or apologise. There is no responsibility taken for issues that affect the lower tiers, management believe that all issues come from above. This is unfortunate because Apple otherwise have a great culture, but I had 5 managers in 2 departments in the time I worked with Apple and it is all the same - no matter how nice the manager - the minute you have a problem they do not want to hear from you. This can quickly turn any team into an hostile environment.  It is difficult to experience any professional growth. There is no support for self-driven learning, you can only follow one of the pre-defined career paths and navigate through the Apple chain of advancement.","A good manager finds satisfaction in keeping his team motivated in difficult times. This does not mean shirking responsibilities, slacking or pushing back. This just means understanding listening and trying *really trying* to find solutions for discontent. If you cannot act as a moderator between senior management and your direct reports, you are not a good manager. Your primary role is negotiation - motivating your team to work hard to hit targets they can achieve, but equally convincing upper management to slacken when the expectations are too high. Your secondary role is to ensure that your team has the ability to run smoothly - whether this means resolving internal disputes, coaching and training, or organising motivational weekend trips. Do these two things and you could be the change Apple sorely needs.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46978,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple Genius,"- Team members become very close friends who you'll keep forever - The role is fulfilling and dynamic, with each day being very different - Company benefits and discounts are a win","- Moving up can be very tricky, you'll hit your glass ceiling very fast if you're good at your role. - Promotions or experiences are usually given to those who abide to the ""game"" leadership have set out. It is out based on your work. - Long hours and little to almost no recognition. It's almost expected from you. - Work/life balance is poor",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46979,apple,none," Jul 22, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Excellent,Worked as an Apple Solutions Consultant..Great place to work good colleagues very supportive management very transparent policies..,No cons everything is great,Its all good here..,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1036.htm
46980,apple,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,aha apple,"money, working from home","long hours, shift bidding, stress, loneliness,",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46981,apple,none," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the tech,Strong corporate financials. Otherwise none.,Low wages. But otherwise none.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46982,apple,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Specialist,Tech specialist,"From flex medical, para medical and dental to life insurance, RRSP and shares, discounts, th benefits are great.",The company has changed a lot since Steve Jobs died. Been in the company over 10 years and I feel we are now working for the sole purpose of delighting the shareholders.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46983,apple,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ridiculously low pay,The Apple brand and hype and the cool people,"Low pay, high staff turnover",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46984,apple,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great Discount, flexible timings and engaging","hard work, lot of effort required",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46985,apple,none," Aug 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,favouritism majority plays,Better paying job than most retail,Retail standard just like the others,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46986,apple,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generally very good part-time experience,- Good pay considering it's a part-time - Very supportive team and management - Nice perks buying electronics,- Only during holiday season when it gets too busy,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46987,apple,none," Jul 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics analyst,The company has good compensation and performance rewards,There is a lot of politics,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46988,apple,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company,You get to work with some of the best products available and help make people's life better.,"None, brilliant job and would recommend",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46989,apple,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great place to work, great team. Leadership that care. All staff are motivated and have great potential.",I don’t reallt have any negative things to say about the company. Everything is great if you’re a part time worker.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1037.htm
46990,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Unique and amazing.,Diversity and opportunities for growing up working in an amazing atmosphere.,Being Patient all the no matter the level of stress with positive thinking and open minded attitude.,The key success all the time is the aperture to the feedback.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
46991,apple,none," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech support,Prices and colleagues and overtime possibilities,Stress and managers that base everything ok stats and numbers don’t taking in consideration that we are human beings,Become humans,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
46992,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Executive Relations Liaison,Only politics in the team,Benefits. Gym. Cafeteria. Nothing much.,Team morale disappeared. Only those who are a friend of management can last long even if they don't work at all. That's why the turnover rate is high in this team.,Please reward employees who work hard.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
46993,apple,Waterford (Ireland)," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Great if your lazy,Great salary Great benefits Great discounts Great progression opportunities,Stuck at home all the time Bad shifts unless your performance is top 10% of advisors in your region Poor life/work balance,n/a,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
46994,apple,none," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,diversity culture!,"salary, work & Life balance is good for especially students",non-flexible schedule (hard to get a vacation),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
46995,apple,Paris (France)," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Good learning environment,"Good place to learn when you are young, lot if interesting stuf",Hard to build a career,Do not prentend and just be :),4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
46996,apple,none," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple in Cork, Lavitts Quay","Decent salary, several benefits, and nice location.","Incompetent and unfeeling first line management, “mandatory” overtime, and high productivity targets.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
46997,apple,none," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineering,COOL and very fulling to work there,none none none none none,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
46998,apple,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,They hire great people and and if you have a knack for customer service its a great job.,"Very fast paced environment, customers can be unrelenting at times",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
46999,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Amazing company to work for,"Great benefits, amazing team, amazing atmosphere.",You need to have an open availability,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1038.htm
47000,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Business Development Representative,Rotational Team Manager,Apple provide a good welfare,"lots of political happens, hard to maintain a relationship",Please be equally and listen each employee's voice,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47001,apple,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SR. Process associate,Works environment is so good,"Learning, good skills, challenging, new things to learn",No advice,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47002,apple,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,good place to learn and work,nope nope nope nope nope,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47003,apple,none," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Great People doing some great work,High Targets from early days in the role,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47004,apple,"Nguru, Yobe (Nigeria)"," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Mr,Experience improvement technology enlargement programming,Making some expensive to improve the company,Take good care of costumers and making everything privacy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47005,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - IT Support Specialist,One of the best MNC company in Singapore!,- very responsive welfare which covers all areas - provide training to assist employee to settle down and discover job fitting - multi cultural,- lacking bonus payout - international internal transfer,- keep up with the vibrant services given to employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47006,apple,"Ang Mo Kio, North-East (Singapore)"," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service,"Good top management with positive energy, they wants customer and staff can all enjoying in to be with Apple.",Company encourage staff to grow and support staff with enough funds. Good benefits with open communication company environment.,Middle management is not standardized. Some middle managers only work for meeting company's expectations. They didn't give enough support to the staff who wants to learn more.,You have done well with the current internal surveys and please go through and you will see what has happened.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47007,apple,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salesperson,- Really innovative - Culture is great,-No commission - Too easy to fail,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47008,apple,none," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PRO & CON,"Diverse Culture ，freedom，inspirition, friendly environment","No Bonus, develop decline, different from the abroad",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47009,apple,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iOS Senior Advisor,"Good compensation and benefits, supportive colleagues and management.","Challenging customers that often get abusive, difficult to get a good shift.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1039.htm
47010,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data analyst,"Great working environment, brand new desk, and computers. Cafeteria and relaxed colleagues. Air conditioning. 2 very good supervisors. Ergonomic assessment. The office was situated in a nice location, near the city center and close to public transport. The job itself was interesting and challenging. Some colleagues were great, very skilled, and knowledgeable in their field. People in the team were helping each other.","My team was hired by a contractor, so we were dealing with 2 managers. Our manager was never at work and didn't manage even the basic duties, like holidays and shifts. Two excellent supervisors were running the project instead of her. Training was not adequate.",You could use surveys to know what is going on all over the world.,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47011,apple,"Burlington, ON (Canada)"," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - TEC Expert,Tec expert,Awesome place to work I would recommend,Retail hours ... I wish there was a better schedule,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47012,apple,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail but different,Good experience Learn a lot of technical knowledge,People management practices are shambolic,See above,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47013,apple,"Halifax, NS (Canada)"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,"Decent place to work, definitely not a career place",- The store has a relaxed atmosphere - no pressure to make sales/no commission,- hard to move up in the company - retail positions can feel kind of complacent,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47014,apple,none," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,architect,a reasonable payment and big space,long work hours less vacation,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47015,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great culture and benefits!!!,"The culture here has low tolerance for politics. Leaders are very inspiring that keeps the staff motivated. The benefits here are great, gym allowance, medical and dental allowance. Flexible schedule. 15 days annual leave, 14 days medical leave.","Leaders are too inspiring that sometimes employees are being brainwashed to do their best. In a span of 1 year, employees are falling sick, getting injured physically due to the high velocity of the work.  employees are not given the opportunity to rest and reflect. We dont even get opportunity to go for upgrading courses.","Provide employees more courses, training or employees bonding programs.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47016,apple,Kitakyūshū (Japan)," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Specialist,Specialist,- Well paid - Great environment - Great Teammates,- I'm living quite far from the city so it takes a very long time to get to work but it's just a personal problem.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47017,apple,none," Jul 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Upward mobility,Friendly coworkers who are generally helpful towards one another Good benefits,Hard to rise up the ranks,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47018,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Genius Administrative,Great to learn and then move on,"It'll face you with great opportunities to learn fast, you'll master key skills for the professional world, you'll learn a lot about yourself (if you're set on it as a career)","Most of the time, you'll be promoted based on who you know and how much they like you (especially in Retail)","Don't be so manipulative, give as much feedback as you ask people to give",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47019,apple,Madrid (Spain)," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales Specialist,Very dynamic and enjoyable work atmosphere. Fast and efficient learning.,Retail schedule may be sometimes very pleasing.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1040.htm
47020,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Technician,nice,"v nice, exciting , fun and enjoyable",nothing to really complain about,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47021,apple,none," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great company with a focus on excellence. Tim Cook is a good leader.,"Pockets of arrogant culture, but overall people are humble and excellent at what they do.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47022,apple,"Richmond, BC (Canada)"," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Service Experience Specialist,Technician,"Very busy environment, never a dull moment. If you can resolve people's iphone issue, people SOMETIMES appreciate that. Good experience if you want to experience working in fortune 500 company.",Majority of the customers are ignorant. People expect too much out of free appointment. People have wrong expectations.,"Not flexible with scheduling. Under paid, overworked. Employee discount sucks, period. Family and friend discount sucks, like you cannot believe.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47023,apple,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales assistant,nice company and lots of hours,very competitive with other peers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47024,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,The people. My colleagues are like family.,Really struggle to comment. Many people who are in Apple Retail may say otherwise. But everyone I know and work with have come to work here and never want to leave.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47025,apple,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Product zone specialist,Work with likeminded people each day which is amazing,"There are no cons, Apple is truly amazing",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47026,apple,none," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible.,"-Supportive Management -Lots of employee benefits -No commission, so less competition -Work/life balance encouraged",-Hard to get promoted -Can be very stressful dealing with angry customers,Create more full time positions for part-timers to get promoted to,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47027,apple,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Best retail job (but it's still retail),Everyone cares way more than at other high-street companies. Benefits are great comparatively.,"A lot of the time you're made to feel as if Apple is something special, but really you'll still just selling stuff for low pay. Don't be deceived.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47028,apple,none," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Getting to know people,A high energy environment with a diversity of co-workers,Retail environment with many odd hours,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47029,apple,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,genius,good culture and good team ethics,"retail hours, busy all the time",invest more in staff,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1041.htm
47030,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,very disappointed,"good company, with good benefits","bad management, bad opportunities of career",take truly care about your employees and clients,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47031,apple,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,"Incredible company, as long as you’re high enough up","Equality, work life balance, social oppertunity, creative collaboration","If you’re excelling at your job at the bottom of the picking list, they don’t like to promote or give a pay rise.","Management in retail stores seems to have gone down hill in the last couple of years, to the point where they don’t care about people at the bottom. It would be nice to have the old Apple retail experience back, where things were fun and you had a lot of freedom.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47032,apple,none," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Great benefits,"Work from home, benefits, salary","Delay in response from management, KPI set is not correct",Spend more time to find out how to motivate people more,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47033,apple,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales in apple store,"discount works at apple, can invite friends purchase products with discount.","nothing, everything good work in apple",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47034,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great Pay,The company provides with with transport and other necessity,Long working hours & rude customers,Be punctual,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47035,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Jun 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for retail,Amazing technology to work with,Very busy environment to work in,Listen more,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47036,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,It’s a tough job but very rewarding.,"Great pay, great benefits. Lots of cool people to work with.",Customers have ridiculously high expectations of Apple. So you gotta deal with that. 90% of Managers are ex Gap / Forever 21 Managers so they don’t know ANYTHING technical and are in charge of technicians or tech departments,"I know you just came from a management position at a clothing store or coffee shop. Be humble, if you don’t know something don’t act like you do. It’s ok if you say “I don’t know”. And make an effort to learn some of the technical details it goes a long way.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47037,apple,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Creative,Apple Creative,"Definitely the best job in the shop, lots to learn and lots of great freebies. I have never learned so much from a job and working with a huge variety of different people. Facilitation is definitely fun and great to be involved with the wider community regarding photo walks and bespoke events.  If you want a short term job to boost your CV and gain some facilitation experience then I say its perfect, otherwise avoid.","Despite how much they tell you this is an educational role, be prepared to work a retail job with metrics and some targets. Store team are incredibly two faced and suck up to management, if you aren't in with the in crowd then forget about moving up the ranks. You are working with literal children and the patronising management reflect this regardless of your age. Members of staff are willing to climb over each other for 'positive feedback' in order to climb the ladder and gain that all powerful personal connection with management. Managers only have interest in figures and comparing to others in the market, as long as they are seen to be hitting targets thats all they care about. Learning workshops and facilitating them are generally fun but remember you are 100 percent at the mercy of the general public, who despite getting a free service will literally complain about everything. Management will use this against you time and time again and work you till you feel like dropping dead no matter how well you deliver.  Also watch out for the PC brigade, definitely a skewed culture on this. Some can get away with saying and doing whatever they feel is suitable and others can't do anything without someone being offended. Serious amount of hypocrisy and entitlement.",If you want 'creatives' to teach to the best of the abilities then treat them like human beings and not robots. Stop pretending to care about educating and be honest that all you want are bums on seats. Start realising that people have cultural differences and personality traits. Apple's mantra is to be an 'individual' but make sure you aren't too individual and fit in like everyone else.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47038,apple,none," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Stress free with work,Low salary and limited wage raise,Idk do ur best lol,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47039,apple,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,product manager,really enriching experience - interesting to know how it works for the leading company on the market,big competition among the staff,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1042.htm
47040,apple,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,-Lots of opportunity to develop -Working for an ethical company that cares about you as individual -Lots if flexibility as part time to fit around your life,-The Genius Bar is a draining place to work -Being part time you find yourself missing out on training that can take place during your days off,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47041,apple,none," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Would go back in a heart beat,"Team atmosphere, misc perks, opportunity to move around, management",I can't think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47042,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great for part time work,"Training, good management, ability to progress","Fast paced, continual change and reshuffling",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47043,apple,none," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great career development and teamwork. Focus on internal and external customer. Positive team environment. Great benefits.,Lack of predictability of schedule.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47044,apple,none," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"-Really strong culture -Fantastic support, team environment A+",-Not too flexible in work hours / shifts,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47045,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Country Manager,Country Manager,Employee benefit is relatively good.,Office politics situation is serious.,Transparency and Fairness,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47046,apple,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast pace in a tech company,"Cutting edge tech, a lot of learning experience",Lack of level 1 and 2 management quality,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47047,apple,none," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer,Discounts of Apple products and merchandise,Constantly standing and on your feet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47048,apple,none," Jul 2, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical specialist,Get 420 Euro every 3 yrs off a product Discount on their products WOW. Like every company doesn’t do the same!! Nothing new!! Why everyone is talking about benefits when all corporate companies have similar. Free apple stock if you are willing to stay long enough to see real benefits. These pros are drowned by the way you are treated. Read on.,"I have many years customer service experience before starting at Apple Now where do I start. Pay is AVERAGE. Who can survive on the beginning wage with a family and a mortgage is what I’d like to know, and at the same time have to put up with the atrocious customers that call in. Work to life balance is a spit in the face! Shifts change every 3 months and even if you get their ridiculous metrics consistently on point you still get horrid shifts. They constantly lie to to get more work out of you. 8 minutes each day to go to the loo..I’d like to meet the simpleton who made this rule!! Even seeing on the reviews from the head office in Cork this is the same. What are we school kids??? Overtime forced onto you every 3-4 months yet it’s voluntary in the contract??? Management are an absolute disgrace!!!Care only about their own backs and just about give you leeway within the guidelines of the company. That’s after begging! You can’t book holidays when there is less than 8 hrs in group allowance yet some days have -45hrs already booked!!!Who the hell is getting the days off???.. The management and the favorites that’s who.  Having to work all public and festive holidays just like the overworked yanks. And I wonder why people go mad in America. Probably from this type of widespread,force fed,metric corporate management structure.  Micromanagement on steroids!! I’m a consistent achiever, yet it took me nearly 4 yrs to get to somewhat senior level. Getting 95-100% and yet still not good enough.. managers find some lies to make themselves look like they are coaching you when all they are doing is ticking their boxes for their peers. No empathy at a human level at all!!! Managers one week find something to pick at, you fix that issue and suddenly there is another problem when there wasn’t one to begin with. I have never been belittled by a manager in my entire working career. If anything previous managers were caring and helpful in most cases. The ones at Apple leave a lot to be desired.  No movement AT ALL in the company. They lie to you with “Loads of opportunity” when there is zero. European customers don’t give a damn about “Here to help” scripted from American culture if you can’t even get a store appointment for a week... like what is going on with this place!!! Don’t bother wasting your time coming to work for Apple if you want to keep your sanity. Told we would look after Ireland/UK . In 4 yrs I’ve taken 5-6 calls from Ireland, the rest were from the lowest IQ race on the planet. I’d say 80% of calls are user error, People that are on their 6th iPhone and still don’t know how and are too lazy to learn how to even reset a password. It’s not my fault the people on the other side of the phone don’t understand their own language and my AHT is high.. I’ve never left a job because of how it was managed in my life but I’m an Apple user a long time and can’t wait to leave before I poison my thoughts using my own Apple products for my own needs.","Have a good look at the ratio of former to currently employee reviews on here. There is a lot of former employee reviews that don’t have a lot of happy words working for the biggest company in the world. What does tell you!!!! Even the current employees echo the same ridiculous problems that have been promised to be changed and still nothing. Steve Jobs passed and this company has nose dived... No point in saying sort the management out because if it’s not fixed in 4 yrs even after constant feedback well then just goes to show how no one listens to feedback and how horrid it’s become. The people taking the calls from users are the hardest working individuals at Apple and they are treated the worst. Sad. I’m sure Steve would be so happy.  I’ll soon be another one on the list of intelligent individuals that at first had the drive to go all out and succeed within Apple, and when they did all they got was misery after seeing that hard work doesn’t pay off. Your management are vultures, too clicky and full of you know what!",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47049,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,Good benefits Good pay for retail Easy work,They hire based on personality Policy and procedures are horrendous,Include more probation period knowledge training,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1043.htm
47050,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Very positive for the most part,"Greater pay than most retail positions Great benefits Positive culture, even sometimes too positive that it becomes fake Great people for the most part",Politics - gotta be a managers pet to get promoted Work/life balance is brutal. 9 hour days with random hours,Please have the option to choose 8 hour shifts instead. Offer other perks like extra vacation in order to retain employees longer.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47051,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company,"Constant training, great atmosphere, amenities",It takes a long time to climb up the ladder,My team has great managers,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47052,apple,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,you are valued all the time,no negative views for such excellent work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47053,apple,none," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech,Great place to work I liked it a lot!,nothing really just overall good I suppose,Don't talk to management,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47054,apple,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Good to Work For,Salary is competitive Great management Holidays can be taken easily,Can be stressful at times Same thing every day,No advice needed. They were great,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47055,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 29, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Wow,None at all whatsoever ok,Just doing this cos I have to,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47056,apple,none," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not all its cracked up to be,the people you work with on a daily basis.,"money isnt as good as you would expect. Large gap between management and staff, especially when management do not know half of the technical information you would expect them to.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47057,apple,Adelaide (Australia)," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing,"Great environment, paid to talk to people and help people. Diverse workplace. Amazing brand and products. Great benefits and care for employees",None for me really so far,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47058,apple,Brisbane (Australia)," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,‘the best work of our lives’,Working at Apple is an experience and one that you need to really own to get the best out of it.  - Pay is okay. - Fittness Reimbursement - Free shares - Discounts,Worklife balance - you get sucked into the ecosystem.  It’s retail - everything that comes with it.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47059,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture but not many opportunities for growth,- Casual and horizontal culture - Great perks & flexible vacation - Well structured organization,- Few opportunity for promotion or growth - No incentive - Working under stress and pressure,It would be nice if there is more opportunity for transition or growth internally.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1044.htm
47060,apple,none," May 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Zone Specialist,- The people - Discounts - Striving for improvement,- Hard to move up - Management can conspire against you - Super busy,Care about your staff more as individuals.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47061,apple,none," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple employer review,"Friendly, Fun, Organised, Career development opportunities","Stressful, Loud, Rude customers, Product launches are highly stressful",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47062,apple,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work - recommended,"Really great place to work. I love the culture, the benefits and the amazing people you get to work with. I’ve worked here for several years and progressed three different roles. If you want to succeed you will, if you want to just come in, get paid and go home you can do that too.",Their are no cons to working here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47063,apple,none," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Always busy at genius bar,none for now. maybe organization on the floor of how things run,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47064,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,A fun working environment,Fun working environment Competent management Caring company Excellent benefits,Slow career progression - especially in the retail stores The full time base salary could be better for such a large company Your contracted hours can be spread thin over the week. Slightly irritating if you're part time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47065,apple,Rome (Italy)," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Customer focus helpdesk and technician support,"Teamwork, benefits, career experiences, customer attention","Development, personal satisfaction, mobilty, monotony",More personal attention on developing employees,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47066,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Boom ting,Love my job different challenge every day,different challenge every day can be intense,"hearing is not just listening. Once you have listened, actions associated with listening process make people feel heard.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47067,apple,none," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Growth within your role ,Excellent Training, Wellness activities",Work Holiday hours Can't transition to corporate,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47068,apple,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice,good culture and good pay,high workload and a lot of stress,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47069,apple,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programmer,"Flexible hours, good benefits, nice colleagues.",No cons to speak of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1045.htm
47070,apple,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,admin assistant,it is a very productive environment to work at,the workload can become out of hand from time to time.,Employ more workers so workload can reduce,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47071,apple,none," May 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical,They have a lot of,They don't have too much,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47072,apple,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,loads of different perks and stuff,"long hours, difficult customers, needs energy",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47073,apple,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Service rep,Great work environment. Very enjoyable!,Work life balance sucks!,Keep up the great work!,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47074,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Administration,Absolutely amazing experience,Amazing people and amazing experience,There is no downside here,Keep doing what you do,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47075,apple,Chermside (Australia)," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Don’t do it. Seriously.,Product discounts for friends and family. Good outreach programs.,"Way too many politics. Terrible upper management. Can be a very toxic environment, customers and staff. Favouritism is very clear. A lot of scandals take place amongst management, that they simply sweep under the rug. Drug testing is highly recommended!!!! So many staff Including management do drugs. It’s a joke.",Promote those that can deliver. Promote those that actually plan to be with the company for a long time and that genuinely care about their team mates. Do drug tests!!!!! Across the whole store. Don’t dangle carrots. Stop the gossip!!!! Given everyone a chance. Get rid of managers that just aren’t the right fit. You know who I’m taking about.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47076,apple,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,Great Part-time job in college. Tough as a full time job working inside a retail store. Corporate best option for less stress (not having to deal with customer's directly).,"If you have a degree with no experience, it is real tough to get into corporate. Only way is to try out through ""experiences/paid internships"". You usually have to go through two to get in and they last 6 months in California or Austin. Position is not guaranteed afterward. Watch out for in-store manager favoritism.","Give raises on real merit, not favoritism.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47077,apple,none," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,- Great management - Great benefits,- Felt isolated working from home,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47078,apple,Sydney (Australia)," May 20, 2018",Former Employee - Sales/Marketing Mgt,"It's utopia, until you work there","Travelling business class to San Fran, great pay, access to latest technology","Saw hard working employees get bullied by managers with HR doing nothing about it, complained about sexist comments from a male manager to HR and was 'conveniently' made redundant 6 weeks later. Happens all the time within the AU HO, and HR do nothing about it. This person then went on to take over my role, which in the end I discovered he was stabbing me in the back the whole time to get it, it's a toxic culture where people walk over you to be promoted and will steal your ideas to make themselves look good. Don't work here, it's soul destroying.",Wake up and stop being so egotistical.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47079,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Great benefits,Great benefits and pay and good colleagues,"Hectic work , poor work life balance for parents",Allow flexible working hours for parents,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1046.htm
47080,apple,none," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working @ Apple,Bonuses Well Developed teams Nice office and big parking lot,Long days Stressful times Living in the area is very expensive,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47081,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Relations Advisor,"Great manegment, great people,fantastic environment","Schedules not flexible, more flexible work scheduled",Listen more to employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47082,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Mac+ Advisor,A company with two faces,"It is a big company with a lot of amenities always events to keep employees happy absolutely relaxed working atmosphere Canteen with fresh, varied and inexpensive offer Camaraderie with colleagues Private health insurance ( verry important in Ireland )","you learn to position more than solve problems you have to search the "" thinking out of the box "" feeling stats are the Holy Grail","Hello to the management, please do not just look into the GBI, but also look at the person behind it. I think that should be possible with a team size of no more than 20 people. If you are only treated as a statistical number, you will quickly dissatisfied! Listen to what Steve Jobs said about maintaining skilled employees.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47083,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," May 13, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,specialist,very good environment to work,"nothing, really maybe sometimes long hours",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47084,apple,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Accountant,Very never place to work great environment.,They do expect a lot from employee's. Leaving on time is around upon !!!,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47085,apple,none," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical expert,Medical coverage it is exceptional,n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a,n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47086,apple,none," May 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture Unlike No Other,The culture is extremely fun and positive. The workplace encourages you to be yourself.,Can be stressful speaking to difficult customers with difficult problems face to face.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47087,apple,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Experts,Good work/life balance Stock Package Good working environment Product Discount Great working culture Professional Development,"Advancement is difficult because it's very competitive, and positions are often occupied for a long period of time. But there is a lot of different options for movement within the workplace",Help keep great talent by fostering promotions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47088,apple,Sydney (Australia)," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Job,Amazing team environment Great work/life balance Ability to work on skill sets and develop as an individual (personal development) Flexibility and support when issues arise,Experience outside of Apple has no weight Lack of consistency Not much opportunity to grow within the business Development takes years Management make work difficult if they don't like you,"Align and be consistent across the board Treat your staff how you treat your customers Listen to feedback when you ask for it Pay increases are necessary for the work staff do Minimal rewards and discounts are not generous at all, considering staff pay",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47089,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Real Estate Assistant,A Great Company but Inconsistent,All the great Apple values and a sense of being part of something big and important,Inconsistent policies and cultures depending on division and departments,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1047.htm
47090,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,- Easy Job - Great working from home,"- Gets a bit isolating, constantly being by yourself",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47091,apple,Bengaluru (India)," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Legal Associate,Great work culture,"Best company to work with They have a lot in store for the employees in terms of knowledge and benefits, the a management is really motivating","No much cons as such, you would feel a little scared once you join but they welcome you and treat you with respect",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47092,apple,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on leadership,"Good pay, benefits and fun","Bad management, bad part time job",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47093,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialist,"First of all working at Apple is fun, we're trying to give the best customer journey. We want to customers come back again either to buy another product or to help them fix their issues. Relationship between colleagues is respectful, also we give fearless feedback to our peers to keep the Apple standards up. At Apple we embrace the diversity of humanity. Benefits of Apple are amazing.",Working in retail store is tough cause we're always busy. Low income is another problem.,Standing up position all day long is really difficult. The stores are very noisy and bright.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47094,apple,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Nice colleagues , nice canteen",Stressful micromanagement and not the best salaries,Change the useless managers who have barely any education,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47095,apple,none," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Life changing place,"Apple was an incredible place to work at, meeting people all parts of the globe. Great co-workers and felt like a family, even in such a large organization.","Sometimes management aren't aware of certain things being communicated, or things weren't communicated properly and end up delivering poor customer service through missing data.","You should definitely praise more people who do really well, I never felt enough people had the deserved recognition.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47096,apple,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Over worked,Good salary for retail job,Bad progression and really busy,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47097,apple,none," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work with limitations in Australia,Great culture and a really genuine commitment by the company to develop and grow as a person.,Australia has a limited opportunity to grow careers due to size and scale,Be more open minded,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47098,apple,none," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,They were one of the best employers I have worked for,There were no cons at all !,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47099,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workplace bullying,"Great Brand, adds value to your resume. Strict discipline cultivates you into a better person.",Micro-Managing Manager practises and encourages Workplace Bullying Low salary increment No free meals from the richest tech company in the world.,Vet your candidates thoroughly when for management positions. Do not promote someone for the sake of promoting.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1048.htm
47100,apple,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Flexible Work balance Good Environment Free food Free Pool,Bad Salary Long working hours Night meetings Bad office conditions Bad management,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47101,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,It’s a face pace environment... never a dull moment,Fast pace environment. Family feeling once you get to know your peers. There are great benefits and you learn important take aways that can be used in the outside world,Standing all day can become real tiring especially as a FT employee. You sometimes have to “pucker” up to get where you are going and friends of higher ups will get a position over you that’s been giving it your all,Listen more to staff and stop deflecting,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47102,apple,Sydney (Australia)," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,apple,good team work and happy people,long shifts and angry customer,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47103,apple,none," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work in!,One of the best companies i have worked in. Super smart and driven people in the organisation. It is always a team effort in the projects that i am involved in,Too hectic and work life balance is never possible,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47104,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Advisor,Amazing job/place to work.,"Incredible people, great atmosphere, rewarding work, amazing benefits.",Demanding metrics to be met.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47105,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - AppleCare Team Manager,AppleCare Technical Team Manager,"1. Great mentorship, 2. A comparatively good working environment that values hard work and a team with great teammates, 3. Good pay and benefits, 4. An environment that promotes fearless feedback, 5. You will love its culture for sure, including the care for employees.",1. Work-life balance is not that good. Leaders ask you not to work for extra time but you have endless work to do all the time.,Maybe less workload.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47106,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple is a great place for people who want to grow,Excellent team. Lots of room for development. Great benefits. Positive company culture.,Customers can be very demanding. Sometime difficult to find time for self development and reflection.,More diversity within management is needed.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47107,apple,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Best company I've worked for.,"It feels like a family! The job can be stressful (but this is purely because of the customers), but your co-workers are always there to support you. Lots of perks and great employee discount!",Nothing that I can think of.,Stay true to what Apple stands for!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47108,apple,none," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Amazing,"You are part of a community, a family","Retail Hours for the stores, part time is still restricting when raising a family",Thank you,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47109,apple,"Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Part-Time Specalist,- Amazing people - Relaxed atmosphere - Great benefits - Mentoring and Development within role,- Hard to progress - Can be quite cliquey,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1049.htm
47110,apple,none," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Multiple,• Good discounts • Looks really good on CV • Inspirational people that work for the company • Boosts ego • The old credo is a brilliant look into the mind and thoughts of Steve Jobs • Amazing induction program,"• managers are just that, managers... since the current Store “leader” has been on board it’s gone from leaders that inspire to a glorified EE shop, targets, targets, targets. This is not the middle managers fault, they have the pressure and mentality of a car room sales man manager above them. • After induction you are pretty much left to it and at that point just a tick box. • very cliche, need to be in the right group, or be able to brown nose like the best. JS... • pay is average and no consistency, get told not to talk to others about your pay... and that’s why... • fake fulfilment, managers try to buy love and respect with sweets and other childish materials (don’t get me wrong it’s great fun, however not when you know their real intentions) • The People manager at this particular store, I think aspires to be detective columbo, which in turn, puts you off wanting to go into 20 meter diameter of her. Not the best attribute for a “people” manager.","The focus has gone from experience to cash, apples success was that they are different, fight back against the normality, fight back against what’s the expected. This made apple an amazing place to go and just spend time. Now it feels 02 in and out as fast as pos. If it wasn’t for the creatives and genius sticking to their experience guns, the managers would have turned it into another supermarket... maybe Sainsbury’s...",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47111,apple,Hamburg (Germany)," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Crazy Workload for Near Minimum Wage,"For the AppleCare Advisor via Phone position a one month paid training is provided, making this a great entry level position and it was interesting to see how things are handled at Apple internally.","The workload was crazy for the near minimum wage pay. Most of the time you literally didn't have a free minute after a call. You'd get in to work, log into your account for time-tracking, accept the first call, and when a call finished, you could count up to five and the next caller was in your ear, literally! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Beep: ""AppleCare, how can I help you?"" Just enough time to drink a sip of water real quick to moisten your throat. And the target for calls was no more than 10 minutes per call on average, which was managable after a while and with experience, but you can count how many people you will have spoken to at the end of the day with this workload. And even like that, I frequently had people on the line who were already in the waiting queue for 20-30 minutes already, before I got their call, making many of them impatient to begin with, understandably. Calls would also get recorded and you'd be rated conistently for your work and following internal guidelines, and customer satisfaction, adding to your pressure.  I don't know if this changed meanwhile, but if not, beware, this is a high-stress position for near minimum wage.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47112,apple,none," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great company with engineers and management full of passion and dedication to product,Work life balance during peak working season,Get better rewards to employees. They deserver better treatments.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47113,apple,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Low paying job,Great benefits in the job,Bad pay in the job,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47114,apple,none," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Management,Great environment surrounded by great coworkers.,The secretiveness can take some getting used to.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47115,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Supply Chain Analyst,"Awesome environment, good benefits","Awesome environment, good benefits, lovely colleagues, great team spirit!",Can't think of any. It's honestly the best company i've ever worked with!,Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47116,apple,none," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,WorkForce Management Analyst,Good Benefit Established Process Diversity Stock Package Product Discounts Great Work Culture,Cant think of anything at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47117,apple,none," Apr 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Awesome vibes and experience, friendly people, flexible job",interview takes a lot of time and the process is long,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47118,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,The discounts on new devices.,Not a lot of room to climb up the corporate ladder.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47119,apple,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great environment, culture, make life friends","friendly, positive culture, have fun at work each day","lack of professional progression, unless you're well loved and want to work towards management",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1050.htm
47120,apple,"Aberdeen, Scotland (UK)"," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Expert,Good Company to work for,Good company to work for good holidays/training/discounts,a little too american for me.,Clear communication from the top down.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47121,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Good company for first job & for learning about what do you want or not as an employee,"- such a good wage for the kind of position. - Great benefits: fitness center opened 7d/24h with great equipment, cafeteria with great cookers and good food, health center (dentist, gynecologist, ophthalmologist) on site, reduction on Apple products. - There is a lot of career opportunities in AppleCare if you have a good manager who will support you and advise you.  AppleCare department is good place to learn about competition, stress, patience and perseverance.","- Compare to companies as Google, Facebook or Salesforces which are based in Ireland too, they all do free food, sport and free transport. Apple makes its employees pay for food, sport and transport. - Poor transport : bus are always late, bus are not regular, it’s so expensive for its service. Apple should get its own bus for its employees. It would reduce daily stress.",Management should trust their advisor instead of tracking them as police. It should be more human instead of number. It would reduce huge turn over.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47122,apple,none," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Company genuinely cares about its employees Great benefits Always learning something new Awesome culture,"Retail hours aren’t so great, but that’s how retail is",none,5.0,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47123,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Advisor,GOOD COMPANY,"High salary, nice colleague",Good benefit with family care leave,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47124,apple,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CR,"Secure, good salary, benefits, cheap fitness","American Company, rigid on holiday leave, punctuality",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47125,apple,none," Apr 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Support Worker in Surrey,"fun place, alot of people working",buy sometimes with bunch of people,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47126,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Process specialist,"Every department and work process is very structured. Direction from management is clear most of the time. Depend on the role, can have flexibility at work.","Salary is just average compare to market rate. With the earnings on quarterly basis and always emphasize ‘staff is an important asset’, but hardly see how much they are willing to show appreciation to their staff.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47127,apple,none," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,"Great benefits - discounts, healthcare, etc.",Expectation to cover quite a bit of overtime throughout the year,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47128,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - IOS Advisor,Good First Company,- Good Benefits - Good way to gather experience,-Development not as good as they would like you to think -Stressful,Trust more,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47129,apple,"Newcastle upon Tyne, England (UK)"," Apr 5, 2018",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,"(Product Zone Specialist) Great team and benefits, but can get Veeerrryyyy boring","- A great team seems to be almost a universal thing! I’ve made some really great friends. It’s insane that you can work on a team of 100 or so people and like 80-odd of them.  - Can’t argue with the benefits, gym, dental, private health care. If you go away on business, the expense allowance is insane.  - I worked here full time for a year after graduation and struggled with boredom: however, I can see this being an Amazing part time job for students, and would encourage any one looking for part time work and a little extra money to apply - pay is very fair. If you do need to stay in retail for a while after graduation, you’ll be in a much better position to progress and pick up some more exciting work if you’ve put in a few years as a student. My old store has TEs and geniuses who are 20/21 who’ve been working their since they were 17.  - progression seems to be good (at the moment - BATTERY GATE) on the genius bar! If you’d like to stay at apple for a couple of years, I think the GB is definitely the way to go. In general, the GB seems to retain more staff as well - PZ can have a bit of a high turn over.  - I did actually feel like management cared about me and my progression. I think the culture at apple, over all, is very caring. Just little things - like people being prepared to pick up stuff like coffee or pain killers for you while they’re out on break - if you go on holiday, everyone will ask you if you enjoyed yourself/where you went. And after putting in my notice, everyone was very congradulatory and supportive.  - as you read over my cons REMEMBER: as far as customer service jobs go, this is by far and away the best one I’ve worked.","- progression (particularly on product zone) is slow slow slow - seems very “right place right time”.  - If you’re interested in a creative position, Good Luck, those very rarely come up, and positions seem to be universally taken up by people who’ve worked for the company for 5+ years  - to continue the above point, things can feel like a bit of an Old Boys Club - but steps were being made to change that.  - at the end of the day, it is a retail job so you’re still dealing with general public! I think it’s particularly bad if you’re stuck in a mall rather than a stand alone store - but we had some Weird As Heck regulars to deal with, particularly notable at our store: a young autistic man with a penchant for harrassing young female memebers of staff.  - if you get sucked into Visual Merchandising (like I did) prepare to be very frustrated! It’ll keep you busy, but honestly VM can attract some very bossy, nuerotic people. The vibe from management is very if something is broken “why is this broken, why aren’t you fixing it” then, if you are fixing it “why aren’t you on the shop floor” Would I say avoid VM at all costs? No! Fab oppourtunities with new store openings and becoming a global mentor, but it might be more of a pain than it’s worth.  - it’s hard to stand out in such a big company, and hard to develop your Stock Competancies beyond “I can give extremely good customer Service.” There are very few oppourtunities for you to pick up niche little responsabilities (ie: at a previous retail job where the team was tiny, I wrote all the copy emails for our store) to keep you busy or pad out your experience beyond standard customer service. I’ve gotten a new job in marketing, and all of my examples at interview I had to pull from working in smaller business, or side projects (and if you want to get out of retail while working at apple I’m afraid you will need side projects)  - I really struggled with boredom on PZ during off seasons (ie: January - July), honestly I basically ended up taking over Visual Merchandising, not because I Love Fixing Display Cables but because I was so out of my mind bored.  - I appreciated the guesture but clapouts are absolutely mortifying. This varies store to store, but I hate clapping on command (makes me feel like trained animal) and some stores have a prescribed DOUBLE CLAP! For the staff - occasionally the mentality at apple can feel a little Cult-Like and the clapping really doesn’t help.  - People from corporate and people trying to go corporate are normally kind of Awful - robotic, brushed aluminium, humourless droids.","Open a few more token expert/creative positions because progression on PZ is none existant, try to vary up your hiring so the entire creative/management/genius/expert team isn’t made up of slightly different versions of The Same White Dude. It’s glaringly hypocritical sometimes particularly when core training is very like “Oh this team is so diverse!!” Mine definitely wasn’t.  Staff nights out and events are good! Do more!  My store was de-toxifying its genius bar as I left (ie: booting out some of the gross old geniuses who looked through female customer’s phones) which is something I think all apple stores should do.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1051.htm
47130,apple,none," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Best Work Ever,- Great People - Kind Management - Stimulating Work - Great Benefits - Extreme Flexibility,- Work Leaves hard to get,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47131,apple,none," Apr 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Info Sec Assessor,Great benefits and compensation Chances to travel the globe if you are in the right team,Long time work may be required,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47132,apple,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," May 9, 2018",Former Employee - Genius,Genius,None I can think of.,"Micro management on a gigantic scale Extreme pressure to get rid of all customers as fast as possible. Management would literally start breathing down your neck if the duration any appointment exceeds 10 mins. Favoritism. Management unapproachable and mostly unavailable when help is needed. Explanation of each and every minute on the job is expected, even if stepping out for 1 minute to go to toilet (really!!!) Team night outs are MANDATORY. If missed, it is noted by management as an absence from work!!! The list could go on....",Stop micromanaging. Treat your employees with some respect.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47133,apple,none," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Engineer,Eager place to work there,Not much innovative about the products,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47134,apple,none," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Challenging role with the opportunity to talk to new people everyday, Hellenes you to think at all turns.",Management in any retail environment is usually the downfall to a good experience. No matter what iteration of a leadership team there is/was,"Support the team, staying the same page at all time and communicate.",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47135,apple,"Grays, England (UK)"," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Love it but not much progression,-Gives amazing training and skills that can be used for the rest of your life -The people are wonderful and basically extended family,-Not much progression -Get a lot of angry people speaking to you which can be quite off putting,"If you're going to be so quick to pull you in to the office for a chat regarding such small problems, you need to be able to pull people in the office to reward them for amazing work as that often goes unrecognised.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47136,apple,none," Apr 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,- Great people - Great culture,- Very minimal opportunity to became management/corporate,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47137,apple,none," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great working enviornment,get the latest technology surrounded by great minds,to much politics in work all of them wants to be number 1,i think they should always have a test for would be managers,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47138,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Care Technical Advisor,this job almost ruined me.,"""Private Health Insurance"", Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, Wellness Centre on site, Gym on site, Employee Purchase Plan,","Firstly, the facility is quite isolated on top of a massive hill - there are a couple of busses (usually packed) going up there. There are no nearby shops that you could reach during your lunch break. Lunch break for the Call Centre Agents - 30 minutes. My colleagues were quite optimistic at the beginning, I saw them walk up to the cafeteria, queue for their food, then sit down for five minutes before running back downstairs. After a while, everyone decided to just eat at their desks or nearby. You have 8 minutes to do whatever you want to do during your day. That includes bathroom time. Be prepared to receive messages from a team that monitors your time keeping. You've exceeded your bathroom time? You went a little too far for your lunch break and are not back on time? Get prepared to justify why so. The ""office"" you will work in is a massive open space, countless people on the phone, which creates quite a noise at times.  These are all things I could have lived with - but: The Wellness centre doctors are completely useless. If you have a medical condition and need to urgently see a specialist, get comfortable. You will wait at least half a year. You think you need urgent medical assistance? You probably don't, according to the doctors there. Referral to specialists because you suspect an allergy or have developped weird symptoms? Feel like you need to see a psychologist? Don't expect them to offer you a referral. Also, make sure you book your appointments OUTSIDE your work time - if you can. Or book a holiday to see a doctor. Don't expect any special treatment if you have a medical condition that would require you to leave your desk sometimes. DO NOT listen to any promises you are made by any recruiter regarding health care and medical care if you have a medical condition. I had to find out the hard way. The recruiter's selling point is the ""added benefits"" but also their ""relocation package"" where you will be offered some money to move, just enough to make your way up here and start a living. By the way, you have to pay all that back once you decide to leave. After you have been recruited and have made your way to the headquarters, you will never hear from your recruiter again. You are angry because nobody is there to talk to? Nobody is there to answer your questions? To take responsibility for what you have been promised? To refer you to a doctor or tell you how to get started? Sorry, that's not included in Apple's generous benefit package.  Oh, and good luck finding accommodation in Cork!","I am ashamed to say that I have had such high hopes towards this company. There is nobody you can reach out to when you have severe problems. You recruit people like crazy, so you can reach your numbers and you have your great customer satisfaction. But once you have hired a couple dozen people, you just forget about them. I am extremely disappointed and have come to a point where I have had severe health issues. It is incredible that such a huge company can ruin so many lifes in such short time - and I am sad to admit that I am now one of them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47139,apple,none," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Apple At Home Advisor,"Build your skills, great company, looks good on CV",Working at home can be lonely and isolating,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1052.htm
47140,apple,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, average management",The people are amazing and you make friends for life The environment is awesome and the the access to new technology is cool,Management is a bit disorganised. Career opportunities are limited beyond the store. So many overqualified people work there  There were times where the employees could see something was wrong and needed fixing but managers would just ignore it,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47141,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Great retail job,- incredible flexibility - benefits - great training program - amazing colleagues who are always happy to help you - always so many new things to learn with all the product knowledge,"- work becomes a routine, but that is expected with most jobs",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47142,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Mar 28, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great products, great people and culture.",Salary in retail environment is pretty average with career progression is limited,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47143,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - CPU T2 French/English,Apple,It is a big international Company.,it might be hard to progress inside the company (a lot of competition),none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47144,apple,none," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad gig,"- Good environment for proactive go-getters, definitely lots of room for self-growth - The chance to work with lots of smart people - Customer satisfaction obsessed",- Work-life balance is a myth for some departments - Salary does not always match up to workload - Customer satisfaction obsessed,Would be good to invest more in keeping talents within the company and providing competitive salaries and benefits.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47145,apple,Zaragoza (Spain)," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Below expectations,Work in a global leader company. Good benefits.,Draining and mentally exhausting job with no room for growth.,Learn how to listen to your staff,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47146,apple,none," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,time,"pay, fun, colleagues, manager, work",There wasnt much upward mobility,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47147,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Amazing environment, great place to work, long hours standing up, it's quite annoying those Apple Fan managers who see Apple as a God",Not many positions to step up,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47148,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple Tech Specialist,Great working balance Amazing team Opportunities to progress internally,"working in support, hours can be exhausting.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47149,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"awesome support from team and leads great benefits, medical, dental, fitness and health subsidies, educational support as long as it lines up with what you want to pursuit with the company in the future","some touch personalities, but that's given with any work place",Thank you for all the support!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1053.htm
47150,apple,Male (Maldives)," Mar 23, 2018","Current Employee - Sales Representative At Sonee Hardware, Malè Maldives",sales representative,Good salary is satisfying and it can leads to motivate the employee,no independent so there will be misunderstanding between managers,dear managers you have to respect subordinates perspective to get best output from them,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47151,apple,none," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior AppleCare Technical Advisor,"Good pay, flexible shift, good training provided",Job is stressful when it comes to senior level,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47152,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - CR Advisor,CR Advisor,Ability to work from home,Management (friend of a friend),none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47153,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Rewarding Experience,"-Work environment is very friendly and positive. The general atmosphere is something that definitely retains employees. -Pay is definitely decent as far as entry level retain goes. -Great discounts overall, not just Apple products.","-Values can shift and differ depending on management. Started the job being told that numbers/metrics do not matter, and a year later it became the most important part of our employee development - crazy!",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47154,apple,none," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great company values that are brought through with some excellent benefits.,It is a retail job at the end of the day and progression is limited.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47155,apple,Carrigaline (Ireland)," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Analyst,Satisfied employee,The benefits package along with Cafe Mac is amazing and goes a long way in keeping employees there. They treat their employees well and that goes a long way in keeping staff.,Stress can be unbearable and you need to find a balance because the benefits are amazing. Can feel like you aren’t contributing as the work gets done if you’re there or not.,Be more hands on,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47156,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Best time of your life,"Work with an incredible team. Fantastic managers who want to see you grow and eventually grow into a better person with great aspirations. Fantastic benefits, including education subsidy and health insurance...especially as this was a retail role. Learn invaluable people skills which will easily translate into the corporate world.","None that I can think of, as the team and management keep all channels of communication open, allowing for a fantastic experience!",Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47157,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Benefits, Employee Discounts, Informal workplace","Hard to have a work life balance, underpaid job for a company as big as Apple, you have to deal with all kinds of customers and you'll have at least one rude customer a day. Schedules vary a lot and it's quite hard to have a weekend off.",Allow employees to have at least a weekend off per month,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47158,apple,none," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Lots of shifts Transfer availability to different stores,Difficult to progress Intense retail environment,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47159,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ruined mental health,"Excellent benefits, ok salary, discounts are decent, structures are clear and staff infrastructure is simplified and reliable. On site facilities are very very good","Punitive scheduling, cult like work culture, company uses pressure to motivate, criticising company procedures or work issues is career suicide.  Management quality varies wildly from extreme bullies to very talented",Listen to the people doing work about how it can be done better. Cut down on the toxic enthusiasm and address increasing dysfunction in management. Nothing productive can be accomplished when management is run by a back patting frat culture.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1054.htm
47160,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Good place to work. I feel well looked after. You get out what you put in.,"Benefits are great, it’s not a 9-5, fast paced environment. You won’t be bored working at Apple. Generally you will work with great people who are fun to be around.","Next to impossible to move out of retail. The culture is often overly positive, management are often too soft on underperforming employees. Star performers picking up the slack for those that are either unskilled, lazy or both.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47161,apple,Taipei (Taiwan)," Mar 17, 2018",Former Employee - Journalist,Nice and competitive company- Apple Daily (Taiwan),"Not being afraid under the threatening of China, and situated in Taiwan, the country with most freedom of speech and freedom of press in Asia.",Highly competitive and sometimes take a lot of time,cool,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47162,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 18, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Apple Retail Manager,"Pay , culture , capability of employees , values , they listen to their people",People often prompted without roles being advertised. Very hard to get a Corporate role from within retail.,"A lot has changed for the better since I moved on, so it would be unfair to give you my thoughts on this.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47163,apple,Paris (France)," Mar 18, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing,Apple Music,Great Team and Great work!,Not a lot of opportunities to grow,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47164,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Review,Benefits Sports & social Fun environment Nie management,Work & life balance Shiftwork Set break times,Non,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47165,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Product Specialist,To each his own,"- Benefits are actually good. Eye and Dental are covered, and their Employee Assistance Program offers referral and free sessions to anything from accountants to psychiatrists. - Very good pay for a job where you just walk around and play with products - Good variety of tasks which 1. teaches you something new at all times 2. allows you to become a jack of all trades - Depending on your management team, good support when it comes to life events and compassion are always appreciated","- They give you all this assistance because they know you'll eventually need it, especially anything mental - Obvious Favouritism, promises that never see fruition - Pigeonholing your own employees yet expecting them to execute every given task? - Not setting you up for success when it comes to Quarterly Connects - Managers often mob you and single you out - Their culture is getting old (secrecy, videos, clapping, etc) - Barely, if any, work-life balance","Your part-timers are sick of working 4 hr shifts over 5 days and your full-timers can barely keep up with their 40hr work weeks. Let them give hours to part-timers and vice versa. Overall scheduling is trash in retail but you CAN give people at least ONE friday, saturday or sunday off over 2 weeks i refuse to believe otherwise. Stop treating your employees of colour poorly but thats never gonna happen.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47166,apple,none," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DFT,"good work, good salary and rcu",no life-work balance -very hard work,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47167,apple,none," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple technician,"Good benifits, challenging, team work, diverse","Can be come repetitive, a lot of competition to develop",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47168,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great benefits, progression slow","Think it's a fantastic retail job. Benefits are unheard of in most retail environments - full dental, medical, great purchase plan and stock plan, great pension scheme.","Because company is so large, progression is slow and frustrating. Benefits are great but end of day pay can seem a little underwhelming considering how rich the company is and how hard we have to work, when sales assistants in other luxury retail roles are sometimes paid more.",Allow stores larger headcount in senior sales roles,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47169,apple,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialists,"Easy going environment, very friendly staff.","Glass ceiling, nearly impossible to get a promotion.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1055.htm
47170,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple Retail: Great environment for personal development, challenging to grow","- very fun people, and everyone for the most part is happy to be there and wants to help you - lots of opportunities for personal development, you own your own journey",- challenging to grow whether into other retail roles or to corporate,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47171,apple,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Great team, Benefits for both part-time and full-time employees 401k","depending if you work in a mall that's open during the holidays, you will work crazy hours",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47172,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 11, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Relation,STAY- AWAY - FROM - CUSTOMER - RELATION - ROLE !!!,Wellness- doctor onside. that's all.,"Managment at the CR department is really bad I have never seen anything like it before. Been working for this company for so many years, moved then to CR and OMG, bulling, micromanagement, no trust in an employee. You can use the toilet when needed you have only max 10 min per day if you go above you are in trouble. This place it's like a working camp. They don't care about you, what they care about is their numbers!!! that's why the rotation at this department is huge they are always hiring because people are leaving or people are on sick leave or let go.","Get new proper managers who are actually having management skills, have a close eye on managers and send them for regular management training. Don't allow the managers to treat an employee like a number.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47173,apple,none," Mar 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working environment,"Easy going environment, really relaxed","Gets super repetitive, not the place to make a good buck",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47174,apple,"Brighton, England (UK)"," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,The worst place to work for. I would avoid at all cost,Good benefits in terms of health. Free gym (pay back at the end of year Good perks over busy periods - lunch provided,"Okay there will be a few -  • The management is awful. Apple really needs to work at employing managers who actually care about people and don’t just treat them as a number  • Certain availability - FORGET IT! You are working regardless of what you have planned  • Lack of windows in the shop, you never see sunlight  • THE MONEY. The job isn’t commissioned based and the money is crap. You deal with so many customers and know so much yet again get paid the same amount as probably a Superdrug worker  • I have visited many stores that I have worked in and I must say Brighton is the worst. AVOID AT ALL COST  • Prepare yourself for depression",Please great the staff members better! They are only humans who are trying to do their job! I’m glad I don’t work there anymore but I still hear stories.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47175,apple,none," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Inc,Great people Great training Able to move laterally,not able to move horizontally,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47176,apple,none," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,really good job good salaries,good pay free time people,presssure not sure long time to get hires,be yourslf,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47177,apple,none," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,Learn a lot of things. Good people. Life work balance,Limited projects. No return offer. A lot ad-hoc work.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47178,apple,none," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a place with dreams,"It's a place with dreams. You will fit well, if you love Apple sincerely.",empowerment can be a bit better,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47179,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Lot to learn, can make an impact",Ever changing direction. Very top down driven,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1056.htm
47180,apple,"Southampton, England (UK)"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Great perks,Good Money Easy Job It has Great Perks,It has a very competitive management,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47181,apple,South Melbourne (Australia)," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Retail,Really Apple?,Computers are there. If you like the computers then go ahead and enjoy the computers. Phones too.,Computers can also not be there.,Learn to use the computers.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47182,apple,"Perth, Western Australia (Australia)"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Representative,What they lack in care they makeup in insincerity,"Average pay, discounts are good but not great. Stock Options are 10% maximum, but they have RSUs now for almost everyone but if you stop working the RSUs that you haven’t received will evaporate if you stop working for them. There is training but that doesn’t include in-depth learning of products, you will have to learn almost everything yourself, in your own time. If you are an Alpha type that has to be numero uno prepare to battle with others like you, everyone else is ground down over time and leaves or possibly gets recycled which is what they love to talk about.","Ridiculous goals, ignores sales targets but then has other targets hidden in everything a specialist does. They talk about innovation but that is only for customers not employees. Some managers are fantastic but the upper echelons do not care in the slightest. Your performance reviews are exceedingly difficult to do more than achieve expectations which is their baseline and almost impossible to exceed since they start with 100% and go up from there.","Get a different job before you turn into a monster, those fluffy bunny ears are hiding rigid authoritarian ears waiting to eat you and everyone else up.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47183,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Genius,Positive,"Good company , nice benefit , nice people .",Apple should work more at there salary,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47184,apple,none," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support,"Culture, flexible, work hard, play hard","Growth, other than that cannot think",None,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47185,apple,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Job, Not Career",Great Staff RRSP Contribution Health and Dental Plan,Lack of Growth Average Compensation Highly Corporate,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47186,apple,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Working at Apple Retail,"Amazing culture - everyone is charismatic, interesting and different Great benefits","Maybe not a con and may be true for other workplaces as well, but you really have to put yourself out there to get noticed if you want to move positions.",none,5.0,none,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47187,apple,Warsaw (Poland)," Mar 15, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics Manager,Logistics Director,"Atractive place, atmosphere, managers , culture","Lot of duties, changes of decisions, promotions",-,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47188,apple,"Vaughan, ON (Canada)"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Lead Genius,The best place to go to refine your skill set,Amazing development and skill building opportunities. Fantastic culture. As long as you are intentional and driven you will find success.,None. Most of the people that aren’t satisfied aren’t willing to put in the time and effort to excel. If you are not ready to be fully transparent with your opportunities then this is not the place for you.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47189,apple,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,"Good boss, lots of motivaion","Lots of work, very busy",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1057.htm
47190,apple,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,very good in a paying sense,there is not very much money in it,pay employees more money to them,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47191,apple,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations,as a part-time worker they really take care of you. benefits are similar to full-timers,part-timers end up working full-time hours but still maintain that title. paid sick days and vacation would be helpful.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47192,apple,Mumbai (India)," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Solution Consultant,Great Place to work,Good Work-Life Balance Good Salary Good Working Environment,Work Pressure Not much of Cons,Nothing,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47193,apple,none," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At-Home Advisor of Apple Korea,"- No stress commuting to work - Systematic program working from home - Able to concentrate on repeating work (Just run myself as a robot) - Good company benefit (Health related, Apple product discount....etc)","- Keep changing work policies for management-side, almost forcibly (well-packaging as democratic) - Very excessive and strict policy to restrict information approaching (It makes me hard to feel that I am a member of the company.) - Very few career opportunities, including transfer or promotion","It feels it runs more properly in US or other countries. Localization is one of important part, but it shouldn't be all. It would be good if it keeps the point to respect the role like other countries.",1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47194,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Great Place - most of the time,"teamwork, continuous improvement, benefits, great management","Shift work, working long hours during launch and Christmas",Keep on going,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47195,apple,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"benefits, working hours, support for getting lunch, payment","not challenging enough, no career opportunities outside of retail",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47196,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 23, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Amazing place to work,"Great place to work, good values, fair salary and huge possibilities to evolve regardless of your academics background",Monitoring so closely breaks and lunch time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47197,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,"Tedious job, great benefits","The benefits are great, the people are nice","Tedious work, somewhat difficult to move into different sectors",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47198,apple,none," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,job at apple,Pretty fun work environment,yes this was a con,nope,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47199,apple,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Material Program Manager,Good company with excellent product and supply chain,No work life balance,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1058.htm
47200,apple,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Poor Management",Apple is as much a magical company to its employees as it is to its customers... but only if you're based in the US.,The management has little idea of what they are doing. They don't manage and they barely work. Simply collecting a check would be better than the meddling and gossiping they engage in to have employees compete with each other. A truly disappointing experience.,"quit your job and save face, so more experienced and talented people can take the company to better places. You are holding programs back and you are a waste of resources.",3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47201,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Product Zone,Amazing,"Supportive team, great environment for self-development",I wish there were more holidays,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47202,apple,Daegu (South Korea)," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Am fresh man for this job and i need a job to bear my study amd living expenses.,"It is an multinational company and its products are very attractive, which attracts the customers to buy it. Apple is an international brand where we have to selling the company products with little effort. I have bacholar's degree in psychology so now am doing Global MBA degree from keimyung University South korea. Its my dream of life to work in this company.",I don't have any idea about the challenges in this field because its my first time exposure but i will work hard to deal with it.,I will advertise your product as much as i could.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47203,apple,none," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,"People first , good wage and benefits",No work life balance,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47204,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trainer,Dinamic environment nice people. Discounts on the products and services. Exposure to new products and a lot of possibilities for learning.,"Progression to new roles is non existent. Management is really poor not in line to other employees . Hard work not noticed, full of yes man that make company culture non existent.",Look after your peers you are there for them. Have time to help and make working environment nicer. Promote within there are plenty of talented people.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47205,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Fraud Analyst,Highly recommend!,"Solid salary, sick days, on-site doctors and wellness center, health insurance and pension.",Not much to complain about...,A bit more transparency when promotions are concerned would benefit you greatly.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47206,apple,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"- AMAZING colleagues. The only reason I stuck it out so long was because the people there were great, and really made the job fun. - Solid above-average pay for retail, so great as a part-timer or student. - Discounts on Apple products. - Free food for holidays was a nice perk.","- Serious favouritism by management, especially when it comes to promotions. There's a lot of talk about all these opportunities to move up, but if you're not one of the hardcore kool-aid drinkers, you won't get to move up no matter how good your results are. The jobs for higher positions are few and far between, and always go to the person who sucks up the most. You need to get permission to apply for new positions in the store. There's not really any retail to corporate growth (at least in my city). - Like all retail, customers can be really challenging, especially because they have absurdly high expectations for Apple. - Training on products was pretty poor. More service-based than technical or products based, which made interactions with customers very challenging. - Scheduling is a mess. Tough to get 2 days off in a row sometimes. Hours fluctuate a lot, some weeks you get 35, some weeks you get 8. NO paid sick days for part-timers, so if you're scheduled an 8 hour shift and its one of your only shifts that week, its either lose your paycheck or go into work sick. - Not much work-life balance on the retail schedule.","Recognize your employees who are hard working and doing well, but aren't going out of their way to show it off to you. Stop focusing all your energy on the people who are already at the top. Its all about ""one team"" but it doesn't feel like it at all. Be more honest with us.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47207,apple,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Leader Program,"If you fit, culture is great, long career, most people don't quit and like their job. Friends and coworkers are the best part","Retail hours, poor shift choices, 9 hour shifts with unpaid break instead of 8 hour with paid break, not allowed to have life outside of the company as their needs and hours come first (since it's not 9 to 5 this is difficult)",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47208,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Very corporate,Good people and good benefits. They now off a lot of training on products which allows you to expand your knowledge,"The progression can be quite slow. When wanting to Move into a role, others seem to be favoured at times.",Be consistent,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47209,apple,none," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly OK,"Cool people at work, good benefits",you're never going to advance,don't be so cliquey. give more support and more training.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1059.htm
47210,apple,Pengerang (Malaysia)," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Maintenance Supervisor,Try not to forget because one day everything is gonna forgetten,Its one the most realastic comapany wich plays a key role in this 21st century till now,Try to improve even its is already improved according to the human not as a human,Creates a revolution still need to be more for future,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47211,apple,none," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Poor Experience,I really can't find any.,"I cannot recommend anybody to work at Apple whether as an Apple Home Advisor or working in Cork in Customer Service. Many things went wrong for me there. Below is the list:  - I was confirmed that I was hired by mail, then I was highly praised by the recruiter on the phone for that (it really sounded like fake congrats to me). I was told I would be contacted in the next 2 days. I got no news for 3 weeks. I kept calling and I could only reach the voice mail. Then when I wrote an email, I was told I should contact another contact person which I did. The new person in charge of my integration apologized. I didn’t know at that time it would not be the only problem I would have with Apple.  - Then came the equipment delivery story. As I wanted to take holidays before starting I wanted to know when the equipment would be delivered. I always got vague answers per mail like “we will send it next week” without further information. The problem in the company is that the recruiters (except the Recruitment Managers) calls with concealed numbers so you cannot reach them on the phone.  - Then, only a couple of days before starting the job I was asked if I could work with German language instead of French as they had a big need for German speakers. I refused as I started to be pissed with the lack of professionalism there.  - When I started there, even if I hadn’t high expectations, I could not expect that I would have such social outcasts for colleagues. I know how bad it is to talk badly about colleagues, I don’t like that, but it is good to know with whom you will potentially work if you take the job. In our team, one third of the team were very fat people (I do not make fun of them), one third are poor geeks crazy about Apple and other people who just look suspicious when you see them on camera (some appear with hoods, or other just refuse to appear on camera, etc). You just have the feeling that they decided to work from home to hide from the outside world. Most of them made me feel quite uncomfortable sometimes. We were trained by colleagues and managers based at Cork office, they were just like the same I had for colleagues (see above), people who have been living in Ireland over 6 years and who still speak an awful English…  - It is also important to mention that the job itself is completely uninteresting, extremely repetitive and that you do not have any leeway. Everything is scripted. We are quite far from the so-called creativity touted by Apple. This is just fiction.  - Then came the payslips problem. At Apple you are paid monthly. I was not paid for 2 months, yes it is! And it seems it happens sometimes there, so be prepared if you go there, get enough savings or you may end up on the streets!  The reason why I was not paid on time was because I entered the bank details too late. That was the first explanation from a not nice guy from HR which refused to give his first name that I asked only for a follow-up and not for complaining about him... Calling a second time I was informed that “Too late” meant that I entered the bank details only 1 month before due date… Yes, 1 month is not enough… They recognized that it was not normal, they apologized, they told me they would investigate blablabla… All this is not really serious but nothing is really taken seriously at Apple it seems.  - I was paid on Emergency Tax because I did not enter the PPS number in the proper format. I was informed about it but I could not get a fix about what the proper format is, nobody could tell me even when I was still working there. Nobody thinks outside the box. Scripts. Scripts. Scripts...  - Otherwise, I am still struggling to get all my money back and it takes a lot of effort calling Revenue to explain them that weird case.  The problem with Apple is that they are based in Cork and not so many people want to go there, so they have to go with what they can get.  Some bad reviews disappeared since when I saw them before applying for Apple at Home Advisor. I cannot say why. However, many companies in Ireland ask their employees to make nice reviews on Glassdoor so...  This review only reflects my experience, it may be different for you.",- Look who you hire. - Look how you hire. - Improve your internal processes. - Let people think out of the box,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47212,apple,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Emgineer,"nice atmosphere, comfortable location, challenges","salary, limited contract, necessity to wake up too early",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47213,apple,none," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Engineer Role,Nice benefits..some friendly colleagues nice location,Environment can become stale Management can micromanage too much,Listen to your employees and engage more,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47214,apple,Coro (Venezuela)," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Proactive, dinamic, interactive, and good for hard work. I like this company because is a great company and its universal",I can say that when I work under pressure I do not communicate my concerns. But I think that is good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47215,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sale Advisor,"Excellent Salary. Great Benefits, Amazing people to work with at your own level.",Absurd shift patterns. The online store likes to test the limits of employment law in relation to rest periods. Upper management have become notoriously pressurising and like to mirco manage to the extent that it is hard to tell whether it is for the the good of the company or just plain bullying. I would not recommend working for Apple unless you have experience being treated as a number.,Remember that the employees you manage are the reason that there is a managers position for you to fill. Treat them with some dignity. If you are looking for better productivity remember that a happy employee is a hard working employee.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47216,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Two thumbs up,Great team work globally. Always someone to guide you and great platform to submit change and system issues. Always willing to listen to any employees and instant feedback can be expected.,"Long working hours as you get more responsibility. As they recognize and offer many opportunities for career progression, some managers in the non customer support departments may lack in leadership skills leading to less supervision for the team.",AppleCare and Apple RetailS are provided with fantastic training programs. I’d encourage the rest of the company to have the same.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47217,apple,Milan (Italy)," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Candy land,good people and nice products,"not the best leadership, they are only focus on results but they don't tell you",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47218,apple,none," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is good company if you are part of the gang,Perfect company lots of benefits. You can learn about Apple products. Go to gym and enjoy your life after you are exhausted with discussing your incapable manager.,Pizza maker or butcher can be your manager(no offense but people who is no capable to manage their personal schedule can be your manager),Upper management needs to audit EMEA from USA,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47219,apple,none," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,"good company, nice culture, great management","micro - management due to the natural of the role, limited positions available in Australia",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1060.htm
47220,apple,none," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Advisor,Employee Discount Health Care Dental Salary is above average for a call centre job.,"Zero work life Balance. If you get a bad shift your stuck with it for three months. Very stressful job, taking up to 80 calls per day. No real support for the senior team. Its a call centre job like every other one but they try to tell you you're better as this is for ""Apple""","Treat your employees better.  I'd avoid them all together, you will have no life outside of work. They focus too much on Metrics.  Its good for your CV, thats about it.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47221,apple,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Incredible, fast pace, high level of autonomy, opportunity for intermittent growth within subset of organization","hard work, requires exceptional people skills, negotiating skills, and composure, not amazing work life balance","work harder to retain top talent, Apple is not king just because it is Apple",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47222,apple,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was great,great co workers and great wxpericence,the salary was not as good as antispicated,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47223,apple,none," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I finally got out!,"In the end, absolutely none","Over worked, underpaid. Micromanagement the definition. Daily discrimination. Tenure means nothing, years in service mean nothing. Pay structure flawed to a point career progression was not an option. Favouritism is rife and if you ain't willing to get your nose dirty then good luck!","You made my life hell, the last 3-4 years in Apple caused me a lot of stress that resulted in me being constantly sick and a health diagnosis caused by stress (I was never sick before). But I want to say thank you. I left, did my own thing now earn 3 X what I used to and I am my own boss. I work when I want and your overworking has made me a driven person and resulted in my business being a huge success, so I guess I owe you a thanks! I still wouldn't pee on any of you if I saw you on fire though :)",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47224,apple,none," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Couldn’t work at a nicer company that looks after you as well as these employers do.,Flexable with time Days off Discounts The team you work with Learn everyday Pay Atmosphere in the store Leadership are very open and you can talk to them,Sometimes can be a bit toooo busy at weekends Some customers sometimes want us to do things that are out of our control or we can’t do for them.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47225,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"Very smart people, good facilities(gym, wellness center, cafe)","Pressure cooker environment, top down driven, horrible tools and processes",What got you here wouldn't get you there,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47226,apple,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,The people. Co-workers and managers always ready to help and support each other. Best managers I have ever worked with!,I cannot think of any cons.,Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47227,apple,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good Company and salary is ok,"Poor management, poor further improvemt",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47228,apple,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Manager,Friendly co workers and great incentives,none at the moment to share,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47229,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Spanish Customer Relations Advisor,Great job,"Everything is good Good salary, Good benefits!",nothing bad to add,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1061.htm
47230,apple,none," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Life-long skills,"For the biggest retailer in the world, it doesn't feel like you are working in retail. Apple have developed an amazing culture within the company that puts emphasis on personal and professional development to get the best out of their employees. You develop a special skill set that will serve you in all aspects of your life as the ongoing training provided allows team members to become more self aware. Apple remain consistent in their culture and values so regardless of what apple store you work for, you will always experience a familiar environment if you ever wish to transfer to new stores around the world, making it a little more homely when adapting to big changes.","Career development is highly competitive, however, the moment you express interest in a particular pathway, you will be given all the tools, training and experience required to be endorsed for when an opportunity arises.","Management always need to stay aligned and work together, because the moment small issues within the management team arise, it will quickly infiltrate into the rest of the team and affect the store environment.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47231,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,big noise for nothing,"- good for entry-level - awesome co-workers, at least where I was - decent benefit package",- low salary compared to the work you need to do - most of the managers are mediocre - management's attitude towards employees vs. customers - a lot of falsehood going around,- get trained and learn how to recruit people or leave someone else - don't be fake and promote falsehood,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47232,apple,none," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,salary,Working environment is fantastic and positive.,relatively the salaries are low compared to other MNCs like google and microsoft.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47233,apple,none," Jan 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool retail job,"Good pay, benefits, and not sales driven",A lot of blind corporate trust,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47234,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture and environment,Colleagues are all in a similar age in the team. Super nice and willing to help. I learned a lot even join as fresh graduates.,racial discrimination within the office. not so comfortable with some people in the management team that works in China but looks down on Chinese people.,"Hard to get a promotion, career experience etc..",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47235,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Enterprise Technical Support Advisor,Another Ibrick in the IWall,You can experience what being part of the hive mind means .  You can buy a phone for 100 euro.  The name is all that matters.,"Let me start by saying that the position has very little enterprise left in it due to the fact that Apple is making very little money from their professional products and some of them have been discontinued/phased out or replaced with their consumer counterpart. This is a glorified consumer support nowadays, with ALL the implications of it. I would not be surprised if they will outsource it too.  When I started, we were supposed to support Pro apps/servers/SOHO integration. By the end of the first year, 1 pro app was discontinued, the other two had very little call volume (meaning that only people using them privately knew how to support them), training for servers was left to people's goodwill (or naivety, depending on the point of view) since apple did not care about their servers and SOHO was a sorry joke about assisting old people resetting their routers. If you have any skills, this position is a slap in the face, if not an hindrance to your career. Unsurprisingly, by the end of my second year, 94% of my team of 15 people had been replaced with much less skilled advisors, which are also payed less.  During the week, 90% of your daily activity at apple will be trying to ""convince"" people with blocked phones that the consumer- hostile policy you are trying to push their way makes sense, all the while repeating nonsensical pre-written statements about how happy you are the customer is using apple. And don't forget to ALIGN! whatever that means. You work on Saturday/Sunday for no reason, since the kind of service does not require availability, and you get maximum two calls (about locked phones). Enjoy sitting there for hours doing nothing on the weekend.  Nowadays, it is just call after call from angry people forcefully transferred by the outsourced t1, which uses every possible excuse to transfer enraged people your way, just to avoid getting a bad survey.  The training provided is cheap, in particular after the few experts have been forced to leave, and also totally for your own development useless you want to stay in that same position your entire life. You can get their certifications but you will not really be able to use them outside of apple. You should really put all your efforts into taking a couple more expensive certifications from other vendors and then just leave.  Due to the fact that many people are buying into the rationale that being part of a big company gives them prestige or personal value, apple will always have a cohort of drones ready to replace the ones that open their eyes and leave. Having some sort of public persona (like being part of some public organization or organizing public events) will boost your career incredibly, since apple will be able to put their hat on it, while doing 0 for it. In that case, you will be promoted as soon as it is technically possible, which means 6 months. As a consequence, career paths are 100% reliant on your social skills and 0 or your actual skills/work ethic. It has become a recurring joke with one of my ex colleagues (an engineer) which applied to a position, only to have a guy flipping burgers in mcDonalds being hired instead of him.  The people working there are among the worst I have ever met. Cronyism is rampant, with people referring relatives/friends and then giving each others kudos in the end of the year review or abusing the WOW, to boost their stats and be promoted.  Some will go out of their way to downplay others, quite often starting real wars between teams to either make themselves look better or to diminish other people's results. Managers using WhatsApp to discuss work related matters.  Team nights were relatives/partners are invited.  One thing I have never seen anywhere else that often happens in apple is that someone will make up an issue and its solution, and then go around advertising the fake issue as the most important and critical of all. Then of course they come up with the solution and they get credited by their managers, which are not going to waste time trying to double check facts.  Some other people have built their careers by rewriting public facing articles in the internal wiki and ""selling"" them as their own original work to their managers.  Unless you want to live in Cork, which is a nice city but does not offer much, you can only work from home. If you work from home, your career chance reaches negative values. You are going to be cut off from any social activity and be checked for every action. There is no way for you to be moved to the office unless you move to another department, which will not consider your application unless you are already in Cork. Just don't do it.  Any kind of criticism is heresy and will turn you into an outcast.  The salary is lower than the market average, which they try to even out by giving you a discount on their product every 3 years and a couple of shares every year.  One of their benefits should be paying for your training/certifications, but they only pay you Apple certifications from Pearsonvue, which they later do not allow you to have on your personal account, so keep that piece of paper safe since there is no way to get a duplicate or a link to it.  They will use leftovers from the kitchen to have ""free food"" events for employees. Enjoy your diarrhea. The food is expensive and the quality is poor.  You are forced to watch their boring commercials during team meetings and pretend you like them.",Pay your taxes already!,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47236,apple,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Healthy & good work culture,Passion Eye for detail Good personality sharp exciting business,No cons as of now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47237,apple,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Still a bit too much of a cult but certainly a fantastic company,",Very structured and organized. Great for teamwork in software development. Very high standards.,"Often too much structure and a tendency to micro-manage, overly hierarchical. Too much fuss about Agile and sprints. Not exactly supportive for creative ideas for the majority",Don't foster too much cult and self glorification.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47238,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Security Lead,Flexibility and Team Camaraderie,- Flexible work arrangements - Team bonding and travel opportunities - Good culture from management down,- Not much RSUs if you are not in a certain grade - Most decisions are made by teams in US and have to be complied to - Tough hiring process,More RSUs for employees Listen to feedback from other regions,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47239,apple,none," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great experience to contribute on global work,"Occasional long hours, but not too bad",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1062.htm
47240,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Operations,A mixed bag,Excellent health benefits Good dental and optical benefits Good share program,"No loyalty, new hires received higher compensation whilst current employee salaries stagnated.","Pay people more for the jobs they do, and pay people fairly.",2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47241,apple,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Leader,Compensation and benefits. Travel and opportunity to participate in market-level events and projects. Training and development.,"Workload, expectations impossible to achieve in regular work week. Insufficient staffing levels.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47242,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Specialist,Fun working environment because of the wide variety of personalities that make up the staff. Most of my coworkers were young adults around the same age and generally laid back people.,"Customers would sometimes come in with the most ridiculous of requests for their own mistakes and Apple would cover for it, but for the customer with a normal issue, they sometimes would be turned away with a fat cost to pay for their device. Didn't think that was fair. Also, it was always incredibly busy.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47243,apple,Lagos (Nigeria)," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Sales representative,"Increase patronized rate, increase sales revenue, high turnover rate, high level of customer retention,maintenance and sustainability.","Low reward ,no incentives, no information admist any ajustment on worker performance.",Campaign this to world at large for youth involvement.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47244,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,"Awful managers, rude co-workers, great discounts.",The training they provide is the best I’ve experienced. The products are great and the satisfaction of making a customer smile is awesome.,"- unless you were consistently kissing up to managers, you had no hope of moving up. - coworkers will through you under the bus to make themselves look better. - there is a complete lack of support from management to help achieve goals. - targets were often set higher than the amount of stock provided in your region, making it completely unobtainable. - salary is no longer competitive in the market whatsoever, retail workers earn more than ASCs do. - working Wednesday to Sunday means you will never NEVER have a stable work life balance. - God forbid you “be yourself”. You can be you, but only if it’s a watered down, apple approved version of you.","Stop picking favourites in your team, everyone can see what you’re doing and it’s totally unfair to those who actually do a job because they like it, not just to move up for money. LEGIT learn to shut off after 5pm. You won’t get anywhere messaging your staff at 10 at night.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47245,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Health Plan, Staff Discount, Pension, Discounted Shares, Culture and Staff","Customer service, low pay, difficult to move from store to corporate, although career experiences are regularly offered.","Management are generally great, they care for staff and look after their teams well.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47246,apple,none," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home advisor,Best place ever to work.,Hiring process is really long . Takes forever.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47247,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - IOS Technical Support Senior Advisor,At Home AppleCare advisor,"Work from home, no commute, shifts change 4 times per year, very good atmosphere, very approachable management.","shift work, work alone, difficult to get whole weekend off, can be stuck on late shifts with finish at 20:00-20:30, no partial days can be taken, cutomers have big expectations, not too many options for developing carrier further if not willing to locate to Cork.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47248,apple,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I still have nightmares about this place and wake up in cold sweats.,You get to fly business class on international trips but in return you have to work 14 hour days whilst there.,"So many but here goes-  - most employees are brainwashed, to the extent that you have to question whether you are talking to a real human being with feelings and emotions or someone you know is so manipulated that you have to watch every word you say.  - you have to join conference calls at 11pm, 1am, 3am, 4am, 6am. You have to join them. They tried to curb it but nothing changed and if you don't join you'd be told off for it. No matter the circumstances.  - you are called into meetings or have to attend other people's meetings. I calculated the hours per week in meetings and on average it worked out at around 25 hours per week. Most of the time it's just another employee glorifying their own project which is nothing to do with you.  - there is an awful culture of micro-management, everything is micro-managed. It makes you question whether it would be quicker if the manager just did the job, but they're too busy so you're just there to handle the projects that trickle down that your manager should be doing.  - the pay is competitive, but competitive just means they're paying the same as other corporates that are under paying there staff.  - there is no social life to this job. No one goes for drinks or socialises with each other. They're too busy or too tired from work. It's quite depressing really.  - once a week you get called into an all hands meeting where someone talks about how great we're all doing and every one stands there and claps in a righteous way, it's like North Korea.  - you need to be on emails from 6am to 12am. Everyday. If you leave work at 6pm, you better get home, have dinner and be expected to answer emails by 7pm. You will be cautioned if you don't answer emails outside of office hours. It still haunts me ""you never work outside of office hours"", ""well yes I do because I'm on 4 hours of conference calls between 6pm and 6am, and you don't pay for me working outside of office hours""  - if you step 3 meters away from your computer without locking it you will be cautioned.  - if you go to the sound system and pick a playlist that isn't Katy Perry or the Weeknd, then someone will scuttle over and change it within 30 seconds, and I mean scuttle...like a little crab.  - the meeting room booking system is convoluted. There are about 59 meeting rooms, but you can't use them because they are restricted for more important people who don't use them.  - I remember in the early days they said ""don't use linkedin or update your profile otherwise we'll know you're looking for a new job""  - everyone is busy and stressed all the time. It's not a nice environment to be in.  - the Christmas party was more like a funeral.  - the churn rate is shocking, people you just start to get along with just disappear and they can't say they're leaving, so all of a sudden you're left with the old timers, again.  - whenever there is a live stream from cupertino you have to stay late and watch, which would be fine if they attempted to make an effort to keep us in until 8:30pm. But they don't, you sit there in these really uncomfortable chairs, and there's this one person who goes ""woo"" when something is announced when most of us just want to get home to our families.  - everyone is so serious all the time.  - HR should stand for horrendous robot. Because that is what it is. You log a ticket then if you're lucky you get an email from someone who didn't read your ticket and can't speak to them and it takes about 10 days for a reply every time. Remember, you are just another cog in the machine so you don't have the right to one on one support for HR.  - for a company that has the most money in the world you'd expect the best benefits in the world. But if anything they're average at best. When you read a review saying the benefits are good, it's because they're better than some laundrette in Kansas.  - if you have a family, please don't bother. They don't care that you have anything else important in your own life but Apple.  - I probably don't have to mention this but I'm putting it in for the keywords. There is no work/life balance. There's work and work. I've seen Apple employees at a gig sneak off to be on a conference call.",They won't listen anyway. So no.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47249,apple,none," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 2 support,Working from home. Discounts on products,"Everything. No social life, bid shift process a joke",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1063.htm
47250,apple,Galway (Ireland)," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - AHA At Home IOS/CPU T1 Support,AHA at home advisor,"Working from home, Occasional box of chocolates in the post, Discount on an IPhone once a year,","Working from home, pro at first until you begin to lose your mind after about 6 months, Taking a massive amount of phone calls up to 50 a day can be extremely stressfull no real help only a Skype chat with other agents in the same boat, short break time 15mins in the morn, 30 mins lunch and 15mins in the evening, working day Varys 12-8 8-4.30 9-5.30, If you have weekends off you are likley going to be working 12-8 during the week,","Realise how stressful this job is, have more consideration from staff when it comes to breaks,",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47251,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Regional Sales Manager,Not bad to stay with several years,The salary increase and benefits are good.,Job is stressful and atmosphere is suffocating.,Sales deserves to be respected,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47252,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior customer service advisor,"Great benefits- such as healthcare, holidays, pension, employee discount",I found there wasn’t enough support for employees in this particular position,"Review the team- the support provided, the workings of the team altogether. Also maybe establish a clear progression path for employees",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47253,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Data Analyst,"Good company,depending on the role you get","Very nice installations,food not very expensive (5€) but not for free as other companies do. Upper management was alright,great benefits and if you are an Apple fan very good promotions on products and services.","Direct manager unprofessional,didn't know how to do her job and instead of calming down employees she did the opposite. Even during companies events she got very wasted.. other than that,all ok.","Be closer to what the employees feel or how they feel,even more if there are some rumors of losing ones job even if that didn't happen.",3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47254,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Support Representative,Customer Support Representative,Benefits Salary Learn from them Canteen with discount Location (not that far from city center),"Management is not that good, you are treat as a person, you are just a number and you work.","You are working with people, not objects",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47255,apple,Istanbul (Turkey)," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At Home Advisor,Very Positive and constructive environment. Your managers guide you building your career and support you in this journey.,Working from home can be challenging,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47256,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Retail is retail, this place is great even though its retail",- Great pay and benefits - Get to work with the latest tech on a daily basis - Amazing discounts on Apple and third-party products,"- Scheduling is an issue with any retail job, they try their best to balance your schedule but its hectic when some of your days go from 9 to 6 and the next day is 12 to 9",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47257,apple,none," Jan 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The job apple enthusiasts will love,Everything apple Decent employee discounts Cool uniforms Cool gadgets,Fast paced Too many customers,Nothing really. Theyre doing what they can.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47258,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 12, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Analyst,Great company with great people,"working with so many talented people in challenging projects, you work hard, you build your reputation. people is very supportive cross functionally. benefit is good","flat organization, less movement vertically,",more trainings,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47259,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,AppleCare Senior Advisor,"Great culture, working colleagues, atmosphere and benefits",- KPIs are VERY FREQUENTLY changed. It's like management cannot make up their minds what they want. It really makes our life tough having to hear negative performance reviews month on month when we try so hard.  -No annual bonuses and no performance bonuses either. They provide yearly measly increment. This happens once a year at between no increment at all to a maximum of $200.  -Not many opportunities for growth if you want to move from a technical or customer service department to an internal department.,"Don't keep changing people in management and make advisors pay for the new initiatives you bring in. Pay bonuses twice a year. Trust me, your staff will appreciate it and look forward to working for the company.",1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1064.htm
47260,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - General Operator,general operator full time days,"People are great and nice atmosphere, you work hard but once you do that you are left alone , canteen is really good and the onsite facilities are second to none.","short contracts and can be left go with a weeks notice. no job security. Also applied thinking it was a 3 day shift, got there told sorry its 5, suck it up or list of people behind you who will take it.",sort out better contracts for people,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47261,apple,none," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple ok to work for contracts awful,Great fun up there and great discounts,Only cons are the contracts,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47262,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Analyst,"Good health insurance, good opportunities to grow in the company, great gym.  You meet amazing people in the company and build excellent relationships.",NO work life balance. Run you into the ground until you mentally & physically breakdown. Lacking awareness around women in the work environment and how we are spoken too. I think they are afraid to have the crucial conversations around hard topics. A lot of internal politics,Pay more attention to how women are treated in the work environment or even how we are spoken too.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47263,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great experience,Great career opportunities and equality among people. Lucrative benefits and fair wages are also a massive plus.,Fast paced environment for some people.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47264,apple,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Retail not linked to Corporate,"Excellent training, opportunities to rise to the top of retail quickly and visit other stores and offices",No move into corporate/graduate schemes. If you don't want to inevitably end up managing a shop selling electronics to get results then don't work here. This will end up a retail trap that employees cannot escape.,Management are mostly overworked so I wouldn't ask any more of them.,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47265,apple,none," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Expert,"Good benefits, good team, flexible hours","Micromanaging leaders who don't listen/take feedback/are quick to say no, toxic environment, unequal pay, favoritism, penny pinching on hours and overtime","Trust that your team can make decisions and have the experience to give valuable feedback. Promote people based in their work ethic, performance, and skill set instead of how well they can 'tell stories' in an interview",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47266,apple,none," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aha partner relations,You work from home and it is easy money,You will be stuck in this position,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47267,apple,none," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"fantastic coworkers, great training. Good friends","zero chance of promotion from genius (managers were all external hires, who used to be store or regional managers elsewhere)",pay more and be realistic with staff about promotions.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47268,apple,none," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for the Faint hearted,Good gym and health care facilities,Would have given 0 stars if possible.  Downright abusive and biased managers Non-existent HR Lack of transparency to staff on decision making Political games between high level management,Treasure your people,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47269,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Designer,Good place to work,Have a high level of passion,Can have more scope for technology,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1065.htm
47270,apple,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad overall that cannot be fixed,Good customers. Good graphic marketing design finding the beauty in life.,Only want profit. The admin only deny and don’t care. They’re there to oppress you. Their goal is profit and going further up. They’re not even really happy with their lives.,"If you only want profits, you don’t deserve any sales.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47271,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Mac+ Technical Support Advisor,all about metrics,"medical and dental insurance, life insurance, pension plan, discounts, paid sick leave, option to have unpaid leave",not so many opportunities to progress when working at home,management should be focused more on soft skills not metrics,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47272,apple,Adelaide (Australia)," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA currently employed,"Fantastic place to work Get through training and it’s great the trainers, mentors, working from home job it is brilliant The money is good also","Leave training, mentors and you find your manager is the worst bully you have ever had to deal with. Intimidating, nothing positive or motivating to say just one constant nit pick after another all about how they want to be seen by management.  The bullying by some managers is disgusting Remove them they have no place at Apple..  They are quite clearly poor sods with low self esteem trying to make themselves look more powerful by being on a power trip.. Apple take note this is extremely destructive to your reputation..  Other than that it’s a great job",Get rid of the bully’s in management within AHA They are destructive to the reputation of Apple  They do not bring anything positive to the work place.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47273,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Please Simplify!,"An incredible company where every area of the business is trying to leave the world better than they found it. You will work with insanely intelligent & talented people, a real privilege to work side by side with them.","The retail arm of the business has become arrogant and bloated. Politics is rife and 'perception' is the main message of success. It often looks like a popularity context. Steve's message of 'simplify, simplify, simplify' has been forgotten. A product line up where you can't justify why there are so many SKUs in a line up? 1990s Apple without the financials?",Rethink retail leadership hiring. Politics & perception is king. Why are we really promoting people? What's the proof of their success?,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47274,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Apple Retail, do not be fooled by slightly higher pay than average Retail jobs","- Great employee discounts and day-to-day perks - Lots of opportunity for promotion and growth within the company. (If you're willing to put the work in) - Flexible hours (for part-time employee's) - Higher pay than most other Retail Job's. - Company hires mostly great, smart people.","- High stress job, employee's should be paid MUCH more for the work they do. - Cult like company values, if you don't LOVE apple, (or pretend too) do not expect to go very far. - In order to climb the ladder and get promoted, an employee MUST act as if the company can do no wrong. - No commission, very little day-to-day incentive to sell products or go the extra mile. - Terrible work life balance. (for full-time employee's) - Tends to be a very NEGATIVE work environment. I would not recommend the job to anybody who has difficulty keeping their cool in high stress situations or with a history of mental health issues. Get used to being disrespected by customers. (like most retail jobs)",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47275,apple,none," Jan 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Lovely Atmosphere GOod Salary Good Teammates,Little to no bonuses Hectic Work ethic,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47276,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 14, 2018",Former Employee - Logistics,"Great Company, Awesome Benefits",I got the chance to work with the best people in the industry using the latest Apple products. World-class automated systems and processes and great facility.,"Some managers think their staff are robots, all they think is company profits. A lot of politics inside especially in the operations side.","Take care of your people, especially in the Operations.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47277,apple,"Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I don't think anyone should apply for a job here (UAE branches),Nice interviewers. Interesting interviews and culture.,"I was not employed by Apple, I was just given the false promise that I had made it through the extensive interviews and that they were gonna let me (and others) know when they have positions opening up. I went on about 5 interviews all spaced out a month apart from each other throughout the course of the year. Afterwards, I get a phone call saying that I had passed the interviews - but no written confirmation. I waited about a year after all this process to hear back from them, and emailed them multiple times to check on the progress. They gave the same answer every time: ""Once a position opens up, we will let you know."" One email was completely ignored, and I eventually gave up altogether.","It's important to look after the people you're gonna hire or not hire. Just because you're a big-name brand company, that doesn't mean you can treat people badly because they'll still be interested and need a job. If someone's not hired after a very long process then ignored, you should know they'll have a negative outlook towards Apple and talk to others about it.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47278,apple,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of growth,Great place to grow but not climb up,everything was awesome so nothing that was negative,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47279,apple,none," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and grow,Loved working here. Great people,Can’t think of any,Can’t tbonk of any,4.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1066.htm
47280,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing facilities - Great team - Not agile though,"Gym 24/7 onsite Wellness Centre with doctor, dentist, physio, optician, massage therapists, personal trainers, fitness classes all a copay or free Great team of staff in all areas Lots of different operational areas at the campus in Cork","It’s very hard to ‘stand out from the crowd’ and even when you do, recognition is hard to come by in any tangible way.",A little recognition could go a long way in adding to staff morale,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47281,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job while in school,"Great coworkers, you work with some amazing people. For a retail job, the pay and benefits are well above average",Work-life balance is not great,Value the employees you have,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47282,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marcom operation managerment,Most colleagues are friendly.,"Marcom operation managerment is arrogant, rude, raise her voice yell at lower level employees.",Get out of China,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47283,apple,none," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company and people,Team focused - nice colleagues Good health wellness benefits Caring mgt Quite flexible on leave application even in retail Lots of Creative and cool people,There is nothing much really. Mgt appreciates feedback from staff and will review what has been brought up in order to improve.,Continue the Apple values . Keep up the good work.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47284,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Creative,Great experience overall,Incredibly high standards and tons of learning,Favouritism by management is a big problem and inconsistent salaries/raises. No commission while congratulating you for making them millions. Terrible schedules and work life balance since they switched to an automated scheduling system. Almost no one technical seems to make it to management.,None,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47285,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Care Representative,Managers need to be coached or even replaced,"Great benefits (Life assurance, health insurance, pension scheme). Good training. The company as a company and brand, is great.",Lack of communication with managers. Unfair metric reviews. Managers are not giving you the motivation you need to get better. In general the overall experience was very bad.,"Managers could be more empathetic and fair with other employees. They could give opportunities, be more 'humans' and provide assistance when needed. Managers need to be there for their team, they need to answer to emails and other requests.",1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47286,apple,Taipei (Taiwan)," Jan 8, 2018",Former Employee - Quality Engineer,Quality Engineer,A good company worth to work.,Too long the working hours.,Support NPI members from other countries needs well work with local members.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47287,apple,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,great environment to learn and grow,fast paced nature can be overwhelming,keep motivating staff as it helps alot,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47288,apple,Doncaster (Australia)," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Expert,"Just a job, not a career","Discounts, discounts and discounts. Couple of other cool benefits, but corporate get more. Of course. Retail get nothing as usual","Once you’re a manager, you’re invincible. People get treated so poorly. Bullying is everywhere and if you speak up, you get pushed out. So much for feedback.",Listen to your staff. Stop micromanaging. Pay attention to NPP.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47289,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer support,"Apple is a brand, my dream and passion is to work in that company to showcase my talent.",Wonderful appotunity to share my opinions,"Please encourage those people who are enthusiastic to do jobs, especially encourage freshers also.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1067.htm
47290,apple,Geneva (Switzerland)," Dec 17, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Technical Specialist,- Great atmosphere - The wage is correct and is evolved along the career - Great advantages when you want to get Apple products,- Very noisy but you have to deal with it - Recruitment is a very long process. It can take about 3-4 weeks to be hired - Personal development is rare,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47291,apple,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Good Experience,"- The hiring process is strict and when you start working there you understand why, Apple hire like minded people who will work well together, the trouble makers are left at the door - Great job if you are still studying or have kids - Full timers still clock in and out so they get paid for every minute they work",- At a store level you must be a favourite of the leadership team to advance,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47292,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work culture but less growth opportunity,- Almost zero politics - Great work culture - Talented colleagues,- Most roles don't have any career path - Managers are high IQ low EQ,Have an IC track for SMEs to grow so that management path is only for those with people skills and SMEs also have a career path,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47293,apple,Lagos (Nigeria)," Dec 16, 2017",Current Employee - Office Assistant,office assistant,it is a great company with good name,it would be all hand on deck,love your workers,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47294,apple,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive Overall Package,full health insurance and paid maternity& paternity leave Employee purchase program,Huge organisation sometimes can be very hard to manage. Information is top-down,"focus on frontline people, not senior leaders",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47295,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - SDM,SDM (Supply Demand Management),Good brand to have on your resume.,"The managers at SDM team are one of the most 'cruel' people I've met in my career. The systems Apple uses for its supply chain operations are quite ancient, and this role literally replaces humans with computers, allowing lots of room for errors. People are verbally abused for making errors here. I've have seen a pregnant woman crying and begging to go home, but her manager forced her to complete the work!- Manager got promoted. The culture is very hostile and people fear to speak up to their bosses. Some mustered courage and raised it to the HR, but surprisingly the HR did nothing! Most SDM managers dont give a damn about your career progression. I am really shocked to smart people from INSEAD etc. joining Apple SDM to do such dumb monotonous work!",I know for sure that you wont change. I wish this gets noticed and you get fired for spreading such a hostile culture in Apple Singapore.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47296,apple,none," Dec 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Devloper,Good and friendly people and environment,Low pay with inadequate facilities,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47297,apple,none," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Media Analyst,Media Analyst,"interesting,engaging,good pay and work-life balance","managerial ,organisational cultur3 needs to be enhance",review employee relations strategies,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47298,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple specialist,The atmosphere is amazing and working around like minded people makes you want to better yourself and give a better experience to the customers,Not always being to sort peoples problems out with your knowledge is a shame. The low pay for the base specialist is a con of the job,N/A,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47299,apple,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,- Good Pay - Good Benefits - Good Culture,- Micro managing - Scheduling,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1068.htm
47300,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,More sales-y every day.,Great people Ok pay once you get to Genius level Some stores have lovely layouts You get certified training that to other companies is seen as an amazing thing (only as a Genius) Feedback culture You’ll make friends for life Great free food on occasions Stocks programme Health and dental care packages,"Some stores have terrible layouts Products and software for use on the job don’t work often Metrics based work, and getting even more metrics based as the years go on Progression can be slow unless you talk about the role you want every day and badger managers Very high pressure Emotionally draining Physically draining Sometimes people don’t even get a chance to drink water unless they’re on their break A lot expected of you Culture can be a lacking feature although this can be said of many companies but Apple could still do better Shift patterns are all over the place and your body never knows when to sleep (only in certain stores that are open long hours) Business expectations have changed dramatically over the past two years and people are being paid less and everyone in the store is expected to be a sales person driving business and goals for the business even if it’s not relevant to the customer in front of you Micro management from other employees working hard to get a promotion Training used to be amazing and now it’s the worst I’ve ever seen/done Less quality hiring which means less quality work overall You are the face of having to charge customers ridiculous prices for repairs and telling them it’s going to be a long time to repair it too and you’re still expected to make every customer happy You get marked on customer feedback even if there’s nothing you could have done to make the situation any better",PLEASE start hiring quality people with actual knowledge and be brutal with probations. You’re not doing anyone any good by trying to invest in crap people. And please change Genius training. The role has lost all its grandeur and title by having the training in store with little or no help to become the best Genius you can be.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47301,apple,none," Dec 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE III,"Amazing team, great perks, good for learning.",Super fast progression is not very easy.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47302,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,"Company is like a cult, be prepared to LOVE Apple","The discount is nice and the benefits are pretty good. You get the training on the job, they provide everything you need.","Cult mentality, you better LOVE Apple. Like any othher retail job it can get stressful as hell. Especially during the holidays","Nothing really, management is pretty accommodating",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47303,apple,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Used to be great,The company is great with many benefits The people are great company and you keep those friendships Good feelings when you help someone or change their lives,"Strong feeling of favouritism. To get the job you want, you need to go through another 3 step interview and there is always a chance someone less qualified or hasn’t been with the company as long as you climbing above you Managers are unhelpful with personal development Depending on your role, it may feel monotonous",Always promote those with proven results and skills rather than those who ‘play the game’ and give responses during interview that they want to hear. There have been so many times where people who are unproven and unreliable have gotten the roles they want due to favouritism,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47304,apple,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place...,"Great benefits and compensation plan, outstanding work and life balance",Do not have a clear career path,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47305,apple,none," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Call Centre Agent,Just Don't,"On-site gym, Canteen, on-site doctor, there's not much else to add really","This is probably one of the most morally reprehensible companies I have ever worked for. It is clear that not only it is a cult (think of Goebbels scale propaganda events), they appear to want to be relevant to every disaster there is - using events as an excuse to pat themselves on the back for answering a few goddamn phone calls. I quit in disgust at not only this but the behaviour that I witnessed.  They promise you a permanent contract, however it is not worth the paper it is written on. Some advice, when working for an American company, always, ALWAYS have a backup plan. I had already worked for a few Yank companies so was feeding my resume out even after hire, I had something to go onto, many don't. They will lure you in with a relocation package, then illegally send you documents that they want you to sign AFTER relocation and the commencement of the job. What is in these documents? Backdated forms stating that if you sign you will pay them back every penny of relocation if you quit within 12 months, essentially you're an indentured slave for that 12 month period. I didn't sign. Others did as they did not know what and why they were signing as they could not understand the papers. They were fired later and walked away with nothing.  Apple will hold your contract over your head and basically blackmail you. If you don't meet their ""stats"" (which, by the way are rigged), they'll threaten you, then blackmail you with ending your contract then threaten you some more. It's laughable that they seem to think this is appropriate management strategy or conduct.  They will also illegally deduct things from your wages -make sure if you work here you check your paystubs EVERY month. Also make sure that you're familiar with employment laws in the country you're working for. Apple seem to think they are above the law, they're not and I had to seek legal advice whilst working for them.  You're also not able to speak freely to anyone, they cultivate a very 1984 vibe. Always look over your shoulder, the smallest thing will be taken out of context and repeated to management. They encourage people to crawl over the dead bodies of their comrades in order to get ahead, think ""corporate hunger-games"", it's disgusting.  As for management, walking adverts for psychopathy if ever I have seen one. All management care about is themselves, it's not what you know it's who you know, so most management are busy climbing up the back holes of the people above them. They'll promise you career growth but the reality is, there is none. It's more of a sideways shuffle.  There's no room for thought or creativity, they're just looking for automatons, drones if you will. It's quite disturbing observing the vapid gazes, backstabbing and culture of fear that permeates the place. Think legitimized scientology if you want an idea on how it is to work there. ..and for some weird reason they think it's appropriate to bribe workers with candy. Candy. I work for money not flipping candy. There's a tendency to infantilise the worker.  And sexism. lots of misogyny and sexism. They just pay lip-service to their anti-discrimination policy (and if you declare a pre-existing condition to your manager, be prepared to have this work against you in direct contravention of anti-discrimination laws, not their policy, but actual laws).  It's terrible. Absolutely terrible (think eight minutes allocated in the day to pee terrible), so think long and hard about working there before you apply and think ""am just able to use them and get the experience I need and get out without having my soul crushed?"" before you even sign the contract.  They bank on their reputation to get young ones in, then chew them up and spit the out, the incidents of depression and depressive behaviour in the call centres are HUGE. If you value your individuality, mental health and humanity, look elsewhere for work.  I do realise that they pay people to flood these sites with glowing reviews, so if you've made it this far then clearly you shouldn't be applying.","Have a good, long hard look at yourselves in the mirror and ask if you can live with yourselves with the choices that you are making.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47306,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,A great place to work,Retail environment is very positive A great place to learn and grow Pay is pretty good A majority of the people are helpful,Some rules are very strict such as not wearing the apple shirts outside work . Some introverts really kill the positive vibe of the stores Lots of employees have their own group circles which make it difficult to work with them . Some guys are intentionally rude to customers and brag about it .,Some employees tend to give the company a very bad name with their actions so please look into that .,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47307,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - RCC Payments,RCC Payments,"Variety, opportunities, training, learning , multi cultural , gym , canteen , health insurance !!",Work life balance and shifts,Shifts,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47308,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Tech Support T2,At Home Advisor Stressful Work,Good benefits. Usually good Team Managers,"So fast paced you have no time to catch up on what you're supposed to learn. High call volumes with literally seconds between them. Calls can last anywhere between a couple of minutes and a couple of hours for really difficult issues. Once you get to a certain level it gets much harder to increase pay. Some senior people hadn't a clue and got where they were because of who they know. Overall, good for a shile to build experience.",Listen to what people are telling you. Get organised and treat people as humans not numbers. Live up to the image and vlues that Apple portrays to the world.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47309,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Ge to meet great individuals every day Amazing benefits,Can get lost amongst so many employees,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1069.htm
47310,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Best company I've ever worked for,"Great benefits, health care on site, discounted products, acknowledge hard work",Any of the retail positions are not Monday-Friday but this is expected,Keep treating employees like adults.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47311,apple,"Reading, England (UK)"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple Store Specialist,Amazing colleagues Great Christmas parties/gifts/food Lots of feedback and everyone wants you to succeed,I can't think of any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47312,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - AHA Mac+ Advisor,"Very good salary and benefits, but not worth the stress and pressure.","Health, dental and travel insurance. 27% employee discount on Apple products. Unlimited access to learning and education materials. Huge range of benefits - health support, remote doctor, gym reimbursement, bike rebursement, etc etc.","Extremely stressful and busy environment . Non-existent life/work balance. Long overtimes required 3-4 times a year. No socialising events, isolation is a huge problem for AHA. Very limited career progression for AHA. Open 365 days a year, 8am-8pm, no free weekends or holidays. More tenured advisors are under enormous pressure as they’re prioritised in call queue, 10s breaks between the calls. Salary cap of 30k. No option of relocation outside of Ireland.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47313,apple,Brisbane (Australia)," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Genius,"- Great benefits - Diverse team - Generally leadership are smart, supportive people.",- Customers are terrible - Some colleagues bring the whole team performance down and leadership can't really fire them without spending a significant time with them on a development plan.,I've given it in NPP.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47314,apple,none," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,watch you back always,Good mixture of people to work with happy going fun. Customers are great and always return to you when they feel helped them. Pay is ok as a start. Many work benefits for you which is excellent makes the low pay ok in long term,You have to watch your back at all times slight thing is passed to management to get you out they get bonus to shop on you. Having a medical condition effects when can have lunch is a issue for them as you are seen as non flexible and punished for that Forced to leave due to it BE warned work there but dont say anything can be used against you,Stop hounding staff when they start let them be comfortable when working not to feel spied on which you are doing all the time let the staff's work speak for itself let customer feedback dictate how well a staff member is doing not what you think you see in 5 mins a time Having staff criticise you after each contact with a customer is more pressure and difficult not to take personnel. Not able to relax in the role you are doing.,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47315,apple,none," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Good workspace great work space,Pricy but ok for a giant tech company,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47316,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Business Expert,"Great for a job, not for a career","Non-demanding workload No minimum performance requirements Job security Decent employee discounts on various 1st and 3rd party products Low drama work culture, albeit a bit cultish",Very little incentive to excel in your role Rate of pay is lower than industry average for the type of role Store leadership generally have very little understanding of the role and are never aligned with directives set by market and business leaders. Lack of career progression No commission even though on average a person in this role may contribute anywhere between 250k - 1 million in sales per quarter in this role.,"Incentivise the teams in a way that won’t cause unhealthy competition. These specialists are working with enterprise level customers who have extremely complex requirements yet we are paid very little more than someone who works at general pants for a year or two. If I close a 500k deal the best I get is a pat on the back if I’m lucky. There is no difference between me winning that deal or losing that deal other than my own motivation to excel in my role, but to what end?",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47317,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 12, 2017",Former Employee - Regional Manager,Apples,Overall ok if you like Stock options and the products are quality and have good demand and have good support systems,"TOP down nature, secrecy which turns into no collaboration and lack of innovation and treating customers and partners as piggy banks ain’t fun",Listen and respect,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47318,apple,none," Dec 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,so so,Brand of a famous company,The CEO only cares about earning money.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47319,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great values, super fast-paced work environment","Amazing co-workers who treat you like family, feedback and development in your role is important (depending on the individual's motivation), great benefits, recognition to employees","Inconsistent amount of hours given for part-timers on a weekly basis, overworked full-timers, annual wage increase is not a lot",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1070.htm
47320,apple,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - General Manager,Store Leader,Team Development & Work Life Balance - Career Experiences,Leadership Development & Global perspectives that relate to all Geo's,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47321,apple,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Good,Discount on products is very good,Big company so so much work to do,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47322,apple,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Great Job,Working at Apple allowed me to build upon many personal targets. The company was very considerate in dealing with my university schedule.,It's hard to progress in an apple store as many employees stay with the company for a long time and little roles get open up.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47323,apple,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA,At home work for office,Low salary and not enough overtime available,Pay more,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47324,apple,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Good opportunities, let down by management","Opportunities to develop are there, if you take them. Exciting work environment and inspiring colleagues.",The company image is more important than the individual team members.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47325,apple,Mumbai (India)," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Merchant Support,It was good working at that place but now need to lear something new and wanna grow,"Every day was new channelling day and face a lot of new people, got to know their thinking and learn a lot from my colleagues and my manager. She was really helpful.",Everyday is a new challenge the main challenge was to maintain the excel sheet and arrange then in proper manner after collecting it from colleagues. But that was fun learned so many things.,Just be in a good mood. If a colleague ask u something and you’re in a bad mood that doesn’t mean u gonna spoil someone else mood that it!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47326,apple,none," Nov 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"nice workplace with good environment, challenges everyday, nice workmates to work with everyday, good company to grow with, excellent products,","Management part could have done better, human resource department should improve on handling recruitment processes, stressing sometimes during rush hour",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47327,apple,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - At Home Advisor,Think Different?,I am an Apple At-Home-Advisor as I love Apple products and I love working from home. The job on the outside seems amazing: - Work from home! - The pay is okay! - Company discounts and stock options!,"While from the outside it seems amazing, and everyone I meet comments on how lucky I am to work from home there are major cons: - As you work from home your ""Team leader"" will constantly be on you about the work you are doing. I have been asked during one on one meetings with the team leader why I had over 5 minutes of ""Away"" time on certain days. Away time is what is used for bathroom breaks, on one those days I had gone to the bathroom for over what Apple finds acceptable. If you need to use the bathroom they (in not so many words) urge you to hold it in until one of your lunch breaks - As you work from home you are closely monitored, this is done by your ""Aux"" usage (How long you are available to take calls, on lunches, bathroom breaks, etc.) as well as by: - Recording everything you do on your screen, so if you have any downtime that you're not on calls DO NOT use your work computer to get on any of your personal websites, as your manager may review the recording later and be able to see everything you've done. This include when you're on your lunch breaks. - They will also monitor everything you say. There have been times I have been reprimanded for talking about customer issues to my S/O while on my lunch breaks. My work computer is in another room but the microphone can just barely pick up conversations that are had. If you want to talk privately to anyone in your home make sure to disconnected from the Apple VPN and shut down the computer.  Another con of the job is that, since you work from home you are technically always at work. I have had ""co-workers"" long on hours after their shifts end because they are ""Bored"" and decide to work on a customers case.  Also as you progress higher in the company (To a Tier 2) you will be staying back from work a lot to make sure everything is taken care of for your customer, as well as can have your holidays cut short if a customer wishes to talk to you (this depends strongly on the manager, but I have had my manager call my on holidays and ask to email a customer back)  One last thing, working from home can get very lonely. While you do have a chat to talk to other people in Apple, there is no face to face chatting or hanging out after work. At times this can lead you to feel isolated especially as sometimes you may not leave your house for 5 days at a time depending on your schedule.","While working from home is great, the heavy monitoring of your staff can be excessive. Apple is a company that cares heavily about it's customers privacy ad I wish that would extend to your staff.",3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47328,apple,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Nov 19, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great benefits and really good pay. Great experience overall,Sometimes long hours and overnight shifts. Working full time in retail really get's to you and your work life balance does take a hit.,Promote more employees internally rather than hiring managers and other leadership roles externally.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47329,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 23, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Consultant,Best Customer Service company in the world,"Cheap high quality food (3€ a meal on average), great working environment (sport classes, amazing campus) great learning and flexible work hours.","Very demanding, have to keep up with training and stats at all the time.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1071.htm
47330,apple,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,eXCELLENT EXPERIENCE,"Great environment , always doing well","none to note, all was good","Keep up the good work, excellent",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47331,apple,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great first retail position,People are fantastic to work with Culture Great Compensation Package,Management decisions on promotions and opportunities,Look at individual skills objectively. Start listening to people you work with.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47332,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Store Manager,Just so so,"good benefits, work life balance.",Low low low low salary.,Promote salary .,3.0,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47333,apple,none," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"okay, shame about those abroad",fine. worked in the shop. lot of pressure,shame about their staff abroad,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47334,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,Sales,"Responsibility of sales team, good interaction",Long Hours with customers but luck of the draw,Would be nice to see the profits spread to its employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47335,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,"Some interesting work (if no life), with little local innovation or leadership in a cold corporate experience","Smart colleagues, and some hyper smart ones -- the kind you work with and feel smarter afterwards as a result  Excellent staff discounts  Nice offices and work spaces (even if the tech rarely worked, ironically)  Frequent beer bashes","Secretive (""need to know"") and therefore silo-ed. Rarely work with colleagues outside your immediate responsibilities  Extremely lean teams and zero work life balance  In spite of reputation for innovation / start-up thinking, my experience was one of rigid rules and process, in other words, corporate as you like  No empowerment to change or impact ways of working (""We've always done it this way"")  Cupertino makes all the important decisions and they lead the geo teams by the nose  Poor systems drive manual work and do little to support analysts  Café Macs is expensive and poor quality",Think different,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47336,apple,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, but not enough.","Pretty hard and boring work in the store, but colleagues are very nice people and management try also to support and motivate.",Working hours. Boring routine.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47337,apple,Bondi (Australia)," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Genius Technician,"- Great leadership (probably depending on what store you are at, I imagine it would vary) - Good variety of what you would do on a day-to-day basis - Great uni job","- Schedule is inconsistent (like any retail job most likely) - Once you get promoted to the peak of what is available within retail, thats it and not much else to strive for - Deal with pretty awful customers at times",Nothing for me,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47338,apple,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - AREA SALES MANAGER,Great work culture,Good work culture and great team. Focus a lot on delivering the best products for customers,Lack of opportunities to move upwards,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47339,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior AHA,Don’t employ intelligent people and then ruin them.,It looks good on the cv to say that you have endured and come out the other side not too damaged,"Shift patterns should be egalitarian Apple say that patterns are won on merit, however despite hitting all metrics consistently I have never been awarded a shift that I requested.","Get qualified, do not employ people who can think laterally and spend all your efforts knocking its out of them. Don’t lie about customer experience when it’s metrics that you are focused on.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1072.htm
47340,apple,none," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,-Great coworkers -Amazing benefits -Good starting pay,-Frustrating career advancement options. -Slow development of career,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47341,apple,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,assistant,"good salary, nice manager, perfect team work",your working time is long.,it needs the balance between in life and work,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47342,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,"Help customers find the right products for them, help with any accessories.",Great team Good hours Nice stores Nice customers Chance to do some store visuals Good shift patterns Easy work load,Pay isn’t as competitive Management favouritism Some customers can be aggressive A lot of ‘cheering’ Micro management Constantly changing products,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47343,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,Good salary,Good salary for the time I spent and effort shown!,"I am happy enough, really !",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47344,apple,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job!,Great environment and great leaders!,"Nothing, great part time job",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47345,apple,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Excellent retail job (Specialist),"Feel genuinely valued and trusted with great benefits. Love the high standards and being pushed to be better. Best team I have worked with - engaging and diverse. Always something new to learn and do. Seeing the best in the situation and people, building each other up.","Hard to progress, especially in a sales role Can be cliquey but I guess that’s what you get when you gather big groups of extroverted people HR can be hard to access",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47346,apple,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Apple,"The environment is amazing, the support from the leaders and colleagues are exceptional, and you learn something new every day.",the hours are too long,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47347,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Sales Account Manager,Brilliant place to work,Great benefits and a really cool environment to in,The drive in if you don’t live in the city can be a bind,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47348,apple,none," Nov 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cash machine,not long hours and not too boring,people are rude and customers are annoying,job recruitment more strict,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47349,apple,Manama (Bahrain)," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Server,Server,Bgm the company is ok but sometimes salary is delayed,Sometime 14 hours working then some of staff is late,Hope the management they had check all staff also the situation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1073.htm
47350,apple,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great atmosphere,Love the challenging yet fun work environment.,Sometimes there's no boundary between work and personal life,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47351,apple,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Benefits , colleagues, work from home","Shifts, breaks and Management very poor.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47352,apple,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, Low-Medium Employee Engagement",Educational and Health benefits are very good,Personal development is often compromised by busy times,Get to know your employee and not just once,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47353,apple,none," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best part time job in retail you can find,"Job that allows you to learn constantly, in an extremely positive environment! Apple provides fantastic employee benefits also. . .",N/A. 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47354,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software menager,Big salary Nice food and mates,No photos or videos taken there,-------------------------,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47355,apple,none," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,rr,Good place to work for apple fans,I have not found any,na,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47356,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Support,Good company,Good company to work for. Good benefits package.,None. Was a great place to work.,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47357,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Game of thrones,"Great benefits with good pay. As long as you know to sell yourself, your pay can be quite decent. Paying for school helps and dental and medical benefits are great.","A day to day struggle working with management that does not care and would rather listen to customers over employees. The management at the Southgate branch are more like vultures, they become greedy for anything on the floor and they do not care for your well being. There have been many employees who break down and cry in the warehouse because they don’t know what else to do. Southgate Apple is a terrible place to be for your mental health.  It’s honestly a daily survival to see if you do not die from the constant stress and pressure you receive from disrespectful customers and management.","Learn to be a bit more human, take that empathy you’re always speaking about and use it on your own employees. They’re completely over worked.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47358,apple,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Good employee discount if you can wait for the new product, reputable company that your friend will be jealous at",Feel like being brain washed at times about the Apple thing...,Was okay with my experience. Perhaps a little more structure so you know who is in charge of what.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47359,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Amazing Experience,Great place to work You will meet lots of interesting persons Mentor ship is amazing,Can get very crazy in launches,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1074.htm
47360,apple,"Winnipeg, MB (Canada)"," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,"Professional Environment, Professional Management, Good perks and benefits, Good pay.","Limited chances of promotion, Career progress is slow.",No,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47361,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Concierge,Overall a nice experience,Very friendly environment Management give you plenty of opportunities to advance in the company Nice training programs for apple software,Very strict on where at what you can say about the company Can sometimes become overwhelming on the shop floor,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47362,apple,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,great place to work for poeple starting there career,no cons in my opinion,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47363,apple,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Creative environment, fun and positive","there are no cons, great place to work",-,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47364,apple,Paris (France)," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Market Development Manager,Nice start,"Apple has a unique vision of computing and of how IT may improve a daily life, it is a good place to start with","Too many people, too many internal fights, too much money, so the company may seem to be far from reality",None,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47365,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise Strategy is non-existent,"Amazing and smart individuals, customer excitement, incredible products, customer approval of products and excitement to engage on a long term strategy is unmatched","Broken culture, enterprise leadership is comprised of inexperienced managers with no enterprise business background, logo and brand not living up to the expectations of customers to provide vision and thought leadership, trust is non-existent amongst leadership and their team members","Build a strategy, communicate clearly, hire experienced leaders with proven track record of building a vision and executing, foster a culture of open collaboration, do no support and encourage egotistical behaviour",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47366,apple,none," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,"Great Company, diverse, lovely colleagues, amazing work place","Long hours, crazy customer, :-))",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47367,apple,"Bukit Merah, Central (Singapore)"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Payroll Analyst,reconsider before joining the company,"Remuneration package is good, Extra Leave for thanksgiving Short-term disability benefit Maternity benefit Complimentary recreational ticket Shares option Employee Product Purchase","No work life balance for those under corporate, without managerial role Poor HR policy Political working environment Poor GP and Specialist benefit for non-IA",Seek professional agency for compliance matters,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47368,apple,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Specialist,Current employee Tech specialist,Working with amazing colleagues where you can make genuine real friends. Diverse culture within the work place Discounts and benefits,"They preach about making the customer happy, yet you always lead genius or floor leaders who rudely interrupt your appointments when you try to create a good journey for your customer only for someone to try and rush you which at the end you don’t give the very best experience as you have to rush. Have the time when you need support you normally don’t get it. Too much politics No work balance whatsoever The work place is a first work place and I’m sure if schedule planing was done properly staff would be able to have 2 days off to rest instead of splitting off days, people go to work tired!","Listening to staff sometimes is really helpful, happy staff happy customers",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47369,apple,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AHA: How to achieve greatness,"Get to stay in your pjs all day. Great pay (especially for students). All the apple employee perks, stocks, free stuff, pension and massive discounts. Good experience in customer service and looks great on a cv.",No face to face connection with colleagues - being at home. Set work hours leaving little room for changing without planning in advance.,"Not much, management was very good for me got on well with my boss and colleagues. Very engaging and easy to contact if there were any issues.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1075.htm
47370,apple,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty nice place to work,- Good environment - Great people - Managers are flexible - Competitive salary,- Very fast paced - Basically everything changes in under a week,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47371,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Creative Pro,Apple,Amazing people. Amazing benefits and compensation.,Hard to find work life balance.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47372,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Product Specialist,Product Specialist,Great team work environment with great learning oppurtunities,Busy workload on big launch days of new prodcuts,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47373,apple,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good team job and food,I can't think of anything,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47374,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Ruined my confidence,Benefits and pay are great. I've also made some great life-long friends working here,"If you are naturally empathetic and you truly care about others, this job will destroy you emotionally and mentally. I started here with loads of confidence and a few years later I am a shell of myself. Targets are achievable to begin with but managers up them all the time, and you are singled out if you have any trouble. Options to progress but only if you're willing to do a lot of work for that role in advance without any extra pay or recognition. Very poor work life balance or attention to mental health for people working at home - when you complain you are told you are negative or ""well what do you suggest and we'll fix it!"". This happens even though every meeting the managers talk about how important mental health is.","listen to your advisors, change the working hours, divide out project work better",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47375,apple,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great but often terrible customers,Amazing team and support Company values are progressive Company that values diversity Great benefits Good flexibility and understanding of uni commitments,Customers are ruthless when they’re products don’t work as expected. very difficult to remain composed. Sometimes an exhausting job because of how busy it can be and the extent of enthusiasm that must be displayed at all times,Keep it up,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47376,apple,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great benefits, great co-workers. Was a fabulous job.","Customers, need I say more.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47377,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Looks good, but not at all","Less working hour in your job, company have many benefit and also for your partner. Many holiday for empolyee, work life is balance.","Not enough opportunity for employee to develop, company cut many program for optimize the operation cost. Also salary are huge different on employee.","Salary not standardize ,should have same level of salary for employee",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47378,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Analyst,Analyst,"Nice People, good discounts, nice gym","Shocking management, under qualified management who are in the roles for who they know not what they know",Be qualified and stop thinking people are humans,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47379,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,"Great Company, Limited progression","Best people to work with, made friends for life, company ethos is amazing, benefits are incredible. Work life balance support. The company is amazing",No clear career path. Progression is limited. Jump through ALOT of hoops,Be honest in the interview process. Don't tell the candidate what they want to hear,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1076.htm
47380,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Head of Marketing,Bitter sweet,"Innovative and smart people , great product to work on, wondered ful brand","Secretive environment, poor leadership and absolutely NO work life balance",Train better leadership skills,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47381,apple,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,A lot of Diversity and relaxed place to work,Nothing bad as of yet,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47382,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Assistant Manager,Assistant Manager,Great business and great people,None that I can think of,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47383,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great Team Supportive Ethos Great Benefits Highly paid for a retail job,Ridiculous micromanagement Feels like you are a child in a school regardless of your age Very fake culture from management You have to clap a lot New starters will always get paid more,"Trust your employees with their job and do not micromanage those who are doing well. Reward those that are succeeding and help those who are finding the job difficult, instead of looking to get rid of them if they are having a difficult transition into the company.",2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47384,apple,"Nanjing, Jiangsu (China)"," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Not a good place for career,broaden your vision while restricting your possibility,I think it is not a position for you to grow your skills,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47385,apple,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,"You work for apple, thats great","A lot of Work, less free time",keep up the good work,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47386,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Apple - Program Manager,"Lots of exciting projects to work on - if you're at the right level. Super smart people Amazing facilities - gym, cafe, health Hard work is well rewarded",Highly political - everyone has an agenda Expect long hours when required - late calls/weekends before launch,"Promote honest and open feedback, it's currently non-existent.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47387,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain,Well developed processes and good exposure.,need to work on weekends/holidays if required.,none,4.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47388,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Overall positive experience,"Work life balance is taken seriously Great Benefits (health, rrsp, discounts, etc) Culture Overall positive working environment Proper training for the role","Have not yet experience any negatives, but I would imagine that working during the holidays may be overwhelming and stressful.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47389,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Creative,"Good pay, looks nice on CV","Strict working hours, not very flexible if you need it.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1077.htm
47390,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Time,"Great team, Great culture, Great products",Development difficult within the team,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47391,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"amazing atmosphere, felt inspired by my colleagues every time I was working. definitely more of a family than a team and every knew everyone which was lovely and helped everyone out when necessary. Lovely environment to work in definitely would recommend taking the job if your looking for a fun, chilled but exciting and fast paced place to work.",the only con I would say is that it can be slightly clique at times but I think thats just because everyone is so close with one another.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47392,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - ACS Advisor,Do not work here,Nice colleagues in the office,"Bad Management, Micromanages everything, workload increases with no end in sight",Let people work as they know their job better then manangers from other departments,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47393,apple,none," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Favourite Workplace Thus Far, Great Environment","Management are flexible and understanding, great deal of trust and personal commitment from team members, extremely positive environment, and you don't take your work home with you - excellent work-life balance for decent pay. Not beholden to numbers and targets.","Gradually decreasing trust in employees, we're allowed less autonomy every year. Technical Specialists aren't paid any more than normal specialists despite requiring additional training and dealing with more difficult customers. Can be VERY difficult to get promoted, especially if you're part-time, and there is a ceiling that most of the best employees hit within 5 years or so.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47394,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Frontline,It’s ok... but there’s better,"Great benefits, great stocks provided, great discounts, great healthcare, the benefits are good but could be better, could be better support available.","Direct management is good, but that’s about as far as it gets. There’s a lot of pressure to hit targets, if you don’t it can cause issues. There’s a lot of strain with work load. Your not recognised for the amount of work that you do. And it’s VERY hard to progress within the company if you don’t know the right people. Mostly the lack of support will get you down and can cause a lot of stress. It is very disheartening to not get the recognition for the work you do. You can be given empty promises to encourage you to do something. Frontline is very challenging, Physically and mentally... they say support is available and encourage you to use it but when you try and get that they say it’s not something they can’t support.","Listen to your staff, provide more accessibly and more cooperative support. Be lenient in regards to needs. Make progression easier. Business needs come first but realise we are human too.",3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47395,apple,none," Oct 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work experience,Great people Great career development,Long hours Politics as usual,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47396,apple,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Internship at Apple Singapore office,Flexible working hours The team was welcoming and inclusive of the new comers A lots of new things to learn everyday,Probably no return offers as Apple does not usually hire fresh graduates for permanent roles.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47397,apple,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple specialist,"no stress at work, easy going","prefect, something i will always look forward too",keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47398,apple,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,"great job, can get repetitive at times though","always meet and work with great people, really rewarding when helping a customer in a difficult situation. fantastic company benefits which you'd be hard press to find at another part time job",some of the scenarios can get really repetitive so it can be difficult to always remind enthusiastic especially when there is that over the top happy ethos at the company.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47399,apple,none," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iTunes Store senior advisor,- Competitive salary - Work life balance is good - Great benefits and Team spirit,- Shift - Management can be a bit close sometimes - Christmas holidays not possible most of the time,-,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1078.htm
47400,apple,none," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Actual Best Company I've Worked At,"Extremely positive work environment with great feedback culture and positive reinforcement. Lovely managers, colleagues, everyone who works there is really awesome.",Customers can be so damn entitled.,"Love you guys, keep up the good work!",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47401,apple,none," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple good,Good apple devices are good,There aren't many I can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47402,apple,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy Place,Liked the other happy employees,disliked ot big enough discounts on phones,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47403,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great Company!,"Great training, managers, benefits.","no free food, short break and lunch!",Keep doing a great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47404,apple,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Excellent Community and Benefits as well as perks.,Strict policy for what you can do on and off the workplace.,Not much,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47405,apple,"Stratford, London, England (UK)"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,Sales,Great working environment Most diverse number of people you will meet,Feels like you are part of a cult sometimes. No commision etc but they push hard for you too sell Apple Care (part of probation),Easy on the apple care guys,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47406,apple,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be better,Benefits are great and give you peace,Team Spirit is not natural and stress a lot,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47407,apple,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Retail,-Great community of peers -Supportive management -Ethical and generally fair company,"-Not for those who don't do well with fast-paced, demanding environments",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47408,apple,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointingly Awful,Everyone I met seemed committed to the company and their work. On the whole people were nice to work with,Unfortunately the company turned out to be nothing special (although with an over-inflated sense of their own importance) and my manager ended up being a bullying micromanager who was protected by the company structure - essentially only lip service paid to any sense of doing the right thing.,"If you’re going to hire people based on their skills and experience, don’t write them off at the first sign of any issues. If you look deeper you’ll end up getting more out of them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47409,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,An exciting company that has lost sight of its humble beginnings somewhat.,"Amazing people. Fun, bright and vibrant environments. Engaging interactions with customers who love the brand. Lots of opportunity to branch out and learn.","Scheduling is chaotic: Employees are numerous enough and have varied enough preferences that scheduling could be made basically perfect for everyone. Instead, it is left up to software algorithms which result in random days off and shift times that cause an exhausting effect (Wednesday off, open Thursday, close Friday, Open Saturday, Monday off.. etc)  An overemphasis on ""cultural fit"" instead of merit causes a feeling of bias regarding promotions and career growth - a team member who excels in rankings, feedback and performance may find themselves passed over for promotions when a new person with no merit but a plucky attitude gets a position.  Customer interactions can be intense. This isn't a con if you thrive in this sort of environment.","Remember the brand and where it came from. Remember that staff are there because they are passionate and love Apple. The customer comes first, but team members need to be seen and appreciated more than they are.  With some effort, Apple retail could be back to the golden early days.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1079.htm
47410,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager- Apple,You will have the latest technology Apple produce,Very busy and hectic life style,I am a part of the management and we really do try our best to excel in the game of technology and give customers the best service and product possible.,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47411,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great company to work for,There were a lot a lot ]of staff benefits,There were pre set cliques and some of the old staff weren't so welcoming of new staff,N/A,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47412,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Sales,Great enviroment Good salary Amazing building and facilities,Managment is not the best in here,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47413,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Business Expert,A company which heavily relies on their brand to attract and retain talent,"Great diversity and great employees, lots of people with a whole range of different interests and passions  People from all different walks of life","Treated like children in terms of autonomous working, sick leave, shifts  Terrible office space located in a basement with no windows","Accept that the business team, although sitting in the retail space, is not a retail role.  A team (r092) which is doing more revenue than some entire countries should get more recognition from management and store leaders than they currently do.  Completely ban employees from discussing salary, make this a sackable offence",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47414,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Incredible Company,"Great morale and team Very positive environment Incredible benefits (fitness reimbursement, stock options, RRSP, school reimbursement) Super flexible schedule  Basically the best part time job possible for any student",Limited growth opportunities within the company Going from Retail to Corporate almost never happens Feels more like a 'transitional job' (a great one by the way) then a 'career job'  I was a part timer so for me the company is 5 stars. But if I were looking to stay beyond a part time position my outlook would be different.,Foster employees ability to grow within the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47415,apple,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best work environment,We can work in our own pace,work life balance need to improve,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47416,apple,none," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,They are really good and nice,They are nice and good people,The job is not very flexable,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47417,apple,none," Sep 30, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,Really smart people work with you,Sometimes you have really hard deadlines,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47418,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"It pays the bills... but you can’t make adult money, really.",The staff are awesome. The location is nice. You’ll make friends. They have some pretty good benefits. Apparently this has to be 20 words long.,The customers are the worst. And retail scheduling is a nightmare. They want you to use their own doublethink language and it gets annoying as all get out.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47419,apple,Istanbul (Turkey)," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,Home Advisor,"Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Discounted Apple Products, High Salary, Health Insurance, Eye-Teeth Insurance",Working at home may cause some social life problems,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1080.htm
47420,apple,"Pointe-Claire, QC (Canada)"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Student Employee,Apple job,You get great discounts and benefits and its an awsome job,There's none and its great service,They are very nice and polite,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47421,apple,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GREAT COMPANY,"Product innovation, culture, teams, trainings, product access","Huge organisation, food, lack of newness, travel",Keep innovation up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47422,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Review,They provide really great training,There is a lot of pressure to work long hours,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47423,apple,none," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Manager,"Good salary, less stress, but great culture and very people caring",not very flexible working schedule,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47424,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Partner/Re Seller Operations,Partner Operations Consultant/Specialist,Great Salary and good benifits,Expecting to work more. Cant think of anything else,Stop expecting from employees to work over time.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47425,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,global working environment friendly team good medical benefits,"average salary, not good support of employment visa",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47426,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Apple Overview,Always challenging & lots of responsibility,Very marmite-ie you love or hate Apple. If you don't believe Apple is changing the world you'll start to dislike attitude very quickly. Pay is below average for roles. Very cut throat atmosphere.,"Stop arrogance, stop constantly firefighting. Reward achievements not those who shout the loudest.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47427,apple,Lucknow (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - IOS Developer,iOS Developer,I love iOS development .,i work only for money.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47428,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,Good while it lasted,"Good culture, nice workplace, fun people","Very rigid, full on work. Not for the faint hearted",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47429,apple,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support,Great salary and great co-workers!,Being made feel like a number all the time,Personalise the management style and don't make employees feel like just a number,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1081.htm
47430,apple,none," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Collaborative,Friendly and cooperative working environment.,Not enough private working spaces for focused work.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47431,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Supply Demand Planner,Supply Demand Management Specialist,-flexible working time -a wide range of benefits -discounts in getting newest Apple products,-long working hours during NPI -slow career path -good pay for fresh graduate,-Lack of coach on career development -Upward career dev limited -Hierachy -Little salary increase year over year,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47432,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,"Bad place to start your career, unless retail is your ultimate career goal","Famous company brand, work life balance (since there's not much work to do), many employees are good people and avid Apple fans","Speaking on behalf of some stores in China: Recruited good candidates, yet gave them a total lack of training/responsibilities. Overlooked by store level leadership all the time, and no real skill development except the so-called ""competencies"" which are useless outside of Apple, the so-called retail revolution is nothing but adding hierarchy in the retail system and cutting operational cost, most of employees I met were dissatisfied with the regional leadership, the retail leadership exudes arrogance and total ignorance of employee interests, regional retail culture is no longer about ""innovation"" and ""openness"" but is highly political, insincere and incompetent -- constantly giving out a conceited impression: ""we're Apple, therefore we're always right!"" Well, are you though?","Find someone more capable and responsible to lead the regional program. Be responsible for ASLP career progression, because they felt that they are abandoned after the company is focusing less on the Chinese market. Also you don't need that many managers in the stores -- most of them don't have things to do anyway!",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47433,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,A good company for graduates,Very good experience in Apple Store,"Non Cons for company, thanks.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47434,apple,none," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not the same,"Benefits, Co-workers, Discounts, Meeting new people","Favouritism, stressful, unappreciated, customers shouting at you, overwhelming at times",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47435,apple,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Automation Leader,Summary,Got a lot of money,"Not friendly, very aggressive, boring",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47436,apple,none," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Forward thinking and a pioneer in innovation and technology. Always a pleasure to work for the best and good to have on CV.,Work life balance could do with some improving.,Continue forward whilst taking into feedback from employees.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47437,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Leader,Amazing company to work for,cares about their employees and culture,"just like any retail, working weekends and holidays",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47438,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Enterprise and Government - Business Development Executive,Enterprise and Government - Business Development Executive,"The culture is not for everyone, but one of the best in the industry.",The organisation is very secretive and hence to have a silo effect,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47439,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Team Member,"Like a family, but stretched too thin",Training & Development is there if you are prepared to take advantage of it. Career dev can go very fast.,"Several years away from being able to meet the demand so the personal toll of the constant high stress and pressure environment wears a lot of people down. Store leadership work hard, suspect it is the executive leadership which is driving unrealistic performance targets.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1082.htm
47440,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Join with caution,Staff benefit Technical expertise building Financial compensation,- Highly variable management style ranging from downright abusive to supportive. Unfortunately those are not driven by your own performance but by sub team culture and politics - have to move up and across - homogeneous culture - lack of inspiration and innovation,"change, don't just talk about change",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47441,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great Culture,"Love Apple, great culture, great learning environment, great people",Nothing particularly. It is all worth it at the end.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47442,apple,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - QA Manager,SYS validation TL,"Interesting , Rewarding , Very smart people","Too demanding , No fun , No respect",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47443,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Retail Specialist,Apple Store Specialist,Social network with staff is good,Manager had no idea how to lead the team,Learn to manage instead of pretending everything is ok,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47444,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Fraud Analyst,The worst company one could work for,"Discount on products, great facilities.","No set hours, management is non-existence. Bullying harassment culture to perform as management do not know systems to guide to perform better.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47445,apple,"Newcastle upon Tyne, England (UK)"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Solid part-time work place.,"Easy job, fast paced, intelligent people.",Some poor progression routes and some annoying attitudes.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47446,apple,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Risk,Very Good carrier development,Cannot find anything cons at the moment,Please do as you did already in the past,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47447,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,At Home Advisor,"Good benefits, Salary is ok should be better!! Worlds richest Company etc Loads of opportunities or it would seem Company Discount","It's call centre work, call after call Micromanagement all the time. No Christmas Bonus Pressure for overtime Working from home can be isolating No Sports And Social Club For Those Who Work From Home Rota used as incentive to work harder- This Is Wrong Shifts are terrible Promotional opportunities non existent.",Talk to front line more. Show an interest in people development Stop viewing people as resources!!,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47448,apple,"Kermānshāh, Kermanshah (Iran)"," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Industrial Engineer,industrial engineer,centralization innovation and ingenuity i win in the lattary 2018 i am iranian i am industrial engineer and master degree in business management in need a job for seven manths later,quality control and business assurance quality manufacture creativity centralization innovation ingenuity production for best quality computer test manufactury expriment examination,none,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47449,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Advisor,"Fun place where strong survive, great people suceed","AppleCare is Great, feels like Family. Great place to start to get macOS and iOS knowledge. Don’t have to bring work home. Very competitive salary.","Either buck up or get fired. No work life balance. Being a big company, it gets busy during launches. Management demands overtime.",Be more human,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1083.htm
47450,apple,none," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Technical Advisor,The comfort of working from home. Reasonable pay and company perks.,When its busy it is busy and at times can be a challenge,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47451,apple,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Specialist,Retail Specialist,Continuous opportunity to learn and grow,Scheduling is a little strict,Should be more organised internally,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47452,apple,"Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)"," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,not trusted company,"good salary, discounts","long hours, stressful , angry customers and careless management","Worked for year and half..it is really fun place to work and sometimes it is really gets hard when store is full and angry customers ...however salary is good ...Main issue is management , they act like leaders and shows that they are your friend but actually they do not care...you can not trust company and all of colleagues around you...they can fire you any time , without any proper investigation , does not matter how hard you worked for the success of company ..",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47453,apple,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Associate,Access to new tech and accessories.,Impossible to move up into any kind of management position.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47454,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager,A great environment to work in. Even though I am in the sales team but we do not have a sales target. The focus is on customer experience and we have a set of metrics to achieve which is independent of our salary payout. This creates a less stressful environment compared to the conventional sales position.  Management are more prone to motivate rather than beating you with a stick.,The laid back environment tend to create complacency. Happy environment to work in but does not add value in terms of building new skill-sets.,Creates a more challenging environment to hold on to good employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47455,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Bar Service Specialist,A lot of support from the team and managers,Not a lot of internal promotions - most roles are filled by external people Can be stressful at time but standard support desk,Bring the culture back,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47456,apple,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail sales,good Company if you want to work for retail...,interview process and selection process is takes too long.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47457,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Account Manager,Sales Manager,"Strong products portfolio, strong branding",Strategies & directions centralised in HQ.,Localise to respond to market demands and needs,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47458,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Expert,Good place for people with sence of customer satisfaction goals,"Work environment, facilities, training & coaching, salary.",Location in an area that is a bit not fitting.,not at the moment,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47459,apple,none," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple product manager,great food every day at work,some very long hours,none,5.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1084.htm
47460,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,"Hard Work, But Rewarding",- Worked as an At-Home Part-Time (College) Advisor - Product discounts - Benefits - Good Work Environment - Constant training on new products,"- Stressful at times, always busy - Management don't understand what its like to take calls, like to tell you how to do things - Not flexible with changing shifts due to college - Communication between different departments could improve",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47461,apple,"Longueuil, QC (Canada)"," Sep 1, 2017",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Job,I get to work with smart people & learn new things on a daily basis & i get to help people,I'm more of a physical person so while I like my job I just don't think it's for me .,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47462,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Apple are the hypemen of retail...,- Work with tech all day  - Looks good on CV  - Staff (not management) are cool  - Private Heathcare  - 27% discount and EEP+ every 3 years.,"Breath in... Breath out...  - Numbers driven. If you think they're not because you didn't feel forced into buying a Mac, you're wrong. Mention you have a business, you'll hear about the business team. There are so many metrics and as the Manchester area manager calls 'lead measures' that you feel sick as a colleague. At times, people will listen to your conversations and mention ""hey you didn't talk about AppleCare"". It's a retail job though, so don't be surprised if you get targets.  - Store leaders only speak in numbers - I did not feel valued or regarded as a human but rather viewed as a replaceable number.  - Not much career progression. Where do you go when you hit Genius? There's typically one Lead Genius in a store, so unless they die or hit 66 and retire, you've got no chance of moving up.",none,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47463,apple,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Its okay,looking at all the products is pretty cool and getting to play with them when everyones gone,Theres always so many customers in store and it gets really fast paced and busy. alwasy kids taking pics on the macs,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47464,apple,none," Aug 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,"Decent pay, good tech, good management",Not much opportunity for growth,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47465,apple,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Employment,"Management tries their best to motivate you, don't feel under pressure, pay, Work from home","Day can feel long if it's quiet, strict on holidays and working days, surveys can be misleading",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47466,apple,"Leicester, England (UK)"," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great experience, but for career, think twice",You get to learn how the biggest company in the world operates. You learn how to handle 30 people at the same time.,"You realize the company is nothing more than an overdrawn cult. I love the products, which is why i worked there in the first place. But I was second on the leader board form months in a row, had 100 % customer feedback for 6 months straight and was told i still had to interview to get my contract from 16 hours a week to 32 hours a week. Basically, when u do a bad job, you hear about it every day. When you do a great job, you're worth just as much as the guy who doesn't do his job..","Get your structuring sorted out and fast. Appreciate the great staff, and award them instead of given them no choices but to leave.",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47467,apple,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Great for short term,"Great benifits, educational reimbursement, fitness reimbursement etc",Not much room for advancement past retail,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47468,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Fraud Specialist,Feedback,"Great company to work for,really enjoying.",Would love to have higher salary.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47469,apple,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best team,"Real team spirit, a lot of friends that will stay forever. There is always something going on.",Takes time to make changes in a huge organisation,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1085.htm
47470,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Home Advisor,AVOID,> 25% off one device from every product line once a year,"> You don't feel an Apple employee at all, and always monitored as if you are an outsider (NO TRUST)  > No social life, you literally transfer in to a GOLUM by time.  > BAD PAY, working in any convenience store pays more , no over time except after 10pm !",Even your team manager is an outsider how works from home and know nothing about the company except the information he gets from emails which just guide him how to control you,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47471,apple,none," Aug 25, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Workplace!,"Working with a motivated, diverse, knowledgeable team. This job taught me a lot about myself and working with people.",Nothing bad to say really!,"Be careful about who you promote. Some people don't possess necessary competencies to hold positions they do, and once they're there, you can't fire them without a royal screw-up. Make those wise choices carefully.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47472,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Aug 27, 2017",Former Employee - B2B Marketing,B2B Marketing,Excellent company to work for.,Interview process takes forever. Be patient,Keep up the good work.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47473,apple,none," Aug 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation Finance Controller,"A lot of opportunity for growth, Good benefits as compare to other company. No dress code.","Need to be self-motivated, innovation and independence. If you are not able to think out of box, this company isn't for you","Need to have more training including Apple culture. As the organization is too huge, it is quite confusing where to get information and who should be the right person.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47474,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Advisor,Could be much better,"Open space, lots of internal benefits.","It's like the army. Constantly being watched. Too much pressure for no reason. People end up having real break down periods.  Difficult to evolve, too many interviews for no reason. It's all about the people you know, it's not about your real skills.",More focus on the employees,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47475,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Genius,"Highschool Drama, not worth any of the perks.","Reasonable discounts, employee stock program is a nice benefit but it vests over three years","They higher literal children, so you are working in a field of gossip and snakiness. Other employees complain about customers but its the customers that are the saving grace when you are full of a team of conniving gossips.",Actually manage rather than just try and be people's friend.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47476,apple,none," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay job,"Friendly,Happy,Enjoyable,Educational and fun work place",not really any cons at all,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47477,apple,none," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Bar,you get to connect with people,some of them are really rude,"nothing to say, it just works",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47478,apple,none," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Company, Lack of Work/Life Balance","Extensive training, good health benefits.","No work/life balance, limited career opportunities.",none,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47479,apple,none," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Discounts, culture. Staff members genuinely cares about each other","Customers. If you can handle demanding customers that thinks they deserve the whole entire world then yeah, its for you",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1086.htm
47480,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Expert,Retail: learned to communicate but also to stop thinking at all,Work stops once one clocked off. Good colleagues. Ok to give best and honest advice to customers. Good place to see internal software systems.,New pros positions creates ridiculous hierarchy and devalues other staff. Management wants to micromanage but refuses to engage and take feedback from staff. There is no more belief in positive intent. Increasing greed from overpricing and endless adapters.,Retail reinvention has turned a Apple toxic environment. This place is no longer the efficient Apple but a clunky version of any other company or retail stores. Apple has lost its soul.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47481,apple,Haarlem (Netherlands)," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Amazing working at such a great company which takes such good care of all employees.,Cohesion with team members. Great interaction with customers and opportunity to enrich lives. Good working hours and lots of days off.,Very difficult to grow and work your way up. You reach the ceiling of being able to grow in the company quite fast.,Try to listen even more to the people at the Genius Bar because they really do know what it is like working in a daily routine at the Bar.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47482,apple,none," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at apple,"environment is cool, lots of fun","none, its a good company",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47483,apple,none," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer research assistant,"very good manager, and taught me a lot of tech, and very good experience",I don't know what to write,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47484,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Part time,great working environment alongside smart people,long working hours and little time off,work / life balance,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47485,apple,"Shepherds Bush, England (UK)"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Service Specialist/Family Room Specialist,Diverse company with good benefits. Best pay in retail.,"Culturally diverse company, it's refreshing to see that people of all creeds and cultures are being considered for jobs as there is no reason that any company should not be as diverse as Apple is.  Great benefits including gym reimbursements, dental care subsidised etc..  Fun atmosphere, no favouritism and always given opportunities for things as long as you note your interest.","Strict clock in times, if you are a few minutes late more than x3 times a week, you will be confronted.",Not be so confrontational about petty things such as minimally late start times.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47486,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Apple AHA,apple technical advisor,"good work environment, great perks","as the job is metrics driven, sometimes very stressful",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47487,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Lead,Life skills,- Amazing life skill lessons. - Amazing people. - Great structure.,- More opportunities for development into other roles within the business.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47488,apple,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Good pay for a part time job,People can be fake,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47489,apple,Paris (France)," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Technician/Engineer,"Team workship/ Mindful people/ Respect of others/ Strong security and rules/ Managers and team leadership very accessible/ Strong advantages, reductions, healthcare, good pay.",Many pressure on the statistics and results of your work,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1087.htm
47490,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Consumer Offer Manager,Glamour to outsiders. You will know when you finally get in,No. 1 company but not necessary the best company sometimes. Pays well but they expect you to really work every minute,Elitism. Cold colleagues. Perhaps if someone pass out on the table then people will notice something has happened to the colleague,Have a heart,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47491,apple,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Nice company to work with.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47492,apple,"Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)"," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Store Leader Program Associate,I love Apple,Great energy in the stores!,Nothing I can mention!,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47493,apple,"Halifax, NS (Canada)"," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Amazing staff and management, ambiguous rules","The staff and coworkers were second-to-none, making this one of the greatest places in retail to work. We had incredible mental health awareness campaigns, as well as, diversity training","""Open-Door"" policy was not so open. This might sound cynical coming from one employee , but there are several Apple employees (especially those amongst smaller locations) who would reverberate this same concern.","Either adhere to your own open-door moto, or make some drastic changes to the policy.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47494,apple,none," Aug 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Fantastic culture where focus was on customer engagement Management weren't afraid to let go off staff on secondments for trial roles Paid pretty well in the world of retail Fantastic benefits and private healthcare,"Due to the start-up culture it was easy to be overloaded with work beyond your paygrade. Company started to become too structured and corporate like any other retail store The focus on creating a unique buying experience was lost due to the drive in recruitment, I felt standards were dropped in quality of candidates",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47495,apple,"Chongqing, Chongqing (China)"," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Store,"Working life balance, good benefits and people care.",Limit with development and lack of chance to promote,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47496,apple,Lagos (Nigeria)," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Laundry assistant,It's a place where I can acquire more skills,The company is perfectly okay for me.,Employ youth,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47497,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 11, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Pretty good,"Structured, great discounts, fun work environment",Customers are next level rude and entitled,More follow through with shpport,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47498,apple,Paris (France)," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Support,the inventive company,the best place to be empowered,the path is not so fast as we think,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47499,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 10, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Representative,good culture,"very good culture, motivating staff to govern himself",low salary in retail stores,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1088.htm
47500,apple,none," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fraud,Really great environment and people,Place is really hard to get to,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47501,apple,none," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,"Good experience for the for uni job, making friends, good career opportunities if you work hard and stay within the company for a few years","Very busy environment, non-stop in the some of the large stores.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47502,apple,"North Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Manager,Amazing team environment and great upper management,Long Hours! Working long hours can be strenuous.,Shorter hours,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47503,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Office Management,Apple business management,Apple in the good and big brand in all over the world and now a days peoples are going very fast because of Apple company.,Apple phone are not good to children because of this phone children are disable to study and they are wasting the time on playing games,you are working very good but if you don't mind i can say some thing i advice you that you should keep u are company up and work hard for that so that your company will touch the sky.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47504,apple,none," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager's Ploy,It was Ok working at the compamy,we did not get freedom,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47505,apple,Lahore (Pakistan)," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Shopkeeper,"Customer dealing, shopkeeper",I just want to grow up in my life i realy want to do something for my family and i feel that this oppurtunity is good for me,I don't want to lose this oppurtunity,Focus on what we r getting from customers make them feel good on our store,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47506,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to gain some experience,worked as @ home tech adviser good learning path,"very demanding, low salary. regular training ll improve the outlook",improved salary ll make employees to stay longer,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47507,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Care Tier II Advisor,Customer Service Advisor,"Top technology, nice multicultural environment, excellent benefits and extras, possibility to progress if ready to take on responsibility, long term prospects","Difficult to change branches without loss of salary once you are Tier 2 adviser, sometimes very stressy customer contacts",Longer training for new staff and after promotion to Tier 2,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47508,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Advisor,lack of transparency,"Open space, good benefits including discounts","The atmosphere is relaxed but don't get too comfortable as there crazy metrics and targets that will drive you nuts. Poor management even if they think they are the best at everything - so hard to move from apple care to another department - they don't value your work - promotion are based on who you know - when you finally get a chance to apply for another position as an internal candidate, 2 or more interviews - they will promise you the position unofficially and then weeks later they will officially thank you for applying but they are considering other candidates for it. some people manage to survive some don't. applecare department is the worse because you have to deal with all the bs from management and customers, you're constantly being watched. lack of transparency and honesty",Be transparent and promote people who can actually do the job. Stop promoting your friends.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47509,apple,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company culture, great place to work","The people and training were excellent, and I learnt real skills. The pay was decent for a specialist and there were clear routes to advance through the store to more senior roles.",The shifts were changeable from week to week.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1089.htm
47510,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Apple technical Expert,"Very fun place to work, made and meet lots of good people there.",It's not the best salary I wish it could be better,It's Farley easy but there is lots of politics that plays along with it.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47511,apple,none," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for growth,"Plenty of opportunity to move around in your career, within departments and from one department to another.","Little room to make change, very top-down approach","Listen to people more, it will help retain employees",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47512,apple,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specalist,Decent job with good benefits,very difficult hiring process,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47513,apple,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Perks, Benefits, Name, Growth, Pros","Micromanagement, Stagnation, Poormans Apple, No move to corporate, Average",Watch your managers.,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47514,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Sep 3, 2017",Former Employee - Assistant,Extremely unpleasant experience,"The company has a lot of money so isn't overly budget-conscious. If you break/lose a company phone or laptop, it will be fixed/replaced out of the company's pocket. They spend a lot on catering for events.","Absolutely no work/life balance. If you answer emails during the weekend, public holidays or annual leave, don't expect a thank you. Everyone is overworked and just accepts it as the Apple culture. Management/senior management think they are down to earth, but they are far from it. One word: micromanagement! Need I say more......","Apple is not the 'flat company' that you pretend it is. There is most certainly a hierarchy, so stop fooling yourselves and everyone else into thinking it's a wonderful place to work.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47515,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Enterprise Technical Support Advisor,Enterprise T3 Advisor,Attractive pay and full benefits. Pleasant working experience and a guaranteed chance to be promoted and rise within the ranks,"Based in only a few areas, especially in Europe",Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47516,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great Place to work, lots of room for growth","great team atmosphere, you can definitely meet some motivated and like minded people here. managers are supportive and look out for you. lots of hours. I made so much money during the holidays especially.","Hours are a bit wild. You get lost amongst a sea of 100 employees when you're scheduled, was difficult to justify so much time off with school. Sometimes felt like my scheduling manager just wanted me to work all the time with no regards for my time. They really push for you to grow within the company, felt a bit awkward when I would openly talk about my career goals outside of the company.","None really, it was a great experience.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47517,apple,none," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company,Working with the best in a friendly environment,"You really have to soak up on the culture to move forward, not exactly a negative side.",Keep up the fantastic work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47518,apple,Brisbane (Australia)," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Awesome company values, with a drive to succeed","Working in other corporations, this is the first I have experienced that truly has held themselves to small company values. Personally, I have had a large amount of talk of progression in a small amount of time. Our store has ample staff - however we also have a high guest count, so I can see where some stores may have issues on the other end. Management in this store are extremely transparent.","In peak times, management can be hard to get a hold of on the floor. The work is intense at times and you can become very worn out over a period of days if you aren’t time efficient.",Keep listening to the employees! Certain recent upgrades and initiatives aren’t necessarily working well in every store and i’ve always seen Apple striving for perfection.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47519,apple,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"Great wages, great product discounts",First month after training is stressful. Takes time to get used to the systems and be comfortable in your workflow,Micro manage each adviser during the weeks after training,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1090.htm
47520,apple,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is the best place to work,"Good pay, nice friendly people too",hard to get the job,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47521,apple,none," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,"Great discounts, great colleagues, organised work environment.",Managers - obviously working to strict directives of corporate are very cliquey and feedback isn't always constructive.,Work on your feedback skills.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47522,apple,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Favouritism and zero support,Some of the co-workers and some benefits. OTT store meetings are sometimes fun.,"Very long hours. Managers play favourite with employees. If you're not a favourite you won't get that much support, nor last long. Managers also will dish out tons of criticism, most not even true, yet do very little to actively help employees improve their performance. Other employees will happily throw you under the bus and steal your sales. Training is very poor. It's a in-store joke that the higher you get the less you do.","Pay attention and stop making things up about the staff just because you're not doing your job. It's horrible what the managers will make up about members of staff just to fill out their reports, knowing full was what you're putting down is not remotely true! All because they want to look like amazing managers who helped their ""troubled"" staff by time of review. Stop going home early but snap at staff for being sick. STOP PLAYING FAVOURITES! Get those IUP's yourself and show the rest of the staff how easy you all think it is to get them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47523,apple,"Islamabad, Islamabad (Pakistan)"," Jul 23, 2017",Current Employee - Online Marketing,online marketing,Apple is a good company,if some other company make a advanced product,make good and updated product,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47524,apple,"Brighton, England (UK)"," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,"Excellent people, excellent support but may find it difficult to maintain excellent service.","Terrific benefits, consistent support for any challenges/goals and capable, like-minded colleagues. Systems are always reliable and the store is able to attract a close-knit community.","Retail environment can get repetitive and unfulfilling. To counter this, more should be done through ongoing training regardless of position.",Encourage workers natural curiosity and enthusiasm to learn more.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47525,apple,none," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Great culture, lots of feedback and personal growth.",Poor work/life balance being Retail.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47526,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,Ups and Downs. But sometime more downs,Some great people to work with. Good product Discount for yourself and friends and family. Heaps Of new toys. Great name to have on your CV.,"Need to play politics all the time. Feedback system does not work in Apple Retail. Need to be someone favourite. Hard to made a change. Too many people are protected. Not great paid, you are in it for the name. No work life balance. You will not allow to have a weekend off at all. Even tho they have just introductions a new scheduling system. Part time team member can be schedule > 19 hours a week. Always have to beg for help and support for non sales role","Leadership in retail store is all talk and no actions. Team members can get away with anything without any penalties or no real performance review. When you speak up about issues in the store to your leadership team, they think “you are being negative” Lots of different issues, not being communicate back to high up management. Leadership feel they are above all. And hardly wants to make a change or a different. Huge turn over for Apple retail staff, and the leadership team does not stop and think why this is the case and have a look at what they are doing wrong. Stop trying to look good to the Market Leaders and Market Directors, and start scheduling the right amount of staff to work on the floor or other area of the store. Leadership have no ideas about the role in the store. Maybe they should spend a week or two per month to go into that role and learn about it. Don’t just keep saying I really want to help and support you. (All talk and no action) doesn’t help.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47527,apple,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place to meet amazing people,Unbelievably passionate teams who genuinely care,Difficult to progress due to wealth of internal talent,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47528,apple,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Inspiring working culture & good career development,"It is a workplace that you will not get anywhere else. Met many great people from different culture. Working Culture is always helping everyone to be successful. This is rare to be seen anywhere else. You will be thrown to a situation, and trying to make sure everything fall into place in time.","Like anywhere else in corporate, there is always some people up there twisting political strategy. That's the most tiring chapter of corporate.","Don't neglect the lower level staff. Senior management should always pop your nose to the Warzone to gauge the situation. Felt the double standard, U.S over China. that was disappointing.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47529,apple,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work but great working environment,"The atmosphere at Apple is fantastic in terms of your colleagues and team. They are selected well and a great sense of camaraderie. If you work hard and succeed, and your managers and colleagues like you, you will do well. Generally most people are forward thinking and open minded. The benefits and perks are fantastic for a retail job especially, probably the best thing about working there. Always encouraging to do well and learn more whether you want to stay with the company or not. Gifts given often, sometimes only small ones, but nice incentives. Constantly informed about the company's values and ideas for the future. Great discount scheme especially if you love buying the products. Great holiday and extra days off every year. Opportunities for career experiences although sometimes difficult to be part of. Most higher managers very pleasant. Would say working part time definitely helps with work/life balance. Everybody welcome.","The stores are always busy, and you will feel a lot of pressure and often be rushed off of your feet and often shouted at by demanding customers. Depending what role you are in, you can definitely be worked into the ground as there will never be enough staff to support the customers. Some of the roles can be monotonous and tiresome. Lots of managers and management roles which can mean if this is the area you want to succeed in it can be difficult. Took many years of working there to be recognised whereas some louder members of staff can be recognised just because they shout louder but aren't always as skilled. Not a good route to working at Corporate. Sometimes hard to move up the chain, can take years for some people.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1091.htm
47530,apple,"Gillingham, England (UK)"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Awesome benefits Great management Great experience,There is none to list.,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47531,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Good company to work for. Lower salaries and fewer opportunities to grow outside US.,working in some incredible things. Good perks.,Lower salaries and fewer opportunities to grow outside the US.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47532,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Finance,Finance,"Lots of amazing products, leading industry, innovative, great team of people with amazing ideas, central office location, decent market rate salary","Finance is very corporate, can miss out on the fun tech side. Also very reactive as opposed to proactive in certain areas. Can be political.",Communication on the little things would get everyone on the same page.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47533,apple,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Nice and clean and comfortable,Management can listen more if possible,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47534,apple,none," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,basic.,"good pay , friendly co-workers",harsh mangers and restricted break times,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47535,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Product Zone Specialist,Best Training + Amazing Work Culture + Outstanding Support System,"Working at Apple Canada was simply amazing. The training and support system (coaching and mentorship) was second to none with several opportunities of growth across the board! Despite retail hours, they are quite flexible and understanding with individual scheduling and day off requests.","It truly depends which store youre working at. Coming from one of North Americas busiest store, our traffic was non-stop and our store hours were long. But I wouldn't count that as a con considering we had enough employees to cover the busiest launch days. We were open on holidays though, and to some, that might be truly a negative. But the management team is quite understandable and is willing to rotate so long as the request is fair and done ahead of time.",Continue to support the team and make sure one-on-one shadowing/mentorship or coaching is available for everyone when needed. Continue to make time.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47536,apple,"Ang Mo Kio, North-East (Singapore)"," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Specialist,Life At Apple,Great medical benefits Gym Healthy food Beer bash Pretty good salary,Crazy managers You can be stuck in one position for years without a scope for promotion. No recognition given to employee Can get terminated in just a snap of your fingers No value for employee Track every movement like robots,VALUE YOUR EMPLOYEES! THEY AREN'T DOGS,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47537,apple,none," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Great Place to Work!,"Great People, Great Management, Great Benefits, Work-Life Balance","Highly Stressful Environment, Somewhat difficult to make a career out of",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47538,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Relations Advisor,OK - but be prepared for critique,"Overall not as bad as its reputation. Good company benefits, including 500 USD rebate on an Apple product of your choice after 6 months, work from home options, gym, etc.","Be prepared to never being good enough for Apple. If you meet all your targets and are the hardest working employee that has ever seen the light of day, they will still find something to critisize.","Apple is one of the most successful companies. Be a bit kinder to your employees and they will stay longer, which will help Apple to improve.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47539,apple,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning and Development,Outstanding support for Learning and Development,Cannot think of any to mention,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1092.htm
47540,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Assistant Accountant,Assistant Accountant,"Good place to work.the latest technologies, variaty of tasks",Extreamly busy everyday. Not too much time to socialise with colleagues,No advise,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47541,apple,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Nice to work here, things move fast","Dynamic company, innovative, although it is a big one. New and cool ideas propagate fast and do get implemented","Some bureaucracy does exist, HR and non-money benefits can be better...",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47542,apple,none," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not as amazing as everyone makes it out to be.,People. The people you meet are great.,"Mico-managed. Its very political, If you don't get get on with some of the managers then it is very very difficult to progress. The customers are ungrateful, Working behind the genius bar. customers don't care if you are a person and how hard you work. If you aren't into apple stuff you are suddenly the butt of a joke. It is a cult.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47543,apple,none," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing global brand,"- talented staff, amazing product",culture in London office not as expected,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47544,apple,none," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,"fun, exciting, different, challenging, fast",nothing comes to mind,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47545,apple,none," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,advisor,a nice discount but meh,people are way too snobby,chill,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47546,apple,none," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Positive outlook, flat hierachy","fun, friendly staff, lots of opportunities to learn",the technical part can be a bit monotonous,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47547,apple,"Limerick, Co. Limerick (Ireland)"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At home advisor,"Healthcare, Dental, Pay, Work load",Hard to book days off,Keep doing what your doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47548,apple,"Greenhithe, England (UK)"," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,"Questionable Morale, Convoluted Management, Cult-Like Rituals","I spent 3 years working for Apple Retail Stores.  Well developed systems ensure that timetable management, benefits readily applicable on maintained portals  Apple attracts some extremely clever, talented colleagues who are fantastic to work with.  Apple makes a point of paying your for any time you are there. This was appreciate in so far that I'm aware that wage theft by employers is prolific, and time theft even more so. Apple encourages a work-life balance where possible.  Apple product benefits where applicable (though limited in discount considering mark-up)","Apple has a habit of hiring people based on initial qualities. Unfortunately, this often means you'll work with some of the most horrendous, lazy people.  Ritual-almost child-like morning updates and tasks, focused on recycling as much repetitive tasks and mantra's regarding apple products. Any dis-taste or preference away from products that are not made by them almost leads to habitual bullying. Better hide your Samsung at home.  No route to go. Habitual gate-keeping of roles and use of promotions as bargaining tools.  Convoluted, childish and almost cliche internal politics involved make management, on occasion, look worse than the often childish staff they're there to manage.  You will often mix with a variety of staff who have simply been employed for a longer time. The 10 Year + colleagues are basically furniture, and as such were able to dictate their wage at an early time. You'll often find yourself working with far older colleagues who have abnormally high salaries whilst performing tasks to a bare minimum standard.  The staff have been fairly well treated. This has led to unmanageable expectations, delusions of grandeur within the company and slightly large egos within a micro-cosmos.  The pay is only slightly above minimum wage, and has not increased with inflation to an acceptable standard. Do not be fooled by rumours. Almost all of my roles have paid something similar or more.","Feedback used to be such a core component of Apple. It made us, as a team and staff, perpetually better. The staff are extremely unhappy, the method by which the customers are treated and policies regarding them produced - The environment is slowly becoming toxic.  Whilst the theatrical components of Apple used to be only a sub-component of what it was like to work there, it has rapidly become hot smoke. A day-to-day plethora of individuals patting themselves on the back, and the slightest tinge of feedback taken as a demoralising, negative outsider, taken as developmental problems rather than genuine concern.  The drive for targets and results has been the most notable change however, with the recent drive of retail and performance milking every last ever-loving drop from a customer. The store, once a blinding compliment on a CV, is rapidly turning into yet another O2, Curry's/PC World or Carphone Warehouse in both their methods, staff structure and behaviours.  Management themselves are minimal. Of those that can be seen behind an iPad, and those that seldom appear where they are needed, are often entirely useless individuals, and only serve as visual indicators to customers that there are additional staff that could be working, but do not. If you're going to stand there idly, please hide when doing so.",2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47549,apple,Lisbon (Portugal)," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Going well so far,"Great salary, work from home","Working on weekends, could be repetitive",None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1093.htm
47550,apple,none," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,Great place to build competencies for personal and professional development You meet some really great people (customers and employees) You take charge of your own experience,"Leadership can play favouritism, which prevents growth for those that they personally feel like aren't fully invested in the company Common for new hires to get paid more than those in the same role that have been there for a longer period of time",Eliminate bias and personal perception of employees and focus on the positive work that they do,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47551,apple,none," Jun 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Amazing People, Great Work Excellent Experiences",None None None None None,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47552,apple,none," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful,Good food nice crazy Very fun great people,very boring at times very long lines,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47553,apple,none," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for but difficult to influence change,- Great people - Great benefits - Genuine care to develop you professionally,- Base pay could be better given the responsibility of the role - Difficult to understand where you can realistically progress to internally,- Be more transparent with staff around how they are performing and don't be shy in encouraging people to look outside of Apple for their next career step,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47554,apple,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Amazing place where to work,"Lot of benefits: Gym, language courses and a lot of Career Experience possibilities","Nothing really important to share. The time is always running, a lot of things to do. But it is not a real ""cons"", because the daily shift goes on very fast!",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47555,apple,none," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,training every day/ week. get to handle new products stocks benefits,sales orientated more so now than before,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47556,apple,none," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great environment, coworkers, helping customers can be fun","Management was almost cultish (well, it's Apple) and the long and sporadic hours.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47557,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Training Lead,Working for Apple Retail,"Great products and a professional company that treats it's employees very well (with private healthcare, share options etc).","Very American culture can be a shock for the British sensibilities. Progression can be difficult as there is a 'bottle neck', with many candidate attempting to move up in Apple Retail, or to make the jump to Apple Inc.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47558,apple,"Stratford, London, England (UK)"," Jun 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great for the most part,Great benefits Fantastic team Flexible holiday,Progression works on a favouritism scale,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47559,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Relation Advisor,Accept the Benefits and the Pride - don't expect career or respect or fairness,"Mon-Fri work constant 8-4.30 shift, or 9-5.30 Good benefits (discounts) Good Work Equipment Games and Competitions to brighter the week (sometimes food, too) Good options of food in the canteen Onsite Gym or Fitness Reimbursement for people working from home",No Carrier Opportunities No Grow opportunities Poor Salary increase Low Salary Poor Trust in Management Poor interest from Human Resources Poor care for individuals Little/no Flexibility No follow-through,"Recognise good employees Promote good workers Inspire trust and admiration through actions, not only words Be Fair Be Clear on the directions and honest to the Team Support Teamwork",2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1094.htm
47560,apple,none," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good salary,Salary is interesting Possibility to earn a lot of money with overtime Work at home Working machine and software are really good Good Management Discount and benefit,No internal mobility Split day off,Provide a real career plan for employee Many of us have good background and you should retain these talents,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47561,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Advisor,Online Store chat representative,Awesome compagny to work for with amazing team spirit. I started at the Apple Care and moved to the Apple store. Working on chat support was even more enjoyable than on the phone because angry customers won't really yell at you. You can be very busy from time to time but it.s only for short period of time. I had fantastic coworkers who became great friends.,Noisy busy open space call centre,"Not much to say, I had great managers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47562,apple,none," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"For my own , apple company open new start for each individuals. This company make peoples do come true.","The reason why people want to work here because, they let people to grow for really who they are. They not treat there employees like other person, but they treat each other like a family.","Challenges comes every day. Not just in the job, but also to your self.",None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47563,apple,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work review,Nice work life balance. Hardly any stress.,None to speak of. Fine company.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47564,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service,Just perfect,You will learn a lot at Apple !,Nothing to complain. I love being at Apple.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47565,apple,none," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company so long as reeeeallly like Apple,-Great people to work with -Great benefits -Lots of growth potential -Managment cares a lot about your success,"-Mall shift work schedule -A lot of the people you deal with can be rude, impatient and even foul on occasion -Micro-management can be overbearing -Prices for services and products makes it somewhat high-pressure",Not much. You take excellent care of your people. I suggest playing as much to the strengths of your people as you possibly can so that they might find an area within the company that best suits their abilities.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47566,apple,none," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Benefits ( health insurance , salary, doctors on site ...)","Management, organization, shifts , atmosphere, training ...",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47567,apple,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order Support Specialist,"Good Company culture, all managers were friendly.","Hard to get permanent positions, insecure.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47568,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Expert,Life at Apple,"Fun, vibrant environment with great benefits. Salary is fair as per market standards. Training is by far some of the best within the retail world",Erratic schedule does not always equate to a great work / life balance. Workshops given to clientele seem to only cater to beginners and elderly,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47569,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Place to work. Some bad points but would work there again :),"People are great, pay is great, work is relatively easy (If you love tech like i do). Great discount on products.",Working hours can be long. Easy to work past your contacted hours while serving customers (this isn't that bad as you get paid for every second you do).,"Increase your retention of great staff. It seems you guys don't appreciate your staff very much. In my time there i saw many great workers (some of which top 10 sellers) told that they have to leave (due to signing temp contracts and not being kept on), however, keeping people who do less work but socialised with you guys. Favouritism shouldn't rule over skill and great work ethic.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1095.htm
47570,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Apple - Expert,Exciting industry and company to work for. Great extended health benefits including discounts on hardware.,"You have to punch in, no matter what your role is. Late punches are not received well. The pay is not the greatest for some of the roles. Opportunities for growth are limited if you are not looking to get into management.","Too many great, talented employees have left the organization. Managers need to do a better job at retaining top talent.",4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47571,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,nothing to be good for anything,no life during the work,bad,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47572,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple Specialist,"Awesome team, great atmosphere, understanding managers, plenty of benefits, fun environment. The best retail experience you could possibly have.","The pay is pretty average, only slightly above minimum wage.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47573,apple,none," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,manager,good health insurances good enviroment good job goody,bad managment bady bady bady bay,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47574,apple,none," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough to Build a Career at Apple,"Innovative, amazing products & teams to work with, trusted brand",Lack of Career Progression meaning a lot of talented people move onto other businesses,Look at Pathways for growing a career,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47575,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Intern,Great place,Great place to intern and get experience,Long working hours expected here,none,3.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47576,apple,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pro's and Cons,"Culture, development, lots of genuinely good people trying to do good work.",Large gap between in-store activities and out-of-store Management,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47577,apple,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Come for the brand, stay for the people",Good work culture Amazing people to work with Easy access to products,High-pressure environment Carrot on a stick philosophy for internal promotions,Be more straightforward,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47578,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - AHA (At Home Advisor),"Please Don't Even Think of Taking onThis Role, You'll Snap.",Staff discount Occasional stuff being sent to you as bribery,"Bullying culture and they know and admit to it but do nothing. Management only think of how good they look to higher ups. Unless you are top of the team, you will get crap shifts. If the customer has a bad experience at a store, you get the blame for it. I almost had a nervous breakdown because of bullying by my team leader.","Stop the bullying - acknowledge it and address it before someone takes it too far. Stop the blame game. If the store has done wrong, don't blame the AHA and make them pay for it. Random bribery mailed out is not enough when you are bullied into tears every day.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47579,apple,none," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,:),"Good benefits such as dental and vision, nice stores",No commission even though there is a huge pressure to hit targets and not very much career progression.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1096.htm
47580,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Awesome experience,"Fun team, damn flexible working hours, excellent opportunities on career path",Slightly less financial renumeration than at publishing competitor,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47581,apple,none," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Channel program analyst,"Great enviorment, benefits, challenges, culture","High pressure, speed of work",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47582,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - ITunes Store Senior Advisor Ger/Eng,Store Senior Advisor Ger/Eng,Great benefits and work organisation.,The work organisation ( shifts) are not always as you prefer them.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47583,apple,none," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great environment to work in.,Work/life is not that balanced.,none,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47584,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jun 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Low paid,Do not have overtime. Sometimes it is not busy except weekends. Have good discounts on apple products. Can meet interesting colleagues.,"Low paid and lack of people development. Have to change shift everyday, very tired. Don't have regular lunch time. Not good for health. Sometimes are extremely busy. Have to stand for a long time.",Raise salaries and care about development,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47585,apple,none," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No career development in Apple Retail,a really nice team and meet many interesting people.,very political and not people caring at all,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47586,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple retail,Incredible employees I loved sharing the new technology and my skills with staff and customers.,"Discounts terrible, including no discount on iPhone so it made it very difficult to keep up with the latest technology, especially when hourly rate was low. I took a 66% pay cut to be there to build a future with the company. Unfortunately I had to leave to get a better paying job and feel appreciated. Very different if you work for Apple Corporate I believe. A lot expected including 6-7 day availability from very early to very late. Very difficult to socialise or plan a life outside work. This is especially the case in the large flagship stores.","I think the company grew too quickly and became money not people orientated. Please see and reward your staff for being the incredible caring, compassionate and dedicated team that they are.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47587,apple,none," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lovely experience,Brilliant training programme - supported every step of the way with experienced people around you - someone in the store will always know the answer,"Shifts didnt work out with my personal lifestyle, a lot of weekend work as expected from retail environment","More preference on days to work, shouldnt be complusery to have to work saturdays if you cant",5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47588,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people!,"Family environment, peer to peer support, always available for continuous feedback","Long hours, high pressured environment",Continue to be great!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47589,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Good for what it is,"great benefits, good pay, generally good team, people look out for each other","the politics that happen within the management team and the constant need to develop everyone can get tiring. No sick pay for part-time employees isn't okay, the unreliable working hours make having a life outside of work difficult.","Especially as a sales person (Specialist), some of us don't care about growing within the company, we're just there to pay rent. You should be able to accept that and focus your resources on those that actually see a future in retail.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1097.htm
47590,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,A great place to work!,"- Internet allowance $100 per month and $2.500 health plan - Working from home, so you can work anywhere if it's quiet and has good internet - 25% discount on Apple products and other discounts from the Apple Online Store - Get extra days off on top of annual leave for Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays","Rosters are based on performance, so you can find yourself getting less than idea shifts if you're not the best in your team.","I can't find anything to say about management, all of my team managers have been absolutely amazing.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47591,apple,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,"great place, great atmosphere, great culture",management needs to promote more inhouse,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47592,apple,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,leaders are supportive and kind,sometimes it can be stressful but every job is,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47593,apple,none," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EMEIA Finance needs change,"It's Apple. There are some truly wonderful and talented people in this department and this company, however it is overshadowed by self interest and self promotion to the detriment of the business as a whole.","Favouritism. It is the key factor destroying this department right now. Unfortunately the department fails to identify those who can truly add value to the business, but instead promotes those who are put on pedestals by management out of self-interest. This destroys morale, because you are essentially saying that competency is not valued, but visibility is. A department of people vying for visibility does not make for good business. This department values regurgitating what those above you have said, and not truly challenging the business for the better.","Understand that we have great potential in this team, but unfortunately with the current direction, we will not reach this potential. Understand that just because someone has been pushed forward to lead a project, it may not be due to their competency to deliver, but due to favouritism of certain managers. Understand that we sit in a vicious cycle of favouritism leading to opportunity, work is taken from others and presented as your own, leading to recognition, leading to further opportunity and promotion without true merit. Whilst you can proudly announce all this promotion in the team to outsiders, little do you know that the core competency within the team diminishes, because those who value producing good work, and not the spotlight, have left or will leave, and all you have is a department of ""yes men"". Realise that those who work on special assignments and projects, with no one else from within their direct team, is not a good sign. It is a sign that the team does not trust them to put in their fair share of work, and more importantly that they will attempt to present the work as entirely their own for self gain. You only need to look at retention rates under certain teams to realise where the problem areas are, teams made up of entirely new faces should tell you that everyone else is either smart enough to leave OR to avoid working in that team.  Understand that those who are favoured are spoon fed by certain managers to appear competent, but once you truly deep dive into their work and challenge them, you will understand.  Lastly, understand that what needs to change in the department is the mentality and mind set, and know that all other changes made prior to this being addressed will only be superficial and ineffective.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47594,apple,"Omagh, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,good,I have many pros from my time here. I enjoyed my time,I have no negatives from my time here. They taught me a lot and the culture was good,non,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47595,apple,none," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iTunes Movies Editor,"Great benefits, amazing culture. Very good environment. Great challenges. A support network mixed with high quality co-workers, great focus on projects. Open door policies on most management.","Very segmented. Competitiveness sometimes taken to extremes. Difficult to change within the company, the ""expert"" culture ends up pushing a person into a very specific role.","Understand that your first role is to manage the employees that work for you. You're the captain, the leader -- you shouldn't be doing day to day activities when someone can do them for you if that means neglecting your subordinates' activities.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47596,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Avoid EMEIA DFA in Europe Finance,"Apple, collectively, is full of passionate, smart, and driven individuals. People hold themselves to high standards and great attention to details. Everyone wants to do what's best for our customers.","Unfortunately, there are really bad eggs in the London office. There is a lot of focus on doing non-value-add type of work. Managers tend to play favourites and isolate those who disagree with them, even if their points can be extremely valid. People seems to be promoted based on tenure rather than aptitude. You have to kiss up to you boss to advance in your career. These comments only extend to the European finance team. Other functions like marketing or engineering do not play office politics like this group. The compensation is also terrible compared to all the places I've worked at in the past 10 years.","If more than a handful of people are leaving with a quarter, maybe it's time to start looking at which managers are the issue rather than the analysts. Favouritism to some extent is fine, but not when the people getting propped up are those who are most incompetent. Stop hiring people with accounting backgrounds. It is absolutely useless in DFA.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47597,apple,none," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Decent place to work but don't overstay your welcome,"-Good culture of education and training. You will learn a lot about technology. -Great benefits (Lots of vacation days, stock @ 15% discount, full health + dental, pension, etc.) -Good pay for a retail job. -Decent work/life balance (rotating days off and start times, expect to work every weekend) -Culture of feedback. -Some chances for advancement. -Exciting workplace that is mostly fun. -Most people you work with are easy going, artistic, and committed to doing a good job. -Part time employees hard full benefits","-Career advancement has a hard ceiling cap. -In spite of what Apple will tell you, you work in retail. Other companies see it as retail and in the tech industry you are still a glorified Apple geek. Depending on where you look for jobs afterwards, it may or may not help you. -Leadership roles are 90% external hires. -Little recognition for individual contributions. -Actual employee development is a joke. Apple will gladly give you a lateral move, pay you the same, and then tell you its a promotion. -Company does not make enough effort to retain senior employees. If they have a chance to squeeze you out of your pay grade during a transfer, they will try. -Company is cutting back on career experiences (eg. no more Genius training at Apple campus, replaced with online video training) -Employees that are bad for the team and culture are not reprimanded or let go. People that are bad seeds poison the culture and make the workplace miserable. -Dealing with demanding customers that break their devices and expect Apple to replace things for free. Expect a LOT of customer arguments. I cannot count how many times I have witnessed customers making employees cry because they are such demanding jerks. -Work/Life balance. Your start times and days off are always different. Its very hard to have any consistency with your not at work life. If you are a parent, this is a nightmare. Pray your significant other has a 9-5. -Cost of Apple products and services keep going up and no kickback goes to employees, even though the price increases are touted to reflect to quality of ""our people."" -Employees hired now are making significantly less salaries than employees hired 5+ years ago. -The retail side is a great place to start a career but don't overstay your welcome.","ACTUALLY promote internally. Apple touts itself as a company that promotes from within yet they will gladly parachute someone in from Old Navy or The Gap to run an Apple store instead of developing its own staff. The benefits are great, the career side needs work. Less and less training means less knowledgable employees. Do you really want a technician who's first iPhone they fix is a customers? You may as well have people watching youtube videos and learning from that. Bring back Genius training in Cupertino. It is a right of passage and an immersible environment where you can make small mistakes and learn from them. Not make bigger mistakes that are with customer facing. Invest in retaining your employees or you will start to see people leaving because they feel undervalued and unappreciated because of lack of career progression.",4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47598,apple,none," May 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,retired,work at home is great,dealing with certain people is tough,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47599,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior ITunes Advisor,Great place to work,Great management Room to develop personal projects Good salary Many benefits - dentist included 7% matching on pension Challenging environment,Schedule adherence - too much focus Slow-reacting company Can take years to grow...or months if you are lucky 30 minutes lunch,none,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1098.htm
47600,apple,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AppleCare,"Health insurance, dental plan, gym reimbursement, life insurance, discount on apple products Helpful colleagues","Only take this job if you know that you are comfortable working from home, because it can get very stressful when you get a call, main communication is via chat when asking for help. stressful targets",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47601,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,AppleCare At Home Advisor,"Good benefits, free gym, good office facilities, great discounts for Apple products","Low Starting Salary, Cork is expensive city but it's not about the company itself",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47602,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Expert,"Overall, good","Good compensation for retail, strong company values for environment and community, fun products and fair amount of training. Easy to move with Apple in terms of transfers to other locations.","Bad hours (retail, as expected), not much growth for career development. Not many (if any) incentives for staff to be motivated or high performing.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47603,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Helpful people and training received isn't too long so you'll have to go into the deep end and do your best,Not enough training for tech roles and very strict timetables for shifts. You will need to fight for needed time off,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47604,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," May 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mostly, a good company to work for!","- Challenging and dynamic, innovative - Opportunity to voice out your opinions and possibly have them fulfilled /implemented - Good opportunities for promotion - Provides gym, wellness centre at highly subsidised rates - Own Mac cafe with healthy food - Open and flexible culture - Inclusive and diversified environment with people from various countries and culture",- Work to tight deadlines - A lot of ambiguity - Long working hours (dependent on department) - Employees don't feel valued - People who talk well but don't get much work done gets recognition,"- Value employees more - When making decisions, consult people on the ground - Reward employees who work and produce results even though they are not the ones who are always in the limelight",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47605,apple,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great job for retailers,- great team - great benefits - flexible work areas and duties,- almost no chances to develop (as manager) - you are the motivator... every day - number numbers numbers,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47606,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - At-Home Advisor,AHA At Home Advisor,* great benefits * great management * challenging role * never a dull day,* shift bids are done by metrics you may not get the shift you want,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47607,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Apple Retail Specialist,- Fun people - Large and dynamic work space - Good perks - Interesting customers,- Managers tend to micromanage - Cronyism - Sensitive due to diversity of individuals,Restructure and reinvigorate your environment to achieve the success experienced in 2015.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47608,apple,none," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,Great corporate benefits to take care of you for the long term as a career. Highly knowledgeable team members,"Little flexibility in terms of punctuality, every movement is recorded going into work and when you leave",Reduce the micromanagement that takes place with certain lead geniuses,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47609,apple,none," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great title, poor role.","Benefits package, great pay. Always a positive, warm team environment and lots of people helping each other in chat. Room to progress.","Working from home, poor shift rotation, job more customer service than technical advisor","would appreciate honesty more than sugar coating when it comes to coaching etc, I felt very distant from my manager and it is what made me decide to leave.",2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1099.htm
47610,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Advisor,Great Company,"Great company to work for. As a part time position, they make the position very very flexible. Would highly recommend.",I can't think of any. I really enjoyed my time with Apple.,Nothing they are fantastic,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47611,apple,none," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough environment because of process and fear,Some very smart people When you get a chance its very real RSU's,Rude and Aggressive A lot of lazy people sitting on options / RSU's No inependence,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47612,apple,none," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok.,Great pay if you're Studying as a Student.,Short shifts if you're Part-Time and wanting Overtime.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47613,apple,none," May 14, 2017",Former Employee - Support,Support,Good coworkers and good working hours,Customers a hassle to deal with,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47614,apple,none," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Good place to work,Plenty of opportunity to learn,Too much stress and competition,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47615,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Overall positive,"- The people you work with are without a doubt the most incredible, passionate, interesting, talented, intelligent people you will work with in your life. - The company has an amazing philosophy in regards to its effect on the environment, it's passionate towards individuality, and has a desire to make the work a better place. - Working here will open doors throughout your career, both within and outside of Apple. People are always interested when they hear you work for Apple. - Busy environment - there was never a day spent waiting for things to happen. This made the days go quickly and I went home knowing that I had achieved something that day. - Employees are looked after well, with fitness and health reimbursements, good discount, and personal support for any issues faces within life. - During busy periods i.e. launches and holiday seasons, you are kept motivated and looked after by the leadership team. - The opportunity to try out new roles both within retail and corporate. - Excellent environment for open communication and feedback. - The ability to develop yourself is phenomenal here, particularly for students and graduates.","- Although when compared to other retail jobs the pay is higher than average, when you assess the work and effort you put into each role, the general consensus is that staff are underpaid. However, roles within management have an excellent pay. - Busy - not a great environment to work in whilst ill, or going through personal issues. On days like these work can be relentless. - Customers spend a lot of money on Apple products, and quite rightly when things go wrong they aren't too happy with this. Dealing with people in this situation is not easy and can be extremely tiring. - Job has become quite measures bases. Apple has lost it's original core value of creating great experiences. It is now heavily focussed on revenue and iPhone upgrade. - As with any retail role the hours are very unsociable. It is difficult to plan any personal social activity in advance due to a lack of knowledge of which day you will have off.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47616,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great place to work,"Great place to work, benefits and work life balance excellent. Support from good managers with right engagement and career direction","aha may not suit everyone, you get out of it what you put in. Survive the first 6 months during a launch period and you will be fine!","continue to hire supportive managers and not use checklists to review who is in managerial positions, listen to the advisors",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47617,apple,none," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"Apple is a worldwide company, provide high lever value and culture.and kinds of benefits.",Apple Retail has a flexible schedule . sometime you don't have much time to be with your family or friends.,For new freshman I suggest to join the apple,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47618,apple,"Bogotá, Bogota (Colombia)"," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Solutions Consultant,Excellent company to work,High salaries in relation to others tech companies,Tough to get a promotion,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47619,apple,Sydney (Australia)," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Excellent Retail Experience,"Great work culture, great products and flexible scheduling",Part time growth opportunities to higher roles are limited,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1100.htm
47620,apple,none," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,"nice environment, casual dress code","bad management, no meritocracy there",none,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47621,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,"Great atmosphere to work in, diverse people.","Repetitive sales. Not much room for progression, Staff turnover is high",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47622,apple,none," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strategic Business Manager,Good company. Learn much more than expected although we are already experienced,There is an unique value. New joiner should show respect to this unique value,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47623,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,Work at Apple,"Great tools, infrastructure, offices, work environment Strong training courses Good work - life balance",Difficulties to move from one department to another - barriers between department,"Finding the best talents in others departments based on their results, attendance, and work behaviour and offering promotion more frequently and easily",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47624,apple,none," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,support,bonus flexi support happy love,holiday pay rise xmas happy,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47625,apple,none," May 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment,1. Work life balance,1. salary is not good,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47626,apple,Sydney (Vanuatu)," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Business Manager,Great experience,"Great people focused culture, inspiring company with constant change and innovation keeping you busy and engaged at all times. World-class leadership structures enable teams to be nurtured and developed continually.","Execution model of business practices can stifle truly innovative contribution. Staff lifecycle can be limited by genuine opportunity to grow a career within the organisation. There is genuine opportunity, but not scalable enough yet due to the compartmentalised nature of the company's structure (cross-pollination of resources does not happen enough)",Develop a better career pathway for high performing talent - who should be provided with better internal growth opportunities rather than having to leave and return in order to continue expanding their reach within the company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47627,apple,none," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing energy,Free food often A first look at some of the worlds best products,Unrealistic energy expectations. Always required to be happy.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47628,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Producer,"Creatively driven and friendly people, plenty of time to do your best work. Good budgets available to carry out best work.","Feels over staffed at times, which means that often there is not enough work to go around. Transcreation office means that most original creative work is carried out in the US. You work on a need to know basis, so very exclusive.",Engage your contract staff more. They are there to do the same jobs and should be made to feel like part of the wider operation.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47629,apple,none," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier2,"Gym, Cafe Macs, free goodies, benefits!!!",Promotion is slow. It can be overwhelming.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1101.htm
47630,apple,none," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing company,"Apple genuinely is a fantastic company to work for, there are plenty of benefits and the general ethos and vibe of the workplace is amazing. They really believe in a work/life balance which makes for a less stressful life",Only negative would be unfulfilled promises of promotion,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47631,apple,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Great Company with a huge focus on work life balance. Team individuals a awesome and the spirit is very cool. Never learned so much-Great place to work,Sometimes the company should consult someone out of the region before changes are launched. Company can not assumed that everything is working like in the USA,Managed yourself and act more like a great Leader and not otherwise. Trust more your Team and show more of your mentor skills.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47632,apple,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it security,good perks and practices with customers,bureaucracy management can make it hard to develop yourself,keep up the good work,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47633,apple,Bondi (Australia)," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Analyst,Inventory analyst,"working with apple, exposure received","shift work, weekend work, salary",pay better,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47634,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Creative/Business Trainer,Great Place to Work,Culture focused Lots of growth exciting technologies,work schedules weekends compensation can be better,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47635,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,Probably one of the best companies in the world.,Talented individuals. Amazing leadership team. Great company to have on your CV. Top notch benefits. Feeling that you're part of something big that changes people's life.,Projects launch without much coordination. Things are fixed on the go. Some internal systems are not fit for purpose and you don't feel you work for a company like Apple by using them. Limited opportunities for development outside the US.,Keep up the good work. Keep looking forward but don't forget that once we weren't the most valuable company in the world.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47636,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,Apple Retail,Great company Great introduction to the technology industry,Very little room for growth,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47637,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Regional Planner,Business Planner,Dedication. Great products. Open office and great culture. Family friendly,Work life balance. Better processes,Good family friendly environment fostered.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47638,apple,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail - Apple Store - Genius Bar team member,"An energetic, passionate, enthusiastic and diverse group of people to work with, if making a tangible difference in customers' lives wasn't enough.","Career progression within the store is very limited and highly sought after, but if you shine with 'Apple'ness, you'll be amongst those who are afforded those opportunities.","Keep doing what you're doing, but don't make promises to your people that you can't keep just because it sounds so 'Apple' at the time.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47639,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Incredible,"Great ethos, fantastic co-workers. Love the environment and challenges the job brings. The job is focussed around you and your customers, exactly how retail should be. Done _right_! Can't wait to get to work...seems strange to say...!!!","Very few cons that I can see. Minimum contract is sixteen hours which may inhibit some casual workers, although it is clear that this is for a reason - keeping staff integrated with the team by being in regularly.",Keep everything going as it is! Thank you for listening to employees with some upcoming changes - the fact that we are able to get involved at a deeper level with our suggestions is immensely great.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1102.htm
47640,apple,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy days,really great welcoming and inspiring,very strict with time management and exepenses,continue to do the good work you do,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47641,apple,none," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No good deed goes unpunished,"Good benefits, plentiful opportunities for exploring other job areas within the company","Relentless focus on results means that people who choose to do the right thing instead of cheating for results are punished instead of rewarded, in spite of the constant reminder from management to 'do the right thing'.",Protect employees who are trying to do the right thing instead of punishing them.,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47642,apple,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Apple,"Very flexible and understanding company to work for, the working environment is like no other and there is always room for improvement","Like any other place of work it can be overwhelming at times but it comes with the territory, and thats what we have holidays for",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47643,apple,Chennai (India)," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Trainer,trainer,intresting &my dreams on iam working in apple,maintains the mobile communication in apple,improve communication facilities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47644,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist at Apple Store,-good wage for retail -work with a lot of nice energetic people -great perks and benefits -sometimes you have really nice interactions with customers,-having to deal with both entitled and uninformed customers for large parts of the day -tolerating the employees and managers who drink too much of the Apple Koolaid.,Work is not a popularity contest. Try to keep that in mind?,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47645,apple,Castle Hill (Australia)," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,Culture and values based company. Great Benefits,"It's hard to make any changes because everything is ""controlled"" by Apple HQ",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47646,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"Great company to work for, strong vision and drive, smart people.","Products, people, attention to details, always striving for excellence. Diverse culture, opportunity to work with top management, even if you are an analyst.",Pressure can be very high too often. Flexible working and other perks seem to be less common than what you would expect to see in a tech company.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47647,apple,none," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"10/10 company, couldn't imagine working anywhere else.","No cons whatsoever, s b",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47648,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Amazing experiences but it is not built for properly rewarding staff,Amazing colleagues Great Benefits Good pay for what you are doing Most diverse and accepting environment to be who you want to be Very strong company ethics,"Poor management structure Poor middle management Lack of reward, recognition and progression for staff of long tenure after a certain point Poor HR Poor scheduling Zero transparency - gets very frustrating",some incredible managers but 70% are less switched on and intelligent that bulk of staff unfortunately . High turn over of floor staff has now meant a more driven and educated staff whereas the management team has barely changed since opening and therefore these managers often lack the aptitude to deal with running the business and the higher calibre staff.,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47649,apple,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Competitive salary, smart but honest coworkers. It was a great company to do your life's best work.",You will frustrating when you are doing same job,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1103.htm
47650,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Quality Data Analyst,Quality data analyst,Multi-national company culture and standardised business routine .,"Not much to learn through the position, not much improving space in the future.",More training and eduction about how the company runs and how the industry is developing.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47651,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Advisor,iOS T1 EN EMEA Phone Advisor,"Pay is very good, and gets increased after 6 month tenure. Benefits in Kind are substantial i.e. discounts Work can be rewarding, and there are always incentives to improve your work",Lack of direct communication with management / colleagues - but this is ok at a part time level,Improve rotation abilities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47652,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but tough,"Good perks, high expectations & opportunities to grow. Excellent products and company values. Great place to work for your resume.","High pressure, poor direction from high level in terms of overall goals & targets. Poor work life balance, overtime expected & not paid. Selfish, ruthless culture encouraged. Very political",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47653,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Regional Account Manager,Apple UK,"Apple is a business full of top talented individuals, hired for their experience and knowledge of their specific field of expertise.",Apple is a business that is void of any kind of traditional progression path. Often talent needs to leave the organisation to progress and grow.,"The company really needs to focus on how to retain talent and make mobility within the organisation part of it's culture. At present it's incredibly rare to see an individual move to functions in other parts of the business. This has not always been the case, but you need to look at people with 10+ years tenor to see the last examples of individuals who have achieved this.",3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47654,apple,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Manager,Best company to work for. Everyday is as exciting as the first day.,None that I can say,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47655,apple,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work with amazing people,Your colleagues will quickly become your friends. The company focuses on doing what is right for the customer.,There needs to be more career progression options other than a retail management path.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47656,apple,Carrigaline (Ireland)," May 6, 2017",Former Employee - Fraud Analyst,Fraud Analyst,"There is a good health covers with doctor with specific speciality in Hollyhill, sport center with a lot of equipment. The salary is good when you compare it to some other firm like Voxpro",You can work 6 days in the road. Shift change everytime.12 hours shift. It is a real call center and there are always asking you to work more and more,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47657,apple,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,awesome!!,work from home - no commute - decent pay,use your own internet so must be extremely reliable don't take the job if you can't deal with people or have no patients.,perhaps don't rush people to advance - don't try to match standards and requirements of those other countries such as america. we aussies cannot match their internet speeds.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47658,apple,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Lots, Good culture, Good environment and a great work life balance, work hard, not much play time though","can't make decisions without consulting the USA, sometimes you feel like you are on a wheel","Listen, understand, act, a team is only as good as its captain",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47659,apple,none," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-Time over Full-Time,"The people you work with, benefits.","Retail hours, room for growth, customers",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1104.htm
47660,apple,none," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Got tedious,Amazing benefits Great team Amazing store A lot of training Useful skills taught Amazing Job to have on CV,Angry customers A lot of referring people Based on customer feedback - not useful when spending all day charging people for broken screens,Actually take a genuine interest in employees not when its time to according to the companies annual review.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47661,apple,none," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Admin,"free style,. work life balance","too many staff to handle, big difference of management level",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47662,apple,"London, ON (Canada)"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Fun place to work! Lots of benefits.,"A great learning environment, lots of benefits, even for part-time team members. Plenty of room for growth in the store.","Can be repetitive, some of the management is not so great. Lots of politics and favouritism depending on the store.",Create an even playing field. Schedule more hours during Christmas! Support your team members with their goals.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47663,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple,"Great people, flexible management and scheduling, decent pay for retail.","CUSTOMERS! most of the time they're entitled, not knowledgeable, rude , and expect to be serviced and seen immediately. They lack understanding of how systems work and think they're always top priority. At the end of the day this is retail and therefore dealing with people will be your biggest challenge.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47664,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Worst Company I've ever worked for,"Cheap Apple products , working from home, no work commute save on transportation costs due to no commuting to work , I can't think of anything else positive","Micro managed, little room for advancement, split weekends without two consecutive days off, poor interpersonal skills in management, off shore human resource","Apple is without a doubt the worst company I have ever been employed by. Apple offer little or no support to their frontline staff forcing employees to lie to customers and continually escalate even trivial matters to technical ""specialists "" further up the chain. Performance is micro managed to a point where it is unproductive and makes even those with exceptional customer service skills to question how good they really are. Everything revolves around Apple saving face and profit. The human resources department is based entirely out of Singapore resulting in little understanding of cultural behaviour or ethics . In my three months of probation I had no less than six mangers each worse than the previous with no personal skills poor organisation and no interpersonal skills. Managers will quickly point out what you are doing wrong but support , training or encouragement for a job well done is almost non existent. Unless you are a complete Apple fanboy/girl and want marginally cheaper Apple products I do not recommend working for this company. Frontline T1 staff are required to operate with upwards of seven different programs on each call while working for minimum wages any other company would pay almost double for the same number of programs. Apple use ""buzz words "" to motivate staff but in reality there is little or no room for career development or progression although Apple preach a work life balance most T1 staff within there first year and a half of employment will get split weekends without two consecutive days off ie Thursday and a Sunday off .. this not only effects motivation but makes forward planning and having a life outside of Apple virtually impossible to manage. The company is unethical and egotistical and I recommend future employees seriously consider this before seeking employment here.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47665,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Tech Support T2,T2 Advisor,"Good pay, fast-paced environment, great training. Working from home is great.",Shift bidding process is not always fair.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47666,apple,none," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review,Fun atmosphere Learn a lot Paid overtime,Significant overtime required to complete work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47667,apple,none," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple College At Home Advisor,"Salary and discounts are great. They are flexible with work hours, especially around exam time so you never need to worry about that. The support system is also very good.",It can be a stressful job and lonely at times but you learn to manage.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47668,apple,none," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challanging Oppurtunities,Good company to work and good salary,"nothing at all , less work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47669,apple,none," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great work/life balance and good place to work,"employees respect each others, various events","every task is so subdivided, work inefficiently, many employee are in their comfort zone",need to focus on,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1105.htm
47670,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Meh. It's a job.,"Cool staff! Rad people. (Some of them management, even)  You get okay medical benefits. And can buy stocks on the cheap.","The hours are a joke. If you like having two days off in a row DO NOT WORK AT APPLE RETAIL. You never, ever get two days off in a row.  Also, you'll never make more than 20-ish an hour. Ever. Unless you fully commit to management, where you give up on having any kind of personality of your own and only ever speak apple-approved statements and fully give up on any kind of non apple-approved personal life. So if you're a grown-up and have kids or a mortgage, just keep on looking in the job market.  The brand is so huge and has its head so far up its own butt that they never even noticed when they turned into the technology version of Wal-Mart. And would deny they even have done so... all while harassing you that a tiny logo on your hat or pants or the way you looked away from the front of the store for eight seconds is a ""career limiting move"".","Pay your employees more. Don't micro-manage so much. (Though, light research on the web shows that you're incentivized to do so, f**k. Whatever.)",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47671,apple,none," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple College At Home Advisor,"Salary and discounts are great. They are flexible with work hours, especially around exam time so you never need to worry about that. The support system is also very good.",It can be a stressful job and lonely at times but you learn to manage.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47672,apple,none," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great occasion to learn,- Brilliant company - good life-work balance - Excellent offices,- No career at all - horrible internal procedures,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47673,apple,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,- Great place to work in terms of benefits and the office itself,- Not great development / progress opportunities,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47674,apple,none," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place,Cool people and work place,None that I can really think of other than other stores getting paid better.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47675,apple,"Perth, Western Australia (Australia)"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,Good discount on products and share,Wages is not really competitive,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47676,apple,Wallisellen (Switzerland)," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Good Company,"Apple is a good company to work for, you will have lots of benefits, such as health, gym and education reimbursement.","Very big company, you will be a small fish in a huge sea with opportunities but lots of competitors.","Please give it your all for your people, cause your team gives its heart every day. Huge thanks for the support.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47677,apple,Kireka (Uganda)," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Designing,Chef,I love working with new people and sharing new ideas and learning new things,Just it's far from home but I really need a job to keep me forward and to earn a living in this world,Love every one,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47678,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Campus Representative,Great Company,"A company that truly tries to develop its employees with constant training. They really care about the product, the employees, and the customer.",It's a huge company --that means there's inevitably going to be some bureaucracy.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47679,apple,none," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple solutions consultant,Great HR policies & great company to work with,don't have any cons. Loads of continuous learning,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1106.htm
47680,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great ethos, career progression & benefits",I haven't found any !,Keep doing what you're doing !,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47681,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best,I like apple support and their customer support. It's really a company. Working is like you got experience but its hard. Let me say if you work there you can fix any where,Hard work. No relex just work work and work. Apple must have a good time Sometimes you face people like they don't know anything and will never let you go,Ok,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47682,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,Looks good on a resume. Decent people. Discounts are nice.,"Management is atrocious and don't know anything about Apple. They're just there in case customers want to yell at someone. Customers are frighteningly aggressive. Prepare to be demeaned, insulted, and screamed at. I would enter every shift with a cold defensive mindset, knowing that someone is going to let me have it. There have been times where customers have literally made me fear for my safety. Customers have waited outside the store to yell at me once I'm off. There have been occasions where I've had to sneak out the back door and leave the mall through back hallways to avoid angry customers. There is also no room for internal movement. The company pulls the ""we fill roles internally"" but it's a hilarious lie. The store got a new role and set it would be filled internally, and they interviewed dozens of interested candidates. All were told they didn't fit he role and the store hired externally. Also, your yearly promotion is maybe 2%, and it's not unusual for new hires to be making considerably more than people who have been with the company for years.","Be real, learn things about the actual functions of the store and the services it provides. Be more willing to assist when customer lose their marbles.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47683,apple,none," Apr 2, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,Great place to work. Managers are supportive and people are great Lots of learning opportunities if you seek for them.,Gets repetitive quickly. Pay is inconsistent across the store. You'd be surprised at how similar pay is even though you may be doing a lot more and be more qualified than the one beside you Not the best of places for a career,Managers are inconsistent with expectations. Need more alignment,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47684,apple,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people poor management,"great work environment, managers are more like mentors to guide you not their to help you.",poor management lots of favouritism family and friends don't stop asking for discounts,dont micro manage,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47685,apple,none," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good grad scheme and cultur,Limited progression opportunities post program,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47686,apple,none," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just Started,Great benefits as soon as you start.,Discount not as much as it could be.,None,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47687,apple,none," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Lots of areas for development, supportive management across all stall managers Staff discount and perks Casual dress code","4 day availability needed for Part Time, despite being able to fit into 3 days- and also weekend availability required","Took a while for me to receive my first review, and also all of the metrics and achievements I would be measured on- would adjust my work earlier if had known this",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47688,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Run like a underpaid childcare facility,"No pressure to do anything really, even calling in sick was a breeze","Rubbish management, pay was atrocious, treated like your an infant being spoon fed",Change everything,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47689,apple,none," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"Job provides great benefits, pay and does not require much employment history. Manage is very passionate about supporting their employess How happy you are while working is completely up to you",if you are a driven individual there may sometimes feel like a glass ceiling exist Job also does become repetitive at some point,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1107.htm
47690,apple,Bandon (Ireland)," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,At home advisor,Incentive and benefits for working overtime. Good benefits generally with health care and dental. Treats sent out every so often to boost morale.,"Great job for a robot. If on the other hand you're a sentient being you get worn down quickly. Everything is monitored to the nth degree. You have 8 minutes bathroom break in the day which they inform you is a courtesy that you are not strictly entitled to. Your shift changes every 3 months and could be working any combination of 5 of the 7 days. Potentially you could be working 11:30 - 8 Sat, Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri. Don't expect to have any break over Christmas, you're lucky if you get Christmas Day off. Last Christmas I was off Christmas Day and New Years Day and worked every other day.",At home advisor roles can be a lonely existence with little interaction from other people. You definitely feel detached working from home. More work could be done to include the at home advisors.,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47691,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Recruiter,"Great benefits, good salary, challenging work, surrounded by talented people","Hard to move up, no development. Workload is crazy. In-region employees don't really get the same attention.",less politics,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47692,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Great Part-time Job!,True support from leadership. You are actually empowered to make decisions and don't feel like you're being micro managed.,"Schedule is based on mall hours of course, so there are many times when you're working the entire weekend for several weekends in a row.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47693,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Amazing benefits for employees, full health and dental plans, great stock options, discounts on hundreds of products and services. Apple encourages you to pursue hobbies and interests and will even contribute towards any classes or memberships (including gym memberships). Discounts on their products too is also a great benefit.","Days are often very long and draining and sometimes that can mean a lack of variety. Particularly with the technical roles, days can be quite long and monotonous, particularly during high velocity days.","Avoid changing the 'focus' of the day/week/month. Each week the focus changes and new plans are put in place, but these are often very short lived.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47694,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,"Amazing, simply the best place you could work","great work environment, managers are more like mentors to guide you not their to instruct you","i honestly cant think of any, family and friends don't stop asking for discounts??",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47695,apple,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,APPL,"team members, medical, pay, work life balance","cult like, little negotions, money orientated, little progression",focus on the employees and not the metrics,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47696,apple,none," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,It's great!,"Apple Retail is one of best environments to meet incredible people and to enhance interpersonal skills. It is also highly regarded by everyone, regardless of the industry.","The pay is lower than anticipated and it is an extremely busy role. However, the fact that it is busy can also be a pro depending on your perspective. For the record, I think of it as a pro.","Our leadership team are currently doing a great job in terms of both taking care of the team on a direct/ personal level and also managing systematic changes, overall job satisfaction and corporate goals.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47697,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,An amazing company,You work for a fantastic company Benefits are good You can create beautiful relationships with customers and colleagues Many possibilities to improve yourself Good managers really help you to grow,Crazy rhythm of work Rude customers Not the same level of competence from colleagues Low pay considering the efforts Not the best place to work when you are pregnant Bad managers can worsen the situation,"Be sure you will promote who really deserve it! And if you are a bad manager and you receive many feedback you should be the one leaving, not the workers...",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47698,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support,Great company,-Pay - One of the best benefits packages - Ability to work from home - Good people to work with - They are proactive in promoting - Always help on hand in dealing with awkward customers (very supportive),"- Alot of information to take in, in the beginning for someone who never owned an apple product. - Shift work - Don't get as many benefits working from home as you do working in house (but they were trying to improve when I was there)",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47699,apple,Gold Coast (Australia)," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great place,- best people you could ever meet - really caring management team - great benefits and discounts,- growth takes a long time. Sometimes up to 2 years to get part-time to full-time.,"Loving everything the management does, wish you could be more transparent with the team though about realistic growth expectations",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1108.htm
47700,apple,none," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Career,"Best people in the world to work with, ample opportunity for growth and progression, great culture.","Shopping Mall Hours, so hours can depend on which Mall you work at.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47701,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Senior advisor,Good benefit Competitive salary Good working environment,Call center job Lack of job opportunities,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47702,apple,none," Mar 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Benefits and pay are good,So far no cons in my opinion,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47703,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service,"Good people, terrible management","Good salary, good people & fun office environment. I really enjoyed my time here working with everyone.",Promotion is made on visibility and not regarding competence which lead to incompetent managers.,Focus more on competence and less in the visibility of people.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47704,apple,none," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Apple,you are on your own,very local management governed business,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47705,apple,none," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as good as it used to be,Fun and interesting people to work with Easy to earn overtime Flexible hours,Substandard management Nepotism Occasional 6 day work week,"Spend a little more time getting to know your team, and what you can do for them.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47706,apple,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short Review,Large company and nice work environment,Very political and is difficult to get anywhere,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47707,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Best company,"Everything is amazing, benefits, salaries, workload and people",Long processes that sometimes find a lot of silly roadblocks,Upper Management : Listen more to your TMs and less to the advisors,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47708,apple,"Leicester, England (UK)"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Specialist,"When it comes to retail, this really is the best it gets when it comes to benefits (including healthcare, dentalcare, eyewear and even fitness.",Struggle for development as there are so many employees working for the store.,Incredible,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47709,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Care Partner Relations,Apple Care Partner Relations,"good for people with limited job experience nice benefits - staff discount, health insurance, life insurance",brain washing mobbing micromanagement monitoring of toilet visits and everything else,"trust employees to use their brains, get rid of at least some of your many procedures the constant monitoring of every move is not only stressful but also hinders judgement why do you hire smart people who are capable of thinking outside the box when you then discourage exactly that?",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1109.htm
47710,apple,none," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Red-Zone Specialist,Best retail job you can get,Answering the same questions (ex. when is the next iPhone coming out?) gets tiring.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47711,apple,none," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Awesome community to work in, super flexible with scheduling. Tons of benefits, and you get to chat with different people about awesome products!","They like to over-schedule people, especially part-timers. Large expectations for business intros, and there's lots of pressure to do so.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47712,apple,"Richmond, BC (Canada)"," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great company to work for. The fast paced environment helps grow your interpersonal skills.,The people that you work with are the best. The corporate culture fosters great relationships. Extra benefits are second to non in retail.,We are often understaffed when it gets busy. People with less experience may be payed more for reasons unknown. Time off requests are not as flexible as many people like.,Be fair to every employee.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47713,apple,none," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,average salary but not enough for workload,Salary is paid before end of the month.,Not enough to justify extreme workload.,Stress out your employees less or pay them more.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47714,apple,none," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great culture, environment and people.",Need to build great relationships with managers and keep them in the know regarding your performance for chance of career progression and recognition.,Spend the time to really get to know your team.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47715,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great Part Time Job,Very flexible. Amazing benefits even for part timers,Not much room to grow,Give more room to grow,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47716,apple,"Basingstoke, England (UK)"," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Associate,hectic!,Good people who sharre similar interests.,constantly a busy place to work,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47717,apple,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great company - culture is energetic, people share their knowledge to one another, everyone helps you when you need assistance, and management cares about your goal setting",Difficult to go up the ladder if you're part time (i.e. not possible to become an expert),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47718,apple,none," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good company, good people",- Very smart and motivated co-workers - Products are very well-known - Looks good on a resume - Institutional prioritization of quality - Most of the cultural issues large corporations suffer from are not as severe,"- Overtime and work-life balance are institutional problems - The sheer size of the organization has driven a top-down ""do this, don't ask questions"" culture in many groups - As beautiful as the products are, on the inside at most levels it's surprising how corporate it is","As the company has grown and since Steve has left, the cultural values that made Apple Apple have in some ways been eroding. More explicit and intentional investments in fostering and evolving that culture are worth the time and cost.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47719,apple,none," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Specialist,Great health and dental benefits including reimbursed fitness and maternity top up. Highly motivated team members and a culture of shared sucesss. Unique career experiences from training to user acceptance testing.,Unpaid lunches. No paid sick days for Part time employees so people come to work sick. Requested days off are first come first serve and highly competitive.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1110.htm
47720,apple,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No Part Time!,"Working from Home, advancement opportunities",No Part Time oppertunties for non college employees - such a shame :(,Please revise the part time situation as a top level performer I would have loved to have stayed with Apple but can not as my situation now calls for a part time job.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47721,apple,none," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical support advisor,Food is very good and,Stress is too much and,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47722,apple,"Kingston, East of England, England (UK)"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Possibly the best company out there,Working for Apple has been a privilege. It's such a different company to work for.,The only CON I can think of at the moment is the career path. You don't feel like it is easy to proceeding and have a career there.,Great job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47723,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,great,"great stuff, nice people,and friednly customer","hard work, not that good pay, ling hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47724,apple,none," Mar 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top Company,"Grat team, supportive management, good follow up by mentors","Slow career growth, highly competitive environment",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47725,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Good,Great environment to work with. Benefits is good. Positive influence from peers and good vacation time. Strong knowledge and skill training sessions.,Communication is poor. Management make wrong decisions to promote wrong person. Leadership is focus on matrix instead of real performance,Open to feedback,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47726,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good experience in apple.,"Great company, good working environment and good benefits. Got chance to meet people from all over the world. Good for fresh graduates too.","Very very dynamic and fast pace industry, need to acquire the product knowledge and keep learning all the time. Hope Apple Store can be set up soon.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47727,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Partner Support Specialist,Channel Support Specialist German (Partner Support),"Chat support (no incoming phone calls), opportunities to contribute to quality projects, use of SAP system software, relatively good working hours (they changed however around the time I left)","Crowded office/small cubicles with lots of noise, not much natural light, draughty air conditioning, bad lighting in the office which was not fixed despite multiple complaints. Too many systems i.e. very complex multi-tasking necessary, lots of redundancy in the processes, team spirit not great. Too many process changes in a short space of time, a lot of pressure due to understaffed team.",Take it easy on the micro management.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47728,apple,none," Mar 25, 2017",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Review,"Great benefits, good pay,","Progression is too slow, shifts bids only every 3 months",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47729,apple,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - IOS Applications Developer,good,it is good. place to working for freshers.they encourage the freshers nad help to learn the new technologies,it is too far for me,nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1111.htm
47730,apple,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Business Support Specialist,Great Benefits and Team-Work,It's a place where you feel at home since day one. Great benefits for you and your family.,Lot of competition so it's a bit harder to progress.,Never stop caring about the team. Never say or show that numbers are more important than people even if they are.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47731,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Manager at Apple Store,-Great discounts on everything to do with apple -Friendly and great support teams -Life long friends are made,-Can be fairly long hours compared to other work places -Dealing with some very rude and ignorant people (Not many but a few noticeable),"Keep up the great effort Apple, you will always be in my family and my heart. Try and fix employee hours if possible can be strenious",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47732,apple,none," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Consultant,"Good atmosphere at work, multicultural and young people",Leadership was too much into Micro Management.,Help their team members,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47733,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius at apple store,Good environment for learning in tech,Work can be emotionally draining,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47734,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great customer focus, Good Career progression","Work-Life Balance, High intensity work environment",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47735,apple,none," Mar 5, 2017",Former Employee - Global Supply Manager,Apple GSM,"Salary, Exposure, Buyer Power, Aggressive culture","Cost of living, Varied expectations",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47736,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Really is great,"Great work ethic Working environment is great Loads of discounts Great benefits (therapy, vision care etc)",Takes forever to progress on up,Behave less privileged because we all work in the store,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47737,apple,none," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Intern Experience,"- Fast paced but relaxed work environment - Strong emphasis on 'Employee Wellness' therefore a lot of perks e.g. subsidised cafeteria, on-site gym, doctor","- At the time of employment, there was no graduate program therefore future career prospects limited - As an intern, not given much responsibilty","Develop intern program more, to give intern an increased amount of responsibilty",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47738,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Advisor,exactly not so good,famous brand and quite nice welfare. nothing else.famous brand and quite nice welfare.famous brand and quite nice welfare.famous brand and quite nice welfare,unflagging management system and sanctimonious external iamge feeling bad. bland to customers . pcan't slove customers problems. Really felt unhappy.,nothing,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47739,apple,"Manchester City Centre, England (UK)"," Mar 11, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Stepping stone, not a career",Relaxed environment. Lots of benefits Good training and personal development Career experiences,"Theres a carrot on a stick type management strategy about career progression. You're promised management endorsement if you achieve certain things, then once you've done that you don't get endorsed. Its a great job but not a career.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1112.htm
47740,apple,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun for the first year,The discounts on products were good The friends you make along the way,Management taking sides with certain employees Employees who suck up to leadership get promoted No work life balance,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47741,apple,Lisbon (Portugal)," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Consultant,An amazing company to be a part of,Apple cares deeply about its employees and their work experience. Apple products are amazing and easy to sell due to its high quality and durability,Growing from ASC to another position inside the company is not so easy. There aren't many openings for the ASC team.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47742,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Great team and staff benefits,"I worked with a great team and customers also, they were interesting people all round so when busy it was a satisfying day. Flexible on work hours.",Our store was in a shopping mall which can feel a little unreal with no daylight but not something totally Apple related.,"I was lucky to have one of the companies best retail managers who lead from example with a smile, if all managers could do that it would help morale even more. I'd like to see the company reassess their sustainability to the environment and had concerns about the welfare of some of their international manufacturing companies employees.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47743,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Genius,Many benefits and experiences to learn from,Amazing benefits and salary for customer retail position,Very hard on work life balance as a full time,Don't overdo it stick just to being yourself,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47744,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fine for the short term,job security wages are ok the system makes you write 5 pros the system makes you write 5 pros the system makes you write 5 pros,micro management no work life balance,Realise employees are humans not machines or numbers.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47745,apple,Cairo (Egypt)," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Supervisor,iam a team leader of tow branches in accountant issue,its big company all over the world,its big pressure on my head,responsibility,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47746,apple,none," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business management,Just a good salary and accomodations also.,It is too much away from home,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47747,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - ITunes Advisor,Excellent,Great benefits Work from home Good pay Room to move up in the company,Working weekends from time to time Late shifts from time to Time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47748,apple,Hanoi (Vietnam)," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,professional working environment,"challenges come everyday, tight deadline, working with many partners all over the world, business trips at 5 star hotel, chance of working with top managers","fierce competitiveness within internal staffs, which should be unusual in an top American corporate! many people have just worked for 1 year then quit",create more friendly working environment,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47749,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Relations Advisor,Customer Relations Advisor,"work attitude, transparancy, feeling treated equally, possibility to progress, benefits","annual leave regulations, work training was not as good as it could be",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1113.htm
47750,apple,"Cheltenham, Victoria (Australia)"," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple,It's a very easy job and the people are great to work with. Get to know a lot of cool things,The money is crap it's hard to move up threw he company the customers are very stuck up and in great ful,N,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47751,apple,"Covent Garden, England (UK)"," Feb 26, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Place To Work,Freedom Day goes quickly Meet interesting people Always busy Great staff,Moving up and down all day,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47752,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Hard to get into, worth it to stay","Great HR team, they adapt to your own person very quickly and are very considerate in regards to help when you need it.  Acknowledgement for achievements is second to none.","Difficult to progress as the procedure to do so is highly competitive and you have to be exceptional to even get an interview.  Very challenging workload, you have to be on the ball at every point of the day.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47753,apple,Barcelona (Spain)," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Creative,Nice,"People, places, products, learning, and everything related to retail stores it is very satisfing to the world to get a new one",No comision based in the store so everybody not earning the same so maybe they should have been the one who has the right one to,X,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47754,apple,none," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical specialist,The people Benefits are really good,No work life balance Management are either great or horrendous,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47755,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 5, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Support Specialist,Customer Support Specialist,Open Culture and people around are nice Good work life balance,There are not so many career prospectives within the company,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47756,apple,none," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best comapany,Its great to work here,There is no cons for this,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47757,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Don't get stuck here,"Good perks. (canteen, gym, onsite dental/doctor, employee discount)","Hard to progress or move sideways in the company. No work life balance,",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47758,apple,none," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Aslp,apple store leader program,"Learn a lot about retail in 2 years program. Get to know amazing people, being highly valued at store. Get enough training, and a good way to practice leadership for young graduate.","Not enough manager headcount, due to market issue.","Plan early for the nso, don't let those aslp graduates apply jobs which no headcount.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47759,apple,"Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (UK)"," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Specialist,"Great ongoing development, career progression and environment. Health and dental benefits, including for parter.","Low pay, long hours. Getting paid the same rate as others in retail while working twice as hard.","Improve pay standards, introduce public transport subsidies, not just season ticket loans.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1114.htm
47760,apple,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,Positive and challenging environment,Working holidays for retail hours,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47761,apple,none," Feb 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company!,Very good company! One of the top!,Nothing at all! Very nice environment,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47762,apple,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,- Good benefits - Great work colleges - Strong work ethics and morals,- Some Leaders can be unhelpful and biased - Difficult work/life balance - Not the greatest pay,"Please focus on your employees, really listen to them and find ways to make them happy. The company is starting to focus to much on them and less on the individuals.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47763,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Team Manager,Great benefits but no career,"Benefits and perk are great: Gym, doctor, dentist... all on site !",No profesional development and no career opportunities,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47764,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,It's grand.,Fantastic place to work. Opportunities are there if you enquire and desire. Great benefits. Generally colleagues are nice and friendly and willing to help,Deep end after little training. Bit of a clique in certain department.,Keep expanding. Good job.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47765,apple,none," Feb 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,Working at Apple is a challenging job. Nice benefits but sadly below average wages. The benefits can make up for it depending on your situation. All in all I enjoyed working for them.,"below average wages, sometimes you get belittled by the management.",Listen to your employees. Even the little ones.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47766,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Relations Advisor,No weekend shifts Salary is okay but compared to Tier2 a joke If you consider the high responsibility you have and the pressure you need to cope. Its based in the city centre.,"Incident system is pre-industrial This department is totally micromanaged Same Csat target as tech department, wich is a joke as you mostly get the difficult customers and a way more complex and lost cases. KPI can only be achieved If you know how to trick the system. The current Area Manager is a true bully.(This entry is from Feb 2017) The management is merely focused in short term results and not interested in advices. Management constantly threatens you with disciplinary actions to achieve short term targets. Investiagtion meetings are uphold for minor issues verbal warnings, discussion sheets and action plans are constantly in use against employees for the sake of short term results. HR does not protect employees against the arbitraryness of the managment. Investigation hearing are only upholded top down and not vice versa. The managment is capable of solving real problems. The managment has completely been disconnected from the employees.","Be nice, be human and use common sense! Refrain from micromanagement and listen to the advisors- because they know the best what is going wronf with this department. And stop threatening the people with disciplinary actions from the stoneage!",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47767,apple,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Sexist,They have a great culture amongst the store team members.,"Unfortunate that managers don't share the same ethics and company culture as the rest of the team. Made multiple complaints about other staff stalking customers, putting their numbers into young girls phones whilst in appointments on the genius bar and nothing was done. They pretend to care about the staff when all they really care about is making money.",It's the 21st century and females have a right to feel safe at work. None of the management cared that blatant discrimination and sexism was happening.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47768,apple,none," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Apple Retail,Good culture good people nice atmosphere,Under resourced staffing for areas other than direct sales,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47769,apple,none," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail specialist,Good friends and environment. Friendly customers usually and management usually fixed issue quickly regarding customer complaints,Hard to work up through management,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1115.htm
47770,apple,Carrigaline (Ireland)," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Apple AHA,college aha,"Great benefits, salary, awespome people","na great company , no complaints . kepp it up",Keep it up !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47771,apple,none," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sinking ship.,The talented people. Benefits. Lively environment. You can pick a career path and push for what you want.,"The culture is turning into something it never was. It's fake. Management has officially created a ""mean girls""-esque environment. Heard our store leader actually screaming at an employee until they cried. Leadership...? I think not. No work life balance.","Continuously squeezed to do more, and be better- which can be a good thing if there was actual leadership.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47772,apple,none," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid,Many nice colleagues. Generally good standards.,Illiterate belligerent middle management.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47773,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,"worked as specialist in Hong Kong Apple Store for 3.5 years,",no over time work for specialist,They don't just change the store leader and management teams every 6 to 9 months also the rules for employees. something it change backward and it is don't work good. The atmosphere there in HK store is not that good.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47774,apple,none," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store,Great company and benefits overall,As in all parts of Retail you have to endure some rude customers,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47775,apple,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ENT T2,Good job good ambiance nothing much to say,Nothing bad to be honest,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47776,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Good but not great,"Many good benefits, many creative people that you can bounce an idea from. Constant exciting projects and announcements. Great feedback system that (almost) works.",Some leaders completely neglect the opinions of other staff and worst of all fail to do their jobs. Many use shortcuts and do not understand the culture of the company. Working under pressure and with limited staff can become the norm.,"Be honest. Value people. Do not lie. Be a leader, not a manager.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47777,apple,none," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great for retail but only for retail,- Good benefits package extended to all employees not just full-time - Hourly pay is good (for a retail job),- Progression is difficult - Pay doesn't reflect the amount and quality of work most employees provide,Retail employees need to much more pay of more ways to feel like they're developing. Without either of those things you will continue to lose very talented employees who could easily make a higher wage elsewhere with companies that will also be eager to see them develop.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47778,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing place to work and great company to work for,"Pay, hours especially during holiday season, the team environment. Tenure counts for something, unlike other places they actually care about you and your progression as a person and employee",Slow progression to different roles within the retail spectrum. You need to make your superiors aware that you're a value able asset for a raise as well,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47779,apple,none," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life time consultant,All good things to describe,Nothing bad to describe about,Keep the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1116.htm
47780,apple,Aha (Turkey)," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Relations Advisor,Customer Relations Advisor,Best Company in The World,Not too much cons that i can say totally,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47781,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Manager,"creative environment, opportunities for hard workers","ambiguity, stress at launch times",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47782,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple creates it's own world,Large company with plenty of experience to gain in a variety of areas related to IT/Sales and decent pay for retail.,"Company ethos, poor management, high targets, no commission, progression is shouted about from day one but it never realises itself unless you're good friends with higher management and have very high results in your current role.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47783,apple,none," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Very good company enjoyed my time at Apple. Extremely high salary and a very fun job. Management is very friendly.,"Extremely long hours which is very tiring. Colleagues tend to be quite rude and disruptive. However, would recommend still.",Keep doing what you're doing! Try give staff less hours though,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47784,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Work Experience,Personal Growth Good Salary Good management employee relations,Sometimes the management can be unorganized,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47785,apple,none," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Excellent place to work, great benefits, ran efficiently, excellent salary for retail","The worst customers at times, a lot of responsibility at times, performance is assessed","Update schedules earlier, rota should be done more in advance, can't fault anything else,",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47786,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Micro Management,Good Benefits Good Pay for the easy work that is is Easy to move up in the company (I got from entry level to supervisor in one year),"Its call center work like any other call center stop trying to over glamorize it because its for Apple.  Non social hours  Shift Changes every 3 months, You can be stuck with a bad one and there is no way to change it  Very Stressful Job  Progressing to management seems to be based on who you know rather than your skill level.","Notice the employees with the skill set for management roles and not your friends.  Stop watching everything we do with a magnifying glass, let the staff do their job.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47787,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Feb 17, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Full Time Technical Specialist (Australia),Wonderful Co-Workers Decent Salary Benefits (Gym Membership Reimbursement / Study Reimbursement),Lack of prospects Constant abuse from customers Lack of work life balance Senior management clueless to true feelings of staff,Talk to your employees directly rather than through Apple jargon and buzz words. Be realistic about opportunities. Understand the impact working in a busy environment from start to finish of your shift has on wellbeing.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47788,apple,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Perfect fit , perfect job",Excellente perspective de carrière et opportunités de se faire une place,"Impossible de trouver des inconvenants , la presque perfection !",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47789,apple,none," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,marketing,environment to explore new things,dont think there are any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1117.htm
47790,apple,none," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,Great perks in health care and the discounts in other areas a great to.,Lack of communication . Poor hourly pay for what can be a very stressful job. Long hours.Lack of support from management. Poor training.Very poor atmosphere for staff which in turn creates tension in the workplace.,Focus on communication and listen and act upon what your staff tell you. Treat people as individuals and not like children.And pay people fairly you are one of the biggest companies in the world so pay people their value and look after them or most people will leave sooner then later.Over procrastination is sometimes not helpful sometimes taking actions swiftly is better.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47791,apple,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,"Good benefits including private health care, dental, eye care, discounts and gym membership. Apple respects your work/life balance meaning you don't take work home with you.","It can be a stressful job at times, though the team is always there for support. Career progression can feel slow and within the space of 5 years you are likely to hit the ceiling of your career.",No real complaints. I didn't get as much training and support as I would have ideally liked. I learned most of the skills I need for the role in the role. Clearer career progression and goals would be helpful.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47792,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - CPU Advisor,CPU Advisor,"Good Company if u follow the Guide, do not think outside the box and you can have a good and quick Career, if you think outside the box, thinks getting SLOW. A good Manager is what you need there, and lucky I had one.","Start Salary is to low to actually think to stay longer with the Company, by far to low if you have a Family to support. Good for Job Starters or temporary Visitors of Ireland. If you are not in an high Ranking (more the 85%) of Customer Satisfaction, you may get an Additional Training, what is BS as Satisfaction get's counted on Reviews, what sometimes are not even Based on the current Customer experience, but on the whole Case and follow ups","Don't think that if someone not agree on your Guide-lines, means that the Person is not open for Improvements, but Guide-lines from USA don't work mostly in EUROPE, as we are not all AWESOME, and Great. We look for Improvement of local Issues.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47793,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - IOS Advisor,Excellent Pay,Very good pay and benefits package,Repetitive work and can get quite lonely working from home.,Encourage more team interaction and social meetups,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47794,apple,none," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but you gotta play","benefits, people, good pay for what you do","politics, unrealistic expectations, retail schedule",Try to have fun sometimes.,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47795,apple,none," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Very good energy,and all your colleagues will be great people, interesting and creative, the management is very open and easy going",Not paying enough money as I expected,Changing sales strategy by incentive pays,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47796,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company to work for,"Very good energy All your colleagues will be great people, interesting and creative The management is very open and easy going",I dont have any cons that I can think of this is really a great company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47797,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Relations,High pressure call centre,- Good benefits - Good rates of pay - Lovely team members - Apple always looks good on CV,"- It's a call centre job - It doesn't matter how they dress it up, you are working in a call centre. There is nothing fancy about it. In fact most Apple customers are monsters, the sort of people who drive Audi's and shout at waitresses for getting their order wrong. I have never wished people harm before, until I spoke to some of the animals who were my customers in AppleCare.  - Clueless management at all levels - from the senior Area Management downwards, most managers are clueless robots who are either external hires from other call centres or internally promoted clowns who were so bad at customer service they were able to brown-nose their way off the phones as quickly as possible. I wouldn't let them mind my cactus plant for 48 hours, let alone run a call centre.  - Unsocial Hours - Forget weekends and Christmas / public holidays off if you are working in Tech Support or customer facing phone work. You will even be made to work Christmas day, because your life and your family are not important, some idiot who can't work out how to turn on his iPhone 7 at 9 am on 25th December is. Don't worry though, senior managers won't be around, they will be off skiing in France for the 3 weeks over Crimbo. Same applies to weekends.  - Endless micromanagement - all off-phone time is closely management. However well you handle a call, email or chat, your robot of a manager will pick holes in all the good work you did, telling you in your one-2-one session how bad you are at your job, despite the fact if you transferred a real life customer to them, they would jump into the sea. The endless pressure of having your every movement picked over results in countless people either resigning or, being out long term sick with depression and stress etc.  To conclude: I'd rather flip burgers, clean septic tanks, or be an exotic dancer, than work for AppleCare again.","You might as well go down to the local wildlife park, unlock the monkey cages and let the escaping group of primates run the company, they would do a better job than you lot.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47798,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great Pay, friendly environment, enjoyable work","Overkill on ethics, repetitive, Long hours",Change shift patterns,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47799,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company for retail experiences,"I spent 4.5 years at Apple retail. The company itself offers amazing benefits (really comprehensive healthcare, generous holiday etc). There is opportunity to progress into management, if you really want to!","It's extraordinarily busy so you need to keep up with the pace, it is hard to keep your energy up. There is little control of shift work.",To trust the team and fight the urge to treat employees like children!,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1118.htm
47800,apple,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Awesome,"Well nothing much to say , basically everything about this job .",none cons i have expreinced so far .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47801,apple,none," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Bar,"Fun, cool people, decent pay","Can be overhwleming, too many people",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47802,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operator,"Nice ,friendly environment -good experience",Short contracts ( less than year),none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47803,apple,none," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,Great place to continue developing if you were already using their professional softwares & devices.,Always busy and not always organized,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47804,apple,none," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,free gym/ dental/medical insurance and good discount,"same routine everyday, and customers are rude and annoying",make new roles that are more fun,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47805,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family/work balance,Siblins are not considered family and conpany does not consider them as such in their policies.,"It is very comorehensive tho to get time off, if the perain affected is your parents or son/daughter.","Be more human, we all are and it's ok, we leqrn from our mistakes",3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47806,apple,none," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Support,Good management and good atmosphere,Too much focused on numbers not on people,Be more focused on persons,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47807,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Payment Specialist,Specialist,"Good company to have on resume Good benefits, health etc, like most large companies","Career progression is slow the options are unclear. The job could be quite stressful because of the metrics. Due to the secrecy, lack of information could make your job ambiguous sometimes.",none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47808,apple,none," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Team, colleagues, training, product, discounts","Pay, career progression, working weekends, not as good as the secretive culture would have you believe","Middle-managers are doing great, and it's a brilliant place to work but you have to pay your staff better, especially those on the front line who take",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47809,apple,none," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Very Good environment to work in.,It's still very corporate like underneath the liberal skin they put on.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1119.htm
47810,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Big Company with Small Company values.,- Management support your decisions. - Company offers share options at a retail job level. - Best place to work to develop better interpersonal skills.,- Not enough training offered anymore. - Hours are not very flexible. - Career progression is tough due to small amount of roles and high amount of competition.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47811,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,-Great managers -Stock purchase plan -Company nights out,-Hard to progress into management -No flexibility on working hours -Work on weekends,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47812,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,specialist,"great people to work with, they do hire very talented, amazing people, so it is enjoyable to work there","great of you are a student, but not the job as a career.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47813,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Good Company,Good people and a lot of fun,Progression is quite bottlenecked and slow,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47814,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Administrative,admin,"They have very few pros, if any i think none",They need to start respecting their staff,change and respect,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47815,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist - Overall good experience,"Good discount, friendly employees, great environment.","Can be stressful on the genius bar, dealing with difficult customers",Overall good management.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47816,apple,"Laval, QC (Canada)"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,The fall of Apple Retail,"Some talented team members, Interesting customers, Great customer service interactions, Amazing technology, Beautiful and ergonomic work place, Clean bathrooms and break room.","Lack of coaching, No reprimand for unacceptable behaviour in a work environment, Favouritism, Empty promises for advancement made to entice better performance, Lack of accountability for management's poor decisions.",Get back to basics and start genuinely caring about the growth and development of your team. The business growth with ensue unquestionably when you're team feels fulfilled.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47817,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 15, 2017",Former Employee - Lead Genius,Lead Genius,A great place to gain experience in a broad range of areas. Personal development and learning is really encouraged. A culture of feedback is encouraged. You work with amazing and friendly people.,Working in the Genius Bar can mean particularly unpleasant customers and the stress of always trying to catch up. As stores can have long operating hours there is a high expectation in terms of availability.,Be direct. Stop speaking in ambiguous apple jargon buzzwords. Consider the impact being in your stores 38 + hours a week has on your teams wellbeing.,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47818,apple,Cologne (Germany)," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Good Employer,- fair pay - good work-life balance - many benefits,- sometimes extreme annoying customers,Keep your good employees at your side and honor their work more,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47819,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fraud Specialist,Authority in decision making Flexible shifts Great Management Team spirit Target driven,"Weekend Shifts (not everyone, depends on the team you are on)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1120.htm
47820,apple,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Good company,Colleagues and great structure as well as an overall well run business.,"None, its a well run business.",Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47821,apple,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great culture and hiring and on boarding experience for employees,"Long interview process, hard to move into management if not in it already. No work/life balance",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47822,apple,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pacific Ops Div,Challenging and fun environment. Great welfare,Work life balance is difficult sometimes,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47823,apple,none," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Ppl you work with, and customers you meet",A lot of work / little money. Many hours helping ppl who are not always friendly,Give ppl more recognition for their work. Monetary or moral,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47824,apple,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Friendly work environment,Working at Apple is overall pretty great. You speak with curious customers who come into the store with wonder. You have plenty of coworkers so it's fairly easy to switch shifts and make friends.,"Lots of drama between coworkers, plenty of irate, entitled customers expecting us to bend over backwards for them as soon as they raise their voice.","When an employee has a history of recklessness and pot stirring, let them go sooner than later for the sake of the whole team.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47825,apple,none," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple employee former,Excellent company with great morals,Not good with commuication really,Nothing to input really.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47826,apple,"Gateshead, England (UK)"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Best life experience ever,"Working in an Apple Store is all about team work. We are not that interested in selling, but 100% committed to people. Managers are very supportive, guiding you on how to improve your results. This position has clear metrics and the feedback from managers is very specific.","Requires some availability. You will be working during weekends and holidays, when everybody is out shopping.",Higher salaries could improve the retention of the best talent in our stores.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47827,apple,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,logistics,environment good like it ............,it is such a big company .............,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47828,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Order Support Specialist,Order Support Specialist,"Fanatatsic benefits,very good discounts,great team. Good to have Apple in your CV for future career.","Horrible Management,very fake and not genuine.They tell you to shut up, there is no support or development.Salary low compared to other IT companies.","Treat your employees fair and respectful,then they might stay longer.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47829,apple,"Southampton, England (UK)"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Business Expert,Think Different,"Fun and challenging work, with great customer service ethos, a lot of freedom to develop into the best version of you. Incredible benefits package, discounts, career development info, health development info and wonderful and varied co-workers. You get to work with some great equipment, feel part of something bigger than yourself and best of all, see how your work can impact the community around you.  In terms of the business side of things, their model is unlike any other business team out there, no cold calls, no hard-sells and mostly smooth sales processes which you manage from start to finish. The likelihood of you bumping into a senior figure within the company hierarchy is incredible no matter what job-role you start at and can put into perspective why the company is as successful as it is.","Managers can be unrealistic in their expectations of: a work-life balance, their understanding of work occurring on the front-line and their capability to help you progress professionally.  In retail, expect to work all holidays, and book 3-4 weeks in advance for time off. Better to think of your job with working hour expectations like those of a nurse or police, no matter what role you have.  Customers can ask very difficult questions about the decisions made at the highest level, you are their punching bag expect it. Even Apple's computer systems go through hiccups - the embarrassment in front of a customer is not fun, especially if you're trying to meet their timeframe requirements.  Unlike other big companies changes happen very, very fast. You might be kept in the dark about the reasoning, and it might be hard to deal with, but you'll just have to trust the decisions are being made for a reason (think lack of stock for a few months, then suddenly a new product or the lineup completely disappears).  In terms of the business side of things, the rest of the store will ostracise you thinking you're like some kind of devil dealing salesperson, maybe just subconsciously, but you'll always have a battle convincing your colleagues just how important leads are to you, cold or otherwise. The lack of B2B acumen around you means you can feel like you fight the same uphill battles with little gains.","Listen to when your team ask you to be with them on the 'front line' and get your hands dirty every now and then - your staff are not you, but are also a pretty strong representation of your own capability to lead. They know you're not in control of everything, but a lukewarm answer to a heavy question about career development is not going to make them want to follow you.",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1121.htm
47830,apple,none," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AHA Mac Tier 1,Apple is a brilliant company and benefits are fantastic.,Career progression is slow the options are unclear.,Take qualifications into consideration.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47831,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 7, 2017",Current Employee - ACM Technician,"Good Pay, Great People","- Dynamic, intriguing peers who will push you to become better.",External leadership hires tend not to understand 'Apple Culture'.,"Reward hard work, not popularity.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47832,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,"An Experience, Period.",-Good enterprise culture -Fancy products -Various rotations that help you learn about retail industry -Relatively good employee welfare package -Just for fun,"You are just doing the sales job in a deliberately polished way. The job was tiring, demanding, and tedious. Just like most of the sales jobs. Plus you have to face those picky customers on daily basis. When the joy was replaced by the sales figures, it is time to leave. Plus, little career opportunity for a retail worker. You will at most a store leader, or the head of salesmen, period.",Find those tricks to motivate your team. Retail works are tedious in many ways. One will quickly loss interest if not fed with new remedies.,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47833,apple,"Laval, QC (Canada)"," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Creative for 2 yrs and genius for 2 years.,"Good salary, great benefits, a chance to invest in the company for less than what it actualy cost, you learn a lot about the passion within the company and also Apple is not afraid to invest in theor employees.",Employees don't last since most of them are students and some do not see the job as a career. Also some clients are hard to deal with and can become hard to deal with ober long term.,Most of management team is not familiar with company's essence and think about sales and not about sharing a passion.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47834,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,"Great job, not a career!","Good working environment, great colleagues, decent pay for retail, develop great communication skills. Great discounts and healthcare benefits. Casual clothing makes working comfortable! A lot of time given for self development!","Little support for real progression. They make you jump through hoops to get anywhere. Any other company, you would be an assistant or store manager for the amount of work that you do. Too much focus on hitting sales targets with no commission for the people that earn it. Managers are generally very lazy and do not motivate their staff. Great as a job, but think again if you want to make this into a career!","Support your staff and help them develop or you will end up becoming like every other high street retailer. Things have not been the same in the culture of the company since the passing of Steve Jobs,",4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47835,apple,none," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Flexible scheduling and great benefits,"Open on weekends, fast paced environment",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47836,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,AppleCare Advisor,Salary and Benefits. Location a good company to have in your CV,There is not a real policy against managers abuse. Employee Relations is a tool in hands of the manager.,Take seriously bullying cases,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47837,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,good,"nice people, good environment","not so much, pretty nice place to young people to work",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47838,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Specialist,It's a great environment to work with and fun staff,"Good perks , excellent health package, option to buy stocks at a discount. Great discounts on items. Opportunities to grow.","Stores are always super busy, you need to handle feedback from everyone, customers can be annoying, always under staffed, customers need to wait a lot to repair items or sometimes to buy stuff.",The company makes a lot of money! Hire some more people plz!! So we can stop hearing complaints from customers and waiting time .,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47839,apple,none," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Great people, great benefits, amazing stores to work in. The best products in the world surrounded by people who love to learn.","Busy environment, lack of clear direction from higher management, lack of efficient HR process. Other than that a great place to work!","Take the time to listen to the people at the coal face in retail stores, and listen to the ways in which they can impact at a local level.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1122.htm
47840,apple,none," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive Central America & Caribbean,Excellent school good working environment,working different countries require a lot of traveling,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47841,apple,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASC,- Good benefits - Reputable company - Meet many amazing people,- Limited progression opportunities - A lot of responsibility outside of working hours - A lot of pressure from managers and other colleagues,- Don't be so harsh on the new colleagues and don't compare them to colleagues that have been working for Apple for years.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47842,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great benefits, community and family feel across all retail, fun, ability to enjoy your day with other colleagues. Good pay, good discount,","Entitled customers and complaints, can be hard to progress,",You're doing amazing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47843,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing!,Amazing! Great fun working there!,"None, bar the amazing discounts!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47844,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Store Manager,-----------------------------------------------,"Great environment to develop leadership in a fast paced retail environment. Awesome benefits, decent salary, prestige. Very friendly work environment and a healthy open-feedback culture.","Apple in Japan has very limited opportunities to do something in Corporate. They always advocate how they encourage everyone to do ""Career Experiences"" but the reality is that they're seldom and when one actually pops out, you are rarely given the chance to do it... Specially if you are in the Management Team, it would be unrealistic to request a store leader to endorse you for another position in Corporate because they are always short on managers.",Be more transparent about promotions and about what exactly you are evaluating to promote people. Too few stores mean less career advancement opportunities so it would be something for SVP to consider expanding the market in Japan with more stores and more opportunities for employees to switch from Retail to Corporate and vice-versa.,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47845,apple,none," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Friendly people career development plan,No clear career development plan,Have clear career development plan,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47846,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Business Expert,Business Expert,"Relaxed great colleagues Benefits Don't take your work home with you, You",- really really really bad pay - business managers have no clue - no progression - pay increase is tiny - is not a professional role,- no words,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47847,apple,none," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"fun environment, great staff, good pay, discount",very busy periods at times.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47848,apple,none," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Specialist,"High pay for retail Good treatment of employees (breaks, benefits, flexibility) Good discount",Some people chug the Apple koolaid a little too much.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47849,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Management,Amazing company with amazing people,Management ruined the store and ruin the brand,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1123.htm
47850,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 7, 2017",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Not what it used to be.,"Most of the people you work with are amazing. They are what keeps you sane through the ups and downs. The benefits are also nice. (Stock options, health care etc..)",No work life balance whatsoever. Management rarely care or provide support when needed and whinge when the staff seem exhausted or need a mental health day. The stress is far too high for what they're paying you.,"Listen to your staff, support them.",2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47851,apple,none," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,"good culture, easy going, generally caring leadership","performance not rewarded, older employees have a bad attitude, dont get on their bad side",value performance over tenure,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47852,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Good at first,You really work with the most passionate and interesting people,"Apple customers are the most entitled and awful people you will ever meet. Prepare to be screamed at, belittled and just down right made to feel insignificant.",Support your staff,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47853,apple,none," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Part time Specialist,"A lot of autonomy, great benefits, and amazing products","retail, some customers really suck, and some coworkers are kind of crazy",give more recognition to employees please,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47854,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager in Channel Business,"You got the chance to meet some of the smartest people, from great education or consulting firms, or decades of years of experience in the industry.  You can see the business impact that you deliver, which is always huge, and I personally found it the most rewarding.","I loved working at Apple, but recently found it more bureaucratic, more political and less decision making.  Another downside is they hire too many new people, who don't really understand Apple culture, and diluted the intact culture we used to have at the company.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47855,apple,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great workplace,WL balance is the best,Routine works make sometimes bored,Great so far,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47856,apple,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,So much potential,Discount is pretty nice. Great people to surround with.,So much red tape to advance,Our soul is our people? Act like it.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47857,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Apple FRS,"Lively, many friends to make",Beats you down. No commission.,"Give me freedom, I'm not in high school.",2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47858,apple,none," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"You will meet some of the most fun, interesting, overqualified and wonderful people. Your work day will be busy, but you will meet some interesting customers as well.","With most stores having at least 100 staff, you will have to roll your sleeves up and begin the political aspect of your career if you hope to build up relationships with decision making managers. Your ability to do the job will get you half way there.","Pay your staff more than minimum wage... knock the zero hour contracts on the head. I had turned over £700k worth of sales in 6 months, and couldn't get more than 28 hours per week because no full timers were leaving.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47859,apple,none," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Great working environment Great management team Like a second family,"Growth potential is limited, however there are definitely many opportunities to increase your skillset",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1124.htm
47860,apple,Mysore (India)," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - SCM EXECUTIVE,Work,"Time flexibility, Good working Place, tee on your place","Many cons, No commitment in salary hike, False promises, Worst HR, No Growth",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47861,apple,none," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great overall,- great people to work with - managers listen - relaxed,- under paid compared to similar and easier roles - career path is limited in retail,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47862,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,No review,"Flexible, fun, engaging. What more can I say? Love working for such an influential company. And I love that they want me to have a life too!","Retail is retail, all I shop of have to say about that. It's not glamorous at all, but at least this was an honest living.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47863,apple,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,"Great learning, little development possibilities for senior managers.","Great learning, awesome team, pleasant open culture with employees, never a dull moment. You haven't done retail until you did Apple Retail!",For senior managers there are little growth possibilities. At management level culture is less open and often more political. In daily practice the feedback there is often not given directly but discussed with your dieector.,Stick to values and walk the talk.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47864,apple,"Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"You will meet some of the most fun, interesting, overqualified and wonderful people. Your work day will be busy, but you will meet some interesting customers as well.","With most stores having at least 100 staff, you will have to roll your sleeves up and begin the political aspect of your career if you hope to build up relationships with decision making managers. Your ability to do the job will get you half way there.","Pay your staff more than minimum wage... knock the zero hour contracts on the head. I had turned over £700k worth of sales in 6 months, and couldn't get more than 28 hours per week because no full timers were leaving.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47865,apple,none," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Visual Merchendising,"-Positive Work Environment -People are awesome -Learn on the fly from colleagues, online apple portals, as well as learning from leaders constantly through conversations, repor building. -great customer excellence and focus on business acumen and principles",-coaching style is slow so as Development -promotions are almost non-existance -no work-life balance,- be more transparent with employees regarding company's structure and direction. -allow employees to think outside of the box and encourage them to put their ideas to action.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47866,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Cash Applications Accountant,Best company to work for in Cork,Salary greater than the market average Benefits Discounts Training and learning opportunities Challenging environment Opportunities to promote or move within the company,Uncertainty when it comes to get the contracts renewed- Can take some time to get a permanent contract. Smoking area very far from the building,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47867,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist- London,"Excellent company perks, the company provides you with so many benefits. Decent pay for retail. Amazing and talented colleagues from all walks of life. Apple recruits well and it shows in the people they hire. The occasional interesting customer.","Apple customers are very entitled and its no surprise, they get rewarded for bad behaviour. Grown adults come into stores and throw a tantrum, you say no, management says yes and so it goes.  Quite poor work life balance but you cant expect much more from retail.  Company culture can often feel cult like and robotic. Leadership were very fake and again robotic, it is hard to get a human response from the majority, its like they read off a script.  There was a huge shift in culture in the time i worked there it became all about targets and numbers under the false pretence that it was about the people customers and colleagues alike, it wasn't.  Once the excitement of being hired by Apple wears off, you will realise that you're just a glorified shop keeper don't let the job titles fool you going in. You are a common retail assistant undervalued and the high turnover rate is consistent with other companies. Apple retail is a separate entity you will not be treated as though you are part of the bigger corporation.  Although the pay is decent for retail it is not decent for Apple. There are days where you will make sales in total which will more than double your yearly salary just by serving lets say 10 people in a day.",Management need to be hired from within people who have actually worked from the bottom up and know all the roles and know the products and fit in well with their colleagues.  Get to know your team. Be human. Ask them how they are before asking them about their targets.  Help.  Be human.  Do not be robotic.  Stop the micro management its obnoxious.  Just sort it out.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47868,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Good for a timelong,Fair Diverse Fulltime Good Incentive Save hours Expats Party Overtime Paid Multiple Roles Cannot tell more as it is kind of unwanted and secret but good place to work where you can get somewhere.,High Competition Long Waiting for answers on internal Applications Cannot tell more as it is kind of unwanted and secret but good place to work where you can get somewhere.,Listen to staff,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47869,apple,none," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Take care of their people,Nothing bad to say about it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1125.htm
47870,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,L2 technical Support,Apple is a great company to work with,May have to work from home,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47871,apple,none," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,You get global view of how things work at such a big MNC,"Too tech focused, more of nerds rather than smart people around",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47872,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Apple the world best company affected by Chinese-culture employee,"Great company culture, dynamic and simple, Apple encourage work-life balance, and offer great benefit overall, they establish their own gym centre in campus, and its 24 hour open. i love Apple very very much.","Work in Mandarin support team, people there are very Chinese culture, promotion and career path are developed with blackbox, looks fair on surface, but the truth is not.","Management may put more investigation on Mandarin team, don't let them break the best company culture in Apple",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47873,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,"Fantastic colleagues, highly skills, experienced and most importantly passionate You get help easily by asking around, and globally","As the company progresses, complexity increases. The team has to learn and adapt with new challenges all the time. This requires everyone to stay alert all the time and it can be daunting","Global leadership should do skip level 1:1 to listen more on the ground challenges. From the regional offices, we look upon global leaders' visits to hear us out and to meet talent pipe.",5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47874,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Great in early carrier, or at Sr. level","Stimulating environment, great talented people, amazing products","Small guidance, huge workload, very little development",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47875,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Specialist (AppleCare),Dress down benefit. Great food at the Mac Cafe.,Little to no promotion as it only comes due to business needs.,Listen to employee's feedback.,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47876,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Apple AHA,Good college work,"Flexible, prestigious, convenient, interesting, fun colleagues and good perks such as significant discounts and gym membership. Managers could be a little strict at times with regard to time-keeping. Lots of time off for exams",The job could be quite stressful at times especially around Christmas time. No real social aspect because you work from home. Tough to balance shifts and college work at times,Perhaps make the position more hands-on with more trips down to HQ in Cork. College students are treated very similarly to fulltime workers and this can lead to a lot of pressure,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47877,apple,none," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Great variety of colleagues from all over the world Great discount on products Positive atmosphere, office itself was modern and facilities were excellent with on site gym, fantastic canteen.","No issues arose that wouldn't be found in any other large company. Occasionally the way Apple work on things is different to how other firms might operate, such variances are typical.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47878,apple,none," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Great company culture, good salary package, friendly working environment",People are hard to be important in such a grand company,It's almost perfect,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47879,apple,none," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cash money,"Make that in flow, ya know? Good work/life balance. Nice people. Good food. You live in California.",There aren't really any cons.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1126.htm
47880,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Best place to work,- Work life super balance. - Huge opportunity to growth your own career at here - Great on job training,- Huge team need better communication - Can't think much cons for Apple retail.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47881,apple,none," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company culture,Great culture in the company with flat hierarchy. Strong focus on employee relations and customer satisfaction.,Not much space for your own creativity and ideas as all this is centralized from Cupertino.,"Focus on talent development from within and provide opportunities for the best performing employees, not the easiest to handle",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47882,apple,none," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,everyday theres something new staff are real friendly good incentives,hard to progress customers can be hard,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47883,apple,Adelaide (Australia)," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Excellent environment, support and benefits",Great team environment. Excellent structure and support from management. Great benefits for all staff,Very secretive in why they do things Hard to see career path from store to corporate,Be open and honest and keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47884,apple,none," Nov 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to work for retail,I worked with amazing people while I was there and most managers are really good and genuinely care about your well-being. Good benefits and discounts,The hours are terrible and there is no flexibility to have your shifts mostly mornings or evenings to accommodate your daily routines.,Implement some way that people can choose to be on a day-time or night-time rotation,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47885,apple,none," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,Top scale of the industry,No work life balance and people expect it,Respect employee's time,3.0,none,3.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47886,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 20, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Good company,Very good environment to work at. You get ton work with good people and management. Great for students or as a first job for younger people,You will have little to no career progression and must be prepared to deal with (at times) extremely arrogant customers.,"As with any other retail space, backnyour staff in all matters. Nothing worst than telling a customer one thing, and then have management saying the exact opposite.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47887,apple,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Producer,"Great work, benefits and people",I feel there is limited career progression,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47888,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Stuff,they are a very good and caring team and have a strong focus on making customers happy and get what they want,"Not many, except sometimes I felt as though I needed more training to be able to improve my skills but the store and managers were too busy","More staff at times, other than that they know what they are doing and really don't need to be told because yeah, they're apple.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47889,apple,none," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great company witn fabulous management,Working with people who want you to do well and encourage personal development  Great employer discounts and benefits  Growth opportunities if you want them,Be prepared to work retail hours and most weekends. Hard to get that off. And be prepared to get feedback from coworkers as well as management,Enjoy it. Cause never worked at a place like it before,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1127.htm
47890,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - China Environmental Program Manager,China Environmental Program Manager,"It is a great opportunity to serve the a great company who is keeping delivery the great product, including great environmental contribution into the world.","Leave the world better than we found it, sustainable, safer material, fitness resource, renewable energy, good practice on environmental performance improvement.","Insist what is doing and ongoing, educate the industry and customer by successful practice and enriching the contribution of environmental factor into whole operation globally.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47891,apple,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,Perks Managers Customer Service Innovative Company Brand,Shift Patterns Repetitive Tiring No Progression,"Excellent work, keep at it providing the best possible service.",5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47892,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Part-Time Genius,"Great people, good discounts, fun if you're in uni","Not flexible, evangelical culture",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47893,apple,none," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience with incredible people and healthy company culture,"Pays well Good benefits and discounts Work with brilliant, talented, amazing people","Some stores suffer from extremely poor management - resulting in horrible schedules, pay discrepancies, the hiring of under qualified persons because they are friends, bullying of staff, etc.","To the good leaders (like Karl and Jon, you know who you are): keep promoting your culture. Your leadership is what makes Apple the great place it is. Have fun.  Poor, underqualified leaders will be threatened and jealous of you. Only invest your energy mentoring the leadership team members who are willing to grow.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47894,apple,none," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Great Environment",A rewarding job with a very supportive environment. Gives you opportunities every day to learn and grow. Benefits are second to none.,"Sometimes difficult to balance work/life due to retail hours. Also holding a job at Apple can lead to a lot of unwanted attention outside of work, from friends, family, and strangers.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47895,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support Associate,Awesome place to work,Good growth graph and good environment to work in,Need to be at par with performance,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47896,apple,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Great company, amazing people","Great company with really amazing and talented people, decent employee benefits show they care about their people, great corporate culture. Meaningful job.","The company has become quite over-managed under Tim Cook, and definitely lost some of its magic. It feels more like a corporation than when I started","Trust your employees more. You hire good people, so learn to rely on them.",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47897,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Nov 19, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"You definitely get a ""feel-good"" approach from the team who you work with. They try hard to make you feel comfortable in your role.",Sometimes it does have a slight 'cultish' feel to the job and you have to really buy in to the ethos at Apple.,"Keep doing what you are doing, I really think the management structure in place works really well at the moment and everything felt very smooth.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47898,apple,none," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Brand image is very good and international,Tax avoidance is probably their biggest issue.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47899,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Genius,Apple,"Strong benefits, even for part time employees",Standard retail hours Difficult to advance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1128.htm
47900,apple,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Fast, Dynamic environment with excellent team atmosphere.",Occasional turbulence of corporate strategy change.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47901,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Nov 12, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,Great atmosphere and people. Advantageous Salaries,a lot of traffic and customer poor life/balance life,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47902,apple,none," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Awesome benefits. Development plans and stock options,Busy environment. Hard to advance due to headcount,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47903,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,I am happy in my role,The job is unlike any other retail role that i have done before. I am encouraged to grow and develop in the company and genuinely feel good going into work each day.,"The role can be quite stressful sometimes due to the sheer volume of people who meet each day. Working at the genius bar demands that you are proactive, speak clearly and good with managing people.",Continue to support the team and trust them to do their roles openly and honestly. People are happiest when they feel supported by their leadership team and gratified in the work that they are doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47904,apple,none," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,A great experience in Retail,"Environment is one where it is very easy to get on with everyone within your team. It is not hard to be interested in the products that you are selling as almost all of the products sold there (I felt) at least one great feature to show patrons. Despite personally not having retail experience elsewhere, I was told by my colleagues that it was one of the better chains to work for.",I found that flexibility was a bit of an issue.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47905,apple,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,A specialised retail role with unspecialised pay,"Great people, much nicer retail environment than most. All my colleagues were smart, passionate guys. Great systems and tech to handle business needs.",You go through 2-3 interviews. Apple are quick to flatter you when you're hired. They only hire 'the best people'. You're then paid less than what my friend earned at Tesco on the tills. I honestly got the feeling that 'working at Apple' was seen as part of the compensation package.,"Pay £2-3k a year more from entry. This isn't a standard retail role that anyone can get hired for, so compensate those who do properly. I understand this isn't a 'highly skilled' position, but you are still massively selective, so the salaries need to reflect that regardless of skill involved in the role.",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47906,apple,none," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Environment, but still just retail!",Great environment to work in! Amazing people and managers. The pay and benefits are great. I enjoyed going into work every day and helping people. Loved the product knowledge I got.,At the end of the day it is just a busy retail job! They try to make it seem as though it is more than retail but for the most part you are just selling and answering questions.,More areas for advancement would be great!,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47907,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 11, 2016",Former Employee - Workforce Management,Workforce MAnagement,Slightly higher pay compare to competitors. Dental and optical well covered. Clinic expense well covered.,"No AWS.(13th months salary) Performance bonus is a joke. Unstructured/Unknown/Myth manpower and roles and responsibility. Highly reliable on each and every manpower, once there is turnover, things going unknown to anyone else. Minimum documentation on how things are carry out.",Make every role jobs responsibility clear to everyone. Document all the process and procedure.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47908,apple,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great company to work for!,-Some of the best and smartest people -Very challenging work -Fast-paced and fluid company,"-Long hours, work-life balance is a challenge -Stringent review process with internal teams before rolling up to global -Top-down decision making",-Better work-life balance -Review compensation structure -Give more decision making authority to regional teams,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47909,apple,Waterford (Ireland)," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Support Representative,Straightforward,"Fantastic co-workers, Superb Benefits, Generous Salary",Somewhat stressful. Hours/ days off can be bad if your performance isn't good enough.,Keep doing what you do.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1129.htm
47910,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Great people to work with,People are great to work with,Unstable work hours and progression is limited,Hire more people,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47911,apple,none," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Technical Specialist,"Apple treats their employees very well. Very good benefits for even part time employees, good discounts, and managers care about their employees. Overall a good place to work.","Depending on which store you work at, you may have very limited working space. The store can feel like utter chaos at times, which results in customers (understandably) getting very frustrated, which will affect how you work, as well.","My advice to management would be to take more time with getting to know employees, even if it is just a little bit. It can make work much more enjoyable knowing your superiors are aware of your likes, dislikes, and interests!",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47912,apple,none," Nov 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Apple,Good brand and fast moving working environment so you never have time to get bored of what you are doing.,Very few people have a role where they themselves make any meaningful decisions. Decisions are made in the US at a top level and executed down the company. Lack of processes and clear direction. Really poor HR and talent department,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47913,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Free food, Environment, Leadership, Company Value, Culture,","Work load, Work Schedule, Work Location",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47914,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Data Quality Analyst,Good opportunity,"good training, getting to work with incredibly smart people","unnecessarily stressful environment, secrecy makes it hard to be innovative",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47915,apple,Makassar (Indonesia)," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Chief Executive Officer,Apple CEO,The first economi Global indonesia just virusnya kill four our forwards AIDSalahuddin say,I would like to be indenpendet with out gavernment decition attitude also can be deluxe decition my life,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47916,apple,none," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review,"Great atmosphere and drive, great future for the company and looks great on your CV as well. 100% can recommend.","Boring job, bad internal tools make getting stuff done a lot more pain than it should be in an ideal world.",Develop better internal tools,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47917,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Amazing company to work for with no career progression,Inspirational leaders Great chance to learn all aspects of retail Work with exceptional people Premium products with good staff discount,No career progression Management wants you to stay in your role Extremely busy days with low pay Career experiences don't get you anywhere,Start to promote internally instead of hiring externally all the time.,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47918,apple,none," Nov 18, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Starting to Rot,Good employees Pays wells Benefits are great Meet a lot of interesting people,Management lacks enthusiasm Development is a carrot dangling High stress No common ideals between stores Tough work/life balance,"Have all stores function the same, stop playing favourites, quit loading on extra stresses, focus on customers",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47919,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay, not great place to work","Pays well, good products, strong brand","No development plan, not engaged with employees and don't care to help you",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1130.htm
47920,apple,none," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,producer,"Good name value. High salary and great benefits, Good working environment.",Very closed organization. Management team is focusing on hierarchy. Not as free as other IT companies. More like traditional manufacturing company.,need to avoid micro-management.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47921,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 30, 2016",Former Employee - Business Leader,Great experience with good people,People & products are the key to Apple's success. Listen to your partners on the market trends especially on the competition.,Politics kills the organization when new people who are not passionate about Apple joins for $$$. Apple mgmt is hiring too many of these people..,Listen to the partners and watch the market trends,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47922,apple,none," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved working at Apple,"Great benefits, brilliant management. Company seems to care about the staff, its customers and its place in the world. Excellent and exciting opportunities for employees to progress their career, and move into other areas both within store and outside of store. Best retail working experience I've had.","Difficult to progress within the first year of employment which can be frustrating. Can be difficult to move from part time to full time - need to re-interview and go through internal processes. Not necessarily a bad thing, and is a fair way of doing it, but can be frustrating.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47923,apple,none," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love working here,"They make us feel like we're working at home, with lots of privileges","There are no cons, I love to work here, it's my dream job",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47924,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,"- great environment - great support depending on the managers you get - great discounts - great people, though can get somewhat high school & clique-ish.",- somewhat lousy pay - very big on culture but could get somewhat phony - management can sometimes displays favoritism,"- keep it up with the great work on open communication, honest feedback, constructive critics! - please don't favorite, it's not very nice :)",4.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47925,apple,none," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short title.,It is a very good environment,There is a lot of favouritism.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47926,apple,none," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Integrity,Amazing company. A lot of amazing benefits and perks. Usually the teams you work with are very interactive and friendly.,Too much secrecy. Way too much work sometimes and a lot of travel to outside Countries. Not my cup of tea.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47927,apple,"Greenhithe, England (UK)"," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great company - not much progression,Fun atmosphere Looked after well Great training,Lack of pay difference between specialist to genius - only £3 ph more! No real development once you hit the ceiling,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47928,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Expert,Expert,"Great atmosphere where leadership (management) really cares about your development, so long as you put in the work for it","Due to mobility in roles, you'll sometimes see a shift in management team making it difficult to continuously build rapport.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47929,apple,none," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple At home Advisor,"Good perks, health/dental insurance. Good training and discounts on apple products. Working from home is a good experience in the begininning","Very high pressure, can become very stressful working from home, you feel detached from the company. Most phone calls involve stressed out customers",Improve on making your employees feel like a part of the company. I felt very detached from the company as I never really spoke with any colleagues or management on a personal level,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1131.htm
47930,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Crazy yet cheerful environment,"People are entrepreneurial and take the job as if their own business. People are crazy, yet cheerful and supportive amongst each other. Constantly looking for improvement opportunity, which justifies why Apple achieves it success nowadays. Great perks, huge discounts on wellness programme, food and stock options.",Working hour can be quite crazy. Work could be fairly overwhelming occasionally but it is totally expected. People are working in an ambiguous environment where there is not much transparency amongst the departments.,Consider a totally free membership gym and meal? :) Not much advice to the management as overall it has done fairly well per my experience so far.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47931,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius role,"Great team, flexible hours, full interstate training provided, great discounts, a management team that listens and it new employers love seeing it on your resume",It's incredibly hard to move up the chain. New hires are constantly brought in for roles where a promotion of an existing employee would have been better suited.,Focus on your existing relent before looking for someone new. After a few years it becomes incredibly disheartening and results in you looking elsewhere.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47932,apple,none," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not recommended,Having the brand name Apple in your resume helps you to get job interview for your next company.,"It used to be a good company to work but it gets worse every year. Managements are blinded and delusional. They like to show off, so they spend a lot of money on unnecessary events, but very stingy allocating budget on improving system and processes. Also, there aren't many career opportunities.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47933,apple,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,I love the opportunity to work on products that affect millions of users all at once. I also really like Apple's philosophy of user privacy.,The secrecy aspect of Apple bothers me sometimes. In an ideal world I wish there could be open collaboration with different teams on projects.,It would be great if work flow could and collaboration could be opened up with different teams within a broad org.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47934,apple,none," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Technical Specialist,- You learn how to deal with challenging situations and develop exceptional positioning skills. - You are treated very well. - Flexible hours. - Great benefits.,- Long days. - Very busy environment. - There are days when you're in challenging conversations back to back that require escalation.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47935,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Staff Trainer,Almost everything you could ask for...,"Fantastic team. Such incredible talent within the company. Tons of opportunities to grow your skill set, lots of tailored and highly commendable training. Each role is well thought out, you feel very well looked after happy to work hard.","As with any big company, difficult to have a voice. It's difficult to get an opinion anywhere than 1 or 2 tiers above you. Staff work very very hard and often the hardest workers are not promoted. Pay jumps between roles is often minimal and it's easy to reach a ceiling in a couple of years.",Look after your hardest workers and your best talents. It's those who will get bored and move on the quickest.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47936,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Exceptional work environment.,"More than acceptable pay rate, Positive work environment, Positive feedback from management & peers, Opportunity for travel, Opportunity for internal growth, Opportunity for personal development","Busy stores can be overwhelming, Customers with negative attitudes can be draining, Loud stores can be distracting for completing tasks",Management is great! Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47937,apple,Barcelona (Spain)," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Five years at Apple,"Well paid for a Retail in Spain, nothing compared to other stores. Also, great benefits and nice team to work with.","Really high pressure sometimes, poor work/life balance depending on your role at the store, although nothing unusual in retail.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47938,apple,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Very friendly culture, Apple make you feel like you are a true valued member of the team",It is demanding and customers may be tricky to deal with however management are always there to support you,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47939,apple,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Great company, great products and people",Usual cons of big companies,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1132.htm
47940,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Cellular Field Engineer,Cellular field engineer,Good excellent place to work good people,Long hours some time due to field work,Keep the good work ad is,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47941,apple,none," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,Great perks. Great team spirit. Fair discounts. Nice city,Very intense activity. Very high targets which are not always reachable.,I think the food could be a little cheaper. That's all I would say to change.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47942,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Awesome company to work for!,Fun and exciting work environment,No cons that I can think of,Keep doing what you're doing. It's definitely working.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47943,apple,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"Personal Develop, Discount for all Apple Products, Share the same benefits as all Apple inc. employees","In a short words, it's a retail role.",There are a lot of different kinds of management styles.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47944,apple,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,factory,"Work is verry easy,",kind of work in which is hard to acheive something.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47945,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Variety is great but don't confuse it with inconsistency managers.,People - the way that we recruit diverse and interesting people. Put them all together and it's just amazing - if only the rest of the world could follow suit as it's changed the way i think and interact with the world around me.,Say the right things to the right people to get on. I know real life is like this but it's not really apple. Also a percentage of customers feel that poor customer service is not being seen in the moment or having to pay for something they have broken! This part of the role really is unbelievable and they way that these people talk to us ! Wow is all I can say.,"Take the Credo seriously- it's not a mission statement to be ignored, it should be where everything we do starts from. Use it as a filter when delivering messages as you will always get more buy in and support if you do. Please don't quote it and ignore it. We are intelligent folk and actions speak louder.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47946,apple,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Campus Rep,You really feel important part of the company since the beginning. Networking with other campus rep and Apple employees Educated to important set of skills,"it was a 6 months experience, there's nothing i could actually complain. There's no chance for a growth on the company with this position",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47947,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Great advantages and discounts. Safe learning environment and a great place to meet awesome people. Good diversity.,"No opportunities for promotions. Retail hours, so be prepared for late shifts. Customers have extremely high and unrealistic expectations that are hard to deliver.",Management varies between stores. My particular store's management is terrible. They micromanage and make decisions based on no or little logic.,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47948,apple,none," Oct 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great management team Amazing colleagues Lots of opportunity for growth National travel available Good social life,Not very long view on shifts,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47949,apple,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Logistics Analyst,Autonomy is given to the employees,Excessive confidentiality makes employees feel not involved,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1133.htm
47950,apple,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice experience so far,"Nice People, Great Benefit, Often Events, surely Great place to work.",Work loads differ by team.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47951,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AHA Technical Support,Great benefits such as dental and medical insurance. Excellent discounts and employee referral bonus. Nice treats sent out to at home employees to boost morale. Great managers and nice colleagues. Good overtime pay and incentives to work overtime- lots of prizes for working overtime during busy periods. Fair decisions made on shifts using shift bids- if you perform well you get a good shift. Lots of holiday time available. Good resources for staff to do their job well and working from home can be a pro for some.,"Customers are awful- majority of people calling are rude, impatient and uncooperative, and this makes the job incredibly hard and days very long. You get worn out and worn down very quickly from being shouted at by customers. It's now at a stage where getting promotions is very difficult- there's a lot of employees so it's hard to get noticed. Upper management have just introduced a new way of training that means you are trained to take a variety of calls without it being a promotion- it feels like they are actively trying to slow down movement within tech support. Personally I eventually was able to get a job offer to move into a different department but the move was lateral and meant dealing with the same customers, so I decided to take an offer elsewhere. Working from home can be really difficult at times",Keep doing what you're doing in terms of keeping up morale and being open about what's going on within management. Perhaps rethink continuity training as it can make staff feel stagnant.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47952,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Oct 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,-Good experience -Great people -Lots of growth opportunities,"- Lots of ""office politics"" - Some managers are truly terrible - Lots of favouritism","Trust your employees. If you can't trust them, you shouldn't be hiring them.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47953,apple,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Integrity,Money and extra benefits are really good,There is way too much secrecy,Increase the responsibility,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47954,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,You can enjoy lots of Holidays and welfare obviously.,"Most of your promotion and rotation opportunity is based on the feedback result from the customer. Which is so hard to get even a feedback in the Asian culture. I have a colleague had been told that if he would not get 4 promoters (positive feedback) he will be terminated.  if you are working in retail, Apple probably the best in the market. But if you are finding a meaningful job, which you may passionate about. I suggest you firstly, understand what you like to do. Secondly, consider apple as an normal retail store. please.",Change the system give incentive to a customer. Put NPS into a store wide not a personal matter.,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47955,apple,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great people Fantastic company ethos Very good benefits,"It was difficult to progress in the stores, and almost unheard of to be promoted to the head office Opportunities to progress were often offered as short-term 'Experiences' with no increase in pay",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47956,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Call Centre work but at home.,"Good Benefits, Healthcare, Dental etc. Reductions off Apple Products. Not having to leave home to go to work.",Lots of angry customers and very impatient. Tight deadlines for Average handling time and After call work.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47957,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Experience with Apple,It is a great company. I loved what I did and the team was great at 2 out of the 3 stores I worked at. It is very customer-centric which is great and gives you the flexibility to do what you feel is best for the customer. I would go back to work for the company without hesitation.,"Not something that can be controlled by the company, but since you are working in a mall you are subject to retail hours.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47958,apple,"Burlington, ON (Canada)"," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing job,Lots of room from growth and management support,No downsides other than the amount of people constantly in the location,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47959,apple,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative,"Best job in the world, for some reason this is the company most valuable in the world","There are no real cons, of course always can give you more money, but it's ok for the job",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1134.htm
47960,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Worth The Experience Alone,"Apple being one of the most recognised and successful companies in the world means they are not short of a penny or two, and it shows. Their benefits are some of, if not the best in retail, from the standard Healthcare, free annual checkups, optical and dental coverage, seasonal ticket loan to partner benefits companies who offer lifestyle discounts (Perkz) to more luxury benefits like support for study in a course relevant to your position in the company.  You are very very well looked after and for product launches, peak trading season (Christmas) and other events the £ spent per head on employees for lunches and buffets is unheard of. Expenses are not spared, but you are expected to deliver. Then there's the discounts on products which always come in handy to soften the blow of the premium price tag of the latest tech.","The biggest challenge is that there are so many talented people working at Apple, for management there simply aren't enough opportunities to progress. This leads to people doing whatever it takes to 'one up' and tread on each other to be seen as the best in the hope they'll create the right impression to get ahead. Unless you want to be a Store Manager there literally is a glass ceiling beyond which it is difficult to progress. You'd think working at the company would put you in a prime position to be at the front of the queue to work at head office - unfortunately - this is a misconception. Head office and Apple Corp prefer to source external candidates.  If you're happy to continue working and receiving great benefits and pay but are prepared to put in a lot over the years but not necessarily progress that quickly and are realistic about the prospects then this job would be suitable for you. If not, make the most of the experience and make your mark before moving on - working at Apple is a very well desired personal brand attribute in the job market.","Apple attracts a certain type of person, someone who is comfortable with high standards and thats great - but holding people accountable and not giving them the tools to be successful because it isn't a great experience for the 'customer' is not.",3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47961,apple,none," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Good job for a student.,"Far better than average retail, but it is still retail! There are lots of opportunities to gain experience and improve your skills, you just have to be willing to work for them. Incredible benefits, with flexible working hours. Perfect for students.","There is not really much room for progression. I never intended to stay with the company, so this wasnt a problem for me. But I saw people within my own store who fully deserved management positions after years of dedicated service, but those positions were out sourced. Great fun until your Apple bubble bursts and you realise its just another business.","Don't pretend you're something you're not, you're a shop manager not a businessman.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47962,apple,none," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At home adviser,"Benefits, discounts, looked at highly by a bank","This has to be the worst company I have ever worked for, people in there are very ""jumped up"" and completely unsupportive. I asked my manager questions and I felt like I was in trouble for not knowing the answer more so then ever getting the answer. Completely target driven and target is 90 percent which is nearly impossible to achieve as techniques given to use on customers do not work. This place completely destryoed my confidence with their techniques no support given at all even when it comes to the extra money needed for gas and electricity in your own home.","Stop being so ""jumped up"" and support your staff.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47963,apple,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive culture,Highly competitive but good for retirement,Slow moving and hence bad for starters,Try to work towards expanding the staff population,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47964,apple,"Solihull, England (UK)"," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Such a great job until you understand what you're doing,Good private healthcare Great people - some of them The discounts are pretty good You get £500 towards Apple products every 3 years,"Poor wages Poor management Too many 'clicks' and managers have their 'favourite' employees. The Lead Genius try's sleeping with everyone and all of a sudden, someone gets promoted.","Start paying decent wages. Train your managers in 'management'. Stop turning Apple into a normal company. It used to be unique! I hate how much it has changed! All Apple cares about now are sales and it pushes sales on its staff by rewarding the best sales guys with promotions, a cooler sounding title with a not so cool wage!",1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47965,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,everything is great except for management!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,"great discounts,,,3 paid days every fall for no specific reason,,,,,great benefits...... paid parking","managers are inconsistent ......... store manager micro manages and can be vicious ...........male senior manager is a pervert and is useless......newest manager promoted from within does not care about anyone but himself........  so many people are out on stress leave,,,,,,,,, people quit or move on because managers are idiots.........",you need to all be fired and bring in new management that actually care about the people,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47966,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail,Not a career.,"The training is good, and you get lots of benefits even as a low level employee (healthcare, pension, stocks, education package etc).","There is no career progression, and management is poor in the stores. While the job is fun, there are never enough employees so you're rushed off your feet constantly. This has gotten worse over the last three years.","The retail side of the business has grown too big to control, try not to forget the values that the company was founded on.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47967,apple,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - IT Consultant,IT Consultent,Its a #DreamComeTrue feeling to work with steve family. I was & I will always waiting for to bing a part of apple. I Believe that I see steps without obstacle. I found soul into my working ground.,I can help with music play list & other UI perhaps.,:),4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47968,apple,Galway (Ireland)," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Great experience.,"Great place to work wit a very structured environment. Managers are approachable and your duties and expectations are always clear and easy to follow. The job is challenging, but ultimately rewarding. Great benefits and flexibility.",No serious/valid cons to speak of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47969,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Mac+ Technical Advisor,Mac+ Technical Advisor,"Very good place to work if you want to develop your career, hardworking and ,of course, technical",Nothing to say at the moment.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1135.htm
47970,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Great company Poor Management,Easy uniform policy and really rewarding job,"Bullying and pecking order mentality, poor quarterly and yearly reviews from management at particular store which in the end made me want to leave",Stop bullying staff who have the courage to disagree with your proposals and decisions,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47971,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Supply Demand Planner,Collaborative and laid back atmosphere,- Collaborative and laid back atmosphere - Good pay and benefits - Highly knowledgeable top management - Good career growth opportunities,- High pressure around NPI launches with no structured processes in place - Long work hours/overtime - Finger pointing attitude,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47972,apple,"Exeter, England (UK)"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, Energetic and Challenging",People- diverse group of amazing people that become a major part of your life Products- if you like  then the products are awesome Managers- happy to help and support not grille and shout,"Opportunity for development, if its a long term career you are looking for its incredibly hard to move up  Retail, goodbye christmas eve and boxing day... etc",There is very little else you could be doing to make Apple a fun place to work at.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47973,apple,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Draining,"Well, it's Apple. It's a status symbol to friends and family of course. Working from home is a plus. It's easy to support a product that is so amazing.","Very low pay for the work in comparison to other companies. It's still essentially a call centre environment, with all the metrics that come with it. As it's got bigger the culture has changed, and it's now simply all about metrics, metrics metrics. Something has been lost.","Employees used to feel valued but many are now feeling like just another number. The care has gone it feels like for employees. We are happy to work hard but please a little acknowledgment on the work done would be great, rather than just asking for more, more, more.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47974,apple,"Bromley, England (UK)"," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Stressful,Benefits are really good and some time it can be very fun.. The team are good but not leadership,Pressure and too numbers focussed for a company that claims to be for the people,Sort it out,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47975,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Advisor,A lot of opportunities to grow,Nothing to add because I love working there,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47976,apple,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great... but limited,Co-workers Flexibility Great benefits and competitive salary,Abilities to advance / local market to small / separate entity,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47977,apple,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best for interns,"Benefits and perks, discounts, Great place to stay",None everthing is great. It is very commendabe,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47978,apple,none," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Great culture. Great atmosphere. Good people. Good opportunity.,"- Managers are not properly trained in regards to products and services. - ""Promotions"" are seemingly given out during backdoor meetings to people management ""like"" rather than time/work put in or qualifications. - No work/life balance.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47979,apple,none," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great culture. Great atmosphere. Good opportunity.,Slow when looking to grow within the company.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1136.htm
47980,apple,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Good office experience overall good,Low pay with a good social life,none,2.0,none,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47981,apple,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,People are the main reason why Apple is as good as they are. Discount. All about the customer. Very good work vibe.,Scheduling ruins personal life. Lots of rude customers. Can be cringe for people in UK.,"Sort out the part time scheduling, all part timers HAVE to work sat and sun, problem is most part timers are students who use weekends for studying or personal life.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47982,apple,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,People managers friends products brand,day to day have nice day,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47983,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Support Technician,treat employees like crap,great pay and no dress code,"specific stores, in the whole Quebec region, treat their employees like pure garbage.",hire smarter people at management.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47984,apple,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, Management so and so",The co-workers are great The benefits are amazing You have great flexibility to change shifts internally. They will accommodate for your needs 90% of the time.,Too loud an environment (Regent str store) Managers don't always listen,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47985,apple,"Covent Garden, England (UK)"," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Fairytale,Lovely team to work with. Staff are very knowledgable and work together.,"Management and HR are useless. The managers are not passionate about technology or Apple. They get hired from different management roles of other retail stores and have no clue about Apple culture and how to manage their team. This is a general opinion of all the staff at the store. Also, managers get asked for feedback as to who is a great team member which makes no sense. Experts used to be asked which is logical - they can see who is capable of resolving problems, who is learning more skills and understanding the new tech updates and giving correct customer service. The HR team are not HR trained. They have NO people skills! It is seriously ironic. They do not listen, are not approachable and very fascist with the rotas/breaks/holidays/hours flexibility. I have never had to get anything changed but many of my colleagues suffered huge stress from unhelpful HR which make their work/life balance miserable. Yet, it is ok to make people work 8 days straight. At the core training everyone was explained time and time again that its not about the sales, its about giving customers correct information and honest service, not trying to make more money from something they don't need. Halfway throughout my time there - let's see who made most sales, there will be rewards. Horrid. You cannot progress. They promise ability to move and go up to different areas of Apple. No can do. Some creatives have been stuck as sales specialists for 5 years without being allowed to move to teaching (and they teach outside Apple)","Advice to store leader: What are you doing with this management, why are they a completely separate group of people to the rest? Listen to your staff. Do meetings with your staff, without the managers, do surveys. Do research to see what is going on in the store. Your staff know customer's needs. Your staff care about your customers. They care about Apple. Listen to them.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47986,apple,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,job is great overall. loving it,there is nothing bad that comes to mind,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47987,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Good conditions and prospects and they have a union which helps keep the rules in the work place,Everything happens at the last minute,Keep up the good,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47988,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Great company culture.,Great place to work for as a stepping stone. Good Benefits,Management are not organised. Not flexible,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47989,apple,none," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Accountant,Finance,"Good benefits, good location and office.",Remuneration not as high as other companies.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1137.htm
47990,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Customer Service,Amazing environment and colleagues.Nothing compares to Apple.,None so far. It's a great place to work.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
47991,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Enterprise Advisor,Enterprise Advisor role,Autonomy Less micro management than iOS or Mac Technical Support lines Benefits,sometimes split days off on a shift,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
47992,apple,Athens (Greece)," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great working environment and happy management,there are no cons working for apple =),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
47993,apple,none," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,"Casual attire, friendly staff and helpful","Stressful, no job security and rigid working hours",Do try to listen to the staff opinions.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
47994,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service,Looks only good on the resume....,- Good benefits (compared to other companies) - Good salary - Nice office / canteen (if you're lucky enough to receive a place in the office) - Looks good on resume > great to start your career and then move on to a better place - International atmosphere: You meet great and interesting people from all over the world,"- Extreme Micro-Management > Big Apple is watching you... > every toilet break, every mouse click is monitored and will be discussed in weekly meetings with your manager - No freedom/no creativity/no own decission making - Too greedy to provide office space for employees > trying to make you work from home - Kindergarten atmosphere > they treat you like a child/teenager and are surprised if you act like one after a while - Feeling brainwashed and working for a cult > management is resistant against negative feedback - Poor management > wandering from one (unnecessary) meeting to the next instead of being productive > upper management sometimes completely out of touch with the employees - Favoritism in promoting people - Unfulfilling work: You are never good enough. They will always find ways to make you work better/harder even if you achieved all their goals and your statistics look great - You are just a number",see contras,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
47995,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,Amazing Place,"Great teams, people, atmosphere, pay",Work hours can be a challenge with daily communications required for the US and UK,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
47996,apple,"Surrey, BC (Canada)"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Specialist,- Fun place to work. - Benefits. - 3rd Party Discounts.,"- Managers are not properly trained in regards to products and services. - ""Promotions"" are seemingly given out during backdoor meetings to people management ""like"" rather than time/work put in or qualifications. - No work/life balance.","- Be more visible and stop the ""back room"" politics. - Schedule better.",4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
47997,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Developer,Benefits could be better,"Discounted products, good medical benefits, Apple holidays","Not much room to grow, lack of other benefits (need to pay for gym though discounted, need to pay for food though discounted)",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
47998,apple,none," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Great work environment to be in,Customers that come in can be quite rude,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
47999,apple,"London, ON (Canada)"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool Experience,"Things are always changing, uniform, products, and people are very excited about coming into the store to check out what's new. Makes the job easy.","It's retail - long hours, especially during Christmas, and wouldn't let new people have weekends off unless they were booked weeks in advance and would be difficult about changing shifts.","Store needs better managers. Did a very poor job, the only thing that kept me there were the other employees.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1138.htm
48000,apple,none," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Specialist,Time goes by fast on the job Great Benefits even for part-timers Usually have a great team to work with Becoming a family with your work-mates,Management constantly favors people Hard to move up Job can become redundant Working weekends and during the week up to 10pm Hard work/life Balance Everyone you know outside of Apple will ask you Apple questions even off the job,You don't have to be fake You don't have to be racist but pretend to embrace diversity,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48001,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Apple should be able to do better,"- You learn a lot of things and you work with amazing people. - The office is nice, and offer free coffee.",- It is hard to live on salary in relation to costs. - Management only care about numbers - No incentives in place if you work harder. - It is a place where a lot of people break down and loose themselves.,Take care of your employees and avoid being false or lie to achieve your own goal.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48002,apple,"Greenhithe, England (UK)"," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,"Business Specialist - Easy Sales, Average Money, No progression","Relaxed atmosphere, great colleagues, no pressure, safe job, good working hours, 1 short shift a week, easy going managers that have fun at work. You'll never get sacked for bad performance ( after probation)","No decent pay rise, no bonus or commission, takes years to progress ( 6+ ) still classed as retail, no corporate life ( hotels, credit cards, drinks).  It's a check out job, if you want to come out of b2b sales for a year or 2 to chill out it's the right job, if you are career focused this isn't the job. It's good to get the foot through the door but money and career is better elsewhere. Also they say they look after you but really don't, they are terrible with paying expenses a trip to another store will take months to approve. Boring, controlled and dull job","If you want great sales people, incentives work!",1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48003,apple,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Great work environment, all employees very nice and friendly. Friendly introduction to the company",People come in are very rude and can be quite obnoxious when it comes to customer service.,"I dont know at all what to do about management, I am just a specialist worker so I have no idea.",5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48004,apple,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strong rules,Friendly colleagues and nice culture,"Strong rules, metrics and kpi's",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48005,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Technician,I began as an IOS advisor . I was then promoted to Mac+ Technician,Good money Life insurance Health insurance Stocks Gym reimbursement Pension plan Great discount Work from home Make lots of friends,I enjoyed my time there but it does have that typical big company feel they act like they love you and care for all employees but in reality your just a number to them . I saw many people who were excellent at there job get let go for no reason which is the main reason I decide to leave .,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48006,apple,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Call Centre Work,Colleagues and management are very friendly. The atmosphere is helpful and encouraging. Lots of opportunity for progression if you work hard.,"In the role of tech support, you are under a lot of pressure to reach targets daily. You are also expected to put in a lot of hours.",No advice.,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48007,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support Representative,Mobile Genius,Great customers and products. Exceptional training. Great pay for being retail.,Cliquey people which leads to a toxic work environment,Promotions were mostly due to favouritism and not skill based. This created bitterness amongst the senior staff.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48008,apple,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,developer,great corporate support and climate,none I can think of at all,keep it up !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48009,apple,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work,"Our relationship was very professional, they greatly repspected special working hours that I required.",Nothing I can think off at the moment,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1139.htm
48010,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support Advisor,strict rules but good benefits,"good benefits, clear working hours, good oportunities to change positions within department","strict rules, little freedom to take responsibility",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48011,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 28, 2016",Former Employee - Product Specialist,One of the Most Enjoyable Places to Work In,- Genuine co-workers - Understanding managers,"- You really just get rotated within the same job level in different department - If you want more, it's almost impossible to move into the corporate level.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48012,apple,Moscow (Russia)," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Sale dep,"Great product, very competitive salary","Very limited responsibility,results are less important than your way of internal relationship settlement. Very limited career opportunities. No respect to work-time balance.",Very short-sighted vision on staff development.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48013,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 26, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Great,Free food. Lots of it.,Too big. Too many faces.,Bring back the jack,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48014,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Online Store Sales Team Manager,"Good benefits, leisure working environment. Limited career development because of the stable employee.","Big brand in the industry, good pay and benefits including medical insurance, leaves and RSU. Casual dress and leisure working environment. Flexible working shift.","Comfort zone for the employee's, people in there can lose ambitions easily. Few career opportunities because of employee turnover rate. Some politics in the office.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48015,apple,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cult-ish,Smart people Direct Opportunity do things you could never do elsewhere,some take their passion for physical products a bit too far. Most everything thinks they know what Steve or Tim would think. Quite a few lifers (people who've been there forever and can't do anything else),Communicate Shake up teams,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48016,apple,none," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Very driven company that gets results,Tough to get business proposals approved,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48017,apple,Sydney (Vanuatu)," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - FRS,Frs,Cool work environment. Nice discounts to use yearly and a super nice one every three years. Engaging at times,"Annoying leadership. Really annoying customers who expect the world from a humble retail store. Can be frustrating to,work with at times",Promote from within,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48018,apple,Berlin (Germany)," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,goood proo,money time coffe free gym free lunch,no fair payment equal pay to invested time,better be cool,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48019,apple,none," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,A good place to progress,Lots of training before you're 'released' onto the floor. Supportive management and colleagues. Clear path to progression. Achievements celebrated and rewarded. Great discounts.,Can be dull if assigned to certain areas of store - but you are moved around frequently. Very involved and constant continuing professional development. Constant supervision by mid level and senior management on shop floor (this can actually be a benefit) Can be hard to find cover for your shifts if this is your day job.,"Introduce an easier way to switch shifts, perhaps online, for those who work in the arts etc",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1140.htm
48020,apple,none," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Dev,"Salary. Job experience. But despite the long hours of hard work, many Apple employees seem to think the pros outweigh the cons.","Work load. But despite the long hours of hard work, many Apple employees seem to think the pros outweigh the cons.","Make better products. But despite the long hours of hard work, many Apple employees seem to think the pros outweigh the cons.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48021,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,Apple Operations - Asia Based,"Always lots to do and lots to learn. Fast-paced. Work with some of the smartest, most capable people around.",Those who speaks the loudest and ask the most questions instead of actually doing thing get recognized more than ones who do.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48022,apple,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fraud Specialist,Very friendly opening so far. Really emphasizing on benefits,Lots of responsibility sometimes overwhelming,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48023,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Micromanaged and depressed,Great passion for the company by all staff Discount Fun atmosphere at times,If you're not hip then you're not part of the in-store clique. It's a popularity contest - most popular progresses,"I was so unsupported in the Glasgow store. For a company that drummed into us that ""it's not about the sales"" the Manager refused me and a couple of other a pay rise as we weren't consistent with targets - despite a well-meaning full timer pointing out that I was part time and hit exactly half of her targets consistently. After raising this to the manager, he said it would be looked into but they felt I didn't deserve a wage rise like everyone else. The other managers in the store are your best friend upon entering the building but none had any real experience or know ledge of apple ethos, how we were told we would operate and most actually came from call centres/contact centres or other retailers and tried to pressure us with sales tactics. It was no longer about the products but was all about sell-sell-sell. I'm hugely and fiercely loyal about Apple products still, however when I left the Glasgow store I was a shell of my former self, felt berated, depressed and though I had no value. Fast forward a few years and I'm thankfully in a very comfortable role elsewhere, managing people in the complete opposite way than I was in Apple. There aren't career opportunities unless you're invoked with someone senior or part of the it-crowd.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48024,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great company to work for,"Great benefits, flexible schedules, working with talented individuals",longer weekend days were often quite challenging,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48025,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Genius/Technician,"-Good benefits for full-time workers -Great co-workers -Fast paced environment, engaging","-Management is very controlling, micro manages, and does not take feedback well -Shift work is exhausting and unaccommodating to your personal lifestyles/preferences",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48026,apple,none," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,They make you think you've got an amazing career when really you're a shop assistant.,"Looks good on a CV, good development opportunities, launches are good fun. Good pay for retail, staff discount is reasonable.","You get spoon fed corporate rubbish and brainwashed. A lot of staff try to adopt the Californian culture forced upon us and come across as very fake, unfortunately they are the people who usually get promoted. Very childish atmosphere as the majority of the staff are below the age of 25.",none,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48027,apple,"Woking, England (UK)"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Not invested in,Good pay and benefits Feel like your part of something big (at times),Not supported No life / work balance No support Loyalty for service means nothing,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48028,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Support,Everything is being controlled.,"- A lot of great colleagues. - Good benefits and health insurance. - Decent salary - can get higher salary in other companies in Dublin and even Cork. - It is good for the CV, but that's about it.","- Not good noise isolation in the office. Not always easy to hear what people are saying on the phone, as there is no noise isolation between desks, at all (only for the senior managers).  - Maximum 10 minutes per week allowance to go to the toilet or away from your desk - manager wants you to ask to go to the toilet, even though they never are there.  - Most people recruited are working from home, for Apple to save money.  - Small canteen - not much selection of food. Often very crowded.  - Management not paying attention to employees' well being - they only care about the numbers and if you're reaching those targets.  - Senior management does not have any contact with ""normal"" employees - concerns being ignored by both normal managers and senior managers.  - Extreme stress level on team not being addressed nor any of the complaints from employees.  - Extremely hard to get meetings with manager, as they are either out of office unexpectedly, in meetings very often or just don't ""have the time"".  - Very hard to get days off from work, have to almost beg for it if there are other people off in any days already.  - A high amount of micro management - everything is being controlled, to the point where you almost get nervous to do your job as there will always be something they will point fingers for. Even if it is for being a few seconds too long on a call.  - Unfair workload for different departments - some take a few calls a day, while others take up to 10-20 times more.  - Short lunch breaks.  - Standard office building, no pool tables or games rooms to socialize with colleagues.","Take your employee's concerns seriously. Spread workload more fair - promote the ones that deserve it and are working hard, and have less micro management.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48029,apple,none," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Newbie POV,"Health, dental and optical insurance. Well planned integration of new employees. Adequate training and realistic expectations of new hires. Accessible and supportive managers, specialist and senior colleagues as well as more experienced colleagues at the same level. A real willingness to share knowledge and promote teamwork from everyone. Individual performance is monitored closely. It serves to advise how to improve performance where necessary and congratulate performance when due. Individual information is accessible to employees and can be compared to the team as a whole.","Salary is only 27k. Not a lot in the Dublin area. Only 23 days holiday. Health Insurance benefit in kind tax is not paid by the company. Lunch break is short. As with all American companies, even Apple with its excellent attitude towards employees and customers does encourage plastic politeness which is not appropriate when dealing with EMEIA contacts. This can usually be dispensed with though, by simply being genuinely caring and polite.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1141.htm
48030,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working environment for in-region engineer employees,"Working at home, or office anywhere available Good for a person with both high experienced technology and communication ability",Not recommend to manager oriented personality,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48031,apple,none," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for personal development,Great people and products. Exciting to be a part of a successful company.,"Can be a bit of a club, but depends on the store.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48032,apple,none," Aug 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Cult,"great people to work with for the most part. definitely some people who drank too much apple juice. Apple store is the easiest place to make a sale, people are begging you to take their money.",If you haven't bought into the cult culture you do not get ahead. Everyone is policing every one else. snitches get ahead fastest.,"management is actually pretty good. they actually respond to requests and concerns. Don,t be the squeaky wheel thought, they'll walk you out.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48033,apple,none," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great Products, great company values.",Too many managers. Career progression is made extremely difficult.,"Lead more from the front line. Be a leader, not a manager.",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48034,apple,none," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Small cog in big machine,"Great discounts, flexible working policies and inspiring culture.","There are very few people outside Cupertino with any real decision making authority, so people are generally loath or unable to take responsibility for anything. As a result almost everything has to be done in the same way it has always be done, or be approved by at least 10 people.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48035,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Planner,You get what you give,The company is at the forefront of its industry. The talent in the company is really high and there is a lot of opportunities to expand your knowledge and get involved in projects. If you are willing to commit to it you can progress far.,Demanding workplace with poor work life balance. The expectation is that the goals of the company come first an the rest is secondary. You will be expected to either work long hours if you want to get ahead or alternatively will be perceived as not committed enough.,Due to the poor work life balance many employees use the company as at platform to get the experience in their CV and move somewhere else. Better work life balance is necessary to retain employees at all stages of their careers.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48036,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Payroll Analyst,Company overrated,Good benefits and perks.... Good name value of the top tier company,Not a perfect company culture to work with,No flexi working////////////////////,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48037,apple,none," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,Very relaxed environment. Team likes to have fun and many great friendships and relationships formed. Genuinely care about one another. A lot of customers are also great and you have the ability to form great relationships with them as well. Company takes time to have a store download every morning to get team on same page. Discounts and benefits also pretty great!,"Craziness of store gets to you after awhile. Non stop customers makes it difficult to focus on personal growth and feedback. Shift times often tough (10-7, 11-8, 12-9, etc) so it doesn't give a great work life balance. Also working a lot of weekends as of course it is retail.","Be more present. Jump in and serve customers to really understand what it's like. When giving feedback or receiving feedback from a team member, keep it confidential!! Several instances where the entire management team knew about things they should not.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48038,apple,none," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware engineering intern,- Good products - lots of opportunities to grow technically,- Too much politics - abysmal work life balance,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48039,apple,none," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Support.,"Great people, great management, great support, so many opportunities, so many benefits.","There definitely needs to be more breaks. I understand it's a retail environment, but you're feet get so sore standing for 8 hours a day.",N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1142.htm
48040,apple,none," Jul 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for Students,Great for students looking for part time work. Awesome benefits and perks.,Management varies store to store,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48041,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Specialist,Specialist,Salary Discounts Benefits Locations  If you are someone who is willing to spend all your time either working or socialising with the company and become very close to management then you will go very far and the opportunities are endless Re-modelled buildings Initial new hire training,"No work life balance if on shifts - often less than 2 weeks notice of your shifts Double standards within teams - there are people in each team who spend more time away off the phones than on them but it's the ones on the phones who suffer with worse stats and utilisation Jobs given to the ""face fits"" people - also more jobs going to protected groups than ever before Feeling of pressure to have your whole life revolve round the office but this could be location specific - it was actually said to me (by someone else who no longer works there) that if Apple was not my Number 1 priority in life then I wouldn't get anywhere",If someone is on the phone more than others then that is the person who is actually doing their job. Be more flexible to people who's families are not in the country they work in.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48042,apple,Bangkok (Thailand)," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Channel Sales Trainer,Sales Trainer,"I have been serving for almost 7 years within a realm of revolutionary high-end product firm. As a trainer and sales, I have mastered extensive skills in fulfilling customer’s needs in either service or technical issues. My passion is bringing the best experience to all stakeholders to enhance sales performances in parallel with maintaining brand loyalty. I am a person with supportive and considerate nature, embracing tireless commitment to help clients to achieve their goals. My colleagues found me a cheerful and loving person in both life and work with passion and energy.  My achievement that demonstrates leadership also includes leading toolkit Thailand to reduce working duplication. Also, my level of contributions is highly recognized as I've been selected as the Brand Ambassador of the Apple South Asia in 2013 in exchange program to Sydney and I have award to be ASC of the year in 2013. Moreover, I have a certification of Apple certified Support Professional and Apple Sales Training Online test.",Try to find new opportunity to work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48043,apple,none," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,"friendly colleagues, nice working environment, friendly facilities, and very diversified background, as a fresh employee you can learn a lot in the apple company.","not really clear structure and the career path is not so good, working for a big company may not demonstrate your value, which may cause you short eyesight.","At this point, the lack of resources has resulted in deep structural cracks that may prevent this company's mission from ever materializing. At this point, do whatever it takes to invest big in resources--or risk losing the whole thing altogether.",4.0,none,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48044,apple,none," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, small cog in big machine",Great people/ benefits and environment,"Pay isn't what you'd think, lots of micro managers",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48045,apple,none," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Apple Red Zone Specialist,Meet a lot of people Fun Environment Discount is okay,No growth Lots of kiss butt to even go from part time to full time and even then no guarantees,Stop with the major biases and hire/fire/promote people within the store.,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48046,apple,none," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good time,"Great staff Benefits are decent, especially staff discount Quite accommodating/flexible on personal situations e.g. if one employee is a single parent Quarterly work experience roles as supervisors etc.",Anti-social working hours Working very hard with little career progression unless looking to go into corporate Favouritism,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48047,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Commercial,"Good compensation scheme, great offices","Career progression, work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48048,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good benefit that apple give to you overcall.,Not many opportunities to promote,try to listen to employee,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48049,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - CS Advisor,CS Advisor,Handy working from home. Money is good. No traffic or petrol attending work. Health insurance and gym membership paid.,Shift work- shifts last for 3 months. Not much interaction with co workers Taking calls almost all day,Better interaction between co- workers to boost morale,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1143.htm
48050,apple,none," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Apple,People are amazing to work with. benefits are amazing great work/life balance great discount,Can be challenging to advance in retail. Management isn't very good at helping you develop.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48051,apple,none," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leading company in the industry,Comparably better compensation and technology leading company,Bad work/life balance and vision for the future biz is unclear,Better vision for employees is needed,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48052,apple,"Quebec, QC (Canada)"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Being a Genius,"Very rewarding work, great colleagues, a lot more advantages than equivalent jobs everywhere else. Solid compensation.","Very low career advancement possibilities, hard to evolve once the genius status is achieved.","The managers are amazing and know what the team wants, it's corporate that needs to create more opportunities.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48053,apple,Noida (India)," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Mac Solution Consultant,,"""Best leader's to work under,Best working environment,Best of class products,premium customers,good perks,incentives","""Slow growth"" That it no other cons.","""Look after employee Growth """,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48054,apple,none," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple Retail,Great benefits You can create a family feeling at the store and laugh a lot during the day You usually find supportive and understanding team mates when things get hectic Money is better than your average retail job Many rewarding days because of customer interaction or jokes with your work mates Working with a dynamic and large team makes it always interesting You can start to find your way around things and know who you can depend on and who you should simply avoid for a peace of mind (since there are so many people),"The inconsistency with scheduling and demands of Apple Retail. Inconsistency with when we give exceptions and when we do not. I worked RedZone (Sales) for 6 months and now I am an FRS but the pay is the same yet there is more stress and work / accuracy required as a technician. Loads of favoritism, which has benefited me but I don't think it's fair on others.",You need to be more aligned and consistent Find more ways to motivate and not micromanage The favoritism can overshadow potential candidates who would be better at a certain job for the customers,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48055,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Employees are simply another Apple supplier,"Very inclusive, employ great people so you get to work with a bunch of happy, positive, outgoing people.","The expectations of the job are very high, but pay is less than you would get paid at LiDL. Apple are very good at screwing down costs, and employees are simply a cost of sale, so they pay the minimum they can get away with. You don't get told what the pay is before you apply, or during the interview process, so by the time you get the offer you're already emotionally committed. On the plus side, they've started increasing the share options, so overall compensation has improved.",Pay your employees what they're worth.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48056,apple,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Amazing Team.,Apple only hires the best. It's great to work with an amazing team of people who treat each other with mutual respect and a whole lot of love. Management is very flexible and accommodating. It's a healthy happy place and I love it.,Sometimes work life balance is challenging. It's retail hours after all. There are days when you close and then open the store the next day. They try not to let that happen and they are working on new ways to avoid those kinds of scheduling pitfalls but they do exsist.,Keep it real and you'll be just fine.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48057,apple,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Vendor Manager,Vendor Manager,Good talent retention plan Great future ahead and solid financial position Offers opportunities to move from one area to another due to the constant need of people to occupy position in different areas,"If the employees do not move to different areas within the company, then they tented to get very specialized in one area but do not develop their skills another important competencies.",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48058,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Have an idea? Prepare to be knocked down constantly.,"Apple university training is good, especially when they train you to keep asking questions or bring your ideas up and get knocked down. You never know that one day that no becomes a yes.","Apple Canada has some evil people working there. You walk into the office and feel like everyone is looking at you and giving you a dirty look. Low morale, people don't smile. They suck all your experience and use it to their advantage. They let go amazing talent for no good reason. Tim Cook seriously needs to do some investigating in Canada. Being diverse means nothing with this group.","Do not trust anyone in HR, they are not for the employee.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48059,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Creative,Creative,"You can be yourself, and pursue your passions. The creative team is a tight team and will look out for you. there are bonuses of £80-90 every other month. Also we get given 2000-3000 GBP of Apple stock each year.","It is tough to get into to, but worth it once your there, management need to realise they are not creative based and should try to control us.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1144.htm
48060,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,One of the best retail spaces to work in.,"Some of the nicest people I have ever met. Only disliked one person in 5 years. Great benefits, chilled atmosphere and excellent products which sell themselves!","It's retail. Retail is relaxed, surrounded by great people and above all safe in terms of a pay check and emotional energy spent on a daily basis. It will drag you down into a pit of self perpetuating despair, littered with moments of unbelievable ambiguity and nonsensical ideas. If you are a creative person, then you in particular will have a hard time of it. You will be constantly caught between a deep monotonous cesspool of anxiety and the belief that helping someone choose a Bluetooth speaker has somehow justified spending 8 hours on a shop floor where 3 5ths of your wages have gone on rent, bills, food and travel before you even get home. When you get home the excitement really begins, a quick meal, a quicker shower and your off to bed before you have to get up and do it all again. At least it's a regular wage you may say, and that's true in part, however the hours are anything but regular, you need to have nearly open availability across the 4 or 5 days and this can lead to 7am-4pm or perhaps 11am-8pm or perhaps a nice 12.30am-9.30pm. Or maybe all of them at random ever changing intervals throughout the 3-6 years that you trudge through in order to hopefully find what it is that you really want to do in life. And I sincerely hope you enjoy your time at apple (should you choose to accept a job there) and I honestly hope you find your true calling in life and after a stint in retail you will undoubtedly appreciate a job you truly love more than you ever thought possible. Good luck.",It would be cool to reward tenured members more.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48061,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Expert,Great company w/ amazing benefits but lack of progression,Amazingly creative team Great products Good benefits,Lack of transparency Managers hold back staff Fearless feedback doesn't exist,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48062,apple,"Waterloo, ON (Canada)"," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Management is Horrifying (Apple Waterloo),Great pay and benefits. Great colleagues (Excluding management),"Micromanaging is rampant. Managers are not ""team captains"" they're dictators. Typically uneducated about the business and more highly focused on forcing behaviours. Managers are prone to spinning truths.","Treat your people like people, and not like utensils",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48063,apple,none," Jul 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"good, wonderful, high salary, creative","hard, speed, not so bad",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48064,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked for worse,"Generally good management, depending on store. Good benefits and feel like the company genuinely cares for you.","The job progression isn't great if you don't want to become a genius or an expert and the wage, although quite high for retail, is pretty low considering the responsibilities and stress of the role. Also be prepared for angry customers at the bar.",More communication would be welcomed.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48065,apple,"Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"- Great benefits such as free gym membership, discounts within apple and outside, discounted stock - Great team to work with - Fun environment - Reasonable work-life balance","- Too much focus on confidentiality, severe repercussions for effecting them - Lack of consistency between all roles and what's expected of them - Often too much ambiguity - Often managing expectations with needy customers","Figure out how to provide consistency, lead by example. Positive advice- keep providing sincere support to team by giving recognition when deserved. Leading by encouragement is more effective than through criticism.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48066,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Opportunities + Benefits But Toxic Culture,- flexible schedule - well paid - benefits - good training - cool coworkers - great to work for students or part-time - good place to work IF you don't get too involved,"- toxic culture that seeped into off-work time - STRONG kool-aid, if you don't drink it you won't get along well - not a company where you can question or have a real voice - cliques within store","I worked here in 2011-2012, hopefully culture and things have changed but if I were to give advice to management it would be to treat those lower than you with respect and not to spread a toxic culture/nepotism",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48067,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Support Advisor,Perfect :),- good salary - nice working environment - flat hierarchy - many additional events after work such as beer bash - huge discounts on apple products,- they expect a lot from you - pressure to reach KPIs - need to know - policy,Keep up the good work!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48068,apple,none," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great staff. good benefits for a retail job,really bad management too much internal politics very few career progression opportunities,understand and get to know your team better,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48069,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - At-Home Mac Expert,Great place to work,"Proactive management, great benefits. Team atmosphere, good discounts on products. Training is really good. Would def recommend if trying to get into tech space. Genuine promotion opportunities.","Shifts are not great, change every 3 months, have to bid on shifts and they are allocated based on your stats.",More flexibility with shifts please!,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1145.htm
48070,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Order Administrator Analyst,About working at Apple,Apple Benefits is so attractive and working environment is also nice.,"There is nothing to learn from senior management, especially my right boss.",Please take a listen what employees say,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48071,apple,none," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Amazing Atmosphere and work environment,none that come to mind,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48072,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - AppleCare Senior Advisor,AHA Technical Support,"- Excellent Salary.& Benefits - Benefits incl Health insurance, ( vision-dental incl ) - Pension - Sick pay - Stock purchase program - Discounts for Employees, Friends & Family - Excellent Management & Opportunities",Social events are always held in cork Recommend they host events (Parties) in other cities,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48073,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Good,Benefits are great Work life balance is great Unique role ( working from home ) is great,"Recruitment process Salary to begin with is pretty low, could be better.",Stay in touch with employees more.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48074,apple,none," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius,"great team, awesome products and events","poor management, not good bens",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48075,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"flexible hours, good perks, good team, a lot of useful knowledge about Apple products.",can be hectic and tiring.,less favoritism,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48076,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,"Good perks, status, working environment, pantry","Long working hours, very political and tiring",Please take care of good staff and retain them,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48077,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Retail Channel Program Manager,The best company you can work for,Apple has been the best company I have worked so far. Very structured and with a long vision in mind. Benefits are good. Career development well in place and working. You are surrendered by talented people and you can learn a lot even if you are already a senior background.,A little bit to centralized,Keep on incentive the right people to make the company growth. Attention to details should always remain teh same,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48078,apple,none," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everyone,Flexible. Good training. Good people.,Dealing with entitled people often.,Try and be less cultured all the time. Relate to your employees more.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48079,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Good opportunities if you grab them,Good benefits. Fun colleagues. Great opportunities.,Bad management. Understaffed. Not paid as well as the company could and should.,"Less corporate, more local - lessen the drive to be the same, rather try and make your activities relevant. Be understanding and try and look after your team. Realise what your talents are and how they may differ from those you manage.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1146.htm
48080,apple,none," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSS,Great opprtunities to grow up in the company.,"Nothing negative so far, great environment",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48081,apple,none," Jul 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A open-minded and cultivating industry,Great PTO policy Great management Skilled and passionate co-workers,Some days can get really stressful Have to always be ready to work,Nope.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48082,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Part-time Sales,Good experience,"Learn a lot, grow a lot. Meet great people, have good working environment. Be have the first-hand information of Apple products.","You has to be or learn to be an expert of all the Apple products including Mac, iPhone, iPad and the electronic accessories.",Maybe having more training about the Apple product.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48083,apple,none," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unknown,Great people to work with,Customers make things a bit hard,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48084,apple,Paris (France)," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer ICT3,Recognisable company so as soon as you get hired at Apple you become employable anywhere else in the industry. It's a great company if you are a fan.,Little room for growth if you are not working from Cupertino/CA offices. Quite rigid. Little to no actual research. This varies A LOT on what team you are in. Very prone to the NIH syndrome.,Recognise past experience as valuable and try to build on that instead of ignoring outside ideas just because.,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48085,apple,none," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,It's a great place to work,The salary is not among the highest,Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48086,apple,none," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Amazing place to work - if you want it to be,"-Amazing benefits, considering it is a retail job - even for part timers.  -Great culture - opportunities to meet often with a coach, talk about goals and grow  -Cheesy as it sounds, the aesthetic of working at the store is great - love working around great looking tech!","-You can feel like you get stuck in your role, but this only happens if you feel entitled. It's obvious to other people","Remember that your employees are always the heart of the company - continue to genuinely care about us, and we will respond tremendously",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48087,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Regional Managing Director,Marketing Manager,"I have an extensive experience in advertising and marketing having worked in international advertising agencies in Australia, Japan, France and UAE. I speak English and French and a native Arabic speaker. I have worked on creating brands and maintaining high status brand images all over the world.","After working on a pitch for Apple head office in Cupertino and seeing the culture at Apple, dedication and pride to be part of the most amazing company in the world I cannot think of one reason why I should not make every possible effort to be part of that!",I believe that Apple has a huge potential in this region and should increase its presence by opening pop up stores in trendy areas in the region.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48088,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Just Ask - Sales Executive,Sales Consultant - Just Ask,Great international environment. Great discounts if you are an Apple fan. Sub-sided canteen. (Still have to pay for everything such drinks or food) Great gym installations. Pension Scheme. Stock options.,Hard to move or progress. (Career wise) A lot of micro-management.,They should work a bit more to motivate and reward the employees for their hard work. They benefit out of their reputation as a company. (Apple fan's are just happy to work for Apple at any cost and under any circumstances) Still is not a bad company. The environment is great and the offices are awesome. I recommend it to anyone. Great experience in general.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48089,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,-Great training in order to learn how to effectively communicate to others -Peers are great to work with -Launches are always fun,"-Work/life balance with university, if you cannot cope then you will be out the door -Very top down, almost impossible to be promoted (very political) -Store moral has started to change, management has gone through quite a few number of changes and have forgotten about the people working there -Pay is low -Stressful role","With a big store, there should be more opportunity to progress a potential short-term to medium term career without being immersed with the politics. By possibly paying employees a bit better, the employee turnover will decrease and you will be able to keep employees that make the brand shine",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1147.htm
48090,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruiter,great salary and development opportunities,"management was not great at all , loads of contracts",look more for your employees development,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48091,apple,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Admin,"people, benefits, hours and support",internal politics and gossip amongst team,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48092,apple,none," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,"Meeting nice customers who are grateful for your help and assistance, good team of workers around you.","Monotonous, terrible management who are completely unsupportive, obnoxious customers who think shouting is the way to get help from you.","Listen to your staff, trust them, empower them, try to be consistent in your approaches.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48093,apple,Zürich (Switzerland)," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Area Manager,Don't like to say that but was much better before Tim,rebates on apple products %,"too few career options, growing within the company is pretty strategic. they say they listen to your inputs, what they do but in the end do whatever they want or even worse, say no to your idea. and a couple of months later the it on their watch without at lest saying thank you.","be aware , take care of your customers, help them.... very good, but why not trying to do it with your employees? since Tim era began (and I don't say he is completely to blame) company made a huge turn in strategy and management, firing bunch of people ( yes yes apple do fire people even after 10 years amazing service) because of ""reorganizations"", they actually do even better than firing you, they just erase your position making you actually jobless and of course no options given to you... very sad. I would have ended my career there..",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48094,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jun 24, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple Store Team,amazing team to work with and great support from management. ability to focus on different interests and pursue them in the retail environment,required weekend hours and limited choice about scheduling. different groups within an apple store can get a little clicky,the store is enormous and the number of employees is incredibly high. working to maintain regular check-ins with employees shows them you want to know how they're doing and you can also get insight and information more often.,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48095,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Apple Red Zone Specialist,Collaborative and fun working environment. There is a constant desire for feedback and growth from everyone in the store. Met a lot of people who were passionate and genuinely happy with what they do. Encouraged specialists to take initiative and make their own decisions.,Weren't too accommodating at times with working hours for part-time workers who were also students.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48096,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Really fun working at Apple as part time. - Exciting learning about new products/updates - Work with different people in a big environment,- Overwhelming information when you first start working there. - although hours were inflexible for those who are studying full time/have other things,A clearer approach to common issues. Often I would be told to approach things in different ways as I had numerous managers working alongside me.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48097,apple,none," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family room Specialist,"Great company, good people, amazing benefits.",There are too much politics within the company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48098,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,Perfect Part-time job,"Great pay, lots of benefits, amazing people to work with. Could not have asked for a better part time job during my studies.","gets really busy at time - make sure you wear comfortable shoes! Although it is a perfect part-time job, full time can be really really tiring!",No advice - it is a great working environment. Thanks a lot! :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48099,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Expert,Good retail,"Decent management and ethos, some nice discounts.",In the end of the day it is a retail job. Not really rewarded for the amount of sales you really do.,"Some commission would be nice, recognition of extra / technical knowledge too",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1148.htm
48100,apple,Aha (Nigeria)," Jun 19, 2016",Former Employee - Apple AHA,AppleCare Remote Advisor,"It was great having internet and phone subsidized for me. Also, Apple ships you out the equipment that you use to troubleshoot their products, unlike prior help desk support positions I have held. The training is excellent and the people that work their are talented and friendly.","I think this is an issue with many helpdesk like positions. It can be hard to move upward, especially working from home, if you don't push for more. I think that Apple, in comparison to other companies I've worked for in support pushes pretty hard to help you move forward.","To prevent turnaround in a ""turnaround"" heavy industry, really try to push to make sure that the career goals of your employees are recognized. It can be really difficult from home to get one's voice heard.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48101,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tier 1 Technical Support Advisor (AHA),"Superb benefits, tech support data base for advisors is top class, good support from management",Metrics are strict but support from management does help Compulsory Saturday hours for AHA college tech support advisors with strict exceptions for part hours off,No complaints,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48102,apple,none," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tablet Sales Ops,It's Apple! World class training with great peers. Drive innovation across all of organisation. Great benefits. Access to great opportunities.,"Very silo based, difficult to find answers to questions which inhibts ability in my opinion. Difficult to build influential network outside of US.","Nothing to add other than more sharing of information would be useful. Top down approach can undermine the bottom up consensus,",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48103,apple,"London, ON (Canada)"," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Love this company,Great salary Great environment Wonderful co-workers Love helping the customer base,Growing pains the first few years Management doesn't seem to be on the same page all the time Work/Life Balance non-existent,"Talk to each other, so everyone is on the same page. Be a little more flexible when it comes to needing time off, and switching shifts with other employees. Allow people to call in sick through text message.",5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48104,apple,none," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Technical,IOS T2 Senior Advisor,"Gym membership, healthcare for all dependants, good opportunity for growth and salary scale",Management can change often and you can end up not getting recognition for all your work if not documented clearly by your previous manager,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48105,apple,none," Jun 12, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Very fun place to work,"Fun culture, you learn a lot while you re there and you meet really nice people. The way in which the hierarchy is formed allows you to communicate well with management and have a good relationship",Hard to get change of shifts,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48106,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Product Specialist/Online Sales,Product Specialist / Sales advisor,"Excellent salary, interesting work and great people. Not much micromanaging.",Short term contracts so no job stability or security. Shifted around from different teams a lot but this is good to gain experience in different areas.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48107,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Great employer, but novelty fades...",- Fair pay - Good people - Challenging - Strong culture,- Poor management - No room for growth,Don't think that your people work for you. You work for them.,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48108,apple,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Manufacturing Design Engineer,Your talent matters,"It offers a very dynamic working environment, highly efficient. Feel free to speak up and share your thoughts, even at a management level meeting. No fixed procedure for everything, your talent is appreciated and use it to define procedure case by case.",Longer hours is expected. Meeting timeline is a must and do whatever it takes. Heavy business trip.,Innovation!!!! We need phenomenon innovations to keep us at the top of industry and continue provide customer surprises.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48109,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - Creative,Creative Trainer,Great brand that made the job of selling the products and services generally very easy. The team was high-achieving and the dedication to doing good work was always there.,"Disconnect with what was said and what was done by management, slow erosion of the core values that led people to working there. Training opportunities and time for development slowly eradicated.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1149.htm
48110,apple,none," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple redzone,"Great team, lots of benefits","Extremely full on environment, lots of angry customers",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48111,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Enterprise/Education Support Advisor,Enterprise Advisor,"Great colleagues, amazing knowledge, satisfying work.","Because you can fix anything, you're expected to be able to fix anything. Aside from engineering, Enterprise was ""Best of the Best"" technical skills wise.  But the cost was being expected to do everything, and still maintain the level of service offered when call levels were low.","Remember your staff aren't resources to burn. Talk to them, plan for expansion, and understand that 95% of what they do is inside their heads, so the biggest, most valuable thing you should give them is time.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48112,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Great Benefits and opportunities,"The company offers the best benefits of the market. amazing canteen, onsite services including GP and Dentist, Gym.. etc The salaries are also higher than the average for the same roles",Depending on the department you work for networking may be more important than actual skills or results. It may be difficult to progress when hired mainly for your language skills,It all depends on who u end up with. The overall management experience is positive as there are always different points of contacts and channels to discuss issues or needs,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48113,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Retail position,Pretty good discounts on products,"Management rarely listens to employees, often focused on their own agenda",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48114,apple,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Working at Apple means that the things you work on get into the hands of hundreds of millions of people, literally. It's a lot of pressure , but people are nice and self-motivated.","Being denied to your dream grad school hurts, but it is not personal. At the risk of sounding philosophical, things do work out for the best. Nevertheless, don't give up.","regardless of where you are accepted, if you practice persistence and determination, you will graduate with flying colors and be ready to embark on the next successful chapter of your life.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48115,apple,none," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New job offer,"Culture, diversity, company who really believes in what they stand for.",I have nothing to say.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48116,apple,Sydney (Australia)," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"This company offer great perks, you'll be surrounded by many great talents. They have new shiny office in CBD location and they offer competitive salary.","Company does not really encourage internal movement, unless you're under rotational program.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48117,apple,none," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Resistance to Change,Food is good. Good staff discount.,Reporting Officer said 'Don't rock the boat' when feedback about a process gap,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48118,apple,none," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Talent attraction specialist,Great learning points throughout the job. Yound and dynamic team which helps each other out by any issue. After all great company to work with.,Clear difference inbetween contracters and permanent employees at many occasions. That can be awkward when you are hours before a meeting not sure if you are allowed to attend with your status.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48119,apple,none," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone and iOs Mentor,"Great inclusive culture, lots of fantastic benefits and a great team. I enjoyed working thoroughly at Apple, they were flexible with shifts and great discounts too.",The only con I took away from my time at apple was the micromanagement. Managers watched your every move and every process had an instruction list. Not much autonomy.,"Reduce the micromanagement and give people a bit of individuality. Still the best management at any retail store however, perhaps i'm a bit spoilt!",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1150.htm
48120,apple,none," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Public Relations Specialist,"Working with the most valuable company in the fastest developing market is like a roller coaster ride - you would experience crisis that might never happen to any other business, and you would learn a lot from such experience. It also opens many doors for future career plans.",Long working hours and too much traveling. In peak seasons one would barely spend any weekend back home because of the product promotion and media engagement.,"Pay more attention to the staffers working in the regions. Their opinions might not always be channeled back to the headquarters, but they would be the ones dealing with the result of insufficient communication.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48121,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Order Management,Working for Apple,"Great atmosphere, multinational company. Overtime is paid.",your position is not secured until you receive your permanent contract.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48122,apple,none," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,good job with great training,"nothing, occasionally some customers but that is expected",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48123,apple,none," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pathetic HR practices,"Flexible timing, work from home, government kind of jobs","pathetic HR, no sense of humanity, bunch of morons, no knowledge of operating Mac, iPhones and teaching the world about Apple products",Please respect your employees.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48124,apple,none," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Friendly staff, training provided, good wages","Can be hard to get days off,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48125,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Relations,online store,"long leaves, great benefits, great people, etc",Lowest salary ever. Lowest possibility to be promoted,Please listen carefully customers' voice,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48126,apple,Istanbul (Turkey)," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,AHA IOS ADVISOR,"great carrier opportunities, always supportive and constant mentoring, everyone is nice, kind and friendly. Everyone tries to help each other out",Working from home sometimes can be lonely . You have to have a sense of self discipline. You must be willing to learn new things every day and improve yourself,Great management there . all the managers listen the at home advisors while they are working and try to support them as good as they can. wor khours are fair and good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48127,apple,none," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Specialist,"Talented colleagues, great discounts, stable employment","Poor management, low wages, no career opportunities",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48128,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Apple AHA,Not Applicable,Great Company to work with,Not many opportunities for advancements,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48129,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Apple,Amazing people to work with. Great salaries. They give employees great benefits too like healthcare and dental. There's also company stocks if you're more senior,"Very competitive among other employees. The people there all have goals in mind to move up the ranks, so there's a lot of competition to move up",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1151.htm
48130,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Apple,"Very good salary package, good platform to learn new technology","limited career development opportunity internally, narrow job scope",limited career development,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48131,apple,"Covent Garden, England (UK)"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only progress if friends with management,Good staff discount. Busy environment. Group events.,Your performance is nowhere near as important as how friendly you are with management.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48132,apple,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,soft ware engineer,"Make more people in California and give a head start for us vias allication, which is benificial for international student",There is no cons working there,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48133,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - HWTE Engineer,World class and may be even best-in-class,1. Very potent and challenging environment to work with world class people to deliver best-in-glass product in the world. 2. Great culture.,"7-24, Work work work only.",Leadership,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48134,apple,"Saskatoon, SK (Canada)"," May 28, 2016",Former Employee - Financial Planner,Meh,Good opportunity. Excellent training. Fun staff.,Competitive in the job field,Encourage more profit sharing to alleviate workforce tension,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48135,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Service Specialist,Apple retail - it's ok,"Decent pay, good benefits, lots to learn, and people are nice.","At times, it can feel like you're in a cult. Terrible hours - no actual schedule even for full-time employees and you only get 2 weeks notice. It's hard to plan anything in advanced.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48136,apple,none," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good benefits, nice people and great environment to work in. You don't need to know anything about apple because they teach you well","Politics, as with any huge company",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48137,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,A great company to work with,"Apple has strong culture, good working environment but also tough. Engineering is the first priority.",Expanding too quickly in globally. The management is not yet ready to manage such a large population.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48138,apple,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Working for Apple,Great pay and benefits. Fun environment and talented coworkers.,"Fast-paced environment, very little time to really focus on customer needs.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48139,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Workplace,It's good to get a gist of how Apple works,Too much training at Apple.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1152.htm
48140,apple,Sydney (Australia)," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Positive yet stale,"Discounts, teamwork, people. It's a great place to work if you're a people person. The benefits are nice and sometimes you get product access early.","Stale in terms of development unless you suck up to the managers or leaders. Again, if you aren't a people person this won't work out for you.",Promote internal positions first and provide feedback constantly for an increase in performance.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48141,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Relations Advisor,Customer service experience to customer,"Employee discounted share purchase and restricted stock. Employee purchase scheme, employee benefits inclusive of medical, optical, health screening and dental.","No bonus, limited budget for team building. No flexi working hour in the department, always change of the organization structure or reshuffle of seats.",Be flexible in the work process and procedure,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48142,apple,"Laval, QC (Canada)"," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Technician,Best company to work,Learn a lot of stuff that help in life,nothing to mention about this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48143,apple,"Etobicoke, ON (Canada)"," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Without the Kool Aid, it is hard work. That being said..","I have learned a great deal from the consistently difficult interactions that happen in the store day to day. Their are great opportunities to learn and grow for other positions both within Apple, and outside the company in other areas of interest. Transparency is an important part of the culture, and innovation is encouraged. I am very grateful to be on a team that is deeply committed to growth and forward momentum, and is consistently present to handle the reality of each individual store's business and resource needs. The company is obviously quite well off so we always have what we need to get the job done, and to get it done well. It is also very exciting to be on the cutting edge of new business related systems, and to learn about the various ways to use Apple products in a meaningful and productive way.","The Kool Aid, that is a very real psychological drink that can do strange things. The people who engage with the company's culture at the core of a level are not bad people. To be clear, it is a personal preference not to let myself go deep into it all. Personally, I have some ethics issues with the purpose and point of Apple products beyond efficiency and necessity in our digital world. However, the attitudes of the Kool Aid drinkers is altered in a specific way, where Apple's ideologies and sales tactics, their marketing, and their overall evangelical hype become the rule of law in the store when it comes to process questions, or fairness in regards to things like exceptions and warranty based issues, profiteering and overall business strategies.","Continue to focus on your people as your greatest resource. Many of your base tier employees want to work hard and grow, so providing the support they need in both mentoring and push is a huge payoff for the store, and the company as a whole. My experience has been excellent so far, and so long as the managers are aligned on the core values as people first, the rest falls into place with ease.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48144,apple,none," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place, Odd people","pretty good pay and flexible working hours, woking with some genuinely really nice people who care for their work",No actual targets so everyone tries to undermine each other while being really friendly which is difficult to gauge. if you make the smallest slip up someone comes in to correct you and take the customer off your hands.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48145,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Just another retail job,Benefits Colleagues Good locations Store environment Buzz of product launches,Managers Progression Wages Exchange journal (rating tool is waste of time),"Stop playing favourites or at least make it less obvious We're not a green company despite what we pretend Reward the lower ranks more, wage increase for retail Take a reality check i.e stop saying iPad etc makes a great gift when most staff can't afford for themselves Invest more in retail. Stop penny pinching.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48146,apple,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,it is good company to work in,long working hours ..good company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48147,apple,"Brighton, England (UK)"," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Apple genius,"Discount are great, un to 25% off products","Busy/long hour shifts, annoying customers lol",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48148,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Company culture was fun, innovative and social! Good skill set building! You work with very creative and talented individuals!",Work life balance for uni students - expected you to work a lot and prioritise them over uni commitments.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48149,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Finance,Great Company,- Awesome benefits. - Beautiful office space. - Challenges you. - Pays well.,- Very lean company. You can be fired at any quarter. - A lot is expected of you. - Environment is competitive. - Advancement is very difficult.,Stop pitting your employees against one another.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1153.htm
48150,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 4, 2016",Former Employee - FRS (Mobile Tech),Family Room Specialist,Learning communication skills and technical skills. Stock options are good and good some good opportunities for travel if you can get selected.,"Impossible for women to advance in technical roles (in my store), ableist, leaders are too involved in their own political power struggles to care about employees. All the senior technicians bailed on our location because leadership was a mess.",Be humans.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48151,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Online Store Retail Contact Centre Payments Supervisor,Flexible Working Hours and Good Salary,"Always Online and high pressure, high accountability",Work/Life Balance needs improvement,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48152,apple,none," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Working on problems which affect millions of users. Enormous scale and resources available.,Parts of the company can be quite silo'd from one another.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48153,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Global Supply Manager,OK to work for but only for a few years,"Work with clever people. Great food. Good on site facilities, gym, basketball court, cafe, ice cream, coffee, outdoor seating area.","Most decisions made at head office, region is very executional, can get a bit repetitive. Some departments are better than others. SDM, RSLR, ONL are all not great department to work for but sales and RFL are better.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48154,apple,"Chengdu, Sichuan (China)"," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,- Nice work environment - Open company culture - Talent employees - Well organised Leadership - Learn and get competency from work,The only one downside may be the Narrow Pathway in retail,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48155,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Generalist,Benefits are great..,"Good Medical Insurance Coverage, great employee wellness programs, great gym.",Very long medical claims process.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48156,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Team Manager,Great company to work for!!!,Fantastic development opportunities!!!! :) great benefits!!!! Super customer support!,It's quite hard to relocate with Apple... Especially silly to Brasil...,Great job !!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48157,apple,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red Zone Specialist,Wonderful co workers and management team. Great PLACE to work!,Salaries are quite low in the beginning but if you are hard worker and interested you can get your way up to a better salary.,Keep on doing what your doing as you are doing a great job!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48158,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great,"Pay is exceptional for retail, the people are incredible, great avenues for development until you reach a senior role such as genius. Even after several years I feel that the direction which the company is taking is admirable. Huge sense of pride in representing the company each day. strongly agree with environmental goals and company's stance on consumer privacy.","Once you reach this role, there are no avenues to advancement outside of leadership. If I want to secure a corporate position in engineering or software development, I'll need to leave the company and get relevant experience and training elsewhere, which is sad. I don't want to leave!  Pace of work is relentless. You are never not busy. Every second of your time on the clock you are vitally important to the success of the whole team. If you care about who you work with (and most invariably do), this can be quite stressful. Almost impossible to work to a good enough level unless you feel 100% both physically and mentally.","Apple is a big company. Oftentimes striving for consistency across all store locations results in inflexibility that harms customers and wears out employees.  Apple is exceptionally good at hiring, training and developing intelligent, passionate people who take on the role of Genius. They get there by being laser focused on continually improving themselves and learning new things. And then these same people are asked to do the same job day in day out for the rest of their careers unless they want to progress to leadership (which many simply don't). This results in great people leaving the company and heading elsewhere. I personally would love to see Apple try to implement ways for Geniuses to continue to extend their learning and development in order to qualify for technical roles in corporate.",5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48159,apple,"Windsor, ON (Canada)"," Apr 24, 2016",Former Employee - Security Software Engineer,Amazing,I love working in the apple company and it is really great in the apple company I love it there it's so comfy man,I did not have any problems in the apple company and I loved it there but sometimes I am too lazy to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1154.htm
48160,apple,none," May 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Racist undertones at this company.,They have great benefits and a high base rate of pay.,They will side with white people a lot more than with anyone of color. I once got in trouble simply because I didn't ignore color or counted myself as one of the color blind employees (I'm not white). I'm very disappointed with the company.,Don't hide race issues under the guise of political correctness,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48161,apple,none," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,The best in the world with incredibles benefits and support by employers. Everything is done by the right way and on time along the whole year,Sometimes is hard working and even in holidays but it is totally worth it to do everything that I did,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48162,apple,none," Apr 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience has been great!,This is a great company and will only get better. You have a great workplace and the pay is brilliant!,You have to put in hard work but it's worth it because you get your pay and it's good to have a challenge!,I think making the screen a little more durable would really help!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48163,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Not recommended,Benefits and Day off are much more than other companies Education subsidiary,"The payroll scheme is not transparent and unfair . They hire people for the same job but offering different salary. sometimes, people's salary is about 3 times more than you.",be fair,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48164,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Not what we used to be.,"Job security, Medical, Dental, Small Gym reimbursement, Vision plan.","Low salary, low job progression to Apple inc from Retail. Huge amount of nepotism and to be honest. Business 'leaders' have a background in sales, but lack foresight with wider topics such as how to be agile and proactive with reaching out to customers. No clear understanding around Events implementation and startups. Unable to utilize internal staff to host events and rather use budget for Campus 2. Retail Business has so much potential, it's a shame where we are going. I have to work under crazy conditions whilst being asked to perform 5 x better than you did, with no compensation or benefit.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48165,apple,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very good so and i like it,Nothing yet to be honest but its good,Try to listen to the staff as they have other ideas,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48166,apple,none," Apr 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time specialist,expected to be at your best every day and drive your own growth,"not much freedom, must alwyas be positive and bubble, feedback culture is not always what you would expect",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48167,apple,Chennai (India)," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Commercial Executive,Executive in Logistics/Retail/Supply Chain - Operations,Awesome logistics/admin/supply chain experience. Retail in all products of Apple brand,Its personal issues. Let you know directly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48168,apple,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product operation,Good benefit good people start people,Working long hours and said to be low paid,None,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48169,apple,"Halifax, NS (Canada)"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Excellent service, great environment, good pay",Good pay rate Great customer service Easy to provide and receive feedback Fun/professional environment Great pre-employment training and on the jon training,I am unable to provide much in terms of cons for this company as I enjoy my job and I believe it is one of the best retailers on the planet,Management should take more time to review individual employees to provide feedback for improvement and progress in company,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1155.htm
48170,apple,none," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great Team to work with. Upbeat environment, You can use trainers, comfortable clothing, training is great.","Have to constantly be touching base with managers to prove you are doing well. Too many staff. Don't get sick, no sick pay. The surprise factor works in everything. No matter what they say about building relationships, it is all about the customer and mainly how much you sell. High turnover in staff especially temp/seasonal.","Take more interest in your hires after their trial period, support them even if you already know they are getting let go. Be transparent- honesty goes a long way. Communicate better between management to actually care to know your hires. Assess your permanent contract hires as a few don't do anything but play on the devices or talk.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48171,apple,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius at Birmingham Apple Retail Store,Absolutely NONE at this store.,"The worst management I have ever seen. I have over 10 years of employment history in the IT industry and I never had any grieviences with management until joining this particular Apple Retail Store. Very negative and very condesending attitude from some managers in particular here at this store. Management offer ZERO support and are very quick to threaten employees with formal warnings of ""disiplinary action"" for those of us that dont meet the targets of serving at the minimum of 6 customers per hour for technical support at the Genius Bar. Good technical ability and customer service is not valued or appreciated by management. They only care about how many customers we can see per day. We are lucky to have enough time to even ask a customer their name here. There are NO breaks here. Just a lunch break midway through a 9 hour shift. There is ONE toilet that serves the entire store of approx 140 employees!!!! If any of the Genuis bar staff are more than 30 seconds away from the Genius Bar, management immediately start hounding then over the instore radios asking ""Anybody have eyes on...(employee name)"" Anyone who dares to stand up to or to question management here is bullied and hounded until they finally leave the store (and MANY end up leaving this particular store) Working conditions: The is virtually NO air conditioning at this store. The heat is unbearable working here, even in winter. Wearing apple shirts is mandatory but each employee is given just 2 t-shirts (1 long sleeve and 1 short sleeve) This is not sufficient as we need to change/wash these daily due to all the perspiration in the unbearable heat in this store. Several coworkers here also use bully tactics. They are 2 faced and like to send nasty emails to management with ""feedback"" on new employees in particular. The only company i have worked in where it is ""mandatory"" to attend ""out of store social events"" These occur several times per year and any employees who dont attend receive an ""attendance occurance"" (its classed as being the same as calling in sick due to illness). We are expected to attend these even if they are scheduled on our day off.... Overall, this store is by FAR the worst employment I have ever had in more than 15 years of work experience, including over a decade in the IT industry. It was so unbearable that I couldnt endure it any longer and resigned.","Grow up. Stop the bully tactics. Start being receptive to receiving constructive feedback instead of dismissing it and labelling it and being ""defensive"" Treat your employees as human beings instead of machines. Quality is important too, nit just quantity... Wake up and realize this.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48172,apple,none," Apr 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Store Leadership Program Associate,"great job environment, great crazy people. good discounts on apple products. the whole organization in committed to make employees grow and develop new skills","Poor senior management, unable to transmit company's value",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48173,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 24, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,"Happiness is dependant on managers, most are like children so you're going to be unhappy here.","Some good colleagues who are there for you and make it worth while, some good benefits, but sometimes tricky to be eligible for them.","Lots of game playing, opportunities only given to favourites, special treatment given to favourites who are basically yes men and agree with management no matter what, structure of how to progress and what's right and wrong is in dire need of fixing and reorganising.","Really need to select member of leadership carefully, they are what make or break good staff, as if recently breaking a lot more. 90% of manager hired are terrible leaders and behave like children, a few very good leaders get through but not enough to make a difference",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48174,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Apple (Genius),"Great as a job, not a career path","-The people are phenomenal -The pay is better then any other job of the same caliber -Incredible benefits and they keep getting better -Paid time for on going training, and opportunities for training with transferable skills -When you punch out, there isn't any work to take home","-Regularly can find yourself understaffed, overwhelmed, and under supported -Leadership can be absent to day to day operations -Very few options for long term growth after you hit certain positions","Leadership has a very tough time offering recognition or development for staff after a certain length of time, as job opportunities and progression can become limited",4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48175,apple,none," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Great Company to work with.,None at the moment I can say.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48176,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 8, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Great place,"The Culture is great, people and team are great , benefits are good, newer managers are not great leaders but task masters","Hours, progress for people only began since Angela, work life balance and schedule is complain in every role instore. Career progression is hard as mentors constantly change",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48177,apple,none," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits but antisocial hours,Very good management Great atmosphere Work from home Free gym Health/dental insurance Paid maternity /paternity leave Opportunity for progression Training Genuinely seem to care about staff,Antisocial hours-be prepared to rarely get a weekend off. It's just the nature of the job. Apple customers seem to like to call at the weekend!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48178,apple,none," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Family Room Specialist,You get to work with great people and management that listen to your concerns and recognize your success. Great health care benefit and good employee discount.,Difficult to move up the ladder since a lot of people have been working there for a few years.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48179,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Retail Store Manager,Retail Store Manager,An amazing development culture. Apple brings in plenty of top talent and these people have a wealth of experience and guidance that one can use whether they are just starting work or have been for 10+ years.,If you work in the retail sector you'll have to get accustomed to those types of hours. You've got to be customer focused and have a lot of energy because at times the work can be rather draining.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1156.htm
48180,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,love it,"best job I've ever had - especially for only being a part-timer. they employ great people, and want to keep those people.","no cons whatsoever. like I said, best job I've ever had.",they're doing a fantastic job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48181,apple,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Specialist,The team is amazing,They say that you can develop. But is not ever true,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48182,apple,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Bad,Great people and environment to work with and benefits/discounts,Lack of training and opportunities,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48183,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Apple,"Work with talented, interesting people",Retail hours aren't good for work-life balance,Pay people more,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48184,apple,Madrid (Spain)," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Very tired routine,Really great benefits in comparison to other Retailers,Zero work life balance and poor career development,none,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48185,apple,none," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Intern,Opportunities to learn a lot and amazing perks,Overtime is normal and everyone is overly secretive,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48186,apple,none," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,At Home Advisor,Product discounts are pretty good,Management are very unhelpful. Bathroom breaks are timed.,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48187,apple,New Delhi (India)," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior IPhone Solutions Consultant,Sr. iPhone Solutions Consultant,"People working at Apple are great providing excellent customer service. We have been trained by one of the most professional trainers that motivates us to do more at work. Few Pros: Enthusiasm, Passion, Innovation, Great People.",There is no downside as per my own experience as Apple hires Smart out of Smart people.,Keep up doing this great work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48188,apple,none," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing part-time experience,"Mangement is amazing, culture is motivating",hard to move around,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48189,apple,none," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - AppleCare At-Home Advisor,At Home Advisor - Asia,"Work in PJs!  Work from home, no traffic, no commute. Benefits & pay are decent. Coworkers are fantastic. Training program is cool.","Weirdest KPI system ever. Your performance solely relies on customers' OVERALL satisfaction. It doesn't matter whether a customers is pleased with your service. As long as he/she is not happy about anything (software bugs, device defect, system errors, bad attitude from other advisors, whatever) which affect the overall experience, you get a ZERO. Zeros are dreadful. Details cannot be disclosed but your job may be in danger.","Whomever designs this KPI system should really look into this. Fellows here are losing motivations, ambitions, dreams and love. You'd lose good advisors.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1157.htm
48190,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," May 1, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Nowhere near as good as you think,You feel cool working for Apple. The products are cool of course. They mind trick you into thinking you're cool and it mainly works.,The managers are total elitist bullies. The hiring policies are bizarre. They stress how good quality their staff are but majority are lowlife bullies. You have to REALLY kiss rump to progress. The work starts off interesting but gets mundane fast.,Drop the superiority act. Train and improve people better. Fire them all and start over with real people.,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48191,apple,"Richmond, BC (Canada)"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist,"Fairly easy work, a lot of interesting people in each store. Good health benefits, competitive pay, school and fitness reimbursements.",Retail schedule doesn't allow for a routine and does not give weekends and holidays off. Apple culture can be hard to deal with sometimes.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48192,apple,Paris (France)," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Creative Trainer,My best experience so far,"Working for a company that is such serious about its vision and its culture is the best that ever happened to me. At the end, you really get to be thrilled by getting your best to offer the best service you can.","Salaries grid are sometimes really narrow, and you really have to be a good speaker and to know how to sell yourself to obtain what you want.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48193,apple,Istanbul (Turkey)," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Techinal support advisor,"Good reputation Company, friendly environment, good salary, I love its products and phiosopy.",There is not any! I like it very much.,Work hard play hard. Great to know that you will have contributions for Apple.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48194,apple,none," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Meeting great people and the employee discounts, benefits etc",Must perform to meet KPIs at all times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48195,apple,none," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and Cons,Good perks Casual uniform Lots of autonomy,Poor salary for the work expected Too many external hires Poor top-down communication,Learn to identify and nurture genuine talent. Get rid of people who are all talk and show. Keep your promises.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48196,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple - Not a company to die for,"Although the discounts are not so big still, every year you're getting a certain discounts on the main products line and some other perks like paid fitness or school course - as long as aligns with the Apple areas of working (part of music management, video editing, law, etc.).  Also, you're getting discounts or free subscriptions for some websites and services.  I can't thing of any other pros.","Let me just say that it depends on your position in the company, but as an FRS (mobile technician) I was constantly exposed to customer and their rude behaviour.  Firstly, 90% of these customers are already coming with problems (whether real or perceived), so you're wrong for all the bad things in the world and they are constantly release their anger on you. They won't staff for free and escalating to your manager if you don't let them as they wanted. This happens quite often and unless you’re hard as stone and without emotions then you will be under constant stress as I was.  Secondly, Apple promises you as least an hour every two weeks off the floor for your own personal training development, but in my 8 months there I didn’t get any of that time. So, apart from the initial training, I didn’t receive any other additional training or time to explore other areas of expertise within Apple as they promise you will on your core training.  The pay is terrible ($20/h) for constant stress and certain tech expertise which is exactly the same as the Sales specialists who literally just stand around and offer products information if customer approaches - no pressure here as there is no sales targets. So, while the sales guys are not exposed to angry customers, they are paid the same, which gives you no incentive to work.","Give us more time off the floor so we can catch some breath and raise our hourly rate - it's not fair to be paid the same as the Red Zones guys. Also, allow more development time for us.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48197,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Good brand - not so good leadership,"Well-known and respected brand Decent benefits and pay Cool, fun coworkers Flexible schedule Enthusiasm of fellow coworkers is contagious when you're having a bad day. They are there for you more than any manager","Hours are not consistent Political personality contest Favouritism Lack of growth and opportunities Very busy and fast-paced  Management thinks part time employees are inept - pretends to care about employees but actually couldn't care less. It's all a political game. If you're into that, then you'll do great. Otherwise, being genuine and working hard will get you nowhere in Apple. Regardless of the compliments and positive feedback I received from customers, I was never recognized by management.",Promote people who deserve it rather than people that just play the game and suck up.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48198,apple,none," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,"Great place to work. challenging, rewarding, and great support from management. The pay was higher than any other retail position out there. Great for students.",Can't think of any big cons for when I worked at apply. Shift work made it hard to have a life but that's not specific to Apple.,Keep doing what you're doing. The support and guidance given to me during my time at Apple was amazing.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48199,apple,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Business Manager,"Amazing, for a retailer","Work with a team of incredibly interesting, intelligent enlightened people, who (with a few exceptions) are functioning at the top of their game.","Very fast paced, to the extend that it can feel overly hectic a lot of the time. This never, ever lets up, so it's possible to burn out.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1158.htm
48200,apple,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT manager,Good perk! work life balance,tasks could be overloaded sometimes,maintain all benefits,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48201,apple,Ahmedabad (India)," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Apple Solutions consultant,"flexibility, work culture is very good","no career opportunity, growth is too slow",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48202,apple,none," Mar 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working experience,Colleagues and Perks were great,Long hours and weekends to work,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48203,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Great company. Slow Career.,Great for learning the best in customer service,Career progression is slow to move upwards,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48204,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support analyst,- Work from home - Opportunities - good culture and values,- disappointing training environment- would have expected more from such an organisation - Pay is very low compared to other similar jobs - Teamwork is not always the best - little or no social environment or activities,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48205,apple,"Norwich, England (UK)"," Mar 26, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Hands down best company I have ever worked for! Tons of training, amazing management, great benefits, great collegues, discounts and you get to play with stuff all day long!!!","You must be an enthusiastic, positive and naturally a helpful person, customers will require your outmost attention and patience.","Some specialists tend to feel ""forgotten"" on the wall, I would always try to swap and get a collegue out the front so they could have more complex interactions, don't get me wrong a lot of amazing sales come from accessories, but being at the front of the store just feels good !",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48206,apple,Mexico City (Mexico)," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what I expected,"Great benefits, they give the last equipment to work and show,","Everything pass with Cuppertino, burocreatic, they put you in a work environment where everybody fend for yourself, you don´t have a career path","Not all the strategies work in every country,",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48207,apple,"Sheffield, England (UK)"," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,A fairly tale that doesn't last long,"Staff are good and save each and every day from you having a nervous breakdown, utensils are great, Persona of working for the most profitable company on the planet, Self Development is advocated, Benefits are good.","Pay is rubbish considering ""the most profitable company on the planet"", Management are next level complains department and don't really manage just paid to never loose a argument, Monotonous duties and everyday is the same old, Progression is in the hands of the gods/management so you have to be best mates with all of them regardless of what you really think, Rewards don't exist","Considering the pay grades of your teams and what people do working there butts off day in day out, REWARD them! and not just in cakes... A simple Hello in the mornings, the occasional, how are you, well done, excellent work, thank you for today would be a start.",3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48208,apple,"Eastbourne, England (UK)"," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Education Client Manager,Great culture,"Wonderful company to work for, great benefits, great technology, offices are state of the art. Plenty of opportunities to progress and develop",They like there pound of flesh. Long hours and they have strict rules for everything. Hard to relax and have a personality.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48209,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Lead Visual Specialist,ICS,"Great pay, lots of hours","boring, no chance for advancement",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1159.htm
48210,apple,none," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for young people working part-time. Full-time as an adult with a family? Forget it.,"• Some of the most intelligent and helpful people you'll ever work with. • Always exciting to see new tech come out and get the public excited too. • Great customers, life-long friendships. • If you are a young student, it is a great place to get paid well while you study.","• Politics, two-faced and fake individuals, nepotism, management is full of bullies whose behaviour is tolerated, and because no one really doesn't anything about it. Feedback doesn't do anything to change them or your situation. Complaining doesn't do anything. The best managers who really care and do what they can to help you get fired or forced out. HR doesn't help you with anything, ever. You'll be bounced around like a tennis ball and then forgotten about. • Brainwashing you to tell you how great you are daily. But it's retail all the same. It's a game. If you don't play, you'll be treated with disdain until they find a reason to fire you or you quit out of desperation. Being honest and hardworking is not rewarded. Kissing butt does. Being intelligent, opinionated and not taking crap is not what they want. They want drones who will work hard, smile and shut up. • Your life revolves around work, not the other way around. Forget work/life balance, despite them talking about it all the time.","Your retail employees are the face of Apple, do the right thing by them always. Listen to them. Do not tolerate discriminatory, passive-aggressive, abusive behaviour. Take complaints and issues seriously. Good people leave for a reason.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48211,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Operations,Apple,"Great products, great people, great resources.",Large company that can sometimes feel too big.,More interaction.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48212,apple,"London, ON (Canada)"," Mar 19, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Part Time Specialist,"- You work with very interesting and bright people - Working with the latest technology is great and helping people use it in so many different ways teaches you a lot. - Opportunities to seek additional training are everywhere, and everything is highly organized","- ""Fearless Feedback"" just leads to power trips and is counterproductive overall - Can be very ""cliquey"" as far as promotions go ""which are limited"" - As much as it's pushed not to be a sales environment, it definitely is especially with the extended warranty targets and extended time spent assisting customers vs. selling seen as a negative.","Expanding career opportunities and a more concise career path would be helpful. Team members aren't often promoted based on knowledge or skill, but rather how social they are with other managers. This is often frustrating in situations where customer issues arise and judgement calls are harder to make for management due to the lack of knowledge and experience.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48213,apple,Dammam (Saudi Arabia)," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Man,I'm using macbook and iphone that is my experience,It's ambition of my life and told my friend I'm proud of work this company there lot of achiever and developers show to this world,Work is called challenge . Challenge change everything once you challenge then take hard work to achieve our goal it see lot of customers happiness☺,Don't discourage lower level person,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48214,apple,none," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Part Time Student,"Great with school scheduling Easy to take time off if you do it ahead of time Room for advancement Good base pay Managers are very open, understanding and pleasant Lots of benefits","Some coworkers don't follow our values and if they have some power they let it go to their head, just like any workplace. Sometimes upward movement is a little fuzzy to see",Keep up the good work. Be more open about current openings and what is needed to get there!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48215,apple,none," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Excellent benefits, charitable giving match is amazing, flexible schedules, great coworkers","No upward mobility, no opportunities for personal skill development or improvement.. Doing the same thing day in and day out",Offer more career opportunities and development opportunities to hard workers,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48216,apple,none," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great company to work for,You can see yourself doing a lot of hours,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48217,apple,"Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)"," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Great start... Terrible end,"Supportive colleagues who are at their best. Good pay Benefits such as stock options, employee discounts, medical/health insurance Great exposure","Evident racism They don't care about your performance or your contribution, if you've made a mistake you're out and will be forgotten . Don't expect any dignity or respect for anything you've done for the company.  ZERO work-life balance . I almost forgot how long it was since I had seen my family or friends properly because you rarely ever get the time.","Please look in to the management in UAE. I love the company and its people but it's utter nonsense to say that you care about your employees and have them treated in such a disrespectful manner.  I love the culture and values at apple but the problem is that for most part all of it is just a bunch of words in a book called the credo, it never really means anything for anyone and they don't uphold any of the values which is a shame.  I admire Tim but seeing how many people are unhappy and how I'd expect more from him as a CEO I can't really say he has done a great job.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48218,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Product Consultant,Product consultant,"Good benifit, many leaves and time in lieu, have own cafe but you need to pay for food expect apple. You can have employee purchase price , and also for family and friends",but management is not work closely with team. Need to work shift and ready for changes,Make people voice up is better not just following,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48219,apple,none," Mar 26, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,'Evangelical',Clean. Safe. Hard working team. Vast resources for development.,"Hypocrites, rave on about hiring 'personalities', yet after a short period of time you must conform to maximise (output) - essentially: ""it is what it is"". Considering the amount of information to retain and work ethic, pay not competitive. Didn't like the whole ""this product is great because.."", a personal note but regardless of what products were pushed out you had to believe it could almost cure cancer.",Liaise and spend real time with the team you're overlooking. Be an actual human being instead of a corporate robot.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1160.htm
48220,apple,none," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Opportunities for development Good on boarding training Great benefits definitely above what's on the market for people working on the shop floor,Can be insincere and managers can be patronising Environment can be a little bit clinical,"Try to get feet on the ground and look at the detail, the intentions and initiatives made by the company are great but are regularly skewed by middle management",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48221,apple,none," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Glass ceiling for retail talent,"Working with for the most part, genuinely nice people who are passionate about customer experience. Apple products pretty much sell themselves.","Difficult to progress beyond a certain point within the retail division. Plenty of talk about development and career path but actual opportunities are limited. The company seems to prefer hiring external candidates (who are often culturally mismatched) into higher level positions rather than promoting internally. A lot of talented people stick around for a while then find ""serious"" jobs elsewhere, rather than progressing within Apple.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48222,apple,none," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Great atmosphere, friendly managers, competent staff, and the company offers a number of extra benefits from health related subsidies to fitness support","Retail work - dealing with the general population on a daily basis. The pay is only at a standard retail rate, and there is no bonus or incentive structure in place.",Continue with what is happening. Could potentially explore changing the standard compensation structure so that members ofthe family room get paid more.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48223,apple,none," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seasonal Specialist,"Staff were amazing, really good for someone that likes customer service","very busy , long hours",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48224,apple,none," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FRS,Amazing Staff & Management,Job Progression can be slow,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48225,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Good Employer,"Good benefits, salary. Great company to start with.",Challenging work - Crazy deadlines,Take care of your employee,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48226,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 3, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Very people-orientated,They handpick the most interesting and friendly staff you can find so it's easy to make friends and for the day to go by faster. Everyone is happy to help you.  LOTS of staff perks and discounts.,"Customers think that they deserve everything without an appointment and are completely entitled because ""I own an iPad AND an iPhone!!! And I DROVE here!!"" when in fact everyone else is in the same boat and so many companies don't even come close to Apple's free technical support so the privilege gets abused. Managers instill rules into you that nobody can see the genius bar without an appointment and make you look like the bad guy when someone's screaming and you say there's nothing you can do and then they swoop in and pluck them a slot out of thin air anyway just to avoid them making a scene. So infuriating.",Get your hands dirty with the sales staff more and stick to your guns rather than floating around avoiding confrontation because you have a better title.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48227,apple,none," Mar 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Corporate (not Retail) - cultural fit is very important,Extremely innovative company with a very clear strategy and ability to execute Benefits on par or better than other tech companies You'll be proud to say that you work there,"Ultra secretive environment means that you are regularly forced to react last minute (part of the Apple culture.) Depending on your role, much is dictated by Apple HQ Growth opportunities outside of HQ are limited, most geos are typically very flat",None.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48228,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise advisor,Salary City center stock options canteen (depends on the site) employee discount,the management the corporate structure repetitive job,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48229,apple,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Validation Engineer,Validation engineer,Benefits are very good for all,The load is very high,none,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1161.htm
48230,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Inside Sales,Good as a stepping stone,"Good staff benefits, stable work environment,lots of training provided, quarterly company events.","Beautiful from outside, but only insider knows the pain.  Company model & procedures are too well organized, what you can learn other than your own responsibilities are limited, also you will have restricted freedom to work efficiently. Creative ideas always took decade to be finalized.  Top management are likely to promote sweet talker not the best performer, they intend to cover their eyes by doing nothing but put lots of pressure on existing employees without clear development plan and career progression. For example, most of the representatives stay in the same level/ role for more than five years. One more thing that I don't like about Apple is office politics.","Please be more transparent to all employees, encourage employees more often and promote better rewarded system.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48231,apple,"Wakefield, England (UK)"," Apr 3, 2016",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,My job makes me stressed and depressed,"Lunch breaks, going home, being on holiday, days off, leaving Apple one day oh and free gym membership if you have the energy or drive to even continue to live after every horrid shift.","Makes you unwell, makes you depressed, nobody cares, HR is a free phone number with people who can't speak english","You constantly over work me, never support me and always want more - Despite my doctor treating me with stress and depression because of my job at APPLE you don't follow the instructions of Occupational Health and I am still waiting for my Stress Risk Assessment of my job which you're probably too scared to implement because you know anyone higher won't tolerate your attitude towards me and those in my job role. Your lack of compassion and drive for your bonus is sickening, the greed for more sales more appointments that drive your THOUSANDS of pounds bonus a quarter is more important that actually listening to those who need someone to listen... Those who need help and it's so clear and obvious, you do nothing because it's not giving you notches on your bonus achievements. You understaff in my area constantly so I pick up all the work, you can't schedule simply 2 people a day to make it barley manageable. I constantly dream of leaving but you make it so hard for me to.  Apple please please introduce/support voluntary redundancy!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48232,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Network and Computer Systems Administrator,SOFTWARE,To solve customers software problems.,"repairs, Troubleshooting, Programing, installing IOS, upgrading",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48233,apple,none," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - Business Manager,Apple,"People, Experience, Stores, Culture, Philosophy, Credo",There aren't any Cons apart from the lack of new stores and therefore lack of opportunities to progress,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48234,apple,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Team Manager,Review,"Benefits provided are very generous and of great value. Salary, discounts, etc","Its too big of a company, easy to be overlooked even if you bring in best performance",Promote more within and foster own talent,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48235,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical supervisor,salary is good but not for what you have to do,too much pressure and target impossible to reach the metrics changes each month more worklow more product to manage and no compensation,rise the salary and less skills,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48236,apple,none," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough place to leave.,"When I first joined it became apparent that this was what had happened to the hippy movement. They adapted, incorporated and set out to make some very cool toys. This innovative company's culture fosters an OCD - like attention to detail while embracing open dialogue and mutual respect. The people and the relationships forged in this company are oftentimes the highlights of anyone's career experience.",The culture is indeed rich but it only takes one or two individuals to abuse it by using it's almost utopian communication style as a weapon to serve their own means.,"As you scale to new heights with WATCH and ""Steve only knows"" what next, stay small. Slow down and connect with your teams- ensure you all don't get cocky amidst success- use the steps. Always.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48237,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,Positive working environment,"Supportive team and leadership, Emphasis on growth and personal development, Encouraging of constructive criticism as well as positive feedback","Busy and intense work load, as well as customer traffic, Requires a lot of flexibility and availability,",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48238,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Apple feedback,Smart hard working colleagues and amazing work you do feel like you are creating value in a customers life,Hard to advance as limited opportunities. No one leaves and very flat structure means it can be hard to make a real impact,Better career pathing and more opportunity through middle management,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48239,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Great Company,Great company. Amazing ethics and values to improve the world.,No significant cons to speak of,Keep doing what you're doing. The culture at Apple is the most important thing.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1162.htm
48240,apple,none," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great career options for university students,"Really good progression, excellent training, good leadership. Adequate challenges within job role but no extra stress",Not many cons to working here. Make sure you own your development and career progression and regularly make an effort to connect with line managers as they can be very busy,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48241,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Serious issues happening within,The benefits maybe better than some companies.,"Serious discrimination and conducts issues happening within. HR and management cover up for the managers they like. Few years back when HR changed the employees performance appraisal, managers use the new appraisal to mark down / disclaim the older staffs. If is only 1 or 2 managers with similar act against employees they wanted to get rid, it could be the managers' problem. When managers treating the employees happening across different departments, is there some form of ""encouragement"" to such acts from certain authority level?  There is no check against any disclaim or mark down by HR unless employee raises it up. Some manager allow supervisor to put in impossible goals in employees' appraisal with manager signed off. Funny thing is when the employee raise to the manager, manager agreed that is not a fair deal. Apple promotion could sometimes be about favoritism and racial more than capabilities.  When manager breach of conducts and deny the violation to HR with ""I don't remember I said that."", manager wins the case. HR closed it and leave it to the manager handle with the employee. Little does HR knew the manager told the employee, ""I may have said that."", ""I could be pointing to another employee not you."" when she tried to brush the case off. So what happen if employees are allow to obtain the evidence with their own means and put it up in the internet. Only then employee gets a fair case? This particular manager took more than one conduct case into her own hands ""forcing"" another employee to leave due to certain type of citizenship / race both employees are holding. On the base, she encourages gang bully within her team to help her eliminate those she dislikes.  Same thing happen when an cross team lead (formerly was Apple online store call agent) and few others existing call center agents make profit out of Apple products under the employees discount plan via cash transactions. Conduct team closed eyes on the purchase even the case was raised anonymously. Such cases can be easily found in the company records. Relevant team also has the means to proof it without the need to know is a cash transaction yet not identify the violation.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48242,apple,Arifiye (Turkey)," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Remote Technical Advisor (Apple Care),Pros and cons,Work from home and they sent you a iMac,They want you to sell Apple Care but you don't get a commission for it.,None,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48243,apple,none," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"The atmosphere was very supportive and helped me learn a lot. The campus was also very nice, and the food was amazing.","It is a very large company and has a very different feel to the others that I have worked at. There was also a large push towards keeping corporate secrets, which makes it impossible to share what I was doing with others.","Keep it up, it was a lot of fun to work there as a summer intern. I enjoyed the team I was working on and the other interns were also really great to hang out with.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48244,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Support Cork Ireland,"If you speak French,German or Spanish you have a save job you can be unhappy with for 10 years on the phone lines.","- callcenter metrics and and all the fun pressure - you are a number who creates numbers - it does not matter if everything is good. !There is always room for improvement!!! you will here this very often to pressure you to work more - mandatory overtime. yes in the contract it says voluntary. but if you don´t do them your yearly review will be bad and you wont get any raise or promotion. -management will ""promote"" you to supervisor or any other department if the business needs it happened to me personally - I asked, and if i don´t want to get promoted, the answer was we do not ask you.) - if you don´t befriend a manager you wont get promoted  Also a big Con: Cork City. The rents are so high you need to share a flat/house with 3-5 other people.",Do not spent millions on buildings and parking lots so apple looks nice from the outside. Pay your staff so they can have a life.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48245,apple,none," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,management issues,"good benefit package, opportunity to work with very amazing people (due to interview process), ways to set specific availability requests","if a lot of people do not like you, you might end up in a lot of conversations with management due to ""performance"" at work, specifically in jobs where your work does not have a specific target","be transparent in terms of approaching team members, people often lie to get what they want and being biased against someone is not the way forward",3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48246,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Facilities Supervisor,Nice company,"wonderful working environment, great cafeteria, nice co-works.","less career opportunity, it will take more than 3 years to get a chance to be promoted.",need more opportunity for team members,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48247,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thanks,I like it as it can open new doors and opportunities for me. Also my father is on to me for not having a job,I believe in life there are many challenges but every challenge has an answer so I find nothing as a challenge until it has no answer,Nothing at this moment of time,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48248,apple,none," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent company to grow,Happy environment and Benefits and salaries,competitive and fast working environment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48249,apple,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Perfect, except salary",ThisThis company is one of the top runner. So working here is so exciting and I proud of it.,"The salary is not so much, especially in sales department. Working here is amazing experience, but I can not live my life with part time salary.","I just wanna say thank you to the management team. They look each performance well, and give appropriate feedback.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1163.htm
48250,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redzone Specialist,-Great work environment -Allowed to be yourself -Very diverse workforce,-There are politics that come into play when you begin to work at Apple. Some people become quite fake even though you are encouraged to be yourself.,Be consistent in messages delivered during training and what actually becomes important once someone becomes part of the Apple team.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48251,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Was define let different when Tim Cook took over however was decent for retail,"Good discount, nice people to work with. Good team atmosphere and decent pay, especially for a job working in retails",Consistently busy and management focused on numbers although that's not in Apples credo. Sometimes expected to do more than your job title,Be consistent with staff. Back them up when dealing with difficult customers,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48252,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail all areas,"Good people and a nice work environment , very good benefits.","No real rewards for excellent performance , whilst career progression is offered its very hard as so many hoops and lots of people wanting the same role.",Skilled staff should be fast tracked and given chance to shine in more areas than just career experience.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48253,apple,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Development Executive,Apple Developers Program,You get to with a collective group of professional developers and widely recognised eco-system.,Apple has a restricted policy towards new applications submitted to their App Store. you have to meet the standards to get accepted and the down side is if your application gets rejected more than three times your membership might get cancelled.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48254,apple,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Best fast pace environment,"You will be treated in the most professional manner, everyone is happy to help you no matter what it is. great benefits every month or sometimes every other week",there is nothing that i can think of but if i had to mention something i would say the uniform,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48255,apple,"Dartford, England (UK)"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Started off well, until cracks began to show","The people you work with are mostly, an incredible bunch of people, but they purposely employ people of the same 'type'","Management tell you that you are replaceable and anyone else could do the job you are doing, lack of care from management to staff and you can work work and work and get no thanks but mess up once and you will hear about it","Actually care about your people, enrich their lives before your customers, if you empower a team you will automatically gain the results you are looking for even though in the interviews and training it's apparently not about numbers",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48256,apple,none," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you get hired full-time, be prepared to give it everything",Amazing pay and guaranteed raises Very generous health benefits EXTRA fitness reimbursement Stock options Group RRSP with contribution matching Steep discounts on products Great values and overall culture,Tough retail hours For every ONE friendly customers you get 10 nasties No christmas party or social committee Company feels bloated with people and internal competition People drink a lot,Keep being as supportive as you are when we need your help. Please don't force development on people as some do. Don't deny favouritism when it's blatantly obvious.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48257,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Great,"Great Company to work for, people look up to you for answers",Company is so big takes awhile to move up,Be more open in communication,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48258,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist ·,Specialist,I enjoyed working with most of the people at Apple.,Micromanagement. Code of secrecy was overbearing at times.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48259,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Logistics Operations Intern,Internship,"Very fun, exciting and fast paced environment.",May feel neglected due to fast paced environment,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1164.htm
48260,apple,none," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunities but not always within easy reach,"Great discounts, friendly work atmosphere, approachable management. Discounted health care (not free! For tax credits they declare it as £1100 per year). Amazing paternity and maternity leave and understanding management when dealing with bereavement.","Not keen on promoting within store, and the quickest way to do it is to seek another job in a different store and then pick the higher job in the original store...which is frustrating.",Promote within store! You know us. You know what we are capable of. Why force us to store jump just to get further within Apple? It's disheartening and very difficult for those of us with families and/or commitments to have to move back and forth just to progress.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48261,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Great Place,"If you give your all and you are 100% committed you will go somewhere, there is always an opportunity to grow with apple.","Could be routine at some stage, normally you can only get promoted or moved to another department when you have passed 1 year.",Include all employees in knowing the direction the company is taking this can help the people identify the priorities you have set,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48262,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Consultant,Consultant Product,Good benefits. Great company and environment.,Sometimes you feel like a number.,Could be more organisation,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48263,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Not great for SME B2B,"Easy job, somehow paid hourly so overtime is time and a half.","Treated like children, not a real account manager job. Very hard to explain what you do in your next set of interviews. Weird title looks awful on LinkedIn as putting account manager is frowned upon. YOU HAVE TO CLOCK IN AND OUT TO ARRIVE, LEAVE, AND EVEN GO TO LUNCH.","Stop the micro management, the obnoxious social media policy, and stop only speaking to anyone in business when you need to hit your targets so could do with 200 iPads shipping.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48264,apple,none," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall nice,"Nice experience, good and motivated co-workers, good salary and all of the other benefits.",There weren't any cons really.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48265,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Specialist,Apple Culture. Better working environment. innovative products.,"in retail, too many employees, then very hard to get promoted.","More opportunities for young people .but Some young managers are too arrogant, not sophisticated enough to do things in a reasonably way.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48266,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,If you look past all the 'cult like' indoctrination it really is a great job. Apple is a good company to work for overall. They provide lots of extensive training and offer competitive salaries.,Depending on the store you're at it can be extremely stressful. Like EXTREMELY. So watch your stress levels its not worth it.,How about some bonuses to employees for reaching sales goals. That would be nice.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48267,apple,none," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,"working with intelligent people, interesting work",It was my first internship Cali so everything was pretty good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48268,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Temporary Contract,Apple can be good as a first experience for your CV.,"1. Try to change the management and stop to glorify people without skills or qualities 2. Very bad shifts ! Without any sense! You really don't need to do that hours because you have moments without volume of work. 3. Stop to have team leaders that they are thinking that they are the best and God. 4. Payroll is just horrible. Every month they are doing ""mistakes"" with your money, of course paying you less. 5. Stuff unfairly treated with management preferences",Management with more experience they need to step in to make a better environment company,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48269,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A place where values mean something,"If you want a place where we really care about the mark we leave on the planet, then this is the place",Be prepared to get into the smallest detail and then jump to the global view within seconds,Don't be afraid of the detail..,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1165.htm
48270,apple,"Winnipeg, MB (Canada)"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,"Great people, cool products, great benefits","Its retail, hours make it hard to create a good work/life balance",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48271,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Genius review,"Great people, great opportunities for growth, great pay. The benefits package is incredible too, best retail company you could work for","High performance environment. You need to be switched on all the time, having an off day hits your colleagues really heavily, I haven't experienced that before in retail","Help people to see the opportunities for career experiences outside of store. People get the impression that they're ""stuck"" in their store when the opposite is true.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48272,apple,none," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,"Good culture, great talented people, amazing workplace.","Poor salary (Below market rate), poor selection for some leader.",please pay more attention and recognition to people hard work.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48273,apple,none," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail fulfilment team,The work was interesting the staff was friendly.,The management isn't the best for interns. The employees cycle through a team to manage the intern.,Maybe have the intern managed by everyone in the team on a project basis.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48274,apple,none," Mar 3, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Apple retail was single handedly the worst place I have worked.,Discounts for Apple products as well as corporate discounts. Free apple shirts. Improved understanding of an Apple Store. The pros is a very short list,Everything. Long hours and short carefully managed breaks. Essentially call centre breaks with macdonalds pay. 'Leaders' who are generally comprised of the dumbest group of individuals you could ever imagine.,Get new management,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48275,apple,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company with potential to grow,"Learn new knowledge thru Job rotation, relatively good employee benefits","Most people over-work, no work life balance",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48276,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Representative,Apple,Good salary and learn many skills,"Too much politics, very hard for non Irish to get any promotion. You cannot get a higher position if you are not making friends with the management, staying many hours extra and take on other projects on the top of your own work. Management are chosen depending on who they know and not for their skills so lots of them are pretty incompetent. Many decisions the company makes increase the difficulty for the employees to work well. You are asked to work 125% percent all the time, stay extra hours and treated like a robot",Employ people for their skills and not depending on who they know.,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48277,apple,"Perth, Western Australia (Australia)"," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,- Great training - Fast paced and active environment,- Still retail at the end of the day - Customers unrealistic,- Need to have better retention of skilled staff,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48278,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"- Get to work with the best people. The hiring process is tough, so only the best get in. This makes for a fantastic work environment  - Very flexible. Easy to swap shifts with others if you can't work a certain day  - You get to work for Apple. Everyone knows the company.","- For such a large organisiation, it is tough to get change to occur.  - It does get very, very busy. Be prepared.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48279,apple,none," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,company review,love culture and good working environment,hope it could have more transfer opportunities in different department,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1166.htm
48280,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Employee,"Great benefits, great opportunities for growth.",no cons for me at all,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48281,apple,none," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple experience,Felt like I was part of something important. Liked their positive approach towards customer service. Really learnt a lot.,Can't really think of anything negative as my experience there taught me so much. Would and do recommend to friends.,Continue to empower staff to make the right decisions.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48282,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Store Manager,Great company to work for with sub-cultures,Innovative cutting edge technology from all aspects,retail environment is not good on general. Have to deal with in-polite customers on daily basis.,pay attention to culture as fast expansion,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48283,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Way Different Than N. America,"Fair benefits, fair work schedule arrangments, fair work hours, overtime is rare.","Experience doesn't really help you much here. They seem to only hire like minded people from the hospitality industry, which is not the way it was before.  Advancement is bleak for the above reason.","Like Steve said, show them what they want, don't give them what they want!",3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48284,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 23, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Changing the world.,"Great culture and way of thinking. People are amazing, surrounded by some of the best minds in the world.",None really. You can achieve whatever you set your mind to!,Keep leading change and inspiring teams worldwide. It's been a fun and rewarding experience!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48285,apple,none," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"Truly the best people to work with, the place is amazing for that and I made some really fantastic friends. Store is great fun, work can be fun too with a real family vibe on the floor. There is a strong team ethic and everybody wants to help each other out. Management and people team are really understanding and there is wicked support available if you need it. Company benefits and discounts +++ Festive period and launch days are always good fun too!","Too many. Customers can be a nightmare and so precious about their apple products, like they'll die if their phone doesn't work. Its just a phone. I know people who have progressed far into the company, and lots of others like me who didn't. I always went that extra mile for my customers, which is one of THE most important parts of the service, but because my numbers weren't good enough, I was never really considered for a promotion. Echoes of ""We don't care about the numbers"" are injected into you from day one, but that couldn't be further from the truth if progression is what you are after. If you want to go through the ranks, you have to suck a bit of that d to get there, and the right d at that. Crappy working weekends all the time if you are part time. Also, since Jobsy died, the company has stopped exceeding expectations. Now it just delivers what the customers 'want', which is a bit tacky. I mean an iPad Pro? Gross.","Some of the managers sucked, others were unreal.",3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48286,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,"Terrific Company, Poor Retail Management",Majority of staff in general absolutely terrific. Positive minded people who have obviously gone through as intensive an interview and selection process myself.,"Some managers have their 'cliques' and favoured personnel, making things difficult for a large amount of Specialists, in particular. Some will spend part of their day procrastinating with BoH staff and paying little attention to the happenings on the floor.","Speak to your staff, they won't bite. A little chat now and again about how things are going could lift your staff. Something that came up in conversation with colleagues several times at the company and ultimately influenced my decision to leave.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48287,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Excellence means always improving,"Serious commitment to hiring diversity, employee health and wellness, expanding employee skills and experiences, community outreach, and customer loyalty over individual transactions.",Too many internal websites and resources and messages to keep up with. More time should be allotted for staff to read materials that are published daily.,Management could do with more training on privilege and power dynamics resulting from privilege- especially toward Indigenous peoples of Canada. There is little to no representation of Indigenous nations in the staff. Some management can come across and passive aggressive instead of open and assertive.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48288,apple,none," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IST champion,"Overall is ok, great company",Management is not good in Sweden,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48289,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,"Very open on opportunities, good to practice professional skills and solve challenging problems, continuously training programs are available, encouraging positive working attitude","very busy working life on individuals, sometimes over communicated, some overlap and unclearly identified responsibilities, rush in expansion sometimes without enough preparation","It will be better if department structure and scope is clarified after the expansion period, it's good to take care of employee education, but it's more important to help him be focus in professional area",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1167.htm
48290,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Extremely dissapointed,"people you work it,insurances,discounts with third party companies,opportunities ( I was a leader during closing hours,you can pretty much be trained in anything related to retail operations, sales,technical support,inventory,supporting managers),the atmosphere is great,","I got fired recently even though I've been working there for 4yrs and a half, 5 years in july. I was shocked as they started the procedures when the incident happened at the end of november but I was fired in Janurary on a day I was working. I was working during the holidays almost 40 hours a week and was even working on the day I was fired(they scheduled me on a meeting at my last hour to fire me).I understand some employees must be fired but the reason I got fired was completely unjustified and I dont even feel like fighting the case as Im extremely dissapointed,hurt and shocked.","Managers should follow the company ''credo'' as much as they wants employees to, we always talk about benefits of the doubt,assuming positive intent but its easier said than done when it comes to employees,they will be quick to believe a customer story even though its as fake as a 2$ bill but not do the same with an employee, theres also a lot of favoritism",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48291,apple,none," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good experience,"Excellent working environment, Very nice people there.",Sometimes may be required to do extra working hours but not so often.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48292,apple,none," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MBA intern,"Great and passionate people, interesting projects, subsidized lunch","Silo-ed, location not quite attractive, no knowledge about new products, overly secretive",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48293,apple,"Brasil, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,A Great Career Experience,"Been an Specialist at brazilian Apple Store means you will be ready for everything: dealing with back-of-house tasks, presenting workshops, explaining and helping customers to buy new Macs, iPhones, iPads, etc and help in mobile Genius Bar appointments You will face ambiguity, issues and situations with customers who develop empathy and a listening ability excellent. The coaching method of Apple is another great point, with the objective to help you learn life-long abilities and also focus on your ""low"" competencies to improve your capability as an employee Also, the feedback culture of Apple helps you to improve your capability week by week.","The schedule is full-time and intense, so it's necessary to be in good health. Sometimes the operation and requirements of a retail environment as the Apple Store it is may put company culture and employee necessity in second place, this can make the employee feel de-valorized, underestimated. Also, the recognition policy (promotions, career development) is sometimes obscure and still something that needs to be well developed.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48294,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Specialist,"Flexible time schedule, great team, amazing team leaders and team work",Tiring and might be stressful sometimes,Keep up the team spirit and promote diversity and motivate employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48295,apple,none," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Manager,"Some staff were lovely & friendly, hours aren't too long, pay was good",Some staff are very rude & disrespectful and most customers were quite rude.,None,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48296,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Another Side To Apple Retail,"Working with work colleagues with different backgrounds and how they creative they can be,",Managers are not qualified to do their jobs. Does not matter how much experience a Manager has in Retail if they don't know how to speak to someone then they will never be a leader.,"If you don't know how to manage, leave and let someone else do a better job. All the best employees are leaving. It is a shame.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48297,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Supply Demand Planner,Supply Demand Planner,"Good benefits, facilities, gym, canteens and discounts, busy and exciting environment to work in, large multi cultural environment. Good discounts to staff","Only ok work life balance, some departments have very demanding hours , and expected to do unpaid overtime every week",Listen to the staff below you and stop focusing on your manager only,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48298,apple,Mumbai (India)," Jan 10, 2016",Former Employee - Iphone Solution Consultant,One of the best companies I have ever worked,"Good salary, positive work environment, employee oriented, good company policies, retention bonuses, extra pay on public holidays, provides iPhone Demos unit to entire crew","Very slow growth, achieving target is must, management never able to give right inputs on key areas, have huger for sales but no means to achieve the same",Need to look after the growth of employees,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48299,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Amazing culture, great people, supportive, honest, and fun!","Strict scheduling, tough to get more than two weeks off, if that.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1168.htm
48300,apple,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,chat,"It was a really good job, easy, gratificant, Apple is the perfect company to be, i love my experience there","was a little stressful because you will have so many customers at the same time, bus I am sure that you can do it","Be puntual, flexible and open mind. If you are positive and happy will ve yours. Remember every time YOU CAN DO IT.",5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48301,apple,none," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist / Service Specialist,"Company 'feedback' culture is great, and there is a family feel to working there. The other members of staff are hired for their personality and they're the best people I've worked with. I truly went in everyday to hang out with some of the best people","This was a Retail job, but what was required of you was so much more. With Apple always in the highlight, this role was as an ambassador and each interaction you had with a customer was enough to make or break the relationship.","You have things 80% right, the hiring process is the most important. Wages should be doubled (or near enough).",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48302,apple,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,highly organised structure for employees,not flexible with work hours and shifts,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48303,apple,"Maple, ON (Canada)"," Jan 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Good Experience,"Incredible surrounding People, Great compensation, Focused on Employee Experience, innovative organization, healthy work environment, consistent work perks such as lunches, events etc.","Leadership concerns and politics, recognition/promotions are provided to those with personal relationships with leadership not necessarily on talent, although it should be a combination of both. Communications can be difficult at times","With the focus on employee experience, broaden your scope on who the future of Apple should be based on skill, talent and relationships not just who you are personable with.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48304,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Apple AHA,Aha advisor,Save time and money commuting,Alienated from an open channel of communication with your boss. Resources are less when working from home,Create a plan so people that work from home have the same opportunities to grow as someone on site. Work on creating more resources available for home advisors,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48305,apple,none," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Perks, Work-life balance, career opportunities",None that i think of,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48306,apple,none," Dec 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great mid to short term work,"Great company, amazing team work, a lot to learn every day.","Very static position, no growth or promotion at all.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48307,apple,none," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Good hours, no overtime, engaging work. Would recommend as it enhanced my future prospects greatly. Working under own initiative can be tough but rewarding",None I can think of,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48308,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Dec 27, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Specialist,"Easy to apply holidays, extra holidays every year beside bank holidays. Salary is above average In HK. People are in the same age group.","Too many people, too much competition if you want to get promoted. Some retail store in HK are becoming a nanny company, the management tries to control every aspect of the employees, eg. Where to stand to the floor, no talking between colleagues, what you can wear under the uniform,etc..",Attention to details.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48309,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Vendor Quality Program Manager - JAPAC,Poor management,"Travel, good benefits, discounted Apple products","Cult-like management, no work life balance, boys club",Care for employees work life balance and personal needs.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1169.htm
48310,apple,none," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Amazing work environment and personal growth strategies. awesome People to work with and Amazing Management that actually cares about your development.,A lot of customers ALL The Time. Often very hot and very limited when it comes to face to face interacting (meaning 100% of interactions with customers are face to face),Continue to focus on your Employees. and stay up to date with their progress. And listen to your employees wishes and requests in terms of their own progress.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48311,apple,none," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Resume,Can learn a lot of new knowledge,Hard to be promote into higher management,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48312,apple,"Solihull, England (UK)"," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Good place to work,"Good benefits and discounts, can be a fun enviroment if you just want to work part time and earn some cash with minimul effort, great pay if you are 16","Not so much progression, micro managment, annoying customers, hard to get appreciated for your efforts, digficult to get recongnition if you work hard, makes you feel you might aswel do the bare minimum just enough to retain the job",You should really seek out and appreciate the talent you have within the stores. There are people who give amazing service and are pationate about this company- but because they 'brag' about their efforts- they dont get ahead or get promoted. The people that tend to get noticed are brown nosers who are not as good at the job- but very good at self promotion. This may seen effective in the short term for the company- but in the long run- those are not the people who build loyalty and build the brand.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48313,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 1, 2016",Former Employee - Service Specialist,Political Savvy a Must,- Exciting - Fast-paced - Driven - Well-paying - Benefits - Always looking forward - Co-workers who care,"- Hyperpolitical - Discriminatory - Behind-closed-doors conversations - Unaware of the true nature of ""transparency"" - Unaccepting of challenges made by employees - Management",The most infuriating thing is the fact that every manager acts and reacts as if their employees do not converse with each other. We are aware of the ongoings in and out of store. We are aware of the calls to HR and how little you do about them. We are aware that you are secretive about the most trivial things and will manipulate the truth in order to not take onus and responsibility.,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48314,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"great place to work, and great technology",No advancement opportunity more like a b2b experience,Improve communication,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48315,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 12, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Good if you drink the cool aid.,"When management is good they are excellent. They moved mountains to allow me to take parental leave when it was important for me to do so. There is a great deal of pride in the company from Apple employees, which is justified. Having the brand on ones resume is surprisingly influential. The employee discount is very generous. Some of the customer interactions are very fulfilling on a human level. It is relatively easy to transfer stores, even internationally.","There is a great deal of competition between staff members and it is usually the ones who evangelise the brand most who come out on top, regardless of performance. More than once I was passed over for promotions or other rewards such as trips to Cupertino and additional training opportunities, despite consistently being one of the stores top performers (contrary to popular belief, Apple Store employees do have targets). This is one of the reasons I left, management did not want to take me out of my sales position (known internally as 'the Red Zone') where I was a solid performer and allow me to stretch my wings. I was only the second person in the stores history to receive the maximum possible ranking in my annual review. Subsequently I saw many junior staff members whom I tried move ahead given opportunities I missed out on which eventually made me feel disillusioned.",Look after top performing staff instead of those who say that right things but deliver little value to the business.,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48316,apple,none," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Great salary,Great salary and sick leave,A lot of pressure and,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48317,apple,none," Dec 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Specialist,"Great atmosphere, although mostly OJT, deep understanding of the companies philosophy and various retail techniques. If you have initiative, they allow you to work on various projects.","First year is a blast, after that, its the same thing over and over again. Career opportunities are slim, even if management promises you something, its likely not to happen.","Need to become less emotional about decision making, even though there are some work-performance reviews, the information within the reviews are very light and not thought over.",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48318,apple,none," Dec 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not all Apples or Oranges,The company has great benefits for the employees. You have a fair amount of space to perform the role of genius.,Work life balance is almost non-existent. Getting two days in a row off is very difficult. Pay could use a little help as well.,You say you care about the people. Focus more on the retail teams. People are finding personal lives hard.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48319,apple,"Richmond, BC (Canada)"," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Redzone Specialist,Great part-time workplace.,"Dynamic, lots of fun, great pay and great benefits with minimal pressure on performance.","Many coworkers who do not try or work as hard, little to no upwards mobility, systems are flawed.","Fundamental changes need to occur to the easypay system to prevent fraud, and also the lominger meetings and connection meetings need to inprove and be restructured.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1170.htm
48320,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very Well Treated, Enjoyable Job",- As an employee you will be treated really well - Well paid - Great atmosphere - Great attitudes from other staff,- Often hard to get a job - Tough interview process,Provide job opportunities to a wider range of people to allow for a workplace with a higher variety in cultures.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48321,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Officer,I'm citizen of a UAE i have high school degree .,"I liked some products and how it be developing on ambition however, here in my centre is something new the biggest company from Apple is coming also i will be happy when i be one of officer that support me to i learn something new .",Nothing app have protected iPhones from spy Nothing app have protected iPhones from spy Nothing app have protected iPhones from spy,"Don't fox on people who have experience and university degree only another, people can do more and better",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48322,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Control Specialist,Good environment to work in with great development opportunities,Very corporate structure and not flexible enough,Focus on your employees the most,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48323,apple,none," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Leader,"Great pay and benefits, opportunity to do special projects, meet inspiring people.","Stress, long hours, very crowded, noisy, and often hostile environments - felt like going in to battle on most days.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48324,apple,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,It´s a good playable job without forced overtime. In case you do Overtime you get a nice bonus for doing it. Inside of Apple Care there is a great spirit.,"Like in every Callcenter, it´s tracked for every single second what you´re doing",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48325,apple,"Chongqing, Chongqing (China)"," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Service Specialist,Specialist,"Great place for graduate, you can learn a lot. Great benefits, Great salary (especially for retail in china),lots of learning experiences and resources,you become really good friends with your peer group, or maybe even family!","Apple Retail in china,never like the Apple.extremely like Chinese company in china,with incredible speed developing open the store in china,staff getting lower lower. almost all the manger comes from KFC. Walmart. Carrefour.","bad people care especially in chongqing shenzhen chengdu market,once bad things happened(like lost prevention investigation),the manager never support for the staff,only thing the manager that do is how to avoid investigation from themselves,never help the staff.so many bad things happened in china market. Apple Retail China never like the REAL APPLE in china.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48326,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,mac expert,"good place to work, higher salary compared with other companies in same industry and good benefits",not much career development and career progression,provide more rotation jobs so that employees can rotate to other positions,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48327,apple,"Gateshead, England (UK)"," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Redzone Specialist,Part-time Redzone Specialist,Great for a part-time job.,Barely any for a part-timer. Full-time positions mean you can be at the store through extremely quiet periods.,Meritocracy is definitely what pushes people forward so keep it up!,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48328,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Expert,- World Class business practices - Great opportunity to learn technology - The people they hire are incredible - Good benefits and they pay for provincial health insurance - Fantastic employee discount - above average pay for retail,- Retail culture and environment - Almost cultish atmosphere towards brand and Apple products - Difficult to get promoted and near impossible to leave retail - Very strict policies and procedures - Customers are very demanding and have a sense of entitlement,Stop trying to act like Apple Retail is 'Apple'. Weed out out the simple-minded retail mentality and people will be a lot happier.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48329,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - At Home Advisor,Don't Do It - Bullies,"No pros in this company, even the piddly discounts are not work the abuse and bullying.","Rampant bullying from team leaders and it is known about by HR but they won't do anything about it. Excessive pressure to be perfect. Need to explain why you get a bad review when it was in fact for someone at the retail store stuffing up, they will not remove this, you just have to wear it. No work life balance whatsoever even though they claim you do. Often worked well past finishing time. Expected (forced) to work extra hours when new product or iOS issued and around Christmas.","Get rid of the bullying culture, if you claim to promote a work life balance, then offer it to everyone, not just those who can kiss rear end the best. Too many staff have had borderline nervous breakdowns or worse because of the pathetic bullying and demand for perfection culture this company has.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1171.htm
48330,apple,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Expert,"Team, benefits, credo- amazing company ethos.","Salary poor, no job ladder other than management, no link to corporate, junior (floor ) managers have no leadership qualities and are essentially redundant. Hire too many mediocre managers from incompatible retail culture.","Promote from within, raise salaries to highest in field to curb the alarmingly declining standards of recruitment.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48331,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - APPLE ISC,Better,Because i love very much this Brand.and i wanna add this company for lifetime . Am fully enjoing your work with this company,I dont have any downsides ideas about Apple. Finally Am so exicted because apple is world number one company,Apple management so much powerfull.and for your so very aggressive with your work Apple employe's are very happy,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48332,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company!,"Great stores, great products, great customer service",No cons about Apple inc!,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48333,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 6, 2016","Former Employee - Redzone &amp, Family Room Specialist",Operations Coordinator,Products are good. And are free. Offices are amazing. Which makes coming to work. A treat. Very well supplied kitchen,The management team are terrible at creating an environment of bullying. No parking was offered to employees despite spaces being available.,Fire most of them,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48334,apple,none," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac expert inside sales,Good environment Open mind management Excellent products,Repetitive job No privacy (open spaces),none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48335,apple,none," Nov 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant,Good friendly staff and focus of customer experience,None whatsoever that I can think of at the moment.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48336,apple,none," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - Expert,Apple Expert,Great teamwork ethic and bonuses,little communication about goals moving forward. Very last minute,"Listen to the emplyees, they are on the floor, facing customers every day.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48337,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 27, 2015",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Simplicity is a virtue,The direction of the company is very clear and focused. Apple manufactures some of the truly most remarkable products in the world today.,"High amount of secrecy and rigidity. Employees are highly specialized, making it difficult to learn multiple skill sets that will aid career growth.",Retain talent by allowing more interaction cross functionally.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48338,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,My top employer so far,I've worked with a couple companies in the computer/electronics retail industry and Apple has provided me with the best experience so far. They are very structured with how employees are managed however they also empower their employees to do what's best for the customer. I definitely enjoyed my time there.  Pros: - Great pay for retail industry - Great benefits - Great environment/people,Apple stores can get very busy so if you can't handle large crowds and constant conversations with new customers then this environment may not be for you.,My management team was great and treated me well. I have no further advice to add.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48339,apple,Cupo (Chile)," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Global Tech,global functional tech,good life and brand equity within the org,Its tough to be part of that org,Pull up your socks or you will doom,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1172.htm
48340,apple,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Apple,1. Work Environment 2. Job benefits,1. Secrecy between various levels of management 2. Less chances of growth,:),5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48341,apple,none," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"pay, team setting, always busy",no salary increase from sales specialist,learn the technicalities of the job,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48342,apple,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Oracle Database Administrator,Senior Oracle DBA Consultant,good salary and good mamnagement,nothing to mentION about this company,no,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48343,apple,Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Communication Supervisor,Sales Communication Supervisor,"Great hi-tech brand, friendly environment and hight motivation",Low promote chance Unclear career path,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48344,apple,none," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good time,The people are great and the benefits are pretty good. Pay seems to be better if you stay there for a long time. Nice product to support.,Workload seemed to increase continuously. Each financial quarter seemed to ask for more with less resources. Seemed like a preference to hire externally rather than promote internally.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48345,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 20, 2015",Former Employee - IOS Advisor,Fair,"Great discounts, lovely people to work with, free tea/coffee and a lovely canteen",Managers swap around too unexpectedly,"Keep acting like a human being to the staff. One or two didn't, and they were hated",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48346,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,good company,"culture,Diversity, Benefit, salary Okey, interesting, accept all kind of people","Hierarchy, Top-down, command oriented, ambiguity",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48347,apple,none," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Advisor,I worked there 5 years. Very good experience overall.,No real career opportunities outside of the call center.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48348,apple,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job,This is an excellent job with good opportunity and Many other davantage. I like This compagny also for good managment and team spirit,"It's to be competent, with Many qualities like efficient, good use of Time, be joyful and like job well done.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48349,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Honestly a true pleasure. Opportunities across the board.,Feeling of accomplishment. Pay. Working from home. Time with family. Deals on all products. Great work hours. Opportunities for advancing your career.,"Can deal will troublesome customers. But there are procedures in place that help with all, so this con lasts about as long as you allow it.",Keep on doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1173.htm
48350,apple,Raheny (Ireland)," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Developer Program Support Advisor,"Great organisation, comprehensive training, very professional, dynamic and fast-paced environment. Good employee discount, health insurance and other benefits.","The company's constant desire to change things can be irksome at times, it can be difficult sometimes to be constantly up to date with the vast array of the latest policy/procedural changes which are constantly taking place.",More effort with providing funded social events to foster better cohesion among co-workers would be a good start.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48351,apple,none," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture good for people who wants,Great culture good for people who wants relaxed lifestyle and not bring work home.,"No progression, boss is very micromanaging. Big team, little to no contribution as a basic admin",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48352,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support,"Opportunities to grow within company, friendly staff, support for employees, discounts for employees, gain knowledge quickly, socialisng and fun events","Not suitable for slow-lerners, very agile, highly competetive",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48353,apple,Sunshine (Australia)," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Associate,It was a good experience. The staff are very welcoming and great at their jobs.,Good explaination of the use of apple phones and other devices from the staffemebers as theu showed good communication skills and knownledge in their field of expertise.,"There was limited amount of cons when it came to apple, as they are always an impressive brand. However, more staff will be good too.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48354,apple,"Cardiff, Wales (UK)"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Cleaner,Cleaner,Team effort happy staff kind staff,Not always there wen u need them urgenly to solf an issue,Always keep an eye on the team for support,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48355,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Red Zone Specialist,"Great work environment, Friendly team and supportive management. Great place to start a career in sales. Further opportunity to develop and become a manager through in store leadership programs.","Store can be busy. Culture can be extremely customer focused and little regard is given for high sales performance, no sales targets are set.","Very supportive management team, however with high staff turnover (mainly from part time employees finishing uni and moving on) staff can sometimes be left to feel like they are looked at as just a number.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48356,apple,none," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Lots of benefits and great start off pay,Being watched a lot. Like most contact centers,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48357,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,Good for family-oriented people,Office is mainly empty after six though some people do bring work home. Benefits such as in-house gym with classes.,"Corporation is too big - even the smallest tasks become a job role because of the scale, and therefore what you're able to learn goes down relatively compared to a medium or small sized company.","Hire right, because it is so difficult to get rid of poor performers once they are in, and they pull down a team much more than what you think you see or know.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48358,apple,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Specialist,Good salary. Nice people. Nice atmosphere. Nice place,Strange hours. Though schedule. Retail = retail.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48359,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work because you believe in the company,"The overall culture is great. We've got a great leader in Tim Cook and for someone who truly loves the products we make, being close to the action is fantastic. Not to mention the wonderful employee discounts.","The money is not too great. It might even be slightly less than competitive. Your work life depends highly on your immediate colleagues and the people you work with. Even if you pretty much embody Apple's core values, being in a team where people simply want to pass the time will make your life miserable. Oh and you can't escape office politics. The performance review system leaves much to be desired. Work life balance can be good but you end up working overtime most days because everyone does and it doesn't leave a good impression if you're always heading home before everyone else.","Get real feedback from your employees, don't settle for statistics off a survey. You are losing some real good talent to incompetent middle managers.",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1174.htm
48360,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Support,Tech Support,"Very cool and peaceful work environnement, food is great, managers are reliable and there's a good atmosphere in the floor, feels really friendly. We have great benefits, the pay is great, everyone is equal and you have a lot more opportunities once you're inside.","Days can be really long and there can be times when customers may not be compliant or understanding. If you're not patient enough, then this job might be a challenge for you.","Keep up on the good work, we're the best at Customer service and we're thinking staying that way, just allow us a bit more minutes of break.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48361,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Nice Working Environment,Smart people around and there are plenty of opportunities to learn. Pay is not bad.,As an intern I was quite chill. But being a full-time employee could be stressful for some roles.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48362,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 6, 2015",Current Employee - Supply Demand,Apple intern,Diversity culture. Able to work with different people across geographical locations and business functions,Not all interns at equally valued in the company. Some are doing more exciting stuff while some are mainly supporting role,Make good use of their resources. Interns can be good resources to utilise also,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48363,apple,none," Nov 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,It is a fun place to work.,"Leadership are full of arrogant people. No growth opportunities. If you're not with the 'in' crowd, there will not be any promotions for you.",Stop favoritism and treat all employees equal.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48364,apple,none," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red zone specialist,"Great people and culture, good pay, challenging role, good incentives, plenty of training and great discounts","No bonuses, little opportunity to progress within the retail sector",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48365,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great job. Tough to get into though.,"Substantial amount of benefits for all employees. Managers talk to you like friends, not robots. Relaxed and chilled environment to work in. The ability to be yourself without having to restrict your personality. Looks great on your CV. Potential to grow into the Corporate business building. Selection of trousers and shoes/trainers to your choice (exc. tracksuits) also can wear any accessories on arms, legs etc.","No tips or bonuses, which hurts when you sell 100-1000 Macs a day or meet famous people and want to reward you for how well you've looked after them with your service. On your feet most of the day.",Keep it up. You guys are amazing. One of the best management teams to work with. Easy going with no problems.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48366,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Applecare Advisor,think,"big company, hi tech start up... people will think that you are important as you work for APPLE . Impressive achievement on the CV even though ...","It is basically a BIG white call centre, handling calls with angry customers, awkward customers and so on... Customers will put lots of pressure on you as they think that because they bought an Apple device, they own all the rights to get a proper decent working device .... and they think that even being out of warranty they deserve to get a new device without any fusses as they bought an expensive device at first and the list goes on. Basically , just do psychological work , trying all the day round to make the customer not keen to send you a bad evaluation as it will impact your work performance ... just completely non sense at all and mentally exhausting without having even taken into board the Hierarchy which is just ludicrous as when you consult a SUPERIOR as so called, this one hasn't any clues whatsoever","just hire professional ones, not kids ... take care of your team even tough you get constant turn over as the job is so tedious and uninteresting. Apple care is just a big JOKE. area manager is just transparent",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48367,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,sales speicialist,"fantastic product, really good cultur","flexible, Promotion opportunities, low pay","work/life balance, good culture",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48368,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,most recognized company in the world,it was a very controlling culture,be more opened minded to other's ideas,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48369,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Relations Advisor,Customer Relations,High salary than other company,not many career opportunity to transfer other department,I don't recommend waste of your time in this company,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1175.htm
48370,apple,none," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great brand, great company.",The people you work with are awesome.,"Despite their reputation for innovation, this does not apply to certain parts of the organisation.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48371,apple,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Retail Employer,Great benefits for full-time and part-time employees. Staff are of a very high calibre and exceptional quality (we're all devoted to the team!). They try very hard to make sure the retail employees are happy. Great support of RRSPs and stock purchasing.,"Work/Life balance is difficult because evenings and weekends are required, and it's very difficult to get holidays off. No clear guide or support to advance from retail to corporate employment within the company. Once you reach a certain level in the store you're kind of stuck.","For the workload endured by the staff at the retail stores, pay should definitely be higher. Even the sales people on the floor are running nonstop for their entire shift, helping with customers and getting pulled in all directions. The pay is great compared to other retail stores, but not when compared to the workload.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48372,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Business Manager,Apple,It's been a good company to work for.,but if you wanna grow your skills and improve yourself in the management part go to a smaller company !,Great company to start your carrer with !,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48373,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Good experience,Good work environment and nice coworkers Very flexible for work schedule,It's a retail job so sometimes you have to deal with rude customers,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48374,apple,"Burlington, ON (Canada)"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales Assistant,"Great benefits, wonderful coworkers and interesting and moving environment",Sometime is a little bit too crazy environment and lack of hours at certain times of the year. Also the training is not great,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48375,apple,none," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great time and lots of fun,You have fun while working and helping members if the public.You meet a diverse range of people and are engaged in a fast paced working environment.,Not enough hours and can be stressful at times,Give more hours and support to employees.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48376,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Good, but not as good as they would have you belive","Good benefits, most store managers are great people to work for. If you want to develop your soft-skills, this is great place to do so.","Poor work-life balance, limited career opportunities (typical of pyramid organisations, but they let you think the world is your oyster - it's not). People are judged, and progress based on 'toeing the company line'. It's rare (not impossible) for anyone else to progress.","Don't be so blinded by your goals that you leave your staff behind. 'Managing vision and purpose' is something that is seen as a core competency for management in Apple Retail, yet most of retail corporate have over-developed in this instance - hence why people stopped being happy at work.",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48377,apple,none," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,quite good for your resume,occasionally need to work too much,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48378,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Data Support Specialist,Nice place to work,1. Pay is good compared to other companies in china.,1. Not Apple employees. We signed the contract with the human resources company. The compensation between vendors and apple employees is different. 2. Apple IT system in China is bad. It is more like a high-end retail place in China. Not a tech company.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48379,apple,"London, ON (Canada)"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Great place to work,"Everyone is very well educated about the products and services provided, and everyone knows what they are talking about. Most of the employees of the company are very nice and kind and do their best to help you out whenever you need it. Of course there are always those mean, snobby people like in every other company but there are way more nice people. Overall a great place to be a hardware engineer.","Not too many. Could have better pay though. Someone needs to pay for that Lamborghini ,)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1176.htm
48380,apple,none," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at apple,very Interesting environment to work in,very very hard work all along the year,none,4.0,1.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48381,apple,none," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,You get to wear those apple shirts!,The customers can sometimes be obnoxious,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48382,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Analyst,analyst,"good benefit inclusive working envirinment Apple is in the spotlight again over working conditions for the people who make its products, following ...",multi tasking fat paced high work stabdard  apple is in the lead role and workinf condition for peoppe is highly standard,not bad,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48383,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Successful,"good environment, good people, no need to persuade customers to buy things because apple product sells itself","nothing really, deal with a variety of different kinda customers.","Good company to work with, and it is the best work experience in my life.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48384,apple,none," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service representative,Wonderful place to work but only smoke and mirrors,they hire and fire easily,"Give more materials during the training to learn, they give you a lot of information without effectively teaching you something about the job.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48385,apple,none," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at apple,great pay! great benefits and support. always busy so you're never bored,"long hours but always supported through it, sometimes you're given more hours than you need but it can always be helped",none - the management are always supportive and help you with any weaknesses.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48386,apple,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be More Open,"Company has a good stance on the environment, privacy and sustainability.",Secretive nature of the company gets in the way of innovation.,Ditch the culture of confidentiality and become more open.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48387,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Great Company,Apple dedicates a large amount of time training their employees and treat them with respect. Apple embraces diversity within their teams and is understanding of student workloads/ cultural values.,Their is limited possibility to move up within the company (solid division between retail and corporate). Hours fluctuate greatly depending on launch dates of products and crunch times (to be expected from any retail job),"I have yet to see management of this quality anywhere else, keep treated your employees with respect. I truly appreciate the opportunity that was given to me at Apple!",5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48388,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Genius,good to work and people are very nice,time schedule is not stable,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48389,apple,"Ang Mo Kio, North-East (Singapore)"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Bias Environment,The only pro are the benefits they provided.,"Failed to adhere to their promise on fair and equal career opportunities as their hiring manager hires based on bias judgement. Many years of obvious feedbacks are never being reviewed nor addressed to. Only boot licker and beauty can progress far without any true abilities. Unfortunately, Singaporean will have extreme difficulty for career growth as they only hires Singaporean to increase their WP quota.",Adhere to fair and equal opportunities for all. Stop sending career opportunities email just to adhere to regulation when a candidate have already been determined before hiring starts. It is only wasting our time and effort.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1177.htm
48390,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Retail Manager,Apple Retail Manager,"Working with Apple Retail was one of the best development experiences of my life, it is challenging and fast paced with opportunity for growth and upward movement.","It's a large company with a deeply engrained culture, you really have to believe in what you are doing to stay motivated. Change happens quickly and if you are not able to adapt to what can sometimes be a jarring fundamental culture shift, you can quickly feel out of place.","Acknowledge your existing talent, look inside before you look outside to fill roles your current team are capable of. Understand someone's value and compensate them for what they are worth, or they will look elsewhere, the brand alone isn't enough to keep people on after many years of service.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48391,apple,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In transition,"Great benefits, great people and great pay for the work. Opportunities to explore and usually a decent channel to make sure your voice is heard","Organization in transition and trying to find itself again as senior retail leadership sorts itself out. It's not what it was and that's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just more the waiting game while the new Apple retail sorts itself out","Keep asking questions, keeping digging for answers and be as transparent as possible",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48392,apple,Madrid (Spain)," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Good company to work in Retail,- Valued on merit. - Possibilities to grow quickly. - Great team atmosphere.,- Limited possibilities to grow out of Retail and into offices. - Lots of other employees - great competition for promotion.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48393,apple,none," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,mac xpert,"good money, good gym, good canteen","no career ladder. poor poor managmmet, no flexibility. you are a slave on the phone.period",stop hiring friends,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48394,apple,"Reading, England (UK)"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Technician,Working environment,"Structure, people, nice managers, feel part of the team, excellent benefits for retail, healthcare, dental, pension, gym. Relaxed attitude to dress code real feeling of team spirit, very enjoyable place to work.","Hard work and very demanding customers, some days can be relentless especially for technicians, money could be better for skill set required. Management do not manage poor performance well too much focus on peer related feedback when managers intervention needs to play a part.",Toughen up on poor performance and recognise how good your technicians are and pay them a bit more to reduce stAff turnover and protect customer experience,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48395,apple,none," Oct 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,BEST PLACE TO WORK,"Team is like a family, not targets for sales, you are just there to help the customers! Everyone in the workplace is always so positive and friendly","Running around the warehouse to find the products, having to walk a lot upstairs or downstairs to find the product for the customer!","Cannot think of anything to say to the management team at all :) It was lovely working there! So sad that I had to leave, will hopefully return",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48396,apple,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing team, poor management organisation","An excellent, friendly and cohesive team to work with. Great pay and health/pension benefits. Amazing staff discount.","Management was largely a mess. The store (in Brent Cross) was far too small for the number of customers who attend it, also makes working there claustrophobic. Only one toilet between all staff. Customers could be extremely rude.","Make it clear to customers where they need to go to pay, get advice etc. Push for moving into a bigger store.",3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48397,apple,Turin (Italy)," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Retail Specialist,"Great organization, best salary among retailer",stress and lot of work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48398,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 10, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Expert,Great culture in this company,I like the working office and colleagues here. Great food as well. Healthy drinks too.,Sometimes management not able to take in feedbacks from employees.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48399,apple,none," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company values transcend operations.,The company cares for your well-being. Flexible working environment. It is a very collaborative environment because nobody can truly work without other teams. And that encourages collaboration.,"There is a huge back office operations and when you are further from representing the brand to end customer, sometimes the sense of purpose to individuals gets lost along the way.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1178.htm
48400,apple,"Ang Mo Kio, North-East (Singapore)"," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Service Team Leader,Unique rollercoaster ride that you will enjoy and be challenged with crazy peak time.,"Pleasant and honoured to work here, we enjoy great benefits and treated with respect. This group is all about people!","It is not easy to change in field & changes happens everyday, copping up with it is a huge challange","All changes have to be made with proper guidance, structure and plan",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48401,apple,"Peterborough, ON (Canada)"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Mac+ Senior Advisor,Apple makes its money off the back of workers that can barely afford to survive.,Not honestly many other than the 1 or 2 people a day I speak to that are genuinely happy I helped them. Benefits.,Less than $15 unless you run the place. Sub-contracts to companies that pay employees minimally,Please urge Minacs to give your workers raises... there is a reason all of the decent workers are going to other companies.,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48402,apple,none," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good job if you don't mind working hard.,Able to purchase Apple products at discount price,"So many customers to serve, feels tired at end of day.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48403,apple,none," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Why should I,Large well known world brand named company,No time to get to know your workmates,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48404,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Apple, Cloud engineering",Great people Interesting problems Investment in tech,Remoteness Time zone makes for few interactions with US,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48405,apple,none," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for a fortune 500 company,Great company to work for. Loads of percs and things to look forward to. Especially around the holiday season.,"Can be hard to progress. Large talent pool to choose from. As such, it usually takes years to progress as opposed to months.",Take time out to listen to your staff. Your staff are the ones that do most of the field work. Make sure that you take on board what they say.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48406,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Regional Role - Individual Contributor,"Awesome culture, passionate people, absolute joy to work here!","Competitive salary plus excellent employee, dependent benefits. Culture of excellence. You will be surrounded by driven, smart and highly collaborative individuals. Everyone is an expert in something, you just need to be willing to ask for help. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness within Apple. Cool Apple gadgets at the workplace - carrying around a MacBook Air is way cooler than carrying around a boring corporate black IBM thinkpad. Good food at Cafe Mac, most new joiners put on a few pounds within weeks if not days of joining. However there is always the gym and numerous wellness programs offerings on campus to smoothen the 'food impact'.","Long drawn interview process requires absolute determination and endurance. Fast pace environment, lots of ambiguity at work, need to be a quick thinker and fast learner, nobody will teach you how to organize/streamline/structure your work/tasks. People who can't cope with the above will end up working long hours and probably won't survive for long. Paid leave entitlement is market standard and not exciting but all the other amazing benefits over compensates for that. At a minimum, you need to be tech savvy at Apple. You set up your own laptop, assemble your work station (monitor, keyboard etc will be delivered to your desk still in boxes), configure your own work phone etc on your first day.",People in Apple are passionate and driven individuals. Giving them more paid leave definitely won't dilute their contributions. Better corporate discount for Apple products. More investment should be put into the recruitment team. After all they are the ones who brings in the talents who builds our business.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48407,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Senior Financial Analyst,"Business is changing everyday, which provides new challenges everyday. You feel important and proud of working for the company because people talk about it everyday.",Company culture values confidentiality so sharing among teams is limited so sometimes it hinders your learning. Salary and fringe benefits are not great compared to other silicon valley tech companies.,"promote more team sharing, team spirit and more fun at work.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48408,apple,"Uxbridge, England (UK)"," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Support,Great company to be apart of,"Great working environment, provided with plenty of support and pushed to your potential at all times.",Reviews boil down to a 3 tier rating which seem a little restricting.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48409,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Sep 26, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Amazing co-workers,"My co-workers at Apple were, on the whole, some of the best people I've ever met, much less worked with. The senior management was awesome and very supportive, and I appreciated feeling like I was trusted to make my own calls in the day-to-day interactions with clients.","Middle management could be very passive-agressive, there seemed to be a lot of little people putting on a big show.",Keep your middle management in check!,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1179.htm
48410,apple,none," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Specialist,Apple Online Store,"Great interaction between management and team, great team spirit, cultural diversity, great benefits/bonuses, excellent trainings provided,",Internal promotions can take a while,Keep up the good work!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48411,apple,"Moncton, NB (Canada)"," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Solution Consultant,ASC,Great company over all to work for. They Encourage against the grain thinking,Some management can be difficult to work with,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48412,apple,"Perth, Western Australia (Australia)"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Changed a lot when Steve Died,"It was really nice before Steve died, everything was just about showing the customer how great the products and technology was.",Then it changed.... the management started focussing on making us sell things and started to expect us to sell pretty hard,Remember how it was with Steve...,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48413,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,it pays the bills,"people you meet and hang out with are pretty cool and everyone is pretty friendly, staff discounts get to know some interesting stuff","i felt that the company is a little bit controlling about what you can/can't say, certain words cannot and must not be said",look after your own staff first when it comes to higher up positions,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48414,apple,none," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,not bad place to work,too much work . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48415,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - IOS Senior Technical Advisor,Apple Inc,Best Company in leading innovation and Technology,"Customer Satisfaction Survery not accurate representation of Advisor Difficult to have work life balance Perfomance measuring metrics, puts lot of pressure","Respect Employees, realistic expectations, accurately measure employee performance and not just by CSAT surveys",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48416,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,intern,"Highly motivated employees, cool environment",there is high pressure to perform,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48417,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Regional Planner Singapore,Demand Planner,"You learn a lot, very quickly. We say that 1 year in Apple worth 3 years elsewhere. You also have the opportunity to reach to a lot of people easily, develop your expertise, your network, your understanding of the business in may different ways.",Compensation are too low and would deserve re-ajustment for the number one cap market company. Job is great but work life balance could be improved,"Be innovative, keep developing the team and the system that support them.",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48418,apple,none," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Specialist,The best work environment I've ever had in my life.,They show us weekly metrics of employees' performances.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48419,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Sales specialist,Great environment and tons of flexibility. You can get time off as desire. They're are great perks t working there and they take really good care of their employees,Very busy which is sometimes makes you tired but other than that great,Management there is great. They're are always many managers within one retail store. Now they have reporting managers whom you directly report to,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1180.htm
48420,apple,"Waterloo, ON (Canada)"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mind Games, draining and demoralizing... Childish Leadership!",90% of co-workers were great and supportive. Stock,"Conestoga Apple store has some of the most demoralizing and manipulative store leadership, gossip, office politics, lying to staff, and outright awful scare tactics. It's micromanaged to death and unprofessional. How some of the store leaders not only got away with these tactics but PROMOTED is beyond all of us. It's also sad how a store leader will do serious actions that go against ALL store policy and credo, yet have NO consequences even when reported to HR. Many of us were excited to work for this company only to want out!","Grow up! We're all adults and come in to do our job... not be baby'd to death! It was high school politics all over again! Learn how to develop your staff and not put them against each other with manipulation and LIES! Honestly, many of you DO NOT deserve the ""leadership"" role at Apple. HR is a joke! It became very apparent to many of us that we are just an employee number. How HR doesn't see the revolving door of fed up staff and take the allegations seriously is pathetic. The HR leader is a joke and like the store leadership, loves playing mind games with you. If you're not the flavour of the month, you're done and they will grind you to no end to break you! Never have many of us seen such a manipulative work environment of fear!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48421,apple,Istanbul (Turkey)," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Working in retail - not glorified, even at Apple","Great training, warm environment, decent discount","Under appreciated, bad salary, cliques, weak management",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48422,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Part time student/specialist,"everyone is always willing to help out, they invest a good chunk of time into training which is extremely helpful.","Sometimes, you get the same role everyday, and it can get repetitive, but usually theyre great about moving you into different areas to work in the Red Zone",You guys are great! Keep doing what you're doing! Thanks for being understanding,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48423,apple,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Customer Service Executive,Good Experience,Good in Service Level Sector.,No cons from my side.,Open more retail stores in India.,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48424,apple,Luxembourg (Luxembourg)," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company but too much privacy,"Big company, international opportunities, good salary","privacy, US centric, you will work on a very specific area",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48425,apple,none," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you truly buy into the values,"Strong culture and values... Everything is driven from the culture/credo - as it should be for all good businesses. if you truly buy into them, you'll find it a great place to work. If you don't buy in - you'll find it difficult.",Not for everyone... you're either 'on the bus' or you're not.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48426,apple,none," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great employer,Good work environment. Lots of interesting challenges.,Not very flexible with remote workers.,Keep up the good work!,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48427,apple,none," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Like any other large corporations...,"Apple is a fun company to work for. It is of course great to deal with such products and sell them to customers that usually love them. It is also an amazing place to develop team spirit, technical skills, and value all feedbacks. Working with companies is even more fun because you have a chance to build complete solutions for larger companies and work on third party solutions as well. It is more a collaboration with clients rather than selling.",It is a large company and hierarchy is extremely limited.,"Inspiring people is great, but being transparent with opportunities is better",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48428,apple,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,The people there are amazing,It is really hard to get hired,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48429,apple,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great discounts, friendly team members. Perfect job for those who want to experience a new challenge every day.",non-existent work life balance. Long working hours even if you're a part-time. Pretty much stuck with the same position (promotions are rare),More team building exercises,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1181.htm
48430,apple,none," Sep 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales executive,"Great culture, solid process, lots to learn, high potential to grow","hierarchic, could be slow to execute depending on depts",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48431,apple,none," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Campus ..... ........ ............ ........ ............,too much restrictions... ...... .............,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48432,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great company to work for, limited growth potential past retail",1) Great work environment 2) Can ask for different shifts 3) Good pay according to retail sector 4) Amazing discounts and EPP,"1) Limited growth 2) Become challenging to find a job after working a few years at the company, since most corporations work on Windows OS. 3) Very difficult to get promoted within, next to impossible.","This is pointless, since management does not believe in promoting from within but hire from other corporations like Starbucks or similar.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48433,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Their soul is their people,"Great bunch of people, the recruitment department does a great job!","I worked in few different stores, and the pace in Regent Street store is way too high. Apple doesn't alway consider the differences between different stores.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48434,apple,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales consultant,Great team and great environment to meet people,Busy and less corporate jobs available,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48435,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sallary,it is the biggest IT giant yet?!,Has to spend more time and money to the staff,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48436,apple,Paris (France)," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company who really look after their employees,"Great salary Amazing perks - company laptops, phones, lunch vouchers etc Really cool people to work alongside with, great team atmosphere","You are a very small cog in a giant machine People work very late in the evenings and most weekends, which makes you feel guilty if you don't",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48437,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Unique experience,"I enjoy working in an ever changing environment, keeping up-to-date with technology and getting lots of training. The products and services offered are fantastic, so it's the best retail work you can ever hope for.","For our knowledge and skills, the pay sucks and retail workers very rarely get weekends off, so say goodbye to your old friends.",Trust your staff a bit more. We can do amazing things and hate being watched by a hawk.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48438,apple,none," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,controlled,I think the only pros for me were the health insurance and the discounts on products every once in a while. training is helpful and 60 % relevant for the job,"I didn't enjoy this type of culture, but also the job wasn't right for me. My mistake for taking the offer but their mistake for hiring someone with my background.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,none,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48439,apple,none," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Challenging,Extremely challenging opportunity to grow at every level,No for everyone. If you don't push yourself constantly you will not survive. Leaders can at times look for perfection rather than potential for continued growth,You through out great 'gems' when you overlook potential and simply try to find what's perfect...,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1182.htm
48440,apple,none," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pretty review :),i love apple. It shows that it has the best technology in tech community these days. Another reason why I love apple is because they really do listen to other people what they want to see on another device or what they should move out! siri is also better than ever :),there are pretty much no cons but I have to say that it is a littlebit expensive and the job is hard,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48441,apple,none," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cashier,I have always loved Apple and enjoy all the technology they afore I used almost everything they have to offer,I get to experience in an a new area that i haven't been before a more bigger place,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48442,apple,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job desc,good best better and nothing could be best,difficult and hard work needed to stay here,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48443,apple,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Aug 29, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Best workplace ever!,"Friendly, fun, great training, good work-life balance, great benefits. Managers are helpful and don't just lord it over people. Always has a good atmosphere. No pressure to sell. Great progression routes.",Can get very rude customers because it is a very busy place to work.,None!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48444,apple,none," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support french market,"keep you motivated, manager really available for any questions","Clients are complaining, you can be hurting",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48445,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Care Advisor,Apple Care Advisor,"Good benefits, Great career opportunity",low salary. 20% lower than market average,adjust the salary to compete. Apple is a big company. Should be offering higher than industrial standard.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48446,apple,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Incredible culture - people - support - best place i have ever worked don't think you can top it tbh,there really isn't much downside except you don't want to go work anywhere else,do what you do,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48447,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Support,Good company to work for,"Relocation package, Good salary, good job opportunities, brand new buildings with gym onsite, etc...","Shifts, sometimes management, everything is monitored even the time you spent at the toilets, ...",Get a real management based on experience and skills in spite of promoting advisors that does not have a clue,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48448,apple,none," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,great team work to be in,hours are too long and not stable,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48449,apple,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Business Manager,Great but…,"Brand, relaxed environment, not a huge focus on ££, behavioural based (teamwork & innovation), culture is amazing, work/life balance great, bonus","Retail, no one understands B2B (even store leader), you deal essentially with micro business & ""one man"" bands, ""small fry"",  inc. deal with larger business, experience based so no accountability, Store Leader/Market Leader/Business Leader: ""it's not about the number"" but it is…","""We spend so long hiring great people, it's our duty to coach and develop them"" Tim Cook. The use of situational leadership @  is fundamental yet no retail managers use it… flawed",3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1183.htm
48450,apple,none," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for retail,"great people, you will lear a lot about customer service and how to cope in stressful situations","stressful, no thanks, over the top customers",learn how to treat people,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48451,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - IOS Senior Support,Great Place to work,"Great benefits, great community, great tools and you are made to feel like yp matter",long hours and high expectations from management and customers,na,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48452,apple,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Telecom enterprise lead - South,Global Gaint. Great brand. Rich inheritance on product lines.,Small foot print in India. Only retail focus. Less of Global focus.,India management?? Or HQ?,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48453,apple,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,- working with amazing people - learning something new everyday - learning the business processes of a great company,- Can take a while to move into a different role,More flexibility with scheduling would be fantastic,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48454,apple,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job but not a career,Work with amazing people Really fun place to work Socialise with other young people your age. Job is simple and not demanding at all. Get to work with amazing technology every day! See celebrities very frequently Good benefits,"Too many politics, managers don't really know how to manage people. People who get promoted usually do so if they're close to the managers not based on merit.",The company sells itself - there's no need to micro manage every thing an employee does People work there because they want to be part of the culture and enjoy working with each other. Don't lose out on great employees by over managing and losing that fun atmosphere.,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48455,apple,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Genius Review,It's very easy work where engaging with customers is placed above tech-knowledge. Paid much better than retail staff (Red zone/Family Room specialists). Revered in stores.,"It is customer service, so customers can be a downside if you're not a people person. Full time staff must provide 7 day availability.Time off is difficult to organise, especially in busy seasons.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48456,apple,Garden City (Australia)," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple Sales,"Decent discounts for self, family and friends. Very positive.",Need to work with many different kinds of people and customers.,Be kind and observe the golden rule. Listen to employees and do not dismiss them if they are quiet and not leaping on opportunities noisily.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48457,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its pretty darn great,"discounts fantastic working conditions and benefits  There isn't really much else to say, theres gym reimbursements 3rd party discounts great hours and breaks. Educational support and even paternity leave.","short shifts if part time but guaranteed hours overall pretty great place to work, you're not just a number they really seem to care and all feedback is taken onboard by management. Although pay isn't the highest",no they're pretty cool they all have their special role and all communicate to you as humans not superiors. there is genuine rapport and friendship. and they are there to guide and support you.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48458,apple,none," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,"Great people, good management!",Great place to work.  Had a great time at Apple. Fun and relaxed environment. Great colleagues. Quick progression if you work hard.,-Stressful from time to time. -Sometimes feel like a cult. But not worse then any other sales enviroment.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48459,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,"High Stress, Amazing Team","You work with an amazing team of people. You are usually given a certain measure of autonomy to use your creativity and unique skill to do your job. You are given personal development time to hone your expertise. Always busy, days fly by.","Always. Busy. Insanely busy, and a lot of the time extra support goes to other areas of the store before the administrators, who also get incredibly bogged down with doing customer pick-ups etc.",More hours are needed in the Genius Department.,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1184.htm
48460,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The worst employer in my whole career,"big company, good for your CV","too many badly qualified people / contractors, contract details very poor (Cork, Ireland), not organised, no strategy in developing (or better said: copying) ""new"" products",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48461,apple,none," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,they had a friendly atmosphere and it was a great experience. good customer service experience and sales experience,took 10+ months to get an actual job placement. the hours were not as good. managers were sometimes very demanding,"despite filtering out a lot of candidates, should focus on improving one on one interactions with employees. too many people working",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48462,apple,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice work place,Awesome job and love it.,Not till now. I don't think any,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48463,apple,Geneva (Switzerland)," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Great job for a short period,The atmosphere was great as well as the team. We were allowed to go to work with our day to day clothes. There is a lot of different things you can do in an apple store.,"The store was extremely busy, escpecially on weekend, which meant a lot of noise and a lot of custumers to take care of. It was hard to be free on weekends for the same reason and during the christmas period","Some managers were coming from outside, knowing nothing about apple and without that apple spirit. It was quite annoying to have them as superior. You should also try to develop the technical expertise of the specialists.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48464,apple,Rome (Italy)," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,specialist,good salary and benefits.friendly environment.,"working on shifts, work life balance not considered",good job,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48465,apple,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - GSM,Over time offen. no coaching.,"Salary OK,work as a customer gather you respection enough. big company reputation.","No time go home, every Saturday you work same as usual until 1am.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48466,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Relations Advisor,• Medical Insurance - 100% from day one onwards • Pension Plan - Apple will match up to 7% of your contribution to the company pension plan • Product Purchase Plan - Discounts on the purchase of Apple products • Stock Purchase Plan - Discounts on the purchase of Apple Stock/Shares • Life Assurance - 4 times annual salary,- Aggressive Time Frame - As advisor your chained on your desk -tough working policy - you get incidents for being sick - managment create lots of pressure - Csat target of 90% even though nearly all of your calls are complaints,Be more flexible. Not the advisors are problem - the high Csat target and the low headcount are the main problems,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48467,apple,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Nice employer, But no room to grow","Fun products, exciting launches, good salaries and benefits, great team consisting of amazingly talented individuals. A very feedback friendly environment!","Retail work hours (eg never of during Christmas or New Years). No room to grow your career if you start out as a Business Specialist. No team building activities, kick-off's etc outside of work.","Hosting team building activities, outside of work would have the entire store team come much closer to the leadership team - now it's more like ""then and us"".",4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48468,apple,none," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Environment,Great working environment and culture,Annual leaves and bonus could be more,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48469,apple,none," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Job Ever,Amazing company to work for!,You need to be able to handle the extremely busy store environment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1185.htm
48470,apple,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ops quality engineering , supplier quality","Can influence the product, supplier quality","Work life balance, stress, too many meetings",Stress,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48471,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Executive,Just Ask -,"Great salary, easy sales. Easy to learn all the products, great enviroment...","IT Lover, computer saavi, into the Mac World and BTB. Find a balance between sales and support. The comunication between departments is aweful. Missing the american way for the ""great product launches"", the spirit of the big company. Missing some Profit sharing.","Most of the managers are just a QA tool. Chat reviews and such. They must learn how to motivate the team, to get their 110%.",5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48472,apple,none," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to grow,"Company develops a lot of talent from within. Was given many opportunities to develop and expand my role. Fast paced and challenging environment, not many dull moments.","Focus of the company has shifted. Lots of inter-staff politics. Lots of change for change sakes, not often provided with details about the why behind the change.",Keep communication clear and be straight with employees. Keep providing great opportunities for employees to develop. Ensure that the community aspect of Apple remains.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48473,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Account Specialist,"Great pay, great company, little room for advancement","Great pay, flexible work schedule, great experience for future jobs/positions","Little room for advancement, little management support","Be more organized, have a better understanding of the positions you're managing",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48474,apple,none," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not too bad !!,"Great company to build a good career in !! Lot of opportunities all the year long, nice work atmosphere, two different locations in Cork City both easy to access.",too much dependency to the HQ in the US !! most of the strategic decision are taken from the United States Head Quarter and not from Cork office management.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48475,apple,none," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Amazing environment,"Great people, decent pay, excitement for the brand is phenomenal.",Hours can be challenging with minimal flexibility. You'll have a hard time sorting out your life properly.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48476,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Solid Company,"Positive environment, very focused on personal development.","Inconsistent scheduling, as it is retail hours.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48477,apple,none," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist - Retail,"great environment, people always happy to come to the store excellent management, very transparent and clear good salary for a part time job",don't see any for a part time job,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48478,apple,none," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefite,"There were good benefits, but I didnt stay long nough to get them all!","Workplace safety was NOT and issue, but some fellow employers were mean","BETTER FOOD is great for employees. bad donuts are good as well, and chips!",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48479,apple,"Kolhapur, Maharashtra (India)"," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Iphone Solution Consultant,Great!,Feels genuine! Also has a great satisfactory salary and work experience! And goes good with the reputation of the personal and professional outlook!,Should be up to date and fulfilled with knowledge ! Should be well equipped with all sort of handy tools and tricks!,As the targets fluctuate so,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1186.htm
48480,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Worst case,??? The product discount is nice but not reason enough,"Shift work, training given by unqualified people/colleagues, no really qualified managers everything is training on the job, constant employee evaluation with check-ins, online-tests, CSTAT >90 % , bullying within the team, career opportunities very poor and based on nose factor, feels like school/kindergarten, constant control, very strict work schedule (set on a menu) apart from breaks you are allowed an absent from your desk (e. g. for toilet) in total 8 mins a day, sickness is handled as so-called incident, everything is based on metrics which are sometimes calculated in a strange way, database system reminded me on last century and the list goes on","get qualified people with related qualifications, skilled trainers and management, don't treat employees like school kids",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48481,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Lead Mac Genius,Good for the most part,"You're most likely to be working with some great people, the job is fast paced and usually fun.",If the leadership team is not that great then the whole store struggles moral wise.,"Be great leaders, care about the people who work in your stores.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48482,apple,none," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Retail Specialist,Fantastic team culture,People you work with are amazing,Deal with a wide variety of people which can be challenging,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48483,apple,"Waterloo, ON (Canada)"," Jul 30, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great job with lots of great training,"Apple Retail's training program is second to none (especially for new store opening). They take you seriously, even if you're working part-time, and invest in you.",Working with all of the bright lights and computer screens of the Apple Store may irritate your eyes or give you a headache during a long shift.,Keep doing what you're doing. Don't be afraid to invest and promote people if they're doing a good job or can excel in certain areas.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48484,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Amaze,Soo good that it's amazingly good man,Soo good that it doesnt have cons,dont stop,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48485,apple,none," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ABC engineer,good benefit that is very good,long work time not good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48486,apple,Victoria (Chile)," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Great for part time students,Collection of likeminded individuals with a great culture.,Management seems to be two faced.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48487,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Always good and bad,"Great people, great vibe, great culture,good work perks","Genius, Expert and Creative is almost became a plateau for your career at Apple in the multiple locations I have been at. Great for people who are content in the average 45x-55k job for these roles.","Be yourself, be real, and don't drink too much of the Apple juice. If you really believe we here the best, then best believe that we ain't stupid either.",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48488,apple,Mumbai (India)," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Fresher,how to join apple ad-visor online support profile,best place for learn new things to improve technology,i don't think so any cons if being a apple employer,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48489,apple,none," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,apple has a good atmosphere,you want to buy most of the products,keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1187.htm
48490,apple,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Solution Consultant,worst management I have ever worked with,Their wages are High comparing to other companies in the industry. So their salaries are high.,"I worked with Apple-KSA office, which was recently opened. My Apple experience is only based in KSA, I don't know what's like to work with Apple in other counties.  Over all what I have noticed about Apple-ksa is the following: Management aren't wise at all, full of emotions and few kids are hired to handle market they don't understand. If the manager doesn't like you, be papered for a nightmare.","It's better that they study the culture of the Saudi market, before they inter, Apple have zero experience and understanding of the Saudi market, which is going to make Apple fail If they don't change their market philosophy about Saudi. and it's matter of time.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48491,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Advisor At Home,technial advisor at home,salary as working from home Imac and Apple devices lend by the company,hours /shifts- no personal life suitable to these shifts - Apple becomes your homes your bed your food your dream .... - stressful - targets - being watched - having to justify 1 mn late cos you were at toilets or a customer gave you a bad rating cos he was not satisfy by Apple products - being alone at home - not being part of a team - self training - trainees are unprofessionnal - managers are not acting like team leaders,get to know what managing a team is,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48492,apple,"Newcastle upon Tyne, England (UK)"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Administrator,Working hours are really flexible and your job revolves around your hobby aswell. Also the salary is not so bad but its the bonuses that add to the job.,Sometimes when working you can come across rude customers but thats just part of the job really. Also senior management has a poor structure and it tends to be difficult to get a message across.,Make it easier for workers to relay messages to senior management and possibly change holidays as they fluctuate quite a lot.,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48493,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist (Technician/Trainer),"Amazing continuous training that you will use for the rest of your career, opportunities to advance, great teams and long lasting friendships, typically supported to follow goals, learn and grow. Excellent benefits and employee stock program. Discounts on your cell phone plans at most, if not all, cell phone service providers.","As of 2013 when I left, every shift was full of extreme pressure, with far too many customers to assist in far too little time. The entire Family Room (tech/training) team was under a lot of stress, with several people quitting or going on stress leave. Before you'd even begun to adjust to a new demand placed on you, another would come down the pipeline, and we were supposed to be excited about it, yet we hadn't received raises in over a year. It was extremely discouraging, despite the great sense of team togetherness and the volume of accomplishments we were achieving. High chance of burn out and cynicism in the technician role. You think the pay is good until you realize how hard you will be working and how much pressure you are under. Work life balance can be difficult because you'll just be exhausted after your 9 hour shift.","At least at the store I worked at, employees were practically begging for either more staff to be hired or for the workload to be alleviated. The managers basically had their hands tied by upper management/corporate/whoever calls the shots for the stores. They did a good job with what they had available to them.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48494,apple,"Newcastle upon Tyne, England (UK)"," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Retail is Retail, but Apple is nice","Brilliant perks - I used my discount to purchase a Macbook, and got it loaded up with so many free programs. Also, was a very positive environment in that I was permitted to spend a long time helping consumers, even if they weren't spending much/anything at all.","Company culture can sometimes result in illogical decisions, and can be hard to swallow at a retail level. Sometimes you need to say no!  Limited progression if you enter via retail.","I think sometimes management and corporate can forget that the retail employees are people too, they're human, with their own faults and personalities. You can't program people.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48495,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,career development,"You can have good medical plan , even can cash out your annual leave",you will be difficult promoted,create more career development f,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48496,apple,none," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Innovative company to work for.,"Long hours, but in the it's OK.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48497,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Mobile Technician,Good company to work for,- fast grows if you work for it - great management team and coaching - great place to learn how to multitask like a champion - discounts (ton of them),- can be stressful - low salary - retail work hours - work in the mall,Increase salary for technicians they are working their buds of!,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48498,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Awesome,"great staff, awesome salary, wonderful opportunities","hours of working, expectations from bosses.",keep doing you,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48499,apple,none," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,internship review,I really enjoyed how people listened to my ideas,the internship is a hard process and i didn't make it,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1188.htm
48500,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 18, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great company,Lots of benefits Great environment Good life balance Free breakfast,Low salary Fast pace You feel like you're treated like a child,Invest more in your team,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48501,apple,"Leeds, England (UK)"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Flexible part-time work whilst studying,Discounts and benefits can be very useful. The management are flexible with regards to activities out side of the business.,Every day feels very similar. A lot of the customers faced in this role in particular are often difficult and understandably upset that a product they have spent a lot of money on is no longer working.,N/A,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48502,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Amazing Company,-Good Hours -Good Pay -Good Environment,-Nothing bad to say. Great company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48503,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Trainer,Apple Cork HQ,"Huge and rewarded company, multicultural and resourceful. Good benefits and great office location with outstanding canteen and gym facilities","Salaries lower compared to competition, career grow opportunities are not lacking but the most interesting positions are in the US",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48504,apple,Brisbane (Australia)," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Fun. Low pay.,"Work environment is fun. Colleagues and teammates are great. Healthy discounts on Apple products, including third-party accessories. Occasional 50% discounts on third-party accessories. Leadership is passionate.","Can't use the Genius Bar at your home Store. Pay is way too low. We're hired to ""change to world"", yet we're paid peanuts.","Pay is way too low. We're hired to ""change to world"", yet we're paid peanuts.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48505,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Think Outside the Box!,It feels good to be working for such a valued and respected company!,Folks tend to be obsessed with metics and numbers often times forgetting about Apple's Thinking Outside the Box mantra.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48506,apple,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Yup,Great place to work. People are fantastic. High ceiling and room for growth,No cons at all for retail other than busy stores that take a lot of multi tasking skills,Test us all and make sure we know everything,5.0,none,none,none,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48507,apple,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Monotonous, dull, easy","Easy job, don't need to think too much. Most colleagues are fun to work with","Management don't care about staff. Career progression doesn't exist unless you are very tenured (at least 3.5/4 years experience needed in my store to progress). Customers are the neediest, whiniest, self obsessed people on the planet. Job is so boring.",Care less about your own bonuses and more about the people on the shop floor,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48508,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Applecare At Home Advisor,Apple at home advisor technical support,Relatively good pay but you'll really work for it,"Expected to have No life , typical shift 11:45-8:15 thurs fri sat sun mon ridiculously busy, constant pressure and stress, treated like a number not a human being full of fake promises , little chance of promotion unless you know someone or move area no one else wants to work in like The mac technical support dept, job pattern/ shift / role can be changed with no warning ,working Christmas Day and all other important days , no work life balance",Hire managers who've done the job and appreciate what front life staff are going through not people who talk the talk and look good on paper but actually have no clue on a daily basis,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48509,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 11, 2015",Former Employee - Sales,Best Retail store,"Good perks, great people to work with, great atmosphere in store.",Little progression prospects when store is full of so many people. Managers often not very knowledgable about Apple products themselves. We performed better without managers there,"Learn more about products and don't just delegate or loom over staff, actually listen to them and try to get a better understandign of them",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1189.htm
48510,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Analyst,Being with the biggest company in the world.,"Great co-workers. Decent pay. Flexible time. Relaxed atmosphere. Great Benefits. Yearly free Apple products. Discounted stock options. Innovative company. Great facility. Good canteen, free coffee and apples.","Not easy to move from one team to another. Aside from the above, there is nothing I can complain about.",No further advice to management.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48511,apple,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Atmosphere & people,-super collaborative workplace -positive feedback and support from all areas of the business -opportunities for growth -active coaching -fast pace environment -great company culture -LOTS of benefits,"-sometimes the customers are way to entitled, but we can't fix personalities -our store is very small, but thats something that corporate needs to look into",-need more presence on the floor during peek times -sometimes it feels like there's not enough people on the floor.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48512,apple,"Richmond, BC (Canada)"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,My review,Good salary and health benefit. Long vacation for all employee. Annual bonus is available at every year end. Good review on salary adjustment.,Nothing much to talk about. This is a good company and there is nothing to worry about. One can work there all through his/her life.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48513,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Red zone specialist,"Amazing culture. World class training. Interaction with lots of interesting people in the form of customers and colleagues. Fantastic discounts on all Apple products an a great career booster for those looking to work in any industry - technology, hospitality, customer service, logistics. No two days are the same. You get to work on different tasks every day so you'll never get bored.","If you're not very ambitious, you will be 'happy' in an apple retail store. But if you're looking at workin in apple corporate, it's another ball game. You've got to be the best of the best of the best at everything you do before you even get considered. (Which is not a bad thing- but it can get frustrating). However small wins are easy to get- just make sure your NPS is always high and tht you share a great rapport with all your colleagues and the management.",I really loved working at the apple retail store. It was a fantastic learning experience for me and helped me get my next job - because working with apple gave me that edge. Make sure that you let the young employees know that - make sure they know that thy need to look at their long term career goals and work toward them. Watch out for over zealous Apple fanboys and fan girls who may hamper the experience of inexperienced staff. (By telling new inexperienced staff how things are done - unofficially).,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48514,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Fun working environment, good benefits, great team","can get lost in the business, management may not acknowledge good work","acknowledge employees regularly, especially if work is good!",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48515,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - FRS,"Great people, awful culture.",They hire creative people so its great to mix with a variety of interesting and fairly intelligent colleagues.,"Management were useless when it came to abusive, sexist, racist, customers and there was a general bully culture.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48516,apple,none," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job is something that you will like doing,Good environment high salary and once you start your job you will like it and can work for even long hours,Big responsibility and a little tense job as you will be doing really important job compared to what other companies doing,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48517,apple,none," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Different,"Amazing products, software and hardware. Shops everywhere. Great learning experience. Training is great.","Unless at HQ, better from the inside looking in. If you want to go far.. Connections, patience, experience, education and location.",Focus on others growth. Long term that is much better for everyone.,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48518,apple,none," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aha,"Company with its head screwed on, great pay and benefits, very organised, great employee discounts","Sometimes felt like your being criticised for petty little things like sentences on a call, to military in the approach to employee management, lack of interaction with co workers from the working at home position, even more virtual interaction would be an improvement",Chill out a small bit,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48519,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing products but a tough job,One of the best products on the market Great company culture Great talent Good commission and earning potential Successful company with a lot of new innovations,"Call centre environment A lot of pressure to perform well Very difficult to reach targets Tough job, especially in Sales Not a very good training program",Listen to your employees and create more career opportunities. Select and hire the right talent and treat them well. More flexibility would be great too. Overall no complaints but room for improvement.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1190.htm
48520,apple,none," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IOS technical advisor,good place to work -great flexibility -good health care -Good discount,-stressful at times -demanding -Customer sats counts,none,3.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48521,apple,none," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a good company,you get paid really well and make new friends,depends on if your working full time or part time,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48522,apple,none," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Intern,Good pay. Good location. can build great connections.,Crazy hours. High competition between interns to secure full-time offer. Managers expect you to work a lot.,none,4.0,1.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48523,apple,none," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Good teamwork environment, flexible hours. Very friendly management and positive co workers, big area and beautiful store, very enjoyable work","Very busy, can get hectic at times, there's almost always tasks to complete so you have to constantly be active, usually very exhausted by end of day","very happy with organization, would like to ask for more scheduling consistency to accommodate with academic endeavors",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48524,apple,none," Jun 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome ...,Everyone is charged up to deliver their best . Apple makes employees Fanatic ...,Nothing to mention .. Every Great companies have their share of negatives .. But in APPLE one could easily ignore it completely .,Keep up the Good work !! Do differentiate between Apple-holics & Workaholics,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48525,apple,none," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"high pressure, high pay!",It's the best job for a student. You can change your schedule two weeks in advance.,You've gotta always be 100% on.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48526,apple,none," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Analyst,"Great environment, great perks, challenging work.","Life work balance is non-existent, office space is crammed.",Employees need to know what other employees are doing.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48527,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My working experience in Apple (Singapore),"The facilities in-house (i.e. fitness centre, good food in caffe macs, concierge, wellness programmes) are all great. They have a wide range of fitness classes to suit employees' needs and fitness levels. The food served in Caffe Macs are excellent too. Able to interact with employees from diverse background and build your cultural intelligence.",There are not much of cons to begin with.,"So far, I have no advice to give.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48528,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Support Advisor,Would not go back,great management performance related pay raises,"Sickness policy, incidents timed toilet breaks",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48529,apple,none," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Great Company to work for,work with competent professionals good apple cafe with quality food at food court prices good staff benefits,lack of work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1191.htm
48530,apple,none," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Great culture and real values. It allows you to see what a great customer centric company looks like.,"Being such a large and controlled company, can sometimes be very difficult to progress and have creative freedom.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48531,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Good working hours Good pay Good benefit Good for retirement,No progress Favoritism based on nationalities Too much idling time,Stop purely focus on numbers please,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48532,apple,"Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - District Manager,District manager,One of leader companies and succeeded on the world of technology and electronic market which it make any one proud to be part of this company and face a new challenge,To add value from my past experience and to make strong team to face any challenge and add value for the company,Following the team work on daily basis and to communicate With the market feed back,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48533,apple,none," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review,"Everyone is respectful, everyone is organized, and everyone is willing to help at any time. Very friendly and a great environment to work in.",There aren't any cons about working at Apple.,Keep doing the hard work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48534,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Preservation and Operations Specialist,Fast paced with lots of opportunity.,"Great development if you drive it yourself. Can be just a job or can be a career. The best job I've had, including the bad times (I have well over a decade in retail)","Same as most businesses, let down by the small few that can have a big impact.",Listen to the frontline.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48535,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,"Great experience, you learn a lot and obtain new skills.",Great place to work on becoming a better person and learning new skills. Also work with an amazing group of people.,"Work life balance doesn't exist, training is in your own time. You're availability is seven days, and it's rare you get two days off. Pay isn't great and neither are perks.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48536,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Creative,Great atmosphere,Apple was a great atmosphere to work and learn. Managers were great at supporting the staff. Dealing with customers can be tricky but always felt support by the company and the people who worked there.,Unfortunately due to the nature of the business the hours were not regular and it can be tough to have a different schedule from week to week.,Expand the level of career advancement available at the higher levels of the store.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48537,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Best Retail Experience,Some of the best employee training you can receive. The culture is absolutely amazing and you're working for the most successful company in the world!,"The retail store has a very high turnover of employees. A lot of employees don't like the pace of the business but if you can go with it, you'll be very successful with your future endeavours.",The company needs more retail to corporate transition opportunities.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48538,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Do it for money&Benefits...Not career,"Sales base salary is ok. Perks, like the gym, is great.",Its a dead end job where you pick up the phone and have to deal with all problems from iTunes to reseller complaints. People buy online themselves and you have to try to get the sale by offering discount. Bonuses have been removed and management asked sales people to take aftersales calls as well. You are given very weak training and then you have to deal with the problems yourselves. The management around you have no clue as most of them has never been on the phone or in sales. moving away from your position is impossible. I have seen more than 20 colleagues move away from apple because there are no career path what so ever. I spoke to HR about the issue and they said that one should coffee with the hiring managers. Pretty hard when you have a break of 15 min....And if you are late with 1 min then you get punished. There are some incredibly strict rules in Apple and you are treated like a kid or a number. In the beginning things were great but slowly everything turned into a very very negative experience. Mostly because of the non existent career opportunities and the fact that Apple can place you in any other role they see you fit for..Like service or taking calls for another market.,create some realistic career opportunities for people.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48539,apple,none," Jun 12, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Mixed,Innovative atmosphere at a higher level,Process driven at a lower level,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1192.htm
48540,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Expert,Apple Retail,"A company that really does care about their employees. If you let them know exactly what you want to work towards, they will help you achieve it. Great pay for a retail job, and the best team I have ever worked with. Some say its the hardest job to get, but because of this, you'll be working with the best.","Way too many managers, and you sometimes will get conflicting information. Ideas change daily or weekly, and you sometimes need to consistently change the way you do things.","Give each employee a go to manager, and let that stick for longer than a month.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48541,apple,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple culture,"Great culture, exceptional training, lifelong friendships, access to cutting edge technology. Team environment with lots of learning.","Poor retail management and work life balance, no hours to hire more people and expect full time employees to work 6 days in a row, followed by one day off, to work another 5 days.","Listen to your staff, don't retailiate when feedback is provided and take ownership for lack of team cohesiveness being a product of your inefficient management skills",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48542,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 6, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Tech Support,Great customers and great people to work with. Excellent training and HR policies/department.,Managers showed favouritism when promoting employees. The store was too busy to take time for further training/advancement.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48543,apple,none," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RFIC Design,"Best job conditions, can interact with great people, great job satisfaction","Not many cons, very satisfied.",Please increase recruiting activity,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48544,apple,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," May 22, 2015",Former Employee - Managing Partner,Partner,Could determine time of work myself,Lots and lots of hard work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48545,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,It's ok for a student job. Not a career,1. Great team - depending on the store 2. Great benefits - discounts & Employee Share Scheme 3. Flexible hours based upon your availability.,1. Very difficult to be recognised. 2. Career advancement opportunities are not based upon merit only on management preference. 3. No Commission.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48546,apple,none," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun for a while but becomes a grind,The people around you are amazing and hardworking. Everyone gets on like a family and you can have some really fun days at work,Negativity from senior members or staff who don't want to be there ruin the experience. The customer base are also the rudest you'll ever meet. It's like they forget all manners and expect you to replace/fix everything for them for free.,Support your team! Don't treat them like fools and actually be a leader on the floor rather than spend 90% of the time the office.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48547,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Environment is fun. Good facilities excellent food. Fast paced and good social aspect to working here. Discount,None really because it's a fast paced environment however may not suit some people.,Listen to the staff. Allow the more room. Macro manage and offer more commission,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48548,apple,none," May 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NPI,innovative place with great guys you may get lots of innovatve ideas each day,tons of travel work! you may have days on work and one day had to work at home,open mind and pay lots of attention to balancing work and life,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48549,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," May 16, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Support T2,Very good company,"Work is easy, all follow sop",No much bounes for low level Hard to promote to real tech level for SG site,NA,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1193.htm
48550,apple,"Perth, Western Australia (Australia)"," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Great place to work,Great place to work in a great environment,hard to point out cons.,..,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48551,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Relocation Package,Good package and you can get it anytime,But you have to work for a minimmum of one year,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48552,apple,none," May 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok for 20-28year olds,"Discounts on products, Vacation time. No work after-hours.",Salary is so so. Very hard to promote internally.,Find in-house talent,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48553,apple,none," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,genius,"comunication skils, team work and","very busy, sore feet, but",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48554,apple,none," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good company to work for . Great benefits and oppurtunities to progress, excellent work ethic, great buzz within the company and managers v.helpful",AHA's miss out on social aspect of work,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48555,apple,none," May 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top Management,Excellent compensation thanks to share plan High level contacts within the industry Some interesting challenges,"The procedures and rules leave no space for much local decision making. So what you need to be able to do is to ""recommend"" actions based on very formalized templates and lobby internally to get support. Your internal support network matters more than the intrinsic value of what you bring to the table. If you don't toe the line very precisely, your job might be on the line quicker than you imagine.",Valuing honesty and openness more than discipline and blind faith will bring extra value to the company. At some point it will not just be about having the best products.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48556,apple,The Hague (Netherlands)," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Indeed one of the best companies to work for!,"Apple offers a lot of possibilities for personal growth. You are encouraged to improve, without the feeling that you are being put under pressure.","Your schedule is very inconsistent. Personally I would like it to have the same weekly schedule for a month, or even more.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48557,apple,"Niagara Falls, ON (Canada)"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Tier II,Mickey Mouse Club,"It is a job, you get money and okay benefits. Being Apple Certified is better than nothing.",The customers's you talk to over the phone are not worth it.  The upper management is a mickey mouse club with unprofessional and unqualified people.,You have no clue to what you are doing. Please treat your employee's better and make better products. Also site support engineering are a bunch of Goof's.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48558,apple,Tampere (Finland)," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Going strong,"Stock options, team and culture.","Office politics, too much ambiguity.",Allocate more personal development time for all employees and be more transparent about career opportunities within retail and corporate.,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48559,apple,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Apr 23, 2015",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"While at Apple, I had the privilege to work with the best co-workers on the planet. Though it could be challenging at times, each store that I worked at offered an exciting and encouraging work environment. Especially when I was working in the UK, I found that management was very encouraging and even coached me on how to better my self and further my career with Apple.","Hectic and stressful don't even come close to describing the work conditions at peak times. Things definitely started to change: initially it was all about 'repairing relationships' and that was very loosely defined, leaving more options open for us in serving customers, later, things became much more concrete, and, sadly, this felt like it was about the money sometimes.","Keep encouraging your people, never take them for granted, and always treat them with respect. Remember: wether it's positive or negative, feedback is always more constructive when it's SPECIFIC (and 'fearless')!",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1194.htm
48560,apple,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac genius,Workin for the best company,There are none I love it,Carry on the good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48561,apple,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Support Advisor,Focus on customer service,Family like environment. There will be senior advisors who will catch you if you can't handle the issue,Customer satisfaction is given utmost importance. Shifting job and work on holidays and wekends,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48562,apple,Istanbul (Turkey)," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Mac and iOS Technician,I like work with Apple and Apple products. I like my job. I like learning new thing everyday.,They are not giving enough money:) But they are awesome people. I miss everybody.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48563,apple,none," May 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent - gotta really ,- Good overall vibe. - Not a very stressful job: generally very clear instructions from management. - Help people with technical issues so they can get on with their lives (lol).,"- Times could vary a bit, but generally manageable. - Gotta really love everything Apple (or at least be very good at pretending to!).",- Nothing really. I suppose more advance notice of time changes would be appreciated but it is understandable how difficult that may be at times.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48564,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 5, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple Retail Australia, the good, the bad and the ugly.","Attention to detail: For an obsessive character like me I always loved the attention to detail. The way the tiles for each store come from a particular part of Apple's quarry. The way the own the forrest where they get he wood to make the tables. The way the guys that made the wooden tables, travel around and then stand and refinish them. This fine psychotic attention to detail is why Apple is Apple. This is why their products, packaging, stores, OS etc all are so far ahead of everyone else. They are uncompromising on this and it is a beautiful thing.  They were fairly dynamic in managements ability to make change with in the store.  Some cool discounts on products (none on the iPhone when I was there).","Lets first of all state that this is Apple Retail and can in no way reflect on the experiences at Apple Inc. I always said that Apple Retail is like Apple's red head step child, so please take that into account when reading the following.  Pay: It is quite low (at the time they paid approx $18 an hour, people at Coles earn more then that. This has improved somewhat, but it is still about $21/hour). They pump you up on all this ""we are Apple, we are different"" buzz, expect you to go above & beyond, yet pay you less then a checkout person, all the while you read about executives getting bonuses in the half billion dollar range.  A toxic culture: Apple is like a religion, even if you don't believe then you need pretend, for fear of being ousted. See I really love what Apple stands for (and always will), the underlying principles, the history, the innovation, I know all of it, and it was that passion and difference that I relayed to customers. But am I going to cheer and run out yelling at an iPad lunch like Jesus has been resurrected? No, I find it fake and insulting. So what I found is that employees fall into two categories: #1 Drones. #2 Free thinkers. The free thinkers, who love the company eventually get over all the evangelistic fakeness and the yes-men, which only leaves one choice: leaving the company. The staff turnover was jaw dropping. This is a sign of a company with issues.  Drones: Apple Retail finds staff that are really passionate about the brand, which is a great starting point. Though when you get to Apple ""Core"" (the first week of training), things go off on a weird kind of superficial tangent where new recruits are exposed to the wacky insides of Apple, which means watching endless promo videos and listening to recruits try to perpetually out do each other's responses to empress the facilitators. I was shocked and communicated to family that it was like some crazy cult, where everyone talks about how amazing everything is but no one is being real. I found another person at my training who I sussed out and quietly asked ""Is this crazy or what?"" We both secretly discussed how odd and almost scary everything was. At my colleague's core, there was a guy that was so freaked out that he just stood up and said, ""Sorry guys I am going to leave this just isn't for me"" and walked out.  See finding passionate people is a good idea, but this should be paired with people that also highly value honesty. As where hyped up employees go wrong is when you promote a kind of fake positive environment that mirrors a toxic religion. People with strong personalities that choose to be honest and upfront, get over the way in which the retail arm is run and thus choose to move onto a more healthy environment. In my experience this leaves behind brain-washed individuals with little drive and ambition, who are willing to just do what they are told, use the lingo, get paid poorly and cheer like madmen at launches. For example a manager asked me to come and read an email he was about to send, when I asked why me he stated ""Because I know you will tell me what you really think"". During my time at Apple, I noted a lot of switched on and passionate employees leave as they just couldn't take the fakeness anymore. So when all these people leave you get left with a bunch of yes-men. An example of drone behaviour is with the most recent pay increase the employees agreed to an increase that was BELOW the rate of inflation, which means with each passing year their purchasing power diminishes. Thats crazy thing to do for any rational person.  Apple lingo: They use a lot of Apple lingo for internal communication and provide guidelines for communication, this is good as it sets a benchmark and tone for communication that is supposed to be healthy. But you can't just have normal conversations with people, you need to use internal buzz words. I got corrected this a few times. I was also told that I was suitable for more higher management roles but I would need speak more Apple, I replied that I know all the terminology but I am not the kind of person to consistently regurgitate buzz words.  Poor internal promotion: If you want to progress your career in the ranks of a solid company, don't choose Apple retail. I watched people enter with this goal and eventually leave. I also know two guys that I work with that have stuck with that specific store only to stay at the same level. They tend to promote from outside and people stay static in their respective roles. Maybe that is a side effect of the drone issue that I stated above.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48565,apple,none," Apr 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"a very good team, inspiring",I don't know. good place,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48566,apple,none," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Supportive staff, awesome training, great environment",No cons for me here,Keep up th good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48567,apple,"Leeds, England (UK)"," Apr 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Formative,"Supportive, challenging environment always working with great people, great products, with lots of different types of work experience on offer","Fast paced with such high demand for products and services. Retail hours, high expectations from leader ship and customer base","Keep looking after your staff, develop them and your targets will be met. Follow the credo and back up your employees when they make difficult decisions",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48568,apple,none," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life-Changing Job (At First),Relatively high compensation Incredible people Challenging & rewarding workload Many tools for success Low turnover,Culty A lot of favouritism Very cliquey Atmosphere often bred obnoxious attitudes Workload can be intense,"Culture needs to be protected - I saw my store go from an amazing garden that praised creativity & fun, where customer experience was the bottom line, to a factory that manufactured generic behaviour.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48569,apple,none," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Respected work place,"Fair compensation , highly skilled coworkers ,hours flexible at least on my level. You get access to the best tools you need to get your job done",Working in a huge corporation can be difficult to someone coming from a startup mindset. Too many layers of management can make you feel small.,Find a way to really contribute not just making new toys and tech. Find a positive meaning for Apple success other than just pleasing the share holders,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1195.htm
48570,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,genius,professional friendly management and good environment to work in,social lifeis not balanced but they try at lest we happy,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48571,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 15, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Working in a sane environment with grownup individuals!,"I recently finished my undergraduate degree in Psychology and took this job, despite being way overqualified for two reasons.  First, it was conveniently offered straight after I graduated. Second, I wanted to find out why Apple is considered to be so special.  Everything within Apple is transparent, peer reviewed and abuse trough colleagues or management is systematically eradicated.  A comprehensive health insurance package is provided for myself and my wife, covering a wide range of options.  I can work from home and all the required hardware and internet cost are covered by Apple.  There are a lot of different benefits provided that range from chunky discounts when you buy hardware to incentives if you work overtime.  The most important aspect is that you work in a sane environment with mostly emotionally and cognitive mature individuals.  The environment at Apple is constantly changing and depending on your background, relatively fast paced what makes every minute spent working feel like it was worthwhile.","Working for Apple is a credo and not done for monetary reasons, this is reflected in the pay.  There can be the occasional technical issue that impedes a smooth work flow.  The work is done in shifts and this might be alright if you at the start of your working career but I am most productive in the early morning hours.  The measuring of performance with the help of statistics is not done to the highest standards, it is often flawed and working towards targets based on those statistics can feel pointless.",Only expect what you are willing and able to give yourself. Take ownership and responsibility for your staff.  The majority of Managers encountered in my time clearly reach the gold standard or excel.  There are a few individuals who are clearly not in the right position and take credit for their staff despite not having put in any work or effort to justify this particular behavior.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48572,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,High expectations,"Meritocracy, flexible working hours, good sense of belonging to the best company in the world","No life. Basically you get married to the job. Sacrifices to the personal life. If they aren't seen by management, can be discouraging",Not to only pay well to the department who earns but also pays equally to those departments who don't earn money but contributes in other forms,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48573,apple,none," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Great working environment! Employees all look out for one another. Also, a really flexible work environment. Room to advance and grow through experience.",Hard to get above expectations and transfer locations - even if you go above and beyond and start your own initiatives within the organization.,Work on providing employees more promotions as it may deter them from continuing to work at Apple in the future,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48574,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Financial Analyst,"Great brand, good for resume. Conducive work environment with generous staff benefits. If you are eligible for RSUs, it will be akin to making a small windfall given the premium price of Apple stock, which will be an asset for years to come.",Very lean team resulting in heavy workload. Conference calls with Cupertino head office sometimes take place at ungodly hours (in Asia). Very fast paced with an unpredictable climate.,Invest more in automation so manual processes can be minimized. Be less secretive (internally) about product/ business plans to facilitate a more seamless process across functions and avoid replication of efforts.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48575,apple,none," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average,"First experience, good ESPP offer","No investment in employee, no training, no certification, no career plan","Management people themselves are part of bigger game... Better to be found with small tech companies (VMware, EMC, FireEye, TrendMicro, McAfee)",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48576,apple,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Apr 13, 2015",Former Employee - Business Specialist,The best retail job you will work,The staff and overall experience of working at an Apple retail store is hectic but valuable. You will learn a lot and develop skills that will remain an asset throughout your career.,Opportunity for advancement becomes very difficult at higher levels.,Develop a road map for employees to transition from retail to corporate if they have the skills.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48577,apple,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,"good and nice, environment nice","flat hierarchy, not much growth",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48578,apple,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Fun, different, new, exciting.",Having lots of different benefits for part time and full time. Very flexible hours and lovely staff. Also you learn something new every day. Turn over for staff is roughly 5-7 years. People love it there. Great break system and your time is yours work stops after you leave.,"Working in sales, bright lights and loud environment. Other than that it's pretty great. If you love tec and love people then this it the job for you.",Keep doing what your doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48579,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Costumer Service Representative,customer care,because i heard about this company good news and it has professional mangers and i hop to learn more from this administration,NON .because i take good experience from my mangers,NON,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1196.htm
48580,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applecare iOS tier 2 advisor,"Good perks, Apple general treat their employees well with Gym benefits and all kinds of schemes. They often do competitions for overtime, etc. This role gives the employee lots of responsibility if you like that its good and will give you much experience in dealing with difficult people. When waiting for a product launch, phone queues can be slow, waiting up to 15 minutes for a phone call.",Can get busy after a launch when calls pile up and there is less then 15 secs between calls. You will be busy all day.,"No advice for management, usually very good.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48581,apple,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design verification engineer,"Interest, ambiance, people, salary, much to learn",Much work.. pressure and many experienced people,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48582,apple,none," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Retail Manager,Assistant Director of Development Department Special Operations,"A pleasure to work or go to the company's prestigious reputation is a good spread across the world, which always seeks to continuous development and Tmizhaalmtephana for the rest of the companies in the world through the development and accuracy in work and more importantly, to satisfy its customers in various places and the Bekaa.  Will be the latest of my friends about the opportunity to work, which will be made available to me in the company, a company that everyone aspires to work in. I have long waited for this opportunity and I Banthazha apply for this job",The working group that publishes the desired image for Apple and promote their products in a proper way in the new branches in the Middle East as it exists in Western countries,Initially spread of the branches of the company in the region to be cautious manner the local market study and how his reaction be the direction of the company and how people susceptibility to this company be a tangible thing now after it was only audible,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48583,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Order support specialist,- good benefits - good location in city center - above average pay,"- obligatory overtime (not paid in some divisions), 10h-12h a day - no exceptions (temporary contract) - your contract can be terminated at any time ""due to current business needs"" without any warning (no job security) - no guarantee for permanent contract after successful completion of your probation - TL will squeeze you like a lemon - (in my case) Apple failed to pay correct salary in time after contract termination (I had to wait one extra month)",- be more human - keep good people (what's the point of recruiting new staff for temporary contract every 3-6 months?),3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48584,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Genius,Great People. Energetic environment. Always something happening. Opportunities for growth. The pay is very decent.,"The environment can become extremely stressful for very little if not no rewards at all. Often found that I would get home and not be able to leave the work at work, all over extremely menial things. Apple is not very good an drawing this line.",Listen to your staff and your innovators in your team. I found that the management was not very accommodating and had and attitude that if you can't do as I say I will find someone else that will.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48585,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Support Officer,"Professional, friendly, co-operative working environment.",Not enough scope for growth and training,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48586,apple,none," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I was Sales Exclusive in DIB,"Earn Money, increase myself and company","DIB, Pharmacy at Egypt, Narconon Egypt, Kiwi Card Company Egypt",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48587,apple,Brisbane (Australia)," Apr 1, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Awesome people,"Great people, easy work, fun times. You see the impact you make on people.",Busy busy busy but it's worth it seeing the joy on people's faces.,Keep treating everyone as a smart human.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48588,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Welcome to apple academy,"Training is very elaborated and extended (theorical + practical). Working environment is stimulating. Crazy benefits even for part-timers (Stock purchase plan, complete insurance, paid vacation, personal discount, friends and family discount)",Personal discount is not great (25%) A lot of availabilities required (25-30h/week even when mentioning you are going to school full-time) Not very flexible (difficulty to request time off),none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48589,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 31, 2015",Former Employee - Art Director,Art director,I ilove the creation and my job,I am a hard worker,Dont be lazy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1197.htm
48590,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 30, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,high salary and good company,because it is very good company,i am try good work with my stuff and with my customer,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48591,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 30, 2015",Current Employee - General Clerk,i am willing to share my experience and knowledge which i gained .as one of team member at your respected organisation,The best Reason of work at the company is related international reputation which is reflected to the quality of the company and standardized,creativity and innovation customer care quality,of course its very nice have professional management which supporting the company's objective in all activities.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48592,apple,none," Mar 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environment,"Nice and clean office, good cafeteria",Less communication with the senior manager,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48593,apple,none," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PR Manager,You get to work with the coolest and best products in the world. Massive organization that is trained to take care of issues. Clear escalation routes makes your problem somebody else's problem.,The corporate culture is management by fear and riddled with paranoia. It take ages to make the simplest decision as nobody want's to be responsible if something goes wrong.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48594,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Support Advisor,You need to love apple and praise their every move if you want to progress.,Good multilingual atmosphere and great team spirit among colleagues.,No progression possible. Management falls for favoritism not good work.,Less favoritism.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48595,apple,none," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Company run extremely well, senior management knows what they're doing.","Lack of opportunities to move up, middle management favours their favourite candidates even though they may not be qualified.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48596,apple,none," Mar 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but hard to advance,"Great work environment, learned a lot, wonderful benefits, above average pay for the job. Very stimulating environment, hard to be bored.","Schedule varied a lot, can be stressful at times (especially if you can't handle working in a fast paced environment). Difficult to advance, especially with respect to passing from retail to corporate.",Provide more opportunities to advance to those working in retail. On occasion employees in retail aren't recognised sufficiently for their contributions for the team.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48597,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - IOS Advisor T1,A good company to work for but you have to commit a lot of time to climb through the ranks.,-Competitive salary and benefits -Nice working environment -Great management,-Takes a long time to get higher on the ladder. -Very high levels of company dedication expected from employees.,"kaljdf,lkadjfadfjdlsakfja,dslkfj ,lakdsjf asd,lkjf skdjf lksjdf kdjf k dksjfa, ldjkfds jskdfj k",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48598,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Demand Forecasting,Faceless Banking Corporation,Experience in your CV Colleagues and managers in London Hannover Street are great 27 days holiday Management motivates people to apply to new internal jobs,"""Its Apple policy"" You will hear the above frequently and you will face: - Corporate attitude with a banking culture installed (you dont feel like you work for the creative and fun Apple that the brand is known) - No canteen or vending machines (there's a fruit bowl from time to time that magically disappears at 8.30am) so dont expect water or soft drinks like other top companies do (coffee and tea is all you will ever get) - HR is a 0800 number... they dont want you to contact or see them - Severely understaffed with people from DF&A and PF&A finding it hard to stay longer than one year - No budget for social activities so dont expect to have a pint on the house (ever!!!) or have a team lunch - Xmas party is in January (since Apple does not have enough budget for xmas...) - No team building or social trips - No tickets of any kind like music events/festivals or sports events - Dont even dream in getting an iphone, applewatch or even an itunes voucher (shocking to say the least). You get a working old iphone - Apple share's structure gives you a 15% discount. They can be stingy on almost everything but in this case they should reward their long serving employees with greater discounts or simply giving them away - Bonuses are the same as other companies - Unlike other companies when new products are released or when there's a Quarterly business update you wont be involved in anything so there's not a special event - Don't be woo'd by the brand - too many smart people are woo'd by working for Apple the brand and discover when they join that their job is incredibly limited in scope and that their previous skills and experiences are ignored as 'Its Apple policy'","Apple policy seems to have come out of a Luxembourg bank with no little sign of creativity or fun at work. Company's budgets (staff, social and business costs) are ridiculously low. Encouraging people to fly Ryanair gives a good idea of your current ""investment in people"" approach. Share scheme has to rewards its employees. We are the reason why you hit your gigantic bonuses so why dont you allow for us to own bigger pieces of the company? Just 15% discount? You have to reward your long serving employees...",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48599,apple,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great company that keep you impressed day after day,"Huge company, great salary and benefits, world of great opportunities that only depends on your performance, multicultural environment","Very confused hierarchy, you will hardly know who is the right person to looking for to discuss some specific matter. You can be hired to do some highly operational job, even if you salary is for a managerial position.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1198.htm
48600,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,"Great Company, Difficult Sales Targets","Laptop, cellphone provided. Travel for training.","Working as an Apple Employee within a Bestbuy, your sales targets did not include iPads, iPhones or iPod products, but you were required to support them. As new Apple stores were built in your area, sales targets remained equally high, even though lost sales were expected. Limited mobility from sales to other departments.",Provide better paths for career mobility.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48601,apple,none," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great leadership and teams. Focus on people development, smart people around you.",Great benefit which can take well care not just the employees as well as their family.,Limited internal promotion and some managers also not really know what are they doing.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48602,apple,none," Mar 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Campus Rep,Great starting marketing job for freshman,"Communication with Apple is virtual, so more difficult to get immediate feedback","More communication, Customized time for different schools. (My program began at my school around May, but no one was there as orientation is not until August)",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48603,apple,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technician,customer support,apple is all what i do,i can't see any negative side at apple products and showing all positive side for apple customers is my work,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48604,apple,Noida (India)," Mar 12, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Apple is the best company,"No any bad thing, have best management",Only products price issues comes according to market,Be well connected with team and look at the employee for his future in the company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48605,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 11, 2015",Former Employee - Apple AHA,"Apple AHA iOS, it wasn't for me but it might suit others.",Great benefits package Equipment discount. Good training. The technology is interesting.,"Shifts mean poor work/ life balance. Everything revolves around surveys, people with unrealistic demand give a bad survey and it stands. No common sense. Isolating, there is no real team bonding as you only get to speak to each other through text or once every few weeks in meetings. 8 seconds between calls. Holidays difficult to book. Can be extremely stressful.",Consider shift rotations rather than fixed shifts. (e.g. everyone does 1 week of late and works 2 weekends per month) Better ways for team member to communicate.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48606,apple,none," Mar 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice company to work for. Lots of challenge but a strong nice team spirit.,"Very casual, dynamic and innovative.",A lot of work. High standards are required on a daily basis.,Better co-ordination with IS&T,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48607,apple,none," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Many Perks.","Very satisfactory company to work for, treats employees well.",None they are doing a good job,n/a,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48608,apple,none," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for students,Great for students and recent grads,irregular hours make you feel like a zombie and work life balance is non existent. Very little room to grow and promotions or advancements are not given by merit.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48609,apple,none," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Used to be a great place to work, but became more and more political","Great products, tech, cutting edge","Politics, growth, career development, raises minimal even after glowing reviews","Need inspiring leaders rather than lots of middle management. Area I worked in was very boys club, didn't really advance or value the different approach of women",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1199.htm
48610,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 5, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Was great, but is a different company now","amazing environment, rapid pace and was fulfilling at the start, before it became a revenue driven goliath.","that environment has changed, the genius role has become virtually 100% retail facing so no time for learning, salaries are below average. Meaning for many, its better to work for any other company.","Re-engage the staff, invest a few pounds from the billions earnt to ensure staff are happy and enthusiastic, but most importantly trained properly.",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48611,apple,none," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review of apple,"best company ever, gols, products and nice work place to improve your skills,","i can´t think of anything, there is no cons in this company,",none,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48612,apple,none," Mar 7, 2015",Current Employee - Store Manager,Working at Apple retail,When you are under great leadership(objective and critical in thinking you are doing great) pay is great.,culture can get all out off wack in places far away from the mothership.,Learn to critical weigh team member using a specific and measurable frame work. The company has this frame work but it is rarely used.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48613,apple,none," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - ITunes Royalty Support,Good,"Allows on the world to work in the app on Apple, but the best way for the first place. To the point of view the third party in my life","Government officials said the two countries in the world, the only way to get the best of the world, but it is the only one",This,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48614,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Visual Merchandiser,Great Company,Very positive experiance working for Apple. Team was well organized which made everything clear and transparent. The brand is so loved that the customer enthusiasm adds to the excitement of the job.,"Although its a good company retail tends to make more of it than it is. Its not the greatest thing in the world, its just a store. A good one.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48615,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Learn as much as possible,"Apple focuses on growing you as an individual first. Their process may be difficult to understand at first however it does make sense in the end. The culture is A+, note there will always be some individuals that go against the culture but for the most part it is fantastic.","Some co workers have ""drank the kool aid"" and are difficult to handle. Work life balance can be difficult based on the position you have.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48616,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 19, 2015",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Hated it,cool company and good reputation,Super political and lots of favortism,Please just stop.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48617,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Support,Fantastic Company to work for,"Great career, great people, great products!",None that I can thin of,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48618,apple,none," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,The team was amazing,The management team needs improvement,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48619,apple,none," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Specialist,Im planing to apply for apple inventory specialist. i need advices how to succeed. this is my dream. i feel that apple created this position according to my wishes,is easier to fin a reason than to find a way,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1200.htm
48620,apple,none," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Expert,Great culture. Great training. Work with passionate and tallented people.,Shift work and a busy work place that me be too much for some to handle.,I workes under a fantastic leadership team.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48621,apple,"Brighton, England (UK)"," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Good Company,Great Training Great Work Life Balance Brilliant People,Little room for progression.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48622,apple,none," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,good in company culture and facilities,Need to improve on resourse planing,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48623,apple,none," Jan 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culturally diversified committed to highest standard of quality.,Working with a small team encouraged team building skills and exchange of ideas.,size of Vancouver office does not allow for employee growth.,Engage employees in the decision making processes communicating business priorities.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48624,apple,none," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,An amazing company to work for,Wish it allowed a better work life baksnce,None,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48625,apple,none," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I can't say I was upset with a single day of work until 2015 when it all went downhill for Apple Retail.,"Great benefits and discounts, great environment, lots of resources to help you out with.","Apple became like best buy, futureshop, or any other retail store. Greasy and unhelpful to the customer, it was no longer about helping people so much as it was putting on a show and upselling.","Go back to the way it used to be, about the customer, and creating promoters. Not about sales numbers, or where they bought their Apple device from.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48626,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Jan 6, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Great training and supportive leaders. Awesome benefits and stock options!,The training and ongoing support is amazing. You do daily warm ups before hitting the floor and you always get your breaks.,"The work is repetitive. I was a family room specialist and dealing with angry, frustrated customers everyday finally got to me.",More staff was needed in lots of instances. Especially with customers coming to the genius bar without appointments and being told by us that there were none available that day.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48627,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Jan 8, 2015",Former Employee - Genius Bar,Genius Bar,Great Pay and Benefits and also overtime,Long Hours and some customers are very stressful,None,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48628,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Specialist,Best company to work for,"Benefits are amazing, the schedule is set up very well, you're treated as a person, not as a number. You get to enjoy your job.",Getting major holidays like Christmas/New Years off can be difficult.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48629,apple,none," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"Great atmosphere, professionism, creativity and competences.",this is a very popular company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1201.htm
48630,apple,"Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Jan 10, 2015",Former Employee - Specialist,Good wage however favourtism is blatant and good achievements often not rewarded,"Good wages, benefits, well looked after during christmas period especially","Favoritism, lack of promotion, some employees are very fake and not genuine, quite two faced (to maintain the 'apple way'), good achievements often unnoticed, 'you're not doing well enough you can do better' attitude, small mistakes during training not well received, perfect robotic expectation - at least for the newer employees","Praise colleagues more, offer promotion to those who deserve it as opposed to hiring externally",2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48631,apple,none," Jan 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good salary,Additional hours are well paid,Growing opportunities are low or null,Offer more growing opportunities,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48632,apple,none," Dec 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good work environment,"nice people,very good salary,good management","nothing really,long working hour,hardly any growth plan",nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48633,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Jan 7, 2015",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Management is clueless,Benefits include decent discounts on products. Good employee paid benefits & extras including healthcare/RRSP's etc.,"When I started with Apple in early 2011, it was a very different culture than it was when I left in 2013. Apple was a place that encouraged individuality, growth & creativity. They also listened to concerns, helped to take steps to find solutions & act transparent with most issues and challenges. This quickly changed as Apple shifted gears towards more aggressive tactics to satisfy its growing customer base. Because of Apples phenomenal growth and Apples stubbornness to simply hire more employees, they instead overwork the ones they have to absolute capacity until they either quit on the floor (happened to four employees in less than a year), or take a stress leave. It turned to an environment which instead expected perfection at every move. Having a sick Dad and a death in the family is not good enough for this company... They expect you to suck it up and be a robot. They foster an environment where employees actively give each other feedback, however fail to notice when senior employees abuse this and instead bully & verbally abuse newer employees who may not know better.","Overall, management needs a clearer understanding of what's happening on their floor instead of having meetings nonstop. You have no idea what's happening between your employees. When someone does come to you and ask for help, you don't take them seriously and just tell them to be ""more positive."" This is pseudo-customer service lingo garbage. Learn how to lead.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48634,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Apple retail is a good Job for students,"High Tech, Nice co workers, fast pace, good benefits","No connectivity with Apple California, no mobility upwards, sometimes fake attitude and double standards","Stop being so burecratic and show what leadership is. Promote from within stop looking for talents outside, cultivate your employees to grow",3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48635,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Its a great place to start,"Apple has a great culture and the people that are selected to work there are just great people. You feel like you are doing great things while you are there. The customer experience can be enjoyable and it is a great place to start a career, very solid foundation.","Low income for the type of work you are doing and the expectation on service and quality. No Career progression unless you work the politics, has nothing to do with skill or your work. Management are not trained in your role so you are managed by someone who doesn't understand what you are doing. If you are full time, you must give 7 days availability, no exceptions. External applicants for management are always considered before internal applicants.",Learn and experience what the people you are managing are experiencing. Do their job for a month.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48636,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 22, 2014",Current Employee - Accountant,Accountant,"Work life balance, great benefits and produces awesome products!","Too specialised and job scope limitation, slow career development.",Talent retention is very important. Fit the right people to the right job scope.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48637,apple,none," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Specialist,Very good very nice no complain exellent,not bad not very nice very average mediocre,very good,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48638,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 17, 2014",Current Employee - Tech Support At Home Advisor,Good to have the opportunity to work from home for a top company. Opportunities are there if you hit targets.,Opportunity to work from home. Discount. Relaxed atmosphere if you're on top of everything. Coaching.,"So many passwords, codes, websites to organise working life, could be more streamlined.",Process improvement. Make targets clearer in terms of dates they must be hit in order for permanency to be achieved.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48639,apple,Rye (Australia)," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Director,One man band,"Great independence, with the ability to develop the business direction. I get to work with Apple products and Apple minded people. Has great potential.",Where the company is located is a little limiting to business growth and development. People don't always pay for or respect the amount of work that is done.,Get paid upfront. Take only high valued jobs,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1202.htm
48640,apple,none," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,great,The people are by far the best!,I don't have anything negative,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48641,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Underpaid and Overworked the definition,"Pension, healthcare, ease of transferring from store to store as long as you don't upset a manager by telling the truth or opting out of working Sunday's (uk law entitlement).","Managers, Pay, Workload, Politics, Customers, Holiday blackout which is not a company decision but a store decision depending on the mood and if you're liked or not or if you have opted out of Sunday's you get treated like crap overall","Some people want to just come in and do their job description and just go home. Everything is made more difficult with your politics and micromanagement it's simply unbearable. You pay people the same as those who work at Starbucks and we are expected to serve and smile at thousands more people a day... Theirs no career in retail and the sooner you realise that, maybe we can just be left to do our jobs and stop trying to make people to want to be or do more than what they already do, we have enough to do, let us be.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48642,apple,none," Dec 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance at Apple,"Smart people, strong culture and great products.",Not much training/no 360 review for manager,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48643,apple,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Over four years, amazing company. Still retail, hard work.","Great people. Amazing culture, intense work on retail.",Hard to grow your career inside the company.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48644,apple,none," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail job on the market hands down. Only retail job you could have a career at.,"Amazing culture, great pay for retail (no one complains about pay). Extremely supportive management and colleagues.",Hard for upward mobility. Might have to take lateral move first before being considered for a better job which means if you want to me a manager it could take 4 years (which is a long time in retail).,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48645,apple,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,Extremely friendly and helpful people throughout.,"Although working remotely from home, online applications like chat allow a lot of communication with fellow employees. Lots of benefits and overtime available.",Managers give difficult metrics to be hit and it seems sometimes to be the only thing judging your performance as an employee.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48646,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,"Great environment over all, will push you outside of your comfort zone and worth the benefits","They are excellent at celebrating success when achieved. Training is always on, you will learn a lot. A lot of support available.",There is no hiding in the shadows! Standards are extremely high you will get pushed to achieve them,I saw some really talented people leave because they were to shy. Some training so self professional development would an excellent addition to the training.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48647,apple,"Midtown Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 8, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Experiences,"Leaders are very approachable and constantly challenging employees to know every single aspect of the business. They invest in their people, their development and career paths which is a great opportunity for internals.",In a retail environment the hours are not very predictable and challenging to be constantly on your feet. It is difficult to request time off and there is a high turn around in employee's leaving the business due to lack of career development or slow progress.,"Would loved if apple simplified the process of accepting/considering internal ""retail employees"" for corporate positions.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48648,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 17, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,Fun but frustrating at times,"Great products, tremendously talented team members in all areas of store. Very loyal customers. Fast paced environment.",Difficult to provide consistently great service to business customers as business retail policies aren't well developed for business needs. Very difficult to get anyone on team promoted. Moving into openings at other stores is difficult to get approved. High pressure role for managers without much support. Review process can be completely subjective with little attention paid to objective goals. Very little direction given on how to improve performance. Committee approach to reviews does at times descend to vague discussions on your personality and fit. Favouritism does play a large role within Apple retail. Result is high turnover rate of management team most leave or are moved out in under two years. Some don't last past a month.,More focus on job performance. Provide training where required for employee shortfalls. Employees shouldn't leave reviews with no clear idea what they are expected to improve upon. Less focus on who you like and more focus on performance.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48649,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Inside Sales,Average company with some benefits but no training and development at all.,"Salary and benefits, targets are reachable, internal processes are quick and not too much compared to other companies. Nice office locations and some on site benefits.","Work - life balance, teamwork non existence. No clear training or path for development. Apple does not invest anything in sales training which gives cause for concern as there are no clear career or internal development plans for the individual.",Train your people especially in team work and team building.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1203.htm
48650,apple,none," Dec 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but long hours!,"Great big company, good benefits and competitive compensation.",Long hours and need to be available 24/7,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48651,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 26, 2014",Former Employee - Payment Specialist,Payment Specialist,"Fantastic atmosphere, good culture, interesting people, challenging work","No Cons, seriously. Positive work place",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48652,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 5, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,"A an exciting company with great people and products, counter-balanced with a lack of autonomy",Great people who are motivated and proud to work for the company and believe in the vision Great products,Lack of autonomy created by over-conformist behavioural culture and too much centralised control,"Try to build a team, structure and approach now which prepares the company for more competitive times, and helps you stay ahead. This means loosening the reigns a little on behavioural conformity, the cultural belief that tenured staff always know best, and the centralised control - to allow you to fully use the skills of the people you have got, and importantly allow newer people with fresh outlooks and valuable external experience to influence and contribute more.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48653,apple,none," Nov 18, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist: great job if you don't mind people,Excellent work environment and a strong company culture. Store leadership was good and flexible with working hours when I worked part time.,"Can get monotonous at times, and salary is less than I would have thought for the work you put in. I didnt see much opportunity to move into corporate.","Give feedback to employees more frequently, and share updates about how the store is doing more frequently.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48654,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - IT Engineer,Stressful work. Onsite support.,Apple will give what you demand if you are good enough in your career.,Stressful work. A bit of Asean culture.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48655,apple,none," Nov 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never two days the same!,"Good benefits, lots of training if you are motivated,",Minimal career-pathing to move to corporate roles.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48656,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Good working environment, friendly staff and manager","Good benefit, friendly and supportive culture, sometimes you feel like being at home","Sometimes you don't even know how to grow up, career opportunities not that easy to show up",Please be more supportive and care to ground staff,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48657,apple,none," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great learning experience, unique culture, long work hours, smart people and good perks. fast paced enviromen","Great perks, Strong brand, employee discounts, global company with international mobiloty","Long work hours, expected to be available 24/7",Need to change the top down approach in order to promote employee growth and satisfaction,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48658,apple,"Sheffield, England (UK)"," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Fantastic firm to work for if you are interested in pursuing a career retail.,"Very supportive work environment, with help on hand at all times. The company's commitment to integrity and putting the customer first is very refreshing.","Due to large numbers of staff working in-store, it may be challenging for employees seeking a quick and easy journey up the corporate ladder.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48659,apple,"Liverpool, England (UK)"," Nov 5, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist/Expert,It's good for a retail job!,"Great peers, good pay for retail, initial training is in-depth and excellent. They are good at hiring fun, social people. It's easy to make close friends and that makes coming to work a lot more fun. Discounts are pretty good. At the end of the day, for a retail job, it's great, but people shouldn't come into it expecting that they are going to go from a Specialist to the marketing team or something like that.","It's very competitive if you're looking to get out of retail and do something more organisational, and some of the management can be.....frustrating. Many are unwilling to get out on the floor and actually help customers which, when it's busy and everyone is in the same color shirt can give a confusing message to customers. Additionally, they usually play favorites for promotions and ""career experiences"" so if the impression you make is negative in the first couple of weeks, it's going to take you a LONG time to get around that.","Stop hiring managers who are unwilling to go out on the floor and help when it's busy or who are unwilling to even learn about what it exactly is that the specialists, FRS, etc do. The best managers I had at Apple were ones who had either started as specialists, or were willing to spend at least a couple of days as a specialist to get a real understanding of what it was they were coaching. If you aren't willing to understand the tasks, you're not going to be very good at coaching those tasks and the specialists are not taking you seriously (I promise you they are talking about you in the break room and how you don't know what you're talking about). On that note: the retail training department needs to send their program designers out into the store so they have more ""real life"" experiences to draw from for future trainings.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1204.htm
48660,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Best Company ever.,"I love working for apple, Every day I get to learn something new about the company and my coworkers. Its a very encouraging and happy place to work!","The only con i can think of is that people have a stigma against people at apple, We want to be able to help you, but sometimes we can't, all we ask is for your patience!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48661,apple,none," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Ok at first,Great talent and always at the forfront of technology,To get on your face has to fit. No chance of movement.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48662,apple,none," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Enterprise,"If you aren't a buddy of a manager, you won't get far.","The discounts, the good people you work alongside in the trenches with.","Middle management see you as an expendable resource, people with 10+ years experience were ""managed"" out of a job, in the name of stats.","You have good, passionate, knowledgeable people. Stop wasting them because you want a foot up the ladder or promoting yourself into a new title.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48663,apple,Paris (France)," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,think different is not true anymore,"apple make great products, great design, great advertisement. you can learn a lot in a short term, you have access to great tools.","you gave to absorb your team work, you never success as one person. time management of your week is not their problem, so if schedule is a task no one honor it, rh are very distant, and you have a very few recognition even after many years","please stop trying, and manage for real....!",2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48664,apple,none," Nov 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Taught me a lot and I enjoyed most days,Didn't like change and had a hard time listening to the issues they had,Allow more change,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48665,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 18, 2014",Former Employee - AppleCare Partner Relations Advisor,,- employee discount - health insurance - sports & social club,"If you want to be treated like a prisoner or kindergarten child with timed toilet breaks (8 minutes a day) you are at the right place! Apple's ""think different"" is also wrong because if you do and say it out loud, you will be treated like an outsider. Specific conservative managers might also advise you that your dress code will never get you anywhere. Never saw such incompetent management (only achievable if you have good connections or apparently are a single mother) - if you hate your job, bad luck, you will have to stay 12 months no matter what. Also, if you come 1 minute too late in the morning (they allow you 5 min, but after that shame on you!), this will count as an 0.25 incident. You are allowed 3 every 6 months and being sick counts as one as well. So, whenever your car breaks down or you simply can't make it in time, nobody will ever forgive you. But this is all acceptable as you have so much mind freedom in your job. Yes, you can create your own emails (my manager seriously suggested this as solution for the lack of responsibility I was complaining about) - WOW! Two of my favourites were the pathetic call listenings or the iChats you would receive after not finishing your case within 3 minutes or when you are ""unavailable"" for longer than 10 min. You would get a nice ""hey, are you ok"" from Big Brother himself.",Please hire people who are actually able to do their job and are not simply brainwashed to follow all their ridiculous policies. Managers should be there to help and support their employees and not to threaten them with further measures to make your life worse.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48666,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 28, 2014",Former Employee - Chat Sales Agent,Great benefits but bad work-life balance,Good salary International environment Amazing canteen!! Good benefits,Very hard to take holidays Not much possibilities for career progression,Provide a better work-life balance,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48667,apple,none," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"An amazing company to work for, with continued dedication to improve both the internal and external client experience.","Great culture. The ability to be who you are while learning and developing from peers and leaders alike. The ability to provide fearless feedback with the utmost positive intent, giving each other an equal opportunity to grow not only in our careers but in life.","Typical retail issues including hours, work/life balance and the lack of career opportunities and growth.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48668,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 1, 2014",Current Employee - Global Supply Manager,I would not recommended it,"The salary between employees varies a lot within the same role, so you can be compensated very well if they want to. The people are the best and well educated. Growth within the business is very possible... however at a high personal cost, you will need to work all the hours of the day.",Work life balance has not hit Apple yet. The decisions come from up high and a lot of the work is monotonous. Everyone knows what work they will be doing on every Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday... for the next year.,"Upper management will never read this, they know all the answers already.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48669,apple,none," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Supply Demand Management,Love it,Feel like you are part of something great and meaningful. Very driven peers and management,Something great requires long hours.,Keep focussing on work life balance,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1205.htm
48670,apple,none," Nov 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,A life Changing inspiring work environment.,"Salary, personal health insurance, Product discounts. Personal and professional development Chance of working with so many highly talented people.",The disconnect between corporate and retail. The same vision however not implemented the same way. The lack of time for team building and effective communication,none,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48671,apple,none," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,bad,smart people to work with great brand name,pathetic company no innovation very less salary,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48672,apple,Taipei (Taiwan)," Oct 15, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analysis,Stand by the shoulders of the giants,"Stand by the shoulders of the giants, Apple is a great company to provide you a wide vision and the leading trend of the industry.","When the organization is growing too large, i's not easy to take care of every part of the big organization. Not much to say. It is a really good company.",Change is not easy unless the issue get the attention from the management.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48673,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 11, 2014",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"I loved a lot of things about Apple, but at the end of the day it was just another retail job.","The people you work with are fun, kooky, and the real beauty behind the work. You learn a lot and are exposed to what retail can be in a luxury style environment. There's no commission for this job and lots of encouragement and resources to expand your customer service skills.","There is a LOT of favoritism among managers, and from what I saw it wasn't performance based, but rather how well you could kiss butt. This was just at a store level but I know there was lots of frustrations in management at my store, because of a lack of support for them, so it was a very rocky road for some.",To upper retail management: support the managers. To store management: those that ask for responsibility and are not trying to kiss your butt still deserve consideration.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48674,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Exciting and fun,Experience good look on CV,"No progression, stagnant and tend to get bored",Be more realistic,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48675,apple,"Bukit Merah, Central (Singapore)"," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Cash Applications Specialist,Great when Jobs was alive...,"There's order & drive when Jobs was alive.. the company is alive & exciting.. culture is great, colleagues are collaborating & you are working with smart people who are willing to make a difference..","Very long working hours.. no work life balance, hiring of MBAs with no working experience... weak in retaining employees..",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48676,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is so fulfilling being part of a company that changed the world..,It was magical for most of the time. Took great pride in the freedom to develop opportunities,Some people were there for their own gratification - but those were few and far between.,Understand the value of experience and dedication.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48677,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 2, 2014",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Great Culture and People,"Its a great place to work, a lot of highly intelligent people who are motivated and passionate","Glass Ceiling, not much prospect of moving to roles past a certain point",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48678,apple,none," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Good salary,Good salary No stress or commissions Healthy company Stability,No opportunity to climb the ladder any further. Not enough recognition Management doesn't recognize or motivate employees who perform. Retail schedule,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48679,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Order Administration,great place,"good environment, good colleagues, lots of benefits such as gym and stock purchase plan. Even as business is big, each department functions as a smaller company!","No OT compensation, a lot of expectations on you and you might feel that you are not good enough if you dont meet them. If you do, however, you will most likely be recognised.",need more focus on development,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1206.htm
48680,apple,none," Nov 4, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Person,"Good company, great vision and crap leadership",- International - few benefits - great products,"- too much politics - definitely not the best people (especially in Management) - the best ones are already gone - work atmosphere - company is interfering in your private life - brainwash,brainwash, brainwash - management will punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you - HR doesn't help at all",Be honest with employees.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48681,apple,none," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Finance,Good if you are up there!,Gym is 24/7 and it is free to attend classes there.,"Top down culture, hardly listen from the bottom","Listen from the bottom, understand the problem from the ground",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48682,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Company knows exactly what their doing,"Good work-life balance, lots of opportunity for personal growth here especially if you're a part-time student, good pay for part time, excellent training",Your experience can be at the whim of your management. Stores have many managers with varying management styles. It can get inconsistent and your achievement reviews may be mixed. Too many males being hired.,"Hire managers who work well as a team and can create a cohesive culture. In my experience the managers had unique personalities, strengths and weaknesses but it didn't work in a ""diversity is better"" kind of way, it created disconnect among the store.",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48683,apple,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,2 years at Apple (retail store 'Specialist'),"Exciting company to work for. If you're suited for the role, it's very rewarding to provide solutions for customers. I had a phenomenal store leader - don't know if everyone else does, but he was pretty spectacular as a management figure. Comfortable working environment Not 100% target driven. Good morals/values.","For the mediocre salary, a lot is demanded of 'Specialists' for our knowledge level and the demands placed on us. Don't go into it thinking it will be a run-of-the-mill retail job - it's a lot more demanding than that. No career progression at all for the vast majority of employees. This is because EVERYONE wants to work for apple, which results in them cherry-picking the absolute cream of society for even the most 'basic' retail roles such as mine. Therefore, to stand out and be one of the very few people who get any kind of career progression each year, you have to be an unbelievable human being - and frankly, if you are, you could be earning a lot more elsewhere.","Excellent in most aspects. However, you should be painfully aware of the talent working for you, and remind yourselves regularly that the acceptance rate is less than 1% in the first place. Every person there is phenomenal would most likely be better off financially in almost any other company - we are only working for Apple because we enjoy it. Either reward this through higher pay, or through some form of career progression.",4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48684,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Best place for experience,Only join it if you really love Apple and would like to spent lots of time to develop some lifelong skill,"Peer relationship is a challenge, rumour everywhere. Hard to align between teams.","There is no Apple culture at all, totally different from other store over the world",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48685,apple,"Niagara Falls, ON (Canada)"," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Support,Apple should ensure it's Promoters are treated better by it's contact Centers!,"It's a job, ya it's different here!","poverty line wages, they have cut the little benefits we had to the bone! It is impossible for anyone to keep up with the stats that they change at a whim.",Learn how to be a human and maybe get some training from Richard Branson.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48686,apple,none," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Logistics analyst,"Nice environment, smart employees and great bosses",No cons other than office is a bit stuffy,none,5.0,none,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48687,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Sep 14, 2014",Current Employee - Operation Specialist,Company with passion and innovation,"The company has compassion on staffs, and everything is moving fast. It is a fun and interesting company to work with. The company has resource to help you to learn.","Too many employees, and if you don't really stand out or make yourself visible among others. Then development could be difficult for your career path.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48688,apple,none," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Springboard Job,Poor pay but otherwise decent company to work with. Looks good on a CV,"Pay was pretty bad compared to Google & Facebook. Also, the culture is much more rigid.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48689,apple,"Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Left with awesome friends, let down by management","- Learnt a lot about the company and respected its values - Met a lot of like minded people who I still keep in contact with - Great pay for a university student, with great benefits - Customers always willing to listen to advice, unlike in other retail stores","- Work-life balance, I was still studying at the time and struggled with working around lectures and tutorials - No room for movement, very much 'Apple politics': if they like you, you'll get the job - Internal gossip unnoticed by higher ups (corporate) - If you don't do it 100% 'the Apple way' you won't be there for long","Favouritism is not the way to promote staff, and spreading private information should not be tolerated. Good trainers for new employees is a must!!",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1207.htm
48690,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 20, 2014",Former Employee - Retail Assistant,Need improvement,"Nice benefits, good salary, interrsting job","Long hours, rigid hierarchy, no exit opportunities",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48691,apple,none," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mac Expert,"Great people, nice environment, enjoyable job","Poor work life balance, weekends",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48692,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Sep 2, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,FRS,Great working in the store,Work life balance is limited as hours can be scheduled at any time,Doing a good job,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48693,apple,none," Sep 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard and challenging but rewarding.,Lots of new things to learn.,Work you to the bone,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48694,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Aug 28, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,The Ultimate in International Retail Career Experience.,"The opportunity to be part of something big in the history of Retail--and to witness it first hand, in the Asia Pacific region.","An defaulted experience in the change of politics at the company, at a Retail level--changed culture and mismanagement. Now it is definitely has changed, guaranteed. I, personally, wanted to move on, felt I could do more and develop better in a another company.  Work-life balance was amazing, compared to industry standards--especially in Hong Kong. I would definitely say that benefits in this job is definitely premium status.","A discussion of hiring and developing, internally--is way better than hiring externally outside of the company, if looking for generation development. The internal staff is way smarter and capable to handle the stresses and opportunities better, since the training is still great.  Otherwise, couldn't have asked for such great talent and passion hired by Apple.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48695,apple,"Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh (India)"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,It's just an awesome company! I just love to work here.,The only reason to work here in Apple is my passion and Money making.,Love to accept challenges and working at Apple is it self a challenge,The upper management is awesome. No need of change in that.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48696,apple,Barcelona (Spain)," Sep 9, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"So much talent, so good company ..but things changed...","Salary is ok (but not representative of the leading position of Apple) HR is doing a great job selecting incredible people. Job ambiance is great, you can feel that most of your colleagues have a passion to share with their customer. Teamwork is very good also. Apple's values as an employee really helped me to be a better person, to enjoy challenge, to deal with so many ambiguity, to understand the meaning of excellence and to have fun working and providing a such nice experience to many customers.","In the Paseo de Gracia Apple store, Apple's values just got down with the new store manager. Ethic inside is just as another regular big shop, a real pity compared to what it was before. For career opportunities, friendship with management is strongly recommended.. with this, even with bad manners, you can grow. Life balance is not on employee side. Like most of full-time positions need to shift weekly (Morning-Afternoon/Afternoon-night, It's quite difficult to maintain any external activity. At least, I never had such satisfation at the end of the day for the job done. If you are part-time, take care with taxes, but you can schedule your availability.","- So much ambiguity inside is not representative of a professional company management, hopefully talented people make it works. - The Credo is a such big thing, that a smart store manager using it as a mask on his face shouldn't work for Apple.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48697,apple,none," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Very fast paced work environment with a huge emphasis on results.,Difficult to move around in the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48698,apple,none," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Great company to work for,"Great team, excellent training along with alot of skills learned on the job.","Always under huge amounts of pressure and expectations, though great support throughout",Longer times for appointments for customers to get a great experience from there visit's. Can sometimes be cut a bit short if they have question's about products and services,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48699,apple,none," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Can't be sure any two days in a row,"I enjoy the freedom and flexibility of the culture at Apple. If there is a problem, peers are encouraged to provide feedback directly, enabling one to have an impact on the inner-workings of their store.","Personal development is expected, but not as supported as one would hope. There are a lot… a ton of resources but time is not one that is afforded without a fight. Some individuals act as the boss even if they are peers.","Spend more time with your people. Let them know what's next, what steps to take and how to achieve growth. Grumpy or ""challenging"" employees should have repercussions and not just be allowed to work through their team-affecting issues at their own pace. One bad egg begets many.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1208.htm
48700,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Sainte-Catherine,great benefits and above average pay scale. great place to meet people and feel part of a team.,internal growth is extremely difficult even though development is an importance aspect of the culture.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48701,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Genius,A great experience that you will carry with you for the rest of our life.,"If your good at your job, your not micro managed. The company is about teamwork and open communication.","It can be a stressful environment, working closely with demanding customers.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48702,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Aug 8, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Fulfilling to an extent,They pay well and schedule around school very well. Every day is eventful and they do a good job of picking well-rounded employees. Great employee benefits and discounts.,It CAN be cult-like and some people are closed minded against non-Apple fanatics. It gets VERY busy and hectic- which can be expected with any retail job- and sometimes it's easy to feel overworked.,"Transparency and consistency are key. When one manager says something, I expect that other managers are also on board and follow the same policies. If we're making an exception for one person, it shouldn't become the 2nd rule. An exception is an exception and if there are too many, the rule gets lost.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48703,apple,none," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great working environment,Great working environment great colleagues,difficult to be promoted once you have entered the company,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48704,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Fantastic,"Great benefits, good working environment.",Not much. Mostly individuals who were difficult to work with. The company itself is great and amazing to work with,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48705,apple,none," Aug 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place! Smart People!,"Met a lot of very dedicated, passion and smart people who make Apple, Apple. Regardless of your position, feel that your work contributed toward the success of the company. Do not mind the hand work and long hours as there are wonderful staff benefits.","As the company has grown at such a rapid place, unfortunately there is a lot of dilution of the Apple culture. To progress in the company, need to be aligned with people who are also going places in order to get ahead.",Look at staff turnover of teams and you will see the underlying issue is probably with the manager.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48706,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Tech Support,Deal with your primary language call plus english call for the same price that mono language advisor.,"some discount on apple product and all third party, health insurance free for you and your family",They can change everything and tell you at the really last minutes (change phone support for chat etc...),none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48707,apple,none," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail : Extremely high-paced environment.,"The stores are so busy, it's far from boring. Colleagues are great, which means they know how to recruit. Salary is decent.","Although they recruit well, it's very slow and we're often short-staffed, which means everyone else works a lot harder, which means no energy left for the rest of your day.",Management should fulfil their goals of recruitment before asking the existing staff to fulfil the goals of the store.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48708,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Don't be woo'd by the brand,"- If you are french, speak french or have been to a top french business school - this is a great company to work for in Europe - All your friends think you work for the coolest company - Employee discount - Stock - the only reason most people stay is because of the share options.","- Zero career potential - most people have been over-hired into more junior roles and are expected to execute in that role forever - lots of people have been doing the same role for 5-10 years or longer. There is very little upward promotion if any and almost zero lateral movement as Apple just hires externally people for roles and doesn't develop anyone internally. - Lack of any leadership - there is no leadership in EMEA in Apple since the previous VP left - the new VP is responsible for most of the world and his only visibility is on a quarterly communications call handing out meaningless sales awards - Micro management - most of the leadership in Apple are micro managers who are detail obsessed often in the irrelevant detail rather than things that matter - lots of time, energy and skill is wasted by smart people creating presentations that go nowhere - Don't be woo'd by the brand - too many smart people are woo'd by working for Apple the brand and discover when they join that their job is incredibly limited in scope and that their previous skills and experiences are ignored as 'that's not the way it's done in Apple' - Technology - very few people have the latest Mac and even less have the latest iPhone - Apple doesn't want to invest in providing it's employees with the latest iPhone, Mac or iPad. Recently one team got given iPads and they were the iPad 2 - this was when iPad 4 had been released. Most people are still using iPhone 4 or 5 when the 5s has been out for over a year. - Training - there is very little professional development training - most training is orientated to brain washing you to think the way 'Apple' works - rather than how to develop you as an individual.","Apple needs to seriously consider how it grows, develops and retains it's staff. Too many good people have been leaving recently and the arrogance of 'they were lucky to have worked for Apple' won't last very long. The people that are staying in the company are just waiting for their stock to vest and those people aren't the great employees you want to hold on to.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48709,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Aug 13, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Expert,"Amazing company, hard to progress due to limited leader roles and limited stores",Amazing couture Best co-workers on earth A brand and products you can believe in,Professionally unstructured Hard to progress to leadership internally Average pay for retail because everyone wants to work for them,"You must must must work harder to keep top preforming employees because it's only way to unsure culture is kept along with store growth. I'm short, internal progression must improve.",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1209.htm
48710,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,WHAT'S IT LIKE WORKING AT AN APPLE RETAIL STORE : 2014 EDITION,"* STOCK PLAN + BENEFITS IS GREAT ( PROBABLY THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING EMPLOYED THERE ) * PAY IS BETTER THAN OTHER RETAIL JOBS OUT THERE * PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH ARE ACTUALLY DECENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE & HARDWORKING PEOPLE * YOU WILL LEARN ALOT OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT COMPUTERS, IPHONES, ETC","I've been working for Apple Retail for a very long time and everything sure has changed , NIGHT AND DAY differences from back then.  Since the earlier days, it was all about enriching lives. Taking the time, making sure the customer had all the attention you can give them without being rushed into your next appointment . Nowadays, its all about enriching their pocketbooks and numbers ! Here are the core CONS that you will encounter , Let me break it down :  • A billion dollar company that LOVES to have short staffing. Apple refuses to put enough people on the sales floor. Ive seen frustrated customers wait impatiently for someone to help them purchase a computer yet THERE'S NO SALES PEOPLE TO HELP and they storm out of the store pissed off instead !! Yup ! There goes that sale ! Way to go APPLE !!!!!  • Everyone wears blue shirts . Its hard to distinguish who the technicians are and who the sales people are . a unified color of the shirt simply means EVERYONE IS EXPECTED TO PRETTY MUCH DO EVERYTHING no matter what position you have. Job Description ? There is NO SUCH A THING IN APPLE RETAIL . ( read on )  * GENIUS BAR / FAMILY ROOM ( aka the technical support area ) is all about NUMBERS. You are put on a queue where you are seen by a technician. You basically have 10-15 minutes with this customer and YOU MUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. Most stores require you to have an appointment booked ahead of time, and recently, its become standardized that ALL APPOINTMENTS MUST BE TAKEN. The genius bar is now cleverly crafted with new stations that ' get you started ' . No appointments ? sure just sit down and a technician will take a look and see if they can do the task for you. This basically allows more traffic to come through and more appointments to be taken. ( btw management WE'RE NOT STUPID !!! ) Work has been quadrupled to the point you are running around with your head about to fall off ! This department would work so well but the management will not put enough people to help out throughout the day ! The worst part about being in this department is breaks and lunches are always never taken on time !!!! You will basically end up hating your co workers for taking too long in their interactions or for them to refuse to help out because they are doing computer repairs. It just flat out SUCKS . This is the worst level of stress you will receive in the store . There's not a day I come home from work, not only physically exhausted but MENTALLY abused from all the things you go throughout the day ! l  * THE CREATIVE STUDIO ( aka one to one training ) will test your PATIENCE .  You will teach 70-80 year old customers who just purchased a computer and will end up coming back for repeated sessions for the next couple of weeks because they cant remember their passwords !  If you are extremely patient, well good luck cuz you're going to need it real badly when you're in this role !!!! Id say a good 10% of the sessions you will get are actual decent individuals who can grasp and learn what you teach, the other 90% will just be useless people who are just basically wasting their time ( AND YOURS IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT ) .  * The customers, especially the pissed off ones,can be a handful. Be prepared for an earful. Most are nice but majority are prissy, stuck up people who will EXPECT you to bend over and squeeze them in to have their iphone fixed ahead of everyone else. This would only be alleviated if the company actually put more people on the sales floor/ technical support areas so that the employees wouldn't get stuck in escalations  It is August 2014 and from my point of view , Apple Retail has changed drastically . its not the same fun place I remember it used to be . If you think im bullshitting , I've witnessed about 8 people from the genius bar resign over the past few months , and that says alot where the company is heading !  Quality in the service is disappearing, FAST. Its all about Q U A N T I T Y folks !!!!!!!!!  Quantity of how many appointments employees can take + Less Staffing = HUGE BONUSES FOR MANAGERS  I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU THINK TWICE ABOUT WORKING FOR APPLE RETAIL ..ESPECIALLY NOWADAYS?  Consider yourself warned.  I'm already looking for a way out . its just a matter of time.","Your employees are not idiots . Limiting the amount of staff per shift may give you guys bonuses/raises/incentives/etc --- but be advised that you will continue to lose more quality workers as this continues to go on.  Soon, I will be one of them .  You have no idea what we go through to make your stupid numbers and queues meet.",1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48711,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Work life balance, Good compensation",Less career growth opportunities in the company,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48712,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 2, 2014",Current Employee - Assembly Worker,i have worked there a long time over 15 years,"now let me think,can't think of much,good discounts on products thats about it","not a good place to work ,more like a sweat shop,low pay ,thats all management talk about is how much profits apple make and how to cut costs,there not worried about there work force,its all APPLE,APPLE,APPLE","putting pressure on workers will get you know where,treat us with respect and as adults not children,talk to us not down to us,if apple make that much money why not reward the workers with something worth while instead of your 20 euro vouchers.always remember we are apple cork not FOX CON.",1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48713,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 11, 2014",Former Employee - Inventory Specialist,Started amazing but decreased rapidly,Fun staff to work with Limited but good discount Was a family environment but this turned to high turnover and profits. More care given to customers money rather than their experience.,No progression Bad management No care for work/life balance,Look after your staff Do not make empty promises If someone is not good enough for a management role do not demote them to a role that others are aspiring too. It lessens the chances and aspirations.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48714,apple,none," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, little advancement","good benefits, perks, nice cafe",low or little advancement no work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48715,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 29, 2014",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Incompetence of middle management,-okish salary if you survive to get a permanent contract.,"-On contract, brace yourself to get fired any minute without warning. -incompetent management in Cork, they mainly don't care about the employees, you are just a number. -no career prospect available even if you deliver best performance ---> see incompetent management -guidelines are ridiculous, US fingers into European decisions how to operate the company. -too big and too cumbersome. Operates like a bureaucracy of a country. -they do not give a dime about their employees -statistics and number crunching is important, not the human side of the employee.","Listen to your employees. And I mean from bottom to top. Do not fire your non permanent people, just to hire again newbies 3 months later. It might fill your personal bonus salary, but it hurts long term your company. ---> see bad management in the cons section",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48716,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing,Jobs that provide you with a sense of purpose.,You have the ability to create your own success and will get support if you do it the right way.,"Some managers have been in the business too long and have lost touch with the competitive environment. However, there are managers who are inspiring leaders.","Make sure your team stays current, look at ways to encourage a different perspective.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48717,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - AHA - At Home Advisor,AHA (At Home Advisor) - Don't do it,"Great to work from home where you can wear what ever you want and be surrounded by your pets (if you have any), no need to fork out for transport to and from work or put with with the trending office virus. 10% - 25% off Apple products.","*Work life balance non existent, having to constantly battle with other people for a 2 month shift where you can get a weekend off (high score/ranking get first pick). 4 x 10 shifts do not allow you to take classes at night and can interfere with home life. Was originally told in interview that Apple is very flexible with their shifts... not unless you are at the top of your team.  * Being scrutinized over every syllable uttered.  * Statistics constantly shoved down your throat (daily), having your statistics shown to everyone else in the team (daily), even worse, having your clothing size broadcast to the rest of the team in an e-mail.  * Guilt tripped over sick leave (oh, everyone has to work SO much harder because you were coughing your guts up).  * Managers who don't care about you, just their statistics and how good you make them look.  * Little room for career opportunities unless you are perfect and appears only ONE way to go up which is to T2. Other options are not available in Australia (contrary to what T/L advised initially).  * Extreme social isolation unless you like being a hermit.  * The expectations are becoming increasingly unrealistic and only obtainable by those who work like robots.  * Lying team leader who likes to mince your words and throw them back at you. Advises about career progression that is not there.  * Contradicting information. Being told one thing, then being told the opposite in the next sentence. Can make for a very frustrating time.","* Give everyone a fair chance at getting a shift that they want, not just offering first time every time to the best performers.  * Cut the guilt tripping over sick leave. If you are sick and you have a Dr. certificate, end of story. Don't keep telling staff how your 2 days off with the flu made everyone else work their fingers to the bone when it didn't.  * Enough with the scrutinizing of every word said. If you want us to help people, let us, back off on telling us what we said wrong according to your impossible guidelines. H2H 'coaching' is just another way to pull down the morale of staff.  * Stop showing everyone else our statistics. This is extremely demoralizing for those who rank down the bottom of the pack. This is not an incentive to try harder like you think it is!  * Find team leaders who actually give a rats about their staff, not just in it as a competition to see who looks the best statistic wise to management.  * The fine line of perfection is getting narrower and narrower with each change. Management out of touch with frontline staff and changes are making the job harder, not easier.  * Offer part time to Australians and offer more career opportunities other than just T2.  * Be mindful of the information that is being filtered out. The contradictions we have had from the team leader are mind blowing and you wonder why we get angry when we never know what is right or wrong anymore?!?!?",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,19,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48718,apple,none," Aug 14, 2014",Former Employee - Apple At Home Advisor,AHA - do not recommend,Reasonable pay You get to work from home,Everything If you need help you do not get it If you transfer a call to a higher department your screamed at for high escalation If you aren't one of the managers favourites you can be certain you will have a bad time No matter how hard you try it's not good enough If you have time off medical certificates don't count towards anything and you will be terminated No sense of how mental health effects different people if you suffer from it and take time off you'll most likely be terminated  Words twisted to the point your not even sure what you said to start with anymore,Review your managers - mainly the one who has lost half his team since he was given one! Most due to mental health issues and lack of support.  Take the time to learn what your employees are suffering from just because you may not have been born in Australia doesn't mean you should run a business the same as you would in Singapore etc learn what effects your employees in every country you operate in otherwise you won't have many left,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48719,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,A good place to work,good company and culture shared values and intelligent people,needs better working conditions management is quite variable and at times unorganised lots of pressure on management which filters down through other positions,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1210.htm
48720,apple,"Brossard, QC (Canada)"," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Creative,Good place to get experience but not a career,Money is good. All expense paid trip to Cupertino. Fun working with Apple products.,"Scheduling is horrendous. No work/life balance. Some of the managers only care about themselves and do not support the employees in difficult situations. Don't be fooled into thinking that this can lead to career because you will burnout fast. As a trainer, you are expected to teach in an extremely noisy environment, in the middle of a highly populated retail environment. Sometimes it feels like complete chaos. There is literally zero upward mobility. It is what it is despite some of the fancy job titles. You will be working in retail and it will stay that way. Crappy hours, unreasonable clients, and bully-like managers.",Don't be so obsessed about NPS and your damn bonuses. The business will thrive when the employees are treated with respect.,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48721,apple,Rome (Italy)," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Poor compensation, poor respect","Brand name, permanent contract, deal with technology.","They don't respect people, hide serious problems but want to appear wonderful.","Change the criteria to hire the leadership team, they have unprofessional behavior",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48722,apple,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Jul 24, 2014",Current Employee - ASC,"Great company, great experiences, but there are not too much place were you can grow","Regarding compensation, benefits, this is one of the best companies in the world. They really care for your fitness, health, education, etc.",It is very difficult to get a promotion so if you don't have enough patience you may found yourself demotivated.,"You should consider people that are in lower positions that have a lot of preparation and the drive to growth, otherwise people is going to quit and all the effort, training and knowledge is just wasted.",3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48723,apple,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Disappointed,"Salary, benefits, training and most of the people","Promotions, personal growth, work-life balance, people on the top (from Country Managers, to Managers and Human Resources.","Attitude, Humanity, humility, personal growth, work-life balance, internal promotions.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48724,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Back of House Specialist,"Great place, but not a career for everyone","The leadership team is always willing to offer support in developing your skills. Development is self driven, so you get out what you put in. It's not a career for everyone, as opportunities to advance are limited.  The culture and team are amazing.",The pay isn't the best. I could get paid more for my skill set elsewhere. You will often deal with bad customers.,"Not really in the manager's control, but better pay would be a start. The amount to crap staff have to deal with is often ridiculous.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48725,apple,"Burlington, ON (Canada)"," Jul 4, 2014",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,Life and times at the Orchard,"Worked with a lot of really rad, unique people","""Leadership"" is incredibly two-faced and fake.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48726,apple,Castle Hill (Australia)," Jul 21, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"Great vision, terrific team, poor middle management and execution","If Apple does anything amazingly, it hires well. I can't speak for Corporate but the retail team are amazing. I doubt you'll ever work in a more engaged, creative, unique team again","Your experience is dictated by how good management are. They often hire management externally, generally from other retailers, who then bring their bad practices to the company. There is NO proper career path and top talent often have to lead to experience the growth they deserve",Promote from within more often. Create a scheme to encourage career growth and not put a ceiling on your top talent. Practice what you preach when it comes to company motto and values,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48727,apple,none," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice people, no life","Brilliant people, good place to develop your knowledge.",Getting a promotion is almost impossible and Apple will become your life.,Management is great,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48728,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 2, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,"A bright start to a career, you have to be strong to survive but don't expect to get too far without moving on.","Apple Retail gave me some great life skills that I have adapted to work, now outside of Apple. I wouldn't be the person I am today without these. The culture of inclusion within the stores can be hit and miss but when it is just right you will feel like you are part of a big family. I have made friends for life and will never forget or regret the time I spent there.",The management team are more often then not put under stresses to hit targets that they can not meet. This has destroyed the once great culture of openness at Apple and has resulted in results driven staff as a posed to long term culture driving ideals.  I was once issued a 9 out of 9 review after having a fantastic year at the company to then 2 weeks later have that removed from me because of pressure from higher levels above stores to give lower reviews/pay rises. This was a kick in the teeth after the work I had put in and the recognition I was proud to have achieved.,Invest in long term wins and don't think for a second that you are pulling the wool over Apple Store employees eyes when you say one thing and mean another. Be legit and forthcoming and never go back on your word.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48729,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 3, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Great!,Great team around you. Always supported by managers and staff. Great discount and employee stock purchase plan.,Busy stores. Lots of people asking about iPhone 6!,Increase the hourly pay.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1211.htm
48730,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 15, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Manager,Beijing APPLE so different from US,"best location in Beijing CBD, a lot of big companies there, global 500 companies.","No office Starbucks coffee in Beijing office, however US has Starbucks.","be localized to management team, not too many chinese management team",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48731,apple,"Winnipeg, MB (Canada)"," Jul 16, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Apple is a great company to work for if you enjoy working with intelligent people in a relaxed environment.,"Inside edge on technology, knowledgable staff, positive environment","Pay, you may feel like a pawn",Allow staff to retain more of an identity. Let them show up and be themselves and not feel pressured to be so professional. A personal touch goes a long way with customers,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48732,apple,none," Jul 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rf engineer,looks good on resume. Nothing else,Salary/# of hours=Does not add(-Negative),none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48733,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jun 19, 2014",Current Employee - Aslp,It was an excellent experience to meet the people working in Apple.,"They are friendly, wear causally. They respect every candidate, and you will feel warm welcome from Apple.","to get the job, you have to undergo long hours interviews for 3 days. Working shifts for employer in the future, including the manager","All you have to do is love Apple, become an apple fan. Work hard is a necessity",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48734,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 7, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Is Apple for you?,"Apple is truly a world class brand. It's an incredible place to work if you enjoy interacting with people and getting to know them. To find out HOW these products affect their lives is truly a blessing. If you like constant development and face pace, Apple is for you.","Apple is very fast pace and it never stops for you to breathe. This is a pro in many ways, but for some, it can be stressful. This isn't a con, but again, can be, you need to love change and ambiguity. Some of the biggest struggles initially is keeping up with the pace and embracing it. So if you like change and directing on the fly, Apple is for you.",See comment above for Change. Most managers that leave is due to the constant change. Things and directions literally change in a nano second.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48735,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 14, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,It's not all what you think: a Corporate European head office perspective,"- Came across some of the most intelligent people from across the globe - People outside of Apple (or even those working in the retail store) think it must be amazing working for Apple (really it is not if you work corporate) - Nice offices (the illusion to keep you in the ""wow"" factor) - Business Macbook & iPhone (some departments get iPads too) - If you survive in Apple Corporate, you can survive almost anywhere","- No career growth: you have to fight for yourself, you will be lucky if you have a ""nice"" manager that ""helps"" - Work comes first attitude: ""it doesn't matter what is happening in your life, get it done"" - Back stabbing, two faced politics, lies - Lack of recognition for hard work - Surprisingly low pay compared to similar jobs in industry - Not valuing their employees: ""it is a privilege to work at Apple, we can easily replace you"" - Useless HR: incompetent and essentially managers spies, serious waste of space - Extremely under staffed - Unreasonable demands that have you working evenings (till morning) and weekend for things which end up not even being important - Serious lack of sense of ""team"": everybody is out for themselves - Pay rises are in % increases unless you get ""promoted"" (you aren't really given a new job, just a lot more responsibility and a bit more money, but sometimes no change to title or hierarchy placement) the amount can be insignificant. Max % increase was 10%, and that is really rare to get! ADVICE: negotiate a big base before joining so those % are worth more. - Company brainwashing practices are common (seminars, lectures, lessons). Its hard to believe how many people buy into it internally - Please note that the Europe Head office (in London) appeared to be a special case of intensity. The UK office and other European offices appeared to be not as bad (at least from my perspective). Though when weneeded things done by the local offices, they would feel our pain too. Till this day, the Local teams do not know how lucky they have it vs the Head office. I can only imagine how bad it is in the World HQ in Cupertino","- Look after your employees, they are your greatest asset. A lot of your best people leave or are looking to leave. Or even worse, have be grinded down so much they are no longer giving 100% - Hire more people - Reward people better - Help people to grow and move",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48736,apple,"Solihull, England (UK)"," Jun 15, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,enjoyed working for Apple,they are friendly and fun,"a lot of training, challenging with customers",need to build up salary per year,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48737,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 9, 2014",Former Employee - Genius,Awesome,Best place to work at,Nothing to say since everything is amazing,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48738,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 27, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Fun,"Good people, good wage, and an interesting environment - doesn't feel like a retail job but rather an advisory role. No need to sell the product, it sells itself. You are just guiding customers to the best option for their needs.","Very rigid on hours. I had to leave when going back to university as they could not cut my hours down to fit in with studies, despite glowing reviews from manager and colleagues, and strong metrics (not that these were overly important to apple)",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48739,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Jun 8, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Good for your resume,For this job which is really good on your resume. People always have questions for Apple Inc and the products. You will have lot of things to talk about this job,"The App Review Guidelines provide rules and examples across a range of topics, including user interface design, functionality, content, and the use of specific technologies",The Human Interface Guidelines provide guidance on fundamental UI design principles and how to apply them to your apps.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1212.htm
48740,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," May 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but Not in Singapore site,"Company itself, health benefits, culture, a carefree corporate environment","If you're looking to climb up the corporate ladder don't bother with Apple Singapore as there are no career prospects to speak of. Even though this is such a big MNC sadly when the mgmt are Asians running in Asia it's like any normal local companies. They speak of being open to discuss whatever concerns but really you aren't allowed to go against the mgmt's wills. You could be stuck in the same exact position for years with no progress while lazy incompetent people are hired to be your boss. They micro manage you, don't really care what you're thinking and expects you to work like factory robots. Maybe it's just that one such department in Apple Singapore.","Be more aware of how employees feel, respect them and really be open to feedback. Mgmt don't feel any pain unless it's inflicted on them. Stand in our shoes and think! Even if you're the boss it does not always make you right! Tbh a lot of the mgmt decisions really sucked!",3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48741,apple,none," Jun 7, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Put in a lot... don't get a lot back,"Reasonable wages, good employee discounts and benefits.","very busy, stress full, very little progression unless you want to become a technician, little recognition for work put in.",recognise the talent your team has and build on it. Don't let them grow to resent the company and yourselves by failing to notice them.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48742,apple,"Newcastle upon Tyne, England (UK)"," May 26, 2014",Former Employee - Storage Engineer,Awsome,Best place to work and learn,nothing to mention as it is the best place,awsome management,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48743,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," May 26, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,A company that growing fast but less internal opportunities,The environment is good. Work life balance. Apple Provides very good benefits for employees and their family members.,The management team is lack of experience and knowledge about Apple products. Most managers don't even know how to use a Mac. Their functions is only making exception to customers.,Be fair to people. Promote people who get talent but not the people who you like.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48744,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Creative,Products are great Values are super,Not the best pay Advancement in retail are somewhat limited,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48745,apple,none," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Great place to work,"Good career progression, fast paced environment. Good pay and benefits. A good place to develop a career with on going training.",Sometimes moving to a new role can be a challenge. Can be very political at times. Hard to be noticed,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48746,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - AOS Mac Expert,"Good company, but with lot of Vampires.","Medical benefits for your spouse, children & yourself. Staff discount for Apple product. Different types of leaves.","Top down management style. All executive level from US or Australia, no Asian in senior management team. Promotions from internal is almost impossible. Cafe food not as good as Google, and not free Staff discount not so good.","Voice never goes up, Senior management not familiars with APAC market.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48747,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 15, 2014",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Best Company I worked for,"You feel like a family, organisation is almost perfect, ideas are coming from everybody, lots of training, lots of evolution in the company",Secret is sometimes an heavy duty,Be even more creative with your team,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48748,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 14, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"The Genius role at Apple Retail offered a satisfying day-to-day with a fantastic team, but limited career opportunities.","1. Apple Retail tends to hire people who are sociable and creative, and it was fantastic to be part of a vibrant team with many shared personal interests. There was a strong community spirit and a willingness to help each other out. Working with the vast majority of my colleagues was a pleasure, I made many friends during my time with the company.  2. The Genius role is split between seeing customers to diagnose their issues, and physically repairing Apple hardware. I found a great deal of satisfaction in both the problem-solving and customer relationship management elements of the job. Diagnosing and resolving issues within tight time frames kept a healthy pressure up and provided clear performance goals. There was good support from management for personal development within the role. The service strategy changed a lot during my time at Apple (less attention on individual customers in order to serve a greater number), but that was an unfortunate reality of the growing demand. I still enjoyed the day-to-day work right up until I left Apple for a new opportunity.  3. Apple Retail has a young and diverse culture. Tattoos, bright hair and piercings are all completely acceptable among staff. Dress code was very relaxed... Wearing trainers every day and shorts in summer was bliss.  4. Genius pay is very good for a job that does not formally require a degree. I worked for Apple for nearly three years and received three incremental annual pay rises, leaving on ~£25k as a Genius with a year's experience in the role. Considerable discounts were available on Apple products for myself, friends and family. Apple employees received preferable rates in many of the local eateries and, most importantly, pubs. Store meetings and product launches were often effervescent affairs with free food, drink and entertainment.","1. Career progression abruptly halted once I reached the Genius role. I started off with Apple as a part-time sales advisor ('Specialist') and successive promotions happened quickly, but the Genius position sits in a comfortable little cul-de-sac thereafter. Geniuses in Apple Retail are remunerated well but cannot easily continue a technical career into Apple Corporate as there is often a qualifications barrier to entry. Perhaps understandably, Apple does not have a career pathway that allows Geniuses to train for Corporate roles in the absence of degrees in computer science, electronic engineering or similar. The general consensus seemed to be that while there is no stigma attached to working for Apple Retail, it is held at arm's length from Corporate and aspirational talk from management about moving across as part of one's career path is largely lip-service. Multiple colleagues of mine had secondments to Corporate but were not offered permanent positions. My advice is that if you want a role within Apple as a wider organisation, it is better to gain more relevant experience elsewhere than get your foot in the door with Apple Retail.  2. See 'Advice to Management'.","Apple has an all-smiling culture of frequent high-fives, hugs and friendliness. This was normally lovely but such warm behaviours became painfully contrived whenever management were trying make changes that would have a negative impact on employees (holiday restrictions, irregular shifts etc.). During my time with the company, most managers seemed compelled to dismiss challenges to such issues with a wearily forced smile and a condescending statement about how not being able to take time off is actually a positive opportunity to 'transform the lives' of more customers. Managers were often very nice people but confidence in them to sincerely respond to concerns was low.  Apple Retail management should learn that when it needs to implement a difficult change for its staff, leaders must stop patronising them with some heavily-spun 'greater good' nonsense, and have an adult and honest conversation about why such changes are required. This was by far the most frustrating thing about working for Apple.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48749,apple,"Grays, England (UK)"," May 6, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,My Career,I love working for the company. You learn something new everyday within the company and each day is a different experience.,I cant con apple i have been there 6 and half years. Over the time it has made me a better person at work and personal life. Which you take into day to day life,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1213.htm
48750,apple,none," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Apple Retail Specialist,Great place to grow,"I'ver worked for more than a year as a specialist at an Apple Store. People working there are brilliant, managers included, and very diverse, so if you keep your eyes open you always have chances to learn. There are a lot of opportuinities to grow and develop your habilities. Every worker is respected and supported in his life and career.","Schedule, as in any other retail store, is a nightmare (you'll have to work until late and on weekends). It's a hard work, there is no time to stop and you have to stay motivated and focused to treat clients the way they expect from Apple.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48751,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,The best place to work retail,"Apple is job that helps make all of its workers progress and be their best. The managers are super friendly and are willing to take feedback. If you ever have an issue with another worker, you can talk to them directly or let a leader know and the issue is quickly resolved. Apple really cares about its employees and will implement almost anything to make them happy.",Apple is like any retail store in that you have to work retail hours. There are some days that you will work till 9 or 10pm.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48752,apple,Santiago (Chile)," May 7, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Great Place to Work,"You are not always pressured for sales, or hitting quotas.",Extremely hard to get promoted.,Listen and make time to hear your staff's issues.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48753,apple,"London, England (UK)"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great care, limited progression","Great care for its people, best paid retail job out there and they love to see you thrive. No pushy sales tactics, just based on your ability to deliver a great service.","Progression is very limited. It's difficult, and if you make it to Expert, Business Specialist or similar, that's it.. there's no path onward from that point. Unless you have outside managerial experience, the most you'll get paid at Apple Retail will be mid 20k.",Don't advertise great progression routes if that's not the case.,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48754,apple,none," May 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Secretive + Fragmented,"Hired smart and dedicated people, good benefits and free gym","Top down execution, poor direction and on boarding suck. No fun culture, as people are not meant to share ideas. TOP DOWN SECRETIVE EXECUTION.",Middle management who has been in apple for 15+ need to go through 360 review and leadership course,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48755,apple,none," Apr 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Excellent company to work for,Growth is competitive and complicated.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48756,apple,"Brighton, England (UK)"," Apr 23, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,rest Company,"Work around you, they make you feel very involved and have a great community.","Very few, can't name any off the top of my head.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48757,apple,none," Apr 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience,Incredible & energetic culture with passionate and extremely competent managers. Starting wage is very decent and benefit package is fantastic. Management is transparent and internal growth is encouraged.,"Very fast paced environment. If you're not an 'Apple' person, then you will might have a difficult time. Some employees may feel burnt out over time, especially those working full time.",Spent more 1:1 time with your employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48758,apple,none," May 7, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Apple has a great community environment to work in.,People hired are wonderful to work with.,Personal growth and advancement. Higher managers have poor values.,"Look at your Leadership teams closely, arrogance is not a great trait.",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48759,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Unfortunately, not a great company to work for at present. Or may be it is this one dysfunctional department only.",Brand name. Salary cheque that comes every month. Average health benefits. When you cant explain or defend yourself you can always say its Apple way and we are different and I am not at liberty to speak any further about it.,Military rule with Generals that have no clue what so ever... May be it is just this department's management team in Singapore.,"""We've had vicious kings, and we've had idiot kings...but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a king!"" -Tyrion Lannister",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1214.htm
48760,apple,none," Apr 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great spot to work,"Manager are nice and generous of their time. The salary is good compare to other jobs in the industry, Not alot of room for growth because so many applicants and lack of possibility","Value are a little childish with the teenage attitude of the maangers. Employee are not taken seriously. Job is not for everyone because you need to fit in the ""model""",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48761,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 3, 2014",Current Employee - BOH Specialist,BOH Specialist,Fun and fast paced environment,Growth is limited if interested only in a specific area,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48762,apple,none," Apr 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good time,"Good, personal growth, work-life balance, compensations, fun","hard work, very team oriented, everything is fast paced",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48763,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Support Agent,Working for Apple,- It's amazing. - Great culture - Learnt heaps,"- It's so amazing, to go up it's a lot of competition.","- Just employ more internally, than externally. They may have more years of experiences but they haven't practiced the Apple Culture for years.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48764,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Store Manager,This was a life changing experience that has made me a better leader adn person,"Great team, great products and I felt as though I was making a difference to the lives of customers and team",A small change in leadership can destroy the culture. There needs to be a better connection with the managers and leaders of the stores and to ensure that politics is removed. Even having managed a store which was a great honour when I left people only thought I was a store manager. Difficult to explain the magnitude of the role,Dont let the over political and overly career ambitious people rule the business,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48765,apple,"Milton Keynes, England (UK)"," Apr 8, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Mixed bag,"I was overjoyed when I first started, within a month I was top salesman in my store without really trying, my enthusiasm and soft sell approach worked really well. It was my first job out of uni and I was ambitious and motivated by the prospect dangled in front of me of promotion to the creative level.  On the plus side Apple does train staff in many areas that will help you land future jobs, the working environment is casual and having Apple on your resume opens doors.","My starting wage was only £7.50 per hour (this was in 2008) and Apple doesn't pay commission which I think is totally unfair. I was selling upwards of £5000 worth of products a day (in a small store) and I earned just as much as the concierge who just stood at the door and said hello to customers. I was told I would be given a full time contract but that never came despite my hard work and consistent top sales - instead another part timer was hired. I asked to be enrolled in the creative training offered and a few months later a number of staff were taken for creative training (including the part timer hired after me) but I was left out with no explanation given. Perhaps they wanted me to keep their sales up instead. The middle management is terrible, even more so in the big stores in London where I worked later - Regent street for example, has 500 employees and in my interview my manager admitted he didn't know half the staff.  On good days you'll spend your time demonstrating video/music/image software and hardware with customers. On average days you'll spend your time selling iPhone cases to fat businessmen and dealing with a lot of angry people (especially in London)  I went in a few months from being the model Apple employee to the most cynical one because I worked hard but was not rewarded with a full time contract or commission.  I'll never work in Apple retail again.",reward sales with commission,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48766,apple,none," Apr 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointing,products discounts and atmosphere among agents,"low pay, rolling temporary contracts",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48767,apple,none," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Sales and Marketing,Products Experience People experience Improving everyday and reach the excellence,Competition Commercial offer The structure of the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48768,apple,none," Mar 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience but not pool in promotion,Great culture with great company. The awesome co-workers seems to be everywhere. A good place to learn new stuffs.,takes at least one year to get promoted. Timing seems to be important,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48769,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Mar 17, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Not a bad place to get your start,"Great people to work with, not a bad environment for retail. They try to dress it up as a career, and while it's not bad pay, it is a demanding environment.","Demanding pace, long hours, shift work, no weekends off. Little room for growth depending on where you are in the store.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1215.htm
48770,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - Project Manager,Vibrant workforce with talents everywhere,"Cohesive environment, openness to each other, flexible working hours,","Very competitive in terms of career advancement, result-oriented",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48771,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Challenging, demanding, exhausting and on occasions frustrating but never boring.","Spirit and corporate values remain strong. Really interesting to read recently about Tim Cook's reaction to ""profits-first policies""... remain strong AND evolve ?",Salaries are not the best in the industry. Not much room to grow if you are not in the headquarters. Rest is common human shortcomings to be found everywhere: Apple is not on another planet.,Remember that you have been mainly lucky to be there at that time and evaluate more humbly your real contribution to Apple's success. That's the best way for positive evolution.,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48772,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 12, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,"Incredible personal growth, with an expiry date.","An enriching environment to interact and work with some of the most fulfilling people - Apple's open and friendly working environment promotes the most memorable interactions, experiences, technical knowledge and personal growth with both colleagues and fascinating members of the public. Refreshingly, there isn't a major focus on targets but more on human experience and places a great importance on rapport, with a great belief that everything else just fits into place.","Can be very difficult to move up into further positions that are initially alluded to being very much within reach. There is a very bureaucratic 'check-box' approach to promotion. Mentors can be beyond patronising with the slightest of self-awareness. Chronic micro-managing from people of managerial positions employed with the wrong attitude and bad retail habits change an entire store's morale, ethos and performance. Most people within this position are less knowledgable than their own team both technically and semantically. Some of Apple's internal culture has become socially outdated, transparent, often passive aggressively manipulated, and needs a revamp focusing around true authenticity.","Employee freedom and creativity allows for the most outstanding performance. Don't let Apple's pioneering and incredibly flourishing environment be hampered by controlling and paranoid attitudes to individual workflow and skew the big, bright picture.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48773,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,A 50/50 experience,"It pays very well... it starts with the salary of $17.50 an hour for the least position offered there which is a specialist, great work environment and comes with a lot of prestige. & there are multiple leaders who are always available for you to approach and discuss anything you want with them","Infront of customers, you work as one supportive team, but at the back of the house, it's a pain in the butt. You have to be very careful what you say, because a word as simple as dumb or stupid can get you called up to the managers office, and every little single thing you do there is put as a note to file, whether it's positive or negative, more negatives though. & there's really very little room for development in Apple, once you're in a position, you're pretty much stuck to it unless you're the manager's b*tch who snitches about other employees and much more, because managers love knowing everything that's going on since there's always a barrier between the normal workers and the managers. All in all I'd rate the company 4/10","Advice to managers would be pay more attention and don't believe everything what is told to you. Advice to PEOPLE WHO WANT TO APPLY/WORK there: Just know that it's gonna be hard, it's a path full of sharp edges, one day you're the best guy ever and the next day you're a signature away from firing, and you can get fired for the silliest things ever, for example, saying the number of people that work here in total or how many stocks of a product are there. I work there now but if any other opportunity opens up for me, i'd definitely run away and my chances of returning to Apple would be very slim.",5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48774,apple,none," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a,good company to work in,sometimes bad to working in busy,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48775,apple,none," Mar 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great team,fast paced fun environment to grow,high expectations and limited opportunities for growth,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48776,apple,none," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,blue boy,"good job, blue boy know nothing","bad salary, it is for high school grad",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48777,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Innovative,"Working in a Specialist capacity you get to network and exchange ideas with a large group of like minded, creative individuals on a day to day basic.","On the flip side of that coin, working as a Specialist in a Sales roles reeks of having to deal with at times many irate and unwilling customers who are very rude and mean to staff as they pitch fits about the 'customer is always right' even when they make impossible demands.",Better pay and more respect for employees. Sales is a very hard field to be in.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48778,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Mar 1, 2014",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Best Place To Be In Retail,"If your a retail worker, there's no place like Apple in terms of pay and benefits. The company culture really resonates through its stores and provides an excellent working environment.","Moving up the chain of command, at least to management, is extremely difficult to do. Apple has extremely high requirements for higher level positions, usually requiring you to get experience elsewhere before they will even consider you. The salary is generous and is almost like a trap and that keeps you from moving on.",Consider hiring internally before looking externally. Your best person for the job is probably right in front of your eyes and you don't even see it.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48779,apple,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Apr 8, 2014",Former Employee - Graduate Programmer,dissapointing and received no support. Graduate programme is useless. (You just a sales consultant),Apple is a successful company which gave me the impression it would provide great opportunities.,"No support, expectations are ridiculous and graduate programme was not a graduate programme. After studying and receiving your degree you just a sales consultant and all training is only beneficial to the company. No support for students who still study.",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1216.htm
48780,apple,none," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,Best retail company to work for,"great customer service taught career advancement possible great environment, specially family room best pay available in retail great benefits even for part time",can be very political to advance as career you have to play politics and make management believe in you cant think out of the box. you have to believe in core ideas,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48781,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Expert,Bittersweet,"The company hires amazing people, they really do and they are great to work with. Good benefits and competitive pay.",A work life balance is very hard to do. The great people make it easy to allow the company to absorb all of your free time.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48782,apple,"Charlottetown, PE (Canada)"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Great Company to work for,"Very organized, fantastic support system and tons of resources for employees no matter what is needed","Lengthly interview process, very selective",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48783,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 14, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,May vary from store to store,"opportunity to work with amazing, talented people. great opportunities on discounts applicable to third party accessories. access to stock options, software, discounts on apple products, health benefits and more. lots of focus on training and time to meet with managers to discuss your goals.","poor work-life balance. retail hours are all over the map. our store focused primarily on attachments- one to one memberships and applecare. it created an incredibly negative environment for anyone working in sales and took competition out of the friendly zone. it was pretty much impossible to move up without sipping the kool-aid and racking up a good attachment rate. I don't know how it is at other stores, but it has been communicated to me that some stores may be more relaxed than others, depending on traffic. The customers can get really aggressive, to the point where they're yelling or grabbing at you.","instead of focusing on attachments, focus on what your employee excels at.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48784,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 27, 2014",Former Employee - Developer,Worst experience ever,Benefits and discounts are good considering the price of the devices,Management unable to understand employees needs No respect for employees Career opportunities are given only to manager's friends - no meritocracy at all,Learn to respect and motivate people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48785,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Good people, good benefits, good company","The full time staff in the family room are pretty great to work with. Depending on the store, the hiring teams do a pretty good job with hiring talent. Perks are decent, with regards to computer discount, accessories and partner hookups. Health benefits are wonderful. Trip to California depending on your role.","Managers can be a little too imposing with vision and culture, which can be good but a bit nauseating at times. Shift work. Being flexible for the needs of the business.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48786,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Good to start IT career with American company's vision.,"If you like Apple product, this is the right place. Company's vision is clear.",It's hard to go higher sometimes because of poor leadership.,Retail team and corporate team is very different and very far!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48787,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 18, 2014",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple retail is a nice job to have if you have your own side business. Don't even think about move up to corporate,Meeting a lot of cool people.,Too many talented employers but too many less intelligent managers. I mean it.,to who? to Tim Cook? I like him but I want Steve back. Please bring him back to us.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48788,apple,Bondi (Australia)," Feb 14, 2014",Former Employee - Expert,Training and development culture is unbeatable,"- Unequalled T&D - Supportive atmosphere - No commissions means you feel there is less pressure to succeed, but conversely you have more desire to do so",- No commissions - Very american happy go lucky culture - Promises of their internal culture are difficult for them to sustain,"Stop with the ""It's not about the numbers"" gas. It is, and it's fine if you admit it.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48789,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits,Great Medical / Dental / Optical Benefits,Low salary increments & long working hours,Treasure your employees more,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1217.htm
48790,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 17, 2014",Former Employee - Level2 Technical Advisor,Changed after the years,You get a good training at the beginning Even with less technical knowledge you get a channce there,Over the years Apple tend to see agents only as numbers They have a lot of targets to reach in numbers The human factor is pretty much eliminated,Keep in mind that the agent are human beeings and they have to deal with human beeings. This cannot be put into numbers (at least not completely),2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48791,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,i work in an apple store as a specialist and i love it,"positive, relaxed, fun, fast paced amazing work place!",i cant think of any.,keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48792,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 5, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Specialist at Apple,"Great people to work with, enthusiastic working environment",Pay could be better considering the company's financial position,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48793,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,Wonderful experience in a wonderful company :-),the company is always growing . Every product is a success. New building in Hollyhill .,Cork is very small and sometimes it's boring to live here. bad weather.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48794,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Inventory Specialist,"There is always something new happening at Apple, whether it is a new product launch or some other new process/initiatives, so the work is always interesting. Since they hiring process is very thorough most of the employees that do get hired are great people to work with. And while some would disagree I would consider the compensation an benefits to be very competitive.","There are very limited avenues for career progression, especially for those not interested in becoming a store manager. Managers have the ability to make exceptions for customers that you rarely get the same answer from different managers as they all are just making decisions on the fly as there is very little structure to their decision making. Sometimes there is too much focus of having the ""Apple"" attitude that those who do get the majority of the work done are seen as under performing as they aren't being ""Apple"" enough.",There needs to be more opportunities for people to build careers where they aren't stuck in the same position for 5+ years or else they will just keep leaving once they finally realize there is nowhere for them to go.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48795,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,Lots of possibilities,The best part about working for apple is its People and culture,The worst part is working Retail hours and weekends,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48796,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Genius,Love my store and the challenges I must face everyday.,"The Team. 1. You will work with some of the smartest, sassiest young kids out there, with amazing communication skills. A truly diverse group. 2. Management is always available and supportive. 3. Excellent environment where teamwork is truly valued. There is no such thing as ""dumb question""  And working at Apple, although very busy, is really fun.  The job itself is very challenging, yet rewarding. Every day we encounter so many customers (or ""restore relationships,"" as we say at Apple) with different personalities and needs. There is just so much to learn and absorb at such an accelerated pace.  Apple is also a very fair employer who really values everyone there.","If you are not ready to work diligently and expediently, collaborating as a part of a large team, don't bother!",More shadowing time or being shadowed by senior staff would be really beneficial. More feedback is always good!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48797,apple,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 1, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources,"It's a great company, nice colleagues and many good mentors who are helpful for your growth",Top elite brand Innovative environment Very good benefit,More employee engagement Better compensation Maintain corp culture,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48798,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Not what it used to be,"Good name for your CV, quite a decent salary. Very friendly co workers many people I am still in contact with, opportunity to learn if you want. Fun store meetings and good treats and food on special occasions especially product launches!  Some opportunity for career progression within store, but if you want to go to the corporate side your better off quitting and reapplying!","Training has become really lack, instead of teaching staff about the actual product (especially mac) the focus has been shifted to customer service focus. They treat you like children i.e. you have to ask permission for toilet breaks, ask to go on lunch break which are often scheduled far to early on in your shift (School like culture).  The management are extremely fake and patronising, speak to you as if you are 10 years old. Although there are no direct sales targets, they are extremely focused on the feedback received from customers so they can look good. Some of the best staff put on performance plans as they are claimed to not be innovative enough! Too many managers on the shop floor at one time simply baby sitting.  There used to be a relaxed culture that resulted in the staff delivering amazing customer service as they were generally happy, but now everyone is forcing themselves to look busy in a bid to avoid being approached by a manager. You have to act fake the whole shift, so actors this may be a good role of choice!  Also the staff discounts are rather stingy, only one real discount per year per product. No bonuses.",Invest in training again!! It will naturally have an effect on customer experience. Staff already possess good customer service skills otherwise they wouldn't have gotten the job initially.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48799,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Pretty decent but no opportunity to advance,"People! I dont have a bad thing to say about anyone I work with  Pay is pretty good for a retail job  The customer interactions are also pretty good fun. If you have banter and smile and do your best to find the best solution for the customer you will find the work very rewarding.  Perks - Apple being Apple gives pretty generous discounts on products, it also offers a pension scheme to all staff, even those working 15 hours a week, as well as discounted stock.  environment - the stores are light and in some ways rather beautiful. Management would rarely micromanage and support you to do what you think is best.","If you want to climb the ladder I would completely forget about it. Working for Apple Retail will get you NOWHERE near Apple Corporate. Lots of other employers however, including many customers, do appreciate your skills. Many staff in my store got offered jobs from customers.  Sometimes all the company talk and stupid phrases can be excruciating. You think 'omg, did you just say that?!'....it really is that stupid.",Show staff a little more appreciation instead of just words. A gift card or product/accessory would be nice from time to time.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1218.htm
48800,apple,"Southampton, England (UK)"," Feb 8, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,"High energy, demanding, confusing and incohesive management structure","High pay, interesting, great benefits","Do not believe the hype, they are still a retail company","communicate more, do not play games with your employees",3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48801,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 21, 2014",Former Employee - Specialist,Great Place - Great people,Awesome group of people. lots of talent. family oriented.,Gets too busy. can get stressful and overwhelming during busy seasons,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48802,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - Project Manager,Amazing place to work!,"Job satisfaction, mentoring, fantastic management for younger workers, workload versus remuneration is very well matched.","sometimes longer hours, not a downside really, it is all about progression and to do that work must be completed.",very happy with the current structure.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48803,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Specialist,You will meet lifelong friends and learn alot,"* Great people * Good Salary * Benefits - Canteen - Gym - Health Care - Medical Center * Fantastic Training and Learning * Communication with Management * Social Life and Parties * Excellent Networking possibilities  Obviously Apple will look amazing on your CV and it will help you get your foot in the door for other companies as they are very well respected. So, be excited if they give you an interview.","* Few Career Opportunities * Lots of competition and these are all really good people  Otherwise there are not really very many cons. Unless, you just don't work well in office environments as it is and are not good with people.",More focus on career building.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48804,apple,"Burlington, ON (Canada)"," Jan 17, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Amazing Place to work in,"People are great, company want to support you in any career experience you want to have, and the products sell themselves",Haven't come across any downsides,Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48805,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 16, 2014",Current Employee - Business Consultant,"Enjoyable, and continuous learning","excellent pay, staff discount, company reputation","can be long hours, stress levels can be very high",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48806,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 15, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Great company that challenges the status quo,Challenges makes it rewarding to work at Apple. Sense of achievement and never a dull moment. Job rotations are encouraged,Work life balance could be better,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48807,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 20, 2014",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),8 years wasted in a career-less exercise,"working with amazing talent and congenial people.  Getting to help people on a daily basis.  Free Water Bottle for Christmas*.  (*warning - may represent ironic suggestion that Apple rewards its hard working employees with embarrassing and insulting ""gestures"" from time to time)",Far too many middle Managers.  Middle Management are horrendously under skilled and over arrogant and micromanage to insanely frustrating levels of absurdness.  Staff treated like children.  Petty issues magnified out of all proportions whilst important and meaningful issues are ignored.  Almost no career progression for the vast majority of employees.  Less than adequate pay.  Free Water Bottle For Christmas!!,"I have none to share as I know you won't take it - but if any execs ever read this - the stores would function so much better with less managers who occupy their time controlling and interfering with every aspect of hard working peoples daily lives. The early days were blissful yet productive and my last days there were hell on Earth. I was lucky enough to serve Apple in the early days and during those times had a brilliant time, investing in training in a respectful and creative environment where everyones talents were appreciated and managers knew how to treat people like human beings. I have great sadness and fear for the wellbeing of those who still work at Apple.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48808,apple,none," Jan 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,A very good companies great service,They have no cons as I know of,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48809,apple,none," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome workplace!,I am working for apple india as solution consultant for iPhone since last 8 month. I should say its Best place to work at in general. Apple employees are apple-holics.,Cons are Very less chance to enroll in apple direct payroll as vacancies are very less. Management should hire good third party payroll,Employees need to be in apple India payroll.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1219.htm
48810,apple,"Waterloo, ON (Canada)"," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Exactly as reviews predicted,"Great coworkers, idolized product. The stores are iconic in both appearance and atmosphere. Uncapped learning potential. Tons of room to switch positions. The pay is fantastic.","Management in stores is a little faulty, favourites are picked and flourish. Part-time staff comes and goes quickly. Unfortunately, the job was exactly as reviews have mentioned it would be - it is quite disappointing to work for such a hugely respected company and have the managers be so petty.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48811,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 18, 2014",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple retail specialist,"The place is great for young people as well as the creative types. Most of your colleagues will either be from an art, music or media background, which is awesome for networking and being inspired. The environment pushes for excellence, which is also good if you have drive and are ambitious. A good experience for anyone","Mid-management upwards is just terrible with an exception of a few. Considering that a lot of them are terrible suggest that they are put under extreme pressure from higher ups.  My take on the politics is that, 1 - Little prospects because there are so many talented staff 2 - This results in competition between peers and middle-management 3 - you are told to work hard, But hard workers are a ""threat"" to middle management, as hard working middle management are a threat to weak senior management. 4 - This causes extreme favoritism for the employees who just follow like sheep, working hard for no reward.  You are more likely to do well in apple retail brown nosing than being good at your job.  Don't be fooled. Steve culture only remains written on the walls. Its all about money now.","Apple did well because of Steve culture. Your simply riding on that success. Figures don't lie, decline in apple interest is the result of the new culture currently being implemented to please the share holders short term pockets.",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48812,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 16, 2014",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Bittersweet, hard to maintain work life balance",Product discounts. Candidates hired tend to be very Smart,Lack of employer empathy towards subordinates,Employes need more reasons to stay with be company,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48813,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 28, 2013",Current Employee - Field Service Quality Engineer,Apple is a great company.,It is a good opportunity to work for Apple. Apple is the best Consumer products company of the world. You get good benefits. There is nothing negatively to say about Apple itself.,Depends which manager you have you get different kind of support. So it can be difficult to climb up the career ladder. A lot has been changed in the last years.,They should support their employees to reach their dreams.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48814,apple,"Waterloo, ON (Canada)"," Dec 30, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Supportive leadership team,"Family oriented company, and managers really look after you.","You've been given all the support, so the burden to improve is much greater.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48815,apple,Lisbon (Portugal)," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Telecom Channel Assistant,Another brick in the wall,"Employee discount, Casual clothes EVERYDAY!, Prestige...","No ownership, No creativity... Not what the brochure promised...",Stop drinking the cool aid,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48816,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 9, 2014",Current Employee - Specialist,Right people in the right place,- Fantastic discounts on Apple products and occasionally 3rd party accessories -Work with wonderful and creative people -New product launches are exciting and fun days -Holiday celebrations internally,-Cut hours if working too much over time -Pay is ok if you didn't negotiate when first hired -Higher management making unrealistic expectations,I challenge higher management to experience a specialist role for a day before making big decision that will affect the floor. Stop hiring people external and hire the people who work hard for the company internally.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48817,apple,none," Dec 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The most enjoyable and demanding retail job there is,"Decent pay, full benefits, even for part-timers","It is demanding work, and you lose your weekends to the job",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48818,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Not as one would expect,"Stable, secure, established, great staff discount",Absolutely no career advancement opportunities,"Look past the 'my buddy would be ideal for this new role', scenario, there are many people there who have much more relevant experience that could actually offer better ideas and team management abilities.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48819,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 23, 2013",Current Employee - Fraud Analyst,Fraud Analyst,Multinational environment Benefits Flexible working hours (depending on your role),Not many apart from strict rules,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1220.htm
48820,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Expert,"Was great, unique, now just bog standard retail.",Think different (used to) Flexible work hours,"Talentless middle managers with no leadership skills (outside hires) no promotion prospects, underpaid overworked. Cultures and values used as tool for productivity.","Fire all 90% of junior managers, no outside hire, more selective hires, way hire wages as no commision for people making money.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48821,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Its ok,Good pay when you reach top,Glass ceilings the limit. Once you get there... thats it,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48822,apple,none," Nov 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,"Good colleagues, good working environment",always too good to make you lazy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48823,apple,none," Nov 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A rewarding company with great support and amazing product,"The pros - Culture, support and product",Career progression can be a little hazy,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48824,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 10, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Over-promise, under-deliver.","Apple does an excellent job of recruiting people who are friendly, interesting, and conversationally engaging. The end result being that you're colleagues are a largely awesome group of people who you love working with.","The company recruitment material likes to brag about how your job is so much more than retail. What that really means is that it's retail, with a lot more hard work. You are either pushed to sell phones (and position a enormous number of add-ons) or you are trouble shooting the most tedious issues for weeks on end. It is a mentally and emotionally exhausting job.","When companies are taking staff members with multiple degrees and asking them to sell phone cases for 8 hours a day, there is something going wrong. There is no transparency between the work force and management, in terms of pay or in terms of processes. This needs to be addressed.  Career opportunities for the retail specialists who make up the bulk of the work force are also non-existent. It is not at all surprising that the company is seeing enormous turnover of staff at this level.",3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48825,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Nov 10, 2013",Former Employee - Human Resources,"If I had to work at a corporation, this one felt non-corportate. Almost like a constant startup.","Freedom, flexibility, wearing jeans, working on the most high-profile projects on the planet. Working with some of the best talent in business at the time. Launching products, hiring great people, and just seeing our products everywhere was great.","Sometimes a bit tough to work with the large personalities of senior management, and tough to influence HQ decisions from the global regions. As we great larger, it got more and more corporate (naturally). One thing though--I never really had time off. With the iPhone I was always tethered and there was an expectation that we would be on email and calls all the time, which was the price to pay for flexibility.",Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48826,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Great team of staff but intense goals and poor pay rise,"Great initial training, really interesting group of staff who are most often helpful and friendly. Nice accepting staff culture for the most part.","Depressing taking so much money for a company and earning so little. Too busy. Scheduling random, shift patterns unpredictable.",Less petty management. More pay!,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48827,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 10, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,I would say it was ok and secure having a job there,"Good trainings provided, but very strict about time management. Being on the phone all day long can be very exhausting. Especially when I was level 2.",It gets boring after a while and you feel like a robot.,Not always pushing people to there limits.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48828,apple,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Nov 12, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Good for experience, Bad for development",Fun place for work Good benefits Great product,Poor management Unfair salary system no help for career development,be fair to people pay more for people really get talent,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48829,apple,"Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Nov 10, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Likely to be an amazing experience, but not if you're a fan of Apple...","They hire great people consistently, people you will befriend for a long time. The perks are amazing (just not for your wallet!) and the launch events are always memorable. There are opportunities to develop your career by switching roles and getting training, if you are good enough.","Being the face of the most recognised company in the world is not always fun. You will have to take a lot of criticism and negativity on the chin for the company. If you aren't prepared for this, and have a lot of passion for Apple's products and vision, it gets quite hard so get ready to grow some seriously thick skin. The other issue now is that Apple Retail's priorities have shifted from the products to profits. I know you might think this is a 'duh!' statement, but I worked there for 5 years and watched the types of training and the attitudes of management change from being product-centric and non-target-driven, to new staff knowing nothing about the products and given target after target to hit. They will up-sell EVERYTHING to customers, despite being the most valuable brand in the world. This was central to me ending my career with Apple.","You do a great job at motivating your people but the targets are relentless and definitely not the spirit of the Apple of old. Maybe I'm naive in thinking that spirit died with Steve Jobs, but there was a noticeable shift in attitudes coinciding with that. Selling stuff to people who don't need it is part and parcel of retail, but it occurs at the extreme end of the scale at Apple and such high-margin goods. Be glad that they are buying your product without shoving care packages and training in their face too.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1221.htm
48830,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Oct 22, 2013",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,A reasonable place to work.,"Great pay and culture with solid training resources. Great benefits package, ESPP plan and RRSP matching.","VERY harsh management. Can be a very stressful place to work. Zero sympathy for failure and high expectations of success, even if it's nothing you have direct control over.",Give props and kudos where they are deserved. My upper management NEVER reached out after a success. Only when times were tough and sales were down did I hear from management.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48831,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 13, 2013",Former Employee - iOS at home advisor,You realize afterwards it was the wrong choice.....,"standard big company benefits, decent discounts on gadgets, 30% sunday shift bonus, 39 hours week","be careful with the at home advisor offer, they don´t pay for the space, electricity nor heating and you´re responsible for the safety of the equipment... they lack of transparency and they tell you after a week that you won't get paid if your internet or phone are down of no fault of yours and you don't get paid if the system is down as well (happens rarely though) if this happens 5 times you loose your job they also don't give the exact description and measures of the desk chair and work area they want until a week after you join... also the only thing they reimburse is the internet and that happens with a delay of 3 months so for example you get refunded for january eventually in april...and you need to chase them be aware that you´ll be receiving calls 8 seconds after a call finishes which could drive you crazy...you don't even have time to drink water and it rings again...if you tell the manager about it...you get an aggressive face asking"" so what now, think about it you can't cope with that? it´s gonna be always busy like that..."" your work is simply and ridiculously judged according to customer surveys, specifically a graphic....and that could make you loose your job very very easily and don't even try to argue that it´s not your fault the customer had to wait long (sometimes up to 30 minutes -not enough advisors-) or apple has very high repair prices or even that the colleagues before you just messed up and you receive the survey.... NONE will listen...the surveys don't get deleted so no effort is really made there...which is scandalous the turn around is very very high so none is worried about firing few agents...they have 3 or more training classes in one year and they hire people from abroad so they don't waist time checking anything...statistic ok you stay...not ok you go!!! theres a lack of consistency...for one advisor is one metric very important for the other another metric...so you´ll never know...you just could be fired although the most important metric is showing 100% but the less important one doesn't meet the standard....it could be just 4% missing that makes you loose your job.... I never in my working life had to tell a customer to please just consider my job and not the other factors when they evaluate the survey because that could make me loose my job....I had to do it with apple....you handle up to 60 calls a day and you are evaluated for an average of 35 surveys a month...also don't even try to argue about that!!! shifts are pure luck...dont count there on having a work life balance! Also BEWARE when they tell you the salary will increase to a specific amount after 6 months...it just doesn't happen...or you´re told oh it depends on performance now or there will be no increase this year.....so you just hear and read people leaving.... when you decide to work from home think that theres no career progression at all (not what they make you think in the interview or later), so you´ll be stuck doing that dull boring and often stressful calls every 8 seconds...when asked about moving back to the office the answer is theres no chair for you here or you apply and we will see.... Be careful with the interviewers they are just wolfs in lambs clothes.....management is incredibly careless... it´s very hard to keep your self motivated working for a company that doesn't care about you and your future.... there is a struggle to keep things positive and avoid the truth when its criticism or it gets a bit negative...some advisors even get away being aggressive to others during work only for the sake to keep things positive... it´s a very stubborn company, if they would only invest genuinely in the welfare and retention of their advisors like they invest in their design....it could be a good company to work for All in all Apple big name big shame you realize you did a mistake joining them when it´s already too late....","if things are this way it means that you want them this way.....lucky you, you get away with it and even get well paid for it...",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48832,apple,"Quebec, QC (Canada)"," Nov 2, 2013",Current Employee - Genius Administrative,"Great people, great potential, not so great opportunity and really poor career development.","-People! Most people are great, passionate and really gifted. A great place to meet young talent and have fun. -Obviously the benefits","One of the biggest company on earth if not THE one and it never made the top 100 best employers once, neither in the US nor Global. Here's why :  -Work conditions are bad. Imagine for each hundred employee you have a tiny break room, one toilet, one fridge, no place at all and a lot of stress and pressure to perform. -Working there is like being in a black hole. This company siphons talent, time and energy dry. Then they just let you rot until you quit and they replace you. -Salary is good compare to other places but it's really not that good when you consider everything you give in and the life quality you lose. Most people are better ending somewhere else and that's why they do. Plus the customer traffic is HUGE so the workload goes accordingly. -Career opportunities are close to none. You can get a promotion when someone is leaving and yes, a lot of people are leaving every year but this bear questioning why? -They work with headcounts so once the limit is met, even if the need for more employees is there, even if the metrics proves its there, they will not hire more or give any promotion. -Not enough staff. The workload is incredibly huge and at first you are motivated to give the best of services but you understand fast enough that they ask for the impossible. They could hire twice the number of employees and still it would be complicated so imagine how hard it is now. -Work/Life balance is bad. Part time employees will work mostly 4h shifts right in the middle of the day so it completely destroys their schedule, and full time employees will often work 8-9 days in a row including night and weekends and with only one day off in between (they have to organize with others to have 2 days off in a row).","Stop being hypocritical by saying things like : ""Our employees are the most important thing for us"". If it was true, the cons I mentioned would not exist. Stop being cheap and invest a little more in your employees and their work conditions. You could invest only 1% of the profits and it would make a huge difference (better/bigger break rooms, more lockers, better/bigger bathrooms, some bonuses for motivation, etc). That's what makes it so hard on the employees. You could easily care more but you just don't. And for the love of God, PLEASE HIRE MORE PEOPLE !!! (not 3%, 50% and more) It will be beneficial for the employees but also for the customers. It will help the metrics and the brand. It will certainly brings more people to the brand instead of pushing them away constantly.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48833,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 19, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Awesome,Great culture to do great work,You need to be self driven,Continue to listen,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48834,apple,"Southampton, England (UK)"," Oct 16, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple Retail UK great, Apple Retail Germany not so much","Enthusiasts all around you, right on to the products and 'hands on' experience. Understanding and motivating leadership at Apple Retail UK.","Very very limited perspective, low salary. Closed-door policy at Apple Retail Germany and horrible leadership there as well.",Implement a LOT more opportunities for bottom-up feedback from your valuable front-line employees.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48835,apple,New England (South Africa)," Oct 25, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Creative,Becoming Less Customer Focussed,Awesome Co-Workers and good benefits,Retail Hours and call outs,What Would Steve Do?,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48836,apple,none," Oct 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spoiled me!,- Great food  - Cali weather  - Focus on customer  - Engineers everywhere,- Too much cool aid,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48837,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Some great employees to work with but management is awful.,- Good salary - They employ quite a specific type of person so it's easy to get on with the majority of other employees - Good discount on Apple products - Food/drinks supplied on special occasions - Quarterly meetings have a fun theme to them,"- Staff are treated like children and even though they are told they are able to make 'tough decisions' it rarely is allowed - Put pressure on sale of addons like Applecare and mobileMe, previously - Every Sunday there is 2 hours of 'training' which is very boring and rarely educational - Those chasing progress throughout the are usually destructive to the atmosphere and morale of the entire store. - Very few entry level employees work their way up to corporate levels, like they are promised. - Management will often put rules in place then undermine it when the staff take criticism from customers, making themselves look good but destroying the hard work the staff members do in explaining why policies exist.","Accept that you are working in retail and that many of the people working in the Apple stores are doing it because the job market isn't great and treat them with the respect that they deserve.  Don't give customers what they want just because they shout at you when other staff members put up with it on a daily basis and are still able to stand by the policies that you put in place, even if we don't agree with them.",3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48838,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 7, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Two years of being a specialist at Apple Retail,"- You'll be working with a group of great people – a great chance to make meaningful friends and connections.  - You'll meet interesting customers too, and along with this comes good opportunities for networking. It's how I, and a lot of people, got their next job.  - In most stores, when it isn't too busy, it can be laid-back and fun!  - Wages are good for retail, and benefits (in terms of discounts and health insurance) were pretty fantastic.  - You get to work with and learn about amazing, fun new technology. Or at least tell customers about it...  - You're never expected to do anything off-the-clock, including emails. Good work/life balance in this sense.","- Scheduling is usually inflexible, especially a problem if you're part-time. Hours fluctuate between 15 and 40 hours a week for PT throughout the year, and you have no say in this.  - Incredibly sales and attachment driven, vastly more so than Apple will ever publicly say. If you can't hit your targets, management will give you a hard time and in some cases try to push you out.  - Management take the customer service culture very literally. For example, some will almost always side with the customer and not with you as an employee, leading many to feel undervalued and disrespected. Often you have to go with policy and give the customer a hard line, and when they ask to see a manager, they'll do almost whatever the customer wants and make you look like the bad guy. Probably common in retail, but seriously demotivating.  - The whole process of career advancement and development is very opaque and shrouded in mystery. If managers like you and you have good numbers, they'll give you opportunities – if not, you'll have to fight very hard to even hear about them in the first place and even more so to be considered. At my store the vast, vast majority of people never advance or get promoted, and many are trying very hard to.  - Customers at times can be brutal. At Apple you're the front face, up against people who have crazy expectations of what Apple can do for them. Free replacements of broken phones, discounts on purchases, six-month-later returns, free training, you name it – you're always the one who has to give them the bad news, and it doesn't always go well. I've been pushed, screamed and sworn at. Don't underestimate this one.  - When it gets busy, it really gets busy. It really tests your ability to deal with pressure and stress to the extreme when customers are pulling you in five different directions and managers are telling you do 'one to many' sales and support. Most of my managers became stressed out at these times, hyper-intense and irritable – and because they're so focused on making customers happy, they invariably take it out on the employees. I've seen unbelievably unfair and unprofessional behaviour from management to employees, and many have left because of it.","The 'credo' tells you that Apple's people – it's soul – is its people. Don't just say it, show it.",3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48839,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 23, 2013",Former Employee - Retail Store Manager,"Great training, terrible execution and practice","Great training, good colleagues and *some* good benenfits",Terrible practice of putting staff skills to task Very little internal promotion,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1222.htm
48840,apple,none," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,"Great place to learn and grow, to get a job elsewhere.","Great development, lots of learning opportunities if you are driven to improve yourself.",Very hard to get promoted.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48841,apple,"Southend-on-Sea, England (UK)"," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,New Technology Good Perks Benefits Team members can be informative and useful Customers can be fun to work with Management can be on your side sometimes,Slow advancement Wrong expectations Advancement Again Favorites are rewarded to often Cliche Some people do not leave the high school mentality behind,Respect team members that give 110 %,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48842,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 23, 2013",Former Employee - Finance,Working in Apple,"Fantastic products and interesting roles but flat organization resulting in limited career advancement opportunities. Could be mitigated by job rotations, however, limited opportunities provided to employees.","People are looking for the next big product, mgmt lack direction after the dismiss of Steve.  Organisation has changed such that employees are viewed as resources only.",Need to hear from the bottom ranks. They have good ideas and knowledge as you have trained them to be specialists in their fields.,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48843,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 31, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Amazing people and a focus on real quality,"Career opportunities, as the business has been growing in Europe there's a lot of new roles. Working your way through from Specialist can be really tough but it is possible and you need to constantly perform at a high level. There are incredible people all around you and the standards are so high that I think many young people give up after a year or two because they expect instant promotion or a career on a plate.  Its a brand thats easy to be passionate about, the product quality is second to none and its not really like any other retail business. I think the biggest win for Apple Retail is the culture, it stands apart from Apple Inc because of a very specific people-focused credo and entrenched standards.","Do not be fooled into thinking this is a way into Apple Inc. A lot of people think that by joining as a Specialist they'll somehow be designing the latest products within 5 years.  Everything is controlled from the US, this can lead to a less flexible understanding of the EU and its laws/practices that can cause problems as the company doesn't acknowledge the differences.  Can take longer to progress but this is because its an environment full of talented people.","Understand that you're running a global business, not just a US one.  Learn what made Apple Retail different, now that Steve and Ron have gone, the culture is harder to maintain and all of the monetary decisions from Tim are more in line with traditional retail business. This makes it hard for us to differentiate as a retailer from anyone else. Tim is excellent for Apple Inc, but less so for Retail.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48844,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 23, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,The fruit stall,The people you work with and meet whilst woking,"the people you serve and micro management, everyone thinks their the boss as soon as they get an iPad in hand.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48845,apple,none," Aug 23, 2013",Former Employee - Sales,Good place to work,"You can be very focus on your own responsibilities, so that you can have enough time and focus to make do it really good.",You don't really know what's happening around outside of your role. Some people may feel disconnected and losing the sense of belongings.,Could be a bit more open to staff to let them know where's the company's going.,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48846,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 26, 2013",Former Employee - Agreement Administrative,Ok experience,"Benefits including health cover, life assurance, pension scheme and sick pay scheme according to contract of employment.",Company's culture  Rowdy hiring process  Obvious and persistent salary discrepancies among employees  Training serves no purpose,"Overall the experience was not that bad. The company is still growing and sets new records every time a new product comes out, and this necessarily translates into opportunities. The atmosphere is pretty laid back and you never have to worry about the way you dress. The only problem though is the lack of transparency. Employees know nothing about what is going on. The management comes up with some ""new resolutions"" that often do not make sense. The management is also heavy on friendship and the best employees all end up leaving the place at some point for not being rewarded. I found the management rowdy and rough with some employees on many occasions. You will work 7-day shift (soon graveyards?). You get absolutely no bonus for working one language or several. Apple the brand is appealing. The employer is a different story.",1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48847,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 22, 2013",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Mix of positive and negative - position is,"Flexible(ish) hours, decent salary + commission structure, pride in getting to say you work for Apple, decent employee discount for personal and friends/family, relative freedom in this position as you work largely on your own.","Have to work weekends all the time, management doesn't truly listen to concerns about traffic and general business, they just want more sales and don't care how you get them, if store traffic is down so is your commission (generally),","Stop forcing ASCs to treat their role as if it's their own business - they have no control over most of what happens in the retail store they are placed in (Best Buy or Future Shop) and are little more than glorified trainers/sub-managers. Listen to your employees when they talk about traffic, demographics and other concerns - don't just brush it off saying it's the same everywhere. Guess what? It's not.",3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48848,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Aug 7, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Good place to work,gets you out of your comfort zone. Things are always changing and you have to grow and evolve with it. Prepares you for many different situations whether its for work or personal.,"Canadian management is long in the tooth, lack-lustre and don't really have any truly corporate executive experience. -Too much kowtowing to US management","Fearless feedback should be followed. leaders should be LEADERS. my self esteem has suffered because for over a year, i was told only what i was doing wrong and how horrible i was at my job. 99% of my customers loved me and requested to work only with me yet when i made a mistake i never heard the end of it. quit singling people out because other employees notice. i am so disappointed in this company.",5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48849,apple,none," Aug 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,Great place to work best place ever,Well every company has ups and downs,Stay as you are,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1223.htm
48850,apple,Brisbane (Australia)," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,Unlike anything else.,"You will get to help people in one of the most fair, committed and customer-friendly retail experiences on the planet. The products are fantastic, and the people you will work with, in the vast majority, are young, excited and motivated.","The pay isn't great for the effort you have to put in - you will make the same as zero-effort retail roles in other stores, yet be expected to do so much more. Retail runs to 7-day availability, so don't expect weekends off, or to nominate days off.","You need to incentivize, and pay your staff more. The level of professionalism in Apple Retail is high, and for the level of service we consistently deliver, the pay is not.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48851,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 27, 2013",Former Employee - Product Specialist,You'll get brainwashed and will be treated like someone with no rights or opinions.,"Salary was really good, but it took me some time to see that money won't buy happiness and contentment.","Management is horrific and utterly unprofessional Employees are not being taken care of (I worked every(!!!) single weekend for over one year, plus late shifts for 4 months consecutively) Employees are treated as cash cows (see above) No loyalty whatsoever Two of my managers threatened me with termination for no decent reason and told me my leisure time would get hold off my job which needed to be talked about (WTF) Area managers somewhat unprofessional and narrow minded Career opportunities only given when crawling into other manager's backside. ...  This list is actually barely exhaustive.",Not necessary as nobody will listen anyway.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48852,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,"Overworked, Underappreciated",You get to tell people you worked for Apple. It does look good on a resume. You'll get some discounts on some cool products and possibly be able to go to Cupertino (if they REALLY like you),"Too many to list. This job really isn't worth it. You are treated terribly by customers AND management. Managers are more concerned with their bonuses than anything else. They are very metrics driven and you must meet your sales targets or else you will never move anywhere else in the company. If you aren't hitting sales targets you'll be harassed daily. The management will flat-out lie to you about things and are excellent manipulators. You have zero work-life balance and you will not be able to choose your days off. You have to work throughout August and December as they are ""black out periods"" and you will never get inside information about products or upcoming releases. They are VERY strict about the way you speak or conduct yourself while on the sales floor. If you say something they deem to be out of line you will be reprimanded. They love to use the whole ""we're forward this offence to HR"" line just to scare you. Management are bullies, plain and simple.",Don't treat us so terribly. We're not your slaves and your bonuses aren't as important as our wellbeing.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48853,apple,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 19, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Analyst,"Great place to work, but low opportunities",Work with the besy and learn a lot,growth opportunity. You can do your jobs for years without been promoted.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48854,apple,"Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India)"," Jun 26, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Vice President,amazing company,its a best it company,working at the foreign country,let others to go at the sites like at the other country..,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48855,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 3, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,The best retail company you will ever work at.,"At Apple as an employee you feel important - the culture of feedback is central, and while you get great constructive feedback from the management team, you can also give it back, as well as sharing feedback with your fellow team members - and it is actually listened to! There is also ample room to grow for the right person, and if you work really hard it's quickly noticed and rewarded. The difficult application process and extensive training means you'll be working in a team of intelligent, creative and fun people and every day will be different.","You could get sucked in to the career and lifestyle - and if this is not your career choice but a stop-gap you could end up looking around in 5 years time and realise this wasn't actually what you wanted to do! You also get all your friends, family, acquaintances, people you meet on the bus asking you for insider info on new products and wheedling you for a discount. That can get annoying.",Remember to keep the core values close to your heart - those were the best managers - the worst ones were the ones that treated it as just another management job and forgot what Apple is all about.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48856,apple,none," Jul 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great team, great company","Amazing people, positive work environment",People expect tech support from you.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48857,apple,none," Jun 23, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"development in c++ , worked in data structures and algorithms","good pay w.r.t other c++ employers, development in c++ , worked in data structures and algorithms and work is good and interesting ,","nothing , everything is fine . keep it as it is . nothing needs to get changed","nothing . you are good ,",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48858,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 25, 2013",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Interesting products, offering great future scope. Great conversations with clients who appreciated the value added for business. Personally engraved sign at desk..","Poor management structure, poor team spirit which lead to negative comments and worry within the respective language groups. Mis-managed and poor recruitment process.",Please do not lie to staff regarding permanent contracts in order for them to stay in Cork,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48859,apple,none," Jun 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very interesting it proved that it's worthness,every work is well organised over there,there would be certainly no cons because it was the company which had a former ceo steve jobs,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1224.htm
48860,apple,"Southend-on-Sea, England (UK)"," Jun 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Design Engineer,nice experience of course a dream come true for every apple an,"high pay,top company , nice infrastructure, free transport, nice co workers","working hours,shag alone,no bathrooms, on time submissions",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48861,apple,"Birmingham, England (UK)"," Jun 20, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"The best retail career you could possibly ask for, but there are always a few cons","Unlike previous retail jobs and especially in this store you are ALWAYS busy, which makes the time fly by. You meet some really interesting people from a variety of backgrounds who use Apple products. opportunity for promotion is there.",Sometimes was a bit chaotic. Difficult to make substantial changes due to the uniform nature of Apple stores globally. Sometimes very political especially if you didn't socialise with everyone.,Engage more with part-time staff and train staff accordingly in regards to targets (which do exist) but aren't as hard pressed as other retail stores.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48862,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 5, 2018",Former Employee - EPM,Pressure Cooker,Working alongside with the smartest people in the industry.,"Stressful place, where you have to get work done in very little time.",Give your employees work-life balance.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48863,apple,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple and my experiences,creative and fun environment to work in,favoristism and long standing hours,be nice,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48864,apple,"Winnipeg, MB (Canada)"," Jul 12, 2013",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,singled out and torn down,"generally speaking, co-workers were great to work with, same with customers","serious lack of positive reinforcement. you never hear the end of it if you do something wrong and nothing when you do well. managers are completely uninterested in the employee side of the story. managers single people out. zero work-life balance. fearless feedback is a load of bull and management doesn't follow their own policies. i was constantly and consistently put down and with the exception of two leaders, was spoken down to and treated like i was incompetent and i know i'm not. they always focused on what you did bad and didn't give a crap when you did something well. once labelled, you will stay labelled. little room to move and grow. near zero support for dealing with abusive customers.","fearless feedback should be followed. leaders should be LEADERS. my self esteem has suffered because for over a year, i was told only what i was doing wrong and how horrible i was at my job. 99% of my customers loved me and requested to work only with me yet when i made a mistake i never heard the end of it. quit singling people out because other employees notice. i am so disappointed in this company.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48865,apple,"Sheffield, England (UK)"," May 26, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Good fun, not long term","Working in the retail stores is fast paced. You'll barely get a chance to breath and you'll learn a lot about yourself. Some of the career experiences are fantastic and you'll get exposure to lots of information and learn a lot about different areas of retail, training, B2B etc.","The expectations. There are no bonuses, be it pay or real recognition, but the work you're expected to do is of the highest calibre. The hours are unforgiving and the stress of certain days are not for the light hearted. Progression is difficult depending on what route you're looking at. Forget corporate.",Look inside to hire,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48866,apple,none," Jun 5, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Canada Mgmt Incompetent (Corporate),Some very smart and hard-working people Well-run (in California),"-Canadian management is long in the tooth, lack-lustre and don't really have any truly corporate executive experience. -Too much kowtowing to US management",Package the occupiers of the corner offices,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48867,apple,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 22, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple Store specialist interview,"It's a great company with great culture. And you feel people in Apple full of energy, driving them to develop great product there",Strictly private! You are not allowed to post anything related to apple,Show your interested in every aspect of apple.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48868,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 30, 2013",Former Employee - Genius Administrative,Not even an iPod shuffle,-Amazing People -Great for resume -Keeps you on your toes -Always in the know of new technology,"-Company and Management do not care about you -Small space, alot of people -No incentives",Try to learn about the technology...don't be afraid of the floor..come out if the office.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48869,apple,none," May 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great opportunity,gets you out of your comfort zone. Things are always changing and you have to grow and evolve with it. Prepares you for many different situations whether its for work or personal.,"They have great values but not all of the leadership really know how to embody them and it hurts what Apple states they're trying to achieve for their ""people"" the employee's",Follow through. Listen to your employees and constantly challenge yourself to ensure you're meeting the needs of the internal customer the same way you strive to meet the needs of the external customer,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1225.htm
48870,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," May 2, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,Great place to work,The people are all so friendly,Happiness is addicting. Also ended up working more than I planned,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48871,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Enterprise Advisor,Enriching,"Good Employer, not too restrictive, and understanding",Other employers based in cork are paying much more for technical support.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48872,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Hard to get the job..,"Very high skilled inter personal people. The stores and offices are one of the best. Always keeping up people, who are well talented in their field.","Update notifications would be great in order to make future plans as being a prospected candidate. Sometimes, work/life balance was getting over and over.",The hiring progress takes such an huge time without giving any notification for candidates,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48873,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Business Sales,You know where you work with it's ups and downs,"- Leading ""New Technology"" company, just a great place to be at that time - Company philosophy and commitment - Flat organisation - Work place",- Siloed organisation - Low personal development support - Lack of commitment outside of the consumer area - Budget constraints,"Cut the politic, support staff initiatives and improve personal development",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48874,apple,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," May 2, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,"Decent company to work for, though there is sales pressure without compensation.","Great colleagues, okay development, good training in competencies and personal development. Best possible discount on Apple products (still not that much). Best part is colleagues.","Worst part is the pressure to add attachments to sales, though there is no compensation for this and it sometimes feels like they want you to push attachments on customers even if it isn't the right fit for the customer.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48875,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 21, 2013",Former Employee - Retail Specialist,Working at Apple is like joining a cult,For a retail job it pays slightly higher then a clothing store,"Extremely high expectations with no incentive to succeed other then to not be fired. Do not expect any commission, do not expect to work with attractive people, do not expect positive reinforcement or effective coaching.",You are desperate nobody's who have aligned your personal self worth into a giant corporation's success with nothing else in your lives to make you worth knowing or speaking to. Absolutely pathetic.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48876,apple,none," Apr 13, 2013",Current Employee - Customer Service,"Great culture, except for the Contact Centre ethos","Gym, health screenings, employee purchase plans, equipment is top notch, on-site mailroom is handy. Culture is informal yet fast-paced, innovation encouraged",The contact centre feels more and more like a call centre each day - also the opportunities for growth and career development are becoming more and more scarce,"To maximise employee retention and productivity, invest as much capital and time in the contact centre employees as is invested in employees of other departments.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48877,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 5, 2013",Former Employee - Demand Forecasting,Friendly and modern environment,Apple is filled with people who strive to succeed and people that are always there to help. The office is extremely modern with an iPad controlled coffee machine. The discounts on the Apple products and benefits are extremely good.,Progression within Apple is almost impossible. No matter how much time and effort you put into your work and how talented you are its almost impossible to climb up the ladder in Apple. Numerous people have left for this reason. You have to sign a 3 month termination contract so if you are looking for a job whilst at Apple you will most probably have to give in your resignation before you can start looking for a job unless the company hiring you is willing to wait 3 months!,Apple in London have almost no options for personal development. I was given numerous projects to manage but was unable to find a project management course available to me. With project management a leadership program would have been great as I would be in charge of leading teams however only managers and senior managers were invited to attend this program that runs once in a couple of years.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48878,apple,none," Apr 16, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"All in all a draining, demoralizing and frustrating job.",Work with great educated people.,The management are a complete contradiction to what apple retail is all about. There is no real progression.,The management need to learn to be honest and cut the corporate chat.,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48879,apple,none," Mar 23, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Apple is fantastic. I think you have to accept the strong culture and be part of it instead of change it.,"Apple has excellent benefits and a very competitive salary. It's a great place to work and the people are super smart. The culture is incredibly strong so if you're an apple person, you'll love it there.","very very corporate - so be careful and make sure you follow all rules. There are a lot of things that you won't be able to change about the company, so don't try and be willing to accept a lot of things that just are because its 'the apple way'.",HR managers are more for company and less for employees. This should change.,4.0,2.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1226.htm
48880,apple,none," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),I left as it was so terrible,"none what so ever your a cog in a money making scheme with no chance of promotion, benefits, or anything i can think off","I worked for apple for some time, i could not recommend it to anyone, everyone works on a 16 hour contract so they can stop you from getting a pay rise or holidays or health cover, would end up going in for 2 hour shifts loosing money due to travel costs, and its like a brain washing machine, how can someone advise you on tech products when all the other staff use is an iphones, i use mac windows android you name it, i think it makes no sense to say you can only use one or the other ? Also the managers are not tech trained and could not organize a shift pattern if they tried, apple is like a religion for some, they do try and brain wash you its sad because some people just cant see it happening to them its like hitler youth? plus the wage is terrible imagine working all hours screaming customers, massive ques of people all for minimum wage ? if i had to choose between mcdonalds and apple id pick mcdonalds.",leave,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48881,apple,none," Mar 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, then bad, getting good again","Rewarding, good pay considering the sector, great discount, meet some absolutely amazing people.","Internal hierarchic nature or long serving staff, new management sometimes don't 'get it'.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48882,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Mar 21, 2013",Former Employee - Expert (Apple Store),"Decent pay, but you earn it.","Competitive financial compensation, but you'll never be busier in your life. You will learn more about customer service and managing relationships than you ever have before.","It's still retail at the end of the day. There is a glass ceiling. It's very difficult to get into leadership roles, and even harder, near impossible to go corporate. Only 2% make it to Corporate. So many talented people had to leave.","Stop brining in outside management. Promote your own people. Too many talented people have already left because they had to put up with political bs from ex-Gap, Pottery Barn, Old Navy managers who don't ""get apple"".",4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48883,apple,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Mar 22, 2013",Current Employee - Genius,Awesome.,Good colleagues and good working enviroment.,"Sometimes it's hectic, and you need to be fast.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48884,apple,none," Mar 22, 2013",Former Employee - Online Sales Manager,Definitely the best company I ever work for!,"Great product, great people, great company",To much process and procedure,keep up the good work,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48885,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 14, 2013",Current Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,A company that truly is different and has a culture like no other.,Most of the time it doesn't even feel like your working. Good pay. Great room for advancement. They really provide you with the sense that your part of something bigger. A company that communicates great internally. You will meet some amazing people working at Apple,Extremely strict about protecting information and protecting the brand. Sometimes you have to deal with the extreme Apple enthusiast (who wants to tell you about every Apple product they have ever owned) or Apple hater (Who 90% of the time has never owned any Apple product or used any for more than a few mins but tells you about all the negative things their friends say about Apple) Other than that nothing bad to say.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48886,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 12, 2013",Current Employee - ITunes Technical Advisor,Great Experience International Environment Friendly Atmosphere,"It's a great experience to do , discounts and awards with Apple products, challenging job, and possibility to advance career if you are good of course","Shift within the team create problems in social activities outside job, and inside the job with breaks and lunch, sometimes job could be boring, sometimes too much attention on Stats","increase social activities within the team,",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48887,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Mar 11, 2013",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Honest,"Friendships, culture and discounted products.",Ambiguity amongst management and employees. Career opertunities can often be falsehood.,Be honest.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48888,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Amazing experience. I'd recommend it to anyone.,"a very innovative, and intensive 13 day training process, good wage, excellent work environment.","it is retail... so there are odd hours, and sometimes pissed off customers, but overall, its the best it gets for a job in retail.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48889,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 4, 2013",Former Employee - Intern,Most comfortable work environment,Employees are provided with the most comfortable and amicable workplace and work environment.Every single employee is friendly and supportive,Apple Singapore doesnt recruit fresh garduates,Singapore should recruit Fresh Graduates,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1227.htm
48890,apple,none," Mar 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good money, but no life",Good salary and nice office.,"Stress, unqualified managers, no respect for personal time.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48891,apple,none," Feb 27, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Glad to have been a part of it,"Real sense of achievement. Having been there a long time, seeing it grow from niche to global player was truly special","Salary and benefits outside of the US not that competitive, especially for long serving non-sales staff.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48892,apple,none," Feb 25, 2013",Current Employee - AppleCare Training Instructor,Amazing company. Awesome people. Insanely great products.,"Great company to join if you're a hard worker, passionate about what you do, and want to develop new skills in a challenging yet friendly environment.",Do expect to work longer hours if you want to succeed and get promoted to your dream job at Apple. Flexibility and dedication are expected at all levels of the company.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48893,apple,none," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool but a bit of a cult.,passionate and interesting colleagues. great work environment. generous perks.,takes over your life - they demanded a lot for a casual retail job. it's good if you love the brand and want to become a genius for the rest of your life but not suitable if you just want some spare cash to get through uni!  too many hierarchical buzz words- which provided a bit of a cultural clash between the american structure and the australian egalitarianism.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48894,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 13, 2013","Current Employee - FT Sales Specialist, IPhone Expert, Bus Ambassador (Bus Sales)",Best company to work for,Working at Apple truly does not feel like working at all. You are with people that truly love to be there and do not drag their feet in to work everyday. That feeling you get when spending time with family during a fun occasion or with friends at a party...this is what it feels like to work for and at Apple.,I have nothing bad to say about working for this fantastic company.,It's always good to speak to your team if they are in a rutt. Don't direct them on what to do...ask them how you can help them through it.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48895,apple,New Delhi (India)," Feb 11, 2013",Former Employee - ISC,Good Experience.,It is a globally trusted brand and have a very high value of its name.,Seniors are so good but not so good as they should be.,Should make the seniors more approachable and available at the time of need.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48896,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 31, 2013",Former Employee - Genius,Good for learning some new skills but poor career progression,"Great coworkers with a wide range of backgrounds and experience. Possibility to gain insight into how a large and hugely successful retail organisation is built, specifically with the way in which Apple runs its business as it is considerably different in approach to many other high street retailers. Good advancement up to a point if you are willing to play the corporate game. Great up to a certain point but then if you really want to do anything beyond Retail you have to leave, which culminates in Apple losing their most promising staff.",Once you reach a certain level within the Retail side there is little further training or progression beyond possible management positions and even these are seldom promoted from within the staff with outside hires being the norm. Poor salary with little increases for long service meaning you are stuck in an underpaid job with no possibility for progression.,"Stop hiring outside managers from other retail stores. New management does not understand the attitude of general Apple staff which is to do a good job in their own way, not taking well to micromanagement. While this may have worked at other Retail stores this does not work at Apple and leads to confrontation between management and staff that could otherwise be avoided.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48897,apple,"Southampton, England (UK)"," Feb 11, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Great staff but no respect for personal time,"The team you work with are a great, talented bunch if people. There is always a buzz and you're never bored.","The needs of the business are always far more important than your needs as a human. There is no respect for your personal time and the scheduling is an over complicated mess. There is too much""micro-managing"". There seems to be a lack of opportunity for career progression unless you're willing to live out of a managers pocket.","Recognise people for who they are and what they can do, and stop favouriting people because they're talking the right talk to you. Respect your staff as real people and be willing to make changes for them.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48898,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 21, 2013",Current Employee - Specialist,The retail experience,"Great people, active and fun atmosphere, flexible, will help you to develop, training is the best in the business.","Some staff clueless, don't appreciate you if you contribute above and beyond, require devout relationship to products, alternatives as a suggestion frowned upon.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48899,apple,none," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,material engineer,"good salary, benefit and good development","dont have open mind. sometimes, we dont know what we do",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1228.htm
48900,apple,none," Jan 31, 2013",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Not at all what I expected,"Co-workers, product discounts, occasional interesting client projects.","High school politics, micromanagement, holding up opportunities for potential people, constantly teaching people basic computer skills gets mundane. Work/life balance is terrible. I don't see much of a future here. ""Credo"" and ""culture"" are a bit to be desired. One thing to believe in the products but the culture is way too much ""juice"" with their ""fearless feedback"", etc. Too many employees also don't know much about the product and use.","Let Creatives actually BE Creatives! My store was mismanaged from the get go with management making it seem like getting your certifications in pro apps was a ""reward"" when it's supposed to be part of your job! We lost potential with more professional users and have become known as a ""retirees"" club. It's becoming mundane! Also, retail hours in general just suck but even more so when it's 9 hour days. Good luck EVER having a work/life balance and kiss the family goodbye. Mentally draining and feel like my brain is going to mush as the repetitive same questions from customers becomes tiring.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48901,apple,none," Jan 16, 2013",Former Employee - Manager,"Goo company to work for, can get better","Excellent innovation, think out o the box culture",Not for people who aspire true corporate culture and regular 9-6 jobs,Continue down the same path of innovation,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48902,apple,none," Jan 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They get it.,"Great benefits, positive work-life balance, the employees tend to be interesting people who are passionate about their jobs, a company that is never content and constantly seeking new ways to innovate and be leaders in the industry.","Cultish following, pay is average (but great benefits more than make up for that).","Keep looking for ways to shake things up, the horizontal structure is working very well, if you let some of your best minds go, let them know they're always welcome back!",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48903,apple,none," Jan 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a lot of movement,Great environment to work in,No clear direction with development.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48904,apple,none," Jan 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Very flexible around my college class schedule. The people at Apple are great, always willing to help. Great communication with coworkers and management. Great tools for learning and doing your job better.",I thought the hourly rate was a little low for a company like Apple.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48905,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 12, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Fantastic company to work for that is relentlessly driven to succeed,"Great A-Players all around. Culture that is fast paced, demanding and laser focused on results forces you to perform to stay on top of your game. Great culture to be in.",Relatively flat hierarchy limits vertical career advancement. Being relentlessly driven also means it is not easy to achieve work/life balance.,Always remember Steve and what he stood for and believed in. Keep making insanely great products!!!,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48906,apple,none," Jan 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,good company. good environment good culture.,no cons of this great company,nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48907,apple,none," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If your looking for a great way to work with Apple while in college, this is a great way to do it.","Benefits, work experience with Apple, potential to Advance.",Takes a considerable amount of dedication and time beyond the required and set hours.,More hands on training.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48908,apple,none," Dec 30, 2012",Current Employee - AHA Advisor,I like it,Great benefits overall. Great corporate stewardship.,"Rigid scheduling, inflexible hours. Locked in for months.",Reward employees who sacrifice more.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48909,apple,none," Dec 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is exciting,I have many of my friends over there,Nothing so much it is just that the employees are pre-occupied to themselves,Try manufacturing bigger Retina Display screens,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1229.htm
48910,apple,none," Dec 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work for,great company to work for,there are no cons that i can think of,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48911,apple,none," Jan 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stress & Opportunity,"Fun, fast-paced environment. Great team spirit & diversity.","Stressful sometimes, having to represent apple to the masses.",Pay more,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48912,apple,none," Jan 7, 2013",Former Employee - Specialist,Great coworkers but can be difficult environment,Other employees are amazing.! Great sense of teamwork and management is usually on your side and will defend you during a difficult situation. Pay and benefits are great as well.,Can be frustrating dealing with rude and upset customers. You just have to be understanding and try to see their side of the picture. Not many opportunities for growth and seems like they don't promote from within the company (at least on the retail store side).,"Trust your employees. They usually know what they're doing and really do have the company and customer as priorities. Also, it's important to help those employees who want to develop and grow with the company. The opportunities for growth aren't really offered to many employees.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48913,apple,Roma (Australia)," Jan 23, 2013",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),totally dissatisfied there's no career,they pay on time and the contract is regular,once they put you the blue t-shirt they forget your previous experience and skills and you can forget any career in this place. You will probably remain there without opportunities. Managers are taken from other companies like jeans or shoes companies instead of letting you grow with time. (and you could be even and electronic engineer),"coming from other companies like shoes or fastfood or jeans, judge by yourself",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48914,apple,none," Jan 2, 2013",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Was great. Now sucks.,Good pay and great benefits.,Profits have become far more important than people.,Live the credo.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48915,apple,none," Dec 17, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"awesome, fun and exiting","great people, job opportunities and wages","food, cramped, stress, time management",keep doing what you´re doing it´s great,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48916,apple,none," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to be here,I have enjoyed working for the past few years and have learnt quite a bit. Made good friends and will recommend this place to any of my friends.,"nothing really pops up as cons.. it depends on the person, team and the management.. good luck!",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48917,apple,none," Dec 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Learned a lot about customer service,Too many people who do not care and not enough passion,Treat everyone equal,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48918,apple,none," Dec 24, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Nice working environment. Fantastic to have Apple name in the resume.,Asians are just as good.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48919,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 23, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Nothing to Shout About,"Great in terms of having Apple on your CV, as it is a prominent name in technology today. Great people that you work with, and a moderately good salary for retail.","They take the idea of everything being 'the same' too far - they treat small stores the same as big stores, particularly in management roles, which in big stores like Regent Street, are poorly used. Employees don't feel valued or respected by the company, and feel like just another face that has been roped in because they know how to put on a smile.","Do something about the bigger stores management, particularly Regent Street. Managers keep on getting added, but none of them actually do any work, and when asked about what they do, they act all secretive. Very much one-sided when it comes to the much idolised idea of 'communication' - management never communicates with us. I asked Store Leaders to communicate with me several times and keep me and the team up to date with our feedback, to which they promised to do so, but never did. Major letdown, especially for such a prestigious company. Our store (Regent Street) actually works better in terms of NPS and staff happiness when managers are on 'awaydays'.",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1230.htm
48920,apple,none," Dec 5, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent but straitjacketed experience,"One of the best companies in the world - very exciting to be a part of, and does wonders for CVs Chance to work with smart, interesting and motivated people Very friendly Also something new to learn Challenging","Very, very rigid Not much scope for creativity Execution rather than initiative",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48921,apple,none," Dec 1, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,It is a great place.,One is always learning new things whether hardware or software.,The only draw back is that if you are in the retail end it is retail so the hours 7 days a week just like any other retail situation.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48922,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 30, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Representative,An enriching experience working with an amazing group of individuals,- Great benefits - Enriching journey - Amazing insight into the works of one of the best companies,1. Hard to transition towards corporate,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48923,apple,none," Nov 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Top,"Relentless commitment to design, quality, and user experience keeps everyone focused on doing the right thing.","The culture of secrecy permeates the business, making broad changes sometimes more difficult.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48924,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Cashier,A life changing experience,"Amazing experience, and great life skills that will be taught.","Internal politics, and bad pay at Retail shops.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48925,apple,none," Dec 12, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,mac technician,being around computers all day,egotistical costumers who are rude,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48926,apple,none," Nov 27, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,customer service representative,Benefits of the employee yea,long hours working 24 hours a day,listen to employees more,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48927,apple,none," Nov 26, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,The work environment at Apple is really great. The company is responsive to employees and customers. They enjoy keeping talent and (within all means possible) do their best to retain people through great benefits and a stimulating career.,"Like any retail job, the hours are flexible. If that's what you're looking for because you're in school or have a second job, then it's a pro for you.",I think one of the best aspects about working for Apple is that the company is structured in a way that gives employees plenty of opportunities to provide feedback.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48928,apple,none," Nov 25, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, with some intermittent bad experiences.","Excellent workplace Good working times Overall, most of the employee experience was good except for a few things here and there that could have been better. Discounts on Apple products.",Limited communication with other areas. Very little differences in day to day work for most of the less prominent jobs. Few discounts on Apple products.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48929,apple,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," Nov 23, 2012",Current Employee - Test Engineer,OUTSTANDING.,Its because they have the mechanisms that they deserve to called a Huge Industry in related to Gadgets and Technologies.,"None, because the Apple Company bashed the Decks of Technologies.",Keep Up the Good Work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1231.htm
48930,apple,none," Nov 27, 2012",Current Employee - AHA IOS Advisor,Drink the Koolaid @ Apple.,"- Excellent health benefits at a very decent cost. - Average to above average pay for position and it was full-time. - Work with exciting products. - They reimburse you for internet/phone. - You get a pretty nice iMac to use at your home for job functions. - Working from home (Can be a con as well, see below)","- Working from home (This could be a pro for some) as long as you are a definite homebody, if not you will get sick of it fast. - Management is scattered and clueless, and they are always hiring new Team Manager's instead of finding someone from within to promote. These people are as clueless about things as new hires are, because they are new hires. - Everything is very number driven about your goals. Even the ""mini-teams"" we had with a leader of each team. There was at least 4-5 emails per day about something number related. - To be on the frontier for technology, Apple's internal systems ALWAYS go down, or something is wrong with them. You are expected to maintain the same customer focus even though you don't have the tools to do your job. - While experiencing down time due to system errors, the main system iLog can't track your login times. Don't expect to be paid for this as I was told I will not be, even though you were working with internal departments to get it resolved. Work for free! - You are tracked by aux codes in iLog system you use to help customers. - Some people are helpful, but you also have people that don't want to assume responsibility when you transfer a call to their department. A lot of people are very snobby and have the ""big head"" about knowing their products. Most of these situations are people that have been with Apple for several years. - The company is experiencing growing pains. I am very OCD and it drives me nuts how backwards and disorganized the tools you use and the management is about daily processes. - Putting in comments and fixing your time card can be a nightmare if you have vacation or sick time to input. - Very hard to move into a substantial role within the organization. Whether you continue to work from home or move into retail. It's slim to none, unless you reside/work in California or Texas.","- Get the systems required to do our jobs in correct working order. I understand things go down sometimes, but this was happening more than 2 times per week. - Make sure your managers' are trained before letting them manage a team if they are new hires, or even if they were promoted. - Get all the internal systems synced, working correctly, and organize everything. Most of the systems right now are just sloppy. - Make it easier for people to transition into different roles, especially if you go to other corporate locations or retail. It shouldn't be treated like it's a different company just to move to a different work type function. - Make sure you have a fool proof system to pay your employees' before you get in a big lawsuit. Some of the current practices and the time card system is a real joke. - Make people that work at home feel more connected to a team environment.",2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48931,apple,none," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Project Manager,"Working at Apple was great -- and it still is, for the right people",exciting products (it's never dull) highly regarded (your friends will be envious) good salary and benefits and perks,"work/life balance is nonexistent -- plan not to take your vacation days as anything but a cash payout never admit to a conflict or concern about work/life balance -- just work it out the best you can and hang on, or leave, whichever makes the best sense to your situation","Please stop talking about the ""post-PC world"" and remember how Steve Jobs envisioned the Mac at the center of our ""digital world"". Your recent pronouncements about the ""post-PC world"" leave nothing in the center except the so-called ""cloud"". The ""cloud"" does not belong to Apple.  Without the Mac at the center, Apple is a very good manufacturer of very high quality commodity products (hardware and software), a very good distributor of other people's content (music and video), and a decent conduit to the WWW. A lot of competitors can do those things at a lower price point than Apple -- and they will.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48932,apple,"Tongzhou, Beijing (China)"," Nov 16, 2012",Former Employee - Expert,"Great Company, great culture",Comfortable working enviroment and considerable traning system.,Cult lke culture. It makes you feel other companies are all shoot.,Please adhere to customer service,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48933,apple,none," Nov 30, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Far from think different!!!!,great produrcts that truely work,corp greed at it's very worst,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48934,apple,none," Nov 15, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Wonderful co-workers, tiring work.",You work with very interesting people who are totally committed to the company.,"It's retail– long hours at relatively low pay for the amount of sales you generate. The workplace is noisy and often crazy busy, with the store a chaotic crowd of customers.","Pay your people in retail better. I think you fixed this, to some degree. Give retail employees a job ladder to advance out of retail into corporate.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48935,apple,none," Nov 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfactory Career reached as far as I could go.,Great Creative talent. Nice people,Difficult schedule inflexible management feels your replaceable.,be more flexible with scheduling,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48936,apple,none," Nov 22, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Great to gain experience, disgustingly underpaid",- Certifications are paid for - Great for networking with people to find a new job - Non-mangers and customers are amazing - The company is great to work for if you are interesting in getting experience with various technical issues - Job security,"- You reach a ""glass ceiling"" in this position very quickly - Paid disgustingly less to do more and more work as the company continues to grow, - A ""Genius"" can EASILY get paid 20-40k more for doing the same work at many other startups and companies - Retail will always be retail no matter what position you work at - The opportunity for growth is very limited - Managers will always play favorites and there are a lot of politics involved in decision making instead of skill sets, experience, and potential",Find another job.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48937,apple,none," Nov 5, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Good experience, but inconsistent culture from store to store.","Apple is a fantastic company, albeit going through some major transitions right now. - Great insurance benefits for full time and part time employees. - Good discounts and lifestyle benefits. - Positive atmosphere for the most part. - Apple only hires competent candidates, so you're on a team you feel good about. - There's lots of ongoing training. - New Career Experiences give Retail Employees the opportunity to explore new facets of the business.","- Very few promotions to management from within (retail). - Most managers were District Managers of other big retailers, and were recruited. That means they often have no experience whatsoever with Apple Products or Culture, which can be hard to take as a long time Apple enthusiast and employee. - Drastic differences between Retail and Corporate culture, with Retail often feeling like the ugly stepchild. - Retail doesn't receive all of the same perks as Corporate. - Retail hours are inflexible and don't allow for much of a work-life balance.","Study up. When you're new to Apple, immerse yourself in the culture and get to know your people before you try to make any changes. Apple has always been a company that values its people, and we can't afford to have managers that don't.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48938,apple,none," Nov 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Typical retail job, dead end.","Discounts were great, and met some really great people.","Were treated like cattle, and were basically pawns in the eyes of the corporate employees.",none,3.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48939,apple,none," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced and rewarding,"benefits, good pay (now), flexible hours","customers, customers, customers, crowded, competitive",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1232.htm
48940,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 1, 2012",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),rewarding from a customer service perspective,Pays pretty well for retail. Training (when you can get it) and opportunities (if you have a supporter) can be good. Products and services are outstanding.,"Political. Back stabbing. Cliques. Stores are crowded and noisy. Perks removed, apparently because of Steve Jobs. You definitely need to have an ally in management. Employees ""spy"" on each other in the name of ""feedback."" It's easy to get painted with the wrong brush. Rewards aren't as good as they should be for so many contributions to the bottom line. Like being in high school again.","Don't try so hard to find fault. Some feedback was completely bogus. You seem keen to jump on the slightest ""mistake,"" often before getting all the facts.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48941,apple,none," Nov 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"ok at the beginning, wanted to kill myself towards the end. Mainly I was just done with retail.",pays more than your average retail place. The employee discount is REALLY generous too. Considerably laid back environment compared to other retail jobs.,"you have to drink the cool aid if you want to last. It eventually becomes very tedious work. Also, their ""raises"" are a joke.",easy with the pushing on metrics. Apple products are expensive as they are.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48942,apple,none," Oct 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best of Retail,"Great benefits, if you are on time and don't steal you really don't need to worry about losing your job.",It is pretty obvious that some people are paid far more than they are worth. Always some tug of war over what really is the priority for any given month.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48943,apple,none," Nov 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Solution Consultant,Great Company to work with....Lots to learn,Notgreat growth plan for employees,You have to be clear with growth path for retail to corporate,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48944,apple,Madrid (Spain)," Oct 20, 2012",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Awesome people, awesome place, awesome company....",Changing people's lives is amazing,None! It truly is amazing to work at Apple,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48945,apple,Knocknaheeny (Ireland)," Oct 13, 2012",Former Employee - IOS Technical Support,A really interesting and promising environment to work in,"- Fantastic pay, fantastic hours and a great management structure. - Staff were trusted and were able to enjoy the freedom of the internet while doing their work.","- The concept that people have of Apple such as it's commitment to innovation, amazing customer service etc wasn't really felt on the floor. - The employees were never made to feel as if they contributed towards the success of the company","- Learn to help the staff feel as if they're contributing to Apple's success, even the staff members that aren't lucky enough to be developers.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48946,apple,none," Oct 23, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,"Fast paced work environment, great benefits",- Great benefits - Always learning cutting edge technologies - comfortable work environment and culture,- mentoring program isn't great,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48947,apple,none," Nov 6, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,"Lots of change, not lots of consultation","Lots of new technology, fairly easy to navigate, and not a lot of bureaucracy in a lot of ways. Good pay, good benefits. Lots of fun, smart people there.","Not a lot of opportunity to grow, at least within retail. Hours are less then fantastic, and highly stressful environment.","Remember, your people are your soul. And there's a reason policies exist.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48948,apple,none," Oct 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,I currently work at Apple and I been working for past 1 year and half. It's been a great experience with great part-time benefit and support you receive.,"Some con's are,especially if you are in the back of house, there is little to no room in advancement.",Learn to better interact with employees and listen to employees suggestions.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48949,apple,none," Oct 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The place to be if you like retail,"Apple prides itself on hiring the best people for every store location. It's fun, always busy and the folks there are pretty happy.","Retail always has it's downsides, mainly the hours.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1233.htm
48950,apple,Mumbai (India)," Oct 20, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Consultant,once on apple always on apple,"the touch, the touch flow",there are more than 500 thousand app... in it,APPLE is out of dh earth and others is on ground,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48951,apple,none," Oct 11, 2012",Former Employee - Lead Genius,Lead Genius (Apple Retail),"Great benefits, overall good working environment (for retail), training opportunities, internal promotions","Over the last few years, there's been a shift from hiring true Mac enthusiasts to hiring retail-heavy managers who just push employees to sell, sell, sell... which isn't really received well when you're a tech trying to service a broken Apple product.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48952,apple,none," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Passionate job for passionate people,"treat employees excellently, healthcare, onsite wellness programme and canteen are unmatched. Hiring process and induction are excellent a really positive and energetic work environment.","be prepared to put in the work, and the hours, and if you feel you can't keep up with the pace, don't expect to be waited for.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48953,apple,none," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing.,"Great people you work with, even better demographic of customer. I'm supposed to enter a 20 word minimum this is on giving.","Fast-paced environment, not for the slow types. They really aren't a lot of cons getting in is the hardest part.",Nine.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48954,apple,"Covent Garden, England (UK)"," Oct 24, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A big Competition,Working in a true team - there has never been the most satisfying Customer Service ever,"You do not get paid for the amount effort you put into it. They always promise that everyone can climb up and progress their Career within the Company. At Apple, it is even a bigger Competition","Show more Recognition - not by claping your hands saying well done but with Bonus - trust me, a true Teamwork will still remain within Apple!",3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48955,apple,none," Oct 8, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail is still retail,The people that work here are generally great and the products are awesome. Pay is decent for a retail job.,Retail is still retail. Working hours all over the place and stores are a zoo during holidays and on weekends. Not worth the stress. Find another job.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48956,apple,none," Oct 7, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations,"Dynamic environment. Good team, good products.",Work life balance. Not much people development.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48957,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 8, 2012",Current Employee - Operations,Awesome environment with great people,"Nobody is selfish and you get lots of help from people in there. Besides, its one of the most recognised brands in the world and it'll definitely look good on any resume.",Secrecy and privacy might be so important that it might be a taboo to do things normally considered minor.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48958,apple,none," Oct 17, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,"Good benefits, decent work",Great health insurance and pay. Not a hard job.,Dealing with cranky customers and frequent contact with low-level management types causes some stress. Few opportunities to advance. Long hours.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48959,apple,none," Oct 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Under appreciated and overworked.,You will work with the best technology and the best team out of any retailer. You are given the authority to make the right calls for your customer at any time.,Apple's management cares more for their quarterly bonuses and promotion opportunities than the team they lead.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1234.htm
48960,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 2, 2012",Former Employee - Education Manager,Apple was an exciting and challenging place to work,"Fast paced, for anyone willing to put heart and soul into their work. The products and the strategies of Apple can lead to challenges, but the air of mystery around the company brings a certain unique and exciting feel to belonging to the Company that has changed the face of IT.",Getting into Apple is seriously difficult to get into.,"Employ people with passion in the product. Passion and experience pay dividends in some specialist markets such as Education and SME. That passion hasn't always been evident, and it means a great deal.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48961,apple,none," Oct 1, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of my favorite places to work!,"Great people, and atomosphere made for a great experience.",Management severly lacks good communication.,"Communitcate better amongst yourselves, and to everyone else in the store.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48962,apple,none," Sep 29, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Surrounded by the most pleasant people to work with,amazing people amazing company understanding of their employees needs,retail does consume most of your time while remaining understanding to your needs,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48963,apple,Marbella (Spain)," Oct 11, 2012",Current Employee - Genius,"Great company, bad experience at the Marbella store due to poor management","For the most part, fantastic co-workers, very highly skilled, and intelligent. Engaging work environment with lots of possibilities.",The current Store Leader has no evident people skills and fails to communicate to the team. He seems to have his own objectives and goals. Frequently management ignores requests for improvements.,"It's time for a change. We have good resources (people) at our store since the opening, but they are being mishandled and some are now leaving while others are looking for outside jobs. Most of our positive feedback from customers has come because of the work that we do, not what the managers do. However the continued failures in communication and team support will eat away at this very valuable base. I keep going to work because of my co-workers, but if I don't see any advancement on a professional level I will leave.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48964,apple,none," Sep 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent Team, Excellent Customers","The reward of gaining really solid management experience is evident in all facets of Apple. You will learn how to be a leader in ALL fields, not just the one you technically occupy. Add to that the diverse an amazing people you work with and get to meet everyday, and it is one heck of a positive experience.","Part-time hours tend to stink, and the emphasis on attachments means you really have to go above and beyond, even on slow days, to open up opportunities for yourself.  Additionally, the attendance rules are absolutely horrendous.","Lighten up on the attendance regulations, and make sure the right people are getting promoted and getting the recognition they deserve.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48965,apple,none," Sep 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Extremely hard working staff, and great costumer service","Great fun always enjoy my job there is never something i and upset about, I also love the apple products",Late working hours and sometimes you have to work weekends But overall there isnt really anything to complain about,Keep up the good work!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48966,apple,none," Sep 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,You get to work with really smart people who are driven to succeed. They pay you really well and care about you.,"There really aren't too many cons except for this one: You will be spending long hours in the office. Honestly though- if you love your job, it's not a big deal.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48967,apple,"California, Santander (Colombia)"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,good company,very good company to work,there mangment is very bad,they need to hire people with more exprince,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48968,apple,Kabul (Afghanistan)," Sep 25, 2012",Current Employee - Waiter/Steward,i like apple very much its a good app,its a big co & famous for its product good,good good good good good good,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48969,apple,none," Sep 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best organisational culture i have seen,"opportunity to grow at your own pace, no pressure, no commission or sales targets. Mangers are open to feedback of any kind, from any employee.",just a busy place to work.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1235.htm
48970,apple,none," Sep 20, 2012",Former Employee - Product Specialist,My Experience was mostly positive.,If you love to be busy and never bored than this place is for you. If you’re someone who enjoys interacting with a diverse crowd and a variety of cultures you will love Apple. If you enjoy some of the technology it’s even better. If you aren’t into tech you’ll still enjoy working there. Also receiving free software is a great add on. You must be a go-getter to fully enjoy a Specialist position at Apple and have a ton of patience and think quickly on your feet. The compensation was also great for Retail.,The main problem with working at Apple was how much the culture changed a few months into the position. You receive training which doesn’t emphasize how critical sales are and are often told to ask in store when you asked questions about numbers. The training and the real job is two totally different atmospheres. When you first start you’ll feel that it’s all about creating a great customer experience until certain managers push metrics/numbers in your face. Eventually this leads to certain employees picking and choosing customers to sell solutions too. If you perform you’ll be praised to an extent. But if you kiss ass you’ll succeed without the performance factor. For a company like Apple politics still exist unfortunately.,The managers who internally worked there way up in the company were awesome and knowledgable. Few managers hired externally knew the reality of the job. The few who did often helped out in the sales floor during peak times. Other managers were brought in from environments with no tech background often relying on Specialists for help. Train your managers on the basics of using the company hero products!,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48971,apple,none," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great place to work, fun environment and learn skills that will benefit you for the rest of your life.",Customer focused with world class products and service - great place to work.,"If you don't like to hustle, look elsewhere. Slackers need not apply. Monetary compensation could be better, but skills learned will serve you well in the future.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48972,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Sep 13, 2012",Former Employee - Tech Support German Market,Best Company ever worked for.,"Apple has a great environment and do really care about their employees. Not always in Salary but more in working conditions, entertainment and contests between team.","Salary can be low, but very well compensated as described above. Sometime employees are a bit late informed about latest news or products. Which sometimes can come as a big surprise. Makes the work challenging though.",Keep on going as it is.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48973,apple,"Richmond, BC (Canada)"," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,The Long Fall Back Down to Earth,"Some of the best reasons to work at apple are the people, the culture, and upward mobility. At Apple they usually hire some of the brightest funniest people that you will ever meet. Everybody there takes pride in their roles and work. For a retail job there is a lot of room for personal development and growth. I cannot stress the last part enough, there is so much room for growth.","Monotony and co-workers. If you stay in one role for too long, you will quickly come to realize that the job is highly monotonous, you must be self-motivated to move further in the company. I know I said that the people are great, but now and then there is a bad apple.","I know apple is a really cool place to work, the environment is super friendly and accepting. But there are limits. If you decide to work at Apple, try to learn the different roles to the best of your abilities because sometimes when you have to make a tough call, what might be best for the companies image, might not be best for store morale.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48974,apple,none," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company with Great vision,"Fun, good managers, casual atmosphere  The company has a great HR team that will work around your schedule to ensure that you are satisfied at work and ensure a good work-life balance","strict corporate guidelines, limited freedom  The company has very strict guidelines that all employees must follow and it is not a good place for creative minds unless you are in one of the R+D departments",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48975,apple,none," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Manager,"Very good job satisfaction, high performing stocks, challenging work.","The review is entirely about IT.  Very political environment. Lots of back stabbing/finger pointing. Fearful/threatening environment, incompetent middle management who drive away good talent for political sake, no room to make mistakes which kills creativity. Upper management / HR is very arrogant as the company is doing extremely well. Not so great compensation/poor benefits compared to many other big companies in the Silicon valley. Upper management is always trying to please the executives and in turn forget to respect employees. Poor people management skills in the middle management. Inexperienced directors.",Don't punish every mistake/failure as it kills creativity. Employees will tend to be very defensive in such environment. Don't be arrogant b'cos the company is doing well.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48976,apple,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Informative, a place to grow, retail like no other","great people to work with, great products and happy atmosphere Train staff and let you grow on the job, also give decent staff discounts",limited if any career progression and staffing goes through fazes of high quality to high quantity but never finds the right balance,"build your staff, they are a resource and many do not want to leave",4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48977,apple,none," Sep 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Stock rocks and keeps getting better,Comp not great but stock helps negate,None,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48978,apple,none," Sep 11, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),the chance to work with great people,Apple stands out in terms of retail jobs. You have the ability of doing some great things and having great experiences which you do not have the ability of doing elsewhere.,"Like any flat organization, it can be difficult to move up and through the company. The company is also very ambiguous, which can make moving up to the next position difficult and unclear.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48979,apple,none," Sep 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"It's second to Google. Depending on the department you report to, depends on your happiness.","If you have read Steve Jobs Biography, that mentality still exists. a $100 billion company operating like a $10 billion.",A happy employee will walk the extra mile for you. Stop micro-managing!,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1236.htm
48980,apple,none," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best place to be at,everything you will see here is the best you can ever get,Apple Inc. has no cons in it,keep the good work going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48981,apple,none," Aug 30, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic experience,"Great co-workers, interesting customers, clean workplace, friendly atmosphere, access to the latest tech - and most of all, getting the chance to help people make good decisions about how technology can fit into their lives","It was a retail job, so there were some rude/entitled/irritating customers. The Specialists and Geniuses were all great, but the upper management seemed to come from a totally different place (usually because they were sniped from other companies), so they didn't have the same passion for the job, friendly personalities, or forward-thinking outlook that most of the low-levels had.","Your underlings know more about these products than you do, and likely know how to make customers happy better than you do, too.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48982,apple,none," Aug 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall a good experience, but with many small pitfalls","Fantastic benefits with a work environment that breeds a certain connection between team members, with most of the management team being competent enough to work with you on most issues.","Definite brainwashing atmosphere with lots of pep talks and cheerleading moments which leads either to intense love for the company or a silent, brooding disgust of many company policies.","Cold hard facts tend to be appreciated by certain people - managers need to be able to recognize which people this works for, and not feed them the same lines as others.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48983,apple,none," Aug 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best job I've had yet!,"Brilliant colleagues, excellent benefits, fantastic environment","Cutthroat interview process, some bad apples, recently Apple Retail has had a bigger emphasis on revenue than before Ron Johnson left the company.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48984,apple,none," Sep 10, 2012",Former Employee - Creative,Products and culture to be proud of,"Over time you really to see the superiority of the products and software. They hire fantastic people, so work is always fun.",Retail hours. The company severly under pays for the knowledge required to do the job.,"Base pay on the computer industry, not the retail industry. People will stay longer and be happier.",3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48985,apple,none," Sep 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for!!,"Great people, and great pay for retail.","Ambiguity, and lack of path.",More developement and internal promotions.,3.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48986,apple,none," Aug 24, 2012",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,My time at Apple was an amazing time where I learned so much about working with and for people.,"Benefits are great, learn a lot about yourself and personal limits/what you can do, working for Apple is kind of like working with one big family - you have an amazing network of people around you.","Retail - sometimes you have to deal with very frustrated/unsatisfied customers, life/work balance can be tough.",It always pays to make sure that you are recognizing your employees who are doing well and make them feel like they are valued. In a hectic environment this can go under the radar.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48987,apple,none," Aug 23, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You´ve gotta live to believe it.,Awesome Products. Great benefits. Very beneficial to have on your resume.,No career advancement if you are in retail. Very demanding schedule. No weekends. Felt disconnected from management.,"Create a path from retail to corporate. You have amazing people working at Apple, let them shine in their own fields.",4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48988,apple,none," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Working for the most admired brand in the world,Everyone wants to hear about your day Surrounded by talent Always something happening which can be excited Great employee discounts Great employee share scheme You get the opportunity to be yourself,"Ambiguity makes it hard to plan your life Talent continues to be brought in from outside (at least in Australia) Never getting a weekend off, but I guess that's retails Pays better than a similar sized retailers, but they expect the most experienced and talented people for that",Rotating roster Develop your talent,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48989,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 21, 2012",Former Employee - SMB Inside Sales EMEA,"Contract would be made permanent upon successful completion of probation period, but this did not happen.",Great products and listening to positive stories from customer's experiences with Apple.,"Call centre mentality and overall very low morale, where colleagues would not greet or include newcomers due to old conflicts (nothing to do with myself) with Management. Boy's club attitude which affected the professional atmosphere in a negative way , as well as whole-team scare-tactics when Management felt it necessary to punish under-performing individuals.","Please see the above and try to recruit and manage staff in an appropriate manner. This way, you stand a much better chance of retaining qualified staff, rather than keeping under-performers. I had to resign due to having been lied to regarding my contract, and felt I wasted more than 7 months of my life working for Apple in Cork.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1237.htm
48990,apple,none," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to learn, but terrible work-life balance",- Working on great products with very talented people is very rewarding - Employees get a lot of responsibility and ability to get great experience quicker,- Work-Life balance doesn't exist - High attrition - people cannot stand the pressure and crazy hours after some period of time - Low pay and employee bonuses,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
48991,apple,none," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fun to work for alot,"fun, nice people, easy going",need more people to work sometimes,alot of fun keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
48992,apple,none," Aug 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,Growing company with plenty of opportunities.,No clear direction and ambiguity,Develop Tools,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
48993,apple,none," Aug 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Difficult to move up in company,"Great benefits, decent discounts, mostly intelligent coworkers, fun environment to work. Very good training program that continues well into employment.","Menial pay, ineffective management and difficult to actually have ideas heard and move up in the company. There is also a lot of favoritism exhibited.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
48994,apple,none," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hard work, but love the products!",The most innovative products and company in the world.,Tough work-life balance somethings (often times self-inflicted).,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
48995,apple,none," Aug 11, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Positive,Great management and team to work with. Apple does take care of its employees and the benefits are great.,"Just like any retail position, you may get tired of the environment.",none,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
48996,apple,Brisbane (Australia)," Aug 10, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place to work so far...,"Good environment to work in, fantastic people and culture, no pressure to make a sale",Could go horribly wrong if management becomes bad,Keep being good :D,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
48997,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Aug 4, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,amazing people,"fantastic team, really energetic and passionate, managers who really look out for you there are some amazing opportunities if you want to make retail your career and even if you don't","you often get some pretty terrible customers or get frustrated by the processes you have to work within, probably inherent in working for such a large company. They pay doesn't seem high enough for what you do.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
48998,apple,none," Aug 6, 2012",Former Employee - Genius Administrator,"I learned a lot, they didn't pay me a lot",I worked in 4 stores. Apple Retail gives you the opportunity to learn how to communicate with infinite personality types on a daily basis. You will learn how to relate to people that are nothing like you. The atmosphere forces you to come out of your shell and learn how to make small talk. These soft skills are very useful when you move on.,"I worked in 4 stores. There is no such thing as work/life balance. The schedule is completely unfair. Although there are rules that full time people must have open availability, there are a lot of people who do not, and everyone else has to pick up their slack. I could never take certain days off because other people had class or standing doctors appointments. It got to the point where I could not take any days off because everyone else had so many stipulations.  Because the week starts on Saturday, if you take a weekend off, you can expect to work a minimum of 7 days straight. Fridays are included in the weekend.  The work is physically taxing. You are required to not only be on your feet all day, but to scurry around like crazy.",Reward people with time off. Actually give it to them. Make sure the schedule is created at least 3 weeks in advance. Give people the opportunity to grow with the company. Add a question to the NPP that asks about regional management.,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
48999,apple,Kollam (India)," Aug 11, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),mac creative application,this is very suitable for the apple mac,10% discount from the mac creative.,mac,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1238.htm
49000,apple,none," Aug 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,So much change in 3 years,"Fresh enthusiasm keeps an Apple retail location going, and there was no shortage of new faces enthusiastic to share the Apple experience with customers.",Apple was unable to scale as popularity grew. It will always bother me that 25% of the employees at my location did not own a Mac.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49001,apple,none," Aug 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunities for growth are endless!,"Great benefits package. We have the ability to use some of our time to develop ourselves in any area of the store that we see ourselves a fit for. With constant new positions opening up at the stores, it allows you to continually grow within the company, and even many higher positions at Corporate.","I can not really think of any CONS to the job. You work at a place where there are a bountiful amount of intelligent people who have gone through just the same process of getting in as you have, so you are sure to enjoy the job.",You are doing a great job. Keep it up.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49002,apple,none," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job if you're fresh out of high school or college,Awesome benefits and depending on your store leader you can have a lot of control over your work life and career.,Very little upward mobility once you reach Genius. You can't move up to management unless you leave apple and work for a Starbucks or Pottery Barn.,"Listen to your ""underlings"". We are the ones that made this company as profitable as it currently is ranked. And people at corporate, many of you once worked in the retail environment. That is what gave this company it's edge. Sooner or later you will all loose touch with what the customer really wants. And the pathetic employee surveys are not going to cut it.",3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49003,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 27, 2012",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,An enriching experience,- Amazing coworkers - Get to play and fix the newest toys - Meet interesting people (customers),- High pressure environment - Difficult to move from retail to corporate,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49004,apple,none," Jul 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,Best retail job in the market. Great benefits for full/part-time employees. Great work environment and co-workers. Cool management.,Can be high pressure depending on the season.,Keep increasing wages for retail employees.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49005,apple,none," Jul 23, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Apple,It's Apple - everyone wants to work here. Saying you are an Apple employee gives you an elitist persona.,Hard to advance anywhere within the company,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49006,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 23, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Underwhelming - working for Apple in Canada is not satisfying,Products are amazing and they are some great people who work there,Company is cheap and they don't value work family life balance,"stop the charade about driving for best products, when you are driven by Sales, $$'s and share price",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49007,apple,none," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Challenging, but fun.",Working with cool people. A direct line of communication with management. Freedom to grow at your own pace.,Ambiguity of direction at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49008,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Aug 19, 2012",Former Employee - Customer Service Agent,Terrible,Can't think of any really. I suppose having any job is better than being unemployed - but then again maybe not.  There were discounts on Apple products for those into Apple's gadgets - but that wasn't me.,Very unpleasant working environment. Call centre area was a big artificially lit room with no windows.  If you're working in After Sales you have to take dog's abuse from customers. There should nearly be counsellors on site to help people cope!  New customer service agents are expected to come up to speed unrealistically fast on everything.  I was so unhappy working there I actually became ill (for pretty much the first time in my life) - something I attribute to the stress of working there - and had to leave.,Less emphasis on the number of calls taken by employees and more on being able to proficiently deal with the different issues callers present with.  I admit it's been a while since I worked there (2005) so hopefully things have changed - but I suspect they haven't.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49009,apple,none," Aug 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is what you make it,Networking opportunities with other companies within the retail store,Retail structure undervalues its specialists,"value the specialists, they are in fact the engine.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1239.htm
49010,apple,none," Aug 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for what it is,-Great job in the retail sector -Decent starting pay in Manhattan -Will meet lots of interesting people,"-You will get burned out very quickly -Managers don't know anything about products or services, only how to say yes to customers -Retail, so on your feet all the time, still not enough time given for breaks -Can only really move within retail, very hard to move to corporate - Will meet a lots of weird/annoying people",Respect specialists more.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49011,apple,none," Jul 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Lot of passion amongst people. Lot of young enthusiastic people.,Work life balance is not as great,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49012,apple,none," Jul 24, 2012",Current Employee - FRS,good experience,store discounts stock options various roles free t-shirt,"nothing really, turnover time maybe",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49013,apple,none," Jul 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is the future..,"- ""Truly changing the world"" level work..",- Growth opportunities limited vertically,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49014,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 19, 2012",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Ups and Downs,Best reason to work there are the people. Colleagues and customers are amazing and the products you deal with daily are irresistible. Pay is not sales based so your under no pressure to sell sell sell,"competition for career progression is fierce and hard to come by. If your looking at moving from a retail role into a corporate role then dream on, they like to keep you working at what your trained at, selling stuff. Corporate roles are only shared with you because it makes the company look better. Also all the manager seem to be hired from pret or Starbucks, in short they don't really have a clue how to handle irate customers who have spent between £500 - £2,000 on a bit of kit!!","More opportunities to progress for your staff i think, you don't realise what an amazing pool of talent you have down there. Being exposed to customers like they do every day, they understand the products and what the consumers want much better than you",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49015,apple,none," Jul 18, 2012",Former Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Solid company with excellent job security,Great job security. Employee headcount increases each year.,"Depending upon the department you are in, there might not be that much room for growth.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49016,apple,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),This is an amazing place to be every day.,"Incredible products, passionate people, and a stimulating environment.",It can get incredibly busy from time to time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49017,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 19, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service Representative,customer service,very easy to improve your career and to talk to anyone there.,it can be hard if you do not apply yourself.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49018,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 18, 2012",Current Employee - Inside Sales,Apple is one of the most admired company in the world,Great working environment and benefits,"Not flexible in procedural, low increment.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49019,apple,none," Jul 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,How is it to work at APPLE ?,Gives the opportunities to grow in terms of career and knowledge. A fun place to work at with a soothing atmosphere.,None that I could tell. But that sometimes do matter on personal preference of a person.,The management should provide the employees with a bit more facilities they do for instance provide them on-job training.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1240.htm
49020,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,A world-class organization providing a world-class work environment,"Challenging, dynamic, ever-changing, diverse work environment. Everyday you go to work, you go in thinking you're ready. The moment you hit the floor, you realize time and time again, there's no way you can truly prepare for what comes at you. You just gotta work hard","When you come back home, you feel pretty drained, That being said, it can also be a good thing since you'll get a good night's sleep.",Keep doing what you're doing ... providing us such an amazing and accepting work environment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49021,apple,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," Jul 15, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer,"willingness, deserving, always take a head to the boss...",this may contains a benefit's to your life...,take a head or you may not have a salary........,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49022,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 24, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Genius,"Genius Bar is incredibly stressful, the scheduling is unhealthy, the people are amazing","Excellent on the job training. Constant opportunities to upgrade. No egos, approach anyone at anytime about anything. When the internal tools are working, they are second to none. Suggest a great idea, no reason it won't get implemented. Focus on repairing relationships not just repairing technology.","Expected to resolve phone/ipad/ipod appointment in less than 10 min. Expected to resolve computer appointment in less than 15 minutes. Expected to multitask up to 3 appointments at the same time. Impossible, stressful assembly-line treatment. Unhealthy rotating retail schedule. Sometimes working 2 months without every getting a weekend off.",Schedule time to touch base with stressed out employees. The ones that make the most noise get the most notice. The quiet ones usually are the ones that require attention. 20% of your staff demand 80% of your resources.,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49023,apple,none," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Fun company, but it's just retail...","Discounts are good, the group of people you work with are fun, and the customers (for the most part) are a blast.","In the retail store, it's very hard to get anywhere. If you want a steady job doing the same thing over and over, clicky group with management, and frustration in trying to work your way up the chain, it's great. Retail store is not built for ""careers"" unless in my opinion.",Listen to your people. Treat them well. Help guide them.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49024,apple,none," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,...,"absolute well known brand, but brand is not enough",you do not have any chance to influence anything,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49025,apple,none," Jul 23, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Uninspired but the products are good,Good Products to sell and share,The People I worked with,Quit being policy pushers and help the customers. Treat employees as you would treat a customer,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49026,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 18, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Great values, poor middle management","Great products, concepts, values and thinking. Good benefit plan. Top environment in some locations. A very good school to grow to senior postions afterwards","Arrogant HR, not accessible, unilateral decisions impacts your net salary, weak training offering and career plan. in some countries very small teams",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49027,apple,none," Jul 3, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very memorable job,I worked in the Apple Retail store. I got to interact with customers all while being surrounded by things that I love. It was great.,You can start to get tired from standing on your feet all day.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49028,apple,none," Jun 29, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,An Amazing Place to Work,"-Plenty of room for growth and development -Very good pay (especially with the recent raise) -Health, vision and dental benefits at good rates. -401k options and stock purchase plan are excellent. -Fun, constantly evolving environment -Surrounded by highly intelligent and creative co-workers -Management is extremely supportive and approachable (store-specific) -Low-stress environment as far as selling goes",-Retail hours -The unending cacophony of hundreds of people bustling around new devices (store specific),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49029,apple,none," Jun 29, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Not like any other retail job,Oppurtunity to grow. Excellent pay. Benefits internal & external. The people who work their are always so much fun to work with and become life long friends. Management actually cares about you and your thoughts & opinions on how to make the store a better place for you and the customer experience. Quarter meetings are nothing like your typical job! :),Some workers cheat their way up to a promotion.,It would be nice to see corporate come down more often just to get to know us as people.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1241.htm
49030,apple,none," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,very good had amazing time,hard work but very good fun,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49031,apple,none," Jun 28, 2012",Former Employee - Business Specialist,apple + - as an employer for retail,"interesting products, great co-workers, BUT it is retail","depending on manager, can be positive, or negative",more management,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49032,apple,none," Jul 9, 2012",Current Employee - Web Developer,Good,"Good friendly work environment, good salary, high enery, exciting, new technology , agile environment, not too high pressure environment, work hard play hard environment",Not feasible for long term engaements,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49033,apple,none," Jul 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High stress and minimal support, but steady work.","Mostly young, intelligent, degree-holding co-workers.",Very stressful. Management is not supportive.,none,2.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49034,apple,none," Jun 24, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,good co. apple,its number 1 nd its product are no. 1 in the whole world,there is diadvantage of low jobs as higher class job men gets higher salaries nd more opportunities,your company is best acc. to me,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49035,apple,none," Jun 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great! job you must work here,Great job to have must work here,There are no cons working with apple,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49036,apple,none," Jun 10, 2012",Former Employee - Genius,"Amazing people, except for the ones in charge","Great benefits, decent salary, smart people, great products, and a lasting feeling of doing something great. It just feels good to work here. Systems and internal processes are designed well and are constantly improved. As a Genius, it's great to feel like you're helping people every day.","HR controls everything, including how miserable you can be, and makes really bad decisions like it's their job. Time off is a hassle. The job bleeds into your normal life - there isn't a ""life away from Apple"". Employee discounts not compelling.","When an eighth of your employees leave at the same time, it means there is something fundamentally wrong with the store culture. Apple does not work well when inflexible idiots who quote from the ""rulebooks"" are left in positions of power: Apple benefits when those in power are rational, well-intentioned, and capable of exercising good judgment. Please make an effort to fire people who are ruining the store!",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49037,apple,none," Jun 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Culture is really great there,sometimes too focus inwards and not able to listen outside,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49038,apple,New Delhi (India)," Jun 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ver nice working there,good enviornment and great atmosphere,nothing but it include little more staff,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49039,apple,none," Jun 11, 2012",Former Employee - Project Manager,Best place to work. Period.,- The world's best management team is motivated to build the best products in the world. Nothing less. - Talented and humble employees that are willing to lend a helping hand. - Working on cutting edge technology innovations,- Company has ballooned in size,Continue to improve benefits to compete with the likes of Google and Facebook.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1242.htm
49040,apple,New Delhi (India)," Jun 11, 2012",Current Employee - Apple Solution Consultant,"Great brand, great people and great Technology","wonderful work environment, new learnings every time,challenging and exiting role, great team and best product",i don't know any off them,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49041,apple,none," May 24, 2012",Former Employee - College At-Home Advisor Advisor,"Great Pay/Benefits, No Future","--Employee discounts are awesome, both from third party companies and Apple. --401k matching of 3% of your 6% --Health/dental/vision is great --Employee stock purchase plan","--If you want to move up in the company, it is impossible to do from this position.",Open up opportunities for individuals.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49042,apple,none," Jun 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"mundane, business driven","stable company, great products. decent discounts","attendance policy unfair. scheduling unfair. compensation not based on performance, leverage stability over adequate pay",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49043,apple,none," Jun 2, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Retail Specialist,Lots of great benefits Focus on Development Other employees are amazing to work with Ongoing Training,"Lackluster Retail Management Inconsistent hours Managers have no technical experience Pay is high for retail, low for the technology sales which is what you're actually doing.",Get a clue.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49044,apple,none," May 31, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Amazing!,-Great Managment -Great People -Good Compensation -Great Product,-Occasional people with narrow views as far as technology solutions,Keep up what Steve Jobs started!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49045,apple,none," Jun 9, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Retail job. Not so great career.,"- Working with amazing, brilliant, intelligent and funny people. Apple can afford to be extremely selective in the hiring process, and it shows in the caliber of the people they employ. - The pay is far above average for retail. - Part time employees are eligible for benefits. - Great discounts on Apple products as well as some third party products and services. - Good environment for learning technical skills and troubleshooting - Apple looks great on your resume.","- Like any retail environment, your mileage will vary based on location and management. Culture can be very different from store to store. - The vast, vast majority of hiring for full time, career level positions is done externally, despite the kool-aid about development and opportunities that is poured down your throat during training. No matter how good you are at your job, there's politics and favoritism when it comes to who gets promoted. - As a Specialist, you will deal with hundreds of angry people with broken devices that you can't fix and the next genius bar appointment may not be for hours- or the next day. A lot of stress and rage will be thrown in your direction for things that are not your fault and that you can't change. - Scheduling is terrible and inconsistent, making it hard to maintain a work/life balance, but again, I don't fault Apple for this necessarily as it is standard for retail.",The world's most successful company could be doing a lot more to take care of their employees. There is a huge gap between the way employees are treated in retail and in corporate.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49046,apple,none," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent,great products and good atmosphere,pressure and lots of long hours,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49047,apple,none," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people and many opportunities.,Training and development with growth opportunity.,"Work life balance, and the need to accommodate employees.",Make sure to fully support managers in all aspects of their job and life.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49048,apple,none," May 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun to work for an innovative company,Great place to work with lots of smart and motivated people. Great benefits but low paying salaries for non-management positions in retail.,Very high employee turn over. Great job when just starting out or after a successful career but tough to raise a family if you are not in management.,"You made 11billion in profit last quarter (3/12), you could reduce employee turn over by paying better salaries on the retail side.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49049,apple,none," May 31, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Working at Apple Made Me Fall Out of Love With Apple,"Software benefits, cool employees, GREAT Health benefits","Too clicky..management picks who they want to promote, prey on employees love of their products.",You let ALOT of good talent get away by not paying REAL WORLD employees.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1243.htm
49050,apple,none," May 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Top notch Retail, but still a Retail Experience",Good pay Fun coworkers Lots of toys,Store Leader can micro manage the place into the ground,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49051,apple,none," May 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,"high energy. Learn something new everyday. As far as retail goes, the benefits don't get any better. People you work with are great people.",Day to day can be nonstop,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49052,apple,none," May 15, 2012",Former Employee - Campus Representative,"Fun, large work load, professional.",you get some great benefits and competitive pay. Moving on to ANY other job - mentioning apple is almost a guarantee in.,Huge work load. They were very demanding and at time they would actually set their goals higher than reasonably attainable according to your situation.,Make more attainable goals towards each individual instead of making them equal for everyone. Offer more help and understanding if an employee reaches out to you.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49053,apple,none," May 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple doesn't have the same concern for retail employees as far as compensation goes.,They have a pretty decent employee discount.,"Long hours, no flexibility with scheduling, not enough pay.",Pay really does make all the difference. Please pay retail employees more.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49054,apple,none," Jun 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not satisfied...,- Stocks has rised so high that some people can't leave the company to get all the ESPP/RSU benifits,- Too much pressure and work load - Employees are treated like dogs - Unrealistic management style,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49055,apple,none," May 11, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Genius,good,fast pace environment to work in,"overworked,hours are all over the place",none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49056,apple,none," May 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work - especially if you don't have or care about your family.,Professional environment. Lots of freedom/flexibility.,"Far too much weekend work ""expected"". It's like wearing a badge of honor to diss your family in favor of a weekend at the office. Clearly the solution is to hire more personnel, but why do that when you can work your engineers 6-7 days a week 6-8 months out of the year.",Hire more personnel - don't just expect people to work weekends half the year or more. Most of the rank and file employees aren't cashing out after 10 years with 100 million dollars like yourselves.,4.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49057,apple,none," May 23, 2012",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Under payed to over deliver,"Networking with customers, diverse coworkers who are truly inspiring to work with, discounts and health care","Delusional and detached management, very low compensation in correlation to demands, no follow through with advancement opportunities, customers are groomed to expect what cannot be adequately provided",Don't be afraid to pay really good people more money than slackers,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49058,apple,none," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It is a breath of fresh air to be able to be myself and rock it everyday!,"The products, people and room for growth is amazing. They empower you to make a decision, and support you almost all of the time.","Consistency between managers could be better, and it would be nice if there weren't obvious favorites.","Make sure everyone is on the same page. It makes it difficult when you are trying to accomplish something, and different managers have different views.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49059,apple,none," May 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,selling the cool gadgets at the store.,watching pl mistreat gadgets inside the store,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1244.htm
49060,apple,none," May 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"An amazing, once in a lifetime experience!","Great people, great atmosphere, products you can believe in. A job you can li Iove, not just trudge to each day.","Ideally, wages would be higher, but there are a lot of side benefits that help balance out things such as good health insurance, employer matching on 401k, options for stock purchases, etc.","You are doing it right! Keep it up, the people I am working with are amazing. It is like the family you wish you had.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49061,apple,none," May 5, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great oppertunity, but didn't allow employees a good balance between school/work/life","Great pay, benefits, and supportive management.",Required overtime when the need arose. Made it almost impossible to balance work and school,none,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49062,apple,none," Apr 29, 2012",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Perfect,"Benefits, culture, chance to move up. The discounts are great and you actually have the customers best interest in mind.",The only con I can think of is you don't make much as a red zone specialist but if you work hard it's easy to move up,None,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49063,apple,none," May 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I have ever worked for,"Employees highly valued, work on a team with a diverse group of people, great benefits, excellent training, support from leadership",you must deal with a lot of unknowns and you may not always understand why you are being asked to do something,continue to do the work that you are doing. It is important to always focus on the employee experience to enhance the customer experience,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49064,apple,none," May 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Now like Best Buy and Circuit City. Sad,"Amazing group of highly talented, motivated, diverse individuals. Obviously, the products are superior, so having the ability to be hands on daily with them was great.","Has turned into more of a numbers driven retail experience, and less about the customer experience. HR issues galore, that are not given a second thought- unless you are not liked, and then you will be forced out.","Stop hiring ignorants from companies that have no clue, like PacSun or Hot Topic. Be more aware of how you treat your internal customer, and when you have a person who is a great manipulator, call them out instead of ignoring their behavior and promoting them.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,5.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49065,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Senior AppleCare Specialist,It is a very rewarding experience to work for Apple,Awesome Products good facilities relaxed atmosphere good colleagues high holiday balance good benefits employee assistance program good possibility for promotion support for personal development (study),low salary metrics being pushed location is bad not strict enough no business attire product training sometimes too late not enough money,I would like to see some business attire. it makes for a different working style. please raise salaries for some contact center levels.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,2.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49066,apple,none," Apr 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting, competitive and unpredicrtable. Offers many opportunities to grow and develop.",Exciting place to work for. Offers opportunities to grow professionally.,"Expect long hours, hard work in most, if not all, groups",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49067,apple,none," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Expert,Apple allows you to connect with people internally and externally through incredible products and services.,"At Apple you are empowered to do the right thing. For the customer, for the company and for yourself. They make it easy if you are competent, empathetic and motivated.","Apple is a large and growing organization. It can be difficult to navigate your growth and development. At apple they innovate in every way all the time, so things are always changing which can be good & bad.",Management needs to Lead more and manage less. There is a tendency to focus on the bottom tier of employees which can lead the successful ones high and dry.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49068,apple,none," Apr 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,wonderful place with amazing challenges,You work with amazing people who are very talented and intelligent. You can also develop a broad base of skills. The culture pushes you to learn more.,"The retail environment is challenging and stressful and you are pushed to work beyond your means. This does give you life skills to, but can burn people out.",Keep the employees trained.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49069,apple,none," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied,The company has Exciting products The company is financially healthy There are numerous growth opportunities There are Good benefits,The company is growing so fast that there is never enough time in the day to finish Lots of hours Leadership may be overly attentive to detail Too many manual time consuming processes,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1245.htm
49070,apple,Melbourne (Australia)," Apr 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple Retail - Not bad, compared to others.",• Product discounts. • Working with selected - brilliant people. • Good retail environment compared other companies.,• Retail. • Company culture is not working very well at retail. • Retail.,Your employees are hand-selected brilliant people that are devoted to Apple and Apple products. You need to take feedbacks seriously to keep everyone happy in the store - to be the best store in the world.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49071,apple,none," Apr 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best job experiences I have ever had,Enthusiastic and passionate peers about the company. Management definitely looks to satisfy its employees on an individual basis and make sure all of your needs are being met.,The only downside is that it is very difficult to first gain a position with Apple.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49072,apple,none," Apr 7, 2012",Current Employee - Store Leader,Proud to have been part of the team,I joined Apple because I wanted to be part of something bigger than myself. Part of team and community. I wanted to be stimulated intellectually and wanted an emotional connection to a brand. I had all of that for the first three years I was there. I was inspired by my leaders and in turn could inspire my team. We were in it together. :),"There are many decisions that have been made to help the customer experience at Apple, but to the detriment of the employee experience. They have been layering on more and more task but not the labor to support it and expecting the same results in customer and employee satisfaction. They lack a consistent and structured way of building leadership talent within the organization outside of the ASLP program and it impacting the morale of the teams, because they see the lack of LEADERSHIP.","The culture of fearless feedback needs to return. Surveys are not the answer and have become a passive aggressive way for your teams to share their thoughts without real dialogue. You are losing the team and you need to really listen to them. Be wary of the people you bring on from the outside, you need to be sure they fully understand and will protect the culture. The culture I knew when I joined is gone and I worry for Apple Retail. The loss of Ron Johnson is felt through out retail and you need to help the team through that. I think Apple will be fine, but retail is going to lose its edge without the right leadership. The monetary success Apple is experiencing is wonderful, but money changes people and I saw it as I was leaving.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49073,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Apr 16, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Trainer,My experience was great and i was proud to work here.,"Its fun, and diverse and you get to see a lot of the world, depending on your role. Autonomous working style and dealing with wonderful products and people ....very motivational working environment.","Lot of confidentiality, which is important for the company but it frustrating at times..long hours. Decisions without much logic you feel sometimes.","Details, details...and you have to hands on, position does not get you respect, doing the work and being in the details does.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49074,apple,none," Apr 29, 2012",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"With over 100 BILLION in cash, you would think Apple would pay better!",At Apple we are constantly being encouraged to better ourselves through training and educational reimbursement programs. Apple takes great care choosing it's employees which results in amazing teams of people which are greatly diversified but yet extremely cohesive.,"Apple's absence and attendance policy is not lenient enough. It is far too easy to make an honest mistake like recording your next day's shift arrival time incorrectly only to find out upon your arrival at work that management made no bother to contact you. When you're an hour late at Apple you are docked TWO points for a single occasion. A third point with in a three month period puts an employee on final notice for an additional rolling six months. No late, no sick, no emergencies or Apple will terminate!      It seems that a week doesn't go by without some press release from Apple touting how amazing sales are currently going or recent quarter results have blown away last quarter results or how Apple has amassed even more millions to try and stuff into their already over-flowing coffers. Well, on the flip side not a week goes by in an Apple retail store where store management is pressured from above to keep the stores staffed with as few employees as possible. The word ""utilization"" is constantly heard in the back halls of an Apple Retail Store. The idea is that if the staff sees enough people per quarter, the store will be rewarded additional positions on different teams. For example if the Creative team has X number of personal training and workshops consistently throughout a fiscal quarter, an additional Creative trainer will be added to that team. The team's weekly goals are set before the quarter begins. The team then sets out at the beginning of a quarter under the ruse that if the team works hard everyday and achieves these goals consistently then a new position will open to help with the constantly increasing workload. One thing is for sure right now at Apple... More and more people are buying their products. Foot traffic is increasing at an almost exponential rate, yet quarter after quarter with all or almost every goal met those promised additional positions barely trickle in or fail to materialize at all. In the end the current employees continue to feel more and more pressure to stretch Apple's ""greatest resource, our soul, ...our people."" thinner and thinner to meet the increased business needs.      As an Apple Family Room Specialist I find myself coming in contact and interacting with hundreds of people on a weekly basis. During these interactions I may be fixing a device, replacing or swapping a device. I may be teaching someone how to properly use their device. Many times renewing a customer's faith in the product and the company that made it. The role of the FRS has many hats sometimes. If an FRS is Mac trained, but a Genius position hasn't opened up yet (see utilization rant in last paragraph) that FRS is expected to do all the duties a much higher paid Genius would have to do. FRS's are also required to spend a great majority of their clocked in time performing the duties of a somewhat higher paid Creative. All the training of the highest paid hourly positions, but your move from where you started at Apple up in the Red Zone as a Specialist back to the Family Room as an FRS in considered a ""lateral"" movement. Lateral??! How is this so? FRS's have to attend specialized Family Room Foundations training to even achieve the FRS title. A GYOG (Grow Your Own Genius) FRS has to take number of highly specialized certification exams before that FRS can take any Mac appointments. Again, the FRS trains, obtains specialized skill sets that are then often called upon because non-GYOG trained FRS's cannot take MAC appointments. The pay needs to reflect the training and know-how. Apple is capitalizing on this ambiguous nature of the FRS role. Check into any Apple store's Family Room and this fact is plain as day. FRS positions will out-number or even match the Genius and Creative positions when combined. Good job Apple! Way to get all that you can out of an employee without paying them a fair wage!","Apple is in fact running two businesses in each Apple Retail Store. The first is sales. The second tech service and training. The sales side of Apple is sustainable. Prior to Apple's latest Genius Bar customer service debacle labeled ""Fast and Fair""... Apple's Family Room employees were employing a different plan labeled ""Getting to Yes."" The previous plan was a COMPLETE 180 compared to the current procedures that Apple is called ""Customer Service."" The previous procedures allowed us to replace or cover accidental damage one time on a customer's device. Mobile device or Mac. During the ""Getting to Yes"" period we made MANY people VERY excited and thankful that they made the choice to do business with Apple then and in the first place. That program spoke VOLUMES about what Apple was all about. Now... Apple has lost the human touch we had worked so hard to weave into Apple technical service. Sure, the Genius bars around the world were bleeding money because of all the free repairs, but isn't there something to be said the constant stockpiling and growth of Apple's cash reserves? Bring more flexibility back to our Family Room procedures! This no exception rule is ridiculous! Stop looking at just the numbers Tim Cook and start looking how those numbers can be balanced with customer satisfaction, customer confidence and their willingness to return. The 45 day out-of-warranty grace period returning would be a GREAT start!",2.0,1.5,none,2.5,2.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49075,apple,none," Apr 18, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple Retail, Management Woes",For a retail job they paid well and offered great benefits. For the most part the people hired are fun to work with.,Management sucks. I thought this was unique to my store but I found it's worse other places.,Listen to your employees. Help them when needed. Stop running away from problems and scolding good employees.,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49076,apple,none," Apr 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very interesting,1. Excellent people 2. Exciting products,1. Work-life balance is an issue 2. Too much secrecy gets in a way in getting things done sometimes 3. Inefficient system. 4. Some areas of the company started to deploy bureaucratic system and culture,none,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49077,apple,none," Mar 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple retail is by far, one of the better jobs I've had.","The staff is great. The Apple culture is friendly, great, and overall just fun to be around. There is room for growth within the company and I strongly recommend it.",You have to request time off about a month in advance.,"Though the managers are great to work with, there are a couple of things that could be changed with the way they manage things like allowing people to cut the Genius Bar line if a customer is having a hissy fit.",5.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49078,apple,none," Apr 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was one of the best times of my life.,"They have amazing hourly pay, great benefits, great discounts, and a very fun place to work at with constant business.",The only downsize i would see at working at apple is that they aren't very organized in there stock items.,I advise leaders in apple to start being more organized in stock items and keep on doing what your doing.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49079,apple,none," Mar 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A fast paced, challenging, and highly rewarding place to work.","Pride in your work, incredible challenges, phenomenal culture, great people, good food, many special events, discounts, terrific benefits options. It feels great to be excited about going to work everyday.","The pay is slightly below average, but the stock plan blunts this somewhat. The Legal department is surprisingly old school for a company that ""thinks different.""","Tim and the ET are doing a great job. Keep up the good work. Oh, and maybe you could send a bit more of the cash down to the employees. Google gave everyone a 10% raise last year. I won't object.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1246.htm
49080,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 27, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,"I grow as Apple grew within the business, politics, relation inside Apple will make recognize, not your good job, stats","The Product are Magical, the customers are so often Apple addict if you like Apple product you will enjoy working in there.","Apple is consumer based company, dealing with business which like to deploy Apple product as iOS or Mac osx can become a nightmare. Apple has so much success that they cannot fulfilled the demand. As business, customer needs quantities and qualities of service, Apple is not just able to do that for business customer. Business is about 9% of Apple business, it is not worth it for them at the moment, Things might change.","Get a proper business management, with experience business manager, not former consumer get into business because is the friend of... Manager are more psy to explain you the difference between the good and bad customer. The one who gonna accept any Apple condition to work with. Apple create product to people to adapt to... they are ""innovative"" They do not create product that people need.",4.0,4.5,none,4.5,1.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49081,apple,none," Mar 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Pay vacation health retirement sick,Longevity too many employees to manage,Leadership,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49082,apple,none," Mar 18, 2012",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,I loved getting to interact with the customers.,"Overall, it is a fun place to work because there is always a huge buzz in the environment based on customer excitement about the projects. The management is good for the most part and they help you get better at your job if you want to improve.",Sometimes it feels like you can do really good work but end up getting in trouble because a customer was a complete weirdo and gave you a bad score on a survey.,"Maybe figure out a way to balance measuring based on customer surveys and sales alone. This could be done through supervised checkups or something, I don't know.",5.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49083,apple,none," Apr 1, 2012",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,I love my talented team. Management however is lacking severely.,Co-workers are great. Customers are great.,"Management is clearly corrupt and not capable of leading a team who is far intellectually superior to them. We work in technology, learn it.",Hire from within. Talent is there. Quit going to Gap or Pottery Barn or Cheesecake Factory.,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49084,apple,none," Mar 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great & latest technology Managers who really know how to work with people and are professional. A lot of training time to make employees equipped with all the right tools they need for the job. The best standards for communication and constructive feedback are implemented. Awesooome benefits - even for part timers!,Can become very busy with customers who need their devices fixed and to be taught how to use device. Some managers in the retail stores have no technology background. Wages could be a little higher :),none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49085,apple,none," Mar 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software QA Engineer,It is amazing,They have good food and the people are nice to me. There are nice bosses. I get to play with cool stuffs,"I work longs hours and very shot dead lines. I stay in San Francisco , then I have to spend about 1 hour to get to the workplace",You must always grow. You must always keep up with new technology. Be willing to take on the new projects,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49086,apple,none," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best places to work when you are in between jobs or in school.,The pride of working for the most admired company. Great products and care for employees.,Consistently overworked and under paid. Hiring incompetent managers who know nothing about the products. Not enough vacation time.,More compensation to employees to take advantage of benefits.,4.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49087,apple,none," Mar 4, 2012",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,Best retail job,fast paced and fun great place to make friends constant change and training plenty of room to grow very satisfying customer interactions Focused training on being the best at customer service,"management isnt always 'apple' weekends are incredibly busy be prepared to do your best, people to lag behind dont get hours you share hours with 60+ other people a lot of people in the stores are just wasting time and playing with gadgets, which can at times be frustrating when you are trying to filter out the people that do need your help","Unfortunately, corporate seems to have a 50/50 chance in having very poor taste in management. Half of our managers where GREAT, the other half...well they filtered out pretty quick, but i cant say whether the new ones are any better. Big word of warning to new employees, in your training they may push that they arent about the numbers.Its a business, of course they are.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49088,apple,none," Mar 2, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very well rounded,Great opportunities for growth and avancement,Location preferences are difficult to meet,NA,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49089,apple,none," Mar 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Talented employees, untalented management.",You will work with the most amazing people you have ever met. Fast paced and lively.,"The company does not value the employee at all. This company is bigger than any employee, it will use and wring you of all your worth and simply replace you with another employee once you are worn out. You will be exhausted.","we know you are under the gun too, but at least pretend you care.",2.0,1.5,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1247.htm
49090,apple,none," Mar 13, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,,Constant learning Great co-workers Busy most of the time Nice benefits (even for part-time) Casual dress code Opportunities to take on additional roles (downside = without pay upgrade),"*Pathetic* pay (and managers who act astounded if this fact is mentioned...""we are competitive with retail"" is a cop out when you are expected to have the level of expertise necessary to do this job Bait and switch in hiring process Opaque and mysterious process for advancement It feels these days as though they want to squeeze more and more expertise out of specialists and build bench for family room, but keep them in the specialist pay-grade While the company talks about how important the ""customer experience"" is for Apple, they are really mainly concerned with selling more stuff, so the ""people first"" credo for customers and employees alike seems like b.s.","Stop with the Apple ""happy talk"" Don't pretend to know a technical answer to something if you don't (many of the managers are hired from non-Apple retail, and they fake knowledge to give themselves authority and cred with customers) I feel sorry for the store leader who is tasked with the endless chore of filling the gaping maw of the red zone (""sell, sell, sell!"") Ugh.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49091,apple,none," Feb 26, 2012",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,It is a great place to work part-time while going to school.,"The people I work with are fascinating, upbeat, and downright fun people. There is little down time, so you're busy all day but it makes the time go by quickly.",Troubleshooting all day can get old fast. Especially considering that most of the customers you deal with some in with a predisposition because their devices aren't working properly.,"Recognize not just those who do an outstanding thing once, but those who are consistently creating promoters. Focus more on NPS scores for each individual, and give them feedback based on these scores.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49092,apple,none," Mar 7, 2012",Current Employee - Expert,See past the retail politics and view it as a stepping stone - you will fare well.,"Job security, fun new technology, great employee purchase plans, stock purchase plan, roth 401k, decent health insurance although it is going up and up every year. fun diverse group of people to work with. a tad bit ""glamorous"" to work at Apple even though everyone is shocked when you tell them your salary.","extremely low compensation. this is not jcpennys, the employees are pushing upwards of a million dollars per quarter in revenue for Apple and are getting a $9/hr paycheck with no bonus/commission. very humiliating and discouraging. it will vary store to store, but leadership in ours does not have a vested interest in employees, only short term problems being solved to make their life easier. employees are not as valued as the company says.","show a personal interest in your employees. even if it means doing something outside of your comfort zone or the strict apple law once in a while, this will gain trust of your team members and improve morale. lots of things change operations wise quickly on a weekly basis, don't let that make you lose site of who is truly running the store, your red zone, family room, and back of house teams.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49093,apple,none," Feb 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is a wonderful company to work for.,The atmosphere is fun and exciting. The culture is the most positive culture I've have the pleasure of being a part of.,"Accurate scheduling can some times be an issue. Once in a while, a bad Apple, pun intended, slips through the cracks and gets hired - usually these people aren't cut out to be what Apple wants to represent.",The only advice I would give is to have maybe 2-3 more people in each position than what is usually planned out.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49094,apple,none," Mar 20, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The Worst Working Experience of My Adult Life,"Great products, exciting atmosphere, diverse customers, many wonderful people to work alongside, and occasionally great people to work under.","Overworked, underpaid, and under-appreciated. Disparate employee expectations, the social circles you travel in dictate what you can get away with. Plenty of nepotism and favoritism to go around. Crazy hours and scheduling, Apple's expectation is that Apple always comes first in your life. Constantly being made to sign nondisclosure agreements (literally every day for an entire week). Time Clock which, despite Apple's amazing technology, somehow manages to shave clocked hours on a regular basis. Worst ever aspect was being instructed to racially profile customers, to ensure that products are getting into the hands of ""promoters"", and being instructed to refuse sales to customers who don't fit the bill (yes, really).","No advice, as it is fruitless to offer such. Apple does as Apple will.",1.0,1.0,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49095,apple,none," Feb 10, 2012",Former Employee - Intern,Quite interesting and valuable. Learn a lot during my internship.,People and life there are very nice. You can learn a lot through working there with them. They are all willing to help you. (internship),"All the things there are quite good. For my department, i think they should have more activities to bonding the group members.","I am not very familiar with the leadership at Apple, since i am only the intern there for 6 months.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49096,apple,none," Feb 28, 2012",Current Employee - Aslp,Extremely Poor Work/Life Balance: Families and the rest of the world does not operate around retail hours.,"-Good money for doing very little -Interesting people to work with -40hrs work week, nothing more -good benefits -retail politics",-never can see family -have to work weekends -customers treat retail employees like dirt -terrible discounts on products they expect you to know everything about,Retail Management: They try hard to be accommodating as long as your needs don't conflict with the needs of the business,3.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49097,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 11, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Its not a bad company compare with anothers around,Opportunity to move to different departments No dressing rules Nice environment,holidays block HR needs a big improvement No commissions but bonus No kick offs or gifts to top performance teams or employees.,"They might keep the motivation, not just talking about how much revenue do we generate when we are not getting extra benefit for overpassing our targets.",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49098,apple,none," Feb 9, 2012",Current Employee - Home Advisor,Best company I have ever worked for,-Great Pay -Benefits are amazing -Management Team are very knowledgeable and want you to succeed -Flexible work hours -Great team partners,"Honestly, I can't think of anything negative concerning my work experience with Apple. Everyone on my team have been great.",Apple as some of the best management leaders around. All leaders I have met and worked for are very knowledgeable and do their best to help you succeed within Apple.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49099,apple,none," Feb 23, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great employees, no room to advance","Apple has an excellent hiring process, so generally your co-workers are great people who you actually want to be around. There are a few exceptions, but that's life. You get wicked benefits like stock purchase options, decent insurance, etc. Relaxed dress-code, and a lot of freedom when you're out on the floor to spend time with customers and give people a good experience.","No direction for advancement. Talent and technical knowledge is placed below sales power and general sucking up to management. If you're under 25 and want to make Genius or Creative in under two years, good luck. Too many hoops to jump through to get to where you want to be, and the rewards for doing so are not great. Pay is lackluster for the amount of BS you'll have to put up with.","Nurture talent. Smart people aren't going to stick around for two years to move up. They're going to realize the situation and get a higher paying position where they can use their skills, and that weakens the brand.",2.0,2.0,none,1.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1248.htm
49100,apple,none," Feb 8, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Great benefits, awesome people and huge room for personal growth and advancement with the right attitude and work ethic.",Low entry level pay and somewhat crazy work environment for the salary.,none,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49101,apple,none," Feb 20, 2012",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"My experience has been great in the past, until recently, since things are changing, but not nesesarily for the better.","-The title and the prestige of working for ""Apple"". -Generally, a decent work environment, (though this is diminishing rapidly as the company has grown over the last couple years). -Decent pay (considering it is a ""retail"" job). -Opportunities for personal growth and knowledge enrichment. (training is emphasized initially, though the company's expectations exceed their commitment to ongoing training). -Generally great people to work with, though I have noticed a recent decline in employee morale.","-Unrealistic expectations of employees. -Lack of respect for personal time and personal growth outside of the company's agendas. -Very poor scheduling, including but not limited to respect for employee time off the job. -Lack of sufficient training time for the broad range of responsibilities that employees are expected to adhere to. -General disrespect for the employee's skill sets and backgrounds. -The inclination to indoctrinate employees with the ""Apple"" way. -The recent implementation of a distinct separation between the lower level retail workers and the management teams. -Hidden agendas, which are only revealed by inexperienced ""management trainees"" and other less skilled managers who are attempting to implement Apple policies regarding the treatment of lower level employees and their subsequent relationships with management. -Decline in employee morale. -Company expectations exceed realistic situations in the field. -The recent emphasis on the fact that we are ""working in a retail environment"". (does that mean that we should expect less respect and less compensation, though we are expected to be more flexible and work harder?) -Discouragement from personal time, personal enrichment outside of Apple, and originality. (We are encouraged to agree with company policies and agendas, while our personal opinions are either shunned or dismissed if they do not adhere to the company's objectives as dictated by management or the company's directives.","Consider treating your employees with the same respect with which we are expected to treat our customers. Consider treating your employees as equals and team members, rather than treating us as tools and resources. Form genuine relationships with your team members-- You are not just the ""boss""! You are our ""leaders"", which may imply authority, but be careful about how you use your authority. Do not pick on people that you don't personally like, do not single out certain individuals based on personal opinions, and do not use other's opinions as a framework for your own relationship with any particular employee. Be especially careful what you say to any individual that you are not personally close to. (we are not machines, we are not without feelings and sensitivity, and we are not ""your people"") Watch out! What you say matters to us! If you show disrespect, or treat us unfairly, single us out in any way, or show favoritism, you will continue to damage employee morale and eventually your actions will backfire, causing unrest, and ultimately dissent. (Yes, you will be held responsible, and you will be a contributor in the potential decline of Apple as a company.) Remember- employee opinions matter! If we are not happy, we will not make our customers happy. This is a chain reaction, and could result in a decline in public popularity. This will result in a decline in customer loyalty, which will ultimately hurt the company as a whole. At this point is is hard to say what I personally believe about the recent changes in company leadership, since there has not been enough time to logically form an opinion about the future of company and our higher level leadership. I must say, however, in light of recent observations, that I am skeptical about the future of our company.",2.0,1.0,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49102,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 6, 2012",Former Employee - Part-time Specialist,Great place to work with diverse group of people,"Great group of people that come from diverse backgrounds... You can learn a lot about the products, on a day to day basis. If you love Apple, this is the place to be at.","Meeting your personal metrics is a priority for the store - managers deny it, but it is basically a sales job... If your good at it, you'll last - if not, good luck.",keep looking at everything else that make great employees - not just the metrics. It's harder to measure... but that's what differentiates someone that loves to work there vs. someone that's just a great salesperson.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49103,apple,none," Feb 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Learnt a lot, overal a great experience",- employee discount - fair treatment - advancement opportunities within the company - various cultures - lots of traveling - met a lot of cool people,"- difficult to get days off work - pay is okay, not great however - have to deal with some geeks :)",none,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49104,apple,none," Jan 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's been pretty good,"Benefits, great people , discounts, job security","Limited growth once you've reach Genius, creative, or expert",Stop micro managing,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49105,apple,none," Feb 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,We are consultant and we just happen to sell electronics.,Its a great environment to work in. Your coworker are great and the will help you get acclimated with ease. Management is understanding and they act more as friend with constructive feed back than managers. The company is really about personal development and help you becoming a better person because that's what will generate the highest ROI. Your people skills and communication skills will see a dramatic increase because you have to interact with so many different people from different backgrounds. How do you teach a 78 year only women how to make beats on Logic Pro? Its interesting and you'll have fun at work.,"As with any retail, there will be peak seasons and slow season. when the slow season come around, you will see a drop in you hours if you are not full time.",Keep it up. Your goal should always be to develop leaders and not employees.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49106,apple,none," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Specialist,Fast Paced Hectic Chaotic FUN,"Technology driven, great energy, great and diverse workforce","Stressful when busy, perhaps understaffed. The non motivated employees ""hide"" from work",none,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49107,apple,none," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Staff,"Great Company, Depends on the Business Area",Awesome coworkers and products Great perks Learn alot,Little room for advancement depending business group you work for Work Life Balance,Realize the your best assets at your company...your people especially those work hard for you and not those who just show up.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49108,apple,none," Jan 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great technology, great experiences.","management, co-workers, hours, pay, changing lives day by day","nothing to speak of, I am very blessed","fortunate to have great managers, perhaps spend more time developing those seeking it out",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49109,apple,none," Feb 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was underpaid,The brand is top notch. The people are friendly. The products are fun to play with. Not sure what else.,You are extremely underpaid for the amount of work you have to do. You are usually overworked and feel extremely tired,Management should look more into treating their employees better. They should stop thinking about reaping all the benefits they can.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1249.htm
49110,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),great place to work,friendly and innovative environment to work for,stressful workload especially on service side,keep innovating atmosphere,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49111,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 26, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Great company, Great People, Great Environment","Over, working at Apple Retail is an awesome experience. The training is fantastic and really thorough, the management are supportive and provide feedback constantly, and the people you work with are (for the most part) fun and easy-going. It can get crazy in the store at times because it's usually super packed with customers, but the facilities and processes that Apple has in place make it easy to get things done faster, simpler, and more efficient.","Growth is definitely there but you're constrained to the roles in a retail environment so eventually it seems there would be no were else to ""grow"".",none,5.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49112,apple,none," Feb 7, 2012",Former Employee - GSM,An adventure,"Innovation, The Apple Shuttle, Apple gym and Cafe Macs","long hours, competitive culture, separation among the ivy league schools",nothing really...,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49113,apple,none," Jan 24, 2012",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"More fun than most jobs, great PT benefits!",Fun place to work Meet lots of cool people Part time benefits are very generous Great flexibility (for part timers anyway) Decent salary for retail Annual raises for good reveiw,"Management treats EVERYONE like they're a teenager Salary not enough for what they expect Lots of ambiguity-rules change constantly and you're expected to know all the changes If you don't know something youre mocked for it Information not shared freely among co-workers. Everyone wants to be ""the star"" You think we'd get some free products sometime for meeting goals. Never happens.","We know you're trying to be consistent, but there is a huge difference between an 18 year old and a 46 year old! Do not treat us as such. Encourage more knowledge sharing and don't make people feel stupid for asking questions even if you think they should know the answer.",4.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49114,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 24, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Great place for all.,"Great Leadership. Flat org. Always working with the ""A"" level people in whatever discipline. It was well stabled there was a true caring for the lives and balance of work life here.",Tendency to get folks to work to the breaking point before they get support.,Work harder at anticipating burn out. Look to be more competitive with the wages.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49115,apple,none," Jan 23, 2012",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Good job - great co-workers/perks, still retail.",Organized structure for retail environment Great Discounts Free software Fun co-workers Flexible schedule,"Pay Customers are very ill informed and rude often giving up at NOTHING in getting what they want Most stores have 6+ managers, not all take leadership responsibilities the same Hour unpaid lunch retail = working till 10pm, holidays and weekends",Recognize top performers and redesign attendance policies,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49116,apple,none," Feb 7, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,No room for advancement.,Loved the customer interaction. Loved my coworkers.,No room for advancement. They do not promot from within. They hire managers from other stores and hae them take a pay cut.,"Do not promise advancement if that is not the ""apple"" way. i was promised a managerial position within 3 months. I found out once I was hired that they do not promote from within.",3.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49117,apple,Paris (France)," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Best colleagues ever but very poor management skills,- Great products and no commission. So we could be honest to make sales - Extraordinary team workers. Always here to help and step up. Great technical skills also. - The Apple Fame - A few discounts as employee,"- Management is totally inadequate. They manage high-skilled and motivated employee like if they were Starbucks seasonal part time people. - They say what matters is their people but there is absolutely no career possible. You get stuck at the position you got hired for years with a random chance to evolve (poorly). Almost NO ONE makes it from the sales floor to manager. - Starbucks/Gap/Disney management team. Like mafia, they all worked together prior to Apple. Impossible to join the gang, even if you have the best feedback and results on the floor.","Store managers should not have the final word about anything concerning their employees's careers. HR should. Right now, if you do an incredible job i the store and want to transfer to another one, if your store manager doesn't want to lose you, he can decline everything you ask. HR has nothing to say about it. Managers can also blacklist you. Even though HR will deny such thing, having a store manager with ALL the powers about your contract is the same. If your manager doesn't like you for any unfair reason, your only choice is to resign (Apple will almost NEVER fire people. Costs too much)",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49118,apple,none," Jan 19, 2012",Former Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"I loved working with the people, and helping provide solutions.","The desire to educate people about technology in a way that meets their needs is unparalleled. The use of technology to streamline customer service is outstanding. The people who work for Apple really do want to ""change the world.""","Technology is still male-focused, and as a result there is a much larger of percentage of male employees, although Apple doesn't shy away from moving women into management positions. The path to promotion within the company is not clear, and the process is extremely complex and depends almost entirely on the ability of the management staff to organize and provide feedback.","Be more honest about the sales factor and less idealistic about ""saving the world"" and people will be much less likely to be disappointed or disillusioned.",5.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49119,apple,none," Feb 18, 2012",Former Employee - Accountant,Work work work... Disappointing perks and bonus,- Wear anything you want - Family & friends feel proud for you - Helpful colleagues - Good health programmes & gym,"- be prepared to work late, til wee hours quarterly for some, round the clock for year end. - pls note: NO profit sharing scheme so hardwork to support the growth of company doesn't get rewarded - boring office, no celebration deco nor chit chat happily during working hours or you will be deem too free. - not so flexi hours, no work from home and don't come in at 10am or get confronted by management. - have 'shoe polish' skills if you want to do well. - too many layers of hierarchy and management have mood swings. - very difficult to take long holidays, abv 2wks. Ask around for advice before joining. High turnover as mgt attitude is if you can't take the workload, there are thousands enthusiastic ppl hungry to join.",- Management should support WLB not just on themselves. - 15% Employee discounts is not much considering we can cross over to Malaysia to buy without 7% GST.,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1250.htm
49120,apple,none," Jan 15, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment and nurturing for leadership development,The culture was was amazing. Everyone saw the vision the company created and wanted others to see the same vision through the product that was offered.,"In my experience, it was the management that was shaky. There were great managers, and then there were the ones that had no idea how to manage at all.",Make sure these individuals whom lead up the stores take the time to go through thorough personality training and communication training .,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49121,apple,none," Jan 26, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Relations Advisor,"started off great and has changed dramatically in how we are able to service our customers, terrible shifts now.",Average pay and benefits 25% employee discount,"Horrible shifts for 3 months at a time---no flexibility No flexibilitly with time off, shcedule adherence is more important than serving the customers now. Before we became home based advisors it was a great place to work, now we are micro managed to the 9th degree. Management has implemented rigid policies that do not allow ANY exceptions to help the customers with their complaints any more. The level of service has decreesed dramatically in the last 6 months due to management advising us to cut back in terms of appeasements and exceptions that had made us #1 for years. People are not happy at Apple Customer Relations anymore and many are looking for other jobs now despite paying higher than most call centres. The 3 month shift and nights and weekends have destoyed our personal lives but Apple doesn't care it's all about the money.",What happened???We are breaking records every quarter and now we are going to cut back how we are allowed to serve our customers? When it was decided to be open 7 days a week from 7-11 could you not have hired new people for these shifts? Years of loyalty mean nothing to Apple it is obvious ot us all.,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49122,apple,none," Jan 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,innovation driven,cool products at every six months keep employees busy and excited. cross functional cowork allows for seeing out of the box view points.,long working hour makes difficult to balance between work and life. often time have to deal with people of strong ego.,"do not take for granted electrical designs and chip designs. industrial designs are important, but functionality should be also treated equally important.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49123,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 10, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Excellent,"Product value, innovation, leader in his market.",Pay is very low compare with the market on this kind of position,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49124,apple,none," Jan 8, 2012",Current Employee - Project Manager,Awesome,Fun and excitement when it cOmes to looking into the future,Lots of losers have been cOming into the company these past two years with the growth. They can ruin the cOmpany.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49125,apple,none," Jan 2, 2012",Former Employee - IOS Technical Support Advisor,Amazing,friendly atmosphere great leadership employee recognition equal opportunities for advancement,i really dont have any issues. ready to go back!,Great management. they truly make you feel needed and special.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49126,apple,none," Jan 17, 2012",Current Employee - Genius Administrator,Wonderful co-workers and always a challenge,"You will work with a lot of fantastic people. Benefits are excellent and customers are, for the most part, great. You will learn a lot, have a lot of fun but probably never go very far. Apple retail is not a career except maybe for managers.","Managers are unprofessional and not supportive. The company talks about work/life balance but, at least in retail, it is often just talk. Employees gr burned out quickly and leadership lacks direction. Pay is good for retail but this is not traditional retail and for many jobs, salaries are quite low.","Support your employees. Be professional. Treat everyone the same. Acknowledge that your employees are human and have needs, lives and families. This is too often ignored.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49127,apple,none," Dec 29, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Apple culture is amazing,"Feedback system is incredible! At Apple your voice is heard and people genuinely care! The managers are there to support and help us progress based on our indivual goals! If you're ard working and passionate about enriching lives, this is the best job!","Retail pay, retail hours. The hours and scheduling are always random, even if you're full time there's never any method to the schedule.m",Keep up the fearless feedback!,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49128,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 30, 2012",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,An enjoyable job ruined by atrocious management,The job roles and work is enormously enjoyable. You get discounts on Apple stuff Your colleagues will be brilliant Apple is great to have on your CV,Poor quality management Total lack of commitment to training and development Highly macro managed work environment makes changing the tinniest details near impossible,Resign,1.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49129,apple,none," Jan 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Advisor,Eh just ok,"Money, product knowledge, knowing internal procedures",Dont get the recognition you deserve,n/a,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1251.htm
49130,apple,none," Jan 19, 2012",Former Employee - At-Home Advisor - College Program,"Great corporate benefits, but the same Call Center position like anywhere else","-Benefits: I was a part of the College Program, so we worked 20 hours minimum and still get good benefits because we are under Corporate -Work at home. Yes, we do work out of home, although that is a bit of a con as well. -Apple Brand Name: except when you say you work for Tech Support.","- Pay: really low compared to industry standards, no negotiation regardless of experience - $10/hour range. I took it as I wanted to gain experience and thought very highly of Apple - Hours: they say its ""flexible"" but in reality its not. They work around your school schedule but otherwise you might get 6AM shift one day and a 9PM shift the next, can really mess your life up. - Management: MICROMANAGED to the extreme. Your computer screen is monitored, you keep a log everytime you get up to use the restroom, basically like a typical call center from home. - Customers: its not the Tech Savvy young people who call you, its the less experienced crowd who does not know the difference between a Mac and a PC, or how to turn on the phone, etc. You will get yelled at because you can't provide free support, you also have to sell AppleCare packages every month to hit your quota (yep, phone sales!) - Technology: You get an iMac to use at home, the soft phone and iLog (call logging system) breaks most of the time. You have to log everytime an error happens if you miss one your Manager would just blame you.. - WORK LIFE BALANCE + HEALTH: be warned, if you occur 3 sick days in 6 months, you are OUT. Yes, you get fired for occurring 3 ""incidences"" - which includes seeing doctor, if you're sick, or just need PTO. Vacation gets approved half the time if you plan really early, but only in certain months like October or Feb.","-Have all the managers get on the phones too and actually experience it. They manage and critique you at every turn. At one point we had people called ""Time Cops"" who just trolls you (yes, that is the best way to describe it) by chatting you if you spend even 1 minute over between each call that we are supposed to log notes. This job is great for those who respect Apple to the point they are willing to be stepped on. Even a company as dynamic as Apple can't have dream jobs at a call center. I have finished school since, quit this job before my 1 year contract, and moved on to a full-time position.  Again, this is just for students considering the ""Call Center"" position they call an ""Advisor"". I am sure the REAL jobs at HQ or even Retail is better, if not a dream job for many out there. Just my experience strictly in this position! :)",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49131,apple,none," Dec 25, 2011",Former Employee - Sales,Enjoyable and very busy.,"You meet a lot of new people, you are around some of the best technology and up to date all the time.",There is very little time to rest and very stressful having to explain difficult situations to people who are not very familiar with technology.,none,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49132,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 7, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,overly positive with limited possibilities to progress,"unforgettable retail experience, chance to learn top of the range retail solutions, very creative environment","long hours, irregular schedule, most managers coming from either Gap or Satrbucks,",invest more time in training and career development,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49133,apple,none," Jan 22, 2012",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),An Awful Experience,Decent pay for retail. Its fun to play with Apple products all day. Decent Discount. Okay benefits. Most co-workers are pretty cool to work with.,"Terrible management. No flexibility in scheduling. No work/life balance - You must be in Apple mode 100% of the time. Secrecy. Low pay for what you do. Micromanaged - You're recorded on every sale and if you don't sell enough of something, you get a talking to. No room for advancement. Some pretentious co-workers.","Apple management doesn't need to care.. Theres plenty of drones wanting to get into Apple, only for them to be spit back out again.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49134,apple,none," Dec 18, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Eye Opening.,"Great people, Great Product, Extremely friendly coworkers, and stellar customer service. I would recommend this job to College students and Artsy types.","Not enough staff members to help everyone. Customers feel extremely entitled, to the point where they are blatantly disrespectful to the employees who are doing their best to help them out.",Stop cutting part time hours! Be a little more understanding when the employees have personal family issues.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49135,apple,none," Jan 1, 2012",Current Employee - Specialist,Competitive for retail but serious work needed?,"- Excellent knowledge base - Good benefits and perks - Competent people - Good place to learn, good college job","- Pay needs to be more competitive - little opportunity for growth, lied to about how there was plenty - plagued by the many minuscule foolish things that occur in many companies like favoritism and arrogance - Sometimes can feel like a dead end although great excitement in the beginning.","You need to be open to going outside of yourselves and understanding your employees, to receiving the feedback you talk so much about rather than assuming that every employee that does give you feedback is simply another disgruntled fool to be overlooked. Sometimes, people really are trying to help, you need to let them.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49136,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Exiting, demanding and questioning","Unique company culture, actually effective in daily business. Pride in what we do and how we do it. A lot human thinking and knowledge —positive values— go in our products. It can be truely beautiful. A lot to learn from the ability this company has to focus and to stick to a direction.","Very demanding. Burn out danger. Less proud of Apple's greed, too apparent on several levels. Makes it harder to relate to other (and real) Apple values. Not much of a career path. We have the hardest time to let go of our arrogance.","Remember what your employee, customers and even products are about: human values. Not just money. Tim may get us there.",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49137,apple,none," Dec 14, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,It was magnificent to get an inside perspective for the development of all these great gadgets that Apple is credited for.,The marketing push to create demand,None,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49138,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"busy, fun, amazing people, good benefits < Retail","great wage, and fun environment to work for. discounts, job security, great benefits",its a bit stressful. Politics plays a role on your success at Apple.,none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49139,apple,none," Dec 27, 2011",Former Employee - Account Executive,Busy,"great products, forward thinking, good people","management, no down time, no training, no support from HR",Care about your people,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1252.htm
49140,apple,none," Dec 6, 2011",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"It is a very fun, energetic place to work so long as you don't think about the big picture too much",It really is a very fun place to work. Apple is growing like crazy and it is exciting to be part of that growth.,Management tends to think the success of the store is directly tied to their efforts when the truth is most of the management are glorified grunts. Apple is growing due to products that folks want.,Enjoy the ride...,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49141,apple,none," Dec 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's Decent.,"decent pay, you get the opportunity to meet lots of great people, learning experience, good life work balance, management really seems to care, catered events, fun team","can be a little 'cult-ish' at times, unorganized because of the size of staff, alot of back and forth and mis-communication from management, dont always get schedule far enough in advance",Please give schedules 2 weeks in advance. I know you want us to love apple and feel like a famil and be proud but be a bit less in your face with the kool-aide sometimes.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49142,apple,none," Dec 23, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Coworkers are typically fun people. Good outlet for creativity. Managers give you good deal of autonomy in your work. Not bad.,Very little in the way of growth opportunities. Customers are some of the worst I've ever seen in a retail store.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49143,apple,none," Dec 23, 2011",Former Employee - Genius,Decent,"Fun atmosphere and interesting people, very clean and organized, friendly coworkers and enthusiastic management as well as diverse experiences every day","Sometimes a little overwhelming and managers can be micro managers, people can be difficult to work with especially when very inept","So long as the innovations keep flowing, people will keep coming back to us and I look forward to being there to help them",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49144,apple,none," Dec 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not good as I expected,"It's a work with a good pay, a lot of benefits (discount, mobile phone, computer, ecc.) and (if lucky) with a good team.","Management competence and professionalism is lacking. There's no good communication with the management, and some times it can be ambiguous. Customers can be very disrespectful, sometime it can become very stressful.",Try to be more in touch with your employees and be a little more understanding. Managers can also improve their skills to prevent bad selling moments.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49145,apple,none," Dec 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apple is a great school for customer service but if you have alot of ambitions, be prepared to do a little politics",- You work with awesome people - Salary and benefits are great - You can have a great carreer - The products are amazing,"- retail is retail, working hours sucks - once you are either a creative, ics, genius or expert... you're unlikely to be considered to grow your career inside apple (managements or corporate), 99% of the time: their hire from outside - there is alot of politics going on within the team",none,3.0,2.5,none,1.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49146,apple,none," Dec 15, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Working for Apple is rewarding in terms of successful products and compensa, but it comes with great personal sacrifice.","Apple is an exciting place, and certainly was when Steve was active and involved. It was a good boost to the ego to be known as the brightest and the best. The financial reward is also great - the salary and stock options, combined with the ESPP opportunity, can lead to a very good compensation package.","The management is not at all empathetic. You are expected to work, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Period. There is no regard to holidays or personal events.",Become more human.,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49147,apple,none," Dec 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good fun positive nice people,None that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49148,apple,none," Dec 7, 2011",Former Employee - Applecare Advisor,Not as great as one would think,It is Apple. Getting to work with and help customer with the best technology created on Earth.,"Lack of communication from managers. Being told one thing, but getting in trouble for doing it.","The home based program needs better communication overall. Very lacking, even with managers logged into chat all day.",2.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49149,apple,none," Dec 6, 2011",Current Employee - Genius,"Crazy Busy, Passionate People, Amazing Company... Still Retail.",Passionate people Job security Personal development Discounts Professional development Great benefits,Retail hours Retail pay Overworked at times Under appreciated at times,none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1253.htm
49150,apple,none," Nov 6, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Challenging and rewarding,Where else can you regularly work on products lusted after by so many people? Great opportunity to have a real impact.,Famously high standards can be frustrating sometimes. Probably better for everyone in the end.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49151,apple,none," Nov 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Best Alternative,"If you have to work retail, I'd highly recommend Apple Retail over the drone services at other electronics stores and other retail outlets...just not as much excitement or that type of personality.","A lot of internal struggle to be a standout employee, a lot of internal competition. A lot of mindless leadership for very minuscule tasks that really have no worth for the overall team or store.",Career advancement and upward mobility,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49152,apple,none," Dec 2, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,i like my job,good for a career path,does not have promising future,be nice to your employee who want to work more and get paid less,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49153,apple,"Laval, QC (Canada)"," Nov 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not what you would imagine,Great products and great growth ( applies more to us employees as corporate growth in Canada is very limited),It's a huge monster that cares less and less about individuals and more about profit then anything else nowadays.,Go back to the roots which was to offer the best customers experience possible instead of selling the most warranties possible.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49154,apple,none," Nov 9, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),An upgraded retail position with many benefits for part-time employees but do not expect to head to corporate.,"The free shirts, the discounts, the part time benefits. The apple store is a perfect part time position, the company truly does care about its employees and makes sure that the employees are well trained to handle decisions normally left to managers.","The hiring of upper level positions advancement does happen internally but not common. Most of the mac specialist, which are just sales associates are treated by the public as computer masterminds but are just sales associates that are passionate about the products they are selling. The job is awesome as a part-time job but I wouldn't expect a career out of it.","The management is great team of leaders, they are all understanding and get along well.",5.0,5.0,none,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49155,apple,none," Oct 28, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,A retail opportunity unlike any other,"There are some real opportunities for rapid growth at Apple. There really is. That makes this job, in my opinion, the best retail experience you can have. I came into Apple without ANY retail experience and I'm now confident enough with it that I really could take on any kind of retail sales experience. If you enjoy staying busy, being surrounded with questions coming from many different ways and being part of a company that has arguably the most in-demand technology in the world, Apple is an amazing place to work. With that said, it's a tough place to leave because people end up getting so emotionally connected to the benefits of working for such a profitable, growing and family-oriented company. I love every minute of it.","Because Apple products are always incredibly innovative and well designed, there is an incredible demand for them. The retail stores are essentially the ""face of Apple"" therefore they are thee only places many people know to get their Apple products. What this means with a job at Apple is that you will ALWAYS be busy, you will ALWAYS be pressed to work more hours and you will find it VERy difficult to get time off. For instance, I once requested the week BEFORE Thanksgiving off 5 MONTHS in advance, and wasn't approved for it. It's tough but logical. Apple has tried to accomodate by hiring more staff but unfortunately Apple cannot seem to hire enough people as the demand just continues to grows at an unbelievable pace.","Apple retail management does an incredible job of offering what they call ""Fearless Feedback"" to employees. They also give many opportunities for growth and training internally. There is always more than enough time for both of those items. Like I said before though, the stores stay incredibly busy and it's not going to stop. There needs to be at least 15-20 more people hired per store so that we can stay ahead of the curve and so that we can take care of all customers that need assistance. The real part of Apple retail is customer experience, no sales. It's having your customers leave impressed, all of their questions answered and excited to come back in the future knowing that they'd get the same experience. Recently I've seen a huge decrease in this because there is simply is not enough staff to take care of everyone that needs help. The on again and off again rushes and demand that retail stores see needs to be modified and made consistant with Apples true vision: something that ""Just Works"". The retail stores work to an extent but the end-to-end customer experience is dwindling fast.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49156,apple,none," Nov 7, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),You're a glorified sales person. That's it. But there's room to move around.,Better pay than most retail Discount on great products Opportunities to move to different roles Healthcare and Dental Flexible hours for students,It's retail. You have to deal with angry customers.,Provide a path for those in retail to move to corporate if they're a graduate student or something of the sort.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49157,apple,none," Nov 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,work life balance not the case,it takes very long to get promoted and the opportunities are limited in scope. Managment can be very demanding on multiple projects at one time,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49158,apple,none," Nov 3, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but pay/benefits are not great,Exciting environment. Company is currently thriving. Lots of opportunity for advancement. Start-up oriented work environment,pay/benefits are not as good as other companies,take care of your employees through better compensation,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49159,apple,none," Nov 1, 2011",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Best job ever,Everything is great! I love working,Nothing is wrong. I go to and leave work happy.,Great job,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1254.htm
49160,apple,none," Nov 1, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"Great place to work for the opportunity to learn, but not advance.","Just a few good words to describe Apple Retail: Fun, Products, Friends, Flexibility, Understanding, Compassion, Learning Opportunity, Benefits, Relocation, Discounts.","With all the good there are some bads: horrible pay for what is expected, little to no advancement opportunity, get work out of you by placing advancement opportunity in front of you to only turn around and hire externally.",Be upfront with employees and don't hide/cover-up advancement opportunities. Give us a chance to at least interview before you make your mind up. Promote from within more!,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49161,apple,none," Nov 13, 2011",Current Employee - Web Publisher,I am just a number,"There are many exciting products born at Apple, and they are truly an industry leader. If you are a fan of the products it is really interesting to see the development of an idea into a game changing product.","Poor compensation doesn't even begin to describe how bad the pay is. No bonus despite record quarters of growth, not even a holiday party! All our equipment is buggy refurbished models. They claim to promote from within but I have yet to see it, they have all been external hires. You can do better!","The ""Pleasure of working at Apple"" is running out! Pay your hard working employees what they deserve before it's too late! The exodus has already begun.",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49162,apple,none," Oct 25, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,Great place to work!,"The company as a whole focuses on the needs of the customer better than any other retail company. The products are solid products and work well. Apple acknowledges that their products are more expensive than the base products from other companies, but the performance from Apple's products are exceptionally better. They provide extensive training in their hardware and software products.","Even though they pay a very competitive salary, it starts as a part time position. You really have to be a very outgoing person and produce great ""numbers"" in order to move into full time positions. They also have a strict attendance policy, and it is not clear as to what exactly leads to termination. I understand that people need to show up to work on time, but make it clear what exactly leads to termination.","HR needs to have a representative in store, and not just in the headquarters. There need to be more opportunities to grow and to learn how to satisfy customer's needs.",5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49163,apple,none," Oct 24, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best retail job out there,"Working at Apple retail offers people the chance to share their love of Apple products and actually enrich people's lives. The model of fair compensation, without comission, allows workers to focus on meeting customers' needs above all else.","The work can be tiring and, at busy times, the hours can be very long. Some stores are very crowded and busy all the time.",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49164,apple,none," Oct 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It's a good job, but it's just a job.","Opportunities to learn, great product, great people","low opportunities for advancement within store, communication issues from management, no store leader",none,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49165,apple,none," Oct 25, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,Its good and fun,You get to learn about the products before anyone else. You get to play with gadgets and test things early. Its also fun helping people.,"Pay is very minimal. With how much money Apple has, its very odd they can throw a dog a bone. Though it is retail.",Managment it perfect. They get the job done and rock it out daily. Thats whats up and that will always be whatsup.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,2.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49166,apple,none," Oct 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enriching,"The technology, the innovation, the experience",Salary might be below par in comparison to similar positions,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49167,apple,none," Oct 19, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,Life changing,"the people are amazing, when I'm at Apple I feel more at home than I do at my own house. Everyone is accepting and from the start acts like they've known you for years. I automatically feel as if I had a place there, and I can't envision working anywhere else after my experience at Apple.","The downsides of Apple are going to be about the same as any retail job. During the holidays and launch days, it is a very high-paced environment and there are a lot of people to be helped in a short amount of time. It can get stressful, but it's worth it.",The leadership team is still helping me to get to where I want to be at Apple. They are the perfect mentors and only care about their employees reaching their own personal goals.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49168,apple,Davao (Philippines)," Oct 23, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,fun and very exciting to think about the new line ups,because its the most greenest company among all computer / gadget stores.,there's none actually because the company is great and i've never had any regrets working here.,lets have more fun working as a team.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49169,apple,none," Nov 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great job with an incredible atmosphere but lousy pay for the work you have to do.,"The management team is by far the best I have ever worked with. Your coworkers are some incredibly interesting people, and you are constantly surrounded by the energy and excitement of both customers and employees.",Apple's rhetoric on the value of its employees falls short. Opportunities for development are highly competitive and there is a tendency for favoritism. Even full time employees find it very difficult to pay their bills on a very modest lifestyle.,Stand up for the wellbeing of your employees. A full-time mobile technician should not have to rely on food stamps to feed his or her children. Hold your own supervisors to the first tenant of the company's credo.,3.0,4.5,none,2.0,2.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1255.htm
49170,apple,none," Oct 18, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,I love to work at this company!,"When you work at Apple, you are working with some of the most talented and fun people in the industry. Management trains you well so you are prepared for almost any circumstance that may arise. The work environment is great and management listens to your requests.",The only con of working for Apple (isn't really even Apple's fault) is that customers believe you should know everything about everything.,"Management does a great job supporting the rest of the staff. They don't just sit in an office all day, they are actually out on the floor helping us out. My only advice to them would be to keep up the good work they are already doing.",5.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49171,apple,none," Oct 18, 2011",Current Employee - Real Time Analyst,Apple is a great place to work,I work at a vendor site which is a good place to work. The oay is good and the hours are nice.,"Unfortunately the pay is only half as much as working directly for Apple instead of a vendor, but this is really the only downfall.","I believe that I would say, as I'm sure others have, that my advice would be to continue to live Steve Jobs' vision. Other than that, i would suggest a raise in your vendor site employees' pay.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49172,apple,none," Oct 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best job I've ever had with a great community and products,"they have an amazing community built there, with wonderful people and products as well as great incentives, and a push to always better yourself.","you have to work long hours at times, most weekends are booked, and the stores are always incredibly busy, which isn't too bad.","management at apple is incredible. they are always sensitive to needs, and will keep you up to date as well as in the loop.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49173,apple,none," Oct 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A whirlwind of awesome people and technology, with major pitfalls, but a satisfying experience.","If you like people and want to change the way technology is looked at every, this is a good job for you.","The compensation isn't great, and the brainwashing gets a little over the top. Managers can be dicks, too, a lot of the time.","Pretend you had to do all the stuff the underlings have to do. You are unable to do most of it, so try and work toward more alignment with the general staff.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49174,apple,none," Oct 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,life changing,"opportunities, people, relationships, interactions, support",year round air conditioning -,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49175,apple,none," Oct 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An experience where I'm empowered!,The best thing about working at Apple is the ability to be who you are. Your uniqueness can shine and you can be the best you. Everyone strives to help each grow as better workers and individuals. There isn't a stupid questions and managers motivate you to ask so you can learn. The relationships you build within Apple feels like you've been developing them for years!,"The only downside I can think of is that fact that employees get little time to prepare for new products because of the ""hush hush"" mentality at Apple.","Managers should continue to motivate their employees and encourage them to think outside the box. Another important thing is that managers need to know that they are managers, but leaders as well.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49176,apple,none," Oct 15, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,It is a company I am very proud to work for.,The people behind the customer service. Those of us who go into work every day to help Apple customers find the most benefit from their products.,Some of the shifts are crazy and our call floor is a bit crowded at the moment.,Thank you for all your help and respect and your unending sense of humour.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49177,apple,none," Oct 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,the staff is all motivated as they enjoy what they work around. it creates great working enviroment and makes life alot easier day by day.,salaries are not so good,increase salaries!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49178,apple,none," Oct 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best place to work!,We have the choice to do whatever it takes to make the customer satisfied. We can go above and beyond!,"Sometimes, the customers can be a little cranky and they may be really upset when they just don't understand how our store works.","I think that there are great opportunities to advance in the company, but there should be even more and open to more people.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49179,apple,none," Oct 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Quite simply, it is an amazing company to work for and it is unlike any other. It's like working with and for your friends and work is actually something to look forward to.","I truly have no cons about working there. It may get busy and hectic, but that's because of the passion our customers share with us about our products.",We offer feedback to each other directly in the store. It's part of what makes Apple Apple. And kudos are always given openly.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1256.htm
49180,apple,none," Nov 16, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They feed you lies of advancement when there are none,Apple is the leader in creating innovative and unrivaled products that keep you coming back for more. Great place for long-lasting electronic devices.,"Company-wide, Apple continues to provide low pay for the environment that you work in. There are promises of advancement, but this almost never happens. If, in the instance it does, expect to do more for the same pay as you had in your previous position. Putting up with irate customers all day requires more pay - sorry.","The bottom line is to make profit. In your credo, it is highlighted entirely about the customer experience, and one line is dedicated to the employees that provide this experience. Remember that line about the employee. It always seems to be forgotten. Value them, they work very hard.",1.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49181,apple,none," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be your own advocate,people think you're cool when you say you work for Apple.,"If you are not explicit about your availability, they will schedule you for many consecutive days and weekends are required (unless you take care of that up front at the time of hire)",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,1.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49182,apple,none," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Misleading,"Healthcare for part-time employees that have worked for +6 months, stock options, and the feeling of being needed by customers makes the experience differ from other retail positions.","Poor communication from management, and empty promises about valuing the employee above everything else have made the exceptionally high standard Apple sets for itself a facade. Every company has a mission statement, but only a small handful of those companies live up to it. Apple is not a part of that group.","The managers I've encountered at Apple are either one of two types of people: Type A) Very personable, but is not action-oriented, doesn't get much accomplished, lacks the backbone to do what is necessary to maintain a good business. Type B) Not personable, all conversations are about metrics and productivity, a micromanager.  After 3 years of working there I haven't come across a true leader in a management position at any Apple retail store. No one trusts their direct reports to do their jobs. I expected the standard to be much higher.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49183,apple,none," Oct 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome and amazing,Atmosphere. Awesome coworkers who are knowledgeable.,"Constantly busy, which can be looked as a pro dependingnon who you ask.",More thorough input and development of underperforming coworkers,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49184,apple,none," Oct 9, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great.,Apple has great teams. Folks respect each other and also management demands a lot from its employees. That si how co has succeeded. !,"It is very demanding env at Apple. Folks works lot of hours. Management expects a lot from employees. If you do not like, it is not a right env for you.",Apple has great teams. Folks respect each other and also management demands a lot from its employees. That si how co has succedded. !,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49185,apple,none," Oct 8, 2011",Current Employee - Fraud Department,Amazing,"fearless feedback, opportunity for growth, great facilities, product passion","Hourly paid, not really many downsides.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49186,apple,none," Oct 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,it is a great team,there are no downsides there,there is no advice currently,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49187,apple,Milan (Italy)," Oct 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"salary, opportunities, team and benefits","stress, pressure, lack of communication sometimes",more clearness would help to aim the goal,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49188,apple,none," Oct 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Creative, good engineers","Keep produce new ideas, new products. Keep creative and learning new technology.",Depends on the working group.,none,3.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49189,apple,none," Oct 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"reputation, innovation, top employer, great products","no career advancement opportunity, poor management and lack of training",none,3.0,2.0,none,1.5,2.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1257.htm
49190,apple,none," Oct 15, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,"Its fun, exciting...but you have to have a drive for being positive all times","Good pay for a retail sales job. great co workers, awesome company, it feels like a privilege.","at the same time its tons of work for what you put in and sometimes its overlooked because of the ""busyness"" of the store.",more recognition for all the work we do,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49191,apple,none," Sep 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An amazing company to work for!!,"Health benefits, paid time off, stock purchase plan, flexible schedule",You work in retail which can be very stressful at times.,none,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49192,apple,none," Sep 24, 2011",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Good place to work on a temporary basis,"They have great benefits, discounts on products, health, and stock purchase plans. Management want to help you exceed in the company, but only so far.","After you reach a certain level within a store it is hard to move past that. Pay does not seem fair based on performance, and education. They base pay on current store performance and it is impossible to adjust pay after you are hired on. If you get hired you must negotiate pay.",Be more willing to discuss pay and help employees move within the company even if that mean moving to another store or corporate.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49193,apple,none," Sep 21, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Overall great, a lot of work, pay not equal...can't even afford a computer on that salary!","Great Job. A lot of fun and I learn something new every day. I also perform small miracles every 5 minutes. There is never a dull moment, the people are great, highly intelligent, a mix of many backgrounds, and easy to get along with. Management in my store is top notch. I am think I am lucky to have this type of leadership.","Pay is not very good for the amount of work you do and the expectations they set for you. They come in really low from the get go and while some have to ""earn"" full time status, others just get it right off the street. be prepared to kick ass if you are one of those. Career path options are vague and never what they seem. Things change daily and just never know what to really expect. One minute you think you have a promotion coming up, and then you find out last minute you actually have to compete for it with fellow co-workers you already love as well as outside registrants. They say they prefer to hire from within first, but I don't always see that. Management many times is completely computer illiterate which is sad. You can manage right if you don't' know the product yourself. Kudos that learn fast, but don't knock the talented just because you don't know yourself.","When you see potential, don't beat around the bush or pump up egos only to later let down. Stick to your word. Don't play games. You are dealing with people's LIVES. Sure, it's a big company. Everyone wants to work there, but when you got the right person, you simply have the right person. that is how people become jaded.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49194,apple,none," Sep 23, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Positive experience for most part except for very small number of unpleasant senior staff members.,"great training, good challenges, wide variety of opportunities if you want to stay and put in the time to pursue them, and make a career of it.","Wages but hey, it's retail. Gotta be able to afford to live off hourly retail wage until obtaining more higher paying roles which can take quite awhile to achieve but they do pay a bit higher than minimal standard retail hourly wages.","Get rid of those obvious bad leaders who set such a negative mood and tone when they're present. There are some leaders and mentors who micro manage to the extent of killing and stifling people's propensity to want to do good work because they make people so paranoid of making the slightest mistake. Thankfully, this is only a very small number.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49195,apple,none," Sep 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It has had its highs and lows. Apple is very big and yet a very small world and we know everyone,Craziness in the Apple Store,Craziness in the Apple Store may be too much to handle for some,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49196,apple,none," Aug 24, 2011",Current Employee - Customer Relations Specialist,Room to spread your wings,"The company practises the ideals and values it preaches. Its a company you can believe in. Its kind of a corporation revolution, a movement to change the way corporations conduct business and treat individual customers and employees. It aims to care for each individual employee and customer more so than any other corporation I have worked for. Paid well enough to take the issue of money off the table so people can concentrate on giving their best effort. Company trusts you, gives you the right tools and the space to let you do what you need to do to get the best result. Its a breeding ground for creativity and brilliance because there is an unspoken pride in employess, no sense of oppression, encouraged to show off your colours. Very few people here that are not focused. Management is chosen very carefully, usually the best in their field with a natural people management talent. No managers you would rather avoid here. 20 different positions open at any one time, always room to move onto bigger and better things if you fancy it. Free VHI, stock options, discounts on products, large discounts on everything from other companies. If you're not qualified, Apple will train you, company will bend backwards to facilitate college by night. I think the most satisfying thing for me personally is that I feel empowered to do my job properly and I can really help people. I feel appreciated, I feel my work is appreciated and rewarded. I feel like Apple cares in general. Apple hires people who care and go on caring. Work atmosphere is perfect as a result. I plan to stay and progress my career in the company, while doing college by night. It would take an extradinary job offer to make me walk away from this company, this movement.","If you work on a phone based job, like Technical Support, be prepared for Shift Work and weekends. Otherwise, its standard office hours. (Customer Relations don't work weekends but do have some late shifts to back up Tech)  50% of Apple are all systems go on Bank Holidays, not necessarily just phone based agents. The good news is that you get the bank holiday back as vacation hours so you end up with something like 30 days of holidays per year. Much better than double pay that goes to the tax man anyway.",Don't change when Steve leaves us,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49197,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The shine has come off the Apple,"Fast paced environment, nice modern surroundings, all the latest gadgets to play with, feedback given at all times, the days go quick.","The work/life balance Apple keep banging on about is non existent, barley a moment to take a break, let alone your lunch, too secretive, the internal database and systems aren't fit for purpose - makes ud look stupid in front of the customers.","Be more open, sort out the databases and deliveries of stock so your staff don't feel like banging their head on a brick wall.",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49198,apple,none," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Learn a lot about computers/iOS devices but not a long term job,"My co-workers have taught me much more than some of my professors at college. The benefits are great even for part time employees. Also, there are a lot of good looking people, tons of eye candy.","We are not paid enough for what we do- which is continuously a slap in the face every time I hear how successful Apple is financially- it's because they don't pay their employees enough and 80% of them are part time. And I hate being asked about Apple outside of work in social situations, it's awkward. Doctors especially- don't get me started about the time I was at the gynecologist who was a apple geek. There's a time and place to ask me about computer stuff- and that's when I am at work and on the clock.","If I could speak to the main dude Mr. Cook, I'd tell him that the turnover is so high because good people need good paying jobs. (I'd phrase it better though:) But it will never change, because for everyone that leaves, there are hundreds of people just as good or better wanting to take his/her place.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49199,apple,none," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,Good,It's a cool place to work with a lot of interesting and talented people.,Low pay compared to high profit,Work on rewarded your retail employees more. We do all of the legwork for a small amount of the pay.,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1258.htm
49200,apple,none," Sep 28, 2011",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Great college job, competitive pay, and a gre","Amazing benefits, some of the most interesting people you'll ever meet work for Apple. The culture is unlike anything I've ever seen before and if you have a good management team you WILL love your job.","One bad manager can ruin an entire store-- be weary of new management as the trend when I left was to hire management from Gap Inc. Some are great, others not so much. The management team is what will ultimately dictate your experience within Apple.",none,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49201,apple,none," Sep 5, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,Awesome place to work,Imagine: Creative atmosphere coupled with a rush to the finish while keeping a laser focus on quality and you have a feel for what it's like to work for Apple.,The focus is on the customer and getting the product right and not really about family so it is up to the employee to draw the boundaries. If you don't then you won't have any sort of family life.,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49202,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 10, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,Not so shiny.,"Shares, but now they have peaked its not worth working at Apple. Gadgets, but they are so cheap they don't even give staff iPhone 4.","The senior management are inept, have not kept pace with the size of the company. They are looking to outsource all jobs and don't wish to develop staff. You are a judged on your looks not on the value you bring to the company. HR are a joke and you should be very wary about coming to work here.",Promote more women to senior management. You need some balance in the senior level.,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49203,apple,none," Sep 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Best people to work with  Innovative in every sense,Too much work No free food,none,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49204,apple,none," Sep 5, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Good,Good employer and employees relationship,None None None None None,none,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49205,apple,none," Sep 5, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,Amazing learning experience.,"Great amount of resources available to employees, job is challenging and keeps people motivated To dotheir best. Flexibility to keep work-life balance",Jobtends to be a bit high pressure/stressing whenever there is a deadline approaching and one is required to complete a milestone in the project.,none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49206,apple,none," Sep 16, 2011",Former Employee - Manager,"hardest working hours every, best products ever",Great products. Great Vision. Great Stock,All work and no play.,We are human,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49207,apple,none," Aug 31, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,Very relaxing,"The job was extremely easy to perform the tasks at hand. As long as you know your Apple products, its the easiest job in the world",There are no cons to working at Apple. Everyone that I worked with were amazingly awesome and everyone gets treated fairly,Keep up the good work. Woot Woot,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49208,apple,none," Oct 3, 2011",Former Employee - BOH Specialist,The management was the WORST I've ever worked for.,The people I worked with were amazing and I made life-long friends. The discounts are great. The Apple Camp T-shirts are nice too. The acting manager was awesome.,"Favoritism was obvious between the scheduling manager and certain employees. There was a lack of communication among the managers. The majority of employees are overused, under-appreciated and underpaid.","Listen to your employees, don't just smile and nod and wait for a call from HR to do your jobs.",1.0,1.0,none,2.5,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49209,apple,none," Aug 29, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work.,"You will enjoy working with Apple, as it is the best place to work. Excellent package and benefits with good career growth.",I really don't see down sides at Apple Europe as you are working with top Mobile Product based company in Europe.,Provide more Training covering complete Business Scenarios that covers both product. New product training and its operations and sales scenarion.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1259.htm
49210,apple,none," Sep 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Abused- Don't be too good at your job or else management will come up with ways to keep you in your current role.,"Cool products, great customers, great interaction.","Management is all about politics, hypocrisy, and recognition for only themselves.",none,1.0,3.5,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49211,apple,none," Aug 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, Apple is a unique & satisfying company to work for! Family atmosphere amongst the staff hands down!",Brand name most people know! Products are AWESOME!,"Pay absolutely 'SUCKS' for as much revenue Apple brings in, especially from front line employees! The adverage sale 'Specialist' makes covers about 3-4 p/t 'Specialist' salary every 2 weeks!",Work more diligent creating a career path for all employees! Apple is much more than a Retail face in the community!,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49212,apple,none," Aug 28, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Awesome,Bar none best employee training with a true emphasis on creating a real positive difference in customer lives and products that have no equal,None that I can think of,Keep it up great job,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49213,apple,none," Aug 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for,Being able to work for Apple already means something. It is a great name to put on your resume.,Hope to have better internal career opportunities and guidance for employees on a more defined career path.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49214,apple,none," Sep 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you value liking your job more than the level of compensation.,"The products, the people, the culture, the atmosphere, the experiences you get to participate in, and the resume building is awesome.","Regional management value their own bonuses and profit maximization than their own people, let you work in unhealthy and cramped workplace, inappropriate compensation level for the work you have to do. Quotas are high and you must make attach rates that are also high.","Start compensating your employees at the rate they deserve, and follow the culture that Apple and Steve Jobs started on decades ago.",2.0,1.5,none,2.5,2.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49215,apple,none," Aug 16, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, but working in the dark!",Really supportive work environment filled with many like minded people who enjoy the products that they sell.,No information about product cycles or upcoming changes to product lines made it difficult to accurately tell customers the best product to buy at a certain time.,"More contact with the staff on the ground would be appreciated, but overall a great company to work for!",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49216,apple,none," Aug 6, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Every day is a party!,"Amazing coworkers, management is friendly, open, and understanding, no dress code (aside from the blue shirt)!!!! blue hair ok, tattoos and piercings ok, you can be yourself and you are encouraged to be!","It can be a stressful job because of the customers! They are rude and obnoxious and they expect the world because they know we will give it to them. No one has the heart to just flat out say ""no."" So almost anything goes. If the customer wants it, 90% of the time, the customer gets it. It's a pain in the employees' butts, but in the end we are generally happy to see frowns turn into smiles no matter what the cost.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49217,apple,none," Aug 8, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Fun but busy,"Apple takes care of its employees. Full time workers receive health benefits, all employees are offered stock options and very good prices on previous generation apple products. You are also very busy which helps make a 9 hour shift go by very fast. Free training on device repair and apple software.",Customers can be rude and policy for the most part is to give them anything they want. Very long hours especially during busy seasons. Pay could be better given the success of the company. Hiring/training process is long and very stringent,"Invest in your employees, they are the heart of your retail operation and most are very devoted to the company. Don't let NPP slip, customers are what make apple the company that it is.",4.0,3.5,none,5.0,3.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49218,apple,none," Aug 18, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,IT IS RETAIL NOT A CAREER,Really great people for the most part. I met some great friends. The discount was ok I guess but that is not much of a perk especially when we can't get an iPad discount for 6 months after the product was released. The training was good and I learned a lot about Apple products. Good benefits if you can get management to put you as full time and get them. Freedom to have your own style. Great technology for training and of course Easy Pays. People think its cool that you work for Apple.,"Dishonesty. Management plays games with you and tells you you will have all these career opportunities and that you can get promoted. It is a lie, its all about putting your time in.  I was a top performer and so were many others that I know that have since left. If you have talent this place is frustrating. They don't care about performance they care about who they like and who has been there the longest.  If you want to be in management you must be brought in as a manager. It will take you YEARS to become a manager starting as a specialist no matter how good you are. All my managers came from Gap or Starbucks with zero product knowledge. Many with very little management experience even. I have a college degree in Business Management and they brought in a manager with no education from Starbucks and put them over me. This person had managed at Starbucks for a year.  Managers are not really managers. They are schedule makers and schedule keepers. They simply make the schedules and send people on break and lunch. They do not chart profitability, inventory or any thing that requires skill.  The hours are terrible. You have to keep an open schedule if you want to work there full time. That means you can be scheduled from as early as 5am during holiday, to 3am to do overnight. Or in NY they have a 24 hour store I just feel sorry for them.  The pay is embarrassing. I personally sold over 1 million dollars worth of product last year. I did not get a raise. I did not get a bonus. I got a small roll up blanket at Christmas that fell apart the first time I washed it. Oh ya and my pay was $23,000 while living in Northern California where rent is about 1200 for a 2 bedroom. You do the math. All of this while Apple just became the most valuable company in the world.  I am not writing this because I am bitter. I am actually quite happy. I have since left Apple and I am making great money doing something I love. I simply wrote this to hopefully give people an accurate detailed description of what it is really like to work for Apple. Also I hope the people in Cupertino that are in charge of Retail development read this as well because I know from working with them that they are clueless to what really goes on in the store. Your customer service rating will go down and you will lose business because people who are talented will not stay in an environment with no opportunity.  I see so many people who fall into the propaganda and think they will some day work for corporate or get into management. It is a fantasy. If you are thinking I just worked at 1 store that must have been a bad one, actually I worked at 2 and observed others. They are all like this.",Look at who really has talent and figure out a way to promote from within. You destroy the morale of the employees when people from the outside are brought in over those who have talent and have put in a lot of hard work and want that position. Why not reward those who you already know and have invested in rather than strangers off the street.,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49219,apple,none," Aug 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good,"Management is transparent and very friend, great colleagues, pleasant work environment in which you encouraged to be who you are.","When dealing with customers, they assume that you can handle everything and know anything. The only downside is having non-understanding customers.",none,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1260.htm
49220,apple,none," Jul 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple's accommodating to part time employees.,apple is a friendly and relax environment.,customer focus sometimes makes employees feel undervalued or unappreciated.,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49221,apple,none," Jul 28, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,The most fun I've ever had at work.,"Great co-workers, great management, great products, happy customers",There is no downside to this place,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49222,apple,none," Aug 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Sales Representative,Comprehensive training and target market information helped greatly enhance job performance.,High turnover rate results in inconsistent benchmark.,none,2.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49223,apple,none," Jul 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome. Really awesome.,I really liked working at apple. I had a great time with lots of friends I made and friends I made.,"Sometimes I had to walk a long distance to use the bathroom, and I wanted to drink more water too.",Give more high fives. Everyone loves a high five now and then don't you know? It only makes sense. Thanks.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49224,apple,none," Jul 30, 2011",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),cood,I have a very pleasent atmosphere,Would like more money for the work I do.,i think they r doing a decent job,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49225,apple,none," Jul 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, fast paced environment with the best coworkers",I was able to sell some of the most exciting tech products while working with a fantastic group of people who became my close friends.,Very corporatey feel and structure,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49226,apple,none," Jul 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"stimulating, sometimes overly so.",benefits and awesome coworkers. perks and discounts are plentiful too.,low pay compared to what you're making the company.,"more support, bonuses and raises.",3.0,1.5,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49227,apple,none," Jul 15, 2011",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),My Store Sucks,Apple on a corporate level is an amazing company. They have great ideas and great plans for the future. ultimately it's a good company depending on what store you work at,"There is too much left up to the store management as far as ruling and control. In the five years I've worked at a single store, It's gone from awesome management that understood That Apple retail is about the customer not the statistics on how much we make to money mongering managers from non-technological retail stores who only care about making numbers better so that their bonuses are bigger.","Stop emphasizing metrics and numbers. You have two sets of customers at the retail level. One is the paying customers. they come and go all the time and while the do help us make a profit you can't forget the second set of customers which is your employees. Apple changed many of your titles to ""Leader"" because they expect you to do more than unlock doors, count money and deal with CS issues. Apple expects you to treat your employees as customers and to do right by them. ""Empowering"" the employee is not just giving them the ability to make a decision, Its doing everything in your power to help them have a good experience at your store.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49228,apple,none," Jun 29, 2011",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"It has been a really positive experience, and if you have to work retail you should definiitly pursue apple","A very open, caring, and wonderful place to work. The thing that I like the most about my job at Apple is definitely the people I get to work with.","Unless you are one of the Mac Geniuses, Creatives or a Manager the wage you will receive, while excellent for retail, is hard to live off of.",Do not play favorites with your employees.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49229,apple,none," Jun 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Great Products and support staff,There are no downs for working with Aple,Better pay,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1261.htm
49230,apple,none," Jul 10, 2011",Current Employee - Genius,If you want a strong name on a resume work here.,You work with some incredible people who make your work seem like it isn't work at all. You get to experience all different walks of life in regards to people walking through the doors.,Poor development for your career. Not willing to provide advancement or even advice for how to obtain advanced positions. When it comes to taking time off you are given a hard time about it. And the retail hours are not fun for a good work life balance.,Be more selective on your management teams. Ensure the management teams are understanding of what the day to day looks like for a particular position as it relates to Apple and not Target or Aldo or Starbucks.,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49231,apple,none," Jun 16, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work environment,"great benefits, work team, great staff, great working environment, great salary, everything about apple is improved compared to other companies-",long hours but well worth it,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49232,apple,none," Jun 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is very focused on its people.,You get hands-on experience with some of the most revolutionary technology this would has to offer. Also the people are the best.,"The store is very, very busy almost all of the time. You must be able to thrive in a fast paced environment.",It is very important that we take the time to have feedback with one another and learn from our experiences.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49233,apple,none," Jun 12, 2011",Current Employee - Engineer,Apple as a company take care of needs of employees but at the same time the work load is a lot.,All your needs from food to hair cuts will be taken care,Work pressure and long work hours.,Give time to ppl to do their work.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49234,apple,Milano (Italy)," Jun 9, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,Gorgeous,"Innovative, young and motivating environment. Apple is a good place to work if you're looking for a top company level!",Sometimes they don't give the attention an intern need!,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49235,apple,none," Jun 12, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,amazing,great work place to work,not applicable none none none,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49236,apple,none," Jun 20, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Ever changing,people person oriented very accomodating,"the leap between retail and corporate, non exsistant","none, you're doing a great job",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49237,apple,none," May 17, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It's been an amazing experience so far.,"The discounts! Not only are the internal discounts pretty sweet, but the discounts available to us outside the store as well is pretty awesome.","Management isn't always looking out for your best interest, but theirs. You can work your butt off to make sure they get their bonuses, but when it comes to you getting a promotion, they don't offer you anything more than the minimum. This is more of a management issue than Apple as a company.","The credo states ""Our people are our soul."" but the management team doesn't always treat us as such. My advice to Apple Corporate, don't hire an external management team. One of the requirements as a manager should be the ability to perform EVERY role in the store. If promoted from within, the candidate is more likely to stand for what the company believes in and has prior knowledge of the product.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49238,apple,none," May 12, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Advisor,Very Good,"Great benefits, good pay.Clean work place","metrics keep changing, live and die by customers surveys, even if they are not about you","Grade workers on how well they do there job, not based on surveys and how long your are on the call.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49239,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," May 18, 2011",Former Employee - Finance Manager,"to much politics, managers have no voice to management, HR is incompetent","brand, nice looking office, product discount for staff","slave driver management, no room for career improvement",adopt google methodologies in managing people,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1262.htm
49240,apple,none," May 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied,- benefits are far out better in any companies I was in - work/life balance is satisfactory - give importance to family - people are good to work with,- not a call environment - salary lower than the other companies. knowing that it is Apple. - what is a call center without politics,- be more approachable - thumbs up on the managers who makes sure agents are working well - listen to the needs of the agent,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49241,apple,none," May 12, 2011",Current Employee - Expert,"Amazing, dynamic work place with exciting products and innovative directions.",At Apple you are always in an exciting environment. The stores are ever changing and Apple develops its people more so than just teach tasks.,"It can be difficult to advance at Apple because of the high requirements they look for even in positions that would not necessarily be deemed as such. For instance, a General Manager for an entire large retail operation might barely get their foot in as an entry level manager at Apple retail.",Leaders at Apple already get the best advice in the industry. They constantly are surprising me in new ways to develop and grow.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49242,apple,none," May 18, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),It was an ok experience.,"Great products, generally nice people, competition between sales staff is less than at other retail locations, good compensation for people who have been there for a while, management wants to make customers happy","Long working hours, sometimes angry and irate customers, standing all day, retail pay, sometimes the management seem incompetent when making decisions, heavily driven by metrics competition with other stores, difficult screening process to get hired. All the stores profit margins come from attaching random things to big sales, which makes employees feel like they have to pressure customers into buying things they don't need.","Stop posting the stupid sales figures in the back of the office creating an unnecessarily competitive environment. Stop focusing on trying to be the best store regionally by pushing random things onto customers that they don't need, like mobileme and such.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49243,apple,none," May 5, 2011",Current Employee - Software QA Engineer,Best place I've eber worked.,You get to work on some of the best products being created. Compensation and room for growth is very good.,There aren't many cons that I can think of as a hurdle to working here. Sometimes the work can be stressful or the hours long.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49244,apple,none," May 5, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Great place to work and grow professionally.,"It is a store that is on the cutting edge, filled with people who are passionate about Apple products. A very encouraging, family like environment. Many places say that, but Apple is one of the few places where this is true.","The worst part of this job is the retail aspect. Long hours on your feet, angry and rude customers, and dealing with fraud can make for a stressful experience.",I would tell management to keep doing a good job and focus on getting more people from the store's ranks into management positions.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49245,apple,none," May 5, 2011",Current Employee - HBA,Treat employees well.,"Salary,Benefits, Flexibility, Training, Education",Constant updates Alot of customers,Had a wonderful experience,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49246,apple,none," May 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A grand facade,"Amazing products, superb brand recognition. It's exciting to work with a company that is at the top of it's game and leading the field in such a great product space.","Chaos. Chaos. Chaos. Lack of structure, process, efficiency and scabality in day-to-day execution. Systems and tools used internally are behind the times, making it extremely difficult to get work done in an efficient, quality-focussed manner. Very disjointed across departments. The product/hardware side is where it's all at. The rest is a jumbled heap of, I say it again, chaos. It's unbelievable how something looking so polished from the outside is so messy inside. Salaries and related compensation, in my experience, are below par. The brand is very appealing - but proceed with caution.",Hire people from Amazon. Spend some money on tools and process so employees can execute well without killing themselves. What you preach about product needs to be practiced throughout other divisions.,2.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49247,apple,none," Apr 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A tease,"Apple is an amazing company, with cutting edge products, unparalleled customer service focus and a place that cultivates a family atmosphere. Very enjoyable working environment.","Pay:  For the level of excellence demanded, the intensity of interactions with the public and the required knowledge for the positions, not being able to pay your bills at the end of the month, makes it hard to justify the dedication. After all, in the end, a job is still a job, even if your are working for the greatest company in the world.  Management:  There seems to be a growing trend towards management that is from the 'outside' and therefore, though possibly able to manage people, managing tech people seems to be a challenge. Apple is an environment of highly creative, aggressive problem solving, tech savvy employees. The management skills needed to perform to Apples standards of excellence and meet the demand of the employees seems lacking.  Career path growth opportunities: From what I have seen and experienced, it appears that the red tape involved in 'moving up' is greater within the company, than without. There is more to prove, more demanded, and higher expectations placed on employees wanting to move within Apple, then if one was to come in from the outside. It has been said, the best way to move up is to transfer or leave, get promoted and get rehired. This seems both unnecessary and unfortunate.","Place greater emphasis on career paths. Focus on the talent within. Find greater ways of promoting employees through reward and clear growth opportunities. Apple is going to find a higher turnover rate if they don't put some serious emphasis on developing what they have. Apple hires great people. Starts them out strong, then neglects to foster continued growth.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49248,apple,none," May 10, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Decent place to work for a while,This is a good place to work if you like Apple products and dealing with people all day long. You have to be pretty good with people as the store gets quite busy.,"There isn't too much room for advancement. If you stick it out long enough you may become a manager, which is nice, but you really have to like it there and do a really good job.","I don't really have much advice - it's an entry level job mostly for college aged people and it's a decent stepping stone on the way to a ""real"" job unless it's really your goal to end up managing the Apple store.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49249,apple,none," Apr 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,Apple is an amazing company with a very successful management. Innovation is at the heart of all decisions. Successful organisation. And great products.,No real downside. The company has grown very rapidly so sometimes it is hard to keep up with new employees and processes.,"Keep up the good work. Nothing more to add, the management is doing an amazing job. The company is hugely successful.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1263.htm
49250,apple,none," Apr 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Unique culture, Innovative, exciting, attention to detail, challenging, consumer focused, excellent executive team, rewarding, working with smart people and focused managers.","Apple today is no longer the Apple of yesteryears and is growing and hiring fast. There is some concern that this can erode it's core culture as new people come on board, but it hasn't happened to any significant level yet.",Continue with what you are doing. RSUs could be higher as compensation. Don't let Apple's unique culture erode as the company gets bigger. The thing is upper management already know this and that's why Apple continues to be the success it has.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49251,apple,none," Apr 18, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,They are a great company to work for. They make you think outside the box and work hard all the time.,They have such a high profit margin it would be great to see those profits spread around. Ya know? Hmm.,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49252,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 1, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Never bored, but never relaxed","High pace, high energy, change is the norm. Working for a successful company is exillaratimg. Proud of what we do and how we do it. A strong identity, hence clear directions. Room to express yourself. Clever and motivated people. And my kids love the Apple T-shirts.","Very demanding, without time to step back and take some distance. As soon as any process or project reaches maturity, we change all over again and start from scratch. Hard to build on experience under such conditions. Tiring, to not say exhausting sometimes.","Calm down, take a long breath, take time to sit down. Change is not always great.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49253,apple,none," Apr 15, 2011",Former Employee - Apple Retail,A grow your own pace in a nice environment,"Great pay for retail regardless of hours and position. Great access to company benefits and programs, as well as stellar employee discounts and options. Decent people to work with. Always something new each day and a experience never quite the same each time around","Sometimes the work load gets redundant A sort of smoke screen of false reality, its not a fairytale land -- but its not super horrible either. Questionable management teams -- I wonder if they know anything at all -- I sat in on hiring seminars with them and the people they picked out of the groups they interviewed were less qualified to work at fast food chain to say the least. only hire based on certain impressions and not on experience or knowledge. Management and most employess know nothing of Macs in general nor about most apple products.","For RETAIL MANAGEMENT...Get lost and get some real Apple enthusiasts a job, you dont appreciate good hard work (because half the time you dont do anything either. Cant reach them by phone or even when youre in work theyre hiding somewhere who the hell knows where!?).",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49254,apple,none," Apr 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is very good.,Everyting is very good so far.,Nothing is worth of mention so far.,Nothing speical so far. Everybody is good.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49255,apple,none," Apr 26, 2011",Former Employee - Retail Store Manager,Worked with great people,"Well-known brand, good pay and benefits","The most stressful job in retail. TONS of pressure from senior mgmt without listening to feeback from the field (even though they say they do) - leads to highly ineffective practices at store level. The level of secrecy with new products/launches is simply awful. If you trust someone enough to run a store, you should trust them with secure information.",Listen to your field teams.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49256,apple,none," Apr 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,Great environment and coprorate cutlure,There is no cafeteria in building,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49257,apple,none," Apr 12, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Straightforward & friendly,"Friendly, buzzing atmosphere good people to work with",Long hours can be difficult but the work environment is great and helps the time go by,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49258,apple,none," Apr 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to gain knowledge of customer service.,Benefits. Fun people. Good learning environment.,"Management needs overhauling. HR isn't really on your side, persay. Advancement is based on numbers and personal feelings.",Believe in people who really want to advance and stand beside them.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49259,apple,none," Apr 21, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning experience,"The people. Your coworkers are by far the number one reason to work at Apple. Honest, hard working, fun, intelligent, quirky.","In a retail store there can be times of chaos, which can be good as well as bad. Store management is the hardest part to deal with as they are more often then not dealing with customer issues all day long and not available to provide the support and coaching they should be to their staff.",Hire more managers!,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1264.htm
49260,apple,none," Mar 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a great place to work!,Great people. Great environment. Lot's of opportunity for advancement. Tons of support from the management team as well as respect for our thoughts and opinions.,Not a ton of downsides on a professional level other than for the fact that the store is always a million degrees and it's always jam-packed with customers. But it's a very small price to pay for a great job.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49261,apple,none," Apr 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looks great on your CV!,"Overall, the employees are very nice, very smart, and very dedicated. There's an optimistic spirit. You feel like you're a part of something, particularly during product launches. Look around and you'll find some development opportunities through brown bag lunches and employee development offerings. Seek out mentors. But know your boundaries, too.","Apple seeks employees who excel in their areas of expertise, but depending on which department you end up in and which manager you get (they change often and there's layer upon layer of hierarchy), you may find yourself in a narrowly defined job with limited ability to use your existing skills. You also might not get an opportunity to develop new skills. Expect to work long work hours. Unlike a startup, you don't have much hope for advancement -- if you start as a drone you might remain a drone. You have to learn the political landscape, and it takes a while. Some people really thrive there and can move around. Others stay and take what they're given. And a few get kicked off the island.",Fear is not a motivator.,3.0,2.5,none,1.5,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49262,apple,none," Apr 14, 2011",Former Employee - Manager,Great if you are young!,"Casual dress code, learn a lot about the products",no real room for growth unless you are really liked by management  looking for college even for part time work,Try to be more open to different people and backgrounds,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49263,apple,none," Apr 30, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Don't work there.,Some managers are nice and knowledgeable.,Store leader was not qualified for her position. She did a lot of micromanaging/power tripping.,Get a new Store Leader.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49264,apple,none," Mar 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Probably the best experience in a retail job - Still not a career,"Work with great technology Sr. Management truly believes in products and services Dynamic work environment Great benefits, even for part timers Some flexibility in roles in store Excellent training strategies","Retail hours Customers can be frustrating Very competitive for advancement, limited number of advanced positions Managers tend to stick you in roles with little chance for advancement Retail is a poor field for those with families (Not Apple's fault) Significant pay raises only come with advanced positions",Promote from within instead of hiring out - I would still be there otherwise Create ways for interested employees to transition from Retail to Corporate if they want to,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49265,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 2, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,Amazing! ...Before the dream faded & I realised the real face of Apple Retail,"Meeting some amazing people Bragging rights Apple on your CV really does open doors, I can't lie.","Some of the management team are so terrible at their jobs (product-knowledge, social skills, experience) it's shocking that they have such a position of power within the store. It is HECTIC. You may be excited by this, but even on days when you feel terrible, there is absolutely nowhere to hide. This may be great for the first month or two, but down the line, it's a horrendous feeling to be bombarded by customers non-stop for a whole shift, especially when questions are always the same! As an employee of Apple Retail you are the lowest of the low.. You know NOTHING, and never will! But customers just won't believe you... The discount isn't even good!!! When you consider how much money you're bringing into the company every shift, which you get 0 commission for (or so they say...), you'd think the discount would be MUCH better. 16hrs is the minimum contract, no matter how good you are! If you're thinking about going into the company then dropping down hours, they WILL get rid of you before your 3month probation ends, again, no matter how good you are. Having to sell different add-ons with products is patronising, and such a con, because you get nothing for it... Unless you're looking to be promoted, in which case it means everything, because your sales figures are taken into account. Hilarious! This is why nobody ever gets to easily access management from a sales position, because if your sales figures are THAT good, why would Apple not want you active on the shop-floor? It's a vicious Apply circle. Apple constantly hire people, because they can. Ultimately, you mean nothing to them. If you're not happy with something, they'll get rid of you, and hire a shiny new specialist into the business. Apple Retail UK is NOT Apple Inc. You're working in a shop, which happens to be called Apple, selling computers for an hourly wage. Don't think you're anything special, because you're really not.","Recognise the potential of your Red-Zone team, and be grateful that such skilled and potentially-brilliant people throw themselves at the opportunity to work for your company. If you want Apple Retail UK to BE different to other retailers, don't act like other retailers! Recruit management from within. A huge number of people only join the company as Specialists in order to move up the chain, then realise this won't happen, but remain in their roles because something's better than nothing, right? Wrong. Don't dangle a carrot in front of your employees faces, just be straight up with them. You WILL NOT progress to management from being a Specialist. You MAY get to Family Room though, if vacancies are available. Pay better, and give a better discount. I was stunned that both were so low for Specialist positions.",2.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49266,apple,none," Mar 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you can deal with ambiguity and secrecy.,Rock star-like products & CEO Top notch innovative people Excellent product strategy,Little communication amongst teams causes lots of working on islands Company direction only understood by a few. Arrogance sometimes rules over logic.,Look for ways to bring teams together to work in the same direction. Better communication of the corporate direction to employees.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49267,apple,none," Mar 29, 2011",Current Employee - Genius,"Great company, dissatisfied with management and policies.","Cutting edge products, enormous global footprint, industry leader.  Diverse team, some very talented like-minded individuals.  Fast paced, skills-intensive, fosters personal growth.  Excellent benefits compared to other full time retail.","Little to no recognition for exceeding expectations and taking on extra responsibilities, overwork and burnout are common, poor work/life balance, poor pay.  Many incompetent colleagues, and salary does reflect personal performance compared to peers.  Management is generally poor or inconsistent, lack communication, have little knowledge of products/technology, and push hard for numbers.  Still glorified retail - angry entitled customers, overcrowded store, repetitious, cult-like atmosphere, retail schedule.","Don't treat employees as if they are expendable.  There are some extremely talented people the in the company - recognize them.  Better store management is a must, a lot of the Geniuses, Creatives, and Experts have more experience, drive, and motivation than the managers.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49268,apple,none," Mar 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its been an awesome experience to work at Apple. There is lots to learn with some of the smartest people around.,"Ability to work on cutting edge technology. Offers great learning experience with some of smartest people around. Not buried with corporate policies and hence, encourages new ideas and innovation.",Compensation and benefits are better for comparable positions in other companies. Not a clear and defined path for career advancement.,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49269,apple,none," Mar 27, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,Not all it's cracked up to be.,"You work for Apple. People think it's cool, and it looks impressive on a resume. I loved almost everyone that I worked with. You need to have a certain attitude to work at Apple, and if you fit in then you just fit in. Don't get me wrong though--although they do look for a certain attitude, our team was very diverse. I met so many interesting people there, and i still keep in touch with many of them. Pay was pretty good compared to other mall jobs. Discounts here are okay but not amazing, though the free MobileMe account is definitely nice if you own multiple Apple products.","Though I had lots of great customer interactions here, I also encountered a LOT of extraordinarily rude customers. I have had customers personally attack me (for example, dropping f-bombs on me when I told them that they'd need to wait 5-10 minutes to see a Genius, and telling me I'm incompetent even though fixing iPhones isn't in my job description) and almost cried in the Red Zone on multiple occasions. Managers push numbers hard--even though you don't make commission. We actually had a wall that had not only the best sales numbers for the day, but also the worst, which I find completely inappropriate. Totally inflexible scheduling. Although I was part-time, they worked me as many hours as possible and you need to request off work several months in advance, even if it's just one day. Then, my biggest gripe--there is literally no room for advancement here. They tell you that there is plenty of room to grow with Apple, but in reality, they hire outside the company for almost all of the management positions. There isn't much incentive to perform when there is little chance of growth. And forget moving to corporate--it's pretty much completely separate from the Retail division. Finally, the vibe here is (surprise, surprise) a bit cult-ish...there are special procedures for doing literally everything, even giving a compliment to your co-worker. You are expected to do your job and never, ever question the company or its motives. Plus, they've created this image for themselves that attracts all these ridiculously talented and educated people to work for them, when in reality they are vastly overqualified for their jobs. One coworker interned for NASA. Another was fluent in six languages. Yet another was an experienced music producer. And yet somehow they were all lured into working a shitty retail job--which, at the end of the day, is all this really is.","Focus on growing your employees and promoting from within, and learn to accept criticism.",2.0,1.0,none,1.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1265.htm
49270,apple,none," Mar 9, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company to work for - lot's of energy, great people!","If you are an engineer, this is the place to be! Apple values engineering and technical skills way more than most other companies in the valley.","Be prepared for intense workload, back to back 14 hour days and depending on your job function, lots of travel to the far east.",Keep on doing the great work! Hope Steve Jobs gets well soon and comes back to lead the company for the next 20 years!!,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49271,apple,none," Mar 6, 2011",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Fulfilling, Happy, Up-Beat, Enthusiastic, Great People to Work With","Apple Discount, AT&T Discount, Being around other enthusiasts","It's retail, low pay and bad weekend hours",None - I love Apple!,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49272,apple,none," Feb 27, 2011",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),The first job I actually looked forward to going to,"Great staff, Great management, Awesome atmosphere, Management very understanding about scheduling needs (ie: school, personal), Close knit store, Regular store meetings to keep everyone on the same page.","Honestly, I really enjoyed my entire working experience at Apple. It was unfortunate that I had to leave, but my reason was because of school and the lack of time needed to bring in a paycheck.",I hope that everyone within the Apple family continues the great success that comes every day and every year- from corporate to stores. Thanks for making it a memorable place to have worked!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49273,apple,none," Feb 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is an innovation encouraging machine.,"The people, environment, and advancement opportunity at Apple is very high. They create an atmosphere that encourages innovation. I recommend it.",It is very competitive to get into the company. You are most likely going to have to know someone that works there in order to get a job.,I think you do an excellent job at informing employees of job opportunities and encouraging them to learn and advance their careers.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49274,apple,none," Feb 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,incerdibly great,"These times are gone, but then, it was a great opportunity to learn so much about the industry and how to manage a growing company.",Politics - some managers didn't know how to manage or understand the technologies. Apple turns and burns employees. It is the standard practice there.,"You're on your own. If you don't have the trainig and what it takes to be a manager, I'm not the one to teach you.",5.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49275,apple,none," Feb 9, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,It's a great job.,"Amazing benefits Respect of peers Good work/life balance Great management Interesting projects to work on Awesome coworkers Perks, discounts, and other amenities","Some long hours, some burned out people, the strange policies that every company seems to have -- nothing out of the ordinary for an information systems job.","Keep up the good work. I can't speak for other departments, but my manager is one of the best I've had. A genuinely nice guy that is very good about keeping up on the projects his direct reports are working on, and not overloading us.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49276,apple,none," Feb 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unbelievable opportunity to work for one of the most exciting and rewarding companies in business today.,Exciting work environment Management is unbelievably flexible for college students and understanding Something new and exciting happens just about every day,"For retail, you don't work on commission but management still pushes product numbers very hard.",none,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49277,apple,none," Feb 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,"Innovative products, great engineering teams, decent pay and benefits, high focus on quality of the products, fast paced and great company overall.",Long working hours and difficult to have work/life balance. Lot of international travel and work for 14-18 hours and up to 60-80 hours per week.,Hire more resources to reduce the work load on the employees. Great innovative products and keep up the great work.,5.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49278,apple,none," Mar 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Small family, light hours, high performance people, pretty operational work","Motivating to work with interesting products, nice location, working on modern computers, casual feel- everyone comes to work in jeans. Challenging work, convivial work environment with high performance expectations","Bureaucratic with limited flexibility and initiative because of strict limits imposed by Apple Europe/USA. Very french environment, very few people of international backgrounds.",none,3.0,4.5,none,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49279,apple,none," Feb 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good for short term stay,"your friends think you have a really good job, and people envy you when you say you work at apple","no chance of conversion from temp to permanent, no job security. they will prefer to lateral hire others into higher positions instead of training and promoting from within.",none,2.0,3.0,none,1.5,1.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1266.htm
49280,apple,none," Feb 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,i love working at apple because they are a good place to work at. they give good benefits and a great option of growth,i dont like working at apple because there are so many employees it is ahrd to stand out and look good to managers,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49281,apple,none," Feb 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,I thoroughly enjoy the job and great perks.,Very 1984ish and secret about policy.,Great people who are very cool.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49282,apple,none," Jan 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company,Everything they offer to their employees,hours could be better. Too long,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49283,apple,none," Jan 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good People Great Place to work,Lots of dead lines to make,Your Good.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49284,apple,none," Jan 21, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developed my hardware engineering skills,"Good work ethics, Enhanced technical development,",Communication can be difficult at times,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49285,apple,"Montréal-Ouest, QC (Canada)"," Jan 15, 2011",Current Employee - Lead Genius,Great pay but no life,Possibility to move anywhere in the company,Management is not qualified and it might be because Apple is new in the retail business or just a Quebec thing.,Act like you are proud about what you are doing and don't forget it's a team effort and not just you as a person.,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49286,apple,none," Jan 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ensure you are willing to work 80-100 hours a week.,"I'm proud to work at Apple. It has very high visibility, wonderful products, great and hard working employees, and a friendly atmosphere.","The hours are simply too long. There is no work-life balance. You will be expected to be on call at all times of the day, including weekends. Management forgets deadlines, creating a trickle down effect and time-crunch. Overall strategic planning is not a strength. Consider it this way: take your salary and divide by half (since you will be working essentially 2 jobs during an 80-100 hour week).",none,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49287,apple,none," Jan 29, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great products. Poor pay,Cool people. Very diverse. Rewarding to help people use technology to better their lives.,"Poor pay, especially for those who hold college degrees. Promotions seem to be very politically based. Raises are very scarce.",Staff your stores better so that your employees don't want to walk out the door. Pay appropriately for what you ask of your employees.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49288,apple,none," Jan 29, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wow,"Great products, cool company campus.","Tough place to get accepted into, especially if you were a PC person.",Keep it up.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49289,apple,none," Jan 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No more life,"Prestige, cool products, young employees make it more bearable. The pay is pretty good, they have unlimited resources and drop cash like you wouldn't believe.","Excessive work hours, I'm talking sixty hours a week minimum. Prepare to give up your hobbies and free time. Often find my job is switching from project to project with a lack of focus. Too political between groups and within the group at times. Some people have an ""Apple attitude,"" I'll just leave it at that. Normal ""alertness"" is total and complete panic.","More support to reduce stress. In other words hire more people. Calm down, not everything is an earth-shattering emergency. Find a way to provision work so that it isn't showing up at 7:30 PM and expected to be completed the same day.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1267.htm
49290,apple,none," Jan 10, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,Great Place to work,Fast paced fast days In high Demand Personal Growth Great environment,Very political No commission deal with people,Be more supportive,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49291,apple,none," Jan 8, 2011",Former Employee - Specialist,"Innovative, exciting, best people, most FUN place to work!",Innovative Cutting edge Fast paced Exciting Flexible schedule Diverse staff and customers Most interesting customers - fabulous if you are a people person!,"No direct path from retail to corporate form employment Very young staff with primarily the younger, less experienced staff promoted from within Standards for promotion Schedule (holidays mandatory, as is typical of retail) Fragmented ideas with no follow through from implementation to inception","Provide a path from retail to corporate Hire managers with more experience, drive and motivation than the staff Clarify and create meaningful roles FOLLOW THROUGH and continuity with ideas!!!!",4.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49292,apple,"Edmonton, AB (Canada)"," Jan 4, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist,A roller-coaster,"They really do seem to hire the absolute best people you can find. Everyone is genuinly nice, and very talented in their own way. The amount of knowledge you gain is astounding, and a lot of unique and cool opportunities to take advantage of compared to other retail jobs. Also being able to do things that you enjoy outside of work as part of your job is a bonus.","The leadership team is often the least knowledgeable on anything, often leaving you with nowhere to turn. They attempt to brainwash you as well with a lot of Apple-isms and if you go against anything you will fear for your job. The way promotions are given out is very sneaky and strange. They usually tell the person they want to have a promotion way ahead of time, and then act as if everyone has a chance. I've seen it happen with every promotion, even with myself. You have to pretend you don't know anything, and watch your friends interview for a position they've already given away. Very odd.",none,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,5.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49293,apple,none," Jan 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Recognition of work is meager, while promotional growth is based on looks and politics.",Access to the latest technology.,"A lot of office politics. Work is physically and mentally tough in retail. Management preaches breaks and about employees deserving their personal and/or training time, however that is not the case. Expectations are for more work to be done within minimal hours.","Retail & its employees are treated as the lower caste. Politics rule, while management practices are brought in by managers hired from other retail companies.",2.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49294,apple,none," Jan 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fast paced,Your continually surrounded by competent people and the latest and greatest,The environment is fast paced and the hours can be long.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49295,apple,none," Jan 4, 2011",Current Employee - Campus Representative,"Fun, laid-back, challenging",I believe in the products sold by Apple. Apple has capitalized on my expertise to help build brand awareness.,There hasn't been any compliants from me.,Great job!,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49296,apple,none," Jan 16, 2011",Current Employee - Specialist At Apple Retail,Mindless retail job.,Had the opportunity to work with a few intelligent and bright minded people. Personal growth is possible but is entirely dependent on your own initiative.,"Many incompetent colleagues, incompetent management, salary does reflect personal performance compared to peers. Huge bureaucracy. Culture set around solving fixing problems and not finding their causes. Little to no respect is shown toward employees.","Show some respect to your employees and they will in return will work hard for you. Micro-management has never lead to anything positive. Try to understand what your employees do on a daily basis. Stop delegating task that could easily be accomplished by yourself, it only leads to employees thinking that you are too lazy.",2.0,1.0,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49297,apple,none," Dec 23, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple is not too shabby.,"Apple provides great benefits, decent pay and has great products / solutions so customer interactions are smooth most of the time.",Be ready to be entrenched in Apple's corporate buzz word frenzy. There seems to be a lot of thoughtlessness abound.,Take a chill pill and start getting to know your colleagues on a personal level. You don't have to spend every minute you work stressing about goals.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49298,apple,none," Dec 12, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good learning opportunities,1)Very friendly environment  2)Full of positivity,1)sometimes very regid in terms of streamlining the process  2)Peoples are reluctant to come out of their comfort zone.,please religiously conduct the weekly meetings in order to understand the employee engagement.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49299,apple,none," Dec 15, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing workplace. not so much the manager but the costumer interaction.,get to wear jeans and no fancy uniform. the costumer interaction is what working for apple is all about. the people you will meet and help makes every day a positive.,"there is not much i can say regarding cons about working at apple, but the management is not so fancy. female management to be particular. preventing growth, holding friendship and favoritism towards certain employees, and disregard and competitiveness towards a strong personality employee","keep an open mind. don't let emotions get in the way of being a ""leader"" or mentor. be there for your team and keep your word.",5.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1268.htm
49300,apple,none," Dec 13, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Good salary, great employees to work with",None that I can think of,None,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49301,apple,none," Dec 10, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,it is great to be working at apple,it is not that bad at apple,be good,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49302,apple,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Dec 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dead end,"Amazing people! The products are solid, the best you could ever own. Deals and discounts are amazing as well and some of the other employee options are a plus to working at apple.","Personal growth is impossible. I've been trying for 3 years to advance, management never has time to give any direction or listen. Answers to questions are usually ""beat around the bush"" responses or just completely useless and irrelevant to my position or direction that I am trying to go","Listen to the employees, trust them enough so that they can do the job they have been hired for. Trust issues is such a huge problem, lack of communication or information that we get to do our job is not only hurting the companies appearance but the employees as well.",3.0,1.5,none,1.0,1.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49303,apple,none," Dec 8, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it.,The culture. The people. The surprises.,"Seems like we're expanding too fast. And, at times, it's tough to discipline someone's that not working up to par.",none,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49304,apple,none," Nov 22, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple ok...,Great reputation but Apple on the inside is veyr different from Apple on the inside,"Long decisionmaking cycles, and folks are often reluctant to do things differently unless leadership requires or demands it","Provide additional communication further down in the org, and throughout the org",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49305,apple,none," Dec 4, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,Dream Job ?,"Work life balance, good pay, good reputation","Stability, job security, big company, good compensation and good place to work",better pay,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49306,apple,none," Dec 1, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good product,"Good product, good working experience",what's the new product and directions that can bring new growth?,Choose right people to do right thing,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49307,apple,none," Nov 11, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,"Good place to work, but still a retail job.","Being part of a dynamic, energetic team that thrives on change is very fun. The team of people you will work with is guaranteed to be passionate and engaging.","You will sell $15,000 worth of computers a day, on a low hourly salary. Company parties decked out with pizza and candy will make you feel like a little kid.","You obviously get a lot of talented, smart people trying to work in your retail stores. There should be a more clear and obvious path towards Apple Corporate from out of retail. I gladly would have stayed and moved to Apple Corporate had there been a way for you plug in my skills and talents. Instead, I am taking them elsewhere. You need to learn how to better capitalize on the talents and skills of your employees, even if the job is retail.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49308,apple,none," Nov 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its good.,The people you work with are great. I have made some of my best friends working at Apple.,"Retail can take a toll on you, especially during the Holidays. It can be hard to find time to go see your family.","Be more consistent. A lot of time things can change from minute to minute, and its nice to know there is a support structure you can lean on in a time of need.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49309,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 7, 2010",Former Employee - Sales Mac Expert,simply a huge call-center with absolutely no respect for employee.,"I worked in european Apple Operation centre of Cork for almost three years and I can say that it 'was the worst employer I ever worked for from fifteen years to now, consider that I changed six companies since I started to work and what I have seen and felt in Apple in Cork and quite dramatic and grotesque for a prestigious company brand such Apple. I strongly discourage anyone from working for Apple in Cork, why? here you have the main Reasons:  1) incompetent management does not believe in meritocracy, but only in personal friendship to give promotions, corporate policies hard, without room for negotiation and without respect for the individual especially if an employee makes a mistake.  2) unconfortable workplace old and not properly climatized, environment similar as a primary school, with games, employees of the month, fancy dresses during major holidays, mentality too badly Americanized.  3) Career and promotions for the places most departments outside the call center is often give purely to Irish employee who do not even have exceptional ability but simply normal.  4) respect of employee: in three years I saw the apple managers dismiss an employee at least every four months with an impressive turnover of new employees all the time.  5) professional point of view in the end I guarantee you do not 'growth there, but you will only performing standard procedures such as the perfect call or the customer profiling.  I hope one day that Steve Jobs reads this message and realize who you and 'entrusted to manage the work",same as written above (see above),"respect of employee, stop following procedures and policies like the bibble, improve thier skills, knowledge and culture which is very low",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1269.htm
49310,apple,none," Nov 17, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could use help with promoting work/life balance...,Company has been successful Good Employee Stock Purchase program,Limited resources Employees give up much of their personal lives with little recognition by the company.,With over $50 billion in the bank -- please share the wealth.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49311,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple is a great place to work and is every cool nerd's wet dreams,"one of the main reasons to work for apple now is that apple is the coolest and also the biggest per capital company on the planet now.  i is a story of how a company is able to take over technology and make it usable and valued  working in apple has been a great adventure till now and the only thing is the employee benefits could be better and also career advangement could be better too  however if you are looking for a good place to work and make lots of friends who also love apple , come to apple to work.","career advanceement , work life balance , overall compensation , timely and early sharing of information. cross departmental communications could be better, more flexible in letting us persue other out of work interest which may eat into working time",leadership should be compassionate - steadfast - open to feedback - communications should be timely - company should open up for more profit sharing within this great company. overall the leadership have been strong and people have been very nice,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49312,apple,none," Nov 14, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Apple,Good 401K and ESPP profits. Good resouces.,"Have to pay for the gym. Lunch rooms and supply rooms are barely stocked. Supply rooms only have paper and interoffice envelopes with lunch rooms only have coffee, water and paper towels. No profit-sharing. Meager bonuses, cheap salary increases and inadequate number of stocks granted. Big gap between management and individual contributor compensation.",Share the wealth to your employees.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49313,apple,none," Oct 27, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place on earth to work,Apple is more than a job it is a culture. The corporate mentality is mirrored by their amazing technology advancements. Plus everyone you work with really wants to be there and loves their job and the company - this promotes a very healthy working environment,Can not think of any downsides. Apple is very particular about the people they hire and the training they provide - all of which makes for an amazing working environment,"The best! Management at Apple breaks away from the cookie cutter leadership of corporate America. Instead of the mentality of ""I am the boss and you are not"" you get a TRUE team mentality from everyone on the team - including management. you will never see a management team do so much to keep the employees happy in their job",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49314,apple,none," Oct 20, 2010",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Good,"A new hire immediately gets a vacation bank of 80 hours Vacation, 40 Hours of Floating and 80 Hours of Family Health (sick, bereavement etc) without needed to accrue. Every year of service gets you more Vacation days. With 5 years I have 200+ hours of vacation.",Base Salary is typically less and yearly increase percentages dismal in the US. Work in the busy season is pretty heavy.,Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.  Take a closer ook at middle management inefficiencies .  Be nice to employees,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49315,apple,none," Oct 12, 2010",Current Employee - Applecare Tech Support,Good first corporate job,"I got this job from University recruiting, it was a 1 year program being full time when school was not in session and part time when school was in session. Overall I love working for Apple.",", my only complaint is the amount of time I am able to take off and the restrictions around switching shifts. Compensation is fair, takes a certain ability to self-motivated in order to work from home","I love my manager, he is very professional and understanding. It is always pleasant to have a manager who is accessible and easy to talk to.",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49316,apple,none," Oct 25, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool for ambitious beavers,you are part of the team that is changing the world,only you don't see that on your paycheck,Keep your sight far,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49317,apple,Taipei (Taiwan)," Oct 28, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineers,Your friends admire that you are able to work in Apple and the compensation package is better than the average.,"It is so hard for you to stand out from others, and the workload is too heavy and so many travels.",Please provide more supports to employees and share more latest technical information with engineers because most of us would like to get involved into the design cycle.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49318,apple,none," Oct 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Life at Apple, Inc - Austin","Apple in Austin is a cool place to work if your young and its your first job. The employees are cool to hang out with and have drinks after work. If you are looking to surround yourself with highly educated folks, AppleCare may not be the best fit for you.","The salary at Apple is Austin for AppleCare is low. If AppleCare (Technical support) paid their support teams better, then I would highly recommend to apply. If you work in the call center, you are highly scrutinized on your daily activities and numbers.",It would be a good idea to reward your employees more often. The internal tools can be difficult to use.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49319,apple,none," Sep 23, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,a crazy fun place to work with,"people here are NOT nerdy at all, they are fun and social! work with cutting-edge cool projects good working environment",limited opportunity to get a full-time too confidential even to insiders salary is not so high compared with other big brand companies,could the company shares more information to its employees? please make caffe mac's free!!! or at least not so expensive,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1270.htm
49320,apple,none," Sep 23, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,"long hours, good team, smart ppl","long hours, low salary, big team",shorter hours,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49321,apple,none," Sep 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovative company,"A place that encourages innovation. You have good chance to be successful if you are a person willing to take extra effort, and striving for perfection.","Work and life balance is not great at Apple. The product schedule will normally be crazy, and Apple sees it as normal.","People pay extra effort at work sometimes need extra attention. Management team should take good care of their employees, which includes, respect, freedom, opportunities, and compensation.",4.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49322,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 18, 2010",Former Employee - Manager,A Golden Birdcage,"A great door opener to jobs elsewhere, particularly early on during your career.  If you're young and inexperienced, they chuck loads on your shoulders which is good for making you into something.  Other than that, it's difficult to find anything which was great about my time at Apple.  If you want to work at Apple, make sure it's short and sharp. Use Apple on your CV as a door opener.","Don't be blinded by the sheer shine of Apple in the UK. As someone on the inside, I've seen a lot of colleagues go through nervous breakdowns, breakups/divorces, strops, bitching, and dismissals for minor things. Apple has very little sense of humour, and its employees frequently overworked and stressed with little support for career progression work life balance.  If you work for Apple in the UK it's one of the most uncreative, dull and miserable places to work. In truth, it is more of a call centre with a load of project managers regurgitating the tightly controlled creative from the US for a European audience. I can't vouch for Apple US or (Apple Worldwide/ the 'mothership' as we used to call it), I've heard that over there it's entirely different and lives up to its image.  If you're in the UK and are looking for a job with which you can grow and develop inside the company, with friendly people who are happy to help and give you progression don't come here. I've known several over qualified and amazing industry pros who moved to Apple hoping it would be the pinacle of their career (as it should be) and have left 2-3 years later, bitter about the lack of career development in their roles, having committed years of their time to Apple but staying stuck in the same role.","Look after the staff in the UK. They are people too with needs, feelings, hopes and desires. Not just robotamatons or serfs. They need career progression, support, recognition and a friendly smile once in a while.",1.0,2.5,none,1.5,1.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49323,apple,none," Sep 8, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Great company culture= commitment to staying with the company,"-Great training programs -Opportunities for greater responsibility and promotions for those who want them -Accessibility of managers -Fun, innovative company culture  Bottom line: despite being offered multiple jobs in which I'd put my degree more directly into use, this is the job that I look forward to going into every day and I hope to grow with the company","-Each store has a different culture with policies that should intuitively be uniform enforced differently -Because sales metrics are so closely followed, competition can erupt between those on the floor",N/A,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49324,apple,none," Sep 27, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,apple,"they take care of you, great benefits, great employees, and great company. they work with you so that you know what do with different approaches and steps.",managers are horrible. they didn't want to listen. they at least got 5 people forcefully to quit from what i've seen.,HIRE THE RIGHT MANAGERS AND THE RIGHT MANAGEMENT TEAM. IT'S NOT FAIR WHEN THEY DON'T LISTEN FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND REALLY HURTS THE PROFILE OF THE STORE AS AN EMPLOYEE TO SEE WHAT REALLY GOES ON.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49325,apple,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 23, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looks Great On The Outside ... but ...,"Its The Brand, nothing else!",Distorted .. Cut-off from the real world,Get Real! Support your staff equally.,3.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49326,apple,none," Sep 10, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Job,I love working for this company. it has changed my life for the better,it can be stressful at times,give us more of a balance between work and life,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49327,apple,none," Sep 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work. Becoming up-sell driven,You get to learn a lot about Apple products. Discount on Apple products is OK. Team-based atmosphere. Everyone seems to genuinely enjoy working there.,"Increased emphasis on selling add-on services like AppleCare, MobileMe, etc. They have started tracking how much you sell, and if you don't sell enough, you're expendable. You don't have a lot of flexibility with your schedule in a retail environment. No opportunities to go from Apple Retail to Apple Corporate.","The increased emphasis on selling add-on services, even if the customer doesn't want them, makes the ""customer experience"" unpleasant for both the individual buying and the person selling the Apple merchandise. Recognize that people only want to spend X dollars when they come into the store and don't waste time trying to get them to buy services they have no interest in.",4.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49328,apple,none," Sep 14, 2010",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Working At Apple,"They have great benefits including 25% discounts on their computers. If you are offered full time, you can get tuition reimbursement and other small other benefits like free mac software.","The opportunity to grow is limited to what kind of positions are available . Even if you've been with the company for a while and you are qualified to move up, they might not have positions for you to grow into.",Management should spend more time building relationships and listening to the workers there. Sometimes I feel like our ideas and the work we put in were not valued.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49329,apple,none," Aug 30, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Intern Review,Make great products with worldwide impact. The working atmosphere is relaxed but motivated. Teams are close knit and goal oriented. Great pride in the company.,Privacy and closed door policy is an issue with some teams. Information is given to you by management on a need-to-know basis.,"Stay humble, stay focused.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1271.htm
49330,apple,none," Sep 2, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer IV,"Not a bad place, but not as good as is seen from the outside either.",Cool technology. You get to work on the things that everyone is going to admire. It's interesting and there are many challenges.,"No work/family balance. Be single, and not have a life outside work. Don't ever expect to be able to improve processes or how things get done. They build 21st century hardware with 1980's tools.",Treat the employees like they're valued and trusted members of the team. Obsessive secrecy and attempting to completely compartmentalize the company into secret units does not serve the interests of the company. Learn to balance the need for confidentiality with allowing people to get the information necessary to get their work done.,2.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.5,2.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49331,apple,none," Aug 24, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Great place to work,"Apple treats its employees very well, especially if you're full time. The benefits are great, amazing discounts for yourself and for your family and friends, hands-on time with the latest and greatest in technology.","The only real bad thing about working at an Apple Store, and any retail store for that matter, is the hours. Sometimes working until 10 just isn't fun.","When you work for Apple, you'll get used to having a lot of managers. The managers are very kind, hands on and accommodating. They were to me, at least!",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49332,apple,none," Aug 18, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,Great company that is on the cutting edge of tech and cares about customers and not about getting the most money from them.,Needs to better recognize good employees and not just turning into a who's friends with who to advance up the ladder.,"Hold management more responsible for the work environment in each store and reach out to current Apple enthusiasts when hiring, rather than hiring someone who knows nothing about the company who's just looking for a job.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49333,apple,none," Aug 20, 2010",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),"Long hours, random schedule, just another retail store",Great benefits from day one. Co-workers are generally nice and pretty enthusiastic.,"Despite all the talk about ""positioning"" and ""expectations"" in the interview process, it all seems lost in the store environment. The CORE training says Apple encourages feedback across management lines, but in practice it seems like feedback in all downstream. The mantra is ""this is retail"" which is at least a shot at honesty. Training time for creatives is not a priority even though pro certifications are high on the priority list. So I guess I expected to get the opportunity to learn more in-depth stuff about Apple pro software and then teach it to customers who are using those products. Instead creatives at our store are used as fill ins anywhere else in the store when we are not training. There is also some subtle sexism from management, including the women (most of whom seems to be from some other mall store management position), and they don't approach me with technical or software questions the way they do my male co-workers. Work/life balance is not on anyone's balance sheet either, so expect to make attempts to rearrange your life around a totally random schedule. No matter how hard you work, you have to self motivate, at least at this store, because that is the only motivation you will get. I am really disappointed this has turned out like this and am using my few days off, and I mean that literally, we often work eight in a row, to look for more reasonable work (even in this tough economy). My work ethic is huge, and I will continue to work as hard as I can to make the customers in my store happy and make them feel valued until I move on.","Recognize your employees are on your side and that building honest relationships is long-term more profitable than selling mobileme to customers who don't need it. Even within the context of retail, hire managers who can build realist and consistent schedules for all employees. Allow the Family Room folks adequate time to study for software certifications and rely less on them to cover the genius bar appointments and red zone shortages. Also, keep your word. The Apple Credo should apply to employees as well as customers. Finally, rethink the MBOs for managers and consider something which allows them to treat those who work for them if not on par with customers, at least as human beings.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49334,apple,none," Aug 6, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,- Great place to meet smart people and make new friends. - Great product you will make. - Work place is fun. - Make your resume looks good.,"Big company, not a lot of transparency. No career development.",Deep trying to create innovation,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49335,apple,none," Aug 2, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail,"Apple is the best company in the World to work for. The people are wonderful, from new employees to the veterans, and then to the management.","You have to take a lot of pressure all day long, which is absolutely wonderful for the company itself. Generally, by the end of the day, you just can't wait to get out of the store. But, it is an amazing job and would for sure go back if the opportunity for a higher position arises.",Keep doing what you are doing. You are a pleasure to work for. The way you make everyday at work as enjoyable as possible is what makes me want to work for you.,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49336,apple,none," Jul 26, 2010",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Good place to work if your in college,"Better pay than any retail place that I have worked for or even heard of, looks great on the resume, great discounts to apple products and various third party products as well, Finally, a hidden perk is that the customers that you meet can provide great networking if you talk to them the right way (I help out people from Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, GE, NBC, US Government, ETC), I have had the opportunity to pick their brain about their careers, and receive any advice they can give me for the future job market once I graduate school.","Stores can get very cliquey, depending on which store you are in. Other than that, it's a great part time job that will enhance your professional advancement.","I really don't have to! Apple provides the opportunity for employees to give feedback through e-mails sent out, any disgruntled worker may vent their opinions through there.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49337,apple,none," Aug 4, 2010",Former Employee - OUTSIDE SALES,Not a great place for outside sales,"Great products. Great innovation. Pay is average. I did not work in Cupertino, but the cafeteria there is wonderful. Nice discount to purchase computers. Great stock.","They are focused on consumers, not professional use. Secretive nature is a little too much. No product roadmaps, etc. They tolerate really unprofessional behavior (management should never scream and yell at everyone). As long as the consumer market is pulling in so much money, professional sales will always be the afterthought.","As long as they are moving the stock, they will not look at changing anything, so I don't have any advice.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49338,apple,none," Jul 30, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Decent Part time,Good part time wage Usually fun atmosphere,"Disorganized when heavy crowds come into the store. Very strict late policy, as being late gets recorded to corporate immediately.","For the amount of work that specialists do, they do not get paid enough.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49339,apple,none," Jul 11, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Pretty good place to work,"Pretty good place to work, pays well. You get 25% discounts on computers, etc, and that's nice. Runs like a well-oiled machine.",Sometimes it gets so hectic and there are so many employees that it's hard to get recognized when you feel like you are going the extra mile to do a good job.,Pay more attention to your employee's needs. Don't stroke them and reassure your employees that you are watching out for them when you aren't....we see through that!,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1272.htm
49340,apple,none," Jul 16, 2010",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,"Good place to work on cool products, bad for work/life balance","-Work on cool products -Good place to start a career -Little red-tape for a company its size -Things get done, there is a lot of focus",-Not good for work/life balance -Low pay compared to other companies -Low bonuses -Lots of reorganizations -Schedules that are too aggressive and unreachable make people cynical/disillusioned -Lots of politics,Be more accessible to employees at the bottom. Learn to develop better people skills. Be more realistic when it comes to product development schedules and what's feasible to build better employee morale.,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,2.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49341,apple,none," Jul 6, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Good College/High school job,Good pay for a part time sales job Great people in the form of employees and customers excluding bad apples (no pun intended) Good discounts and other benefits,"Management stresses the perfect solution for every person but if that doesn't include things like MobileMe or ProCare that they are pushing at that moment then you are doing something wrong. Management not always qualified. Saw people terminated for things they had nothing to do with, with no evidence except one manager feelings used as proof.","Stop letting the managers with the real connection to employees go in favor of ones with management experience outside of Apple, this doesn't help when employees are used to Apple's ways of treating employees vs the manager's experience at other companies.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49342,apple,none," Jul 5, 2010",Current Employee - Creative (Apple Store),Pretty good place to Work,I get to work with the most innovative products day in and day out and I am allowed to get people excited about using them as part of their daily life,"The stores are always packed with people. NO breathing time, and the company is very strict and secretive on their products, which really contributes to their success.","Keep doing what you do cause it is very successsful, but offer better pay grades and discounts to all employees.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49343,apple,none," Jun 29, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Just starting out...,Friendly co-workers friendly management thorough hiring process,Can only start as part-time beginning wage is weak no benefits until after a year of part-time,Promote from within.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49344,apple,none," Jun 27, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,"Apple is a great place to work, they treat their employees awesome and you get to learn about super awesome technology.",Apple in general is a really exciting company to work for. Not only are their products are amazing but the camaraderie was unlike anything i've ever experienced before. I felt like I was apart of an amazing team that worked hard to give people top notch products and services.,"To be honest, the customers sucked. People came in acting super condescending and rude. I mean sometimes you would get those great transactions and get someone really excited about a product and then the next thing you're doing is dealing with someone who hates you, who hates apple and just wants to complain. It's also a fast paced and busy environment and a lot of customers were rude about how busy it was.",nothing bad to say except open more stores!,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49345,apple,none," Jun 16, 2010",Current Employee - Tier II/Senior Advisor,Stop hiring upper management from the outside!!!,"- decent quality, health options in on-site cafe - on-site gym - minimal dress code - accepting, non-discriminatory environment - nice corporate discount on most Apple products","- minimal dress code (Bathrobe guy, I'm talking to you!) - senior management apparently lives in a different reality than the rest of us - too many senior managers hired from the outside = change in corporate culture, and not for the better","Stop bringing in outsiders for senior management positions. All they do is change things for the sake of change, and often this winds up screwing things up. Also, stop re-branding us with stupid, meaningless job titles (like ""Advisor""... it's just downright insulting.)",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49346,apple,none," Jun 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Work on leading edge products which are changing people lives for the better,Information is distributed on a need to know basis,Strong leadership and excellent vision,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49347,apple,none," Jul 13, 2010",Current Employee - Manager,Awful place to work,Growing stocks may be the only reason for you to work here.,no personal time pathetic feedback one man shows no discussion or communication,Fire yourself,1.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49348,apple,none," Jun 8, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple is an awesome place to work!,"I've been with Apple for a couple months now as a Specialist (basically, the front lines of Apple retail stores). The workplace is great. The people are super friendly. Even though I've only been there a short while, I've already made friends within Apple. Employees are very open and helpful to newbies. They'll role-play with you, give you feedback about how you're doing and suggestions for improvement, and on my first day my colleagues even inited me to lunch with them, which really helped break the ice and made me less nervous. The pay is decent, managers are competent and considerate, and you really feel like you're part of a family.","Like any retail store, you occasionally have to deal with arrogant, stupid, and belligerent customers. It works out well, though, because the other employees and managers are very helpful in dealing with the aforementioned customers.  The pay isn't great, but I'd say it's a little above typical retail hourly rates. As part-time, you don't get health benefits until after you've been there for a year.","The managers do a great job at being leaders within the store. I'd love to see them be a little more open about internal promotion policy, but they really are great leaders who seem like they always bring their ""A game"" and are always willing to listen and offer feedback.",5.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49349,apple,none," Jun 7, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Apple specialist,"Its a lot of fun. Everyone who works there is personable and friendly. I wouldn't want to work anywhere else. At the end of the day, i dont even want to go home.",Its always busy. Some may see this as a pro. I kind of like it because you never get bored and you get to help people. Others may not like it because they don't get any free/down time. But to each their own.,Be a little easier with transfers. It would be nice not to have to go through so much to get transferred to another location. Sometimes managers don't like transfers and its harder to get in.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1273.htm
49350,apple,none," Jun 10, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great training and people but little room for carrer advancement,They have great training and the company attracts a good quality of employee so co workers are most often a good group.,There is limited room for carrer advancement at least at the retail level. Most management postions are filled from outside even though there is good talent from within. There is a lot of politics from the managers but I suppose that is the way all bigger companies are.,Consider promoting from within. Good management talent does not always have to come from The Gap or Pottery Barn. Maybe if you promoted more from within you wouldn't have so many politic games played every day.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49351,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jun 8, 2010",Current Employee - Operations,understaffed,"Cool company, growing business, job seems safe in this economical environment. Stock plan, discount on products, some great people to work with","Overtime expected, not paid. Anyone lucky enough to be able to leave at 5 would be seen as poor performer from management. 110% of our contract hours is the minimum expected. Managers are sharing positive results with the team but are keeping the credit for these results",Provide more positive feedback with the individuals,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49352,apple,none," May 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"Great products, great atmosphere. Great people. Very supportive team environment. Plenty of variety in daily routine. good benefits available also.",Customers have high expectations of the store and of everyone working there. Friday nights are like a day care center.,Keep up the good work with products and marketing. Provide more information on career paths coming from an entry point in retail.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49353,apple,none," May 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Views of a new employee,"Friendly environment, the opportunity to be a part of a company that creates some of the best technology on the planet, Helping people discover the amazing things about the products",Apart from the down-point of the promotion within the company it doesn't matter because Apple is the best place for me!,Not much. Keep up the amazing things and try to share stuff with the employees and also improve the promotion scheme.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49354,apple,none," May 10, 2010",Current Employee - Family Room Specialist,"Good for the recent grad, not for the career professional (Retail)","Looks fantastic on a resume, especially if you stick with it for a few years. I've learned an incredible amount from the talented people I work with - Apple hires the best of the best, so if you want a good place to get started, this is it!","Very difficult to advance, especially in an economy where they can hire whoever they want at whatever position they want, even if that person is vastly overqualified. Things also change on a minute to minute basis, so if you want to know what you'll be doing going in to work every day, this is not for you!","Stay true to your Credo - ""Our most important resource, our soul, is our People."" We are truly at our best when we are respected and empowered.",4.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49355,apple,none," May 9, 2010",Current Employee - Genius,One of the best jobs you could ask for,The best reason to work at Apple is that everyone is passionate about what they do. You work with people that share your interest in technology and more importantly are invested in helping people.,"As a Genius, there is barely time to breathe as you go from appointment to appointment at the Genius Bar. There is a high probability that you will go to lunch late as you can get stuck in appointments.","Try to spend as much time on the sales floor supporting the employees as possible, it is frustrating when you can't find a manager. Also, try to have as much information on moving upward in the company, not just the retail branch as you may have employees that want to move up and with Apple stressing career development, this would be very valuable information.",5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49356,apple,none," May 9, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Dont know what this means,"great company, good benefits, stock options, cutting edge of tech, lots of friendly, competent people to interact with, cool gadgets","very structured, moreso than some may want, no commission (which may not be what everyone is looking for, but would sure boost the pay)","I think that they do a pretty good job as is, i have only disliked two managers in the four years ive been with the company.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49357,apple,none," Apr 28, 2010",Current Employee - Tier II Support,"Apple is alright, but call center work isn't for everyone",Apple is a leader in technology and one of the best companies in the world when it comes to being on the leading edge of technology.,Working in a call center means being chained to a phone and rarely will there be a chance for promotion.,"Providing honest feedback and then allowing for time to make necessary changes. If someone just will never get promoted, they should know.",4.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49358,apple,none," May 11, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Good place to work in college but after you graduate move on.,You get to work with a ton of fun people. You learn a lot about Apple Products. The training is fun and you are in a fun environment.,"If the economy is bad, good luck with getting hours. Sometimes micromanaged and strict.","Give credit to your employees, more often they need more formal training in selling products. You should also have more extensive training on products so that the Specialists know what they are talking about.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49359,apple,none," Apr 25, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Awesome company to work for. A few flaws in retail but nothing that can't be fixed.,"For the most part, the people at Apple are great. The Apple culture is an experience you'll never forget.","Way too much secrecy. Sometimes they tend to overlook your hard work and great performance. FYI: If you are a hard worker, you must maintain a great bond with management. Otherwise, the ""slacker"" at your store that tends to talk more often than work and has a great bond with management, will get promoted way before you do.",Keep the level of energy and respect given on new product launches and new store openings consistent year round. That is what makes Apple such a great company to work for. Those great moments.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1274.htm
49360,apple,none," Apr 24, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Apple is a great place to work,"Apple is a great place to work. While hours can be long and projects intense, the rewards of working at Apple makes the work worthwhile.",Hours can be long and projects can be intense.,Keep doing what you're doing.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49361,apple,none," Apr 14, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,It's fun to work where everyone is so smart,"Super smart people, pride in products, insider information","Too much secrecy, arbitrary top-down decisions, sub-par benefits","Engineers have been proven trustworthy, stop treating them like summer interns (who should not be trusted to walk to the restroom without spilling our secrets).",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49362,apple,none," Apr 27, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Retail ok, but not great","Overall great energetic, friendly and fun people to work with. Never a dull moment in the retail store. Get to play with all the new toys.","Apple took a step towards making sure employees were happy and satisfied and then took about 10 steps back. Though they say that their people are their heart and sole, I never felt it.  SECRECY! if it isn't posted on the public Apple website - you know nothing except the rumors that everyone else hears and you are required to deny.",Truly take to heart the approach that your people are the heart and sole of your business. With out happy excited employees it is hard to get the public excited.,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49363,apple,none," Apr 14, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple computer,innovative products that you have a hand in world class product development process great technologies you get to use and play with at work great brand that you can be proud to work for,a dictatorship - you don't get to make many big picture decisions work long hard hours sometimes without much recognition can be overly political,delegate some more of the bigger decisions create more higher level managers that direct businesses and are responsible for profit and loss,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49364,apple,none," Apr 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,From some who's not very happy,Everyone knows apple. We make cool product and I'm proud of that. People are generally enthusiastic about their work and very smart Good health benefit,"Salary is not very good. No promotion and not decent salary increase, bonuses Worktime is pretty long. Working on weekend is pretty normal",Not very clear about what to do and what not to do related some work and then blame on me. Very strict about secret and all the procedure,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49365,apple,none," Apr 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail - A great place to work if you are young and don't expect growth opportunities.,"The people at Apple Retail are an amazing, diverse, and talented group of individuals. It's your peers at this company that make the days worth it.",Very political. People are promoted based on politics and relationships. They are not promoted based on skill or performance. They hire externally and do not give internal candidates a chance to progress up the ladder.,Promote from within. Fill positions with people who pose the right skills and have proven them selves through performance. Pay people equitably based on performance.,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,2.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49366,apple,none," Mar 31, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working as an Apple Creative,"Some of the best reasons to work for Apple include: A fun staff, a comfortable workplace, reasonable pay, and the opportunity to preview new hardware/software","Some of the downsides in working with Apple as a Creative include: The realization it's still retail, not many opportunities to move up into management, stiff competition for positions.","Some suggestions for Apple management include: Better communication with your sales force, and providing more opportunities to recognize individual work efforts.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49367,apple,none," Mar 25, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interview,Apple is definitely a very upbeat and enthusiastic place to work. It is easy working place and people around you are nice to each other.,You got to wear working uniform every day if you ever decide to take the position at the retailer store.,The interactive parts are many. Make sure to have a good interpersonal skills and other people's opinion on you is very important.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49368,apple,none," Mar 28, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Review,Apple is the most exciting companies to work for in the silicon valley. They make the most anticipated products.,"The company, being very secretive to protect its upcoming new products, may make it difficult to work with others across the departments.","Put an end to the secretive nature of product development. Also, stop sacrificing functionality for aesthetics, especially for the ipad.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49369,apple,none," Mar 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reinventing retail? Not for the employees.,"Many of your co-workers will be intelligent, funny people who are a real pleasure to work with and to get to know. You'll be able to tell everyone you know that you work for Apple, which carries a certain respect with it. Your healthcare benefits package will be excellent. You'll never have to use a PC at work.","First of all, despite what you're told at hiring events and new employee training, you don't really work for Apple, Inc. Instead, you work for Apple Retail, which is for all intents and purposes an entirely different company. There is little to no career connection between the two, and retail employees are looked upon as second class citizens by corporate employees. Your chances of getting promoted from Apple Retail to Apple Corporate are no better than they would be if you worked for anywhere else. In fact, they might be worse.  The day to day routine of working for Apple Retail has some significant problems. You can expect that your needs will always come second to ""the needs of the business."" In fact, anytime you hear that phrase, be prepared for the next sentence to describe how you're going to be screwed. For example, ""I'm sorry, Joe, but the needs of the business dictate that you can't take a vacation between October and February, or June through September"" or ""Well, the needs of the business mean we can't give you a fixed schedule."" Your schedule will be erratic. You may work from 2 PM to 12 AM on Tuesday and be expected to come in at 8 AM the following day. If there's a product being launched (iPhone, iPad, etc), you may be asked to work overnight to set up the store, then come back in the next day and work another shift. Sometimes you're asked to work straight through. During normal weeks your shifts will often be right in the middle of the day, leaving you little time to accomplish anything before or after. No scheduling preference is given based on seniority, family considerations, or any other factor. Any and all time off must be requested in writing, often several months in advance, but your schedule won't arrive until a few days before it goes into effect. Long stretches of the year are blacked out for vacation time, due to the needs of the business. Favored employees will often be given a pass to take vacations during this time, especially senior managers.  Your coworkers will be neatly divided into two groups: those who are able to rationalize any decision made by Apple Inc, and those who understand the company for what it really is. There will be many more of the former than the latter. If you're a member of the relentlessly optimistic tribe, you can probably do very well in Apple Retail. If you're not, be prepared to hear impromptu speeches about how Apple products ""change"" and ""enrich"" people's lives, and how amazing it is to work at Apple. Many of these people will be older, and some will have either failed at or quit other careers to sell computers for a few dollars above minimum wage, which adds an undertone of desperation to their happy message. If you find yourself in the less optimistic camp, be prepared to be part of a very small minority, and get ready to hear about it when you decide to speak your mind. In fact, don't speak your mind.  Overall, Apple Retail is a place that spends a lot of time and money to promote the idea that they Really Care about their employees. One of the first things you're given when you're hired is the Credo Card, which lays out all that Apple Retail stands for and believes in. The very first line of the card is, ""At Apple our heart and soul is our people."" But what you'll come to realize over time is that Apple Retail doesn't care about you at all. They care about making money, and above all pleasing the customers. And that's it.  If you hope to have a long, successful and rewarding career at Apple Retail, you'd better really love retail for it's own sake. Loving the products isn't enough, in time you'll grow to resent them. You need to love all the complicated, illogical, arcane intricacies that make up the American retail model. If you do, you'll probably do very well at Apple. If not, it won't be long before you'll be looking for a way out.","Be honest with the people you're hiring. Learning to set the right expectation is a huge part of a retail employee's training, so why should it be any different for employees? Also, try to integrate Retail and Corporate better, so the bright people you have working in Retail will have a place to go. Even though it might hurt your wallets a little, try to think of your employees first once in a while. A little of that will go a long way.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1275.htm
49370,apple,none," Mar 15, 2010",Former Employee - Programmer,Careful?,"youthful, good products, respect, loyalty, its apple!","political, very interesting ways to get to the top","continue what you are doing, make sure to scopt the competition, the ophone has been a great sucess, what would happen when steve jobs leave?",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49371,apple,none," Mar 8, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A year and a half at Apple.,"Being given access to cutting edge software for free, excellent discounts, and actually giving time to learn the software...it puts together a really nice place to work for those reasons. Also, the pay is pretty fair.",The management staff was extremely clique-y and hired for management within their friend group. They preferred people who told them yes and toed to the company line without questioning it.,Make sure that you don't play favorites. You might think that people won't notice--they do. Everyone notices when the management picks and chooses only their friends.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49372,apple,none," Mar 4, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,ABC,"This is a great place to work, fun people, great tech and you feel at home. Overall a very, very great place to work, I would recommend it.",The people aren't always very kind. I am a social person and they are somewhat dull. This is not a big issue.,Be organized. And try to the best of your ability to make it a better place to work at.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49373,apple,none," Mar 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company at the highest level, lots of politics at the bottom","Great opportunity to advance your career very quickly if you know how to play the right politics. Competent senior level management (Steve Jobs does deserve the best CEO award), very disciplined, focused and well managed company.","Very fast paced work environment, beware of backstabbing, very long work hours. Being a good engineer does not necessarily get you recognition, knowing how to play politics and make yourself look good relative to your peers is most important. Too secretive, sometimes it's hard to get the whole picture for a project you're working on.","Make the company less secretive to foster team work and expand employee's knowledge base. Management might be too harsh in punishing failure, tend to make employees paranoid.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49374,apple,none," Feb 23, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Retail Perspective,"It's exciting to be part of a company that has upward momentum: growing, expanding, and leading change in the industry. The company is constantly evolving--not only it's products, but also the tools, practices, and training for the employees. Never a dull moment! The people who work at Apple are intelligent, flexible, creative, friendly, and fun.","Apple is NOT known for it's transparency, which can be frustrating in regards to promotions and career paths. For example, it seems to be taboo to ask about pay ranges for the different positions in the stores. The retail environment tends to have a high level of turnover due to unusual hours, high expectations, and a lot of part-timers competing for a relatively small number of full-time positions.","Overall, Apple is a great place to work. In the last couple of years, great strides have been made to give the retail employees a voice and address some of their concerns.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49375,apple,none," Feb 28, 2010",Former Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),mac specialist,"Good benefits, vacation, lots of perks and discounts","Stressful environment, very demanding sales structure.",more communication,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49376,apple,none," Feb 23, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Apple Retail,It's Apple- they are a cutting edge company. The corporate entity is amazing and does all kinds of things for the employees. Retail is another thing.,"With retail, it seems to be a very different story. It feels like a retail store and not like the rest of the company.","The retail environment has changed, and while it's still a great place to work, there is still a ways to go.",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49377,apple,none," Feb 25, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Secrecy is a win.,It's very rewarding to be at the center of where great products are made. There's always challenging work to do. There's always something new. Getting bored is not allowed. Given all the secrecy it's easy to focus on your own tasks.,"It' can be a high pressure, high stress, we-need-this-today-or-never kind of gig at times. Given all the secrecy there's a lot of duplication of effort.","Keep up the good work? Sorry, that's all I've got to share for now.  ... Sooo, how about them bears, eh?",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49378,apple,none," Feb 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good work environment,"enjoyable work environment, young and energetic place to work. always staying up to date with newest technology.",sometimes favoritism takes place over performance,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49379,apple,none," Feb 17, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,iPhone Tier 2,Easy work Laid back environment Great management,Mad customers Lack of sources Schedules are pretty bad,None.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1276.htm
49380,apple,none," Jan 22, 2010",Former Employee - Intern,iPod/iPhone PD,- can gain a vast experience in product testing and testing - work with state-of-the-art equipment and world class people - can take pride in working on what is thought by many as cool products - excellent compensation,- robs you of your social life - rigorous deadlines - expensive to live in California,- like the fact that managers don't micro-manage,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49381,apple,none," Jan 23, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,"I work at Apple, and am happy most of the time.","It's an invigorating company that always seems to have something changing, so if you like change you will love this employer.","Sometimes it feels as if you don't know if you're doing a good job or bad job, unless you ask for specifics.","Maybe hiring people that don't necessarily come with all the experience in the world, but willing to take the risk to train and develop from within.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49382,apple,none," Jan 14, 2010",Former Employee - Specialist,Great place to work! part-time,"Apple is a really good place to learn, decent benefits and supportive management. Where else can you play with all the cool toys?","They have been focusing on career development a lot lately, which is important. It is tough to envision a rewarding career at the company right now, because there won't be a lot of turnover in Apple management.","I would have loved to make a career at Apple, but it would take longer and earn less than other places.",4.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49383,apple,none," Jan 29, 2010",Former Employee - Retail Genius Administrative,Get ready to work hard,I was very lucky to work with some amazing co-workers and given the latitude to make choices that really benefited our customers.,"The cons of the job are really what you would expect working with a company like Apple, you are held the incredibly high standards, with almost consistent feedback on your performance.","Give your employees the resources to perform their jobs. Hire more staff so people don't burn out so quickly. Your employees want to work, but not suffer.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49384,apple,none," Jan 25, 2010",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),A Three Year Series of Ups and Downs.,"-You work with nice, fun, interesting people. Your co-workers become your friends. -Everyday is different. -Stock plan. -You acquire skills that will help you professionally.","-For the most part, it's a job not a career. In my time with the company I have never seen a retail employee go into management. Having been surrounded by talented people with plenty of leadership potential this has been frustrating. I passed on several great job opportunities when I graduated college to work towards a career in leadership. I feel as if I have been lead on for far too long. -Corporate recently took away a bunch of roles and positions within the retail stores. Nobody lost their jobs but the timing was terrible. To make such an announcement during the busy holiday season was irresponsible. Even worse, the announcement was delivered by the website that corporate uses to communicate with retail. The message wasn't even delivered face to face. The morale in our store is lower than it has ever been.","I don't even know where to begin. I used to be so fired up about working for Apple but in the past 6-12 months the entire dynamic has changed. I understand that at the end of the day we are a business. For a long time however, we were a business that thrived with happy people.",3.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49385,apple,none," Jan 14, 2010",Current Employee - Specialist,Nice,"Very fun place to work. Easy Going, Tons of nice people and customers. Not forced to sell to customers. Better than my previous job",Starting salary was lower than what i was making although i just started the job. Customers will be customers unfortunately.,Keep up the work. Apple will continue to be a strong company. Events that include employees out of work keep us interested,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49386,apple,none," Jan 25, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work,Cool brand to work for Wonderful products Discounts on products Most co-workers are nice and great to work with Payment is okay,Very big company where you can feel a bit lost Career path development could be improved a lot Much secrecy,Promote more people from within and promote knowledge sharing between different departments.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49387,apple,none," Jan 9, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Cool Place,"Smart people, good work, interesting products. Beautiful campus. Everyone knows about the company, so when talking to others, is a good conversation starter.",Fast paced and stressful. You've got t work hard. Difficult to ahieve work/life balance. Personal sucess depends largely on style of direct manager.,"Think better of your employees. They're people too. Treat them with respect, and you'll be treated accordingly as well. Be patient!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49388,apple,none," Jan 10, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great People in a creative Environment,The Pros of working at apple are that you meet alot of creative folks and you get to work on producs that change the industry.,You only get to know the specific area you are working in since there is such a high secrecy in this company.,"Allow more transparency between the different departments, it would allow people to share ideas/knowledge and in the end it would help the product development.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49389,apple,none," Jan 13, 2010",Current Employee - Retail Business Specialist,An average sales job with no commission.,"Big name company, great benefits, industry leader in retail and technologies","Low pay, no commission, no bonuses. Advancement opportunities limited to retail store management. Training on advanced technology is lacking.",Training on advanced technology is lacking.,3.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1277.htm
49390,apple,none," Dec 26, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Concierge,"Great people, great products, overall a fantastic place to work. Pays well compared to retail elsewhere, and is a fun experience.","Very tiring if you work hard, still a lot of politics for retail. Change happens slowly and really only when initiated by corporate retail management.",Be less focused on bottom line and fill employees in more on why things are done. Bridge gap between retail and corporate.,5.0,2.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49391,apple,none," Dec 17, 2009",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Great place to stay,"Great Atmosphere. Helpful colleagues. Lot's of enthusiasm. Helpful management with lots of training. Some opportunities for advancement. Fair compensation for work duties. Compensation is not based on commission. Large company, great medical/dental/vision plan, company match 401K program",You are just a number in my opinion. Not much focus from my manager on her employees. Too busy for your own employees,N/A,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49392,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jan 12, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Support Adviser,"Sheer terror, only looks good from outside.","You support variety of great products, the job itself is never boring and you can never learn enough.","Employees pay a price for mismanagement. You are judged in great part based on customer surveys and it doesn't matter, if you yourself are to be blamed for customer's dissatisfaction. Just to give you an example: when customers wait long times at the phone, they are going to complain about it, which counts to your negative stats... I saw people dismissed on this ground. The constant rotation of stuff is not going to make customers happier, as the new ones have to learn everything first. It's a vicious circle.  It's very hard to get promoted, once they found a donkey to work hard for little, they will try to keep him/her in this position for ages.  The level of supervision is comparable to the work camps. But maybe it's all the same in American corporations in general.  Salaries are also poor, compared to others in the industry.","Respect the people you have, don't be so sure you will always be able to find new ones.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49393,apple,none," Dec 20, 2009",Former Employee - Personal Shopping Specialist,Great College Job,*Great Pay for college *Benefits (Health and stock options) *The discount on products * Ability to network within the store,Long Hours in retail Annual Raises-Could be on a semi-annual There wasn't any incentives programs,Too much drama between management and store employee. The Managers do not always provide feedback to improve working conditions or motivation,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49394,apple,none," Nov 28, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail management at corporate level seems not to reward the sales channel at retail for their efforts.,"Health and ESPP benefits are above average for retail. The company has a solid future, layoffs don't happen, and we're never asked to work off the clock.","While corporate sales reps are compensated for their efforts on a traditional commission basis, retail sales people are hourly and apparently not considered when corporate sales jobs become available.While corporate sales reps are compensated for their efforts on a traditional commission basis, retail sales people are hourly and apparently not considered when corporate sales jobs become available.","There are extremely talented sales people in retail who are completely ignored for corporate sales jobs for which they are extremely capable. Learn to use your human assets more expeditiously, so they are fairly compensated for their experience and their abilities.",4.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49395,apple,none," Nov 23, 2009",Current Employee - Concierge,Refocusing the company has caused a lot of unhappiness.,"Great colleagues, friendly and understanding managers, fast paced environment, personal projects, training, great stores, staff discounts and benefits, good on your cv.","Poor organisation, lack of communication between corporate and retail, constantly changing the game, benefits are getting less exciting now compared to the way they were.","You need to get back to your core principals, employing people cheap means you get cheap, if you pay well and incentivise people with benefits they will perform better and be happier, just try to listen as well.",4.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49396,apple,none," Dec 7, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to get your start,Exciting work. Apple makes you feel like you are contributing to some higher cause besides just getting a paycheck. Lots of smart people make work challenging every day,"Taking a lot of smart people who used to be the best where they came from and then putting them all together, where they are now in the middle, makes for some interesting situations. Can be very stressful at times.","Don't expect employees lives to revolve around work. After all, you're not curing cancer or anything, you're making consumer electronics.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49397,apple,none," Dec 3, 2009",Current Employee - Business Specialist,"Interesting work, but business division leadership lacking.","Passionate, intelligent, interesting people from all walks of life work for Apple - you learn a ton of new information every day from the customers and employees you work with. You get to sell the absolute best products, hands down.","Middle management is extremely frustrating to work with, and in general those of us in the stores are treated like children. Back-end systems (ordering, communication, etc) are incredibly frustrating to use and detract a lot from the enjoyability of the job. There's a tremendous degree of burn-out due to the way employees are treated and the frustrating relationship with middle management.","Invest in better back-end processes and systems to allow employees to work faster, easier and more enjoyably - make the lives of employees easier.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49398,apple,none," Dec 22, 2009",Former Employee - Mac Genius,"Think Different, but do as you're told, swap this iPhone, and if you don't like this Kool Aid there's the door.",• Made some great great friends • I got paid a lot • That's about it too be honest,• No training • No support • Inept Management • Staggering brain washing • iPhones • International differences ignored,• Listen to the Staff and Customers • Is there a pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49399,apple,none," Nov 13, 2009",Current Employee - Janitor,Great place to stay till i retire,"not much work, just sitting around till the end of the day",a bit boring...wish i could do more than just cleaning,they're great,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1278.htm
49400,apple,none," Oct 22, 2009",Current Employee - Speciialst,Very happy with my employment at Apple.,Discount on some of the best products on the markets.,No commission available on sales.,Strong management team.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49401,apple,none," Oct 11, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great products, but not a great place to work","Fabulous products that you can be proud of Some great colleagues (not all) If you're an engineer, great products to build If you're a designer, great products to design","Least empowering place I've ever worked - all decisions go upwards, great if you're Steve Jobs, but not so great for anyone else. Mediocre/poor performers are rarely fired. Incredibly siloed. Executives are so indoctrinated in the Apple way of doing things that they're not open to new approaches.","Push decisions down whenever possible. Get rid of people who aren't at least really good, and make sure you only hire outstanding people.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49402,apple,none," Sep 29, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,?,Benefits and Fast Paced Environment,"Advancement Opportunities, Management Support and Reviews",Spend time developing employees,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49403,apple,none," Sep 13, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer III,Good place to build your resume,Passionate people Make products people use Interesting projects Super starts are recognized/rewarded,No career path (engineering) Salary is not competitive Long hours,Stop treating employees/engineers like fungible assets to be churned and burned.,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49404,apple,none," Sep 10, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,"Fun, fast paced, a place where you will without a doubt learn and enjoy for the most part. Apple is great.","As a newer company, there is less structure, and many aspects of the business are still developing significantly. Compensation also seems to be well below average. Specially in certain markets.","Improve Cons: As a newer company, there is less structure, and many aspects of the business are still developing significantly. Compensation also seems to be well below average. Specially in certain markets.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49405,apple,none," Aug 22, 2009",Current Employee - Mac Genius,3..2..1...Burnout.,"- Sense of pride and excitement when the company announces the next groundbreaking product.  - You get to work with very eager, talented people who love their jobs and work very hard.  - You get to play with technology all day long.  - For a problem solver, it's a dream come true.  - The benefits are good, and the pay isn't bad either (though it's not stellar).","- The company sets goals high, which puts a lot of stress on everyone to perform.  - Customers are generally stupid, demanding, obnoxious, or a combination of all three. This is probably also true everywhere else in retail though.  - There are always fewer people working than are needed for the store to run smoothly.  - Senior managers are apparently under very little oversight (other than performance based), and can pretty much do whatever they want.  - Managers goals come from the land of make believe.  - Constant pressure from customers, management, other employees, the company, etc.  - Most Geniuses burn out after 3 months to a year, and the ones that stay on after that are either exceptionally talented, or are burned out husks that just like the salary and benefits.  - Wild variations in pay for the same job, apparently arbitrarily decided by management.  - You will come to have a crushing apathy for all things Apple. You won't want to touch your computer when you get home. When your friends ask you for help with their computers, you will throw up in your mouth a little.","- Pay attention to who you're hiring in management. Here's a hint: if you want to create a different kind of retail store, DON'T HIRE MANAGERS FROM THE GAP.  - Offer employees a chance at something beyond retail. There's a lot of talent in the company being squandered on selling iPods all day long.  - Give us the room to honor the commitments we've made to existing customers instead of insisting that we help the person right in front of our face at the time. If you want to run a repair business, WE NEED SOME TIME TO DO REPAIRS.  - And finally, you need to double the number of staff at most stores. Customers can't find anyone to help them, get angry and confused, and have a terrible experience.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49406,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Aug 18, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Lucrative...,Best place to be and good pay check,None. It's a very nice place.,think different regarding employee,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49407,apple,none," Aug 7, 2009",Former Employee - Retail Store Manager,Apple Retail Stores,"For a technology junkie it's a serious daily fix. Given tremendous amounts of responsibility and anonymity, far beyond any normal retail positions. Typically, compensation can be extremely good, but make sure you negotiate very well. For some reason people seem impressed when you say you work for Apple!",Serious Reality Deficit. Disfunctional internal workings for just about everything everything. The company is so concerned about outward impressions that it's impact on internal function is detrimental. No clear (or unclear) development paths within the company. A highly clique oriented / playing politics type company.,"Apple has seen tremendous success recently. My fear is that a huge amount (if not all) of that is based on consumer trends and the brand's current popularity. If that goes, or declines, there will significant issues in their ability to work as a functioning company. So many of the day-to-day issues of running a business are temporarilly fixed by throwing money (usually a lot) at the problem instead of finding a long term solution. If / when the money runs out, there could very well be significant sustainability problems.",2.0,4.5,none,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49408,apple,none," Jul 11, 2009",Former Employee - Intern,Awesome!,- discounts - great on resume,- long hours - not flexible with schedule,keep it up!,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49409,apple,none," Jun 2, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great place to work, if you can keep up with the pace","Smart people, exciting work, great compensation.","Even though the company talks about work/life balance, there often isn't any.",Keep up the great work.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1279.htm
49410,apple,none," May 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart people - Great products,Smart people - Great products,There are too many micro-managers,Trust your employees to do their jobs.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49411,apple,none," May 5, 2009",Former Employee - Apple Solutions Consultant,Apple is a great place to work - there is nothing out there in the corporate world like it.,"Coolness of technology, the products work and integrate well together, you deal with happy customers, Easy to hit sales numbers","Large company, felt some disconnect from management",Bring remote sales teams together more often so that leaders can be easily identified and promoted,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49412,apple,none," Apr 27, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place but sales are still sales,Fun Environment to work in,Sales Position is always hard to do,More Communication,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49413,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 13, 2009",Current Employee - Personal Shopping Specialist,A surprisingly great place to work ... just remember to follow the rules...,- Flexible Work Schedule - Great Staff - Great management teams - Great pay - Great philosophy - Great work environment - Feedback from employees is appreciated by management and acted upon,"- Communication from Top to Bottom is sometimes lacking (however management knows this and is taking steps to resolve it) - The place is surprisingly ""mechanical"" - lots of processes and procedures. Like they say, consistency is critical.",- Keep working with employees to come up with solutions for issues in the stores and the company.,5.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49414,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Mar 25, 2009",Current Employee - Concierge,Great Place to work but not enough for me.,"Great co-workers, that make it worth coming in to work. Great salary compared to similar retailers. Every day is different.","Rude and loud customers who get what hey want for being rude and loud. working retail hours, weekends and evenings. Only know your work schedule, one week in advance. Management almost recognizes when you do a good job but is very quick to give you negative feedback when they feel you're not. Almost no room for advancement.",Recognize hen your employees are trying hard and doing a good job and tell them!!!,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49415,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 23, 2009",Former Employee - Specialist,Apple good but needs work,cool technology High profile company Apple is liked by consumers cool discounts. Being close to the leading edge of popular technology Stores are centrally located Decent healthcare benefits and discounted stock options Chance to help people be creative by providing them with tools to enhance their creativity.,"terrible schedule Managers overpaid, underperform Very busy stores, overwhelming Recognition hard to get. challenging work is not compensated fairly from employee to employee. Large disparities evolve in pay between members of the same team. Lots of corporate rules and metrics you are expected to meet. Security cameras keep close watch on staff, not customers.",Stay on the floor and support your staff,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49416,apple,none," Dec 28, 2008",Current Employee - Inventory Control Specialist,"Apple Inc., a place to grow deep roots and become fruitful in talent and skills.","The best reasons to work for Apple are very numerous. Apple pays higher in retail than any other retail employer from my experience. They seek to find a spot for you that fits your needs and desires, as such, it is very difficult to get fired from the company for failing in you current job (if something else is open that you show aptitude for, they will certainly give you the chance), you will be fired however, for standard terminable issues (theft, deceit, consistent horrible work performance, etc.). The benefits are excellent and management will always help you move up in your position or into another higher level position. Apple also offers a unique opportunity to transfer from Retail to Corporate in their ARC Program. It's one of the only companies that I know of that will let retail employees, if they qualify, to work for three months in Cupertino for the chance to be transferred to corporate. Apple also attracts some of the most diverse people that you can find and you will always learn something from your coworkers.","If you work in the Retail division, then there are the same potential issues with management that you can come across at any retail store. Apple is very selective in whom they hire, however some members of management can slip through and demonstrate a complete lack of HR management and in some cases, a lack of knowledge of the product. The retail stores are constantly high pressure (not because of commission sales, since no one is on commission) with many, many customers looking to purchase, have servicing done and engaging in training. All of this is done under the same roof and many times each area can come into conflict with the other areas (training customers complain of noise from the sales floor, Genius Bar customers complain of lack of space at bar and Specialists (sales people) standing around not helping them with tech related issues). If you work for corporate however, these problems don't exist.","For Apple Retail Managers, I would say, embrace Apple's views and methods instead of trying to graft other companies policies and procedures. Most issues come from these diametrically opposite viewpoints.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49417,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 31, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Good but the novelty wears off quick.,"JOB SECURITY in these current times of economic downturn apple have said they will not be letting anyone go. The people within the company are great, thats the co-workers, everybody in the team brings something different. the atmosphere is great, at times demanding, but isn't every job? the discount perks are good, its nice to get a present from the company near xmas or at a product launch iphone/ipod. Looks great on a CV, working for a innovative company.","sometimes we, as mac geniuses are overworked and underpaid, except this happens nearly all the time, altho when signing up for the job ""you are expected to work longer than needed without extra numeration"". i can except this to a point but when one of your co workers who started the job 3 months before you and even after gets a few thousand £s more than you it really burns you up inside. some management never follow thru with requests, and apparently after speaking to hr, ""you have to keep chasing them up"". speaking to people who have worked in the US stores, there is a big difference in the way things are done, there is a divide between retail staff and other apple staff, something which isnt present in the US where everybody is apple. the lies you are fed during recruiting about career progression and paths you can take, its a retail environment you can only really move sideways in the store.","When recruiting staff please do not make false promises about career progression, or oversell the job to leave unrealistic expectations.",3.0,1.5,none,1.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49418,apple,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 19, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),"Apple retail, a quick insight.",Working with as a team with unique and extraordinary individuals. Enriching the lives of customers and through living Apple Retail's Credo. Working with the latest and greatest innovative technologies and consumer products.Offering experiences that no other retail companies comes close to comparing.,"Some Customers have bad breath which makes it difficult to speak to them closely. Sometimes during busy periods, it is difficult to request time off (ie. summer before back to school and the holidays). Employee Purchases, for new take at least a month and have to be made online to receive Employee discount on products.","Managers have good and excellent customer service though as technology company, some managers require more technical training.",5.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49419,apple,none," Sep 21, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),One of the best employers on the planet if you're a Mac enthusiast,"Apple fosters an extremely positive work environment, including enthusiastic managers and staff, as well as opportunities to work with some of the coolest technology on the planet. The services offered in-store go above and beyond anything I have seen anywhere, from training customers to sharing stories about what you can do with the technology to make your life better, Apple is a company that truly goes beyond expectations.",The benefits offered part-time staff are pretty minimal compared to other places I have worked.,Please consider better benefits to part-time staff.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1280.htm
49420,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 30, 2008",Former Employee - Mac Genius,Here's to the crazy ones,"If you believe in the brand then working for Apple is a dream come true. The people are friendly, for the most part the managers are competent. The discount on Apple products is good - up to 27% - and the occasional free iPhone/iPod helps to sweeten the deal.","Beware - there is no career development at Apple Retail. Vague statements like ""the company is expanding rapidly - there are so many opportunities"" and ""you have to make your own positions"" are used to stave off any criticism. This is particularly bad for ""Mac Geniuses"" because their role is technical in a retail environment there is no where else to go. Also, people performing exactly the same job earn different amounts. Because pay is considered confidential, if you raise this with a manager you potentially face disciplinary action for discussing your salary!",Look after your good employees better.,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49421,apple,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Aug 27, 2008",Former Employee - Sales Consultant,Good with the bad.,"You are working at a company that is the official distributor of Apple products in Southern Africa,. Their training is excellent and you can get it at highly reduced prices or even for free. You also get a discount on all Apple products.  You get to learn the ""Apple Way"" having access to limited but insightful training and resources, if you want to know about excellent customer service then work at Apple or a subsidiary. The online sales training makes it really easy to sell Apple products (which are already an easy sell).","They are riding on the name of Apple in California. They have a poor support system locally and this in turn makes you look bad to customers. The managers only think of themselves in terms of time and financial reward - the comission is low if you are selling and they expect you to give up your life.  No-one really knew what was happening with senior management, and they were extremely underhanded.  Mkae sure you know what position you are going in to and ensure your job description is specific.","Be more open and honest, ensure that every person within the company is treated fairly.",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49422,apple,Tokyo (Japan)," Jun 29, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Changing the world is a full time job at Apple,"My passion is working on things that change the world, and I have that opportunity at Apple.","The need-to-know basis of our product planning and development can be a challenge when trying to develop long term plans related to products managed by other groups. However, with good relationships you can over come this issue.","The company's growth over the past several years warrants a re-think of our division structure and management. Employees in the company do not properly understand how their position/product/division fits into the larger picture, and so may waste time trying to integrate with divisions they should ignore or vice versa.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49423,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Insider guide to Apple,Probably the response you get from people when introducing you work for Apple. Thanks to the iPod Apple now is a company that touches almost everyone and generally people love the company.,"The pay is awful compared to other companies. That is probably the biggest. Also there are no formal career development opportunities e.g. courses, MBAs etc that you might get at other places.",Pay everyone more ! .. Apple is sitting on a lot of cash and the employees generally are working extremely long hours simply for the love of the company.,4.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49424,apple,"Laval, QC (Canada)"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Mac Specialist (Apple Store),Take care of your good employees,"The best computers, the best company. Good salary, nice environment","To much control from the system. If an employee does a mistake, only one, he will be fired",I would like to receive more information about my work,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49425,apple,none," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Site Support Engineer,I love Apple,"Apple, Mac OS, Products, Steve Job",Social life.. it's hard to leave apple,"More physical contact, not only emails",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49426,apple,none," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great products, great engineers, good company growth, with expected growing pains","Apple makes high-quality products, both inside and out, in that they're considered good by both users and developers. Some aspects of our internals can be ugly, but there's a strong push companywide to create maintainable interfaces and implementations, even those for internal use. We're constantly pushing to create new & better ways of doing things, if no longer in a completely revolutionary manner (seems there just too much legacy software AND mindset out there now). Even so, that drive is present.  We don't have all the perks of other high-profile companies, but hours are flexible, and a new shuttle service makes commuting quite pleasant.  Apple is big enough that you can find a work & management environment that fits your temperament.","Management is extremely secretive, even internally, and it's only becoming more so. That said, I can see why looking at the marketplace. Apple's operating in a new world, and we can't just talk about what we're working on any more.  Internal resource allocation is very stingy, it's hard to have enough equipment to work properly on multiple releases & test system-level things that sometimes require a 2nd machine of similar specs.  Work level tends to go in a roller-coaster, with long crunches before releases, but that's typical for the industry, really. Overall project management seems to be declining in recent years, which is rather worrisome.  I've been frustrated by some general communication problems in my department and difficulties making time for professional growth at the company, but it's something I could probably get past if I took more initiative in the matter.  We are REALLY overcrowded and getting more so. Many people are doubled up in offices, the on-campus cafe is overloaded every day at lunchtime, and the new campus shows no signs of coming along.",Give more resources to the engineers. That's the major one. Better overall project management would be nice.  Get that new campus built.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49427,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Manager,More than a salary,"A company with an inspiration, incredibly dynamic and energetic. Something new almost every week. We are certainly not bored, and often very proud of what we do -or don't do. This company definitely gives you more than a salary.","You know nothing or very little about what's coming up, and they will consciously let you run in the wall instead of telling you. Be prepared to enter in religion : the way we are organized (!) is so unique that, to some extent, what you learn at Apple is hardly applicable elsewhere. And, yes, we do have a tendency to be fascinated by our products...",You do have a capacity to inspire. Make an even better use of it.,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49428,apple,none," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Customer Relations,BAD PAY - Good Atmosphere - No advancement,Exciting products and fun events,"Horrible Pay Rates - 2-3 percent salary increases, no cost of living raises, incentives, or bonuses",Allow for job advancement rather than bringing in new hires and temps with no experience,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,1.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49429,apple,none," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Project Manager,Steve Jobs is my reason for living.,"Getting to meet Steve Jobs is like the best thing in my whole entire life! He is the best and everything he does is always spectacular. Like who else could invent the computer, right? He makes so much money on everything Apple does. Following him as a leader is a no brainer. You can just look at him and know he will take care of you no matter what. For examples, just look at iPod and iPhone. Now all music is sold through iTunes! It won't be long before all calls are through iPhones! And not just on hardware capabilites, Steve Jobs will lead everyone to appreciate style and usability on all things one day.","Well, there is long hours and little chance of promotion. They really don't like my ideas sometimes. I really don't like to be called ""stupid"" by managment. I'd prefer they just say they have a difference of opinion instead.",I wish we could all work for Steve Jobs! He is the best and should force all other managers to be just like him even more. Some of them could definitely take some style cues from how he dresses too!,3.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1281.htm
49430,apple,none," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slechte begeleiding in tijd van ziekte,"Goede arbeidsvoorwaarden dat is ook gelijk het enige, het leadership weet totaal niet wat er leeft onder het personeel en gaat zijn eigen gang.",- onderdruk gezet in tijd van ziekte,"Ga beter met je zieke medewerkers om, ze zijn niet voor niets ziek.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49431,apple,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Cadre,EXEPTIONNEL,"Les locaux, les collègues, l'ambiance générale, les missions, le salaire etc..",La jalousie des personnes lorsqu'on leur parle de notre travail,auccun,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49432,apple,"Cupertino, CA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Meer flexibiliteit naar de werknemer anders top!,Goede secundaire arbeidsvoorwaarden. zeer goed loon.,Weinig flexibel met roostering en verwachten volledige beschikbaarheid van het personeel. Ook bij deeltijd.,Meer flexibiliteit qua roostering.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49433,apple,"New York, NY"," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TOP!,Geweldig om te werken voor Apple.,Soms wat lange shifts maarja..,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49434,apple,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Spécialiste,Réduc Ambiance de travail Aucune journée ne se ressemblent,Salaire tiré vers le bas Vous êtes recrutez sur un poste différents de votre profil,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49435,apple,"Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)"," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TOP Arbeitgeber,"Apple ist ein richtig guter Arbeitgeber , hier kann man sich vorstellen eine sehr lange Zeit zu bleiben.","Man darf nur nicht geräuschempfindlich sein , kann mal laut werden in den Stores",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49436,apple,none," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TE,"Teamplay, Inmovation, Management, Feedback, Spass","Stress, Zeitdruck, stressige Kunden, schwierige Kunden, Druck",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49437,apple,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Specialist,Optimal neben dem Studium,- flache Hierarchie - offene Kultur und Feedbackkultur - viele Freizeiten und Freiräume - kompetente und sympatische Kollegen,- teilweise eintönige Arbeit - teilweise arrogante Einstellungen einiger Manager,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49438,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - IOS Technical Advisor,Du bon et du moins bon,"- bon salaire - super culture d’entreprise (inclusion et diversité) - management au top - pas mal d’evenement, la boite sait prendre soin de ses employés - il ya tout dans le building : mededin, dentiste, salle de sport, meme leur propre bus en cas de greve des transports",- trop de monde - les equipe ne sont pas mixées avec les autres nationalités et c’est dommage,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49439,apple,none," Nov 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gut,Sehr Gut bezahlt. Gutes team.,Kantine war viel zu teur.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1282.htm
49440,apple,Paris (France)," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Spécialiste,Comme à la maison,"Un encadrement et des collègues extraordinaires, une jolie expérience humaine.",Des lacunes dans la résolution de problème. On y est formé sur le tas et trouver la réponse à une question technique est souvent une aventure. Mais c'est également un avantage puisqu'on nous pousse à chercher la réponse et à se nourrir davantage de réflexion.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49441,apple,"Quebec, QC (Canada)"," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Spécialiste,Spécialiste,Bonnes assurances Programmme d’achat d’actions pour les employés Rabais sur les produits,"Ambiance de travaille stressante Horaires de travail inflexibles, variables et hasardeuses. Mauvais suivi des employés Conditions de moins en moins bonnes au fil du temps Aucune reconnaissance Aucune possibilité d’avancement pour les bons employés Aucune reconnaissance des compétences Hypocrisie, mensonges de la part de l’équipe de gestion Très mauvaise gestion des ressources humaines (voir totalement inutile) Travail sous pression Évaluation des employés par des indicateurs de performances Aucun respect pour la vie personnelle des employés",Ils devraient réellement mettre des efforts dans les ressources humaines et garder leurs employés en santé plutôt que de les rediriger vers un système de PAE. Prévenir plutôt que guérir.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49442,apple,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mitigé,"Entreprise prestigieuse, assez peu de pression.",Niveau global dans le retail qui se dégrade de plus en plus.,Une peu plus de sérieux dans le recrutement des équipes dirigeantes. Beaucoup trop d’erreur de casting,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49443,apple,Paris (France)," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bonne expérience,Equipe jeune et dynamique. Souplesse du management.,Faible reconnaissance du travail apporté.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49444,apple,Rosny-sous-Bois (France)," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,5 ans chez Apple,"Tickets restaurant, 13ème mois, CE avantageux, DIF généreux, congés, réductions des prix des produits de l’entreprise, très bonne mutuelle peu coûteuse, bon environnement de travail","Très mauvaise direction, ambiance variante selon les magasins, peu d’évènements, hiérarchie à l’américaine mais exercée à la française, pas de négociation de salaire, peu de perspectives d’evolution...",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49445,apple,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Angenehme Atmosphere,Solide Bezahlung Flexibilität Stabiles Unternehmen Nachhaltigkeit und Respekt Unterstützung,Stress bei viel Betrieb an A Standorten,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49446,apple,none," Sep 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Toller Nebenjob für Studenten,gutes Gehalt und nette Kollegen,Sehr viele Kunden und damit Stress,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49447,apple,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Night Auditor,Slecht,Slecht onverzorgd raar apart nee,Heel slecht management ik vind er niks aan,Ik zou veel beter jullie best gaan doen in het begeleiden van mensen die nog bijna geen tot geen werkervaring hebben,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49448,apple,Lyon (France)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Spécialiste,Il y fait bon vivre,Une boîte en constante évolution ! Il y fait bon de travailler on y reste d’ailleurs pour l’ambiance de travail. Les évolutions sont quand à elles difficiles,Salaire bas pour ce qu’on produit,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49449,apple,Paris (France)," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Utopique.,"Beaucoup de monde, beau casting et beaucoup de belles paroles.","Faible remuneration quant au rendement, dialogue de sourds et incompétence de la hiérarchie. Une ambiance de bahut de lycée sur une cadence de restaurant Mc Donald's.",Soyez professionnels.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1283.htm
49450,apple,Lyon (France)," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Bonne entreprise,"mutuelle, intéressement, réduction de prix sur produit",Management à la française et les managers trop misogyne qui ne suivent pas le process Apple.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49451,apple,"Marne-la-Vallée, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France (France)"," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Spécialiste,Bien,Prime de 50 pourcent software apple,"Entretien tres long, duree de 3 semaines",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49452,apple,none," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Receptionist,Familiale et bonne ambiance.,Manque de Possibilités d’evolution. Pas beaucoup de possibilités,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49453,apple,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfait !,Cadre + accompagnement + évolution + formation,Pas d'inconvénient particulier a signaler,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49454,apple,none," Jul 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,bewertung,ziehmlich guter lohn und angenehme atmosphäre,keine die mir jetz einfallen,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49455,apple,Brussels (Belgium)," Jul 5, 2018","Former Employee - Guest Trainer &amp, Technical specialist",Top experience,Top Philosophie et condition de travail.,Strategie managerial propre à la Belgique décevante ( nouveau marché peut être) en contradiction avec les valeurs et la philosophie propres à Apple. Coeur brisé Ce qui ne semble pas être le cas si j'avais évolué chez Apple dans un pays different.,Slow down and think again about Apple's foundation. Management is the company essence. Stay foolish stay hungry,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49456,apple,Paris (France)," Jul 20, 2018",Former Employee - Spécialiste,Bien pour un étudiant,"Apple, Produits (un peu) moins cher, prime de 13 mois...","Trop de mondes! Vraiment! De plus, on ne peut pas vraiment évoluer chez Inc à partir du rétail, même si on a les compétences (étudiant par exemple)",none,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49457,apple,"Augsburg, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 25, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,"Gut für Teilzeit, schlecht für Vollzeit","Relativ gute Bezahlung für Retail, viele Benefits, junges, individuelles Team, keine Überstunden","Schichtarbeit, Arbeit kann schnell eintönig werden, kaum Chancen auf höhere Positionen (v.a. Management) außer man nimmt Standort-Wechsel in Kauf","Weniger halbgare Sprüche bringen, die man sonst nur von Motivationstrainerveranstaltungen kennt. Einfach ehrlich, freundlich und menschlich bleiben.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49458,apple,Paris (France)," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Spécialiste,Spécialiste,Bonne ambiance d'équipe en générale.,"Pas beaucoup d'inconvénients, beaucoup plus d'avantages.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49459,apple,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Possibilite suivant les postes de travail a domicile, convivial et humain",Aucun inconvenient pour être honnête,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1284.htm
49460,apple,none," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Good team and nice work environment,None that i can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49461,apple,none," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Store Manager,Global Player,Gutes Arbeitsklima im Store Nette vor gesetzte,Alles sehr Anonym Hohe Fluktuation bei den Mitarbeitern.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49462,apple,none," Jun 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ingénieur dev chez l' apple,bien intéressant ok à oui,moins pourquoi devoir ok là,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49463,apple,Paris (France)," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Apple Genius,Entreprise à taille humaine.,"Esprit d’entreprise est l’employé au centre de l’attention. L’expérience client apporte une expérience professionnelle vous ouvrant les portes de toutes structures. La vision du management est très positive. Les formations internes , le recrutement sur la personnalité , les avantages sociaux, les avantages financiers , et le bien être au travail sont des avantages dont APPLE fait bénéficié à tout ses employés.","Les horaires de centre commerciaux , la pression perpétuelle exercée par la clientèle individualiste et centrée sur elle même. APPLE offre la posssibilite à toutes personnes d’évoluer sans restriction ce qui dans certains cas vous fait évoluer dans un panier de crabe.",Ne changez rien.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49464,apple,none," May 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Très bon emploi,"Il s'agit d'un très bon emploi à temps partiel avec beaucoup de bénéfices (sociaux, rabais, remboursement des frais de scolarité, etc.)","Impossible d'avancer dans la compagnie, pour atteindre un poste supérieur si on ne s'entend pas bien avec l'équipe de gestion. Il y a beaucoup de favoritisme.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49465,apple,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,La meilleure boite de toutes la terre,Des produits apple gratuit ou avec une énorme reduction,Je pense que à part les horaires aucun,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49466,apple,Haarlem (Netherlands)," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Goede baan in de retail,"goed salaris, zeer goede arbeidsvoorwaarden, leuke collega's, geen targets, positieve sfeer","redelijk Amerikaanse overenthousiaste cultuur, eentonig,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49467,apple,Paris (France)," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Mieux que la moyenne,"team sympa, bon produits qui facilite la vente, horaires flexibiles","si tu rentre comme specialiste tres peu de chance de passer manager, ils sont tres fermee.",virer les RH,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49468,apple,Berlin (Germany)," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,Alle Mitarbeiter sehr hilfsbereit und freundlich,Manchmal sehr einzigartige Kunden (so wie überall),none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49469,apple,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Spécialiste Café,Entretien d'embauche très intéressant,Esprit d'équipe. Motivation. Réductions sur les produits. Environnement sympa.,Horaire variable. Travail le weekend.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1285.htm
49470,apple,Cork (Ireland)," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - IOS Technical Support Senior Advisor,Une belle aventure très formatrice,"Découvrir la culture d'entreprise d'Apple, réductions sur les produits, médecins et salle de sport sur site à prix réduits, actions offertes.",Position qui prend beaucoup d'énergie.,"Durcir le recrutement afin de ne pas embaucher ""à la pelle"". Cela pourrait améliorer la qualité du service.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49471,apple,none," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,avie avantage apple,de très bonne réduction sur les produit apple,beaucoup de client a la sortie de nouveau produit,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49472,apple,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Uitdagende en varierende functie,De functie was zeer uitdagend en bood voldoende variatie. Veel geleerd over de organisatie en de werkwijze.,Weinig doorgroei mogelijkheden en niet altijd het Apple gevoel.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49473,apple,none," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spécialist,"Le Cadre, l’Equipe, des Primes et Actions, des Reductions- employés",Peu de week-end Rythme intense,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49474,apple,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Ausgeglichenes Arbeitsverhältnis,"Viele Vorteile (Gym, Gesundheit etc.) Guter teamzusammenhalt",Einarbeitung neuer Mitarbeiter da die Fluktration sehr hoch ist. Arbeitszeiten Wochenende,Manager vorher in die verschiedenen Abteilungen reinschauen lassen so das Entscheidungen auch Fachlich richtig getroffen werden.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49475,apple,Paris (France)," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Spécialiste,Une belle expérience,Une environnement détendu Des collègues disponibles,Beaucoup de clients pendant les évènements,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49476,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Consultant,Super,Alles in allem sehr gut,Mir fällt einfach nix ein,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49477,apple,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastische werkgever,Sfeer Ruimte voor eigen inbreng Innovatief Hoge mate zelfstandigheid en verantwoordelijkheid Zeer correct en transparante sfeer Goede primaire en secundaire arbeidsvoorwaarden,Grote organisatie daardoor soms loge lange procedures Weinig doorgroeimogelijkheden in NL (door relatief klein team in NL),none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49478,apple,none," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Emploi temps partiel,Très bonne ambiance de travail,Les salaires sont assez faibles,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49479,apple,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialiste,Le cadre est vraiment sympathique,Aucun inconvénient à mentionner ici,none,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1286.htm
49480,apple,none," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple,"une ambiance entre collegues plus tôt sympa et agréable, malheureusement une ambiance qui n'est jamais très stable car beaucoup de personne quitte l'entreprise très rapidement avec de bonne raison bien évidement et de ce fais le personnels change rapidement.","Je ne peux raisonnablement pas recommander de travailler dans un Apple Store. Il y a surement pire dans le monde du retail mais ces boutiques sont infernale.  sous effectif, chaos, manque de communication, travail fatigant, toujours debout. Les salaires sont médiocres et pas de prime, si sur les ventes..  - Management horrible et incompétent. - Gestion du personnel plus que de douteux. - Mensonge et non respect des réglementations et droits du travail. - Possibilité d'évolutions étroite et instable. - Dépression du personnel et burnout - Problème de payement, irrégularité du payement. - Pas d'augmentation de salaire.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49481,apple,none," Mar 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Travailler chez Apple, un mythe ?","Salaires, image de marque, produits",Assez peu de respect pour ses employés,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49482,apple,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Très bonne entreprise rien z redire,"Salaires avantageux, réduction produits, internationale","Aucun inconvénient , rien à redire",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49483,apple,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Le retail chez Apple...,"... une école de la vie! Véritable esprit d'équipe entre les collaborateurs, formation accélérée pour la gestion d'une clientèle exigeante, rencontres uniques et passionnantes...","Rythme soutenu, horaires variables... il faut aimer la vente! :)",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49484,apple,The Hague (Netherlands)," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Representative,Leuke benefits,Korting op producten en flexibele werktijden,Te veel verschillende collega's en weinig vrijheid,Selectiever aannemen,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49485,apple,none," Mar 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Naja...,-Wenige aber erstklassige Mitarbeiter -Top Kundenerlebnisse -Bezahlung,"- Management unehrlich -Gehirnwäsche -Ständige Beobachtung -Lieber sinnloses Feedback als kein Feedback -Hierarchie wie im Absolutismus  -Aufstieg ? Sei froh wenn du deine Position behalten kannst -Vetternwirtschaft -Der eine fährt Wochen in Urlaub, wird gelobt...der andere 2 Tage krank,gefeuert -Betriebsrat mit Bundespräsident gleichzusetzen, repräsentative Funktion -Manager erklären Dir 30 Mal das selbe, machen es selber falsch und jeder Manager hat so seine persönliche Lösung -guter Manager Kulanz, böser Manager lehnt alles ab und Kunde wird nach Haus geschickt -Bei Kündigung wird man herausgeworfen, Karte eingezogen aber man darf immerhin das T-shirt behalten so lange man verspricht das apple Logo herauszuschneiden -Mitarbeiter die keine Ahnung haben dich aber trotzdem belehren wollen, siehe Feedback -Dein Privatleben wird offengelegt , was sind deine Passions ? -Man sollte alle 300 kennen, am besten auch privat mit Position und Passions",-Klare Richtlinien -Aufhören zu Lügen -Menschen nach Leistung und nicht nach Zahlen bewerten,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49486,apple,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store manager,"Tolles Klima, Top Leistungen, Gute Bezahlung, Gute Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten","Viel Stress und Druck, Hohe Fluktuation",Stay hungry and foolish,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49487,apple,none," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Specialist,Guter nebenjob,"Name positiv im Lebenslauf, Bekannte marke","Arbeitszeiten sind teilweise schlecht, Arbeit kann schnell langweilig werden",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49488,apple,none," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Apple Genius,travail famille impossible,- Salaire - Assurances - Équipe de plancher - Avantage sociaux plus qu'intéressant.,"- aucune considération sur les horaires, aucun moyen d'avoir de patern d'horaire. - aucune possibilité d'avancement dans le retail. - middle mangement ruine l'expérience apple.",Arrêtez de faire semblant d'écouter vos employés et faites le pour vrai,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49489,apple,none," Jan 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Apple Retail als Arbeitgeber,Sehr hohe Wertschätzung für jeden einzelnen Mitarbeiter,Arbeiten am Samstag so gut wie Pflicht für Teilzeitkräfte,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1287.htm
49490,apple,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super Arbeitgeber,- sehr gute Bezahlung im Vergleich zu anderen Einzelhandelsunternehmen,Amerikanische Philosophie bei Weiterentwicklung der eigenen Mitarbeiter,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49491,apple,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Softwareentwickler,Großartiger Job bei Apple,Bei meinem Job kann man kreativ sein und trotz der Arbeitszeiten arbeite ich gerne.,Kein negativer Aspekt bei dem großartigen Job.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49492,apple,none," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Investoren Controll Specialist,Logistik bei Apple,"Motivierte Arbeitskollegen, 100% Überstundenerfassung, Teamspirit, Globale Vision, Professionelle IT (Software,Hardware etc) und technischen Support für alle Arbeitsbereiche","Wenig Aufstiegschancen, straffe Konzern Struktur (verhindert nicht selten unkomplizierte Lösungen), schlechtes Management auf unterer Ebene (Stores)","Bitte stellt keine IKEA, Starbucks und Fitnessketten Manager mehr ein. Die Obere und Mittlere Managementebene sind top, aber darunter bröckelt es arg und das ist nicht förderlich für die Performance auf Store und Market-Ebene",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49493,apple,Zürich (Switzerland)," Dec 25, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,War eine tolle Zeit,-Gehalt - Flexiblität für Studierende und Teilzeitler - Super Team,"- Statt das bestehenden Mitarbeitern die Möglichkeit geboten wird aufzusteigen, werden neue rekrutiert. - Vollzeit Stelle im Verkauf ist fast unmöglich","Die Kommunikation zwischen Management und Mitarbeitern war suboptimal, was immer wieder zu Missverständnissen führte. Eventuell ist es heute anders.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49494,apple,none," Dec 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sehr ausführliche Apple Company Bewertung,Es ist sehr Arbeitnehmer freundlich,Erfordet sehr viel Erfahrung im Voraus,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49495,apple,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Spécialiste,Bonne expérience,Equipe géniale Reduction sur produits Peu de pression sur les objectifs,Affluence en magasin vraiment difficile à gérer par moment Perspectives d'evolution très limitées Salaire lamentable,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49496,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - AppleCare Advisor iOS,"Erfahrungen von einem AppleCare Advisor (Cork, Irland)","-Sehr nette Kollegen -Spannende und Abwechslungsreich Aufgaben -Gute Teamleitung -Buntes Arbeitsfeld, es kommen viele Nationalitäten zusammen -Moderne und Menschenwürdige Arbeitsplätze -Sehr gute Kommunikation verschiedener Abteilungen","-Flächen zu Peak-times sehr laut, dass man Kunden teils sehr schlecht bis gar nicht versteht -Zu wenig Advisor in bestimmen Abteilungen",-Mehr Mac Advisor,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49497,apple,Lyon (France)," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - vendredvd Apprendre mieux Apple,3 Mois Apple store,"Apple vous aide à mieux connaitre leur produit, et vous guide avec des conseilles professionnelles.","PRIX, je pense que les salarié Apple touchant plus que les autres marque mais pas forcement, cela dépend de vos compétences.","Formez les jeunes sur place mais aussi à l’étranger, par exemple Apple-Afrique.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49498,apple,Nice (France)," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Specialist,technical specialist,salaire ambiance de travail ambiance équipe,gestion du mécontentement client stressante parfois,continuez dans ce sens,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49499,apple,Ismaning (Germany)," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Training Program execution Manager,Zufrieden,"Zusatzleistungen für Mitarbeiter, Travel Policies, international, großartige Werte, super Team, Arbeitsplatzausstattung, Mittagessen, internationale Projekte, flache Hierarchien, tolle Produkte, tolle Stores, State of the Art Customer Journey und experience","Work-life-Balance, politics, unflexibeles Arbeitszeitmodell, unzureichende Mitarbeiterentwicklung, interne Systeme und Prozesse, Zu viel Arbeit für zu wenige Kollegen, kein Company sports Programm, wenig im Office services für Mitarbeiter, keine Unternehmensfahrräder, wenig innovative Arbeitsplatzgestaltung",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1288.htm
49500,apple,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Consultant,"Bedrijf met goede waarden, naar klant en medewerker",- Goede arbeidsvoorwaarden - Veel aandacht voor personeel en ontwikkeling,- Nagenoeg geen carrieremogelijkheden binnen mijn functie,Zorgen voor meer carrieremogelijkheden zodat goed personeel bij het bedrijf blijft.,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49501,apple,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mensgerichte organisatie,Leuke collega’s Voorloper in retail Mooie werkomgeving,Weinig doorgroei mogelijkheden Alles is vastgelegd Weinig feedback,Besteed tijd aan talent,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49502,apple,none," Nov 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Très bonne ambiance de travail, confiance des managers, réelles évolutions de carrière en interne.","Métier pouvant être fatiguant, fait appel à beaucoup de ressources de concentration pour apporter la meilleure solution.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49503,apple,"Bordeaux, Aquitaine (France)"," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - Regional Sales Manager,Une cage dorée....où l’on doit appliquer les méthodes US sans rien dire,"Participation (2,5 x salaire mensuel) Stock option Mutuelle Salaire Reconnaissance des produits Remises réservée aux employés et à leur amis et famille","Car allowance +/- 700€ brut mensuel Zone de déplacements inadaptés Entreprise peu généreuse dans les moyens mis à disposition pour atteindre les objectifs Management inadapté au marché français Ambiance de travail entre collègue (culture de la pomme poussée à outrance), manque d’humilité.... Mise à disposition de produits obsolètes pour représenter la marque (iPhone 6s), MacBook PRo 2012 via le reconditionnement",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49504,apple,Casablanca (Morocco)," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Technicien,Technician,Travailler avec Apple c'es une expérience inoubliable,"Aucun inconvénient, politiquement correcte, et acceptable",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49505,apple,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,...,Zusatzleistungen im Rahmen einer Werks Studenten Tätigkeit,Oftmals sind im Retail Bereich die Arbeitszeiten unvorteilhaft,none,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49506,apple,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Goed,Goede ddos protection voor iedereen,Eigenlijk helemaal niks is geabolitionistoon perfect,Is helemaal perfect gewoon doorgaan,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49507,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Apple est au top !,"Ambiance de travail très agréable, management à l'américaine (on se soucie de l'humain), locaux et matériel tech à la pointe de la modernité (of course!), salaire et bénéfices",Je cherche encore ! Tout n'est pas parfait mais cela dépend de personnes en particulier et ne s'applique pas au global,"Continuer à privilégier la qualité et les gens plutôt que la quantité et les chiffres, vous avez tout compris",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49508,apple,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant technique,Le salaire Benefices sur les produits apple Un service médical opérationnel Une salle de sport Une bonne ambiance Une évolution assez rapide Diversité d'emplois,Etre capable de travailler dans le stress Reagir rapidement,Pas de conseils . Tout est parfait,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49509,apple,Lyon (France)," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Apple Inc,- Prime Sportive 400 euro (avantage pour les sportif et garder une bonne forme) - Prime d'habillement 300 euro (rare selon les employeurs) - Cumule de formation dans des domaines très variés (2 semaine/année) - Opportunité d'évolution assez fréquent si l'on se montre mobile et non sédentaire. - Remise sur les produits Apple (mais bon ça reste chère ! c'est Apple) - Très bon ambiance et bon cadre de travail ! -,"- Salaire reste minime quand on commence. - Le système est très indirecte pour faire remonté un avis ou feedback. - Ne conviens pas au mentalité trop française (système qui efface la hiérarchie très américain, ce n'est pas un avantage ni un inconvénient)","Considérer les efforts par en s'appuyant sur les autres employés et ne pas se fié à un instinct qui est juste observateur sur le terrain et pas tout les jours autant acteur, car les remarque sont parfois plus représentative. Commencer les remarques et les retour par des questions, cela ouvre le dialogue, une affirmation ou quelque chose de brute ne servira parfois à rien dès le départ.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1289.htm
49510,apple,Paris (France)," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Expert,Positivité,"Bon cadre de travail, bonne dynamique",jusqu'à present je n'ai pas encore trouver de réelle inconvenient,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49511,apple,Lyon (France)," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Bonne entreprise pour les jeunes diplomés,La proximité de la hierarchie,Autonomie parfois un peu restreinte dans les prises de décisions,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49512,apple,Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire)," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Area Director,Area Director West & center,"environnement, promotion, avantages, salaire, projets",pas de représentation en Afrique,venir investir en Afrique,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49513,apple,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,très bonne expérience,"beaucoup de formations innovations et initiatives valorisées par l'entreprise avantages mutuelle, sport, etc..",site isolé lorsqu'on travaille en irlande,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49514,apple,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - ADE,Apple Distiguished Educator,Als ADE mitgestalten zu können,Häufige Umstrukturierungen in den letzten Jahren,Übersichtlichere ADE Platform,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49515,apple,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Entreprise people care,La ou les meilleurs managers se croisent ! La meilleure école de management et du dealing with ambiguity. Un plaisir de retrouver les collègues chaque jour.,Il faut être ouvert aux changements et être flexible. Tout va très vite. Avoir une bonne résistance physique et mentale.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49516,apple,Hamburg (Germany)," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Top Arbeitgeber!,"- überdurchschnittliche Bezahlung - gute benefits (Aktienprogramme,Mitarbeiterrabatte, Kooperationen mit anderen Unternehmen) - nette Teamkollegen - Work-Life-Balance ist sehr gut - sehr kompetente Manager",- Arbeitszeiten werden länger im voraus geplant (Änderungen sind aber meistens noch möglich),Bleibt so nett und locker wie ihr seid! :-),5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49517,apple,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Equipe constituée de forts talents. Produits et services incroyables.,Aucun. Sauf pour ceux qui ne pensent pas être capables de toujours se remettre en cause pour progresser.,Gardez le cap,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49518,apple,Berlin (Germany)," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Nette Kollegen, Interessante Produkte, gutes Training","Kaum Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten, Management gibt sich authentisch nutzt aber Integrität der Mitarbeiter aus, Mitarbeiter werden psychisch auf einen Nenner gebracht gleichzeitig wird aber Individualität gepredigt. Vieles ist sehr unecht und verlogen.",Nicht nur Wasser predigen aber selbst Wein trinken!,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49519,apple,none," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Oui mais...,Société avec des avantages certains...,... mais très grosse pression continuelle et horaires de fou.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1290.htm
49520,apple,none," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Specialist,"Bezahlung Team Zusatzleistungen (Rabatte, Erstattung für Sport & Brille)",Stressiges Umfeld Druck durch ständige Bewertungen der Kunden und Manager,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49521,apple,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Top Benefits - sehr stressiges Arbeitsumfeld,"Tolles Team, klasse Zusatzleistungen zum Gehalt (Brille, Sport, Aktien etc.). Die Kollegen sind fast alle sehr nett - es gibt quartalsweise Gespräche mit dem Management.",Die Arbeitszeiten sind viel zu lange im Voraus geplant (kurzfristige Änderungen kaum möglich). Das Arbeitsumfeld ist extrem hektisch.,Es kommt stark auf den persönlichen Manager an. Die Manager sind meist jedoch sehr gut ausgebildet und können gutes Feedback geben.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49522,apple,Paris (France)," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Belle expérience !,"Entreprise très ouverte, très humaine. La diversité est très riche et permet de superbes découvertes. Les réels talents peuvent s'exprimer et faire autre chose que leur métier de base.",Le quotidien du métier de manager n'est pas forcément très ludique. Le métier s'oriente vers de l'opérationnel pure et ne développe pas systématiquement les talents ou les forces des managers.,Écoutez vos collaborateurs et osez les développer !,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49523,apple,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Product Zone Specialist,"Great, but still retail","Leuke werkomgeving, mooie producten en fijne collega's. Employee korting op Apple producten. Apple steekt veel geld en tijd in ontwikkeling van medewerkers.","Gemiddeld salaris, hoge werkdruk en inconsistent rooster. Weinig doorgroei mogelijkheden, minder dan op het eerste gezicht lijkt. Weinig flexible met betrekking tot het rooster.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49524,apple,"Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tolle Arbeit mit coolen Menschen und Vorteilen mit vielen Schattenseiten,-branchenunüblich gute Bezahlung -viele Vorteile sowie Rabatte -nettes Junges Team,"-viel Missgunst und Konkurrenz -Vorteile oft nur wenn man gut mit den Managern ist -Manager oft sehr fern am geschehen und mit wenig Ahnung, geben trotzdem Bewertungen ab -Managern fehlt Fingerspitzengefühl sowohl bei Kunden als auch im Team -Beförderung wird nicht von der Arbeit sondern von einzelnen Gesprächen abhängig gemacht -leichte Abfälligkeit Migranten Gegenüber bemerkbar",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49525,apple,Paris (France)," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,bonne expericence,"humain, lieu, rencontres , enrichissement personnel","salaire, peu d'evolution interne, management, stress","plus de fetes, after work party",3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49526,apple,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool,argent argent argent argent argent argent,tres stressant tres long probleme avec les employes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49527,apple,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,5 jaar al!,Gezellige omgeving en goede arbeidsvoorwaarden,Doorgroeien gaat moeilijker dan gezegd,Wees transparanter over doorgroeien,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49528,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Business Expert,Enrichissant !,"On se sent supporté dans notre développement par nos pairs et l'équipe de gestion, plusieurs possibilités s'offrent à nous en termes de poste","Il faut savoir gérer l'ambiguïté dans tout les sens du mot, les priorités peuvent changer à tout moment et il faut savoir si adapter",Continuez l'encadrement et l'aide que vous offrez au employés pour leurs développement,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49529,apple,none," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Un expérience professionnelle à vivre,"Cohésion d'équipe, liberté de proposition, travail enrichissant","Horaires irréguliers, salaires bas et part time",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1291.htm
49530,apple,none," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Des opportunités mais d'importants manquements aux ressources humaines,"Opportunités, ambiance de travail sympathique, valeurs du personnel, lieu où l'on apprend beaucoup","Fortes Inégalités salariales homme/femmes, gestion des ressources humaine à la tête du client","Meilleures gestion des ressources, application de grilles salariales, ajouter un responsable des ressources humaines, et un chef opérationnel",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49531,apple,Berlin (Germany)," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Specialist,Naja,Teilweise nettes Team Interessante Kunden Benefits sind nicht schlecht Relativ entspannte Arbeit Null Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten,Denunziation wird als Beförderungsleiter benutzt Gehalt ist okay Teilweise stressige Kunden Arbeit kann monoton sein,Nachdenken. Kompetenzen betrachten. Denunzianten maßregeln und eine Team-Loyalität fördern.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49532,apple,Paris (France)," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Les Personnes y sont pour beaucoup,Les collègues Le cadre toujours très sympa peu importe le store Un apprentissage vraiment performant,Des façons de manager à revoir Une organisation très (trop) flexible qui ne se fixe pas donc difficile de prévoir des sorties ou autres,Conserver une trame de travail plus longtemps que 3-4mois. Ceci afin de permettre à tous de s'organiser et prévoir leurs vies.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49533,apple,The Hague (Netherlands)," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Specialist,Work-life balance,Apple heeft het work-life balance principe volledig geimplementeerd. Medewerkers krijgen gemiddeld 9 weken vakantie,"Er zijn geen enkele minpunten aanwezig, jullie doen het perfect. Lekker zo door blijven gaan.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49534,apple,none," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tolle Kollegen, engagierte Firma","Die Auswahl der Kollegen ist vorbildlich. Es gibt kaum jemanden, mit dem man sich nicht versteht. Alle sind extrem empathisch. Auch wenn ""von ganz oben"" gewisse Entscheidungen getroffen wurden, versuchen die direkten Vorgesetzten das mit Flexibilität zu lösen und das beste für das Team draus zu machen. Apple engagiert sich für seine Mitarbeiter und gewährt unglaublich viele Freiheiten und Benefits.",Nichts was Apple wirklich beeinflussen kann.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49535,apple,Paris (France)," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Excellent,"Bon salaire, avantage en nature et possibilité d'evoluer.",Le travail peut être exténuant et il y une rigidité dans la forme de comment les employés doivent se comporter.,La communication peut être meilleure,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49536,apple,Berlin (Germany)," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Toller und vor allem fairer Arbeitgeber,- es wird viel Wert auf die Gesundheit gelegt - tolle Mitarbeiterrabatte - Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen - groartiges Team - Teilnahme am Aktienprogramm möglich,- sehr anstrengend (mental) - zeitintensiv (pünktlich Feierabend nur bedingt möglich) - seltene Wertschätzung der erbrachten Leistungen - sehr wenig Samstags frei (Retail eben),"- häufiger einzelne Kollegen loben und dass nicht nur, wenn die jährliche Bewertung ansteht - offener und ehrlicher mit allen umgehen - transperenter werden",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49537,apple,none," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meilleur job étudiant,"Possibilités d'évolution réelles, bonne ambiance familiale.","Inconvénients normaux de la vente, parfois les journées peuvent être trop longues ou trop plates.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49538,apple,Paris (France)," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Une expérience enrichissante,"On est bien payé et surtout bien entouré, avec pas mal d'avantage et un salaire digne de ce nom","Stressant, peu d'ambiance et surtout des patrons très exigeants. Il Ya aussi le fait qu'on travaille 7j/7j avec un repos de 30 mn tout les jours.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49539,apple,none," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bonne expérience,"Atmosphère de travail agréable, bonne esprit d'équipe entre les membres",Environnement stimulant qui requiert une forte concentration dans les heures de fortes afflurences,"Pas de conseil à ajouter, les team managers sont toujours là pour répondre à nos questions et nos besoins, j'ai gardé de bon contact avec les M.e",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1292.htm
49540,apple,none," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Déception,Très belle entreprise avec des valeurs fortes,"Peu d'autonomie, on ne connait pas les résultats donc difficile de piloter",Faire en sorte que les individus qui dirigent les stores soient en adéquation avec les valeurs du CREDO,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49541,apple,Paris (France)," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialiste,"Beaucoup d'avantage sociaux, une ambiance dynamique, une équipe jeune, beaucoup d'entraide venant de ses collègues et beaucoup de formation","Apple store d'opera, beaucoup de travail et manque de communication clair de la part de la direction","Plus de reconnaissance et de possibilités, concrète, d'évolution pour vos employés Simplifier la communication, et la rendre plus fluide et moins archaïque",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49542,apple,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Praktikum,Praktikum bei Project Msnagelent Team,Sehr gut kompetent und professionell,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49543,apple,Paris (France)," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Family Room Specialist,Family Room Specialist,"Bonne ambiance de travail dans l'ensemble, équipe dynamique. Quelques avantages pour les employés tels que des réductions sur les produits de la marque.",Journées parfois physiquement intenses. Pression psychologique forte du fait du contact direct et constant avec des clients mécontents. Une culture du chiffre omniprésente.,Même si cela est parfois peut-être compliqué il serait judicieux pour la direction de faire prévaloir l'aspect humain et être plus à l'écoute de son personnel.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49544,apple,"Quebec, QC (Canada)"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Super emploi étudiant et plus,"Superbe ambiance de travail, équipe de travail très soudée. Lorsqu'on a une question sur quoique ce soit, on se sent backé par nos collègues qui se feront toujours un plaisir de nous répondre. Et n'importe quelle est la question du client, un de nos collègues aura toujours la réponse (les ressources sont incroyables). L'équipe de management est très ouverte et à l'écoute, si on a des questions ou problèmes ils seront toujours là pour nous aider. Avantages sociaux et sur les produits très intéressants. Les horaires pour les temps partiels sont flexibles et s'ajustent très bien à nos cours (lorsqu'on est étudiant).",Pas trouvé à date.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49545,apple,Barcelona (Spain)," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Call Center Representative,great company,fierté d appartenir à cette institution / super cadre / ambiance dynamique,peu de possibilité d evoluer,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49546,apple,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Altbacken,Mitbestimmung der Unternehmensstrategie und Selbständigkeit,Immer bei der Arbeit und nie im Feierabend,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49547,apple,Cologne (Germany)," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Apple Genius,"Sehr gute Arbeit, aber.....","Sehr abwechslungsreiche Arbeit, viel Spass und nette Kollegen.","Schlechte Kommunikation, Vorgesetzte / Abteilungen teilweise nicht greifbar, viele leere Versprechungen, Irrsinnige Verhaltensregeln",Weniger Verbrechen und dafür mehr einhalten.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49548,apple,none," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Excellente expérience !,"Management humain, équipes incroyables, diversité, bons avantages et salaire pour les employés étudiants. Rythme intense !",Nouveaux produits parfois déconnectés des besoins client.,Continuez d'innover mais n'oubliez pas vos clients !,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49549,apple,none," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tolle Zeit, Tolles Unternehmen.","Super Nettes Team, Gutes Gehalt.",Man muss flexibel sein und auf verschiedene Kunden eingehen können.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1293.htm
49550,apple,Aix-en-Provence (France)," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,"Donner beaucoup, recevoir peu","Se former à la relation client, bénéficier de remises (qui devraient être plus importante)",Une hiérarchie bloquante. Système par acoquinage pour evoluer.,Une véritable écoute. Moins de promesses veines,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49551,apple,Paris (France)," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Bonne entreprise pour y travailler 2 ans, pas plus",Réductions sur les différents produits. Tickets resto et chèques vacances. Il y a une très bonne ambiance entre les collègues.,Communication pas terrible Vie personnelle compliquée à gérer à cause des plannings Évolution très compliquée voire impossible Offres du CE moyennes,Conditions de travail à améliorer,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49552,apple,none," Nov 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendeur de produits Apple.,Le personnel est de manière général jeune et très sympa et il y a une bonne ambiance entre les collègues.,Il est possible de tomber sur des clients qui ne sont pas sympathiques et donc qui nous font passer une mauvaise journée.,Faire circuler les informations plus rapidement.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49553,apple,Paris (France)," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Correct,Horaire souple. Environnement technologies. Formateur pour travailler avec des clients challengeant et exigeant. Des collègues qui vous soutienne. Plan d'actionnariat.,Le salaire et les evolution lentes. Certains employees nocifs. Un turn over important et donc des nouveaux employé qui ne reste pas.,Recruter des managers venant du domaine high-tech,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49554,apple,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,En rasgos generales experiencia positiva,"Lo mejor de trabajar en esta compañía es la magia que hay detrás, en cada producto, en cada lanzamiento en cada Keynote. Emocionalmente es una empresa muy estimulante.","Se trata de una empresa de Retail y las condiciones son, aun siendo de las más altas, las que son en este sector.",Renovación más constante. Hay empleados con vaios años en la empresa que ya no están motivados y no son,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49555,apple,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Business Manager,Great place to work,Work life balance Restricted Stock Options Discounts on products,Education is not important Need to be endorsed by manager to be able to apply to another position,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49556,apple,Paris (France)," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Technicien,Une bonne école mais...,"Un belle référence sur le CV, une bonne ambiance, un boulot très formateur, des remises sur les produits de la marque...","Un boulot fatiguant, avec des horaires toujours variables, impossible de prévoir à l'avance des projets persos en dehors du boulot... Très difficile de garder une bonne hygiène de vie. La cadence de travail est infernale. Victime de son succès, Apple a de plus en plus de client... On nous demande de servir le client de plus en plus vite tout en nous mettant la pression sur la qualité du service... Par l'image de marque les clients sont très exigeants. Comment assurer un service de qualité quand il n'y a pas assez d'employés par rapport au flux client ? On fait du bétail.","Au lieu de prétendre qu'Apple Retail France n'a pas d'argent (car c'est vraiment prendre les gens pour des imbéciles), commencez plutôt par ouvrir davantage de magasin et d'embaucher plus de monde. Car on ne peut pas faire un super service si on ne s'en donne pas les moyens. On nous use jusqu'à ce que tout le monde ""tombe malade"", alors du coup Apple va relâcher un peu le pied, les gens vont revenir, et on recommence à tirer dessus.  Je vous passe après tout le reste, entre disparité des salaires, conflits politiques internes...",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49557,apple,none," Sep 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Klasse Kollegen, engagiertes Management, Weiterbildungen","Lange Urlaubsvorplanung, Schichttausch oft schwierig",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49558,apple,none," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,bei Apple,großartige Produkte und tolle Innovationen,"schlechtes Store-Management, dass keine Weiterentwicklung zulässt",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49559,apple,Hamburg (Germany)," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Genius,Super Arbeitsatmosphäre,"-Teamarbeit -An Problemen wachsen -Selbstdisziplin -Zeitmanagement -immer die besten Geräte zur Hand, hier fühlt sich ein Apple Jünger zuhause",-manchmal stressig -flexible Arbeitszeiten sind manchmal nicht so flexibel,Macht weiter so:),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1294.htm
49560,apple,none," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super groupe et marque,Marque super il fait bon y travailler les équipes sont super sympa ils donne une chance a tout le monde,Les produits sont trop beau et ça donne envie de les acheter mais on ne peut pas toujours se le permettre,Continuer d'être aussi super pour nous rendre aussi fiers de travailler chez apple,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49561,apple,Paris (France)," Aug 28, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Cool,"bon salaire, bonne ambiance le personnel est cool",pas d'iphone gratuit snif on peut toujours rêver,Plus de pizzas,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49562,apple,none," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super,"Les avantages sont multiples, mais le plus important est le côté humain qui est pris au sérieux dans l'entreprise. La sécurité et le bien-être des employés sont primordiaux.","Il n'existe pas vraiment d'inconvénient au sein de l'entreprise, l'ambience et les conditions de travail sont excellentes. Après, cela dépend de la personne et du caractère.",Aucun conseil n'est à fournir ou à donner pour la direction. Tout est parfait. Rien à dire.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49563,apple,Cologne (Germany)," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Business Specialist,Business Specialist,"Auswahlverfahren sehr innovativ, locker und angenehm.",Zu Peak-Zeit wie Samstag mit Stress verbunden.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49564,apple,none," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Conseil gagnant-gagnant...,L'esprit d'équipe et le travail en mode collaboratif qui est vraiment efficace pour le client. L'espace de travail est toujours splendide.,Il faut savoir détendre l'atmosphère lorsque le client n'est pas content de la batterie de l'iPhone et qu'il dit haut et fort que le concurrent fait mieux !!! 😬,"Lors de la réception de candidatures, vous devriez vous efforcer de répondre à 100% des candidats qui sont pour la grande majorité déjà clients de votre marque. Ce serait une marque de respect qui entretiendrait un rapport gagnant gagnant entre un grand inventeur et ses Fans...",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49565,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Bonnes conditions de travail au departement apple online store,"Reductions produits apple, stock options, liberté au travail, ambiance détendue, installations excellentes (cantine menus variés, salle de sport moderne) Evenements reguliers (soirees, repas)","Management useless, formations useless, il faut se former seul Communication d'entreprise opaque Changement de poste possible au sein du departement selon les besoins du business","Management useless in Apple Tout est decide en haut, les managers sont de simples flics et ne sont que rarement d'anciens agents du coup n'ont ni la legitimité ni l'experience pour aider ou coacher les agents.",5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49566,apple,Hamburg (Germany)," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Ausgewogen,"Offene Feedback-Kultur promoted, vorbildliche Diversity Strategie, keine Pay Gaps, sehr kollegial, sehr mitarbeiterorientiert, viele Benefits, viele Trainings und Coachings, theoretisch viele und tolle Perspektiven","Persönliches Weiterkommen hängt oft vom Goodwill einzelner Führungskräfte ab, Führungskräfte häufig wenig strategisch geschult, heute so morgen so, viele Mitarbeiter haben sich gemütlich eingerichtet und behindern Veränderungen, gemocht werden ist wichtiger als Leistung, niedrige Gehälter mit wenig Steigerungsmöglichkeiten","Strategischer Denken und Handeln, einsehen, dass auch die anderen mal recht haben könnten",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49567,apple,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Jul 5, 2016",Former Employee - Business Specialist,Goed maar met addertjes,"Geweldige introductie binnen het bedrijf, kosten nog moeite gespaard voor een goede en gedegen training. Veel investering in personeel op gebied van begeleiding, althans zo lijkt het. Hele goede interne werksfeer onder collega's met een zelfde functie. Unieke vrije cultuur waar iedereen in zijn waarde wordt gelaten. Veel interne mogelijkheden afhankelijk van je start functie.","Slechte kantoor omstandigheden in de retail organisatie. Slechte voorzieningen. Harde niet vrij werk mentaliteit. Veel beloftes gemaakt, nooit nagekomen. Management dat vooral met zichzelf bezig is en niet met doorgroei van personeel onder hun. Veel influx van buitenaf, weinig doorgroei intern. Salaris is heel slecht.","Luister beter naar je personeel, bescherm managers niet uit alle macht. Als iemand niet functioneert moet hij/zij opstappen.",2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49568,apple,Paris (France)," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Service Specialist,L'expérience interessante,"Super culture d'entreprise, nombreux d'avantages, des gens super sympas et intéressants. L'ambiance conviviale et détendu, le cadre de travail est agréable. Une diversité importante.","Apparement difficile d'évoluer au sein de l'entreprise et le niveau de salaires ne correspond pas l'exigence de l'entreprise. Beaucoup de gens ont la même impression, c'est dommage que cela ne soit pas coller avec l'image et la culture de l'entreprise.",Plus de possibilités d'évoluer sur le poste et le salaire (sérieusement prendre en compte),4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49569,apple,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beaucoup d'exigence pour un pietre salaire,"High tech, bonne équipe, comité d'entreprise","Toujours plus, toujours plus, et quasiment pas d'encouragement en matière de rémunération si ce n'est le minimum légal",Inutile de faire des campagnes NPP pour qu'elles n'aboutissent à rien.,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1295.htm
49570,apple,none," May 31, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist,Bon job étudiant,Culture d'entreprise forte. Esprit d'équipe. Management. Environnement. Avantages sociaux.,Salaire. Évolution Corporate. Gestion HR (service paie),none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49571,apple,Paris (France)," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bonne expérience dans l'ensemble,"Bonne ambiance entre collègues, remises intéressantes sur les produits, belle entreprise sur un CV","rigidité du management, salaires assez peu élevés dans le retail, travail stressant et fatigant, peu d'opportunités de faire carrière dans le retail",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49572,apple,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Tolles Team, abwechslungsreiche Arbeit, Kundenkontakt, großer Teamzusammenhalt, Manager auf Augenhöhe",Dafür dass Apple das wertvollste Unternehmen der Welt ist bezahlen sie leider nicht so viel im Einstiegsbereich.,Ihr solltet besser Feedback geben,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49573,apple,"Bordeaux, Aquitaine (France)"," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Back of House Specialist,Belle experience mais trop d'injustice salariale,"Cadre idyllique, les magasins sont superbes, les outils de travail sont irréprochables Bonne ambiance, esprit d'équipe, entraide possibilité de changer de poste dans le meme magasin","Salaire trop bas Aucune prime alors qu'Apple est une entreprise richissime Participation et intéressement dérisoire Investissement personnel trop important, rien en retour: juste des promesses",Intéresser les salaries avec des primes mensuelles Participation aux bénéfices Stopper le culte du secret,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49574,apple,Deventer (Netherlands)," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Computertechnicus,Ingewikkeld,Ze hebben de Beste middelen en een compleet andere denkwijze dan andere bedrijven waar ik voor gewerkt heb. Je kunt al je dromen waarmaken,"Ze zijn heel erg gefocust op presteren. Als je niet goed genoeg bent, word je waarschijnlijk überhaupt niet aangenomen of ontslagen",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49575,apple,none," Apr 23, 2016",Former Employee - Vendeur,Nice,Bon salaire et bonne ambiance et locaux vraiment sympas puit travailler et JAIme bcp le pain et les iPhone construit,Aucun le service et l'ambiance est vraiment irréprochable juste un petit bémol sur l'anglais obligatoire et nous exigerons plus de réductions sur les produits,Plus de cadeaux,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49576,apple,Paris (France)," May 29, 2016",Current Employee - Specialist,À éviter,"parfois, vous pouvez apprendre des choses","pas autorisés à s'asseoir, pas le droit d'aller à la salle de bains, très bas salaire, changeant des heures à la dernière minute, les missions toujours pendant les vacances, le harcèlement par les gestionnaires de faible qualité, les hommes sont autorisés à paresser mais les femmes doivent toujours travailler ou ils sont suspects. Très démoralisant.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49577,apple,Berlin (Germany)," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Assistent,Zufrieden mit Mängeln,Nette Mitarbeiter Gute Arbeitszeiten Guter Gehalt Nettes Mittagessen und Pause,Keine präzisen Aufgabenstellungen Sehr Zeitmanagement frei Neue Erfahrungen Man lernt mehr,Aufgaben ein wenig detail reicher machen,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49578,apple,none," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gut,Also die mitarbeite und das feeling beim Arbeiten sind sehr positiv und entspannt. Dies merkt man an der Qualität unserer Produkte,"Ab und zu sind unsere Preise ein wenig zu hoch , aber irgendwie muss man ja Geld verdienen und auf den Markt Konkurrenz fähig sein",Weiter so,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49579,apple,Lyon (France)," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Apple Family Room Specialist,Un bon poste dans une grande entreprise,"Beaucoup d'avantage en nature type Applications de la marque, applications tierce et nombreuses réductions en magasin et en ligne. L'évolution au sein du magasin est rapide.","Le salaire n'est pas soumis à une prime sur objectif. À l'époque, aucune formation n'était assuré pour ce nouveau poste créé.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1296.htm
49580,apple,none," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Innovativ, 360grad Feedback system, Sehr gute entwicklungs Möglichkeiten,","Sehr stringente Prozesse, wenig individuelle Entfaltungsmöglichkeiten",Dealing with ambiguity muss jeder Manager verinnerlichen,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49581,apple,Cork (Ireland)," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Tier 2 Mac +,Éviter AppleCare,Salaire convenable Avantages intéressants Possibilité de faire des heures supplémentaires,Beaucoup de pression Management au chiffre,Changer complètement le management Arrêter de faire comme si l'entreprise était pauvre et mieux récompenser les employés Être plus équitable niveau payé par rapport aux responsabilités (un technicien Mac+ devrait être mieux payé qu'un technicien iOS),3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49582,apple,none," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best,"Foi um bom trabalho nesse tempo que passei la , depois de ter um bom trabalho pude comprovar que que a Apple que boa","Mas tinha muitas pessoas descompromissadas e sem o que fazer , foi espetacular mais tinha esse porém como todos trabalhos isso e normal",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49583,apple,none," Feb 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,experience neutre,trés bon stage ambiance parfaite,"pas d'embauche , pas de perspective de travail",plus de contact humain,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49584,apple,none," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Une très bonne entreprise.,Sociabilité avec les clients et les employés. Très bonne entente avec tout les salariés. C'est vraiment une très bonne entreprise.,"Je n'en trouve aucuns. Cette entreprise et vraiment bien, il on un très bon accueil. Leur site Web et très bien organisé.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49585,apple,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Feb 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Kein schlechter Arbeitgeber,"Team hält zusammen, Arbeit an sich abwechslungsreich. Arbeitsklima insgesamt okay. Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten gut. Schöner Verkaufsraum. Nette Kollegen. Begeisterung für die Produkte kann ich teilen","Gehalt zu niedrig für Vollzeit. Management und Führungsabteilung manchmal sehr abgehoben. Sehr sehr laut im Verkaufsraum. Kaum und wenige pausen, wenn dann nur kurz mal auf die Toilette",Seit netter und menschlicher zu eurem Team. Gibt den übrigen Mitarbeitern mal ein paar mehr Pausen... Mehr Freiräume wären auch schön. Teilt mehr leute für die genius bar ein,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49586,apple,none," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Une bonne école,Superbe école de management. Environnement de travail très agréable entouré de collaborateurs passionnants et passionnés. Une entreprise qui a encore de beaux jours devant elle.,Peu d'opportunités d'évolution lorsque l'on atteint un certain palier. Très peu voir pas de passerelle avec le corporate et le retail. Dommage de se priver d'un tel vivier de talent.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49587,apple,Paris (France)," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Specialist BOH,Bonne experience,"Cadre et équipe agréable, dimension technologique et produits donnent envie de travailler pour la marque. Formation a l'entrée vraiment efficace.","Ne vois pas vraiment les perspectives d'évolution au sein du groupe. Les managers promouvaient le fait de vendre les produits sans commission au vendeur, afin de mieux servir les clients, mais aucun changement sur les fiches de paie => commission directement dans les poches de la marque.",Aucun,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49588,apple,Paris (France)," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Vendeur,Plutôt bon,Je ne vois aucun avantage que cela m'apporte d'avoir ce poste ne serais ce que quelques idiotes réductions sur des produits qui ne m'intéressent pas,"Je travail à temps pleins pour un salaire qui n'est pas énorme, certe mon poste n'est pas le plus actif qu'il existe mais bon..",Aucun,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49589,apple,Paris (France)," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - CAD Engineer,Bof,Les appareils fournis gratuitement pour nous aider à travailler. Elle fournis également un matériel de qualité,"le stress, et la mauvaise entente avec les autres. Certaines personnes cherchent absolument à pourrir l'ambiance",pensez à vérifier que tout le monde s'entend bien...,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1297.htm
49590,apple,Geneva (Switzerland)," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Bonne experience professionnelle,"Bonne ambiance, travail intéressant, équipe diversifié, formation constante.","Les inconvénients de tous les métiers dans le retail : contraintes horaires, travail le weekend et certains jours fériés.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49591,apple,Lyon (France)," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Des collaborateurs formidables!,"Bonne organisation générale, très bon esprit d'équipe, flexibilité, équipe management à l'écoute, formations régulières, évolution internes favorisées.","Intensité de la gestion du temps, influx intensif de clientèle qui n'est pas toujours égale au personnel disponible, gestion de conflits fréquent.","Système de prise de rendez-vous a besoin d'amélioration, plus d'employés nécessaires pour quantité de clientèle reçu, systeme d'évaluation des employés a besoin d'être revu aussi, ceci ne reflète pas toujours le travail de chaque employé, mais l'ensemble du magasin.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49592,apple,"Rimouski, QC (Canada)"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Vendeur,Super employeur,Équipe dynamique jeune très professionnel avec de super avantages professionnelle congé et assurance médicament et dentaire super de bon salaire,Je n'en trouve pas tout est positif jusqu'à présent patron compréhensif équipe de travail super accueillant l'ambiance de travail est parfaite,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49593,apple,Frankfurt am Main (Germany)," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Service Specialist,Naja,Man kann viel Erfahrungen im Umgang mit Menschen machen. Dank der Unternehmenspolitik stellen einen die Kollegen und Kunden gleichermaßen täglich vor neue Herausforderungen.,"Schlechtes Gehalt, kaum sonstige Vergütungen wie Urlaubs- oder Weihnachtsgeld. Schlechte Arbeitszeiten und extrem hoher Stresslevel der keinesfalls mit dem gezahlten Gehalt gerechtfertigt werden kann",Passt euch mal an deutsche Verhältnisse an,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49594,apple,"Bordeaux, Aquitaine (France)"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Red Zone Specialist,"Super expérience, certes",Réductions sur les produits Ambiance cool Heureusement qu'il y a les collègues avec qui ont peut partager Feed-back réguliers Et c'est tout,Salaires minables Aucune perspective d'évolution Management mauvais Vendent du rêve pour rien Démotivation au bout de 6 mois 1ère entreprise mondiale très décevante,Augmentez les salaires afin que les employés puissent acheter les produits qu'ils vendent,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49595,apple,none," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Creative,Guter Arbeitgeber mit Zusatzleistungen,"freundliche Arbeitsatmosphäre Zusatzleistungen: Fitnessstudio, Brillenzuzahlung, Spendenunterstützung (ehrenamtliche Arbeit), Telefonconcierge als Hilfestellung zu Medizinfragen, Finanzen, Familie etc., vergünstigte Einkäufe, Software etc. entspannter Arbeitsalltag mit angemessenem Leistungsdruck KEINE Mitarbeiterspionage",Regelungen und Arbeitsweisen aus den USA die in Deutschland nicht üblich sind Hohe Geheimhaltungspflicht auch gegenüber den Mitarbeitern,Nicht an das interne Management! Bonuszahlungen wie bei den hohem Managern aus Cupertino auch als Dankeschön für ein weiteres erfolgreiches Jahr.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49596,apple,Paris (France)," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Apple Retail - Expert,Poste assez semblable à celui de spécialiste avec une notion de management en plus,"Statut cadre, rémunération correct pour du retail, 35 heures poste relativement tranquille sans pression","Pas de prime ni treizième mois, entreprise encore beaucoup trop jeune en France",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49597,apple,Paris (France)," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Business Specialst,Très bonne école,du temps libre pour le développement et une bonne culture d'entreprise. Des valeurs saines et un réel respect de l'employé.,une évolution longue et compliquée dans un management à la française.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49598,apple,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Mac Genius,Mac Genius,"Hervorragendes Arbeitsklima mit einem, im Vergleich zu anderen Unternehmen, lässig und entspannten Management. Kollegiales Team, das aber auf Grund der hohen Anzahl von Teilzeitmitarbeitern stark frequentiert","versprochenen/geforderten Work/Life-Balance ist kaum möglich (wie im Einzelhandel leider üblich) Job ist oft sehr stressig, das liegt vornehmlich an den (meiner Meinung nach) zu hohen Erwartungen der Kunden.  Vor allem in der Anfangszeit hoher Fokus auf die Leitlinien des Unternehmens  Umständliches System für Karrieremöglichkeiten / Gehaltserhöhung",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49599,apple,Hamburg (Germany)," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Genius,"Cooles Unternehmen, coole Leute","Allein der Jobtitel ist nice! :) Die Stores sind meistens in ziemlich interessanten Gegenden, von wo man ganz gut den Feierabend gestalten kann.",Man wird auch nach der Arbeit von allen möglichen Leuten zu seiner Arbeit vollgequasselt. Die Entwicklung hängt stark vom eigenen Manager ab.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138_P1298.htm
49600,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Culture, role impact, mission driven, collaboration","Volume of work is sometimes unmanageable,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49601,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thoughts after 10 years....,"1. If you love tech, this is a great place. No doubt you'll talk tech (mostly the MSFT stack) from enterprise to consumer - from PCs to phones to Xboxes - from datacenter to desktop.  2. What were GREAT benefits are now VERY GOOD (took a small step down) but still probably better than you'll find at 99% of large corporations. If you've got family - the value of the benefits is even higher. 401k match is nice.  3. Even with it's struggles MSFT is still a cash printing machine. This means if you can keep your nose clean and do reasonable work, you can have a stable job, pay your bills, feed your family, and not worry (too much) about layoffs. The stock you own likely won't tank, but probably won't go up much either. You'll get a bonus each year and some stock. It's a decent life if you aren't looking to light the world on fire.","Brand on Your Resume: After many years of losing market share and struggling to be at the front end of innovation and the fact that there's 90,000 employees, don't think MSFT is necessarily going to be attractive on your resume to more agile and smaller companies.  Managing Your Career: Make you say this out loud so it registers - 90,000 employees work there. Double that for vendors. It is VERY hard to ""stand out"" and move up in the company. Don't expect your manager to be much of an advocate or enabler to help you meet your career goals - they are basically trying to survive the stack rank every year too. Not familiar with the stack rank? Check out the 2012 Vanity Fair article called ""Microsoft's Lost Decade"".","I'll type it here - but I don't they are listening... 1. Help proven talent move laterally in the company for new opportunities. 2. Kill/evolve the stack rank. Here's basically how it's viewed:. 30% of the company gets 1s and 2s - and they are happy. 50% get 3s and that basically feels like getting a ""C"" in school. This sucks for talented people when a multitude of UNCONTROLLABLE conditions keep you from getting into 1 or 2 range. The 20% getting anything below a 3 are walking dead. In summary, 70% of the company walk away from the review cycle feeling like crap. This is no good.  After 10 years, I'm leaving - it's just a matter of time until I find the right opportunity. I need to find a company spends 90% of it's time building technology experiences, as opposed to 90% of its time building PowerPoints. And I expect to refuse the exit interview - because if you really cared what I thought, you wouldn't ask me after I decided to leave.",4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,none,1439,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49602,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,Great company and Great people,I see no cons at this time,Keep up the great work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49603,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Great company,"Benefits, work-life balance, tons of internal knowledge",Can't think of any right now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49604,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,"Smart people, work life balance, growth mindset, challenging work",Can be hard to transfer internally,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49605,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,Challenging work and collaboration with brilliant coworkers.,Many horrible managers who are more focused on politics and their own self being.,Invest in good people managers,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49606,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Excellent place to work,do not have specific cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49607,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great culture and employees are helpful,"It's a Big company, so expect mechanics/logistics of working in a big company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49608,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,"Amazing benefits, culture and team.",Observed no notable cons for the company. Amazing experience working here.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49609,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Microsoft Work Culture Review,The work culture and the environment is super beneficial to the employees.,Employees get too comfortable with the benefits and loyalties and might stick to a single team in Microsoft for a long time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1.htm
49610,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Technology Strategist,Great culture and good work-life balance,Too many processes and it's a big company so it's easy to get lost in the crowd,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49611,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft takes very good care of their employees,Salary and Bonuses are very generous (can you say golden handcuffs?) Benefits are excellent Good teamwork within my workgroup,"While Satya has done a terrific job of changing the culture to a more positive stance, There is still a ways to go to achieve his ""One Microsoft"" vision.","""One Microsoft"" is an excellent target. You may need to double down on the message / reinforcement.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49612,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top notch benefits and work like balance,"Great work like balance, benefits and career oportinities",Inefficiencies from time to time,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49613,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work life balance,Good work life balance and good job outlook,Management can be risk aversive,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49614,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good Overall,Company with a clear purpose,a large share of workforce close to retirement and doesn't incur curiosity in day to day work,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49615,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work for,"Great benefits, excellent work environment",none that I can point out,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49616,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Engineer,"Great benefits, awesome management structure",Sometimes crunches can last longer than expected.,Thanks!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49617,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you get support. A nightmare if you don't.,"Fantastic benefits, perks, and connections.","Misleading ideology statements, no HR response to toxic work environment complaints, bad work/life balance, entrenched corporate culture undermines company focus.",Investigate employee reports of bad working conditions. Hold HR accountable for actually investigating bad management practices. Fight the entrenched MS culture and ensure employees are not working under contradictory guidelines. Remember Goodhards Law and don't structure all activity around metrics or else you'll get bad data for your product.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49618,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Clarity of work, growth, smart coworkers, benefits","Salary, hierarchical, deep rooted long term relationships/loyalties in teams made it hard for new team members.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49619,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Great work benefits and life,time consuming and tasking on brain,Better scheduling,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P2.htm
49620,microsoft,"Beaufort, SC"," Nov 26, 2018",Former Employee - Occupational Health and Safety Specialist,Occupational Safety and Health Specialist in the field,Help people work safely in the field.,Start very early in the morning. Need to be in the field during bad weather.,Spend time in the field with safety reps.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49621,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Autonomy and opportunity for impact. Define what and why and help guide how working with engineering managers.,Great work life balance. Impactful work.,Organizational decision making and prioritization can be problematic depending on the org and how your team fits into the org charter.,Organize the teams with core competencies in the right units to promote opportunities for integration and give more purpose to ICs.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49622,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Control Expert,"Benefits for part time employees, education opportunities, schedule flexibility, and high starting pay.","If you start at the retail level, you are unlikely to move to corporate. There is a lot of unnecessary jargon to learn. At the end of the day it is still retail and with retail comes all the ups and downs of that industry.",Give opportunities to people who have worked hard.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49623,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Global Program Manager,Global Program Manaer,Truly a global company. Satya Nadella Great coworkers.,"Cost savings means less collaboration. Teams will just stop doing a function, not considering the impacts to other teams and then upper management gets upset at teams delivering services on why they can't perform.  Tools and processes are blockers big time. More tools and processes are created to try and help the old processes and tools making for a complicated interrelated matrix with minimal cooperation between teams  No advancement outside of Seattle and if you are good at a role, its hard to ""be allowed"" to move on.",Listen when employees say they are burned out and get them help. Many people area afraid this will be used against them (and yes that happens)  Pay more attention to the tools used to run the businesses. we are a,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49624,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Level Manager,Can be a great place to work,"Smart people, lots of different products and technologies to work on, growing respect real work/life balance.",Most execs still have no idea how to deal with the AI revolution.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49625,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,"Great place to work, lower salary than Google","Intelligent coworkers, good leadership, focus on employee happiness",Lower salary than other large software companies in area,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49626,microsoft,"Research Triangle Park, NC"," Dec 9, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Company lets managers and leads publicly reprimand their reports for technical or performance reasons,"Challenging work and environment, very capable coworkers","The company encourages a culture of managers and leads publicly reprimanding their reports for technical or performance reasons. Such feedback should be given in a private office or conf room setting rather than in hallways. An aggressive performance culture is great and poor performers can be terminated, but that should be done without humiliating well qualified engineers in front of their colleagues.","An aggressive performance culture is great and poor performers can be terminated, but that should be done without humiliating well qualified engineers in front of their colleagues.",2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49627,microsoft,"Redmont Park, AL"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Product Manager,Good Company!,good people which are nice to work with,long working hours at times,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49628,microsoft,"Bridgewater, NJ"," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,"Amazing company, but retail branch is flawed","Company mission and vision is second to none. Benefits are amazing, flexibility for a retail job is unrivaled. You get to use the latest and greatest products and software. One of the best things about the company is that the larger corporation listens to its people out in the field to improve on products and services. Tons of opportunity to learn new things.","Very little room for advancement because there are so few stores. There is almost no accountability unless they don't like you. Mixed messaging is common, but the bottom line is that you'll be expected to just do as you're told.","My advice would be to treat all employees with all of the things that are preached, not only the ones you like. Favoritism is a very real problem within the stores. Accountability on the right people who are not contributing to the success of the stores would be a great change instead of pushing out the people who don't blindly obey. Actually live the values, currently they're just words on a page.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49629,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data scientist,work life balance single office,salary is too low. too many levels.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P3.htm
49630,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for one who's good at soft skills.,Good insurance plans if you got a family.,"SDEs writes good leetcode solutions yet fail to make a product with good quality (most of them caused by poor design). Project managers who're always bossing around, rarely doing something meaningful but got promoted so much easier compared to SDEs.","I have nothing good to advise the management. I assume this is because MS is a matured company and have lots of good victorious history in the software industry. I think you need to get rid of some managers who are always busy, work long hours but always fail the product he's responsible or participated. He/She might be good at being a productive IC but is definitely suck at leading a group of smart people.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49631,microsoft,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Service Representative,Great,"Great ooace to work, friendly people",I have none to report now,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49632,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Debugging engineer,Plenty of technologies to learn,Management is reluctant for any positive change,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49633,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - User Researcher,"You are the gatekeeper to your work-life balance, push back",Endless supply of new projects/exciting work. Different backgrounds are respected. Smartest people.,"Work-life balance can be achieved, but since others don't know how to, many will expect you to give unhealthy amount as well.","Make it clear, 9-10 hours a day, else, everyone is burnt out shouting at each other without even realizing what they're talking about",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49634,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Living compensation and salary were overall great.,There were no downsides to working here.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49635,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 30, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Great place to work if you aren't trying to work,Literally no work Payment Seattle Free public transit Satya Looks really good on my resume now,Every other aspect that one could imagine. Please see advice to management.,"I worked at Microsoft this summer as an intern in Bellevue. I’m writing this with a friend who also worked at Microsoft. He didn’t find out his commute would be an hour an a half each way every day until the first day of work, and he did not have a car. One fun thing was during my summer, everyone moved floors, except for me and three other interns. So for 6 weeks of the summer, I was literally alone on the floor, without an office or any adults to talk to. It was as if they forgot we existed. My boss came into work maybe 10 times over the course of the summer. It was considered a “fun” and “different” day if he was there! I personally felt very underutilized, having little to no work to do every day. My friend also had a project that took him 4 weeks to complete (the internship is 12 weeks), and 3 of those weeks were spent trying to get people to respond to emails.  Fast forward to the school year after. I emailed my recruiter and my former boss telling them of my upcoming plans to not return due to this experience and wish to be literally anywhere else on this earth next summer. It was a nice email, well-intentioned. Neither of them responded to me. It baffles me that everyone at the company makes literally no effort to capture and retain talent. At a dinner I had with my recruiter, he literally said: “We just can’t compete with Facebook or Google” in regards to recruiting anyone. Maybe you could if you made any effort, like responding to my emails or making it seem like an interesting place to work, or giving me work when you are paying me.  But it was fun to be in Seattle! I met my current lover there. Also work had free drinks (but nothing else). If you are looking for a job where you have to do next to nothing and get paid lots for it (aren’t we all), Microsoft is the place for you! Personally, I have ambition.",2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49636,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative Producer,"Great benefits, smart people, interesting opportunities",Review system was not very transparent and subject to perception rather than performance (in the 10 years prior).,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49637,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good company,"People, culture, no overtime work","Career development, slow pace etc.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49638,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solutions were band-aids, not authentic. Microsoft does not ","Big company, lots of room to move around. Really smart people. Good teamwork is possible.","Not diverse in terms of thinking, ability, gender, race. The culture of the company is quite top-down as opposed to networked and empowered. Success can be dependent on one's relationship to their manager, as opposed to a multi-pronged performance system that considers teamwork, output, and learning... as the company touts.","Change doesn't happen top down. It has to be top down and bottom up and sideways - it has to be real and something believed at the heart of the company. For product success long term, true diversity of all kinds needs to be required because everyone understands the value of diverse perspectives and seeks to have their work challenged to make it great. Instead, Microsoft has normalized a culture consisting mainly of white men and people from China and India. Nothing wrong with these places, but anytime there are disproportionate groups and they hold the power, diversity doesn't happen and therefore whatever is ""normal"" goes unchallenged. The world consists of people beyond the privileged classes who work at Microsoft, but often when we show up to work at this company, we are pushed out for being different than the norms set by these groups.",2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49639,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Mgr Comp and Benefits,1. Interesting work 2. Ability to change teams 3. Good Benefits,"1. Some teams, growth is a problem",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P4.htm
49640,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Director,"Innovator, market leader with a clear focus",Complex/matrixed organization requires patience for orientation and alignment,Transparent goal setting for all tiers of management.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49641,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slowly making change,Overall the company is seeking to innovate and change. Definitely headed in the right direction.,Not all pockets of middle management are open minded and seeking to be disruptive. Tenure has a bias.,Seek to empower those at the lower levels. Your vision is diluted by middle management.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49642,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Electrical Engineer,"Solid comfortable place to work, positive culture, surrounded by high-achievers.","Respect for the individual, constant stressing of core cultural values of letting everyone be heard, etc. Decent work/life balance, though it's hugely dependent on the individual to enforce. Individuals are encouraged to engage with managers at any level (for example with your manager's manager's manager...). There's a general high-level of passion for the products we make.","Loose on process, heavy on PM's to compensate. Compensation is middle-of-the-pack. And we're still compensated on a curve, even if the compensation policy claims there's no ranking.","Be careful with forced distribution of compensation. Given the concentration of talent, the person near the bottom is still an excellent contributor and you'd hate to lose that person.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49643,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 2, 2018",Former Employee - Receptionist,good place to work,good management in the field,bad stress load on the field,treat your employees as humans,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49644,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Culture,The company has really change its culture and is very innovative now.,Pays a little less than other industry leaders,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49645,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Great company, benefits, opportunities for personal growth",Dynamics silo of product development,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49646,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Diversity of opportunities, compensation and benefits, donations and giving, stance against Trump's discriminatory policies.","Combative culture (getting better), if bad manager - you're screwed or need to move.","Keeping pushing collaboration down the organization. Exec leadership is inspiring, not so much the farther down you go in many orgs.",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49647,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Enjoyable work,Work is often enjoyable. Great side perks like backup childcare and fairly happy team.,Can be frustrating to deal with the politics and bureaucracy.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49648,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor - University Village,"Great benifets, exposure to Microsoft products and coporate members, helps you stay up to date on tech.","For working for a tech company and doing first hand problem solving, you only get minimum wage. Also their point of sale devices were always either not working or very slow making sales difficult.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49649,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,"great culture, potential to grow","like any corporation, there are always some games to play in order to move ahead",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P5.htm
49650,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All depends on team,"Big company, can have many choices",Performance is highly objective based on your manager,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49651,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product advisor,Great atmosphere to work in,Growth is slow but worth it,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49652,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,It's great.,"With any company this size, it's going to depend on your department and management. I've been here 4 years, and we're given all of the tools and flexibility needed to do our jobs well. Pay and benefits are definition top of market. Cool perks/parties/etc. Great company to work for.","There is a lot of pressure, but that again will depend on management. Probably not best for people who want to coast into retirement.",Keep it up!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49653,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it!,People and company culture is great,"Interview process is too complicated with generic questions from the 90's like ""What are your strengths"".",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49654,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best thing I can say is it is not the worst job I have had or worst company I have worked at.,A lot of work from home opportunities and access to education even though most of it is selling propaganda unless you are in a highly technical role. Good benefits. Great matching on 401k and charitable contributions. Working with smart people. Saying you work for Microsoft.,"You truly have to enjoy politics to work here. This company is more about popularity than productivity.  Hierarchical, deep rooted long term relationships and loyalties in teams make it hard for new employees to be successful.  If you think you are here for the exciting technology you are fooling yourself. You must love Powerpoint and Excel to work at Microsoft. You will spend 90% of your time building and finding decks and spreadsheets unless you are in a developer type role.  Microsoft sales teams are only customer focused when it's renewal or sales time. After the renewal, if it doesn't make them money they do not care.  Our customers use our technology more than we do. We are just beginning to fully implement Microsoft Teams almost a full year after our customers have struggled with it.  Our internal systems are awful. Our vast IP is in so many places and so difficult to find you will spend days trying to find a Powerpoint Deck. Trying to find a internal resource is even more difficult.  Partners still rule and the Services Group is the red headed step child of the organization. Avoid being employed on the Services side of Microsoft if you want a long term career. Services will never hit their numbers and are considered to be a drain on the organization as a whole.  The leadership is also lackluster and out of touch. They are so concerned with promoting women, due to a recent lawsuit, they are promoting incapable women in positions they are not qualified for. I am a woman and while I appreciate the change in Microsoft's position on hiring women, they belittle me when they hire women not because they are the best candidate but because the need to make their numbers. More women suffer under their poor leadership than succeed because of a hiring quota percentage.","My best advice is to start over. About 20% of the leadership is qualified and capable to lead and about 80% of your employees want another job inside or outside of Microsoft. You have a problem but because Microsoft makes so much money, essentially they are a cash printing machine, on licenses it will continue to be swept under the rug. It's typically not until a company starts going downhill that they eliminate the layers of middle management and bureaucracy.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49655,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Average culture, great benefits, great career stepping stone",I was at MSFT back in 90's when Bill G was still in charge. Returned to the company in 2010 about the time Steve B left and Satya N took over.  Great Benefits for a family! Great place to get experience and then move on.,Mid-level management is horrible. Too many people trying to protect their cushy MSFT jobs.  MSFT has gone way to far down the political-correctness rat hole. Culture is difficult to navigate now.,Fire or demote half of your middle management.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49656,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Socially responsible company,Microsoft puts a lot of emphasis on the customer and on being ethical in everything we do. Specially abled people are factored in when designing various customer facing products. The culture within the company after Satya took over has been changing in many good ways.,Compensation below the average of many companies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49657,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be!,"Culture is great, people work together and have very clear direction. Exec team is awesome and a great group of leaders. Compensation is good and tons of opportunities to develop.","Some of the typical big company challenges - cumbersome processes, sometimes tough to find what you need.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49658,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working here,"Smart people, easy to switch teams, not too much office politics",The people are a little boring,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49659,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tester Q A software program,flexible hours and short commute for me to work,"not paid well enough, position not secure",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P6.htm
49660,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good work-life balance and interesting projects,Low salary in comparison to other top companies,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49661,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Customer Success Manager,Contract Customer Success Manager at Microsoft,"Microsoft is an amazing company - I was fortunate enough to visit the Seattle campus, Building 92. heard Satya speak live. Also visited the UK campus for FY18 readiness training - incredible experience. Brilliant coworkers, excellent managers, cool tech.","The reality of this situation is when you are a contractor, you are not treated the same as FTEs. Contractors are considered ""second class"" and do not get the same treatment as FTEs. Irrespective of how successful you may be or your potential, the reality is Managers focus their time and grooming on FTEs.","Have a succession plan for contractors up front. Had I known our entire contractor team was going to be dismissed less than 90 days after accepting a position, with the intention of going Full Time, I would not have taken the chance on Microsoft. This has set my job search back a full six months and I lost good opportunities because I accepted what was to end up a very temporary position as a contract CSM.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49662,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ux intern,Had fun time at the Kirkland office,Huh old style but wasn’t that hard it was relaxing,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49663,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can work for 2 years!,"Competitive Salary Good Work life balance Good projects depending on the team you work for,",Dirty Office politics Undeserving people getting promoted,"Corrupt system, poorly managed Indian subsidiary. Top bosses are morally corrupt.",3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49664,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,May be worse,Work-Live balance and flexibility are pretty good,Overall compensation makes people sad,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49665,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Great company things have changed with the new CEO,Big company with big company politics.,Keep doing the same thing,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49666,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chill place to work,"Not too much pressure, nice people, supportive, great environment to be happy","Slow paced company, not a fan of using their products, especially Word",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49667,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with good vision and career path,- Great vision - Good leadership team under Satya - Culture change for the good - Good pay and benefits - Relocation options,- execution on culture change is not adopted by everybody - ESPP plan not very generous,"Keep doing what you’re doing, and make sure to enforce the cultural change at all levels.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49668,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Student,Program Manager Intern,"There was growth mindset ,Inclusion and a great work/life balance.",Hierarchical Culture that is difficult to work with as a new hire.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49669,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great work life balance, good pay, bureaucracy","Work life balance. They are really flexible on schedule, work from home, family issues and so on. This varies team to team but in general the culture is one of flexibility as long as you're doing your job. Pay is average for 'big tech' (very good for almost anyone in the world) but combined with the work/life balance and lack of stress compared to other large tech companies it is a VERY good place to work.","Straight up, it's like working for a benign communist country. There is sometimes surreal levels of bureaucracy, quirky hoops to jump through, old warlords you have to pay tribute to if you want to get things done, etc. People are nice and this has changed some under Satya but there is a lot of historical baggage still existing.","Keep the work life balance intact, continue to clean up bureaucracy.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P7.htm
49670,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,age discrimination / still in old culture,"Benefits and perks are top notch. If you are young, you have high chance to get a job. MSFT is doing great business overall.","There has been age discrimination from upper management/HR behind ""attract young talents"". Old people get laid off / fired easily (with reasons that don't make sense), and young people get hired easily.  Also, even though CEO may be trying to change the culture, the workplace is still old political battle ground. It may depend on your manager and division you work for. So, do your research if you are thinking about any position there.",I had some great years but the last year when managed out defines the overall impression.,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49671,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good work life balance,Very good work life balance,There is no cons actually.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49672,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work in Microsoft,"After working for over a decade in a company I still think that it was a good choice to join Microsoft. Specifying 2 main pros: (a) Working on products that, literally, millions of people are using in their day-to-day life (b) Ability to change jobs (type of project, dev language, architecture) without leaving the company.","Some unneeded bureaucracy, part of employment in any corporation.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49673,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Good work culture Good teammates work ethics,None from my experience :),none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49674,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software,Senior Software Engineer,Work life balance. Ability to move between things and work on areas of interest and great benefits,"Relatively lower stock grants than similar companies (facebook, google, amazon, netflix etc.)",Reduce number of levels and politics,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49675,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programmer,Good pay and benefits,Office politics can be abysmal,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49676,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Researcher,microsoft,"prestigious job, good working environment, company culture supportive of the individual working for them","internal competition, too many reorgs, some systems have bad support, incompetence of some workers",Reduce the reorgs.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49677,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Good company. Good culture. Good stock,Slow to react to the change,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49678,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"benefits, work life balance, environment of campus","no free food, bonus refreshment",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49679,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Senior IT Service Operations,Microsoft.is focused on hiring young and terminating the tenured.,Pay and Benefits are better that most companies,Performance review process is terrible. You never really know how you are doing. Managers don't understand it and can't help you.,Stop terminating tenured employees that are doing great work. Improve the performance review process. More focus on training.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P8.htm
49680,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,There for 3 years out of school,"Benefits were great, pay was decent.","Not as great perks as Bay Area tech companies (no free food, coffee bars, etc) but overall I enjoyed my experience",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49681,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - SWE,Nice place to work,Not too stressful environment on most teams Work the way you want culture,Office politics Can feel like a small gear in a big machine,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49682,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company!,"Flexibility, growth mindset culture, endless opportunities. Incredible leadership that cares about their employees and customers! Great place to work and actually feel like you are making a positive impact on the world around you!",Some of the decisions are top down and hard to follow the “why” behind the direction. But really that is the case in most large organizations.,Continue to listen to your people. Continue the growth mindset and culture changes. It is for the best!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49683,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Amazing Retail Opportunity. Not an amazing career opportunity,"staff, health benefits - even for part-time employees!, vacation and sick time, free swag, an opportunity to work in different departments, quarterly bonuses based on sales performance, really great for a student or someone who does not mind working retail","the customers, not a good long-term career solution, hard to transition to corporate","I don't really have any, other than maybe not to take it so seriously.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49684,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great culture (especially under Satya), flexible hours",Big company bureaucracy can be frustrating,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49685,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems Analyst,Great company with great work life balance,there were none that I could determine,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49686,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,work life balance is good,salary is lower comparing to other companies,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49687,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Azure sales,"Challenging, rewarding, great benefits",Need to juggle work/life balance and be aware of it with competing priorities,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49688,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Useful experience but no mobility,Ever changing environment where you are forced to think on your feet and react to the clients needs versus a robotic approach.,There is a belief in some offices that bringing in a leader/manager from outside will be better than growing talent from within.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49689,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love new and kinder Microsoft under Satya but still senior politics,"Incredibly smart people, good benefits (many of which are available on campus), and the regenerated Microsoft brand. Moving the right direction on diversity and inclusion. Lots of divisions/groups to choose from.",It is a big company so it is expected that you would find politics. There is some reverse discrimination due to over-indexing on diversity in the hiring process. It gets even more pronounced the more senior the roles. But worst part - still some empire builders who act like they are inclusive yet are quite vicious behind the scenes.,"Ensure there is a mechanism to evaluate senior (VP+) leaders as managers, not just as leaders of the business. Just because you are more senior than your team does not mean you are always right.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P9.htm
49690,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Everything looks great except it's not,1. Work life balance 2. Brand effect for those outside of IT industry or in other countries 3. Office 4. Lots of old people which make work environment relaxed,"1. Take advantages of vendors oversea and H1b labors in many different ways 2. Bad review system and famous for giving low ball offer to industry hire (Employee get hatred for referring talented friends) 3. Poor management insights. Try to save budget from employees penny from penny while losing big pie in market from competitors 4. Isolated tech stack and poor internal tooling. Lose values as you spend more times and hard to find jobs elsewhere. 5. Backstabbing culture. Be a politician after quit from Microsoft. 6. Slow promotion and merit cannot be more than inflation (depend on team but applies to most teams) 5. Everyone fight to make bigger impact and no one really care about the quality. Yes, Bill said 'If you cannot get it right, make it looks right'. 6. Over engineering within the team and between products. Middle management care about their careers and the only way to get promoted is to backstab, fancy ppt, and visibility. Customer and product? go to hell 7. Management do not care about employee. They care about business and numbers",The only way company can be saved is to get more younger people and create engineering culture. Thinking about how to be customer focused and compete in the market instead of ripping of employee,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49691,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Marketing Manager,Its a great place to work,Constant reorg's and change can be hard,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49692,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal software engineer,Great work challenges every day,Low growth for senior career,Pay better and fire some employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49693,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 28, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work,"Amazing level, management and team",I'd be cool to work on fresh products or projects.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49694,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Workplace,Quality Work and balanced work-life.,Not all teams are great.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49695,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IAM Consultant,Great benefits. Great place to learn and grow technical skills,Finding mentors to help grow business acumen in IT,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49696,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work life balance,Great work life balance to take vacation.,Stack is old and hard to use.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49697,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company with interesting work and good culture,"Culture, Work, Comp. Allowed to have life outside of work. PM role is shifting to more product focused role while still maintaining technical nature. PMs are not ""dev babysitters"" here, which is fantastic! I feel like I can be myself coming into work everyday, which is a great & motivating feeling.","It seems it's 50/50 on if you like where you get placed or not. Half love where they are and half do not. Also, as with working at almost any large company, decisions are usually top down, and it's pretty meeting driven. Meetings are not inherently a bad thing, but it's especially apparent here.",Keep focusing on the customer. Make sure to represent your own core values and do the right thing when confronted with people vs profits.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49698,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT,awesome experience loved it dearly,I would like management to keep it up,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49699,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,Good work environment. Challenging work.,Long hours. Too much beuracracy,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P10.htm
49700,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Team Lead,Free food and flexible time,"Lack management, office political",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49701,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,"Great company, lots of work perks",Pay isn't that great- but it was enough,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49702,microsoft,"Sterling, VA"," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,I couldn’t imagine a better company to be a part of,"Amazing salary and benefits, honestly top notch. There may be some competitors who pay more in comparison but most employees with competitors are miserable and dying for a good culture. Culture at Microsoft is amazing and extremely important. Everyone is very collaborative and they want to help you succeed for the most part. The opportunity once you enter Microsoft is honestly endless. You can make about as much money as you can possibly imagine, and do any job you’ve ever really wanted to do. You can also move almost anywhere you want to move. Most roles have a ton of opportunity to work remote, which is my favorite part. I accomplish so much from home, and without the travel time on a daily basis I finish more than I normally would. Work life balance is great and an emphasis- they encourage you to enjoy your time with your family. Ultimately that’s up to you if you can separate the two.","Lack of training. Even when provided with training events, seems the facilitators or the training material is way over your head at that point in Microsoft. Once you gain a better understanding of your role, that naturally comes with time, you’ll really wish someone would’ve explained everything to you like you were 5 years old from the get go. It seems they try to go level 500 immediately rather than giving overviews, and this goes for a lot of different initiatives throughout the company. Rather than trying to sound extremely smart with 30 slides with 500 words or more per slide, get to the point and speak in simple terms that we will understand and can portray to our customers.","Be more transparent, the transparency is there if you ask for it. But if you are just starting, there are a lot of questions you don’t know to ask. As soon as you ask, a lot will be revealed to you. If you never ask, good luck guessing at what you need to do in order to be a rockstar at your role.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49703,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Researcher,Great place to work at,- Good balance between life and work - Redmond is great - Pleasant company culture,- Poorer tech infrastructure compared to Google/FB/etc.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49704,microsoft,"Cincinnati, OH"," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Excellent company!,Great benefits and great work culture.,I have no cons for this job.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49705,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-Time Advisor,"The work place is very nice, the people that walk in are very windows pro and that excites me!","Sometimes, it gets really rowdy and loud when there are kids around or an event that is happening, but sometimes this is an awesome part, of working there.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49706,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Store,"Excellent benefits, working with latest technology",Management didn’t seem to care,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49707,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,People are genuinely nice to work with and very smart,"huge company, it's really hard to understand what other LOB are doing",offer more transparency on the decision making process,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49708,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Enviorment,People are fun to work with,Big company can lead to confusion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49709,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Work with smart people with a lot of industry experience Great benefits and 401k matching Lots of learning opportunities and speakers,Lots of bad middle managers Poor long term vision in most orgs Title plays a large role in how others treat you,Focus more on a strong vision for your teams,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P11.htm
49710,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software Engineer,good work life balance in general,politics all over the places.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49711,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience depends on the group you join,"- Good perks, strong employee focus",- Politics is rampant in most teams,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49712,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great under Satya,"Smart people, good work, benefit to society.",Layoffs and poor communication from CVP,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49713,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Great company and culture across the board.,There are a lot of PMs hired into any organization - so getting a project with large scope can be difficult.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49714,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Come here to rest and vest I guess,Big name. some teams are good,most teams arent good. Stagnation is real.,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49715,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Great place to learn. Work life balance,Lack of training in beginning. No bootcamps,Provide enough training,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49716,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,Senior Support Escalation Engineer position in CSS,"Great pay and benefits, one gets to work with smart and extraordinary people. One can develop a deep understanding of specific Microsoft Technologies.","Constant reorgs, radical diversity hiring philosophy, management decisions go from one extreme to another, no real middle ground. Tier 1 managers don't manage. Lots of back stabbing due to the stack ranking review process.","Stop the constant reorgs, have tier one/two managers actually manage, go to a more rational diversity hiring plan. Don't allow empire building among corporate executives at the expense of customers and employees.",4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49717,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Data Scientist,"Great benefits, Manageable work loads, good work life balance",Old corporate culture and fatter mid management,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49718,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Electrical engineer at Microsoft main campus,Culture bonuses There is definitely room to grow,Nothing I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49719,microsoft,"Woodinville, WA"," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Design Manager,Microsoft is an excellent place to work,"Good pay, company culture is improving drastically, great benefits for families and individuals, great opportunities for movement and different projects.","Can be competitive culture, large company brings its on problems of agility and speed, processes can be long and arduous.","Need more clarity with plans, speed is important and we should be working towards moving faster to compete with other tech companies.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P12.htm
49720,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 31, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,MS culture,I've been working at MS for little more than 5 years. MS has a good salary and benefit. I would say it's pretty good work & life balance I could manage.,It's a big corporation work culture which has a hierarchy making a decision slow down. You don't hear a happy loud laugh here but quite working in front of your monitor which can be a little sad if you are looking for a friendly and fun work culture.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49721,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,Good work and life balance,No much coding at least for Windows org.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49722,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Data Scientist,Meaningful CEO Great Products Cash in hand,Fatter mid management No new ideas,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49723,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Management Intern,"Fun project, lots of networking opportunities, great people","Not as exciting and fast-moving as other tech companies, at least on my team",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49724,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise Account Manager,Good salary if you hit your numbers.,No control over what your target numbers are -,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49725,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner/Channel Marketing Manager,"Benefits, Pay, Stock, Global presence ,","Lots of red tape, still a gentleman's club, top heavy managment","Listen to your consumers, it's okay to change things up in the company, reevaluate the employees that have been in the same position for 20+ years",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49726,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2018",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Highest paying sales position around, could be fun sometimes when there is an event. Nice break room with soda, juice and water.","employees who have been there for a long time have no motivation at all and it feels like they come to work ""to pay the bills"". Felt like everyone was being micromanaged","Trust your employees, take the initiative to help your employees actually grow instead of just making them do the same thing everyday, give more responsibility to employees",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49727,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Solutions Professional,Top-notch benefits. Unbelievable training resources.,Technology is moving fast and you need to keep up above all things.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49728,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Project Manager,"Work life balance, travel, bonuses",I don't have any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49729,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Hard Work","Great benefits, opportunities are there if you look, ability to work on products and projects that impact everyone.","Hard to advance, demanding at times",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P13.htm
49730,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work but make sure you are always managing your career.,Stability and good benefits. Good job mobility at lower levels. Great people to work with.,Too many cancelled projects due to political issues. Difficult to shift careers at higher levels.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49731,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Too many re-orgs,"Pretty good benefits, nice campus, decent work-life balance.","Compensation is lower than at competitors, re-organizations are far too frequent, too much politics, somewhat chaotic, not the best engineering tools","I have been through major re-organizations every quarter for more than a year. Most people I work with have never successfully shipped a feature or product because management has a major reshuffle and cancels projects and starts new ones before anything is finished. This seems bad for the careers of people doing the work.  Honestly I don't know how anything actually gets done here. Maybe some teams are more stable, but my experience is one of constant re-orgs.  It's no accident that many of the best people I know have left for other companies such as Facebook and Google: the constant re-orgs are terrible for morale, and compensation at Microsoft isn't competitive anyway, so as long as people's projects are getting cut, it makes sense that they would look elsewhere.  Management needs to bring compensation up to par with Facebook/Google, unless the goal is really to only keep the mediocre talent and purge the high performers. Also please stop changing priorities and reshuffling the executives every quarter. Focus. And finally you should pay attention to the engineers doing the real work and spend less time with all the ""storytelling"".",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49732,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,Treats employees well Good work life balanace,Too much churn of dev resources,"Hire the right devs, their interest and work don’t align and that causes too much friction in building a good product",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49733,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great company to work for,Hard to get promoted within the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49734,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job Coach,"culture, money, location, benefits, flexible","Poor management, culture, vision, job",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49735,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Test Engineer,Used to be a great company and now it’s average,"Decent benefits, fun work associates, learning opportunities everywhere","Political environment, feeling of stability but can be cut anytime, people can have ego issues","Find that magic that made Microsoft special, it’s currently gone.",2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49736,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,Principle Software Engineering manager,Global software leader in software development,Mature company need to be a bit more agile,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49737,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,"Great company, low pay","stability, low bar, promotions, stock price","low salary, management heavy, product full of bugs",listen to employees,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49738,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Work life balance is good,Location is mainly east side,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49739,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Oct 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,Great company lots of benefits. Lacks aspirational goals sometimes since money doesn’t seem to be an issue. Great company if you’re settling down,Processes can sometimes be all over the place. There can be some lack of focus in what your team is trying to achieve but this really depends on the organization you’re in.,Be more aspirational compared to your competitors. Don’t just think about your current customers but also your future target group. Be more focused in what you’re trying to achieve,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P14.htm
49740,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Lots of control over your area,Difficult to know when to stop working,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49741,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I would work there again.,"Good pay, great benefits. I learned a lot while working at Microsoft.",They expect a lot and in the end you are just a number to be used or disposed as needed.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49742,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Takes care of their employees, but politics can be too much","Employees are well compensated, and benefits and perks are great. Plus most employees are working on large, meaningful projects with a major impact on business or consumers.","It has become the IBM of old, with bureaucracy and inertia dulling the competitive edge.",There's not much to be done regarding the company culture - it is really a matter of company life cycle.,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49743,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Work life balance, good team, nice cafeteria.",Compensation is something need to improve.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49744,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft,It was a great job right out of school. I learned a lot and truly was able to grasp the big picture of working at a major company. Benefits were great and I loved the environment of constant mental growth,Lack of Diversity was a big one for me. I never felt like I fit in.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49745,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Mature and well established recruiting organization Advanced in strategies when compared to main competitors,Several recruiting leaders lack external talent market knowledge and yet are responsible for driving recruiting forward,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49746,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love this company,"Great hours, part time so worked with my family","No cons, loved everything about this company",Keep up the great working! Love it,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49747,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great if you're lucky to work at MS. Terrible if MS is lucky to have you.,"- Work life balance is respected, so you have time to develop yourself outside of work - Compensation and benefits are generous - It's a family friendly company if you're at that stage in your life and want to slow down - The company is financially stable ( for now )","- The ratio of PMs to engineers is ridiculous. There are only a handful of engineers for every PM in my org. Our backlog keeps growing, while the features with the best ""visibility"" and the least amount of investments gets resourced.  - Many of the PMs are non-technical. They've landed this job due to dumb luck, then wonder why the over-worked engineers can't get this done faster. When work items take longer than expected, IC PMs are pressed to ask them to ""work faster"".  - The more talented people at the company leave. Those who stay are the ones who can't get jobs with similar pay elsewhere. Those who stay and take on work with great ""visibility"" great promoted. This means that product planning tends to be short sited. Seniors only want to work on something they can get done before the next review period.  - It's getting more difficult to recruit. PMs are joining in increasing numbers from non-technical domains. They may have domain knowledge in the space, but they're not engineers. This is going to exasperate the problems I mentioned above.  - Upper management is very disconnected from the reality of building software in the modern age. Most of them haven't touched code in decades, or have been around since the early days of the Internet. They think we are a first-class engineering company, yet we don't have real time metrics, continuous deployment, technical debt controls, testing...  - Not agile, despite at the rhetoric.  - We're so much on building a culture around everything except having a great software engineering team.",- Stop hiring unqualified people - Promote new college hires - WITH TECHNICAL CHOPS - faster to management positions so the company can be saved before it's too late - Understand what you're building before you start - Admit to each other that we are not the cream of the crop in terms of talent and ability. Try to come up with a plan to compete under those conditions. - Rewarding people per-feature on a yearly basis leads to short term thinking,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49748,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director Product Marketing,"Breadth of opportunity to work on established and growing businesses, lateral movement between roles, divisions and business groups encouraged, lots of tools, training offered to manage career and learn new things, sharpen skills","Highly political, advancing levels to director or above can take time even when you have measurable impact YoY.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49749,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Good welfare and Benefits Package.,Limited space to share and implement ideas,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P15.htm
49750,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Stay away from WSD,Microsoft is a cool place to work with a lot of very interesting projects,"Stay away from WSD (Windows Servicing and Deliverables). It is made of teams that don't develop any new features, and pretty much just backport fixes all the way to Windows Vista",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49751,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Intern at Microsoft (Suzhou, China)","Nice environment and colleagues, free snacks and drinks.",Meals are not free and food is not good.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49752,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director Product Marketing,"Breadth of opportunity to work on established and growing businesses, lateral movement between roles, divisions and business groups encouraged, lots of tools, training offered to manage career and learn new things, sharpen skills","Highly political, advancing levels to director or above can take time even when you have measurable impact YoY.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49753,microsoft,"Ann Arbor, MI"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Research Associate,Awesome,Perks and good food everyday and nice people,too much heavy work on weekends onsite too,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49754,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Can try different product and technology.,A little bit late than other company,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49755,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible company with only internal politics,"none really a company you'd like to work in , now.","- credit for tasks , stolen and claimed by team members - Managers will no real skillset and so unable to understand the performance of hard working team members - only the loudest voice heard but not people who think their work speaks for them","Microsoft has deteriorated to the worst possible state. Please reward employees who really contribute and not the ones who only talk since the only skill they have is being able to talk and ""show"" work performed by someone else.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49756,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Communications Manager,MICROSOFT,"Great people, great benefits, lots of opportunities to work in different fields/products","Slow advancement, annual rewards are skewed.",Enough with rewards curve.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49757,microsoft,"Nashville, TN"," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Greatest job ever!,Amazing place to work and pursue your passion.,Disconnect in execution between leadership in Redmond and the field. It’s getting better though.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49758,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Great WLB,"Great WLB, interesting projects, lots of smart people",No so good salary and in house perks,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49759,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Microsoft is underrated,"Phenomenal perks, generally good work-life balance, great tooling for developers to be productive",Lot of variance in technical capabilities of peers,"Stricter reviews of managers, flatter orgs with more technically competent managers needed.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P16.htm
49760,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT team was in shambles,Opportunity to learn some cool tech,"Many disparate tools and processes, disjointed management",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49761,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent ethics,"Great work culture, benefits and values",not applicable in any case,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Not bad,great perks and compensation and people,"no free food, not a leader in consumer",you're doing okay!,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49763,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Learning Specialist,Great Culture. Great People. I was blessed to work with great Management.,It's more than being a Learning Specialist - my role transformed into an Assistant Manager without the pay. Both responsibilities made it challenging at times.,Take care of the employees. -Upper Management: Understand that each store location is different.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49764,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is an easy job,"An easy job to do while going to school, especially since they will help pay for it.",Customers arent always the most pleasant to deal with.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49765,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Explore Intern Summer 2018,good work environment and benefits,unpredictable work hours based on team,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49766,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. PFE,Microsoft equals to good salary and status,"Lots of politics, not really a fun place to work anymore",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49767,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Awesome place to work,"Smart, high-caliber co-workers. Challenging environment. Good compensation.","Stressful, high-energy, tight schedules, and lots to do. Review process keeps you on the treadmill.",Politics cannot be avoided :(,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49768,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - MIcrosoft Explorer,Amazing Intern Experience,"Easily the best company to intern at. They give you insane benefits, treat you nicely, and almost everyone gets return offers!",No free food. Other companies offer free food.,Keep what you're doing with the Intern program. It's awesome!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49769,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,2018 New Grad Offer,Generous offer for a new grad,Possibly below industry standard maybe?,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P17.htm
49770,microsoft,"West Des Moines, IA"," Oct 16, 2018",Current Employee - Datacenter Technician,This is an Operations Engineering position with Technician pay.,"Benefits, 401k, Medical, Dental, Vision, ESPP are all excellent.","Microsoft Data center's have terrible morale and no career structure, if you are looking for long term goals and career growth look else where.","Stop the favoritism and nepotism, you have successfully aided a culture where throwing your team mates under the buss gets you ahead.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49771,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Great place to build a career,"Flexible career growth paths, you control your destiny, meaningful work, great work-life balance",Very functional orgs which discourages taking an end to end perspective on the business and the company,Proactively help top talent find new roles and not get stagnant in the same team or business (even if they are getting promoted regularly). It'll benefit the company through cross pollination and benefit the individuals through the new experiences they'll gain.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49772,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The culture is changing for the better,the ceo is pretty cool and the direction is nice,you are stuck using windows,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49773,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Microsoft Enterprise Sales,"Working with large, brand recognizable customers to move services to the cloud. Microsoft often gets a 'first look' for cloud services from Enterprise customers, due to the long history of offering enterprise-grade solutions for corporate customers. Microsoft is for the most part an open and fair place to work.","Engineering disconnect from field sales. Microsoft has had a very engineering-focused culture in the past, and sales is seen/treated as an afterthought or necessary evil. That's beginning to change somewhat, depending on the product/service and division.","Sales managers at Microsoft are buried in numbers/data, and don't take enough time to learn what the sales teams are actually doing day to day in order to increase business.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49774,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Great working environment, open theme is actually helpful. Open source is now encouraged and really makes development a lot faster and funner.",mildly dislike being limited to the .NET stack,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49775,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,"“Financial safety”, in exchange for strange backroom politics, unrealistic senior “expectations” and tiny bonuses.",Nice people. Steady paycheck. Great medical benefits.,"- The amount of time spent in Powerpoint is egregious. STOP wasting so much time “telling the story” and build some freakin’ customer centric features.  - Program management is not product management. They literally don’t have the modern product skill set. They have a project management/timeline based skill set and therefore, it needs to be handed over to UX immediately.  - Engineering has little accountability. Once a year, on every team, it becomes clear that engineering is taking their sweet time and using technical obfuscation (everyone else’s lack of tech stack knowledge) to buy more time.  - Engineering has WAY too much input on experiences which they have no expertise in. I can’t tell you how many devs I have had to “convince” to do the right thing for customers. I appreciate collaboration, but devs are in a role to help execute the strategies of UX and product management, they don’t need to have input into the strategy, just the tech efficiencies within it...because you aren’t qualified or empathetic enough to do so.  - Once you become a senior, suddenly just being great at your job is not good enough and in order to receive any small portion of your already peanut sized bonuses, you will be expected to go “above & beyond” your role and will be viewed as an under performer if you don’t. It’s insane that a 100k person company would expect anyone to stand-out. It is a waste of time, just reward people for doing their jobs well and leave people alone.","- Take product ownership out of the hands of program management OR begin product management training for everyone of them...because most of your PM’s are project managers, not product managers. They literally don’t have the modern product skill set, so they either need to be taught it or it needs to be handed over to UX.  - Engineers need to culturally be shifted to a support role. No more “blocking until they approve”, they are to execute on behalf of the customer & user experience strategy teams - with input on tech efficiencies, not “what engineering thinks customers want”.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49776,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 14, 2018",Current Employee - IT Manager,Censorship against conservatives,the pay is great and vacation time is great!,the thing about this company they hate conservatives. you say you love trump and they give you a look like theres no tomorrow.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49777,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Intern,Great exposure to events and activities,A bit rigid in terms of structures,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49778,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product advisor,Family oriented company Great ethical values Awesome benefits Paid time off/sick time Get paid to play games,Favoritism Retail Mall environment,No clue,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49779,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,"Talented engineers, good mentorship, good work-life balance","Org can feel huge, given the scale and diversity of their operation",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P18.htm
49780,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Lots of variety, smart people, good opportunities for continuing training and learning.","Career progress can be slower than expected, due to tough competition for open roles.",Provide greater role rotation opportunities.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49781,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,"Company culture is very supportive and the sales message is that the technology transforms productivity, collaboration and participation. Pretty cool.",As with any rewarding role it is equally demanding. There is a lot to keep up with.,"None, they really try in earnest to give us the tools we need and to make our lives easier as we focus on our goals.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49782,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be,"CEO, ability to impact customers",layers and reporting get in the way of doing your best work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49783,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Growth Mindset,"This is a place to exercise your growth mindset. The company values diversity in all senses, including thinking. Management embraces failures and victories at balance as everything is an opportunity to learn. If you have the grit to continuously improve yourself and your career, this is the place for you. If you have a fixed mindset maybe not.","Lake most large organizations, it is difficult to navigate and know who is who.",Keep doing what you are doing. So far you have all my trust.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49784,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Good career development opportunities there,"Confusing management structure, some times causes communication problems.","Keep improving, but also keep doing what you're already doing.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49785,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,research internship,"many activities, especially the signature event. Great benefits and work life balance",it can get pretty bureaucratic,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49786,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work for,"Amazing work environment, traning, and friendly",No cons. Very nice company,Friendly manager and always support you,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49787,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Pros: great people and management,"Cons, very long hours of work.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49788,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,For people that enjoy talking to people this is great for you. Get to travel for your job and all the expenses are paid for by the company. Work can be done remotely.,"Lots of material to learn which will be relayed to clients, as to why they should use Microsoft's product",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49789,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise Sales - SSP,"Great technology, lots of creative people and amazing number of opportunities across the company - can literally change careers without losing seniority",Inconsistent management - some are excellent and others simply manage up - annual reviews were done to fit within pre-defined buckets as opposed to bottom up evaluation. That was changing as I left with Satya as the CEO - it was heading in the right direction.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P19.htm
49790,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Business Analyst,Work with many talented people.,Performance review is based on how close you’re with manager. Very politics culture. Everything is connection.,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49791,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Love the company,"Lot of great projects to work on, great life-balance, especially compared to the competition, perks and prestige galore.","Only true geeks can really love the place - not really a con for me. Also it hasn't grown much in a decade so opportunities for promotions are really rather limited. Young ones and diversity candidates are definitely favored there - but regardless even if you are young and ""diverse"" and you really want to get to the top you will have a much better chance at a smaller fast growing company.",It is a golden age in tech - now is the time to take those risks. It won't always be this way.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49792,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - General Manager,Decreasing accountability,great company great technology,I see a decrease in people ownership and accountability,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49793,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering,Microsoft has evolved their culture to be very customer focused.,"The benefits are good, the focus is on the customer, and the company evolved to be relevant and lead.",Like any larger company... politics.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49794,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Great growing retail company,"Salary, benefits, paid trainings, extras, growth if willing to relocate","No upward growth locally, new retail store growing pains","Continue to listen to and act on feedback from the stores to improve the overall experience for customers and associates alike. Keep the current culture because it is positive and energizing for employees, keeps morale up.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49795,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Program Manager,Many opportunities. Great people to work with. Always something new to learn.,Hard to stand out in a large organization with many smart people. Too many layers of management.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49796,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK Company,Great benefits and good career opportunities,The environment can be somewhat political and bonuses are not as advertised,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49797,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Great benefits and location,I can't think of any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49798,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Pleasant job... poor skill development,"The campus is very nice, low-pressure environment, great benefits, generous pay.",I ended up in a position where I wasn't able to grow my skills. I became good only at the job that I currently had.,"Emphasize to managers the importance of reducing technical debt. If someone is busy with repetitive work, that means they are not strengthening their abilities as programmers. So you should lend extra people towards automating that task.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49799,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,"Lots of good resources, talented peers and happy events.",It might be important to choose the group. The food is okay but many employers would choose to eat outside.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P20.htm
49800,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,fab design,"office culture, good team and leadership",long hours and long meetings,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49801,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer - Services - Data & AI domain,"Benefits are possibly the best in the industry, depending on what state you reside in you may pay nothing (per paycheck, not co-pays) for medical benefits, dental and vision are spectacular as well (they even cover adult orthodontia). 401k match is great, stock grants (not options) are like a carrot on a string but when they vest it is great, expect these grants in lieu of substantial salary raises or bonuses...ymmv Company is very set on becoming diverse company embracing all cultures and personality, unsure how well or how measured this is. They can speak out against obvious wrongs from political leadership yet they are protested for their government (ICE) contracts, still feels much more ethical compared to other companies I have worked for.","for a PFE, travel is a big Con, it can be quite a bit depending on if you are Dedicated or Transactional. 80% utilization metric can be tough to hit all close to your home. Services division has been in a bit of flux/re-org since I joined three years ago, tools are dated, difficult to use and make doing your job difficult. Delivery options can be limited depending on your domain/skillset.","keep up the cloud battles, great for stock and investors, priorities at the Entire org level dont translate easily and clearly to lower divisions or individual FTEs (sure we need to sell AI but some customers dont have the skillsets or data)",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49802,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Growth Oriented, inclusive, lots of opportunities to learn new technologies.",Benefits offered is less compared to others,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49803,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,Amazing inside view building the cloud,Re .org every six months,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49804,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company!,1. Work-life balance 2. Talented co-workers 3. Company in the right direction,None I can think of right now.,"Keep up the transition from Windows OS + Office to Azure. This will keep the company thriving for many years coming. Also, use Surface as a good starting point for growing consumer business.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49805,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Working at Microsoft as a software developer,Professional and highly skilled colleagues and a really good work climate,No cons really as you have to work a lot and then you get much out of it else work for a less ambitious company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49806,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern at Microsoft,"Incredible work experience, innovative and warming culture. Great place to intern",Nothing is to complain about I loved it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49807,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Compliance Manager, InfoSec",Challenging and exciting work but you never had good news for the customer,Little work / life balance,none,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49808,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company if you want to have a life and family,Good work-life balance. Flexible work hours and relaxed environment. Good benefits and medical insurance. Lots of free drinks and tea options. Willing to invest in employees and let them grow.,Make you pay for the snacks through vending machines in each building kitchen. Noncompetitive compensation. Slow response to the market opportunities. Good visions but sometimes poor execution on the upper managerial level. Bureaucracy and overhead sometimes lead to slow progress and reduced productivity.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49809,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,MS review,Learning potential very high and pay is above most,"Internal performance reviews are a pain, take away from the enjoyment of your position",Changes to frequently,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P21.htm
49810,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2018","Current Employee - Senior Director, Business Strategy","Sr. Director, Business Strategy",Benefits and Work Flexibility on how to accomplish goals,Career Path for bigger Jobs.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49811,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Manager,The company treats the employees amazing by providing top notch comp & benefits.,At times it did feel as though you were just a number given the size of the company.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49812,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,Great work life balance,"Good CEO, smart people, good work life balance, Azure is a growth business","Pay lower than competitors such as Amazon, Google",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49813,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Good place to build up career,Give you time to learn and grow. Provide lots of training on career development. Promote collaboration and encourage knowledge sharing . Great colleagues and working environment.,Too many re-orgs and projects got cut at very late stage. Wasting time and Money! Not put effort to build up teams and good products in Silicon Valley Campus,Please put important projects in SVC so that it can attract more top talents from Silicon Valley!,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49814,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent employers,Great place to work here,sporadic change in policies year after year,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49815,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Much better culture with Satya,"Lots of resources for the right projects. Can be cutthroat to get funded, but more resources than most companies. Strong push for more collaboration.","Still a ways to go on collaboration. When reorgs happen, people still bring along select people from old teams vs trusting new people.",Push for better assessment of existing teams when new managers come in.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49816,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work but fun,Get to learn a lot of cool technology,Lots of pressure to overachieve,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49817,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good,Overall good company focusing on AI and Cloud,It is a big company and hard to control end-to-end flow.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49818,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"Good life balance, good pay","office politics, usual stuff in big companies",not much to say for now,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49819,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Great benefits and people,"Pay, benefits, people, company direction","Large company, lots of politics",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P22.htm
49820,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big coroporate habits,Good work life balance Good managers who are also competent engineers,"Things move slowly at the company - developing on legacy software and engineering systems, corporate bloat in decision making, tendencies to focus on profits rather than quality of product",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49821,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work at,-Your ideas are valued a lot and new and creative ideas are encouraged.,Work can get hectic at times,none,4.0,2.0,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49822,microsoft,"Sarasota, FL"," Sep 29, 2018",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Fun work environment, great team, awesome company, growth",They don't keep the same mentality.,Don't fix what is not broken.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49823,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,stock price moving up a lot,Management is a lot of veterans basically just collecting stock,none,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49824,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Sep 30, 2018",Former Employee - Receptionist,Business Expert,"Free benefits, 401K matching, volunteer matching, strong presence in community",Expect the most work and offers the least pay out of the amount of work you actually do. Retail would not be the best way to move up if you wanted to go into the corporate world. It's all about politics and finding who's butt you have to kiss if you start off at the retail level. Promise a work-life balance but will call you if you are running their business department. I literally worked a role that made 3x my salary and was not deemed fit to be hired for the role because of my age.,Notice the people who work hard for you instead of the people who are just for show. You will lose a lot of good people who can make your company great if you keep ignoring those who actually care.,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49825,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place in industry to do research,Work-life-balance and great freedom in researching,"Non. Basically, it is like a faculty position in a university with higher salary",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49826,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great product, great talent, and excellent quality management.",May need to do a better job on product innovation.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49827,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is over-compensating for diversity,"Good company, lots of opportunity to work on various things.",Not a great place to work if you are a non-minority male (including Asians as they are not considered minority). Managers are hinted to hire diversity candidates over talented non-diversity candidates.,"Don't reduce the hiring bar for diversity candidates. Also don't reduce the promotion bar for diversity candidates, that just is unfair to the other folks in the team who are working hard and many times pick up the slack from the unskilled diversity hire.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49828,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Work life balance is good,political is a big problem,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49829,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very Good Company,Life balance is good. In 3 years was able to work 40h every week. People are great. Campus is awesome. Lots of projects,"Pay is low, low benefit, no free food, need to do full loop of interview to change team",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P23.htm
49830,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Director,Good Company,"Nice People, Nice Environment but low salary and no growth",Need better ceo and better overhead,None,4.0,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49831,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TAM,"Amazing company, amazing culture.","Some big company red tape, but expected",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Supply Chain Manager,An incredible learning experience.,The benefits are generous. Option to work from home periodically allows flexibility. There are many resources available to develop your career. Very passionate about giving to charity. Strong leadership.,"The politics can be hard for some people to navigate. My team was always undermanned, so the workload tended to be unbalanced. Very frequent org changes and strategy changes.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49833,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft,1. Good work life balance. 2. Chance to work in well known products and learn inside technology.,1. Engineering process contains lots of frictions. 2. product iterations are slow.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49834,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Escalation Engineer,Great place to work in,not any worth to be mentioned,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49835,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Consultant,Great!,Amazing. Managers were really great.,Some bad stuff. No free food.,"I mean, put salaries on glassdoors.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49836,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Empowered,Empowered to do great work,Challenge to move vertically in field,Career dev resources,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49837,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good pay, culture is solid",Difficult to really get into leadership,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49838,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Lead Program Manager,"Great Company, Great Culture!","Be yourself, encouraged to do your best, great opportunities for growth and development, great benefits and a great corporate citizen.",Rams inclusiveness down your throat and sets strange diversity goals that are not based on merit.,Keep doing what you're doing and stop trying to atone for Satya's incident comment about women.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49839,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,"13 years, change is slow","Career movement opportunity, flexibility to wfh sometimes","Duplication of roles, multiple people in diff groups working on the same thing, lack of clarity from upper management, running around in circles to react to requests from CVPs, old school buildings (can’t bring dogs), global CORP roles expectation to work crazy hours","Role clarity, M2 and above needs training on change management, how to create clarity with ICs",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P24.htm
49840,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you're on the right team,"Work-life balance, good environment if you're on a good team","""Doing the right thing"" can be hard, lots of time required and process gets in the way",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49841,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Empowered,Empowered to do great work,Challenge to move vertically in field,Career dev resources,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49842,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Nice worker, a good place to learn a lot",Need a lot of dedication,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49843,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Consultant,UX Consultant,"Travel a lot, working with many different industries across various industries","Terrible internal politics, more resistance internally with Microsoft-own internal teams than externally with customers","Solve the internal blaming game culture in Services and focus on result and outcome, instead of repeating Victim, Rescuer, Persecutor Karpman drama triangle and ignored customer outcome",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49844,microsoft,"South Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Cog in a machine.,"Large company, teams vary alot some are great others are not",I highly do not recommend UST (Universal Store Team),none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49845,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft,Benefits are very nice . Open source is catching up.,Slow mover and you can get stuck .,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49846,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,"- Amazing engineers working with me, among the best engineers I've ever worked with - Challenging and interesting project",- Unreasonable expectations at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49847,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Excellent Place to work and start your career. Great mentors and Great team,Not any cons to think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49848,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company,Unique company with breadth of technology and products,too big .. get lost in the ocean sometimes,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49849,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Fairly okay!,A very middle of the road place to work,Sometimes you’re just about ready to have too much fun!,Maybe one of the frequent reorgs could try to address the company’s second-rate products.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P25.htm
49850,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies on the rebound,"The benefits are some of the best out there. Moreover, the stock has been steadily going up.","As a big company, it's hard to get recognized and stand out.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49851,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good retail experience,An Interesting and changing environment,Not much room to grow and move up.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49852,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern Review,Great company culture. Truly encourages you to learn.,"Most jobs will be in Redmond, Washington.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49853,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Explorer Intern,"Enriching, diverse set of people, growth opportunities","Hard to leave, easy to get comfortable",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49854,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Azure TSP,Technical Solution Professional is the best job at Microsoft,"Excellent flexibility, direct contact with the Product Groups. You get to work with customers and share success. Tons of opportunity for learning. I love this job because I get to stay technical but also work with our innovative customers.  Also, benefits are really good. 401K match is terrific. Time off. Work / life balance. Salary and benefits are really great for the TSP as well (you get both RBI and CBI, which is outstanding). Stock awards too. You have lots of opportunity to be very well compensated if you deliver results.","You are expected to deliver results. This is not a con, really, but you cannot ride your past successes. Deliver results and get rewarded.",Higher stock awards would be nice.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49855,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good Group,"mission oriented, open to new ideas within limits, friendly",inflexible deadlines and tedious SQL query writing,pay for over hours work,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49856,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work overall,"Smart engineers, many interesting work options","Slow moving, , suffers from not-invented-here syndrome",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49857,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Digital Marketing Manager,Great pivot from Balmer to Nadella with huge upside in the Cloud business.,A little to focused on molding the perfect HR ratios of an idealized demographics vs. just having the best people for the any team.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49858,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the Company Culture from Satya,satya is a great leader with strong values. he truly is trying to make the company a fantastic place to work and is investing in the right areas to continue leadership in cloud computing,field leadership and culture can be very political.,take a hard look to make sure you are creating an inclusive culture where everyone can do their best work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49859,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,You can have a long time career here,"The company is revitalized and reinventing itself. Open to new ideas, looking for customers where they are, moving away from ""everything Windows"" mentality.",Old thinking still lingers in some teams and is hard to change. The company is still not nimble enough to take advantage of new trends and is missing on some big opportunities.,Push to reduce the management layers across the company.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P26.htm
49860,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Director,Smart people Company has new motivation,Youth movement in Management Focus on diversity and not on capability,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49861,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not all teams have the externally touted great culture,Benefits Highly experienced employees to learn from,Bereaucracy. Org (which you may have no control over) can determine your career progression. Managers can prevent you from switching in non-transparent ways Senior employee astroturfing.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49862,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2018",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Honestly Pretty Shocked,"Satya Nadella is a truly spectacular leader, as well as Phil Spencer. I honestly loved working for both of them and knew that what I was contributing to was an inspiring vision and mission! The benefits at Microsoft are outstanding, the events are a blast and are a fantastic motivator throughout the year , the opportunities for growth and diversity in your job... some of the best I’ve ever seen. Microsoft also is in a serious growth phase so it’s an exciting time to be a part of the organization!","I’m still pretty shocked at my experience since day 1. I’ll try to leave emotion out of it and share the historical events that occurred to remain truthful and not exaggerate. When I first came in as an MBA here, I was brought into my dream finance role. 24 hours after joining, my manager went on paternity leave for about 8 weeks. I heard from him a couple of times in that timeframe and that was about it. I got started working on some onboarding projects and everything was more or less fine. My office was on the other side of the building so I didn’t get to sit next to my team for the first 7 months. My teammates never really came by to say hi so it was tough to build new relationships with them, having to walk over constantly to try to connect. After my manager returned, he only talked to me a handful of times. I’d say I sat in about 8 hours worth of 1-1’s over my whole year there. I never received a performance review or feedback on a single project. I never received a quarterly or year end performance review. I never heard that I did well, but was reassured that that wasn’t my manager’s style. He’s never really one to say “good job”. Not great management. I never felt like I was wanted in that role, and I heard from numerous people that I was placed in that role by a recruiter and was never actually placed in an open role and thus I wasn’t really wanted from day 1.  Now for the part that I still am just in shock around. In my organization, I was the only white person. About 3 different times, in team meetings, jokes were made about how I wouldn’t understand something or couldn’t relate because I was white and not Asian/middle eastern. I just brushed it off and laughed, but felt like I experienced a form of racism that I had never felt before. Having not felt like part of the team ever and then had them make jokes about my race at my expense... it really didn’t feel good. But, because I’m Caucasian and not something else, if never felt like I could say anything about it because it’s Seattle and many people believe racism against Caucasian people isn’t possible. I would disagree based on my experience.  At the end of my time, after declaring I was leaving, I never heard from a single HR rep. I had so much I needed to share and I didn’t even get an email about my departure. Nothing. Zero. No form of exit interview. No goodbye. Nothing. So now I’m sharing this all here because I didn’t get to share it internally. It was the strangest exit I’ve ever had.  The moral is: people leave managers, not companies. Microsoft is a spectacular company, but my management experience was really, really poor and HR really dropped the ball here. I was so sad too having come into my dream job and feeling unwanted completely from day 1. I would’ve stayed if even one person showed that they cared in the least. I had shared this with multiple friends there on my last day who had been there for years and they were in utter disgust and shocked that HR had never reached out. They reached out on my behalf and even that didn’t trigger a response.  I’m just really shocked and sad. I was really excited to build a career at Microsoft and chose to leave due to this experience.","Focus on training your managers to be true managers, builders and shapers of people. Make sure your people are heard.",2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49863,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Chaos with moments of clarity,Big broad challenging busy opportunity,Disorganized silos reorg Performace rough,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49864,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics and poor managers,Decent benefits. Some good workers and teammates.,Worst people managers. Review process is a joke. It’s all about who likes who. Pay is weak vs competitors.,Don’t just promote your buddies. Trash the whole performance process and start over.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49865,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Avoid the Windows division,"Great work-life balance. The management team doesn't request much to deliver, but expect employees to be reverent to them.",A lot of old timers who've just forgotten that they've got to do something in the day. Slackers. Politics and brown-nosing preempt work and delivering. The management team is mostly made of the former Windows Vista managers who're still around. They're so hands-off that the teams are left by themselves. No coherence or control of the little work being done. No opportunity to learn or grow.,Advice to higher management: update all the middle management and the 15+ year old timers.,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49866,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great benefits and perks Good Salary Great WLB,"processes are complex, things take time",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49867,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great employer,Flexible with work hours and working from home. Treat staff really well. Lots of great perks.,"Slow to innovate. Culture of producing software with bugs, or not implement features so that major launch deadlines will be hit.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49868,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full time SDE 2,Surrounded by smart people to work with.,I think the salary is less competitive than other companies.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49869,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and cons,Best work life balance and gender equality,Exposure to limited technologies and frameworks,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P27.htm
49870,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A valuable experience,"great benefits, decent culture, learning opportunities","legacy app pain, uncertain about future of product, some team members were miserable to work with",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49871,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much politics,"Stable, work life, paid ok.","Politics , re-org, no direction",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49872,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with,"Cutting edge technologies, visionary senior leaderships, great people to work with, work life balance",the pay is not that competitive compared with Facebook/Amazon/Google,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49873,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place To Work,"Great technology, good work life balance, fun teams.",Underpaid when compared to other large tech companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49874,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great community. Good pay. Good location,Large company can make transitioning hard.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49875,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,Great place to start your career,"Great benefits (401K match, health insurance coverage, transportation to work, etc.)  Solid pay and work experience to build and develop your career.",Management can be a bit of a coin toss and bureaucracy reigns supreme across all groups,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49876,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Growth mindset and tackling great problems.,Large companies have their downfalls - endless loops to get things done.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49877,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,vote with your feet,good work life balance compared to other similar companies,low salary compare to other similar companies,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49878,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager II,-Great work life balance -Great benefits -Great CEO -Great stock to receive bonus on,"-Low stock refreshers compared to the industry -Slower career progression -Great work life balance is exploited by some ""slackers"" which demotivates teams sometimes",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49879,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,This is a very good job,I really like my job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P28.htm
49880,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager II,-Great work life balance -Great benefits -Great CEO -Great stock to receive bonus on,"-Low stock refreshers compared to the industry -Slower career progression -Great work life balance is exploited by some ""slackers"" which demotivates teams sometimes",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49881,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,This is a very good job,I really like my job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49882,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Lots of senior people to help onboard and mature,Not the most exciting products except for a few ones,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49883,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Security Engineer,Great working place,I'm born in the generation that looks up to my current employer,can't think of any as of the moment,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49884,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Security Researcher,Ok place to work.,"Great healthcare benefits, ok base pay.","Always swamped at work, office politics is rampant.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49885,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Teamwork, comradery, benefits, no micromanagement",A lot of the side work expected can take away from work-life balance,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49886,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales,"share,price pension plan, friedly environment","long hours, hard job, too much work",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49887,microsoft,"Rochester, NY"," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Microsoft,Great technologies and solutions that are highly scalable and integrated,An engineering company trying to be a sales organization with solutions but living in a silod compensation plan which makes it hard,Bring the AE to a consultative position and align the comp plans to sell solutions,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49888,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Embarrassing Management,snacks an drinks provided for employees,"management and leadership should be ashamed. they bully their employees and play major favorites. they talk about cleaning house so they have employees that will follow everything they say (even when they are completely in the wrong) when it should be the managements team to be ""cleaned"".",leave the drama in high school where it belonged and act like the supportive manager you are supposed to be,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49889,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome at first,Feeling of something good. Working for an enterprise size corporation is great. Discounted software,"Race to not be the one with the target on your back. The company has a policy to eliminate a certain percentage of employees every year. Even if you're doing well, if someone doesn't care for you in any way you're out. It's a very stressful way to live. They say they hire from within but they let you know ""new blood"" is better.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P29.htm
49890,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better if people in my store did not steal and take advantage,I loved the tech and wished I could have worked in it more.,"I was an ICE agent. I was so grateful to have worked there but I soon found due to a personal issue with co workers, I was not trained as well as I should. I am lucky I knew Inventory. I had several workers take others badges and when I spoke upon it, It was shoved under the rug. Security is so important in this position and I had a lot of issues with unauthorized access, manager badge sharing and policies being ignored. I know I ruined any chance to work there but the honest truth is, I left because I was afraid it would be my head when senior co workers were the ones breaking the policies. I worked in government so these are very important to follow.",Please watch your retail stores more. There is a lot that goes on that is shoved under the rug. Make sure people get training. Security needs to be ramped.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49891,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Janitor,Microsoft Loves Janitors,Clean Easy Staff doesn't talk down to help,More bleach needed at times.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49892,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Great company,Expectations and work life balance are reasonable.,Slightly lower pay than other companies in the area.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49893,microsoft,"China, TX"," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior,No,the work and life balance,the salary is mush lowball,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49894,microsoft,"Newport Coast, CA"," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Sales,Sales,"+ lots of smart people + customer sentiment is now strong + CEO is brilliant and builds strong culture + very good benefits + GREAT technology to sell + company is an awesome world citizen, gives billions to the needy which feels really good","- performance model still feels too forced, just do away with forced curves and hold managers more accountable. if they allow low performers to stick around m, remove the manager instead of forcing a curve where it doesn’t apply - pay could be a bit higher, especially given company performance over the past several years","Stay hungry. Continue to make big investments in cloud, AI, quantum and keep up the incredible work.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49895,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,"Lots of resources, internal mobility, etc.","things can be weirdly political as far as org roles and responsibilities, funding, etc.",align on strategy across orgs before cascading initiatives within orgs,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49896,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome,Good work life balance and have good work.,A little less salary compare to competitive companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49897,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Director,Director,It was a great ride,"It has gotten way too big and even Satya took over, political play all over the place",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49898,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A great company,"Microsoft is a great company and a great company to work for. As a person who appreciates diversity and ethics, it would be hard to find a better company than Microsoft.","Lean has become the key attribute of success at many of today’s leading companies. At Microsoft however, it’s noticeably absent. Most of the Product managers I’ve worked with don’t even understand SCRUM, a methodology derived from TPS \ Lean. MS would be wise to look at how companies like Amazon and Nordstrom have implemented Lean in every area of the company.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49899,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Working for Microsoft is the best,There agent any cons at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P30.htm
49900,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"Great benefits, great pay, and good place to network and grow your career",Can't really think of any yet,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49901,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Solution Professional,"Work life balance, technology, opportunity for growth, and people.",Stack ranking system and tactical thinking within sales organization.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49902,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Freedom to experiment Fast Paced life,Things run on excel worksheets,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49903,microsoft,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Aug 17, 2018",Former Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Wonderful,"Great pay for full time, Microsoft Corp level benefits, ability to do what needs to be done to find right solution for customer, great culture","Very strict late policy, kinda forced to do volunteer outings",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49904,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Stable company, good pay, comfortable job","There are a lot of really smart people working there, and the benefits are great.","There are some corporate politics that happens, but its part of a company of this size.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49905,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Great place to work,"Work life balance, drinks, good benefits, flexible remoting","Not at main campus, support is still support at the end of the day and comes with a mitigated version of the norm.",Azure needs an advisory role between support engineer and consulting.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49906,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Toxic Sales Culture,The name. Only the name. The lie is that you'll get paid a ton of money. The truth is its 100% biased on whether you manager likes you,"Get rid of your re-branded rankings. The zero rewards is a scarlet letter and unfair. It's a way to give people your manager likes (even if they under-perform) a ton of money and leave you with nothing to force you to quit. There's no way out of it. None. Many of the managers are immoral and protected and they have ALL power in their hands with no accountability for their actions (I've even heard managers joke about it over dinner). If they don't like you, they will take all your credit, give you all their blame, and bully you until you quit. I've personally stopped 2 suicide attempts from manager bullying since I've been here. This is not a game, this is people's livelihood. I've also seen people given offers to fake positions just to let go of them one month later into the new role. Look it up! There is so much corruption and bias.","Seriously look into your 'CVP approval' clause and the morality of your managers. Google their names at the very least instead of just reading a 'no rewards' checkbox - there's a common thread. A lot of the sales managers are corrupt! They support and pay their friends regardless of how great other workers serve the business and make you money. Deep within, this is still Steve Ballmers Microsoft and Worse because its now hidden. It makes more sense for a good worker to leave a team that's not a fit and move internally than to work for AWS and drive their revenue which I've seen 4 great men do.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49907,microsoft,"Saint Paul, MN"," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A good bit of work,You are building something magnificent that affects millions of people’s lives. Enjoy that.,Finding a role that excites you is complicated.,Find good work for your directs...or help them learn how to do it yourself.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49908,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Microsoft employee,Technical work which is the best,Too much politics and power play,Change the upper management. Most partners and above continue to stay in their position even after delivering major failures.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49909,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Success,Customer Success,over all culture and company is good,NY Metro is worst place to work. Its RACIST white man club .. if you are anything else treated like POS.,Cleanup and don't just talk of about diversity (Lip Service) but show some spine and get rid of CSU racist culture. It begins with the Senior manager,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P31.htm
49910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,Best company to learn real software engineering,A lot of opportunities,Still many old habits of long timers,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49911,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant store manager,"Great Benefits, competitive salaries","Talent retention, strategy aligment",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49912,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,More work life balance. More determanated work scope,Less promotion. Less growth directions,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49913,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Company with Great Benifits,Good senior leadership Good strategic direction Good focus on diversity and culture,"It's a big company so sometimes bureaucracy can get in the way Middle management is still the fastest way to career advancement, so that basically encourages mediocrity in 1st level managers",Continue to the focus on the future. Decide who the core customer is (Consumer or Enterprise) and nail that first. Trying to do both at the same time means too many trade offs.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49914,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,j,hours are greater what it is,pay not the best for job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49915,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Hi,"Great benefits, work/life balance was good, lots of smart folks","Traffic in Seattle area is awful, making commute difficult. Cost of living (mainly housing) is approaching California-like levels of absurdity",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49916,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Excellent Company,Excellent Company to work for,None that I can say of,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49917,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Progressive place to work, great opportunities for technical development.",Endless opportunities for advancing technical training and knowledge. Work with some of the most intelligent minds in the industry and with the newest technologies. Self development and growth is part of the culture.,"Although they try to allow for work-life balance, this industry and company by nature is 24x7 and achieving a happy medium between work and life a difficult.",none,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49918,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior SDE,"Flexible, decent pay and benefits",Slow moving at times. Always at the risk of reorg,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49919,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to work with Solid work life balance,"Microsoft has a great work life balance, Interesting challenging work, and good policies and team interaction. I like my teammates, management, and compensation. I'm pretty happy working here. The benefits are also very good.","At Microsoft you don't get a lot of the flashy things that other companies get, like free lunch or a gym on campus. Also management has gotten more stingy in the last few years and now our morale events are very lack luster and boring.","Spending a bit more on morale events would increase retention and give Microsoft more of a feel of being a flashy and cool place to work. I know it feels like throwing money away, but you'll save that money back on not having to recruit people.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P32.htm
49920,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Great company with work going on in a lot of difference areas, so an employee can switch internally and work on difference technologies","Typical of big companies, not many opportunities to make an impact at junior levels.",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49921,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work for. Microsoft really cares about its employees. They have great benefits and work-life balance is great. The atmosphere has really changed for the better the past few years.,As with any large company there is still a bit of politics to deal with.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49922,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Excellent Company,Excellent Company to work for,None that I can say of,Keep doing what you're doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49923,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, Exciting, Challenging and Unreasonable",-Free food -Friendly co-workers -Lots of room for growth within the company,"-Management can be hit or miss, some managers are awesome while others are useless -You have to wear multiple hats in the company, despite your job title and description -Be ready to work hours than usual -Cut throat environment, be careful of who you trust within the organization",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49924,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Success Manager,"Great benefits, decent package and work life balance","changing jobs, pay is highly variant",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49925,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Lot of learning, new technologies",teams do not share information internally with contractors,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49926,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Compassionate culture,dynamic positive customer obsess innovative compassionate,Hierarchically not lean. Red tapes to innovate.,Too many reporting layers. Creates too many red tapes to be truly innovative. Hard to find latera L move opportunities.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49927,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager Engineering,Ageing Out,Great benefits and great people to work with,"White Male in 40's, top of level being pushed out to bring in young hires - so that's good for the young and building a diverse workforce.","Call it what it is, reduction in head count for older at level PM's",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49928,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Bland and mediocre,You get to say you work at Microsoft,Career growth and opportunities are limited,Stop managing out your competent employees and stop fixating on promoting under qualified people.,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49929,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics,Wfh culture. Benefits and health insurance,Politics Terrible review system Politics who you know is more important than what.,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P33.htm
49930,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits and a reasonably good work/life balance,Good benefits - perhaps one of the best even in the Bay Area.,"As with any big company, getting things done is always challenging given the hierarchical management system.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49931,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Level 66,Company is doing well. Good people.,"Long timers are not agile, and don't want new blood.Make","Why eliminate level 66's? They provide great value. Come clean on the up or out game you play. In my experience, the people who have been there for over a decade are useless -- they have not transformed.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49932,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - SDEII,"Good company, moving fast and slow.",Very good work life balance.,"Sometimes is hard to get ideas through. The culture does not promote creativity. It's more like a manager manager's have an idea and then it goes down. Most of the time ideas that come from up are shut down fast and it kills creativity. I would suggest having a work env where you can easily switch teams and work on other projects. Have all code available for all, not just for x,y,z.","Stop killing creativity and even more try to promote it. What I can say is if the argument is that people don't want to, 2 things are wrong: 1) wrong people(no motivation, just come to work for a paycheck) and 2) wrong manager attitude. I would 1) for the Hackathon, I would push all teams to have a project. 2) Switch teams for 1-2 weeks a year, see what impact you can do in a different team 3) Have a 0.5 day or 1 day where you don't work for the company, you work on something you are pasionate about. A lot of ways to bring the best our of people.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49933,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, too slow","- Great benefits - Great pay - Great work flexibility (work from home, vacation, etc.) - Lax management (no one breathing down your neck)","- Internal politics: If you make a recommendation and someone with the right management level doesn't attach their name to it will never get off the ground. On the flip side, if you're a high enough level manager they will let you burn through millions of dollars with only the most vague impression of what your initiative is. - I ran out of work a lot and was very bored. Having free time sounds great at first, but after a couple years you begin to question whether your job is really necessary. - Trying to move into different parts of the company is as hard as just leaving",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49934,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,A wide spectrum of projects. Internal transfer is allowed.,Collaboration is an issue. Slow progress.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49935,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design Engineer,Good benefits. Challenging work. Lots of opportunities for learning new skills. Many support lab resources on campus.,"Work life balance. Very short project development schedule between build cycles, which made it often difficult to verify design changes before builds. You must rely on your experience and engineering judgment to come up with thoughts and make a call. The build cycle is your chance of validating your design with great expectation from management for design quality.",none,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49936,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager Salary,"job diversity, benefits, strong future","some bureaucracy, annual salary raises not the best",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49937,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Principal Program Manager,"Autonomy, Great Team, Limited Politics","Uncompetitive total compensation, India Delivery Arm, numerous re-orgs",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49938,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM Intern,"Amazing company culture, invested mentor team",Lack of career growth options,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49939,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good place to work,good benefits and great internal knowledge base,Some consulting gigs require a lot of traveling,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P34.htm
49940,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,P,Good work life balance perks,Less interesting work bench warmers,Improve culture reduce benchbwarmers,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49941,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"benefits, working hours flexibility, location","too much ""politics"", work and life balance is off, management expects you to do their job (may depend on a team)",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49942,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Awesome place to work!,Finance org at MSFT is the best out of all the Fortune 500 companies I've worked for. Company perks are fantastic.,"Compensation is slightly lower than comparable positions at Google, Amazon, or Facebook, but culture more than compensates in my opinion.",Keep up the great work! Wouldn't hurt to raise comp a bit to keep the best talent.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49943,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Small environment, fast paced, constantly producing","small environment, tight lab space",Keep going.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49944,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Finance Manager,"Great company, work environment, opportunities. My manager was very supportive. Benefits are the best.",Locations can have limitations for certain positions or career growth.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49945,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory control expert,"Great benefits, company environment, opportunities and rewards for hard works","Limited positions to move up into in retail, but the company is actively trying to change that","We understand you like to take care of your employees, but that sometimes gives more work to your better employees and allows slackers to continue their less than stellar work because they know you’ll let them get away with it.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49946,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,great company to work for.,it is getting too big.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49947,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Service Advisor,Great Place to Work,The opportunities are bountiful. The people truly care about you. The benefits are great. The pay is great.,"They try to ""teach"" you too much too quickly in the form of elearnings but do little actual hands on training to solidify the content in you brain. Priorities can shift on a dime. There can at time be too many focuses.",Keep on keepin on.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49948,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be careful,Amazing CEO who makes you proud to work for such a trailblazing company,"PEOPLE still have to progress Satya's agenda, and a lot of those who worked under the ""old guard"" still operate with a fixed mindset. Satya is working hard to shift the culture into that of the ""growth mindset"", but people don't leave companies, they leave managers, and Microsoft is going to lose a lot of great talent as the company works through such a paradigm shift.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49949,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Group Engineering Manager,Company is undergoing transformation and finally seeing some benefits.,"Diverse portfolio, resilient and committed leadership, more data driven than ever before.","Under-utilization of talent, reorganization fatigue, loss of talent in some groups and lack of accountability for some leaders in how they treat their employees.",Show that you’re taking action on employee pulse feedback. Measure impact and value employees contributing to the building of the company and desired culture and not just for achieving short term business goals at the expense of employees.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P35.htm
49950,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,Great company. Great benefits. Plenty opportunity to grow.,Most likely requires flexible schedule,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49951,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,University Recruiter (Contract),Work Life Balance is good,"Slow Culture Change, but going in the right direction",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49952,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 21, 2018",Former Employee - Sale,Title,"good communnity, hours are nice, good payment","not much flexibility, less freedom than wanted",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49953,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,work life balance variety of work,not much to think of any,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49954,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Want to go far? Don't start as ICE,"Great benefits You get a much more lax feeling from those in Redmond-based divisions, creating that One Microsoft feel Loads of resources like LinkedIn Learning for personal development","Management in Retail isn't like in Corporate, cannot escalate to skip or elsewhere or you get in trouble Schedule is flexible, but not much unless you're a PA or SVA as there are more of them throughout Retail Might only be two or three of you at most, so management isn't looking to move you elsewhere Hard to move elsewhere in the store Sometimes management doesn't appreciate what your role does for the store Your coworkers might not understand how much work your job entails and might treat you with disrespect Pay raises are yearly negative or positive aligned with everyone else in the store. If a lot of people get a higher raise, you're probably getting less","Have your Market Managers and leaders actually bother to drill down more with everyone in the store and ask for truly honest and open feedback, not just positive feedback all the time. Also, look for patterns of people being promoted or moved. If you're not seeing a lot of Inventory Control Experts being moved or promoted, you're failing at diversity and inclusion.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49955,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Management,"Great culture, silos still exist but are changing! Benefits are superb! Amazing CEO.","Redmond based, getting top heavy and politics at play.",Keep hiring great leaders like Satya!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49956,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,I love MS in general,Work life balance is very good,"Not top level pay I guess, not sure",Make mobile work!,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49957,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The new Microsoft is a great place to work,The company is on a roll. Satya lives his values and is creating a new company with great products and a great culture to work in.,Large companies always have overhead and complexity.,Keep it up,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Service Engineer,First Big Tech experience.,Great benefits. Awesome campus facilities. Free drinks.,Old tech stack. Not great at agile methodologies or at adopting new open source frameworks.,Keep the good work bu reduce the useless all-hands meetings.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49959,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NA,Great career opportunities for FTE,Too much pressure from the regional management,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P36.htm
49960,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Microsoft has office, which is good",The salary in Microsoft is too low,increase salary,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49961,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,Great culture. Great benefits. Great learning opportunities.,Large organization. Hard to navigate when just starting out.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49962,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies I have worked for,Microsoft really cares about its Employees. Lots of opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology.,You need to know how to navigate through organizational politics if you want to grow.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49963,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great coworkers, terrible physical environment",- Coworkers are always smart and know what they're doing - Work tends to be interesting,"Facilities are team rooms, with little organization so that you're in a 40 person room with 50 people from different orgs.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49964,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,regular,"good company, good culture, strong leadership","salary is lower than competitors', the company doesnt embrace internal transfers, so you will have to pass full interview again",most of my manager were totally incapable as engineers and made it to management just because they worked for a decade for the company,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49965,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fav company,"Large, agile, innovative, equal opportunity",some teams can reimagine to align with rest of company,keep innovating and caring for employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49966,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,"Great work life balance, benefits",No cons as of now,none,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49967,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,"I can learn a lot good technical skills, and good benefit package.",The base salary is not that high.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49968,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Depends on your team,"* Great perks and benefits * If you do the bare minimum and can ship code, this is a place you can collect a decent paycheck and coast pretty much forever * Coworkers are generally good people and nondiscriminatory","* Microsoft's senior leadership talk a good game, but working on a team day to day doesn't reflect the reality * Way too many egotistical, toxic senior engineers who have coasted for years and silo'd domain knowledge and are ""too technical"" to let go are the ones who truly run the show. Pray you don't find yourself on a team with one of these. * Outdated tools for building and deploying means even simple straightforward changes are painful to get through, doubly so for legacy products * Lateral moves are completely self-driven. Nobody really cares about your individual career advancement. Managers are too stressed out to do anything but get their features shipped in time * People rave about the WLB but this is entirely team dependent and individually driven. I often see people arrive before 8am and don't leave until past 7pm. * Long meetings. Inefficient meetings. Meetings meetings meetings where people tend to ask ""smart"" questions and nothing really productive comes out of it","* Empower your managers to run their teams more efficiently. More top-down guidance from SLT to roll out initiatives quicker. * If a product is clearly superior (Teams > Skype for Business) roll it out to all the other teams instead of letting a loud, toxic minority dictate norms for the rest of us. * Keep driving ahead with One Microsoft, but really identity the folks who are on board and empower them instead of hoping the Microsoft lifers will come around.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49969,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineering,Amazing.,"Fun, Great environment, and tons of help",It's hard to move up,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P37.htm
49970,microsoft,"Newark, NJ"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales - Account Management,Excellent mission and leading technology,A very bureaucratic environment creating friction within,Improve the on-boarding and coaching process,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49971,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Access to vast knowledge base and working with awesome people. Diversity.,"Lack of employee health programs, no fitness center, communication among peers, little team building.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49972,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Consulting Director,Updrafts & Rip Cords,"Over 17 years, I worked in 3 different divisions (Online Advertising, Enterprise Sales & Partners - US and then WW), Consulting Services WW) - each time, it was working in a new company without the necessity of learning the basics. It was a phenomenal opportunity to drive new projects, make a positive impact and move to the next role.","There is very limited upside if you have worked there for more than 12 years. The funnel starts to become very, very, very narrow for opportunities and growth possibilities. Unless you have solved world hunger in hte last 12 months, you will be asked to leave at some point - so be ready with Plan B. You are almost guaranteed the necessity of pulling the rip cord.",You're doing a great job -,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49973,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Circuit,Good food and great coffee,"Bad management, and poor design flow",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49974,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,"Great culture, life-work balance, good teams and managers. Feels like you are cared for and everyone is like your second family. Lot of benefits.","It is retail, but it is the best as it gets.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49975,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Overall good,Less stressful in daily work Good Benifit in daily work,Too many politics in daily work,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49976,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Sales Specialist,Microsoft is an excellent company,You manage your own time and can work remotely,"A lot of quota pressure, could be difficult",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49977,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,wonderful managers,"Large, have opportunity to move between teams and products choose different managers that will work well with you","Slow, lack of directions. Lack of code sharing. you can have hundreds of teams working on the same problems with thousands of different solutions",increase communication with outside of the org and within the org,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49978,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Azure Sales Specialist,"Great pay, benefits and stock rewards",Lack of company culture & constant changes .,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49979,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Not as exciting as it used to be,"Work- life balance , 401k,","- your manager won’t be your advocate , coach or mentor - outdated reward system - lack of company culture, low morale budget, employees encouraged to organize potlucks to save morale budget - easier to promote by leaving the company and coming back",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P38.htm
49980,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,No longer a good place to work,"Obviously, its the center of the world for Microsoft technology.",Management quality varies widely from team to team. Ranges from good leaders to criminally abusive managers.,Try treating people like people instead of like nameless numbers in a spreadsheet.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49981,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,produdct manager,good money and benefit Package,too many hours of work,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49982,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunities,- Great new technologies - Friendly and talented co-workers - Almost limitless opportunities to work with various new technolgies - Great learning options,"- Like any large organization politics can play a big role on decision - Depending on unit and team, Life balance is not high in priority",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49983,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Performance,Benefits are great. Best if you want to stay long term.,Redmond centric company. 360 reviews conducted but manager has the final say.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49984,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director of Sales Americas,Great company and innovative. I see that the company is transforming quickly.,The programs and teams have changed so much that I want to have a chance for change. It has been over 5 years.,Give your employees the chance to change even if there is a learning curve. They have laid off a lot based on changes in technology,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49985,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Great company on the right track,You are working with a group of smartest people in the world. The daily work in interesting and challenging. Good work-life balance.,Sometimes the program managers stole credits from you because they pretend to know everything you are doing and they drive the agenda of a project.,"Be aware who did what, the fact.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49986,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Ice,Good for anything but advancement,"Benefits are great! pay is decent, consistent raises great culture","hard to advance in career, will have to move to do so MGMT still stuck in old retail mind, can be like working at Best Buy",pay attention to your staff and stop setting your own rules,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49987,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde2,"good benefits, layback, easy work, decent money","bad culture, too many managers, too many pms",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49988,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Nice environment and ppl for anyone not just SDE,Architecture wise needs more collaboration,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49989,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - SWE II,Software Engineer 2,Microsoft provides excellent benefits to its employees. There are 100s of different projects at any give time and you can always find something that best suits your talents and interests.,"Working at such a large company, your main challenge can be to stand out when it comes to review time. In this same vein, it is difficult to maintain a healthy work life balance when others are willing to sacrifice nights and weekends more often than not.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P39.htm
49990,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Work life balance Good pay Stable company,Stack ranking Review process Lower pay than other top tier tech companies.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
49991,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good First Job,Good company to have on your resume. There are so many different products and teams that there's something for everyone.,The bureaucracy that comes with a big corporation can be difficult to navigate.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
49992,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Great benefit, visionary CEO, strong senior leaderships and Azure revenue is growing fast, good work life balance","Continues to have duplicate jobs within the business unit, performance evaluation model following heavily on diversity and inclusion model",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
49993,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft,They had a great selection of food and is a great workspace,There are no cons its amazing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
49994,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Engineer,"I had flexible work hours, good benefits, and good pay. Work load wasn't too heavy unless a big project needed to get out the door on time.",with the team i was on i always felt like i was on the chopping block even though i was doing good work and work that was important to the products future success. Management was not in touch with ICs.,"Have more interaction with the individual contributors. Most of the time in meeting I would hear upper management explain a project or what a team was working on, and it was not correct.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
49995,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Professional,Technical Solutions Professional (Sales) - Dont do it,"Lots of perks working for a big company like Microsoft, free Azure, MSDN access, discount on Microsoft hardware and software.","You don’t want to do technical sales at Microsoft. Technical sellers are the most undervalued roles in company. When its convent, management will speak of its technical sellers as “sales.” But when it comes to compensation, the technical seller is dead last. Technical sellers end up doing most of the sales motion (qualification, sales, licensing, pricing & solution estimation) but have little if any upside. As a technical seller, you can easily work 50+ hours a week with nothing more to show for it than a pat on the back. You’ll be carrying a “Account Executive” and “Sales Professional” and some other “semi-sales” individuals that make up what they call an “Account team”. However, seldom will any of those individuals say anything in a meeting other than to introduce themselves and say how they don’t know anything about the technology before passing the buck to the technical seller to run the show and all the follow-up. Your account team will make double what you make and work about ¼ as hard as you do. To make matters worse, 50% of your variable compensation will be at the discretion of your manager (no way shape or form dependent on your sales performance.) One of many problems with this is the turnover rate of managers in the organization. Microsoft has a very high turnover on their leadership teams (whether its new talent, RIF, change in business etc.) I’ve had 8 managers in 5 years. When it comes time to do our ranks (yes they do stack rankings behind closed doors despite what they will ever admit to) if you have a new manager or someone who isn’t networked well, you will likely get a low rating and low end of year payout. What this means, is that as a technical seller while you are supposed to be more insulated from variability in compensation, this model does the complete opposite. You’ll have huge swings in your pay from one year to another depending on who your manager is. In fact, as I write this, I’ve had a $43K swing in my pay (unfortunately down) all within a year where I was one of Microsoft’s top performers (even nominated for club.) Do yourself a favor, if you want to do technical sales, do not do it at Microsoft or look for a job title as a “SSP – Solution Sales Professional” or “AE – Account Executive” where you can make twice as much, have less variability/risk in your pay, and work far less hours with way better work life balance.","Align technical seller’s compensation with sales. Incentivize your most valuable talent, to over achieve.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
49996,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great!,Money Room for Advancement Creative tasks,Top down structure Work life balance is good but not perfect,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
49997,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer II,Great company,Great place to learn and build your career with a competitive salary and benefits,Career advancement may be difficult,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
49998,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Program Manager,"Inclusive and diverse culture, great benefits",Pay and promotion equity amongst gender,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
49999,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Decent amount of flexibility and plenty of time off and benefits,High Stress dealing with customers critical issues,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P40.htm
50000,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"Flexible, innovative, improving and fast moving",Too many meetings and communications to stall the speed,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50001,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2018",Former Employee - Director,"Great company on the upswing, after having gone through a tough decade.","Smart people, great benefits, and good challenges at work.","Bureaucracy, politics, and not always working on things that really matter for the company.",Satya is crushing it! The CVP and GM level needs some cleaning out to help make MICROSOFT more lean and mean.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50002,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Cloud Consultant,Awesome place to work,"Good people, good leadership, and great focus on customer, technology, and community. I enjoy being part of the leading edge and solving complex issues.",So many technologies makes it difficult to go deep into the well of knowledge.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50003,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Tech giant that gives you what you’d expect,"Excellent benefits & opportunities to network, plenty of supportive teams who value diverse backgrounds and experiences to work for, challenging technical problems — a real good place to get your start.","Big organizations with an entrenched culture of competition (not collaboration) and aging products make it difficult or impossible to make change for the better, depending on where and who you are. It’s changing, and it was changing for all my years there, but the process is slow and disheartening. Some attitudes and code based will never change.","Change can’t come from Satya and IC managers: the whole management chain has to be on board with pursuing metrics that will attract new customers, fresh talent, and reinvigorating neglected products.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50004,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer Product Advisor,"Interesting customers, you learn about new technology and trends","work life balance is hard, scheduling wasn't the best, no real incentives hard to move up","offer ways for staff to improve to further themselves in the company, hire from within",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50005,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Junior Engineer,Coding was lot of fun.,People were all very old.,Make food free,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50006,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it,"Culture of engineering excellence, constantly trying to focus on changing the world - matching donations for example","slow moving, strategy changes resulted in leaving customers behind in some cases",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,-work with talented people/engineers - lots of different projects to choose - growing with strong revenue,- contribution may be invisible and trivial,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50008,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Senior Product Marketing Manager,"- Excellent heath care benefits - Best 401K matching in the industry - Global reach, impact","- Employee performance system doesn't work: you get good 'ratings' only if you get along well with your manager and leadership regardless of your actual performance - Bad managers: Still LOTS of managers that are jerks and bullies, and care less about their direct reports - Signs of discrimination due to age: In recent years, it seems that the company is trying to get rid of employees who are considered ""old"" (e.g. in past 2 years, they have laid off 4 (~15% of total) people on my team and they were all over 40 years old).","- Make sure you have good managers with good leadership skills, to inspire their direct reports/teams vs fear/bully them. - Fix your employee performance review system. You are already losing good talent, and there will be more if you don't fix it. - Stop the lay offs for no reason. Employees need to feel secure at work to perform well.",1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50009,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Decent company,"Good benefits like fitness, 401k match, relocation Opportunity to switch teams with lots of options",Growth is stuck. Individual contributions are not valued much.,"Take care of the engineers and think about their career growth, job satisfaction.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P41.htm
50010,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Benefits is good. Work life balance is not bad according to team and projects your are working on. Nice food and beverage.,Salaries is not competitive comparing to other tech giants. Politics affects career growth all the time. Manager can decide your promotion no matter if you are qualified enough.,I choose not to say because it doesn't make sense to get advice from external website. Most employees have done this on their last working day.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50011,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director of PM,"challenging work, exciting technologies, many businesses",Management chain are narcissistic and promote within. Performance reviews are very subjective and more like the survivor than reality.,start over on a new review process that takes ultimate power away from managers to make process more objective,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50012,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits. Only Azure org is good to work in,"Great benefits. 401k, pro club,health",need to fina the right team and manager,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50013,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Good benefits, smart people, flexible","Stock options not that great, culture differs from team to team",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50014,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier field engineer,Great place to work and grow,"Competitive place to work, know your stuff",Great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50015,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Being able to work on amazing products. Windows, Xbox, Office, Mixed Reality, Visual Studio, Server, Azure, AI, Cortana...","Big company, sometimes it could be slow to make decisions",Great job on leading industries by amazing technologies such as HoloLens and Azure Cognitive Services,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50016,microsoft,"London, KY"," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Tester,Specialist,Good place to work for most,"Not nice people there, but it is getting better",Do something,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50017,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Employee,"Great benefits, huge corporation, learn how to do things, able to learn lots of tech","The groups very much, UST is not good group for considering, not balanced work/life, managers like to push employees. some group need oncall as well, the culture is not healthy,",Please value the employee and not treat them as tools,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50018,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good benefits, not the best culture",Great benefits Good WLB Good work hiring more women,Too much politics/hierarchy: need to please your manager/vp Kind of strict culture (maybe too much Asian influence?) Slowly changing but still hard to welcome innovation,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50019,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering,Great place to work in the eastside,Not really a lot of things to complain about.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P42.htm
50020,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Fantastic fringe benefits, high degree of freedom",Technology support lags by a few years,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50021,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Azure Architect,"Incredibly Dysfunctional, Discriminatory",They pay well and their benefits are reasonably good.,"I had such a fondness for Microsoft before working for them. Working for them cured that fondness, completely. The company is made up mostly of two kinds of people. Those that have been there forever and are expert at dodging responsibility and those that get used by those people. If you are a white male, run the other way as fast as you can. Microsoft is actively trying to 'cleanse' the company of white males. If you are not a white male you are 'diversity hire'... and they have goals to dramatically increase those. They wont say they are hoping to get rid of white males, but it's an inverse of myopically focusing on retaining everyone else. I've never met a more dishonest culture inside a company. The place is rife with two faced fake people. Sure there are some good people. But overwhelmingly the leadership is very veiled and sneaky. Prone to making abrupt and ill-informed decisions, which they can ultimately hide from the repercussions of or skillfully blame it on others. They seem to churn & burn a lot of people. This is probably a result of their bigger initiative to get rid of white men. But they also go out of their way to hire people that come from different backgrounds and then they try to pound them into being like everyone else at Microsoft. They literally sought me out for help, then told me how to do things. It's no wonder why Amazon is so much better at doing things than they are. They clamor to listen to Satya, which is ironic that his reports and ultimately the way the company runs is nothing like anything he says. Such as ""Microsoft runs on trust."" <-- this is perhaps the biggest joke them all. It's a lot like when people say ""Let me be honest with you""...",You are such a crooked and deceptive company it's a shame that nobody can hold you accountable. You should publish your statistics that show how many white men you get rid of compared to everyone else.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50022,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,title for review,"Breadth of technologies, opportunities, smart people.",your success is too manager dependent,Wish to see more growth mindset,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50023,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Work life balance is good.,Good work life balance. While some share the space some has personal office spaces (however the trend is open space),Not sure the payments are competitive enough. Also the knowledge culture compared to some other recently emerge companies is less.,Offer quality training. Given the companies aged workforce the amount of training given to new commers is not enough.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50024,microsoft,"Lehi, UT"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - National Account Executive,Good company,Good pay and benefits for employees,Not HQ so you don’t meet many other employees,Keep it up,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50025,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Network Engineer,Network engineer,"Learning, good salary, good management team",overwhelming projects and no work balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50026,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great vision, benefits but culture/day to experience depends on your group and manager",Microsoft really has changed its vision in the past couple of years to reverse course to focus on empowering all people and organizations with its technology. The benefits are fantastic and there psd tons of flexibility to work from home or wherever you are most comfortable/productive. There are a lot of smart people and the company is on the forefront of tons of cool technology. As a full time employee you can access a lot of information and learn tons about what other groups are building,"Communication style is very top down with major reorg announcements being forwarded on from top leadership without any clarity on how this impacts your role in the future. There were reorgs every 6 months while I was there so you just get used to it. There isn't really a ""management culture"" here unlike other big/mature companies I've worked at. Some managers are promoted for being a good IC which means managing up and not being interested in coaching. It's very subjective what makes a top performer and varies by group. They're changing the review process but its still opaque. Big company with lots of politics. Sometimes it feels like you're working in the government and not in the fast paced tech sector. Different groups will start similar projects, then senior managers lobby for each one and there's very little assurance that anything you create or run will continue into the next fiscal year (especially if there's a reorg). This can be very demotivating for someone with pilot programs as you never get to iterate on ideas.",There's a clear overall mission statement and there needs to be a clear communicated vision on the companies priorities for each product/business area. Commit to longer term planning for pilot programs and have senior leadership actually work with each to create cross-dept projects vs relying on ICs to figure out.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50027,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,good place to work in,keep good in all way,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50028,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,it has great work and culture,compensation is lower than competition,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50029,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Service Specialist,Technical Services Advisor,"Teaches you problem solving skills, allows you to expand your thinking outside of the box.",There could be very busy days and days where there are a couple of upset customers that express themselves in a rude manner. Then again that is every other retail position there are going to be unique customers.,Management is doing good at training the new hires and giving them a good introduction to the role.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P43.htm
50030,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Lot of opportunities to move around. Challenging work,"Too big. So sometimes work might be duplicated in another team,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50031,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great working place,"Great 401k match, great discount stock program and good overall TC. Would recommend to a friend as the engineering challenges keep you relevant to the industry.",Slow moving at times. Promotion takes a lot of time and sometime office politics can be an obstacle to it. Promotions are manager dependent and not objectively looked at.,Great overall management. It's very important to have a clear vision of the overall org's future. I'd say that people tend to be more personally motivated when they have a clear understanding of the goal they're trying to get the company at.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50032,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,Work with smart people that come from different backgrounds. Flexibility to switch teams and even roles internally.,"Sometimes you feel that you don't have a great impact, depending on your team.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50033,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Manager,Great and stuff like that,Not so great and stuff like that,Keep doing stuff that is cool,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50034,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Technology Manager,Microsoft is a solid company and great working environment,"I love this company. Great benefits, challenging environment, diverse, fun, innovative","Big company and can be political. Stick with the smaller new teams that are just starting and trying to ""figure it out"".",Keep growing the cloud business and partner ecosystem.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50035,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Tech Lead,Great benefits and work/life balance,Great work/life balance is possible. Excellent corporate values. Large company affords many different job opportunities. Competitive compensation and benefits.,More of a leader in cloud and business-oriented spaces than consumer.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50036,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hours,The smartest persons to work with,To much time consuming at work,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50037,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid company,"Stable company, lot of job opportunities","Too much politics, poor cross group collab",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50038,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Work life balance is good.,Looking for more career development opportunity.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50039,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Has awesome benefits and the salary is great, plus the environment of the office is very friendly.",NONE that i can mention at this moment.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P44.htm
50040,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Paid benefits, learn a lot and Microsoft is just a great company especially with giving back to the community",It was hard to receive a good pay raise and advance.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50041,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,great company,competitive salary and benefits and bonuses,company uses too many vendors,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50042,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development Manager,"Supportive culture, great work-life balance","Slow, bureaucratic, political. Outdated business processes.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50043,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,recommend this company for white dudebros who love bureaucracy,"The salary & benefits, being able to say you worked on products that went to hundreds of millions of users",Your coworkers' attitudes and management's complete lack of care about changing culture that supports casual everyday sexual harassment and bias and tech bro-y-ness.,Take a hard stance against harassment and bias and actually stand up to change your culture. Find ways to truly engage your employees with the anti-harassment and anti-bias trainings they're required to complete but just leave open in a background tab. Offer better support groups and mentorship solutions to underrepresented populations which will actually provide advice and mentorship to help them be seen and get promoted.  Or: admit how broken you are and stop trying to recruit women & other underrepresented minorities into this toxic environment.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50044,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Struggling to break from the bureaucracy of the past,New vision from CEO is compelling and working.,"Bureaucratic - politics everywhere. People learn to be nasty to each other. Entrenched managers, directors and VPs. Big teams == unbelievable slowness. Currency of success for managers is resources. Managers compete against one another and have zero interest in helping each other out or de-fragging the missions across larger groups. The more you own, the more you succeed - this can only be achieved by beating somebody else.",Remove the entrenchment. It's keeping the company from truly reinventing itself.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50045,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Good work life balance,Good work life balance Good medical benefits,Terrible politics Poor team collaboration,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50046,microsoft,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,-large impact -care about the well-being of employees -great hours,"-nothing really at all, I suppose",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50047,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Manager,They pay a high amount,Hires terrible store managers who do nothing,Reevaluate anyone store manager or higher,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50048,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Layoffs change everyone, even if your job is safe","Great pay and benefits. Many motivated, smart, and caring coworkers.",Everyone is looking for a job that will be around next year instead of trying to do the best in the job they have.,"By laying off employees in jobs that are no longer essential to the company instead of trying to re-home the employees, Microsoft is creating a risk-averse culture that makes employees seek stability rather than challenge in their jobs.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50049,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance manager,Good benefits pay stock product,Hierarchy and office politics busy,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P45.htm
50050,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,"Overall good. Nothing is perfect, and some pockets are bad.","Good, not amazing everything, including: pay, benefits, location, scope of work. Some possibilities for amazing work.  Any job at Microsoft is better than 99% of any other job in the world.","There's a lot of old bloat here that shows, and some pockets of work are just boring. Do you want to maintain windows 7 updates? Update compatibility of original notepad? You can do that here!  95% of PMs I've worked with do nothing or harm progress and get most of the credit for the work.  Such a huge company that it's hard to make a real impact sometimes. You can do the greatest thing in the world and show 1000 people and still actually do nothing in the end.  There is still a competitive nature between teams that really harms innovation. I've been blocked from doing work multiple times because teams didn't want me to help out of fear that I would get credit. It's bizarre to me, but it happens A LOT, and I suspect it's a holdover from the Balmer days.","Fire yourself, or at least explore different management methods. Management gets in the way of a lot of real work.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50051,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2018",Current Employee - Marketer,Culture Lags Behind Other Tech Companies,"CEO (Satya Nadella) reinforces culture, has a good message, leading culture change. His plan for the company overall is sound and he is a visionary.","Many, many groups are ""old Microsoft"" which means boys club/bad culture (opposite of CEO's mission--exactly why he started the culture initiative in the first place). These teams (and the HR enablers) only give lip service to culture and are invested in maintaining their power structure. See the Seattle Times article ""I Felt So Alone"" and Microsoft's response to said article.",See Cons. Hemorrhaging talent to preserve outmoded executives is short sighted.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50052,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,"Benefits , moving up in the company",sometimes working weekends not often,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50053,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,"- Great work-life balance - Microsoft provides immigration lawyers, and covers the costs towards a green card if you are an immigrant - Amazing benefits all around - A variety of opportunities across the company",- Can sometimes be slow moving to get things done,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50054,microsoft,"Bridgewater, NJ"," Jul 20, 2018",Former Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Great company to work for.,"Fast paced, lots of promotion opportunities, great environment.","Can sometimes be overlooked as an employee, promotions feel biased sometimes.",Acknowledge your employees that work hard behind the scenes.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50055,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Happy so far...still new,"Benefits aren’t as good as they used to be, but better than my previous jobs.",Somewhat difficult to navigate the expectations of my role.,Offer better role definitions and clearer expectations to new hires.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50056,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the type that you thought of,above average pay in Seattle,"lots of politics, lots of re-orgs",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50057,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Some good and some bad,Stock price keeps going up and benefits are relatively good.,Company culture is cheap and demanding. Looks nice in the gardens but nothing worth staying for. Too much politics and little commitment to product excellence.,"Good products make money, good politicians drain money.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50058,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,A lot of change - more openness towards new tech,Average to low compensation and benefits,Management has too many directs -- it's hard to actually chat w/ management,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50059,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner/Channel Marketing Manager,"work, compensation, benefits, company, culture",You can expect longer hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P46.htm
50060,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"Breadth of products, challenging technical problems and benefits",Tools and processes could be better,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50061,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Community Development Specialist Job Title,"Good benefits, great people, and fun enviroment","Retail hours, have to work most holidays",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50062,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,look out for team dynamic,"great benefits, know some people with great w/l balance",SOME teams have a rigorous work-life balance and there is a lot of old-ideals around that. For example in order to be top-performing you must work borderline 24/7.,"keep hours at 40-50 week, and generally 40...…...",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50063,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 8, 2018",Current Employee - Business Sales Specialist,No longer customer obsessed.,Great pay! Amazing benefits! Microsoft on your resume.,No work life balance. Systems are still an inconvenience and many of the support channels do not understand what you have to do so there is always a back and forth.,5 years ago the policy was take care of your customer. Quit trying to be apple and only care about selling. Your customer obsession is what sets you apart.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50064,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Lots of focus on customer innovation!,Some teams are still stuck in the last decade,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50065,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Good long-term employer for those who actively manage their careers,"Benefits, long-term commitment to employees, work-life balance, internal career development","Frequent reorgs, pockets of terrible managers, pay lower than comparable tech companies","Pay more atten to MSPoll, WHI scores",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50066,microsoft,"Newark, NJ"," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Chief Executive Officer Blogger,Family Benefits,"Benefits for your family are great , great pay , promote healthy lifestyle it’s up to you to follow along and join Washington healthy lifestyle look of fit and trim . Everyone looks great here you can see alcohol and drug free living and healthy gym outdoor active lifestyle is promoted with free gym memberships fitness equipment work life balance pay for promotion excel with college degrees and continued ed Justice for woman and promote global knowledge for the world and how to make the world a better place for all vacation good 401 k d",Don’t leave Home without it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50067,microsoft,"Tempe, AZ"," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Account Technology Strategist,Good company to work for.,Work life balance didn't exist.,None,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50068,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Softwa,"Great work, great people, average pay","Good benefits, work life balance and tons of interesting teams to work for.",Pay is not as high as other top Software companies.,Re evaluate comp as it is making Microsoft lose a lot of talent to competitors.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50069,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior UX researcher,"Great company, good mission, great people.","Bad managers, leaders who have been there for a LONG tie.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P47.htm
50070,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"Great Benefits, Great Pay, and Friendly staff.",Need to keep on top of new technology,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50071,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,One of the best company to work for. Satya is great.,"If comuting from Northside, traffic is bad.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50072,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer 2,A good place to work at!,A lot of teams and a lot of dependencies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50073,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Boring,Good for your resume if you're fresh out of school,"Boring, slow moving, not competitive from a compensation perspective to other top companies",Improve on the benefits and stock,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50074,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Competitive pay, great benefits, talented coworkers, in a professional and diverse environment.  They give you all the tools you need to do your job. Technical as well as non-technical.","Silicon Valley is not their main HQ, so sometimes gets a little neglected. You're not going to get filthy rich working for MS, as they're not a startup. Sometimes, you can feel like a small cog in a big machine.","Be very cognizant of the toll Full Stack engineering takes on people's personal lives. DRI duty is stressful, even when there are no incidents. Doing that for years and years takes a psychological toll and makes you think ""I have to get away from this"". DRI should be done in tours, with loooooong breaks between.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50075,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Director Business Programs,An amazing place to learn and grow,Working for a global company with such an inspiring mission is exciting and can lead to endless ways to learn and grow,Huge companies are not for everyone - it can sometimes be overwhelming to keep up with the girth of the business.,"Continue to think big, but take small, quick steps towards progress",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50076,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,"Incredibly smart, driven coworkers well aligned with strategy.",Some overly complex and inefficient processes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50077,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Program Manager,"- great benifits, , good work, good people","slower, political, reorgs, older tech, not much attrition",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50078,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,msft,Work life balance and benefits,top down culture. Hard to innovate ground up unless you are lucky,listen to employees,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50079,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great benefits for part time. Fun work environment Great staff Free food and drinks,Work retails hours but that is just part of the job No real way/opportunity to move up to corporate,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P48.htm
50080,microsoft,"Herndon, VA"," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Database Administrator,Dba,Good teammate and interesting work place for professionals Inspires for everyone,Good to get experience . I like it.,Give good trainings to brand new employees,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50081,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE,World class azure cloud and mobile solutions,Not much all good improving lot in advanced technologies and attracting lot of customers,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50082,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,hit or miss,Great benefits Great people Lot of flexibility lot of potential to move around,silo'd depends on your boss for your experience,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50083,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good environment for soft landing,Best benefits Tons of training materials available Patient until you show performance,Need play politics Slow decision making,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50084,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meaningful work and great work/life balance,"- Great work/life balance - Everything you ship impacts millions of users - There are a lot of different teams, and there's bound to be one that's a good fit",- There's a lot of bureaucracy and red tape - shipping even small features could take months,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50085,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for an FTE,-Working with intelligent people -Benefits -Salary -Seattle/Redmond are great cities to live in,-Company overuses contract employees to do the work of full time employees without providing ample benefits,Turn more contract roles into FTE positions and stop using contractors to do FTE work without the benefits,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50086,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work,You get to work on some cool leading edge products Depending on the team you can have a lot of influence on product direction. Great salary Great benefits Lots of opportunity to move around and work on different things.,Too much politics at the upper levels Projects get cancelled just because of petty arguments by VP's,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50087,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft,Great work life balance. Chill atmosphere,Hard to stand out. Compensation is not competitive.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50088,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great lifestyle,Great company with a good work life balance,"Growth opportunities are slow, due to the size of the company",Improve growth opportunities,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50089,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Microsoft cares about its employees.,Microsoft historically has a monoculture that can restrict your exposure to alternative methods.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P49.htm
50090,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Licensing Executive,Good pay and great benefits.,"Buracracy, no work life balance, spent more time defending and documenting the job role then performing the job role.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50091,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE in Msft,"Good for new hires, you can learn a lot. Since it's a big company, you can try many things within it to find you passion. Good benefits.","Depends on the team, way too much stress. Sometimes the team work is good, but too many reorgs makes things unstable. The more senior you get, the more corporate politics you have to deal with. Underpays compared to companies of same or even less size.","Don't micro manage unless you employees want to be micromanaged. New managers need to learn people skills, it's way more important than technical ones.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50092,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SR global logistics Manager,"great company, good benefits , have a lot to learned that they give you opportunities","Rough environment, no team players , challenging place to work",Take care of the people,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50093,microsoft,"Oak Brook, IL"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Great Company To Work For,They listen and truly care about their employees. They provide us opportunities for improvement in the company.,"There isn't much negative things to say! Microsoft provides great benefits and allows for a great work/life balance. The only thing I wish is Microsoft market their Surface brands better. You don't see as much Surface commercials as you do Apple, Google, or Amazon.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50094,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Animator,Great job. <3,"Lotta money, health insurance is nice, I get to work with my best friends all day.",Even at 343 the environment is way too corporate/producer-heavy/meeting-heavy.,"Give us open PTO please, and free food.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50095,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Committed to Growth Mindset,The company has changed completely under Satya. It strives to do the best that it can with people and products.,It is still a big company. Lots of policies and procedures. Has trouble figuring out how to best manage and develop remote workforce.,Consider that only 50% of the workforce is in Redmond.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50096,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Content Writer,It all depends on your manager,Great benefits. Working on products that help and affect many people.,"Slow moving. Too many managers. Managers feel the need to prove something by changing established processes. Often, they can't explain why, they just want their review to look good. Your success depends on your manager. I had many managers, the last one was unsupportive, and became openly hostile when I complained, making up a lot of untrue things about me. HR ignored my complaints. I felt I had no choice buy to leave. Even now, I can't give away to much about my position for feat that the manager will try to retaliate.","Satya. You talk about empathy, and I admire you for turning Microsoft around. I loved working there but, when employees have a genuine grievance, the company must learn to really listen. I lost a job I loved very much because of one manager who clearly only cared about their own career path, not the products and staff they managed. Because of this, I can't in good faith recommend MSFT as a good place to work.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50097,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior account manager,Incredible benefits and amazing pay,Hard to move and into management,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50098,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great place,"Flexible hours, great benefits, work isn't toooo hard","Limited room for advancement at times, not a wonderful place to be early career.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50099,microsoft,none," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Data Scientist,Many things to learn and grow,A lot of people working on similar projects,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P50.htm
50100,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The score on Microsoft,Great opportunities to explore different businesses. There are not many composites that give you so much exposure.,Culture is lacking. It's becoming competitive to the point that his work doesn't matter as much as who's agenda you align with. Sad really.,Weed through management that had been around for a long time. We need new perspectives and willingness to change and take risks.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50101,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great compensation and work hours,NONE THAT I CAN THINK OF,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50102,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Analyst,Great location - huge company with many teams working on different products and services,Hard to push things through - many layers of management and eventually many good ideas just get lost on the way.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50103,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Find the right group and you are good - wrong group - run for the hills,Lots of opportunities to move around internally,Each group is like its own little company and some of them are very backstabbing,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50104,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Director of Product Management,"Very talented people, many opportunities","Passive aggressive behavior is the only way to get ahead, everyone does it",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50105,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Dynamic, flxible, great culture. Diversity celebrated.","Siloed, lots of change, waterfall driven v Agile",Move to agile,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50106,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Boss,"Toxic, racist, boys club. If you are anyone other than a 40+ white male, stay away.",Compensation is high for Seattle Puget Sound area,"Highly racist organization. Daily micro aggressions (and blatant racism) asserted towards POCs. Boys club with widespread sexual harassment and collusion across the company. Company puts a lot of energy and effort to manage perceptions around racism, gender bias, etc., but it is a show.  Completely bland and soul-sucking culture. Most are there for the money. I rarely saw true passion exhibited.  Awful work-life balance, similar to Amazon.  Disgusting, stifling level of politics. I wonder if half that time was put into innovation, how much further the company could go. Get out of this position of trying to chase Amazon/Apple/Google or some awful idea your Manager’s Manager came up with because they’ve been at Microsoft 20+ years and lost touch with current tech/media/business trends and/or got their job based on politics, instead of actual competency.  Where are these Directors/GMs being found? Hire leaders with actual desire and competency to be people leaders, not just managing cost centers.  Unless you are trying to put your kids through private school or need a Visa, I’m at a complete loss as to why anyone works here.","My advice is to any and all reading this, save your soul and your time and work somewhere else.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50107,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Great work life balance,A company where you feel like the work you are doing affects the lives of millions of people,Benefits and bonuses are low compared to other companies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50108,microsoft,"India, TN"," Jun 17, 2018",Current Employee - Data Entry,5 years experience in data entry my work is my identity,I love Microsoft and biggest salary,I like challenges and any time ready,No,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50109,microsoft,"Cheyenne, WY"," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Technician Lead,Data Center Technician Lead,The benefits are great here but I would argue on par with other companies this size. I believe in Microsoft's mission and Satya is greatness!,Microsoft culture has not made it to the data centers. Data Centers are grey cubicles and extremely boring to work in.,Build good leaders in GDCO. Take the time to develop people. Learning and Development is weak. It seems like people don't matter.,5.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P51.htm
50110,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Passive-Agressive Management, Useless HR People",Interesting work in some groups.,Target of discrimination. HR ignored the issue. No way to reign in malicious managers.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50111,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior software engineer,"Great people, culture and benefits",Many old technology and legacy products to maintain. Opportunities are limited.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50112,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Its perfect,Nice environment for an engineer to work and learn latest technologies,nothing found as of now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50113,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great,"Work on cutting edge technologies, good work-life balance","Large organization, so at times might be challenging to get things done",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50114,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Jul 19, 2018",Former Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,Nice cafeteria and little else,"Everything else. Poor mid management, incompetent project/program mangers. Needed to hire an outside contractor to teach the FTE's how to use Microsoft Project. Not one person knew what a critical path schedule was or even that their own software was supposed to produce one.",Purge the deadwood,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50115,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Work life balance is good,Compensation is not at par with industry,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50116,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Principal User Experience Designer,Great company and improving culture,"Exciting place to work. You can work on almost anything if you put your mind to it. The company has a good culture now after overcoming some of the overly aggressive ""dude culture"" from earlier years.",Schedule can be tough if you don't manage it well. Many managers will take as much of you as they can get so you need to set reasonable boundaries.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50117,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TPM,"Good learning opportunity, great environment and culture","Slower pace, long process and approval lines","Make the organization more flat, at least for engineering innovations",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50118,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Director of Product Management,Partner Director of Product Management,"Exciting work involving challenges across business, experience and technology.","Old cultures don't change overnight. Change takes time, but it's happening.",Continue to drive change management. Look for opportunities to get ahead of the shifting times.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50119,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,A title,"Great company with a lot of great people, and the luxury to invest in visions.","Big and sometimes very bureaucratic. Very afraid it cannot shake the reputation, aquired in the 90's and early 2000's of being evil.",Keep on what you are doing now. And take risks.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P52.htm
50120,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Lot of freedom and opportunity to impact,Not many that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50121,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Group Program Manager,"Global influence, superior technology, good growth when compared to size and stability","complex business, complex hierarchy, low work-life balance","Simplify, simplify, simplify",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50122,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director Sales Excellence,"Professional, profitable, stable, good people, good policies","Impersonal, very big, bureaucratic, not warm",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50123,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good company but mediocre pay,Great perks! Great benefits! Good work life balance and nice people.,Compared to FANG comp is not high. Very hard to move up senior band and often very political driven development.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50124,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2018",Former Employee - User Experience Designer II,"Beautiful campus, smart employees, great learning experience, highly recommended.","Beautiful campus, smart employees, great learning experiences, some interesting challenges, highly recommended.","Politics, processes, sometimes too many hurdles to get something shipped","Reduce processes and politics. Potential products should be based more on the merit of the idea/product (as determined from prototyping and user testing) and less on the opinions of a few negative people (who may have other agendas in mind). But overall, it’s a great company to work for. I would go back for sure.",5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50125,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Not the best for early in career,"Work life balance, Stock price",Compensation and benefits not as competitive,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50126,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 2,"Great benefits, and compensation was in top 1% for seattle.","Poor management, lackluster products, legacy technology",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50127,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company. Hard to grow in smaller locations,"Benefits, transparency and the people are amazing!",tough to grow unless you are the GOAT and already have the experience,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50128,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Data Center Technician,Data Center technician,Great work environmentwith opportunities to learn and grow. Excellent benefits and inter teams communication.,Ever changing landscape of projects,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50129,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Smart people, good facilities and food.",Poor work life balance. Too much pressure.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P53.htm
50130,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Employee focused Work life balance Good culture Innovative Encouraging,Compensation is less compared to the competiton,Management can increase the Compensation,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50131,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Fast paced, have a great long g term career here","Can be challenging, aggressive and long work hours",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50132,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Lot of opportunities, you can pick and choose the team you want to work for.","Great work life balance, stability",Pay not as competitive compared to other top companies..,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50133,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok company to work for,Lots of varying opportunities. Relatively easy work since there are often multiple people doing the same job.,There are often multiple people doing the same job. You have to speak louder than others to be heard.,Focus!!!,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50134,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Benefits, v smart people","Smart people, interesting products, growth",Industry- a bit slower- but gives more work life balance,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50135,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Amazing Company,"Great benefits, decent pay, good vacation time","Everything is very compartmentalized, makes it hard to branch out within outside your org.",na,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50136,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"great salary, career progression.I love Microsoft",I like challenges and any time ready,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50137,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Brand recognition, relocating to better city","Old technology, incompetent management, slow moving","Listen to your employees. While most will tell you what industry pay is or how problems should be addressed best, management often pushes their bureaucracy and opinions down the chain-of-command",1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50138,microsoft,"South Florida, FL"," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft is the employee focused company I’ve ever seen,Great work environment Career growth Health/dental/vision benefits College reimbursement,Overbearing Working holidays Difficult to take vacations,Management is great,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50139,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Researcher,Microsoft Culture,"Microsoft is a pure meritocracy. Results drive success. If you are result-driven, you will fit in and do well.",The company tends to spin up several projects when a new hot area comes along. The internal competition for success can get messy.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P54.htm
50140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company in Transformation,Plenty of new things to work on. Flexibility in teams if you want to try something new.,Can be bureaucratic at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50141,microsoft,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"After 5 years, in a less glamorous position.","Great work-life balance, Great direct managers. Mostly interesting work.",Cross-team collaboration is still an ongoing battle most of the time.,"It seems that Microsoft as a corporation is less likely now to promote from within the teams, more people with fewer skills and credentials are dropped in from external companies to provide new insights into existing products. That quickly alienates existing developers.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50142,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Secure,"Decent work/life balance, pay and benefits.",Difficult to move on to other opportunities at senior level. Political and not very innovative.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50143,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Protection from Bad Managers,"Love the Innovation, loved the clients, love the community giving, Generally a great company to work for",HR do not protect staff from bad managers,Support the employee as much as the Manager,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50144,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Use to be fun. Now too political,"Some very smart people. People are friendly, and generally want to help. Lots to learn at first, but does saturate.","Lots of lazy people here that get a head by doing non-technical work as engineers. Upwards movement sometimes is not about talent, but about tenure. Can drive young talent away that believe their talents are not being valued.","Reset the culture. Better pay. MS is severely lacking in stock refreshers, and are losing so much talent because of disparity of pay.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50145,microsoft,none," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked here,Good people I guess.,Some people sucked I guess,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50146,microsoft,none," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Amazing Company 10/10 would recommend,I have no cons for Microsoft.,N/A,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50147,microsoft,"Birmingham, AL"," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Aerospace Engineer,Computer Science In Microsoft,"I am very on task with my work and hand in my work early, I also perform my info in a very detailed and in-depth manner",not having many rights as the other companies,always stay positive and don't look at the things you haven't done look at the things you have done,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50148,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,An excellent place to work but some teams can get too political,* Very smart people * Excellent work/life balance * Excellent benefits * Easy to move across the company * Great campus life,"* Some teams have too much politics, often against best interests of the company * Many teams prefer to reinvent the wheel (i.e. the ""not invented here"" syndrome) * Promotions are often based on personal connections with managers rather than work * Mediocre dining choices on campus","Please consider Google's model for promotion, where the promotion committee members do not personally know the candidate and base their decision on facts rather than on personal relationships and politics.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50149,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft Senior PM,Many different teams and groups to work in. The benefits are great except maybe compared to some of the other big tech companies. The cloud business is going very well.,High cost of living around Seattle. Long commutes. Pay isn't as good as some of their competitors.,Allow for improved compensation without pushing promotions. Too many people are promoted because they likely are looking for better compensation.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P55.htm
50150,microsoft,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is great if you can navigate the corporate culture,Company culture and strong mission,need to navigate bureaucracy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50151,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Working with highly talented engineers and give you plenty room to learn from them.,"For 5 years, I found no major complaint at all. The compensation (salary/bonus) might not be competitive enough with other tech companies.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50152,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Good place to work overall,Microsoft is so big and you can move around until you find the right team for you. Your experience at that point really just depends on the team you are in.,"On most teams I noticed that there is only one of two ways to get promoted: 1- advertise yourself as much as you can and blow your own horn 2- stay on a team long enough that it will look bad if your manager doesn't promote you  You can't just quietly do your work and work harder in order to get promoted. Unless you ask your manager for a promotion, you won't get one or even be considered for one.",I don't have any advice to be honest but this thing wants me to write something anyway.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50153,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Rotation Analyst,Amazing place to work,* Very smart people * Excellent work/life balance * Excellent benefits *Best on-campus dining/lunch * Easy to move across the company * Great campus life,Haven't came across any so far..,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50154,microsoft,none," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Large Company, Great Career Opportunities",- Smart coworkers - Competitive compensation - Good locations - Interesting projects - Good work/life balance,Size of the company can make you feel a bit small sometimes.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50155,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 9, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer - SQL engineering,"Opportunity to work on an array of products both on premise and cloud. The technology stack use for development varies according to team. I have personally worked on networking optimization for Sql Server on Linux with a lot of low level C/C++ codebase, telemetry in Postgres and MySql cloud services using C# and multi-az support for Azure Databases (C#). There are very few places where you find this kind of breadth. There are engineering teams working on cloud-scale deployments, database query optimization, security to name a few.","Very hierarchical, huge teams and hard to create impact.",Teams should have more autonomy.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50156,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long time employee review,Fantastic reach into consumers and enterprises alike Great R&D and a history of successful transformation Amazing opportunities to learn,Sharp elbows and fiefdom syndrome,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50157,microsoft,none," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Initial,Good work and life balance,Remote site where company tends to be Redmond focus,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50158,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Awesome projects, great co-workers, decent work/life balance",- Tons of different products that the company is working on and it's easy to switch to one that you're interest aligns with - Really smart people who (mostly) want to do the right thing,"- As you move up, you do have to pay some politics to ensure you're getting what you deserve in terms of compensation but that's true for any big company, AFAIK - Once the initial on-hire stock expires (~3.5 years usually), Microsoft's stock refreshers are not on par with some of the other tier 1 companies like Google or FB so unless you're",Would be good if you can be more competitive in terms of yearly stock bonuses but otherwise keep up the good work!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50159,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing Company, Terrible Retail Managers",The benefits are amazing. You get to network with a lot of people and the company really cares about your health.,"This applies to retail, not corporate. But the managers will lie and tell you that you can do opportunities, and will support you. However, they will turn you down and always root for someone else, no matter how significant your impact is.","Stop playing favorites. Actually get to know your employees. Look at ways to take feedback, and be a true leader.",3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P56.htm
50160,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Great place to work,"I get to work with top-notch talent, work on products that impact millions of people, and work with the latest development methods and technologies.","I work with teams in 3 different time zones, which can be a challenge",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50161,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place to work in Bellevue,Really good work life balance. Good pay.,Higher management has no vision.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50162,microsoft,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great, amazing, perfect, wonderful, love it","None, none, none, none, none",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50163,microsoft,none," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,The products and teams are awesom,There are too many politics,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50164,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Morale is getting lower,Lots of different areas to work Lots of room to grow technicaly Work-life balance Inclusive culture Good benefits such as 401k match and family coverage for insurance,"Managers are too powerful, it shouldn't be this easy to hire or fire people Diverse teams but not much diversity in the team. There is only Chinese people in most research teams. I mean all Chinese. Pay is lower than most companies, especially on levels like 59,60,61,62 No free food, food on campus is expensive and not tasty. Lots of Mexican food despite there are almost no Mexican engineers. No Russian food despite %20 of the company are Russian. You are pushed to leave company if you improved your skills because changing teams won't affect your level band and salary. Some teams doesn't have much budget but some have a lot of budget. I saw level 60 people who are much better than level 63 seniors but are not paid equally. This makes them unhappy because they are forced to go higher paying companies. Lots of people leave the company because of this reason. Too much bureaucracy between higher and lower band people and they treat you with no respect. Being a contractor here is much better than being a full time employee. You don't have to deal with politics and can survive just by doing your job. Review system is a joke. Not enough accommodations for disabled people. Lots of benefit denials. Not enough financial support for education. My manager offered me $x towards college tuition for a year but actual tuition is more than $20x. It must be a joke.","Invest on your lower band employees first, managers and PMs don't do much, everything is done by your developers. Get rid off useless PMs and pay your engineers more. Most PMs only celebrate things like they created it. Their overall contribution to anything is less than %10 of the actual work done, Rotate managers frequently so that they don't start their empire. Some managers are like Gods. They think that they can do anything they want.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50165,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Occasional feelings of accomplishment, drowned by politics, reorgs and lack of strategic vision","Smart people, great potential, lots of big challenges to solve, good teams. Good benefits and lots of support.","Upper management is cultish, plays favorites and disregards feedback. The ""values"" are there for everyone else to be evaluated on and not necessarily applicable to upper management. The time spent on connects and documenting your work can be overwhelming if you are looking to get recognized for your work.  At times, the work you do is not easy to connect to actual value and it is hard to justify the time and effort spent on it. Work/life balance at upper management is hardly existent.  Mobility between teams is dependent on headcount availability and you will chase an internal job the same way external resources are. Just because you work there (insert group name), that doesn't mean you can work here (insert group name).  Word of advice: Research your manager and make sure your ""priorities"" line up with his/hers. Depending on the person you work for, you may find that you can be pushed out in ways you never actually even conceived of.  The ""partners"" are very adept at playing Microsoft's version of the game of thrones, using the ICs and lower management to advance their priorities. Especially applicable to the people that have been in the company for 15/20years and up and are not interested in anything to do with the life outside of the MS bubble. Or the newly ""made"" partners looking to prove him/herself.",Ensure the values preached are applied to all. Break-up the smaller cult of personality pockets by giving upward feedback the same organized attention downward feedback has currently.,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50166,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director Business Strategy,"Plenty of resources, latitude to create and be an entrepreneur within a framework. Many technology and channel assets to leverage. Values diversity.","Not many. Your career pyramid will eventually narrow, but lateral options to develop abound. Highly competitive talent pool chasing too few senior opportunities.",Keep on communicating the vision and ability to execute to the market.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50167,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 5, 2018",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Support escalation engineer,Work with a lot of smart people,Management only care about cost and profit,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50168,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2018",Former Employee - Washington,Developer,"Smart people, good compensation, opportunity to advance in career. Microsoft is good on one's resume. I have recommended it as a place to work to many of my friends.",Micromanagement by senior managers. Lack of vision and understanding of markets. Outdated review system which is anything but fair. Company is a bubble detached from outside world.,Do fewer things but do them better. Fix review system so that people are less incented to work on pet projects of constantly changing VPs in order to get promoted.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50169,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,PM in Microsoft,"Culture, benefits, latest technology, diverse opportunities","Older average age, lower compensation",Encourage young talent,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P57.htm
50170,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior PM,Senior PM,"Grt med benefits and bonus, stocks","sometimes slow moving, old managers",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50171,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Culture of pain,"Good pay, challenging tech problems, decent benefits","politics, open space work environments that are really crappy to work in especially if you do work that requires focus, crappy middle management","Get rid of people managers who don't respect work-life balance. Review your open office environment implementation, it sucks BIG time.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50172,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Security Engineer,Good company to work for,- good work life balance - nice campus - smart people - great benefits - a lot of possibilities to move around the world,"- big corporation (process, politics) - base salary might not be as good as others",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50173,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Software Development Engineer,Stable company with some awesome technology. Multiple different career opportunities.,lots of competition and unhealthy politics,Need to re-discover the purpose.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50174,microsoft,"Delhi, NY"," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,we will rock u,good culture and work life balance,depressing life no bonus laugh,nothing to say in the end,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50175,microsoft,none," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Compensation. Benefits.,Large company politics and beaurocracy,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50176,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Software Engineering Manager,"Lots of flexibility in work hours, good collaboration with other employees. Food is not included because you're supposed to have a life outside of work.",The move to open space has been handled poorly and the environment is very distracting. Work from home when you need to focus.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50177,microsoft,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Services Advisor,Work life balance is great! Microsoft definitely allows you to have your family as a first priority.,We don't get real raises. We may get .20 a year if we are good.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50178,microsoft,none," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-time Product Advisor perspective,Coworkers Opportunity (sometimes) Flexible with hours Personal Potentially challenging,Can become repetitive Sometimes lack of opportunity for growth Customers make or break a day for you depending,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50179,microsoft,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Microsoft,"Great benefits, many internal teams so you can learn many different technologies, growth mindset culture so many people are open to mentoring","Large company, so changes are slow. Remote work is rare, must be in Redmond.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P58.htm
50180,microsoft,none," May 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Good benefits and the pay was pretty good.,Hours (but that's retail as a whole).,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50181,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"Good learning opportunity, smart people",Still have the bell shaped curve,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50182,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"I've been at Microsoft for a month now, and I've seen none of the horror stories being communicated to the public, although Microsoft is a large enough company that I'm sure there are good pockets and bad pockets. Everyone here is really smart, and wants to succeed both personally, and as a company. People collaborate and help each other, focus on data, and truly focus on the customer. Every company I've ever worked for talks about how important the customer is, but on day 2, they're forgotten. Microsoft seems to genuinely focus on what's best for the customer, and it's awesome to be in meetings where people actually bring that up, and make decisions focused on long-term customer satisfaction. The opportunities to learn here are literally unlimited, and the opportunity to take on new responsibility is as well. I honestly believe you can be as awesome as you want here.","No cons, so far - seriously. Like I said, I'm sure Amazon has some bad pockets in it here and there, but this is an amazing job, an amazing opportunity, and the biggest thing I have to complain about is that it's a little chilly in our building. I can live with that. Does Amazon demand high quality, measurable results? Yes! Is it hard work? Yes! Is it rewarding? Yes! So I'm not calling that a 'con'.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50183,microsoft,none," May 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Good benefit and work life balance.,Compensation is relatively low compared with other companies.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50184,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 26, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Market Leading, Mature Company, with Mature Company Pros and Cons","* Smart people * Good work/life balance, * Products used by millions * Mature, financially stable co. / decent pay / stock has been doing very well * Satya Nadella * Many different products to work on / lateral movement","* Horrible development tools/process (varies by product -- ask specifics such as ""how long does it take to build, test, validate, and check in a change?"") * Design by consensus (usually by non-designers) -- no one ""owns"" a product * Most products and all internal tools are mediocre * Management rewards people for short term projects and features, the people move on, leaving half-finished, orphaned work behind * It usually takes years to advance, so 90% of the people in control have been there for 10 - 20 years, most of them have never worked anywhere else.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50185,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company to work for,Exciting products and cool people,Can't think of any at the moment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50186,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,RIFT,I left the company so I had other options,they made me leave by a lay-off,Stop laying people off,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50187,microsoft,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,Many benefits for interns and employees,"Large company, very divided overall",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50188,microsoft,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Architect,"Great vision, good benefits, great culture","Regimental somewhat siloed, conflicting metrics",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50189,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Community Development Specialist,"Decent, retail and corporate have a large gap to merge.",Great Benefits You have an ability to grow within your area.,"No support from direct leadership, poor bonus compensation, and a lack of synergy between retail and corporate.",Streamline communication and opportunities. Retail employees have value.,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P59.htm
50190,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Good,I'm doing this just to unlock the other stuff here,"Nothing really, Microsoft seems like a great place to work at.","I don't know management at all, but keep doing your thing, be just and kind.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50191,microsoft,none," May 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,"Good people, and if you are willing and able to change roles constantly there is lots of opportunity.","Very aggressive corporate culture, and a lot of the perks that existed twenty-some years ago have been slowly stripped away. A lot of internal IT work is off-boarded to vendor companies, so unless you are in products or research you will need to constantly fight to justify your role.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50192,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Software Engineer,many opportunities inside to grow,Please learn how to ignore nonimportant stuff and focus on getting things done.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50193,microsoft,"Carrollton, TX"," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great Company to work for overall,"Great benefits, ok compensation if you jump through the right hoops.","Forced attrition. Forcing everyone to fit their review process mold, while claiming to embrace diversity, yet forcing people to conform to some ideal way of working.","Be more open to different peoples working styles, and let them do what they do best.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50194,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,"Good pay, benefits, career opportunities - and the culture change that Satya is driving from the top is great as well.","Microsoft has lots of technology and is constantly adding updates, so you are constantly learning",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50195,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Work,Great people to work with,Not as easy to move around,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50196,microsoft,none," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Review,Good working environment. Work life balance.,Slow promotion. Less salary compare to other company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50197,microsoft,"Paramus, NJ"," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great Retail Job!,"One of the best retail jobs you could ever have. Great benefits, amazing culture, and depending on what you want to do in terms of your career, there's a ton of opportunity to grow","Other than the fact that it is retail, there can be a lack of growth if your career isn't business/tech related.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50198,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,First in its class employer for tech-saavy individuals who like the big ‘corporate’ feel.,"Compensation/Benefits, being surrounded by highly motivated, intelligent, diverse and capable people, large-enterprise corporate infrastructure to support a broad and diverse set of employees, fast pace, challenging and rewarding work.","You are a piece in a very large machine of operations ... it can be difficult to see outside your ‘silo’. Occasionally, projects and tasks are prioritized for the benefit of management and/or visibility/exposure vs. having significant impact.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50199,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Junior Software Developer,Reall good and stuff,"Free acces to compoters, ample work hours, free grape soda.","Limited bathroom time, not allowed to take pens home.",dont forget to restock the grape soda.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P60.htm
50200,microsoft,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review 2018,"Stable, work life balance, good benefit","Low efficiency, lack of vision and strategy in consumer market",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50201,microsoft,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Sales Specialist,Great leadership re-inventing the largest software company in the world and empowering the field sales teams with tools that help win deals.,"There are still pockets of ""old guard"" employees who still operate in silos, protecting their turf. This mentality kills the momentum of the company. They've gotta go.",Rip off the band-aids of internal legacy systems faster. We should be customer zero for solutions we deliver to our customers. Help your customer facing teams become your best advocates.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50202,microsoft,"Chevy Chase, MD"," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great technology employer to work for,Microsoft provides excellent opportunities for professionals who value the ability to work independently and take on challenging work.,Microsoft is not the place for underachievers or someone who doesn't want to put forth their best effort.,"Keep doing what you are doing. If anything, more opportunities to meet up with our colleagues face to face at conferences or offsites would be well worth the cost.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50203,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Service Engineer,Service Engineer Insights,Lots of opportunity to manage your own career and explore areas of professional interest.,Politics and luck perhaps play too large a role in career trajectory.,Management needs a better high level technical understanding of the work engineers they support perform.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50204,microsoft,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,The company really takes care of you and gives you the opportunity to work with some talented engineers,Organization can be a bit beaurocratic,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50205,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Engineer,Great place if you want to cruise,Great benefits and good work life balance.,Office politics can get very toxic. Middle management are often clueless. Almost impossible to advance your career as you will be competing against old-time Microsofties.,Give credit to people who do the work.,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50206,microsoft,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Diversity and inclusion taken very seriously,"Large organuzation, hence slow growth",Great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50207,microsoft,none," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"smart people, great benefits, room to grow",the commute could be better but that's not really their fault,keep the focus on empathy!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50208,microsoft,none," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great team with strong focus on changing the world,Can become a little hierarchical,Listen to the feedback from the WHI surveys,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50209,microsoft,none," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Lot of interesting project and very smart people.,things move slowly and pretty much top driven,You hire great people empower them to make decisions,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P61.htm
50210,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,CSA Data + AI,Company cares about employees. Good benefits. Work life balance. Lots opportunities to learn.,Products are not mature when they get released. Total compensation is less than AWS and GCP. Too much focus on competition. Some products that only Microsoft and some very close partners use,More testing and maturity before releasing products. Less focus on competition and more focus on customer needs and product maturity.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50211,microsoft,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Depends on the group, but mostly a great place to work","1) You can find a group to work on for pretty much anything you like, from AI to ML to cloud services. 2) The company as a whole has had several lessons in humility the past several years and has a very positive growth mindset","1) Rarely the first to market for any technology 2) Most folks have been there for many many years, so thoughts could be stale, even if folks you are dealing with are smart.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50212,microsoft,none," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Super fun with great people and many opportunity’s, they allowed me to take my love for my work to the next level","The only downside is the the lunch isn’t great, however, I prefer to bring from home. Also I don’t think the time for breaks is enough",The only thing I could or would say to improve the company is that I believe we need to form better ways of communication toward consumers,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50213,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 20, 2018",Current Employee - Electrical Engineer,Good Environment,Lots of good people to work with,Doesn't have enough young leaders,Keep pushing new technologies,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50214,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be an IC,Lots of opportunity to work on cool projects and technology with talented creative people!,"Management suffers from selfishness, infighting, and constant politics. Be ready for an ego driven, self centered, suck-up to take credit for your hard work.  All employees that care about making products to help people should leave the company before making level 65 because that's when you're expected to play the dog-eat-dog game. Additionally, working at Microsoft for longer than 5-6 years will put an asterisk next to your candidacy when interviewing at other companies because the general sentiment is that Microsoft people ""think wrong.""",no advice. Management created this situation so that they can pad their own pockets at the expense of making better products and a positive work environment.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50215,microsoft,none," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Great working environment, flexible and cutting edge on all fronts. Benefits are fantastic along with their comp plan. Newly renovated office.",Opportunity to have a longer term career locally is limited as higher paid and more lucrative roles require a move to Seattle.,Please keep investing in your talent. The majority of work is accomplished with virtual teams therefore expand opportunities.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50216,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - ISV Technical Evangelist,Good company! Excellent work,Microsoft is finally being recognized for great work. Number 1 or 2 in most technologies. Cares about employees. Stock grants. Healthcare is fine.,"Not viewed as ""Cool"" or ""Open-source friendly"" - reality is it's cool and Open-Source Friendly.",Be competitive with salary trends and retention. Evangelize our position on Open Source,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50217,microsoft,none," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr software engineer,Relaxing atmosphere. Have more time to think about and do it well.,Everyone has to be a DRI for a week every 2/3 months by rotation. DRI is 24 hours on call.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50218,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," May 19, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Engineering Manager,Principal Manager,"smart people, scale, ambitious projects","bureaucracy, work-life balance may suffer",pay attention to the satellite offices and mid-management,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50219,microsoft,none," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great place to work at.,Nothing bad to say about company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P62.htm
50220,microsoft,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of Engineering,Great working environment Focus on people Growth Mindset,Comp not competitive for developers,Continue driving Growth mindset and rewards based on Business growth,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50221,microsoft,none," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Subpar pay, insane benefits",Benefits are insanely good and top tier.,Pay is well below market for this position and location (silicon valley),none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50222,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software,Great company. New direction is promising,Large network of highly skilled employees and great opportunities to try new roles. Easy to meet new people in the company.,"Politics can play a role in decision making, negatively impacting the company. Everything is windows centric, which may stunt career opportunities outside of MS",Embrace one Microsoft,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50223,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,It is all about choices,"Benefits (vacations, medical, 401k match) are pretty good. Work-life balance (that is if you don't care much about promotions) can be good too.",Pay is not on par with industry. Too much politics when you get a little bit up the ladder,Care about what you deliver and not what you can get promoted for.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50224,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work,"Very good Benefits, good life and work balance. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies",Management requires that you work on additional projectn. Need to keep up with certification requirements. Always and I will say again be ready lay off anytime.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50225,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analytics,"Microsoft is an amazing place to work! Great people, great innovations, great Corp atmosphere for such a large organization. They support a progressive career path and have many tools, methods, course and resources available to the employee to advance whatever skill sets one wants to learn.",Can be difficult at times to navigate all the diversity with so many highly intelligent beings in one place. This can sometimes supports a tendency towards politics that can get in the way of doing ones job. Being open minded to learning how to balance all of this is the best suggestion I can offer.,"With such a huge organization, continuing to invest in the growth of emotional intelligence and supportive mindfulness, is not just a nice to have, but a must have IMHO.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50226,microsoft,none," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"Benefits are great- 401k match, FSA, HSA,","I hear if an employee is wronged by their manager, MSFT will take the mgr's side more often then not. Once you challenge your mgr's review score you are blacklisted for other positions and they will try to push you out.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50227,microsoft,none," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,enjoyed my time,great company to work for,difficult management model to work under,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50228,microsoft,none," May 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,Interesting tech at huge scale,"Big company, have to move to Seattle",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50229,microsoft,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Standard tech Brotopia,Benefits are good. Health care took a hit a few years back and is now a high-deductible plan. 401K matching is great.,Brotopia… If you are a sexist white dude you'll fit right in. Women and minorities need to be very carful about selectin a team.,"Nuke the good old boys club... This model is killing the company. Satya says to ""Vote with your feet."" Here's the problem... Just watched two minorities move on and flat out lie about why they were exiting the company. Come on Satya, do you really think people are going to be honest as they ""Vote with their feet?""",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P63.htm
50230,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 14, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Business Analyst,Bureaucratic but manageable,"Sophisticated set-up for web experiments (at Bing). Repeated experimentation evolves a system highly optimized for its user base.  It might take significant effort to find an appropriate contact in another part of the company, but once that contact is made, it can cut lots of future bureaucratic red tape.  The unification of dev and test worked well.","Closed-source technology silo. Tracking down issues in Windows or Office are unreasonably difficult, even with connections to people on those teams. Some internal tools seriously lag behind in quality from comparable ones in the mainstream.  Some managers are known to fly into a temper. While such behaviour might be unacceptable at some companies, it seems to be freely tolerated.  Resistance to retrospectives and post-mortems.","Decide on and publicize boundaries of acceptable behaviour.  Integrate project retrospectives and (ego-free) post-mortems into the culture.  Replace the term ""morale event"" with something that sounds less like a clinical optimization of resource output.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50231,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Business Operations Administrative,dead end,microsoft is known for its extensive benefits with good reason,at microsoft its a political game. if you try to make it there with just hard work and experience you might be disappointed.,utilize the skills of your team members without *USING* them. don't make people feel like they were a means to an end.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50232,microsoft,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, hard to get promoted",Benefits of working for a major corporation is fantastic. There are various industry discounts and the campus is great.,I did not see myself getting promoted anytime soon.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50233,microsoft,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data scientist,Work life balance and good cluture,Duplicates of project and products,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50234,microsoft,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits,Has great benefits. Comparatively great.,Too much politics. It takes a lot of energy to convince multiple layers and then your energy is drained.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50235,microsoft,none," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,benefits are good in the company,not any i can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50236,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,"Relaxed environment, happy, cherry colleagues, very decent pay","Leadership is not honest, there is a battle of the blue badges vs the orange badges. MS does not hire you directly they use an agency and you are a permanent temp.","Speak up for your employees. Take the time to get to know them and be honest. Don't lie on an employee, and think it will not affect their status. New employees feel ill at ease due to leadership stabbing you in the back.",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50237,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Director,Had a good run but I grew apart and my connection with the company grew weak,"Great compensation, you work with super smart people, good health insurance. If in the right team amazing opportunities for having impact",The HR function is fatigued with so much change and layoffs. Plus there is less space to focus on proactive ways to add value to the people you support as the change management and lay offs are constant,The company is taking a great direction to continue with strength in the market. However the amount of change and layoffs has taken a big toll. There is a need for some baseline to be the foundation so people can really focus on their best work vs. waiting to be laid off,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50238,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Microsoft is a leader in business intelligence,Change in direction in the small business segment limits the future success Microsoft can make in the future.,Keep up the great work. Satya is definitely making a positive impact.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50239,microsoft,none," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Great products, huge impact, excellent comp and benefits","Constant change, complex environment, so much work to do",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P64.htm
50240,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Innovative, Growth Mindset, People driven","Very complex, Speed to Market",Be able to accelerate the speed to Market,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50241,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,INCIDENT MANAGER,"Good work environment, Life balance",Dint find any Cons as everything was good,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50242,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you are a direct employee of Microsoft,Good scope of learning for beginners,Timing is not good (Includes night shift),none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50243,microsoft,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,Leader in enterprise and cloud,Low salary and conservative mindset,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50244,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working environment. so many talent colleagues,Good working environment. so many talent colleagues,No cons all of my experience are good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50245,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,Good work life balance Pay Growth and opportunities,Big Company Bureaucracy Sometimes slow moving,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50246,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,feedback,"healthcare benefits, location, interesting work","politics, chaotic, too many org changes, too much fluff",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50247,microsoft,none," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,Really great place to work. secure if you are seeking job security.,could get boring due to lack of fast pace in innovation. seems to be changing now though,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50248,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer,"Competitive pay and benefits, great work life balance",Hard to find good program managers and upper management can sometimes be out of sync,"Work on upper management, get rid of managers that draw paycheck and do nothing else, talk more with engineers that actually do all the work.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50249,microsoft,none," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Innovative company. Good work life balance.,Lot of middle management folks.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P65.htm
50250,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Designer II,Designer,Great benefits and fair salary,Leadership could be much better,NONE,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50251,microsoft,none," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Talent Acquisition Partner,Big name on your resume and an opportunity to learn just how biased these tech companies really are.,When applying at Microsoft the candidates that are selected are typically the first 3-5 that meet the criteria and the rest of the applications that come after aren't even viewed. Saw countless requisitions that were closed with hundreds of candidates not viewed with an offer in the first slate of candidates sent over. Racist managers acting as if they care when they truly are just providing lip service to employees. If you have different views on certain things in life that doesn't go along with the culture you will be ousted from the organization instead of being put on a stretch assignment to grow into your career goals. VERY SAD especially after you work unimaginable hours of overtime not compensated and released without notice. MS Dream job...definitely NOT!!! Unless you know someone in power you have zero chance of even a review in a requisition.,"Review basic morals and ethics on how to treat people. That is why OFCCP is involved with MS, Google, Apple, FB and Oracle for starters.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50252,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,A Top Tech Employer But Not Perfect,"Satya Nadella has really changed the company for the better since taking over as CEO. The vast majority of employees now feel proud to work for Microsoft compared to the Ballmer era. Microsoft has great benefits (PTO, 401k match, new caregiver benefit, reimbursement for up to $800 in physical fitness, etc.) and flexible work arrangements. Work can be very rewarding and you have the ability to make a real impact on the world. The yearly MSReady conference in Las Vegas for field roles is quite fun with lots of opportunities to learn and a great way to recharge. Many friendly, intelligent, and hard-working people work at Microsoft. You'll learn a great deal.","Limited Career Advancement Opportunities For Some People- If you don't live in WA state or nearby one of Microsoft's campuses, career advancement is very tough unless you want to stay in a sales-oriented or 90%-travel position.  Difficult and Time Consuming to Move Around in the Company: The internal interview process to move into a new role or organization within the company is very slow (can take weeks or months), not at all transparent, and is a full-day interview experience just as external candidates have to face. Competition is fierce but if you're persistent it's possible to land a new position.  Tools & Processes: Employees continually have low marks on yearly polling regarding having the right tools, reports, and processes in place to get our jobs done effectively. I haven't seen many improvements in the several years I've been here and don't expect many changes in the future either.  Compensation: While the benefits are fantastic, the total compensation could be much better. I feel that salaries and stock rewards are falling behind compared to other top tier tech companies.",Perhaps consider remote workers as a diversity classification or category that you strongly suggest Redmond-based managers to consider when hiring. So many talented people cannot move to WA and find themselves frustrated at the lack of opportunities available in their own state. Keep up the great work in changing the company's culture - love the employee engagement and benefits initiatives.,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50253,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Customer focus with a great work/life balance,"It's all about delighting the customer - every division, group, and job discipline. And they are able to deliver for the customer while offering the employees top salaries and excellent work/life balance. Excellent benefits, roaring stock performance, top-notch compensation.","I'm a fan of traditional offices, but open space is tolerable.",Stay the course - Satya is hitting all the right notes.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50254,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Company with a lot of support for your education and career development,Microsoft has a very generous financial support system for you to go to graduate school.,"Because it is a large company, you will need to be adjusted to the pace of certain projects, since they go through layers of management review.",Listen to the employees in your org!,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50255,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great teamwork and communication from everyone. Intelligent coworkers.,Commute isn't great from Seattle proper,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50256,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,"FUN, YOUNG PART TIME JOB","Great benefits, flexible hours for students, fun colleges, often hosts tech events.",I had a great management team but I know it may vary from location to location.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50257,microsoft,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid place to grow a career,Great culture of growth and learning. Respectful environment and exciting vision for growth in the company.,"Can be challenging to navigate the size and complexity. Not always clear where to find resources, but you learn your way around after a while.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50258,microsoft,none," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,good company to work with,not that I can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50259,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work depending on team,"Fun, Challenging, Impactful, Rewarding, Balanced",Extremely underpaid in comparison to competition,increase pay,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P66.htm
50260,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft,Pro: Fine place to work.,I have nothing bad to say.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50261,microsoft,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Established culture, smart people, great work and life balance",May become bureaucratic at times.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50262,microsoft,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Probably a good place to leave and come back to,Solid work life balance and stable company,"Pay is below market, promotion velocity is inconsistent but overwhelmingly slow, no stock refreshers, no free food, bad proprietary tech stacks and dev environment, lots of meetings and process, no laptops for junior engineers",Pay us more,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50263,microsoft,none," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,When it is good it is great... when it isn't it is intolerable,Opportunities to work on exciting things,"Once you get to level 64, as a woman, your career is over and you are ""gently"" managed out. Look at how many women there are at level 70 or above....",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50264,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,work life balance,"work life balance, not push",low income compared with other internet company,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50265,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great Company cares about its employees and customers,"Too big, frequent reorgs makes it difficult to finish projects",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50266,microsoft,none," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,data scientist,good benefit in the work,lower salary compare to other companies,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50267,microsoft,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a great experience,"Access to new technology, support staff, and working with some of the best",Common red tape and process that comes with a large org,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50268,microsoft,none," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Solutions Professional,Challenge - Opportunity - If you're willing to work hard you can do well.,Red Tape - There is often bureaucracy to deal with.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50269,microsoft,none," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Improving, but still a ways to go","The mission of the company is matched by few others in its class and having the opportunity to contribute to that is exciting. The culture is also starting to change which is refreshing, but we're definitely mid-journey and there are still a lot of leaders in place that need to change.","Unfortunately, the company and leaders can't get aligned on priorities to be able to develop an end-to end solution. Hopefully that's changing, but that is a significant blocker that we need to overcome.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P67.htm
50270,microsoft,none," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Consultant,Challenging work. Constant learning. Endless Oportunity,"Travel, stress, sink or swim attitude.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50271,microsoft,"Detroit, MI"," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sales,Excellent place to work,The best place I've ever worked.,I used to have to travel a lot.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50272,microsoft,none," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,volunteer,all the things that were there,none of the things that were not there most of the time,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50273,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Apr 13, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Advisor,#1 Comapny for Innovation,*Innovative CEO and changing culture towards growth mindset *Competitive pay and job security *Smart people make a big difference *Tech is cutting edge and pushing envelop of what computing is,*Old culture still lingering and holding back growth *Bureaucracy is stifling and value wasting - in 3 years at Microsoft I've seen 3 different executive teams - garbage in/garbage out,Hire entrepreneurs not corporate retreads!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50274,microsoft,"Murray, UT"," Apr 13, 2018",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Amazing Company,Corporate benefits for basic retail employees good work life balance for retail competitive pay for retail,Management was very favorites based Hard to advance even with proper qualifications sometimes gave a lot of new extra responsibilities but no extra pay,Continue to try and involve all employees but keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50275,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Loved everything about it and wish I could have stayed,Only got to work there for the summer,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50276,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Service Engineer,"good benefits and pay, flexible work schedule","none, none, none, none none",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50277,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Great opportunities, employees are able to move around and apply for jobs that are available internally.","During my employment in the company, the culture was highly competitive, often times employees are evaluated head-to-head with their peers, instead of their own achievements.","Microsoft has a lot of great talent, it would benefit greatly from these talents if more support of partnership and teamwork is enforced and awarded fairly.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50278,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,Excellent Benefits and Culture are industry leading,Poor 1st line manager communication,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50279,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good company overall,Great opportunities Amazing coworkers You have impact on billions of customers,"If you ever have a bad year, you’re tanked forever",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P68.htm
50280,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Engineering Manager,"Breadth of technologies to work on, benefits, work life balance, software engineering focus","Salary not competitive, legacy support needs",Keep competitive bar high by readjusting salary,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50281,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good company overall,Great opportunities Amazing coworkers You have impact on billions of customers,"If you ever have a bad year, you’re tanked forever",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50282,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Edu Sales,EDU team needs cleanup,The people are absolutely amazing! Lots smart and emphatic employee that love EDU and share their personal experiences daily. Benefits.,"The top brass in EDU needs more diversity. It’s great to have women in management, but the entire team? Devices and sales leaders? Way overboard and too much nagging going on. If your not in the “woman”s club” you won’t move up. Don’t even think about being “seasoned” or “experienced”. Totally hiring college clueless kids and the entire EDU devices teams are focused on “youngsters”. It’s actually very wrong legally but they do it so cautiously. Sad really. It’s no way to beat Google and Apple.","Hire more “seasoned” and “experienced” staff from the outside and stop moving internal kids around. Change top EDU execs and give some of the Male species a change to run our field sales teams, especially the Devices team. Stop with the MACH hire quotas, they don’t help in compete situations because they have a college degree only. No wonder were being crushed by google.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50283,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Title of the review,do not see any pros,not a good paying company,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50284,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2018",Former Employee - Global Business Development Manager,Energizing Environment & GREAT People who want the best,"High Performance Culture where results matter more than 'politics' that drive some other companies. The people are inspiring, hard working geniuses and great friends for life.","If you are looking to wait until things are perfectly structured before taking action, there are other corporations that are slow moving enough for you.","Continue to build on Satya's awesome genuine empathy experience without compromising driving for excellence. Don't settle for low hanging fruit. Connect more to executive board's primary drivers, so you can deliver more than great tech solution!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50285,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits,401k match. Good health plans and salary.,None that I can think of.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50286,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Manager,finance manager,good leadership but expect to work the hours,"hours can be pretty crappy, you will be at your desk the 2nd to the 10 each quarter",grow the cloud,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50287,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Great company to work for,Great work-life balance working with some of the sharpest minds of the industry,There is grunt work to be done. Not every project is shiny,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50288,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Pay is good, Managers are insecure","Pay is good. Most benefits are good. Fellow employees are supportive (mostly), especially those on immediate teams. The company's intentions are good regarding culture, even if poorly executed.","Managers, especially lower-level, are poorly (if at all) trained. The company rewards arrogance over performance. Speaking your mind, while encouraged, will usually backfire on you. Always toe the company line, jargon, and ""cult of personality"" regarding leaders. Never admit you have weaknesses or need help. Everything needs buy-in from everyone, resulting in few decisions being made, and even less real work getting done. It's not how you do the work, or how much you're doing, it's only about the appearance of your work - even at the expense of others or actually not doing work. This is a ""watch-your-back"", Machiavellian kind of workplace and people out to get you will do so with smiles, passive aggressiveness, 360-review feedback, and even hugs. Potential employee beware!","While management espouses a ""growth mindset"", they need to start backing up their words with actions. When employees truly want to grow and develop, they need to support them instead of holding them back. Lower and middle managers need to be encouraged to grow as well and not lead with such insecurity.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50289,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Technology Strategist,Interesting,Benefits are amazing. The people you click with are helpful and smart. Work / Life balance,Good ol' boys club. 75% male. 25% female.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P69.htm
50290,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow your career,Large company with many software products and services for a software developer to grow their career. Easy to move between teams. Great work/life balance.,Culture can vary greatly between product teams,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50291,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Good place to start career,Lot of products and big company,Some peoducts are not customer focused,Too many people,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50292,microsoft,none," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde,"Now you can browse privately, and other people who use this device won’t see your activity. However, downloads and bookmarks will be saved.",your activity might still be visible to: Websites you visit Your employer or school Your internet service provider,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50293,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Director,"Bright and Shiny, but ","Great pay/benefits, casual environment, fantastic on-campus food.","Bonus/rewards system encourages only chasing after the bright, shiny, high visibility projects...the ""Build"". Does not recognize or reward ""Run"" operations. Employees therefore shy away from maintenance or back office operations, and therefore those tend to fail and are substandard. Limited attention span on projects, not well executed or tweaked to run well (considered run). Employees are valued only when assigned to bright-shiny projects, once those roles turn to run, or continuous improvement maintenance type roles, those functions are ""low value"" throwaway roles. Exceptionally low organizational support to reassign talent from ""low value"" deemed roles, to absorb elsewhere in the organization. Seems to be a huge loss of talent. Microsoft also abnormally values Microsoft specific experience over industry experience at the mid-management levels. They publically want new ideas, new ways of looking at thing, however in reality, they value the Microsoft way, and internal connections much more.","Equally value Build and Run roles. Greatly improve internal talent reassignment/absorption support to retain talent. Less emphasis on Microsoft specific experience, and more on solid talent.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50294,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,the work is challenging and there is always an opportunity to expand beyond your current job to other areas of interest.,The culture of Microsoft still encourages a level of competition with peers and leadership that requires political manipulation and huge investment of energy in looking better than your peers rather than doing good work.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50295,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General review,Good work environment and work life balance,Can be slow at time,Better tooling,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50296,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Software Engineer,Good Work life balance and ROI,Pay is not great and lack innovation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50297,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Smart people. Very nice environment!,Just a bit far away from school,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50298,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Data Engineer,data engineer,Scale of what you can achieve,Massive organization and divisions used to work in silos. the culture is changing but this problem is still visible.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50299,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tow motor driver,Plenty of opportunities and overtime.,Work Long hours. Work holidays.,They have a great support group,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P70.htm
50300,microsoft,none," Apr 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager TAM,Flexible work schedule and the benefits are good. The values that Satya is sharing are amazing! Seriously amazing. It's taking too long to reach the field.,"Inconsistency throughout the organization. Lack of leadership at the mid level management. Manage to metrics, which doesn't take customers into consideration. Worst internal tools. 6 to 7 locations to find your actual metric numbers. Never really sure what your sales bonus will be as that tool is also inconsistent.","Please take a look at mid level management. Most are from a time when metrics were the only measurement. Many think so highly of themselves, they are unwilling to listen to others. Too many 40-50 year old white men at that level, with a lack of compassion. Who are also only out for themselves.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50301,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Improving company,Company is on an upward trend by upgrading outdated internal infrastructure and practices and investing more in new products and services instead of just Windows.,"Still has a lingering culture of complacency. This can actually be good if you just want a stable job to support a family, but not if you want to really make a big impact with your work (and not wait over a year before your feature gets shipped).",The tech scene in the Seattle area has become much more competitive and the compensation is no longer competitive enough to get and retain the top developers and this makes keeping up with other companies more difficult. I've had some teammates leave to other companies to make more money and then my manager has a hard time replacing them because the offers we send out to excellent candidates get outbidded by other companies.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50302,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,MS,"Excellent opportunities, freedom for work",Requires lot of networking for job change,Don't let Principals or Directors or partners to get their emp from previous teams at least for a year,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50303,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good culture,good culture been driven by the CEO,"sometimes feels too complex,",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50304,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Awesome sale culture with a lot of benefits,Nothing much except the work life balance,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50305,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Delivery Project Manager,No work life balance,You learn a lot. Great benefits.,I never worked so hard. There is no work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50306,microsoft,none," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sexist place to work,Lots of good drinks for free,"Everything else, rampant sexism and horribleness",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50307,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,meet new people from different backgrounds,"heavy workload, sleepless nights, growth opportunities",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50308,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Microsoft FTE college hire,"great benefits (health care, etc)",slow-moving. culture is not very good. people work long hours,PLEASE change culture more to gear towards the younger people joining company,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50309,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Best Job Every,"This is the best place I have ever work. People are smart, driven and for the most past - not jerks for the sake of being an a jerk with power.","Like any big company, it moves slower than it needs to and the marketing partners are slow to respond.",Move marketing and documentation under the PMs,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P71.htm
50310,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Work at Microsoft,"1st tier tech company, good benefits, a lot of growth, good work/life balance","engineering systems are not good in general, very old codebases are hard to maintain",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50311,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall is good,"Advanced techniques, talented colleague, good benefits, good work/life balance","Too many levels from top to down, office politics",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50312,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,it's Okay working there,flexible hours feels Okay to me,"not much money, but is enough for a living",don't make random changes,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50313,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Great perks, HSA, talented engineers and great products","Slow moving, promotion can be tricky",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50314,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Interesting times.,"Some really smart people, and depending on which product group you are in, you might have an ability to have tremendous impact. The benefits are decent and the stock has done well in the past few years.","The company culls employees regularly and targets 60% of the ongoing market compensation, but is slow to adjust. The benefits package is no longer what it used to be.","For a company that prides itself on its people, the high degree of turnover is beginning to have an impact and the current performance review model doesn't help. Telling people that their reward of 80% of target is a great outcome is akin to telling them they were mediocre.",4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50315,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for !,"Lots of opportunities to learn about new technologies. Lot of freedom to choose projects and roles that one wants to take Peers all have open door policy, Always very supportive and ready to share their knowledge about the domain. Great work like balance !",Moving between teams shouldn't always require full loop interviews.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50316,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"great company, wonderful people","great company, wonderful people, good work life balance","political fight in some teams, not necessary",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50317,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,love it,microsoft will make your life easy.,hard to move up because microsoft is so big.,keep doing what you do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50318,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,Great first impression,Good leadership from the sales organization. Great benefits and the time off package give you flexibility to have a great work/life balance,Nothing that I can think of yet but I am a new employee so still in the honeymoon phase. I am sure things will come up eventually,Be more transparent,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50319,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Good benefits, bad development","It's an amazing company to work for and put on your resume, and well as makes you feel so proud to be there and part of a huge picture.","They aren't as great with development, and you're surrounded with people that are getting paid to do nothing while you are pulling all the weight. But that happens anywhere you work.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P72.htm
50320,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work at,"I spent the last 14 years of my life at Microsoft. In the last few years, the excitement was brought back by the new management. The new direction is clearer, more in line with the industry needs. There are frustrations there like anywhere else, but I always got the feeling that if you put some effort into it, you could have a great career. And the different teams offer different cultures, so you can move around inside the company and really keep the excitement going. The people you work with are brilliant for the most part, and that is definitely something I'll miss. Other companies have brilliant people too, I'm just saying that most people at Microsoft I interacted with were really smart and it was great. Most projects I worked on in Windows were really exciting, and touched the lives of millions of users. That's not something you get in all companies for sure. Work-life balance is really good. I would say you can control it: more hours will get you a better career, and that makes sense. Fewer hours means less progression, but as long as you're doing a good job and meeting your goals, you'll be fine. The use of telemetry and user feedback is getting really common and really helps deliver products that satisfy our customers.","Sometimes heavy infrastructure and processes, even though with the shorter release cycles have helped a lot with agility. Sometimes, new V1 products do not feel like they're up to par with the legacy products they are replacing, then the V2 version often gets cancelled, so it sometimes feel like we are going slightly backwards in terms of functionality. Again, this seems to get better with the use of telemetry as we tend to focus on functionality that is most useful to customers.","Keep doing the transition work for more agile development and customer-centric features. I like the new direction the company is going. Keep bringing exciting components, and revive the innovation to compete with Google and others.",5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50321,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,This is a great company,The weather in Seattle is rainy.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50322,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great to work for,- good benefits for employees - work life balance,- None I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50323,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design Manager,Great place to work. Great Benefits and Salary,None I can think of,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50324,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Decent Place to Work,"Little/no stress, work/life balance, decent pay, reasonable learning opportunities.","Sometimes politics gets in the way, promotion is mostly based on years spent in a role.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50325,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineering Manager,Senior Software Engineer,"Big problems to solve, Resources to learn","Culture, Products with less than stellar UX",Middle management needs to loosen up.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50326,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Lead,Business Progam Lead,"Flexibility, compensation, benefits, Charity and the ability to learn and grow","Politics, large company, and other things that are typical to large companies",Use you team members strengths and develop them to out grow their role.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50327,microsoft,"Cheyenne, WY"," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Datacenter Technician,Amazing Benefits,"Amazing Benefits, Encourage Learning, Great People To Work With",Below average pay for technicians,Raise the pay,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50328,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Great benefits, impactful work, good culture.","Too much politics, not enough focus on quality.",Increase focus on quality.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50329,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,"CEO, Culture change in progress, Impact","Hippo, Slow adoption of the culture","Give Autonomy, Trust your people",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P73.htm
50330,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Specialist,"Pay is average, lots of retreads from other companies and new college hires","very political environment, you spend more work internally than in the field trying to defend yourself from others, company uses AI and ML to measure your performance",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50331,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Azure Solutions Specialist,Azure Solutions Sales Specialist,"Good pay, great benefits, great story and vision under Satya.","Crazy cloud quota, churn (I had 4 bosses in 1 year), ridiculous number of internal tools you won't even hear about and half of them don't work.","Get documentation under control. Simplify tooling.  Get people in management that actually understand the value of what you sell and why a customer might want it. They should have a better understanding of the level of effort required to migrate to Azure before they get to lead a sales team. They just repeat what the slide deck says. I could go on and on....  Great company, great vision as of late, but just doing what every sales org does wrong, they hire numbers people, and not problem solvers with a passion for technology. I can't tell you how many times my manager(s) ignored my questions, suggestions or requests and then a day later asked about my pipeline.  Put people in management that are technical, but can also sell. They will be able to guide sellers, help them with messaging, and connect with customers. Do something different!  I hit my numbers. When I resigned, my manager didn't even ask why. He said that he would put in positive comments and recommend me for rehire.  He missed the absolute root of the problem.",3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50332,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 9, 2018","Current Employee - Sales &amp, Service",Services Sales,"flexibility, benefits, salary, vacation time, reputation","a lot of hours, processes",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50333,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data scientsit,Great project Friendly and supportive team members Flexible working schedule. You can choose working hard or a better work-life balance Good medical/dental insurance,Low salary comparing with other companies like Netflix. I am trapped here only because of my green card application.,"No matter where we are going, only the best can claim the largest reward. Don't do something between prototype and product.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50334,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TAM,"Great, smart, passionate people. Salary and benefits are excellent",Bad Managers will destroy you. Managers have favorites Stack ranking is still there The most moral ethical company- I disagree from aan employee standpoint.,Don't hire technical people into managers. Listen to your people more or they will leave you in droves as they are doing now.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50335,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,EA at MSFT,"there is a decent balance for work and life. some opps to grow, but not out of discipline",stale. culture is broken and non inclusive,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50336,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Research Software Development Engineer,Awesome place to work,"Flexible hours, innovative work, optional work-life balance",Bonus may not be as competitive compared to Google/Facebook,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50337,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Director,Working at Microsoft,"Great people is number one reason to work at Microsoft, regardless of what role or position, you will be surrounded by the most talented, passionate and driven people. You will have the opportunity to have impact at every level and be part of a very flat organization where you are truly a peer to everyone on various teams you'll work with. Great benefits and competitive compensation package is part of the attraction. You will learn from your mistakes and as long as they are the same mistake repeated, you will thrive which is unusual in it's own right.","Must be able to deal with ambiguity and constant organization changes and you will have much turnover in your management, especially your direct manager. Buckle up your seat belt, the ride can be unsettling if you are not used to constant change. You also cannot wait around to be told what to do and you must adhere to the fact that he or she who has a plan, however tentative will win the day in any meeting. You also must maintain a high energy and always meet your objectives at a minimum while exceeding expectations is considered a must or you will be shuffled out quickly.","Strive to maintain a balance and always remember that any group takes on the characteristics of its leadership and you must lead and resist to the temptation to manage. Clear, concise direction from leadership will create a slipstream across the organization. Always remember that it isn't a vision until someone else can see it",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50338,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Procurement Manager,Great company new vision,New direction and very positive growth,Some of the old structure remains,Keep up the re invention,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50339,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Director,Great misssion for businesses and enterprises,Old school and older folks,"Revamp hiring strategy , too many middle of the road types",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P74.htm
50340,microsoft,"Buffalo, NY"," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Retail Partner Specialist,Partner Specialist,"Amazing culture, great benefits, Career Development Opportunities","Work Life Balance, Business Support",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50341,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Intern,"Amazing culture, people, intern benefits such as housing, pay","The company and the team is quite big, you can't meet everyone you want to.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50342,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work,"Benefits, colleagues, management, location, compensation",no cons or downsides observed,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50343,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,Microsoft Leap Apprenticeship is an amazing foot in the door,No better learning environment. Microsoft has nearly unlimited resources to help you grow into whatever role you want,Must move to Seattle and no relocation assistance,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50344,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,data scientist,"work life balance, large real data to analyze","too many politics, management team usually not very technical",should respect data driven decision,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50345,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Use to be a great place to work now it's a sinking ship ...,There are still some smart people working Great benefits but it's getting reduced every year Exposure to various MS products,"It's a sinking ship, failure of products and projects one after another due to bad mid level leaders. Leadership team work like a mafia. If you are not a friend of CEO's favorites, you will get used, drained and spit as collateral to make them look good. Don't make the mistake of hoping you might be a one too. Diversity programs are run to bring more folks from India as cheep labor Growth mind set - is used to put talented senior people with low paid employees hoping they will pick up your skills Limited technology and exposure that is very internalized, as a result your value and knowledge will significantly degrade. Don't feel they are leading in the industry and have a good long term vision.",Adapt a similar management model to Google and let talented people do their best work and truly lead without middle and lower level management slowing them down !,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50346,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good benefits and working culture.,Never encountered any negative environment,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50347,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Generalist,HR Manager,Solid HR Function and Leadership Great Talent across the board Nice culture set by CEO,Too many layers and Matrix organizations Agility can be slow,Keep Satya as CEO and enable him and his leaders to continue the cultural transformation,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50348,microsoft,"Durham, NC"," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Gaming Expert,Great Company,"Benefits are fantastic, company really cares about I put, awesome work experience. Semi- competitive pay. Definitely an awesome retail job",Not really too many! Just normal workplace stuff and drama that you'd experience in any retail store. Corporate initiatives can be confusing,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50349,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,work life balance great health benefits,process heavy hard to switch team,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P75.htm
50350,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Principal PM Manager,"Great company, great outlook and values","Microsoft is extremely creative, forward-thinking, and ambitious. I have heard this wasn't always the case here (10+ years ago), so it is a great time to be here and our CEO and leadership has us pointed in the right direction. The culture is also extremely positive and encourages engagement with the community, work life balance, and the company is doing a lot to strive towards improvement with in gender equity and diversity.","The run-in with the occasional ""brilliant jerk"" - i.e., a fairly intelligent, hard-working, driven manager or engineer who lacks the social awareness and soft-skills to handle his fellow colleagues. Fortunately, executive leadership has said there is no room for this, so most of them are either changing ways and at least becoming less populous.","Reorgs are inevitable in large corporations that must constantly adapt and navigate new priorities and industry trends. However, doing them well, and avoiding 'reorg surprises' should be mandatory. Moreover, giving all employees in an org a voice (even if not a choice) prior to reorgs would be a great idea. This is an area that can be improved.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50351,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good company making progress,Good compensation and benefits. Company making progress shedding legacy behaviors and culture.,More improvement needed in removing barriers between organizations and unhealthy competition between individuals.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50352,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Communications manager,"Smart people, opportunities to move around, and great benefits","No work-life balance, performance review pits team members against each other.",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50353,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Director,Great work/life balance. Leading edge company.,Too many political scheming amongst groups and even within groups.,"At least 10% of the workforce shouldn't be around because they are not effective workers. Yet instead of being fired, they get shuffled to other teams. Make people accountable for their shortcomings.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50354,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Designer,Good company,"Great campus, lots of days off, good vacation, good health plan, great 401k plan (unlimited matching), good career path for designers.",Microsoft is a culture led by developers. Design is always secondary to the technology.,Please embrace design as an important part of the products and services Microsoft offers.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50355,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Business Administrator,"Benefits, Culture, People, Reputation, Knowledge","Busy, time consuming, work and life balance",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50356,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,- Great place to work - Good career opportunities,- Slow growth - Average compensation,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50357,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Content Manager,Microsoft review,Culture of collaboration. Every person can have an impact. Truly becoming data-driven. Working hard to support and retain women and minorities and to hire a diverse workforce.,Difficult to change disciplines. Limited career opportunities the longer you're there.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50358,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company if on right team,Best company to work for if you have a good team.,Awful experience if your team sucks.,"Reward good managers. Also, too many principle level people.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50359,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Development Engineer,"Very stable, great benefits, huge variety of products to work on","Lots of bureaucracy, lots of time spent on compliance, commute to Redmond","Create a San Diego programming branch, cut a lot of chaff, many engineers are net negatives",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P76.htm
50360,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing work life balance,Work life balance Work culture Respect for co workers Companies values,"Slow growth Compensation Focus on making senior leadership happy, not on customers",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50361,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company,"Good innovative and diverse products, great life/work balance. Very stable company. Managers do not push to produce big results, flexibility to learn.","Open space is not everywhere, a lot of office-system buildings. No free food. People stay in same teams for a long time.",Free food. Motivate engineers to switch teams.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50362,microsoft,"Auburn, AL"," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Bartender,Bartender,Cleaning & bartender are more I just really need a job,I don't have anything to say about this,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50363,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Leaving,Compensation Benefits Proud Innovative Cloud leader,Culture restricts working outside of Redmond,Promote women,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50364,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Account Delivery Exeutive,great health benefits and 401k,poor management with extremely political environment which is completely unconcerned with diversity in any form,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50365,microsoft,"Burlington, MA"," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Loved working for Microsoft,"Respectful, intelligent and dedicated employees. As an Executive Assistant, I worked remotely supporting an Executive who traveled non-stop and was paid overtime - earning 33% more annually than my base salary. Excellent benefits and 401k matching including $800 year reimbursement for anything fitness or wellness related.",Tons of overtime and 24/7 on-call mentality overall.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50366,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Growth Mindset,"You can engineer anything here, from Xbox games to Surface hardware to Office productivity apps to Windows OS to Azure services, and it's easy to move between these teams. The great work/life balance is made possible by well-honed processes and plenty of support that makes it easy to plan time away and get home in time for dinner with the family. Since Satya took over as CEO, the culture has had a major shift towards a growth mindset, so everyone's always learning and challenging themselves, and the corporate results reflect that growth.","Program Management is different than Product Management at other tech companies, doing a bit more design and a bit less market understanding. Microsoft is starting to shift that role, but it has some growing pains around the relationship between PM and Design, and how the company approaches new investments.",Keep up the momentum in culture change and data-driven decision making.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50367,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Good health care benefits and options,Terrible teamwork and strategy for territory,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50368,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Xbox - playing games w/ people isn't good for making great games,"some very talented, smart and committed people competitive salary good work/life balance great benefits Pro Club",dog eat dog environment - depending on team little transparency or accountability need to build own network for survival don't try anything new without executive sponsorship and be prepared to surrender credit and involvement if your idea sticks,"Satya's commitment to a growth mindset is a great start, but hasn't trickled down to the front lines.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50369,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Work life balance is good. Benefit is good.,Payment is not competitive. And lots of politicals.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P77.htm
50370,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Work life balance is good. Benefit is good.,Payment is not competitive. And lots of politicals.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50371,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Goood,Keep up the good work.,Can be more innovative in new areas.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50372,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Mar 26, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,Customer Success Manager,Working for Microsoft is a fantastic career opportunity. It will truly open doors for a future career. Focused on diversity and inclusion. They are invested in your development of technical acumen. You are at the forefront of cloud driven technological innovations.,"Internal tools is not a focus, and there is a lack of metrics for a data driven company. It is a huge company and it can sometimes be difficult to locate resources.",I love my management.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50373,microsoft,"Knoxville, TN"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Where Do I Begin,"It's Microsoft, so there's that.",Almost 4 years and STILL in a kiosk Upper Management? Laughable. Current Management? I'll reserve comment. Room for Advancement? Unless you're willing to fake it 'til you make it...nope.,"Stop treating the specialty stores like crap, also, don't run off your best people.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50374,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sewing circle,Free food and snacks as well as location,"Horrible people , devoid of human feelings",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50375,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Big name player in the industry,"Benefits are second only to amazon and google. Other companies in other industries do not come close with benefits. Excellent vision , mindset and leadership from the CEO Satya Nadella.","In the field, for sales and services it is really all about hitting your numbers vs what the CEO says the bison is, which is being customer obsessed. Forcing customers to buy what you need them to buy to hit your sales numbers to get paid is not being customer obsessed it’s being obsessed with making money short term.",Make sure your corporate sales leaders are thinking long term vs making a buck this quarter to keep the street happy.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50376,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great freedom to add individual direction and improvements,There are many competing projects and individuals,Align the direction and support the cooperative group efforts,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50377,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2018",Former Employee - BDM,BDM,"Wonderful work and team dynamics. Very smart people making the work interesting, challenging and fun.",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50378,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits,"Good benefits, especially in healthcare","Very large company, hard to stand out",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50379,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,just ok,work life balance is ok,pay is lagging behind competition,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P78.htm
50380,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Service Engineer II,Challenging and problem solving opportunities leveraging MS technologies,Loads of technical resources to learn new skills or enhance existing ones. Lots of opportunities in solving and improving systems or applications.,Office drama and politics. Lack of transparency from management which can lead to lack of collaboration due to competitive teams.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50381,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Large Company with great benefits,Microsoft has great benefits and the work-life balance is wonderful. You can make your job as easy as you like it or as hard as you would like. There are a lot of opportunities to get involved in different events within the organization and there are numerous ways to give back to the community while working at Microsoft.,Its a large company so you can get lost in the system if you are not able to Network. It is very hard to figure out what is your next role since the organization is so large. Promotions can be hard to come by if you are not proactive in pushing yourself in front of management.,Start looking at the people that want to be promoted and move their career and help them get to the next position.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50382,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,Love the work culture at Microsoft,None. I feel motivated to work here,None. I feel motivated to work here,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50383,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programming Writer,"It's a big company with so many different subgroups so if one group isn't a good fit you can find another that is. There are also a lot of employee activities and social interest groups, like a big college campus.",The annual review process can be arduous. I've heard pay is lower for developers there than at other large software companies.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50384,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Fun impactful work with work life flexibility,We are playing catch-up in many fields,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50385,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Lots of great benefits and changes to learn.,"No real cons, the workplace was a bit crowded.",keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50386,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 26, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Great Place,"All of i, great campus, colleagues and working conditions.","Some politics, not all is transparent.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50387,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but found a better place,Indepennent work environment. Room to learn and grow,None I can think off,Promote independent thinking and reward individuals for contributions,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50388,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,career development,"great environment, very talent engineers, great opportunities to learn different technology and domain knowledge","Training program is not ideal for newly hired staff, especially for someone comes from different industrial discipline.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50389,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Director,"Smart, collaborative teams, ability to work remotely with the latest collaboration tools",Highly matrixed organization that causes barriers to having as much impact as you could,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P79.htm
50390,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Empowering innovation,"Very proud to work for a company that prioritizes as it does...growth mindset, autism awareness, the list goes on.",The rain in Redmond gets old.,Satya makes it easy to buy in...He is an amazing leader.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50391,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,A lot of chance to develop Good work and life balance Generous stock rewards for new graduates Excellent benefits,Sometimes too big to think of the whole picture Promotion varies between different groups,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50392,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Sr. Human Resources Manager,Senior HR Manager,"Inspiring global reach - where else can you impact BILLIONS with a mission to ""empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more"". Satya Nadella's ""Hit Refresh"" culture is spot on. We are not the old Microsoft ... but not yet all we want to be. Benefits are INCREDIBLE. Pay is targeted in the top 2/3rds. Endless opportunities to grow and be challenged.","Our size, business complexity, and momentum is a blessing and a curse. Our challenge is to be agile (innovators dilemma), keep the customer at the heart of everything we do (despite layers of overhead), and embrace a ""growth mindset"" culture (when billions are seemingly at stake).","Our mission, values, and strategy seems on target ... now live them out with full integrity.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50393,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack of support from leadership,Benefits are phenomenal. Fun work environment. Understands that life happens.,Pay inequality. Upper management's words do not have the actions and support behind them,Truly support your teams with actions and not just words,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50394,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Business Leader,frozen middle in hit refresh,satya dream is spot on -- but no one is accountable to execute,leadership continues with good ol' boy clubs -- losing senior women -- bias abounds,clean house,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50395,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Operations Program Manager,Getting better over 15+ years,"- Growth Mindset - Great Executive team with many diverse and inspiring people who clearly want to make Microsoft a great place to work and are moving in the right direction. - Many great teams to work on and for, but also not so great ones and the difference across the company can be striking, but I have noticed in recent years that the ""bad"" teams (usually because of their management) are starting to disappear.",- Slow to change (as expected with any corporation this size) - Still occasionally operates like multiple businesses instead of providing a unified view - lack of transparency around promotion and pay policies and plans,- increase transparency - provide better training/resources to middle management and weed out the bad apples from the lot.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50396,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,Great people and amazing benefits. It's clearly a place where you can have an amazing career if you want to.,"depending on your area you can find some politics. Also, it has a lot of silos, so depending on your position things take time to move forward.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50397,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great benefits,Best Health Insurance on the market,Career path may seem unclear,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50398,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but HQ centric at times","Great pay and benefits, scale of customers is awesome, culture on how we work with outside companies vastly improved",Stack rating system still exists but isn't talked about broadly. Highly matrixed model creates inefficiencies and redundancies in many places.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50399,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Content Developer,Great place to build the career you want,Tons of opportunities. Lots of variety and the chance to find and build the career that is right for you.,Can be difficult to navigate. Politics can get in the way at a large company. Things are heading in the right direction as orgs become flatter and individuals are becoming more empowered.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P80.htm
50400,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Benefits were great, environment was nice","Kind of boring, slow pace",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50401,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Good stable company,Stability of company. Opportunity to try things you wouldn’t elsewhere. Many different projects to switch between without needing to leave the company.,Overly competitive for wrong reasons/goals. Lots of fat/incompetent people in leadership positions. Some teams have horrible culture driven by leaders.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50402,microsoft,"Philadelphia, PA"," Mar 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Director,Senior Director,"Industry leading technology, learning, Cloud innovation, strong customer base","Culture: Despite great CEO, majority of 4 layers below permeates toxic leadership & sugarcoat old demonic culture","self actualization, self realization",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50403,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft,great place if you values work life balance,"low compensation, slow career growth",good,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50404,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Network Engineer,Great company,"Great technology, people are very helpful and friendly, extremely positive and upbeat environment","Many hours during the Blueprint phase of training, cold calling at times",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50405,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,student developer,"brand, salary, work life balance","workload, workload, workload, hash manager",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50406,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still good, but not a supreme tech com anymore",Good insurance coverage. Relatively good work-life balance (depend on team),Compensation is not generous to its own employees but only to those from other tech companies,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50407,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Finance Rotation Analyst,Many opportunities within the company for significant finance roles,"Tons of different roles, finance plays a key role in strategy. Very inclusive. Lots of tools set up to help your career.","Not always efficient, some tools and processes are outdated or repetitive. Unique culture not everyone fits into. Can be somewhat political.",Try to let your employees be proactive instead of fitting them into the existing system.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50408,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Good experience,In my current org i I have good opportunities for growth,The overall benefits of the company are not as competitive as in the past,Be always open about your ideas. The good managers value that,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50409,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Various Technical and PM,Great place to work,"The people, salary, benefits, the work itself.",Some managers are difficult and we often wondered how they got/kept their jobs.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P81.htm
50410,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I've worked for,"Pretty friendly people. Interesting projects with a lot of skills (with the exception of some) transferable to elsewhere as an engineer. 401k matching is great, PTO policy is great, and also compensation is quite good.","No free food. Also, restaurant doesn't serve dinner. Just like every big company, some teams may not be as good as other teams. What team and what projects you work on have a huge impact on how you would view a company, needless to say.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50411,microsoft,none," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Work Life Balance Opportunity to work on and contribute to impactful projects Tons of smart people Interesting and challenging work Benefits,Slow to change culture Competing projects and the politics that come with them Career advancement can be slow in some orgs,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50412,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-II,SDE II,Good work life balance and good campus,low pay and boring work item,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50413,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Administrative Assistant,Executive Administrator,"Great teams, good people, inclusive and diverse. Good benefits.",No stock. No Bonus. Hourly employee compared to all other Corporate Employees. Makes one feel less than and undervalued.,Look into giving bonus and stock awards to BAs and EAs.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50414,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Probably not the best but not the worst either,"Lots of different opportunities. Some good perks, depending on your position.",Very competitive environment. Only as valuable as your last review.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50415,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer - graduate,Seattle is a nice place to live.,The work is super boring!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50416,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Talented people, you always learn something new, great benefits",Sometimes can be heavy on process. Slow to respond to change. Middle management can not be trusted blindly,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50417,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2018",Former Employee - Enterprise Architect,Maybe the best technology technology on the planet,"Great environment, very supportive leadership, awesome locations. lots of passion regarding technology. the most fun place to work",very big company. takes awhile to get to know the right people,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50418,microsoft,"Redlands, CA"," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Product Engineer,GReat company,Work environment was amazing and challenging,"High Pressure, high energy, long hours.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50419,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work (As long as you are on the right team),Benefits are second to none. Donation matching. Paid caregiving leave.,"Stay away from the retail side. It's easily the worst thing at Microsoft and runs very much like it has in the past. Nepotism, lack of direction, questionable leadership, etc.",The big bets on Azure and Office 365 are heading in the right direction. The retail side definitely needs a transformation and new leadership from the market level on down.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P82.htm
50420,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Various on teams,Good benefits and compensation. Culture is changing.,Lots of bad and rookie managers,Flatten the organization,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50421,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,The REAL Microsoft culture vs what you read in the press,1) Great people who often go above and beyond 2) Benefits are amazing and comprehensive 3) Many different job opportunities within one company 4) Travel potential 5) Some really cool products,1) 24/7 phone and email availability expectation 2) Some managers openly play favorites and are not transparent 3) Internal processes are a mess and are skewed towards management saving face rather than resolving worker's issues and improving processes,"Create a solid Worker's Bill of Rights to protect your employees. Eliminate the level system and instead evaluate a worker's contribution against established role responsibilities. Institute a program to help mid-career employees grow. Increase transparency. Rebuild the internal process to ""get new headcount"" and start aligning team growth to company/product growth.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50422,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Smart people, perks, far reaching products.","Bit old fashioned, vastly hierarchical chain of command, too massive to impact anything meaningful in short period.",Be more open to open-source tech. Should strive towards a more flat ranking structure.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50423,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Awesome Benefits, great gym, buses to the campus","Very slow pace, bureaucratic, harder to progress",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50424,microsoft,"Oak Brook, IL"," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Great Company to Work For!,Amazing benefits. A company that values volunteering and giving back.,It's hard if you don't have the customer service/sales background.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50425,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but you must have a champion,Great benefits and pay. Work with very smart people. Always learning.,Your experience will be directly proportional to the quality of your core management team. It can feel like different companies depending on who is your manager. While most managers are good some are very bad.,Do not put inexperienced or uncaring managers in charge of high performing teams. It kills the team productivity and morale.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50426,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Nice people around. Good work life balance.,Too big. Don't know what others are working on.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50427,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,New MBA Grad and Offered a tech role in the Sales Org? Join at your risk!,1. Great company.  2. Flexibility to work from anywhere and anytime in this role. 3. Good vision of leadership. 4. Good pay and benefits.,1. Sales culture is really bad - with favoritism and politics. 2. Not kind to new hires from school - you have to work really hard to prove yourself and built credibility.,Don't put new MBA hires to compete against their own team members who have been in that role all their lives. Creates a very stressful environments for the new people.,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50428,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Needs competitive compensation package,Work life balance is ok in most team except running online services.,People manager skills are not so good in middle layer management chain. Compensation is not as competitive w.r.t other companies if you do the same job.,Train the mid layer managers to be better people manager and not just execute projects and exec reviews. This will retain talents.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50429,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Benefits. CEO ,opportunities and culture.",Growth depends on the org you are working for.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P83.htm
50430,microsoft,"Jacksonville, FL"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Librarian,librarian rox,nice place to be a lib,tough coworkers for a lib,better perks,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50431,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,I really enjoy the flexibility to work from home and decide how i am going to achieve all the goals i set,Conversions rarely happen in recruiting. If you are hoping to get a full time job you will likely be disappointed,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50432,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Electrical Engineer,"Good company, but not very exciting","Benefits are ok, but not excellent. Job is generally stable, with only occasional layoffs. Some teams have a lot of travel and time spent in China.","Lots of reorgs and instability. Some teams have a lot of travel and time spent in China. Stock bonus plan is poor compared to competitors. No free food like other tech giants. Engineering work is not very innovative or cutting edge. Very schedule driven, but not customer focused or quality focused. Many decisions are made by project managers who do not understand the technology they are managing.","Employees are critical to the success of Microsoft, GM's and VP's that refuse to even try to get to know the people on their teams shows how little regard they have for their staff.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50433,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company But Many Skills not Transferable outside MS,Good Benefits Good work life balance,Depending on the org you'll get pigeon holed into legacy stuff that won't help your career outside of that role. A lot of internal tools and legacy systems that as a devops person will severely hurt your career if you don't take your own personal time to learn what the rest of the industry is using/doing.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50434,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Analytics Manager, XBOX","Great products, benefits and pay are good",Politics are valued more than contribution,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50435,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with smart people,"Innovation, Global company, Global Name, Great and smart team members","Management can be iffy, but this can be the case at any company",Do Management reviews and help workers succeed in the company,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50436,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Pricing Manager,Former Microsoft Employee Feedback,Great to be part of a company that's changing the world. Good pay and benefits. Outlook is strong with growth in cloud.,"Work life balance suffers as staffing is cut to the bone. Diversity has been taken to the extreme and older, white males are being replaced by women of color.","When an employee is high performing and dependable, make an attempt to keep that employee even if in a different role. Mass layoffs for unknown reasons undermine the confidence of those that remain in the company.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50437,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Data and AI Consultant,Data and AI Consultant,"Culture, benefits, location, CEO, flexibility, ability to move laterally","Work-life balance, compensation in this particular position",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50438,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work, but depends on the team you land in","This review is for the Office 365/Outlook team. * Great people and management * Family friendly (great work-life balance) * Great benefits * Great facilities (medical facilities, sports fields, I hear they even have a treehouse now) * Free drinks cooler","I've heard nightmares in certain teams, so YMMV depending on the team. No free food.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50439,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"This company treats you as a resource, not a person",Pay is good as are the benefits.,"I admit that I was there under the Balmer days, so the situation might have changed under Nadella. Hopefully it has.","Treat your employees with dignity and respect. HR, get up and do something.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P84.htm
50440,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Digital Marketing Manager,Senior Marketing Manager,"Intellectually stimulating, really smart people.",The new vision of our CEO is spot on but politics tends to be pervasive.,"Incent people managers! Often times, top performer are ushered in people management roles and some don't like it and some aren't suited for it.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50441,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flat out the best experience I’ve had working for any major company.,Work- Life balance Best in class benefits Opportunity for growth Great vision for the future Progressive leadership Strong financial performance Invests in its people. Ability to change trajectory. Autonomy,Silo work teams Decentralized information Low agility in certain instances Communication on why we cannot pivot. Bonus Structure based on individual contributions.,"Continue to do what you are doing, I’m proud to where the badge. Ensure that Growth Mindset is priority at every level.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50442,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Love this company!,"Smart people, great work life balance, company matches charity donations.",It all depends on who you work for - would NOT work in the WDG group,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50443,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Content Manager,"Solid, flexible, with many opportunities","Interesting and challenging work with impact. Opportunities for lateral moves and advancement. Smart, motivated co-workers. Stable, respect for work/life balance and flexibility to work at home. Positive, optimistic atmosphere without a lot of office politics. High compensation potential.","Frequent re-organizations, management changes, office moves. Demanding performance expectations. Occasional need to work longer hours. Management styles and expectations vary greatly across the company and even within groups.","Make sure we're innovating and not just copying what other companies are doing. Make more effort to preserve knowledge retained only by senior people and not written down anywhere systematically. Respect older technologies and build off them, don't just let them stagnate.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50444,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Great company,"Every possible role you can think of ins software industry, Microsoft has it. Easy to switch roles to try different career options Grow as IC or as Manager with similar compensation",Gigantic. Some teams have bad LT.,Empower engineers and Leads to take more bold decisions without having to go through long chain of LT.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50445,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - No Name,Great Company,The changing culture is great.,Old Managers with no skills need to be replaced.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50446,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer in Microsoft for the past 5 years,- Good benefits - Lots of projects to choose,- Microsoft started embracing startup culture recently. Most of the senior employees are still following the old culture.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50447,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENG LEAD,PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENG LEAD,Challenging work. Nice teamwork and everybody in invested in each others success. Work life balance is good.,Pay seems to be on the lower side. Heard some other teams may not be like our team.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50448,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great position for a retail job,"Benefits are fantastic, pay is very competitive considering you don't need full formal education for this position",Seems to be no focus on moving people out of retail space even if they do have relevant experience,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50449,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Design Director,Design Director,Benefits are decent. Compensation is fair.,"Very heavy middle and micro management. Lots of chiefs, not a lot of Indians.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P85.htm
50450,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,HR,"Exciting time to be at the co., creating new products in a learning env. / growth mindset - open communication to learn from each other and from mistakes",Still quite a few layers/hierarchy,ask more questions of what can be done differently and better,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50451,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data analytics,"top-of-the line benefits, wonderful people to work with, challenges that are conducive to growth and development",things can become a little political when it comes to cross-departmental work,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50452,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,Great place depending on your manager,"Decent benefits, great bonus opportunities annually, access to incredible resources and tools.",Your manager makes your life. Worked 4 years for an amazing one and <1 year for a terrible one that ended my career their before I wanted to. Also after looking for other roles I found that their compensation levels were not that competitive industry wide.,"There should be more opportunity to move to other areas of the company if you don't work well with your manager, especially if you get forced to move under a manager not of your choice.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50453,microsoft,"Newark, DE"," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Product Services Advisor,Best retail job I every had,"Loved the company, employees, products, pay, benefits, flexible, was really awesome.","I have nothing bad to say, really enjoyed my time with there.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50454,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great company!,Microsoft is great place to work at.,Big companies do tend to have a lot of processes.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50455,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Mobile QA Engineer,Mobile QA Engineer,"Good benefits, free food, espresso machines",Hostile work environment. Cut throat personnel practices since Microsoft take over. Too many republicans.,Stay away from them.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50456,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Friendly Easy Flexible Fun Community,People are chosen for promotions based on their relationship with the manager,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50457,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Good perks! Get to see new products and technology.,Too many politics. Deadlines are always an issue.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50458,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Data Science,Large Company and a Mammoth Business to contribute. Immense opportunities to perform various roles (employment is a platform) Some teams are working on cutting edge technologies,Very slow to change. Largely following up in many markets. Very few disruptions happening in the industry,Fund more moonshot projects.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50459,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Talent Acquisition Consultant,Recruiter,"great platform to try out different roles/things, great resource and easy to access, culture promoting diverse and inclusive,","Free meal is not available, Comp is mediocre while competing in the tier1 market.",More investment is needed to take care of some small things such as meal that could go a long way standing out in today's talent market.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P86.htm
50460,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gender bias is still at play,Amazing benefits smart people Global experience with challenging problems to solve Great resources and tools “Outside in” series is amazing,"As much at MSFT states they are inclusive, there is still a “bro culture” at play. Collaboration is a myth. Individual heroics is still at play.",Really look at how you position female talent in the org. Are you providing them with the support needed to succeed?,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50461,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work for microsoft,"people, and wide range of products and tech","too big, and often hard to get collaboration",faster more collaboration,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50462,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Microsoft is a very well-organized place to work. You can definitely learn a lot of things working there.,Annual stock refresh isn't as good as other top companies.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50463,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good luck with your senior management!,"Great coworkers, salary and benefits.","Some teams are run as a ""boys' club"". Senior management in WDG org shows more authority than leadership and set unrealistic goals which burn people out till they have enough and leave the team or even MS.",Audit teams in WDG and pay more attention to their MSPoll results and people feedback about their managers. Revisit the rewards system which is bias and many times unfair.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50464,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Servces Executive,Look beneath the covers first,great benefits for individual and family,"poor middle management, toxic culture and poor execution on strategy across products and services",get rid of the old culture and truly transform the organization within,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50465,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware of gaslighting,Microsoft is a great place to launch or hone a career if you land in a department where the managers are focused on utilizing their people effectively and are genuinely invested in growing their teams in meaningful ways. You will have an opportunity to work with and learn from a ton of very smart people. You will enjoy good benefits.,"Some departments and mangers use gaslighting as the method of choice for obfuscating internal politics and manipulating department outcomes. If, for example, a department wants to stretch its headcount dollars to add extra heads without officially getting any new headcount budget, managers will make it their fulltime jobs to convert a sufficient number of good performers into bad performers through review management techniques that slingshot off a review system that requires an employee and the employee’s colleagues to serve up areas of vulnerability under the disguise of opportunities for growth. In reality, there is generally nothing egregiously wrong with the employee’s performance. It is just that the employee happens to have fallen into the path of the manager’s short-term measure of success and so will be chewed up and spit out. Generally, you became this person by performing well and being paid fairly for your first several years of good service.",Walk the walk of the Microsoft core principles. Stop advancing people to management roles whose only interpretation of investing in the success of others is to invest in the success of their direct manager without regard for how they achieve their results. Stop paying bonuses to managers who are hitting their budget goals by bullying people into failure.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50466,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Engineering Program Manager,It was great until they divested this part of their business,"Outstanding comp, benefits, and stock sharing. Yearly Stock awards that vest over 5 years are a great way to retain top talent. Other tech companies should take note...",Things can become bureaucratic and you can get lost if you're not a self starter and able to influence others for your cause. Rating system was overly reliant on goal commitments made early on in the review cycle.,Basing salary merit increases on ones commitments without constantly seeing if those are in line with current business strategy can motivate in the wrong direction.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50467,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, but Large and Slow","Get to work with great, smart, and fun people. Compensation and benefits are best of class.",Management has a hard time implementing new process and delivering a strategic vision to front line employees. This is mostly due to the 100k+ employees. Can be difficult to move internally.,Give front line employees the tools they need to do their job and stop the internal focus on manual reporting.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50468,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work life balance here,Good work life balance here,Compensation not commensurate with performance,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50469,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great innovative company,"Excellent benefits, great perks, continuous learning and career development.","High competition, political depending on the group.",Foster culture values and celebrate differences.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P87.htm
50470,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,One of the best companies I worked with.,"Flexible hours. Easy to talk to managers. Even if a little slow to get promotions, still faster than other big companies. You pay for food, yet it is really good food.","You need to pay for food. Slow to publish updates. Sometimes good updates get delayed ""until next release"" even if no further testing is done. Some people don't like you simply because you are in tech (or at least in a big tech company).",You are targets of some major hackers. Believe when a worker complains about a story that seems crazy. You are the ones.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50471,microsoft,"Natick, MA"," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Consumer Service Advisor,Great Culture and Team,"Being available Service Advisor is overall a great experience, very fast paced and people focused. You're always meeting new people, in a great team and playing with the latest technology. Lots of great benefits",Being a retail job it doesn't ever provide a consistent schedule and provides a difficult work/life balance. It's very hard to take time off in the holidays.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50472,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Advisor,The perks were really good,The goals are not obtainable,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50473,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aggressive,Stable and Aggressive Cloud Computing Company.,Large Company. It could be difficult for external hire.,Need improve on Agility and Decision making,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50474,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior manager,Wide range of products and job opportunities. Ability to work with a lot of smart people and top business partners. Good learning environment. Nice and friendly team.,"Politics, conflicting or overlapping roles. Each team has its own target. No clear definition or rules when collaborating. Manager not able to resolve it, instead pushing employees to fight and compete",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50475,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software developer,good work life balance and benefits,no growth and old technology,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50476,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Almost Outgrowing Itself,"Globally recognized brand, stable company, excellent benefits and a rewarding environment. The stocks are soaring.","The market is growing faster in demand of Azure products and the new Unified Support services than its infrastructure can really handle. Also, there is very little mentorship and formal training for service delivery personnel, which can be especially challenging for workers in the field not close to a physical corporate facility/Microsoft Technology Center.","Give those in service delivery better hands on and technical training. Slow down and don't mix sales (revenue making) activities with the service delivery function, or we may quickly lose trust and credibility with our customer base.",3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50477,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer Review,World class resources Great corporate Environment,You can get pigeon holed into undesired roles/skills if you are not intentional,Continue to train and foster career changes,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50478,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Impressive work and great brand allows to contribute to the community.,"No flexibility, Unhealthy compensation strategy leading to self recognition over collaboration and teamwork.","It's about time we eat our own dogfood and relinquish the harness to be only located in ""Redmond"", we do produce several articles boasting our products that actually increase the health and overall productivity of our work force. Don't we believe it!",3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50479,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Specialist,Cloud Specialist,"Benefits, culture, technology, challenges, pay",not customer focused shiny penny syndrome,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P88.htm
50480,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Benefits, and clearly defined roles",Need to promote and give new challenges to employees so they are not stuck in the same position for years.,Satya is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50481,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,There are lots of employee discounts and you get time off (and still get paid).,You do need a lot of experience in specific categories.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50482,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Specialist,Cloud Specialist,"Benefits, culture, technology, challenges, pay",not customer focused shiny penny syndrome,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50483,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,User Experience Designer II,"Benefits, Work-life balance, Opportunities, Growth",Need more innovation at work,More focus on user research and usability,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50484,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Awesome Benefits,"Flexibility, challenge and empowerment. Great Benefits and stable company","Positions are not stable, there are annual restructuring efforts continuously.",Tools need improvements,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50485,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Excellent place to work in various technical roles,Outstanding technical talent Lots of room to grow skills and experience teams in different domains Different technical roles available to those with specialized skills,"Pace not comparable to a startup, if that is what you are seeking",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50486,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Changing for the better,Company culture is changing. People work together across divisions.,Limited locations in Seattle. Somewhat aging employee base.,Go Satya!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50487,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Amazing place to work,Learning tools is provided to be a successful employee,Work life balance needs improvement,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50488,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 21, 2018",Former Employee - Applied Scientist,Politics galore! Not for the faint of heart,"Great benefits, decent reputation. Lot of smart people and great data to work with.",too much politics and too much competition. Everyone focuses on keeping their manager happy. Lower salaries than the market.,Control the politics or Microsoft will implode,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50489,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun and Long,It was very fun to work there,I had to work long hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P89.htm
50490,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun and Long,It was very fun to work there,I had to work long hours,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50491,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Operations Program Manager,Excellent benefits package and upper management well versed in saying all the right things.,It's a larger company that talks the talk of being customer focused but doesn't walk the walk.,"What's more important, teams that are willing to try things and move on, or following regulations, policies and counting beans?",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50492,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Principal engineering manager,Tons of opportunity to make an impact on products known world wide. If you are well connected with the leadership you will do well.,Growth mindset is at ceo level but not level below. Most are old school Microsoft and good at competing against the other divisions. Not a good place for a woman to be successful as it is still the good ol boys club. Look at other tech firms that focus more on culture.,Bring in fresh leadership that has the growth mindset not try to get 20 year vets that excel at old school msft.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50493,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Investment,All information Microsoft Windows Google,Investment banking analyst position posted online,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50494,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Great benefits, good work life balance.",Limited opportunities for growth if not in the right team.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50495,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative Director,The CEO. Working with smart people. The ongoing drive for diversity and a better culture.,Lots of old guard who don't benefit from rapid change or doing things differently still hold key positions. We don't invest in brand. We don't invest properly in long-term bets.,"When we have a long-term technical bet, come up with a plan and stick to it. Don't get bored or worried that it isn't currently profitable.  Invest some money in the brand. Invest more in advertising and marketing.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50496,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant to CVP,Microsoft,"Great benefits, flexible work environment","continuous re-orgs and movement, Admins are paid hourly with no opportunity for bonus, stock",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50497,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Pays well. Good work/life balance.,highly political. not easy to move out of IT to the product groups,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50498,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Technical Evangelist,Incredible company,"- Incredible salary, stock, & bonus - Fantastic benefits - Tons of growth, lateral or vertical - Great for families",- Can't think of any cons that are unique to the company.,"- For technical roles, hire based on technical competence",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50499,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Hard to find greener grass,"Career growth and opportunities to change roles and companies in a way (different product and service teams can feel completely different) without moving companies or locations Flexibility - on average even if long hours certain weeks or days, you have ownership and can be successful while still prioritizing family and other things important for you to have energy to do your best work and work to live Company is innovating and growing Cares about community and maybe the best global corporate citizen - donation and volunteer matching is only second to the Gates foundation I feel good about selling people to come here. It is hard to go wrong even if it ends up not being for you and you leave (great on resume) Satya is the real deal - makes me proud to work here",Corporate BS Occasional bad managers ... and when you see them get promoted because of corporate BS and other sub par managers above them. Not everyone who has been there forever is still there because they are that good Compensation can be really good but if you are in competitive space and growing quickly you have to push hard to try and keep up with your market value without leaving and coming back,Keep working on how we reward people with bonuses - more timely and tied to milestones would be nice. System definitely no longer promotes competing with peers but it also seems like luck or black box.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P90.htm
50500,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enginineering Manager,Great company to work for!,Tech industry keeps changing every year,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50501,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft review,"Great benefits, inclusive culture, lots of orgs to explore","Slow moving, red tape at times",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50502,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Bill Gates is the best,They give you apple products to use.,stay away from apple--they're a competitor,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50503,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Amazing company to work at.,Can't think of any at this time.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50504,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great place to work. Advancement opportunities if you work hard and can position yourself early in a product cycle.,Big company where ideas are a dime a dozen. Need to be very committed to get your idea through.,Keep up the culture shift that Satya is bringing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50505,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Culture, vision, growth, empowerment, ability to change the world","Pressure, work life balance, some area and mid level managers are not aligned with senior lt vision for culture",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50506,microsoft,"Durham, NC"," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Microsoft Store - good place to work,"Amazing working with my schedule for my full time job. One team, one dream Paid Training Learning Modules to keep you update to date Community outreach programs","Seems to be lacking a little behind in the retail industry, even though they have many stores. They are not a health conscious store - sodas and snacks (are too plentiful). I know they appeal to a certain crowd, but still. You're never alone - cameras everywhere, but to be honest, you won't have anything to worry about unless you're doing something wrong. There are few opportunities for ""moving up"" - you really need to fight your teammates","Let team members train for a little in other departments. ICE should shadow Techs , and Front of House advisors should see a day in the life of ICE and Techs.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50507,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Technical Support Engineer,It isn't all it's made out to be.,Great benefits. Flexible hours. Cool work.,"The biggest issue for me was their rush to get product out regardless of the quality. It chased a lot of dedicated, big customers away. Now the product they took over is being discontinued. They took a very good product and destroyed it. What a shame.",Put customers and quality first.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50508,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Learn more than at any school.,I learned more working at Microsoft than I ever could have at any school.,"There is some stress and pressure. If you don't keep up, you will not keep your job. Then again, you shouldn't.",I have no problem with the way they did their jobs.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50509,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Did not work for me,Great salary but nothing else,"Good old boys and girls club. You HAVE to be liked by everyone if you expect to last at MSFT. You need to be constantly telling everyone how great you. It's a ""beauty contest"" atmosphere where you always need to have portray how great you are. Big drinking culture too. Most company events havbe minimal food but unlimited drinks, so most people are wasted fairly quickly. Management are doing their best not to get fired and as a result they do whatever they are told as it relates to hiring, firing and promotions. I saw many firings where they told people ""your job is in jeopardy"" w/o giving actual specifics of what you did. Once you hear that phrase, there is no turning back. Meaning they want you out. Many folks choose to stay and try to turn things around but MSFT will make your life miserable if you take that route.","None, because they would not listen.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P91.htm
50510,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Great company to work for that is reinventing itself,"I was at MSFT for almost 20 years and it's definitely changed these past 5 years and for the better I think. The big focus on AI and Azure/Cloud is now paying off and the company seems less like the dull corporate of old and more in touch with what's in the industry - e.g. widespread use of GitHub, open sourcing, Linux. It's a great place to work and they do care about work/life balance though I gather this probably varies from team to team. Benefits are good too.",Too difficult to move around within the company. There have been some improvements in past few years but still you have to do full interview loops. In many ways it's easier to interview externally than internally which doesn't seem right to me.,Make it easier for internal transitions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50511,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feudalism,"- Good benefits, decent salaries, lots of commute options",- Every team acts like a feudal kingdom,Get rid of Program Managers,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50512,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE,great place to work love it,"nothing nothing nothing nothing , MS rocks",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50513,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Good management, pay, and benefits.",HR department is hard to utilize since most of it is through email.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50514,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review of working at Microsoft,"Great pay, great benefits, great support structure, great career opportunities",Sometimes hard to fathom how huge the company is.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50515,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Director,Opportunities as Cloud is now the focus all across the org,Politics is prevalent across the org,Not enough people development when leaders bring their trusted yes-people around when they move organizations. Limits people development in the org they move to.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50516,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Hire & fire mentality,In general they have an ok compensation package. If you have a good manager and working on a successful project then you have smooth sailing.,"Even that they say ""our employees are the most valuable assets"" - that's just a lie. Someone would not treat their employees in such a way - especially employees who have served for a long time and have significantly contributed to the success of that company. Do not expect ANY loyalty from that company or from management. They practice ""hire & fire"" at its best. You loose your job without ANY wrong doing and there is enough work to be done in other groups or divisions. Instead of offering a comparable position in a different group - they rather fire you. Sure this is good for stockholders, but it also creates an atmosphere of uncertainty among all other employees. Microsoft middle management sucks - sorry for being so blunt here.","Why don't you transition employees into other roles in other groups/departments? You rather fire a couple of thousands, which looks good for the stockholders and then later hire (and in some cases) rehire them again. This is a really bad game you are playing here!",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50517,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good workplace,"- Exciting work challenges and really great offices,  -Good salary and package of benefits:  -Great Team.","-Very few possibilities to be promoted,  -Few opportunities to work individually and showcase your expertise,","Should be more careful to the needs of the team, otherwise people will resign,",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50518,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SAMPLE,It is very good place to work,None I am aware of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50519,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineering Manager,MS Review,"Good compensation, working with latest technologies and processes.",Work life balance has decreased in the last few years,"Google and Amazon appear to have more momentum attracting new talent , we need to do better making Microsoft a more attractive company to work for. We also need to do better with work life balance.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P92.htm
50520,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Culture is improving. Still cutthroat in nature and individual experience highly dependent on your direct manager.,Competitive salary and great benefit package. Flexible work hours or working from home option is great. Office facilities are nice and company shuttles to and from different buildings are very convenient.,Experience varies greatly by direct manager. Cutthroat and could get laid off in a moment notice due to regular re-org.,People managers should be held a higher standard base on team fit and soft skills. There are many out there that got the job through connection but have no business managing others and are difficult to work with. They also have too much power over the direct report. They could easily manage people out of the company through subjective feedback and Connect reviews.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50521,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Don't stay at Microsoft for too long,Great benefits (not salary though).,"After more than 5 years at the company, you will find you become so out-dated in technology. The tech world seems not to appreciate Microsoft technology at all and your knowledge and skills can hardly match companies' job descriptions.",Play less politics and put SOME focus on innovation!!!,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50522,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft,You will feel comfortable working here. You will have good balance between work and own life.,"Not being paid as much as competitive companies. But definitely the more you get paid, the less balance you get between work and life.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50523,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Hardware Reliability Engineer,Great benefits and balanced work life,gets too bust at times and job security,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50524,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Service Delivery Manager,"Great People, Great benefits, travel was great.","Like most companies, bottom line is more important than people. If you make a lot of money there, you can start counting the days when you are gone.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50525,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company,Cutting edge technology and good work environment,Not so competitive salary. Not so efficient management.,Salary,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50526,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Solution Architect,Cloud Solution Architect,* Fantastic Benefits * Competitive Salary * Amazing people - Smartest people I have worked in 17 years of my professional life. * I get paid to learn new technology and get a chance to change the world through my customers.,I love the company and my team. No cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50527,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Working with very smart people, good work life balance, supportive management. You do get opportunities to pursue things you are interested in, even if they are not a part of your core job responsibilities","Depending on the role and product, there is a pressure to perform, 80% Microsoft has moved to CEO's new culture but 20% is still stuck with their old thinking. Everytime you have to deal with a team from this 20% bucket, it is not a good experience","Keep doing what you are doing, as it is working! Push the teams with old mentality to either move to new culture or go to a different employer!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50528,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud,"As a company, Microsoft believes in taking care of it's employees like no other company. It is a family concept based company. Employees are Microsoft best assets",Very demanding company.,Needs to improve in human assets management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50529,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Culture. Advancement. Security. Benefits. Compensation.,Work Life balance at times.,Stay Awesome.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P93.htm
50530,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply chain,"People are awesome, lots of responsibilities","Not so good work life balance, round the clock work",Move the middle folk so we don't stagnate,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50531,microsoft,"Huntington, NY"," Jan 17, 2018",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Part time Product Adviser,"The culture of Microsoft is among the best to work for. Their mentality of helping customers is that they don't want them to just come in and buy. They want them to have FUN, be ENGAGED, and have a great experience in order to achieve more. I bet there are not many places you can name that offer personal training sessions, out of box experiences when you buy a device, gaming tournaments, community events and so much more. Uniform honestly looks fresh compared to other companies and the experience with customers is unlike any other retailer.",There really aren't anyway. If you have open availability the only thing is you'll be working a 9 hour shift with 1 hour break. It's a lot of standing so make sure your shoes SUPPORT you.,"LOCK. CERTAIN. PRODUCTS. I love the mentality of devices not being locked, but people steal. a lot. Please change this because it can be hard to watch so many customers when the store is very busy. OR at least put sensors in the front of the store.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50532,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,"Challenging, even if you’re smart.",Lots of learning Ability to move between groups Good pay Great benefits Incredible tech experience even for marketing positions Cross functional team work provided great insight into other groups Learned a lot about analytics and data mining,Unless you have someone on your side it’s hard to move up Super political Sexual harassment in my group They continuously move you around to different bosses to keep you uncomfortable,Monitor managers more closely.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50533,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Great company on technicals / Terrible on intangibles,"- Competitive pay package (base, stock, bonus), - Fantastic benefits (best-in-class healthcare, generous vacation/leave, 401K match up to $9K a year, fitness reimbursements and a lot more), - CVP level and above are genuinely smart people, - Company is going in the right direction strategically and the brand name has significantly improved in the past 3 years, - Great work/life balance if you want it, - Quasi impossible to get fired.","- Absolutely terrible middle management. Mix of incompetence and constant politicking. Some GMs or Sr. Directors are absolute idiots barely able to even understand work in their prerogatives (yet they won't hesitate providing ""feedback"" and ""insights""), - Not a meritocratic workplace. People get rewarded for going along and getting along, not solving problems, - Too many layers of management makes all the processes slower (especially because some of those guys have been with the company for 15+ years and are dinosaurs), - Still not as reputable as other tech titans (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple).","- Cut public appearances and spend more time focusing on the long-term strategy of the company - We will never amount to anything in consumer or mobile. Accept that reality now, - Cut layers of management (GM/Sr. Directors)",2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50534,microsoft,"Philadelphia, PA"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Business Development,Exciting and dynamic company,"Flexibility to work remotely, great compensation, super smart colleagues, very entrepreneurial, good culture, respect of work life balance, ability to move around within the company","fire hose never stops, email volume is tremendous, working remotely not always optimal because it decreases your visibility and ability to collaborate","Keep doing what you’re doing, it’s working",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50535,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive,Good Place to work. Succeed on your own terms. Good Work Life Balance,The Redmond bubble is real. But it is changing slowly,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50536,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Admin Assist,"Fun, motivating culture for people.",Need for diversity is crucial.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50537,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Pretty good salary, easy to coast indefinitely, they take good care of you generally though not as good as the other tech companies","Extremely boring, extremely political, not fast moving, salaries and especially stock grants are much lower than other companies that would consider","Try to be more like other big tech companies in terms of benefits and salaries, purge underperfomers",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50538,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits and tremendous impact,Products you create will be used by many millions. Great stability and growth.,Large company with lots of coordination required.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50539,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great rewards, lots of opportunities, smart folks to work with","Very large, political, tough to get noticed",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P94.htm
50540,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,unimpressive at best,"The startup that was acquired by Microsoft had great people and great potential until Microsoft killed it. Microsoft Pay and benefits are good, but they aren't worth the cost of your soul. Excel and Power BI are the only worthwhile products.","Life draining people, products, and politics.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50541,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good presentation, not so good once inside","Nice facilities, good non-monetary perks and after-hours events (talks, sports events, volunteering, etc)","Weird internal focus, seems like every team is on it's own, bad internal communication. Many internal process are a hassle to find/understand/overcome. Company values are more slogan than actual values.",HR should try better to assign new employees to interest and/or make internal transfer easier,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50542,microsoft,"Arlington, VA"," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,"Solid company, actively working to fix culture issues","Great education and improvement opportunities like tuition reimbursement, paid training time, etc. Strongly encourages growth of all kinds.","Still working to break down some of those famous silos in the company that prevent divisions from working together effectively. Better every day, but a long way to go yet.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50543,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job is good job,money is good i like it,work is hard but i do it,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50544,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great corporate experience,- You get to work with smart people - Compensation is competitive - The campus is beautiful - Seattle is a wonderful city - Strong management for the most part - Strong recruiting practice so people you work with are pretty awesome,- Can be political at times - Lots of reorgs that can change management,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50545,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Business Xper,Microsoft,Benefits and Work Life Balance,Growth Opportunities are limited and don't come around too often.,"Employees don't leave jobs, they leave bad managers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50546,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior director,"benefits, smart people, best technologies and work environment.",some internal processes were unnecessary and took away from customer facing time.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50547,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Their Azure Cloud Strategy is leading edge,Takes a long time to get commissions Compensation Plan changed in 2018 and not competitive with the marketplace,Review compensation and methods for realistic goal setting by Industry,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50548,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Data Scientist,Great place for a data scientist,With most Microsoft products getting online the amount of data you get to work with is enormous. A lot of low hanging fruit (few people looked at the data before you) means you can generate a lot of impact. Great infrastructure for working with large volumes of data means you spend more time analyzing the data and less worrying about processing it efficiently.,"You need to be skilled in corporate politics. Not everyone is bought into being data driven, and ownership issues may get on the way.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50549,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long,"great environment, good culture, great opportunities to move ahead and excel. Solid onboarding process for new hires, training is cutting edge.",very big so decisions can be made a little slow at times but still a very strong organization that seems to be advancing as their competitors are as well.,"keep up the great work, continue to invest in the people and look for talent in all parts in order to keep the perspective diverse and evolving with the landscape",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P95.htm
50550,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Selfish, arrogant, inexperienced middle managers",charitable company. Pockets of good people--individual contributors,"Bad politics, inexperienced selfish middle managers, if your manager does not like you, you are done. No notice, no corrective action plans to work toward a solution--you are done. Company was family oriented but that has changed over the last 3.5 years.",none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50551,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,very good at communicating knowledge,none that i can think of,Doing great,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50552,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with great leaders,"I worked at Microsoft from July 1996 until March 2016. I was always working on challenging projects with great people. Leaving was bittersweet, but time for a new adventure.","The review system. I went through many iterations, mostly as a manager. Even with the last instantiation, it was still very competitive and subjective.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50553,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,"Benefits, benefits, benefits, location, exec management","Mid level management, review system",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50554,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,MSPAC Recruitment Manager,Great experience. Great organization prepared you for annual reorg.,Vagaries of the political climate,N/A,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50555,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Security Architect,Premier Field Engineer,You get to work with the smartest people in IT. Constant on the job learning makes the role fresh and interesting.,Work life balance is horrendous. Low-level/mid-level management is poor. Certain company decisions seem at odds with the big picture of where Microsoft is going. Pay is poor when contrasted with work-life balance. You compete against some individuals in the stack rank system who are clearly gaming the system and not actually producing. Minimal ability to grow professionally. Most PFE's are permanently stuck in the role. The only real option for most PFE's is to leave the company and secure new roles elsewhere and then possibly return to Microsoft later.,"Stop protecting ""friends"" of managers and get rid of dead weight. Investigate the claims some of your employees are making.",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50556,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tired of your soul? work at microsoft,"soul taking is painless, they use plenty of coconut oil, which everyone know is healthy.","where's my soul? It's gone, and I have this coconut oil smelling hold in my core being ... I tried resisting, but it was too slippery.","Focus on actual business results, realize your fear of the downside has effectively eliminated risk taking and hence halted innovation @ msft. There are so many massive examples that it's embarassing: smart phones, tablets, ebooks...",1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50557,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineering,"Great work life balance, respect towards women, a lot of learning.",working on Microsoft Only technologies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50558,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Continous Improvement,"- Technology leadership and investment in R&D - Enhancement of benefits Y/Y, already a solid package - Continually improvement in culture led by Satya and his directs",- Cultural changes have not necessarily flowed down to the middle management ranks - Internal processes and tools are improving but still behind,- Continue the push on Growth Mindset. It is inspiring and leading the company in the right direction.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50559,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Low level Position as a Program Manager,I had the best experience of my life!,I have no cons for my job at Microsoft.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P96.htm
50560,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great re-born company!,"Love leadership, Great benefits/comp, excellent work/life balance",can not really think of any worth listing,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50561,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,My supervisors and colleagues were highly professional and excellent to work with.,The corporation's large bureaucracy sometimes negatively impacted productivity,Streamline the bureacracy as much as possible,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50562,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Lead Marketing Manager,"Fantastic company, great leader, terrible middle management","Working at one of the world's best software company teaches you a lot of valuable experience. Great company, great benefits","Salary is not as competitive as some other enterprise business in Seattle area. The worst thing is the middle management. Over the years, they did nothing to improve the middle management and often it is the good employees who get shafted because they are not up there in the corporate ladder. For 3 years straight I was promised management opportunity, and yet, year after year they would come up with all sort of excuses for not happening. I waited 3 years and finally, I had enough.",Frustrated being constantly deceived by management regarding leadership/management role opportunity.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50563,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staff engineer,"Great company, nice environment, and good pay","Too much work. Sometimes, need to work overtime",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50564,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,Great place with amazing working environment,Bangalore traffic is difficult to bear,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50565,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Excellent benefits, 50% match 401k, full health, dental coverage for you and your family, 1000 $ per person per year for your HSA account. 800 year for gym and sport related expenses. Stock purchasing at 10% discount, matching of donations and free beverages","I would like free food, but not at the expenses of other benefits.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50566,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software Engineer,There are many teams and technologies to explore,Usually works in Microsoft proprietary technologies,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50567,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Principal software engineer,"Tons of flexibility, you can move between multiple 1B plus groups. Top-notch people to work with on hard problems. Cutting edge technology. Generally good work life balance.","Certain groups can have poor work-life balance. Company-level decisions are not always clear and understandable (mobile, devices).","Keep moving forward with the One Microsoft and company culture changes. Have clear, evidence based top-level strategy that's communicated early and often.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50568,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,product advisor,you can grow with in the company,its retail you know what you sign up for,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50569,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer -II,Similar to all big software corporations,"Scale, Execution, Reach, Vision and Data Protection",Slow moving but getting better Different groups tussle in between themselves Difficult to get noticed,Better integration between products and organizations Have monthly 1-on-1 with someone two levels lower.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P97.htm
50570,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good Pay,Mostly smart people and opportunities to learn how a behemoth operates.,Intense competition with tendencies towards nepotism-favoritism.,Watch out for the hidden expenses associated with personnel transferring between countries (H1B: is to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations),2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50571,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Good work life balance, company cares about you",Work can be boring i.e. not challenging sometimes,"Management rewards only those who build new features, regardless of how unnecessary those features are and how good/bad the quality of the feature is. Nobody is rewarded for stabilizing existing functionality or maintaining high quality bar.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50572,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Corp.,Microsoft is a great company to work for. Internal culture has really started to improve significantly since Satya took over from Steve.,"Still a very Redmond, WA centric company in many respects, though some organizations such as Cloud and Enterprise Group are starting to change in measurable ways.","Keep the changes going to encourage collaboration across organizational boundaries. Create greater transparency in regards to job levels, benefits, and compensation.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50573,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lacking leadership in gaming,"Excellent pay, incredibly smart people","Poor management that wants the glory, responsibility, and control, but not to actually manage people",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50574,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great work Bad Management,"Great work, smart people to work with, market rate for pay","Stack ranking, politics, promoting friends",Please remove stack ranking. You get nothing by rating people 85-90-95. You force people to move out and kill team work.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50575,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Director,Great opportunities to make a difference in the world.,Lots of internal competition vs competing with the market.,Find ways to connect with employees better and provide opportunities for advancement,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50576,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Compensation okay, workplace is boring","Overall, it comes with decent compensation - that includes base pay and stock options.",But the workplace environment is mundane.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50577,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Data Engineer,Data Engineer,You can always find something to learn from the talent people around you.,The process and political sometimes can really frustrate you.,Liberate the passion and productivity of people.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50578,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Director,Great company to work for,- great people - excellent benefits and employee services - opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies such as AI and cloud,- can be internally competitive depending on organization - high rate of reorganization depending on group,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50579,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pincipal Software Engineer,Good work life balance. High impact to user.,Bad compensation. Limited scope.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P98.htm
50580,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A great company to work for, yet have all the big company issues","Great environment, If you have a great manager, then its a perfect place to work for.","Have all the big company issues, things move slow.",Listen to your customer more.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50581,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Good Job,Decent work/life balance Flexiblity Can choose what I want to work on I master my career,Pay is second tier Lots of old timers mean some pretty stagnant ideas,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50582,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 23, 2018",Former Employee - Applied Scientist,"Good benefits, management is variable","Good benefits, decent perks like fitness plan",Quality of management varies greatly from team to team,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50583,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Transformation,"Smart, talented people, great strategy, visionary CEO, strong organization",Lack of customer and partner obsessed culture at all levels.,"Focus on the customers and partners first, build strong partner channel, remove 'internal' measures and processes. Shift focus from inside to outside company.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50584,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,PM,"job security, fairly stable for IC level, company-wise opportunity","work load balance, terrible planning, office politics,",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50585,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Researcher,People here are super good. I love being surrounded by such inspiring people. Also the race and age diversity at Microsoft.,"If your project is not targeting more than 1bn futures, it will be killed. In a parallel world, that would be a perfect viable business.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50586,microsoft,"Chevy Chase, MD"," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support,Very good company to work for.,"Very good people, both professionally and on a personal level. Very good benefits.",Work can be hard sometimes. Decisions are not transparent because it's such a large company. Sometimes decision making process is not clear and may seem random.,"Manage in smaller teams, provide more mentoring, improve communications between different departments.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50587,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Benefits, cutting edge of technology, as a whole -Microsoft is a company you can be proud to work for. Depending on your location there are some great opportunities to move up and around in the company.","Despite stack ranking being eliminated a few years back, it still remains on teams. You are always in for a completely different review than anticipated. Revenue Overachievement in sales does not mean anything anymore. Not enough. Always in fear of being replaced. Teams are driven so hard that it’s become a bit toxic.","Your Connect process is not genuine and always has to put someone in the “fail bucket.” We talk, stacking still exists. Fear is not the best motivator.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50588,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ux designer,"friendly and smart workers, great benefits",processing from bottom to top is kind of slow,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50589,microsoft,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Retail Learning Specialist,Be careful,"Generous benefits, drinks and food in the breakroom",No Advancement despite statements to the contrary,"You have to take care of your people and know them. When you live in the office, you don't know your people/",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P99.htm
50590,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A giant that is shifting its focus (for the better),"You often hear culture eats strategy for breakfast and Satya has got the company embracing that notion. Our strategies seem to be more intentionally connected (or try to be connected to core values and mission (""empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more""). I see us undergoing a real transformation in what we value that is more in alignment with my own values (charity, empathy, esteem, respect, humility, learning). Hubris is much less welcome here.","While I see us shifting our center, our policies, practices, systems, etc are lagging. Our cultural/moral/values compass has clearly shifted, and strategies are in place to drive a more customer-centric approach (and many complexities beneath that). Meanwhile many of the systems, tools, programs, policies, etc are playing catch up. We're undergoing massive organizational change for a company this size as well. So as a ""cog"" in this machine, it's sometimes not so good in the short run, and I feel there's some casualty losses along the way.","I continue to see old hierarchical and cutthroat behavior. I feel that individual experiences, perspective, and creativity are still left unutilized (in fact denied), and there's still pockets with a sense of ""not-invented here"" among teams and leaders that are in power. Continue to look at ways to break down the hierarchy and facilitate connectedness to the mission for each and every team and contributor. I see movement in this regard, and would like to see more in this area to facilitate trust in that what I contribute will be valued and reciprocal. W",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50591,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Lacking support for mid-level career development,"Great people and some interesting products to work on. They do a good job with onboarding people and making Microsoft seem like a great place to be, but a poor job at retaining talent and getting you from mid-level to senior.","Little direction for how to get to the next level, but a lot of push to get there. Too many managers show favoritism and repeatedly reward their favorite employees with the best feature work, which leaves everyone else doing 'laundry' tasks. Review system changes every 3-5 years, but is currently based on 'impact'. How 'impact' is defined is open to interpretation, so it may help or hurt you based on your deliverables for the year. Unfortunately, you have very little say on what you actually worked on, so just hope it was something considered 'impactful' enough to get a raise/bonus/promotion.","Make people a priority. If you want good products, you need to foster good talent. Try not to give all growth opportunities to a select few, you need to make an effort to help grow every developer on your team.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50592,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer (),A typical software company,Some of the great problems to solve. Unprecedented scale of users. Free cold drinks and gym membership. Health benefits are good.,Arrogance .. we are Microsoft ... No one else is good or nothing else is good . Old timers not interested in working . Very political.,Focus on quality,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50593,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Lots to learn Friendly team Good benifit,Soso package MS only technology Slow Less growth potential,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50594,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work!,"Diversity of roles, Smart people and great benefits.",Work life balance can improve,Continue to improve work life balance.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50595,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Designer,Incompetent Managers and POs make working here not worth the effort,"MS is a global company with brand name recognition so it's a positive to ahve worked here, put it in your resume as experience.","I've worked with 6-7 product teams each year at least, and invariably the program managers and researchers were indifferent and incompetent in understanding product design needs, planning ahead and getting members to collaborate. Researchers have little background in Human Computer Interaction, e.g., I worked with a former nurse, a former sports psychologist and a former salesman all of which were hired as Design Researchers but didnt know what they were doing due to lack of experience/skills/education. Product managers either understood and ignored that problem or thought it would go away with good design.",Hire researchers with actual education in human computer interaction and product managers who understand the research and design needs in all stages of product development.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50596,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work,"Microsoft is one of the best companies to work for. I am glad to be given the opportunity. They have excellent benefits, top notch health plan and everything you need to be satisfied",It's a huge company and you never know what is going to happen in the next year,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50597,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,Great opportunity to experience different aspects of Finance without having to change companies (Audit / BI / FP&A / M&A)  Great leadership team - Amy Hood and her SLT Rocks  International Rotation options if you clear few criteria,Slow promotion rates unless you are a rockstar performer (Avg 3 years) No management experience until you become a Finance Director,Allow lower level Finance folks some sort of management experience ex. lead an intern for summer,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50598,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Service Advisor,"The work isn't very hard at all once you get a hang of all the processes. It's an extremely great start to any IT career and depending on the store you apply at, you can get away with very little tech knowledge.","The role is very customer oriented and you will sometimes have to work with customers that don't always respect you. There's usually a lot of issues that customer will blame you for because you represent Microsoft and you sort of have to take it on the chin and move on. Moving up from the service advisor role is also very tough because depending on the store, the leadership may not care.",Make more opportunities for someone to move up from the service advisor role,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50599,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good company to work for. Lots of room to grow. Great benefits. Good people to work with. LOTS of bureaucracy.,Big products with lot of impact. Fun and hard problems to solve. Good people. Benefits and pat are great. As is work life balance — assuming you find a good team to be part of.,"Big bureaucracy. It’s so big there is a bit too much room for total dysfunction on occasion. The review structure do a good enough job of weeding out problematic or dysfunctional middle management. While most are good, there are definitely a few bad eggs and they can make things bad fast.",Push harder to get better feedback around middle management from direct reports and peers. Rely less on manager feedback for their promotions etc.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P100.htm
50600,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"Great benefits, people, forward looking technology",Still stuck in a employee rating system which is very opaque leaving you very little input on what it is you need to do to hit your bonus despite hitting revenue goals.,Lead. Too many managers that know how to manage well but not enough leaders who can get in with you and help you succeed. They talk about your career and tell you that you need to do more but don't show you to help you get there.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50601,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Research Scientist,"Great Location, Benefits, Friendly People",This is a beautiful office. There are interesting problems to work on.,Working in a remote location with headquarters in Redmond means you wind up on teleconferences. And the folks at the HQ end don't always remember to turn on the video-conferencing.,Emphasize to Redmond folks the importance of video-conferencing,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50602,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"good pay, excellent benifits, good work culture",should be faster paced company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50603,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Work life balance, benefits, amenities","bureaucracy, salary could be a bit more competitive",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50604,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good momentum forward after some tough years,Satya Nadella is an amazing leader and the company is on an upward trajectory.,"The ""old way"" of doing things is still pervasive. Lots of red tape. Too much time to make decisions. Not agile enough yet.",Too many stakeholder in decision making processes. Too long to arrive at conclusions that are pretty obvious from the beginning.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50605,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft,Awesome infrastructure Individual offices (but that's changing) Benefits Internal mobility,Not invented here mentality Coding practices not that great in some products Overly complex user interfaces,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50606,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Place, No Growth","Benefits: tuition reimbursement, PTO, sick time, employee stock program + more",Hard to advance or move up without relocating,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50607,microsoft,"West Seattle, WA"," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,softwear developer,Mircrosoft provides best user Friendly Products,It is far from my Home,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50608,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Technical Writer,Lots of freedom to pursue passion projects. Very open minded peers and environment. Personal offices.,"This is really nit-picky, but Compensation possibly not as competitive as the competition. No free food and just in general not a lot you get outside of getting paid (which isn't bad, just might not be up to par with what competitors do). Teams don't feel very close to each other, in social terms. Everyone is friendly, but not a lot of friends.","Make buildings on campus feel more like Microsoft buildings, than just generic office buildings. Make employees feel appreciated with various small gestures that won't cost a lot, but will make people feel better.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50609,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to grow, but be prepare to pay for it","Great place to learn, impactful projects, good benefits.","Intense work culture, most people in office work late nights, weekends, and holidays.  Culture can be a bit backstabby and aggressive rather than collaborative.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P101.htm
50610,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to grow, but be prepare to pay for it","Great place to learn, impactful projects, good benefits.","Intense work culture, most people in office work late nights, weekends, and holidays.  Culture can be a bit backstabby and aggressive rather than collaborative.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50611,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The truth is.....,Free sodas and coffee and....that's about it.,"It’s amazing that nobody talks about favoritism, corruption, egos, incompetent management etc. If you end-up working for a good team everything should be OK however, as with any larger company everyone wants to be on a good team and most of the ppl are not. I happened to be working on a team where management believes that they are the smartest in the room….do you remember how this worked out for Enron? The disrespect, the arrogance, the behavioral abuse, followed by either direct or indirect threat of terminating employment, the daily appearance in action of superiority is much more common than listed in the reviews. The mistreatment of contractors while playing the tune that they contribute great value is a false facade. Huge amounts of full time employees left company due to internal politics, performance reviews unfairness and etc. Overall this is not a company you want to work for…besides recognizable name it has huge amounts of egoistic maniacs which generally a danger to be around.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50612,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2018",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant outlook: dour,"Good benefits, although they get nipped back a bit every year. Vacation accrual is fantastic. 90 percent of admin positions are hourly, and can often be as much overtime as you'd like to work. The role is very broad: you can dabble in a lot of disciplines.  The company values have gentled over time to emphasize happier, healthier employees who don't feel worked to death. Real commitment to good corporate citizenship.  As a company, very much likes to promote from within.","Admins are just not getting the comp packages they deserve. Pay stalls hard in the 56-57 bands. You must be part of a two-income household to even pay rent, much less own, as a Microsoft admin. You are not bonus eligible. Raises run around 2-3 percent, which can be less than a rent payment.  It is a very broad position, depending on your manager. You clean offices for new hires, set up new PCs, negotiate for office space, may manage budgets. Responsibilities merge with the much more highly paid Business Manager position which can be very hard to get (and will always be underlevelled for an admin making the jump).  Even at the VP and sometimes at the CVP level, you will be responsible for multiple calendars, with no real diminishment in group admin expectations.","Add admins to the bonus pools. They should be bonused at a percentage of the rate their executives are, for EAs.  Develop a pool of maternity leave coverage admins who are full time, or XRs.  Hire more risk-takers. The company moves so slow.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50613,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Sales Specialist,Solution Sales Specialist,Good work life balance. Overall decent compensation and benefits. Great place if you're looking for a stable career.,Accelerated career growth is very limited. No culture.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50614,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Service Engineering Manager,SENIOR SERVICE ENGINEER LEAD,"Benefits, stocks, company store, networking","Politics, Review Model, Red Tape, lack of resources",Bring back company picnic,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50615,microsoft,none," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Overall,Great company going in an even better direction. The CLOUD,Corporate bs that you would expext,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50616,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great culture. Good work life balance!,Some projects have slow learning curve,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50617,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,- Such a deep and diversified product offering that you always find an interest within the company - Take care of their employees. Great benefits - CEO has vision and wants to instill more empathy,- Products and Projects can seem important one minute and then be neglected another - misalignment between product and business teams - constant re-orgs,"- chose a strategy and stick to it for more than a few months. Sometimes, too many cooks in the kitchen is a bad thing. - Need to align incentives to ensure product teams are working together first and not with competitors",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50618,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Data Center Technician,"Benefits are amazing, Pay is reasonable for entry level",I can not think of any,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50619,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 29, 2017",Current Employee - Data Scientist,data scientist,nice company. great work life balance,relatively low compensation and salary,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P102.htm
50620,microsoft,"Seattle Heights, WA"," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior S/W Engineer,Microsoft,Good compensation and benefits package Depending on group you may find somewhat interesting job Management structure is flat and not so many meetings,Very low level of technical expertise as a rule Forget about your career Nothing to learn except bad practices PM and test do not exist Cross group collaboration is gone Prepare to do a lot of redundant and not appreciated work On-Calls and open space,Return test and PM institutions Get back to normal offices - open space doesn't work in MS - too much distractions Improve cross group collaboration,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50621,microsoft,none," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Director,In general Microsoft has a very well thought out product strategy and positions very strong for future growth and profitability,With the high pace it is hard to find time for additional education outside of Microsoft's core offerings. Also it is a swim or sink environment so in order to thrive you need to be very focused.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50622,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work,Passionate colleagues creative workplace Cafeteria is awesome,No cons as far as I know,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50623,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SRE Manager,"Great benefits, workplace to work","Medical insurance used to be one of the best in industry, but not anymore.",Bring back the old insurance (100% coverage),4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50624,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great opportunities for someone coming out of college,"Lots of responsibility, ability to make a large impact",Narrow/slow career paths regardless of achievement. You need to be in Washington State to be an exec at this company,Embrace remote work and have fast track career options for high performers.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50625,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Senior Service Engineer,The benefits are great as well as the access to many learning tools and the flexibility of the group I work in,"Promotion opportunities are limited for me and even though Microsoft says pay for woman as it is for men, women don’t get as much credit and recognition for their contributions in the One Microsoft culture.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50626,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management,"Great salary, ability to work remote, excellent benefits, and caring coworkers",All paths lead to Redmond at some point unless you're happy remaining in sales or delivery roles. Layoffs are happening more frequently and really great talent is being let go.,Retain your top talent and get back to the original level of benefits we had 8 years ago.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50627,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Control,The benefits are great and the team too.,Managers in the retail stores rotate roles every six months which is hard to adjust when they have different styles of leadership.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50628,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Director,Microsoft Culture,"Work with great, smart people. Flexible hours and access to technology. Good benefits. Lots of growth opportunities.","Leadership needs to evolve more. Approach to developing technology is not up to date. While benefits are good, they are changing with employees absorbing more through HSA and co-pays.",Think about your people more and stop playing politics.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50629,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Former Chief Executive Officer,Microsoft Review,"The break room was always stocked with tea and splenda sugar, not too bad.",The pay was garbage. I left to work at McDonalds instead.,Pay your representatives better.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P103.htm
50630,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Senior Service Engineer,The benefits are great as well as the access to many learning tools and the flexibility of the group I work in,"Promotion opportunities are limited for me and even though Microsoft says pay for woman as it is for men, women don’t get as much credit and recognition for their contributions in the One Microsoft culture.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Paralegal,Paralegal (Contract),Very bright and talented legal team.,Too much stratification of the workforce. Contractors are not valued sufficiently.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50632,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Engineering manager for cloud engineering system,Cool technologies to play and work on for computing Create impact on billions of users by making them more productive,Slow to react and innovate on consumer sector,Enable bottoms up empowerment,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50633,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Principal Engineering Manager,"From Great to Bad, From Gates to Nadella...",You can build a long career moving inside There are lots of good spots,"There are lots of bad managers, starting with with the CEO Employees are distracted by discussions on diversity, benefits, and every ""else"" other than work","This is business. Bill Gates needs its money for its foundation. Let this be a company of professionals working hard, instead of old ladies promoted due to diversity goals.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50634,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company great products,"Get to play with the latest gadgets and computers. Good culture, better if you are in the Corporate offices.","If you are in the retail side of Microsoft, Run. The pay isn't in any means competitive, you are underpaid and underappreciated, most of the leadership in the retail still carries the unprofessional demeanor from other low-level retail stores, there's a lot improvements that need to be made starting with compensation.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50635,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2018",Current Employee - Lead,Lead,They give you a nice computer when you are hired. Benefits and paycheck nice to have every two weeks to keep you motivated.,"Be warned: Digital Stores team is a train wreck. Managers don’t care about progress only your weekly bullet points. Bad managers with no backbone are choked and terrified by upper level bosses desperate for bullet points for their uninvolved and clueless VPs creating massive bottle necks. There is bullet point related rework every day. If you like to focus on big picture, don’t work on Digital Stores team...your days are spent writing stupid and short sighted MBRs, WBRs and other update nonsense that goes nowhere.","If this is customer delight focused job, spend time helping team achieve customer satisfaction rather than worrying about your needless status updates.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50636,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I feel ashamed to work here,Co-workers only care about there free time never want to help the customer. Even worse no one truly understands computers here more than my 4 year old daughter. Some of workers are useful at telling me how to solve issues temporarily but never anything innovative or sincere. Leaving as soon as something better comes along.,No higher cause here just boring job.,Rework this company from the ground,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50637,microsoft,"Redmond, WV"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Principal Software Engineer,"Excellent place to work. Organized, growing in efficiency, wonderful people, reasonable work/life balance, great compensation.","Lots and lots of people, sometimes can be difficult to get folks moving in one direction even when they want to. Internal politics at higher levels, hardcoded head counts and teams which have charters and deadlines creates boundaries which are often difficult to work with. Heavy focus on build systems for C#, when they need to focus on node.js a whole lot more.",n/a,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50638,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Awesome place to work,there are a number of opportunities for all professions at all levels. it is rare to be bored working here.,"too many bad managers, complaining (even formally) won't solve it so watch carefully who will you work for BEFORE accepting an offer. If stuck with bad managers you career will be frozen for a while.","stop the micromanagement. stop thinking you know more than everyone else, and even if you do, respect other opinions - heck just listen!!",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50639,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Community Development Specialist,"Great Company, Renewed Vision","I love the benefits here. In addition to the standard dental, health, 401K, also little perks like Stay Fit reimbursements (on gym memberships, workout gear, etc), tuition reimbursement, and even adoption fees. Great CEO, he has completely done an overhaul and started to shift the culture and mission in a huge way.","The largest downside is that receiving internal job transfers/promotions is exceedingly more challenging than I would have ever imagined. Also, pay increases are very low each year, and in my role, the bonuses are insignificant.","Please try your best to value and invest in current employees, so they don't become jaded. People are the single greatest commodity of an organization and often it feels like we are disposable when we give our all.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P104.htm
50640,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,Great work and life balance,"Low salary, low perks, few carrier opportunities",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50641,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Overall a very good employer,Very Good Employer but definitely need to correct few things,Need to correct few things in the over all structure,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50642,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Firehose,"Great benefits, smart people everywhere, a lot of autonomy and independence. Possible lateral movement and travel. Stimulation and high amounts of information and learning possibilities.","So much autonomy that getting a good program of self-development that is logical and drives you toward position goals is difficult. Outdated and overlapping systems and ""tool"" that actually create more work.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50643,microsoft,none," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Systematic and regular product release,"Working pressure, not open source",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50644,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good place for software,"Work life balance, well managed, lots of smart folks to work with, excellent benefits, rewarding if in the right team, easy to switch teams internally.","Can be monotonous , many legacy systems, hard to get promoted, compensation could be better, sometimes hard to get noticed in the crowd.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50645,microsoft,none," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work as a software engineer at Microsoft,"The stock you own likely won't tank, but probably won't go up much either. 401k match is nice.","Company-level decisions are not always clear and understandable (mobile, devices).",I continue to see old hierarchical and cutthroat behavior.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50646,microsoft,"Manchester, TN"," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Computer Engineer,secretary,to build it up,no correct access to it,to protect the site,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50647,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gaming Teams for internal IP's,Great flexibility in your work hours. Amply opportunity to take a project and run with it to completion. FTE's get great stock options and benefits.,"Long hours during launch. Tedious workstream process for anything considered ""new"".",Keep improving. Things are looking up!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50648,microsoft,"Indianapolis, IN"," Dec 31, 2017",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Consumer Product Advisor,"Energized atmosphere, fantastic benefits and potential growth.","Retail hours, they say at the beginning that it’s nit about “sales” but then the push it later on.",Focus on employees that work hard.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50649,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software enginner,"flexible, friendly, great colleagues and good location",not applicable so far yet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P105.htm
50650,microsoft,none," Jan 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great things ahead,"Great benefits, good work life balance",lots of never ending layoffs,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50651,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Good work environment filled with smart people,Stressful overall. Work-life balance lacking.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50652,microsoft,none," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde 2,Good career growth & decent work life balance.,"If you land up in some orgs , it becomes difficult to grow",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50653,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company with excellent benefits,Change to work on emerging technologies Fantastic Benefits Most employees welcome collaboration CEO has reinvigorated the company,"Older staff are laid off more frequently Layoffs seems to be the new norm around quarterly earnings announcement Revenue and profit is strong, yet layoffs persist for seemingly little business reason. A person is laid off, the job title changed and then a younger person is hired to replace them.","Satya - you are a great business leader with great intuition on how to transform a company and their strategy. However, your new normal of layoffs is destroying morale after you inspired them with the new company direction. You said your son and wife instilled in you a level of empathy you did not have before. Unfortunately, you are not demonstrating this empathy by laying off thousands and hiring inexperienced college grads to replace season employees that have a history of accomplishment and success.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50654,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales program,exposure to sales management and business management,"too much ad-hoc work, lost in details",keep innovating,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50655,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Great experience at Microsoft. Would have loved to continue to be at MSFT but was bought out by AOL. Great benefits and amazing leadership and company.,none I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50656,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior SW Engineer,"WLB, Career Ops, Free soda!",Cafe has limited variety of food.,Be nice.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50657,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Good working environment with smart people,Good learning and working environment. Good people. Good payment. Growth. You can be the expert for the product. If you want to learn you can access to many resources.,Focus on one specific aspect of product. Don’t have a chance to access other aspects. If you stop learning you will not learn new things.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50658,microsoft,none," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thank You Microsoft,"Great team to work for, quarterly bonuses based on store performance, working around cool technology, constantly changing and innovating","Difficult to meet sales standards at times, management tends to show favoritism",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50659,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Assistant Manager,"Career Opportunities, Compensation and Benefits.","Retail, Unpredictable Hours, Hostile Market",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P106.htm
50660,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great perks, but lack of individual impact","As is to be expected with one of the largest tech companies, Microsoft's perks are great. From a yearly fitness equipment reimbursement program to one of the best 401k matching programs, they are top notch.  Depending on the team, you get to work on some of the hardest problems out there, and have the ability to work in many industries.","The experience at Microsoft is VERY dependent on the team you work on. If you land on a great team, the experience is very positive. If you get unlucky, the culture of the team or org can be very poor.  Average promotion time seems to vary very heavily based on org. Some orgs (Windows) have a lot of senior engineers, and seem much more slow to promote more junior engineers than growing orgs such as Azure. It feels like you need to pick between doing what you enjoy and having good career opportunities.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50661,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Salary was high Time off good Charitable contribution matching is awesome Office space and technology was good There was definite improvement in the vision and vibe under Satya,"Continual decrease in health benefits Office division pushed QA team into development tasks that made poorer use of existing skills/passion, leading to loss of QA talent in the org.",Figure out the right way to balance passion for quality with code throughput so that a problem is not created in the future.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50662,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 13, 2017","Former Employee - L&amp,D Specialist",L&D Specialist,Amazing work environment Salary & Benefits,No cons. You get out 5x as much as you put in.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50663,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Audit,"Great company that's re-inventing itself, so great energy...super smart people, better benefits than most companies (used to be better years ago), reasonable pay, great local presence and focus on community.",Small fish in a huge pond...huge. Majorly huge company that you can get lost in and difficult at times to feel that you are making an impact.,"Live and exhibit the culture wanted. the company makes so much money, think about sharing more with the most valuable assets at the company...employees.",5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50664,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Great team. Flexible hours. Fantastic health insurance/benefits.,"Depending on where you live, commuting can be a pain. Purchase orders process very slowly.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50665,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Sva,Good Retail/ Tech Experience,It looks good on your resume.,Too much note taking and not enough doing. SVA's should focus more on solving the problem rather than taking notes.,"At the end of the day, all you really care about is sales. So why not let us know from the start that we are salesmen first and technicians second.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50666,microsoft,none," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,Benefits are generous. Company is heading the right direction,"Your experience at MS has a lot to do with individual team you are in and its culture, it could be very political.",Thin mid- management.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50667,microsoft,none," Dec 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,"Friendly and talented employees, great for those who are self driven and can find interesting problems in the mundane areas","Slow development cycle, Many teams lack bonding",Give more responsibility to each individual,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50668,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Easy to get access to peers and coworkers are very helpful. Good benefits. People expect good behavior from everyone.,Need more employees to embrace core culture of the company.,Translate vision into clearer expected outcomes and actions.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50669,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Smart people, great culture, interesting work","Big company, easy to get lost. Constant re-orgs.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P107.htm
50670,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great place to work with!,Work life balance is too good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50671,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Many different opportunities for career advancement,Benefits are great Pay is competitive with other tech companies Career advancement opportunities,Team quality varies across divisions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50672,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Decent place to work in general,"-Lot's of different things to do and different teams. -Team change is easier. -Cloud/Bing side is growing all the time, there is always new challenge.","-The development environment is not streamlined. Each team has their own solution for the same problem, (e.g. deployment scripts, build system). -Software development positions require strong soft skills to climb. -Internal documentation is not good. -Benefits are no longer competitive.","-Please invest more in better engineering environment and process. -Embrace open source solutions over in-house ones, it reduces the inter-team dependency.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50673,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feels like a startup,"Lots of action, work, busy like startup that is evolving","sometimes lack of structure, plan or original ideas",Get rid of your old country club gang,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50674,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great mature tech company,Good work life balance. Clear career paths and lots of opportunities to work on what you love. Good management and challenges.,Company strategy has been mixed at times. Improving in this area with “One MICROSOFT” strategy to break down organizational silos but still more work needs to be done.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50675,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,"As with any large company, mileage will vary by group","Good salary, great benefits, some very smart people. Depending on the group, you can be given more or less opportunity to work with new and interesting technologies.","Lots of really questionable design decisions at higher levels, hard to get excited about products I'm not personally interested in ever purchasing. Some organizations are very disorganized, and breakdowns in communication are frequent.","Keep fostering an environment of collaboration and cooperation. Microsoft used to be pretty cutthroat, and that is changing, but we're not there yet.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50676,microsoft,"Kansas City, MO"," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Field Sales Roles,"Growth Oriented Company, Good strategy for Digital transformation","Weak field sales leadership, ""farmer"" mentality, inadequate comp plan for sales professionals","Hire seasoned managers/leaders from outside, Increase senior professional hires for sales and technical roles",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50677,microsoft,"Phila, PA"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Great place,This is a very good company to work for. There are many benefits. You will meet many different type of people.,The company is huge. You will work with many different software and hardware. Make sure to balance work. Very good place to work for,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50678,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart people. Lots of different things to work on.,"Two great things about Microsoft. 1: You're working with the top tier of smart people. 2: There are so many different things to do, and movement around groups is really easy.","It's got really a growing company, so advancement into the upper echelons is extremely limited.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50679,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Lots of opportunities in many different organizations.,Middle management can be problematic and political. Vet your manager and your manager's manager before accepting a role. Now - more than ever - your manager can have a significant impact on your experience and compensation and they aren't usually accountable for being fair.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P108.htm
50680,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Lots,Good place to work,"Great people, interesting work, improving culture. It has changed a lot in my nineteen years.",Eternal fight to minimize bureaucracy. This is always cycling between improving and growing but there are many people up and down the management chain working on it,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50681,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test,Good work culture and employee benefits,Poor work life balance and late night calls,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50682,microsoft,"Phila, PA"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Great place,This is a very good company to work for. There are many benefits. You will meet many different type of people.,The company is huge. You will work with many different software and hardware. Make sure to balance work. Very good place to work for,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50683,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Better hope you end up in a better team than I did.,"Great benefits and pay, especially coming for coming straight out of college. The best things I learned at this job was how to communicate well and to really look out for yourself when it comes to the workplace.","5 managers in the first year and a half. No direction given to someone hired straight out of college, but that was probably because the team had no idea what to build. Progress would be made 6 or so months in, but then all of a sudden leadership would feel a reorg was necessary. Getting ahead in this organization really is about who you know.","Don't leave your entry level hires high and dry. I'm sure things have changed a lot since then, but I'm also sure that this still happens in such a large company.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50684,microsoft,"Princeton, NJ"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Network Administrator,Network Administrator,"job security, and that can lead to less anxiety",no reason with cons .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50685,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Controller,"CEO is great, good pay","Very hierarchical , political",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50686,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior UX designer,"Good work and life balance if you are in the right team. Stable, the company is working on make it feel like a safe place for you to work, you can work from home if there is no meetings.","Company culture is dated, too much politics too little doing.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50687,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but poor leadership","excellent company to work for: great company culture, very competitive salaries, amazing products, and fantastically smart and awesome people to work with.","Depending on the organization, you can find great leaders and terrible ones. in the org i’m a member of, there are lots of politics: everyone seems to be looking out for themselves. folks just have a mind to work for the end of year bonus - this creates a lot of animosity between peers.",you need to be cognizant of the politics you create by not encouraging your senior level people to contribute to design. leadership needs to be willing to let their subordinates shine and not try and take all the glory for themselves.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50688,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Being at Microsoft,"Challenged, growth, taken care, great management, established business, always leading tech.",You need you your current job to come to Microsoft :). Need to love seattle if you take a position at the head quarter.,Be prepare to a inclusive culture. You will need to deal with many kind of people and many competitors. Need to treat them with respect including enemies.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50689,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing Manager,"great work life balance, very ""nice"" company that takes good care of employees, great benefits, overall co-workers are helpful","very large company, so getting anything done means going through layers upon layers of approvals, after a certain point, getting promoted becomes very political","invest in finding and retaining young talent. the majority of the company is middle-aged, and it's those people who have the decision making power, which becomes frustrating for young employees",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P109.htm
50690,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Supply Chain,Great culture and competitive compensation,Workload is challenging but doable.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50691,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Software Engineer,Amazing benefits,Stocks are a amazing way to make a load of extra cash.,I can't even name any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50692,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Level of satisfaction is very team dependent,"Interesting tasks (assuming you are in a good team), good insurance/benefits",Quite a bit of bureaucracy / efforts to display 'visibility' in review time,Pay more attention to what people really do instead of forcing them to sell their achievements.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50693,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Organized teams. Great process. Testing team ensures quality.,Too much competition that slows down progress a lot.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50694,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - Principal PM Manager,Principal PM Manager,"Benefits, work is challenging, always working with latest technologies","salary band is first to be cut during right sizing, tech ageism is real",Include age as a protected category in diversity and inclusion initiatives,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50695,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stable company with room for improvement,"Positive culture that encourages growth mindset, friendly environment where you can reach out to anyone for help, incredible benefits, great campus and community outreach, volunteering and donation match is hard to beat","Relatively low pay compared to other tech companies, poor HR policies and processes for handling sensitive employee concerns, difficult to be a woman in tech at Microsoft, publicized values aren't reflected throughout the company",Listen and respond to feedback if you want to keep your top performers,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50696,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior manager,"Large company, high margin business model.","Corporate culture, many tiers of management.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50697,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Transfomation Happening in Sales and Partner Org,"Great benefits, great place to build career, great employees and people who care.","Comp plans going to Technical and Corp Plans (T&C) Less and less ""S"" plans to make money.  Many jobs going to Tele and Technical Roles.",Lots of teams still figuring out success looks like. Cloud Sales is going through Massive transformation. It will be great in 1-2 years after all the dust settles.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50698,microsoft,none," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent pay, good location, no complaints","Good pay, and transportation and ammenities is excellent",Kind of a boring company if not in a good group,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50699,microsoft,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Dec 15, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great company and benefits. Satya Nadella is awesome,Terrible management and organization at store levels,Fire people that need to be fired and lead by example.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P110.htm
50700,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,Good work life balance.,A lot of people related works.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50701,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunities but be prepared to direct your own career,"Amazing opportunities and coworkers, and you are flexible to grow the way you want to",Make sure you are clear to your manager about your growth goals,Listen to your directs more,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50702,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for retirement,"good benefits, flex working hours","heavy vertical structure, pay less",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50703,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Microsoft is companies of companies so there is wide variety of career path and products to work on. The work culture is great with trust between management and employees.,"I do not have any specific dislike based on my personal experience till now. But since Microsoft is huge, type and nature of work, work culture, work-life balance etc. varies from one team/org to another. So it may happen that you land up in a team which does not meet your expectations. Though in recent years Microsoft has made internal transition much smoother and simpler.","Keep up the great work. Continue building a work environment of transparency, respect and commitment towards quality.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50704,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on your manager,great benefits good innovation smart peers,life can be awful if your manager is one of those - with no people skills. overhead red tape bureaucracy and slow promos,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50705,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer in Bing Ads,Lots of interesting problems to solve,"Bad project management, No clear goal",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50706,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Specialist,Operations Specialist,"People are top notch, you will work the brightest and best people who genuinely care are passionate about technology about the work they do.",It's a large company - be prepared to navigate the waters to maximize your individual impact.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50707,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Coming from the Store Level.,"I would say some of the best qualities of Microsoft would be it's company culture, opportunity, career experiences available to you, and the empowerment they give you to do your job.","If there had to be cons, which there are few, I would say if you are working at the Microsoft Retail Store's there is less opportunity for growth then those in an outside recruiting market.",My advice to management would be to look at the potential that your front-line(retail) employees have to offer.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50708,microsoft,"Bellingham, WA"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - IT Instructor,Front End Developer,"Flexible working conditions have been a pleasant surprise. Companies often mention this benefit as a value but don’t always put it into practice. At Microsoft, where, when and how people prefer to work is truly the norm.",Microsoft is an awesome place to work,I enjoy working under pressure and learning about new developments related to technology.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50709,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,Very innovative company and challenging work environment.,Sometimes too much pressure for deadlines.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P111.htm
50710,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Place for Growth and Impact, Culture Still Needs Work","Manager and entire team was dedicated towards nurturing employees, very open and helpful. Team was enthusiastic about making impacts and doing the right things.","Culture and initiatives were often bottoms-up, leading to the loudest voices getting the most resources. Focus on customers was less developed, and there was much more incentive to get new features out than to investigate bugs and improvements in user experience.",Focus more on current features with a better experience. Software in production can be buggy.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50711,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great place to learn about technology.. Good Management,Retail hours are long and usually includes weekends,Keep striving for greatness,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50712,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Have good work life balance,"big company, more political issues and slow movement",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50713,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Administrator,Plenty of great learning,Constantly using new technologies and always something to learn.,"Never really enough time to get a solution worked out, when you have to move on to the next thing.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50714,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top notch!,"Microsoft has a lot of bright people, fair compensation, and lots of opportunities for growth.",Some orgs within Microsoft are more exciting than others. (Azure & Cloud >> Windows and Devices),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50715,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Service Advisor,Retail review,"Benefits are great, pay has been good in terms of working in retail.","Retail leadership is not great, it fluctuates. Retail Leadership keeps trying to cut benefits.",Reward your frontline workers and distribute bonuses evenly amongst the team.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50716,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Software Eng Mgr,flexibility ubiquitous tech great philanthropy smart people large impact(global) solid promo trajectory,politics at times too many higher ups(execs),create better cross group,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50717,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Clunky But Mostly Positive,"Smart people, love my team. The culture seems to be improving, but you have to be careful who you work with. I've had positive roles where I had a lot of autonomy and was well-rewarded, and dead-end-ish work that only yields frustration and poor reviews. The best I can say is that most engineering work is really positioning yourself so that you can do well and avoid toxic situations.  The company does seem to recognize that big tech companies grind people down, and it tries to dilute the politics with one-on-one's, annual reviews, sabbaticals, etc., although most feel it is only partially successful. However I'd rate it as better than most. They also emphasize diversity, ethics and good business practices internally.  Some groups and products are doing well and getting better.","Low autonomy and creativity. MS actually missed out on a patent from me because they gave me no support for the work.  Typical big-company tendencies such as fads, not-invented-here and blame-shifting. Some tools have been described (in anonymous internal polls) as at least 5 years behind, it's painful to sit and watch sometimes (actually all the time).  Dogfooding instead of using the best technology. ""Nobody else is using it at this scale"" -- Azure support for a tool that replaced something much cheaper and higher-functioning.",Don't make technical decisions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50718,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Application Developement,well organized technology company with good opportunities to grow,pockets of the company are managed with old style,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50719,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior,Senior SDE,Good old place with lots of benefits,Not much compensation to offer,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P112.htm
50720,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Azure is a political power grab,"Amazing reputation, work with stellar people, awesome experience, top compensation","Thrown into the deep end, 70+ hour workweeks, lots of travel",Eliminate some middle management pulling in big paychecks and playing politics instead of getting real work done.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50721,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Lead Software Test Engineer,Great place to work!,Opportunity to have big impact. Opportunity to work with brilliant people. Opportunity to learn and develop new skills.,Old review model forced unfair review and compensation. Review model supports unbalanced work life balance.,"Remove the need to force reviews to fit a particular curve or distribution. In other words, there can be a team of all superstars.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50722,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Director,"Best Employee Friendly Company I have ever seen,good perks, good food , good work culture good cocurricular facilities. Company is transforming by adopting cutting edge technologies . Research and innovation wing under new leadership has been able to re energise staff . Exciting things are happening at this department . Great penchant for innovation",Should improve hiring process . Its very slow and time taking process . Time lines for hiring is generally more than 8 months which is very tedious and time consuming . Overall coordination with many departments is slow and issues that need faster resolution doesn’t happen overnight . Finance and travel department needs strong restructuring . Any issues addressed to these departments doesn’t get resolved quickly,1. Some of the managers are pathetic. It's miserable to work under these guys. 2. Too much process 3. Inter-team communication is terrible 4. Please learn how from research and innovation wing led by Satish C has been able to ring in positive changes . He is one of most widely accepted leaders in Organisation with positive outlook . His enhanced greater role in the new setup could bring in significant changes on how we portray Microsoft while adopting digital transformation,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50723,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - User Experience Designer Intern,UX Designer Intern,"Great learning experience for entry-level students, it's a huge company with many resources, and they make an effort in the internship program to help you meet other interns and full time employees. Although there are relatively few designers at Microsoft, the designers I met and worked with were really great, talented people who were willing to share their knowledge and expertise. It was a fun environment and people are approachable.","Projects can move slowly. There are too many different teams doing different things, and it's hard to take advantage of the abundant knowledge and skills or to collaborate across teams.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50724,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great long-term company to work for,"Super-flexible, relaxed work atmosphere Great benefits",Career progression is very manager-dependent,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50725,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineer,It's what you make of it,"- big company, very stable - great benefits, great work environment - lots of groups / products, so lots of variety of projects, work load, etc. Choose wisely. - in the right group, you will be rewarded for your efforts/performance - reasonably consistent and predictable review process - seattle weather","- big company, so can be political/slow - some groups are better than others, both in terms of product and quality of team, so make sure you have the right one for you. - seattle weather",The recent (>2010) focus on flattened org structure and better middle management was definitely an improvement.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50726,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2017",Former Employee - Escalation Engineer,Limitless growth,Great people around you. Gazillion of opportunities for growth (if you are not lazy).,Remote work was not yet part of the culture,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50727,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Optical Engineer II,Optical Engineer II at Hololens Project,"Very professional environment, academic oriented, full transparent collaboration with subsidiary offices.","Lower pay, very structural and hierarchical",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50728,microsoft,"Danbury, CT"," Nov 24, 2017",Former Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Service Advisor,"Great benefits, on the job training, great people, approachable management",Not much direction on how to move forward with company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50729,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Company seems to be bouncing back thanks to the leadership team.,Legacy takes time to overcome.,Keep doing what you’re doing but faster.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P113.htm
50730,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Interesting projects that one could work on.,Frequent reorganizing and management change.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50731,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Software Dev Engineer,"Great place if you have a good manager and project. Very stable job, good work-life balance, good co-workers and lot of opportunities.","Company was too slow moving, showed very little respect to outside technologies. The division partner/VP called the shots based on his view of the world, there was to checks and balances or factoring in of customer needs or competitive progress.","The management of late has made lot of progress, keep it up. Cleaned up the review system and embraced open-source. One major thing remaining for a complete turnaround is create the Microsoft culture, hire a new HR VP from industry who can swing the culture to a new high.",4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50732,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long time Microsoftee,"nice suburban campus, great benefits","little bit slow paced, too many re-orgs and office moves",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50733,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pro & Cons from a 19 year microsoft veteran,Global organization with a lot of historical growth & leadership A lot of opportunity to work on different enterprise technologies Historical opportunities to try out different roles although the company is now standardizing to Software Engineers only,A lot of internal politics and unfair HR policies/people Ageism very proactive at the cost of losing expensive IP & retraining costs Profit trumps everything else,"Have a vision and stick to the strategy that supports that vision. Communicate it org-wide. Not lose site over existing enterprise market, whilst developing consumer market. Invest wisely when acquiring other companies & don't destroy their existing market segment by ""microsoftizing"" them.",1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50734,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SW/FW Engineer II,Great place to get to work,There are no cons to working here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50735,microsoft,"Natick, MA"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft Product Advisor,Great Benefits. Decent Pay. Good work & life balance.,Slow at times. Not enough growth opportunity.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50736,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review for mid-level developer,"Good work-life balance, stable job","Politics, Everyone trying to become more ""visible""",None,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50737,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Big company. Lots of products!,Lots of opportunity to work on products that influence billions of people. Beautiful campus.,Big company that moves slowly on product decisions.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50738,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Finance PM @ Microsoft,"pays well, good place for personal development","somewhat negative environment/culture, highly siloed",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50739,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,bill gates is the best!,i never got a unicorn!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P114.htm
50740,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Excellent Company,The people at this company are amazing! You will work with some of the most intelligent people in tech. The majority of individuals are driven and believe in the work they do.,"Navigating any large company can be difficult, you'll want to network as often as possible until you've made contacts across all teams you are dependent upon. And then learn about all the other teams and organizations!","Don't wait to communicate strategy and big bets. Leadership seems to coast along and then attach themselves to whatever is the latest success at the time. In addition to this get SLT to bet on the company, bet on Microsoft. There are too many groups just living in the ""now"" and not united in a Microsoft centric future.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50741,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,"Cutting edge products, great minds and good atmosphere",Sometime you get what you ask for,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50742,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales Director,"Culture , people , pay and benefits","Benefits , complexity, legacy , sales model",Be more agile,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50743,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier Field Engineer,"Salary, Benefits, trainings, open door policy","Work life balance, Travel, Evaluation",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50744,microsoft,"Canada, KS"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Administrator,Microsoft is a very good company and working with servers is easy,The reasons why I choose to work in Microsoft is because of getting more experience in networking and building a career.,It is competitive working with people that has higher certification than you,Management should give opportunity to young graduates,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50745,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"Moving in the right direction regarding the cloud, good innovation, improving culture, always a challenging envirorment where you need to learn constantly",Too many yet not agile process,Listing more without KPI's of listening results,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50746,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"smart people, great benefits, ability to have a big impact.",sometimes the politics can be a bit much if you find yourself on a bad team.,better screening of managers. quality is variable.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50747,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Specialist,Sales professional,Challenging role. Good pay. Great customers and experience. Good resources to apply in every sales opportunity. Opportunity to help customers with their digital transformation.,"Politics. Favoritism. upper management plays favorites. Sometimes quota is set by gut feel and not very accurate. Great role an individual contributor, but not much opportunity to grow within the role",Be truly fair,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50748,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Diversified work group. Smart employees.,Process could be slow. A lot of reorg.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50749,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,"Flexible hours if you're on the right team, benefits","More than 40 hours per week, promotions SLOW, pay average",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P115.htm
50750,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Dec 4, 2017",Former Employee - Director,"Impressive, innovative company.","Opportunity to work with smart, innovative people. Enthusiasm for the company from long term employees is high. People stay for many years and are rewarded for their loyalty.","Very difficult to make an impact as a new employee in a satellite office. Most of the decisions are made in Redmond, so there is little opportunity for growth and innovation. Employees are not sufficiently empowered. This is due in part to the staying power of the long term employees. It leaves little opportunity for professional growth.",Continue on the past of positive innovation put in place by Satya Nadella. He is an inspiring leader. Have confidence in your employees to make smart decisions that are good for the company. Do not micromanage.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50751,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 23, 2017","Former Employee - Developer, Bing",Mistake,Private office. That's literally the only reason.,"Micromanagement, poor tools, a fragmented company, lateral motion is hard.",none,1.0,5.0,none,1.0,2.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50752,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Service Engineer,"At Microsoft, you are constantly in fear of losing your job","A huge company with possibility to move around, middle of the road pay, loads of opportunity to work on the leading edge","Stress levels are constantly through the roof. Transparency in management is hit or miss and even when it's good, it's not constant. The organizational partnerships and needs and relative tooling/tech grow and die rapidly. This makes it hard to partner across the company and build collective solutions. Expectations are sky high for marginal or even low results. In every job I've held at this company I and nearly all of my co-workers have felt a fear of losing our job at any moment due to a re-org or anything else out of our control. I rarely find anyone to properly inspire me and help me feel excited to come to work. Although I am very self driven, this causes turmoil for the tone of everyone interacting in the hallways or in meetings. It feels fight or flight nearly everywhere.","Figure out how to constantly make your employees feel appreciated and reward them as such. Your pay sucks for what you put your people through. Also, you have proven time and again that you don't care about people that work there. You are just going through the motions in that dept. and are focusing on what is right for the business and it's shareholders by re-orging A LOT, CONSTANTLY and removing jobs A LOT, CONSTANTLY. I'm pissed because I invested 10 years of my life at this company and I'm extremely passionate and pro-MSFT. I made a lot of impact for the company but I was cast aside like so many peers I've seen this happen to in the past. What a horrible company to do that to people, time and again.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50753,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Empowering,The mission to empower everyone on the planet to do more.,Culture is going through a transformation which is good but does have it challenges.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50754,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Experience Manager,Customer Experience Manager,"The benefits are good, the trips are fun, and you meet cool people.","Had to move across the country to get promoted at all, the benefits have decreased in recent years, and I can't even afford a car when I live alone with two dogs.","Reward your long-term employees with more than PTO. You work us into the ground in the retail side already, the PRIME program only helps a little, maybe partner with local businesses to have a trade of some sort",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50755,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good Pay But Don't Expect To Move Up Anytime Soon,"Great resources, great work space, great work life balance","Poor management, back-stabbing employees (especially those who've been at the co around 10-15 years), and lack of recognition",Get rid of the coasters who are simply resting and vesting.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50756,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company - Great outlook,"401K Matching, Dental & Vision Care, Health Care, Bonuses and ESPP",There really isn't any cons. This company keeps getting better and better!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50757,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal program manager,Collaborative empowering and work life balance,With new management as a result of reorganization there are good engineers who lose out and typically leave company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50758,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Architect,Not what it was,Some very smart people if you know who to talk to,Wildly varying engineering and management quality,promotion criteria are idiotic and counterproductive,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50759,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,"Smart and driven employees, opportunities to be part of businesses that touch millions of people/companies, fairly easy to move around company and get different experiences",Many people with big egos. Harder for introverts to stand out on work output alone,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P116.htm
50760,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail store employee,Microsoft provides some amazing benefits.,"Working in retail with an inexperienced management team who micro-manages makes it difficult to excel and exceed expectations. Also, even though Microsoft claims to emphasize a work/life balance, it's difficult to do so with the demands of the retail industry. And opportunities into the Corporate part of Microsoft are almost impossible coming from Retail.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50761,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Mechanical Engineer,mixed bonus distribution,"challenging, rewarding with good benefits",bonuses depend more on your manager than on your performance,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Progr,"Learn alot and be proud of accomplishments, but don't expect that to make you successful","Highly Intelligent colleagues, exciting projects.","Highly Politicized Environment, must play the game to advance.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50763,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,good teams fun projects lots of cool perks,some of the managers some of the teams some of the projects,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50764,microsoft,"Santa Clara, CA"," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An overall great place to work!,"Amazing benefits, great tools for learning systems, overall company culture","Direct management was disorganized, room for growth difficult due to its current career paths, work/life balance is poor, with such a large organize can be difficult to grow and be heard",Please try to understand the teams who serve you and attempt to at least learn some of the software and tools available instead of jumping to conclusions.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50765,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Company was willing to spend money on their people.,Everyone fought for themselves due to cut throat company policies.,Stand behind the people who work for you.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50766,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love,"Treat me well, interesting work, amazing city and campus",No free conference passes for things like GDC,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50767,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Why work at MSFT?,"I'm a 20+ year veteran. The company provides great healthcare benefits. Pay is competitive+, $800 stay-fit credits/year. Your experience depends on your manager",Crappy leadership in the field. Politics are insane. Your success really depends on your manager. Reorgs put people into roles they have no business being in. God forbid if you're above 50. A VP was fired for harassment then was reintegrated into the company as VP after an acquisition. Unbelievable.,"Getting rid of ""expensive"" talent with deep knowledge is penny wise, pound foolish. Stop with the ageism. Have some integrity.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50768,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,"Good benefits, large support group,","slow leadership, slow to recognize, a lot of red tape.",Be more nimble and,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50769,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GTAM,"Good work environment, had fun",Not that I care to share at the moment,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P117.htm
50770,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, lots of opportunity but too political","Microsoft is an amazing company. Lots of bright people, great compensation, lots of opportunities in different types of products and services.",The environment at Microsoft is very political with infighting between teams and lots of turf battles. Products often rise or fall not on their merit but based on the power of the executive in charge of the product.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50771,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Nov 25, 2017",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,"Great Benefits, Lack of Work/Life Balance","Benefits, Moral Events, Campus Events, Training and Company events in Vegas or Seattle are fantastic.","Yearly attrition and horrible management communication. The company wants its Customers and its Engineers to believe they're customer focused, but it still really metric focused.","More open communication with your teams would be better. Telling your teams ""Stats no longer matter"" and then punish your teams because of stats.",3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50772,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Microsoft gives a new Surface device to retail employees upon hire and the option of a paid learning trip to Microsoft headquarters. Excellent benefits for part time employees.,"Compensation for Microsoft employees is below average compared to rival tech companies competing locally in the retail market. Advancement is possible, but only through relocation. An overabundance of managers on duty cause constant frustration between all members of staff and little guidance for successfully completing daily, weekly, and quarterly objectives. No commission offered for a very demanding sales roll.",Pay attention to comments from non-management staff. Try not to use the term retail position to disarm challenging questions that are aimed to dispel the illusive expectations of being a Microsoft employee at this capacity.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50773,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Sales Manager,Amazing Employer,"Innovative thinking, opportunity to build something new from the ground up and see the success, great autonomy to do great things and have a tremendous impact.",Heavy work schedule - sometimes challenging work-life balance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50774,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Nov 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software developer,I am very satisfy about Microsoft work environment.,it takes more work load at microsoft,ok,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50775,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Steep Learning Curve,Great salary and overall benefits,New hire training doesn't have anything to do with your job,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50776,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - SSP,Location,"Microsoft has typically always done right by high performing employees, however some of the flaws in the Salary are geographically based and therefore create discrepancies among employee expectation.","There are Geographic Discrepancies, but the market demand doesn't necessarily change.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50777,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Current employee,Good technology oriented environment Scope to learn latest technology,Overall no major long term projects,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50778,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great pay, benefits, and people","* Great time to work here, Satya is a terrific CEO, and the culture is co-operative and rewarding. * Great pay and benefits.","Despite the enthusiasm for being open to all technologies, most teams are still C# and .NET shops.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50779,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Depends on the group,Lots of smart people Many of challenging positions Company invests in and nurtures employees,Many groups lack vision or purpose Showing up well to your managers peers is more important Aggression is rewarded,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P118.htm
50780,microsoft,"Wilsonville, OR"," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Factory Repair Manager,Factory Repair Manager,"Great salary, benefits, and culture",There were times when it was harder than it should be to find the right owner for decisions regarding processes that crossed organizational boundaries. There was also many times where decisions were made that impacted my specific job and/or area of the company that didn't seem logical or make good business sense.,Adjust the organizational structure to improve focus and accountability in each business segment and be wary of corporate policies and processes that artificially create unnecessary operational inefficiencies and costs.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50781,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work environment,Great culture. People are very friendly and open. Cool new products coming down the pipeline.,Big company. Sometimes slow when implementing things.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50782,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,"Laid back environment, thirty hour work weeks.",Lack of rapid upward growth.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50783,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2017",Current Employee - Talent Sourcer,Evolution,"Great benefits Work-life balance Challenging, impactful work Smart, passionate, caring people Competitive Pay Supportive Management Satya is fantastic Admirable company mission Clear progress towards positive change","Extremely ambiguous environment Lack of process Outdated, inefficient systems in many areas Hierarchical/Bureaucratic Change is slower than we would like",Keep up the good work,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50784,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,Best Place to work ever.,"you work hard everyday, so be prepared",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50785,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great company to work for,"Amazing benefits, we are well taken care of.","Little work/life balance, but can be easily managed.",Help your associates get to the next level!,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50786,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Fantastic Company,Growth mindset Amazing work life balance Great benefits Competitive salary On premise perks Beautiful campus Many products and teams to choose from and work for,"A lot of unnecessary politics Lack of cultural diversity. Most employees are from Asia Depending on team and project, boring work for the younger generation",Keep your young talent around by giving them opportunities to grow. Embrace open source and newer technologies and dump legacy internal tools as fast as you can like a plague. Try to change the culture from within your team and make Microsoft great again :),4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50787,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Full of Talented people. Competitive environment,Nothing special . .. All is well,Keep inventing good things,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50788,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Consultant,Great tech but the non-tech is a distractor,"Great technology, great benefits, good pay, lots of really smart people","While Satya has made a lot of positive changes to the company that are making it relevant again...I feel he is also responsible for negatives like forced diversity and the acceptance of senior leadership being openly politically biased. I worked at Microsoft because I loved the technology, not because of the political views of the senior leadership. Watching keynotes at internal events now sometimes boarding on being at a political rally. It has created a tone that if you are not in step with those views...you may not be in the right place.",Quit imposing your political views on the workers. Be more transparent in the review process. Communicate more...rumors are plentiful and leadership has been doing nothing to dispell them.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50789,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Services Advisor,Great opportunities and competitive compensation,Many different ways to provide impact and do the work you love,"They don't open up as many stores as they used to, so there is a lot of competition for higher roles. Fortunately if you are open to relocation, there are many opportunities at other stores and even in Redmond.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P119.htm
50790,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place I've ever worked at!,"Awesome place to work. Great people, very smart and always helpful. You can't go wrong working here.","None. Interviewing was the toughest I've ever experienced, but that is how they get the best people!",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50791,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Cool to work at cutting edge technology with a lot of resources to help. Love their huge library - the books get FedExed to you at the office, if they are not available locally.",Team work is paid just a lip-service. Its everyone on their own.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50792,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great time,It’s a purely family orientated environment.,More of a stepping stone place. As in it’s here for you to develop not to stay.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50793,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,big company lots of opportunities,moved slowly in the internet space,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50794,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support engineer,Pay is good for someone like me without educational background or much experience,"Stressful, working through holidays, high turnover in role",Hire enough support engineers and don’t micromanage,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50795,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company terrible management,Company benefits are amazing! $250 for full time employees for excersing.,Management has their favorites and unless you’re favorite you will not move up within the company.,Spend time with your managers and take out the favoritism.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50796,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Work experience in Microsoft,"Challenging, opportunity, technology, innovation, growth hacking",apart from the fact that the team size can sometimes be big nothing else is a con,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50797,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great work place,"work life balance, pay , opportunities in various fields",not much under Satya... but constant restructuring is the new norm,Be thoughtful and stop restructuring all the time.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50798,microsoft,"Conroe, TX"," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,marketing manager,best job in my life,non applicable there were no cons,great job keep up the good work. GG,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50799,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I regret my time at this company,-Prestige -Trainings -Introduction to processes and corporate culture if you haven't had that before -Being in the know as far as MSFT tech is concerned,-Feels like North Korea -Too many people trying to feed off of you than co-operate with you or help you -Few opportunities to do anything that would be useful outside of Microsoft -Toxic culture of favoritism and bootlicking,"Please don't be so much in love with your old-time jerks. I worked for 2 teams at Microsoft. The management wasted time for months. They gave us no direction while they were ironing out nitty gritty details they were going to change anyway several times over. I spoke to HR as well. It seems some old problems were common knowledge and routine frustration for all. Any kind of change took months or years to happen till it wasn't relevant anymore and did not help the people suffering the most. I learned you made some long sought changes after I left. These things were pain points for years. What's the point if it doesn't benefit the people who needed it? You have anonymous feedback forms only if those people actually seek your feedback. There was no way to give anonymous feedback about people who worked with you and need not seek it. You make it too easy to game your system. The attitude of my co-workers was to first point the blame and then do nothing to prevent bugs in the future. I've rarely hear anyone say ""I'm sorry. My bad"" no matter how many times they screw up. If you disagree with some of them ever, get prepared to be shot down at every meeting. Also, if you don't want to co-operate with an employee, lay them off and save yourself and the employee some dignity. It becomes a little obvious if the day after I don't go to a morale event, my manager starts giving me low priority work and being critical of everything. It is too petty for a big organization like Microsoft to not just lay someone off than make it difficult to stay and difficult to look for another job. Utterly disappointed!",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P120.htm
50800,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,too big,big company benefits and ok salary,big company bureaucracy and lots of busy work.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50801,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Culture, transparency, respect for diversity, opportunities to grow and learn.","It comes down to individuals, more than the company itself.","Watch for the individuals that don,t fully embrace the culture.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50802,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Great Company, Culture, Opportunities for growth",Nothing I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50803,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - IOS Developer,Enjoyable to work for,- Good benefits - Good salary,- Long work hours - Management could be annoying at times,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50804,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Stable and good benefits,Good work environment for engineers Great benefits Stable company/stock,Below market pay Not innovating anymore,Pay market rates for top engineers,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50805,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"Great learning environment, electric knowledge surrounding the employees, learned a ton","Long hours, tough projects, harsh management",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50806,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technician,Good company to work for.,not really any i can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50807,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Development Manager,Fantastic benefits and great technology to sell to customers.,Big company where you can get caught up in job elimination easily.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50808,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,MS prev employer,Working with one of the best technologists,Some products or divisions less innovative and interesting than others,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50809,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,A lot to learn in your work.,I feel the pressure from the peers.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P121.htm
50810,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead 3D artist,Benefits were good. Hours were ok.,It became too big of a corporation that didnt even know who was working for them and really didnt care about the employees. All they cared for was money.,Pay attention to the people that are actually producing the game that makes so much money for you.,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50811,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hi tech company with old school managers in business,"Awesome company to work with. This is a technology organization at its peak doing wonders for mankind, both in areas of charity and business.",A good company with some rotten managers. Most of them are typical old school managers and don't look for new talent,Allow a specific timeline for newcomers to settle down before you ask to sack them.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50812,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Stability, good tech, smart people","Stability, good tech, smart people","too big, things move slow sometimes.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50813,microsoft,"Newark, DE"," Nov 17, 2017",Former Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Still plagued by normal retail pitfalls,Large company provides stability. Benefits were decent. Pay was alright.,"Management had no oversight, Poor approach to feedback where they silence any suggestions due to ""being negative"" corporate wide.",Try to break from standard retail pitfalls. Value negative feedback as much as positive feedback and understand it has a place.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50814,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,network engineer,"leading technology, cutting edge technology","poor leadership, politics, out of work relations are important to grow",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50815,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Supply Chain,MS Review,"Great company, good people and gold star benefits.",Very large company requires navigation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50816,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,business analyst,very good place to work,I think everything was perfect,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50817,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Professional,Great place to work,"Great benefits, smartest minds in the world.",Change is constant and I’ve had 10 managers in 9 years.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50818,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech/Lab Manager,Ability to run the lab as you see fit to better the company,Having to share your resources with a large org when you already have a large group to support.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50819,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great work life balance. Company cares about development. Awesome benefits,Microsoft is a great company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P122.htm
50820,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Great Place for Career Growth,"Benefits, Work/Life Balance, Work from Home","Processes, long waits for solutions, team communications",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50821,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Alliance Manager,Alliance Manager,"Amazing culture, fast paced, smart people, solid benefits","Too bureaucratic, too political, pay isn't keeping up with the best in the industry","LISTEN and learn from your employees and customers. ""Open door"" is a terrific policy but you have to mean it!",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50822,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's ok,"work life balance, good benefit",dont expect too much pay,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50823,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be ware of which Team/Org/Group you join,"Undoubtedly, one of the best places to work at. - work life balance - benefits - work on products used by millions","- can be very political depending which team/group you join, so do your homework before you accept the offer, else you'll have to deal with mental agony or join the political order - avoid MSEG at any cost, its one of the most political orgs within Microsoft","Weed out Leads and GPMs who feel entitled to bully new joinees, and don't hesitate to ruin careers. Bring in progressive managers, who have the empathy and the conscience to be righteous, and who lead by example.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50824,microsoft,"China, ME"," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Cloud and Data Solution Sales Director,Best employer,Digital transformation is very successful,"very fast -paced, need very intelligent","keep changing the world,make life better.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50825,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,job sat,"pay and benefits, turn around after Satya, enterprise products are very strong","politics, out of touch with end users, biased review model",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50826,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft Retail Product Advisor,"The only positive things are the benefits, the co workers, as well as it being slow.","After working here for a bit, I thought it would be right to share my opinion on how this job is. Do not be fooled that just because this is Microsoft that you are doing huge things. At the end of the day it is just another retail job. My over arching problem with the job leads to the hours. You are expected to work minimum 20 hours a week which is normal but, when you submit an availability and your managers do not adhere to it, then it becomes a problem. Being a student, time management becomes tougher especially since work is not the main priority. Also, Even when voicing my concern, it does not seem like it is being heard and the managers do not pay much heed to new hires. I do not understand why part timers can only have 5 hour shifts and are required to work 4 days when it is completely possible to work less days and longer hours especially if those days happen to be the busy days for the store. I write this review in hopes for management to read this and hopefully address my concern. Also another con is that it is fairly high stress. You deal with a plethora of customers and the word ""no"" is never and option. You have to treat customers far above many different places and it's outstanding the lengths one is required to go. I understand that the customer comes first, but the way it is being approached is utterly wrong. To each their own and this is my opinion. There are other things as well but I believe that this is enough. Thanks for reading and please keep in mind that, again this is my own opinion and if you have other thoughts you are entitled to writing your own review and I am glad you have not experienced this.",none,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50827,microsoft,"Detroit, MI"," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Account Executive,Keep your eyes open and back covered. Trust no one.,"Coworkers were great, pay was good.",Truth is only used as a key tenant. Dishonesty is everywhere.,"Satya's comments on 'wait to be tagged' show nothing changed. Yes, after press attacked him, leadership addressed that issue, other issues, which are major are ignored. Satya may be a fine individual, most of leadership and management is not.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50828,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company/complacent culture,"Pay is high, charity culture is strong. A lot of intelligent folk.",People get complacent. The risk culture that the SLT promotes hasn't been adopted by mid-level management.,Align incentives to align goals. people aren't motivated to take risks or be creative.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50829,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Chief Executive Officer and Chairman,Associate CEO and Chairman,Will grow fast with advanced technology.,I like Friendly nature partner.,Make a lot of kickoff meeting to reach goals ahead. I need reports before 3-4 weeks of golive.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P123.htm
50830,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Manager,"Mission, culture, strategic direction, CEO",Career development is an area where the company can and should improve.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50831,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,Sponsor green card application for H1 holders,Frequent re-organizations through out the company,Clear vision,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50832,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT review,"great work life balance, interesting project, great resource","low pay, bad perf review system",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50833,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Love everyone that works there.,There are no cons at all.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50834,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on the role,"great benefits, lots of smart people, opportunities to move around a lot","huge amount of politics, big corporation - people end up doing the same job, way too many VP temper tantrums",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50835,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great freelance consulting jobs but consultants are being outsourced,Being a part-time remote consultant at Microsoft provides a lot of flexibility.,They have been outsourcing consultant work to other countries so there are not many opportunities now,Stop outsourcing,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50836,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Great company,Tons of opportunities to learn,Sometimes culture is too self centered,"Be aggressive, take on more challenges",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50837,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contractor with Microsoft,Worked with a great team and had an awesome supervisor who supported us and trusted us.,Limited contract term of 18 months.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50838,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Great place to work,"Good benefits, flexible hours, respectful environment",Too rigid a organization structure,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50839,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,good,"Good job, not great pay, had to hustle",no compensation for travel,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P124.htm
50840,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Enjoying Azure and Satya,Satya is reforming Microsoft starting with Azure.,It’s taking a long time to get to more toxic areas of the company like Bing. Bing is a mess and completely politically charged with rest and vest managers.,Scrutinize Bing Partner level management. They’re underperforming and have an intimidating environment. Continue proliferating Azure’s culture across the company.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50841,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,A lot of smart project and nice project to work on.,"Depending on your luck, you might move to different organizations all the time, and do not have a chance to focus on one project.",Try to do less people shuffling.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50842,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Executive,"Great work life balance, decent pay, challenging evolving products.",Limited opportunity to move around if you live outside Redmond.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50843,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Challenging work with smart coworkers but emphasis on soft skills and politics at senior level,good rewards if career driven and good at communicating visibility. Flexible time especially if you can deliver output with quality on schedule. Good middle manager can make the experience good and shields you from political randomization.,"overemphasis on communication and politics and easy to burnout if poor at estimating/committing. Even though abolished in name, 6 month reviews still use old stack ranking in 2017 across peers and sister teams at your band level. internal engineering infrastructure is klunky and subpar compared to industry open source. Too much use of slow/buggy internal proprietary tooling. Tech stack is too much microsoft-built proprietary half-baked, buggy. zero/horrible documentation and too much reliance on email distribution list support for any layer of the stack. Your experience is a function of ability of manager and the team culture. Top contributors can get slighted by average/subpar devs during review time based on politics.",Get HR to truly abolish stack ranking and embrace industry standards and tech stacks internally instead of bolting those on to give the appearance that microsoft supports open source platforms and is not the negative and fierce environment with peers that it is.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50844,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good environment and good people,Low salary can be issue sometimes,Good job,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50845,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Operations Program Manager,"Great culture, products, & leadership",Probably not a good fit for average performers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50846,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Tech Specialist,Great team to work with and great management Flexible to work from Home,Too much travelling Too much emphasis on sales/revenues,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50847,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Development Specialist,Great atmosphere and benefits.,Not the best place to be if you want to stand out.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50848,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manger,i get to do what i love,low work salary and kinda bad management,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50849,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Diversity,Nice to see Microsoft is interested in assuring diversity.,"If you are not a woman or minority, your chances of promotion and joining the organization are significantly lower give equal qualifications. Management have been given hiring quotas. Not a friendly environment if your demographic is middle-aged white male.","OK to give hiring or promotional preferences to women and minorities if equal qualifications, but the way the target quotas are being driven leaves many feeling less loyal to an otherwise great company.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P125.htm
50850,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ambitious growth, but at what cost",- Great benefits - Exciting atmosphere,"- In some teams, how much you brown-nose means more than how good of a job you do - If not in sales, comp can be heavily weighed on how much you are liked, bonus amounts not guaranteed - Raises very small",Stop expecting people to take on 2x or 3x workload to cut personnel costs,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50851,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work in Seattle,Best benefits in the industry,Gloomy Seattle weather keeps you restrained of outside activity,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50852,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,One can really realize your potential there,Review mechanism was not good enough,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50853,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Great work life balance,Great work life balance in the company,Slow promotion and not very good stock award,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50854,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,no title,good Compensations & Benefits and Work/Life Balance,The pace is kind of slow.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50855,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working here!,"People are great, work is challenging, but highly dependent on your team.",Very big and can be easy to get lost in.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50856,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place!,"Lots of different opportunities for growth, interesting problems to work on, smart people to collaborate with.","Big, slow. Requires lots of patience.","Take more chances. Let employees take chances: Make sure that ""One Microsoft,"" or whatever the current empathetic version of it is, does not reduce to micromanaged Microsoft, where the individuals find themselves unable to take risks because each risk requires some process making sure that we do not ""break into jail,"" making it necessary for everything to slowly percolate up the management chain before any decision is made.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50857,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company but slow moving,nice benefits. nice workload. nice people,i dont like my boss,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50858,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Senior Client Executive,Great benefits. Like the 401K matching and ESPP.,Playing to Wall Street - expectations on the employees is beyond reasonable.,"Be more realistic in your requirements for world class sales organization. I understand you have a ton of legacy employees and many of them need to move on. But you're not going to attract young new talent if you can't demonstrate, certainly in the sales organization, better leadership and direction.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50859,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Office org provides great work-life balance with technical and political challenges,"Can't beat the work life balance with a low stress environment, high brand recognition, product audience means your work can have impact (if you can fight the technical and political challenges to make meaningful progress)","Deep hierarchy with not much variation in promotion velocity (people get awarded titles for tenure length), employees tend to ignore emails from junior employees without impressive titles, very political, high complacency, a lot of apathy and ""rest and vest""ers","Fire poor performers, don't let them hang around for decades doing minimal work accumulating high titles solely based upon tenure length and then abusing those titles to force poor decisions on aspiring up-and-comers who get tend to get demoralized.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P126.htm
50860,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for as long as it's focus is on it's employees,Company Culture Team Great Benefits Life long friends/Mentors,Politics Favorites-Game Promotion based on circumstance versus merit,Take a good hard look at what your team members are contributing to the team and act accordingly. Employees who have devoted years of hard work and loyalty should be appreciated and valued for it.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50861,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Business Manager for Sales Capability,Great people. Inspiring company. Very challenging work that constantly changes. You will never be bored.,"The environment can be overwhelming due to the complexity. Your manager will determine your future chances of advancement,",Reward people for productive contributions accomplished with company values at the heart of how they succeeded.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50862,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,great,"great company, nice location, good projects","many people, many politics. many buildings",great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50863,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great people. Fun culture. Amazing place to learn and grow in your career. Great benefits.,Can potentially be long hours.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50864,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,"Customer focus, less politics, Investment in Azure",Level of investment in Windows,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50865,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to start up career.,Decent pay with good benefits.,Don't stay too long. It's not worth it. There are a lot of things happening in the world that may not be seen from within the Microsoft bubble.,Appreciate your employees more for the sake of the company. Employee appreciation has faded considerably. Good pay and benefits are not enough anymore. I would suggest higher quality managers for a start.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50866,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Director,"Great company, terrible work-life balance",Really Cool world-changing products and technology Exciting dynamic environment Outstanding benefits,"Employee evaluation process fosters unhealthy internal competition at the expense of cooperation. Hard to keep a healthy work-life balance. Culture of long, long working hours as a 'badge of honour'. Pay is NOT great once you divide by #hours worked...","Make respecting work life balance an active priority, not a lip - service platitude.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50867,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Management at Microsoft,Really depends upon your team,Again really depends upon your team,none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50868,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work life balance,Very diverse culture and a strong support for work-life balance,I was lucky enough to not have to deal with any cons at this time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50869,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Global Program Manager,Loved Microsoft--Hated Culture,"Pay, Perks, most of the people",Review Model and Review Process,Get rid of the stack ranking,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P127.htm
50870,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft job,"Good pay, health benefits, transportation benefits","Very distant management, didn't foster creativity, cohesive team",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50871,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Corporate Culture Spotty w CEO Transition, Beware of career/long-time Microsofties","Smart, ambitious, energetic, fast-moving people. Lots of opportunity to work with people across the organization. Opportunities to have many different types of careers and roles within one company. In fact, they encourage you to move around which is fabulous. Great benefits and compensation package and on-campus amenities.","Career Microsoft people (10+ years) with slightly old mindset are prevalent all over the company. They tout wanting outside perspectives but stick to old ways. It could be that the new CEO Satya Nadella's philosophy and management style has not reached all organizations yet especially the sales & business side. Senior management imposes a lot of accountability without providing authority, which can be dangerous for those not politically-savvy (like the long-timers). The old comic strip about Microsoft's ""organizational hierarchy"" showing teams pointing guns at each other is now more understandable as I experienced it first-hand. Also, overly high reliance on vendors.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50872,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just OK,The benefits are good and lots of flexibility to work from anywhere,"The pay needs to be better. They're on the low side of all the larger tech companies. The culture varies greatly between teams and the ones I've been on have been pretty negative - people yelling at each other in meetings, no respect for a work-life balance, managers constantly unavailable, frequent layoffs",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50873,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Content Developer,Content Developer,"Your work may impact millions of customers. Opportunities to work on a wide range of software products -- consumer, IT Pro, developer -- and with diverse, intelligent, creative and dedicated people. Great environment for life-long learners, with strong corporate commitment to on-the-job and other types of training.","Despite many tweaks to the review system over the years, old habits die hard and stack ranking still happens. Stack ranking in small groups (ie under 25 or so) lowers morale and discourages true teamwork. It can pit managers against each other and put them in the awkward position of having to explain a low ranking that's more about politics than performance and impact. It also can make less appealing to work on a high functioning team, since it'll be harder to differentiate yourself and your work.",Don't ask your first-level managers to stack rank their small groups. Avoid making sweeping decisions about how to allocate budget on rankings unless you're willing to lose good performers if you've forced their managers to stack rank in small groups. Do a better job of including age in your diversity goals.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50874,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Heavily focused on sales team,Great work and life balance at Microsoft.,"Hiring and promotions are primarily decided by managers and their managers. It is not as decentralized as how similar processes are at Facebook, Google or Amazon.",none,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50875,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,- The ability to work remote full-time is a major bonus... no commute time.  - Company culture has improved under Satya Nadella's leadership  - For those willing to put in the work there is ample opportunity for growth,Working based on utilization (hours billed) can at times make it feel like you have to constantly work to keep up making it hard to use vacation time. As soon as you return from a few weeks of vacation time the added pile of hours to catch up on can be debilitating unless you front load you work. If you plan to work as a premier engineer time management is an essential skill.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50876,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft,great benefits and pay. Work life balance is good,They don't like remote employees,Growth mindset,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50877,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Network Engineer,Service Engineer2,Best is companies culture and empowering its employees and customers.,Everything is good and you have to climb your own ladder,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50878,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great work, fine location",Good work-life balance Great challenges at work,Location - not as many options to switch company without switching the location,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50879,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Solutions Professional,The knowledge and training is enormous,"It is cut throat competition with other employees for raises and promotions, so they are few and far between.",Stop treating the employees like a number.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P128.htm
50880,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Director,Company provides good pay and benefit.,"Companies talks about managing effectively, but does not hold managers accountable.",Spend more time training senior managers.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50881,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Malwarebytes Contact Support,Malwarebytes Antivirus Help Support,Problems in removing the detected traces of Trojan worms and malware files.,"Interruptions occur while scanning the PC, MAC, and Smartphone devices",computer,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50882,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Writer,"Loved it. Flexible, yet challenging.",My manager moved to another team- over and over again. Five managers in one year.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50883,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ms review,I enjoyed the people and the work I performed,I did not find any cons about working there,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50884,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager II,Great company to work for with great people!,No cons at this time.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50885,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Adviser,"Good pay, tuition reimbursement, good benefits.",Leadership (from corporate to retail) is very disconnected.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50886,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Casual, driven, and disorganized","Laid back atmosphere, great perks, multitude of job opportunities",Inefficient due to short-term thinking,Take the time to spend time with your employees and walk through a day with them.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50887,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Business Operations Manager,Great company to work for,"Microsoft offers amazing learning and development opportunities. For people who like to operate in a high-powered and fast-paced environment, this is a great employer. For people who are not comfortable with constant change, not so much.","Constant reorganization of the company can be disruptive on many levels. Multiple rounds of layoffs lead to a culture where people do not feel encouraged to take bold risks. On the other hand, this has also changed Microsoft's culture for the better. Gone are the combative rivalries, and the dreaded employee stack review system.",A decent amount of frustration occurs due to politics. Saw good careers stagnate due to chaotic leadership.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50888,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Senior E-commerce Manager,E-commerce Manager,"Great benefits, smart people and build resilience in you.",Tough politics and hard to make a difference,You got to be more aggressive implementing the new culture and killing bureaucracy,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50889,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Communications Manager,Communications Manager,Great work-life balance and benefits,"Internal politics, including around selecting one PR agency for all of Microsoft. Difficult to get new relationships and skills that would let you work in PR elsewhere as they rely completely on agency for pitching.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P129.htm
50890,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall a solid company to work for,Great people and great benefits,Organizational churns so be prepared not to be randomized.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50891,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Big company, great technical products",Cloud computing is hard sell,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50892,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Microsoft was outstanding in every way,Expensive Food in on-campus options,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50893,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,I had a good time here.,The hours were not that bad,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50894,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Malwarebytes Contact Support,Malwarebytes Antivirus Help Support,Problems in removing the detected traces of Trojan worms and malware files.,"Interruptions occur while scanning the PC, MAC, and Smartphone devices",computer,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50895,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transformative change,"Good benefits including revenue based incentives, bonus, stock and more. Fairly easy to get meetings with customers to deliver an impact for customers.","Revolving door of account teams is challenging for customers. Lay-offs, segment moves and RIFs of experienced and productive FTEs is less then customer centric as Microsoft reduces COGS.",Get in the field and listen to customers. There is always a need to hire millenials but challenging them to learn multiple complex workloads to deliver a positive impact for enterprise customers is an unforced error.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50896,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work in,Fantastic place. Engineers are bright and passionate.,Some projects are moving at very slow paces. such as excel,Try to bring more innovation in and allow small team to sprout and tackle those problems,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50897,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Manager,"Work with very smart people, your work likely affects hundreds of millions of people, great benefits and overall facilities.","Very large company so your impact relative to the whole company will likely be small, you often learn the ""Microsoft technology stack"", not what is more common outside.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50898,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),software engineer intern,"great benefits, location, very good tech",old and not exciting in some parts,invest in AI and cloud,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50899,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,"Im RIFed, but still a great company","You get to work with really smart people Benefits are very good. As some noted they used to be outstanding but like all companies they've had to cut HC costs. Still they continue to work on improving benefits where they can, like increasing company matching on 401k contributions and accelerating stock vesting...both relatively recent improvements relatively flexible work options, home, office, customer site, mobile. Note: I was in a field office not Redmond, but I believe it's still flexible at campus","While I believe in Satya's vision for the company, the new reality of Microsoft at least for the next few years will be a constant risk of RIFs. You have to be really adept at knowing which group to be in. It's like a giant game of whack a mole, you can get hit at any time for no reason regardless of how good your performance is. I personally know someone who won Platinum Club (highest sales honor) and less than 2 months later was RIFed. There is ZERO consideration of the individual or talent when it comes to a RIF. While they do allow you to interview back in, it's sort of an empty welcome as you are booted out of the company and treated like a new hire, at least from an access and interview perspective. Also you are only given 2 months...not nearly enough time given the glacial speed with which MSFT recruiting teams move. I've been on both sides of this now. I've interviewed and hired in dozens of great people at MSFT but the process is painful in my opinion.","I get that Microsoft needs to restructure, but you are doing an awful job at it right now. All your top performers if they aren't looking for new jobs are definitely looking over their shoulder or are left in an awful position as their vteams are getting RIFed and nobody is explaining why, or how they are going to get the resources to support their goals. MSFT is a very collaborative place and when you suddenly lose 1/4 of your vteam that leaves the remaining employees with the same lofty goals and 1/4 less people to get it done. Even the managers are beside themselves and can't explain what's going on or how they are going to support the teams with the resources they have. While I agree with the big picture of the restructuring, leadership has to know and understand that they are releasing some of their most talented people into the market for their competition to scoop up. It feels very much like a person who has no knowledge of Microsoft business or a group of lawyers trying to keep MSFT out of harms way is making the RIF decisions. There is a massive amount of tribal knowledge going out the door. Some of the RIFs eliminated whole teams of people who were the only ones with a key skillset (a skill noted by our CEO on stage as important). My manager was beside himself when I was RIFed, he's like you are the only one on our team who knew how to do this. I'm like sorry man, and by the way, everyone else I knew in MSFT who was good at what I do was RIFed as well, so you are going to be left with the blind leading the blind. good luck. This may sound like a vindictive rant, but I've spoken off the record with extremely senior Partner level Engineering execs in Microsoft who don't understand some of the RIF decisions and are challenging some of the decisions made. For me, too late but hopefully they can stop the bleeding. Also on my CEO performance, my rating is based on what he's done for the stock, which is largely due to headcount reductions IMO.",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P130.htm
50900,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Excellence Manager,Great Company to work for,"Politics, bias in giving opportunities",need to remove bias for internal job search,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50901,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent,The environment is the best to be at,sometimes the hours aren't all that great,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50902,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Principal SWE Lead,Great place to Work,Microsoft is a huge company with a broad set of options for anyone looking for the chance to excel. There is no shortage of opportunity here. You will work with some very smart and driven people.,"Sometimes due to its size, it can be hard to find something particularly impactful. It's easy to feel like your contribution just sort of disappears into the ocean.",Make it easier to move around inside the company. Interviews should be greatly diminished. Especially for people that have been through a review cycle or two.,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50903,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Enterprise Architect,Excellent Company to work for. Continuous learning,Plenty of opportunities to learn and advance your career. Challenging environment and advance technologies.,Time consuming. Work-life balance is a myth. But you have to work hard and smart to stay on the Top.,The new management figured it out. compete and partner with all viable technologies to keep Microsoft innovating.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50904,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Business Manager,Stable environment,Relevant brand. Solid benefits. Competitive compensation for market. A solid place to build and grow a career. Opportunity to work on cool technology,Can rot away in teams. Responsible for driving your own career. Politics an bite you if unprepared. It's a large organization and can be hard to stand out,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50905,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Director of Strategy,Solid company with unlimited career potential,Really trying to get more nimble. Satya has energized the company with clarity of vision.,"There are parts - sales, services orgs in REDMOND etc come to mind - which still move at a glacial pace and not exactly where the highest caliber of talent is.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50906,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great company to work for,"Challenging yet not overwhelming work, excellent culture that encourages growth mindset, under new leadership and ample opportunities to grow","Though things have improved a lot, there are still vestiges of the old toxic culture in some teams. So please choose your team and manager wisely before coming here",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50907,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MACH MBA Program,The money is really good coming out of an MBA Program. Also Microsoft has a great benefits and the work life balance is really good. Also you can work from home as much as you want.,"This was one of the worst decisions I made after my MBA. Although the money is really good, Field organizations don't value MBAs and therefore you spend a whole year chasing your manager to give you relevant work. Field office culture is toxic as layoffs are common and treated coldly and they always start with the MBAs as no one cares to help and develop their skills. The program in itself is terribly organized, it is a sink or swim program and the attrition rate for MBAs is very very high. If you are serious about sales this is the worst program for a software company.  Also mentorship is non existent and the only way that you make it in this program is if you have a good manager willing to coach and build you. I left after a year and a half to a better environment.",Fix it. Start valuing what MBAs bring to the table and give us quota gradually during the year so that we can demonstrate that we can do well. This program should be so good as you bring great talent to Microsoft but they leave as soon as September comes.,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50908,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Engineering Program Manager,"Meh, benefits are great depends on group you are in","Benefits, flexibility, good for your resume, lots of internal training and information available","Even though they have a new CEO and purpose in life, there are still too many ""old school"" Microsofties and politics going on to say they are really progressive. Plus, the are on a steady diet of laying off people and replacing with H1Bs. Make no mistake this is a real business plan for MS","Cull old school MS and their ""empire building"" and ""not built here"" approach to solving business problems.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50909,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good work life balance but not interesting work,Good pay for a new grad No on call and good work life balance Individual office,"As new grad, I was assigned to a team at random, which happened to be a team was least interested in or skilled at. To switch, I had to go through multiple interviews loop. By the time I prepare for them, I am already ready to switch company.",Make sure the new grad gets a say about where they want to work. Make team transfer easier.,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P131.htm
50910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good work life balance but not interesting work,Good pay for a new grad No on call and good work life balance Individual office,"As new grad, I was assigned to a team at random, which happened to be a team was least interested in or skilled at. To switch, I had to go through multiple interviews loop. By the time I prepare for them, I am already ready to switch company.",Make sure the new grad gets a say about where they want to work. Make team transfer easier.,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50911,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Technician,The benefits are better than anywhere else for a single person. 401k matching is way up there.,Unfortunately they decided to not continue to manufacture in the United States.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50912,microsoft,"Sea Girt, NJ"," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - SWE,great,high salary good company good coworkers,tired sometimes we have to work overtime,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50913,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Fantastic workplace. Great team. Great benefits. Amazing work. Get to meet a lot of people. Exposure to various kinds of technologies.,Start is slow in new team for ramping up,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50914,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Good overall work life balance,Too many in-house platforms and processes,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50915,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Can be good or terrible, depending on your manager","The salary can be decent, and they encourage lots of community and global giving with pretty generous matching. If you have a good manager and team it can be a pretty nice place to work.","There's a lot of bureaucracy, and most managers seem very out of touch with customer needs and wants. If your immediate manager doesn't like you, you're out of luck - you'll be represented at reviews as a low performer until you're laid off or driven out, regardless of your previous performance record at the company.","The review system is supposed to be better than it was 15 years ago, but it seems to be a cosmetic change. It needs to be changed in reality.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50916,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"* Great leadership, vision and strategy with Satya Nadella * Great opportunity for professional growth and (personal) development * Great teams and colleagues",* Some parts of the organization can be very political,* Continue on the path of growth mindset and keep changing the culture to make sure it will land and stays at all levels,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50917,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - GM,Hit Refresh,"Smart people, bold ambitions, global impact, hard work, constant opportunity to learn grow and improve. This company is constantly challenging and reinventing itself. Great sense of social responsibility also.","Can be insular have to work hard to connect out across industry and industries massive technology and business footprint, can make it hard to stay current and deep.",keep the amazing 'hit refresh' momentum going,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50918,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solutions Specialist - Microsoft,"Great culture, flexible work life balance, good brand","Huge corporate bureaucracy, (some) bonus metrics aren't clearly defined, big quotas",above my pay grade,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50919,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Good company and growing cloud business,"Work life balance, interesting projects, easier commute for east-siders","Mediocre middle management, Encumbering processes",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P132.htm
50920,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is good for some,Great Pay and Benefits. Can work remote.,Work Life Balance is hard to find especially for those working on global teams. Favorable Bias for those who are more aggressive and comfortable risk-takers.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50921,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,very nice company,"easy to work, better life","no cons, very good company",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50922,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The only constant is change,Great work life balance. Benefits etc. are excellent.,"#refresh. It's a land grab right now. Top talent is getting riffed as the company ""transforms""",Try hard to retain top talent. Institutional knowledge is priceless.,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50923,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ice Tray Ice Tray,Great work life balance culture,Competitive work not much interaction with managers,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50924,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Group Finance Manager,Microsoft is a great place to work,Microsoft is a great place to work. They genuinely care about their employees.,"The work-life balance can be difficult especially when dealing with end of month, budget and forecasting finance roles.",Plan and announce deadline calendar earlier so people can prepare further in advance. This will help people to get work done earlier and reduce last-minute fire drills.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50925,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"* Great leadership, vision and strategy with Satya Nadella * Great opportunity for professional growth and (personal) development * Great teams and colleagues",* Some parts of the organization can be very political,* Continue on the path of growth mindset and keep changing the culture to make sure it will land and stays at all levels,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50926,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Good place to work to make it yourself.,Upper management sometimes has no clue what lower level developers are actually doing.,Listen!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50927,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,title,wlb ease freedom campus work,paid food old boring culture,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50928,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - SDE2,SDE,It is a relaxed environment,there is not much future,none,2.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50929,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to sit back and atrophy,"Pay and benefits are great. No one measures results accurately. Great place to be if you can make yourself not care about doing great work, or being around sharp, impressive, people. Awesome place to sit back, collect a check, and atrophy in to retirement.","Most people are idiots but still very arrogant and territorial. People rise through the ranks due to, gossip, and catty cliques...not through results.",Build solid KPIs and rank against them.,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P133.htm
50930,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Supply Chain,good benefits. company reputation. location,no new-hire training. no process documentation.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50931,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,There is different benefits you can use.,Doesn't offer too many hours,none,4.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50932,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,"Smart people, good work/life balance.","Too many reorgs, cost over customer satisfaction",Work towards stability,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50933,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Practice Manager,Exciting experience to be on the leading edge of changing the world.,The best thing is the culture and purpose of doing something greater than oneself. Working with like minded professionals with positive attitude and dedication.,"The ops tempo is extremely high wth an expectation to work long hours and weekend if needed to get the job done. There is lots of emphasis on work life balance, but the workload and high commitment to achieve a decent reward prevents this goal from being realistic to attain.",The goal to empower organizations and individuals to achieve more is noble and correct for our customers. The same objective should be made to empower their employees to achieve more in their lives as well beyond just working for Microsoft.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50934,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Partner Director,"Company is performing (and trying), but culture is still horrible",Microsoft is performing in the market. Microsoft can deliver on business value.,"Some products are improving, but overall Microsoft's products are only successful because of their long-held locked-in enterprise accounts where they are very effective at sustaining relationships and revenue -- culture is horrible despite reports that Satya has improved this -- burn out is frequent and attitudes towards employees are that they are disposable",Value individual contributors as much as you value management (note -- I was in mgt),1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50935,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Director,Director,"Reputation of the company, salary and benefits","Passive aggressive , cut-throat culture",Invest in people and listen different points of view,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50936,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,There are lots of senior people in the company to learn from. Good benefits overall.,Compensation is not as competitive as other companies.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50937,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So much variety,Lots of opportunities to work on really different things,Legacy code and thought patterns,Evaluate your lower/mid level managers for best impact.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50938,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test,Senior SDET,"Great Benefits, work-life balance, people. If you are a hardcore coding SE then you will fit in perfectly.","Does not value the SDET career path at this time. Not a family oriented company now, few and disorganized family events.","Reconsider the SDET to SE conversion, you need individuals that just get the ""grunt work"" done. Reconsider the family events, mandate that individual teams host multiple events if it is not possible to do company wide events. Non-Microsoft family members are the ones that support your great employees in this stressful, fast paced, demanding technical career. This might help retain more of your employees past the 3-5 year average.",2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50939,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It's laid back but tedious,"Laid back, not many hours, slow, can move pretty easily if you want what more can I say. Word Word","Pay is only ok. Slow. You often find everything in windows is a hack on a hack on a hack, not maintainable at all",Throw out your old code and let developers do something about the lack of extensibility,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P134.htm
50940,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Benefits are amazing Smart people, very friendly Great network","Success in corporation is heavily dependent on teams/managers. Some managers look out for you, but many don't care.  Sets you up for success within Microsoft. Limited technologies and stack make it a bit difficult to switch to other companies the longer you stay at Microsoft.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50941,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,"Coming from public sector, this place is just refreshing. Yes, there are politics, but nowhere near the level of actual government. Good work here, for the most part, is rewarding, and generously.","As with any big company, there's a tendency to get lost if you don't speak up from time to time.",Keep on the course we're on.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50942,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,"Great team, work space and ease of parking",Reorgs and cyclical uncertainty for consultants,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50943,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great options to move around and learn different technologies,"Switching teams, work life balance, benefits and respect. Good mangers most of the time and housing nearby is not crazy",Slow moving in certain organizations but that’s because of entrenched customer base. Not much else to complain about. Some older tech may not be valued outside,Too many principal leveled engineers. Need to create room for others to grow.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50944,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Business Program Manager,"+ You're surrounded by a lot of smart people, most of which are eager to work until the job gets done, and enable the success of projects you own. + There's an abundance of opportunity to grow and learn, but leveraging the successes of other groups, team, and orgs within the company. + Benefits perks, and compensation are some of the best available in the market. + Microsoft not only funds continual growth and learning, but encourages it. + Due to the size and variety of work available, anyone with a progressive attitude can make a career out of working at Microsoft.","- Culture of trust is inconsistent across teams: some value and exemplify it, however too many still cultivate a profound fear of sharing opinions, ideas, and transparency around delivery commitments. - Microsoft very much still favors offshore resourcing to a fault, and at the expense of doing what's right for the customer, and caring for on-shore employees. - Re-employment is very difficult due to the 6 month break requirement, for post-employment. This occurs during the FTE to contractor role, or contractor to contractor role. However these rules are only applied to US based employees, while offshore are exempted from taking mandatory breaks.","If you want to be successful, then you need to own up to Satya's message of urging teams to foster a culture of trust. There are a lot of smart employees in the organization, however organizations like MSIT/CSE are handicapped by nearsighted and archaic management mentalities that put the bottom line ahead of treating employees as human beings.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50945,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Work life balance well. Relatively competitive salary,Career Development might be limit.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50946,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Agile Project Manager,Agile manager,initiate my professional career with Microsoft Technology,worked with company vendor is quite differ compare to their own premises .,Good management .,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50947,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big impact, but big company","Can be fun if you find the right team, not fun if you are on the wrong team. Try to find a team with local decision making where you can own your own destiny.","Avoid Windows org. (Windows org is like half the company now, so it is increasingly hard to stay clear of it. But it is worth the effort.)","Satya is as great as Ballmer was bad. Keep doing what you're doing, Satya. Embrace products for Linux/open source, and don't be Windows-centric, because 2017. Don't make Azure be just about Windows stack (or be perceived that way).",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50948,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,review of microsoft,big company. lot of opportunities within the company,big company. lots of politics and mis-aligned efforts,focus on innovation. focus on getting something end users care about,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50949,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It's a great place to explore different kind of technologies,Very good work life balance and decent package.,Most of the technologies are Microsoft products although the open sources are started being adopted more and more,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P135.htm
50950,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is improving,"The company has a huge impact and reach, especially in the workplace. If you're in the right organization you too can have a big impact.",Politics. There's still a lot of this by entrenched players trying to make their next promo.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50951,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible for work-life balance,Energetic colleagues Strong vision Strong collaboration and communication,Lack of work-life balance Low teamwork Lots of documentation,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50952,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Renewing itself,Large scale product and good work life balance,Not frontier tech and legacy compatibility,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50953,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Going somewhere but there are still issues,Good benefits and flexible work hours.,"It's changed a lot, but still too siloed still.",Give some strategic direction then let the people on the ground do the work without bringing in all the politics!,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50954,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work,Great benefits. Get to learn new technologies. Challenging. Work-life balance.,Could be stressful depending on the team's work culture,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50955,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Solutions Architect,MCS view,"For consulting, MCS is a good place to be, easy access to information and experts on Microsoft's platform.",Not a really well run consulting organization. Not well appreciated by the rest of Microsoft. Does not seem to follow consulting practices that are common in the industry.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50956,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer Services Advisor,"Great benefits, ability to interact with different customers as well as approach different issues daily.",Unstable schedule. Really hard to advance unless you know someone who knows someone in Corporate.,"Allow all employees in the position the same opportunity to handle issues. Some locations pick favorite employee over the other and force you to demote with a title change. Other stores seem to work fine. Kenwood location management is horrible at this. Until there's new store management, I wouldn't recommend the location.",3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50957,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Product Mark,Collaborative and focused,"great people, collaboration, clear goals and process","work life balance can be challenging, highly matrixed",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50958,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Great Environment With Good People,Great place to grow and learn as well as network. You can either be a typical 9-6 employee or you can grow and get recognized.,Work-life balance can take a toll on you depending on how you manage the role you're in.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50959,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,hey man this is great,"benefits, work life balance, culture","absolutely nothing at all, nothing",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P136.htm
50960,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Must I make this?,"Got put in an experimental team and worked along side researcher, learned a large deal about delivering a new product","With being a very small team, comes more pressure to do more. Not great work-life balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50961,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stop the contracts,great coconut water and pay,stop all the contracts it ruins the workplace,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50962,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Design Producer,Golden shackles,great pay and interesting play to work.,Stressful (needlessly so) and demanding.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50963,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice people and great products!,People are so nice out there to help you and collaborate. People are passionate about their products and do not work crazy hours.,There is pressure if you are on a team that moves fast. You have to keep yielding good results every week.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50964,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - General Manager,General Manager,Great flexibility in spite of hard work and demanding goals. Exciting to be a part of sales/services team.,Poorly chosen executives. Too long identifying and managing problem executives out.,Spend more time developing leaders and managers. Work on retention strategies.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50965,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Manager,"Ever changing, always get to learn something new",A lot of people involved to get work done,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50966,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE I,very good work life balance,poor management and a little boring,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50967,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at MS,"Comfortable, family-friendly, flexible, long-term position.","Not competitive, slow-paced, innovation is not encouraged.",Focus on innovation.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50968,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 1, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Amazing company to work for and a company with great values,Cutting edge Technology Global products and services Smart and good people,Process heavy Too many steps involved in releasing stuff,Increase agility and reduce the compliance process,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50969,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer salary,"pretty competitive, great techonology to work on.",offices are not in main cities.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P137.htm
50970,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good title itself.,good hourly rate and great work life balance,You seem just like a Number,"Great managers, they do look out for your best interest",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50971,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,With the right manager and team it can be a great place to work!,"Can be a really great place to work! Has all the benefits of a very generous employer, salary, benefits, perks, etc...","If you get on the wrong team, or have a poor leader as the head of your division then the politics can make Game of Thrones look minor league by comparison.",Dispense of anonymous feedback in performance reviews. Base feedback strictly on measurable metrics which are shared openly and transparently with the staff before and during the review process. Get rid of overly political machiavellian leaders.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50972,microsoft,"Sweden, MO"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,finan,Its a great workplace for entry,Sometimes it is hard hours,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50973,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - GPM,GPM,"Good business, Treats employees well, Turned around in last few years, Great giving campaign program, Genuinely cares about social causes,","Large company, Too many people, Beauracray",To lessen the bureaucracy,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50974,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Explorer Intern at Microsoft in Redmond,Great people and great atmosphere,Seattle isn't as fun as NYC,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50975,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,Surface,"Compensation, benefits, resources, transportation, facilities","Review process, culture, vision, location,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50976,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excelent Company,"Work-Life balance is great, lots of benefits, good culture in general.","You can get lost in one of those ""big org teams"" doing very boring/legacy stuff. Stock bonus is lower than other big companies.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50977,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Benefits,"Great benefits and options, pay is always plentiful",Not a lot of time to use them,Stop making things sooo political,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50978,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,Salary. Benefits. Some positions stable.,Very stubborn company with old ideas.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50979,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,"I am responsible for a $45M portfolio of business where I mainly interact with CIO, CTO, CFO, and Senior Tech Managers",Flexible working and productivity tools,Difficulty moving up and untenable targets,Realistic quotas,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P138.htm
50980,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - IT Program Manager,Know What Your're Getting Into,"Industry leading company, good benefits, competitive salary, intelligent/driven employees","Cutthroat workplace environment, annual review/rewards cycle, team/organization/group politics",Microsoft needs to make ongoing progress towards shifting the workplace culture away from teams/individuals competing against one another and focus this energy into developing a collaborative culture where teams are working towards shared goals/objectives/outcomes.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50981,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lots of shiny surface, little depth",Benefits and salary are relatively competitive,"Microsoft is getting in its own way of success. They talk about ""customer obsession"" a lot but do not know how to deliver on this. The number of re-orgs and RiF's of some of our best employees have created limited focus, and sent our best talent to the competition.","Need to deliver beyond the empty words that customers and employees are important. Happy employees = happy customers, Unhappy employees = unhappy customers. It's that simple",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50982,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience - Lots of people cuts and change,Good place to work - especially if you are working on the current initiatives.,Teams not working on current initiatives can sometimes experience lower investments and opportunity to grow the business.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50983,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great benefits, employees are smart and friendly, opportunities to move around the company, numerous resources for completing objectives",None to share- I really enjoyed my time there,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50984,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Long Timer,"Great benefits, empowered to change the world","Development jobs limited in location, particularly Seattle. Competitive environment.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50985,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great,Learning Good team to work with High impact Work life balance,Bad managers 24/7 on call duties,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50986,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for but be on your gaurd,Great pay and great benefits. Many opportunities to grow and expand.,Management can be uneven. There are some good leads and then there are those that still operate as if the stack rank system is in effect. And these ones can be seriously bad news for anyone who is not politically savvy.,The culture is changing for the better. But an effort must be made to weed out the bad management. They need to change or move on.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50987,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great Employer,- great benefits - interesting problems - incredible individuals - competitive salary - food options are good on campus - private bus system - flexible hours - work from home,- the campus is far from the city - some buildings on campus are dated - lots of meetings - only 15 days of vacation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50988,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company to work for,"Benefits, comp, and work-life balance are all top notch.","If you stay too long, you will be undercompensated compared to those who leave after a few years.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50989,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Nice place to work,"good work life balance, nice perks, intelligent people around doing interesting work",some teams are not clear on vision,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P139.htm
50990,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Nice place to work,"good work life balance, nice perks, intelligent people around doing interesting work",some teams are not clear on vision,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
50991,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,great!,Great Benefits and Great Work-Life Balance,I haven't seen any cons so far,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
50992,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Rising up as a new company,"Lots of resources, friendly atmosphere","Too big, sometimes strict policy",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
50993,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, very challenging","Work with the smartest people in the field, on the toughest customers, driving impact on a scale never before in my realm of possibilities. It is extremely challenging, and rewarding work.","Very corporate culture at times, lots of hoops to jump through.","Embrace Satya's vision from the top to the bottom. It just does not get out into the field currently. Once it does, I think the cons will become much less.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
50994,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product ADVISOR,great benefits and opportunities for growth,hard to advance in the company,great job!,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
50995,microsoft,"Aventura, FL"," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Service Advisor,Great experience to learn more about Microsoft tech and inside information about upcoming products and events which you can be apart of which can lead to many different opportunities.,A lot of false promises and unfair treatment toward your process to grow in the company.,Favoritism needs to stop and personal preference when choosing promotion candidates is obviously noticeable. ( Was Promoted ),4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
50996,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - Programmer Analyst,Not a great experience,Good benefits and work/life balance,Short opportunities for career growth,Make people feel rewarded and appreciated for the efforts and dedication they bring in.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
50997,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,Flexible work style/schedule. Good pay and benefits.,"High pressure to change roles frequently (every 2 years) and to create ""impact"". there are many failed initiatives and ""metrics"" that miss their mark as they are derived from people trying to make an impact rather than truly empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The TAM role has primarily become a sales role now rather than customer advocate as in the past. Support staff is thin and manly outsourced now. While TAMs are able to improve customer experience, their ability to provide outstanding (or even satisfactory) support is limited.",Go back to the heart of being a true customer advocate and provide customers and employees with the support they need to be successful. Bring support staff back within Microsoft - reduce outsourcing.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
50998,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ready to Rumble,Badge Value & outside reputation,Silo mentality. Top down leadership style. Empowerment opportunity,For marketing folks - be ready to find an environment where true cross functional collaboration is a political art from. Not in my sandbox is a daily grind,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
50999,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great mission but needs to be landed at medium levels,Access to cutting-edge technology Work with Responsible and committed personnel Getting interested in Customers,"Exhaustive workloads Culture is extremely competitive  ""Performance review process needs improvement"" (in 291 reviews)",Not all managers are prepared to lead people and business The job well done is not valued equally for all employees by managers,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P140.htm
51000,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Good working env over all.,"less pay, no other cons",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51001,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really good company,Work life balance and lots of technology.,Need to follow up with a good manager.,n/a,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51002,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Services Advisor,You get what you put in,Work hard and you will be rewarded but don't expect an easy climb into corporate,Leadership can be clique and career prospects are tough if you don't stick with it,Stop acting like high schoolers,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51003,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Lead,Your typical large tech company,Great benefits Good work life balance if you choose the right org Easy to move around,"Lots of re-orgs Widespread cronyism Not the best decisions made, especially by middle management",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51004,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Director Business Planning and Operations,Director Business Management,"Great benefits, and compensation package, flexibility to Work from home, bright and driven co-workers, company culture is shifting to allow for more trial and growth ideas vs. sure thing, feel privileged to be part of broader organizational goals.","Highly bureaucratic and political, no clear path for advancement or promotions within team or cross-organizational--you are on your own to sell yourself and skills to other teams. Little on the job training is offered, assumption is everyone will avail themselves of online tools which are often dated and/or circular--i.e. websites pointing to each other w/ no information on either. Outside of sales teams, bonus allotments are random and seem untied to work despite assurances that it is all taken into consideration. your bonus depends on how well or poorly your ""peer pool"" performed. If they didn't do as well, you will get more, if you all perform well, the money is peanut buttered across. Hardly incentive to help co-workers perform, despite cross-group collaboration goals.","Assign clear bench marks for bonus levels. Assist people in future job placements by helping them to find leads, introducing them to others in company who can help.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51005,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pleasurable Experience,Offers an extraordinary opportunity for growth and learning.,Cannot think of any at the time,Focus more on employee happiness and wellness.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51006,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Reporting Analyst,Strategic account coordinator,Bing Name Working on large accounts,No Benefits Not a lot of upward mobility in Atlanta,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Headed in the right direction,Lot's of roles and products to work on.,Still moves slowly relative to the competition.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51008,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great market position, specific team was toxic",I really believed in Microsoft's prospects under Satya's direction. Lots of smart people working on great products and really pushing forward technology and business in real ways.,"Worked with a guy who made frequent racist jokes about me and about minorities in general. He was enabled by my boss who turned a blind eye because he was a high performer. I brought this up as a reason when I left and had to listen to my former boss insist that it was more a matter of ""immaturity than malice or racism"".",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51009,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Work-life balance is one of a kind with all the benefits you are getting.,"Stock is not an important piece in compensation, in house software, old practises",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P141.htm
51010,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Community Development Specialist,Great Benefits,Great benefits Supports diversity Community/Social Focused Company,"Difficult to advance despite hard work Still very political regarding promotions Difficult to transition from retail to corporate If you come from a corporate, professional background, do not work in retail division",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51011,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Solution Manager,"Wonderful place to work, if under age 50 or less than 20 yrs there","Challenging. Always something to learn. Great people to work with. Fast paced but fun atmosphere. Flexibility, ability to work from home","Extremely long hours (70 hr week norm) takes its toll, they appear(ed) to lay off people who hit 50 yrs of age or older, or who had worked there 20 years (or close to it) - assumingly because it would be cheaper to hire younger folks than continue to pay the higher salaried experienced ones.",Take a look at those senior (50+ age) experienced folks and don't discount them just because they get to their 20 yr anniversary.,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51012,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Good working env over all.,"less pay, no other cons",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51013,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering Manager,"Challenge project, good work life balance","Not fast enough, code sharing not good enough",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51014,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Design Engineer,Provides a platform to impact many people,Silo'd into microsoft specific stack,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51015,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,general,"stable, free parking, nice cafeteria, conference","political, slow moving up, slow expansion",need faster innovation,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51016,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great street credential,Technology focused people working together to deliver for the customer. Great benefits Potential for tremendous responsibility and tremendous achievement Access to employee pricing for software - mind blowing savings,"Time off is a promise almost never kept despite generous earned time off Work life balance only exists during onboarding discussion Relationship with your manager will make or break your time with Microsoft At the end of the day, all of the promise of open minds is more of a promise - bias is well entrenched and even CEO can't break that plaque off those teeth",Walk your talk Listen to employees who leave and really take in what they say Self critique more and be aware of your unconscious biases - stop projecting them.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51017,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,flexible work time in ms,too much time wasted on coordination,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51018,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,a short title for your review,"Quality mentoring, Solid development practices, Good 401k, health, etc benefits","Missing parity with other large tech companies in the small amenities, i.e. food, snacks, wfh, ...",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51019,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Hardware Engineer,Good work-life balance and cool projects,Salary slightly lower then software jobs,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P142.htm
51020,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2017",Former Employee - Channel Marketing Manager,Thoughts after 18 years,"- Great technology company. With Satya at the helm seems poised to do great things. - Benefits are still good, - Loved the flexibility that I had in my various roles to have work/life balance (wasn't always the case but I learned and my management supported it)","- Company still slow to respond to consumers - need to be able to react faster to customers wants/demands - Still too many processes/procedures to get things done - we talk about doing things faster/better but we add in another system which slows things down - Review system still has issues - in spite of ""bell curve"" being replaced - Still have tendency to hire people who don't want to manage a team","- Hire people who want to manage a team, give them training and support - Change stock vesting schedule - seems unfair to have earned a bonus but then have to wait 5 years to get it all",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51021,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Most fulfilled I've felt professionally in years,"Challenging work, great people and culture, inspiring leaders, work/ life balance","Not super clear how to get promoted, lots of stakeholders which can slow or stall work, 520 bridge traffic can be soul crushing",The Connect system makes it unclear on how you are measured against other people at your level and can't identify what to focus on for promotion,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51022,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Go-to Market Manager,Go-to Market Manager,"Great Benefits, Outstanding Executive Leadership Culture #HitRefresh and Growth Mindset are affectively executed at that level. Dynamic and full of opportunities to grow in knowledge, accountabilities and career.","Corporate politics from previous Eras are still around. Some mid-management (Directors and Group Managers) has difficulties dealing with change and effective transformation. Poor emotional intelligence. Sharing information, opportunities with your peers to grow great ideas is not in everyone's agenda. Non health competition may be an obstacle to execute great ideas and make things happen.","Emotional Intelligence, authentic grow mindset, Directors and Group Managers across Operations, Sales, Marketing to eliminate corporate politics. Promote healthy networking and cross-group collaboration.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51023,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,SLM,Good company to work for in Redmond,Big company to work for in Redmond,More transparency on all activities going on within the organization.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51024,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay retail postion,"Benefits, team, great on board training","Disconnect with leadership, lack of career advancement",Listen to employees more,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51025,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,"Work with smart people, variety of Finance roles under one umbrella","ever changing environment, Certain teams can be too fast paced",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51026,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Gone through a lot of managers, but overall great","Great resources, people (mostly), training, good benefits.","I've averaged 1 manager per year, maybe a little less. Makes career growth more difficult when you have to start a new relationship with your manager every year.",Plan the org changes more thoroughly to minimize impact on employees.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51027,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Working as senior software engineer,Good benefits and work life balance,"Low pay scale, political culture in some teams","The initiative ""new Microsoft"" is far from complete",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51028,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Security Engineer,Good deal!,Great benefits and solid work/life balance.,Politically charged climate. Too large.,Listen to your employees.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51029,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,Great vision and energy at corp level. Some Geos not so great.,Best resources hands down of any company. CEO very impressive. Top leadership great.,"Middle layer leadership not great. Tons of political bs, gossip and toxic interaction.","there is a serious disconnect between the messages at the top of the communication chain and how the day to day is rolled out. Learn what it's like to be in the shoes of your employees and front line managers. Empower and invest more, micromanage and gatekeep less.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P143.htm
51030,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Company doesn't know what direction it wants to head in.,Great benefits Free stuff Lots of resources,Management Work life balance Leadership Lack of consistency,Diversify your leadership. Stop trying to be Best Buy. Get more in touch with the demographics of where stores are being placed.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51031,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior PM,"Awesome company, great benefits, work",Slower to react to market,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51032,microsoft,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft Retail,Inclusive and open minded workplace with good benefits.,Microsoft Retail is still new compared to corporate and it is immediately noticeable in the lack of communication at times and constant unnecessary road blocks when just trying to work.,"Re-work the systems to be more user friendly to your staff as well as consolidation. In certain retail areas there are 4 or 5 places to find the same type on information and these are never the same, so you might have to check all 4 or 5 areas to find one answer to one question.",4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51033,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good people - poor leadership,The people who work at Microsoft are very smart and very hard-working.,Leadership doesn't seem to care how hard you work. There are frequent reorganizations and your position can be eliminated without a second thought.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51034,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Solid employer, smart people","Great people, good benefits, solid base pay. I worked there for 8 years and I'd work there again.","Performance review system is still the same old stack ranking, just under a different name. Sometimes management appears to have their head in the clouds.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51035,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Service Engineer,Great benefits and work life balance,"Hierarchical, too much instability with reorgs etc.","Put leaders, not technical experts into management roles.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51036,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tide is changing as we move to the cloud,"Microsoft still has some of the best benefits around and where else can you go where you can, in some cases, walk down the hallway to talk with the one who wrote the book on a given technology and was one of the developers. Most employees are eager to help others when asked and also have a ton of knowledge to share. Reviews are leaner with the Connect process. If you are lucky enough to have a good people manager, you should look to have a Connect every 2-3 months, which is great for helping to keep you on track and give you more accurate measurements of impact. Azure is taking off and the focus is moving entirely to an engineering/developer mindset, leveraging Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). The more you deliver that has direct impact the more you will be rewarded.","The Ying to the Yang is that while Connects are good, they are also limited to the discretion of the manager. You will likely get at least 2 Connects a year based on organizational pressure to management, however, in some cases that is not always the case. Even if you can represent significant impact in Connects, you are again at the discretion of the manager. You manager can completely disagree and provide negative feedback and there is not much you can do about it other than to move internally to another team or organization to avoid a bad situation. If you are an employee in operations, IT, or other service engineering discipline, you will need to know coding and deliver code. This is where things are going. If you cannot adjust to this new skill set and deliver against it, then you are going to be in a bad place. While there is no ""bell curve"" with the new reward system, I have seen a significant amount of changes to how rewards are now distributed. There is definitely the ""good ol' boy"" network and favoritism. Likely not different than most other companies. Key point is that while the new reward system sounded cool and looked good a few years ago, reality is catching up.","Invest into your people and not simply say you are investing. I have seen management offer opportunity/time to adapt to the changing disciplines with statements like ""it's ok to fail and then learn from your mistakes"". What I have not seen is managers truly helping steer that discipline change and provide coaching or mentoring. More often than not, you are simply thrown in the fire and expected to transform/morph into the new skill set on your own.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51037,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Sr SDE,"It all depends on the team you are part of. The work load is nice and perk like espp, 401k and medical benefits are better. But salary is on the low side compare to other seattle companies.","Politics, some people have lot of ego. Lots of levels. each title have at least 2 levels which sometimes make longer to get to senior even if you are working hard.","remove 59, 61 and 64 level from the company.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51038,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Amazing 10 years,Talented people teams Caring and understanding,Too much management intricacies Everything needs to be done by yesterday and needs quick fixes,Fix the basics,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51039,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with.,Great company to work with.,Wont work much on open source,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P144.htm
51040,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer(Internship),Software Engineering Internship,"Good pay, well structured program, awesome intern events.","Experience depends heavily on team, difficult to switch between teams.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51041,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Manager,cares about my family & work life balance,fast paced. too many emails.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51042,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Director of PM,Back to glory days,Great co-workers Massive impact on the industry Good benefits,Senior management can be callous. Not people centric.,Do not assume people are disposable.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51043,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Advisor,There is always room for career development.,"Like in any other company, politics go a long way.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51044,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"11 years and counting, one person's take...","Great benefits, competitive salary (at least at senior level and below), bonus and stock on top of salary, plus additional perks like commuting alternatives (bus pass or Microsoft's Connector service--coach-style bus service from prime locations throughout the area), Prime discounts, competitive parental leave for mothers or fathers. 401K match (or something retirement related) is a must-have in this post-pension world.  The Switch from no out-of-pocket health care to a high deductible plan with an HSA was tough, but I personally understand that the former wasn't sustainable. Note that Microsoft feeds the account and for a healthy family with not much more than regular maintenance health services, you can spend less than the company's contribution. This means the savings will grow and be available in retirement years.","The usual baggage that comes from a long-established company, like overuse of internal tools instead of industry standard tools, as well as entrenched processes and bureaucracies that can hinder agility and efficiency. This, varies from team to team, but several data points I've collected make this feedback relevant. There's progress being made, but in a company this big and old, it takes time.  Competing against others who don't maintain a balance between work and life can leave you on the outside, and that's not uncommon here. Working hard and long hours can get you rewarded with opportunities and promotions, and it's hard to argue against this (if you're doing the work, I guess you should get rewarded). It's just demoralizing when choosing not to de-prioritize family can work against your upward trajectory.","Keep pushing toward modern practices and tools. Find ways to remain current in developer technologies and methodologies and ensure it is easy for developers to find time to advance their skills. If developers feel they are lagging behind the field, they may leave to avoid becoming irrelevant or obsolete (or unhireable).  If your portfolio is your greatest asset, this is moot, but if you agree that your people/talent are your greatest asset, liberate managers from the burden of having to ""deliver or else"" (or more softly stated, the high pressure to meet the bottom line at the expense of some flexibility for the employees) and allow them to keep talent (their employees) thriving. See if this doesn't keep the portfolio healthy and the talent happy at the same time. I had managers who exemplified this in the past, but they've all moved on to new companies.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51045,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Regional Sales Manager,Meh,None other than the pay,Co-workers are insipid bit twidlers,Get real nobody buys this spagetti code anymore,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51046,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,Former Business Program Manager,"The benefits provided are top notch, including matching for charitable donations. One of the best perks of working at Microsoft is the access to the latest and great technology, and the ability to help shape future products and services.","As with any large company, layoffs can and do happen, in a very impersonal manner, which is how I left. Middle to upper management in some areas can be detached from the individual contributors, so it is your responsibility to wave your flag, it's a tough environment in some groups.","Layoffs to meet some arbitrary milestone forecasted a year or two in advance may not be executed in ways that are helpful to the company. Be wary of mass layoffs as a tool, as even those who remain are battle scarred.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51047,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not so great salary for old employee,salary level is up to date for new hire,not so great salary for old employee,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51048,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Director,Great Company and People,Passionate people determined to help customers and partners succeed with digital transformation. Excellent pay and benefits. Lots of training and opportunity to make a difference. Investing in early in career employees to help grow future talent.,I did not feel there was any overall great experience.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51049,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Intern,Mechanical Engineering Internship,"Great culture, very cool products",Work can be unstructured,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P145.htm
51050,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for.,Work with smart people. Good benefits.,Management needs to be more tuned with the employee needs.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51051,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,The best company to work for,"They treat their employee well, good benefits, salary is fair and they provide the tools needed for their employees to be successful","Consultants travel so much, no life work balance",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51052,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,I like the direction of the company under Satya. Would like to see this filter down to middle management.,Get a good manager in addition to a great mentor and you're set.,"I like the direction of the company under Satya. Would like to see this filter down to middle management. Unfortunately, there are still quite a few fixed mindsets.",Really take a look at your team and adopt a growth mindset. Be the best leader you can be.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51053,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,it is a transformed company,It wasn't the same way in 2008.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51054,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Engagement Manager,Great benefits & professional development with stack ranking issues,Employee Benefits Top Brand Bonus Stock Awards,Your manager can make or break you Lots of Bureaucracy at higher levels,People make the company great. Reward those who collaborate with others vs. those who steal the spotlight.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51055,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Sr. Delivery Project Manager,Great company with great benefits. Opportunities to work with many technologies and travel anywhere in the world. Many cultural experiences and diversity is very big.,Very demanding with amount of hours and work life balance if you are looking to achieve greatness. Top performers are very competitive. Frequent travel is expected in many roles.,Keep doing what you are doing in the transformation of Microsoft. We are making great progress in the global economy and setting the stage for future growth for decades.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51056,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Latest and greatest technologies to work with. Very competitive Plenty of opportunities to learn Good pay Excellent benefits Top talent,Very competitive - sometimes get non-collaborative Expectations are very high Long work hours,"Don't kill devices, rather have a better strategy!",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51057,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Work culture, Passion, new and exciting Products",Microsoft specific technologies are used,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51058,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,It's a great gig until you get too much tenure,"Microsoft is one of the best places to work in Reno. Great people, amazing benefits, and top pay in the area. There are plenty of challenging projects and lots of development opportunities. It's a great gig... while it lasts...","Microsoft Reno seems to not want employees with more than 8-10 years of experience. At the Reno office, we called it the 10-year curse, because that was often the time you'd be managed out. They focus a lot on their intern program with UNR, and that's because those are the people that will replace the tenured employees when they get laid off. It's highly frustrating that this is the norm, but I saw so many high quality employees pushed out this way. I went from being identified as Key Talent one quarter with a high review rating to being managed out the next quarter, and nothing had changed about the quality of my work. They didn't even have a rationale for this drastic change. I can tell you the rationale -- my salary, insurance, and stock options had become too expensive for their liking.","Reconsider your outlook on experienced employees. They may be more expensive to pay and insure, but they will help keep your business strategically at the top of the industry.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51059,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Practice Manager,"Autonomy, Culture, Benefits, Opportunities, Market Leader, Breadth of Solutions, CEO's Leadership",Budgets not solutions drive sales motion,Simply processess,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P146.htm
51060,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,"Good leaders but lacks empowerment at all levels, very management driven","Amazing benefits, Inspirational leaders embodying Growth mindset, Willing to try new things to keep improving,","Company empowers management/managers, but still needs a lot of work to empower all employees, It is very metric driven, often lacks big picture approach, Switching jobs internally is very difficult because current managers have more control and your existing experience can be held against you, Lacks OneMicrosoft approach between different org's",Put people before metrics,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51061,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,QA Lead,Microsoft acquired Razorfish. Felt pride to an employee of Microsoft.,None that come to mind.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51062,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,Great company to work for.,No free food and perks,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51063,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Great Work Environment Big Challenges Open and Spacious Perks Smart People,Sometimes the work gets a bit mundane.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51064,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience!,"Smart people, access to incredible resources - from top end universities to writers with serious intellectual horsepower.",Too many changes in management.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51065,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"Cutting edge technology, great leadership and vision, benefits...to many to list","The large size of the company means a lot of red tape for any changes. Lots of politics, which is expected at a company of this size.","The review system - no more official stack ranking, but it still exists. Good reviews don't necessarily mean job stability or raises.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51066,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Practice Manager,"Autonomy, Culture, Benefits, Opportunities, Market Leader, Breadth of Solutions, CEO's Leadership",Budgets not solutions drive sales motion,Simply processess,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51067,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,ATS - Account Technology Strategist,"Exposure to wide range of technology, customer engagement and partner ecosystem",Long working hours and very political internal landscape,Change job to more closely align as a traditional sales engineer.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51068,microsoft,"Richardson, TX"," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Great company to work for!,One of the best reason to work for Microsoft is the wealth of knowledge and virtually unlimited access to team member with in the company. Escalation teams are always willing to provide insight into specifics of issues down to the code level.,The hiring process is very long.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51069,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Junior Engineer,I liked working with such a great team.,There wasn't enough time for breaks.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P147.htm
51070,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,SysEng Hijinks,Ability to work wherever you want (see below) Ability to get access and information to the people that built and developed the applications you are using,"You have a harder time getting visibility if you work remotely as most people can only think about you if they see you, and even that only at the 'right' time","Figure out why Principal level managers and engineers are not getting fired, but it is easy to get rid of normal employees to increase stock value?",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51071,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Gives a lot of flexibility,1. Flexibility 2. Competitive pay 3. Freedom to work remotly,Too much conflict between Developers and PM,They really need to start caring about product deeply,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51072,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier Field engineer,"Lot of training, and a big name.",They don’t recognize good work,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51073,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Country club life,Don't need to work hard :),Other companies ignore you after several years with Microsoft,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51074,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Country club with nice benefits,- Good health benefits and 401k - Space to grow,- Comp not competitive - Lazy coworkers not pulling their weight,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51075,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,Satya's Turned it Around,"Excellent leader at the helm, seeing changes every day in the right direction. Good compensation, excellent benefits, terrific culture.","Change is hard and impacts individuals in different ways. I was plucked from one role and placed into another because the organization needed people in those roles, but it wasn't what I wanted to do.",Be thorough when analyzing major reorganizations and impact downstream to employees.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51076,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MICROSOFT is not the same,Good salary and good benefits. I don’t see much else as a positive. Matching 401K. Medical is consistent with a large company.,Horrible teams with dysfunctional people. Managers are awful and don’t lead. HR related instances that occur and the managers sweep them under the rug. Layoffs continue as the company changes. I would not recommend a job at MICROSOFT to anyone.,"CEO talks diversity and inclusion but that is completely it how the company actually is. The company lacks organization and a drive to the same mission. You give everything you have, and it still isn’t good enough. Leadership is so not capable to do their job.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51077,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,"Great company if you're great, good if good, poor if less","-Great pay and benefits, hard to find anything close. -Ability to work on exciting projects if you're talented enough. -Lateral movement from Jr to Sr is great.","-Company vision changes frequently, currently lots of risk of ""reduction in force"" due to cloud initiatives -Poor performers aren't given much opportunity to improve, attrition routinely forced. -Current senior management for me is lacking -Sr to Principal is a tough move, and also a great flag for attrition if you can't keep up.","-Focus more on employees, speak up when things don't make sense",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51078,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Strategist,Welcome to the new IBM,"If you like stasis, indecision, and lack of drive... great place to look for a plot.","Too many to outline, this is not the company you were looking for.","Wipe it all clean and start with a new slate of individuals who actually understand... everything. Stop hiring retail execs to run a supposed forward leaning Software and Cloud Services company. Also, there are medications and treatments for adult onset ADD... seek them out before making any more decisions.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51079,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II,Excellent Benefits. Pay is good.,"Way too many reorganizations. Also a tendency to keep chasing the flavor of the day in new technologies, causing regular disruption in work. There is a strong move up or move out mentality in management. Employees content with where they are at and doing well there often get driven out) . Mid to upper management often seems disconnected from what is going on.","Pay more attention to your small and mid-sized business customers. Cut down on the reorganization churn. In the seven years I was there I went through eight significant changes to the organization. Also keep enough of your M1s, M2s, and ICs in place to keep continuity and tribal knowledge on products which have been built rather than forcing team switches in responsibility which cause significant setbacks in productivity due to relearning to workloads. Seriously watch out on quality!!! I can't emphasize this one enough. The move to combined engineering has caused a significant reduction in quality, and customers are noticing it. Quality is one of the big selling points of our products to businesses. Quality is still getting cut to make deadlines.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P148.htm
51080,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II,Excellent Benefits. Pay is good.,"Way too many reorganizations. Also a tendency to keep chasing the flavor of the day in new technologies, causing regular disruption in work. There is a strong move up or move out mentality in management. Employees content with where they are at and doing well there often get driven out) . Mid to upper management often seems disconnected from what is going on.","Pay more attention to your small and mid-sized business customers. Cut down on the reorganization churn. In the seven years I was there I went through eight significant changes to the organization. Also keep enough of your M1s, M2s, and ICs in place to keep continuity and tribal knowledge on products which have been built rather than forcing team switches in responsibility which cause significant setbacks in productivity due to relearning to workloads. Seriously watch out on quality!!! I can't emphasize this one enough. The move to combined engineering has caused a significant reduction in quality, and customers are noticing it. Quality is one of the big selling points of our products to businesses. Quality is still getting cut to make deadlines.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51081,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Software Development Engineer - II,Good place to work.,I don't find any throughout my career here.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51082,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cons outweigh pros for a healthy job satisfaction.,1) The company is full of really smart and talented people. 2) Some orgs within MS are better to deal with than others. 3) Satya Nadella seems fantastic and pioneering as the CEO. 4) Benefits are great.,"1) There are a lot of bad managers (especially any orgs related to Windows/Bing Apps) and peer politics at workplace (most orgs). 2) Unreasonable layoffs and frequent reorgs in core engineering jobs. One org infamously laid off all new hires with < 1 year of MS experience. RIF's not based on performance is a moral dampener. 3) Review system is really bad. You should be reviewed for the primary job that you are hired to do, which includes quality, timely delivery, team building, good work ethics. But here, you need to show what they call as ""impact"", which is doing any unrelated project or talk or brown-bag, that makes you visible to the higher-ups. If you are not capable of doing this one thing, then no matter how qualified you are at your job, skills and experience, you will stay at the same level for years! Even though the ""ratings"" are removed, it's the same old stack-ranking review system with a fancy new name.","The current review system suits only certain types of people. For everyone else, it's a rabbit hole that can never be climbed out of.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51083,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work but painful to watch,"The work environment was excellent, the projects were fascinating, and almost everyone I worked with were exceptional.","Internal politics, the horrible stack ranking mechanism, and frequent reorgs often got in the way of useful work. An insular culture and ridiculous guidelines and legal hurdles made use of, and contribution to, open source projects difficult and painful.","Embrace open source more fully and place a much higher priority on interface and product stability for external developers. When maintaining large scale multi-platform software, keeping the Microsoft versions running properly was always the most time consuming and expensive. Satya is doing a great job, but more can be done.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51084,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Computer Lab Tutor, Customer Service","Working with college students, they're interesting to talk to. Always a learning experience, never boring to say the least. Fun at times.","Never having enough staff to do the job right, most of the time.Blab, Blab, Blab, Blab, Blab, Blab, Blab, Blab",None,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51085,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Manager,Excellent benefits. Opportunity for advancement. Community driven.,Retail hours can impede on a work/life balance at times.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51086,microsoft,"Bloomington, MN"," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Consumer Services Advisor,Microsoft,The obvious - work for one of the leading technology companies on the planet Fantastic benefits Ability to have your voice heard regardless of your position within the company,I enjoyed my time with Microsoft thouroughly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51087,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Lots of resources for learning and growth,Company culture is still a little back-scabby due to people who have been there so long,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51088,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - SSP-sales,Great company depending on your role,"awesome benefits, especially 401K matching, Healthcare, and fitness. I have never worked for a company with better benefits than Microsoft",lower ability to earn when on the sales side. Capped commission and the comp plan is very difficult to understand. You never know what you will make when you close a deal.,simplify and increase commissions even if you lower the base salaries,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51089,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing Manager,-great benefits/compensation -talented workforce -lots of opportunities to move around,-older colleagues -slow to change -bureaucratic,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P149.htm
51090,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Review,"Learning, Growth, Career, Work life balance, Pay","NA, NA, NA, NA, NA",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51091,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - Territory Account Manager,Microsoft,"Great pay, benefits, and experience. Many locations with lots of opportunities for movement. Depending on your manager it can be a great place. There is a wellness fund you can use to buy fitness related items that is $800.","Consistent layoffs, high stress, lack of work life balance. If you get a bad manager you will be micromanaged and have no growth. The environment is very political and cut throat.",Be honest with employees and don't spout just the company line.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51092,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Amazing Company,I've been working at Microsoft for over 6 years doing in various positions and every position has been amazing. I love the people and the culture here.,"I've been a vendor for quite some time and would love to go blue at some point, but I don't consider this a con as I feel very privileged to be here.",Interact with vendors more often and possibly setup more out of office events to bring separate teams together.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51093,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Very good place for beginning your professional career.,Great work/life balance Career opportunities Place of work Team,It is difficult to get a permanent position in the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51094,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,SDE II,Good package. Balanced work culture. Long timers get very good benefits.,Nothing specific. Heard there were politics in India office but that was very log ago.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51095,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company - future looks promising,"Great products, balanced portfolio of products, services and hardware, benefits, new area of employees","Not the new kid on the block, what is your edge, how do you appeal to the millennials?",Hire great people from Insider and Outside,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51096,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,Principal Software Engineering Manager,Large impact in the product teams given the big users base.,Still a mix of old and new culture and changes can be painful.,The combined engineering role - merged dev and test - still needs work. infrastructure debt and the effort to turn the crank on legacy products is difficult and not getting better.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51097,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Electrical Engineer,Electrical engineer,good place to work for millenials,none none none none none none,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51098,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Good reliable products to sell,Rigid evaluation process and only succeed if you make 100% quota,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51099,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just started,Not much to say. Nice people so far.,Don't know enough yet to say,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P150.htm
51100,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Stress full work place,"health benefits are good, and good work location",you will loose your health because there are many managers who love to stress employees. They think they can get things done by stressing.,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51101,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"When it's good ,it's good... when it's not, it's really not","Good salary, good bonuses, if you perform. Good benefits, such as excellent medical. Perks, like fitness compensation and bus pass. Decent parking.","Very few good managers, constant flux, low gender diversity. Culture is very different from team to team, so choose your team wisely, and hope your leadership stays the same as the culture will change if you get reorged or your management changes. Advancement is based as much on who you know and how you play politics (maybe even more), than on your skills and contributions","You need to start doing something to retain good managers... every good manager I've had has left the company. Remember, people don't quit jobs, they quit managers... so when all the good managers are running away, how can you expect to keep good employees?",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51102,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Hostage Situation,"Lots of resources, global company, great benefit options",PTO should be a single bucket. I have 3 weeks of vacation and 2 weeks of sick leave. I'm never sick. Don't make me pretend to be sick just to get a day off. Put it in a single bucket and let people manage it themselves.,"Please ensure the org priorities are aligned. Teams are constantly in need of partner integration and work to deliver their features, but none of the teams you partner with are aligned so it's impossible to get anything done in sync. This drags things out and is the antithesis of agile.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51103,microsoft,"Jacksonville, FL"," Sep 21, 2017",Former Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Retail,"Great stepping stone, decent benefits.","Hard to balance work and life. Management makes it so difficult to take days off or accomodate certain aspect. Those focuses changed in the past 3 years. At the beginning it was an amazing work environment, as time went by they started to become pushy about goals and sales and forgot about the culture. Also, very hard to go to corporate from Retail. Nl career path development.","More vacation days, better health insurance and work with your employees to make them feel appreciated.",3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51104,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software,Excellent company with productive software,Unable to think of any,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51105,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Work Environment,"Microsoft is a great place to work. There are great technical challenges, intelligent peers, and a supportive environment.",Work can be very demanding,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51106,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,working as first job is pretty cool,"location, work environment, benefits, salary ok, opportunities",salary not high compared to some companies,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51107,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Channel Marketing Manager,Great place to work if you work hard and can live in a world of continuous changes,Flexibility to tailor your job to your liking Easy to move around within the company Great benefits for high performers,Frequent and major changes in strategy and roles Internal politics above a certain level Unpredictable and frequent layoffs can be demotivating,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51108,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Director,Exceptionally inquisitive and smart people,Press forward a lead vs. the traditional fast follower,Bring some of the plethora of innovations within the R&D teams to market.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51109,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr software engg,"Great place to work, good benefits",Not many cons that i know of,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P151.htm
51110,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware of bad managers,Great company. Good benefits. Satya's leadership and commitment to a culture that is aware of the responsibility to the greater good. Legacy of excellence.,Some people in management roles have no business being in management roles. They lack the basic business expertise to lead teams or guide strategy. Poor people skills and unwillingness to learn. Limited opportunity to grow. An overvaluing of Microsoft experience versus industry experience really limits the company's potential to be innovative.,Take a look at departures as a sign of bad managers/management.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51111,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good.,Generally good in a non specific way,"Some bad stuff, needs to improve.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51112,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Smart People, Lots of resources",Very Political and disagreeing viewpoints are not always appreciated,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51113,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"* Good benefits * Huge company, so there are opportunities if one seeks for it.","* Living in Microsoft bubble for too long can be detrimental to your market value. * If you have a bad manager, change team asap and find a better fit. There is no other way to fix it if you don't want to harm your career.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51114,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Great culture, amazing opportunities, great work life balance.","Legacy tool chains, developer productivity is in improving stage.","Great outlook by the management, needs to improve the internal career opportunities greatly.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51115,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software,Excellent company with productive software,Unable to think of any,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51116,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM MSIT,"Good work environment, smart people",Some politics esp. in MSIT,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51117,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,lower salary with other IT company,the work enviroment is very good,lower salary with other IT company,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51118,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Simultaneously exhilarating and stifling,Cutting-edge technology Smart and talented people,Extreme hierarchical corporate culture Innovation is second to political posturing,Promote flexibility and reward creativity over achieving yesterday's stale commitments,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51119,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist College Grad,"Work culture, Work life balance","Outdated software, slow to production",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P152.htm
51120,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Can balance work and family,Slower than some of the competition but they have started to change now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51121,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A positive place to work, regardless of minor criticisms below.","Reputable and profitable company, with obvious name recognition. Most employees try hard to do their jobs well. Large emphasis placed on work/life balance. Huge variety of roles to choose from, with opportunities for role change. Pay ranges much better than they had been in the early 2000s. Leader in Cloud space.","See themselves as a SJW at the CEO / HR level, to the point of excess in some cases. Manage by 'Scorecard', which dictates a million little things that all need to be perfect to be considered successful, including down to the employee level. Over-emphasis on meaningless training (everyone knows it's just a 'check the box' exercise, with little gained from it other than being a distraction from the Scorecard objectives). Can be inflexible at the exec management level, expecting Kool-Aid to be consumed even when it's obviously bad Kool-Aid (think 'MUST use Windows Phone').",Stop accusing your entire employee base of harboring 'unconscious bias'. Drop the meaningless mandatory training where it's not relevant to the role.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51122,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager II,"Great benefits and resource, super smart people, fantastic work experience","In the group I was in, work-life balance was off",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51123,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"challenging, great opportunities, flexible, talented people","bad bureaucracy in some of the orgs/teams but should not effect for hard working, dedicated and high performing folks",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51124,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Partner Store Specialist,Great company overall. Retail stores need some work.,Competitive salary and great benefits Giving back to the community is in our blood Also opportunities available if you are willing to relocate,"Can be a ""political"" company Difficult to find local jobs if you arent in Redmond. Hard work can go unnoticed from time to time",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51125,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE,work life balance was good,Not that great work though,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51126,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior PM Manager,"Way better under Satya, but working in the suburbs feels disconnected and outdated.","Good benefits, work life balance, training opportunities are all great, decent pay and a good vibe nowadays. 20 word minimum. 😉","Suburbia, unclear windows strategy, still a lot of old school dinosaur principal and partner level managers that are more interested in empire building than designing the future","Still a ways to go on the review system, bring back the manager review system and management excellence program, number one reason people stay or leave.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51127,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,enginerd,"The life here was great, i made alot of money and also had many cars. Coworkers were all very nice, Boss was great. Schedule was nice",The pay was too much The schedule paid me even when i wasnt working The free food was okay The games were offline only,"Just hire more people willing to work harder, i think the bosses were lazy and didnt want to work, i think i was good i should manage. Maybe in the next lifetime",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51128,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,- Great learning experience - Compensations and Benefits are best - Good work life balance,Not much if you are part of the team whose management listens to what you have to say.,Listen to your end-users and customers as well. Turn around time to respond to customers issue can be improved.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51129,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Waiting for Death,"- Good work-life balance, ~36-40 hour work week, respect for vacation time, etc - Some extremely smart people around to learn from, especially when it comes to developing real-time, low-latency systems - Really spacious, cool campus with a lot of little perks","Everyone spends most of their time on frivolous busywork: Meetings, manually sideloading files because the proper build process takes too long, refactoring code/dealing with forced refactoring, etc.  It's so bad that there's actually a term for meaningful work to distinguish it from normal daily tasks: ""Impact"". You're ""making an impact"" if you manage to actually do something that will improve customers' experiences or make other engineers actually more productive rather than waste more of their time. FYI, at most companies I've worked with, ""Impact"" is the standard and a lack of impact results in termination of the employee, team, or the entire company itself.  Microsoft under Satya Nadella is paying lip service to the philosophy that made Microsoft great in the first place and has been serving other companies so well recently, but in practice the company is a bloated, ineffectual behemoth of failure. Most of the people who brought the tech industry to its knees in the 80s and 90s got rich and got out, and they trained a generation of quiet, useless busybodies to replace themselves. Anyone with any passion or dedication to quality got slowly extruded out the back end of the company over the last 20 years, until we got to this point where Microsoft abandons+reboots their failed phone platform every two years and makes laughably terrible moves like removing the Start Button and forcing updates on people mid-presentation.","It's easy to QQ anonymously online, but I'm not sure what I could do to eliminate all this worthless dead weight if I were the CEO. Just telling people to quit refactoring and going to meetings isn't going to make them into a bunch of dynamic, self-starting go-getters.",2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P153.htm
51130,microsoft,"Aventura, FL"," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Ok company,Great work environment and fun works,No room to move up,none,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51131,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Inventory Control Expert,Great benefits. Flexible for students. Upwards moving company. One of the better retail experiences you can find. The money could be slightly better though. Corporate is very open to feedback. Company prefers to promote from within.,"Many of the pitfalls of retail at a larger company. It can easy to be drowned out in the mass of retail employees. Operations roles can be swamped. The retail employees are paid on the upper end of retail, but is asked to do a lot. So you have to be a jack of all trades. You can't just walk in, do your job, and walk out.  Your store manager can either be really good or really bad. They are your main advocate, so they will make or break your job. But upper management at corporate will listen if you pass it up feedback/problems (if you have any!) in the right way. You can be overworked by the sheer variety of tasks you'll do, but that can be really good for your career.",Keep making sure you look out for the entry level employees,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51132,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive review for microsoft,Wonderful work culture. Very friendly atmosphere,Some teams are very demanding.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51133,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Senior Data Scientist,Stable company with lots of lateral possibilities,Company is too big for its good. Lots of fighting and non-cooperative behavior between teams,"Implement the ""one Microsoft"" philosophy",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51134,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,Great training! The best company out there! Very flexible and they allow you to decide how far you want to get in the Tech world!,Not many cons! Possibly an improvement they can do is make the Las Colinas work environment more modern. And not require professional attire.,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51135,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,awesome company to work for,Satya's leadership awesome benefits great culture great peers,non-development disciplines can be messy at times,fix program management roles,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51136,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Great place and culture, stable company.","Benefits + 401k. Great pay and compensation. Growth mindset, easy to work your way up. Dominant tech company, not going away soon. Innovative and unique company.","Lack of structure and direction, things change so much. Lots of push back from the higher-ups on projects. Generally, there's only a few people making decisions here.","We just need better structured guidelines on how things are done, and we need to hold people accountable for their actions.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51137,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Good work life balance, smart people",Passion for the product isn't abundant,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51138,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SSP,"Above average pay, great vision.",A lot of process that inhibits time selling.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51139,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,product marketing manager,"good knowledge sharing, smart people","bureaucracy, not customer centric. slow",simply process,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P154.htm
51140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Dynamics Solution Specialist,"Dynamics is a bust, super political bs","Satya’s leadership is changing the culture but Dynamics is low on the totem pole. Product is weak compared to competition, no strategy and partner eco system is anemic.","Highly political, unrealistic quotas, uninspiring leaders, no App Store and limited relevant partner eco system. Not a nimble organization and under appreciated group.","Hire smart people who understand industries, key partners and invest. This type of selling takes skills and patience. Invest in the long term and actually practice what you preach!",1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51141,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,Great company!,Lots of opportunities in any area of work you are interested in. Your career is in your own hands.,"Policies and Procedures, not as Agile as smaller companies, some good managers, some bad managers. You often feel just like another number in a big company.",Keep pushing Azure to the towards #1 in the Cloud Battle,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51142,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,MCS consultant,Great Benefits and health plan but got worse the longer I was there,Every year Microsoft was taking away little by little bonuses and stock then the benefits went way up.,Stop pitting employees against each other,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51143,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Don't work for Microsoft if you can,Bad compensation for most employees,"Not just bad, but much worse compensation",Pay your employees!,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51144,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Group Business Administrative,Great!,"Just about everything! Food is great and cheap, work-life balance allows for me to actually be a normal person outside of the weekends. Benefits are next level, people are incredible, truly if you have ever worked at a place and loved it, I guarantee it is better over at Microsoft. I know because that's how I felt leaving my last job.","With such a large company and campus, it is easy to feel like you are being sucked into something overwhelming. As long as you make a few lifelines through your manager or coworkers, it can be managed.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51145,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Microsoft great company,Smart People. People friendly. Good benefits,Matrix Structure. Difficlut to change roles,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51146,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work for,"Stable, good benefit, good work-life balance. However the promotion is controlled by Manager.",Relative low income comparing to other IT company.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51147,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - SDE-II,Good place for learning,Lot of opportunities to learn,Difficult to move within company,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51148,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regional Sales Director,great vision for the future,sales force structure doesn't align to vision,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51149,microsoft,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Good Company,Great benefits! and lots of tech,"Retail sales are difficult, but nothing much to do about that",Doing a good job no complaints,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P155.htm
51150,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Environment,Friendly workers & employees,Hard to move at fast paced environment,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51151,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid company,Treat employee well good benefits good growth opportunities,the usual problem with big company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51152,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good depending on what you are l,- You get to work with other smart people - Great access to cool technologies - Good rewards - There are some really great teams,"- Up and out mentality when review's are evaluated on most teams, leads to a politics and - Work/Life balance are just words - Too much politics in certain departments",More transparency is required.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51153,microsoft,"Tucson, AZ"," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Volunteer,Microsoft Teals Program,"Rich your resume, help high school students",No salary since there is just a volunteer job,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51154,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Manager,Great company to work for with lots of opportunities. The organization works to keep employees and help them grow their careers.,Long hours and high expectations - creates stress,"If you have an opportunity to become an employee, go for it.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51155,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Good entry,fast paced and get to get experience quickly,not the best company culture.,plan before acting. look at long term effects and not just short term fixes.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51156,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Good culture, good work life balance.","old tech, stale management, less activities.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51157,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Difficult for career growth,"Great benefits. A ton of different, exciting areas to work on. Wildly different cultures depending on group, so there's something at MS for almost everyone.","Far too much politics, and sometimes brutal backstabbing to get promotions. There's no clear guidelines for levels, and it's possible to get stuck for years.  Frequent reorgs frequently reset any career growth.  For all the talk of diversity, the loud, opinionated, male employees are promoted the quickest.","So far, diversity is an idea coming from the top. Please empower individuals to act and comment on diversity, and ask the regular employees for feedback. Right now, if something is going wrong in a team, there's no way to correct it.  Also, please stop reorging so often. It feels very demoralizing, and I've seen multiple great teams fall apart due to reorgs.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51158,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big company, common problems",Great benefits. Broad range of opportunities. Evolving culture under Satya Nadella feels like the right thing. Really some great individual contributors work here. There are a few really good managers...wish there were more.,"Such a large company which still has pockets of ""good ol' boy"" networks/management which are bad apples that taint certain groups and the needed relationships between internal teams. Could really benefit from having more good managers.","Challenge your own thinking, even within your own management peer groups and work from assuming that your opinion is not always right. Be more enlightened on what the alternate opinions in the organization are ""meaning"" and related those to the overall culture you want to drive.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51159,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Developer,You got to know your goal,"Tons of learning opportunities, Tons of really really smart engineers, Tons of opportunities for innovation","Super tight policy for product release (can be a Pro in the long run) , but if you are looking for some position that allow your new product to hit the market within a few days, or weeks, you may find it a bit harder compared to smaller size companies.",Some snacks for your hard working coders?,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P156.htm
51160,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Work life balance, good opportunities in the area of enterprise services and productivity.",Cadence is slow. top down work rhythm.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51161,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Microsoft Review,Microsoft has a very-laid back atmosphere so it is rare to feel stressed about work and vacation time is pretty flexible.,Some of the tooling needs a lot of improvement and often feels neglected. Communication between teams/orgs leaves a lot to be desired.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51162,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Awesome place to work, great team , great compensation , awesome benefits . I very like the idea of open mind , it help me grow daily","Sometimes legacy technologies , but it must have place when you retire them. This I write only to have 20 words",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51163,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work but can be overwhelming due de politics,Challenges at scale and several different opportunities across the company.,Big organizations bring big challenges in politics and constant reorgs.,"Stick with a plan and drive the team through. Be transparent, and engage the team through assertive ways of communication. Take risks and don't be afraid of letting your team drive the business.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51164,microsoft,"North Chicago, IL"," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Little room to move or get promoted to advance position,From lower level positions it is easy to get promoted.,But once you get to a certain level it is almost impossible to be promoted. It is almost impossible to get a position outside of your team unless your willing to move.,Provide move room to be promoted at the higher levels. Allow people to move out of current the careers to other teams to build skills that can benefit the company and earn a person a promotion.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51165,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice place to work,Very nice place to work,Cannot think of anything to put here,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51166,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Need to Review Compensation Model,"Great environment, lots of opportunities, good work life balance",Compensation and Review system is busted. Once you get in you may end up earning less than new hires,Don't keep loosing ppl due to compensation,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51167,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"MSIT policies, work unsatisfying, mismanaged and unnecessarily stressful",Work Life Balance Certifications Good teams get good work,Lack of Structure Callous culture encouraged in some places,Have better checks on fairness and harassment,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51168,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Aug 25, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Business Process Outsourcing Manager,I loved working for Microsoft!,Great Work life balance Great people/leadership Great benefits - awesome maternity leave Amazing career opportunities Challenging work The company really cares about its people,"Honestly, I don't have any. I didn't like the forced performance evaluation cycle but that was changed in 2014 for the best.",Love all the recent changes!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51169,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Good benefits. Good work-life balance. Good overall company direction.,Big company. Slightly slow moving.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P157.htm
51170,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Aug 25, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Business Process Outsourcing Manager,I loved working for Microsoft!,Great Work life balance Great people/leadership Great benefits - awesome maternity leave Amazing career opportunities Challenging work The company really cares about its people,"Honestly, I don't have any. I didn't like the forced performance evaluation cycle but that was changed in 2014 for the best.",Love all the recent changes!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51171,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 5, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great Experience and Professional Growth,They have endless resources for personal growth and benefits for tuition reimbursement. Overall compensation and benefits are well above average Satya is a refreshing change and has made the atmosphere more collaborative,It's a large company and they do not move quickly as might be perceived Support Services is well behind the industry in terms of methods and modes Not open to ideas bottom up - they have to be funded top down. You can have positive ROI or innovative ideas and still not be supported or expanded.,"Just because you are Microsoft, does not mean you can not look outward for best practices. Success manager roles have been in the industry for many years as a best practice. Microsoft has only started to build out this service.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51172,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is the bully,"The company pays well, but maked you work a lot for you to deserve it.","The culture is a bullying, mibbing culture. Lots and lots of politics only little efficiency. I’m putting up with these for years, but lately asking myself if it worths it",Create an anti mobbing team,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51173,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting focus on management excellence,"Opportunity, strategy, location, and support for entry level employees.",Management skills and career devevelopment focus.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51174,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Okay.,Good culture and environment. I was in a retail capacity so dealing with customers everyday can weigh on you.,"The specific store manager I had was not a good fit for that role. His focus was more on making money, playing games, and personal ego.",Create a position where someone goes to every store and speaks to every employee individually to get their input on how they like working there. The way you go about it now does not show accuracy and no long term changes were made in our store.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51175,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Principal Program Manager,"Company with a strong moral compass. Smart, motivated co-workers. Mostly solving hard problems.","A happy, sustainable workforce is a two-edged sword. On one hand, it's wonderful to developer a career in a diverse number of roles over many years with the same company. On the other hand, it means there's not as much cross-polination of ideas from outside the company. Microsoft would actually benefit from higher (voluntary) turn-over.",Continue to focus on generating customer value over internal opinions. Invert innovation so that management enables ICs rather than top-down direction-setting.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51176,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's nice for summer intern,Treat interns well many social events for interns signature event,food quality is not so good,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51177,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Surprising work-life balance,"MS really takes work-life balance seriously. I suppose it depends on your team and your manager, but I have great flexibility to manage family obligations outside of work and during work hours. As long as I do my job well, life outside of work is supported and expected. The work culture has been amazing the past few years. Different divisions get along really well and actually try to help each other. At least in my limited experience.","There are still a few negative attitudes from people who don't work here. We'll always be the 'evil empire' to some. People also complain to you about any frustration they have with MS, regardless of whether you are involved with that product.","Pay needs to be more competitive. Many of our colleagues are being hired away by Amazon, Oracle, Facebook, etc. You should pay so much that it never crosses employees minds to leave.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51178,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principle PM manager,The company is very ethical and responsible,Not cutting edge technical and political. Too many idle employees and too little oppurtunities,Be more strict on headcount mgmt and sensitive about individual success,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Architect,Still a long ways to go,"A world-class organization, fantastic breadth and depth, amazing scope and possibilities.","Severe work environment, complete focus on self, money and personal ambition.","Rethink your true values, be a better member and caretaker of the ecosystem in which we all live.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P158.htm
51180,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Great opportunity for growth within the company.,Retail hours weren't practical for work/life balance.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51181,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Researcher,Awesome place to work,"Good working environment, great smart people, good benefits,","Competitive, can be secretive and some teams are a lot more open and collaborative than others.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51182,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company with great benfits,"Good work life balance, they allow you the freedom to be creative and take charge",None other then the normal politics in any company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51183,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company has transformed itself under new CEO,Leadership better aligned with industry,"While changes have happened with new CEO, company can sometimes remain slow in decision making and highly political",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51184,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Current feedback,Great company to work with,Mediocre leadership is taking over.,Leaders need to talk to people at the grass root to capture real insight before making decisions,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51185,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Internship,Well paid Seattle is a great city,Didn't do much meaningful work,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51186,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Good place to start your career,Work alongside many industry veterans and experts High bar for engineering quality and rigor,Leadership teams set short-sighted goals that hurt us in the long run Total compensation is below market rate among the largest tech companies for top new-grad hires. Engineers are overloaded with responsibilities and not given much freedom to choose their projects. My team suddenly became responsible for manual testing our product after funding for test was taken away. Engineers are responsible and on-call for service live-site incidents. Additional responsibilities are added without expectation of decreased performance. Low employee engagement and morale. Very few moral events.,Focus on employee happiness instead of your bottom line. Weigh the real costs of burdening your engineers with additional responsibility.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51187,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Test Engineer,Testing Engineer,"good tecnology, good culture, the company is too big","the company is too big.good tecnology, good culture",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51188,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - SDEII,Microsoft Work Culture Review,Work culture is one of the best. Great perks and salary and good work life balance.,Not much agile as compared to other market competitors.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51189,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair Deal,Global impact - Your work matters,Lower level management may lack vision and direction,Hire managers that want to be managers.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P159.htm
51190,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Huge company with decent benefits,Very good benefits Diverse businesses Reasonably good leadership,Politics Mediocre talent Less opportunities to move up,Groom leaders Have good succession plans Keep high standards Less rhetoric more action,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51191,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Asst,Great team ethic and always ready,Not enough workers need more people who actually want to work.,Higher more people,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51192,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"So many different products and teams, there is always a new and interesting challenge around the corner.",Not as nimble as it once was though that has changed considerably as of late.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51193,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,A great place for apathy,"Work life balance, benefits, people, diversity. Upper management really turning things around and getting the company back on track. Somewhat exciting to tell people you work at Microsoft, again.","Microsoft isn't interested in ""winning"" certain categories of business and it's frustrating to see inept decisions prevent us from growing. Employees don't like change, people are content to maintain the status quo and travel the path of least resistance. Internal politics around race, sexual identity and gender are excessive and forced. Intense internal competition for resources and dollars, de-investment in non-core (cloud) categories.","If you're going to pursue a business category, be in it to win it. Don't sacrifice awesome existing brands and strategies to prop up failing ones (Win10 store)",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51194,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun place to work , commission structure broken","Lots of talented people, good diversity","Commission structure broken, turn over is immense",change comm structure,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51195,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The ride was good,I learned a lot from a lot of smart people,"Sometimes the amount of program managers can stifle productivity, but otherwise no cons from me",I would like to see microsoft expand into health markets more aggressively,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51196,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Retail level,"Great, fun job if you love technology. Never a day in which I felt work was work. Managers were open and had a open door policy. Benefits were best I'd had.",Separation within employees due to background accessibility.,Find out and end all internal struggles between coworkers,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51197,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Just typing some gibberish here to make everything count. Microsoft has really good benefits, but not much more than that.",Don't have many problems at this company. Just another company another ob. I hate how many politics there are.,work better with the venders so they don't get treated like crap all the time.. Looking at advancing in more of a particular manner.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51198,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Getting better!,Very supportive of employee career goals and flexibility in moving around Very ethical Very supportive of allowing you to do your job as you want to do it great benefits,Culture - focused on individual contributions rather than team lack of strategy lack of true customer focus Most people managers are terrible,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51199,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Service Engineer,3 years at MSFT,"Good work life balance, Good benefits","Frequent lay-offs, re-orgs, top-to-bottom flow of work",Need more initiatives/encouragement at the grassroots level,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P160.htm
51200,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Used to be great,Great compensation and benefits Great opportunities for vertical and horizontal movement,"Poor work/life balance (even though they like to talk about it a lot) Poor review model - nothing in the review model rewards a team mentality, but promotes individual achievement",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51201,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Partner Development Manager,Partner enablement,"Benefits, work life balance, get to work with lots of partnering businesses","Politics, slow, management overhead work, women mistreated, too many games",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51202,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Competitive pay, great benefits, quiet location",Some remnants of old Microsoft culture,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51203,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer II,UX Designer 2,Microsoft is a corporate that really cares about employee's personal/family life and the team I stay with truly embrace the company vision. I really enjoy the work environment here. The work itself also has a lot of potentials that you can innovate with. It is quite different from what I have known about the MSFT before. I think it is truely changing and evolving.,The organization is pretty big so the cons is sometimes it is hard to push thing forward and make thing happened in a short of time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51204,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft,Great culture and work-life balance Market leader great people,organizational focus - 3 reorgs in 7 months!,be more transparent rather than make excuses,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51205,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,"Great technology, fun place to work","every CXO wants to meet with you! Very dynamic CEO-Satya Nadella, fast growing with a lot of opportunities. The best digital transformation story in the industry.","still the ""good old boys"" network internally. To many politics in the way of getting your job done.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51206,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDEI,"Good work/life balance, friendly environment",Stock award is not very incentive,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51207,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Sales Cloud Solution Architect,Benefit Packages. Driven by objectives. Awesome productos and overall company direction,Difficult to grow even as you were an non-employee,None,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51208,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director Consulting Services,Good to have exposure and dealing with complexity,"Not People Friendly, heavy competition",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51209,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft company review,"- direction of company is clear and apt, moving towards cloud computing and democratizing AI, lot of opportunities in these areas. - can switch jobs internally anytime, no sticking around the same team if you don't like it.","- compensation is not competitive with fb, google. - more to be done to inspire innovation within/ across teams (this may be specific feedback on my current team). - managers have a huge say in reviews and promotions. there is no way to quantify peer feedback and can take a back seat. - Microsoft was considered an environment with higher job security, but, that's not the case anymore with increasing love for Wall Street. In a way, it was good to manage out low performers and keep folks productive, but, they did not match it with increase in compensation.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P161.htm
51210,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,great place if you're motivated,"smart coworkers, diverse and inclusive staff","constantly on the grind, must advertise yourself and build your reputation because your manager may or may not fight for you",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51211,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Agile Coach,"Good Experience,","Funding, , ,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51212,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the company but got RIF,"Leadership is amazing with Satya heading up the company. I loved my job, it was challenging and extremely fun, I was truly happy and proud to work for such an great company.","Politics, like everywhere if you are not part of the circle of friends, you do not get that many opportunities, or awards. Being a remote employee in the marketing team is difficult as you do not get a lot of opportunities compared with others located in Seattle. I was part of the recent reduction in force and it was a hard pill to swallow as I thought I did a tremendous job and I was regarded as a loyal and efficient employee.",Give opportunities to people in the field for more of the corporate jobs.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51213,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,MS review,Microsoft has been making lots of policy changes to better help their employees especially new parents,Non pet friendly environment and no in house child care,Managers need to be empathetic and not evaluate people based on planned time off.,3.0,none,4.0,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51214,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Love it,- Can always find a new challenge - Meet and work with lots of smart people - Good overall benefits,"- Pay not as high as other silicon valley companies - No free food, though there are nice cafés - Some parts of the company have a lot of politics and make it hard to progress",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51215,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Process,"Great benefits, great work environment.",A lot of the hiring process took a while - but great other wise.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51216,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Lots of oppotunities,"Broad and deep technologies, many talented people, good work life balance",Different organizations don't collaborate efficiently,"Reduce the number of political people, and give more sayings to developers",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51217,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Would benefit from flatter management structure, and most teams are bad, but there are good pockets","Great work-life balance Moving team to team internally is super easy, so if you have a bad team you can keep spelunking about until you find a good fit","Managers are typically mediocre Many product teams are weak Pay is so-so compared to other companies in tech Many benefits and events are stilted toward employees with kids and families, so if you're young, get the new hire bonus and stock, Microsoft on the resume, and go elsewhere.",A flat product team reporting structure is a happy reporting structure. People who have been at the company for 10-15+ years and are still in the Senior band of leveling need to be put on performance-improvement-plans by default.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51218,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not worth it,"Good salary, and stock, with lots of benefits,",Management is hit or miss. 60+ hour weeks. Poor work life balance. Not a job for everybody,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51219,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Mentors and Leaders. tech lifestyle and up to date,Training and too big and they are strick on PTO,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P162.htm
51220,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good pay and work life balance,Career opportunities at remote locations limited.,none,4.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51221,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal,Good work life balance overall and a gear innovative company,Nothing at the moment to say.,Keep doing good work as always,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51222,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,The people who I worked with were exceptional in most cases.,"At the time, which has changed significantly today, technology was closed and direction was many times in a catch up mode. Satya has changed all that.",Stay on Satya's path. Love the Azure direction. Love the work in Advanced Analytics.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51223,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Consultant Review in Enterprise Services,Competition and benefits are competitive,Layers of Management have increased Processes impede agile behavior,Focus on the layers of management and how they can help vs impede their reports,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51224,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I like Microsoft culture,Big company causes job safety. there are many different groups so you can change your team or find your favorite project,Changing group inside if MS needs another round of interview,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51225,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Changing for the better,"Total comp is fair but not market leading. People are great, smart, hard-working, and you'll learn a ton. Employee perks, charitable gift matching, and flexible work schedules are great.","No free food, no Seattle work options (commuting to Redmond is not fun), and a lack of work-life balance are problematic. If you want to earn top rewards, or above target rewards, you'll work yourself into burnout - often working on weekends, and in the evenings. Management can be a little inaccessible.","Encourage more work-life balance to avoid people burning out and leaving, consider more office space in Seattle or you'll continue to lose younger engineers whom want the vibrancy of Seattle life without the horrendous daily commute.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51226,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Chaos after reorg,"Good benefits, smart people, market momentum, CEO that appears to want to drive change but doesn't understand the field culture.","Politics rule the day. ""One microsoft"" does not exist. Constant infighting, leadership that is out of touch with the field and more focus on their image as they plan for their next role.",Satya needs to invest time with field sales to understand why we are turning into an Oracle culture.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51227,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Sep 17, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Reno office mentality unstable,Hours and work are flexible and work can be interesting and exciting. At the beginning it seems like such an innovative company but you soon realize it is anything but interesting.,"Once you reach a level of proficiency and mastery, you are no longer useful to them. You can easily go from a high or even just very good performer to the bottom of the heap in a matter of one quarter. The managers are untrained and ill equipped for management. They have no ability to be honest or forthright.  The joke around the office is that it is not a matter of ""if"" you will get fired, it's a matter of ""when."" Everyone has a shelf life and it's just a matter of when you have hit yours.  Such a horrible and toxic environment. There are therapists in Reno that specialize in MS employees because there is such a demand for it.  My advice is to get out when you can! The money is not worth it.",They don't care what anyone has to say. Managers get poor poll scores and it is ignored.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51228,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Various,Benefits Reduction,Deep access to product groups and leading edge thinkers. Ability to work on the leading edge of technology.,"HR is always seeking to reduce employee cost by taking away benefits or eliminating employees that might be expensive, like older employees. Some of the management is not the most ethical.","Practice what you preach. Do honest assessments of the companies products and services, and then allow people in the know to fix the short comings. Know, mentor, and grow your employees.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51229,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Analyst,"Project Lead, LATAM Microsoft",Career Development & Great opportunities to grow.,"Work Life Balance, Compensation. Most opportunities are based in Redmond, WA>",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P163.htm
51230,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2017",Current Employee - Intern,Internship Review,"Great benefits, great culture, good work/life balance.","A tad bureaucratic, which can be good and bad.","Innovate, innovate, innovate.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51231,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great place, great people","Had the best time of my life learning, mentoring and growing",you have to be self-driven to make progress.,management needs to invest more time in mentoring and coaching,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51232,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great Company,"Diverse and smart people, diverse opportunities.",Decent perks can be improved to match industry,"Doing good in cloud and enterprise, Not so good on consumer side, should not abandon mobile and wearables",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51233,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Licensing Executive,Still evaluating Microsoft,Benefits are pretty good and I have flexibility to work from home. Also the maternity and paternity leave is excellent (keep in mind this means your bonus is prorated),"Low compensation, lack of diversity, performance system is not clear because ""impact"" is subjective and the ability for advancement is limited","Diversity doesn't mean hiring a lot of women, please also consider background and age. Take chances on people and promote them instead of making people jump through hoops. If a position is a L63 and a L62 applies for it and you make an offer it should be awarded as a L62 because if the person was external you would give them the benefit of the L63. There is a lack of transparency and too many games being played with people's careers and livelihood....no one wants to play Russian Roulette with their career",3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51234,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Love this company because the work culture is amazing and the people on the team and other teams are welcoming.,I did not find anything I particularly dislike about this company but I wish for free food.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51235,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Solid place to work,- Benefits!! - Good work/life balance - Interesting product areas,- Bureaucratic - Development processes can be slow - Internal tools are outdated and terrible,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51236,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Developer experience at Microsoft,"Microsoft pays well, and have lots of good benefits with resources to help with the benefits. They really do care about their employees there, and will give the resources needed to get the job done more often than not.","They have a habit of laser-focusing developers into a single area of development. While internal transfer opportunities are avalaible, it's like re-interviewing for your own job, and if you're moving from, say, cloud development to web development, it can be very difficult. Don't expect full-stack roles.",Give better transparent feedback to your direct reports - especially to skip level ones if it's appropriate.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51237,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Sales Lead,Partner Sales Lead,"Company brand, innovation. World wide coverage.","work/life balance, bureaucracy tends to make it slow to react.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51238,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Friendly co-worder and management. The campus is nice.,"Job under pressure, tight schedule",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51239,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Recruiting,Pros and Cons,Great benefits. Solid Comp plans. Compelling CEO. Smart People.,"Lots of middle management lifers that have forgotten how to work, and simply play the bureaucracy and politic games to stay alive. There are many in HR/Recruiting that are quick to learn the buzz speak like ""growth mindset"" and ""leveraging the work of others"" and then bastardize those into new meanings such as ""taking credit for the work of others"".","Cut the fat, especially in HR and Recruiting. Reward people who think big and do big, and sack those that just talk and politic. Put the emphasis back on results versus cheerleading and ""trying hard"".",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P164.htm
51240,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Depends from the org, it might be ok, it might be bad.",Some of the people are really smart and great to learn from and work with !,"A lot of politics, people who spent long time at the company seems disconnected from how things works outside of the company.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51241,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good benefits, low code quality - not an environment that encourages you to be a good engineer.","Good benefits, free food, good health insurance, hours are very flexible, good maternity/paternity leave, good work life balance, nice office.","It's not an environment that encourages you to become a good engineer, the product and the code have very low quality. Code review is not mandatory and people don't take it seriously. It feels like we write code that works, and that's it.",Invest in quality rather than doing more and more features.,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51242,microsoft,"Coral Springs, FL"," Aug 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Evangalist,I loved working for Microsoft. I was proud and inspire and so happy in my work there.,"Able to be a self start, not micromanaged. Best job ever. I loved the people and especially my work as a sSr User Experience evangelist.i even loved my managers in my DX role.",The company is so big that it is hard to network with other UX professionals and to get to know the different positions available to me or how I might find that. Its very difficult to find the correct job posting. I would prefer people reach out to me.,In my consulting role my first manager was awesome. She really helped in anyway she could. The one that replaced her had a unique way and was not a subject matter expert as the people under him. In my next role in DX (a sales division) I loved all my managers but there were a lot. I think I had 4 in 4 years,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51243,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Fantastic employer,Microsoft is a challenging yet very positive environment. There is a huge focus on individual development.,"Very few, to none.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51244,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Overtime is a given,Great people overall. Great benefits once you get through the high deductibles. Great training opportunities.,work life balance challenge and restructuring constantly make it difficult,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51245,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful team in Tempe. Racist. Stuck up.,None to be said.,Working with poeple who are position driven. Will doi anything go pull down their co workers. Constantly lying and playing up to the boss. Won't talk to you if you don't fit into their group.,Get another job.,1.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51246,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"5 years, straight out of college",lots of autonomy. paid well. chance to really make a difference for your customers.,"you work very, very hard. Must be able to work well with not a lot of structure",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51247,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Escalation Engineer,C# Programmer,Outstanding compensation and health benefits,I cannot think of any.,Keep going with the innovations!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51248,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company,"Great benefits, good work-life balance.",Need to find the right teams.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51249,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, positive work/life balance","Love the culture, benefits, and direction.","Microsoft underpays compared to similar companies in the area, especially in terms of starting bonuses.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P165.htm
51250,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Lots of flexibility to work,Lots of management to work,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51251,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Company mission and focus is clear and 👍🏻 but quality of college graduate program is questionable.,"Great benefits, flexible hours and working environment, infinite resources to learn, working with very smart and enthusiastic people, company is moving its focus towards what is hot in tech today.",Difficult for new graduates to get on projects. Not enough relevant projects in the services branch yet nonstop hiring of college students (for the MACH program) who end up sitting on the bench.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51252,microsoft,"Brandon, FL"," Aug 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stylist,"Great owners, friendly staff. fair pay",limited shaded parking space in Florida summer,keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51253,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Content Developer,"Good work/life balance, good benefits, good work processes, opportunities to move around the company","Culture changing to be more cookie-cutter like Silicon Valley, compensation a little behind competitors, a lot of inertia",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51254,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Microsoft,Building products which can reach out to tens of thousands customers and impact globally.,Typical politics expected in the large companies,Be transparent and reward people fairly based on the actual contributions to the business,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51255,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very good process,"work on all different space - cloud solutions (azure), business solutions (dynamic CRM), productivity tools (visual studio), data management tools (SharePoint)",team size would be small and module wise which may not be easy accessible. It's really hard to describe any downside for Microsoft.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51256,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Manager,Vision for the future is bright,Lots has to come together to realize that vision,"Remember customers, partners, and employees",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51257,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Communications Manager,Awesome but the team you are on matters a lot,"Compensation, Benefits, Innovation, CEO are major plus. Company is viewed as one of the most innovative in tech industry. Company has really smart and dedicated people.",Promotioms are slow and politics rule over actual accomplishment. Too many executives runs business units with little review or accountability.,Too much of the old guard in place,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51258,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content Engineer,"Solid company with good compensation. If you find the right fit on the right team with management and team members who will support and back you up, it's a great experience.","The last few years has seen significant shake-ups and lay-offs that make employment stability less secure. It's tough focusing on great work, when you aren't sure if you will be up-ended by frequent re-orgs or god forbid, lay-offs.","Support your team members and help them to grow and when the time is right, share that growth with the rest of the company by supporting career growth and development.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51259,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Audience Marketing Manager,"Great Company, Decent Products",Excellent brand and company culture,Products and services are now considered 2nd rate. Talent is older and not exactly top-notch.,Invest in college recruiting and promoting young talent into leadership,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P166.htm
51260,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior Consultant,Great Insurance and other benefits. Pay is above average.,"Demands are very high. No matter how much you do, there is always more to do.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51261,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Microsoft - Feedback,Great Work-Life Integration experience,I can't think of anything really bad to say about the Company,Keep up the great work!,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51262,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Developer Engineer,Lot of teams to work at and with which are working on wide variety of technologies Very very smart engineers solving tough problems. Amazing work life balance The best benefits in the industry,"Very top heavy company, need to figure out how to navigate red tape to get work done. Very slow release cycles",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51263,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Senior Consultant,"Good workplace, supportive management, stock",Very bad work-life balance at all,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51264,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Good Experience,"Treated fairly well, lots of flexibility and options once you're in.","Big organization, so you never know what can happen regardless of your performance.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51265,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at MSFT,"Benefits are amazing, great network, the technology is truly amazing and you gain visibility to how important security is when it comes to technology.","I was in sales and I ended up leaving because Microsoft's transition from mostly selling on Enterprise Agreement to subscription (moving from on prem software to the cloud essentially) was a huge pain point. I am confident the company will over come this in years to come but it was tough working with people who had been selling a certain way for 15+ years, lots of resistance and negatively from field sellers.","It would be great to better align the different segments within the company (i.e engineers, marketing, sales) although I do understand this is easier said than done in a company with thousands of people",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51266,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to be,Treats Employees incredibly well. Pay is very competitive.,Can be long hours during peak times of the year (quarter ends),none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51267,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Terrific company, CEO and future","Very smart people. Satya the CEO is a terrific people and business leader, with clear and compelling strategy & vision. Lots of opportunity for internal movement working in different groups, roles and locations globally. Microsoft is better positioned than any company for the cloud. Satya is very focused on culture and continues to move it within the company to a better place.","It's a big company, which brings bureaucracy at times. While the universally hated forced review curve is no longer official practice, every group I've seen still pushes managers to identify low performers and give them no rewards at annual review. Job security is less than what it use to be due to annual layoffs.","Layoffs are part of helping evolve the company and keeping us in leadership position, however better approach would be to look for internal opportunities for these people rather than firing a few thousand and hiring a few thousand every year. I've seen some terrific people let go, which boggled the mind, while plenty of dead weight is still around.  Increase staffing. Many groups are just too small to really compete. Perfect case study is Cortana vs. Alexa. Cortana launched well ahead of Alexa, but team was < 100 people for few years because it was part of Bing and managing to the larger P&L. Meanwhile, Amazon hired hundreds on Alexa and has much larger ecosystem and much more momentum now.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51268,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,More focus on customers less on internal politics and comp plans.,Products work and there are smart people at Microsoft.,Sales and Sales Support employees are too focused on their comp plans vs. servicing their customers.,When you reorganize the field sales organization have account assignments ready on day one of the reorganization.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51269,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Technical Program Manager,Principle Program Manager,Top talent. Really smart people. Usually only takes 1 explanation on complex subjects for teams to understand. Motivated to help. Nice work environment. Good benefits.,Make sure you respect the manager you are working for otherwise you may not do well at performance review time.,Always be working on something critical and mainstream for the company and interview for those positions if you value job security. Ensure you have at least two critical accomplishments every 6 months.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P167.htm
51270,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Director,"Great compensation, technology, teaming, culture and inspirational CEO. But .....","Great colleagues, meaningful work, resources, experience, compensation (when it's paid, see below), culture, donation matching programs, collaboration software, flexible schedules, campus.","HR is a mess. Little investment in identifying talent and talent retention. Little formal training for managers, new hire on-boarding dismal, chaotic. Overall sense that more Jr. people being hired to fill Sr. roles at lower salaries. No one really knows what their jobs are, what scorecards look like halfway thru Q1.. New Salesforce folks brought in also bring with them a ""bro"" culture. It feels like no one is really running anything. Finance making changes to sales team compensation models in Q4 because teams are ""too successful"" so ""baseline numbers and models must be wrong"" adding to atmosphere of distrust. Many folks loosing their trust in their employer. PPO plans administered by Blue Cross Blue Shield are high deductible with flimsy coverage for out of net work, poor administrative support and just plain expensive.","Bro culture has to go. Pay people what you promise them. Do more to retain, train, promote and develop your people. Don't replace your experienced sales folks with inside sales teams and expect the company culture to flourish. Stop telling the market you offer great insurance, it's simply not true in every state.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51271,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer,Famous. Good gui. Stable company.,"Too big, too much legacy, too risk adverse.",Less micromanagement.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51272,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Specialist,Sales @ Microsoft,Vision of the company in helping every company and individual to achieve more. its built into the culture.,"Missteps of the past, not enough emphasis on marketing.",Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51273,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Great people, great technology - rapid pace.",There are none - it's truly a great place to work.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51274,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall status in MS online service,Works with talent people. Lots of resource to learn and try.,The overall framework has been locked down. Not easy to participate tough problem.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51275,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company,"Good technologies, Innovation, ideas respected",Nothing i can think of. You tel,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51276,microsoft,"Santa Clara, CA"," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,My experience at the Microsoft Store has been that of a rollercoaster.,"Good pay, benefits, and opportunities, such as networking and being apart of influential events. Benefits include medical coverage and tuition reimbursement for even part timers.","Inconsistency between managers and lack of structure and discipline. In retail, its usually a younger staff which has a younger mindset or lack of energy or customer-obsession.",There needs to be a consistent structure. People need to held accountable for lack of performance.,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51277,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No complaints,Great work life balance and fair pay/compensation,Career advancement is a priority but hard to achieve.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51278,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Software Test Engineer,Sorry To Leave,Great people. Great Environment. Room for Advancement.,Can be very stressful at times.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51279,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product advisor,"Room for growth, flexible hours great benefits",Hard to stand out sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P168.htm
51280,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Hardware Program Manager II,Business Development Manager,"Best time since the start and rapid growth of Microsoft to be working here. Great product line-up, excellent company leadership, and customer focused approach.","Still extremely bloated, way too much middle management. Organizing functions by centers of excellence as opposed to business units has caused some challenges (IE: All hardware reporting up through one chain, as opposed to operating as Xbox, Surface, etc...)",Continue to remove redundant layers of management.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51281,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,Azure and Office are 2 bright spots,Hard to shake away the country club culture,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51282,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Awesome benefits, solid culture","Microsoft benefits are second-to-none and keep getting better. Competitive time off, paid leaves include generous parental leave (including foster/adoption placements!) and even caretaker leave to provide for a family member with an illness. 50% 401k match up to the maximum contribution, good health benefits, etc.  The culture in most teams is also very welcoming of diverse opinions and contributions are rewarded well. Microsoft has one of the broadest reaches in the world in terms of number of people who use your product, so you get the chance to work on very prominent pieces of tech and do something people will recognize.","Big ships turn slowly. We're often first on the scene with a great idea, but so slow to execute that we're last on the scene with an actual deployment of it. You'll probably encounter this and get frustrated by it regularly. It can also be a cult of personality at times, where directives come down from ""on high"" that a particular direction shall be taken.",Keep up with the great benefits (though lunches would be appreciated). Keep up on the attempts to change the culture to be more customer-centered. But the big ship needs to be able to turn more quickly.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51283,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Senior Finance Manager,"Great people, terrific learning opportunities, & benefits",Leadership is making great strides in making further customer and employee focused changes to the culture. These things take time so you may find some of the 'old guard' mentality still exists.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51284,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always on Edge,Benefits are good. Generous donation matching.,Constant layoffs leave everyone on edge and create an unhealthy competitive atmosphere.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51285,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Employer,"Great company with plenty of opportunities, platforms to work on",Not as agile as the competition,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51286,microsoft,"Maple Valley, WA"," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Development Manager,Thirteen years at Microsoft,Since Ballmer left things are getting better. We seem more willing to embrace change and adapt to the magnet. The strides we are making with life partner base will pay off down the road.,Recent reorganization leaves a lot up in the air. Many people are struggling to understand how they fit in with the changes.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51287,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analytics at Microsoft,"Nothing special about MSFT. fairly normal job, normal pay, normal expectations","as mentioned before, very normal company, normal job, normal pay, normal expectations.",I do not have any advise for you guys. Watch Game of Thrones and learn the strategies from the experts there,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51288,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good place to work,One of the best brand names,Nothing really. Continue what you are doing,Focus more on the cloud business,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51289,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Technology Solutions Professional,"Excellent compensation package, insurance, medical and stock plan.",Fearless internal competition. Lack of internal opps.,Be more involved with the day to day work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P169.htm
51290,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resources,Lots of opportunity to work in many different areas,Career navigation can be difficult at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51291,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,Was good they had really good benefits,Alot of work load especially if youre just starting out,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51292,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Building a World Supply Chain,"Brilliant people, cool projects, chance to have a big impact.",Bad work life balance (improving). It's a business and layoffs are always an option.,Get real about work life balance. Watch out because Amazon is going to take away your Enterprise Golden Eggs.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51293,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sw engineer,"big company, good 401k","everything is lie, never trust at all",none,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51294,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Solutions Specialist,"Great work-life balance and good benefits Stock options Vacation package is competitive Great coworkers, get to work with intelligent people every day","Job stability - roles change every 6 months to year, and even within the same role description the KPIs and requirements may change Benefits package, mainly medical, took a downturn this past year",Less reorganizations that disrupt workers' lives,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51295,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Principal Software Engineer,Large company with awesome colleagues.,A little too much process and bureaucracy at times.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51296,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Service Advisor,Best company to work for,everything about this company is great. They treat their employees very well.,There are no cons working for Microsoft.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51297,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"The company allows flexible hours and gives back to the community, there is opportunity for growing your skills and knowledge areas.","Managers tend to stay in their positions very long time, which can make it hard for advancement in Reno. There can be a lot of "" red tape"" to get through in order see real change.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51298,microsoft,"Las Cruces, NM"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Cybersecurity Consultant,Short but sweet,There is an endless amount of technical material to learn from.,Not much control over numbers that contribute to performance measuring.,None.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51299,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,ms,Decent staff and decent benefits,Too much politics and things are slow,enable enterprenurial employees,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P170.htm
51300,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Average company, love the low key appearance but can be stressful",Nice people who work there,A lot of up managing and people pushing work off onto others.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51301,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Base pay is above average in Seattle area,"the working culture, especially in hardware, is not proactive",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51302,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Project Manager,Salary is good for consultants. Stock awards Bonuses,Rating system is still flawed.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51303,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Great benefits company looks out for employees Awesome company Culture room to move up,The store I particularly created an unprofessional work environment. The company as a whole is an incredible company. Pleasure to work for.,the success of a business starts from the top. Hire managers that do not like to start drama and focus on the business rather than people's lives.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51304,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS is still great,"MS has many great products, good work-life balance.","I saw best boss there, and I saw the worst too.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51305,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Microsoft cares. Kind of.,Benefits and pay are top rate. Tools and materials are abundant. My immediate manager for most of my time there was is someone I'd work for again in a heartbeat.,A great many cooks contribute to running the show. Upper management seemed to function by capricious fiat. There was an ever changing cast of characters at the highest ranks.,Think about how your decisions affect the lives of the many people who are the engine that makes the company run.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51306,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work most of the time,Great benefits Flexibility for work life balance,"It's all about ""diversity"" and if you are a white male, just forget it.",Equal treatment for all regardless of race or gender.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51307,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My thoughts,Lots of opportunities to work with cool technologies Great culture that encourages risk taking and Agile thinking Lots of opportunities to learn and grow your technical knowledge,Hard to advance your career,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51308,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Happy to be a Microsoftie,"Diverse, great work-life balance, challenging, awesome benefits","Slow at times, not embracing cutting edge tech as much",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51309,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,Great company to work for and develop a career.,Amazing benefits. You get to work with incredibly intelligent colleagues and have diverse set of career opportunities. Incredibly strong company leadership.,Can have an intense work environment lacking in balance during certain times of the year. Continued opportunity to breakdown silos across organizations but great traction as of late.,Continue to evolve to meet the company culture and mission Satya put in motion the last few years. Build community amongst your teams and extended partners. We all want to be part of something bigger and be in it together.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P171.htm
51310,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great and smart people - reinventing transforming itself.,Transforming - seems to be shedding some of the people that earned it its successes. There are still a lot of great people there - but it has let go some of the people and spirit that made it a world leader.,"Think of longevity of service not just in terms of cost, Experience can be invaluable - principles remain the same even when surface things like technology change. .",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51311,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Escalation Engineer,It's a good place to work but emp performance and reviews system is still maddening.,Pay and benefits are competitive. Flexible work arrangements are very common. The actual work can be very interesting and rewarding once you get past all the management/corporate crap.,"No job security. Always just waiting on the axe to fall and get shoved out. Rewards are all about how well you can market yourself to management, not about the work you do.","Stop calibration, stack ranking, or whatever we are calling it this FY and enough with all the impact jargon and 4-5 forced ""connects"" each year.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51312,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Microsoft takes the time to hire great people, typically resulting in healthy teams. The culture has shifted to customer-centric and is growth oriented. Highly competitive benefits and pay.",Layoffs are fairly common as the company shifts priorities and struggles to compete with Cloud. Reorg's can be overly frequent and disruptive due to poor advance planning. Large company bureaucracy... Ambiguous or unnecessarily complex job responsibilities can slow down productivity.,"Embrace growth mindset behaviors and allow the team flexibility and safe space for errors as they learn. Be aware of and eliminate passive, less obvious micromanagement habits. Microsoft is particularly focused on retaining talented managers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51313,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Awesome work environment,Super smart and driven people to work with!,Be sure to maintain a work-life balance. It's easy to focus too much on work with it's a challenging project!,Stay competitive with Amazon! We're loosing too much talent!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51314,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Tech is top notch. Better than anyone.,Company is looked at negatively by others for no reason.,Cloud and mobile strategy is really going to pay off.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51315,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"MS has really excellent benefits - no healthcare premiums, and 50% 401k match! Irrespective of other factors, this is a really great things about the company.","it's very large and can be bureaucratic at times - it tends to have more internal processes than it really needs, which can make execution a challenge.","Management is moving the company culture in a really positive direction, and has made significant progress in that regard in recent years, which is great.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51316,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company for a short term (4-5 years),"There is a lot of talented people, and opportunities to grow in many organizations. Benefits make you feel almost like you have 2 salaries and most of offices are pretty decent, some very luxurious. They have people and offices almost all around the world.","Certain organizations can make your career a nightmare. Little growth, opportunities and sometimes non exciting projects could leave you in an unpleasant positions for years. Some locations are very far in WA, like Issaquah.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51317,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Great benefits, matching stock at 10% discount. The parental leave is awesome and they now have a caregiver benefit.","Too much politics. Because it is such a large company, it is very hard to get promoted. The only way is if the boss likes you.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51318,microsoft,"Redmond, OR"," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - PM II,Great place to learn. Amazing colleagues,Great place to learn lots of technology and good support system.,ideas and directions come top down,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51319,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great Company to work for,Opportunities abound if your willing to work for it,"Rating system still an issue in services. If you have a bad year, you are screwed, might as well look for a new job.",Have empathy for people who are trying to change roles in their career.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P172.htm
51320,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,msft,"Many great, talent people that you can learn from and get inspired from.","Due to the size of company/team, it takes longer to respond to market change. It should be more open to open source technologies. Some open source technologies are better than the competing Microsoft technologies.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51321,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Escalation Manager,Microsoft CSS,Company has begun to innovate again under Satya's leadership. Reasonably good benefits and the people there are pretty decent. If you're into philanthropy this is your company.,Your success has everything to do with whether you have a decent manager or not. Unfortunately for Microsoft they don't always put folks into manager positions with the best people skills. If you end up with one of these managers find another role in the company otherwise life will suck.,Require managers to have people skills and reward managers for being good managers.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51322,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A mixed bag,You can get to work on some really cutting edge software and hardware (Enterprise related mainly). It helps you build a strong resume and you can attend a lot of additional training that doesn't have to relate to your current position.,"Work life balance varies widely, if you want to work on new tech expect to work a lot. Some managers are really good and interested in your career, others are only in it for themselves. It also can be hard to move to other groups, you have to interview just like an outside candidate which is odd.",Get someone to act as an ombudsman for employees that end up in bad situations due to things like re-orgs.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51323,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Sales Professional,Flexibility - remote work. Good to great salary Great health care Great benefits Dynamic and solid company,"High pressure culture. Experienced age based, and gender based bias continually. Microsoft shifts strategy each year - which really only gives it 9 months to execute. This means basically annual re-organizations, and poorly executed strategy is baked into the day-to-day. Change can be a very good thing, constant change creates constant instability.","Think about a 2 year strategy cycle, rather than an annual one.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51324,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Service Engineer,it is a stable place to work,it is a political place,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Excellent benefits. Generally great place to work with flexibility, etc.","Many great people leave either because of poor direct managers or because they tire of rewards that come from competition and short term benefits instead of partnership and long-term, year to year impacts. Senior leaders are measured on what they accomplish in a review cycle, then move on to a promotion and leave the mess of their short term success for others to be hit with. Additionally, the constant re-orgs can sap energy and team synergy. Microsoft is known as re-org central.","Use the full three pronged reward/review approach that is spoken about, but not actually used in practice at review time: What have you personally accomplished and created, What have you used/built on in others' work and What have others used of yours and built onto. The later two are frequently overlooked, and great creative and partnering people have leaked away because of the culture of silos instead of alliances. This then impacts products and customers, because one new idea comes and then suddenly a new one comes, and the old is tossed out. Customers don't trust that what Microsoft says is important will be important in a few months...the same cadence as the review and promotion cycle.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51326,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,great company moving in the right direction as cloud and business focused,"well established company, deep pocket and great level of resource","changes can be slow, too many re-orgs","bump up employee total compensation to keep up with other tier 1 internet and tech companies, such as Facbook, Amazon, Apple, and Google",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51327,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Program Manager,The company gives you flexibility to work pretty much from wherever,The company requires too much time and work a great amount of hours.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51328,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Marketing Manager,Still has weight on your resume.,Corporate culture is often toxic.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51329,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,OK,"Healthy business translates to solid salary, benefits, and bonuses.",Bloated and bureaucratic can lead to taking a long time to get anything done.,Streamline,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P173.htm
51330,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior PR Manager,Do I earn enough,"Innovative, room for growth,","Work pressure, meeting work style",Less meetings,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51331,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales associate,they give you a tablet and phone upon hire,They run your background for every new position,none,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51332,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, CEO, and culture",Culture and smart talented people,Bureaucracy and politics in getting things done,Get rid of senior leaders who don't align to our culture,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51333,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Consultant,"Love the technology, flexible timings, tons of opportunities","abundant resources, can be overwhelming",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51334,microsoft,"Danbury, CT"," Aug 1, 2017",Former Employee - Product Advisor,"Amazing Company, actual store needs improvement","Health Benefits , Work-life balance, discounts, perks for being part of the company , learning so much about new amazing products",The Danbury Ct Store doesn't have a great development plan for the employees. The only advice I received was perfect your role . no advice on other positions opening and how to apply or be considered for other positions.,Work on the development plan for your employees so they want to stay for more then a couple years. or its just another job in there lives. since i left 7 other employees left doesn't that say something about the store?,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51335,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft,"One of the best companies in the world. I've been here since 1995 and I have seen a few things. I can't imagine working somewhere else, but maybe I could.","Some things, not easy to articulate. People, expectations, alpha.",Keep it real for old timers.,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51336,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place for good people,Smart engineers have the ability to do very well here. Take ownership of your career and your product.,Lots of employees means that it's difficult to stand out if you aren't one of the hardest working and brightest.,"One phrase ""Analysis Paralysis"". We need to rework our processes on our older codebases to enable faster innovation. We need testers back on some products too.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51337,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Cutting edge technology, diverse employment opportunities, attractive benefits, improving culture","Lack of customer focus, pockets of established stagnating management",Drive new culture through all levels of management,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51338,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,Software Engineering Manager,"Large customer base, innovative projects, agility",No Cons at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51339,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Business Administrator,Business Administrator,Microsoft has awesome benefits and the business administrator role has a flexible schedule.,"The business administrator role is leveled below all positions at Microsoft, is hourly and does not receive the same stock options and bonus benefits like other positions at the company.",Microsoft managers should push to have the business administrator role receive the same benefits as everyone else.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P174.htm
51340,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Team Leader,Inflection point,"Good benefits, smart people, private offices, and abundance of resources to drive big impact.",Too many doing strategy w/out any accountability for successful execution. Successful strategy is in its successful execution.,Continue to empower your greatest capital and resource - your employees!,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51341,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,There are many different opportunities within company. Microsoft is heading in right direction under Satya.,Microsoft has not capitalized on all different opportunities that are available to grow.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51342,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is undergoing a transformation,- Great health package - Good work-life balance - Employer really cares (great HR!),"- Empire building can be seen - Microsoft tends to throw money at problems instead of holding people accountable, too many people take their jobs for granted and don't bring in their A game to work (great place if you are hardworking, detail-oriented and humble - easy to rise among peers)",Don't throw money at problems. Hold people accountable.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51343,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,sde2,"flexible working time, many people stay office from 10:30am to 4:00pm","tow many internal fight, unfair yearly review process in black box",none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51344,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern at Microsoft,"Great program, great gifts, good for resume, high payment",Big company may get lost,Put interns together more,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51345,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Program Manager Lead,"Flexibility, diversity, salary & benefits","More difficult for women as you become more senior, slow to react to market, hubris",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51346,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,program manager,"great health benefits, opportunities to move around","political, re-org too often, not enough great people manager",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51347,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Good benefits, some good people to work with.",Antiquated and broken software development environment.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51348,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Great company to work for with many opportunities,"Solid, if not great, benefits, great work-life balance","Easy to become complacent, old-timer thrive on office politics",Please critically examine performance of mid-lever management,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51349,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer 2,Good company. Willing to stay for more years.,Makes you too comfortable. So fight hard for your career.,Nothing very serious. All good.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P175.htm
51350,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Benefits was good to receive.,Managers were varied in comparison to other companies.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51351,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great job and not doing the same thing everyday.,Work and Family life balance,stable scheduling,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51352,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome company,greatest Perfect fantastic awesome Bewildering,This company is the greatest I know many many companies but this is the best Trust me its awesome Microsoft is life  its awesome,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51353,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great benefits,"World class benefits, work/life balance is up to the individual to define (though this probably varies by team), interesting & impactful work on products that everyone recognizes","Inter-team work still could improve (working with some teams can feel like a fight, but most teams are good), minimal training/onboarding for new hires",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51354,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Quick Review,Many technical opportunities. Great benefits.,Frequent reorganizations make long-term projects difficult.,Worry less about official roles and titles and give greater freedom to individuals.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51355,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Smart people to work with and learn from,"Politics, Slow to respond to change",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51356,microsoft,"Natick, MA"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Amazing,Great Benefits. Fair pay for the job that you do,Due to the massive company that it is... communication isn't always the best,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51357,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GREAT PALCE TO WORK,"Great pay, benefits, bonus, health plan.",Diversity is encouraged but sometimes not exercised.,Review the metrics to measure productivity and rewards.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51358,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,From a former employee,It's a great place to work.,You won't be gaining experience you would get elsewhere,Think about your customers more,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51359,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2017",Former Employee - Project Manager,Good While It Lasted,"It was a good company to work for. Smart people, technologically curious and forthright. Interesting work, lots of diversity in employees and job responsibilities. Good severance package.","Unfortunately, I was part of the Nokia acquisition that resulted in the closing of our R&D site. It's so big that processes and procedures were lacking. Lots of red tape. Poor severance communication policies.","None, I understand the business decision, especially after new leadership took over.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P176.htm
51360,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Great company to work for,"Breadth of technology areas, scale, opportunity for impact Renewed focus on customers Exciting applications across all software domains",Large company Cross-group collaboration can be tricky,Focus on retaining low to mid-level engineering talent,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51361,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Global Program Manager,Microsoft Services,- Exciting and challenging work environment  - Good pay with excellent benefits  - No stories of people crying at their desks (like at another local tech company)  - World-class competition and disrupters facilitate an environment where innovation and risk-taking are encouraged,- Big set of products and services across the gamut of IT makes it challenging to coordinate and align activities  - Legacy products and customers can be a drag on competing against companies born in the cloud,"- The Senior Leadership Team has the company on the right track strategically, leveraging the company's strengths to open up new opportunities with our competitors/partners.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51362,microsoft,"Lehi, UT"," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Big Dog not the Bad Dog.,"Amazing Benefits, Tons of Room for Advancement, Great Compensation, Very Intelligent Co-workers. Fantastic Work life Balance",Large Corp environment (not for everybody). Not all technologies are fun :),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51363,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 2,Good company with good benefits,Lack of cross team collaborations,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51364,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engieering Program Manager,Awesome Benefits Work Life Balance Growth Opportunities Compensation Bonus/Stock Options,Process Driven Management sometimes take too long to make decisions,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51365,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the company and benefits,Love the company and benefits,Wish more internal roles could be had from outside Redmond area,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51366,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Services Sales Director,Services Sales Dirrctor,"Company provides excellent opportunity for growth, and access to all resources needed to succeed. There is unlimited opportunity to grow if employees take advantage of the resources.","The company is very process heavy, and sometimes gets in its own way. Need to listen to customer more, and need to acknowledge that not all solutions are Microsoft Solutions.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51367,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Over-Promised, Under-Delivered","Competitive pay, nice campus in Redmond","Culture is toxic, especially around annual reviews, lacks dedication in diversity/inclusion, culture promotes 'old-boy' mindset","Focus on your culture, make it a great place to work",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51368,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Marketing Manager,Mixed,"Great job opportunities and decent benefits - good 401k match, health care, annual bonus and stock program. Lots of highly intelligent people",Too many reorgs. Live with a constant fear of layoffs even if high performer. A lot of really bad people managers,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51369,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 11, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Stay away from Bing Ads group,"- Good reputation in general in the industry. - Opens up other job opportunities in the industry. - If you are lucky enough to be in a group which is making money and have a really good manager who you can follow around, stay.","- Your fate is decided by your manager. If he/she doesn't like you, you can stay int he same level for several years and never get promoted because they need people who can do the less glorious work too  - Bing Ads in the bay area has some of the worst people managers. They cannot stomach critical constructive feedback. Have witnessed several of my outspoken colleagues forced out of the team.  - There is occasional evidence of racial bias in hiring and promotions. Take a look at the names of people in some of the teams, you'll clearly see this. I've been on interview panel where despite having strong hires for a person of not the same ethnic background, they were not hired. The hiring decisions are not transparent to the interview panel. It is entirely in the hands of the hiring manager.",Don't go by looking at statistically biased data coming from internal HR polls. A lot more people than you realize are unhappy.  Managers literally control the fate of your career and tenure at Microsoft and they aren't audited. Embrace democracy and reduce the powers and autonomy of managers. There are many managers who abuse power. Upper management won't have a clue of any of this.  Stop copying Google and doing everything to bring 'parity' with Google. Innovate. Take bold new steps.,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P177.htm
51370,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager @ Azure,Azure is awesome place to work !!,Stay away from Windows Devices and groups.. its all about politics,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51371,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good Company,"Excellent benefits, good employees, great benefits","too much red tape around things, takes a long time to move on somethings",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51372,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 5, 2017",Former Employee - Strategy Manager,Great place to work,"Satya has really turned around the culture. Work-life balance is great and the compensation & benefits are great. The employees here are also very talented. It's actually a funny balance, they are talented enough to be motivated, yet people aren't over-qualified (like some other tech companies) which means it's reasonable to work on a meaningful project.",It can feel bureaucratic (read: slow) at times. Not much different than any other large tech company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51373,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,Changing... for the worse,"Lots of scope, lots of variety -- in my 15 years in the company I've worked in widely different divisions, on very different products.","Some of the focus on individual growth has lessened in the last few years. Managers with span of control of 15-20 are not uncommon, at that point it's impossible to provide good career guidance. Growth tools like mylearning and mentor have gotten scaled back to the nub. Instead of in-person classes taught by Wintellect we're now told to use the company-wide Pluralsight subscription for self-learning -- not the same thing at all.","Bring back the better parts of the old Microsoft, leave the rest behind.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51374,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Title,"Good pay, great benefits.",Poor middle & upper management.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51375,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,Service Engineer 2,"Tons of variety, flexibility and exciting work. No two days are the same and the work is truly meaningful and rewarding. You literally are free to go in any direction as long as it aligns to company goals.","A little bit under staffed, but people move around at will and are encouraged to do so. I don't mind in the least since I love my work.",Hang on to talent. One of the managers let an amazing talented software engineer get away from his team. It was a loss for our organization. He went to a different team within Microsoft.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51376,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Great place to make a career,Excellent compensation and benefits Great work/life balance Unique opportunities to work on world changing problems Easy to transition between groups/teams Access to resources,Bureaucracy slows decision making and execution Poor collaboration between groups Career stagnation if you aren't careful,Fight NIH more --- embrace open source even more Do fewer things better --- make hard decisions about company priorities,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51377,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2017",Former Employee - Lab Engineer/Technical Analyst,Microsoft--multiple contract positions,"Flexible hours, large family type atmosphere, new technology so easy to keep current, intelligent staff, sometimes able to work remotely from home, many services on site (restaurants, banks, stores, etc.)","Long commute time, often required long hours",Make sure that employees are each weighed on their unique specialties and skills.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51378,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Supportability Program Manager,It's not terrible,"Pay and benefits are still quite good. There are lots of little perks that add up, like stayfit and access to tons of free training opportunities. Just have to take advantage of them.","It's still a very ""who you know"" environment when it comes to advancement. It still isn't a place where you can stay in one role for any extended period of time. You're expected to move up the chain, or you're likely to get moved out. Opportunities are more scarce the higher up you go, and you're not likely to land one of those opportunities unless you know the right people. Don't expect to move too far up the chain unless you're willing to move to the Seattle area, where everything is excruciatingly overpriced and, not surprisingly, staggeringly liberal. You're expected to make an impact, but it's difficult to get anything done because of outdated tools/systems combined with tons of red tape and equal numbers of managers and PM's competing for a slice of the spotlight.",There are far too many managers and PM's running around creating more manager and PM roles. Streamline the line from bottom to top.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51379,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,Operations at Microsoft,"Fast-paced, exciting place to work, interesting and challenging work, never gets boring, highly educated and skilled colleagues, strong compensation and good benefits. Company is moving in the right direction.","Constant layoffs - more than in previous years, lack of clear strategy, unwillingness to commit to investing in automation of manual processes, chasing the next shiny thing rather than sticking to a strategy, used to be a place where you could grow your career now it's a place you are fighting just to hold on to your job. Work-life balance is poor.","Create a defined strategy, build a plan to realize it, and then stick to the plan. Don't chase so many shiny objects. Find an org structure that makes sense and stick with it long enough to allow it to reap benefits. Stop the constant reorgs.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P178.htm
51380,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Programming,A new great experience,It was my chilhood dream to work at Microsoft.,There were no such things as cons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51381,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,"Good pay and benefits, but work not challenging and slow upper management.","Great pay, well above industry standard. Employee benefits almost Google-tier Flexible working conditions. Ample vacation/sick time Hands-off management i.e. no micromanaging.",Upper management is too slow to react to product changes. The teams I worked with only use in-house software that is clearly inferior to other offerings My work quickly turned tedious and after suggesting automation most of my ideas were stifled.,Cut management positions and use software that actually works.,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51382,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Ever Changing,"Lots of different teams, makes for lots of mini-companies within the company. Varied positions and opportunities to change roles, or change career focus.","Constant re-orgs. Very tough to continue the momentum or even get further groundswell. Once you think that there is traction, the company or team does another reorg and priorities are shifted, responsibilities changed and you start all over again. The challenge with that is now what you did before no longer exists.",Set a 3 year plan across the business divisions. Think visionary - not what is at the tip of the nose - by being big and bold - this should eliminate the constant churn. I am on my 5th reorg in 6 months!,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51383,microsoft,none," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Job Ever for a student,"- managers work with your school schedule - easy job, you just have to know about microsoft products - $13.50 to start off - benefits like health insurance even if you're part time",You may be stuck in retail forever,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51384,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Microsoft Makes Changes,"Many, many resources are available on everything Microsoft","In my position, travel requirements are increasing dramatically","Work on current services delivery framework, slow sustained growth is better than popcorn growth !!",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51385,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fairly interesting work, old, homegrown internal tools/stacks, average pay.",Flexible time and ownership of features. Many technologies and teams to work on. Something for everyone. Better than average pay and benefits.,Just average industry compensation. Implicit stack ranking leftover from old management. Too many middle managers and politics. Still stuck internally using mostly proprietary tools and technologies instead of industry standards and open source.,Stronger emphasis and facilitate use of open source internally and encourage use of concepts and tools outside of Microsoft. Reduce middle management.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51386,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Media Planner,Treats employees fairly with tons of perks.,Hard to advance career without playing corporate game.,Invest in the products that aren't competitive with the industry or sunset them for good,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51387,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Employer if on the right team/group,Company has great benefits and internal resources for training and career growth. Work with smart and capable individuals.,Your mileage may vary in the company depending on which group/team you work on. There are some god awful teams like the new restructured Windows team where the politics and layers of incompetent management will drive you insane.,Get rid of the multiple layers of incompetent management and allow teams to be more agile and deliver features/products which truly delight customers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51388,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"good salary, benefit, name value","job security, too competitive, too much workload",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51389,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Great work life balance, lots of different projects to work on and learn from","Very high level of politics, strategy unclear and fuzzy, strategy always changing",Work on defining and communicating company strategy,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P179.htm
51390,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,"Pay good, but FTE work/life balance can be terrible, depending on team",- Good Salary - Good Benefits - There are some fun products / franchises to work on,"- In some departments, a constant 50-60 hours/week with no extra compensation is silently expected on top of strict core hours. Only want to work 40 hours/week? Expect to fall behind and be replaced by someone willing to do 50-60. - Want to take a vacation? Good luck finding someone to cover your work. During a 40 hour period, I had to do 60 hours week before and 60 hours week after a 1-week vacation to stay caught up, and still had to use my vacation days. Can't trade OT for time off. - Depending on manager, feedback on performance may be good (early, actionable) or bad (too late, in-actionable). - Mid-to-upper management is all about coming up with fancy-sounding ideas and initiatives full of buzzwords that everyone else is forced to follow, but in reality these ""initiatives"" tend to be poorly thought-out, huge time wasters, and are obviously only there to pad management's commitments so they get good reviews and bonuses - Lots of office politics. In many cases, advancement/bonuses/etc. are all about ""looking good"" to the right people, not actually being good at your job - Constantly pushing good ICs to become mediocre managers instead of letting them become *great* ICs. This results in ICs that are great at knowing one tech / area / etc. being forced to own multiple areas at a much lower level of fluency and be less effective. - Microsoft as a whole feels relatively clueless about making new products that customers actually want. Windows Phone is just one example of how Microsoft can totally shoot themselves in the foot, Skype hasn't had a major update in years and is losing ground to fast-moving newcomers, etc. Depending on what you work on, there's a chance that it simply won't matter or exist in the next few years, which is frustrating.",- Reduce culture of constantly forcing people to work 50-60 hours/week to remain competitive - Reduce expectations of management to come up with new initiates / projects that don't need to exist and are just created to pad their commitments,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51391,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Engineer (5 yrs),"Culture, Great people, Great Technology","Work/Life Balance, Utilization, Daily labor logging",Listen to employees...,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51392,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High energy environment,"Leading edge technologies, great benefit package, fun environment","Too many re-orgs, a little bureaucratic.",Don't make people report to 3-4 managers every year.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51393,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,"good work life balance, good compensation",none that I can think of,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51394,microsoft,"Arlington, VA"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Datacenter Technician,Datacenter Technicin salary,Great perks and good salary for initial IT career.,Career advancement possibilities and learning environments,Career advancement possibilities,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51395,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Great Company,"Great company, rewarding and challenging work, great benefits",No free food but this is minor,Great Job on everything here!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51396,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the company and job,Independence and smart colleagues. Great company which takes care of employees,None . It's a great company to work for,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51397,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it,cool stuff bro keep it up,yeah it was cool my guy,stay cool,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51398,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Learned a lot about software engineering,"Way too competitive, not a good for collaboration",none,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51399,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Work life balance is pretty good,Low salary and overall compensation,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P180.htm
51400,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Jul 12, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Great Company,Benefits are amazing and the work is challenging,"Very difficult to grow career if not willing to relocate to Redmond, WA or another Operations Center",Microsoft makes the software that enables companies to be successful around the world. Remote workers can contribute and deliver just like those in the office next to you.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51401,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Big company with big politics,"Smart people, great benefits, interesting opportunities and challenges, ongoing opportunities to learn and grow, global impact, desire to value diversity",Politics get you ahead so be prepared to play the game. Great work isn't good enough. Diversity is talked about but the reality is that it's not fully embraced.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51402,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 2,Many opportunities to move around a grow,You need to focus on your job growth,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51403,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh..,"If you dont want to work, no body can get you to do work","If you are passionate, you will be crushed",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51404,microsoft,"Driver, AR"," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love this company very well.in fact it's amazing and am willing to work with you..,Because of the quality of the company and it's amazing looks of their products..,"Ok, the challenges of working there is to make sure u do everything on its way...",Please be humble to the company..,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51405,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Work life balance, scheduling flexibility, supportive management, entrepreneurial spirit, open to changes.",Induction of top down policies is lengthy.,Reduce doubling of efforts across the organization which lead to waste of resources and confusion.,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51406,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Microsoft is a good enviro Want to work in and the pay is good,Lots of work that causes a lot of stress,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51407,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development Manager (BDM),"Free to make your own schedule, can work mostly remotely. Don't need a heavy hunter mentality, they spoon feed you opportunities to go after.",Changing goals make it hard to gain traction and remain motivated.,Stick with what you know.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51408,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager 2 on Azure Team,Super smart people Supportive management Cutting edge tech,Very revenue and profit focused Pay and benefits a cut lower then top 5 tech companies,Close the gap on benefits and pay to newer top tech companies,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51409,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Group Finance Manager,Group Finance Manager,Smart driven co-workers who push you to do your best work. Great benefits and flex working arrangements. International opportunities. There are a lot of internal opportunities to transfer within the company.,"Long hours, at times the rapidly changing strategy means too many re-organizations and thus too many managers. Can be a cut throat environment. Culture has not really evolved to be a fail fast with failure forgiven for stretch assignments.",Get HR to truly help the employees. Managers need to take a more proactive approach in helping their team develop.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P181.htm
51410,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Specialist,Dated company in need of fresh perspectives,"Good benefits and pay, kind coworkers, nice office space albeit extremely quiet with little collaboration","legacy employees who are comfortable and not innovative, no culture, products follow competitors, few innovations coming out of the company",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51411,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Depends on where you land.,"Competitive salary and great benefits. I relocated from a less competitive software industry in comparison to Puget Sound, so I'm probably underestimating a good living. There are a lot of cool things going on at Microsoft. It feels like you're entering a pretty special company, given its track record. Regardless of anyone's strengths or weaknesses, you'll encounter some pretty smart people here and it feels good to work with capable people. There generally feels to be a high standard of technical understanding without penalizing those who don't know everything. Most managers and peers are friendly and helpful. The facilities are modern and clean with amenities. You should have just about any resource you'll need to do the best job you can.","Microsoft is a 10 ton behemoth with who knows how many teams, products, and organizations. It's unreasonable to believe you can be satisfied with your job just anywhere. Enjoyment of your job is highly dependent on what team you're on and the specific things you're responsible for. Some organizations are bound to aging tools, codebases, and other technical debt issues that can make work stressful and uninteresting. On the other end, there are teams building bleeding edge tools and services that you can nerd out forever on.","It's tough to get started in any software company, but Microsoft takes the cake.  My on-boarding experience was awful. No one on my team even knew I was coming, my manager went on vacation for a month after my first week, leaving someone who wasn't very interested in helping me get started. Tools and processes were impossible on any given day.",3.0,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51412,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2017",Former Employee - Graphic Designer/Production Artist,Microsoft is ok,"Diversity, altruism (hackathons etc.), nice people, free beverages, nice campus, good pay. Generally, an agreeable place to work. Ping pong.","Giant workplace with the expected red tape/convoluted work flow. Depending on team and role, not a lot of opportunity for broad spectrum creativity as a designer.",Stop using prison labor to build Microsoft hardware.,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51413,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Director,Microsoft Fort Lauderdale,Great company and benefits. Microsoft is a Globally recognized 'Great Place to Work',Very small office with limited career growth opportunities,Enable more career development opportunities,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51414,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources,Great culture and place to be...sometimes a tad crazy though,Great place to learn and grow and grow at scale Open to new things now and not so closed off as in the past Truly collaborative within your team and getting better outside of your immediate teams... Embrace the concepts of being able to leverage each other all the time (and now expect this across the Company) + contributing to other's success (not just a tagline but truly happens). Correct CEO- excellent leader and just what we needed to become relevant again,"Work Life Balance can sometimes be a challenge (not too crazy like Amazon) but you have to really manage your own boundaries otherwise it will consume you Can be a bit difficult to navigate and know who is who in order to get stuff done- highly matrixed Political in some groups meaning who likes who, who has a good rep and using that to their advantage otherwise if you don't play that game you are left in the dust Pay is fine but not as strong as it should be For our org specifically, we do not really reward people for the work they really produce or make impact on (there are still some pockets of the old ways in HR).","Change some of the HR leaders in HR so that we can truly be world class and not be left behind. Hold managers accountable, truly, for being good managers and vice versa- we say this and try to do this but as a Company, there is NOT a forcing mechanism for people managers to be truly good managers and conversely to shore up bad managers (there are still bad managers rampant in our system and very entrenched.) Satya- you are doing a ROCK STAR job, just push your LT to live the values that you show us works... there are still some who struggle and that can bring down the entire org.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51415,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A great place to work if on the right team!,Great people to work with. Very smart people. If you get on a good team you will have a very open environment.,Dismisses software validation as a high importance. Got rid of their testing org. Upper management does not have a clue what the ICs are doing.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51416,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Specialist,Solutions Specialist,Compensation and Benefits Package Travel & Reimbursement Opportunities Flexibility & Freedom Remote/Telework/Home Office Work Culture,"Middle Management, Poor Leadership A lack of Inclusion Lack of Training and Development Resource Management A Lack of Structure",Invest in proper leadership training and learn to develop and support your directs.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51417,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company,Everyone I worked with was very dedicated to the success of the team as a whole. There was very little politics or infighting at my level.,The company focuses too much on building new things rather than improving and promoting the awesome stuff they built last time.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51418,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 8, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Project Manager,Microsoft was a wild ride,Well funded and resourced. Smart and dedicated people. Global presence.,Everything is urgent. Round the clock e-mails. Lots of cancelled projects.,"If everything this is hair-on-fire urgent, then nothing is.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51419,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Administrator,"Great culture, wonderful people to work with.","Commute is tough, driving from the west side of town is very challenging.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P182.htm
51420,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Can say that you've worked for Microsoft Fun work environment and meaningful training,Hard to move up Service industry,Show that internal lateral movement is a priority.,5.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51421,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Director,"Great company to work for, especially at early levels in your career.","Generally, empowers employees to learn and succeed with lots of resources. Fast-paced. Great compensation and benefits. Smart people.","High corporate strategy fluctuation. ex: Nokia purchase. Hopefully, it stabilizes under new CEO. Work-life balance may be hampered based on tight delivery schedules. Like all companies, your experience will vary based on the group and manager.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51422,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Director,Microsoft evolves,Worked with smart people and big projects around the world.,"Bureaucracy, nasty politics that create fiefdoms",Get rid of the old guard ASAP,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51423,microsoft,"White Plains, NY"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Product Advisor Role,great opportunity to showcase new Microsoft products interview process wasn't as difficult small bonus was given to the store if they hit the goal,"no commission structure, I brought ridiculous amount of revenue to the store but there was never commission i worked full time hours for the most part but there was never an opportunity to go full time",give those employees that show true dedication full time opportunities,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51424,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Good good good,Good work environment. Opportunity to develop. Work life balance is respected.,There are no cons that I can think of in 10 seconds. Not for me atleast.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51425,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Lots of smart people, competitive pay, great benefits",At times too slow moving with all of the bureaucracy,Flatten the org,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51426,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Reseptionist,reseptionist,talking to people while im working,sitting in chair for so long,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51427,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Good benefits, team is usually helpful","it's still low wage, retail customers are occasionally terrible.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51428,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Director Global Management Excellence Strategy,Director,"Lots of opportunity, great salary and benefits, values driven, amazing CEO in Satya","Different experiences in different orgs (lack of consistency for manager expectations, rewards, etc ...)",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51429,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Director,"Director, Evangelism","Great benefits, flexible culture, industry opportunity","Still some cronyism, opportunities outside of engineering are decreasing.","Consider aligning rewards around a culture of we all win, or we all lose, but we do it together.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P183.htm
51430,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Marketing Manager,great benefits that are easy to use and apply. good vacation policy and the individual people are great,ambiguous work environment and constant reoganizations are an impact to morale,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51431,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good work environment, challenging work",Good work environment and challenging work,May seem random at times,Fix more responsibility and ownership,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51432,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,office 365 Engineer,Good Place to work comfortable you will learn a lot,was a vendor things will change,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51433,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Life Balance,Love independent cubicles. You can also do your work independently and no micro management from managers,Not much on campus training options available,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51434,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jul 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is an average company.,Good people who work there,The company microsoft is too bureacatic,Freedom,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51435,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Benefits, Good People, Great place to work at","Nothing really, what do you want me to say",N/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51436,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Human Resources Manager,Best flexibility on the market,Bureaucracy can be overwhelming at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51437,microsoft,none," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Reasonable Pay and Benefits vs. similar organizations. Great Brand that is making an impact in every business (large or small) and in peoples everyday lives.,Typical Work/Life Balance Challenges in Account Exec role,Clarity in comp plan and expectations.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51438,microsoft,none," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Experience Manager,Great Place but still learning,"Amazing benefits, great pay, great products","stressful, no accountability, poor management",Quit trying to reinvent the wheel with customer service stick to whats been working and quit changing so much.,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51439,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great people. Great products. Good salary and benefits.,Big company - hence takes time to make changes.,-,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P184.htm
51440,microsoft,none," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft is a good company to work for,friendly staff and good energy,there isn't much room for you to move up,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51441,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Eng out of college,Good work life balance. Working and learning with incredibly talented and passionate people.,Execute team really needs to figure things out. Disjointed company goals,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51442,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,good company to work for,Nothing i know of to mention,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51443,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior program manager,"solid enterprise solution, diversity and experience","big company, slow progress and not many female leaders",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51444,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place for growth and diversity of teams,"Lots of really interesting teams and technologies Great benefits (medical, family leave, family care, vacation) Positive culture of growth mindset Super smart people","Definitely some old monolithic technologies that have the affect of causing teams/orgs to move slowly Engineering is still a bit old in its mindset. Often resistant to changes and innovation. This is very much team dependent, though. There are lots of teams that are very open to change and moving more quickly","Empower individuals to achieve more independently. Obviously here, our leaders should give clear directions and business goals from the top down, but let's give individual teams/units more power to execute in their own ways and drive innovation",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51445,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good life work balance, not challenging work",Good life work balance.,Projects are not interesting enough. Lacking motivation to work harder.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51446,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It's ok,"Variety of projects, technology etc.","Low compensation compared to Google, Facebook etc.",Take more care of the employees who are great performers!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51447,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Like working at MS,"1) Flexible hours 2) Friendly culture 3) Good benefits 4) Overall the atmosphere in the company is welcoming, and friendly. 5) The projects are challenging and help you grow as a professional",1) Little access to sunlight and windows 2) Many projects don't get pursued until they are well established by another company. Makes it hard to do groundbreaking work. 3) Salaries don't measure up to the quickly increasing housing prices in Seattle.,Much of the information needed to do your job (outside of the technical knowledge) is tribal knowledge as opposed to well documented and organized,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51448,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,Great Company Overall... But Be Prepared for Politics and Egos,- Diverse opportunities in many different product focus areas - Fantastic benefits - Work with smart people - International company with opportunity to travel - Challenging projects and lots of resources for support,"- Long history of internal competition amongst different product groups - Politics at all levels - Executives tend to be very political and overly focused on bottom line - Work / life balance can be poor depending on the culture of the group you're in - Painfully bureaucratic at times - Egos get in the way, particularly at executive level - Internal tools are frequently horrible",Put more focus on quality and stop trying to outsource it to your customers,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51449,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Relationship Manager,"Great Benefits, find the right role",Microsoft has alwasy been a good company to work for with solid pay and amazing benefits. I see very little politics being played adn people are rewarded for hard work,Changes happen quickly so there is often a concern about your group/job staying around. Finding the right role is key to being successful and having a long career here,It seems good ideas get lost in the mgmt structure or it's impossible to get it to the right person. Everyone seems so focused on meeting commitments there are not alot of opportunities to be an instrument of change,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P185.htm
51450,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,A very good benefits package.,Career paths can seem limited.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51451,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,best benefits in the industry,"smart people, good CEO leadership","political, review process is improved but still stressful",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51452,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Learning and Development Specialist,What an amazing company!,The Senior Leadership Team is always looking to drive you forward with helpful insights and feed forward!,Microsoft is a large company with many departments. Sometimes things are lost in translation.,Keep up the great work !,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51453,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Enfinder 2,"Flexible hours, a lot of opportunities to learn and wirk around large scale services and systems",Lots of unnecessary processes in the company and politics,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51454,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Lots of Pros and Cons,"It is honestly one of the best (and worst) places I have ever worked. Resources, co-workers, energy, ideas, - they are all in abundance.","Sluggish management, silo'd decision making, and random goal assignment (based on the latest cause du jour) make working at the company schizophrenic. Navigating the system(s) and learning the ""Microsoft way"" takes WAY too much time.","There is SO MUCH that is great about Microsoft, but sometimes it just can't get out of its own way. Too many layers of management, to many processes, too much politics and jockeying - it gets in the way of actually doing work and delivering good products.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51455,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good Job,"Great developers, good resources, fair work-life balance","Like any corporate job, things move slowly. Middle-management can be hit-or-miss, and sometimes the company's strategy isn't the best",Focus on speed and agility. Give engineers more autonomy.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51456,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Director Business Programs,"Challenging, Rewarding and moving in the right direction","Great salary, benefits, work/life balance and career opportunity","Entitlement mentality, culture moving slower than we'd like, still lots of change to work through","Move faster, break more glass, bury the old paradigms",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51457,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Company Review,Good Technical exposure and great learning environment,Work Environment is too competitive,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51458,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great work life balance,Work life balance Insurance and Benefits,Cafe food Traffic is worst in rush hours,Keep up doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51459,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Principal Group Program Manager,"broad scope, global impact. Overall compensation is pretty good once you get past entry level jobs","hard for the company to be agile. They lack a credible mobile platform which hurts across our products.  They love open space, I hate it.","need to set aside dedicated investment in new technologies, internal startups.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P186.htm
51460,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Great place to work,"Good salary and benefits (health, etc)","MS is still an old-fashioned company, albeit evolving over time. Depending on the kind of manager you get, your work life can vary accordingly. Most managers still like to think like the Windows 98 days (As if everything is a boxed product).",You guys are evolving well under the new leadership. Keep up!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51461,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - General Manager,Headed in the right direction,"The company is all-in on cloud and embracing Linux in a first class way. They are being smart about it, but the trend is clear.",Some old-school types with old-school thinking hanging on but they are getting less and less airtime.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51462,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Relationship Manager,"Like most companies, the result of an employee's experience is there manager. Lived the dream for 3.5yrs!","Level ratings is Microsofts ""Glass Ceiling"". Constent re-orgs presented as a way to better realine and transform but the reality is the cost of constent reorgs cost the business more money than a poor org. Instead spend time walking your talk and holding managers accountable for doing the same","Remember where you came from. Senior management has lost touch with frontline joys and sorrows. Squash the urban legions about level's. Be different, make honesty the best policy.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51463,microsoft,"Honolulu, HI"," Jun 10, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great Place to Work,"Great benefits, great team to work with, and management cares about your future.",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51464,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft,Great benefits. Nice campus. Smart people.,Work-life balance. Asymmetrical valuation of teams with mostly women vs mostly men.,"Bias for hiring managers based more on their ability to manage people, not their skill at coding.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51465,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Run!,Cheap software is better than nothing,Your manager will cheat you out of your bonus and keep for himself and his sycophants,Get rid of the douchebags,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51466,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be and learn.,Focus on technology and excellence.,Lack of opportunities related to mobile.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51467,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Manager,Great Company and great vision,team evaluation is very harsh for bottom performer.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51468,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Pressure and matrixed org,"Opportunities to expand career, benefits are among the best, tech leader and re-emerging innovator","high pressure, bureaucracy, time to get things done can be daunting,",hire people to do a job and trust them to do it,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51469,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,> Real Engineering work. > Bleeding edge technology,> Management is a bit aggressive in terms of productivity,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P187.htm
51470,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High Pressure and matrixed org,"Opportunities to expand career, benefits are among the best, tech leader and re-emerging innovator","high pressure, bureaucracy, time to get things done can be daunting,",hire people to do a job and trust them to do it,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51471,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,> Real Engineering work. > Bleeding edge technology,> Management is a bit aggressive in terms of productivity,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51472,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Past its prime,"Ability to affect billions of customers, exposure to leading-edge technologies.","Endless meetings, more politics than technology. Too many people focus on cashing in rather than building something lasting.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51473,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Program Manager 2,"Microsoft offers an average salary and benefits package that includes a very good ""Stay Fit"" package but nothing that raises an eyebrow. The compensation bar is slowly becoming diluted. I am sure that I could get a comparable package at Amazon or Google.","Be aware that there is no preference for internal hires before external hires. You are always competing against someone else! Often times it is who you know, not what you know. You are always on guard for the ""next layoff"".",Take a hard look at nepotism. So many times I applied for a job that was internally filled before the REQ is posted. Satya wants to lead yet middle management doesn't want to follow. Your ICs are your greatest asset!!,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51474,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Great job with a few caveats,"- Great work life balance (depending on team) - Pay is comparable to industry competitors.  Benefits are pretty solid, great health insurance, matching 401k and employee stock purchase program. Also, there is a $800 StayFit benefit where you can use on health related purchases/activities.",- Bloated middle management can sometimes prevent great work from being done. - Cross-organizational communication and collaboration aren't as good as it could be.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51475,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,Great company if you like to stay the course,Smart Colleagues and lots of opportunities across teams,Can sometime feel like more bureaucracy.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51476,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Environment,-Friendly employees - Good work schedule,-A lot of standing - Long shifts,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51477,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good work-life balance. Company doing well,Big company. Highly depends on team and projects.,Continue refine vision,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51478,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Fun challenges and wonderful people to work with.,Great work life balance if you make it your priority. Beautiful campus buildings. $800 stay fit reembursement or gym membership benefit 50% match on 401k up to $9000,"Some people don't like the long cloudy season in Redmond WA. Easy to feel the need to climb a ranking system for various reasons (pay, clout)",If people want to work less but still get a good job done let them. They might stay longer on your team.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51479,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Culture is moving in the right direction, but still has a ways to go.",Really good at playing catch up. Lots of smart people. Fantastic benefits.,Really good at playing catch up means making some big mistakes in the first place.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P188.htm
51480,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,Great Place to work,So much variety and opportunity to do a multitude of roles within one company.,Company is not as strong in consumer space as commercial,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51481,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Senior Finance Manager,"Competitive compensation and generous benefits in the industry, cool products and smart people around, challenging work and rewarding experiences.","I end up reporting to very bad manager that surprisingly does not represent MS values and ruined the work experience, make sure you meet your manager and you are comfortable with him/her.","Cloud is the future and we re taking the right decisions to make sure we have a competitive advantage, laser focus on innovation. HR should have a more prominent role supporting employees.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51482,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun environment to work in!,Many opportunities to grow within the company!,"Can't think of any. Other than the hours (retail hours), everything is great!",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51483,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,"big company, use new Technic",level up a little bit slow,More discussion,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51484,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer (),Great team.,Smart team. Great projects. Scope for growth through different groups and products. Great benefits and stock compensation. Medical benefits are also good.,Lot of beauracracy. Things ate too slow sometimes to external change although once Satya came this is no longer the case.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51485,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good work-life balance. Company doing well,Big company. Highly depends on team and projects.,Continue refine vision,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51486,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer product advisor,Met some great people while working there,Demanding weekend schedules. Management all over the place,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51487,microsoft,"Boulder, CO"," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Business Operations Manager,Great opportunity for remote work,"All in all, strategy of current leadership is focused on the right areas, and across the board MSFT is a strong organization to work for with a good long-term vision in a highly competitive space.",Need to continue the focus on diverse hiring and pay equity.,Create more opportunities for remote work to align with the way we're changing work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51488,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS glassdoor review for PM,"Great benefits, Eastside location away from Seattle","large company, bureaucracy in many groups",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51489,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture and work/life, still hard to get things done","Great benefits, renewed culture, smart people",Takes a long time to get anything done,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P189.htm
51490,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft as Workplace,"I spent few years in Bing learning from arguably some of the brightest folks in the industry about distributed systems, application development. I would say really good place to learn technical prowess on different areas of software industry.",I feel that review system is sometimes more or less solely dependent on the manager feedback - there is on really accounting into as what your peers think about you a contributing member of the team. Peer reviews are sort of just formality and ultimately Manager decides everything.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51491,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data Scientist Experience,1. Good work&life balance. 2. Easy to find positions in other team.,1. Politics 2. re-org 3. Company is too big for an individual to make significant impact,"If you want a place to spend long time and enjoy life, probably MS is a good place to go.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51492,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,SDET,"Great salary, great benefits, great location, challenging work",A lot of middle management,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51493,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Closed Mindset,"-Good Pay, Benefits, and Stock -Decent work/life balance",-Lack of true innovation -Customer focus is a joke (particularly for consumer products) -Endless layers of bureaucracy -You'll spend >80% of your time in meetings -Data and analytics capabilities are shockingly poor for such a large tech company,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51494,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,"Fantastic benefits, and educational resources. Great co-workers and exciting prospects for the future (ever since Satya took the help). Also the pacific northwest is a great place to live.  Manager really respects work-life balance. Lots of room for mobility in the company. Microsoft is also investing heavily in all kinds of really cool future facing technology.","Pre-OneCore fragmentation of tools continues to haunt the company (the impact somewhat depends on the org you're in and what you work on). The switch to becoming more data driven has been a painful slog and will take some time yet.  Microsoft is many things, but it is not agile - also it's culture is not as fun as it can be. Corporate morale events tend to be pretty lame.",You absolutely need to retain your younger IC's - there doesn't seem to be a single person under 35 at the senior leadership level.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51495,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II,"Worklife balance, influence, pay, experience.","Management, slackers, politics, pm team, hard to level under bad managers.",Get rid of the PM discipline altogether. They do nothing.,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51496,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,"Great work life balance, good coworkers, growing company, lots of room to move around teams","People working could be more passionate, easy to become complacent",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51497,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Microsoft Overall,"Smart people, good benefits, freedom (not micro-managed)","Clunky internal tools, lack of early communication/coordination on large internal events",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51498,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Analyst,OK,"Big company, big benefits, prestigious, good experience","Depends on your manager, company is not as innovative as it could be, beaurocratic",Be a good guy,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51499,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Director,"Great company. Highly matrixed organization and you need to know how to work with others,",don't be too internally focused,Don't just focus on how well people manage up,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P190.htm
51500,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Editor,Great work/life balance,"For someone willing to push and adapt, there were opportunities to think creatively. The biggest plus was having managers who mainly knew what they were doing and treated people well, and benefits and work hours that conveyed that they valued you.",Entrepreneurial thinking wasn't encouraged and was often blocked by people defending turf. Promotions and reviews depended on the personal influence of people above you to win the calibration wars.,Encourage people to move laterally to get a wider range of experience and more creative energy.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51501,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,"Compensation, Benefits, pace of technology","No Work Life Balance, no training",Fix work life balance,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51502,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Engagement Manager,Engagment Manager,You get to learn and grow from some seriously smart leaders,Politics and priority setting hinders IC performance,Stop pigeon holing talent. Take risks on people and move them around,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51503,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, need some changes","Work/life balance, medical benefits, teams",Need to value all employees equally,"Administrative roles are treated differently than engineer and tech roles at Microsoft. We are hourly employees ( versus salary for all other positions) and are not eligible for the same stock rewards or bonuses. We are a vital part of the team, and the company would not run smoothly without our efforts. At Microsoft, admin positions encompass so much more than traditional roles. We are HR, IT, AV, and project managers. Our level of support goes above and beyond what other comparable companies require from admins, and yet we do not receive the same benefits that other large tech companies offer their admins. Please correct this, Microsoft, and treat all employees equally.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51504,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people making bad decisions,Benefits and salary are competitive. People are really smart.,"Most efficient system for getting smart people to make bad decisions. Decisions are really randomly made. The only right answer to a question is to pick the most complicated technical solution. There is too much focus too much on trying to copy other companies instead of being the best ""Microsoft"".","Need to focus on how decisions are made and how to make good decisions. Need to elevate the importance of the customer in this process. Strive for simple solutions. Stop justifying all bad decisions with the myth of ""betting the company"" on Windows .",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51505,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Good and stable. Awesome colleagues,Too much politic in side,Be more agile and open mind,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51506,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal PM,Great diversity of products and applications. Good salary and benefits.,Some managers get too caught up in politics and focus on making themselves look good instead of doing the right thing for the employee.,Put more emphasis on people growth.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51507,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but glad I am not there anymore.,Great pay and benefits. Great co-workers and surrounded by brilliance. Fast paced and high achieving environment.,"Claim that there is good work-life balance, not necessarily true. Bad manager can ruin the experience there. Always chasing a moving target.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51508,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Review refers to the ,Great Perks Microsoft Give campaign led my community service hours to donate 4K to a non-profit,"Seattle Area (the gloomy ness) Stack Ranking (which still exists in 2017, they just call it something else) Toxic Work environment for some teams (very hit or miss)",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51509,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,PM,"diversity, culture, environment, technical, ethical, solid","leadership, competition, promotion, vendors treatment, cafeteria",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P191.htm
51510,microsoft,none," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,Great environment and friendly co workers,Long meetings during meeting times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51511,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,Great company. Great benefits. Pay is in the top 10% of companies probably.,"Big company. You work in a narrowly focused area, as is the case with all big companies. It feels like things move slowly sometimes.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51512,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start,get to learn a lot,"salary is low, culture can improve",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51513,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,Varies by group but overall a good career move,"You get to work with some incredibly smart and talented people. With so many products and initiatives, there's a lot of opportunity for mobility within the company.","Some really difficult personalities to deal with. And, depending on the team there can be a lot of office politics.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51514,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Worked at Micrsoft,"Microsoft is a awesome company, especially if you have a family. The work/life balance is very reasonable and benefit is great.","Microsoft is a big company. You can find almost everything developed internal.. If stay too long there, you may find yourself kind of being separated from the rest of industry.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51515,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to start a career,"Nice campus, good pay, work with lots of smart people","Big company politics, slow in reaction",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51516,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT - who are they,Great benefits. Compensation can be excellent.,Evaluation system is still based on force-ranking despite what HR says. Can be difficult to know where you stand if your boss is happy but your value is still not understood. Sr management is lost in a continuing cul-de-sac of emotional decision making and new initiatives suffer from lack of true commitment of resources.,"Stick to the core competencies - Azure, Office, Server. Hardware will never be profitable for you. Stop the continual 'toe in the water' approach to new initiatives: fully commit and be prepared for bumps in the road.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51517,microsoft,none," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Just got the job offer, the onboarding process is great!",I have not worked long enough to have any Cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51518,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,good place to build base knowledge,"work life balance, good team if you are lucky, many people to know","slow, sometimes political, sometimes territory protection",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51519,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Professional Development,A opportunity to learn so much,Long hours are expected of everyone,Keep investing in your employees,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P192.htm
51520,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Localization Program Manager,Localization PM,Good benefits World changing software Opportunities to move around internally,Too political Bad middle management - a lot of managers who think they are Steve Jobs and ignore the day to day to try and get a big win to get promoted,Stop getting rid of good people and cut the number of managers by 60%.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51521,microsoft,"Las Vegas, NV"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Experience Manager,Customer Experience Manager,Leader in retail experiences Great Benefits Work Life Balance Amazing leadership,Slow growth in retail Limited retail positions Frustrating retail oriented technology,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51522,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Solution Architect,Solutions Architect,Fantastic changes with Satha Nadellas leadership and initiatives. Great flexibility and attitude from the company and Azure growth is phenomenal and game changes for the company and the industry,Pay struct and comp can be better but nothing too bad to complain about. I have nothing much to add here,Keep driving what you are driving,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51523,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 9, 2017",Former Employee - Developer Marketing,Great workplace,Better work-life balance than any other silicon valley company,Microsoft still has not caught up with other tech giants in the consumer market,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51524,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Diversity is great at microsoft,IT department could be better,Better bonuses on a more personal basis,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51525,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Lead Software Engineer,Senior Lead Software Engineer,Work with best people! Have a wide diversity of products. Fast paced environment with opportunities to grow in your career and to learn new technologies!,Work life balance can be challenging at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51526,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Principle SDE,Great place to build your career! Determined to build high-quality products. Big scope. A lot of options inside the company to choose from.,Some teams may have some politics.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51527,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Life Balance is Hard,Most manager's do not micro-manage and the pay is good,Very competitive environment so can be difficult to find the right work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51528,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company,Great work life balance. Great manager helps.,Lots of legacy code which isn't interesting to work on.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51529,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits and co-workers, but bad upper-management","The pay and benefits are tremendous (very hard to find anywhere else), and if you're ambitious enough, there is unlimited opportunity. They're also great, if you need time off to take care of yourself and/or your family.","They want nothing but ambitious leaders. Being a solid performer is not enough. The longer you're there, the bigger the bulls eye is on your back. Every year, they get rid of the ""bottom 5%"" of the employees, no matter how well they perform. It's a bad model. Also, training has become almost non-existent, so most of the time you're on your own to train yourself, on top of all of the many other demands on your time. It's a very high stress environment.","Get rid of the ""getting rid of the bottom 5%"" model. Microsoft needs not just leaders, but also solid performers.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P193.htm
51530,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits and co-workers, but bad upper-management","The pay and benefits are tremendous (very hard to find anywhere else), and if you're ambitious enough, there is unlimited opportunity. They're also great, if you need time off to take care of yourself and/or your family.","They want nothing but ambitious leaders. Being a solid performer is not enough. The longer you're there, the bigger the bulls eye is on your back. Every year, they get rid of the ""bottom 5%"" of the employees, no matter how well they perform. It's a bad model. Also, training has become almost non-existent, so most of the time you're on your own to train yourself, on top of all of the many other demands on your time. It's a very high stress environment.","Get rid of the ""getting rid of the bottom 5%"" model. Microsoft needs not just leaders, but also solid performers.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51531,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Leadership, Bad Middle Management","The leadership is placing bets on strategic areas that will have long lasting benefits and returns for its employees, shareholders and investors. Satya and his lieutenants are a breath of fresh air and their vision is the right one for the company.","Middle management is really, really bad. We don't hire industry leaders, we hire friends of friends, who are competent in the fields they come from, but in the fields they are being hired into. It's quite discouraging for those that have been there with the company for a couple of years.","Other companies in the Seattle area will start taking Microsoft's top talent and will stall the company's progress. It's not about money and stock, it's about people, opportunity and a good work/life balance. It's time to rid ourselves of the mid-level managers with the crappy 360 reviews.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51532,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Flexibility to work at home some days for most roles and groups. Great benefits. Depending on the manager/role/team you feel ownership and accountability.,your success and happiness really is tied to who your manager is and what group you are in. each group at microsoft has its own culture and politics.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51533,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Retail Learning Specialist,Retail Store,Great Culture and employee Benefits,Work life balance is inconsistant,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51534,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quick Thoughts,Great culture and a lot of emphasis on quick prototyping,Needs to improve on innovation,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51535,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Program Manager,"Its Microsoft. Always a top company. Good pay and benefits. And with so many products and regional operating centers, there is a lot of opportunity to structure a career however you want.  Schedules are pretty flexible, but there is an unspoken rule/expectation to 'be online' to make up any time taken. Work life balance is a Microsoft value. And for the most part there is no problems taking time when you need it. Plus there is a work from home availability.","There is too much management and it is top down management. It is a constant energy suck to prove your value, why you are necessary to your job. The need to do your day job at night is constant. There are so many meetings and so much political games that morale is low. If you are not a buddy with LT, you get a lot of crap thrown over the fence to you and I constantly fight to maintain my job ownership.  People get promoted for very little (even being gone on parental leave for 6 months of the year!) and folks get promised a promo and don't get one. And I cannot say enough to paint the appropriate picture of the review process here. It is abysmal. It takes hours to write and usually happens after your rewards for the year is already set. And your rewards are not based on what you accomplished. It is people's perspective of the value. I have had a manager tell me I have not delivered anything in a year because my skip level doesn't see anything I deliver and isn't aware of its impact. Yet my job is to keep things running smoothly so they don't receive any escalations. Again, it isn't what you do in your job, it is what you did in addition to your job and how loud you showcase it.  While there are opportunities here, it is extremely time consuming to transition somewhere else. If, stress the IF, you get an informational to discuss the job opening, it is even rarer that you get selected for the interview loop. There is a common saying here, it is easier to leave Microsoft and come back then it is to transfer internally.  While it is also a Pro, the benefits at MS are not what they used to be. Pay is similar now to lots of companies. And a lot of the pay is rolled up in your annual review, which includes a bonus and stock. the bonus is below average and the stock only vests 1/5 a year. So while your stock is part of your 'raise' you don't get any until 6 months to a year later. And if you leave MS, you lose it. So it is really a Con. Healthcare is good but no longer free. Employees have to pay out of pocket now based on HSAs and are taxed on employer paid portions. It is viewed as a cost containment not a benefit anymore. I hear from old colleagues they get better pay and benefits when leaving MS. They felt undervalued here and when they leave they receive large bumps in pay and equivalent levels.  Overall, lots of companies compare with MS now whereas MS used to distinguish themselves with better than anyone benefits.","Practice what you preach, what Satya preaches, what MS supposedly stands for. Appreciate your employees and invest in what they do/who they are.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51536,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A loving company,"Her social support for NPO, innovative products like Hololens, work life balance, great people and managers, the annual hackathon is a good start if you want to help make the world a better place.","-Constant organization restructuring, -gradually changing to open space instead of having your own office, -no free food, -those soda drinks should be replaced with more healthy ones",Take care of their employees career during reorganizing the team/division structures by considering their career path and development plan versus only their past work projects,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51537,microsoft,none," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Director,"Strong leadership. Great momentum after Satya took over the CEO role. Well positioned in a highly competitive environment, with a clear strategy and positive perspectives as reflected in stock price. Competitive compensation and good benefits.","Org is quite unstable at the moment. A big reorg was announced in January, and there are rumors a new one will hit the company in July. Big focus on optimizing resources and reducing senior roles is good for the company profitability, but reduces career opportunities once you reach director level.",Just keep on doing the great work you are doing. I appreciated how close to employees you are and the way you communicate significant changes and news,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51538,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance manager,good employee benefits. Leading tech company,compensation progression is slow.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51539,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work in,"Great employee support on relocation, employee development",Hard to get a work-life balance working in a front-line role,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P194.htm
51540,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2017","Former Employee - Director, Customer Support","Director, Customer Service","Great compensation, surrounded by smart, energetic, customer-focused people who are constantly trying to be better people, employees and leaders!",Company size can make small changes very complex and time-consuming to implement effectively - you need great skills in navigating across a large corporation to get things done.,Keep up the great focus on continuous growth and improvement and learning. This is a great company that will only get better.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51541,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Services Advisor,It is a decent job with great benefits but poor work-life balance and below industry average pay.,"Healthcare is best in class, it's premera with a low deductible and vision + dental. Paid time off and paid sick time is good and accrued over time.","Work-life balance is poor, there is not a way to get a set schedule unless working part time. Working hours aren't set and fluctuate from 7 AM to 11 PM.",Management must work with scheduling better to allow enhanced work-life balance. Pay structure is also below par for similar roles in competing companies.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51542,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Tools to do your job. Highly integrated tech tools,rely too much on scorecards culture has moved away from caring about the people,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51543,microsoft,"Santa Clara, CA"," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,"Great benefits, flexible schedules for college students and free stuff.",High turn around and managers have favorites,Please do your best to retain the best,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51544,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Microsoft Data Scientist Review,"Great exposure to different technology , open culture, free reign to follow what you like to do and are passionate about","slow paced, managers are not customer obsessed, too many reorgs within the company",be more customer obsessed,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51545,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"open, flexible, good coverage of business","slow, complex, too many team dependency",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51546,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,Good Place to Work,Challenging problems to solve and smart people to push you to solve them. There is a lot of opportunity for growth.,Not really a con but always remember it is a business and you must look out for your own career as no one will do it for you at the company.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51547,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,Work for one of the most known tech companies,Work life balance wasn't great,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51548,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,Great company to work for.,At times the atmosphere is too political.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51549,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"One of the best places to have a worldwide positive effect on software. There's opportunity here that, while rare and viciously fought over, is uniquely powerful.","Extremely negative environment with common backstabbing and misrepresentation. Stack ranking is more hidden, but still drives evaluations where success is not so much based on good software, but on image management and popularity. There's too much fear and really not much far reaching innovation.",Stop evaluating individuals and start evaluating resulting software. The Vanity Fair article that spotlights the failed culture that results from stack ranking should be studied.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P195.htm
51550,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,Diversity of products leads to many opportunities.,Very platform oriented thinking. Focus on end to end products is missing.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51551,microsoft,none," May 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perspective from former employee,"Strong benefits, good coworkers, competitive pay",Overly competitive internal corporate environment,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51552,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,"Good work life balance, variety of work","Friendly and smart people, supportive. Backstabbing is rare. Management pay attention to employees complaint and open to discussion. Pay is good relative to the stress/expectation.","I'm in one of the dinosaur teams where everything moves slowly. Innovation does happen but not quick enough, and there is a lot of maintanence work.",Please figure out how to keep top performing employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51553,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Big Data Architect,great place,"Great culture, people, package , roles","Big company processes, keep it simple, sorted out expenses claims it slows us down",stay the course - your strategy is the best in the industry,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51554,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Engineer,Meh,The money is great. The benefits used to be much better. You might love it or you might hate it. It all depends which group or boss you have.,Don't expect to have the impact you hope for when you show up. Everyone is worn down and jaded and all your big ideas have already been pitched and shot down a hundred times. They're going to continue doing things that seem crazy and you probably won't stop it. Better to go with the flow than be a troublemaker.  They will say the stack rank system is gone but there are x dollars for x people and the top 10% are going to get most of it.,Fire anyone who has been there more than 15 years. They're holding the company back with old mentality. Stop importing workers by the thousands pretending that there are no Americans available.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51555,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Good place to work.,"I love working at Microsoft for the benefits. Make no mistake though, it is not the lazy man's amazon. You will definitely work hard if you're in (or supporting) an engineering group.",I hate the placement process for MBAs. They do not consider career goals and just place you where they need a head,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51556,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,"Super smart people, challenging and interesting work.","Global impact on technology and customers, remarkable cultural shift underway with Satya and the extended leadership team, aggressive and refined focus on what's next.","The drive towards new technologies within changing markets and paradigms demands unrelenting focus and bold change, which drives candidates who can function with a high degree of autonomy within a framework of ambiguity.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51557,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great salary and benefits. Fast paced and always evolving. There are many opportunities for those interested in tech jobs.,"While they can allow remote work, many divisions will not hire someone to work remote, therefore limiting options for remote work.",Most people at Microsoft want to do a good job. Try to find the things where an employee excels and provide them opportunities.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51558,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Benefits, Training, people and external training.","Evaluations, grade on the curve performance evaluations. Too much negativity during 1:1’s. It was a ""tear you down"" tactic.",Don't criticize during 1:1's they should be about guidance and support.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51559,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Store experience,"Great upper management, Great benefits.","Store management the worse I have ever seen. Selfish, childish, and self destructive.",When you see a one problem in a store talk to the whole crew. The management is very often part of the problem.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P196.htm
51560,microsoft,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall - I love my job,"Great pay, great benefits, and I've had great managers.",Bad decisions from management. Sometimes dealing with sub par products/issues that should have been addressed prior to launch.,"Listen closer to feedback from CSS. We get the customer feedback first hand, we know the issues with the device and generally the direction we should head to fix them.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51561,microsoft,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Evangelist,"Pay, diversity, opportunity, benefits, smart colleagues","Work Life balance, work pressure,",Reduce pressure to your employees and create more of a feeling of trust and long term stability,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51562,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2017","Current Employee - Director, Real Estate and Facilities",Has it's mojo back,Satya is a great CEO. Business has great growth businesses (cloud and AI) and great cash cows (windows and office),growing businesses have lower margins,be customer obsessed rather than product focused,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51563,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Software Enginneer,"Reasonable paid, good benefits and opportunity to learn more technologies",Nothing interesting found so far.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51564,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,Good work life balance. Lower cost of living compared to bay area.,Pay is lower than other top tier companies. Some technologies used are relatively old.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51565,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefit,Great benefit good work life balance lots of internal opportunities,engineering lead project management some teams are like startup lack of big picture,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51566,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," Jun 22, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Service Engineer II,"Good Benefits, smart people. Good Mentor System.",Bad rating system and poor re-orginizations between technology groups,Think before you alignt services together. And treat your employees with more respect then just being a number.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51567,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," May 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Technology Leader,Great work opportunities to engage with enterprise corporate customers to showcase software products and the custom solution integration capabilities. Excellent business and technical skills training.,Focus on performance development is up the ladder or out. Cannot maintain focus on a specific position for an extended time.,Better performance management planning and execution on development plans,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51568,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,Good benefits with ample options to choose doctors,Stressful environment Expectations are to be online and available 24/7,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51569,microsoft,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,r,It's a very good company,I have nothing bad to say,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P197.htm
51570,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,A wonderful place to launch a career in marketing,Amazing opportunities to drive impact Easy access to company resources Incredible benefits Flexible hours High level of autonomy and responsibility for work,"""Always On"" mentality-you could work around the clock and still not get everything finished A big company with lots of bureaucracy means there will be complexities and redundancies that slow things down",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51571,microsoft,none," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good overall!,A healthy company to work at.,Never feel I learned enough.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51572,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor/Sales,"Flexible hours, flexible company to work for if you have a family. Great benefits for you and your family, 401 k and stock options",Non Commission based. Promotions are few and far in between. hard to get recognized based on performance. Hours are hard to come by at part time 25 average a week. Lower starting pay,recognize your stronger employees and keep them close so they don't have to look for other sources of income,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51573,microsoft,none," May 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,In a state of flux,1. Lots of opportunity to move around 2. Good work-life balance 3. Good compensation,1. Continuous churn. People more concerned with keeping their job then doing great work to improve the company 2. Teams that need to work together have competing goals and objectives.,Create metrics that better align teams.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51574,microsoft,none," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for tech people,Great colleagues to work with and learn from.,"Typical low-light as a large corporations: job responsibility is well defined but narrow, lots of internal processes to deal with and so on.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51575,microsoft,none," May 15, 2017",Current Employee - .NET Developer,Great place to work!,"Trust Worktime,. Bonus which depends on your performance. Support around the whole company. Experts which are willing to share their experience with you.",Worldwide corporate which still has its structures and procedures. It's definitely in a transition but still that takes time.,Support your employees to fulfill their dreams. If they like what they are doing they won't think about it as work but as a pleasure to do.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51576,microsoft,none," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Title,"Nice to work for, with stable revenue and profit, many opportunities within the company, so one doesn't need to jump to other companies if you will.","Salary and compensation is behind with major competitors, such as Google, Facebook, as well as Amazon in town. Too much politics sometimes.","Increase salary and compensation, reduce the layers of management, limit the power of M1/M2 so that IC can do more that they think make sense.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51577,microsoft,none," May 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunities,There are many teams in Microsoft and each team is like a different company. It also provides great training from technical skills to effective communication. Also it provides great benefits.,It's a huge company and decisions can be made at very slow pace. Also it's political.,Be less political.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51578,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Architect,Microsoft doing well,"good pay & benefits, interesting technology","slow to react to opportunities, slow development practices, infighting",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51579,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Confusing,"The customers happiness, the product knowledge if you love technology, organized team.","Liars, immature, and everyone was dating everyone.",Get rid of all your managers and hire new ones.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P198.htm
51580,microsoft,none," May 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Online Marketing Manager,"Smart, dedicated team members. Always a new challenge around every corner. Great training opportunities. Clear accountabilities.",Tough to make big changes quickly in such a large company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51581,microsoft,none," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Good Infrastructure and good technologies,Bad Politics and bad peer relationships,Less Politics and focus on the product,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51582,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 13, 2017",Former Employee - Global Director,One of a kind with amazing learning and culture.,Respectful culture. Amazing benefits. Insane charitable match.,Some silos if you're not in the core divisions (OS/Office).,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51583,microsoft,none," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Good benefits, perfect working environment",Management is not hat good,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51584,microsoft,none," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Marketing Manager,"Full of smart people, opportunity to work across a broad range of topics/interests","Politics can get in the way as you move up the chain, many layers of approvals for decision making",Flatter orgs would help promote a more agile environment.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51585,microsoft,"Spain, SD"," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Bad local branches insiede a great company,Satya Nadella si a great CEO and has a great strategy. The company is competing very well with the competitors. Great people are working in Redmond,"Local branches in europe are, essentialy, sales organization: short sighted, they are not interested in providing business value to the customer. Their only objective is to sell everthing as fast as possible (typically for yesterday).",Reduce the organizational distance Redmond - local branches. Check directly the distortions of the strategy and rules which are happening in the local branches outside USA.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51586,microsoft,none," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ABD,Good company to work for excellent manager,I only have good things to say about this company,None none none none none none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51587,microsoft,none," May 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Often great but depends on the team,"Work on products with huge scale and user impact, they're incredibly invested in a diverse environment, tons of smart people, lots of cool challenges, you will make lifelong friends here and learn crucial skills, still a lot of opportunity to try out different things across the company","You need to be skilled at big company structure and politics, large percentage of ""human bots"" who have had their passions crushed and now go on auto-pilot, often very small scope of ownership and autonomy, slow to change",1) Internal structures are still thwarting people from getting work done 2) Home-grown leaders lack true product vision (they outsource that to people below them so wtf are they hired for???) 3) Saying that no one person (even the VP) can possibly grok a single vision across a massive product is an excuse for lack of vision,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51588,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2017","Former Employee - Lead, Senior Business Program Manager",Good place to work,You will work with some of the brightest in the industry.,"Lots of bureaucracy, politics and competition among the teams.",Focus on customer.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51589,microsoft,none," May 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,culture,"challenge environment, part of company is",long hours and not focus on product,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P199.htm
51590,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Solution Specialist,Age Discrimination EVERYWHERE!,The people I worked with over the years were top notch. It's sad to see all the experienced talent leaving for AWS!,Abundant age discrimination happening across the board lately. They are working out long term employees and that is creating a talent gap - Sooo many are leaving for AWS it's CRAZY!!!,Wake up! SO many high potential people have been leaving for Amazon / AWS that you are not going to be able to stop the domino effect if you don't act fast!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51591,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Very cool culture and the work I was doing was cutting edge.,The silos of management and fiefdoms made it hard to get work done. Every decision had to be vetted 4 to 5 times with more and more data presented before a manager would make a decision.,"You hire lots of smart people and even changed the review process from forced rankings to ""connects"" however the competition between departments is still prevalent. Also, the group I was in had developed a culture that it was best to just shut up and not speak up because of the fear of retaliation by the General Manager of the group.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51592,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for work/life balance,- Great work/life balance - Very good benefits,- Sometimes need to deal with politics,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51593,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Solution Sales Professional,"HORRIBLE sales culture, backstabbing and manipulative","Good brand name, company has great positioning for the future. Microsoft and Apple are the only 2 legacy companies within the top 5 market cap, it shows that corporate leadership has mostly made the right calls.","Speaking from a sales perspective, Microsoft has a terrible culture of political maneuvering and backstabbing. The managers are very low on integrity and will throw any of their people under the bus to put a dime in their pocket or not hold accountability. But as soon as a big deal lands everyone wants to take credit, if something falls through fingers are pointed. There is also a clique of managers that are ""good ol boys"". If you don't fit their profile and you're not in the circle, they don't do anything for you.","Clean house within middle management. Microsoft has some of the most incompetent and manipulative middle managers you can imagine. Also, getting promoted is not an indication of how valuable a person is. A lot of good people have left, and the people that stay some are good, but many just know how to play the game.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51594,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Underpaid,"Giant of a company, lots of teams, lots to learn","Slow to shift, underpaid compared to competition",Pay or lose talent,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51595,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,OK experience at MSFT,"Open minded, freedom to explore, great salary & bonus package.","The processes are cumbersome like most larger organizations. Regardless of how well you do in Sales, you always have a target on your back. All this talk of protecting jobs especially with the visas and the uptick in the stock price - yet they still lay off thousands of jobs in FY17.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51596,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Microsoft,they see the importance of AI and Cloud Intelligence,leftover bureaucratic thinking from the 90s,let your people drive. inspire. take more risks. less process. act with passion and purpose.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51597,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 24, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,System Engineer,"full package of benefits, lots of opportunities to get training and education","As many big corps MS has too many layers of management, which makes execution of project less effective some times.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51598,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,Tons of benefits and reasonable hours.,Little ability to choose the team that you end up on when you start,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51599,microsoft,"Cleveland, OH"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,"Innovation, Digital Transformation, Cloud transformation, Productivity platform is superior","Quotas are unattainable, Numbers driven culture,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P200.htm
51600,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Service Advisor,All around great company to work for.,Working full time at the Microsoft retail store is a great opportunity to have. The managers are very flexible. The benefits are the best. The opportunity for growth is amazing.,"There are a couple bad apples but as long as you do your job, you shouldn't be affected.",Keep doing great!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51601,microsoft,none," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Work with very bright people, culture and atmosphere is very friendly and encouraging. Be prepared to learn a lot.","Things can get a little hectic when deadlines get closer, but that's to be expected.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51602,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"There are so many talents, people learn from each other everyday. Best place to learn Microsoft technology and stack like .net, c#.","Too much politic things, make work effectiveness really down. Cannot focus on work unless you have a good manager. too many re-org.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51603,microsoft,"Hartford, CT"," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Specialist,Review of working at MSFT for 10 years,"Very positive environment of working to help each other, grow together and build upon other's learnings and experiences. Benefits are good (not as good as they were prior to the Affordable Healthcare Act) but will stand up against other employers. Strong focus on diversity and a healthy work life balance. Also embraces remote employees (in most departments). Not known for large yearly raises.","High expectations of what a manageable work load actually is. There is no such thing as a 40 hour week at MSFT. If you want to stay employed and even get ahead, you need to work very hard - doing your day to day job well is not good enough. Company is also slow to move and many times gets in its own way or progress and moving deals forward.","Take more risks and invest in your employees. They love working there - love them back with better rewards (compensation), embracing the remote employee and more 'perks', for example free phones, surfaces, days off, etc.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51604,microsoft,none," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,recruiter,great benefits and company perks,true performance performance review and not just another to do iteam.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51605,microsoft,none," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short Review,It's been pretty great working at Microsoft. Most of the teams are working on cutting edge technology areas.,I would recommend some due diligence before selecting a team in Microsoft. It's good to pick a team which meets what you are look for.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51606,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager Evangelist,Program Manager Evangelist,"Great company, great benefits, great leadership","If you get a bad manager, your life can be miserable",Focus on EQ for managers,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51607,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Pretty happy. Treated much better that previous employers.,Flexible. Great name. Treated like a professional. Lots of ability to move around. Not best buy competitive salary. Super products. Love my coworkers,Lots of sales pressure. Training resources need improvement. Dont have much to say beyond that. Im happy... for what it worth.,Balance of sales goals vs continuity needs to be improved.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51608,microsoft,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Administrator,"flexibility, vacation time and good projects","limited career growth, bad traffic around workplace, no free food",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51609,microsoft,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,Great benefits and good team to work with. Growth potential and utilization bonus makes it worth.,can be placed into not so good project. Indian customers are tough to deal with,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P201.htm
51610,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Design Researcher,"MSFT is a good company, but the team matters a lot",Great work-life balance Nice salary Freedom to work on interesting projects Company giving is generous Free snacks and food at some locations,Huge differences between teams Rewards / Career progression aren't clear PM focused environment User research has some limited impact into products,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51611,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft retail product advisor,"Microsoft has a lot of prestige behind the name, good stepping stone for other jobs, good advancement opportunities, fun store... gaming, virtual reality ect. good benefits!!","Stone age way of doing everything, seems like there always 10 steps to get 1 thing done, microsoft retail is pretty young so they are WAY behind apple retail in every single aspect!!! I have worked for both apple and microsoft and apple is head and shoulders above microsoft as far as the smoothness of daily operation goes",They should really consider hiring some apple people to figure out what the hell they are doing at microsoft,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51612,microsoft,none," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,"Easy to talk to people about what you're working on, chances are they are using your product.","Sharing work between teams is often a struggle, lots of duplication of effort.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51613,microsoft,none," May 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,It's a good job for college students. The company cares about their employees. It's not commission based. Working with the latest technology is interesting.,Pushed to meet sales quotas. Job itself is retail so you're dealing with every day customers. Job itself is repetitive and the small store makes you feel trapped.,Don't push sales quotas and conversion rates so much. There's only so much a PA can do to make a sale when people only walked in to browse.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51614,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 18, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Still a long way to go,"Decent benefits, interesting business opportunities to work on","Too much politics, poor leadership and bad hiring decisions",Don't just talk about changing the culture need to accelerate,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51615,microsoft,"Redmon, IL"," May 19, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Communication Manager,Big Pro and Con,"Great and smart people to work with. We respect each other, and it is so easy to work with this type of mindset people. You feel you need to do a lot but you are fulfilled after the accomplishment.","Restless, and lack of resources. Once in a while, there were big re-org, which you sometimes needed to see skillful and talented people had to go. It was really hard to see. Anything can be happening once the top level management people change their directions.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51616,microsoft,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Growing Company,Able to work in different sections of the store and do as many stretch assignments to find where you fit  Many company moral parties and meetings to keep everyone happy  Plenty of outlets to gain knowledge on the company that is beneficial outside of the company  Able to work with your community and help out with projects around your city  Fun atmosphere very easy going and if you work in the fifth ave location always busy with new and interesting events that will keep you on your toes with plenty of corporate people that go there and mingle with the staff,"It will always come down to who on top likes you no matter how hard you work some of the most incompetent people can get good positions with the right connections to Leadership or corporate  They are still knew to retail so a lots of there processes are unbearably slow and tend to shut down almost all the time  Many Job positions are learn as you work no real rule book or structure on how to move to the next position or even how to work within your position it is what YOU make of it or what your leadership makes of it you might end up doing more work than you should in a position for, if you're lucky recognition that may or may not lead to a better position or a raise",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51617,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,"Great Company, Decent Work",Microsoft has countless opportunities for you no matter what job you want to have. You can go from completely technical to non-technical and everything in between. Microsoft has some of the best benefits out of any company and the total pay package is great.,"They say Microsoft will take all you can give and they aren't lying. Long work weeks are expected for a lot of roles, so expect to work over 40 hours in most positions. Being a large company, some changes can also take a long time due to having to go through a chain of managers. Finally, changing to different roles inside the company isn't always as easy as it looks, so be sure to pick a job that you won't mind doing for a while.","Really help your employees achieve their goals as well as help the business. Also, be sure to talk regularly to your employees. They may have more going on than you think.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51618,microsoft,none," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Challenging projects, Deep and technical coworkers, potential to grow up the ladder, great benefits, Can find your niche",Needs to catch up with the competition,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51619,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Love working for MSFT,"Huge opportunity for impact, company really cares about you and the world. Excellent benefits.",Lots of duplication in roles/ disagreements between execs and priorities.,"Make groups work together. Push teams to be more modern in work styles, exec reporting, etc.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P202.htm
51620,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work at,"There are a lot of great people. The recent changes under the new CEO are great - and are moving the company toward the right direction. Work life balance is great - of course it depends on the team you're in. If you're lucky, and I am, you'll have freedom to work on stuff you choose to.","Things change quite often, so you don't really know what you'll be working on in a year. Helping others is not really valued much . The accomplishments would be credited to who has been assigned to accomplish it, and even if you have done 90% of that work as part of helping them, you most probably won't get any credits for that.",The productivity should be much more if people would be assigned to work they would enjoy.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51621,microsoft,none," May 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software enginner,good work life balance friendly co-works,"stale technology, not too much time spent on actual coding",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51622,microsoft,none," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Every team is different,"Great benefits, smart people, loved Seattle/Redmond area","The cons totally depend on your team because overall benefits are very good, so take every Microsoft review recognizing that the micro things, like specific colleague or manager interactions, will almost certainly be different for you. My product was a juggernaut, which meant it was hard to change or improve the product with such an established market position. As a result, I found myself working on problems that felt too inconsequential or too small so I wasn't learning enough out of college.","Make it easier for interviewees to get a better grasp of their future team and role, particularly for college students.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51623,microsoft,none," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,it is a World class company,lot of office politics to deal,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51624,microsoft,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Retail. Favoritism at its finest. Very hypocritical.,Great benefits. Cool tech. Good pay. Give you drinks and a drink fridge. Also give stores a morale budget. Full time associates get a stay fit reimbursement,"Leadership is a mess. Very political. Full of favoritism. Retail is a mess. Disorganized. Still running their business like they are new to to game. Horrible POS. Used to be about their people, now just about money.","Hire managers that believe in the people in role, not pick and choose when they don't like someone. Fix your processes and procedures. Hold everyone to the same standards. Stop playing favorites.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51625,microsoft,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working on latest tech,"Good learning experience, get to work with newest upcoming technologies.",a lack of meaningful work life balance.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51626,microsoft,none," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Good compensation and work life balance. Projects differ in scope and complexity. If you work on a highly visible project, you get good chance to gain promotion.","Often work with offshore team which required tremendous patience and repeatative communication to work with. If the offshore team is not capable, your performance will suck too.",none,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51627,microsoft,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Microsoft Review,good work life balance in this company,limited personal growth potential for future,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51628,microsoft,none," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Project Manager,Great Company,Great Company to work in almost all measures.,Not applicable at this moment,Keep up the good works,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51629,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Manager,"Smart people around, great food","Boring and not challenged, very diversity oriented",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P203.htm
51630,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Manager,"Smart people around, great food","Boring and not challenged, very diversity oriented",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51631,microsoft,none," May 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Writer,Good Salary and benefits. Engaging work.,Full time only. Work life balance can be challenging.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51632,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Digital Marketing Manager,Slippery Managers,"Co-workers were generally sharp, qualified. Great campus perks, flexible schedule, nice offices depending on campus location. Free parking. Politics are thick if you're a player...","Watch out for highly unqualified or even unethical managers, vet at least 2 tiers up before you commit. Then be sure to meet peers and other managers you'll be engaging with before you sign on!",Clean up management standards per cons noted above. Truly a horrid experience and could not transfer to other jobs/BG. Ensure HR is doing impartial work vs management's bidding.,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51633,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Director,10+ Year Career,Solid Company that wants to continue to be relevant,Working environment is highly dependent on Manager and group,Leverage worker experience to meet objectives,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51634,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Part time with full time availability,-Great Benefits -Decent Pay -Great random opportunities happen all the time,-Favoritism -Full timers are often lazy -No clear path for development,"Take time to actually develop your employee. Yes we should be the main ones sponsoring change for ourselves, but it would help to have some support.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51635,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent employer!,"No micro managing, constantly challenged and learning.","Work a lot, high stress but rewarding.",More flexibility in other geographies.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51636,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Poor Onboarding and Mediocre Management,Smart employees and a lot of opportunity to learn.,"Very poor onboarding and many mediocre field managers. The managers are unskilled at dealing with employees, are unprincipled and show a disregard for their direct reports.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51637,microsoft,none," May 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Constantly evolving and changing,Good benefits and continuously challenging opportunities,The review system needs to continue to evolve to foster more creative thinking.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51638,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - See,Challenging & Rewarding,"The chance to be part of the cutting edge of technology. Great compensation, fantastic benefits and access to the future.","Unless you are in the core locations, it is easy to feel disconnected from the direction of the company.","Fail fast is good advice, but make sure failing fast is the right call, and not a dodge for not staying the course.",5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51639,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,You can get involved in anything in technology especially cloud.,I have nothing negative to say.,Keep investing in Cloud,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P204.htm
51640,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,nice environment. lots of smart coworkers.,I don't really have anything to say for the downside.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51641,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Financial Manager,Great,"Several career options, decent benefit, opportunity to work on products that are used by millions of people and 100+ countries","Huge organization (getting visibility needs more effort), matrixed structure (decision making can take time), heavy middle management",Empower people,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51642,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,- Had multiple careers in one company - making a difference to the world through Giving,- Typical large company politics - sometimes depends on your manager who sets the culture within the group,HR to support Women Leadership more - not enough women in leadership roles,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51643,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales at Microsoft,Amazing benefits. Flexible work schedule. Passionate and intelligent colleagues. Many career paths and options. Generous stock awards. Competitive total compensation.,Big company with sometimes excessive processes and procedures. Very oriented to employees based in Redmond. Historical culture can sometimes still be a hindrance despite the change of management with Satya.,Increase agility in the field to improve ability to address customer and partner needs.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51644,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Love the environment and work culture,This depends on your team,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51645,microsoft,none," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great products, love the new CEO","stack ranking was terrible, very stressful",keep it up!,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51646,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Program Manager,Lots of opportunity to learn and develop technical and program management skills,Top heavy. Lots of overhead. Managers are not properly trained to motivate team and have huge egos. Kills desire to do great work as you re mostly required to follow orders and agree to survive and not think independently,Train the managers to do their job. They mostly impede progress rather than facilitating agility and innovation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51647,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Director of Finance,Director of Finance,"Great benefits, good work/life flexibility, smart people that are driven and motivated.","Large bureaucracies with few correct decision makers. Career movement more difficult than expected at director level+, screwed up promotion policy.","allow for promotions across teams, rather than promotions ONLY in same position.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51648,microsoft,none," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - General Manager,You better live in Seattle,Brilliant people creating new and exciting technologies. Very collaborative and employee-forward HR.,"Incredibly HQ-centric. If you aren't in Redmond 3 out of 4 weeks every month, don't bother. You will be left out of major decisions, disempowered and eventually forgotten.","For a company of this size to not have a greater distribution of leadership and ownership of products and programs, is insane.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51649,microsoft,none," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Steep Learning Curve - Very Steep,"Great people, all super smart, most very nice.",Few helping hands to help a new person up the curve. Frequent org changes make networking a full time job.,The low hanging fruit has been picked. Slow down just enough to be thoughtful in planning and execution.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P205.htm
51650,microsoft,none," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Consultant,Opportunity to work in different roles and in general smart people to work with.,A lot of red tape and bureaucracy. Unnecessarily complex processes to get anything done.,Cut the red tape and make things simpler not complicated,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51651,microsoft,"San Juan, PR"," May 10, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant - Latin America,"Challenging work, flexibility, good benefits, opportunities to learn","Performance measurement model, work-life balance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51652,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Solutuion Sales Specialist,Solution Sales Exec,Good Company with smart quality people,very competitive and many many rules and processes,Get more flexible,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51653,microsoft,none," May 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the best experience,Technology Gadgets Always learning Creative environment,Politics Culture disconnect Work/life balance,"The politics of corporate level employees has gone too far honestly. Microsoft was great my first year or two but then all of a sudden the company stopped investing in their employees. They preach so much empowerment but write you up if you innovate or make suggestions.  My SM got crapped on because we needed to keep the store closed due to 2-3 inches of icy conditions below freezing - which is pretty catastrophic in NC. It made me feel like the company doesn't really care for your safety or well-being.  Additionally, the company needs more training on how to respectfully coach employees from a corporate to retail level.  Overall, I do not recommend working there. The company preaches one culture but practices another in reality.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51654,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Worked with very smart people, great benefits and pay.",Work life balance very challenging.,"None, the company is on the right track.",5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51655,microsoft,none," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager Assistant,"Great people, telework, work hard/play hard","There was very little room for growth for me (I was in a business administration role, which is very difficult to transition out of.)",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51656,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2017",Former Employee - Designer II,UX Designer II,"You get to work with and learn from some of the best and smartest in their fields. Microsoft do not skimp on equipment, you get whatever you need to do your job. You can move around (switch teams) if you do not feel enthusiastic about your current role or project. Excellent compensation and good benefits. Great company values and great people who work hard and like to have fun too.","It can be a hard and very long process to get promoted. Typically people seem to have to leave Microsoft and join Amazon etc. to get promoted, then some come back to Microsoft at a higher level.","Recognize the talent you have, and keep their careers in progress before losing them. This is not about money, but about being perceived as valuable. Even changing level numbers is better than the perception of no movement at all. Some individual contributors (IC's) are excellent at what they do, they should not be required to move into management to progress their career. Not everyone wants to become a manager.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51657,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Decent Work / Life balance Pretty good campus facilities Health club membership included as part of total compensation package Excellent health benefits ( However, not as good when I started with MS) Company stock is still given to (some) full time employees",Individual contributions not valued Only certain divisions and groups are given perks and recognition Bullpen style office configurations are NOT conducive to productivity Compensation is only relative to other companies not better Executive management does not seem to have a coherent plan for the future We are losing ground in an industry that the founders helped to invent,Start living up to the claim that all employees are valued and treated with respect and show us a coherent business model for the future.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51658,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great place,"Good pay, nice buildings, good benefits, and smart people are the best parts",Multiple big projects for annual meetings take family time away.,Give more time for family whether it be a couple days off or a tad less work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51659,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for innovation,"Talented coworkers, good benefit, nice work-life balance",can be somewhat bureaucratic,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P206.htm
51660,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great company to work for!,"Flexibility of working hours, company culture, and future role prospects.","Slow career advancement prospects, via twice annual company wide review windows.",Improve opportunities and poace of role and career advacnement,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51661,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great Experience,Immersion in the center of the tech industry.,Getting a promotion can be cutthroat,Remember that deadlines are not the most important. Quality is.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51662,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft is good softward company,A lot of smart people,Process and organization boundary impacts innovation,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51663,microsoft,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Good benefits, flexible work style, collaboration tools","High turnover, growing pains stemming from traditional on-premise software company to SaaS provider",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,none,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51664,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved the company,"Great leadership, really turned the ship around, culture is incredible","None, really. I really liked my team.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51665,microsoft,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant Store Manager,great benefits and pay. Flexibility and work life balance,little career growth. Annual merit very low,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51666,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Chief Security Analyst,Brilliant Minds,Best of the best environment present. Nice Culture. Good Salary.,Restrictions. Research is not par as compare to Google.inc,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51667,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,A great place to work!!,I mean it is Microsoft. The people here are amazing. Technical talent is some of the best in the world bar none. The challenges here are non-stop. What you can learn is only limited by your ability to multi-task. Ground breaking technology is at your fingertips all the time. Learn and grow. You can only go up and your career is driven by you.,"Work, while the reason for being here, can become the only thing you ever do. I dream about cases sometimes. The fun needs to come back. Microsoft, in its maturity, has forgotten that there can be a balance.","Keep being you. Give the crazy growth, you are doing an amazing job!",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51668,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Take time to look for team and project that suit you,Good compensation and benefits. Company has lots of resources allocated to R&D. Great place to start one's career out of college. Tons of interesting projects that can be found with some effort.,"Heavy-weight processes / middle-management. Lack of agility, wasteful in terms of engineering resources. Some organizational culture that encourages staff to be passive-aggressive. Some decisions are made by politics instead of data-driven. Career growth may be limited depending on team / project. Work-life balance takes back seat in organizations that build and support online services.",Make serious effort to reduce waste in R&D resources. Build teams that are highly agile.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51669,microsoft,none," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solid, cushy tech job","Good people, company has a respectable reputation","Slow at times, some product leaders are very narrow-minded",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P207.htm
51670,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2017",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE 1,"Career Growth, Great Benefits, Cutting edge technology, Great People to work with",None so far. Its a very large company so different orgs behave different,A little less micro management,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51671,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Manager,"Great people, beware the review process.","The people are fantastic, they all want to do the right thing by and for customers. The cloud head reinvigorated the company.","Beware of the review process, stack ranking still exists in a modified form and it drives all kinds of had behaviors. People are concerned with making an impact and they will hoard information and step on each other to make it happen.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51672,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reception,This is a great company,Sometimes the hours can be long,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51673,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Good work / life balance. Pay could be better.,"Good work/life balance. Good benefits. Good commute options. Managers in general are very good. The company seems to be gaining a lot of momentum, with great products being shipped. A lot more innovation is happening than in the past.",Lower compensation than other large tech companies. The signing bonuses and overall stock compensation I'm other companies is a lot better than at Microsoft.,You need to seriously increase the compensation of senior employees or risk losing everyone to th the competition.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51674,microsoft,none," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great to work for, until it isn't",Phenomenal opportunities and resources that come with the size and success of the organization,"You are very locked in by what manager you have. Plus, it's hard not to feel like a very small cog in a very large machine.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51675,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,MS Review,Finally starting to innovate and work towards a vision,Inertia and internal cross team dependencies/priorities slow things down,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51676,microsoft,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Advisor,Great place to work. Decent pay. Great benefits. Good culture,It's retail. Customers can be nasty. Different schedule every week.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51677,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Shouldn't complain,"Great salary and benefits, on the right team you can work on groundbreaking projects",On the wrong team you can slog through the most boring legacy systems imaginable.,Encourage people to move around positions more to keep it interesting,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51678,microsoft,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer in IT,Great benefits! Family oriented. You are encouraged to find a work life balance. College hire program provides great exposure to the company.,"Actually finding that work-life balance can be very hard to do. Your performance review can be negatively affected by things out of your control, if you're assigned a dud of a project or you have other team members that out perform you. Especially difficult in a team of vastly more experienced engineers.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51679,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great Company! Last worked there in 2011.,Challenging work and great learning Experience!,Work-Life balance can not be achieved. It was great when I didn't have children but very difficult afterwards.,Management is also under the same type of pressure so I'm not sure if I can give them any advise.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P208.htm
51680,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Communications Specialist,A great employee experience!,Working with some of the best talent in the world,Very political and competition with colleagues is fierce,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51681,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Hard to knock MSFT with one exception,"Diversity, quality workplace, range of benefits, work life balance, strong SLT",Location in the 'burbs sucks.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51682,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer Product Advisor,"Meeting tons of people, fun work environment, fun coworkers, they take great care of you","Hard area of growth, work full time hours but paid part time.",Try to help for growth in a more open way,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51683,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Operations Program Manager,"Great work/life balance, great people.",No large presence in downtown Seattle. Political red tape can sometimes get in the way of business. Probably no different than any other large company.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51684,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Director,Changing for the better,The cloud is changing the way people are thinking within MS.,ONE Microsoft policy still needs to be embraced.,Watch out for silos.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51685,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked here,It was a good place to work,"It's Microsoft, so there's that",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51686,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Product Manager,Program Manager,"Great place to work for. We can move across various orgs if you want to work on a different technology and keep you challenged. Lots of opportunities to grow your career, training systems, and above all, surrounded by smart people that let you work smart.","Scrapping projects later in the product cycle, rather than earlier.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51687,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great products with big impact. Advanced technology, smart people",perf review system sucks. Politics sucks. Reorg too often.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51688,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Good Job,-Great work environment - Great work life balance - Good benefits - Fun place to work,Its hard to move up within the company because they like to hire outside of the company,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51689,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Director,Microsoft for Non-Techies,"If you are a younger, male, traditional techie type--great place. Making strides for other groups as well. Good campus and leadership has a vision.",Very hierarchical and advances the myth of the IC as being as valuable as managers. Simply not true.,Quit tolerating jerks.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P209.htm
51690,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," May 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Stable job but not optimized for growth,"Stable job, some smart people, lots of variety in products to work on. Internal process to move is straightforward. People are ethical.",Not optimized for growth. Too much focus on visibility and not on impact. Behaviors are rewarded as much or more as results.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51691,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Yeah its fine I think,Entering a 5 word minimum,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51692,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Program Analyst,Micromanage,Great company. Loved the environment.,Not the best management practices.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51693,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Meh,"Smart people, some interesting projects, freedom to move around the company","Massive politics - it's no longer about the work, it's about how you're seen by others. Not to mention pleasing higher-ups who get the idea they need to check the ""social media"" box and start handing out ludicrous busywork just to check that box. Then the strategy changes. Microsoft: Never again.","Get rid of the leadership who are resting and vesting, quit making us pursue ridiculous fire drills because one SVP wants to outdo another, and create some kind of workable, simple, all-company strategy that we can all adhere to.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51694,microsoft,none," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You need to push others down to go up,Lots of good technical people to work with.,You need to push others down to go up.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51695,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work for few years,work-live balance easy to find interesting projects gives a lot of learning opportunities,current rating system enables nepotism a lot of stuff still depends on ancient infrastructure/tooling long term compensation,Getting someone fired for low performance? Almost impossible. Getting a under-performer promoted for his 5/10 year work anniversary? Easy. That should say enough.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51696,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some teams are great others are not so great!,"Great benefits at the time, good pay, flexible","HR is not there for you it is there for your manager, old review system was horrible",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51697,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Director,know what you're getting into,company is working on some cool things. strategy-wise they are well poised to succeed. deep pockets to throw lots of money at problems.,different parts of company not necessarily in sync. very political culture. its important to suck up to management to succeed. also don't forget to watch your back.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51698,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,Great place to work,"They encourage work/life balance, good benefits and encourage finding the job that fits you best.","Drawbacks are similar at most big companies, however its not a work you to the bone atmosphere like others.",Keep listening to customers and employees and making positive changes.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51699,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Awesome place to work,"Scale of impact, diverse businesses, challenging problems, high autonomy, supportive atmosphere for growth","Legacy code challenges, decision-making sometimes slow, lack of industry mindshare",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P210.htm
51700,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Great Company, horrible middle mgmt","- Mostly smart folks in the tech side, mostly hired newly graduate MBAs in the business side who don't contribute much other than create PPT and presentation all around.",- Stop hiring MBS fresh out of college or business team to make them create PPT 40hrs/week.,"- Reward people who are in the company rather than hire someone outside and directly offer them higher level and compensation, care for our loyal employees first!",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51701,microsoft,none," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Great Organization,"Great company, work culture, people, benefits.",lot of work. stressful life.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51702,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Poor management team,"Flexible scheduling, fully stocked kitchen (snacks and drinks), nice pay, great benefits (if you're lucky enough to be hired on full-time)","strong workplace politics, they will push part-time schedules as close to full-time as they can (think 38 hour work weeks), lots of drama","If upper management likes you, you will get a promotion. Management has obvious favorites. Too much drama.",2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51703,microsoft,none," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is ok,good work life balance compared to other companies,compensation less than other companies,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51704,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great high caliber talent and adaptive culture,Can become more agile and nimble,Need to create movement and opportunities at the manager and up levels,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51705,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Nice folks, have some extremely strong peers to learn from!",the development pace is too slow,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51706,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft review,Great company & great people,Intra-company competition for similar products,Reduce intra-company competition & build a culture of trust that each product/division's leader will bring about the best.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51707,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Specialist,"For sales, lacking leadersip at the district level in CO/UT.",i love the company though! Microsoft as a company has a great strategy. I will be sorry to leave.,My specific role is difficult in that the Denver EPG culture is terrible.,none,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51708,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," May 19, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Run screaming away from any Services Job,"Pay is decent, lots of new tech to learn all the time? Brand recognition.","Leadership is completely incompetent in services. They are changing constantly, creating havoc, and appear completely deaf to the issues they create. Their internal Poll system that measures happiness seems potentially fake, as the results continue to be way higher than the sentiment. If you see Services in the job title or management chain, get far, far away. Anand has ruined the organization and continues to drive it into the ground.  Benefits shrink almost every year, and things as simple as getting a new pc now takes 3 years. They only follow, never lead, and love process and policy, I mean love it. Whoever mentioned it's only a great place for lawyers is dead on.","If you claim to be customer focused, then actually focus on customers. Take a page from all of the smaller more nimble companies and actually remove the restrictions of process to let people do their jobs. Making everything a one size fits all, worldwide approach has destroyed direct interaction.",1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51709,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft during Balmer era,"Microsoft has incredible smart and talented resource pool, one of the best in the world. Salary and the bonus structure, paternity leave, stock options are super attractive. It also offers generous perquisites such as nanny service, relocation package and generous holidays","HR policy was strict enforcement of bell curve that created a back stabbing, zero sum, highly political work culture. In many cases the managers and the employees fell into the same bell curve and hence, managers wanted his own team members to fail and take all the credit so that during the review, the manager looked good",I have heard that the bell curve has been removed as a policy. They should also encourage employees to take risk and fail fast than to be risk averse. The product teams should also work directly with the customers and partners more to understand the customer pain they are addressing,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P211.htm
51710,microsoft,"Murray, UT"," Apr 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,"Benefits, Work life balance, fun environment, ability to work your own way.","Minimum 20 hours a week, hard working with school schedule.","Not management's or companies fault. school I go to is fast pasted, unmoving and unwilling to work around others. keep going what you are doing.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51711,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Channel Partner,Competitive salary and great benefits. Paid parking and/or transportation.,Too many meetings and not enough time to complete job. Reviews were (may have changed) completed based on your performance compared to your peers. So there is always an unhealthy competitive edge on the team.,"Be as transparent as possible to the team, organization, health of the business, etc.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51712,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 29, 2017",Former Employee - Lead,Heading in the right direction,"Good benefits, smart people, good work-life balance.",Still an engineering driven culture... but getting better.,Keep diversifying the product management function. Respect a multitude of talents.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51713,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Designer,Microsoft,- You get to work with some incredibly smart people - Very challenging problems with allot of ambiguity - Autonomy,"- As a multi disciplinary designer I feel there is already a high expectation as far as your contributions, but the obsession with growth mindset and unicorns in unrealistic and not a sustainable practice when it comes to nurturing and supporting employees.",Not everyone does everything and anything well and even if you do you are stretched thin as far as making more impact with your individual superpowers - management should allow a more realistic balance between growth mindset and optimal capability. There are many parts to a successful machine and a piston trying to be transmission and a spark plug just does not make a whole lot of sense.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51714,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Nice but political,Very good work-life balance Lots of benefits Very well paid,Highly political Most decissions are Microsoft based not market based A lot of people have just forgotten what is a real job and basically work to keep their role,Bring fresh blood,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51715,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Great so far!,Opportunity to develop and grow.,Demanding and competitive work environment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51716,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive,"Good ability to get things done. Strategic vision has been sharp, execution has been good. Steering a giant ship takes effort and skill.",It's big organization. Startups can often times move faster but won't have the resources of a giant like Microsoft. Any problem Microsoft tackles has to be a big one in order for it to move the needle.,Keep making the hard decisions and driving every one forward. Things are looking good.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51717,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good for life, not for career","no pressure, good for life, flexible",not recommended for young people who wants to do something epic,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51718,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Lots of oportunities. Good Salaries. Good Place,None Not much I can talk about,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51719,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Its been good,"Good benefits, work is good or at least the teams I worked for were good. Really loved my Individual offices.",Its big. Sometimes very hard to be seen. Lot of favoritism and political in fighting. Several products really suck. Can't believe they get shipped,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P212.htm
51720,microsoft,none," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Brilliant coworkers, but too much office politics","Good pay. Smart coworkers. Excellent benefits. Access to amazing technology. Microsoft Research does incredible things, some of which, sadly, are only seen by Microsoft employees",A fair amount of political infighting. A somewhat stupid/ridiculous performance review process (which matters since it affects compensation). You're part of a vast slow moving machine - not nimble,Make performances reviews tied more to an employee's contributions and skills and less to the political clout of their immediate manager. This would reduce some of the stupid politics and reluctance of many managers to take on challenging (though uncertain) projects,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51721,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Field Sales Representative,"Lots of changes, without field direction","- Extremely talented employees, for the most part. - Good (used to be great) benefits - Stock doing great in recent years - Excellent senior leadership - Solid cloud development and offerings","- As company is changing from annual agreements to subscription revenue, field is in turmoil - Some field locations are seeing massive turnover (>50%) - Compensation plans uncertain/changing for field roles as management tries to understand how to adjust comp models to new sales models. - Pockets of low morale","Ensure there is better field management to manage during the change. In some areas, field management is managing via intimidation models and driving uncertainty, poor morale, and massive turnover.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51722,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program Manager,"Great benefits, smart colleagues, work life balance",Political due to review process,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51723,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Great opportunities, benefits, and culture",large organization with pockets which are not efficient,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51724,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for as long as you are in the right orgs,Smart people and great company,can be very political in certain positions,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51725,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Hard work plus impact makes for good salary and bonus,Chance of non interesting project,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51726,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft 2017,"Culturally there is increasing focus on the customer. The work environment is collaborative, and there are smart, interesting people to learn from. There are both driven and creative problem solvers. Diversity of employees a priority. Employees have a passion for achieving business targets and helping customers.","Still tension between enterprise focus and consumer focus for businesses. The culture does not deal comfortably with substantial ambiguity. Lack of prioritization and randomization occurs too frequently, impacting productivity and resulting in missed milestones. The company is still working to establish a culture of trust in some orgs.",Continue to invest in employees. Increase focus on innovating the technologies to enable productivity of businesses and consumers using more user feedback and ideas. Dogfooding you own products and services skews to an engineering perspective. Develop greater synergies among business units. Scale faster to be a market leader.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51727,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Manager,Great products to work on that really do change the world,Still a bit political but getting better.,Stay on current course and speed,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51728,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transformation in a legacy culture of fear and aggression,"Family benefits are really great. Good pay, exciting work opportunities. Tons of opportunity for internal mobility and lots of flexibility to move in your career.","The politics are absolutely horrendous. People are extremely aggressive, will stab you in the back, behave like a ""mean girls"" club (both men and women), and you really can't trust anyone. There's a new vs old culture dynamic and it's an extremely cut throat environment where people feel the need to prove how they are better than you. Everyone is a generalist but believe they are smarter than anyone who actually has the depth of expertise. Microsoft is a place where you want to love it but it's an ugly culture with ugly work behaviors.","Really have to fix leadership behaviors at all levels. It's a bully culture and if you truly want to transform and become a leader in Cloud, major investment in people is needed.",2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51729,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great benefits,"healthcare is very good, HSA contributions",healthcare is no longer best in class,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P213.htm
51730,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - SDET2,Performance,benefits are good. can learn new technology.,Very tedious. Was comparing the SDETs converted to SEs with SDEs the first year itself and the company's policy to wipe out SDETs even if you are sustaining as a developer. Eventually everyone who was a SDET once in their life were fired or laid off.,The loyalty is not anymore there with the company.,3.0,1.0,1.0,none,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51731,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Good opportunities,Great opportunities to make an impact. Great place to learn. Campus/benefits are fabulous. Relaxed/flexible environment.,"Management is hit or miss. If you get placed on a team that is managed well you have endless opportunities. If management is not strong, you will be lost among the many other employees.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51732,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - National Director,"Great Place to Work, but Comp Challenged in SFBA","People-oriented, innovative culture.","Heavy political atmosphere, bias appears to exist against individuals NOT based in Redmond.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51733,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft,potential for great business impact,"lack of urgency/agility, too cushion",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51734,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on the team,"Great people, good benefits, and your own office","Some teams develop features, some just put out fires",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51735,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - General Manager,Changes keep on coming...,"You will work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. The technology is amazing if you are passionate about seeing the future, this is a great place to do it. Satya is a good leader who is genuinely trying to change the company for the better.","Its a big ship that takes a long time to turn, so many of the old mindsets are still highly prevalent in the organization. The key ones are: 1) Arrogance: Yes, there are bright people here, but sadly people tend to believe their own press too much. 2) Lack of customer centricity: Linked to #1, people believe they know more than customer do. Frankly, customer is a concept on a ppt slide. Part of the problem is that all global roles are a) based in Redmond b) rarely leave Redmond c) not directly linked to the field where the work actually happens d) spend their time building playbooks and strategy videos NO ONE actually reads or cares about. 3) Linking words with action: the follow-through is non-existent. You sit in a meeting and the person will say, I will drive that and come back. They rarely do. Its such a large company and globally you are disconnected from the business in many groups so the accountability is not there. 4) Leadership gaps: Leaders tend to be very isolated, at the CVP and GM levels, you engage them through their business managers who filter information to them. Most leaders also are more focused on making partner than developing their teams, sadly. 5) You have to be in the Enterprise side, the consumer side is a trainwreck, led by people who have no clue what they are doing. Its also not a focus (outside of Office) for Satya. If you are a strong retail person, you will quickly see many serious challenges.  Satya is driving change and its the right change, but the challenge is that while he has replaced many of the Senior Leaders who didn't buy into his game plan, the next level of management (GM) is still firmly entrenched in the ways of the past so will take a long time to make Microsoft a customer-centric, people-focused, agile organization and by that time, the market will have already moved on.","Move from box checking to real accountability that starts with a genuine consideration for the customer, who you have neglected for a long time. Embrace a direction, either in or out of the consumer business, devices or just become an enterprise services company. If we were a person, we would be committed for our erratic behavior.",2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51736,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Engineering Manager,Principal Engineering Manager,Great Benefits and flexible work hours.,"Extremely political, takes aways from the good the company offers.",Break the silos and a way to push management that uses their power to settle political scores.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51737,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Design Intern,"Lifestyle, structure, good culture on specific teams","Large organization, speed, growth / challenge",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51738,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Microsoft Service Engineering,Really like the work and the challenge. There is always something new and interesting to learn and or discover. The work is engaging and meaningful. Don't have to do to many mundane things.,Management seems to exhibit a lack of focus on what is important and politics prevent growth at times unfairly.,Understand what your employees do and what the job of your organization is. People first and you should also be able to get that next big promotion everyone wants.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51739,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a great place to work,Great Benefits for all employees,Poor Management in No California,Retire!!,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P214.htm
51740,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Best place I've ever worked,"Excellent benefits, pay is much better than my previous role.","Somewhat political, can be difficult to acclimate to corporate culture if you came from outside the tech belt.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51741,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Digital Marketing Manager,Great company to work for,"Great culture, salary, benefits. Plenty of smart people to work with. Many opportunities to change careers.","Top management not always aligned, this leads to different teams competing on the same space and poor clarity in the objectives.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51742,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Environment is a nightmare.,Good benefits and WFH isn't a problem.,"People are mean, unresponsive and generally out for themselves in every way.","Accountability measures are infecting service. Your accountability tools are used by agents to make the grade, not help the customer. Recognize good service, focus on that. Billing is important, but won't matter one bit, when you lose the customer. Consistently negative feedback to your workers isn't going to make the environment better and will not improve customer experience.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51743,microsoft,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recommend,A great place to work with a multitude of talented people.,"None, other than not enough hours in the day supporting the job I love",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51744,microsoft,none," Apr 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Flexible work environment is a plus,Low pay for hourly workers,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51745,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE 2 review,Great engineers at grass root level,Too much bureaucracy at higher levels,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51746,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is in the right direction,"problem scope, fighting nature, persistence, customer obsession","non passionate middle management, still not a lot open source",continue to be innovative and attract newer talent.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51747,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Vice President,Review,Good work-life balance Overall good calibre of people,Lack of product leadership esp. in the then server tools organization People with lack of technical chops running product management and marketing,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51748,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my review,"Nice work life balance, nice people.",pace is not fast enough.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51749,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Operations Program Manager,Strong cultural values and inspiring vision amongst senior leadership,Lack of strategic direction and clarity in my immediate team right now,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P215.htm
51750,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology giant trying to make a U turn,"Loved the innovation, challenging envt and constant change",Cut throat because the organization expects people to change roles every 2 to 3 years.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51751,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good Pay, Vague Direction","Excellent pay, good benefits, flexible hours","Crunch time still happens, quality control varies wildly, very little consistency in general. Corporate politics dominate the workplace and cannot be avoided if you want to climb the ladder, even on the engineering track.",There is no coherent vision for this company at all.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51752,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Planner,"Needs more focus on customer, not internal processes.",Microsoft is full of some of the smartest people I've ever worked with. GREAT benefits.,More energy was spent making product improvements to help the back-end engineers than for the product and/or customer experience.,"Focus on the external customer. Products are made for them. Stop putting your employees in level ""buckets."" Competition should be against our external competitors, not each other. Do better to integrate and appreciate employees from acquired companies - there's a reason you paid so much for them.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51753,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Microsoft the second time around.,Ability to move to different groups when a project finishes up. This was my second go around with Microsoft.,The traffic into work in Bellevue was the worst. Sometimes it would take 2 hours from Woodinville to Bellevue,What is the next path to success for the company besides Windows & Office.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51754,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Very good culture and welcoming. Balance worklife and personal life,Not that I can think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51755,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,some good some bad,"Remote work, ability to take on projects, autonomy, work life balance","bureaucratic, political, outdated thinking",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51756,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solid benefits, and so many problems to work on","Reasonably smart people, (mostly) stable culture, decent work-life balance achievable.","Institutional inertia, lots of elderly product lines that are hard to adapt to more agile methodologies.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51757,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"smart people, great benefits","Things have dramatically better when compared to few years ago, very nimble, lot of emphasis on cloud.","still there is some favoritism left, its who you know rather than how you do your job.",don't make managers move orgs with their directs(friends),4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51758,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Recruiting is a 'black hole.',"As an FTE, the benefits were great. The people you get to work with are great. The projects you get to work on are impactful and interesting.","Since the 2008 layoffs, which had nothing to do with performance, I receive no callbacks when submitting resumes for positions I am qualified for. Changes to the vendor policies have made it difficult to make a stable living at Microsoft. People don't feel as if their performance will increase their chance of keeping their job.","Former FTEs who were let go for non-performance reasons should be given priority in hiring. The severance packages were generous, but employees are constantly looking over their shoulders worrying about when they will be let go. This isn't a good way to develop loyal, happy, productive employees. It's unfortunate that experienced (often middle-aged) employees are shunned in favor of recent graduates (often on H1B).",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51759,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,When I joined the company it was absolutely great to work there (13 years ago). Back then I would have given the company 5+ stars (seriously).,"After Bill Gates (and then Steve Ballmer also) left, the new CEO doesn't seem to care much for the people as for the business. Many things have changed... in my opinion.... is sad.","With all the respect, please be fair to your local citizen candidates. Review closely your Careers site, it's bad. Your recruiters have a tendency to lean heavily towards foreign candidates (specially from 2 countries... I won't say which ones... is obvious). Diversity Mr. CEO, not only men can code. The looks and gender have nothing to do with the brain of an engineer.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P216.htm
51760,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst View,The culture and the atmosphere are incredible. The people are friendly and always willing to help you out.,It is a large company so sometimes you can get stuck for a little while. But if you are persistent enough opportunities will arise.,Make sure you are rewarding the people doing the work and not just the loudest people in the room.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51761,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company,They expect fast results because well that is how businesses work it is a nurturing environment Free to talk to anyone Open office culture (Sometimes gets noisy) Great morale boosting employee activities Great colleagues,Some random patchwork type attitude to org structure Training for new hires (Management trainees) is not good (At least it wasnt when i was there),"Trust your talent, dont hire dozens only to fill up gender diversity and then not know what to do with them. Even for a company like Microsoft, you must have a clear management training program which involves getting everyone to experience sales, operations, and especially licensing otherwise they wont be able to connect the different branches.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Lead,Great,"Good working environment, good people","large company, limited growth opptunities",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51763,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT is a decent place to work,Good benefits. Civilized work environment. Flexibility to work on projects that interest us.,Acquisition of Microsoft = loss of momentum and sense of team. There are lots of growing pains.,"Stop talking around issues and not trying to help your directs achieve their goals. I don't think this is a systemic issue, but likely more localized to my group.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51764,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work life balance,"Great work life balance, the company does a good job of balancing work with the rest of your social life","People managers, little to no guidance for career and professional development.",Create a more inclusive environment,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51765,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Microsoft projects are challenging to implement and people are great to work with.,You can work any 24 hours you would like. It's a global company so depending on the department you work in you may need to take calls early morning or late evening to bridge the time gap.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51766,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fine,"Great benefits, free drinks, challenging work","Political environment, retail isn't taken seriously despite over qualifications",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51767,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sub-Human Vendor,"Good pay  Free drinks  Free Orca card  Lots of exposure to new, cutting edge technologies and worldwide teams impacting the way civilization continues to progress  Lots of holidays","Extremely political and back-biting--do not trust anyone  Never met people so incredibly good at dodging and re-directing blame  Managers are barely around when needed, because they are always at a meeting discussing important initiatives and projects that affect you, but that you don't know about until something goes wrong, when it is somehow your fault  Very little effective communication and almost no training in Microsoft business structure or elements important to doing your job (This may have just been the team I was on)","Stop pretending that vendors are 2nd class people. They represent 2/3 of your workforce, and despite what you may say, they are treated as low quality humans. Ask yourselves why they need to be visually identified with orange badges instead of blue ones? How does that not inculcate an 'us' and 'them' attitude? What would you do if they all quite at the same time? You would not survive it.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51768,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Group Manager,15 year run,Great place to begin career,"Not a great place to grow unless you are at HQ Redmond, and even then, hyper hyper competitive and people steal/take credit from one another. Very poor cross-teaming culture.",Learn how to distribute management and take advantage of great talent living everywhere other than Redmond/Seattle,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51769,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Lead,- Great people to work with -Work/life balance,- Poor communication - Small chance of advancement,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P217.htm
51770,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Great company!Great employer!Go apply now!,No cons. This company is great!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51771,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Mixed Bag,Microsoft hires smart people and uses them well.,"Relentless pressure to produce, and pressure to move up, sometimes regardless of the value in doing so, or in the consequences of breaking continuity.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51772,microsoft,"Detroit, MI"," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Microsoft TSP,"Stability, trusted, vast career options, supportive community, superb pay and benefits","Difficult to find the ""ladders."" Difficult to find the ""right person"" when seeking info or help. Often asked to stretch beyond your personal core job priorities. Too many unfruitful meetings. Rampant favoritism and politics. Too much employee turn-over (advancement, RIF, job-switching, etc...)","Be more agile, but remember the long-game.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51773,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really depends on what team you are on,"Great vision, great CEO, cool products","I was on a terrible team at Microsoft. Terrible boss, terrible boss' boss. Male-dominant culture.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51774,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunities to Learn your craft,Excellent access to teams and resources to learn the craft of software development without the stress of,It's a very large company and you will have autonomy of a small part of it.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51775,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great place to work, if you can handle the culture","Amazing benefits & perks. Great pay. Extremely unique, eye opening experience",Your closest coworkers often turn out to secretly be your worst enemies - claiming credit for your work while bashing you to your manager behind your back. Can't trust anyone around you. Way too many people.,"Rethink your metrics, your values - try being honest with yourself and criticizing yourself for once. Be more humble - and stop just giving your friends great reviews despite their performance while giving others low reviews so you can keep your friends around.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51776,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer (SDE),Ballmer was a Headache,Great teams and people. There were some orgs that had more politics than others. People are open to discussion and culture is pretty good.,"If you're passionate and talented, you might very likely be over used and over worked to the point of work out (my lead drove me out).",The reason 10x-ers leave is too much grunt work put on them. Dig through people's productivity to drive out those that are milking their jobs and covering their lack of work with fake and bloated work items.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51777,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Great Company,The company is a dream to work for. Good pay and excellent benefits. Great team members and management is almost consistently great.,"Usually a small work space for technicians to work in, although they provide all the tools you can need and more. Customer base varies from state demographic, etc.","Please listen a little closer on what employees future goals are, and instead of in one ear out the other, help us proactive on advancing with this amazing company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51778,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on where you work in the company,"You'll get great benefits and opportunities to grow your knowledge, access to hot speakers who come in to share their knowledge and experiences, and access to many forward thinkers whom you can tap.  There are many employee interest and advocacy groups to involve yourself. The main campus is beautiful.  I work in a great group that believes in the ""growth mindset"" that Satya Nadella supports and evangelizes. Mistakes are opportunities to learn and grow. We are the new Microsoft.","There are many groups that function as ""old Microsoft,"" and it's still cut throat. It all depends on your manager, that person's manager, and that person's manager. When you interview, ask about what each manager believes about the culture and how they contribute to the culture and working environment. Dig deep and talk to people outside your department about how other people view your potential group.  If it bothers you to work in a place where SOME people don't value the entire team's contributions, whether or not they're staff or vendors, then you may be bothered here.  You might work long hours and work doesn't stop coming.  Not all main campus buildings get the same care or offer the same facilities that the nicer buildings do.  Depending on your job, you may be stuck on campus, your closest cafeteria will be important. They use Sysco food if you care.  Microsoft may not look as good on your resume as it once did, but hold on. Satya Nadella is changing Microsoft. It may rise up again.","Support employees in providing working environments that make it easy for all to do their work.  Make sure EVPs and CVPs support and push Satya's vision for Microsoft, and that they support the new culture. This has to trickle down.  Treat vendors with respect. In many cases, they carry out the work that employees proscribe.  Give new employees resources to learn the Microsoft way. It doesn't matter how smart you are. Picking up culture takes time.",4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51779,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Excellent work-life balance,"Great work-life balance (I am never expected to work more than 8 hours a day), individual offices (although this is quickly changing in the newer buildings), amazing benefits","Middle management isn't the best. A lot of my projects feel like they are just catering to some director's whim. Also, there is a strong sentiment that showing some data, even if it is bad/dirty/incomplete, is better than showing no data - something I fundamentally disagree with.",Actually make data-driven decisions. Stop trying to show bad information for the sake of showing something.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P218.htm
51780,microsoft,none," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place. Great changes going on. Still more needed,Microsoft is a great environment in terms of the creature comforts... offices are good... equipment is great. Pay is good. Opportunities abound to work on great stuff. Benefits aren't as good as they used to be but still are good. Their giving program is literally the best. People vary like any large company but in general there are good folks at the executional level.,"It is more ambiguous than ever in terms of what drives an individual's success. While publically stack ranking is gone, effectively it is still there. Turnover is rising as are the frequency of layoffs. There are some businesses that are booming... and others that are struggling. If you get in the wrong group, you could be out the door before you know it. It still is an environment where WHO you know could be more important than WHAT you know but, this is improving. Middle management continues to struggle to lead.",Stay the course on the culture change but take a deeper look at people. There are many good people that are being ushered the door because the wrong person doesn't value their contributions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51781,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Writer,Get to work with great devs and technology.,"HR has no teeth. People are put into documentation positions with no qualifications. The last editor I worked with didn't have a four year degree in anything. She had no idea what a dev edit meant. She stated she checked out five topics a day and ""worked them over"" with no thought to developing one voice or the fact that some of them hadn't changed. As another writer put it ""she just changes things.""","Set up a process outside of documentation for checks and balances. You can see individual check ins for topics in DXStudio. If you pay attention, you can tell when they are flipping topics to cover up for poor performers. Also, HR should decide who can apply for a job. Otherwise they just block good contenders to clear the field for their cronies.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51782,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,First seven years were great. Last several years were toxic.,Stock awards were good. Good professional training classes. Met some really smart colleagues in the time at Msft. Developed processes.,Too many hours worked. Perf reviews were a joke - so political and unfair. Leadership messaged too much integrity to get promoted - it was terrible.,Hire more women!,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51783,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Services at Microsoft,"Good structure and stability, pay is great.",Lack of leadership in services.,Figure out what you want to do and communicate it.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51784,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,SDE 2,"Good benefits, relaxed culture, secure","Stagnation, too much politics, average pay",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51785,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good place to work, great work-life balance","Microsoft is a great place to work, and the benefits are top-notch, especially for families. The company offers great work-life balance for those who want it. The work itself can range from boring to very interesting depending on the team that you join. Regardless though, you'll be working with some of the smartest people you'll ever meet.","Like any large organization, Microsoft has its fair share of internal office politics and bureaucracy, which can slow down the product development process. Also, there's a lot of variation between orgs and teams at Microsoft, so two people's experiences of the place can be completely different depending on the team that they join.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51786,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft culture,lot of smart people and cutting edge technology/products to work on.,"lot of politics. career trajectory determined in the first 2 years and no matter how big an impact you make, it doesnt accelerate after that.",listen to employees feedback on culture and promotion cadence/criteria,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - Business Administrator,Business Administrator,"Flexible schedule (but depends on the team/workload), downtime",Drama and favoritism in the admin community,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51788,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Program Manager,Lack of focus,Great people and family friendly culture. Location in Redmond is great for kids education.,Management is not focussed in hardware and tries to do too many things at the same time.,Pick a fewer things to focus on,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51789,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2017",Former Employee - Consultant,Great benefits,"Best in the industry, sharing encouraged.",idiots didn't understand how good they had it and demanded change,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P219.htm
51790,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Engineer,Good Benefit for employee and lay back job,"nothing challenge, just have to follow the rules",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51791,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great work-life balance.,Huge number of teams and projects to work on. Great work-life balance. Great benefits.,"Slow career growth. Big company issues (politics, bureaucracy)",none,4.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51792,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great benefits, salary, ability to move around to other teams, products. Company has lots of irons in the fire which makes it a stable environment to work.","Lots and lots of meetings, top down decision making, lots of coasters and lack of bias to action to make the change required","Adopting and implementing modern engineering practices and processes require new and different management, the success inhibitor is the existing management layers and buddy-buddy clans keeping each other alive",4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51793,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2017",Former Employee - SWE,SWE,"Good Benefits, large company usually means a lot of places to transfer without having to leave.",A lot of politics internally means a lot of time spent working on things that get axed at the last minute. I lot of managers spend most of their time working outside their teams for political reasons and promotions and often aren't there for their team.,Get your politics sorted out.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51794,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Cutting edge technology and great work life balance,Bad politics and top heavy in some orgs,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51795,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,Change comes slowly to the behemoth.,"Great benefits, job security and some wonderful people","Very limited ability to actually make an impact. Satya has been doing great work to improve the culture but so much of the upper management is made up of ancient Microsoft people that the culture is incredibly slow to change and the company is slow to respond to technology changes, particularly as compared to open source. There are some bright spots where change is taking hold.","More new blood at the top, particularly with experience in how the internet platform is evolving through open source projects.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51796,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - Service Engineer,Promising but...,Good salary Good benefits Challenging environment Smart people around,Dinosaur like mentality VP only thinks about getting promoted Oncall rotation too aggressive Micromanagement,"Meh, the management is doing the right thing. It's the middle managers that suck.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51797,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Can be great palce to work,One of few really global companies,Organization complexity can be overwhelming,"Direction is good, keep it up",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51798,microsoft,none," May 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Craig Newton,"The products are improving, but still not working well across my desktop",I hate MSN it's clearly trying to be a monopoly through paying Democrats to legislate for the company. The news seen on MSN is completely supportive of the DNC and FAKE NEWS,Show me how to eliminate your one sided news and get the truth.,1.0,none,1.0,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51799,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager - MICROSOFT - non-tech,"Smart people, challenging, growth mindset",Engineering leadership not aligned to business objectives,Invest in long game through building market share,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P220.htm
51800,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer,positive work environment and growth potential,Salary not so competitive and no appreciation for job well done,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51801,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,"Microsoft - I have been working at Microsoft full-time (8 years, 9 months)",A great place to work with a multitude of talented people.,There is not enough hours in the day supporting the job I love.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51802,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Central Region Chief Technology Officer,not as exciting as it used to be,"big company, lots of options for jobs if you move to Seattle","most people aren't passionate or hard drivers anymore. It's just a big company. The benefits aren't anything special, just like any other firm.","Shift back to servant leadership, reward those with passion, and stop handing out trophies.",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51803,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Marketing Manager,"Job security. If you just want a comfortable corporate job where you can get by as long as you align yourself to people that influence your GM, then you don't even have to work hard. However, if your passionate about driving impact and doing whats best for customer and company as a whole, regardless if it impacts your direct org and GM, then you're wasting your time. The company won't reward you for those efforts and your efforts will be unnoticed.","Extremely slow career growth. If you want to get promoted and grow within the company, focus on supporting your GM personal corporate agenda and nothing else because it won't matter.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51804,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 25, 2017",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,Great company,Satya is turning this company around in huge ways. Proud to be a Microsoftian!,"No more water bottles, only a water machine",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51805,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Starting a family? Come join one of our stable moat orgs!,Work/Life Balance. Family oriented. Career stability,No Free Food. Family oriented. Stagnation,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51806,microsoft,none," May 1, 2017",Former Employee - Account Manager,Horrible,"moderate pay scale. Not the best, but not the worst. Good benefits","Horrible place to work. Horrible work life balance, ridiculous politics, awful back stabbing culture. A lot of employees suing and winning for wrongful termination and discrimination.",fire all mid-level weak managers that Corporate Execs uses to bully employees,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51807,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft,You will get to work on cutting edge technology,can get lost because its a huge company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51808,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"work life balance, flexible work hours","politics, slow pace of innovation, frustrating processes, open space rooms",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51809,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great benefits and good job security. Better work life balance than most startups.,"Tech stacks are mostly outdated and not in par with the open source community. If you decide to move to another company later, then there could be sharp learning curves.",Good vision and plan execution power is key to the continuing success of Microsoft.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P221.htm
51810,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Academic Account Executive,Academic Account Executive,It is a great company to work for. Great people and benefits.,Because the company is so large sometimes it is difficult to achieve small things.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51811,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation Specialist,"Benfits, benefits, benefits, benefits, and mostly benefits.",Fake it till you make it.,"If you call stack ranking a connect, it's still stack ranking.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51812,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Director,Great opportunities,"Many internal career opportunities, opportunity to work with smart, focused people from around the world.",RIFs used as regular tool for culling talent over the last few years,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51813,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Love the place and they take care of you,Very competitive and good salary,The company has too many employees. They can cut 40% of their staff and still do good.,No advice as of now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51814,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,OK,Good Salary & Benefits Excellent direction and momentum set by Satya,No data orientation. Decisions are based on perceptions Focus only on relationship management,Can we reduce the amount of politics at middle management level please,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51815,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Working at Microsoft,"Working on cutting edge technologies, endless potential for growth.",Company has to much money and created may duplicate or overlapping roles that cause frustration and loss of true productivity.,Spend more team in growing your people and less managing up to senior leadership.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51816,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Amazing products, amazing people, fantastic training and opportunity.","Managing what is important vs. urgent in all the requested meetings we attend. Managing content in meetings to be more useful, important, and fruitful.",Keep up the great work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51817,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Working at Microsoft,Company treats its employees good. Smart people.,Limited growth for developers outside of the Seattle area.,Expand development roles outside of Seattle,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51818,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,"Growth and benefits +, work/life balance -","If you love technology and know what your talking about-this is a great fit for you. Benefits beyond compare, PTO accrues as you work, 401k match, HSA and more..........","with growth come pains, little to no work life balance(especially for leadership), little to no communication in advance when changes are coming-restructure -enough said",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51819,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Continuous learning, constant change.",Satya Nadella is an inspiring leader who is approachable and highly intelligent. He is the reason to work for Microsoft. The company pays well and the benefits are good.,"The company struggles with decision making (very slow) and there is just too much bureaucracy to get things done. This is due to the many layers of buy-in required to complete a project and the deeply ingrained culture of ""poking holes"" in a new idea instead of seeing how to make the idea better.","Faster decision making, please. And there are too many barriers to get things done. A manager's job is supposed to be to remove those barriers. Make managers accountable for this.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P222.htm
51820,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Operations Manager,"Good company, great team and supportive management",I would rather work in Seattle vs. the east side.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51821,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Overall great but be wary of bureacracy,The people at Microsoft are great. The benefits are outstanding. Seattle is an amazing place to live.,"One of the big perks that Microsoft will try to sell you is mobility within the company, but this is not nearly as fluid as the recruiters would have you believe. Rolls within the really interesting teams at Microsoft are highly competitive. It is however easy to move around if you just want to try something new and aren't too picky.",Microsoft is notorious for making top level decisions that have huge negative effects on employees and on the public perception of the company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51822,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Account Executive - Greatest job ever,"Good pay, great people. Always in the fast lane. If you works hard and show up everyday, you will be rewarded.",Sometimes the Sr. leadership can be a little too focused on one thing (Azure) and can tend to let other things slip off the radar.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51823,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Great place to work,"Decent salary, great benefits, and commute","Long hours at times, old boy's network","Promote smart, hard working people",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51824,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand Ambassador,"Super flexible - they accommodate all the hours to you Pay is amazing for a part time gig - $15/hr CDN  The job was really exciting and easy, especially for the money and the perks (getting to play around with a surface book)",Sometimes it can be difficult to get used to guerilla marketing,none,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51825,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Engineer,Great benefits and freedom to move in company,Office politics and continual self evaluations,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51826,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager II,"Great benefits, changing culture",Benefits and prestige are great. Work in not difficult and the culture Is shifting to a growth mindset culture. They are bringing new blood.,"Culture is not there yet, it is still very political and people Who have been around for a while are Immovable",Keep those open to change and let go Of those who are not,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51827,microsoft,"Wayne, NJ"," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Somewhat better than most,Amazing benefits and health packages Partner discounts Travel for work. Training now often in the main campus in Redmond. Meet real influences to the consumer products channel Insanely good tuition reimbursement - so long as you are in an approved field Flexible retail schedule Paid time off accumulates very quickly Quarterly bonus paid based off store performance,"Sales role not commission based Low pay for area, it is not matching to competitors or the standards employees are held to Absolute pittance of a yearly raise, does not keep with COL increases in most retail roles Quarterly bonus can be jeopardized based off other department's performance It's retail, yet treated as though it is a corporate role Sales expected to triage for techs with none of the protections or rewards offered to techs Detached and uncaring store management Never enough staff, yet refuse to promote/hire to fill gaps Will outright announce how there are no plans/availability for upward mobility within the location.","Stop actively demoralizing employees who clearly want to move up in the company Staff! You can hire people! Fill roles to make your own lives easier, if anything. Company culture can be Stepford-y at best. Admit faults, move on. Monthly meetings, really? Send it in an email, not everythign needs a three-hour sit-down. Separate departments dependency on each other for bonuses. If sales numbers and percentages matter that much, switch compensation model to commission so that there is a gain to the employee as well.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51828,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Large company is it's own ecosystem with lots of opportunities,Lots - depending on what org you work in and what product or service you support.,Pay attention when the recruiter or hiring manager talk about ambiguity- If you don't deal well with it you will not have a good experience.,None,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51829,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Pros include your medical and any other additional benefits like, snacks, drinks, PTO, fitness stipend, tuition stipend, stock purchase, 401k and access to Microsoft Lawyers.",Microsoft Retail is a shambles. The pay rate just doesn't cut it. You have about 40% of product advisor who care to work and the other 60% who are lazy and do not want to pull their weight for the company. Management have realized this so are unable to deal with the issue as PA's will just leave. Turn over is crazy because of this. Stepping stone job.,"The company culture and responsibilities on all roles seem to get greater every week, all with 0 pay incentives and a low base wage which results in a high turn over. When hiring individuals do your research and hire people who actually can communicate well and show signs of being a hard worker. No room for actual growth into hierarchy positions and a terrible wage for any position that is not management will deem Microsoft retail as a stepping stone job for the rest of its existence.",3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P223.htm
51830,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Community Relations Manager,Excellent Company,"Microsoft takes great care of their employees. Great benefits, travel opportunity, and experiences.",Some departments do not have career growth opportunities,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51831,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Building Engineer,Enjoyed my time at Microsoft,"Good pay, excellent benefits, lots of opportunity to move, relaxed work environment, flexible hours","constant reorganizations, lack of connection from upper management",be more involved with people you manage.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51832,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Takes wonderful care of employees, really diverse workforce, best benefits, one of worlds biggest charity donors, Great CEO.",Old hats still hold power,Empower small groups to innovate and back them up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51833,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enabled the Consultant,Microsoft really equipped consultants to be ambassadors of the company. Training opportunities and expectations were excellent. Hardware budget was adequate.,The review system was completely rigged. Managers would go into a room and fight for position with their directs BEFORE directs even submitted their self-assessments. No direct connection between your performance and your compensation. Seemed to be whimsical depending on the rapport with your boss.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51834,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company if you're passionate about the tech industry,Good benefits Really liked most of the people on my team,"There are so many politics involved, it made it an unenjoyable work environment.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51835,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,Nice work environment and learning experience,There is nothing i can complian,keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51836,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT SDE 2,New and interesting problems to solve day to day,I havn't seen any yet.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51837,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, great company, but you can end up in a ","+ Strong vision and company direction + Great benefits (although not as great as they used to be) + A lot of openness and trust among peers, at least in the field organization + Strong emphasis on career development + Culture of mobility within the company - changing roles and moving to different divisions is encouraged, you don't get stuck in a ""career track"" if you don't want to","- Career opportunities outside Redmond can be limited - Layoffs do happen (that's why I'm no longer there after 12+ years). I could have applied for other internal roles, but decided it was time for a change, because... - Microsoft has such an all-encompassing worldview regarding technology and their products, that it's easy to fall into the ""bubble"" of thinking that Microsoft's solutions should be the answer to everything. ""Why would anyone ever use <alternative product> when Microsoft has <X>?"" The rest of the world doesn't see things that way, even generally pro-Microsoft partners and customers, so it's easy to get out of touch with the rest of the tech world.","Encourage employees to stay more aware of competitive and complementary technologies. Send field employees to industry-wide training and conferences, not just years of internal conferences like TechReady or the new combined MGX/TechReady/etc.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51838,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Product Marketing,Never a dull moment,- Time of change and challenge with new leadership,- Highly political with old-habits guarding fifedoms - Feels like an academic institution- Tenure gets you a better office,Flatten org structure and prioritize team over individual tenture,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51839,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,So many re-organizations,Good salary and benefits Access to many resources Process oriented culture Smart colleagues,Too large of an organization hindered forward movement In a little over a year I had 5 different managers and multiple re-oganizations of the department,"I had some good managers and some not so good managers, but in general I'd suggest they work to clarify what success looks like. It often was unclear how to be successful.",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P224.htm
51840,microsoft,"West Lake Sammamish, WA"," Apr 3, 2017","Current Employee - Senior Director, Business Development",Sr. Director,"Good product vision, cloud business on solid footing and growing. Organization streamlining happening, benefits are very good, access to whatever software you need. Employee related tools and services are very good. Facilities very good.",Many Incompetent managers at GM level. Too many people in L65-67 level band. Performance reviews are a joke now. Completely based on relationship with manager and not performance. Connects mean nothing as calibration and rewards performed before connects are even done,Go back to stack rankling ...too many incompetent people are being retained,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51841,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Review,- Work/life balance - Career growth taken seriously - Opportunities to work on different areas - Freedom to how you work - Benefits are very good,"- Salaries aren't competitive with other companies - More open source stacks should be used. Currently, majority of the teams are working only in C#",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51842,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at,Work-life balance which is very important for people with family. Good benefits.,Kind of middle-age company.,More consistent strategy.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51843,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with amazing people,Many driven and passionate folks whom you can learn from,Continues to miss opportunities with good innovative ideas like holo lens,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51844,microsoft,"Carrollton, TX"," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Data Solutions Architect,One of the best places to work right now,Competitive salary Benefits are great Life work balance is top priority for the company Company is in sync and make sure that everybody is working as a team,"No big cons found yet. I would say that because is a huge company, changes tend to be happen slower than startups.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51845,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Community Captain,Microsoft Retail Community Team,"Benefits, culture, brand, education, and team environment.",Difficult to advance or move internally. Prefer external hires,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51846,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Very good company as a first job,Very hard to promote after Sr level to Principle.,3,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51847,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Test Engineer,Good work environment. Healthy learning environment,Should have more team interactions,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51848,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"A chance to interact with various talented engineer. Employee benefits are really good from health, daycare and fitness. Huge main campus with good facilities.",The usual overhead that comes from a large company. Some of the senior VP leadership lack vision and just coast.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51849,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,bennies and location are great,work interest and fun content,no more offshoring,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P225.htm
51850,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work and life balance is good,The campus is great. Benefits is good for employee has family.,Would be better if cafes are free.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51851,microsoft,"Sterling, VA"," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Sell computers and give personal trainings,"The job is like any retail Job, but their benefits are so so good. Its a company that will take care of their employees.","It could get repetitive after a while, but they try to keep it fun and exciting, ive been here for about 5 months and have found it very accommodating to my schedule",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51852,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Marketing Director,"Challenging work, great people to work with who are very bright and energetic. Company is going through a transformation that is exciting!","Very complex org structure where anyone can say ""no"" but no one seems able to say ""yes"" and make it stick. Culture is much better under Satya, but there are still pockets of the ""old guard"" approach.","Love the direction and strategy, but we can still accelerate even faster!",5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51853,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,A lot of challenging and interesting work. Great work environment Good compensation package.,Too many processes and overhead,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51854,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,Good career growth. Socially conscious and diverse.,No real cons at all.,Continue moving in the direction Microsoft has been under the guidance of Satya Nadella.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51855,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Benefits, pay, stock, technology, leadership",Super high pressure in the field,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51856,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Better benefits and treatment than any company I know of,"-Unparalleled benefits, compensation, and flexibility. I was trusted to do my work on my time, allowing me to take long weekends, travel to see my family and set the schedule that worked best for me. A great place for parents and people with family obligations -Smart, good people -The ability to work on some of the biggest tech products in the world -Resources abound","-Tends to be very bureaucratic and slower than smaller companies -Some people have a tendency to stay comfortable within the status quo. Could use more people who want to push boundaries and challenge the existing mindset -A lot of people who don't contribute much but have been at the company so long they're allowed to stay -Reorgs are common, but you get used to it",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51857,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Great Place, Not so great managers","With a few exclusion this is a great company, beautiful campus, nice workers, who- for the most part, appear happy","Sometimes you get placed on a team with a Terrible Manager, not diverse",New hires should be placed in nurturing learning environment,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51858,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good while it lasts...,"Good pay, passionate work force","Once they turn on you, there is nothing you can do...",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51859,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineer,HR Policy for University hires trumping actual real-qualification,"I think now that MS has real competition, it has sharpened its focus, has become more open minded and has broadened its willingness to consider new opportunities, risks, and models, even open source which was blasphemous back in the days of mR. ballmer.  Glad to see Satya in charge (and ballmer long gone). Its a good time to consider MS!","Many things pop-up when you've been somewhere for decades, but one thing that I like to mention here is this HR policy, where even if you have years of industry experience, or even if you are technically qualified, yet you are treated as a college hire no matter if a hiring team might find you as fully qualified or not.  Basically, hiring teams don't really get to see you in order to evaluate your qualification unless they have a req for a college hire. This means that you as a candidate have less opportunities since you are pushed into a smaller set of job-opening (and auto-rejected from industry-hire category), and you as a hiring team are being excluded from considering candidates that are technically qualified.  This seems insane, policy trumps qualification!  It was like this when I joined back the end of the last century! Crazy that such an irrational policy is still the HR mantra.  I can whine about stack ranking and such, but many people have in the past, so I'll let it go.","Assuming you want to hire qualified candidates, then demand HR to stop filtering your evaluation of candidates based on being fresh out of college (mind you, even for 1 year after graduation). You should use data driven policies, not left over policies from decades ago.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P226.htm
51860,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Great opportunities to work on innovative solutions..,so many opportunities may not allow you to come out of Microsoft... You may become frog in a well :(,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51861,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working @ Microsoft,Best place to work if you want to work on some of the greatest technology products that touches millions of people,As with every big companies there is a level of bueracracy,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51862,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Solid company to work for,"Flexible work hours, convenient location, interesting work, good collaboration, company investing in employee growth, improved review system, possibility to move between teams to find your match","Need to find a good team, they are not all created equal. Some hassle involved in moving from team to team.",Make sure employees are rewarded according to their contributions even if they move between teams,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51863,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Getting worse and worse,"None left, every single thing that was cool about MS is long gone","Amount of politics, management incompetence, lack of clear vision for the future",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51864,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Microsoft,"atmosphere, environment, clever people, flexibility, remote working",very little face to face contact all via Skype,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51865,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,MS,"Great people, interesting and challenging work, changing the world, delighting customers",Stack-rank review process sometimes can punish or reward people that don't deserve it.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51866,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Incredible company,"The vision and direction of the company, coupled with the personal attention you get is amazing!",no cons to think of!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51867,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. manager,large scale. plenty of resources,to much bureaucracy. moves slow,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51868,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Director Business Development,"Great benefits, smart people, very respectful of diversity",business units don't always have the same overall company goals and there may be multiple units building same products,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51869,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,No Illusions...,"Great Company with a lot of opportunity. Great pay, Great benefits, fun fast passed environment. I love learning and this is a place for growth and learning. I have been with the company for 15 years + and love the changes that come with being in this environment.",It is a Company and like any other company they are going to make business decisions that are not personal. The benefits of those decisions are going to be in the interest of the company.,Make sure major shifts in staffing that are in the interest of the company and saving money are really being recommended/implemented for the right reasons.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P227.htm
51870,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Build Engineer,not like it used to be,Microsoft was a great company and the options for growth are big. Or so they were.,No loyalty to employees. At the end of the day it didn't matter how well I did or how long I was with the company they let you go without so much as a good bye. After 23 years and I had just gotten a great review.,Take care of your employees you are letting a lot of talent just walk out the door.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51871,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mr. John Doe,This company has good pay and benefits.,Very long hours at time and you may end up working many weekends. Recently they started to bring in new managers and many of them have very little experience in managing people and have no idea how the products work. This leads to lots of stress with people that report to these managers.,Stay focused on the customer and not profit.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51872,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Experience will depend on the team and project,One of the best work life balances out there.,Not everyone is at the same stage of their careers and not all products are at the same stage either. This means you'll easily find motivated engineers mismatched onto maintenance mode products going nowhere and with size comes a dilution of talent.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51873,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Excellent company in transition,"World class strategic leadership, heading in the right direction",Lower level management not always innovative,"Keep up the future relevance work, awesome results. Ensure alignment top to bottom",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51874,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Game Designer,"Free stuff, big franchises, nice office, big company","Producers, meetings, failing upward managers and leaders",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51875,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Awesome work culture with fantastic benefits,"Work culture, benefits, compensation, colleagues and work",There is hardly anything microsoft has to be improve upon,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51876,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company moving on the right track,"Lots of freedom on software development, few restrictions.","Many legacy infrastructure systems, slow to change.",Use more open-source software,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51877,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Business Group,Business Group Lead,Purpose. Vision. Strength. CEO.,Scorecard driven. Slow. Lacking field empowerment.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51878,microsoft,"Norfolk, VA"," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Support,good free low pressure small,less money salary not good,no,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51879,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Mos of the people are terrific, smart and motivated. Usually helpful but can be territorial if sensing encroachment. Appreciate the diversity in the company.","Management and the horrific review system. Stack ranking is alive and well. With a team of over bright people, one bright person will without doubt getting the bad review.",Reduce the long time mid managers!,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P228.htm
51880,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Director,Microsoft Review,"Benefits, Growth, Worklife, Learning, Activities",Experienced people from industry take time to mix,"Regional management is weak, and do not appreciate the value brought into Microsoft by senior executives from outside",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51881,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Amazing opportunities across the company to deliver results.,Times of high workload resulted in long hours.,Keep innovating!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51882,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Awesome company,Generous benefits and unlimited opportunities to learn and grow. In many teams the hours of work can be flexible which make the life of employees with kids a lot easier.,I don't have much to say about cons. It is a great company to work for. Microsoft expect innovation from its employees.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51883,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working there,"Great benefits, good people, nice times.","Possibly long hours, teams are variable.",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51884,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,"Microsoft - great opportunities, needs more refinement",Enormous scope - million of users and billions in revenue,The new CEO - Satya Nadella - is making great progress but has much work to do. Some of the groups are awesome and some are still old-school hoarding IP and staff. Making certain you fit in and like your team is crucial.,Accelerate. Break up teams that are not collaborating. Emphasize open mindset.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51885,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly good,Get to work on software used by millions of people.,Too many people are involved in making decisions.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51886,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Great company that is always improving,"Competitive pay, great reward system, acknowledges high quality work, awesome benefits","slipped dates regularly, released with known bugs regularly, and too many meetings that prevented progress (could be a problem of the past)",There are a lot of quiet higher performers who deserves a raise/promotion more than the person who is always asking for it. Please make sure the quiet high performers are taken care of.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51887,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Good,"Impact, breadth, experience, people, customers","games, politics, red tape, comp,",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51888,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Decent place to build a career with a high ceiling,"1. Hundreds of projects of various size and maturity. 2. Each group is different, some feel like startups and some feel like institutions 3. Very low friction for moving between teams or groups. Escape boredom or bad coworkers with ease.","1. No standardization around compensation, level expectation, or interviews. Every group or team just does what they want and they don't trust anyone else to be as discerning as they are. 2. The enormous size of the company means there's a lot of layers of crap to break through if you want to be a rising star.","Standardize and centralize interviewing. Make rewards based on earning ""points"" or something through-out the year instead of a manager setting that stupid slider once or twice a year.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51889,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's ok,Salary and bonuses are ok,Limited upward mobility unless you jump companies often,Reward dissenting opinions,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P229.htm
51890,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,just the basics,"access to power at your customers, a broad portfolio of solutions, some really talented people, tons of growth paths for someone willing to move","all licensing makes it very hard for customers to do business with us, Sales pay complexity and cap leave the seller fighting to get paid each year, unreasonable quotas mean their sellers don't get paid, some really useless people.",The current hiring policy around diversity/external hires is killing morale. good candidates are turned away because they don't check a box.,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51891,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great Flexibility and Career Development,Instability due too frequent org changes,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51892,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Social Media Community Manager,Great place to work,"-Great work environment, benefits, pay. Work and coworkers are fun. No micromanaging. Feel like you are having an impact.",Work can be a bit repetitive.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51893,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Global Delivey RM,Delivery Resource Manager,"Great Technology, Great Benefits, Great People",If you do not get in the right group there are career path limitations,create better career paths,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51894,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE II,Good benefits Good work-life balance Stable Famous Lots of teams,Really low efficiency Non-open-source tech stack,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51895,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Great Company!,Adjustable hours that help with work/life balance.,"Traffic, but that is my issue.",Keep listening to the people.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51896,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience but long hours,Working with people that drive you to improve yourself fosters a great working environment.,Long hours as a result of weak planning skills in management. A lot of excess rework.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51897,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2017",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Senior UX Designer,"Great People, Great Problems to Solve",None that I can thing of.,Keep Going,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51898,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Microsoft IT Engineering Ops,"Company has a good culture, with lots of good people. Provides good facilities and employee resources to get the job done. Well known name that looks good on your resume. Work life balance is outstanding compared to the large alternatives.","Being so large, if you really care and want to make an impact, you are going to bump heads with others that may not be as motivated. Agendas are everywhere and you can find yourself on the bad end of a reorg. You can find better benefits at competitors. Transformation coming from top down can be very disruptive and silos below impede real innovation and change. Bonus/Compensation is bound by budget and found little meaningful (as in $) difference between being ""above average"", and ""killing it"".","Teams need to be shaken up periodically to break down silos and force individuals to grow. Risk aversion has a place in Enterprise IT, but when you are the leading IT for MS solutions, you need to temper that with helping validate and push the products forward. Needs some startup flexibility and characteristics to innovate, or the entire company will always be chasing the latest trends.",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51899,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,stay away from Azure,Great concept for cloud services.,Microsoft Azure division is starting to mandate you live in Redmond. Not really understanding this as this is the cloud services division on Microsoft and there #1 sales point is with the cloud you can be anywhere and access your information.,you are loosing lots of talented engineers.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P230.htm
51900,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Windows PM team,"A lot of good people to work with who want to GSD. Microsoft needs to find these people and promote them quicker. Management is looking at turning the company at large around, and it is really working. It is a big ship, so it does take longer than some can handle. Good focus on career management and good opportunities for training/personal development. In the right department of this huge company, there are great career opportunities, and a good chance to make a big impact. Right now the right departments seem to include Azure and the non-Windows portions of Office. LinkedIn might be interesting soon as well.","I can only speak to the Windows group, so the following should be taken with that caveat: Not quite up to par as far as smaller, scrappy companies. Too many PMs running around trying to ""add value"" while a lot just scrape by doing the minimum. It's easy to step on toes if you want to make an impact, and it's annoying to watch others just coasting and getting the same salary. Similar to the PM group, Dev and QA folks can be really hit or miss. Accountability is something that seems to be lacking. KPIs are rarely tracked after a product ships, and any mishaps are just hushed. Benefits like free lunches, booze, and good coffee are not found here. I really don't know why, since it wouldn't cost the company much and would significantly improve the culture and retention, but Microsoft seems to be stubborn in this regard.","Cut down the number of PMs in the Windows group. There are seriously way too many, which means each PM is only reaching a fraction of their productivity. Hold all disciplines accountable for the features and code they ship. Actually look at KPIs for PMs, and track bugs for the Engineering team. If people jump teams, make sure accountability follows them.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51901,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Great experience but not long term,"Great Benefits, very laid back culture, very dedicated to supporting the community","Poor communication within management, plays favorite, not a way to move up to corporate no matter how much they tell it is a stepping stone.",Playing favorites and doing things behind people's backs will result in karma. The environment seems bright and promising at first but it can easily take a dark turn.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51902,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Services Practice Leadership,"Microsoft is a great corporate citizen. Surrounded by in large, by diverse and smart talent. A great environment for continued learning.",Became to big and bureaucratic. Difficult to get things done. Lacked in promoting innovation. Too process oriented for movement of ideas.,promote job share from org to org so employees can get exposure to all aspects of business.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51903,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for long or short term,Lots of smart passionate people. Technology created here touches 1 billion people. Employees donate lots of $$$ to charity and Microsoft matches.,Diversity hires slow down process. Had to turn down awesome candidates to fit this.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51904,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Store,"The Microsoft Store team is very unique within Microsoft. We sell all Microsoft (and select third-party) consumer-facing products, and we get to work directly with our customers (B2C). This is the ""front line"" of our consumer business.",The executive leadership at Microsoft Store could use more customer centricity and less of politics. The latter has been getting in the way of true growth and innovation.,"Get a leader who truly understand and appreciate ecommerce to lead. The market is clearly shifting towards online globally so without strong leadership to guide innovation, the online store is just suffering and falling behind.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51905,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer-II,Great CEO...Great Vision....,Very strong CEO with vision. Good benefits. One of the best work life balance.,Less on cash compared the Facebook and Google. Too many useless program Managers are speedbumps for important projects...,Trim the fat. Too many employees who are simply surviving. Reward the employees by impact and not refactoring an old code. Minimize the PM:DEV radio.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51906,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Good benefits, good product strategy in Cloud and future direction. If you're content to make so-so money in Sales, and like big company internal complexity, this is a good place","No real sales commission plan. It is an annual bonus plan that is complex, very hard to understand, has both a soft and hard cap, and has a degree of subjectivity that can be risky depending on your management. Also, inflexible. You may be ""asked"" to cover something that you will wind up spending lots of time on but not get paid for. Marketing for enterprise business solutions is very weak, mostly focused on collateral with corporate banalities that have little value. Licensing very complex and leads to much time spent on customer satisfaction issues. Microsoft does not appear to want highly agressive type ""A"" salespeople, and maybe they just don't need them. Hence, the comp plan.   But, as I said, if you are OK with OK money and the caps, etc, go for Microsoft.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51907,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work,"A lot of opportunities, big company, varieties of cultures and teams","too much politics, promotion is not totally based on your hard work but how much influence do you have","fire talkers and politicians, promote real hard workers",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51908,microsoft,none," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Technology company - lousy people company,"Learn cutting edge technology. Bias for younger employees. Decent pay and benefits. Good to place to learn but do not get too comfortable, the 'up or out' culture continues.",Lousy treatment to people. Constant churn. More than one resource was fired over Skype for Business - very impersonal. Senior Managers and Exec leadership simply do not listen - Ivory tower syndrome. One consulting resource had to work 3 projects to just met utilization target of 40 hours/week - actual hours worked to accommodate travel between client sites > 60 hours/week.,People do matter. Do not forget that people made the company great - we do not have expensive CNC machines or fancy imaging machines. People in large numbers are getting disillusioned and Amazon + Google are likely to eat large shares of the cloud and Office business respectively. Top heavy in Microsoft consulting with too much oversight/governance and few people solving real technology problems. Slow decision making across all businesses.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51909,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,In search of a good manager,Microsoft offers the opportunity to work with some of the most talented individuals in the tech world and with some of the best technologies.,Unfortunately Microsoft like so many corporate entities confuses success as an individual contributor with having the skills and disposition needed to be a successful manager.,"A majority of managers at MS have never held the position before and are given no training on what being a successful manager looks like and ultimately the rank and file employees are subject to the 'learning on the job' of most of the individuals who should not be managers in the first place. Microsoft needs to have a management training path for people prior to just 'crowning' them as managers as that results in the same bell curve as they use for stack ranking employees, 70% of managers are ill equipped, 10% fail miserably (at the expense of good employees) and 20% are decent to good, not a great report card by any account.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P231.htm
51910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2017","Current Employee - Business Development &amp, Strategy | Manager",Partner Sales,It has Flexible work culture,change or decisions are made very slowly,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51911,microsoft,"San Antonio, TX"," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - General Manager,Great company,"Advancement, training, great strategy, CEO with vision and executional ability. Caring environment, good work life balance, great Corp social responsibility",High turnover in my division Expectations set high Stack/rank gone in favor of ongoing performance reviews Time to establish better long term goals,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51912,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tragic and dissapointing,"Great benefits, Good networking possibilities. I learned a lot from my colleagues.","Really shady environment, all about popularity. Growth is impossible no matter how well you perform. The managers will always say you aren't ready.","If you say you're transparent, be that way. Everyone in the retail portion is doomed.",2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51913,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Challenging work, opportunity for growth, good salary and benefits. Good work life balance.","Disconnect between upper management and lower level employees. Not a lot of resource sharing across product groups, so it seems like the wheel gets reinvented often.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51914,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,Great Data Scientist projects and learning opportunities,Sometimes difficult to put the projects in production and show ROI,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51915,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to wORK,Made Millions and Millions and Millions!!!!,"More Money, More Problems.",Keep doing as your doing.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51916,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unproductive dog eat dog environment,They provide many opportunities to learn about software development at a larger scale. You will work with many very competent colleagues.,They created a dog eat dog culture with the old archaic review system. This will take a long time to flush out of the organization as it is heavily ingrained. There is poor to non-existent collaboration between many groups and divisions causing poor efficiency. Employees are gaming the system and the frequent moves to new teams causes lackluster productivity over time.,"It's time to realize you don't rule the software world anymore. If you can focus on what is important, your employees can deliver.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51917,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and not so good,"Great benefits and some wonderful people to work with, and a great place to always learn something new.","Some groups better than others, and is most often dependent upon the manager(s) you work with.","When you say you value your employees most, then do so and try at all costs and efforts to keep those employees.",3.0,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51918,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Technology Strategist,"progressive culture, work flexibility, compensation,","managers don't invest personal time with team members, no formal training",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51919,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,great job love it here,far away from home wish it was closer,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P232.htm
51920,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great benefits, great learning environment and working here gives you real hands-on experience to grow your skills.",Workload can sometimes be overwhelming if you are not great at prioritizing so time-management is crucial.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51921,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great first job out of college,"Great benefits, smart colleagues, and lots of interesting work to be found.",Getting used to developing on Windows is a bit of a learning curve (coming from Unix background).,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51922,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Management,Did not fit the old stereotype at all - extremely pleasant and rewarding experience,"There are extraordinarily talented people who made me want to come to work every day, the management engenders an inclusive and positive culture that can be seen in little things that are hard to fake, and the sheer size, presence and reputation of the company makes it far easier to access customers and prospects.",Can't think of any significant cons. The company under the new management is definitely changing in extremely good ways.,Keep doing the same thing you are doing now.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51923,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,program manager,equal opportunity for female engineers,stock option is not compatible with other 1st tier software companies,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51924,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,Great company and leadership. Great benefits. Smart people.,Overrun with process and policies. Lack of empowerment.,Remove unnecessary process. Empower sellers and associates.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51925,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great work environment,"Cutting edge technology, good work life balance","Too process driven at times, some groups still cling to the 'not-invented-here' mentality.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51926,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer in test,"Great atmosphere, great people. Good benefits, and access to outside sports facilities.",The corporate environment is a bit too rigid. Not always easy to to drive towards interesting projects.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51927,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a good place to work,"Work on cutting edge tech  Takes care of health!  Good perks like - 3 month parental leave, no dress code  Broad spectrum of tech teams - to move around & try","All teams are moving towards Services model - so, core engineers will need to be on-call 24/7  If you perform very well - this company is not for you - performance model is completely flawed - designed only for avg. employee's. True high-performers gets peanuts as perks.","Great direction by Satya! Microsoft recently woke up from the long dream it used-to-be-in, after Satya took charge and is steering towards reality. Great Progress!  Recent past, I was disappointed to see it continuing to produce crap & loose brand value - like - Microsoft Band. And some stunts like Microsoft phone continuum, android app platform on MS phone - fears me - that MS is taking a U Turn back to 2012 times.  Overall, the employee headcount of many teams at Microsoft Need to shrink more. The ratio of actual employees - to the required number - of many teams is insanely high. Some teams have full-time engineers doing - build work :(.  Talent retainment needs to improve. Many good developers, who are owning core components are moving out due to poor rewards - these positions are just not replaceable.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51928,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Operations Engineer,Lame,The pay and benefits are ok.,too much diversity crap and hiring the wrong people based on skin color.,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51929,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place,"great, visionary, hard driving, leaders","segmented, silo's, huge company with lot's of layers",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P233.htm
51930,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place overall,Do cool stuff Work across functions,Touchy Feely at times Egoland,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51931,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2017",Former Employee - Data,Cool,"Work Life balance, Packages salariale",Time Zone frequent travel english,NA,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51932,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Service Delivery Engineer,Work/Life Balance is What You Make of It,You _can_ have a healthy work-life balance.  Able to ask product teams and get authoritative software and design answers.  Decent hardware.  Free soda!,"Open-office floor plan is metastasizing across the company.  You sacrifice career opportunities to maintain work/life balance.  Limited ability to move between teams. It can be done, but takes a lot of effort.  Constant reorgs.","If you learned to manage under BillG or SteveB, make sure you're not still using that outdated management-by-intimidation approach.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51933,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great opportunity to learn and improve web technologies and Microsoft products,work life balance suffers and expectations to work on weekends,Improve performance review processes,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51934,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great people, great products, doubious management ethics","Work on exciting tech and products, with truly talented and nice people. Good pay and benefits. Be pampered by all the advantages of working for a large enterprise.","In recent years, developed an impersonal, 100% business-driven, approach to HR and people. Prior to the wave of layoffs I was part of, many of us older employees (I've confirmed with others) were ""managed out"" - given bad review results that did not match the 1:1 feedback we got from everyone we had worked with. Then, during my last week before I was laid off, I was blocked from seeking an alternative internal position (the hiring manager was hinted to stay away from me) - even though I was looking outside my division and for a different type of role. Bottom line: Either you are exceptionally excellent all the time - or you're constantly at risk.",Care about your people at least as much as you care about your customers. Employees are both your greatest assets and your ambassadors.,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51935,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great company to work for,"no issues with job, great work",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51936,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,"Great Company/Lots of Potential but bogged down in bureaucracy, political correctness and inept managers","Total compensation and benefits, Opportunity to influence the IT field","Too large, driven by execs who are poor leaders and overburdened with political correctness and bureaucracy.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51937,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Work/Life balance is amazing. Great benefits for new families,A lot of re-orgs and management changes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51938,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 12, 2017",Current Employee - General Manager,happy job,"Work culture, benefits, compensation, colleagues and work",There is hardly anything microsoft has to be improve upon,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51939,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good,Challenging work.,"Not all teams are great,some are too good.",No idea,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P234.htm
51940,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great place to learn and grow. Very smart people.,No cons that I see. Very content.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51941,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software development engineer,Its awesome place to work. Lot of scope for learning and you get to own some of the components which is great,Nothing much. I don't really seen any cons for the current role I am doing here. Times are flexible enough which is an important thing for me,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51942,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 11, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Finance Director,Good work environment and collaborative focus,Sometimes slow to make decisions,Keep up the good work,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51943,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Mid-Level Manager,Mid Manager,Great Benefits and competitive salary,Tops down management with politics internally a huge factor,Spend more time beating your competitors vs your employees,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51944,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Architect,Great technology company,"Leadership in technology industry . Great ip Focus on cloud , analytics and digital transformation Great people , benefits and pay package",Large organization requires navigating to get things done . Many groups out there to support but identifying them is bit challenging,Trim the middle layers,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51945,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,More growth opportunities in non Redmond sites,Benefits salary environment people inclusion,Upward potential limited for non Redmond employees,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51946,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review1,Very many growth opportunities and job varieties.,Limited work from home opportunities,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51947,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,"Collaboration, Innovation, a great place to work",Can't think of any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51948,microsoft,"South West Fargo, ND"," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Opportunity Executive,"Great company, poor team","amazing culture, CEO is wonderful, benefits, people","poor compensation, no culture of retention, no transparency",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51949,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,Nice mentors and manager like them,Much too work to do and to many meetings,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P235.htm
51950,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Personal experience,Good work life balance is good,The scale of projects are generally smaller,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51951,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Service Engineering Manager,"Great place to work, but struggling in certain areas",Great pay and benefits with challenging work,"Company has not evolved in IT. Bitter and toxic infighting evokes ""old Microsoft."" Microsoft IT needs to evolve.",Embrace product style engineering and new Microsoft culture.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51952,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and grow!,MICROSOFT is the place to be when looking at who is leading the industry digital transformation. Technical thought leadership .,"With the push to an era of digital transformation, and significant investments in MICROSOFT Cloud, comes aggressive growth targets and expectations.",Continued focus on customer,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51953,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Company lost focus on customer,Company into lots of arenas,Does not know how to engage an end customer. Only focuses on enterprise world,Learn that a companies most important asset is the employees.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51954,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Group Engineering Manager,Good for stability and long term career. Breadth of opportunities.,"Diversity in product offerings, people, and opinions. Access to amazing people, but talent appears to be gradually getting diluted. On campus shopping, restaurants, banks, etc. Wonderful sports in spring and summer.","Politics appear to be on the rise. Competing priorities, duplicative efforts, and lack of coordination across teams. Easy to get lost and loyalty to people is becoming more important than loyalty to the company.","Watch your employees back and make sure their development is your top priority. Too many managers are busy feeding themselves, leaving employees to find creative ways to advance. Employees gravitate towards short term results and opportunities for visibility. Team priorities emphasize local maxima over global benefit.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51955,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"great benefits, challenging projects awesome company to work. Great work culture","Too big, sometimes it takes long time to get to a decision",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51956,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - District Sales Manager,Great company.,"Leadership, innovation opportunities to grow and develop your career. Holistic 360 degree assessment review process. Team collaboration. Decent pay and pay for performance.","Base pay I a bit low. Big organization, so you have to be comfortable with scale. Transition to the cloud is going well.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51957,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Some great opportunities working here,Politics can be too much,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,Great Benefits! 401k and matching is simply amazing l love the legal benefits that they offer to all employees m,Uses Windows laptop primarily y y y y... Open space dev environment can be a con to some folks as well,Allow people to get MacBooks!!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51959,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior SDE,Talented engineers and supportive manager.,"Cannot control what you do, most work is assigned by managers.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P236.htm
51960,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"can be good, but watch for internal politics","When you find a good team, it's a great environment. But the politics are a pain.","Managers who don't believe in work/life balance, or think working from home means you're available 24/7. Chronically understaffed despite layoffs elsewhere.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51961,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,The name says it all,Nothing as such from an intern perspective,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51962,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but bloated process",Autonomy in your work Rewards for achievement Smart people,Bloated process preventing people from efficient solving problems,"Re-envision how we engage customers, but start by removing all old process and stand up new process that meets new objectives.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51963,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," Mar 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,great company,"industry leader. Strong engineer culture. Lots of talent engineers and leaders,lots of great products. Gain Good reputation if you have ever been a ms engineer","Far away from other rivals. Ms has its own process,architecture,and culture. Ms try to build everything from scratch.this result in a strong engineer team,but could also lead to slowness",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51964,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Fun, challenging, some of the coolest products were shipped from this company.","Company is beginning to hire too many unqualified software engineers. Beginning to witness more working here just for the status, title, and promo. What happened to Microsoft and passionate developers?",Search for software engineers who are passionate about technology and not just know how to do the job.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51965,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - GM Public Sector,General Manager,"Super smart people, huge range of professional opportunity","still very hierarchical, no transparency from the top, still does marketing in a very old world, non transformative product oriented way, pay isn't the most competitive",way too focused on looking good v. being good - being diverse and inclusive shouldn't have a quota assigned to management on the topic,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51966,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Microsoft is great.,There is an emphasis on work-life balance. There is a feeling that everyone on my team wants me to succeed.,No free food for employees.,Keep doing good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51967,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Director,Great learning opportunities and mobility within company,risk adverse culture especially long term employees,Continue culture change,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51968,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company to work,"Relaxed environment. Good compensation, great benefits.","No cons, this is a great company at all.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51969,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Changing landscape,"Great people to work with, deep history in different areas.","Need to pick your group carefully, lateral moves tough to do",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P237.htm
51970,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft,"good challenges, good talent, work-life balance","politics because of strict and old top-down hierarchy, non-self driven environment","should encourage flat hierarchy to explore full potential of projects, teams and engineers.",4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51971,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,bad work life balance,big company and good health insurance,"not flexible, long hours, boring projects",none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51972,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program Manager,large organization. good insight into how a large corporation functions.,"scope of impact can be limited by size of organization, compared to smaller company. Had been very tenure based.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51973,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2017",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Group Program Manager,Strategic business goals have improved.,Old guard divisional leadership hinders innovation and growth.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51974,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Wonderful experience - will come back,Not so bad as they claim it to be,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51975,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,MS Review,Cool problems to solve. New buildings are a nice env to work in.,A lot of top talent has left the company,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51976,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Deicent,Awesome company. Friendly Work Space,Apple is Better than Mircosoft,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51977,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,senior program manager,"Good salary, perks and benefits","Managers are good ICs and do not help you in your career, you are on your own",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51978,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great environment, flexibility and smart people",Many mgmnt layers hard to impact results,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51979,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Great tech challenges to solve,too much of mediocrity and politics,fire all the dinosaurs,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P238.htm
51980,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great place for a long term career,Great benefits and opportunities to work on products that are used and loved around the world,Culture can be overly competitive,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51981,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Employer,"Good Employer, Awesome benefits. Good work life balance",Politics. Slow growth. Pay less than people who join new.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51982,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,They treat you well,"Plenty of different projects to work on, you should be able to find your niche. Good compensation, easy parking, short commute if you live on the eastside, on-site health clinic and tons of other amenities, membership to the Pro Club which is the best possible gym, a culture that cares about its employees and the betterment of society. You can use Windows and .NET for your development.","Located on the eastside which isn't great if you live in Seattle, potentially lots of bureaucracy, many floundering products, doesn't often feel like you're working at the forefront of the industry. IT has created so many hoops for authentication to internal sites/email/etc. it's a real PITA.",Give up on Windows Phone. Get rid of under performing projects BEFORE half the people quit out of disillusionment. Replace the free soda with free healthy drinks/snacks!,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51983,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good Place to Work,"Working with great people, very good pay and benefits, ability to learn, lots of training","It's a big organization, sometimes the bureaucracy can be daunting",Important to allow proven employees to move into new opportunities.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51984,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,+ Work on products impacting millions of people around the word + Flexible work timings + Surrounded by brilliant like-minded people,- The products are not necessarily exciting and might involved dated stuff - Decision making is completely top-down -,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51985,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Tough but a learning environment,Global exposure. High level of responsibilities,Not very organized at the management level.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51986,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Abount Microsoft,Excellent Work life Balance and people oriented company,Uncertainty and no job guarantee,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51987,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Reasonable expectations for work/life balance Excellent salary Great working environment - standard large corporate advantages and perks.,If you break any rule - you are gone The salaries of HR personnel are paid by the company - so they really don't have your best interests at heart. Act to protect yourself.,"Management is a huge weakness because Microsoft does not train its managers to be managers. In consequence, you hear about (and occasionally experience) outrageously poor managers and bad management decisions. Your choices range from suck it up, to leave.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51988,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, lots of options to grow once FTE","Lots of politics, engineering and marketing orgs not on the same page and running on very different timelines",Think customer first,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51989,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Microsoft is great, but could be better",-Strong work-life balance -Strong commitment to engineering (mostly),-Feels too big sometimes -Occasionally impersonal,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P239.htm
51990,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,- Flexibility - Ability to transfer internally to work on different technologies - Good benefits,- Limited new opportunities - Slow innovation and lot of bureacracy,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
51991,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Producer,Amazing benefits. They really take care of you here.,Hard to more around sometimes.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
51992,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2017",Former Employee - Group Manager,Great if you are INDIAN,"Great if you are INDIAN, forget it if you are a White Man for sure",White people no longer welcome or promoted,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
51993,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2017","Former Employee - Director, In-Store Marketing",Great people & experimce,"Smart people, innovation & strong collaboration. Agile environment that encourages out of the box thinking and a growth mindset. Fabulous CEO","Long hours, weekends, high stress to Succeed. Sometimes the climate was biased to certain individual. Retail had a strong divide between corporate & field (us vs. them feeling)","Take care of the people, they are the heart of your company & brand",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
51994,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Awesome place to work,"Great people - fun, smart, collaborative, innovative.","Too many meetings, a couple of hours in the evening every week talking to Asia.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
51995,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Freedom to work on side projects.,Hard to shift teams within the company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
51996,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,"Technology, Vision, Innovation, Execution and Benefits","Lost its shine to Amazon, Google and still catching up",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
51997,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Contractor - Marketing Specialist,Overall Good Experience,Low pay. Given managers responsibilities regularly.,"No training and extremely limited direction given to contractor. You must be able to figure it out, hit the ground running and just get it done.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
51998,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporate culture,Freedom to work with great people,Larger corporate culture is stagnant to change,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
51999,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2017",Former Employee - User Interface Designer,It depends on the group you are in,- can change group - huge variety of projects - generally nice people - can talk to anyone - great benefits - nice campus and facilities,"- internal warfare - ""smartest person in the room"" syndrome - empire building - takes too long to get anything done - unpopular managers aren't drummed out","- believe your employees when they tell you there's a management problem - kill projects when they are small, not when they are big",3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P240.htm
52000,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A Wonderful Place to Work!,"Excellent work atmosphere, plenty of opportunities to explore and grow, excellent pay and benefits, so many people and resources to learn from!","Teams spread across the world results in some communication difficulties. Also, some teams seem to ignore internal feedback that would improve experience for devs and customers.",Going in a good direction. Keep up the focus and momentum!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52001,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good first job,"Not very demanding work, good salary, some of the people were very nice. My manager was amazing.","Some of the people were horrible and getting promoted for all the wrong reasons. There was a feeling that if you weren't prepared to stay on the team for 20 years, you weren't really devoted to them, a stance I hear is from the 1980's. A lot of bs in middle management and Satya has a lot of work ahead of him. This all varies by team so your experience will probably be much better.","Try to make sure why people are getting promoted. Sometimes an entire team can be bloat, from the lead down.",4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52002,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Great opportunity. Flexibility, learning opportunity","Reorgs, layoffs, but I guess these things happen everywhere.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52003,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer Product Advisor,Excellent benefits. Great pay. Career counseling is available. You can reach out to anyone inside the company,"If you land in the wrong store with a bad leadership team then you will not have a good experience. Also, the work gets very boring very quickly and there is not much else you can do around the store.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52004,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Microsoft UX Designer,"Great meaningful work! Workplace is full of genuine, intelligent people",Projects move slowly as progress has to go through so many hoops to be approved. Sometimes projects can be shut down midway,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52005,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,Sr. Business Program Manager,Very Good Benefits Package - inclusive of 50% 401K match,Expectation that Personal Life is secondary to Career,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52006,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Great place to work,"In front on technology, good salary and decent working hours with focus on work life balance",often down periods during org. changes that can be demanding on morale,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Design Researcher,Wonderful place to work,"Under new CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft is heading in a whole new direction - customer focus, AI, and diversity/inclusion. It's a really fun place to work. There also seems to be better work-life balance here than I've seen for my friends at Silicon Valley tech companies. The Seattle area is just great for that.","Big company bureaucracy, can be hard to get visibility to projects in other groups",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52008,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Company that treats employees very well but trying to improve on product culture,Amazing benefits Great work life balance Fantastic pay Positive culture Trust in CEO Exciting new moves by the company Nice campus,Still catching up to culture of other top tech companies Game of thrones politics at higher levels,WDG management and product culture needs an overall to make the product successful.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52009,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Cares,- Great place to expand/master your skills - A mission to believe in,"- Big company, need to be proactive in finding your nitch (but it's there if you work hard!)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P241.htm
52010,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great company, great people, great respect for work/life balance and support for women","Complex to navigate org structure, which slows down pace of innovation",Focus,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52011,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,"Great company, challenging politics","Scale and scope of business provides a rewarding experience, individual impact and immense career opportunities over most other companies","Internal leadership politics, challenging engineering constraints and lack of cross divisional alignment makes it incredibly difficult to produce high quality products.",Remove the layers of management. Provide more accountability and trust in IC's.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52012,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Keeps getting better,"Company has clarity in strategic direction, culture and ambitions. Very positive under Satya's leadership",Changing a culture at a company this size is turning the titanic - it will take time,Remember you are often more in the know than the average employee - take the time to bring your teams up to speed.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52013,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,"Challenging, but work/life balance is tricky","You get to work on big projects that affect millions of customers. The company is making the right moves to increase its share of the cloud software market. You will not be bored, you can't hide out in any safe teams.","If you work on a cloud service, prepare yourself for 24/7 on-call support duties. These were the most stressful and least rewarding parts of my job. After the company got rid of the testers, the devs did not pick up the slack. We're all DevOps now, after all. And we and our families pay the price in 3:00 AM calls, when you can't think straight and the pressure is like none you've ever felt.","Bring back the QA roles, even if you don't call them SDETs. We catch far too many problems in production. We create too many alerts that catch problems too late, and then no one reads the thousands of auto-generated E-mails anyway.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52014,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company and environment that is comfortable with status quo,A large company that respective and appreciated diversity in people and views,Compensation was fair No training or development Limited growth opportunities,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52015,microsoft,"Newark, DE"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Service Advisor,Great!,"Great Management, Flexible, Great Culture",Work during the holidays No set schedule,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52016,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working at Microsoft,"1. The job comes with good benefits. 2. Due to being a larger company, there is opportunity to move around laterally to find a position that fits you, but you have to be very proactive about it. 3. Good work/life balance. Most benefits seem somewhat catered to family people who don't want to work late.","1. It's very difficult to ""stand out"" and move up in the ranks. 2. There doesn't seem to be a very good way to advance your career without moving into management. 3. The job can end up being very political. 4. It all really depends on your team.","There should be more opportunities for talented people to move laterally, and advance their career without going into management.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52017,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review title is review,pros pro pro professional it is professional,cons not really any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52018,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Group Finance Manager,Great technology innovative company,"Innovation, Benefits, Values, Technology, Global, Good management, Diverse and Inclusive",Cultural change is taking more time than expected,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52019,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Still a great place to work,"Benefits, good salaries, lots of flexibility in terms of work/life, chance to work in really cool projects.","Politics, politics, politics. Lower chances of movement internally.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P243.htm
52020,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Inclusive work environment, understand the importance of work-life balance, good benefits and salary.","Too many reorgs which can suddenly terminate a position. They do provide some assistance with finding another job but once a position is terminated due to reorg, you are basically on your own.",Show a little more concern about employees that have been around a long time whose positions are suddenly terminated due to reorg and which is no fault of the employee.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52021,microsoft,"Snohomish, WA"," Feb 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,Empowerment,"If you can imagine it, you can likely make it happen. If you are a great collaborator and influencer, you can be successful here.","Lack of strong management capabilities and senior leadership who reinforces poor behaviors by not addressing bad managers. Manager isn't a job unto itself, mid-level managers still have ~90% of their review based in their individual contributions.","Find a way to let really smart people advance without being people managers and start growing people management capability early in career, before you move someone into a people manager role.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52022,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Love/Hate,Some of the best people I've ever worked with in a fun and collaborative environment.,Too much red tape. Very difficult to get even small projects completed quickly and efficiently.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52023,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Lead,Strategy and Accountability,"Very talented people, motivated and with drive for results","Mediocre mid mgmt at best, Lack vision and strategy","Start with holding senior and executive mgmt accountable, most things will fall into place.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52024,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Provides you with an optimal environment to do your best work and the large size of the intern program makes it easy to make connections outside your team/product.,Large company which can make it very hard to see the impact of your efforts because you are a very small part of a large entity,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52025,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place on earth!,Love it! Awesome place to work.,"None - join us! Seriously, we are hiring!",You rock! Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52026,microsoft,"San Antonio, TX"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Great place, great pay","Pay, benefits, growth within the company that's parallel to retail",Can't transition into Redmond easily.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52027,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company great management great staff,Lots of opportunities for development and growth,Nothing to mention at this time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52028,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,"Incredible company vision and culture since Satya Nadella came in and almost infinite career opportunities once you're on the inside since the company is so large, penetrating almost every market in the world and the product range is quite diversified. Never feel pigeon-holed in your role, and management is always pushing you to upskill in new areas and grow your career.","Tools are broken and fragmented. I understand KM is difficult beast to tackle in a large and old organisation, but it's now impeding on our ability to actually deliver.","Cut the ridiculous amount of metrics and consolidate the tools - before you add anything new, consult with the individual contributors first.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52029,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Could be better than this.,Able to work on various projects.,internal employee feedback(mspoll) is just useless. Hard to make voice due to internal politics and so on.,Windows team doesn't not doing good job any longer. Company strategy for Windows should be changed.,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P244.htm
52030,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2017",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,Business Program Manager,I loved the culture of the company. I love learning and I loved the new challenges.,They are in a really chaotic place right now trying to reinvent themselves and good people new and long term are being laid off.,Before you lay people off make sure you know what they owned and you are ready to cover what they had or you can end up in a bad situation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52031,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,Challenging problems to work on. Good pay and benefits. Great development tools.,Work life balance is tough to maintain when constantly under pressure of meeting deadlines. At times personal agendas get in the way of doing what's best.,Walk around and talk to the people in the trenches. They can give you a more realistic view of what is happening in your department or division. Get the people who develop the products more in touch with the customers.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52032,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,MIcrosoft Review,good salary good benefits good company to retire at,no work a lot of politics old PM who doesn't want to work,get rid of principal and partner Pms and add more entry level pms,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52033,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Smart people hard problems and good benefits,Too much bureaucracy stopping innovation,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52034,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Great Place to work,"Great Pay and Benefits, constantly learning new technology.","Constant re-orgs, not always performance based, but rather measured on popularity. Many aggressive people willing to take credit for other peoples work nd through teammates under the bus. Very hierarchical.","Reduce middle Management. Don't do dotted line roles. Empower every individual, not just a select few.",4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52035,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer 2,"Opportunity to work on cutting edge technology, competitive salary.",Mid level management plays lot of politics,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52036,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"growth opportunities, flexibility, great benefites","management changes, transparency is an issue",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52037,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Sr. UX Desigbner,"People centric, brilliant people, super diverse, lot's of areas for innovation, work life balance.","Narrow scope of product offerings, not deeply integrated across product groups, inter-competitive.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52038,microsoft,"Cincinnati, OH"," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft product advisor,"Working with customers directly to give them their perfect software and hardware combination, and teaching them how to use it.","I wasn't able to reach my full potential. I am capable of so much, I felt I was hindered by the lack of opportunity to grow with the company.",Challenge and reward employees for exceeding expectations and making a difference in the company. Treat each person as an asset to encourage personal growth.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52039,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but be prepared to manage your own career growth,Awesome tech and great benefits,No such thing as a 40-hour work week,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P245.htm
52040,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,support engineer,"good working environment, nice colleague, collaboration working style",not I can think of for now,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52041,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Director,"If in the right group, lots of cutting-edge possibilities.",Overly political and in some areas lacking real innovation.,"Manage with conviction, have a real vision vs. chasing tail lights.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52042,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Culture is making a huge change in the right direction to be more modern and inline with the rest of the technology industry, including startups.","They say they encourage a fail fast mentality, but punish for failing.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52043,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,"Great company, but now is not the time to be in sales at Microsoft.",Heading in right direction with cloud. Still behind amazon but trying hard to catch up. Customer want to hear about solutions.,Impossible to make any money. Quotas well over 200% growth. High turnover in sales roles. Becoming an Oracle in daily forecast calls.,"Nothing, part of the growing pains of selling cloud. Won't get better until microsoft is a cloud company only.",1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52044,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,Great salary & benefits! Ability to work remotely at times is very helpful. Recent doubling of stock price over the past several years is awesome.,"Difficult work life balance, can be extremely political.",Break up the fiefdoms & spread talent around to different areas more aggressively.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52045,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GHRO Associate,great company there is a lot to learn here,Salary increases are very low,salary increase should at least equal inflation,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52046,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Best Part-Time Job Ever,"Benefits, awesome people, cool place","short shifts, outdoor mall, slow traffic",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52047,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Good Place to work,Great Benefits and Flexiable Schedule,Management is not to great at leadership,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52048,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Representative,A Great Company that can be greater if.......,"Great Benefits  Work-Life Balance: They stick to this promise as much as possible, even still making the attempt when business causes the request for increased flexibility from the employee during busier times.  Learning And Career Development Opportunities: Many areas of the business that allow for increased knowledge of how the technology business works and help with career development when time makes it available.  Opportunity to see and work with the latest and greatest technologies out there.  Alot of networking face-time with industry partners both big and small.","When it comes to career advancement, sad to say the stack system is still ever so apparent. Alot of times, advancement either becomes a who you know or cultural bias. Alot of people do not want to say it, but trust me, it is there.  Sometimes, as said above, this can lead to a career development stall with your reporting supervisor. In some areas, there is hidden favoritism being played with groups of staff.","No matter race, gender or who that particular staff member is ""buddy buddy"" with, great talent (or rising stars if you will), is exactly that, great talent. Develop them to be an even better asset to the business, and give them the same opportunity to advance and grow as everyone else, making an even playing field. This is something that plagues the industry as a whole, so don't be part of the whole, be different and set the company apart from the rest.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52049,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Philanthropic nature and growth mindset,"Bureaucratic, Leadership says things public but often has different guidance to the managers",Live what you say,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P246.htm
52050,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Diverse teams, easy transfers between teams and work with some of the smartest people",The company is so big that sometimes get lost and hard to make an impact,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52051,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Store,Microsoft benefits were the best.,"Understaffed, expectations were never really set and managers would usually side wth the customer instead of backing up the employee enforcing the policies.",Backup your employees and stop caving in to customers over the smallest complaint.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52052,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Since when is Microsoft the cool company,"Under Satya's leadership, Microsoft is transforming into a modern, innovative, exceptional organization. Microsoft cares about its employees, helps you successfully navigate your career and offers the opportunity to invent the future.","Like most big companies, everything is always in flux and you are likely to be moved around as groups reconfigure. It's best not to get too attached to the outcome and enjoy the journey.","Keep adopting lean methodologies, empower individuals, embrace intrapreneurs.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52053,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked for a year,"Great company to work for, great benefits",None I can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52054,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work,- Great compensation and benefits - Huge variety of products and technologies to work on - The company and most managers care about their employees - Flexibility to manage work/life balance,- Compensation not as competitive as Google or Facebook - Culture rewards extroverts / those who talk the most and loudest in meetings - Lots of dead wood,- Be more competitive with respect to Facebook and Google,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52055,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Admin,I enjoyed the working atmosphere.,There was too much red tape.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52056,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Finance Manager,"Great benefits and compensation, a lot of flexibility in shaping own work/responsibility","Politics! Most employees are very little interest in doing good job, only focused on accelerating ones careers.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52057,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Services Advisor,Benefits are second to none,Too many walls and moving up in the company is near impossible,Hire internally,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52058,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,"Fast paced, challenging, little work life balance.",Decent pay and benefits. Good exposure to competitive environment and coworkers are generally good to work with. Cafeteria on site.,Little work life balance. Hours unpredictable. Stressful. Managements demands on employees are out of touch with reality. Very little bandwidth for extra projects yet that is how you are measured for bonuses,Hire more people,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52059,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Great people, whiling to teach useful skills",I have nothing bad to say about this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P247.htm
52060,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Love the diversity,"Good benefits, constant learning, motivation",Perks are going away,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52061,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,Great company to work for,keep on working on customer obsession,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52062,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft services global delivery review,Pay is good. Visibility to Microsoft business and culture,Work life balance Quality of work,"To retain talent, ensure more work life balance and have projects that provide learning curve for consultants in the long run.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52063,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Extremely political to the point that it is severely hampering business potential,"-work life balance -good pay -brand -SOME good, smart people -learning opportunities","-some pretty crazy managers -if you are friends with the SLT of your group, you are promoted -managers with very little proven merit -politics are literally insane. You will spend nearly 2/3 of your time playing the internal game. Your internal brand exceeds the importance of your external (client brand). The same people get all of the recognition. It's almost like a high school culture -you will literally have to sell your soul to move up within the company. Proceed with caution -if you are creative the culture may stifle your creativity -the vision and TV commercials sound and look great but it's a whole different story in the trenches -if you have genuine passion and love for what you do, and are on the fence with other offers or opportunities, go elsewhere.",-consider talking to the folks who get little attention at the upper levels yet consistently produce results or create new things -ask yourself who the most customer obsessed yet unspoken of heroes are and promote them or they will leave -diversity and inclusion still has a long long way to go despite all the marketing and investment around it,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52064,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Tax Director,Tax Director,Good work life balance. People are good to each other. The connector bus fleet makes living in Seattle possible. Company is headed in right direction.,"Fixed mindset. There are a lot of people that have been here forever. The culture is in the midst of a shift, but I find it a bit old-school, sexist, old boys club.",Keep pressing forward with growth mindset changes and commitment to diversity. There needs to be a greater effort to either get old boys club people out or on board with change.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52065,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,really great company with great benefits,"easy transition, career development trainings",stay longer then you get used to easy life,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52066,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft,"awesome work culture, passionate people",slowly in adapting latest changes,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52067,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place for a career,Great work life balance. Excellent pay Huge reach/impact,Very large and bureaucratic. Lots of office politics. Not pushed nearly as hard as I should have been,Make it easier to switch between divisions/teams to allow employees to remain passionate about their work.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52068,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Relationship Manager,Relationship Manager,"Flexible work hours, good pay, benefits.",No role guide handbook to help new employees to grow within the company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52069,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great for college students  Easy retail job,Slow growth  Not much to do,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P248.htm
52070,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place for a career,Great work life balance. Excellent pay Huge reach/impact,Very large and bureaucratic. Lots of office politics. Not pushed nearly as hard as I should have been,Make it easier to switch between divisions/teams to allow employees to remain passionate about their work.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52071,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Relationship Manager,Relationship Manager,"Flexible work hours, good pay, benefits.",No role guide handbook to help new employees to grow within the company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52072,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Management,Sad,Sad people to work with,Management heavy and overloaded bad,DS,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52073,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big corporation, can be nepotistic",big company with ample potential and opportunity,The culture is a little old school (for a tech company) and some of the leadership has been around the company for too long,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52074,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - IT Project Manager,IT PM,The people were nice to work with,I worked 50+ hours a week,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52075,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working at Microsoft,"I worked in a very flexible team and have the chance to work on anything I find interesting, in particular I had the chance to collaborate with Microsoft Research even though my is a SDE","The company is too big, lots of politics and internal friction",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52076,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reviewing the current company's work,The work at Microsoft is challenging and work culture is good.,No specific cons about the company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52077,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Just required review,- Good for waiting your retirement to come - Very good for people who like political battles - Might be a good work life balance if you land to a good team (which is rare),"- Overall: it is a dying elephant - Very politicized - Very bad for any technical career - Too many ""story tellers"" and visibility gainers, but very limited amount of really working people. Everybody wants to delegate and eventually get credit of your work. - Outdated stack of technologies, most of them are already irrelevant - Questionable medical benefits - Paycheck bellow average","- Switch to Google like hiring, review and promotion system. - Rate people by skills not by talking and ""gender/race correctness"" - Hire better engineers and promote capable managers - Remove junk from the company",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52078,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Proud to work here,"Great work / life balance, leadership is driving the right culture for the company (though it takes time to change culture), great benefits package.",Highly matrixed. Sometimes takes too long for decisions to be made to drive the business forward.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52079,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Leadership team. Ineffective and inexperience middle management team.,Good compensation package and working environment. Nice colleagues. Good top leadership team.,Ineffective and inexperienced clannish middle management. Terrible performance review process. Complacency. Very bureaucratic. Superfluous process.,Need an total overhaul.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P249.htm
52080,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Not a bad company overall,Great benefits for the whole family,"No budget for employee training. Employees must learn and keep up with new technology on their own and on their own time. Many job descriptions include ""We need somebody who can hit the ground running"", or somebody who is a ""Self starter"", which basically means that there is no help available and we don't have the time or patience to train you .....","Encourage employees to be able to move around within Microsoft so that they can have a healthy career and continue to learn. They can facilitate this by actively giving them training to go from one job to the other. People should be encouraged to be able to show and share their job aspirations with their fellow coworkers and managers and not have to hide such aspirations, especially from their managers (which is the current culture).",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52081,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Treat you with respect,Great place to work and free drinks,Insurance went down the tubes.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52082,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,"Talented people, perks, brand name, work atmosphere and culture","High internal politics, and bad managers",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52083,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Executive,Msft,"very smart and driven people, it is what you make it to be.","If you don't advocate for yourself, no one will.",Every now and then away step away from meetings and get in front of customers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52084,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company to work for,"Amazing work life balance, a huge talented pool of employees, great projects and avenues to work on and awesome benefits",Some groups are highly politicized and lack transparency from top down.,Provide more freedom to employees when it comes to entertaining their ideas for Microsoft to build and sell.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52085,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great place to work,"Lots of opportunities, smart people, great customers, stock growing nicely","Inconsistent top down management leads to some randomization, weak soft perks (no free food, few parties, few awards), on call for service teams","All good mostly - just focus on achieving alignment with the teams and folks reporting to you, don't just suddenly snap to new directions. Bottom up, that's fine. Top down, it leads to non-customer focused allocation of resources.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52086,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A challenging place to work,"Benefits, colleagues, technology, innovation, opportunity","Always on, work / life balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52087,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Great work life balance,stable no layoff good for family,lack of innovationn and long term direction,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52088,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Very flexible, allows for good working hours.",Work life balance is a bit skewed but you can work from anywhere. 80/20,Keep it up!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52089,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Escalation Analyst,Tier 3 Support,"My position here was a T3 customer support role. It was very analytical and challenging which I think is great and keeps things interesting. I worked with a team that was very flexible in terms of schedule accomodations, the tenured people I worked with were great we all got a long and worked well as a team.","Lack of resources certain vendors/contract positions stifled pay or raises, sometimes mitigation was hindered due to red tape/jurisdiction",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P250.htm
52090,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - Escalation Analyst,Tier 3 Support,"My position here was a T3 customer support role. It was very analytical and challenging which I think is great and keeps things interesting. I worked with a team that was very flexible in terms of schedule accomodations, the tenured people I worked with were great we all got a long and worked well as a team.","Lack of resources certain vendors/contract positions stifled pay or raises, sometimes mitigation was hindered due to red tape/jurisdiction",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52091,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft became non American company,"Good benefits, good training opportunities if you in the right team","Too many employees, FTEs and contractors, are from India and too many Microsoft jobs in India. Very poor and artificial diversity.","Stop hiring non-USA citizens, primarily from India and start hiring back all American workers who were intentionally laid off.",3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52092,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2017",Former Employee - General Manager,Constantly moving targets,"better than average benefits, nice offices,","politics, ability to move into different areas, managers cram the culture down your throat then don't practice it themselves. Ambiguity in ever changing focus.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52093,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Great Place to work, great benefits.",Going through a lot of transformation due to its cloud strategy,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52094,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,1. Benefits/Comp - especially for non technical professionals 2. Smart People 3. Ability to make big impact 4. Autonomy,"1. Hit and miss on managers 2. Depending on your role, you can get pigeon holed in certain career paths",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52095,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Benefits,"Great benefits, hard working teams, ability to promote from within",Commute. By far the largest con.,Stop stack ranking,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52096,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,My experience at Microsoft,I liked working at Microsoft.,Microsoft had a couple downsides.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52097,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work is Microsoft,good benefits. fast moving work. Action based company,Job security.. Very Heavy PM load,Go Agile.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52098,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Field Support Specialist,Microsoft Stores Org,"Fast paced, excellent pay and benefits, interesting work, ability to make an impact since the org is still so new.","Work-life balance can be difficult to manage, org is still very immature and is going through some growing pains, org is still learning how to work together and not in silos.",Help the org focus - every group is scattered across multiple initiatives. Encourage the org to work across groups: they are too used to working in silos and therefor decisions seem disjointed.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52099,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior,Work at MSFT,"interesting work, good colleagues",a little too much inner-oriented,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P251.htm
52100,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great technology (MSFT stack) and amazing people. There are not many companies that have such opportunities to work on deep technology that has wide impact.,Too much politics Frequent change of direction Victim of our own success,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52101,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid at all cost,"Good pay, good perks, great benefits","Horrible management, still the old Microsoft culture","Actually listen to your employees, and cut all the Growth Mindset crap.",2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52102,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Feb 5, 2017",Former Employee - Founder and Chief Executive Officer,EPG Alliance Manager,"Great compensation, great learning environment, lots of support.","Highly political, low work life balance, annual performance stack ranking, constant changes in management, goals and reorganization. Massive on going CPE required. Constant travel, work over weekends and holidays.","Go back to the old days of hiring innovative highly motivated people, empower them and have performance based on teamwork.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52103,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Know the culture,"Networking is fundamental to getting traction, you dictate your success by understanding how the firm goes to market",If your message is not timed and targeted at the right person certain people go out of their way to mark you down,keep working on cuture,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52104,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Empower everyone,"Flexible hours, customer facing, great work life balance, good community","a lot of re-org, and you may feel lonely if you are not a very sociable person",really focus on account transition,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52105,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Manager,Great benefits health and bonus's,Store Manager have no work life not consistent with store managers and alignment,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52106,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Sourcing Operations,Great for Big Company,We have turned a corner in terms of being more nimble,We are still a huge company,Keep cutting the fat and do more with less.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52107,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - SDEII,SDE,the perks and work life balance are really good,the salary is not competitive in industry,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52108,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"works with very smart people, good place to start a career","working environment is very competitive, cubical setting",N/A,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52109,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Recruiting Manager,top heavy management,+ good benefits + travel if you want it + can work remotely without issue + huge company security,"- Ambiguity is pitched as a bonus and a challenge internally...the problem is, at least in recruiting, ambiguity wasn't the right word. Lack of direction from disconnected leadership and nearly monthly re-orgs in certain divisions equated to sloppy business. - A lot of turnover in the leadership ranks of the company as well as recruiting organization. Lose one or two here and there and that's the cost of doing business, but lose handfuls of high level people within a few months time and there is something else going on entirely. My experience was the latter. - Innovation is at the core of Satya's principles and is on just about every powerpoint deck, the problem is though, with hundreds of thousands of employees it'll probably take 10 years for meaningful change in the way business is done has been solidified across the company. He took over in 2014, the bad old habits of sitting on the cash pile still plague innovation in 2017. This isn't an indication of bad leadership by Satya, he is great, but there needs to be more strategic changing of the guard in key areas across the company to speed up the process to remain competitive and breed thought leadership. - So much of what managers are brought in to do is handcuffed by the Director level employees (at least in recruiting) that ideas from those closer to the work rarely are considered or even heard. Essentially, the political game of who can speak loudest to be seen is still very much in play, rather than getting the most from those they hire.","From one manager to those in management...I joined Microsoft because of Satya's vision and the thought that recruiting had finally turned a corner from the stereotype of old Microsoft ways. In a lot of ways, the corner has been turned but far too sharply and now you have an organization far too centralized that scale isn't an option, innovation is by consensus and the perpetual decades old issue of resourcing teams with far too heavy a vendor population against ever reducing budgets.  My advice to management from someone who was in a management role but never really allowed to lead is to unleash you managers to do great work. If you hire them, let them showcase their skill set, which includes owning team budgets, hiring how they see fit, building strategy, building their own recruiting eco system...essentially create a builder/innovation management team, don't just talk about it. Most of all, do not separate sourcing and recruiting, the amount of friction between functions that are part of the same overall function is toxic. Lastly, because one's title isn't a Director or higher does not mean that they don't aspire to be at that level or can't do a ton of great work, you just have to truly let them without the politics in play. People join companies, they leave managers. Don't be managers, be leaders and invest time in your teams and the rest will take care of itself.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P252.htm
52110,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,"Job entails accounting, budgeting and controls","Pay, benefits and people. Amazing culture of authenticity. Focus on delivering impact and making the company better. Rare to find this mindset elsewhere.",A bit ambiguous sometimes. However people are willing to take time to listen and help you through it. Other than that everything is great.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52111,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - IT Project Manager,project manager,manage all kind of it projects,to many distance from my home,manage all kinds of it projects,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52112,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good office. Good environment. Good people,"In downtown, on top of Vancouver city center",Feel somewhat Disconnected from Redmond office,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52113,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Toxic Political Environment,"Nice benefits, some orgs can be slow paced for ease of stress (or Azure which is a constant deathmarch)","Extremely toxic political environment. People are always fighting over ownership. There is another team in Microsoft doing exactly what you are and you'll clash over them. Lots of reorgs. Horrible open source software policy (It's gotten better, but still horrible).",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52114,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,anti-productive culture of busy work over results,Good benefits and work life balance - b/c people are not very busy,anti-productive culture of busy work over results,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52115,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,Microsoft has such diverse portfolio of products that you can experience different technologies and product areas in your career. Very nice benefits package.,Some teams have leads and managers with large number of direct reports that doesn't allow them to focus as much on career developments of their team members as they would otherwise do.,Sometimes similar kind of work happens across multiple teams that results in redundant effort that can be avoided with better communication on plans.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52116,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Manager,Paid above market Good culture Scope of growth,Some projects are not good.,Maintain Transparency,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52117,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Undergoing massive change,"Great CEO and vision. Commitment to customers & quality products (no more Vista, ever again). All-in on cloud.","Company is balancing as they transition from on-premise to cloud. Transformation will have minimal impact on some groups, but will hit the field & corp marketing hard.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52118,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Technoloy Solutions Professional,Great company if you are in a good team,"Great benefits, generally good work culture, competitive pay considering stock grants and stock options",Sometimes too much beaurocracy gets in the way,Concentrate in building the great products and appreciate the people that make it happen,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52119,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,smart people around. lot of learning,not much growth in some teams and not good people managers,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P253.htm
52120,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,definitely one of the best companies to work for!,many projects/products under many teams - so you can get chance to work on wide spectrum of projects. comparatively better work life balance and open culture than few other big companies.,"Big company - so more processes and more hierarchies. Big fat middle management. Many ""low skilled but talk well"" personalities.",reduce some more layers of middle management - ask them to be IC or to leave.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52121,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good benefits,Good health insurance Bonus and stock options are good in long term You can plan your office schedule and nothing like 9-5 job. It is flexible and only thing they care is work to be done in time,The lesser Middle management will make the things more transparent between employee and leadership team. Salary and benefits are not equal within same level employees,Good management,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52122,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Good start for career,"Brand name, still a high-tech and open-minded company.","Comparably, salary is not attractive for years of experiences No free lunch",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52123,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Great benefit package. Each team has different culture.,Too much politics and company is getting old.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52124,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 3, 2017",Former Employee - Content Developer,Content coordinator,"Great freebies, good WFH policy","No path to blue badge, contractors for life",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52125,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Concept Illustrator,Good,"Great food, great quality of life. Good people. Pretty relaxed atmosphere and a nice diversity of people. Pretty cushy. Beautiful campus.","Politics, politics, politics. Often the least skilled, qualified people are in the highest positions. And the inequality prevents great work from being done",Balance the scales. Listen to the worker bees. Stop talking over them and stop promoting the largest personality in the room.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52126,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great company, depending on team","Great, smart, friendly people. Benefits are great, software and hardware provided is very decent. Better than average work-life balance.","You need to interview to switch teams, and your manager might get upset if you do and enter negative feedback about you. Also, the company seems to follow other innovators these days (in several areas) instead of leading.","One Microsoft means One Microsoft - abolish technical interviews for internal transfers, do not tie promotion prospects to length on a specific team. Also, let us come up with the products of the future (HoloLens, Xbox, Azure, etc.) instead of trying hard to imitate things we will probably not catch up on in a timely manner (e.g. phones, fitness trackers, etc.)",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52127,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great work/life balance and decent pay,Caliber of employees may not be world class,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52128,microsoft,"Pepperell, MA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Pre-sales Data and Analytics Specialist,On the right path!,"Expanded products, being sold at competitive prices, which makes pre-sales excellent. The technology is amazing, and we're getting ""Faster"" at getting to market.","Outside perception mostly, and the land-grab versus AWS for cloud. We lost the mobile space.","Keep doing what you are doing now. The decline is long over, and now it's up to the sky!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52129,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS Reno!,Super flexible work/life/balance. Challenging job but small campus - best of both worlds.,"Kind of like high school with a core crowd of 'in' people - the rest of us are there to get in, do our job and go home to our families.","Embrace the employees that have been with MS Reno for 5+ years. Instead of bringing in a disproportionate number of college grads, use those with deep knowledge to partner and transform the company.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P254.htm
52130,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay away from Quality roles,Good benefits. Good salary. Nice tech.,Microsoft doesn't see the value in software testers any longer.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52131,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great PNW company,"Good work life balance, open minded culture, encouraged learning",Not a fun commute if you're young and living in Seattle,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52132,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Take cares of employees,They take care of you really well,the work can be quite boring,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52133,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Good start for career,"Brand name, still a high-tech and open-minded company.","Comparably, salary is not attractive for years of experiences No free lunch",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52134,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Urgent need to review compensation and rewards,- Good Work culture - Decent Benefits - Exciting work (depends on the team) - Tons of opportunities,- Rewards are nowhere near Google/ FB or any top company today. - On-calls are a standard but there the standard benefits like Phone allowance is missing - Lot of politics in some teams,Start valuing employees. Re-work the rewards and match it to A-level companies if you want to retain talent.,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52135,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Marketing: great opportunities, whiplash leadership, competitive culture",Compensation Budgets Global reach and impact Positive momentum,Massive organization Boring culture Frequent leadership directional changes,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52136,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Nice benefits and compensation package,Sometime the working hours can be long,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52137,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,business analyst,benefits provided by the company,long hours and politics in the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52138,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Great experience, pay, and benefits","High Pressure, long hours, political.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52139,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Sales Executive,Best company to work for,Smart people. Opportunities for development. Access to resources. HR tools to really understand the value of your compensation and benefits and how to invest your 401K. Very professionally done annual training process's and requirements.,Re-orgs and layoffs. Annual layoffs are a real concern. Must manage your career carefully to avoid these.,Continue the ongoing focus on people.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P255.htm
52140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Culture change good for some,"Free soda is still in play, stock price on the rise, lots of places in the company to work if you're not happy where you are.","If you're not happy where you are and have less than stellar reviews, moving between divisions is tough. Work-life balance used to be talked about a lot - it's not talked about anymore. Shift in culture from consumer products to enterprise products shifts the focus towards a different set of customers, which causes a lot of stress when you tell friends you work for MS and they start complaining.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52141,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great People,Work with people who are passionate about what they do and care for the greater good. Fantastic management who have your interest in mind and will find the best fit for you even it means moving you to another group.,"Need open offices, many offices don't have any sunlight.","Encourage people to move between teams. Breadth of knowledge brings new perspectives and new ideas, and is critical to designing products which integrates seamlessly with each other.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52142,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lab engineer,Relax worry free. Potential for future,Team members are unprofessional and unhelpful,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52143,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Love the company,"Microsoft is an amazing company with a diversity of businesses that is impressive. Colleagues were friendly, and got ample responsibility from the start.",It can get a little bureaucratic at times. I felt that I was stepping on toes sometimes when I tried to take on more responsibility.,"Reduce the ratio of PMs:devs, give them more opportunity. Encourage entrepreneurial behavior among product people.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52144,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,"Great company, awesome people to work with",Too slow for changing world,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52145,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"The benefits and pay are amazing, if you get in the right group you will thrive.","There is constant reorg's, I have 4 managers in 6 months. Never got good traction to finish anything that I started.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52146,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Still living last decade,"Great team members and projects can be interesting challenges (but dated, mostly refactorings or copying existing competition features)",Managers are only lifers that were hired from college. Tech is still decades behind the competition. Change is slow.,Fire the PMs and Middle managers,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52147,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Smart co-workers, customer focused, decent perks","Constant reorganizations at the lower levels and none at the middle level management, still a long way to go","Take a hard look at the middle to upper management layer, too much redundancy and lack of accountability",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52148,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Career,Microsoft really cares about their employees,"Pretty big place, so expect some process along the way",Keep going.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52149,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer I,"50% 401k match. Free coffee. Sports memberships. Laid back atmosphere. I would highly recommend this company. Work life balance is not only respected, it is encouraged. My experience has been great.",I have heard that there are some teams that are not great although I've never met anyone working for said teams. Everyone I've met likes their team. You can always switch teams if this is the case. I wish they the free coffee wasn't starbucks but some fresh local roasted coffee. Minor gripe.,"I dislike open offices. They do encourage communication which is great when starting, but after that, I would rather have an office, even a cubicle would be nice. Satya is great.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P256.htm
52150,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer I,"50% 401k match. Free coffee. Sports memberships. Laid back atmosphere. I would highly recommend this company. Work life balance is not only respected, it is encouraged. My experience has been great.",I have heard that there are some teams that are not great although I've never met anyone working for said teams. Everyone I've met likes their team. You can always switch teams if this is the case. I wish they the free coffee wasn't starbucks but some fresh local roasted coffee. Minor gripe.,"I dislike open offices. They do encourage communication which is great when starting, but after that, I would rather have an office, even a cubicle would be nice. Satya is great.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52151,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,About Microsoft,Working in a fast paced environment with the opportunity to experienced advanced & evolving technology at work. There is never a time to feel bored as changes is the only constant in this company ! Flexible working culture allows employees to have work-life integration.,"Flexible working culture also calls for having to respond to emails on the go (remotely via mobile phones), attending conference calls outside of office hours hence blurring the segregation between work and personal life.",Nil,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52152,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Time to move on.,Excellent culture. Have the right personality and you will immediately be a good fit.,Needs to have more recognition for contributions.,More positive feedback should be highlighted.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52153,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FTE experience review,Good benefits and good line item on your resume.,"Clicky, poor management skills and ethics, dismisses harassment claims, limited teamwork and collaboration - if you like sink or swim on your own private island, go for it.","Train managers to manage well and fairly, don't just promote them because they're friends or have been engineers for ever but can't manage. Take harassment claims seriously and act on them rather than just dismiss them because they're against one of the ""cool kids"".",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52154,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't do it!,The benefits are really great,there is no diversity in the workplace,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52155,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Disappointing to say the least.,- Great benefits - Good Pay - Management sometimes tries to make work fun by throwing get-togethers and getting catering - Learn a lot in your first few months,"- Numbers, numbers, numbers. When I first started as a Product Advisor I wasn't told/aware about how number-centered the entire store was. Every morning we go over numbers as well as every night. If your sales were doing poorly or even if they were going well you'd get a meeting with one of the managers who'd basically berate you and make all your successes feel worthless. There were very obvious cliques and some of my coworkers were blatantly racist against me. Constantly stayed past the hours I was marked for, and was strongly suggested by management to not go on any breaks otherwise you'd get talked to or on a manager's bad side. If numbers and micromanaging wasn't shoved down our throats every waking moment I probably would have loved working here. Very long hours, 9 hours was typical and you almost always stayed past your assigned time.","Stop micro managing and shoving numbers down our throats. You say you want it to be a fun place to work, then actually make the employees feel good about themselves. Very hypocritical place.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52156,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pretty good, not perfect","Good work/life balance Many projects with high impact Lots of options to move around, work on different things The needle has definitely moved from ""not relevant"" to ""worth a look"" People are very respectful of each other",Still plenty of political crap Can be hard to retain the best people Good people are leaving for better pay elsewhere,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52157,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Recruiter,Love it here!,"Flexible hours, ability to work from home, incredible benefits, good w/l balance, treat employees well",Takes a while to get promotions.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52158,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good for work life balance, bot too much political","work life balance, profits, etc.","political work, guys who can speak more is better than do more",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52159,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Principal PM,Trends Changing Mostly for good,Pushing out old thinking mentalities - fresh perspectives,Still pockets of alliances but seems to be more limited.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P257.htm
52160,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Benefits,Good health benefits and compensation,Low sock for junior level of developer position,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52161,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,"Perfect place, if only we could stay the course on our initiatives without reorganization","Autonomy, meritocratic approach, huge opportunity for impact, and incredible benefits.",Constant change in reporting / team structure.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52162,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Intermediate Software Development Engineer,,"Excellent compensation and benefits. Lots of interesting projects and ability to move around the company. Fantastic work/life balance around most of the company. Be part of something big - scale is ""built-in"" to everything.",Housing is expensive and traffic is a pain. It's a really big place so new projects can feel slow since all the ducks have to be in a row before things take off.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52163,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft is a great place to work,"Great benefits, most people are awesome",Internal politics can really slow you down,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52164,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for,You get what you put in. If you want a good work life balance you can do that and be successful or if you want to put in a lot of extra hours you'll be recognized. Great pay and benefits. Inclusive culture. Easy to move around to other teams if you want to. My friends who were hired with me and didn't click with their first teams have mostly found new teams that they enjoy better.,Some people are frustrated with the small scope of what they work on or the slow pace but I think that's just a symptom of the size and complexity of the projects you work on at Microsoft,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,110,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52165,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Office,Decent,Steady pay. Location good. Benefits good.,Poor management. No fringe benefits.,Value your employees more.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52166,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So Much Depends on Your Team,Good vacation. Generous salaries. Some WFH ability (though this varies widely by manager),60-hour weeks are the norms. Incompetent and Micro-managing supervisors abound. Sleeping your way to the top is not unheard of nor is the person in the senior position ever reprimanded.,"Why not weed out some of those dead wood directors who haven't upgraded their skills in years? Also if you want to have a serious working culture cut out the some of the ""growth mindset"" fluff that we must ignore whenever our supervisor says to ignore it.",4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52167,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Can be proud of a part of one of the biggest IT product,Too much politic even within development organization,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52168,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Community Development Specialist,Community Development Specialist,"Culture, free drinks and snacks, stretch assignments paid.","Budget cuts with retail, management is vastly different by market, they preach work life balance but to no avail, workload is not comparable to pay.",Reinvest in you people and culture as it continues to fade,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52169,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Great employer,Innovative again. Huge business opportunities in a very wide variety of business units. Shared goals across teams / orgs help to concentrate the efforts.,A lot of old cons were taken care of. still a lot of opportunity to work on process simplification and work environment. single offices are not very up to date.,Keep on doing! Explore new workplace environment strategies and communicate that with the employees. Let them decide with you how to work in the future.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P258.htm
52170,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great Company with Changing Culture,"Benefits, Work-Life Balance, Good School District around the Bellevue Redmond area. The city is also nice and is liberal, focuses on the environment",Windows is the main cons I guess. Some managers are still stuck in the old culture which is definitely dying,"Embrace open source more. Get rid of Yammer, it is a piece of junk. Fix the internal search, why is it to terrible?",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52171,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to have long career with great benefits.,"Medical benefits, Selection of teams, Managers who understand work-life balance, Smart people.",Stock compensation is significantly lower than other competitors.,"Reduce the number of PMs. Everyone knows Microsoft pays less than other big companies and most are studying interview questions to move to other companies because of small compensation. Ironically, principals don't want to move as their levels are not highly regarded at other companies which means you can actually reduce the compensation for them. Microsoft needs to pay the lower levels better just like other companies do.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52172,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,It is too random,-Free Soda - Healthcare isn't the worse in the industry - Pay is ok in the industry,"- Satya has lost his mind and really thinks that IT is something that doesn't need to exist - Company is killing itself to make Azure work and it is failing - IT Department cost tripled trying to move everything to Azure not including people - IT department is cutting vendor and FTE staff trying to do ""more with less"" calling dev/ops but with no real idea of what dev/ops means - ""Blue Box"" means Product Groups doing their own IT without knowledge on how to do it - Satya is making a mess of it. Company will is seeing short term gains from dropping ops costs but will quickly start to stagnate and people start to choke on Azure.","Get rid of the CEO. The cloud isn't magic. You need people to make it work. Invest in innovation and don't shut it down because it isn't the ""right"" group to innovate.",2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52173,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Can be proud of a part of one of the biggest IT product,Too much politic even within development organization,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52174,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Something new and fun (At first),"Amazing benefits, Competitive pay, (Small) Bonuses, Free Surface tablet, Microsoft Office and other perks","Horribly managed. Managers are allowed to hire friends and family which as you can guess is not a good thing. You are basically free to do whatever you want, whenever you want which may be considered a pro?",Leave the company and go back to Walmart and best buy where you belong.,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52175,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,Amazing overall. Too much time spent with internal meetings,"Visionary management, Innovative products and services, Over-achieving employees, Amazing culture",WAY too much time spent on internal meetings vs vital time with customers. challenges with work-life balance.,Reduce internal meeting time. Otherwise keep on going!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52176,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,senior software engineer,Good benefits and great people to learn from.,Corporate baggage and aggressively changing,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52177,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Generally good, but employees are expendable, without hesitation, justification or compunction","Good salaries, and good benefits.","With over 90,000 employees, you are just a number. Many of the jobs are being migrated to India, and other locations where salaries and other expenses are lower. Between constant reorganizations of management and assignments, it is difficult to build meaningful, constructive employee-manager rapport.",Find a way to reduce the constant re-organizational churn.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52178,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Having fun working at Microsoft,"creative freedom, aggressive product releases, technology","too big a company, growth is relatively solwer",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but falling behind other tech firms,"Great opportunity to grow your career, well respected employer, top notch benefits and good work-life balance. Company values and opportunity to give back to the community are really great","Large company bureaucracy. Silly ""Connect"" performance review process (that supposedly isn't a performance review) that then leads to a pay raise based on ""impact"" which isn't defined in a way that aligns to the new values of the company. It is just weird.",Other tech firms in the area are paying more. You may need to rethink your salary structures,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P259.htm
52180,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but falling behind other tech firms,"Great opportunity to grow your career, well respected employer, top notch benefits and good work-life balance. Company values and opportunity to give back to the community are really great","Large company bureaucracy. Silly ""Connect"" performance review process (that supposedly isn't a performance review) that then leads to a pay raise based on ""impact"" which isn't defined in a way that aligns to the new values of the company. It is just weird.",Other tech firms in the area are paying more. You may need to rethink your salary structures,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52181,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,The perfect company,The culture and beliefs of the company make you feel good to work for someone who cares so much about its customers and employees,"None that I can think of, outside of the company not letting employees know where certain hardware divisions are headed ahead of time","Work your way up, earning a management role will benefit you much more than being handed one",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52182,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Management,"good benefits, good office space, casual and fun atmosphere","micro-managers abound here, corporate culture is set in Washington and doesn't always fit well for leading edge HW development",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52183,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,great benefits and competitive salary,Wish there were more locations for some jobs,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52184,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Good company,"Good company, nice projects, smart people.",Lots of work for a bit of progress.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52185,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Design Engineer,Senior Software Designer,"Ample opportunities and challenging career. Many talented, professional software engineering teams involved to support world-class services.","Work/life balance is also ranked low in each year Work Health Index but management does not seem to take this serious, particularly for those working in the online cloud computing environment requiring 24x7. Sometimes need to deal with legacy infrastructure before some improvements could be made to enhance systems. A lot of overheads to perform some legacy tasks with less return on investment. Slowly becoming to embrace open software standards but take lots of time to retrain workers with Windows knowledge.","Review model, even though getting rid of the stack ranking, is essential the same as leads and managers must still need to provide a virtual ranking stack as a way to reward and evaluate individuals. We were still losing good talents every year as the open source community has been able to attract more talents.",3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52186,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Engineering Internship,"- Meaningful intern projects - Great diversity of teams: Microsoft has their hands on absolutely everything, so you get to talk to a lot of very smart and interesting people. - Probably has the best intern benefits out there. - Intern events are amazing. - I've had great mentors - It's a great time to join Microsoft in the midst of its reinvention","- The engineering mentality in some teams is not the best: software design is not given too much thought and lazy shortcuts, instead of an ideal solution, are often taken. This applies to teams that have a lot of legacy code. - The internship experience depends a lot on the mentor. Most mentors are great, if you're one of the unlucky few, your internship won't be as rewarding.",More thought to intern-mentor matching.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52187,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Content Developer,The best BigCo to work for in tech,"With the new applications being developed and acquired, Microsoft is at the top of their game.","The only con is that it is truly a behemoth, the large nature of the organization offers less flexibility and less breadth of context.",I wouldn't make any changes if I were making a recommendation to management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52188,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Systems Analyst,Great place,Great Place to work. !,Nothing specifc to mention.,the current process can be improved,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52189,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Infrastructure Project Manager,Microsoft,Great company for contract employment. Worked there as a contract employee for nearly 18 years.,"It is a very big company and, as such, is very compartmentalized in how they go about doing business. This creates a need for specialists more than general knowledge technologists.",Diversify your positions,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P260.htm
52190,microsoft,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,The career development and opportunities are endless. The culture is fantastic. Everyone is so helpful and genuine achieving goals is easy. The benefits are top notch. Microsoft's total compensation is amazing. There is a very strong emphasis on ethics which is really reflected in the culture.,"I wish that formal training was more available. There are internal requirements to get certified on things, but getting approved for formal training isn't easy.",Help us out with formal training classes where it makes sense.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52191,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Culture, People, Technology, Perks, Opportunities","Salary, Microsoft specific technologies, Backward compatibility",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52192,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Opportunity to work with smart passionate people. Good benefits including health insurance and stock options. Competitive salary.,Your experiences will depend on the team and location in which you work. Humility includes the ability to be open to new ideas and ways of doing things and many people who started their career at Microsoft and have never worked anywhere else lack this trait. Some teams might be led by people who are not very collaborative and have political motivations.,Foster a more open and collaborative environment across the company.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52193,microsoft,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Messaging Field Engineer,"Knowledgeable Peers, Lots of travel, Yearly team building events.","Review structure lacking and constantly changing. Management claims they promote work/life balance, but critique against peers who do not have any, so you are expected to perform the same.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52194,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Sales Developer Part-Time Intern,"Great Pay, a lot of innovation techniques",Long hours and you have to work for it,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52195,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Content Developer,The best BigCo to work for in tech,"With the new applications being developed and acquired, Microsoft is at the top of their game.","The only con is that it is truly a behemoth, the large nature of the organization offers less flexibility and less breadth of context.",I wouldn't make any changes if I were making a recommendation to management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52196,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A new microsoft,"Agile, collaborative environment. The ""one"" microsoft way is refreshing and makes MS an entirely new company vs the Ballmer era.",Still some holdouts trying to keep the old ways of internal competition rather than cooperation. Employees need to push the idea of cooperation.,Need to see management pushing for the one Microsoft way as a priority. They need to forcibly stop the holdouts to either adapt or go elsewhere.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52197,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good for a company its size,"Great benefits and work life balance, some truly exciting teams and projects to work on",Some teams and projects are dragged down my management level politics. Need to watch out for those while joining.,"Be more transparent, still stuck in waterfall management model in organizations like Office",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52198,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics reign,"There are a lot of very bright people who are passionate about technology. In a short amount of time, the CEO has helped to restore the company's image as that of an innovator rather than a follower, and made needed changes to help MS become more competitive in the cloud game. Customers and partners alike are excited about Microsoft technology again and that is exciting to see.","In my opinion, morale is now pretty poor mainly due to the abundance of unnecessary admin/processes, internal politics and poor management. There have been more than a few layoffs (wrapped into ""re-orgs"") in recent years and the practice of stack ranking employees has continued, although mgmt attempted to obscure this by calling it something else (b/c of the negative press following the Vanity Fair article about 5yrs ago).  For years now it seems that numbers have been set at unattainable levels so that most don't make their numbers. This started during the K.T. era (former COO), presumably to cut payout costs, but it has continued after his departure. If I recall, it started after the company announced an across the board raise in base salaries (apparently in response to 'employee feedback about too much compensation being tied to stock').  From that point growth targets seemed to get crazy and a lot of good people left. You'd have one good year but 2 bad ones. Mgmt might change quota or revenue recognition rules mid year and there's nothing you can do about it, or worse yet, you may not find out there was a rule change until the end of the fiscal when you're trying to figure out why your attainment number is off. Incentive plans are so complex that you need a PhD to comprehend. Reporting tools are often broken and you may not be able to accurately track progress against goal, so you may get screwed if you have a manager with few scruples or if you have a mgr looking for a sacrificial lamb for the bottom of the stack ranking.","1. Put in an end to the unrealistic numbers. You'll have a better shot at retaining top talent. 2. Provide a reporting system that works. 3. Reduce the number of re-orgs. 4. Truly bring an end to stack ranking. Don't just call it something else. Stack ranking doesn't breed better employees or even better quality work, it encourages politics and back stabbing which often prompts good people to leave.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52199,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,A company that used to be Retail Heaven,"You learn a ton about technology, software and hardware. Amazing benefits for a retail job. Soft skills grow immensely. Build great relationships with customers and co-workers.","Sales, sales and sales. Constant micro-managing about everything! Raise per year is based on performance (and even if you're doing really well, you don't get a lot more money) Promise of promotion and career growth. New employees are making more than employees with seniority. Rude customers that degrade you.",Micro-managing sucks. Stop focusing on only sales and promote real growth. When you hire new employees that make more than those of us that have been busting our chops the last few years - we start to look elsewhere for employment.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P261.htm
52200,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Engineer,Engineer,a lot of resource to learn and grow,too much waste on non-productive things,more focus on problem solving,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52201,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2017","Former Employee - Director of Engagements, Innovation",Great Place for a Career,"Your colleagues. The breadth of technical investment and know how. Satya, and the changes being made to be more customer obsessed and nimble.",Middle management can be spotty. Important to find the right team.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52202,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2017","Former Employee - Learning &amp, Development Program Manager",Instructional Designer,"Teammates and everyone I worked with on various projects were incredibly hard-working, professional, and positive. Even with project and scope changes -- which can be challenging -- we managed to adjust and support each other. I could always count on people to do what they say they are going to do.","I worked in two areas while there. One of them was much better than the other. I won't name them, but you need to be careful when evaluating the team and manager. It is true that some overwork their employees without acknowledging the amount of work done, and have unrealistic expectations. My team was not like this, but the business group we developed training for had this issue. Very competitive as well.",Give credit to employees and support them -- some do a great job at this and others try too hard to move up the ladder.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52203,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It is what it is,"Good benefits, reasonable vacation, reasonably nice spaces,","Cutthroat politics, old fashioned engineering practices, terrible build systems and source control",Invest in tools that make engineers more efficient.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52204,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Principal PM Manager,"Awesome, if survive hostile political maneuvering","I've had some exceptional roles over the years, high innovation, exciting teams, big impact.","Learning that delivering high value, impact, will not guarantee a good review, rewards, or career progression. Too much hostile political maneuvering, especially as progress in levels. I am one of those truly passionate geeks that loves what Msft has contributed to the world, and hope I have helped meaningfully over the years. Unfortunately, can't stand the politics.","Though most would not care even the slightest bit, need more managers to care about, and focus on, delivering real impact, rather than absolute focus on manipulating the system for personal benefit (including destroying careers and reputation of peers for personal benefit at rewards time).",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52205,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great learning and good pay,"Some space issues, politics, and budget issues for consultants",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52206,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Definitely a major change in culture since Satya came on as CEO,"Still dealing with the issues of a large scale business - politics, competition, duplication of effort across teams - but making big progress",Keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52207,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big company opportunities and problems,"So many successful and interesting product areas to work on, support to change roles internally for personally growth, strategic direction from leadership is really reinvigorating the company","Big company can mean lots of process overhead and dispersed decision-making, leadership trying to streamline but still takes a long time to get things done",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52208,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,"Lots of pride involved in working with Microsoft. For the most part, I felt like my team consisted of a bunch of talented, dedicated professionals.","While Mr. Nadella states that stack reviews are no longer the norm, I can emphatically state that is not the case. The practice is ongoing, 'someone had to be labeled the lowest performer' according to my former manager. I was told that my manager's boss tried to get an exception to the mandatory personnel trim for our small group after I was labeled, and he was denied.","I really believed that I was going to do great things in Microsoft. My first poor review came after a number of terrific 1:1 meetings with my supervisor, so I was blindsided by the horrible review. I immediately gave up my home life and worked massive hours, running laps around my peers in order to show my value and worth. My teammates, my boss, and his boss all saw the improvement, but it didn't matter because there was a certain number of people who had to be eliminated. I had a lot of ROI to bring to the business, and I'm sorry that didn't happen. This personnel management style might work for a physical labor workforce, but it's arcane for a professional work force. I wish I understood why there is a disconnect between Mr. Nadella's statement about stack reviews being eliminated vs my experience. I still respect and admire him, but that is a huge disconnect, and it makes me wonder who is not telling the truth. For a successful business to have to succumb to practices like this makes me shake my head in disbelief. I expected better from Microsoft.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52209,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Design Engineer,"Big turn the crank company, good benefits, lacks innovation","Good benefits, middle of the road pay and bonuses, Awesome development tools","Every day is a fire drill. You must spend large part of your time advertising how good you and your work are, rather than working to make products better. Engineering seems to be more turn the crank than innovation. Surface team spends a lot of time changing its mind and redoing rather than innovating.  Too much travel to China","When you hire awesome people, stop over managing them. Spend less time looking at the people that are trying to climb the ladder and focus on making awesome products.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P262.htm
52210,microsoft,"Tysons, VA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Services Advisor,It all depends on who you work under,"Really great benefits, usually understanding of life situations, flexible hours, competitive pay.",Depends on who your peers and managers are. I have had really great experiences in the past with my former managers but more recently my location has changed their vision where it seems like they are trying to push out all the employees who have been with the company longer with whatever excuse they can find.,"The employees who work for you are human beings. If we can't meet your expectations, help them meet realistic expectations. Instead of discussing with other managers on behaviors that could be improved, be straightforward with the employee in question. Workplace politics are not fair for anyone.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52211,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company I've ever worked for,"Great compensation, benefits, talent and resources!",Performance review process needs improvement,work on HR - I was recently given 2 verbal offers that never came through.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52212,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2017","Current Employee - Engineering Services R&amp,D",engineering systems R&D,-The environment you work in allows you to think outside the box easily. -the culture makes you feel like you are part of a family,-Communication between areas and the ability to share tools that can assist you from on department to another are often hard to acquire,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52213,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Easy going culture, lots of different projects, flexibility in hours, benefits, 401k","salary is on the lower side, longer you stay the lower it gets",15% pay increase,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52214,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Benefits are good, pay is reasonable, stable and a great resume win. Management is sometimes hit or miss but that's normal for any company imo.",Pay could be higher I think. Sometimes politics make doing the right thing difficult but this is not the day-to-day as much as outlier outcomes.,"Keep up the great work. I like my job, work environment, co-workers, etc. Benefits have come in very handy and I feel like part of a great team.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52215,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome employer,"Flexible working hours, Cutting edge project",Constantly need to upgrade and update skills.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52216,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,An ok place to work,"Great benefits! Ok Perks You get access to ALL Microsoft products to do your job Worklife balance is great, sometimes it may be too good.",Some teams are stuck on older technologies (like Office) which just make your career growth not as good as other places.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52217,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,MS has lots of good opportunities.,MS is a big organization so there are lots of re-org.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52218,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Design Engineer,"Various products to work with, some nice and smart people","Too big to get an overall picture, technologies is old.",No comment,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52219,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - District Manager,"Amazing company and wonderful opportunities, with some hiccups.","Fantastic brand, it's an immediate conversation starter and attention grabber when people realize you work for Microsoft. Also, there are phenomenal people that work in this company. My peers and employees have enhanced my working relationship with Microsoft beyond words. There are some amazing opportunities as well, if you ensure that you're the obvious choice and best fit for those opportunities. Innovation and unique experiences are welcomed and appreciated in most orgs (though surprisingly frowned upon in others). I've gained more substantial experience from Microsoft than any other organization I've worked for. Though there are ups and downs as in any employee-employer relationship, I wouldn't trade the time I've worked at Microsoft for anything. I feel more optimistic about my future outside of the company because of my accomplishments inside of the company.","Culture, payrate, and benefits can vary from division to division for similar roles, and hard work is often unrewarded and trumped by politics. To take advantage of some of the best opportunities, relocation (some paid, some unpaid) is often required and modifications to benefits/pay is the norm. Also, the classic mentality of ""bad managers"" cause disengagement with the organization while great managers keep you motivated to perform at your best and inspired for what the future with Microsoft may hold is very much a part of working at Microsoft. I've had some managers lie to me and peers and manipulate situations, while others have recognized me with bonuses and top company recognition. Work life balance is also hit or miss depending on the org that you work in. My experience is that as long as you sacrifice and overwork yourself to exceed expectations, you ""earn"" your ""balance"" in the work/life arena. What may be expected from senior management at the top of the company in regards to the organization's values and expectations can be executed completely differently depending on the org and the managers that are above you.","Need more consistency from manager to manager, and org to org. Not personality or leadership styles, but big things like vision, purpose, and strategy execution. Precedents and goals set by the CEO aren't always cascaded down properly, too many managers down the pipeline take liberties to spin their own agendas to enhance their careers or hit their goals or quotas.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P263.htm
52220,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,DEPENDABLE PROFESSIONAL PROVIDING EFFECTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO EXECUTIVES,Microsoft has a passion to give all people access to all software,Contractors are limited to only work 18 month and then they have to leave for 6 months.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52221,microsoft,none," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Solutions Professional,"An excellent workplace that cultivates talent, invests in you as an employee, and offers so many different career paths.",Can be difficult to navigate if you are not used to a large company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52222,microsoft,"Rancho Cucamonga, CA"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Assistant Vice President,Good company to work for a long time,"Top notch technology to work upon, good staff and descent work environment","Less salary, mid level management not clear about org goals",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52223,microsoft,"Bentonville, AR"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Great Company,Wonderful Talent at all levels. Compensation is very good and the path to the cloud has changed the company for the better.,Can be a challenge getting past internal hurdles (mostly from HQ),Reduce the checkbox exercises generated for the field in order to support exec leadership views.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52224,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company, when you can get past the politics",Opportunity to work on high impact projects. Many options to move around within the company. Possibility for meaningful career growth from within.,"Leadership is flighty, often overreacting to social media / public sentiment instead of building a long-term strategy to invest in. The dreaded ""re-org"" happens often, sometimes meaning little progress is made for months on end while structure shakes up.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52225,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great work-life balance. Overall very good benefits. You will be working with some very smart people in the industry.,"Some technology are very Microsoft specific so if you get stuck working on these projects, your skill will likely not be well received else where.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52226,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,"Great place to work, very focused roles","I worked at MS for 7 great years. I learned a ton about how to build software, how to collaborate effetively, and how to manage a team. Some of my best friends came from my time working there, and there are so many really smart people there.","After a while, the learning starts to be about how to succeed at Microsoft, rather than how to build software best. When I was there there was pretty limited customer interaction and data driven decision making, but I think that has changed somewhat since I left. In the end, the reason i left was so I could spend more time thinking about what the right thing to build for customers was, rather than figuring out how to build the thing I was told to build as well as possible.","Continue to hire great managers that help develop. Continue to reward good performance and make people feel valued. Provide more customer connection, and more autonomy when it comes to what should actually be built to meet customer needs.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52227,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,There are some good orgs and some not so good orgs,"-Most people are passionate to create good products and good experiences for the customer -Lots of different job opportunities. There are hundreds of teams in Microsoft. You can work on anything from games, to main stream products, to hardware, to research projects. I had jobs in many different groups over my years there because I decided I wanted to try a new product. Also, you can change disciplines. I've seen many people want to change disciplines and they started getting experience in there current group and either took over the role in there current group or moved to a new group. -The clique of there are lots of smart people there, and there are.",-Plans can change on an upper management whim. There's no good reason other then someone way up the food chain had a pet idea they wanted in the product. -Upper management expects everyone under them to provide schedules and such but they don't feel they should be held accountable to a schedule and we wait with no idea when the decisions that have major impact on our product will be made. -Schedules get made that everyone knows can't be made but will only report that as the official schedule until it's blown.,"Set believable schedules, even if you don't like how long people feel it has to take. And adjust them as soon as you know you can't make them. Also, upper management, hold yourself accountable to believable schedules just like everyone under you is. And I don't care how difficult the decisions are. You get the big bucks to make those decisions.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52228,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, but did use the Nokia asset it bought well",I found Microsoft to take care of people pretty well. I was part of the handset business Microsoft bought from Nokia.,Previous CEO made the decision which was left to the new CEO who clearly did not share the opinion of buying the Nokia handset business. This ended up ms not investing enough in the comeback and eventually ramping down the whole phone business and laying off 25k+ people. This is in a way evidence of ms going through big changes and if you happen to be in that side of the business which is not valued by CEO then changes and moves can be quick and they lay off people pretty fast.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52229,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Come for the $ if you don't mind politics,- Great compensation package & benefits - Smart people - Hard problems - Ability to work on products that are used by 1B people,"1) Culture. Everyone is giving praise to the ""New Microsoft."" Satya can say all he wants that he's turning the place around and invests in people - but it's not entirely true. You have the same VPs running teams there and they continue to perpetuate favoritism and sexism. There is no safety at Microsoft. You may be okay in a role for a while, until there is a re-org. A new VP comes in and replaces all the leadership with people they know. That job you were waiting around for? Gone. It's given to someone the VP trusts.  Culture is also about how we treat each other. Office politics happen when there is a lack of trust in the workplace. Teams are still competing with the each other for resources. Within teams, managers are playing games to protect their own feature areas and resources. With respect to compensation, it gets worse. While MSFT can say they got rid of the stack rank, it's the same budget for rewards. It's not possible to give everyone a max payout with the budget. This means the VP takes from everyone to give top rewards to a few key performers.  2) If you ever join MSFT, good luck finding your next job. Many recruiters will question your ability to get anything done. There is definitely prejudice against MSFT employees in the valley.","- To really get rid of the stack rank, every team should be given an annual rewards budget which would allow VPs to grant a max payout for everyone. - Clean house with your VPs. Time to bring in some outside blood.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P264.htm
52230,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,good company,"structured work, good benefits, great location.","low pay, strategic vision is poor",new management seems much better.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52231,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,-Benefits -Pay -Work and life balance -Good location,-Team wasn't close -Hard to coordinate things in a large company -I was hired into a position I wasn't really interested in,nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52232,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very competitive salary Nice benefits and perks,Teams within the same division aren't always on the same page,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52233,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to learn about software,World class software firm. A good place to learn the in and out of software development. Have been with the company for many years. Many opportunities to move around to different groups. Very diverse set of software and services being developed.,"Some groups more strategic than others. Who your manager is, is also important. Can be very process driven and very political in some groups. Change happens very solves.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant/Business Administrator,Best organization to work with.,Not much of career opportunities for EAs.,N/A,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52235,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,I love working in my company,"Flexible hours, great medical benefit, Able to impact more people in the world.",Too much politics in recently years,"Take off the political, treat hard working people better",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52236,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,Big Company stuck in old ways,"Benefits were great, discounts on xbox games.",Management doesn't know what they want to do. Process gets in the way of productivity. Manager would rather have you do BS political stuff than actual work.,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52237,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,The changing Microsoft.,Pay is good Benefits are on par with industry (not exceptional). Location,Culture at odds with claimed values. Biased judgements rampant. Amazon leadership transplants lead to a lot of cronyism. Particularly biased to older workers.,Quit trying to be the worst of Amazon.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52238,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the company that Bill started.,Financially the company is still strong and has enough funding to make a difference in the industry. It can survive many of the past and current mistakes.,The culture at MS has drastically changed with each new CEO. Innovation built one of the largest tech companies in the world. Ballmer threw money at every problem and tried to buy any company he felt could get him out of the hole he dug. Nadella is doing everything he can to distance himself from the past mistakes and cutting everything. He's more accountant then an engineer.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52239,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - User Experience WRITER/EDITOR,Depends on your group,"Good salary and benefits, wide range of work opportunities","There's a sense of panic among higher management, especially in the documentation groups. A desperate desire to prove their worth to the company. Not a good sign overall.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P265.htm
52240,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2017",Current Employee - SDE-II,Good environment,"Good benefits, good environment, good pay",Bad work life balance on current team,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52241,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Good people and environment. Good to start,Long hours and not good pay,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52242,microsoft,"Columbus, OH"," Jan 1, 2017",Current Employee - Store Manager,Store Manager,"Culture, Senior Management, Customer Focus",Products that may be launched before they are completely ready,Satya is an amazing leader and all leaders within the organization need to align with where he is taking the company. Very rewarding job.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52243,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manufacturing operator,Co-workers were very good and helpful.,Growing opportunity was very less.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52244,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2017",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,"Great place to learn and grow, hard to drive change.",One of the few software companies left that allows you to work in a small team but still have impact on a global scale. Lots of really smart and motivated people.,"- Culture change is happening but too slowly. I still run into people everyday that exhibit ""old"" Microsoft thinking. Culture change is uncomfortable and there are still too many comfortable people without the right incentive to change. - There are also too many people that weigh in on every decision. Classic ""too many cooks"" dilemma. - Bottoms up revolution does not succeed often and there are only so many Top Down initiatives that Management can drive. As long as the metric for rewarding people is ""business impact"" (self delivered, helping others, building on others' help), it will always be possible to push aside everything else.","Culture change needs ""teeth"" to overcome inertia. Culture change is risky and Management is really good at managing risk.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52245,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Dec 31, 2016",Former Employee - Content Publisher II,"Fun place to work, nice culture",* Very competitive salary * Nice benefits and perks * You are very mobile in your career * Relatively open to relocation * Certain managers are very proactive about work/life balance,* Sometimes collaboration (especially with int'l teams) gets in the way of work * Teams within the same division aren't always on the same page * It's easy for people to get away with not doing their job and force you to pick up their slack,"Be more communicative about work/life balance. Microsoft as a company is very understanding and proactive, but it's easy for individuals on a team to forget that.  Stop worrying about improving ""culture"" and ""social perceptions"" of Microsoft and start focusing on how to get consumers (especially Millenials) to understand that Microsoft is creating the best everyday tools and products out there.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52246,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Director Product Marketing,"Tremendous opportunity, compensation and benefits",Large company with many exciting opportunities and job mobility. Well resourced with promising long term strategy. Compensation and benefits are generous.,"Negative culture at headquarters with over-functioning engineering team. Cross company initiatives are slowed by too many silos and approvals. ""Growth hacking"" is promoted in word but restrained by bureaucracy in action.","Drive clearer swim lanes between engineering, marketing and sales. Enable cross-company initiatives instead of promoting territorialism. Promote positive and collaborative culture.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52247,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work,Challenging work and great work culture. People are helpful and provides full freedom for innovation and experiment new ideas.,"Compensation should be little bit less than talent competition. Due to this, a lot of talented people are leaving. Few of talent peoples are here - most of them are due to some constraints. Every one has feeling that we are less paid and tackling same challenging problems.",Compensation should be raised. More innovation and hackathon practice at ground level. Remove as much manager as possible from company. We don't need PM in Microsoft.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52248,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2017",Current Employee - Group Leader,Company has been great to me,"Camaraderie is strong, the people I work with are amazing, I have made some life long friends. Opportunity to significantly grow my skills and add value to my team.","Very poor communication across the company and to the partners causing confusion and complexity. Middle management tier is slow to adopt the ""Growth Mindset"", they are too focused on their careers rather than the company and their teams. Pay between men and women is still not equal, they get around that by using different job titles.",Reward the people managers that have passion for people and are the catalyst for productive individuals. I cannot stress enough how important it is to have a manager that knows how to get the best out of every team member and tailored for each person. Stop loading them up with work their teams should be doing...let them lead and motivate!,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52249,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good team, interesting people","Smart people, flexible hours most of the time, good managers, good upside potential for career development and compensation bonsus","Difficult to push software releases out due to company size and regulatory requirements, difficult to move within the company to different positions, position can be burningout",All in all managers did a good job. Not sure I have additional input for management or managers at this time.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P266.htm
52250,microsoft,none," Dec 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Working with great, smart people. Get to work on cool tech. A lot of independence - I've never had a micro-managing manager. Collaborative environment. Really good benefits.",Benefits have been scaled back some over the last few years. Job can be intense. Not a place where you can coast - need to work hard to make it. Some managers very metric-based,Overall had a great experience with management but here's some feedback: Don't manage based on just metrics. Only implement processes when absolutely required.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52251,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,"Nice office, nice team. Good cafe and free drinks",Nothing special. Just a big company with all that bureaucracy .,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52252,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Principal PM,"Smart people, great opportunities and great rewards for the right business impact. Great managers treat you like family not a resource. Because of the size of the company there are diverse set of challenges and roles that you can take on and excel at. You get to work on products that impact millions of users.","Because of the size of the company there are good managers and not so good managers, best way to deal with that is to vote with your feet. Because of the large scale of the products that you work on its difficult to measure the direct impact that you make.",Keep the focus on customer value and innovations in machine learning.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52253,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Free Membership Review,"Great Environment, Smart People, Incredibly Rewarding.","Work life balance, bad decisions under previews CEO",Keep doing great things.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52254,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft VMC Social Media Analyst,Great company to work for.,"Thye are using the worst recruiting company VMC to find them workers. VMC pay is really bad. No benefits, nothing.",Get your stuff together,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52255,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to start your career,"- Super smart co-workers - Good understanding of how a big company operates - Great learning of technology and useful things like email etiquette (yeah, thats a thing) - Amazing benefits and stock options",- Can be hard to navigate the org chart to know what everyone is working on - Teams often work on things that step in each other's toes - You work for the big and evil Microsoft,- Keep working on great challenges - Stop making decisions that follow the money and start tackling problems that get engineers excited,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52256,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,Group Product Manager,Great benefits. Solid people.,Archaic performance review system that breeds competitiveness. Not a lot of opportunity for growth.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52257,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,not a good place for talents,good work life balance. free soda. beautiful campus,full of politics. Indians drive away others,"Replace 80% Indians with 1/3 real talents, and pay them more",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52258,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,my experience as Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft,"Great benefits, world-class engineering talent, good compensation","High stress, long work days, devops on-call rotations suck, saw abusive behavior by upper management to lower ranks, lots of workaholics.",Make day-to-day work life more humane.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52259,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Large company so experience varies,"Microsoft is a solid reliable big company. A bad experience with one team doesn't mean you can't have a fabulous experience with another team within it. Its certainly a good company to learn your software craft, and also a great company if you are looking for a stable environment to work.",Its a big company so if you're looking for edgy and hip its not the company for you (unless you want to learn your trade).,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P267.htm
52260,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on your business unit...,Having Microsoft on your resume may look great to certain future employers.,"They seem to be forced to remove a certain percentage of their team based on a curve, independent of how well everyone is doing.",Don't wait until the end of the year to bring up issues.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52261,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,"I like that I have learned a lot, there is always free food, it is interesting to work at such a high volume and some of the people I work with are very nice","It seems like most people they hire as contract workers do not get hired on full time, since there are so many people, everyone has one job and it becomes repetitive because people do it over and over again. Little opportunity to try new things",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52262,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but unstable,Microsoft offers some of the best opportunities to learn in the industry. You'll learn more in the first month than you did in four years of college.,It seems that Microsoft is always working through some sort of re-org (layoffs) so it can be difficult working in an environment where you are constantly worried about whether your job will be there tomorrow.,"Try to be a little less top-down and trust the lower level managers to run their business. They know what's going on better than anyone. Also, try to resist making major changes to parts of the business that you don't understand.",1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52263,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Microsoft is rediscovering its mojo under Satya. Focus has shifted to Being obsessed with customer, execution and singular pursuit of creating winning products",There are still many many layers and multiple groupd trying to do the same feature making it difficult to articulate the story,"Simplify everything -- fewer people, features, products, processes, org structures. Use less is more mantra. Establish clear accountability and hold people to it.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52264,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,MSFTing or not MSFTing,"- Work/Life balance, Great Benefits, Flexible Work Hours - Friendly environment, nice international culture - Microsoft recently started accepting OpenSource and Linux as a reality. Windows 10 native support for Ubuntu Bash and Microsoft's contribution in github are examples of the new trend. - Microsoft is serious about its cloud business. - MSFT rewards loyalty, if you stay you will get promotion, bonus, etc.","- Microsoft's OpenSource culture is still an infant. A lot of company's time is wasted in reinventing the wheel due to the lack of a proper culture for reusing what already is available as a third party library. Hopefully this will get better over time but at slow pace. - It is harder to make your contribution visible due to the nature of big companies. - If you end up working in old product teams (e.g., Office) you may end up maintaining old code that you inherit and so you won't learn much new technologies.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52265,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 25, 2016",Former Employee - Team Lead,Consultant,Updated technologies and peer guidance,Less ownership and less self driven things,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52266,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Architect/Program Manager Lead,Just not what it used to be,"Great people, smart people and overall a good environment to start a career. While Microsoft isn't what it used to be, it still is a solid technology company.","My reason for leaving was that the priority shifted over the years from creating great product for customers, to ""who can stab you in the back quickest to rise in their careers"".",Be mindful of those that actually contribute at the 10x level. You are losing those folks more and more and they are a different category of people in general. Take care of them.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52267,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT consultant,"good environment , startup company","fair payment , busy and active",none,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52268,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of career opportunities,"Large company with lots of opportunities, one of the few tech companies with the opportunity to do impactful work","Too big, overlap in roles, silos, too much time spent on internal alignment, exec reviews etc.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52269,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Helper,It was a nice place to work,Too fast pace for me,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P268.htm
52270,microsoft,"Warren, MI"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,Assistant store manager,"Great people, management is awesome",manager support when development has peaked,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52271,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Most of the time it's a great place to work.,Work-Life Balance Earning Growth Potential Benefits Flexibility of hours Job Stability Great Pay Lots of places to lateral move around to,Politics Too Many Managers and PM creating a Bureaucratic Nightmare Anti-MSFT makes it hard to transfer to another company Lack of diversity,Cut out the politics. Let me do my job. Sick of having to trade favors just so I can do my job.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52272,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Microsoft,Good work life balance and excellent health benefits. There is good opportunity to work in lots of different products/services across the company,Annual stock bonus is very small unless you are very high in the ladder. Compensation falls drastically after joining bonus + stocks are vested.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52273,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Great.,"Work life balance, good people, good management in general. Tuition assistance, good insurance","Bad cafeteria, bad tooling, some level of attrition. Salary comoared to fb and google and amazon is lower.",Fire people that aren't competent and haven't moved level in a while! They not only cost us money but also hold us back.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52274,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Business Development Manager,"travel opportunity, networking, industry driving partnerships",career advancement opportunities seem to be limited,NA,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52275,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Comfortable but often bureaucratic,"Smart people, company has made great progress in recent years, lots of opportunity","Bureaucratic, slow, product overlap creates inertia,","Work harder to create an environment where entrepreneurial people can be successful, maintain aspects of the culture that allow for experimentation",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52276,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Project Management Intern,Intern,MSFT Stack Experience Great Culture Help With Career Advancement,Not many cons as I was just interning....,Keep doing what you are doing for your interns and team building..,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52277,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Business Administrator,"Benefits, job flexibility, networking, atmosphere, technology advancements","Work/life balance, advancement opportunities for the business support discipline","Provide more remote/telework opportunities, as well as career advancement for the business support discipline",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52278,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"OK Pay, Terrible Politcs",- Decent pay - Good benefits - Flexible work,"- You only move up if you are political - Underperformers getting promoted over those excelling - If you get a bad manager (which happens 60% of the time), your job sucks",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52279,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Redmond HQ company,"Good salary, benefits, etc. The resources available in such a large and diverse company. Interested in employee career and growth.",Most software engineering and development jobs are in Redmond. Difficult to find the resources in such a large and diverse company.,Get the Sales and Account teams to line up with the Microsoft cloud first and mobile first concept. More effort needs to be placed on getting customers using open source technologies into the Azure cloud.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P269.htm
52280,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Office Support Escalation Engineer,Support Escalation Engineer,"- Senior Leadership is leading the company to the right path on digital transformation. - Work remotely is a plus depending on the job role it is possible. - Solid company, different challenges every Fiscal Year",- Time consuming - Sometimes life balance is not fair,"- Review each manager skills to make sure they work as leaders and not just a ""boss""",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52281,microsoft,none," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,"Separate room, food is close","Junk food in office, hot room",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52282,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Good culture and great co-workers (most of the times not all the time).,Too much rewriting stuff and some groups are slow shipping new code.,"Moving in the right direction, keep going!",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52283,microsoft,"Mercer Island, WA"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, work flexibility and good strategic direction","Pay lots of lip service to inclusion and collaboration, but it is not reflective of the actions in my group. The leadership creates narratives to make them look good at the expense of the team. Transparency is minimal and there is a lot of hoarding of information to set people up for failure.",Award collaboration. Make 360 degree feedback mandatory. And take it seriously when an employee has multiple HR complaints.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52284,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,Campus and facility are nice.,Not committed to the people.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52285,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Sales,Great co-workers and I made some awesome friends.,There were no downsides I enjoyed all the hard work.,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52286,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft software engineer review,Great people to work with. Excellent pay and infrastructure to help you grow in every aspect. Year end bonuses are good. They treat you top class.,"After some days, you will be doing the same job again and again. Some times it gets boring. We need some challenge to learn more.",Keep your employees happy and satisfed and they will hekpp your company to grow big.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52287,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Enjoying my experience,"Started working at Microsoft in July 2016, as my first full-time position after graduating college. So far it has been a great experience. They more or less completely covered relocation for me, which really helped me to move halfway across the country. The work has been good so far, definitely keeping me busy. In addition, the benefits and pay that Microsoft provides are top notch. All in all, very good experience so far.","If you work in Redmond (I am in Bellevue, so this does not apply to me), I could see it being difficult getting to your building if you are not driving, as it is larger than the average college campus.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52288,microsoft,none," Jan 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Consultant,"I was paid very well, and worked with very intelligent people. Lots of initial effort provided towards training and cross-training as needs arise.","Brutally target-driven culture, similar to some of the more vicious sales roles I've seen. Stack ranking is gone but the mindset is still prevalent. Engagement Managers would put Associates on projects they were unqualified for or were in the wrong subject matter area, just to achieve utilization targets.","Get rid of aggressive targets, as it makes the place very hostile.",2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52289,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 1, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Consultant,Technical consultant position was decent,"Lots of free food, great training","Hours are not so good, products are forced out without proper understanding","Don't mock apple Inc, rather generate your own niche!",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P270.htm
52290,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sde,"Good company, benefits, work environment etc","Too much politics, not much innovation",Manager should pay more attention to employees,3.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52291,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account manager,"Smart, talented, driven, inclusive, fun","Competitive, satalite office, difficult, aggressive",Do away with stack ranking,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52292,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 16, 2016",Former Employee - Product Support,Tech giant unlike any other,"Such a buzzing environment, never a dull moment, great incentives, good support, great employees,Management very understanding and forgiving, they give insightful tuition and feedback based on necessary improvement to become an asset to the organisation, they know where and how to make the improvements. Good relocation package from the United Kingdom, office has everything required to make job easier, good social environment.","Can't think of any, my time at Microsoft were the best days I have ever encountered",Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52293,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great company for opportunities,Great opportunity to advance. Pay is on the nose. People are crazy smart. When you talk about tech companies that are on the cutting edge Microsoft is top notch.,Review system still is broken even though they say it has changed. Behind the curtain it remains a mess. Employees if they stay too long in groups get stuck and have to leave.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52294,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,great self-motivated people to work with,too far from end-user requirements,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52295,microsoft,none," Dec 30, 2016",Former Employee - Strategist,Good technology,"Good Technology, Smart engineers Good Technology, Smart engineers Good Technology, Smart engineers","Big company, lots of process","Better rewards, more lunches",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52296,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great pay and benefits. Multiple opportunities to enhance your career.,Work / life balance is minimal.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52297,microsoft,none," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Architect,awesome pay and benefits,the hours can be long,keep doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52298,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Director,"Director, Executive Communications","Tons of growth in the company, Satya is doing a terrific job, and the benefits are amazing.",The experience varies hugely by department. I found IT to be full of people who are coasting until retirement. The Sales department has frantic schedules and unrealistic expectations for delivering on huge numbers.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52299,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome tech company,Great company culture. Everyone is welcoming and friendly.,Work life balance can be difficult especially as a traveling consultant,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P271.htm
52300,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Great company,"Under Satya's leadership, the company has transformed. It is now a place smart people want to come to than leave.",Working late hours is a given.,Stay aggressive and customer focused.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52301,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Nice work place.,Flexible workplace. Smart people. Great responsibilities. Small team.,"According to Glassdoor, I am underpaid.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52302,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Communications Manager,Microsoft is coming back and the cultural changes and new products are making it a real leader again.,"Competitive salary and benefits and a new corporate culture that is diverse, inclusive and growth oriented. There is a lot of new energy at the company under Nadella.",Long hours are often required and can be difficult for family life. The budget process is frustrating at times and so is the employee review process.,I like the new direction of the company. Keep it up!,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52303,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde,good from career growth oppurtinity,"Not really much, everything is okay",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52304,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,Current transformation of the company is giving it a fresh look and feel. There are great positions in any area in Technology you like. Great people to work with.,"The lack of practical support to move between disciplines is a damper. While things have changed for better in this area, more can be done.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52305,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Great to work with smart people. Interesting products and continuous transformation. Awesome product sets, particularly Azure and O365 and (usually) time to play with new software.",Naturally a lot of opportunities and decision-making power comes from Redmond.,Satya is inspirational and visionary as a CEO. The senior leadership embody the values if the organization.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52306,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Good company, inconsistent teams",Good benefits OK salary compared to other major tech companies Evolving culture,"Still too hard to move across teams Not all teams / individuals are evolving with the company culture ""Old Microsoft"" types make collaboration more painful than it has to be",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52307,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft can be both a good and bad place to work,Treated well. People are generally good. Stock is doing well. Work life balance can be easily maintained. Compensation is fair.,"Depending on the organization within the company you work in, experiences can vary. I've had issues with how upper management approaches problems, our engineering systems, and the process it takes to get work done. Compensation doesn't feel as good as other big tech companies in the are.","Listen to your customers better, it will make your employees happier.",3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52308,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,"Innovative, Open, New CEO, Good pay and technical colleagues",Missed the tide in mobile space,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52309,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Senior Marketing Manager,"Salary, bonus, benefits, etc. Being part of something big. Good teams in several areas. Smart people who want to do good work.","Upper management out of touch with reality of the work. Middle management and up runs the company by scorecard only. Virtually no first hand experience or street smarts to drive key decisions. Company wants to get younger, cheaper. Trendy Amazon model of burn hot and burn out in 2 years. Good for stock price, bad for employees.",Step from behind the scorecard. Do something real for once. Meet a customer. Write some copy. Create a web site. Anything that proves you know what you're talking about beyond company mantra du jour. Stop the phony rah rah and use better common sense.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P272.htm
52310,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Manager,The benefits are great and there are many opportunities for traveling abroad.,It takes a long time to get promotions and there are too many layers of management. Many people's jobs are duplicative.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52311,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director of Program Management,"Make a huge impact in the world, working with some of the smartest people anywhere","Big companies are slow to make big changes, though MS is making huge strides",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52312,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Content Publishing Manager,Lots of opportunity for growth,A large company means you can get a lot of experience either in one particular discipline or in several. The sky's the limit for motivated individuals.,"The competitive nature of the review model. Though teamwork is valued, there's always an underlying pressure to do better than your peers. That's a disconnect.","The usual things that top the employee poll every year -- communicate more effectively (transparency is key to a happy, motivated workforce) and keep working on tools/process improvement.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52313,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Flexible work hours, great benefits.",Difficult to move around depending on your business org,Instruct managers to recruit within,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52314,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Program Manager @ Microsoft,"Work on incredible technology with incredible people. There is flexibility to change teams and work on ever changing areas. The beauty of Microsoft is that if you are interested in Tech, it is likely being worked on somewhere at Microsoft.","Work life can be very demanding and isn't recommended for people looking for an ""easy job"" - The program manager role requires skills beyond just technical acumen",Continue to push for innovation and drive for business impact amongst product teams. Be quicker to react to industry trends and cut ties with laggard or dying products or technology,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52315,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,Amazing company - Going 40 years!,You will meet the smartest people here. Microsoft still had a level of intelligence and energybthatbis hard to find elsewhere. They treat their employees better than 99% of ccompa is out there.,Some nepotism in terms of like minded individuals hired by managers.,Truly examine diversity. Keep up the energy and benefits,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52316,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,tech support,good. Best t place in world to work.,nothing is unprofessional. overall good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52317,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 23, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company,Great and smart engineers. You will get to learn a lot from peers.,Salary does not seem to be as competitive as with other tech companies of similar size. On-call in some teams very stressful.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52318,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Intern experience,"Good environment, really smart collegues.",I don't see any downsides.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52319,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty nice,They give you free stuff in the summer analyst program and treat you quite nicely,"I can't really think of any, perhaps seasonal depression from working in Seattle but besides that its all good",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P273.htm
52320,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A wonderful place to retire in.,Great work life balance. Great health benefits. I'd like to come work for Microsoft right before I retire. With such low expectations I can surely get by well there.,"No engineering culture what so ever. Not a place to learn how to become a great engineer. Bad tools, and very low quality bar. Brand name has eroded very much and all the great engineers are leaving in masses to join other top tier companies. Senior leadership doesn't care about anyone or anything but themselves.",Keep up the good work of focusing only on the shortsighted goals. The stock is going up.,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52321,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Focused on delivering, less on management",Good hours More laid back Good benefits,Less learning Slow at times Too many meeting,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52322,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,More epic every day,"I am completely in awe with some of the work I've seen going on in this company! The perks of culture here is rapidly migrating to adopt many of the garage mentality of doing epic ""stuff"" and being a doer. I've been in meetings where I am easily the dumbest dev in the room (this is a good thing). It's very personally rewarding being challenged with the scale of products used by millions.","The ""sexy"" products are fiercely competitive. Much of the time in meetings is a waste and there is a huge duplication of effort between various teams.","It would be helpful to have some form of ""all up"" Kanban or similar to know when teams are doing incredibly similar projects. Also, please stop killing off hardware products (phones, band) just as they are gaining momentum. It damages credibility within the company and with our users.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52323,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Support Engineer,Great place to work and learn technology. A lot of access to information and resources for you to learn from and grow. Freedom to explore beyond your job description activities and achieve more. If you wish.,So many things have changed since I have worked at MSFT my cons are most likely out of date these days.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52324,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Great place to work,"Great Place to Work !!!, Brand recognition, Work Life Balance and overall good opportunities",Pretty quick/demanding environment which sometimes might translate into being in a rush,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work!,Great products! Benefit packages are one of the best for software companies. I love the new shipping center and health care on site.,I don't have a lot of cons here. Teams are working better together than before. There are times where it's difficult to tell what other teams are working on.,Good mgmt,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52326,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Smart people with great culture,"working with the smartest engineers, great culture, great work life balance, great growth and learning opportunities, competitive salary","company sometimes feels too big - not aware of other stuff going on, internal tools sometimes seem outdated, internal process sometimes heavy (when working with other teams only)","I like the push towards a new Microsoft, the culture is great, but some of the old Microsoft tendencies are still there. Let's push to be as less on process as possible - some if it feels like a waste of everyone's time. Also, our base salaries are competitive in the industry, but I don't think the stock and bonuses are.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52327,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer,Best industry standards in terms of: 1. Technology 2. Software practices 3. Adaptation 4. Vision  Invests a lot on innovation. Is open to new ideas. Drives employee participation. Very friendly and helpful people. In spite of being a huge company promotes a great culture. Lots of outdoor activities and employee support programs. Benefits are excellent,1.No free lunches :) 2. The office layouts are old style and people usually get crammed into small offices. Should promote open workspace,Keep up the goodwork. There is lot of scope and opportunities ahead,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52328,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Consumer Services Advisor,Microsoft Store,Microsoft offers really great benefits.,"Unfortunately, this is still a retail position.",Need more development.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52329,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,Multiple products and teams to work in,work life balance is poor.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P274.htm
52330,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Large company that changes the world. Large company that lets you find the job that works for you. Great to have on your resume'. Excellent benefits.,"""Death march"". When the release is completely screwed up, management drives the workers to get the product out the door. This screws up the work-life balance of the workers and the compensation is not worth it. Management will of course be compensated just fine, thank you! Stock prices hasn't gone anywhere in 15 years.",Innovate. Don't follow. Work / Life balance is a must.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52331,microsoft,"Cypress, TX"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Global Director,Director,Great company. Great vision. Great people. I thoroughly enjoyed working at Microsoft.,Very Redmond-centric. The company hires and promotes people from within mostly.,Have global focus and be proactive by listening to outsiders.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52332,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good work life balance, focused management",Very smart and motivated coworkers Interesting problems to solve Good compensation Good work life balance Able to move teams to learn new technologies,"Scope can be a bit small for IC levels which can be frustrating, but going deep in that scope is rewarded.",Keep focusing on making your employees happy and enabling them to do great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52333,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Management,Have Courage to Change the Field Culture!,Senior Leadership Painting refreshing new vision and strategy Benefits Opportunities Internally,Way too inwardly focused Managers (Especially GM's) managing from a fear and job preservation perspective Large Enterprise Selling Segment Seriously Broken Working to win versus working to change lives and business for the betterment of mankind Talent level in Sales has dropped massively due to comp and management issues Scorecards far too tactical and driving the wrong behaviors - GM's gaming the system Dynamics Teams never should have been mainstreamed. Different business and different type rep needed to articulate vision. SFDC still winning all strategic deals unless MSFT buys the deal! Middle Management under qualified,EPG needs massive rebuild. Place focus on customer and not managing ones own career each day Have courage Reward courageous thinkers Work out yesMen/Women - Way too many of these. Break out teh Dynamics business so they can be more Agile and Strategic,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52334,microsoft,"Bronx, NY"," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Inventory Control Specialist,"Great benefits, and great staring pay for retail.","There is no work life balance, and from what I see the east cost market has issues with hiring managers so many stores fail, oppose to the west coast.",Favoritism doesn't work.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52335,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Representitive,Great working environment. A great place for tech people.,Hard to get promotion when there are so many employees.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52336,microsoft,"King of Prussia, PA"," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Microsoft is a company that truly cares about its employees.,"Top three pros are The benefits (which are granted to both full time and part time employees), the positive minded people, and community service opportunities.","Retail Store Hours - Specifically for the retail stores, thus doesn't apply to corporate positions. Also, there are minimal opportunities to move up in position/rank within your own store. In order to move up into management, you'd have to relocate.",Consistency will help to take the retail stores to the next level!,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52337,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great job, great benefits, slow moving at times","Great work life balance, generous with hardware, solving interesting problems and features.","Things move slowly, lots of internal tools for everything, little to no documentation - most of the time you have to ask around if you want to find out something.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52338,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Service Advisor,Warm and enthusiastic team,Professional challenge and highly enthusiastic team. Friendly management and perspective for growth. Nice and warm atmosphere of cooperation and synergy,Competition with other talented people. Friendly management and perspective for growth. Nice and warm atmosphere of cooperation and synergy giving the warm felling and will for work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52339,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Things are looking up,"Since Satya took over, the sleeping giant is awakening and jumping into cloud services.",Agility is something that is not coming easy for sleepy giant who is waking up....,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P275.htm
52340,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Things are looking up,"Since Satya took over, the sleeping giant is awakening and jumping into cloud services.",Agility is something that is not coming easy for sleepy giant who is waking up....,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52341,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great benefits, flexible, but a big company feel",* Great benefits and facilities * Flexible schedules * Pockets of fun work,"* Really big company, easy to feel lost in the crowd * If you've enjoyed working at startups or small companies, you won't get that here * Lots of politics and posturing, managers rarely want your opinion, just the answers to their questions",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52342,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Great Company,They do almost everything a software/computer engineer might be interested in.,"So many opportunities, so little time...",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52343,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company to work at.,"Generally smart people, good benefits, good work life balance. Good fitness reimbursement program, very good 401k match program. Very good library system. Good commute program (connector)",No free food. Rainy days can be quite a lot during winter time. Also culture can be quite different from team to team.,"Provide free food and boost pay, then you'll likely to get and keep good people.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52344,microsoft,"Woodinville, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Group Finance Manager,Excessively Politically Correct Culture,"Good pay, good benefits. Semi-casual dress code. Huge company with tons of opportunities, around the world. Great support for very ambitious people. Plenty of chances to get management experience. New leadership team is making necessary changes - but those changes might not work out for you...","A monoculture - if there is a sense that you might be a Republican, you will likely get managed out. If you like your job and just want to keep doing it, you will get managed out. If you are a white male and they find a minority or female candidate, you will likely be fired in order to make the quota. They don't hide this fact - quotas are published, headcount is shrinking - the only way the math works is to force out white males. If you take advantage of the great vacation/leave benefits, you will get a terrible review. Whatever you do, if you are a male - DO NOT TAKE YOUR 12 WEEKS PARENTAL LEAVE!!!","Upper management is making the right moves, for the most part. Think about reducing the number of managers and increasing scope. There are way too many layers.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52345,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," Dec 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, good benefits","Good benefits. Ok vacation policy. Lots of products to potentially work on. A couple years ago, you had to be in a position for 18 months prior to interviewing for another position (or get managers approval). That's no longer the case.  Satya and Brad are great.","New Review process is very much the same as the old one. Your manager can make or break your career and there are, quite frankly, many people in management that shouldn't be there.  Nepotism, favoritism and bias are all present (as with many large companies). When they are ready for you to go, they will nitpick to no end. The things that you're penalized for would, in some cases, get others promoted. Microsoft really seems to love the boisterous. If you're a worker bee or introvert, this may not be the place for you. The loud person who's always talking and making promises, yet saying nothing and hardly ever delivering on the promises, are the ones who are favored, rewarded and promoted.  If you ever get a review where you receive no rewards (no bonus, stock or raise), your career at Microsoft is virtually over. Start looking elsewhere.","The so-called non-stack ranking system sucks. You still have inefficient and non-empathetic managers in place. The so-called Diversity & Inclusion programs are mostly useless. You may have some (and it's small) diversity, but the inclusion part? Not even close. Also, you get people in the door but do little to grow their careers and help them stay.",3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52346,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company that is doing things better and better each day and treats their employees well.,"Pays well, most teams are not really that stressful, respectful teammates, products are well known, development process goes through enough rings to ensure stability when features get to customers.","Boring weeks, extremely slow processes, the company is always the last to enter the competition. The Redmond campus is in the middle of nowhere.","Be a bit more agressive when entering a new area to compete. For example, the Mobile OS is sensational, but the company has not cared enough for mobile devices.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52347,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great company, amazing pay. I really love the company's values, which is why I chose to work there. I was happy to see the values being upheld even as an employee. Employees are awesome.","The work can sometimes be demanding. It is not really demanding in the sense that it consumes your personal life, but more so in that it can be really tedious. This is not much of a con if you already expect it.",The company is on the right track. To change anything substantiative may change the entire dynamic of the company. Continue maintaining the company's reputation and treating employees with respect and it will remain one of the top companies.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52348,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer Review Working in SQL Server Team,"1. Learning new technologies, Cloud, Web, Data Science etc. 2. Opportunity to work with teams working on innovative products and complex problem. 3. Good salary, compensation, bonus and stock options for employees(specially valuable when Microsoft is doing good historically).","Too much focused in technologies specific to Microsoft only, though things are changing and there are lots of good open source projects. Work life balance is not good any more. However, hard work is well rewarded in Microsoft.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52349,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Salary, benefits and perks are nice.","Bask stabbing colleagues, clicks and management favoritism. If you kiss managements rear end and are in the club you get high scores on their joke of employee review process. Otherwise you are screwed and hung out to dry. Wouldn't work there again.",Get your act together!,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P276.htm
52350,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineers,Smart coworkers Great benifits Work life balance,Too many Legacy systems Bloated engineering org,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52351,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Nice bonuses, frustrating release cycles","Bonuses are larger, especially once you've been there for more than 5 years and have a large stock pile of stock vesting (twice) each year. Most managers allow you to have a flexible work schedule.","Releases are rushed, which leads to (usually 1-3) months where you are working nights and weekends to get a feature developed before the code complete deadline. Then the feature still doesn't ship for another 6-9 months after. Getting stuff done is slow.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52352,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Dec 16, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Systems Engineer,A lot of opportunities in different fields if willing to relocate,"Too centralized, office politics in the management level and sometimes a lot of ignorance. It is likely to be left out of the decision making, if not physically in Redmond.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52353,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Software Engineer II,Great place to work and pay is good,Moving between projects is not easy.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52354,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,A company in the rebound,"Some of the greatest productivity software in the world, with a evolving philosophy in line with the 21st century","While leadership has changed for the better, the layers right below it still.comprise of old timers that have made their fortune in the ""Windows first"" era - depending the area you work on, this can stifle innovation.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52355,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company if you land a good team,The variety of teams available in the same campus really makes Microsoft into a goldmine of opportunities. Landing on a good team can make going to work feel like just hanging out. Work/life balance is excellent compared to other companies trying to make the office a 2nd home.,Aging technologies and work flows. Politics is a necessary game to get promoted past Senior.,Every team NEEDS to move to agile and email needs to be killed.,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52356,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager II,"Great benefits, fast paced environment. Transportation provided. Good pay. Worked with brilliant people.",Extremely competitive. In some cases the same work would be given to more than one person to see who would do it best.,There must be a better way to recirculate high performers throughout the company after a job has been completed.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52357,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Audience Marketing,Microsoft has the best life-work relationship because it provides quality while working and balances it with flexible schedules. Top profiles and a lot of access to information and resources makes you want to learn faster and do more to also achieve and deliver more.,The company's structure is so big that it sometimes it takes a long time to actually develop or achieve something.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52358,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome Company,"very challenging working environment, great benefits, work life balance and fair reward system",some people still influenced by the old managerial style,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52359,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Business Program Manager,"Excellent benefits, smart leadership, strong embrace of diversity and inclusion, philanthropy. Some of the smartest people I know work at Microsoft.","As with most very large corporations, Microsoft can be slow moving and bureaucratic. It is critical to get to know people across groups and build your network.",Keep up the good work and continue to focus on ensuring that selection of people managers are the most critical factor to retaining talent.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P277.htm
52360,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"large company, find your area","Lots of opportunities to change your job and career without changing your commute or your 401k! As in any large company, each division and large group has some of the personality of the people that are attracted to that line of work. Find a good spot and dig in.","a big company needs to be agile with the industry, and that means that the start and stop businesses. You need to be flexible, because there may be a change in your group and you might need to find another job within the company if you stay at the company a long time.","Benefits and culture are easy to overlook when you are always focused on product and business success, but they make a big impact in how productive people are.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52361,microsoft,"Kenmore, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Business Systems Analyst,Microsoft - Volume Licensing,Great to work with technical folks and architect. Kitchen is well stocked.,No available permanent office. Office supply is not stocked well.,Provide assignment quickly for your staff.,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52362,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good first job,"Microsoft is a great large company to work for right out of college. Great benefits, great work-life balance (depending on your product team), and great pay. I'm learning a lot, but I think that's because I'm young and there's a lot to learn at my age.","It's a big company. Operations and procedures are slow. Communication within the company is hard, especially for remote offices (not in Redmond, WA). I don't feel passionate about my product (Enterprise & Cloud) but it's definitely an interesting and money-generating space.  The stack rank/hierarchy is annoying. People will automatically default to the wishes of their manager, without thinking of the product's potential.  I can't see myself here for more than a few years, but I feel I'll learn a lot while I'm here.","Allow your worker bees to disagree with you every once in a while. Stay technical and don't become irrelevant in a rapidly changing industry. At the same time, know that everyone is human and imperfect.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52363,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag,"Smart people to work with, opportunity to have global impact, amazing breadth of products and services means many different types of teams to work on",Very rare to find a good people manager. Rewards calibration system is a stack-ranking exercise and even very talented people with good results lose out if their manager doesn't champion them sufficiently.,"Managers use the rewards discussion process to ""RIF"" team members without notice and no severance pay. So people who have never been told there is a performance issue are effectively fired. This practice doesn't map to Microsoft company values and should be examined and ended.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52364,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Sales,Sales Specialist,"Great pay and benefits, extradinary coworkers, brilliant and team oriented.",Worklife balance. Also require folks to sell every product vs. becoming a specialist for our focus product. Complicated Licensing.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52365,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to Work,Drive group of people to work with. So many opportunities for advancement. Great work hours.,Management team overlooks the amount of work they assign.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52366,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Nice location in Redmond, good teamwork, good project managers, and finally good ping pong lobbies.",They hire and fire regularly. It's hard to find a safe job unless you're a higher up.,"Stop hiring and firing so regularly, although I do concede your firing benefits are good.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52367,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Director,Microsoft has a strong consumer and business brand. Alignment on key business outcome is clear and has many smart people working there.,Internal processes and metric organizational structure can take up a lot of time to manage and therefore less time focusing on the customers.,N/A,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52368,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Development Specialist,Sales Development Specialist,"Great people, good pay, fun culture",Limited potential for lateral movement in the organization,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52369,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"benefits, facilities and culture - people are greeat",company identity - or lack thereof,lead with actions not professional-sounding words,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P278.htm
52370,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2016",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Great company,Awesome benefits and opportunities within the company.,Too big and has multiple focus.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52371,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Building a future for each of us,* good pay * good benefits * generally working with people who want to make a difference * open to hearing differing opinions,"* depending on where in the company, speed of decision making and execution can feel very slow","It is okay to show vulnerability, but clearly show vision and how it is translated to decisions in the mid AND low areas in the organization.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52372,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Major Account Manager,"Strong benefits including healthcare, stock and employee discounts.",Inauthentic leadership that are focused on their own success and not building and supporting strong teams. A lot of lip service is paid to attitude and collaboration but in reality the culture is highly political and divisive.,Pick and choose the important Key Performance indicators that should be prioritized. 16 is too many for anyone to focus on and successfully deliver.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52373,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,Opportunity to work on multiple areas,Cross department transparency could be better,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52374,microsoft,"Puget, WA"," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Senior Technical Account Manager,Lots to learn. cutting edge. fast pace.,many different groups competing against each other. low level management overhead no value,reduce process and tools that get in the way of customer value,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52375,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Excellent culture, intelligent coworkers, improving direction","- Excellent benefits - Good compensation - Some of the engineers are very brilliant, and you can learn a lot from them - Friendly atmosphere - Work-life balance can be however you want - Microsoft gives devs very good hardware and an above average working environment","- Hiring quality is not uniform. Not all hires are of excellent quality - Management is still somewhat risk-averse - Engineering practices and agility seems lower than our competitors, specifically Amazon and Google.Though there has been a recent push for quality over merely shipping new features quickly - Certain products such as Windows Phone leave die-hard Microsoft fans (our most important customers) disappointed. We should make sure we don't deliver half-assed me-too products into the market","Keep doing what you are doing, drive the company to both improve quality and to push new features that make Microsoft products stand out",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52376,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company culture,"Great culture, easy moving inside the company, leadership across enterprise and consumer",Too big to be efficient,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52377,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 26, 2016","Current Employee - Manager, Software Development &amp, Engineering",Amazing Microsoft,Great innovation platform  motivating work,decision process is slow. need more EQ effort to move the ball than IQ,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52378,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern review,"Great culture, interns get to on projects that matter to the company, and fun intern activities.",Its hard to make a meaningful impact on the company since its so large. The food could be better.,Perhaps consider offering dinner?,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52379,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BDM,Great experience working with customers and partners and a growing eco-system,get pigeon holed into a specific role,great role to manage peopl,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P279.htm
52380,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Consultant,Great Place to work. I would highly recommend it.,18month contract Limit. And Peer review makes it very challengling,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52381,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Development Engineer,Ability to move around different teams within MS,Its easier for higher growth if you are a manager but unfortunately its tough to become a manager since they have flattened out the org,Have a better path for IC's to grow in the higher bands,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52382,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Mechanical Engineer,Great Company,Very flexible work hours (but still necessitating a lot of hours). Work is challenging and pushes you in the engineering department. Ressources to pursue every idea. Great focus on personal improvements.,"In Redmond, commute is not great when coming from the city. Not great visibility to Management's decisions, but hasn't been too much an issue.","Not here long enough, and different with each group.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52383,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Management,Great benefits and career choices,Long working hours and stress,Good career opportunities,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52384,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great for entry level to build a good foundation to start career,good to place to start as a college grad good place to learn about the industry,Under-paid by industry standards Lots of red tape lots of internal disputes,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52385,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II,Note: My Rating and review is by comparing Amazon and Oracle as my previous employers.  * Smart people * Great time-off * work-life balance is good * In general good benefits.,"* Politics * Really old developer tools. * Reinventing the wheel over an over and over and over and over again. * Slow development * Can be frustrating if you come from opensource world. * If you don't love MS stuff, It can be a nightmare. You must love IE for example :/ or accept it at least.","Less politics, more agile development.",3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52386,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Great Place To work,"Yes, awesome place to work",Nothing to say for this part,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52387,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship - software,"Great company, learned a lot working here","I was put in the Bellevue building, which has less of an intern community than redmond",More intern events at other buildings,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52388,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Great benefits package, even with the change to the HSA and the high-deductible plan. Great working environment and usually your own office (once you have sufficient time at the company). Each group or manager is different but the options to move around the company are great. You can definitely find something to work on that you are passionate about.","Wtih the elimination of the test discipline at Microsoft, I think they've lost something special. Test people are the customer advocate and when everyone is a developer, there can be a tendency to focus just on shipping as fast as possible. and leaving quality secondary.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52389,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Paid Search Account Manager,,"Pay is typically higher than the market Benefits aren't that unbelievable, but good Fellow Individual Contributors are great people",Middle management is completely clueless due to lack of experience. Opportunity for advancement/visibility is granted primarily to females Promotions are based on who managers have a previous friendship with. Bing has consistently missed their targets this year,"Start looking at your middle management more critically The Peter Principal is alive and well at Bing Performance issues aren't based on IC's, its poor leadership",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P280.htm
52390,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager - Microsoft,Flexible environment and good benefits,No clear vision from management Tons of politics You simply move mountains to secure a decision on something,Stop looking at your personal interests and do what's right for the company Remove obstacles and help employees focus on delivering a real value,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52391,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Enterprise Architect,Enterprise Strategy Consultant,"The company has a great brand and there is good mobility within the company which can offer some folks good mobility. If your skills fall within a particular narrow range, they will keep you busy using them. Mostly software consulting","The position of Enterprise Strategy Consultant is supposed to be an Enterprise Architect role, but the sales staff in nearly every market has no visibility at all to senior business leaders, making it nearly impossible for Microsoft to get people engaged in doing Enterprise Architecture work. If you are a TECHNICAL architect, you'll do fine in MCS but if you are actually an Enterprise Architect or Business Architect, Microsoft Consulting Services will NOT be a good place to work.","End the pretense. Either back the notion of architecture driven sales and build a sales team capable of selling Enterprise Architects, or close the Enterprise Strategic Consulting program down. You do the brand no favors by going half way.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52392,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, lots of diverse positions and cultures","With the breadth of technologies available, you can hop around from one team to the next to explore your interests. Moving across teams is not very difficult",Cultures can vary greatly from one team to the next. Make sure you like the team's culture when you decide to join,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52393,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,Great Employer that really looks out for it's employees. Access to everything you need on Campus. Great people in lead roles that take the time to listen to the people working with them.,"As I left we had transitioned to strange team structure that made it difficult to figure out what you would be working on in the next product cycle. Location in Redmond is great for people with families, but not so much if you happen to be younger and single.","I understand the appeal of the looser management system allowing people greater flexibility in what they work on, but unless the chaos it causes is balanced out, the quality of the product will suffer in the long run. Please continue with weekly one on one meetings with leads, as it really helps employees understand the bigger picture.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52394,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Opportunity Executive,Account Executive,"Pay, Benefits, Growth Mindset, People",Office Politics Job Security Trickle Down Effect,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52395,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analytics Manager,Company is heading down the right direction.,Still lots of internal politics.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52396,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place talented people,Lot of freedom and value for innovation. Learn building scalable systems and intelligent systems. Innovate and get rewarded.,Mid management is filled with people who have no contribution and thrive on politics.,Fix the middle management layer. They take lot of money and no contribution.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52397,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - IT Manager,"Great company, right direction","The new Microsoft is moving in the right direction. Great benefits, great people.","Review process needs work. Many times you're being rewarded either months after the fact, or your management is performing calibration well before the year which you're being compensated for is even completed.","Keep pushing the edge. The new technologies and devices are working, we need more. We need to push the mobile envelope now or we will be come irrelevant.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52398,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits,"Excellent benefits, medical, dental and 401K",Need more flexibility in remote working,"Too many layers, fat organization, we don't need as many people, don't fire and rehire, shrink to a normal size",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52399,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Good pay for student job,Management wasn't prepared well enough to open a brand new store.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P281.htm
52400,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,Company wants to do right by customers and for the employee. Intra-company movement encouraged.,Culture of one - not very team oriented. People out for themselves - willing to screw a customer if they could get away with it.,Bring in more outside talent.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52401,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Opportunities to participate in interesting projects.,Failure is not an option,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52402,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Student Partner,MIcrosoft Student Associate,"an exciting and challenging environment to work in, excellent exposure to tools and technology by microsoft.",nothing as such for the cons part for the microsoft programme.,need to develop more intuitive ways to take in the young talent.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52403,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"Great benefits, diversity, flexible schedule. Overall, Microsoft has been a good experience, not great. Opportunities to grow and mentoring program are other pros.",Too many teams doing the same work. Not enough ownership on mistakes. Teams continue to build empires and silo themselves off.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52404,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech,Great job... plenty of good people,Too hard to move up,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52405,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Community Evangelist,I feel so incredibly lucky to work at this company and in this role.,Everyone truly does want to help you succeed. The management team in Developer Experience is a powerhouse and the opportunity to learn and grow in role here is invaluable.,"Work life balance can be difficult. In an event-centric space, travel and time is demanding. The normal 9-5 workday does not really exist in this space. It's worth it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52406,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2016",Former Employee - SDET2,SDET 2,Great experience in online service testing and enterprise management software,review system not fair - manager skills is not up to expectation,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52407,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engagement Manager,Great opportunity to learn and make a difference in the world,Professional services team treated different that non-professional services,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52408,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - MSIT - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"* ability to learn new things, and move around the company if desired. * many experts in all fields, so opportunity for those who are aggressive and go after it. * pay is fair, but not the highest against competators right now. * if you try and are luck to align with a good manager, you can have work/life balance. Its dependant on the Manager and GM you report to more than anything else. * Healthcare coverage for my family is good with Premera Blue Cross.","* Annual payroll amount for Healthcare went from $0 to $5K in recent years, no one remembers or even considers this a problem. Thanks Obamacare! And my wife's doctor and my doctor have retired in the past year in their own words because of the mess in healthcare regulations. * Stack Ranking went from Overt to Covert in my organization. Employees spend most of their capital to get 'recognized' for their own work vs. working with others to have all of us succeed. * Therefore, it's changed back to being 'too competitive' to be enjoyable any longer. * way, way too many india vendors and employees have come in thru the visa programs. We are flooded with HCL and other large vendor companies bring more and more india vendors onboard, and I approve and fill out all these documents to support it. Still struggle after the past 5+ years of this model, to get even 1/2 the productivity and value from a co-worker or vendor than all the peers that were laid off in this time and are still struggling to work out there. * I know many that it were laid off that it broke their spirit and confidence soo much. Still sad. * Managing healthcare bills is so much more complex and time consuming that several years ago when Premera did this. It takes much more work time away from the job to tack and re-submit and deal with these items. Again, nobody is listening as I always submit the feedback and they only say 'this is the new normal'....and some other excuse.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52409,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Review,"There are many opportunities and career paths, flexible schedules, many employee perks (especially at the main campus), and good benefits.",This place can be a relentless sweatshop depending upon what team you work on. In many ways some individuals in key leadership positions are clueless.,"There is no point in offering advice, it will either not be considered or not comprehended, one of the two.",3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P282.htm
52410,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,Good work experience and nice culture. Helpful people. Projects are relevant to what a person has studied and achieved in the past.,No cons at all at this company.Good work experience and nice culture. Helpful people. Projects are relevant to what a person has studied and achieved in the past.,More opportunities required for interns. Helpful people. Projects are relevant to what a person has studied and achieved in the past. No other advice as such,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52411,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Engagement Manager,Engagement manager,"Flexible work conditions with great earning potential, great culture and pride to work here","Pressure to produce, adapt or drown",none,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52412,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good old MS,"Good benifits, campus. Option to move between teams easily",Engineering systems need a overhaul,None,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52413,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,summer internship experience,"great perks, highly intelligent and competent people, a team excited to solve cool problems",did not have any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52414,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job,nice benifts. pay good money,dont have anything bad about it,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52415,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,"Great, passion, technical, benefits, growth",No Cons at the current time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52416,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"-Excellent Benefits -Opportunities to learn from some of the best engineers in the world -Job security (for the most part) -Interesting technical challenges -If you get sick of your team, you can move around",Not too many. The only one I can think of is that they don't coddle employees with extra benefits like free food as other companies in the area do. That's it really.,"I feel as though sometimes there are sudden shifts in the internal goals of various groups, in a way that doesn't really send a cohesive message to the lower-level employees. Maybe try to work on communicating why these shifts are occuring.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52417,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to work but not for all teams,"- diversified working environment - many interesting projects/teams inside company - some smart people, some good teammates","- too many reorg - need luck to land a good team/manager/project - Diversity is getting less, replaced by politics or political correctness - MSFT is getting open space too, some rude people become annoying",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52418,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,1.5 year of work,It was a great learning opportunity,Can be quite stressful at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52419,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Assistant Manager,Assistant Manager,Casual dress. Laid back environment freedom to move around office. Work stations was designed and classy. Management was laid back overall.,"Not enough personnel on weekends and holidays. Always shifting their responsibilities on others. Negative attitudes, not approachable, or helpful. They tend to hire more inexperience employees than experienced. So the turnover rate is extremely. Lack of communication or relationship building from Human Resource Dept. No kind of Grace with tardies or absenteeism. No support or concern.","KEEP adequate staffing for customers as well as controlling overtime margins. Their should be open door policies at All times. Proper training strong relationships within the team. Equal treatment among employees as well as management. Supervisors should follow their proper schedule and their accurate account of vacations. Lead by example.safety training, meetings according to Osha Standards. A safety walk should be done first priority at beginning of each shift. As well as periodically the whole shift. Proper PPE, worn at times, in Good conditions. Shipping trucks check according to the check list. Also ALL trucks tarp for bad weather coming in or going out. All off site vehicles should checked.",2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P283.htm
52420,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Designer,Great pay! Happy to work there,Long hours. Not enough family time,Better benefits,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52421,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,worker,it is a fun environement to work at,i have to go to work everyday,can we get more days off,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52422,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,former intern,I had a great experience at the company. The intern program was fantastic - lots of opportunities to meet other engineers and people at the company.,"Microsoft is a big company, so your experience will depend highly on your team. I had a great time though, and so did almost everyone I knew.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52423,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Competitive environment, lots of products to work on, many teams and smart people to work with and unlimited soda","Health Insurance is not so great, and there are politics because it's such a big company and if you're not on a decent product consider your career to be stagnant.","Lose the office politics, and be realistic about goals and try to improve team cooperation, remember we're all on the same team",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52424,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It was good and stuff,It was hood and tough,like in the end nothing even matters,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52425,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a good company,"Good project for new grad, work life balance, some products are cool","Under pay, politics, reorg, respond a little bit slow to external change, product quality drop",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52426,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Review,Good Benefits.. Good problems to work on..,Lot of bureaucracy... Promotion is slow. Make sure you negotiate well while accepting the offer. Annual bonus is not upto the mark,Buckup.. Please make sure to treat everyone fairly.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52427,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great Company - Old is Gold,"1. Learn from the place where all engineering processes have actually come up - the rest of the world actually simply follows the practices from Microsoft through its ex-employees 2. Work culture is not very high pressure for most of the company 3. Good benefits, individual offices etc.",1. Cannot be fast-paced. There is a lot of inherent overhead and the company is trying to be fast-paced but is struggling 2. Some places in the company try to mimic Agile in unwanted ways - trying to release large client software in unnecessary faster cadence 3. Be prepared for organic growth.,Be true to the customers and don't try to make money more than what the software is worth,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52428,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Director of Marketing,Director of Marketing,"New tech, great strategy, constant learning",volume of work is paralyzing,"train your peeps, less internal reporting, less political",4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52429,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Transitional MS,MS is changing in a good way. BUs are aligning strategies and there is less infighting. With these changes come opportunities to leverage work done by others to increase the value of the brand as a whole.,"Change is painful. The strategies to do so require some layoffs and reorganizations. So, some are impacted.",Keep doing what you are doing. ONE Microsoft is better than a siloed Microsoft for everyone including Wall Street.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P284.htm
52430,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Principal Program Manager,Good school district for kids. lol Good shuttle service on campus. Poor products,Stupid Geeks in the team Organized project disaster Lack of focus Outsourced team members not up to speed causes delays Poor leadership,Take a good night sleep and come back to work with enough rest. Speak clearly and wisely. Don't build stupid products with your jargon of thoughts! Cleanup the mess on your table.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52431,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Developer II,Software Developer II,"Work Life Balance, Good benefits","Nothing really, if you don't mind working for Microsoft",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52432,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft 10 years,Great benefits. Large company reach and diversity,Bureaucracy. Lack of innovation. Can be difficult to change jobs.,Innovate,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52433,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, with wide variety of teams","- Excellent benefits - Wide variety of career choices, and technology spaces - Management cares a LOT about employees",Microsoft has evolved a little bit into a large company (since my start nearly a decade ago). It has its share of excellent teams and mediocre-performing teams (even if the team's charter sounds like rocket science). Be willing to move around a little bit to find the perfect fit for you.,Find a way to help mediocre-performing teams do better.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52434,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Director of Marketing,Director of Marketing,"New tech, great strategy, constant learning",volume of work is paralyzing,"train your peeps, less internal reporting, less political",4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52435,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company culture & strong local team hindered by Corporate HQ meddling,"Great local sales office and local leadership team, Company culture and benefits (excl. insurance)","Corporate vs field poilitics made it impossible to win, constantly pittted between local business partners and corporate groups who had differing agendas, Insurance benefits were super expensive",none,2.0,2.0,4.0,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52436,microsoft,"Newcastle, WA"," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Director of Finance,Director of Finance- Online Service Division,"Great benefits, flexible schedule, great opportunities for personal growth and career development.","Competitive environment, long hour, work-life-balance can be a challenge.","Continue working with your management and human resources on work-life-balance initiatives to help your employees, especially the ones with families.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52437,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,I love working for Microsoft because of the people that I work with inside of the company and those who I have the opportunity to interact with outside of the organization.,"I don't enjoy the push to become more diverse as an organization for the sake of diversity. I think the organization should seek the most qualified individual for specific roles and jobs. If we have the opportunity to bring in personnel that are experienced and qualified and also represent diverse groups, then all the better for groups and the organization as a whole.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52438,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior PM,smart people and flexible environment. Lot of great projects and ideas,"difficult to execute, lot of politics.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52439,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Developer Engineer,"Amazing Benefits, Great work-life balence, continuous improvement of skills  If you want to be lazy you can and you will get lazy rewards, if you want to be super active you can be and also ger super good rewards",Not everyone in your team might have ownership and commitment with the projects so you might take a lot of more work sometimes.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P285.htm
52440,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Content Developer,Overall a very good place to work,"Very smart people, most of them generous with time & knowledge. Huge company with many locations, teams and opportunities. Reimburse tuition if you pursue an advanced degree after hours. If you are focused and want to learn & grow, it's a great place to work.","Lots of reorganizations and lots of management turnover. This can slow your progress toward promotions and create ambiguity around team goals. It can also tamp down perceived results at review time. On a separate note, as across tech in general, work pressure has stepped up in the last couple years or so.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52441,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company,"Good pay, good work environment, good people around you. You got a small office. We got a gift and movie during the summer internship.",There is not real con.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52442,microsoft,"Wilmington, NC"," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Love It,"My current favorite thing about Microsoft is my manager - he is super supportive and allows a lot of room for flexibility and creativity in my career. Other favorites include our beliefs for giving to those in need, working with super smart and talented and passionate people, and the pay/benefits are not too shabby.","It's a really big company and so building a network inside the company to move your career in the direction you want it to go is important. This is not necessarily a con, but it does mean that you have to work harder to grow.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52443,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Politics is real, but so is impact",All sorts of technical and people challenges to work with. Great benefits.,Team dynamics and people challenges make it harder to do your best.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52444,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to start with,You get to work with super smart engineers and change the world,Always looked down upon by other tech companies,Keep up the recent changes.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52445,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to build a career,Turning around under Satya's leadership. Big focus on Diversity and Inclusion although still much to be done.,Bureaucracy at Corp HQ slows things down.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52446,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and Bad,"I was there 15 years, they offer great benefits and pay","New review system is ambiguous, with new system I went from consistently good reviews to mixed reviews.","change back to old stack ranking system, it was better",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52447,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,10+year veteran @ MSFT. Laid off recently.,There are good people there. Made lots of friends and connections. A wealth of technologies and roles can be yours! Depending on the group: a good work-life balance. The company itself appears to be on a good trajectory!,"This may sound like ""sour grapes"" due to recently being laid off by them, but here goes. (Note, most of this has to do with the last group I was in. I hope many others find this NOT to be true.)  * No loyalty: After 10+ years, I came in one day and was let go with FIVE days to find a new job internally. HR doesn't even move that fast! It wasn't performance-based (it came as a surprise to my manager, too) and via the black box that is HR I can only speculate why I was let go: politics? ageism? racism? I was too short? randomly? etc...  * Management in some orgs view devs as indistinct work units. ""For project X I need Y people."" Talent, experience, etc. doesn't matter as much anymore, just someone with a pulse that's breathing and knows C#.  * Politics. Sure, most places have it, but my last position was the first time I've seen retributive actions taken by senior management to get rid of less-than-supportive team members (not me).  * Cronyism: I've seen my teammates not get funding for plane travel from his hometown to campus (Redmond) once every 3-6 months and thus traveled via bus. Meanwhile friends of senior management fly home weekly to California. Friends and the ""good ol' boys"" are more important than the business or fairness. Even while I was getting laid off, certain ""good ol' boys"" were still hiring their friends from outside Microsoft.  * Sexism: Our group's leadership were entirely comprised of Indian males. Unfortunately India has a prevalent sexist culture in many places, and this was transferred to our group. I have Indian friends (male and female) who agree with me, so please don't accuse me of being racist. The women in our group were frequently marginalized and one quit after being told to ""shut up and be quiet"" during a meeting. Not wishing to cause waves none of them wanted the bother and hassle of reporting it to HR so they just left.  * Lack of support for remote folks. It's the 21st Century and some entire orgs have a ""no remote"" policy.",Please protect women. Give them a safe (anonymous?) space to report things. The ones I spoke to knew that our HR contact was good friends with our senior management and complaints (of which there were some) went nowhere.  The internet is wonderful and allows people to connect from all around the world. Let them work there too.,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52448,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Smart people learn a lot Good career growth Good compensation Good location Good office space,Nothing I can think of,Keep up the good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52449,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Its microsoft. Starts slow but works your way up,Slow. Everyone starts at the bottom,Allow reps to express themswelves,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P286.htm
52450,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of good and bad,"You get to work with a lot of very smart people and enjoy great benefits,","Huge internal politics and internal competition is demotivating. Satya's work to change company culture is helping some, but there is a long way to go to change behavior of management.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52451,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GM,"Great networking opportunities with global partner/sales team, personal development options",hard to impact sales being on corp HQ side,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52452,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Really enjoy the breadth of opportunities available at the company.,Teams often competing for territory make it challenging to drive to shared goals.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52453,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Great challenges. Lots of smart people,- The company tends to chase taillights of competitors - Investments spread thin. Not enough focus on quality,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52454,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great place to work, not so great to grow a career","You can learn a lot about shipping products in a global scale, and be exposed to all the different disciplines required to do so. If your project is the shiny new thing, you can get virtually unlimited resources.","You get rewarded for what you can bring to the table today, not for your growth potential. And if your project is not a shiny new thing or not a big source of revenue, expect it to be cut very soon.","Reinvest in quality testing before shipping products to customers, and invest in growing the people you already have in the company.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52455,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Atomosphere,Lots of opportunities are available. Great work/life balance.,Lacking benefits of equivalent companies,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52456,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Marketing Tragedy and Organizational Mayhem,"The diamonds in the rough: some people there were truly good, intelligent, helpful human beings. Resources to find out what you need. Global recognition","Directors who are more concerned with solidifying their position in the company than mentoring, helping, supporting their direct reports.  Combative vs. collaborative mindset.  Corporate marketing dictates to the world (local markets) too much not allowing those in the field to do what needs to be done.  To much covering your butt instead of concentrating on customer value, customer wins, customer loyalty.","Shake up the culture, become customer focused and cycle out the lifers. Politics doesn't equate to skill.",1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52457,microsoft,"Brazil, IN"," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Great,One of the best companies to work for in the world.,The carrer plan is not clear to all jobs.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52458,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Center Engineer,Good options for work shifts.,Data Center employees are contractors and should be MS empoyees.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52459,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Works for Many, not for All....",Great benefits and pay. Health care is very good. Well known brand globally.,Middle Management and Organizational complacency abound.  Vision for company changes almost quarterly. Big bets like Nokia & Skype get scrapped or changed so much that the business units end up failing all together.,Stick to a long term plan. Get rid of at least two layers of middle managers/directors and have more people working rather than pushing powerpoint presentations.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P287.htm
52460,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great culture","Really going somewhere these days, exciting work and customers",Really big company so sometimes hard to pin who to ask things,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52461,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Microsoft is well known for taking care of their employees. Keep it up!,Long hours are sometimes necessary to get your work done but that in every job.,Keep believing in your employees!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52462,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Adviser,Great working environment and really supportive managers,Limited locations to work at,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52463,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"The usual, great pay, cushy job",A bit of a big company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52464,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great benefits, work-life balance, flexible work hours",gotta know how to play the political games if you want to break through 63,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52465,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior SDE,"There are very few companies with projects at this scale. Surprisingly, I had reasonable work/life balance. Great employees/coworkers.","Politics. Politics. Politics. Every team is trying to do the right thing for the company, but would step on every other team to advance their goals. Redmond. It's an awful commute from Seattle proper.",Incentivize teams to play nice together - vs. who has the most powerful VP win.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52466,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,Great,"Diversity of experience and the ability to work with a lot of smart people from various paths, can be a very motivating aspect.","Large corporation politics that can at times be extremely frustrating, particularly for high performers who have to be bothered with navigating.",Bring back objective stack ranks but do away with rigid performance budgets,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52467,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,great company,sharp and intelligent coworkers. great work & life balance if you don't want fast growth,to be compensated well you need to put in lot of hours and often the work is work internal engineering work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52468,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Director,Massive re-orgs,It's good when you're there.,Too much politics - this will be the company's downfall.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52469,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Head of Technical Sales,Head of Technical Sales,"Great company, great portfolio, great resources","Bureocracy, no team spirit, no information sharing, personal contribution only","Team spirit is basic ammunition for big companies, don't let arrogant behaviours to increase anymore",4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P288.htm
52470,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great, safe, but set in it's ways and slow to progress on many teams.","Salary, benefits, smart developers. Easy to commute. Great coworkers, really socialable. Xbox is a really great team to be on",Long time to make your way to the top or be hard. The employees that have between there for a long time have more say and just have an edge because they know the tricks of the trade,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52471,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Director of Marketing,Benefits,"Comprehensive set of benefits, clearly explained.","No Cons, benefits were excellent.",none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52472,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program manager,Learning curve for new technologies is high. Work life balance,Being a contingent staff. No enough considerations for subs.,Get more consideration to HR management,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52473,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company,"Fantastic people, great minds. Love everything about Microsoft. Great food, great offices and good location. The management has been doing a great job. Go Microsoft!!",Need more collaboration. If possible they can match the silicon valley salaries and perks. Also they can be more clear on device strategy,Keep up the great job. Love the strategy.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52474,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Nov 19, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Some improvement over the last year but still lot more to be done,"- Opportunity to work in different business areas, both on the enterprise and consumer side - Work-life balance - Company and management cares for its employees","-Lack of Focus -No strategy, still flying blind in many areas -Company has been preaching data driven decision making but this is still a company that uses top down decision making, without much respect for data","Don't just preach diversity but act upon it. Diversity is not just about having women or minorities at work, it is about company that is open to different view points, different styles of working. Microsoft continues to be company that rewards folks who can be loud, over the top vs. thoughtful thinkers",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52475,microsoft,"San Juan, PR"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Amazing Company,Health Care Cover Graduate Education Tuition Work \ Life Balance,Difficult to Move Professionally to other positions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52476,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"It is a good fair company, treat employees well","somewhat slow paced, low pay",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52477,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Depends on the group...,"Benefits remain strong, decent salaries, company is headed in right direction now that Satya Nadella is at the helm. If your boss or group can sidestep the crushing demands of the MSFT machine and focus on doing great things for the customer, there is no better place.",Way too bureaucratic and overly matrixed. Too much shared ownership results in no one owning anything. So much internal focus on providing reports to upper management that compromises customer interaction and execution.,eliminate the layers and overly bureaucratic processes that keep your employees inwardly focused.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52478,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Director,A good place that cares,"While Microsoft is a big employer and has some of the impersonal flaws that come with lage corproate environments, they really do take care of their employees. The benifits are excellent in terms of healthcare, ESPP, 401K matching, bonuses, and stock.",Advancement can be slow and the level system is designed more to control cost than develop employees.,Set peple free. Show them they don't have to leave the company to make a big move.,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52479,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunity abounds,"Most employers are holding people into an area of expertise and limit their growth. On the contrary, Microsoft encourages self-driven challenges to the culture and career path. It is an excellent company to work for.","As with any large company, it can be difficult to gain visibility for the great work that is happening in a group or individually. Cross company collaboration can also suffer.",Embrace chaos and build a creative culture in every opportunity. Look for diversity among teams and move people around to encourage new experiences.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P289.htm
52480,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Business,Excellent company to work for,Work life balance needs to be focused kn,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52481,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SFM,"Great pay, benefits, culture, and growth prospects","Slow moving, very large org",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52482,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 17, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,Good place to work,"Good benefits, good people. Working on relevant stuff.",Each promotion takes a long time.,Faster promotions!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52483,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of Great Experiences,"There are so many opportunities to learn, fine tune your skills, and seek out new experiences. You really can do almost any job that exists on the planet.","You definitely need to own your career and actively manage your network in order to move up and around the business. If you are not careful, you can get ""typecast"" in a particular role and function. Keep updating your skills, keep learning, and don't stay in one place too long.",Do a better job of organizing for effectiveness and role clarity. There is so much duplication of work across the business that detract from our ability to invest and innovate. The reorganization gene runs strong @ Microsoft and we aren't efficient at it yet. We need to reduce reorganizations and when we do them we need to execute more effectively. We lose too many good people due to the churn caused during reorganizations.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52484,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior Consultant,"Excellent salary and benefits. Good people to work with from around the world. Management was hard, but fair regarding reviews.",A lot of pressure to perform. Reviews twice a year and it was important to make sure you are current with all the changing technologies and new management styles.,"Management can do a better job of letting the employees know where they stand. Also, provide more assistance to employees when they are seeking advancement.",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52485,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - North Dakota,Abs support accountant,Great co workers and cafe,Bad upper management and work expectations,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52486,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,n/a,Great work culture and treat employees well,Nature of work depends on the team,n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52487,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,"Smart people, great culture. Perfect work life balance and good salary",Decisions take some time to trickle down in such a large organization,Stop reorging and communicate a more concrete business plan or direction,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52488,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,"Great leaders, poor managers",Nothing beats working for Microsoft...,..only management who is so carried away with trying to do the right thing. The only question is who are we doing the right thing for?,"Leadership under Satya is great. The ideas are coming in, you can sense a wave of change. However, it is not enough when leadership engulfs on a mission like this.. you need everyone to play along. Unfortunately, that is not always happening. And if you make things visible, you will be slowly bur surely be either forced out of the team or the company. People should never be afraid of doing the right thing and should also never be afraid to make mistakes.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52489,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,"Good place to be if you are smart, hard working and ambitious",Great benefits and amenities. Lots of opportunities to work on a range of technologies and roles.,The stack ranked review model used has a tendency to foster non-cooperative behavior.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P290.htm
52490,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Love the company,Great benefit. Amazing people. Focus on career development.,A lot of unnecessary jobs and functions leading to competing charter and confusing collaboration.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52491,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Great culture, benefits, salaries. Really leverages your capabilities if you're motivated.","Lots of old-timers to compete against for promotion, have to get over not being Google or Amazon.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52492,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - General Manager,GM Marketing & Strategy,able to have multiple different jobs across different aspects of large dynamic company,"many people at msft are stagnant, focused on maintaining tenure vs changing the market, significant internal politicking and cross-divisional infighting.",need a good rabbi you can trust and count on,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52493,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior PM,PM,"Care people, work life balance is good",Salary is not competitive. Culture need to be more close to morden company,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52494,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Designer I,Entering a new era of technology,"great collaborative team, good benefits, career growth",they should move to seattle vs. redmond,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52495,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Seek leadership,"Great place to work, good benefits, great opportunities for self development, great to come to work each day and work with smart people.",Some legacy leaders are stale and need to move out. When hiring to a new position check that leaders are truly leading not just managing their portfolio.,Please be clear about strategy and revisit stated strategy to review how we've done and how we should internalize changes against differences from expectation.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52496,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, not competitive compensation",- Different interesting projects - Smart people - Good health care benefits,- Lot's of meetings - Compensation is not competitive,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52497,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mechanical Engineer -Surface,"working with very talented people. nice benefits (health care, stock options) flexible time/ability to work from home.",stressful environment. employees on all levels feel insecure about their job. working between 50 to 85 hours a week. work/life balance almost non-existent....up to 25% travel and late night calls with overseas are the norm. Numerous daily/weekly scorecards and status reports to upper management are common ....data manipulation and wishful thinking is an accepted practice while preparing the reports. Burnt-out senior employees are replaced with fresh college graduates (college graduates are sent for month long business travel at a time). Alcohol consumption during business hours and group meetings is an accepted practice (this can be a Pro for some). Annual employee evaluations are based on stacked ranking (the evaluation is not called by this name) which results in noticeable employee turn over and caustic culture within and among groups.,Address the items in Cons section.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52498,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,DSE,Learning a lot of coding algorithms,"Stressful environment, is not easy to manage when it comes to ship it.",life balance is important,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52499,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place to work,"Great benefits, smart teammates, decent work/life balance, competitive salary.","Review methodology, a very large company and slower to go after new opportunities.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P291.htm
52500,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - IT Specialist,Cosumer Service Advisor,"Good Benefits, Peace work Environment","Salary could be better, poor management",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52501,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Outlook, fantastic new products, lots of innovation",None I can think of,Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52502,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr.PM,"Most of the time there are tons of tedious work waiting for you so difficult to build so-called strategy skills, need find your way to make bigger impact/influence.","Various teams with different product you can select if tied about current role/team, a lot of smart people to work in a daily basis.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52503,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content Manager Review,"Huge amounts of flexibility in terms of working hours, access the Microsoft campus, so was not forced to work from home. Nice and friendly working environment - had the opportunity to work with some really great people.","The structure of hierarchies can be rather frustrating - managemnt is completely intransparent when it comes to product development, with zero opportunity given to contractr staff to have a voice is critizing management or planning.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52504,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Strategy Analyst,Sr. Strategy Analyst,- Large impact - People are nice - Benefits,- Too many meetings - Moves really slow - Office Politics,Reduce bureaucracy and increase collaboration between groups,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52505,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," Nov 12, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Escalation Engineer,Senior Escallation Engineer,"Customer Technical Support is one of the best groups to be part of. It has the customer focus that should be everywhere at Microsoft, alas is not.","One of my CTS buddies put it this way: ""Its like Microsoft has all of the ingredients to make the best dinner ever. When you get there you discover it is just mac 'n' cheese. It's good, but your left with the question of 'Why?'""",1. Too much of what Microsoft does is 'me too'. Do less. 2. Brand is product. Stamping 'Microsoft' on everything diminishes acquisitions.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52506,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Sales Development Manager,"People, opportunities, mobility, benefits, reputation","strategy, self centered, HR, middle management, politics",change evaluation system,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52507,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for career,1. Takes great care of employees 2. Pays tuition $15k/year for related courses 3. Promotes charity 4. Breadth of technical challenges,1. Considered obsolete by outsiders,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52508,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,Constantly exposed to new technologies.,Too many bureocratic processes that can lead to internal problems and later to customer disatisfaction,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52509,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,"The company culture is very open, and there are not a feeling of ""too hard to reach"" for the VPs. Very enjoyable internship, they also have the Surface Book for the Signature Event.",Some managers set high bars for their interns (mostly first time intern-takers).,Maybe make sure managers understand the requirements for the interns - seems like their requirements for the interns really differ from team to team.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P292.htm
52510,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics Galore and long hours,Microsoft has a lot of smart people.,"Sometimes the smart people disagree and hedge or block each others work to the point of stalemate. The higher you go in the org, the more politics. If you work in the cloud division, expect long hours.",Set an example for your employees to follow and get along,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52511,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Developer II,"They have very good benefits and pay, nice people to work with, opportunities within company","Not agile environment due to layers of management, not best collaboration, like to get rid of staff that hasn't moved up but been there a long time so they can replace with someone earning less, not very loyal, expect long working hour,",Try to have a more humane approach to staff in terms of loyalty and expectations,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52512,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Biz Dev Manager,"Great technology, smart people, good benefits, nice offices","limited work life balance, bad management that seems to manage up but doesn't care about the people who do the actual work",do what you say - you say people are your biggest asset but in the end its all lip service,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52513,microsoft,"Overland Park, KS"," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,"Bad managers, good company","Benifits, free phone, tablet, there was nothing good about this place outside of the free stuff.","Managers are just rediculous. And staff is two faced. They tell you to go to them if you need help, when they secretly report to managers about anything and everything you do. Do not trust anyone here.  Asinine writeups for things they do countless times, such as a manager daily would drop the F bomb multiple times a day and say other bad words as well, when we get written up for an accidental slip up swear.  Manager asked me if she wasn't putting out after I had a conversation with my female friend. If I said this about their husband or wife, I'd be fired instantly.  Manager would constantly harass me for asking questions when first starting employment, then get angry that I asked questions, just wanted to make sure I did my job correct. (I have aspergers)  When I confronted the manager who harassed me I was told I'm not thinking growth mindset and It's my job.... it's my job to be harassed because I asked questions? Terrible.  I have two jobs. Working 6 am and Microsoft all the way till 10 pm. They would hold me later at night because they wouldn't have their stuff together and would make people go on overtime when they aren't even suppose to. Very unorganized. So I get 5 hours of sleep because they fail at their jobs?  Manager also would complain I wasn't following the steps of service... which I did by the book, got a 10/10 review as well as a full attachment item. And they still complain, never would they try and give positive feedback.  When I asked about the feedback problem why they are always negative, they say I can't take constructive criticism. It's always negative, even if you do things right.  Over 70% of the employees there hate it, and are only there because of the company benifits. Most are looking for a new job.  Manager would make non racial problems into racial problems because of insecurities.  I was discriminated agaisnt, and even told them of my aspergers before applying to the job.  One thing that really blows my mind.. they tell you to enforce a no chair policy when sitting near xbox section. When I enforced this policy, the customer was unhappy about it and I was written up for ""talking bad against the customer"" When I never said any word to him. All I did was ask a manager if they needed to be moved to confirm what they told me before.  This place is a joke, the turnover and employees is a joke, they leave and get fired because this place is run by jokes. Retail management wad the worst here than any other place I worked for.","Don't be hypocritical, and follow by example. When you all cuss, and act innapropriate in front of your employees, they get the wrong idea of how you should act in a work place. Grow up.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52514,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Work life balance is great,Things could move a bit faster,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52515,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Researcher,Great place to work at. Solid company.,Nothing I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52516,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"It's great, very enjoyable",Awesome management team Great benefits for a retail job Great team to work with,Pay is rough Customers blame you for every problem they have with their computers Topics for workshops are never taught to us,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52517,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,Get to work on lots of technologies. I'm still learning stuff after 13 years!,Large company bureaucracy. Lots of mediocre employees.,Great employees are worth 10x average employees at Microsoft. Fire 90% of your staff and retain just the excellent ones and productivity will soar. Then maintain a very strong hiring bar.,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52518,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Slow to change,"Good benefits, good culture, great teamwork","Technical conversations down in the weeds, no solution or value selling. Little training. Very email centric culture, slow to adopt new technology.",Customers blame you for every problem they have with their computers. Help proven talent move laterally in the company for new opportunities.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52519,microsoft,"Harrisonburg, VA"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - US Senior Student Partner,US Senior Student Partner,"Great program with a lot of cool benefits including Surface Pros, Bands, Swag, and phone time with Microsoft Professionals",Not many cons that I can think of. Very good program. Would love more face time with professionals.,Keep it up with the program and reach out to more schools. It is a great learning experience and is a good thing to be a part of.,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P293.htm
52520,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,2 years at Microsoft,1) Great work atmosphere. 2) Offices are plush with amenities. 3) Perfect work-life balance 4) Great team and interesting work.,1) Bureaucracy abounds. 2) No free food. :( 3) Snail's pace development.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52521,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development,"Stable, Innovative, Culture, Employee Investment","Large, Slow Moving, At the Twilight",Continue to strive for revolutionary change...anyone can evolve,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52522,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Channel Account Manager - Cloud Business,Channel Account Manager - Cloud Business,"Business Ownership, Time Flexibility and Open Environment",Quick changes in management and Work LIfe Balance not upto the mark,Management should retain the top talent and should not let go their people who have contributed alot.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52523,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Consumer Services Advisor,Current Services Advisor,"Great benefits for having been in the role for a few years, benefits for PTO increase at fifth year, almost identical to corporate","Limited upward movement from retail, there are programs like retail to MACH, but do not offer any sort of security. Increase in pay is between 0-4% after a yearly review, average is 2%.",Little to no career planning offered through most SM's and many ASM's. Clearer expectations to getting promoted.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52524,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"land of opportunities ... calm work environment ... professional, intelligent, and fun people",you need to be career oriented and political,Don't do re-org and change people's title an responsibilities without any prep,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52525,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Interesting work, issues found in any large company","Interesting problems, autonomy to work, work actually used to inform decisions/influence business, lots of career movement possible, good compensation","Learning curve can be difficult (especially due to over-usage of acronyms), huge orgs can result in reinvention of the wheel if lines of communication are not good.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52526,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Overall good company,Salary is good compared to other companies,The projects are unnecessarily delayed due to management processes.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52527,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Program Manager II,Microsoft gives one the opportunity to work with brilliant people and has many diverse areas to create new technologies used by millions around the world.,"Mid-level management roles are given out without sufficient training, meaning that political positioning often wins over individual contributions, and cross-team collaboration continues to be under appreciated.","Things are getting better under Satya, but there's still too much silo'ing and organizational hierarchy. Flatten the orgs, empower the feature crews, and reward results, not just the shipping of software.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52528,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good while it lasted,Smart people driving smart people always challenged great pay great benefits come and go as you please as long as your projects weren't under water. Face time is important remember that.,Goals were not always aligned between groups. always doing 80% and leaving 20% on the table no one wants to go 100%,"Don't know what to say here, keep hearing the doublespeak spin. Some was good some was... what ?? All depended on the managers goals and commitments",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52529,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations engineer,Over all great company. had a great experience with them,they suck at interviews. just taking this review for membership of glassdoor,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P294.htm
52530,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Brilliant engineers, great benefits, respectable pay, innovative atmosphere","Lots of travel, long days",If we can figure out how to balance the travel involved in consultant positions this would be just about perfect,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52531,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,"Great work culture, exciting new time","Microsoft has been going through somewhat of a culture transformation for the past 2-3 years. Satya Nadella has taken some great steps in positioning the company for a bright future, such as focusing on the cloud, opening up the Office eco-system to work on all platforms etc. The market has reacted well, with the stock price steadily rising up.","The culture and attributes can depend very heavily on the group one works in, since Microsoft is such a huge company. The positive experience I have had may not reflect across all business units.",Keep up the good work!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52532,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Great place to work.,"Great Pay, Great Benefits. Overall a great place to work",Different groups vary greatly.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52533,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"My career was spent entirely within the Office organization so all comments here reflect that experience: * Opportunity to work with a vast array of technologies and types of development (mobile, desktop, enterprise, services) * Decent salary with great benefits * Company is stable with tons of resources to take big risks * Flexible work schedule","My career was spent entirely within the Office organization so all comments here reflect that experience: * Depending on work from a partner team can be risky, especially if the partner team is in a different division. For example, if the other division has a substantial re-org, the work you were counting on may no longer be a priority. * Performance assessment sometimes reduces to a nebulous ""level of impact and influence"" * Shipped products will be deprecated or changed to something incompatible without a good path to an alternative. This is especially problematic for customers but can be demoralizing for employees as well.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52534,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Microsoft,"Stable, long-term financially profitable company",Disregard for employees and customers. Concerned only with the bottom line.,"Go back to your roots, when Bill was at the helm, when the product, the technology, and the customer was the priority, and the employee was a family member, not a cog and a commodity.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52535,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place, lot's depends on your business group",Good salaries and benefits that changed quite often. Lots of time PTO available and structure around everything making it simple and easy to use.,"It's a huge company. It's inevitable that sometimes you feel like a number, but overall this didn't happen to often. Different business groups have vastly different cultures.",Working more and Director and Manager level transparency to their employees. Directors need to take more accountability for decisions they may say in meetings that aren't documented.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52536,microsoft,"La Habra, CA"," Oct 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant internship,The work environment was really amazing. I learned a lot of technical skills during my internship.,I can't say much about the cons. It was one of the best internships I ever had. It was a fun experience.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52537,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Moving in the right direction,Large company with a lot of smart employees. Easy to move within the company. I feel like Satya has really come in and changed the company for the better.,The traditional downsides of a large company - bureaucracy and being a small player in a very large company.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52538,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Great company.,"Great perks, pay, and smart people. Really enjoyed the environment.","Stressful and long hours. It is very competitive. Additionally, pressure can build up because of the work culture.",Care about your talent.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52539,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,lots of ways to make a major impact with worldwide audiences,"politics, narrow project scope, meetings",Move faster towards Satya's vision - get rid of Balmer-based management and politics,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P295.htm
52540,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,director,starting to be relevant again,re-orgs / too big /,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52541,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Had the pleasure of working with some of the most brilliant people in the world.,"Competitive salary, strong 401k plan, excellent healthcare, interesting colleagues, paid vacation, Stay Fit program, telecommute option, connector bus, company store discount.",The gloomy winters can be a challenge if you're working in the Seattle area offices. Get a light box and take vacations throughout the year.,Not everyone is qualified to be a people manager. Please strongly consider who you put in these roles.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52542,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Field Services Manager,Field Services Manager,Opportunity to lead amazingly great teams Opportunity to define your role Opportunity to interact with all areas of the business.,none to note at this time,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52543,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,Terrible Review model,Overall good benefits and opportunities in general for all emploees,Terrible review model though they say company has moved on from it but if you received a bad review even as a result of bad management situation your review retains on the HR system any time you apply for a new open positions. HR creates a road block for the hiring manager to get Leadership approval even though they claim Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.,Abolish old review model and the leadership approval practice and give a fair chance to all previous employees atleast for a interview to prove they have skills and experience. Accept there are possibilities person may be genuinely stuck in bad situation and not necessarily bad performer.,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52544,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Technical Program Manager,Strong company with very good future investments,Too large and innovation happens only in pockets,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52545,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Optomechanical design engineer,"As a contractor, I felt like a second citizen which is better than being from a third world country!!!???!!! They have snacks 24/7 that everyone freely takes advantage of to feed their family at home. Hell, why no t take the whole family to dinner for free? It's all good, because employees take advantage of free lunch right ?","If you are not a direct employee, it is modern slavery in mountain view ca. The characterization group is no product people. They have not idea of the design process or even know what they want in the first place . This is a kinder garden science fair where they think bullying works to strike innovation from seasoned product people. Is disrespecting people a real culture you want mr CEO???","Purge the characterization group. Project management is not effective, a pretender by bullying and lying to his personal end, not for Microsoft embraced culture. Middle management are corrupt and incapable of making good decisions due to overt political atmosphere ? Why do superiors have to shout at meetings ? Is that how they do things in India ?",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52546,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good Company. Good work opportunities. Good work environment. Good compensation. Good benefits. Good teams. Almost everything is good, hard to pick anything is bad.","Face challenges to fit in the mobile world. Compensations and benefits are good, but not great comparing to the leaders in the industry.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52547,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Business Program Manger,Good benefit and some teams still keep good culture,Slow response to change due to politics,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52548,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2016",Former Employee - Consultant,Product Manager,"I love the people I work beside. They are my family Great people attract great people I love having the freedom to experiment and fail, and still support my actions We have been asked for an opinion on a regular basis, and we are allowed to speak our mind without fear I love being a part of something larger that makes a difference. I love that everyone cares and that you have flexibility when needed I love the variety. Every day is different and I get to interact with such a varied groups/people. It means I am always learning I love that my job challenges me every day in different ways The people at this company are a pleasure to work with and make it enjoyable to come to work We all work hard and are recognized for doing so My co-workers and management team are social, knowledgeable and caring I am learning all the time, from the best people I have the freedom to think outside the box and have all thoughts considered I am allowed to grow and show my potential I am able to use my skills and knowledge as well as push myself in areas that I am unsure of myself I'm paid well, and I just love the job I do",I had a manager who micro managed. They are the worst kind because they hire someone who can do their job well yet don’t let them do it. They will also try and take the credit if the person they hired has done something great for the company. They usually have fear another person is out there ready to take their job. They usually get close to one or two people and those people are her/his spy. These kinds of managers will add stress to your life and make the whole workplace pitted against one another ( the old united we stand divided we fall ) . They like it when employees don’t get along because that gives them more control. I quit a job because of an idiot manager like this. Many told HR what she was doing but HR dropped the ball and never did anything about it and that is why there was always a high turnover there.,"First and foremost, keep an eye on how many of your people leave. Even if your company doesn’t do 360-reviews, and your own boss doesn’t have a beef with your management style, a mass exodus is a bad sign. Good managers know that their job is to look out for their employees’ interests, as well as those of the company. They also don’t expect (or want) to be best friends with their reports.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52549,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior PR Manager,Sr. PR Manager,Compensation and perks are generous and work-life balance is very good. People typically show up and leave as they wish assuming they get the work done.,"Not a lot of career growth for employees at the company. There is no grooming or succession plans for new management, and oftentimes colleagues are pitted against each other to interview for their old manager's boss ... just to have an external candidate get the job.","There needs to be managers who invest in their employees and more than just compensation and perks, but more about talking through a roadmap of how to succeed and move up in the company.",4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P296.htm
52550,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Solution sales,MICROSOFT got its mojo back. It feels good to be in a cool company that is once again recognized as a leader in innovation,District management and account teams experience and effectiveness varies from district to district. Pressure is applied constantly and unrealistic goals set at times,"To local management. Do the right things right. Trust your people, do not micromanage, set the example,",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52551,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Opportunities Galore,"Challenging, super smart colleagues, cutting edge of technology, you define & drive your career, opportunities for growth, flexible work hours, competitive benefits & wages, great commute options","Can be a political atmosphere, inconsistent transparency around services roadmap, many re-organizations disrupting normal business flow",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52552,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good place to be but...,"Smart, nice people, challenging environment",No feeling of security - all groups trying to downscale vendors,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52553,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Depends on the group...,Opportunity to make worldwide impact Great people to work with - smart and driven Great benefits and good work-life balance,Lack of ability to be agile and respond to market changes rapidly - Windows is nowhere near really being WaaS yet. Large group dynamics can make decision making difficult and cumbersome,Make the review process transparent across the board - it is now a black box where upper management just gets the pull the strings and does not have to provide any real evidence or actionable feedback.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52554,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst at Microsoft,Diverse projects and really smart people,Humongous company so hard to make a unique mark,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52555,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Work with very smart people, Great benefits and good flexibility in terms of how to get your job done.",Not all divisions are metrics based.,Sharpen focus on data driven decisions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52556,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Amazing Giant,"Everything seems possible, and you'll meet some of the best people you'll ever work with.",It's hard to take advantage of all the opportunities and still feel productive.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52557,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good company to settle,Large company with very competitive benefits. There a re a lot of teams and projects to chose from.,There are a lot of teams out there who are still working under the old Microsoft style. Be sure to do your research about the team in advance. Salaries are not as competitive when compared to Facebook and Google.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52558,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - Escalation Engineer,A good cake with few nuts.,Good salary and working environment. Most of the managers partner with you for your personal and professional growth and in that process they create awesome teams.,inter team or org movement can be painstakingly slow and frustrating. Bit of red tape here and there.,Please listen to the employees. It's not smart to blindly enforce Mandatory layoff (8%) to make the Shareholders happy.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52559,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Programming Writer,Fantastic employer!,Benefits! Pay! Work-life balance! Cool stuff to work on! Globally respected company!,Recent job cuts/RIFs are destabilizing and hurtful to morale. Stock is not on fire if that's what you're looking for!,"Invest in your people. Continue to revamp the review model, it still smacks somewhat of the old stack/rank, forced curve.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P297.htm
52560,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer I,Exciting New Grad Position,Fast-paced work Great campus culture All-around nice and smart co-workers,No cons yet- will update if changes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52561,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Microsoft,Very friendly environment to work in.,There is nothing bad about it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52562,microsoft,"Fort Collins, CO"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Engineer,Principle Engineer,Great salary and benefits. Work on leading edge technology.,Work life balance is not good.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52563,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern for a client,- Wondeful people - Great learning experience,- Nothing that sticks out for me,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52564,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Microsoft,You have really smart folks working with you.,"Too many people, too little work.",None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52565,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,"Goal setting, review, reward process is still broken","Rising stock prices. Some bright spots in the company (C&E datacenter, cloud, machine learning, FPGA) and online tools (Office 365, CRM etc.). People are actually trying more to become 'one company.'","Windows is a sinking ship. There are some bad managers. No upward direct feedback possible. Unpublicized, targeted layoffs are happening all over the place, impacting morale, focus and performance. This is especially so after Satya Nadella became CEO.","People don't leave Microsoft, they leave their managers. Get rid of bad managers to improve employee performance, loyalty, results.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52566,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Big Company,"Great Benefits, lots of hardware available","Frequent reorgs, frequent moves, frequent project changes",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52567,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Microsoft,Great benefits and competitve salary. The company is headed in the right direction.,Typical corporate culture where optics matter a lot.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52568,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Coordinator,it was enjoyable to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry but i felt like there was a lot of red tape,"it really depends on your manager, for your whole experience. if you don't wind up with a good one, you may have issues advancing",try to promote from within and not have it be based solely on credentials or anything of that matter. rather more on merit.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52569,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Great health benefits. Smart co-workers.,"Slow career advancement for technical track. Technical people has no way up unless becoming a first-line manager, which leads to bad lower and mid-management. Once a great IC is promoted, we lose a great IC and have a new mediocre manager.  Too many PM doing nothing and just slowing things down. Upper management has no vision.  Legacy code base and technology that no one else use outside of Microsoft. After working at Microsoft too long, you will become unemployable.  Toxic Politics drag everything down.","Nothing. If it were heard, I wouldn't have left. Satya is doing the right thing but there are still too many dead weight to shed.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P298.htm
52570,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work,Great leading software company to work,size of the company not always allows to have a broader areas of responsibilities and bigger impact,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52571,microsoft,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft,Great work environment with amazing benefits and an amazing team.,I will come back to this.,n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52572,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,Amazing people. The culture in the company is super conducive,Redundancy in work. Some teams are driven by external ideas,stress on innovation,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52573,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing,Great ... but,"Awesome people in the SF office. Comp is pretty good and the benefits are world-class including a healthy 401K match, tuition reimbursement, meals, gym reimbursement, 3 months paid maternity/paternity leave, retention bonuses and grants are easy to get. After stagnating for a decade, the stock appears ready to go up. Great work-life balance. Easy to jump to different departments (especially if you're willing to move to Redmond).","114K employees means there will be bureaucracy. If you're coming from a GSD startup mentality, the CYA, over-reporting, status meeting about status meetings could bug you. For the Bay Area, the pay is good but not amazing, there's no grand slam upside of a startup (even if those chances are slim) and it feels like the real career advancements are in Redmond.",Keep on with the successful cloud transition and try to streamline some of the bureaucracy.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52574,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Software engineer,Good benefits each person has an office,Test forced to combine into devs makes both party unhappy,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52575,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - General Manager,Company in transition = challenges and opportunities,"Good pay and benefits, wide range of products and businesses to work on, smart co-workers, ability of MSFT to ""move the dial"".","Some MSFT businesses are growing (Azure, O365) while others are declining (Windows). Life can be difficult if you are aligned with one of the declining businesses that is forced to reduce costs as a result of shrinking revenue. Despite Satya Nadella's effort to change the culture, politics and fiefdoms are still deeply embedded.",Take responsibility for and be more transparent about the constant stream of layoffs that have become core to the cost and talent management plans. Failing to acknowledge layoffs hurts morale and creates uncertainty for remaining employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52576,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior SDE,Great Career Opportunities across different products/services,Nothing much to whine about,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52577,microsoft,"Detroit, MI"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solutions Specialist,*Bright and talented people *Amazing advancements in virtually every corner of technology *Inspirational place to work at *Top-notch benefits - best I've ever had anywhere *Always open to employee feedback *Pretty good on employee training & growth,"*In certain pockets of business, there's a lot of status quo / complacency *Sometimes too much process and analysis paralysis","Keep thinking differently and innovating for the future, don't get complacent",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52578,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok job,Great benefits. They do let you telecommute.,Very bureaucratic. Telecommuting is frowned upon.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52579,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Competitive salary, good community involvement, strong global presence, great products, cares about employees","Very large and political company, hierarchical, review process is inefficient and difficult to assess where you are relative to peers, too focused on short term compensation at lower levels of company","Shift focus back to long-term compensation to keep top talent vs. just paying for today, revert back to old review process",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P299.htm
52580,microsoft,"Prattville, AL"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with lots of opportunity,Benefits are great and earning potential is great.,Large company politics are everywhere.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52581,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Interesting, rewarding work but don't expect to have a lot of hobbies.",Working on the forefront of AI is interesting and there's always something new to think on.,Work life balance is godawful. Expect to work late/weekends 4-5x/week in certain orgs.,Improve work life balance for ICs,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52582,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,INternship,Free xboxes are great for us,I DONT LIKE THE BSOD,get a mac,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52583,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,-Work with cutting edge technology. -Great learning opportunity. -Chance to work with some amazing people.,-Politics in the management hampers the growth opportunities.,-Please help in making the decisions transparent. -Enforce managers to follow the company culture and processes.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52584,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Sales,Sr. Account Executive - Sales,"Great products, great and vast set of resources to help you accomplish goals. Superb benefits - the best I have ever seen.","Not AGILE at all. This 'big ship' does not turn quickly at all, as a result many clients get very frustrated. Clients did not like contract reviews as MSFT refused to 'Red-Line' adjust any contract language. Too bureaucratic and can be political. Many of the diversity hires I worked with are not qualified at all, especially in MSFT Consulting Services (MCS)",Satya Nadella is doing a good job but MSFT needs to move faster and satisfy clients issues quicker. Continue to innovate and with the move to the cloud based software (SaaS),3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52585,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant people,The company was stocked with brilliant well educated people from around the world.,The company was stocked with brilliant well educated people from around the world who each wanted to be the alpha dog.,"Until you find a way to build the collaboration among the execs and their departments, too much energy will continue to be spent internally rather than externally.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52586,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Prinicpal Software Engineer,best benefits and great team,"low salary compared to competition, stock doesn't go anywhere",give people better comp,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52587,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solid, very solid","Smart people Well compensated Collaborative, not competitive The company is doing cool things (seriously) and is sincere about the mission",Co-workers spread across the world,"Keep it up, you're moving in the right direction. Remember to keep bringing young people in.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52588,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Work life balance, employee training",Slow to respond to market changes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52589,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Great place to work, great opportunity to grow in a cutting edge technology company","None, highly energized environment that is challenging",Keep up the great work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P300.htm
52590,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Explore Internship,The people are all willing to help and share about their experiences.,"Microsoft is a huge company, and it's hard to keep up with what's going on.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52591,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,good work life balance. nice people. good tech and office environment,"use c# language, company reaction is slow, café food is bad",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52592,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good comp, thats about it","Compensation, work life balance, and benefits","bureaucracy, hierarchy, and difficult to get things done outside of engineering","trim the GM fat, you have too many of them, especially in non-engineering functions",3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52593,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,Ship on time over ship great experiences,Great benefits and UX team members for the most part pretty awesome hard-working people.,PM-driven organization so shipping something on schedule is typically more important than shipping something that's great for customers.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52594,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,benefit and flexible work environment,at risk of layoff always,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52595,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Readiness operations Manager,"Flexible, Learning, Opportunities, Process oriented","Long hours of work, work pressure",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52596,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,"Many opportunitiues, but location can matter","Huge professional network. If you are wiling to move to Redmond, WA or work across timezones there are many opportunities to do impactful work.","Speed to market can be slow, mostly due to compliance requirements. Bureaucracy often slows things down.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52597,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Always a great place to work...,"Smart people,, great salary and benefits, learning and mentoring are encouraged.",Extreme focus required. Hours are hard to manage with levels of responsibility given.,"Allow employees to learn from whomever they wish, not only within your immediate organization.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52598,microsoft,"San Juan, PR"," Oct 24, 2016",Former Employee - Computer Systems Analyst,MS,"Lot of growth potential, great benefits",work life balance is hard when rotating shifts,Value employees,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52599,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Large company, turning back around","Good leadership under Satya, many teams and never a shortage of interesting work, decent benefits and work-life balance","Politics, politics, politics. Too many product decisions in large organizations are driven top-down by management, who doesn't have enough insight or visibility to make the right decisions.","Empower your people and trust that they will do the right thing. However, set enough direction so that the inmates aren't running the asylum.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P301.htm
52600,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointing,"Great direction from Satya Nadella at the helm. Great name recognition. Good compensation, great benefits.",Favoritism at the district levels. Not all employees treated equally. Poor evaluation process. Training is very weak.,"Get to know your employees, communicate equally.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52601,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,1 year in as a Microsoft PM,"Smart people, heading in the right direction, compelling work and great balance.","Bureaucracy can sometimes stifle product development, large org 'slowness'","Don't enforce processes for the sake of having a process, make sure it's useful and efficient first.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52602,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Advisor,amazing,best company in the world.,there are absolutely none ☺,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52603,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDE,Lots of smart people working around you.,Lots of smart people who wants to leave MS.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52604,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,It's the engineers who make it great,"There is a very strong engineering culture in product development, with brilliant people doing great things. The current culture from the top-down is the right one, and the focus on building great products over building something for a salesperson to sell is wonderful. The company is moving towards embracing open source, which is huge. Under the right management you can be empowered to act on things that matter to you, and that's critical. The work is interesting, the problems are challenging, and the scale is one where millions of users are affected. You can have a tremendous impact if you bias towards action, place yourself under good management, and work with engineering as much as possible.","There are still remnants of ""Ballmer's Microsoft"" in places, where people are still acting in old ways. Some people still don't ""get"" open source, and hate the very idea of it. Luckily, you can usually ignore them and get your job done anyways. When you have to do work that doesn't involve engineers, there's a good chance that you'll waste a lot of time talking about something without ever doing anything. If you find yourself in that situation a lot, you need to change your role ASAP.","Keep moving in the same direction, empower people who want to act on problems they know how to solve, and stamp out the remainder ""Ballmer's Microsoft"" by moving even more things to Open Source.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52605,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great work environment,"Great benefits, fair pay, focus on family and work/life balance.","Politics, HR Policies restricting existing employees from moving to positions they are capable of. Easier to quit and come back than to get the correct position you deserve.","Hire the right people for their job, ignore HR Requirements for promotions (time in role, current level, etc.) and focus on proven skills and capabilities",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52606,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The new Microsoft,"The culture is changing fast. From a monolithic battleship which is hard to change direction, to a fleet of small boats going into the same direction. Responding to market changes and customer feedback as quick as possible.",The culture is not the same in all divisions. You need to choose the division that fits you well,"Love your transparency, become even more transparent",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52607,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Things are very slow but changing under new leadership,"benefits, work-life balance, location, salary","a lot of reorgs, and old folks hanging around without much talent. Things move very slowly","Too many changes, reorgs cause a lot of confusion and practically no career growth",5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52608,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Group Finance Manager,Microsoft for Finance folks,"Pay is good, and the benefits -- while not what they used to be -- are still good as well. For those that don't live near the main campus, the employee bus service is nice. Ability to telecommute/work from home on occasion is a plus on many days.","The company, and the Finance group along with it, is in the midst of transition. Specifically within the Finance pipe, there seems to be a lot of resistance or friction for movement. I get the sense that folks are waiting for the other shoe to drop, and are holding back from doing any more than they have to, and managing out of fear.  And in spite of the comms to the contrary, managers are not interested in diverse opinions or the truth. If you don't agree and go along, you will not be here long.  For newer/junior folks, it's probably fine. For senior managers, who have insulated and protected themselves, it's fine. For everyone in the middle, there is not a lot of opportunity for advancement or stability.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52609,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"Benefits, experience, location is not that expensive like CA","Tension between teams, organizational mess, non transparent review",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P302.htm
52610,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,An Excellent Company that Takes Care of Its Employees,Excellent Work Life Balance - Most teams are very flexible with working hours. As long as you get your work done and you're not completely AWOL you'll be fine. No questions asked when you want to take a vacation or need to take a sick day.  Good Career Growth - You may have to put in long hours if this is your priority but you absolutely can move up if you want to. Self-movers are encouraged on most teams,"Bureaucracy - With so many layers in the organization things are bound to get lost in the shuffle, or muddled by middle management. Most of the time it's fine and management does a good job shielding SDEs from churn, changing priorities, etc... but too often do developers get hit by reorgs, and if you're unlucky it can really affect your career path. It is hard to gain a lot of momentum and good feedback when you're being shuffled from place to place.",Keep prioritizing the employees!,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52611,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,anonmous,"flexibility, team enivonrment, pay, salary and benefits","lack of commitment, and the environment was more team than individual. insurance was ok",become more structured,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52612,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,benefits (although going down hill fast),the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. too big and hard to make impact. aggressive culture where everyone is out for themselves.,?,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52613,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2016",Former Employee - General Manager,changing for the better,Dedicated to innovation. Hires talented people.,Matrix'd. Many overlapping teams. Lots of redundancy. New leadership is committed to rationalizing and streamlining this however.,Continue to streamline and unify teams around common outcomes.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52614,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Great Company with Great Career Opportunities,"awesome culture, MS takes care of its people, great place to learn and grow.",continuous reorganizations and transition to new managers can impact career growth,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52615,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An excellent company to work at,Interesting projects. Very good mentors. Excellent working environment.,No free lunch and dinner.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52616,microsoft,"Isle of Wight, VA"," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Product Development,Products Review,Good pay. Professional team. Highly rated. I particularly like the way that the company works especially in regards to product development,no real cons to be honest. potentially products could be updated more often leading to better security,my advice to the management team at microsoft would be to carry on striving to improve the company and to stop any potential product development issues,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52617,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - SDE2,Software Developement Engineer 2,Good and mature company with ethical values and latest technologies. Opportunity work in any cutting edge technologies. Satisfaction of making impact at global level. Work life balance. Great people. Benefits.,Slow growth. Managerial path of career advance is not well funded and cut down to minimum. Big ship.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52618,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Cool products Great people Vast array of products,Some bad managers Lack of coordination between teams Slow to respond,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52619,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Interesting product, good work life balance.","hard to do something great, company is just too big.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P303.htm
52620,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good food and good salary,long hours and stressful days,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52621,microsoft,"Brooklyn, NY"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Developer Engineer,Great Place to Work at,1. Great Office campus. 2. Amazing smart people. 3. Lots to learn technically from Senior Engineers.,1. Some teams need a change in management for faster delivery of product features. 2. Lesser compensation than other top companies in the area.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52622,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Scared, Steady and Political",- *Extremely* smart people - *Extremely* nice people - Internet scale computing and impact,- Most(almost all) employees are afraid of criticizing their own product. That's why IE went from most popular browser to being nowhere. No internal dissent or criticism of products or strategy is allowed - Management is management and they have the only right to speak up! - Political,"None, the employees won't speak up so management can't be blamed either.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52623,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior communications manager,Compensation. Work life balance. In by 10. Out by 4.,Culture Does not nurture female employees Lacks diversity,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,none,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52624,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - SDE2,Overall Good,"Excellent commute for Redmond residents. A short walk to warm meals. Free annual health check-ups. Occasionally really good guest speakers (e.g., Tarjan).","Roughly half the people walking around, staring at you without even trying to avoid eye contact or trying to smile awkwardly so as to acknowledge that you are there or that they are human. Gave me the heebie-jeebies.",Don't know enough about them to have an opinion.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52625,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,"Great work place, opportunity to work on very cutting edge technologies and lots of benefits from the physical space to 401k plans and much more. I really liked working there.",It can get very stressful sometimes as there are very strong deadlines and the managers really demand that you meet your deadlines on time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52626,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with amazing benefits.,"Great culture, family loving place",Salary is lower then other competitors in area.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52627,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Finance Manager,Ability to move around at level 62 and below in Finance,"Above level 62, rewards and job performance perception are based on political influence within direct team",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52628,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft - rating,great products and great vision to modernize the world's IT.,Battles for account control between Services (MCS and Premier) and the ATU. Hard to understand comp plan. Hard to track deals.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52629,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Technical Program Manager,6 Years in ...,"Strong Brand and you know they wont go bust overnight, if you find the right job with the right management its a great place to be.","treatment varies wildly depending on management, change is constant so if you find the right job and management it will change","More stability, more warning on churn decisions.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P304.htm
52630,microsoft,"Snoqualmie, WA"," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Advocacy Manager,Advocacy Manager,"Excellent benefits, very supportive, lots of career growth opportunities",No cons as of now,Transparency and be proactive,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,System Engineer,"• Creating/improving PowerShell scripts, manage file permissions, • Collaborating with other teams to solve problems, • Handled on call duties, and finding tools to help users be more productive. Learn lot of things with new technologies",No downwards for Microsoft. It's evergreen company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52632,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,"Working for a great team, doing work that impacts so many people.",Review system has it's flaws.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52633,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great direction,Perks in terms of bonus etc pride early product releases,- no free food - some teams have slow growth,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52634,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Software Developer,Internship at Microsoft,"My second summer practice was at MICROSOFT Company as a software program developer .The company gave me knowledge about new Microsoft Technologies, such as, XNA Game studio, Windows 8 and Windows Phone7. I did mobile applications with using XNA. Additionally I developed games for Windows 8 and Windows Phone7 using XNA and SQL Server Management Studio. Presently, I am selling my applications and games on web stores and gaining money from my applications. Additively I certificated as a Microsoft Student Developer.",There is not any cons about Microsoft İnternship. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - -,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52635,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Director of Engineering,Cruft and Decay in the Middle,"The engineers and senior leadership are top notch! Great place to have huge impact on users across the world. Awesome, clear company-wide mission that it truly inspiring! Average pay and pretty good benefits (except healthcare, which was ruined by Obamacare for everyone).","I have great respect for Satya and the culture shift he's initiated. Unfortunately, mediocrity seems to have settled at the middle manager level, at least in some areas of the company. Bad technology/strategy decisions made in the name of preserving fiefdoms and charter. Political in-fighting for territory. Leads stealing credit for minions work and blaming others for failures they should own responsibility for (usually behind their back). Lack of leadership and zero integrity at the lead/development manager levels. Perhaps just one really dysfunctional team amongst many, but in my 25 years as a software professional, literally the worst experience and most horrid disconnected power hungry leadership (and I use that term loosely) I've ever seen.","Fire all the middle managers, just clean house and get rid of folks who are managers and not leaders. They should be easy to spot - they will have taken zero accountability for any problems in their areas and have significant turn over, probably have bad poll results if their teams aren't numb to the lack of leadership by now.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52636,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Have an awesome career,"Stability, lots of internal options, people-focused, easy to switch positions regularly","Big company, can get stuck in places, wide variety in team quality and culture",Keep it up. Loving current mgmt.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52637,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Epic,"Excellent upward mobility, pleasant team, close to home. I've been thoroughly surprised with the detail and effort management puts to relieve our feedback. I like it here.",People as usual. Unless you are on the main campus the cafes are not the best but it's an incentive to eat healthier.,Better cafes,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52638,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Manager (Non-engr),Morphing pains,Lots of good people Really good benefits Flexibility to work from home,Constantly changing. You could have several different managers in a short time frame. High pressure and stress. Work you do can be different than job description Long hours. Expect 60+ as baseline. Fire drills Review and rewards system,Invest in on-going manager training. Don't let someone become a manager just because its the next step. That's detrimental to the team Innovate instead of follow the crowd. Find your path and stick to it,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52639,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2016",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,UX designer,"Flexible team, Remote working, Great facilities","Nothing challenging, very rigid and arrogant peope in terms of work, Lack of planning and understanding",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P305.htm
52640,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,Overall it's a OK company.,The work life balance should be much better than start ups or Facebook. The payment is not too bad. It's not very stressful to work here.,It's hard to move up. The stock is not much. Overall the payment is just industrial average level. Sometimes it feels boring.,Should have better motivation incentives for your employees.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52641,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Marketing Manager,"diverse, global, continuing education, volunteerism","work life balance, performance ranking",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52642,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Research Intern,Microsoft Research Intern Review,MS treats interns well Nice place to work in Nice people to work with,"only 12 weeks, not so flexible gave me a full-time offer at the end of internship but it's valid only for 1 year",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52643,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great COmpany to work for,Great Benefits and work life balance. Charity matching and 50% 401K matching,Lack of comradery and team work,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52644,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Nature of work, perks, salary","Snobby colleagues, time schedule, commute",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52645,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Flexible,Flexible work environment and management. Satya has changed the work atmosphere and culture. People are much more motivated nowadays. Work-life balance is a priority for management.,"Pay does not increase much, not unless you leave the company and come back - which is weird. Management should try to retain employees by giving them proper compensation increases, according to the market.",Retain your people by giving better compensation over time.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52646,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,meh,benefits are great work hours are good,too much politics and beauracracy,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52647,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Excellent place to work with really smart people. ""Customer First"" Moto is changing the company in new direction under new leadership.",Still there are layers of management which needs to be flattened to make the company more agile.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52648,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr PM Manager,"Company brand, Excellent benefits, Opportunity to move across company which makes you feel as if you started working for a new company. Each group is different.",I am a happy Microsoft employee,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52649,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SOftware Development Engineer 2,"open, big platform, free to do things, rich resources and friendly and happy working atmosphere","benefit not very good, salary not very good, too many people not doing a lot of things",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P306.htm
52650,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great company. Benefits are pretty good.,Difficult to move from organization to organization,"I would like to see more management embrace Growth Mindset as Satya Nadella calls out a shift in how the company culture, allowing employees more opportunities to try something new because they are passionate about learning and growth development.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52651,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Services Sales Executive,Lost in the Cloud,"Very good base salary, great benefits,","too bureaucratic, too many slow sales processes, service delivery should be renamed: sales prevention, you can't propose a SoW using list rates, need approval from delivery Mgn't, from engagement of pre-sale resources to delivering a SoW/Proposal to client 4-8 weeks, what they call Premier Support is staff augmentation, with no SLA or SLO's, the only vendor in the industry that does not use percentage of software cost to develop support pricing ala, SAP, Oracle, IBM, HP, Dell, etc/","Get your Cloud story together into a cohesive solution, teach your software sellers that its about selling solution(sftwr& services) not renewing EA or licenses true-ups to drive sales and bring new blood and move out the Msft life timers that have never experienced life outside of Msft",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52652,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great products. Lots of potential but very political.,Plenty of jobs to choose from. They're are some great products to work on and a lot of talented people to learn from.,"The flat organization creates an unhealthy political environment as your manager doesn't want more competition. Success at Microsoft is based on how well you play the politics. Nowhere to go in your career so people either leave or do the bare minimum once they realize that they're stuck at their level. The previous model was tougher but seemed fair. Boys' club. A lot of bias against women. This company is missing some check and balance. I've seen newly hired guys get promoted although they didn't deliver anything substantial for the product while women have to demonstrate potential, deliver, and they must do it flawlessly.","With that much talent, Microsoft should be able to build tools that help HR identify bias i.e. All women in a team leaving within 6 months, and inconsistency at review time based on actual deliverables and impact.",3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52653,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cons might outweigh the pros,"The standard for the Bay Area - free food (lunch and dinner, every day, snacks, etc.), great benefits, nice office.","HUGE corporation - it's hard to get anything accomplished through all the approvals, etc.",none,3.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52654,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,"Great benefits, opportunities for various roles, learn many products","Politics, advancement is difficult, decision making takes long",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52655,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Associate Consultant - Charlotte, NC","- Benefits - Collaboration and feedback is super important at MSFT - Lots of smart people willing to help - With 120,000+ employees, there's bound to be someone on Skype for Business to help you through your problems. - MSFT loves new hires, and encourages you to challenge the status quo.","- Sometimes, the organization gets SO big, it's almost counter productive.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52656,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,not bad,"work life balance is good, benefits and classes are good",lack of basic understanding of user centered design and ux research practices,upper management is cool - middle management needs some works - lots of managers need more training on what being a manager means and aligning to the vision of the company. I would suggest brining managers from outside of ms,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52657,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to intern for,"It definitely felt like there was a lot of mobility (in terms of moving between teams). Also, everyone I spoke to was really willing to help out with my onboarding issues, and other questions down the line!","Microsoft is a huge company, and in some ways that felt overwhelming (and also that I was only a very small and insignificant cog in a giant machine)",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52658,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Intern Developer,Intern developer,Great learning curve Great atmosphere Very good company to put on a CV Many opportunities within the company,Long hours and very stressful The size of the different departments can sometimes make you feel like you are a number!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52659,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome tools, great teammates","The Microsoft internet divisions have a great separation between Dev/Ops (who make sure that the SCOPE/Cosmos/Dryad systems just work, though sometimes with long queue times) and the Big Data developers (who just need to write SQL-like SCOPE code with C# customizations, and schedule their jobs in the Æther graph-based scheduler). This lets developers focus on getting their jobs done. The task-planning system is scrum-based, with short cycle times.",There are no clearly defined paths or benchmarks for moving from contract work to permanent (aka FTE) positions.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P307.htm
52660,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Good perks (no free food though). Also, it's one of the companies where you can have great work-life balance. It depends on the team, though.",Not moving very fast. Compensation is a bit lower than other companies like Google and Facebook.,"Management should try to make things move faster, avoid bureaucracy, make sure talented people are well rewarded without having to get external offers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52661,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,Pros and Cons of Working at Microsoft for 10+ years,"You're able to get a variety of experiences. You can move around teams, but staying in the same team for a minimum of 5 years lets you develop enough expertise for you to be the SME for an area.","Company is changing, but teams still act in silos and fight for ownership.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52662,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start,"Large company with lots of resources for mentoring, training, etc.","Can be rather political. Also every large company has B players, and you might be forced to work with them.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52663,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's an okay place to work,"There's a lot of great people who work here, really good medical and benefits. It's also easy to try other career opportunities.","Pay isn't great, low on automated tasks, every org has no money, there's too much mundane work to do and no time to do it in. We are still waiting for Satya to make a truly strategic play in the tech industry and not just financially back decisions.","Cut the fat... aka middle management, who put process on top of process. Getting tasks done take far too much time and effort, which should be relatively easy, such as creating a PO.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52664,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,"Great benefits, environment and opportunities!",Recognition is a bit hard.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52665,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Good work live balance and good environment.,"There is no cons, company is very good.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52666,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Specialist - Sourcing,Lead Specialist Sourcing,A lot of opportunities to grow and learn,Very complicated technical set up (IT),Keep on doing what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52667,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Advisor,"Great company, fun environment, great management",Somedown sides would be not knowing about a new product until the night before,Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52668,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Engineering Lead,Great company to work with. Great working environment,Growth progression is slow for the employee as there is lot of red tape-ism,Please give right opportunity for the talent.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52669,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Group Manager,benefits campus work style nothing,egos egos egos egos egos,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P308.htm
52670,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at MS,"Great people, lots of opportunities. It is nice to work for a company that has resources to fund bleeding edge projects.",Review process is a little challenging.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52671,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place!,Plenty of room to move up. Great managers and interesting projects to work on. Benefits and pay are good.,Very business oriented with a lot of middle management. It's not particularly easy to work on related projects.,Encourage hack a thon attendance and leave room for engineers to branch out into other products to promote the one microsoft ideal,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52672,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design director,Great place for innovation and experimentation,Quality design work often gets watered down by multiple stakeholders,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52673,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Safe and comfortable,"Everything at Microsoft was fine. They cared about their people, paid well, and had great perks (really awesome health insurance).","- Commuting to Redmond from Seattle  - Minimal growth (compared to Google, Amazon and others) means fewer fires, but also fewer opportunities to swing above your weight class  - A growing group of ""lifers"" that only know the Microsoft way/tech makes a lot of the experience less transferable than other companies",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52674,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Enterprise Architect,Great company,"Good pay, amazing benefits, pro club access., lots of opportunities. Good culture. Smart people. Good work from home policy...may not apply for all jobs",They still do calibration for their employee performance reviews even in 2016 under Satya. Lots of politics there still ...empire building.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52675,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Good annual competitive salary. On par with many other local companies Good annual bonus. Average is 10% Good annual stock offerings Good benefits,"Positive corporate wide changes are in the works As with other multi-national companies, finding the right group to work in is very important",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52676,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Communications Consultant,Great company to work for,"work from home, flex schedule",no cons to share at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52677,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Place to Work,"Smart people, great campus, fantastic resources, strong leadership, good work life balance, competitive compensation, great managers, lots of areas to work in.",Some technology is really behind the times. Huge improvements have been made but still a ways to go to catch up with the Bay Area tech firms. Sometimes they kill great projects and double down on poor projects. Lots of politics.,Management is doing amazing things the best two years. Keep doing what you are doing. Get better at Internet stuff and make your cloud stuff better because Google's user experience is a lot better.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52678,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Sep 23, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Awesome employer,The teams and managers I worked with actally cared about my personal development and happiness. That paired with the almost limitless resources available to innovate with and learn is amazing.,The performance review and compensation model could be revamped to better account for high performance teams. At times there are teams where all members should be rewarded as being exceptional contributors.,Continue the drive for innovation and customer focus. I'd love to see the company foster more innovation in the industry and continue to embrace open source,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52679,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Probably has gotten better s,"Plenty or resources, good compensation and benefits, peace between re-orgs, and balanced in terms of demands and personal life.","You get paid to do not to think, anxiety around regular re-orgs, 5% bottom, and not a very stimulating or challenging environment.",From the outside it seems that Satya is doing a lot of good things... keep it up.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P309.htm
52680,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Front Client,We have a nice new building and a forward facing platform that works across devices.,"New management has really changed the culture and environment. They tell you one thing is important, but have no problems changing their minds at the last minute and ""throwing people under the bus.""",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52681,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft,stable diverse balance innovative well-paid,slow too-many-PM not transparent stagnant,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52682,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,Microsoft Research is a good place to work for PH.D student in the summer. They provide many exciting projects and excellent mentors. So many young and smart colleagues.,"share some of the downsides of microsoft: the only cons compared with other network it companies is that the food is not free, but they are pretty cheap.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52683,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Na,Good work environment Excellent experience,It's best place to be at. I don't see any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52684,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Director,Great place for Sales,Career Development and Focus on People Great for Technical Great for Marketing Great for Sales Roles They value the employee,It's a large company so understanding the review process can take time,Align RBI to People Selling Correctly. Too much change to RBI each year and people are trying to figure out what to Sell.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52685,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Business Operations Analyst,Stable company Great work culture and teams,Too many hoops to jump through to actually make an impact on your business area,Flatten it out,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52686,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at,Great perks and intern events. Colleagues are amazing.,Sometimes not enough work to do.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52687,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Gives you a lot of benefits but very little time to enjoy them.,Needs to work on engineering practices.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52688,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short term employee,"Great company and decent managers. In the end, it wasn't for me.","Long hours, Benefits could be better or on par with competitors",Listen to your direct reports. Be sure to engage them in more regular meetings.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52689,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Solution Specialist Azure,A company in continus change process,- Very good pay - A lot of challenge,"- Work at every time even on weekends - No formal training for you position, the policy is learn on the fly",Try to increase formal training and retain good employees,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P310.htm
52690,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work On Agile,Free soft drinks and free coffee.,Agile processes need to change so they can be. . . agile.,"Silod management. Many departments don't talk to each other, even when they are working on the same product.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52691,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Engineer,Depends on What Group You're In,"Excellent pay and benefits, they're really as good as you've heard. Once you're in, you're in. There's plenty of opportunity to move around. They really, truly value individual contributors.","Once you're in, you're in, so there is a ton of dead weight. If you're in the right place, it's great, if you work some calcifying Peter-Principle-Poster-Boy, it will suck the life out of you. The bureaucracy is flabbergasting.","Satya Nadella is doing good work, but the company really needs to cut the fat and break thru the paralyzing insular subculture of mediocrity.",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52692,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,Great company to work for,Too big to get things done quickly,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52693,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Administrator,Great Atmosphere to work in,sometimes its more of being a glorified babysitter than actual work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52694,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Smart people, good work life balance","Slow pace sometimes, vision not clear",Be clear on vision.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52695,microsoft,"University Park, MD"," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,"Flexible hours, good benefits and pay, training opportunities, great team",none that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52696,microsoft,"King of Prussia, PA"," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Consumer Service Associate,Great,Great company to work for!!,None so far. Only been with the company for a few months now and it has been pretty good so far,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52697,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Scope for immense learning,"1. Immense learning resources for someone out of college. 2. Flexibility to work across on different technologies, teams etc. 3. Benefits",1. The cafeteria food is really bad. 2. There are still lot of legacy tech still in use and requires modernization. 3. Work can take a hold of your life at times.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52698,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales at Microsoft,"Brand, established vendor, resources, solid strategy for the cloud","culture does not value sales organization, carry over from monopoly days means few sales leaders know how to sell in the new economy, inward focus and obsession with scorecards that are meaningless to customers","Focus on enabling, empowering, and trusting sales organization dealing with largest customers. Agility and flexibility to meet new challenges is extremely handicapped by existing approach",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52699,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,"Great benefits, broad range of opportunities.","Often very long hours, review model stinks.",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P311.htm
52700,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Lots of freedom,"There is freedom to learn nearly anything you find interesting. If you love technology, there is a lot of potential for growth. But you have to be self-driven, there won't be metrics for growth outside of billed hours and general community guidelines.",Not enough information sharing! In services a lot of tasks and mistakes are repeated because of poor information sharing across projects.,Make IP sharing a better system,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52701,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Good company to work for,"Benefits, Salary, Very large company, if you're lucky to be on the right team you'll be working on some of the most cutting edge technologies","If you're unlucky and end up in the wrong team, life isn't going to be good :)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52702,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent for retail,"benefits, overtime pay, bonuses, free stuff on releases.","understaffed, underpaid compared to apple storel",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52703,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Overall great benefits and opportunities to grow career.,Great benefits. Opportunities within company to move around. Overall good pay package. Good flexibility and quite a bit of autonomy and trust.,Lack of celebration and appreciation of employee tenure and milestones. Personal appreciation is missing. Review model still has a lot of flaws! Should be more part time work and job share opportunities.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52704,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,A Great Place To Work,Not much to say about down side..,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52705,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Administrative,"Great company, benefits, life / work balance",I don't feel they value their administrative staff,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52706,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company with a lot of diversity in projects,"Big company that covers a lot of fields within the tech industry, you'll certainly find at least one product to work on that will be interesting to you.","Constant reorgs that may change who your teammates are, so it can be hard to build teams that accumulate synergy over time.","When making re orgs, someone should be responsible for making sure that the enginee",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52707,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow as a software engineer,"1) Whatever type of software you want to work on, from compilers, to phones, to games, there's a place at Microsoft for you. Regardless of whether it's a smart business move, Microsoft has products all over the map. If you're unsure about what you want to work on or want to try something new, Microsoft is a great place for you. Changing teams is very doable.  2) Great place to learn to be a software engineer. I joined right out of college. Engineers at Microsoft are more battle-scarred than those at younger companies.  3) Stability. If you're looking for stability, look no further. Microsoft isn't going anywhere. Even most of those affected by the layoffs found other jobs within Microsoft.","1) Too big and too unfocused. It's too easy to feel like your work isn't significant due to the sheer volume of other stuff going on. A more lean, focused Microsoft would help engineers feel important.  2) Poor matching of college hires to teams. If you're joining right out of college, be very assertive about what you want to work on (that is, if you actually know what you want to work on). They won't put you where you want to be without a fight.  3) Business outlook. Microsoft is doing just fine but is struggling to gain traction in new and emerging markets. Satya's moving things in the right direction but I have doubts that his changes are radical enough. There's also some resistance from those who have been there forever.",Don't be afraid to make decisions that risk your existing customer base. Identify the engineers that can contribute non-linearly to your success and put them in places where they can make a difference.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52708,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK I guess,Potential for growth if you do something impactful.,"Windows team doesn't have the greatest team environment. Easy to feel disconnected, discouraged, and Isolated.",Put people on teams that match their skills.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52709,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Information Security Analyst,Great salary and benefits offered,Not so innovative company culture,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P312.htm
52710,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Sep 22, 2016",Current Employee - Inside Opportunity Executive,Current Employee - Satisfied,"Excellent compensation, comfortable environment, promotes a learning and growth obsessed mindset, excellent work life balance, welcoming and fun place to work, personal and professional growth really valued","This location is a bit of a ""start up"" for Microsoft and a lot of the processes are not set and streamlined which can cause confusion. Lower pay than field employees.",Management is quite in tune with what we deal with on a day to day basis. Easy to communicate with and always available to talk about anything.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52711,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,people are smart and nice,depends on project and team you are working on,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52712,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of work to do,"Lots of perks, free sodas.",Lots of oooollllld skool folks who need to move on,"Get rid of the layer of folks who have been here for 15+ years. They are never going to adapt. Figure out how to incent, promote, and reward the hordes of bright, talented, ambitious people you hire every year and lose the next year.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52713,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a great place to work with very smart people,"If you want to learn anything and everything there is to software, this is arguably one of the best places to do it.",Sometimes the higher management can be hard to read or even unavailable to answer questions. This makes getting a clear picture of the longer term investments a bit hard.,"Be more transparent to your decisions and longer term goals once they're solidified. Also, don't be afraid to kill unsuccessful projects!",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52714,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,"work life balance, used stable, working hour flexible, less stress, no much work to do, not bad benefit, free drink, not bad 401k plan, not bad insurance","old technical, not much to learn, working on something not important, political, not stable any more, technical to specify on microsoft platform. low pay, hard to promote, just a little bit stock and a little bonus.","more innovation, rise salary, more stock, keep job stable. less political, more promote,",2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52715,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - SDE2,software engineer,"good benefit, good pay. good balance","big company, you might only have chance to work for a small feature, your skills might degenerates.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52716,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Account Manager,Microsoft Has Changed,There are now better companies in the Seattle area.,People don't leave Microsoft they leave bad Managers.,Too much dead weight in middle management,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52717,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Great team culture and opportunities to move within the company to grow.,None - everything was fantastic!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52718,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Advisor,"Culture, Pay Transparency and Technology",None actually. May be the pay,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52719,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Would Recommend,"Plenty of opportunities, good benefits",Microsoft is a large company (Which can also be a good thing).,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P313.htm
52720,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Director,"Great employer, challenging work with lots of growth","Microsoft strongly believes in continued personal and professional growth, and the culture is supportive of risk-takers (within reason) that want to disrupt the industry.","The workload in some of the more unique jobs at Microsoft is frequently not scoped realistically, which can lead to work/life balance challenges.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52721,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Program Lead,if you find the right group and manager the direction of the business will thrive.,"They are not as keen to hire internally as they are to hire externally. In addition, there is a bunch of politics so it does take longer to make a dent in the company.","hire managers that can manage and lead individuals, not promote individual contributors to become a manager",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52722,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Opportunity is there, but progress can be slow","For the most part, Microsoft is what you make it. If you want a job that you can just coast at, you can find a team where that's ok. If you want a team that is driven and making progress where you can have a big impact, you can find that too.","Big companies can be slooooow to change. That is definitely apparent and MSFT. Some features on my team take an absolutely unreasonable amount of time to get out. Some of that is the people working on it, but a lot of it has to do with the ancient systems in place.","Get your teams in a position to move quickly. These days, no one wants to take ages to ship something.",4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52723,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2016","Former Employee - Human Resources Director, Microsoft Corporation",Director,"Great people and (mostly) great products Terrific career opportunities - at HQ in Redmond and in field roles Very competitive pay and benefits An ability to re-invent itself. It can feel like trying to turn an aircraft carrier, but the company has proven it's capable of changing course","They confuse ""collaboration"" with ""constipation."" Decisions can take too long, with too many ""stakeholders"" to try and satisfy. It's become very political They think very locally (Redmond), but try to operate globally.","Satya has been a breath of fresh air and is on the right path to change the strategy and culture. Keep it up, but shake it up. Might be time to make some tough people decisions at the Sr. Leadership level.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52724,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but not great,It's good and mature tech company with relatively good benefit,Compensation not great as more young ones.,Improve overall compensation and focus on the business we are really strong at,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52725,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET in Microsoft,"There is a famous company with good working environment there, like personal office, people are friendly and good work banlance","The benefit not as good as FLAG(facebook, linkedin, apple, google)",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52726,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General,Great culture and good benefits,Not very competitive with respect to pay,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52727,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,xbox group,lots of things to work on,review system makes no sense,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52728,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is good company that had lost its way and can't seem to find it way back.,Very large ecosystem. A lot to do. Can be really great if you have a great team and especially a great manager and\or management chain.,Too many ill prepared or ill everything managers that act as if they have tenure. Maybe they do. Proposed culture change has not help the situation. Still more of the same.,"I support the CEO on the direction he intends to steer the company. However, with proposed layoff plus major reorgs, everyone is in wait and see mode. Not good for morale or stay in focus on projects that may or may not survive. Management could be more transparent but that remains to be seen.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52729,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Associate,You learn a lot really quickly. Learn how to work in a fast-paced environment as well as how to manage multiple schedules and deadlines. Good first job right out of college.,See very low chance of moving into a fulltime role within the department. No new headcount is added and they are moving into using more contract roles rather than fulltime.,Work on inclusiveness between fulltime and contract employees within the recruiting department.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P314.htm
52730,microsoft,"King of Prussia, PA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor and Product/Software Trainer,Great place to work,Absolutely one of my favorite jobs. You get the opportunity to get up close and personal with all thing Microsoft. The company's business acumen was fantastic. They always kept us engaged and wanting to learn more,At the time there was no full time positions available.,Keep up the good work on the employee engagement.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52731,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a place to grow old at.,everyone has heard of Microsoft,Long-timer status = Target on back,Fire Kevin Turner,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52732,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,- Work & life balanced - Brilliant technologies,- Politics - Hard to attract younger users,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52733,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2016",Former Employee - Business Sales,Microsoft Retail,"Great products, some amazing team members, great customers. The benefits are good though not as good as corporate.",Politically challenged with no support from HR. If you are not in the right clique forget it. HR is broken. So many really bad managers.,Listen to the complaints and take them seriously instead of just trying to sweep them under the rug. Managers need to be replaced. Can't mess up something thats so customer facing.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52734,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Politics!,"Great benefits, great career opportunities, lots and lots of different products to work for. You can move around between teams as much as you can. Lots of smart people, you get to build stuff with them and learn.","Lots of politics. Depending on who your manager is, getting a promo can go from being completely based on your performance to being completely based on politics and how you play the game. It's really heartbreaking to see managers make bad engineering decisions, deliver half-baked results and still get promoted. Every team in the company has a tremendous amount of technical debt that will never be addressed but will always be a problem. Constant reorgs also contribute to people not really caring about the long term and just focusing on delivering something immediately.","Change the promotion system to be results based per team, not per individual. Stop rewarding half-baked results.",3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52735,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A review,"The company is great, working with the customers was great.",The management in the store was extremely hard to work with. A few of the assistant managers were understanding and that was about it.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52736,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Opportunities to work with leading industry products.,Process to find new jobs within the company is cumbersome and restrictive.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52737,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,First Company,The company has great benefits.,The company is massive and things get done slowly.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52738,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Diverse projects and smart people,Too slow. Adoption of industry standards is stagnant.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52739,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,amazing parking lot for your cars,nothing to complain about the place,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P315.htm
52740,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun program with lots of perks,"Great benefits, even for interns. They recently introduced health insurance alongside gym, orca card, etc. If you uphold your end of bargain there's a good chance of a return offer. Intern gift is sweet Great worklife balance.",Some products are less than exciting. Also my team was moving slowly to the latest tools.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52741,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,"Solid company, good work-life balance","Microsoft is a mature company, with good, solid benefits and a reasonable approach to work-life balance. Current management is strong and the company direction seems better than it's been in many years.","Too many re-orgs, too monolithic. Pay doesn't seem to be as competitive as other comparably sized software companies.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52742,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for a career... if you can play the game,"Great pay, SO-SO benefits since Lisa B. destroyed them, ample opportunity to exceed goals if you are willing to work for it. Easy to look like a star given how lazy most everyone has become.","Too high of a focus on scorecard metrics... scorecards run the business, not logic... whats best for the customer... or the shareholder. Too much policy and process (Red Tape). Azure and 0365 are too much of a focus and a detriment to tried and true... actually profitable on-prem products. Also, most every executive below Satya is worthless.",Not everything has to be cloud related... and BTW as a minority male employee I would like to say STOP HIRING UNQUALIFIED MINORITIES. It makes the rest of us who busted our tails to get here look bad and resent you for it.,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52743,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's hit or miss,"Great benefits, great opportunity to learn, great pay, tons of opportunity to take your career in new directions","Like any big company, politics can chew you up and spit you out. Despite promising signs of change, there are still many petty tyrants running their fiefdoms and if you get in the wrong one, or the wrong side of a powerful one, your opportunities dwindle.","While the new LT is pushing for Growth Mindset, the reality is that a lot of the senior LT have been with the company for decades and it's hard to teach those old dogs new tricks. Need a purge or a more forceful hand from HR to drive and incent proper behavior.",4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52744,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data Scientist,Perks and salary Good work/life balance,Politics Too many re-orgs (and layoffs),none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52745,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Intern Experience,"Share some of the best reasons to work at Microsoft. Great people, fun work environment. Fun teams to work on.","Too Slow, heavily team depended. word word wordword word word word word word word word word word word","Don't pressure interns to make decisions for conversion. Its not cool, highly frustrating and just sucks.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52746,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft,Smart people working on projects that make a difference in people's lives. The resources of a billion dollar company to utilize.,"The review process, you can do all the right things be an excellent contributor, but still get the short end of the stick depending on group and level at the time.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52747,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart People,I enjoyed working with Microsoft people while I was a contractor there. They are very dedicated to their particular roles and responsibilities.,The different groups can be somewhat myopic and not think outside their group too much,Cross group collaboration is definitely a skill that is needed to be successful at this company.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52748,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDEII,"good benefit, brand recognition","career growth is almost entirely controlled by the manager and favoritism can out weight performance at times, if not all the times.",promote fairer working enviroment,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52749,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,reasonable work and life balance,frequent re-org which impacts your promotion,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P316.htm
52750,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome technology and flexible working hours,"The working hours are very flexible, teams are flexible and you work among great minds. You get to work on latest technology","I have not experienced any cons at Microsoft yet, everything is good.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52751,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Used to be good,It used to be good where we worked on some of the greatest products in the world although with average salary but good benefits.,This company has lost its soul. Internal competition and politics are rampant. Incest management always want to play favoritism with their puppets.,Thanks for ruining a good company.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52752,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Please to learn a lot of new tools, extensive use of Excel, Power BI. Open ended projects",Less direction and ambitious requirements,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52753,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engagement Manager,You will work around a lot of talented and intelligent people who will challenge you. The benefits are the best I've encountered of any company I have worked for.,The company likes to think of itself as innovative but it really isn't. Managers should be provided more training on how to lead and manage people. Slow to support until something goes to an escalation mode.,"Continued training for people in Leadership positions. Re-establish a Delivery Excellence group that isn't conducting a witch hunt but is really looking at if MSFT should be doing the work or if we are pursuing solely for revenue (lesson learned pre-mortem), provide advice and guidance to make delivery go better and smoother.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52754,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager 2,work life balance is well,lack of creativity and young people,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52755,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Good benefits, vast areas, not much","Bad people, politics, dead, adhoc, bad work-life",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52756,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Release Manager,great startup feeling team,too short of a contract - no funding,listen to proof of concepts - they should help in your $$$ decisions,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52757,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company in transition,Great salary and benefits Good work/life balance,"Quickly losing relevance in the consumer market, only a few products resonate to consumers",Either spin out or sell consumer facing businesses and use additional cash to acquire cloud and services business relevant to SMBs and Enterprises.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52758,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,Love this place,"Career Grow, can move to different ares and try something new. Health Insurance and other benefits.","There is a kind of war between different areas, and some times some colleagues get your merit .",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52759,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Consumer Product Advisor,"Good work-life balance, benefits for part-timers","It's still retail so you're always going to have to attend to customers, buying or not.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P317.htm
52760,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High School Intern Experience,"Learned so many things that I wouldn't have learned in a classroom, got to go to an actual meeting and be a part of something bigger than myself, got to see Satya for the first time, many resources are provided, able to work in a great facility",Took a while to receive my badge limiting the resources I received when I started.,"Make sure every intern can get resources from the first day, think of longer more complex projects for interns to do",4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52761,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad for a big company -- every team is different,"Good benefits packages, access to lots of smart people, plenty of opportunity to try new things if you've done reasonably well in your career there.","Things can move surprisingly slow sometimes, quality of management varies greatly and you don't really have that much control over it.","Be smarter about who you promote to management, especially in the first/second-line roles.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love to work here,Good work life balance. smart collegues,Too many processes to follow,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52763,microsoft,"Madison Heights, MI"," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager | Service Delivery Manager,It's alright,Nice salary. Networking potential is nice.,"Always told what you do wrong, never what you do right. Very vague improvement points. No matter how much work you do it's never enough to be picked for projects. Only the favorites survive.",Provide positive feedback,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52764,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales rep,great company to work for.,need better management and more hours,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52765,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place for internship,"The environment of Microsoft is great, you can meet people with strong tech backing and learn from them.","Sometimes the work at the Support Group is a little tedious, surely you can learn a lot about Microsoft products, but it does not seems to be quite useful if you want to find a job at another company other than Microsoft.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52766,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work but lookout for the slackers and other issues,"Amazing colleagues Microsoft = inroads, you will never be short of customers willing to bet on your work, so you better no disappoint.","Slackers everywhere, some teams have forgotten what it should be like in the cutting edge of technology. Affirmative action impacts morale Too many layoffs and penny pinching happening at the company",Cut the penny pinching. Lift employee morale by being generous.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52767,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"The company is starting to have a more innovative spirit again. The pay and benefits remain very good. Many great, smart people to work with.","As is true with most companies you really need to own your work/life balance, the company will always ask more of you than you can get done in normal working hours. On the Engineering side, the company is still working through the transition to combined engineering and hasn't fully figured out how to handle quality assurance with no testers/SDETs.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52768,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Work Experience,Great atmosphere and work culture. Freedom to try different things. Numerous intern events. Signature event is a bonus. Plus you get a signature gift. I got a Surface book.,Sometimes the goal of the project is not well defined atleast in my case.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52769,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Environment but competitive,Interesting projects. Competent employees for the most part. Great flexibility on work hours. Better than most compensation and benefits. Good cafeteria with reasonable prices. Company is in good financial situation.,"People reviews are still tough and still exists. Co-workers compete, managers compete and it creates political work environment where finger pointing is constant. Work/life balance happens when you don't have a escalation management position. Otherwise, it is not so great.",Better on-boarding process and get employees prepared for what comes through in people reviews. Better definition of R&R of each position. Manager needs to spend more time on career coaching their employees.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P318.htm
52770,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Employer,Good work culture. A lot of people take pride in their projects and you should too!,Sometimes feel over worked at times. Every one is somewhat busy or noot very interested in helping.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52771,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible Culture,The benefits offered by the company are outstanding,The culture is negative - most employees are unhappy,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52772,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Grreat Company to work for,Place to improve your skills in a constant basis,Everything about Microsoft is very good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52773,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Great company, with growth mindset.",Can be Challenging at learning new technology,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52774,microsoft,"Frisco, TX"," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great Company/Retail Store to Work for.,"The job is not intense, it is actually real cool and partially laid back. You learn so much while you work. I believe the pay is outstanding for what you do and you are recognized for your good work almost every time. The benefits are awesome and the charity work that the company encourages you to participate in is self rewarding.","If you work at the retail locations that are inside malls,it could feel real slow on the week days and too many young kids on the busy weekends. Although it is very helpful, you are demanded to complete designated trainings at the computer a couple of times each month.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52775,microsoft,"Menlo Park, CA"," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Generally relaxed work environment Good benefits,No free food like some other tech companies Not a lot of freedom when working on large established product,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52776,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Retail Stores,First for all new cool products,Corporate team doesn't take you seriously,Spend more time investing in your people,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52777,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Good benefits, bad culture",The pay and benefits seem good (I'll see as I go elsewhere),The culture still has a lot of infighting,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52778,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Consultant,Software Design Engineer,"Good salary. Free drinks. Opportunity to grow. If you happen to work on a challenging project, it's a good opportunity to progress.","It depends on the team you work with. Some teams are more organized and clear on the goals of the project they work on. If you happen to work on one of those teams whose goal is not clear, then you might feel baffled.",Be more choosy when it comes to picking managers. A project manager makes a big difference.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52779,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Director, Market Research","Smart people, great energy, opportunity to learn tons and move within the company. Good benefits, nice offices, cafeterias, campus and team activities.","Constant judgement, pressure to succeed however it takes. Constant change in team direction and the need to get multiple rounds of approvals to get and keep everyone on board and in agreement with just about anything.","Set a team goal then stay with it for longer than 6 months, really engage with and lead your team, be their champion. Be open and honest with your team and get to really know your team members.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P319.htm
52780,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Director, Market Research","Smart people, great energy, opportunity to learn tons and move within the company. Good benefits, nice offices, cafeterias, campus and team activities.","Constant judgement, pressure to succeed however it takes. Constant change in team direction and the need to get multiple rounds of approvals to get and keep everyone on board and in agreement with just about anything.","Set a team goal then stay with it for longer than 6 months, really engage with and lead your team, be their champion. Be open and honest with your team and get to really know your team members.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52781,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Endless opportunities,"Microsoft is truly a world-class company offering endless opportunities, where the vast majority of divisions and managers pay attention to people and their growth. You get to impact thousands of people in your direct group, and billions of people around the globe.","Lateral moves across divisions and professions are hard, and almost impossible to stumble upon.","Continue showing courage in the face of reality, and acting on people's feedback",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52782,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was once a great company,"good benefits, work-life balance and basic pay",top down approach to management. low employee morale due to limited advancement and perception in industry,get your act together before you lose some of your most precious employees,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52783,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Marketing,Good place to obtain global experience and to become an expert in very specific areas,"The culture leaves a lot to be desired. Depending on the team, it can be very cut throat and difficult to secure resources. Work-life balance is non-existent.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52784,microsoft,"Columbus, OH"," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Great Place to Work,"Great teammates, management is dedicated to improving culture and results, and fair compensation.","Retail, and everything that goes with it. From toxic customers, to terrible hours, to working holidays and weekends. Expect to have no social life without significant effort, as you'll consistently be required to work weekends and nights. You're expected to love Microsoft products... Even if there's something better out there.","Let your best people work consistent hours as part of compensation. Maybe be one of those daring employers who is closed black Friday or Thanksgiving? It would mean a lot to employees. Provide more upward momentum for those who have college degrees or are working to obtain one. MS Stores are all over the US, but what about corporate Microsoft? Are they present? Let the retail employees have something to look forward to if they are loyal and work hard.",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52785,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great projects,Great projects and environment. Relaxed. Cool technologies. Easy to move inside,"It is a big company, so you need to find the right teams to fully maximize your potential",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52786,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Sales Specialist,Part of a great company,"Role was not positioned correctly for the hired skills, many left before a year.","Have role report to Corp, not local market",4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Senior PM,TPM,Large organization with vision and senior leadership,No management excellence in lower to mid level management,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52788,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Large company, easy to get lost",-cutting edge technology -somewhat stable -good pay,"-large company, easy to get overlooked -promised me a certain percentage of travel, but two months in that amount of travel doubled",match people to their passions and skills,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52789,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good overall,"Salary, benefits, most colleagues are good people",Some decision makers are following whatever is bright and shiny at the moment,Make decisions based on data,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P320.htm
52790,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Director,"nice location, smart people, nice atmosphere","very demanding work, salaries on the low side",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52791,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you want to learn new skills, please think 100 times before you take job in Microsoft.","Great Benefits overall: Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits, Stay Fit Program, 401K 50% contribution from employer, 10 Paid Holidays, Great 5 months of Paternity/Maternity leave for dad/mom. Location is not extremely crowded like Seattle, There are still few great people work in Microsoft.","1. First level and second level manager in Microsofts are the root cause of Microsoft moving very slow and not innovating. These managers are rigid (been there for 10+ years, no more technical, don't understand current trends and they are still decision maker). These people still holds huge power and take all shortcuts and easy and quick things to get quick personal gain/growth. This attitude has hurt Microsoft since last 15 years. 2. Review System is extremely horrible because stack ranking still happens as of 2016. Though they don't communicate to employees, but HR and Manager maintains Stack ranking and probably curve too. Stack ranking is so horrible that manager who has great sales power takes advantage of situation and manager who are technical but not good in sale looses their employee being rated down. So it is extremely important to report to best manager who is best of his manager, if you want to succeed in Microsoft.","Fire all First and Second Level managers. OR make them Individual contributor for next 5 years (with no entry to management roll for next 5 years) and make all fresh blood of strong technical individual contributor take a role of first level and second level manager. Get rid of Stack Ranking (which is maintained internally) and give peer review based on facts and data as review and no more judgmental review. It has hurt many people's career and it will still hurt going forward, unless it has changed.  Microsoft also should completely adapt all open source tool/technologies and make all innovation on top of them. That will speed them up to compete quickly with market. Their own technologies are stopping them from moving faster.",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52792,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag (Temp/Contract Employee),The team I worked with was comprised of very smart individuals. There was a parking benefit for temporary employees. This was a fast paced environment.,"As a temporary employee, you are treated as a much lower caste human. You learn early to turn your badge where the color can't be seen. Not all computer access will be determined by the manager you are working for. Someone upstream may not approve and you can't access, or suddenly loose the ability to work on a specific program or access data needed for the project with no explanation or recourse.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52793,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome experience,Nice teamwork plan in Microsoft,Nothing is really bad there,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52794,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Good work life balance, friendly smart colleagues.",Pay is not so great compared to the industry.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52795,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MIcrosoft-Great Place to Work!,"Great Role, working with companies, around solutions selling","focus is around monthly targets, need to be more long term strategic.",Look at growth instead of quota-,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52796,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Solid pay, people, and work hours","Solid pay, people, and work hours",Flexible work hours make it difficult to communicate with folks on occasion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52797,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Learning Specialist,Account Manager,Microsoft offers some of the top benefits of any comapny,Not a lot of internal growth.,Spend more time on developing internal talent,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52798,microsoft,"Los Gatos, CA"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Going down the tubes,Salary is OK and so are the other parts of the compensation.,"A 1,000 layers of management with most of them spending their time sucking up to their boss to get promoted instead of looking after their people.",Look after your people or they will disappear.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52799,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Visual Merchandising Manager,Visual Merchandising Manager,"Bright people at the peer level, great benefits, opportunity to work on interesting projects",Senior management culture of 'let's get new blood' limits advancement opportunities. Must move laterally to move up. Heavy emphasis on correct procedure/process can stifle innovative thinking,"Place more emphasis on results, rather than process",4.0,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P321.htm
52800,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Microsoft PArtner Account Manager,Microsoft Partner Account Manager,everyday learning that grow the potentials in individual employee,long queue for appraisal for employees,to continue to develop in the employee and create more flexibility in the working environment,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52801,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company for those looking to coast,Get to learn a lot early on. 9-5 job will usually get you an achieve or exceed at Microsoft. Work life balance is great.,"Beyond senior onwards, soft skills are more important than raw talent. There can be lots politics depending on the team you join. Try to stay away from consumer facing teams. Microsoft won't continue to be a consumer company in the future.",There is too much politics. Managers tend to keep a few engineers close and everyone grows together. I have seen people get promoted to principal who are horrible in design only because they are able to use their soft skills well.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52802,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything slow,Not really pushing. You will have fair amount of work life balance. So it's good if you don't care much about the career and spend time with your family. You also have nice people around.,"Everything is slow. Promotion takes years even if you've got the full mark. You will also see incompetent colleagues talking very much, in the meeting or wherever.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52803,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Great benefits, good pay, challenging work",Reorganizations every six months or so to make to work even more challenging.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52804,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Tech Writer,Working at Microsoft has big benefits but also some downsides,"Excellent salary, good benefits (healthcare, Company Store, fitness dollars, vacation/PTO), flex working hours (in some groups), ability to move to new positions vastly streamlined recently (finally).","Siloed teams each driving toward their own goals, ""cowboys"" allowed to do their own thing while others clean up/pick up the pieces, focus on shipping shipping shipping rather than overall customer experience and quality",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52805,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Company with great culture and people,Cant think of anything at this time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52806,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,"Great place to learn, but questionable growth","Laid-back hours, benefits, challenging problems. Microsoft has research and projects happening in almost any field you can think of.","As an engineer, you can feel like a cog in a machine and your focus is more narrow.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52807,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,"Nice benefits, good work life balance","dependent on customer. Avg customer base still thinks Server and database, no idea of how fast technology is evolving. Not good place if you work with containers, latest tools etc.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52808,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft's Slippery Slope,"Smart people, hands on cool technology, people are overall pretty friendly, and one can do well if you think smart, work really hard, and cozy up to the right leaders. Benefit package is still very good, and work accommodations are very comfortable.","Typically, work life balance is nearly impossible to really achieve, there is little time to breath, and change is non-stop and chaotic. Corporate leadership, starting at the CEO, has been on a 2 - 3 year strategy exchanging loyal, productive, long time employees for overseas labor to cut costs, Steep moral price to pay when 15, 20, 25 year employees with stellar track records are terminated to reduce costs and replaced, in bulk, by overseas labor. Microsoft used to profess that people were its most valuable assets, those days are long gone. It is just another technology grinder now, it has been many years since Microsoft has been a true technology leader.","Get back to your roots related to your employees, or you will drive this once great company into the dirt. Don't be so arrogant to think it can't happen.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52809,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Director,A great company to work for!,"Great work environment. Microsoft really cares about its employees and even for a very large corporation, Microsoft goes out of its way to ensure its employees are well cared for. From the facilities, to benefits, it's got to be at the top of the industry.  The work is very challenging and there are many different organizations to choose from. I've been a full time employee for almost 16 years and still love working here.  Ever since Microsoft got rid of their competitive review, stack-ranking system, a few years ago, it has really improved morale and productivity in my opinion. Instead of focusing how to outshine your peers, the focus is now on a growth mindset and how you leverage other's ideas to help you do a better job. It's about partnership and collaboration.  Microsoft does preach work-life balance. I think many have achieved a good balance while others struggled. The key to a good balance is the organizational VP has to buy-in to the concept.","Some people seem overworked and it is usually attributed to their functional organization's leader that doesn't understand how convey the importance of balance. As with any large corporation you'll have good managers, and bad ones. The great thing about Microsoft is they continually look for employee feedback and if you have a bad/poor manager, you can anonymously provide constructive feedback which HR and leadership takes seriously. This is why I've been here over 16 years.","Satya Nadella was a great choice for CEO. He was an engineer and former president of our cloud & service business, and he understands our core business and is able to speak at very deep level with our engineers. His secret sauce though is he's an amazing leader, and visionary that will take Microsoft to the next level.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P322.htm
52810,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Llama Herder,Mount Microsoft: an exhilarating climb,"- if you're at peak fitness for your role, the rewards are excellent and opportunities to excel and be recognized are many - you'll start your climb with a solid outfitting of benefits - there are many routes to the top, crazy amazing waypoints, and relatively few recreational hikers","- highly recommend hiring a sherpa, i.e. network like crazy and have a few key mentors because the mountain can be unforgiving for even the strongest and most prepared - the sheer size of this mountain means even getting to base-camp will require effort and supplies and llamas so bring a big pack and lots of patience. Success will be 1 part skill, 2 parts llama chow, and 8 parts persistence - bring oxygen if you hope to get to the top","I think management is doing a fairly good job, all things considered. Maybe find a way to ease some of the wind sheer in middle-management where inconsistent or incomplete messaging makes the climb more difficult than seems necessary for line-managers and their direct reports.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52811,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,"Great Benefits, lots of learning, awesome co-workers, beautiful offices, lots of traveling, be part of one of the most famous software companies of all times.","They will take a lot of your personal time, managers are pushed to meet quotas that they have to push down the chain of command. And it seems that the company have lost part of the quality of their service and they are concentrate to meet numbers. Therefore, be prepared to work hard, or really hard.","They need to focus on customer service and positive actions that work Vs. negative actions, numbers and reputation.",3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52812,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,wonderful place to work,Challenging and encouraging place to work,No cons at this time to report,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52813,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - SDEII,"big company, important to have a good manager","The benefit is still good, not much pressure, depends on which team you are in",you may deliver much more than your coworker but having similar rewards or bonus,"Msft is in the right place, need more time to prove the management",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52814,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 2,Free to explore possibilities. Fairly good life work balance.,Work is only largely about making bigger visibility instead of actually getting things done.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52815,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,program manager,really like it a lot,commute can be difficult to long,Keep it up please I would appreciate it,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52816,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Manager,A new Microsoft is emerging - one with a clearer vision and acceptance of doing things that would have been taboo only several years ago.,"A highly bureaucratic organization that makes it hard to have ownership and get things done. Highly political.  While it is evolving and improving as a company, Microsoft is still fairly inward looking. It is not a company that begins by focusing on the perceived needs of customers.",Figure out how to empower the organization. Perhaps some decision-making can move back into the organization.  Train management in how to lead and how to develop their talent.  Increase ability of employees to move within the company and/or work on projects that they care about.,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52817,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"work life balance, good company brand image","bad management decision, stupid PMs power",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52818,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Contract Marketing,Great experience!,"I've really enjoyed my experience as a contractor at Microsoft. The team is great, the hours are flexible and the pay is good, although you don't get any benefits.","It's sometimes hard to get access to everything you need, and you have to take a six month break every 18 months.","Thanks for creating a positive work environment. This is a great place to grow your career - whether full time, or contract.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52819,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,"Excellent work culture, people are warm and very helpful","Everything is nice, I just feel the open culture should be optional and not forced upon",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P323.htm
52820,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Gret,"Easy time hours... very easy job, if you know what youre doing its really easy, fun job. I really liked it but the pay isnt a career.",Low pay but it was party time... so it wasn't that bad if you know what you were doing.,"They did a really good job, i really liked working for them. It was great. It was a part time job. Very good.",5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52821,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Coordinator,Best company I've ever worked for.,Hard to return to the company outside of Corporate campus.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52822,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everybody knows MSFT...,"Great benefits, competitive salary, interesting work. You get to work on projects that everybody has heard of, and know that your work is valuable to millions or billion sof people.","Limited advancement, heavy politics. A late-stage company that can feel like it's lost its way and gotten acquisition-heavy.","Acquisitions have been enormously randomizing for a lot of groups, and have created the general impression that we're throwing good money after bad.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52823,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great company,"Energy and morale have been improving a lot since Nadella took the helm. The company is re-inventing itself and moving in a promising direction. It's not a boring enterprise company anymore. ""Not invented here"" syndrome is being cured.  Great work-life balance. I've worked under several different managers and they were all great in this aspect. You have the freedom to set your own pace (to a certain extent).  Excellent benefits and perks: top-notch 401(k) plan with very generous match, health insurance, employee discounts, on-site health center, and a lot more.","Old culture is fading but is still there. A lot of people still focus on personal achievement only.  Compensation is less than what competitors offer, unless you're at a high level (principal and above).","Be more explicit about encouraging team work. Guide people to say more ""we"" instead of ""I"".",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52824,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Intelligent, motivated co workers. Big picture hard problems. Conscious effort to improve gender imbalance and to support minorities. Great technology, huge move towards top of the line innovation.","Old habits are hard to break, executive management isn't measuring whether or not on the culture changes they push are taking hold.",Measure to see if the culture changes are happening.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52825,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great benefits. Take as much work as you can handle. Lots of brilliant smart people around you, making it fun to work.","If you're in early stages of your career, working exclusively on Microsoft technologies makes your career path sort of limited. It's hard to find other jobs when you leave, and hard to switch to open source stuff.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52826,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Program Manager,Great People. Flexible Hours. Leadership puts value on work-life balance. Opportunity to work with a lot of intelligent and hard work teams.,Difficulty getting a promotion.,Allow more opportunities for individual contributors to take leadership roles.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52827,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company without real business,"A-list salary in industry and has some benefits to employees, could use some dog-food products and use all Microsoft products for free (software of course).","Microsoft actually gets some talents. However as the software business was not doing very well in China (because a well-known reason), every employee in Microsoft tired to present stories rather than introduce business opportunities.","Business could be very different in China, need to recognize the true gap of company management between US and China and grow a company within China market.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52828,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Professional, leading edge, great place to learn.","Politics, lack of transparency, tribes.",Need to truly care about employees. You shouldn't have to know the right people to succeed. Your work should speak for you.,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52829,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to intern!,"Great environment. Really fun intern activities. Can opt for corporate housing provided by Microsoft, which gets rid of the headache of finding a house to lease. There is a special intern signature event in which they give away MS products as gifts!","Corporate housing might be quite far from the office location, which may cause problems for students who plan to bike. Unlike Google, no free food (unless there is a meeting) for interns.",Keep up the good work. Internships at Microsoft are really so much fun. I wish I could come back again.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P324.htm
52830,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern Review,People are super smart and fun to be around,Location was a problem for me,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52831,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great place, a lot of depends on the team","- Decent compensation - There are a lot of interesting work - Culture significantly changed in the past few years, under leadership of Satya - Microsoft very heavy on open-source and this openness changes the world's perception",- Very big company. You can feel insignificant at some teams. - Promotions and annual bonuses are not totally fair.,"Embrace new culture, don't promote people for inventing a bicycle.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, fading tech","Lots of technically bright and really smart people help each other be successful. Lastly, if you like the Seattle weather, you'll like it here.",Projects are mostly irrelevant or make bad decisions in playing catch up and also includes few falling stars. Too much legacy code. Some teams are modernizing though.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52833,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Engineer,Good Place To Work,"Access to any resources (technology, training etc.). Smart people to work with and learn from. Many options available internally for horizontal career move. Good Pay.",Big company - sometimes hard to implement changes. Scope of work can look small for some people. Culture varies by group - have to choose carefully.,Move all groups to Combined Engineering. Move most of the workloads in the cloud. Focus on customer satisfaction.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52834,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Great benefits, good pay, opportunities to work on a lot of different problems/products. Satya is a great CEO and has them on an upward trajectory.",Not all divisions are great to work in (Windows still being the worst). There's a lot of redundancy/waste everywhere (too many teams solving the same problems) and too much political B.S. resulting from that. Work/Life balance has regressed in the last few years.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52835,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Good benefits, good pay comparing with other companies","too much politics, hard to get hired directly without working as a vendor first",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52836,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Plus and minus,They area great company to work and they have great employees.,My office is in SF and the people I interface with work in another State. Sometime you feel disconnected when communicating and having to depend on conference calls/Skype to communicate.,Keep doing what you are doing,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52837,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Program Manager,Great company with medical benefits.,Slow growth Manager dependent Movement across groups is difficult.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52838,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,Microsoft Has Changed,Good People. The Company is segmented well. Goals need to be better defined.,Bad Managers. FTE's don't leave Microsoft -they leave bad Managers.,"Be as hard on reviews of Mangers as Managers as hard on reviews of the direct reports. There's a big disconnect. FTE's have a Target on their back, Managers skate free.",4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52839,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big company,"Lots of great people, lots of opportunity.","Lots of middle management, lots of cooks in the kitchen.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P325.htm
52840,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Great company to work for,"Many roles/products to choose from, different locations across the globe, big company, great benefits, can change roles, many ways to advance career","Can get political, depending on your org, experience can be great or bad, no more opportunities for QA/testing roles, boss can make a big difference in experience",Innovate faster!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52841,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, impossible to get anything shipped.","Fantastic benefits, good work load, not to overwhelming most of the time. My team was a very laidback, open team so i may have experienced something unique, or this may be the nature of design teams within Microsoft. Experiences may vary.","Very hard to get any proper user experience work done, everything is looked at as ""Is this really necessary?"" A great deal of proper UX is destroyed and put to the way side because of costing. Thus, good design solutions continue to be buried and never see the light of day. Perhaps the reason so many Microsoft products have notoriously bad experiences. Terrible politics.","Be inclusive, not exclusive. Go the extra mile for the correct solution for users. Not what is easiest at the moment. Nothing will improve otherwise.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52842,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not like it used to be,was there for 14 years and still have the memories. there are still some true nerds there but they are being squeezed out,pretty much everything corporate but to be expected in its stage in life. no longer is everyone allowed to be a pioneer and it was just sad to watch the new ones some in and just get frustrated.,nothing that they would listen to... too much bureaucracy to be truly agile. but with this stage of company it can only be expected.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52843,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product manager,"great place to work, great environment","limited upward momentum, hierarchically structured company",none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52844,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II - Bing,Fun at first then progressively more exausting,Great benefits and overall compensation Generally intelligent coworkers,"Lots of politics Some people advance not by their output but who they know and by sabotaging coworkers and taking credit for the work of others. Depending on your manager, you may be expected to work nights and weekends frequently and also be on call. When you are on call (up all night answering calls and resolving issues) you are still expected to do your regular work.","Fix the review process. There is still incentive to make your teammates look bad to promote yourself, and this is unhealthy for the organization.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52845,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,good and bad,some really smart people Great work life balance,Lot of politics and red tape still in some groups,Appraisal system is very antiquated,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52846,microsoft,"Snoqualmie, WA"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,- Has tons of innovative and interesting projects - Job opportunities (career opportunities) available across the company - Focuses on self-development - Culture of employee empowerment,- too many pockets of bad managers who can't leverage team members for their strengths,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52847,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,product advisor,a great company to work for,Sales dept is very cut throat.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52848,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good intern experience,"Good benefits, great team members. Good lunch options. Seattle is a very nice place in the summer. Great intern experience overall.","No free food available. I also feel like it's hard to be promoted, like every giant corporations. Also, the Windows developing experience is not so good.",N/A,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52849,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to grow professionally,Smart people and great growth,Communication needs improvement. New programs need to be vetted better as when you roll out to customers you find the model has issues.,"While being busy is expected, there comes a point where resources are spread too thin. The result is diminishing rate of return on productivity and creativity.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P326.htm
52850,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good work-life balance, less aggressive work",Good work life balance. Good health benefits.,Very slowly transitioning as per Satya's vision of open source and accepting non-Microsoft technologies. Still too much red-tape.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52851,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,They appreciate productivity. Accomplishments are noticed. Inspiring environment full of tech sharp people.,Not a place to critique existing product or suggest improvement.,There is always room for improvement in any product. An open mind could help in listening to some suggestions regarding fixes & product improvements and might be the ticket to improving position & acceptance in the marketplace.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52852,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great learning, but culture needs work",Microsoft provides great opportunities to learn and grow through exposure to different aspects of the business and incredibly smart people.,Very political and competitive environment. After multiple years at the company I was very burned out.,"If you invest in developing your culture to create a more collaborative environment, I believe you will be even more successful in the long run.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52853,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not like it used to be,was there for 14 years and still have the memories. there are still some true nerds there but they are being squeezed out,pretty much everything corporate but to be expected in its stage in life. no longer is everyone allowed to be a pioneer and it was just sad to watch the new ones some in and just get frustrated.,nothing that they would listen to... too much bureaucracy to be truly agile. but with this stage of company it can only be expected.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52854,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big company,"They do their best to provide a good work/life balance. Good pay, supportive structure.","Lots of lip service to making a better organization, but its too big to see any real changes. Lots of internal buzzwords and BS.",Good luck.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52855,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Embedded Engineer,Embedded Engineering,Benefits are good and good work life balance,Growth in certain roles are limited,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52856,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,User Research,"Large community of researchers within the company to contribute to and learn from, and to collaborate",Community of insights is not shared across and is isolated within each department. There isn't a common body of knowledge and you have to find out the old school way of sending an email and hoping people will share.,Create the infrastructure and culture of sharing insights across the whole company.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52857,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,Good opportunity to be with best minds and learn evolving technologies.,Sometimes competitive environment may block you from other life experiences.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52858,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Work Life Balance Innovative Moving in the right direction Working with smart people MS is trying to move in to the future,"Change is like turning the Titanic There are still pockets of Old Microsoft Continually reinventing the wheel (the wheel we created years ago) We jump ship too quickly when a device isn't perceived as ""Hot"" out of the door.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52859,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager Lead,Senior Program Manager Lead,"Excellent benefits, great culture, plenty of room to grow.","Going through some changes, salary is lower compared to other top shelf tech companies.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P327.htm
52860,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working Culture,"Great company with lots of investment in R&D, focus on innovation and engineering. If you are in engineering there is a lot to learn and work with very smart people. Love the company.","Distributed teams, takes long to align stakeholders across internal silos which has the potential to slow us to market. Depending on the team there is both centralized or decentralized decision making. If you love your role, work-life balance is not good in hardware teams.","Empower decision making at grassroots by providing broad frameworks as guardrails. Its important to fail fast, iterate and make progress and sometimes silos can slow things down. Making mistakes is better than just contemplating.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52861,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,retirement village,good life work balance all the time,"too political, second tire salary with second tire employee making second tire products (Azure,Bing,Skype,SQL,Phone....)",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52862,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience,"Smart People, Technology, Cloud vision, big pockets to make some big bets",Can still be very political.,Microsoft talks about becoming a world class company with world class people yet at times some of the processes lag behind that vision and culture that we are trying to establish.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52863,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - SDE2,sde-2,A very stimulating place to work with lots of interesting things going on.,"The competitive environment can be cut-throat and you need to be able to promote your ""brand"".",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52864,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Generous with salary but your skills will suffer long term,Very good salaries and benefits You will work with incredibly smart people,"Reluctance to truly embrace open source tools for development really hurts developer skill sets. For example, instead of moving to tools like Spark, MSFT builds it's own tools. Most of their own internal development doesn't even use products they sell externally, like Azure. The proprietary tools they use will severely hurt you when you are looking for your next job.  The company is huge part 1. The scope of what you will work on will most likely be small features on existing products. This might be OK from a pure C++ coding perspective but it won't allow you to get architecture development experience, learn new tools or if you want to do something innovative with new technologies.  The company is huge part 2. It's difficult to stand out when there are hundreds of really good engineers in a division. There are few engineering management roles now, most were eliminated.  Culture can be somewhat forced. Small companies usually have a better culture.  Office has implemented a ""Shared Engineering"" model. Software Engineers are supposed to write product code, test and develop the resulting data streams. Realistically you will find few people that can or want to do all three well.",Management has done a fairly good job at moving development to become more agile over the last few years. To retain and recruit engineers in the future they will need to start moving to development tools that the rest of the world is using.  Allow engineers to become experts in specific areas.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52865,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,You get to work on new technology and have opportunities to learn and grow.,"highly political, good old boys club, high stress, your manager determines if you have a good experience and there are a lot of poor managers.","Dont just promote ICs, find and train good people managers.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52866,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Lead,Good company to work for,"Has great packages and perks, great ambience at work",not liking it for being buerocratic,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52867,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test Intern,Great place to work,Great benefits. Great pay. Get to work on products used by millions. Microsoft as a company is very inclusive and encourages giving back.,"Depending on your team, your work-life balance might be an issue. Sometimes around releases there are long hours and pressure to get things done.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52868,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Researcher,Great perks and colleagues and a very open and free culture of research. One of the best industrial research labs to work at.,Slow processes and they often hinder progress or innovation. Remote locations are not well represented in the decision making.,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52869,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Microsoft,Challenging work . Scope to learn new things,Poor coordination between MS Teams. Too many organizational changes,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P328.htm
52870,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM2 @ microsoft,"good benefits, broad impact projects","Changing culture, politics, lack of job security and innovation",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52871,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Business Analyst Intern,Intern,"opportunities to learn and grow, coworkers are nice",supervisor was unavailable most of time,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52872,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work,Awesome smart people. Strong work life balance. Great benefits.,"Scorecard driven, goals are not align from middle management down, review system sucks and not fair.","Get real picture of customers, fix review system to be fair and transparent, cut middle tier management, don't run business by spreadsheet.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52873,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not Suggested,there is a ton of opportunity and pockets of good people in specific teams that are a real joy to work with.,"Shockingly political work environment, limited ability to actually act on opportunities. Large numbers of displaced QA staff that are trying to take on many role with little experience. Ivory tower middle management attitudes",executive management to should take a hard look at the leadership practices at the VP and GM levels and decide is that fits with the strategy they are espousing.,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52874,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Great clients and tools/products to work with. Also room for growth and resources to pull from,"Horrible management, at least in the SF office. Also no HR there to feel supported for times of need.",Engage with and inspire your employees. No inspiration and horrible people skills,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52875,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software development engineer ii,Tacos and is not responsible for any purpose whatsoever including wire transfer from your computer when w it's not like that,Your team is working with you can get you started with an emphasis and not just about every single one day and the rest of my favorite song from my Windows XP is not responsible,It's not the same thing to work on that page for details of how much more fun to see if they were all friends in real time with HQ,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52876,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Channel Marketing Manager,Senior Channel Marketing Manager,cool place to work a,political place to work a,manage,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52877,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All good,"lots a things to learn, overall very good company",lots o politics to deal with on a daily basis,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52878,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Multinational company to experience technology sector.,Location in the city makes it hard to reach with public transportation.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52879,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Stable company with good opportunity to move up,"flex hours, various ranges are ok with the management work from home a few days a week is opportunities to move up free drinks multiple annual off-sites","Cheap on TnE and morale and company events heavy workloads in finance during winter holidays and quarter end periods, which is a blocker to vacation timing","Celebrate victories more, to make employees more confident in compnaies future. Understand needs and motivators of each individual contributor and customize your approach / management style based on that",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P329.htm
52880,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All good,"lots a things to learn, overall very good company",lots o politics to deal with on a daily basis,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52881,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A lot of politics,"Benefits are good, although not perfect.",Almost everything is about politics which cost a lot of valuable people&time doing useless thing.,Focus on our customer experiences rather than your KPIs.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52882,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great company, bad orgs",never have to worry about benefits,internal politics are increasing which harm IC,Please fix the review process. It is completely broken and cause a career debacle,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52883,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Sales,Sales,"Leadership, products and customer focus",None the company is making the right short and long term decisions,Stay focused on customers,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52884,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EE,"Good healthy team, clever engineers and management, common goals, access to leading edge of technology, R&D","1) poor coffee quality in coffee machines, 2) Coffee in the cafe below not much better,",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52885,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Change is coming and it is for the better,"The deliverables are constantly evolving and colleagues are smart people who care about each other and about making a difference, so it is an exciting place to work, never a boring day. There has been a lot of reorganization in the last few years and it has become easier to change roles or teams to match personal goals and company goals. It is a great time to join and be part of creating the new Microsoft, enable people to do more with technology. Love the newfound openness to collaborating and using non Microsoft services and products.",Management of the group sets the tone and culture. Not all groups offer the same opportunities and support.,"Listen to the teams more, they have great ideas about what can/should be done to meet customer needs.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52886,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Experience,- Flexible timings. - Good year end & promotion bonus. - Can easily shift to other internal teams.,- Food not that great at Hyd Campus.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52887,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Work Life Balance,"You will find a lot of flexibility in terms of juggling between your work and family responsibilities such as picking up kids from school, and working remotely. The company is constantly evolving especially in cloud services and technologies. So, if you enjoy constantly learning new technologies, it is a great place.","While Microsoft is a great place to work at, you will soon burn out if you end up in the cycle of on-call rotations to monitor mission critical, legacy services that a lot of other teams depend on. During your on-call week, you have to be on high alerts, and prepare to drop everything including your family responsibilities, and lose sleep.",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52888,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Pretty Good. Easy to find interesting projects in the company,Review every year and many times it depends on your manager,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52889,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Culture, Work-life balance, amenities, benefits","Process oriented, not flexible to move around",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P330.htm
52890,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Business Manager,WW Marketing & Operations,Great interaction with various groups at HQ as well as worldwide locations. Excellent resources to perform work and to advance one's knowledge. Intelligent co-workers that network with everyone.,"Work can be ""overly"" demanding during peak times. The environment can be competitive and sometimes can be ""everyone for themselves mentality.","Open door policy is great, but only if action is taken.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52891,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Communications Manager,Cushy job but uninspired culture,"Great pay, smart people, lots of mobility within the company and opportunities for advancement & training","The job seemed very plug-and-play. I was to replicate everything my predecessor established - it was almost rote & unchallenging. Contractors treated like red-headed stepchildren - not allowed to have set office space, not even a desk, which is pretty ridiculous & completely counterproductive. My role interfaced with many, many people from different depts yet no one ever knew where to find me as I had to move around depending on which areas were being utilized that day. Maddening.","You rely on contractors/vendors significantly, they are a huge part of your workforce. Make them feel like they're part of the team & empower them with the tools to give you their best work. A desk isn't much to ask for!",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52892,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Content Publishing Manager,Senior Content Publishing Manager,"Lots of change in the last few years, improving culture, improved listening to customers.","Often work furiously to meet a date or to fulfill someone's commitment, even when it's not the right thing for customers.",Do more to prioritize customer feedback.,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52893,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Great Company and great people,Some of the brilliant folks I have worked with. One of the best companies I have worked for. I have worked in several divisions in Microsoft and each division has been a unique and a very rewarding experience. Over the last several years Microsoft has changed under the leadership of Satya Nadella,It may be slow at times but given that it is a large company this is to be expected. Sometimes you are bogged down by the process.,Continue to build products that delight customers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52894,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - Contractor,Program Manager,Very busy and engaged across all facets of Supply Chain Operations.,Nothing if you like fast paced and smart decision making like I do.,Keep it Up!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52895,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but can be arrogant","Excellent benefits, customer base and peers","Failing to listen to customers, managers focussed on promotion and not on developing their team.",Care about your team more!,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52896,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - SDET2,Microsoft,"Pay, benefits, Seattle area, work life balance.","Corporate culture, review system, managers.",Change the culture.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52897,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment with lot's of possible growth,"Easy to switch jobs within microsoft, I switched from Program Manager to Software Engineer Lots of teams/orgs with Microsoft to join Great salary",If you ever want to leave Microsoft it's very hard Don't like Washington/Redmond,Management is doing great,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52898,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Lots of bark, no bite",Great health benefits and free snacks.,"Apathetic, inefficient, inconsistent management. Team cohesion is disincentivized. High turnover, particularly amongst the most qualified employees. Crabs in a barrel politics. The harder you work, the more you are penalized by insecure managers. My first week at this company, one of the most skilled sales people told me ""don't work too hard, you'll regret it."" He was not wrong.","Put your heads together and agree on one set of rules, then stick to them. Don't renege on promises. Reward hard work and loyalty.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52899,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Awesome job,Well I like what do for a living and I always wanted to work here,Well there no cons to it but it's all about what interests you,Well the management is very competent,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P331.htm
52900,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Simple,"Depending on team, great collaboration and exciting opportunities","Depending on team and politics, getting your work done could be hard",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52901,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, a good place to work",This is a great place to work if you love technology. The company has a lot of good benefits for employees.,"There are thousands of people work there. It is very hard to ""stand out"" and move up in the company.",- Give more opportunities and works to new talents. - Pay more tension and recognition to the one who stands out and does great jobs.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52902,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Working at MS,Great Work Life Balance Great Learning Discipline great office and great perks,No Stability Not much else that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52903,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Service Engineer,"Great people, solid teams, consistent values.",Quick to lay people off.,Eliminate layoffs rather than positions.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52904,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strong Company to Excel At,"Will give you as much responsibility as desired, and then some. Get exposed to matrix management. Benefits are good.",Sometimes performance is not accurately measured. Good and bad. Not always comfortable in communication new human resources strategies.,Provide more structure. Provide more opportunities for candid suggestions. Be more supportive of those who want to pursue advanced degrees.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52905,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"Great company, great benefits","Company is large, so it will take a lot to shine",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52906,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Excellent company to work for,"Wide range of initiatives and opportunities, a new management and attitude that is both customer obsessed and employee friendly.",Large matrix organization that can at times be restrictive in scope and/or less agile and/r compartmentalized.,Stay the course in its transformation - the intent and efforts are sincere.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52907,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Getting better and better,Microsoft becomes more and more open (look at how they open source the .NET and how they support open source on Azure) Great benefit Good work life balance,"Of course in big company, you have to work hard to be a star",NA,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52908,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Store Manager,Store Manager,"Fantastic culture, great executive leadership, empowerment to take great care of our customers.","difficult to fire terrible employees, poor POS system","tighten the performance policies, purchase a third party POS system",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52909,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good while very diverse company,"Creative approach to business, process, people","Too much politics, too much focus on shipping whatever to show on review",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P332.htm
52910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2016",Former Employee - Editor,"Overall, a good deal",Good pay. Great benefits. Smart and kind people.,Instability. Constant change that doesn't always make sense.,Stabilize the business plan as soon as possible to avoid rampant lay-offs. It will create a feeling of safety so that people can do good work free from fear.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52911,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional (TSP),Great Place to be,"A lot of changes, team work, great Training available, top of the food chain.","You have to figure out what you need and train yourself, its available to you but no one is going to help you.",Don't let good people go to other companies. Support them in what they see as there next career move within Microsoft,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52912,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Improving,"I worked at Microsoft for 4 years. The lessons, challenges and opportunities I experienced were invaluable, and most definitely strengthened my core skills and reshaped my career path. I most appreciated the opportunity to explore new opportunities with my manager and mentors, who fully supported and encouraged my growth.","At the time, the team structure and performance metrics created a culture that did not inspire healthy collaboration. Fortunately I believe the model has changed significantly, I believe Satya's leadership will continue to transform Microsoft.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52913,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Great benefits.... I need 5 words,"Horrible ""management"" they sell a great dream no real direction",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52914,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good benefits and infrastructure - lots of politics.,The company is very wealthy. This means a lot of infrastructure and good benefits.,Lots of politics. You don't necessarily get rewarded by what you do. It depends a lot on perception. A person with high job title doesn't mean a high performer and a person with a low job title doesn't mean a low performer.,Change this competitive culture so people will enjoy more the workplace.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52915,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Depends on the team,Some really smart people to work with World changing products.,Politics and more politics Not enough clarity of mission in certain teams Too many people vying for the same job,Be more transparent,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52916,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft is a complex place,"Lots of smart people. Excellent W-L balance, benefits, and perks. Beautiful campus. Wide array of products and challenges.",Politics. Red tape. In-fighting. Fear and failure to lead. Inability to jump on opportunities quickly and ship winning products.,"Stop fighting with each other. Fire the jerks and start building winning products again. You have the talent, but you're so wrapped up in your egos that you fail repeatedly, and then blame your reports for their inability to clean up after your own messes.",4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52917,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good so far,A lot to learn from other good engineers here,Review system seems very subjective and what I've heard about the stack rank sounds bad.,No more stack rank for bonuses.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52918,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly",The products and breadth of the offerings are incredible. The company is really dedicated to public good and encourages charitable giving. Satya continues to make positive changes to the culture and the structure of the company.,"There are still large pockets of pure hell. Politics is horrible in several groups - it doesn't matter what you do, just who you kiss up to. Change is the only constant. Yearly reorgs with no real purpose. Poor managers.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52919,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2016",Current Employee - Xbox Communities Engineering Manager/Lead,Software Development Lead,Lots of awesome technology to learn.,Can take a while to get to learn the Microsoft processes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P333.htm
52920,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Services Advisor,Exciting Change and strong momentum.,"The work life balance is the best at this company compare to most other places (and tech companies) that i have worked at in the past. The benefits are pretty good too. Further, you are always learning new things and I have not yet felt bored at all while working here. Our momentum in terms of hardware, software and Market share in most areas has been growing strongly since Satya became CEO.","Our company is changing a lot faster than it used to but in some ways we need to move faster to capture market share in areas like Mobile and mobile hardware. We are often playing ""catch up"" with the competition.","Not too much actually, in terms of my team I'd say as much training as we do we still need more to keep up with the competition.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52921,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,work life balance is good.,working on same technologies for long time,Nothing much actually. Its good overall.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52922,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - SDE-II,"Nice company, friendly to employees, good work-life balance",Friendly to employees Good work-life balance,Development environment and tools need to be improved.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52923,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft - A generic review,"You find your own path. A lot depends on the team and your manager. If you are self driven, you will grow fast in your career.","Big Company. So less accountability/responsibility per person. It puts you in a comfort zone, gives you good benefits and a settled feeling in life, which might not be the best for career growth independent of the company.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52924,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment but lots of work and sometime very stressful,Very good benefits and work environment,very stressful and lots of work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52925,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Windows PM,Work on Consumer facing feature Work Life Balance,"Slow moving, inability to innovate, organizational issues and politics, Too many PMs and PM Leads, mostly competing with each other. Good devs move to other companies or other groups in MS","Reduce the number of PM, especially PM Leads who are incompetent. Plan cutting edge work that's not about chasing the competition, to retain strong players on the team. Otherwise, the people who remain are the ones who care about doing nothing, and getting along by playing politics. Unfortunately, this makes the problem worse, as anyone who is good and can move out will.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52926,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Great company for college hires.,"I came through the MACH program and it is an excellent program, I really loved the fact that they didn't just throw us to the wolves. It was really surprising how much my class worked as a group or how well we got along. There was also a lot of diversity, I am typically used to having more men than women in a room but it was an even split this time around. Overall, I would most definitely recommend Microsoft to up and coming STEM students. There is a lot of room to learn and the MACH program is amazing, the program administrator is SUPREME","I'm not sure I have any cons, I know that there is always room for improvement but I can't think of anything. Maybe the relocation process could get better.","None, the on-boarding process was easy and everything was properly communicated to me.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52927,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory control technician,Great staff Snacks for employees Drinks for employees Free tablet and phone,I think that the discounts for staff could've been better,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52928,microsoft,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Director Finance,50/50 Chance for a good experience,"Benefits, smart people, exposure to ever changing technology and awareness of what is moving the market","Integrity is not valued. Promotions based on who you know, not what you contributed, what you are skilled at or how you treated your people. At least 50% of the senior leadership are unethical and not someone you would want a child to see as a role model. Women and minorities will have to work twice as hard and will not get the same opportunities as their white or Indian counterparts.",Clean house at Director level and above. Look at the people who have left and their reasons why - in many cases you will see a manager or chain of command who should be removed.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52929,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant - Brazil Finance Project Management,Support Brazil Finance Team to define and develop individual job descriptions. Design new Roles and Responsibilities for the team. Alignment of the team vision and charter with change management project to be implemented.,It was a shame that the project was for only 6 months!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P334.htm
52930,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Awesome company with great support for employees,None that I am aware of,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52931,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2016","Former Employee - Customer Success Manager, CRM Online",CRM Online Customer Success Manager,"great technology, tremendous technical vision, brilliant people, good projects to work on.",sometimes management makes decisions on the fly without a clear strategy,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52932,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A plus,Work hard play hard mantra. Amazing company to work for.,Work life balance not balanced,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52933,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You Make Your Path,"Professional culture where you can manage your circle of influence, excel at your work and make your path. Great leaders, and I'd have to say - better now after I left, with Satya! Great benefits, even after Obamacare. World-class resources from the libraries books, databases, etc. to the free Starbucks and other drinks. Not as great as Google.... but very few companies in the world do more that MSFT.","Its up to you , so no real cons that any large company doesn't have.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52934,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Aug 31, 2016",Former Employee - Engineer,i ike it,benefits advantages promotion work enthiasastic,low pay no free time work at home,get out and help your employes,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52935,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,so so,"peaceful work environment, established culture, diverse product spectrum to work on","salaries are on lower end, review system is super subjective",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52936,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Release Program Manager,Program Manager,Great Company Good Opportunities Flexible working style,Too much of competition Tough promotion process Process oriented,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52937,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,so so,"Easy life, not too much work.",not much room for growth.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52938,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Principle Program Manager,"Flexible work hours, challenging work, good benefits","Stressful, Long work hours, late night calls, too many meetings, high number of vendors, revolving workforce and lost IP",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52939,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer,"Microsoft provides several opportunities In terms of Challenging environment , work life balance , medical benefits and opportunity to work on cutting edge technology. am completely satisfied with my company.",Competition and the race to achieve the top.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P335.htm
52940,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA Game Tester,So much freedom and the work environment was very laid back,Their are no cons for working at Microsoft,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52941,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,Very good company for starting your career,Nothing really negative to say,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52942,microsoft,"Coconut Creek, FL"," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,operations manager,Always something to create and smart people to work with,Phasing to new generation of employees. Bye bye if you're +50,Really value come from experience not speed,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52943,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Head of Growth,"Best place to work at, really enjoyed my time there.","No parking space available. Too big, micro managment",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52944,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Opportunities are here if you look for them,"Having changed two teams, I've found a team that: - has a lot of freedom in product decisions - what technology we are allowed to use  - Generally accepting culture, people genuinely trying to be less biased - Good benefits","- Slow decision making process. Not all decisions should go through PMs and management, let us move faster than the slowest PM - Lack of mentorship. Having looked for a few years, I have not been able to find a mentor",Sometimes it is better to focus less on the process and more on the product/people. TFS will still be there when we are done creating. No need to manage us like we are a construction company. Agile means sometimes we don't know what the cost is 3 months in advance,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52945,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Varied career opportunites, good benefits","very large company, hard to navigate",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52946,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Business Operations program Manager,Good company but too much red tape,"Amazing health benefits, awesome maternity leave",My current boss is an extreme micro manager,the red tape and bureaucracy is mind-numbing,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52947,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Career Company,"Benefits, flexibility, opporuntites to move","A type personalities and EGO, but that's a work thing in general",walk the talk,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52948,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Improving,Good benefits Company direction improving People are generally great,Work life balance can be poor depending on team,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52949,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,MS overall,"Benefits are great, projects are interesting, team members are often wonderful and engaging","the culture shift hasn't happened, mediocrity is rewarded, not a lot of consequences for failing, etc.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P336.htm
52950,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feels like many different companies within one huge company,- great opportunity for career development - you will learn so very much,- unsavory review process (this is coming from a manager who is familiar with how it's done) - 'red' people tend to excel here (refer to Insights training for the reference) - there's an increase in rudeness that's I'm seeing throughout the company,none,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52951,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,It's a job,"Lots of money, but hard to leave and work outside",As above - get trapped with mart technology,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52952,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Right Direction, CEO has demonstrated vision.","If you find the right team, the work is rewarding and energizing.",Salaries are not necessarily competitive with market. Macro risk and risk to success of corporate strategy coupled with earnings performance in FY16 is apparent in bonus structure and payment.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52953,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay place to work,"Interesting topics, given a lot of independence and able to take initiative","Bad behaviour in current org that reflects old way of doing things, e.g. hidden stack ranking","Senior Leadership should audit each org by taking a page from the book of the ""undercover boss"" television show and spend time across the company to see where vision and strategy is taking hold and where old behaviours exist and need support in moving forward.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52954,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"Cutting edge, technically challenging, good career opportunities","Office politics, hypercompetitive environment, long hours",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52955,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good working environment with good benefits,Good benefits like vacation time Work from home facility,Need treat all employees equally,none.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52956,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Performance Rating is terrible,multiple opportunities available at the company,lot of internal politics at the company.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52957,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft can do better,Microsoft has a work culture that allows for a good work life balance. It also have very good benefits and also allows one to volunteer at various organizations with matching donations.,"Software Engineer growth is very nebulous, different managers tell you different reasons. Not the best salaries in town compared to other software companies and not the best stock options. They still have to focus on the customer.",The company must focus on the customer. Software engineers are your asset and their growth is very limited. I feel it is easier to become a lead and then grow.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Amazing place to work,"Employee friendly , supportive managers, cool projects , high IQ co workers, employee benefits, job variety , work life balance","Red tape, feel like a small drop in a big ocean, very office centric , lack of enterprise class software getting better",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52959,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work for,"Perks were great, company seemed to honestly care about employees","Work life balance was a struggle, deadlines were unrealistic",Analyze past project estimates and results and honestly use for future projects.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P337.htm
52960,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Engineering Manager,Partner Engineering Manager,"tons of areas to work, great to learn how to get things done in a large company,","company in decline, best business opportunities are in enterprise",get rid of senior leadership that don't live aspirational cultural values,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52961,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Group Engineering Manager,great place to work,"renewed focus on customers, user experience is top focus, good benefits, connector service is great","lot of folks still with old microsoft way of doing things, i.e no risk, slow planning and slow in reacting to customer feedback",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52962,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Short-term review,It is easier than earlier to have a great network which facilitates easy switchovers within the company,"The team was mostly myopic in their design decisions, many convoluted design decisions. Manager had poor communication skills and could not handle crises or timecrunch.",Be more transparent in your decision cycle,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52963,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A big company made of many smaller cultures/companies,- Flexibility in work schedules and work styles. - Compensation is strong (salary and bonus and shares). - Big enough that you can (eventually) find the right part of the company for you,- Easy to get stuck in the wrong part of the company in a culture that isn't a fit or in a highly political/entrenched organization. - Stagnant leadership movement. Senior leaders with little breadth outside their narrow niche. - Performance is very subjective and not empirical enough.,"- Further quantify performance, force management moves (like the military) every few years",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52964,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Back on Top,Microsoft's culture has taken a 180 degree turn for the better. The past few years under Satya has led to successes in innovation in every product line - from Xbox to Surface to Windows to making all the apps available on iOS and Android mobile devices has been nothing but beautiful. The entire culture today focuses on operating as One Microsoft with a Growth Mindset. People are treated fairly even when employees 'sunset' and transfer out.,Intense. Can be top of your game one minute and down the next. Telling others you work for them can lead to helping them out with computer issues. Ha,Keep up the great work. Even with cost cutting keep treating your people with dignity.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52965,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Microsoft,"Work-Life Balance, Flexibility, Lots of different technologies/products/services to work on.",Seattle is not for everyone,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52966,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place.,1. Work life balance 2. Learning from very knowledgeable Senior engineers,Microsoft India (Office Division) 1. Very slow growth 2. Few new projects,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52967,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Getting better all the time,"Great vantage point to the future. Opportunities abound, and the company culture is definitely improved with Satya.",Some of the cut throat culture still exists from Balmer era.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52968,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Learning Specialist,Learning Specialist,Great Benefits and the company genuinely cares about its employees. I have never worked for a company that puts so much focus on its employees at every level.,Things change on a dime. This is a fast moving company that has to respond instantly to the industry. This can make it frustrating as process and procedure are not always clear or tested and verified before they are pushed out.,Work Life balance is about more than just making sure they take 2 days off per week. Get to know your employees and honor the fact that they have a real life outside of work including kids in school and they can't just put that life on hold and ask their family to sacrifice. Help your employees take care of their families and they will be loyal for life.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52969,microsoft,"Auburn, WA"," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,System Engineer,Tremendous and wonderful base of people to work with. All employees are highly motivated and go out of their way to show it in the work they do..,There are no cons for working at MS.,None,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P338.htm
52970,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture headed in the right direction,Amazing people all around Challenging work,Each team culture is little different,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52971,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - IT Operations Service Engineer,IT Operations Service Engineer,"New hire orientation was fun and entertaining, being at the Redmond campus it was fun to visit the company store.","Training abysmal. Watch this 5 minute video, trained and you are not the trainer. Now go train everyone else.",Communication Communication Communication,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52972,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Great company that knows how to make money. Wide set of opportunities.,Top down work ship room/exec command based development culture. Less scope for laterals and different thought process.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52973,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Working at Microsoft,Fun to work here and you will work with smart folks who have lots of good experience and ideas to share.,"Experience depends a lot on the manager. If you have a good manager, it can be very good to try new projects and also be flexible wrt to family situation.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52974,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Microsoft Retail,* Great benefits * Competitive pay * Flexible,"* Increasing sales culture makes the environment less personal * Noticeable favoritism. Like highschool, the better you fit in, the better you career path is.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52975,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Hit or miss,Work-life balance Ease of transitioning from one team to another,Without a good manager -- you're screwed Rewards are not transparent,Watch for talent who aren't getting the support they need to succeed -- ignoring the problem is a good way for them to quit and hate the company forever,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52976,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing Manager,"Extremely smart, motivated and talented people.",We are not leading innovation (yet) in enough categories to be considered cutting edge.,45k of 110k total employees are in the headquarters team instead of in the field sales and marketing teams driving revenue.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52977,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Relatively Stabe,"Nice benefits, competitive salary, flexibility.","Massive red tape, slow moving, very small raises unless you get a ""Level Promotion"". Hard to advance to more complex positions.","Admins deserve bonuses, it is pretty bad when every other field is eligible for them and you took away even our meager stock awards",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52978,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2016",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Executive Assistant,"Great flexibility, great opportunities for learning and fun within each organization",opportunity for growth is virtually impossible in the administrative world,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52979,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Awesome benefits, great place to work",Poor people management at Sr - Mid levels,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P339.htm
52980,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work if you are in the right place.,A great company if you are in the right team with good management. Massive career opportunities if you are in Seattle or Redmond. A great energized company with an amazing CEO.,Company is undergoing a massive cultural and revenue change. Putting lots of pressure on the business. Little opportunity for advancement in field based roles. At the end of the day not a customer or partner focused company. It's always about what is best for Microsoft and customers and partners realize that.,Senior Leadership is still out of touch with day to day operations and challenges. Different groups seems to have a better sense of their market with C + E leading the pack. Pockets of old thinking in Windows and Office groups.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52981,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Senior Software Developer,"Great work environment, concentration of talent. Good benefits. Diversity of technologies within the same company, including many innovative areas, despite common opinion.","Middle management is composed of grown-in-place individual contributors who often have no experience outside of Microsoft. As a result, low and middle ranks of management are not very competent, often petty and narrow-minded. Internal engineering system is traditionally over-complicated and cumbersome.","Attract low-level management from outside, do not promote in place. Bring actual SDET back at least in critical areas, as developers do not test their own code well (it rarely works this way in big projects)",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52982,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Management was always upfront and honest about expectations. Salary was acceptable. Work environment was friendly and accepting.,Felt that there was a lot of micro managing from managers outside of department that were not privy to the information needed to confront employees.,Need to better take the time to understand the roles and relationships between subordinates and superiors. Like the accepting and comfortable environment.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52983,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,HoloLens for all,Insane hours but greatly rewarding.,Structure is either overwhelming or missing entirely.,Where do you want to go today?,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52984,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft,"Great exposure to the real software development cycle. Great tools, buildings, food etc. working for a large corporation","The group I worked in was very competitive internally. I did not find that I liked the stack ranking system very much as it fostered a spirit of working against your coworkers, instead of with them.","I would say that getting rid of the stack rank system, and coming up with ways to reward employees that are solid, and continually add value, instead of making it seem a bad thing that they are good at their job.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52985,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT Silicon Valley,Great people to work with and many resources at your fingertips.,Limited opportunities if not in Redmond,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52986,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Your experience may vary,"Good benefits, salaries are decent and the rewards are getting better.",Reward system is currently broken and rewards favoritism without many checks or balances in place.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52987,microsoft,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Well rounded people. Driven, collaborative, visionary people. The overall employment package is great too.","Big company. Hard to make things move as fast as you may like. On the other hand, if you are able to make things happen, you'll be a hero.",Keep on doing a great job. Try to stay aligned to the top leadership to help Satya have the impact he needs to.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52988,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Operations Specialist that includes: all positions that are included in HR & Staffing.,Working within a team that continues to stride in employee & customer benefits & growth. Employee moral to be consistent.,Potential to move up in company is a slow process & many steps to take before proceeding. Don't make employment status inconsistent or not important.,"To look at employees as individuals and not as a group in order to seek potential growth, to enhance employee rewards, so it doesn't become stagnant or boring. Something to produce better environment and continue individual & team growth!",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52989,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Director,"Director, Operation","Smart, diversified people. Given the autonomy to own your business and deliver results.",Slow to move and respond to customer need. Company is so big that there is frequent duplication of team remits.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P340.htm
52990,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Program/Product Manager,Program Manager,"Benefits and exposure to different business domain, disciplines and roles.","slow growth, politics, too much bureaucracy","Build in intelligence in the system to really find out who deserves growth vs. who doesn't, etc..",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
52991,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Account Assistant,Great Company,"Great Team, Very strong and positive work environment","Not much to say. Although I didn't work there long, i enjoyed every minute",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
52992,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Directionless ship,"Alright pay, benefits and worktimes","Directionless ship, the entire company seems to be run by middle managers who don't know what they're doing - leading to separate divisions doing contradictory things. UI is designed in powerpoint, the codebase is ancient and nobody understands it, useless features get requested and bugs never get fixed","Consider somebody who isn't a mere salesman to take the helm, but an actual software engineer - this isn't working.",2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
52993,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Operations Program Manager,Hard life,flexibility is nice and you can typically choose your own projects. Lots of ability to do community service,"you get flexibility, but at the same time you are ALWAYS connected. If you worked out the hourly rate, the pay would not be good.  very unhealthy competition where people are pitted against others that do not even perform the same function. Despite removing stack ranking, it still happens and is eve worse now because it is much more subjective",stop making everyone be the same. they value cookie cutter people that will agree with management postion,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
52994,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Engineering Program Manager,Exhilarating and exhausting. Inspirational and demanding.,"Great benefits, great people overall. Lots of highly motivated, quick thinking individuals. It's a great environment to push the boundaries of your knowledge and capabilities constantly.",Can be really hard to make real change happen. Layers of management and often rigid thinking can prevent that. You'll encounter a fair few egos too. But the good generally outweighs the bad.,Embrace change and ideas. Satya is a huge advocate for this and yet in product groups it can be so difficult to get good ideas approved up the ranks quickly enough.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
52995,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be. If you are an FTE,"Great benefits Sharp coworkers, supportive culture Work life balance.",Lot of work sourced to Contractors,Start investing in more full time folks. Would lead to an inclusive culture.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
52996,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Going in the right direction,"Culture is really going in a new direction. Happy with Satya's leadership and the company has a lot of great projects such as HoloLens, Xbox etc",Sometimes can be slow to react to changes in the industry and has a tendency to be beat to market by other companies.,"Capitalize on opportunities! There are a lot of awesome people there and a lot of great ideas - be bold, change the world!",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
52997,microsoft,"Century City, CA"," Sep 12, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor Hell,"Health-care, 401K, Stock purchasing Plan","Micro-Managing management Horrible customers No protection from Managers Products that are not tested before shipped No/little career advancement. (People have worked 5 years without moving positions) Exceptionally small raises (14-40 cents) Horrible Bonus' (Nothing over $300 a quarter. Even if you sold over a million dollars of product, the bonus would not change.)","Stop micromanaging employees. Actually value employees. Be true to your employees, do not lie constantly to them.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
52998,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GM,Great company with all the right strategy in place to lead the Hyperscaler Cloud Market,Cultural behaviors remains hard to transform wth times,Dated old org stuctures need to transform ASAP!,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
52999,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Basting in its former glory,-Benefits -Discounts and Perks -Shuttles and Connector bus service,-Employees not 'first' as they once were. -Motivational events are MUCH smaller than they used to be if held at all. -Too many egos makes an annoying work environment. -Going toward open offices. Worse than cubicles. -Reviews tend to rank employees against one another which creates a culture of non-collaboration. -Expectations have risen so high (since Satya took over) that only the 'heroes' that work 70 hours a week and on vacation actually have a chance of meeting them.,"-Sincerely work at changing culture. ---Do not reward 'hot shots' with big egos. Recognize those that put their nose down and work hard. ---Stop the idea of ranking employees against one another. It creates a bad culture. People don't collaborate, they keep information to themselves in order to rank better. ---Help people when they need it rather than expecting they can figure anything and everything out on their own. Encourage team members to help each other. Stop rewarding people who do everything on their own and don't help others. ---Give up the ghost. There are products that just need to be dropped and have resources moved to the areas that are thriving.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P341.htm
53000,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Great company that is reinventing itself since the change in management happened. Still lot of challenges ahead,"Things are changing for the best slowly. Great benefits, good work life balance. Company loves the employees. Lot of great projects and some amazing teams if you can find them. Great people overall.","Still lot if large slow teams. Still lot of politics, low risk taking culture.","Break too down orgs. Give autonomy to smaller teams. Push harder to get rid of the ""not built here"" culture especially in Windows, Office...",5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53001,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seattle summer internship,"Good compensation  They organize a lot of events for the interns (around 2 000 people)  Great for meeting new people and exploring Washington: hikes, water sports, great food, wineries, awesome sunsets etc",Some of the projects for the interns are not very challenging  Redmond/ Bellevue area is not the most happening place,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53002,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineering Manager,Great place to start your career.,Plenty of opportunities and plenty of different internal companies. Every business unit is different and deal with situations differently.,"It is place of stagnation and career mediocrity. If you want to come here, bust your hump for a couple years, try to make a difference and get promoted you are looking at the wrong place. The old guard will continue to build their own careers whilst stepping on anyone to get there. A misunderstanding of the changing world and inability to develop new skills is what keeps this company in its current state of a bland and gray existence.",The senior leaders of this company do not understand the current world and landscape. This is why the company continues to do what it does best. We don't pay well anymore and we are viewed as the 'place to work' anymore. So many other companies are offering better salary - even the government (which now has better benefits).,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53003,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Business Process Manager,Business Finanance Manager World Wide SMSG Services,"Worked briefly for World Wide SMSG Services, CFPA/Data management team. Very archaic backward looking stuck in time managers. People who have accepted their fate or join as vendors stay, others will run away as fast.","wierd teams, certain type of people stay but with little room for career progression. Managers usually hire their best pals/or vendors",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53004,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,"great work environment, managers are very supportive of professional improvement, promotes employee work life balance , a lot of flexibility, exposure to external upper level management","too much outsourcing creating difficulties within the job to make customers happy, a lot of sales aspects within the job even though it's not a sales job, less flexibility to move to job in another org, a lot of",don't treat it like a sales position and increasing metrics year over year making the job even more difficult.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53005,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Advisor,"Great coworkers, growth mindset throughout the company, great perks and benefits","Retail sector can be pretty tough, must have patience and be able to work under pressure",Seek out hidden talent within the store and reward accordingly,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53006,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer,Decent Company,"Good pay, relaxed, solid pay",Management doesn't allow good products to get built up and there is a lot of politicking,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,Great Opportunities & Amazing Perks,Work might be tiring sometimes,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53008,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company with great benefits,"Benefits, Recognition for good work, comparable but not the highest compensation",Salary raise each year is comparatively low,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53009,microsoft,"Plano, TX"," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Sales Analyst,Great environment to work in.,quite a bit of red tape,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P342.htm
53010,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"- Employee friendly - Great compensation - Awesome, smart people to work with",- standard stuff that comes with working at a tech giant,reduce org churn,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53011,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good work balance, great environment.",Low pay and benefit not pair with other big name in industry.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53012,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Director,Director Business Program Management,Really bright and talented people. No shortage of funds to back a good idea. Lots of room for innovation. Lots of flexibility about when and how you deliver your work.,"Very competitive. Must achieve results greater than your peers to be able to do well. While leadership is doing a phenomenal job of trying to change the company culture the message doesn't make it way down to people in the trenches. I watch peers who have been at the company 20+ years who nod their heads in agreement but then don't live the new culture. Overall, believe that we are on the brink of big change and so there is hope. Would love if we could move faster to being a more collaborative and inclusive culture.","Change compensation model to be largely team goal based versus individual. At the end of the day it's about what we deliver for our customers. We get to caught up in silo's versus delivering end to end solutions. In my AT&T our biggest rewards came based upon delivering as a team and the entire organization felt it. I think that partner model reflects this rewards system but it's not felt by Directors, Managers, Leads and Individual Contributors.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53013,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Pamanger,Fine but fickle,"Smart colleagues. You can work on projects that impact billions of people (or millions of developers, in my case). Good health benefits. The company will be happy to suck out all of your life and energy, however much you're willing to give -- BUT if you take responsibility for setting boundaries, the company will respect that, and you'll still be able to succeed.","Career progression is based on either luck or ""managing up"". The culture has historically been extremely insular, unaware of things outside the company, although that is changing.","Stop doing so much ""middle-manager shuffling"". I don't know what you're aiming to achieve, and maybe neither do you.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53014,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salary,Good salary for engineering lead,nothing found at this time,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53015,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 3, 2016",Former Employee - Solution Sales Professional,Bad experience,"- Microsoft pays well and their benefits are also well above average.  Note: They do not necessarily pay well in sales as MSFT has a 75% threshold, i.e. you get no commission for the first 75% of quota. If you don't hit 75% of quota, you get $0 (and possibly encouraged to leave) for the year. Very unusual, unique to MSFT.","- Microsoft is trying to improve their culture as, even Satya admits, it went way off the rails. Some spots are better than others, but in general the middle management ensures that it is the same backstabbing environment which earned MSFT its reputation. Most managers say the right thing (e.g. ""growth mindset"") while operating the same as usual. - In conjunction with the above, MSFT is a pretty poor environment if you are looking for job security in many spots. A manager can come in and fire a handful of people on the team because they want to ""shake it up"" or bring in their own people. Not pleasant, even if you are not directly effected. There is no one Microsoft though (totally different company from org to org and manager to manager), so there are people who make a lot of money to basically hang out while others are put through the ringer and tossed. - MSFT's products are legacy. - MSFT has very high turnover, especially for a company that pays well with great benefits. People either get forced to leave or they can't deal with the politics and managers so they leave of their own accord. If I had to describe working for MSFT in one word, it would be: political.",The people who you think are your best employees are often your worst (political skills). The people who leave are often among your best.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53016,microsoft,"Albany, NY"," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Very satisfied with role.,Company with strong values and cares about employees. Company appears to be moving in the right direction. Supportive colleagues for the most part.,"Performance reviews are a popularity contest. Be able to promote yourself and value to your organization. Large organization, and can get lost if you do not keep yourself informed.",Place more value on employee contribution that is focused on the customer and not pet projects that are nebulous.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53017,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Silicon Intern,Great work atmosphere and work-life balance. Provide lots of healthcare and financial benefits. Offer good salary package. Interns get great gifts and get to participate in lot of social events.,None so far. They can hire more interns in the hardware side. Food isn't free in the local cafeteria unlike Google and Facebook,Hire more interns in hardware area. Organize more small workshops on hardware design and development.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53018,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,great company to work for,Microsoft is not the company you used to know. it is evolving in a good way.,review cycle still needs refinements.,Keep up the changes.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53019,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,Excellent benefits Excellent pay Challenging work and rewarding,"Only been here for 2 months. So far, I have no complaints.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P343.htm
53020,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Politics above delivery,Good benefits and the potential to work on interesting things across diverse products.,"Focused on politics and personalities over delivering great products. If you don't fit their personality/politics mold, they will destroy your MS career and manage you out.","You're managing out talented people because of politics and personalities and losing out on dedicated, loyal, and talented employees who can help deliver on great products.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53021,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,Microsoft,great work place and great opportunities,"None comes to mine, as I really enjoyed working there",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53022,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the boring old company you dismissed before,"New vision, great grassroots culture, winds behind our sails again and great challenger mindset","Highly competitive so be prepared for hard work, long hours and tough decisions",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53023,microsoft,"Las Vegas, NV"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part-time Product Advisor- Retail,Great benefits even for part-time employees. Great work atmosphere. Company big enough for upward mobility to corporate side. Company culture seems great and inclusive.,Upward mobility on the retail side can be limiting if working in a city with one store. Plenty of mobility if willing to move. Too much gossip and secrets among upper management in my store.,Promote more from within the store for the higher paying positions.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53024,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staffing Associate,Great company to work for - excellent benefits and learning and development opportunities. I miss working there and hope to return some day.,It is such a big company it can take a long time to get approval to make changes and improvements which can be frustrating. It also can feel very silo'd.,Keep working to ensure the employees feel valued. There is such great work happening there and I hope to see it continue into the long term future.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53025,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,solid company,Autonomous and collaborative work environment,Moves slowly in some areas like most large companies,Continue a singular focus on your long term vision,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53026,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE Intern,"An innovative company with lots of resources and opportunities. Microsoft has a high standard for quality of work and a vision, and this carries down from the CEO to many of its employees.","A large company, and it feels like it. Great, because there is always something new to discover, but also can be overwhelming. You really have to take initiative.","Depending on the division, I would advice management to be more consistent.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53027,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Hide and Seek,"Good salary, good benefits, nice offices (at times). Big company with lots of job postings and different microcultures.",Most people there play hide and seek. Hide to avoid work and seek new teams when your current one 'finds' you.,Management is what foster the culture. They get evaluated by their employees so they are incentivized to find people that doesn't cause trouble... or produce.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53028,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,It's what you'd expect,Massive company that has a truly global impact. If you hunt down a job that fits you the best you can do anything.,It's a massive org that does not care about you or your happiness.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53029,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Business Development Manager,Working environment Benefits & Perks Respectful treatment from managers and peers,"Lack of information and data to make good business decisions Ambiguity with goals and parameters to evaluate performance Politics Lack of trust between teams and groups People desperately trying to keep their jobs, hence not openly collaborating with others. Conservative approach and management-pleasing actions getting preference over true and effective business ones.",Embrace the growth mindset and push harder to get your teams involved in really impactful initiatives. Be more clear and open regarding your expectations from managed people.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P344.htm
53030,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Engineer,"Big company, safe, average work is good enough.","Slow moving, almost feels like a government.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53031,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I hate Microsoft they suck,There is no reason to work their,You have every reason not to work there,Give refunds for at least a year of having games,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53032,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 14, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Data Platforms Engineer,Good career opportunities,Can find different roles in different areas to grow one's career,Re-orgs happen all the time and can sometimes hinder growth,To be empowering and rally around employees needs,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53033,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Design Verification Engineer,Senior Design Verification Engineer,An excellent working environment for career development,I have not experienced any cons at all,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53034,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Business Process Manager,Best Career Choice I have made,Terrific work culture Amazing benefits Competitive Salary Cool Projects to work on Constant skill development Careful mentor-ship,Stock performance is not as rewarding as that of Amazon/Google,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53035,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Top noch company in every aspect. Good work life balance and excellent compensations,The company sometimes looked too big to do anything. Sometime political games go on.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53036,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stuburn Culture,Great Campus and Employee Perks Good Salaries,Dominated by managers that have been around forever and have no interest in incorporating new ideas or methodologies.,Clean house at the middle management layer,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53037,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Director,Sr. Director,"creative, fun, team, people, lots of options","restrictive, internal IT is afraid of new thought",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53038,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Vice President Sales,Vice President,Stable company with a large customer base,Senior Leadership are very unethical,"look after your people, don't just say one thing and then do the opposite",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53039,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Whatever,Good compensation. Lots of Career opportunities.,Low stock grants until you hit principal.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P345.htm
53040,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE @ Microsoft,"Work life balance Talented people around You can push yourself, if you need more challenges Matured processes, tried and tested 401 match, ESPP, Health plan Ability to switch teams and products after appearing for their interviews internally.",Senior leadership/PM tend to take too much control. Dev should be independent enough. Don't rush features. Poor planning and forecast in teams. Compensation can be more competitive. Promotions and growth is dependent on how good you can project yourself.,"Give teams more independence and authority to pick and choose feature priorities. Managers should undergo proper training on Planning and estimation. Bonus is once a year, It can be spitted to twice.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53041,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Mostly great, with a sprinkling of bad.","MS offers a lot of opportunities, and potential growth. They provide better than average health benefits along with excellent 401k matching and many other benefits that a large organization can provide. They have impressive resources financially and many smart, capable employees. I think the pay is generous for the corresponding titles, but I've noticed that many people come from other companies and have accepted lesser positions at MS. So, they are paid well and highly capable in that lesser position.",It's a large organization and can be slow to react. Dis-economies of scale are everywhere with cookie cutter tools and resources that don't always make sense across very different business units. There are some employees who are not productive and they coast and hide in large departments. There are also some people that have been promoted within the organization mostly because of the length of their tenure and old friends.,"Satya Nadella appears to be bring a fresh, honest and open approach to business. The company seems to be moving in the right direction and adapting. Please put some thought into the Dis-economies of scale issues even if it has a cost.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53042,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract at Microsoft,"good people, good opportunities to learn new skills",lack of advancement or chance to hire for contractors,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53043,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,job secuirty,good benefits and good salary,tense environment. layoff is often,none,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53044,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - SDM,One of the best places to work,Great Diversity with trust as core philosophy that runs the company,"Ladder growth becomes difficult for quite a few even after sustained, performance due to political reasons",Ensure that there is an independent way to evaluate tenure and promotion. It should not directly be in the hands of the manager. In that way abuse of that power removed,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53045,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Security Specialist,Excellent benefits and a good work/life balance. Remote work was perfect for working moms. Employee stock option plan was a great benefit as well.,Can get lost in shuffle as it is a large company. You can feel like a number and there is a lot of red tape to go through to get things done.,Treat people like people and not just a number. Try to eliminate the red tape and get things done that need to get done. Too may processes and not enough forward thinking,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53046,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Best Company ever to work,Good work life balance. Great oppurtunities,"not many cons. career moves slowly, because its a very big organization",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53047,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Software Engineer,Great place to work on high impact products.,Size of the company can be an issue.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53048,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Working as a Product Advisor in the UW Microsoft Store was a rewarding and fun experience. You learn a lot about Microsoft's latest products and services. Hosting the free workshops for kids is always a positive and great experience. I'd recommend this job for anyone who loves helping others.,No cons actually! The only thing that I could say was bad was just how hard it might be to apply to this job because it is a competitive job.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53049,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Engineer,"Work life balance, flexible, innovative",Slow processes and outdated tools. Not so agile,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P346.htm
53050,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Engineer,"Work life balance, flexible, innovative",Slow processes and outdated tools. Not so agile,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53051,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Cool products, great tools, great perks.","Hard to get ideas to improve processes heard by upper management When a good idea does get traction, upper management takes credit for it.","need to have better long term vision, especially 3 to 5 years down the line.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53052,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,Principal Software Engineering Manager,I was at Microsoft for 4 years in various roles / divisions.  - World class engineers - Great pay / benefits. - Very interesting problems to solve. - Mega scale challenges and opportunities. - Satya's changes to make Microsoft focused on being a cloud and services company and starting to embrace open source is the right future.,"Unfortunately I think the cons still outweigh the pros at Microsoft.  - Company culture is in general terrible due to politics, personal career aspirations and brilliant jerks. - Politics. I can't stress this con enough. People are more concerned about their own career advancement than their team and our customers. - Brilliant jerks are still promoted and given a lot of influence. - Work/life balance can be terrible depending on the org. - Proprietary APIs and custom implementations in Azure that provide the same functionality as open source projects. - The higher up you move in levels / leadership at Microsoft the more political it gets. - Reorgs are still frequent, incredibly disruptive and cause a constant exodus of talent.","- Make healthy company culture a strategic focus, otherwise the future is handicapped. - Take a hard look at how Google and Facebook approach internal politics and learn from them. Remove the ability for individuals to build empires and put their individual careers ahead of company culture / customers. - Instead of focusing on trying to keep our talent from leaving for competitors, focus on making our talent so happy they attract talent from competitors. Learn from Salesforce's Open Opportunity Market.",2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53053,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Lead Software Development Engineer,"Nothing new, permanent maintenance mode","1. Ridiculously smart people. 2. Fantastic learning opportunities: on job, excellent internal training, Master studies tuition subsidy. 3. Good to have Microsoft in your resume. 4. What you do is actually used by Billions (with a B) of users.","1. There is no transparency on how anything is decided. 2. Frequent reorganizations, as soon as you start to learn something, you will be moved to something completely unrelated and start all over again. Your career resets, too. 3. Even though it is said the performance reviews do not use the dreaded ""stack ranking curve"", the culture is still there, so people are still ranked in a curve. 4. A firm belief that more complicated solutions are better than simpler ones. 5. Very few new projects, most work is in fixing issues. 6. Even then, we manage to remove features from our products.","1. One year was enough to have more and more layers of management. When Satya took over, there were 7 layers, now I have managers that I don't even know their faces. 2. Please read the findings of 'Project Oxygen' at Google, it seems obvious that a good engineer might not be a good lead. Not at Microsoft, where many managers are horrible at dealing with... people.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53054,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Service Engineer II,"Salary, benefits, PTO, breadth of products",If you have a bad review in your past it is like a scarlet letter regardless of how well the other reviews went,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53055,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales engineer experience,Colleagues are very supportive. Exciting solutions,Management rewards more reps. Less opportunity to grow since they hire more external candidate,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53056,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Amazing challenges. Smooth green card process. Easy going. Easy internal transfers.,"No free food. Need to find the right team, as some team may not be optimal",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53057,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Opportunities,"Great growth opportunities and good relatively flat org, good benefits and care for employees, some division are like start-ups and you get to do a lot",very political and kind of can be tricky to navigate and how to get to the next level and lack of career progression planning,set clear goals on how to reach next level and more clear planning for career progression,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53058,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,software engineer,good place to work with smartest guys,very difficult to get promoted,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53059,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2016",Former Employee - Sales,From the field,Strategic Direction long term is the best course for Microsoft Culture continues to improve New Senior Leadership team has potential to advance the work culture and reduce the Scorecard Era.,"Missing Mobile is huge blow to the Windows 10 momentum, brining developers on board and extending Cloud Transformation to cloud especially consumer is lagging. Still Way too many process, scorecards, wasteful meetings still in place","Pay attention to ""what"" the competition is doing not the who is doing it. Microsoft makes great products, amazing services, but please find a way to present the Microsoft story or value prop in 3 -4 key points. Way too much information for todays technology world. Again focus on What instead of why.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P347.htm
53060,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product marketing,Overall I enjoy my experience working here: Projects are interesting - there are lots of resources. You also get lots of autonomy running your project. Great benefits Work life balance,The company is just too big to have a true impact. Silos are very common. this impacts the level of collaboration and energy in the office.,"Reduce redundancy and increase ownership and accountability. Also, There are still lots of silos to break in the organization.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53061,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft I love u, let's be more flexible toward change",Work and life balance is a huge plus to work at Microsoft. Super friendly environment and so many smart people with no ego about their skill or brand.,really difficult to make change while working with people who has been here for 20 years... They are toooooo Microsofti and difficult to work on new stuff with them.,Have training for employee who has been hare over 10 years and teach them to be more open to new ideas and anything that is not Microsofti.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53062,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Solid employer,"I really liked the Redmond campus. The fact that it's located in the suburbs is a big advantage, usually you need to move to a city to work for a good company. They have good benefits, like free transportation system, cheap employee restaurants, good health benefits, good compensation, etc. I really liked that they have private offices in many buildings across the campus, unfortunately they are slowly moving towards open space now.","After my internship I received a full-time offer from Microsoft. As a non-US citizen I needed a H1B visa to work in the US. After I finished my internship I had to wait for around 10 months to finally find out that my petition was not selected in the H1B lottery so there were no options for me to start working in the US in 2016. Microsoft offered me a placement in Canada instead, with a completely new compensation. They also said I would be working remotely with a Redmond team. I didn't really like the perspective of remote work from Canada for around 2 years so eventually I declined the offer. I was really surprised that they couldn't offer a position in Europe where they also have several development centers, eg. Dublin. Another thing I did not like was the fact that it was nearly impossible to get a full-time offer for a different team than the one I interned with. The team seemed rather uninteresting to me and I figured I would get bored there pretty quickly as there probably would not be much opportunity for me to learn. Overall, I enjoyed my time at Microsoft but I really think they should do something about their hiring process for people from outside of US.","The company is very bureaucratic in many aspects. Also, since Microsoft so heavily hires people from all over the world, the company should be more flexible in terms of teams and locations as US work authorization gets more and more difficult to obtain.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53063,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product marketing manager,The company has lots of expertise in selling to enterprises and has built mature process and tools,"too metric-driven, can be slow to get things done, also not very customer-focused","simplify the organization structure and reduce overhead, be more accountable",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53064,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Strong leadership, continuously looking to drive future growth and innovation",Occasionally can be bureaucratic and slow to approve action,Continue to focus on long term growth over short term profitability,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53065,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shark Tank,"Very smart, passionate work force. Fast-changing environment - you'll never get bored. Good benefits. Fantastic CEO and a bright future for the company.","Almost all work needs to be done in collaboration with others, yet the performance review system pits teammates against each other. I have never witnessed such a dysfunctional teaming situation. I have been competing with my own managers for bonus etc. as we were the same level. Makes no sense to me.  The other major con is they are constantly getting rid of people over 50. (maybe it has to do with the level thing?) I've seen dozens of very talented, experienced people pushed out and it really looks like age discrimination to me. Class action suit in the future?  Finally, i agree with someone else's review about chasing shiny objects. Doing a great job isn't good enough. has to be something new and shiny that your Manager/Leadership can wave around to look good. They prefer show horses to work horses.",Change the rating system and value your older workers!,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53066,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Difficult to transition for level 59 and under employees (entry level and support roles),"Really great work-life balance, clear mission, making strides in tech involvement in many different areas. Good experience with managers and team, overall recognition of hard work. Great benefits.",Starting at a low level in the company makes it difficult to move around unless you are in engineering. Still existing silos. Could promote more growth opportunities and foster more open mindedness for those who are eager to grow and learn.,"Believe in millenials and the future generation. We are the upcoming generation, and the future of the workforce. Rarely are there any of them outside the engineering org.",3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53067,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Its a good company to work where you can choose your pace.,"Technological learning are a bit less and very quickly get saturated,",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53068,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Microsoft is concerned that employees enjoy a fun working environment and they create an excellent working atmosphere. Often times, there are great incentives and perks that are added to your paycheck, as and added bonus!","Depending on the demographics of the work location,, there is often insecurities about competition and when an employee daily goal was not met. If you're a contracted employee, you do not get the inside scoop.",Managers are expected to ensure that all employees are given the same treatment.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53069,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,You can find any kind of work you are passionate about at Microsoft.,It can be quite competitive at times.,Go for moon shots!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P348.htm
53070,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,A good place to work,"I was an FTE for 12 years and a contractor on and off for another couple of years. The pros for both are: a pleasure working with smart people, some great managers, better than average pay (for FTEs) with lots of possibilities for merit bonus and good benefits (for FTEs).","As an FTE: In recent years, layoffs have lent an atmosphere of instability and less than desirable job security. As a contractor, watch out for the policy that after 18 months of work, you need to take 6 months off.","Clearly stockholders feel you're heading in a better direction over the last year or two. However, consider your employees for what they are--your most valuable resources--instead of being quick to layoff to get the results you want for your bottom line. That's the easy, non-creative way, and you'll lose in the long run, because the good talent out there will learn to stay away.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53071,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract PM,"Good Benefits, nice environment, nice co workers","Lots of buracracy, changing of requirements often",Fewer re-orgs and strong and clear leadership,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53072,microsoft,"Balch Springs, TX"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Escalation Support Engineer,Good company to work for,"Best things in this company are: access to software, salary, great benefits, sick days, vacation time, paid holidays.","This is a very fast paced place, technology supported changes very often, no great collaboration system, nothing else, over all the company is good.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53073,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 2,Good work life balance Great health benefits,Need to give more RSU's Food is not free,Please invest in more 'entitiled' benefits like food etc.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53074,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company. works you hard.,great pay/ benefits. Good Stock grants if you perform.,a lot is expected forma work life balance perspective,be more focused on the customer and partner experience. Much more.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53075,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,developer,most staff were very smart,"large company values, very competitive",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53076,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Director,Director,Great employees and culture open to career development,"Caustic, competitive and very political environment",Recognize contributions which meet goals and creatively exceed expectations.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53077,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET 2,"Smart people. Some cool technology. Mature processes and tooling. Really enjoyed my time and team early in my MS career, second team wasn't so good. True within all large companies, having a good team and management really makes for a good environment.",Very political. Lots of type A's. Can be difficult be motivated if on a bad team.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53078,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,Microsoft Research represents the best compromise between basic research in academia and a corporate environment.,I don't really see any downsides to Microsoft.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53079,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Long term perspective on employment and benefits.,"Slow-moving. Part of it is the scale of the customer base, part of it is bad tools/processes.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P349.htm
53080,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,In the right direction,"Compiler, game, OS, web application..., no matter what you are interested in, you can find a project inside Microsoft. Sponsor green card. 401K match 50%.","In some division, program manager/lead make decision on behalf of users. User input is virtually 0. Slow engineering process due to legacy code, and low quality home-made close-source tools.","nser Satya Nadella, Microsoft is in the right direction. For example embrace open-source, encourage inter-department cooperation.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53081,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Director,"Great place to work, but with some drawbacks","Big, resourceful, full of opportunities, strong brand and overall good products and a fairly good strategy for the future.","Size and number of layers hold the company back. In some departments politics is absolutely all that matters. The Redmond-centric culture has created a bubble, where insiders are mature professionals who can only thrive at Microsoft, and outsiders are left with a sense of operating in an artificial environment that has no real connection with the real world.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53082,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome mentorship program,"Passionate, diverse community, very open to new people, new idea and sharing knowledge",Big companies no matter the industry have a lot of red tape and move slowly,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53083,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Content Developer,Principal Content Development Manager,"New attitudes towards teamwork and recognition of work across groups as a priority are making roles at Microsoft more adaptable. Fantastic benefits, giving campaign, MSPAC lectures, and wonderful networking opportunities. HArd to find the time to fit them in!","Lots of red tape and horrible internal tools make simple work frustrating and time- consuming. GM- level decisions not always make for the long view, but rather for a fiscal year's objectives. Poor track record of supporting certain areas. A big investment one year, followed by a lack of interest the next, then another big push the following year. It makes relationships with the ecosystem tricky.","Be really rigorous about the direction you set, and give it time to play out, with tweaks rather than wholesale directional changes. Staying the course may not feel as agile or disruptive from the management perspective, but changing direction every few months can enable long-term change or sustained customer engagement.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53084,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,Great experience. Great company. Great people.,Great people for the most part. I learned so much in the 18 or so years I was there. Different groups have their different idiosyncrasies and even these change over time. So what you might hear from one person in one org will not necessarily be true in a different place.,Once I hit the principal level I felt that the politics really took off. Up to that point it really felt that my work stood for itself. I'm not a political kind of guy and that was the overwhelming reason why I left.,You do a great job taking care of your people from a compensation and benefit point of view. The annual review process is still too skewed to the individual and not enough on the effectiveness of the business. I know this is hard to measure but the current process still ends up pitting people against each other.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53085,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Not the best, not the worst","Good benefit, moderate work load, reasonable compensation. It is a very mature company and they get rid of the stack ranking in annual review.",the compensation is too low compared with Google and Facebook. There are too many talent in the company and individual usually does not have the chance to show full potential.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53086,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Review,"Good welfare, work life balance.",No much career growing up,encourage internal transfer,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53087,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,My amazing Microsoft Internship experience,"I get to work with intelligent and supportive teammates every day. Amazing facilities/gorgeous landscaped HQ. Work/life balance is very good for most SWE Interns I know. Free drinks They bring in good musicians to play over lunch at the main cafeteria. Performance feedback is not only focused on individual contribution, but also how well you work with others. I've been told this really improves the company culture, especially on the main campus. They make an honest effort to give interns projects that are interesting and within the scope of a summer. Top notch health insurance, even for interns.",The culture of different teams can vary (I have heard good and bad from other interns.) Microsoft always manages to stay in the news with the latest PR gaffe (honestly more amusing than upsetting to most employees.),Keep doing what you're doing to attract top university talent. Continue to create an open dialogue within the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53088,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Hardware Design Verification Engineer,Design Verification Engineer,Exposure to great people and projects A wonderful engineering environment Positivity,.... Contractors are sort of lesser citizens but that's with any corporation. Contracts seem to serve as an extended interview and a step into the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53089,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great people, highly competitive , highly matrixed, fast paced","Lots of politics , beareaucratic",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P350.htm
53090,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good company,Work/Life balance is great. Flexible schedule.,Too much top down approach. Bit difficult environment for new hires since too much legacy/acronyms but very little tutorials and documentations.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53091,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics killed it for me,"Good benefits. Good for someone just entering the workforce, as long as you keep up your skills so you don't become obsolete. The review system is much better, but make no mistake--there is still stack ranking and the underlying politics that go with it.","Why I left:  * My team had 6 managers and 12 individual contributors--a 1:2 ratio. Managers had nothing to do except micromanage and then start managing each other's ICs.  * There was too much focus on the bright, shiny object that was an abject failure, and those who actually produced useful things for customers got little credit or support. Plus, we had to work harder to get things done in spite of having to waste our time on the bright, shiny object.  * Microsoft is quietly getting rid of its older workers. With each layoff, even those that are supposedly to ""fix"" the phone division debacle, older workers in other divisions are also laid off. They are often rehired later as a contractor at a substantially reduced rate.  * Management in my division made it very clear that any new hiring or replacements for those who quit would not be in the US. There is talent in this country, but Microsoft isn't willing to pay for it.  * Because of the internal politics and processes, any real innovation happens due to acquisitions and mergers.  * Doing the same thing over and over again is boring. I left to preserve my skills.",Rethink your policies that support age discrimination (stop laying off those over 50). Open your eyes to the talent available in this country. Flatten all organizations and stop managers from empire building.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53092,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Small collaborative, cross-functional team, with easy access to resources only available from a large enterprise","Disconnected from company vision, often feels like working in a silo",Communicate,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53093,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Service Engineering Manager,Principle Service Engineering Manager,"Broad / global / diverse job growth and opportunities Amazing and engaging technologies to advance and work on Strong peers, managers and coaching to grow, especially in early career Great advancement opportunities Satya's evolving culture is improving the overall company employee experience","Review model continues to pit people against one another. Regardless of the HR rhetoric, there continues to be a forced distribution of rewards / impact, there is a fixed pool of dollars that can be distributed, and the lower side of the rewards scale is a linear one, and the upper rewards side the scale is an exponential one. Therefore, to give one person high rewards, it requires putting 2-3 people in the lower rewards section. This is enforced at level bands.  Getting a single zero reward review will end most careers, so it affects how people take risks, help others, etc.  There are still management layers stuck in the old behaviors that the culture is trying to dispel. It's slow going.",Be transparent about the review model and stop the rhetoric. It doesn't fool anyone and it's disingenuous.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53094,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great people, highly competitive , highly matrixed, fast paced","Lots of politics , beareaucratic",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53095,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Eng,unlimited opportunities to express yourself!,so many process to follow,Keep going.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53096,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),The best company ever,"Learn a lot, great benefits, great salary. The people you work with are the smartest and the best in personal relationships","Work have to be done, hard work, sometimes there is no time to rest. And sometimes the stress can be a factor",Keep it real,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53097,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Standard corporation,"Great pay and benefits. If you play the politics, not hard to make career","Insanely political, soul crushing, toxic environment with little sense of achievement for anyone",How do you fix a corporation ? Maybe make one big company into many small companies ?,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53098,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Loving what you do and who you work with,Great people to work with. Always something new in the field of technology. Comfortable Work Attire,Good pay but not great. Slow to grow.,"A lot of associates are always looking to grow, but somehow those who want it seem to get overlooked",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53099,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Good work-life balance. Management are generally very nice. Great coworkers. Private office allow focused work. Benefits are pretty nice.,"Lacking in product vision, oftentimes just working on random projects with no obvious purpose.",Have a longer term goal instead of throwing stuff on the wall and see what sticks.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P351.htm
53100,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but be aware of limitations,"If you want to work with some smart people that create products that millions of people use, Microsoft is the place for you.","The problem with MS is that it is very big and successful. As a result, you have to be pretty senior to have a meaningful impact on products or sales. That being said, as long as you are comfortable focusing in a niche area, MS can be a great place to work.",Reduce the layers and multiple circles of input and approval required for so many decisions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53101,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr.System Engineer,Lots of little companies within Microsoft. Some are still worth working for.,Microsoft has been in decline for several years now rom being one of the best places to work to a company that is increasingly over bureaucratic and slow moving.,Look outside of the Microsoft bubble once in a while and get back to making good products and stop trying to come up with deceptive ways to keep people using windows.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53102,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Group Manager,You Get the Good with the Bad,Lots of opportunities within MSFT to move around. People have multiple careers while staying with the company. Good benefits. Redmond campus is a great location.,"When I was there, middle management was woeful. Two of the worst managers I've ever had were with MSFT. It can be difficult to connect and align with people. Putting technical resources in offices with closed doors is not the best way to build community.",Keep changing. Keep undoing Balmer's damage. There are a lot of good people at MSFT and the new leadership seems to be making the right moves to transform the culture.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53103,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Digital Architect,Superb Company,"Pay and Benefits are competitive Culture values intelligence and teamwork (now under Satya Nadella, prior culture under Ballmer did not value teamwork) Technology is first rate and you have opportunity to work on world changing tech like Hololens, Azure, etc...",Big Corporation that has typical issues,Get rid of the old school managers and staff from the Ballmer days. They are inhibiting transformation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53104,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience,"Super smart coworkers, work hard/play hard culture.","Large company, you need to have the skills to manage through that type of organization.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53105,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work,"Flexibility to change groups, awesome benefits","Competitive environment, group culture could vary",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53106,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,"Great technology, but could be more customer-centric.",Microsoft is a big company with lots of opportunities. Good ideas can get traction wherever they come from. Junior employees can make a difference.,"In spite of an effort to promote a “Microsoft Culture”, different parts of the company have quite different cultures. Often try to solve all problems by writing code – even problems that could be better solved other ways.",Find or grow middle managers who value people and grow teams. Take a longer-term view of organizational health. Encourage engineers to broaden by switching teams more. Focus on customers more and products less.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53107,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Executive Business Administrator,Executive Administrator,I have been in this field for 11 years,After s certain amount of worked hour you now have to have a 6 month break,The Break is detrimental to the business flow,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53108,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Stable technology professional great people,nothing really public image perhaps,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53109,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Architect,Principal Cloud Architect,Nice place to work and employee friendly culture.,Not stable decisions about the engagement,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P352.htm
53110,microsoft,"Argyle, TX"," Jul 25, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Great Company,"I loved my time at Microsoft. Great benefits, pay and people.",Focus on only growing jobs in Seattle Area,"Look at other markets in the US, where there is great talent",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53111,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,"Can be horrible or great, depending on your specific team","Competitive compensation, opportunity to move to very different technology domains without having to change company, major industry impact is possible at most levels of employment if you work on a high impact project","Work experience varies widely depending on the division and group you are in. Some groups have very top down bureaucratic subculture that can get in the way of agile progress, inconsistency of impact needed for promotions and rewards across the company","Free food, child care subsidies, Domain expertise should be a more explicit differentiator when weighing rewards and promotions as the cost of replacing domain expertise is far higher than replacing technical generalists",4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53112,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job experience,Good salary and perks Great work-life balance,Very slow growth Have to work on old technologies Work is boring,It is time to do major changes and get back to current industry standards,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53113,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Awesome company,Great benefits. Work life balance. Lots of new cutting edge technologies. Freedom to go work for any product.,Some old veterans do lots of politics,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53114,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Software Engineer,"At Microsoft you can work on a very diverse set of teams and problems: XBox, Bing, Cortana, Exchange, SQL, .NET, etc. If you're bored or looking for new challenges it's very easy to switch teams and work on completely different problems.","The way the groups are managed are very different, it's a bit of a hit or miss.","Focus on developing the young top talent so reward managers who take the time to grow their teams. Microsoft is a huge corporation with different cultures, make sure to filter out managers who are there for themselves (career ladders): look for passion for technologies.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53115,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Azure cloud is great,great place to work and can get many things to learn,Sometimes not very flexible in projects arrangement and works,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53116,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 24, 2016",Former Employee - Business Consultant,Business Consultant,Good dynamics. Work was interesting. People are nice once you get to know them.,Vendors and FTE pool maintain distance. I was able to break the ice so that was very helpful otherwise Vendor group environment is quire boring.,Organizations use too much technology support to filter out candidates to look for talent and I believe human element is key to find right talent.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53117,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Director,Great company benefits and countless career opportunities.,The senior management at the time was completely lost and the company environment was very internally focused with lots of politics vs. consumer focus.,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53118,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Amazing enviroment and stability,"- Much less agressive work enviroment then Amazon. -If you ge in, the pay is great but the benefits are outstanding, for example they have some years where they will give you a dollar for a dollar you put into your 401k. -Senior managers are extremely helpful and talented, they will do their best to make sure you are doing well. - Very creative work enviroment, get to be creative and work with the engineering team.  - Much more fulling work than working in PwC or a bank as an auditor/analyst.On top of that the overall pay and compensation is better. hell considering how much more happy I am at work i'd happily take a 20 percent pay cut (I've worked in both feilds).","- After becoming a Senior Product Manager the movement towards becoming a Director is slow, is possibly takes 4-6 years from the time you become a Senior Manager, but salary does increase a lot even during those slow years. (if you make it to Director in your 30s you have done extremely well). - You have to take all your 3 weeks of vacation within that year","Not much to say, they have created a great culture at Microsoft and the management is exceptional. Having worked at Amazon before, Micorsoft is a dream.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53119,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Great Benefits, Salary, Perks. Lots of opportunity on different teams.",Commute has been getting worse as the area develops.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P353.htm
53120,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - MSBI Developer,Msbi developer,best place to learn new things,More work irrelevant of time,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53121,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,nice place to work,"world class project, friendly people, great working environment, free drink every level.","no free lunch, kind of bureaucratic",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53122,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Decent,Good culture and the people around me are generally nice however there are certain times when the stress is high that things go wrong.,at certain times things can get frustrating and things tend to heat up which leads to some arguments.,Get rid of the yearly evaluation or change it in some way or shape because people become everly political when it comes around.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53123,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best of the Best,Great place to start a career.,Forced to update to Windows 10.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53124,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Hope it's getting better,Good benefits. Many good people.,Way too political. Lots of in-fighting.,No more stack ranking. Creates a vengeful work environment and discourages collaboration.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53125,microsoft,"Huntingdon Valley, PA"," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Dod-eat-dog environment,Remuneration. Public service encouraged and charities well remunerated.,"His stress, siloed environment, collaboration and assisting colleagues to improve performance not encouraged. Appears to be age discrimination.",Look after your people assets.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53126,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Director,Amazing place to work,"Enormous challenges to tackle, smart people to work with, great benefits and compensation, a complete package. Really one of the best companies on the planet to work for.","Can be political at times, always a need to be vigilant and keep and edge.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53127,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering,great people and great energy,isolated city where it is located,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53128,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Rotation Analyst,Great company to launch career in tech,"Very competitive, a lot of very bright individuals surrounding you, well established and highly reputable. The nature of the company is that you work autonomously which allows people to create a huge impact that will definitely show reward. Microsoft is very competitive in salary and benefits and makes sure that people are working hard but enjoying their overall experience as an employee.","A bit more bureaucratic than let's say, a start up. Quite a few re-organizations of the company structure but I think it has proven effective and efficient for the company's growth. Can be a bit competitive internally especially in the engineering space.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53129,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,At Microsoft you can change the world. Microsoft's products touch millions of people. The online services are used by countless numbers of corporations. If you are looking for impact there aren't many companies that can compete.,Microsoft is a big corporation with all the problems that you would expect from a big corporation. If you want to be in a start up then join one otherwise you could do worse than join Microsoft.,Satya has set the right course... stick to it!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P354.htm
53130,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - Network Engineer,Microsoft,Great benefits and good culture.,"Very competitive working environment, often leading to decrease in work life ballance.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53131,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise Architect,Interesting place to work Great location,Benefits could be improved - very large deducible,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53132,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Was great while it lasted,"Great benefits, great people, challenging work",They prefer recent college grads and eventually push out anyone with tenure.,Stop pushing out the people with tenure!,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53133,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 19, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Great Engineers - Bad Managers,Big Company Great perks good compensation great technology opportunities to move reputation great on resume global brand and reach,red tape bureaucratic work corporate politics too many managers less freedom to try new things by the book approach lack of motivation stagnant after a while,remove some managers,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53134,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great place to work,"1. Excellent work-life balance. 2. In general, most managers are awesome, and create a very healthy work atmosphere 3. Opportunity to work on HUGE projects impacting millions (if not billions) of people. 4. Getting to work with and learn from super-smart people 5. Excellent benefits",1. Can be less exciting than working at a small or more aggressive company (especially on the client side) 2. Salary and perks may be lower than competing software companies,Empower teams to move faster to match competitors in this space,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53135,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unorganized,Decent money based on experience.,FTE's were very unorganized,Don't hire vendors till you have a PM designated for the project,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53136,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,The company has a cool culture under new CEO,It's still a large company that can be bureaucratic,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53137,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE I,"Great company culture, great products",Too many engineers that are looked over,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53138,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great perks,Great perks as you are working for a hugely profitable company that is ultimately trying to attract top talent and to do so has great benefits,"-Crazy performance review process that hasn't really improved even with many evolutions -Certain business units are really struggling, strategies changing so quickly that the company can't get the teams lined up with a strategy before it changes course significantly for another strategy -Significant thinning of management ranks is causing lots of folks to have stunted career growth -Too many program managers!","Biggest advice - get rid of KT (and finally you listened) Now, consolidate consolidate consolidate - business units, GM's, strategies, and people",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53139,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed experiences if you're not an engineer,Great company with a strong set of values. The company in general has a tremendous impact on the technology industry and it's cool to be involved in the process,Meeting-soft + Email-soft Absolutely terrible trajectory for early-in-career progression if you're not an engineer and especially if you're a recent college graduate.,Open up more headcount for L59-62 jobs!,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P355.htm
53140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Consultant,Microsoft Services,"Latest technology, bright people, good compensation, Clear definition of goals, correct working conditions, frequently replaced tech gadgets Their focus on Azure and Office 360 paid off, they managed to renew the company (minus the Windows Phone business) Top quality people (+hard worker) have the opportunity to move to Redmond (most of them never return)","Year over year the local decision making authority was centralized, the local marketing budgets were halved, a thick layer of mid management grew oversized at the regional HQ, focusing on one thing: to stay there while changing jobs in every 18 months to avoid responsibility for their decisions You are as valuable as your last year's revenue Being scorecard driven (on top of revenue and profit driven) - distorts the integrity of people shared desks and Lync was problematic as a phone.","I salute the cloud results, the strategy and sustained effort yielded results, the consumer experience is still lame compared to the best of breed, the LinkedIn acquisition at this price is questionable",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53141,microsoft,"Arlington, VA"," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Solutions Sales Specialist,MS Review,Excellent reputation. Pays well. Microsoft on your resume will open doors.,Work-life balance. Too many levels of managers. Managers who should not be managers.,Pay more attention to WHI poll regarding immediate mgr assessment. If mgr continually gets negative reviews do something about it ie. remove mgr.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53142,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,"Stable place to work, but not the promised land. Unless you get the right team.","-Benefits are some of the best in the industry -Pretty stable job, if you're in the right org -Work with a lot of really smart people -Maker garages on campus for prototyping -A lot of potential to move around in the company","-Over the last 10 years, it went from more personal feeling to completely robotic, and now something slightly less robotic. You feel very replaceable. -Satya's new culture and values sound great, but feel like they haven't made much inroads in the company. Ex. We have hackathons now, where we're supposed to get a week off to work on something cool. Unfortunately, schedules don't account for this, so if you do the hackathon, you still have to meet your deadlines anyway. Since they already fill you to the brim with work, it's not a real plausible activity. -Agile, but not really agile. There's a new agile movement going through the company, which is great! Unfortunately, leadership seems to still be operating in waterfall mode, so bottoms up planning still needs to be done. -Not invented here syndrome is really hurting the company's productivity. Teams are so tied to homegrown mechanisms for shipping it takes forever. Open source is making inroads, but there will continue to be friction so long as people's reviews are tied to value delivered, and value delivered is usually measured by working software. -Seattle area housing market is insane. Most decent homes within a reasonable commuting distance start at $650k+, at current mortgage rates, you need 20% down minimum ($130k in cash), and many home sales come down to bidding wars with buyers paying all in cash or $100k over asking.","If you want to attract and retain world-class talent, reward your people what they're worth. There's something broken with a review model that penalizes you for being average on a high-performing team (implying that everyone is adding more value than average), but rewards you if you are a rockstar on an average team, or if you're a perpetual fire-fighter. This creates the situation where it's in the best fiduciary interest of the individual to find troubled teams to improve and be a rockstar in, rather than find a highly functioning team and grow with them. Why would I go work for a high-performing team knowing that I will get rewarded less or perhaps managed out?",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53143,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,The overall management of microsoft is quite good. I think it is an okay company to work for.,"Microsoft has so much infighting and internal conflict. It is really a nightmare sometimes, but it has been getting better lately.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53144,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - IPM,IPM,Great coworkers. Great work environment for the most part.,Only engineers get hired as FTEs. Makes for a body of work that only has a left hand. No creative thinkers.,Hire creative thinkers with design talent. People buy things that are pretty and fun before they'll buy anything that's useful.,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53145,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft IT Work Environment,"Smart people, interesting work, great mission, flexibility, great benefits","Still some old behaviors from past culture/review system can make it hard to collaborate, decision pace can be slow",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53146,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Account Technology Strategist,Great Place to work,"Listen, a company's strategic vision will ebb and flow and it's up to the Senior Leadership team to try their best to gaze into the Crystal Ball of Big Data and arrive at a decision. Some we may not agree with, some we go with the flow. I was there during the BillG and SteveB era and they were a little more maverick in their approach versus Satya. Overall, it's still a great place to work.",Too many MBAs trying to figure out how to KPI everything!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53147,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Manager,IT OPS MGR,"Great people , great intelligence across the world! Great to work with the greatest people ! Looking forward to working those guys again","Dynamic env makes low morale, which is costly for the whole team and the whole company. Think about it. Seriously!",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53148,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Program Manager,"Great company, limited opportunities for women","Autonomy, huge opportunities to learn, great leadership, company on a great path for future","Limited female leadership or opportunities for women, multiple levels of white, middle aged male managers with zero female directs.",none,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53149,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test,Review from a former tester,"*Good work life balance *Pay is average, but the benefits make up for it *Nice discounts on Microsoft software, and a free MSDN account with more product keys than you will ever need *Lots of friendly and interesting co-workers over the years *No one cares if you are a Microsoft/Apple/Google lover, the new focus on all platforms means you are free to use any technology in the office and not be frowned upon for it","*Microsoft can change your job title/function and rip your career out from under you whenever they feel like it (they completely did away with Software Engineer in Test which I have been for nearly a decade) *Management does not provide good advice on how to advance your career in the company, you have to figure it out on your own *The automation and code repository systems used by many parts of Microsoft are really out of date and cause significant delays in work *After getting rid of the test role, Microsoft in-development software is extremely buggy, and you are expected to use it during your everyday work to find bugs, and they keep begging you to install it on your home systems. Not paid enough to put my data and personal systems at risk.",Make use of your employees' diverse backgrounds and don't force everyone to be a code monkey.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P356.htm
53150,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Business Evangelist,Love it!,*Benefits *transformational *diversity of people *opportunities to do something different,"*IDEA flow down, never flow up *product teams often clueless to what happens in field *scorecard metrics seem made up and not relevant *internal systems suck","Get rid of scorecard metrics, and let sellers focus on selling. Be harder on old school steve ballmer culture of passive aggressive people",5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53151,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,awesome great challenging new things,I haven't yet found a con yet,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53152,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,"Great Culture, Solid Benefits, Flexible Workplace, Bright CoWorkers,wide breadth of opportunity and the chance to tailor a career to your passions","Good not great compensation, the excitement of different groups is hugely variable based on whether you're in one of the better groups.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53153,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Quick summary,"Lots of opportunities, good work-life balance",Rewards and work appreciation may not be as good in certain teams,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53154,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Lead,Principal PM,"good pay and benefits, flexible","not agile. red tape, lacks innovation",shake things up. get out of the traditional windows selling mentality.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53155,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Jul 14, 2016",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,A good company to work for,"Excellent benefits, stock purchase options, co-workers, customers","Inconsistent hours (schedule), very difficult to grow with the company, specialty stores are looked down on, bonus scale for specialty vs full line is bogus,",Managers are fine. It's corporate that is disconnected from the store. The looks of our store are not a good representation of Microsoft as a company. I think there could be some money invested into upgrading the older specialty locations so that we can better serve our customers.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53156,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Global Project and Program Manager,Senior Operations Program Manager,-Diversity of opportunities -Compensation -Results rather than effort driven -Evolved EQ over the years -Support for continuous development,-Cronyism -Stack-ranked approach to annual rewards,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53157,microsoft,"Boulder, CO"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Solid Place to work,"Managers cared, there was a lot of sharing to succeed, the benefits and pay were great. Job security was good as long as you performed well.","Big, big company with variations in quality of talent as more support is outsourced. Microsoft admits when it was wrong internally but has a hard time jumping through all the hoops to get customers help fixing things, it takes a long time to get approvals since the dollar amounts are so high.",Make it easier for us (customer facing folks) to fix things without a chain of approvals.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53158,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sincere Inputs,Great company with passionate people working around you. Great benefits & perks (especially if you are located in office most of the time).,"Depending on the role & assignments, work life balance would be off the equation, sometimes no life for weeks till products are launched to market.","360 inputs system is great channel to consider when it comes to career advancement considerations, performance appraisal should still be KPI based to instil the result-orientation environment. Above inputs are to minimise cross functions/departmental assignments are not being politicised and avoidance of delay in business objectives.  Product development & supply chain eco systems needs to be consolidated to increase the spend & influence power within certain group of manufacturing partners, both Tier 1 and 2. By doing so, this will help reducing numbers of FTE recruitments & spending incurred due to traveling.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53159,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company with lots of opportunities,"Lots of interesting problems to solve, lots of challenges if one so desires. Many smart people are around to bounce ideas off from.","Many ideas are just sparks that are later put off by bureaucracy. Many challenging problems end up with bug-prone patch works with a single goal of meeting self-inflicted deadlines. Smart people can be harder to work with, incompetent people are also sometimes pretend to be smart.","If at all possible, I think that ""One"" mantra needs to be given up. It's not really helping by solving internal gridlocks with internal bureaucracies. Sure, wheels aren't supposed to be re-invented, but interdependencies also decelerates innovation as well as magnify bug burden.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P357.htm
53160,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Support,Lots of internal politics,"Some of the greatest people and friends I have ever met. The new CEO seems to be changing things for the positive, this is excellent.","Lots of internal politics. You could be a great hard working employee and obtain a poor rating. Others that play political games or are friends end up with good ratings. So the sum of it, you can work your butt off, sacrifice everything, perform the most work, and still then be rated poorly. I am hoping the new CEO has changed this culture.","Too many managers. I had some of the best managers in the world at Microsoft, and in some cases the absolute worse. Get rid of the employees that really do not know what they are doing technically, and keep the technically gifted. Then innovation may occur at Microsoft.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53161,microsoft,"Aventura, FL"," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Consumer Services Advisor,Consumer Services Advisor,Great Fun Laid Back Easy,"Managers that are clueless, lack of growth, stagnant enviroment",take care of employees,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53162,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Good Benefits, Flexibility, internal job opportunities",Too much of changes and insecurity of job,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53163,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Revolutionizing the way software is built, great CEO in Satya but poor promotions and pay compared to Facebook, Google","A lot to learn, a lot cool really smart people, a wide range of options you can choose from, decent work life ba","Terrible work life balance, weird promotion system, very bureaucratic, and slow.",Please have more young leaders!! Seems like you need to work x number of years to become a VP. Also pay serious attention to your customers and empower the product team by enthusing a customer first focus among the engineers.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53164,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Service Engineer,The new IBM,"Fairly decent job stability, and much more work/life balance friendly than the old 'sleep under your desk' days.","Bloated middle management still left over from the old days, so protectionism and fear of failure drive all major decisions, relegating this once megastar company to the trash heap of 'us too' products and acquisitions to try and stay relevant. The product lines are stale, and the stock is stagnant. Buying other companies' IP is the only thing keeping the company alive.","Reward risk taking. Clean out top 5 layers of management and get fresh, younger ideas and dreamers in place who are willing to challenge the status quo. Create an education focused division which can partner with a hardware vendor to supply every kid in every classroom in America a Windows tablet with O365 subscriptions, with every school having full enterprise level support, on site training, and free MCP classes for high schools. You need to train your next generation of users, or they will all grow up to be Apple folks.",4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53165,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Great place to work,"Fantastic culture, smart people, great benefits and truly work and family friendly.","Politics, slow moving process, can be hard to innovate",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53166,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very fullfilling,"High visibility, exciting and rewarding team.",Some expectations of timelines cause for late nights,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53167,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Great team members, really smart people. You won't find a group that's as hard working or as fun to be around. Drinks in the office is typical.",Rating system but it was removed. Too many A type personalities mean there's a lot of politics.,I don't have too much to say here but I think management was too concerned with visibility.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53168,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Field IT Manager,Field IT Manager,Great Company to work with,Limited scope to grow in a job because of a large company with defined roles.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53169,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Solution Architect,Great company from the standpoint of getting access to a broad set of technology elements. Some great talent across company. Strong focus on educating employees to be the best they can be.,Typical large company issues including politics and not enough emphasis on individual success. Problems with reward system.,Take a closer look at incentive plans to make sure they really do the job to promote people to excel.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P358.htm
53170,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Program Manager,"Lots of opportunity, smart people, nice campus, great benefits, job security","work life balance can be tough, can be overly competitive, not always great front-line managers",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53171,microsoft,"Bridgewater, NJ"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Good company,Rewards are great when are given,Balance of work and personal is not fair.,Focus on all the aspects of the company,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53172,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Awesome place to work,"Awesome place to work - great people, great technology, great challenges, great package and perks","Due to the diversity of team cultures, some teams may or may not be a cultural match depending on your preferences","Keep up the good work, especially the embracing of alternate industry viewpoints over the years.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53173,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"-Big company, lots of things to do -Good benefit, good work life balance",-compensation is less than other big companies -technology stack is different than open source world,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53174,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,Microsoft,"Lots of smart people, great benefits. The culture is also changing to be more open to other platforms and open source, which is great.",Things can still be very political. We also move slowly as a company. We don't have great tools to leverage code/knowledge from across the company.,I think peer feedback should be a bigger component of the review process and it needs to be more streamlined.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53175,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Great company with access to lots of super smart people. Pay and benefits as a package is still as good or better than most other companies out there.,"It's a big company with lots of bureaucracy and sometimes hard to make an impact. Managers sometimes focus more on meeting the scorecard targets than on people management. This leaves plenty of room to innovate on things, as long as they are the right things.",Bring in more leaders who are also good people managers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53176,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,The worst place ever!,good benefit package salary above avg in the area,"Having 12 years of experience and world-level achievements, I was shocked how bad Microsoft is (at least the department I got into and its neighborhood).  AGILE AND PRACTICES. It's just a fancy word - nobody knows what it is and how to use it. Within one team people say that we do Kanban and daily SCRUM. Some say that Agile means ""no tests"" - that's why they prefer TDD. People just have no idea what they are talking about and don't realize how ignorant they are. Every person works on it's own project - no team collaboration at all.  TESTING. ""Unit tests? Never heard of."" They just don't know how to write testable code, and I haven't seen any unit test at all - everything just gets deployed to a test environment for testing, and full run of all tests for a product can take 3 days. No need to mention the complete absence of dependency injection.  SOURCE CONTROL AND FLOW. Source Depot, TFS, no GIT. No branch-per-feature strategy.. That is complete mess - so many times other teams broke the entire codebase..  NO SDET POLICY. After they removed the SDET role all Senior SDETs became Senior SDEs. Ha ha - good luck with that.  TOOLS AND FRAMEWORKS. Everything is internally developed at Microsoft, no documentation, just some people know little bit about how their internal crap works. Forget even about MSTests that is integrated to VS - they have another internal testing framework. The build system is horrible - it's designed to handle circular dependencies in projects!!! You are useless with your knowledge of most used frameworks, component, libraries when you get to MS, and it's opposite when you quit - all their internal crap will stay internal to MS.  MOTIVATION. Most of people just do their job and don't really care about all of those details. I've spoken to other newcomers - they have similar opinion about working at MS, not exciting at all.  WORK LIFE BALANCE. Forget about your life, slave. If you are on-call, that means that you need to get up at 3am on Saturday or Sunday and fix the issue, and you get nothing, just nothing for that - no extra vacation, no overpay - just nothing.  I STRONGLY DO NOT RECOMMEND TO WORK AT MICROSOFT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TRULY SUCCEED IN HIS/HER CAREER.",learn from other companies and people,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53177,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company To work,Good Benefits Great Medical care Good opportunity to learn multiple technologies,Senior Consultant is a travelling Job. If you like travelling this is a great job.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53178,microsoft,"Burlington, MA"," Jul 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work if you're Windows only,Employee centric with very good benefits compare to many large tech companies Ability to play with new Microsoft gear and be part of the process Many market segments to gain different experiences as each team operates differently Very good training opportunities outside of Microsoft technology domain,Only can use Microsoft technology in designs if solution exist Very large company means layoffs have nothing to do with you personally,"Stop being middle managers and get technical, many of you are losing your skills. Because you don't have skills and you don't trust your employees views which makes your roadmaps either too easy or have no relevance to product creation.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A changing company,"Microsoft is now more open to working with other companies, employees are no longer frowned upon for using non-MSFT devices, it is becoming more agile, and there's even a renewed sense of urgency within the ranks about the work they are doing.","In some orgs it is hard to trust that everyone is getting a fair deal. Too many large teams have Indian managers from top to bottom. The message is, if you are not one of us, there is no place for you in management. Some teams struggle to find their focus with so many org changes, sometimes 2-3 times per year.","Watch out for an impending lawsuit over country-of-origin discrimination. Think out of the box--DevOps may be good for Microsoft, but it is not good for your employees. Find a way to be great without ruining the lives of your employees.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P359.htm
53180,microsoft,"Madison, WI"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Couldn't imagine a better place to work, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Microsoft doesn't let their interns work more than 40 hours a week, plans several excursions for them, gives them an intern gift and throws a huge party for them every summer. (Last year the concert was headlined by Maroon 5)",I can't think of any cons working at Microsoft. It has been one of the best career opportunities I have ever experienced.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53181,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior sales director,"compensation, leadership in enterprise","bureaucracy, layers of management, ., ., .",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53182,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,Assistant Manager,"Great benefits, work life balance, environment at work. Good perks, little bonuses if the store hits budget, etc. tuition reimbursement.","Hard to move to corporate or higher positions, have to move to Seattle. Sometimes its a little disorganized with assigning tasks (workshops, appointments, etc.)","Good choice with new CEO, Satya.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53183,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Decent job with decent pay,1. Work life balance most likely depend on the team you are working with and how PM plans 2. Promotion and bonus varies a lot by team and org,1. MSFT is a PM driven company instead of the place where engineering rule 2. Work life balance ruins when PM do bad planning 3. Spend 26 billions bought LinkedIn without spending 1 billion providing employee free lunch 4. Hate self-host which wasted lots of dev efforts and engineering time,1. Company can be more transparent on PM work and let engineers drive the product 2. PM don't care about the quality of code and only care about what's put on the table of director review. Give engineers more time and space to let the right thing happens.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53184,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"great company to work for, very flexible on your time. great benefits. you may work from home in certain days of the week. Cafeteria is excellent, and affordable.","I worked for 7 months, therefore is hard to find something bad about the company. However, the boss I had, had very little experience in leading a team, so that created a very uncomfortable environment.","for Latam, they need to be careful who they assign leadership positions.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53185,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Manager,Timing is great to work at Microsoft,"As a seller, Microsoft has made some big bets that have worked out for its Enterprise clients. The product portfolio is strong, especially in helping clients transform leveraging cloud applications, platforms, and services. As enterprises adopt Digital Offices and shift purchase influence to Chief Digital Officers, Microsoft has a competitive story and offerings. There is pressure to perform, but generally speaking Management doesn't demand high pressure tactics that lead to bad deals for its clients.","There is substantial variance in Sales Management styles across Enterprise Sales. There is a mix of old guard and new guard. A number of VPs and Directors have come from outside Microsoft with dreams of monthly blood forecasting which doesn't quite work with Microsoft annualized agreement structure. Also, certain roles -- other than Enterprise Account Managers - are changing dramatically, so expect some turn-over in the ranks you work with.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53186,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Solution Sales Professional,"Brilliant people to work with, a lot of ownership of your work, completely in charge of your schedule and work/life balance","A lot of ambiguity, a lot of people contribute to the team so sometimes difficult to define swim lanes and enforce accountability",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53187,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,"Good opportunities, but move on when it's time or you will stagnate","Professional growth is encouraged, the reorgs mean new opportunities, and while not as good as they once were, benefits are generous. There's not a sense of clock-watching or micromanagement in most groups. You are trusted to perform. The culture encourages you to move on after a few years in one group, and that can help folks progress their careers.","The internal politics around reviews and work assignments can be cutthroat. Basically, your experience depends on your manager and team, and managers change frequently. Not to mention there's usually a reorg every 12-18 mos., so even when you like your team, it might not last. Also, because of the competition with peers, there's not a culture of mentoring the newer folks. Management quality varies because of the Peter Principle.","Look out for your team as much as yourself, and you'll get better results from your team.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53188,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Azure Networking,"IF the product was viable and not run by current management - this could be a really interesting product to work on. Overall being in third to AWS and Google in terms of features and ease of use keeps folks competitive and hopeful to win the cloud war. However, as noted in the Cons - it will not happen under current management.",To work in the Azure group you should be prepared for: 1. This particular work group lacks absent of any of the published Microsoft company values. 2. Complete and total lack of honesty by nearly every people manager in the group. Very few are trustworthy. 3. Unethical hiring practices - hiring managers are encouraged to avoid hiring women and Caucasian men. 4. Engineers and Project Managers are specifically asked to hide product lapses from the public and customers especially around security and other gaps which might slow sales in any way. 5. While publically stating that the customer is first - behind the scenes the directors and other senior managers spend countless hours determining how to conceal defects versus fixing them. 6. Product planning in this area of the company is conducted by the equivalent of 5th graders who have absolutely no idea how to run planning exercises which results in complete and total chaos during development. Efforts are often uncoordinated and result in both Engineering and Project Management teams fighting for scarce resources resulting in incomplete features or skipping quality and security controls.,"Overall - this is a miserable group to work in. It is a salt mine environment with rewards going to a very select few who are all closely knit while those who do real work - go unappreciated and unrewarded. Ratings below - reflect this specific work group - overall this is an amazing company - this work group however, could not be worse.",4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53189,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great place to work for!,None that I can think of right now.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P360.htm
53190,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Senior Finance Manager,"Great Benefits, good values and overall a great place to work.","No downside, with the exception to relocation to other areas within the US. The company does not allow you to easily transition from other locations",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53191,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Old but Gold,- Many career opportunities inside the company - Compensation is on-par with industry - Campus / buildings are comfortable - Lots of new and exciting products - Established company with good track record,- Moving between teams is not an easy task - Overall experience is highly dependent on you manager - Perks are outdated in comparison with industry - Many managers are there from career progression but are not good with people and don't enjoy the role,"- Work / Life balance is more than a buzzword - If you don't like to manage people, don't accept the role",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53192,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"A decent place to work, but loosing its innovation and sparkle","It's competitive and depending on the business group, can be difficult to obtain a work life balance. The pay was good and for the most part, i was able to work from home.","Too many business groups, with a lot of politics and little kingdoms. Very difficult to navigate and pick your next role effectively. It can be a bit cutthroat.",Stop pitting one employee against another - change your review model to allow for teams where everyone is succeeding. Encourage team synergy by rewarding team players and promoting from within teams. Good job on getting into the cannabis market. That's forward thinking - maybe you still got some kick in you.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53193,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good company to work for,"Great work/life balance, nice people, fair bonuses and benefits.","Like any big company, sometimes in-transparent management decisions.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53194,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Microsoft with Satya,Awesome place to work which helps to grow career and pushes for continuous learning.,Sometime you may feel it is too big and take time to know what is all happening.,Keep Agile,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53195,microsoft,none," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Visual Designer,"Great flexibility in work hours/deadlines, which resulted in good work/life balance.","Still an engineering company, which means design and experience are put on the back-burner for most products.",Consider the user experience more often than the business result.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53196,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Cutting-Edge technologies, Smart employees, Opportunities","Stress, Internal politics, High competition between employees",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53197,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meets Expectation,"Flexible, intelligent people",Have to switch roles too often,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53198,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,"Tons of opportunity, mature work culture",Microsoft is huge and has hugely broad opportunities and invests in many areas of technology. It is making tons of money still and investing in exciting areas of technology. It has a wonderful set of benefits and people feel lucky to work there.,"Microsoft is in transition which means opportunities are shifting and some will be negatively affected. This can feel like a tumultuous time for those who are stuck in a profession that is on the ""De-invest"" list...so people need to stay on their toes and be ready to learn and change.","Microsoft is a company with a lot of legacy and built-in culture, and that's a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it has many people with tons of experience who know how to avoid doing stupid things. On the other hand, it has many people with tons of experience who don't know how stupid the things they're doing have become. We need to separate the one from the other.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53199,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2016",Former Employee - Sharepoint Developer,Overall Good Experience,Easy to work with. Flexible schedule. Able to work remotely. Pays well and on time.,"Being a contractor, you will always be reminded that you are not an FTE. Understandable and usually offset in my experience by the people you are working with are decent people.",Listen or ask the people who are doing the work what their opinions are on certain things. They probably have good ideas and a better understanding of certain things.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P361.htm
53200,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Field Enablement,two years into Microsoft,"most people I am working with are smart, nice and collaborative, lots of career opportunities to broaden skills, high impact and visibility to the business","hard to get alignment with other teams, not real one Microsoft yet, too many people are working on the same things in different teams which is redundant and could have more synergy, PC industry is declining.","need to really break the walls among different teams, middle management team needs to have growth mindset to encourage innovations, simplify things and processes.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53201,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Director,Director,Fast pace. Smart coworkers. Nice cafeteria. Need to meet the 20 word minimum so plenty of words provide here to meet the minimum.,Poor balance of staffing vs dept demands. Tribal knowledge over transparent process and tribal knowledge often wrong or cloaked in nontransparency for self protection.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53202,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Consumer Product Advisor,"The benefits are absolutely incredible and my co-workers were amazing. At first, we were like a big family but management ruined that. Anyways, I had an opportunity to explore new opportunities and gain experience that I'm able to use personally and with other jobs. Microsoft is truly an amazing company and I believe their values are sincere but, of course, there a couple of handful of people who ruin a good thing.","Considering I worked for Microsoft and the bit of insight I knew about Microsoft's finances, eventually I began to feel underpaid. Compared to our competition, retail jobs do not pay a lot unless you're in management or working as a teacher. However, they expect you to handle so much crap and juggle multiple duties that other people are being PAID to do. Management at my store was an absolute joke and it's the reason I quit. It was a lot of shady things occurring in our store and favoritism was a huge issue as well. People were not held accountable for their mistakes or lack of work unless management didn't like you. After constantly complaining and filing lawsuits against the store manager, most of the management has been replaced but it personally left a bad taste in my mouth for Microsoft.","Not quite sure how much corporate values the retail side of Microsoft, but I would continue to keep a close eye on the stores primarily in Atlanta. I loved my co-workers because, at first, we were like a huge family. We always had respectful and responsible fun until management got in the way and began to handle situations unethically. Allow people who have earned and are capable of managing people become managers. Honestly, are you guys truly evaluating management's skills because I know a lot of former Microsoft employees who have quit simply because they felt unappreciated and under valued. Please don't allow your current wonderful, passionate, and intelligent employees walk away from your company because appointed people in management roles feel intimidated. Therefore, they aren't allowing these people growth opportunities and they feel trapped in their current positions. Microsoft can continue to grow successfully and create fresh innovative products, but you must have the right people. A lot of those ""right people"" are already working for your company in the retail stores but management isn't giving them the chance to shine.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53203,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,Marketing Communications Manager,"Awesome place to learn: great technology products with breakthrough features, many smart people, great opportunities to engage with top-notch advertising agencies and external vendors, opportunities to engage with subsidiaries from all over the world.",No work-life balance. Performance review process created a heavy work environment and hindered creativity and productivity. Not all managers are good.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53204,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,software engineer,work life balance. single office. relex,"lower pay than industry. pm driven, closed stack",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53205,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Really good for fresh graduate. Good platform to grow. Work-life balance is great.,Pay is not very competitive. Some orgs have much bureaucracy,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53206,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Researcher,"Some good, some bad","Perks, structure, opportunity to work on different projects","Corporate bureaucracy, things take forever to get approved",More development opportunities for young workers,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53207,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to build a career,"Great pay, perks, benefits, decent work-life balance, many smart people to work with, and the company is big, so you can move around to where you like it most. Learn a lot of things, make you a perfectionist quickly in software development. I met some of the very best managers and peers in my career.","Re-interviews when moving around the company. Some teams are good, others not. A lot of politics and shuffling as projects come and go. Company was not (2014) moving in good directions until Nadella became CEO.","While many of my managers are compassionate and caring to me and my career, I've seen others that are not. I urge all managers to care about building a career for the employees, and in return, they will over-perform.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53208,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Sales Professional,Exciting product and service set,"Complex licensing, large number of accounts to manage","Consider additional sales support - inside sales, internships, etc.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53209,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Embracing change,Satya has breathed new life and energy into Microsoft and you can feel the shift happening every day. People are optimistic about the future and our part within it and old siloes and red tape are breaking down.,"Change is threatening. There are still people here who are holding on to the ""old way"" with both hands. But their grip is loosening and unsustainable long term.",Embrace the change and encourage your people to do the same!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P362.htm
53210,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great Company,Smart People to work with Very challenging projects to work on High impact on business and social aspect.,Not agile enough Lots of managers with old school mentality,More accountability,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53211,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Company Review,"Dynamic, diverse, global, great people, ethical, culture of accountability, results oriented, financially sound, great benefits and compensation, great work life balance","Slow to react to market changes, does not have socially oriented mission, isn't fast enough to introduce and capitalize on breakthrough technologies, does not connect existing technologies for breakthrough customer experience","React faster to market changes, improve product quality, improve marketing campaigns, energize through a compelling and energizing social mission statement, become more social oriented on larger scale",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53212,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Jun 25, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Development Specialist,Sales Development Specialist,"-Decent benefits--nice caf at work, free beverages, moving allowance to re-locate, REALLY easy work (too easy, almost a con)","-Uneducated/inexperienced management. Most were promoted from the vendor team, which didn't require them to have much experience, proof of drive or higher education -This is a 'start up culture' within an enterprise company, as they like to say. What it means is that they are constantly trying to figure out the next direction, without putting in place a long-term vision -Disconnect between what Bellevue wanted the center to be versus what it actually is. Bellevue execs hired our team with lots of promises of sales conferences, sales incentives, bonuses, mentors, long-term career paths and more. I have seen NONE of it and, so far, each of those promises has been taken away (our contracts are very vague--be careful!!) -Microsoft Fargo is a SCARY place--I have never seen so many white people in my life. I tried starting a diversity initiative on campus to celebrate all the cultures that were being ignored, but that same management saw this as ""distracting"". Satya's initiative is to be ""diverse and inclusive"" and Microsoft Fargo FAILS","-Get an education at a higher institution of learning, the more accredited the better -Be open to taking direction/critiscism from those not of a vendor background--they dont respect their team and their team doesnt respect them. I foresee big changes about to be made (new director just hired) or they are going to keep bleeding talent to Salesforce, Amazon, Google, etc",3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53213,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2016","Current Employee - Director, Sales Excellence",Newest goals aren't matched by thinking to deliver,"Pays well, great benefits. Superior technology in many areas but lacking market share and or mind share. When the engine is fired up to achieve a goal it is awesome.","More than fair share of sociopaths, borderline personality disorder sufferers and type-a folk. If you need or prefer a team based environment as a working style, you will likely come unstuck",Make the products work better like the competition does.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53214,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome place to work,Awesome colleagues. You can really shape your career the way you want to.,large organization and lot of processes sometime slows down innovation and development,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53215,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Streaming Media Engineer,Services Lead - Streaming Media,"I love the people, the atmosphere and the culture. Microsoft was rewarding place to work and provided both personal and professional challenges that always help one grow. The greatest part of working at Microsoft was in cross team collaboration. The people make the company great.","I did not see much of a downside. I worked at Microsoft for 25 years and had consistent personal, financial, and business growth. I came up through the ranks and enjoyed every minute there.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53216,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stable company that cares about it's people,"*Incredible benefits *Talented, smart people *Dedication to well-rounded employees with lives, priorities, and families outside of work *Incredible breadth of products *Great resources",*Slow-moving at times *Decisions can be bureaucratic *Easy for career to stagnate without proactive effort and being on good team,"Find ways to cultivate and encourage innovation and change, while at the same time creating a shared vision across the company and clear paths of communication to avoid duplicative efforts.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53217,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2016",Former Employee - Optimization Specialist,At least I got a bus pass,"Bus Pass, Free Talking Rain...","Contractors are often talked down to. There is absolutely no HR situation for Contractors. Full Time Employees (FTEs) say inappropriate things, make rude jokes, snap at you when you've done nothing wrong.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53218,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thoughts after 17+ years,"* You get to work on technology that impacts millions of people * Good benefits. The ones I like are free MSDN subscription, company store deals (example: $25 Xbox Gold per year), $800 reimbursement per year for sports equipment and activities * Lots of opportunity to move around the company and work on different projects * Stable company, low risk of Microsoft going anywhere anytime soon","* Extremely political. * You have to be very careful with management and with peers, if you talk too much about what is not going well and how to change it you may be seen as too negative and that you can never overcome even if you are sincere in your intentions of making things better and offer suggestions on how to change * Values external candidates rather than internal ones * Slow to respond to new technologies or opportunities","I don't believe the level of management that could enable change will be reading this right now. Perhaps recruiting will so they can learn what impressions external candidates will have when they go through the interview loop. I have been at Microsoft through the Gates and Ballmer years and now since Satya's start. During the Ballmer years Microsoft was always late to respond to disruptive technologies like the internet, virtualization and mobile phones to name a few. I believe Microsoft and its shareholders are much better off with the direction Satya is taking the company. At this point though Microsoft is so big and has its hands in so many different things - Azure, Office 365, gaming, etc that its hard for Microsoft to respond quickly to opportunities. This slowness is fueled by the politics of the organization getting in the way of making any change quickly. One final thought, over the years I've had an average of a new manager every 18 months. Out of all of these I can think of only 3 that were true people managers. They made it their job to guide you, advise you, and help you get to where you are going in your career. Most everyone else I've come across was in the management position for what felt like power. Most people do not leave an organization because of the organization they leave because of management and this is ultimately why I left.",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53219,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good quality service and support that kept me a happy worker for many year and i would like to work there again,There arent many cons i can think of but not any that cause me to leave from there but its ok,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P363.htm
53220,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft - 2016,"Good salary, decent benefits, great location. You are part of a global brand and your work is highly visible in the market",Extremely political organization. Your primary sources of competition are from within rival groups. Work life balance was nonexistent,Stop congratulating yourselves on work that got you where you are 20 years ago. You have to take competitors seriously and prove your value in the market every day.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53221,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Consultant,Marketing Consultant,"Flex hours, competitive pay, interesting projects, Redmond campus caters to employees. Nice perks and fun lively environment.","Competitive environment, reorgs are often, lack of management training shows in how newer managers treat their teams. Microsoft seems to hire an overabundance of Type A personalities. I didn't see a lot of contract employees turning into FTE employees... the unwritten rule is you have to leave Microsoft and then ""come back"" a year or so later to be really considered for full-time employment.",Invest in training including: Diversity and awareness training for unconscious biases would could be key to trigger behavioral change at Microsoft as a whole.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53222,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company good benefits,Very good but sometime challenging assignments. Intelligent people to work with. Good work life balance. Very good benefits and vacation policies.,Little laid back culture. Hard interview process. Changing job for internal candidates is also equally difficult.,Make company more transparent to policies. Make job changing easier to retain good candidates. Probably need more focus on newer technology and internal processes.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53223,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Good benefits and your schedule is up to you.,Large company which makes recognition harder.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53224,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Company is good to work for,No clear direction on the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53225,microsoft,"Allston, MA"," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,research intern,big companies doing cutting edge stuff,"too much hierachy, No free food",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53226,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work !!!,You get to work with some of the brightest minds in the world.,"Since the company is huge and everyone is busy, it can be challenging for a new hire to ramp up (although there are a lot of self-help tools).",You are heading in the right direction. Please try focus on windows phone too.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53227,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Satya is changing MSFT in amazing ways!,"New leadership is driving a very inclusive culture, whereby, everyone can make a significant impact!",The company is very Redmond focused,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53228,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2016","Current Employee - Software Engineer, Program Manager",Great Place to Work with Minor Gripes,A lot of diverse opportunities and roles. It's easy to find something you're interested in and switching roles is not very challenging. Great Benefits. Flexible Hours. Good Work/Life Balance. Satya seems like a solid choice as CEO.,Management Issues (WDG) Slow at times Lower in Stock,Upper Management in WDG generally seemed invisible and out of touch other than a very occasional email.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53229,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous,Golden Handcuffs- Toxic Teams,Salary is great- you can buy a McMansion Benefits are comprehensive Cachet- he name is known WW,"Hostile to women kill or be killed attitude Pushes employees with years of experience out to hire more junior, cheaper staff Not innovative",Conduct Real Exit interviews,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P364.htm
53230,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it,"great company to work for, great compensation and benefits plan, great opportunities for career advancement, almost unlimited resources for learning","apparently i need to write twenty words about something that I don't like about this company, but I can't come up with twenty words here, so I'll just keep writing that I don't have twenty words to write here",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53231,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good food, good times. too bad if you're a contractor",The collaboration is awesome. There are people who genuinely want to see you succeed and will give of themselves to see it through. My manager was one of the most inspired people I have ever met.,"Some middle managers... must I say more? My layoff was part of a mass exodus from studios and a few other groups. Some middle manager (over efficient NYC j-guy, not kidding) had decided there were ways to save a few bucks here and there. F' that.","People are more than an email address. Top down management is safe when you don't wield the axe yourself, but carelessly cutting away pieces that have no tangible effect costs innovation.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53232,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS is back,A lot of options to choose from. Got its groove back with Satya.,Company politics may get into the way.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53233,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Business Sales Specialist,Microsoft Career,Microsoft has an amazing company culture of giving. Benefits are also top notch.,I would say the hardest part about the position would be the long hours and high levels of stress for sales professionals.,"I believe management should dive deeper into their analysis of performances through CRM, pipeline management, market disturbances, and executions.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great Crew, Running a Rudderless Ship","Benefits, Salary, amazingly smart workforce","Executive Infighting, no clear direction or strategy, Long hours",Be open to hearing the great ideas and direction from your workforce. Quit trying to outsmart them or frighten them into submission,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53235,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Azure Project Manager,Excellent Place to Gain Lots of Experience,"If you are interested it is a great place to get experience in many different technological areas I highly recommend Microsoft. The benefits are really good, especially if you have dependent children. If things work out well you could get into a good group/team and make a real difference. Life under Satya is MUCH better than under Ballmer, no question.","A decent amount of frustration occurs due to politics. Your career can excel more by aligning with the right manager and drinking the Kool-Aid with a lot of enthusiasm. Less based on your performance and impact. This is relative but being able to jump on the new trend handed down by management, learning the lingo and not questioning the merits does provide results. Not sure this is worse than other large corporations. Also, layoffs are now a regular part of doing business for Microsoft. If you plan on staying no more than 3 years is a safe bet. Satya has really changed the top level culture of the company but it still will be a few years before group start to trust each other if they ever do.",Stop trying to devalue roles that aren't specifically software development in nature. If all you need are software develops to run all of your services then do it. Otherwise stop placing non-software developers into roles that serve as duct tape and bailing wire to hold things together. SRE is a great idea in concept but at some point if it doesn't work look at alternatives.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53236,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work,"Very flexible schedule, great work life balance and very informal place of work.",No food. Values outside experience more than inside experience.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53237,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great diversity of career opportunities,You can take your career anywhere and changing jobs internally is not much of a problem.,"Pay is not as good as other similar companies. Unsurprisingly, most of the technologies you will work with are on the Microsoft stack which is decreasing in importance outside of Microsoft.",Win back developers.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53238,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,software developer,Great benefits. Microsoft values its employees. The culture also shifted in recent years from super individual competitor to making others successful and team work which reduced stress level at work to low.,"Lost of re organizations in the company. Employees have a different manager each year in average. Still trying to figure out how to be dynamic and swift in changing markets, customer needs/desires.",A lot of old timers in the management holding tight to their chairs and waiting for their retirement which is ok as long as they adopt change but most of them don't. The company either needs to shake of that dead weight or make sure proper accountability a swell as training programs and tools are in place to modernize management layers to current days dynamic environment.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53239,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fast paced but slow to react to competitors.,"Great benefits (connector bus that picks you up in neighbourhoods scattered throughout Seattle area and drops you off at work, connecting you with WIFI. Locker rooms, and great incentives to bicycle to work Great resources - Microsoft library, access to online training, internal tools, access to Microsoft products developers.","- Company is slow to react to external competition because it is such a huge ship it is trying to turn course but has so much mass and excess baggage its not as nimble as smaller companies. - Some acquisitions are complete failures, it appears MS is on its mission to acquire its technology vs develop it in house... MS you HAVE the talent and resources in house, there is no reason to spend billions on acquisitions. Elimination of its SDETS and Infra teams, placing onus on developers (and even worse customers) to maintain quality and infrastructure... This is having impact on quality, and not directly impacting the company is riding on what was in place before the SDET role was eliminated, this quality 'lag' will catch up...","I would bring back the SDET role, sooner than later... Its not working with one role. Stop chasing the competition... Release ""V1"" internally, then ""V2"" externally.... Get first versions right Make it EASIER for internal employees to channel and file bugs on Microsoft products and not have to navigate these ridiculous channels.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P365.htm
53240,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good, then bad",Great teams spread across the company but hidden gems.,There's still a lot of old school senior/principal people that are fish out of water as the company transitions to services.,"hard to generalize but cross team hiring needs to be considered/planned more carefully. A client principal manager from client can't really adapt that quickly to a services team. Especially with the people that follow the manager from client, it gets very demoralizing when people aren't valued for their skills in an area of expertise but rather for their 'titles'",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53241,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fast paced but slow to react to competitors.,"Great benefits (connector bus that picks you up in neighbourhoods scattered throughout Seattle area and drops you off at work, connecting you with WIFI. Locker rooms, and great incentives to bicycle to work Great resources - Microsoft library, access to online training, internal tools, access to Microsoft products developers.","- Company is slow to react to external competition because it is such a huge ship it is trying to turn course but has so much mass and excess baggage its not as nimble as smaller companies. - Some acquisitions are complete failures, it appears MS is on its mission to acquire its technology vs develop it in house... MS you HAVE the talent and resources in house, there is no reason to spend billions on acquisitions. Elimination of its SDETS and Infra teams, placing onus on developers (and even worse customers) to maintain quality and infrastructure... This is having impact on quality, and not directly impacting the company is riding on what was in place before the SDET role was eliminated, this quality 'lag' will catch up...","I would bring back the SDET role, sooner than later... Its not working with one role. Stop chasing the competition... Release ""V1"" internally, then ""V2"" externally.... Get first versions right Make it EASIER for internal employees to channel and file bugs on Microsoft products and not have to navigate these ridiculous channels.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53242,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,Good pay and good benefits. Lots of great people work there. Steve Ballmer no longer works there. Campus is nice and lots of amenities on site.,"Poor location with lots of rain and dark long winters. Summers are nice but short. Seattle is just crazy weird, if you're a freak, this is not a con.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53243,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great place to work, but not turning out well for me","Great culture and benefits, beautiful campus, and a laid-back culture are my favorite parts about working at Microsoft.","I feel that I was put into the wrong team to start with, and think it might take a while before I can get into a position that I truly enjoy. Haven't yet found a good opportunity to switch teams. Learning the internal tools and processes can be a huge challenge if you don't know the right people, and there seems to be little effort in aligning teams with each other (there are multiple internal tools all solving the same problem)",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53244,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Web Analyst,Contract Work at Bing,"consistent work for a year and a half as a contractor and decent pay for the job I was doing (they called it data labeling, it was more of a research & quality control) The culture at the buildings is usually pretty laid back, if that is your type of environment.","If a laid back environment isn't what you like than some parts of the company aren't for you. I was working in a fairly laid back environment, with only occasional time where there was pressure to get done ahead of schedule. As a contractor, you have to take the 6 months off between contracts.",none,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53245,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Lots of money and resources to support your area of expertise,"Extremely poor mid-level management Wasteful, lots of false starts Work environment tolerated mediocrity",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53246,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Good for a few years,Good place to work for a few years. Great benefits.,As time progresses unrealistic expectations on performance are made and priority is placed on self-promotion over actual deliverables. Stack ranking is still alive and well and there's is no recognition of team work.,Focus on deliverables and not who promotes the results.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53247,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazing company,Great compensation and benefits. Great work environment. Work with very talented people.,Very competitive. Politics become very challenging as you rise in level.,"Focus more on cultivating talent, not rewarding people who engage in bullying.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53248,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Director,"Opportunity is endless, surrounded by smart colleagues and you really can own your destiny if you have passion and drive.",Big and process can sometimes slow things down.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53249,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job with limitations,Long term highly scoped engagements with onsite and remote customers. Guide customers in the right direction while assisting them with design decisions. Lots of time spent doing research and testing scenarios to answer detailed questions.,Pay is a little under industry average and benefits get worse every year.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P366.htm
53250,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Escalation Engineer,Senior Escalation Engineer,"amazing package, merit, bonus, stocks, and base salary is perfect.","work life balance, usually busy finishing up projects late at night.. but worth it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53251,microsoft,none," Jun 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Microsoft is a great place to work. You get to work with smart people, the company provides good benefits, most of the work is interesting. Really the best part about Microsoft is they care about people.","Similar to other big companies. Sometimes we work long hours, some of the work is transactional, they have flattened the organization so there are less opportunities to be a people manager.",Keep up the good work. The cultural transformation / reinvigoration has been amazing to see over the past couple of years. Great to see a shift in HR practices and keeping the great people we have here.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53252,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Work very hard but do not expect to be rewarded for that,"I have been working for Microsoft for a couple of years now in different teams. A lot of people say the teams in Microsoft can be drastically different with some teams having a harsh environment while others a much more friendly one. Well, my experience working on different teams was pretty similar, and I can say the same for some of my teammates that worked on different teams as well.  Some of the pros are: Fair base salary, large company with lots of opportunities, some smart engineers, good benefits (vacation, parental leave, health care, etc).","When it comes to working environment, Microsoft has evolved a lot in the last couple of years. The evolution was triggered mostly by getting rid of the draconian stack ranking review system where even great engineers could get poor reviews. However, there`s still much to improve before I could say Microsoft has a friendly and truly cooperative environment and a meritocracy based rewards system.  There`s still a lot of politics where the people who rub the managers back the most are the first being rewarded, most engineers there are not really interested in helping each other, rewards are not based on results and talent, but on politics and the number of years they have been working there.  When it comes to work life balance, some managers push people to work very hard, but when they do so and achieve great results, there`s little to no recognition for that. In some managers mind, working 12-14 hours a day is just expected, other managers might not push you too hard, but don`t expect any recognition from them as well. To be fair, it`s fairly quick to get promotions from lower levels, but from mid to higher levels (62 and up), it becomes very difficult: just results and talent is not enough, politics is required.  When it comes to compensation, the base salary is fair / aligned with the industry, but stocks and bonuses are well below similarly recognized companies, so compensation altogether is 50-150k below companies like Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and even Amazon.","Foster truly cooperation between team mates instead of focusing on just getting things done ASAP, recognize people based on results and not on politics, if you do push people to work very hard, recognize and reward them when they do so.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53253,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2016",Former Employee - SDET2,so-so,easy work and life. good benefits,out of date tech. Cannot learn new things.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53254,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Pricing Manager,Great place to work,"Extremely flexible hours, amazing benefits, great career opportunity, great pay.","Lots of new moms that go on maternity leave. Its awesome that MSFT supports moms and dads so well for the leave, but your teammates make up the slack when you're gone, its not like they bring in additional resources to help.",Be sure your employees feel valued and not overworked.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53255,microsoft,"Mesa, AZ"," Jun 16, 2016",Current Employee - Consumer Service Advisor,Microsoft Retail,"Microsoft has great benefits and is overall a great place to work. In my experience, most direct manager are receptive to constructive feedback.",Sometimes work/life balance can be strained. Senior management sometimes seems disconnected from lower levels of operation.,Continue hiring people who care about their jobs and want to make a difference for the company. Step into lower level employee shoes before making major decisions.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53256,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Great tools to use and learn,Still quite a few bitter people,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53257,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Great place for those who can set direction,"Smart, Motivated peers who want to be there every day with an endless supply of interesting technical problems to solve.","At senior levels things become extremely political. This is the case for most companies of any real size, from my experience",Challenge your employees to do more than they think they can. With encouragement and guidance from you they can rapidly grow. Just don't be too surprised when they do grow in ways you may not have expected.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53258,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Technology Strategist,"Great work environment - Smart people, flexible hours, results driven",Work schedule can be hectic.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53259,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Amazing Work-Life Balance and Inspiring Technology Innovation,"+ Rapidly changing brand perception, significantly greater inbound client interest and compelling stories and products to present to customers + Leadership cleanup is going well and only a few staunch holdouts of the ""Old Microsoft"" remain, Satya is a visionary and has the company firing on almost all cylinders again + Amazing work-life balance - can't reiterate this one enough, everyone has family and you spend time with them, vacation is encouraged, balance is valued + Intense and interesting period of innovation for the company - visionary new products are being released with greater frequency than in the company's history + Excellent benefits like free parking (crazy valuable in San Francisco), 401k match, no premium health insurance, employer contribution to Health Savings Account, the list goes on + Really smart co-workers who treat each other exceptionally well + If you do well you can get promoted relatively quickly and you have a lot of options to work on other products, team, geographies, etc.","- It's an enormous and bureaucratic company which means long cycles for decision makings, difficult to corral resources, very siloed work groups, etc. (that being said most people are only a Skype call or an email away and people actually respond if you have a reason to be contacting them) - Your happiness is dependent on your manager - there are a lot of good managers, but there's a lot of bad ones too - Sales culture is fairly passive compared to competitors, I often wish we were more aggressive in marketing and sales campaigns","Keep weeding out people with the ""Old Microsoft"" mentality, especially in upper management. Kevin Turner is not well loved by the sales organization and should be replaced with someone that has salespeople's best interests at heart. Collaboration between sales and marketing also needs to improve, primarily on Marketing's side. Our marketing, especially for certain products, is kind of embarrassing. Other than that, keep up the good work! Lots of profoundly positive changes are being made and the company is generally headed in the right direction.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P367.htm
53260,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,adminstrator,The opportunity to work with people smarter than me. The chance to meet some of the people I admire in the software community,Expensive as standalone program. Print feature hides some options. No Google Apps connector yet.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53261,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer Product Advisor,Flexible with Hours. Great team and lots of passion for the products.great training as well.,Can get very competitive and sales driven. If you do not preform you will be called out on the floor.,Support more growth within the company rather than keeping everyone stagnant in their roll.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53262,microsoft,"Freehold, NJ"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great Place to Work,"No, seriously! The people are very friendly. You're encouraged to grow and become better. Benefits are awesome.",Can't really think of any cons...,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53263,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Great Company to work for,Best company to work for in terms of benefits and work life balance. Get to work with smart people,Gets somewhat discordant due to the size of the company and getting things done quickly is a challenge.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53264,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Very cool people to work with !,Hard to grow with in the company,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53265,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"Solid benefits, many opportunities within company to grow/expand across different disciplines and or LOB","Long hours, frequent re-organizations, poor work/life balance",Invest in employees,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53266,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Microsoft,"Good work life balance. Lots of respect from people you work with. Great managers who cares about you. Lots of very talented people. Family oriented culture, people respect your personal time. Even if you don't like something, it will likely to change organically in a few months.","Slow to get promotion. Even if you are a top performer, you might not get recognized well enough due to managers peanut buttering the review results. Hard to get things done with such a large org. Too many people to criticize your work without doing anything.",Set clear expectations for employees and help with pushing back and dealing with conflicts.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53267,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learn a lot and get very good pay and benefits,"Working at Microsoft (for the support business) will help you obtain a skill set that you probably won't get elsewhere. If you are familiar with Microsoft products, working with them will help you take your skills to the next level. The pay and benefits are also very good. They reward you if you contribute to the success of the team. They also provide healthy snacks and have a great cafeteria with discounted food. Finally, you can get all sorts of Microsoft products for a discounted price. Overall, it's a very good place to work.","Critical situation calls come in every day. If you pick one up, you may be able to hand it off at the end of your shift you may not. So it's hard to make plans for the evenings because you might be stuck on a Critical situation call with no hand off for a while. I think the longest one I had to wait for was about 4 hours past my normal shift. If you don't mind that kind of thing, then this may not be a con for you.  The other thing is that they really don't offer training. You get some time to onboard, but they essentially give you reading material and then put you on calls with customers. Knowing what I know now I would have used that onboarding time differently. But there wasn't (at least in my case) much direction. This job is very good for people who want a career and lifestyle where you eat, sleep, and breath tech.",Pull people out of their queues and give them regular training. Make training a priority and work on end of shift CritSit handoffs.,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53268,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Channel Marketing Manager,Great Environment. Nice People. Good culture,Blue-print. organization chart changes every year and it's not sure you're going to keep your position,Great as it is,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53269,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work at MS,"cutting edge technology, innovative ideas",limited room to grow/get promoted,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P368.htm
53270,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,money and the salad bar.,the commute and everything else.,i don't have any.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53271,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Your experience will depend on the team and manager,"Jobs can be challenging and meaty with interesting work and good team members. The corporate support structure is top-notch as expected from a company of this size. Excellent benefits, beautiful offices and good computer equipment. Discount at Microsoft employee store.","Inconsistent employee and manager quality across the board. A lot of re-organizations. A stack ranked system of performance review that is infamous. Consistent bias toward women in terms of salary and promotion with a few token women in managerial positions (usually in marketing, PR and what is considered ""soft"" areas of tech). This is endemic in the tech field and Microsoft is no exception and they do not have any organized way to correct for this gender bias. No good managerial oversight or training so your experience will depend on the manager you get. There are a lot of cases of fickle and incompetent managers at Microsoft, not in the high-profile roles but in the less visible teams, it can be run as fiefdoms with a lot of playing favorites. A colleague called it having ""pets"". If you are on the right side of it, you'll be happy and on the wrong side, you'll be frustrated.",Actively correct for the discrimination biases and try to create a consistent and equitable workplace. Current review practice puts employees at the mercy of favoritism and managers swapping favors around a table instead of an employees actual merit.,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53272,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2016",Former Employee - Solutions Architect,Full of old guard with bad rating scheme,Learning opportunities are everywhere There aren't any other pros This is a dumb system that requires pros If there were more pros I'd still be there This is stupid,"Old guard not going anywhere, stifling career advancement Rating system, when I worked there, was a hot mess. Rating an IC (65) along with someone two levels higher (67) that is responsible for over 200 people will never be comparable.","I don't know what has happened since I left and I don't even really care. I went to Microsoft because I had been a part of the community and thought it was a great company. After getting into the machine and being spit out like a worthless piece of garbage, I don't plan on going back. They talk a lot about bringing in top talent and treat them horribly once they come in.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53273,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great place to work,Great relaxed and flexible work environment,It feels a bit like second tier to Google and Facebook,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53274,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good place to work, lots of projects",None at this point. Will see,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53275,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Fantasic Colleagues,"Development, focus on career, culture.",Process and review orientate approach.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53276,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Great place to experiment and grow,"Lots of freedom, depending upon manager, to create your own schedule. As long as you perform, you're good.","LOTS of stakeholders no matter what you do, so you need to convince a lot of people to get big things done.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53277,microsoft,"Arlington, VA"," Jun 10, 2016",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Solutions specialist,"Always thriving, fast paced, high bar to reach, excellent tools (technology) and great resources to get your job done. Several new jobs to consider annually as you grow your career path within the company. Excellent colleagues who are mostly smart and fast. Lots of A-type afraid of failure people to work alongside. Bad eggs don't generally last.","Stack ranking is officially gone, but it's really not. Still evaluated against your peers Vs. your own commitments against results. Company seems to be flushing out the senior (expensive) talent who exceeds quota in favor of junior (cheaper) talent who lacks track record of experience and success. Not sure if this is real or imagined but it's what I keep hearing as I network my departure. As with any company, lots of internal politics get in the way of success. Heavy on the process, too.","Upon creating a severance package, include *everything* that's relevant (Cobra, weeks severance pay, etc...) and the realization that advances will need to be backed out of the final severance check. Delivering that final check, then clawing back advances rightfully earned for doing one's job is just unfair. Especially when the job was eliminated (vs. termination or quitting).",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53278,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Vice President,Caution,"Generally good culture, name recognition.",Easy for average-level employees to get comfortable and never leave. Management by fear.,Kevin Turner needs to go,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53279,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Senior Product Marketing Manager,The company provides you everything you need to be successful. It's up to the individual to thrive and innovate.,Several competing investments and projects.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P369.htm
53280,microsoft,"Arlington, VA"," Jun 10, 2016",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Solutions specialist,"Always thriving, fast paced, high bar to reach, excellent tools (technology) and great resources to get your job done. Several new jobs to consider annually as you grow your career path within the company. Excellent colleagues who are mostly smart and fast. Lots of A-type afraid of failure people to work alongside. Bad eggs don't generally last.","Stack ranking is officially gone, but it's really not. Still evaluated against your peers Vs. your own commitments against results. Company seems to be flushing out the senior (expensive) talent who exceeds quota in favor of junior (cheaper) talent who lacks track record of experience and success. Not sure if this is real or imagined but it's what I keep hearing as I network my departure. As with any company, lots of internal politics get in the way of success. Heavy on the process, too.","Upon creating a severance package, include *everything* that's relevant (Cobra, weeks severance pay, etc...) and the realization that advances will need to be backed out of the final severance check. Delivering that final check, then clawing back advances rightfully earned for doing one's job is just unfair. Especially when the job was eliminated (vs. termination or quitting).",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53281,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Vice President,Caution,"Generally good culture, name recognition.",Easy for average-level employees to get comfortable and never leave. Management by fear.,Kevin Turner needs to go,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53282,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trainer Capability Manager,"Flexibility, autonomy, office well being","constant reorganizations and downsizing, low job security",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53283,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Writer,Coolest Internship in the Whole World in 1998,"I don't know if it's still as awesome as it was when I was in college, but I got a sweet salary (for a 19-year-old), a rental car, and a free apartment--not to mention the party at Bill Gates' house. The people I met there have been lifelong friends.",Nope. No cons that I can think of... did I mention the party at Bill Gates' house?,Rock on.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53284,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Network Administrator,network engineer,growing company with many client,non downsides for this company,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53285,microsoft,"Snoqualmie, WA"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Audience Marketing Manager,Audience Evangelism Manager,"Smart and dedicated coworkers, challenging work",Self promotion is still a necessity - hard work doesn't cut it,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53286,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Competitive environment but not much growth,"Pretty good benefits. Stayfit benefit was nice where you can get a gym membership, reimbursement plan, or a flat stipend. Healthcare wasnt bad either.  Stable job environment. Retention is fairly high and there are a lot of seasoned coworkers.  Company is stable and many product areas to try.  An obvious one, but the status that comes from working for an iconic company.","Not as much room for promotion or growth (at least on the team I was on). People were very competitive, but the vibe was that management expected people to work with both ends of the candle burning as the norm.  While there are many product areas, my impression is that exploring other teams and trying to transfer to another is strongly discouraged. Transfering to a different division is even more of a challenge.  Not much support by management to explore areas of interest in terms of new tools or technologies. This might have been a culture trait of my team.  Lots of redundant menial work that should be automated, but no bandwidth given to work on tools for these. Also a lot of the existing tools were slow or error prone and needed to be improved or redone, but again no bandwidth given for these.  Not great at onboarding new employees in my team (I am not referring to the general NEO done by HR). Lack of training materials and outreach to integrate new FTEs.",Take feedback from employee poll seriously and not just immediately shut down requests or ideas.  Help to foster team growth and encourage dedicating some time each week to learn something new.  Help new employees by setting up a mentor or introducing new folks to each other.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53287,microsoft,none," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An exciting future ahead!,"Peers, intellectual environment, reasonable work-life balance.",Career progression could be slow or overly dependent on manager.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53288,microsoft,none," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,"the company respect engineers a lot, they take priority of your thoughts and think of you",when company is large you need to try to get projects that are impactful.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53289,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principle Service Engineer Manager,Surrounded with really smart people,Work-Life balance and performance review systems.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P370.htm
53290,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Insider perspective,"Very cool tech, and plenty of opportunity to work on amazing and world changing projects. You can work with incredibly smart people every day.","Re-orgs are frequency and can bring entire organizations to their knees with lost productivity. Still a lot of empire building and politics going on. Things can take a very long time, or be cancelled following a ton of heavy lifting and investing when a re-org takes place, wasteful!",Figure out a way to work together and cut out the politics. Get rid of the 'old boy clubs' that seem to be everywhere.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53291,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 5, 2016","Former Employee - Lab &amp, Product Engineer",Product & Lab Engineer,Good working environment and career development. Good benefits were offered.,Too much politic and less cooperation,Treat employees equally,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53292,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,SR Finance Manager,"Worked for corp finance for more than 5 years, great team and good leaders. Can get stressfull at times but very agile and open and caring people.","I had a really bad experience working for SMSG CSS finance, cutthroat and dishonest.",change managers who are stuck to the same job and same ways of doing things revamp CSS finance leadership,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53293,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Super interesting work, top minds. At least, that's my experience over in the innovation side. Happy to see microsoft pursuing aspirational goals to change society",Political infighting amongst execs can make for a frustrating experience.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53294,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager Lead,Senior Program Manager,"Vast customer base, flexibility to switch between roles and teams and countries, great employee development programs","not all teams take risks, incubation is driven in special teams, not autonomous","Need to take more risks, give more ownership to ICs (reduce approval processes, or checks/balances)",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53295,microsoft,none," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Come a long way,"The new executive management gets the picture, I don't think Ballmer really understood technology well enough to drive the company. Good benefits, smart people to work with. Work can be extremely enjoyable at times.","Work life balance is good from a flexibility standpoint, but there is a lot of expectation that you're going to be available to do things well outside a normal day, or above a normal 40 hour workload. Some of the internal training is ridiculous and has no value to employees.","Follow your processes, be disciplined in sticking to your principles instead of letting customers walk over you. Improve internal tools and cater training instead of trying to standardize everything. Continue doing what you have been doing for the past couple of years.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53296,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Global Business Support Coordinator,PFE Global Coordinator,"Great company to work for, great and smart people, excellent work environment.",I have no complains at all,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53297,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Transforming,"Great company and place to work. Professional atmosphere, intelligent people, high integrity culture and strong benefit package. Transforming to a cloud and services company with a solid vision for the future.",Microsoft seems to be making a concerted effort to reduce compensation. One by hiring younger workers and secondly by reducing ability to hit bonuses. Microsoft also is notorious for changing strategies before they fully understand it current strategy will work long term.,"There are all sorts of ways to reduce cost, but I'd be very careful in prioritizing employee compensation. Many of your competitors are investing heavily in people while your approach seems to be the opposite.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53298,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"You can achieve pretty good work life balance at Microsoft. Work is generally not hard, especially if you're not ambitious, you're told what to do, just get in, put in your hours, and get out, and you'll do better than 90% percent of people who are already there. Benefits are pretty decent, with the exception of the medical plan, which is a high-deductible HSA type deal. There are small pockets within the company which are still pretty good.","The company is dying. People are disenchanted, unimaginative, and in general just don't care. A lot of things are ""the way they've always been"". Way too much people who have been there for 15-20 years and don't know any better. Terrible fragmentation between teams makes collaboration next to impossible. Unnecessarily rigid scheduling leads to sandbagging and hampers quality. Way too many PMs. People aren't interested in helping you _at all_, moreover, come review time it is not uncommon for backstabbing to break out. HR pretending that rather obvious cost cutting measures are ""better for the employees"". Heavy weight top-down culture. If you like to work with minimal interference, this is not the company where you will be able to do so.","Get rid of people who have been at Microsoft for 20+ years, or at least limit their influence. Hire more people from modern companies (Google, FB, Amazon). They're available, albeit very expensive. Thoroughly modernize development. Abolish rigid schedules for projects where they are not necessary (which is most of them, if you stop pre-announcing). Force the entire company to use the same bugtracker, distributed build/testing infrastructure, deployment tools, source control, etc. Really make those initiatives a priority, fund them, and staff them with good talent (bonus points for releasing this infra on Azure as a service). All code and all bug trackers MUST be open to ALL FTEs, not just to see, but also to work on if they encounter a problem. Lay down the law to encourage cross-project contributions. Most data should be available and easily queryable by any FTE. Basically just methodically go and destroy every single obstacle to cross group collaboration, be they technical or political. Fire people (especially managers, since engineers tend to be quite open to collaboration) when they sabotage this. Get rid of 80% of PMs. One PM per several smaller teams is just fine. Methodically identify and cull deadwood. Institute one company coding standard for each language so that all code uses the same conventions and can be leveraged instead of having to rewrite it. Start dumping Windows in Azure, except for things that really require it. Fully embrace Linux, and use it for all new Azure services. Desktop will continue to be dominated by Linux, but on the server, Linux just runs circles around Windows these days, both in terms of how suitable it is, and in terms of the enormously valuable ecosystem of software that the world has built (and continues to build) for it.  Desktop Windows is dying, mobile Windows is a lost cause, and can't coast on multibillion-dollar Office revenues forever. If Microsoft is to survive in the long term, you're going to have to change the company culture, even though that's painful to do.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53299,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,Quality of work assignment is decent. I learnt some of the ways Microsoft does software development on the inside.,"Low pay, poor decision making from upper management",Consider your employees' strong skill set when making a decision to hire full-time,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P371.htm
53300,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,N/A,Great work environment and smart people,Needs to have free food,Give free food,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53301,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Support Specialist,Incredible Company,Amazing benefits. Incredible team culture. Hard to find someone who doesn't want to be there. You get to wear gym shoes and jeans. Great growth opportunities. Other Orgs are always looking for talent.,"None. Be willing to stick it out and make yourself and your work known, and you'll be fine.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53302,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2016",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,Very impressed,Microsoft is turning into innovative company. Setting new standard with the universal store and office 365 and holographic and surface line of products,Still very new to adopting open source technology. MSFT technology are not widely used in the startup companies,Ensure that different product group are doing similar practices and similar toolset,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53303,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Comfortable pace of work,"Not exactly a high-stress environment, you get pretty good benefits, working hours are flexible, employees are generally happy and willing to stay in the company for the long term.","Strategy is not really clear, levels of hierarchy could be further reduced, hard to tell if the managers do any real work.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53304,microsoft,none," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,excellent experience to gain a first hand experience on research projects. Have opportunities to engage with different researchers working on different topics.,Redmond is kind of boring,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53305,microsoft,none," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place to work,"Always learning, infinite opportunities, working with the smartest people Ive ever seen",Always learning :-) job demands a lot of commitment,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53306,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2016",Former Employee - Project Coordinator,Project Coordinator,Enjoyed department and co-workers I supported,Too many alpha personalities,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53307,microsoft,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Kinda ok at MS,It's a very stable company. Easy environment.,Bureaucratic and devoid of good leadership,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53308,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job,Work on highly visible products,Management seems to lack direction,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53309,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2016","Former Employee - Software Engineer, Test",Decent,"Good place to work, great benefits",Poor handling of layoff. Let a ton of really talented people go.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P372.htm
53310,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my review title,"good benefits, decent buildings, smart people, big challenges, generally focused on good outcomes","little work/life balance, competitive, challenging to work together due to size and organization which can be frustratingly slow to make changes",nothing to add.. is this 20 words yet? now? how about now?,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53311,microsoft,none," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job!,"Loved it! Flexible, growth and good mindset",A lot of work but you learn a lot too!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53312,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Manager Technical Support,"Good talking points, but actions fall short of words","Excellent benefits, decent salary, and offices were well maintained. Cambridge office was in an excellent location.","Hierarchical top-down management requires significant amount of influence to get anything done. Calibration of employees (stack ranking) with a required 5% yearly attrition rate can cause managers to fire good employees over time. If you are not progressing to the next career level fast enough, you fall to the bottom of the stack. Some people do not want to be promoted to a role they will not be happy with. Work-life balance was a term thrown around a lot, but people were generally overworked despite that.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53313,microsoft,none," May 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Sales,Great company culture Great learning environment,Stale when it come to introducing new ideas,Allow for more flexibility,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53314,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Design Researcher,Culture change a work in progress,Good pay and benefits Lots of resources,Research is not a respected discipline PM discipline is not very educated or diverse in thinking Hierarchical Still dysfunctional,"Get rid of of 50% of the PMs. You have too many people with exactly the same training (B.Sc. Comp Sci) doing things they're not qualified to do such as: conducting user research, understanding the business, competitive analyses, market positioning, marketing (!) and interaction design. Fix, once and for all, the unconscious bias against women and minorities. It's embarrasing.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53315,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting Management profiles,"Microsoft is a company finally coming back to the cutting edge. The turn around that Satya has accomplished is an amazing thing to be a part of. I am a huge fan of the technology available to me to make working faster and easier, and I think I now take for granted some of the internal tools available to me.","Wow - what can I say about the rank and file leadership and managers at Microsoft. Poor doesn't begin to describe it. The company has a culture of promoting high performers at an Individual Contributor level, and doing nothing to grow their leadership or management skills. So you end up with managers that have no experience in managing, and it shows! In 6 years I've had 4 managers. One is the best I've ever had in my career (fluke), one was the absolute worst I've ever had, and the other two would not have lasted long as Managers in any other company I've worked at.",Management training - twice a year - mandatory for new Managers. Actually pay attention to Poll scores.,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53316,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Work on big problems, all over the world.",Monolithic code and teams means old school dev process,Be technical,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53317,microsoft,none," May 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Worklife balance with forward looking outlook. Big bet in certain area which will make or break this company in next 2-3 year,Pay structure is little low compare to competitor.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53318,microsoft,none," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,One of the best in the world...,"Salary and perks are some of the best in the world. 401-k match at maximum rates allowable by law, health insurance fully paid and you're given a significant down-stroke each year against your required deductible. I've never seen such an investment into the employee as I've seen here. MS is finding its way under Satya's leadership and will continue to be a force to be reckoned with.",Individual ownership / accountability is hard to find. Lots of group think and no clear ownership of issues if cross functional. Big picture blurred at the expense of individual (department) goals and deliverables.,"Satya -- push for accountability down to the individual level. You and your direct reports are pushing the right message, but it is not being carried down further than that.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53319,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2016",Former Employee - Service Engineer Intern,Intern review,People were nice and willing to help.,I can't think of any.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P373.htm
53320,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2016",Former Employee - Service Engineer Intern,Intern review,People were nice and willing to help.,I can't think of any.,Keep up the good work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53321,microsoft,none," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior program manager,Good benefits. Good overall package.,Not sure what the future of program management is at Microsoft.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53322,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2016",Former Employee - Software Test Engineer,"The more things change, the more the stay the same",Free beverages and first aid supplies,"20 years later and the FTEs still look down their noses at the ""contingent staff""",Contingent staff are people too.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53323,microsoft,none," May 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,about company,It was so good more than what ever i thought.,I did not find any thing special to talk about.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53324,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Director,Great Company,Great Company with good benefits I`ve been working for MS around 10 years at HQ which gives you many opportunities to advance in your career and change departments if desired.,Company is in a major transition and with the new leader Satya they are on the right path. He has the vision to make the transformation into the cloud era. Big part of the revenue still comes from legacy product on prem. Making the shift to a cloud based solution company is a major change. Not sure if the management team below can lead into this direction. Many long timer leaving as there is no clear guidance and Satya`s vision seems to get lost in translation.,"I really hope the company can make the shift, it is a great company. Would potentially rejoin if great opportunity comes up. I have a lot of respect for Satya",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53325,microsoft,"Roseville, CA"," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Benefits and team mates are good,"Management and internal movement is suspect given the ""good ole boy"" network",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53326,microsoft,none," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Consultant,Great Company,Great work environment and benefits in general,Microsoft has lost its passion,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53327,microsoft,"Cupertino, CA"," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Great if you work in Washington. Otherwise, not so much.",Great folks make it a joy to work here. Everyone is very passionate about what they do and definitely bring their A game.,"If you work for Microsoft corporate (non-field) and are based outside of Redmond, the culture is somewhat lacking. Opportunities outside of Redmond are also somewhat lacking if your not an engineer.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53328,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer IV,GOOD COMPANY,"Intelligent coworkers, good medical plan.","work sometimes overload, restaurant sucks",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53329,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IC,Good projects and team culture.,The politics of the review cycle are the main focus of most employees.,Focus on what you do best.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P374.htm
53330,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Engineering Program Manager,Program Manager,"Strong foundation, you just have to be bit lucky to get good manager. Rest company wise..very good learning","Too much politics and if you are not able to sell your agenda, then you are trailing","I think change in C executives would bring better older days. But this is my take, might be wrong",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53331,microsoft,none," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One Microsoft? You must be kidding,"1. Work with talented people, if you are lucky enough to join a right team. 2. Work for a great product which may impact thousands people, if you are lucky enough to join a right team","1. Your boss always makes you feel stupid. 2. Your coworkers will help your boss to make you feel that, as a women, you should stay at home with your child. (What a fantastic working place! They are so thoughtful!) 3. Your coworkers (most of time, they are males) love to use curse to build a bond with others. As a woman, you are unfortunately excluded.","Right management team is important, especially for Windows division. The leadership team of WDG is not focusing on how to join and win the battle of device. They are only interested in how to make the marketing data pretty.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53332,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great place to work,The benefits are amazing. Great place for growth and opportunity.,"In my two years of working there has been 3 reorganizations. Too much reorganization causes confusion, resulting in more time figuring out things internally then focusing on the customer.","Slow down the reorganization, let the employees focus on the customers.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53333,microsoft,"Watauga, TX"," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,Great Job,"Edge of Technology, always learning something new. Great customers.",I can't say anything bad about the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53334,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,Operations Program Manager,-Important projects -Smart people -Good pay -Good cash and stock bonus structure,-The org structure slows project progress and delivery -Job/employment stability isn't what is once was,-Keep working to streamline the company,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53335,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Instructional Designer,Instructional design positions which varied significantly,Work from home Pay well Like out of the box thinking,"Often lack of clarity of priorities Without a v-dash or access to many SMEs, often hard to do job","Consider what you are asking a contractor to do, and ensure they have the resources in place to do it well. Also - be clear on timing and priorities.",4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53336,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, not great...","Great Benefits and Good People Flexible Work - Work form Home, Progressive office Limited Travel","Political Review Process is not ""fair"" Unrealistic Growth","Focus on what people do and the impact they make, not who they know or the perception.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53337,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"good benefits, free drinks","bad management, depend on manager",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53338,microsoft,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Out of School Recruit,"Great work opportunities, benefits, and location. Couldn't ask for more right out of school.","Nothing really, hell of an opportunity.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53339,microsoft,none," May 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good people, salary, work life balance",Doesn't move very fast anymore,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P375.htm
53340,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Cons are outweighing the Pros,"Benefits, most coworkers are good people, name recognition, economic engine for region, good set of career opportunities if you're a mainstream dev or PM.","Lack of cohesive vision at all layers of management, many managers are keen to take their favorite folks with them when they move orgs, displacing incumbent employees. HR needs help to ensure all employees feel heard. More focus needs to be put on employees returning from addiction-related leave, instead of just managing them out.","The culture in certain orgs is absolutely toxic, and there seems to be no exec manager who seems to notice.",2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53341,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT Review,Engineering and Technical growth opportunities,work life balance and leadership disconnect,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53342,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Pay is good. Most people are nice people.,"Everything is your fault. If they can find a way to blame you, and believe me, they will, it is on you. It can be a project, a client, anything, but more important than anything else, your career. Yes, despite the fact that management overwhelmingly controls what you work on and the skills you develop, they still blame you for career failings. Sure, you will be thanked constantly for your contributions and asked to continue chasing the carrot, but the carrot is a lie.  Constant in your face lying. You will be asked to sit down for a whole day and listen about how management cares about your development. Just don't be dumb enough to believe it and approach them with their own words. Nothing good can come of being an authentic honest employee.",Treat people fairly and realize that everything falls apart without talent.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53343,microsoft,none," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer 2,"work life balance, health insurance, company breadth","low salalry, seattle is gloomy",please increase the base salaries,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53344,microsoft,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome!,1. Great Hours 2. Great People 3. Great Comp 4. Great Projects. 5. Great Location,There are no cons.,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53345,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,One of the worlds best companies,Great focus on quality of life. Amazing benefits. Great people. The campus is amazing and the opportunities are endless at Microsoft,Huge company so many stakeholders to manage. Other than that there are no exceptional cons it is a great company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53346,microsoft,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TBD,Work-life balance for employees is great,Sometimes the pace of the environment could be faster.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53347,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,"Work life balance, highly knowledgable team great products",No open source Politics Difficult to grow up the ladder,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53348,microsoft,none," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Xbox Billing Support,Loved the pay and the hours. Gamer's are the best customers.,Technical issues for work at home take days sometimes to be resolved.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53349,microsoft,none," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Smart people, dedicated, passionate about making a difference",Long term employees not as motivated,keep innovating,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P376.htm
53350,microsoft,none," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Very good experience where I learned a lot of hands on training for what I was training to be and got very good input,"There was less diversity than I thought there would be in the program, there should be more programs to intern at.",I think management should try to help implement more programs where people can intern which would broaden the amount of internd.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53351,microsoft,"Perth Amboy, NJ"," Jun 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Manager,Pride in saying I work for Microsoft Not much else,No development for leadership No recognition for a job well done Cannot trust people that you work with No growth Retail brand not aligned with company vision Spoken to disrespectfully multiple times No work life balance.. Someone always needs something. There is no true day off. Haven't had a great day in months,"Treat your people with respect, we work extremely hard for you. Create better growth plans for leaders",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53352,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Chief of Staff,corporate culture has shifted,salary and benefits are top notch and you get to work with the latest and greatest technologies on the bleeding edge of their development cycle,companies performance management tools hinder people managers from promoting top talent and can end up handicapping good employees who aren't willing to play political games internally with high management execs,rethink how you reward employees and how you rank them against one another - promote collaboration and coordination among peers and cross groups rather forcing them to always be competing with one another,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53353,microsoft,"Garden City, NY"," May 21, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Started out great then became a miserable environment.,Play Xbox at work Part timers get vacation days Work with technology,No room to grow Products that don't work Drive sales too hard as if it was a used car dealership Terrible managers,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53354,microsoft,none," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and I have been there 10+ years,- Depending on your manager - great place to be able to balance your work/life as long as you are making your number,- Sometimes totally unattainable quota with no reasoning behind it - not unlike many other sales environments,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53355,microsoft,none," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunities to learn and grow.,Pretty much a mixed bag based on where you are - and you're encouraged to move.,Pretty much a mixed bag as well - some places aren't as good as others. Teams can be very different from one another and sometimes oversight of management is not optimal.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53356,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a great place to work,"Overall, Microsoft is a great employer - there are good benefits and lots of job opportunities.",There is always pressure to do better/more and it's difficult to get away from that. Microsoft also felt like it was behind the industry in a lot of areas.,Truly allow people to take risks and allow failure as a part of the process for growth.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53357,microsoft,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,good work-life balance and Good salary,Salary is less than competitors,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53358,microsoft,none," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's okay,easy to take a job,low salary compare to other compnay,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53359,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Used to be a great company under Bill Gates,"good benefits, decent pay and smart people",lot of politics in management. stack ranking has this company going in a downward spiral. I think they are at a point where recovery is almost impossible,Treat employees fairly and cut out the politics and stack ranking,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P377.htm
53360,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer Lead,Mid career need not apply,Good salary and perks. Nice offices. Work with challenging and important technology Work with very smart people.,The company is very paternalistic. I haven't felt that ordered around since high school. The harsh review cycle encourages bad behavior by employees. Internal politics are quite brutal. People helping each other without some ulterior motive is rare. Not recommended if you you are a mid- late career person. The above noted pro - lots of smart people - leads to a lot of arrogance and hubris. People are always *very* serious.,You guys need to lighten up. The review system needs to be changed to allow employees to focus on the products and customers instead of playing Machiavellian games to get promoted.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53361,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Change may be the new norm but not a reality yet,"Satya is leading Microsoft to a new era of productivity, co-opetition, challenge & growth! - Great benefits - Great work/life balance - Great diversity & values","- Stack ranking may be gone (on paper) but continues behind closed doors - Re-org, Re-org, Re-org... just never cease. Strategic re-alignment is supposed to be a good thing but bad execution kills the game. - Lateral move (to retain talent) is encouraged but the opportunity is rare because hiring manager is not embracing growth mindset. They'd rather hire someone who already has the skillsets instead of believing skills can be developed.","Old habit is hard to change. Despite Satya having a bold vision for growth & change, people managers are still entangled in politics and bureaucracy, thereby impeding progress.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53362,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to grow,Flexible work hours. Projects are usually 4-6 weeks long.,You sometimes have to integrate with MS products when there are better solutions out in the world.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53363,microsoft,none," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Microsoft is a great place for anyone interested in technology.,No cons for me. I really enjoyed my time there.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53364,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Keep your eyes open,1. Wide variety of interesting opportunities 2. Good benefits and amenities 3. Support for volunteering,"Be selective of which groups you join. Highly factionalized, with a surprising degree of difference in work rhythm and expectations. Some groups have ethical and motivated managers, others attract an insular group of people the look out for their friends first. Evaluations MAY be objective or not.",Reduce the ability of individual managers to pick their teams. Require objective and public goals for each review cycle.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53365,microsoft,none," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Assistant,Great office. And lots of fun people,Bad location no parking in area,Be happier and more chery,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53366,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Regional Human Resources Director,HR Director,innovation in all aspects. Customer and employee orientation WorkLife Balance Good compben overall,Work load and speed,Focus,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53367,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,What a long strange trip it's been,"Great pay & benefits, smart people, cool technology, many great managers.","Politics, never ending layoff waves, re-orgs....brings overall productivity to it's knees on an ongoing basis.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53368,microsoft,none," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,Great aspiring projects. Very smart people to learn from. Great engineering company.,Not as agile as smaller businesses.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53369,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Wide range of projects. Got talented people.,Tech stack is getting out of trend and way to far from open source world.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P378.htm
53370,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great but career progress=move to Redmond,"Great culture, commitment to employee work life balance, competitive benefits, work with smart people, work on products and projects that make an impact in the world",There is enormous amount of pressure to move to Redmond to advance your career. While there are roles available in the bay area the vast majority are in Redmond. Manager are generally are not supportive of distributed teams so to move up you move north.,Think about enabling entire teams to be based in the bay area. Having bits and pieces of dev teams in the bay area but keeping all decision making in Redmond is not the same as having a team in silicon valley.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53371,microsoft,"Aventura, FL"," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Assistant Store manager,Great Benefit Package including fitness and vision,"Positive work environment has disappeared over the last three years -- now working for Microsoft Retail Stores is nothing but hi-pressure sales for any job position that is customer-facing (product advisor, service advisor, manager).","Stop beating staff daily with new metrics, new goals, and the need to always do better.  Stop being open on Thanksgiving Day when sales are so slow its depressing to think how everyone could be with their families.  Close the stores in the evenings of July 4th so employees can celebrate this unique holiday with their families and friends. Last July 4th after dark their were no customers.... none..but staff remained in the store while the Store Manager when to a Marlin's game...",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53372,microsoft,"Mission Viejo, CA"," May 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales/customer service,Great benefits and pay,"Political challenges, hunger games on steroids.",Stop trying to be like Apple retail.,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53373,microsoft,none," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, but not a great company",Typical cons of a big company,"Typical cons of a big company, which has grown too fast",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53374,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Azure Business Operations (Not for Technical Folks) STAY AWAY,"Good atmosphere. Nice leadership team. They show that they care, and leadership team does have open door policy.","If your technical and report to a business program manager then your career is in a slump. Being technical is looked down upon. If your manager is not technical, then you will never be appreciated by him or her. You will always be a threat to him since he or she is not technical. In order to stand out, you need to fudge all data and manipulate #'s via excel and present that raw data in MBR. At the end of the day its about making your boss look good!! And your manager has no appreciation for any of your work.","Stop being so paranoid about losing your job, and actually pay attention to member of your teams who work really hard.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53375,microsoft,"Port Orchard, WA"," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Partner Sales Executive - Senior Solution Specialist,Great company,"Great people in general with a typical mix of less than competent people in some management positions. Great benefits Great compensation Work life balance was typical for a tech company, sometimes you work a lot of hours to get what needs to be done done.","Too much control in the hands of some managers. I was there seven years, exceeding quota, winning awards including Platinum club I had a great pipeline and my manager decided she wanted to do something different and I was gone.  Peter principle is alive and well","Good, high performing people are hard to find and hire. Although my severance was very good I believe a lot more could have been done to help me find another role while still with the company",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53376,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Evangelist,Great place for a stable career,"Microsoft has really changed since Satya took over as CTO. Microsoft is very customer driven and innovation driven. We have super cool new tech coming out, and the culture is feeling more and more inclusive daily.","Still a bit slow moving. Promotions happen on average once a year, if at all. The majority of the leadership is middle-career, very few young leaders. Still somewhat sales focused, but fortunately moving away from trying to get people to build Windows Phone apps.",It would be great to see some younger technical leaders in management. Leading by promoting great examples would improve morale.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53377,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the very best!,"Amazing people. Amazing leadership. The company culture encourages making big bets. Many groups are operating like startups. Fantastic work environment. Genuinely cares about employees. Great opportunities to grow within the company. So many business - you never get bored - enterprise software, consumer, cloud, productivity, devices, gaming, and more.","Highly competitive internally. Lots of very talented people everywhere in the company. Sometimes with big egos that can be a challenge. Company has many successful business, so sometimes it can take a while to learn how to navigate.","Microsoft has a very unique corporate culture that's evolving currently for the better. Senior leadership, especially Satya, is driving some incredible changes to set the company for long-term success. While a lot of work is still in progress, my advice is to continue to accelerate this positive change throughout the company.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53378,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,The medical and dental benefits are great.,Other teams are not very responsive.,The company is headed in the right direction. Do not deviate!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53379,microsoft,none," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Supply Chain Manager,perks are out of this world,"really weird politics, definitely a microsoft way","get leaner, think aobut turning over senior leadership, it feels inbred",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P379.htm
53380,microsoft,none," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,inside opportunity executive,Good company and lots of room to move up within the company as well as great leadership that is willing to help you if you work hard,"There real aren't any cons to the job, the benefits are good and the work hours can't be beat. So the only way there is a con is if you choose to not do your job",Best advise I could give is to keep up the great work and that with the level of leadership in place this job will only continue to get better,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53381,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Director of Marketing,Great benefits. Global. Satya's vision is helping the company evolve in terms of products and perceptions. Wonderful place to work if you want experience in different areas of business. People are amazing as individuals.,"Location. Microsoft is isolated and therefore it can be perceived that people are living in a ""Redmond-centric"" world. Lots of people - collaboration is key and ownership is limited.",Satya has the right direction in mind. Keep going. Believe. Hire from the outside for some of the GM + CVP positions. Add new energy and thinking to evolve the products and culture.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53382,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II - Non-technical,Program Manager 2 - Non-Technical,* Many initiatives going on at all times - always something to potentially move to * Broad scope of potential opportunities - can move to different types of projects with the right connections,"* When an upper-level change happens, the downstream impacts can be significant * Continues to be a very siloed corporation * Heavy reliance on contracted work continues","Look outside Microsoft and start learning the lessons so many other corporations have already learned. The company is at a point where it continues forward due to size, not innovation. Other corporations have already faced this--some survived, some didn't.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53383,microsoft,"Aventura, FL"," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Assistant Store manager,Great Benefit Package including fitness and vision,"Positive work environment has disappeared over the last three years -- now working for Microsoft Retail Stores is nothing but hi-pressure sales for any job position that is customer-facing (product advisor, service advisor, manager).","Stop beating staff daily with new metrics, new goals, and the need to always do better.  Stop being open on Thanksgiving Day when sales are so slow its depressing to think how everyone could be with their families.  Close the stores in the evenings of July 4th so employees can celebrate this unique holiday with their families and friends. Last July 4th after dark their were no customers.... none..but staff remained in the store while the Store Manager when to a Marlin's game...",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53384,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Stay Away,Work with some of the brightest people Get discounts Free drinks Orca card,"Constant re-orgs and subpar job security  Too much politics , that you sometimes have to play the game  Not uncommon for people to work on livesite issues 90 hours a week (xbox)  People are overworked and produce low quality  No onboarding or training  Moving towards openspace neighborhood setups where productivity is hard to find  Use of ancient practices/technology  Traffic is getting worse every year, and expectations grow, so work/life balance almost doesnt exist.",Stop burning out your employees and treat people like humans.,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53385,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - Program Coordinator,Program coordinator,Excellent!! Great experience to work with a diverse group,Nothing bad. It's Individual way of looking,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53386,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Sr, Software Engineer","Great benefits, smart people, great opportunity to learn.",Obsolete engineering systems and processes.,Leave more room for creativity and initiative.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53387,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Data Center Tech I,Data Center Tech 1,The projects and technology under development always inspire me. Microsoft is an amazing company to learn new stuff.,There's no down side working for Microsoft/Atos.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53388,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,awesome,good for beginners many perks,work pressure hectic schedule go for it,need reform,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53389,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"very dedicated, knowledgeable, energetic and nice colleagues around every team I met here we try to seek solutions from both internal code base as well as open source projects out there. This is definitely different from what I've heard about MSFT before joining.","The referral program has some constraints that may pull the company's leg. For example, we can't refer college graduates while almost all those SV startups can (they even do internal referrals for interns). The referral bonus is lower than the competitors.",More Hackathons please XD. I saw other companies doing at minimum twice a year in SV. We should do that as well.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P380.htm
53390,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"very dedicated, knowledgeable, energetic and nice colleagues around every team I met here we try to seek solutions from both internal code base as well as open source projects out there. This is definitely different from what I've heard about MSFT before joining.","The referral program has some constraints that may pull the company's leg. For example, we can't refer college graduates while almost all those SV startups can (they even do internal referrals for interns). The referral bonus is lower than the competitors.",More Hackathons please XD. I saw other companies doing at minimum twice a year in SV. We should do that as well.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53391,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer (SDE),SDE,"nice health care, nice compensation",nothing really not good. overall good,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53392,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Service Engineering Manager,Service Engineering Manager,Big company good work and life balance good benefits,leadership are different from time to time management changed two much from reorg to reorg,"please focus on people, focus on developing people",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53393,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Producer,Good company. Just don't forget it's a large corporation,Good pay. Relaxed attitude. Good benefits. Lots of opportunities for career growth.,Quality of people managers not always the greatest. Sometimes feels like people are taking managerial roles for the pay only.,Introduce some form of qualification to manage that must be passed. More than just training.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53394,microsoft,"The Woodlands, TX"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Inventory Specialist,Inventory Control,We work and win as a team.,It is difficult to grow here.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53395,microsoft,"Palm Beach Gardens, FL"," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Great communication, Wonderful employees, Job oppurtunities",There are no cons for this company,none,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53396,microsoft,none," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Work Life Balance,It has good work life balance,There are too many meetings.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53397,microsoft,none," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing !,"- people , infrastructure and energy",- as with any big company difficult to get the big picture and stay engaged,"Nothing, you guys are rocking and a perfect place to settle.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53398,microsoft,none," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun work environment,Great culture and environment to work in. Not a typical retail job. Fun and everyone is empowered to take care of customers. Your only job is to get to yes!,New to retail processes and technology makes daily functions frustrating.,Keep improving systems,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53399,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Snr Sde,Good growth mindset Customer in the fore front,Lacking the ability to swiftly counter react to adverse in customer appeal,NA,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P381.htm
53400,microsoft,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Many oppourtunities,"Great Benefits, many events to attend, and there are enough resources to learn about any subject you would like to learn about.",Communication between teams can be dismal at times and the work culture isn't as diverse as their trying to make it.,Improving communication between teams even though there are a lot of people who work in this company and trying to look out for their best interest.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53401,microsoft,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Director,Variety of opportunities and roles,Culture lacks empowerment and female leadership,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53402,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Communications Manager,Culture is slow to change,"Microsoft offers a ton of room for professional career growth, whether it be advancement or trying something new. The culture change that Satya is driving towards is a positive one--towards a growth mindset, where the ""how"" is valued just as much (if not more) than the ""what""","Despite the attempts to change the culture at Microsoft, there are still pockets of legacy employees who are in a fixed mindset, and struggling to adapt to the growth mindset culture. Legacy employees still like to ""own"" things (business processes, programs, etc). Also, given the sheer size of the company, it can be a struggle to create an agile environment. Work/life balance can be a struggle and requires constant prioritization (most managers welcome prioritization exercises).","Continue rewarding those employees who are growth mindset employees, and continue to foster the new culture.",4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53403,microsoft,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In Transition,Strong Legacy product cash engine,"Uncertain future in Cloud, SAAS, non-windows",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53404,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Sales Specialist,Sales Solution Professional,The executive leadership is phenomenal. They have great vision and a deep understanding of the industry. They promote integrity out of their sales professionals and truly care about providing a great software solution.,Awful culture! The legacy Microsoft sales reps seem out of date on technology and prefer the method of stabbing each other in the back in order to advance rather than simply out performing.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53405,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Attorney,Good blue-chip tech company,"Room to move around, decent management and great benefits. Especially like the vacation and medical benefits which remain competitive despite rising costs","Stock performance until recently. Too many layers of approvals/management and lots of politics to climb the ladder. Would be nice for overachievers to know they could rise to AGC, but not at all guaranteed. No one can even say how it happens","Create a level between 66 and 67 so Sr Attorneys that do not manage (IC's) can get another bump, though not as huge as the bump to 67. There is room for another level",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53406,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,"Great Company, Tough Culture","At Microsoft I would with some of the smartest people I had ever met. The company provides great benefits and is focused on giving back to the community. Being such a large company, there are a lot of opportunities to move around. New executive leadership working hard to change the culture and adapt to a changing consumer market. Tough job considering how large the company is. Access to a lot of resources and learning/professional development a top focus of management.",It's a tough culture to break into it. Very engineering centric in product development (vs customer focused). Found people to be very passive aggressive not giving direct feedback. I also found the company to be very process heavy. Every action/decision had to be backed up with significant data and done a certain way. People were slow to change direction/adapt. Made it very difficult to work in a fast-paced industry. Solutions to problems tended to be over thought and unnecessarily complicated.,"Encourage thinking that is outside of the box and allow changes in process/procedures. Provide direct and timely feedback to employees. Offer support when needed, but try not to stifle creativity.",3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53407,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Washington,Excellent place to work.,"Smart team mates, latest technology, and excellent benefits and salary.",Difficult maintaining work life balance.,Longer development sprints.,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53408,microsoft,none," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,Company provides good benefit. Work life balance is good too. Projects are interesting and challenging enough. Competent colleagues who have great collaborative spirit.,Organization is complicated. Roles and responsibilities are often not well defined and hence many hours are wasted in back and forth meetings and clarification. Lack of documentation makes it difficult to pick up works started by people who are no longer at the position or in the company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53409,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thoughts on Microsoft,I have followed the company for few years and worked for 13 years.It is very good in following through on capturing the customers. It has seen shift from PC -> Internet ->Cloud focus pretty well. Not too many companies that I know that has done this.,Trying to get a good product that the customers love in the first release is a challenge for Microsoft. I can list many products that took 3 releases to get there. But the perception of the initial release sticks and take a long time to go away.,Encourage innovation.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P382.htm
53410,microsoft,"Newcastle, WA"," Apr 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,admin,"fun, learn a lot and growth","reviews set, recent lay-offs too many re-orgs",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53411,microsoft,none," May 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"I enjoyed my time at Microsoft, was treated well!",Company is a little too big for my liking,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53412,microsoft,"Walnut Creek, CA"," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - SHAREPOINT ONLINE CONSULTANT,Good company,"good pay and benefits, stable","Can feel like a large, hierarchical corporation",be more agile,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53413,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Life Balance,Managers actually care about your work/life balance,Not always meets the succession plans,Follow Nadella's vision,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53414,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best Employer to work with,"Exposure to huge applications, work life balance, good salary package, good benefits, nice supporting people, a lot of options inside Microsoft if you want to switch what you are doing, you dont have to go outside the company",A lot of processes to follow,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53415,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good Company, Nice Perks, Lots of Work",- Flexible work schedule - Great people - Good rewards structure - Lots of hard problems to solve,"- Work life balance is crazy, the hours are very heavy - If you don't have a visible project career opportunities are harder",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53416,microsoft,"Schaumburg, IL"," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,So far I love the company benefits,Haven't find any as of yet,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53417,microsoft,none," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Corporation,Microsoft is a mecca for software engineers who want to try different things as there are plenty of opportunities across the many divisions. Products are used by millions of people so impact is great!,"- Large company so you have to make special efforts to stand out. - Reviews are mostly driven by manager's perception and ability to represent you in calibration, wish they would move to peer-to-peer feedback",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53418,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (Intern),Too slow,-Shuttle system all over WA to and from campus made life great. -Yearly Intern Signature Event + free gift -You will be in the company of talented and seasoned engineers.,"Most of Microsoft's products are strongly bound to legacy code, which makes them trepidacious about original ideas. I was supposed to make an extension to some auxiliary production software--it took six weeks (halfway through my internship) before I was allowed to write a line of code!  Take this with a grain of salt. At Microsoft, the most important thing is what team you're on. I was not very excited about my particular team's work.",Management is doing a good job of keeping a hulking metal behemoth like Microsoft from grinding to a halt. I wish MS could restructure its dependencies such that it could break more barriers with technology.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53419,microsoft,none," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can't complain.,"Great pay, smart people, flexible work arrangements, challenging work, awesome health benefits.","Very middle management heavy, lots of internal presentations/reporting, slow to move on things",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P383.htm
53420,microsoft,none," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can't complain.,"Great pay, smart people, flexible work arrangements, challenging work, awesome health benefits.","Very middle management heavy, lots of internal presentations/reporting, slow to move on things",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53421,microsoft,none," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great company with nice work life balance.,Too bureaucratic and hierarchical. Teams work in silos and often have their own interest as opposed to working towards a wider and common company wide goal.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53422,microsoft,none," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Company,"Good pay, job security, and plenty of upward mobility. Free drinks, and transportation to and from work is paid for.",Lots of micromanagement from the team and managers. Since the company is so large there is little to no recognition or reward for putting in the extra work.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53423,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Staffing Associate,"work hard, get paid","It's MICROSOFT. What else is there to say, really?",it's MICROSOFT. You will work... HARD. The burn out can get to you and you won't know its happening.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53424,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Nice benefits and Salary,Microsoft provides very compelling salary and benefits. It can be very enjoyable if you find the right team. I have seen very talented people who are very enjoyable to work with. But at the same time it is very common that you find your self in a team that they are not very professional. The most valuable aspect of working at Microsoft for me is access to many smart people in all different fields. You can get an expert opinion by just sending an email/IM to the right person.,"Getting promoted can be challenging and at times slow. Often I see people leave the company and they come back after couple of years and they get hired at much higher level with better compensation very different from the people who kept working in the company for that period of time continuously. Besides since Microsoft is super huge, sometimes great ideas dies in management ladder.",I think they better focus on keeping and growing internal talents as opposed to trying to get employees from other firms and ending up paying more.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53425,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,best place ever i would never leave this place. Travel is fun.,i dont really have any cons. Other than long hours and traveling long distances.,nothing bad to report ive never worked as a better place. Salary is high for new ugys,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53426,microsoft,"Monroe, WA"," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Service Engineer,Service Engineer,In the former years prior to the last five years Microsoft was a great place to work. Sad to see things going in a different direction not focusing on the employees.,"Benefits reduced, not employee focused, internal competition encouraged, everyone out for themselves, teamwork diminished. Reviews for managers to sometimes give numbers they feel are not fair to employees.",Focus on teamwork and making employees once again the focus. Revamp the number review system. Still have the pool of money but allow it to be distributed fairly.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53427,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2016",Former Employee - Service Manager,Time are changing,Overall a great place to work. Pay was very competitive and you get the opportunity to work with top talent.,"The demands are challenging and work-life balance was poor, especially in IT which is growing into more of a highly specialized career track. Frequent re-organizations add uncertainty.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53428,microsoft,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but a but slow,Lots of freedom to maintain work/life balance Great pay and benefits (401K match is a big bonus) Great team culture and fun people,Project is too small scope Too political and slow in the decision making process Hard to get promoted to next level,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53429,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for growth,"Great company for career growth, working on products that impact millions of users, respectful work environment, global.","Still ""not cool enough"" perception from the outside",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P384.htm
53430,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Great Company,Benefits are fantastic. PTO builds up quickly. Great work like balance.,"Pay gap between jobs is very high, and getting to the next level isn't easy.",Create different positions within retail store. Pay more for better quality employees. You have to spend money to make money. You might as well spend it on the internal client.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53431,microsoft,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SSP,Mobile offices and great benefits,"Poor leadership, political, too many layers of management, impossible to spend time with customers",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53432,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Solution Manager,Sr. Solution Manager,"Great medical benefits, salary was reasonable, always had the latest software version.",Management created and enabled an atmosphere of conflict.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53433,microsoft,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Community,I really like my team. They're diverse and easy to work with.,It's an engineering first company so design is not top priority.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53434,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to Work,"Awesome opportunities in the new Microsoft. You can work from anything from Xbox, Office, Cloud, CRM, OS. You have to find the right team though.","Some corners are still old world. Internal mobility is easier than before, but still a hassle.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53435,microsoft,none," May 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Program Manager,"Good pay, great benefits, excellent peers, good work life balance","Senior Management is all about their own careers and not about effectiveness. Constant reorganization as if that will help, basically shows they don't know what they are doing.","Your people make the difference. Some of the best engineers in the world, learn how to use them.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53436,microsoft,none," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best so far,"Good benefits, work-life balance, smart people to work with.",Not sure of any yet,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53437,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible and Rewarding,Very mindful organization since the tenure of CEO Satya Nadella. Rewarding place to work with great incentives,Large organization which sometimes limits speed of idea generation and responsiveness.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53438,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,The health benefits and discounts to local businesses are great. The connector bus will pick you up from Seattle and take you to the Redmond campus.,It is a large company and can definitely feel like that sometimes. Not always the most agile.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53439,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2016",Former Employee - Vice President,Director,Good pay and benefits. Lot of contagiously smart people,Too political and slow in the decision making process,Focus on the first party HW seriously otherwise get rid of it. No middle way.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P385.htm
53440,microsoft,none," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place,competitive. new technology. flexible working hours. good average salary. own office.,Slow development even if you are amazingly good. some people in the management are not up to the tasks they are assigned.,Listen to employees. Re-evaluate payments and performance more often.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53441,microsoft,none," May 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to learn,Excellent place to learn and network Good benefits Good bonus/stock rewards,"Extensive travel, base salary is a bit low",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53442,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company growth in a mobile first cloud first world,"Good work life balance, data driven, challenging business problems to address","Bureaucratic, Slower to implement solutions",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53443,microsoft,none," May 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Program Manager,"Good pay, great benefits, excellent peers, good work life balance","Senior Management is all about their own careers and not about effectiveness. Constant reorganization as if that will help, basically shows they don't know what they are doing.","Your people make the difference. Some of the best engineers in the world, learn how to use them.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53444,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great company,"At Microsoft, you have the opportunity to work in many different fields at a very large scale. Benefits and compensation are competitive, and it's a great location if you aren't interested in living downtown somewhere. Work-life balance is considered important, so you won't find yourself working 12 hour days.","With the removal of stack ranking, many of the common cons associated with Microsoft have been eliminated. Most cons have been the result of my particular teams, but Microsoft does use some older technology for engineering which can be cumbersome. Be careful if you sign up for a ""quality"" role as you may not be getting what you expect.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53445,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Good company great benefits,"Great benefits, smart people, Pretty good culture, parts of the campus are nice. great opportunities to move aroudno within the company from team to team.","Easy for peopel to retreat at such a big company. but it is what you make it. can be a bubble. if you go there, and want to learn and push yourself, plenty to do",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53446,microsoft,"Westminster, CA"," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor/Business Captain,Great place to work,- Great work-life balnce - Decent pay - Career growth,- Opportunities hard to come by - Sometimes you don't get paid what you're worth,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53447,microsoft,none," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,work with smart people good benefits,decisions and prioritization of work,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53448,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Solution Architect (CSA),Opportunities in every direction,"- Great salary, benefits, and bonus opportunities - Reasonable work/life balance expectation - No need to be a manager of people to advance your career (ICs do just fine) - Ability to network is unrivaled - Find your next job within the same company",- Still very sales-driven in many ways (many folks in leadership roles still drink the Balmer Kool-Aid) - Certain technical roles do not have technical management - All careers here will ultimately lead to Redmond,"- Always lookout for your people first, even knowing/expecting that they will move on in less than five years in most cases - Continue to strive for openness and open standards - Keep the bar high for new hires",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53449,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits & technology . . .,"Microsoft offers an exceptional benefits and compensation package. I believe if you have a solid professional background you will be able to negotiate a good comp package + signing bonus. Personally, I love to give to charities and truly appreciate the company match up to $15k. Microsoft provides a good deal of opportunity for growth - if you take it. Good technology.","I found Microsoft to be too internally focused. Limited opportunities for promotions for most people. Many people are in the same level for years with limited promotion. Calibration still exists, which wouldn't be a CON if it wasn't so subjective. Basically, if you aren't playing an internally focused game, you will be at risk on your rewards. Again - one of my PROS is the compensation. Therefore, while there might be lots of back-stabbing politics to play on the corporate campus, you might still take home a good wallet. Personally, I prefer to work around people with greater integrity. Given Microsoft's focus on collaboration / productivity solutions, I was blown away by the demand for F2F meetings. It takes a great deal of time to gain consensus and get things done. Limited budgets.",Empower your teams.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P386.htm
53450,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits & technology . . .,"Microsoft offers an exceptional benefits and compensation package. I believe if you have a solid professional background you will be able to negotiate a good comp package + signing bonus. Personally, I love to give to charities and truly appreciate the company match up to $15k. Microsoft provides a good deal of opportunity for growth - if you take it. Good technology.","I found Microsoft to be too internally focused. Limited opportunities for promotions for most people. Many people are in the same level for years with limited promotion. Calibration still exists, which wouldn't be a CON if it wasn't so subjective. Basically, if you aren't playing an internally focused game, you will be at risk on your rewards. Again - one of my PROS is the compensation. Therefore, while there might be lots of back-stabbing politics to play on the corporate campus, you might still take home a good wallet. Personally, I prefer to work around people with greater integrity. Given Microsoft's focus on collaboration / productivity solutions, I was blown away by the demand for F2F meetings. It takes a great deal of time to gain consensus and get things done. Limited budgets.",Empower your teams.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53451,microsoft,none," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent Job,Great benefits and work life balance. There are a ton of smart people in the headquarters.,"Like with any big company, we needed several rounds of ppt presentations to get buy-in from different parties before moving on a project. Slow innovation, although that may have changed with the new CEO. No transparency from upper management.",Be more open to employees about how decisions are made and empower them more. Ask them for their inputs,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53452,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company is transforming,"Good benefits, though over the years the medical benefits have reduced. Still, it is on par with the other big tech companies.",Moved too slowly and did not adopt non-windows platforms early on. Lost customers as a result. The trend is changing now within the company.,Don't keep playing catch-up. Do something where you are a first.,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53453,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Positive company willing to embrace change,Good career paths Big opportunities for the self driven Good work-life balance for those who avail of it Some excellent managers and mentors,Reorganizations all the time Occasionally a bad manager can block your progress if they can't sell you Stalled career progress can limit you for a small time,Listen to feedback,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53454,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, but....",Get to work with really talented people Fun intern events,"Some orgs are siloed, makes it hard to switch projects easily",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53455,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - Test Manager,Test Manager,"Fortune 500 company, with all that a big high tech company can offer.","big company mentality, which means big company politics. If you can find the right group, great. If not, or if your group gets re-org'd info a bad fit, you're screwed.",Ignore curve.,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53456,microsoft,"Lynnwood, WA"," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Build Engineer,software Build Engineer,good place to work in,good place to work in actually no concerns,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53457,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Na,Good benefits. Strong CEO. Interesting work.,A lot of beurocracy. Needs to be more startup like and entrepreneurial.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53458,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Developers developers developers...,Great benefits and pay. The people I worked with were smart and had a great work ethic. I also enjoyed a good work life balance that was respected by my team.,"The promotion cycle was a bit slow. They still review their employees with a bell curve which leads to only a select few getting promotions and big bonuses (even though many people deserved them, the stack ranking only lets a certain number of people get promotions each year). I saw many of my colleagues leave before their signing bonus was up because of this.",Keep going with direction Microsoft is heading! Embracing open source and other platforms while maintaining the business value we bring will make Microsoft great again.,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53459,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2016","Current Employee - Project Lead &amp, Senior Software Engineer","Great company, Good benefits, smart people, but can become too complacent",- Good work life balance - Smart people to work with - Great pay and benefits - Good brand to have on your resume,"- You can become too complacent, and career growth may stall, unless you are motivated enough to constantly keep evaluating your situation - Not enough opportunity to learn new (non-Microsoft) technologies. Although this is changing in many teams now.",- Be open minded and adopt growth mindset - Create opportunities to develop new tech skills for ICs - Don't let laid back culture set in,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P387.htm
53460,microsoft,"Miami Beach, FL"," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"loved the work environment, they treat their retail employees really well, break room is always stocked with a lot of snacks,food and drinks, they also have xbox's in the break room.",since there is few stores the room for growth isn't too good unless you're willing to travel to a new store opening which is usually in another state.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53461,microsoft,none," May 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,benefit overall is very good. Life work balance is great by certain team,move slow and sometime managers are not very good at managing.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53462,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great employer right after graduating from college,* Work life balance. * Good benefits. * Best natural environment across all tech companies.,"* Promotion is rare. * Work with old technologies, or non-industry-compatible technologies.",Keep up with the industry technologies and tools they use.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53463,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Middle management slowing the culture revolution,- Cutting edge tech - Great benefits - Diverse workforce,"- Lack of culture - Lack of accountability to priorities, personal responsibility, and deadlines - Slow",Stop making IC's middle managers.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53464,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy,"Benefits, stayfit, salary, flexibility, work-life balance","Hierarchy, cog in a wheel",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53465,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,Rest and vest,Tons of opportunities and you can cherry pick what you want to work on.,"If you want to get ahead, you need to play the politics and stick to a manager consistently. Learn how to play the game early on, so that you are not surprised when the review time comes. It ALL depends on your manager. So",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53466,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,Very great perks for employees,Commute to Redmond is not ideal,Keep up th good approach,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53467,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,The large scale and number of projects offer lots of opportunity for ambitious employees to think big and grow.,Some groups and products in the company have a long history and as a result carry some degree of legacy weight in both coding and process.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53468,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"Great company, horrible work/life balance",Amazing career growth opportunities. You get to work with the best/brightest in the world. The benefits are great and the salary is very good. The company is big and diversified enough that it's hard to get bored - plenty of opportunity to move to new areas with little hassle.,Work/life balance is horrible for many. Lots of office politics that can get in the way of people doing their best work. Company culture is still competitive to the point that it harms teamwork.,Need to continue on changing culture to foster better teamwork (vs. stepping on each other to get ahead). Need to provide better work/life balance.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53469,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Hard worker campus,"Still excellent health benefits, great salary.",Need to work sometime over 10 hours/day.,Expect on them to consider 'people' first.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P388.htm
53470,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Hard worker campus,"Still excellent health benefits, great salary.",Need to work sometime over 10 hours/day.,Expect on them to consider 'people' first.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53471,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at MS,"Good employee benefits, broad exposure and opportunities to work",- Scuffle for visibility in every layer rather than work itself and it is encouraged - Managers look for stereotypes - Work life balance depends on the immediate manager,More inclusive environment should be nurtured,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53472,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Apr 30, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,MCS - Pub Sec,"Great company. The tide is truly turning from Redmond. Satya has the vision. Deep opportunities in MCS PubSec - MCS has developed deep relationships over the years and the customers trust MCS with their most critical systems. Pay is good. Benefits are excellent. You do not have to look far to find rock-stars on your team. Lots of access to the MS stack, training, products. The sky is truly the limit for career opportunities. Tons of opportunities in the co as a whole to get involved, give back, do cool stuff with technology, ect.","Has transitioned over the years from a loss leader driving platform adoption to more of a body shop trying to fill all the slots created by YoY growth. Business metrics still rule the day, whereas a decade ago it was ""are you happy doing what you are doing"". You will still be asked, but the focus has shifted somewhat as the business has grown.  At the end of the day, your career decisions will take a back seat to whatever is easiest for the management chain. I saw people who were rock stars at the customer receive poor annual reviews after requesting new opportunities.Customer loves these people - called them out of critical to their vision. and they get the lowest review possible?  You will need to find opportunities for 'impact'. Simply providing excellent service to your customer, handling all the training, keeping up in your specialty is the bare minimum. To be fair that is communicated to you.  You will need to make sure you can stay engaged and build your network. Its critical in finding  You may also find yourself looking longingly to Redmond, wondering what it is like to be a 'real' MS employee.","Ask your directs if they are satisfied where they are, with what they are doing day to day, and with the opportunities you can bring to them. Quit saying impact without defining it concretely, communicating exactly what that means to you, and how it can be quantified. Giving examples of what other people did may seem useful, but it doesn't always yield ideas which apply to our current situation.  Do the hard work. find out what you need form the field. make it concrete. allow people to choose from those opportunities if their current work doesn't provide one organically. Then, measure the impact of what you came up with. Work to improve that so it is more meaningful to the employee and less 'TPS' report-y.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53473,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Great Experience,Great Benefits Good work-life balance Many smart people working with you,"Promotion and growth is not easy, depends on how your manager likes you The teams are not connected. inter-team collaboration is not easy Often you can find many teams doing the same work/tool.",Care/invest more in training your employees to improve their technical skills,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53474,microsoft,none," May 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,development management,get to work with smart coworker,extra long hours for most of jobs,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53475,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not bad, not great",Huge company with lots of really smart people. Work life balance is actually a thing you can achieve here with some effort.,"Politics, potentially terrible managers who are retired in place, hard for younger engineers to get traction to move around in HW - while SW it's much easier, tons of silos between orgs",Nuke the middle management who's been there for 20 years. They couldn't spell innovation if you handed them a dictionary.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53476,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Glassdoor Forced Me to Write This Review,"Microsoft is a great place to work. I love it here. It's not perfect, but no company is, but it's still a lot better than most companies I've worked for. You can work on projects that impact the entire world. If you don't like what you're current job, you can easily move to another team or division and keep all your seniority and benefits. (And the benefits are great!)","Microsoft can be a little insular and internally focused, although we try not to be. Managers aren't uniform, there are good ones and bad ones everywhere, and you can get a bad one at Microsoft. The environment can be very competitive, it's not for everyone (and getting in can be very competitive too).",Keep up the good work. Keep growing. The company's really been headed in the right direction since Satya took over.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53477,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"Great company to work for. Smart people, big challenges and ample room for growth.","You'll need to learn how to put things down at the end of the day and go enjoy life (yes, it's hard sometimes).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53478,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Engineer,Get chance to work end to end.,Need to know some basics of Networking.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53479,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Studios,"Great benefits, good work / life balance",Career growth can be slow within the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P389.htm
53480,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,It has many departments you can learn different technologies,Now to much dynamics and required a lot of changes.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53481,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Apr 30, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,MCS - Pub Sec,"Great company. The tide is truly turning from Redmond. Satya has the vision. Deep opportunities in MCS PubSec - MCS has developed deep relationships over the years and the customers trust MCS with their most critical systems. Pay is good. Benefits are excellent. You do not have to look far to find rock-stars on your team. Lots of access to the MS stack, training, products. The sky is truly the limit for career opportunities. Tons of opportunities in the co as a whole to get involved, give back, do cool stuff with technology, ect.","Has transitioned over the years from a loss leader driving platform adoption to more of a body shop trying to fill all the slots created by YoY growth. Business metrics still rule the day, whereas a decade ago it was ""are you happy doing what you are doing"". You will still be asked, but the focus has shifted somewhat as the business has grown.  At the end of the day, your career decisions will take a back seat to whatever is easiest for the management chain. I saw people who were rock stars at the customer receive poor annual reviews after requesting new opportunities.Customer loves these people - called them out of critical to their vision. and they get the lowest review possible?  You will need to find opportunities for 'impact'. Simply providing excellent service to your customer, handling all the training, keeping up in your specialty is the bare minimum. To be fair that is communicated to you.  You will need to make sure you can stay engaged and build your network. Its critical in finding  You may also find yourself looking longingly to Redmond, wondering what it is like to be a 'real' MS employee.","Ask your directs if they are satisfied where they are, with what they are doing day to day, and with the opportunities you can bring to them. Quit saying impact without defining it concretely, communicating exactly what that means to you, and how it can be quantified. Giving examples of what other people did may seem useful, but it doesn't always yield ideas which apply to our current situation.  Do the hard work. find out what you need form the field. make it concrete. allow people to choose from those opportunities if their current work doesn't provide one organically. Then, measure the impact of what you came up with. Work to improve that so it is more meaningful to the employee and less 'TPS' report-y.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53482,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing benefits,"The benefits make this company really hard to walk away from. Great health insurance, pay, stock awards, vacation and PTO. Plus, depending on the team, you have some WFH flexibility.","Culture is kind of crappy. It feels like Microsoft is geared toward an older generation, so there isn't a lot of excitement about products.  Also, in a non-technical role, it feels like you are not as valuable as a technical person.",Content and marketing does matter,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53483,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Fantastic company that works on innovative products. Tons of room for advancement out of college, and some really fantastic leaders in the senior leadership team. I'm never bored at work, which is a great thing!","Some managers can be hit-or-miss, and your experience can be either really awesome or just ok depending on who your manager is.","We re-org ALL THE TIME. This isn't great for productivity, but does keep everything ""fresh"". One re-org a year instead of 2 (or 4) would be a welcome change.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53484,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Corporate Organization to work for,"Microsoft offers great benefits, fair and equal pay as well as outstanding career opportunities. The large variety of departments and different work areas allow for a constant positive learning experience.","As most large corporate organizations, the implementation of innovative ideas and new services is cumbersome and takes a long time. Processes prevent form time to time an agile work environment.",Focus on people management and the education of people managers is key to drive cultural excellence.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53485,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Great company to work,Microsoft really cares about employees and support their career development. Good benefits. Good Work/Life Balance,The amount of annual bonus and stock rewards are low.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53486,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,internship,good company culture. colleague were very nice.,i do not have any advice about cons for me when i work at there.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53487,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work according to people,Use new Microsoft technologies Opportunities to grow,Should speak up to show your work Highly matrix driven than reliability of matrix Quantity than quality,Judge the reliability of matrix for the accuracy for decision making,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53488,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employment Review,"Work/life balance is great. Benefits are very good, especially for people with families.","Things are much slower to move. Also, there is politics involved when it comes to projects and rewards allocations. There are groups at Microsoft which are close to stagnant in terms of potential and make it difficult for your career to have good rate of growth.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53489,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"Good pay, benefits, okay work life balance","Management varies from team to team. Some are good, some are very screwed",Improvement on upper management,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P390.htm
53490,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,YMMV,"A lot of very smart people to work with. Life-work balance has become good. The compensation and benefits are excellent. If you can tolerate working on preexisting messes and remain productive, you can move up and on to working on some amazing stuff.","Advancement can be difficult, especially if you don't fit the mold, it's very dependent upon your immediate manager's opinion of you vs the level. A lot is influenced by his ability to sell you to his peers and management. A lot of legacy around, you often have to earn your stripes per team trudging thru that before allowed to significantly contribute on a design level. Lots of employees who have been there for years get the choice assignments.","More clarity and parity across teams/groups is needed with regards to performance and promotion, current ""published"" skills etc. can be ambiguous.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53491,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Director, Business Program Management","Great company, turnaround under Satya Nadella is real. Transformation strategy is real and solid.",Continues to have target for removing employees each year in SMSG division. Forces loss of good people and discourages good leaders within company.,Reduce good attrition target in SMSG and stop making it arbitrary metric.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53492,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Test Associate 2,"Great work environment, helpful staff, chef prepared cuisine for fast food prices, QA and Game Testing opportunities, great work experience.",Lengthy 6 month break period after completing a contract.,Move to a managed service.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53493,microsoft,none," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay, bad culture","Great pay and benefits, very smart people.",Terrible work life balance. Combative. Cultural fit demands you protect yourself from blame and push work to others.,Put as much effort behind understanding and fixing our broken culture as we do everything else.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53494,microsoft,"Newark, DE"," Apr 27, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Solid Company Failed Execution,Great benifits and corporate atmosphere minus the bias towards favoring minority opinions,The products and management really werent good enough to stay,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53495,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - IT Software Design Engineer,Great company to work for,Great company to work for if you are new hire. Benefits are great. Great life balance depending on which team you are in,Depends on the team and manager,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53496,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Community Development Specialist,"Great benefits, flexible schedule, opportunity for growth, education benefits",Management doesn't seem to fully invest time to mold employees,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53497,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor/Inventory Control Expert,Product Advisor,"Discounts on cool products, great benefits, unlimited snacks.","Pay, work every weekend, and classifying employees who work 40 hours a week as part-time.","Do a better job of rewarding current employees who are performing well. If a part-time employee is performing well and looking to get full-time/a promotion, don't hire someone off the street for that same position.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53498,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2016","Former Employee - Learning &amp, Development Professional",Fantastic Place to Work!,Excellent and challenging job assignments. Good pay for work performed. Great people!!,"Company is very large, so easy to get disconnected from other departments and teams across the organization.",Continue to develop managers! Key to success is life-long learning!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53499,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Highly competitive pay, unmatched benefits, flexible schedules, lots of other perks",Giant company to navigate around,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P391.htm
53500,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Solution Specialist,great work life balance and great autonomy,sales team can be a bit too focused on short term targets and numbers,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53501,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,State of the art engineering practices. Highly skilled coworkers willing to share knowledge and techniques for developing software. Good benefits and salary.,Very high pressure environment. Recent changes have caused teamwork to be de-emphasized and practices to focus on individual work and achievement.,Return to an emphasis on working as a team and collaborating to create products. Return to each person having an office rather than working in a common area.,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53502,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - In Search,Grait job,This is an IT gigant. Very interesting and positive experiance!,Work-life balance not very well(( Some management are crazy.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53503,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,business manager,"chill attitude, good benefits, large entity",frenetic pace...then nothing...then frenetic pace,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53504,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Work-life balance is great, stress is low",Salary is smaller than Google and FB,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53505,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Provides the resources and flexibility to explore new and exciting technologies.,Old school growth model that basis job growth by time I position rather than performance. A lot of people leave and come back to get to the next level.,"Progress is done at a team level, need to stop rewarding people that may achieve results. While the message is about One Microsoft and collaboration, people are still rewarded for ""at all cost"" behavior that creates friction and hostility.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53506,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASM,"Company is fairly new in the retail game, so there are tons of growth opportunities. Great for people who love change.","Since company is still fairly new in the retail game, there are a good amount of kinks the company still needs to nail down.",Have the corporate folks who make all the decisions actually work in the retail stores to experience what results their decisions have.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53507,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"The pros are very team dependent, som teams runs very efficiently while others do not. In my experience, it's a big place with lots of opportunities to learn and move.","Politics, fighting for resources and poor work life balance.","Cut down on the favoritism, some group managers don't even hide it but promote same people every year while claim no budget for others.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53508,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,greate place to work,WL balance .people .environment engineering technology,Not something that worth to mention,Agile agile agile,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53509,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Advisor,-Great benefits -Flexible Work Hours -Great environment to work in,-Have not seen any issues yet,Improve training for incoming employess,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P392.htm
53510,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,Principal software engineering manager,Great cross group collaboration. Work with great minds.,Process gets in the way of agility,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53511,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Manager,Good Company to work for,"Reliable, annual reviews, good work/life balance",Politics and old leadership that needs to turn over,"Add some HR leadership to Azure, what they are doing to employees and the company is damaging Microsoft's leadership and good reputation as a place to work",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53512,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Not as good as it used to be,Good salary and review payouts Awesome teams Lots of room to move to other groups/teams Awesome work life balance and support working from home,"Senior management decisions Working with groups that have no clue what we do, but expect us to do everything",Listen to your employees and take what they say when they are the experts,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53513,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Great environment, work life balance, slow execution","The work life balance is great, The pay is decent for silicon valley, People and environment are great","Perks are not as great as other companies nearby, still have to pay for food Being remote is difficult when the headquarters is in Washington",Help reduce the process to get products and features out the door quicker in response to customer feedback,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53514,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and learn,"Smart people, big goals, and lots of resources. I learned a tremendous amount from working there 18 years. I'm so grateful I had the chance to grow with the company.","It's such a big company, you can get lost under a bad manager and nobody will notice. There can be too many people working on the same thing sometimes, which causes overlap and some territorial stuff.",Create a program where you keep track of your top performers. Provide employees with advocates who are not really serving HR but are supporting and advising employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53515,microsoft,"Ball Ground, GA"," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Not what they used to be.,"Some good technology, but not as cutting edge as they lead you to believe.","Poor management. Convoluted sales commission plan and employee rating plan. Definitely buddies taking care of buddies. Behind the curve in lots of technology, like phones, tablets, etc.",Why? You wouldn't listen...,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53516,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Company is making changes for the better, but still has a lot to do.",Lots of different projects going on. Well established and stable. Good place to start your career. Lots of free software (and games if you work in Xbox).,"Lots of ""old guard"" employees that like doing things the way they've always been done. Lots of re-orgs. Lots of moves. Hard to get out from under poor management. Very bureaucratic.",Buy out some of the old timers. Bring in some new blood. Be more open to new ideas.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53517,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract project manager,"Work hard, play hard. Tons of brilliant people. With the same work ethic.",Can be a bit of a maze to navigate at first but resources are almost infinite.,Find and keep the best and brightest. Don't lose sight of individual contibution.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53518,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Sales Professional,Solutions Sales Professional,Great Account Teams and access to customers. Ton of solutions if you want to sell something different in a few years. So many choices and a lot of good people. Great from Sales to Services with a lot invested into growing you as an employee.,"Tuff place to sell at the same job for more than a few years. It can be feast or famine. Cloud has taken over, but on premise people seem to be second class citizens. Customers who just don't want the cloud can't get the conversation they need sometimes. Although the cloud is the future, sometimes it's not what the customer wants.","Keep looking out for the employee! No one will ever care how much you know, until the know how much you care!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53519,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft these days...,"1. Benefits. Benefits. Benefits. Including pay. 2. Flexible schedules in most groups. 3. Company reinventing itself - new CEO making huge difference, setting the right strategy 4. Due to transformation, many opportunities to move around internally, to make an impact 5. Really great people - smart, motivated, innovation-minded, fun 6. Access to so many resources from technology to information to hardware to collaborators 7. Stock is up! 8. Many group embrace Agile methodology for engineering.","1. Transformation creates chaos and that can make for a tough work environment in many groups. 2. Cross-company top talent mgmt and retention is a stated goal but there are no real processes or advocacy in place for this (talent retention decision making is at the group level with no visibility to other groups at MS needing the same talent, skills, roles filled). 3. Re-orgs are a regular occurrence where your role, manager, division, etc. can change overnight. 4. Tendency to change a product or feature too soon or wait too long to change it. 5. Still not enough weight or influence given to Customer-focused or UX positions & talent.","1. Put a cross-company Talent Management practice in place asap. 2. Ensure all groups are aligned to Satya's strategy, vision, culture change, and practices quickly (e.g. Windows)",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P393.htm
53520,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,"Nice people, good work environment, decent pay",Nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53521,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.,Can get boring and not fun,Be kind and innovate,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53522,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,free sodas and a nice campus,company is very very large,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53523,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,If you like the tv show survivor,"Fantastic benefits that you will be hard pressed to find anywhere else Incredible resources in teams, staff, and budgets Strong, passionate team","Politics. If you find yourself great at navigating the intricate politics and get your job done, this is for you.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53524,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Research Intern,I like it there,benefits salary location work culture work life balance great place for career development,bad choice of managers (some),none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53525,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Quite Nice,"The employees and staff are some of the best I've ever encountered, and the bosses are understanding and lenient.","Despite the great community, the atmosphere can be very tense and even hostile in times of stress or when cutting close to a deadline.","Lighten up the atmosphere around important dates, and let every worker know they're appreciated.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53526,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent company, provided you get a good team.","Work with the latest technologies in Microsoft stack Big solutions to big problems, particularly customer facing ones Very impact driven and motivated","Internal politics considered harmful Very much a company in transition, unsure of how to navigate certain worlds like open source Too nice to one another - means certain solutions are all met in the middle which can be hacky or obtuse",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53527,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 20, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,very good company,"at microsoft citycenter there is a great cafe on the 26 floor and has great views of the city. The job pays well. Overall good job and company. There is really good security, you need you rmicrosoft card to get in elevators and out on every floor.","i only get a 20 square foot or so office, and late night calls to israel, china and india take away time that I should be sleeping so I am more refreshed in the morning.","Bigger offices please and even though food is decent price, we work at microsoft so the cafe should be pretty cheap.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53528,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Some very smart people work here and most of the folks working here love what they do, at least on the Team that I used to be part of.","The management and leadership changes and reorg happen very often that creates challenges for employees. I was laid off from my position due to team merger, the whole experience during the merger was painful.",Stop buying out companies and start innovating,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53529,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Great for accelerating career,Empowered to make decisions Interesting work Exposure to global business and strategy Excellent work-life balance,Departmental lack of strategy Diversity quotas create an unequal work environment,Push strategy further down the leadership chain (lower than the L65),5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P394.htm
53530,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Great for accelerating career,Empowered to make decisions Interesting work Exposure to global business and strategy Excellent work-life balance,Departmental lack of strategy Diversity quotas create an unequal work environment,Push strategy further down the leadership chain (lower than the L65),5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53531,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Marketing Manager,Great talent from everywhere.,Too big and too old,"refresh, focus on main goals",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53532,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Global Operations Program Manager,"Great Mid Career, Mid Term Place To Work",Smart people. Reasonable Compensation. Fast Pace. Global Opportunities.,Typical corporate warfare.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53533,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work life balance,Manageable hours and good work life balance.,Slow moving and lots of processes to make a decision.,Pay attention to your high performers before they leave.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53534,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great pay but you really have to earn it,Great benefits and you work with some smart people,Employee are worked hard poor work life balance,Treat employees better,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53535,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good company,Cutting edge technologies Great people Good salary & benefits,Some bad managers Corporate culture & processes,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53536,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It all depends on the group you are in,"Benefits, campus, learning opportunities, broad scope and scale of experiences, bleeding edge technology and services on a big scale, the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest people and teams. Most teams and groups are good, some are incredible. Your experience and growth can be merit based and not seniority based in the right groups and teams.","Most of the groups and management is good, some are definitely stellar. However, there are some bad groups, and bad managers that seem to rotate around. Reorgs are sometimes highly destructive to products and services, and back channel prejudice is bad in some groups. Don't tolerate weak ethics or leadership, if you see it or experience it, get out immediately, especially if it is new incoming management.",They made a lot of changes to the review process after I left. But it will take a six or seven review cycles to really see if the changes you made are going to make a difference.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53537,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Assistant/Business Manager,Assistant Store Manager,Great Benefits. Great brand with tons of opportunity.,They need to figure out the perfect dynamic to link retail and corporate.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53538,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 3, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Director,8 years strong,"Company vision is strong and culture/drive is there to actually complete it. Work life balance in spades. Great people, smart leadership.","Lots of tape to push through new ideas, can be frustrating to advance if you don't understand the leveling system.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53539,microsoft,"Sandy Hook, CT"," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions Architect,"Great benefits, unlimited learning opportunity, remote working",Pace of work often leaves little work-life balance.,Look at separating out pre-sales and delivery teams. Having the same team deliver both most often leads to slighting the paying customer to meet the demands of sales delivery cycles.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P395.htm
53540,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,A great place to work.,Sometimes it feels too big.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53541,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent overall, sure thing in the end",Had great experience and great people.,Not too futuristic and stuck in the past to be honest.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53542,microsoft,"Pacifica, CA"," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Systems Engineer,"Great people to work with, tons of opportunity.","Upper management often doesn't understand what is happening at the lowest levels within the organization and often make decisions that those in the lower levels, don't approve of.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53543,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Apr 3, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Experience Trainer,Trainer,"Great company benefits, love the atmosphere, always learning environment and would recommend to anyone","Not a lot work life balance. Need more improvements on communicating, which lead to working 4-5 hours over shift time.","streamline process together to keep everyone on the same page. better career opportunities, senior managers were highly influenced of asking for a lot but never giving back.",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53544,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2016","Current Employee - Director, Marketing","Great for engineers. Marketing, not so much.",Good work life balance and not a lot of stress. The company has more cash and more employees than it needs.,"If you're an Engineer this seems to be the place to work. For anyone else, not great. Seem to be moving to open floor plan vs offices.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53545,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to go as a final career destination,"stability, solid benefits, competitive salary, being part of a well known brand. fantastic retirement perks.","the culture feels old and worn. yet there is a snobbiness about microsoft that they can't seem to shake. they also value age and experience over what seems like everything else.  microsoft is no longer the cool kid on the block---even though the people who have been at microsoft for decades still seem to think they are.  also, microsoft can be a a bully. and not in a self-aware way.","find and retain your new, fresh talent. advanced age and experience shouldn't be the two primary factors for fitting in to your culture. its intimidating to be a young person at this company and you're constantly being treated like a kid --- even if you have 10+ years of experience.",3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53546,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for,Great company with many skilled people. Lots of room for growth. The resources available (such as libraries of info/data) are astounding.,"Duplicate roles seem to be common. Coordination across work teams is difficult, but is a great opportunity.","Continue to evolve the company, and build connections across the groups. Good progress is showing already.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53547,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's OK,"Benefit, work environment, flexibility, exposure to different areas.",Salary/Position not necessarily reflect what actual work has been done.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53548,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Interesting work, great work/life balance","If you're looking for the mythical software team with a real focus on good work/life balance, in my opinion Microsoft is well worth looking at. No longer the cool kid on the block, but doing some great, innovative work and, rather than being able to make their employees instant millionaires, are focused on good work/life balance and very good overall compensation.","It's a huge company, and there is certainly bureaucracy. And of course, your experience of the company is heavily influenced by whether you have a great (or not so freat) manager. Your mileage may vary.","It's critical that the people who are managers are the right folks. Nothing worse than folks that consider being a manager to be their path to promotion, but don't love being a lead and making their employees great. There are still TERRIBLE managers at Microsoft who are allowed to persist.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53549,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 9, 2016",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Generally good place to work,"Solid benefits, flexible work schedule, generally decent people to work with, interesting problems to solve.","Career growth can be challenging depending on the team you're on, sometimes politics get in the way of getting things done.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P396.htm
53550,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,It's massive - with all the pros and cons that entails,"Finding a good team within Microsoft is gold. There are so many opportunities, and, in my experience, the company is generally supportive of employees changing disciplines and expanding their careers.","If you're on a team where things just don't feel right, move on. At Microsoft, you need to be aware of your surroundings, the politics of your group and the groups with which you interact. It pays to be politically savvy.",Love what Satya is doing for the company. I think the culture is changing for the better.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53551,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ch-Ch-Changes,"Quite a few things are changing at Microsoft, which is good. So things are a bit confusing for sure... but it's very interesting.","Microsoft is very much aligned to Management Chain so as long as you're on a good team, and have a great manager you're set, if not....",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53552,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,STE,nice place to work. smart teams.,"the eternal Full time, contract frustratration",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53553,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 14, 2016",Current Employee - Product Designer,Trade off,"Articulated career path for most disciplines, industry standard benefits.",Corporate initiatives and goal alignment may not support niche business groups.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53554,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IMDM,Nice company. The best benefits I have ever had.,All roads lead to Redmond. Not many opportunities in other geographic locations. So relocating is a great idea if you want to move ahead at Microsoft.,No real advice. Many leaders are very bright and technical but do not possess people skills. Its very difficult to report to someone that does not know how to communicate effectively. Other than that..Great company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53555,microsoft,"Overland Park, KS"," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Good benefits and fun environment,"Benefits here are great for both full and part time employees. Fun place to work even on the busiest days. Even the store meetings are fun. And for the first 3 years I was there, it didn't feel like I was just working retail - it felt like I was part of something bigger and a lot better.","We had a change in management at my location and the turnover rate spiked. For a long time, the most common reason employees left was a promotion within the company. But I saw more people leave last summer than I'd seen in the 3 years we'd been open. I can't speak for everyone, but for me, it was depressing to check my work email after a few days off to find out another co-worker was ""no longer with the team"".  By the time I left, it no longer felt like I was part of something bigger, it was just another retail store with a revolving door of employees. It's hard to feel like you're part of a team when your ""teammates"" change several times a month.  There were other changes I disliked, but it's difficult to explain those without getting too specific and losing any anonymity Glassdoor may give me.  If I had left a year earlier, this review would be 4 stars and my only complaint would have been the lack of communication among managers. But seeing things change the way the did has left me disappointed.","I know the reasons for termination vary from employee to employee, but I think it's worth stepping back and figuring out why to turnover rate had risen the way out has. Because it's not just a matter of people moving on after a while, new people are being let go after less than a year.",3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53556,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,work culture,Best working environment with flexibility to balance work life. Great benefits. Encouragement and support to switch disciplines and try new things.,Lengthier selection process if from totally outside.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53557,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,Great company to work for!,Corporate bureaucracy that is sometimes hard to navigate,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53558,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Princepal software engineer manager,Microsoft is big and have many good technologies foundations. Work and life is very balanced in average.,Too many politics between different teams and organizations. Very slow in reflecting to outside opportunities and customers.,"Need to be more bold, listen and support for young talents. Increase the salary to recruit good talents and fire poor performance people.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53559,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Store- Product Advisor,+ Company Store is awesome + Backroom is awesome + Benefits are great + Pay is not too shabby for retail,+ It's still retail at the end of the day + Hard to move up + Long hours,+ Don't scare employees into getting good metrics,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P397.htm
53560,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Scientist,Great company,"Great company, tons of product teams to move around, flexible work-life balance, job stability","Slower career growth comparatively, develop skills market doesn't want",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53561,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Cultural Shift Hasn't Taken,"Good benefits Good work life balance Broad impact Smart people  Overall, Microsoft is a pretty decent place to work if you are on the right team.",Constant reorganizations Bullies Top-down decision making can make you feel powerless,Leadership hasn't gotten the memo about collaborating and using data. Hold them accountable for making decisions that support collaboration and data-driven. Right now it is all lip service.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53562,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Benefits and Environments!,"Good perks, benefits as well as co-workers. An open minded space, where they let you express and bring your ideas to the table.","There is bureaucracy unfortunately, as any big company. Sometimes can happen you may get stuck in a bad salary and needs a bit of political movement to go up in level.",Continue to create a friendly environment. Don't base your evaluations in visibility only.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53563,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company Overall,"Excellent work-life balance, good atmosphere, plenty of freedom to choose your own career path","Slow, if not impossible, to make changes. Base pay is on the low end when comparing to similar companies. Especially when other benefits like healthcare are no longer industry leading",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53564,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Flexible,Lots of benefits and flexible hours,"Stressful at times, no other real cons.",None,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53565,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Content Editor,"Great company, some challenges remain","Microsoft is an exciting place to be these days. Lots of new opportunities to truly reach a global audience. You feel that you are making an impact. Also, for many roles great flexibility to work from home and support for flexible schedules.","Opportunities to advance are more challenging for remote employees, but I don't think that's a problem unique to Microsoft. The competitive nature of the company can make it tough at times to have your voice heard. Numerous turf battles within the company can be draining.",I would ask management to remember the other groups besides engineering that provide vital contributions to the product. Make sure those concerns are taken into account.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53566,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,like my time here,"work-life balance, my manager and team are great","laid back, taking a lot of processing time for everything",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53567,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great benefits and opportunities to learn new skills,Very political and top management slow to move,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53568,microsoft,none," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Closed environment,Good health care benefits for employees and spouses,"Not open to hiring people with non-microsoft background (even though they say they do, they don't actually follow it)",Embrace open source,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53569,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dull & Meaningless,"It's splendid for someone looking to coast and get some good compensation while doing so. Good benefits, free drinks, and work-life-balance is too good to be true.","If you actually care about building products that make sense and have an impact, then this is not your place. It's the tech-equivalent of a Detroit car manufacturer: slow, boring, silo'ed, and process-oriented. You don't get any end-to-end responsibilities unless you've been there for 20 years and have finally 'served' enough time to make Corporate Vice President. Even then, there's a ton of pointless politics and absolute lack of regard for how simple the offering should be and how to serve the customer. Half the time, nobody knows what the hell is going on in the organization. The company is so big and bloated that there's so much duplicate work going on, and zero ownership given to young, motivated, smart people. You're expected to 'shut up and learn', and don't suggest or question anything until you've been around for as many years as it takes for someone to forget when you joined. Long-story-short: terrible company for someone looking to make difference in the world around them.","Don't just pay talented people. Invest in them. And not through those BS company-wide HR 'initiatives', but on a micro-level. Alter the structure of the company so that people on the younger and hungrier side gain a lot more product ownership and end-to-end responsibilities, and stop permeating the idea that 'knowledge is king' and that 'tenure is above all'. They're not. Getting things done is far more important, and making mistakes along the way and learning from them is not only expected...but should be encouraged.",2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P398.htm
53570,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Amazing place to work,Good Cross Team movement Great respect for employees Smart people around. Redmond is great affordable place to live.,"If you want something more different look at venture funded startups as soon after the series-A close as possible. There will be more room for you to do things ""beyond your pay grade"" at a big company and less for negative politics.","Politics is everywhere, its just a matter of how much of it is visible to you (and how much you are interested in seeing it). The only way not to get involved in politics is by only associating with your work, and not get involved in anything that is not directly related to your work.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53571,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Producer,"Innovation, Structure within the organization, drive, creativity, boundless opportunities","An existent age and gender gap. It is improving, but certainly exists in the workforce.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53572,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,Good Company to work for.,Very hard work. Long hours.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53573,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Director,The New Microsoft,"The breadth of products and services, innovation, talent, resources and overall benefits make this a great place to work. The leadership team, company strategy and ""learning mindset"" culture are well positioned to take Microsoft into the future. The company's focus on empowerment has resulted in thoughtful investments in philanthropic giving which could really move the needle in the communities that stand to benefit.","Mobility is tough, its very hierarchical and process heavy. The lack of agility to respond to market opportunities or simply have a business review that isn't weighted down by process can make the company feel like the post office at times. There are fewer job openings than in the past and you must have an advocate/sponsor to progress. Doing good work isn't enough and despite more talk of valuing diversity, women and minorities are often the ones who lack the needed advocacy/sponsor to move up or simply stay in the ranks.","Job rotation, internships and other ways that allow employees to grow their skillets are sorely needed. This isn't about training. The company does a great job of that. It's about opportunity. There's great institutional knowledge within the employee base but without more/different opportunities to move to, people will leave. Not because they want to but because they feel there is no other choice for meaningful employment.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53574,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Software Engineer,Nice for beginners. Great Internal opportunities.,Top Management heavy. No room for growth as a contractor.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53575,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company overall!,"Great benefits, competitive compensation package. Great relevance on the market and great to have on the resume.","Difficult ways of working and culture. Satya is really doing a good job in making the company more human, but there is still a ton of progress to be done as most of the employees have 5-10 of in-house work experience so not something you manage to change overnight.","Be open, human and kind to employees. Support transitions and understand the origin of frustrations. Work together with your employees on achieving things together.",4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53576,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good leadership,Company culture is changing for good reasons under the new leadership.,"Too many levels within the company. Everyone tries to prove themselves, which results in stepping on each other's work.","Lean team would result in higher job satisfaction, less chaos, and greater productivity.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53577,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Flexible,Lots of benefits and flexible hours,"Stressful at times, no other real cons.",None,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53578,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Research Software Development Engineer,Working at MS,Amazing people and Ideas. Great work/life balance.,Not enough managerial support with no explanation,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53579,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start out for college students,"Good pay, flexible with school schedule, benefits for part time & full time employees, and exciting atmosphere. Nice perks here and there when new products come out.","In the end, it is retail. You can work a lot of hours depending on the season, but hours can get cut and work can be boring when holiday seasons are over. With that being said, it can get boring when it is not too busy. Also, you have to deal with the occasional Apple fanatics that want to test you.",Keep thinking of ways to improve employee morale. Continue giving opportunities to every employee so that they can help out in the different teams within the store.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P399.htm
53580,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 11, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer In Test,Software Engineer in Test,Great company with great talented people.,Large company with a risk of feeling small.,Keep innovating.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53581,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Amazing people in spite of middle management.,Terrific technical talent and seemingly unlimited resources. The CEO and his directs are strong champions for reinventing Microsoft. Got to work on software used by a billion people.,"Brutal infighting at the middle management level. There is a preference to chasing what partners want, rather than solving problems faced by really Microsoft customers.  Benefits and pay are okay, but they're not kept up.","Know who your customers are. Listen to your customers.  Microsoft is an amazing company in its own right, stop trying to be Google or Apple.",3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53582,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to invest your career,"lot of opportunities in working on different technologies/domain,","every decision needs multiple meetings and many people, highly bureaucratic, top management GM and above are political. recently too much continuous layoffs","empower the ICs and front line managers on decision making, reduce decision points, stop continuous layoff",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53583,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Company, depends on team",can work on very public projects.,bad managers and program-managers can cause late hours with little learning. 'Those who don't know the past are doomed to repeat it' can be said often about the place. The SDET removal caused a lot of institutional lack of care about testing and regression prevention.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53584,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Why does Glassdoor highlight positive reviews?,"There are some very smart people, and some of the work is interesting.","The company is so inwardly focused. Decisions are made based on what lets managers and execs check boxes on the internal scorecard and get their bonuses. Employees are still ranked and reviewed on a curve, no matter what the company says about having changed the system. And many people are still treated very unfairly. The people who thrive at Microsoft are those who absolutely drink the koolaid, and focus on managing up.",Care about your customers and your people. Stop pretending to care . . . actually do the right thing even if it means you're not checkin your box on Kevin Turner's scorecard.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53585,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,If you love challenges and stay on top of technology. This is the company for you.,Can't think of any cons now.,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53586,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Great pay outweighs remote management,"Great pay and benefits They have a massive poll once a year and they really seem to listen to our responses When you have a good manager, you are set up to do well and advance in pay/responsibilities","Management is a toss-up. In my 5 years with MS I've had 9 managers. 1 was excellent, 2 were decent, 2 were a nightmare, and the rest were forgettable. Of those 9 managers, 6 of them were in a different location, and 4 of them I never even met in person. This makes it really hard come review time.  They have a weird review system where basically a certain percentage of the company has to be let go every year. This makes for a lot of competition, obviously, and also makes it hard to really help or collaborate with teammates, since you're basically doing everything you can to not be that bottom group of people.  They claim that it's easy to move around the company, but I've found that to be very untrue. Once I was hired, I stayed in my role for 2 years, became a subject matter expert, and then tried to move on to the next thing. I wanted to expand my knowledge, keep learning, and try something new. It's been 3 years since I started trying, and I'm still in that same role I started in. And I have great reviews, so you'd think other teams/managers would be interested in me. But the reality is that moving from one team to another is incredibly hard because the way we are trained here makes us incredibly knowledgeable in one small field, and basically clueless in everything else. I wish I had a broader knowledge base. This also makes it hard to find new opportunities outside of the company.","Stop doing remote management. If my manager can't pick me out of a lineup, how is it OK for him to determine my pay/bonus/ranking? We need relationships with the people that manage us, and that just can't really be done well over Skype.",4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53587,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Business Operations Manager,Business Manager,great colleagues interesting challenges respectful work environment in local office,politics lots of reorgs 24/7 work expectation,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53588,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Microsoft Program Manager,"Great place to work, but depends on your career stage","Great work life balance, salary and benefits and very smart and friendly peers. People really care about the company and stay on for a long time.",Bureaucratic - sometimes painfully slow. Decisions can take a long time and it can get frustrating at times. Growth can be quite slow if you are in one of the traditional teams like Office. Not everyone works equally hard and that can be frustrating.,"Weed out the non performers religiously, and make a performance driven culture. Encourage people to rotate within the firm more often and less re-orgs.",3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53589,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - 3D Artist III,Great company if you're on a well managed project,"Some of the most talented people I've ever had the opportunity to work alongside with. Input was welcome from all levels and all disciplines. Ownership of certain project aspects was encouraged. Credit was given and recognized by those who deserved it. The group I was in operated akin to a Special Operations Group. If they brought you in they knew that you were good at what you did, so they allowed you to designate your own targets independently without having to get full authorization from Command.",Not all management was as good in all studio groups (YMMV). Some contractor relationships with FTEs were strained because of their transient situation ( Don't get too close to that Dude he's out of here in a few months or until a re-org occurs). Conversion to FTE from a contractor position although a possibility is something I never saw first hand (some kinda unicorn scenario),"My Management group was phenomenally awesome sauce!!! Door kickers and Heart breakers each and every single one of them. Nothing but props to those that see the value in a unorthodox approach and are willing to give it a try, because it's another potential solution.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P400.htm
53590,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Engineer,Started as a vendor and was converted to full-time.,It took five years to happen.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53591,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Services Advisor,"Company used to be great, everything has changed","Great wage for very little responsibility. Great benefits, pays for parking, and really teaches you skills to use in a real IT role.","Culture has moved to a sell first mindset, and you'll be pushed to make sales quotas, even if you weren't hired to do that. Management has no idea what they are doing, cronyism is ripe.","Look at who is doing the best job, not that kid you used to work at best buy with when it comes to promotions. Don't just see the forest for the trees.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53592,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great but Unrealized Potential,"Good work life balance, interesting and challenging work, cutting edge technology, super-smart people, global reach","Definitely not a place for women to work, the management really tries to show they are fixing the culture but consistent gaffs like the XBOX party and feedback from other women in the company show that there is a toxic culture that persists. Additionally the culture is very old boys network and can be hard to succeed unless you are lucky enough to form good personal connections. Ideas aren't evaluated on merit but on political prowess and connections.","Embrace the vision of agile development. Let go of the antiquated idea that the old timers know everything. Take risks, do new and wonderful things. Fix your women problem, not only are you not recruiting women you're losing them faster than you can admit.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53593,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Reviews,Good work life balance. The benefits are neat. The working environment has been refined and become more modern.,Still stick to MS specific technologies/tools a lot. There could be some hurdle when seeking outside opportunities.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53594,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,abc,"good salary, projects, perks, interesting technical problems","not all teams have interesting projects, pace of work also varies",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53595,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Experience,"For a intern to work in a IT company like Microsoft is a privilege, you get the chance to know more the market, the tecnology and the future of it. In 1 year working here, I were able to see the market and to have a more mature understanding of it and the opportunity to see the future of technology.",Not having certificates for Microsoft solutions for interns.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53596,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Tele Partner Account Manager,good,this is a good place,sometimes the free snacks are too sweet for me,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53597,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - SDET2,Great company to work with,great passionate people to work with,sometimes balancing work and life can be crazy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53598,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director UX,"Challenging, lots of different products you can work on, great location, great people","a little boring at times, has grown so big that it has left hand/right hand issues",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53599,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,People are exceptional. Mature employee management systems and culture. Growth mindset.,Stuck in 2000s culture. Lack of genuine collaboration. Not hungry enough.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P401.htm
53600,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Design Engineer,"Work-life balance, decent compensation. Depending on a team, may even get some interesting challenges and work with strong people","Culture is slowly improving, but far from a startup-like",Hire more successful entrepreneurs - outsiders into top leadership positions.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53601,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Lead,U.S. Service Center,Great environment to work in. Plenty or room for growth.,The coffee machines break sometimes.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53602,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Research Asia,World-class research in computer science and related areas.,Not easy to get in.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53603,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,PM,"Great people, great benefits, opportunities to have worldwide impact",Challenging to stand out in a big company,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53604,microsoft,"Hillsborough, CA"," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior Consultant,"Very professional, lots of talented and smart people.",Management can be spotty if you are in the wrong group/division.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53605,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It's a good company to start your career. Get a decent exposure to the development model.,Sometimes the quality of work is not as good as you would expect it to be,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53606,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work (I've been there > 20 years),"Microsoft is stable, treats their employees well, pays their employees well, get to work with a lot of smart people, free beverages, reimbursement up to $800 for fitness expenditures, top notch benefits, huge positive impact in people's lives, lots of opportunities if you look, can be a great experience if you find a good manager.","Easy to get lost in a large group, terrible if you don't have a good manager, emphasis is often too much on process, work life balance still isn't great, some groups aren't receptive to new ideas, and as a rule collaborating cross group is challenging.","Listen, support, encourage, foster creativity and collaboration, channel passion rather than squelching it.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53607,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Fantastic place to work, Good environemnt",Work hours can get weird due to global nature,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53608,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft,"A lot of options/teams with wide spectrum of technologies and fields within the company. Good benefits. Good work/life balance, but totally depends on the team.",Too much politics. The hiring bar is not standard across teams at all. Switching teams in Microsoft feels like switching companies because of how different it can be (can be a positive or a negative point).,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53609,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft after 9 years,"Smart people, great benefits, awesome work culture",Difficult to level progress pass 64,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P402.htm
53610,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anonymous,One of the best companies in the world. Lot of new and innovative products being launched every year.,I cannot think of any con,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53611,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Devs a priority!,The dev focus Microsoft has is a breath of fresh air from companies that are overly bureaucratic in their development processes.,"If anything, when starting at the company it can take a while to get connections to other groups inside the company without knowing where to go. Getting a mentor to help navigate the company is invaluable.","Following the HBR principles, management should provide more visibility in process planning (I'm not saying be completely transparent with everything).",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53612,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,- Interesting & challenging work - Work like balance,- Too internal focused - Engineering systems lagging behind,Change engineering culture,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53613,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Content Developer,A good place to work,"Great big scope, great benefits and salary, and world wide impact. Very smart people to work with, and interesting problems.","Problems include silos, execs who are sometimes out of touch with consumer customers and women in general, and challenges working quickly on new opportunities.","Fire execs who don't believe in talking to their front-line employees. The hierarchy has been great for your careers, and bad for our products and customers.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53614,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Microsoft,Working at Microsoft allows you to make a big Impact on people and business Its great to work and learn from so many smart people,"Sometime the corporate culture gets bureaucratic and slow, but certainly not more so than other big technology companies","Stay competitive with interesting wok, salaries and move towards more inclusive culture quicker",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53615,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,"Great place to network how ever, you need a sponsor",N/A Extremely difficult working in a team with no community support,N/A,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53616,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company - Opportunity and Pressure,Heavily resourced Strategic vision at the top Great salary and benefits Opportunity and work flexibility,Extremely demanding Always on mentality Matrix environment creates stumbling blocks,"Keep setting the vision, but solve for today's internal roadblocks",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53617,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,A great place to work for with really good benefits.,"It's a large organization so if you want to be recognized, you really have to work hard.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53618,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Big and changing campany,"Lots of challenges and opportunities for people who wants to grow, Good work life balance",Engineering tool chain is not agile as it should,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53619,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"Benefits are good, pay is ok. i think they are trying to improve the company from above, senior leadership gets it - almost...","work environment is backstabbing, middle management is the issue. need new leadership in this area. could be a great company with those changes",get new middle management,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P403.htm
53620,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work for,i really like the people who work here,i'm not quite sure what the cons are,please keep the company viable so we can keep working here :),5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53621,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Big and changing campany,"Lots of challenges and opportunities for people who wants to grow, Good work life balance",Engineering tool chain is not agile as it should,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53622,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Success Manager,Microsoft has Pros and Cons.,Smart and talented people to work with. Front of technology and devices. Variety of work. Pay scale above average. Great benefits - take full advantage. Great 401K matching - most I've ever seen.,"Everything going in so many directions, can be hard to stay focused before something changes and you have to adapt. Big learning curve to get up to speed on company and culture, while managing your job.","Scorecards are important, but they aren't everything.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53623,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you live in Redmond! Subpar anywhere else,"Well-resourced company, great team members, high level of benefits",Highly focused on headquarters in Engineering. Low comp for the industry.,Value teams outside of Seattle. Be flexible and demonstrate openness in doing things differently. New precedents could be a good thing.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53624,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,best,awesome company perks benefits days off vacation i cant say much more about this company because i love them so much,the best. no cons at all theyre the best every i cant say much more about this company because i love them so much,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53625,microsoft,"Weston, FL"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Extremely challenging but rewarding,"Broad view of the business, left to right across all segments. Ability to make decisions with limited supervision. Able to impact multiple roles.",Hard to manage its multiple responsibilities. Marketing budget too tight to deploy ambitious plays. Limited controls or automation to measure demand generation effectively.,Add more resources,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53626,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Part time PA,Great work life balance Pay is great,Not really anything to complain about,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53627,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2016",Former Employee - BI Analyst,BI analyst,big company with massive data.,too much teams with overlap work,hard to communication to improve the work relationship,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53628,microsoft,"Tucson, AZ"," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is what you expect it to be!,Amazing support and Understanding associates,Data Storage mechanism for certain departments are out dated.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53629,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer II,High scale projects Products used by millions of people. Cutting edge technologies,"Isolated from rest of the world Technologies used only by Microsoft and no correspondence from outside Applying waterfall in the name of Agile Backstabbing by peers because of the stack ranking Solid hierarchy, not letting people to speak up their ideas Very harsh politics, not letting best ideas/brilliant people to win","Microsoft should look how the best companies work outside and try to acquire best practices. Retrospectives never happens in Microsoft, that prevents them being critiqued themselves and they progression. They should really find ways to stop stupid politics.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P404.htm
53630,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer II,"Smart People around, and great work-life-balance","Slow turnaround time, but same thing for all the big corps",2015 and 2016 were better,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for,"Great engineering talent, who are fast and focused","Strategy is not clear , frequent re-orgs",Look at the data and see what the market wants and deliver on it,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53632,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Excellence,Great company still - needs some minor tweaks,"Smart people, great CEO, socially conscious, reasonable work-life balance, tons of opportunity to move and try something new, constantly challenging","Performance model is still broken - lacks clarity, good amount of red tape, promotional velocity can be frustrating and criteria unclear","Time to turnover some long time senior leaders, need to fix the performance model - new one is too vague, need to push collaboration deeper into orgs",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53633,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Sales,"Super company, exciting technology, great for over achievers and technology geeks.","Strong work ethic, anyone that works here can be sucked into a high intensity work environment with limited work life balance.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53634,microsoft,"Red Wing, MN"," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,engineer,"good product line, technology, co-workser",stock price not moving as fast as the market,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53635,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior SDE,"Good work-life balance, good benefit, vacation plan, You’re always going to have opportunities to grow within the company. You have a great way to gain experience through mentor-ships. Amazon has a very casual work environment",Performance reviews are less about your actual contribution at the workplace than they are about managerial opinions about your leadership skills and growth potential.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53636,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2016",Current Employee - Staffing Associate,The good and bad,Flexible work schedule with the ability to work from home.,No room for advancement. Low base pay. Bonuses are dependent on teams performance then your own. No overtime.,Need to keep communication open. Better structure needed.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53637,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Microsoft,"Large organization, lot of technologies, challenges,teams, locations to work for. Employees are in average pretty smart","Too many middle managers, mostly not competent enough to effectively either drive the business nor manage a team, main interest and focus is growing size of the team and play politics to manage up their careers. Changes, for the sake of a change or for trying new things are too frequent and not relevant. Very limited customer-facing Impacts are possible in this company.","Focus on delivery of important features should be a must, managers should be kept accountable, and fired in large scale!",1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53638,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, career or stepping stone","Ability to work remotely, managers let people work relatively unrestrained, good compensation and benefits. The MSFT brand is becoming more relevant.","Still has a culture of rewarding people on individual achievement vs. shared accountability, too many mid and senior managers at +15 years who lack drive and passion.",Build a culture where goals are shared.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53639,microsoft,none," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cloud First, Mobile First","It's a big company. There's great opportunity to find the position that's right for you, due to the wide portfolio of businesses that Microsoft possesses. The technology is awesome, and you get to work with really smart, motivated people.","It's a big company. Even in more senior positions, it can be hard to really do work that makes an actual difference.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P405.htm
53640,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Need to move often,"Benefits, salary, lots of opportunity","Poor managers, politics, hard to advance",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53641,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Intern Interview,Great work environment. Very friendly interviewer.,"A bit intimidating, as the interview is 3 hours and you meet with three people.",Have faster replies and communication with potential hires.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53642,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good Benefits,Benefits Great co-workers Techological Heavyweights New and exciting technology breakthroughs,"Managers who don't know how to delegate and guide instead of micromanaging. They frequently promote high performers to management, with no regard to whether they can manage people well.","promote managers based on their people skills, not their achievements",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53643,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Storage Engineer,Awesome job With a lot of perks and benefits,Risk of losing job. Risk of running into a BAD manager that will screw you over and target for job elimination,Recognize your talents and make improvements.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53644,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Sales Executive,Amazing Company - Hard to move within,"Amazing benefits and great compensation, hard to compete in the Seattle area with them. Great training programs and extra perks","Everything at Microsoft is based on levels and yearly reviews, if you come into the company at the wrong level or get one bad performance review, don't expect to do much with your career. HR is a joke.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53645,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is fantastic,It is really really fantastic and I love working there a lot. Every day is a joy,"I wish we got more holidays, especially in December. We really get very few paid holidays off that aren't our accrued PTO","Management should really focus on innovation. Also, let's give employees more time off, especially in December",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53646,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"People are great, smart. Lots of benefits. Vibe is generally good and upbeat",Not as easy to change teams as one would expect. Maybe things are better now.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53647,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2016",Former Employee - General Manager,GM at Microsoft,"Great people, good company that takes good care of employees in general,","Politics - anytime you have a juicy project watch out, someone else is going to make a play for it. Limited upside - Microsoft hasn't been able to really reward people relative to companies like Google or Amazon.","Take active role in managing careers of people, especially your winners, like GE or IBM do",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53648,microsoft,"Allentown, NJ"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Architect,Great Company,Love learning all the new technology in the cloud. There is a lot of opportunity to grow your career. And there's a lot of different departments such as consulting or product management.,"Sometimes reviews could be tough. You have commitments and you have utilization that are used to base your bonus calculations and depending on your level, you have tougher challenges.","Management has been good and fair. Especially now that they removed stack ranking, people have been much happier at all levels.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53649,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Applied Scientist,Great place to work,Great place to work. Exciting.,Same as any company of similar size and stature,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P406.htm
53650,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Ecommerce Category Site Merchandiser: Windows Phone,Great Flexibility but Old Tools,The Microsoft online store team does a great job keeping the goals clear and rallying together to reach those goals.,The tools used for the Microsoft online store are very outdated and manual. In order to measure site preforamnce one has to do hours of manual work.,There is not enough focus on customer experience and customer journey. I think the culture of the company should focus more on customers.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53651,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Principal Operations Engineering Manager,"Good Salary, Benefits. Opportunity to work with product development and manage a global business. You can move around different parts of the company to find your passion and a good fit.","Can be very political, you need to have a good relationship with your manager and your skip level managers support. While stack ranking apparently is no longer used, there is still an unfair process of evaluation that is not based on accomplishment of goals.",Keep reviewing and changing the performance evaluation process. Learn to value employees for their contribution rather than hearsay,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53652,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"People are great, smart. Lots of benefits. Vibe is generally good and upbeat",Not as easy to change teams as one would expect. Maybe things are better now.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53653,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 30, 2016","Current Employee - Senior Sales Excellence &amp, Strategy Manager","Great Company with Fantastic Benefits, Overly Bureaucratic","Microsoft has a great reputation and offers fantastic benefits. Strong leadership corporate strategy sets Microsoft up for many future successes, especially within the Cloud arms race.","Microsoft is overly bureaucratic, which isn't a surprise for a company of it's size, but it makes it difficult to get work done in a timely manner at times. In most cases, all roads lead to Redmond, so it can be career limiting to be in other locations if relocation is not an option or want.",Focus on process efficiency and reducing unnecessary efforts that drag down employees productivity. It would also be beneficial to be more open to a less Redmond centric requirement for US resources.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53654,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,great work life balance provided,not many career growth opportunities,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53655,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Intern,Good atmosphere. Relaxed approach. People were very nice and always ready to provide insight.,Nothing to write home about.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53656,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Global organization and organization culture,Layoffs and uncertainty at times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53657,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Amazing place to work at I absolutely love it.,Still implementing new systems,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53658,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so good,"Benefits, nice office, they applied my GC","Salary, not fun job, stupid mamgement",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53659,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Program Manager,"Great projects, strategic initiatives, progressive company and of course fantastic benefits. Very smart and driven people","sexism and ageism in the workforce. If you complain, you are marked. constant change makes employees fearful and therefore less collaborative, more defensive and feeling as though ""I must succeed at all costs"". Review process has NOT changed. On paper yes, but not in reality. If you make many small impacts the work is dismissed for those who may drive one large project. Evaluations are not focused on holistic impact, peer reviews are selective, and can be excluded. process can be very subjective with no recourse. Basically, my experience was if you are sub-ordinate and do not have an engaged or support manager you literally are screwed.","listen to your surveys and reviews of managers. If there are complaints, work to coach the manager. not all successful ICs are meant to manage. Look at why you keep crappy employees and get rid of great people. you are quickly becoming the place everyone leaves and refers to as "" it was great once to work there, but glad I'm gone or I wouldn't go back"". You are also eliminating a solid and seasoned workforce and fearfully keeping them at bay from not suing do to thoughts of being blackballed. Recurring theme I've heard (and experienced first hand) as an ex-microsofty",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P407.htm
53660,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Program Manager,"Great projects, strategic initiatives, progressive company and of course fantastic benefits. Very smart and driven people","sexism and ageism in the workforce. If you complain, you are marked. constant change makes employees fearful and therefore less collaborative, more defensive and feeling as though ""I must succeed at all costs"". Review process has NOT changed. On paper yes, but not in reality. If you make many small impacts the work is dismissed for those who may drive one large project. Evaluations are not focused on holistic impact, peer reviews are selective, and can be excluded. process can be very subjective with no recourse. Basically, my experience was if you are sub-ordinate and do not have an engaged or support manager you literally are screwed.","listen to your surveys and reviews of managers. If there are complaints, work to coach the manager. not all successful ICs are meant to manage. Look at why you keep crappy employees and get rid of great people. you are quickly becoming the place everyone leaves and refers to as "" it was great once to work there, but glad I'm gone or I wouldn't go back"". You are also eliminating a solid and seasoned workforce and fearfully keeping them at bay from not suing do to thoughts of being blackballed. Recurring theme I've heard (and experienced first hand) as an ex-microsofty",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53661,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Nice environment, good people, nice surroundings, and overall pretty sweet place to work at. The vibe is nice and its not in Silicon Valley, if you're into that.",I think that you just have to be very open minded in a lot of differnt things. This isn't really a con but just something to be prepared for.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53662,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, excellent benefits, but pay is tricky","Great company to work for, industry-leading benefits, 401k 50% match, ESPP etc, lots of opportunity to move up and grow but...","Leveling competition within the company is a huge pain, it's hard to move up even if you do great work. I've heard people leave to go elsewhere and then rejoin at a higher level. If you don't like what you're doing or not performing well, instead of helping you find another opportunity on the same team or on another team, they may ask you to politely resign. Big teams = low employee morale and lack of fun culture. The smaller the team, the better and more close everyone is, as it grows, you can pretty much forget about that connection.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53663,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Best place to work hands down,No real cons at all.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53664,microsoft,"Boise, ID"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail,"Great benefits, excellent pay, good company to work for. Assists with relocation, advancing your career. Provides advancement opportunities.",Retail side isn't integrated into the company as a whole and they are still trying to figure that out. Training and onboarding process can leave you asking for more.,"Work on inclusion, training, communication. Provide better systems. Make onboarding/ training procedures more apparent. Improve management at the district level.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53665,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,"Great company, different orgs = different experiences",Long term vision of company is pretty clear. Talking the right things,Individual managers can make or break your overall effectiveness,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53666,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,competitive salary and benefit. great leadership in general,too many divisions/team with conflict of interests,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53667,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Mar 28, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Fantastic Company,"Great learning experience over Microsoft Products. Good company within the store. Really exciting new product reveals, always nice to see new Microsoft Products release, and it's a plus to be able to test drive devices that aren't officially in the market yet.","Management have had personal issues that got in the way of the job environment. The Microsoft Store was within the mall, so the store can get a little rowdy sometimes. Difficult to achieve promotions without having personal relationships with management outside of store.","Schedules and breaks were very lenient, but sometimes employees can't catch a break over favorites. Management played favorites with the employees.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53668,microsoft,"Durham, NC"," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great place to work,"Great pay, good work environment, amazing leadership, great benefits, and a growth mentality is enforced. They are really focused on taking care of the customers, they go out of their way for customer satisfaction. Everyone in leadership here is honest, caring, and a joy to be around. I've been here for 4 months and I've grown in many areas. One thing I love about leadership is they care about you as a person and not just an employee. So often times they will ask questions to make sure you're at your best so you can excel. I watched my trainer get promoted in the short time I've been here and they encourage people to move up in the company. My hiring manager actually pulled me to the side and showed me some positions to apply for. They are amazing here.",There is nothing bad about working at Microsoft. it's retail so you have to hustle to make sales but it is easily the best retail work environment I've ever experienced.,"Continue to be considerate,loving and motivating.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53669,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Excellent environment,We enjoy the working atmosphere and the friendly staff around the company. Almost the salary is descent.,No major downsides except for the promotion structure where best candidates are not always those hired.,The recruitment process shall not be based only on the education path but also on hands on experience acquired at Microsoft.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P408.htm
53670,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Principal PM Manager,Principal PM Manager,"Growth areas are very rewarding to work for. Wonderful impact opportunities at Azure, Apps. good people, very smart leadership.","The company still hasn't quite solved the issue of how to create collaborative culture, especially in the PM organization. Individual impact is still the primary thing that is valued / helping others is mostly paid lip service to. Good managers do encourage, but those are seldom/adhoc.","Do less moonshots, really embrace quick iterations/lean stuff. Keep working on encouraging collaboration...",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53671,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place - Culture Transforming,"Great Leadership and Culture, Good pay, good benefits, great opportunites","Still a lot of pressure to perform, differentiated rewards, always managing low performers out",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53672,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT Review,Definitely huge and allows for someone to make a true global impact if you find the right team. Be sure to research the line of business and trajectory of the product you will support.,"Total lack of centralized anything , makes relationship building the only way to be effective. The place is held together by brain power and attitudes.","There's still a lot of duplication in the company, even though there has been a dramatic improvement in the past 24 months. Efficiency across divisions is lacking.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53673,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Microsoft takes care of its employees! Love this company,"Collaborative environment, workplace flexibility (depending on your role), and the best benefits you will ever find in a private sector company. It's also been aggressively innovating now that it's lagged behind in the consumer electronics space. Exciting place to be, and definitely the best company I've worked for. I felt like they definitely took care of me as an employee.","High turnover within the company, at least with younger employees. Many of the people I worked with in the company ended up leaving to pursue other opportunities. Also, work-life balance can sometimes be skewed, and you really need to set boundaries because they will otherwise swallow you whole, if you let them. They weren't so great about letting me work remotely when I had to pick up and move out of the continental US, but I also don't blame them, it was a big change in distance. That said, I do wish they took employees trying to come back more seriously!","If you want to decrease turn-over, there needs to be more flexibility in locations. Young employees are still trying to figure out where to settle down, and it doesn't help either party if the employee has to quit a great job just to live near home. Also, rely more on young employees to contribute -- many of my peers felt like they were being lectured to and like their ideas were not taken seriously. Luckily I had a great team, but not everyone could say the same.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53674,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Thoughts after 9 years....,"Benefits, benefits, benefits. It's a shame the Company isn't better at touting how incredibly rich the benefits/perks are to external candidates.  The culture is changing to be more collaborative and innovative.","There are still people with a ""legacy"" mindset (political, risk adverse and ""comfortable"") who need to be pushed out so the employees truly interested in seeing Microsoft succeed can push through.  Overall, I found the people managers at Microsoft to be lacking. Most managers (in my experience) are not interested in propping others up or improving their leadership skills - they are more interested in their own careers.","First, pay attention to Glass Door. :) I know first hand there is little interest in feedback but if you want to compete, you may want to pay attention.  Place more value on attributes like ""making others great"" - especially among your management team. Performance should be tied not only to what is delivered but a manager's contribution to the Company by moving top performers into other roles where they can stretch and grow.  Implement an Internal Mobility program that enables employees to easily find jobs internally. It's surprising anyone is willing to navigate our current system when they could just answer the phone and leave to a competitor.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53675,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with some issues,A lot of ways to grow technical knowledge Wide area of exposure to technology,Depends on the project - may be stuck with old technology Review model is blocking the growth (even the new model). Have to be in position for X years to be promoted to next level.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53676,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET II,"Good benefits, good work environment","Was part of lay off in 2014. Seemed to be a poor method for keeping the best talent, and getting rid of the dead wait.",Do a better job keeping talent,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53677,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"MS is a great place, they take really good care of their employees. Gives you everything you need to be productive. It's very easy to stay here forever, because you can switch teams if you get bored and need totally different kind of experience. Switch from web-dev to machine learning to game design etc","If you are in a traditional team, things can move really slow",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53678,microsoft,"Silver Spring, MD"," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Engagement Manager,"Exceptional, fast paced, great team",Exposure to exceptional talent in a passionate work environment. Customers were highly motivated to engage with our team to drive value and Return on Investment.,"The pace that was required to meet quarterly earnings expectations were, at times out of sync with our market segments sales cycle. This created unintended sales negotiations mistakes that did not favor either side.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53679,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Lots of fun intern events such as hike to Mt.Rainier, Sounders game, Boeing tour, etc. Very friendly and intelligent people in MSR.",I worked independently for the project I worked on. It would have been better if I had a chance to collaborate more with other engineers.,MSR was very organized in general and I didn't really have an issue with their management,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P409.htm
53680,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Every team is different in microsoft but lot of freedom and challenging problems to work on.,Some process but otherwise very smart people,Reduce bottlenecks and improve the process and more bottom up products design.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53681,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,PM at MS a long time ago,Smart coworkers. Nice campus and perks. Everyone uses your product. Dogfooding.,High meeting overhead. MS strategy tax. A lot of smart people doing stupid things collectively.,You have to actually compete. The mothership name alone won't win new markets.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53682,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Opportunity,High growth and fast paced Tremendous talent of people Free drinks Amazing campus,Work-life can be tough Large company so can be tough to navigate,"Keep the culture focused externally, the shift to go where the customers are has been extremely invigorating.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53683,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company that cares for its employees,"- Awesome total compensation: salary, bonus, stock - Easy to move within the company - Does good things for the community: Giving Campaign - Excellent health insurance, vacation, perks","- Large organization, can be frustrating during re-orgs - Not innovating as much in certain spaces - Lots of politics and management heavy, hard to get things done quickly without approval",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53684,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,Good and Bad (like with most companies),They drive employees to grow and improve themselves through training and moving into other roles. You're surround by lots of really smart people.,"The politics are thick and rampant. In an effort to improve and show management that you're making an impact in the company, many will often backstab and/or throw their colleagues under the bus.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53685,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Microsoft is chock full of passionate, intelligent folks who are driven to succeed. Although they have been waning in recent years, Microsoft can still boast some of the best corporate benefits to be found anywhere.","Microsoft seems to have lost some of its mojo. Satya Nadella seems well suited to recapture the magic, but down in the trenches there is still some latent tension as a result of self-protectionism that stifles not just innovation, but also just shipping and marketing solid products.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,none,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53686,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,"Health Insurance, Pay, Benefits and work life balance. Always new positions to progress into people are always moving around...very growth oriented company.",Not many bad things to say. If you do not like a fast paced environment that is always innovating and changing then Microsoft is not for you.,Keep ding what you are doing. Maybe take more advice from employees as they are the ones doing the actual job and their opinion has a lot of validity to it.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53687,microsoft,"Everett, WA"," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Fantastic Company,"Very smart, talented, engaged people. Great projects to work on. Endless learning/growth opportunities. Great perks such as bus transportation.","The only con is the location and commute time. It's super expensive to live close to the Microsoft campus, so we choose to live 20+ miles away, but Microsoft does provide a bus service, so that helps.","Keep focusing on being all inclusive of all developers, partners, customers no matter what device they use... love it!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53688,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Easy to ramp up. Friendly environment for new comers and family, good work-life balance","No technical challenges or training, pay is not fair among all candidates sharing same level, a lot of re-org",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53689,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Compant,"Salary, Company culture, challenging work",Schedule and travel can be challenging,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P410.htm
53690,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Paralegal,"Flexibility, autonomy, and varied responsibilities","Ageism, getting large company mentality, slow to adapt.",Value experience,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53691,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,Great place to work. Lots of interesting work. Company is going in the right direction.,Its a slightly old style company. Main location is in Redmond so the bay area is not the best place to be in for growth.,Increase bay area population. Make the bay area be a bigger satellite so folks have a lot more options here in the bay area. This is critical to hire great talent.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53692,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good deal,The pay and benefits are good. Opportunity fort career advancement exists if you are willing to put in the effort. Job stability is very good too.,The company and projects and technology are not generally revolutionary or cutting edge. Processes are a little bureaucratic as expected in a large company.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53693,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"great culture, intelligent people, work-life balance",not enough sharing and coordination between different teams,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53694,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Benefits Compensation Passion from organization around making everyone better as a team,Work/life balance Team mindset shifts blame and responsibility to those capable vs those underperforming,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53695,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slow Company ... Good Intentions,Good future state plan. Strong devices platform in XBOX and Surface. Strong software platform win windows and azure.,Slow to get there... painfully slow. A lot of older workers who are waiting out their last few years of employment,Force communication between the middle level management teams. Too much independent thought going on in each organization and not enough working together and synergy,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53696,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great team,"I was on a great team of people with an admirable manager. That makes all the difference in the world at a large company. I worked with extremely smart, driven, talented people.","At the time, company direction was not clear but since the new leader, they are headed in a clear direction.",Lay out clear goals for everyone and celebrate successes.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53697,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,Good Company with interest in latest Technologies.,New Recruit needs time to learn the Company Dynamics. Need to be in a good Team with Clear directions.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53698,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software in the Valley,The company has great culture. You get a chance to work on products used by millions of users so your changes can be seen in the real world.,There is a lot of process in the software development process that add unnecessary overhead to the system.,The should have fewer layers of managers and replace them with engineers who code.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53699,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great place to work, but a huge company","The benefits are top of the line. Between health benefits, to intramural sports, to commuter options. Plus we love the area.",I didn't find the work to be as engaging as it could have otherwise been. It is definitely like working in a huge corporation.,I felt like a little more mentoring and training would have been very beneficial. I didn't feel like there was much opportunity to advance.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P411.htm
53700,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great so far,"Great benefits and pay. Microsoft is striving forward to be more open and shed off the pre-existing bureaucracy. At the same time, they're working hard to make better and more secure products .","Nothing of much significance so far. The only con I see so far is that because of the size, it will be difficult to navigate through stuff initially.",None.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53701,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Terrible,"Pay is great, benefits are good","Expectations unrealistic, out of country workers hard to work with, HR incompetent. Newcomers will be expected to climb the ladder, but reorgs will get in the way as will people sticking to only doing things the old ways. You'll be asked to drive and come up with ideas, but having to deal with team projects will get in the way of actually accomplishing anything.","Fire the HR staff, hire people in HR who will take responsibility for their work",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53702,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Microsoft has reinvented itself, inside and out","Awesome place to work, specifically within Xbox. So many internal programs focused on diversity and inclusion. I've been fortunate to work within an organization lead by true people-managers that genuinely care about managing people and careers, not accepting a manager position as a selfish career-advancement. People often talk about ""having impact"" as a reason to look for gigs at smaller companies. I'd argue that you have even more opportunity for impact at a company as large as MSFT because of the inherent scope and reach that the company already has - leverage it, don't fear it.","Like many places - there's always more to do. It's fast-paced, demanding, and frugal. As a budget manager and strategist, I always feel like we're asked to do more on less... but that's a healthy exercise for any responsible company to go through on a continuous basis.","(I'm a white male) Continue investing in diversity and inclusion, not only for customers but employees.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53703,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior USer Researcher,User Research in Azure,"If you want to be part of the data driven culture change at Microsoft consider working in the Azure AppPlat AUX team. This is where the innovation is happening and research is at the heart of it. Great culture, fun people, and excellent opportunity for researchers to impact with foundational research that makes a difference.","There are politics, but that's the way it is anywhere.",None,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53704,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Business Process Manager,Senior Business Program Manager,Ability to Impact Feel empowered Strategic thinking Ability to build teams Compensation,Barriers to get to next level/Director Work-life balance lack of coaching/guidance to get to next level Fewer opportunities to advance in Individual contributor role Lateral transfers even when you qualify for higher roles,"Create more opportunities for individuals with good track record to promote to Director level. Seems like there is a""ceiling"" and people get frustrated at this level as they spend a lot of time at this level. Microsoft looses good talent due to this issue as people switch employers.",5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53705,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great benefits, interesting projects",Microsoft has great pay and awesome benefits. Plenty of opportunities to move around within the company when it is time to try something new.,Sometimes it seems there is a lot of bureaucracy and questionable decisions made by upper management depending on the organization,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53706,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Amazing culture and great people. High collaborative environment, everyone is willing to help each other succeed. Always something cool going on.",Microsoft is a big company. You do have to do a lot of self promoting to make sure you don't get lost in the shuffle.,Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53707,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,My least favorite company I've worked for,Good salary and perks. Many smart people. Old company that will probably be around for a while.,"Poor management and ambiguous work environment. Health insurance used to be good, but is very expensive now.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53708,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Life@Microsoft,Benefits Salary Brand Microsoft works on various technologies and areas and you are bound to get interested in something Own office (Probably a con),Politics Microsoft is still in old world top-down thinking. The amount of influence you get to do things in other start up and competing companies is huge. Microsoft doesnt give you that kind of influence. it is improving under Satya. But it will take time to seep down. (problem with top-down)  Good if you are fresher (again you are missing out a lot of learning from startup world or from competing companies with great collabaration),Grow up. Let employees have end to end influence over customer experience.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53709,microsoft,"Iselin, NJ"," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,People focus,People are a key asset,Career movement. Do it early in your role and often.,Focus on the cross departments. Seriously - 1 Microsoft. Get yourself out of the fog.,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P412.htm
53710,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Life@Microsoft,Benefits Salary Brand Microsoft works on various technologies and areas and you are bound to get interested in something Own office (Probably a con),Politics Microsoft is still in old world top-down thinking. The amount of influence you get to do things in other start up and competing companies is huge. Microsoft doesnt give you that kind of influence. it is improving under Satya. But it will take time to seep down. (problem with top-down)  Good if you are fresher (again you are missing out a lot of learning from startup world or from competing companies with great collabaration),Grow up. Let employees have end to end influence over customer experience.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53711,microsoft,"Kennebunk, ME"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Sales Specialist,"Great Company, Poor leadership","Amazing benefits, great company culture, a lot of access to tools to help develop your skillsets and advance your career.","Poor decisions in hiring, purport to have a big focus on culture but don't hire managers that embody that culture, no clear path to advancement.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53712,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Director,Sr. Director,Team atmosphere Opportunity for Growth Flexible work/life balance,Silos Can be limited by one bad manager,Remove the silos!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53713,microsoft,"Kent, WA"," Mar 19, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Bubble,Large company with plenty of resources for projects.,Company feels very top heavy where there's a disconnect between what the management envisioned and what is being built. Everyone is more focused on keeping the people above them happy and nodding along.,Not everything can be solved by throwing buzzwords and new processes at it.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53714,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II,It is a good place to work,No work life balance at all,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53715,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2016",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Excellent Place to Work,Beautiful Campus Cutting Edge Technology Lots and lots of free perks,Can be a bit too Redmond centric,Build up a presence in Seattle to better compete with attracting the best and brightest young talent,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53716,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Principal Group Program Manager,"Lots of smart people, big projects, great benefits & salary","Highly political, performance reviews dependent on whether your management likes you (not whether you get lots of stuff done and positively impact customers / business), aging culture and work dynamic drifting away from start-up / hot tech company norms",time to flatten the middle management ranks,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53717,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's a great place to work.,"Stable, continuously rediscovering itself, it's amalgamation of several small companies (orgs)",Big. It's hard to see things end to end.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53718,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2016",Former Employee - Senior HW Engineer,Microsoft HW device team,"- Good benefit and salary - Abundant resources (PC, mouse. etc)","- No innovation but just try to chase what Apple or Google is working on. - Change development plan or project too often time.i.e. cancel the project after hiring experience engineers from all over the area. they have to be placed irrelevant area. - I saw many smart new grads come toMS due to high pay. Money is not everything for engineer. If you want to be Program manager, then MS is best option for you",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53719,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Support,Overall great place to work.,"The people, benefits, learning opportunities, challenging situations, and everyday growth make one year of experience working for Microsoft equal to three years of experience working anywhere else.","Forced attrition - a few good people leave each year because they're the lowest performers on the team. That doesn't mean that they're bad performers - it just means they didn't have a good year. So, often times, the culture is one of ""fear"" - ""who's next?""","Eliminate forced attrition to get better ideas, encourage people to take risks rather than ""play it safe"" to keep their jobs.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P413.htm
53720,microsoft,"Huntersville, NC"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Good place to work,Great people and good benefits.,Inconsistent management at the mid level. Managers change frequently,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53721,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Territory Account Manager,Sales at Microsoft,"Great benefits, compensation, work with really smart people and household companies","demanding, email culture, difficult to make changes to old way of doing things","focus on the people, encourage and reward positive CHANGE, use pull motivations",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53722,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dull and Poor Tools,"Safe and stable career prospects. Lovely benefits, and diverse and positive work culture.","Poor tools. Constant ""dogfooding"" of half-baked internal products.",Stop hawking your own products that don't do the job,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53723,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company with all kind of people,Great company. Great benefits. Excellent resources at the execution level. A lot of great folks at senior management.,Middle management can be an issue for career development,Focus on career management. A stronger feedback system.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53724,microsoft,"Mill Creek, WA"," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,A tough place to prosper and grow,"Good perks...benefits, resources, nice campus and facilities.",Poor managers. Not a collaborative environment. Difficult to expand your knowledge after you're pigeon-holed into your project. Unhealthy competition.,"Focus on character of employees, and long-term growth. Respect maturity and experience of years...they're not all dinosaurs.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53725,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Content Engineer,"Five stars then, one star now","Once, there was great, exciting work, a commitment to quality and standards, and the feeling that you mattered. If you had the luck to be on a good team with a supportive manager like I was, the sky was the limit to what you could imagine and achieve. You felt empowered to constantly take on more responsibility, learn new skills, promote your ideas, and be compensated and appreciated appropriately. Even today, the people working there are very smart, and some are interesting. Microsoft treats its employees quite well. The campus is beautiful, the food is good, some people still get private offices, and the charitable match, tuition reimbursement, fitness, free commute and parking, and other benefits are fantastic. Plus you get a lot of prestige, respect, discounts etc. by working for Microsoft.","Anymore, Microsoft cares only for its stockholders and stock price. They will do anything, including cutting as many employees and programs as possible, making their products worse, and mistreating their users, to reduce costs and improve the bottom line. If you are old or female, if you work in content, especially if you have been successful and long-term so your salary is high, you will or probably have been axed. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. They used to hire ""Microsoft material"" and train you as needed, but now they hire whoever can do the job du jour for the cheapest price, then they will kick them to the curb too. No one's job is safe except possibly the upper management layer whose sole concern is to keep their own jobs and fiefdoms. Expect to work with lots of minimum viable products, cancelled projects, reorgs, office moves, and a weird Microsoft jargon that is mostly TLAs. Endless meetings and PowerPoints yet a lack of communication, wasted and duplicated efforts that can go on for years. Also expect your family and friends to constantly complain or seek your help with their Microsoft products, and to realize that a lot of the outside world hates or scorns Microsoft and with good reason.","I wish I could advise MS management to return to standards, user-centered software, and a quest for excellence, but I know all that is obsolete to them. So my advice is they should drop all their Consumer products (Xbox, Windows Phone) and concentrate on Enterprise, as business is their core strength and revenue. And then clean house and get rid of all the old, expensive managers and others who are just taking up space. And get rid of all auxiliary functions like content, marketing, support, sales... vend those out. Just have young, cheap programmers, and hire and fire them frequently. Have a mostly contingent workforce. There is no point having a permanent workforce when there is nothing permanent to work on.",3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53726,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great experience, difficult culture","Career growth opportunities, training, benefits","Churn, managers are inconsistent and moving from a 'good' manager to a 'bad' manager can impact your entire career at Microsoft.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53727,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Game Design,Great people with good morals.,Communication and information is hard to come by.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53728,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer,"Smart people, good benefit, nice working environment",Scramble to get things done very often,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53729,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just Started,"Great perks, pay and benefits","Nothing to report here, yet.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P414.htm
53730,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"This is a very established company attempting to work as a start-up. Demanding work, peer comradery, benefits, and pay are all excellent.",Microsoft does not treat seasoned employees well. They would rather fire someone who is getting up there in the salary scale and hire a brand new college grad at much less salary.,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53731,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Content Developer,Content Developer,"Compensation is probably the best around. Chance to be part of something used by millions globally. There's little end to the variety of things you can work on. If you have an idea, you can usually pursue it.","Demands are high and fast. If you're solidly Type A, you'll be okay. Management quality and ability is highly variable. Good, effective managers are not the majority of the management pool. Org structures are typically pretty vertical, too. Expect frequent reorgs that may suddenly put you in completely different teams, projects or roles.","Establish a more cohesive, realistic and clear direction. Current company goals are very vague. Develop a better system to enable more lateral mobility. Institute a better system for vetting/selecting managers and/or some kind of training so they can manage not only projects and teams but also people",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53732,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Enginner 2,"Good Pay, you get to work with smart people, and work in products that millions use.","Very competitive, all results are driven by business impact, and too many moving parts gets in the way of real progress.",Focus on people who work for you and not only on business impact.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53733,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Lots of interesting & smart people, diversity",You stuck with contract somehow,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53734,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"great place, awesome folks, lots of activities","low stock growth, stagnant salaries",compensate your employees as well as your ceo.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53735,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 14, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Can be great company for the right people,The company is doing a number of innovative things in consumer and business to business/cloud technologies. Very smart people in engineering and marketing organizations. You are responsible for your career development.,"numerous managers are ill suited to the responsibilities of being a people manager. You manage your own career, and need good managers to help you advance.",Management is strong and focused on implementing their strategy. People managers need adequate training in order to effectively manage employees and improve organizational health.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53736,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Most Degrading Company I Ever Worked For,"The pay was decent. That's the only positive thing I can say for this company, and it is the only reason I would advise anybody to work there.","Leadership in Microsoft is clueless. Rather than setting a direction and getting people to work together as a team, pulling in the same direction, Microsoft exists by pitting one employee against another. VP leaders refuse to set priorities, instead talking about ""the power of and,"" which means you do everything or you get fired.","Treat your people with dignity and respect, and you will do far better than treating them as disposable resources. Figure out what it means to be a leader, not simply a deep pocket.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53737,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Great Company,New CEO Satya Nadella has a vision and it's working.,Managers play too much of a role in one's career trajectory.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53738,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Work Culture,"Great to work, Fun environment",Still kind of Boss -employee nature.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53739,microsoft,"Fairway, KS"," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Enterprise Architect,Things have gotten better...Microsoft is becoming cool again,"Fairly stable, better direction of the company with Satya with a large emphasis on cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS with an easy entry into cloud with extra support","Can be very political, people get ahead more from knowing the right people, do not sell enterprise services correctly, we still push products versus solutions, we are forcing good people out and replacing them with inexperienced college and MBA grads instead of tenured people","Try to see what people are doing versus just looking at managers, keep experience, support learnings",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P415.htm
53740,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - General Manager of Sales,Amazing Culture with a few Drawbacks,"Exceptional leadership locally and at CEO level. Challenging the industry in many ways. Local leaders do an exceptional job of taking care of and promoting their people, they are serious about the business of leading and growing business",Internal requirements have become overwhelming and place a real strain on leaders ability to engage in their business outside of the office. The sales comp plan is impossible to understand and track. This is a real issue for top sales performers,Continue to try brining the benefits of Corporate HQ to the local field offices while conveying the exceptional culture and leadership in the field back to HQ.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53741,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,I thoroughly enjoyed working at Microsoft. I had my own office which was really nice and got to work with some great people. * Good salary * Good healthcare and dental and vision * Decent 401k contributions * Employee stock purchase program,* The healthcare used to be amazing but they changed it so it is slightly less amazing * The review process was very anti-team focused as well as involving concealed peer reviews,"Management always talks about being team focused and contributing to the team, but the review process is setup in a way that is counterproductive to their goals.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53742,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager II,Great place to work with brilliant set of engineers. Wide varieties of technology choices with good work life balance.,Politics can pull you down in case you are deeply focused on working without self promoting your work. Need good manager for career growth.,Make quick decisions and don't try to take longer path to resolve cross team issues. Emphasizing to much on building with cross team efforts is treated as one of the core principles while systems can be decomposed as smaller units.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53743,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool,"great company culture, great employees, very progressive and forward-thinking, innovation is at an all-time high, great CEO leadership","not Apple, low upward mobility, long hours with little feedback from upper management ja feel","better salary, give hr greater power, retain talent, restructure organization, we need to make microsoft great again",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53744,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great place to work!,- get to work on interesting problems - career growth - people - benefits - work-lift balance,- slow moving company - too many people are busy working for promotions and not driven to deliver value,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53745,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Microsoft has many many great talents. I generally enjoyed working with my colleagues. The company is also very resourceful. Due to its size, you can find expert on almost anything. We're also solving some of the worlds toughest problems, which makes it an interesting and inspiring workplace.","Due to its size, there are many wasted effort on many groups try to do the same thing. countless rewrites. the company is also process heavy. Overall engineering efficiency is low. Also, no free lunch!",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53746,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Awesome Company!,Leadership is MUCH better with Satya!!  Finance team is very solid!,Always room to improve benefits given the reduction year-over-year.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53747,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, if you have the right boss.","Good work-life balance, company actively supports employees well being. CEO seems to be very sharp and visionary. Cultural change is generallly positive.","Politics can still be onerous. Some managers still more driven by ego than results. Your experience will be largely driven by your manager, and their manager.",Be on the lookout for managers who empire build by taking credit for the work of others.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53748,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Program Manager,Unlimited opportunity to grow knowledge and skills,Long hours. Unnecessarily complex fiscal year planning process.,Focus role on what is most important: the customers,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53749,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Smart people. Great tools. Processes exist. Work life balance,Too many processes. At time inflexible to new ideas,"slim the organization down by x%, focus teams.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P416.htm
53750,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Regional Manager,Great company,The culture change is real! Employees are encouraged to collaborate and work across groups to deliver results. There is a wide variety of roles which help ongoing career growth.,You have to commute to the eastside.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53751,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's nothing but awesome!,"Microsoft is an awesome company to work for, benefits and bonuses are awesome and really reachable. Growth opportunity is amazing wether it be on the retail side or corporate. If you excel at your stretch role, traveling to other stores is encouraged.",It's a really competitive work environment.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53752,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Consultant I,Will deeply miss my time at Microsoft...,"Some of the most amazing tech industry leaders work for Microsoft, and you will feel their influence. Drives you to work harder, and better yourself. Access to the bleeding edge of patterns, practices, tools, technology, and thinking. You are given access to more training venues and opportunities than you will reasonably be able to take advantage of. If you want to learn more about any tech, this is the company for you. Given lots of freedom to maintain work/life balance (see caveat in Cons). Leading the way with cutting edge review processes that work toward keeping employees from being a number (we're still transforming this process, and it has it's quirks, but is . Company leadership as a whole truly care about your work life. They ask for lots of feedback, and I have personally witnessed the company change direction in a big way based on employee feedback. Benefits are about the best you'll get. In my particular division (Microsoft Services), you will get to meet LOTS of industry leaders, and power players at Microsoft and other big enterprises across the world. If you want to expand your network, this is one of the best jobs around. Wallflowers don't last long at this company.","VERY high demands, which can cut into that work life balance. Nobody will ensure you have this balance, and it is up to you to maintain it. If you are passionate about technology, like I am, you may find yourself having difficulty choosing work/life balance over going that extra mile for your projects and team. There is ALWAYS more work to do, and the company will always welcome, and incentivize you to chose more work. Travel expectations can be unreasonable for a ""family person"" (although, not unreasonable from a business perspective). HUGE organization, so we do suffer from your typical Big Corp Problems: Communication difficulties, inter-departmental collaboration, business goals/objectives and their alignments at the separate business divisions are not always as tight as they should be, and of course, you do at times feel like a number but this is trending in a positive direction.","All my critiques said, I feel like Microsoft is one of the best companies out there to work for. Personally, I'm leaving because of very specific circumstances within my little corner of the company. It has made it too difficult to choose work/life balance over projects for me. If that weren't the case, I wouldn't leave. My advice to the SLT is to open up the communication channels to the field more. I feel like if leadership had a better view of the 'battlefield' and what our troops are going through, things might be different. I have found that some of the leadership is just plainly unaware of how things are for some of our consultants... (or at least, seem to be, by my measure...)  Truly, I can't convey how bummed out I am that I have to leave... I loved this company... :/",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53753,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Great place to work!,"Flexible working, free fruit and water, able to work remotely as and when needed, lots of freedom",No major cons identified as of yet,Keep going with the change,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53754,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,Let Go in a Reorganization,- Vacation and benefits package is superb - It's a company that has successfully reinvented itself in the last 3 years and has a real world-changing purpose rather than a company just chasing ever more profit - Amazing colleagues - Great career prospects,"- Not a con, but some advice... Keep one eye on the responsibilities of your job, but pay close attention to your Annual Commitments set at review time. You can be superb at your day to day job, but if you don't live up to your commitments it will cast you in a negative light and reduce your chance of career progression. - Work/Life balance can be a challenge if you're a parent of a young child - Bad managers can hide very easily in such a large company. I was lucky and always had good managers, but they're there. Make connections and try to find out about hiring managers before changing roles...",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53755,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior ECommerce Leader,Glad to be back,"Fantastic opportunities all around and cultural change under Satya Nadella leading MSFT to new and previously unexplored opportunities. Never seen the ""business side"" of Microsoft more open to new ideas and a growth mindset.",It is an awkward time as there still are segments of the company that are in the old mindset of building empires and protecting what is theirs. They are not thinking collaboratively enough yet. Early engagement with engineering teams seems to be where this resides... hoping that the message will continue to permeate.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53756,microsoft,"Kent, WA"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Business Process Manager,Business Process Manager,"Industry leader, flexible. Excellent 401k.",Work life balance is difficult. On call all the time.,Allow employees to work from home more often.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53757,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Entry level,"Good people, good system and good objective","Jealousy, uncooperative people, corrupt people",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53758,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,So much potential,"Vacation policy is generous. Parental leave is very generous. Daily schedule is very flexible. Most of the IC are smart, creative people.","Middle management stifles everything. Satya can't push his agenda down and ICs can't push their creativity up. Everything dies in between CVP and M3. Those who figure this out move on, or relax.","Get rid of the fat middle management layer and act on Satya's promises of a lighter, faster, innovative Microsoft. We'll never get there with 6 layers of the ""old guard"" pushing paper and stifling progress.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53759,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Depends on your team,"Great pay and benefits. Company culture is improving. If you're on the right team, there's lots of interesting work to be done.","If you're on the wrong team, it can be dreadful. The culture may be improving, but the hierarchy is deep and cumbersome. You need someone to teach you the politics.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P417.htm
53760,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Professional,great company,work life balance is good,local management needs more work to appreciate its employees..,follow Satya,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53761,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Well, it's Microsoft","Good pay, benefits Smart people Good work-life balance",Huge bureaucracy makes it hard to get things done Many backwater departments lack clear mission Highly impersonal management style,Have a bit more compassion for workers -- the mass layoffs under Nadella have been brutal. Company is too big and probably would be better served by spinning off non-core divisions.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53762,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft,"My manager is experienced, learned a lot from him",The whole atmosphere is not active,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53763,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good enough,- challenging work - compensation - work life balance,- red tape - career advancement,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53764,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Upper management no longer respects the value of more experienced workers,Company has a variety of good onsite training opportunities that are worth taking advantage of. Bonuses and stock grants are good incentives for doing well.,"Company management does not respect its older workers and is laying them off in droves. In hallway discussions, managers discuss how to ""youngify"" the company's workforce.","If you want Microsoft to survive and thrive, stop laying off the company's brain trust.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53765,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Great place to work,"Great work life balance, opportunity, and decent pay.","management was terrible, but what can you do its retail life.",micromanagement,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53766,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Architect,Excellent place to work,Lots of talented people to learn from. Unlimited resources to do R&D.,Lack of communication between FTEs and contractors,Make the communication more transparent. It will save you guys millions.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53767,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,Nice people to work with.,Management is not the best.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53768,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working atmosphere,"Good working atmosphere for intern , everyone is ambitious and efficient",Everyone leave their positions right after office hours,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53769,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Complex challenges,Complex because of legacy code that needs to work while rushing forward with new features. Culture is changing and becoming more fair.,Very hectic and poor work life balance. Need to perform at very high energy levels to get recognition. Need to do visible work most of the time. Poor planning and overcommitment.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P418.htm
53770,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great Place to start working,Great starting pay compared to other retailers. They provide health benefits and 401k to part timers.,The store is located in a mall that inst particularly nice and the mall frequently has issues.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53771,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work,"There is a good work life balance. Lots of opportunity for advancement (at least in the lower levels) Since it is a big company, there are a lot of teams to choose from if you want to transfer",There have been a lot of painful reorgs. Perks of being in a location that is not HQ is limited. Technology is not the newest or most exciting in some teams,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53772,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,A great place to get started,Great place to land coming out of college as an engineer. I was surrounded by strong technical mentors and able to get up to the speed of industry without regularly working ridiculous hours. Truly appreciate the culture of work life balance,I was looking for opportunities to work hard and get ahead. I wanted to see my efforts and contributions reflected directly in my career trajectory and I felt that I wasn't going to do significantly better in terms of learning or making advancements by working super hard. I also wanted to diversify my skill set instead of just focusing on engineering and that was hard to do in the environment.,Figure out how to get your high potential younger employees into opportunities that are more entrepreneurial in the cases where that's appropriate and you will boost retention.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53773,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2016",Former Employee - Senior IT Consultant,"Not bad, as far a very large corporations go...","Very fast-paced and challenging environment. Great, if you're the type of person who likes to remain very busy.","Not a lot to complain about in my experience. Again, if you're going to work at a very large corporation, Microsoft is not a bad place to be.",Some managers I've dealt with seemed to lack the necessary skills to properly engage and manage contingent staff (vendors).,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53774,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Amazing company - empowering, challenging, gratifying.","Pay, Benefits, Career Opportunities, Philanthropy- Incredible matching for what you care to help, Brand Power, Talented People, Impact of my work on Society, Some very good managers that lead for the right reasons","Tireless pace / demand, Complexity of Large Corporations, Managers that don't understand servant leadership and operate with fear and other altruistic intentions.","Better Talent Management, Focus on Servant Leadership",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53775,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"Great place, colleagues and perks.",Not much. The city is beautiful.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53776,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,Principal Software Development Manager,Opportunities for huge customer impact,Organization is evolving into One Microsoft. Taking time.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53777,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Photo Editor,"Good work, if you can keep it",Great benefits and talented colleagues,"Lots of layoffs, constantly cycling through contracts.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53778,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Solid company,"Microsoft is a huge company that feels like a collection of many small/medium companies. Your experience can vary a lot from division to division, team to team.","I don't feel challenged nor that I'm learning much, if anything, at my job.",Always pay attention at your competitors and react faster when need. That is true both for how to treat/pay/retain employees as to how to gain/regain market share.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53779,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My actual last year there was 1997,Loved my co-workers Semi-private offices aided concentration Great lifestyle networking,"Frequent re-orgs (every 6 mos.) did not work for me, overall Parking always a problem Many incompetent managers",none,4.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P419.htm
53780,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company,"Great benefits, nice campus. Great benefits, nice campus.",Politics and re-org are painful,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53781,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company,- great benefits and vacation days - easy to find interesting jobs or to change positions internally - very good culture and it is possible to handle good work/life balance,- to much attention to the level - not easy to change level,- leave to employees more space to handle initiatives.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53782,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Work with the smartest people, deal with some bureaucracy","Microsoft is a company that is really what you make of it. They have tons of learning opportunities for employees, pay very well, and really support their employees. You're working with some of the smartest people on the planet and most likely building products that millions to hundreds of millions of people use.","Because Microsoft is so large (~100k employees) and so old (founded in 1975), there are pockets of ""we've always done it this way"" that can be frustrating. Many teams are able to adapt to new technologies and methodologies, but some teams are so large and have been successful for so long, it's hard for them to shift. This feels like it's changing with Satya as CEO, which is great.","When I became a lead I was given no formal training. I think picking a culture that you want, and enforcing it at the management level with training and reinforcement would really allow the organization to change and adapt quickly.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53783,microsoft,"Edmonds, WA"," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Big Company,Big company where you can find your niche Pays well,Micromanaging manager Everyone is on the edge,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53784,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,One Microsoft,"* Main Support and Development Campuses are greatly funded. * Training and support documents available * Ability to make an impact on the company as a whole * Medical Benefits are Above Average to Great * Bonus Incentives and Monetary Benefits are Above Average to Great * Main Campuses offer various amenities per region including, Outdoor Activities, Great Quality Lunches at decent to low prices, Decent Discounts on Microsoft Only Products at Company Stores * Excellent Work/Life Balance. You work when you are scheduled - Scheduling is Fair and Traditional * Numerous Career Opportunities to those that choose to earn them * Software Benefits to the Entire Microsoft Software Catalog for personal use free. * Company is in the growth to a new direction of a Unified Organization of Knowledge and Collaboration * Excellent Disability, Maternal/Paternal, and Retirement options * Strong understanding and respect of diversity, culture, and religions * Fantastic and Encouraging Orientation/Onboarding Events * Host yearly events company wide * Strong Morale and team building events and company hosted lunches  [Personal Note: I have felt the most accomplished, valued, and respected of all the companies I have EVER worked at for any industry or service. I have work in the last 13 years for about 20 companies - Microsoft has been the best so far in every field. except overall communication - but that seems to be the shortcomings of Humans in general]","* Some employees find loops in systems to retain employment while bringing the company down * Too Much out-sourcing and vendor work - pay the employee for the work not the middleman * Strong breaks in current communication, business focus among teams of services and products, no central point of resource or reference * Does not have standardized training for Support Services, needs better hiring techniques to filter out unqualified candidates, and needs to streamline the employment initiation post hiring process * Lacks open cooperation and collaboration between teams - unhealthy competition * Many Individuals tend to rather put blame on others and refuse ownership or responsibility * Managers should work closely on setting standards and procedures in writing and sticking to them - much communication about standards and procedures is word of mouth. * Company needs more focus on the future and bigger picture and to not fall in the loop of old bad habits * Still a strong presence of ""Always done it this way"" mentality that needs to be filtered out or changed","Work harder to being a United company and set standardization to build from. Do not set much word of mouth and show conviction, ownership, and accountability in the face of failure.  Strive to bring teams and services on the same page. Enforce procedures and standards that actually matter to the benefit of the business, employee, and customer.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53785,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Development Specialist,Sales Development Specialist,"Great benefits: HSA, stock bonus, stay fit allowances, etc.",Haven't found any so far. Just that sales quotas and goals should be attainable.,Be sure to invest in your young sales people. They are the future of the organization.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53786,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Good Experience,1. Good Culture 2. Family friendly,1. Not a great payer,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer/Build Engineer,Great Company To Work For (Sans Politics),"Great company with lots of benefits. Healthcare package, discounts all around town. Global presence. Get to interact with a diverse crowd. The company promotes its employees sharing each others' cultures and ideas through alias lists.","1. A bit too top-heavy. Too many ""managers"" who don't do much more than report and babysit. 2. One of the biggest failures of Microsoft is in their annual review process. That makes or breaks your career in the company and you are in competition with your own team! So in order to get the best annual review, you HAVE to step on your colleagues. 3. Poor feedback mechanism. They do NOT take criticism very well, neither internally nor from external customers. I've suggested a more robust feedback tracking mechanism for years. 4. Microsoft ""help"" is most often no help at all. What they should do is link from these ""help"" pages to the blogs page which addresses these topics. More examples, less technical jargon. If you really want help with anything Microsoft, it's a LOT more productive to Google it than go through help online. 5. The biggest fat to trim is upper management. They create these layers of useless lower managers to pass the buck on to and insulate their positions. Then, to make themselves seem like they're doing something important, they'll ""revamp"" the process in a cyclical fashion. ""Silos good, silos bad, silos good, silos bad..."" There is just too much of this type of nonsense going on within the company which is not helping anyone.","All my negative comments are with the intention to make the company better. 1. Trim down on your management staff and get more workers to help each other. Imagine how happy a worker would be if instead of an extra layer of management, the team had a helper or a secretary. You'd have to pay less for this position and your productivity will increase. 2. Do not make your employees stab each other in the back to get ahead. Your annual review process is too cannibalistic. 3. Have a mechanism for feedback much like a trouble ticket being tracked. Let the person giving the feedback know how it was handled instead of ""Thank you for your feedback"". If you take this seriously, your company will improve by leaps and bounds. Maybe that secretary can be in charge of handling feedback. 4. In your ""Help"" pages, include tons of examples with scenarios and list those on TOP. Make it a mandatory policy to include examples. 5. Have a transparent mechanism for management and anonymity from lower levels. ANYONE at Microsoft should be able to create an anonymous account to leave feedback about management. There is just so much fear in the company that people will lose their jobs, everyone pretends the emperor's clothes are beautiful. It is very easy to implement a forum where anyone and everyone can leave whatever feedback without fear of reprisals.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53788,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Good benefits, good pay, flexible work schedule","Often times gets lost in the corporate hierarchy (i.e. trying to solve for one size fits many, and ending up with a mediocre solution)",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53789,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Field Sales,Sales,"Great benefits, smart people, access to decision makers, excellent products in the cloud, many career paths, value technical sales people","Challenging situations, company going through transition to cloud, some ambiguity",Work on fairer quotas,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P420.htm
53790,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiter,"Benefits, flexibility, worKarina life balance travel","Personal growth and development, serious people manager training required to help lead reports",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53791,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Tech,Money and benefits are great,reorgs are frequent and you need to fit in if you want job security,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53792,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer (SDE),Working at Microsoft,"Talented people, Great work environment. Takes good care of their employees",No free food. Only uses Microsoft technology stacks.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53793,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Global scale and impact and exciting company transformation that is currently underway. incredible variety of products, technologies and business areas to work on and learn from.","With the company transformation both business areas and cultural norms are evolving, some are augmenting and growing while others less so. One needs to put focus on finding the best area to engage.",continue to cultivate the company mission as a driver for business and people decisions to help enable people and organizations and cultivate a healthy and vibrant relationship with customers and partners,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53794,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Coordinator,microsoft,Nothing much as prons. very good company to work with,Very good company to work with,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53795,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great compay to work for,Nice work/life balance. Thought provoking problem solving. Good benefits,Easy to get lost it the huge company mix. Slow release cycle,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53796,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing people, interesting HR policies, Challenging work",Amazing people and challenging work,"Late hours, a lot of email, overworked first line managers, and high expectations",workload balancing needs to happen - the expectations are just outrageous. Would like a better people review process that doesn't include managing out the bottom 10%,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53797,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,Good pay and benefits including generous stock awards. The company is financially secure. Good work-life balance for the most part.,It all depends on who your manager is. A good manager will allow you to go far and a bad one will make you want to leave the company. It can be challenging to move in certain parts of the company.,The review system needs to be more transparent since this is still the single highest point of dissatisfaction among employees.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53798,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Engineer,The biggest pro of working at Microsoft is for the brand. Microsoft is great company overall and has a good vision,"Management, management, management. Team morale is extremely low at my org because management feels they can get rid of anyone at any time. Granted employees are easily replaceable, but we do not feel respected.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53799,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Interesting work,"- Friendly, smart people - Interesting work & ability to work on exactly what interests you if you drive for it. - Relatively good work/life balance in comparison to some competitors. - I am a fan of the newer open workspaces.","- It's huge, so experiences across teams can be quite different. Again it largely comes back to who your individual manager is. - As with big tech companies, career progression can be slower than say a startup, due to competing with a lot of other smart people.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P421.htm
53800,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,great work life balance. Great salary and benefits. Open to any technology. It's a all together new Microsoft now.,None cons according to me right now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53801,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,You will work with some of the most talented people on a wide variety of projects,A company this large has bureaucratic challenges - it needs to be easier for smaller projects and initiatives to get recognition,Focus on retaining employees and building a start up culture environment within the company,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53802,microsoft,"North Andover, MA"," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great small company,Great small company to be a part of. Lots of experience gained.,With all small companies you get to wear a lot of hats.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53803,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,Good salary Friendly environment Opportunity to improve,Lunchs are expensive A little disorgnised,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53804,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great benefits. Many opportunities for taking on challenging projects.,Performance review system caused a lot of anxiety amongst employees.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53805,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great career and place to work,"Working with intelligent people to solve interesting problems. Loved coming to work at least 90% of the time. Many career development opportunities. If you work hard you can taken on any position you want and set your mind too. Invests in their employees. Given opportunities to develop and grow, was able to move overseas for 3 years, offered world-class training. Supportive management Great benefits",Highly matrixes organization with some bureaucracy and red tape. Your organizational leader sets the tone of the group. This obviously can be good or bad depending on the leader.,"Hire managers with management and leadership capabilities, not just because they are good at their individual job and get promoted. The capabilities of some ICs is so different than an effective manager.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53806,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Director,"Director, Partner Profitability & Compete, Worldwide Partner Group",Amazing company with fantastic vision and desire to help the world. You will make an impact working here.,"Extremely complex, highly matrixed structure produces unnecessary overhead and time to get things done.",Simplify as much as is possible and continue to focus on core strengths.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53807,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Good people, great tech, good pay.",The weather! Being isolated from SF tech scene,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53808,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Company fun place to work, managers could be better","If you get a bad manager, you have on recourse.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53809,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,A good company,People are friendly and smart. Always have interesting and challenging work,There is very little cons. 1 con is that it is not easy to switch to different departments,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P422.htm
53810,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - EBA,EBA,"Work life balance, great co-workers and culture.","I haven't been here too long, but can't name any right now. Being a contractor I'm only temporary.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53811,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good first job,"I joined Microsoft just out of college and it was a great experience. There are a lot of smart and cool people, the pay is good, and it's a great place to learn more than you can possibly get in classroom.",There can be periods of time where you have to work weekends or late nights to ship a product. Sometimes I felt chained to my email. Some of the codebases are old and rich but mindingly-complicated.,"Backward compatibility is anchor around the neck of the profitable products (Windows, Office), and it would be great if they could try to clean it up.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53812,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,liked,"place ,job was intersting and timing was appropriate for me",culture did not like the internal politics,more open and integration of employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53813,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"slow, hierarchical, but large scale","the company has a thick layer of talents and a large number of groups doing various things from hardware, software, cloud, and etc. ample opportunity to learn and move within the company",product development moves too slowly because of all the political and technical baggage.,be open minded and encourage seemingly disruptive ideas,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53814,microsoft,"Iselin, NJ"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Pros-Cons,"Good pay, Remote work, great products and company vision, good benefits","High employee turnover Politics are very unproductive and demoralizing, Leadership is too transaction oriented and contradicts the customer centric goals they preach, Initial training is very limited, Lacks employee loyalty,",Evolve from a bean counter to a team player.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53815,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Professional Development and Resource Manager,Good company to work,"Flexibility, Good salaries, Good benefits","Too demanding, difficult to grow in an small subsidiary, some managersdo not help in career development","Develop managers, care people",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53816,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,good place,"the compensation is still competitive, with comprehensive medical benefits, a lot of vacation days and a nice office to work in. stock and bonus every year.","as the rest of world are moving to open source, it does not feel very certain if people can still have their job or can find another good job if they continue to stick with microsoft technologies","I am not sure if some of the reshuffling, re-org, acquiring another company, or cutting a project, are indeed a well-thought plan or just purely some kind of political move",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53817,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Software Development Engineer in Test 2,"Competitive Benefits, great people, challenging work, lots of opportunities","Test environment is becoming less hands on the product and more big data analysis. While this is challenging and interesting, this is not what I enjoyed about testing at Microsoft in the past. Benefits, while still extremely competitive, are slowly being cut. Work life balance, while talked about a lot, is more about the work side.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53818,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,"nothing good in it, I really hate the manager in Microsoft","everything is bad, I can't find a good thing to mention",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53819,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Evolving culture for the better,Great benefits and flexible hours. The culture is always evolving and the people are great to work with. Annual hackathon and morale events are the best.,The brand awareness isn't what it used to be.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P423.htm
53820,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Good company, but not stable for employees","Great benefits, solid financially, interesting technology. Almost no work-life balance.","Culture if ""me first"" promoted through bad focal review process. Quick to layoff people.",Start to treat employees like they are important to the business.,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53821,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work/life balance,Excellent work/life balance for a tech job,Have to work with legacy code,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53822,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working for Microsoft,"Learn different technologies. easy to move teams, work on large systems with large number of customer",Mostly user microsoft technologies. Internal transfer require complete set of interviews. Process sometimes come in the way of work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53823,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to its employees but could fire half the company,A great place to work if you want a stable job and strong benefits. You don't have to work hard.,The company is so inefficient that it just throws good money down the drain.,Focus on profitable products.,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53824,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"very matured company, you will be exposed to very good processes.",career growth is low and less overall compensation,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53825,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Who is your boss?,Money to spend - lots of it. Great benefits. Get in before 9:30am and you've beat 90% of the employees. Rush hour near campus is 10am and 4pm.,"If you have a bad boss, this place sucks. You must have a great boss who will protect you to survive at Microsoft. You will be sacrificed if you lose your head cover. My experience there was awful. Friends had a great time. The only difference was the boss. I got tired of getting one off e-mails after 10pm from people who hardly showed up to work so they could clam to be always working.",Seriously work on improving your management training. Poor middle management and cronyism in some groups need to be eliminated.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53826,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Director,Sr Director Procurement,"Great benefits, surrounded by smart people, fast paced dynamic and constantly changing environment","work ethic is 7X24 always ""on"", lack of strategic leadership at executive level, constant reorgs make it hard to make real progress on key initiatives",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53827,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Best place to work,"I work with really intelligent, hardworking, dedicated people, the best manager I've ever had, and I have the flexibility to do my job my way. The pay and benefits are great, the work is interesting, and the hours are reasonable.",The loss of free health insurance was a little hard. I wish my team was more flexible about working from home.,You're doing great. Keep up the good work. I love that you hire great people that foster a great culture.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53828,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work for,A lot of talented professionals. Very interesting and rewarding work and projects. Very fun when focus is maintained on the right things.,Work life balance can definitely be a challenge. A lot of time on task can be needed in order to grow and progress in career.,Start and stick with vision. Focus and don't get sidetracked with distractions.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53829,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior,"good team work, a lot of flexibility, nice working environments. good family benefits. support volunteer chances and match. Child care benefits.",The teams are frequently reorg. Employees are leaving on a frequent basis. The career support education is not that strong. Food is not good.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P424.htm
53830,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,a good place to learn how to build a software,a good place to learn how to build a software. salary is ok if you live in Seattle.,chances to work on an excitement project is few.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53831,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Good company but still mired in politics,Great benefits Lots of talented people Culture is improving,"Heavy politics (your advancement tied to this) Slow moving Lots of poor managers, just managing up Review system is better but not great","Make managers more accountable and self-critical,more stringent requirement of 360 reviews of them",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Too Much Politics,Good pay. Great benefits. Lots of opportunity to move around the company. Get to work on some really innovative projects.,"Lots of old guard. Very type A personality based company. Lots of politics, to the detriment of all.",Less cronyism and more focus on what people bring to the teams.,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53833,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Connect,You can add your own feedback,"Managers add their comments after the fact, you have no opportunity to counter negative or unfair comments.",N/A,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53834,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great benefits, great location, great people","Too big, sometimes can move fast, your salary may be more other places but benefits are great.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53835,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to gain experience,Nice place to gain experience/ nice people to work with/,Have no bad things to say,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53836,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Decent company to work for if you have kids,"Work life balance is okay for most teams. Benefits are pretty good, especially parental leaves. Rather good job security. Technology wise, things are heading towards the right direction (progressively).","Organizational changes happen pretty often, especially after the new CEO came on board. Changes can happen pretty slowly here as well.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53837,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work for,A lot of talented professionals. Very interesting and rewarding work and projects. Very fun when focus is maintained on the right things.,Work life balance can definitely be a challenge. A lot of time on task can be needed in order to grow and progress in career.,Start and stick with vision. Focus and don't get sidetracked with distractions.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53838,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager Intern,"Personal office space, company gym in Redmond was phenomenal, wide variety of divisions to work in . Interns treated very well with large mid summer intern party, and intern social groups.",Lacks some typical company perks like free food.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53839,microsoft,"Maple Valley, WA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - CRMLive Support Engineer,CRMLIve Support Engineer,"Great group supporting CRMLive, great technology and supporting groups",It is the typical Microsoft,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P425.htm
53840,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Benefits, Good Work Life Balance",- Earn a pretty decent living with great health benefits - Reasonable hours - Beautiful campus,- Too much process - Too much emphasis on slide decks,- You are taking the right steps to change the culture. Keep at it.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53841,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Worked as both a and PM + Software Developer,"General commitment to the 9-5, flexible with work hours, work from home, etc. Can be a slower pace when a product isn't about to launch The company culture is 'inoffensive', which is not necessarily a bad thing","Very corporate, full of bureaucracy Depending on the team, a lot of dysfunctional, immature behavior is tolerated Nearly everything, good or bad, is related to the specific team you're on","The One Microsoft initiative is great, but it can't weed out a lot of the culture that has developed over 20 years. If the company really wants to change it's culture, a lot of currently tolerated behavior needs to be addressed.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53842,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,how Microsoft is,"good location, good city, good work",food is not free at all,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53843,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"You control your own time, can work from home, amazing resources, pay well. I had high hopes when I starting working at Microsoft and in my two years it is better than I hoped!",I have so much fun learning all the almost-daily new products or new features that I have to pull myself away to maintain a work-life balance,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53844,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Consultant,Really good company which I could come back any time.,Lots of budget. Travel. Oportunities and tech inside information.,It's still a mega corporation. You're just a number.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53845,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,the benefits were good. The people were expert in their field. The job security was great.,Microsoft could be a bit bureaucratic at times like any big corporate company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53846,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EA,good work/life balance people are friendly buildings are nice good benefit company culture is pretty good for most of employees,"I think the product teams are good but the service teams are not so attractive, also the sales team needs to catch up with the other companies.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53847,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mountain View campus is great,"I love working at the Mountain View campus. Much younger teams, and due to the location, people were fairly self aware of the competition as opposed to HQ in Redmond where your life revolves around Microsoft since it's the only player in town.","A decent amount of senior management (Department Managers and up) seemed a little checked out. There were many times, for instance, that the team was under tight release deadlines but the Department Manager would choose to go on a college recruiting trip.","I had great peers on my team which kept me inspired and motivated due to their intelligence and work ethic. However the management was not as on the ball, which caused a fairly high level of turnover.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53848,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work!,Great corporate culture and training and support.,Fosters agressive competition among peers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53849,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company!,"Good work-life balance, great people, great techniques, great pay, great future potentials!",It can further improve project management and reduce politics staffs and recruit more young people for new blood.,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P426.htm
53850,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Visual Designer II,Great place to work,Amazing benefits and shuttle service,"No free food, hard to navigate and find resources",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53851,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE 2,Awesome in terms of Perks and culture,Too slow in terms of growth,Be less beauracratic,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53852,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I LOVE MY JOB,"I love Microsoft, I came in thinking I was only going to stay a couple years- but soon I found my dream job and now I think I'll be here a long time. I've had 3 jobs in 3 years, but they were all great, and now I am happier than ever.","The company is really big and so we aren't the best at working across business groups. There is a lot of stuff that goes on that I don't know about, and sometimes partnerships that would be really beneficial slip through the cracks because of that.","Don't just say ""One Microsoft"" put your money where your mouth is. Really try to connect teams working on the same things.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53853,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Datacenter TSP,Poor management skills and insights for EPG,"Fast paced environment, worked with very smart co-workers, challenges never ended, exposed to some of the largest customers in varying industries.","Never solved problems for customers, only sold software / services to meet score card or metrics. EPG has lost focus on how to sell in a cloud first, mobile first world. Account teams do not work together and only sell based on what they as individuals need to achieve their bonus.","People are leaving for Google, Amazon, Apple and others because internally Microsoft Management (EPG) is too focus on meeting sales goals tied to the year 2000. A major revamp of sales from the top (COO) down will only fix the issue, not padding Enterprise Agreements with outlandish Azure funds that are never used, but reported to Wall Street to meet their expectations...",2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53854,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Engineer,"Good company, decent pay",Great way to gain experience and jump into IT.,Contractors are not always given the same level of respect as full time employees.,None.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53855,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Long ways to go but Satya has it headed in the right direction,Good energy based on Satya's leadership and direction. Smart people all over the company,Too many old Microsoft employees that do not buy into the new vision and are more worried about their jobs than doing what is best for Microsoft,Only have leaders that buy into Satya's vision and bring in more fresh blood.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53856,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Internal Competition,"Good pay, not a lot of stress",Internal competition used to contribute to a negative atmosphere,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53857,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Huge scope, lots of different customers and lines of business to work with, teams (in my area) can operate quite independently and have full ownership of their domain without micro management from above.","Like many very large companies, the company is struggling with when to take risks and when to play it safe and has no appropriate model to reward out-of-the-box thinking innovators outside of Research whose inventions take years to end up as a shipping product. What counts for rewards is whatever shipped in the last year.",I have no advice to give to senior management of a multinational multi billion dollar company for how to run their strategy better.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53858,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,lots of smart people,lots of smart people there,hard to be a giant,focus on your people and the market,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53859,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Lots of variety and change... Getting better at making products customers want.,"Cultural change is necessary, but slow. Satya has the right vision, not the right amount of force behind it. Too much 'old Microsoft' mentality throughout the company.",Hire better leaders.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P427.htm
53860,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Group Manager,Microsoft,Great company. Good benefits. Very competent Co-workers. Good managers for the most part. You can get promoted in level without getting a new position to a certain extent. Your career path is your own. You can do anything you're passionate about.- there's no pre-determined path.Options to work from home.,Salaries for South FL are not commensurate with the high cost of living. Global company means concalls at all hours. Benefits are not what they used to be. Latest review system and performance policies give to much power to managers and thus are open for abuse by a bad manager. After a certain level moving up is very slow. You can get a much better title and salary by leaving the company and getting re-hired.,"HR policies over the last 5 years might be good for your bottom line, but are bad for retaining good people and lack of retention had its own cost...",4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53861,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Director,"Pros and cons, but still my favorite place to work.","Competitive salary and benefits, potential to work on important products and projects with smart & hardworking people, flexible work/life balance, CEO and executive leadership team seem committed to overcoming the sins of the past.","Middle to senior management still an old boys network in many orgs (improving in others), technically adept but incompetent people managers are driving good employees to competitors, too many internal politics and negative attitudes hamper and demoralize positive and collaborative people who want to build great things without stressing about who gets credit at review time.","Encouraged by Satya leadership. He should continue trying to make One Microsoft real, assess and address lingering problems with review system (FYI, Connects are pretty useless), recognize that toxic leaders must be moved out regardless of their (often self-reported) ""success"".",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53862,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Great work environment. Great people. Great benefits!,Very little opportunities for growth.,My advice would be to offer more training and to offer more opportunities for your employees to advance their careers.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53863,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,great company to work for,none to speak of actually,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53864,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Solution Specialist,Amazing people to work with. Broad product set,Lots of layers to the business lots of fast moving competitors,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53865,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work in fast paced project,Fast-paced project and delivery cycle. FTE is allowed to make various decisions and not constrained by management.,Still working in silo in multiple areas. Not enough time to collaborate and leverage other people work.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53866,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud scale,You can count on one hand how many companies are building the cloud at the scale at which Microsoft is building it.,Theres no handbook for how to build the cloud so there are growing pains and messy processes.,Hire more engineers than managers.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53867,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's going to vary,"One of my mentors at Microsoft once told me that you can have one 20 year career, or 10 2 year careers at Microsoft. If you have the talent, drive and determination, there's almost no limit as to what you can do, or where you can go. Even with a lot of competition (Google, Facebook, etc), it still draws and attracts a lot of intelligent, driven, and ambitious people.","When people transition to new roles, getting off to a bad start with your manager can basically sink your career. People used to have to wait at least 18 months to change jobs (it has since changed), but it guaranteed that having a bad start meant you were either going to pay for it with a poor review, or be transitioned out of role.","It's been a while, and from what I heard, changes were made. Getting rid of the 18 month transfer rule was a nice start, as was scaling up benefits to match Google, Facebook, et al. More agility and speed on that front, to attract people would be a nice start.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53868,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Outsourcing,"Good salary, free drinks, great on-campus food options.","I'm going to put aside political correctness because this is a serious matter when considering a company for employment. Outsourcing was always a problem but even more so after Satya took over. Walking through the Commons I always at least half H1B types but more recently they are more of a majority. Sent more emails to foreigners than I did to Americans. Understand Microsoft is a corporation that is heavily leaning towards replacement with H1Bs since American engineers are considered too expensive so expect to be treated like a replaceable cog and discarded as such. There is a lot of outsourcing still occurring so if you can get an offer somewhere else, seriously consider leaving if you value your job security.","Quit whining about a ""STEM shortage"" in technology when you don't actually intend to hire American engineering students. Hopefully more people wise up to the fact you are propagating this myth to bring in ever more H1Bs to replace American engineers and further erode local middle class.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53869,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Depending on Team,"Great pay, benefits, and stability",Your manager can have a huge effect on your career and daily work. If you get a bad manager you're out of luck,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P428.htm
53870,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"Great technical challenges, path-breaking work, great work culture.","Though One Microsoft is a great initiative, there needs to be better interaction and integration within product teams to encourage re-use of technologies and products built.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53871,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good benefits and great opportunities to learn People are friendly and willing to help Workload is not extremely high,Technologies are out of date,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53872,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,"Overall, a good company. Lot of opportunities to learn. Good perks. Less taxes in Washington, hence more savings.","Tooooo much processes, real work doesn't get done because of it. Poor work life balance. Yes, it is!",none,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53873,microsoft,"Edison, NJ"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Services Partner Lead,Services Partner Lead,Great company to work for and has a great strategy. Teaches you about giving back.,No Cons as Microsoft has a great leadership.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53874,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Lawyer,Microsoft,"I joined as part of an acquisition, and am in a role that will not be continued. Microsoft has been really decent in giving those of us in this situation lots of notice and reasonable bonuses for staying on short term. They have even been helpful to some people to find new roles within the organization. Its not great to get laid off but they have handled it really well. These things can be a lot worse",People move around a lot (which is also good I guess) so its hard to keep track of who is responsible for what.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53875,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General,Improved culture & clarity in strategies from senior management.,Competitive and increased politics depending on group.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53876,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good pay, but corporate",Benefits and pay are very competitve in aggregate.,"Developers are frequently reorganized involuntarily, with varying levels of help from management on placement in new teams. The culture is highly political.",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53877,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Microsoft Bubble is Great,"I greatly enjoyed my time at Microsoft and found it's a place where employees are highly empowered and can still make a difference if they are willing to take ownership and drive change. Satya has brought about a much more modern and open Microsoft than in previous years - fast deployment and standard service practices are the norm nowadays. The connection with opensource and other industry technologies is very refreshing and creates a lot of opportunity that was not there before.  - Executive leadership willing to change course when necessary - Azure as a platform is reaching critical mass - Fast, modern services culture is becoming universal across the company","- Microsoft is still a bubble (as are many larger corporate environments) - Relevancy of Microsoft in the marketplace is less now than ten years ago - Due to many strategic initiatives, there can be a corporate tax for cross support from around the company.",Keep pushing on the connection and open source with the community. Need to focus on gaining relevancy with the developer community in particular.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53878,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great working,Very Self Managed Great Benefits Ability to learn whatever you want Good support structure in colleagues and their available help,Complicated management structure that puts your manager further from your actual work. Depending on multiple layers to convey your impact,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53879,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Net Architect,.NET,great place to work and career growth.,they do not make fulltime,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P429.htm
53880,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, poor talent management","Great senior leadership, great technology, loads of smart people.",Worst nepotism I've ever seen at a company. A good bit of dead wood in the ranks.,"Flatten the org, revamp talent management, ensure employee/manager reviews are truly two way.",4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53881,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Associate,good,"good environment, no good food court,","none, weather is bad, traffic is bad",none need to be more efficient,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53882,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Program,"Good, mature company","Good pay, good benefits. Microsoft is a company in a continuous transformation.",Depending what manager you have it might be good or bad.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53883,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Sde2,Office org seems very well organized compared to wdg. World wide impact Well known company,"Working hard and doing your job doesn't get you rewards. You have to be very out spoken, and play the political game to advance. Be prepared to compete with those who have poor work life balance.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53884,microsoft,"Plainfield, NJ"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,The thing I liked most was the benefits I got. Microsoft treats their employees great. Even as a part time associate I still received medical benefits.,"It's retail, so you have to be okay with retail hours. The shifts vary and you can be doing a morning shift today, a closing tomorrow, or even a midnight launch.",Be more involved in your employees. The stores have a store manager and a couple assistant managers. For us to have a small staff being that our store wasn't that big I felt as though the store manager could have been a tad bit more involved.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53885,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Great people doing their best, lots of places to go when bored career wise. Not many companies have their fingers in this many jars.","Lots of bureaucracy depending on the team, lots of people who are focused on their families and are looking to avoid work and opportunity. Cynicism is rampant throughout veterans.","Keep people passionate about what they are doing, look for those that are bored, or rather make sure they have a role where a pro in place is appropriate. This sort of behaviour doesn't follow product teams, likely something in ops!",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53886,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It depends,Good benefits. Fast-paced. Exciting if working on a great product.,Lots of reorgs and possibly many managers.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53887,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantasic Experience,"Do meaningful work, gain valuable experience.",Obviously can change depending on team and if you're interested in it.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53888,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Product Manager,-Good engineering groups and talent -Lot of focus on developing people -Large company perks,"- Some teams may have frequent re-orgs changing your role dramatically - Compensation not exciting at junior to mid-level, but now it may be good because of stocks",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53889,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software engineer,Within the company you get great access to resources and colleagues. There are mailing lists on many different subjects. Internal courses are good.,"Because divisions are huge, with many developers, it can be difficult to stand out. You see many people move with their manager.","When I was there, 1:1 meetings with my manager where often about progress of the project and day to day business. Focus 1:1 meetings more on employee happiness and career perspective.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P430.htm
53890,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,"good benefits, close location, and big company that is well known","too much politics and lack of innovation, it needs more creative people to join the company",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53891,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - TECHNOLOGISTS,Technologist,"Despite the companies long history, they've been able to reinvent themselves, which makes coming to working both challenging and rewarding.",Sometimes it takes a bit to get things done.,Let your people loose. We can compete a lot more quickly than we are right now.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53892,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Worth a look,Benefits are good and many teams support flexible hours and work from home options. Pay appears to be about the norm considering all the extras.,"Layoffs are becoming much more frequent and more and more employees are becoming concerned about losing their jobs with little or no notice. This is regardless of your level, your recent performance ratings or your importance to the team as a whole. Some would say they are focusing on older workers in these layoffs though that cannot be proven.",Time to stop the practice of eliminating positions as a method of reducing the team size. You are cutting out key positions.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53893,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Rise and Fall in Microsoft,"1) Great working environment 2) Excellent pay 3) If you are a quick leaner, it is a great place for you!",1) Competition is fierce 2) Do not have a clear promotional path 3) not a good place for innovative people,1)Hire more PhD who have in-depth knowledge of the industry 2) Split off the duty of the HR people 3) Increment the Incentives,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53894,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Microsoft great place to work,"Benefits, Flexibility, Latest Technology, Remote Work, Career Development","Time consuming, challenging work-life balance.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53895,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fine place to work...,"Comprehensive benefits, flexible hours, Interesting things to work on","Can also get stuck on a boring, useless or doomed product, not all teams and managers are good at work-life balance",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53896,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,"Good benefits, workplace","- Work with intelligent, mostly supportive people - Nice PTO, 401(k) match, flexible work schedule - Great campus, competitive salary, easy to make horizontal moves within the company","- Terrible work/life balance - Performance review system is pretty broken, saw several good people let go while inferior brown nosers stick around - Depending on your group, little extracurricular training may be available",Get rid of ineffective middle management. Hold senior management responsible for product failures. Invest in your employees. Company is trending in the right direction with new CEO.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53897,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Event Manager,Contract Employee,"Nice Campus, interesting projects, new products",MSFT FTE's treat vendors like slaves,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53898,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Not such a great place,"Working at Microsoft was once a great place to work. It was filled with highly intelligent people, all committed to building great software and products. Free drinks and other benefits common at tech companies were fine such as gym membership and ample health benefits.","Terrible caustic environment where innovation is stopped by middle management and horse trading for political favors. Numerous ideas are killed by over zealous product teams that felt threatened by great engineering ideas. Promotions are handed out through backroom deals, not for great work, but as favors. You spend more time building project schedules and dealing with company policy than working on great software.","Focus on innovation and fostering a great work environment. Less on reviews and please weaken the product organizations, which stop great products from getting built.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53899,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Reinventing the future,Lots of cutting edge projects going on. Get to work with smart people on tough technical problems. Pays well and benefits are awesome!,"Reorg, some groups have lots of politics. Really depends on whether your team leadership can shield corporate BS away from the team. New employees get low balled, not having open discussion about career development.",Focus on the people and motivate them to achieve their full potential. Help employees develop their career with the company.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P431.htm
53900,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Good compnay,Azure is a great product,medical insurance is not good,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53901,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Hit or miss, depending what team","Suburban setting with many commute options, very flexible work schedule, beautiful campus with running trails. There are lots of varied projects that you can work on. You have the opportunity to make a big impact given that Microsoft software is widely used everywhere.","The review system has changed but only in appearance, behind the scenes it's the same stack ranking that goes on. Management is hit or miss, there are lots of bad managers, few great ones...",Treat engineers like engineers. Be more customer-focused. Take risks and seek new growth opportunities.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53902,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,reviving,various products/technologies to work on,unfriendly & unnecessary perf review causing tension among team members,Satya is on a right direct.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53903,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros Outweigh Cons,1) Great Network 2) Cool maker spaces 3) Meaningful Projects 4) Able to move around,1) You have to pay for your own lunches 2) employee discount really only impacts software,"- improve perks, even free lunch twice a week would be great",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53904,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter at Microsoft,"Great, collaborative environment. Supportive management. Business owners who see the value in collaborating with Talent Acquisition.","Fast pace, large volume and a lot of process - all good things but could be a draw back if you are used to a smaller company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53905,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2016",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,"Horrible Experience, Caveat emptor","Seattle (Redmond) is a beatiful campus, very easy to find everything closeby. Commute can be either horrible, if you choose to live in Seattle, or really nice if stay in Redmond, Bellevue etc. Anything from 10 minutes to more than an hour from door to door.  Compensation and benefits were good, even generous.  Plenty of good individuals and talented people. Some even worked as full time staff (FTE) but more as Contractors in my experience.  Had an opportunity to see a really badly done onboarding, benchmark I'm sure to remember and never to repeat. Which in itself is not that hard...  Friday's seemed to be casual ...meaning people either did not come to office or left pretty early. I don't play golf so was mostly working.  Saw an organisation I will never again need to consider for future positions.","Be sure to know the team/organisation you are joining and most importantly find a way to contact someone in the team to figure the daily experience. I was a bit naive to accept my new opportunity without digging little more.  My experience was really bad, absolutely no support available to get started. Seemed everyone was mainly interested in keeping their own little wheels spinning. After leaving and having little time to reflect I noticed how easy it was to start to get sucked to this world. Luckily got out.  I have hired multiple people in my role as manager and never ever seen this miserable way to bring someone upto speed and get them started to grow in the team. My so called superior was totally uninterested in taking any time to explain or agree my role properly. Advice came in the form of ""don't do that"". No coordination effort in the team, only individuals stepping on each other and a lot of backstabbing and organisational fighting. The picture of different Microsoft departments shooting each other is no joke, it was alive and visible daily. What I heard there are some teams that are better but mine sure wasn't.  HR is a joke and required constant pushing to get anything done. Before joining I was pushing to get issues moving and after starting spend significant time in correcting mistakes. Not sure why HR ""experts"" were assigned, would have been faster in talking directly to people making the work. Again non-FTE people mainly doing good work.","Microsoft spends significant amount of funds and time to bring people to your company and then allows organisations to completely waste this effort. Surely you can do better than this.  On the other hand as my ""superior"" spend almost no time in onboarding me or pushing HR on my case it was maybe just an efficient way to keep the team ""AS IS"" and not allow anyone to bring new ideas or shake-up to the status quo.  I'm not willing to expose myself more by giving details of the organisation and of the specific team. Not worth the risk, take this as a sign of mistrust in the leadership. In previous teams I was able to have open discussion on difficult issues, had NO trust to start to bring these kind topics.  Company culture is NOT shared by all, so many people are stuck on ""Arrogant"" still.  Does this sound like a company you would be proud of?",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53906,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay for a big company,New LT with Satya and an open mindset,"Old mgmt not open to change, layoffs happen throughout the year nowadays with much less attention, new employees who come in come at a much higher base pay than those who have been in the company for years - so much for loyalty",Most managers in segments work as Individual contributors focusing on their work vs managing a team,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53907,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Learning Specialist,"Like no other retail envirnoment, but getting there...",Laid back work environment. Takes feedback and makes changes (though slowly). Get to engage with customers daily to solve problems.  Culture of inclusion and learning!!!!,Manager may not be experienced in running a business. REALLY big and networking with the right people can be difficult (willing to help when you are connected),"Keep the experience about the customers and invest a little bit more for experience. Employees want to help our customers, but can't when we are trying to help too many people at once.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53908,microsoft,"Rochester, NY"," Feb 12, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Field Representative,"Good product, bad execution.","The job I had was fun and challenging. The product was excellent, and improving.",They did not care about current product and did not advertise.,Fix the product and advertise.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53909,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Operatrions,"Great Company, Great Benefits, Flexible Schedule","This is an awesome company with really smart people, great benefits, and flexible schedules. Microsoft encourages an environment of individual growth and team work. Great place to Intern as they have a high hire percentage for interns. Satya is a great CEO with strong vision and is driving the company to a very bright future.","As with many IT organizations the hours can be long, but you get to make it up in the long run with the flexible schedule. Microsoft Operations has a lot of turnover for more senior employees so you need to be mindful and move outside Operations around the 6 year mark. Good thing is the company is so big you have many choices.","@ Operations - Employees are your most valued asset and should be recognized as such. I would develop a 10 year rejuvenation program aimed at retention and knowledge sharing. This would be less expensive then the constant training of new employees or interns and would reduce overall partner impact from turnover. This would also ensure long standing processes are documented and improved quicker because of the knowledge in house. Less dependability on vendors to ""Know the business"".",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P432.htm
53910,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Operatrions,"Great Company, Great Benefits, Flexible Schedule","This is an awesome company with really smart people, great benefits, and flexible schedules. Microsoft encourages an environment of individual growth and team work. Great place to Intern as they have a high hire percentage for interns. Satya is a great CEO with strong vision and is driving the company to a very bright future.","As with many IT organizations the hours can be long, but you get to make it up in the long run with the flexible schedule. Microsoft Operations has a lot of turnover for more senior employees so you need to be mindful and move outside Operations around the 6 year mark. Good thing is the company is so big you have many choices.","@ Operations - Employees are your most valued asset and should be recognized as such. I would develop a 10 year rejuvenation program aimed at retention and knowledge sharing. This would be less expensive then the constant training of new employees or interns and would reduce overall partner impact from turnover. This would also ensure long standing processes are documented and improved quicker because of the knowledge in house. Less dependability on vendors to ""Know the business"".",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53911,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Manager,The smartest and hardest working individuals found...you better have you A game or you won't last long. Continuous learning and growth is required outside of being the best in your position.,"The con is the same as the pros...it is hard work, long hours, extremely demanding...but rewarding.","Encourage a work from home FULL TIME model. So many of us live north of Redmond and the 405 tolls, and traffic, are simply too much. I have worked at Cisco for 3 years working 100% from home. The majority of us for Cisco only work from home.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53912,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - Level 63 Senior Manager,Stale veteran leadership driving out good talent,"Different business groups with various interests, Global Opportunities, Sub-urban office location, decent pay and benefits.","Stale leadership struggling to define job roles and direction, Too many insecure veterans controlling the decision making process without bringing in fresh, new ideas, too much emphasis on just building minimum viable products to show marginal improvement for promotions/career rewards, some groups such as Microsoft Services filled with mediocre, status quo workers with a rigid top down style command structure completely averse to change and risk taking. In these groups, I have watched people who dared introduce different ideas being given marching orders to leave the company - quite a tragedy - just because the status quo veterans did not want change.","I watched several A+ grade talent leave the company due to an indifferent, directionless, skewed reward structure environment, plus outright politics played by the established veterans. If Microsoft wants to be more than an MS office cash cow and taken more seriously in the developer community, it needs to have more daring, intrapreneurs with a pay structure that rewards risk taking and new ideas introduction in the main company, and not just in peripheral structures such as XBOX, Surface, MS ventures etc. Only acquired teams where Microsoft has legally agreed to let the incoming talent play more daringly are able to provide even a little bit of the new growth results coming out of MSFT. The established veterans are just waiting to retire and in the process have become very averse to taking any decisions and the company rewards them well for that.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53913,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,best place to work,"best people, state of art technology and innovative company","work life balance during hectic project schedules, but not always",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53914,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Challenging work, Get to work on cutting edge technology, Make a difference in the world","Work life balance can suffer.. A bad manager could be career limiting inspite of your potential, skills and performance.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53915,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,10 Years,"* The company is constantly evolving and improving. It is heading in a great direction. * Wide range of interesting and hard technical problems to work on. I have never been bored. * When you have great management it can be very rewarding and fun. * Very smart people. * Fantastic benefits, 401k, Health, ESPP, Bonus and Stock, Holidays (MLK and Pres Day). * Very nice campus with places to walk and run and forests. * Culture is changing in a positive way.",* Politics. Often decisions are made in the career interests of the leaders and not for the benefit of the company or employees,"Provide a formal program, such as google's founders award to encourage and properly reward grassroots innovations that could positively impact the business.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53916,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is ok,Working flexibility - you ca work from home Career opportunity,Huge system makes working process too complicated.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53917,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Great benefit package for the employee and his / her family especially with access to the Microsoft store.,Review process discouraged any employee collaboration as you were always competing against your peers.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53918,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,SDET,"Good benefits, work life balance",Leaving empty for time being,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53919,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft,great work life balance great health benefits nice and easy environment big organization you can switch around,could be bored by doing the same job could only use microsoft technology and do not follow latest technology,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P433.htm
53920,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Biz Dev,Microsoft can be great,"Working in the right team is great, which I did most of the time during my 8 years there. There is tons of opportunity to pursue your desires, tons of flexibility and work/life balance, great pay and benefits.","The review process still sucks despite the changes they've made. The ongoing layoffs leaves the majority of workers constantly on edge as it seems like the layoff process and politics that go into it are part of the 'new review process'. Before it was the bottom 10% who were out, now it is whoever isn't a political insider.",none--too entrenched in disfunction,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53921,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Professional Touchstone Marketing,Project Management Intern,Great place to work at,Too many processes and complexities,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53922,microsoft,"Monroe, WA"," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - US Delivery Operations Coordinator,Event Planner,"This was a great job. I was a telecommuter, so pretty much worked from home all the time. The people and work was a lot of fun.",It is too bad that vendors have to take a 6 month hiatus now!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53923,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,"Values thinkers and good decision making, not just doing for the sake of getting done. Hires able people.","Exceedingly business objectives oriented, which is of course why businesses are in business -- however, risk is so carefully managed, that the culture seems to place no value the human creative spark. Such as was my experience.",Listen deeply.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53924,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Senior Program Manager, HW and SW",Great opportunity for working on cutting-edge HW and SW for HoloLens program.,"The politics are intense at times, and often decisions are made for the wrong reasons. Management doesn't realize the time value of money, or the value of employees' time.","Communicate through the organization chain, and provide strategic vision to the workers.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53925,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft software developement engineer review,"Large company, very stable, work/life balance","boring after a couple of years, could transfer to other teams.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53926,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,well rounded package,well rounded package and work life balance,stagnate groups that can be limiting at times,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53927,microsoft,"Bonney Lake, WA"," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Opportunity to learn and advance is encouraged,A lack of balance between work and personal life,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53928,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2016",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,Good company to work for,Microsoft is very good company to work for.,Not many cons @ Microsoft,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53929,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"Good pay and benefits, offices could be a little better but still nice. Other employees are also generally nice and good",Management is not very good and work practices could be better. Would be better if I could work from home but they don't let me.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P434.htm
53930,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),3 month internship,Lots of talented people you get to meet. It was amazing to see how a huge company works. And they treat their interns really well.,There was a little loss of the sense of direction during my internship. Nobody was very clear of what the outcome should be.,"Continue investing in people, take more risks productwise. Like a few of the most recent moves they have done.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53931,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Do big things, meet smart people, learn processes and tools of big corporations.","Politics and strategy. Top-bottom decisions. Choose your team wisely. You have to be OK to be a small nut in a big machine, and your project may be cancelled for whatever reason.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53932,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft,i love where i work because you learn more thing day by day,i work my self out when am at work that is the only downside i get wen am at work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53933,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great Company,Great benefits with good opportunities for growth. I would highly recommend a long term career here.,"Work life balance is always difficult to achieve, but doable. Also, the company evolves over time, which can be a little stressful.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53934,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Smart people, good pay and benefits, working for world class corporation",Stress and pressure of deadlines,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53935,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Group Program Manager,Great gig Great Compensation Love owning product direction,Stressful work environment Being in the middle of the review process can really stink,Keep working on fixing the review process.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53936,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,software developer,ok salary and benefits big company,"constant reorganization unstable too many incompetent managers sticking to their chairs with political games, friends limited career opportunity",be better managers be more technical less political and do not afraid to be wrong or try to cover it at all costs,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53937,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of red tape,Great benefits. Lots of amenities on campus,very political and lots of red tape to get anything accomplished,focus more on the employees than on the politics.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53938,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bureaucratic blunders,"Pay excellent for sector, colleagues smart, work environment topnotch.",Technical vision at top and middle levels simply tired. Too bureaucratic to set insanely-great goals.,"Listen to research side, push boundaries.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53939,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Microsoft has the best work culture!,They don't have full time jobs for testing,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P435.htm
53940,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Place To Work,"Learning, Impact on World, Competitive Benefits, Compensation, Crowd, Ability to innovate, cross-company collaboration is simple",Culture includes lack of social interation,Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53941,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Place to work,You will be working latest technology and smart peopl,You can get busy and might be hard to handle work life balance,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53942,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at,Great people and opportunities. Opportunity to work in cutting edge technology and scenarios - if you are driven,Too many competing interests Team goal not valued over individual goal,Be more nimble,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53943,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft,i love where i work because you learn more thing day by day,i work my self out when am at work that is the only downside i get wen am at work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53944,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Excellent employer,"Compensation, benefits, challenge and opportunities for growth.","Usual corporate politics, too few women in leadership positions.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53945,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Lots of smart people. On the right team, lots of great energy. Great pay and benefits. Fairly safe and stable (aside from the occasional layoffs!).",Microsoft is struggling to stay relevant -- it can be hard to find something there to work on that you're excited about.,"Go Satya -- double down on cloud. Forget Windows Phone, it is dead. Fork Android and make your own Android distribution so you stay relevant. You also need a Microsoft Linux distribution. You should probably buy Red Hat. Offer both Linux and Windows, to difference audiences, and love them both to death. This is like Oracle buying MySQL offering both. You need to stay relevant.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53946,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Development Lead,Direction and culture from management,Benefits are good. Somewhat stable if you follow a right manager. Smart people if you are lucky.,Review system makes no sense. I needed to do reviews for my reports. The system has no way promoting collaborations. Internal competition is normal. Upper management does not what they are doing.,One of management's jobs is to help your reports to grow. Careful setting the tone and direction and org structure.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53947,microsoft,"Des Moines, IA"," Feb 6, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft Contract Debugging,Easy access. Freedom to work as you see fit.,"Frustrating code to debug, since so many individuals have had a hand in the construction, without any over arching design configuration.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53948,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Content Developer,"Great job, love it here","There's no more annual performance review, we're a fast paced cutting edge place to work in some areas, great ceo.",Work life balance getting harder and harder to maintain.,none,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53949,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Sales Specialist,Great benefits and health benefits.,No work life balance and growth for this position. Most employees work in retail environment to make large unattainable quota with little to no training. Make sure you ask to have a field visit with current employees. Also ask how many sales representative in the company have achieved quota and what the amount is after overachieving. What is growth for this concept. What is the average length of time current representative have been in position. What resources have management provided to help achieve quota. How long have your management been in place?,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P436.htm
53950,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst Intern,Business Analyst Intern,Very friendly co-workers and great working environment,They do not allow interns to work late hours,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53951,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work!,good work life balance new opportunities different teams to choose from great people,less fast paced most positions in Redmond area only,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53952,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job was eliminated but still think MSFT is a great place to work,Unlimited opportunity to grow and challenge yourself Fair pay and benefits (although Obamacare resulted in more expensive benefits) Opportunities to travel and do business internationally,The review system is still problematic despite attempts to improve it. Biggest complaint is how politics can effect review ranking and ratings.,Keep improving the value of my stock Don't let smart-talking egomaniacs fool you into believing they are the best source of ideas and problem resolution. Seen this happen way too often.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53953,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I worked as an intern in Microsoft - a lot of wonderful real-world projects and opportunities!,Exposed to a lot of real-world projects Collaborative teamwork culture Great mentorship program Wonderful and dynamic environment to build strong skills Smart people,No cons I can think about,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53954,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,culture,"Each team has a unique culture. Wide variety of areas to work on... After Nadella took charge, he removed the restrictions to move around in the company.","With the flat hierarchy, jump to management from IC is tough in most groups and there is constant fear of layoff",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53955,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,"I found Microsoft to be a great place to work. I have since left the company, but I made great connections during my employment there.",At times there wasn't enough work life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53956,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Thumbs up for Microsoft,The company has great perks and a very relaxed culture,Its rains for 9 months in Seattle,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53957,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Lots of opportunities to move in company. Work constantly kept you challenged and at a fast pace. Make some good networking contacts.,"More managers need to be true people managers, and not only focusing on the bottom line, and the behaviors need to be more professional overall.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Great long term bet,"Surrounded by smart people, great products, challenges galore, never worry about money. And if you get bored you can go to another part of the company without having to lose your seniority (office section, vacation, etc.)",Even though the culture has changed a lot under Satya Nadella it still has a long way to go. Lots of in-fighting and competition and upper management disconnected with what is going on at the ground level.,"Get real - look at who is really delivering value and not just who ""talks well at meetings"" to see what is really going on.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53959,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Data Service Engineer,Service Engineer,Great place to learn niche technologies. Great work culture.,Stress at work. Some times work would be different than job duties and responsibility.,N/A,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P437.htm
53960,microsoft,"Chelsea, NY"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - CSM,"Amazing benefits, hard to get things done","HR look after you, incredible opportunity to develop your career. Having Microsoft on your CV will help you for future roles.","Many, many layers of approval to get things done.",none,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53961,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Stratregic Sourcing Manager,"Great opportunity to learn. Very smart people. Excellent pay and benefits. Great place to learn, but I would not recommend staying too long.","The corporate culture is not teamwork oriented. Expectation of very long hours. Sr. Divisional Management is not respectful of employees time. Obligatory ""All Hands"" meetings spent too much time discussing football and the divisional leader himself.",Plan meetings and target messages,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53962,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,"Work life balance, Good Benefits",comparatively less room to grow,Provide opportunity to grow and should be easy to move across teams,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53963,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall good,"Fantastic work place, very good environment to grow",Not too much work to do,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53964,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"amazing company to work at, super smart people. awesome benefits. many 'companies' in one. each business group could be its own company. the leadership sponsor movement across teams.","sometimes decisions take a while to land, too many stakeholders. the culture depends on your immediate team, you can have a completely different experience in different teams.",keep going! Satya Nadella and Chris Capossela are doing an awesome job redefining the company.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53965,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Awesome!,They really take care of their employees. People are really smart. You can learn a lot while working there. XXXXX.,"The stack ranking sucked. Too much focus on ""visibility"". The new management appears to be changing a lot of the culture, thankfully.",Focus on work-life balance. Figure out how to retain female talent. Try to be inventors and leaders instead of trying to catch up.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53966,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,STE,Free coffee and soda etc!,Forced vacations for contractors during public holidays.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53967,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"A lot of areas you can move into. At least for my team, we have a lot of people joining and leaving all the time. I guess that could be a con in some cases :/",It seems like the culture is starting to pick up but for right now it's lacking (for me atleast),none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53968,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Executive Business Administrator,Brutal place to work,"Solid company, good benefits, able to learn if so inclined. They did enhance their holidays for 2016.","Brutal environment, particularly toward administrative staff.",You need the detail people to make the place run. Each team member is valuable.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53969,microsoft,"Woodside, CA"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Principal Program Manager,Lots of resources Everybody knows the company,Brutal internal politics Hard to attract top candidates,Try to work less hard at squashing innovation,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P438.htm
53970,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE at microsoft,"Good benefits, good team, good culture","Large company, easy to get lost",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53971,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft,Great benefits and can learn a lot of great things!,Not really. Love this company!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53972,microsoft,"Richards, TX"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - SQL BI Developer,SQL BI Support Engineer,Great working and learning environment.,Training Plan is very intense.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53973,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Great Place to work for,"great place, great work, great balance",growth inside company is slow,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53974,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager/Product Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Great people, Great Projects, Diverse and Inclusive","Some bad managers, Competitive environment could become a blind spot to do the right thing",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53975,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Supposed growth opportunities really don't exist,"Decent benefits package. Part time gets almost the same insurance options as full-time. Accured paid time off. Tuition reinburstment. Basically if you're maybe in highschool or starting college this might be a decent job, otherwise I can't recommend it.","Moving up in the company is not easy at all, espically when your manager favors hiring externally instead of promoting internally. There's huge problems with favoritism, and Store Managers work horribly under any type of stress. You're constantly reminded the retail stores aren't making the company any money, and that your employment is almost a gift. Yearly, the entire company structure changes and you're expected to immediately fit into their new mold. While there is zero commission, you're expected to sell like your job depends on it. People with absolutely no experience whom have just started with the company get promoted over people who have worked there for years since tenure isn't looked at for growth. Work environment can be fun however a lot of times its extremely childish and ridiculous with constant cheering, clapping, yelling. If you go through their NSO program you'll know all about this. Most of the time you're treated like you're in kindergarden. Bonus is based on sales and customer satisfaction survey. However, if your store isn't making huge business sales, your bonus will never amount to anything. Raises are yearly and the absolute most you can make is 4%. Most employees only get 2% raise. It's pretty horrible.","Relax. You're a manager. You get paid extremely well to not act like a child. Also, focus more on promoting internally of worrying about hiring brand new people for these positions.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53976,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Comfort zone,"Usually no long hours, good benefits, good working spaces, flexibility to switch teams. Provides a lot of flexibility for working hours.","If you are really passionate about your work, it can become difficult to drive change because of the amount of process and bureaucracy.",Making processes more lightweight would really help engineers be more productive and have their work reflect on what Microsoft delivers. There should also be a push to eliminate bureaucracy.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53977,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Group Manager,Opportunity to work in different types of business,Can be very MICROSOFT centric biased towards product decisions,"Think lean, agile and inclusive",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53978,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Specialist,"Great place to work, great benefits. Mostly independent working atmosphere, very conducive to work life balance.",Implemented crazy performance review system that forced employees into 1 to 5 rating system. Seemed like a throwback to the GE days. Lots of middle managers clawing their way to next level.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53979,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Big Company In Need of Better Tools for Agility,Great Benefits! Like seriously top class benefits. Competitive salary. Chance to work on projects with huge reach,"Depending on the team, some of the tools you use to develop can be serious productivity killers. I'm talking build times in excess of 20 minutes as just one example. Have sometimes been blocked for multiple days dealing with infrastructure issues. Along with that, if you're on a team that is playing catchup with Google or other competitors then there is tons of work and aggressive deadlines.",Push platform teams to improve their tools so that devs spend less time chasing down issues not related to their development.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P439.htm
53980,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business/Project Manager,Great Benefits. Robust training support. Many opportunities to move internally.,Large bureaucracy. More competitive than collaborative.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53981,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Amazing perks and smart coworkers,Older culture than some younger companies in some teams,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53982,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer 2,"Brand name, can't think of anything else that comes to mind. It's a big company and has it's reputation and most of them know the company all over the world.",Too much politics. No work life balance. Not enough time to express creativity. Too many re-orgs. Everyone is ready stab other instead of working together to achieve same goal.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53983,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Benefits are excellent. The people are nice.,I don't have any complaints about this company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53984,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Free Beverages,Free Beverages and you get your own office,None that I can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53985,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Here to stay,"Love the company, love the culture and love the proficiency here. Nothing but chill, if I have a chance to work here, I would be perfectly enjoying my life here.","Hard to get in, the salary depends, maybe not high enogh. Work here maybe hard and face the possobility of job cutting, but face it, it could happen in any company.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53986,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Good projects, C#, .Net, Office, Azure",Work on Microsoft specific technologies only.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53987,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,The benefits were great. There were opportunities to learn new things. There is good work/life balance. Ability to telecommute.,Not all managers have the best interest of their direct reports. There is lots of favoritism. There is not much diversity.,Do a better job of providing real-time feedback WITH examples of areas of improvement. Don't wait for review time to provide feedback. This gives employees an opportunity to take corrective action.,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53988,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - International Project Engineer,International Project Engineer,Overall diverse responsiblities and always opportunity to work with the smartest people. I learned a lot. High ethical values and standards,Some established processes are not conforming with industry standards. Makes it too much of a closed environment. Silos are also hard to break. Middle management is always in competition.,Try to be aligned with trends outside the company. Microsoft is not everything. Also put more effort into employee development and career growth.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53989,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Rewarding challenge,"There are lots of training that you can tap into. The new One Microsoft with the growth mindset means that everyone needs to help each other out. If you're happy with traversing your own path about what works with little direction, this is the place for you as a Program Manager (although, this is very dependent on the teams). If you're bored, not challenged or too challenged, you can always move to another team. Benefits are very good, and almost as great as an Australian standard employment work.",Be ready to learn to dive and swim very quickly. This is not a place where you get too relaxed. The place rewards those who are challenge seekers. Be prepared to be in charge of your own work-life balance.,Continue the good work in empowering your team members and including your team members in meetings with the Directors - it gives us a sense of empowerment and motivation to do better. Some help and advice on how things work would really help though.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P440.htm
53990,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,I work in the company for several years and feel good so far,Re-org too often and can't make deep planning for a feature,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
53991,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"MS provides its employees with health care, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, an employee a","Insurance is the best.401k, childcare reimbursement, paid time off, stock options, education reimbursement and much much more.","no pension program, The worse is that they keep cutting them to the bone.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
53992,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Microsoft offers the best benefits,Some teams do not believe in collaborative approach,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
53993,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2016",Former Employee - Service Engineer,Manager can make or break your career,"Free health, dental and vision, 50% 401k match. Discount buying OS, office and Xbox games. Free bus pass in Seattle area.","Poor management, either my way or highway. Hard working in MSFT won't lead you to reward. Super micro management, 1 on 1 with your manager every week, 4 x official reviews per year. Manager can make or break your career, manager can rank you at the bottom even you work hard. Ranking system still exist, believe me. Most of the managers been working there over 10 years, no idea how outside world work.","No need to advice, they only care about their job and trying to stay there until retirement.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
53994,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design Researcher,"Great opportunities to learn. Fun working with smart people. For women, the company offers women's conference annually with great speakers, which is very educational.","In recent years, there have been waves of re-structuring and downsizing. I also want to point out that there are VERY few African American employees at Microsoft. There are many non-white employees because of the large number of Indian and Chinese employees, but in terms of hiring ethnic minorities in the US, there are a lot to be improved.","I love your visions to empower people. However, I wish you value maturer employees. They can offer great value to your company - for example, in terms of good communication skills. I am disheartened by recent waves of lay-offs where a lot of maturer employees were targeted.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
53995,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - User Experience Designer II,big slow company,Many smart people who really want to do great work. Pockets of really exciting work on various teams. Stable job to just do some work.,"Company has no real vision, mission or values. Antiquated processes and organizational hierarchy. The company moves slower than ALL competitors. We are too afraid of failure so we take no risks. That's an unsustainable market position even if Office 365 prints money or Exchange is forced down the throats of all the Fortune 500 companies' employees. Soon enough it will be leap frogged by the next wave small businesses using newer products and processes. There is very little genuine innovation. Too many broken promises Windows 8, Surface, Windows Phone, Zune, Xbox music, Bing, Nokia etc. We enter markets without passion. It just seems like someone in management said, ""Here's a place we might be able to make some money."" Then we timidly go into the market and kill the project a few years later. The products lack fundamentals, passion and focus because leadership lacked a focus on the fundamentals and genuine passion for the customer's needs. There is no real feedback loop between putting a product out and seeing if it's successful and iterating. Usually we take so long to make something that a feedback look is years then people have moved on to other projects and a different team has to pick up the pieces and start over only to make the same mistakes. The worst part is that everyone knows the problems and we're all a bit ashamed of the mistakes and products we released that we weren't proud of. Management isn't stupid. But somehow nothing ever changes.",Empower people to bring their brains to work. We aren't just hired hands. We have ideas too. Your culture determines what you are able to create. You get out of your employees what you put into them. If your treat your employees like a number then they will treat your customers that way.,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
53996,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Best work like balance. Projects depend upon the team but managers are willing to listen to your opinion,Still using old technologies and kind of slow development,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
53997,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Look Back,"Great benefits, intelligent workforce, exposure to new and innovative technologies","highly specialized roles are typical, siloed business units make it difficult to get traction for innovative new product concepts with cross functional dependencies",Build capability to prioritize strategic innovation within and across organization,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
53998,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Acting Tech Lead(Support),Great experience. Lots of learnings,NA. Difficult to grow. Slow promotions,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
53999,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2016",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer In Test,Best for new college grads,"Great work environment, surrounded by smart people who are overachievers, with lots of availability for career improvement and movement within the company.",Little work-life balance depending on which group you work for. Sometimes new managers have very little training and learn on-the-job which can be frustrating if you are their report.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P441.htm
54000,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PhysicalSecurity Project Manager,Interesting Projects. Opportunities and freedom for creativity,Constantly changing priorities and schedules,Commit to projects. Provide required resources and funding for success.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54001,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,benefits are great! The work environment allows for you to work collaboratively and independently. No time clock to punch everyday. Smart people work here.,Pay could be higher with stock options and bonuses for this particular role. Admins don't get the same financial perks as the rest of the employees,Show the value of the admin role by making the financial reward on par with the rest of the positions at the company.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54002,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Director,Director,"Great Company, Great Culture. Amazing Leadership with Satya at the helm.",Benefits not as good as before in 2010....Kathleen Hogan has made great improvements since she started re longer maternity benefits and extra holidays!,Keep moving forward with what you are doing. You guys are AWESOME.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54003,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,consultant,Company offers opportunities for work on versatile interesting projects. Knowledgeable and professional collaborators. Flexible work hours and telecommuting arrangements are possible depending on the type of project/work.,"I haven't had any serious difficulties or experienced any negative side to working with the company. My role was as an outside consultant so my interaction with various organizations within the company was limited, but whatever contact experience I had was positive.","This one is difficult to answer without sounding pretentious. For what's it worth, I can just say -- keep up the good work and continue expanding the vision and maintaining the leadership position in the world of computing.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54004,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's getting way better,Culture is changing to better. Less legacy hierarchy and bureaucracy. More open source. Less reinvent the wheel. More customer/revenue driven. More innovations. Combined engineering almost all over the place.,"Salaries and rewards not as competitive as before. Evaluations and Growth still not as good as other big firms. We still have leftovers from the legacy system, in terms of process and employees.",Be open minded. Look out for skilled people(forget about length in level and all that stuff). Be innovative. Keep an eye on what's going out regarding the filed/area you control. Always make it interesting for your employees to come to work.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54005,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior PM MSIT,"Changing culture, some smart people, some not so smart people. Like any large company it’s what you make of it. Good if you move around and keep fresh.","Constantly changing review system although old stack ranking is still alive and well, just not as visible as it was before. MSIT is increasingly run like a body shop filled with vendor or offshore resources.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54006,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft,good work life balance. plenty of different teams to choose from.,too many processes. mid level salaries,target to hire and retain the best in the industry.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54007,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Techincal Account Manager,Lots of Opportunity and great benefits,very political in services and direction to focus growth changes with the wind,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54008,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Don't risk your career by working for Microsoft,"Big organization Well recognized brand, for better or worse","Dysfunctional management. In order to get promoted or manage a team, you need to be well connected. Managers don't have any actual management training, Overly politically correct","Hire better managers, reward employees for the work you held them accountable to get done. If you don't think it's impactful to begin with, don't assign it to your employees, outsource it.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54009,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Scope,Company culture is awesome and great scope for growth.,Need to bring more jobs to the east coast.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P442.htm
54010,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Manager,Working with smart people. Building stuff that matters.,"New GM with entitlement attitude, a practicing elitist running the Diversity and Inclusion group.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54011,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,"Great benefits and good people, but struggling to make the culture shift","I've been a long time employee after starting several years ago right out of college. I have been on teams ranging from amazing to fantastic. There are certainly a diverse set of personalities to deal with but generally if you are not abrasive yourself, you will find yourself immediately part of the engineering community. The shifts in HR policy in recent years have really put Microsoft at the forefront of progressive changes and they do a good job of rewarding top performers.","Satya's new vision for the company is fantastic and the different divisions are taking different approaches to realize it. As can be expected, some divisions are struggling to make the culture change promised by Satya. Few other companies have as many products and features to coordinate for aligning releases and delivering the customer ""pop"" that investors need to see and there is an aversion to taking risks after the Win8 debacle so executive and senior leadership seem to continue relying on old instincts and preconceptions for planning and executing. I wouldn't bet against Microsoft eventually figuring it out, but its struggling right now.",Windows VP level engineering managers need to take their hands of the controls and trust the Director level managers align to the vision and embrace bottoms up culture change to enable this supertanker of a product to change direction.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54012,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"Learned a lot, but hard to have impact","Learned how to ship to large numbers of customers, how to work with large groups, good pay and work life balance","Stuck in Microsoft ecosystem, little ability to feel like having an impact, feels competitive, no one says thank you, doesn't feel like a team",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54013,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 24, 2016",Former Employee - Solutions Architect,Getting there,"Satya's vision was the one thing that convinced me to join Microsoft. There are also plenty of smart ICs doing the real work on the ground. On the tech side, Azure has some very cool projects, especially around open hardware and DC design.",Pretty much everyone in between those awesome ICs I mentioned above and Satya is still stuck in Balmer's way of thinking. I don't foresee Microsoft ever changing their reputation without substantial middle-management redirection or refresh.,To Satya: Find a way to motivate your upper management to move towards your vision instead of maintaining the status quo while continuing to collect massive paychecks.  To everyone else: Get with the program or move out of the tech sector. Microsoft needs to change to stay relevant. You're either part of the solution or part of the problem.,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54014,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Finance Manager,"Great benefit, good internal movement opportunity",hard to establish network in a relatively short amount of time,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54015,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,New Management Culture Needed,"Interesting technology in several divisions, globally diverse and sharp co-workers, good (formerly great) benefits, good comp packages, terrific campus perks",80% of my management team had never worked outside of Microsoft so had no clue about the outside world. Company spends too much time on self-inspection without follow-up actions. Significant portion of the work year focused on performance reviews rather than customers and products. Cannibalistic office politics in a number of groups.,"Require Senior Directors, GMs and VPs to have external company experience. Continue movement toward cloud services. Fire all Level 67 and above managers and make them reapply for their jobs.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54016,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management is a mess,"Good people, everyone around you is really smart, and people want their work to be done well. Everyone takes pride in what they're doing.","VPs have no understanding of the time it takes to do a project and hand down arbitrary deadlines at the cost of creating a quality product. Essential items get cut last minute, or else everyone is expected to work nights and weekends to get it in on time, even if management was told it didn't fit the schedule in the first place. Schedules trickle down, not up.","Listen to your devs, fight against bad deadlines, and work somewhere else probably. Smart people can only do so much when upper management is working against them.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54017,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Love working here. Great environment, lots of innovation",Not many I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54018,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Development Lead,Outstanding company to work for!,Work for millions worldwide. Excelent compensation & benefits Good work-life balance,Needs to become more agile and forget old management technics.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54019,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Ok,Lots of different technologies to work on,Big company makes you feel small,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P443.htm
54020,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Ok,Lots of different technologies to work on,Big company makes you feel small,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54021,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An awe-inspiring tech universe! The key is choosing the right planet.,"Access to literally limitless resources and the true ability to capitalize on your own potential. Besides that, the prestige of the MS brand alone is a source of pride and huge inspiration",The right role isn't the single determining factor to your individual success. It's a gigantic corporate enterprise at the end of the day. Personal job satisfaction and success may be an isolated experience that doesn't necessarily translate across every group and org at the company,Satya was absolutely the right choice for CEO. Continue to obliterate barriers that stifle innovations of the mind and awesome technology will be sure to follow.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54022,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed feeling to leave,"Great benefit, huge amount of resources to leverage (love the library!), high profile products, leading edge technologies in certain teams","Internal transfers are as difficult as applying for a new job, but no any monetary gain. 4 levels from entry level to senior, takes quite some perseverance and, luck. Doesn't value veterans staying with the company for long as much as industrial hires (non-senior levels). Worst issue: there's no way to review your manager what-so-ever.","Please take the individual contributors review into account for manager performance, and reduce the corporate ladder more by letting the inferior managers go. Manager owns too much of individual engineer's career and a single manager who doesn't like you for whatever reason can ruin your promotion path and career trajectory.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54023,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Great Stuff,"Innovative, allows you to follow your passions","big company, slow to change",Kill the old comparison review system,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54024,microsoft,none," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,workplace review,"Great people, smart engineers, nice benefits",Satellite office has lower number of interesting projects compared to HQ,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54025,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,2015 review,Very supportive and collaborative environment,"Too many developers and too large of a company in general. Everything takes a long time,",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54026,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Management,You are trusted to work independently without micro- management.,at times hard to maintain work- life balance.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54027,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome place to work!,Work-life balance is really good. People are supportive and approachable. The work itself is challenging and very satisfying and the perks are good too.,None that I can think of. Sometimes work is stressful but that should be true for any large software company impacting millions of user.,More visibility would help.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54028,microsoft,"Lone Tree, CO"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Solid first job out of college for those trying to build a resume or unsure of their career path. Great health benefits, cool tech perks, and a fun work environment. Tons of opportunities to learn computer competencies and become fluent in Office - skills that help in any future position. Microsoft as a whole has a strong company culture.","Management has changed since I was employed at the Microsoft Store, but at the time there were many empty-promises made (surrounding promotions within the store / company) to top-performing employees. I believe this was done to get people to stick around longer than they would have, otherwise, since Lone Tree is a top-performing store. At times, it felt like 10% of the employees were doing 90% of the work. Things may have changed since then, but I'm not sure.","Again - management has largely changed, but to previous management: don't put people in ""flex roles"" or ""stretch roles"" with promises of promotion if you're not going to follow through. This practice is clearly a way to convince employees to take on more responsibilities for the same pay.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54029,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All depends on where you work,"Benefits for family, pay when 65+ is solid, flexible hours.","Lots of ""Rest and vest"" people hanging out. Design Studio lost most of its talent and high quality Devs are getting rare, too. Oh yeah, it is a political company.","You are rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Without major change, we will sink.",2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P444.htm
54030,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can't recommend unless your only goal is money,"Very competitive pay plus lots of incentives for staying longer. They are liberal with giving out stock but it usually takes several years to vest, meaning if you leave you lose it.","Like all big companies your bosses primary concern will always be trying to look good to his or her boss rather than trying to make a decision based on their own judgement. Unfortunately this means they are guessing at what will get them ahead rather than focusing on a good product, so they are only looking upward for leadership rather than downward for feedback.  Now add in six to ten levels of sycophantic guesswork and the result is a bafflingly frustrating experience for an employee and a mediocre product as a result.  Work/life balance is a joke as your boss will definitely say things like, ""Don't work too much"" or ""take care of your health"" then make a random change of direction and give you 80 hours of work that week without compromise.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54031,microsoft,"Sachse, TX"," Jan 17, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Losing great people,"Great people to work with, extremely smart and good pay.","Over the past several years, the field leadership has really become disconnected from the overall MS mission. MS (MCS) has really become a who you know type business with all the executives/Sr. leadership scratching each others back. It's about who you know and do as I say, versus the work hard get rewarded of old MS.  Overall, the company is in a downward spin,. When a company falls of the top 100 places to work it tells the real story of how people are feeling about the company and changes.","Wake up and start giving internal people an opportunity to succeed, versus hiring from the good ole' boy pool. Over the years the lack of promotion from within and taking care of the people has cost Microsoft a lot of great people/talent. If things don't change Microsoft will continue it struggle to compete in the software and more importantly the tech/hardware space.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54032,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2016",Former Employee - Executive Channel,Mobile Division (former Nokia Employee),"Big company, good benefits, nothing else",Poor working environment & collaboration,"Old enterprises software licencing businesses model, need to evolve and communicate with end consumers",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54033,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Work,A very high caliber group of people to work with and a very large breadth of possible projects to work on. Great rewards and benefits. Fairly easy to move laterally insides the company.,"Sometimes the work load can effect the work / home life balance. The cost of living in the Redmond/Seattle area is pretty high, compared to the rest of the country.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54034,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to work,"Great place to work, work life balanced, great benefits.",Your success depends on team\manager.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54035,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Partner Sales Executive,Great company if you take advantage of what they offer,"Great pay, flexible work from home policy, great work/life balance.","Standard big company issues, hard to get things accomplished due to other teams' priorities.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54036,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,finance,"amazing training, opportunities to work abroad, they take care of you and your familiy","can be very bureaucratic, and also many teams might do the same you!","look for efficiencies, synergies amongst team and work hard on reducing redundancies",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54037,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All is great,Great place to start career.,Not find at this moment.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54038,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,internship,you learn at lot and get to network with many bright people,teams are set up to compete against each other,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54039,microsoft,"Cumming, GA"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow deep skills,Mentor program is great for learning new or improving existing skills,You have to wonder how some people got / stay in their jobs,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P445.htm
54040,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Great place to work,"-Ample opportunities once you learn how to find them -Freedom to follow your passion -Genuinely helpful coworkers -Management open to feedback and welcomes change when it is going to help make things better -Open to ideas if you are willing to follow through -Cross site team communication (even globally) working as One Microsoft -100% Work life balance (work from home, leave on time - its all up to you) Overall: Love the people and the management!!!","Collaboration between other teams handling other products, but part of support or associated with support, is challenging due to internal rules, regulations and policies. But our management is always willing and has been able to help bridge those gaps based on feedback. Work in progress.",Too many internal (and different) rules and policies between teams. We need to work together as One Microsoft.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54041,microsoft,"Renton, WA"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Paralegal,Sr. Paralegal,I am able to take on a lot of responsibility as a Sr. Paralegal. Microsoft allows me to work independently. Microsoft provides great benefits for its employees and recently added two additional holidays.,I feel a little isolated in my job and there isn't much of a team environment. We all have our own offices so people tend to close their office doors which takes away from the team environment.,It is nice to have your own office but it takes away the team environment because people close their office doors and don't talk to each other. I would like to see more career development and have more support and mentoring from my group.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54042,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Pros and Cons,"Variety of products and technologies to work on, extra perks like legal, gym, transport card, high earning potential","Work life balance, compensation model and success metrics can breed a disruptive culture, size of company often leads to inefficiencies and conflicting priorities, too many layers of management","Be honest and accountable for mistakes rather than using superficial metrics and bookkeeping to make things appear better than reality. For example, I've seen many instances where good bugs are slotted into other bugs just to keep an artificial count lower.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54043,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - GM Sales,n/a/,Good company culture. believe strongly in the new CEO.,Culture can vary widely by business group.,consider bringing in external talent in addition to growing in house,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54044,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Architect,There is always something incredibly complex and challenging to work on.,Systems and services we create are truely world class. We tackle problems few other companies can. You get a lot of freedom to innovate.,"Performance measurement and review system can foster bad ""me against them"" instead of a truely collaborative environment where ""rising tides raise all ships"". Product groups often have too much autonomy and are not held accountable for long term thinking.","Time to insist on common, shared ways of doing things. Be different on purpose, and when warranted, not because everyone feels they need to reinvent the wheel for their unique little world.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54045,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 22, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Review encompassing 20 years,"To properly review a company I think you need to consider many things. Everything from success stories, bad decisions, business practices, culture, company evolution and much more. With that and having 20 years at the company here's my pros and cons.  -Lots of success, especially in their server-side end of the business. -Lots of money in the bank to keep trying to win in areas they're not already. -Evolution into more of an agile based company. -A new leader who promises hope and proper guidance especially with respect to competitors.","-Loss of market share in business sectors such as tablet, phone and search due to poor decisions at the top. -Competitors in these sectors are leaps and bounds ahead of Microsoft and it could take quite awhile to get competitive again. -Poor success in their core client-side business, especially over a large period of time with repetitive failures. Windows is a perfect example of a product rejected by the public, dreaming of Windows XP and yet again going back to the drawing board to try and get it right. In the time that has elapsed in this sector competitors have really caught up and simplified attracting customers over to their platform. -Poor success in Windows Phone and Bing Search. Bing was on it's last leg and the plug was destined to be pulled until Windows 10 arrived on the scene to interweave search into the OS and breathe some life into it. Windows Phone is still struggling today with Microsoft hoping to gain market share and attract developers to write apps for it. -Evolution of company image has left a lot to be desired. While I am thrilled that Satya is here, a lot of damage has been done as just mentioned with prior leadership. Microsoft used to be a place you bragged that you worked at. A place very difficult to get into and with stock that was doing incredibly well. And proud to show on your resume. I am still proud to show Microsoft on my resume, but the wow factor is gone and I do read stories about showing Microsoft on your resume these days can actually hurt you. -Evolution from more of an innovator to always playing catch up and mimicking the competition. I've literally lost count of the moments where I go why didn't we think of that???? Why are we still not doing that or something similar???? I think this might play into the company being too irrelevant with the state of the technology world these days. Coupling that with it probably still being too much of a slow moving waterfall type company and it can make sense why these things happen. -I don't want to go deep into business practices as it can get proprietary, however I will say shady things happen. People step on other peoples toes to get ahead, women have been known to do unmentionable things to get a great review. I am happy the review process has changed since most of the stories i've heard about, so hopefully that's all in the past. -High employee attrition rates. Microsoft has let go of large quantities of employees for many reasons, law suits, company restructuring to make sectors successful, making the company more agile, especially in the more recent years. This fear only grows over time if success rates stay low, competitors grow stronger, etc. This fear is compounded by the fact that many of these employees getting a pink slip are very intelligent people probably ending up at one of Microsoft's competitors. -The last thing that you should beware of is that Microsoft is huge. And just because you either work for one group or hear a great success story, doesn't mean it'll be a consistent thing at the company. The reason is that each group at Microsoft operates differently and often times radically different than another group. I've worked in some groups I couldn't wait to get out of due to severe micro-management issues, others that were awesome and have everything properly dialed in and others that didn't have any processes and needed to be rescued.","I can't go very high on my rating as the company has so many peaks and valleys from group to group, a large past of failures to cleanup from still and generally still a lot to prove that the Microsoft that we all used to love from decades ago is that great company again. My advice, improve on these fronts, catch up to your competition or surpass them and bring back that wow factor Microsoft used to have.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54046,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Working at Microsoft,"Microsoft is a great company to work for, flexible time, great benefits, relaxed pace of work",Career development at Microsoft can be a bit challenging as the company has almost no internal trainings and very little sponsorship for external trainings. All you can do is peer modeling and public events where PR is more than Tech stuff.,"Wake Up, you are pushing out your best instead of relocating them into other teams and losing out experience.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54047,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Could be so much better,"You're working at one of the most important companies in the world. There is really great stuff to work on, but it seems to be getting harder and harder to work on interesting things. Campus is wonderful.","Way too much internal competition. It's a dog-eat-dog world, where you have to climb on others shoulders to get ahead, and spend far too much of your time watching your back.  They say the review system has changed for the better. I didn't see that.  If you are in a smaller group that gets re-orged into a larger one during calibration, your days are probably numbered no matter how good or how bad you are.",Remove the toxic environment.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54048,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"Talented People, Good Benefits. Flexible Works Hours.",Less Base Pay as compared to other compaines,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54049,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love this company!,Everything about working here is great! Truly a blessing!,Be prepared to work hard!,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P446.htm
54050,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Sr. Test manager,Great place to work.Great benefits. Flexibility to work in different product groups,Aggressive environment. Competetive. Less work life balance in some groups.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54051,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Community Development Specialist,great if you have a great manager,Great company with great benifits,Fighting between departments. Too many layers.,Don't just say one Microsoft be one Microsoft. Stop hiring MBAs,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54052,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,Design researcher,Good experience which looks awesome on your resume. Get to work on super complicated research which no other tech company is working on,"Very political and nepotism is everywhere. If you're not in the inner circle, it's probably impossible to get promoted or get any credit whatsoever for your work. Windows group has no vision whatsoever",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54053,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Petty,Big name in the industry. A few good peers. Good pay. Education and learning opportunities for those who want it.,"Political environment with managers who know little to nothing of the true work effort. Those who brown nose get noticed and rewarded, while those who do the actual work are overlooked. Metrics driven.","Pay closer attention to those doing the work and less on those who fetch coffee and tell funny jokes. It is good to be a positive co-worker, but not to be a brown-noser. The latter should not be promoted over the one who is doing the work and doing it well. People don't leave companies, they leave managers!",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54054,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Benefits, poor management","Stable job, company isn't going to go away any time soon","Recently moved to high deductible health plan Lots of middle level managers Advancement is targeted at managing, so if you don't want to manage then it is harder to get promotions down the line.",Get better trained on how to communicate expectations with employees,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54055,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full Time 6 Years,"They have a Great Culture, exciting new products with a fresh vision from the new CEO. The stock price has reflected the changes that have been made.",Sales Quotas are becoming unreasonable. for most. There seems to be less and less importance on value of field sellers. Selling new services is more challenging and time consuming and it an be difficult when you have goals that are extremely difficult to meet.,Allow good people to attain goals and retain great sales people in the field. There seems to be less and less value based on people with the assumption that our great new products should be selling themselves.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54056,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Management,"Nice, knowledgeable people. Lots of work.","Lack of work space, very demanding with multiple changes that can happen at any moment. Very distinctive differences between contractors and FTEs",Include contractors more in decisions that have been made...change the stupid 18 month rule!,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54057,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,"At Microsoft, you’ll have an amazing range of opportunities. You might become an expert in a particular field or build proficiencies across many areas. You might be an individual contributor or become a manager. Because we have so many kinds of jobs in so many different places, you can stay in one building, city, or country, or you can cross borders—in person, or virtually.",Management is a bit annoying.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54058,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail May Not Be It...,"A Great Brand, In A Great Place Right Now",The Retail Environment Was Super Sketchy,Be More Like Apple,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54059,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good benefits - rest depends on group and lead,With it being such a large company if you don't like your current job you can just find another without the hassle of moving to a new company. Big company with lots of resources make for lots of perks Most groups allow a good bit of flex in working hours.,Too many layers of management end up wasting time and energy Doesn't take new ideas on how to do things easily,Work on freeing up employees to innovate. Microsoft has a great resource of brilliant people that just need to be empowered to innovate,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P447.htm
54060,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Management views technical ICs as worker bees.,Very good health care benefits. Access to the inside story on a lot of technologies. Your teammates are very smart.,"Middle management is full of non-technical people who were hired during the booming growth days of the late 1990s. These managers consider technical individual contributors (ICs) to be nothing but an expense. You are a replaceable cog. You have nothing special to offer that a fresh out of college applicant from a ""Low Cost Labor Market"" can do just as well. As a result, middle management will demand (not ask) that you are on call 24x7. Say goodbye to a decent family life.",Fire the archaic middle managers who are in charge of technical teams but who lack the technical experience to evaluate the talent working under them.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54061,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,work life balance very well.,"old company, do things slow.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54062,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High on bureaucracy,"Great benefits, real smart people, very generous in charitable endeavors","Consulting services is very bureaucratic and impacts the agility of delivery. No room to grow, tendency to hire external candidates instead of promoting internal candidates.",Promote from within,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54063,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love it here,Smart coworkers Global thinking Strategic forethought,Requires A-type aggression to move quickly,Find ways to tap skills of all personalities,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54064,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM experience,Good benefits and smart people.,Politics and projects getting cancelled,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54065,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS Fte,- good benefits - flexible hours,- high churn from people coming and going,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54066,microsoft,"Los Gatos, CA"," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Product Planning,Great place to work,"Great people, benefits and culture",There are any cons for working at Microsoft,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54067,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Business Planning Manager,Opportunities to positively impact the experiences of billions of users Great work life balance Performance based incentives,Weather in Puget Sound location,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54068,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, great colleagues, but it's a big company","- There are still lots of talented people at Microsoft - As an engineer, you get to work with great tools on systems that have huge scale - Great benefits, work environment, etc","- Microsoft is slow to react to changes in the market, and this can be frustrating as an employee - Very large organization makes it difficult to get real perspective and visibility below the VP level","Reduce organizational bloat. Too much middle management, and too many Program Managers in particular.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54069,microsoft,"Lake Stevens, WA"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Sourcing Consultant,Senior Talent Sourcing,"Innovative, remote sourcing group for SMBDR, supportive, creative & know how to get things done (beyond goals) and have fun.",All awesome - no constructive fdbk needed for this entrepreneurial group!,Keep doing what you are doing!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P448.htm
54070,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Company is starting to move in the right direction. Plenty of opportunities to learn and grow, even with non-Microsoft technologies. Old review/reward system is gone(ish) and work environment again exudes an air of opportunities for success as an employee",Change in culture is still in progress. Still many managers who provide little value but have insulated themselves and aren't going anywhere any time soon.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54071,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applied Scienst,Suzhou is a beatiful and low cost city. Microsoft is very competitive company there,base salary is a little low,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54072,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company who cares about employee careers,Great work/life balance. New focus since the new CEO took over.,Working on all MS products after a while makes it harder for you to move to other companies that use non MS products.,Keep it up!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54073,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Licensing Sales,"Great pay, benefits, and people. You are heard and feedback is taken seriously. Top performers are rewarded",Very metric driven organization with some short sided mid-level leadership. Lots of internally focused efforts.,Continue to focus on listening to the customer and selling value and experiences.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54074,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, if....","You get to work for a company that has had global impact, work alongside super smart people, great benefits, good work-life balance if you are not on the engineering side, ability to work remotely, very competitive compensation","too much politics, too many re-orgs (11 different managers in 6 years...not uncommon), nepotism",do an audit of attrition under management and take a better look at those who have been in the same position for +5 years. You have stale middle-management.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54075,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal IT Service Engineer,Culture changing to much better.,Size and scale makes it difficult to move faster.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54076,microsoft,"Birmingham, PA"," Jan 3, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Noice,"Good place to work, I had no issues with the actual management, just the other employees. Fun and engaging all of the time","Lots of judgement, no one appreciated me for me, I felt like I was abandoned for the most part.","Keep doin you homies. Real good stuff. Really really really really good stuff. I love this place a lot, like a whole lot",5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54077,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"It is a big company, but there are many opportunities, it has a good life work balance.","It's a big company, so there is a downside that comes with that, which is that it's not easy to find the right place within the company at first. It takes some time to figure out where you belong.",Recruit from smaller schools.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54078,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Many opportunities and great compensation,"Slow to change course on something that's a bad idea, but that's like any large company",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54079,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Extremely disappointing and disheartening.,Honestly there really weren't any. If I could rate you lower I would.,Contract staff is treated poorly. The manager completely yanked me around and didn't let me do what I was hired to do. I was penalized for having surgery and for not having system access after my contract was screwed up on three separate occasions. The lack of dedicated office space makes it nearly impossible to work especially if you happen to have a disability. I worked for 22 hours straight to fix a data issue that I did not cause and because the systems were so bad and was blamed for taking too long. Your employees do not even know how to use the tools that you create. There is a ridiculously high reliance on email instead of using proper tracking tools and you were penalized if you do not give multiple status updates during the day even when there's nothing to report. I have worked for larger organizations that did not have this level of inefficiency and lack of process. The employees often throw the contract staff under the bus and assign them very menial tasks even if you've been hired to do something that is much higher level.,You need to fix and automate processes. It is insanity for you to build productivity tools and then to hire FTE staff that cannot use any of the tools. The appearance of being busy often gets in the way of actually being able to perform your job. You need cull your middle management. They are more focused on appearing to be busy and hiring staff without the basic ability to do their job. And organization of this size should not be reliant on ridiculously long email chains instead of properly employee tools that allow you to handle change management. If most of your processes are manual in nature you have the wrong people working for you.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P449.htm
54080,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Make the most of your opportunity,Many different roles and product teams to keep you interested. Seemingly endless resources to try new things and create great products. Company headed in the right direction.,"Easy to be complacent, and later irrelevant. Don't stay in one place too long. Don't settle for a bad manager.",Continue to find ways to challenge top performers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54081,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company, making a comeback","Great company culture that values open communication. Relaxed, casual workplace lets great people do their best work. Opportunities to work on challenging problems with intelligent people. Very inclusive, with a diverse workforce. Competitive pay and benefits.","Finding a good work-life balance can be challenging. 45 hour work-weeks are normal, and exceeding that is not atypical. Email is very much a part of the company culture, and it can consume large portions of your workday if you don't have a sold strategy for managing it.","The Cloud strategy is positioning the company well for the future. It's great to see Microsoft running near the front of the pack on this latest shift in the software industry. Whiel the Cloud business is on the rise, the Devices/Mobile part of that strategy is confused. Are we building a platform? Are we building apps? Are we a hardware company?",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54082,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,"It's a huge company, YMMV","Benefits package is excellent, campus is very nice, lots of commute options.","It's tech, and tech has become increasingly unsettled. Management at all levels makes decisions that don't make any sense, and have lead to an increasing atmosphere of uncertainly for employees. I'm back as a contractor now (in 2016) and the general feeling is of a place where people are waiting for the other shoe to drop.","Stop with the layoffs, stop using contractors to fill full-time spots. Figure out your staffing and manage it. Employee morale is important, and anyone who's been caught up in the recent churn looks back at all the little lambs who think you still give a damn and feels sorry for them.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54083,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging & engaging work and a great culture,"Great people, company is transforming, outstanding career opportunity","Bureaucracy, execs tinker with comp plan year after year to make it harder to earn OTE for sales roles. Hyper-political. Comp is below market.","Simplify, simplify, simplify. Think about who is disagreeing with you, if no one is you've surrounded yourself with yes-men (default MS exec behavior)",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54084,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So-So,Good pay. Awesome benefits. Moderate and balanced work life.,"Less opportunities to grow unless you know how to get promoted. Too many re-orgs causes constantly changing managers => whatever you deliver in a project gets lost with the last manager and you have to ""prove yourself"" again!",less reorgs and make sure employees get rewarded for their work!,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54085,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Delivery Management,Engagament Manager,"Challenging work, great benefits, cool people.",Twice a year employee performance rating system.,Listen up. Many managers think they know it all.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54086,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"BigCo benefits, BigCo problems","Good balance of compensation vs effort to meet performance expectations, good work/life flexibility, potential for variety of work, company's strong financial position.  Microsoft is a great place to have a lifestyle career that lets you work with fun/interesting people and focus your time/money on kids, hobbies or extracurricular projects.","If you're a high-performer looking to work harder and grow faster, this company probably isn't for you. Microsoft is many smart people behaving below their intellect -- this seems to be rooted in poor accountability and a failure to reward meaningful business outcomes and discourage meaningless ones. Likely on account of its size, the company struggles to manage employee performance and cultivate genuine leadership talent in mid and senior levels of the company, it's just to easy for non-contributors to blend in.","Keep making progress -- there's still a long way to go. Make tough decisions to replace underperforming managers, and invest work on take meaningful steps to create a leadership track for high performing, high potential employees.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54087,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Supply Planner,"Good Pay, smart people nice facilities","Lack of consistent direction, upper management not held accountable",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54088,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Manager,"Good pay, great benefits, lots of opportunity","High stress, heavy workload, work/life balance",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54089,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Associate,"Competitive pay, good benefits, senior management appears smart.","Micro-management, yearly review process makes no sense for retail environment.",Career advancement from retail to corporate,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P450.htm
54090,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Great place to work and only getting better,You can tell that the company cares about it's employees. Satya has done a great job internally uniting everyone and improving the external image. Work life balance is valued much more than by some of the nearby competitors. Transportation to and from work is provided via the connector. Healthcare benefits are good and two extra holidays were just added for the coming year. Working from home is allowed.,It is still a fairly political place to work and advancing as you get higher up is more about who knows you than the actual output of your work. If you live in Seattle the commute to Redmond is still a pain regardless of the fact that they provide transportation.,Continue focusing on improving the company and adding benefits that are on par with other major tech competitors.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54091,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Been here 5 years and looking forward to the next 5,"Lots of opportunities to move up if you are willing to look around and network. Lots of interesting and cutting edge projects to work on. Salary, bonus and benefits are great. Like any job, you get what you put into it. This doesn't mean having to work crazy hours. A good work life balance can be achieved, you just need to be proactive about it.","There are many naïve people out there that still see Microsoft as Micro$oft, the money hungry corporate giant that wants to take over the world. As a result I have seen these types of people discredit the advice of subject matter experts simply because they work at Microsoft. This is more of an nuisance than anything.",Keep innovating like we have been over the past year. Things are getting exciting.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54092,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the same company it once was,No more pros. Company is lost and confused.,"Randomization, no forward thinking. Good projects cancelled. No focus.",Stop chasing others tail-lights...,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54093,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Communications Manager,Public Relations at MSFT,Great salary and benefits and a generally good working environment. Intellectually stimulating and freedom to drive your own career.,"A very cut-throat environment, sink or swim. If you do great work AND ""manage up"", you are good. If you do a mediocre job and manage up, you are OK, too. Don't manage up or play the many internal games and politics, you are toast.",Spend as much time developing staff once hired as the time and energy you spend recruiting,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54094,microsoft,"Kenmore, WA"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Manager,Does not value employees,Get to work with new technology Working with intelligent people,Do not feel valued as employee for 15 years Managers hands are tied with curved review structure,none,3.0,2.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54095,microsoft,"Hoffman Estates, IL"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Consulting Delivery Manager,Projject Manager,Exposure latest technology: Good benefits: One of the top 5 technology companies.,I have four managers over 2 years: too many re-organizations: too many pri·ma don·na in key management spots,"Figure out what Microsoft want to be a B to B or B to C company to customer"": a hardware or software company",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54096,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - IT Pro Marketing Lead,Great Potential for certain types,"Global, market leader, with lots of resources and potential.","Chaotic, highly political, too much of process-oriented,",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54097,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Important to know political landscape,"Work-life balance is great, many business units means many job opportunities to move around to.",Long-term employees are not very motivated or brilliant. Politics between business units is intense and back-biting is common.,Streamline the business units to discourage turf wars and overlapping projects as this impacts efficiency when employees are more worried about angering another unit than in producing great work.,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54098,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Junior Front End Web Developer,Test Associate 1,The free chocolate milk in the micro kitchens was awesome.,The contract employee policy makes it hard to love working there - knowing you're going to get kicked out soon.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54099,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Satya Nadella is having a really positive impact on company strategy and corporate culture. No workplace is perfect, but I really enjoyed working there. You get to work with lots of really smart people.","The company is in transition wrt culture, product focus, and management style, which can lead to some gaps between what is said and done.",Be more aggressive in new product categories.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P451.htm
54100,microsoft,"Galena, MD"," Jan 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Specialist,"Can be fun, lots of opportunity to expand exposure to different markets/segments","- Benefits aren't what they used to be - Pay is stagnant, can make considerably more outside of MS - There's still plenty of boy's club mgmt circles that exclude outsiders regardless of experience or success","MS has done great to weed out a lot of the old school, except for middle management. Get rid of them, they're still operating like it's 1980-90 and creating a CYA environment that fosters turnover rather than innovation.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54101,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"no longer a good place to work, even for fresh graduates","The enterprise business is strong, even with weakness in the PC market the past couple of quarters, it's hard to argue with the success of Windows 7 with over 400M licenses sold. As an employee, unless you are a bottom 20% performer, the new comp plan is a win. If you don't think so, then you don't really understand the change","Although there are talented people still there, a lot of talented folks have left MSFT senior leadership in the past 18 months or so - Liddell, Elop, Muglia, Bach, etc, etc. Although Elop was instrumental in getting the Nokia deal up and going",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54102,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Great, smart people to work with who know what they are doing. Everyone seems to have a positive outlook for where the company is headed under Satya. My lead is good, trustworthy, knowledgeable, and protective of people that work under him, and I've heard of similar stories with other leads under my director. The benefits are best in class. Work life balance is pretty high.","Windows seems like a really slow org of getting things done. I haven't seen it in my org, but there is bureaucracy at higher levels.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54103,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the same company it once was,No more pros. Company is lost and confused.,"Randomization, no forward thinking. Good projects cancelled. No focus.",Stop chasing others tail-lights...,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54104,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Under pau,Great experience but horrible,"Pay, no und. I loved the culture but notice it is beginning to fade away and sadly is turning into a best buynegation and set pay hourly which is hard to move aro",Pay more be flexible,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54105,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great work life balance and benefits. The work you do also has a lot of impact on millions of people every day.,The company is very large and oftentimes has a lot of bureaucracy. It can sometimes be hard to break through this.,Management has done a very good job with training and making sure employees keep growing. Keep up the good work!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54106,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,"As far as Microsoft Research is concerned, the environment is totally academic.",Work life balance may not be the best.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54107,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,"401K matching, Health insurance covers whole family, paid holiday",bonus is not very good comparing to other companies. Locking period 5 years,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54108,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer Lead,Nice place to work if you can find the right team,"Interesting work, smart colleagues, good work-life balance on some teams","Review model sucks, bonuses are underbudgeted, harder than it should be to move to a new team","Make internal movement easier, offer more time and incentives for training, and overhaul the review system.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54109,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,depends on what you are doing,"Good benefits, good work life balance. independent office, easy transfer within company","too much politics, stock not that good, salary below average",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P452.htm
54110,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,depends on what you are doing,"Good benefits, good work life balance. independent office, easy transfer within company","too much politics, stock not that good, salary below average",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54111,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short review,Microsoft is fairly large company so the pros is mostly specific to the group in Office. You learn a lot in terms of coding and basic C/C++ and you work with very smart people around,"vertical growth is very slow. Use internal proprietary tools and sometimes languages, therefore it doesn't help when seeking job outside.",have some consistency across teams. You will find some team management very cool while some are horrible.,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54112,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,"Great benefits, opportunities but corporate strategy and thus organizational challanges",Benefits and salary levels great Several business areas where to work,"Very Redmond eccentric, not real operations or career options outside Product and business strategy changing and thus impacting to work and employees Cross organization and business area friction, not much collaboration Microsoft is very bureaucratic, including the HR and how it treats employees Microsoft can do several billion dollar investments and write it down few years later, and impacting heavily all who worked for it, proof that the company is lost with the direction","Provide clear Board accepted strategy, do not try to do everything,",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54113,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE II,"Great work culture, Innovation, diversity, freedom",Not all groups work in the same way as management thinks,Create visibility of management goals to all groups and employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54114,microsoft,"Duvall, WA"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager Lead,Changing culture,Microsoft is always adapting. Change is constant. Provides opportunities to try new things regularly. Resources are plentiful.,Too much overhead for established products/services and not enough on new ones. Satya is pushing new cultural expectations though there is some disconnect from him down to the folks doing the work. Middle management tiers need to catch up or need to focus on the business rather than themselves.  Some employees that are successful in a role can get stuck there if no one else can fill in. They can get pulled back into those areas throughout their career to bail others out.,It is clear to the FTEs which managers are focused on business goals and which are more focused on their own careers. Many of us prefer business minded managers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54115,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,New Microsoft,"Great people, great opportunities, great support system and lot of independence.",In some areas still there is lot of overhead carried from earlier microsoft culture.,Keep pushing on innovation. Encourage renovation for better innovaton.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54116,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,"Good employer, good work ethic","No free food, heavy middle management.",Value your employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54117,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Operations,Operations Specialist in Reno NV,"The only positive note is that you get great benefits and pay. everything else........  If you have other offers, reconsider.","""overall ratings"" only applies to this job.  If you are career driven, this job should only be accepted as your 1st job. The structure of the organization and reputation makes it very hard to move around the company. Being in operations especially in this organization, the role and the organization does not prepare you for a ""actual Microsoft"" position. Unfortunately, the organization being run by the director does not encourage the company's mantra or principles, which has encouraged to leave the company.  On the plus side, this organization is a staffed organization performing operational tasks dealing with contracts. Many of the employees in this organization are quite seasoned and are not proactive in providing change. If you are a proactive person that likes to challenge the status Quo, this would be the perfect team to join, make changes, create value, and also standout because no one in the organization makes the effort to do so. Very easy job to coast if you are looking for that, however, the operations services leadership team will limit your potential. If you want to move to the flagship location and move upstream in the business after spending time in this role in Reno, It will take a long time",Change in management will help the morale. Organization culture and environment could not be more different than other organizations.,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54118,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former QA Manager,"great medical benefits, could wear jeans to work","big company management issues, easy to leave",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54119,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,"Great people, great work, great benefits",Difficult to get a job in the product group if you don't live in the Seattle area.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P453.htm
54120,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Coordinator,Flexible work from home opportunities,"Deadlines and fire drills around month end, and midyear review.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54121,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former QA Manager,"great medical benefits, could wear jeans to work","big company management issues, easy to leave",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54122,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,"Great people, great work, great benefits",Difficult to get a job in the product group if you don't live in the Seattle area.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54123,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company - learnt a lot, now on a better path","Great infrastructure, support mechanisms, platforms. Good culture, getting better. Global opportunities.","Sometimes bureaucratic. Often competitive Old guard stuck in a rut,blocking movement and growth of others.","Keep doing what you are doing, with a little house cleaning especially in sales (SMSG),",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54124,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Rewarding and Challenging,"Plenty of opportunity Ability to drive change Rewards motivated people Wealth of resources  It truly takes a year to learn how to navigate the organization - how and where to engage. Once you're comfortable, you'll understand there is no reason to be intimidated by size or titles.  Microsoft has truly changed in the last 2 years - open, innovative, and engaging! Its not lip service, read the media's outlook and press releases. It's a new Microsoft.",Broad and competing focus & priorities Old guard slowing progress at times,Keep doing what you're doing - driving change and innovation.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54125,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OEM Marketing,"Smart and driven team. Opportunity for career advancement and diversification, i.e. it's encouraged to work in different divisions, countries, roles, etc. Well paid and performance related bonus / stock, great benefits.","Work life balance can be intense, especially as the roles can be highly matrix along with global scope so constant churn of emails, meetings, etc.","Be more open to taking risk and doing things outside of the box, as well as prepared to fail forward.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54126,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great company,You work with smart people. Great benefits and excellent giving back to community program.,You have to spend personal time to keep learning.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54127,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Applied Scientist,Applied Scientist,"good benefit, good work/life balance","no clear career path, lack of communication between colleagues",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54128,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag,"Benefits are amazing. Campus is a great environment, Pay is great. Computing resources for employees are easy to get. Great commuting options with connector, ORCA, and bus station.","Cut throat environment, politics are obscene. Life expectancy of a mid level employee is very short. Strong not invented here problem. Definitely three classes of employees, old timers, young new hires, mid career new hires and there is class warfare. The IT group is definitely the red headed step child.",While Microsoft has high integrity to the customer there is low integrity between employees. If Microsoft fought their competition as hard as they fight each other they would own computing. The internal culture is toxic and getting worse.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54129,microsoft,"Sumner, WA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - IT Technician,bad team,good people co-worers that is,bad mangment need new mangment,more advance notice not last min,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P454.htm
54130,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Large but Good Company,"Good pay and benefits, work environment is relaxed, lots of opportunities for experience, Nice campus and desk set up.",The company is way too big and much of your time is spent in pointless meetings. each team differs though.,Work to make a large company feel small by maximizing the amount of power and control you have to create clear guidelines and expectations for employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54131,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growth,Opportunity and leadership. Chance to make it up the ladder.,Large company that has a change to absorb you.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54132,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Delivery Manager Cybersecurity,Great salary and great benefits. I am a remote resource and travel most of the time.,middle management is lacking skills to adequately lead team.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54133,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life @ Microsoft,Satya's new leadership direction for the company. Fair pay and great benefits. Many different possibilities within and across the company keep things interesting.,Too much name and shame style leadership. Corporate politics and density of meetings upon meetings are mind numbing. Absolute log jam at mid and senior levels.,Get customer focused! Reduce SMSG ROB madness.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54134,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Design Researcher,Well Established Hi-Tech Company,"Great home city (Seattle), Great benefits, lots of opportunities to work on lots of different products and opportunities, diverse work force, lots of room to grow.","There have been some bad practices regarding bonuses and promotions. While there have been some efforts to correct them, but i've heard stories about some of those bad practices still persisting in some parts of the company. I personally don't experience it.","continue to listen to employees about ideas to make Microsoft a great place to work. continue to promote a culture of taking risks, because we are not quite there yet.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54135,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Improving, but plagued by apathy","Great pay. A time of big changes for the better, under Satya. It's a time of re-inventing, and a softer side of Microsoft.","Old facilities, old guard folks, but Satya is changing that. Lots of lifers who don't hustle. Lots of focus on politics, instead of the market.",a a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a a a aaa aaa a a aaa,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54136,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Development Manager,Old guard playing politics of make my role safe,"Great pay and benefits, lots of great, really smart peers. Lots of options for moving between roles and teams.","Senior levels (partner and above) need to be cleaned out...leadership is territorial, do not put business needs first. Having opinions and stating them when contrary to current approach is not fostered, and is often detrimental your career",Clean out the partner ranks.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54137,microsoft,"West Long Branch, NJ"," Dec 23, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product Advisor,Good for a college student,"very repetitive, every day is pretty much the same.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54138,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,"Great flexibility in the workplace, perks, and compensation. Great company culture. I also like the fact that you don't have to dress up.",No downsize although there are too many employees so you might feel like you don't make a huge impact event though you do. Haven't been working here for long so I can't really say.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54139,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,can be good,"high energy very focused, you know what they do and if tech is a turn on there is plenty to absorb. the people in teams are all equally focused getting the job done is the only priority. if you are at the sharp end of a development its enormous fun.","highly political, achievement means becoming a player which perpetuates the madness, numerous monthly compliance activities to which compliance i more important than absorbing the message. massive hierarchy very petty administrative bureaucracy","stop being fooled by the manipulation of score cards, you all do it yet you seem to think that no one does it, managing a situation that is honestly presented would be more likely to succeed faster. everyone is scared of non compliance and miss achievements. get real accept not everything works identify the things going wrong early rather than hiding the facts in spin and work on the real data.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P455.htm
54140,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,"* Microsoft is turning itself around, and for the first time in a long time it is doing really cool things. This is the perfect timing to be part of the transition and part of its new future. * It has great flexible work. Most days, I work from home. Most of my colleagues are virtually connected. This really helps when you have a family. * Strong brand on your CV","* Can be very political - networking is essential to succeed in the company * Very much Corp driven. If you have a field role, it is very executional and you are very dependent on Corp. There's not much room for strong creativity. * No clear path to getting promoted. A lot of lateral moves.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54141,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Sales, Program Management, and Marketing at Microsoft","Company is slowly but surely reinventing itself, has good strategy in place.","Very large (100k+ employees), bureaucratic, slow, political, lots of A-type personalities with huge egos.","Review level system, give employees more flexibility when applying for different roles.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54142,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,"Cool, chill, laid back, enjoyable, and had to work very hard but it is a great job to have",There are no downsides.There are no downsides There are no downsidesThere are no downsides.,N/A,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54143,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,"Great Benefits, Career Development, Smart people",Microsoft is an island in the technology space,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54144,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Business Development Manager,"Strong company, recognised global brand",Some divisions are very political. Dog eat dog/winner take all mentality. Some execs detached from reality.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54145,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work... For a while,Fun to work Lots of smart people Seattle is awesome,"Many duties can be boring. You have to ""pay your dues"" before you can work on interesting things.",More growth opportunities for employees.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54146,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunities await the creative worker,"Good performance review structure with quarterly check-ins and annual roll-ups. Lots of internal training available, on-demand, instructor-lead, peer mentors. Internal transfers and lateral career moves can keep life interesting since there are many quasi-independent projects, products and teams.",You need to manage your own career rigorously since the leadership has varying levels of experience and capability to provide guidance for a long career arc. Individual contributors who don't go into a management track might eventually run into dead-ends.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54147,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Recruiting Coordinator,Recruiting Coordinator,"People, Environment, Location, Very clear working instructions","Work Life Balance doesn't exist, Lack of engagement with contractors- you are truly a separate work force",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54148,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good company,Good work life balance and good benefits.,Compensation package is relative low compared with other IT companies.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54149,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Microsoft-Hyderabad,Best work environment and work culture.,none ..... ..... .... ..... ...... .....,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P456.htm
54150,microsoft,none," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place - if you like 9 to 5,"Stable, predictable, smart people, nice projects.",Can get a little bit boring since there's not enough diversity.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54151,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to work,"Great benefits, smart people and good work-life balance. Investments in the right direction.",Last generation software dev methodologies which reduce speed (putting work in improving). Tribal knowledge without good documentation.,Invest heavily in improving speed of shipping to market and kill silos within the company.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54152,microsoft,"Lewisville, TX"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,Business Program Manager,"Top of new tech development, Great environment to work, Great benefits",It is becoming another cold company lacking care of its employees.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54153,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,A great place to work with great benefits. Microsoft has been a great place to work offering so many opportunities to grow and build skills across a host of different types of teams and products.,"Some teams can be less work/life balance friendly, however I've found that most are good. I'm just ready for something different.",Continue to invest in employees and in benefits to keep employees happy. The current company direction is promising.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54154,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Co-workers Laid Back Environment Cutting Edge Technology,"Not Much Structure, rude customers, hours, people thinking it's the apple store",Unrealistic goals,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54155,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great internships that will most likely turn into full-time positions (as was my case) Great benefits Work/life balance,Constant re-orgs Sometimes it's difficult to understand why senior leadership make the decisions that they make Several of my coworkers are at a very comfortable stage in life and don't aspire much for their career,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54156,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager 2,1. Great Benefits Program 2. Competitive Salary Package 3. One can maintain good work life balance,1. Mid Level Management Politics is a downer 2. Lot of Internal teams are competitive with each other rather than joining forces to compete with outsiders,Set the vision and consolidate the efforts so that internal teams should not be competing with each other,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54157,microsoft,none," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,not sure what to put here.,At this time there are really not too may pros. Whatever technology that you end up supporting within CSS you will eventually be an expert in. This is because you will see every single way how NOT to implement that specific Microsoft Technology.,At the drop of a hat you may be required to work past your normal shift because the management here cannot seem to staff appropriately.  There is also now an unwritten rule that they must have 5% turn over every review cycle. So even though your team is understaffed you may notice that they will fire someone which goes to the whole scared at any time you will lose your job just because of this stupid rule.,none,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54158,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager at Microsoft,"Wonderful customer facing role, creates an opportunity to have a broad knowledge and spectrum of most of Microsoft products, sales strategy and negotiation is learnt on the job. You also get the chance to work with many support engineers.",No direct access to product group,The company needs to be more innovative and not lagging behind when it comes to products. The culture of modifying existing products still exists.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54159,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"products, culture, opportunities, career growth, diversity","political, too many cooks in the kitchen slowing the growth",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P457.htm
54160,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,"Collaborative environment, incredible health benefits, opportunity to grow.",The teams can become too big and lack the ability to move quicker.,Top down needs to lead the process and not just state the desired outcome. Too much autonomy is given within certain groups.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54161,microsoft,none," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,"good compensation, smart people, lots of teams and products","bureaucracy, placement is never guaranteed",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54162,microsoft,"Naples, FL"," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDM,Great money. Great place to work if you are just out of college with no family.,Once you hit Ten years tenure - you get forced out. Lots of age discrimination.,Just because an employee has been with you for 10 years and making a considerable amount of money you don't force them out to save money by hiring an inexperienced MOC that will be kicked out by your clients due their unprofessionalism and lack of skills. Good luck with your new model.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54163,microsoft,none," Jan 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company just needs to revamp their Level 67s and above,"Benefits, great projects to work on with Surface and Cloud","Management, worried about kingdoms/ego rather then doing what is right",Get rid of most of your GMs and any of your 'leaders' who were given time to find something else once and a friend brought the to their team,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54164,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2016",Former Employee - Game Artist,Game artist,"Good pay, lots of benefits.","Long hours, suburbia campus, boring for young people.",Stop with the constant performance reviews.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54165,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE 2,Great place to work with great benefit,"Pay is okay compare to Amazon and other company, lot's of up and down due to re-org",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54166,microsoft,none," Dec 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freelance AI (Java) Engineer,Flexible hours and good pay. Free meals,Too many people working single modules.,Screen H1B's better for basic literacy,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54167,microsoft,none," Dec 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"cool workplace, freedom to express ideas",should be part of smaller teams,smaller teams,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54168,microsoft,none," Dec 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,account manager,The people & the culture is good,The work load is tough,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54169,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Applications Development Manager,Awesome company to work for,"Great company, with fantastic environment, benefits & culture.","it's a big company, so it can be challenging to find a clear carrier path",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P458.htm
54170,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft - Associate Consultant,"- motivated and talented people who are also helpful - exciting new things to learn - reward policy is good... if you work hard, you will be rewarded",- too many vendors working in every project to bring down cost - challenging because you are generally working on multiple projects at a time,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54171,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vendor Intern,Very casual yet hard-working environment. There is a lot of trust and responsibility that gets put into each and every employee. I really enjoy getting the freedom to get what you need to get done without someone mico-managing the entire time.,"There is a lot of special attention towards the FTEs, which is really important, I do understand. But, I wish vendors could be included in the big campus events more often so vendors do not feel excluded.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54172,microsoft,none," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good large company, lots of opportunity",Lot of opportunity for growth,Big corporation with everything that comes with it,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54173,microsoft,"Tacoma, WA"," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Network Support Engineer Society,Great place to work,work on cutting edge technology,This is for Society not Microsoft. but the benefits really need some help,Higher more FTE!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54174,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Many talented people. Many opportunities. Options to join different teams.,The Rating sucks big time,"Think more about team members, less politics.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54175,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2015",Former Employee - Online Business Administrator,Project Coordinator,"flexible hours, work from home, great colleagues","sometimes the atmosphere can be quite toxic, due to overzealous FTEs, or power sucking EA's",don't give EAs so much power ...,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54176,microsoft,none," Dec 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Great access to clients provides unlimited growth of rolodex.,Getting anything done is near impossible because of the red tape.,Streamline every process.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54177,microsoft,"Burlington, MA"," Dec 15, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for,Great company to work for. Microsoft offered competitive salaries as well as very interesting and challenging work.,Lots of continuous management restructuring. Sometimes it is hard to keep a boss long enough to even built a proper report.,"Microsoft needs to embrace new technologies and stop being tied so tightly to it's own stack. Microsoft is trying very hard to gain relevance in many areas, but at some point it becomes restricting to be pushed into using only Microsoft products during development.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54178,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Mostly Awesome!,"Perks, benefits, work life balance and job environment are great","Competition inside the company is a real deal... Because others are putting so many extra night/weekend hours, it's easy to give the impression that you're slacking just because you're doing a good job in the ""expected"" business hours",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Characterization Specialist,Hardware Test Engineer,Very good place to work and advance your career,No compensation benefit for contract worker like me and Terrible Traffic everyday,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P459.htm
54180,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - SharePoint Online Support Engineer,Really good place to start/maintain a career,Work place ethic is phenomenal and promotes a good work environment.,Very high expectations from each division,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54181,microsoft,"Florissant, MO"," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great culture and people focused company. Exciting environment.,Large company so sometimes difficult receiving recognition for accomplishments.,Work to develop defined career paths.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54182,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,Great place to work with great benefits for entire family.,Growth is iffy. Depends on the project and if you are able to navigate well with company politics. Review system is the worst.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54183,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Good place to stay, but make sure you are in the right team.",Good work/life balance. Nice health coverage plan. It is now easier to make a move to work on whatever you want to do.,Some org still uses old technology which might be 5y behind the industry. Re-org always happens and the layoff becomes new common.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54184,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company that takes care of employees,"Good perks, a lot of smart people and interesting problems",Different teams really vary a lot. You have to re-interview if you want to go to a new team,Add free food,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54185,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to be,"complaint way of working across verticals , high on ethical values, great work life balance","Not a great marketing warehouse , lot of improvements required",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54186,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,"Like the Stepford Wives, it's a little too good to be true when you start to look closely","The benefits, a modicum of job security, the opportunity to surround yourself with some of the brightest (but sometimes the most self-absorbed and snarky) people you will ever meet.","Microsoft is the fabulously wealthy company that squanders every opportunity to meaningfully change the world: losing out on the self-driving car, Internet search, the iPod, smart phones and tablets, social media — a company whose derivative and copycat products the world uses only because we *have* to, not because we love to. The commute to Redmond can be an atrocious time-investment and working from home is cultural discouraged, peak time Connector shuttles are almost always overbooked and the company touts them but doesn't run enough buses. Many managers in power are piranhas and sharks who learned how to survive the much-loathed Stack Ranking system (read Vanity Fair's 2012 article, ""Microsoft: The Lost Decade"" for full details of the HR system that shaped Microsoft culture).",Microsoft under Satya feels like an aircraft carrier that's slowly turning a corner for the better. It's on the right track but it will take a decade or more to retire-off the management layers and Machiavellian culture created by Gates and Ballmer and the Stack Racking system. Add more Connector routes and buses. Invent the self-driving car or else Google's car will eventually be ferrying all your employees between meetings on the 130+ building Puget Sound campuses. What a small embarrassment that will be - Microsoft could've been the ones to deliver that inevitable technology to the world.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54187,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Director,"Microsoft has so many opportunities for those who wants to make an impact. While it may be challanging , it is achieveable. Great compensation and work-life balance as long as you get stuff done",Microsoft has had many of the key talent leave in recent months. This has caused a panic environment in those who has been in the company for less amount of time. Sr. Management has not addressed these type of departures. Place can be very politic,Work on retaining top talent,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54188,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Compnay atmosphere depends on groups,"Good benefits, Good profit sharing plan, Talented co-workers",Some teams have heavy politics,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54189,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,large user base multitude of groups and technologies smart people good benefits,Politics Old guard holds hard Some of the classic product groups still think like pre-web days,Give freedom to the people who want to push the envelope,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P460.htm
54190,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Designer II,Great company to be in.,No cons that I noticed.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54191,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,large user base multitude of groups and technologies smart people good benefits,Politics Old guard holds hard Some of the classic product groups still think like pre-web days,Give freedom to the people who want to push the envelope,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54192,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,Great place to work if you are in it for the pay,Lots of mediocre people and easily getting by if you want just the pay.,Current senior management like layoff a lot.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54193,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,table games dealrer,great place to work and have health insurance.,not the most healthy environment to work in . second hand smoke.,none,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54194,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Architect,Solution Architect,Best persons to work with,There is really nothing to complain about.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54195,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Strong benefits and good compensation. High autonomy to drive business.,sometimes too process oriented which reduces productivity,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54196,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jan 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,RETAIL FORGOTTEN,"Busy work environment, amazing products, training available","no room for advancement, not treated very well by corporation, constantly turning over employees and management",treat your employees how you would like to be treated. Help them advance.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54197,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Almost as much politics to navigate as Washington D.C.,"Decent benefits, lots of extra-curricular activities (book clubs, volunteer opportunities, stem activities, etc), ability to move jobs internally frequently, product discounts.",Work priorities are based on who asked for it and who yells the loudest. Every idea no matter how bad is assigned a project team and is worked as critical. There's very little planning or forethought to anything before it's started so there's lot of throw-away work. People change jobs internally so often that there's very few experts and the same mistakes are repeated by new people. The expectation is that you have to lead something external from your core job function or you won't be recognized.,"Stop enforcing the generalist mentality and encourage people stay in a job long enough to become experts. Employees are spread so thin with all the ""extra"" work thrust upon them that there's never time to do a thorough job. Let employees say no when it's warranted rather than pushing them to do work that shouldn't be done via the ""keep asking until someone says yes"" agenda.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54198,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Innovation and customer obsessed,"If you want to be in a place where your work can impact millions of lives and leading on the edge of the latest and greatest technology, this is the place to be. Amazing people and amazing leadership.",Be open-minded and be ready to be in a very competitive place. Changes are constantly happening with the new culture. So get out of your comfort zone.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54199,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Excellent and challenging place to work,"Challenging, fun, and pushes you to be as good as you to be in a competitive environment. The bar is high and you learn a lot about your area.","Definitely a lot of hierarchy and internal politics, but not unlike any other company. Competitive nature could be hard for some people.","Mentor relationships are critical to success at Microsoft, and fostering them early on is important for people in your team whether you or someone else is their mentor.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P461.htm
54200,microsoft,"Mission Viejo, CO"," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Assistant Store Manager,"Great team, great products. Very educationally focused with customers- didn't push too hard. Built strong relationships with customers for repeat business",Felt really far removed from Corporate. Sometimes goals seemed unattainable due to resellers. Track to promotion was not clearly defined. After a number of stores were announced the culture decreased,Continue to push the products. More marketing materials that specifically state MS Store. Do more within local communities.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54201,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome place to work,Love the culture and prople,Can't think of any reslkt,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54202,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 24, 2015",Former Employee - Audience Marketing Manager,Good Place to Work,"Microsoft is a good company to work for, as it is large enough to offer such a variety of positions that most people could find a match for their qualifications.","Because of Microsoft's size, the quality of group managers varies greatly. Unless you know someone in the group before you join it, you just have to take your chances.","The quality and consistency of management was a challenge when I worked there, and from conversations with friends that still work there, it continues to be a problem.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54203,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Area Sales Representative,ASR,"Great environment and great people. Well structured on-boarding, training, and career nurturing. Many opportunities to grow into higher level positions.",Very fast paced environment. A great deal of information to constantly keep up with and retain to conduct your business.,Keep up the good work. Company is evolving into a better place and a strong second wind after years of stagnation.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54204,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't Work Here as a Vendor,"Amazing software and technologies, great to test and see new products before they were released.","FTE leadership and management lacks vision. Petty politics, infighting and now most contracts being awarded to Tata Consultancy Services to bring in cheap H-1B Visa Indian workers to replace long time local middle class workers. Not going to go well in the long run with the new 18 month limit on vendors. This will cost MS brain drain of vendors who have been with the company for many years.","Stop using vendors, stop using TCS, just hire people full time... it would save so much time and wasted energy.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54205,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Great place to work,"Great way to develop skills, easy to move around the company to a team with a micro-culture that fits you, great benefits, brilliant minds, great work life balance, great benefits",Some hold over from outdated corporate practices which are mainly getting better. Some of the buildings are outdated.,"Keep doing what you are doing, but avoid old corporate stigmas. Invest in keeping campus up to date.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54206,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Microsoft needs to start valuing the career growth of the women in their company,Nice benefits and work environment with peers.,"Career growth as a women is terrible. I see my coworkers get promoted and get told ""bogus"" reasons why I don't get promoted when I work in more impactful projects and do more work than my male peers.","Value your employees, particularly the women in your organization.",1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54207,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Love Microsoft, but too many bullies","By far the best and most broad consumer and commercial technology company. If you are excited about technology and bringing magical experiences to people all over the planet, this is the company for you.",The culture fosters and rewards emotionally abusive behavior from far too many middle managers.,"There needs to be a renewed focus on cultivating great middle managers (Director level and above). The fact that a person is good at bullying people into delivering short term results consistently should not outweigh the fact that they are horrible people managers.  Also, Microsoft used to have wonderful on the job training courses. Most of those are no longer offered, to the detriment of the newer employees!",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54208,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Lead Program Manager,"Challenging problems to solve, lots of support resources, excellent career building opportunity","Often culturally dysfunctional, too many wasteful meetings, company does not acquire well, mid to upper level management culture is frequently arrogant and out of touch",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54209,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and innovate,"Great company, innovative products, challenging and fast-past work environments.",Sometimes very difficult to obtain cross-product assets between studios.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P462.htm
54210,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Supply Chain Manager,Great company,"Company culture, supportive environment that allows employees to explore options and go off the beaten path. Flexibility in moving around teams.","Bureaucracy, since getting something approved can take many levels before a decision gets made. Collaboration between teams can be hard if incentives or objectives aren't aligned.","Foster collaboration between teams, and make it easier for people to execute on new ideas. More direct and fast feedback would also be appreciated.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54211,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Poltics,Benefits and pay are good once you are vested,"Management and politics, it isn't what you do but who likes you that is what is important",look at what was produced not just who the managers like.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54212,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"Microsoft is an amazing place to work, the benefits, salary and people are great. The company culture is very family friendly and they promote a work life balance. Bill Gates is a very philanthropic man and he created a culture of hard work that truly gives back.","The company is very large and hard to navigate, it is tough to get things done quickly as there are so many people involved and a lot of red tape.",Help employees streamline policies and processes. Work closely with your team to ensure they understand the most efficient way to get things done.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54213,microsoft,none," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,Interesting intersection of the role. You work with a lot of interesting and smart folks. The technology is good and the company is going thru an interesting phase.,The job can feel little thankless. an industry hire can feel a little left out when compared to a college hire. College hire are treated differently and compensated differenrly.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54214,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer II,Software Design Engineer II,Some Microsoft Products are best in market.,"In the last few years they cancelled the Annual Meeting at Safeco Field, the annual company picnic and the no-copay health insurance among others. They also got rid of SDETs (QA role)",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54215,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Administrative Assistant,"One of the best companies to work for. Great Benefits, Internal Tools are awesome. Great Co- workers",Constant moving of offices and space due to re-orgs,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54216,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Turning things around,"Working with some great, smart, committed people. Benefits are among the best in the region. Opportunity to work on a multitude of interesting projects. Facilities and training opportunities are high quality.","The time consumed performing iterative, documentation-focused HR tasks is a burden to management and takes away from one's ability to focus on and drive their business. The manager feedback process is flawed, as low performers can torpedo a manager's rating as ""payback"" for an open and honest review. The review process also pits peers against one another - whether overtly or covertly - and this interferes with true cross-group collaboration.","Continue to focus on re-work of the HR review process to reduce management overhead and over-the-top documentation requirements. Refocus the review focal areas on achievements, and not ""how do I get a better rating than my peer so I can get a better merit increase"".",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54217,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"Great Company, People, Benefits","Great people to work with, loved my co-workers. Cafeterias are awesome, benefits are fantastic, pay was competitive. Loved it.",Stack ranking was a disaster. I understand from my friends still there that the review process has gotten better.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54218,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Microsoft Research,The glory has past,Good work/life balance Single office Good (new) parental leave policy Good travel opportunities,"Uncompetitive compensation (used to be good, not anymore) Relatively (very) slow promotion Difficult to make product impact (Extremely) non-transparent performance review (your boss controls everything)",none,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54219,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Microsoft is peaceful,-Many teams to choose work -Different team cultures in different teams -Peaceful work style,-Politics -Pace of work and learning is slower than usual standards,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P463.htm
54220,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sourcing Manager,Diverse environment for good innovation,Type A personality is viewed as better,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54221,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Great Job,"Always learning, challenging yet exciting. Flexible hours and flexible location. Can work from home, from Hawaii or from another country any day you want.",Always have to learn new stuff. You will never feel like you know everything.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54222,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good Place To Work,Good Place To Work with plenty of training opportunities. Friendly and smart people everywhere but misses the thrill of a start-up community. Fairs in which people present new ideas are a fantastic place to get seen even from people higher up.,You can easily get drawn into the Microsoft bubble with the only products and methods you know being in-house. Management decisions are top-down and can be in-transparent (not the place to feel self-empowered).,Make sure some features and improvement ideas comes from bottom-up to make people feel part of the product. Make sure there are clear paths for people to progress into the higher roles up and change the performance reviews to be more team focused.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54223,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Beware of vestiges of stack ranking,Great benefits Get to develop leading edge technologies with huge impact Diverse problems to solve,"Stack ranking makes team mates your competition and incites turf wars. Stack ranking can lead to a vicious cycle: Since stack ranking works like a highly stochastic merge sort, if you are a good contributor on a team with superb teammates working on a risky project that does not pan out, you will likely get a poor review, which happened to me after initial good reviews. Being the last rat to leave the sinking ship, I watched my teammates leave for other teams and companies. My poor rating made it impossible to leave my team and lead to continued poor ratings, so I eventually left under duress.",Management should provide more help to employees with poor reviews change jobs to find a position with a better fit.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54224,microsoft,"Bethesda, MD"," Dec 10, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Senior Delivery Project Manager,"Great pay, great benefits, great learning opportunities.","Despite an overhaul of the Annual review process last year, it is still very broken and continues to pit everyone against each other which causes lots of bad behavior. HR tries to claim it doesn't, but everyone knows that it does. It also remains very subjective and the whole process lacks integrity. In fact, I believe that broken review process is the number one problem across Microsoft.","Fix the annual review process for real, infuse it with objective measures, and ensure that it is done with integrity across the board.",4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54225,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 18, 2015",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Meh Experience,"Management is awesome, fun environment, casual dress code and always something to do.","low pay, not many opportunities for advancement, low staffed and high volume","hire more people, and pay your employees well, especially if you expect world class customer service from them.",4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54226,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is changing for the better,Big company that's been around forever is now transforming into a modern company where more and more young people wanna work.,"The ""One Microsoft"" philosophy is only starting to get implemented, so there's quite a bit of ""reinventing the wheel"" still going on.",Microsoft should finally decide to implement the free food policy. It's amazing they still haven't done it when the benefits most definitely outweigh the costs.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54227,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"It's not the ""old"" Microsoft anymore. Lots of opportunities to work in open source, new technologies, give feedback and actually build a role within the company.",There are still some managers that have been there a long time that work in the old style dictating what they want done but they're getting fewer and fewer and the constant review by everyone else at their level is making it more difficult for them.,"Keep doing what you're doing. Open new technology internally faster. For example, HoloLens is still closed down even internally.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54228,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Technology Company,Great technology company with a lot a really smart people,Difficult to stay on top of the ever changing review process and build long-term success unless you have a great relationship with your manager.,Build a better review process,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54229,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,a greate title,What were GREAT benefits are now VERY GOOD (took a small step down) but still probably better than you'll find at 99% of large corporations. If you've got family - the value of the benefits is even higher. 401k match is nice.,"Brand on Your Resume: After many years of losing market share and struggling to be at the front end of innovation and the fact that there's 90,000 employees, don't think MSFT is necessarily going to be attractive on your resume to more agile and smaller companies. Managing",'ll type it here - but I don't they are listening... 1. Help proven talent move laterally in the company for new opportunities. 2. Kill/evolve the stack rank. Here's basically how it's viewed:. 30% of the company gets 1s and 2s - and they are happy. 50% get 3s and that basically feels like getting a,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P464.htm
54230,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,Political environment,Benefits are good if you are a full time employee.  I have had good experiences at Microsoft with understanding groups with helpful team members.  With a strong manager at the helm of your group who demonstrates good leadership and communicates with you directly - you will walk away with a very good experience at MS.,"Political obstacles affect nearly every aspect of what you do at MS. You will land on one side of the fence when pitted against your own team wrt performance. Team work is limited by this fact. If you are on the right side of the performance fence it's a rewarding place to work, if not, you will be micro-managed and won't enjoy what you are doing there.  Advice: Be willing to work hard and slightly less smart than you actually are so as to not get a poor review. Quality doesn't seem to matter as much as ""just getting it done"" does these days as the emphasis has changed recently. Contributions are evaluated based on results. Key to getting results is to publicize what achievements that you generated within and outside of your group. Pick your partners carefully as their failures will be evaluated as your own failures as well. Sub-responsibilities that cannot be evaluated easily or at all because your boss may not or can not understand the benefit. Spend as little time on those responsibilities as you can as there is no value to your performance review by spending time on sub-responsibilities you may have inherited or gained familiarity with along the way that are not directly related to your objectives for the current month.",Be aware of career politicians. They are not the ones writing your software and services in most cases.  Managers who overlook significant contributions are rare but when they do that type of thing it is a bad deal for everyone. Ask yourself if you are aware of your peoples' contributions that have been overlooked completely?,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54231,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Great company but limited mobility,"Industry leader, on a ride after a few years of decline. Lots of smart people, challenges and global impact. Hard to find many other companies like MS. Culture is improving, more accountability and customer focus","100k+ people. Lot's of politics, particularly in Redmond. Lots of people can say no, sometimes is unclear who can actually say yes and has the resources to implement. Opportunities to advance are limited (career velocity has slowed down a lot). Career mobility has also slowed down as moving from group to group seems harder","Be more deliberate about people planning and rotation. Some folks stay in same role FOREVER, limiting opportunities for other people in the team. People need to rotate, get new experiences and leaders need to embrace the opportunity of bringing new talent into their groups",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54232,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Producer,(Xbox) Dissapointing,"Microsoft pays well, offers a lot of perks, and great benefits.","Working OT (late nights, weekends) is basically required. Although not said verbally, it is expected and will be reflected in your reviews (connects). Additionally, reviews are very political. If you find yourself in a good group and get along with your manager then you are set (i.e. boys club), if not, then you will be slowly managed out. I personally saw this for a number of individuals.",Stop the politics.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54233,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Washington,Socially and culturally difficult,Good amenities. Country club atmosphere. Good income.,"""not created here"" culture. anti-social environment.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Communications Manager,"Good salary and benefits. Lots of side perks and discounts. Good onsite parking, food options. For the most part I worked with a lot of exceptionally smart people.",Too top heavy. Everyone is a Senior something or other or a Principal. People are more worried about their competition and aiming for the next promotion than being focused on delivering the best work.,Focus on building teams that are happy being in their current roles for a couple of years and actually build a team that works well together. Sr. management is just a guilty if not more so. It's very cut throat to make it to the GM level. Then once there it's so saturated at that level there are GMs reporting to GMs and there is constantly a battle.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54235,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"The biggest pro here would be that you felt like a family when you were at work. Everyone cared so much about one another and that really made coming to work a whole lot better, day in and day out.","I think that when you get into a large company, they start handing down lots of training initiatives that just don't work in a realistic setting. More training needs to come from people that are actually in the positions, not a training department sitting in Redmond.",Management just needs to keep doing their thing. Make sure that you are doing right by the customer and listening to what your employees have to say.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54236,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great place if you land in a great team,"- Big Diversity of products. - Great benefits in health insurance, 401k and salary is not bad. - if you land in a good team, the environment can be friendly and fun.",- Moving between teams is basically restarting the process. - The place you work on is heavily dependent on the management. - The review process is not ideal,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54237,microsoft,"Remote, OR"," Dec 16, 2015",Former Employee - Enterprise IP Architect,A real Treadmill,"Lots of intelligent people, focused, challenging",Management focused on keeping their jobs vs. taking risks,Take risks to innovate,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54238,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - US ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE NAMED ACCOUNTS,Multi-National Account Executive,"Good company, treats employees well, sincere focus on work life balance, (WLB is a challenge) Incredibly smart people to work with.",Stack rankings. (Since eliminated),"Incredibly motivated people, willing to do whatever they can to succeed. Stay out of their way.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54239,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,A truly amazing company,Tremendous opportunity. Lots of innovation. Great IT and Systems support. Fantastic Benefits. Lots of lateral and upward mobility possible. Great leadership. The most honest and transparent company I have ever worked for. Honesty and Integrity Diversity and Inclusion Open and Respectful Passion A Growth Mindset that is customer obsessed.,Fast pace and breadth of offerings can sometimes be distracting. You are expected to be entrepreneurial and provide solutions not just point out problems. If you just want a 9-5 job doing the same thing every day this company is not for you. Somewhat limited in relationship marketing funding.,Put the pedal to the metal and GO GO GO!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P465.htm
54240,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work at!,Multiple great products so there is always a group where you can learn and grow Great benefits and pay Microsoft respects work/life balance,Politics Benefits package is not what it used to be,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54241,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Manager,"Microsoft has a lot going for it: It has really smart people, a good/healthy culture, and the Company takes care of its employees.",The biggest negative of Microsoft is it's size. Plus processes come in way and things move slower than ideal,"Since the company is so big, a lot really depends on the team you land on. But generically, one thing the company and everyone in management could focus on: Customer first, literally.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54242,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Love working here,"Colleagues range from young, smart, and energetic to experienced, very smart, and wise. The cafeterias only prepare meals with locally grown, organic ingredients. Always working on something that will affect millions of users and responsible for billions of dollars.",Environment is not for the faint of heart. Be prepared to work your butt off but also be prepared to be well compensated for doing a good job. Going the extra mile is expected.,Don't be so dogmatic about service teams using Windows in the data centers. Jenkins and Docker are better than our homegrown tools.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54243,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Easy going work environment, friendly coworkers, modern outlook",Very demanding in regards to retail training.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54244,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,it's awesome brand image very reputed company,intense workload little time for family,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54245,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"great company, many interesting things to do and develop interesting services",nothing big that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54246,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - Business Development Specialist,Business Development,Great benefits and company culture,Many layers to go through to switch divisions or relocate,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54247,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,SDE,"Great work life balance, good benefits, decent workplace",Work quality may not always be that great,Improve productivity of PMs,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54248,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and bad,Good work life balance and pay compare to workload,"politics, low effiency, technology you learn here is less likely to be used outside",none,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54249,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Business Manager,I'd skip this place,"Great benefits, some very smart people, competitive pay. They seem to give some lip service to professional development for their senior managers.","Don't fool yourself, the stack ranking still exists. Found myself on a leadership team where we put knives in backs, daily. The culture of this place prohibits any semblance of innovation or creativity. Just look at their products. Are you buying them? I'm not. This is a vicious place to work where self-preservation trumps teamwork. On our leadership team, we scrambled to keep up with our competition, and always found ourselves 5 steps behind. In a company that touts leadership, I found the ""leaders"" I worked with to be followers, merely mouthing the words of someone smarter, who said things months, if not years, before they did. As much as Microsoft embraces strategy, I found very little strategic vision within its walls. Microsoft is no longer a monopolistic utility telling its customers how much they are going to spend on their products. Better companies are finding ways to gain market share by doing guess what? Providing products and services that customers actually want. I think of Microsoft as the GM of the 80s. Still plenty of hubris, not quite smart enough to see that they already lost the race...",Learn from history. This is a company in a terminal state with little more than cloud computing and the reduction of bloated costs to buoy it along for a few more years. Will the government bail them out when the time comes? I think the software industry moves too quickly to justify salvaging it.,1.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P466.htm
54250,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good place to work, but needs a lot of change in pace & thinking","Great work-life balance. competitive salary and benefits. Awesome location & office in Boston, in addition to the small perks, like fitness, parking, etc. Good people and a fun dynamic of old and young employees. Microsoft generally has good, well-defined process around growing people and promoting them, giving them feedback, etc. It is a great place to start a career.","Lots of layers of management, meetings, status updates, etc. Some people are trying to change the culture, but the gravity is strong. Microsoft is still a big company, and is trying to figure out how to enact new ways of thinking and executing internally. Most people in management have been there for a while, and they do not have incentive to challenge the status quo. In addition to that, being a remote location, means less options and teams to move to.",Focus. Make your teams smaller. You don't need as much middle management as you have today. Get your people excited by giving them more options to build rather than deliberate and make management happy. Learn how to lead people and not manage them.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54251,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,"Great place to be employed, not a great place to work","Great benefits, lots of support structure, paid well. Lots of job security, even in the event of a layoff you're given a very generous severance package and time to find a new job internally.",Sooooooo much bureaucracy. Feels like fighting through mud just to get anything done. Every decision has to go up 6 levels and come back down. Constant re-orgs and cancelled projects. Lots of infighting between different divisions. Only form of culture is a self-congratulatory sense that Microsoft is the best place ever (which it isn't) and it's employees are the smartest ever (which they aren't).,"Learn to get stuff done. Move faster, modernize, build a cohesive culture, quit throwing good money after bad (bing) and also stop killing promising projects before they have a chance.",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54252,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Great place to work,- flexible work environment and hours - freedom to plan and execute - performance oriented - good benefits - intellectually inspiring,"- if manager is not good, then sucks - some hierarchy and red tape in certain process",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54253,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior LE,"Innovative, generous, Industry Leader, Many opportunities","Too mnay layers, lot of people not making real contribution",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54254,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Don't know what to compare to,"I've been here about a month. It's pretty good so far. The salary & comp seems to be the same at comparable places like google. Employees work hard, which is a good thing.","Hard to contribute to a project without experience in the group you are in. Some process or documentation could help. Also, a project larger than bug-fixes would be nice, but maybe I just need to wait for something interesting.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54255,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2015",Former Employee - Territory Manager,Sales at Microsoft,Great company branding. Every person within an organization has a reason to speak to Microsoft. Many customers are interested in migrating their on premise applications to the cloud,"Historically, Microsoft has relied on Office/Windows revenue to hit their revenue projections. The market has changed. There is increased competition that has impacted the sales teas ability to make quota.",Microsoft's sales and marketing has not adjusted to the times. They are practicing the same techniques that were used in the mid-nineties. This is allowing the competition to gain access into key accounts due to lack of Microsoft solutions knowledge.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54256,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Reasonable working environment and hours. Most of the employees are highly motivated and experienced individuals.,The office space is constricting and a bit suffocating. Cubicles are utilized rather small offices typically split by two people.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54257,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2015",Former Employee - SMB Marketing Manager,Microsoft,Great environment and good packages,"Lack of communication, low career progress",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54258,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cook,It is a full time job with benefits after 90 days,Management is on the same page with requirement,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54259,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Training,"Great compensation, good work, quality people",Lots of levels/virtual teams to work through,NA,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P467.htm
54260,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazing talent,Flexible work schedule Easy to move around company to new projects,Benefits are falling behind the competition Hard to move up in the company once you reach the senior band,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54261,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Microsoft,"Great healthcare benefits, long maternal and paternal leave. Has so many subdivisions you can easily switch teams without switching jobs",Base salary not as competitive as rates at other similar companies. Working overtime is not required but highly encouraged depending on the team. Advancement in position may take a long time when you get to certain levels. Senior managers frequently give the impression that they have no idea what they're doing.,"Enable more autonomy in teams, hands off management",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54262,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - Audience Marketing Manager,Marketing at Microsoft,Exciting industry. Very smart colleagues / co-workers. Broad range of product and business areas to work on. Type A culture. Good benefits.,Very competitive. While current CEO is trying to soften culture it will take time. Constant pressure and always increasing expectations should be expected.,Best of luck,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54263,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Awesome company, lots of opportunities to learn and grow",Work with the smartest Lots of opportunities internally Great for skilled immigrants Awesome benefits Free soda,A little bureaucratic sometimes Middle management sucks,Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54264,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE2,Great benefits. Amazing work life balance,Salary is not great. Some teams have on call on weekends,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54265,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Senior Support Engineer,"Great pay, amongst the highest in my area. Great benefits, 401K, Company Stock etc. Challenging and usually moves at a pace that maintains that without being overwhelming. Company is very open to promoting career goals and letting employees move teams if they desire.","Teams can be slow to react to changes in the business, this can make for some hectic days until staffing catches up. Company has a ""healthy attrition"" standard meaning that managers have to always have a certain number of employees ready to be let go if upper management decides that a team is too large. This hurts the culture and makes for a bit of distrust amongst team members as they try not to be the one to get put into this category.","Get rid of the healthy attrition, it is the only thing I truly dislike about working here and the reason I cannot give a positive review on the outlook portion.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54266,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is a title,Looks good on the resume and it's a great way to network. Take your time to get to know people (FTEs and vendors alike) because the connections you make there could take you far.,"There is too much ambiguity. In under a year my team had three managers and they all changed our metrics so much that the focus of the job changed as well. The onboarding team should really be a FTE role and not vendor, so you're doing hard work but not getting the comparable pay or benefits of a Microsoft Employee.",Spend more time with your vendors and understand the job that they're doing before you change it ... again.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54267,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Endless Tech Opportunities,"I worked at Microsoft full-time and after being out for a number of years, I'd go back. The tech exposure and ability to learn and grow is only limited by yourself. There are really good resources available within MSFT. Working environment, mostly a great, sharp group of people to work with on a daily basis.","I worked in a unit that was only interested in certain genders moving up to management. While it makes stats work for the outside world, it is not a real motive for staff. Perhaps this has changed these days.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54268,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very broad spectrum of tasks,"You can find any technology-related task and don't have to change your employer if you want, for example, to do data science or hardware design instead of computer science.","If you land in a wrong group you might be mismanaged, as everywhere","I am not sure if Hackathon event really works, maybe you keep it just as 10-20% of time for personal projects?",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54269,microsoft,"North Bend, WA"," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Great place to work,"Great company, they really care about their employees. Done a lot to change culture there.",I really can't think of anything negative to put. This has been a great fit for me personally and I wouldn't trade anything.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P468.htm
54270,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior program manager,"Smart people to work with, incentives to innovate, great CEO and President, and great health benefits.",Some politics you have to deal with sometimes.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54271,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Service Operations,Service Operations 2,"Great company to be in, love the culture and the people","Being in operations is not ideal, you work a lot with vendors that are not the smartest cookies out there. The role is very redundant.","The main focus in on dev, expand the focus on others",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54272,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer II,"Good benefit, Big company with lot of areas, Work-life balance",Some division is slow on turn around so It's not good to stay on a position for long time (like more than 2 years?) unless you bet on stay here for entire career life without been laied-off,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54273,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Director, Operations","Stable. Global Business. Good compensation. Great quality of life, great benefits. Diverse opportunities if you have the right background for the businesses with a nexus in the boston area.",Very Redmond/Seattle centric organization where opportunities in Boston are more limited to some engineering roles and sales.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54274,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company politics and policies more important than great hard working talent,Very busy and fast paced,Lacks organization somewhat and leaders do not engage/train new resources appropriately.,Once you have good talent working for you you should make every effort to keep them rather than readily and abruptly letting them go to start the hiring process all over again.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54275,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Intern,great signature event great mentorship from current employees choose own hours,west coast is expensive housing is hard to find at a reasonable price corporate housing is a bit expensive,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54276,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long ago and far away,"The employees donate huge amounts of money and time every year to charities of their choice. The health-care benefits are the best. If you have a good/great manager, that makes all the difference. See cons.","But, if your manager is new and is pretty much only about a power game with other managers, you will find yourself lost and gone within a year. Reorgs. They are horrendous to people's psyches. Layoffs - they can ruin people's lives. Or, they can be a blessing in disguise. If you were an employee who worked remotely, they dumped you first even if you were a straight A, gave everything, high performer. Oh, and they laid off MANY people who were weeks or months away from their 15 year anniversary. They have no moral compass anymore and HR is in the toilet.","HR dropped into the mud after the Head of HR left, or shortly before that event. In the last year, hundreds of high performers at ALL levels left. That's how poopy it was and is still demoralizing. My friends there are really quiet because they fear saying anything, especially on social media.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54277,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Washington (WA),Senior Manager,"High tech, good pay, smart people, good location, good food","stress, lack of work life balance, need some change, too big, need to learn new stuff",good,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54278,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Good place, improving culture",Ability to transform the world - the scale at which things happen here and the possibility of affecting millions of people is only possible in a handful of companies,Incompetent middle management that has lost touch with the ground level ICs. Lots of money to throw around on bad PM ideas (supporting those ideas instead of culling at a initial level itself). means bad designs and that often doesnt work well end to end.,Get rid of a bunch of middle management who only care about spread sheets and TFS.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54279,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Great place to work,"Top notch people who are smart, motivated, out to do the right thing. Amazing benefits, best in class, hands down. Doing great things to make the world a better place. Strong CEO in Satya Nadella who has brought heart and soul back to the company and is removing barriers in and outside the company to get great ideas and people working together.","Politics like in any big company, some groups rise above them but many don't. Often too many decision makers which slows things down and creates duplicate work.","Lead by example and hold each other accountable to do so. Look at what an impact Satya has had in the past 18 months on employees and the market and learn from him. Also keep pushing for greater diversity among our leaders - women, minorities, non-traditional backgrounds.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P469.htm
54280,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good and bad,"Strong benefits, especially health care, 401k matching, stock awards for more senior employees. Strong focus on career development. Open feedback. Stable company, not afraid to change focus to be competitive.","Highly competitive, encourages lots of criticism of peers and managers. Not enough to just do a good job. You must do something to stand out above your peers at each stage, otherwise you will trend down and be pushed out.","Compensation no longer competitive with Google, looses on recruitment. Need to increase stock awards for junior employees. Need to remove internal competitive incentives, focus on external competitors",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54281,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Ok Employer,Kinda like a paid vacation half of the year. While there are re-orgs you can basically do nothing and get paid for it. This is both a pro and a con.  Lots of opportunities for trainings and learning best practices. Good work/life balance.,More of a copy cat than a innovator. Middle management is pretty happy just keeping the status quo.,Flatten the orgs. Get rid of half of the PMs. Hire more developers. Ship more often. Release quality products that you are actually proud of. Figure out a way to motivate people to be actually great vs. being perceived at being great.,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54282,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Established company. Quite capable colleagues. Large enough to provide breadth of technology opportunity.,Culture rewards to those most adept at self promotion rather than producing tangible results. Company in flux.,Reward quality and tangible results rather than rampant self-promotion.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54283,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Work/life balance Ability to move between different projects Smart people all around,Older style of doing things - waterfall vs. agile,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54284,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Lead,easy to make a move another team,"constant reorganization, non stable internal organizational structures",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54285,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,On the mend,"Amazing resources, smart people, great CEO now that Satya has come on board",Tech lead and lacking in customer focus. Lots of silos and infighting,Keep it up Satya!,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54286,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Review,"Benefits, smart coworkers, exciting world changing stuff","re-orgs, career velocity, people manager quality",More standardization of promotions vis a vis ratings,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54287,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,PFE in Washington DC area,"The pay and benefits are excellent. There are some really smart, dedicated people working on fun projects. There is some respect from non-Microsoft colleagues for Microsoft employees.","Muddled, unaccountable, big middle management. PFEs have an Account Manager as a person manager, and they work with TAMs and often other Project Managers, Architects, etc. in the course of their work. I notice that Account Managers are often not only maladroit with respect to Microsoft technology, but technology in general. And they often are really poor managers. Microsoft has a 'connect' process that HR instituted to force managers and employees to talk several times a year. Often, Account Managers view this as a checkbox, and it's symptomatic if their not putting much effort into managing people. TAMs are supposed to be Technical Account Managers, but often they are neither technical nor managers. You can't have a grown-up conversation with TAMs, often, because they don't understand the technology. They are supposed to be bridge between the customer and the technical PFEs, but I have seen a lot of slacker TAMs who actually just make PFEs life more difficult. And I've heard customers say that they want the good work that PFEs do, but they don't want to pay for the exorbitant associated costs of having to also pay for ADMs, TAMS, etc. etc. Career advancement within various fiefdoms is not based on technical merit or utilization or even how valuable you are to your customer, but based on 'go along to get along' mentality and kissing up to management.",It's an excellent move to take PFEs and Consultants out of the management of ADMs. ADMs and TAMs should be more accountable.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54288,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Instructional Designer,Instructional Designer,Great company great teams. I worked on three great teams while I was there. I would work with them again at any time.,If you have a great manager you will have a great experience.,Figure out the vendor process. Managed accounts is the way to keep everyone working.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54289,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Meh!,Good environment if you are in a good team with good management.,No team work. Cut throat competition within teams. PM's and Devs are more like enemies and competitors. They need too work together.,"Less Politics, beware of people who are following the promotion script",3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P470.htm
54290,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Meh!,Good environment if you are in a good team with good management.,No team work. Cut throat competition within teams. PM's and Devs are more like enemies and competitors. They need too work together.,"Less Politics, beware of people who are following the promotion script",3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54291,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Account Executive,advertising solutions executive,"they invest in their employees, provide a flexible work life balance, great benefits, fabulous office culture","difficult upward mobility, annual review process is dated, too much red tape when you need to get a job done","give more transparency to your employees, especially across the profitability expectations across divisions",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54292,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work and learn,1. Great environment to work with lot of flexibility around working hours. 2. If you are in a right team you get chance to work on lot of new and cool stuff. 3. You can easily switch teams within Microsoft if you get bored with current work or team. You can work in different technologies.,1. Some MS products are in maintenance mode and if you are stuck in those teams there is not much to learn. 2. Management has lot of old guys with 20+ experience who are not adding much value to the company but are holding top posts. 3. Some products do not have clear future road map and they get shut down before reaching the customers.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54293,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - IT Director,Best Place To Work,"I've worked at Microsoft and in the IT organization for over a decade. Microsoft is truly an amazing place. * Extremely smart people * Truly innovative * Amazing benefits * Your work is truly valued * If your organization and management believe in your long-term potential and your ability to grow and lead, there are leadership development programs (HiPo/High Potential Program, Key Talent, etc.) * Ability to experience various products, services, organizations etc. * Things are positively changing under the leadership of Satya Nadella. There is a positive buzz internally, the industry and investors are responding positively. Our stock prices have shot up. We are truly embracing change and newer/innovative products (Hololens, Surface Book etc.) are being released. * Under Satya's leadership and new review model, Employees are measured on business impact (reduces unnecessary politics and brown-nosing, and focus is on impact/results), how they leverage the work of others and build on top of others work (reduces duplication of work across teams/organizations, and increases collaboration), and how employees have helped others to be successful (focus changes from individual success to team success). * Microsoft has done away with the older performance review system (1 - Outstanding ... all the way to 5 - Very poor/no impact). This was a forced curve, meaning people managers had to find employees to fit in each category leading to some unfavorable behavior and culture. The newer model no longer rates employees on the 1-5 scale, and there is no ""calibration"" exercise (forced curve). However, as a manager one still has to 'differentiate' employees based on impact. * Satya meets with his directs and product group leaders/engineering leaders weekly/several times a month. He also has frequent employee all-hands where he talks to employees, and everyone in the company has a chance to ask him questions directly. He is well connected with his leadership team, knows what is happening at the top across the company, and he is well connected with employees at the grass-root level. True leader and positively leading the company in the right direction","* Microsoft truly has some amazing products and technologies but we don't always do a good job of telling the story about our products. Our competitors often make a huge deal of features and functionalities that Microsoft products have had in years. Even as a FTE and 10+ years at the company (true blue Microsoftie), I often come across things in our products I didn't know existed. We can do better in that area. To give credit where due though, under the leadership of our (relatively) new EVP Marketing - Chris Capossella, there are truly impactful, meaningful and inspiring advertisements, and marketing strategies that reflect the power and potential of Microsoft products, better than how we have done in the past. * While Benefits are better than many other companies, it used to be better a few years ago. Medical was ""free"" and Microsoft took care of all the medical expenses. With the changes a few years ago, preventive care is 'free' but employees have a co-pay for all other medical expenses. * Compared to similar tech companies like Facebook and Google, we don't have ""Free Food"" although ""Free Soda/Juices"" are available in every building. * Sometimes things may not seem very transparent across management layers and working across teams may sometimes seem complicated. But with the newer One Microsoft philosophy and way of working under Satya's leadership, there is way less politics and way more collaboration, and partnership. * Moving across organizations is relatively challenging (eg. moving from IT to Engineering/Product Group), also cross-org movement after a certain level (Level 65) is challenging. If you want to experience different orgs, move while still a L63 or 64. * Likewise L65 and above is a shark-tank.",More transparency across layers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54294,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Network Service Engineer,"Ok, to work for",Amazing benefits and great pay!,Very political and most departments are short staffed,Slow down on all of the changes that you want to make to the environment or you are going to continue to loose staff.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54295,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,best people in teams good management flexible working habits Talent development processes are robust and rigorously tracked. Career progress is well understood. Internal mobility program affords great exposure across products and geographies.,"Long hours and difficult work/life balance are definite features of a career in MS's ""front office","Recent steps made on improving the ""work/life balance"" for employees are a step in the right direction. Further measures on this front will increase talent retention.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54296,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Windows Mobile,Finally a great strategy moving forward.,"If you are part of an entity that was acquired by Microsoft, one needs to look hard into how your role align to the overall MSFT strategy, otherwise your will be sidelined.",becoming engaging..,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54297,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Microsoft,Good salaries Excellent benefits Promotions can come fast at the early stages of your career,"Hard to shift career paths, especially at higher levels Microsoft has never figured out career growth Quality of managers varies dramatically",Invest in growing the people you have instead of laying off and higher new people,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54298,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Intern,Great pay. Interns are spoiled materialistically but otherwise are slaves to the workplace.,"No free time whatsoever, no diversity within its walls as expected but makes very isolated for someone who is outside of the standard.","Need to be more inclusive in all departments of diverse employees, can feel very very isolated as an intern.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54299,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,"Learn new technologies. Flex Work schedules. Good insurance, good pay and benefits",Bad review system. Lot of negativity and back stabbing.,replace your existing review system,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P471.htm
54300,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Intern,Great intern benefits with great salary and a huge focus on the intern community,The bureaucratics of the company get a little complicated. If you get mixed up in reorg it's frustrating.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54301,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2015",Current Employee - Community Development Specialist,"Microsoft retail provides great work experience, but little work life balance",Excellent benefits and fair pay,Retail is a beast!  Not much room for corporate advancement for retail employees.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54302,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,best people in teams good management flexible working habits Talent development processes are robust and rigorously tracked. Career progress is well understood. Internal mobility program affords great exposure across products and geographies.,"Long hours and difficult work/life balance are definite features of a career in MS's ""front office","Recent steps made on improving the ""work/life balance"" for employees are a step in the right direction. Further measures on this front will increase talent retention.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54303,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Windows Mobile,Finally a great strategy moving forward.,"If you are part of an entity that was acquired by Microsoft, one needs to look hard into how your role align to the overall MSFT strategy, otherwise your will be sidelined.",becoming engaging..,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54304,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great huge company. Too big though.,"Great pay, benefits, community and values.","Bureaucratic, too many people solving too small of a set of problems. Old management has the most influence on product vision.",Either set a strong clear product vision from the top or empower the bottom to set that and run with it.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54305,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer,"Independent, great work life balance, strong leadership.","Too political these days, management is great but needs to improve the intellectual culture from the top down.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54306,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great company to work at! Great work environment and always learning new things. Would highly encourage anyone to apply at Microsoft - also great benefits.,Absolutely no cons. I think Microsoft is a great company. I am a Software Engineer and love it. I interviewed at other places and none of them even compared to Microsoft.,My advice to management is that they are awesome. I personally thing my manager is great. Most employees at Microsoft are very happy with management!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54307,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay, reasonable balance, not always the most rewarding work","Great pay, great location, decent work life balence","At the end of the day, you're not going to be doing the most exciting or interesting work in this role, by design. They really just want code monkeys for 90% of the work.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54308,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 29, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,good but old company,"still leading IT company, large scale, many different businesses, large enough job pools. solid benefits. revenue continue grows especially in cloud business. getting into devices and consumer.","depending on the group you are in, sometimes things could be difficult. with recent shakeup, people are feeling nervous sometimes. gets too big.",re-affirm to employees that they are continue to be valued. be careful in acquisitions and avoid costly write offs. continue the innovation and focus on satisfy customers.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54309,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Manager,"- Smart people - Compensation (compared to ALL employers, NOT Silicon Valley employers) - Resources (education, equipment, etc., etc.) - Benefits","- Quite large ==> easy to get lost in the fray - Review process (<2011) - Strategic vision - Culture (can be unpleasant, <2011) - ask someone there now - HR weak, poor workforce planning, limited opportunities for advancement - Horrible mix, FTE's : contractors - way too much reliance upon contractors - quality, recent products (Windows 10, for example)","Clarify strategic vision Reward managers => be more honest and fair (e.g. don't set up comp that promotes nasty behaviors) Create opportunities for mid-level ""worker bees"" to advance/be challenged Work-life balance If you are going to use contractors, it should NOT be for strategic work. You have created an environment that is frankly exploitative of contractors, requiring them to do work that should not be outsourced, w/o the tools & resources to do what you are asking of them.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P472.htm
54310,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Product Advisor, Business and Community Events","The benefits, even for part-time are unbeatable - and that's an understatement!","Co-workers aren't always team players, but Microsoft is broadly known for that anyway so I'm not adding anything new.","Play nice together, support each other, break up clicks, watch out for the people who use their position to rule over others and steal their ideas",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54311,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Becoming great again! Awesome benefits!,Benefits are great. Facilities are good.,"Too large. Too political. Have to ask to get promoted, it does not happen on its own.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54312,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting,-Career development opportunities- diversify skill sets in HR and recruiting -Access to mentors and leaders -Benefits -Flexibility- Management cares more about the quality and results of your work than when/where you do it -Global Citizen- very generous in giving globally and promoting opportunities to do this internally,-You really must ask for help to get it -I had one bad management experience -Trying to do more with less employees- seem to be following recruiting industry trend,See Cons,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54313,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,BEST,"best environment, facilities, compensation,","work politics in some branches, too much meetings,",give more benefits n facilities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54314,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic company - 100s of startus all in one !,- Great benefits - work with one of the smartest people - lots of exciting work,- last bit of bureaucracy remains,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54315,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Global Program Manager,Mediocre company,Smart people and highly competent,Too many top layer management that can't effectively manage. Also too many old-school folks that's been recycled at Microsoft and been there for over 10 years with antiquated ideas of running a business model that isn't innovative. Unfortunately these 'old-school' folks are great at the politics game and can jump from 1 group to the next once they've been found ineffective.,"Take a hard look at your review system, even though you've changed it in 2014, there's still opportunities to exploit it. Greater emphasis on the Work Health Index score and remove those managers that aren't effective in managing and retaining true talent. Recognize that talent hired may not be the right fit for your organization and give them the opportunity (and support their decision) to transfer to the right group and embrace their strengths.",3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54316,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,A great place to work,Plenty of opportunities to learn. Surrounded by bright people. Challenging work. The chance to work at the forefront of technology.,Some teams have sub cultures which are detrimental to work-life balance. It can be hard to stand out as the standard is so high.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54317,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent company!,1) empowered to perform 2) smart people and challenges around you,1) can be stressful unless you are competent,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54318,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work for if you like working hard,"Great facilities at headquarters location, amazing health care I barely have to lay a thing for myself or my family","Long hours, very competitive, it doesn't matter if you went to Harvard if you don't exceed expectations you are gone, everyone is crazy smart",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54319,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Service Engineer,"Great benefits, work-life balance. Exciting opportunities if you look out for them pro-actively. Lots of opportunities within The Maker Garage if you are up to it. Aggressive leadership with Satya Nadella, Microsoft is not making ""me-too"" products anymore (remember Zune?)","Generic problems relating to a huge organization. You need to know your way around in order to get things done. Often far too many meetings happening, which effectively waste a lot of time.","Stay Agile and keep focusing on building products that matter to the world. The Bing search engine has more potential and we need to leverage that, because if there is any search engine that can rival Google, it is Bing.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P473.htm
54320,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Service Engineer,"Great benefits, work-life balance. Exciting opportunities if you look out for them pro-actively. Lots of opportunities within The Maker Garage if you are up to it. Aggressive leadership with Satya Nadella, Microsoft is not making ""me-too"" products anymore (remember Zune?)","Generic problems relating to a huge organization. You need to know your way around in order to get things done. Often far too many meetings happening, which effectively waste a lot of time.","Stay Agile and keep focusing on building products that matter to the world. The Bing search engine has more potential and we need to leverage that, because if there is any search engine that can rival Google, it is Bing.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54321,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Most teams and orgs are great to work for. There are so many options you can always find something interesting to work on around the company. Like how the company employees genuinely are encouraged to participate in participate in philanthrophic activities and community building.,"Lot of bureaucracy, slow pace changes, lack of standardized tools and processes. Lot of reinventing of wheel all over the company.","Although culture is changing, still lot of bureaucracy, slow pace changes, lack of standardized tools and processes. Lot of reinventing of wheel all over the company. Hopefully Satya's mission to have one engineering across company will make this better.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54322,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing-Manager,Long time softie...,"Diversity of experiences and great benefits, love working in high performance culture of extremely smart people. The ability to try, innovate, learn and even fail in the name of achieving success.",Big Corp sometimes feels less than personal. Oftentimes have witnessed leadership take credit and get rewarded without acknowledging or recognizing those that get their organizations to where they are.,Trim the fat,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54323,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft,"Great benefits. Lots of options if you don't like the team you are on... just move to another team. As a general rule, the people are great. Generally well rewarded for performance.","As a big company, there are the red tape and politics that come with that sort of thing. No real professional manager training or support. People rise to be managers because they are good contributors, not because they are good people managers","invest more in current people vs looking for new blood. MS has stopped almost all internal training, which seems crazy. Start hiring people for the their people management skills. Mid level managers are generally awful",4.0,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54324,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Campus Fair,"Good salary Good location (Seattle, personally I like Seattle a lot) Big Company","Communication with candidate is not good. HR wouldn't get back to me on most questions, even if they did, it took weeks.",Follow up needs to be better,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Manager,As most people know Microsoft likes to Dogfood their new products so you are always working on the latest and greatest Microsoft software. They also provide the flexibility of working remote allowing employees to work offsite.,Microsoft is a very competitive environment that promotes non-synergistic behavior between peers. This prevents teams from finding their full potential of working together and at time rewards self-serving behavior.,Find ways to reward teams as a whole as well as individuals in order to promote synergistic behavior that feeds on itself.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54326,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad but still some bad review culture,"good work life balance, above average benefit and perks, room to change team","bad review culture still there, still need you to show impact rather than work on your job",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54327,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Supply Chain Planner,Senior Supply Chain Manager,"Good pay and above average benefits, but there is less and less separation all the time from the market in terms of compensation.",No work/life balance. Goal of management is to push you to your breaking point and keep you there. Terrible place to work if you have a family.,"Work/life balance is now to a point of being unethical. 16 hour days for months at a time is simply unacceptable, even for salaried workers. There is always a launch or holiday to support, but killing your workers by demanding so much that they must sacrifice everything else in their life to meet expectations is the sign of sick and unbalanced culture.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54328,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft - NYC,"Good benefits, good work/life balance, smart co-workers, good culture","Company moves slow, too much time spent on internal politics",Focus on being more nimble to take advantage of market opportunities,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54329,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior software engineer,"work life balance, working schedule, private office","politics, getting busier and busier, grow too slow",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P474.htm
54330,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - DATACENTER OPERATION ENGINEER,Datacenter Engineer,Get to touch the finest and greatest technologies.,Work to life balance is not so great.,Alot of opportunities.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54331,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Awesome company to work for,"The benefits are amazing!  401K matching up to 6% with a max of $9,000 which is immediately vested.  Paternity leave is 3 month's, mothers & fathers!  HSA: Microsoft deposits $2350 (if you have a family) into your HSA annually on top of what you can add yourself, max is $4300+. FSA for dental and Vision FSA for Dependent care Great dental and vision plan Employee/Spouse/Dependent life insurance AD&D insurance Critical Care Insurance for employee/spouse/dependent Employee stock purchase plan at a 10% discount. Group legal subscription  ""Stay Fit"" program: They'll pay your health club subscription or give up to $800 annually to spend on any sport appliance/service you want or $250 gift card if you just want to stay fat :)  Stock bonuses are vested over 5 years, 10% per 6 month's.  8% Shift differential pay for odd hours.  And ton's more.","I love this company, always have and always will. We're moving in the right direction but we need to stop dropping the ball on certain things. I.e. companies beating us to the punch.  Microsoft can be a great company depending on who your manager is. Some are great some are a completely failure. In that case get your foot in the door and shift elsewhere or hope for the best, the manager will move elsewhere.","Do away with utilization, no one in the company has to abide by these stupid restriction.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54332,microsoft,"Arvada, CO"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Specialist,"Work with smart people, lots of autonomy in how you get your work done, access to today's top enterprise tools and architectures. Takes care of employees with good HR benefits, comp, time, off, etc.","Pretty bureaucratic, middle management is a bit of a mess and there's too many pockets for under performers to lurk for too long before being held accountable.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54333,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Almost 20 years here,"Smart colleagues Wide breadth of work Great lab resources Good benefits Very competitive salary New CEO ""gets it""",Management communication can sometimes be absent or not particularly transparent Mid-manager-level HR overhead can be daunting Some leadership/roadmap paralysis in non-core businesses A few truly unpleasant folks (like everywhere) Career/technical development is strictly up to the individual (maybe as it should be),Embrace the culture Satya is trying to establish. Continue to weed out the politics and break down remaining silos. Thank you for shutting down some of the useless process and flavor-of-the-month management training.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54334,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends where you work at the company,"Great benefits, strong emphasis on supporting non-profits with time and money, flexible about working from home, wonderful extras (guest speakers and on-campus events)","The culture varies widely across company functions, groups and locations. Get in a great group, and you have a great experience. The bad groups are a nightmare. And it's very difficult to move from a terrible group to a good one. Long-time employees know about the gap, so when they find a great leader/manager, they stick with him/her. Meanwhile turnover is high in bad groups -- lots of opportunities. But there are rarely jobs available in the good groups. So if you're offered a job, do A LOT of research on the group and the people you'll be working with.","Clean out the bad leaders. They're not going to change, and they're holding you back.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54335,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Benefits are outstanding and culture is very good. Leadership of the company is strong and company moving on the right direction.,No real cons to speak of besides the benefits that were once great are now just good. Other than that no other real cons,Keep up the god work as the company finally has moved in a good direction that has them positioned for the long run,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54336,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great for Career Growth,"Lots of opportunities provided to learn and grow and it's easy to move around within the company to pursue your career. My manager was quite hands off in the day-to-day work, trusting employees to know how to do their jobs which was empowering and allowed us to be very effective.",It can be very hard to get information related to your current work because it is such a large organisation and information didn't flow unless asked for. Turn over on our teams was high so there was lots of legacy systems no one knew anything about but that were critical to the business.,"In the area I worked, turnover was very high and morale was very low. There was not a lot of sense of teamwork, and so people regularly looked for challenges elsewhere. I think in our case I would find a way to build a cohesive team that works together to solve challenges.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54337,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Opportunities for those who can navigate the political landscape,Fantastic learning environment with many opportunities.,Politics abound and many decisions are made arbitrarily.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54338,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,best place to work ever.,"If you are looking for great benefits, grew culture, innovation, advancement and great leadership its all here",No specific structure for advancement.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54339,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good for life, but not the best for career",Do not go to Exchange. Then the life would be good. The work life balance is always good here,"Only a few teams need to work with edge cutting tech which means out of company, your experience of value is limited.",It's quite depends on the team. But I would say it is easy to make suggestion but impossible for them to follow.,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P475.htm
54340,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support is a good place to be,"Team environment within support Lots of documentation to help self learn The products are the best, and most secure. Easy to love the technology.","Managers really make the job worth it or not Messed up metric systems by which support employees are held to - taking your vacation counts against your metric. Getting sick counts against your metric. Disability team and hr do not actually help do anything. Older, male centric environment. Being different led to being isolated. Constantly.","The utility metric is messed up - available hours should only be for when you are in the office, not for all hours including vacation or sick time. There needs to be a better system for people with depression and stress to get paid leave and help. The current system puts too much on the (depressed and sick) employee to handle and then even when you do everything you will still get denied paid leave. Too many good ol boys clubs in deep technical areas of sales teams. There is no diversity. DO NOT try to create diversity by dropping inexperienced undegrad hires into such a mess.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54341,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working in the Office Division,The Office Division probably has the best work/life balance of any division at Microsoft.,"It's really difficult to change culture or innovate processes. While they have been revamping their entire engineering process lately, there's still a lot of work to do.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54342,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Microsoft has great pay and benefits. The people are amazing to work with, they are some of the brightest individuals I have ever met in my entire life.","Very difficult to get in. The corporate ladder is existent, but some may not mind it because of the culture and people at Microsoft.",There is no advice I could give that Microsoft has not already implemented or exceeded in my expectations.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54343,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only as good as the team you're in,- smart people - great research group - good benefits - good work/life balance - if you're in a good team you can be very free to decide what to work on,- limited career prospects outside of WA - frustrating,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54344,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Market Research Analyst,senior market research analyst,"big company, great benefits, great networking, great learning opportunities","politics, at times limited autonomy, lots of travel if not in Redmond WA","bad at merging business units, big and too slow to move so give Business Teams autonomy to make bold decisions",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54345,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 2,Worklife balance good Commute good Benefits good Diversity good people good,Management bad Review process bad CEO bad HR biased Products bad,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54346,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Culture fit and career advancement,Too big to add value as an only dev.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54347,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Director,great company,"Great company, great people, who care about their peers and community. Microsoft raises the largest amount for charity, more than any other company in the world.",somewhat large and disorganized. Lots of people who don't contribute but there for pay check and hire a ton of vendors.,"kick out old employees, hirer fresh blood, it is needed",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54348,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be,Humane Good work life balance Takes care of employees,Small part of a large origanozation,Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54349,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Principal Program Manager,"Awesome Company to work for. Great benefits, free software, good healthcare.",Too much Redmond Centric. Growth for remote employees is limited. Leadership is somewhat stupid and comes from a legacy background. Very little fresh blood.,Diversify the offices globally. Real talent is outside of Redmond.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P476.htm
54350,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Great place to work - lots of autonomy, good benefits",Employees get a great deal of autonomy and respect. Work with some incredibly smart and talented peers. Excited challenges and endless opportunities.,Environment can be competitive at times. Some times the pace of work can be frustrating as there are so many people and many lines of management.,Flatten teams and only have meetings if they are really needed. Bring onto projects only the people required.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54351,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,mixed feelings,"in some areas of Microsoft, there are a lot of exciting things going on -- Bing, Azure, Office365, Research","if somebody has survived there long enough to make it into middle management, it means they cut their teeth back in (and had what it took to succeed through the grinder of) the ""bad old days"" -- (all time up to a several few years ago) when the behaviors that were cultivated and rewarded are not the kind of place I want to work in in 2015.",wake up to how horrible the people management skills of your middle managers is.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54352,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,"It was great, really great","Nothing bad to say, really",Keep putting out new versions of Windows,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54353,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"Great people, as well as a great culture. People are always willing to help. It is an innovative fast pace environment.",I can't think of any cons at present,n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54354,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - JADE Principal Solution Manager,Opportunities Abound,"Microsoft is full of very smart, driven people and plenty of opportunities for changing scope of work to keep yourself challenged. Benefits are some of the best around. At Microsoft you have the ability to work on technology that can change the way the world works - you can make a huge difference in people's lives.","Work/Life Balance can be challenging. Additionally, the nature of the technology business is one where most everyone is looking out for themselves so you have to have thick skin and understand that environment.","Obviously, learn the workplace and how to navigate the different levels of management. Key your eyes open for opportunities and jump when they present themselves.",4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54355,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You get what you put in,"Great Technology, Awesome Benefits, Flexible Schedule. Direction of new CEO. Perks such as MSDN subscription and a great library/garage on their main campus are great benefits to those that use them.",Some big company bureaucracy and politics remain. Hardware refresh of 3+ years kind of archaic in the current rate of change.,Cut out any unnecessary activities/reporting/etc. and focus on what is important to the customer and your employees. Trust your employees but give good direction/tools/education opportunities.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54356,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Data Scientist,Nice benefits,Good life/work balance and excellent benefits.,"The company put new grads not in their best places, randomly to different groups, without considering the backgrounds.",Need some far see,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54357,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Engagement Manager,"Benefits package, salary, credibility from brand","Employees very focused on individual targets, which are aggressive Metrics drive behaviors not always conducive to healthy team environment Work-life integration is an issue",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54358,microsoft,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Optimized Desktop Architect,Technology Specialist,Great pay and talented people,"They will let you go in a heart beat based on politics or reorg. Won't even let you apply for internal jobs. They are absolutely heartless when it comes to treating people right. I can't count the number of good, talented people who were let go for trivial reasons. I was there for over 12 years until it happened to me too.",Understand that your people are your best asset. Lip service doesn't do it. Treat people right.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54359,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer,good benefits. good salary. big company. lot of improvement to grow. lot of other opportunities to move around. blah blah blah blah blah blah,"Lot of stress. Even the performance review system changed, the mindset of the managers never change. They always compare with the same level peers even if the peer has been doing development work since for ever and the other person has just come from SDET to development.",They need to change the mindset of the managers to see what work has been given and what has been done rather than comparing with others and saying that you are not performing like others.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P477.htm
54360,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Smart people and great innovation.,Big company and can move slowly.,Keep up the great work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54361,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Analyst,"Smart, motivated people. Amazing benefits and retirement options. Discounted lunches and a connected campus. People embrace technology and data drives all decisions.",Huge company. Some managers are better than others. Sink or swim mentality. HR is in control (not as entrepreneurial as it used to be).,Work on people skills. Most managers were great individual contributors but not necessarily great at the people side of the business.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54362,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing position within Microsoft Retail,I have enjoyed my time here and love the day to day of my job. Hiring someone to connect with local community is a great way to drive traffic to the stores.,"I wish there were more opportunities for growth within this position. Although there is a plethora of marketing positions at Microsoft, there is a perceived disadvantage of being a retail employee, despite similar skills, education, background, and qualifications.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54363,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Politik,Awesome benefits. Great work-life balance. Great straight-outta-college job. Beautiful Redmond campus with tons of great activities for 20 and 30 somethings.,"Gotta play to get paid. Self-promotion is a constant necessity along with the ear of your skip-manager (your actual manager has no power to grant you rewards). Annual ""Connect""s are only as good as your skip's willingness to read feedback. Glowing reviews can be sent straight to the Recycle Bin because it was ""too time consuming"" to read them all.  Dogmatic adherence to the Microsoft ecosystem. Wanna write something in Python? Forget it. Switch teams (and company while your at it). Have a great OSS resource you'd like to pull into a project? Good luck getting through LCA approval. Butthurt is all around when someone calls a MS baby ugly.",Force managers to actually read connect feedback. It's too easily brushed aside.,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54364,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Solid and Unexciting Place to Work,"Good solid company. Many different places to work, allowing movement if wanted. Good benefits. Some great people there.","The way to get ahead is to snap into the matrixed organization. Those that get to the top are not liked by all, just by the few that need to be impressed.",Think outside of the box a little. This will lead to agility. Just because something is the way it's always been done doesn't mean change can't occur.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54365,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Delivery Manager,Impact vs career growth,Challenging work. A chance to have real impact.,Employee level system makes internal job growth extremely challenging.,Discontinue the policy of requiring upper level permission for taking a job more than two levels higher then the employees current level.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54366,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A company filled with very smart people,Microsoft is a software giant since ages. Hence it has very high standards of software/code quality. The OS Core org is extremely competitive.,"A massive giant. Things more slow here (although it has begin to change lately). To get something done, a lot of infrastructure/process hurdles needs to be crossed.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54367,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Electrical Engineer,Electrical engineer,A great company to work for. Great people and compensation,Might not find what you really want to pursue as a career,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54368,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Service Operations,service operations,good company with good values and plenty of opportunities for growth. Been lucky to have good managers and not micro managers.,some managers have the title but truly aren't good managers. Not people person. they might have let their title get to their heads.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54369,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good pay, great work","Technical work, smart people and the overall culture is really improving. People start to be happier under new leadership and proclivities have gone up. Great benefit as well.",Some groups have too much politics and people tend to territorial. But that is improving under new leadership.,Love the new leadership. Keep charging forward!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P478.htm
54370,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Great company undergoing massive change, your mileage may vary",Microsoft is getting its groove back (and I don't mean the music service). Microsoft looks after its employees and pays relatively well overall Microsoft is working on change-the-world technology - you can make a difference.,"A lot of change is happening, it is not always well thought through or executed. This can result in lack of clarity in role and expectations.","A bit less top down, a bit more clear strategy and a bit more thought into role changes such as eliminating test discipline.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54371,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Manager,"Phenomenal access to people, tools and information. Chance to change the world through software that touches everyone's lives.",Work/life balance can be challenging.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54372,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Microsoft Dynamics Team,Microsoft Dynamics Community Intern,"Great hours, awesome managers. Overall a good learning experience, especially if you keep pestering them to work on new things.","Very repetitive work, wanted to bash my head against the wall at times out of boredom.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54373,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Good benefit packages and company takes care of employees,Don't like the latest performance review system,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54374,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work in!,Creative and empowering company,Work-life balance can be challenging,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54375,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great opportunity,"Working in the store is a great opportunity to get familiar with Microsoft technology, develop your soft skills and get exposure to the technology world. Bonuses come easy and theres a lot of room to grow","Retail is retail so the cons are all typical retail related cons. Long hours, working on holidays and weekends, cranky customers, etc.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54376,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Friendly environment and smart people around,Not all managers are good around here,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54377,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Business Desk,"Was great, could be again","Great company history, highly respected CEO, broad base of products, renewed focus on Cloud. MSFT has broad and deep Partner engagements. Plenty of money to invest.","Too many conflicting priorities. Many manages, especially in Licensing, do not understand Cloud and are just 'resting and vesting' in their roles.",Fire the dead weight and get rid of some of the product lines.,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54378,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft,"Diverse set of products and services ranging from v1, consumer, enterprise enough to keep you engaged for years Great health benefits","Too big, process heavy and not as agile, depends a lot on the team you are in.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54379,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Group Marketing Manager,"Access to smart people, good training, coaching/mentorship","Misalignment of incentives, slow decision-making process","Empower managers, reduce overlap/overhead in marketing groups. Cross-group collaboration is almost never achieved when incentives aren't aligned.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P479.htm
54380,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - SWE,Awesome company,"Great work culture, employee centric",Nothing as such to be called con,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54381,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft,Good benefits. Great pay compared to other electronic retailers. Free drinks and snacks provided.,annoying customers that can't help but to compare you with Apple and declare which is better. Not a lot of full time opportunities.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54382,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Channel Executive,Great Pay and benefits,"The pay is great and probably one of the top among the industry, and the working environment is quite flexible.","Networking is key to be successful in the company. You have to reach out proactively and continuously by yourself to expand your own networks both inside and outside the company. The culture is not for everyone, but for people who fit in, it could be a great place to work.","Create opportunities for new individuals to meet and build relationship inside the organization. It is ultimately everyone's own responsibility to reach out, but sometimes the new guy can only go so far and needs a little push from people who are more familiar with the company culture.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54383,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Manager,"Solid Benefits, love the products and people, outstanding Potential. Satya is IMHO the future of MS","Its too large, to much double speak, and more often than not the right hand is not talking to the left.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54384,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Good place to work,"Great benefits, salary and people!",Decisions are made by people that have never worked in the field.,Do what's right for the customer.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54385,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2015",Former Employee - Group Program Manager,Former employee of nine years,"Lots of career opportunities. Great brand recognition. High impact roles. Satya really has the company heading back in the right direction. There needs to be some more changes up top, but it's on the right path.","Like some other big companies, there are individuals that are not making a big impact, but still receive big rewards.",The management needs to continue to look for ways to optimize the review model to ensure that high performing employees see opportunities for growth.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54386,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Too big, too old","* Great salary, great benefits, great work-life balance (but highly depends on your team) * Separate office spaces, great equipment * Treats, celebrations, parties","* Legacy of bad code, bad technology * Unclear goals (subject to the team) * Poor communications, too many unrelated corporate spam * Tend to use in-house products many of them are far below open market competitors","Throw away old rubbish technology, buy licenses and leverage whatever is developed our there. Do not re-invent. And reduce level of corporate bull-shit.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54387,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Mechanical Engineer,Sr. Mechanical Engineer,Opportunity to work with some pretty great people,Mid level management is very weak. Lack of vision and decision making skills.,Streamline the reporting structure. Too many generals and not enough soldiers.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54388,microsoft,"Medford, OR"," Nov 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Political,"Salary, Benefits, and smart people","Good ole boy network, review process drives strong people out",Recognize that a 10 person team could and should have more than 2 high performers,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54389,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,Best benefits in the industry,Too many levels of management sometimes.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P480.htm
54390,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Flexible work hour, good environment",The pay does not competitive,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54391,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program Manager,"Great benefits, pay is good, if in the Seattle/Redmond area the Connector is a wonderful benefit (free bus service with wifi)","Seems to target older employees that can bring wisdom to a situation as obstructionist rather than bringing a sense of reality to a situation. Expectation to work all hours of the day and night, but tout supporting work/life balance. Once someone tries to have work/life balance, they are marked as slacking off. Glad to be gone from there. Also, the rating system is rigged for favorites rather than what was produced, which makes moving to another group almost impossible if you are not one of the favorites.","Take a hard look at what is valued by the leadership, and walk the talk, whether work/life is valued and take actions to support, or that it is really not valued. Just be honest.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54392,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft review,There are plenty of opportunities in different products and technologies.,Work life balance will not be as good as you would like. The salary compared to other big tech companies is not as good.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54393,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Solution Provider Program WW Lead,Company that is always keep pushing,Company that is complex and political,Make it more simple,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54394,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to work!,One can implement all their ideas and change teams as often as wanted\needed to explore new things.,There will be always some politics at upper levels.,Most of partner level folks are problem creators and blockers for the innovation to come out.,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54395,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent employer,Work/Life Balance. Large scale Project,Lots of management and unnecessary initiatives,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54396,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,"Great Benefits, Hectic Pace, and Ever Evolving Environment",Excellent Benefits Flexibility Tech Learning Opportunities,"They look for career secretaries/ administrative assistants, so it's not that great if you are looking to advance beyond that type of role. Limited advancement opportunities if you are not located in Redmond, WA. No equity or bonus structure for administrative support staff. Way to many disparate internal systems and processes that are time consuming and redundant.",Add equity and bonus structure for administrative support staff. Develop internal systems that work collaboratively with each other.,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54397,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great Benefits and perks!,you learn something new everyday.,"Hey, No complaints right now.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54398,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Applied Scientist,career stops at level 65,"good place to join as a junior, if you work hard you will stand out of the herd and promote quickly. work life balance depends on the team too much so if you have the chance, prefer teams with applied scientists, even if you're not one. bing search relevance, bing ads, speech, and more teams... you can ask directly to the recruiter if the team is all software devs or if there are scientists too. if you want to ask indirectly, ask if the team is doing anything to improve Cortana.  good comp, at least in the silicon valley.","microsoft decided to cut the lead role last year and turned all leads back to ICs. what used to happen normally in a 20-30 people team was that there are 3-4 leads for several well-defined and non-overlapping areas with 3-5 people underneath each, and maybe a few principal ICs reporting to the dev manager since they are too senior to report to the leads.  upper management decided to cut the lead layer for whatever reason. now as far as I can tell there is no single person that's happier. 1. (ex-)leads: obvious. they got demoted. no paycut but hey, who likes being demoted? lots of people left immediately, many ex-leads are still leaving. 2. ICs: little/no sense of focus or attachment for junior ICs. out of collage newhires are simply lost. since leads only had small teams they used to have quite a lot of time for the new guys. now your manager has 20+ reports and runs from one meeting to another. and honestly there is little/no seniorIC-to-juniorIC mentorship unless you happen to go to a team with good people. there is nothing at microsoft that rewards mentoring juniors. 3. managers: they used to have 3-4 leads and plus a few principal ICs reporting to them. now 20+ direct reports. no time to do 1-on-1's and every single thing from the most important to the least escalates to you. 4. lack of management track: lead position was a stepping stone for becoming a manager later on. now it's gone and there is no track for ICs that want to see themselves managing a team in X years. if you're at microsoft ask this to your manager: ""what should I do today if I want to become a manager in X years"". They won't have any answer. because there is none. No management track whatsoever. the chances you'll be managing a team is equal to somebody in the management chain leaving. and even if you would call that a management track (I wouldn't) that's the worst management track imaginable. think about it. One day you're an IC. next day you have 20+ people reporting to you.",nothing more to say than what I already have in the cons section as it's clearly a management mistake from the way up in the org. fix the problem that you created for no good reason.,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54399,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Project Manager,"Some really smart people around , some of the technical folks will really amaze you .",Large and slow - a lot of middle management paper pushers who are where they are just because they have spent time in MS,"Reorganize Satya's war on middle management quickly , a fat middle layer which is mainly just pushing paper without adding value is slowing down the agility needed in the second coming of Microsoft.",5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P481.htm
54400,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Oct 25, 2015",Former Employee - Sales,Field Sales,"Amazing employees, culture and benefits.",Intense and hard driving. You have to be very disciplined to keep a work/life balance.,Practice what you preach.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54401,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft Review,"Good Benefits, completive salaries, big stable company","Toxic environment, people don't trust/help each other Fear culture Mismanagement, bad leadership",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54402,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start,"hard working people who thrive on pressure and seek self improvement, generally laid back environment outside of crunch time",bureaucracy in process and communication leads to huge lags in time for decision making and lots of whiplash across the organization in preparing materials,"find ways to streamline process and incentivize collaboration across product teams and functional teams, small tweaks to culture to make working at msft a better experience",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54403,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best tech company I have ever worked for,"Great working environment, loads of really smart people, and the work is really interesting. I always thought Microsoft was this evil company growing up, but it is certainly not that way at all.","Although PMs are really important and contribute a ton to our product, sometimes I feel like there are too many.","I really like the direction we are headed, and the attention being paid to build systems. I really want us to focus on driving the quality of our products.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54404,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Getting better,"- Very interesting and challenging tasks if you join the right team - Smart colleagues - Microsoft cares about its employees (health, dental, 401k, stocks) - Good work/life balance - Hackathons","- NO FREE FOOD! it sucks... - You won't get the latest Mac Book Pro and iPhone when join - To get promoted you often should be a fried of your manager - Comparatively low compensation - Might get some routine boring tasks if you are not in the right team, though you can switch them pretty easily",Try to make your engineers happy by letting them work on what they want,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54405,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,"Great Pay, Great Hours. Would recommend as a career",Retail. Do not expect a promotion as there are only a few stores in the state,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54406,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Escalation Specialist,Customer Service & Support,Solid vision for Devices & Services. Perfect Every Time philosophy. Great Pay and Benefits.,Too many disparate processes and tools.,Latest round of layoffs don't make any sense with cutting Top Performers. Think they would desire to keep the best.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54407,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,stable but boring,"pretty stable business, good work life balance","job is mostly boring, you get to do what you don't like sometimes.",do things that matter and do them well.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54408,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Depends on the department,"Leadership from the top was fantastic with a great focus on the future. Benefits are great, and access to the alumni group after leaving opens many doors. Community outreach is fantastic","Middle management could not seem to let go of the past... the company is moving towards a platform agnostic setup that focuses on services, yet many managers I talked with still help to the concept that ""Windows is king"".  Work/Life Balance was not a phrase what was known. I was expected to reply to emails at 1am and 5am... You can forget your vacation because you would have to have your email on you 24/7. This was the reason I left","Get the middle with the program, or get rid of them.",4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54409,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great place to learn, grow",Ability to move between and work on different product lines within the company. Reasonable WLB. Company is trying to execute fast in all product lines. Excellent Benefits. MS has started embracing open source and contributes as well.,"Many a times adds features to products, that are technologically great, but may not get customer adoption quickly. So it may be hard sometimes to see the impact of your work, if you are working on such a feature.","Too many reorganizations disturbs the rythm of work. It forces people to focus on reestablishing the context, trust, etc., which is an impediment to faster progress.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P482.htm
54410,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech titan is still competitive,Great company overall. Will be viable for a long time.,It can be more adventurous,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54411,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - WW Sales Program Management,Microsoft is great for your early career,Great Internal Tools Great Benefits Great Experience Smart Co-Workers,Significant Internal Politics Style over substance Slow moving Too Many Teams competing for same bonuses Corp Executives Rarely see eye to eye,Innovate your people and technology with same investment Spend more time understanding the competition Reduce size of teams,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54412,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior PM Manager,Sr.PM Manager,"Good smart people to work with , Good benefits","Lot of Politics, Skills are undervalued at times than your ability to maneuver in political environment.",Be Agile and adopt a culture of Risk taking and Experimentation,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54413,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,Great Culture here at Microsoft!,Was hard to adjust at first,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54414,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good benefits, poor management","Very good benefits, some of the best I've found. Great health plan options with contributions to an HSA/FSA, $0.50 on the dollar matching on 401K, health and fitness benefits, etc.","I ultimately left the company for multiple reasons, and they all had to do with poor management. I had 5 managers in 2 years. The job I was hired for was reorg'd away between the time I was hired and my first day of work. The job I was given when I arrived lasted 6 months before my team was reorg'd and moved under a different manager doing completely different work. That job was reorg'd away another 6 months later. Most managers did little help their people improve, often didn't do anything to leverage people's strengths, and were many times afraid to be forthright about performance. Although the rating system changed in the past year and a half, the results aren't much different. People still get stack ranked, and those on the bottom are put in a position where moving within Microsoft is next to impossible (requires VP sign-off from both the losing and gaining org), so their only option is to leave. I saw several good people leave the company as a result.","Learn to value good people management. Yes, you are a technology company and having great technicians is essential. However, in my experience, most great technicians are not very good people managers. People don't quick organizations, they quit leaders. When you see large numbers of people leaving an organization, you should start asking why, and focus your attention on the leadership and the leadership climate. Focus on leveraging people's strengths, rather than putting them in positions where their weaknesses will be highlighted. You'll end up with a much more successful and loyal organization that way.",2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54415,microsoft,"West Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,Opportunity to work on range of Products and Technologies. Technologically sound peers around.,Very unfair when it comes to review. I have worked with managers who would sale one direct reports work on another another senior direct report. Managers change review if you are moving to another team.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54416,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Past prime,Great history. Okay paychecks in the past. Can play musical chairs really often.,Sinking and bloated subcontinent of the IT world. Race to bottom by endless layoff rounds.,"Fire half of the development management. Replace 1/4 of development management by hiring from your more agile competitors, and pay them twice as much as they make now so they'll come. Find out more ways to pit employees against each other, there's a void since stack ranking ended.",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54417,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great Company,"A big company like Microsoft you can expect the usual great compensation, benefits, etc. generally there are a lot of great people there and you will be amongst a lot of really smart people. The company is very diverse with people from all over the world. The work environment is relaxed and has a lot of team building and extracurricular activities and events.",I wish i could say the rumored infighting at Microsoft between groups and teams was not existent but that would be false. However with all the major re-orging that has taken place the infighting has certainly reduced but still there. Microsoft is an older tech company and it shows. a lot of things are still very politically driven and there are still very strong hierarchical barriers. Ideas still mostly come from the top down. All this is changing but slowly.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54418,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,"Excellent culture, good work life balance,",None that I can think.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54419,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - UI/User Experience Designer,UX Designer,Fun R&D team and great engineering team,"We never released the product, too much corporate back and forth",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P483.htm
54420,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Manager,"- Quality resources that you can bring to an opportunity - Office 365 and Azure will save the company over the long haul - At the end of the day - Microsoft has enough cash to buy or innovate their way to the ""next level""",- Too technology focused and not about selling business value with customer - Sales management is junior varsity - Field sales is inwardly focused vs. focus on customer - Co-workers are about looking good to peers and sales management vs. focusing on customer sales pursuits - Quotas need to be reset around the reality of Offcie 365 and Azure and not about on-premises windows and office,"- Hire outside sales management with talent from SAP, Oracle et al. - Your current breed of sales managers are some are not seasoned software sales enterprise professionals - Be more business value focused and NOT technology - Office 365 and Azure are the chance to evolve the discussion to a business value level",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54421,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior PM Manager,Can be amazing or awful,"- Many brilliant people - Incredibly broad product range - if it's tech and you're interested in it, Microsoft works on it - Opportunities for synergy - when different product lines work well together, amazing things can result. - Growth-oriented culture: the company (mostly) knows it's behind and needs to do better, and there is a great openness to change and feedback. - Benefits: all sorts of great benefits, from very good health care to free gym membership to bicycle commuter reimbursement, they take care of you pretty much any way they can think of (except no free food, which apparently is due to the lack of cafeteria space). - Giving campaign: Microsoft gives the most money per capita to charity of any company. And no, Bill Gates doesn't count towards that :). - Satya Nadella appears to be a good CEO. He is open to innovation, to change, in a way that Ballmer wasn't, and he's generated a lot of positive sentiment around the company. - Pay is competitive. Others may pay somewhat more but it's all enough that pay isn't the deciding factor. - Flexible hours, decent work-life balance in most groups","- Bureaucracy: the company still feels big, old, and heavy. Everything needs a million approvals, and people get back to you slowly. - Are we going to make it? The company is way behind in many markets and may not come back. There is enough cash in the bank to last forever, but there will be a point of no return well before the money runs out. - Some products *suck*, and you're expected to use them anyway. It's also really embarrassing and demoralizing to make crappy products. - ""Kool aid"": many people internally seem to think our products are much better than they are. There is a vocal feedback culture telling them the products suck, but some teams aren't listening. This can be extremely frustrating. - Management is inconsistent. Many divisions and individual managers are excellent, but there are also giant pockets of rottenness, ranging from HR-type problems to poor feedback to over-focusing on short-term results to simple poor decision making. If you're coming to work here, make sure your manager is solid. Of the orgs I'm familiar with, I would recommend the C+E organization (Azure) and disrecommend Microsoft IT (highly political). - Slow to promote/give raises, causing many good employees to bounce to competitors for a while, then back, in order to get their fair market wage. - There are a bunch of old-timers who still don't get it and act like it's 2002 and we own the world. They aren't doing well and are slowly getting pushed out, but they're still around annoying the rest of us.","Cut the clutter - fewer approvals, fewer barriers. Cut the dead wood. Focus on rooting out poorly run organizations. Focus on people, not business - if you get the people right, the business results will happen. Focus on quality - people would rather have a product that doesn't crash than one with some whiz-bang feature most people won't use.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54422,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,consumer product advisor,good place good people good benefits and pay,bad management evil people who dont like you,hire non racist people...,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54423,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Brand Ambassador,Salesman,Easy working with everyone around,"long hours, but still Pros outweigh the cons",none,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54424,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Microsoft has a very good environment for new employee to grow, it offers very competitive starting salary, it also offers a lot of internal opportunities","Totally depending on teams, but in some team, not everybody are interested in personal development. You may find low quality work sometime.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54425,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Best retail company you can work for! Best benefits on the planet.,Moving up can be hard useless you can move around a lot.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54426,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Network Engineer,Microsoft,Have not worked there since the new CEO took over so I don't know how it has changed. Could be good or bad depends on what has changed since the new CEO.,No development of contract employees. My office was a storage closet for 6 months. While I worked on some very complex routing protocols.,none,3.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54427,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Power Design Engineer,"OK company, but not a great place for hardware engineers","Pay is really good, benefits and total comp are pretty competitive. Cost of living is lower in WA than in CA. Easier workload than other hardware companies I've worked for.","Organization in the hardware teams is nonexistent and has pretty bad leadership all the way up the chain of command. Lots of layoffs since joining (over 7,000 people from the Nokia acquisition, hundreds of others from Xbox, Surface Hub, etc.). People don't seem driven and put in minimal effort/hours. Many are just cruising with their high-pay, low-stress jobs and focusing their time on things outside of work. Have to use Microsoft technologies to get all your work done (Outlook/Sharepoint/OneDrive), none of which work well because they push the internal buggy versions to everyone's machines. No real ""company culture"" that I can identify with. The company is focused way more on software and the hardware engineering operations are kind of a joke.  Personally: project was canceled within three months of taking the job. The job I negotiated for was also not what I was placed into and management didn't seem to care. Ended up being a big step down on a technical level. There's an overall lack of any real challenge and, for most of my time here, a lack of any real work to do at all. Team was not prepared for my arrival -- couldn't log into computers, couldn't access emails, had no badge/couldn't access the building for four weeks and had to call coworkers to let me in after using the bathroom. Horrible experience from end to end.","If you want to be in the hardware business, focus first on developing a clear plan for what you want to build, and then focus on making your employees' experience great while they're executing on that plan. What's happened to me since coming into this job would be unacceptable for any hardware company, big or small, and speaks to the lack of vision for the hardware organization.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54428,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Director of Marketing,Microsoft review,"Improved vision with new leadership, good work life balance, smart people to work with.","I am specialized in consumer services. Microsoft is putting all its focus to enterprise business. If you interested in cloud, I recommend you. Otherwise, there are better opportunities out there.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54429,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intership,The nice culture and good salary,The city is not mush change than SF,Just some detail questions for the project in CV,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P484.htm
54430,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great long term place to work,"It really depends on which team you end up in, but I got lucky and worked in a team for 7+ years that was really awesome. The engineering culture was top notch and work/life balance was pretty good. Of course when we got closer to shipping, you'd be working a bit more, but for the most part, I never felt pressured to do more work than I was comfortable with.  I believe the pay and benefits are on par with other big tech companies. If you stick around for a while, you get a lot of vacation time.","The company is getting better at navigating its future, but it's still a bit lost. You can see attempts are underway to change course, but it's still a bit slow, especially since the company is very reliant on a lot of old software and ways of doing things to pay the bills.",Middle management is often clueless and not hungry. You can tell people in middle management are used to just riding the gravy train and aren't willing to risk trying new things. There's a lot of politics in the middle where people and teams still do things that help themselves and not necessarily the company as a whole. It's frustrating to see this when you really want to make things better.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54431,microsoft,"Cincinnati, OH"," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Training Specialist,Great Culture!,Great company culture! Exciting new direction under the new leadership. There is opportunity if you make the right connections...,Difficult to transition to other opportunities within the company without having established relationships,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54432,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"good base salary, better 401k matching, flexible work hours","lots of politics, software concentric",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54433,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,An Oceanliner Still Course Correcting,Excellent benefits and focus on employees. Competitive pay. Very family friendly. Great place to specifically grow a finance career. The jury is still out on our new strategy and offerings but the early returns are good.,Company culture is still working its way to a truly collaborative environment and away from the dreaded innovation killing silos. The influence of the legacy extreme performance review structure is still leading to effective employees being forced out (granted it'll always be hard to separate all the wheat from the chaff).,Keep it up Satya.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54434,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,"Great place, great people, great pay","The most flexible place I have ever worked, great co-workers, great experience. I made the mistake once of leaving for another company, I returned after year.","As with every company, there are some bad seeds. The bad seeds I have run into here are the worst I have ever seen in my life.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54435,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working environment,"Good working environment, good teams",grow slower than the beginning,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54436,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2015",Former Employee - Partner Technology Specialist,Incredible employer,"challenging work, well paid, plenty of opportunities to learn about new and upcoming products","stressful, must be able to maneuver the company intranet and figure out where to go and how to do it by yourself",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54437,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work at,It's a good company to work. It's very lay back and you have a lot of liberty.,"I like it, no cons for me",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54438,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Exciting things happening here!,"There is a lot happening, no day is ever dull. Working on the back end, your customers are usually down the hall from you. Everyone I know was promoted after a year. Main campus is like going back to college again, except with free drinks, and more impact.","Some teams seem to be in maintenance mode, I would avoid those teams. Not clear if Windows phone will survive.","Try to leapfrog the competition, not catch up to it. Also, seems like we have a reorg every few months, Is that really needed. Finally, please don't get rid of offices",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54439,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Director,director,"challenging, well resourced. You get to see your results and impact in the global market. No better place to learn about business realities.",Not many unless you have a manager whom you dont gel with. I understand the draconian rating system has been eliminated.,Listen more.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P485.htm
54440,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Fast-paced, challenging, exciting, innovative, flexible, amazing, great benefits, great fit, dream come true","Great medical and dental benefits with high importance/incentives placed on physical fitness and health. Flexible work hours means ability to take care of life's demands while still producing quality products. Performance-based bonuses rewards hard work, mentorship for career-minded individuals assists in preparing for advancement. Give program matches charitable donations of money and volunteer hours 100% up to $15,000/year.",Doesn't always have structured ramp-ups. There are too many teams work in silos that don't have good cross-team collaboration. Agile development can also mean dissemination of new products and features is not well communicated cross-team.,"It should be One Microsoft. You won't get that when all of your different products like O365, Skype, Azure, Azure AD, Intune, and Azure AD Premium have different support models, don't support one another, and don't build upon each other.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54441,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Release Manager,Senior Release Manager Lead,Company has a wide variety of roles and tech opportunities to work on. Great people,Large company with many layers of management Very Political as you advance up management,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54442,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant II,Change is Constant,"You will constantly be challenged and pushed to improve both yourself and your team. You will both learn and grow yourself professionally and technically at a much faster pace, and be exposed to many different industries and markets. Each day is a challenge but the benefits, rewards and experience awaiting you is well worth it.","Constant organizational changes. Don't expect to keep the same manager for more than 2 years at a time. Moving between jobs internally has been made much easier than before, but it's still a challenge.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54443,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Writer,10 years of it were great,Working with smart people Great benefits Opportunity for growth,Bogged down in ineffective middle management Performance review process changed yearly Men seem to move up more quickly than women,Too many managers are spoiling what could be an awesome broth. It's the reason I had to leave.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54444,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations manager,Flexibility and schedule were good,"So big, bad for remote workers if not in sales",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54445,microsoft,"Duvall, WA"," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Microsoft,"Compensation, location, working environment, campus","Ad hoc engineering process, relies on brute force to delivery, poor mid level management",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54446,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work!,"* Awesome people to work with - talented and smart and considerate * Great flexibility at work * Superb community around * Awesome benefits like shuttles, Pro club gym, stay fit, insurance, etc. and encouragement for volunteering at non-profits, etc.","* Pay wasn't the best in the industry until couple years ago. Now its slowly coming to par with likes of google, FB, etc. While the amazing benefits compensate for some of that, its still better to get more hard cash in hand, * Little bit of bureaucracy. Fading away as Satya has taken over. * Not much of stock benefits",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54447,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,"Great management, plenty of high impact projects, lots of career opportunities, plenty of opportunities to do garage projects","Can be hard to get visibility in some orgs, layoffs can be very unsettling especially on a work visa",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54448,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software development engineer,It is a great place to work with smart people all around you. Dynamic environment that brings the most out of you,"In the competitive environment, you may tend to feel a bit intimidated by the performance of your co-workers",Keep up the good work. Keep the young talent coming in and ensure that the employees are always taken care of like now.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54449,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2015","Former Employee - Learning &amp, Development Program Manager","Some good, some bad--really depends on the organization",Microsoft has great benefits and if you are a high performer you can be rewarded significantly. I worked in three different organizations and mostly felt like I was being paid and acknowledged as I would have expected.,"It really depends on the group you work in. Some divisions, like the product groups, have a much healthier environment. They have more money and better laid out business plans. Other divisions like the support groups, you are at the whim of the product and business groups so there is less budget, less respect, and you sort of feel like you're on the bottom of the totem pole.","Get rid of roles that aren't needed and add roles when they are. Also, women are not promoted as they should be to senior management so a lot of good women leaders move out because they are told they have to wait 4-5 years to be a director. At the same time, I saw a lot of men who were not great leaders move up through the 'good ol boys system'. Frustrating especially when more women leaders are needed in the tech space.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P486.htm
54450,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2015","Former Employee - Learning &amp, Development Program Manager","Some good, some bad--really depends on the organization",Microsoft has great benefits and if you are a high performer you can be rewarded significantly. I worked in three different organizations and mostly felt like I was being paid and acknowledged as I would have expected.,"It really depends on the group you work in. Some divisions, like the product groups, have a much healthier environment. They have more money and better laid out business plans. Other divisions like the support groups, you are at the whim of the product and business groups so there is less budget, less respect, and you sort of feel like you're on the bottom of the totem pole.","Get rid of roles that aren't needed and add roles when they are. Also, women are not promoted as they should be to senior management so a lot of good women leaders move out because they are told they have to wait 4-5 years to be a director. At the same time, I saw a lot of men who were not great leaders move up through the 'good ol boys system'. Frustrating especially when more women leaders are needed in the tech space.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54451,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Hardware Engineering Manager,"creativity, work life balance, compensation","cost of living, traffic, corp culture radically different among groups",rearranging the furniture will not fix collaboration problems.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54452,microsoft,"Poulsbo, WA"," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Aditi 3D Test Associate,Test Associate,The have a lot of resources.,Typical corporate environment that no one should be surprised.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54453,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,n,Great benefits and smart people,Career management has gone down the drain. Increasing work demands over the years - travel has creeped into the job description where it was not there previously,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54454,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Long time employee,Great benefits and ability to transitions roles and divisions.,Not many cons to report. Perhaps the review system and the competitive culture but that's typical of a high tech company.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54455,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program management,Great work life balance in most groups. If you are a bit technical and know how to build products for customers you will be treated like a king. You can create a great impact and learn a lot if you are in the right group. Since there are many different groups if you want to make a change it is rather easy.,"Some groups don't have good leadership so get to know which team you are going to be working for and talk to a few people within that group before picking one.  Review system is still a bit broken as it involves you being compared against peers and not exactly the outcomes. There are some positive improvements though, I think it will get better with time.",Better judgement on senior leadership and more scrutiny on the plans of teams.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54456,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great first job,"High pay, good company name, great benefits","Hard to feel like you're making a real impact, beauracracy",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54457,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,I've been working at Microsoft for 6 months as a new grad. Microsoft is an awesome place to start your career.,Hard to pretend that my work is meaningful,None.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54458,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Developer,Senior SDE,- Great work atmosphere - Great Product Road Map - Good Compensation,- Too much politics at middle management. - Sometimes slow paced. - Not exposed to outside MSFT technologies,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54459,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Global Technical Account Manager,Senior Technical Account Manager,I worked with some amazingly talented and passionate people who were willingly to go above and beyond to help out. I was also fortunate to have great managers who genuinely cared about my growth at the company.,"A lot of bureaucracy and administrative overhead and too many processes and procedures that changed frequently and often get in the way of doing ""real work"".",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P487.htm
54460,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MyReview,"Awesome, Good, Excellent, Nice, Amazing","Nothing, None, Nil, Zero, Empty",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54461,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,n,Great benefits and smart people,Career management has gone down the drain. Increasing work demands over the years - travel has creeped into the job description where it was not there previously,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54462,microsoft,"Greenville, OH"," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Great Intern Experience,"- Great benefits - Work hours are very flexible, mostly up to you to decide - Coworkers are all great and very open to collaboration",- Hard to find a proper mentor within such a large company - Can be hard to connect on a deeper level with others because there are so many people,I would say that this company is a great place for an intern. One thing that would be helpful would be to have a more meaningful mentor mentee relationship for interns in order to help them along as much as possible.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54463,microsoft,"Tempe, AZ"," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,People are pretty nice and smart,Not excited of daily work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54464,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Long time employee,Great benefits and ability to transitions roles and divisions.,Not many cons to report. Perhaps the review system and the competitive culture but that's typical of a high tech company.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54465,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Global Technical Account Manager,Senior Technical Account Manager,I worked with some amazingly talented and passionate people who were willingly to go above and beyond to help out. I was also fortunate to have great managers who genuinely cared about my growth at the company.,"A lot of bureaucracy and administrative overhead and too many processes and procedures that changed frequently and often get in the way of doing ""real work"".",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54466,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,"Like the direction, but at what cost??",The company CEO change was long over due and is making an impact in showing our longer term strategy. Good pay and benefits.,"Folks are overworked right now, with no end in sight and management is not empathetic. Some pockets of management are way too political. New 'review' process seems disjointed as well as how rewards are determined. They say there is not a curve but when you have to manage to a budget the reality is there has to be a curve or stack ranking to manage to the bottom line.",Be fully authentic about review/rewards process. Continue to break down political barriers that keep us from getting out work done across the company.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54467,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Director Operations,Great benefits and compensation. Training,"Culture is cut throat, stack ranking performance rating system creates culture of paranoia. Employees are too afraid to take risks. Really hard to get anything substantial done, maintain and execute are the norm.",They know,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54468,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Regional Director BDM,Good offices. If you love power point that is your place. A strategy is a slide - and god bless account managers.,At Director level - Pure and nasty politics. Despite of being one of the top Tech companies reports are made manually. Stone age. Very poor leadership skills. If you think that someone cares about to - forget it - Make the number and the next year they will double your quote - end result you are not going to get a bonus. If you are a women or men of principles and ethical values that is a wrong place to be. Work life balance completely negative.,Spent more money and selecting the candidates and please involve a reputed firm to filter leaders through a personality test. 90 % of the people have cero skill in managing human resources.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54469,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Compensation Analyst,Business Analyst,Great culture and atmosphere. Fun place to work.,Limited Career growth No Long Term Job Longevity,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P488.htm
54470,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"flexible environment, friendly colleges,good place","market is too small, competitive is not strong",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54471,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer Intern,Best experience you could get as an intern. Center of the innovative forefront and provides tons of hands-on work. Approve of management.,Nobody is willing to go out of their way to assist you with personal projects. Time-consuming and unintuitive tasks given occasionally.,Management at Microsoft is definitely active with the lower levels of their corporation. Get to know them and they can be of huge help later on in the future.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54472,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company,Stable and well known. Cares about employees a lot.,Same as other big companies. Slow in changing,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54473,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Test Engineer,Software Test Engineer I,"I was fortunate to get hired on to a project with a great team for a great project. There were lots of nice little perks like free snacks in addition to the company-wide free drinks, social events with food an beer, and occasionally meals were provided. Free parking is also a plus, even if it can be tough to find a spot on Microsoft Campus.  The job itself was a great experience for me and I was allowed to be self driven. After learning the ropes I generally worked on my own, but if I needed help or didn't have the solution to a problem everyone on the team was more than happy to help. Overall it was a very positive environment. I especially enjoyed being able to work directly with people in the production and design teams, which made it easier when trying to understanding intended functionality of the product.","I was a contractor, which meant that I had far less job security and a rather sad excuse for benefits. No vacation pay, no sick pay, and the health benefits were a joke. I may have had a better impression of the overall experience if I hadn't been quite unceremoniously booted out the door with no two weeks of notice.  Normally Microsoft has a general policy for contractors to work a certain amount of time before needing to take a 6 month hiatus before being allowed to return to the company. The contractors on this project however became assimilated into a greater part of the studio through some unclear and confusing policy which, we were told, meant an indefinite employment for ""at least 3 years"" and plenty of job opportunities to advance their career and even become FTE with Microsoft.  Instead this turned out to be a bunch of bloated nonsense and after realizing that their budget was overblown, several people were quickly let go with no prior warnings.","Treat contractors like employees, since they are in fact human beings with the same needs as everyone else. Or revolutionize the industry and eliminate the faulty and outdated contractor structure altogether to make the industry a better place for everyone.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54474,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Nov 4, 2015",Former Employee - Database Administrator,Sr DBA,Cool projects to work on,Killer hours and ridiculous timelines,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54475,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Engineer,Great Team and great food,Mentor is busy sometimes and workload is not so heavy for an intern,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54476,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Consumer Product Advisor,"A lot of good energy, always a great environment.",I really don't have anything bad to say.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54477,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing people,"Brilliant, good people. Efficient teams. You learn a lot and gain a lot of insight into many aspects of business.",Length of process/approvals are too long many times.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54478,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Solid company,Great benefits. Great compensation. Smart people. Flexibility to move around the company. Great support and technology options. You can use the best tools for the job.,"Infighting is still a very real problem at MS. There has been a major push to remove the once toxic competition between orgs over the last few years, but it's still gaining traction. Re-orgs, leadership turnover, and office moves are frequent.","Keep pushing the One Microsoft idea. Unhealthy competition between orgs is getting better, but still exists.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54479,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible and Fair Pay,"Flexible, Smart people, Good Pay","Red Tape, can get lost in the shuffle",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P489.htm
54480,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Multiple opportunties but very siloed by group,"Microsoft still has an enormous enterprise customer business. They are also uniquely positioned for hybrid (cloud an on-premise) environments and solutions, which are strategic and high-value for enterprise customers. Their challenge looking forward is engaging the ""born in the cloud"" businesses where they are barely being considered. Microsoft has traditionally been a high cost, high functionality provider and the cloud IaaS environment does not have that tendency.","Legacy management still in place. Yes, SteveB is gone and some of the new kids (Satya, ScottGu) now have substantial scope, but middle to senior management is still littered with lifers who are slow to adapt.",Listen to customers - particularly the ones you already have (contrasted to the ones you want to have). Making existing customers competitive is the best way to keep revenue coming in.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54481,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Benefits are great. Challenging work.,Development process is overall slow. Does not respond to trend quick.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54482,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Director IT,"Good changes, more to do...","Benefits, new technology and bonus program. The new culture under Satya is making a positive difference in how teams work together",Still some pockets of the old guard mentality in working in Silo's. Still lots of waste in overhead and spending on the wrong stuff. Review model is still a black hole and comp is overall less than before,"Keep up the culture shift, make a decision on phone",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54483,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Paralegal,Competitive Pay,"Work-life balance, supportive management, intelligent and driven teams","work politics are unavoidable, constant re-orgs",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54484,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Working for company as big as Microsoft, you can choose to work in areas you want to work for.","Big organization, so the pace of work is slow.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54485,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Great work environment/ Great benefits,Constantly on your feet.. That is about it,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54486,microsoft,"Mukwonago, WI"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits,fantastic benefits for overall health,high deductible savings account with low match,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54487,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft reinventing itself,"Since Satya Nadella has taken over as CEO, Microsoft has become a more collaborative company focused on embracing open source and partners. No longer is Windows the center for what teams develop for. Windows is still quite important. Also, agile development and innovation is",There are teams that are still hanging on to the old ways of software development and not fully taking bets on other teams' technologies.,Continue to cut down fat. Figure out how to quickly increase profitability in the cloud.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54488,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Comfortable Environment,Lots of opportunity to learn. Good pay.,Too many re-orgs. Makes it feel unstable,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54489,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Engineer,If you are lucky and land up in a good team with a good manager you can do really well. Lots of learning opportunities available,"Lot of politics and no transparency from even from immediate managers. No choice in selecting work that you want to do. Can get stuck in a bad team and suffer for a long time. More emphasis on completion of the task than quality. Meeting deadline is more important, no matter how many regressions you introduce.",Respect and trust the people that work for you. Be transparent and provide equal opportunities for growth to everybody,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P490.htm
54490,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trying to head in the right direction,- Great benefits and pay - Terrific work life balance - Ability to tackle really big projects - New leadership focusing on being the best at fewer big items,- Lots of passive-aggressive people - Trust and team collaboration very low - Alignment among teams is a big challenge - Still too many people doing too many disjointed and duplicitive things,Reduce the randomization people feel when there is not a clear strategy and approach from the Sr. Director/Director levels.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54491,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director of Audience Marketing,"Smart people, high impact on the world, opportunity to move around the company to gain resume building experiences.","Budgeting processes, too many meetings, requires an army to get anything done, slow and lack of agility","Make decisions more quickly, align budgeting to priorities and break down silos.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54492,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Great,"Culture is so diverse and generous. The Company is a great place to work for, lots of innovation, conviction and drive. Products are making a great progress in capturing market share in search and productivity software, not to forget cloud computing.",Lack of agility. I don't see a good outlook given the decline of Windows market share and the lack of any mobile presence among competitors.,Create verticals,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54493,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Awesome place to work and learn different technologies, develop skills",Too many management levels makes it hard to rise up,Flatten more,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54494,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Support Escalation Engineer,Great Company to WORK as it is a new change after Satya came as CEO,management should be more transparent sometimes.,No advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54495,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer I,UX Designer I,People are really awesome to work with. Super chill environment.,Management and politics in this company suck,-,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54496,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,It's a good company but culture isn't where it should be,"- competitive compensation and benefits - some team offer really awesome experience of growth for your talents (xbox, bing, macbu) - less heavy burnout that you might experience in other companies such as Apple/G/Oracle","the company culture is to not be first in innovating but rather play catch up. they pitch otherwise but in a close room the right people admit to be the case. there's desire to change that but culture is the last thing that you can turn around from one day to the other. people organize plans and goals around what is more amicable to their next review outlook, particularly general management. Reinventing a language just because you can mark it off two years later is not delivering innovation. That hurts the company outlook.",next round of clean up aim a lot higher and more precisely. Cleaning up means if your feature still not working after 20 years (e.g. Cortona) that means that the people that allow this at management level are the first to take the blame and responsibility. Accountability shouldn't be just internal marketing.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54497,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Big company, little cog","Smart people, great benefits, not too stressful","Slow-moving, lots of red tape, don't code as much",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54498,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Wide Scope and Freedom of Work,- Wide variety of options to choose from starting from embedded devices to OS to Cloud to Analytics - Flexibile work hours/schedules,"- Awkward performance appraisal - Easy to get lost in Crowd, as multiple doing the same thing",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54499,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Seasoned FTE,Seasoned FTE,"For young professionals, and more specifically for Developers, Engineers and other technical or related roles, Microsoft is a major school that will yield solid foundation, will enable the participation in challenging projects and even provide decent compensation and benefits. Field sales roles will also have the opportunity to make very good money in a not long period.","Microsoft has been developing a very political environment and the previously called stack ranking process (which was only rebranded for PR purposes), together with the ""good attrition"" target that every manager has (they are forced to let 5% of the people go each year), have contributed to the toxic and non-collaborative atmosphere in the company. After lay-offs and good attrition became standard operating procedure to make adjustments for any internal or external deviation, there are many ""clubs"" where groups of a certain affinity protect each other and play with the fire and hire tactics to keep each core intact, trading internal positions to give the impression of career movement, just to mention a few of the unfortunate aspects of the company's culture (or lack of). Microsoft became a company of middle managers that are very savvy on the political play, on making arrangements for survival with little to no space for taking risks, creativity or even have opinion.","Please, get rid of the good attrition. You have no idea how middle management play this card. Performance is certainly not top criteria for letting people go. Please attention to diversity. No matter how much you invest on PR, diversity in this company is a joke and ""white/healthy"" gentlemen's clubs prevail. Forcing to bump up minorities during calibration is shameful and HR should be embarrassed for having tactics like this. Assume rebranded stack ranking is still stack ranking. You are not helping the culture by brainwashing and repeating not-so-true stories over and over.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P491.htm
54500,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CPE Manager,"Flexible, depending on the group you work for. Corporate culture doesn't always resonate","Very competitive, layoffs make people feel on edge as you never know if you are next",Avoid the numbers game. Really live the Microsoft values & hold management accountable to create positive culture,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54501,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Comp, Bad Prep",Great overall employee benefits and pay.,"- Disjointed organizational structure. - Technical problem solvers often promoted to management roles where technical skills gradually become less useful, yet they are not vetted for or provided proper transition to management training.",Focus on training people managers.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54502,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A good place to work.,"Great pay and benefits. Good Work-life balance. Smart people arround. Good moment to be here, good outlook.",There's a lot of Red Tape. Big Corporate Feeling.,"Cut the red tape, become more nimble.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54503,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Data Scientist,"Great, stable company","Great company with tons of smart people everywhere you look, and plenty of room for advancement. Great pay and benefits.",Huge bureaucracy with little ability to affect real change.,Free lunch!,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54504,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Employee's hard work is recognized.,Work demands place some strain on life/work balance.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54505,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"Immense potential, great strategic direction and actual product and services delivery","Sometimes too bureaucratic, work/life balance can be tough",Simplify,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54506,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 31, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Director,Director,Great Benefits & Salary and focused on stock appreciation,* Reducing number of employees on a regular basis to cut costs * Who you know is critical for advancement/employment * Rate of self-learning is below competitors * Easy to coast if you can find the right team/manager,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54507,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Not for a million dollars,"Microsoft USED to be a great place to work, filled with some of the best and brightest minds in the industry. It was a place were a person could fully reach their potential by working and collaborating with other talented employees to create great products and services.","The new order of things ensures every two months another large round of layoffs occur. What used to be great collaboration is now employees hiding in their offices or cubes, afraid to open their mouths for fear of being on the next round of layoffs. Instead of collaboration to create something great, the new plan of survival is to silently watch the bus drive off the cliff.",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54508,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,It is a very big company,no work and life balance. Steressful,na,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54509,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Declining to ,"Great pay, slightly above-average benefits, access to lots of internal lectures and training courses, good peers to work with.","Work/life balance sucks, lower management is extremely poor and lacking people skills, benefits are not as good as they were a decade ago, layoffs abound and there are less people to do the same amount of work, less opportunities for growth than there used to be, performance model is ridiculous..","Eliminate the dead wood, middle management layer. Bring back the benefits, quit treating the ""new and improved performance scale"" like the old model (acting like it's different when really, it's not).",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P492.htm
54510,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Director,Too political,"Lots of cool opportunities to get engaged in truly impactful, global projects, Good benefits (although they definitely aren't as good as they used to be), a well intentioned, dedicated employee base, very philanthropic","Leadership is weak in many areas of the Sales, Marketing and Services... esp. HR Leadership. Decision-making in HR is lousy and you spend so much time, energy and attention covering your rear-end that it just sucks the life out of you. Its become a miserable place to work. Lastly, the HR team is constantly laying off employees... it sucks.",Bring in HR Leadership that has some backbone - and while you're at it... a change in Leadership in SMSG wouldn't be such a bad thing...,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54511,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,CPE Manager,"Flexible, depending on the group you work for. Corporate culture doesn't always resonate","Very competitive, layoffs make people feel on edge as you never know if you are next",Avoid the numbers game. Really live the Microsoft values & hold management accountable to create positive culture,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54512,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Still one of the best IT companies,"mature, high variety of technical areas",won't be a millionaire in three years,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54513,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Global Director,I LIKE IT,Work life Balance and Benefits,Politics and Optics are more important than Results,Focus on results in performance review,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54514,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full time recruiter,"fairly good compensation, smart people, challenging problems, will be friendly to people who need to take time off for personal reasons","difficult internal mobility in HR, a lot of politics in stack ranking which makes it difficult to ensure top compensation year over year",seek anonymous feedback from employees more often instead of waiting for poll once a year.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54515,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Washington,Excellent Workplace! Work with smartest people around.,- Streamlined processes and tools - Tons of smart people - Great opportunities to work on exciting projects - Good work life balance and benefits,"- Varied pace of working among different teams. - Lot of re orgs and change in management, which can slow down work and often lead to a change in direction.",- Less re orgs so that employees are more focussed. - Agility in planning and execution is key as the marketplace is changing at a rapid pace.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54516,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer II,Designer 2,"Easy to move around, many teams encourage collaboration over competition. Coworkers are intelligent and dedicated. Work life balance is often up to you, and many product teams frequently have fun activities together. The CEO cares about employee's happiness as well.","Team culture changes from team to team. Some teams are better than others, and it's important to find the good ones.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54517,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Lead Program Manager,"Great people, good vision, but tough times","Microsoft has so many different products and groups that it's easy to find something you can be passionate working on. Movement around the company is pretty easy if you're doing well (you still need to interview for new positions of course), but it's possible to move between groups and divisions. Engineering processes are mature, and you can really solidify your skills there.  The People and corporate culture is excellent. People are very bright, open and friendly. As with any large corporation it has it's own share of politics which you need to keep an eye on, but for the most part it's a great place to do solid, meaningful work.","Microsoft has become a little more top-down directed as of late and is experiencing growing pains as it transitions it's business model. There are times where organizations can be downright vindictive with each other, which really doesn't help the people get meaningful work done. It's important to understand the relationships and goals of partner teams well before trying to collaborate across the org.","Empower your people, give them responsibility and autonomy and be clear with your vision for your products and direction. It's a hard time for everyone at the company as Microsoft re-invents itself. It's important to keep people motivated, empowered, participating and moving forward.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54518,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Civic Engagement and Technology Fellow,"*Flexible hours *helpful and responsive management *Weekly meetings with managers *Management recognized the position as also a learning experience, and were willing to help in areas I didn't understand. *Was able to work on a number of different projects which I got to chose and often lead.","*Department was new a somewhat unorganized, so I did not have a clear goal or set of tasks *Similarly, onboarding process was confusing and unorganized *Payroll manager (through the consulting firm Amplify) was difficult to work with *Many of the projects I was working on required more than my set 10 hours/week *Somewhat isolated from the rest of the team and other employees at Microsoft (mostly due to the nature of my chosen projects)",This was an excellent fellowship and I learned a lot during it. The management was helpful and responsive and delightful to work with. The only problems were lack of set tasks and a confusing onboarding process.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54519,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Electrical Engineering at Microsoft,"You get to do challenging work on exciting projects. You'll work with very smart, motivated people. Microsoft has a clear vision of the future of personal computing and is working aggressively to create it.","The workload can be intense and demanding. Schedules are often extremely tight. It can often be difficult to learn all that you want to about a new technology or project, because there is only time to focus on the current critical issue.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P493.htm
54520,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Electrical Engineering at Microsoft,"You get to do challenging work on exciting projects. You'll work with very smart, motivated people. Microsoft has a clear vision of the future of personal computing and is working aggressively to create it.","The workload can be intense and demanding. Schedules are often extremely tight. It can often be difficult to learn all that you want to about a new technology or project, because there is only time to focus on the current critical issue.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54521,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"still lots of passionate and intelligent people, still lots of cutting edge tech.","big and still lots of bad execs (CVP, VPs)",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54522,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Many years at Microsoft,Some of the brightest people in the industry. Competitive benefits package. Excellent support for employee charitable giving. Ability to truly change the world in software.,"Hostile inter-group relations. A lot of finger-pointing to find fault. Loss of continuity on support and maintenance of core shared libraries and technologies when those technologies are considered ""outdated"" and ""no longer sexy"".","Own continued support of older but still critical technologies, and reward the people who carry water there. Rediscover the importance of testing.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54523,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Director,EPG,"EPG has many smart and hardworking people. If you can make politics work in your favor, you will be rewarded. Good place to leave and go to the field.","Very political and not transparent in terms of reviews and rewards. If you are not liked by your manager or if your manager is not strong, you will not be successful. Lots of big egos. Not a place where Microsoft is investing.","HR is there to justify the actions of managers. The Microsoft intention of looking after people is in all of the HR material but they also force managers to drive ""good attrition"" even when it makes no sense. I hated firing people to make the numbers work.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54524,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Program Manager 2,"Fairly lax working environment and NO dress code which is very nice. I hate wearing slacks, dress shirt and dress shoes. Shorts and flip flops suit me just fine.  You can't beat the benefits. I doubt that Boeing is as good as the benefits that MS provides.  If you are fortunate enough to get on a team where you have a good manager who cares about their people, then you will have a GREAT experience during your time at MS.","Unfortunately, if you get a bad manager (which definitely does happen) you''ll be wondering why you ever wanted to come and work for this company. This does apply to any company but I've seen great people who were smart, hard working and collobrative either get managed out of the company or just end up leaving due to sheer frustration because of really bad managers.","Get rid of the current review process. We went from having a twice yearly reviews to now having to do it 4 times a year. How is doing reviews 4 times a year easier than doing it twice. Who ever came up with this review process, should have had their head examined.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54525,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Statutory and Tax Controller,"Environment, care with employee, opportunities",lack of infrastructure to deploy projects on emerging countries,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54526,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Security Investigator,Great company. Easy to get lost.,"Great company, campus', food, and office life. Good pay, benefits, and bonus'",There is so much work to do that you could spend all day and weekend working. They expect you to be available 24/7 if something happens. Very common to work on weekends.,great management,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54527,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Intern,Free resources to gain knowledge Diverse tasks and teams Challenging environment where skills are put to work and you can grow professionally,Salary is through government program (minimum wage) Not a lot of opportunities available for permanency,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54528,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Training Manager,Acquired Companies are not treated well,"Good pay, benefits, nice work space.","All type A personalities - they preach teamwork, but then reward only a few people that take credit for all that team work.","Stop with the calibration already - you overlook good people, and often.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54529,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Getting Better Every Day with Satya,"Brand-name, blue chip company opens doors everywhere, good training and experience, opportunity to learn many parts of the business",Career mobility is extremely limited if you are located outside of Redmond.,Keep Satya!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P494.htm
54530,microsoft,"Prairieville, LA"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Positive as a company,Company offers great Compensation and Benefits as well as travel opportunity.,Store manager is left to run amok and treats his staff as if they are unqualified to breath his air. Constantly berated employees in front of coworkers as well as in front of customers. Reported to HR for months and nothing was done to address the issue.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54531,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you are a Dev!,"Great benefits, flexible work schedule, and smart people.","Tough if you are an Ops person working in Enginnering org, as management doesn't understand or appreciate the value of Ops skills.","Promote leaders, not the ""yes"" men.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54532,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FTE,"good money, lots of time off and flexible. stock has been doing well. New CEO",They say the stack rank system is gone but its just renamed. It might be a little different this year but the employees have all be conditioned to be rockstars and make fellow workers look bad to get a bigger checks. Talk to people that have been there and they will confirm its a pressure cooker. Get in and get out in a few years.,Compete against other companies and not the guy in the cube next to you. Be nice,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54533,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Working at Microsoft,Good pay and benefits. Clean environment to work in. Decent work-life balance schedule. Working with cutting edge technologies and product development processes. Great colleagues to work with and learned from.,"Changes in business cycles and technology trends can lead to swift and massive layoffs. However, layoff packages are generous and include outplacement and career transition services.",Top leadership needs to improve their presence at remote sites.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54534,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer (SDE),"Good environment, friendly coworkers",Feasible working hours. My manager cares about what I think. Everybody has his own office. Good work life balance. You could get promote very fast.,Coworkers don't talk to each other that much. The cafeteria is gross. But it totally depends on the building you are in.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54535,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer (SDE),Awesome place,Empowers billions of users - great products.,"None, really. The current management is awesome.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54536,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Software engineer,Great people to work with,Need more innovations Better reactions to user feedback,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54537,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Home grown employees are becoming a rarity,MS is a decent place to work if you can manage to get on a good team with transparent managers and stay away from office politics though this will certainly shorten your career,"You have to make strategic alignments to keep your job. Its not at all about performance or ""Doing the right thing"" trust me...","Don't allow managers to :""manage: people out of their jobs to try to save their skins...",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54538,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it was okay,Benefits were very good and campus was nice.,Many leaders and peers were not interested in each others well being at all.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54539,microsoft,"Cedar Rapids, IA"," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Engagement Manager,Senior Engagement Manager,"Worked as the only one on my team in iowa, a lot of freedom to work your plan.",Quotas go up every year by 20%.,You finally have the right CEO!!,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P495.htm
54540,microsoft,"Cedar Rapids, IA"," Oct 12, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Engagement Manager,Senior Engagement Manager,"Worked as the only one on my team in iowa, a lot of freedom to work your plan.",Quotas go up every year by 20%.,You finally have the right CEO!!,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54541,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,PM,"Great company to work for, great benefits and they treat each employee with care","Big company structure, large corporate ladder, disjoint at times with management as a whole","Closer tracks of I C level employees, less veil in the rating and judgemental process as a whole",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54542,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Good benefits and decent work life balance. Interesting projects and challenges working on software development at scale.,"Development cycles can be slow, but making good progress to speed up with new CEO.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54543,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Manufacturing Test Engineer,MTE SW QA,"A globe company is a must to experience in your life time. The campus is nice, co-workers are always encouraging you to learn","Because the group is so big, it's hard for upper management to consider all employee's work balances.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54544,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2015",Former Employee - Director of Executive Communications,Mobile Business,Highly leveraged - chance to reach the world Interaction with other Microsoft groups,Can get swallowed up in Microsoft world - see things through Microsoft lenses There is an expert for everything - so you will stay relatively confined to your pigeon hole,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54545,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Company,Lots of career options to choose from. A lot of training options provided.,It can be very competitive.,Keep bringing more women into tech.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54546,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineering II,"Many teams are very flexible with schedules, Great pay, great bonuses, there are tons of great positions that are available all the time, free MSDN subscription","Being on call can suck, they got rid of a lot of the in person training (hopefully they bring that back soon).",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54547,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good company, but avoid Bing Ads","- Salary and benefits are superb. - Lots of support for self-directed growth - they'll reimburse up to $6,000 of college tuition for any classes in any field, and you're encouraged to seek out projects or roles that specifically interest you. - <i>Everyone</i> you work with is smart and very motivated. This isn't just the engineering department - tech support, UX design, business strategy, etc. are all staffed by people very good at their jobs. - The Online Services Division is very diverse. About 90% of our employees were born overseas, in countries ranging from Nigeria to Russia, and people are very open and curious about different cultures. I'm a woman, and I've never felt the management or my team treated me differently or respected me less. I did get some dubious comments from two of our developers (out of 40+ developers I've worked with), but those specific people have a reputation for being abrasive with everyone.","Note: Microsoft is <b>huge</b>, each department has its own culture and pros & cons, so a lot of the complaints below are specific to the Online Service Division or Bing Ads.  - Management styles in Bing Ads are harsh to the point of being unrealistic. The leadership team is certainly competent, and we've made major improvements to both our product and business strategy since I started. However, they're prone to setting unrealistic deadlines and punishing people for failure regardless of whether that person had any control over the source of the delay. It's very difficult to ask for clarification of goals or explain why it's infeasible to implement the plan in the time allotted, because the manager will often dismiss the problem and imply you're stupid for asking. Their overall attitude is 'Make it work, or we'll find someone who will.'  - MSFT's code base and bureaucracy are both huge and old (by tech industry standards). I recently wanted to change the text of a few links on one of our websites. It took three months to a.) identify the dev lead who owned the code (because ownership changed three times in three months), b.) identify the developer with access permissions to deploy the changes, and c.) get the new text approved by our cloud of business groups. In another case, it took a month to figure out which person had the authority to approve emails to customers. Both the people and the process needed for any given task change every 1-2 years, and the documentation is rarely updated completely or quickly. To be fair, the company has gotten much better about this in the last few years, but PMs still spend half their time tracking down the right person/system.  - Engineering attracts a very distinctive personality type. Whenever you make a mistake, which will be often during the first several months due to the sheer amount of new information to process, people will point it out very bluntly. You can also expect to debate the details of essentially every decision.  - There's an implicit assumption that if you're unhappy or can't met the goals set for you, you're just not smart/hard-working enough to make it at Microsoft. This creates an Emperor's new clothes situation where problems don't get fixed because everyone's afraid to report them.","You know how our machines have maintenance requirements? So do humans, like 6+ hours of sleep a night, and clear, stable goals where they have a reasonable degree of control over the outcome.",2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54548,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Services Advisor,It's a great company with a lot of great benefits.,"Management, at least at my store, does not have passion for what they do and do a poor job of managing employees in general",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54549,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Great Pay. Good Benefits. Lots of internal job openings.,"1) Still has a stack ranking system to get rid of people even if they did a good job. They just don't call it that anymore. To survive, you need to the best on worst team. ie. Someone needs to be having a worse time than you. 2) Everything global so early morning and late evening plus weekends working. 3) Everything is very complex to change or integrate.",More work on the performance management system. Too much turnover which negatively impact teams that remain to pick up the pieces with the talent lost.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P496.htm
54550,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Director,Good but constant churn and disruption,"I have been with Microsoft for almost 23 years now and have seen the company grow, succeed, fail and reemerge. Overall it's a great company to work for with lots of talented people. Microsoft usually gets it right with benefits etc",Constant churn and reorganizations. It's not uncommon to have 3 or 4 reorganizations per year and a new manager each time. One VP centralizes everything and then a few months later the next decentralizes and you end up in a constant cycle of back and forth between the two. So much productivity is lost with constant churn.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54551,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Resurgent,"With Satya as CEO, it's starting to return to the glory days of the late 1990s with a better corporate culture - more inclusive and healthier.","Like any large company, the politics increase as you level up.",Find ways to balance the biases of individual managers so employees are fairly evaluated and rewarded.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54552,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good work life balance, good benefits",Review system is broken.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54553,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really depends on your leader,Great pay and benefits. Ability to carve out your space and take on challenges you want.,"Hard environment to collaborate. If you have the wrong leader, they can make the organization a painful place to work",Do results really outweigh how a leader gets them?,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54554,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Research Software Development Engineer,Still the best private computer science research lab,"Bottom up philosophy. Opportunity for impact through tech transfers with forward looking product groups. Opportunity to publish interesting and relevant findings, contributing to the academic community Company is becoming again very innovative and forward looking",Perks and compensation are not as good as in other top tech companies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54555,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Manager,The benefit package is awesome at Microsoft,The Management Style is dramatically changing and people with any time are being pushed out.,"The message from the top, is not getting down to the workers",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54556,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Cloud Solution Architect,Terrible company from A -Z,Free drinks Free snacks Free Shuttle (redmond),"everything! Microsoft is on a free fall, most employees are unhappy and although they pretend otherwise every body knows it is a lost game for Microsoft. 1) Partners are leaving Microsoft like autumn leaves falling off of a tree, Microsoft hires and in contrary to what satya mumbles continuous to hire stereo types employee who know nothing about business and how to treat partners and clients, most MS FTE employees thiink company is doing well - from consumption to technology MS has nothing to offer - shamelessly copis from Apple and evern small startups to hang there as portray company as cool - it is quite sad. Company needs a blood transfusion here are my 2cents 1) Fire all of your Partner XX (PTS , PAM, ...) they are not doing anything 2) Change v- to FTE this is not 1800 - leanrn from civil movement- your name is no longer good on resume as most companies resent you - you are equal to wallmart ! 3) Stop buying technologies you were not able to expand and stop killing them - I mean mobile and phone business - side kick - Nokia ! come on you know you cant do this 4) Stop copy cating small open source companies - you have already lost the boat - too late too little so dont mess with IoT and Raspberry pi and Arduino and Adafruit - no matter how many times ou print their logo and beg you will never be an Open source company 5) Hire smart people not snobs 6) Provide value - what is the WPC (world partner conference ?!) why on earth they should pay $2500 + to attend a measly marketing event to watch how you fixed your last bugs 7) Stop selling open source technogies and call it your Azure cloud - Hadoop is Google's open source technology learn how to invent and stop selling it as a hosting platform for your low quality Data centers 8) Provide a decent innovation center - stop coping oculus drift 9) Your interview and on boarding process is hideous",Get out of your office and see the fall of the company,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54557,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"health insurance, salary, people, techonolgy","bureaucratic, big, heavy, old, outdate",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54558,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineering Manager,Azure is great,Smart Engineers Scale problems to solve Great benefits,Legacy slows things down Politics can come in the way and be very distracting,Build a culture of ownership and bussiness all the way to engineers to see an impact,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54559,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Director,Excellent Career Development and Sense of Impact,"Excellent sense of impact, accountability and empowerment. Working with great, smart, passionate people with good intentions.",Navigating organizational complexity. Decision making requires organizational agility to navigate.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P497.htm
54560,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Everything but,The engineers are smart. The benefits are amazing and the work-life balance is better than at Amazon or Google from what I've heard. The company has many products and services to offer so there are many internal opportunities and transferring to a new team is easy. There are many opportunities to learn.,It is a large company that is changing. The management chain is very thick and there is an opportunity for bureaucracy at every corner - the smart people are able to work their way around it.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54561,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Accounting,"Team atmosphere, training, benefits, nice work environment",long working hours even weekends,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54562,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Innovative job, flexible working hours, very good career development plan",products are not very exciting.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54563,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Review,Highly flexible work life and lots of freedom available to explore and learn new technologies,Could provide formal hands on training sessions on some of the technologies.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54564,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Paralegal,Excellent Experience,"Working with incredible talent! Was empowered to have broad range of responsibility, given great trust and autonomy and accountable for results (both good and bad). Interesting and complex work assignments. Access to all levels of the corporate organization Excellent benefits and compensation.","Former review system was designed to pit co-workers against each other. I've read that this has changed recently and am hopeful that is the case. Management as-a-profession was overlooked. Most managers were risen from the ranks of specialists and while many were excellent some were absolutely not good in a manager role, this was not often acknowledged.",New senior management team so hard to say exactly however I would recommend the company get back to identifying it's Core Mission and focus on excelling there - stop trying to be everything to everyone and do what the company does best. Democratize technology by bringing the power of technical solutions to the masses.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54565,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,You take the Good with the Bad,"Great perks, own office, free soda, great benefits, lots of morale events, etc... Pay is good Get to work interesting problems at massive scale",Lots of internal competition for the best projects Managers are hit or miss Poor work/life balance,Stop trying to do more with less. Budget enough resources to feasibly do the job without trying to undercut on cost.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54566,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Bing @ Microsoft,Decent co-workers Smart people Ok benefits Paid parking or commute reimbursement,"A ton of change Yahoo/BIng agreement change was sloppy, poorly managed, and impacted negatively Commission taken away for the year Incompetent mid-management Review practices are ridiculous","Go back to the organization this once was. We had great leadership, a clear vision, and made no compromise when it came to our customers. You're going in the wrong direction, and I'm going out the door.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54567,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent Retail Pay, Definite room for growth + Great Benefits","10% off shares, pays 5000 a year for school even as part time, 10% off most hardware, software is even more discounted. Great community, always holding great events.","New system so issues with POS, supply lookup, pickup, pre-order, and shipping are present at a store level that always pose issues.",Continue to motivate employees and try to push the systematic issues higher so that the store can eventually reach the pace of other larger retailers such Apple and Best Buy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54568,microsoft,"Burke, VA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineering Intern,Culture at Microsoft is awesome. I'm sure this was biased since I was interning there but they really take care of their employees / everyone seems to be happy to be there.,"I honestly can't think of too many. Some older internal processes are a little inefficient and annoying but they are getting replaced in almost all cases with newer, better systems/processes.","Keep redoing things. You guys are on a great track and I'm sure in a few years, if following the same trajectory, Microsoft will be back on top again!",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54569,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principle Software engineering manager,"time is flexible, great people to work with, smart ideas are constantly exchanged, good managers to work with, great products and technology to work on.","sometimes have to deal with politics and other people's personalities, less work life balance, have to work hard, no test team to catch quality bugs so now everything is dev's responsibility.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P498.htm
54570,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company,"Compensation, Colleagues, Business Practices, Employee Development","Red tape, too many layers",Go lean and mean,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54571,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,If you are placed on a good project it can be quite fun and working on projects that have big impact.,MSFT is still going through changes with the new CEO which are slow.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54572,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome,Love the work climate and down to earth atmosphere,Nothing this place is great,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54573,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Treasury Analyst,Sr. Treasury Analyst,"Dynamic, fast paced, lots to learn, surrounded by smart people.",Each contract stint has a pre-set time limit per company policy. Contract workers have to be away 6 months before thy can return.,How will you attract top rate candidates when they have to be out of the door in 12-18 months.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54574,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program,Compensation was good and it was clear that there was an urgency to improve business performance in the Cloud space.,"Many, many, many changes in organization structure, staff, and process with little documentation. No clear objectives communicated. Issues with staff morale.",Provide more advancement opportunities for FTE staff. Communicate direction in a manner that it is more beneficial to staff and the Microsoft bottom line.,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54575,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,The people are very friendly,Can't get overwhelming at times,Good,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54576,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Local Tech, Old Culture",A company that rewards hard work,A bit more corporate than many Seattle-based companies,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54577,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - International Site Manager,Work at Microsoft international team,"Very exciting work, connecting with the world. Understand local business needs but also many different cultures and objectives. Microsoft is a fantastic place to work where you meet all kinds of professionals.","Same as in many huge companies, it is a challenge to find always the right co-workers for any specific topic. As well it is a full world of acronyms, which you need to learn every day!","Make sure you always follow the Microsoft principals and open doors for your team, even it does not reflect your personal work task.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54578,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Microsoft is a very good company to work.,Not any cons from my observation.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54579,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TBD,"Free drinks, free coffee, cheap food",TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P499.htm
54580,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TBD,"Free drinks, free coffee, cheap food",TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54581,microsoft,"Surprise, AZ"," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Service Advisor/Service Administrator,Microsoft Retail,Great benefits Get to work with new technology,Management is the worse I've never experienced such a degrading environment as I experienced at this store. Management seems to think they have to break you down and they never build you up.,"Hire Manager's that know how to manage people, and understand technology - not numbers",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54582,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,They care a lot about people,Fantastic salary and benefits. Good stability (credit rating higher than the US government's). This is a great place to build a career.,"Inter-team and division politics can be a bit rough, but I hear this is getting better. All of the pitfalls that come with working at a mega-corporation.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54583,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft welcomes you to Redmond,"There are so, so many compelling, interesting people to talk to at Microsoft -- the culture is, for the most part, very welcoming to anyone who can pull their weight.","There was no free food! Quite a change, working at Redmond and paying for food at the cafe, as I had come from the Silicon Valley.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54584,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to learn,"Great co-workers, scope and benefits.","Your experience will vary year to year: frequent reorgs means that you can be working on something completely different that you didn't choose and place you under new leads, and some of them aren't any good helping you progress or keep you interested in the job.",Some leads don't care about helping their team grow up.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54585,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer Engineer,Good place to work,"It's great to work. Learning new thing is everyday business. Benefits are great. Health benefit was best couple of years ago. Not we have to pay co, but MS provides Health Savings Plan and each year they refill your credit card.","After sometimes, you can get bored by doing the same thing. It's hard to climb up. If you have right manager sometimes its easy to get up, otherwise tricky.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54586,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, but...",good benefits smart coworkers opportunities to grow,"constant re-org corporation culture does not really encourage people to collaborate, too competitive company is no longer growing",Change the corporation culture!,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54587,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Technology Analyst,Great,Great place to work and wonderful atmosphere..................,if you can tackle the pressure.................,nothing much...........................,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54588,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Intern experience,1) They really took superb care of all the interns. Work load on them is as much as could be to a normal employee. 2) Great intern events,"1) No cons, whatsoever. Although, for some reason people believe that Microsoft is a place to retire. And you lose your skills after going there.",for some reason people believe that Microsoft is a place to retire. And you lose your skills after going there. They can try to change it.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54589,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome place to work,"great experience, awesome place to work",there is no cons for MSR,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P500.htm
54590,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Very good benefits package from medical, dental, tuition reimbursement etc to donation matching. Good bonus earning opportunities and stock plan.","I like my team and manager, but I have heard stories from other teams of micromanaging, expectations of putting long hours and slave driving",Stop micro managing,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54591,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 7, 2015",Former Employee - Group and Senior Product Manager,Sorry Microsoft - crummy place to work,Azure and Office 365 - cool tech with a growing customer base.,"Sorry Microsoft - but nothing has changed since I Ieft. In fact, given the horror stories I hear when I meet with colleagues still working there - the forced ranking is still there: zero bonuses even when goals are exceeded. No tolerance for employees that want to take career risks and try new areas for growth: if the fit turns out to be a poor fit - you are labeled ""no internal moves"" and you time at MS is over. Last, there is a strong tendency for Indians to hire Indians - look at some of the teams - is there really such a sad lack of diverse folk that could be hired into each team?","If you want Millennials to give you a second look it is time to overhaul the dinosaur HR tactics that are prevalent. Millennials want bold, fresh approaches for their career growth. In addition, there is a seeming intolerance for the 40 and 50+ age crowd - the very folk that want to work very hard and bring great balance and experience to a team. Satya - you came on board with much expected of you. Seems like the old processes and mindset is still in place. Solution: enable diverse teams that are truly diverse: by age, gender, race. Get HR processes off the backs of employees that want to try new growth areas. If you need to reduce headcount do it the ethical way with formal RIFs and not play games with individuals.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54592,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great place to work,"Because of the size of the company, experiences are different in different departments. Overall it is a nice place to work with good pay, bonuses and perks.",Processes and structure can come in the way of fast growth. Lot of bloated middle management.,Get rid of low performers,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54593,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Director,"Ch, Ch, Changes",The most intelligent folks I have ever encountered. They are not only thinking and planning but they are doing. They are trying out lots of new things knowing that many of those things won't work. They are trying desperately to change their stack ranking culture to a fail smart and fast and move together culture.,"A lot of scars from previous administrations and not in the Bay Area combine for both an internal and external brand equity problem. The team is light years ahead of where the market is and simply needs to wait for the world to catch up. Sometimes they are trying out new things that simply don't work, folks don't expect that kind of risk taking from such a large organization.","Keep moving in the same direction, the market will catch up. Remove the cancers who aren't willing to change.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54594,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,research program,great program. You will learn a lot. Fun environment to be in.,didn't find many cons at this program,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54595,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Excellent company to work for,"Excellent compensation, Luxurious insurance coverage !",Red tape evident for a company this big and old.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54596,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,Manager,Great direct team. We all worked hard and tried to help each other be successful.,"Upper management had no idea how we did our jobs, so they would change strategies at the drop of a hat, with no idea how they could be implemented from a practical standpoint.",Ask the people who actually do the work for input on larger organizational goals and strategies.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54597,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Some of the best mind and most passionate people around,Everything takes time to implement,-,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54598,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Lots of benefits, lots of smart people","Too much management, a fair amount of politics",Less management,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54599,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2015",Former Employee - Manager In Engineering,Toxic culture,"Learned a ton, and met some really great people, who end up leaving, because the culture is so toxic. Learned how to deal with highly toxic and incompetent middle managers, who are in charge of the place. I was a group manager and was shocked by how petty and calculating my peers were. Hey - but that's what we were paid to do! If you're a nasty and highly-political middle manager with no interest in customers then this is the place for you. You will stay there forever and be richly rewarded.","The layoffs have pushed out the best people with the best cultural attributes, and only the toxic barnacles stay on (okay, the layoffs did get rid of some IC barnacles, but every toxic middle manager was spared). If you're innovative and a risk-taker do not go there - you will be crushed. Also, despite the talk, it is not a 'meritocracy' - it's all about politics and gamesmanship. There are far better companies with much better cultures around - go there.",Make every Principal-level manager re-apply for their position. That's where the deadwood lives. I know - those were my peers. They only care about preserving their empire.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P501.htm
54600,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft management failure,"Microsoft as a company is great, very innovative products.",The Management in the store is terrible. Some don't know how to manage and others hate you coming up to them with problems ( But that's the reason they are managers to fix the problems) The Management only sees the bad. When it comes to certain managers whenever something good is done there is no recognition for the great work.,Some stores need a whole new management team than the company as a whole would be an amazing company to work for.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54601,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,It's been like drinking from the fire hose but good.,Lot's of learning and support. Able to develop skill sets and plenty of room for growth.,Lot's of organizational change all the time since I've been here. Although it's for the better.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54602,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior ITAP Advisor,Sr. Consultant,"quality people, dynamic culture, very active",quality of life and amount of travel,embrace all,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54603,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer II,Microsoft is a great company with great benefits,"Amazing benefits for a U.S. company! Great 401k matching, quantity of vacation days, maternity/paternity leave, etc.","I can't think of any 'cons' other than issues that all companies can have: - in my particular org, I'm not very happy with the decisions that management makes. - the layoffs have been hard to swallow over the last couple years.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54604,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Architect,Principal Architect,"Great pay and benefits, culture focused on technology and innovation, strategy not focused entirely on making profit- it has a higher mission and does amazing things to help those in need, the environment, and the community.","So matrixed, it is really hard to get things done. Decision rights unclear. Lots of waste, due lack of focus on process or focusing on wrong results. Politics and competitiveness between groups is pretty awful, but getting better","Invest in leaders who empower their people and are metrics and process focused, not command and control style managers who are focused on bigger budgets and teams. There are an amazing number of smart people who are not in mgt roles, and a lot of not so smart or talented people in management roles who make the decisions.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54605,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great cloud opportunities,Latest technologies and complex problems to solve.,Work life balance is not great.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54606,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company,"Great culture, atmosphere is amazing for a company that requires a high level of output. Amazing opportunities to grow. Phenomenal benefits.","Sometimes slow to change, but getting better. As with any big company there is some politics. Not always sure why some people get promoted and others don't",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54607,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company... but very big,real innovation happening at this company!,Not sure the overall organization is ready to embrace the Cloud,Make the changes needed to drive the future not maintain the past!,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54608,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,"company culture, flexibility, people, impact","bureaucracy, red tape, old mindset",do instead of talk,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54609,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company going through difficult transformation,"With Satya Nadela at the helm, Microsoft has got a clear mission, strategy and excellent product line up. Transformation to a Cloud first, Mobile first business is setting the stage for a big comeback.","Frequent reorgs resulting in instability and insecurity. Mid and lower level management seems lost in the transformation process, with their focus mainly on finding a secure place for themselves, and less on guiding their org through the new changes.Data culture is still missing. Success depends more on how you manage up versus what you deliver and impact. ""Impact"", ""Consumption"" are more of buzzwords, since most of the activities and core skillsets of the people still remain the same (old wine in new bottle). Integrity of many of the success metrics used are questionable. Customer focus was never a core strength, and the current transformation has only distracted the business further from it.","The current business model, culture change is the biggest in Microsoft history. However its success depends on how well it is adopted by its employees and customers. There is lack of clarity on the changes with mid level and front lines employees. The number and frequency of reorgs show that the transformation is not well planned at mid and front line employees. And this has created more insecurity and instability, which is not helpful for the company culture. Focus more on employee buy-in, and keeping customer focus at the center of decision making.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P502.htm
54610,microsoft,"Maple Valley, WA"," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Life at MSFT,Work with some amazing people on software that is used by billions around the world,"Can get stuck in a quagmire of politics because the company is so large. At times, it can feel like the company is slow to respond to competitive shifts.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54611,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ok,Newer employees and even some senior ones are very nice and often just want to code. Great health benefits.,Lots of office politics at the managerial and maybe more senior employees levels. It use to be harder to move around within Microsoft then to find opportunities elsewhere. I heard they may have changed it since 2014.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54612,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Internship,"Great benefits including gym membership, subsidized housing, and great (and affordable) food provided on campus.","Location is in Redmond, instead of where the fun happens (Seattle).",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54613,microsoft,"Las Vegas, NV"," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Executive Dell,Microsoft Renewal Rep through Dell,"Excelent pay, Comissions, Constant Trainning, All the necesary tools, Specialist available to help you with the prospects customers and IT departments.",I cant think of any. Very Strong company,Please contenue doing what you are doing. is excelent,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54614,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Designer,Compensation is industry leading. Work/life balance is valued. Great co-workers. Lovely offices.,Products not always super sexy. Huge company and easy to get lost. Competitive.,Keep improving health benefits and updating career models to match engineering processes.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54615,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Work life balance just got better,They added more public holidays and generous parental leave. Work life balance is very achievable as far as tech companies goes,Benefits are slightly under par when compared to Google or Facebook,Be aggressive in getting and retaining top talent.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54616,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 15, 2015","Former Employee - Product Advisor &amp, MS Office Trainer",Microsoft,Excellent positive environment excellent benefits,None I can think of,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54617,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Datacenter SSP,"Tremendous freedom to get your job done. The team atmosphere is terrific, people are always willing to pitch in and help. Very committed.",Focus on making quota is overwhelming at times. Much of the sales and account planning is license driven.,Take feedback from employees and look to implement fresh new ideas.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54618,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Principal Program Manager Lead,"Great benefits (50% 401k match, 3 months parental leave, solid pay, bonus/stock awards), opportunity to have impact on billions of people, easy to move around between different groups and parts of the tech industry","Though it has improved with the new CEO and the product lines aren't competing as much anymore, there are still silos where duplicate engineering systems exist, representing a waste of time and resources when compared to our competitors",Keep it up!,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54619,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 1, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,20 years and still going strong,"MS is adapting well to the new world of cloud services. Struggling with mobile but I like our focus on cross platform support. Satya is not tied to the past but focused on the future. pay is good and benefits are top notch. work life balance is ok. lots of flexibility on work style, work from home, office on the road. great technology to support mobile workforce. People are generally great to work with and collaborate.",systems and tools to get day to day work done are sometimes sub par. Management reporting and score card focused which can sometimes lead to myopic internal focus rather than customer focus. Culture is very email and IM centric for communication. Not as much face to face collaboration as I'd like. Cross team/org collaboration is a challenge as the company continues to expand.,Continue with cloud focus but provide your sellers with better tools. Invest much more in training beyond 100 level sales pitches. Continue challenger sales focus for field sales to transform from selling licenses to selling true cloud services that customers count on to run their business.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P503.htm
54620,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Work-life balance,Work hour is flexible. Talent people.,Too many people. Too many meetings. Too many layers of communication.,Don't hire too many people. Hire right people.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54621,microsoft,"Shoreline, WA"," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Deployment Program Manager,Review,Good place to work for,none to speak of for now,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54622,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive Assistant,"Great benefits, flexibility, cutting edge of technology","Culture focused on titles, very siloed, no work life balance",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54623,microsoft,"Norwalk, CT"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer II,Software Design Engineer II,"Great facilities, benefits, cafe's. You get to work with a lot of talented senior engineers who have a ton of experience and you get to learn a lot from them. Though it varies with teams, overall I had a good work life balance.",Pretty much top down in my experience. Though they are making a lot of changes they always seem to play catch up.,Encourage bottom up ideas. Sometime the best ideas come from the new young talent. There needs to be a better system to support entrepreneurial projects.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54624,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Director PMO,Director,Good exposure if you take accountability,Red Tape and slow in decision making,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54625,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Research Intern,"I interned at Microsoft Research Cambridge in UK for a summer. I liked the place a lot, my mentors were very helpful and we discuss a lot everyday. Of course there would be high expectations, but I was learning a lot also each day.","Although microsoft research had an open culture, I still feel that I have no idea of what other groups were doing.",cannot say much about this.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54626,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,"Friendly team, great product, enthusiastic people! The internship program is very well structured - you have three ""official"" meetings with your manager during which you can plan out your goals, get feedback on your performance midway through the internship, etc.","Nothing much, typical experience working at a big company .",None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54627,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Stay two years max, then get out","The best part of a Microsoft job is the opportunity to claw your way up within Microsoft. Also, Microsoft still has a long way to coast before it completely runs out of momentum.","Shark tank politics, your worth is dependent on your ""promotional velocity"" (HR's term!), you will always be graded on a curve - the curve just doesn't have a fixed shape anymore. Rewards are still angled towards Hero Coders - and make no mistake, the company is still dependent on them.","When you see a clique/subset of people all boosting each other in peer feedback, that's not the healthy organization that you've been led to believe.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54628,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company for career growth,"The company is always re-inventing itself, providing many varied growth opportunities to its employees.",In an effort to try remain relevant the company has become more of a follower than a leader. However this provides opportunity to those who can bring the latest and greatest in leadership.,"Be feedback driven. Appropriately weight the feedback, and clearly show that many top issues are being addressed.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54629,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great environment to work in. Coworkers were all very intellectual and upbeat. Amazing Benefits and a place to expand your horizon on technological innovations.,Having to please 6 customers at once.,Utilize individual skills and keep the work vibe upbeat and enjoyable.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P504.htm
54630,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Stay two years max, then get out","The best part of a Microsoft job is the opportunity to claw your way up within Microsoft. Also, Microsoft still has a long way to coast before it completely runs out of momentum.","Shark tank politics, your worth is dependent on your ""promotional velocity"" (HR's term!), you will always be graded on a curve - the curve just doesn't have a fixed shape anymore. Rewards are still angled towards Hero Coders - and make no mistake, the company is still dependent on them.","When you see a clique/subset of people all boosting each other in peer feedback, that's not the healthy organization that you've been led to believe.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company for career growth,"The company is always re-inventing itself, providing many varied growth opportunities to its employees.",In an effort to try remain relevant the company has become more of a follower than a leader. However this provides opportunity to those who can bring the latest and greatest in leadership.,"Be feedback driven. Appropriately weight the feedback, and clearly show that many top issues are being addressed.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54632,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great environment to work in. Coworkers were all very intellectual and upbeat. Amazing Benefits and a place to expand your horizon on technological innovations.,Having to please 6 customers at once.,Utilize individual skills and keep the work vibe upbeat and enjoyable.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54633,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The best, and the worst","Excellent benefits, great people, competitive salary, and the chance to work with great brands.","Terrible leadership, tough politics, favoritism, and a leadership team that focuses too much on ""ever onward"" without ever delivering on it.",Take care of your people.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54634,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Lots of opportunities, many great people, intellectually engaging work","big company, culture can be difficult",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54635,microsoft,"Monroe, WA"," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,"Microsoft is the best company I've ever had the pleasure to work for. The management is intelligent, and really does try to give the employee as much success as they want. I loved the work hard play hard culture that Microsoft seems to celebrate. They are a diverse company, that really does try hard to be inclusive of everyone. The money is great, benefits are amazing.","This isn't really a con, but to be successful at Microsoft you have to be an information seeker, and not expect things to just be done for you. Microsoft hires the best, and expects you to come to the table with something to offer.",None. All the managers I worked with were very good.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54636,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Principal Consultant,"Good salary, nice bonuses for those with high security clearances. No health care premiums are take from your paycheck...YET. Definitely building a culture around diversity and clean business practices.","The management team in the Pub Sec Consulting division is horrible. Too high on cronyism and nepotism. The review process is still totally screwed up...so nebulous that you never truly know where you stand. The forced attrition model is still alive and well...don't let anyone tell you differently. I witnessed several long term staff (one with 18 years of tenure) get sent packing with nothing but a boot print on their rears. No package/severance at all. These were not weak performers...you don't make it 8, 12, 18 years at MSFT being a weak performer. There is forced attrition and once you are on the list, you are not getting off. The bonuses for Utilization and CPE (Customer Partner Experience) have been manipulated by HR again this year. The numbers are now tied directly to a team number. Does not matter how good you are...if you have a slacker on your team you pay the price. The health benefits used to be incredible. Now they are just average.","Specifically to the management in the PubSec/DoD: 1st) Quit hiring retired colonels and generals. You are hiring them for their rolodex of personnel that they USED to know. Most of the personnel they knew are no longer in those roles and cannot help them make a sale. 2) Retired military take far longer than you think to integrate into the MSFT business culture. In fact, most of them NEVER fit in and many leave on their own accord. 3) If you are one of the retired colonels or generals, quit signing your emails with ""retired xxxxx."" No one really cares what you used to do, we only care if you can LEAD now. And I do mean LEAD, not direct/order. 4) Be leaders not managers. You have already proven that you suck at management. Earn our respect through proper leadership!",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54637,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Director,User Experience Designer II,"Microsoft is going to do right by you. They will always try to do right by you. They are built to take great care of their employees. Depending on the group, you will absolutely be empowered to be the best version of yourself.",There are political messes all over the place.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54638,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Awesome work, good woork/life balance","I was very impressed with the quality of work @ microsoft. Cutting-edge technology, very knowledgable architects, and very smart co-workers.  Needless to say, Microsoft has one of the best benefit packages in the industry.","All the recent layoffs ... A company like Microsoft should take of the employees, particularly when (most, if not all) employees love working there and put their heart and soul to good work.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54639,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Lots of growing opportunities if you work hard,Only con is working on holidays and weekends.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P505.htm
54640,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,Great place to work,"Broad range of products offers diverse set of opportunities, from client apps, operating system, hardware (phones, xbox, surface tablets), to cloud. Ability have impact on wide range of customer's life and business (consumer to enterprise). Great benefits, team culture, etc.","Engineering often gets lost in trying to solve too many problems at once. Not enough focus on engineering quality and efficiencies, but getting better with renewed focus from leadership. Review system has become blah with the latest update.",Customer focus and quality.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54641,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great product company to work and learn processes Has liberty to share ideas and best thing is no dress code,Nothing  I don't think any cons or negatives May be little traditional and dominated by full timers Managers are authoritative,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54642,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Executive Business Administrator,Decent pay for admins - if that's all you ever want to do,"Awesome benefits, flexible work schedule, good pay",Options for career advancement as an admin are severely limited.,Create programs that allow admins to transition into new roles within the company without having to leave for a year or so.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54643,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my experience there,good. had an amazing time here. definitely recomend,I dont find any cons in this job so dont know what to wirte,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54644,microsoft,"Santa Clara, CA"," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,retail store,"benefits, and its really not a hard job.","no one tells you how to take advantage of your benefits, the stores are in busy shopping malls.",do what you say you will do.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54645,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,- Good Work life balance - Great benefits - Good location,- Team Collaboration is not great. Too much focus on individual contribution for performance evaluation,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54646,microsoft,"India, TX"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,Awesome company to work with. very good work life balance,Nothing as i know except some politics of managers,Look into managers activities,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54647,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - IT Director,From good to great,Super talented and technical employees. Excellent Compensation and Benefits.,"Limited internal business execution performance. Highly-vertical / silo company (like 6 separate companies within a company). Redundancies in roles/responsibilities with legacy culture that has not learned how to leverage end-to-end cross-functional value. The good news, new leadership is fully aware and is driving company horizontally (to align with end-customer) vs. product. It's a painful process that will take time.","Bring in more outside leadership with deep business process, systems and operations experience.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54648,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Signed on in the late 1990s, still finding it to be a good deal.","- Good work-life balance, for the large groups in which I've worked. - Plenty of opportunities to learn on the job. - Easy to move between groups when one needs a change. - Easy to find groups doing the types of work one is looking for, since the company is involved in many different areas across the industry. - The current annual review system is much improved over the past 15+ years' Ballmer-era system & its variations, at least with respect to one's performance rating.","- The compensation side of the current annual review system still needs refinement. Compensation ratings are relative vs. peers -- which is arguably necessary, given budget realities -- but divisions vary in how they allocate rewards across the rating spread, and the results are not always fair to all involved.","- The current review system is much better than the past, just continue refining it where necessary. - Continue to focus beyond just ""Windows and Office"", as this opens up more opportunities for other groups in the company (non-zero-sum growth).",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54649,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Awesome work. Awesome people,Old processes but changing rapidly now,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P506.htm
54650,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Awesome work. Awesome people,Old processes but changing rapidly now,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54651,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great comp/perks, difficult to advance, still living in the past","Good work-life balance, great benefits, understanding supervisors and managers. Terrific company giving program. Clarity and transparency about the path toward advancement, though that path is very long.","Bureaucratic. Example: if you need to purchase non-Microsoft software to do your job, the process can take 6 weeks. Generally you will feel as though none of your ideas actually get shipped and that can make your work feel meaningless. Overall company culture is insulated from the rest of the technology sector and still living in the 90s. Example: employees attacking other employees on Yammer for owning iPhones (instead of Windows Phones). The path to advancing and becoming a manager is incredibly long. It seems like it would be faster to leave, advance to a management position elsewhere, then come back and leverage a higher position that way.",Encourage use or adoption of non-Microsoft products among employees. Embrace open-source and freemium software development. Focus on being a software company and not a hardware company. Continue to invest in design.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54652,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 11, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Great stable company with dependable work, work timings and salary with good flexibility depending on who is your manager",Not very challenging work and work and career is mostly driven by your manager and the management change,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54653,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Love a challenge, join MS",Never a dull moment around here. It feels like a $400 B startup. Lots of benefits to care for.,No more all paid for health insurance 50-60 Hr week is a norm,Middle management is found lost and needs to be more connected with the employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54654,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,Technical consultant,"Great place to work, but still too new",too new to know which way it will go,nothing much yet but maybe in the future,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54655,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SE,Good benefits. Lots of opportunities to move within the company.,Too much politics. Not good to get Pregnant and have babies.,..,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54656,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to settle,"Smart people, Innovative technology, option to change the team,","politics, some managers are really very bad individual contributor,",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54657,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Manager,Microsoft is an exciting place to work because there is so much going on within the company. There is also great opportunities to transfer between teams if you are looking for change. The recent changes in senior leadership has also re-energized many people within the company.,There are many managers within the company who really shouldn't be managers. Having a manager who cares more about their own career development or one who doesn't understand how to navigate the political landscape can really set your career back.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54658,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2015",Former Employee - Release Manager,Release manager,Process variability on project by project basis,lots of meetings every day,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54659,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer II,Good technical challenge,"Flexible time and goals, you get to work with really smart people","restrictive company, hard to find a place where you do what you love, the review process does not work.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P507.htm
54660,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Great Company,"You work with a lot of smart people and typically get ahead based on your performance and nothing else. The company seems on the right track at the moment. There are a lot of opportunities to move around and the company encourages this. Benefits were fantastic a few years ago, but are still pretty good. Work is generally exciting and impactful. The review model is much better than it was..",Layoffs can impact even great performers if the company is going through a restructuring.,"For jobs that are incorporating more and more programming skills, provide high quality training and allow time for it instead of expecting people to learn on their own when they are already overworked.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54661,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for with pros and cons,"It really depends on which team you end up working for. I know folks that have worked in crappy teams at MS, and other folks that have worked in awesome teams. I'm one of the latter. MS does take good care of its employees.","Compared to other companies of its class, I felt a lack of entrepreneurial spirit amongst employees at Microsoft. Plus working at Microsoft doesn't really prepare you for your own startup - from both a tech and business standpoint.","Stack Ranking Sucks. I was working my butt off and got average reviews cause I was in a stellar team where everyone put in 10+ hours a day. And I know folks in teams where the average employee was terrible, so 6 hour days would keep them at the top of their peers and help them rise through the ranks. Not only does it cause resentment, it also creates a huge negative incentive - if you care about your career, stop working in the hardworking teams.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54662,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Too much Politics,You get to use the latest software. MS is a brand name and you get to work under MS brand.,"You have to be in the right group there. Since it is such a big company, there are a lot of small groups that hardly do any tangible work and there are some managers who just get away with anything. They are not answerable to anyone. HR is really very weak and doesn't do anything to support an employee. There is a lot of politics and bureaucracy which is really sad!!!",Please get your act together and have some conscience!,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54663,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love them!,"Best company ever, very low stress & huge pay!","Really no cons whatsoever, they're awesome!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54664,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Development,"Great people, awesome environment and good pay. Executives were willing to help at any time. Flexible work hours and other fringe benefits.",Very demanding work load and not much autonomy.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54665,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,Good benefits and smart people.,"Not very agile, even thought things have been changing recently.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54666,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Very good office culture and all around great benefits,Very limited organizational structure which makes it hard to get things approved,Create better communication channels,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54667,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Engineering Program Manager,Not for the long-term,"Great place to work for a few years, but be aggressive about pursuing your own skills, and be prepared to move on at any time.","The longer you are there, the more political your experience becomes. You'll need to battle your peers for good reviews, promotions, and raises. The smartest and most technical seldom win -- it's usually the most vocal and obnoxious.","Calibration / ""talent review"" conversations are not productive. They cause lots of angst throughout the company. Might not call them calibrations any more, but the engender the same bad behaviors.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54668,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Microsoft Struggles,Working with very smart and fun people!,"Quotas are set so high they are unachievable. So if you can't live on your base, I would not recommend it as a place to work. Field management has lack of leadership and vision.","Get new Sales leaders who are motivational, have vision, and value their employees.",3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54669,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 9, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Applied Data Science,"Not too much stress, You have your own office (if it helps!), good compensation and many other benefits.",Social life is not very great in many groups in Microsoft and the competition between team members is not very cool sometimes.,Increase social life quality between employee in order to increase employee engagement. I think having a separate office is not a great idea.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P508.htm
54670,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Women beware - hostile work environment,It goes without saying that Microsoft has great benefits.,"The finance organization is a sexist environment. I would discourage talented females for joining the finance role. The environment is one that does not foster an open dialogue. The SMSG organization still has a stacked-ranking culture. The culture is more competitive than collaborative. Hierarchical in structure. This is one of the most political environments of all Fortune 500 companies. If you prefer to be in a more meritocratic culture, join Amazon.",Create an environment that is more friendly toward women.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54671,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Excellent Professional Experience,"You get to work with very talented individuals from across the globe, participate in large projects and have a direct impact on the execution and results of the business","As a contractor (if applicable) you receive no benefits, limited or no formal training, no career path and at times you are not invited to ""internal only"" business meetings that affect your productivity and make you feel like an outsider. Microsoft does not offer contractors a mechanism to get hired (only thru good connections and the public web site).",Use contractors as an excellent source of candidates. Allow contractors to apply to internal job openings.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54672,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Dynamics Products,They are flexible in where and when you work. There are a lot of opportunities to work in a wide variety of roles.,"Since the company is so large, people move around a lot. It can be very competitive.",Encourage your people to stay at a role longer than two years to actually learn something deep.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54673,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great employer with a high regard for it's employees. Could make better use of them with some cultural adjustments,"My 20 months at Microsoft were filled with a lot of learning, personal growth and development. My team (Windows Live Safety Platform) was a very energetic team with very high bars for quality and agility. I had a fantastic mentor who also happened to be one of the smartest people I've ever worked with. While at times it did feel like the company was too big and that some decisions could be made faster, it almost always felt understandable. I heard complaints about other areas of the firm, but my own personal experience was fantastic.","Like I said, sometimes felt too big. Was hard to know everything that was going on, and some decisions felt like they were top down. But this was rare and for the most part the company believed in hiring bright people and letting them run with things","Change the way performance reviews are done, and make people feel more open to challenging each other without feeling threatened",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54674,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good company to work for, especially for tech enthusiasts","Great place to be if you love tech. I was in a non-technical department, but still felt up-to-date with a lot of the tech developments that were going on.  Great benefits such as the 401k match, yearly fitness stipend, good compensation.  Relative stability: MS isn't in danger of going bankrupt anytime soon.","Layoffs in 2014 really hurt office morale the year I was there. Obviously it's a complicated situation, but it sucks for people to be laid off and to hear stuff like ""didn't meet profit expectations"" when the company is netting $20 billion a year in income.  You're forced to become a MS tech evangelist (hide your iPhones).","Can't comment too much, as there was a big shift in company culture when Satya Nadella became CEO. Hopefully they got rid of the stack rankings, which everybody hated.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54675,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my title,"Work life balance, Exciting work, mentorship","randomization, too many layers, re-orgs",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54676,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Broken dreams - too much sacrifice to my family without anything in return.,Great pay! Great bonus. Ability to work remotely.,Very little career advancement. Need to be outside hire to get into management. They will not promote from within.No time allowed for vacation. Management and account teams won't let their field employees take any time off or even work with them when they have a death in their family. I had to work the day I lost my parent and while I was trying to arrange and have the funeral. Microsoft has no heart.,"Take advantage of the people that know your business, and have worked for you for years without fail. They want to be promoted as they love the company.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54677,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's a plague,Smart people all around and good location,"No work/life balance. If you do not belong to a certain culture, you will not be hired, or they will push you out if you are already in. It's become a very racist toxic environment Doing your job very well is not enough anymore.","Stop bringing foreigners, there are far better qualified people in the region to meet your needs. Do not treat employees as just a number. People are leaving MS because you don't innovate and they can't stand the new culture.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54678,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Escalation Manager,Work amongst some of the smartest people in the field.,Limited opportunities at remote sites.,Always remember that the people are the greatest resources this company will ever have.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54679,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company deep in transformation,"Talented people, good benefits and pay-package. The company is making significant changes to remain competitive for the near and long term.","Most of the time pace does not support balance between work and life. At a LOB level, change is not well thought through and even after a year of significant changes in org. structures turmoil continues.",Resource distribution is not equitable. Some areas have a lot of duplication and some areas across organization are very thinly spread. Ambiguity is okay for sometime but continued lack of clarity will negatively impact outcomes.,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P509.htm
54680,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rejuventated Microsoft,"Microsoft treats it's people very well overall. The compensation is competitive for the Seattle area. Career development is a focus area. The review model changes over the past years have made improvements to the cutthroat nature of the culture. The number one improvement, and felt literally every day, is the naming of Satya Nadella as the CEO - much more inspired leadership that is practical to today's technology market.","It is still a big company that has a hard time getting out of it's own way. It also becomes ""thin air"" once you get to the upper middle management ranks and hard to move up.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54681,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work,"Great benefits and pay, stock options help too",The review system makes you focus less on doing real work and doing more to manage your career.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54682,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2015",Former Employee - Escalation Specialist,Don't stay too long,"Benefits are decent, although nothing like they used to be. They have some extra perks like the Prime card which allows employees and their families to get a lot of buy one get one at many restaurants as well as very low entry prices to zoos, museums, etc.","The level system is a nightmare if you come on low and want to move up. I made the mistake of coming at a level that's was too low for me to get a new role despite being well qualified for it.  Stack ranking, and don't believe it when they tell you it doesn't exist anymore, means good employees will have to be seen as failures because someone has to.  Management has a lot of leeway to do as they please and even if you've always been a high performer, you can get a manager that doesn't like you and your career will suffer greatly for it.  I left the company 2 years ago and now work in a role where I'm a top performer, doing what I'm good at, and making $20k a year more.","Come up with a better system of accountability for managers. Our Work Health Index was 50 and nothing was done until our manager was investigated for sexual harassment. Then something had to be done. The damage she did, meaning many good people ""managed out"", was irreparable.",1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54683,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Product Manager,Salary and benefits were generous. Work environment was flexible and work-life balance was very manageable.,"Being a remote employee and not willing to relocate to Seattle was limiting in terms of opportunities and career growth. Management priorities were clear, though shifted a lot, making it hard to know whether you were working on priority work.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54684,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"company provides very competitive benefits, and there are a lot of product groups focusing in different areas. Get to work with a lot of very talented engineers from all over the world.","very political environment, review and reward varies greatly across product group. Decisions are made top down, an environment that doesn't encourage creativity at all levels.","This is the IT industry, and everyone hired is creative and innovative. Coming up with a strategy that allows ICs across all levels to feel encouraged to share ideas would greatly benefit the company.",4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54685,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"me, me, me","CEO Satya Nadella has a new direction for the company, the direction is clear and employees feel good about his leadership.","Old-school management style kills work culture. New direction from CEO, but no real change in work culture. What can you do for me. No coaching, no development. Use them up for what they can do for you, give them more and more work. Employees with budget (aka vendor support, shadow work force) have more opportunity.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54686,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,- Challenging and interesting opportunities - Pretty decent benefits,- Several of the changes are not appropriate,Provide opportunities to growth for those with passion & interest in contributing to the company.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54687,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Totally recommend,"Work Life, very smart people, benefits","Need to move faster, be innovative.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54688,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was cool,"great work life balance - I managed to finish my project by working 8h days, though I've heard that sometimes fulltime employees have to work 12h+ plenty of intern events interesting projects","no free food - it just feels wrong to pay for food. Even if you want to grab an apple you need to pay 0,75$. old tools - they are transitioning to newer ones though untasty beverages - mostly coke, pepsi, no fresh juices, unhealthy",Give free food. Make the company more open. Embrace opensource. Show that you value your employees. Try to be more agile.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54689,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Many companies are similar now,Flexibility to do different types of work.  Good benefits and pay.  Diverse working environment.  Many different locations.,"Large company which can limit flexible learning of skills.  Focus on Microsoft specific technology which isn't applicable to many other companies.  Horrible place to work with weak managers. Yes, that's the same everywhere else too.",Listen to the individuals not just the managers.  Make it easier to move from team to team.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P510.htm
54690,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough to get anything done,Smart people but not really. I worked at other tech companies and I think Microsoft gets more than its fair portion of sales like personalities. I think that's both good and bad. The best tech is being made here by just a handful of people but with the worst implementation cause the focus is to sell not make something great.,"Culture is rough and overly regimented. I mean Jesus did you see some of the polices around reviews in the past and on employee mis classifications, only place your LT will frown on you for treating a contractor who does real work important to the company like a colleague. I mean there is a lot of detachment from the real world but who knows that maybe a good thing to some degree.",Don't just go with the data provided to you by your directs and leads. God step back for just a sec and use your common sense.,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54691,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Sr Support Engineer,Working for a big employer like Microsoft is a great opportunity mainly because of their great benefits.,Jumping into new position is not easy.,Focus on new talent not on the internal politics.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54692,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to learn and then move on.,Many opportunities to learn and to build your skill set. Opportunities to work on many different types of technology and software interfaces.,It's hard to feel a good product is ever produced because of how many people weigh in on the design decisions.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54693,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Should foster more team work,Vibrant firm with very smart people.,Not enough team synergy and collaboration.,Encourage more team work.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54694,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Nine years, and I've never been more excited to work here...","After spending nine years of my career at Microsoft, I can say without doubt that the one thing that's kept me here, is people. Building products, and solving problems for a billion people, attracts some of the brightest minds. It can be intimidating, but is almost always also exciting. Creativity and innovation is always encouraged and rewarded.  Role boundaries are as flexible as you want them to be. I work with rock-star devs who live and breath hyper-scale code. Whereas I often operate in the fuzz between full stack engineering, program management, and marketing.  Benefits are pretty good, once you get past the unnecessary complexity of the way they are structured.  Management knows things are different now. This is not the same Microsoft as two years ago. You can almost smell the change in campus air.  Speaking of smells, management's finally listening and the cafeteria food has been excellent lately.","An excellent engineer doesn't necessarily make a good manager. This is a lesson that has eluded Microsoft for decades. I've seen many rock-stars in the making walk out because of used-to-be-engineer managers who haven't quite been able to let go. That said, there are plenty of excellent managers here. When you find one, stick with her/him.","Love the new energy, and focus! That said, increase/fix the bar for managers, don't lose good people to confusing or sub-par benefits.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54695,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Work!,I am a new full time hire here at Microsoft. I previously interned here and have had nothing but a good experience. Flexible hours so long as you complete your work. Great compensation and benefits. Nice location.,I have no complaints so far!,Work on improvements to new hire process. Took nearly two weeks to gain access and permissions needed to begin work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54696,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,- nice work/life balance - good benefits - there are teams that are doing everything: from online search to hardware,"- a lot of ""big corporation"" things like meetings, reorgs, etc.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54697,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,Great company but doubtful future,"Huge choice for work, (almost) top class benefits, better than average colleagues, great campus, MSR, many high impact products","Not much new investment going on, hardly any new products coming up unlike in 1990s. Most product areas don't seem to have strong visionaries compared to leadership at other companies.",Get good board members instead of fund managers. Aggressively invest in new products.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54698,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice environment,Very nice working space and office. Team members are sitting close to each other.,Not so much reference materials for designers. Not all designers knows about everything about the project.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54699,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It could have been better.,"Interesting position, relaxed environment, always learning about new research","Management and the temp agency I was working with never communicated. Also pay varied by gender, which was not Microsoft's fault but the contracting company, Insight Global.","Cut Insight Global lose, there are way to many temp agencies out there for a sexism to be a issue.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P511.htm
54700,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - Director of Marketing,"good company, great people","Great, smart people, great benefits. Community oriented",If you work in Mountain View you are away from the decision making center.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54701,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company!,Too many to list out.,Can't think of anything in particular.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54702,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Electrical Engineer,Senior Electrical Engineer,"Great place to work, never a dull moment. Fast pace and high expectations, but love to be able to always work on the latest and greatest technology with so many brilliant people.","Long working hours at times, hard to balance work and personal life. Location has a lot of rain and can be difficult winters without sun.",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54703,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contracting at Microsoft,"Working as a contractor at Microsoft provides many benefits. Depending on the group, you have a lot of flexibility, great wages, and a team environment, without the politics. Contracting opens up many doors for FTE opportunities and/or other contracting positions.","With the new 18 month rule in place, for those who have made a career contracting at Microsoft, one is now required to take mandatory time off after 18 months of consecutive work. The work around is to find a Managed Service contract. Another con is depending on your consulting company, you may be on your own for benefit and taxes.","Long-time contractors have a lot of inherent company knowledge, and should be considered as top candidates for FTE positions.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54704,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Director of Product Planning,Director,"People were smart and good in a lot of ways. Early one, when Bill was in charge and the company was growing, it was a fabulous place to work. People were high energy and loved the job, the stock was growing and you did not have an up and out culture. People were valued for their work, not their career mobility, so I use to hear the phrase, the company ran on 12 (level 12's where the majority of people stayed career wise). Very few went on to management and for good reason, you don't need that many leaders.","This became a shark infested environment once Ballmer took over. It reflected his persona which was simply mean, mean and more mean. I've never seen such poor collaboration among employees, back stabbing and personal agendas. Ballmer took the curve and publicized it in a way that just caused people to act like they were in a concentration camp. It's me or the other guy. People from India thrive in this kind of environment and that's what you have today, a company run by Indian nationals in a very conformist environment.",Stop firing Bill people all the time and try to get back to your roots.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54705,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Oct 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Architect,Software Architect,Great office and Team Free lunches,Work ethic Unbalance between personal life and work Technologies Contraints,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54706,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,"Great long term company, change can be chaotic","Personal and professional growth potential is tremendous, corporate support of employees is outstanding, peers are of high caliber, the pay is good, the benefits are justifiably legendary. This company truly stands by their commitments to support their employees.",Organization changes occur with too much regularity. At times it seemed like the company didn't get the concept 'If it isn't broke don't fix it.' This led to a pervasive feeling of keeping one's head down and just focus on the work to avoid getting caught up in the politics. While that may be a normal state of affairs it often trespassed into distraction.,"Ease up on the reorgs, they are unnecessarily disruptive. Also be more aware of the negative influence of politics in the workplace, root it out quickly, meaning, don't allow favorites to be played.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54707,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Vehicle Artist,This is in regards to working at Turn 10,"The opportunity to work on such great games as Forza and Forza: Horizon was a great experience. The art teams, Vehicle Art in particular, were amazing people to work with and made coming into work everyday enjoyable. The studio had a somewhat decent cafeteria, free soft drinks/coffee/tee and if you had to work late or on weekends they brought in food.","As an artist you would expect to be making great art. That's not the case at Turn 10. All the fun content creation is outsourced to India and Vietnam. At Turn 10 the artist basically polish and refine the assets that the vendors return. It's often tedious and boring work. On occasion you would have to model or texture something that was missed or incorrect but most of the time you were just touching up something. The other problem with working at Turn 10 and Microsoft in general is they don't tend to hire full time. It's contracts only. If you're good and the team likes you there's a good chance they will hire you back for another contract but if stability is what you're after stay away from Microsoft/Turn 10. Also, you don't actually work for Microsoft you work for an outsource agency that hires you out to Microsoft. This way Microsoft doesn't have to pay you benefits or profit sharing. You can get benefits from your agency but probably not as good as Microsoft gives to its actual employees.","The management I often interacted with were all great. However they were pretty much at the mercy of much higher up management. Not a surprise the management I dealt with were also contract but at least they weren't forced to take time off. There are different contract tiers. Some contracts didn't require you to take time off but most did. Anyway, my advice is to the much higher up management. I know it cheaper to run the studio the way you have it now but it doesn't promote loyalty and sometimes doesn't encourage a person to put their best work in. If you must hire people on contract make all contracts full time without forcing people to take time off like that of some of the team leads. This way you would develop a core team of people that wouldn't have to re-learn things every time they come back for another contract. In 3-6 months, the usual time you're forced to take off, a lot of things can change. This creates unnecessary ramp up time everytime someone is forced to take time off then come back.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54708,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Escalation Engineer,Very interesting... but shtupid!,"Very smart people, pretty good technology updates, excellent benefits (when I was there).","Terrible management. Ballmer was an immense embarrassment to the entire company other than his cronies. In particular, his copying of Jack Welch's ""someone must be a terrible employee"" review process was a total disaster for morale among the employees.","I haven't been following the changes to HR, of course, since I no longer work there. But whatever you do, do NOT force managers to give bad reviews to some of their employees!",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54709,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Project Coordinator,The Best,Good management good people good friends and easy to talk to people and go to people for help. Would recommend this for anyone.,Sometimes I feel like it has a contested feel to it with how many people work there and it can seem crowded sometimes.,I can't really say much about you guys doing a better job. I feel like they are very helpful and make such a great work place. Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P512.htm
54710,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love my team,"lots of smart people around, very collaborative environment within the team. We also value human connections.",Collaboration between teams needs more work and as we are enforcing One Microsoft this is getting better,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54711,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,On campus interview,"Great training process and culture. The employers not only focus on your technical skills, but on your overall behaviors.","There is no shortcoming currently, I am just a graduate student and feel great honor to work in such a good company.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54712,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Visual Studio Developer,Customer Service,The best reason to work at Microsoft is because of the customer service representation.,I don't have a comment about down sides.,Management should consider more company growth opportunities.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54713,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2015",Former Employee - Project Manager,Weak,"Nice facility, most co-workers are civil to friendly. Salaries are higher than average for the area. Contractors were great to work with.",Less than competent management. Lots of two faced and political action (honesty not valued). Projects that do nothing other than spend money and keep people busy. Many of the FTE's (particularly middle management) are unethical.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54714,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Depends VERY much on the group you're in,"HUGE institutional memory - access to years of problem-solving history, plus (generally) deeper info if you need it. Benefits aren't as amazing as they were a few years ago, but that means they're merely ""stellar"" now.","MS is moving towards more ""agile"" methods, but it's still a rather sluggish form of agility - heading in the right direction, but decisions/actions will never be as fast as they would be at a smaller newer org.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54715,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some good teams,Some good teams and smart atmosphere,Review system is not up to par,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54716,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - SDE3,Office Division was great environment,The corporate culture in Office was best place I ever worked at Microsoft. They cared very deeply about shipping great products.,"As a contract worker there is a subtle discrimination against you from full-time employees. I have been on both sides of the issue, blue badge is way better experience than orange badge.",Stay golden.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54717,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Great Company to work for,"Great pay, benefits aren't what they used to be but still are pretty good. Most managers are really good and most of the people you work with are really nice. It is the best company I have ever worked for with a pretty good review system although it is not perfect.","Things change often, and they do a lot of re-organization of orgs, teams, groups or whatever. The company is very Redmond, Washington focused although it does have a global footprint.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54718,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Xbox is now run by windows people,"xbox was great when growing, lots of accountability, gamers in charge",now run by windows lifers and people who just dont get gaming. Only good guy left is Phil Spencer but even he cannot keep the Windows GMs at bay in their effort to absorb the last fun thing about mincrosoft,Spin out Xbox. stop the cross windows stuff,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54719,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Delivery Executive,Compensation was very good. Stock program was excellent. I worked with a lot of talented people while I was at Microsoft.,Management culture is very unique. There is a tendency to blame the people instead of the process or systemic shortcomings that need to be corrected.,Focus on the enterprise shortcomings at Microsoft and stop looking for employees to blame. When the same issues happen again and again it is not a people issue.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P513.htm
54720,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Account Coordinator,Loan Coordinator,It has been amazing to help others make their dreams a reality.,I would like to meet ALL of the Employees.,Maybe a little more color on you r webpage.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54721,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,There are many microsofts.. find your right one.,Many different groups with their own cultures. You can most likely find something that fits you.,Non-Collaborative work environment. You are on your own.,Foster collaboration between and within groups,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54722,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Explore Intern,Explore Internship,"Tons of benefits, they definitely spoil their interns and make sure you are getting the best experience possible","It is hard to rise and get promoted to managerial positions. Relaxed culture (could be a benefit), doesn't push you too hard to get out of your comfort zone.",Empowering interns and better defined roles for the explore program where 3 interns work together.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54723,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great company to work for,Too big and too many people,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54724,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Director,Transforming Rapidly - For the better,"Culture, Leadership, Opportunity, Profitable, Lots of Cash",Massive and often complex,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54725,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Business Program Manager,Great career potential for those who are driven,Sometimes the work is not the most exciting,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54726,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern Software,Awesome in every way possible,No free food for the peeps,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54727,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"Lots of flexibility to achieve work-life balance. If you have to leave in the middle of the day to run an errand, it's usually fine",Can be lots of politics. The annual review process is very opaque.,Make the review process more transparent. Increase salaries to match your peers.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54728,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Experience, too political",-Awesome benefits -Smart coworkers -All the resources to do your job,"-Everything moves slowly -Reviews are still tiered despite what they tell you -No collaboration between teams, each team feels like an entirely different org",Improve collaboration in the support process between teams Focus on customer resolution and less on procedure.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54729,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Group Product Manager,Your peers are some of the best in the world.,Stack ranking motivates bad behaviors.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P514.htm
54730,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer,No complaints from me,"benefits, work hours, flexibility, team size, process.","MS-IT will use employees to test product release (eg. force windows 10 update, force office 2016 update, followed by forced restart) As a Engineer I have many programs open, vm's running, and sometimes the updates can put a cramp in my day.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54731,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Director,"Benefits - pro club, decent medical, dental, vision, 401K is good, holidays  wide range of work to do, complex problems to solve, lots to learn","Not a fun environment Poor management Culture lacks integrity and honesty Cut throat, stack ranking culture - even though they changed the rating system, it still stack ranks.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54732,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Group Manager,Group Manager,Large diverse company with enough budget and support to pull off anything,"During the past leadership, not a lot of vision or follow-through. Current COO is a dinosaur and should be ""moved on"".","Spread the love, trust the rank and file, and have a cogent vision that everyone can buy into.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54733,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MIcrosoft,"Solid company when times get tough, varied product line allowing for internal moves, decent compensation, some really fine people. The new CEO has a good vision for the company, though he'll have an uphill battle.","Constantly behind the curve, which generally leaves them out of the conversation. Once you don't work there it's surprising how little you hear of them in the media. They've grown to be a normal stodgy corporation, far more IBM than Google. Not a place to be if you're looking to do cutting edge work. They've moved a bit away from stack ranking as a review process, but at last count somebody still has to lose for somebody else to win.","Take a look at MS from outside the company, which should tamp down the inclination to believe the internal hype. Stop talking about innovating and actually do it rather than following the rest of the industry with an MS version. Let's see something nobody else has made yet!",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54734,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Headed in the right direction,Positive change happening under Satya's leadership. More agile. More focused on product metrics.,Cross-org collaboration is a slog. Too many layers of upper management. Too much discussing vs. just doing. Not enough women in senior roles.,Reward results. Get rid of old guard who are territorial and not focused on moving the business. Promote more women to senior roles.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54735,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,"Great fit, for people without personality","Microsoft has all kinds of possibilities in all kinds of disciplines, so it's little wonder they attract as many people as they do. And if you're working contract and find a staffing agency with any sort of testicles, they pay very fairly.","I don't know if it's just being in Seattle or at Microsoft or a combination, but I've never seen so much passive-aggressiveness in one building before, I'm surprised it didn't collapse on itself like a dying friggin' star. If you have any kind of a big personality be careful, because it will be used against you.","I'd say just keep doing what you're doing. People seem to like poorly designed, inferior versions of Apple products, so it's high fives all around!",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54736,microsoft,"Overland Park, KS"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor - Retail Store,"Great benefits, good pay, fun environment,","no enough opportunities for advancement, Store Management need to communicate better,",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54737,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Onboarding Engineer,Onboarding Engineer,"Laid back environment, good company to work for, the experience you gain, so many people to work with that have amazing talent","Management babysits too much, scheduling meetings all the time, very cut throat at times, show-offs and know it all's.","trust your contracts, treat them with more respect, just like you do your FTE's.",3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54738,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Contract Data Analyst,"The compensation is fair and as a contract employee it is easy to move around the company to experience different organizations. Having a limit on contract hours is pretty great, a hard stop at 40 hours is a relief during peak seasons.","Many teams treat vendors as a lower quality person and don't dedicate any time to training, this is unmotivational for any employee and causes frustration. Finding a good manager can be a challenge.","Carefully consider the vendors you hire, I think the more time spent on hiring and training vendors will pay off in good referrals and conversions into full time employees.",3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54739,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,great place to work and amazing for work-life balance,very layered and too many people working on same things,need to provide more growth a the mid tier level,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P515.htm
54740,microsoft,"Cincinnati, OH"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Service Advisor,Great Place to work,Benefits are top notch One of the leaders in technology,"Work Life balance is sometimes non existent Promotions are more based on who you know, rather than what you bring to the table.",Be fair on who you promote. I have found that there is a lot of high school type of clique relationships that cause tons of great talent getting passed over based on relationships or lack thereof.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54741,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to learn stuff,Some of the best learning opportunities for online services. Especially in the marketplace services division of the onestore business. Agile environment.,Salaries are lower than comparable companies in the Seattle Washington area. Management style can be a little rough. Especially for newcomers. It takes time to earn trust.,none,4.0,none,2.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54742,microsoft,"Garden City, NY"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft,"401k, paid vacation and sick time.","Development, promotion and recognition of employees",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54743,microsoft,"San Antonio, TX"," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,The Retail Side,"It's great here, when you have a dedicated team and management. I've learned that MSFT is very thorough in qualifications and has a lot of red tape-- but for good reason.  1. You're as worthy of moving up as you are dedicated. 2. You aren't going to be spoon fed opportunities to grow-- seek and you shall find. 3. Room to network and make your name out there. 4. The company actually listens to what Retail is saying and they grow with their employees. 5. They have, honestly, the /best/ coaching and constructive criticism training. I used to be an ASM at another retail company and I was honestly moved by how graceful managers are when it comes to attending to a problem and setting you up for success. 6. The pay is substantially more than other companies-- but be forewarned, with greater pay it comes with greater responsibility.","1. Everyone is working hard to better themselves, which means whether you work as a team or not, your impact is heavily weighed. You are constantly being evaluated and expected to grow as an employee-- and sometimes when you're hired from the outside and not thoroughly trained like in-sourced hires, you can feel like you're at a disadvantage or expected to know things that you haven't been trained for. This is not a job for those who are entry-level to the retail industry or the workforce in general. 2. Work/Life balance constraints: MSFT goes out of its way to make sure everyone is being worked at the minimum standard of 20 hours p. week (part-timers) which means that if you're going to school full time, working another job, or just have personal obligations, you need to be prepared to: A) Get two days off a week that will not be consecutive and B) Know your personal life 3 weeks in advance so you can request time off. For school this is especially difficult, because there are always opportunities outside of the classroom for E.C or even graded requirements. They can only be so lenient, and this is always going to be determined by 1) how good you are as an employee and 2) everyone else's availability.","Take the time to develop emotional intelligence, management certifications and communication methods, because each employee is different with areas that are more specialized than others. What may work for one employee may not work well with another-- you must be willing to adapt to individuals instead of setting an expectation across the board that will only allow one person to succeed.  Let your team members flourish in their areas of expertise. One person may be extremely good with UPT despite not having multiple transactions and still competively average with the rest of the team, while another person may get high revenue from sales but little to no attach. Recognize your employees strengths and let them master it instead of trying to conform each employee to the standard ""perfected"" retail employee that gets both high UPT and high transaction revenue. It's a nice goal, but it's unrealistic.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54744,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner,amazing vision and product portfolio very optimized operating model,internal focused with a lot of reviews internal promotion takes a long time,invest in developing key talents - proactively,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54745,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,BingAds needs to stop copying google,Good benefits Good career opportunities if you have a good manager who has your best interests in mind,"Too much politics and beurocracy ( often times more time is spent arguing about whether or not to do something, than it would take to just do it! ) Copying Google in too many ways","Stop copying google, and go out and innovate!",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54746,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer in Test and zBuiseness Analysis,Great Employer to work for,Too Big a corporation for fast growth,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54747,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Controller,"The people I worked with were great, company benefits were second to none, and there were flexible work schedule if you got the right manager.  And depending on the role, there were meaty issues to solve and plenty to keep the mind active.",Bureaucracy was brutal. This meant at times nothing could get done because too many people needed to have an opinion on how to solve the problem.  There were also long periods of wasted efforts formatting PPTX after PPTX with no reasons given as to why the edits were needed. So there was not an opportunity to learn and improve.,"Nice job getting rid of the stack ranking.  Please improve you managers, in my 7+ years there I had only 1 good manager out of 5. The other 80% could not provide any meaningful guidance, mentorship or professional development. And I was not the only one I knew who experienced the same thing.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54748,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Nice place for retirement,"Colleagues are friendly and intelligent. Benefits are not bad, including medical, 401k, vacations, etc. Work life balance is usually under your own control.","Salary is lower than many competitors like Facebook, Google, Linkedin, etc. Many projects are in maintenance mode which means you don't get to innovate much.",Encourage more innovation and don't always ask for short term business impact. Increase salary t o attract best talents.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54749,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programs and Operations,"Pleasant facilities, abundant resources, smart coworkers, networking opportunities, benefits, flexible schedule. Coworkers are always willing to help and very supportive.","Sometimes, folks just want & need to get work done. Here are some cons & examples of lost productivity: -Career growth: Slow promotions, no defined career trajectory, too many meetings, morale events, reorgs, office moves, unwarranted changes that make focusing on moving forward distracting. -Many employed long-timers do nothing (& happily punt their share of work to new folks). You can bust your butt to be recognized, get a great review and then a minimum cost of living raise with no sign of a promotion, which dis-incentivizes morale and desire to do anything more than status quo (it may be that you're being compared to the lifers doing as little as possible). -You're expected to drive your own career. If you ask your Supervisor how to move up, or indicate interest in growing career path, they'll give you more work to do, with opportunities to learn & then promo doesn't come to fruition. Policies for internal movement prevent you from leveling up more than one level at a time, so advancement is very slow and if you didn't start at MS at the beginning of your career, growth seems un-achievable. -For as many ""processes"" in place, things can be incredibly unorganized. Agility is taken to a new level. Some decisions are deferred or not communicated by upper mgmt, which feels unstable. -Products are released with bugs, causes lots of downtime. Frequent changing/""upgrades"" on internal tools/software being rolled out 1/2 baked. Nobody to contact internally to discuss issues or Q&A, but rather, you write an alias and the requests goes unattended for days ...more downtime. -Huge focus on minority groups (women, diversity, culture) and being ""politically correct"" which creates a bigger divide (ie: you'll hear folks talking about ""women in the workplace"" in a context where no real skills are discussed, but rather a person's gender). -So many programs, events, trainings, meetings, morale events, women's groups, etc. to *possibly* attend. Some optional & some formalities. You can honestly socialize all day via Yammer groups, internal interest group aliases, social gatherings, meetings, and hallway conversations - granted you have time (must be the lifers who have the time for this?). -Too much (false/forced) emphasis on collaboration. While I see value in teamwork, there's no individual autonomy (this makes it easy for some to slack while others work OT) around individual outputs, ideas or creativity. Creates a culture of codependency and inequality. -Emphasis on being responsive to Skype (IM), email, office interruptions, meeting invites, etc. (probably b/c everyone's trying so hard to collaborate). Lots of randomization.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P516.htm
54750,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Director,Good but beware if you are 40+ Or diverse,"Great benefits, smart people, incredible amenities- Commons, shuttle, software. Work life is what you make it, as is career advancement . I have learned a ton at Msft in my 11+ years here","Doit yourself environment when it comes to IT support. If you are diverse it can feel very lonely, also feels like there are initiatives to rid the company of older employees. Still have stack rank culture","Focus on people more. Competitive pressures are effecting how people are treated. Also many L67,68 employees are deadweight...Some work hard but many are coasting.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54751,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Company policies make it easier for you to have a life outside of work Working with very smart people,There are teams that have really bad managers,Make sure that the poor middle managers are not managers anymore,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54752,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2015",Former Employee - Research Intern,Research internship was good,Interesting research areas with many top researchers in the field. Brilliant colleagues that collaborate. Beautiful location and nice campus.,"The weather can be difficult for some people, and traffic can be difficult. This is offset by the decent public transportation.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54753,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Conglomerate,You meet smart people. They come and go.,"Completely subjective review process. No work-life balance. They talk about it, but when you stop dedicating your whole life to work, then you are not having enough global impact...","Your only asset is your workforce. You have no other tangible value. Value your employees, stop nickel and dime mentality. Stop operating this company as it is Walmart.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54754,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,A great company overall. Many good people and lots of resources to learn and grow. The projects & stuff you work could be challenge but could also be very trivial and boring. Good work and life balance. Okay composition.,The pain is that you need deal with much legacy stuff. Inter-operation among teams is not very effective.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54755,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 16, 2015",Former Employee - Researcher,researcher,great benefits and cafeterias with good food,tough working environment. Competitive and aggressive workplace,stop cutting the benefits and stop stack ranking. Encourage better work life balance,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54756,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Place is full of backstabbers,Decent talent pool if you're lucky to be in a good team. Okay benefits. Good place if you want to find startup founders.,"Your career is dependent upon your team, manager, organization, funding, project, peers, etc. There are too many things that could disrupt your career at MS. Forget about innovation. The attitude is to just get by with the bare minimum and a me too product.",Consider going through exit interviews and reaching out to people who were unfairly booted,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54757,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,Great place to work at,None that I see daily,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54758,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Reliability Engineer,Reliability Engineer at Microsoft,"lots of opportunity, smart people, good perks",Not everyone can fit to the culture,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54759,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to learn,Access to pretty much all MS software. Gives you the opportunity to learn whatever you want of their technology.,"The pay is very low however the requirements for the position are also low, so you can start without any knowledge... and so is your colleges. The average knowledge of the staff is very low up to the SME position.",Less politic moves and more moves looking for real results,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P517.htm
54760,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great Big Corporation,"Great benefits, great people, salary is above average for position, stock options, bonuses, large corporation","Corporation going through many changes, divisions are in silos hence not much inter-division interaction",Continue making changes within corporation to meet needs of current market and consumer demands.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54761,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good, safe work place","Work life balance, Work hour flexibility, Compensation",Environment is too comfortable. Too big. Much red tape. Colleagues of varying skill levels.,Get rid of the crappier engineers.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54762,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,Pay and benefits cannot be beat,"Hours, Stress, Work life balance",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54763,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Director++,"Controller - Great Company, Bad at Getting Things Done",Fantastic people - world class all around. Amazing benefits. Flexible schedule and great WLB.,"Insane bureaucracy. Getting anything done can sometimes mean 'socializing' with dozes of people/groups. For a company of ~100K people its amazing how very very few actually hold the power to make a decision (whether trivial or not).  Many jobs you are not actually doing anything meaningful, rather MS wants you to feel it is meaningful, but the job exists solely to talk to another part of the company.  Bottom line: things move at a glacial pace and if you are not one of those people with power it can be maddening.","This is easy - eliminate 50% of the CVPs and GMs and make the company 4x more nimble, efficient and fun. And save money to boot!",3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54764,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Intern,"Love Seattle, great place to intern, my manager was fantastic, great benefits",Microsoft has so many resources that they can be very wasteful,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54765,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good stable job with good benefits,"Lots of positions available in a very wide variety of tech areas. Most people are very intelligent and motivated to help and work with you. Awesome IT infrastructure. Decent salary, pretty good perks and benefits overall.",Like most big companies it really depends on which group you are in. Some are great some not so great. Moving around groups has recently become easier which is good.,Actively try to week out bad/ineffective upper level managers. Especially ones that have many people leave the group and have multiple HR investigations against them.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54766,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II at Microsoft,I had a great experience in Bing/MSN. we built an App engagement platform and MSN Travel Website.,I didn't have the same experience in MS Office. Lack of flexibility,Assign jobs to developers based on interest in what they want to work on.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54767,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Changing culture,"Flexible hours, smart people office, yeah","smart people starts to leave ,( No free food","keep the smart ones, don't let them go simply b/c they don't do politics.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54768,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,SDE Intern,Good Team .,n/a .,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54769,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Update for 2015,Great work life balance. Great in house career development programs. Solid growth path. Company reinvigorating itself to be more agile and market driven. Solid products.,Isolated atmosphere. Brand image is not as competitive as before. Some legacy of the past management structures still dragging the company.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P518.htm
54770,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Senior IT Program Manager,You work with smart people,"Benefits, Flexible work schedule, Innovative","Long work days, occasional bad manger will kill your career",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54771,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work with,1. Have a lot of projects. 2. Smart people. 3. Easy working environment. 4. Great benefit,1. Some team has a little bit heavy process. 2. The control right of manager is still high,Give right to employees.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54772,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Moving in the right direction,"Massive positive culture change in past year - focus on agility, breaking down org silos, utilizing open source. Encouraging more small team projects, but trying to cut out legacy products/teams that are no longer relevant or draining the company.  Very good benefits, managers can be good or bad (like any large company). Move away from the bad ones and find the good ones.  Dropping stack ranking was a huge improvement.","Like any large company, there's bureaucracy, politics, whatever. Some teams/orgs are better than others. In general I'd avoid the really big ones (Windows, Office, Bing) and find smaller teams that are more nimble and often have better work/life balance and social cohesion.  Pay is very good, but many comparative companies likely offer better compensation (Google for sure).  Satya is changing the culture, but it's like moving an aircraft carrier, it takes time and there's plenty of pockets of resistance from folks who are used to the ""old school"" Microsoft. It'll take time to weed most of them out.",Invest more in developing managers. Spend more time talking and connecting with the hoi polloi and make sure you understand what's really going on.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54773,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2015","Former Employee - Senior Manager, Engineering &amp, Operations",Glad to be out,"boots on the ground people are great, if you can stay out of the politics.","ineffective leaders, line managers shoulder the brunt of the strategic direction and execution while leaders are disconnected",Hire leaders that get it,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54774,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software development engineer,benefits are good. Pay is ok. had own office which is rare in the tech companies nowadays.,The team i joined was new at the time. Management pushed people to work at nights and weekends for new releases. Atmosphere was tense. people complaining. not a good place to work in general.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54775,microsoft,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,mid career thoughts,"Large company good processes, good benefits for families. Still makes a lot of money. Provides a stable job with not much to worry about","Microsoft is no longer an innovator in the tech space and seems to be playing catch up in a lot of the sub-spaces, e.g. mobile.",Need to modify the stack rank. Many people are in situations they can't control and as result don't rank so high. Less middle management,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54776,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Overall, it is a great place to intern. Lots of benefits and events, pay is great.","Such a big place, so you are one among thousands. No other complaints",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54777,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Great benefits, the company is very committed to doing right by its customers. Microsoft is very hungry, trying to grow across existing and new markets alike.","Same problems as rest of tech industry - predominantly male population. Also, company is getting biased against older employees.",Don't try to be another Apple - look to be a thought leader and not just another me too company. Kick butt against Amazon.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54778,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer Intern,Software Engineer Intern,"Intern specific events, challenging and fulfilling project, good benefits and compensation, great team environment, and amazing campus",Drinks are mostly soft drinks unlike other top tech companies where they provide smoothies and protein shakes.,"Provide snack, fruit, and healthy drinks for the employees.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54779,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2015","Current Employee - Data &amp, Applied Scientist",2nd year college hire employee,"Benefits, Pay, Culture, Opportunities, Inspiration, Peers, Networking","Can be (not always) high pressure, stress, expectations",Improve new hire training,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P519.htm
54780,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great company!,"I work at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond and have been with the company for 2.5 years. This is a great company to be a software developer for, and they pay well with fantastic benefits.  Some teams at Microsoft are fast paced, new, and exciting. Some teams are slow moving and have tons of process. You can probably find what you are looking for at this company given the wide variety of products and teams.","Many teams have too much process and are too focused on the software development process, and less on the end product.  Innovation can be difficult in the well established products (Windows, Office, ...).",Microsoft is on the right track by minimizing the number of levels and focusing on impact. I think Microsoft is making the right choices here to stay competitive.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54781,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,There are a lot of great benefits and perks. A lot of rewarding work.,"Depending on the team, there can be a lot of politics and bad work life balance.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54782,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on the team,"Really interesting work. The impact of what you work on is very large, since there are so many customers. Great changes in cultural starting to trickle down after satay has taken over as ceo.","Still some ""old MSft"" culture of battles between divisions and territorial behavior. Still not an awesome place to be supported as a senior female engineer, especially in terry myerson's org.",Make sure the culture satay is pushing at the top actually trickles down to all the devisions. Promote more female engineers and sponsor them to take on leadership roles.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54783,microsoft,"Santa Clara, CA"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Business Manager,Finance,- Strong post-MBA immersion program,"- Teams were competing with each other, resulting in combative culture - Data and systems were not integrated, people spend lots of time on manual tasks which should be automated",- embrace technology and make the life of your employees much easier,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54784,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Contractor,SDET,"Great people to work with, many perks, awesome campus, very challenging and rewarding work. There were a lot of brown bag events where you can jump right into new technology.",Big company politics affect how projects are funded in a negative way. Time pressures on projects were very heavy.,Be more innovate by broadening the set of people you bring into your organization. Inverse the way you look to take in talent. Don't make interviewers ask puzzles or dumb algorithms that many people steady know. Get to the creative side of engineers.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54785,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - IT Department,H1-B Issues and Rough Onboarding,"The interview went great. I was hired on the spot. And that's fast for Microsoft. I have a sense of accomplishment knowing I was hired because all of Microsoft's H1-B workers couldn't do the job I'm doing. People are polite, even if they tend to be somewhat passive aggressive in the way people from Redmond, Bellevue, WA can be. And that's kind of where the pros stop.  The only other bright side so far - I won't be here longer than five years I'm sure. Which is good, because in IT, anyone who has been at Microsoft more than five years is ""damaged goods"" on the job market.","I'm a W-2 worker at Microsoft (via a staffing firm), and a U.S. citizen. My pay is $0 because I have yet to receive a paycheck three weeks after my start date.  Imagine starting a job where: a. your pay rate is variable, even optional at the discretion of the employer ... even after you've done the work. b. you don't know when your first paycheck will come, or even if your hours of work have been approved. c. The company doesn't think you're important enough to issue you a security badge on day 1. So, your start date (and pay) is delayed, and no assurances are given as to when that badge will be issued. Beg your new co-workers (or the intern) to let you in the office every day in the meantime. Observe that you are part of a scheme where your co-workers' frustration increases because of your lack of badge. You're helping reaffirm company dysfunction. Be patient when people seem frustrated at you on some level for just being there. d. the position you just took was cut from 18 months down to four - even before you started. e. You'll also learn about all the jobs you applied for and passed over so Microsoft could give it to some H1-B worker (some of them management positions).  If you can imagine that ... then you can imagine what it's like to start work at Microsoft.  Details follow ...  The only kind of work I was offered was a W-2 position with an employment agreement that says pay rate can change to any amount (or be eliminated) at the discretion of the employer. The recruiter said the position was 18 months. I later found out it was 4. More than two weeks after being hired and I still haven't gotten get my access badge for my building. Payroll setup hasn't been happening either.  It's enough to make ANY person feel as though they are not valued at all. It's also a way for a company to tell an employee:  ""You're welcome to work if you're willing to accept that your pay rate will be retroactively changeable at any time for any reason, or even eliminated. You'll have to beg your co-workers to get in the building for a few weeks, and we can't tell you when your first paycheck will arrive. We're hiring you because the talent in the H1-B pool just can't make the grade.""  If you take a job at Microsoft you can expect your live to start out that way. And if you're into that you've debased yourself as a human on the outset. Microsoft management seems to understand that.","You understand that the current onboarding regime for employees and contractors alike makes people feel devalued - makes people feel as if Microsoft has ""changed its mind"" about them - makes them feel unsure about their next paycheck to start with - and you LIKE it that way. And you like to ignore your obligations to avoid displacing U.S. citizens with H1-B workers. My advice to you is to be prepared for the influx of scrutiny from the U.S. DOJ and U.S. Congress that hopefully will continue to happen. Be prepared for a possible worker's revolution.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54786,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Working at Microsoft,"Amazing benefits, great company vision.",Not so great Seattle weather,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Development Manager,Awesome company to work for,"I spent many years at Microsoft and it was a very fulfilling career. Microsoft has an incredible set of smart people who love to work hard, and challenge themselves.","Culture did not encourage cross group collaboration, especially around review times. From what I have seen in the last 3 years, a lot of things have changed",keep the focus on technology and doing a few things but really well,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54788,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Director,Good people good company. Good products. Good growth potential up to 2014. Not sure anymore as I departed for better long-term opportunities pre-Satya... I wish them great success.,Tight competition in the market and the need to make significant changes has adversely impacted the culture and opportunities that existed in the past.,Treat those that are strong contributors and loyal and dedicated employees with the respect they deserve and have earned through solid contributions. Improve your employee relations. Get back to those core fundamental truths that convinced good people to come on board in earlier years and to leave in recent years.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54789,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Quality company creating excellent products.,Old review system contributed to an excessive individual work environment instead of collaborative.,Work with direct reports to further advancement.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P521.htm
54790,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employment,"It has great benefits, compensation program","Big Company culture, politics, might be lost in the crowd",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54791,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Manager,MSFT Operations,"Benefits, pay, performance opportunities, great and smart people","too many old guard folks that are just coasting into retirement, skews much older than most tech companies",Get lean and forge all the partnerships possible,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54792,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,depends on the group your working in... i worked at msft for over 20 years. i liked it better in the old days.,its depends on the group your working in...,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54793,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,Business Program Manager,"Good Benefits, challenging work, opportunities to learn","no work-life balance, red-tapes and politics",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54794,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Analyst,-Challenging -Flexible -Talented community - Open door policy -Unique opportunities everywhere you turn -Can move up quickly,-making people managers who should not be managers!,Get stricter on folks who are managing people. The company is amazing but people will leave because of a bad manager.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54795,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start a career,"Very nice healthcare plan, The co-workers are usually nice and helpful Work-life balance","Depends on what team you are on, you may have limited room for tech growth. But you are always free to switch teams. Pay is average at start, but gives you a good foothold for future career",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54796,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Enterprise Strategy Consultant,*** Awesome Place to Work ***,"Worked in Microsoft Consulting Services. Lots of opportunities to learn, company very focused on customer satisfaction. Very interesting assignments. Lots of responsibility thrown at you from the first day of work. Overall, I recommend the company.","Lots of administrative tasks to complete, such as time reporting, compliance training",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54797,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Washington,Golden Handcuffs,"Very competitive wages, at least when you are first hired. Work/life balance is hit or miss, my team was great, others were more like Amazon.","Review system makes things worse than if no bonuses were given at all. Morale can be crushed when someone is told ""you did good work, but it just didn't have enough visibility"". Bonus system imbalance sees that certain people get large heaping bonuses, while other critical less 'sexy' work is totally ignored.","Dispense with the silly bonus system you have. If you give bonuses, ensure that only people deserving of being fired get nothing (which isn't the case as I understand it), and also make sure that you do not reward people based on the work they are assigned, but rather their performance on work done by them. Most employees do not get to choose each project they work on spare quitting their job and seeking another.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54798,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work. Not a great place to work.,"I get to work on some meaty projects that affect our customer base. Definitely have a lot of autonomy to make the work happen (but there are issues here too... see below). The people are all very smart and, for the most part, enjoyable to work with. Amazing work life balance.","Our systems are just soooooo slow. It takes forever to make a decision. And many of our options are taken off the table by antiquated systems that are inflexible. We're working on that (which is good) but it is sooooo slow. While the culture is good (i.e., good work/life balance) I'd say it errs to much on the side of life than work. But maybe I just like accomplishing things...","I think all the right things are happening to change the culture and internal IT systems, but it needs to happen faster. Right now we're just putting lipstick on a pig.",3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54799,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"If you are lucky to join a good team, you work with amazing people on amazing products",Not all teams are equally great,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P522.htm
54800,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Project Delivery Manager,"Great Company, Great Benefits.","Benefits, training, career growth are wonderful. Also, your annual increase is based upon how you have helped others, how you have learned from others, how you have helped Microsoft grow, and if a consultant, your utilization. They truly put effort towards giving everyone an opportunity to grow and excel. Constant visibility to corporate direction - town halls, etc. New CEO has made a real difference from what I hear from long-term employees.","Utilization for consultants is important yet outside of a consultant's control since it depends on whether there is an open position on a project. Too many reviews - 1 per quarter. Might have to travel weekly from one coast to the other if nothing available in your own region, but that is the nature of consulting, so not really a con.",Keep it up! The culture is great!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54801,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Challenging and lots of room to grow.,"With the right manager, the ability to navigate your own growth is spot on. My ability to promote out of administrative work to something more program management oriented was seamless. Work/life balance is encouraged. Benefits are great and the stay fit benefit is an additional perk the helps reward feeling healthy overall.",Terrible on boarding experience with HR and benefits. Some groups still have a feeling of competition with each other despite the changes review and reward format.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54802,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting opportunity, too much politics","Great opportunities for impact, smooth integration of new employees, very smart colleagues, great perks and benefits, good work life balance.","The product management is heavily geared towards engineering types, without enough training in (or respect for) design. It means that decisions are often made from a technical standpoint, or with a flawed design point of view.",Develop design leadership,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54803,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Review,"Surrounded by unbelievable talent. Working for a product company, you have direct access to the people that actually created the software you use.","Difficult to maintain work-life balance. Like any large company, sometimes the politics can be frustrating.",The directions that Services is going in may not result in the behaviors that are desired. Changing the way that UBI is calculated and rewarded have to be carefully thought through. Changing the methodology can have negative consequences.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54804,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Golden Handcuffs,"Deep pockets, smart employees, re-invigorated vision and company strategy. Very good compensation and benefits which keeps a lot of people here.","Politics, inability to advance in certain roles/groups. Work/life balance still has a lot to be desired.",Practice what is preached - agile thinking is 'all talk' and little execution.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54805,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Very good,"Lots of opportunities, smart people around.",Things are complex and change fast.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54806,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Test Manager,Principal Test Manager / Software Process Consultant,"Great people, diversity in opportunities","Review system, politics, continuous investment in yesterdays news","Network, Get friends in high places. If you can't make Partner, bail.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54807,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great Pay, Average Benefits, Brilliant People, Outdated Tools & Culture","Great pay Average benefits Brilliant people to work with and learn from Feels great to work on products that so many people use It is possible to keep working on an open source project you may contribute to, if you follow the appropriate process","Culture is somewhat ignorant about and/or resistant to use tools everyone else in the world uses. Often choosing to build its own internal tool in-house that is either buggy, ""special"" in interface, or just outdated. Examples: build tools, source depot, various test frameworks Working from home (from a fiber optic connection in Redmond!) is stunningly unrelaible and inefficient, at least for general development work on a large codebase. Process to approve contributing to open source on your freetime is relatively cumbersome","Stop building so many internal tools in-house from scratch. They take years to become as featureful and reliable as the commonly used tool, if it ever reaches that quality, and the team that is forced to rely on it suffers some unnecessary inefficiency during that time. Attitude toward open source is improving but too slow to change",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54808,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Great benefits, smart people and transport is free",A little slow working environment. Learning curve is huge,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54809,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,"Fast paced, fun, challenging","You get to work with some really smart, driven, fun people",Not always the greatest place if you want work life balance,Invest in your amazing women!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P523.htm
54810,microsoft,"Santa Clara, CA"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Lead Program Manager,"High caliber employees, decent pay, but too top managed with an adversarial corporate climate",Peers are very smart and of high caliber - some of the smartest people around. Pay is on par with the industry and the benefits are exceptional.,"Top managed from Redmond - Satellite office, despite being quite large, had little autonomy. Yearly re-orgs and constant management re-shuffling. Corporate climate is more competitive and adversarial than collaboratory. Although it kept you on your toes, I believe it is detrimental for achieving the overall goals of the company.","Foster a more collaborative environment between groups. As it is now, each group hoards their own information and technology. Relinquish some control and let the groups in the Silicon Valley (and other places too) have more autonomy - they are after all in their home turf attempting to compete with other large companies in the area.",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54811,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 9, 2015",Former Employee - Cook,"Cook. Moffett Towers, Sunnyvale, California","co-workers have a good attitude, always willing to help each other. there were about 10 cooks for the 6 stations at the Microsoft property in Sunnyvale, CA.","Maybe staring at a monitor takes a toll on the employees: They would shuffle up to the stations, one by one, decided which station they wanted food from, and at best muttered and pointed to the food they wanted to put in their mouths.","God-forbid: Eurest's management is terrible. they came from redmond, wa, and barked orders and changes...with no extra help or other resources. Their lack of compassion, empathy, and sincere nurturing, made me suspect they were sociopaths. i had to select at least 1 overall star, but if i could i would give a 0 star rating. \ their management 'style': schedule the cooks, look their noses down at the cooks, never performed manual labor, sit in their office for hours, grind out the lunch service, and get the cooks out as fast a possible. to cover their own axxxs: we had to punch out for 30 minutes (whether we took the break or not, even work on the 'break', on paper: (2) 10 minute breaks but they didn't care if you were able to take them: none of the cooks took those breaks, because we were too busy",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54812,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Engineer,"team management, strategy for business","layoffs every quarter, not competitive",none,5.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54813,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Seattle based company.,"Provides an opportunity to work in a wide variety of products and services. No other company can beat the diversity of experience that Microsoft can provide. Very good benefits Health care, health club, ESPP, 401K, infant care, Paternity leave, good vacation, free food (in certain divisions). Microsoft has one of the best benefit package out there. Good work life balance in most divisions.",No transparency in performance review system. They eliminated the forced curve and labeling of employees. Managers now have full control. He can say that you performed very well but give very little bonus and blame the budget. Words need not translate into actions. Very difficult to transfer internally to other divisions. It is easier to find a job outside than move within Microsoft.,Bring back the curve and performance rating system. This will provide a lot of transparency. I used to be a top performer and continued to perform well but my rewards were cut in half after the change in review system though the message from my manager continues to be the same. You have set up a system for top performers to leave the company if the Manager doesn't differentiate between his/her employees.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54814,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Evangelist,Great opportunity to work on new technologies,Less challenging and may become boring after a while.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54815,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr PM,"Building the latest and greatest with flexibility along with making a huge impact to billions of people in the world. Strong leadership driving directions, example Open source/ Interoperability across technologies.","Middle Management is still transitioning from old to new, however this is short term. beginning of 2016, it can be different.","While changes have been made to the rewards process, there needs to be more voice of the employee concept to help the ICs.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54816,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,About as good as big corporate world gets,"Very smart people, healthy culture, very strong market position, admired CEO, low tolerance for toxic people and non-performers","High pressure, too much work to do, slow decision making (though better than in the past)",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54817,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What a great place!,Amazing company with some of the most talented and smart people on the planet. The right strategic moves are being made to keep the company growing and remain competitive. Technology innovation at its best!,Lots of change at the company these days. Comfort with this level of change is a must to be successful.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54818,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer 2,* Great benefits * Great Salary * Great People,* Review system is getting better but still remains of the bad system. * Company is still having issues competing with competitors.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54819,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer for Test,I have enjoyed working for Microsoft most of my time. It has a lot of opportunities within the company. Good learning courses and good testing training. Entry level salary is great.,It has reduced the benefit significant and a lot of people are leaving and it just have hard time to retain people. No free meal.,It is hard to be a leader for Microsoft now. Try to make every one to know their titles will have good or bad effects. Without real incentive it will not motivate people. MS will have hard time.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P524.htm
54820,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,good benefits and stimulating work environment,ultra competitive workplace with up or out mentality,step it up,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54821,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Technology Architect,Microsoft is back - and a great place to work!,- Ability to work on leading edge technology that can change the world - Strongly values diversity - Back in a growth trajectory after faltering,- Incentive structure encourages political fiefdoms,"Listen to employees. Don't let managers try to cook the survey results. Do exit interviews, not just a web form.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54822,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Credit Manager,Credit Manager,> Excellent career opportunities > Great benefits > Awesome work environment,> Lower compensation compared to similar jobs in peer companies,None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54823,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,BP-SSP,Stable Company and good benefits. They used to be much better.,Lot's of internal problems. Lot's of turnover plus never allowed to manage the same account for years at a time.,Trust the people you hire and stop the politics.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54824,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,System engineer,"Great people, reasonable salary and wonderful co-workers. I really had a great time there. Learned many things on the job.","The office is in the downtown, however, the parking lot is small and not much space. The instruction was not clear most of the time.",Try to promote skills and talented workers as quick as possible to retain talent. Increase more foreign workers. They are NOT taking away jobs from Americans!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54825,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Review,"Smart people, exciting technologies and products","Big organization, slow to change",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54826,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Program Manager,"Large amount of resources, and an anything's possible mentality. Nearly unlimited software access, and a wide variety of resources and training to help you build technical solutions that improves your job effectiveness and efficiency. Transportation using shuttles with wifi to and from your neighborhood. Guaranteed rides home via taxi if you miss your bus.","Innovation gets scuttled by multi layers of management. In some teams, politics and death marches are a severe challenge. In short, if you don't get the right team, you can have a difficult job. Compensation, raises and benefits are not impressive.","Medical benefits are now lame, and financial compensation including raises and bonuses are far too light and not competitive.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54827,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Well balanced place,Enough smart people to learn from. Lots of interesting projects to choose from. Decent work-life balance and flexible schedule. Good for building career in long-term.,"Some (but not all) managers have poor technical expertise. Most managers never code and never look at code. Lots of politics and shady agreements between managers that surface up later in surprising ways. Many projects move relatively slow, with some exceptions. Some people moving from team to team leaving subpar quality behind them.",Managers should become more technically competent,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54828,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Mostly good,"Great benefits, great pay, awesome campus facilities and really smart coworkers. You work at a company which is one of the top 3-4 technology firms in the world. There is pride in that. I also like how the company evolves its benefits to care for its employees' needs. For an engineer there are opportunities to work across the stack from productivity software, cloud, gaming to operating systems. The company cares about work/life balance.",Managers - I have had 2 bad managers out of 3 total. They don't promote the right people into people management roles which is a bummer since it ruins your experience of working at the company. I don't think this is fixable at this stage since the rot has set in.,Be careful who you promote to people management. People first - everything else second.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54829,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very large,cloud and solution specialist roles are solid,sales are going to college kids more and more. Not built for a sales executives,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P525.htm
54830,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great... but only if *you* are great,"If you work really hard and make the right people like you, you might be one of the lucky few who get selected for BENCH/HiPo/Lab365, which is the fast-track to promotions, bonuses, and raises. Even if you don't, compensation is still pretty good.","Working with other departments (e.g. Windows, Office, Exchange, etc.) is an absolute nightmare. Most cross-department coordination engineering meetings tend to end in rage, tears, or near-bloodshed.  BENCH/HiPo/Lab365 status is the only way for compensation to be truly competitive with other top-tier companies like Google and Facebook.","Punish those who thwart ""One Microsoft"" and sow discontent between teams and departments.",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54831,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Great potential for evolution inside the company.,"Very complex, political company. Some bad managers can hinder a career.",Allow employees to provide skip level feedback.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great large company,There are so many opportunities and you can work in almost any field with any audience on so many great products.,"Tough culture, most people switch roles every few years so always movement",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54833,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - BRAND MARKETING STRATEGIST/CONSULTANT,Challenging but amazing people.,You learn from the best of the best - and if you are in the right group - you learn from each other.,"As a Creative, it was hard at review time - Creative KPI's are somewhat intangible - which makes it hard to prove your value add to the company.","Look at potential hires history and try harder to understand what we bring to the table - then be more transparent about how you rank Creative KPI's vs. ""others"" during the interview experience.",4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54834,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior Consultant,"Good pay, great benefits, lots of opportunities to grow, Good people to work with. 160 hours of training a year",A bad manager can ruin your career. Extra expectations to give back to Microsoft outside of taking care of customer.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54835,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Brand but lack of work life balance at MGSI,"Good Brand ,Good Brand , Good benefits , Good experience",Work life balance in MGSI,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54836,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"good benefit, base salary, stock","life work balance, hard to get promoted",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54837,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Content Producer,Thoughts after 15 years,"Peers are great. Benefits are good, but not as good as they used to be. The technology being created is still fun, and exciting, but the processes are continually being reinvented.","Management is hit-or-miss. Some managers are invested in helping their directs succeed & grow, but more and more, you're left to manage your own career. Content publishing is a dying breed. Editors have gone the way of the dinosaurs, and more and more writing is being shifted to vendors, with writers being reallocated to ""content analysts.""",Pay attention to the feedback on the annual poll. Ignoring employee feedback through this direct mechanism with the excuse that there have been re-orgs in the intervening period is a good way to guarantee employee morale will plummet even further.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54838,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay place to coast,"Smart folks, a lot of projects","Work gets thrown away, politics",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54839,microsoft,"Brooklyn, NY"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Working Environment, Lots of new things to learn, Amazing Stipend and lots of exposure",More focus on timings and deadlines has to be there.,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P526.htm
54840,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Video Producer/Project Manager,Company Facing Challenges of its Own Making,"Great benefits package. Generous severance. Bright, hardworking people.","Mid level leadership often considers direct reports expendable. Still does annual reviews on a curve, just by another name. Few jobs have long term stability. Increased reliance on outsourcing. Bureaucracy slows down actual work.",Try to focus the company on its core strengths.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54841,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant-Microsoft Consulting Services,"Great campus facilities, good peers and company culture. Good daily food allowance limits for during travel","Hard to meet utilization targets,high attrition,hard to gain knowledge due to shuffling and shifting of project roles based on demand",Plan better for demand so your employees font have to sit on the bench and risk loosing their jobs,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54842,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Brand but lack of work life balance at MGSI,"Good Brand ,Good Brand , Good benefits , Good experience",Work life balance in MGSI,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54843,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineering Manager,Enjoying the ride in the new Microsoft,"Reinvented culture encourages Open Source contributions, cross platform development, agile planning, and quick delivery.",Despite recent advancements there are still opportunities to replace legacy ideas and systems.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54844,microsoft,"Brooklyn, NY"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Working Environment, Lots of new things to learn, Amazing Stipend and lots of exposure",More focus on timings and deadlines has to be there.,Keep up the great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54845,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Senior Manager,Cutting edge technology & intelligent collegues,Company is so big that its difficult to know what's going on in other business units,Good Luck,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54846,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Can't Move Forward when they hire dinosaurs to lead,Great Benefits and pay. Depending on what part of the business you are working for your co-workers can be outstanding.,"When the company reaches out to former dinosaurs to come back and lead, these ""leaders"" are from the era that Microsoft is trying to move away from, but instead of moving the company or business forward, they are all about themselves and their upward mobility. Before your hired, do your research on who your potential leader is going to be.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54847,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Sep 11, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Sr Embedded Software Engineer,"Great benefits. Large company. Lots of opportunities for management. Clear focus on ubiquitous computing, i.e. cloud computing after Satya Nadella took over.","Work-life balance absent. Long hours, code bureaucracy (ownership). Based on Satya Nadella's new focus on cloud computing, embedded software focus diminished.",Great with clear focus. I respect the clear communications on the visions of the company. Unfortunately former and current CEO's did not agree on the direction of the company sacrificing lots of employees. Would be great to introduce a human factor at that level.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54848,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Benefits are great and so are the people,To many processes in place for a company trying to become more agile.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54849,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to develop a career,"Improving culture, strong talent, greater strategic focus than ever before",Success is highly dependent on the team / manager you have,"Continue to focus core business on areas where MS can win, vs. trying to compete everywhere",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P527.htm
54850,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Excellent workplace,Excellent Benefits Great Culture Motivated Career Growth Millions of areas to work on,Politics Old way of thinking Difficult to adapt new technologies,Open up to new technologies,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54851,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good but,"Smart people, great resources, good work life balance","Management hierarchy is deep, lost in crowd",Eliminate middle managers,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54852,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legend continues to thrive,"Latest cutting edge work, Smart people",Great market opportunities missed early in mobile and search,Tough times don't last only tough people do. Let's continue to take bold risks,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54853,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Matured company and stable. Treat employee as valuable asset, learning and growth opportunity. Desire and ability to adjust itself. Decent compensation, with perks such as single office. Making a lot of money.","Big and old, behind in the consumer space. Having a lot politics. Wrong incentive model. Do not have a good way to evaluate employee success. Lost the edge.",Re-establish the company and bring new blood. Getting rid of old guards. Really fix the incentive model and develop objective ways to measure performance.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54854,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Challenging work, good work/life balance.",Frequent change of direction. Lack of communication from upper management.,Set a clear course and communicate the vision.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54855,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Service Engineer,For the very dedicated....,"Great potential for growth in company. There are many opportunities if you're willing to really ""put your nose to the grindstone"" year after year.",High pressure environment. Work life balance doesn't really exist if you wish to have time with your family. Layoffs will likely continue for this company over the long term due to declining use of PC,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54856,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,PM II,Very good chance to try different roles within the company.,Experience of Microsoft depends on the team you are in. It varies vastly.,Need to be consistent across all departments. Need to find a way to good store for Store.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54857,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,Overall,"Overall - it's a good job. Good benefits, if your on main campus - mail, bank, food options and the company store.","I am in a niche area - Operations. A COGS group, while the existing services understand that they need a support team to keep their product running, leadership often thinks that the product should be built in such a way that they do not need the cost of an Operations team. So while essential, it's a frowned upon area that seems to be hidden under the carpet quiet often.","Ensure that the software developers are part of Livesite events, but let Operations deal with the day to day - the SWE's need to focus on bugs and improvements, not DNS/Azure/Infra failures - you'll drive them away If you force them to work through a incident queue looking for issues as well as wake in the middle of the night for issues they cannot resolve. As a Service Operations Engineer - My career has been to support these products and take the hit, as my schedule is more flexible - I fight the fires as needed and then work my other self improvement or service automation tasks on a looser schedule. Protect the SWE's from burn out and keep the product moving forward.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54858,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer,Microsoft is going through a lots of changes which opens up a unique opportunity along with great benefits.,Culture in MS needs to change to compete.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54859,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,"Great people (talented, focused, good to work with...) Technology that reaches a wide audience Access to subject experts",Culture in transition Typical large organizational issues (cross team collaboration),none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P528.htm
54860,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company to gain skills from,"Lots of different projects to work on, and now it is easier to move around internally. The benefits are really nice, I especially like the ESPP program where we can buy stock at a discounted price, and it matures over 3 months to the full price. Main campus is also great and is in a good location (close to Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond, all nice areas).","Management. The company is way too top-heavy. Engineers do not have enough freedom to do their jobs.  The culture that came out of the 1-5 rating system is also pretty bad, where instead of working together people are trying to ""show off"" and look better than their peers. While I'm sure this is a problem at any big company, it seems to be worse here do to the old review system culture that stuck even though that system was thrown out.",Let engineers have more freedom. There is no reason to hire really smart people to micromanage every thing they do.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54861,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,New CEO culture and business shift,Old CEO legacy culture and poor acquisitions,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54862,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Business Manager,Challenging but rewarding,"Challenging environment with a great many learning opportunities, competitive benefits, smart colleagues, philanthropic environment",Demanding environment that encourages competition across groups and directly with colleagues within teams. General lack of transparency from management.,"Continue to work on building a more collaborative, less back-stabbing work environment. Find ways to keep high performers through org-wide layoffs.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54863,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great Company,Smart people to work with,Competition for opportunities and promotions is hard,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54864,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Out with the old, in with the new (secretly terminating great people)","1) The pay can be very good and at times it is very exciting, when a great product or new technology is released. 2) It's fun to be a part of something big.","1) There is no real honesty and integrity. 2) If you are a solid bright worker, you will be promoted, until they have to cut cost, and when that occurs, everyone is out for blood to not be the target. 3) Avg Health Benefits. They say it is great, but it's par with many companies. 4) Being a great performer and exceeding your goals is still not good enough. You have to be impactful. You have to want to save the world from itself. 5) Continues to terminate between 5%-10% of employees annually.",Find you moral compass. Stand up for what you believe. Be honest to yourself AND to employees.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54865,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,mandatory review,"Company seems to be doing well under Satya, but morale is varied. Pay, benefits are decent",Review system is very unfair. Too much power given to managers. Lots of employees moving on b,HR is too supportive of managers. Annal rewards needs to be replaced by more frequent rewards b,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54866,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Great work place,awesome management - great people to work with !,retail hours aren't the easiest,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54867,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Group Finance Manager,Great benefits. Good work life balance,"Low salary compared to industry peers, bureaucratic as the company has grown big",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54868,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Microsoft has a lot of opportunities for growth. It has a great training and conference to improve your career,Stack racking review made for a competitive instead of collaborative environment (stack ranking review system has been changed).,Focus on people improvement. Rewards verses chance of bad reviews.,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54869,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Senior PMM,not for the future / progressive marketer,"Good benefits, good people, commitment to charity","Lack of marketing budget investment, klugy goals/pay correlation, not a challenger culture",better performance process needed. need to allow more marketing jobs outside of seattle,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P529.htm
54870,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place, with good people and good benefits","1. Awesome 'speak your mind' culture 2. Growing 'hack' culture to follow your dreams and how you want to change the world 3. Cool new products to work on 4. When you ship, millions will use it 5. Great bunch of people to work with 6. Highly ethical company 7. Great benefits","1. Poor career management or help (if you know someone who is good and tag along, you grow) 2. Sluggish management structure and decision making in some groups 3. Not the best salary provider, IMO","Know how to grow people, when to grow people and who to grow. Invest in your people.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54871,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE II,"Good environment, good benefit, a lot of different opportunities",Turning from a legendary company to normal company,"Keep the company still legendary, please",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54872,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer II,Designer II,"Great people to work with, autonomy, and benefits. Challenging, rewarding, and generally a fun place to work!",At times it seems to be more reactionary to current trends than proactive. PMs and engineers have a heavier weighting than design.,Let designers design and engineers engineer. The co-existence of the 2 is key. One should never be weighted heavier than the other.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54873,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Much Improved Review Process,Great benefits and perks. Work on world-class technology with infinite reach. Tons of talented people. Now that the review process has been re-vamped it is a more positive experience while still encouraging employee growth.,"In the Xbox division work-life balance is a serious problem. Boom-or-bust is the rule and periods of steady, regular hours are rare. You either might as well be on vacation, or you might as well never leave the office. After ten years it became obvious that this is by design. Other divisions are better in this regard.  Bureaucracy had gotten worse prior to the shakeup in summer of '14. Hopefully it has been streamlined since.  Might not be the best place for top talent to try to get rich. It's still not clear how Microsoft plans to compete with Google and Apple to regain their status as the stock market's darling.  For SDETs opportunities to advance are thin in some parts of the company.",Bring back PC Gaming. Gamers love the Windows platform and you seem not to care about them very much at all.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54874,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start your career,"Amazing compensation and benefits. Health, fitness, dental, you name it. If you get on the right team, you get to own a lot of scope. This makes it fairly easy to get promotions early on in your career.",Politics. Too much process. Not agile enough,Encourage work life balance on your team or they will burn out and move on. Don't run your team like that Amazon article.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54875,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,UX Designer 2,"Sponsorship for green card, good money","engineering-driven, bureaucracy, lots of lots of useless PMs who only knows how to talk and take credits from designers",Learn UX,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54876,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Partner Channel Marketing Manager,"Great pay, cash bonuses and stock.","Work/life balance is terrible. Although they try to provide programs to establish a good work/life balance, they instead cultivate a culture of ""life because of work"". Programs encourage employees to have family time ""at"" work, or during ""fun"" work functions. Seriously unhealthy for both employees and for our community.","Encourage employees to separate work and life, stop trying to make work/life balance happen ""at"" work. Families need to be together outside of the office, away from work.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54877,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good choice,Life and work balance is good. Good perks,Expensive to live there,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54878,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Good internal training resource, education reimbursement, and benefits. Generally good job mobility across groups. Flexible work hours, able to work from home (varies by group/position)","Review system is still flawed. Bonus structure is no longer transparent. Health insurance is not what it used to be. At certain job level boundaries, it is easier to level externally than internally. If you're there for more than 3-5 years, you're doing something wrong.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54879,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Huge Company with seemingly endless opportunities,"Excellent pay and benefits, big company philosophy, lots of great training classes, sense of loyalty and being proud to represent a major player in technology.","Bureaucracy, very slow, too many people who have worked there for too long wishing for the good ole days of Microsoft, smart people but not street smart.",Reward the creative thinkers and the people who question motives around decisions.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P530.htm
54880,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Engineer,"good benefits, good campus, good office,","too much politics and process,",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54881,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the most stressful and unfair environments you can imagine,"Good salary, good benefits, flexible schedule. Some interesting projects","In the Senior bands and above, insanely unfair performance reviews. It all depends on how much the boss likes you. Seldom any relationship to value. There is plenty back-stabbing and tripping of fellow coworkers. If you are a woman, don't bother. There is a class action law suit pending, and it was filed for good reason. Even when you go for someone who likes you there are reorgs every few months and you end up working on something that you have no experience for, with no time to ramp up. I worked there 15 years, it is disgusting to see how differently bad the company is from when I started.","Clean up or you will be left only with the immigrants waiting for green cards and the highly paid principals and partners who only know to manage up and play politics, and not how to create solid applications.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54882,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - IT Manager,IT Manager,It is the best company in the world,long hours and low pay long hours,try to respect others life and work balance and their family lives are important too,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54883,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,great company to work for,"great products, great atmosphere and positive energy in the workplace. great flexibility for working from home/remote. Awesome benefits.",low bar for hiring. most of the new hires are undergrads. very few master or phd grads. very small salary increase if you come in with a higher degree (master or phd).,set the hiring bar higher for college hires.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54884,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Washington,"Great Balance, Multiple Opportunities","There are so many teams within Microsoft, working on so many different things, and it's easy to move between them. My current team helps other companies, writes in a variety of languages (Node.js, C#, Ruby, Python, C++), and releases to GitHub. Other teams have long cycle times and ship products, while still others build services across tens of thousands of machines helping hundreds of millions of users a day.","It's a large company, and an old company. It's already gone through the ""startup"" and ""young money"" phases, so you won't find much free food and it won't move as fast as you want it to. Also, it's a large company - a bug you introduce could impact hundreds of millions of people. Exciting, but stressful.","Keep adapting as you are, continue to focus on the cloud and services, and ensure that your services are cohesive and pervasive (work well together, work on all platforms).",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54885,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer Product Advisor,Great team to work with and great leadership. Amazing exposure to B to C sales. Lots of training all paid and useful.,"Closed environment. Traffic in this particular location is a bit slow, but other than that a very fun job to work with.",Honestly not much to say. They make the environment a very dynamic one. They give lots of opportunities to grow and allow people at the bottom to shine.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54886,microsoft,"Skokie, IL"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data scientist,Great company to work for. Very good benefits. Great location. Smart people. Innovative technology platform. Extensive medical coverage. Performance bonus and employees stock options.,I must enter at least 5 words for Cons. But not really any cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54887,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place to work,"Microsoft is a great place to work. While Microsoft has entered into middle age, and continues to transform. It has a number of outstanding benefits. The best thing is the very smart and passionate people who are committed to making the company successful and a great place to work.","Microsoft needs to continue to transform, become more customer-centric and move away from old ways of thinking and doing things.",Microsoft needs to grab the opportunity to Increase focus on customers and customer programs. Need to shift the company mindset from a consumer retail mindset to a service mentality.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54888,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fundamentally great but bad apples prevent greatness,Lots of very smart people Aggressive college internships and hiring Well funded research division Many technologies and opportunities for career breadth and growth Excellent benefits Generally flexible schedule Strive for diversity First class charitable giving campaign,Struggle to adapt old products and approach to building software to new demands and techniques No standardized perks for seniority/tenure Inconsistent or lacking direction from senior leadership Bad management isn't dealt with promptly Inconsistent/cheap infrastructure Pockets of disruptive ego and/or lack of talent,Create top down driven feature/product principles and have everyone work towards them. The changes in HR for performance measurement to be impact based are perfect but they aren't enforced and favoritism still rules.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54889,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Sr. Marketing Communications Manager,Ability to navigate through a large company Several layers if experience across different groups,Slow path to seniority Company prefers to bring outside talent at higher levels instead of promoting internal talent,"Marketing is as essential as any other function in the company, please treat it as such",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P531.htm
54890,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great work place,Dynamic leadership and great potential,Narrowing the market opportunity in the name of focus,Like the focus but lets not limit our self to a narrow set of market opportunity.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54891,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Smart People, Passionate Team",Microsoft was a great place to work. The number of smart people you work with every day is amazing.,"It's a big company, and so dealing with competing priorities could sometimes be a challenge. But this is expected for any company of size.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54892,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Be,"Here you area empowered to give birth to your creativity, collaborating with other great minds in order to have a big impact on business priorities and customer needs.",There's always something that needs to be done so its important to define what Work Life Balance means to you and use those terms to honor,Continue to foster a culture transform.. this is the key in the 21st century,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54893,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great work life balance, competitive and challenging environment.",Decision on overall direction take a long time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54894,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,Good benefit,Big company with great people. Good products and great teams. Appericate people who work smart,Medical benefit is not good enough. No free food. No free healthy drinks. No personal office in some teams,"Free food, free healthy drinks, personal office, higher salary, free insurance. Keep working environment quite",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54895,microsoft,"Virginia Beach, VA"," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Consultant-Microsoft Consulting Services,"Benefits, great campus, facilities, Opportunities to move laterally","Below par, extremely high level of beauraucracy, high attrition.",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54896,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great people, awesome culture",- Highly talented people in the team to learn from - Variety of projects to work on and ability to move across teams with ease - Managers that are technically strong and great mentors as well - Above average salary and benefits,"- Since it is a huge company with 90,000 employees around the world, your contributions at times may seem puny and irrelevant",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54897,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, but can be tough in a remote office with less system ownership","Mostly smart people, passionate about s/w, lots of positive changes have occurred under new CEO Nadella.","Working in remote office in Silicon Valley can be a challenge, unless you are lucky enough to own a team that owns an important system.","In the layoffs (job eliminations), lots of very good people lost their jobs, even entire groups, like research teams. Even though 60 days to look for new jobs within, especially in the remote offices, not much opportunity, unless you relocate to Bellevue/Redmond. Result is loss of very strong talent in the Bay Area (ie. easy to get new work). That is just plain stupid. One would think they might shuffle/juggle things to keep good talent, and try to build even more groups in the Bay Area. That is where it is happening. Thought all good managers knew the studied cost to rehire. Guess not.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54898,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Designer II,"Great place to work, on a great team","I have an amazing manager, and get to work on great projects. We work hard, and do it as a team. Very rewarding, and a good cooperative environment, at least within our own team.","Have worked with some teams that seem absolutely cutthroat. Lots of politics involved, but that seems to be changing a little bit.","Cut the political crap, make things better for everyone, not just things that make you look good.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54899,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but broken review system,Family friend company. Mature and stable company. Good work life balance.,Not very competitive compensation. Too much management overhead. Broken review system.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P532.htm
54900,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Mixed bag,Wide ranging opportunities to work on different technologies Right focus after change in CEO,Previous test managers now manage devs in new combined engineering Rampant favoritism. You have to know right people. Those people have to know you.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54901,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great ever since Satya Nadella took command,Great pay and benefits. Exciting place to work.,"Work can be challenging at times, but that's true wherever you go.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54902,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Great for learning depending on group, very slow and political promotions",Great buffet for marketing and other jobs. Great work life balance depending on team. Great benefits. Microsoft really cares for its people overall.,Politics and people that have been at Microsoft during the old Microsoft era are not easy to work with. New Microsoft is better but still discouraging to work hard and not get promoted because of politics and favoritism.,Get rid of the top layers of management that don't add value and promote younger talent. Need new fresh blood to mix in with the old.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54903,microsoft,"New Brunswick, NJ"," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Former employee then contractor,Smart people and excellent benefits,Vision is fragmented across different products,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54904,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good please to work,Very nice people very nice place and good pay,Nothing really. Just a good experience,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54905,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,good pay and good benefits,long hours and a lot of hard work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54906,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Turning the corner,It is turning the corner.,Some teams are not as effective as it can be.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54907,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Designer,"Great company to learn from others, no matter what level of experience you have.",Too much middle management causes projects to move slowly.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54908,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Plenty of Opportunity,"Microsoft is growing in a number of areas, is moving the culture in the right direction and has a great work/life balance.","Management is not held accountable enough for end results, the products are not customer focused enough and waterfall is still a big part of development.",Don't be afraid to hold people accountable. Become customer centric by living and breathing customer's needs and wants. Invest in cultural change.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54909,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent vision of CEO,"Good strategy, great environment. Positive outlook. Azure, office 365 and now Windows 10, all great products.",Lot of baggage from the past. Very centralized in Redmond.,Think about work place flexibility,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P533.htm
54910,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Creative work, Autonomy, Meritocracy, Fun place","No longer viewed as leading edge, don't know what a lot of the company is doing.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54911,microsoft,"Binghamton, NY"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"good salary, good fellow talents along side, good teaching stuff. good working environment.",a little bit tense work experience which makes u work a lot with short notice,work work work work work work work work work work work work work work work work work work work,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54912,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Applications Manager,Currentt,Lots of opportunity for new skills and new roles,Work-life balance is hard to achieve b/c of competitive,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54913,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good job,Good job pays good and really great for people who know technology well. This is a great job for most people,Sometimes it's a bit uncomfortable to work there because u have to stand for long periods of time so it's really tiring,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54914,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much politics,Great benefits for people with families. 401k match up to the IRS maximum. Competitive pay for the Seattle area.,Lots of politics and backstabbing. Rampant favoritism/racism and weak management at the lower levels.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54915,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineer,not for me anymore,Great benefits. Work/life balance. There is a variety of teams & projects to work on.,"Variable quality of teams. Large organizations move very slowly. Total lack of agility. Over-staffed in some areas - people are there to make sure they've got jobs, not to make new products. Work at principal level starts to become more about fixing the org, rather then interesting technical or product issues.","Improve guidance and career options for 65+ engineers. Prune teams that are obviously dead weight. Don't play the field so much - chose a strategy and execute on it, rather then exploring every possible outcome.",3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54916,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work,"Good health benefits, thought they were better. Excellent 401k, vacation, and the other perks Very smart people, passionate about technology, software Great development tools, hardware, anything you need to do your work right",Hard to grow (especially for people from the test discpline) with the latest flattening of orgs and the move of SDETs to SDE,"It looks like more and more companies are attracting people from Microsoft with higher pay, perhaps a revise of the base pay\stock should be taken into account",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54917,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow!,Great place to learn and grow.,Sometimes it's too big a company to make an impact.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54918,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Market Research,Excellent benefits. Attracts smart people and a good place to get a career started.,Combative culture. Limited ability to move functions and across the company. They don't value talent as much as they value experience to do the job you're being hired for.,Satya has them on the right track.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54919,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,You can tell that the company cares about its employees. They work hard to provide a positive working environment with competitive compensation.,No real cons to share. I enjoy working here. The company is moving to make a change and it is for the better.,No real advice to share. I enjoy working here. The company is moving to make a change and it is for the better.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P534.htm
54920,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,May have changed,Amazing learning in terms in Machine Learning. People are extremely helpful and polite.,Politics. Managers controls your career.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54921,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good job,Good job pays good and really great for people who know technology well. This is a great job for most people,Sometimes it's a bit uncomfortable to work there because u have to stand for long periods of time so it's really tiring,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54922,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Living in a time capsule,"Microsoft was a technology powerhouse in the 90s. However, poor management, bad acquisitions, and a flawed performance ranking system have turned it into the IBM of our generation.","- Most HR and management have been in the company for 15+ years and are not adept at outside the box thinking. - Doesn’t feel like a tech company. Feels like Proctor and Gamble. Ironically, Microsoft once laughed at IBM for this structure - Overstaffed = office politics = creating pointless presentations and assignments for senior management that essentially add no value - Focus too much on end delivery to senior management. Should it really takes 1 to 2 weeks to generate a report? - Performance review extremely flawed and encourages backstabbing. Although this has changed, the management has not and this continues. - Coworkers subsequently not helpful, no transparency across teams","This isn't 1995, please change management and make operations more lean. Focus less on more deliverables, but quality.  Good work life balance = less market share.",1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54923,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,It is a great company to work for,It's in constant re org and it's very confusing,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54924,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Security Program Manager,Great technical talent. Good amount of teamwork. They treat their people well.,"Microsoft has some really talented people -- sure, they may not have been winning the recruiting battles in more recent times but they've got some deep benches. When I first got there, I was surprised at how many employees there just seem to stay for A LONG TIME. I knew several folks who had been there 10, 13, more years. This was unheard of in the Silicon Valley tech companies where I had worked. I worked hard there and believe that my work was adequately recognized and appreciated.  They treat their employees really well. It was pretty hard for me to leave in spite of having a number of solid reasons for doing so. Why? I got so comfortable. It's true. It's a nice lifestyle. Didn't have to work THAT hard. (Not relative to how hard I was working.)","I sometimes felt frustrated because I was used to doing things to an A+++ standard and so found myself there often frustrated by more Lowest Common Denominator or C-level solutions. That was probably for me the hardest part about being there. It wasn't a cultural fit for me where I love efficiency, nimble-ness, best-idea-wins, and somewhat direct communication style.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54925,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Architect,Almost Great,Flexibility in schedule. Teams are working together and support you. Benefits are getting better.,Management is not transparent. Review process better but still flawed. Lots of managers not connecting regularly and employees getting surprised at review time.  Still some politics in senior management that lead to hectic changes.,"Better transparency about efforts, team changes, benefits and rewards.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54926,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ReOrg Hell,"Great people throughout the organization, everyone really tried to work together to perform for customers. Corporate charity is a massive emphasis matching cash and hours up to $13k.","Redmond completely disconnected from the field, with a seeming lack of urgency from leadership. Re-orgs every July at the new fiscal year. Never really settled on a strategy.",Be more transparent with the field. Set reasonable guidelines. Put a product on the field that is in parity to the rest of the industry.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54927,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Director,"Exciting projects, some brilliant colleagues and good benefits.","In certain groups within the company, the culture can stifle creativity due to politics/processes, that are common at large corporations.",Get the leadership team on the same page. A mission statement isn't the same thing as a strategy. Ensure that employees understand the goal and the execution plan.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54928,microsoft,"Philadelphia, PA"," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great Company to work for,"Benefits are great, internal processes are really well thought out for the most part, and there is a great vibe around the direction of the company overall. The Premier division places an emphasis on work-life balance (mixed success, but the effort is there).","The job gives freedom to create your own schedule and drive your own success. This is really tough to do, and it's easy to fail at. Internal transfers are a lot about networking, which can be difficult depending on your own situation (specifically, where in the company you're stationed - Philly is not great for networking - Charlotte, DC, Dallas and Seattle area are the best for sustained success).","Don't try to penny-pinch with an extremely profitable business with extremely talented people. Just let the people be successful, create opportunities for them to shine, and more profit will come. Don't get into the ""Reduce Costs"" game...",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54929,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,You get access to alot of online tools,There are alot of guidelines to follow,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P535.htm
54930,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,You get access to alot of online tools,There are alot of guidelines to follow,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54931,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Turning the corner around slowly but surely,"It is overall a great company. They really care for employees, work life balance and overall human value. You can work on so many products from xbox, to azure to windows to office to bing without ever leaving the company.",Not leading the industry and lot of of old timers have lot of politics going on.,"Cut the middle mgmt, and have higher accountability for what all high paid employees are contributing.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54932,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice to work,Flexible hours is the biggest advantage.,technology innovations - missing new challenges in work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54933,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Technically Challenging and good work life balance,Nothing that I know of...,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54934,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Technology Solutions Professional,Bring your best.,Top performers very well compensated. Play with amazing technology all day! Company going through amazing transformation.,"Company reputation turning around but still suffers a bit,.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54935,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Great Environment,Lot's of freedom and great work environment.,Lack of direction from management. Very political and bureaucratic.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54936,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Offers more benefits than any other tech companies,"Good work life balance, good relocation package",It might be difficult to level up at some product departments.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54937,microsoft,"Woodinville, WA"," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Place with Great Perks,Enable employees to get things done and open to new ideas,Big and complex orgs can make it difficult to navigate.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54938,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Software Engineer Intern Review,Payment and other benefits Fun intern experience Free and open team & environment,Actual work is quite limited such that not much innovation / personal input can be stimulated,"To my team, they were friendly. To the project management, I did have some issues with the design section of the work. Hope they could speed up on intern work.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54939,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Limited career growth, great pay/benefits","compensation and benefits are solid, cannot complain",long term career growth and lateral/promotion moves within the company limited by management,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P536.htm
54940,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,"Invigorating, impactful, challenging and demanding","Empowered to make an impact, lots of super smart people. The world uses what you build to be productive. Good vacation with seniority.",Poor work life balance to be competitive. Politics can be a problem at times as MS has grown to be quite large.,Stay focused on culture. Reverse deductibles in health plan.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54941,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineers,tons of smart individuals and a breath of technology to work with,Review system is awful... employees even if they do a good job get screwed all the time,Take employee's feedback in consideration...,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54942,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ambiguity and snail pace,"Great talented people, career growth, and convenient locations","To much politics, no loyalty shown to all the employee's by the business, very slow at change or adoption.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54943,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Potential of good bonuses. The company is doing good, but you have to be on the right division. The Hardware business is struggling, but the other areas have better growth potential.","Everything is too ""Redmond, WA"" centric. So, if you are not willing to relocate, it may be hard to get the nicest, or higher visibility positions",What is really the Microsoft culture?,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54944,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to work for,"Great company to work for. Great benefits, lots of flexibility, lots of interesting projects, good pay, Good life/work balance......",Too much middle management Too much politics,Remove the fat that links the teams and let the engineers talk to each other.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54945,microsoft,"Claremont, CA"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for experience,"Many rewards for good conduct and sales, enthusiastic management, discounts on software and hardware. Great benefits, quarterly bonuses. Other benefits apply to health, stock options, and 401(k).","Lower hourly pay than median average, tenured employees have more clout despite a lack of technical ability, arbitrary standards and operations, change happens at a snails pace. Still many confusing and draconian polices are left from the former CEO, some new polices still don't register with upper management and corp.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54946,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Interesting and challenging work, great people","Priorities shift on a regular basis, long work weeks",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54947,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just start,Well organized and passionate coworkers.,Limited training to new hires.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54948,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Business Manager,Great company,They allow flexible work schedule and values employees. There are many different teams and products you can work on. Lot of opportunities to broaden your horizons.,All the problems that come with the big size. Politics as well. Duplication of work sometimes. You have to find the right team for yourself. Too many GMs and directors.,Keep valuing employees like you do. Get rid of mediocre middle and upper management. Move faster and see things from the consumer point of view.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54949,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent place, but not the hottest thing in town","- Fair compensation - Many of the cool ""tech"" industry benefits without the crazy SF start-up hours and anti-family culture","- Feels like a ""has-been"" tech company - it's a large company and feels like it - If you're not in Redmond, you're a 2nd class citizen",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P537.htm
54950,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Awesome Company!,Great work environment and amazing peers to work with!,To hierarchical and too many managers in the company,Cut down on the hierarchy and make the management more agile to customer needs,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54951,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer Lead,Mixed feelings,"Good work life balance. Good benefit. Good career growth from junior to senior level. Some people hated the curve or stack ranking, but it does allow each team's best engineer to stand out and get promoted when if their project is not going well.",Most teams move slowly compared to the industry. Some teams had tremendous baggage and technical debt. Too much process. Too many PMs.,"Satya's direction is definitely better than Ballmer's, but there needs to be more painful changes. More teams need to operate the Silicon Valley way. Invest more on Android / iOS platform. Participate more on open source community. There are enough talent in the company to start building cool products again.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54952,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"it's fine, good company but not great",Sometimes it's not a great company,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54953,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Sep 20, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Director,"Most work-a-holic work environment in which I've ever worked. They tout work life balance, but I get emails 24/7.",Decent benefits. Really great people. Stock adds up if you stick it out long term.,"High workload. Lots of constant special projects on top of your regular job. Very demanding, competitive environment.",Create minimal email environment outside of normal working hours unless urgent or a real emergency.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54954,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior PM,Great engineering projects to work on. Great products to be proud of.,Last Lay off rounds negatively impacted almost everyone.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54955,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company with a positive turnaround story,"Better top management now with Satya at the helm, the future looks bright For the most part great benefits and competitive salary Awesome product line in Surface, XBOX, Hololens, etc",401k matching is far from best in class Speed of executing projects can improve further,Look at a competitive 401k matching Keep driving innovations aggressively,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54956,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,Great with work life balance,Slow in getting things done,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54957,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Engineer,Programmer writter,Great Perks Job Security Wide range of products You can easily move around within the company,No free food :( Some bureaucracy,Be transparent,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54958,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Designer II,"Work-life balance, talented coworkers, lot of resources, great design community","Hierarchy, slow reaction to the market,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54959,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"You have lot of experience people around and good Microsoft stack is available. Good salary, bonus and stock. Work life balance.",Lot of process and slow growth. Not the right place for college grads. Less opportunity to think outside the box.,Value you employees,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P538.htm
54960,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Not a good start...,- Working with smart people. - Fun events on campus. - Capable hardware. - Own office.,- Luck of the draw with managers. I unfortunately have an inexperienced manager who changes expectations of me on a weekly basis. Some expectations are way off the mark more inline with one who has been at the company for several years. - Lots of internal tools with no documentation. - No formal training to get up to speed. Expected to just learn things on the fly. Would be fine if things were documented better. Onboarding process varies with teams.,- Train new managers better and mandate improved onboarding processes and documentation among teams.,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54961,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Azure Alliance Director,Venerable company with a great track record in the IT industry,"Really poor emphasis on work/life balance, diabolical annual review processes, salary and overall compensation below industry norms",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54962,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior International Product Manager,12 years at Microsoft,Excellent benefits including health care insurance. Excellent work life balance.,"Sort of an odd ball within the core product team because you are not Program Manager, Developer, or Tester. Demotivating and unfair review system. Managers are trying to find faults of their directs because they are forced to find low rating employees at each review. Not much of an innovation compared to Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54963,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good workplace, and getting better","good culture, user-driven decision, work-life balance, good benefit","a bit slow development process, too many overlapped projects across orgs",user and data-driven decision,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54964,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Aug 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Supply Chain Planner,"Business environment, career opportunities, salary, benefits","Work and life balance, excessive pressure",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54965,microsoft,"Duvall, WA"," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Writer,Technical Writer,Somewhat decent pay and benefits.,Colossal top-heavy inept management and stale culture.,"Instead of trying to manage (delegate) everything to someone else, perform some useful duties yourself.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54966,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Design Integrator II,Times are a changin',Satya has done a great job at shifting the culture in the short time he's had. The company's priorities seem like they are in the right place now. Fat trimming is good to see Lots of smart people to work with Competitive pay Excellent benefits Can set my own schedule and work,Change at a company this large takes time and lots of the old guard are still around. It will take time to complete the shift. If you aren't dedicated hours can seem long. If you work in tech this shouldn't be a surprise. If it's a problem find a new career.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54967,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,Good Career opportunities. Very diverse teams. Good Environment. Surrounded by smart people. Quite exiting projects. The benefits are awesome.,Surrounded by smart people sometimes you feel a bit weird.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54968,microsoft,"Matthews, NC"," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,Microsoft is still a great place to work,"Good pay and benefits. They recently dropped a 5% attrition goal so now good employees aren't dismissed to meet a quota. Still a fairly relaxed atmosphere, working with great people.","Pressure to meet goals that are not always reasonable still exists, but for most roles goals are high but attainable. Microsoft has grown and now has way too many layers of management, most of whom are unnecessary and spend their time trying to appear relevant.",Trim your layers of management down to what you really need.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54969,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great place to work,Political and not collaborative peers,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P539.htm
54970,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineering Manager,Great company,"smart people, good benefits, wide spectrum of technologies","Very large company, sometimes politics gets in the way",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54971,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Programmer Writer,Great place to work,Good pay and benefits Motivating work place,Left when I had my first child due to work-life balance issues.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54972,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive Experience,"Meaningful project, great mentors, international travel opportunities",Meetings run late and start late,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54973,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Evangelist (Contract Presentation Role),Great place to work!,I enjoyed my position with Microsoft and learned a significant amount during my time there. I was stretched beyond my comfort zone often and grew as both a leader and a presenter in this role. Great company to work for and a great opportunity.,No downsides apart from a very competitive climate that made it difficult to advance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54974,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Getting scrappy still big,"Good work life, lots of potential to impact many people. High values and integrity.","Old managers in place, probably couldn't switch so hard to break into.",Get out of annual goal and planning process. The fiscal reset looses so much momentum and accountability. Less manager to employee ratio like Google would be more impactful.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54975,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,Awesome people who are very helpful Good Benefits Diversity,The work happens a little slow,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54976,microsoft,"San Diego, TX"," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft outside of Redmond,"Benefits, local work culture, local management",Too many decision makers still in Finland,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54977,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Xbox Product Manager,It's amazing...but.,"Smartest people you'll ever work with. Some of the best, if not the best benefits in tech. Benefits got slightly worse post recession and government healthcare rollout, but just improved with changes to family leave and 401k contribution.","Work life balance is extremely challenging. You are never truly offline. You do have the ability to set your own schedule, and that flexibility is appreciated.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54978,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Executive Business Administrator,Executive Business Administrator,"• Work/Life balance can be great if you set and stick to your boundaries (more on that in the 'cons' section).  • Casual workplace, no dress code, free drinks, most of the people I've worked with over the years will be lifelong friends.  • Flexibility - have a dentist appointment? No problem. You can hop online later from home to see what you missed, or decide beforehand of you wont be available after your appointment, just let people know.  • Benefits. As in medical, ""perks"", etc - can't beat 'em!  •Name dropping... ""Yeah I work for a little company called Microsoft, maybe you've heard of it?"" Everyone knows that name, that brand. Whether the other person thinks highly or poorly of Microsoft, they know your company. In any country, anywhere. That's pretty cool.","•Set your boundaries on DAY 1. I don't mean the day you start, I mean DAY 1, in the interview loop. It depends on the manager and the team, but unless you want to work 24/7, you better tell them you value your work/life balance and that you don't check mail outside of business hours (of course there are exceptions). Most importantly, STICK TO THOSE BOUNDARIES when you've accepted the offer letter, and you're in the position. One reply from you on a Saturday or Sunday, means they'll always expect a weekend response. The same goes for vacation. Unless there is an emergency, vacation is to get AWAY from work. Do not respond to your email on vacation, or the cycle will continue.  • Any support (admin) position, no matter what company or team, depends on the relationship between the admin and the manager. When your manager is laid off - the person who interviewed you, offered you the job, the person you MUTUALLY chose to work with, the person you've bonded with, built a strong relationship with, automatically know you both have each other's support - is gone. Unfortunately, there are plenty of other managers in the group that they'll shove you under. To be moved to a completely new manager, unwillingly (on both sides) has happened to me several times. At the time, if you hadn't been in a position for a year, you had to request permission from your manager to interview (they've recently gotten rid of that rule, but not in time for me to be laid off). If you decided to request permission, that automatically put a target on your back - so I was stuck until I was finally laid off.  •The pay for admins is lower than most companies, but the benefits do help take the sting out of that.  •Admins are always last on the list for raises. Yes, if you have a good review, you will get a raise. But it won't be very much.  •Yes, you'll work your butt off, some weeks will be crazy and other weeks you'll be twiddling your thumbs. Admin positions are hourly at Microsoft, which is actually an advantage because they get paid OT (time+1/2). However, during the ""slow weeks"", you shouldn't be penalized on your paycheck because there wasn't 40 hours worth of work to do. If your boss says ""why don't you go ahead and take the afternoon off, it's dead"", I'd take the afternoon off! If I needed the full 40 due to financial reasons, I'd make up things to do. That's a waste of my time and the company doesn't benefit either.  •There's definitely been a climate change since Satya took over. The Gates days were the good ol' days, the Ballmer days weren't as great, but still good - I don't have the confidence in Satya to lead Microsoft to success. We used to be and could be again, the best of the best! But I've seen Satya makes one bad decision after another, after another...  • Every team is on pins and needles wondering who will be next on the chopping block. Morale is the lowest I've ever seen it. Something needs to change and revive what we used to be - Microsoft - a company I was always proud to say I worked for. Until now.  •Due to the ""climate change"", you have to look out for you. You'll be back stabbed, stepped on, thrown under the bus. Especially if you're better at your job that the other admins on the team - then you're a threat to them. For the most part, admins used to stick together, now it's eat or be eaten.  •Trust no one. Anything you say will be used against you, if it will take the pressure off of someone else.","Treat your admins with the respect they deserve, including better pay. Microsoft would crumble to its knees in one day, if the support staff wasn't around to keep things running smoothly. We're glorified adult babysitters, the ones making you look good (if we're doing our job right), we're the ones who take the heat when your schedule is full (or even empty), but you don't want to take a meeting that someone requested, we organize your entire travel and life at work, we make sure team morale is high and connect with them to anonymously report back to you, the concerns or kudos, we make conference rooms available when everything is full, we do so many things behind the scenes, so that it appears to you and the team, everything is fine and running smoothly. Meanwhile we're sweating and crossing our fingers, hoping Plan Z will work out. We're magicians, capable of making the impossible happen. But we're also forgotten, at times almost invisible. We deserve better compensation during review time, instead of automatically getting kicked to the bottom of the list and receiving the ""leftovers"" because of the scale calibration. Yes, every raise, even small, helps. But if I'm consistently getting glowing reviews from my manager and team, I'd like to see a difference in income when I get my ""raise"". We don't get taken seriously enough, and unfortunately, I don't have much faith in Satya to care enough to make that happen. Lisa Brummel, on the other hand, has a possible opportunity to make a positive change for the admin pay structure.  Treat your admins as your equals, we're on your side, we're here to help you shine.  Consider a different CEO, one that continues to build off of Bill's vision, instead of one who seems to makes extremely (and repeatedly) bad decisions - causing thousands to lose their jobs. Every team is on pins and needles wondering who will be next on the chopping block. Morale is the lowest I've ever seen it. Something needs to change and revive what we used to be - Microsoft - a company I was always proud to say I worked for. Until now.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54979,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Environment,"Highly flexible working environment, telecommute is very usual","Lack of collaboration, not top of industry benefits now",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P540.htm
54980,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Environment,"Highly flexible working environment, telecommute is very usual","Lack of collaboration, not top of industry benefits now",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54981,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,"Work/life balance is stressed, usually not a problem to adjust schedule to fit in kids. Pays well.",Work/life balance is not realistic at higher levels if you want a good review.,good luck.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54982,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ux designer,"comfortable, easy, good pay, good benefits","boring, conservative, behind in technology, no collaboration, lazy",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54983,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program Manager - Shared Data,Good direction with good people.,Understaffed for the amount of work they do.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54984,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing,great job but must be very creative because everyone depends on you.,It's a lot thinking and hours out of you day but its worth it at the end when you see your project turn out amazing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54985,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, Great benefits",Microsoft offers amazing benefits to its employees. You will never find better. The people who work there are smart and have great experience.,Expect to get reorged every year and that your products will never see daylight. Especially if you work outside of Redmond.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54986,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Intern review,Probably the best intern salary compared to Google/Apple/Amazon especially given that in Washington prices and taxes are lower. Subsidized housing,"Tools are definitely not very good, build system, source control etc etc etc. But this is going to better soon I think","Become more agile and faster, use more open-source software, bring free food please as Google does.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54987,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,missed opportunities,"access to a lot of advanced technology and some exceptional people, Very good library and research resources. A lot of amazing internal tools that for reasons I don't understand were never productized.","No one in power has any incentive to ask: ""why the company with unlimited resources and access to the best people in the industry keeps falling behind"" ? Culture of the company remains outdated and new CEO did not manage to change it.","implement incentive system where people in power have ""skin in the game"". Today's power structure in MSFT just wants to perpetuate its existence and is not capable of change.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54988,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,solution sales professional,"Brand name, open culture, ability to do differnt roles across organisation","Like any large company is heirarchical, longetevity in job matters more than merit, culture ia define by the GM your org is reporting into.",Need to find ways to bridge gap between the CEO and the last level employee. Need to really become competitive from salary perspective,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54989,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,terrible place to work,"large company with lots of revenue, easy to find a place to bury yourself and work out your career in obscurity, great brand visibility that looks good on your resume","poor strategic vision, limited investment in meaningful new areas of business growth, ruthless political landscape, no meaningful career growth opportunities,","cut the deadwood, get back to being a real meritocracy, enough of the pointless back-stabbling politics, more minority and female career growth opportunities",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P541.htm
54990,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top 5,Great and smart people around you,"Only 50% 401K match, some companies offer 100% match Medical deductible is quite high for family",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
54991,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Huge company, very arrogant management","Huge company, good benefits, a lot of resources available for the employees",Being way from Redmond keep you out of the loop,Very arrogant leadership promotes the same kind of behavior on lower level managers,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
54992,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company I Have Ever Worked For,"Very competitive salary, incredible benefits and perks, flexible work schedule, great people and culture",I am really happy hear - not much to complain about!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
54993,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Research Intern,Amazing company!,You work on real life projects and have the opportunity to make a real impact.,No cons really. Its an amazing company!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
54994,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work at,"Fair compensation, lot of benefits, flexible work culture, ton of opportunities within the company","There are lot of exciting things happening, but they need to be advertised properly",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
54995,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still one of the better ones,"solid company with wide range of offerings, from consumer to enterprise, smart coworker, good training and learning opportunities, good variety of projects to work on, almost unlimited resources, overall positive","can be bureaucratic, less efficient than agile rivals, frequent reorganization and move (physical office move), performance review process can be optimized and doesn't always promote team work",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
54996,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,Very good benefits. Truly care about family and help with your career. Opportunities for travel within the company.,Haven't really found one yet.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
54997,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,MSFT Advertising review,Solid salary and best benefits around.,"Lack of clear strategy, and org is very top heavy, which leads to difficult decision making processes.",Less management layers and more focus on IC roles.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
54998,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Microsoft Store,Amazing retail environment. Very fast paced with lots of energy. Awesome people and customers. Plenty of room for advancement.,Understaffed. It forced everyone to learn more and work harder though which is a pro.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
54999,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering in II,Flexibility in working time. Many experts in domain to discuss and learn from.,Not agile enough to compete with other newly start up companies.,Drive the company to be more competitive in the market.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P542.htm
55000,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great Company,Exciting times to be at Microsoft with lots of opportunities,Innovating at the speed of light has it's down sides,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55001,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Program Manager II,You're working on products millions of people around the world will use.,It's a really large corporation and very often feels like that.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55002,microsoft,"Binghamton, NY"," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Brand Ambassador,Campus Brand Ambassador,I worked as a campus brand representative in Microsoft. It was a perfect job for any kind of student.,2 days of training was not sufficient to get to know all products.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55003,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and Cons..,Great benefits and compensation packages. Great managers from my experience and want you to be successful,"Very competitive, must excel at job. Due to the fact it's a large company efforts to make change are limited.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55004,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good culture & benefits,"Inclusive culture (race, sex, sexual orientation, personality). Good benefits for the industry.","You don't know what area you will work in when you accept the job offer. Depending on where you land, your work-life balance may be pretty bad. Little opportunities for learning and progress. Average compensation.",- Reduce management overhead (currently around 7 levels). - Give new hires a say into what they will work on. - Offer more learning options to employees. - Increase paid vacation time to reduce burnout.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55005,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Manager, Product Software Test",Leading technology and good health benefits,None that I can think of,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55006,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Partner Technology Strategist,Sr. Program Manager,Global organization allows for international experience.,Accept and move on before you are left behind.,"Some great, others not so.",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Work,"The salary is fantastic, the benefits are top-notch, and the products you work on truly do change the world, so it is easy to find meaning in your work. The people you meet here are genuine and very intelligent, which is great considering how much time you spend with them.","Work/lift balance is a little tough at times. Given the magnitude of bugs or failures in a product like Windows, fixing them is a process that will result in many late nights and giving up your weekends.","Management is often so bogged down with balancing engineering and business goals that they will sometimes be disconnected with the product, and the time it takes to perform certain tasks. This is something both manager and IC should work on, but it is still a challenge.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55008,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"big fat company, lots of projects",can easily be lost in 'politics',none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55009,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Research Intern,review title,"High quality research, involved mentors","Lack of cross-group meetings, need to use windows (?)",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P543.htm
55010,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Analyst,senior analyst,"Doubled salary in 8 years of employment, used to be a wonderful company","Heavy politics, nice guys don't win",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55011,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Chaos,New Parental Leave Policy Bonus and review system is much improved over the past Open to using the right tech to solve problems is a big improvement over the Ballmer days,"Chaos and a lack of checks and balances has become the norm in the attempt to become agile Teams have been cut too deeply and flattened so much it's becoming difficult to get things done Too data driven now - if you look only at data then companies like Facebook, Google or even the original Microsoft never would have been started",The company wasn't built by morons - throwing out everything we did in the past and copying what we perceive web based companies are doing (with different business models than ours) is self defeating.,4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55012,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - SOG Manager,Dublin - SOG jobs,Very few pros working for Microsoft,"SOG jobs, Poor salary. They feel its a privilege to work for Microsoft",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55013,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"After the first death march, you'll be the scapegoat for another.",Offices are preferred to cubicles.,"Being on schedule means management will add to you a late project. The deliverable and schedules is already promised.  You try to get the project back on track. Management will want to your work weekends. When the death march is over, your review says that your responsible for the project becoming a death march.","When a project get's off track and is late, the local manager and lead are responsible for that happening.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55014,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place,Allows for growth for individuals that have driver mindset,The environment can get you become comfortable that could become a trap,Keep up the re-invention of the company. Continue to promote women leaders,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55015,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Long time employee,Company definitely has a bright future if they work hard on innovation and cloud computing.,Work life balance leaves something to be desired. Review process is based on hard metrics and how well managers other than your own know about you. Have to work long hours to meet bare minimum metrics and still have to generate review bullet points extracurriculary to be anything other than middle of the road.,Reward employees for doing their actual job and not based on enforced attrition.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55016,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Free soda, very good IT department, good culture of quality first.","Lot of subtle racism, nepotism and political maneuvering going on to makes it difficult to focus on the job at hand.",Stop hiring MBA's assuming they can grasp the software industry. They usually don't. Look at the demographics of certain teams and ask yourself why a particular demographic consistently get's hired and it given the bonus/promotion.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55017,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal consultant,"Challenging technical problems, and infinitely learning opportunities",Too political and too many useless processes.,Flatten the services org.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55018,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Senior software engineer,"Smart co engineers, very good employee care and benefits","Proprietary technologies, beauracracy with many layers of management","Change performance rating system, people here primarily focused on their performance review. The culture has been changing in the recent years and I wish more of that happen sooner.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55019,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Content Developer,"The company overall pays a bit more attention to work-life balance, compared to another local big online giant in the region. They also offer ergonomic furniture and the necessary hardware to do your job.",The faster shipping cadence and combined engineering that gets rid of quality assurance shifts the burden of verifying software behavior down to content developers. Nobody in some product teams seems to have time to do a thorough job anymore.,"Getting rid of entire disciplines like quality assurance, content engineering is bad for the company. Thinking that software engineers can do it all - writing spec, testing features - in a faster shipping cycle is unrealistic.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P544.htm
55020,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Content Developer,"The company overall pays a bit more attention to work-life balance, compared to another local big online giant in the region. They also offer ergonomic furniture and the necessary hardware to do your job.",The faster shipping cadence and combined engineering that gets rid of quality assurance shifts the burden of verifying software behavior down to content developers. Nobody in some product teams seems to have time to do a thorough job anymore.,"Getting rid of entire disciplines like quality assurance, content engineering is bad for the company. Thinking that software engineers can do it all - writing spec, testing features - in a faster shipping cycle is unrealistic.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55021,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,12 Years at Microsoft as PM,"-Company has improved dramatically in the last few years since Ballmer's departure -decent pay, good benefits -lots of opportunity to do awesome work and make a huge impact in the industry -our culture is slowly changing for the better",-work life balance can be poor -lots of process and layers of management makes us slow to react -lots of groups doing the same thing (slowly changing),Let people take risks and accept that failures happen when taking risks. We can't be risk adverse and we can't be afraid to fail. We need fail fast and not be afraid to do that often as a company and as individuals.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55022,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"A great, challenging work environment.",Navigating the large corporate environment can be difficult.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55023,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good,- good work life balance - most managers are really nice and open to grabbing a coffee etc. - there's a good amount kf training resources available - people are pretty down to dart and the interview process and fairly laid back - free soda - free bus pass,"- there's definitely a bit of a social hierarchy when it comes to being a contractor vs a full time employee. - there's an 18 month maximum on all contract work. After the 18 months, you can't apply for contract work with Microsoft for 6 months.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55024,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior SDE,"company pays good salary, and has work life balance.","very less scope to learn java, and open source technology",less politics more features and value to users instead of platform,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55025,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Exchange Consultant,MS,Paid Well and very good benifits,"Its more like a cult than an employer. Don't plan on having any input, just do as you're told.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55026,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Decent but could use alot of improvement.,"Good work-life balance (at least most of the time), while there are a lot of bureaucracy, the company and the managers do care about the company image, they usually won't do or say anything that would outright be considered evil and outrageous (unlike Amazon).","Stack ranking is still here even though they no longer advertise it (there is no more bucket 1-5 or 20 70 10). Feel like company is lack of directions. Products/feature designs are not focused. Brand name is not very hot, they are turning around a little bit (but is it enough?) Senior management only cares about short term gain and lack of any kind of visions. CEO cares more about cost cutting than solving problem or innovating.","Need to do more to excite the employees, whether it's better pay / benefits or invest in more exciting and product and innovation to rejuvenate the brand.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55027,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Territory Manager,Opportunity Manager,Great team of smart and motivated colleagues. Great products with loyal customer base. Good pay and benefits.,"Some in middle management are poor managers, stuck because they can't be promoted or fired. Senior managers lack courage to move these poor managers out. Management recognizes and promotes those employees who are adept at self promotion and *ss kissing rather than their actual sales performance and great customer relationships.","Clear out incompetent managers. You have a lot of great people at Microsoft, promote the right ones!",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55028,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2015",Former Employee - Washington,Embedded Engineer,-Its a great place to learn a lot - a lot of smart co-workers,-They treat contractors like garbage,You really should spend some time interviewing third party contractors before hiring them for the job,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55029,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but not necessarily for everyone","Innovative and game-changing company with great products and solutions. Microsoft continues to invest significantly in solutions to deliver its vision to customers, and become the leader in the multiple areas of the technology industry (i.e. magic quadrants).","It's a really big company, obviously. I've found that it's very hard to navigate the complexity to get simple things done, which is frustrating. The company is very numbers and forecast driven from a day to day basis, however, they do recognize the efforts that you put forward in quarterly and yearly reviews. Licensing is very complex and isn't easy for reps or for customers, but the company has committed to simplifying this. It's hard to feel like you're a part of a family or any sort of local sense of community in the customers we serve.","Make it simpler to do business with customers. Keep developing great products and solutions, and make it simple for customers to learn about it, and to ultimately transact it. Continue to invest in marketing to enterprise clients, especially focusing on mainstreaming important enterprise and business productivity products like Dynamics.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P545.htm
55030,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,Very good working environment in Redmond,Seattle is an expensive area,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55031,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - NVH Engineer,NVH Engineer,"Great benefit, flexible work time management (depending on your manager), good salary","Hard to get visibility, lot of politics, difficult to get promoted if you don't talk louder than your coworkers. It's all about being seen and not about the work you've done",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55032,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Market Research Manager,"Mostly Good, and Improving",Reinvigorated under the new leadership of Satya Nadella,Growing pains as we leave behind the legacy,Force engineering leadership to get more customer-focused (vs. designing for their own tastes),4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55033,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Satya era review - 15 years @Microsoft,"There seems to be a breath of fresh air in Microsoft that makes working here both refreshing and challenging depends on what you are looking for. If you are the creative types that like to leverage people's idea to be successful and believe the success of the group equals the success of individual no matter what it takes, you will now find MS a place that actually measure your performance in similar ways. Also If you are the experimental kind that thinks that good business in tech needs to move fast with ideas, you will also find that MS is now a place that wants you to help it move in that direction (surprisingly enough)","The flip side of the coin I guess is that you are now needing to learn new ways (ironically ... that's actually how the rest of the industries have been doing things for a while) that is different from the Microsoft that most people use to know. If you are just looking for a nine to five job, you may find you have less and less room to go in Microsoft - there are still places for that, but far less common IMO.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55034,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager Intern,Program Manager,HR and recruiting are really committed and invested in their interns. They offer a great experience.,Didn't have a great manager and as a PM. Bing a PM at Microsoft is a bit ambiguous.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55035,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Business is a bit lost,- Lot of opportunities within multiple different types of businesses and technologies - Benefits - International multicultural environment,"- Working in silos, no actual overall business benefit approach, instead many teams objective is to make them self look good - Too fragmented business and organization",Need to define what future will look like and plan path there. Instead as currently holding with old businesses with panic and even more panic to find new.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55036,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Can be good, can be bad",Great technical experience. I learned a lot while there. And I was able to take that technical experience with me when I left. It's a great place for a year or so to get experience. But not very many people stay longer than that.,"People compete against each other. Not a team environment. When people are working against each other rather than together to solve problems, not much gets done.","Managers should do more to promote teamwork. But the managers don't seem to work together well, either, so I'm not sure that will ever happen.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55037,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seeing Microsoft 3.0,"Immense opportunities abound across a wide variety of products, technologies and geographies","needs to eject older Microsoft 2.0 (Baller era) ways, it's happening, but not fast enough",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55038,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsft,Flexible working time Good resources Interesting projects,Compensation is not competitive than other high tech companies,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55039,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Great place to work - if you aren't a pushover.,Great culture to work in!,Lack of proper documentation,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P546.htm
55040,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Service,"Great salary and benefits, Tele work available.",Big Companies might make some people feel that moving upwards is hard and long.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55041,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Work space is super great!,Career growth is a bit difficult.,Less manager.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55042,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to do internship,One of the best internship programs in the US. Great place to learn hands-on stuff about developing software. Plenty of interesting people to learn from.,"Many things depend on the team you would end up working. Work-life balance for intern might be tough, especially if you are trying to do a really great job on the project",none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55043,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Manager,"Microsoft tries to allow equal opportunities to employees, and the new review system encourages employees to collaborate with one another",I hope to see the company continue to embrace open-source technology,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55044,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Test Engineer,"Benefits are great, and if you have a good team, the culture is fantastic. Can be as flexible as you'd like.","You work really hard almost all the time, and there's a ton of politics involved in every decision.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55045,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good job,"Company is great to work for, especially because they help promote innovation and creativity. Really good benefits as well, which I liked a lot.","I did not like certain things. Specially, I did not like that sometimes you were unaware of the amount of time spent at work because they make it feel like you were at home.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55046,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Great place for hard work,"Good comp & benefits, freedom to do great things once you are senior enough, energy is upbeat and focused on great work, energized by new senior leadership. It's work life integration not balance and when you like what you do that's ok.","Need the right manager to get the most from the environment, must be able to deal with matrix and politics if your mid to senior management, some old school folks remain who need to drop the attitude.","Empower smaller teams and lower level managers, focus on clear communication of strategy and goals, ignore the noise of old school complainers",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55047,microsoft,"Philadelphia, PA"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,n/a,"Technology, Money, Software, Flexibility, Employment","Subjective, Challenging, Lack of Vision",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55048,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 2,Microsoft provides a great opportunity to work on impactful software. They are very professional and allow many opportunities to interact with top talent.,Microsoft is a large company with many levels of management. They are not always together on vision and things take a long time to get done.,"I would advise management to listen to engineering and other ICs as they provide great ideas. While I understand management is important, IC ideas should be considered.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55049,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Going in a different direction,"Lots of smart people, decent benefits, you actually get your own office, you schedule can be very flexible","Real-world / industry leadership in specialty areas is severely lacking, too much of the time no one knew what to do, so they just did *something*  So much bureaucracy that just to do one little thing, hard to make impact outside of your box  They don't value or give you time to do the small things that make everyone's life easier and are better for the long run, extremely concerned about short term success  Corruptible and disruptive politics everywhere which leads to reorgs constantly","Focus more on software security and not just security features, allow more projects to fail and learn from them instead of killing promising projects because the results aren't instant  Allow people to break out of their managers grip and not just encourage them to be grunts their entire career",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P547.htm
55050,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,-Great people -Great products -Good atmosphere -Good benefits -Good 401k,-Late to market -Sketchy vision -Bad work life balance -Too many process -Many layers (Management),none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55051,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Instructional Designer,Sr. Instructional Designer,Great place to work - flexibility with work schedule. Work from home.,Work-Life balance could be better. It's who you know....not what you know.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55052,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Great,"Great benefits and pay. Pretty good work life balance. Nice people, and cool events sometimes.",The large company comes with a lot of bureaucracy which hurts work.,We need to do a better job connecting with customers.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55053,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Director,"Great company, open environment, always learning new things",Politics and very tight marketing budgets,Develop career pathing,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55054,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,It's been a good place to work overall. There were no major downsides. I enjoyed it.,This has been a good experience. I don't really have any complaints that I want to voice at this time. Thumbs up here.,You are doing everything fine at the moment. No need for changes. I think it's going good overall. I really can't think of anything that would need to be different.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55055,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Decent, but declining",Decent benefits High differentiated rewards for strong performers Good office environment Reasonable work/life balance,Rewards aren't top Messed up review model leaves top performers underwhelmed Benefits falling behind peers despite recent updates,"Bonus and stock getting tied together was a move that fundamentally tied managers' hands unnecessarily. Rather than raising salaries to competitive level, Microsoft has made it so ~90% of employees get some bonus, including ~80% ""at bonus target."" This is BS, because people then feel entitled to bonuses for average performance, and ties our hands from giving out top rewards to the small % who significantly exceeded expectations.  Stock used to be the retention bridge, but given stock awards is basically just deferred compensation w/no upside given recent stock history, Microsoft could have had its cake and eaten it, too.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55056,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Culture is awesomw,1. good perks 2. work culture good,1. lot of work they take it from employees,please increase your monetary benefits,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55057,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Phones Category Operations Manager,Phones Category Operations Manager,"Microsoft is a global leader in software, with a strong business drive and a clear and well communicated strategy. It is a company ready to shape the world future","No cons, I just enter to Microsoft by a merged company and the new business didn't fit well on Microsoft strategy",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55058,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Work life balance, changing culture to be more fast and responsive, intelligent passionate people",Still a big company and that move slowly. Major decisions still come day from the top,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55059,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Great,"Smart people. Best company on earth. Lots of time to learn, fortune 5 clients.","Lots of travel, management could have a bit more training, but it's hard when things move so fast. All and all, top notch.",Www.AnthonyHarwelik.com,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P548.htm
55060,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Big company many products you can work on,office Politics happen fairly frequently,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55061,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,"Compared to similar companies in this region, Microsoft offers a decent work-life balance. Great culture for fostering working beyond boundaries - including a flexible remote working environment Plenty of opportunity for upward mobility by the motivated employee","Despite the progressive nature of the culture and all of the tools that make remote networking possible, Microsoft still suffers from the inefficiencies of having roles spread out across numerous locations worldwide. Lack of collaboration between orgs contributes to significant duplication of roles. Frequent issue of unnecessary rules for the sake of process delivery",Eliminate the barriers between the high-level orgs to enable greater collaboration,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55062,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"had great products, challenging every day.","some times, it is too stressful because origination's changing too frequently",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55063,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reasonable,Good work life balance. Culture seems to be turning around from its period of stagnation of the last decade.,Processes can be quite slow with such a large corporation with so many employees. It is a lumbering beast.,Encourage more agile development with more sponsored hackathons and competitive contests.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55064,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Supply Chain,"New products, Challenging, Good Benefits","Challenging, Management style, Processes, onboarding, trainings",Improve trainings and processes,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55065,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,ehhh it was ok.,"Benefits, Fellow co-workers, get to play xbone for ""sells"", 1 hr lunches, stocked break room with all the junk food your and imagine.",Store management and above. The infrastructure of this place is build by 5 year olds and then they bring in ex Best Buy leaders...Look at what they did to Best Buy. Destined to fail from the start.,Actually give two craps about your employees if you want solid work from them.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55066,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Sales Executive,Solution Sales,Microsoft will always be a company that will continue to try try try and eventually get it right. The genuinely believe in their people and take business very seriously. You can meet great people and smart people...and have fun doing it.,It does move slowly with change and it has allot of internal conflicts that end up impacting customers,Fix the internal issue and it will result in stronger customer satisfaction,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55067,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with typical big company problems,"Great benefits, smart, good people, if you get a good manager the review system is fair and helpful","Bureacracy, corporate, expected to work above and beyond  really depends on your direct manager/team I'd say",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55068,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Both terrible and great.,"Big company, big tech. Learn about the latest tech.",Extremely segregated to the point its like being black in the 60's,Use your common sense and don't follow what previous culture told you is ok.,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55069,microsoft,"Black Diamond, WA"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for type A,"Decent pay, great benefits, and a lot of opportunities to move around the company. Also offer a good tuition reimbursement package.","If you're not a type A personality and don't have a boss that's willing to go to bat for you, you'll get run over n every review period.",Don't undervalue the employees that work quietly and efficiently and always get the work done. The squeaky wheel doesn't always need the grease.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P549.htm
55070,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,"great people, diverse workplace and cheap software",middle management heavy and constant restructuring year after year,work on strategic areas to retain talent,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55071,microsoft,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The right group and manager will make or break you.,"Solid pay, flexible schedule, strong benefits and dedicated colleagues.","Subjective recognition, ranking and reward process. Move up or move out in order to sustain your career. Your success is based on the group you are in protecting you and not a reflection of your performance.",Peel the onion to get to the truth. Question the facts with award submissions and go to the submitter not the manager. Clean up numerous sales resources calling on the same customer and partner.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55072,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Compensation but less job satisfaction,"Great Talent , Socially connected Company and employee love their benefits.","Junior Executives and Managers are risks adverse, more people like status quote than taking risks, Employees true potentials are under utilized.","Know your customer and employee first before you start selling or building solution. Create the work environment where people wanted to work for job satisfaction , not for benefits.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55073,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Manager,"Compensation, People, Location, Annual Review Fair","Politics, Too Slow, Narrow Minded Senior Leadership",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55074,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work,Great work life balance Very talented engineers (team dependent) Competitive salary Excellent benefits Can move around the company easily,Company culture can be slow to change Quality of teams can vary widely across the company,Embrace the change of agile engineering and discard the past bureaucracy,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55075,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Great company, great culture. great opportunities",Very large. One has to establish team and move around to create company networking opportunities.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55076,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software engineer,Good work life balance. Work time flexibility. Single office.,Low salary. Too many politics. Less challenge project.,Need more interesting work projects. Need ways to encourage people work efficiently. Need more responsibilities.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55077,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Director of Development,Director of Development,It is great company if you are working with right teams. Some of the team members are very passionate and highly technically capable leaders. Their ability to manage larger team with great process has kept them leader in some and survive in other area.,Not all teams are great. Some of the business leaders have survived being completely below average. They have no desire to excel and in this industry that is becoming death nail for them.,"Seriously, Please look at some of the SVP who have not been able to manage or deliver anything substantial and especially when they lead team in bay area i.e. outside of their Washington home pitch.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55078,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,"Good people, office environment, trained well, promotes from within, good benefits","Low pay pay pay, no vacation, long hours, and weekends, no defined benefit plan, management uncomfortable","Be more open ended when hiring, Ivy League school graduates do not automatically translate to good employee s, use past work experience",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55079,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Quality Assurance Engineer,Entry Level Test Engineer,"Being an entry level tester, working at Microsoft has been a great learning experience and will look nice on my resume. There are some really great people who are more than willing to help and teach you.",The pay is very little with no hope if increasing. Vendors are viewed as disposables and are let go regardless of their talent and knowledge. Disconnect with direct managers.,"Pay more attention to your team, we may not be the biggest focus of the company, but we are still a part of it. Show us that we hold some value.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P550.htm
55080,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Aug 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Experience,It is the best company. They care for their employees.,I cannot think of any cons of working there. It was a great place to work in.,I would like to tell the management to keep up the good work they are doing in hiring and keeping the best talent.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55081,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer II,Great Stable Company To Work For,Great compensation and benefits Meet and connect with brilliant people Great work/life balance (depending on the team) Easily jump to other teams within the company Extremely flexible schedules (depending on the team) Work on products and tools that touch millions of users Freedom to pursue projects that interest you (and up to you to initiate) Travel for conferences and workshops Free coffee and drinks,"Full of politics Some managers are a nightmare to work with Difficult to make an impact in the culture No unity across teams on the same platform A lot of layers of management Teams can be have a terrible work/life balance Everyone outside of MS constantly doubting you Microsoft is not a ""cool"" place to work at (to most people)",Many executives and mangers are tied to the past that it's extremely difficult to move forward into the future. Add in the political mess and you have a company with old culture habits that are stuck in the past. Need to identify and remove those people without putting employees in risk.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55082,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Work life balance, good benefits",not much room to get promoted,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55083,microsoft,"Kent, WA"," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,Highly Competitive Workplace,"Great benefits, good salary. Work with smart people","Company talks the talk of work life balance and teamwork and collaboration. Doesn't often work like that there in practice. And because they're very competitive, some of those smart people you work with are looking for ways to enhance their reputation at their coworkers' expense.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55084,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,"Super smart people, great CEO, good business minded people, great at strategy, like the new performance management system","HR team is nothing but process and paperwork pushers, not proactive or helpful, not good at getting in front of the market place -- laggers, lot of in-house competition and fighting, which is not productive","Eliminate bottom 5% and focus your efforts on the top performers and rewarding those steady performers in the middle, Get on board with Satya's direction -- tear down siloes and innovate so you get products to market ahead of the competition.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55085,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company--good bosses are all the difference though.,"Pay, Time off, culture, and working with very smart people",Large company makes it hard to have freedom in work,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55086,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director of Product Marketing,Microsoft provides great benefits and because of its size it offers many different opportunities to expand your career without leaving the company,"Because Microsoft is so big, it can be highly matrixed, leaving you with a small portion of responsibility which makes having an impact difficult.","I believe there's a huge opportunity to flatten the organization, increase individual scope and remove some of the fat from the structure. Overlap scope of responsibility if needed.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55087,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,High level of tecninical competency in all project resources. Focussed on Cloud based systems through Azure.,Work Life balance is not a concern. They don't care what it takes to get the project done but you'd better perform.,Recognize even the smallest contributions not effort can be a home run. Big things have small beginnings.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55088,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineering Lead,MSFT,Microsoft has very good employee benefits,there is too much politics,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55089,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work with,Work life balance is best here. Have the choice to work on focus area. Not so political in decisions.,Not so many opportunities to promotion. Company is too big to use cut-edge technologies,Be more open to new techs and should have the guts to adapt even with the downside of temporarily losing revenue.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P551.htm
55090,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good benefits, you learn a lot, good coworkers, interesting challenges, respectful and cery enjoyable environment.","A lof of process, sometimes there's not a lot of choice as to the available tasks to work on",More transparency,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55091,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior program manger,Stable and pays well. You can have huge impact on the world. Benefits are nice. Stock is up. Did I mention stable,"Politics seems to dominate the culture. Little discussions with leadership. A lot of typical ""we have always done it this way"" culture.",Too many middle managers,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55092,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Director,Principal PM Manager,"Established company, great products and a great customer base, good benefits although they have declined over the past few years","No work life balance, with regular layoffs happening the culture being established is one of fear, not opportunity","Satya needs to pay attention to what his execs are doing. Empire building continues across the company and execs, and subsequently their directs, take the short term approach of doing whatever it takes to get their next promotion - even if it not sustainable and has a direct benefit to customers. Not to mention the diversity issues developing where non-Indians and females are being actively excluded from opportunities across the company.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55093,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,"Good benefits, good salary, flexible work time","Too much work, too much cost-cutting, quality is forgotten",none,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55094,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic at Microsoft,End to end ownership is always available,"Slow moving at times, but not always",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55095,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Director,none,great company to work for,"bureaucracy, red tape, delusional executives",improve leadership skills,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55096,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Advertising at MSFT,"People, benefits, overall interesting work.",MSFT has no interest in media or advertising,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55097,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,"Benefits, Flexibility, Perks, Insurance, Food","Culture, Bureaucracy, Old fashioned mentality","Embrace market changes, and adapt quickly. Dont change to much too fast either and focus on important things like the end Users for example",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55098,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Basic Review,"Good Benefits, Starting get more hardware products.","Difficult to move around, Compartmentalized. Not many hardware products and areas to work on.","They can't do anything, they all are following rules.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55099,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer 2,good learning environment at all levels,"Politics, less flexibility, less collaboration",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P552.htm
55100,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Fairly good company,"The good thing in Microsoft is that you can always find some group to work on things that you're interested in. Front end, back end, services, client side, mobile, operating systems, compilers, etc. You name it. Changing groups inside Microsoft is relatively easy if your performance is not too bad. The base pay is OK and benefits are pretty good.",With company of that size it is pretty hard to make real impact. Re-org happens at least once per year (but I think other companies do this as well). The total compensation (stock awards) is not as good as other competition companies.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55101,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,"So far, ¿so good?","Not much stress, work-life balance is great, it depends on who your boss is, but most of the time you are free to doo home office, control your own time, etc...","Small business unit structures that delay/stop your professional growth, lack of emotional intelligence in detected in some of the leaders, if your boss is not into home office culture you cannot apply to it even if it's a company habit.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55102,microsoft,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Product Expert,Product Expert,Had the best benefits and good people to work with,"will not work with your schedule, always wanting you to stay as late as possible with no overtime.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55103,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Microsoft Review,Some of the smartest people I have ever met work at Microsoft. They have a lot of products and services which means a lot of opportunities for the employees.,"The services org is becoming more and more like a typical consulting company. Thus may be good for investors, but a lot of great talent choose to work at Microsoft because it was different. Now, not so much.",Microsoft is headed in the right direction as far as products. Services need changes to adapt and compete with others.,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55104,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,receotiinist,It waa a ok expericencd,None I think of really good to me,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55105,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Chief of Staff,Chief of Staff,"Great pay. Smart people, trying hard to do the right thing, great physical work environment.",Change resistant and internally focused culture make for some strange politics at times.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55106,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great Place to Work Hard,- Great Opportunities - Excellent Experience - Knowledgeable People - Broad Range of Fields and Specialities,- Long Hours - High Expectations - Many management layers,Progression through the company should be easier and more straightforward.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55107,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer in Test,- Good Environment - Smart People - Lots to do,- Several layers of beauracracy - Not working with the latest technologies - Move slowly,Embrace open source technologies if they are applicable Reduce the number of layers between engineers and upper management,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55108,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome CEO. Amazing company.,Great working for a diverse and people focused company. Satya is an amazing leader that has the right vision for Microsoft's next 20 years.,Competitive pressure from all sides require us to be responsive and not reactive. Must B cautious.,"Keep going with the Cloud First, Mobile First strategy. We will win.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55109,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,The People Were Awesome,"Everyone was smart, helpful, professional, and friendly. Your work contributes and builds on that of others. Your manager encourages you to take breaks and balance your work with downtime. Free drinks, free coffee, decent cafeteria food. The company is currently in an upward trend of gaining respect.","Other departments don't much respect your time. You set up a meeting wherein everyone is supposed to be free according to their calendars, and they still don't show up.","Give your underperforming employees a bit more ""kick"". The purposes of the higher-up directors and VPs can sometimes be nebulous and clouded in corporate jargon. When the actual directing happens, sometimes projects will be given ridiculously short delivery timelines and set up to fail.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P553.htm
55110,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great position. horrible hours. looks great on a resume,Good pay. Self empowered. Company has a great culture,"Work hours are horrible. If you want to move up, you have to move.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55111,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just like other big companies,"The people and work-life balance is good, but this depends on your manager.",Various teams and/or management can be political.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55112,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay clear from Bing Ads,"Good engineers, good work, challenging set of problems to solve, good company benefits","Terrible management in Bing Ads. A bunch of Yahoo transplants that came over from a failing company. They have no innovative skills. All they do is copy Google. Not really sure why we need executives in a copy paste model. All innovative ideas are shot down. Product Management is terrible. They have no influence over the customers and just hide behind the fact that ""advertisers want to do the exact same thing that they do with Google"". Take this... Microsoft store is managed by Google's subsidiary. Wtf?? This is a freakin' joke.","Satya needs to wake up and say goodbye to all the no good Yahoo managers all the way up to Qi Lu. The science teams are pretty good. But, on the systems side, we need solid Microsoft managers who know how to build robust systems. This is Microsoft and not Yahoo. Bing Ads culture is the worst at Microsoft. It doesn't even feel like Microsoft. Please get rid of Qi Lu and all his Yahoo cronies!! They are a bunch of yes men with no real technical skills and they rule through fear and not through inspiration. Such a stark difference between Derrick Connell and David Ku. Derrick inspires confidence in leadership. David seems like a nice guy, but inspires no confidence and moreover lacks any innovation and direction. His Managment team is also exactly the same. Time for a big shakeup. I would recommend Gaurav Sareen to take over all of Ads. He's young, innovative, thoughtful and moreover a true Microsoftie!!",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55113,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Short term Experience,"-Depends totally on the managers you work under, if the manager is good then even the workload is fine but if the manager is insecure then you are in hell. -Multicultural & professional Environment",-At times people are just insecure and don't want to recognize your capabilities -No growth as its a huge organization -every year employees are reduced in order to reduce the budget -long working hours,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55114,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Toxic corp cultures,Used to have one of the best benefits and also a company to admire and to work for in Seattle areas,The old and even the current review systems still do nothing good to foster True teamwork and best performance. Still too much in-fighting among teams or even within the same team.,It must start from the very top down. Start with focusing on the true result backed up with real data for any goal or strategic objectives. Get rid of layers of management that do nothing all day except playing office politic = toxic environment,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55115,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager Intern,Program Manager Intern,"The company is extremely stable long term. It seems like a great place to settle down. Also, Microsoft is so big, you'll find someone doing just about everything in software development. Movement is easy, if you look for it, and you get to work with a lot of great people","The company is sometimes a bit too big. You can see how the cogs turn a bit slowly at times. This also means the company has accumulated a lot through the years, which makes fixing issues extremely hard at times.",Reorg less and make onboarding less painful. Things sometimes change too often for anything useful to get done.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55116,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Microsoft,"Benefits, innovation, community giving, vast global opportunities to learn, grow, and support long term career path. Your career is up to you to manage, not your manager.","Large corporation. run like one, mostly. Lots of decision makers. Your career is up to you to manage, not your manager.","Focus on building, motivating and leading your team and the business results will come. Take the wall down and talk to your people. More transparency and better human relationships.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55117,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Design Researcher,Design Researcher,"There is a great deal of work flexibility, complete the work that you need to complete and the day is done. It does not matter when you come in or not.","I worked in Xbox, and I wish that more people were gamers and knew what gaming is like. The people working there can make a good product but I think that products would be made faster and easier if more people were gamers in their off time.","Involve yourself more in the day to day minutiae of what your subordinates are working on. By understanding what your reports do, you can better assign their time, give them pertinent advice, eliminate red tape, and know who would work better at what job.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55118,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales software consaltant,As a sales consultant I constantly was in competition with other employees and as a team we work together in order to meet our monthly goal.,The down side was having to push harder to pick up the slack for the slackers.,Very competitive environments create hostility.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55119,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mixed bag, but getting better","More real customer focus, working with the market instead of trying to control it. Expanding to new platforms is going well and gaining momentum, both inside the company and out","MS still hasn't quite figured out moving and 'internet' speed. Yes, you can go to market early and fix things later, but that works best with a v1 product in an open market. With a V10 product you don't get as much forgiveness.","Listen more to the dogfooders. Telemetry is good, and the market speaks, but the first 100K users have some good feedback too. Win 10 was better than 8/8.1, but there was still a fair amount of ""You're in Redmond and not representative of the target audience, let's wait and see"". Now that Win10 is out, the internal folks were right again, but ignored",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P554.htm
55120,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,Excellent potential for growth. Excellent benefits. People were great to work with,Senior Management was not always trustworthy. Lack of transparency.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55121,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft device startegy,MSFT salary and benefits are on par with high tech companies. Windows 10 OS is promising on PC but not on the handset and tablet.,"MSFT did not have a good vision and a good strategy for their phones division. They purchased Nokia smart phone business but they shut down offices in Salo, San Diego, China, etc... The company doesn't seem to have a clear vision on where they are going with Windows phones.","MSFT has plenty of work to do on Windows 10 for phones. Especially, on the app side. Consumers are not happy with lack of apps on Windows OS.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55122,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - General Manager,Used to be Great - Now a Political Science Academy and PPT OrgChart Creator Paradise,"The campus is fantastic, it has multiple locations and each one has a different feel. Downtown Bellevue has a city vibe (great for lunch, christmas shopping), the main campus(es) have a more classic Microsoft feel. All feature easy access to the supplies you need to work a long day (a positive when you need it). Lots of great legacy to be proud of.","Leadership is awful, much more concerned about their own survival and being the best YESMEN they can, causing paralysis, gang behavior and zero execution. VPs are rewarded for producing org charts, data is ignored, product design is not implemented and they've lost their way in terms of producing anything that anyone wants at any level. A great american tragedy.","Break up the company, sell off the deadwood and remove leadership and their hired gun YESMEN. Such a travesty to see a once great company run by the incompetent.",2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55123,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Consulting Services.,"Great pay, great benefits. Management is very supportive of charitable activities.",It's a services organization that's an afterthought for a software company. You're often in direct competition with the licensing teams.,Shift from a profit center model back to a cost center model. You exist only to pull through software products.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55124,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Director,Sales Director,"Great technology, super smart people",Limited resources despite billions of dollars in the bank,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55125,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, great products","Incredible work environment, demanding but rewarding, fast paced and yet very easy to manage, and just an overall great experience despite only working there for a brief period.",There's not much to say here except that I wish I was offered full-time and not just part-time. I would have stayed longer if it wasn't for the limited schedule I was working.,Keep doing what you're doing. I know some people have issues in this particular area but I had a great experience and wouldn't change a thing.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55126,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Development Engineer,"Excellent environment. Enlightened, transparent management. Great products. Lots of opportunities to learn and grow.","Some teams are more mature than others. If working in a team with lots of senior colleagues, career growth is slower than average growth velocity of peers.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55127,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Partner Channel Marketing Manager,"Benefits, great team, nice offices, good diversity, strong leadership, fair pay and rewards, nice cafeterias, mentoring encouraged, great local schools.","Fire drills, internal reporting tools are surprisingly cumbersome and not integrated with each other. Little flexibility to work from home.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55128,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Experiences vary across teams, but mostly very positive","I love the leadership in my division, really respect the smart and down to earth people leading us, and it trickles down to their directs and so the culture is great. I'm constantly challenged and feel well compensated. Satya is doing a great job. Microsoft matches a ton of my charitable donations - love working for a place that is so pro-giving.",From what I hear not all teams have the same strong management so really investigate the health of the group before you join them. Hopefully these situations are becoming less common now.,We've gotten better the last few years at making smart bets - lets keep up that trend.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55129,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Combination of good and bad,- Microsoft - C# - Lots of learning - Awesome developers - Good perks,- Corporate politics - Dishonest salary scale - 24/7 work schedule,Be honest,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P555.htm
55130,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Excellent place to work at!!,"- Company really invests in you! The quantity and quality of courses available really allows anyone to grow and improve their understanding. - Lots of people who help you succeed! I was lucky to have an amazing mentor and a fantastic manager. - If you get bored with one problem, you can always move on to something else that is equally interesting. Microsoft really offers a wide variety of problems to work on (from games to enterprise software to search to mobile phones to operating systems to ...)","- People are really competitive here. If you are in a team of more senior people, then you don't have to worry much but if you are in a team with more junior people (i.e. ones who are closer to your level), then it can get messy really quick as everyone is trying to proof how their contributions matter the most. - Frequent reorgs and changes in strategy. If you are one of those people who can switch directions fast, then you can thrive over here. However if you are one of those people who get really attached to your work, then the reorgs will have a toll on you.","Due to the organization hierarchy, there are more people at the grass root level who know what direction that the company really should be moving in. Provide easier and more accessible channels for them to lead the company in those directions. It doesn't make sense to ignore them and then after a few months move in that direction because another competitor has implemented that concept into a working product.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55131,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place that's getting better,New CEO and direction of the company is giving this company another chance. Benefits are pretty outstanding.,"Long work hours and little respect for work-life balance, despite excellent benefits. Still very much stuck in their old ways.","Create and implement a long-term strategy to appeal to the next generation of technology professionals. Some recent benefits upgrades help, but the company culture remains stuck in the Ballmer era.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55132,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Program Deployment Manager,Best company I ever worked for.,I loved every day I worked there. Awesome experience.,"None, I have nothing bad to say.",I have none.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55133,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great benefits and flexible work options (telecommute, work/life balance). I would highly recommend Microsoft as a great place to work.","Very political, customer is an afterthought - not the driving force for updates/changes, slow to change.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55134,microsoft,"Fort Worth, TX"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,Structure Every customer is a customer,Saturation means there isn't much room for account growth Quotas were unachievable without auditing for software compliance,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55135,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Service Engineer,Deliverable focused environment,+ Ability to set own work hours + Casual work environment + Benefits are excellent,- Managers allow employees to over-commit - Review process is arbitrary and metrics frequently change mid-cycle - There are cliques that protect each other and leave others out to dry - Some managers micromanage and demand to know what work was done every hour of the week,Focus more on resolving problems and less on playing the blame game.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55136,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solutions Sales Professional,"Great salary and benefits. flexible, kind of hours. Smart capable people.",No respect for creativity. super long hours. extreme buracracy.,Drop calibration. Respect new ideas. Everyone is not a organic technologist.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55137,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Work/life balance is managed well.,Need a position in a growing product within the company.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55138,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Senior Director,"Organized, dynamic, large scale, potential for large impact","Reviews and promotion very subjective, still not based on impact.","Top heavy, thin out GM level.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55139,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Advisor,"Get people to work with, always fun and never a dull moment",There isnt much of a downside,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P556.htm
55140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,Staffing Consultant,"Great employee benefits, good work life balance, a lot of flexibility to make my own schedule, fun work group",long commute from where I live but they provide shuttle transportation. I really don't have much to complain about.,Do more to incorporate CSG staff into the larger group,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55141,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),working at microsoft,"good benefits , good salaries",lot of competition within team for promotion,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55142,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Overall it's a good place to be working at,Overall good work life balance. Free drinks. You will always work with professional and smart people.,"It's a big company, so sometimes its hard to get noticed for the work you are doing.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55143,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Lots of space to invent, contribute and lead.","Can't find any...but since I have to enter at least five words, then again...can't find any...",Keep adjusting to market changes. Fast!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55144,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr Program Manager,lots of different teams to work with,lots of internal churn internally which delays deliverables,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55145,microsoft,"Phoenix, AZ"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales,great company and benefits great schedules,none to speak of great company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55146,microsoft,"West Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Content Developer,Glory days may be over,Good pay and flexible hours.,"Company has lost direction and is floundering. Intense pressure is put on everyone to do something, but no one seems to know what that something is.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55147,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Supportability Program Manager II,Too much politics,"Great benefits, free to choose what you want to own, no micro managers. Good facilities, get to work on latest technologies.","Very narrow minded, poor vision or direction from higher ups. Management is biased, you get fewer chances to prove yourself and there can be gender/race bias in some groups.",Keep people who are worth it and not the one who play games!!!!,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55148,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Place to work,"Technology, Career opportunities, Culture, Work/life balance",None None None None None,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55149,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Sinking ship,"have your own office, lot of office buildings, good environment",pay not as good as other big tech companies,fire half of the people. double the salary for the rest.,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P557.htm
55150,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great people to work with. Flexibility to manage book of business. The rewards for hard work are there if you can make it through the first 6 to 12 months.,The change in the IT industry is a difficult one to grasp right now. Movement to cloud services or lack there of makes it hard to manage a group of clients that are not up to date and with the times. The ivory tower does not always understand this.,Stay in closer touch with the field sellers and the challenges that exist within vertical markets. We cannot throw out a blanket approach to hitting our numbers when the proposed solutions do not align with the client needs.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55151,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It has changed over the years,"- Good base salary, - Good 401k - Flexible work environment - Great customers - Great place to start your career",- Money is the most important thing to the company. Health benefits went from the best in the US to marginal. - Scorecard driven - Limited career path outside of major campus locations,"Put your people first, not your scorecard.",4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55152,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager Lead,Exciting and fun place to work,It is competitive and political,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55153,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Fair compensation and one of the best benefits provider in the tech industry. It offers the unique opportunity to work in different groups (from cloud to embedded) without having to change company. Great middle managers. Overall, it's a good place to work at.","Sometimes it's difficult to get things done. Not ""One Microsoft"", yet.",Change the top-down structure.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55154,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Content Developer,Senior Content Developer,Challenging environment where you are surrounded by smart people trying to make the world a better place through technology. Good benefits. Work/life balance is easy to manage.,Commuting to Redmond is very painful. Limited upward mobility due to a career path that can easily dead end. The only real constant is change which can be disruptive.,Quality products is a better goal than rapid development. People still aren't working well together simply because it's easier to go rogue.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55155,microsoft,"Oklahoma City, OK"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"A breath of fresh air, this is by far one of my favorite jobs, I love going in there daily.","Amazing benefits! It truly is a great company to work for. You do what is right by your guest, and you are given the ability to make decisions.",There's a constantly changing bonus structure that and everyone competes against the entire company. Career development lacked when that was talked about.,"Ensure that career development is happening, the group is talented.  We have been working very hard for a long time with fewer employees than we should have, the entire crew is worn out and tired.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55156,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay AWAY!,"At first, the company had great benefits and average pay.","At the time of the massive layoff in 2009, the company stock was worthless.","Good to see someone other than Ballmer in charge. As a Lakers fan, also glad to see Ballmer will tear down our up and coming rival neighbors. Ballmer, stay in the Clippers and don't ruin another great company like Microsoft.  Maybe Satya can rebuild the once great empire.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55157,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Support Engineer,Sr. Support Engineer,All around brilliant people in Microsoft helped me to grow fast everyday. Charlotte is also a great a place to live with relatively low living cost.,"The positions are limited in Microsoft Charlotte as here we focus on Customer Support and Services. For newly graduated students, it is great to join a big company like Microsoft, but in order to explorer more opportunities, Charlotte may not be the best place to stay with.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55158,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE-II,Nice company to work with,Work life balance is not great,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55159,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - General Manager,Great Place to Work,"Smart people, excellent benefits and compensation",Not an industry leader. Work environment extremely political.,Hold management more accountable,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P558.htm
55160,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Hardware Development Manager,Microsoft is a Great Place to Work,"Very dynamic work environment, fast-paced, work autonomously, great pay and benefits.",Typical business related problems as any large company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55161,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fun place to work,Fun place People are very energetic and smart. I would highly recommend Microsoft.,"Less Salary. Microsoft has great benefits, but most of the benefits doesnt apply to most of people.","Management is realising that they have to step up in order to compete with Google, Apple, Samsun, Amazon etc.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55162,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Group Manager,Benefits and diversity of job opportunities,The culture and review model are at odds. Not sure who they want to be.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55163,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Quality Manager,Quality Manager,"Salary, benefits and flexibility and culture",work life balance can be challenging in some groups.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55164,microsoft,"Beaverton, OR"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),software giant,"great employee benefits,challenging work,good location to work.Growing company, lots of users, high impact work, love my coworkers. It's a product that is changing the world.","difficult to get in,should conmsider people with good experience and worked earlier.Not an easy job, changes impact millions of users which can sometimes be very stressful.",nice job.please continue.I would recommend this company to a friend - I'm optimistic about the outlook,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55165,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,A great company to work with.,Takes a toll on you. Makes u work so hard,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55166,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,"Great place to work, depending","Unlimited resources. Huge scale. Super smart people. Tons of interesting projects. Whatever you want to work on, you have access to experts in the field. It looks great on a resume. The stock is finally moving after flatlining under Ballmer.",Hard to advance if you're not in Redmond. Reviews (the old system) are a brutal time suck. Constant reorgs. Intense politics. Free health insurance was discontinued a few years ago. Layoffs (and secret layoffs) have gotten to be a pretty regular thing.,"Even though I was not laid off, the layoffs that happened during my time at Microsoft really broke the trust I had in the company. It took a bit longer than I expected, but the old group I was in is currently being dismantled after almost 2 decades.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55167,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not clear transformation will succeed,"There are some very smart people and some of them can be great coworkers. Where the company is committed, there are great resources brought to bear. It still is a place where great things can happen.","More so than not, the culture has grown more toxic. Fiefdoms have only strengthened under Satya instead of diminished. The systemic loss of integrity is becoming a bigger problem. The ""come from behind"" mentality is simply not going to work in the current industry landscape yet those who have built their careers on this approach run largely unchecked.",Get the CVP and partner level leadership principles in place ASAP. Microsoft's challenge is cultural and not technical. It is not reasonable to expect cultural change with the same people running the show. This is the worst I've seen it in 15+ years. You have a problematic division that are not being appropriately held accountable. Fixing this is an existential problem to the company.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55168,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Marketing Communications Manager,"You work, with smart people who care about the work they are doing.",Too many changes in upper management. New management does not have the experience or expertise to manage a team and drive results.,Put the right people in the right roles.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55169,microsoft,"Las Colonias, TX"," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Territory Sales Manager,Great technical company to acquire excellent technical sales training. Excellent territory management process.,Microsoft have the typical problem most large company have an that is everyone working together as a team to move processes forward.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P559.htm
55170,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 20, 2015",Former Employee - Founder of Small Startup,Senior Manager,"Empowered to be innovative, disruptive, game changer.","Too many layers of org, matrixed and redundancy.",Keep making necessary changes from the top down to modernize Microsoft to stay relevant and competitive.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55171,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program manager,Microsoft stack learning opportunities Allows for needing to be as technical as you want to be,Tend to be somewhat of a red tape but is definitely changing for good.,Reduce red tape and continue to allow for empowering employees to dream big,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55172,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work... esp. if you want the security of a world class benefits program.,"Incredible compensation plan, incl. benefits, flexibility and autonomy in role, ability to move around the company and wear a variety of hats","Such an engineering driven company where, if not in Engineering, you feel like your impact is minimal, based in Redmond w/little oppty to work in the Seattle urban space, absolutely no concept of leaving your work at work... it's always waiting for you even when you go home, difficult to land on decisions and just get work done.","Empower your employees to make decisions and be actionable - speed the time to market and don't waste so many resources on simple decisions. Show your employees (individual contributors) that you care about their contributions as well... allow every employee (in good standing) to be eligible for sabbaticals, don't just limit it to the top level leaders. What message is that saying to individual contributors?",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55173,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work/Life Balance,Flexible work hour. People respect each others.,There are some day that you feel stress because the challenging of work. But I think this can happen any other work place too.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55174,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Consumer Service Advisor,Consumer Service Advisor,"Great Benefits, Nice people. Microsoft retail loads FTE up with bonus opportunities and even occasional MS products. Where some companies fail is Human Resources, Job Resources, and a communication stream to management, Microsoft does not have these problems.  The Service Advisor role is slightly privileged, people will trust your training and expertise, you may even be invited to travel to special events.","MS Retail is in it's infancy. Every 2 months you will face a dramatic change to how your job is measured and how a situation is handled. You will probably face high-turnover as many positions are judged harshly by these ever-changing metrics and lack of accountability on the highest of management.  No opportunity to shine or show your skill. Even the most devoted softies will never be given a chance to show how much they care. The daily duties are so hardwired that you will essentially feel like you work as a janitor or grill cook -- while company-wide communications will praise you and send vague encouragement.  The only way to grow is to earn the attention of people above and beyond your direct(store) manager, and get them to encourage your career growth.","Be more than a gatekeeper. Learn to be passionate, or at least learn how to carry the passion of your subordinates to the appropriate people. Don't let good(excellent!) employees become bored or unchallenged. You represent a small piece of an amazing company and have the power to push talent into more appropriate positions.",3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55175,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"1. Lots of experienced engineers to learn from. 2. Large scale project to contribute to, so one can learn how a large scale project is run 3. Well delineated career path",1. Company getting more irrelevant from tech industry every day 2. Lots of re-organization reflecting lack of clear strategy from upper management. 3. Technology learned may become more and more irrelevant from the rest of the trend.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55176,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior business intelligence developer,The work environment and cafeteria are good,The Commute is too long from bothell,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55177,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 2, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,Best Firm,good firm to work with,Really good firm to work,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55178,microsoft,"Jacksonville, FL"," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor/Inventory Control Expert,Inventory Control Expert,The benefits are fantastic and there are massive amounts of opportunities for upward mobility.,"Not necessarily an overall con, but the upward mobility is based on your ability to relocate, which I cannot do right now. I understand that this is how it is with most jobs anyways, but I felt like I had to mention this as a sort of personal con.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Huge variablity in work,"Lots of friendly, helpful co-workers. Microsoft is such a large company that there are opportunities to work on a huge variety of projects, languages and environments. Wonderful work-life balance. Everyone is very understanding if you have to take a few hours off here and there for family or other non-work reasons.","Management often seemed distant - you would meet with your manager for 30 minutes each week, then not see them again until the next week. A lot of time is eaten up with email, meetings, work tracking, etc. which can leave little time for dev work. Due to the company's massive size, you can end up assigned to a deadend project, a poor manager, etc. and forgotten about.",Connect more with your developers. 30 minutes a week is insufficient to really keep up on their work and help them succeed in their assigned tasks.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P560.htm
55180,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Outstanding career growth, ability to change roles, explore opportunities, pay/compensation and benefits, innovation and team spirit.",Limited ability to have management involvement due to customer load and daily work volume.,have a greater emphasis on securing the existing footprint of the install base to ensure the customer maintains the Microsoft share. so much emphasis is set upon net new space that the install base is risked to the new startups.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55181,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Fine, plenty of room to grow","job security, world class benefits, plenty of other smart people, plenty of resources, lots of room to grow and park your car (Redmond)","Forced to work on platforms not because they're the best choice, but because it's MS. Slow to develop new solutions. In reactionary mode rather that pro-active innovation. Sure the research hub is huge, and hackathon is encouraging, but I don't remember much coming out of them. You'd have to finish the thing on your own time.","Lots of change going on right now, but a lot of status quo too. Who's going to push for the real change and make it stick?",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55182,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Social Support Analyst,"Good team, a bit repetitive.","Fun team, relatively relaxed environment. Learn lots, grow a lot, and make connections. Overall I am glad I worked here.","Few opportunities for growth, the pay you'd expect from a relatively entry level CS role, and difficult goals. Can be a bit taxing.",Needs more opportunities for growth,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55183,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,Still having great presence in Enterprise segment.,Losing badly in mobile space.,Don't fire people.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55184,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Expereince Manager,Associate Experience Manager,Great Work Life Balance considering it's retail. Employees are passionate about the product and services. Health insurance is amazing along with other incentives like stay fit reembursment.,The Labor policies didn't make much sense. You are unable to take holiday pay on top of the 40 hrs worked in a week. Instead they forced you to take an extra day off to keep you at 40 hrs paid for the week.,Change the labor policies.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55185,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jul 31, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Good Company in transition,"I enjoyed Microsoft. However, it has changed greatly since when I joined in 2006. It's still a first-class company but not as much leading-edge any more.","Microsoft seems so busy trying to latch on to a successful strategy that it's having difficultly with consistency. The recent lay off of almost 8000 people is something that never would've happened 10 years ago. And it's okay for shareholders, but less okay if you work there.","Reorganizing at the beginning of each fiscal year may seem like decisive action. However, it may also be ""rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic."" Quit trying to be a ""fast follower"" and actually look to innovate in the white space.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55186,microsoft,"Indianapolis, IN"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"No Teamwork, too many narcissistic tendancies",Good benefits. Fun technologies for potential projects,"I have never worked a place that is so hard to get people to work as a team. If you are at a large site, it might be different, but if you are at a remote office, it is horrible. Even though things seem to be changing from the press releases it still remains the same Microsoft internally. Microsoft first mentality, sell all our products, make your numbers, get your big bonus, that is what matters. The narcissistic culture here is completely opposite of most successful companies today. When you own a huge chunk of the world and you have enough cash you can make anything successful I guess, sad! Many meetings I attended were offensive too, foul language, rude jokes, etc...","Learn how to work as a team. Focus on your customer. Deliver solutions with partners and embrace other software tools, not just your own.",1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55187,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,what a waste,"There is little positive to say about my current organization. They have great off-sites. If senior management likes you, life is good. If they don't, not so much..","I could fill a book here, but it really comes down to horrible management. Lack of clarity of mission. Cronyism beyond belief.","Hold yourself accountable, not by looking in the mirror and telling yourself what a great job you've done, but by taking a truly objective view. Bring in an outside review firm and execute a true assessment. .",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55188,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Most products at Microsoft are impactful at one way or the other. There are very few ""small"" products. Work you do matters. Individual Contributors (ICs) are generally fun to work with.","Politics, back-stabbing, dated technology stack, lack of customer-centricity, rest and vest attitude. I could go on.","Simplify. Focus on a few products, and fewer customer segments. Make it cheaper or faster. Reward teams and people for helping each other, not hurting one another.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55189,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,"Pay is excellent, people are good",MS pays great - lots of extras that affect the total compensation.,"Culture is becoming too developer-centric In a bad way. Arrogant, prideful personalities can succeed if they are great coders, while collaborative smart people who aren't as skilled with C++ are looked down upon. The leads to disdain towards the non-Dev disciplines, and a lack of structured testing/validation of the work.","Keep obsessing about the customer. Focus more on quality - bring back the best of the SDET discipline. Pay attention to reviews from customers saying ""Win10 is great, but awfully buggy"".",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P561.htm
55190,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM in Microsoft,Great team and direction,Too many levels of management ..,Make the organization much more flatter,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55191,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2015",Former Employee - Content Manager,Only if you're an engineer,Great benefits. Pay is pretty competitive.,Frat-boy management is anti-woman. If you're not an engineer you don't matter.,Acknowledge it's 2015.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55192,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,- Smart people - Cutting edge tech - Great salary - Awesome benefits,- Politics - Uncertainty due to layoffs,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55193,microsoft,"Covington, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great place to work,"great benefits, competitive pay, good work/life balance, innovative products and services",Not always agile enough to adjust to market opportunties,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55194,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,work life balance is good,lack of focus in certain areas,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55195,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great company recovering from slow days. Lots of new initiatives. Attracting lots of talents from schools and research institute.,"Due to the size of the company, do expect some legacies in both code and management.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55196,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,Long time employee grew up,"You're never bored You'll have plenty to do You can always wait six months if you're unhappy, because it will change.",Worklife balance can be very tough to achieve Benefits are no longer above industry standards Discrepancies in budgeting across the company,Pick a market and stay with it long enough to be viable.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55197,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice big company,If you land into the right group the project will be really interesting and impressive,Need to realize that overall impact to company and everything will be small: small fish in a big pond as LisaB said once,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55198,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Jul 29, 2015",Current Employee - Group Manager,"Big Company, with all the perks & drawbacks","Still good bennies and depending on where you land organizationally, you could be super happy with a steady gig.","Highly matrix-ed company, and while they are trying to change the culture they still have plenty of infighting and old ""softies"" that rule the roost.","One Microsoft is a veneer. Lost it, and find a way to build collaboration in an authentic way",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55199,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Sr finance manager,"culture, diversity, working from home, career opportunities.","complexity, bureaucracy, slower merit increase and focus on efficiency creating additional workloads in the short term.",Reduce transactional work from finance and let them focus on value added tasks.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P562.htm
55200,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great Company with great people.,You are free to propose and create. This company moves fast. Change is the only constant. Be prepared to be challenged to the limit.,"It's not easy to navigate thru the organization, and growth may come slower than expected. If you can't adapt easy to changes, this company might not be for you.","Transformation come with a very extensive planning. It's important to have all areas aligned towards the same goal. Microsoft is close, but have work to do to achieve the ONE Microsoft.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55201,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Interesting place to work,"Big brand, big company with not bad benefits and high professionals around. Last couple of years were all about changes and company getting rid of many old problems.","Slow internal changes, strange or obsolete internal processes. Sometimes not very effective.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55202,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work with some minor things.,Benefits are amazing. Feel like 2015 Microsoft is rapidly changing and can lead to good things in the workplace.,"Linear opportunities to move up. Many people are still in the ""old"" Microsoft and company is still very scattered in terms of teams.","Become more objective and clear for future opportunities. The future sometimes looks bleak if you want to try new things, but are limited to a certain career path, if any at all.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55203,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - International Revenue Allocation Analyst,International Revenue Allocation Analyst,"Large, well established company with great culture.",Career opportunities for vendors are slim.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55204,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - SDET2,Great Company.,"Great company, Great benefits, good flexibility..","Ranking system that just changes names every few years to hide, promotes backstabbing and pushing others down to get ahead. Health Benefits were scaling back.",Instead of laying off - try to place people into other positions as things change. It would save money and wouldn't look so bad,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55205,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Interesting work. Redmond/Seattle is nice. Some innovative things being designed right now.,Older company. Needs restructuring. Cost cutting in lots of departments.,Hire more young people and get rid of the old non-contributing members. Some people have just been grandfathered into the company and are not contributing anymore.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55206,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer II,Good and enjoyable work. People are generally nice. Good work culture.,No QA role. Many teams are far from work life balance.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55207,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good Company To Start Your Career,Good to have a taste of what a professional working environment is like. Great to ramp up your skill in software development.,There could be operational tasks and random things that might not interest you. Company is so big so the impact you make might seem small.,I don't have much to comment on the management team. I hope they can avoid reinventing the wheels among the organization.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55208,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,- Flexibility of working from home - Work/life balance good. - Good Brand name - Lots of smart people.,- Salary not that good. Very average. - Customer Facing: pressure to work under very high expectations,Continue building more collaboration with teams from different departments. Satya Nadella has made some good changes in the company.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55209,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good for a few years, but don't stay too long",- Salary - Benefits - Connector shuttle,"- Bad for personal brand if you stay more than 10 years. Many recruiters tend to pigeonhole individuals who have stayed 10+ years as having the ""Microsoft mentality"" - arrogant, stuck doing things the ""Microsoft way,"" not a team player, requiring out-sized salary.  - Some roles very undervalued relative to the developer role (for example, marketing, content publishing, IT support). These roles tend to rely much more heavily on temp staffing.  - Highly political, too many meetings, mid-level managers, bureaucracy",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P563.htm
55210,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Engineering, Benefits, Assets, # of Businesses","Culture, Leadership, Review system, Culture, Culture",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55211,microsoft,"Campbell, CA"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Development Manager,CTO,"Great and talented, people, great benefits,",Balmer and his myopic Windows only view. With Satya that appears to now have changed for the better.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55212,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Coordinator,Microsoft review,"Excellent Company generally pays higher, flexible at a very fast past environment.",Vendors contracts have changed to the 18 months on 6 months off rule. They generally won't just extended you in positions anymore.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55213,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"A good place to work, I dont really know about the cons. Probably no to very little cons, very good place to work.","Barely any, I can't think of any. I left because of a better job offer. Barely any cons, great place to work.","Dont really know what to say, many are really good people. Manage well, make good decisions. Good management, good place.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55214,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,"Smart people to work with and learn from, lots of opportunities in different parts of the company","Large organization comes with its own challenges, larger projects with conflicting priorities sometimes don't align well",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55215,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Consumer product advisor,"Awesome benefits, relaxed environment, fun co workers, and a lot of resume boosting opportunities.","Upper management plays favorites, hard to move up into actual management unless you have extensive previous experience, they like to play the card ""it's not what you know, but who you know"" card. Only issues are with management, but it doesn't affect day to day too bad.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55216,microsoft,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great place to work. Always given challenging work. Given great opportunities to move forward your career,Very fast phase for the work. Politics in the upper level management.,Managers was very understanding and co-operative. I liked to work at Microsoft store,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55217,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Doers can do, relaxers can relax","If you want to go up the ladder fast, you can do it. Provided you select the right team with the right people beforehand",Waterfall process and old technology and a distance from the new stuff happening in silicon valley makes it feel a little less techy,Move to agile completely,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55218,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good for young people,Good for young people who does not have a family to support.,"If you are not creative , it is better get out of this company",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55219,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - SE II,SE 2,"Knowledgeable coworkers, lots of opportunities",Lots of reorgs in the last two years.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P564.htm
55220,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Good pay. Good benefits. Exciting problems to solve.you get to work with smart people. You love in the edge of new technology.,Jobs are usually very Stressful. You suffer from very Low work life balance. No overtime given even when it's almost always expected that you work extra.,I would advise management to not rush too much shipping products very fast. This ends up causing morale problems for workers as well as low quality products.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55221,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Sr. Product Marketing Manager,You get to know how to scale the business across the globe & also with Partners,Disconnected on engaging with direct customers,Have less hierarchical structures and encourage more direct touch with customers,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55222,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Solution Manager,Hide and Avoid work (sell your soul),"It is possible to get a good salary and do nothing, if your friends with the LT Seattle area Some amazing individual contributors (who never rise to management) opportunity to make large impactful changes.","Many people do nothing and slide under the radar. Make big changes you risk your job You may get no credit for your large impactful changes be prepared for people to take credit for your work Any change is seen as wrong and attacks will come from all sides, be prepared to defend the changes you made from constant attack. Completely incompetent management which support each other and drive Review system based on who likes you not what you have done Promotions are few and far between and when you get them they are not very large.",Flush out the political nepotism. look for individuals who have not produced anything other than PowerPoints and question their value. Stop moving individuals to new roles/managers every 6 months.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55223,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Been here 20 plus years and still love it,"Benefits are progressive, with a focus on wellness and preventative care. Lots of family oriented assistance as well. Team members are smart and collaborative.","Microsoft will take every hour of your time if you let them, it takes discipline and work to maintain balance between personal and professional life, but that's the case anywhere these days.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55224,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales director,Great benefits and great people,Work to be done in mobility,Keep going,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55225,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,Awesome company to work for. Company with great talent.,tough to move from one division to other internally for jobs unless you are in product group,focus on internal talent and providing them opportunities,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55226,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Getting back,"Good benefits, health insurance, 401k, ESPP. Full tech stack, large campus. good work life balance. Microsoft is getting back.","Too big organization, and everything is slow. Salary and stock bonus is no longer competetive with other top companies.","Continue the transform, and move more faster. Consider giving more stock.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55227,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Director,"Microsoft is a great company. When functioning at its best, you will absolutely have access to resources and to challenges that are unparalleled in the industry.","There is a unspoken cultural norm that facilitates risk aversion (fear). Leaders often speak about being bold and courageous, however, there are measures and processes (not just the performance system) that undermine the creativity that is fostered through encouraging diverse perspectives.","My advice to management would be to unearth the deeply rooted assumptions that have built and continue to guide the company. As an innovative company, the organization needs to build a learning culture and acumen such that it does not continually re-create the wheel and then become enamored by the creation. The company is so insular that it is often surprised by the trends, practices, and solutions that already exist in the external market. This is the inherent weakness of a culture that presumes to have all of the answers, and frankly, this is an early signal of a company headed toward decline. Creating openness is a sign of humility and courage as expressed as curiosity. This is my hope and advice for a company that I love and one for which I hold tremendous optimism.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55228,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A software giant,"Microsoft is located in a beautiful place, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Most benefit are covered.","Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. As a giant, it has a lot of similar or duplicate teams or organizations, and your cash seems are split.","Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. To become a more giant, management should focus on one goal.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55229,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Hardware Test Engineer,disappointed with upper management,"Great benefits , work environment and flexible working time",Poor upermangment. Manager don't care much for product quality work and direction. Managers only care for Bonus they got. Microsoft not customer requirment company.,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P565.htm
55230,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,Large but relatively efficient,"Good integration of consultants and FTEs, well standardized processes, good communication channels, clear project objectives, relatively few levels of management for a large Fortune 500 company, fairly self-directed and flexible work","Policies have gotten more restrictive over the last decade, individual teams can very different cultures and conflicting goals, workloads can become overwhelming, too frequent reorganizations and name changes","Recent changes seem encouraging, interoperate with Android phones/apps better, recapture the PC games market",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55231,microsoft,"Sherman Oaks, CA"," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Sales Executive,Solutions Specialist,"Good compensation plan, very smart people.",Upper management not clear on growth path of key product acquisitions.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55232,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Too Big,You're working for an established ocmpany,Nothing gets done because the company is so large.,Continue to cutback and improve the efficiency and efficacy of your organizational structure.,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55233,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product Management at Microsoft,"Good team and people to work, overall company takes care of employees.","Less strategic role, more tactical. Just helping other teams onboard a certain technology. Doing more project management.","Make product management more strategic - doing competitive research, bringing products to the external clients, innovative role.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Project Manager,Technical Project Manager,"Professional environment, everything is process driven.",Not many opportunities to convert from Contract to Full time.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55235,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only worth working there if you need immigration support,Excellent immigration department. Very good (used to be excellent) health care plan. Good benefits and decent salary.,"You will destroy your health trying to do anything that makes sense there. The founders (specially Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates) were bad role models and they heavily influenced all leadership under them. It will take 1-2 decades since both retired to decontaminate the company from the negative influence they had in leadership. The best picture I have seen that describes the work environment is the one where the individual points a gun to all other individuals that he needs to interact at work. Projects are terribly bad planned by the top leadership and more than 50% of them are cancelled before completion. Don't fool yourself thinking that this is due to innovation and experimentation, it is simply due to bad planning. Company acquisition is insane. Billions of dollars are spent buying companies that are quickly destroyed by not letting the acquired company work the way they know. Egos fly super high (again, influence from the founders) and most top leadership don't hesitate to put their own career interests above the company's interests. This means, hide what is failing, present and sell what you didn't do but later tell it is ""work in progress"" if confronted with the truth, etc. Above all, if you are a software developer, you will be working with technologies that the market doesn't want to use anymore. So if you work there for a few years you end up with a unappealing resume when you try to leave the company.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55236,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for everybody,Smart people working on products used by millions,Too competitive and buerocratic.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55237,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - SDET2,SDET,"Great MSFT salary and benefits, great office hardware that is refreshed often, good vacation time, stock awards, ESPP.","Lots of unnecessary intra-office politics, some teams operate on 'dog eats dog' principle, lots of ambiguity wrt: company overall direction and strategy, frequent 180 degree turns that affect multiple teams.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55238,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jul 24, 2015",Former Employee - Business Manager,It was ok,"Good pay, bonus structure, flexibility, the MACh development program and the hires and that is about it. I really have nothing else to say that was positive","Good ole' boy network at upper management level, not enough women is position of power, performance management system could be very biased",Cultural change is needed,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55239,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"There are worse places to work, and also better places. The coworkers are friendly and pleasant. The job is interesting but the work always seemed underappreciated",benefits hours management. They would keep you there all night if they could. The staff seems unappreciated and not respected enough,"better work hours, creat a more friendly environment, offer better benefits, offer more paid time off, award jobs really well done",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P566.htm
55240,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"There are worse places to work, and also better places. The coworkers are friendly and pleasant. The job is interesting but the work always seemed underappreciated",benefits hours management. They would keep you there all night if they could. The staff seems unappreciated and not respected enough,"better work hours, creat a more friendly environment, offer better benefits, offer more paid time off, award jobs really well done",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55241,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Territory Sales Representative and Coprorate Account Manager,Microsoft sales role review.,Outstanding Cadillac benefit plans. Stock ownership for all employees from day one. Great earnings potential. Fantastic facilities with 5 star dining and free vending machines in break rooms. Very professional atmosphere with high quality coworkers.,"Management style. Microsoft has a management style that I felt discouraged top performance. High priority is placed on sales forecasting to the point that I spent 65% of my time each week in forecast spread sheets and forecast reviews with management. The culture set by management is also a throw each other under the bus culture. Typically sales were performed by sales teams of various Product Specialist Technical Sales Experts and Account Managers. If a team lost a sale to a competitor, management would schedule a conference call with the team for a loss review. During the call the manager would often ask each member of the team who the weak link on the team is that caused the team to loose the opportunity. The legacy Microsoft employees would immediately begin throwing each other under the bus. Having come from an IBM culture where we truly worked as a team, watched each others back and typically had ""air cover"" followed up by coaching from our managers, I found the Microsoft throw each other under the bus mentality to be very detrimental to to building a good close cohesive sales team where the members were motivated to trust each other and work together in a positive way to be successful. It appeared that back stabbing was expected and eagerly applied by employees in an effort to safe themselves or try to get brownie points. I found it to be a very negative and demoralizing approach to team sales..","Streamline and simplify the sales forecasting process and only requires once every two to four weeks. We would often be asked to update our forecast on almost a daily basis. Although I was a very successful award winning rep, while working for another company I once made a mistake that caused us to loose a fairly sizable sale. The Executive I was working under took the blame with upper management and protected my back. He simply asked me if I had learned from my mistake which I certainly had. The entire sales team learned a great lesson from that, From that day forward myself and the rest of my team adopted the attitude that we not only wanted to over achieve for our own purposes but also to make our Executive look great. We cared about him as much as he cared about us. We would walk through fire for him and always wanted to have his back. We went on to be a consistently overachieving team that one numerous world wide sales awards. Strong comradery and a positive healthy desire to achieve a goal together always leads to greater and more rewarding success than a negative beat down distrustful environment. I understand that some managers feel like fear is the greatest motivator but I disagree. When I know I am working for someone that believes in and is loyal to me, I will work twice as hard to show my appreciation.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55242,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working there,Good for someone who wants to work all the time. Good free water and coffee.,Does not care about the staff at all. Poorly run business with lots of money to spend.,Don't be scared to learn what it is you manage.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55243,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,software engineer 2,work and life balance. best manager ever met.,nothing much to say badthings,he's been doing nice job,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55244,microsoft,"Fort Worth, TX"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,Good Deal,"Very competitive company to work for which has forced me to become better than I thought I could ever be. Great place to learn, grow, and potentially change the world.","KT once said, ""move up or move out"". Understand that you must continue to grow and eventually most people will struggle with this at some point in their career.",n/a,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55245,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly great,"Great pay, benefits, opportunity to work on great products, talented colleagues, and exposure to new technologies. Overall, a great company and place to work.",Easy to get stuck on a career path. Policies last longer than they should (old review system). Questionable job security with recent layoffs.,Focus on career development and talent development. Identify problem areas earlier. Do not build as many tools internally. Continue rewarding high performers.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55246,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,test review,"nice work, really fun thing",not sure i have something now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55247,microsoft,"Carolina, PR"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Information Analyst,Unique,"Family, fun, transparency , unique, lovely peace love world desire hard work","Frustrating hard work, great salary a world that you dont want to be without",More fun,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55248,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,"Big impact, smart people and sometimes cool projects.","Tons of work, tough competition, slow career growth.",The current compensation system compared to the previous one is better for the company but worse for the employees.,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55249,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing Manager,"great pay, great work-life balance and benefits, a lot of flexibility in marketing to try new roles, and there are plenty of programs to take advantage of","the environment can feel complacent and lacking accountability, Seattle is a great city but not the best location if you want to make a career in the IT industry","hire more young people, establish more specific and accountable KPIs for marketers, clarify the corporate strategy around devices and mobility",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P567.htm
55250,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad for a BIG company,Work on really interesting things at such a large scale that you will not find anywhere else.,In group - out group bias is really bad in some places. Not sure how we as a company will be able to tackle gender or race bias if we can not even conquer bias between our internal teams...,Too much process not enough accountability. Identify root cause does not mean that the issue will get fixed. Entering it into TFS will not ensure the work will get done. Make people more accountable.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55251,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great company to work for,"Great benefits Truly collaborative culture, not a dog-eats-dog world found in (mostly) other tech companies Razor focused strategy and execution from the leadership level Microsoft is cool again!! seattle is a great place to live","Politics at highest levels (not surprising) slows down decision making Engg. and marketing undergoing major change management/transformations. Creates ambiguity until things are completely settled Hierarchy flattens out pretty soon leaving little scope for career growth, especially people management",Provide more people management opportunities to ICs which will help in their personal and professional growth,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55252,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"good projects, able to move around","siloed culture, cutthroat teams who do not help others,",Invest in struggling Microsoft businesses instead of just laying off people,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55253,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Don't stay as long as I have!,Good benefits and decent work/life balance.,"Harsh, old school performance review system. Skillset gained inside is of limited use outside.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55254,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,network engineer,good company with best salary,"no work to do as well, I don't know",I have nothing to say,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55255,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Amazing people! Amazing tech!,Wide portfolio to move around the company and work on awesome products if you ever get bored.,Game of Thrones management. Management is equal parts brutally bad and some of the best in the world. Need to remove crap managers.,Focus on being the best company in the world to work for again. And fix the healthcare mess.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55256,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Director,Sr. HR Director,"Great people and opportunity to learn a lot, opportunity to truly be an expert in your space.","Very big company, things move slow at times.",Great leaders for the most part - keep pushing on collaboration and helping others win,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55257,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior PM,"Lots of scope to create products used by large numbers of folks worldwide, in capable teams with great environment and benefits.","Nothing really to note here, I've worked for the company for nearly 14 years and I'm still enjoying coming to work most days!",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55258,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Had a great Microsoft experience thanks to a series of terrific managers,"I really enjoyed my 7 years at Microsoft, during which I held a variety of roles in the online space.","Everything they say about the politics was true. If you have a solid manager that goes to bat for you and you do good work, you’ll be successful. If either one of those pieces are missing, be careful.",It will be interesting to watch how the leadership team will steer and lead Msft into the more competitive future,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55259,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Apprentice,Microsoft Apprenticeship Program,Great opportunity to learn and network. You will have Microsoft on your resume in high school which is unheard of. It will allow you to get tons of internships your freshman and sophomore year in college which is very difficult.,"I heard they have a new manager that runs the entire program who is not very good. Sometimes the work they give you is not important and remedial (prinitng, shipping, looking up things).",I would rehire the old manager for the program. She is what made this program so fun and successful. I would also encourage the managers of the apprentices to be more interactive with them.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P568.htm
55260,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II/Senior Development Lead,Software Development Engineer Lead,Well respected in the industry.,Still figuring out direction in the new world.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55261,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Ms Project SSP,Just a number and have to deal with an annual reorg because they have no long term strategy,Brand recognition and hi energy backstabbing people here that is last man standing with constant navigation of who can get closer to the boss. Big time opportunity for brown nosing and deceits. No integrity needed if you make your numbers,Have to play politics all the time and find a good place to hide at annual reorg or risk getting s bad review.,Stop the annual political reviews and a look at overall value that an employee gives,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55262,microsoft,"Gainesville, FL"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Terrific place to work,Big challenges Huge potential impact Good compensation Good benefits,"Work-life balance gets unbalanced for many people. It's definitely possible to keep a healthy work-life balance, you just need to be disciplined about protecting your personal and family time.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55263,microsoft,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Jul 20, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Just retail...nothing more.,"Culture intentions were good (initially). Good health/medical/vision benefits, employee stock discount. Great perks like free employee phones, low end Surface RT, affiliation benefits like discounted dealer lines for phone companies for about $30 unlimited everything. Sometimes we get free food and massages for Black Fridays.",Poor leadership in the store as well as parts of corporate. Disconnect in corporate culture and what was really happening in the stores. HR was not able to step in when leaderships were abusing their power and even preventing employee development. No room for upward mobility unless you know someone from higher up or suck up.  Disrespect of employees for their time and commitment and expect people to drop everything to attend to work related stuff.,"Do not hire people that Apple fired to run your stores as store managers. Also, drop the Walmart mentality when running retails.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55264,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Jul 5, 2015",Current Employee - Group Manager,Superb employer with many career opportunities,"Innovative, thought-leader CEO, focused and inspirational mission","Very large company, which can lead to change taking longer than you want.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55265,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Manager,Surrounded by intelligent and passionate people.,"Environment is competitive and can be very political, especially as you move up in management. Performance management is overly aggressive and creates high turnover, loss of experience, fear and instability.","Go back to your roots when you valued employees. Honor your loyal tenured people and rebuild your management team top to bottom with real leaders who are passionate about their people, their customers and technology.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55266,microsoft,none," Jul 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My view of Microsoft,Excellent company o work with. Excellent performance can be achieved driven by the tools and highly skilled personel,Redmond centric could be a con when located in abother state/country,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55267,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Senior manager,Opportunity to try new things,Culture is passive aggressive at its core,Focus on collaboration and empower people,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55268,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior IT Program Manager,Great Benifits,Great pay and benefits. People are highly intelligent and a great environment to work in.,Constantly changing management direction made it difficult to fully understand career goals. This was due to my immediate manager and director. This is not your 9-5 place to work. You are expected to continue to work into the evenings and weekends.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55269,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2015","Former Employee - MBA Consultant, Developer Evangelist",MBA student consultant,great place to work well defined milestones,Wanted outside perspective but were not open enough,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P569.htm
55270,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,limits,working with talented people on programs & projects that impact daily work.,hierarchy system give little movement possibilities for positions.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55271,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, great benefits, still terrible review system","MS still attracts plenty of smart people and offers great benefits (even if the platinum health insurance has been downgraded). As the company matures, there's more work/life balance - in some groups. MS is also far more charitable than Amazon - matches employee donations and hours, allows for payroll deductions, and has a day when the entire company volunteers.","The Darwinian review system favored by Gates has changed clothing several times but is still a stack-ranking system that puts everyone on a bell curve. Only a few can be rewarded, and someone must always be the sacrificial lamb. As a result, trust is low, cross-team work very challenging, and politics are rampant. It's not about what helps the customer, it's about what lets management tell the best story at review time.","See ""Cons.""",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55272,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work for,- Plenty of opportunities for personal growth - Good salary and benefits - Good work-life balance - High-impact work,"- Heavy and slow processes - Is located near Seattle, WA, which a fairly remote place (depending on where you come from). Not necessarily a problem for everybody, but it is for me. - Area is clogged and gentrified (expensive cost of life)","- Make the processes faster, but management is already working on it.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55273,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hmmtgh,"Fun and bodacious, although not great or bad. But mostly good and not too bad.","It was the best of times, and the worst of times in a world full of anger and happiness.",Keep doing the great work! I couldn't have said it better.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55274,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Does great things for the community Nice benefits Good pay,Too bureaucratic and not enough doers anymore. The company really changed in the 8 years I was there. Lots of bad managers running around who aren't getting the help the need to be successful.,Pay more attention to managers scores and actually do something about managers with low ones.,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55275,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,"Great company, bad experience",Great benefits Fun work environment,Poor management Difficult to move up Favoritism Unprofessional management team,Less favoritism and better communication to employees.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55276,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,"Very good pay and benefits, ample budgets, lots of agency and internal resources","Tons of red tape, super conservative, changing strategies, poor internal collaboration",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55277,microsoft,none," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,AE,great company to work for. respected,becoming out of touch with technology,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55278,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft,"Good pay, Great team, Good upward mobility.",Bad health insurance is the only one I can think of.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55279,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Video Services,Microsoft as a contract employee,Very nice offices and work environment. People are reasonable and intelligent. Cafeterias are good prices and healthy.,Management doesn't review performance of contract employees or provide them with advice on how to improve or get promoted.,Make the commuter buses and shuttles available to all contract employees as well.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P570.htm
55280,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Video Services,Microsoft as a contract employee,Very nice offices and work environment. People are reasonable and intelligent. Cafeterias are good prices and healthy.,Management doesn't review performance of contract employees or provide them with advice on how to improve or get promoted.,Make the commuter buses and shuttles available to all contract employees as well.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55281,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Senior Project Manager,"You can see the world change from what you do here. Awesome benefits and incredible salary. Very, very bright people and leaders in your field are your coworkers.","Smartest people on the planet believe their own press. Internal squabbling and bickering, people moaning and complaining about stack ranking. For a company of such influence, surprisingly closed minds.",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55282,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Applications Developer,Application developer in Test,The campus is beautiful. People are not packed I liked working in an office with only one other person. I liked the flexible hours.,The employees are not friendly. I worked hard but I did not get even reference.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55283,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Program Manager,"Large scale problems, very smart people to work with.",Too big a company and too many people giving feedback than doing actual work.,Be consistent and lay out clear goals,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55284,microsoft,"Princeton, NJ"," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Major Acct Manager,Major acct mgr,Great job and responsibility for good area,Lousy manager no experience in software,Manager had no software experience.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55285,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Culture Perks Location People Products Campus,Politics More overheard Silos across teams,Build great products Continue Innovation,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55286,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,A Great job,Excellent conditions and benefits: - office space and resources - great salary - satisfaction of working on products with high impact,"- Big companies with a lot of layers of management, not a flat hierarchy like newer companies - Boasting seems to be unjustly required to get recognized sometime",Please encourage and value deep knowledge and area of ownership instead of entertaining a system where broad shallow knowledge and boasting gets you promoted,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55287,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Sr Finance Manager,strong organization with plenty of opportunity for growth. Encourages networking and advancement. Pay and benefits are very competitive with the industry.,"bloated organization, scope of roles can feel limited especially for someone coming from a much smaller organization. Get in the right organization, layoffs occur often","Pick a strategy, communicate it to the teams and stick with it. Let the teams execute. Be more strategical, you can't change strategies as often as you do and win.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55288,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,Freedom to try new things and fail if necessary. High expectations mean that you'll continually grow and expand your skill set.,For such a large company it can be difficult to identify new opportunities for role changes.,"When your employees are ready for a new challenge, help them understand what roles might be good fits for their skill sets.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55289,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Channel Executive (Sales),Microsoft Review,"Great work culture with a lot of flexible benefits, World known brand, Superb IT and work interface, Good Salary, Ethical and transparent work environment",None as such as the company is simply amazing,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P571.htm
55290,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Director,"Stifling, Toxic, Political",Nice buildings Green campus Decent food Still a few good perks Everyone comes in late and goes home early,"Hire for sociopathic tendencies Cutthroat Complete lack of innovation Complete lack of creativity Very few ""decent people"" to work with Heavy politics and bureacracy","Split up into 3 companies. PC (Win/Office), Internet, and Consumer (XBOX, etc)",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55291,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,All spectrum of management - from crap to super stars,"I have joined as a L59 and left an L61. Big PROS are: - (if you're lucky) having a good manager who can guide you up the career ladder and broaden your horizons - smart-ass people. You CAN learn every day, if you want to learn. - good compensation benefits (until idiots who dialed 911 just for a simple scratch forced MS into introducing co-payments for benefits).","- idiot managers. there are still lots of living FOSSILS who are in management positions just because they've been there for 10+ years. All my last manager was doing is still trying to write a powerpoint presentation from time to time, organize weekly meetings, and (most irritating) reminding me to mark my time off whenever I was out. I asked her what to do when I debug stuff until midnight and she didn't know what to tell me. MS could fire half of its managers and there would not be a difference in engineering process/deliverables. - ""russian rullette"" people mention online - you really don't know when you will be fired. Yes, you don't know WHEN, because they fire in such a way so that a pattern can not be established. - the ""curve"". Not sure if it's still there, but having to find 5% of people to fire based on performance was a bit bad, given the strive to only hire the best. The result was dumber new hires than the people fired. - after 6 years in the company the new hires were offered more than I had. Same level.","Get rid of the intermediate managers. Enforce a ""lead by EXAMPLE"" mentality, not lead by how much time someone has been rotting in the office. Also, eliminate bureaucracy. There should be none in an IT company.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55292,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great company culture. People are nice.,Sometimes have to work overtime,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55293,microsoft,"Waxhaw, NC"," Jul 5, 2015",Former Employee - Regional Director,Take the bad with the good,"Better than average benefits and great pay. If you can last in the fast paced environment, overloaded with work, n-1 staffing approach etc. you can thrive at this company. My advice is to work there for a few years then move on to a company that will really value you.","Management environment is poor at best. High level management is not held to the same standard as mid-level and junior level management. Political environment is rampant here. They do not staff to the level of demand so you will find yourself overloaded most of the time. Results don't truly matter at the end of the day, it's whether you can play the political game and never provide a true view of reality that will allow you to advance quicker than your peers. There is a lot of emphasis to get to the top 5% and stay there by managing your political resume versus your true work resume.","Be real, be true, don't lie (which has been my experience), let people know that you turnover the bottom 5-10% of your organization every year whether you have met or exceeded expectations.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55294,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Group Lead,Great people culture Great products Strong orientation towards partners and customers Very strong strategic direction and fast communication and execution of changes Lots of focus in helping the community,"Career development process can sometimes stress and distract the org significantly during fiscal end/start Sometimes there is an excess of metrics and review processes, which can drive ""analysis paralysis"".","Focus on the key elements of success. Complete any people restructuring as fast as possible and with the remaining people keep that great culture. Excite the internal organization towards a new future. The ""A computer in every home"" dream of Bill Gates is fulfilled. it's time to dream big again.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55295,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Getting Better,"Decent benefits (once the deductible is met, very good benefits), opportunity to explore many areas, interesting work if you like the industry","A bit bureaucratic, slow to change, a lot of people who think they are smarter than they are, way too many meetings (not enough working)","Listen, listen, listen to employees - get rid of all the old ways from the old regime. Stop recycling old executives and get some fresh talent.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55296,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Support Account Manager,Training Manager,Working with cutting edge products and a super engaged team. I probably never had more fun working with a team than the one I reported to here.,Unclear expectations set around multiple vendors. Too many fire drills for my comfort but we managed them and got through them as best we could.,"Take the advice of customers and vendors you acquire more seriously. Don,t come in with pre-conceived notions of what will work and what will not.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55297,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Communications Manager,Stagnant and political,"Good pay and benefits, though they have chipped away at the health care. Huge company, so you have mobility options. Lots of smart people around to learn from. Plenty of training options. There are still some very good people there, but many have left.","The company has little or no direction. They don't seem to know what they do anymore and wouldn't recognize a business opportunity if it bit them in the arse. Very little innovation occurs. There's a cadre of old guard millionaires who stifle any new ideas because they might jeopardize their gravy train. For crying out loud, retire already. Plenty of overlapping functions, adds to confusion and internal competition. You control a very small slice of a huge company. If you are lucky, that slice actually scales because you can reach 1B+ customers. But most people are so far removed from the customer that they have no idea what they need.",Find some real areas to innovate. You are so far behind your competitors that you can't catch up with acquisitions any more. Try something different. Stop paying homage to Bill G. He hasn't had a good idea in 30 years.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55298,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better than expected place to work,"Benefits, Pay, Resources, involvement in variety of technologies",Older culture. Bloated workforce. Slow slow pace of innovation. Politics,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55299,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Channel Operations Manager,Was a Lot of Fun Until Nokia Purchase,Benefits were very good salary was very competitive and supported a great lifestyle location is absolutely gorgeous - Western Washington is a gem in the United States Projects were continually challenging,"Systems were dysfunctional Work life balance was talked about, but it was just talk - hours were 60+ normally",Live what you say,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P572.htm
55300,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Company is on a great trajectory under Satya's leadership.,Generally large hierarchy doesn't help translating vision from leadership to those in the trenches.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55301,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,A Great job,Excellent conditions and benefits: - office space and resources - great salary - satisfaction of working on products with high impact,"- Big companies with a lot of layers of management, not a flat hierarchy like newer companies - Boasting seems to be unjustly required to get recognized sometime",Please encourage and value deep knowledge and area of ownership instead of entertaining a system where broad shallow knowledge and boasting gets you promoted,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55302,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2015",Former Employee - Director,"Stifling, Toxic, Political",Nice buildings Green campus Decent food Still a few good perks Everyone comes in late and goes home early,"Hire for sociopathic tendencies Cutthroat Complete lack of innovation Complete lack of creativity Very few ""decent people"" to work with Heavy politics and bureacracy","Split up into 3 companies. PC (Win/Office), Internet, and Consumer (XBOX, etc)",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55303,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great people and benefits, super slow processes","the people - everyone is super nice and helpful, the pay - very competitive with all the benefits and Seattle cost of living vs California, the scale - the reach of all the products","the number of people in v-teams, the number of meetings, the number of processes, the number of days to arrive at and then to execute on a decision","please streamline processes, fire bad managers before firing bad IC's, make it all less process-ridden and bureaucratic, disallow vendors",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55304,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Smart people to work with..,"smart people, benefits, CEO, company is changign for the future.",Cannot think of any at the moment.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55305,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,MSFT - no longer the fun company it once was,Benefits and flexible work schedule.,Expected to work 50-60 hr weeks. Often with little acknowledgement while others getting credit. Annual review process is completely unfair as everyone gets stack ranked against peers and then forced into a bell curve. This then distributes merit and bonus accordingly. Doing one's job function flawlessly may still result in a below par review. Upward mobility and rewards are often extremely political. Bonus scales are ridiculously tipped to upper management.,Increase QA and ship quality instead of rushing things out the door.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55306,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,SDE 2,"Ocean of technology, good to learn and work.",No easy to switch to other teams you want to work,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55307,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Learn new technologies Good benefits Friendly environment to work,"Slow career growth, hard to get promoted once you are in Long work hours, bad work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55308,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Opportunity to work on products used by whole world,You get a chance to make a difference and work on high impact products. You get to work and learn with lot of smart people. Good pay and benefits.,"Some teams have more bureaucracy than others. Some time you feel that you are just a cog in a big machine. In most teams, it is hard to grow career wise without sacrificing some work life balance. There are lot of people there who work hard and put lot of extra time. If you don't do the same then you may not get promotions or huge bonus.",Increase base pay across the board for engineers. Change culture of working late and over the weekend. Increase the hiring bar. Lately (8 years) hiring quality has been going down. Allow more flexible work from home options.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55309,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Microsoft,So far so good,I love this place because me and my friends always work on project and it's just so fun to hear hat my boss has given me a raise man it's so fun chatting with clients and and emailing the,Although sometimes it is not that busy sometimes I am in my office just bored looking at my phone really you guys need to step up your game,I would say get people more convinced to buy windows stuff and it will be busyer,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P573.htm
55310,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work,Great Benefits. Pay well. Lots of learning opportunities. Good if you are in Redmond.,"Leadership messages with too much jargon and little meaning. The company wants to do everything, but in the end of the day only Windows matters. If you are not in Redmond, you are out of the loop of everything. They only think on profit and to make piles of money in short term. When things are not working well, Microsoft solution is to cut cost and consequently layoffs instead of fixing the problem. No talent management/retention at all, you may be a top performer in a key area that the company desperately lack people, they won't hesitate to fire you and threat you like cattle.","Be more direct and stop these non-sense speeches that doesn't say anything (CEO) For the leadership team and C-level managers, be less egocentric and arrogant. Stick to the business, be more nimble and empathetic to promote collaboration instead of management by conflict.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55311,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 27, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Printed Circuit Board Designer,Sr. PWB Designer,"Microsoft is good company to work for, good benefits and good co-worker around you.",I have no complaints about microsoft.,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55312,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great content mpany to work for,"Collaboration, technology, fast paced, innovative.",Health care benefits are limited since 2012,Fix the health benefits problem.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55313,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft review,Great benefits and compensation. Highly motivated and intellectual co workers.,You are a small fish in a big pond.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55314,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Hardware Engineer,Good Hardware Positions,"Great benefits, flexible hours, experienced team, interesting semiconductor chip & systems projects.",Challenges transitioning from software company to devices & services company. Stock price.,Build a Xbox gaming tablet and smartphone!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55315,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Sensor SDET,"There are some really great engineers you can work with. Contradictory to many beliefs, I still think Microsoft has above average engineers. The question is how they can be utilized better in a system that did not have good management.","It was like walking in mud to get anything done. There were intense politics when projects are cross-teams. When things fail, there were a lot finger pointing, and not enough people to try to solve the problems. The system has failed the good engineers I know.","Fire most of the middle managements, reduce the number of PMs. Seriously, nobody in silicon valley structures their team in a way that the PM to dev ratio is 1:2.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55316,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Lead Program Manager,Microsoft Culture Change,- A renewed sense of purpose under new management - Great benefits - Working with very smart people on products that impact billions worldwide,- Some resistance to change in large orgs/old orgs - Undoing some of the damage caused by the Ballmer administration will take time,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55317,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great so far,"Benefits, culture, work and life balance","Constant change, reorganization, political undercurrent",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55318,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineering,"Salary, Benefits, Challenging, Office spaces, Flexible hours.",Work life balance Reviews are still stack ranked even though they say they aren't,"Make reviews true. Separate the financial awards from the review ranking like other successful companies have. If you have 5 start performers, rate them as such. Then stack rank for financial rewards. Don't base you review write-up on where they fall into the stack rank. You are killing people who put their soul into this company.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55319,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but hamstrung by internal politics","- Access to the entire technology landscape - Smart people - Great benefits - Reasonable pay, especially for Seattle area",- Can't get anything done due to internal politics and turf mongering - 10 people are in place to do work that 4 would do more efficiently - Lack of accountability and clarity in roles leads to lack of rewards for good work,Increase accountability. Reduce people.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P574.htm
55320,microsoft,none," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor middle management leadership,Excellent pay and benefits Incredibly smart and helpful people,Middle management unable to make effective decisions There is an undercurrent of fear for lay off,Clean house with middle management by promoting the level below up.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55321,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company to work for,- Good career development plan,It's easy to get spoil by Microsoft benefits,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55322,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"The company moves slowly, but many of the individual pieces move VERY fast","An enormous body of institutional knowledge, benefits that, while maybe not the gold-plated Cadillac that they were 10 years ago, are still top-notch, recent much-ballyhooed ""cultural changes"" are really happening, at least in some groups.","Tends to be a lot of overhead & red tape between you & your job, dependence on other teams, especially distant ones, can be nightmarish, many of the engineering tools/practices are NOT state-of-the-art.","I think Satya generally knows what he's doing, unlike his predecessor.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55323,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Great Place to Work!,Microsoft is a great company. Nice compensation and benefits. A fair amount of focus is paid to work-life balance and how people feel about their jobs. My manager allows me a lot of autonomy to do my best work and my job is extremely flexible.,"Sometimes you feel like a small cog in a big machine, but this is probably common with any large corporation.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55324,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Blah,get paid better than most mall employees,Kiosk locations are a joke to the company and undervalued. Kiosk employees do more work and are more well rounded as far as store operations are considered but are paid less.  No room to grow in the company from within.,Start hiring within. You have great product advisors who want to grow yet most management is from outside of the company. Get organized because it is all over the place and it seems like corporate makes up things everyday to change that usually are a waste of time and money.,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Company culture and business strategy,"People who work are excellent, which gives various opportunities to grow professional skill.",Organization is too big and some hierarchy to get people manager position. Internal competiion is severe as well as internal politics.,Company needs to be more customer focused company rather than product and process focused company. Finance division has strong power which sacrifices flexibility to make right thing for customers if the thing is not budgeted.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55326,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Senior Project Manager,Large company with room to move around within organizations,"Culture of ""who you know not what you know."" Company is RAPIDLY Being overtaken by H1-B Visa workers who once trenched in only hire other imported workers. If you are a local you are on your way out at Microsoft... this is obvious.","Hire AMERICAN workers. Micrososft is slipping and will soon be gone for good. Foreign workers deliver much lower quality, introduce terrible inefficiencies in communication across teams and ultimately is a BAD DEAL for everyone except non-Americans.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55327,microsoft,none," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,History or remaking of MS,"Good benefits, flexible timing to work, few hardcore geeks here and there who are loyal to core making things moving in right direction.","Bureaucracy, too many Principle and Partner level who lacks direction. All the rules will be top-down and everyone is trying to please higher level managers instead of what is required to be delivered for customers. All the good innovative products are sacked or put to rest who ever has the best power play wins. Even the dumb idea will be spun as huge gig.","Reduce the M1,M2s. There is no single process which will be applicable for both product vs online services. Let product be delivered with high quality, stop copying Netflix/Amazon process rather deliver real good products addressing customer need. MS dont need to be cheap to appeal customer with 10 glittering things rather be a high end and deliver 1 good product. Please stick to and deliver what we do the best!",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55328,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work Work is challenging and rewarding Good career oppurtunities,Some management overhead since this is a big company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55329,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sde II,"With flexible working hours I like the good work-life balance here in MS. Also, the campus is beautiful. Although the food is not as good as it in Google, still a good choice.","Long commute distance, not convenient for me to go to work. But carpool is good choice for people who does not prefer to driving to work.","Raise the compensation and benefits to certain level please, I know quite a few employees leaving MS for this reason.",5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P575.htm
55330,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but large,Good quality of life benefits,Large corporation with the expected bureaucracy.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55331,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - AREA PROGRAM MANAGER,Amplify has the passion to fit you the right role,Easy to work with!! No micro-managing,Paycycle is monthly. No benefits,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55332,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pretty good, on the upswing","Smart people, exciting direction for the company",Still have entrenched middle management fighting new vision,Follow up with managers to ensure they buy in to the new vision,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55333,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer (Development Lead),"Good place to work, great benefits",Huge reach for anything you do. Lots of smart people. Lots of cultures to work with.,"Lots of people. Hard to stand out, still has a ""what have you done for me lately"" attitude.",Figure out how to make it easier to do day to day job. Most internal systems have crap support and are underfunded.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55334,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Director,Good Place.. getting better.,challenging things to do. flexibility. fair pay and good benefits. career opportunities for the right job functions.,still work to do getting the arrogance out of the culture. hard to succeed and have a good work life balance.,Keep doing what your doing.. your changing the company for the better. Put downward pressure on headcount.. we still have too many people not 100% productive.. a 2-3% cull the bottom performers is possible I believe.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55335,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2015",Current Employee - Partner Development Manager,Microsoft work culture,Great set of experienced people with a lot of depth. Breadth of work across all aspects of CS and ability to move across.,"Losing the mobile market position hurts morale. Company is very large. Lots of teams have senior ranks filled with people with large number of years at the company, making it hard to grow to very senior levels.","Lighten up, flatten more, focus more on the core products, continue to be pragmatic about where to invest (example Office on iOS and Android)",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55336,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Place to Work,Microsoft provides a flexible working environment and encourages work/life balance.,"Depending on the role, there may be a lot of travel required.",Seek out talent and don't be afraid to look at what may be right in front of you.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55337,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Director,"Great people, Great Benefits, Great Career",Every day I'm energized coming to work! Been here 10+ years and love it,Over the past 5+ years have struggled to stay relevant in certain industries - have definitely turned the corner,Keep evolving!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55338,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benefits,Microsoft is FILLED with amazing minds. Contribution matches and access to software are pretty sweet.,"Managers are hit or miss, moving orgs can sometimes feel like a whole new company. Lack of standardization is annoying.",Hehe.... keep a closer eye on your managers.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55339,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Team Lead,Sdet,"Nice environment, health cautious, good wlb","Appraisal is worst, management is not good",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P576.htm
55340,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Applied Scientist,"- A very stimulating experience for learning and growing - As an established company, they have a way to bring people to a certain level which is valuable to novices to the industry - Their standard is high, when you manage that, it typically makes you confident for other opportunities in younger companies, or comfortable to grow with the company - The company seems to experience some positive changes heading sound directions",- The phase of work can be fast,- Seeking smart people always,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55341,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Lack of vision, dinosaurs of old industry","Benefits are par with tech industry, regular cafeteria benefits.","Camaradery doesnt exists, teamwork seldom happens. Everyone runs for their own numbers with disregard to internal collaboration. Stack ranking prevails and there is a significant lack of vision and future to build a mid to long term career. Everyone cares about themselves and surviving.",Need to evolve...the old Microsoft from Steve Balmer is still alive....change or see yourself dying slowly. Google is coming fast at you. Dont neglect the signals.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55342,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,"Circa 2015: Some new paint, same old walls...","- Depending on the team, you can get a great work-life balance. . If you find a good manager in an area that you like to work on, it is a very low stress environment. - You will get good resources, unlike in startups, or medium-size companies. The company does have resources, and if you land in the lucky areas in which it is investing heavily, no expense will be spared. - Total compensation package is still good. You can definitely get more money at some other competitors, but rarely a total compensation package that is guaranteed. Don’t be fooled by that lucky guy who left at the right time many years ago: for each of those, there are dozens of others who left and are back at Microsoft after burning their savings.","- Lots of high-level managers no longer get anything about tech. They just prepare and present slides, with lots of help, and forward messages. You need to ignore upper management and still execute correctly, while giving credit to them in long congratulation messages at the end of the tasks, so they forget what they told you to do and think the implemented ideas came from them! - Microsoft can cash current cows for a little while. Because of this, you will see groups of longtime friends in key positions, even when those are related to innovation, just trying to repeat circa 2015 what they did 10 or 15 years ago. - Coming from a recent ""non-calibration"" meeting in which we were supposed to discuss impact: pure BS. Lots of people will get bad rewards next September based on their perceived lack of loyalty to the team or managers. It is all about the commitment to the team, and how well the person is getting along with peers.",- You cannot have a sales manager that won't sell. You cannot have an engineering manager that won't be able to start an IDE and compile some software. You cannot have a marketing manager that is unable to make a campaign to save his life if needed. Every single functional manager should be able to creat something other that slide decks and e-mail.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55343,microsoft,"Kent, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,SDET II,"Customer impact is generally quite high, no doubt that your efforts will have an impact on real customers. Excellent benefits.",The stigma between SDE and SDET is still alive and breathing.,"Let go of the 'brain teaser' style of interviewing, and focus on pragmatic skills and cognitive resonance. Technical wizardry is rarely the thing that makes a project succeed - getting people who work well together and communicate is far more useful than hiring recluses that can code A-to-I in assembly language but lack the fundamental ability to communicate rationally and build plans that require integrated teamwork.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55344,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2015","Current Employee - Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Research","Love It, But It's NOT for Everyone","Smart people, fast pace, brutal meritocracy.","Has gotten too big (even after the big RIFs), some not-so-bright folks, some laziness, lack of focus in places.",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55345,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Job,Challenging and I like that a lot,Low pay but I didn't really know what I was doing,Keep it up,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55346,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SharePoint Online,As a contractor you're not expected to do anything difficult.,FTE folks treat V- as they are lesser than. Often times v- insights are dismissed. Other v- folks are so sad that they bring down new people quickly.,Treat v- folks with amount of respect as they deserve based on Meerut and not based on bias.,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55347,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,depends on where you land and how little you want to work,"comfortable salary and benefits generally plenty of resources to bring on extra help global, well-known company",bureaucracy bloated workforce + vendor staff narrow work scope can be difficult to rotate or get promoted,Stop being so cocky. There is a lot of competition that could quickly erode Microsoft's positioning in more than one area. Executives shouldn't be able to obtain leadership status without rotating to different parts of the business and even to other parts of the world. 20 years in the same function reporting to the same office creates a limited viewpoint. More emphasis is needed on people management.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55348,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,Microsoft Rocks,Great opportunity Great compensation Treats employees well and their families,Not a lot of career hand holding. It is a sink or swim type of company so be ready to hit the ground running,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55349,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Roll of the dice...,- decent pay - solid benefits - flexible work schedule,"Experience depends completely upon your direct manager. I've heard a good manager can make for a good experience but I have no direct evidence of such. I can, however, state categorically that MS is full of backstabbing, lying, worthless managers that would sell their own mothers for a chance to brown nose the higher-ups. Tons of worthless busywork, and the fun part is that it changes daily with no rhyme or reason (or communication) Ignore the job description, you are in sales, just without any commission.","Makes no difference, they are solely focused on their own well-being.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P577.htm
55350,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company,"Lots of opportunities, smart people, good work life balance.","Too many layers of management, lots of people in the comfort zone and not agile enough.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55351,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is good,it still leader in some area,the company need to change,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55352,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,Excellent compensation and lots of responsibility early on. Environment is friendly and respectful. Flexibility to shift hours or work from home when necessary.,Engineers working on smaller or newer products are stretched way too thin. Management focuses too much on short-term issues and priorities are constantly changing.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55353,microsoft,"Toronto, OH"," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work,They try to make the workplace anything special,It's obscene how a company will not try to retain it's employees who play the most pivotal part in bringing in the money that you horde from them.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55354,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Seems good so far,"Free Drinks, mostly coke products Loose Hours, I can come in as late as 10:30 and nobody bats an eye as long as I get my crap done. Simple Job, I make powerpoint presentations on features that I want added to the product and talk to customers to confirm what I want to build will solve their problems.","Hard to move around. There's not a lot of opportunities for networking here and you're kind of shoved into a random spot when you get here from you BA in CS. Reviews are worthless. People won't really want to do something unless it gets them noticed in reviews. You constantly have to ""remind them"" that your manager loves a feature and wants it done for them to finally lick their lips and get to work.","Fix reviews. Your products will have bloated stupid features that only sound good to the internal politics of your review system. If reviews required numbers next to a feature of how impactful it was, and was reviewed by a third party, you'd see many ""star"" employees turn up dry, as their abilities in actually driving your products to success are mediocre at best.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55355,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,I love my job,"I love the people I work with on my immediate team, and I love my management chain 2 levels up. Our benefits package keeps shrinking, but is still pretty good. I love the flexibility in my work schedule. I think most of this has to do with the team that I'm on, not all my peers have it as good as I do","Our packages keep shrinking every year and once you're in a track there's not a lot of chance to skip tracks. It's hard to find a different type of position where you may function at a different skill level. It's easy to downlevel to try a different position, but it's impossible to level up to a different position even though you may be exceptionally qualified for the new position. The only way to get compensated at a higher level is to leave and get hired back, negotiating a new level in the process.","cut the red tape, stop cutting our package. Satya is new, he's not a panacea. We still need to get agile and stop following the market",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55356,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Work -life balance Work on innovative products and services Great benefits : HSA , Maternity/Disability leave ,Child support, tution assistance etc",politics sometimes derails from meeting customer needs,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55357,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft,"- Benefits, good health insurance, Connector buses - MS Library, access to books, online books, courses, reference materials","- Difficult to navigate - Lots of ego - think this is changing but it takes a while - Your experience at MS can be entirely dictated by how good or terrible your group manager is, and it seems like people at this level never change.",Need to remove so many layers of middle management who are often coasting and not reflecting real issues for the professionals who work for them.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55358,microsoft,"Windham, NH"," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former Employer for 12 years,"Good Money, Smart People, Travel the world",Reorganization every year.. Expect to find yourself out of a job in any given July.,None,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55359,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,msft,"smart people, opportunity, can be stable","large, slow to affect the right change, need to go along with the project of the day",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P578.htm
55360,microsoft,none," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Engagement Manager,"Strong product, Excellent talent",Sometimes customers were confused about licensing,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55361,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Business Evangelist,"Great company, great products, great compensation and benefits","Great products and services and awesome people. Exciting environment for a technologist, always something new. Breadth of products and services creates interesting opportunities for a resourceful individual to close deals. Compensation and benefits are second to none. Lots of opportunities for recognition. The senior leaderships is taking bold steps to reinvent the company, which is to be greatly applauded. Highly recommended place to work.","Lots of A-type personalities create a very competitive environment, which inevitably means you work very long hours to stand out from the crowd. The company is very metric driven and your success will correlate to your direct contributions to your immediate team's scorecard - nothing else (really) matters.","Return to the culture that made Microsoft great. Commitment to excellence, high standards, creativity and encouraging (and rewarding) employees to pursue big bold goals is what I loved about Microsoft when I joined.",5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55362,microsoft,none," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Place, but please hire more FTEs!","Generous environment, work-life balance, highly intelligent co-workers, interesting projects, a new senior management team has made it a cool place to work again","Contractors do all of the work and have none of the security, FTEs are constantly in meaningless meetings and have no time to get any true work done.","Keep doing what you're doing from a strategy standpoint, but for the love of God - just hire v- contractors as FTEs",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55363,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Nice place with good people,Great place to work. Flexible hours and collaborative teams.,Some disconnect with brand messaging across product development stages.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55364,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,I Miss Microsoft,"I really miss Microsoft. It was a great company. It wasn't without it's own set of problems, but overall it was a great place to work. The people were generally dedicated and for the most part people there cared about others.","Microsoft has a lot of ""not invented here"". It limits the creativity and growth engineers can have inside of the company.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55365,microsoft,"Nashville, TN"," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Account Technical Strategist,Account Techology Strategist (ATS),"As an ATS I get to be in a position to lead sales efforts over multiple years with assigned accounts. This allows me to be strategic and build great rapport and relationships with my accounts key stakeholders. I'm less motivated by whatever is happening this quarter because my eyes are on a future state. Great job to be technical, consultative, business acumen is a must, and your ability to lead/collaborate with the account manager. I love it!","Sometimes you have to assert your influence more than I think you should to change directives or thinking from the sales side. However, if you're competent this isn't much of a con. The pay is good, but not as good as an Account Manager - it is a balance. We as ATSs don't have to do as much admin BS as the AM... so it may balance out.",Continue to invest in 1:1 pairings from ATS/AM teams especially in EPG. Rethink this ATS Manager thing... It is a bad idea.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55366,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Nothing innovative coming out,"Pay is good, benefits are good.","too many management issues, nothing innovative is coming out that makes one stay and work. Companies like Facebook, Google, Apple have reached way ahead.","Forget politics and judge people for what they do. You can give a good review to all, you don't have to curve.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55367,microsoft,"Orlando, FL"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not exactly what I expected,"Good pay, great benefits, fun atmosphere if you're not in a professional role","Not sure where all of the work-life balance comments are coming from because my experience is the opposite. Unprofessional work environment, doesn't matter how high of a quality job you do- they only reward the people who fluff and kiss up to them. It is one giant PR campaign. If you are in retail thinking you can use it as a stepping stone to corporate think again. The odds aren't in your favor. Unreasonable expectations without the resources to attain them, changing work load with constant ""stretch"" assignments, no one knows what is going on and everyone is afraid to give you an answer because they don't know if it's right. It reminds me of being passed around on an 800 support line except it's your own internal company. Absolutely no autonomy.",Get it together or quit growing the team. You're just adding to the chaos. There is no consistent line of communication. Quit throwing away money on campaigns to make the stores look like they're busy and invest the capital in more efficient processing to generate revenue.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55368,microsoft,none," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,was a great company,"Some very Interesting proprietary technology, great coworkers.","Management, from the top down. If over 50 you're on your way out.",Your older workers have deep tribal and valuable knowledge. Quit dumpng them.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55369,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Washington,Recapping,Good Engineering practices. Driven people. `,"Insular culture, lots of cross purpose teams.",Put off your blinkers,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P579.htm
55370,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Senior Project Manager,Good benefits. Good work-life balance,Very political. Many layers of bureaucracy. Very limited ability to be heard - large corporation operating policy,It all boils down to the immediate manager. Too often this is a political appointment and not based on experience or aptitude,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55371,microsoft,"Rancho Santa Margarita, CA"," Jul 2, 2015",Current Employee - Finance,Great flexibility but that is about it,Flexibility and work from home are by far the best pro on Microsoft and so far the only reason to stay.,"Salary is not at par with market. If you are not in Redmond, you will be out of sight out of mind so promotions or rewards are very limited. Very chaotic environment with very little accountability on deliverables.","Start recognizing remote employees better, they can be valuable. Provide more structured guidance versus constant fire drill mode.",3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55372,microsoft,"Alpharetta, GA"," Jun 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Quality Assurance Engineer,Great benefits for all employees,was acquired with Nokia Devices & Services - was not fully assimilated into MS culture,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55373,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Consumer product advisor,Great benefits Tuition reimbursement Fun place Sometimes free food,Dealing with customers and their ridiculous issues,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55374,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,Great Company but being on the right team is important,- Competitive base pay - Good bonus and stock for higher levels (Senior band and above) - Excellent benefits - probably close to the best around - Product organizations are highly respected and easy to move around - Product organization are interested in your career and will help you succeed and treat failure as a learning experience (just don't keep failing) - Work-Life balance is pretty good most of the time (there are some exceptions),- Bonus is OK for lower level bands but stock is minimal - IT organization (MSIT) has a bad reputation in Product organizations (if you go into IT it's hard to get out) - IT org is much too political and if you show poor performance during a review they'd rather get rid of you instead of helping you succeed - IT org engineering groups rely too much on off-shore vendors and are vendor heavy. - IT org engineering FTE employees don't get to code as much as Product groups so your skills will atrophy if you don't do something else to supplement. - Culture is deteriorating because Microsoft is just too big.,"I've spent most of my career in Product organizations (Exchange, Office, Windows, Azure) and never had an issue until I joined an IT engineering org. My experience is not isolated and is common. I will either be leaving IT and going back to a Product group, or I'll be leaving Microsoft. The IT org needs to be fixed.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55375,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting Times,"Great Organization at across roads, Interesting Times, changes galore and refocus on Product and Service","Need to settle down with the changes, too much chop n change",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55376,microsoft,none," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Good benefits Opportunity to work with world class researchers (if lucky),Bland working environment Multiple levels of approvals,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55377,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Decent work culture. Decent pay,Internal mobility is good. Location and commute options are good,Seems like review system creates unhealthy peer pressure.,Seems like review system creates unhealthy peer pressure. Salary is very low compared to competition No ways to help employees grow their career to next levels (internal promotion bar unnecessarily high),3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55378,microsoft,"Indianapolis, IN"," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Teacher,"Great benefits, too much micro managing",Good benefits. Good salary. Lots of perks and discounts on Microsoft products.,"Way too much micro managing going on. You would think a company that tells you they hire the best of the best would let you work without having to constantly check in or answer to 5 people every day. Lots of pointless conference calls. Lots of redundant management.  Hiring is more about who you know, not your merit or experience, or worse, not to fill your AA quota.","Hire based on who is best qualified for the job, not what makes your ""diversity"" numbers look better. Also, let go and trust your employees to do the right thing, and then verify. Don't verify every 3 minutes.",3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55379,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management,"People Where Awesome , everybody was nice.","pay was okay , insurance was garabage",Please treat your employees with respect,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P580.htm
55380,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer,"Work life balance Good baseline benefits(Pay, health and vacation)",The culture is still transforming to meet market demand and has a way to go,Keep up the transformation on the culture,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55381,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,still a great company,"still a great company, solid but innovative.",still accommodating to a new CEO and defining strategies for next years so it can be rocky for some teams.,Middle management needs to pay more attention to employees instead of just taking care of your own job.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55382,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Good work life balance depending on the team you are in. Microsoft is getting rid of most of the hierarchy in management and streamlining which is helping.,Not having a good manager can hinder your progress.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55383,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,"Job stability, fairly predictable situation","Sub-standard pay, politics, far from a meritocracy",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55384,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Great people and amazing products/services that you can get behind,Sometimes you run into big company syndrome.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55385,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is changing,Company is improving from the Steve ballmer days. Things feel more positive than they have in many years. New apps and other products are on the way...,"The biggest con is dealing with old legacy issues of the past. The old business model has changed from the ""old days""",Hope that Microsoft will stop making hardware. The mobile devices are failing and it's time to exit the hardware business for mobile phones and tablets.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55386,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Review,"Good benefits, strong leadership, great work/life balance","Difficult to advance once in role, get used to many changes every fiscal year",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55387,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Lots of pros. Lots of cons.,Interesting and challenging problems to solve. Lots of highly motivated and competent coworkers,Lots of oversight. Not enough Independence. Too much red tape. Crazy amount of personal scrutiny.,Take it easy. Trust people more. Get out of the way. Focus on the big problems and the business and engineering processes and let the employees actually do their jobs.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55388,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2015",Former Employee - Service Engineer II,Beware,Microsoft has its strengths as a good place to work if you can handle the pain of indecision and seemingly constant and rudderless change of direction. Good benefits and generally good pay.,Where to start. Expect to see constant reorganizations as management seems to lack any long term idea what they are doing. Lots of little fiefdoms run the show. Lots of confusion on what any particular team actually does. Projects get green lit and then are forgotten in weeks (unless they might make a billion dollars). The review process has been renamed but the results are still the same - you can't form a rock star team because someone always has to get the shaft. Work life balance is poor for many. That free soda and coffee is there to get you to work longer.,You are bloated. And directionless. Half of middle management needs to go. And don't get rid of the front line people to make room for the demoted middle management. Those middle management types haven't worked the technology in 10-15 years and are just a burden. You will continue to bleed talent until you take real measures to fix the broken review system.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55389,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,has it changed enough since the new ceo arrived?,"access to great training, opportunity to reach many smart people","long product cycle, inertia. I am told it is changing for the better, getting more action focused, and ready to break down barriers.","create an internal ventures group. change the name of ms research to MS XYZ, or something like that, give it more focus",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P581.htm
55390,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,"Fantastic place to work out of college. Great benefits, superb work life balance, lots of career advancement opportunities",can be slow and bureaucratic at times.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55391,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,Treats people with respect and is a great company to work for.,"Not too many cons, but can occasionally run into a bit of arrogance.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55392,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,"Really great colleagues, important work that requires you to work hard, and you will be recognized for the effort you put in.",May be challenging at times to try new ways that people in the company are not used to.,Continue to reward hard working employees and provide opportunities for advancement.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55393,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Engineering Manager,Great place to work!,"Great benefits, good work environment",Can be slow to adapt. Too much process at times.,work more like a startup.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55394,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great Benefits, deep flaws","Microsoft has excellent benefits, far beyond the substantial salary they provide, along with largely supporting excellent causes.","Microsoft absolutely does not care about entry level employees. As a whole, the company is extremely nepotistic, and upper management is completely unwilling to be critical to themselves or their subordinates. Ultimately, solidity of ideas, and data are simply proxies for interpersonal battles, with the actual ideas being unobserved.","The very nature of management at Microsoft leads to obsessive control freaks being raised to positions of power because claiming ""ownership"" over ideas is so encouraged. Ultimately, this results in bad ideas being stuck to far beyond reason, and good ideas being ignored based on the political implications of the ideas. Removing politics from the code bases should be a top priority, but is consistently ignored as a goal.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55395,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft SDE II,Smart people to work with. Nice facilities.,Too much competition in the teams. Lot of duplicate work.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55396,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Architect,Great company with a great future,Tons of energy Leading edge of cloud transformation Challenging situation Lots of customer variety,"Pay not always aligned to contributions Senior managers are very, very political Risk taking is NOT encourage Field organizations have no power relative to the product teams",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55397,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Overall a Good Company,"Microsoft is a good company to work for. Very socially responsible. Benefits has reduced over the years, however, they are still comparable to the industry. Recent CEO change has been perceived positive by employee which is a good thing.","The move within the company is not easy. Even though company encourages such internal moves for career advancement, in reality it is not that easy.","Because of a company policy, anytime employee moves to another group, it is a lateral move. Employees are forced to move out of company for career advancement due to this policy. New management need to look into changing the current internal transfer policy.",5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55398,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,calm atmosphere,Relaxed sales environment Great training process Many opportunities Great Benefits Work isn't repetitive Different approach to retail Co-workers seemed friendly,"Haven't come across any yet, I just got offered the job so I don't have any experience on the sales floor.",No complaints,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55399,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for in your initial part of the career,Good salary Understand how to ship big enterprise scale products,"Slower to move, changing though recently",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P582.htm
55400,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,software engineer,"Good work/life balance Nice, smart people There are many teams you can transfer if you want to learn new things. Huge user base for products Nice campus.","Career move is slow the company is huge, so it is not easy to turn direction Old or Microsoft-only technology Legacy enterprise product",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55401,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Sales Professional,Good benefits and work life balance,Can't think of any at the moment,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55402,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Solutions Manager,Good company,The company provides good technologies that help organization improve productivity and collaboration.,work life balance not ideal,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55403,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Been there,"Smart people, interesting work. Historically great.","As with any company, depends on which group you're in. In many cases, however, the old stack ranking system (purported to have been eliminated) still exists and is heavily influenced by politics. Loyalty to long-term, continuously productive employees is nonexistent. Ageism is rife.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55404,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Benefits, use of latest technology, comfortable office space, matching gift program","Work-life balance, performance management system, too many layers of ineffective middle management.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55405,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,Excellent perks and benefits. Very good communities for all cultures. Nice sense in changing the world via personal efforts in the team.,Sucks with the performance review design. Almost impossible to adopt non-Microsoft technologies. Stuck with a Microsoft bubble.,"Design a fair performance review system, that's relevant and truly reflecting personal and team contribution.",2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55406,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sucks,"Good pay. Many perks,","Many lazy people, no one really doing much work. Everyone just seems to bulshit.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55407,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for in your initial part of the career,Good salary Understand how to ship big enterprise scale products,"Slower to move, changing though recently",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55408,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,se2,"Brand name, lot of teams/technologies, flexible to switch between teams, reasonable benefits","There's always lot of pressure at work, some teams has poor managers, but getting better as overall","Innovate, review benefits / bonus and parental leave esp for women who undergo c section",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55409,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product advisor,Amazing company with amazing benefits,Stressful. It becomes your life,Work together more often,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P583.htm
55410,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PA,Great opportunities to move around and grow.,You must be be fully available to move around. No restrictions.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55411,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDET,* Good work life balance * Good work culture,"* Slow growth * Only uses Microsoft technologies, no other technologies",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55412,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A review,"Great benefits, can now move around to find the right team *as long as you don't have bad reviews*. Huge resources and can work on projects that ship to the world.","Same cons as working for any large corporation. You need to be popular, outgoing, and love process in most of the company. In addition, you'll need to be pretty pushy to make it to the senior bands and making principle is rare and you'd be better served by starting your own company than trying in many cases. Also, the company gave up on Software Testing as a discipline, so if you love testing (or that happens to be what you specialized in) then look elsewhere.","No, I doubt they'd care. They have a plan, we'll see if it works.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55413,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, so-so pay, good CEO, weak executives","Good person in new CEO in Satya Good benefits Job security (... mostly) Reasonable work-life balance (depending of the team / project and your ability to work smart) Reasonable mix of talents with people to learn from Good company for your 2nd job in your career if you can get in. Ok-company for graduates at the cost of been brain-washed, you will need time to re-learn reality when you get out of the Microsoft bubble. Bad company late in your career - recruiters do not value your industry experience, internal idiosyncrasy of senior review will take you time to learn and get used to if at all, expect 80% politics and 20% real work.","Ballmer has sabotaged the company for a decade by not managing his reports at all (left it all to them to solve all problems / make decisions). Satya is a bit naïve about the transformation of the company. He's also green at CEO public communication (see Grace Hopper fiasco). Executives and Senior VPs are very weak, do not follow Satya's direction and spend their time politicizing. Micro-cultures are strong and you never know where you land moving internally. Bad managers can wreak your career. Pay is not keeping up with the competition that moved in Greater Seattle en-force. Too many hardware engineers are rejects from hardware engineering companies like Intel, some horrendous hardware management with overcomplicated designs when instead of putting their fingers in design should... manage! Supply chain management is entitled and wasting the talent from Nokia's device division.","Serious weeding of bad executives and VPs is needed. Put up or shut up about reward based on performance and promotion on merit - some VP still use the 5 points scale system in their yearly calibration and think it's a secret: dumbasses(!), people talk and leaked information destroys the little trust you had left. I can't wait for a disgruntled employee to sue you.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55414,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Inventory Control Expert,Employee Benefits. Peer to Peer relationships. Networking Possibilities.,"High expectations to perform at or above 100% daily with poor tools and plans of execution in a timely manner is unrealistic. The daily communication pool for success is over saturated with ideas. This roll keeps you busy all day, creating reports and filing them. There are many Administrative duties that need to be completed for audit and are constantly interrupted by store sales. Lack of team support creates a struggle to maintain employee moral and ethics.  Microsoft as a Company has many great and solid future proof ideas with poor plans of execution. There is almost no plan or road map to success. Only a number goal and a time line, that create a constant struggle to perform on a daily bases, because of the lack of knowledge of the 'whys' and 'hows' there is high rate of failure. 'The Own It' program adds or often times triples the goal expectations creating an unbalanced depiction of the companies success. I can go on and on about business and employee success strategy failing over and over again. Until Microsoft decides to focus on the importance of WHY their goals exist in the first place, there will be a constant race to ""the top"" although Microsoft may never know what the top is or how to get there.","It would be a great strategy to review the rolls of the back of house team to create a steady flow of success, rather than a timed goal system. There is no consistent support for employees, rather the often ""Give me"" attitude by the management staff. i.e ""give us more business leads, give us perfect reports., give us community leads, give us high sales, give us high attach rates. etc.."" With the often lack of push, ""Here are your strengths and here is how we think you can use them to better contribute to the team."" There is a constant battle to know if you are performing the way you are needed or should be. Management is very number focused and rarely see the need to implement new strategies for success.",3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55415,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,It provides great benefits. Still one of the most innovative companies in the world. Work with many smart people around you.,The company feels kind of huge and you feel like you are only one tiny gear in a really big machine.,Be open to opinion of each employee. The rating scale needs to be revamped. The ranking scale has been modified but need to do more to increase morale of all employee.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55416,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Microsoft is a fantastic company. Entrepreneurial and lot of opportunity,Highly competitive. Bring your A game,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55417,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Access to latest technology Great people to work with Nice environment,Depending on the job work hours can be between 50-55 hours per week or more Has grown so much that has become bureaucratic,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55418,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Washington,Service Engineer,I am wanting to start a full time Network Engineering career.,Microsoft is currently on a hiring freeze within the networking field.,I currently have a CCNA and looking to attend additional certifications in the networking field.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55419,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Good Benefits. Constant change.,"Having a good manager is very important, meaning someone who leads technically while also supporting you to take on challenges. Working with very smart people is a plus. If you don't like the current org structure, just wait 6 months, it will change.","Sometimes the size of the organization makes communication difficult. You'll find reorgs happen often, and you've got to be assertive about finding opportunities and challenges which will push your career forward. Sometimes people lack the common sense gene, over-engineering the most minute task. DevOps and combined engineering makes for a scattered role of building, testing, and supporting a product. Often, you don't work on a product long enough to have the background to become adept at supporting it.",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P584.htm
55420,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,System Engineer,Great place to work. Too many interns.,Schedule requires too much flexibility.,Take better care of employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55421,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Sourcing Manager,Sr Sourcing Manager,"Until now, only the name of the company on your resume","Lack of processes, too much politics, inefficient, worst company I ever worked. There are 3 levels of leadership styles: Bosses, Managers and Leaders. Microsoft is full of Bosses, which just tell you to do something: ""Do this, do that"". They are not open to feedback or to listen to our experiences. They acquired Nokia, but have no idea how to use the tools and assets they acquired. People just stay at Microsoft to get bonuses. Other than that, a lot of people are humiliated at their jobs by their managers. Microsoft has too much money but have no clue how to best use it. Simply hate working here",Get rid of mid management. Too many people thinking they are too important to listen who they hire or who knows more than themselves. Bottom line: Mid Management at Microsoft ha a 80s mentality and will never be able to work on a real leading company,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55422,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,Money was good and didn't have to work too much,No clear focus for much of the team,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55423,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"-Very technical -Needs quick and deep understanding of the various components in the pipeline -competition is fierce, so is personal development",-Oncalls are a pain especially if your component is the backbone or infra on which other components are built,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55424,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Entry Level,"amazing team work, learn a lot",low salaries. no chance to become full-time employee,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55425,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Technology Strategist,Strong enterprise presence and finally moving into cloud.,Going through big transition currently and management doesn't have a clue.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55426,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,So so,1. compensation is relatively good 2. work-life balance 3. private office,1. unhealthy managers vs engineers proportion 2. a lot of managers do not have technical background 3. micromanagement 4. slow business processes 5. msft technologies stack (a lot of outdated approaches),1. engineering culture needs repairing (average level is too low) 2. management is awful and it slows down the development/research 3. culture doesn't suit a tech company,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55427,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,MSFT,"Health benefits, opportunities within the company, work/life balance","Very political, lots of bureaucracy, groups constantly fighting with each other",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55428,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Bad managers everywhere,"Used to be one of the best, but now no pro for the company.",Internal competition. Lots of incompetent managers from South Asia. Zero star should that be possible.,Stop putting people to management positions just because they are from South Asia.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55429,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Reflecting on a decade,"Foundation - Microsoft is a great place to learn and to explore. Sure, the first year of employment, you'll be trying to figure out our process around planning, developing, testing, code reviews, checking in code, opening bugs, tracking bugs to builds, build process, talking to others in a 'diplomatic' manner but you'll learn how software is delivered and be able to articulate it. Microsoft is good at formalizing workflows which is good if you've never worked with a large team. You'll think of things from security, efficiency, even variable and method names (for public APIs), they have a team dedicate to reviewing and teaching you.  Structure - If you're a fan of process and structure, there's a lot. Some people hate it, but if you ask ""why?"" instead of complain, you'll often see a reason and if not, you can always find ways to improve it.  Movement - Microsoft is huge and work on many things. The benefit of being able to transfer teams to learn new things is amazing. I started working at Microsoft on the front end of some silly application that no longer exists, a year later, I was working on the kernel drivers of their embedded platform.  Security - You'll always be able to pay your bills. There's only ever been one layoff in my 9 years at Microsoft that has shocked me. Benefits are spectacular.  Flexible - as structured as the process goes, managers are always willing to be flexible on hours. It's great for life balance as the demand of life outside of work changes - new parents, family health issues. When my child was born I would be out at 4:30 and work remotely after my kid was in bed.  Every team at Microsoft varies on the structure and culture, something will usually fit you.","External Movement - back in the early 2000s, having Microsoft on your resume would open doors. While it's still relatively true (recruiters from FB, GOOG, AMZN will always try to recruit you) getting into smaller companies is hard. I had a few interviews that had a clear bias towards my experience because Microsoft was seen to be ""old school"" in their software development practices.  The Lifers - Sensitive topic, but there are some folks who basically understand the security of their job at Microsoft [see pro]. There are several people who are waiting for retirement and are working 10 am - 4pm hours. This is hard because they tend to resist any change or are non-responsive if you email them at 4:01 PM. It's hard to feel everyone has a shared passion for what they're working on.  The ball drop - Ultimately, somebody down the chain drops the ball. A project with a ton of passionate engineers delivers but the hardware team drops the ball and creates garbage. Or a perfect device but marketing creates these commercials that look like something my 3 year old made. Or a great platform with no ecosystem because the developer tools are hard to use.  The rat race - at some point in my 9 years, I subscribed to the idea of 'get promoted, otherwise I'm not growing!' Because the entire pay grade and responsibility is tied to your level, it's somewhat true, but when people start working the system, they are merely trying to get promotions (visible projects, taking on responsibilities at the next level) and not deliver solid work at their current level. I've seen projects where senior engineers were off trying to find things to get them to principle while they let their SDEs and SDE 2's architect the project. The code was a mess and I was surprised it didn't deadlock more often, but these are things that could have been fixed if their seniors architected the project instead of making them do the cross-team integration work. Not great if those engineers want to code but are being forced into PM-ish sort of roles. It's easy to get sucked into the need of perpetual promotions.","Manage the lifers - identify who they are and give them roles that engage them or give them jobs that are relatively isolated from the rest of the team.  Re-think the reward system (this was sort of done a few years ago but the old 5-box system thinking still lingers when management needs to pay people). This ultimately changes the way people perceive their need to do things to get that promotion and instead, look for how they can make the most impact given their unique strengths.  Hire PR people. PR the image of Microsoft which is hurting. It's getting better, but the negativity I hear about the company is shocking. Most engineers I've met outside of Microsoft respect the engineers, but the trendy-hipster software engineers are very vocal in their disdain for the company.  Keep it up. A lot has changed in the past 2 years, and I respect the fact that they are open to change and experimenting. The image is getting better with Satya talking to the folk in the bay area - praetorship with box, buying sunrise, etc.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P585.htm
55430,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Reflecting on a decade,"Foundation - Microsoft is a great place to learn and to explore. Sure, the first year of employment, you'll be trying to figure out our process around planning, developing, testing, code reviews, checking in code, opening bugs, tracking bugs to builds, build process, talking to others in a 'diplomatic' manner but you'll learn how software is delivered and be able to articulate it. Microsoft is good at formalizing workflows which is good if you've never worked with a large team. You'll think of things from security, efficiency, even variable and method names (for public APIs), they have a team dedicate to reviewing and teaching you.  Structure - If you're a fan of process and structure, there's a lot. Some people hate it, but if you ask ""why?"" instead of complain, you'll often see a reason and if not, you can always find ways to improve it.  Movement - Microsoft is huge and work on many things. The benefit of being able to transfer teams to learn new things is amazing. I started working at Microsoft on the front end of some silly application that no longer exists, a year later, I was working on the kernel drivers of their embedded platform.  Security - You'll always be able to pay your bills. There's only ever been one layoff in my 9 years at Microsoft that has shocked me. Benefits are spectacular.  Flexible - as structured as the process goes, managers are always willing to be flexible on hours. It's great for life balance as the demand of life outside of work changes - new parents, family health issues. When my child was born I would be out at 4:30 and work remotely after my kid was in bed.  Every team at Microsoft varies on the structure and culture, something will usually fit you.","External Movement - back in the early 2000s, having Microsoft on your resume would open doors. While it's still relatively true (recruiters from FB, GOOG, AMZN will always try to recruit you) getting into smaller companies is hard. I had a few interviews that had a clear bias towards my experience because Microsoft was seen to be ""old school"" in their software development practices.  The Lifers - Sensitive topic, but there are some folks who basically understand the security of their job at Microsoft [see pro]. There are several people who are waiting for retirement and are working 10 am - 4pm hours. This is hard because they tend to resist any change or are non-responsive if you email them at 4:01 PM. It's hard to feel everyone has a shared passion for what they're working on.  The ball drop - Ultimately, somebody down the chain drops the ball. A project with a ton of passionate engineers delivers but the hardware team drops the ball and creates garbage. Or a perfect device but marketing creates these commercials that look like something my 3 year old made. Or a great platform with no ecosystem because the developer tools are hard to use.  The rat race - at some point in my 9 years, I subscribed to the idea of 'get promoted, otherwise I'm not growing!' Because the entire pay grade and responsibility is tied to your level, it's somewhat true, but when people start working the system, they are merely trying to get promotions (visible projects, taking on responsibilities at the next level) and not deliver solid work at their current level. I've seen projects where senior engineers were off trying to find things to get them to principle while they let their SDEs and SDE 2's architect the project. The code was a mess and I was surprised it didn't deadlock more often, but these are things that could have been fixed if their seniors architected the project instead of making them do the cross-team integration work. Not great if those engineers want to code but are being forced into PM-ish sort of roles. It's easy to get sucked into the need of perpetual promotions.","Manage the lifers - identify who they are and give them roles that engage them or give them jobs that are relatively isolated from the rest of the team.  Re-think the reward system (this was sort of done a few years ago but the old 5-box system thinking still lingers when management needs to pay people). This ultimately changes the way people perceive their need to do things to get that promotion and instead, look for how they can make the most impact given their unique strengths.  Hire PR people. PR the image of Microsoft which is hurting. It's getting better, but the negativity I hear about the company is shocking. Most engineers I've met outside of Microsoft respect the engineers, but the trendy-hipster software engineers are very vocal in their disdain for the company.  Keep it up. A lot has changed in the past 2 years, and I respect the fact that they are open to change and experimenting. The image is getting better with Satya talking to the folk in the bay area - praetorship with box, buying sunrise, etc.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55431,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience,loved working in the tech space with broad visibility of innovation in the mobile world as well as marketing worlds,often a lot of barriers and rounds of approval in terms of getting things done,no much advice to management to provide,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55432,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,Great people to work with.,"Politics, review process is unpredictable.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55433,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"performance is managed, heavily","If you perform, it's a good place.","Once management decides that you are not performing to their expectation, you will be out the door, sooner or later.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55434,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Great culture, training, teams, compensation, benefits.",Tricky to advance in this particular role from a title perspective.,More opportunities for advancement and level differentiation reflected in titles.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55435,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Field Sales Representative,Great Culture,Benefits are great and it offers a flexible role working with the forefront of consumer technology. In an always changing environment it keeps things fresh and engaging.,"As a new program, it has not offered to many opportunities for advancement...yet. With the scheduled growth cycle and portfolio soon to come, this will change.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55436,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,moving in the right direction,"Lots of flexibility to define your role, your contributions. Great resources at your disposal. Benefits are terrific and hard to beat (except infant care leave, which lags in the industry).","Still opportunities to trim management teams. Lots of managers in the same place for a long time - makes it tough to change things up and leaves less opportunities for new, fresh employees.","Make infant care leave more competitive. Do more to attract and retain women. For example, the company really needs to make more investments in I boarding and developing new employees.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55437,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stable Job,It offers decent pay and benefits.,There is too much politics. Whoever talks louder gets her or his way!,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55438,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,"* Individual offices for most people are still the norm though I hear it's eroding fast in some departments * massive company with lots of projects you can work on if you want to move between teams * Though the benefits were reduced thanks to Obamacare, it still has one of the best benefit packages around * Massive, fully-developed Intranet sites where you can do almost anything electronically.",* Compensation packages tend to stagnate for long-time employees. * Performance review system still pits people against each other,"The recent changes to the review system made things more opaque again in order to avoid insulting lower-rated employees as in the 2013 transparent review model. I don't think was a great solution. Rather, Microsoft really needs to take some positive steps to stop sometimes artificially picking out bottom performers in order to meet a certain model. Especially when it's designed in order to have money to reward some way beyond what the others get.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55439,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work but challenging,"Great salary, lots of benefits e.g. health insurance, promotion opportunities. Work on projects that millions of users will experience, own the product from concept to delivery and learn from data collected.","Work life balance, expected to work more than contracted hours to be successful for no overtime. On call rotation for service incidents required on teams with services (Inc. Public holidays), no extra benefits as recognition (team specific). Projects can be very stressful.",More IC recognition,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P586.htm
55440,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Terrible Company,A job with stable environment.,Too many good things. Nothing bad.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55441,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,"Flexible, good work environment, respectful","Limited stock bonus, move slow",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55442,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Excellent opportunities, great benefits","The new Microsoft has opportunities to work on a variety of non-Microsoft technologies, overall leadership is in the right direction. Products are good (Except in mobile space), getting more innovative. Excellent medical benefits, workspace is great.",Review process is ambiguous Moving within Microsoft requires you to interview again You could end up in a bad team with poor leadership where work-life balance might suffer,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55443,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2015",Former Employee - Director Enterprise Sales,"Director, Enterprise Sales","Ability to work on technologies that have worldwide impact for customers and society. Good employee benefits, despite recent changes","Large variance in skills and employee engagement. While the employee performance ratings have changed, there's still a large degree of negative competition within teams and across teams",Continue to drive a more cohesive team where employees drive goals with a greater sense of teamwork. Accelerate move towards services and devices,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55444,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,The ,The benefits with the exception of the health insurance are good. The health insurance in the worst in the industry from what used to be the best. Salary is decent,"Health Insurance: This benefit went from having zero premiums, zero co-pay and zero deductible to having a $3700 deductible for a family plan and then after paying 20%. Then to make matters worst they have added a very complicated and administrative intensive HSA to manage all of this. Your wife will not have access as it is tied to your corp account so you will have to manage it if you are used to your wife managing these types of things  Expectations: The unspoken expectation is that you change jobs every 3 years or you are viewed as being dead weight. It is exhausting. So if you find a job you love and you are really really good at, you simply have to leave. Could this be the reasons our products keep getting worse? Because the people who know them have to leave whether they want to or not?  Stack Ranking: Do not believe the hype. This still exists. They just call it something else and it is more secretive  Review System: Instead of 2 reviews per year there are a minimum of 4 But they are called Connects now. You only get compensation for one. So they made something that was already a hassle and made it a double hassle. Everything you do has to have an immediate business impact. So if you have a long term strategy or even short term, say a year, nothing you do towards achieving that goal counts because it does not have immediate ""business impact"". This all started under Satya  Middle Managers: When Satya came onboard there was all this talk of getting rid of layers of middle management so the real ideas could get to the people who needed to hear them. This never happened. Every layoff or RIF, Middle Mgrs. were not impacted and well known technical resources were let go. This is a company that values non-technical business school managers more than technical people. Very different than when I started and the reverse was true  Promotions: You do not get promoted to a new job. You only get promoted within your current job. Being promoted is actually a negative within MS. For example, If your job level ranges from 50-52 (fictitious levels). Say you got promoted mid year from a 50 to a 51. You think great I am doing a good job! Then come review time you get a mediocre review. Why you ask? I am doing the same work I was before, same job. Management will tell you that now you are being reviewed and compared against others at level 51 so more is expected of you. Promotions can be used as a way to phase you out. If they want you gone they can promote you to level 52 so now you either have to transfer or end up with poor reviews at the higher level. I have known people who moved to jobs at a lower level so they had room to grow. Most people don't want to reach the dreaded level 63 or 64 I think which is where ALOT more is expected of you.  Outside Redmond: If you do not live in Redmond there are very few opportunities. Remember the move every 3 years, Do the math  Work Life Balance: This does not exist. You will be expected to work/check email on vacations, holidays etc. And respond. I will say that they are flexible about things like leaving early to go to a parent/teacher meeting and things like that. But you will work 60+ hours per week and be connected to email 24/7. They do lots of lip service about how this will change but in the 10 plus years I have worked year it has not. The trick is to take the popular vacations Christmas, July 4th, then everyone else is on vacation so you might not be bothered  Company/Product Info: If you think you will have access to new products, think again. You will have access when the public does. You will find out info when the public does. External customers such as TAP will know before you do. Mary Jo Foley will know before you do. This applies to internal changes in upper management. A memo goes out to the press the same time you receive it. There is no level of trust. There is also no internal system to share your ideas for product improvement. There sort of is, but it really goes into a black hole  Email Alias Nitemare: Want to talk to a real person about a problem you are having with an internal tool? Good luck. You will have to send email to an alias and they will respond within 48 hours. Call the Help Desk? Our Help Desk (the majority) is in India in case you are wondering. Want to get a question answered about Benefits? Again send email to an alias and wait 48 hours.  Cost Center: Do not work for a cost center. Make sure you work for a Product Team or revenue generating team. If you work in a Cost Center they are always nickel and diming and it gets worse every year. Work for a Product Team, especially one that is profitable and the champagne and caviar are flowing. I could not believe the difference.  There are too many temps or contingent staff. In my opinion it is just odd. And they have important jobs and get treated like full time employees. Until their contract is up and they have to leave.  Diversity: If you are a white male look elsewhere. This company is all about hiring females and non-white employees for the sake of diversity. Ironically there are very few African Americans here but people of other ethnicities  Change for the sake of change: Each fiscal year the manager's come out with their plans. Everyone throws their all into it, then come June it does not matter because the fiscal year starts July 1st and everything changes. Even if managers were on the right course they MUST change for the mere sake of change or they look like dead weight. Don't our products do that too?  Summary: If you are a student or technical rockstar looking for a home, this is not it. This is a large corporation with all the politics that go with it and then some more BS specific to this company alone. There are plenty of other options out there if you are gifted our just starting out. The health insurance when it was good used to keep people here, not anymore. I am waiting for some stock to vest and then I am looking for other opportunities",Managers are a dime a dozen. You cannot be half a tech company. Instead of laying off your tech people it is time to get rid of middle managers who are not contributing anything to the bottom line and keep the people of real value or another company will be glad to have them. Again take a hard look at this stupid review system which is even worse than it was before.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55445,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Design Engineer,Great environment and place to work,Inter-group collaboration can be difficult. Staff constantly move around to different groups,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55446,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,Good work environment and leadership,"Vast improvements in pace, energy, and expectations since Satya took over","Even post-layoff, lots of dead wood",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55447,microsoft,"Oregon City, OR"," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Microsoft offers the company employees a large set of opportunities globally, and focuses on it's people and the company's ability to grow responsibly.","Microsoft is a Redmond, Washington focused company and working remotely has challenges","Limit politics, focus on the best thing for Microsoft and for it's stakeholders",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55448,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Relaxing and Challenging Environment,"All coming feedback depends on which team/group you are in, this is my experience. - The environment is flexible and not pressing at all you can do whatever you would like to do - The legal helped getting the permanent resident status quickly and easily. - Great benefits and management",- Compensation is not attractive comparing to other companies,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55449,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,"Good place, smart people, you get a free surface pro out of the internship",Not much interaction with people who are not in your group,Make information more accessible,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P587.htm
55450,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,MSFT,great company to work for. turning the corner for b2b sales his year,compensation plans for sales are nebulous,"continue the collaborative sales approach, but provide some flexibility for individuals to get deals done.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55451,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Business Manager,No Balance,Great opportunities for career growth.,No balance in life. With a steep salary comes steep expectations.,N/A,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55452,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Solution Specialist,Solution Sales Specialist,"Terrific place to work. Very little micro-management. Flexible hours. Good pay. Great benefits. Working with some of the smartest, most passionate people on the planet. Lots of folks with longevity (15+ years) at the company.","The company overall is struggling to re-invent itself, but seems to be on the right track. Not as cutting edge as Google or Amazon.",Satya is awesome.Openness is awesome. Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55453,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,focus on technology & product,team culture is not good,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55454,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,U Crew Rep,"A lot of flexibility, good pay, cool gadgets to show sudens","Their server is not so great and user friendly, meetings are a waste of time",have more hands on managers that actually meet the reps face to face,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55455,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place To Work,Good benefits and really sharp people work there.,You're always having to watch your back due to the rating system.,"Get rid of the stack ranking system. I understand that there is a new system in place, but many people state it is just as bad.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55456,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Slow pace. Not very demand ing. Get to work on interest ing technology. Decent salary.,Open source technologies not encouraged.Slow pace of professional development. Some amount of internal politics.,Give more freedom to individual team. Too much time spent in process particularly the PMs. Need to standard I've on basic stuff like build tools and tooling.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55457,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,C++ Redesign Initiative,Great Food and dance parties,"Best place to work ever, None",None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55458,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great Company,interesting challenges arise daily here,process some times can be painful,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55459,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Internal transfer and Re-Org,"Nice place to work, once you start working as FTE at Microsoft its very hard to leave and work other companies. i love working Microsoft. - Benefits are great - salary is great","- Internal transfer (except company re-org) is based on network. If the manager moves to a new team , most ppl under him also move to that team. If you don't have a network its very difficult to get a new job in other team. - If you are non- Asian or non Indian, its very difficult to get job in other team. - Managers form the team from same ethnic . if the manager is Asian- you will see most ppl reports to him will be Asian and the same apply for Indians. - Due to re-org you may end up joining a team that you dont have any passion and has no interest - Its weird that for re-org there is no interview to transfer into a new team but if you want to find a new job by yourself there is interview(some team still requires 4-5 person on the loop)",re-org should be somehow need to be based on skill and interest. and internal transfer should be the same between re-org and personal transfer.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P588.htm
55460,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,50/50,"Brand recognition and well respected by partners that develop on the platform. Benefits are some of the best in the industry, even with some of the recent changes/cutbacks.","The employee review process is brutal and has created a culture of one upping teammates in order to get a good end of year rating. It seems that the company can't figure out, nor get someone to consult them on finding a better methodology in order to address this issue. Hurts morale. .","Create that sense of team that everyone talks about. With a high performing team, we can all go further together.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55461,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Executive,God People but process hell,Good Benefits Good Base Great new CEO,Very Political Very Operational in nature,Need more fresh people and ideas especially at first level line manager role,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55462,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,Flexibility to dive own work. Decent co-workers.,"Lots of old-timers, favors and friends. Excellence isn't always rewarded.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55463,microsoft,none," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales,"meetings, pay is ok,",Do not care about employees. you will lose your job from one day to another.,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55464,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Solution Specialist,Solution Sales Specialist,"Terrific place to work. Very little micro-management. Flexible hours. Good pay. Great benefits. Working with some of the smartest, most passionate people on the planet. Lots of folks with longevity (15+ years) at the company.","The company overall is struggling to re-invent itself, but seems to be on the right track. Not as cutting edge as Google or Amazon.",Satya is awesome.Openness is awesome. Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55465,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A great place for college hires and for Lifers.,Great benefits package. Depending on the team the work-life balance is on average very good.,"Large corporate culture. Policies stifle innovation and agility. Review system is ominous, large, and is often gamed by employees and managers alike.",Teams tend to grow too large and mediocrity often creeps in. The hiring process needs to be revamped and set to a higher bar.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55466,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,U Crew Rep,"A lot of flexibility, good pay, cool gadgets to show sudens","Their server is not so great and user friendly, meetings are a waste of time",have more hands on managers that actually meet the reps face to face,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55467,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2015",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,Mixed Experience,"Variety of positions, benefits, services to the employees","A lot of b-s to deal with, had 13 different managers in 9 years, each division acts as it own kingdom, too many layers of managers","had 13 different managers in 9 years, each division acts as it own kingdom, too many layers of managers",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55468,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what they used to be,Strong name recognition Salary is good,"VERY political Force you to compete with colleagues No solid matrix system, your compensation is in the hands of manager's personal opinion. No merit.",Good to see Steve gone. Team managers need to remember that their reports are their priority not advancing themselves by making others suffer.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55469,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Producer,Producer,"I was working on bleeding edge technology, to experience something completely new was a thrill and made coming into work easy. Surrounded by some of the smartest and talented people I have ever encountered, working with them was a pleasure. The companies focus and goals have improved since joining, I believe their overall outlook is moving in a positive direction.","Work/Life balance was the pits, I spent many longer than average hours during the weekday and worked many weekends as well. Management is poor, often misleading, keeping information to themselves and playing politics rather than leading. This often lead to little direction, poor planning and high degree of pivoting on priorities. Little to no consideration regarding design being integral to the process of creating a usable, delightful product.","More focus on creating a great product and less focus on what is the right move politically would dramatically improve the workplace. Working there sometimes felt like game of thrones, people trying to topple each other, secretive agreement behind closed doors make for a horrible work environment. Reviews should be constructive rather than trying to put someone down.",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P589.htm
55470,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior IT Program Manager,Sr. IT Program Manager,"Great benefits, pretty good pay and great experience.","VERY political, management seem to only look out for themselves. They say they don't stack rank, but they still do and no matter what you do, if they need to get rid of the bottom 5 or 10% they will find a way to make it your fault even if you are doing a great job.","Be honest, invest in your team, don't stack rank, it only makes people want to work against each other and not work as a team.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55471,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Ok company , depending on which team you are in.","company with a wide range of products , a lot of opportunities.",full loop interview if you want to switch team.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55472,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Great Pay and Benefits,"Great hourly starting pay, great work environment. flexible work hours, able to move up quickly if interested. Part-time employees get the same benefits as full time employees. AMAZING health care.",You almost always have to start as a part-time employee (Microsoft Stores) No dental benefits and no commuters benefits. Pretty good company so the pros out-weigh the cons.,"Open more locations in the East Bay Area, California. Many customers and employees complained on how far they had to commute just to get to a Microsoft store.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55473,microsoft,"New Orleans, LA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Endless Opportunities,"Endless opportunity for growth and responsibility, Management team is supportive of risk taking and entrepreneurship. Great compensation and benefits.",Work-life balance tends to be trampled with aggressive targets and technology that enables work anywhere anytime philosophy.,Encourage employees to establish boundaries between work and home without fear of retribution.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55474,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Great benefits. Good work life balance.,Very little impact. Hardly anything changes. Status quo.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55475,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company for life,Good living benefits and work life balance. Good living benefits and work life balance. Good living benefits and work life balance.Good living benefits and work life balance.,Salary is not so good. Salary is not so good.Salary is not so good.Salary is not so good.Salary is not so good.Salary is not so good.Salary is not so good.,"Different manger differs, need to be more aggressive. Different manger differs, need to be more aggressive.Different manger differs, need to be more aggressive.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55476,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Culture shift is coming,"Great benefits, smart people. The culture is getting better (more collaborative) under Satya. There's also a lot of opportunity to move around. If you work here, find one or more mentors to help you navigate the waters and prime you for things you may not be aware of, especially in your first year.","You may get re-org'd out of nowhere and you may or may not have the same role / boss / skip-level. I've been here 2.5 years and have had 4 bosses and been through several re-orgs, the last of which moved me into a completely different role. I see pockets of really collaborative culture shifts, but in many orgs, you still have the fiefdoms from Ballmer's days. Hopefully that will change soon.","Keep working on the culture shift. It will take time, but a collaborative culture has already proved so much more appealing and productive.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55477,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Control Expert,"Great company to work for, great benefits.",I was disappointed that the busiest position in the ENTIRE store was paid the lowest in the ENTIRE store.,Please pay at industry standard.,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55478,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Assistant Analyst,Microsoft ups,great money and great co workers,hours being given out unfair,management is too young,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55479,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Title,Great company to work for,No Cons to list here,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P590.htm
55480,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Amazing company, no complaints. Met many amazing people","not much to complain about, great culture and great environment.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55481,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer Lead II,Great Place to work with Great Future ahead,Great Place to work with Great Future ahead,Way too many old ideas driving new minds.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55482,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Test Engineer,"Awesome benefits, Flexible hours, Work with really smart people which makes for some stimulating conversations. Get to work the newest software.",A culture of sacrificing personal time and health for product delivery. Tends to be elitist and ivy league-ish. A lot of the developers think they are gods.,"Although I have a college degree, there are several people I know who don't who are ten times smarter than some of the people working there. You aren't doing yourselves any favors by ruling out applicants just because they don't have a degree.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55483,microsoft,none," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ff,"I love microsoft. It is a great company with a great culture. Yes, it is a big ship , but it is trying to move as fast as possbile.","work life balance takes a hit but we need to do this anyway because the marketplace is brutal and and the competition is moving quickly too. anyways, this is high tech.",vision vision vision!!! we need vision so we can anticipate the future better and build products taht people actually want to use. we are getting there but we need more vision driven products and that should help.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55484,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Fantastic,"At Microsoft there are Intelligent people, we also provide highly competitive products and services to customers in commercial and government sectors all over the world. The pay is about as much as you could get for the level of experience required.",There is unfortunately a lack of personal interaction with coworkers due to a work from home culture. For some with families this would be a positive but if you like face to face mentoring and 1:1s then this could be a problem depending on which branch of the org and location you are in.,Schedule more team morale events,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55485,microsoft,"Farmington, CT"," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft,Great Work-Life Balance Great Benefits Constantly Evolving and Learning,Falling behind competition in some areas,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55486,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Quick review,"Great work environment, collaboration and knowledge sharing.","Heavy travel schedule, review process not clear.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55487,microsoft,"The Eastern, OH"," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Poor sales environment,"Great brand, solid products, Dominate position in several technologies","No upside for sales people, quotas calculated to be beyond accomplishment, a great year is 110% of goal and you make an extra 15% of you base salary. Achievement beyond 150% of goal not allowed without review on your ""impact"" in the sales cycle.  No sales culture, management asks for solution sales and doesn't provide budgets, staffing, and comp model to support it.  Lot's of hard work with little hope of any upside.","Start treating people fairly, reward good performance instead of punishing it with huge quota increases.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55488,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,Senior HR Manager,"Fantastic company that's focused on developing and rewarding top talent. Resources are abundant and aspirations are high, so there's always some interesting work to get involved with.",Over-segmentation of HR roles makes it difficult to get the breadth necessary to grow into more senior leadership positions at smaller-sized businesses.,Continue the focus on growing and developing top talent.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55489,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Up or out,"You get to meet a lot of smart, interesting people who have interesting hobbies and viewpoints, and there is free soda, but that's really a dumb move when it comes to long-term employee health.","Doing a good job is not good enough -- you have to take on extra work and promote yourself to your manager's peers in order to have ""visibility"" when it comes to the secret stack-ranking meetings that they still do.",Stop the blatant age discrimination which is so clearly in effect everywhere you look. Stop laying off older workers so you can pay less to Indian immigrants and fresh-out-of-college kids.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P591.htm
55490,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Up or out,"You get to meet a lot of smart, interesting people who have interesting hobbies and viewpoints, and there is free soda, but that's really a dumb move when it comes to long-term employee health.","Doing a good job is not good enough -- you have to take on extra work and promote yourself to your manager's peers in order to have ""visibility"" when it comes to the secret stack-ranking meetings that they still do.",Stop the blatant age discrimination which is so clearly in effect everywhere you look. Stop laying off older workers so you can pay less to Indian immigrants and fresh-out-of-college kids.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55491,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Track,"Disclaimer: I realize the experience in Microsoft could be very division/team dependent, specifically I'm writing mostly for Azure and Bing.  1) Microsoft still does great tech., whole company emphasize on tech. and engineering first for the most the time (remember what Ballmer used to say at Microsoft conference). So you can end up with a resume doing cutting edge techs., but how much the industry cares about that when you walk out is dependent.  2) Microsoft is a great place to educate junior people, imo better than most of the ""on your own"" companies. Your career binds to a tech lead as junior people if he's technically strong (what supposed to be for most of time), you can improve a lot on how to do engineering. As a junior after 2-3 years in Microsoft with a right team you can be technically stronger than Google or Facebook made due to reasons above.  3) Company generally be nice for employees, they don't have good benefits like Facebook does but they do have comparable perks not including free food. For example they have legal insurance and ESPP which I found missing in Google or Facebook. Also they have free drink on quality/variance more or less the same about Google. Also I found their legal team (mostly for international employees) much more supportive/professional in general.  4) Some recent move make me think they are about to find some ways. But in general the moving slow pattern I mentioned below may prevent it from making them happen.","1) Microsoft is not a giant leader as it used to be, so be prepared for hardworking and high pressure (I'm talking about workload more than Google or Facebook).  2) Some times you need to deal with senior/intangible person owning some domains that not easy to deal with, and this also brings some politics issue. Mostly you won't find much in newer companies like Facebook (this also due to Facebook's unique culture I can't tell much). But yah you can still find some in other large companies in Google. But in general Microsoft has more of this kind of things.  3) Company has some issues preventing it from making stuffs fast. If you guys notice how Google struggles to move towards Mobile and still not succeed, Microsoft is just worse than this from this perspective.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55492,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,Great tech company lacks good middle management,Great engineers and has lot of technology,Inability to hold top management caliber at partner and to some extent VP level,Get great hints from engineers and do not lose them for protecting middle management fiefdoms,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55493,microsoft,none," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,I really liked the software especially windows and word as well as excel. Now the windows phones are quite impressive as well.,I wish Bill Gates would show up in person more often. He really is a great guy can can mentor the junior staff.,Keep on keeping on! This is a great company and the growth is quite impressive. I really liked working there.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55494,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS brief review,Good wage and benefits. Had an interesting project lately with lots of modern technologies and OSS usage,Review process was way too bureaucratic,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55495,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,Good to grow in Bing,"A lot of practical problems to solve, Learn a lot,","KPI culture is not good,","Re-consider KPI driven,",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55496,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to start out,- Innovative in certain areas - Smart and fun people to work with - Work-life balance is what you want it to be,- Company as a whole is unfocused leading to conflicting priorities,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55497,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Maybe,"Free drinks, cafeteria and no micro-managing.","Some people are snobby and rude and have the ""I work for Microsoft, I can do what I want"" mentality.","Treat everyone fairly regardless of race or educational background. As long as the job is being done as it should, judge off that.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55498,microsoft,"Kenmore, WA"," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Fast paced work environment, culture of dedication to delivering big software with rigorous process. Lots of really smart people to work with.",Politics could hinder progress on projects. Not a lot of transparency in reviews or decision making.,"It is important to move fast in this industry and to do that, you have to trust employees.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55499,microsoft,"Dunstable, MA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Easy Work. Easy Life Work Life balance,Lots of standing up/ not much movement.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P592.htm
55500,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Director,Lots of opportunity if you want to live in Seattle. There is a lot of opportunity to learn and grow in your career as long as you deliver results.,All parts of the company are not treated the same i.e. Product team vs services. the company is going through some pains at the moment with trying figure the true north.,Have a plan when re-orgs happen. More times then not there is no or a limited plan and many people are trying to figure where to go. This leads to just get your work done.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55501,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with a lot of Politics,There are a lot of products to sell,There are a lot of politics on the Ad Sales team,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55502,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Microsoft IT holding back an otherwise great company,Amazing technology that usually does not make it to the public. Lots of smart people to always challenge you. Entrepreneurship atmosphere. Have an idea? You have the freedom to pursue it.,"Microsoft IT does not value people as they reorg, outsource and layoff regularly. The fact the Microsoft IT org is run by persons who made there names in sales is a big red flag.",Value your people over a spreadsheet. There is a reason MSIT org does not attract talent.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55503,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Digital Marketing,Opportunity to make changes,Too slow to take actions,No more silos and better cooperation and collaboration between different teams.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55504,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great perks and benefits and smart people.,Bit slow to adapt to changing times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55505,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern Position,Great finance intern program for undergrads looking to get into corporate finance.,Stack ranking is kind of ridiculous specially for interns. My intern manager got fired after I left due to how bad the program became when she was around.,Focus on developing talent as interns and not assign bad intern roles.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55506,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Marketing Manager,"Good pay, lots of process in place to support employees personally,",Strategy and leadership shifts too frequent to properly test and drive business initiatives. Corporate values used effectively during the interview process but thrown out the window for day to day business.,"Find a set of core, leadership values and then hire/create leaders who live by them. The company and culture differs far too much based on what group you work in and who leads that group.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55507,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Explorer Intern,"Large company, very safe and good if you're older and looking to stay in tech and settle down.","Poor company culture, not innovative, etc.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55508,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Specialist,Marketing Specialist,good company with great benefits,all in all is good :),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55509,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ready for the next chapter,"Microsoft has been constantly evolving in the 11 years I've been here. But up until now it seemed disjointed. Now we are building great software again. There are some people who just don't get it and seem to hide in the large company and resist change. However I think some of these people will not last the transformation. The culture is really favoring the agile, the entrepreneurial, the team. I like how Satya has started from day 1 with his vision and mission. Some still don't fully listen and internalize what he is saying, sticking rather to old habits. Great people to work with, great leadership, and a vision that will set trends in tech for the next 20 yrs. You can really build a career here.","Obtuse way of getting ahead should be changed--Start using Azure ML to find the leaders in the org instead of relying on the old way of having management sponsor you up.  Sales culture is bad, but seems to be changing -- slowly.",Get some new blood in places that need it. Hire people who actually care about what we do and live our mission. Not just someone who is looking to enhance their dry MBA.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P593.htm
55510,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,Good work life balance. Diversified business models.,Slow career progression. Slow to react to market needs.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55511,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Production Technician,Production technician,"Great teams of people. There is definitely a lot of people to learn from. Good atmosphere. Some perks in the office, but most importantly....free soda!","Tiny fish in a big pond. Company is massive, so often the individual employee is forgotten. It is hard to communicate to the higher ups. The presence of an older company model is still felt.","More incentives to employees on the low end of the pay range scale. Open perks to all employees, both full time and vendor.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55512,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great things ahead,Microsoft has a large customer base and is a leader in a number of fields. There are lots of opportunities to make a big impact and the company's direction shift over the last few years are starting to make a real difference.,Can be too bureaucratic at times and changes can be slow to adiot.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55513,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Awful Work-life Balance,The health benefits used to be top-notch. Tuition assistance program was great...if you could find the time to take any courses.,About half the teams there have atrocious work-life balance. My last month there involved 80 hour work weeks.  There was major bias against the Test discipline at the time.,"Retire and let someone else lead. As if the place already wasn't attractive to recent graduates, the layoffs have damaged Microsoft's reputation.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55514,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good for Stability,- Lots of different areas to work. - A stable job (Microsoft isn't going anywhere soon). - Find the right team and you can have a good work/life balance.,"- I equate Microsoft to communism. You are treated the same as anyone else of your lvl/title in the company regardless of project. So you will make the same if you work 12 hrs a day on some high profile project, as a guy work 4-6hrs on some low visibility project. - Titles mean nothing at this company, meaning you will find a lot of people in the senior bands that have just stopped caring and don't know anything.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55515,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Excellence Manager,Great insight into the company and it focus Good people to work with,"Poor tools, especially for a market-leading tech company Disappointing Sr Mgmt focus","Continue to focus on the client and the long-term, as opposed to the short-term and ""me too"" innovation (an oxymoron) - the rest will take care of itself",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55516,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer III,Massive Discrimination,Pay was overall decent and project were generally interesting. Some people were very nice and I had members of my team volunteer to go to HR to protest my treatment by management.,"I am female and hearing impaired, and faced discrimination on both levels. I also witnessed racial discrimination.  When I pointed out an architectural flaw in the system, I was called a drama queen and ignored, until the system self-imploded from said flaw a few months later (of course I got no credit from pointing it out). I was never invited to team events and was blatantly told it was because I was a girl by other team members. I was the only female engineer on the team. My manager though topics like strippers was perfectly OK work conversation.  As for hearing loss discrimination, it got progressively worse over time. People joked about me to ""not tell me to do something, I'd just hear it wrong."" This grew to being told not to talk in meetings, not being invited to meetings, and being told not to answer anything verbally - the only thing I was told I was allowed to verbally say is ""I'll get back to you with that"" and answer via e-mail. I was also told I was only allowed to answer e-mails in one or two sentences. Then all project ownership was taken away from me and given to someone else so they could ""manage my communication."" I wear hearing aids and can lip read. All I needed was people to face me and talk one at a time, but they refused to do that and cut me out instead. I was told that as long as my ""verbal communication problems"" persisted, I would never be promoted again.  The only non-white member of my team had his computer hacked into by our mutual manager so the manager could send e-mails out from that person's computer when that person wasn't there, and effectively managed to destroy his e-mail credibility to the point where when the guy sent out an ""I quit!"" e-mail, no one at first believed him. Then the manager joked with someone else that I hadn't acted up enough for him to do that to me yet. I complained to HR about the whole incident, but nothing happened.  Those involved got away with everything, and are still at the company. HR said they saw no problems with any of this behavior.",Take discrimination seriously! I know many people who were blown off!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55517,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Hardware Engineer,"Building products on the frontier of consumer electronics and software industry. Company treats its employees well and I feel respected. Company has a lot of resources and is willing to invest heavily to be successful in a market. Satya Nadella has been changing company culture for the better, inspiring more innovative thinking and collaboration across teams at all levels.",The large corporate structure could be a negative for some. High level decisions are often made out of view of individual contributors which can be frustrating without lack of context.,Continue being aggressive with investments in mobile and new hardware products that push the envelope. Inspire innovation from all levels and improve processes to bubble up product ideas from lower levels.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55518,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,The people are some of the brightest and creative out there.,Politics can get in the way of getting things done.,Allow people to do their best work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55519,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,4 years still happy,Vast areas of technologies to chose from. Good benefits good people. Decent work life balance.,Siloed mostly to .net technologies. no free lunch unlike competitors.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P594.htm
55520,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Test Engineer,Software development engineer in test,"Benefits, learning possibilities, on the job training","Stressful environment, management might be bad, work/life balance not exists in some departments",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55521,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,principal dev lead,"lots of opportunity, lots of tech","big company, politics, not the current favorite like apple",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55522,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2015",Current Employee - Group Finance Manager,Group Finance Manager,"Flexible work schedule, passionate employees, multi-national company,",company going through transition. Career growth not as defined as it once was.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55523,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad,Higher than average starting pay rate Pretty decent benefits actually having a cash bonus incentive is really nice very positive atmosphere,seems like a lot of competition nobody seems to be allowed to be honest if a product that comes out is sub par objective conversations seem to be avoided,positive attitude is great but would be nice for a change to give feed back to microsoft about a product being good or bad. Retail associates are the face of the company and talk directly to customers and our input is valuable to development teams,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55524,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,Great career guidance and resources. Good ability to move around.,Good managers have left and only few left are hard to find. HR has a review process for managers but they never act on bad reviews. I would avoid it like plague,Use WHI and LHI to manage managers. Get rid of the bad ones since it is hard to retain people already,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55525,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okaye company...too large to be managed as one,Plenty of employment opportunities within the company. Can easily switch around if needed.,Too large and isolated. Lack of a cohesive direction that can be showcased by each business unit.,"Encourage cross-team interactions, look out for poisonous managers playing sides to retain/let-go people based on personal choice insteadof merit.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55526,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Do not apply to work here.,Benefits are good even for part time employees.,"There is no advancement working here. If you are hoping for a career and growth, this is not the place to look. Also, the annual review for your raise is absolutely horrendous. The max you could receive is 4% of your salary and that's only if you go above and beyond your own job role and do others jobs for them (including management) and even then your still not promised the max.",Stop caring only about yourself and pay more attention to your associates issues and concerns.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55527,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Channel Marketing Manager,Great place to work,"Incredible scale, fast paced, smart people to work with, challenging. Great to be exposed to so many areas and able to try so many things in the same company.","Can have challenging work life balance if you are not someone who can take it upon yourself to manage priorities. Management has improved vastly in recent years, but still varies by team.","Keep up the focus on improving the team management, cross team collaboration and valuing the ""how"".",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55528,microsoft,"Durham, NC"," Jun 7, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Probably the best job ever!,Fun Makes you happy to wake up in the morning Grest pay Great benefits So many ways to grow in the company So many ways to grow outside the company,Microsoft can be a bit picky. Often the wrong moves are made.  Management might look down on employees or external people for some reason.,Dont look down on people just because you work for Microsoft.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55529,microsoft,"Richmond, VA"," May 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technology Solutions Professional,Excellent place to work - review process needs changes,"Working for Microsoft was a big highlight of my life, let alone my career. I enjoyed the people, technology and good work! You get to define your career for the most part, and of course play with some of the best technology on the planet.","There really is only one major con at Microsoft - the review process. There is so much tied up in a quarterly and annual process that it just slows everything down. It needs to be more lightweight and tied to the results you show, not all the intricate bits and pieces of the process.  The benefits used to be top notch, but they've come down over time. It actually made it easier for me to leave.",Streamline reviews and use that great BI data you have to see how well your employees really are contributing - take that burden off the employees and low level management shoulders. Too much time is spent calibrating or worrying about calibration to really get anything meaningful done at times.  Fix benefits - look to Google as the bar.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P595.htm
55530,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,salary is NOT great,"1. If you love tech, this is a great place. No doubt you'll talk tech (mostly the MSFT stack) from enterprise to consumer - from PCs to phones to Xboxes - from datacenter to desktop.","Brand on Your Resume: After many years of losing market share and struggling to be at the front end of innovation and the fact that there's 90,000 employees, don't think MSFT is necessarily going to be attractive on your resume to more agile and smaller companies.",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55531,microsoft,"Boca Raton, FL"," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Onboarding Ambassador,great place to learn about new technologies,no cons at the moment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55532,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Company Review,"Great pay, competitive compared to industry.","Too political, too slow paced compared to other companies in the software industry.",Reduce politics and process overheads.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55533,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Engineer,Almost every one that I have met in the company is smart and reasonable. Some of the managers go to great effort to ensure equality during performance measurement which I really admire.,I dislike the internal hiring process which is just as laborious as hiring external candidates.,"Create opportunity for people to move within the company. Although some recent changes were made, it is not enough and no team is willing to budge from their goal of hiring the perfect candidate. People need space to grow and try different things which is lacking at the company.",4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55534,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Design Engineer,Great place to work,Excellent work life balance. Good Sal.,Difficult to commute. Low visibility because of remoteness to head office.,Increase head count in the east coast.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55535,microsoft,"Egypt, GA"," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,Application Developer worked on windows phone,close source this is the point,change view point and open source is it's view,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55536,microsoft,none," May 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great company with a lot of opportunity.,"I had some long hours, but that is part of any job",Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55537,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Going downhill,"The org is flattened, less opportunities, more politics. It used to be MS encouraged both staying in one area and becoming and expert, or going broad and enhancing one's skill set. The second path is now very much discouraged. Great place to work if you want to do one thing for the rest of your life, to the exclusion of all else. Very focused on making small incremental changes to the exclusion of doing anything big, new or cutting edge - very risk adverse.","Work environment can be very hostile. It depends on your team. Rare to find a really good group of people who create a positive work environment. A lot of complacency. If you are an outgoing person who is very engaged and has a lot of good ideas, MS is probably not a good fit.","Rather than continuing to work under the buddy system, maybe try a merit based approach.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55538,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test II,Good place,Often you overlook how well Microsoft employees are paid as compared to the whole industry. Great work life balance. But depends on team,Growth is slow. You don't see a promotion for atleast 2 years.,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55539,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Excellent Professional growth for good employees,Poor Work life balance for senior roles,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P596.htm
55540,microsoft,"Aliso Viejo, CA"," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sky is the limit !!,"Big Challenges, Smart people, Dynamic environment, Focus on employee development and opportunity to work on latest and greatest technology.",Too many managers and reorg in too short time. Hierarchical and bloated middle management. Lack of work life balance.,Appreciate latest changes to performance appraisal giving importance to team collaboration instead of Rock Star individual virtues. Hope you stick to one strategy and go for it with full commitment.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55541,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Company Culture,"Awesome medical benefit and work-life balance. open culture, working with smart people.","an old company during transition. lots of new things to learn and adjust, including be more agile to the changing market, putting more focus on customer value.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55542,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Assistant Store Manager,"Was the best company I've ever worked for until the culture changed. Over the past 24 months, there's been a gradual decrease in values that the company stands behind. Anywhere else than this market, I'm sure, is still great. Still had great benefits. Decent pay.","Will not do proper HR investigations. Breaks/meal breaks policies are not adhered to. High employee turnover due to company culture shifts. Not a great work/life balance. Little opportunity for career advancement. For being at the forefront of technology, employee systems (POS, employee machines) are embarrassing. No support from upper management. Supposedly, there is an open door policy. Quick to judge, no positive intent.","Get back to the culture you started with. There is far too much hypocrisy and now feels like a terrible place to work due to current store and market managers' treatment of employees. Reassess the people in place and interview as many team members as you can to get a real temperature check of your stores. I'm not talking about the yearly poll either, audit your management from the viewpoint of PA's and ASM's - you are losing great people left and right due to ignorance and poor judgement.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55543,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Test Manager,Working at Microsoft is tension,Good Salary and nothing more,Management always keep the employees under pressure for unwanted reasons. Constantly changing environment which makes everyone restless all the time about job security.,Make strong decisions and make it to work. Always don't do trial and error.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55544,microsoft,"Lockport, IL"," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Field Support Specialist Administrative,Market Admin,"Great boss, great pay, great benefits",career opportunities in retail,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55545,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Good spot,Good partnerships forming internally as the new leadership takes form. Shift in mindset and culture is allowing people to work cross group to achieve goals,"Work life balance continues to be an issue however it is something that we bring on ourselves. Pay and benefits have taken a hit over the years, definitely not the highest paying company but if you're a valued employee bonuses and reviews can be nice",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55546,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"The company provides lots of opportunities, globally, in different areas: software development, program management, IT, sales & marketing in a very inclusive culture.",becoming too complex organizationally. You need to manage your own career path as your manager or HR do not play an active role in ensuring you are on track.,Microsoft has been successful in the past decades. Management has been given tremendous power so much that it could hinder innovation. Continue to promote inclusive culture within the company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55547,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft treats you right,"- Anyone passionate about technology can spend their entire career with Microsoft. The company is already involved in so many different areas that it's impossible to get bored. - As a whole, the company is always looking for ways to improve. - They place a high value on customer satisfaction. - Their compensation, while not what it once was, is still very competitive, as is their benefits package.","Politics, pockets of incompetence, and pockets of arrogance. The hyper-competitive environment leads to some dysfunctional behavior, but this is probably not out-of-line with many other large tech companies.","Weeding out the incompetent and rewarding the rock stars is a critical part of running a tech company. However, it's critical to not over-estimate the objectivity of your internal ranking system. Many of the decisions that are made at Microsoft are made with too much faith in that system.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55548,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inside Microsoft,"Good Benefits, great health plan.","Limited career opportunities, company can be more aggressive.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55549,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Review,Challenging roles available. Movement across division with opportunities for varied roles.,"slow advancement, middle-aged company with not a lot of employee movement in and out of roles lacking competitive industry insight, work-life balance low in the more challenging roles",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P597.htm
55550,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Overall a great place to work,"Good pay and benefits, interesting problems to solve on most teams, many good people to work with, and since the CEO change it finally feels like we're back on track with modern tech and solid business opportunity.","Like most large corporations, more politics and red tape than would otherwise be desirable... as your career progresses, be ready to play The Game. It's hard to churn bad people out at Microsoft, I've seen unskilled employees stagnate for over 2 years before being let go.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55551,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Old habits die hard,"You can stay at Microsoft as long as you want as long as you are competent and not a jerk. The pay is not terrible. Wide variety of technology to work on, and it's fairly easy to move within the company.","Management just cannot let go of old-school Microsoft traditions despite new leadership. Everything is design by committee, and there is no room for creative approaches to problems. Even ""fun"" products are mired in process and approvals. Absolutely zero work-life balance. Career-minded people at Microsoft will focus only on themselves and their direct reports, no matter the cost to morale or product quality outside their fiefdom. Painful commute no matter which direction you're coming from. Toxic suburban monoculture.",Universal pay raise for level 63 and below. Open an actual office in Seattle. Remove three layers of management between CEO and the people who do actual work.,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55552,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A chaotic and uncertain work place,Good compensation and good benefits.,Little opportunity for exposure to sound software engineering practices.,It's time to split up the company.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55553,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,It,"Nice benefits, many products to work on.","Bad managers, too much politics.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55554,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Escalation Engineer,good ambient for work and people,no career path to follow,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55555,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Business Process Architect,Think First,"extraordinary set of colleagues who are serious about what they do and how they do it. they are consistently professional, dedicated to their profession, and hard workers.","extraordinarily bad senior management. the company is currently without direction. layoffs have focused on retaining the ""yes"" people and letting go the nay-sayers, under the guise of ""business reasons.""","get your act together. recognize that you have vestigial Microsoft culture living in your system and eating away at the changes you hope to achieve. get rid of them, not the change agents.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55556,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed Bag,"Great pay and benefits, neat technology",They are not good at moving resources around the company.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55557,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but seems lost sometime,"some very smart people to work with, doing some high tech work,work-life balance, benefits",some programs do not make sense at all while some do (which get cut for weird reasons). Some parts of the org are getting PM heavy (hardware to be specific) which is a road block for innovation.,I think Satya would make a meaning full impact in 3-5 years. Keep up the good work though fire some CVPs and GMs who are just arrogant.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55558,microsoft,none," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Some teams in Microsoft are agile and innovative. Most people I work with are highly intelligent and capable. Benefits are good.,Decision tends to be made top-down. You won't be able to make big impact if you are junior. Your scope will be small.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55559,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Recruiter,Awesome place to work and grow your career.,Established culture and great work life balance.,Has the reputation of being outdated in comparison to other young technical companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P598.htm
55560,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Work,"Great compensation, great work-life balance, Super smart people to work with.","Can get bureaucratic, you probably need to play politics to do super well.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55561,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Former employee,Salary and benefits are good.,Can take too long to bring products to development.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55562,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Microsoft is turning the corner,Benefits Work with diverse group of very bright people Make an impact on millions of users,Can end up bogged down in process. Large amount of churn due to significant re-org and role changes.,"Stay the course, the direction is good.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55563,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solid company, compensation and benefits. Tough to consider leaving","Location, compensation, benefits, variety of projects and products across the entire company to work on vs moving.","Work life balance not as billed, stress an be high. Shallow org depth at lower levels. Expectations based on resources are poorly managed.",Staff appropriately and don't over burden employees with workloads based on unrealistic expectations.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55564,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you are not a people manager you are stuck in the bottom,"Big, Great Benefits,lots of resources and perks","Promotions are rare , very political, not based on real work, if you are invited to the vip club you can have a great ride, if you are not a political animal, you can be stuck at the same level for a long time.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55565,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer and Editor,Senior Technical Writer,I experienced great people and management during my time there. Things are never boring. There's always something to do.,"It can be very hit or miss with coworkers and management. I had a great experience this last contract, but have had poor ones in the past, too.",Look past the deliverables and content publishing cycle and see the people doing the work. They always have great feedback from customers and partners.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55566,microsoft,"Redmond, WV"," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Great place to work, good salary and benefits, smart people","can be slow to get stuff done, constant shifts in business, too much HR overhead for reviews bi-annually.","Hire faster. I used to be FTE at Microsoft but won't even consider it, it just takes too long. I would rather be a contractor.",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55567,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,MS SDE,Good benefit. Good compensation. Flexible work hours. Good medical benefit.,Initial start was difficult for me. Did not get any benefit for my PhD.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55568,microsoft,"Santa Monica, CA"," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - California,MSFT is a good place to be,"- great work life balance - smart people, making solid business decision - priorities are more in line with overall corporate philosophy - amazing benefits, worth it just to gain an economic foothold","- hard to be more than a face in the crowd or have a real effect on the business - not the most progressive or open-minded leadership - lack of willingness to challenge the status quo, though you can hardly blame them",Consider the best way to implement change and look for opportunity in the coming digital revolution. Communicate a better understanding of the goals and innovative prospects of the future.,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55569,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Experience,Amazing company to work for,Not always the right Managers in place,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P599.htm
55570,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Smart people, some products have big impact, big ambitions for the future. Compensation is great. If you want to work on something specific, chances are you can find it at the 'soft. Decent transit options to get there (Conncetor private bus at headquarters)","Too big sometimes, tries to be everywhere in the market. Big company brings big overhead in some groups. Even though there are decent transit options to get there, traffic at headquarters can be a nightmare depending on where you choose to live","Lots of great changes taking place. Don't be afraid to deal with ""problem child"" individuals even if they are at a very senior level. Set the company up to find and monetize the next series of $10B businesses. Treasure your workforce and invest in it",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55571,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Service Engineer,"Mostly good, if you are an aggressive self-starter.","Great benefits, laid bad work environment, private offices. Getting enough resources to get the job done is usually not difficult. You get to work with Microsoft's latest technologies before anyone else does. You get to work on problems at a large scale, which can sometimes mean you have big impact.","Sometimes feels so large and complex that it's hard to figure out where you factor in things. Work experience is heavily dependent on your direct management chain. Can sometimes be too process laden, making simple things take longer than they should. You have to manage your own career, there is little help from anyone else, including your own manager, on developing your skills and career.","Cut down on excessive processes that slow down productivity and add little value. Coach employees better. Too often employees are left to figure it out for themselves, which doesn't foster confidence in leadership and makes you feel that you aren't valuable to the organization. In turn, this can lead to loss of productivity as workers don't feel an ownership in the direction and goals of the organization.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55572,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"It can hit you hard, but it can also reward you hard.",- Compensation is amazing. - Lots of up and coming technologies are within hands reach. - Allows you to actually search for your passion.,"-Big Company. Manager can make or break you. It is sometimes hard to find a manager that gives you full honest feedback instead of tampering it. -Changes can hit you hard. People can get really affected by the constant reorgs due to new CEO and changes in direction. - New review system is hazy. ""It's all about impact"", but at the end of the day you have a budget to distribute.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55573,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall ok,I like Microsoft that there are so many teams in it.,"slow, too much process. takes forever to get coordination between teams.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55574,microsoft,"Monroe, WA"," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great culture,"First and foremost there wasn't an actual dress code. ,) The work environment, depending on the team, was really good. Hallway conversations generating ideas, somewhat laid back but still professional, a lot of smart people but not intimidating.","The company has changed over the years. It's become like other companies, it doesn't have the same lure or attraction any longer. Stocks are different, admins no longer receive any. The medical/prescription benefits are different. It used to be really great - 100% coverage for many years and then went to high deductibles. Some don't want opinions or input from administrative levels. Not much guidance from management, depending on the job. Too many meetings to get your job done effectively.",I don't think anyone would pay attention or do anything with what I could provide.,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55575,microsoft,none," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,international project engineer,"The job is fairly easy depends on the team you work with. No overtime at all, workload is reasonable.","it is not a challenging position. Repeat literally same thing everyday. Nothing to improve, nowhere to promote.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55576,microsoft,none," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great overall compensation package. New company direction is on target and more open. Finally, embracing open source and competitor solutions to make our own products and solutions stronger","Work/Life balance is only for those in management. As a ""worker bee"", that term gets thrown around a lot, but can be very difficult to achieve.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55577,microsoft,"Guaynabo, PR"," May 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporate Jungle,"Tons of resources,defined career path (growth opportunities), pro-education, advanced technologies, fast paced and dynamic environment (won't have time to get bored), very knowledgeable personnel and the opportunity to work with people from around the world.","The organizational culture in PR is very toxic. If you are excellent in your job, you will suffer (literally) because there are people that won't rest until you're out (or get burned). There's a lot of unnecessary micro-management and if you are not on their 'favorites list', you will get stucked on the same day-to-day tasks (no new projects for you). There's little to no space for creativity or innovation - and when there is, your ideas will be stolen and you won't receive credit for your hard work. People with less experience and academic preparation than you may have more opportunities if they hang out with upper management. Forget about work ethics and professionalism, its all about politics and having the right connections. This company is not for the good ones, you have to be willing to crush people and deceive your colleagues in order to keep going.","Appreciate the good work of the talented people, don't rest assured that they will be there forever. Dashboards and metrics are important, but without the right talent, there's no way you're foing to succeed. Be grateful and supportive with the ones that are really doing the heavy lifting.",2.0,1.0,1.0,none,none,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55578,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - SSP,SSP,"Great benefits, good pay, and name recognition.","No training, work/life balance, paperwork",get over yourself and sell like a normal team,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55579,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Partner Marketing,Great but,"Innovation, high performance, driven, and lots of really smart people.","Annual review process, scorecard driven culture, can be cut throat and very political",Get rid of calibration and input from other managers on your annual review,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P600.htm
55580,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transformation,"Dynamic change, competitive and clear vision from the top. No longer satisfied with what was done in the past that led the company top success","Large company, lots of internal policy and processes that can slow down progress",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55581,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Experience,Amazing company to work for,Not always the right Managers in place,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55582,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales rep,fun environment and a growing field,tough sales in a competitive field,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55583,microsoft,none," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Postdoc positions at Microsoft Research,"I was a postdoc at Microsoft Research. If you are looking at an academic career, or an industrial lab research career, MSR is an excellent place to do a postdoc. You have access to the best-in-class researchers in most areas, and there are a lot of visitors every year.","Summers are full of energy with tonnes of visitors and interns. But once you are past summer, the lab gets really quiet.",Keep the researchers well informed about where MSR is headed. Being more explicit about the evaluation criteria will also be quite useful.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55584,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a great place for Senior Level women employees,"Decent medical benefits and maternity leave. I like that they have paternity leave as well. Plenty of re-orgs to let you meet new people in the company ,)","Women are rarely promoted to the senior level. Concerns about this to HR are disregarded. Reflected in CEO's comments that women should not ask for raises, but 'trust the system' that they will get the 'raises and promotions they deserve.'  No thank you.",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55585,microsoft,none," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent compensation, opportunities for personal development","Highly competitive salary and benefits package. If you're smart and work hard you will quickly advance in terms of position and responsibilities, the company actively tries to find talent and invests in it. Company is modernizing and unifying their vision and infrastructure to create a more focused and streamlined development environment.","Disclaimer: I work on an older client product, so this may not be applicable to the newer teams/services. Development processes with a lot of overhead/bureaucracy. Engineering infrastructure is not good for some teams (fragile and limited automation infrastructure, very long build times, update delivery cadence of weeks to months).",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55586,microsoft,none," May 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I'm experienced w/t Microsoft data software. Now learning your surface pro process featured programs.,The bonuses and team & tech support + Care's of family support.,To me their are know challenging moments. I always know how relate with my co- workers.,Always know how relate to ideas of employees and to able to satisfy your customers & clients.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55587,microsoft,none," May 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best places I've worked,"Lots of smart people, opportunities to move around and stretch and learn new skills. Great salary and benefits (at least at that time period- benefits were going through a significant change when I left) I learned a ton while there.","Very aggressive, male dominated environment. Easy to hit the glass ceiling as a woman - unconscious bias by male employees and leaders. If you're assertive in meetings, you're seen as aggressive even if the rest of the room is actually being aggressive - women are often in a lose-lose situation in discussions. Lots of politics at sr. leadership levels can create a toxic environment. This wasn't company wide though - it depended in which teams you were in.","Don't just make diversity a checkbox - be proactive in seeking out best practices on diversity and making your workplace a healthy, fair and balanced organization. Get more women into leadership roles.",4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55588,microsoft,none," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Pay and Benefits,Worklife balance and health insurance benefits are suitable for single and growing families,"Employee retention is high and morale is low especially around bonus time. The organization uses a point system of which an employee, regardless of the hard work, dedication, good customer satisfaction reviews, is put on the chopping block because someone in the group has to be terminated.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55589,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Politics and stack ranking are a live and well,"Can be a great place to work if you get on the right team. If you get on the wrong team, your career options will be very limited. Satya is trying to eliminate the bloated management structure but there is much resistance from the management ranks.","If you don't suck up to management, you will get nowhere. They will even prevent you from moving to another team out of spite. I was there for over 7 years and despite all the PR about stack ranking going away, it still exists. In fact, it's even worse now as your direct managers have more impact on your ranking and compensation so, if you don't kiss up to them, you get nothing. In fact, MS has been reducing all the benefits given to employees over the years. There used to be a top-notch benefit package and now you have co-pays and deductibles. They used to give you a hiring bonus and now that is apparently gone. Food in the cafeteria used to be cheap. Now it's more expensive than eating out somewhere else. Free soda was offered in cans. Now we get fountain soda so they can save money. Managements response to Satya's announcement of layoffs intended to reduce management bloat that exists at MS on my team, was to instead fire a bunch of FTEs and replace them with contingent staff because they work for less money, all in an effort to keep their cushy jobs. Management is clueless to how much one contributes to the team. Instead of focusing on their reports, they have meetings every day with each other and rely on reports that are inaccurate and what an engineer puts on their check-in. You can put anything on there and there is no follow-up on the success of the project. So, you have a bunch of people putting meaningless garbage on their reviews for projects that exist for no reason other than to put something on the review. I lost count of the number of projects I got involved in, thinking it was going to help make a difference, only to have it disappear off the face of the earth all of a sudden.","Get a clue. Stack ranking and pitting your staff against each other is not conducive to creating an environment of teamwork and collaboration. Management need to start focusing on the people they are supposed to me managing, instead of sucking up to their superiors, having meetings with each other all day that accomplish nothing, not to mention creating and getting involved in useless projects that do nothing to move this company forward. There is a reason that stack ranking has been eliminated by every other company. IT DOESN'T WORK!!!!!",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P601.htm
55590,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Politics and stack ranking are a live and well,"Can be a great place to work if you get on the right team. If you get on the wrong team, your career options will be very limited. Satya is trying to eliminate the bloated management structure but there is much resistance from the management ranks.","If you don't suck up to management, you will get nowhere. They will even prevent you from moving to another team out of spite. I was there for over 7 years and despite all the PR about stack ranking going away, it still exists. In fact, it's even worse now as your direct managers have more impact on your ranking and compensation so, if you don't kiss up to them, you get nothing. In fact, MS has been reducing all the benefits given to employees over the years. There used to be a top-notch benefit package and now you have co-pays and deductibles. They used to give you a hiring bonus and now that is apparently gone. Food in the cafeteria used to be cheap. Now it's more expensive than eating out somewhere else. Free soda was offered in cans. Now we get fountain soda so they can save money. Managements response to Satya's announcement of layoffs intended to reduce management bloat that exists at MS on my team, was to instead fire a bunch of FTEs and replace them with contingent staff because they work for less money, all in an effort to keep their cushy jobs. Management is clueless to how much one contributes to the team. Instead of focusing on their reports, they have meetings every day with each other and rely on reports that are inaccurate and what an engineer puts on their check-in. You can put anything on there and there is no follow-up on the success of the project. So, you have a bunch of people putting meaningless garbage on their reviews for projects that exist for no reason other than to put something on the review. I lost count of the number of projects I got involved in, thinking it was going to help make a difference, only to have it disappear off the face of the earth all of a sudden.","Get a clue. Stack ranking and pitting your staff against each other is not conducive to creating an environment of teamwork and collaboration. Management need to start focusing on the people they are supposed to me managing, instead of sucking up to their superiors, having meetings with each other all day that accomplish nothing, not to mention creating and getting involved in useless projects that do nothing to move this company forward. There is a reason that stack ranking has been eliminated by every other company. IT DOESN'T WORK!!!!!",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55591,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Advertising,"Changing, but a long way to go","Name and legacy will get you noticed - it's still one of the most profitable companies around so people pay attention. You get to open doors and get invited to events to speak because of where you work.  Benefits and Pay are still top notch compared to a lot of other companies. It may not be Facebook or Google, but it's competitive.  There are almost way too many resources - if you're looking for information or need a product/service, someone can get it for you as long as you can justify it.  Recruiting is top-notch. Bar-none probably the best system of interviewing - it's a great experience for the interviewee and interviewer - which means people tend to be a good fit (at least for the 6 months that your job is the same).  Innovation and excitement in some pockets - there are some really cool things happening with Hololens. Small pockets of innovation within incubation teams are very inspiring.  It really is a giving culture. People volunteer, give money and promote social causes as part of their DNA. It's not just for PR.","Constant change is not handled well. Satya's arrival has prompted more innovation and bolder, better moves, but you're still talking about a 100K full-time work force. Any change rolls through at a glacial pace. Some teams are agile, but the majority can't pivot fast enough (and who can blame them?). There are a lot of people who have been there 10+ years and no matter what, that encourages a settling in mentality that isn't really a fit for how the CEO thinks about the company.  Collaboration is still pretty new - so people say they want to because it's the new ""in"" thing to do, but that doesn't mean they actually know how.  Top level leaders, CEO and directs are mostly great and day to day coworkers are smart and motivated. Middle management is a mess (and abundant) so it's hard to translate the company vision uniformly across teams. If you're stuck in a backward facing, reactive org, you'll be frustrated.  It's still a pretty political place. History, size and constant change will make it really hard to stand out. You need both smarts, savvy and connections and good luck to you if you don't have all three.  You need to be in Redmond to go far. Period.","Trim middle management - you can pretty much see from attrition where the problem pockets are.  Incentivize people to share and collaborate. Just because you say it doesn't mean you do it and if I've learned anything from Freakanomics, you need incentives to really change people's behaviors.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55592,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Post Employment Review - Microsoft,"People are great, great health benefits (at the time), unlimited learning resources, movement potential, innovative, stable company with great vision & strategy, good salaries","Sub-par bonus (unless you are at partner level), trench workers do not share in executive bonus, personal agendas (and ambitions) often trump doing what is right for the business, productivity is low in pockets, accountability is low in pockets, true leadership is not rewarded - managers must be highly technical and deliver what should be individual contributor work. High performers are prone to burn out (as they do the work of many slackers).","Expand executive bonus to all employees (as Intel did >10 years ago), it gets everyone invested! Insert more accountability all the way down but aligned to corporate objectives, manage by the numbers. Measure productivity and manage to it. Reward leaders that get results AND build/develop high performance TEAMS. Invest in avoiding burnout for the few people that are carrying the load of many.",3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55593,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Analyst,Don,"All the coffee, tea, soda, milk, water, and juice you can consume. Cafeterias are a cut above with loads of options reasonably priced. Flexible work hours can be arranged. People are generally very smart.","The attitude that you will meet your deadlines no matter what goes wrong or who is responsible prevails and is exhausting. Demands sometimes feel inhumane - succeeding always feels good, but should not be so costly. One often feels they are not living their life and enjoying their job, only surviving to make the company bigger, better, brighter, stronger, and faster. Remember this - you are not important to them, no matter how you feel or what they tell you - you are not important to them. What you can DO for them is important to them, but YOU are not important to them.",Your ego is despicable. Stop SAYING people matter and start ACTING like people matter.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55594,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineering Lead,Life at Microsoft,"Great benefits, great location in the Pacific Northwest, ""best of the best"" technical co-workers","Long hours, non-agile/waterfall development model, large amount of overhead/process to get work done","Learn how to be more efficient, agile, and process-free.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55595,microsoft,none," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on the group,"The best things about Microsoft are the smart people and the city of Seattle, if you are smart enough to live there.",Some groups at Microsoft will continue to dangle the carrot of rewards and success in front of you as they work you to death.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55596,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,A terrible company,Working environment is great. Microsoft provide an office for full time employee.,"I join Microsoft as a H1-B holder. I think Microsoft should help me on green card process. But Microsoft use every excuse to delay it and they hint me that I can work in their Canada department for a year. When I decide to leave, the unbelievable thing happened. Microsoft and more than 60 agent company were trying to block me getting a new job!!!","1. When I join, I got some hints that H-1B holder pay rate should lower than others. I hope Microsoft can be a real EOE company. 2. I feel I get some threaten when I left. If you leave Microsoft and you won't get any job in US. Microsoft should know job selection based on individual will.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55597,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Support Practice Manager,Great place was there to long,microsoft was great. i learn a lot.,"their brand in the industry is so hurt that it almost hurts you to be an ex-microsoft employee which seems crazy, but its true.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55598,microsoft,"Bothell, WA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager II,"Salary, Benefits, Flex Time, Commute Options","Leadership is very hit and miss. Some of the most shallow, reprehensible leaders I have ever encountered work for Microsoft.",Learn how to measure and reward business impact.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55599,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thoughts as a college hire,Great company to start off your career as a college grad. Broad exposure to business and very collaborative environment. Good to build relationships with colleagues who are from diverse background.,Not the most agile company and you will always have people who have been with the company for 15+ years who are resistant to change. May be difficult to feel that you are making an impact at times. Work can be process driven given the size of the company.,Keep hiring only the best and think about how to compete with smaller and more agile companies. Help people to find new opportunities and challenges within the company.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P602.htm
55600,microsoft,none," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was OK,Looks good on the res,"Hours, politics, bureaucracy, pay, time off",Na,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55601,microsoft,"Lake Forest, IL"," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing,Great company,I loved working at Microsoft in Redmond. Good culture and probably better now with Balmer gone.,No real cons other than the leadership team (former) was to engineer focused. Engineers do no go to market well without effective marketers.,Focus on go to market and marketing like Apple does. A good balance of engineering and marketing is the key.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55602,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,Work life balance is good. But it mostly depends on the team you work. Package is average not high not less. Make sure you join the right team all your growth is depend on that.,Salary hike is very less. Generally 2- 5 percent per year. Bonus is between 0- 20 percent and some stock award which will vest 25 percent per year,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55603,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big place,It was fun digging into a lot of new products and ideas. And quite often you would work with some great people,The size really takes its toll on people and culture. I don't know how to fix that.,"make the money losing ""strategic"" groups feel the real pain and pressure of losing money.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55604,microsoft,none," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn,Good salary and health benefit. A lot of smart people,Worse employee performance ranking system.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55605,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director human resources,"Good company to work at, enjoyed employees and management staff",Management doesn't make decisions in a timely manner. Company to large,Talk to employees and get their input. Employees are your best investment and should be valued.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55606,microsoft,none," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good ride,Great 20 years. Loved I until the end.,Got tired of the politics & infighting.,Stop awarding for getting things done regardless of the bodies left behind.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55607,microsoft,none," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,skiped,Interesting projects/products and services. Excellent benefits.,would like to have more training options.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55608,microsoft,none," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,world class company,"Great benefits, competitive salaries, bonuses","Bureaucratic, overly doddering, top heavy",Read the reviews of other companies products and try to infuse MS work with enough zip to earn the same zeal and excitement. Cut half of all management. Focus on productizing research. Acquire a few more gaming startups.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55609,microsoft,none," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reasonable,"Lots of opportunities. Work can be very interesting if choosing the right team (but often interest comes with risk). Lots of learning resources. Good pay, but not as it used to be.",Sometimes inter-team politics gets in the way.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P603.htm
55610,microsoft,"Lake Forest, IL"," May 27, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing,Great company,I loved working at Microsoft in Redmond. Good culture and probably better now with Balmer gone.,No real cons other than the leadership team (former) was to engineer focused. Engineers do no go to market well without effective marketers.,Focus on go to market and marketing like Apple does. A good balance of engineering and marketing is the key.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55611,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,More Game of Cards than Engineering,"Nice Buildings, Free Soft Drinks","In 3 years I moved between 5 managers. Layoffs were happening, people were quitting left and right. Things did settle down a bit. What I saw was either a manager likes you or he doesn't. Managers don't check on code, its all about perception. I've seen Engineers work their way up with crappy code. The next guy in line has to clean up the mess. Fixing bugs doesn't earn you points at all.  Senior Leadership ruled like dictators. If you break the dev build (not even prod build), you will be shamed, your checkin privileges are revoked. Abusive language is used at times. This meant the blame game is played. Private emails are forwarded around. Project Managers fresh out of schools are hired to boss you around. A dev only writes code was the mantra.  In 3 years, I slowly felt the soul sucked out of me. They pay you well, but to them you are just a dev who will work 60-70 hours. You'd see people working weekends and late nights. It is highly frowned upon to only work 8 hours.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55612,microsoft,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,"Great place to work, but YMMV","Huge technology company that focuses on engineering excellence. Possible to move up in an engineering role without changing to management. Competitive salary Huge variety of roles, from customer facing support engineering, to consulting, to internal functions. Very possible to move internally to different divisions or roles.","Your mileage may very, hugely, depending on the group you work for. Recent trend towards the bottom-line has meant much tighter penny-pinching. A bad manager can ruin your yearly review or even career with the company. It's very easy to overwork and burn out. Not to say you have to, and many roles discourage this behavior and heavily promote work/life balance.",Keep focus on engineering resources. particularly in the support engineering roles. Without top-notch engineers we lose a huge competitive edge in the lifecycle of products.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55613,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's ok,You'll strengthen your professional experience and earn good money.,"Forget life balance, you'll wear ""golden cuffs"". Be ready to change before it's too late.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55614,microsoft,none," May 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pick a good team,Microsoft is a fun and fast paced place to work. There plenty of opportunities for growth and finding a good manager / mentor is key to success here.,Management can be a bit hit or miss depending on which team you're on. Make sure you select a good team before signing on the dotted line.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55615,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Director,HR Director,"smart coworkers, big challenges, ample opportunity, fast paced, high pay, fabulous benefits, physical work space is great with a ton of on-site perks","competitive (sometimes to the point of rudeness), so big that rules get in the way on occasion, long lead time to get things done/approved, a lot of stakeholders","pass more of the cash reserves to the employees, reduce stakeholders, empower more on-the-spot decisions, recognize current talent and provide them with opportunities instead of going external",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55616,microsoft,none," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Culture was fairly good and i enjoyed it quite a lot it was fun to be an employee at microsoft hope that helps,Nothing was a con as said before the culture was fantastic and the people were friendly so there were no cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55617,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Company culture,Excellent company culture Work life balance Challenging work,Frequent re-orgs Confined to Microsoft technology and tools,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55618,microsoft,none," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Doesn't get much better,"Always ample amount of meaningful work and challenges to take on Wonderful co-workers whom many I consider friends All my previous managers have been supportive of my career development and become mentors and advocates for me after Many opportunities to grow within your profession/role Stable business, definitely moving faster now and more innovative, great benefits","Lack of generational diversity outside of engineering Sometimes processes and communications feel over engineered A lot of time spent ""navigating"" internally to change things or get things done",Look more at transferrable skills when interviewing internals so that people have more freedom to have a vast variety of experiences within MS,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55619,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 24, 2015",Former Employee - Channel and Retail Operations Manager,Channel & Retail Operations Manager,Good Training Good Salary Good Work Culture,"Big Company, you can easily get lost among the crowd",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P604.htm
55620,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good IT company,"good company and comfortable, without question about the medical care, not the best but still ok.","large company, difficult to stand up, politics everywhere, pay less than average","raise salary, raise salary, raise salary, few career opportunities",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55621,microsoft,none," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,it was pretty cool and amazing,none it was just so,be super chill,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55622,microsoft,none," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Manager,"Overall a great place to work. Exciting projects and fast-paced industry make for challenging work and most employees are nice, intelligent and interesting. Very good pay and benefits.",It is a big company with a lot of process which can make work difficult to navigate. Experience can also depend heavily on your direct manager or the management of the team.,Continue to work on process improvements to increase speed and flexibility. Focus on developing great people managers to help culture and retain the best employees long term.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55623,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Generally good deal at Microsoft,"Great compensation package, flexible hours, can move around in the company, intellectual challenges, some level of freedom.","If you get a bad manager who is out to screw you, you're basically trapped. Too many managers!",Get rid of layers of middle management!,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55624,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2015",Former Employee - Content Project Manager,Content Publishing,"In general, the people are great to work with, intelligent, and passionate about what they do.  The benefits are exceptional from the medical/dental to cafeterias to health options.  The variety of work opportunities is quite nice. There is an area for everyone.","Because there are so many areas, it is sometimes hard to make the switch between groups. You can have a tendency of getting to specialized. Convincing others that you have the skills to make a move is not always easy.  The expectation is that you manage your career. For some people, this is great. For others, not so much.","Actually having career advice resources beyond your manager would be great.  Let managers have the time to actually manage employees. Often, they are so focused on networking to keep their team viable that the employee suffers.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55625,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Architect,Great place to work,"Microsoft is a great place to work. It's filled with smart, hard working people.  You need to have the initiative to push for your ideas to be adopted. The engineering system and organizational changes have stripped away a lot of the bureaucracy and make it easier to make a difference.  If you want to see your ideas turn into products, and they're good ideas, the company will provide the resources to see your idea through.","Can be disorienting if you're not used to working in a big organization. Not as nimble as a small organization. If you want an IPO lottery ticket, it's the wrong place for you.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55626,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer II,"good benefits for employees. free beverages, nice cafeterias and beautifully maintained landscapes. newly renovated, spacious open work spaces.","not the best company any more. frequent reorganizations, for me almost new team leader every year. stressful evaluation twice a year.",Listen to employees instead of repeating and forwarding the directions from upper level. Reduce the number of meetings from multi-level organization.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55627,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A great place to work, an amazing place to live.",Great work ethics that drive success,Work life balance is hard to differentiate.,"data driven decisions to reduce the fat, and focus on the finish line :)",5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55628,microsoft,"Castle Rock, CO"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Architect,Great learning experience,"Huge place, lots of potential",Politics and all that goes with it - review politics especially.,Walk around more offices,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55629,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,It's a good job to have when you are pursuing higher education in college,"Fun job to have, the hours are retail hours so you can meet a lot of people while learning about the Microsoft culture","Long hours, would love to have more of a flexibility schedule when working during school times. Summer time could be open.",Need flexibility on schedules,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P605.htm
55630,microsoft,none," May 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awsome diverser job, everyone has a chance to froq with Microsoft best one of the best conpanies to work for","Pay, benefits, culture, work life balance",Trying to get apple fans and androids fans on board with Microsoft,Keep up with great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company - mostly good,loved the technology and believed in the mission. Smart people very enthused. Drink the punch and intensely competitive sometimes makes the best rise to the top (not always). Huge array of products and services makes an endless list of sales potential. Believed in the leadership and their vision. Beautiful offices in Seattle/Redmond with good benefits.,"Many employees suffering from bad morale and constant complaints about quota, stack ranking and back stabbing. HR is not seen as supportive of employees. Mostly seem to serve a role of protecting the company from lawsuits. A lot of bureaucracy makes it slow moving at times. Employees rest/vest and sit in their same jobs for 10+ years.","Focus on what matters, minimize scorecard over-tasking. Be honest with employees about their careers. Many employees waste energy trying to figure out if they're about to be fired or RIF'ed.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55632,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome company,"great people, interesting project, good career development opportunity","work hours, too big to navigate",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55633,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer Public Sector,BEWARE of their Hiring Practice,none that i can think of,"Awful hours. clock punching. weekend and night. CritSit's all the time. Pay wasn't great, just barely competitive. Hired me for Job A, put me in Job B when i started. THIS IS THEIR HIRING PRACTICE! BEWARE!!!!",Make sure new hires have a VERY CLEAR understanding of the job and what it entails. even the bad stuff!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55634,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2015",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,"Strong benefits, chaotic re-orgs","World-class benefits for families, good development opportunities and training. Smart people.","Even with a new, revised review model, Microsoft is a terrible place to fail or make a mistake. You get flushed out of the toilet pretty quickly. Managers play favorites on who they hire and promote, and who they don't.","Wake up a bit to the market realities, too many great options out there.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55635,microsoft,"Canton, GA"," May 19, 2015",Former Employee - Product Development Director,"Director, Engineering","As you would expect, Microsoft is a very interesting and dynamic company. When we joined after the Nokia acquisition, we were very interested in getting to know a little about Microsoft from the inside. Nokia was one of the biggest acquisitions made by Microsoft and that change along with the already significant changes going on removing silos was an interesting thing to observer and try to understand.","We were already in a precarious situation at the time of the acquisition and I was glad to see Microsoft move fairly quickly to make decisions on the future of all of the Nokia phone businesses. It was assumed and became clear that all they were interested in was the Windows Phone business and announced 3 months after the deal closed that they were shutting down the rest. From that point on, it was clear that our teams were going to be shut down as well, but it took another 9 months for that to happen without a real idea of when it would be.  It would be best to work at a main Microsoft/Nokia site (i.e. Redmond or Finland). Otherwise, like most companies, not going to live for long. However, the sales and consulting roles in different regions are an exception.","Give your employees a better idea of when they will be let go. We were held hostage for 9 months at least waiting to hear when that would be. After 15+ years of service, we deserved better than that. Hoping that we will eventually tire of waiting and just go away wasn't professional and courteous.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55636,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," May 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Account Executive,Great company with solid benefits. The corporate culture was positive and people all working towards similar goals. Innovative within certain lines of business.,"Salaries not up to market value and the media side seems to be dying a slow death. While the product are really good, they do not come together as a whole.",management should set more realistic goals for the sales side of the house. Too many discontent people due to unattainable numbers.,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55637,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE,"great people, benefits, and pay.",can sometimes feel lost and often times you will struggle if not self motivated,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55638,microsoft,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principle PM,"The benefits are good, the culture is good, and the pay is competitive. The Pacific Northwest is a great place to live.","The commute can be difficult, the cost of living is getting high in the Seattle area and the housing is getting expensive. Microsoft sometimes feels a bit silo'd in it's approach and could use a more user-based approach to product design.",I currently have no advice to give to management and am writing this to satisfy the 20-word minimum.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55639,microsoft,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great environment with very talented people. Benefits and work life balance exceptional. Company turning itself around to invest more in cloud business and take advantage of the its incredible RD investment,Its getting very political and difficult to get stuff done. The once sought after culture of large startup changing the world has been lost to large company bureaucracy.,"Get back to roots and reduce the scorecard measurement mania. Increase focus on customers, time with them and harnessing/executing the great ideas of the amazing people.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P606.htm
55640,microsoft,none," May 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to work,Good Work Life balance Breadth of technology Challenging Problems to work on,Cultures can be bureaucratic in certain teams.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55641,microsoft,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,supportive environment for making something.,hard to get a help from different organizations,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55642,microsoft,none," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Controller,Flexibility of location and telecommuting,salary structure not competitive,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55643,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Global Project Manager,Not happy,Great brand to add to your resume,"Not sure where to start.. Bad management, bad attitude, no recognition for great effort",Stop promoting hypocrisy and focus on the good people instead!!,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55644,microsoft,none," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,"Great gig if you don't have a degree, and if you don't they reimburse your tuition if you pass your classes.","Can be hard to move up if you're in the retail division, corporate is based out of Seattle so if you want to move up you end up having to move there","Keep up the good work, keep the employees happy. Make more positions for employees to move into without having to go to corporate.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55645,microsoft,"Mill Valley, CA"," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales Director -- manager of individual sellers and technical sellers,"New CEO has a great vision for the company and I am proud of where we are going as a company. The broader market, our customers, partners and competitors see us as becoming a company of innovation. Strong philanthropic culture Smart people","Massive amounts of internal process work to meet COO's scorecard metrics Field sales organization is driven by fear from COO at top Compensation systems have been broken for 11 of the 12 months of this fiscal year leaving sales teams with very little sense of how they are getting paid or whether it is accurate COO drives ""accountability"" down to the field sellers however hasn't taken responsibility or accountability for all the compensation system issues -- people see this as a major double standard","To Kevin Turner: Step up and apologize for all the challenges with compensation and acknowledge that your sellers are being held to a different standard than you hold yourself and your team. Even when the compensation system ""works"", it is arcane and very challenging to understand so you are probably not driving the behavior you want Limit and simplify the priorities so that people *can* succeed as opposed to being fearful that they are not meeting the objectives at the same time being unclear about what they are.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55646,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you need a boring, soulless job while you raise a family - this is it!","Relatively stable employment, reasonable compensation for local area, relatively smart people, and often very high-quality/hands-on lead-level management.","* TL,DR: Microsoft is a boring, stodgy place that’s long-term career suicide for a talented, inspired young person. Satya is changing things, but not remotely to the extent the press narrative claims. Join Microsoft if you need a steady, boring job so you can raise a family — or if you don’t have better options.  Don’t come here if you’re genuinely excited about being part of the next wave of technological innovation, or if you care about being at a fun, cool place to work. This ain’t it. *  When you see positive Glassdoor reviews for working at Microsoft, you should ask whether the reviewer has actually worked anywhere else. Microsoft typically hires people right out of college, who don’t yet realize they’re getting a bum workplace experience relative to our industry peers. It’s not a coincidence that almost never will you meet people voluntarily departing a top-tier tech company like Google, Apple or Facebook to work for Microsoft — even though countless MS employees leave daily to these competitors.  Why is that? Microsoft has 4 major flaws for a young person excited about tech.  1. IF YOU ARE YOUNG AND INSPIRED, DOING MICROSOFT LONG-TERM IS CAREER SUICIDE.  Microsoft is a fine place to go for 3 years out of college to learn a new discipline - especially if you didn’t get the GPA to go straight to a top-tier tech company like Google or Uber.  But Microsoft is a terrible place to stay for the long term — unless you really just want to have kids, a suburban house, and just need a day job to pay for all that. Doing a long-term stint at Microsoft destroys your marketability: you will have to fight in every interview to prove that you can survive in the agile, autonomous, resource-constrained, Android/iOS environment that is the real world. Companies will assume the worst of you in every interview. When you’re ready to leave, it gets degrading fast.  Yeah, you ship Windows and Office to a billion people. Big impact opportunity, right? Well, McDonald’s ships about 2 billion hamburgers each year. Wouldn’t a job in McDonalds’ headquarters also be a big impact opportunity? And if your idea of innovation involves years of making incremental tweaks to the Big Mac recipe, or wasting 3 years of your life to bring some executive’s insane vision of a hybrid ice cream & chicken sandwich to market, sure!  And the financial buffer of working at a monopoly means you burn 3-5 years of your working life on a single preventable fiasco like Windows 8 or Vista, during which your Silicon Valley friends just had the time of their life and got filthy rich helping create Uber or Airbnb. Instead, you’ll be working on ridiculous projects that only make sense to Microsoft executives living in a suburban Redmond bubble. You will be the butt of jokes at parties with your college friends when you try to explain what you’re working on (“Wait, so it’s kindof like an iPad, but it has worse hardware specs, no software, it’s buggy as hell… and it’s more expensive than the iPad?”).  2. YOU DON’T GET TO MAKE A DENT IN THE WORLD.  At Microsoft, you really won’t change the world. Not a bit. You will waste months of your life trying to get organizational buy-in to do what would take days or even hours at a Silicon Valley startup.  Microsoft is not a company that goes out and makes things better for customers, just out of employees’ own passion or conviction. There is no love in the Microsoft workplace culture — it really feels like working at a fading monopoly whose primary mission is to figure out how to keep cranking out bucketloads of cash, in a new reality that no longer needs it.  This is what makes Microsoft such a boring and soulless place to work. You’ll find soullessness in the dull, corporate posters in the hallways, the bland workspaces, and the uninspired cafeteria food. And with the cloudy, dark skies making for dark and depressing open-seating workspaces (Microsoft’s last great perk of private offices is being phased out), it can sometimes feel like a real-life re-enactment of Apple’s “1984” commercial.  Microsoft does an amazing job selling interns on the company — amazing parties, food, concerts, free hardware, and lots of executive face-time. If you’re an intern, enjoy every moment of it. But remember that you’ll never get any of that once you work for the company — all you’re getting is a sales demo.  3. MICROSOFT IS A TRADITIONAL, HIERARCHICAL COMPANY  While tech companies are typically egalitarian and flat, Microsoft is traditional and hierarchical. This hierarchical workplace manifests in big ways, and in little ways.  In little ways, it just makes for a lousy work environment. In every e-mail you send, your job title and tenure rank (junior vs. midlevel vs. senior) appears at the bottom, so people can judge your ideas by your rank - just like the military. It means they serve the worst food of any tech company, since executives get personally catered meals and don’t have to eat the dogfood-quality lunches food themselves. And it explains why the shuttle service that takes you around campus is a time-sucking nightmare — executives have special “888” shuttles that actually work.  And in big ways, this means that if you have a great idea, you’re probably not going to get it into a product - unless it’s specifically your job or charter to do so. Microsoft doesn’t want you for your creativity - they want you for your ability to shut up and execute on other people’s (executives’) ideas.  In fairness, there are small improvements like the new annual Hackathon. Yes! For just a few days each year, your original ideas and your creativity are valued! But there are other companies where your ideas and conviction are valued every single day.  4. MICROSOFT DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU  Your immediate manager may care about you, but Microsoft as a company doesn’t. Microsoft won’t even do an exit interview when you quit. When you give notice that you’re leaving for a “competitor” (basically, any tech company worth its salt), you literally are escorted out the door. Your health care and paycheck is also terminated that very same day.  HR interview? Nope, you’ll receive a survey that you literally can’t even fill out — because it expires the moment your MS e-mail account shuts down (d’oh!). They literally don’t care why you left.  It sounds brutal, but Microsoft at its core is traditionally an unkind company. Until recently, they even required managers to give bad reviews to roughly 20% of their teams on a forced curve (“stack ranking”). When they ended this management practice, Microsoft’s leadership never even had the humility to acknowledge or admit that this was ever a bad idea or unjustly hurt employees.  Working at Microsoft also means you’re also stuck in Seattle. Competitors like Google let you work as an engineer in almost any exciting city in the world: New York, Munich, London, San Francisco - you name it, they have an office there. At Microsoft, well, you better love Redmond. At least it’s only a 45 minute bus trip during rush hour to Seattle.  While companies like Google lavish new toys and freebies on employees, Microsoft is dirt cheap with employees. The only “free” hardware I got was a junky Surface RT (promised by Ballmer to be ‘free’, but then we had to agree in writing that it was actually the company’s property and would be returned if we left), and a Windows Phone (which was only ‘free’ if we signed up for a nearly $2000 contract at the employee’s sole expense - despite the unambiguous promise Steve Ballmer made at the company meeting of a ‘free’ phone. And true to Microsoft, they never explained or apologized for not actually giving employees what they promised us - as an MS employee, you’re generally expected to just shut up and be grateful for whatever you get.)  Microsoft seeks to be a hardware maker, but offers marginal discounts to employees at best. You can get a better price on the internet for an Xbox or Surface. Whereas Apple gives employees $500 off a new Mac, Microsoft gives you nothing like that. Microsoft-logo’d clothing at the company store costs as much as actual fashionable major-brand merchandise at a major clothing store.  (This isn’t necessarily a problem, as a noteworthy sign of the company’s downward relevance is that almost nobody will ask you to buy MS discounted products anymore, certainly not compared to when I started.)  It just goes on and on.  Overall, Microsoft isn’t horrible - but if you’re a talented young person who wants to make a dent in the universe, don’t come to Microsoft.","Satya, given that you've spent your whole life working for Microsoft, I don't think you earnestly appreciate how deep the divide is between how Microsoft works, and how a bona fide modern tech company really works.",2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55647,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor/Assistant Community Development Specialist,"Employment Experience working for Microsoft, Inc.",* Great benefits package options provided by company,* Lack of a healthy work/life balance * Lack of cohesive management within certain departments poses a challenge and stunts individual growth when looking to advance in your career,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55648,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Planner,Senior Product Planner,Great people working hard to solve difficult problems in important areas Good benefits although the healthcare isn't what it used to be,Performance management system traditionally incented people to prove the value of their individual contribution over the teams and actually delivering important stuff to customers ended up not being #1 priority. Satya is changing that but it's a big ship to turn.,"Keep changing the culture to being nimble and not relying on past successes as reasons to justify what you think is right - customer needs to be #1 (and not something like ""Windows"")",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55649,microsoft,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company. Too much shared ownership.,Good people and benefits. Fun after work activities - like on campus soccer fields.,Projects too slow due to lack of single threaded ownership.,Need to give people more autonomy to be owners and don't let employees compete to do the same work.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P607.htm
55650,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," May 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Great culture, lots of perks, good work-life balance","Very big company, slow to move, can be bureaucratic",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55651,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great company,"work/life balance, pay, benefits, company momentum","politics, bureaucracy, slow path to promotions",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55652,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best 15 years ever!!!,The people and culture at Microsoft are fantastic!,No real complaints right now.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55653,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Nice place to work,"Great benefits: good health coverage, gym memberships, commute options + bus pass, employee stock purchase plans, 401k, and more. Very good hiring bonus and starting salary for college hire.  Company is moving in good directions under Satya and feels like a modern software company",Still has a corporate atmosphere in some ways. Age of employees are higher than startups (con for me). 9-5 is normal. Sometimes too much focus on business structure instead of engineering,Continue in the recent direction. Simplification of some processes would be nice. Internal webpages can sometimes be annoying and broken for non-Microsoft technologies (continue with the direction of cross platform over Microsoft first in general and internally),4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55654,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far so good,pay and package is good so far.,process and output is low.,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55655,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 16, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,15+ year career at Microsoft and should have left 10 years ago. Life is much better outside Microsoft.,"- Great, sharp people - Surprisingly great products still, especially back end products - NW is a wonderful place to live","- Management - most managers I've dealt with only manage up and a little sideways and simply don't have the people manager skills or desires to properly take care of their reports. They only listen to their loudest reports. This management ""culture"" seems to be a result of Microsoft's stock early, quick ascent until 2000. Managers didn't see the need to nurture and build their reports since many Softies retired after 4-5 years. Why bother building people when you knew they were short term anyway? After year 2000 people getting rich at MS dropped significantly but the management culture did not change and appeared oblivious their old idea of being lazy and telling their reports to own their own careers was not healthy for the company nor their reports. Perhaps things are finally changing with the new review structure but unfortunately those managers who thrived in the old system are still the gatekeepers to making the new system work. Good luck. - At least in the groups I was part of, the engineers who get hired are consistently from a narrower and narrower band of personality types which restricts diversity of thought and action. I guess it makes it easier this way to plug and play engineers when the wind changes and a VP or director is replaced and they want to reorg. - Dev and test merging into one. I'm a dev and I always respected and appreciated those in the test groups who had a passion for testing and breaking things. Their passion wasn't necessarily to design and build the software. Now, everyone gets thrown into the same soup and guess what, the former SDETs are usually handed a lot of the test work but now, they won't rank as high as the former SDEs since many DEV managers still value product code output over testing. Many outside companies are happy to grab the disgruntled former SDETs so it's a boon for those companies. Unless this changes, it will be easy to predict, over time, Microsoft software quality will drop. - Work life balance. It's getting worse. I talk with my old friends still at Microsoft and they continue to be more and more warn out with increasing loads being placed on them. Some are dev managers and even though the products they work on, especially cloud, are getting many more users, their teams are not allowed to grow. In fact one friend who has had a number a folks leave over the past few years because of lack of work life balance, has not been allowed to hire new people in to at least backfill those who have left. Yes, the team has to get more efficient but largely by making the rest work harder and harder. Comparing Microsoft's profit/employee ratio to largely advertising companies like Google is a fallacy.","Yes, read the above.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55656,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,Going downhill,-Still a big company - Good pay - Great benefits - Flexible work hours,-Layoffs -Unstable environment -Politics rule rewards -CEO and Senior Leadership off track,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55657,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"I got to work with the smartest people I've ever worked with, on really exciting and interesting projects. There really are some great people that work at MS. Some of the older and more senior engineers especially. It's great to learn from these people. The projects you get to work on really do have huge impact, and you get to see how world class engineers create, ship and maintain large software systems.","It's a big company, and quite established. With that comes some inevitable internal politics. You can do well at the company by playing political games, and it's likely that you'll get caught up in these at some point. This is not common, and probably less prevalent than at many other companies, but it can happen. The review system that encouraged this behavior has been changed since I left, so management was aware of this, and was trying to fix it.",Keep experimenting with review systems that encourage collaboration and good work.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55658,microsoft,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good company with good people,"Engaged employees with unique talents and a good work life balance. Good benefits with PTO, sick leave, holidays, and retirement options including ESPP",This has been improved but still lots kept from the lower level employees and recent reorg changes have left many unknowns which make employees look elsewhere for job security.,This has been improved level employees need more visibility into enough so that they feel secured in their job and are set up to succeed so that Microsoft remains a great place to work for.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55659,microsoft,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work. Good people.,Good health and dental benefits. Great people -- at least in my organization.,"Long hours. Politics. Poor review system. Running behind on important stuff like mobile and cloud. Still a lot of duplicate efforts, but getting better under Satya's reign.","Satya's been doing good work. Way, way better than Ballmer, hands down. The changes Satya's implemented in his first 12 months as CEO were fantastic. I feel the company is heading the right direction more now than ever.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P608.htm
55660,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good company facing tough transition,"A real engineer company, where engineers are treated with full respect and offered with a clear growth path.","After loosing lots of battles in the past decade, the company is trying to reshape its culture but that happens slowly.",Be really bold about improving efficiency,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55661,microsoft,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft,"office to yourself, flexible schedule","large company, inflexible management team",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55662,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Curriculum Development Manager,- Salary & Benefits - Stay on top of Company Technology - Change the World through donation and Volunteer programs,- Work/Life balance - Management Chain sometimes rigid leading to questionable decisions & limiting collaboration - Slow to change because those closest to the issues are not empowered to make decisions. - Review process favors personality contest vs. performance on the job,- Listen to those closest to the issues and empower them to lead change. p collaboration to get all group delivering on the same goals. - work on cross grou,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55663,microsoft,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft,Large company with lots of opportunities and different products to work on.,Product cycle is slow and there are many layers of management.,Flat for org,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55664,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for engineers at any level,"* smart and helpful people surround you  * opportunities to do great work, learn and grow  * software that you build has an impact on billions of people  * you can maintain a healthy work life balance  * a giant that is currently reinventing itself and doing more exiting work","* while they are improving on it, some teams are still very bureaucratic  * senior leadership can make decisions that seem out of touch from reality  * builds a lot of technology pieces and likes to dogfood it. While this is a great strategy for the company, but as an engineer you get lesser opportunities to work on the latest cool non-MS tech.","* there is still a lot of room for improvement in marketing  * build a process to get feedback from engineers at all levels before making sweeping changes, that often seem hurried in hindsight",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55665,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Varies from team to team, Explore the team, requirements and day to day activity thoroughly before accepting any offers. In general, PMs are responsible for driving a project end-to-end, and this requires information gathering, market research, analysis, prototyping, project management, marketing etc.","As I said, PM jobs with in Microsoft varies team to team, therefore you need to find the right balance in-terms of what is right for you and your passion.","Company needs to recognize more that PMs are the driving force behind innovation. PM should not be involved in every little task, but rather have a big goal and power to crave the path for rest of the team.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55666,microsoft,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Cunsoltant,Work with people and products,People can be mean sometimes,None at all,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55667,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Finance Manager,..,Large company to move around in.,Not as focused as i would like it to be,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55668,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Channel Marketing Manager Windows Store,channel marketing manager,great benefits including health benefits. if you are not at a senior level then good work life balance usually.,really depends on your manager and unfortunately if your entire chain of management 2 levels or more is challenging to work with you are in a tough spot. the company does not have a good process of rooting out who is a good people manager. just because someone is a good individual contributor does not make them a good people manager and the entire teams suffer endlessly from randomization.,please train people on people management skills esp. in Windows Store Management,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55669,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Fun place to work.,"Work with like minded people, interesting projects, innovative work.","Lower level management untrained, most were new to the job with little support",Train managers and implement a mentoring system,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P609.htm
55670,microsoft,none," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunity,Valuable opportunity to learn and develop skills.,"Challenging scope, time, cost constraints - like most companies",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55671,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,positive changes since Satya became CEO,Still not a technology innovator,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55672,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company,"Flexible working hours, great benefits",Teams get in each others way often.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55673,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 16, 2015",Former Employee - Project Manager,Communication is lacking.,"Shorter days, relaxed environment and great on the job perks.",Lack of communication and slow grind to get things done and approved.,Hear your lower level members advice and consolidate communication practices.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55674,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Silicon Valley not so innovative,Microsoft is large and established. The benefits are pretty good.,There does not appear to be much innovation in Silicon Valley.,Unclear why the Silicon Valley campus is still open.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55675,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - AX Consultant,great experience,"you can enjoy you work here, and also can learn many new technologies. you can arrange your working time and location.","sometime the do the same job long time, need more challenge and try different and new things",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55676,microsoft,none," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty Good,Very Very Very Very Good,Nothing I can Think of at the moment,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55677,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Communications Manager,Flexible but frustrating,"good salaries, flexible work schedules",middle management is terrible here. and you find the worst kind of bureaucrats who stay in their positions much longer than they should be allowed.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55678,microsoft,none," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,User Experience Designer,"Great Work Experience,Ambience, Work from Home.",None to say. It's just wonderful working.,Please increase the number of internships.,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55679,microsoft,none," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's OK,"Good life work balance, stable,","Nothing gets done quick, or not at all.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P610.htm
55680,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,lost its way,perks and benefits telecommuting flexible hours great people,bad senior leadership slow promotion cycles excessive corporate politics bad news will cost your job,stop the corporate politics stop lying to yourselves and convincing others that the wrong way is the right way stop pushing failed products that only you believe on,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55681,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Attorney,"Flexible work schedule, casual dress, good pay, excellent benefits (health insurance, vacation, sick leave, discounts), training, collegial culture, and great corporate citizenship programs","The volume of work is almost always overwhelming. While there is a lot of flexibility with respect to time spent in the office, there is little time that I do not feel expected to be connected: nights, weekends, sick leave and vacation time.","The company has undergone a tremendous amount of change recently. Even for those of us who view the changes positively, the changes can be challenging. Clearer communication about the changes, particularly the issues surrounding reduced headcount and flatter org structures.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55682,microsoft,"Tacoma, WA"," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Architect,"Great, really nice coworkers.",Excellent pay decent hours fun,can be a bit iffy at sometimes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55683,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Great ppl to work with,Nothung I feel great to work,I think they are in right direction,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55684,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chill job at a good company,"It's a stable job. I still feel like it's the best employer in Seattle. Hours are good People knock on Microsoft for not being innovative, but I really disagree","Sometimes, teammates will have negative feelings about the company's future, and that quickly drags down morale",I think they're doing a great job now in pushing the company forward and ensuring morale is high.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55685,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Interesting and varied technology Smart team members Creating products that can be used by millions of people,Not as much opportunity for advancement recently A good deal of churn happening Not a great place for older workers,Respect older workers more and what they bring to the table.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55686,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful company to work for...,"Lots of teams and groups within the company that work on a diverse set of exciting new technologies from pure client side apps to enterprise grade cloud services, from pure software stacks to hardware and devices.",Job movement across teams is still not very streamlined (need to go thru full interview loops for switching the groups within the company - and the interviews are as grilling as they grill outside candidates),Make it easy for employees to move within the company across divisions/teams. Invest more in internal tools/stacks that are shared/used by all groups/divisions instead of each team building its own stack in a silo.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55687,microsoft,"Lexington, KY"," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - BUSINESS PRODUCT ADVISOR,Product Advisor - Retail store,Amazing Benefits - even for part-time staff. Fun to play with latest tech like XBOX as part of your job.,Supervisors and store inexperienced. Part-time staff rarely advance to full time. You are penalized if you have limited availability as student or parent. Poor safety practices. Obligated to complete training modules yet rarely provided time to complete during work hours and prohibited from doing them during off hours.,Require managers to have experience in direct personnel management. Have an experienced business professional at all locations who can ensure CRM is used.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55688,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,"Great People, Not So Great Management","I spent 18 years of my life at Microsoft. I helped SQL Server, from a PC database one of the world's most successful software products. There are few other companies where you can have your work impact so many people and businesses. I also felt like the quality of employees that Microsoft attracts is very high.","Microsoft grew over time by maximizing revenue in a single market of channel-driven microcomputer software. Once that market started to dissolve, the company began to implode. Satya came in and tried to re-invent the company to be relevant in a cloud-first, mobile-first world but all of the organization and middle management was optimized to the old model. The infighting and politics kills any move toward innovation.",Trim down the old guard (middle management). Rebuild to address the modern markets.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55689,microsoft,none," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Big company getting better,- New changes are good. Company seems to be moving in good direction. - Atleast they have managed to get good press - Great benefits,"- Since big company, so politics comes along with it - Not very happy with the yearly performance review system. It can be improved",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P611.htm
55690,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Great company - great direction,Great atmosphere and culture Leadership is responsive and making good decisions Managers encourage growth Benefits are top notch,"Tends to be engineering driven but we are working on this As with any large company, process can be tedious",Make decisions quicker and don't be afraid to fail.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55691,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT Life,"Excelent work environment, good benefits package, if you love technology you will love this work enviornment",No cons at all.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55692,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer Evangelist,Internal process Teams Career development Travel Compensation,Reward process Too many meetings NEPA and MEA structure Business in MEA Management,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55693,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Content Developer,"great benefits, lots of internal resources, smart employees, lots of charitable work",too many layers of management,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55694,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Architect,Great company. Great benefits.,"No real cons, seeing how company responds to various competitive threats to their businesses.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55695,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Management,Roles are shifting as the company strategy shifts towards cloud first.,Need to define your own charter and earn credibility.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55696,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,High hopes,"Things are changing. 'Lost decade' seems to be in the past. No more buckets. Free internal transitions. There are even Linux machines in Microsoft! Benefits are said to be not perfect as before but still good, very good.","Not that much of belief among the staff about good future of the company. Promotion is still extremely hard. Its criterias are still unobvious. Chaotic workflows, but as in any company of that size, I believe.",They are probably too smart and busy to hear to my suggestions. I write this only to fill 20 word minimum.,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55697,microsoft,none," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great and complicated place to work,"It's a very large company with a lot of very driven people. It's easy to get lost here, but for the right person it's a good place to work.","The closer you are to a type-a personality the better you'll do, most likely. Things have gotten a lot better under Satya, but it still helps to stand out.",Keep embracing the changes and recognize people for what they deliver instead of what they say they deliver or what they promote themselves as.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55698,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 13, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Great palce to work but depends on the group,Get to work with new technology and contribute to products that will be used world-wide. Lots of smart people to collaborate with.,Politics of some groups makes it difficult to get things done in a timely manner.,You must stay in touch with what's happening on the front lines. Don't lose good people due to politics.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55699,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Under huge transformation,Company has great benefits. Even though they trimmed lots of it 2 years back. Salary is at par or more considering you don't pay state tax in WA. You get to save way more than bay area.,"Company is under huge transformation. Last year they removed the test teams. Developer are learning how to test. Program management job changed shape and they have no idea what they are doing. Review system changed but, company still have same managers and they still don't know how to work with new system",Company needs to settle down quicker than you think. We are losing lots of good people because of that. Transition phase with process and review system does not help anyone.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P612.htm
55700,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Under huge transformation,Company has great benefits. Even though they trimmed lots of it 2 years back. Salary is at par or more considering you don't pay state tax in WA. You get to save way more than bay area.,"Company is under huge transformation. Last year they removed the test teams. Developer are learning how to test. Program management job changed shape and they have no idea what they are doing. Review system changed but, company still have same managers and they still don't know how to work with new system",Company needs to settle down quicker than you think. We are losing lots of good people because of that. Transition phase with process and review system does not help anyone.,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55701,microsoft,none," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dying at 5% per year,"Good pay, bennies and some good people. New CEO trying to turn around an aging ship and he has energy and is not old and is technical",Many roles have a 5% forced attrition rate meaning that every year the bottom 5% must go. This was adopted from GEs management of factory floor assembly workers and does not apply well in the field I work in. Oddly enough middle management and some other teams are not subjected to this but technical resources are and the evaluation is typically done by non technical managers who have no idea who's good and who's bad. The market for skilled experienced engineers is finite and with this policy Microsoft is only making it difficult for them to stay competitive as more talent leaves than comes in. I've seen some pretty pathetic new hires recently simply because less talent is interested and the limited pool of resources has been polluted by this arbitrary and obsolete standard.,My advise to much of the management at Microsoft is do the company a favor and commit Harry Carry 😂. Joking aside Mr Nadella needs to make good on his promise and flatten ALL areas at Msft by eliminating the superfluous layers of middle management and dropping the 5% mandatory attrition on your most valuable technical resources. Fire only those that need to go be it 1% or 50% but do it in a way that avoids job security by brown nosing.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55702,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I loved working here.,This was my favorite job. I enjoyed working here. One of my best experiences.,I loved working late hours. It was one of my best career choices.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55703,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Solutions Architect,It is the best technology company in the world! The people are outstanding and the benefits are great.,The field sales leaders are missing the boat on technology. They are very good at sales management but are completely out of touch with modern IT environments.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55704,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting time,"Innovation, product-oriented, exciting, always changing",Not a clear go-to-market strategy for some products,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55705,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Director,Senior Director,"Overall a great company to work for. Many, many opportunities to do great work and to collaborate with very smart people.","As the company has gotten bigger, it can sometimes be very bureaucratic and it can take longer to accomplish things that once were easily done.",Start recognizing the importance of really good people management inside the company. It is not recognized and valued by senior leadership.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55706,microsoft,none," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"good work life benefit and nice perks, company is transitioning to faster pace and open source culture","limited growth space, political and compensation is not competitive on the market",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55707,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Nice people, poor technical leadership",I've encountered mostly just people with a good attitude. Everyone is really trying to make a good job and are open to new ideas.,Poor technical expertise from leads/managers. Their position is still very political. Developers seem to work too much even if they are not doing things right.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55708,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Director, Operations","Great resources, team, and management. Lots of flexibility in how you get your work done.",It is a big company. You have to know how to work within the system.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55709,microsoft,none," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with high expectations,"Wonderful colleagues, great customers, supportive management.",High expectations from all levels of management that increase over time. Can eventually cause problems.,Increase clarity about increasing expectations.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P613.htm
55710,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior QA/Software Development Engineer In Test,Great company,Treats employees very well. Lots of opportunities to learn and grow if you like where the company is heading.,Starting to gravitate too far into the dev-centric side and losing sight of the customer experience. Testers are being forced to develop more and spend less time testing. Telemetry is replacing ensuring quality before shipping it out the door.,Use the strengths of your people. Don't put everyone into the same box and expect the same results.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55711,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Mixed Feelings,Get to see things work at large scale. Job stability and decently good pay.,"A lot of the best talent has left. You get a lot of lower-performing people remaining. Easy to coast. Top-down decision making in some orgs. Very slow pace of work compared to competition. In middle of reinventing itself, which causes pain. Poor perks compared to competition.","Work extremely hard to retain talent. Discourage top-down decision making. Match google, fb, startups, etc.. in perks, compensation, and benefits.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55712,microsoft,none," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Intelligence and Analytics,"Dynamic, Positive Community Outreach, Smart people","Stressful, overworked, Egotistical, Sense of entitlement","You are not the only game in town. The sun doesn't set and rise in Redmond. Be aware that you are the only one that knows what your MSFT acronyms stand for. Pay employees for revenue generating achievements, not how Management perceives how you are helping MSFT. The sales organization must shift inward to becoming more customer serving. Prospects and customers are tired of feeling like MSFT Sales isn't listening to their companies specific business goals and needs. My experience is that the MSFT Sales organization is a robotic institutionalized culture with an excessive amount of Management layers.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55713,microsoft,none," May 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business evangelist,It is a great organization to work for.,It is only if we could have a competitive salary.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55714,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Director,Work life balance and quality of people,"Size, processes and agility",Push accountability to lower levels and trust their judgment,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55715,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Quality Manager,Life at Microsoft Hardware,"Smart People, Hard Working, People work together well","Getting old and bureaucratic, Change is slow, Not much cool there anymore",Watch your middle managers a little closer,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55716,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Can't imagine working elsewhere,"Best benefits, complete flexibility, all the best tools. World renowned company and prestige. Really shaping the market in an enormous way. AND if you do very well, you will be treated like a king.",You'll have to buy and maintain your own phone(s). The competition is enormous.,"Keep integrating with frenemies. Keep the focus on cloud first, mobile first!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55717,microsoft,none," May 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great company, needs vision","smart people, amazing markets, global impact. you can work in almost any segment within tech industry and any audience without leaving the same company","culture in transition, lack of vision - MS really struggled in the Ballmer era to have a reason for being other than increasing revenue and DCM. there needs to be a vision to the orgs existence outside of counting money. profit growth is important, but you get there by having a unique pov on how to solve important problems. you can't reverse engineer it.","focus on reason for being - mobile/cloud isn't a vision, and platform/productivity isn't quite a vision either. how is that different than oracle? google? Satya seems to be headed down right path, but still needs stronger unifying vision.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55718,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company and good people around,Good people to work with.,Salary doesn't quite match what's on the market.,More innovation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55719,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Director,Loved it! Smart people. Strong culture. Strong values. Strong community outreach.,"Bureaucratic. Review policy is stifling. Getting to ""yes"" can be arduous.","Increase autonomy. Value independent-thinking. Diversity employee-base--not just ethnically, but educational backgrounds, as well.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P614.htm
55720,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Good experience at Microsoft, in general a good place to work.","Great impact, you work in one of the top tech companies. You learn a lot everyday. Good benefits, health insurance, etc.","The higher you get the more you need to deal with politics. During my first 4 years I had great managers, during the last 2 years I didn't and that deteriorated the experience because I had to deal with micromanagement, that happens with some teams. Sometimes quality is sacrificed.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55721,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - Business Administrator,Business Administrator,"Individual office, casual dress (I wear jeans and sneakers). Great time off - 3 weeks of vacation for new employees plus two weeks of sick time and two floating holidays, along with paid holidays off.","tied to email. Frustrating to take time off, but feel you have to monitor your email or you are buried in it when you return.",Don't review Business Administrators the same way you do everyone else. We have a ceiling to our growth. Stop asking long term BA's what we need to learn and what we can do to grow.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55722,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You're on your own,"Good salaries, some good people",At the end of the day most people are just a disposable asset. Politics and red tape abound.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55723,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Destructive people policy,Large company with many international career opportunities,"Destructive internal rating system causing very political interactions. Managers from Director and up are more focused on managing their relationship with their managers than to build effective and efficient teams that work well together. It gets worse with progressively higher roles. A strategy for surviving is to move roles every two years, before bad things catch up with you.",Care more for your teams' success and future.,2.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55724,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - PRINCIPAL IT ENGINEERING MANAGER,More of the same...,Great benefits and work life balance,"There are still fief dorms and when you get to Level 64 or above its more about politics first and less about delivery or innovation. Plenty of L64+ are struggling with the transition to the ""Cloud"" and are making protectionist decisions not in the long term interest of the company.","Break the company up into multiple divisions (Xbox, Bing, Office, Azure etc), and either shut down the none performing units or sell them off. Nokia, like Skype is another 800 pound gorilla in the room that no one talks about that will be a failure....next time prior to acquiring a legacy company understand the law of diffusion innovation!",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55725,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,15 years in various sales roles,Innovative company with a great brand,Flexibility to change strategies quickly,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55726,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Apr 23, 2015","Current Employee - R&amp,D Software Engineer",awesome experience here,everything best in microsoft,cool working environment .awesome r n d,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55727,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II,"Collage campus like feel. The new review model is very positive and rewards working well with others. Cool tech, cool work environment. Seattle area is the best place in the world to live.",More that a 40hr week commitment. So much internal movement results in you having a lot of managers. This can sometimes feel unstable.,Keep up the recent changes. It really feels like the company is on the right track with the right leadership.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55728,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Generally a good company, but watch out for toxic districts","Super well paying jobs with great benefits, better than most other companies out there. If you are social, well-liked among the upper management, and can play company politics well, you will be successful here. Best advice is not to advance too quickly, and be mediocre, and you will have a great home life as well. If you give too much and people start expecting too much of you, you will get taken and left out to dry.  Other than NY Metro, mid-level career progression is actually quite good, and you can build a name for yourself amongst the technical side of the business.","Being at Microsoft for almost ten years and around several regions and teams, New York Metro sales is probably the most toxic of all U.S. teams from which you should avoid. The bullying culture is still very much alive, and unless you can also be a jerk, you won't survive here.  In general, people lack passion for what they do, though they have passion for their own personal lives, which is covered up by the compensation. If you have Microsoft on your resume for too long, it might actually hurt you, because you're too bought into the ecosystem and less desirable for other companies, especially startups.  Good employees are often let go or allowed to walk away, while bad managers are protected by their managers and HR.","Kevin Turner needs to go. Ballmer wasn't the problem, it is how Turner is running the company like Wal-Mart. You can't change the culture by changing the review system if you have the same people in place. Nadella needs a whole new team under him.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55729,microsoft,none," May 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Micorosft Software specialist sales,"Smart people, good products, resources.","No training, internal competition, overwhelming bureaucracy.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P615.htm
55730,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Apr 21, 2015",Former Employee - Vice President Business Development,DIrector Business Development,"Outstanding Company, vibrant, energetic, intelligent workforce making contributions to almost all sectors of economy",High level of energy required to work at Microsoft,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55731,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Procurement Manager,Good place to work,"Great vision, technology resources and global footprint",Internal IT is slow to develop.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55732,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Challenging,"Every org at Microsoft is different, so this is specifically for Lync (Skype for Business) - A lot of smart, talented and experienced engineers whom I learned a lot from - In general, managers had been promoted from within org and were very knowledgeable and passionate about the product - Get to work on very interesting, deep challenges and learn a lot about how to make large scalable services serving millions of users - For the most part, there weren't too many tight deadlines or pressure to work an exorbitant number of hours - A good amount of freedom - teams were generally left to make a lot of their own technical decisions without much micromanaging from upper management. At least for my team, the leads were always up for a discussion on the best way to do things. - Catered breakfast! Everyday!","- Difficult to ramp up in beginning - tons of different services, endless internal acronyms and code names, not much documentation (or it no one remembered where the documentation is, or it hadn't been updated in 5 years). A lot people had been there years, so they didn't understand what it's like to be new. - Some managers (unfortunately mine) clearly got to their positions because of their ability to play politics rather than technical skill or leadership ability (or intelligence), and the engineers under suffer because of it. - A lot of process and overhead that doesn't always make much sense and slow things down. - Dependent on internal tools and infrastructure that can be unreliable and difficult to find documentation on.",Be careful about who you hire to lead a team - make sure they have technical leadership skills as well people leadership skills!,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55733,microsoft,none," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big tech company,Microsoft has been around for many years and it produced many great products. A lot of smart people are there. Very broad technical scope.,"Promotion can be hard in some groups, and it heavily depends on the personal relationship with immediate manager.",Management should give employees more freedom to change job inside company and more flexibility for level/salary update for job transition.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55734,microsoft,none," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employee support,"Innumerable perks and opportunities for growth and advancement if you want it. Hard work and good attitude is generally rewarded. Each group is different and lead by individual personalities that may create more challenges. The company culture as a whole though, is supportive and nurturing. I have learned a lot from very smart and genuine people during my time here.","Sometime long hours but never when unduly needed and always rewarded. It is a large company so sometimes politics feels more at play than one would like. Within this large company though, are many individuals good and bad, just as in life, that make it either easier or a challenge. It's a personal choice how to handle them.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55735,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Golden Handcuffs,People were great. Leadership lacked focus at times. Better now,Leadership had problems figuring how our studio fit the new reorganization,Have a plan rather than pretend like you have one.,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55736,microsoft,none," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome,The people are really good.,Things tend to move extremely slow at times.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55737,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Staffing Consultant,+ Salary and Benefits + Cool Technology + Incredibly Intelligent People + Passionate about Technology + Philanthropic Focus,- Too Political - Work Life Balance - Staffing Management Teams lack focus on developing employees - Review Model: zero visibility into performance status and bonus distribution. Provides environment for favoritism vs rewarding work,none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55738,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,It is a large company with unlimited opportunities and learning.,With the latest reorganizations the company is not focus enough and employees worry about their jobs. Bad Managers,Ensure your vision is understood by all. Create a rotational program for all roles so employees have an opportunity to provide value in different organizations. Opportunities are key to retaining talent,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55739,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,Fun company sort of stale leadership at the mid levels,Nice people to work with fun culture.,Management style in sales lacks leadership and innovation at the mid levels,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P616.htm
55740,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Apr 19, 2015","Current Employee - A&amp,B Billing Escalation Agent",A&B billing Escalation agent,great work environment and very ethical,none none none none none,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55741,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big but flexible for SW engineers,Strong software engineering practices Fairly easy to move between groups Much improved review system Good salary/benefits,Overly political at times High variance in agility in different groups,Fix the politics with group rewards,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55742,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Great company with a lot of potential. The new CEO is turning things around.,Company culture is not the same team to team.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55743,microsoft,none," May 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,User Experience Researcher,-Great benefits -Creative atmosphere -Super smart people -Connector buses -Incredible learning opportunities & environment -Great opportunity to try new things,"It is true what they say -- if you are on the right team, it's incredible, if you are on a bad team, it's incredibly painful.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55744,microsoft,none," May 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Petty Managers,Great benefits. Can be around some really smart people.,far too many yes men who control through fear and/or threats. Many managers are vindictive and short-sighted.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55745,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company that invests in professional development,"Competitive pay, amazing benefits, challenging, supported, incredible work life balance","Arrogant coworkers, job opportunities can be limited based on locations",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55746,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Program Director,Great Benefits Exec Pkg amenities are amazing,Long hours / Top Driven metric,Nothing,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55747,microsoft,none," May 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learn something new every day,"There are lots of smart, passionate people working for the company. You have the opportunity to learn something new every day and have your work benefit people around the world. An upside to being a big company is that there are lots of opportunities to do lots of different things.","It's a big company. Like most big companies, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle and there are a lot of people that are more interested in the politics than in doing great work.","Stay focused on people's accomplishments and contributions. It's easy to get distracted by shiny objects, but your people are your primary asset.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55748,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Project Manager II,Enjoyable job for the most part but challenging to create any real change in corporate strategy of process overall,"Job Security, Salary, talented peers and amazing programmers and artists","Far too many PM's, too many re-orgs",Better planning overal. Giant re-orginizations every 6 months are a sign of a process seeiously broken.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55749,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Non developer expereince,Some of the smartest technical people in the industry works here. The overall package is above industry average. Access to Microsoft products and services before they are released. Interesting scalability opportunities.,"Politics and solidified networks rules the company and overrides everything else. Perception is the name of the game and results in innovative ""projects"" by middle management (Director, Sr. Director, GM and VP). One of the most risk adverse companies I have seen and it is getting worse, partly because the mindset, direction and decisiveness still is lacking.","Be aware of the gap that exists between the Satya/CVP level directions and visions and the execution part owned by VP, GM, Director level. This Management Level is still focused on their own ego and not on Company health resulting in siloed and differentiated decisions / directions.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P617.htm
55750,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Apr 17, 2015",Former Employee - Inside Territory Manager,Inside Territory Manager,"Experience, Great coworkers, benefits, management",none really that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55751,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Regional IT Manager,Great Company,"Great pay, benefits, super interesting challenges.",Too large sometimes to see opportunity.,"Cross platform integration, and exciting new products (Hololens) is the ticket! Keep it up!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55752,microsoft,"Humacao, PR"," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - IT Operations Engineer,Learning with the best in the field.,Constant learning and keeping current on leading edge tech.,Too competitive sometimes. It could be better.,Be humble. Take time to bring out the best in people.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55753,microsoft,none," May 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoyed My Time,Challenging environment with lots of smart people. Compensation package was decent. Diverse culture that encouraged a respectful atmosphere. Allowed telecommuting with flexible work hours. Lots of opportunity to move around and try new things.,"Reorganizations were frequent and disruptive. The administrative overhead could be considered over the top in some situations. Functional managers may not communicate very well, leaving you stuck in the middle to pick priorities and hope you made the right choice.",Better clarity is needed around vision statements. Devices and Services is a start but where does the customer or consumer fit in? You should always place your customers first and focus on making your software ubiquitous at the start of design.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55754,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Empowered to break rules,"My team was a part of an org where we operated like a startup, from concept to obtaining funding to executing our capability.",Duplicative functions that didn't make sense made making impact much harder. Needs better sense of urgency across the employee ranks. Scrappiness is rare.,Don't ignore the employee voice,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55755,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,"great work life balance, good benefits","management chain is long, not open","management chain is long, I like flat",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55756,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Lots of opportunity, lots of fractured time","I can pretty much pick whatever I want to do and learn about technology, business, etc.",A lot of random tasks cross my desk,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55757,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Datacenter Technology Specialist,Datacenter Technolgy Solution Professoinal,Get deep in the techology,not really in control of your calendar,hard to advance in role - need to consider other roles outside the TSP,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55758,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Laid back work culture in some workgroups,Typical boys club decides how you grow,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55759,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,New management isn't great,"Good benefits, mostly stable despite recent layoffs.","New management is trying to achieve a startup like atmosphere, which means no work/life balance. Working evenings and weekends is standard.","Understand that without any work/life balance, good people will leave.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P618.htm
55760,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Really good work-life balance compared to other tech companies of the same caliber,Work life balance is not good in some places but it really depends on your role Performance review system basically encourage competition inside the team,Help proven talent move laterally in the company for new opportunities,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55761,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Design Engineer in Test,Microsoft has a stimulating work environment. The constant challenge and the impact of your work on millions of user make it totally worth it. Free drinks and snacks..,Technology was forced into without much attention to the user experience. But that has changed considerable over the years.,Keep up the good work. Continue to attract great talent. Better food services.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,Challenging work and great rewards,- Industry leading compensation package & benefits - Work on cutting edge technologies - Smart and adventurous people - Employees are encouraged to grow within the company - Increasingly embrace flexible workplace initiatives,- Traditionally slow to market innovations - Work/Life balance trends to the out of balance - Intra-company collaboration is near non-existent - Too much tribal knowledge - Ever-changing business objectives,Do a better job to build partnerships between divisions and groups. Advocate company-wide business policies and guidelines wherever possible.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55763,microsoft,"Alpharetta, GA"," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Analytics Engineer,"Big company working to feel smaller, getting there","Great Benefits. Microsoft really gives its employees the ability to succeed, be healthy, and help the world. Also lots of great career path opportunities if you're willing to move to the west coast. Full of smart people that are all willing to help out and try the companies ""dogfood"" as they call it. Everybody seems to want to always try new software and technologies and really win in everything they do.","Though the company is doing a lot to make it more competitive in cloud and mobile spaces, and feel more like a startup with hackathons and social competitions it is still a big company and it can still take a long time to figure out who is the correct contact to help you get something done or a port opened in a firewall. Also the culture of ""dogfooding"" means that everybody pretty much always wants to use only Microsoft products and services which makes sense but there is just so much good open source software out there. They are working on becoming more open source friendly but aren't quite there yet.",Keep up the trajectory of becoming more cloud and mobile first and empowering engineers to get things done. Try to spread some of the good engineering jobs to other locations.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55764,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project manager,Best company to work for,There is no cons here,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55765,microsoft,"Phoenix, AZ"," Apr 23, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great pay. Great Coworkers. Different work everyday,Bureaucracy Micro-Management High Sales Goals Constant stress to achieve outlandish goals No appreciation for effort,Dont micro-manage so much,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55766,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Recruiter,Human Resources,"Opportunities for your career are boundless. Whether you want to be an individual contributor or manager, there is upward trajectory.",The benefits are not what they used to be!,Communicate frequently.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55767,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,7 years,"stable, beautiful campus, great facilities. fairly good benefit.","Microsoft is too big. it is extremely slow to make a turn. It has all the legacy of the enterprise software, when build something new, the thinking is always that to reuse the old stuff and they have to think about the backward compatibility.",Focus on the customer need but not the politics.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55768,microsoft,"Seattle Heights, WA"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Washington,Senior SDE,Awesome work environment Very smart people Finally got Ballmer out,Slow train moving but once it moves it moves,Don't get rid of offices,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55769,microsoft,"San Antonio, TX"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,Great company to work for,"Competitive pay, great bonus, stock options, management pushes to see you excel",Can sometimes feel lost in a large company,"Continue to push us to excel, the team building is definitely great to keep us motivated",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P619.htm
55770,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Smart people, awesome work environment",Leadership sometimes can lead in a bad direction,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55771,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Consultant,There are a lot of smart people and a lot of them are friendly and want to help.,Microsoft has a large company feel. There are a lot of inefficient processes.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55772,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 28, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Director A&O,"Microsoft people are incredibly bright. They are certainly above average when compared to most companies (that are not tech companies). When working on a good team, you will find that your work product excels and exceeds what you could accomplish alone.  Also, as Microsoft is an incredibly large organization, it can offer lots of possibilities -- different careers, products, geographies, and experiences. This is almost unparalleled even in other large multi nationals. At worst, you will be exposed to people from all over the world with different viewpoints and priorities and this is always a good thing.","When I left, and I have heard it is changing, Microsoft had become very bureaucratic. Unfortunately, trying to get hings done required the synchronization of many groups and there was often no incentive for alignment. even if management was aligned, the front line troops often weren't, which meant things would not get done. And being a large organization, blame was rarely applied.  Also, the evaluation system, which has also been changed and should be investigated, was one that created individual rewards at team expense. Provided that that has been changed, this may not longer be an issue.  Regardless, try to find a group that is as autonomous as possible and a boss that has a reputation for fighting for his employees, as that will always be key in a large organization.","If you are in management or going into management, please ensure that you are actually a good people manager and have an interest in being so. Like many organizations, people are often promoted into management because they are good at an individual task. Microsoft does have individual contributor roles for senior people who prefer that.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55773,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Parature Administrator,Manager,Great work environment and great people,No complaints. Overall great experience.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55774,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 24, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,Great place to learn if you are young and hungry for experience! Pay and perks are above national average. Incredibly smart people work at Microsoft!,Large corporation which means red tape like you wouldn't imagine. No life work balance and movement within the company is a bit stifled unless you know someone.,Increase full time employees and not vendors it degrades our Microsoft experience to our customers!,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55775,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engagement Manager,can't think of much right now need to put in 5 words,"over worked, under paid, benefits keep getting reduced",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55776,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but too much value given to program managers compared to technical roles","Great opportunities. Innovation. Large company with tons of money, willing to do new things. Great Engineering staff. Friendly people. Willing to help each other",Management would promote PMs rather than engineers. Focus is on PM culture. In hardware builds you would have 3 to 4.times more PMs than engineers,"Focus on the core expertise, which is Engineering. Retain top talents",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55777,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software development engineer 2,"Good diversity of work, good benefits","Bureaucracy, too much politics, slow to change",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55778,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Consultant,Great company to work for. Incredible opportunities for personal growth. Excellent access to learning resources. Best medical and dental plan in the industry. Early access to new technologies.,None I can think of.,Keep growing business and do not worry about what outsiders say.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55779,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Product Support,Not like a Brand name,"- Good brand, family and people outside like it",- Too frequent org changes(every 4 months),none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P620.htm
55780,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2015",Former Employee - Content Developer II,7 years before the mast...,"You're ""in the club"" with top compensation for often interesting work. You work with very smart, focused and committed people. A lot of the little ""perks"" really add up - things like paid contributions to Health Savings Accounts, health club memberships, on-campus doctors offices...","The old review model may be gone, but the ""throw each other to the sharks"" mindset that underlies it is most assuredly still going strong. Expect politics to be the rule, not the exception, and merit or workable solutions to fall by the wayside in favor of empire building and protectionism. There's a very real ""you either drink the kool-aid"" or you aren't one of us feeling, that goes down to small things (like choosing to use an iPhone meaning you're ""disloyal"" to the company). Criticism of poorly thought out policies or poor long term strategy is strongly discouraged - god help you if you're the one to ask why the emperor has no clothes.","Listen to the people who actually do the work. The layoffs generally rolled the wrong heads, and the work is still there, just not getting done. Constant reorgs and pointless office moves are significant distractions, and pimping for review scores tends to hurt overall productivity.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55781,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer,Good benefits Good work-life balance Many choices within company,"Salary is low Busy, overwhelmed Future is not clear",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55782,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing!,"Work-life balance, people and location","Innovation, Management issues, Pay and hype",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55783,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Design Talent Sourcer,"Freedom to work wherever, whenever. Amazing design studios.",would like to see larger West Side presence.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55784,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I feel very well looked after,"Competitive salary, flexible work environment, working with top tier people.",Still a little too much process and some layers of management that aren't too inspiring. The move towards a more growth hacker mindset is encouraging however.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55785,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,Great company overall with lots of technical knowledge to learn.,hard work and harsh review to move forward.,become more flexible,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55786,microsoft,none," May 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hidden stack ranking,The free pop is awesome.,"Human resources just released guidance to managers about the upcoming review model and the stank ranking will be done on the back end of the rewards part of the model. Up to 8% of employees company wide will not get a raise, stock or bonus. Even top teams will be forced to make the decision to punish someone. I can't recommend this place to work.","Satya, your hard work to turn the company around will fail if you continue to allow this type of stack ranking to occur. You will loose the collaboration necessary for new ideas and innovation. Why share my ideas when someone else will get the raise and I won't?",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Loved the diversity, people development, and fast pace","for the self-aware, there are many career development opportunities. you learn a ton of soft-skills given the pace, growth and diversity fostered in the teams.","it takes time to develop the career. it is competitive, there are many others with better skills than yours. also, this position doesn't come with immediate respect. you still have to earn it and find ways to provide value to your team. you can also easily end up in an org needing to transition every 3-6 months, which takes time from your normal tasks.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55788,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,exciting times!,"great company if you find the right proactive and energized sales support team who care about their customers - there are plenty of them out there, and a depth of experience and knowledge which is amazing..","a lot of tired, disillusioned sales people who expect a customer to cut a PO after they send a powerpoint deck and pricelist. Avoid these as both a customer and as internal sales.",keep changing,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55789,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Sr Product Manager,"Amazing place to work, work with best and brightest on important projects, strong level of ownership and responsibilities, very motivating work and opportunities to make an impact.","Little people management opportunities, internal promotion system",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P621.htm
55790,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,data scientist,"a great learning experience, work with helpful and smart people",sometimes the work could get quite routine,give the employees more freedom to choose the type of projects they are interested in,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55791,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fascinating,- Get to work with intelligent people - Good compensation,- Too many layers of management,Clear concise direction + needs,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55792,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good leadership, but you need to go looking for it. Opportunities exist, but you have to earn them and sell yourself. Performance is rewarded, be willing to work hard for it.","Some really good managers, some really poor managers. Politics is more important than job for few managers.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55793,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Electrical Engineer,Good pay /benefits and reasonable work/life balance (SW business units) No Pros if you are not a good political gamer or a technical accomplishment oriented person (HW business units),"(HW business units) Lots of politics and bureaucracy. Lots of BSs all over the place. Very conservative and very defensive engineering organizations and teams. Disgusting working environment and culture. If you are a good HW engineer, this is not a your place never.","Pay attention what happens in HW business units. Engineers' top priority is to ""make your boss happy"" but not ""make the project successful"". Watch their efficiency and resources required for a project to compare with other competing companys.",2.0,3.0,1.0,none,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55794,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Truly love this company!,"Great benefits, smart people, big challenges and big pay check",Not as nimble as it used to be. Very stable like IBM,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55795,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Innovators are not risks, not assets.","Lots of challenges, amazing opportunities, and if you enjoy being diplomatic, you'll go very far. The trick to working at Microsoft is doing what you're told every time and asking for more. If you're able to do that, promotion velocity is high, rewards are strong, and you'll have a relatively stable career.  Some teams are very in line with the startup mindset (looking at you: Bing, Outlook, Exchange, Skype, Xbox, and IoT).  Benefits are decent, prime card is awesome, food is good, people are cool.","In list form. - Management does not know how to handle or reward innovators or tinkerers. If you're the type who asks ""why"" often, you'll eventually become unhappy because you do work for shareholders and they do set the direction. - Asking why will actually get you into a lot of trouble in some cases because you'll be looked at as a risk. - The current ""culture change"" is not moving fast enough (if at all). The CEO and low level management are very out of sync. - Because of the culture change, many new problems are coming to light... (what do you do when you find something more pressing than your day job? Do what's right for your customers, or do what you're told? The former should be rewarded even when it contradicts the latter) - Many of the hackathon winners feel like they weren't rewarded or appreciated from their efforts at OneWeek. Some teams felt like their efforts were absorbed, taken, or dropped (to be fair to Microsoft, it was a work event and I sort of feel they shouldn't be that upset over this. To be fair to those people, the did bring a bunch of new innovation to Microsoft and were not actually rewarded in many cases) - The recent focus on hiring diverse talent is being spearheaded by lower level management who are actively trying to manage diverse talent out. (I'm specifically referring to a group of people but I'm not going to say which group. I will say it has nothing to do with race, sex, gender, or similar.) - The current review system is heavily based on your relationship with your manager and your value to your manager, not your impact. (there's a slider...)  *this will not be the same for every team.... Sadly, this is the case for the team I'm on *","The culture change you preach is being spearheaded by lower management. Get rid of the three thousand steps between Satan and I.. Make it three degrees, max - everyone should be an IC. Create pathways for people to pitch their ideas and get them funded. Reward passion and company impact, and remove managers who do not. (even if they've been with Microsoft for twenty+ years). Oh and for God's sake... If you're going to hold a company wide hackathon, reward those who work exceptionally hard (such as winners, etc)",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55796,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Director,"Golden Handcuffs were great, but at the end of the day it's not enough",Ever see the movie Horrible Bosses? Management is inept and the environment is toxic to partnerships among employees,Too little too late.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55797,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,Great Company to work with,Growth depends on the job we assigned.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55798,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Enterprise Sales Director,Enterprise Sales Director,Flexible hours and good comp overall.,Less exciting I suppose than what's going on in the valley.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55799,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Great colleagues, products & services. Lots of opportunities for career learning","Redmond centric, arrogance, not customer focused",Think outside of the BOX. Be customer focused,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P624.htm
55800,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great out of college opportunity, great people, but poor management","-Really great learning experience for PM's right out of college (not many companies let new grads define user experience) -Mostly good people (for the most part), both on the engineering, product, and design disciplines -Really cool projects (in some areas of the company)","-Not much executive vision, a lot of top down decision making -Reward structure / promotions highly correlated to how much your boss likes you the visibility you get on your projects (vs. actual customer value you deliver) -Slow career growth trajectory","-Boot executives with poor vision for their areas -Trust your reports on their recommendations, as they are closest to the customer & the development issues",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55801,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough environment but good training,You are paid well Opportunity to move around,Politics are out of control...mid-level managers often more concerned about CYA than the business outcomes Much of the business is under siege,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55802,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Good benefits, opportunities to learn new technologies",Working environment varies from area to area. Be sure to ask a lot of questions to the hiring manager about management style and expectations about the job role.,Listen to the first line managers and empower them.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55803,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting ride,Your work impacts millions of people.,They need to learn how to build quality products.,Focus on quality and user satisfaction over pet features.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55804,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager - Bing,"Great engineering company - great platforms to work with Big Data Bing had the smartest people that I have ever worked with - really really smart Bing engineers were excellent, none of that stupid language bigotry, they use whatever gets the job done. Like AWK, Python, Java - use what ever you want as long as production code is MS. Recently the strategic leadership under Nadella is really focused - he is well respected in the company Very good conditions - $800 a year for sport equipment, very flexible for people having babies!",time based promotion - not really based on merit - 10 years to get to Group level at least and then you are competing agaisnt very smart people at Bing I found that I prefer it when people are in the office but there is a tendency in Silicon Valley for people not to be at work on Mondays and Fridays,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55805,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Product Manager,Support Manager,"Great pay/benefits - on-site subsidized food (its not free but its still better than 99% of most other companies), health re-payment (give $800/yr to spend on health activities/equipment- I bought new skis), Medical benefits are as close to it gets to perfect, 401k matching at 4% (Nokia was 8% but not bad) Large company with tons of reach so you'll work on exciting projects (Xbox, Hololens, Office, Windows, Surface, to name a few) Lots of opportunity for growth (for entry-level employees) Company tries hard to make work-life fun Level of communication attempts to be high","Many teams working at Microsoft are in direct competition with one another. Instead of working together toward a common goal each team treats each other as an enemy. So sharing information is a painful process. This mentality has bled into the old Microsoft personnel and working with them is not pleasant. You'll have to constantly watch your back as they'll throw you under the bus without a second thought. This sometimes will be your own teammates! Growth is good at the start but Sr. Management is a wall. Lots of 10+ year Microsoft people clogging up the ranks making it difficult to move up past a certain point. No respect for non-Microsoft ideas (I came from Nokia and watched as they systematically destroyed profitable, revenue generating teams in favor of internal money losers) Don't rock the boat mentality (So getting new ideas off the ground is incredibly difficult)","Clear the Middle Management Ranks, too many long time Microsoftees not wanting to rock the boat to get actual meaningful work done",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55806,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Deeply regret the precious years of my life that I lost working at Microsoft,"- Brand value to some extent - Microsoft still commands decent brand value outside, so if you have clocked a good number of years specially as an full time employee, it does have some weight-age.  - Lots of real estate and large office spaces (Redmond City is pretty much built around Microsoft offices) - Compared to other companies cramming their employees on floors, Microsoft has many buildings and most employees get a room by themselves. This is changing though, with many teams moving to open floor plans. If you are in Redmond, the commute is awesome. Your office would be 5-10 minutes from your home.  - Good hiring bar which leads to intellectual peers and team mates - I think this is the best part. A lot of candidates get rejected and the bar is pretty high. Because of this, only the creme makes it into the company.  - Good perks specially the healthcare benefits and stock options you get in every appraisal cycle.","I spent a lot of years at Microsoft. The exact number of years is irrelevant, but looking back, I deeply regret how many years I have lost to really not doing anything substantial (i.e, changing the world). I will try to provide some insights to help you decide.  You wont ship a thing in years : I have been in teams which have not shipped anything externally for years. Most of the work is lost either because the product is shelved or because the sponsor of the project vanished (everyone in Microsoft knows when to jump off a sinking boat really well).  New leadership : The new CEO is doing a lot of good things. But things continue to be the same internally. Most changes that are pushed down remain in the news for a few weeks and are then conveniently forgotten. They are done because the CEO wants it to be done that way. No one really believes in it, but since they have to protect their jobs, they will pretend to adhere. They just do it because they were asked to.  No of engineers Vs work available : With about 60,000 people in R&D and limited product lines (Windows, Bing, Office, Xbox, SQL, Azure to name a few), honestly there are more engineers than the work available in the company. Most teams re-invent the wheel by doing the same projects across different orgs. This is what I did and saw many other teams do in my long tenure with the company. We used to do exactly the same work that was already done by some other team often knowing that it was already attempted. And to make it worse, we would leave the work half baked so that some other team would again do the same thing in the future.  Complacency : No one questions anything because they just want to get their paycheck and continue happily.  No worthy competitors in the neighborhood : There is absolutely no other big company in and around Redmond which could absorb Microsoft employees and also pay the same salaries. This creates a terrible situation. Employees don't want to move out of Microsoft as they cannot find a job that pays as much. Honestly, many employees are also afraid they will not be able cope up with the high demands of jobs at other companies. That's the bitter truth, whether anyone confesses it or not.  No goodwill for other development centers : I will keep this short. There is not much goodwill in HQ, Redmond for other, possibly more efficient, global development centers. My managers and their bosses would do everything possible to malign the efforts of other development centers and create as many obstacles as possible to make their work look bad.  Dev/Test/Combined Engineering - The Dev/Test orgs continue to be the pillars of the company, but with the latest combined engineering model things have started to deteriorate. As an example, look at reviews of the Office products which calls them half-baked . Quality is non-existent at Microsoft nowadays.  Performance appraisals - Earlier there was a rating system which was a good thing because you knew your trajectory. If you got good ratings over a few cycles, it would create a good pressure to get you promoted. The rating system was eliminated a year ago and now there is no indication of when your next promo might happen or how is the employee trending. It is just a continuum and you can stay in that limbo state as long as you wish to.  Poor end user products - To top it all, the company makes poor products. I know you are thinking why did I spend so much time in the company when I think so poorly about their products? To be honest, I tried my best to improve them when I was around. But I could barely make a dent. Compared to other companies, it is difficult to rely on Microsoft products say in a life and death situation (for ex, with your smartphone).  Already many teams are loosing revenue to other software companies that are selling free software. This has lead to massive layoffs. It wont be long before the remaining customers move to these new platforms, please note that these customers purchased Microsoft products mostly because they did not have a choice at that time. Now they do.",Change is possible only when employees are honest and free of personal agendas. Change is possible if employees change from within and openly confess on the above points.  I wish the culture changes and the company bounces back.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55807,microsoft,"Danbury, CT"," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Flexible, GREAT pay, GREAT benefits, company cares about its employees","Poor Management, Poor Innovation, Micromanagement",Micromanagement is unnecessary in a small retail setting.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55808,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Company,"Salary, perks, smart colleagues. Lots of opportunities to grow. Good work life balance.",Lots of micromanagement and politics,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55809,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I love working on products that positively impact the lives of many people.,"Good exposure to executives, good exposure to smart people and access to product groups across the company, good spirit of camaraderie towards one mission.","Culture can be somewhat rigid compared to other tech companies and varies greatly between teams, not much company investment into employee groups and activities, almost no company sponsored morale-type events.",Pay attention to keeping employees happy in things other than their exact assignments - things like quality/price of dining and morale events/team community matter.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P625.htm
55810,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazing company to work for,Amazing opportunities are provided at the company,Management is relatively traditional and does not encourage so much the new means,Better outlook is needed,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55811,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work for,"Great benefits, work/life balance and opportunities",stress that can sometime occur,keep up the good work toward employees :),5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55812,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A whirl-wind experience, but loved every minute of it.","-Enjoyed the work that I was involved in and the close connection of people I worked with on a daily basis. -Great building to work in--lots of light, open space. -Flexible hours/ability to work from home when needed -Opportunity to be involved in projects I was interested in within my department. -Fantastic direct report!","-I came from Nokia in the acquisition by Microsoft, so my experience is somewhat unusual. It was difficult for us in the transition to become a part of Microsoft, but I do believe over time that it has gotten better. -Microsoft has people work very intently on what their specific job entails. There is not a lot of room to go outside of your silo.","Hopefully the transition will improve for Nokia employees, but overall I would recommend not having so much separation between the different departments.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55813,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Test Engineer,Strong company highly skilled professionals friendly environment good benefits carreer growth and training available work life ballance healthy comprensation fair,I do not recall much from what I recall it was all positive except for some managers who where too career oriented and had limited management or people skills,my advice to management is to pay more attention to people skills and view them not only as work forse but as human beings as well,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55814,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Perks were good, good environment, good money. Overall a good place to work and i enjoyed my time there and the experience was invaluable.",Difficult interview process is probably the biggest problem I can think of. There isn't too much else to complain about.,"No advice for management really, just keep doing what you're doing, and don't change I guess is all I can say.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55815,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer,You can work with many talented people. It gives opportunities to use latest technologies. It offers good benefits.,Evaluation process is unfair. You will move from “high performer” to “low performer” for a trivial reason.,Please fix the evaluation process.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55816,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,"Compensation is generous, work-life balance is superb, colleagues are brilliant","Lack of passion, conservative (slow growth)",Take more risks -- be less afraid to give responsibility to those who show promise and invest more in them.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55817,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to work,excellent salary and compensation. Access to latest technology.,no much career growth unless you are willing to relocate.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55818,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2015",Former Employee - Service Engineer,"Great company, good benefits but lately direction in MSIT is lacking","Great benefits (perks, ORCA card, medical coverage, etc). Get to be involved with a lot of bright people and expose to diverse projects.",Lately the MSIT department is trying to make the evolution to DevOps but I think that they don't even know what DevOps is and had us SE's in a stressful situation. MSIT also grew out of control and that resulted in layoffs lately (me included) that had no sense in the criteria used to layoff people.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55819,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great,"Great working environment, surrounded with smart and talented people, solving challenging and fun problems. Good for career growth",Sometimes a bit too stressful.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P626.htm
55820,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 14, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,"Good compensation and benefits, great technology and challenging work, bad culture",+ Great brand name + Lots of opportunities for challenging work + Work with latest technology and on leading edge project + Great compensation and benefits package,- Corporate culture promotes alpha-type behavior - Lack of collaboration between departments and groups - Lack of company self-awareness and understanding of market position,"Break down barriers and walls and make groups, teams and individuals work together better. Encourage people to try out and evaluate competitor's products rather than preaching ""MSFT only"" or ""MSFT is the best"". This would help open people's minds and become more competitive. Especially long-time Microsoft employees seem to miss an understanding of MSFT in the market and the good and bad vs. it's competition.",2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55821,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Test Engineer,"I worked for Microsoft/Nokia for over 13 years as a Design Validation Engineer, in the AT&T lab..","Good company, excellent work environment, benefits and human relationships.,","Microsoft bought Nokia mobile devices, creating reorganization and Lay offs.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55822,microsoft,none," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you're lucky -- good for everyone else.,Everyone here is smart and works hard. If you can make partner you'll be extremely well compensated.,"Review system means that it's easy for top performers to be overlooked.  If your management chain has weak kung-fu, you won't get promoted. On the contrary, you'll get annual reviews that consistently reinforce the message: you are average, keep up the good work!  Eventually good engineers capitulate, take on reports, and become bad managers -- as this is a much quicker way up the ladder. And the cycle continues...",Find a way to promote good engineers. Relying on their managers clearly does not work.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55823,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr marketing manager,Lots of opportunity. Good budget. Lots of options for movement,Design by committee. Slow to respond. Apathetic leaders. Limited by own team. Review process sucks. Demand tons of hours.,Allow people do do their best work.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55824,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Program manager,Great work environment. Good opportunities.,Things can move too slowly,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55825,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very positive experience,- Good Pay - Friendly co-workers - Interesting work - Up an coming company - Fun and exciting atmosphere - The company has constantly evolved and is growing,"Although the salary is competitive, the salary could be better given the location of the company in a very expensive city.",Only advice would be to continue the same trajectory. The company seems to continuously evolve by offering different products. This ensures and promotes job security.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55826,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Supply Chain Operations,"Great, smart, motivated people! The company is moving in a positive direction, and the operations team is in a great place to implement newer, customer-friendly capabilities","Like most companies, particularly large ones like Microsoft, there's some passive-aggressive behaviors that are not healthy, and difficult to manage.","Bring in more outside-in thinking. Make the competition the foe -- not internal politics, budgets, and agendas. The company needs an even greater sense of urgency.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55827,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,lawyer,"Collegial, friendly, and smart colleagues, excellent benefits, exciting work","Suburban location, sometimes stifling bureaucracy",Keep up the good work at transitioning the company to a more nimble competitor!,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55828,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Lots of products and areas to work on. Some areas are very interesting e.g. cloud. The rest of MSFT is boring.,"Slow, very slow. Very political no matter how they change the review system. You need to play the game to get ahead","Eliminate test, cull PMs, bring engineers closer to customers and build stuff that customers want.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55829,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Things are looking up.,"Great place to work. Competitive, challenging, solving big problems.",Sometimes it can be tough to competition for reviews and performance bonus. Work hard and it shouldn't be a problem.,Keep listening to the ideas of people and make the big changes when needed to shift the company in competitive directions.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P627.htm
55830,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great environment to do work.,"Lot of opportunities inside the company to work on. With products ranging from Azure to Xbox, opportunities are plenty.",Sometimes the size and distances can make progress slow. There could be multiple groups working on the same problem.,Bringing a consistent message through the hierarchy is very important for a smooth functioning of a large product group. Sometimes this was lacking and needs to be addressed.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55831,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Incubation Specialist,Responsible for driving net new advertising revenue by partnering with the volume licensing teams,Microsoft is a stable company. We are always trying to do more and are fiercly competitive.,The overall package at Microsoft is becoming less and less competitive each year.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great Company,excellent technology. Satya is shaking the environment. Dev! Dev!! Dev!!!,Culture depends on group you work in...,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55833,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,-can make a large impact because products are so widely used -large organization offers many people knowledgable in many different areas,-large and rigid corporate structure can make it difficult to enact change and think flexibly and creatively -incentive structure sometimes not aligned with actually doing a good job,-less conservative decision-making could in certain spots -difficult to communicate across verticals- not sure whether to talk to the people on the ground or shoot things up the ladder,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55834,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Generally, the caliber of people you get to work with is great.","A lot of managers are poorly trained - they want things done exactly their way and their way only, and there is little room of initiative or - good forbid - improvements.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55835,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tired company, trying to recover","* Amazing set of technical people * Work-life balance easy to maintain * Salary definitely competitive * Satya turning things around, maybe.",* Internal politics and bureaucracy causes huge friction -- very hard to ship new stuff * Microsoft has lost their commanding position as center of computing universe -- now they are scrambling to turn things around * Middle management spends all of its time justifying its existence -- not results-oriented any more * Developers often fiddle around while Rome burns * Lay-offs are starting to affect the company negatively,* Fire all partner-level people -- they are blocking forward progress * Satya is great --- focusing on the cloud is good.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55836,microsoft,"Northeast Center, NY"," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Community Development,Community Devlopment Manager,"Compensation, Benefits, Training, Cutting Edge","No Career Advancement, Retail Hours, Little Support, Holiday Hours, Lack of HR Connection","Provide career path options, keep employee goals in mind",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55837,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,It,"Flexible work schedule, good benefits.",Heavy work schedule. Very demanding. They can dump you any time.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55838,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Technologies People Environment Culture Review Compensation Competitive,Work life balance Politics Bureaucracy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55839,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Work environment is great. Great training opportunity. Compensation is good too. Promotion is quicker for hard workers.,Can not think of any,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P628.htm
55840,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"This company could be great, but compensation system has bred a horrible culture",You get to work with very smart people on products that may be used by millions of people.,"The compensation system has skewed everything to follow the one year review cycle, this has led to negative consequences for the company culture and the quality of the products it produces.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55841,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place and people and significant impact of work,Smart people Great work place and benefits Great work life balance Good pay,Slow moving at times meritocracy - very Alfa env. Slow growth from IC to people management.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55842,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Content Strategist,Exciting opportunity to work with smart and innovative team mates makes coming to work enjoyable. The open spaces and campuses make it feel like it is truly OneMicrosoft.,"With the recent change in leadership, many re-organizations have occurred and this has left many (who remain after sever layoffs) ready to work hard to meet goals, but the objectives have been changing as the company as a whole shifts course. I am sure this is temporary and I am certain that decisions and goals will be set soon.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55843,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - Onboarding Manager,"Good money, bad environment",Employee compensation and benefits are great. Pool tables and video games are onsite to provide stress breaks. Free drinks and affordable food are also available.,"There is a ""Boys Club"" culture present (certain employees are hired on by ""who they know"" and not by their skillset). There has been a lack of planning in projects in the attempt to make a splash in the culture. This has backfired in many cases and has led to department layoffs and legal issues. Upon leaving, the turnover rate for my former department was 40% due to morality and ethics issues. Only one employee that I know of was actually let go. These employees, as well as myself, left even though the compensation was well above the market rate.","If you truly want to be a forward thinking company, you need to invest in managers who are forward thinking as well. If the culture was more welcoming, the turnover rate would not be as high and productivity would increase. Do not rush products in a reactionary mode. Plan out project launches extensively to avoid issues in the long term.",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55844,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with slow pace,Good company with smart people,"The company is very big and slow, hard to change",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55845,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2015",Former Employee - QA Lead,QA Lead,"Great benefits, flexible work environment",Always on. expectation for 24\7 engagement,Act on MS Poll results,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55846,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great Place,Exciting atmosphere (depending on org),Boring work/tasks. Goals should be clear rather than vague,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55847,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working as a software enginneed,This company offers Great work life balance with plenty of opportunity of growth in career,The only cons I can think of and on which the company is improving is not being monolithic,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55848,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Company is undergoing huge changes to try to catch up to the industry,"1. Good Benefits for new grads with a 100k+ base, sign on stock, and yearly bonuses. 2. Fairly simple promotion route (can be promoted every 1.5 years if you're slightly above average) assuming you're in a growing Organization (Cloud + Enterprise is hiring and growing, so it's more easily get promoted there than in a well established organization like Windows or Office. 3. Work Life Balance is really up to you. I have seen people come in every day and work less than 40 hours a week and still get promoted (albeit at a slower pace than others) 4. Looks good on the resume, and there wont be a shortage of recruiters reaching out to you.","Microsoft was once the Mecca for Software Engineers. While it's now still prestigious, start-ups and other big companies (FB, Google, Amazon) are held in higher esteem. The company is still trying to become more agile in nature. They've done this by laying off staff, and converting all SDETs into Software Engineers. Due to the conversions, some organization are still figuring out what to do as they now have people with decades of experience testing code who are expected to now compete with other Devs who have decades of experience writing code. Teams which run web services are slowly starting to release at quicker intervals, but it's still a work in progress.  The culture is different in each org, so be careful of which teams you choose. Middle management is still embroiled in politics. Reorgs are also fairly common, so do not get to attached to one manager.  You will definitely be the a small cog in a massive machine if you join Microsoft. You will not have much power to affect the company. So if you're looking for high impact work where you can be agile and heavily dictate the future of the product, then this may not be the company for you.","This company has been stagnant for too long. Reorganizations and job cuts do suck, but the company has needed a change for a long time.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55849,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company loosing its edge,Great benefits and perks offered by the company,Not lean as compared to its competitors,two pizza autonomous teams that can fail fast,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P629.htm
55850,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Highly political with many opportunities to learn as long as you align.,"Great community Solid pay & benefits If in the right group, awesome team dynamics and people Can influence the market if you put your mind to it and am in the right position",Highly political - difficult to 'fit in' if you have a hard time in these types of environments Many cases of paralysis of analysis impacting final quality of deliverables Attempts to connect with the employee often fall flat due to trying to formalize all employee moral boosting into programs,"Give more power to the bottom of the triangle of employees - it's not about responsibility, it's about upward feedback channels Not all executive / upper management have the employees best interest in mind - It's clear when feedback during review was: There's nothing that can be done, blame rolls downhill.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55851,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer in Test,"Lot of smart people to work with. Employee perks, insurance etc ... are great. Will get chance to work on state-of-the art products released to the market.","Highly competing environment, performance review standards are too high bar to meet. Stock value never goes too high or too low. Stocks are basically a joke.",They should know how to make use of the strengths of the employee rather than putting under the mill to get work done.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55852,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Microsoft has a large variety of options - if you don't find the perfect fit initially you can pursue an different group,"- autonomy in the job -- you are encouraged to do your best work - global impact -- what you do impacts hundreds of millions of people - the work environment is top notch (cafes, facilities, location)",- change happens so frequently in teams that lots of effort gets lost in the shuffle - your manager has a greater impact on your happiness and career path than s/he should,"- keep making changes to the HR aspect of the job. Changes made in the past couple of years have been in the right direction: no more stack ranking of individuals, measure people on their impact, their willingness to use other's work, and their willingness to help others. This is not quite baked into the culture yet as it is new, but is a very positive direction for the company. - kill the ""open space"" plan for work space. It's been proven that people don't work better in a ""pen-style"" environment.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55853,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great company","Smart people, great products and multiple opportunities","dramatic increase in control processes, lack of agility",Don't let processes get in the way of innovation,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55854,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,opportunities impact in people life programs to grow as a professional,"challenge to have agility To big, but all decision base in US",people are the biggest assets from a company ...,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55855,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,A great place to work,Company is rapidly evolving towards a cloud and productivity focused world. Extremely exciting and challenging problems await.,Lots of politics lingers from old-Microsoft culture.,Focus more on enabling bottoms-up engineering. Fix the review process so it isn't terrible. Make working with open-source easier.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55856,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Manager,Great benefits and smart people,"Difficult to move into different areas, may get stuck with a weak manager - there are a number of managers who are not good with people",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55857,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Contractor work = little pay, little respect","Tons of scheduling flexibility, high profile projects, smart people","Treated as a second-class citizen as contractor, gender biases, overloaded corporate reporting that keeps people from getting actual work done","Focus less on making yourself shine, more on shipping high quality work from your teams.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55858,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work for,"good work culture, gets lot of opportunities to grow, good place to grow your career","too much competition, work life imbalance, if not in right project then hard to grow in the company",na,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55859,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - General Manager,Used to be a great place to work.,I learned a lot and the products are terrific.,The review system creates a 'destroy or be destroyed' mentality. Kevin Turner has created an environment of mistrust.,Clean up the executive issues.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P630.htm
55860,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great salary, chaotic, sometimes cutthroat environment, good smart coworkers.","salary, benefits, perks like healthy and diverse cafeteria and company store where you have a big allowance for buying software and some hardware, clean pretty campus, good transportation options such as buses, vans, and carpools. Many smart, competent, and cooperative co-workers","Good management is not a priority. Mid managers are untrained and often unskilled at people management. A bad manager can make life miserable and hurts team cohesion and effectiveness. It can be a highly competitive environment, especially in times of lay offs (like now 18,000 and counting).",Put more resources into employee development of soft skills to increase social and emotional competency and creativity and manager training. Set higher expectations for what it means to be a good people manager and how to hire for those competencies,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55861,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Very corporate environment that can be stifling to creativity and innovation.,Surrounded by intelligent and motivated people.,"Review system, dated processes, slow to react to industry trends",Be more collaborative and open to change from the top down.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55862,microsoft,"Alpharette, GA"," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,The greatest company to work for,"You experience the ability to expand your personal as well as professional growth, in a world not where employers are task based.","A company of this size, streamlining processes is a challenge and remains a challenge.","Streamline processes, better support for internal process as they evolve, and better understanding of past culture in order to deal with future culture shifts.",5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55863,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great place to work, specially for college recruits","Great company to work, great salary with good perks. You are going to learn a lot if don't have much experience.","Legacy organization model, more of a top-down approach. Benefits not as good as they used to be.",They are already making a lot of changes,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55864,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Good benefit but too much politics. People are smart but some are arrogant.,Good benefit and good salary. People are smart.,Too much politics. The review system is keeping people work against each other.,Should have simpler and more transparent review system and simpler path to change jobs internally.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55865,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,When it's good it's good. When it's bad it's terrifying.,"Great scope, intelligent people, awesome products in productivity, gaming and developer markets.",The culture of competitiveness with peers and coworkers. There are precious few rock star people managers at Microsoft. Get a manager who decides they don't like you and your professional life at Microsoft becomes miserable.,Please invest in individual contributor growth and put a system in place to weed out average and bad people managers.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55866,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 3, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Overall a good place to work.,"Great stability and benefits so it's a ""safe"" place to be an employee. The breadth of products and services allows employees the opportunity to be familiar with many different areas of the influence.","If you are not tapped early as one of the anointed ones and put on the fast track to executive leadership, you won't have much career growth at this company. Jumping from one division to another can be difficult. Microsoft is heavily matrixed and it's processes and bureaucracy stifle innovation and the ability to react quick twitch to business opportunity.","Although it is a very large company, the divisions can move more quickly than is often allowed and thereby lose some ripe market opportunity. Allow the divisions more autonomy for business growth. Decentralize the business hub. from Redmond/Bellevue to all remote working from other business centers where partners and tech culture is thriving, e.g. SF/Silicon Valley, LA, Austin, Boston, NYC.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55867,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2015",Current Employee - HRM,Great benefit,"great benefits, diverse, compensation, perks","middle management, slow to make changes",Diversity & Inclusion,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55868,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Apr 3, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Transformation journey into a new era,Lots of learning opportunities inside de company,Office politics can slow down your career,Increase focus on external world,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55869,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Act or be acted upon,"A big emphasis on investing in people. If you're a winner, you'll keep winning. All you need to rise to the top is keep being in the top performer pool. Then, it's easier to succeed because you have more visibility and you get first pick of projects. A lot of money. Microsoft has the cash to fund your bold projects as long as the business plan that you propose is solid. The new cafeteria have good foods and ambience. Good benefits, including my favorite of matching charitable givings.","A lot of mundane work that you need to get out of the way before you have time to look at the big picture and strategize your work. These include a lot of process overhead, there are probably good reasons for them, but they take away time otherwise could be spent on innovation and collaboration. Advice: be really quick with the mundane stuff and spend as much energy as possible on the strategy and prioritization. Everything is kept in SharePoint, and by default permission is denied, so a lot of wasted time finding the right documents and more wasted time tracking down document owners and asking for access. Despite the attempt to turn around the ""hero"" culture and despite the push for more collaboration, the word collaboration at Microsoft means something different from what I understand it means coming from Silicon Valley. The ""hero"" culture is in the way. People aren't willing to let go of ideas that they can take credits from even though it's not the best idea. Despite the nominally new performance review system, the old spirit of stack-ranking remains, managers simply change names of what they call the different tiers of performers. The function of how well the company perceives your performance is in large part how much your manager is willing to fight for you and how much political capital she/he has in the calibration meeting. The only true way to transform this culture is to stop the individual bonus and to give bonus at the team level. The number one priority is revenue, not the users, which encourages short-termism and stifles innovation -- or maybe I was on a wrong team.","Management is top-down. The leadership teams would go off-site and come back with magical directions. The people not on the leadership team have no say in the direction. You should to care more about the grassroots -- we want to help you shape the vision, at the least, we'd understand it better, and that's to your benefits.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P631.htm
55870,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Act or be acted upon,"A big emphasis on investing in people. If you're a winner, you'll keep winning. All you need to rise to the top is keep being in the top performer pool. Then, it's easier to succeed because you have more visibility and you get first pick of projects. A lot of money. Microsoft has the cash to fund your bold projects as long as the business plan that you propose is solid. The new cafeteria have good foods and ambience. Good benefits, including my favorite of matching charitable givings.","A lot of mundane work that you need to get out of the way before you have time to look at the big picture and strategize your work. These include a lot of process overhead, there are probably good reasons for them, but they take away time otherwise could be spent on innovation and collaboration. Advice: be really quick with the mundane stuff and spend as much energy as possible on the strategy and prioritization. Everything is kept in SharePoint, and by default permission is denied, so a lot of wasted time finding the right documents and more wasted time tracking down document owners and asking for access. Despite the attempt to turn around the ""hero"" culture and despite the push for more collaboration, the word collaboration at Microsoft means something different from what I understand it means coming from Silicon Valley. The ""hero"" culture is in the way. People aren't willing to let go of ideas that they can take credits from even though it's not the best idea. Despite the nominally new performance review system, the old spirit of stack-ranking remains, managers simply change names of what they call the different tiers of performers. The function of how well the company perceives your performance is in large part how much your manager is willing to fight for you and how much political capital she/he has in the calibration meeting. The only true way to transform this culture is to stop the individual bonus and to give bonus at the team level. The number one priority is revenue, not the users, which encourages short-termism and stifles innovation -- or maybe I was on a wrong team.","Management is top-down. The leadership teams would go off-site and come back with magical directions. The people not on the leadership team have no say in the direction. You should to care more about the grassroots -- we want to help you shape the vision, at the least, we'd understand it better, and that's to your benefits.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55871,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The good, the bad and the ugly","There are some really smart people who can change the game. And BTW, great health benefits.","There are also not-so-smart people that will ruin the company. The code quality is getting from bad to worse, people just don't care about code quality anymore.",Be fair and generous to people working for you.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55872,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,"Most times awesome, again depends on which organization you ate part of.","Salary,benefits and a truck load of opportunities.","Politics,bad managers,review system.Bad project planning.",Reward teams that actually get work done.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55873,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Web Developer,It's getting too easy,Good compensation. In some positions you can make a difference for many users.,Too many people are doing the same thing. New projects pop up all the time so that someone can get a win for their review. Many of these new projects are pointless or a repetition of other projects. Very little is really new or exciting.,Focus on creating great engineering goal and making sure that everyone has their own role in achieving the goal.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55874,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work with,"Benefit, Employee care, Leadership, Talents",Culture is still in transitioning,Encouraging more collaboration and team work,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55875,microsoft,none," Apr 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,Campus and office space are good,career growth is very limited,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55876,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,technology behemoth with pros and cons,"You can find diversity of things to work on, many smart people","Politics is a large part of your work, sometime you are too far from the business and your customers",Get mobile right please,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55877,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, a great company to work for.","Cloud computing, breadth of areas, smart people, work life balance, get things done culture","Too much politics, fighting between org, peek out @ senior levels",Let talent flourish!,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55878,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"I work at Microsoft Azure, its a fast paced Org, We do lot of interesting stuff here.","Get chance to work on lot of good stuff, Learn lot of interesting things.","IMO, i dont have any cons",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55879,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 2,good salary and benifits. good,no worklife balance.insurance is bad,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P632.htm
55880,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good name, but with weird people around.","Learn subjects, technical, passionate employees","Mostly arrogant people, little respect around",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55881,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programmer,Challenging work. Great people. Good product,Nothing that I can think of at the moment,Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55882,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great place to work,Interesting innovative projects A lot of machine learning Private offices instead of open space Good motivation processes Great medical/sport/etc. benefits,A lot of bureaucracy in management Competing between teams for projects Long deployment cycles,"Evaluate performance better Promote people for achievements, not for years of experience or other reasons Invest in important areas more resources",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55883,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Young people please dont go to Microsoft,"Good benefits, relaxing work. Good for your resume.",Most of team members are all old and senior. Don't have much fun at office.,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55884,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,"If you're over 40, watch out.",Lots of smart people. Most people work hard. Get the newest computers to work with. Flexible hours. Can work from home.,"If you're over 40, watch your back. Working hard, exceeding expectations doesn't mean you won't lose your job. Morale has declined a lot over the years. I worked there close to 13 years, then laid off with a two-day notice. No opportunity to look elsewhere within the company. They lose a lot of good talent to their competitors. Lots of intellectual capital goes out the door instead of trying to find another role within the company.","Just because you're over 40 doesn't mean you are no longer an asset to the company. They could use more maturity and experience, instead of throwing them out the door.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55885,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2015",Former Employee - Consultant,Great Company but avoid the consulting services practice,"Microsoft provides you with plenty of opportunities to grow your career. You can move from one business practice to another if you feel another job may be a better fit for your career ambitions. You get a lot of training opportunities to sharpen both your technical and soft skills. Access to many online training and research materials for technical and sales specific roles. Good pay and benefits, and MSDN subscription. Great campus environment and learning facilities. Lots of technical and social events to network and mingle with your fellow Microsoft employees and leadership.","Its very charming to join Microsoft but the consulting practice, specially the public sector services practice is not the best place to join, at least based on my own personal experience. If you are looking to work for Microsoft and want to grow your career, try to join the other business and product groups.  Consultants are expected to work on multiple projects to meet sometimes difficult utilization goals and held accountable even if their main job is to deliver and not sell. You will be expected to travel 100%. Instead of complementing the great products Microsoft makes, there is too much focus on quantity then quality which is doing nothing but hurting the Microsoft brand.  You will not be rewarded for your extra contributions and keeping customers happy, and helping grow the business even if you miss on a single negligible operational/administration commitment. Microsoft has done away with the stack ranking model but unfortunately some leadership in the consulting practice is still using this model.","This advise is for the Consulting practice management. Strive for complementing the Microsoft products. Focus more on quality. Customer pay a premier for the consulting services so please respect their trust and deliver on what is promised to them. Respect and trust your hard working consultants and allow room for work/life balance, and appreciate and recognize their extra contributions.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55886,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,- Amazing Benefit - Competitive Salary - Personal Office - Large set of products you can explore - Work life balance,- Not that I can think of - Great with new CEO moving fast and work in a small team,"Keep the sharpness, and keep the moving fast culture",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55887,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Getting better and better,"- Career opportunities - People and culture - Compensation/benefits/perks - Lots of opportunities, areas and technical problems to work on - Lots of stellar products especially in enterprise arena",- Sometime bureaucracy can become overwhelming - Middle management might suck sometimes but this is becoming better as the middle management overhead is being eliminated slowly,"Keep up good work in transformation, openness and removing middle management layers which are mostly useless and productivity killer.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55888,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Public perception and reality are different,Really smart and engaged collegues,Lousy front line management. Company is filled with empty headed managers that kiss up and kick down. Rating system is patronage wrapped supposedly objective process.,Seek knowledge and ability to get things done in employees over soulless and incompetent brown nosers.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55889,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Old-school tech company with new-school aspirations,"Pay, benefits, work-life balance all great. Knowing your product will be used by millions. Getting to beta-test pretty much every new MS product. Lots of smart people who care about technology.",Deep management hierarchy can be frustrating. Even your skip-level may not know what is ahead in the next month. Low turnover rate and job cushiness means a surprising amount of mediocre senior devs who don't seem to care as much as they should. Size of company can make it hard to feel significant.,Keep steering the company away from the old ways and drawing inspiration from tech startups to keep MS relevant.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P633.htm
55890,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great people but lacking passion for work,"The people were wonderful - personable, kind, funny. They were supportive of others taking initiative and very generous with their time, particularly in helping new team members get up to speed.","People would spend 6 hours at work on many days, and in that time, not necessarily get work done. Additionally, in some cases, projects that were doomed to fail or not well thought-out were assigned. Some employees could have put their talents to use in better ways.","Set the tone by showing up to work early, staying late, and exuding rigor in every part of the job. This rigor may trickle down to the rest of the team and inspire more passion for, and commitment to, the work at hand.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55891,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2015","Current Employee - Director of Strategy &amp, Portfolio Management",Good Company,Fantastic company with smart people.,"Too many middle management, review system is a popularity contest, enough bad leadership around to spoil the culture.",Fix the review process and empower innovation without fear of others outshining. Teamwork!,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55892,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Mar 13, 2015",Former Employee - Inventory Control Expert,This company works hard at making their employees have fun while working.,"Company does not like its employees to remain stagnant, there are always opportunities to move up and get promoted, as long as you are patient",It is retail so the hours can be long and often expected to work late and overnight during holidays and promotional events and product launches.,Do not be afraid to promote your product advisors.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55893,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,"Great career opportunity, compensation on par with other tech companies, good benefit.","too many team within the org, can be difficult to get things done","Be nimble, be quick to change.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55894,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Mar 27, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great company with many talented people working on an array of projects. I'd definitely work here again someday.,"Always new and innovative projects available. Many great leaders and mentors available, great benefits and work environment.","Not as nimble compared to other companies. Still has ""me"" vs ""us"" culture yet have seen strides to change that.","Continue to push innovation and developing your future leaders. I believe in the platforms, just need to reduce costs for other companies to come onboard so apps are developed, allowing you to increase market share.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55895,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer for office,"it's good, as you guys know","nothing want to say, he he","more activity, re org to frequent",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55896,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Great people, ethical company, decent benefits but too many of the same old leaders!","Smart, smart people. The culture within the company is starting to change for the better.","The company has a lot of opportunity to improve and grow in the market, but I fear it will be hindered due to having the same old leaders at the top. Keeping the same execs, but giving them new roles won't give us better or different results.","Seriously clean house and change some of your top executives and their direct reports. Hire more a more diverse workforce like the new person from Qualcomm, Peggy Johnson. Bring in some outside blood, trust me, it will be good for us.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55897,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Microsoft Stack Ranking,"Used to be a big company, so some people may still think it as a good enough IT company. Or belongs to the first tier. Not the top pay company, but is good.","1. The Windows technology is not used by the world. And it's going downward, so your experience at Microsoft will no longer help you when you find new jobs outside. Because everybody else are using something different. 2. The Benefit is going down. The medicals increased deductible, like 3K for two people family. 3.75K for family with 1 kid. 3. bureaucracy and politics. Now revolution is going on, like agile(ship monthly), flatten structural, merged engineering. But the many level of leads and managers are not going away. After a while, they fall back to their previous role. The lead now doesn't own head count, but they are doing exactly the same thing as before. That's pushing others. 4. The famous Stack ranking system. It is being revolutionized, but it's still there. And now Microsoft have a lot of crazy policies like: if you didn't get good review last year, you can't move within Microsoft, you have to leave for other company. If you leave Microsoft as FTE, you can't work for it until 6 months later even as vendor. My friend was just forced out of MS, now they don't fire you, they ask you to voluntarily resign from MS, with very small amount of money no matter how many years you have served here. MS is becoming more and more mean, and less sympathy here.","No advice, it can't be redeemed.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55898,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Good big company,Great work life balance. Good healthcare benefits. Ability to learn and cange job functions.,A bit slow and bureaucratic. Slow upward mobility.,"Focus more on customers. Hire better salespeople who don't sell licensing, but understand technology and customer value.",3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55899,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2015",Current Employee - Enterprise Architect,"Great Company, Complex Environment.",Take great care of employees,Complex environment can be difficult to navigate,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P634.htm
55900,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A great place to work !!,"1. People are really smart and often very hard working, you feel very nice working with these people. 2. Benefits are really nice. Salary is also good. 3. The breadth of products that Microsoft has - Native Apps (Office), OS (Windows), SQL, Cloud services (Azure), Search engines (Bing), Dev tools (VS), Compilers and runtimes (CLR), languages (ASP, C#, VB). In short there is a lot to learn and perform. If you don't like something you can move to a different team. 4. Also you sometimes get to work with great research teams in MSR and often on cool and new stuff.","Due to the size of the company all divisions are different. Infact coding/engineering practices, tools, computer languages used differ from team to team. Collaborating between teams is now being encouraged but could be better. If a project goes hot or red then work life balance could go for a toss otherwise for me it is acceptable.","Collaboration between teams could be better. When projects get scrapped mid way and the teams get realigned a lot, it sends the wrong message to people below (lack of strategic thought). There should be more and better trainings. Overall the new change that Satya is trying to make is very nice and has worked well so far, but we need to keep at it, as there is much to change.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55901,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Business Planner,Amazing - the most understanding firm with the nicest culture,"Amazingly supportive culture and people. It is a very collaborative, happy place",None that I can think of,figure out your strategy for some of the highly visible products like Windows phone. It looks like you're persisting with ideas that haven't worked well for too long,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55902,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New hire,"good location, flexible working hour, could work from home.",No free food. I have not start to work yet,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55903,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good IT company.,Nice working environment and smart people around,Sometimes not very efficient as a big company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55904,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Mar 27, 2015",Former Employee - Engagement Manager,Overall,Good place to work for awhile,Strange people to work with,Buck up,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55905,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Critical Operations Manager,"Nice facility, very good clean place to work.",long hours/ no time with family,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55906,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Amazing Company,Great company in the midst of very positive change.,Lots of ambiguity during these times of change,Stay close to your great people. They are hard to replace.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55907,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2015","Current Employee - Director, Business Management and Planning","Amazing 10 years, tons of learning, great people","Company in the middle of a reinvention, great people, great benefits","Still too top heavy and matrixed, needs great patience and political adeptness to succeed",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55908,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Solid benefits, a variety of teams and products",- Good benefits - A variety of teams and products that you can work on - Many smart people - Company is trying to make some changes to be more agile,"- Benefits used to be even better - Very large company so you can feel like you're not having much impact at times - Still moves somewhat slow compared to smaller, leaner companies - Changing teams is almost as much effort as changing companies",Make it easier to change teams so that existing employees can change more easily.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55909,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2015",Former Employee - Tech Solutions Professor,Run away as fast as you can ! Even from the temptation of an L65 gig !,New visionary CEO and the big name that goes with the company althou it could sometimes be a liability,"Nothing has changed from the Ballmer days ( Have had two stints , one under each ). All the old practices that made this place horrible still very much exist but with a new name and nomenclature ( annual review vs connect ) . People in the management roles have no clue as to how to compete in the new SaaS world and instead look for opportunities to blame rank and file for their inefficiencies . Examples include not being able to hire sales folks even into Q4 of the year and still blame folks for not making number . Make partnerships with your competitors (aka SFDC) and expect you to sell against them taking away your only perceived advantage in terms of product integrations . Cheapness in price is the only thing left as a strategy . Some of the offers are as ridiculous as $1/usr/month of CRM license against SFDC $65 and that intimidates customers because you only give away a ""cheap"" product that cheap . No pun intended !","If you want the company to truly change , have people in roles that truly understand the business and not just random folks based on their tenure or relationships . If the focus is to retain O365 base at any cost , dont let the other businesses be its victims ( Dynamics ) . Competing just on the basis of price is no longer working as customers are smart enough to realize the true TCO is insane with MSFT given the quality of products like Lync , Sharepoint and Dynamics . The fact that your own employees carry iPhones either openly or secretly (depending on the manager) should speak volumes .",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P635.htm
55910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2015",Former Employee - Director of Business Development,"Great company, great benefits, smart people, awesome growth opportunities","Opportunity for growth is infinite. The company has tons of products and initiatives and is always looking for new, cool ideas. People are awesome. Vast majority of leaders I worked for were amazing and smart.",Got big so lots of overhead and bureaucracy.,"I hate to say it but MS is too big. I don't want to see my friends lose their jobs, but I really do think MS needs to be cut down in size.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55911,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Too much clutter,"Good people, good campus, good pay",Too much internal bottleneck and politics,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55912,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft's been very, very good to me","I worked for Microsoft for 20 years and I couldn't be happier to be a cheerleader in the market place and workforce for my former company. Microsoft has been doing excellent innovation, and it was a pleasure to have been a part of the corporation and see the evolution of those products and services. During my tenure, I went from a technical writer to a director, and felt Microsoft had my back as an employee. The company has clear values that put customers first but never at the expense of the employees. We worked toward clear goals in my organization (Office) and were rewarded for innovation and results. The everyday benefits of working for Microsoft are simply amazing -- great 5 star restaurants (I wouldn't call them cafeterias), soccer fields, baseball diamonds, fantastic medical benefits that include vision and dentistry, employee stock purchase plan, generous 401K, and the pay is on the high side for the industry.","While Microsoft was a growing enterprise, the work/life balance was tilted toward the work end of the equation. However, it started to become clear that employee burnout is not a good strategy, and Microsoft started putting a higher emphasis on work/life balance.",Keep the innovative trend going!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55913,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 25, 2015",Former Employee - Talent Acquisition,Think Twice,"Compensation, work from home and great co-workers.","non-existent on boarding, high medical deductible, no work/life balance",Take action on feedback.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55914,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2015","Former Employee - Senior Consultant, US Consulting for IT Operations (OpsCon)",Living the Dream,"Outside of my previous career in the military (blowing up stuff and jumping out of perfectly good helicopters), there could not be a more vigorous and interesting place to work. It's big, it's global, and it's cool. Recent changes aside (things are looking up now), the future of computing services is, to a large extent, still in Microsoft's hands.","As with any large corporation, there are challenges. The single most hated thing was stack-ranking, which finally fell by the wayside as I was leaving. Other challenges - sometimes the teams are far to big and far to distributed for 'management' to keep up. Details get lost in the mix due to a lack of close supervision.","Follow-up with your people and support their initiatives. Don't let the great, new ideas flounder. Microsoft's newest concepts are sitting in the trenches waiting to be birthed.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55915,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2015",Former Employee - Compression Engineer,Dinosaur age workplace reviews,"Great perks, awesome networking opportunities, and the campus cafe's are likely to put weight on you.",Annual reviews typically result in staff reduction and project graveyards.,Stop rushing people to delivery via performance reviews,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55916,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Some Good, Some Bad","Good compensation and outstanding benefits (especially the health benefits), some of the bets people you'll ever meet, fantastic commitment to the community and giving back","Really poor people managers, extreme arrogance by many (and for no reason)","Get rid of the mid year reviews as it eats up so many man hours and for little return, weed out the ineffective managers",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55917,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft (which is a giant organization) was a great experience for me and my career.,"Microsoft takes very good care of their employees as far as benefits and career growth. That being said, it is your career so you only get out what you put in. The people that complain the most are the ones that when something doesn't go their way once, never try again and like to blame others. I didn't move around as much as I should have (note to reader - move around) but I was really happy with the group I was in and the work that we produced. Lots of opportunity to move around if you do choose, although I believe they want you to stay in a single role for at least a year.","Challenges working at Microsoft which is a massive corporation is cross teams or divisions. Near impossible. If your role and success is dependent on other organizations it is a steep uphill battle. The review/reward system has changed in the last couple of years to be less about what you can do alone and how did you make others successful around you which is a great step forward. That being said, the culture is deep and this change will take a while.","Take more risks, move faster, try things that may never be a billion dollar business.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55918,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Work experience,Great internship. Lot of Freedom. Great team,It is hard to find anything bad about my internship,Great company. It is hard to give any advices as it is a big company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55919,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Exchange Engineer,Great company to work for that could use some improvement.,I always felt challenged in my position and that my work was appreciated. I loved my team and their willingness to share tribal knowledge to all the new hires.,The hours and demands of the job can be taxing on your personal life. I found myself working many late nights.,Establish a structure that promotes healthy work/life balance.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P636.htm
55920,microsoft,none," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Large and diverse - it's as good as you make it,Many smart people and good technology. Some groups are very creative and driven. Generally good work/life balance. If you're capable you can move up quickly and move between groups without too much trouble. Helps your career if you can take ownership of a product feature and elevate its status. Much of your career is what you make of it.,"Like any company, some groups are subpar. Steer clear of MSIT for example. Other groups can be hyper competitive. Principal and higher level jobs require you to spend a lot of time greasing the wheels of a wide group of people because your job and promotion will be decided by that group, not just your manager.","Overhaul MSIT, break down barriers between blue badges and v dashes, work more on developing talent and collaborative working environments than perpetuating antiquated career development processes, and try to foster a more entrepreneurial environment where people have more authority (works well at Amazon, for instance)",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55921,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - IT Consulting,"Good Company, competitive environment","pay is competitive, work is interesting","colleagues competitive with each other for share of bonus, junior resources in senior management roles",Hire managers with experience outside of Microsoft,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55922,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company,Good work-life balance and benifits,"Travel time, hoops to jump through",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55923,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,good environment and respect for different cultures,trying to be more flexible,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55924,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,A great place to work on the cutting edge of technology that touches millions of peoples' lives.,"Innovative software across a variety of areas, Competitive Benefits package, Lots of opportunities to advance in ones Career, Plenty of Variety of options to work","Competitive, especially with peers, due to a highly charged review system that pits you against your coworkers to try and squeeze out the next promotion or bonus.",Reducing the competitiveness would aid in innovation and still allow people to do their best work.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55925,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you're all about Windows.,"Good benefits, smart people, opportunity to change career path.","With Balmer, everything was about Windows so, all ""new areas of opportunity"" used to not survive much - meaning if you were in one of these groups, you would be in a black list when, few quarters later, they decided to quit the unit.",Focus in a few areas and work there!,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55926,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Director MCS,"Innovative company, smart people, makes lots of products","Toxic culture. Significant infighting. Microsoft prizes tenure (which is generally good) but in MSFT case long term employees focus on preserving turf to allow them to ""Rest and Vest"" at the expense of new ideas, high performance and innovation","clean house of middle management, Sincerely revamp performance system. Current one is a a shell game optical shift from stack ranking.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55927,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Good job,Good pay for retail store,No room for promotion unless you move out of state,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55928,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazing place,great working atmosphere and the benefits are incredible..... the experience alone is worth the whole journey as you are basically employable at any company after microsoft,work hours can be challenging and the climate isnt the best,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55929,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company,Microsoft gives one of the greatest benefits. The company really takes a good care of it employees. The choice of product to choose and work on the in company is huge.,Sometimes you would be feel you are not getting the free hand to be your self and work like you may want.,"Although the review structure has been revised but is still has the same bucketing concept among the managers, The management needs to train the managers about the new review system.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P637.htm
55930,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Channel Executive,Working at Microsoft,"Microsoft is the ideal place for people who have passion for their work and the desire to make an impact—in their careers. The company goals are challenging and that makes it great in my opinion. They offer fair pay, good benefits, (They changed the medical benefits 2 years ago due the projected raising heath care costs associated with Obama Care). The employees are encouraged by the direction of the company since Satya Nadella took over for Steve Ballmer. Microsoft has become obsessed with their customers and the experiences they have with their products. Additionally, they are more open with their product categories. This is demonstrated by their recent moves to offer the Office suite of products across competitor ecosystems. Overall, I would recommend Microsoft as a great place to work.","Here are the trade offs to the impactful work, fair pay, benefits, and opportunity for personal growth. Culture, one of the most challenging aspects of working at Microsoft is navigating the diverse work groups to get daily duties done. 75% of the job is focused internally verses the customer. Their are a lot of smart people who think their way is the only way to crack a nut at times. It can be difficult to deal with.  They have changed the review process in the recent future with the goal of connecting with your manager 4 times during the fiscal year. These are called connect meetings. You are asked to request feedback from peers across your organization. This is where the challenge lies when working at Microsoft. If you have a strong manager and great team your career at Microsoft will go will.","Microsoft needs to change their review process. Recently, they have tried to address the process with have 4 reviews during the year. They need to stop asking to have employees across their organization request feedback on your individual performance.This leads to feedback based in perception verses fact with no ownership of the individuals providing the feedback to be fair or even accurate. Additionally, leads to favoritism for the few and good work by others to go unnoticed.",4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55931,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Great as far as big companies go OK to ,- Predictable schedule - Pretty good pay - Fairly good benefits - smart engineers (if you find the right team) - easy to transition to new areas of technology,"- Big company problems--tough to quickly iterate on ideas and serve customers - A lot of managers just are along for the ride...complete risk aversion. - Not really a fun place to work. It used to be...somewhat. Sinofsky really started to clamp down on the budget in Win8, and it got smaller and smaller each year. The new leadership has only continued this...there are rarely any moral events. When they do have them, they're lame and maybe have some nibbles the admin bought at costco. It feels like my Mom is putting on these moral events sometimes","It's hard to recruit top young talent here...I'm not even sure how to sell the company anymore. Simple things go a long way: don't have interns living in Redmond while they work over the summer. Put them in downtown Seattle (where the MBA grad interns live). Redmond sucks and is dead, sell them on the amazing city of Seattle (send them to Sounders/Mariner games, etc., etc.).  Let them have a budget to have their office painted, and pick out some different furniture options to make their space feel ""unique and cool"".  Serve beer on Friday.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55932,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Big company, big benefits, big competittion","Microsoft can be thought of as a company of companies that's changing it's ways to become united and up to date. Microsoft has very good benefits, perks, and opportunity to work on many things.",Quite bureaucratic and still very much so transitioning to be a agile and modern software company. At times still hold onto old methodologies and practices as well as sticking to old technologies.,"Reduce middle management, encourage team growth instead of individualism, pursue and attain best modern practices.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55933,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,Great company.,Lots of projects to contribute.,I cannot think of anything.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55934,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,Strong marketing culture,"Very diverse set of opportunities across different marketing segments and disciplines, Tons of options for career path - different products, technical fields, local and global markets, etc. Some amazing talent to work alongside and learn from.","Very meeting driven culture, often times the politics can outweigh the ability to actually do constructive work, caught in the abyss sometimes between trying to establish (regain) a tech innovation culture and the inertia that comes with an org of the size and complexity it is.","Keep following new managements lead - cross platform, a focus on the customer, a culture focused on innovating away from over dependence on Windows as the mandatory platform.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55935,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Trying to be better, still old habits die hard.","Engineering: Great place to learn world-class engineering. Experience the long term consequences of good/bad decisions of the past, appreciate them for your own wisdom. Strong appreciation for quality, testing, and presentation. Development tools used to be under-supported, but in the recent years they become much better supported on-par like products. In the past, the practice of delving in a non-Windows platform even as a hobby would be against HR policy, but now cross-platform development is recently more acceptable/necessary. Several opportunities for technical depth and impactful deliverables, depending on teams.  Benefits: Used to be great overall. Now they are still very good in a few areas, overall they are more closer to other larger companies. Pay is comparable with the larger companies.  Career: The company is now strongly catered toward advancing manager roles.  Donations/Volunteering: Good support from outstanding members.","Still lacking collaborative environment: Seen the cartoon of the Microsoft organization chart with guns at itself? Yes, it is true. In the recent years, the company has somewhat finally coming into terms with the problem and is trying to shift to a more collaborative environment. Unfortunately, the successful veterans, many of who are managers of other people or owners of product areas, are failing/do not want to adopt. Normal human behavior, they try but it is unnatural and revert to the old comfortable (unhelpful) ways, that gave them control and success in the past. Several of them moved to other companies (e.g. Google) and are known to continue on the bad patterns. The problem is becoming lesser in Microsoft, but still pretty significant. This is not an issue with new hires without past experience, new hires do bring a more open/positive energy.  Little life-balance: This is something that has consistently been insane and has consistently been the lowest bucket of priorities. It is an unspoken consequence that people who practice life-balance will not advance, or advance extremely slowly. The problem is that if you are given a task and take the time to do it, you will be blocking other people who have less life-balance, and so managers rather give you a less impactful task. Bottom line, a less impactful result means a lower review score. If you want to advance and/or keep your job, do not count on life-balance, specially if your manager is from the old culture. As many people over the years have attested, this is often not worth it, missed the time to live with your kids as they grow up, divorces, etc.  Weak individual contributor roles: The company is now more catered to advancing manager roles. However to become one is very difficult and political. Individual contributors are now treated more-or-less as well-paid laborers. Opportunities for innovation are very scarce and very tightly controlled, there are instead huge loads of fairly dull tasks that needs labor. Most of the time an IC will be on these tasks and will no way get an award for them. However, a manager having several ICs completing all these tasks will definitely get rewarded. People have observed again and again how some managers are rewarded almost consequence-free, regardless of the product outcome, attrition level, or less-than-honest influencing.  Very bad leadership coordination: Managers do not coordinate with each other very well, even with their own peers. Often you will find separate teams with overlapping efforts, one manager is trying to out-do the other, instead of trying to align something greater together. This was more pervasive in the past, lesser of a problem now, but still there (old culture). This is a common source of frustration among ICs in trying to figure out what to work/not work.","Address the problem of collaboration and abuses, stop trying to change the perspective of victims. There is a long history of complaints over decades, stop denying the problems. Continue to embrace cross-platform and open source development. Officially enforce a life balance effort. Make the IC role something to look forward.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55936,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Director of Engineering,challenging and interesting,"no limits, lots of ownership","none, you own your result.",be bold,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55937,microsoft,"Boca Raton, FL"," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - O365 Technician,Great place for experience,Invaluable knowledge that preps employees for career moves,"None, none, none, none, none",Continue providing innovative opportunities for the massed,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55938,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Analyst,Great Company,-Lots of growth opportunities -Solid team of contributors -Great compensation,-Long hours driven by some unfortunate inefficiencies left over from previous teams -Sometimes too much focus on strategy,"Keep it up, the changes since Satya came in have been great",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55939,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,work life balance and others,too crowd in traffice and others like,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P638.htm
55940,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Great company with tons of smart people,"Great place to learn, very talented people with lots of great ideas.",Not a place to build a career. 80% Mid upper management riding the waves to retirement and won't bother with new ideas or approaches that require their active involvement.,Mid Management: Just go! your wallet is fat enough.,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55941,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What a ride,Lot of new stuff and rarely a truly dull moment.,Forced ranking rewards bottom dwelling suckers who float upwards.,"More encouragement, less intimidation.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55942,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Latin America Headquarters - Fort Lauderdale,Great salaries and benefits. Some managers really understand how to assist you to continue growing professionally. You can work remotely 50% most of the times - A self managed environment and culture - Micromanagement is fronwed upon.,Nepotism is a common pratice. Many of the job opportunities are posted publicly even though they already have someone secure for the position.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55943,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Software Engineer II,"Flexible, not high pressure, good work/life balance, nice people","Not a lot of room for growth, really bad engineering tools, Windows",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55944,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A++ place to work,internal opportunity to move laterally and upward,too much overlapping at middle-management,reviews are to promote ones success and areas of improvement not a tool to put one peer against another.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55945,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great workplace! Awesome benefits,"Amazing benefits, cool tech, lots to do",multiple reorgs in 2014 and 2015. There is already talk about a new set of layoffs and reorgs in 2015,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55946,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 17, 2015",Former Employee - Operations Coordinator,great place to work,"Great experience with lots of opportunity for learning and expanding your role. dedicated co-workers committed to excellence in most instances, wonderful benefits.",Job level system prohibits job growth for loyal long term employees who did not enter the company at already higher levels. employee review system left a lot to be desired.,n/a,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55947,microsoft,"Sea Bright, NJ"," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),It is perfect to work here!,The company is open to all people.,The location is not suitable for me,The work experiment is flexible and you can do job anywhere as long as you finish it on time.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55948,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Mar 17, 2015",Former Employee - Solution Manager,What was once lost is now being found again,"Surrounded by incredibly intelligent and motivated individuals, great culture that understands a work-hard, play-hard mentality, great benefits and compensation. New CEO is getting back to their tech roots and pushing the company to fix some of its flaws","Lots of challenges in reaching consensus to make a decision, sometimes too much focus on work/life balance","Continue to put the customer first, take chances and understand that the whole world doesn't run on MS technology anymore",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55949,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2015",Former Employee - Business Operational Manager (Customer Service),Review,"Benefits, exciting products, and talented people. A challenging place to work but its very rewording because you will learn so much from the work you are doing and others.",Their performance model is like a lottery ticket. Doing your best work is not good enough and you have to campaign yourself all the time. A constant comparison/competitive within. People have their own personal agendas which may conflict with the company/department objectives and goals.,Revise your performance model and allow people to do their best work/remove competition between employees.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P639.htm
55950,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Programming Writer,Good pay and benefits tied to a load of bureacracy,"The benefits are good, I felt that my salary was good, and I had the opportunity to work with a lot of talented people from all over the world.","Prior to 2014, the stack ranking system made performance reviews very stressful. You may have found yourself doing extra projects unrelated to your primary job function just to stand out from your peers for performance ranking time.",My advice to management would be to foster an environment that's more cooperative than competitive. The lack of cooperation and collaboration between both Individuals and groups is detrimental to the company.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55951,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Director Marketing,"Senior Director, global Marketing","Lots of opportunity to move around the company in various roles, strong overall compensation, flexible work environment","Lack of agility, too many turf battles, lack of progressive marketing vision and execution, less meritocratic at senior levels","Move quicker (although the pace of change is better under Satya in engineering, the same is not true)",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55952,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft in Transition,"Great company with excellent products Interesting things happen in teams like Cortana, Band, Hololens and in IoT.",Not all teams have the same Microsoft standard. MSIT is the IT backbone and most program manager roles have redundancies with Solution delivery managers,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55953,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Great company, great benefits, great people.","Nearly everyone I worked with was friendly and professional. I've had a few managers there and they were all fantastic. The department I was in was exceptionally run, although our product struggled to get off the ground. Late nights were few and far between and I felt that I had complete control over my schedule most of the time.","As an SDET, not all the work was that interesting. We got stuck doing a lot of manual tests since vendors weren't budgeted for our department. Also, sometimes it felt like we were all waiting round for something to happen. Which was boring","Keep up the good work, my stocks depend on it.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55954,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The ability to change teams and roles is good.,Flexible hours. The ability to change teams.,Review process and change in health benefits.,Change the review process.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55955,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,Valuable experience and growth,"Industry leader with extensive and multi-domain technology stack. Tremendous opportunities to learn and grow as technical leader, manager or IC. Both on the job and formal paid-for training offered.",Internal politics and power plays are standing in the way of innovation.,"Reward successful teams and not individuals who are busy playing internal politics. Clanish mentality is dangerously on the rise, watch out!!!",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55956,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great engineers in emerging culture,"good engineering practices, smart people, diverse product lines to work on","lot of employees are still old school, not fast enough",Listen to the youngsters,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55957,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I have had the opportunity to work on many new products, which has been extremely exciting.","In certain areas, Microsoft is pushing the technology barriers and is getting involved in many new, exciting products. They also present many opportunities to move through-out the company.",The company tends to go through too many re-orgs which causes a lot of inefficiencies. At times they are not nimble enough to make fast decisions.,Please make up your mind and ensure that your plans are communicated down clearly vs getting everyone to react without clarity.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Good at the beginning, then becomes toxic pretty fast","Good compensation (although not the best). If you end up in the right team/product, then it can be really fun and engaging.","Management is pure crap, probably the worst you can find. Managers (from direct to VP level) are just a bunch of email addicts doing nothing except re-organizing every 6 months to justify their job.  There is also a lot of incompetent engineers, really unbelievable.",Fire yourself and bad engineers.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55959,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2015",Current Employee - Director,The culture has been is slipping and has not found its bottom yet,Salary and benefits are still in the top quartile in the industry. Opportunity to make world-changing contribution.,Entrenched politics in most groups. Knowing the right people and ability to embellish is more important than pursuing productivity and customer satisfaction.,"Look back at the last year and reflect. The layoffs had a huge cost in money and morale. Many teams are struggling to ship on time e.g. Hololens, because of lack of resources. Attrition is much higher than it has been in the past because employees do not feel safe. People are more focussed on staying out of trouble and less interested in changing the world. This is no longer the company that used to place highest value in people.",1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P640.htm
55960,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lost its way,Work life balance is best thing,lack of value adding to company,Start to think again about monetization.,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55961,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Optimistic but disappointed,"Compensation and benefits, some projects (you have to be very pushy to get the interesting work) and work life balance if you have management support. Always had a sense of pride working at Microsoft.","I worked nearly 10 years at Microsoft and always looked forward with optimism to working with intelligent, dedicated, hard working coworkers/leaders and on cool projects. However, I mainly I saw poor middle management, dysfunctional teams, constant re-orgs, back stabbing, empire building and cost cutting that during my time I was ""reduced in force"" twice on two teams. The first time I landed a new team and never left the company, the second time I wasn't given such luxury--despite getting 1s and 2s and promos over the last few years.  I left MS with a bitter feeling that I never found what I was looking for. I met some very intelligent people, but seemingly most had significant character flaws that were disastrous to building high performing teams. What frustrated the most was the constant empire building and self preservation that occurred at middle and upper management levels...basically what they tell you is just lip service to make you feel good, but no substance. (Not uncommon at big corporations, so that shouldn't be a surprise)  Before my second ""RIF"" I had two teams interested in having me move, but my last GM pleaded on two occasions that I not leave, so thinking I was favored by him that would mean a brighter future, so I stayed--yet not 3 months later I was axed with 4 other coworkers. Best I could figure is that we weren't ""diversified"" enough to keep, despite all being top team performers with important projects. Not sure who or how the layoff decision was made, but from my perspective, when you have common traits as far as gender, race, sexual orientation, you don't stand a chance if you are in competition with the more uncommon folks working next to you even if they perform worse. (Honestly, 4 individuals on that team who could be classified as diverse had either delivered nothing of important in years, stayed in the same role for many years, or actually screwed up to cost the company money.) Probably not an unusual situation at large corporations since meeting certain diversification requirements are important to someone up high, so for me it's time to move on to a smaller company.","Empower and enable people to make decisions and hold them accountable. Flatten the management stack for real, instead of talking about it, but actually doing the opposite. Keep talent based on deliverables.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55962,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,"Work life balance, benefits, growth potential, new CEO with a clear vision and desire to change the companies culture and future, manage your own business within a LARGE org., client focus","Silos, too many layers, field empowerment, month to month focus is unrealistic in in the old perpetual revenue model. Not a sales centric organization","Adapt to annuity based compensation model and a relationship model, continue to remove silos",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55963,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dev,"Benefit, Technology, Company outlook, multi-cultural","Hierarchy, Re-org, laid-off, confusion, politics",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55964,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier Field Engineer,Great place to work for,very challenging and very demanding,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55965,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Very informal atmosphere at work,High pressure at times of release,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55966,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,good place to work and learn.,work can be stressful sometimes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55967,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great benefits,Benefits Smart people On a new path,Can be slow but things are changing Decision making is slow,Make decision making fast,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55968,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,Great benefits. Little work/life balance.,"Microsoft offers great benefits (the BEST benefits back when I was employed, but I hear they're still good). If you're looking to learn about business best practices and cutting edge ways of going to market, this is a great place to do that.","The biggest challenges are work/life balance and stack-ranking. They say ""Microsoft will take all that you give it,"" and the expectation is that you give it your all -- at night, over the weekend, instead of your child's sporting events, etc. Then, with stack-ranking (which I heard they've since done away with), you're always competing with your peers to work as much/hard as they do. As someone that had a family to take care of, it was frustrating to have to compete with my 20-something peers that gave their lives to the company to prove their worth. Not all teams had these same challenges (but many do), so if you're interviewing with Microsoft, please be sure to ask about the team's expectations and views on work/life balance with the hiring manager.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55969,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great company to work for. Great benefits and flexible schedule.,The salary is great as are the benefits.,Are expected to work hard and work long hours.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P641.htm
55970,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft rocks!,The pay and benefits are great!,Seems to be limited opportunities for roles outside services and sales in field offices.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55971,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good employer, bad location","Awesome benefits, great work culture and hours, wonderful support group and awesome friends who work there.","The SVC campus is somewhat old-fashioned. There's no agile development, and everyone sits in separate cubicles. Not much collaboration, so it seems like everyone is doing their own thing without any teamwork. A lot of the code reflects that as well.",Try using agile development! It helps people stay motivated and helps them reach their goals instead of reaching blindly for something abstract.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55972,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome Work Environment,"Best work culture so far.. Certainly a good place to work in if you are process specific, from a technological point of view this place is A grade compare to rest of the tech companies.. Lots of opportunity to move across teams and find the right spot","There aren't really cons as such from a company point of view. The pay is competitive with the rest of the companies, if you join laterally. but if you are moving up the ladder, the growth is real slow and outcome is not satisfactory",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55973,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great in the beginning, not so great in the end...","Awesome benefits, great training ground to various disciplines, available classroom internal training on tons of subjects, salary is a bit higher than market. A lot of smart people walking around, allows you to always learn from someone else. When I started, teams I belong to were really innovating quite a bit.","Performance review model promotes internal competition and not really cooperation, voice of regular employees virtually non-existent to upper management, too many similar products competing with one another. If you don't belong to Windows or Office, you don't have a lot of say.","First - I'm glad they remove that awful performance review model! Second - there's really a lot of innovation and smart ideas coming from a lot of employees, management just needs to take time and invest in listening to them. Third - world isn't just about Windows and Office, time to invest in smaller products (that could be the next huge thing)",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55974,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Lots of resources, experts in every style of coding, people who care about the product",Leadership makes decisions and passes them down,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55975,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer,"Great work environment, great company to work for, exciting opportunities","Work-life balance, too many reorgs",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55976,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2015",Former Employee - User Experience PM,"A fantastic, awe-inspiring place to work... with so much churn going on right now it is hard to concentrate on the work",Awesome vision for modernizing an aging company Clear guidance on where the company is headed As a researcher the resources are all there,"Culture in flux, some making the transition to the new way, others holding on to the past Not able to modernize from a tech perspective as quickly as possible","Take a realistic look at the progress we have made to update our tech and processes and map vision to progress we have made. We have amazing tech now, don't throw out the baby with the bath water.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55977,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great work life balance. Senior Leadership still stuck in the past.,"I spent 7+ years at Microsoft, so obviously couldn't have been too bad! I enjoyed my time there. Work/Life balance was great. My peers were amazing. There was always plenty of money to execute on our plans. And in general, the environment was respectful.","Satya has the right idea. His vision is spot on. But when it comes to the execution, his generals are falling short of that vision. Rather than the innovation he is committed to, they are too busy protecting their fiefdoms. The result of this is that the people who want to innovate are stifled be the focus being placed on ""saluting the flag"" instead of being trusted to do what they were hired to do. So if you're young and have ideas... you may want to look elsewhere.","Evolve. People are buying and using your products differently from how they did when you were advancing your career. You run the risk of becoming irrelevant if you don't embrace ideas from people who are on the front line. If the ""innovation"" you're approving doesn't make you at least a little bit nervous or uncomfortable... well, how innovative could it really be?",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55978,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Good benefit toward health insurance and have a very good commuting option,Too much developer centric. Microsoft would need to put more effort on usability test and design.,NA,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55979,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Mar 11, 2015",Former Employee - Services Sales,"Smart, fun, overwhelming, and political",Smart people. Doing things that matter and actually help people.,"Review system set up to reward peer-to-peer fighting. Remarkably political. Hard to get rid of bad apples, who get passed from group to group.","Stand in solidarity against the curve. If you have ten rock stars, there's no need to designate one as a turd. If you have ten turds, stop mandatorily designating one as a rock star.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P642.htm
55980,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,"Great company to work for as a senior and above level employee, not so for younger talent.","Microsoft's focus on work-life balance has paid off, and the company is now very easy to work for regardless of life-circumstances. Gender equality is also very big and MS is making a significant impact in their efforts to correct the gender imbalance, at least in the major metro areas.","The company is very disorganized. Restructure upon restructure has left everyone a bit confused on how to get business done. While they have done a good job breaking up the cliques that prevented new workers from finding a role in the company, they also didn't provide a real alternative, so things can be hilariously bad. Administrative issues are slowly sorted out, and only with executive-level involvement. It took 3 years to get a work phone number and IT is a dystopian nightmare. Hardware refreshes are every three years with strangely limited availability of surface pros.","Focus on developing and retaining young talent. MS has done a good job of acquiring young talent, but the compensation and title growth doesn't keep pace with our growing contributions within the company.",2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55981,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's good,"Good. You get a lot from it , it's understandable & good . You will love it like I did . Try it out !",None. I find everything good . No cons in my opinion . You will love it,None,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55982,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2015",Former Employee - Content Developer,"Good learning, nice people, but dull and very slow moving.","Lots of stuff going on, there's always more work for high performers. Nice people, good place to spend a career (at least until they laid people off), perks galore (except free food...that would be nice).","Slow, overly structured, resistant to change, conservative workforce. High BS to real work ratio. Lots of cooks in the kitchen, making it hard to make real strides in short amounts of time.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55983,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2015","Current Employee - Senior Director, Business Development",Senior Director,The benefits are good and some areas of the company have great leadership but this has been the exception over the last couple of years.,Politics and relationships have become a major part of your success versus business deliverables and impact. Leadership and management expertise are not considered when being evaluated at each review cycle or for opportunities to manage larger orgs,Get a real vision and stabilize the leadership team.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55984,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2015",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,Hope you get into a good group or suffer!,The benefits are good and pay competitive.,"Very political. Regardless of performance, you won't get ahead if you don't play the game.",Stop putting up with incompetent Directors just because you are counting the days until you retire and won't have to deal with the aftermath.,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55985,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Strategy of the new CEO is solid, confident, believable. Future of Azure and O365 is very strong. Good compensation with quota attainment.","Not a professional sales organization, this is a product company with much of its revenue coming from legacy products.","Many of the sales leaders are puppets, or become puppets and don't get involved in deals. This is a challenge in competitive situations where other company VP's actually give a hand.",5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55986,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good benefits but very bureaucratic,"Benefits, Location, Environment, Good people","Unwanted processes, bureaucracy, lack of urgency to move on",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55987,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Content Engineer,"Great company to work for, career opportunities in every team/group","Career growth, Benefits, Salary, Team, Culture",Bad managers Too much useless processes/tools Political ineffective decisions,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55988,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Experience working with mission critical projects.,Great internship program! Real world projects,None to highlight from my experience.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55989,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Microsoft, 14 years of adventures and great pay.","Cutting technology, great benefits, neat location.",Can be very political and busy.,Thanks for killing the forced stack rank system.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P643.htm
55990,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good benefits and work environment,not innovative and moving fast,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
55991,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2015",Current Employee - Consumer Services Advisor,"A good place to work in retail. Transitioning to corporate is very hard,","Great benefits, good flexibility with availability. Competitive pay.",It's retail. Politics play a huge part in promotions. Transitioning to corporate is tough.,I recommend you evaluate your candidates based on talent on not on favorites. Management has picked favorites and has hurt my team a lot because of it.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
55992,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2015",Former Employee - Director,corporate culture is contra productive collaboration is very limited as most people think what's in it for me,high level of flexibility dealing with ambiguity,highly competitive in an unhealthy way lots of back-channeling relationships matter much more than professional competence,"hire innovative leaders from the industry vs. maintaining the ""old boys club""",2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
55993,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Good company with a lot of smart people, but difficult to make a difference.","Benefits are great, a lot of smart people to learn from and management is driven by opinion and personality.",It was difficult to get meaningful work done,Become more data driven.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
55994,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Enjoyed my experience but there are too many lifers,Smart people that really understand the product,Too many people that have lost their passion Complete inability to make decisions and move forward,Recognize and reward the top players and lay off people that simply go through the motions Require 360 feedback to help identify management that is ineffective,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
55995,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Content Manager,"A good deal, nice perks, lots of opportunity, incredible breadth of different businesses means you can change focus","Solid salary, nice benefits package, most groups have reasonable work life balance, smart people, lots of opportunity","As much as things have changed, there's still a lot of old thinking going on. Stagnant management corps. Also are any of their major businesses still relevant?","Keep on the path of change, continue to embrace services, aggressively weed out the old school middle management that's still there",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
55996,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"Microsoft, because of its large product base, offers employees the opportunity to work across a spectrum of products and technologies. For someone, who's moved several teams within Microsoft, I'm genuinely humbled by the amount of diversity and the opportunity there exists to learn different things and impact customers.","Agility in delivery. Microsoft still needs to up its game with respect to innovation ,agility in delivery and risk taking capabilities.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
55997,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Researcher,"still a good place, but not like it used to be","socially conscious, technical excellence, can still work on relevant things","benefits no longer as fantastic, work no longer as important",preserve the research and exploratory atmosphere of yesteryear,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
55998,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Great focus on quality and employee development. Lots of opportunities to impact and influence.,Very big organization and can be tough to figure out who to contact to get things done.,Continue focus on developing great people managers.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
55999,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Director/General Manager,A sometimes intellectually challenging but always toxic work environment,"*Some* smart people to work with, but you have to look long and hard to find them. Challenging problems to work on, but finding them is getting harder and harder. Relative autonomy if you do good work (but don't dream of working from home regularly). Good pay and reasonable benefits, *if* you've been there long enough.","Incompetent leadership (even post Ballmer), with many leaders promoted from an internal ""old boys network."" Hard for everyone else to advance beyond a certain level. Zero leadership accountability (but great skill at buck-passing). No coherent or executable vision (eg, compare Microsoft's grand aspirations for the future of its mobile business with the reality of the marketplace). Size makes it hard for good new ideas to break through bureaucracy, processes and divisional ""not invented here"" syndromes. Widespread discrimination against female employees in mid level positions (and a bulletproof glass ceiling except for a few token appointments). One of the worst healthcare plans in the tech industry (used to be by far the best), and relatively poor work/life balance. HR department, once one of Microsoft's secret weapons, now very weak. Cares little about retaining the best and brightest (many of whom have left the company).","Microsoft is only as good as its people. Start treating them with respect, promote on merit not politics or nepotism, and make an effort to retain great employees. Exit businesses that are money pits. Reinstate the old healthcare plan. Who knows, some of the amazing employees who quit may consider returning.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P644.htm
56000,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"A nice company for fresh graduates to learn, but not for mature engineers to innovate.",A nice company that really follows software development life cycle. It is a good place for fresh graduates to learn and to get into the industry.,"Decision making procedure is not transparent. And voice from the bottom can never get to the upper management. Software engineers are not encouraged to innovate, but just to follow PM's requirements and design.","Listen to the voice from the bottom, and give responses honestly. Don't make those expensive mistakes just because some high level managers' commitment need to be met.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56001,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,very good work environment work here,someone are not responsive to your email,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56002,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Great place to work during the start of the career,"Great learning experience if you are just joining out of college. The people here have a great experience handling large software code bases, hence have a good quality code to work on.",Not as challenging as other silicon valley companies.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56003,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent perks and benefits if you're in the right organization,"On the sales side, everything is great. Make your numbers, and you're rewarded handsomely. On the Services side, things used to be great but have gone downhill in the past few years. The perks for working at Microsoft are outstanding. The benefits package is comparable to other tech companies (used to be a lot better), and the work environment is friendly.","Outside of sales, the bonus structure is horrid and the pay scales are not on par with the industry.","Revisit your previous position that your employees make the company what it is, and without their hard work and dedication, you wouldn't have devices and services to sell!",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56004,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Leadership,Best job in retail,"Good compensation and great benefits with opportunity for advancement. Culture is great if it is maintained as retail division grows, good working environment. Many perks.","Career advancement to Microsoft corporate is still very rare, they need to bridge the gap.",Microsoft Retail culture is crucial to the continued success of these stores. Cultivate career develop outside of the retail stores to keep talent from leaving.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56005,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,9 years later...,Very flexible for work styles. Good paycheck with security for the company,"A lot has changed in the last 9 years, when I signed in our benefits were unbelievable and now they aren't that bad but it takes a lot of work to maintain the hsa plan and now I have like 4k a year of out of pocket expenses which I did not receive a pay increase for. Also if you're not at the mother ship in Redmond it's not the same experience.","Help those who help you and make sure you listen to what the field is saying. Give the field the same perks those of you who live in Washington get. Don't look at us like we are sub standard just because we don't go to the campus every day. We in the field keep the place going too, you know?",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56006,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Operations Manager,"Very group dependent, but still not what it used to be...","Most of the groups have a high degree of flexibility around work, allowing you to manage your life and work. The pay is pretty good, as well as the benefits still aren't bad.",There are some groups that still are very old-school and frown on working anywhere other than the office for 12 hours a day. Some groups are simply so over worked that even with the flexibility it's difficult to find balance. The benefits are not what they used to be.,"When comparing compensation and benefits the benchmark should be other large tech companies and not fortune 500 companies. Saying you're still better than X Fortune 500 company doesn't hold a candle to Microsoft's main competitors. It's also insulting to cut employee benefits because of the ""extreme cost increases and exposure"" and then two weeks later announce record profits and cash holdings.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources,Microsoft Review,"A great place to work, the people are amazing and definitely smart. The ability to move across the company exist and the experience to grow both your personal resume and the businesses in which you work can be opportune.","Unfortunately all the above is true but very few people understand how to navigate the system in order to be truly successful. This is especially true in the non producing roles (outside of sales and engineering) were development is based on ""owning your own career"". What this translates into is an organization that doesn't fully know how to develop it's people and/or how to maximize their full potential. In a competitive market such as we have today, excellent people will continue to be leave and/or be wooed away by competitors.","Overall Management is heading in the right direction and I would suggest ways to make the shift happen more quickly. A few thoughts: Consider how to fully eliminate the stack ranking and impact models of assessing performance. Also consider how to engage the mass population of employees to get them focused and energized about the wonderful products and service Microsoft has to offer. There's lots of grumblings and discontentment, mainly swirling around lack of clarity from the individual (both IC's and managers) on how they roles impact the big picture.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56008,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,There was a time...and there is still hope...,"More to the company than meets the public eye...innovative in ways that are not recognized, significant contributor to local communities, smartest people in the world around you every day","Much of what you hear is true...compensation and benefits are no longer a selling point and are steadily going down, big, big company means lots and lots of red tape, getting great work to market is problematic.",Focus!,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56009,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,"Good Tech, nice people, Bad management and intermediate leads.","You get exposure to many technologies (mostly, microsoft stack only). Good medical, and fitness benefits and other perks. Nice to have your own office. Good work life balance.","You are insignificant part of a Mega corp. Too many meetings, politics, and sometimes it is really hard to move the needle, Too many stake holders, processes, and deep hierarchy, with everyone having his own agenda. Sometime it becomes very difficult to move the needle. You work to please your manager/lead, otherwise chances for success are slim. If your manager doesn't like you, he can screw your ratings, and there is very little you can do about it. The stuff and technologies that you learn , are mostly from Microsoft technology stack, and most of it is not relevant in other big companies (amazon, apple, google, facebook etc), or even in startups. Compensation is somewhat lower than industry.","Cut off too deep hierarchy, be nimble and respond fast to market opportunities. It doesn't matter if you brought a concept to market before everyone (tablet pc, smart phone, windows holographic etc) , what really matters is how you execute. Stop beating the bush, the smartphone war is over. Play in new fields. embrace other operating systems and devices and be nice to opensource community (some of this is already happening)",3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P645.htm
56010,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing,Mixed bag depending on what you value,"Great work/life balance and flexibility if you draw those boundaries. Benefits used to be great, but now they are just OK. Nice work environment, easy access to cafeterias, public transportation. Cool to work with the latest technologies. Very smart co-workers who are passionate about what they do.","Extremely political. Promotions are based on visibility and how good/loud you are with the right people, rather than quality of work. People and teams often have trouble working together. Not a collaborative environment. Performance incentives are structured to reward individual success.","The company is trying to shift towards a more collaborative work environment, but the incentives need to be in place. People won't work together until they are rewarded for doing it.",3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56011,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product advisor,"I have never felt such a warm welcome in to a company like they did for me and the other new trainees. The training, the atmosphere, the coworkers, all are awesome!","Since we were only temps, we didn't get extended training like the permanent employees did, which I understand, but there were still a lot of things I didn't know that customers would ask and that I had to rely on other teammates. There are also a lot of bundle promotions that switch.",Team meetings in the morning were very insightful but Sometimes not everyone was on the same page as what the current bundles were.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56012,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Overall, a great place to learn and grow. However, politics can be stifling.","Great package of benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401K, and employee discounts offered at a variety of local companies in the greater Puget Sound area).  Outstanding environment for career growth.  I loved the variety of cuisine offered onsite.  Flexible work schedule, depending upon the team and manager.","Politics can be stifling, particularly in the larger organizations. In order to survive, stay on top of your game at all times.","Focus on developing talent that shows potential, in addition to rewarding high performing employees.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56013,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Moving in the right direction, could be great when KT is gone","Good people, good brand, good opportunities to see a lot of IT","A mile wide and an inch deep. Don't think, do.",Move some strategy to the field.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56014,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"People are just amazing at Microsoft, always ready to help.",No cons of working here.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56015,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - New Product Introduction Program Manager,Part of a big team,Dynamic and challenging environment allows very steep personal growth to meet business goals.,"It is challenging to meet product, team and business goals without losing ""balanced"" work-life perspective.",Continue practicing rotating on-site manufacturing people resources throughout hardware product development cycles.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56016,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Strange Brew,"Vast amount of interesting career paths and opportunities, generally bright and motivated people","The old culture is still extant- Microsoft is kind of a career Galapagos, in that you're really only adapted to the MS culture if you stay. The job experience there is not entirely well regarded by other innovative tech companies.",Need to eliminate the institutional career bureaucratic motive that is focused on the next performance review instead of aligning around strategic objectives and delivery of results.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56017,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Mar 5, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great.,"Everything is awesome, no complaints","None, every thing is great",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56018,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Communications,One of the greatest companies in the world,"Empowering environment, compelling mission and values, smart and dedicated people, international career prospects, merit-based reviews and promotions, wonderful benefits, fast-moving and very competitive industry--a learning organization.","Risk of ""paralysis by analysis"", bureaucratic processes, a huge organization, very US-centric. ""All the roads lead to Seattle"", a beautiful but remote city where it rains 155 days per year. Terrible company if you are trying to stop being a workaholic.",Travel outside the US more often.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56019,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company and people,"Career development, amazing experiences, benefits.","Long hours, bureaucracy, performance calibrations, project management.",Focus on work-life balance and collaboration.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P646.htm
56020,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company and people,"Career development, amazing experiences, benefits.","Long hours, bureaucracy, performance calibrations, project management.",Focus on work-life balance and collaboration.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56021,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on the team,it is a great place to learn and connect with people in the industry. Compensation is very good. Depending on the team. The culture can be great or horrible.,It all depends on the team you join. Some teams really foster growtha nd learning. Some others are super hierarchical and keep you down with low prospects of growth.,Some managers need to make sure they foster the right culture or all the great upcoming talent will flee to competitors,4.0,none,none,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56022,microsoft,"Bloomington, MN"," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Tech Advisor,Tech advisor,Great enviorment and benifits. Love the management and products,None I can think of! Some long hours I guess,Listen to employees and take action,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56023,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,great company,"benefits, balance, time off policies.",moving up is a bit difficult in the retail sector.,training could be better,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56024,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET Intern,"Flexible work environment, smart people","Very demanding, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56025,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Emerging Technology Specialist,Offering endless opportunity for growth,Nothing to really complain about - typical start up,Expand the product line!,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56026,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Wonderful place to work.,I loved being around smart people every day. A wonderful environment for learning and trying to achieve goals.,"Didn't like being time constrained on certain projects, but all in all there aren't very many con's.",You have a good system. Keep doing what you are doing and then everyone should be fine.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56027,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad if you're in the right group.,"Seattle is a great place to live, work, and play Good energy around the company with Satya as the new CEO Some new products are sparking interest - Band, Surface, Azure Good work life balance and benefits",Lots of layers / orchestration/ politics Sometimes different product groups are not aligned and actually compete with each other The behavior /attitude changes at the top haven't always trickled down to the rank and file. Not a great brand reputation with consumers Spotty management - there's really good and really bad managers,"Drive for more integration across teams and products Invest in training for managers, leaders, and individual contributors Be more bold and 'risky' with marketing and tactics",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56028,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Generally a good place to work if you find a good manager. Lots of smart people.,Many interesting projects. A dynamic environment with smart people. Great benefits and perks. Diversity is welcomed.,Bad managers abound (but so are good ones). Schedules can be aggressive and that can be stressful.,Don't penalize the peons for management screw-ups. Punish the managers (or perhaps retrain them).,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56029,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, large company agility",- Very smart people - Products touch every area of software (and some significant hardware) - Pay (in Seattle) is great against cost-of-living - Benefits are fantastic,"- Large company syndrome- 100K employees doesn't move fast. - Very slowly converting to a more agile software mindset, but large chunks are still box-product thinkers - Tendency to group-think about brands, etc.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P647.htm
56030,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Awesome work-life balance but employees are not very social,- The private offices are great - The tools used for development are awesome - Compensation is grateful - Work-life balance is a top concern of the company,"I felt people are not very willing at talking and being social. As an intern I was expecting people to be more social and helpful. Don't get me wrong: my manager and tutors were awesome, but I can not say the same about the rest of my colleagues who did not even bother to learn my name.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56031,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I Love Microsoft,"Fun Place, Great Money, Smartest people in the industry, Best work/life balance in the industry (Microsoft is a family company)","Hidden Level System, Weird promotion system, really big company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56032,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director tech and civic enablement,"Awesome place to work, great pay, benefits and work life balance.",big corporation not much room to grow in the field org.,focus on career and talent,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56033,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Crazy,What,Its such a great experience,"Not really many cons, its amazing",Love you all,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56034,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,excellent place to learn engineering,a lot of good people around to learn from excellent classes excellent code base,pms have too much power too managerial,less powers to pms,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56035,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good people bad management,"Talented engineers are all around. Sadly slowed down by legacy tools, lame higher levels of management, frugal admins for computer hardware",Incompetent people higher up in the management chain don't get weeded out quick enough,We should get better internal tools and more powerful computers,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56036,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great company with lots of opportunities for new roles.,Great company at the moment and no negative comments.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56037,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Feb 27, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Fantastic overall experience. Passionate employees focused on delivering results.,Flexible work environment that treats employees like adults. Encourages innovative ideas with an eye toward results.,"Always-on environment. Be prepared to live, eat, breathe the company in what can feel like a 24-7 continuous cycle.",Trust your employees -- they have great ideas.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56038,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn,"Experienced, smart coworkers, good health benefits","Political, no real impact",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56039,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"An internship at a subdivision of Microsoft in China, pretty good experience, very collaborative",1. intellectually challenging 2. actually working on something that will be used/sense of accomplishment,"1. very challenging, sometimes if you have a bad day it can be stressful",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P648.htm
56040,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,A Fear-based Culture Only Creates Professional Cowards.,"It could be an interesting company to work for as it still seems to attract talented and intelligent people, has market share and revenue enough to try new or disruptive products/services. But because the leadership of the company is feudal and constantly reverses itself, and the middle management is left to itself to create a Disney-sized theme park dedicated to ""Lord of the Flies"" style handling of their human chattel, none of the pros matter much.","Very little of the old company remained when I went back. The stock benefits are gone replaced with a partner level elitist group managing the company to maintain their own comfort rather than innovate or compete. Stock itself is meaningless, and the pay and benefits is marginal (both of which are not real reasons to join a company, but are part of the old myth of MS's wealth and prosperity, which is long gone.) Innovation is of course routinely suppressed and rejected. There are so many ""cons"" to list that this would be an entire compendium of books (for example book #22 would be ""Harry Potter and the Abominable Review System that Keeps Wage Slaves in Their Place""). So I'll skip to the end: Microsoft refuses to change and keep with modernization of technology. Its hard to blame them, as IBM did the same thing with mainframes to maintain their market position and profit. In the future, you will see a time when MS executives are on the street trying to sell a CDROM, shrink-wrapped version of Windows 22/Office 2023 with the tag-line of ""Its all we really understand how to make"". And don't be drawn in by their lip-service to anything ""cloud"" or ""online""...they'll revert back to shrink-wrapped product on 1.44 floppy disk given even the smallest chance trying to relive the ""glory days"" of their revenue heydays.",Perhaps the government mandated breakup would have been helpful... I would advise to tear it all down and start again (which did start happening).,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56041,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2015",Former Employee - Senior HW Engineer,Don't waste engineer path in Microsoft,"High salary, no state tax","No innovation for product, High title engineers afraid of newer hires because of their knowledge are dull",none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56042,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company for early in career development, very hard glass ceiling for women.","Smart people, big goals, end to end solid platform when competing in the industry. Benefits good, but not great relative to younger tech companies. This is a great company for the people who want stability without potential for a strong career trajectory.","Microsoft is a hard place for women to grow their careers. There is much talk about diversity in race and gender without much true action. While HR says that pay disparity is less than one percent by gender BY JOB LEVEL, women must note that in many cases they are doing the same job as a man but being paid at a lower level...so it is all semantics. As an example, many female sales managers in the US are level 64. Male sales managers are often level 66. When MSFT says women and men are paid the same by level, in the example above this would mean that L64 female sales managers are paid at the same rate as L64 men...but they leave out that level 64 men are sales reps. Equality would be raising the women to the same level 66 as their male counterparts and paying the same amount for an equal job. With MSFTs semantics issues, women should start to be concerned with the integrity of the company as it relates to the core company values. As an employee for nearly two decades always in the top 20%, I personally realized that my values for equality didnt align to the company values.",Give women equal pay.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56043,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,some teams are moving too slow,"work & life balance, enough time to ramp up",does not feel the ownership of the product,break the company into several small companies,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56044,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Director,"Great company, but too big to move","Supportive environment, Lots of talented people, Opportunities to move","Too large, Lots of overhead and bureaucracy, Slow to get decisions that allow change",Be more transparent with company changes and trust that people will go along or find the right fit elsewhere,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56045,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager II,Can release/update online service frequently and make one feel,Salary is just so so but super tired.,Pushed too much.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56046,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Great work environment. Most co-workers are capable. Great benefits. Many different projects you can select.,Company is undergoing a transformation. Corporate politics between different divisions.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56047,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,High stress,Compensation is solid but workload requires a ton of hours.,Little work\life balance. Continue to force 5% of workforce out each year in a large area of the company.,"Get KT to stop the 5% ""good"" attrition.",3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56048,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Internally competitive - dog eat dog,"good pay, especially with a rising stock",you really need to manage up to move up. and most managers don't exactly do anything for their reports,spend some time thinking about the grunts,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56049,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome career start,"- pay, benefits, work life balance",- get stuck in supporting legacy software,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P649.htm
56050,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great career development opportunity.,"Microsoft provides a good opportunity for a balanced lifestyle. The maturity of the company allows employees to work hard while also permitting time with family, friends, and for personal development. The benefits are great.","Microsoft is working hard to adapt to adapt to the changing development cycle for technology and software. However, they still lag behind competitors in terms of flexibility and willingness to experiment. It can be draining.","Teams needs to be able to operate more independently, with smaller, self-contained objectives. They need to be able to push changes and ship new features as they are ready.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56051,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It all depends,Microsoft hires smart people and offers some very interesting business challenges. The company has the resources to invest long-term in products and services that other competitors would have given up on long ago. Microsoft compensation and benefits are generally quite good.,"Your fortunes depend a great deal on who your manager is and how much pressure they're under at any given time to create turnover. This can lead to toxic working environments and those managers that create those environments may be rewarded in the short term, but ultimately word gets around an no one wants to work for them just to be fed to the wild dogs.","Help your employees reach their full potential by capitalizing on their strengths. Be more human. Weed out the crazies earlier, since they just make life miserable for everyone.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56052,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, great opportunities",Lots of resources and different experiences available.,A big company so has its share of process.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56053,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great experience, learnt a lot and worked with smart people.","Great challenges at work which make it fun going to work everyday, work-life balance is good too",Some things take a while to change,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56054,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Internship,Great Mentorship Cool office awesome perks,Sometimes project parameters were too unclear,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56055,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,SDET 2 (prior to company reorg),Takes care of employees with good benefits. Lots of very innovative and intelligent hard working people to work with.,Work-life balance could be a little trying at times.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56056,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer Lead,Great benefits and a lot of interesting projects to work on.,Decisions tend to be slow as it can involve a lot of people and politics. Projects end up taking longer in part because the teams get larger than they should and devs ends up working on stuff and reinventing the wheel instead of reusing existing components.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56057,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"Great benefits, fair pay, bad career development",The benefits were always amazing at Microsoft. It definitely something to consider when thinking about compensation.,I didn't think career development was enough of a focus. People management was often weak. It was a common understanding that if you stayed with the company long term your career growth was slower than if you left the company and came back as a new hire.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56058,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great employer, bad work",Benefits Work life balance Great people Good Atmosphere,Redtape Legacy codebase Poor tools Uninteresting work Long product life cycles,Be more open about product deadlines.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56059,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not to bad, though could be better.","Good pay for what I do. Love my membership to the ProClub and that LivingWell is on-site. If you look hard enough, there are some smart people, with class and who are personable around here.  I was thankful that I was able to switch careers here.","No career development here and that's with both jobs that I had, training is encouraged to be internal and for the most part, you need to take charge of your career path. Also, the work here is very much depth and not so much breadth... if it's for you, then you will love it here! Work life can be awful, when you have deadlines, you have deadlines.",career development is important and managers of IC's should take in interest in developing their people.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P650.htm
56060,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good food, nice location, nice people, good benefits, reasonable workload","Weather can be bad, too much workload,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56061,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Feb 23, 2015",Former Employee - Education Solutions Specialist,Very collegial environment.,"Excellent benefits, co-workers are smart and collaborative, the campus is expansive and a great place to work.","Challenging to connect with others in work group if you are not based in Redmond. Also felt as though promotion opportunities were limited if not based in Redmond. ""Out of sight, out of mind"".",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56062,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Rapid transformation for a large enterprise,"There are many smart, amazingly talented, dedicated and hardworking people across the company. The human knowledge base is one of Microsoft's primary assets, along with technologies. Many great ideas and technologies are beginning to be effectively utilized, bringing product improvements, new innovations and a new level of customer awareness as the company transforms.  Changing the culture of a large, global enterprise involves dealing with a high level of complexity - but the spirit of collaboration and cooperation has been adopted at the get work done level and is beginning to translate into better customer and partner experiences.","The new company values have not universally been adopted at the middle management level. Middle management bureaucracy, politics and overhead remain a roadblock to meaningful change. Rewards and recognition still come down to how well you market yourself - resulting from many years of the ""internal competition"" management approach that resulted in a inter-company and employee level dysfunction that has stifled innovation business evolution.","Changes coming from Executive Leadership are being rapidly embraced at the core ""get work done"" level of the company. But please consider, technology and technology based systems will solve many problems - but only based on how well technology supports the essential ""carbon systems"" that envision, build, operate and ""buy from"" an evolving commercial venture. The challenge is to fully utilize the human knowledge capital MS has assembled at all levels of the company.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56063,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Director,Great Place to Work,-Unsurpassed pay and benefits -Fun place to work -Great technology and always cool things to try out before they hit the market -everyone is accessible,"-Contrary to popular belief, MS has some good managers, but when you get a bad one, it is the worst you've ever had. My last two years there were terrible because of two horribly incompetent, arrogant managers -Work-life balance is paid lip service only -Career dev is a joke",Fire the truly awful managers or at least return them to IC roles. Only one of the two I had has been fired. The other still works there and he's the worst one.,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56064,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,V-mechanical engineer,Pay is good and nice place to work physically.,Work can vary but not ever given the lead to run with it as a vendor. So boring it you are a take charge type of person.,Don't underestimate your vendor set.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56065,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Microsoft is at the forefront of tech innovation. It is absolutely the place to be in the tech world. Work-life balance is absolutely great. Go MSFT!,"The work is definitely tough, but it gets you thinking in a way that makes you grow as a person. Don't come to Microsoft if you want to ride easy in a normal Software Dev role.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56066,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So-so,"Diversity. It has range of product & technology to work on - freedom to move / change, One of the best Benefits in the industry,",Too much of in-fighting and many layers of management. Less focus on design and customer as opposed to appealing to what is important to your management.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56067,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2015",Former Employee - Human Resources Manager,Attacked on all fronts,Good Benefits High total compensation great facilities,Too much political behavior poor internal diversity programs,Invest in your culture.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56068,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,Good pay and benefits is about all I can say,Horrible work life balance and middle management is inept,Invest some of that cash into a training department to teach people how to do their jobs instead of every experience having to be a painful onboarding,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56069,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Feb 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Support Engineer,"Great compensation and benefits, work in support can get boring and repetitive",Some of the best compensation and benefits in the world Several weeks of training and conferences a year Tech company where software engineers are held in high honor,"Repetitive work, employees often forced to overspecialize The offices outside the main campus do not have much to offer in career opportunity or fringe benefits Easy to feel like you don’t matter in the big picture, skills are dispensable",Pay attention to the desires and potential of employees and not just the needs of the business. Make it easier to move out of support and into software development.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P651.htm
56070,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Project Coordinator,Great Company,Salary and Benefits! Good work environment...,Very satisfied with this company...,Keep up the great work!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56071,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great manager,With a good manager the opportunities are endless.,The current transformation of the company can shift your priorities in one second.,Get more feedback from the field.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56072,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Phenomenal 6 years !,Breadth of opportunities Great managers Fantastic work/life balance Top notch perks/benefits Supportive career opportunities Brand name,"Slow in innovation, but things have been changing under the new CEO There might be some slackers in the team who are just enjoying the ride",Have faster promotion cycles,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56073,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Limited by your own motivation,"Challenging work, smart people, plenty of resources",Company restructuring pains. Contribution to mission is not clear.,Listen to experience,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56074,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It can be a great place to work. However the culture is still forming and very competitive.,"Great benefits, great pay, and a very nice environment usually (depends on which building you are in). Also the people working there are very very smart.",The competitive nature of some of the teams can make it hard to make cross group work happen efficiently.,Keep the levels of management as decentralized as possible.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56075,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Everything is changing,Great benefits career development flexible time,Unreliable environment. No job security,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56076,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Huge impact,Work with top people Lots of opportunity to work on a number of different products Huge impact - one project I and one other person on my team did during six months of last year generated close to $100M in revenue Pay and benefits Work life balance,Some teams are bloated Too many naysayers Heavy management structure,Continue the path you are going - make company leaner or more agile,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56077,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good interview experience, good communication, good people, bad idea","Good interview experience, good communication, good people, good friends.","The company is a big company, so you cannot expect to learn more for your future career.",Good,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56078,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company but change is in the air,Great resources to work with and great people. Willing to let people tackle very large projects. The technological infrastructure is excellent.,Most recently they've become blind to recognizing the quality of individuals and have focused instead on meeting position targets,The people make the company -- it's time to remember this,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56079,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Services Sales,Sales,Good pay for contract/staffing job and opportunity to make bonuses in some areas. Management is supportive and has put many training programs in place.,Many positions are within a large software developer and subject to change and reorg so job security is a risk.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P652.htm
56080,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical company,Microsoft is technical company. Engineering is king. Good place to learn about software engineering.,"It is not good product company. No good product vision and execution. That is why it will fail. Also it is not growth company any more, so career growth is limited.","Stop taking new initiatives according to business school learning. Everytime Microsoft have new plan, it is usually wrong. Instead, it should gather about 20 normal users and give them about 1/2 hour to brainstorm on the next thing the company should do. They would probably come up with very good priority, such as focus on battery life and reduce bloatware.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56081,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Managed customer relationships, created requirements, worked with IT engineering to create specs, develop system, launch",Large enterprise software development company. Many divisions,"Large company, less focus on people.",Remember that people make company.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56082,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best company,Best company for job in the world,I can't find any cons for this company,Salary should be higher then other,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56083,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineering experience at Microsoff,"Decent company, paid well, great SDEs and many have worked on the same component for a long time. Deep stack of technology and you feel no matter how hard you worked, there are still many you don't understand.",Some of directions and feature decisions are hard to understand. Management teams and PMs sometime are lack of startup mindset when define features. Over engineering due to have more resources and are not agile enough.,"More agile and learn more good practices from the elites in the startup world, like YC combinator.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56084,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Love it,"Depending on your manager ,you can be a success",Bad teams can give bad experience,Lay off needs to happen more at manager levels instead of high concentration of IC's,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56085,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Microsoft,Cutting edge software technologies and tools. Can learn from smart people around you everywhere. Amazing feeling working on great products!,Competitive environment and employee performance stack ranking could be a real nightmare. Often having more work to accomplish with less resources.,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56086,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Challenging work, good compensation, work culture is confrontational and team work is not valued","In spite of all its problems, Microsoft provides challenging work and job satisfaction for Program Managers. The compensation is decent and you can have a work-life balance.","Work culture is confrontational, and can sometimes border on toxic when decisions are made to preserve/grow personal empires instead of customer/business benefits. To get ahead, you need to be aggressive, promote yourself, and have the ability to pass on the blame when things go wrong.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56087,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Strong culture, learning, adapting",Opportunity to have a big impact,"Big company, lots of process (mostly necessary)",Simplify portfolio but don't give up on ideas too early,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56088,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern involved with teaching,They really take care of the people involved in their company. They have great facilities and can work with them on flexibility,They aren't a very creative company and many times can be stuck on what they are working on such as a new program.,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56089,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is an Excellent company to work for. Great environment and Great People,The People are Great and the company really takes care of its employees and takes extra steps to make sure they are progressing in their careers as well as personally.,Location of offices would be better if they were out of DC for easy access.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P653.htm
56090,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Laser line,"Benifits, food and wearing jeans","Part time benifits, opening new store, leadership","Leadership doesnt equal customer, they are not always right",2.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56091,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2015",Former Employee - SDET2,Years of continual reorg like rearranging deck chairs,"Solid but declining benefits. some great core products. finally got rid of review numbers, but don't believe that means the stack rank is gone.","management buying into every stupid trend in the industry from open space offices to getting rid of test/quality. this idea that the more test you have the less responsibility dev will have on their code and the more buggy it will be delivered is crazy (so more test == more bugs therefore less test == higher quality). This is the most recent manifestation of what I encountered early in my time at MSFT when as we approached a ship date the quality bar would be redefined so that you were told not to enter any defects short of common crashes. same thing with open space, when I started every employee got an office at 110 square feet. then it went to fishbowl glass sliding door office at 65 square feet, then it went to open space in a ""six pack"" where 6 cube wall divided spaces shared a bay, then they came in and took the dividing walls, then the name plates for the six pack went from 6 name spaces to 12 just in case they wanted to add more folks to the space. Another group put us in a completely open floor with some nonsensical discussion about how open space (""radical colocation"") would allow us to cooperate better. open space was so noisy they had to issue us all noise canceling headphones so now I was sitting at a desk staring at my boss in front of me with noise canceling headphones on so that my coworkers could only get my attention by waving their hands or sending me email (didn't exactly foster cooperation). review had to fit to a curve, so even if everyone was a rock star someone got screwed on the review (this was explained that it encouraged folks to move around in the company to spread out excellence). the result of getting a non rock star review number was that you could not even get considered for jobs within the company.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56092,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,One of the best software companies to work for,"Amazing benefits package. Competitive compensation. Great place to kickstart a soaring career. Very stable, secure company that has built a lasting legacy. If you find the right team, you can become very successful.",Cutthroat performance review system that pits employees against each other in competition for bonuses and promotions. In the right groups it works well to incentivize excellence. In some it is toxic and full of politics. The company is making some good changes recently but it is still the same stack ranking system underneath. Work/life balance can get bulldozed over if you're not careful to create clear boundaries for yourself.,Need to recognize key players (especially up-and-coming ones who demonstrate high business impact) in more compelling ways.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56093,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,Mostly good,"Worked in PSS in Las Colinas TX for 16 years, full access to the latest and greatest MS software, benefits were fantastic, pay was really good, and I really enjoyed the people that I worked with","Work life balance was something always discussed, but really slow to implement some of the ideas. At the end of the day - bean counters controlled staffing and for most my time there, several groups were not staffed correctly. Upper management is much like any other company of this size",WRT work life balance - less talking and more doing.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56094,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Lots of opportunity for the right skill set.,Stil a great place for really smart people who want to work on challenging problems. There is a high need for smart engineers and that will never change. The coolest thing about Microsoft is that the work you do has the potential to impact millions of people. The work is compelling because it can have such a positive impact on so many people.,"It's difficult for women and minorities to succeed. It's definitely a male-dominated, male-oriented company and this hasn't changed in twenty years.",Stop talking about how much you respect diveristy and start showing it by promoting more women and people of color in the engineering groups.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56095,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hell on earth,Their benefits are top of the line. Obamacare did have a negative impact on health insurance.,"If you are an admin, you will be treated like crap and be on call 24/7. If you don't drink, that's also a problem because almost all social events eevolve around booze. Male hierarchy and culture makes it hard to advance.",Treat your support staff with the respect they deserve.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56096,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Great place to work,Working with lots of smart people and cutting edge technology. You control your career by being proactive. Opportunity to bring products to life for millions of users,"Not many, might get touch with outside world if stayed long with company",keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56097,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Feb 13, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Dedicated Support Engineer,I worked at Microsoft as a senior dedicated support engineer helping customers manage large scale Exchange deployments.,Great company that has a lot of great benefits!,Sometimes too big to move quick enough in changing market conditions,Stop reorganizing every year,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56098,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Big layoffs, reforms, and reorganizations are upfront, otherwise it won't survive","Company store, which you probably won't use for your-self, but your friends and relatives would love to take this advantage. Only if you have charismatic leader go there.","it WAS awesome place to work before ~2010. company is struggling now. competition, economy, and poor upper management leadership you may never make a good career there. if your team would have 20 members and all would be Nobel Prize geniuses, they all would get ""average"" on yearly calibration/review, they would never get promotion. To be ""strong"" you'll need to prove that you over-performed others. Stack options are insulting. Medical benefits WAS awesome before 2012. Now, if you have family, you have to pay $6500 before insurance start covering 100%. If you want to ruin your careers join MS, work 20 years, and get layoff with almost same level as you started.  SICK company. Big layoffs, reforms, and reorganizations are upfront, otherwise it won't survive.",none. they won't hear.,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56099,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lost mobile and Internet areas,Good benefits and work life balance. Salary is OK in Seattle.,Isolated technology compared with open sources. No good products in mobile or Internet areas. Limited growth.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P654.htm
56100,microsoft,"Aurora, IN"," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Computer Programmer,Best company I've ever been in.,You get bonuses from xbox and more.,Nothing is really bad about it.,Nothing really keep doing what you do.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56101,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you are on a good team,"Pay, Benefits, not doing stack ranking anymore (officially)",Like to re-invent the wheel and play catch-up with other companies.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56102,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work environment,"Living in Seattle, stable company",Big company politics slow progress and professional development,Open communicaitons,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56103,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software QA,Software QA,"Great benefits. Nice campus, extremely intelligent coworkers, interesting work",Work/life balance. Competitive employees/culture.,Not much you can do with a company as established and large as this. New CEO seems good though,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56104,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A lot of fun interning at Microsoft,"Awesome perks, awesome coworkers, really (fun) challenging work. I really learned a lot from my team and fellow interns.","The company is big, so sometimes you can feel that it is not easy to make a difference. This is not much of an issue though, as the managers work actively to make you feel included.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56105,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Great Company,"Career development, company leaders do a good job communicating, employee stock programs, focused on building diverse workforce",Fast moving industry leads to having lots of challenges,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56106,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Politics, slow-moving, crappy","Large scale, smart people. There is a word minimum... more words. So many more words. Why is there a minimum? Words words words words! la la la...","Lots of in-fighting, I worked on boring projects, lots of planning compared to the amount of code I got to write, lots of meetings, one of my projects was scrapped because they had to re-assign my testers to another project, even though I completed the coding work.","Needs stronger directions from the very top, less independent direction from the too many levels of management.",2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56107,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for a start...,"Lots of opportunity to learn, all the software you ever wanted, diversity, great benefits","Lot of politics, slow and difficult to move things",N/A - no one is listening here,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56108,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Made a significant positive impact on my career,"Open Culture, Emphasis on Individual's Career, Great people",Too big to adapt quick changes.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56109,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Overall the company is friendly and hardworking. Great leaders can be found in most business divisions. Changes have been made to promote better working relationships between managers and subordinates.,"Like many large companies, it is difficult to get things done quickly and not everyone has subscribed to the ""customer obsessed"" mentality yet.",Open up communication channels so it is easier to discuss issues across departments and business units to better benefit customers.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P655.htm
56110,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Great,Great salaryand bonus/stock structure. Great online and in person training. Excellent and smart engineers. Relaxed and open culture. Benefits are the best among the industry.,"Lot of entrenched management overhead causes little fiefdoms. Since Satya has started as CEO, seems like he is intent on changing the culture and emphasizing sharing and enabling others.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56111,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Best company to work for,smart people and lots of things to do if you want to change fields or roles,Nothing major just the usual politics of a big company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56112,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Microsoft Windows Azure Deployment scenerio.,Microsoft Corporation Convenient location Software industry Windows proficiency environment always inventing new software,laid back atmoshere Simple departments Data Entry,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56113,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Sales department, dealing with the public sector.",Very good office culture. Energetic and friendly.,Work are not balanced. sometimes extremely busy sometimes nothing to do.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56114,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"caring for employees, great benefits",slow pace and political complexities,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56115,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fantastic family company,"Amazing campus, great work life balance, great food, innovation",Very competitive due to smaller departments. Relies too much on venders. Hard to connect with anyone outside my department because it's so big.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56116,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"nice people, tons to learn and fantastic campus, diversity is awesome","Lots of slackers who get promoted, politics.",Innovate innovate innovate,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56117,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Mechanical Engineer,Great welcome package! After MS bought Nokia they welcomed all and gave us all a Surface or Xbox.  Great Severance Package too!,"Ahhhh, the roller coaster ride of High Tech with corporate giants","San Diego is a great place to live and is a high tech wireless hub, too bad MS closed SD Design.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56118,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Working here is exactly like working for a corrupt government office,The company was the leader of the industry 2 decades ago now it is the joke of the industry,There is no leadership because leadership positions are infested by the overpaid parasites. The company is directed by the impulses of these parasites' for survival. Working here is exactly like working for a corrupt government office.,leave,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56119,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Princiapl IT Program Manager,Great company to work for...until recently,"I had too many good years at Microsoft IT to give less than four stars. Although with all the recent layoffs, the loss of market share, the pressure of the stakeholders and still no clear vision of the future, it does feel like it will get worse before it gets better. My highlights:  - Great people - Great benefits, competitive compensation - Great opportunities for personal growth: job responsibilities, training, mentors, etc...","My lowlights:  - Pressure from stakeholders makes profit go before people - MSIT under constant pressure to change with no articulated vision as to what IT should be causes constant reorg churn, org tweaking, role changes, that just changes people from being the main asset to a pion you can just move around - Still no vision of the future. Cloud first, mobile first is so large and vague, it means everything and nothing, basically, it means we will go where the market goes instead of where they think it is going and what they want to offer.","To MSIT Management:  - Please develop a vision already, it's been 3+ years. - Indecisiveness at the leadership level on how IT should run and be organized just puts the middle management in difficult position. Hard to have career conversations when orgs and roles are in constant churn",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P656.htm
56120,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Overall Great company to work for,* Good compensation. * Interesting projects. * Good work life balance. * Most people are smart and helpful.,A few people I know there aren't that smart.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56121,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Paralegal,LCA Paralegal,"You will work with intelligent, sharp-minded people.","The company does not have a clear view on where it is headed, mostly due to mismanagement by Ballmer.",Learn to listen to the product teams and innovate from within. Learn to lead not follow.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56122,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,Great technical problems and good people.,Google competing in same space and hard to break through.,Keep it up,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56123,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Consultant,Outstanding company with great career opportunities,Very intellectually stimulating environment. Constant opportunities to learn and grow. Many career opportunities. Great benefits. Diversity is highly valued within the company culture with opportunities for everyone. Lot of flexibility in work arrangements.,The biggest challenge is that success within the company has significant demands that can be a challenge to maintain a good work/Life balance. Recent health benefits changes have resulted in significant increase in healthcare costs for employees.,"More focus on ability to manage work/life balance, especially for employees who must travel regularly Reconsider health benefits, which have become costly and complex.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56124,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Senior Account Manager,Great Health Benefits and Salary,Lack of opportunities within our San Francisco office,Create more Sales opportunities,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56125,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Long Time Employee,Microsoft was a great place to learn and grow in a fast paced cutting edge environment. I highly recommend the experience.,In the day to day work I found a lot more managers who were not leaders. Often times they would just reiterate what their bosses said and there were critical times where they would misinterpret the message and send the wrong message down the line.,Stop managing and start leading by example.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56126,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2015",Former Employee - Designer,Detached,"The salary here is great. You will undoubtedly have some great, fun, funny and intelligent people surrounding you. Benefits are OK.","The company is obviously very large and thus makes it very difficult for groups and departments to get things done. The communication between departments is absolutely horrible which causes projects to get delayed, sidetracked or just cancelled very often. This also leads to a redundant workload that has possibly even been done by another team!  There is way to much of an engineering driven culture at Microsoft which tends to make the product or service you work on very bland and unintuitive.  To say the company is risk adverse is an understatement. If you are looking to create something new and exciting then this isn't the place for you. Get ready to iterate on unlikely/unrealistic scenarios that pander to business needs much more that the people that use them.  There is very much a 'live to work' mentality at Microsoft rather than a 'work to live' mentality. This leads to stressed out teams and even more stressed managers.  There isn't a vision of where the company is going in departments let alone at a company level. This can be very uninspiring.",Listen to team members and try to have a vision. Act more as a leader rather than just a time management coach. Try to stay optimistic.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56127,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Good overall compensation plan, good balance work/life","Backstabbing peers, rat race ruin environment. New CEO promised to change that.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56128,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Business Evangelist,Very quota-driven,"Good money, benefits, bonus, lots of travel","At one point, every role turns into sales. Most employees are coin-operated.",Hire people who want to change the status quo and let them do their stuff.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56129,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Pays well with good benefits,"Good pay Good benefits (medical, 401k) Good work life balance Seattle is a great place to live",Politics Not much equity Work was terrible Lot of inefficiencies,More equity Make work force more efficient by avoiding duplication and making more workforce reduction,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P657.htm
56130,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Engineering Program Manager,Vibrant Dynamic company focused on team success.,Big company with Dynamic Operating models,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56131,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place of changes,Microsoft is going through some big changes in terms of how it operates. I think is a good change and I hope to see the results in near future.,"Depending on the team, it can be stressful at times, with long hours and countless battles to do the right thing for the customers.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56132,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Great people and great benefits,"Red tape, sometime just too big",More customer focused,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56133,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Company under Satya is heading the right direction,"- one of a few companies w/ lots of touch-points with consumers and enterprises - opportunity to work on products that touch people's lives -- Windows, Office, Skype, Bing, Azure, Xbox, etc. - most colleagues are smart, hard-working, and competent - company is heading the right direction by focusing on cloud and mobile - Satya is transforming company culture for the better - recent changes to modernize product development roles make sense","- old-Microsoft culture traits (aggressiveness, lack of collaboration, internal competition) still linger among small pockets of old-timers - benefits not at par vs. competition -- e.g., Google / Facebook / Yahoo! (free food, lengthy parental leaves), Apple (sizable HW product discount for employees - SW discounts are great!!)",- continue with current culture transformation -- we are making great progress! - external view of the company is improving - keep up the good work - consider improve benefits to be at par w/ competition - it's worth the small investment,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56134,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Work,"Exciting work, great pay and benefits, ability to use new technology. Microsoft is a place where you can easily move around to work on new challenges when you are ready.","Lack of free food that is seen in many tech companies. Health care is no longer free, but they do provide money each year to cover a portion of what you might have to pay, so you just have to save that up for 2 years to no longer have to pay anything out of pocket.",Provide free snacks.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56135,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"Company is very forward-looking with the new leadership (Satya). Culture is rapidly evolving to be caught up with, or ahead of, the competition. Wide reach, with lots of opportunities to make an impact on the world.  Time-off is very flexible. Work-life balance is well managed on most teams.","Lots of legacy/historical process slowing down the company, making work frustrating at times. Currently a lot of churn to reach ""ideal state"" as quickly as possible (as mentioned in the pros). Company culture is still not very in-tune with the rest of the market and how competitors do their business at a tactical level, but this is improving in the last year.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56136,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,"great benefits, although changes to HSA have made more costly, smart people","political, upper management focused on their careers & perception",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56137,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,From superior to substandard...,"Smart people, good pay, great benefits, awesome campus","Unfortunately, they have drank too much of their Kool-Aid and don't realize they aren't the leaders anymore. Time to make competitive products and empower the employees again!",Bring back the morale budget and start taking care of your employees again!,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56138,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Manager,Company is making bold bets to re-invent itself.,You'll work with a lot of very smart people. Satya Nadella is doing a great job of securing Microsoft's continued relevance and innovative new products. Plenty of opportunities to work independently to deliver results. Schedule flexibility for most roles.,Silos still exist preventing a feeling of a shared vision. Some organizations more entrepreneurial than others. Need for stakeholder buy-in means be prepared to attend a lot of meetings before anything gets done. Teams sometimes rush to develop their own systems rather than using existing capabilities resulting in duplicate and unnecessary business processes. Competitive bonus structure still fosters a tendency to throw others under the bus to get ahead. Ability to navigate Internal politics is critical to your career.,"Continue to encourage the breaking down of internal silos and actively solicit innovation from your employees in all areas, not just product groups and R&D.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56139,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2015",Former Employee - Content Project Manager,Microsoft pros and cons,"Well paid, good healthcare benefits (though definitely not as good as a few years ago), technically challenging  If you work there you will learn a LOT and to stay working there you have to be adaptable and able to learn new things quickly. Your job description will be a fraction of the work that you actually do. Some teams are fabulous and management is fabulous and others are, well, NOT. You have to find the right spot for you.","Difficulty maintaining work/life balance. While your pay is high, you're often on the clock even at home (email, nighttime phone calls to other locations etc).  Depending on the team you work for, Microsoft can be very sluggish to respond to market needs. There's still a sense of fiefdoms and intransigence to new ideas. There are many long-timers there (though many were laid off recently). So, people who have less time in aren't given as much respect. It can be a very, very tough place to work when you get down to the wire and are close to a product release. Lots and lots and lots of overtime during this period.","It's difficult to give them any advice that they haven't already heard and somewhat half-heartedly responded to. In the tech industry, Microsoft is an old company. They need to inject new, fresh ideas and recognize that ""time in Microsoft"" is not an adequate measure of the value an employee can bring to the company..",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P658.htm
56140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Director,"A great place to work, friendly and productive atmosphere, innovative environment. would highly recommend to a friend.",good (but not great) opportunities for progression. plenty of chances for skill development. among the best leadership of any company in the world.,very high standard of work required. those with poor work ethics need not apply. great perks etc if you are willing to work for it.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56141,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Fun projects, good work life balance","Fun projects, good benefits, decent pay, good work life balance","Heavy processes, not moving fast enough",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56142,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,Rewarding and satisfying.,"Opportunity to learn a lot. Its like a University. Good benefits. Good company values, and great time-off and vacation policy.","Growth impedance. Company direction isn't clear - leadership not strong. Office culture can be very political, especially higher up.","Reduce politics. Get fresh blood to grow quicker, thereby improving the chances for company to thrive in the tough competitive market.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56143,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft IT has been the worse place to work at in my entire career.,Nothing good seemed to ever happen at Microsoft IT. Since IT is considered a service division that supports the profit making business units. Most buildings are not even on the main corporate campus. The Pros is that you get easier parking. Not a big deal.,"I worked at Microsoft IT for 5 years. It started well with a good manager and ended with 2 bad managers. Just like other positions at Microsoft, managers matter a lot. I talked to other engineers at product groups like Windows and Office. Their culture seemed to be more engineering and technical focused than playing games and politics. There is politics at every workplace. Microsoft IT seemed to get it the most. My review was heavily affected by if other engineers liked my personality rather than liked my engineering contribution. Who decided that? The ranking system dictated by the managers.","I've seen quite a bit of condemning, yelling, pointing fingers between engineers and between managers. I estimated 20% of managers have the management quality that average product group Microsoft engineering managers have. The sad thing is that such culture has not changed. I recently went to an interview for an interview for MPSIT, CSS. The 1st and second manager seemed to be OK except the 2nd manager gave a question and lied about the correct answer of 1.5 / 0 in .NET yields some positive number. The correct answer is Infinity. No big deal. His attitude wasn't too bad but that shows the weak technical skills in managers. In the 3rd interview, the manager wanted me to implement some kind of cache mechanism but we started to have different ideas. It turned into arguments and debates, he failed to understand my implementation. When I explained the 2nd time in plain English, he said he understood but he lied. Bad communicator with Indian ascent. He was mad the whole time and kicked me out of the interview. If Microsoft IT wants to step up the game, they really need to get rid of those worthless managers.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56144,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,A new energy at Microsoft,"Microsoft offers so many choices for career paths, and is open to you changing. Excellent salary and benefits. Hard work is expected, but lots of reward for that. Huge partner infrastructure. Well-respected name in industry. The customer will always take a meeting with Microsoft, even if they don't agree with you.","Previous to new CEO, overly focused on wars with competition. Health plan now average compared to previous. Not ""Sexy"" like other big tech firms. Some fits and starts in transitioning to Cloud first.",Stop increasing quotas so absurdly,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56145,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company in a sea of disorienting change,"Very smart people to work with, lots of different businesses.",Company moving to top down environment. Not much room for your own contributions. Benefits are no longer competitive.,Spend more time with L63-64. They aren't getting the same message that Satya is delivering.,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56146,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Fairly decent place to work at with nice benefits, great people, best in industry pay and awesome growth opportunities.","Great colleagues, compensation, work-life balance, benefits and growth opportunities. The company is getting more innovative and competitive which is all great!",You need to understand how you can do what needs to be done. Its different in different parts of the company. So different in fact that you might as well be working at different companies all together when you switch teams.,Continue innovating and empowering employees to do their best.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56147,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Feb 3, 2015",Former Employee - Test Manager,Management Training,"I was a Test Manager at Microsoft and I had to build a team from scratch, it was fun to work with Recruiting as they helped with getting the ball rolling, once I hired the testers, Microsoft has great training classes which brought the newcomers up to speed. I have not seen any other company spend this much time in training their new employees.",Sometimes projects took too long to complete,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56148,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Generally experience a laid back work environment with flexible working hours and low-key team culture, morale events are good team building exercises","Lack of benefits as a vendor, difficulty to transition to full time, lack of job security and relevant training courses, groups can be cliquey","Implement more training paths for becoming an FTE and scaling the corporate ladder, offer more feedback/review to vendors for positive growth",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56149,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent place to work, provided you find the right manager","Great benefits, very smart people abound, great mobility within the company, opportunities for mobile workers, many great reasons to work here.","Very competitive place to work, the old stack rank mentality still lingers (some groups still use it, I believe, although my understanding is that it was eliminated for the most part).","Satya Nadella is doing great things, keep driving out the culture of individual competition and work towards true collaboration, customer obsession.",5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P659.htm
56150,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent place to work, provided you find the right manager","Great benefits, very smart people abound, great mobility within the company, opportunities for mobile workers, many great reasons to work here.","Very competitive place to work, the old stack rank mentality still lingers (some groups still use it, I believe, although my understanding is that it was eliminated for the most part).","Satya Nadella is doing great things, keep driving out the culture of individual competition and work towards true collaboration, customer obsession.",5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56151,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Transition to cloud, good pay master","Late to mobile, Search, Social and generally slow",none,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56152,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Business Manager,a good option to work,"good benefits, a lot of options to work, smart teams","no good leadership team, changes moved too slow","it is time to change strategy, what didnt work in the past will not work today",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56153,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,SMSG,Great opportunity to impact global products and programs. Overall great company and benefits with interesting outlook with new CEO. Exceptional philanthropic culture with opportunity to leverage the power of technology to improve people's lives.,"Little cultural focus given to manager and leader development. Manager experiences a luck of the draw over a ""Microsoft"" management way.","Stop rewarding leaders and managers who promote a fear-based culture if you wan truth, innovation and transformation.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56154,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome!,Work-life balance and culture.,Can't think of any at this point.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56155,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid but slow rise,"Unparalleled benefits such as health, 401k, etc.",Complicated org structure means you need to be mindful where you land,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56156,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Nice career job--great exposure to cool technology--until the layoffs,"Great salary, smart people to work with","Insular -- if you're not using 100% Microsoft products, you're seen as a traitor, rather than keeping your skills current in the job market",Be proactive about the success of your direct reports,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56157,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Good benefits, good pay, lots of available options.",It is very feature centric rather than user centric.  Everything is so convoluted and unnecessary complex.  It is a top down organization where you got not enough time to even do what you are told to do. There is no room for innovation at all.  Everything is about the bottom line and backstabbing to get ahead.,"Stop thinking of saving the most dollar, stop back stabbing people to get ahead.  Let employees have room to innovate rather than squeeze employees",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56158,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Former glory,"You'll have the chance to work on some good products with global impact, and there is plenty of opportunity for advancement.","The benefits are weak since Obamacare. We used to have 100% coverage for all medical expenses, no deductible, no copay, no paycheck deduction. Now we pay over $6k/yr for a family of 4. Some teams are moving to cubicle farms or open work areas instead of the private offices everyone used to have.",Converting all the testers to devs just means that nobody's really testing before things ship to customers. There's never been adequate resourcing to cover both development and testing of the products and features.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56159,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still finding it new bearings,"pros: great resources to learn (tools, books, SW), free to go over and above and participate in novel ideas and technologies. Good workers, good perks (insurance.....), decent remuneration. great products and steady state future","Undergoing change to the agile way of doing things, lot of teething pains, lack of vision, too much infighting and chaos, politics to the extent to inducing failure in partner organizations","Lead, It is not always about you or your team.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P660.htm
56160,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing aweeeeeeeeeee and awesome and awesome,money bonus and people:S:S:S:S: and nice,yes too too many hours :S:S:S,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56161,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good experience and culture,"Free drinks, morale events, generally professional and courteous attitudes, high level of talent and professionalism among employees","24/7 on-call responsibilities for Azure, although rotations are much less frequent than at many web services companies",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56162,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity out of college,Great place to learn as a college hire,Not a place to build a long term career,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56163,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Good salary. Build products used by millions,Navigating company can be tricky,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56164,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft is coming back -- slowly,"There is a very serious will to change the culture in Microsoft Great engineering foundation, and tons of experienced people to learn from","As the title says, the change is happening but slowly","Don't fight change, embrace it.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56165,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Sales,Very Challenging and Rewarding,smart people everywhere to work with all the resources you could want to improve your skills and learn new things culture of people who care about you looks great on the resume you are driven to succeed,"culture is political can be hard to move up, i found it easier to move out of company and get the experience needed to get hired back in a role I wanted to do",embrace the change Satya is driving including culture,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56166,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Jan 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Fast pace work environment with exciting challenges and great benefits,"Organized processes, opportunity to different job roles, good overall payment package","Limited Investment to Go To Market in the Field's hand, Size makes difficult to bring agility.","bring humanization to work, give empowerment to the field roles",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56167,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Ready to Leave,"Benefits, schedule flexibility, thorough training, relatively higher pay","Politics, difficult to be promoted past Technical Advisor",Listen to your employees/coworkers! We are the face of Microsoft and customers do not enjoy the way that we are organized. We don't advertise our events or policies enough and we don't utilize the materials around us to provide the best customer experience. No one is ever on the same page and we seem to be miscommunicating all the time. There is a specific manager who loves to micromanage and speak to employees in a demeaning manner. He has yet to be corrected by the new store manager.,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56168,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Supply Planner,Supply Planner,Good work-life balance. Opportunity to work on large-scale projects.,Too much politics and slow decisions.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56169,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Used to be a great company but needs to find its way,"Smart people working on hard problems, but not doing it the right way. Not optimized for the internet world",Slow. Out of touch. Need to be agile. Too many layers of management and old school of thinking. Not getting enough new perspective is hurting the company,Embrace the startup world,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P661.htm
56170,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 14, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Amazing opportunities,Strongest diversified portfolio of businesses in a single company. They treat their employees and extended family extremely well through benefits and family events.,The frequency of reorganizations throughout the company causes significant disruptions and turmoil for employees. Often leadership has a difficult time making decisions and acting fast enough.,They need to focus on delighting the customer rather than chasing competitors. Unify all groups so everyone is clear on 'why'.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56171,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Jan 14, 2015",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"The company is great! Management and co-workers are friendly and all put in for a team effort. Pay is great. Always a positive vibe when working for them. And a lot of room for growth in the company, even after a short time! If you work hard enough of course. And you also get a chance to work with other companies such as Verizon, AT&T, Dell, and ACER just to name a few. Company definitely values you as an employee.",You will be having to meet quota as far as selling product. Its almost a commission based environment without the commission.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56172,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Place to Start Your Career,"Microsoft's culture is changing and interesting! There is a company-wide effort in modernizing how work is done for software engineers and PMs. Yes, benefits are awesome, especially for a new grad. Smart people all around who are interesting and great people to work with. There are so many resources at your disposal. It's up to you to take advantage of them all.","At least for the team I work with, the average age of my team is in the lower to mid 30s, which is jarring for me. For me, things also sometimes moves at a slower pace than I like. Obviously, this can be both a good and a bad thing, but I'm in the camp of moving fast.",Management is on the right trajectory of being more data-driven and being more agile.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56173,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Jan 15, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Fast pace work environment with exciting challenges and great benefits,"Organized processes, opportunity to different job roles, good overall payment package","Limited Investment to Go To Market in the Field's hand, Size makes difficult to bring agility.","bring humanization to work, give empowerment to the field roles",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56174,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience and learning,"Allows for a lot of flexibility, however...",flexibility does not necessarily equate to WLB. silo'd culture.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56175,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cool work for interns, great work life balance","Ownership over projects as intern, friendly working atmosphere, very exciting products","Company very large, not very structured across divisions, sometimes hard to attain necessary information/resources to complete work",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56176,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Nice work opportunities over here,Big organization and lots of teams,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56177,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"great office settings where everyone gets his or her own office, brightest college to work with, friendly environment, flexible working hours, big organization offers many opportunities to learn and grow, best place to advance in your domain knowledge and technical background",frequent reorg and direction change and unstable team organizations location (in Seattle) is not very ideal unless you love the rain,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56178,microsoft,"Israel, TX"," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Good place to work , need to pay attention to internal compete","Good salary, good facilities, great opportunity to learn and develope . International company that gives you the option to learn and work with people all over the world",The internal compete both in your team and outside of it is sometimes almost brutal one. Because of the ranking methode people is fighting aggresivly to be team number one,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56179,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, too big for its own good","Great brand, lots of good but not great perks. Compensation again good but not great compared to other competitors.",Management is horrible. Lots of managers are promoted based on relationships not competency. Lots of management turnover. Employee ranking/evaluation process contributes to this problem.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P662.htm
56180,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very big IT empire,Various number of successful products and services you can work on Great compensation Well established processes and tools Relatively easy to change jobs internally,Requires constant training and reading You need to know how to navigate MS culture to progress in your career faster,Focus more on benefits and public image,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56181,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for!,"Great culture, amazing challenges, and career opportunites!",Some parts of the company might be bureaucratic...,Have a much better talent management strategy and execution...,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56182,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"Love working for Microsoft, challenges, innovations and perks","Great place to work, lots of smart passionate people to work with. Plenty of technical challenges to work on in various fields. Great work life balance. Good perks.",Lack of collaboration across teams,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56183,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Hard work rewarded with recognition,"Show your commitment, loyalty and consistent good work ethic and you'll be rewarded.",Not all those working with you have the same loyalty,Hiring practices should take into account loyalty.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56184,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Software Engineer,"Strong salary, benefits, opportunities, work with the worlds best talent.",This is a great company to work for.,keep the long term focus.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56185,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Technology Sales,"Great work/life balance, great benefits, no career development, limited opportunity for advancement","Great work/life balance, great benefits, nice offices, flexible work from home policies, great IT department. Some groups have real teamwork. Bureaucracy is manageable for a huge company. New direction under Satya is refreshing and the right thing, creating lots of internal change.","No career development, limited opportunity for advancement. Easier to get a promotion/transfer by leaving and getting re-hired than to get internal transfer. Given internal change makes it difficult to reposition yourself. If you are with the wrong team politics can be ugly.","Need to manage change better. Need to create meaningful career paths, particular for people in the field.",4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56186,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,very good company to work for,"work with smart people, good process and competitive environmnent",big company politics slow down things sometime,open minded,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56187,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Large company, lots of diverse products","Lots of options - client, services, hardware etc.","Very large company, more processes",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56188,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Sr Product Marketing Mananger,Great place if you can handle responsibility (yearly commitments) without having total control.,"It is all about the group you are in and the management of the group - which changes constantly. Oddly enough, the Stack-Ranking program drives many talented people out of the business and keeps the average folks.","Is you want a department to work together, do not make them compete against each other",3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56189,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Many interesting products but maybe slow to change and can be very political depending on what team you are in,"Many interesting products, Very resourceful",maybe slow to change and can be very political depending on what team you are in,"doesn't foster collaboration, hard to trust managers",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P663.htm
56190,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft,Amazing benefits and pay. Can help create things billions of people use.,"Big company, have to deal with a lot of politics. Really feel like a small fish in a big pond, not really getting a say in what happens with your feature",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56191,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with good perks and good people.,The people around you are really smart and management is often interested in your growth.,"Very little gets done on the individual level, tooling could be better and the decision making process seems to be concentrated at the upper echelons of the company.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56192,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Not Worth It,"Good Pay, good benefits, the physical office is nice, great cafeteria.",Unwillingness to listen to any suggestion. There is good reason Bing is far behind Google. Off shore team was culturally clueless about American cultural which is important for search and advertising.,"Stop hiring people that have never heard of Martha Stewart or think that ""50 Shades of Grey"" should be classified in home furnishings.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56193,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Fun place to work, helps you build a solid foundation for a technical career",I always learn something new each day. There are loads of opportunities in diverse technologies and products. The company promotes collaboration. Amazing mentors and coworkers contribute to your success.,Moving between products is a cumbersome process.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56194,microsoft,"Cal-Vel, NC"," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Machine Operator,Operator,Good teamwork. Work was fun.,Not much to complain about.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56195,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Director Data Governance,A lot of money is spent to meet deadlines,Cutting edge technology. Almost unlimited resources. Microsoft is able to marshall almost limitless resources to meet project deadlines on major efforts,"Very cutthroat environment. Getting ahead often means stepping on people. To meet deadlines for product releases, you can expect to be working very long hours and weekends. This is especially true when senior management decides to make modification to a project late in the development cycle.","Microsoft has almost become too large. New products are often ""me-toos"" to innovations elsewhere. Product changes are jammed through in reaction to trade shows.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56196,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Working at Microsoft,You have various products to work on.,"Some highest leadership team members are lack of vision, especially windows phone org.",Hire some leadership people from outside of Microsoft.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56197,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Product Manager,Politics and Bureaucracy,Established company with good benefits.,"Tiresome politics and bureaucracy. No one is really interested in getting work done, it's all endless meetings.",You need a culture change and Satya cannot provide it. Try again. Maybe with someone less hostile to women.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56198,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 11, 2015",Current Employee - Group Manager,Group Manager,The benefits are some of the best.,The weather in Seattle is hard to get used to.,You should have less time consuming meetings.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56199,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,"A truly amazing company with lots of talent, potential and significant contributions to tech, research & community","Solid corporate values, pretty decent work life balance, lots of opportunity for learning career development and strong professional network","The company is so diverse and fragmented that working across internal boundaries is pretty challenging and can come in the way of success (individual and org). Team or individual failure is hardly seen as an opportunity to learn, rather a way to point fingers and weed out","1. Fail fast, retrospect and learn quickly together as a team and move on. 2. Beware of sunk cost fallacy. 3. Attempt inverse stack ranking for managers evaluated by direct reports and skip (up to 1 level below) - an alternate way to redistribute power across the pyramid and a scientific way with empirical data to normalize inputs and decision making by managers. 4. Start thinking about building brand awareness and loyalty globally with customers through relevance as early as childhood, preferably earlier - touch points with Windows, Office and Mobile happen much later. Mindshare for competitive products and services is already pretty much prebaked at that point",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P664.htm
56200,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great Pay, Awesome Benefits, Good-Ole-Boy Atmosphere","Great pay, great benefits, get to work with cutting edge infrastructure, great co-workers","Two re-orgs a year, constant office changes, it's not what you do, it's who you know, too many layers of management","There are too many layers between the employee and the GM or exec. There were THREE managers between myself and the GM - that's too much. Politics run rampant in that kind of atmosphere, leading to stress and poor performance.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56201,microsoft,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great Entry Level Job,"Compensation is competitive, benefits are outstanding, the company cares.","Politics, Compliance, HR is the true decision maker in the business, has become extremely sales based and hurts customer experience.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56202,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Love the company,Opportunities positive environment support from peers,Difficult for entry level positions,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56203,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunity Manager,"worth to work in career, good benefit, and salary, smart culture","too competitive among peers, revenue target only culture, dinosaur organization","do not just push people to make revenue, that will make smart people leave",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56204,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - Director Category Management,A cog in a wheel of a machine that believes it can have impact on everyone who touches technology,- Surrounded by smart people - A respected company (for the most part) - Is still ambitious and willing to re-invent itself - Still believes in its self and the organizations capability to change and compete,"- It's trying to do too many things and therefore does most of them only average - Management seems to re-invent product strategies every 6 months (including re-orgs) and as a consequence really only worried about H1 (H2 is about re-thinking a strategy) - It's hard to manage your career as even with the new evaluation systems you are compared to others... but you don't really know who they are. So every year, bonus time is a surprise - Everything is measured and data is manipulated to make decisions. Very few people who know an industry and can make decisions that are obvious rather than go through a 3 month process to discuss it. - Finding a new job internally is all about the network. HR provides no support.",I like the new open approach to competing platforms. But there needs to be a clear 3 year product strategy and plan that isn't just known by execs. Keep to the plan and stop reinventing.  As for personal development there should be a mentor assigned who's also measured on your performance year over year.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56205,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Meh,"- One has lots of free time. You can choose to spend it wisely, work on your engineering chops/design chops, look into side projects.  - So many smart individuals.","-Moves slow, most work isn't engaging. -I was not challenged. The firm gets in the way of itself all the time. They are trying to change, but will do so sluggishly. - People are underutilized.",Get rid of yourselves.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56206,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ups and downs,"Depending on the team, there are some great people to work with.",Future is uncertain and they are willing to take risks at the expense of employees.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56207,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be prepared for lots of change,Good work-life balance if you manage it properly. Reasonable benefits. Great pay.,"Many re-orgs cause change in managers, which are key to your success and ability to move up in the company.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56208,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A decent place to work in,work life balance is good,too much re-org leadership changes too often,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56209,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but is moving slowly,Great products and smart people,not so good management hierachy and review system,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P665.htm
56210,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,great environment very good opportunities,lack of focus no clear objectives,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56211,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Interesting place,Many different disciplines and experiences to be had,It's so big that the different organizations do not always have common goals and objectives.,Somebody needs to actually lead,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56212,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS review,Great company to work for,Can't think of any cons,Keep up the good work,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56213,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great company that is making the right changes,Microsoft is a large company that is a collection of small business units that operate fairly independently. lots of opportunities to work in multiple businesses with multiple models.,"large companies like MS can move slower and be more political. also, lots of smart people work here, so be prepared to deal with massive egos in some cases. overall, i had a great time working here.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56214,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - SDEII,whatever,"Good pay, lots of tech, flexible work schedule, opportunity to move around","Too many managers who do nothing, too much process",none,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56215,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to learn for life,"I don't think there is anyplace I could have worked and learned so much and felt like I made such a big impact to the world of technology. I grew at Microsoft in so many ways.   - It is a wonderful place to become immersed in multiple game changing technologies.  - Few places offer such a rich and diverse workforce allowing you to learn how to work with people better. Something that is more valuable and will last longer than any technology.  - Microsoft allows you to take training, stay on top of new trends and grow you strengths.  - There is always someone who can help. There is a vast wealth of material on hand for research to get you started on new projects quicker, pointed in the right direction, or help you out of a jam.  - Good corporate values","- If you are in a group that is in a cost center, and particularly if costs are being cut, then the only way you can grow is often for someone else to shrink. This has incented poor behavior in some places.  - There is no end to work, that is making your project and yourself better. Balance that with your management. You need to balance work/life or it can get out of control. - it is not a meritocracy, you will need to network and sponsors to protect and promote your career just as much as doing good work. - rewards are very tied to making your direct management chain better. If you helped another team outside your direct managements unbrella do well, you often are not rewarded for that.","- Let's hope the changes in the review system foster collaboration, focus on the customer, and focus on external competition. Too often the system in place and management that relied on it to make high level decisions forced the company into internal competition versus external competition or enabling innovation. - To de-invest requires and up front investment. Too often the ask to cut back comes before there is an ability to simplify or automate first thereby allowing for a de-investment that is painless to the customer.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56216,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Working experience,I have been working in the Azure org for 4 years. Very informal culture at dev level. Good work life balance. Close working relationship with PMs.,Things get slighly bureaucratic at times. There is also politics being played when it comes reorganization. People are afraid to take risks and bet on new technology when it comes to enterprise.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56217,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Supervisor,Perfectly good job,"Big company, good benefits, good compensation",Aggressive environment rewards people with bad attitudes,Chill out a bit,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56218,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2015",Current Employee - Director,"Top notch company, but very political",Very smart and hardworking teammates,Corporate Politics galore. Review system breeds individuals to step on others to advance ones career,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56219,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great comp,really cool place to work,nothing to be mad about great job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P666.htm
56220,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great comp,really cool place to work,nothing to be mad about great job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56221,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,"That Awkward Stage, Like Puberty",There are vast swaths of people that work here who are genuinely interested in building better products. Work-life balance is decent if you know how to create boundaries,"Management is in that awkward puberty-like stage, they're not really sure exactly what's going on and trying to keep up makes for a few stumbles and voice cracks.","Hammer it out and lets move on. It's not 2000 anymore, let's act like we're smaller than we are.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56222,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Partner Manager,Great learning experience,"If you have a great manager, they will be a supportive coach and work with you to achieve objectives",Lots of management changes. Lots of layoffs.,Care more about the success of your team than yourself.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56223,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,Company has huge variety of opportunities as it develop products in many areas.,"Company has significant legacy assets, which from one side is great, because it's a good baseline, from other side integration between products and necessity to support older version of software makes life harder.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56224,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,A lot of opportunists for internal transfer,Bonus and stocks are not much.,Increase bonus and stocks,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56225,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great people to work with everyday Good work life balance Great products Flexibility to move around, do anything any job you want to Amazing learning opportunity. It is like 10 different companies/businesses rolled into one",Limited upward mobility Internal politics and favoritism Top heavy and middle heavy organization structure Too many processes and people just to manage those processes,"Clean up the ranks, move out the fat belly Divest/sell products and focus on core",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56226,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Smart people. Experience may vary based on team.,- Smart people. Although quality can vary from team to team - Good perks - Salary good for Seattle,- Review system is really bad,- Cut the bloat and take care of your engineers,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56227,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sloppy management staff,They have excellent company and benefits.,Retail hours. Inexperienced management staff.,Listen to your employees.,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56228,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,the same that it ever was,still regarded as a savvy recruiter,ranking system that ensures bias,better alignment of employees with roles,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56229,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2015",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,good company,"microsoft was a good company to work at, with reasonable career growth and opportunities. definitely learned a lot there and worked with a lot of smart people.","not as good as elsewhere in the tech industry, both in terms of compensation and culture wise. there is no culture, just politics, and progress is much slower as a result and people are less happy.",put a culture in place,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P667.htm
56230,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - IT Manager Service Engineering,Great Company,"We lead / drive the industry. I have been with the company for more than 15 years across different disciplines. I work with some of the brightest and best people. The culture is strong, but there is still room for a great sub-culture as well. Just look at the Garage movement of makers at the company.","It's big. Sometimes it can be hard to make things move quickly. When the customer base is so large, every change or move has an impact.",Keep making the right changes - disrupt the norms.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56231,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Established 1975,"Amazing availability to resources beyond your work functions: book author sessions, rich intranet, analyst accounts Real capability to change the world, by influencing subsidiaries Capacity to drive a strong contact network, influence many customers and partners","Many time invested on internal focused activities Difficult to set a long term career, the company is no longer growing but reducing headcount, can't ride the wave It it's not invented on Redmond it does not exist","I wish this company was the same than 15 years ago, bold innovations are internal but never materialize as products Microsoft only cares for billion dollar products, open source or close source older programs more effectively Stop being afraid of talking innovation on event keynotes",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56232,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Jan 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Engineer Software Test,Stepchild as an acquired company,Great benefits and opportunities to learn and network with Redmond,"My group was treated as a stepchild. Did not get the full Microsoft employee treatment. Eventually, my entire group was eliminated. Still had the Nokia culture in place.",More information needs to be disseminated to worker bees in regards to acquisition strategies.,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56233,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - General Manager,Microsoft was a great company to work for in many ways but the internal culture has to be a good fit.,Working with some of the smartest people in the technology industry.,Internal culture is not good for many people who are not really strong type A personalities.,Kill the matrix decision making.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2015",Current Employee - Programmer,Good people,Good place to work in the company,Lack of mobility in the company,Promote form within,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56235,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Big ship,Okay benefits. Lots of work to do.,Lots of politics and drama,Innovate,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56236,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still a good employer, all things considered","You work with some very smart and knowledgeable people. You get to work on interesting problems. Great health benefits (although I've heard they're being pruned), excellent gym at Redmond, good perks.","Frequent reorgs, different parts of the company are often at odds with one another, lots of politics among mid-management, although there are some very smart and talented folks, there's also a surprising amount of dead-weight that still manages to get rewarded (thanks to politics). Although benefits are good, total comp is not great (I think they target to pay at the 65th percentile of industry)",Work hard to get different orgs pointed in the same direction. Consider slimming down.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56237,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development,"good pay, career advice, international exposure. majority of managers truly care about your future and growth. the previous peer-against-peer rating system is longer in place which removes unnecessary internal competition","not too many cons, hard to beat. I've had many other offers from other leading companies that I won't consider because I have no reason to leave and the stock options provided every year make it harder to leave as well.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56238,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Security Program Manager,"Great people, challenging and creative",Everyone is set to change the world through technology for good,"Extremely hierarchical structure, lots of reorgs by management to compete effectively",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56239,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - Staffing,Time to Marinate...Not part of any recent RIFs,"Intelligent workforce, fair compensation, most seem to be extremely passionate about what they are doing, I'm stronger","Training/Onboarding for the team I supported was essentially non-existent, too many layers of management, no clear road map to guide you through career advancement, ""who you know and not what you know"" is a common theme in hiring (coming from someone in HR), being able to ""talk the talk"" is often more important than ""walking the walk""",Focus on the employees that actually get things done as opposed to those that talk about getting things done. Better yet...work on identifying those that have some of both skillsets.,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P668.htm
56240,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,Work with a very talented group of people.,"Depending on which group you are in, budget and staffing is limited.",Balance the investment based on growth goals and strategic importance.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56241,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - Director of Operations,Excellent Company,Large technology company with global recognition. Many jobs available with ability to move in career and location. Company changes rapidly and seeks the best and brightest. The company spends a lot on employees to ensure skills and morale are kept current. Very good benefits. The office environment and hours are very flexible. Strong company ethics for individuals and the corporate environment. With their new CEO last year the company seems to be on an upswing with product development and consumer sentiment.,The company will take every hour you give it and will quickly expect long hours as the norm. There is a constant push to 'go faster'. There is also a Microsoft 'kool aid' mentality where Microsoft technology is considered the best and is the only tolerated technology - all others are admonished regardless of their merits. The company maintains a minimum attrition rate (for what they call 'good' attrition - i.e. low performers). I have seen many good employees walked out the door because attrition targets had to be met.,"Do away with the 'what have you done for me lately' mentality and appreciate the skills and experience individuals bring to the table. Let employees go for valid reasons, not just because an attrition target needs to be met. Hold managers accountable for managing their employees.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56242,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company,"Ton of smart people, competitive pay and benefits, tenacious. Unique among other tech giants in terms of charity and giving back through giving campaign and employee matching program.","Layers of middle managers and bureaucracy, makes getting things done hard at times. Review system is designed for internal competition, which can be detrimental for the company and product.",Encourage original ideas and less process. Actually set aside employee time for hackathon and incubations.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56243,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Microsoft has hired, and still hires, some of the smartest people you will ever get to work with and there are few companies which operate at the same global scale. They pay well and benefits are (still) good by comparison and - due in large part to a lack of growth - work life balance is fairly easy to maintain.","The title of this review is a quote from a comment a senior director made to me when I was a couple of years into Microsoft and sadly it's an attitude that appears to prevail in almost every part of the business in my experience. Microsoft is also everything it is reputed to be in terms of political infighting and backstabbing, the majority of middle to senior management spend most of their time fighting one another to retain their status while caring less that the ship is slowly sinking...","Take more advantage of the incredible pool of talent the company has created, try to filter out the layers of management who place their own self interest high above the interests of customers, shareholders or employees. If anyone can turn this around it's Satya Nadella.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56244,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Interesting,"They had pretty good benefits, although I think they are moving towards the HSA plan, as opposed to the 'older' model. There was absolutely NO medical bills, not even anything taken out of your paycheck.. Craziest thing I've ever seen.","Way too big of a company and it's nearly impossible to move up/around in the company unless you know people. It really is true that it's not what you know, but who.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56245,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent company, work life balance and great people","Cool place to work, great technology and lot of scope for career","Easy to be unheard, sometimes climbing up the ladder can be stressful",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56246,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Going in a great direction under Satya,"Good pay and benefits, not a ton of hours. You can work an entire career at a single company, which is nice for some.","Work-life balance can vary depending on team, some teams have a lot of politics. The culture shift that Satya is driving is catching on but it will take a while to permeate everywhere.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56247,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart,"Smart staff, resource rich, profit engine","Complicated licensing, over matrix organization",Keep it simple,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56248,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - General Manager,The good and the bad,"Very good benifits, pay and amenteties",Orgs are getting larger. More work and emphasis on navigating lots of teams with different priorities. Makes it harder than ever to get simple things done.,Don't lose site of the cost that a larger org has on the velocity of code to our customers.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56249,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work at,"Dynamic environment, smart people, great products.","Poor work-life balance, top heavy management, some bad people managers.",Review management ranks and follow 360 review all around as some Directors or Sr. Managers are not good people managers but could be good product managers and should stay away from managing people.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P669.htm
56250,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Jan 16, 2015",Former Employee - Service Executive,Services Executive,"Exceptional talent, quick decision making",Entirely too much reorganization - over and over again.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56251,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work,1. Great medical benefits 2. A lot of choice of work 3. Great engineers to work with,1. Mid management impedes more than it helps 2. Bad review growth system 3. Too much work politics,Award engineers and help them grow. Engineers make the company and not managers.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56252,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,"Great technologies, really smart people, but too many chefs in the kitchen","Great benefits, and a great place to work - especially if you believe in the Microsoft vision. No lack of really smart people.","Too many layers of management that do more to confuse and disrupt than actually drive the vision forward. People move positions frequently, averaging a new role every two years, which leads to more disruption - particularly with customers.","Less top down - more bottom up. You've hired smart people, now listen to what they bring to the table.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56253,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,"Great place to work with smart people on software people use, but getting harder to feel relevant in the world.","Stable company, Easy to move around, Lots of smart people to work with and learn from, Easy to find an impactful project","Open workspaces, lots of team politics, moves very slowly, review system sucks, layoffs and general job insecurity, recent reductions in benefits makes them far less competitive",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56254,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 1, 2015",Former Employee - General Manager,Manager entry level,Best growing company and i want to be part of it.,Non what so ever and i need a change.,Keep up with good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56255,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Test Engineer,Work environment at Microsoft in software development teams,"Microsoft continues to expand its portfolio of software and hardware products, providing development positions in a very wide variety of technologies and areas of interest.  Although flagship products have a very large organization size, individual working teams are small, providing cross-discipline fraternity within the larger context.  The working environment is casual with respect to dress codes and personal communication. Work hours are flexible.  Commute options are plentiful. If you drive, there's ample parking, while Microsoft bus, or city transit covers much of the Greater Seattle area.","In general there's more work to be done than fits in an 8 hour day. For nearly 20 years, I generally worked a 10hr day 5 days a week, with another half day accumulated across evenings or weekends.  The annual review process imposes a ranking across team members which is not representative of how well they did their jobs. This can lead to deflated compensation and advancement opportunities for individuals who are doing their job well, and vice versa can advance employees who don't deserve it simply because they did better work than their team mates who were less competent. This process is slowly changing, but I have no insight as to what and when new policies will be in place.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56256,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 15, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Could have been so much better!,Great compensation package and benefits.,Company culture was radically different between Redmond and other offices. HQ seemed much more brainwashed and unrealistic about the competition and the quality of their own products. Strategy felt reactive. Never a good thing.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56257,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Bad Place to Work in the Valley,-You get paid! I could not find 5 words for pros.,"-Forget making a difference, this place is too slow and everything is in Redmond. -All good opportunities are in Redmond. -HR is a complete mess, it feels like they are using an India call center. -Politics, politics. Teams do not collaborate, they are against each other. -Slowness. This company makes the government seem like it's running quickly! -There's no point or advantage to being in Silicon Valley. The company ignores what's going down on here and lives in its own little Redmond world. -No Silicon Valley perks, the food is awful.",Dump the Silicon Valley office and just have Redmond. You don't care what's going on in the Valley anyway.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56258,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Manager,"Great company, many challenges, fast pace environment","Challenging projects, with a dynamic team. You will learn a lot but we ready for change pace and management teams. Great benefits such as training, team projects, and learning about new products and processes. Work life balance is great and you manage your own career.",Too many cooks in the decision making process. Sometime things do not get done because of the decision and approval process.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56259,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 1, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"They may no longer use stack ranking, but the people managers and the culture haven't changed","I was able to work on many different projects and many different teams using many different technologies, and I worked under many different managers. They offer a lot of ways to continue your education and foster ways of working on your career goals.","I found that the company does not know how to address politics and the associated conflicts with collaboration properly - especially managers. As a result you find yourself in situations where you simply cannot resolve these political issues and management cannot do anything. It becomes just a matter of time before it gets out of control, dysfunction sets in and it impacts the delivery of projects.",Build trust with your employees by showing them that you take their political conflicts and concerns seriously and that you will follow up and resolve them. Doing this could be the single greatest way to unlock the potential productivity that seems to elude many teams.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P670.htm
56260,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good learning, good benefits","benefits are good, would strongly recommend those starting out their careers to apply here.",Didn't see much growth opportunities for Senior folks.,Do not re-invent the wheel! Stay focused on market trends and be competitive.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56261,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice place to work if you are in the right team,You will be surrounded by intelligent people. Work life balance is pretty good. Paternal leave is 1 month!,"If you are in the wrong team, you could get affected by internal politics. Program managers run the show and are answerable to no one!",Recent changes are good. But it should be speed up.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56262,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 13, 2015",Former Employee - Product Marketing Director,Product Marketing director,great company. no lack of cash,too many buckets and still in the process of getting their ducks in a row,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56263,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good company for learn and grow,"Best engineer teams, lots of opportunites for learn and grow, cool projects",Some teams could be boring amd slow,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56264,microsoft,"Corte Madera, CA"," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Part Time Product Advisor,"They have amazing benefits for part time employees including 401k, medical, dental, and eyes. They also give you many presents for being a part of the microsoft staff.",Growing with the company is tough as not many positions come up,Help more in pushing employees up in their roles as microsoft employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56265,microsoft,none," Jan 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Dev Manager,Over all good benefits and support system.,Ever-changing structure. heavy dependency on staff augmentation. Many of the managers are non-technical. The life balance is extremely poor. Expect to work long hours. complex review system.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56266,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Always Changing, Always the Same","Salary, benefits (stock options, bonuses, commuter options)","Highly competitive culture, consistent reorgs, long hours (dependent on role)",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56267,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management needs an overhaul,Good products. High ethical standards.,Mgmt is ill trained and rarely puts their staff members in positions to succeed. Most of the time they are looking out for themselves.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56268,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for overall. Quite a different experience though between corporate and the field.,"Smart people, employees are excited about what they are building, products provide great value for the price, the whole company gives back to the community both as individuals and as a corporate entity, have the best story for hybrid (on-prem + cloud) computing out of all vendors. Compensation and benefits are fair, a bit above average.","If you are in the field and on the management track, upward mobility is limited even for top performers. Once you reach a certain grade level it is very difficult to advance any further without leaving the company.","Reward your top performers to keep them engaged, even if they are managers. There has seemed to be a trend over the last few years of only rewarding individual contributors.",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56269,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have been working at Microsoft from last 10 years,Great employer with huge potential and many challenges. You have opportunities to work with many different teams.,"Work life balance is not good, not enough transparency in Performance review system",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P671.htm
56270,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive Role,"Great experience gathering for working with Enterprise level accounts. Ability to ""sell it all"". Good compensation package.","Many ""old school"" mentality for what is to be a Customer Focused environment. the House will always win. Quotas are consistently late for fiscal year setting.",Learn to make things happen quickly and allow AEs to be empowered to make deals happen. Remove the obstacles.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56271,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2014",Current Employee - Business Planning Manager,Business Planning,"Offers interesting, challenging, and ground-breaking problems Enables opportunities to interact with Engineering, Marketing, Operations, and Finance teams Opportunity to present to Senior leadership",Long hours Strong competition among peers Requires strong perseverance to engage and secure buy-in from various stakeholders Takes long time to execute the approved business model,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56272,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a good big company to work for,There are smart colleagues to work with. Mature software engineering practices. Opportunity to make impact on products that influence large user population.,"Work scope could be limited working in a big company, especially if working on a product that is in sustaining mode.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56273,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Microsoft in the Silicon Valley,"Depends on what team you are in but mine had great atmosphere and a great people. Free soda, xbox, caltrain, gym definitely a plus.",Overall very corporate. I couldn't get the current vision of senior management and people in charge. Plus the way they fire people is just not fair.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56274,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"smart people, helpful management","smart people, competitive too much disparity in workload compared to otehr areas of the company","too much heirarchy follow rules too much, getting wrk done can be slow.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56275,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great to work! But it's a big company with all it's anchors...,"Very smart people developing awesome, world changing products. Great benefits, more or less competitive compensation. Lots of opportunities (minus the cons). In general, most are supporting of doing social good (e.g. taking time to pursue philanthropy). You can be yourself.","BIG company, bureaucratic culture. There are people and even product units that do not contribute. Easy to move around but impossible to switch career (e.g. Engineer to Product Manager...frowned upon even before an interview). Out of touch with the rest of the world when it comes to technology trends.",What Satya seem to have started...,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56276,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Lead Software Development Engineer,A behemoth in flux,"Best-in-class people. Really, these are some of the smartest, most committed folks you will find. Huge impact on billions of people across the planet.","Large company culture is too ingrained into most of the workforce. This comes in the way of nimbleness, leading to lower productivity when compared to other companies in the same space. Wish the changes that are being pushed now, were undertaken 10 years ago. I fear its too late to recover now.","Cut the ""process"" red-tape. Far too many managers have made their careers building elaborate process, and this is now proving to be the downfall for the company! Encourage a more collaborative environment, where individuals are measured based on how they impact the overall",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56277,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Eh... it's a job,Overall the benefits are superior to any I have seen. This is a company that supports philanthropic efforts of their employees.,"Highly competitive environments on some teams. Not always appreciative of Individual Contributor innovations. Some internal teams operate under the mentality of this is the way we have always done it and this is the way we are going to continue doing it. Although, Satya Nadella is trying to change that,",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56278,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE Intern,"Smart people, cool projects, great pay","My team was solely intern based, so mentorship and personal growth were limited to the knowledge of the other interns",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56279,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,none,good console and it gets the job done very nice.,new console has terrible software.,listen to what your customers want.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P672.htm
56280,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dynamic Organization,Awesome compensation package and advancement opportunities,There are opportunities for growth in the area of diversity related to the recruitment and advancement of disadvantaged job candidates and employees.,Fantastic job of running a stellar international organization. My only advice would be to widen the net of employment opportunities to include AMERICAN people of color.,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56281,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,Perks and benefits are nice. Work life is also good.,"It has become a very huge company, so comes with its own disadvantages",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56282,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Test Manager,"Benefits, smart people, flextime, remote work, work from home","Politics, review system, lack of transparency, leadership","too much process, slow,",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56283,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Great company and products, benefit is great if you have family and kids.",The career growth is limited. It is really hard to change to different team. The company is pretty old and lag the productivity,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56284,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Good people, tons of areas to work on!",Most of the management is out of loop from what exactly they want to do and what is their priorties,none,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56285,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Planner,Extremely smart people from top MBA programs. Good work and life balance. Decent benefits.,It takes a long time to get one thing done as it is a very process driven company.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56286,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good company to work for,Good product line for service solutions. Promising direction of cloud computing and online services. Microsoft is still good at enterprise market instead of consumer products.,Too many reorganization happening in recent days which lost many talents with strong experience and expertise. Some teams focus too much on impact so that they fight for features with visibility.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56287,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good for benefits, bad for sanity.","it provides good income and benefits, you have a lot of opportunities to work with a lot of people","the culture of employees is not so good. nothing is designed well, bureaucracy to get a job done sucks.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56288,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fighting its own culture,"Dreams of being a major force for good, pays well, has good benefits and a great charitable-giving program","Despite attempts to improve the culture, it remains oddly self-destructive. Talented people don't really help each other, produce flawed products and then paper over the failures to get their bonuses. Learnings never get passed on.",They should hire outside their comfort zone. The company needs fresh thinking and different approaches.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56289,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Use to be a good company to work for.,good benefits and work-life balance,Unskilled managers with large egos that lack accountability and only care about themselves. Very toxic environment.,none,1.0,5.0,1.0,none,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P673.htm
56290,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Is Microsoft over the hill?,"Microsoft is a good company to work for, with better than average stability and opportunities for career growth. The pay can range from average for most to exceptional for a few. Most people you will run across and work with are smart and passionate about something. (but not always technology - see cons) Generally there is a lot of opportunity for autonomy and making decisions which impact the areas you own at all levels. The culture is very diverse and diversity is valued, though that does not mean differences are respected by all.",It's a BIG company bogged down by its organization size and engineering complexity. Teams mentality in generally towards other teams is negative and distrustful. Microsoft has evolved from from a scrappy start-up like mentality to operate more like IBM. The average employees technical IQ and passion for technology and customers has waned over the years. Teams often have a hard time working together to achieve common goals. Good people managers (leads) are not rewarded as such unless you are a middle level manager where work-group and people management is your primary responsibility.,More accountability and emphasis on shared deliverable commitments rather than an individuals deliverable. Make the review commitments between all employees open and view-able. Place more emphasis on direct customer interactions for EVERYONE.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56291,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,"stable, proven products, versatile, solid foundatioin",not much potential and upside,treat your vendor well,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56292,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - (cue Clint Eastwood...)","* you will be surrounded by brilliant people and cutting edge technology. * humane hours are possible, depending on the team. Some groups have great work/family balance. It just depends where you land. * decent perks for food, deals, etc but not like before and nothing like Bay area companies. * supportive of healthy lifestyles - the StayFit program, the bike commuter program... all good. * one of the most charitable organizations I have ever worked for...","* the medical benefits -- often touted as ""amazing"" in the past, have changed dramatically recently. Make sure you deep dive on this before you join and don't be swayed by some recruiter marketing. The main Medical plan available to most employees is a high deductible plan complete with amazing amount of paperwork that you have to manage. That said, I appreciate the opportunity to have the benefit, in the first place. Just make sure you understand what ""top notch"" medical benefits are vs. just above average.  * prepare for the politics and the constant change - pretty standard for tech but I was surprised how fluid things are. This is good and bad. Choose your opportunities and alliances carefully.","Communicate the long-term plans... try to minimize the ""musical chairs"" so folks can focus on tasks...",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56293,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place!,Great people and energy company wide.,"Changing benefits, but that is inevitable with all organizations.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56294,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,"- Good compensation (salary, benefits, stock-grant, etc.) - Working with smart and highly-motivated professionals",- work-life balance is okay sometimes,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56295,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,"Was a good facility, good team","Microsoft management decided to reduce the workforce in the San Diego facility, so it is not such a great place to work now (at least in San Diego), c'est la vie",Don't kill Windows Phone,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56296,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Business Administrator,"Positive, methodical","Personal growth, benefits, great managers, company values","Promotions, work-life balance, career support",Difficult place to work for lower level movement,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56297,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Policy Advisor,Great Employer that treats employees as a valued resource.,Good management. Global influence.,Large company. Not as nimble as it needs to be in its industry.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56298,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Tough Transition,"[+] Breadth of career opportunities -- Work locations all over the world and in many different disciplines [+] Much emphasis placed on Azure and O365, central to winning the biggest shift in IT since the PC. [+] Company encourages cross-training and transitioning to different disciplines, although sometimes difficult, in practice. [+] Exciting transition to cloud and mobile business underway -- Many new career opportunities in these businesses. [+] CEO is leading culture change, breaking many legacy assumptions, restructuring product groups, where necessary, and attempting to make the company less insular, more innovative, more open to cross-team collaboration, while eradicating the toxic, back-stabbing culture, associated with the former evaluation system, known as stack-ranking, as extensively reported on this site.","[-] Not all of the restructuring has hit the right targets. The SMS&G sales and marketing groups have only made minor changes -- the usual ""pruning"" of non-conformists, instead of removing the inward-facing roadblocks to change. [-] Outside of Azure and O365, prospects are mixed and direction less sure. [-] Windows revenue (client and server) declining. [-] Still unsure how to monetize consumer-facing services. [-] Mobile and device strategy is fragmented. [-] Although top-down efforts to change toxic culture are encouraging, everyone who has risen through the ranks, during the past 10 years, did so in the context of the old culture. Many of the leaders still look at their careers as a zero sum game, where they win only by making someone else lose. [-] As in most large companies, norms of equity preclude offering sufficient rewards for taking entrepreneurial risk. [-] Sales and marketing is the most risk-averse part of the organization -- most in need of a shakeup.","[*] Shakeup SMS&G -- Risk-averse GMs are the problem. Still encouraging teams to play Games of Thrones at the office. [*] Culture change is the 'make or break' struggle to recapture competitive advantage. Implement company-wide culture transformation, maximize participation at all levels, tell middle management to 'join or leave.'     - Diagnostics -- Industry disruption requires measurement of culture and re-evaluation of suitability for innovation.     - Forward-looking strategy - Replace strategy, modeled on past data with future-based models to connect strategy to culture.     - Decentralized Planning - Steer clear of grand, imperial strategies and instead, emphasize autonomous groups and a culture of autonomy and risk taking.     - Learning Organization - The ability to learn faster than competitors is the only sustainable source of competitive advantage. Need to nurture organizational learning and accelerate knowledge transfer among groups. Keep working on eradicating the old toxic culture that results in knowledge hoarding.     - Alignment of Incentives - Overcome the tendency of mature organizations to discourage innovators, who are risking much in personal terms for unclear payoffs.",4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56299,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, getting old and tired","Lots of technology Wide swath of areas to innovate Improving HR practices, with a focus on work-life balance","Losing their way in many areas Over-complicated approval infrastructure Politics happening at all levels -- too many decisions made on the basis of political agendas over the real needs of customers and the market Too much focus on the business model -- it is important, but they should focus on the customer first and let the business model come from optimizing the customer experience",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P674.htm
56300,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Solution Manager,Bureaucratic & political but getting better,"Because Microsoft is in so many different businesses there is a wide array of career options and opportunities. The company is becoming more focused under Satya Nadella, and he is also making some key changes to improve the culture.","Many layers of management. In my experience (9 years) the management is generally weak when it comes to focusing on the output of the team and employee development. Managers seem to pay more attention to pleasing their superiors.  The other major drawback is the culture of competition between individuals, a legacy of the old review system. That stack ranking/forced curve system is gone, but culture does not change as quickly as one would hope.","Bring in new blood from outside the company, and be open to new ideas.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56301,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Researcher,Microsoft Office,Professional working environment. Highly competitive culture. Focus on productivity. Rewards for outstanding performance. Broad scope of influence. Strategic products and services. Good benefits and total compensation package.,In transition from a business focused on software development to a business that runs a service. A lot of turnover and churn in management and reorgs. Lack of senior leadership vision and customer focus. Too dependent on enterprise business to focus resources on winning consumer's hearts and minds. Cannot win the loyalty of 21 year old and younger generation.,Learn to operate as a services company and understand the Internet of things.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56302,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,Middle management at Microsoft,"Well paying, highly influencial position where direct control over features and schedules is in your hands. Great benifits, salary and bonus as long as you are performing well. New review system is a plus.","The real work happens deep in middle management at the lead and IC level. Depending on your manager and project, you can have little or a lot of executive exposure.",There is little to know pushing of people to innovate and take risks in the company right now. It's all about lining up with the missing of the big org. This could have long term negative impacts.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56303,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Employment experience is completely manager-dependent,Great benefits package Interesting work Opportunity to have broad impact,"There are really two areas that hold Microsoft back from being a great company to work for, both could be easily addressed. First, your experience will depend completely on your manager - good manager = good experience, bad manager = bad experience. Microsoft has failed for a long time to effectively train, develop and mentor their first-tier managers and this is the core of their failures. Second, there is still far too much ""busywork"" that doesn't apply to a particular role's core execution. Does a developer really need to know how to sell a Surface? I agree that ""everybody sells"" but Microsoft seems to be lost in a morass of everybody sells everything...and the portfolio is just to broad and diverse for that to be the case.","Microsoft's performance management process is now completely subjective based on manager's perception of ""impact"". It's possible to beat all of your MBOs and excel...but still be reviewed poorly because of a perception of low ""impact"". Conversely, someone can miss their MBOs completely but be highly reviewed due to ""impact"". As the manager feedback process has been eliminated there is no check at all on the process - so this now becomes a popularity contest if the manager is less-than-ethical in their performance management. Don't perceive that the ""stack rank"" process is gone - it's still alive and well and now allows managers to promote and reward favorites regardless of their actual performance. Microsoft has become more and more confused from the admittedly Darwinian processes used in the past - it may have been difficult to accept at times but it was at least objective and consistent.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56304,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Good company. There is so much to learn with lots opportunity for growth. Fast paced environment,"Great benefits and flexible work hours. A lot of perks if you're an FTE, the free Microsoft bus system is a an added +. Lots of opportunity to move around in the company. To survive your 1st year here you have to think quick on your feet, be resourceful, have excellent time management skills, and build a network early on.","Very ambiguous environment, unstructured and not well organized. Lots of office politics. I'm relatively new to the company and my work peers have all been there for many years so there is tremendous resistance to change even though change is needed in a lot of areas.","Better define departmental objectives and how they support corporate goals. Make a decision (very indecisive management team in my workgroup). Upper management is outdated and needs to be replaced with a forward thinking, innovative management team who can effectively drive positive change.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56305,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Director,Great Company,"People, New CEO, facilities and tools are best around the world... from Seattle to India-- World Class--- Benefits, HR Support, tech Support are amazing Customer Facilities in all offices are more than impressive and customers love coming to visit. This really helps in strategic Selling.","If you get a good manager, good team and/or good product/project-- there are no real cons. BUT--- there are way too many reorganizations and strategy changes making all three of these variables-- too uncertain.  If you do get 1 bad review you are set back for 2 years, but can climb out of it-- Have had amazing, great reviews and horrible ones...  Managing ""Ambiguity"" Mantra is a way for SVP's to buy time to change Strategy and not make ""Hard Decisions"".",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56306,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its very hard to break in as a new employee entering at senior level,Great compensation Work life balance Work with very intelligent people,Politics Lots of competition with old timers Stack ranking still exists. You can get a bad review even after meeting all goals Microsoft technologies/tools centric which may not be super marketable outside the company,Revamp the review and reward system,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56307,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place,Good Company to work for,"Top heavy, very very big",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56308,microsoft,none," Jan 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Good compensation package and benefits, intelligent employees",Too many reorganizations requiring effort to reestablish goals each time,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56309,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great company,Challenging environment. Smart people to work with.,Slow pace. Lack of engineering execution. Lots of people who don't add much value.,Improve engineering culture. Execute plans properly.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P675.htm
56310,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consulting,The place to be for all things latest.,Decision making could be better streamlined.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56311,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 31, 2014",Current Employee - Programming Writer II,Working for Microsoft,"Microsoft offers relatively competitive salaries, many benefits, and a nice campus like atmosphere. It is very cool to be (in many cases) where things were invented. There are a lot of resources.","It is a company geared for college hires and young hungry go getters. The company's unofficial ""move up or move out"" is great for people looking to climb the corporate ladder, and is strongly encouraged. It is not a company where older workers who are satisfied with their job level and just want to do the best they can is rewarded. If you're unable or unwilling to strive for a promotion, you are eventually phased out as ""too long in level."" This culture of constantly moving tends to limit corporate knowledge. It also periodically stymies true innovation, as people are more worried about getting to the next level, rather than doing what's best for the customer.","Understand that there are people that want to move up, and ones that are happy in what they're doing. Don't punish that, as often those people are more loyal to the company, and more concerned about customers.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56312,microsoft,"South Seattle, WA"," Dec 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software,Probs of The Worlds Companies,"Pays Good, over at least $100,000 if you were good.","Too Big, confusing buildings hard to get around.","I loved working here, but this company layed me off and caused my family to sacrifice my sweet 9 old daughter to give up her college fund for 3 years and my wife had to work overtime at her laborwork. But then again you may not care about my sob story. Because you just might be losing another prized and experienced worker for one who is new and one who is inexperienced at what their doing. And thats just something I find as a very sad and bad move on the companies part. This is My opinion, I'll respect yours if you choose to respect mine.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56313,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, limited upward mobility and opportunity",As many have stated the benefits and pay at Microsoft are mostly without compare. A healthy dose of 'work/life balance' and a solid set of benefits made this an attractive place to work for many new and mid-career people. Recent changes to the review model is a huge step towards treating employees with the dignity and respect that they deserve.,"Cons will vary by division, so my experiences may not be representative of all - or most - groups. Within the the advertising groups ( i.e. in OSD or A&O) Microsoft is victim to a very subtle 'passive/aggressive' culture that seems somewhat pervasive of a lot of companies in the Seattle area (so, not just a MS phenomena). Disagreements or direct confrontation is frowned upon, while 'back channel' negotiations and positioning drive influence. If you prefer a culutre that is far more direct and vocal, Microsoft may not be a great environment or experience for you. Promotions and advancement can be very slow unless you have an acceptable 'alpha dog' personality and or othereise are a strong contributor and belong to high profile demographic groups. If you don't fit these categories, make sure you get a level and salary you will be happy with when you start for at least two years or more as you will very likely not be considered for promotions until your second or third review (unless you stand out like a rock star). Smaller companies reward and promote much quicker, so if you are used to or expect that, you may be disappointed. While Microsoft makes much of its merit-based promotions/rewards system, its really difficult to believe it. This is the problem of any large company where promotion and reward decisions are made further and further up the org hierarchy, so its just really difficult for all but the most signifciant (or narcisitic!) to get noticed. This means that employees who consistently deliver good work but don't generate a lot of awareness can often be overlooked. The lack of transparency around 'level's is one of the problems IMO: Promotions are secretive and not acknowledged in most groups, which is kind of weird and doesn't lead to a lot of trust in a system if management is not willing to acknowledge who gets promoted and who does not. The work you do may be exciting, but there is a 12 to 18 month cycle where the project/product you are working on will go from high profile to mundane or (as seen recently) a target for personnel reductions. This leads to one of the solutions and problems at Microsoft in that you are going to have to change internal jobs frequently to stay relevant (e.g. 18 months to 2 years). There is little value placed on consistent results generation, Microsoft wants rock stars who will generate internal enthusiasm and garner resources and rewards, which leads to a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy (until they ultimately flame out, see Xbox One launch!).","-Stop out-sourcing critical operations functions. The future leadership with real knowledge of our platforms, tools and day to day busines is now being trained and developed in outsource organizations. Bring entry-level operations roles back in as FTE's. This is a short term fix which is robbing MS of future leadership. - Listen and share. Stop the secrecy around business planning. You hire smart people, treat them that way. - Hire experience over personality. MS has a habit of hiring internally based on the right 'personality' and is afraid of hiring externally for senior leadership roles. This is a mistake and leads to a senior leadership team with a very lmited experience and knowledge of the advertising business. - Be humble.",3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56314,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall extremely positive.,Excellent compensation and benefits. Great work atmosphere with highly skilled & talented coworkers. Great work/life balance.,"Biggest con just comes with the size of the organization. It can be hard for lower level PMs/Devs to induce change either a) on a broader scale or b) on any scale outside of their own area of immediate responsibility. While communication to immediate managers and CEO is actually pretty good (with town halls, q&a sessions, etc.) communication to/from more intermediate level managers is often lacking (and for managers outside your immediate org, often non-existent.)",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56315,microsoft,none," Dec 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A unique organization,Superior benefits. Generally smart employees.,"While changing, fiefdoms still exist. Very bloated and no clear strategy for the non enterprise business segment.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56316,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 27, 2014",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,Make an impact,"Impactful work, work life balance","Always changing environment, vision isn't always clearly dictated",Share your vision more frequently,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56317,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a great place to work!,"Co workers, salary, benefits, opportunity to advance","In my opinion, there are no cons to working for this company","I don't have advice, they're doing a great job",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56318,microsoft,none," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Solutions Specialist - EPG Field Sales,Great place to work if you can handle the politics,Learn a lot every day Work with SUPER smart people,Politics Metrics not rooted in reality Scorecards that are not your control - a bit too much Jack Welch of the 1990's,People need their own metrics - not some nonsense scorecard that they have minimal control over,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56319,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Reasonable pay, good chances to grow","I felt like there were good opportunities to work on products with a wide reach. The pay was fair, but not stellar. The benefits were very good.","When I started, the company felt pretty young, even though it wasn't. Riding bikes or playing Frisbee in the hall were normal. By the time I left, things like that would have been frowned on. The company felt much more corporate.",none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P676.htm
56320,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Solution Mgr,"Career Opportunities, fast paced, great benefits, and innovative",lots of change in culture and direction from Sr leadership,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56321,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Join after College,"Expectations are clearly defined, challenging projects, extremely bright colleagues.",University recruiting end-to-end time span could be shortened.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56322,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Pay for performance,"Fast pace work, challenging, lots of career movement.","Amount of work, amount of change.","Focus on moving employees to higher skill levels, and offer career growth planning.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56323,microsoft,none," Dec 25, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Management,"Great benefits, lots of job opportunities","Strack ranking review model, cookie cutter 1st line managers","Get creative, practice what the company preaches",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56324,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Microsoft now more than ever,Company has gotten much better now with Satya,Field scorecard obsession is still an area that we need to get under control.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits. Important projects. Huge teams.,World wide affects. Good salaries. Great benefits.,Sometimes teams are too large with too many cooks in the kitchen.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56326,microsoft,none," Dec 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Great company with good benefits,Lots of reorgs and Managers without the necessary skills,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56327,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,The best job I ever had,- Can-do attitude and producing excellent results is contagious - seeing what my coworkers do inspires me - Wealth of resources for personal and professional growth - The variety of tasks available to choose from keeps things exciting - Proud of being a part of a great company,"- Some internal ""paperwork"" processes may be difficult to navigate. There is plenty of help available - but this is definitely an area we can be better at.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56328,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Dec 23, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Microsoft, the new IBM",Great working environment & benefits. Leading edge of technology. Customer focused and forward thinking.,"Very political, slow to change direction.  promotions and to a lesser extent bonuses are based more upon networking and people skills than they are about job function or performance.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56329,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work environment and benefits,Nice place to work with good benefits,pay compensation compare to other competitor companies,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P677.htm
56330,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Fasten Seatbelt for Change,"Great benefits, security, but experience 100 percent dependent on your manager and workgroup. There is no such thing as One Microsoft from a personal experience perspective. If you don't like your group, move. It's a well resourced company with a lot of smart people and some of the world's most interesting challenges to work on. Good opportunity to work globally and learn a ton about business if in the right role.","Massive change at mid-senior management level right now. Very little direction can make it hard to see big picture at the functional and workgroup level. All old systems seem to be scrapped and tagged ""bad"" without anything to replace them which can be touch with such a large beast to maneuver, new CEO, lots of new people in charge. Will take another year for changes to net out to really evaluate what it's like as a place to work. Disappointing to see last round of layoffs - lots of great people and not a lot of explanation. Morale at risk in many groups.",Lock your org charts for awhile. Teach new managers how to manage AND lead. Get more granular than current vision. Value people.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56331,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good company undergoing lots of change,Good compensation in large part. Top leadership appears to be on the right track. Culture is different per group but overall is becoming more collaborative.,"Lots of change going on, realignment of teams, projects. Review model can still harm individuals. Lots of poor decision making in the past has led to mistrust and fear in some areas and teams.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56332,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2014",Current Employee - Director,"Great company to learn, grow with, develop career, contribute to real change, and hone your negotiation skills","Reputation for excitement, innovation, big challenges and rewards","Infighting, duplicity, bureaucracy, silos, self serving behaviors","Continue to focus on driving for change in culture, inspiring and incenting innovation while holding leaders and employees accountable for outcomes, not for activities and bottom lines only.",5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56333,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Good company, but lacks passion and speed",good benefits. loads of smart engineers.,"Employees get good benefits, but very little perks at work. Most of the decisions come top bottom, very little engineering driven",let engineers come out with great stuff and support it.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56334,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 23, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager II,It all balanced out,"1. It is a technology company, so you do get the opportunity to learn. 2. People means a lot here. If you have manager who values your work, you are at a great position. I met at least three great managers, and I definitely learned a lot from them. They encourage changes for improvements, and without their support, I wouldn't have switched to the role I wanted with very little ramp up time needed. 3. Things could be looking good since the tradition of Windows Office focus has shifted.",1. You are almost limited to MS stack 2. Too many middle managements are playing the safe game to secure their positions 3. Things could be quite chaotic in the engineering team due to the change in QA team's job function,"I have seen quite a number of incapable middle management working in the company for 10+ years. This is really hurting the company because their direct reports often get frustrated and move to other top tech company. Research is good, but after all, what matters are product or services that creates values for customer.",3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56335,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best work culture,Freedom to innovate Flexi time Best health benefits,Few managers are biased while making decisions,Connect directly to individuals,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56336,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Professional,Three years in,"Career development heaven! There is a really clear path to any job in the company. Build skills with published roadmaps, build relationships with huge numbers of people willing to help, have the job of your dreams. I've never worked for a company that made things so straight forward. There's a ton of hard work to do but worth it so far.","There is so much opportunity that it's hard to step back and take a break. If you're the kind of person that wants to get a job and do the same thing for years, I don't think this is the company for you. I feel like, if even for a week or two, I don't make forward strides that I move backward. A little scary but challenge is good.",Continue to think cross-platform. The attitude of being a challenger is becoming prolific within the company and I think that is a very health mentality.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56337,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft Laid Off,"Technology - exposure to many different technologies and opportunities to dive deeply Benefits - time off, stocks, health care, company store products Diverse businesses - you can find many cultures across teams, many areas to focus on, different work life balance Flexibility - generally, doing your work and doing it well, regardless of where you are doing it from, is all that is expected Civic minded - the company's Giving Campaign with the 100% matching fund and interest in giving back to community Immigration help - a generally stellar legal team to walk you through the process","Inflexibility - Large company so slow to respond sometimes Sometimes too process heavy Cronyism can thrive in teams as a result of the large size of the company Recognition and Rewards system encouraged backstabbing and was generally an unhealthy process Lack of diversity - women, people of color","Get more agile, invest in STEM and minority groups and recruit from this population. Continue to tweak the Rewards and Recognition system and make it more transparent",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56338,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Developer,Big Company,Big company & lots of stuff to do,Big problems and lots of work to do.,Get smaller,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56339,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Program Manager,Stable company that cares about its employees. Wide variety of tech areas options to choose from within. New hires get enough room to settle in and then can pursue their career growth based on their own aspirations.,"Legacy & organization structures continues to hinder agility and innovation. Politics can really frustrate you. Review system is really over indexed on how your manager thinks of you, and I have seen smart people suffer and leave company based on that.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P678.htm
56340,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it once was,"Great people to work with from a team perspective. Superb opportunities to learn the newest software not just from the company but external, too.","Those of us in support who have 15+ years are seemingly a part of management pressure to be past tense. To be expected as today's economy has college graduates with sometimes multiple masters degrees looking for their first good paying job. So, they get a lot of (usually) unproven talent at a bargain supporting the same application as a person with a lot of years experience.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56341,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Excellent colleagues and supportive management,"I worked with creative, intelligent, passionate people. The environment was supportive, giving me all the resources I needed. Everyone was generous with their time and knowledge.","The company's products are driven by the marketing departments. If marketing thinks the customers want something, then resources are dedicated to it. If marketing doesn't think customers are clamoring for something, it is actively resisted, because you get no rewards for creating features that marketing doesn't want. This means that innovation and creativity are inherently locked out of product development, because by their nature new ideas aren't yet being asked for by customers. It's foolish and short-sighted by utterly entrenched and every kind of compensation reinforces this policy.","Anticipate what people want and deliver that, rather than catching up with what others have already delivered. Devote a group of people to legacy support, and create new systems, from Windows to Office and beyond, that start fresh and aren't hobbled by backward compatibility. Write ever error message as though the entire management hierarchy's personal home phone numbers were on the message. Put the customer first, rather than putting the computer first.",5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56342,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,great place to work,great benefits and flexible times,Have to fit into the corporate model.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56343,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,Amazing people crippled by dysfunctional management,"You meet the smartest, most motivated people every day you work at Microsoft. You have every opportunity to move to any team you want to (If they want you) and can grow into anything you want to do.","The adversarial stack ranking system has been made less transparent, but is still in effect. 10% of a team will get a 0 bonus every year. 0 bonus means you are done at Microsoft. A predictable system, combined with smart people who understand basic game theory means employees have to focus on internal politics more than doing great things if they want to succeed.",Let M1 managers manage. Attrition should be a tool they can use to make a great team. The forced good attrition model turns that tool into a team killer.,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56344,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Traditionally great company, but perhaps times are changing.",Microsoft is overall a great employer. The remuneration and benefits are very good - even with recent changes - and the company provides a broad range of support and services to employees. You have the opportunity to work on a diverse set of areas and often have the opportunity to work on projects that have real scale and impact.,"Microsoft isn't immune from the drawbacks of working at a large company. It's bureaucratic, it can be slow moving and decision making can be tortuous and often risk averse. The two biggest cons in my experience are that firstly your success will often be decided by who your manager is. Finding a great manager is probably the most important thing you can do. The second thing is that the company is focusing on younger, cheaper workers, so if you're getting into middle age and working in middle management levels or below, this probably is not the long term company for you.","Microsoft still remains one organization made up of many disparate and disconnected organizations. While there's been a lot of positive change recently, there's been no change to that issue. The company remains unwieldy and slow, and from a HR perspective the lack of a standard (and implemented) HR system (outside of SMSG) means employees have a very different experience from group to group, and from manager to manager.",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56345,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work!,Ample opportunities for career growth,Work environment not great in certain teams,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56346,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good company to work for, balancing work and life is the employees responsibility.","Good job perks, good benefits, good global working experience. New CEO is going in a positive direction.",Once you reach a certain level there is little opportunity for growth. It appears that those whom are most successful don't have a fair work-life balance.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56347,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,"Great place to work, but doesn't necessarily create a clear career path for the future","Always challenging projects to work on, expansive scope of business, large revenue and potential revenue opportunity, pockets of great people, flexibility of work hours and location","Lack of long and short term vision that is realistic given the competitive environment, leadership out of touch with individual contributors, lack of clear career path, weak mid-level leadership, requires long work hours into nights and weekends","Create a clear long and short term vision that is realistic to execute, invest in leadership development, take a stake in career development for the people",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56348,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Company under transition,Excellent reputation. Lots of smart and motivated people to work with. The new CEO is really driving cultural change and increased focus on customers in the mobile and services world.,"IT department is lagging behind the rest of the organization regarding customer focus and innovation. The new review process is still a work in process, as such not consistent across the company.","Too many levels of management leading to the peter principle. If many of the ""managers"" would move to individual contributors the company could really take back talent.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56349,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Lots of potential,"Things are moving fast. There are obviously parts of the company trying to change for the better (customers, employees, stockholders, etc.)","It seems like management is incredibly, cripplingly political. Without some turbulence at that level, there will be stagnation. Getting rid of the ""process enforcers"" and low-value add employees was a good idea, but there didn't seem to be a lot of attention focused on management structures that aren't productive.",Careful that with the increased speed that quality isn't thrown away and engineering time isn't wasted with shifting scope.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P679.htm
56350,microsoft,none," Dec 15, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Trying to change, but company culture still holding it back its potential",Finally awakening to consumer needs and how to build them on the machine learning and Bing knowledge platforms. Has the cash and international presence to succeed.,"Promotions almost impossible to get. Good managers not valued. Recent changes to review system are a mess, e.g., your typical manager still doesn't have a clue about your 'relative contributions' and definitely has little or no influence in compensation or promotion -- compensation still done by senior leadership behind closed-doors as before.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56351,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier Field Engineer,Benefits and perks are exceptional and endless amount of resources for training. No pension.,"Too many reorganizations. Changed management several times over the past few years. Company is huge and you are a small part. Several managers are too technical and do not know how to manage. It is a cut throat environment and highly competitive, which doesn't allow for good team dynamics. The company does not focus on customer service. Field engineers are highly technical, but lack the soft skills. Performance reviews are not based off customer reviews.",Listen to your subordinates and stop being yes-mans to upper management. Look at the gray area and not just the metrics.,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56352,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2014",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Business Development Manager,"Great company, great benefits, a lot of options and career paths","Large company, too many layers, people worried about themselves and not the teams","Get leaner, and get more feedback from the field",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56353,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing company, amazing benefits, competitive salary.","Very friendly atmosphere, great culture. This company is truly incredible and you can really move up quickly if you're good at what you do.",Work-life balance is challenging. You'll need to plan days off several weeks in advance. Hours can be very demanding.,The company is definitely moving in the right direction.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56354,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 11, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer,Excellent,"Excellent leadership, good work benefits","Not much, need to work a lot on training",Doing great,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56355,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Good company in the Pacific Northwest,"Free pops and drinks, good professional environment. Bill Gates is the greatest man on earth.",None. This company has been very generous to its employees to the spoiling points. God bless you Microsoft.,"I worked in the hardware team so my advice to those managers is simple: Play less politics. You rose to your career level from a technical background, not political science background. So, do your job and take care of your hard-working employees.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56356,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Web Producer,Great benefits,Benefits and compensation great. Work life balance was good in the group I was in. The people I worked with were also great.,WAY too many layers of management. Managers who didn't know how the product worked took over and everything deteriorated from there.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56357,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Politics... Politics... Politics...,"The personal offices, free insurance, nice morale events - all used to be-s...","No interesting relevant prouts to work on. Very political - all TECHNICAL decisions are made on the basis of how to please the upper ups who are usually - to put it mildly - less technically savvy. What is valued is so called ""visibility"" rather than true quality of work. And the most ironic of all - while Microsoft is giving the customer one of the best development technologies and environments in the world, it greatly lagging behind in using it for its own products. Management is dominated by the ""old school"" people who worked in the company at 90s and sometimes in 80s. They invested tremends amount of time in old times coding skills and greatly resent if not always openly resent the use of moving forward with technology and skills coming up with ridiculous excuses to justify it.",While making technical decisions try to worry more about what your developers think rather than what Jo the GM will say. Take risks. Have true vision for once. Reword talented hard working people instead of a $$ kissers.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56358,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporate Hunger Game,"Good people, great benefits, Interesting products and market positioning, great location","Be prepared for intensive person-to-person, org-to-org combat. Blood bath happens twice a year, but the bodies are removed only in July. HR policies are near medieval. Narcissism is a valued art form and primary management motivation.",An ounce of real humility to match intelligence would go along way.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56359,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 2, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,Good and bad things about working for Microsoft,Work life balance was easy to achieve Flexibility in hours and location The company doesn't pretend to be what it is not to it's employees (loyal) Pay is very competitive,"Not a very social or engaging environment - head down, work through lunch and go home atmosphere The company does not even pretend to have loyalty to their employees Management can be horrible or great, it varies. Not sure there is much accountability for being a good manager.",They could do a better job of placing good people in new positions when laying off entire departments. They are losing a lot of great people.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P680.htm
56360,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 25, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Best company to work for,"- Great benefits, pay and overall compensation. - Challenging work environment. - Smart and talented team members. - Constantly being challenged to touch greater heights.",- Long work hours. - Politics in senior leadership roles,Mr. Nadella will propel MSFT to greater heights.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56361,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Great experience and lots empowerment.,Big year of change but believe in their new direction,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56362,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Program Manager, MACH",Got to experience multiple roles and work in multiple teams as part of the MACH rotational program. Its a valuable experience in gaining skills in different roles quickly and learning how various teams work. It also allowed me to understand the breadth of Microsoft.  Satisfaction of working on projects that eventually do impact many people. You can find great mentors and smart colleagues here to learn from and work with. The culture is very respectful and completely non-discrimanatory.,"Political bureaucracy holds ups projects, everything moves slow because the company is too big and cannot move things fast enough, not through through decisions like removing FTE testers and PMs only to replace them with vendor testers and PMs because their teams were not prepared to switch to the new model of just developer and few PMs.","In a company of 1:4 ratio of women:men, its important to focus on the behavioral tendencies of women and men. Its hard for women to deal with the sometimes aggressive way men talk in meetings and how managers wrongly perceive females to be performing not as well as males because women are not as out-spoken.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56363,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Test Engineer,"happy working for an excellent manager, but probably would have quit if I had to work for someone else","decent salary and benefits, connector shuttles around the Seattle area","hard to move around within Microsoft, ex-MSFT folks have a bad reputation around Seattle, lots of process and red tape, SO many meetings","morale is in the toilet after multiple rounds of layoffs over the past 6 months. Everyone I've talked to recently who's still there complains nonstop about how unhappy they are, and how they're trying to find new jobs ASAP.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56364,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A mixed bag,1. You are working at a world class company. Good on resume 2. Lot of opportunities for career growth 3. Comparatively stable job and good benefits 4. you can be an individual contributor forever.,"1. Your focus becomes too narrow and you get insulated from the world thereby become obsolete in the real world 2. Too much politics. 3. Microsoft gets work of 10 people from 6 people. It is a coal mine and will suck your life out of you. 4. if you get a jerk as your lead, your are stuck with him/her and that is the end of your career at Microsoft.","1. The review process sucks. It is a ""who is more popular"" contest rather than real review of one's contribution or the amount of work one puts in. 2. Promoting ""go getter cocky"" people is bad - such people have no people skills and people under them suffer as the newly minted lead/manager wants to show how great he/she is. Develop some policies about what kind of people should be promoted 3. Get rid of most of the leads and managers. They are useless and making life of real workers miserable. Then promote properly trained people to be leads/managers.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56365,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great company, a lot of opportunities for growth and great benefits. Also a lot of great resources, with talented and smart people as well.",Did not like the politics. Not a great work life balance. SLAs were rigid and contractors didn't have very much room for anything else,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56366,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not the same old microsoft anymore,"Good pay, great benefits and work life balance (on some teams)","Lots of changes going on, team and product changes, roles changes",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56367,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Development Manager,Development Manager in Office Division,"Great opportunities to gain breadth and depth of experience in software engineering on industrial-strength applications like the Office suite. Breadth means you can move from desktop apps to mobile apps to server apps to web apps all within Office over several product cycles without having to change companies. Depth means really understanding a platform's ""engine"" by writing code that must meet high bars on performance, security, robustness, and stepping into many layers of code that isn't your own to track down problems. Learn all the best practices from working on long-lived industrial-strength apps, then do the start-up thing writing throwaway apps so when you take shortcuts to meet tight schedules and budgets, you do so knowing the trade-offs in maintainability, security, scalability, etc.","Insufficient ""transparency"" in work done by people in a group makes it hard at review time to know where you rank in terms of production and impact. As a manager, my hands were tied by privacy rules when I tell someone they produced less than the group average but could not identify their peers who did so much more than them, especially if their peers were folks in another team in the group.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56368,microsoft,"Mountain, WV"," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - SDET2,sdet,good place for starters to work,too many politics in the working place,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56369,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great company if you get a great manager,"Benefits other than health (which I now consider a con) are great such as software discounts, bus passes, on campus cafeterias with great food.","Health benefits are more costly ever since Obama care was announced a few years ago. Work life balance can really suffer in some areas, especially where I am in the core Azure and dealing with excessive feature development due to 'playing catchup' with AWS. Some areas can still be super competitive despite being 'One Microsoft'.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P681.htm
56370,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it once was,"Decent benefits, ok work-life balance","Work environment has changed to a Civil Servant-ish one, if you're really book smart, and are good at the political schmoozing, you'll succeed, if you're a hard worker that just wants to be really good at what you do and be left alone, you'll fail.  Spend more time justifying existence than doing the job at hand, probably 20-30% of time is done in this exercise.",Remove Kevin Turner and get back to basics.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56371,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied as a Program Manager for MSFT,Love people and the open culture,There is Lack of forward thinking and I feel we are always reactive,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56372,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 27, 2014",Current Employee - Design Engineer,Bad senior management team,- Surrounded by smart people. - Great benefits. - Potential to learn something new everyday.,- Poor senior leadership team that does not listen. Head strong senior management that does not even listen to its immediate reports. Subtle retaliation if you speak up. Lack of transparency. - Poor quality of products due to reducing QA efforts.,"People are the most valuable assets. Nourish and encourage them. Hold senior execs accountable to past failures. Do not encourage political behavior. Eg: Have legal scan for political behavioral patterns in terms of nominations during re-org. No ""he is my guy"" behavior.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56373,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 29, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Program Manager II,Mostly good peers. Always something new to learn. Fast pace.,No mechanism to challenge a bad manager review. Top down management.,Listen to the great people you hire.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56374,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Corporate cog,The only pro of this job was the ability for me to have this company's name on my resume.,"Commute from Seattle to Redmond, company culture, no benefits for contractors, strange team environment",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56375,microsoft,"Alpharetta, GA"," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Assistant Store Manager,"Love the Microsoft Culture they treat you like family not a dollar sign. Pay higher than the average, great health benefits, good work life balance.",holiday hours are brutal but they will give you overtime expect to work 10-12 hrs a day,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56376,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Long term and short term career,Work life balance and a great benefit plan,"low base salary, slow move up the ladder",Make more moving opportunities to go up than go sideways,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56377,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a very positive working environment,"Contrary to what people think, Microsoft is a very positive environment to work in. There are a lot of smart people and plenty of opportunities to solve tough problems.","All parts of Microsoft are not equal. There are some teams like Bing where the work culture is far superior. So you need to make sure you join a good org within Microsoft. But if you work in an org with a lot of good work happening, your work life balance always suffers.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56378,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Its A Big Company...,- Lots of different projects you can work on. - Stability.,"- Lots of Bureaucracy. - The way they pay and reward employees is similar to a communist system. Your level determines your pay grade regardless of the type of work you do. You could work 60+ hours a week (like me) on a highly technical project and still get paid as much as the guy working 30 hours a week (lots of them). - They company is to large and old. A lot of the upper management is stuck in old ways and it really holds the company back. Its seems some of that may change with Satya, but I wouldn't expect it to happen to fast. - Many people have titles they do not deserve, leading to bad assumptions about what person can do.",- Learn about recent trends in the tech community. - Learn that all work is not equal.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56379,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,"has own office (for some teams), not very busy, not bad benefit,","pay is below industry average, too much office politics",don't become another IBM,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P682.htm
56380,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,satisfaction,"Great company, they really invest into their employees","No cons what so ever, always room to grow",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56381,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but watch your back,"Benefits are amazing, company culture as a whole is amazing","There is a ""Gottcha"" mentality within the retail division that seems to be spreading to the rest of the company.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56382,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,Great company and learning opportunity,"This is a mature origination with systems and processes in place. However, there is always an opportunity to provide feedback for improvement and lead projects that create an impact. Benefits are amazing and take the pressure off thinking about what you need for a work/life balance - health, stay fit, childcare, work from home. The company also encourages movement - sometimes a bit too quickly. Internal candidates are encouraged to apply to other positions and are highly considered for open positions.","The company is big so navigating it can be very challenging. Due to the old model of stack ranking employees, employees are very self promoting and culture gets a little political especially at more Sr level.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56383,microsoft,"Beaverton, OR"," Dec 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good work environment,People are friendly and good overall culture in US office. Good work life balance.,VTech is a Hong Kong company that does not have same values and culture as Americans. This results in inappropriate behavior by HK employees on occasion. The US HR department is generally incompetent and does not address inappropriate behavior and harassment in the work place.,When an employee tells you they are being harassed at work do something about it!!!,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56384,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Specialist Sales Executive,"Competitive pay, amazing benefits, socially conscious, the ability to create an impact on your products and your world. Invests in employees, amazing people. Flexible hours, great work-life balance. Fair reviews, huge opportunities to advance your career, great national and global movement opportunities.","Lacks focus, can't prioritize and therefore gets things wrong a lot of the time",Get focused on what we really want to deliver on and then make the hard choices to cut the fat and deliver flawlessly at the top of that category.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56385,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 26, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great until Senior levels, dirty politics after Senior(63) level and above","If you are a junior, out of collage, Microsoft is a great place to start your career. Lots of smart people and mentors to learn from, lots of trainings and resources. Good pay and benefits. No major disturbances.","After senior (63) and above, you spend most (literally easily 60%) dealing with politics, making sure you look good, watching out for yourself, covering your back, building alliances. If you choose to stay blind, you may survive if you have good management and they do these for you. Otherwise, no matter how good you are, how much great work you do, you may find yourself thrown under bus very fast, very unexpected and even your manager may not be able to save you. Politics are everywhere, don't get me wrong. However, since only people highly political can survive, senior and above is dominated and ruled by people who have their political empires and what matters most (and sometimes what only matters) is where you are in this political map. A minefield for technical people. It also kills your technical savvy by time and makes you irrelevant for the rest of the industry. If you choose to stay at MS at senior levels for extended periods, make sure you are still marketable or you become the slave of this system.",Laying off ICs does not solve the root of the problems. Resolve the sick culture in middle management.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56386,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Watch your back,"Good health benefits are available for everyone at Microsoft. In the Seattle/Redmond area you get a health club membership, or can opt for $800/year in reimbursed expenses. Need a new bicycle to workout? Use it for that.  Microsoft has been good on resumes for getting interviews at my new company, however most experience Microsoft engineers fail their interview because the work at Microsoft doesn't prepare them well to get hired outside. You have to do that yourself.","Your work at Microsoft prepares you to do your job at Microsoft, not a lot on the outside. Every year someone would get the bad annual review, which meant everybody is on edge for the rest of the year. What does that mean? Their is incentive for your coworkers to stab you in the back. Managers don't know much about your daily work, so presentation skills are vital to get the visibility you need to survive. No matter how much Microsoft wants you to have work-life balance, everyone ends up sacrificing it due to the threat of a bad review. That doesn't mean your boss wants to skewer you (he/she might, different story), it means everything is tinged with internal competition. Internal competition is more important than external, because the customers won't fire you, but your boss will.",Figure out how to better utilize your workforce rather than pitting them against each other. Pit them against your competition instead!,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56387,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it used to be,"Good pay and benefits, looks good on your resume.","Uncompetitive in mobile. cloud and phone. Lost it's vision. Reactionary company. Moving to another corporate thumb screw factory. Innovation is underfunded, executives are overpaid.",Quit,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56388,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,No ambition,"Great work life balance, amazing pay, lots of good people.",Very little ambition amongst the employees.,Cultivate startup culture.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56389,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have enjoyed working here,"The leadership here is good. They want to see people succeed and the culture is supportive. Coming in as a college hire, there were plenty of opportunities to grow and develop my skills.",Everyone says that the culture has changed a lot. Reviews are cumbersome and require a self-written evaluation.,"Keep changing, keep moving the ball on transforming the company. Keep focus on engineering and building stuff.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P683.htm
56390,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointing,If you love product development that tolerates delays :),Culture favors developers and who you know in the insiders club. Innovation is long gone.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56391,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,so so,"work life balance, benefit, environment","salary, politics, no free lunch","hire less, pay more",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56392,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 4, 2014",Current Employee - Evangelist,fab job with a great smart team,freedom in your decicions and trust from management,none except that chage management and hr are - well let´s say have areas to improve,look at performance not numbers,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56393,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Salaries within the organization across various locatons,International company with strong global presence,Huge organizational structure can be challenging,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56394,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome learning experiece,"Great team, great culture, amazing teams, lots of work, flexible timings, great rewards",You have to be in the good books of yr manager too...But i guess thats everywhere,Keep it up,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56395,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for with lots of smart overachieving employees.,"Great benefits, smart employees, internal moves greatly supported.",So many internal metrics and scorecards that create false/meaningless priorities and lead to undeserved bonus'.,Realize that most scorecard metrics are doctored with gamed data. Get rid of them.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56396,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Sea change of improvement requires hard times,"Microsoft has so many resources in talent, money, and market power. When the company or a team decides to do something it will keep trying until it succeeds. In the current reorganization started by Balmer and now run by Nadella there's a lot of consolidation going on that will help drive a leaner& faster company. In a few years this company is going to be a force not seen in a long time and one to rival Google and Apple in terms of pace of innovation and quality of results.  As an employee you are treated with a lot of respect and provided so many resources from research and design, to developers and user data, and definitely a lot of time to get anything done. There's a lot of systematic approaches to everything so it is normally easy to predict the outcome of any product development if you're paying attention.  The pay at Microsoft is great, stocks are just ok, but the take home cash pay is generous, especially for new college and industry hires.","Due to all the reorganization and consolidation going on there's a lot of cutting and hard choices happening now and probably for a while longer. When all is said and done what was cut will likely make a comeback but right now much of the work is focused on table-stakes and platform code cleanup.  Also, if you want to work on any of the productivity or server products be prepared to find the most challenging job ahead. They're boring because the hurdles are in improving something that millions rely on every single day. Small changes take years to work through. This is can be a fun challenge or nightmarish political hassle depending on your point of view.  The company and most teams are largely run in a top - down model. Orders are driven down and individual contributors are left to figure out how to get it done whether or not data suggests a decision is good or bad. How development or design progresses outside of the edict can be influenced heavily from the bottom - up and with lots of good data and practice.","Listen to the leaders within the ranks of individual contributors. There is a lot of talent, skill, and drive in IC's, and frankly their product vision is a lot cleaner than managers clouded by political b.s. and management ladder climbing.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56397,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good benefit, but bad politics",- good work life balance - good benefits - a lot of oppotunities,- bad politics and peformance review model - complex relationship,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56398,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2014",Former Employee - Executive Business Administrator,Great Company to work for,"If you are a technology buff, this is the place to be! Always on the forefront of the latest computer technology. Sure the company may still have a smaller than desired market of the mobile business but the product it puts out is good and fluid and fun to use.","You are constantly on the job. The global nature of the teams allow for a wide range of experiences and interactions. But that also means that when you sleep, someone is asking you for something. Also, the company has more than its fair share of type A personalities.","Most people would rather continue receiving a paycheck and health benefits instead of unemployment. It would be better to stress a bit less on ""fancy"" waters and unmonitored food offerings and more effort put into actually helping your employees succeed and advance instead of get laid-off.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56399,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"A great place to have worked for 15+ years, but lots of changes in the last year....Some good and some bad.","Big company with lots of diversity of people, cultures, and ideas. Lots of opportunities in such a large global organization. Good benefits, stock, bonuses, etc. They hire great talent and are driven to deliver timely and useful products",Easy to get lost in such a large company and not see the value to the bottom line if you're not working on a key deliverable. Consistently behind delivering relevant products first to market.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P684.htm
56400,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with a lousy culture,Great company with out standing benefits. A good corporate citizen with outstanding contribution to community.,"Lousy culture, management resistant to change.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56401,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Nov 15, 2014",Former Employee - Director,One of the best companies to work for hands down.,"So many opportunties to grow you career, including if your are looking for upward mobility, technical growth, management/leadership or career shift. There is no shortage of opportunities in this company.","It is so big, it can feel like there re multiple companies. Working in the field has a completely different culture than working in Redmond (HQ). The old review model was terrible, but that is gone now.",None,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56402,microsoft,none," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Store Associate,"Free tablet, and phone upon being hired. Salaries are higher than most stores in the mall.",It is very difficult to move up from the stores to corporate. There is no room for personal growth. Managers are only out to make themselves look better and refuse to help out the staff. They do not help you develop a career and make the job seem like it's dead end. Since the opening of the store several people have left because of the negative environment. The turnover is worse than any place I have ever worked at. No one even cares they will just hire more people. Store is extremely understaffed and it can be chaotic for the employees. Women are disrespected and men are favored. Male managers ignore everything you say if you are a woman.,Treat everyone with respect.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56403,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and learn,"Big network of groups and teams to reach out to, lots of learning opportunities.",It is a big company,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56404,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,i have enjoyable job,amazing boss.i am challenged with the work that i do.i love the flexibility in work hours.,company has become to big.in the effort to become one microsoft they do not communicate changes well.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56405,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Work,"Great technology company, lots of users, high impact work, love my coworkers. The technologies empower people and change the world.","Not an easy job, changes impact millions of users which can sometimes be very stressful and impact work life balance.",I would recommend this company to a friend.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56406,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Fast paced corporation,Great career opportunities & flexibility to work in different areas. Very talented people & high diversity across teams. Team members generally quite collaborative.,"Too many leadership & org changes over the last year, new HR rating system in place still need to be tested.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56407,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Good work-life balance but too big a company,"Compensation is at Industry standard, really care about their employees, good work-life balance across the organization, can move fairly easily within the company, great benefits,","Lot of politics, too many middle managers, personal growth depends on the manager, your perception is valued more than your actual work",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56408,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best in Technology Field,Exciting place to work given the breadth and depth of technology with the ability to impact change.,Some who have been here a while are not grasping the changing environment well.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56409,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,Principal Software Engineer,Great salary. Sometimes the work can be interesting and meaningful. Starting to change but it's hard to change with so much legacy crap and invested bureaucracy. Everything that happens there is usually a 100+ person project so that's good and bad. The good is that it can be hugely impactful and the bad is that it's slow as molasses.,"Lot's of churn and uncertainty. The review systems and stack ranking STILL exist even if managers deny it! (I was a manager there) This results in way too much dishonesty and ""looking good"" to managers to get top compensation. Folks are afraid of looking bad so there a lack of candor about issues.",Be honest.,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P685.htm
56410,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2014",Former Employee - Service Engineer,Great place to work,"Office perks, autonomy, great benefits",Current rounds of layoffs are blowing employee morale,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56411,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2014","Former Employee - Learning &amp, Development Manager",Learning & Development Manager,"Great pay, good work-life balance.",Lack of support for career growth.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56412,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Some good things but a lot can be improved.,Good benefits Great people to work with. Commute is very convenient with multiple options. Campus atmosphere with a lot of learning resources and opportunities.,Job transition within the company isn't easy and very structured. HR is clueless during interview process Letting direct manager have control of ranking can be mishandled because of inexperienced managers. Many managers have no skills in people management and function more as project leads. Lack of follow through in vision and uncoordinated leadership that lacks empathy.,The annual Ms Poll is meaningless and a waste of time when no real action is taken to try and improve a failing system like performance assessment.,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56413,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),More bad than good,"benefits are good, compensation is okay, that's about it","very poor culture. politics wins over contribution. bias, partiality, nepotism.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56414,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 23, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Content Developer,Best days behind it,Good salary and improved performance review process. Good people (mostly).,"New CEO firing nearly 20,000 to get rid of unnecessary layers of mgmt but most layoffs were for ICs. Mgrs retained and moved into IC roles for which they are unqualified.",Rehire the ICs!,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56415,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2014",Former Employee - Training,Big machine,"Benefits, Working from home, locations, offices",Politics and all type A personalities!,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56416,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2014",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Microsoft Product Marketing Manager,Great work life balance and not very competetive,Not a very entrepreneurial company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56417,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome place to work and build a career,"Perks, work environment, challenges, company values",nothing as such but would say going in the right direction.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56418,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Great company,Incredible benefits and work life balance. Feel fortunate to work for such a great company with such diverse and incredibly talented people. They certainly are finding a way to recruit top notch talent. Am very happy to have made the move to the Pacific NW. Great place to live and raise a family.,CEO change and recent layoffs have created some uneasiness with many of my colleagues. Would hope that those changes are behind us.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56419,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good experience,"Dynamic, perks, office culture, flexibility, training","Stack ranking, overworked, compensation, people putting in face-time",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P686.htm
56420,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - 3D Track Artist,Turn10 - horrible place for a contract,"Lots of talent and people to learn from, decent machines to work off of, working on Next Big Game can be exciting, well stocked kitchen, good parking.","From a contract point of view~ You're going to be disposable as a contract. The best thing to do about it is just accept it and do your work and not take anything personally. Don't get starry eyed about maybe going fulltime there, you will find at least a dozen contractors who have been going in and out for years and never gone fulltime (and many of them deserve it). Instead of hiring in, lots of jobs are being outsourced overseas. When your contract year is up, just take your 100 days off and hope you'll have work when your break is over. By the way, your ""break"" means unemployment, which means filing at the unemployment office and applying for jobs every week. This lifestyle as a contract will be forced upon you.  Lots of closed door meetings won't include you. You won't have any say on what level you work on, if you're moved to another team, and won't be involved in finding solutions. Even if you don't have any say in the matter as a junior, there's a lot that can be learned simply by being a part of meetings.  You'll be forced to use a contract vendor and they take a huge cut of your salary. There is no apply directly at Turn10 (this seems to be the Microsoft standard). You will end up working a ton of overtime into the evenings and weekends before deadlines. Don't be surprised if your lead gets to go home at a decent hour to have dinner because they have ""family"". You won't be given the same courtesy if you wish to stay valuable, whether or not you have a family of your own. If it's the holidays and you are forced to take time off due to studio closures, hope you saved up enough money so you don't take a big hit on your paycheck. Many contracts feel forced to work surrounding weekends so they can get a decent few days off for vacation. Any overtime hours must be pre-approved. Your lead sometimes will try to give you too much work for a 40 hour workweek and you'll be forced to work some unpaid hours to keep up with their demands or have to admit that this is more than 40 hours which makes you ""slow"" (work smart, not hard. But also recognize when the deadlines aren't feasible).  Due to the realism of the games, everything will be made off of strict supply of reference. This can be cool, but if you are an artist that likes to create orcs and dragons etc from an artistic vision rather than a realistic one, this job will be just that - a job. Don't get your hopes up about making anything for your portfolio either, all the cool stuff will most likely be outsourced. Not to mention there's so much overlap in the levels that nothing will really be your own to claim. Don't be surprised if someone takes the bulk of your work like a model, applies a texture that Tech Art made, and plops it in their portfolio claiming it as their own.  If you're not really interested in racecars or motorsports in general, pretend that you do. Learn how to act excited even when you're really not to better fit in with the studio. Don't bring up any interests you have that will make you seem weird or not part of the team. See if you can get an invitation to ""Guys Night"" on Tuesdays to get beer with your male-only coworkers (yes, this was a thing). Never mind the fact that most of the studio is male and that this is excluding the minority.  Upper management doesn't care about you personally. They care if you get stuff done on time and done well so don't get involved and thinking you're making friends with anyone (it's best to just accept this early on in order to function). Fulltime employees are too busy watching out for themselves within the Microsoft foodchain and don't care to mingle with contracts much.  People do get sabotaged in to losing their jobs here. Some leads will hold you back from allowing you to doing your job with conflicting and false instructions, impossible deadlines (not just difficult ones, impossible), create bugs and shift the blame to the contract etc. Upper management, HR, whoever, they don't want to hear about it or deal with it if you're contract. If the lead says you won't jump high enough, you're out no matter how much evidence you have of the lead being inadequate.  I've never been happier to end a contract. Out of the few jobs I've had in the game industry this was the worst of the lot. I would not recommend this to any one planning on going in as contract unless they really need the work. If you end up at Turn10 as contract never stop looking for other work in the industry. Don't commit to a job that will never commit to you.",Stop treating your contracts like garbage. They have a lot of potential to really do well in the company and make up most of your workforce and deserve more respect. There's no way your company would be able to ship Forza without them.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56421,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"At first great, then became a nightmare","Amount of vacation was okay, medical benefits were decent (though not awesome as of late), salary okay","In my group, the only way to move up was to kiss up to the manager. I had many, many years of great performance, then reported to this clown. It was all downhill from there. As a woman, I found the culture very difficult and sexist.",none,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56422,microsoft,none," Dec 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"An unhealthy place to be, and not improving.","The people working there were great. Passionate, fun, intelligent people. Free coffee is always nice, and the pay was very good.","The last several changes to the review structure were awful (and still stack ranking without the official stack ranking), the drop in benefits took away one of the compelling reasons to stay, and upper management seems to have no idea what actually works and does not work. Work life balance stopped mattering to anyone a few years ago, and training budgets were a joke. A lot of lip service paid to developing careers, but no actual structure or plan for it.","Look at your life, look at your choices. Karma's not just for women.",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56423,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Various,"Okay to work for but oddly, dissociated from reality, experience dependent on manager quality.",Excellent benefits and sometimes compensation,"Leadership is lost and executing a Walmartification employee approach. Vision is fuzzy and primarily backward justifying. No job security Petty, vindictive management","Ditch the hardware, develop dedicated partner network and get back to basics, productivity solutions. Treat employees with respect and honesty. Honor the value of experienced, older workers",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56424,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Focused on HR metrics over performance,"Can be a great place, good pay, benefits",HR focus is on special groups leading to underperformers lingering.,Select for the best rather than special interests. You'll find that there is overlap.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56425,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good live-work balance but no growth,"If you are seeking for good life/work balance , Microsoft is good. Not too much pressure on the tasks.","you can not get change to touch core technologies , especially in very large teams. You only got very sliced chunks of work to do. Not good for your career development if you are ambitious.",More tasks . and really focus on how to help people grow,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56426,microsoft,"Pawnee, IL"," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Worker,It was okay,A lot of pros let me test products and i guess it was cool but i prefer sony because they dont care if i actually work there or not go sony woo 2k14,No pay except to the pretty ones wait what thats wrong a lot of pay but not to me theyre like oh do you even work here,Stop it now,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56427,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,IPE3,"Great opportunity company with growth options and opportunity. Broad spectrum of roles, big impact due to global scale.","Some teams still to many levels of management and middle management making, but great talents in places like Bing.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56428,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Many opportunities for working on a variety of projects,"Lots of great tech, good salary/benefits/bonus, large customer base.","Work/life balance can be challenging, lots of negotiations to get things done.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56429,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Technical PM,"Work along side smart, dedicated people. A tremendous fresh focus on customer experience and everyone can engage directly with customers for feature, design or other feedback. Flexibility (for the most part) on work schedule with core hours from 10-6pm.","Re-orgs happen a lot at MSFT where you find yourself with a new boss or part of another organization. That experience means your the expert in your area and having to educate, prove your worth to the new manager. In the services world, it's pretty much 24x7 with email constantly flowing and there are on call rotations for everyone.",Working across teams to implement a feature takes more time to talk about it and get alignment than to write & test the code. Become more agile in decision making and reduce the amount of PPT decks that essentially create a 2 month planning cycle. Train all managers on diversity (not just cultural but also style).,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P687.htm
56430,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,The ,"Working for Microsoft has been the highlight of my professional life. I've been there for 20+ years and, once upon a time, the company was agile and each group operated as a small company. What's great? The very very smart people. The company has made tremendous strides in its products & technology and customers genuinely want to see Microsoft and to use its technology. It's been great to have been part of something that has - literally - changed the world. It's generally easy enough to move from one role to another in the company after a few years if you were successful in your previous role.  I had a hard time with this review - there's so much that's great about Microsoft. The biggest problem they have today is that the company promotes unqualified people to management positions (at all levels) and those managers then blindly adhere to ""policies"" that just don't make sense from a business standpoint.","What's not so great? It's a different Microsoft today. The values the company expressed to its employees through benefits, salary, stock, and promotion opportunity have changed - some of it is related to Steve & Bill going, although the changes started before both of them left. The benefits are so-so today for a company of Microsoft's stature. The cut throat nature between groups and individuals is stunning - to get to Level 65 you have to demonstrate that you're willing to be ruthless and will stab a co-worker in the back. You can't succeed at Microsoft unless it is at the expense of a co-worker. Sad. You MUST be connected in order to get beyond Level 64. So many employees spend all their time networking and building those relationships at the expense of everything else. It's very disheartening to see those folks rocket up the career path to greater rewards (stock, salary, promotions) when, really, they haven't done much to advance the business. Those that focused on helping others to be great, who focused on doing the right thing for smart business? Well, if you haven't networked to the nth degree, you'll be stack ranked. The notion that Microsoft no longer stack ranks couldn't be further from the truth. My last review (and likely my last with the company) resulted in me being ranked at the bottom of my group despite having outperformed half of the group in terms of RBI attainment. Coming in at the bottom? Means you're out the door in 6-8 weeks. Period.  You will put in long hours, although to be fair, you have to do that anywhere to be successful. You will not have a pleasant work/life balance. I rarely recall taking more than a consecutive week for vacation in over twenty years. I lost vacation every year. I never took time off without having to engage at work in some form or fashion. Perhaps that's a fault on my end? Maybe - but it sure was expected.","The stock price is doing well - so maybe some of these changes are good. People are your most important asset - for far too long Microsoft has consumed its employees and then replaced them on the whim of an illogical HR policy that the bottom ten percent have to go every year. The ability of a manager to stack rank and dump a consistently high performing employee based upon nothing other than a subjective feeling with no oversight? Please. That's bad business, stupid, and will eventually result in a major payout when a former employee sticks with the lawsuit. Go read up on badmicrosoft.com and ask yourself if this is the type of company you want to lead.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56431,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Channel Manager,At Microsoft,Great pay and very talented people! A great technology environment where you actually use many of the solutions you sell. Great extra curricular activities and team outings!,Little to no investment in training or no truly dedicated HR department (outsourced.),Take the time to train newly hired employees….especially remote ones! If you leave unstructured training up to teammates with nothing to gain by sharing information with a new employee they may view the new hire as a threat or competitor not a peer. Its a recipe for disaster that wastes a lot of time and effort for everyone!,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56432,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Work Life Balance, New direction of company","New review model TBD, large company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56433,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2014",Current Employee - Data Scientist II,Great place to work,Smart and very helpful colleagues Great projects,There aren't many cons. But can certainly do with more agility in processes.,Hire great leads,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56434,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE II,You can learn how big software like Windows/Office gets developed.,You are just a screw.,Layoff 50% managers/leads and double salary to the ICs who develop the softwares for the company.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56435,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Manager at Microsoft,"Very supporting environment. Great managers, mentors and career coaches. I feel valued as an employee.",This is a great year for Microsoft where company is making right changes. Unfortunately damage done by previous management is painful to cleanup.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56436,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - Research Intern,Research Internship for PhD students,Great benefits Nice managers and mentors,it was stressful to meet the deadlines and I didn't have a good work & life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56437,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Down hill from here,None that I can think of at this time.,Only people left are the grave diggers.,Quit,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56438,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"Political, finance is a relationship manager, not driving results","Good pay and benefits, great opportunity to develop your business-facing skills. Decent systems. Paperless and often phone-based meetings allow for you to work-where-you-are, which is great given how much time you would otherwise spend traveling to different buildings and campuses for meetings.","Very smart people not always doing smart work. Overly dependent on vendors. Massive layoffs and furloughs for vendors is effective because of the inefficiencies, but hurts real people. Stack-ranking stills happens, despite mgmt. aggressively denying it.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56439,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE for 2 years,"good to learn MS tech for new grad, good green card support","low benefit, average engineering level is low too many managers",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P688.htm
56440,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Director,"Good Pay, Good Co-workers, Talent everywhere","Working with the brightest and hard working people 50% of the company is sales, marketing, operations, so you don't have to be an engineer to work at Microsoft Lots of resources to get your job done Life on campus is excellent, including a health clinic Women are paid equally The pay is better than many others","No talent management: Each group is an island. If your job is eliminated, HR doesn't look to see where in the company you might be able to find a similar job, they just say goodbye to you, and loose incredible talent, knowledge, and institutional knowledge. This should really bug stockholders that realize this churn is expensive. There is employee development, just no talent management.  There is a bit of ageism. Not by factor of age, but by factor of tenure longevity. Supposedly there is a finance formula that creates targets of longevity, pay, grade, and other factors when a reduction is needed. In the recent job eliminations in 2014, this theme of more tenured, therefor older, employees are let go, and evident just looking at the people carrying out their boxes. It was just too obvious.  Women seem to have much slower speed in advancement. Paid the same, but men move through the ranks quicker. It is easy to see, if 29% of the company is made up of women, then why aren't 29% of Midlevel to senior managers women? The company isn't a startup there are established people of both genders. The company has 50% sales, marketing, operations, these are not traditionally male centric roles.","Work to keep employees moving into available jobs, versus paying severance etc. Only depart the poor performance employees. It is bad on morale to loose great employees. I hate seeing great talent not moved to other places that the company could benefit from their knowledge.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56441,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 5, 2014",Former Employee - Product Advisor,"Degrading, though you get access to cool technology before others.",Seeing upcoming technology before others,Managers are rude and DOES treat you with respect. Favoritism is a big part of your promotion and even though you know and do every job in the building if your not kissing up no raise or promotion.,Fire every last person on the management team in Lenox square in order to see better results for your store.,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56442,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Career and Compensation,Great Benefits and Salary/Bonus. I've been with the company for 10 years now and consistently advanced. I've also been given great opportunity to stretch and strengthen myself as an employee.,"Long Hours, Challenging Work environment, Large number of open offices yet I'm sharing a work space with 12 other people.",Find more space for employees. I'm sharing a workspace with 12 other people. Continue to drive innovation and not process. Process falls out of strong employees and exciting innovation.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56443,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Test Lead,The constant change at Microsoft,"Cool technology, decent amount of freedom to move around the company if desired and beautiful campus",Constant changes in the organization structure makes it hard to stay focused on anything for more than a year. Hard to build expertise because of that. Decline of benefits over the past 6-8 years has made the company's morale decline substantially.,Stop the re-orgs and let people focus on the work.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56444,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Content Project Manager,A Great Place to Work,"Microsoft offers the best of everything, and you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class problems to create world class solutions where ever you work. Amazing smart people.","Its big, it can be tough, and it isn't always a clear path in terms of work or your career path. Often you not the first to market.","Good luck with all of the organization changes. Don't forget what makes Microsoft great. Be good to your people, they are your greatest asset.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56445,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to learn and grow,* Great benefits * Lots of smart people * Great opportunity to learn * Some excellent managers that build your career,* Too many organization changes * Some managers are terrible and should not be managers * Some Leaders lack vision.,Listen to your reports and guide and build their careers. Don't be self-inflating and only care about your own career. Great reports make great managers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56446,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great company that treats employees well. Excellent benefits and salary,"Very competitive compensation. Training includes online, internal in person, college tuition reimbursement.",High pressure/stress. Low on the work-life balance scale...but getting better.,Recognize that not all jobs in the company can be categorized into specific named job titles. Recognize that great proficiency at a given job or task is as valuable as changing roles and moving to new competencies.,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56447,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good people, lack of visioning","There are quite a bit of effort in place to grow people, with training, different programs. There are many grassroot initiatives with Exec funding and sponsorship to build strong women community.",Lack of strong leadership. Or maybe too many leaders.,More clear and crisp vision at different levels.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56448,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,You won't miss it when leave,Benefits & Investment Options Resume Booster Flexible Work Hours (however LONG),"Golden Handcuffs Rudderless Management Dirty politics for promotion and bonuses The ""System"" promotes anti-teamwork Watch out for MS lifers, they've learned how to work the system",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56449,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Used to love it,* great medical and benefits (but this is being trimmed) * lots of smart people around,"* politics - this did not appear to be that bad years ago but got really bad * management - very bad with favoritizm all over. I know that manager generally don't know too much about details of each person's job but recently all my managers were completely clueless. Any issues, problems and help with improving/changing things were met with brush off. I strongly believe that bad management at lead level just trickles down from upper management. * recent firings let go of most valueable contributors and left lots of dead wood stayed around. I think that they should replace most of the management and try to build from there. * constant requests for feedback and such but this is only used to create meaningless reports and nothing useful happenes. Years ago we had a big drive to improve some metrics. Lots of meetings and such and it looked promissing. Then one day the whole thing died and was forgotten - pretty normal at Microsoft * I used to be loyal to Microsoft and there was big thing about people being most valuable asset. Over the years there was more and more of people as replacable and the firiing of 18000 people was just final ""we don't care about people""  Am I being resentful for being let go? I guess I am but I am also try to be fair too. Most of biggest contributors that I knew were let go and almost every looser (people that have done nothing or next to nothing but had good connections) kept the job",Just fire uppper management and create new teams using existing people. Find a way to make management to be accountable. Lots of middle and lower management need to be replaced too but I would expect at least some of it to fix itself once good upper management push things down. Whole bad culture at Microsoft starts at the top,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P689.htm
56450,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Leave if you're there, don't come if you're not",There are no pros anymore.,Flattening of the organization without a real care for people who were previously managers. Gross management incompetence from the top down. Lack of accountability. Benefits on the decline. Review system hasn't changed (it's who you know like it's always been). This company has changed - for the worse.,"Figure it out - you dragged your feet for more than a year with a re-organization that made no sense, then, when it came time to appoint people, the good-ol-boy network reared its ugly head once again. Gross incompetence all the way around.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56451,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Executive Business Administrator,I wouldn't want to work anywhere else!,"Work with smart, forward thinking people. Everyday is different, great work life balance.","ever changing orgs, you must learn to just go with it.",more transparency,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56452,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 17, 2014",Former Employee - Service Engineer II,Service Engineer II at Microsoft,Creative place to work Exciting on the edge of technology,Poor review structure Encourages competition over teamwork,Don't give up on your products so quickly. Keep improving them even after you have marketed them.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56453,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,Nice place to work,Good pay and good managers.,Constant re-orgs can be difficult to adjust to.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56454,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Reliability,Reliability Engineer,Smart people Good work/life balance,Career development is slow specially if you are young,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56455,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - International Project Engineer,Company in motion,"A lot of talent and smart people, literally. You can always find someone who knows what you need (although it requires some experience to navigate). You can also find the best team you have dreamed of if you are in the right group. And for sure Microsoft has still great benefits and perks.","Lots of differences between groups make it hard to really tell what Microsoft is. Besides, all what Microsoft made great is in transition, more and more the pitfall for success is that knowledge is no longer retained because talent is moving or leaving. While Microsoft is reforming itself in big strides the management quality in many teams is decreasing and putting way more pressure onto the staff, while the Agile Development not always helps to engineer the greatest solutions.","watch out that Agile Development and speed is not everything, and try to keep the great talent.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56456,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is again becoming a great place to work,Lots of smart people. Lots of opportunities to grow within the company. Great benefits. Customer focus development. Great culture. Good compensation.,Several re-orgs in almost every group in Microsoft. Most of the times your manager will change every year. Things take time to get approval that slows down growth.,Please reduce the number of re-orgs that happen very frequently. This takes away the long term focus of any project you are working on.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56457,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome, Love coding new things",Just awesome love coding in general,Tiring could be more 'fun',Make it a little more fun while working,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56458,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,"benefits, nice area, clean air","bad management, bad management, constant looking over your shoulder",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56459,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Fellow,FIRE THE CEO and other horrible Management,"Nothing really at all, hoping the board finally fires SN",Leadership = No vision and promote based on popularity and not on real contribution Success = who has the most brown on their noses Incompetence = MSFT Management Lazy and no motivation = MSFT Culture Company dismal and failing outlook = Sataya N. Waste of time = useless 2hour and 4hour meetings debating terminology with seasoned professionals. (No wonders Google and Apple is kicking this companies butt and handing MST's butt back for lunch,FIRE the CEO,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P690.htm
56460,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart developers, PM org needs an overhaul","Smart developers, recent changes in org. are exciting. You learn a lot by staying in the engineering team as a developer.","but PM team is still largely irrelevant and slows the company down. Not sure if upper management sees it. Almost EVERYONE at the individual contributor level certainly does. PMs are mostly team admins, schedule meetings, write basic specs based on what they learn about the feature from their devs. Their specs serve no purpose other than to make themselves and their management feel useful. They are not at all technical and overall just slow down the system.","OVERHAUL the PM team. You are wasting resources, and making your bright, overworked peers in other disciplines feel disgruntled because the PM team is compensated at par for doing A LOT less.  Ask upper management what they expect from PMs as individual contributors. Then ask your ground troops (ICs) how PMs really contribute. Notice the disconnect and hear frank opinions. By NO MEANS can you claim they deserve to be treated at par with the engineering org in the CSP",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56461,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Absolutely the best experience I could hope for. I have an amazing team!,"- Comprehensive benefits - Stock options, 401k matching, etc. - Great bonuses - Not many 80-hour weeks - Managers respect your time off",- it rains a lot :( - Lots of meetings,Can't you do anything about the rain?,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56462,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,Constant Uncertainty,"Benefits, challenging work, internal movement/growth, resume enhancing, time off policy, flexible work schedules","The term ""constant change"" is a gross understatement. Your personal experience will depend on multiple uncontrollable factors. For instance I had 3 different direct managers in under 1.5 years and a constant team changes. Your learning curve can be as long as a couple of years due to the amount of company/cultural change.",Simply be as honestly transparent as possible. Lead by example.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56463,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Writer,Great company but (now-former) stack rank mentality hurts company,"Reputation, world-class employees and facilities, and benefits. I pinch myself every day.","Iceberg minutiae of things...the number of approvals required up the change of command is frustrating - not agile. Don't make everybody and anyone a PM, some need to learn the ropes first and then become a PM. I understand there are superstars, but there are some who either can't PM or were put in that position and won't let go of what they used to do.  I am torn because working is a dream come true and, compared to other tech companies, it really is a spectacular place. But, I don't feel like I do as much work as I can - between the number of approvals needed and all the meetings, I feel stuck - I feel like we should be moving much faster.","We live in a bubble in Redmond, our consumers don't make the money we make nor do some (speaking from the consumer-side) do not understand technology as much as we do. It's not that they're dumb, it's they need technology that meets their needs NOT ours. What's cool and dazzling is cumbersome to the consumer, simplicity and clean design are what will propel us into the future.  The backstabbing of coworkers, in part due to the past stack ranking structure (which, despite our new structure, there are still ways to cheat, if not fix, the system) makes collaboration a war not a symbiotic relationship. It's not just about making yourself look good here, it's about how can I get ahead - and that means not sharing work with team members (to load balance - the irony of that phrase cracks me up) just so you can look good while you complain about stress and 14-hour days is mind-boggling. The funny thing is after a bit, the stress gets to be so much for these types of employees, you wind-up doing some of the work when you just wish they admitted they need help and took your offer of help in the first place.  The layoffs have been demoralizing, why do I need to give it my all when I'm just a number on a balance sheet? It doesn't mean I work my butt off, it just means that when when I need to work 125%, I'm only going to give you 100%.",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56464,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Company Compensation,Great salary structure. Good bonus for performing candidates,Bureaucratic but it is changing fast,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56465,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Was intern in 2014,"Environment was supportive. At least in the group that I was working on, people seemed pretty happy with their direct leadership.  If one was interested in Microsoft, now would probably be the time to join, given the shifts that are occurring. (Note: this applies mostly to software engineers, since they are gutting some positions in order to reach a certain ratio between developers and PMs.)","You can notice the dead-weight at times. It definitely seemed like Satya Nudella, the new CEO was trying to take the company in the right direction. While I would bet for them succeeding as opposed to against, you can tell there it'll probably still take a decent while.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56466,microsoft,"Wayne, NJ"," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great Culture,The environment and optimism from working at a Microsoft store is amazing.,"You work on week-ends, can impact social life.",Be mindful of people's time and personal life.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56467,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,"One of 18,000 gone - kind of OK with that.",Opportunity to impact the world. Lots of smart people to work with.,"Frequent reorganizations on every product cycle - always scrambling to worry about where to land. Stack ranking still happens in many groups - just not ""official"" anymore. Performance rating and bonus determined by managers many levels above who have no idea who you are unless you do a lot of upwards lobbying and marketing of yourself and your team.",Push individual rewards decisions ALL the way down to front line managers.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56468,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,not bad,"good pay, compensatice, good work life balance","hard to grow,politics, senior management, lack of direction",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56469,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Director,Lots of recent changes,Adjusting to a new market to stay relevant,Middle layers aren't implementing the message from the top,Better middle layer communication needed,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P691.htm
56470,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good people, too much politics","Plenty of smart and talented people, great benefits, great location, some cool technology and increasingly a lot of potential for the company as a whole under Nadella.","If you're someone who wants to fit in and not push the status quo, not a bad place to be. If you're politically skilled and are great at winning consensus battles, great place to be. If you just want to build great products and not worry about politics, maybe somewhere else is a better fit.","A lot of senior and middle management got where they are during the 2000s, when the company didn't perceive itself as having many real competitors, and therefore rewarded political skill more than building great products people actually wanted to buy. Now that MS is the underdog in some key areas, management is trying to turn things around, but the old guard is standing in the way of that... sometimes without even realizing that's what they're doing. I'd love to see senior management do what they can to shake up that kind of thinking.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56471,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,Great environment to learn about the business and deliver impact. Work with lots of smart people.,Teams operate as a small business so there are many opportunities to contribute in different ways. Excellent health & employee benefits and still one of the best around despite some changes over the years.,Senior management at times don't seem to be in sync with lower levels of the organization.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56472,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for for a long time. Product units vary greatly in culture - choose wisely.,"Diverse, a lot of opportunities, a lot of good talent to learn from, good opportunities for career growth as an IC and as a manager.","Microsoft still has work to do to fully embrace the new cloud-first world. Its extensive legacy is a relative guarantee of revenue, but is also a huge deadweight that hinders innovation. Not as sexy to work in as it once had been, so it may not be attracting the top-most talent anymore. Compensation is less that some of the competition. The entire technological stack is proprietary, which means that technical skills you learn will not be immediately applicable in Open Source shops without some adaptation.","Learns more from new leaders of the areas we're entering. New CEO, however, already seems to be turning company in that direction.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56473,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Company in transition,"The company is going thru a huge transformation, which creates new opportunities but also lots of uncertainty. Morale is high, excitement - overall - is even higher. You got to be in the right team, though. Very good work/life balance, but you need to manage it and deliver the expected results.","Increased rigor in processes makes life hard. High, ambitious growth targets drive lots of pressure.","Engineering needs to be better aligned with sales. Satya is working hard to breakdown walls between engineering teams, need to continue that push.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56474,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great Technology Exposure, Poor Leadership",Great exposure to new technology and smart people,Poorly trained and executed leadership - management based on poor practices - short term thinking,Consider the long term with decisions and start to be competitive,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56475,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, team and experience.","Strong values and leadership, will and resources to have an impact in the community and world, people encouraged and empowered to do their best most impactful work.","Small market, and relatively small team. Limited upward opportunities. Can be very competitive.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56476,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsot review,A very good company with lots of opportunities and very friendly policies.,Unfortunately my lead was an inexperienced lead. He micro managed and made the working environmnet very stressful. It very important to work under a good manager. Career growth is totally in the hands of your manager.  I have seen the team leads of other leads and they are very friendly and very mature. Work is very good but unfortunately work evironment was very stressful for me because of my manager.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56477,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2014",Former Employee - Communications Director,"Interesting work, broad impact, good people but frustrating","Liked 90% of my colleagues. The work was usually interesting and had an impact. Pay and benefits fine. A lot of resources at your disposal. Satya is really trying to change culture, but he's turning the Titanic","SMSG scorecard culture has gone laughably overboard - time consuming and applied to everything. A cool-looking scorecard trumps real insight, actual impact and doing what's right for company & customers","One Microsoft is a good aspiration, but still not rewarded (at least in SMSG). In fact, its the opposite. Have to make that real and hold leadership accountable. And while Satya has other near-term priorities, needs to move KTs ouster up the priority list. He's just got to go!",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56478,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Ideal place to gain experience, but may require leaving to achieve career trajectory",Great place for people who approach their career as a project with clear milestones and goals,"If you don't self promote and communicate the right impact regularly you will not move the dial for raises, stock and promotions. You also need manage your role by understanding organizational change by balancing management communications with an outside in view of the business. You need to be good networker to plan your next role and find the right team and role to grow your career.",Continue making progress towards a more diverse workplace. Reduce the number of people decisions need to flow through and truly become a more agile company. Stop missing the opportunities that get lost in the layers of management.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56479,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Interesting work, smart people","Interesting work, smart people Diverse groups, easy to build good skill set Smart people, fun to work with",Upper management not very good at people management.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P692.htm
56480,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Company with good talent needs to break through innovation rut,"smart people, good breadth of products",innovation rut in last few years,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56481,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 26, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Unethical practices,"Zero good points, please read the Con. Also, I encourage potential candidates to look at the ratings that are low scores. I have noticed that when a honest feedback is given, Microsoft cronies often bombard the feedback site with high ratings to cover up the truth about their company. So, please do yourself a favor and look at the bad ratings for the truth.","Managers play favorites based on personalities versus results, managers love flashy shining things versus content or substance, managers share personal information of their employees with the employee's peers, managers are often threaten by employees who know more than they do, and managers often do not have the background and experience to perform their roles and are often very defensive as a result.  Culturally, Microsoft has a challenge of too much in fighting, too many people worried about show casing sales type slides in PowerPoint versus the content shared being real or providing value to the company because managers do not understand what they should be looking at, no emphasis on results and more about marketing (mostly vaporware), too many arguments of a word or term such as one that remembered ""what is a application versus a platform?"" (I thought Microsoft should have known this by now), and the culture is one that no one can truly advance without stepping on others as a regular practice and declaring their work as your work.  Politically - this environment is the most politically charged environment that I have worked in. Of course there is politics in every company and very bad people in every company. However, not at this magnitude. Even Human Resources has told me in the past they see the bad behaviors and are working on it. So, I waited 8 years and still no improvements. Things have simply became worse than ever.",Do everyone a favor an quit or step down and allow more qualified external leaders take over and show you how it is done correctly.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56482,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Lead,All companies in one company,"Lot of technical areas to work on, Lots of new projects, good benefits, work life balance",Big & Mature company means low agility some times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56483,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Architect,"Gone, but still a stockholder","Good benefit's, good people lots of opportunities, some exciting new products. There are significant changes happening from the Balmer years. Stack ranking IS gone, but replacement is evolving.",Change and Reorganizations is rampant. Very much internally focused (technology and process). Nokia integrations is a slog and an impact to recourses and culture. Microsoft often abandons technologies and projects. Still playing catch-up in the cloud.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56484,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,The best company I worked for,"Nice work environment, very skilled and smart people, great career opportunities",Changing teams due to reorg might lead to losing people you enjoyed working with on a project.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56485,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2014",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,New review system is counter-productive,"The benefits are great: raises, stock awards, charitable gift-matching, etc. There are many very intelligent people with whom you can collaborate. Field engineers get to work from home. Great place for people who like playing with the latest and greatest tech and software.","Stack-ranking is gone, but the new review system is just as bad. In the old system, 10% of the team had to be given the lowest score, even if they were all great employees. Now, no one know how the system really works. It appears that the managers get to do whatever they want. If you can't demonstrate ""impact"", you'll get pushed out the door. The problem is that there is no definition of what ""impact"" can be. It is all up to your manager. If you don't have a good manager, then you are in trouble.",Stop pushing good engineers out the door. Give employees more visibility into the company's direction. Stop the increasingly-petty politics and focus on the customer.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56486,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Solution Manager,Consistently trying to figure itself out,good benefits and good colleagues. Access to technology to do your job and learn,Horrible management. People in it for themselves and have no concept of what a good Manager should be like.,Better Management training,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56487,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Good benefits, great co-workers, suspect management",Worked with a great team of very smart SDEs and SDETs (and other PMs) who worked tirelessly to get the job done. Egos were left at the door and it was truly a team effort.,"Managers spent too much time creating - you guessed it - PowerPoints for weekly meetings with senior leadership. No time for mentoring. I spent way too much time doing manual configuration work for our project that was necessary but didn't get lot of press (despite my best efforts to communicate it). My org was incredibly top-down, which just doesn't work when you're trying to quickly churn out incremental pieces. Once our major project launched, a lot of us got laid off, even after many spent countless nights and weekends trying to salvage the project. Of course, senior leadership wasn't impacted by the ""job eliminations.""",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56488,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much politics - very disappointing,"Good compensation, good opportunities to learn",Too much politics and lack of customer focus. So many blunders at senior leadership level and product user experience.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56489,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mid-year review and promotion to the next level,Promoted to the next level after showing significant accomplishments during the past two years. Benefits and compensation matched expectations.,Time spent during the review discussion was limited because the expectation is that this is a significant moment when proper coaching is required.,Please take advantage of the review and promo time period to elevate the experience to both employee and company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P693.htm
56490,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is OK,Salary is OK. A lot of team to choose.,Microsoft technical is not welcomed outside of Microsoft.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56491,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Decade in Microsoft PR,"* Fast paced, varied work environment * Compensation * Benefits * Colleagues are intelligent",* Highly matrixed organization * Preponderance of time spent on internal politics versus what's right for company and more importantly customer * Middle management that does little in the way of actual work or execution,New review system is start Constant lay-offs and lack of strategic direction is paralytic and unconstructive,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56492,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Project Manager,PM,it is good in Benefits wise for employee,nothing for the cons on company,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56493,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Fun place to work, usually.",You work a lot (though you get paid well.),none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56494,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Smart developers mixed with a bozo explosion of Peter-principal managers,"Generally good benefits (though they've been cutting back in recent years). Very sharp to excellent developers, testers, and PM individual contributors to work with.","WAY too many managers (and of those, only a small percentage are of any real benefit to their teams or the company). During my MBA we studied Jack Welsh, former GE CEO and Chief Executive Magazine ""CEO of the year"". I recall Welsh noting that ""managers should have ten (10) direct reports at the minimum, and 30 to 50 percent more if they are experienced"" - that would be 12 to 15 direct-reports for a good manager. The teams I worked with in Windows Division and Developer Division had only 3 to 5 reports for each manager. Not only did this create on-going fiefdoms and turf battles but also lead to to excessive micromanagement. Many managers provided little real value to their team or the company. (And for many, their overriding focus seemed to be on their next promotion and bonus.) Customer needs and what was best for Microsoft were frequently sacrificed for bogus features sold to make the manager ""look good"". Once released, new products often fell flat so the next year they'd be off pushing some other idea (which often again, didn't meet any real customer needs). (It seemed that many managers are just going through the motions and putting in time to get their tenured ""partner"" status.) I got tired of the silly politics, fiefdoms, turf wars, and micromanagement. After 7 years at MS I resigned and am now at Google (so far, much better).",Way too many do-nothing managers - flatten the management org.,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56495,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,The pay and benefits are great.,Work life balance can be very bad.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56496,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Good boss, good projects, great place to work","Annual performance review system was bad, but in process of changing",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56497,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Eng Lead,Great company for college hires,"- Base salary is very good for engineering disciplines. - Cash bonuses and stock bonuses are excellent (based solely on performance) - Health coverage is top notch (was better before Obamacare, but still great) - Huge discounts on MS products and for local businesses in the Seattle area - Free commuter services to many neighborhoods - Free coffee, soda, juice, tea - Excellent schools in Washington, good quality of life for family - No travel required for most - Very smart coworkers, most have great work ethic  At MS, you get what you work for. If you put in the extra effort, work 12-hour days, perform better than your peers, and get the necessary visibility for your contributions, then you will be rewarded well with good performance reviews. With good performance reviews comes huge merit raises, bonuses, stock, and frequent promotions.","- Heavyweight performance review process - Lots of meetings - Corporate politics and good ol' boy networks - Intense peer competition of individual contributors for fear of being ""managed out"" - Poor communication from management to IC's about organizational restructuring - 3 organizational restructurings (re-orgs) within 2 years - Company-wide shift to ""combined engineering"" (SDE and SDET are no longer separate disciplines) in progress. - Company-wide flattening (removing the first layer of management) in progress. Leads have to become IC's, which is a demotion as far as resumes and career growth are concerned. - Company-wide shift to maintain talent by allowing anyone to change teams without notifying their manager - Only young folks. Rarely will you find an engineer over 50. - Cost of living is very high in the Seattle area. Housing is even higher than SF bay area.","Stop chasing Apple, Google, and Amazon, and start leading the industry. Don't toss out core values that made the company strong, e.g. windows application compatibility and quality focus, in favor of being ""hip"" and agile.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56498,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work,"Takes good care of employees, good work life balance. Challenging assignments.",May feel slow paced in some teams.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56499,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,One of the Best places in the world to work,"Good work culture, you will be able to work latest and greatest that would impact PC industry","Comparatively lower pay v/s competitors, Software Giant experiencing fierce competition and in the steady decline","Aggressively innovate to come ahead of competition. Best place to work is made possible by best people working at Microsoft, it is important to continue recognize hard work",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P694.htm
56500,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Nov 26, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Escalation Engineer (Remote Site - Texas),USED to be ,Benefits such as medical/vision/dental are still better than industry. Bonuses and stock options are still better as well.,"Microsoft management does not have an ounce of moral fiber. Instead letting people go as RIF, they putting them through the psychological beat down and humiliation of being ""Managed Out"" so they don't have to pay any severance package!  They are slowly working their way down the list and I'll be very surprised if they're not #100 by end of 2015.","Management and HR need to treat people as human being. They've become as bad or worse than all big the other major corporation. The bigger they are, the greedier they get when they're at the top and the working class employee keeps getting trampled on.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56501,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,So Good So far,Good competitive work and pay. Opportunity to work with and network with smart people.,"In my limited can experience tinge of politics, u need to be aware of that to sail through",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56502,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Microsoft,"Large company with different opportunities. There are a lot of different teams from OS to online service. Great Office, benefits",Performance review system basically encourage competition inside the team. Salary is not very competitive in current industry.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56503,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Worst Company I worked for - Stupid managers managing smart people.. Office politics ==> Career smasher,"Smart colleagues, that too if you are lucky","Worst Worst Worst, and again worst management structure.. Total broken attitudes of pointing fingers at employees for a total management failure.. No matter how smart you are, how well you perform, if your manager is having attitude sickness, you are done.. and the beauty is, you cant report it anywhere. They make your life hell, they create a hostile environment, and pressurize people... Icing on the cake.. Utter political game in the company.. Its all about who knows who, who is friend of who..  I was in a team where the entire team thinks in one direction, the manager thinks the opposite, and stuff happened.","Please please please... learn what is happening in the teams. Knows your teams well. If you are totally dumb to whats happening, please don't pretend like you know it all, and please don't play politics.. Please have a system where the HR is independent of the managers, and a system where managers are held accountable to what happens in the teams.  In a nutshell, learn how to hire managers.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56504,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Communications Manager,Very political place,"People are kind in general and very helpful in analyzing your strengths and ways you can grow in those strengths. Microsoft is a study of the human psyche and how to manage stakeholders under difficult conditions. You will learn how to navigate highly complex systems and structures that weren't designed to flow together originally, using systems that aren't typically built for the purpose that you are using them. If you enjoy thinking through massive amounts of ambiguity and aren't driven to create processes to fix those systems, you will do well at Microsoft.  Microsoft is also an amazing place to build a vast network via consulting firms and FTEs at the company. You will also benefit from learning how a multitude of other companies are set up and structured. I've found this to be incredibly helpful in determining what teams and companies you would like to create one day as an entrepreneur or what places/structures you would find most valuable for employment.","The company is struggling with massive amounts of change coming from the new CEO, especially in marketing. Microsoft marketing is very unstructured, lacking ability to understand or utilize data to make informed decisions about customer interactions. Because it is such a political place, teams will often group together to discount an individual or team that attempts to create structure via analytical marketing. Marketing campaigns are often not measured, and the monetary waste and lack of frugality is substantial. The company overall lacks a pulse on their customers' interest/pain points/goals, especially in B2B.  Leadership lacks vision, long-term goals, and ability to simplify or communicate. Management is highly political, some teams hire groups of people to pad for a riff without ever attempting to develop the new employees. Employees typically spend time managing vendors and lack the understanding of how the job is actually done. With technical roles, the vendor teams who are in the details will often indicate roadblocks that, if the FTEs understood the details, wouldn't exist.  Although the company used to freely promote from within, promotions are much more difficult to come by now.","Managing people should always include developing them and helping them find their passions. Be more direct with people about ways they can contribute to the company. Too much ambiguity creates lack of focus for many. If you contribute to others, they will contribute to you. Don't be in competition with your own employees!",3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56505,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 8, 2014",Current Employee - Business Manager,making progress,new leadership appears to be breaking down the silos and setting the right course,"slow to act, w/l balance is off",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56506,microsoft,"West Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Director,Excellent talent to work with and driven.,Highly politically charged environment where real contribution can go un-noticed.,Dig deeper.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56507,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDEI,A company that can start applying green card from the first on boarding day. A company that has stable income.,"Lots of internet companies are using none Microsoft technologies like hadoop, java, rails. It's a little hard to reuse your skills. Since Microsoft's layoff, you can't apply PERM for at least 6 months.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56508,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Messed up company seems to be finding it's way,Pays well and good benefits. Ballmer is gone. New products seem to be gaining marketplace traction.,Typical large company mentality. Culture is still more competitive than cooperative. Front managers have almost no management skills.,"Just because someone is a good __________________ (fill in the blank: engineer, sales person, lawyer, etc) doesn't make them a good manager.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56509,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied,"There are good career opportunities, compensation, room for growth Work life balance is OK, depends on team and management.","It is a very internally focused/centered culture, with lots of layers of middle management. Responsability gets dilluted. Good perks.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P695.htm
56510,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Best company I have ever worked for!,"Have worked here for three years now. Great people, great corporate culture and great pay as well. I hope to work here for many more years.","As with any big company, bureaucracy in some processes exist.",Make some processes less complex.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56511,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,"Amazing management, all the way up the ladder, that is very supportive in the daily functions of the store as well as your growth in the company. Benefits, even as part time are amazing. The culture and energy is very positive and contagious. Its all about growing your knowledge, always improving and I love that the company refers to downfalls as opportunities, a positive mindset for improvement. Best retail company to work for!","Dealing with rude, ignorant customers that refuse the help and resources we have to offer them. Also inconsistent schedule, but consistent hours.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56512,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generally good once you get used to pace and culture,"Great benefits, forward thinking with technology, flexible in where/how work is done.","Culture still needs work, still very individual focused vs team",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56513,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,"Great Engineers, Poor Management","Lots of Perks, Free games, hardware. Get to experience what you build. Great Beta take home program","Management is clueless, acts on impulse, paranoid for no reason. Management is more focused on how to poorly rank the engineers instead of coming up with a competitive product road map.",Get rid of current management structure and hire fresh experiences from the Industry,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56514,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Constant re-orgs and then laid off a few months after being hired,- Competitive benefits and compensation - Some co-workers are extremely passionate and intelligent - Industry leader in some product categories,"- Big company and everything negative that comes along with it - politics, miscommunication, self-promotion, etc. - Some employees don't contribute, but are still rewarded because of the above - Some products feel out of touch with competition and market - Somewhat out of touch with industry best practices and could do a better job of catching up","Layoffs really could have been handled better, having them loom over the work force for months was bad for morale.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56515,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 6, 2014",Former Employee - EPG Sales,EPG Sales,"High base pay with annual bonus and stock, low pressure culture, good work life balance.","No sales culture, huge quotas, high commission threshold, little overachievement.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56516,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 6, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great benefits, great people, but overly bureaucratic with a stagnant corporate structure.","My experience is in online advertising. The benefits - the ability work from home, the salary, working with a great group of smart people and the sense of community, as well as the autonomy are all great elements. Lots of resources and talent, and team building focus.","So much constant organizational change that it's hard to get settled. Plus, often questioning broader strategy and ability to actually grow the products we were working on. The talent assessment process in terms of bonuses was absurd and ineffective, based more on politics than actual contributions (and I believe it has been changed since I left).",Improve the employee assessment process.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56517,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company to work for,challenging work environment but interesting,lack of clear leadership to take the company ahead,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56518,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Solution Manager,Horrible Company,Not much except for health benefits,"Horrible and incompetent management, company is full of back stabbers, lazy individuals who are very defensive and often shoot down people who try, and full of ""YES men"" Worst company I have ever worked for in 15 years. Culture is horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, the stack rank system (although rebranded) is still alive and well.","board of directors should fire all management and start over. This company has too many issues and keeping the old guard in place or not looking externally for CEO, etc. did not help this company.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56519,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,The company is good,Different teams and products you can work in. Good pay. Good diversity.,No free lunch. Manager controls most of the things.,"Offer free lunch, better benefits.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P696.htm
56520,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,In need of changes..,Benefits are good and flexible working hours.,With recent changes in the company its really chaotic.,Focus on management optimizing employee skill sets. Its chaotic right now and many employees are under utilized or not focusing on what's important or strategic. Too dependent on contractors and no accountability on FTEs.,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56521,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Business Administrator,Good work/life balance allows you to enjoy time with the family.,"Great teams, good work/life balance, intelligent employees, and nice benefits in a stable and mature tech company add up to a pleasant place to work. Ownership of the team you work with entrusts you with a lot of responsibility, as well as the autonomy to get things done.",Being such a large company can give the impression of feeling disjointed and sluggish. Plan on figuring out your job on your own with little guidance.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56522,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Very very smart people in the company,Bad management and bad policies towards evolving technologies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56523,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Applications Development Manager II,"have worked in many jobs within Microsoft, and had so much fun.","Whatever you put your mind to, all the tools are there to help you get there.",coming from the outside it's hard to get up to speed.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56524,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"One of the best employers, but has a clear room for improvement",Stability. Opportunities. Impact. Benefits. Numerous career paths,Good enough syndrome. Brain drain.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56525,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job/benefits/culture,Great job with an amazing work life balance and smart people.,It is a very big company,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56526,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,"An overall great experience, have learned a lot, grown a lot, but it's not without its frustrations.","Company values, renewed hacker culture, networking opportunities, diversity of roles and opportunities, being part of a company that literally changes the world.","The enormous product portfolio makes it tough to set an overall direction with which everyone can align. If you're not aligned with the current ""true north,"" it can be difficult to accomplish your goals. The result can be a baseline level of politics and position jockeying that can be discouraging at times.",Ensure that compensation remains competitive with the world-class competitors you're challenging in the marketplace. Consider measuring the success of the business on timelines longer than 12 months.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56527,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2014",Former Employee - SDE2,Good place to work,"Good pay and benefits, lot of smart people around",Annual performance evaluation process is quite convoluted,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56528,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Awefull place,Onboarding only took a month and I did it on my own,"Back stabbing, deceit, racist, sexist culture. Most devious and self promoting engineers win. If you want to do good engineering work then go somewhere else. If you love politics and outsmarting your peers then this is the place for you.","Fire your managers and start over with a fresh culture. Change your entire motivational system. This new one you're implementing will fail just like the stack rank system. In fact, wait, it's the same.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56529,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company,Lots of benefits Great managers Innovation People Result focused Evolving,Duplicated work Competition Politics Heavy Process Legacy systems Slow in development,Great managees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P697.htm
56530,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A large technology company.,"There are a huge variety of people at Microsoft, including some super smart and effective ones. For developers, there are also jobs in many areas ranging from cloud development to operating systems.",Frequent re-organizations put a limit on what can be done. Anything that can't be done within the time between re-orgs (6-12 months) is unlikely to ever be accomplished. Acquisitions are used to make up for a lack of internal organizational ability.,Demand accountability and wait for sustained results before promotions.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56531,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),An okay starting point for your career,"You get plenty of benefits like free devices, betas, and other cool things. It's a technology lover's dream. Great health benefits as well.","Ideas can sometimes get lost in the mix. Microsoft is still way behind the competition, both in development practices and in shipping products. Growth is also really slow unless you're willing to sacrifice your work-life balance.","Don't let people stagnate, and try and let people try ideas to improve the business.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56532,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,You could fare further and do worse.,"Good pay, good benefits. People you'll work with are generally smart and qualified. The work is typically challenging. You can expect that your immediate boss can do your job better than you can. Some departments like server are very diverse, with tons of people from all over the world. Pretty short on African Americans, like every other tech company. Not a woman, so I can't comment directly, but based on my observations and conversations with women devs, ""brogrammer"" culture is not tolerated. Company is currently in the midst of overhauling its engineering processes. That may net out to a plus or it may not.","Company is struggling to regain a position of leadership in a number of area. They just laid off a bunch of really good people because the Board wanted to jump the stock price. The old review model completely sucked. They've tried to address this but the jury is still out. The management hierarchy is too steep with two many personal fiefdoms. They are trying to flatten it, but the jury is still out. The long term future of the company remains doubtful.",Weed out the careerists in the ranks of management. Judge performance based on deliverables.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56533,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2014",Former Employee - Software Developer,Good for balance work and life,1. You will sufficient time for your family work. 2. You will not feel high work pressure as most of the work is going to be useless. 3. Career growth would be good if you know how to drive the thing which can highlight to higher management. You don't have to be smart or geek engineer but you have the attitude of bureaucratic manager. 4. Salary is better than most of company except few others.,1. Less learning opportunity. 2. You will not get good motivation in work as work culture is not what it used to be earlier. Now focus has shifted from core innovation to business. 3. Very frequent re-org. It becomes very hard to settle new guys in team. 4. Here Developers are mostly focused in covering their ares so that they should have secure jobs. It makes very hard for new hire to get settle as very few would be interested to share their work.,Focus on core engineering development in place of management.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56534,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2014",Former Employee - Lead Senior Software Development Engineer,Excellent place to work for developers!,"The company really values top talent. if you are smart and driven to prove it YOU WILL BE REWARDED! So many intangibles Microsoft employee discounts, many cafeterias on campus, etc.",Health insurance used to be top notch now it pretty much isn't. Extremely political.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56535,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail vs. Corporate,Great medical benefits and occasional perks such as new devices.,"Poor work life balance. We almost never get our schedules more than a few days before the new work week. Even then, they change nearly daily and you get push back if you dared to make plans on a day that you had off on one of the previous versions. Be prepared to perform duties above and beyond what your job description calls for with no training, no raise, no extra compensation. Just a whole lot of stress and very low morale. Reviews are only given when you hound management, and even then don't expect a raise. There is NO pathway from the retail level to corporate if you are not coding or designing.","Making your retail employees work on Thanksgiving while your corporate staff gets the time off is unconscionable. How dare you ask us to tell people that you provide a good work life balance when you don't even allow us one of the few holidays a year we used to be guaranteed to spend with our families. That only leaves Christmas, which I expect you will take away soon as well. The company made a smart move getting away from stack ranking, perhaps someone should communicate that a little more clearly to your managers. Also, take a look at how you treat the ""face of Microsoft."" Someone should remind the corporate sector that those in your retail stores are the impression people are going to have of your company. If we're dissatisfied, what confidence do your customers have in you?",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56536,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,Definitely one of the best places to be as a SW Engineer.,They treat people very well. Lots of outings. Everyone is incredibly smart and exhibits passion for the work. Excellent facilities for everything. The Redmond campus is a combination of university and shopping mall. Everything you can imagine is here.,"You will work hard, but mostly from a learning curve point of view. Work life balance will become a problem if you don't get it under control. Some of the software development practices are quirky and unexpected. Development model is waterfall trending agile-ish.","Feedback, Feedback, Feedback.",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56537,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Good company, bad management","Good place to work: location, compensation, smart good people, interesting job and lots of high paced innovations in many teams. Pro Sports Club is awesome and paid by company.",Review system forces people to focus on their personal goals in the competition against team members instead of working towards common goals. No matter of your contribution or how well you work with feature crew the personal relationships with your manager and further in the chain of management are crucial to the formal success. Team often loses technically strong people due to this non-technical reason. Many of the office spaces do not have windows. This is an awful experience not to see a glimpse of the natural light during the whole day.,work out review system that would promote teamwork,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56538,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Professional,"Change is good, but missing is how to keep people engaged","flexibility, resources, talented people to work with","pay and benefits, pay is below market and benefits are not as fruitful as before career path is limited in the field, hard to maintain strong employees in such a competitive local market","management seems surprised that not everyone wants to sign on for the constant change and limited transparency too often, this change is happening to employees, not with them",3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56539,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag,"- Some teams are great, give people lots of responsibility, and get out of the way so that they can execute. However, these teams are hard to find. - Great benefits",- Political - Dilbertian - The review process is ridiculous - Good teams are rare - People are usually disempowered,You had a good run.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P698.htm
56540,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work for,Microsoft takes really good care of its employees,Microsoft is living a bit in its own bubble in Redmond.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56541,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft provides the full scope of the software industry, from hardware design to SaaS.","There are still small teams where one has significant influence on ultimate outcome. Engineers can thrive in huge organizations by taking ownership of their deliverables. Great benefits, really, even with the 2014 HSA changes.","Perception that a linear career path means an employee is incapable, when many folks like to keep their hands 'dirty.' Also, without a large management defection, there are fewer options for upward mobility for higher 'levelled' employees (65+). As opposed to the current middle management reduction that should never be backfilled. Performance process hinders synergy and work/life balance. Changes to the review process have started, but it will be interesting to see how the new system is deployed and how employees are rewarded, when so many organizational changes are in play. That is, how much can leads put into employees, while wondering if their team is next on the chopping block.",Finish the organizational changes. Quickly.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56542,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Changing and Inspiring for the Future,"New review structure involves clear, simple, quarterly discussions with the manager. CEO is inspiring. New direction for cloud and devices makes sense. Long term strategy is good -- execution is going. Great HR perks -- Get Fit (Health) is fantastic! Tuition reimbursement is solid.",A big company and still can take long to try and get things done.,Thanks for making work-life balance possible. Thanks for valuing employees and customers. Please continue to invest in current employees and value the team work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56543,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineering Lead,Went from stable to uncertain in 2014,"Good rewards, smart people that love what they do, good benefits, lots of teams so if you want to move internally there are many options.","It feels like the company is trying to copy competitors' processes without a lot of thought on why those work for them, what could work for Microsoft and how to work with existing team engineers to do so.  I've had three managers this year. I know people that have had up to seven. I've had 4 different roles since January because of reorgs. Many people left our team because of the uncertainty and changes. It feels like we've spent the entire year shipping an org structure, not products.",I'd like to focus on building experiences that people love instead of reorging and refactoring Windows code to consolidate codebases.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56544,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Shadow of former self - still better than most,By and large very high hiring bar for development. (Not sure with new conversion of SDET's to SDE's). Sustainable working hours for the most part. Some cutting edge research and product development with hard engineering problems to solve. Affordable living close to work. Good perks.,"Poor management. Employees are disillusioned with HR and management. Too many PM's running around doing nothing and taking most of the credit with ""visibility"". There isn't enough work to go around so devs just spend time doing their pet project until it gets cancelled and they are re orged and moved. Too many reorgs and moves!!!! Not agile by any stretch of imagination.","Instead of laying off SDET's, have courage to layoff middle management and senior+ level guys that aren't really contributing much to the company. Have most customer focus in product teams. Product decisions are made randomly by GPM's (or atleast it seemed so). Have the entire product team meet with real customers and engage as a startup does for deep understanding of what they are building.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56545,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Microsoft is a great company if you want to work for a large corporation,"If you land in the right group and have a good manager the culture will be ok, and you will have the ability to drive your own personal development plan","WLB will be tough because you will need to work long hours, and the performance review process is still cut-throat. it may change over time, but it will take a while to ""purge"" the ""stack rank mentality"" pervasive across the company",Drive culture change as quickly as possible so that employees truly can help make each other great (rather than compete against each other) and drive innovation,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56546,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Great company to work for,"Large portfolio of applications, absolutely zero micromanaging, competitive salary, extraordinary benefits, perfect work life balance",Sometimes small but critical accomplishments get slipped through the cracks,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56547,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2014",Former Employee - Lead Product Manager,Helps to be in the Right Product Group,"Join a ""startup"" group at MSFT with a good product and mission. Picking the right product makes all the difference because the people at MSFT are usually great to work with and hours are regular.","Pick the wrong product team that cannot compete in the marketplace and you will be screwed with multiple re-orgs, co-workers fighting for survival doing ""make-believe"" busy work, politics, and frustration with lack of business progress.","Creative destruction - if a group/product is not doing well, please do not change management team and think fundamental issues will be solved (ie, lack of engineers, product vision, competitiveness in marketplace).",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56548,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It all depends on your org,The company provides good benefits.,Too many changes going on so there is a lot of uncertainty about a number of things.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56549,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2014",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Great to have a budget,"It's nice to work at a place where there is a budget for research and usability testing, diverse teams and skill sets can come together for adhoc project groups.",On-the-job training opportunities at my last position were pretty minimal. Working on the same project for a year can lead to subject matter fatigue and feeling jaded when the developers punt every major design change to an ephemeral 'next sprint.',"Greater focus on UX guidance and usability testing at the earliest phases of a project will cut down on expensive rework, increase efficiency and result in greatly enhanced end product. Some teams are already on this, others need to catch up.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P699.htm
56550,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good culture, great minds",Loads of different products produced by the company so you can switch anytime and grow.,Too much overhead sometimes for shipping products. Need to move faster.,Be open with employess.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56551,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Lots of new projects. Lots of fun. The people were nice and friendly.,"Lots of movement recently, probably not good for new comers or people looking to stay long.",No.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56552,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Overall great place to work,"There is a reason people come from all over the world to work for this company. Experiences vary widely depending on your group, boss and co-worker. Mine were always positive. And I LOVED that MS matched my giving to non-profits. The benefits and perks are beyond amazing.","Didn't love re-hashing goals every 6 months, reviews were tedious, and way too frequent reorgs.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56553,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,"Great people, going through lots of change","There are some amazingly talented people at Microsoft and working with them is a pleasure. The sales environment is getting more high-pressure, but still nothing like what you hear from other places. They froze S-plan (sales people) base salaries and upped OTE by 8%, I believe, but the quotas are getting staggering. Everyone on my team has a quota over $10M. You can make a comfortable living and have good work-life balance.","A lot of transition means searching for answers. First it was Software + Services, now its Cloud First, Mobile First. There is a huge push to begin LOB selling, but unfortunately Microsoft doesn't sell much in the way of business solutions, it sells plumbing, so actually figuring out what to do is a struggle sometimes.  Quotas go up but customers remain the same, so its squeezing existing customer bases for money. Audits are up and customers are not happy. High quotas mean its tough to be too much over 100%, so payouts are limited.  Microsoft is increasingly left behind - going into a customer to talk about Windows 8 Apps and Windows Phones while everyone has an iPhone and an iPad just underscore how out of touch Microsoft got and quickly it was passed by.","Focus! Don't try to compete everywhere. Cut Windows Phone and focus on selling software on all platforms - Android, iOS, etc.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56554,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Excellent compensation, benefits and perks.",work life balance is sometimes a challege,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56555,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work...lots of potential!,"Talented people to work with. Good work space compared to other tech companies. Great work life balance. Lots of opportunities to move around the company. Good transparency.  Management is working in positive direction by removing the stack ranking, making inter company transfers easier, setting clear goals, creating good scope to collaborate and providing a better direction. Lots of potential and good positive energy with the new CEO.","Health benefits are not the same, used to be better.  Promotion time frame is dependent on the group you work for. It is much easier to get promoted in some groups where as very difficult in others. I've seen people waiting for promotion for 4-5 years despite being very talented. There is still some friction/politics between groups, however things are moving in positive direction. Inter company transfers doesn't allow level changes.",Like what management is doing. Areas to improve: 1) Take more frequent feedback from employees. 2) Improve the benefits if you can afford to keep employees happy. 3) Reason why phone OS is not picking up. Make bold changes if needed including UI. Recent iphone demand suggests there is lots of potential for revenue from it. Bring in new phones with outstanding hardware with new flagship phones far exceeding customer expectations similar to surface brand.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56556,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Solution Manager,Microsoft IT is the worst group,Excellent benefits and perks. Great means to learn new areas.,The IT organization is poorly run and it does not matter how well you do your job but who you know. The best performers are seldom rewarded and there is way too much politics.,Recognize the true performers and get rid of the fat in middle management.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56557,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Constantly Shifting Priorities, Poorly Trained Management, Huge Turnover",Lots of gadgets and technology to work with. Development and test teams are usually very knowledgable.,"Leadership and management don't know what to do, and are more interested in proving to the higher ups that they are making some artificially designed metrics then creating good software.  Constant team shake ups and project changes mean that you never develop much expertise unless you take it upon yourself.  Culture is atrocious, most are only concerned with their own progress and will do every thing you can to throw anyone else under the bus. Management likes to take credit for employees work. Unsurprising, as performance is measured on a sliding scale rather then any real metrics.  Good english is not required, which makes communication a big issue.  Movement between roles is almost non-existent, although they use it as a hiring draw.  Due to high turn over, management tends to be drawn from outside groups, and they have little to no knowledge of the project.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56558,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Evolution and People,It's a great place to learn and evolve your career. Plenty of opportunities to explore other areas. Also Microsoft is evolving... I'm starting to hear and see dramatic changes in some basics that I though I'd never see... it's pretty exciting to see and cheer along.,"Microsoft is evolving, mean while the lay off's hit hard, and all the changes make things a little more unclear and uncertain...",Microsoft needs a win soon.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56559,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is a good company to work for.,"The benefits package is very good. Great work life balance. There is great flexibility in the way you dress, work timings, etc.",The company is in the middle of a major realignment. They may seem to be not agile enough for the modern world.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P700.htm
56560,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,anonymous review for Microsoft,a lot of teams to try,"sometimes, team dependency defers development efficiency",better team coorporation should be considered,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56561,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Great work/life balance,Great variety of products where (in theory) you can choose where to work. Amazing work/life balance. Fair compensation.,Less responsibility due to the largeness of products. Career growth is slow compared to small companies.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56562,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Good products and great people to work with.,"Too narrowly focused on cloud, no innovation for mobile and emerging markets.",Focus on supporting the start-up environment because they will bring true innovation into the market.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56563,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Great benefits. A company with deep pockets.,"Benefits were the best in the area. Nice campus with great cafes. Parking is easy, and the connectors made the commute somewhat bearable.","Individuals don't work as a team. During the interview, managers spoke of hiring me for process improvements. By month 3, I was told to not focus on process. Pay want that great based on the hours worked.",Don't hire people at a higher level then the work requires.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56564,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but it has to stop thinking that great talent can only be successful at its Seattle HQ,"Great environment to grow, nurturing and positive.","If you want a career you simply have to live in Seattle, which cuts off hundreds of great talented people from making Microsoft more successful.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56565,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,"20+ year career, varied experiences, the company where I ","Large company with large number of opportunities to gain experience, excellent compensation package, Challenging environment pushes you to produce good work.","Depending on the team, can be overly political and slow. Culture is very entrenched and slow to change. Performance model legacy leads to negative behavior","Performance Model is the biggest negative for working at Microsoft. It discouraged teamwork, and was demoralizing for personality types that do not enjoy self-promotion. The new model is heading in the right direction, but implementation is unclear and it doesn't appear management is totally bought in.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56566,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,over all experience was good,"Benefits are good, overall salary package is good",Management and Politics at work place,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56567,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Great compensation, fixing mistakes, in a culture where you can have a life outside work","Great people managers who understand how to give their employees excellent work-life balance. Challenging projects to work on that affect the lives of often tens, or even hundreds of millions of customers. Great changes in the last year to fix culture problems and crazy inefficiencies where the same thing would be built independently by different teams. A removal of leadership who led to the creation of poorly-received products. Incredible freedom to move between product groups to try new things with management that supports such moves.","Problematic PR which still flubs the message of otherwise-great products way too frequently, and a devices strategy that's taking way too long to produce great high-end phones. Love the Surface Pro 3 though.",Keep moving in the direction of the last year. Listen to JoeB. But get rid of the ridiculous amount of middle-management in OSG.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56568,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but often burdened by middle management bureaucracy and resource challenges","Much of what's been said about the company is true - it's a fascinating and often challenging place to work with smart people on tough problems or cool products that impact or are used by millions of users. When it's good, it's great. I worked on internal-facing/supporting teams and released products and they were both gratifying. The changes during Satya's tenure are promising, but not with impact. The culture is good, but there's still a lot of ""old skool"" and elitist thinking. I had a great career there, was well compensated, and provided plenty of opportunities to learn and have an impact.","The company has great values, and in it's recent efforts to become more relevant again (and undo some of the bad publicity wrought by Ballmer's waning years) it has really reminded the industry that they are still a force to be reckoned with. Purse strings and resources are getting tighter and this makes it difficult. The recent layoffs don't seem really smartly planned, with lots of great people being let go while other non-performers remain. Benefits are still good, but have been reduced year over year to where they aren't much better than anyone else's. I remain bullish on Microsoft's future, but think they have a way to go to get to where they want to be.","I'd encourage anyone going there to find ways to be disruptive, to find ways to challenge the status quo and keep Microsoft on the path to lean development and relevant prioritization. Its success in the next few years will be how well it can reestablish itself as a nimble player in the markets where it can most have an impact.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56569,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Exciting place for young professionals to build their career,- A lot of support for young college hires to gain experience and get your foot into the career - Culture is changing. Satya is really getting our culture direction is the right direction,- People don't believe in us.. frustrating to see it in the media - PMs...... too many of them doing mindless / useless features for their own job security - MSIT absolutely sucks,"I think management is going on the right direction - removing stupid ""processes""",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P701.htm
56570,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,One hopefully soon to be remembered,The great experience and advancement in my understanding of how to utilize my time and manage creation and complete tasks,Not always enough time to meet deadlines,Keep a positive attitude and try to cooperate as much as possible with employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56571,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Oct 25, 2014",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great Company to work for,Very smart people with genuine attitude of team building and team success,Politics and self preservation are taking precedent of making Microsoft and their customers successful.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56572,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer Lead,Great place to work with brilliant individual contributors but less than stellar middle management,"Everyday is a new learning at work. The people around, especially the individual contributors, are mostly very smart and there is hardly any day when you don't feel like you are not being challenged.",Leadership can sometimes hold you back. Too many people who have been here for a really long time are occupying positions in middle management without making much of a difference to the product/people. Many of these people are too rigid to change and are opposed to any semblance of a change. This is usually the source of slower innovation. I am however optimistic with the arrival of Satya though. He is making the right noises and backing it up with some sound decisions.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56573,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Everything is about politics,"Microsoft has a great benefit package, the salary is above market and it is located in a beautiful campus in Redmond. One of the best perks are the paternity leave, the awesome gym, and the connector system.  The salary packages are very attractive since you will get a nice base salary but also you will get bonus and stocks.","When I joined Microsoft, I was the happier person in the world but that vanished really fast, the company behaves like an Italian family where you need to find a godfather to get recognition, otherwise no matter how hard you try or well connected you are with you peers and skip level you won't go any higher. It is very frustrating to see over an over how people that are not doing their job right, people that do not have people skills, and people that are just not prepared get promotions not deserved. If you are a big brown nosed, this might be the right place to you.","Love the company as other employees do, it is very hard to see EVP getting paid tons of money and not really make a difference in the company",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56574,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Solution Manager,"Paid very well, too many long term employees",Pay is great Great work life balance Challenging work,Political envt Need more employees with experience outside of ms - too many 20 plus year employees Too much flexibility to move around resulting in leaders in misfitting positions Poor planning structure and change management internally at very large company making it hard to follow direction.,Improve planning across the company Better broad communication of strategy so we all follow the same direction Do not put eng leads in charge of business More business leaders vs engineers.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56575,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 10, 2014",Former Employee - Intern,Intern review,"work-life balance, challenging, encouraging environment","gloomy weather, food, the city could be bring at times",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56576,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,Unbelievably caring and forward looking company.,Cares about employees. Continually improving.,None. This is the best company I've worked in.,Keep carrying about employees and reward them accordingly.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56577,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to start,Microsoft has its hands in so many things that you can really do anything that you would want to here as an engineer. There are amazing people to learn from and the opportunity is huge.,"You need to take control of your own work life balance. Otherwise, you will end up working much more than you want.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56578,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Content Developer,"I'd go back, but with my eyes open.","Working on the main campus is like being in your own little world. Walking paths, athletic fields, cafeterias, even places to shop since the Commons was opened. Office culture varies with the group you're in, so your experience may be better or worse than mine. Work life balance was generally very good in my group, but changes in upper management had degraded that in the last year. Overall, I was still happy to be at work every day, liked my co-workers, and felt lucky to have the job I did.","When I started, management in my group was all about finding the people who best fit a given job, even adjusting the job to take advantage of particular skills. Starting a couple of years before my departure, and continuing, the upper levels seem to be trying to componentize everything, forgetting that creative people don't work well as interchangeable components.  Stack ranking may be gone, but I have doubts about its replacement. The new review system may not look like less cutthroat, but if anything it's harsher than the old one.","Get your act together, folks. One day you're telling us how important work/life balance is, the next you've approved a GM's plan to abolish working from home for her group. You want every employee to be their own advocate, then Nadella tells women to trust in karma.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56579,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"Good work life balance, great benefits, great people",Bad review system and lack of transparency in review system,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P702.htm
56580,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"High caliber people, big scale projects for the most part","Smart people, many very motivated. Working with them can be humbling.  In Redmond at least where I work: medical center, library, nice campus, amenities for cyclists (showers towels bike tools), the makers garage (free use of 3D printers, laser cutters, etc.)","Many management layers that scrutinize and re-scrutinize decisions (justified by the complexity of the products in my opinion) , slowing down execution.  People that have been around since the days of shrink wrapped software, that have a hard time adapting to the services times.",We're looking forward to all the cultural changes that the new management is bringing about.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56581,microsoft,"India, PA"," Oct 3, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Excellent. Except for rotten annual review process and managers who can ruin your career because they can.,The Brand Name. The employee-friendliness. The sheer romance of working for the biggest software company in the world. The variety of roles you *could* get a chance to work in. The chance to see the world... travel to countries where mere services work wouldn't let you normally. There are more...,"The sheer BAD managers. You'd be burdened with one suddenly and your life is ruined. The TERRIBLE annual review process--as they were. Apparently they've changed since but the people running them have remained the same... mostly. The excessive bureaucracy which sometimes seem to suffocate your normal day... or in accomplishing something that could otherwise be done with far less stress, effort or pain. The simple impossibility of changing roles... the ""rules"" say you can but reality usually bites. Badly. You need to be ""pulled""...",Sack the managers that get low(er) scores in the annual feedback. Redo the review process from scratch. Let merit decide role changes and NOT only networking.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56582,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Procurement,Great Company,A new and exciting vibe with new products and new leadership.,The company has become very bureaucratic. There is a lot of redundancy. Teams do not always talk to one another to ensure the best processes are being utilized for the company.,"Benefits are wonderful, but management needs to understand that work/life balance needs to be taken into account. Management also needs to be generally nicer. It is a dog eat dog environment where you feel like you are even competing with your manager.",3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56583,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 24, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great company, interesting projects, politic sucks",I had the opportunity of working on interesting projects with smart people. Also comes with great benefits. I would recommend.,"The politic sucks. Leadership does not know where they are going. Things are changing, so hopefully it is for the better.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56584,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),My Experince at MSFT,"Great company, good environment, cool work",Not moving fast enough and could move faster,"You might already be changing this, move faster",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56585,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Ops Manager,Challenging,Diverse and vast opportunities for growth. Good benefits.,"Too large, too many chefs and menus in the kitchen.","Continue streamlining middle management layers - Sr. Manager/Director Levels - too many talkers, not doers.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56586,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,It is an awesome company to work for. Looks great in resume. Benefits are great. Most offices are really nice and new. Very friendly to the idea of WFH,"Due to the fact that it is a really large company with over 100k employees, things are moving very slow. In order to get an employment verification letter, you need to make a lot of calls and send emails. A ton of mandatory training. Luckily they are online and video based.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56587,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Engineer OSG,"Smart, talented people. Good benefits, people working hard","Some are doing minimal work, extra hard work not recognized. no passion",Keep talented hard working people. watch for non passionate people,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56588,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great potential, poor application of resources.",A great place to learn and grow your skills. Good rewards. Good work/life balance.,"Lots of silos. Too many failed or poor quality projects/products, and too often no one cares or there are 'higher' priorities. It's baffling how broken things are internally, but I guess that's what you get with a company tho massive.","Stop generically assigning engineering teams to projects. Experienced resources with the 'right' experience should be hand picked for all possible projects. It's a big problem when people all around you are constantly ramping up, making huge mistakes that delay or degrade product experiences or performance.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56589,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Lots of fun but there's emphasis on sales .,"Great starting pay for entry level retail positions. Great retail team. Good benefits even for part time job. Flexible management team. Bonus pay if store makes high sales. They pay for some college classes if it benefits Microsoft. 10% employee discount, At&t/Verizon discount, Lenovo discounts and a employee store portal.",There's push for sales in kiosk stores. Monthly reviews for entry level employees are based on sales/attach rates while customer assistance and contributions to the store are rarely in the review. Management team can get stressed when not making store sales goals especially in kiosk stores since the end goal is to convert in to an actual store. Transfers between stores and/or promotions require going through the entire interview process.,"When interviewing people for the job, they should clearly mention that it is a sales environment. I was under the impression that we are there just to represent Microsoft in advising people on what to purchase when deciding to buy a Microsoft product. Sales are nice but in my opinion, Microsoft stores should be assisting customers in making educated purchases, not to be hungry wolves trying to make store sales goals in the end of the month.",4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P703.htm
56590,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Working at Microsoft: Office, Support and Partner teams","Lots of opportunity for professional growth, encouraged to work across the company and teams in a variety of roles Great benefits Really smart people to work along side Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be","Culture varies depending on the division and team, really important to look at fit within the team and not just the role Lots of people who have been at MSFT for a very long time and who should have left a long time ago! Too many vendors and reliance on vendors",Continue to work at changing the perception of MSFT by doing good things and moving faster! Stop taking so long to make decisions.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56591,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Really nice place to work,"Friendly, collaborative and exciting work environment","work life balance, management, HR",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56592,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineering Manager,OK,Challenging environment Full of twists and turns,Sub-average management Too much politics Unclear goals Culture in transition,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56593,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,"Consumer Product Advisor is a good job, not a career","Fantastic chance to learn a growing business in technology retail. Trainers are always in the store monitoring your performance. This helps to assist your growth in your position. Learn the basics on face-to-face retail sales. Develop yourself at your own level, show leadership you can perform challenging tasks, and you will shine and be considered for a promotion in the area of interest. There appears to be not official ladder of movement so explore your interests and strive for success.",It has been 3 years since the first Microsoft store opened in Arizona and they are still considered a baby of a company. It is still very scattered in terms of how leadership runs the operation. Corporate changes the plan frequently to find out what works and what doesn't work. They are making great efforts towards finding an ideal functional operation however if you want to take on this role be advised you will need to adapt to an ever changing environment. Also this is retail which means argumentative people walk into the door and they can be harsh and rude because they are freaking out about how their computer is not working. The feel at justice if they take it out on the first people they see representing this company. You will have to learn to let them vent and be as nice as possible because your rudeness will only make the customer more angry.,Please get more organized. The policy reads when in doubt on the job ask management for help. But the policy says nothing about all saying the same thing. So please develop a standard set of procedures that management follows so leadership can make the same decision. The lack of consistency not only confused the employee up how to do their own job but also confuses the customer. The customer needs to hear the same thing every time in all locations.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56594,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Are you a disruptor or a number?,Good compensation and work environment. Good opportunities if you have the right mojo and are assertive... willing to push your idea up the chain to get buy-in.,Company is having a hard time staying relevant. Seems like a constant and conflicting changes in strategy. It's hard to be heard if you have a good idea. Not good clarity of company strategy communicated within the company.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56595,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Great compensation & benefits. But overall lack of career opportunities, and lacks work/life balance",Great compensation & benefits. Certain parts of the company are good.,Lacks diversity of personality types. People of certain personality type are preferred up the order. Who you know (politics) matters more than what you accomplish. Management takes the right course eventually when all the bad ones are exhausted - no wonder the competition is way ahead. Collaboration is a challenge when there is a back stabbing environment. Most managers are incompetent to be managers. There is a very formal engagement model for a tech company - Principals engage only with Principals and not folks below them till their higher ups are copied in the email.,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56596,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Good, but could be better","Microsoft pays well and offers good benefits, and there is a lot of prestige that comes with working at such a famous company.",Management is bloated and inefficient and at times you feel like a worker bee in a vast colony that doesn't pay attention to you.,Get down in the trenches and talk to employees rather than taking them for granted.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56597,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A learning experience,"Great learning experience, always learning something new. Ability to utilize the latest versions of software. Working with very smart people. Lots of learning resources available to employees.","Challenges with office politics, work-life balance, career development. Fast paced environment leaves little time for anything else. Something to consider/ask yourself: does having good benefits outweigh work/life balance?",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56598,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Microsoft really cares about employees, growing them and setting them up for long term success. I spent over 8 years at Microsoft, worked with some of the smartest people I have met, had a lot of independence, and the work was really fulfilling. Hours were sometimes long but rarely crazy. Pay is excellent. Benefits are among the best in software companies (I would pick top notch health care, tuition reimbursement, prime discounts and legal plans over free dry cleaning and free food any day).","Different divisions at the company having different perspectives can be demotivating and disappointing for both customers and employees. It is hard to influence top level strategic decisions even if you're pretty senior. If there's one thing I'd change at Microsoft, it'd be to make it a requirement for different divisions to work collaboratively. In spite of being a great company that has transformed the world with its products and services and contributed to so many good causes, Microsoft was never perceived to be cool when I worked there and the press and the perception can sometimes make you feel bad.","Please find a way to hire excellent people to Microsoft, especially experienced candidates. The company I joined seems to do a much better job of hiring and retaining experienced candidates. At Microsoft, I saw many people with years of industry experience really struggle to fit in with people who'd spent many years at the company.",5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56599,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,IT Associate Consultant,Dynamic and fast-paced work environment (never mundane) Brilliant and inspirational co-workers Incredible benefits and perks Competitive salary and bonus plans Refreshing and innovative culture which promotes creativity and collaboration Strong investment in your growth through trainings and conferences,Work-Life Balance (but ultimately this is up to you) Significant shifts in the company in terms of management due to recent changes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P704.htm
56600,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - Director Marketing,You really can do things you've never imagined,Truly smart people work there. The resources are enormous compared to other companies. For the most part people are empowered to do great work and you can make an impact at the global level.,Budgets get cut 30% every year yet expectations for growth are continually increased. The old boy network and bully culture is still alive but is not getting fed and rewarded as it used to be. Very political and bureaucratic. Hard for an individual contributor to be promoted.,"I was super pro Satya until he opened his mouth about women and raises, but generally think he's taking the company in the direction it needs to go.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56601,microsoft,"Hauppauge, NY"," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,In Short,"Excellent training, learning and solid collaboration across platform groups are huge key factors that make work enjoyable. Excellent benefits",Maintaining a work life balance is very challenging. Too many corporate re-orgs which had had a tendancy to drop morale or cause a heavy cut throat environment..,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56602,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to learn and grow,"So much opportunity to learn and grow at this company. Take advantage of opportunities to move around, try new roles, work with smart people, grow your skills.",It's so big that sometimes you can get lost or overlooked if you aren't a self-promoter.,Need better vacation time incentives.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56603,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2014",Current Employee - Video Game Tester,via Volt,working at volt I got to say I have worked for microsoft,"treated bad, other workers where very stingy and acted like gamers rather then working professionals, I was on call, job availability was bad, I quite but they keep calling me in to work to this day, no advancement to the actual Microsoft buildings, very low pay","If you are going to have a company work for you to hire people make sure they are not a horrible place to work for, that says a lot about Microsoft choices and company as a whole.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56604,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,OK place to work,Its ok place to work - get lots of experience and smart folks to work with,Need to understand folks outside Microsoft doesn't think that Microsoft does online services.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56605,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Average place. Not a place for innovation. Too much politics.,Work life balance. You can go through work without much effort.,Too much politics. Whatever happened to meritocracy.,Fire all people who are not technical and into politics.,4.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56606,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the best place to be right now,"There are some amazing people here. Don't get me wrong, there are some awful people as well. But, there teams where you can be really happy and enjoy just about everything you do without burning out in 6 months. And, with the org flattening that occurred, lots of the ""bad"" middle managers are gone.",Not so sure about the exec leadership. The pendulum has swung way too far with regards to flattening the org. There are a lot of very unhappy people right now that really question exec management's decisions. Don't expect the system to just work and you will be good...it often doesn't work at all.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56607,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager II,15 year veteran of Microsoft,"Great things to work on, great people to work with and a traditionally generous benefits package when it comes to healthcare.","Politics, inability to attain promotion, a system which allows bad managers to continue in management, long term prospects.",Revamp the review system to make the focus on people management rather than employee management. The manager has too much say and sway over individual employees career trajectory.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56608,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager,"Great place to learn and network Truly the smartest people I've ever worked with, trying to do the right thing great benefits and vacation great opportunities to give back to the community and the world",Most groups require long hours Decisions are made in a vacuum and slowly Most groups could be more customer-centric/end-user centric,"share goals with your employees, promote your employees, value diverse styles of leadership and women, make decisions quicker",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56609,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What MS needs to be competitive is a fundamental culture change and to stop internal bickering,"Perks perks perks. It is a great place to work, if you want to be well-paid, enjoy great benefits, if you can just put up with massive loads of bureaucracy and take part or build fiefdoms. I left MS and thoroughly enjoy the new company where it is extremely flat, leaders are approachable and organization has a strategy that a. makes sense b. everyone takes seriously. I cannot say any of those things about MS.","Too many. Also, there is limited mobility between groups. This is a major challenge.",Find a way to break the cycle. Find ways to encourage creativity and reduce bureaucracy. Find ways to be educated about the market and the industries instead of living in a massive bubble.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P705.htm
56610,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Smart colleagues, heavy processes.",Lots of very smart coworkers.,"Heavy processes, everything took forever to release.",Poll employees' opinion often.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56611,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,"Experience was extremely positive as long as I was wanted by my manager, then he decided it was time for me to go","Great Energy, great passion, great people. I loved working at the company for my first 13 of 15 years, the people is the reason I stayed so long.","Horrible leadership, leadership team was self serving.  Work/Life balance is out of balance.  Once I was labeled a ""5"", it was a horrible two years of arguing every discussion. Manager lied about my performance in order to meet attrition metrics.","Get ride of the forced attrition, it drives bad behavior by people in order for them to keep their own jobs.  Also get rid of the forced curve which is still in effect (Sept 2014). Managers are incented to aggressively manage out great people in order to keep their own jobs.  Kevin Turner once said at our all hands that if you can't find a ""5"" on your team, you are then the ""5"". That attitude needs to be managed out. For those on the outside, a ""5"" was recently the lowest possible review score, and labeled you as the next to be managed out or fired for ""performance"", independent upon what you have delivered.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56612,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),great company for people with families,work life balance is good. great benefit. alot of smart people. considerable salaries for principle level.,low drive. too much politics. slow promotion. slow growth.,be more transparent and less politics,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56613,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Working with lots of smart people,"There are many smart people you'll see and work with. You can learn a lot from them. There are many different groups inside Microsoft where you can change the direction of your career with an internal transfer. Great amenities: commons mall and the library. Good discounts at the company store. Health benefits got worse over time but still very good. Access to gym is a plus. They generally support work/life balance, that might change from product to product.","Internal transfers are not very easy or encouraged. Definitely doable though. Currently going through lay offs which caused some worry among employees. Reviews are stressful with the curve system. They have been trying to improve this but it is still true. You might end up in a group with a bad work-life balance, you have to do your research if you value that.","Competing in too many spaces, company doesn't have a focus. Review system still values advertising your work rather than doing the actual work. If you don't have a good manager to represent you in the review meetings, then all is lost.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56614,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer 2,"Good team, opportunity to grow",Big team comes with bureaucracy,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56615,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2014",Former Employee - General Manager,Great Pay - Terrible crippling politics,"Pay - benefits, food, buildings are nice",The work is micro-focused. Politics is how people move up. Rating system is mostly a popularity contest. Gets worse the more senior you get.,"Cut out more middle management, recent cuts have not gone far enough. Kill the review system, it is the same thing with different words. Not that they will read any of this, the management is so wildly overpaid at Microsoft they are just play CYA.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56616,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,MS is changing,"Great people and team, great place to learn, flexible working hours and can work remotely, good benefit.","Long working hours, not many opportunity for grow, recent company layoff made people feel unstable and lost motivation.",Centralize the change and make the working environment more stable.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56617,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Overall good,Good work culture .. . ..,long working hours .. .. ..,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56618,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, but horrible politics","Benefits, Compensation, Work-life balance is ok","Review system (stack ranking), politics, people getting promoted for the wrong reasons, have to spend at least 25% of your time managing up. Hard to make a difference. No innovation. You can tell that people get sucked into the system and would have a hard time functioning at any other company.",Figure out a way to reward real work rather than those who suck up.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56619,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2014",Former Employee - Content Publisher,"I was privileged to work at Microsoft for the past 12 years as an FTE, and as a contractor for 2 years prior to that.","The benefits package can't be beat. Also, the pay is really good, with nice merit increases and bonuses every year (if you deserve them). A recent improvement was changing the performance review system to no longer include the bell curve. There are lots of opportunities for growth, and if you don't like the team you're on or are looking for a change, there's usually another position at Microsoft you can jump to (and it's encouraged).","For me, it was the rapid and constant change in recent years. It seemed like our team re-orged every six months to a year, or we lost people due to layoffs and didn't hire anyone in their place. As a result, the work those people were doing had to either be spread out across the team or just dropped. Also, you never feel really safe, performance or seniority doesn't seem to matter in layoffs.... Also, our team direction seemed to be constantly changing, and in later years, the leadership became micro-managers. Everything had to be signed off to the point that the leadership team became a bottleneck.",Reward those who have really contributed to the company by not including them in big layoffs. Demonstrate that you know your employees and their worth and that you value their contributions by keeping them around.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P706.htm
56620,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great company being taken down by a new CEO.,"Good benefits - health insurance is good (but was better as a PPO before being a high deductible HSA), free sodas, choice of wellness benefits (fancy gym membership or money for sports extracurriculars), on sight locker rooms with towel service, charity giving match, opportunities for free products, reduced cost software.  If you get on a good team they become like a second family (which is good because work life balance can be bad - see cons).  Fair and reasonable time off -- 3 weeks vacation to start, with an extra week at 6 years, and another at 12, 10 sick days, 2 floating holidays, plus 8 company holidays. Many managers are willing to be flexible if you need a half day, or run out of sick time to let you make it up in other ways.  Commute options are good - free parking, complimentary bus pass, plus company run shuttle service (The Connector)","New CEO is taking things downhill fast by getting rid of test teams. Quality of internal releases has been getting worse for the last 6+ months with no sign of getting better.  They tout positive work life balance, but if your product is at all behind, which happens often, you'll be working more hours than you can imagine. You don't earn comp time, so you have to just suck it up if they say you need to work a weekend.  If you get an unjustified poor review you have little to no recourse. If you happen to get on a bad team, or a team with ineffective managers who won't stand up for you, you are screwed. Good luck trying to transfer, because other teams will be wary due to the review.  Re-orgs happen ALL the time. This can make it incredibly difficult to have any sense of stability in your role, because you will regularly have a new manager.","The July 2014 layoffs were some of the most poorly handled and disrespectful moves I've ever seen. Many high performing people were laid off via a secret algorithm, leaving teams fractured and without the people they needed to complete valuable projects. What were you thinking?  If you treat your employees with respect and dignity you keep morale high, and keep people loyal. But the behavior of upper management in the last year is indicative of a very unhealthy stance on how to treat your employees. I see high rates of attrition in Microsoft's future if they don't stop treating their employees like replaceable parts instead of people.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56621,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Use of latest technology. Good perks.,Too big of an organization. more agile/startup mentality is needed,Satya N. pushing for culture change. Middle management needs to change.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56622,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Pockets of excellence in otherwise mediocre company,"Some parts of the company have really good people and really nurturing environment. In these teams work is a joy, and you will look forward to coming to work every day.","Most places though are cesspools of politics, and often you win by gaining power, and you gain power by putting people down.",Reward your best coders heavily.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56623,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Business Analysis Manager,Not my cup of tea,"Connector & support of alternative methods of getting to work, flexibility and support of working from wherever you are. Employees get the latest technology/software. Healthcare benefits & gym memberships","People are not warm, and generally very self-serving. My last manager was incredibly arrogant, condescending and took credit for he work I was doing, without giving any recognition for my contributions. I was his only direct report for more than a year. How much sense does it make to give someone a team of ONE? It certainly didn't prove that he could be an effective manager.",Create more of a 'team' atmosphere where people are rewarded because of team successes not individual ones. Create opportunities for people to learn about MS Products and become advocates for them. Encourage loyalty.... crazy how many people proudly carry around competitors products.,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56624,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales,Compensation is competitive vs market,Culture of How vs What creates a bad work environment. Poor overall results and loss of market share speak for itself,"Eliminate the counterintuitive How vs. What culture. Market share, results and performance matter.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56625,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of people running around doing a lot of nothing,"Perception of good benefits, Perception of some level of order & direction",Only some groups at Microsoft actually do work that drives the company forward. Most of the company seems to spend their time justifying their existence at Microsoft.,Lay off more people and focus on building groups that actually are empowered to drive innovation & create new products.,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56626,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2014",Former Employee - Product Management Director,Great Experience at Microsoft,"People, benefits, location. Hard problems, great scope and scale, limitless budget. It was easy to get traction in teams when you had good ideas and plans to execute. Working across groups can be a challenge but I found people to be very focused on the common goals and overall easy to work with.","Benefits have been trimmed recently, work-life balance can be tough. Coordinating cross-group can be a challenge","Push more, take more risks.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56627,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft is a great company to work for with a lot of excellent engineers,"The benefits have been watered down from what they used to be, but still are very good. The deductible at the beginning of the year is high, but MS contributes and I've never had a problem finding a doctor that's part of the system. The company culture varies from division to division, but generally its supportive and cooperative. There are cases where people were promoted that I didn't feel should have been, but they were fairly rare so by in large, promotions were earned and justified. Even more rare were the cases where someone should have been promoted and wasn't. When I was promoted, the benefits were good, generally a 3-5% salary increase (+ merit on top of that), 15%+ bonus (depending on level), and equity shares. As for people, I worked with a lot of different teams and I didn't get along with everybody, but I always felt the vast majority of people were very smart and talented.","A big problem toward the end of my tenure at MS was process and compartmentalization. I'm sure this is a problem with a lot of large companies, but I felt over the years that different groups were spun off to tackle different problems during the shipping of Windows. This sounds good, but in practice it leads to conflicting priorities between groups with the focus less and less on the end goal of shipping a quality, innovative product. For example early on in Windows, test and dev teams owned their own test labs and machines. Now its set up such that there is a lab team and an execution team and their priorities are to keep the lab clean and machines busy, which isn't always the best thing for the dev/test teams trying to ship a product.  Also, another thing to watch out for is competition. MS competitive review model can lead to grandstanding and throwing people under the bus for the sake of ones own review. Some competition is good, but not when it leads to these negative results, which I have seen.  Last I would say is honesty of execs. Because of the layoffs and the way they were handled by execs, the morale of the Windows group is pretty low. Some of the recent confusing directives from Windows execs on what exactly is the job function of a SDE and SDET and the constant reorgs are taking a toll.","Be honest with your employees and clean up the conflicting priorities. Everybody for each product should have one goal in mind and be clear on how that goal impacts the companies bottom line. Get rid of the SLA's between groups working on the same product, just do what it takes!",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56628,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2014",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Welcome to Cloud Operations!,"I came to Microsoft from a $40B ecommerce company and was absolutely stunned by the size of the environment here. For any discipline, if you get hired, it is assumed you know/understand the technology. The challenge is how to design/deploy/manage that technology at cloud scale. I've experienced operational events that I've never even imagined, and feel like I can walk into just about any other environment and not be phased by anything.","The culture is very development focused and shifting to devops. This is a con for me as I am a hands-on technical engineer. I expect that a development background will be required moving forwards. Work-life balance has improved for my group over the last few months with organizational changes and sharing of responsibilities across geographies, but there are some groups where that is far from the case. Make sure you get clarity on that if it is important to you.","I find it odd that several organizations are still organized under Dev/Test/PM leadership teams. If Microsoft wants to be a service oriented company, it would seem to make sense that Ops should have an equal seat at the leadership table. The conflict is very apparent, especially when it's your turn in the rotation for live site operations support.",4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56629,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great engineers, lots of bureaucracy, used to be fragmented but now is slowly returning to collaboration","Lots of opportunities for personal growth, pretty decent work-life balance, culture used to be competitive but now is slowly becoming more collaborative","Upper management sometimes makes strategic errors and then instead of paying up for their mistakes, they just fire engineers in droves","If you guys can't fight on the mobile front - don't fire engineers, just repurpose them to new projects, and compensate your shrinking profits from your own billions in cash in stocks.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P707.htm
56630,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great engineers, lots of bureaucracy, used to be fragmented but now is slowly returning to collaboration","Lots of opportunities for personal growth, pretty decent work-life balance, culture used to be competitive but now is slowly becoming more collaborative","Upper management sometimes makes strategic errors and then instead of paying up for their mistakes, they just fire engineers in droves","If you guys can't fight on the mobile front - don't fire engineers, just repurpose them to new projects, and compensate your shrinking profits from your own billions in cash in stocks.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2014",Former Employee - General Manager,"For a large company, great.","Scale of business, internal job market and fast pace. Lots of upside","Some politics, big corporate culture and slow to change.",Take more risk.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56632,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Big company with a long history changing fast,"At Microsoft you get a lot of opportunities to work on established projects where you can impact real end users. If you do get on a start-up type of team, you are well protected in the warm corporate womb of cash flow, and you will have a lot of freedom to innovate.  Of course the benefits are king. I think it dates back to the hey day of Microsoft dominance, and I don't expect that to last forever, but it's been a very nice starting boost to my finances work here as my first company.  The company is going through necessary changes without which it would definitely die a slow death (even though there is cash to burn for years). I know these are painful changes for a lot of people who were laid off. However from the longer term strategy perspective as well as the impact to my personal day to day, I think these changes are mostly positive and from what I can tell, many of my co-workers do as well.  Despite what you may feel about Microsoft's stack from a technical perspective, you can't deny they have made a huge impact on computing. They were first company in many ways to exemplify the power of software to the world. There is the attitude here of wanting to make software to make the world a better place.","Because it's a big company with a tall hierarchy, communication and organization of teams can sometimes be a problem. The result can be pointless kind of punting of responsibility, or the opposite, of fighting over territory. I don't know why this happens, but it reeks of bad management and too much of it.  There are many areas of Microsoft where it is hard to make a big difference. Some projects are bogged down by scope creep from feature requests over years. Other areas are just more risk averse. This results in a slogging kind of maintenance work instead of developing cool features.  This company attracts people who are exceptionally smart, but also lazy and greedy. Once well established, the smart and lazy thing is to hold onto their power and money instead of taking the risks of innovation- and often these are the type of people in upper management, who have been there the longest. I am sure you could say that about any large company but Microsoft may be a special case. Being a company that ballooned several times over in a short amount of time, it was inevitable some people got promoted too much, too quickly.","Keep working to make it easier to collaborate, flatten the hierarchy and bring the company closer together.  I understand that lay offs may be necessary but try to do them all at once instead of spreading them out and making lots of people worried.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56633,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Tech Writer,Great place to work!,Microsoft is one of those places where of you can dream it you can build it. They really encourage you to be creative and innovative as much as possible. I really love that about this company!,Like anywhere you can get into a really great group or a really dysfunctional one. I had the luck to be in a really great group that encouraged you to look beyond your job description and really push to make things better.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56634,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Microsoft no longer the fun place to work,Best reason to work there is being part of leading edge technology.,Review system that pushes people to look out for themselves instead of being team focused. I used to love working there but due to selfish co workers who have no concept of team work and management who forgot what moral and team focus are the fun faded away.,"Continue to fix the review system, you are loosing good people.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56635,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good, stable company to work for",Lots of smart and driven people. Company has lots of resources to support new ventures and self-directed learning. Name recognition is second to none in the software industry.,Large company atmosphere is not the best if you are looking for a more personal experience.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56636,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer,Great To Work,"Great Products and cutting edge technology to work on, impacting many people",Perks are not that great,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56637,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,was not for me,"great benefits, long term planning","totally data driven, 18 months in one position before you could move on to another, exceptions only if your manager agreed",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56638,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Good perks but difficult times ahead,"Solid company, very sound financially, lots of resources and very nice perks (own bus fleet, free bicycle tune ups, free top notch gym, good healthcare package)","Very political, empire building is alive and well. If you don't find a guardian, things can get dicey. Fight to remain relevant in putting a lot of pressure on the workforce.","Morale is low, get people pumped up quickly.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56639,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great Place to work,You can work remotely. Meaning you can work anywhere. You basically set your own schedule to deal with clinets. The bonuses after completion of projects is a plus,The con is the lack of upper management support. They care too much of the big picture and not really of whats going on.,interact more with the people working for you.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P708.htm
56640,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Tech PM,Vendor PM,"Ability to work independently and maintain good work life balance varies, and will depend on how mature your manager is and his/her command of the respective domain knowledge. Also with constant re-orgs, it's hard to keep goals in sight.","constant reorgs - hard to keep track of people you might even work with a month ago. non-inclusive culture. Silo'd organizations prevents collaboration. FTEs are usually on edge around performance review time. FTE's/Teams from different groups/orgs won't provide assistance on projects unless they get approval from higher ups, or if there is political or personal gain.",none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56641,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,Great Company,"Talent, Innovation, Culture, Technology, Career Oppertunities","Bureaucracy, Large Company, Pay, Politics",Increase the pay,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56642,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent employer,"there are lots of great opportunities at Microsoft and it's easy to move around. Not all teams are great, but there are many great teams there!",It's a big companies and not all parts of it are great. Some places encourage long hours. But there are a lot of good teams too.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56643,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"good working environment, good benefits",some team have too much polictics,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56644,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun place to work,rewarding place to learn new technologies and contribute to highly visible products,"not the same microsoft culture as 20 years ago, not as laid back as it used to be",hire more vendors/contractors into FTE positions,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56645,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,A culture that undervalues collaboration,"The company is filled with smart, passionate people working on a wide variety of products. There's room to move between products and up the ladder... to a point.","If you don't fit the mold you are marginalized. Once you get into senior bands the politics overtake the work. They reorganized in an attempt to modernize and improve, but the people with the power protected their positions and nothing really changed.",Flattening out the organization doesn't help if middle management controls the flattening.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56646,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Insular culture that's all about CYA,"Industry leading benefits and good overall comp package. Job stability and security, for those willing to adopt to MSFT culture of 'playing nice' with others at the expense of getting anything done.","Multiple layers of middle management that have been with MSFT for over 10+ years and have become good at gaming the system and politics rather. Many employees have simply become drones. They don't challenge the status quo, as that is seen as rocking the boat, which has been used by mgmt to withhold bonus pay. Very slow to catch up on mobile... even today, the major products groups don't have a game plan for Android. Not like mobile is new at this point. Matrixed organization doesn't assign accountability appropriately.",Reduce headcount by 1/3. There is too much deadwood.,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56647,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Started off good but benefits eroded too much over time,Ok benefits. Able to more or less choose your own work hours. Generally good work-life balance.,Promotions and bonuses processes are extremely abusable allowing managers to distribute based on opinion rather than proven merit.,Adopt a process of determining pay based on level and time with the company similar to the military. Change the review process to be optional for pay bonus.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56648,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"Smart people , Forums , Big community , Benefits","Stack Ranking system , Slow growth , Diplomacy at higher levels",Get rid of the stack rankings as it is eating up the company,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56649,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company with a lot of opportunities,Updated review process that aligns with both individual and group activity/impact.,Top heavy and many layers of management that are unnecessary.,Consolidate multiple layers in corporate (already in progress).,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P709.htm
56650,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,reputation is good. nice working env. smart ppl. payment is ok. nice work-life balance.,Too many meetings. has curve. tech are too specific. speed is not fast enough.,Too many meetings.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56651,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great employer if you keep up with the game.,Compensation and benefits are excellent. Opportunities to move around into different roles and industries.,"Politics - like all big companies. Find a sponsor and follow them around, you'll be fine.","Stop trying to be all things to all segments. Pick our direction and go with it - and if any middle management doesn't get on board, show them the door.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56652,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"good company, but is moving downward","good work life balance, satisfying pay compared to work hours","too much politics. As an IC, contribution is not recognized. bad review system. Most leads do nothing other than people management, in order to show their accomplishment, they make simple things complexity.","reduce the number of leads, move leads to IC, make everybody do actuall coding/testing work.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56653,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Performance Review,Moving to a twice a year stock award,New performance review is even more subjective than stack rank system,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56654,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn and grow!,Access to latest and greatest. Wide variety of opportunities and challenges. Good people work there and are typically open to collaboration.,"Change is frequent and may not always be for the better. However, this makes you more adaptive.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56655,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,One of a few truly amazing tech giants to work for,Scope and scale of work is awesome,It's a big company. Matrix. Politics. Span of feature control.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56656,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Great place to work, but can be very political",Great pay and benefits relative to other companies in the Seattle Area. Lots of opportunities. Good work/life balance,Very political and bureaucratic at times. Company is shedding middle management like crazy right now.,Be more transparent.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56657,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall good, but career advancement can feel random.","Great benefits, competitive pay, many different technologies, chance to impact billions of people.","Very siloed organization, it is not easy to move around internally. Over-emphasis on the 'level' of employees vs. what they may be capable of handling.",Make it easier to move around internally. More HR involvement/support for employees.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56658,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Once a Great Company being destroyed by incompetent senior leadership !,"Talented People. Great work place you can learn a lot. Above average salary. Benefits are good (medical, fitness, commute). Some benefits seems great but you will never use it. Lot of free soda and free stuff.","Company Values: In short, you will be treated like a broiler chicken. If they need you honey and milk will flow, otherwise they will show the door. Even when you could be redeployed, they dont do, they just fire you. No consistent strategy. Team change every six months. My team was changed four times in two years and asked to perform :P . Lower level employees fired , for the failures of senior management.",Have a consistent strategy. Redeploy and retrain people. Just to cheer the market dont take stupid steps which lowers employee morale.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56659,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people and networking,Good pay for work. Good work/life balance dependent on role,People managers need to be more consistent. Execs need to listen if there is issue with direct manager. Forced attrition causes great people to lose jobs regardless of talent or tenure,Listen to individual contributors. Retain talent. Practice values related to employees instead of just preaching it. Career opportunities limited at remote locations,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P710.htm
56660,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to learn,"company has global scale and dreams big - full of very smart, talented people. Great place to learn best practices in management and leadership development","new functional organization has decreased accountability, leading to some less than optimal decisions -",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56661,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A great place to work,The work I do is challenging and interesting. The company offers great benefits. The work-life balance is good in my current team. It wasn't good in my previous team. The compensation is also good.,"During the past year, there has been too many organizational churn. As a result, some people have left the company. The attrition has been an issue in the online group, because there are many external opportunities in the Bay Area, and not as many internal opportunities. Being in a satellite campus is an issue. Number of opportunities outside of Seattle area is low, and some projects are not as interesting.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56662,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Microsoft is a mixed bag, there are a lot of opportunities and pitfalls.","I love working with passionate and smart people, who are driven to deliver really good products that customers will love. I love the benefits and perks, which are stock, cash bonuses, prime discounts all over the place, gorgeous campus etc. Flexi time is one of my favourites, no one cares when you are in the office as long as you can deliver.","The company is very large and changing rapidly now, one of the tough things is they are bad at choosing managers. A lot of my friends have moronic/incapable managers who are ruining talented devs. Also there are a lot of silos of knowledge, however this is decreasing a lot more now.",Only let those with people-skills become people managers. PMs should be superstar developers who understand what coding is.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56663,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Architect,Pushing a boulder up hill,"Global reach. Exposure to all aspects of technology (consumer, enterprise, security, development, etc.)","To succeed you HAVE to live in Redmond. If that's your thing, fine. But if it isn't, well, you're done. Satya's huge gaffe at #GHC14 says it all - not supportive of technical women.",WTF? Can't believe a CEO would say such things at a women in computing conference. When will you redo SMSG? That org is high drag coefficient on otherwise brilliant products.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56664,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Just remember to change your group every couple of years,"Great medical coverage. Large searchable database of code, if you don't know how to use a method you can look at multiple implementations. Company store sells MS software at a great (cheap) price. You work with really smart people.","You'll need to work as though you were in a start up without the reward. It wasn't always this way, there was a period in which managers didn't want their employees to burn out, that has changed. Don't stay in one group for long, those I've seen doing great moved around gaining new skills making them more valuable.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56665,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair,"quality of work, learning opportunities","work life balance, competitive work culture",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56666,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at MSFT,"Strong compensation, opportunities for advancement, and passionate workforce","Long hours, high pressure, lot's of Type-A personalities",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56667,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Great pay, great opportunity for growth, poor work-life balance, team/immediate leadership quality is a coin-toss","Flexible, good benefits, competitive/challenging environment, work with smart people (IQ wise), a lot of learning through every day experiences. It's great to be part of a company building the world's future and current technology - great impact.. Good place to learn and build solid technical, analytical, management, business skills.","Low EQ in some team leads, team leads/culture after re-orgs or moves can turn to be a coin toss, I've had incredibly talented/mature/mentoring/technical/high EQ managers, and then very poor people managers out to squeeze as much work out of people with no personal interest in team.","Work life balance is very poor, poorly tracked, management should defend team's resources more jealously and not say YES to any/every incoming request for work.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56668,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Sweat Shop,Having Microsoft in your resume Salary is at or slightly above industry average,"50+ hours per week Changing job description with little to no input from current employees in that position Treating employees like ""just another number"" Offshoring too many jobs Work-life balance is horrible, even when you're experiencing trauma in your personal life Little to no guidance on training, moving to another position Technical leaders are promoted to executive management with little or no experience in management and no traing. Lack of communication - changes made to your job position or department are made and no communication to employees Too much focus on metrics and not enough focus on employee enrichment. Competition between employees in the same role discourages collaboration and mentoring","Treated your employees as being valued. We're not just a number. Stop offshoring jobs and build up your workforce in the US Transparency - more communication about direction of the company, changes in management",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56669,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Good company on an average,"More than in the past, now with new CEO in place, things are likely to head in the right direction. Will always be a leader in enterprise software/services space. Overall benefits are great. You can have great work - tied to proactive career planning and good dose of luck.","Relatively slow moving - changing, but not as fast as I would like. As with any big company (possibly little more) - politics, bureaucracy and back scratching/stabbing abound. They just don't seem to get ""performance and people mgmt."" right, largely. Plenty of folks in middle mgmt. (especially on business i.e. non-engg. side) who got there just by paying time dues - this is a problem for smart, aggressive people.","Break the bureaucracy, Give more voice to ICs so that those smart minds can accelerate transformation embarked on.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P711.htm
56670,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,"Huge company at cross roads, fighting for relevance","Work with some great talented folks, access to technology that billions of people use everyday, now that is something. Lots of teams to move around, so you could have been at the company for 10, 15 years and still feel like there's plenty of new things to do and learn.  Pretty good benefits, although medical isn't as great it once was (still good tho, or so I hear from folks who used to be at MS). The Connector (private bus service) is one of the hidden gems, unmatched by any company in Seattle, if you commute 20 miles to and fro daily like me, you will know how awesome this one is.","Many folks are entrenched in their areas (read: been here for 10+ years), so becoming a go-to person is harder and harder by the day.  Can get crazy at times, esp. since the embracing of the cloud in the last few year.  Forget about formal training, etc. you are basically on your own. Find a mentor quick, read/debug code - that's the best way to learn. Way too many building moves recently, seems like 1-2 times a year is becoming the norm.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56671,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good people twisted by performance review process old or new.,- Very good salary. - Good bonuses if your peers allow it. - A lot of flexibility in your time management. - If you are a horn tooter you will succeed.,"- Work is piled in a way that you can flexibly decide when to work 16 hours per day. - The ranking system seems to be gone, but the internal culture and people still enforce it. In the review system there is a ""check box"" equivalent to a rank of Underperforming. - You can do your job perfectly (no errors) and on time and still be pushed to an Underperforming status compared to your peers. - If you care a lot about your work's result this company may or may not be a good fit for you, it all depends on how many tasks you can perform at the same time.","Keep up the good work, the stock is not low enough. Otherwise you could save money, time and face by avoiding rework on bugs caused by exhausted employees. And if you care, it would be nice to do away with ""prima donna"" useless projects that only help pump up some bonuses and are discarded later in favor of similar projects in an endless cycle.",3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56672,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,CEO SATAYA is DESTROYING the company! It was a good company and it was my dream company.,It was a good company and it was my dream company.,The new CEO is destroying this company with his KARMA,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56673,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Services Advisor,Progressive without a plan,"This company offers amazing benefits, achieves high community contributions in both money and time, and possesses both the technology and intellect to become the leader in the cloud-based future.","Bureaucracy and lack of internal cohesion impact the execution and decision making processes. Would rather hire new personnel instead of cultivating the current talent pool thereby diluting the company culture. There does seem to be a sense that you are competing with your leadership for the same position. Thus, transparency is also a concern.",Be more transparent with objectives and decision making. Build around talent and find leadership who can cultivate that talent.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56674,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Good salary and great benefits.,Great benefits that would be hard to beat anywhere else. Salaries were in line for the most part of what I know of outside of the company in my area.,"Work-life balance can sometimes be an issue, but I nearly always was able to get time when I needed it.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56675,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,SDET working as program manager,"Benefits, and change of culture that is coming back to it's root but with different seedings. Promises yet to come but it will come.",Cultural shift is part of changes and life. Keep looking ahead about who is moving the cheese and you will do fine. Nothing is a con here really if your are alert.,More active and positive connecting 1 one 1 documented and 360 views. Keeping perspective on future team aspects will succeed for all.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56676,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - TAM,MIcrosoft,Good people good products good culture,worklife balance is not usually a priority,terrible marketing,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56677,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Be careful who you work for,Flexibility Growth opportunities Benefits OKAY Projects are challenging,"Bad managers can make life hell Reviews are no longer transparent, much more subjective Unclear strategies for key markets",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56678,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Positive experience,"Benefits/Perks, location, smart people to work with","Bureaucracy/internal politics hampers execution, slow delivery","Speed up and remove barriers, make it nimble",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56679,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The good and the bad,Good benefits Career development opportunities Ability to navigate and move around the company Smart people Exciting vision and place to be,Politics Sometimes groups are not aligned to company vision Work life balance can suck when you have a bad manager,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P712.htm
56680,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Best corporate citizen ever! Best place to work in terms of work life balance and compensation,Flexible hours. You are able to make your own hours once you've proven yourself. Compensation is above average but work life balance is great- they're not tied up on any red tape either. Outstanding corporate citizen- best in class. Can't say enough about this- and it starts from the top...,"Used to be that we didn't pay a dime for health care but now there are out of pocket expenses. Perks are not up to par with the rest of the software giants, free food, massages, maternity leave etc.","Free espresso and food goes a long way. Apart from that, keep up the good work!",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56681,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - Researcher,"A good, giant company that faces many chanllenges","Microsoft is a gigantic company doing business mostly in enterprise. It has the best salesman in the world to keep Windows and Office still in the game even now, and keeps trying to enter new markets such as mobile and cloud. Very competent colleagues and ambitious managers. Compensation is good, but not top. Promotion is good if you are always top of the performance chart.","Cannot bet on Windows and Office for the next decade! New market is needed to keep the giant ship from slow sinking. The company is not successful in working out the next new game-changing product line for > 10 years. The company lacks design and style: Windows Phone becomes a joke, Windows 8 is hard to use for many consumers (although the file system is great). Too many levels of hierarchies to get start-up ideas through to the top management.","Flat out the hierarchy and hire more designers. Adopt what's good in Google and Apple, while keep the spirit of Microsoft.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56682,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lots of opportunity, interesting projects, smart, motivated people","One of the best things about Microsoft is that you are working with smart, motivated people all the time. You will find great challenges and be inspired by your peers on a daily basis. I'm always growing and learning. This can be untrue in certain teams, but in general I've found this to be true for most of the teams I've worked with.  Loads of opportunity to try new things. I've worked on many different products and gained experience in multiple roles. You can truly change your career while staying in the comfort of the same company.","Politics becomes a part of your everyday pretty quickly as you move up in the company. There is a lot of overhead to get sign off on changes and move forward with something new. They want to be agile, but this is the biggest obstacle in actually being good at it.  There is a lot of pressure for moving up. This is a good thing in a lot of respects, but can be stressful if you find yourself on a competitive team where moving up is difficult, or if you want to coast for a while career wise and focus on other aspects of life. It's not the place you can just do good work and not worry about promotions. If you're not moving up, you are eventually moving out.","The best managers I've had were also great mentors. If every employee must drive their own career, I think every manager should be able to provide the tools and advice to know how to do that effectively based on personal goals. I find this far more valuable than just project status.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56683,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2014",Former Employee - Attorney,"Company making positive and overdue changes, but suffering collateral damage","Increasingly well-run. Willing to make big changes. Competing hard in many areas, refusing to give up on mobile space and tablets.",Knee-jerk downsizing without any attempt to retain skilled long-term employees. Way too slow in ditching stack-rank performance system. Difficult to see how the company will effectively counter threats from Google and others that are growing quickly and attracting top talent.,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56684,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,great place to work with a lot of variety,"flexible hours, great benefits & pay","too much politics, red tape, road blocks. lacks innovative spirit",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56685,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 22, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,Hard to get noticed and good if you do but not great,Very Good Health Insurance Very well recognized Good base salary,VERY hard to make a lot of money Strange culture Not a true meritocracy - much to do with perception - not always reality.,"Come together to push back on silly policies that come from ill-informed top execs. Calibration, score card metrics, hurting people for customer service surveys that are not replied to. Giving ALL the sales people the Surface but not allowing them to give one to a CIO or CEO of a customer. Many sales people did not even use the Surface they were given - Let that sink in. Give them to ALL your sales folks but not to C levels at your customer or prospects.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56686,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,It has been amazing as always,Diversity of products and platforms to work on,Big Organization with known challenges to grow,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56687,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, smart people, invaluable experience","great benefits, work-life balance is what you make it if you are in a non-technical role. Microsoft is big on career development and provides multiple courses and encourages participation.",Politics can make or break youl,"Mentor your people to help them grow professionally, understand & cultivate their strengths. If they are not a good fit in your group, help them find a role that is better suited to their skills as it will benefit all parties. Hold people accountable.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56688,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Solid place to work,ample opportunities to grow and take on new challenges,too much red tape,more coaching,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56689,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good company and benefits, needs increasing teamwork","> Breadth and depth of opportunities. > Potential to move around company. > Interesting, important products.","> Still working toward a more collaborative, teamwork-oriented environment. > Can be a cog in a big wheel.",Follow Satya's general direction but remember the value of current employees in the process.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P713.htm
56690,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Organizational culture is challenging but new strategy will slowly change the model as innovation becomes a focus,"Highly intellectual environment, compensation and benefits are on par with competitors",Collaboration is not a core value-yet,Reward and recognize the unmeasurable competencies like collaboration and teaming.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56691,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stack ranking not totally gone,"Excellent benefits and pay. A lot of perks and discounts. Very focused on giving back, unbelievable matching program.","Cut throat, work-life balance sucks. Still have a system where they cut bottom employees regardless of performance and even if the market can't support hiring better quality.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56692,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great opportunities, interesting projects, smart people","One of the best things about working at Microsoft is the people - you are surrounded by smart, motivated people. There are lots of challenges and unique problems to solve, and you are always growing and learning from your peers.  Some teams more than others have tolerance for trying new things more than others but the culture is definitely changing to embrace new ideas and ways to build software. Also shifting to more customer focused solutions and where the market is heading.  Great work life balance in most groups, compensation, and benefits.","Due to recent company wide reorganizations and layoffs, there is a lack of job stability, questionable leadership and accountability in the management structure. Growth and career trajectory tends to favor type A people or those that tend to be more vocal.",The transition towards rapid development and deployments is still slower in some teams/divisions and needs to happen to a number of key products. Collaboration and decision making across divisions that impacts product direction/strategy needs to happen faster and align towards unified customer experiences.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56693,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Wonderful ICs, mediocre management",People are friendly and the IC culture is great. Having a personal office is amazing (although this is going away in the future I'm betting). Projects are challenging and it's nice to have an impact...,"...except that if you aren't high up you don't have a lot of impact unless you're lucky. The culture here is one where people are more willing to actively do the wrong thing than spend a little extra time to ensure code quality. What results is a frustrating experience where you cannot be proud of the software you release (or don't release, as the case sometimes may be). Management is not transparent and is largely two-faced. They constantly say one thing and then do the opposite (or just weasel their way out of answering questions). I have no confidence in the CEO or upper management.","Be transparent about what you are doing. When you write a 2000 word e-mail to your company, make sure that it actually says something and has a plan in it. If we ask a question and you have no idea what the answer is just say so! It's OK not to know the answer, it is not OK to flood us with buzzwords and weasel words as answers.",3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56694,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to have on your resume,"Flexible schedule, a chance to see what it is like to work for a global company",Rules and regulations that go along with being a contract employee,none,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56695,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"great working environment, innovative culture","too much repetitive work, too much pressure",get more people,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56696,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail store employee,Rewarding atmosphere and good compensation for retail. Plenty of perks and good benefits.,Difficult to move to corporate. Difficult to remove people who were underperforming. Very political with sensitive coworkers made it difficult to give criticism.,Upper level management should not always trust the lower level management of retail and should seek insight from the employees. Results do not always show a successful manager.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56697,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2014",Former Employee - Service Engineer,A Great Place to be a Dev! A Terrible Place to Be a Service Engineer!,"It's a blast to work at scale as a Systems Engineer - and chances are, this is as big a scale as you'll ever operate! Managing global scale incidents, and being a part of delivering a really big product is exciting. You will hone some skills here- but just what they are will depend entirely on where you end up.","I should preface this by saying: Microsoft, like every giant corporation, depends enormously on where you land. If you know the people you'll be working with, it's a GREAT opportunity. I rolled the dice to become an FTE, and that was a huge mistake. There are segments of this company that are 20 years behind the industry.  It's easy to convince yourself that you had an influence- but as a Service Engineer, you won't. Y They'll interview you and ask if you can code. If you can, find another job. Once you're hired, you can expect to NEVER code again- I even had managers get angry with me when I simply checked in fixes to problems myself. I was subjected to 9-10 months of constant reorganizations, with almost NO work requested of me during this time. It was maddening. My team was put on death watch for a collection of old services(killed by Nadella, but rightfully so!). So there I was, as a top performer in my level, stuck patrolling a product cemetery while my former product group plowed forward into new and shiny things. This is because Microsoft ONLY respects Devs. Not SE's, not Testers, and maybe not even PMs. As an SE your opinion, and your leadership's opinion, will never matter. Unless someone with a developer title agrees with you. The job a Service Engineer is to absorb the technical debt of your development team. I found myself in this job getting paid more than ever, while people expected less than ever of me. It was a depressing, demoralizing year, and I am delighted to be paid more for doing more elsewhere. My resume grew almost none, other than the value of their name.","Either figure out what you want Service Engineers to be, or get rid of the discipline. You have nearly 1500 brilliant people who cannot even transfer internally, because every SE job and team is so unique. You need a systems level perspective if you expect to run services well- cultivate and establish SE as a first class discipline.",1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56698,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Flexibility, growth opportunities, great exposure",I did not find any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56699,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Find a Healthy Team and It Could Be Really Great,"Lots of intelligent people all around you. In most cases, you will be affecting change in the industry that's visible to the world.","Promotions are few and far between. You'll get higher jumps in salary if you leave and come back. They've made a number of missteps in the last few years and have relieved themselves of a lot of industry talent - that has gone to the competition. They're now trying to recapture this by hiring even more new, young blood. But while MSFT is an industry leader in some areas, it's starting to ebb significantly (Windows, Phone, Security). Other groups are emerging as the new industry standards (Office 365). And the remarkably inconsistent leadership has left this otherwise great company rudderless against competition, eager to try broad new initiatives - most with mixed or lackluster results. The most recent example was a perceived success with Windows Phone (even though it still hasn't caught on with consumers) drove leadership to replace huge swaths of Windows (desktop, server) team leads with Windows Phone leaders (responsible for 4-6M consumer phones) who had little understanding of the enterprise space (1.3B consumer and enterprise devices). The result has been an abject collision of purposes and assumptions that have resulted in industry-wide fiascos like Windows 8.0, an overall drop in code and update quality and continued misreading of the market.",Choose a vision. Go beyond words to convey that vision throughout the company. Get people on-board and unified in that goal. Refrain from the seemingly random and unfounded reorganizations to 'better align' the company with changes that align to the overall vision. Don't take two steps forward and one step back every time you want to implement change. These both degrade morale and result in more loss of good talent.,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P714.htm
56700,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Find a Healthy Team and It Could Be Really Great,"Lots of intelligent people all around you. In most cases, you will be affecting change in the industry that's visible to the world.","Promotions are few and far between. You'll get higher jumps in salary if you leave and come back. They've made a number of missteps in the last few years and have relieved themselves of a lot of industry talent - that has gone to the competition. They're now trying to recapture this by hiring even more new, young blood. But while MSFT is an industry leader in some areas, it's starting to ebb significantly (Windows, Phone, Security). Other groups are emerging as the new industry standards (Office 365). And the remarkably inconsistent leadership has left this otherwise great company rudderless against competition, eager to try broad new initiatives - most with mixed or lackluster results. The most recent example was a perceived success with Windows Phone (even though it still hasn't caught on with consumers) drove leadership to replace huge swaths of Windows (desktop, server) team leads with Windows Phone leaders (responsible for 4-6M consumer phones) who had little understanding of the enterprise space (1.3B consumer and enterprise devices). The result has been an abject collision of purposes and assumptions that have resulted in industry-wide fiascos like Windows 8.0, an overall drop in code and update quality and continued misreading of the market.",Choose a vision. Go beyond words to convey that vision throughout the company. Get people on-board and unified in that goal. Refrain from the seemingly random and unfounded reorganizations to 'better align' the company with changes that align to the overall vision. Don't take two steps forward and one step back every time you want to implement change. These both degrade morale and result in more loss of good talent.,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56701,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good for people looking for stability,"Good benefits - probably the best in the area Given the wide product range, you have the choice to work in a wide variety of areas. Lots of senior people. Family friendly.",Some teams are more interested in expanding their scope rather than thinking whats best for the consumer. Hard to switch teams.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56702,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Hardware Design Engineer,Hardware Design Engineer,"Our company direction is the correct one. The benefits are very good. The work life balance is there but you must take advantage in the ""down"" times.",The upper management does not do a good job executing the company strategy.,"Stop playing catch up, create the new 10yr trend. The company has the money and the talent to do it, but it seems like its not getting done.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56703,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,An ,You can have work life balance. Compensation is good,If you are in the wrong team you might get stuck working on legacy code.,Middle management should do less micromanagement on ICs and provide more flexibility,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56704,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at microsoft,"Personal Growath opportunities are lot. There are so many products and application, you can work on as much challenging stuff as you want.",Do not find any cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56705,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great company, good benefits",It's a nice working environment.,Often feels like advancement is difficult.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56706,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Overall a good place to work, but varies dramatically between groups",Great company values Very smart people and many opportunities to make a big impact New CEO is fantastic,Some groups have very bad management. No free lunches like other top tier high-tech companies.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56707,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Lots of change and the Lay-offs are making everyone nervous,"Satya is bringing in lots of change and it's too soon to tell whether it's for better or worse. Benefits are still excellent, even for an hourly employee like me. It's still VERY DIFFICULT to move from an Admin/Hourly job to a non-hourly role. It can take years to get promoted and there is a definite glass ceiling if you start(ed) as an hourly employee.","Lay-offs are freaking everyone out. I get that we need to make changes, but it's causing a lot of churn as the folks who (thankfully!) still have jobs are being shifted around like assets.","Keep being transparent, as much as possible.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56708,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Corporate Reorganizations,"Great work life balance, compensation, benefits, and potential bonus/stock based on performance.","Due to recent company wide reorganizations and layoffs there is big lack of job stability, questionable new leadership, and accountability in immediate management structure.","Plan ahead, do your homework on what accountability and actual structure means to all levels of the team or group. Be transparent of reviews to really reward star performers and hold management accountable on perceived ""good ole boys"" club mentality.",4.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56709,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,19 years at Microsoft,Overall a great place to work with a very extensive breadth of opportunities for career growth.,The company is strong but your satisfaction will be heavily dependent on your immediate work group and unfortunately there are a number of groups that have unhealthy groups. Be very careful with the team you choose to join. It is difficult to get into a number of groups unless you are highly technical and when you do you may find it difficult to deliver because of the lack of ability to communicate by those in management.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P715.htm
56710,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,"Great Potential, Lost in the Woods. A way to go to realize the promise of culture change.","By in large the people are smart and committed to joint success. The pay seems good. Benefits are great, although changes in health benefits mean that it is no longer 'the best', it's still top tier. The majority of Microsoft people work hard and want to succeed. You get the best technology you need to do your job. There are many different types of jobs, careers and professions. From entertainment to productivity to business process software to hardware. This means you can change teams/divisions and have very different experiences and build different knowledge. In some ways it's like ""many companies in one"", in a good way. Whilst all companies struggle with diversity in high tech Microsoft does feel better than many. It has more to do but is doing well and headed in the right direction on most diversity fronts.","Ballmer instilled a sycophantic culture in the company which is taking time to work its way out of the system, despite Satya's best efforts. Some of the Presidents are still very much like this, don't you dare disagree, even if you have the data. If they say 'jump' you better jump. This is common in many teams. It is demoralizing and results in a culture of fear in many teams. Many people at Microsoft work far too hard (but not smart) with little benefit to their careers or personal life. To get to Director, then GM and so forth you have to give up your life in progressive chunks. So you better love what you do. People should take a break and gain some perspective at times (diversity). Employees should aim to work smart. There is a lot of busy work at Microsoft, emails and meetings are chronic. It can take a while to understand the culture and landscape and therefore who you need to work with to get things done. If you don't find the right person you run the risk of invoking the wrath of another team inadvertently. However due to the level of busy work and thus lack of awareness of the big picture often those with the wrath often will have been made aware but were too 'randomized' to be able to engage with you until you do something that crosses swords with them. Then it hits the fan. Change happens on geological time scales. Those with an entrepreneurial or innovative mind set often find this frustrating and leave, including many younger hires. This has an overall negative impact on diversity. This in turn has impacted Microsoft's ability to innovate and compete in the past two decades. Satya is working to change this culture, to make it more dynamic, but that takes time. Politics is very much a part of life and significant energy must be spent on internal positioning and marketing of your own work. To be fair with 100K+ employees these facts are not surprising. For long term success you do need to factor this into your work planning, if you spend to much time doing and not enough time marketing then you will only ever get so far. The opposite is being at a small company and having to market your work... externally. However of course if you don't want to do marketing, promotion, communications or advertising then you may prefer to work at a smaller company where those responsible for the marketing et al are specifically in such roles.The irony at Microsoft is many people in marketing are not very good at marketing their work, at best people don't know what they are working on, at worst they do market their work but it comes across as self promotional. Internal marketing is a subtle, collaborative skill.","Get rid of the Presidents and CVPs who demand sycophants. They instill a 'yes man' culture that hurts the company. MUCH more middle management clean out is required (GM, CVP). These ""leaders"" are nothing of the sort. Put a keen eye on leadership, hiring, promotion and development. Many ""leaders"" are not doing what they need to build and nurture healthy performing organizations. Presidents who never walk the halls? Seriously? Two words: TALENT PIPELINE - you can't have teams only staffed with 62+. It kills diversity, reduces innovation and forces the more experienced to task switch between low level and more advanced tasks which in turn reduces efficiency. The MACH program isn't enough. More undergraduate focus required across all disciplines. Don't put so much value on having an MBA, most MBAs are either worthless or simply bread group think and conformist thinking. MBAs do not encourage innovation or a competitive attitude. To keep the younger talent you need to execute on the promise of a more nimble, agile organization where people can build and sustain amazing careers that excite. Otherwise young, promising talent will continue to flee for the Bay Area Rethink the leveling system which causes a stagnation at level 64. The company has promised for a long time ""non management career progression"" however the real rewards continue to be seen by those in management positions as non people manager 64s don't have the ability to scale their ""business impact"" as those in leadership positions do. Have more of a focus on measuring managers on managing. This would help. Plus there are far too many ""managers"" for whom management is a chore, they do not develop their talent or spend enough time on people management as they are also expected to be individual contributors.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56711,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Producer,All Good Until you Get Older,Great benefits Good pay Flexibility Some areas of the company are good Smart co-workers,Horrific internal politics Bad managers Toxic environment if you are in the wrong org Favors youth over experience Hard to move internally,Enough with the middle managers. It's ridiculous to have managers over two or three people only. And stop paying lip service to wanting good management when the people you leave in power are consistently bad. Make it easier to transfer internally. You are wasting good resources stuck in the wrong job. Older workers add diversity and value and should not be pushed aside as you are currently doing.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56712,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company but somethings can be deceiving,"Good benefits, relatively easy to move between divisions, if you are good and luck you'll work with great people.",You might work with mediocre teams.,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56713,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Sep 20, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great company to work for,"bright, inspiring people opportunity for advancement great products","Because of growth and size, takes longer to get things done",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56714,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great place to spend a few years.,International colleagues Good benefits & salary,"Very political environment Long hours Lots of churn in jobs, educating and re-educating new hires",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56715,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent growth opportunities,"The bulk of the benefits are very good: vacation, flexible hours, and a focus on your growth. Management is generally invested in people (but the company is big, so YMMV).","It is a large organization, and all large organizations have politics.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56716,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Amazing,"Great benefits, smart people, Awesome work culture, awesome impact","Review system sucked, morale low due to recent layoffs",Value your most important resource your people value your most important bottom line your customer satisfaction value your ability to innovate and get what the customer wants otherwise you have no chance against your competition that do,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56717,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),All In for Mediocrity!!,"Honestly, the main Pros for working at Microsoft have to do with the work life balance and the benefits. There's a good amount of drinking/joking on the job, which can actually be viewed as a good or a bad thing depending on who you ask (mostly good when done responsibly in my opinion). The people are generally pretty smart and fun to be around though there's waay too many who have become or just are complacent and lack the motivation to be better at their jobs.","Management is atrocious. Like others have pointed out, there are waay too many managers who don't actually even understand/possess the skills to do their jobs and effectively manage a team. The culture is egotistical in the sense that it promotes an ""I"" sort of mentality. Their is very little in terms of collaboration and promoting team success. The infrastructure is archaic and all over the place. Also, there is very little emphasis placed on employee growth and development.",Bring in fresh minds with fresh ideas to manage and then fire yourselves.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56718,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Used to be great, now a mess","Good benefits, decent pay, smart people","The politics have grown out of control as the company tries to transform for a cloud first world. Management is so focused on managing up that they can't focus on the needs of their customers, the goals have gotten so aggressive that it feels like you are failing even as the company is outwardly successful","Kevin Turner needs to go. Satya is doing good things but is undermined by KT's push for short-term results at the expense of our customers. Management focuses on hitting scorecard targets, monthly revenue goals and manufactured metrics before making customers happy with our cloud solutions. Although they try and promote ""growth hacking"" there is no room for failure which results in analysis paralysis. As long as KT is around, the field continues to be a more miserable place to work year over year.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56719,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Used to be better,The total compensation and benefits are good,Politics at higher levels get very difficult. Overall consumer strategy is tenuous,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P716.htm
56720,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Too many changes going on at the same time...,"Benefits are good. A variety of products and services, so you have many choices based on your interests. Many smart people from which you can learn a lot and grow.","The reorg and tester lay-offs have caused a lot of unnecessary changes, which greatly damages the productivity. Hard work sometimes is not recognized and thus not rewarded. Depending on your teams, you may work very hard or may have an easy and happy life.",Finish the reorg and layoffs asap.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56721,microsoft,"San Antonio, TX"," Sep 19, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Sales,"Sales leader manage employees, benefits","Sales leader, paid training, great benefits",Sales,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56722,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good Company to work for,Competitive environment and more challenges.,It s hard to work with people. Employess are not friendly to each other.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56723,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),My career had its ups and downs,There are a lot of different products being worked on. Benefits are decent,"Most product teams have terrible work / life balance, on my last team it was not uncommon to work 7 days a week. Each team has its own culture and it was sometimes a big shock when you changed teams Politics can sometime drive things more than the right thing for the customer.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56724,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Think long and hard,"Plenty of opportunities abound, however in today's MSFT, it's a tremendous crap shoot with your career. If your goal is to further a reputation for strategic thinking and innovative leadership, move on. This is a culture of narcissism, like it or not. And the intimate fraternity of decision makers are too thrown by playing catch up with the customer-centric nature of the real world. If you're young and need the brand on your resume, go for it. Put in your 3-4 years, start a nice 401K, get your ""M""BA and bid adieu. This company can still serve as a useful training treadmill for knowing what to look out for in the world of yesterday's ego-maniac tech giants.","Read ""Pros"" (read pros, read pros, read pros, read pros, read pros, read pros - sorry - had to meet the 20 word min)","Read ""Pros"" - it's ok to nod.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56725,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,A company that lost its way and is trying to recover.,"My first experience with Microsoft was in 1988, so I've seen a lot of change over the years. - Great people to work with. - Compensation package is great. - Big company with a lot of breadth so there are lots of opportunities to try on new roles, new organizations and new projects.","- If you go the PM route, you could end up working on a V-team. However you'll be rated against the impact of your peers by your direct organization who don't have V-team responsibilities and therefore make more on an impact in the direct organization. - People management can end up distancing you from the product or technology and this could hurt you when you look at other roles in the Microsoft. - People are still rewarded for stating ""I don't get it"" and forcing a team to revisit decisions. This can make it hard to exit the planning stage and move to implementation. I found this to be very demoralizing. A project that should have been done in two months took six instead because of constant resets by external teams.","- Stop reinventing the wheel. For example why build a team to create a Hadoop solution for internal use and just use Hadoop. - Products need to be cool. Cortana is cool but you don't market the event based capability that I don't think Siri or Google Now have. Examples are remind me to buy milk at Costco, or when I get to work remind me to talk to my boss about my cool new idea.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56726,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer and Software Development Engineer In Test,Mixed feelings,"good benefits, fair wages, interesting work","work-life balance, battling (subconscious) bias, broken review process","Work harder to combat bias against women and other non-alpha males. I think many people are not conscious of their own prejudices, but being a woman in an engineering role is not easy, particularly in some groups. The more ""hard-core"" the group, the more the employees tend to fit the traditional ""computer geek"" stereotype, and the less likely they are to understand the benefits of diversity. Make managers of people who are good at it, not people who need a promotion. Then train them properly. If feedback is important, make sure they know how to give it effectively. Ensure that being overbearing and arrogant isn't the path to success. Too many people succeed because they're bullies, not because they deserve it.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56727,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2014",Former Employee - Director,It's like the early 90's all over again,Some fun and intelligent colleagues. Great compensation package (to try and make up for all the deficiencies).,Horrible HR practices. I was a Director-level employee and they ended up settling with me so that I would leave quietly without taking my experience to the press. They paid me 6 months of salary and benefits to keep quiet. And all I had to do was agree not to work there for two years.,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56728,microsoft,"Roseville, CA"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Good environment,"The work place is so much fun and my coworkers are great! There is so much to learn everyday. As a product advisor, communication between each potential buyer is key and these skills are developed through coaching from managers and each other PA.",Opportunity for advancement would mean having to move cities which could be a deal breaker for some yet understandable.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56729,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Big corporation, but you will have options.","Stable, benefits are (still, used to be even better) very good for people with families, many projects company is working on, so you can change things up without leaving the company","Company is huge and has many old corporate culture pieces in place, hard to stand out as an individual contributor. Review system used to be very contradictive, on words promoting collaboration and teamwork while in fact pitting you against your peers. It changes now, but too soon to tell if it's a new approach for real. Many things depend on your manager. Forget about work-life balance if you want to advance quicker than average. The more time you spend here the more you get stuck with MS technologies, which doesn't help much when you try to find similar class employers outside of MS.","Well done on engineering reorg, but still many things can be improved in terms employee career management.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P717.htm
56730,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Dynamic but occasionally frustrating,Dynamic company with a lot of innovative technology and interesting projects.,"Hard to transition between disciplines. Can be challenging to get off of failing projects or out of troubled organizations.  It appears that the company has decided to make a significant change in direction and strategy. However, many employees were not given an opportunity to see if they could adapt to the new role/culture (ex. de-emphasis of software testing discipline).",Provide opportunities for people to move to new roles. Give them a chance to apply for those roles (especially when the company has decided to make a significant change in strategy).,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56731,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Communications,Marketing communications,Good training and getting better support for the discipline. Good overall benefits for employees but fewer jobs available now due to restructuring. Top-notch people who are smart and dedicated to their roles. Always exciting challenges to work on.,Large company that doesn't always know what the right hand is doing. Each group has its own culture.,Make sure managers are equipped to help their people. Not all managers are cut out to be managers so weed out the bad ones.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56732,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft company,good work life balance and used to have good talents.,Leadership is very slow with new trend in tech area. good talents are leaving. low pay,needs refreshment of managers and big increase of compensation to match competitors,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56733,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,COE,Lots of interesting features to design and implement,Stack ranking functions just like high school clique.,Change your culture and abandon stack ranking.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56734,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Previous FTE 10+ years,Good base salary with stock awards and 401k matching. Always learning something new. Gained lots experience in multiple roles. Huge discounts on MS software. Prime Discounts and products and services.,"Work-life balance can be poor depending on your role and group you are in. It is difficult to manage when you have multiple projects and deliverables. You can take time off, but you will pay in terms of your deliverables and how that is reflected in your annual review.  Poor performance management system: - Previous stack rank system was unfair to employees that have different roles, but on the same pay level (curve). They system has changed this year, but still appears to be a ranking system that management won't disclose details. Don't expect your manager to be much of an advocate or enabler to help you meet your career goals because they are trying to survive the stack rank as well. I received a poor review because of this system, but can't understand how there are others who don't deserve a job at MS. If you're not part of the ""good old boy's"" club, it's a career struggle. -New performance system leaves managers and employees uncertain about how they actual rank (example: employee review can be viewed as ""meets expectations"", but merit/bonus doesn't reflect that). This will lead to poor morale and feeling less respected.  If an employee wants to move to a completely different role that is a lower level, but a better opportunity, it's frowned upon. There is a lot of pressure to move up but it's difficult if you enjoy your current job. MS will not retain best talent this way.  Health benefits have declined to employee deductibles where only preventative doctor appointments are 100% covered.  No more company meetings, employee summer picnics in North Bend (which was great for young families).  Very political. Management doesn't push back to leadership to what's right or makes sense according to employees and many times you don't know why a decision was made. Very cut-throat and who can shout and whine the loudest tends to get their way.  Limited communication from senior management down to employees.","Require better people management training for all managers. Improve communication from senior management down to employees. Ensure you have all the right information before making a decision and push back... too many decisions are made that don't make sense and cause way too much churn, leaving doubt on leadership. Listen to your employees and take action to keep and grow talent. Stand up for your employers... you owe them that. If you can't do this, step down. Produce a better feedback system that promotes and rewards cross-group collaboration. Listen to your customers if you want to be competitive.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56735,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,There are many different teams in Microsoft that spans various project/technologies - which makes it easy for anyone to move around to work on different things and gain different exposure,"A lot of solution we are building usually involves many different teams - and with the variation of different team's culture/dynamics/agility, you often feel you need to herd many cats to get something simple done.","With the current one Microsoft strategy (which is the right strategy), I am hoping to see the cons(pains) slowly go away. But the idea of one Microsoft strategy is great but ensuring the execution is smooth and done smartly is something I hope Microsoft will be committed to.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56736,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 2, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Best place to start a career,"Quick progression at the lower levels. Your rewards are entirely based on your performance,","Tough to move beyond senior level, Rewards depend on your ability to play politics. If you want to remain technical, better to move on.",Performance reviews still need to be revised.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56737,microsoft,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Oct 2, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Good culture, questionable leadership from EMC/VMware","Smart and reputable people, hard problems to solve.",Middle in upper management in Seattle & CA with low connection to the problems and issues in Utah,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56738,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seattle centric,Great pay for our region,"Decisions center on Seattle, a small part of the worldwide company",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56739,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Industry Marketing Manager,Passionate people working on a product they all believe will profoundly benefit the consumer,"I enjoyed working in an environment where everyone on the team had an immense amount of pride and dedication to the product. Very supportive management, generous salary and perks, and Microsoft has global brand recognition.","The stack ranking system (which is now gone). Also a necessary negative when working with any large corporation, is the amount of time required for meetings, training, and paperwork not related to the product.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P718.htm
56740,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed Experience,Get to work with some very smart people.,"Very bureaucratic. If you are with the right manager and have good self-marketing skills you will do very well. Just good work does not get you the right credits here. Culture is very fear based due to the review system which has been changing very frequently every 3-4 years. Company's vision is not trickled and well communicated below in the hierarchy chain and causes lot of confusions, delays and chaos.",Keep the vision and the company's cause before your personal interests.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56741,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,COE,Lots of interesting features to design and implement,Stack ranking functions just like high school clique.,Change your culture and abandon stack ranking.,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56742,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Former Employee - Supply Chain Planner,Good company to work for if in the right team,"Good compensation, benefits, good people and teammates.",Work life balance is horrible if working in the wrong team or group.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56743,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Strong engineers, confusing vision","Working with smart people, build technical skills based on Microsoft technology, good benefits, reasonable salary","Too much politics, managers care most about their personal agenda and the chain up, not necessary for the good of the company or employee","Treat the company like it's your own company, stand strong against the upper management instead of just following. If you're high up, listen to your people and avoid make decision with your doors closed. Avoid change for the sake of change.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56744,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 2, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Best place to start a career,"Quick progression at the lower levels. Your rewards are entirely based on your performance,","Tough to move beyond senior level, Rewards depend on your ability to play politics. If you want to remain technical, better to move on.",Performance reviews still need to be revised.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56745,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,It was a good company,Good career path for someone in my position. Learned a lot,Too big of a company. Slow to move and takes a while to get things done.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56746,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"A great, but incredibly frustrating, learning experience",There is so much to learn from working at Microsoft. I became a much better employee both technically and professionally because of my experience. Very nice work environment including private offices which are becoming more and more rare. Looks great on your resume.,The culture is caustic. Stack ranking encourages managers to find fault and assume wrongdoing where none was intended and no harm occurred. Some managers retain underperforming employees on staff in order to avoid having to give valuable employees a poor annual rating. There is very little room for innovation - most work at Microsoft is an attempt to copy the success of others. This makes work unfulfilling.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56747,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OEM Manager,"Professional, thorough, broad assessment, timely",too focused on technical matters vs business and overall brand and partner channel challenges,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56748,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Things are improving,"- Good benefits and health care plan. - Starting to embrace cloud first, mobile first mantra - Smart engineers",- Politics - Multilayers of management - No single decision makers,Act fast and lead the way.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56749,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good Company,"Salary, benefits, technology is cutting edge, so many different products to work on","Depending on the team, the pace can be much slower than smaller more agile companies or groups",Streamline product development Allow more opportunities to innovate for the team,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P719.htm
56750,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing,Good place to learn new skills. Nice perks and benefits. Somewhat flexible work hours. Large variety of groups if you want to move around.,"People are treated like cogs despite the party-line of caring about their development. Huge amounts of non-sensical red tape to fight through. Bad morale due to layoffs and increasingly poor treatment of employees. Back-stabbing is rife and people are put in charge who should never lead a team, let alone a very large team. Rewards system allows no recourse, accountability or feedback. It was bad before but at least someone had to make up a reason to tube you. Now there is NO visibility into why you got the reward you did. just ""the numbers are the numbers"" Lots of cronyism, especially in OSG.","Come up with a real plan of how you are going to change the culture and execute on that plan, across the board. Get rid of the bobble-head cronies who are merely pet tools of their buddies. Make rewards come with explanations.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56751,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovation and Customer Focused,"Flexibility, Benefits, Enormous possibilities to learn and contribute","Large Corp comes with bureaucracy and politics, work life balance at times",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56752,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"Smart people all around, nice salary, nice city, and generally you can finish the job within normal working hours. And the supporting team is great.","not that easy to get promotion, and many people/friends quit the job for start-up programs which they get much more paid.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56753,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2014",Former Employee - General Manager,Changing company still a good place to work,"Company is willing to take risk and invest in innovation. Strong benefits, stock awards, and competitive salary levels plus the ability to work with a lot of smart people.",The company has become political and decisions can be slow coming as exec after exec may be needed for approval.,"You've shed some non-productive employees --- keep it up! Still way too many ""C"" players that need to be replaced with ""B"" players or ""A"" players.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56754,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Historically, a great company to work for...","Historically, a great environment that strives for a positive work-life balance. Great benefits, lots of opportunities for personal and professional growth. The new review policy still appears to be somewhat unproven, but has great possibilities. I enjoyed going to work, most days.","Lots of political machinations, especially as you move higher on the management chain. Only time will tell if the recent reductions in workforce will have a positive impact on the company overall, but I sincerely question the quality of products coming out of the company from here on out. I'm not convinced that the current leadership is making wise choices for the betterment of the company and the products they're releasing.","Be cautious in your treatment of employees and the apparent company-wide cultural changes, and in your selection processes for reducing the workforce. Allowing high-level employees the opportunity to accept a lower level/pay grade and bump individuals that weren't originally selected for elimination is bad for morale and causes you to lose valuable employees that you might have otherwise kept.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56755,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,There's a little of something for everybody,"Industry leadership position for my division means room for grooming fresh ideas. Strong team work, abundance of high intellect, and great working atmosphere.","Very little voice of customer when developing new user experiences. Life can be very tough when landed on a crappy team. Polarizing job satisfaction. In a huge company like this, success is determined by how effect one is in convincing large number of constituents to be on board no matter what the idea is, even if it's something that users tell you they don't want.","Award people for listening to customers and delivering good experiences instead of demonstrating ""leadership"" skills. A leader is only as good as someone who can deliver true value to customers from end user perspective.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56756,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Public Relations Manager,Large Corporation with lots of opportunities,The size of the company allows one to gain broad business experience in many areas. The team members are generally quite collaborative with the new HR rating system in place. Lot's of opportunities to experience overseas travel and work assignments.,"Change in leadership means an era has passed in the company's structure and mission, not sure how the new era will unfold. Opportunities still abound, but with no key business area of domination, similar opportunities exist in smaller more nipple companies. All in, positives outweigh an negatives","Publicize employees ability to work on side projects, both technical and volunteer. Show more examples of the company's technology's impact on the world i.e. natural disaster solutions, education solutions, medical solutions.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56757,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good Employer.,Cannot think of any. Everything looks goo.d,Work life balance is good. Co-workers are nice.,Review system to be more transparent.,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56758,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,Has High potential but needs to change its culture,"Lots of great products to work on, Diversity in culture, high potential because of the smart people in there, great integration story possible","need to eliminate lots of people who are resting & vesting here, needs to learn to be agile, needs to be more nimble and give more power to the engineers","Do NOT micro manage, provide directions and let the creativity flow. Please remove a lot of unnecessary principal ppl who are sitting idle or trying to create random work. Reduce Test Managers and leads and give power to engineers",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56759,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Group Finance Manager,Culture has changed,"Compensation, benefits. Ability to learn from talented co-workers. Collaborative environment within smaller teams.","Huge shift in culture past few years. Politics has become increasingly important despite the new reward system. A lot of the true leaders who understood different disciplines have left the company - now leadership is very insular and subject matter experts in only their own field (R&D, Mkt, etc.) vs taking a broader view. Many employees now see it as a paycheck vs something that they will put forth the extra effort for - given layoffs, politics, review system (which has changed), and lack of mobility compared to prior years.","Satya has done a great job in communicating a vision. However, the devil is in the details which is creating a road map to get there and that is where the company is still not doing a great job. Although their is a new review system, top leadership needs to set the right example - they are very political/play favorites. You have a huge challenge in inspiring the troops to change the paycheck mentality. When looking at layoffis - you should have looked at attrition and performance as you have lost some talented folks with tremendous experience.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P720.htm
56760,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,Treats employees well even as its reinventing itself,"Microsoft has one of the best employee benefits and pay in the industry. The company is going through a transformation and moving towards open communications enabling effective cross team collaboration, reducing middle management, and bringing back strong customer focus.","Microsoft continually strives to keeps its workforce out of their comfort zones, always challenged and pushing their limits, even as many people have come to settle in the company for long term employment.","Even as the new CEO is trying to get teams to have customer focus, many teams are unable to raise themselves to the challenge, especially the old school managers who have grown through the ranks riding on past company success. There is a fat partner band who don't embrace customer focus, and continue to employ politics for survival and growth, need to trimmed.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56761,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good Company, bad middle management.","You work with some of the brightest people in the business, you work on cutting edge technology and work on products that millions use. New CEO, Satya, is invigorating the company with fresh ideas.","Microsoft is a great company, however, the company is ruined by its bulging middle. There are too many cooks in the kitchen, add the flawed performance management system to the mix and you get a perfect cocktail for self destruction. The rotten culture played out in how the battle for mobile was first ignored and then lost by the company. And this is the company which had the first usable smartphone on the market... how the mighty have fallen !! Even with such astounding losses, not much has changed. It seems that, there is severe lack of accountability at the senior and middle level management layer.",Cut the layers of middle management and improve the decision making process. Establish an aggressive rhythm of releases of major products and severely punish late-ships.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56762,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Escalation Engineer,Awesome. Treats people well,"Good company, good benefits, treats employees well.",Long hours if u cannot command over your time,some program to try different roles,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56763,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great Company, Smart Engineers","Amazing product, Smart colleagues, awesome compensation and benefits. Opportunity to learn and grow almost any software technology",Big company cons - does not move as fast as one would want to be. This is normal and no company of Microsoft can avoid this - period,Keep the current momentum,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56764,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,Good workplace with lots of employee benefits,"Lots of meetings, reorganizations and drama",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56765,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In general I love this company but there is some dark side,- Many opportunities inside of company - Not so hard to move one position to another - Rich set of technology portfolio - A lot of smart people - Great pay,- Many political people - Many slackers - Many short sighted leaders and minions - Many overhead and report line,Remove directors and GMs. I have no clue what they do but overhead. Create culture where you embrace new idea. It is very hard to get support from stakeholders unless you create perfect business plan.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56766,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Great company if you can handle the internal politics,"Salary, work and life balance, the campus and skills you adquire","The politics suck, you need to be an insider to really advance your career into management",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56767,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good place for first job,"I work with very high caliber engineers, People are smart and all have good intention. I learned a lot of engineering fundamentals from them. Also, there is not very much politics going on among the engineers to just climb the corporate ladder.",You feel like a cog in a giant machine. You don't feel like you have a big impact because a huge team working on shipping one thing.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56768,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good company. Watch out for bad managers.,Lots of Benefits. Salary is good. Bonuses and stock awards annually. I've worked with some really good people.,Some horrible middle management. Very political. Work/life balance is bad especially if you have a family. Don't get comfortable in your office (if you're lucky enough to have one these days) as moving offices is a regular event.,Senior Management and HR need to look at their middle management layer. Some horrible managers with bad attrition. Rather than address it they just ignore it.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56769,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company at a crossroads,"Solid salary, good benefits (used to be great), lots of opportunity to learn, a new wave of excitement with new executive management","groups are often siloed, job satisfaction varies from group to group as far as enjoyment of team and is usually dependent upon management experience.",embrace the discipline of management and put true management professionals in place.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P721.htm
56770,microsoft,"South San Francisco, CA"," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - Architect,Architect,"Diversity, work-life balance, flexibility, benefits, a lot of smart people. New CEO, fresh vision.","Corporate tends to live and operate in a ""bubble"". This isolates them from the reality of today's landscape. That is changing, however, with a new, forward-thinking CEO",Listen to Satya! Having all of your eggs in one basket (Windows/Office) was great for 30 years....those days are over.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56771,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Very aged culture,Decent pay given that it is in Seattle which is much cheaper to live than SF. Average benefits. Very good work/life balance from what I observe.,"Very political. Management knows little about the technologies but keeps override technical decisions made by people who actually know them. For personal growth, I definitely learnt a lot about politics, but my technical ability might be even worse than I just left college.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56772,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good work life balance most of the time, but little opportunity to grow technical skills","Most people work 8-5, understand life commitments. Business software isn't going away, which makes the job feel more stable (despite the recent layoffs). Great salary, especially considering the region (your income will likely be in the top 15% for the state of ND as a software engineer).","Dynamics seems to be having an engineering culture crisis, with lots of engineers stuck in their ways, cutting corners at the cost of long-term quality to meet deadlines. Most of what you'll end up doing here are CRUD operations. Don't expect multi-tenancy to be front-and-center in the cloud strategy. User experience gets uneven attention across products and even features within products.","Automated testing is very important. Also, somebody's experiment or side project could keep another company from eating our lunch some day. Encourage some calculated risk.",3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56773,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,wonderful,"good working environment, like schools",not many opening as far as I know,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56774,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,"Great company, good people, and tech faint.",Too slow to change and not much growth opportunity.,Put people on right projects based on their interests and abilities and not treat them as numbers.,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56775,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Group Finance Manager,Nice changes,Seems like we're picking a single direction instead of all of them. This could be good.,Crazy work life balance and not clear review policy. I don't get it. I didn't have a bad review but I still don't understand and our mgmt. doesn't either,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56776,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2014",Former Employee - Director Infosec Security,Director Infosec Security,"Medical Benefits, Pro Club membership","High Stress, No Productive environment, too many H-1 visa contractors, barley can speak English, Performance is not the criteria to get ahead, you can screw a major project and still can get promotion, just because you are connected is the way of life at Microsft",Streamlinel H-1 non productive contractors and make it more American Value based company. H-1 contractors poor substandard coding shows up in Microsoft products,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56777,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Director,It's about the politics not what you do,"I made a huge international network that I continue to use daily. Time off for babies was fine, and I liked that it could be extended so as to add up to 12 weeks (paid and unpaid).","I hated the politics. People had very sharp elbows and wouldn't hesitate to run you under the bus. The new ""generation"" may have had some strengths, but were not doers. They came in around 2003-2004 and hired out everything to contractors, leaving very little subject matter expertise...",Look beyond the obvious. Someone that seems to be great may just be great at playing you..,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56778,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Engineer 2,good work life balance flexible working hour,Manager decides your career. Good luck to get a good manager.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56779,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good start for PM experience,"Flexible Work schedule, WW experience, no travel","Projects are not planned, everything seems last minute",Provide more high level communication and outlaying of overall plan for the fiscal,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P722.htm
56780,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Assc Consultant,"Good Company to work with, lots of opportunities and you are given complete freedom to work the way you want. They are also ready to hear your thoughts and ideas even though your are at the junior most level in the company.",No cons as of now.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56781,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job i ever had,"You are working with the smartest people on earth, culture is great and there is a lot of respect between developers PMs, testers and UX people. Compensation is good and they really take care of the employees.","Had a big problem changing course, may have improved with the new CEO. Letting go of people that were doing great job is not the smartest move in my opinion, but hey the stock is climbing...",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56782,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Has its ups and downs,"> Free coffee in the mornings > The people here are relatively nice on the surface, i.e. they hide their evil deep inside their shallow souls > You get to help Microsoft maintain its nasty monopoly on the desktop computers and push its buggy spyware to its consumers",> A deep despair associated with taking more from society than you are putting > Not being able to sleep at night > Constant feelings that your work and career are meaningless > Occassional desire to commit suicide,Just stop it. You know what I'm talking about. You don't have to keep being like that.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56783,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Comfortably Uniique,"With the diversity in Microsoft and the ability to move across teams, disciplines and geographies is liberating. For all the hate Microsoft may get it has mostly positive, smart and understanding leaders.","Roles can sometimes be confusing. A program manager can end up handling too many things internally and focus very little externally. This leads to product confusion. Also even though its a very large company, it competes with hyper focused competitors where the leadership is crystal clear on the are and the number of people working on it may be much more.",Continue being open and help people understand the strategy internally. There are far too many cynical people inside the company who do not understand the strategy and this is something that is extremely harmful.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56784,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Test Manager,Test manager,Great benefits and access to tons of resources. Engineering teams are brilliant and fun to work with. Diverse set of products to work on.,"A lot of politics, at times you don't know why the decision was made. Some the teams have worse corporate culture. The company is lethargic at times reacting to customer needs.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56785,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Quality Lead,"Chronic culture, leadership, and strategy problems, and outlook is unclear","Despite year over year reductions, benefits are good, particularly for families. They also have a few nice perks, though not as much as Google or Facebook. You can learn a lot here when you are starting out.","Hypocrisy, competition, and back-stabbing are ingrained in the culture. If you are a smart straight shooter who focuses on results and has great relationships with co-workers (as the ""company values"" recommend), that is *not* enough. You must play the political game, particularly if you go into management. If you don't play politics, your best option is to stay out of management and quickly find a politically-savvy manager who appreciates, rewards, and fights for you. If you are lucky enough to find such a manager, you'll be put on the fast track. If not, you may have to watch your career stagnate, falling far behind peers who contribute less than half as much as you do.","Culture flows from the top. Really listen to your employees to identify bad managers who play favorites and reward those who kiss up to them at the expense of real contributors. Rid the company of their evil! Increase transparency and drive accountability, starting with termination decisions. Stop lying and saying that terrible managers/employees who got fired left for ""personal reasons"" or decided to ""pursue other opportunities"".",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56786,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Experience depends on team you work in.,"Great people, Good work life balance, Decent benefits. Benefits are tending to diminish now though. If you are in the right team - with the right people - it can be a very rewarding experience.","Too slow to move , too much process, not enough good managers. Promotion policies are not uniform. Some product groups promote fast, some are slow. Good time off policy 3 weeks. Usually manager does not care about extra time off.","Change fast, cut deep, hire professional people managers who are good at managing people. Good individual contributors do not always make good people managers. Change in culture will ONLY come from change in people. Be bold and let go of people who are resistant to change.",3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great at first, horrible at the end.",Microsoft used to be the kind of company where you could really excel with original thinking and hard work.,"The company is moving in a direction in which they don't value the quality of their products. The focus has become ship, ship, ship, we'll fix bugs later, but that doesn't happen.",I wouldn't recommend working at Microsoft to a friend because of the direction the company has chosen to take regarding the quality of your products.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56788,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,MSFT no integrity,"BIG, SLOW, Easy and no sense of markets or competition","BIG, SLOW, Easy and no sense of values or integrirty",Fire your selves,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56789,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Marketing,Great responsibility in work for marketers Great work life balance,Engineering driven company Overlap of roles Lack of innovation in marketing,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P723.htm
56790,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Ad Operations Strategist,Digital Strategist,"Amazingly dedicated team with bunch of people that not only work on the field but that LOVE to work there, good salary, good benefits and great team work / community","Ever since the acquisition of Nokia bunch of our teams are in limbo, so not much work to do",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56791,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Engineer II,A constantly evolving work environment that supports continuous growth.,If you ever decide you're bored with a given technology or modality you have tons of opportunities to move around and try something new.,This company is becoming more political each day. More and more red tape and arrogance on the part of management is slowing the wheels of innovation.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56792,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Strong pay and benefits but soul crushing,"As a company Microsoft has great benefits and good pay. It’s a beautiful campus (soccer and softball fields, sand volleyball courts, trails etc…). Microsoft also has a lot of products. It is one of the few companies where you can work on an OS, developer tools, database engines, cloud services and games. If you get tired of working on one product you can move teams to work on something entirely different. You also get the opportunity to work with really smart people who have the same passion and technical interests that you do. Building software is Microsoft’s business. It’s not an IT or hardware shop it is a software company.","Management is not honest or open. I found out about a change in my position\team structure by seeing an email distribution list. My manager at the time could not be bothered to tell me I had to make an appointment with him to find out. You can be surprised in your reviews. Very clique’ ish, if you are not in the same clique’ as you manager get out of that team and find a new one. There are way too many managers who can not write code, although they like to think they can.  Managers can be very demeaning to individuals. I had one manager tell me that the best management book he had ever read was a book on raising children. Even the current CEO, Satya Nadella, has made a similar reference. This is very insulting. I’m an adult you should treat me like one.  Microsoft is not an innovative company. When I joined the company the industry was reading books explain how Microsoft ships software. Of course the industry has passed Microsoft by and now Microsoft is not even mentioned in article that describe the direction the industry is taking.","Not sure if there is any advice to give to Microsoft management, because they never listen, but here it goes. Be open and honest. Stop wordsmithing. Example the old review model was known as a stack ranking, but it was always call “calibration”. It’s not, people are put in a stack from top to bottom. Calibration only happens when you have to make the review numbers fit a model. Hire managers that are courageous. There are too many bullies in the upper ranks, you need managers who can stand up to them. Too many managers don’t live the Microsoft values. For example they are not able to give bad news. Be honest where you are at as a company. Microsoft is not an industry leader, in some markets it is a legitimate contender, in others it is simply an also-ran. Respect the rank and file troops. Financial rewards are fine, but they only work in the short term. Too many directors/managers are too far removed from the very people who work really hard to make them successful. Have the managers, directors and VPs randomly walk the halls and ask people what they are doing.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56793,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Procurement Director,It's not what it used to be.,Work life balance Competitive benefits Community giving matches Career development,Very political Bureaucracy gets in the way of getting things done Very management top-heavy,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56794,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Flexible time, work life balance is up to you. Lots of great technology, so much more than is discussed in the media.","Politics - Review system is horrible. If you get stuck with a bad or inexperienced manager, don't expect any career advancement without a lot of effort on your part.","Stop promoting good ICs to lead positions, managing people is not the same as managing technology.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56795,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Microsoft is not the same,"Lots of smart people, Fantastic benefits. The work hours are flexible.",Lately there have been a lot of layoffs,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56796,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,MS is innovative and inspiring,- Challenging and motivating environment - Smart people and great resources - Excellent benefits,- Work-life balance can be challenging if desiring to move up - Lack of remote worker programs,- Keep the constant innovation and acceptance of new ideas alive - Embrace multiple work arrangements (eg. working from home),5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56797,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company. Not sure about current direction,"Excellent pay and benefits. Good work-life balance, depending on the group you're in. All the tech resources are at your fingertips. Love working with the variety of people from different cultures and backgrounds.","Upper management sometimes oblivious to what's going on with the people really doing the work. The move to a devops model is good in theory, but the execution needs work.",Your numbers and reports don't tell all the story. Get out and talk to the people doing the work sometimes.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56798,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great opportunities, large company with many businesses.","Great well-rounded, smart people. Good work-life balance.",Large waters to wade through to make an impact.,NA,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56799,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,One of the best places to work as a Software Engineer,"+ People are insanely smart, some of them legendary. + There is virtually no limit in terms of learning opportunities, professional growth and career advancement. + Everyone gets own office! + Benefit is one of the best in the industry, period.",- Performance review used to be based on stack ranking and fixed curve. - Skill set may become irrelevant if not actively kept up with the industry.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P724.htm
56800,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,One of the best places to work as a Software Engineer,"+ People are insanely smart, some of them legendary. + There is virtually no limit in terms of learning opportunities, professional growth and career advancement. + Everyone gets own office! + Benefit is one of the best in the industry, period.",- Performance review used to be based on stack ranking and fixed curve. - Skill set may become irrelevant if not actively kept up with the industry.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56801,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great Benefits and Independence to some extent,"Benefits are great, some level of independence when you do field work, get to talk to experts from within which you won't find anywhere else",personal and professional growth and leadership is quite slow. getting to be a leader can be hard as you have too many people trying to get to the same position,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56802,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Site Manager,Identity crisis costs this company people and profit,"Microsoft does take ""work / life balance"" seriously. I enjoyed putting my family first in many situations and was never given a second thought.","There was no clear career path for people who were media or editorial based. All positions where forced into a cookie cutter ""engineering"" career path. Definitely limiting.",Microsoft leadership needs to stop pretending to be a media company ... on occasion. Decide what you are then stick with it. Are you a software services company? A Device and Services company? Figure it out.,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56803,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good company, tough environment, more potential",* Family oriented culture * Great benefits * On-par compensation but can improve some,* Tough culture * Career growth can be anemic * Lots of changes(may be a Pro?),"Don't tinker, Change! Everyone who is currently working there for more than 20 years and is managing a big team on a product that is taking beating in the market should be asked to work as an individual. Lots of managers are there to camp and not push real change.",3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56804,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shadow workforce is mistreated on a regular basis,Compensation and having Microsoft in your resume,"Management style is ridiculous FTE vs CSG attitude aka second-class people Conflicting instructions Lack of information Lack of structure Limited access to important Sharepoint, tools, folders, groups Frequent layoffs for no apparent reason","You'll turn into HP sooner than later if things keep working this way. 70, 000 CSGs will walk out of the door by Jan 2016. Tick-tock.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56805,microsoft,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 7, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,Great,Relaxed and great pay and benefits.,Nothing it was just so good.,Yes,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56806,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Competitive work culture with huge talented people,Highly competitive environment Very high growth opportunity,Sometimes the work-life balance may get affected.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56807,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the greatest places to work,"Salary, growth opportunities, lower management was fun and productive to work with",Contract positions are horrible with no benefits. Save time and get hired on permanently,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56808,microsoft,"West Seattle, WA"," Sep 21, 2014",Current Employee - Abc,Relatively Good Company in a great location,Relatively stable but things have changed lately,Lack of strategic directions and vision from the top.,Just resign and find a job somewhere else.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56809,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Reasonable work life balance, enjoyable work enviro.","Salary competitive, benefits A-grade, reasonable work life balance, good work environment, supportive team members for your learning, leading tech projects.",Not having the agility and atmosphere of small companies and start ups. Sometimes have to stay on call 24 hours and might be called during night.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P725.htm
56810,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2014",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Watch your back,"Work-life balance can be okay if you manage it. There are some great people who still work there, but many have left over the years.",You have to spend as much time worrying about politics and games as you do about performing the job you were hired to do. Weak leadership with no vision can be found in every group.,"Focus on the customer needs instead of the bottom line. If you do the former, the latter will take care of itself.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56811,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Attorney,I had a wonderful and enriching experience working for Microsoft Corp.,Very smart and dynamic people who care about producing great products and software.,I have nothing negative to say.,None.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56812,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),yet another big company,Microsoft has good brand in both enterprise and customer markets. There are a lot of smart people around.,Micro management. Managers were really mean. Some old timers were rude. Very poor work life balance,trust your employees,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56813,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Microsoft is one of the best, though all companies have their flaws.","The benefits package is good, the people are smart, and the products are great. It was good to work with one of the top software companies in the world.","Teams do not always communicate adequately, and goals are sometimes lost in the shuffle of the day-to-day. However, they are making changes to head into the future of the changing computing world of today/tomorrow.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56814,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 7, 2014",Former Employee - Computer Systems Engineer,A very good place to work at!,"Workplace is very organized, good benefits, employees treated very well by managers and the CEO, and co-workers are really nice.","Well to be honest their aren't really any cons, except the fact that I haven't got a good pay raise in the last two years but besides that I really liked it at microsoft.",Better pay raises please,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56815,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Smart People, Okay products",Working with smart knowledgeable is the best reason to work at Microsoft. Microsoft also has a big focus on engineering. You will learn a lot from both the people you work with and about engineering software.,"Too much turning reports and dashboards green, and too much settling for less than best. More likely to redefine the quality bar to achieve success than to hold or change the product to meet the originally desired bug bar.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56816,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall Microsoft is still a first-class company to work for.,"Lots of learning opportunities, great benefits, good colleagues.",Somewhat old fashioned engineering process.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56817,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Director,Not for Everyone,Many groups to choose from and grow your career path Smart and intellectual people Technology Leader that wants to make a difference,"To large and dysfunctional, duplicate responsibilities and too much focus on showing muscle vs actually getting the work done. I found that people would spend more time discussing issues vs trying to solve them, positioning themselves over the betterment of the company and dedicating themselves to drive toward sales numbers vs focusing on solving problems with solutions that customer want and value.",Management changes are in progress and it is great to see the new leadership make the hard choices this company needs to sustain itself in the future. Keep listening to the market/your customers and do not be afraid to let egos and dead weight go.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56818,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company with plenty of opportunities,"Vast number of projects to work on in multiple countries. Pay is consistently in the top 75% percentile. Flexible work hours. For engineers, there's a vast number of levels to grow, which is far different than competitors like Amazon. IC's can potentially earn as much as a VP with the number of levels for growth. Overall, this is a great company for career growth. Pay is 100% performance based now, and favors collaboration over politics. Stack ranking is dead!","Aren't going to get the free perks like you see in competitors in silicon valley, but who really cares. You will most likely make more money at Microsoft and that's more important. Still growth favors type A people. If you aren't one that guides and leads the design and has major influence, your growth and performance awards will be much slower.",Go flat org. Get rid of testers and go combined engineering role for 90% of product line. Keep the path and listen to customers. Listen to customers. Listen to customers!!!!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56819,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Development Manager,A great place to learn and grow,A great place to learn with some of the smartest people in the business,Environment was competitive for reviews which made it more about the individual than the team,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P726.htm
56820,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Incredible company with too much bureaucracy and middle management,"Incredible benefits, beautiful campus, kind people, amazing innovations, huge opportunities ahead for this company","Soooo much bickering, ego, and bureaucracy gets in the way of speed and product excellence.","Get rid of the ""lead"" role, and trim the PM org. Consolidate test and dev into one end-to-end accountable role.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56821,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,"Great company, struggling to manage the industry transition","Smart people, great benefits, opportunity to work on big challenging problems.","Currently changing too many things at the same time - engineering model, transition to services. Company is trying to duplicate the new generation companies - i am worried, if it is losing its identity in the process.",Leverage what made the company successful so far and then evolve it towards the future.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56822,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Test Lead,Great workplace to work at!,Great work life balance. Great benefits.,Politically charged people which can impact the speed of decision making,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56823,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,"Overall a positive experience, but for a company that is rated one of the best places to work, I would expect better",You meet some really smart people that care a lot about delivering a good product,"As big companies go, there are always some politics around Some people only care about visibility, or how upper management views them, and one will need to work their way around these people",I would want management to work on eliminating politics that but it might be impossible,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56824,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Too big and too much red-tape to enable building disruptive technologies.,Great engineering training - technically and otherwise. Technical problems are interesting due to the number of offerings. The 'otherwise' problems are those emblematic of a large-cap company.,Professional commitment process still rewards personal successes and promotes the 'me first' mentality. It has been so bad in years past that the commitment process was recently changed.,"Spin off business units to be their own companies, either public or private. The current size and continual re-organizations doesn't enable creation of market opportunities, only reaction.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56825,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A great place to work if you pick the right group.,"They have a great compensation package, and many teams have a fun atmosphere. Anywhere you work, you can find incredible talent to learn from and grow.","The politics are mind-numbing at times. Depending on the group, you may have to scratch and bite for a chance to grow your career. Often it's easy to feel lost in the grand scheme of things and feel stifled.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56826,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,This job is great for career and relationship building,"Organization is huge, so it can be difficult to manage.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56827,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Director of Development,"Can be great, but watch your back","Scope of what you can work on is huge and the ability to move around and learn more is great as long as you are in good standing. There are plenty of places to eat on campus and the commute is relatively inexpensive due to free parking and shuttle (if you can get a seat). The company is largely staffed by very talented engineers, for the most part. Get on a team that has a clear mission to solve customer pain and you can have a great time and learn a lot. As with all large companies, career progression tends to follow the calendar so don't expect to get promoted every year unless you align with a benefactor who can push you along. Even then, the further you move up, the fewer seats there are and the more entrenched long-termers you end up having to compete with for the next gig.","Flat stock price results in a lot of folks trying to claw their way up the corporate ladder rather than building better products for customers. Depending upon your manager, you can have a great experience or it can be a soul-sucking personal experience if you let it get to you. Due to it's nature, the company tends to be very insular and has just recently began to look at innovation outside of the company. Many folks there have only worked at MSFT so they have a very slanted view on how the rest of the world works. If you stay there too long, you risk being branded as ""institutionalized"" and nom-emplyable outside of MSFT unless you maintained and developed skills outside of the MSFT ecosystem. The company is aging and, while many organizations are modernizing their way of building products, others are still trapped in the 90's under leaders (partner-level) who are making too much money to step aside and create growth opportunities for the next generation of leaders.  For folks who have held senior positions elsewhere: Expect to be compensated well, but your prior experience means nothing. There is very little respect for experience in other companies unless you're a bounce back from Amazon, Facebook, or Google to get a level bump. It's a place that values shipping at Microsoft over everything else.  Lastly, it has become a company of dissimilar factions and cultures. The notion of One MSFT is laughable. It's a culture of fiefdoms and alliances that are more concerned about protecting turf than delighting customers. Ultimately, I saw that the change in leadership was more about Wall Street than customers.","Dismantle the partner program and be more transparent about compensation. Force senior leaders to gain experience outside of their ""home"" organizations and to cultivate more corporate citizenship. Bias compensation and promotion in senior levels around multi-year goals instead of review-padding features that are pushed out with no customer benefit because someone needed to demonstrate their ""impact"" in a 12-month cycle.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56828,microsoft,"Birmingham, AL"," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Architect,Work at Microsoft,"Good Quality People, training and a lot of perks","Political, but where isn't it",Listen to the customers,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56829,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Desingner,Great place to work if you don't mind the slow pace.,Microsoft cares about your work/life balance and does a great job keeping you happy.,"Very difficult to work on a remote team. If you're outside Redmond, you bang into the ceiling very quickly.",Find a balance between the engineering-led culture and the need to innovate. Leadership needs to embrace visionary ideas and bring design into the fold at the highest level.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P727.htm
56830,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,Cool people that you can work with. pay is good.,"backstabbing shady management. beware. some of the employees are snobs, but that time is passing as MSFT isn't top of the food chain anymore.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56831,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Many amazing growth opportunities,"At Microsoft you're expected to be a self-starter and in charge of directing your own career. You drive you career as aggressively or slow-paced as you prefer. Work-life balance does exists, but it really depends again on how aggressively you want to drive your career here. If you have a great idea, you are encouraged to pursue it. Management is supportive of coming up with new and creative ways of doing this. People managers are more like coaches than ""bosses"" and generally follow sound management principles.  If you can ""navigate"" in this matrixed organization and can deal with not having all the answers but still being expected to try you best to come up with a solution then you will be happy here!  The people here are brilliant. Super smart and really friendly. They are genuinely interested in helping you move your career forward and will help you in any way that they can. You can easily find mentors and make connections here.  The Benefits are great! Free gym membership, premium healthcare insurance, and a lot more.","Not for the feint of heart. Microsoft is increasingly complex and you have to be able to put all the pieces together and understand how you fit into the grand scheme of things. Sometimes you really can feel you're not even a ""blip"" on the radar here. It's really important to build a good network if you want visibility and a good promotional trajectory.  Promotional velocity can be a bit slow with too much of a focus on the dreaded ""length in level"". On the other hand, people get promoted to very senior positions without the role necessarily requiring it as a means to retain that person. Usually this doesn't end well.  Unstable Organizations- with so many merging and splitting and reconfiguring of teams and structures one can feel as though stability is lacking.","While experience counts, you have to also recognize that you have brilliant talent here, many of whom have a high intellectual capacity and are able to grow and scale quickly. Many could be start-up entrepreneurs down in Silicon Valley. It's important to not have earlier-in-career talent feel stuck.  Continue to focus on building simplicity into everything you do: from how you structure your organizations, to how you stratify your management team, to how you align support resources, etc. It's so easy to over-complicate things and even if finding the easiest way to do things means not doing everything, it's fine.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Director,20 Years at Microsoft,"When I joined Microsoft in 1992, it was one of the most innovative companies in the world. Lots of fascinating work with very talented people who had a very strong drive for results. I was extremely well compensated with stock options, stock grants, salary and bonus. I created 8 new products and was awarded 36 patents that generated over $2 billion in verifiable incremental revenue for Microsoft.","Microsoft's strategy and focus were much clearer in the early 1990s. Opportunities for personal growth existed everywhere. Today there are fewer opportunities today for people who want to be major contributors. Some of this is part of becoming a larger company and reaching the end of the PC era, but much of it is risk aversion. The PC era is ending. A new era is also beginning. This is opportunity. If you want to be great you have to take chances. I am all for mitigating as much risk as possible. However, you will get the same outcome if you keep using the same old strategies.","The changing role of the PC and Windows is an opportunity to create a new and even stronger company. However, it means change. Microsoft has many valuable assets to leverage to create the next generation of Microsoft. I believe that you have the talent and opportunity. Now execute on it.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56833,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 13, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Administrator,If only. . .,"Awesome benefits, so so pay. Good mobility within company.","They can not innovate if their life depended on it. Marketing almost always get's their way for more bells and whistles that nobody uses, or wants, at the sacrifice of a quality product. Beware of the infamous, over powerful Microsoft HR. Having managed people I was discusted at the fact that the way Microsoft handles compensation, encourages you giving someone the shaft, and keeping around a sub par performer to be the sacrificial lamb. God forbid you have a great team, because someone will get the shaft so others can actually get raises.","You need to split the company up into smaller pieces, you just can not have a organization as big as yours and be good at anything.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56834,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer - Test,Watch your back,"Great benefits, beautiful campus, and any needed resources are easy to obtain. Everyone you work with is smart., Work life balance is obtainable.","The culture and leadership is old school and is just discovering that it is behind the times. Changes are coming in both business strategies and development practices, but management will cling to the old way enough to foil the needed changes.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56835,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Sep 13, 2014",Current Employee - Team Manager,"Great place to work, contribute and learn!","If you are the type of person who is looking to always be better, this is the place to be. Microsoft offers infinite ways to grow as a professional for those who are proactive.",Hard to switch jobs if you don't have a strong internal network,More opportunities for lateral moves for those who prove competency.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56836,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Great company - experience depends upon group and manager,"Benefits for families, preventative health, and pay. Lots of smart people to learn from - good and bad. Ability to experience difference things and teams.","Very competitive, manager can make or break it. Often slow to move, politics prevalent and pointing fingers. Family life not always supported - especially for women surrounded by men with stay at home wives.","Be transparent, genuine to your directs. Support your teams and encourage individuals.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56837,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Mixed,"Lot of smart people, exciring opportunities",Cultural still slow to come. Lot of energy spent fighting nay sayers.,Need to do something with old timers who can't evolve or effect changes.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56838,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Was great company, lost direction in recent years",+ good benefits + decent salary + annual bonus,- Process heavy - sr. management do not know what to do next. - lost vision,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56839,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,Life is good and well till you get high enough in the ranks to enter the politics.,"Benefits are good, salaries and package is ok. Changing positions and areas inside is not difficult.","There is just too much politics, empire building, area grabbing and self marketing at the higher ranks. People get promoted and go higher not because of what they do, rather how they sell themselves.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P728.htm
56840,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,SDET II,Great company Excellent benefits Encounter great minds.,"Learn how to do politics. If you dont know how to project yourself well, You wont last long.",Review system needs improvement.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56841,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company, exciting direction - still needs to break down silos.","I just started at the company about 3 months ago but had worked as a consultant for almost 3 years prior to converting to FTE. I really love the new strategy and the new CEO. Collaboration and partnership are finally valued at Microsoft which is awesome. I work with highly intelligent, motivated people who want to do the right thing. The work itself is challenging and I am learning something new everyday. I am compensated well.","Working cross functionally can be a challenge. Working with IT can also be hard because they are also struggling to work around their internal teams. Break down the silos! Work life balance can be a struggle and the new collaboration model can be tough when you are told to continue ""coaching"" others that are not performing or aren't suited for their roles. Sometimes you just have to get rid of the dead weight!",Integrate solutions management within the business and have them sit with their business customers. Figure out how you want to treat your partners and do it consistently across all segments.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56842,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior SDE,"almost nothing, really nothing good to say","hostile environment, very bad manager",management are worst,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56843,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Really solid place to work!,Fair work life balance. Great benefits and compensation. Office culture is healthy and usually fun. The Connector bus! Free bus pass! Environmentally conscience,"Big company means plenty of red tape. Poor job of sharing, distributing and presenting good BI to employees. Hard to measure one's impact. Not metrics driven (or not enough)",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56844,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE II,Microsoft cares for you and wants you to be successful,Sometimes your peers are better at doing politics vs programming which is unfortunate but I guess any place with this many number of people is bound to have this.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56845,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Arrogant culture, no collaboration, bullying management and not an equal opportunity employer","Good benefits, even though health care is becoming expensive. Amazing talks at Microsoft Research, mainly by invited guests. Huge company so there is the possibility to change roles quite easily. The pay is quite good especially because the main location is in WA. Great bus that brings you all over campus. Some new cool Microsoft devices.","My main criticism is that it is not a company that values women in the workplace. I have not observed women getting promoted and women from technical fields are rarely being hired. Teams remain disproportionately male even compared to recent statistics from Google and other competitors. Little effort is made to proactively recruit women in technical positions. Managers from my division regularly and openly discredit women. They bully them (from my personal experience). It feels like Anchorman over there. The maternity/parental benefits are BS. I took them and it cost me a poor review (I was doing great before and in all prior reviews).  If you are in my situation, know that a lot of tech companies are proactively hiring women, publishing their statistics as cause for change, and rewarding women for their good technical work. The underlying belief in other companies is that women have equal capacity to be technical and do technical work. This is not the case at Microsoft. Credit is frequently given to male co-workers on the basis of their arrogance and posture. The presumption is that technical contributions in collaborations come from men. This is promoted by managers at many levels. For instance, women are frequently required to justify more of the technical claims on patents then their male counterparts on similar patents. The presumed inequality is part of everyday engagements.  Real equal opportunity teams may exist in the company. Just be sure to interview your future Microsoft colleagues and understand the culture you are going into. I have excellent offers in other places now, and I am taking the one that best fits my personality and values. I know I will have a great impact there. I just wished I had moved out sooner from an environment that was toxic for my health.  There is no collaboration possible, and unless you are a very vocal person and snarky to a fault, more arrogant people steal the credit for your work. I have struggled with this lack of collaboration and very competitive atmosphere. I was hoping that with the Nokia integration, a more collaborative culture would influence Microsoft leaders, but unfortunately it did not happen and all of those guys got fired anyway.  Regarding the interview process, the recruiter really tries to lowball you compared to other companies. This was my experience interviewing initially and then later interviewing internally. Crap tactics like acting baffled and surprised at basic packages offered by many of their competitor companies are the norm. Can they understand more collaborative techniques and work together on a good package? They do not reward PhDs. They do not reward the caliber of the institution you're coming from. It is because most of the management lack graduate education and believe education is useless (I heard it many times at work).  A minor thing, no free food, and food becomes quite expensive if you have only 20minutes to eat and need to eat in the local expensive cafeteria in the Commons (about 10-15$ a lunch). Something to budget.  The culture is really engraved in every manager who has been there from the start. Of course, you can find an excellent team (it does exist!) and if the work is a good fit, go for it. Be sure to probe the team's culture and get to know who will be your skip level.","Maybe another style of leadership needs to take place, less bullying and more communication would be a first step. Also the management should read about the benefits of a place with female engineers and women in general in fields other than HR, Administrative Assistant and PM roles.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56846,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"culture, compensation, people, weather, work","none, nill, null, without, nope",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56847,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Company,"Training, very good technical skills. Large scale products and impacts. Working with smart people really makes you feel smooth and challenged enough. And work/life balance is fairly good compare other tech companies.","Getting too much emphasis on so called ""visibility"", more politics than average tech companies. And the technology is gradually ""isolated"" from the industry that puts more and more resources on open source.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56848,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Development Engineer,"Great company, good benefits, some groups could get political",Great company and good benefits,"Politics everywhere, people fights for visibility and slows down productivity",The curve thing was stupid and it's good to remove it. Wish there is less politics.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56849,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great people to work with,Great people to work with if you can live with bureaucratic management.  Company care about people and it is one of few Software Company i have seen people working for more than 15 year in the company.,Bureaucratic management. Management has no vision for the future,Have vision and develop goals and then act on them,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P729.htm
56850,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Compensation is not connected to Contribution,OK pay if you are willing to not compare it to companies which are doing better in the stock market. Some interesting technology to play with. Some of the people care about helping you grow.,"Benefits aren't what they used to be. Morale events aren't what they used to be. Office environment isn't what it used to be (moving to open workspaces) Lots of reorgs means that the manager determining your compensation doesn't really know you. This is getting worse with fewer managers per employee. So compensation can have little to do with how hard you work or what you accomplish for the company. Work life balance is getting worse, and it was already pretty bad. Instead of focusing on customers, there is a push to focus on data, when the only real useful data is whether the customers love the product and buy it. The company no longer makes big, bold bets.","Start caring about employees, compensate them better for the amazing work they do for you, take on bolder projects, and think longer term than the next week.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56851,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Abusive, hypercompetitive atmosphere","Nice pay, many amenities on campus, and it looks great on your resume. These are things I experienced both as an intern and FTE.","Especially at the entry level, your job is to please everyone above you in the hierarchy, more than working. Criteria for success and expectations are often vague, so you must make sure everyone knows what you are doing and feels good about it (and about you). You have very little ownership over what you do, and trying to appease both management and peers who gatekeep the codebase quickly becomes impossible. Microsoft culture also values aggressiveness and criticism: these are seen as strengths of the company. If you don't like being negative towards others or react badly when presented with consistent aggressive behavior, you will not fit in.","Give people ownership of what they do - at every level. Focus on teamwork and mutual trust. The new review system has not rewired the company culture around collaboration, just moved reviews to a more frequent, ""agile"" structure: the anti-cooperative attitude is a deeper flaw in the company culture going all the way back to Bill.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56852,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK place to work,"Good employee benefits, free drinks","Traditional mind-set, promotions aren't always based on results",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56853,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Senior Marketing Manager,You feel you have an impact. Good Company,Hard to move up if you don't conform to aggressive culture.,Not all those that brag and lead are good leaders.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56854,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,So far so good.,"Good pay, good benefits, challenging, not boring. Potential to have lots of impact.","Lots of hard work, long weeks, long hours.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56855,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good.,"Benefits, Health Insurance, Located in Seattle,","Re-orgs, work life balance, uncertainity in business.",no comment.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56856,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Work-Life Balance, People, Culture - commitment to long-term success, focus on short term revenue,","often lagging in technology - not leader, a lot of management layers, a lot of politics",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56857,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Not a bad place to work, but not the best either.","Benefits are good, some divisions have a laid back culture.",To many people have the culture of an old company. They could be slow and don't accept challenges positively.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56858,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The only fact,I love don't just live say I that you are can be found at in this country to the point of view and the,The new one for the rest is a very great day and a few years ago I was in the world and,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56859,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I've worked for the company for 15+ years. Lots of both good and bad over the years but mostly good.,Work on cool technology with really smart people.,Big company. Can be a bit frustrating to deal with speed of decisions and process,Remember that people are your greatest asset,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P730.htm
56860,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I've worked for the company for 15+ years. Lots of both good and bad over the years but mostly good.,Work on cool technology with really smart people.,Big company. Can be a bit frustrating to deal with speed of decisions and process,Remember that people are your greatest asset,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56861,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company to work for, could be better though!","work-life balance, perks, compensation, time-off for new parents","personal growth, politics, pace of work",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56862,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Could be better,Get to work on interesting things. Benefits aren't bad. Free Soda. discounts at the company store.,"Work-life balance, promotions are rare. Leadership (once in their position) doesn't change and management isn't held accountable for poor leadership. Managers aren't taught to lead people but to manage products and people are a secondary focus.","Teach those in leadership how to manage humans and genuinely care about their progress and careers. Work on setting realistic expectations when projects start such that financial decisions regarding staffing, as well as project release dates take into account missing dates.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56863,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Hopeful and skeptical at the same time,"Microsoft hires to high standards and the people are smart, well-qualified, ambitious and hardworking. There is plenty of opportunity to learn every day. There are a lot of different products, so when folk wants a change, often the most interesting work is in another group in the company.","Senior Management is outdated, overpaid and blocks smart people from making progress on the products. There is a steep hierarchy within the company with little or no value coming from several layers of management. Everyone is afraid to make a decision.","Make bold bets and cut upper management drastically. Structure pay to the value folks bring, not titles.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56864,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Director,A mixed bag,"You'll work with really smart people The benefits, if no longer excellent, are still better than average If you work in the greater Northwest, the campus is very nice Still innovating . . . in some areas New CEO starting off well","Many, many, many layers of old-style managers Vicious internal politics at corporate Scary how internally focused it is -- Microsoft people spend most of their time presenting to other Microsoft people --very Alice in Wonderland",It's time to be bold -- get rid of at least three layers of GMs reporting to other GMs and let some air in!!,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56865,microsoft,"Cincinnati, OH"," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Sales Specialist,"Great culture, New CEO making a difference","There's a great company culture at Microsoft of family first, innovation, independence and hard work. Everyone really loves the company and the first-level managers are great. The company is very focused on career growth and making sure you are always looking forward. They are very flexible about work hours, locations, etc. as long as you get the job done. The people are amazing!  The new CEO, Satya is really rallying the company and is doing great things. Old establishment is changing (albeit slowly)","The Sr. Leadership could really use some help. From 2nd line managers to just below the CEO, the leadership is very ""inward focused"" and almost used-car-salesy. It's very cut-throat at that level and you they appear to have no problem stepping on toes to move up. Also, sr. leadership looks ""down"" quite a bit on those with IC (individual contributor) roles.  No real career opportunities for technical leadership other than in Seattle. All field leadership is sales based and you almost have to go through the sales ranks to get leadership opportunities. Technical roles report into sales managers, so technical people are often undervalued or have little direction.","Field technical specialists, ATS', etc. really need to have a technical leader, not a sales-only leader who has no understanding or value of technical leadership.",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56866,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Awful place to work, but it looks good on your resume",Looks great on your resume,"The force-review process means that you work there until you get a 5 (lowest review), then the ""eliminate your position"" and backfill by promoting a lower-level employee, who they backfill by hiring a new graduate. This abusive system keeps the workforce young.","Treat employees like people, not like furniture.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56867,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,many opportunities and lots of resource in the company,there is not much in particular,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56868,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good work life balance, failed in Mobile/Cloud but still a good place to work for","1. Good work life balance 2. Personal office 3. A large company have different teams working on different things, and it's very easy to do internal transfer, so you could get your hands on a lot of different areas.",1. A little less paid compared with other Tech companies 2. The management team really lacks vision,"Get the things done correctly. You want to build something people like to use, create value for customer, that's what you should do. Please don't just build something, that just used to compete with Apple, Google",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56869,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,The work is very interesting. Lots of resources to help you accomplish your task. The pay is good and they give good bonuses and non pay compensation,Company can be competitive. A lot of you experience depends on your manager. The documentation is very poor. A lot of meetings with no clear focus,Create better tools and processes for collaboration with other teams.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P731.htm
56870,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Sep 5, 2014",Former Employee - Services Sales Executive,Sales executive review.,Compensation is on higher compared to other fortune 50 companies.,The quota growth rates are unrealistic. This affects your evaluation and bonus structure.,"Abolish the evaluation system. At least, I would recommend not having the evaluation be a criteria for bonus attainment.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56871,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft Company,Good benefits. Company has large revenue so is a relatively safe place to work.,Upward mobility is slow. Recent pay raises have been small.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56872,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Sounds like a great place, until you work there","Smart company, great benefits, great pay. When you say, you work at Microsoft, people think that it is a great job.","Huge bureaucracy, slow to make decisions, too much emphasis on who you know and not on what you do. I realized in the first couple of years, that it was like working for GM.",Get some leadership training and get involved.,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56873,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good People,"Work with smart people. Flexible work hours. Good salary, benefits. Good work-life balance. They supported me going back to school part time to further my education. Lots of interesting products to work on.","Easily get pigeon-holed into doing the same thing/hard to move around and expand to new areas. Mixed bag of managers - some good, some bad. Performance reviews are few and far between, and the end of the year results which determine bonus, salary, and promotions did not always reflect the feedback I had received from my managers throughout the year.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56874,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great perks and benefits for all FTEs.,Personal growth suffers when competing against each other.,none,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56875,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not a good place to work at anymore,It used to be a good place to work. The compensation is still not bad. The health benefits are above average.,It has become very political.,"What is the point of the recent layoff, except boosting the stock price?",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56876,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Design Engineer,"work-life balance: it is okay. benefits: it is okay. personal growth: it is okay. food in the cafe: no free food, but there is a cafe and you can find different kind of food there.","the company is just too big and some people have to do a lot of job while some people just don't do much to help. not only they don't do anything to help, they may make it hard to do your job efficiently.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56877,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Interesting Ride at Microsoft,Lots of opportunity to move around (consumer/enterprise) and you really can make those changes Ability to work internationally Smart people to work with,"Huge company, hard to get things done Too removed from customers Struggling to figure out how to move forward Can lose yourself if you don't set the right work-life boundaries",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56878,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Looks great on resume if you plan to advance in an IT industry.,"Have no cons just yet, as I am still going through the hiring process.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56879,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Sep 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer role - Stay Away,The actual work with the customers is rewarding. There are opportunities to develop pretty much any technical skill you could dream of.,"Management - the review system was recently replaced. While the prior review system was bad the new one is worse. Microsoft can not set to limit itself to objective criteria metrics like utilization, labor logging, case wellness, etc. These metric are set as goals, but would be ignored if the management wanted to. They will absolutely reward someone they think has ""potential"" even if they arent doing their core job. If a GM wants someone gone, no amount of work product or impact will be considered. All achievements will be minimized. There is a heavy favoritism system in place. In both review models, feedback was either sparse or non-existent. Managers aren't really ""managing"". Managers just recently were instructed to provide feedback in 1 on 1s. Dedicated PFE's are pretty much considered the bottom feeders in the organization. The work/life balance is terrible because of the uncertainty/lack of feedback. To make things worse, managers wont give you an example of work being done by ""successful"" PFEs, or suggest mentors. There are a lot of parasites in the organization that steal/rebrand other work as their own. The sycophants are running amok in public sector/fed civ and NSG. Good luck if you're a new hire off the street trying to make a name for yourself. They'll chew you up for 2-3 years until you leave. While there is a lot of training available, there is no time for it.","Instead of having every single PM have a few direct reports, hire some real managers that all PFE's report to. Also, maybe hire some managers that actually understand Microsoft products.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P732.htm
56880,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company to start your career,"cutting edge, great benefits, manageable work life balance",gets very difficult to grew in such a big firm. No coordination between various teams.,More involvement in employee career management.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56881,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to work!,Lot of talented tech folks in the company.,Review system is too draining.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56882,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,I've been a software developer at Microsoft for 11 years.,"It is geek heaven. You work with people who are as passionate as yourself about software development. The benefits are top of the line. If you perform well, you are rewarded well.","The review process is draining and if your manager doesn't fight for you, you might not earn the recognition you deserve.",Be sure your direct reports understand what constitutes for success and then fight for them.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56883,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good company to work for but lacking vision...,Great benefits that are truly 1st class when compared to other companies in the industry. There are lots of very smart/motivated folks working at the company and the new direction by the CEO seems to be promising.,With recent layoffs many folks left inside are afraid for their jobs and the future of the company both financially and direction. There is plenty of uncertainty about the future of the company.  If you are in test then you should highly consider moving into a different role as the company as a whole seems to be getting rid of this function.,Rip the band-aid off and finish the layoffs so folks inside can get past their concern. Come up with a vision that includes truly driving revenue and growth into the company and get the employees to buy-in.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56884,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS review,"Work life balance, career opportunities",changes with every project release,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56885,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,I have had tremendous opportunity for career growth and working on exciting projects,"Career growth, lots of smart people, flexibility to work on new things and move around in the company, good benefits and stability","The size sometimes makes it difficult navigate the best way to achieve success, duplication of effort, some groups a slow moving",I believe we are moving in the right direction and the growing excitement of employees is critical to transform Microsoft.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56886,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Really smart people. Office culture is based on performance,Market position is bit bad now. Management can be sometimes hostile,Push to the cloud,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56887,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great company, could become even greater","Good salary, good benefits, no stack ranking (they used to do this but now it's about joint success as a group), great location, and lots of different products to work on.","Compensation is not as great as for some competitors (no free lunch food), company is transitioning to agile which is difficult to do given how slow it is.",Take advantage of new momentum from new CEO. Let the products be more design-driven.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56888,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Good pay. Work life balance depends on the manager.,"Not the company it used to be. Main focus is shareholders, not the employees. Insurance changed in 2013 - just a notch above sucks now,","Employees made the company, not shareholders",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56889,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,Good work environment. Good benefit and pay,Bad management with bad vision,be honest to your direct reports,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P733.htm
56890,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Under no circumstances would I work here again, and I regret the years I put in.","Decent compensation packages, although very little room for negotiation. Intelligent teammates. Nice lateral movement across teams with minimal wait time (18 months or less, with manager approval) There are some teams that still have private offices, although for most products the open office model might be better. 401K match up to 6% of salary. Health Club.","The politics at Microsoft are cutthroat and the performance review model based on a graded curve is archaic and contra-indicated for software development, which thrives on collaboration and cooperation. While this ranking system is supposed to have been abolished recently, after 30+ years of its extreme influence as to management promotion and leadership reviews, it is unlikely that this atmosphere of a zero-sum compensation model (there is no winner without a loser), is anything less than entrenched, and, consequently, Microsoft would not be a place to risk years of one's career when there are just as attractive jobs waiting at companies who were of the you-win, we-all-win philosophy from inception.","Do something drastic. For years the opportunities for advancement (or even keeping the status quo) has been limited to one's manager, who were not only fallible, but also, like all humans, capable of pettiness, prejudice, and prejudgements. To imagine otherwise, is to be outrageously arrogant, something Microsofties have been accused of so frequently as to make it almost a byword for the company itself. Shed the image by shedding the management personnel that have been heavily promoted under the system of pushing one's self forward by throwing others under the bus. And enough with the arrogance already. Buy a latte, sign up on GitHub, and join the software revolution. It's lapped you a few times and it's getting ready to do it again.",1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56891,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"Microsoft has great benefits, work/life balance (depending on your team), and a focus on career development",- many career opportunities - great benefits and pay is to market - new rewards and bonus system is simpler but reward levels are less clear - new CEO and good company direction,- work/life balance can be low depending on the team - it all depends on your manager - a great manager is fantastic for you while a bad manager can make your life at Microsoft very difficult,Be more transparent about reward levels and what one would actually receive now that the process has changed.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56892,microsoft,"Baltimore, MD"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,quite good experience,"1.care much about your success and really can learn a lot about skills with brilliant people here. 2.If you are in a good team with established people, you will learn a lot and you will feel your life is enjoyable. If not, you are just wasting your time here. 3.the focus on the business. This may seem counterintuitive but the business focus is an excellent lens through which to look at software design and execution. I previously worked at a company which was arguably a better engineering company but the lack of business focus led to software projects not having longevity and ultimately to the collapse of the company.","1.maybe too many brilliant people and have no chance to be promoted 2.The company doesn't have quite the creative edge it once did. Sometimes it blunders big, yet manages to survive because of its sheer size and wealth. Management above a certain level tends to lose sight of reality, so can end up doing the wrong thing, like laying off and rewarding the wrong people.",give more chance for those who want to be promoted,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56893,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2014",Former Employee - Dev Lead,Great place.,"Innovation opportunities, performance based reviews",occasional territorial attitude in management,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56894,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Tough,"Technology, Benefits, Location, Facilities, Connections","Competitive company culture, promoting careerism",They seem to be doing right things now,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56895,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise sales,"The most amazing people, very supportive culture, zero micro-management, ability to work on cool projects and get exposed to very senior leadership are the best things about MSFT. The company is doing great things at this time and employees are quite inspired. Company's stock has performed very well in the past few years and the salary and benefits are quite aggressive for new hires. I personally was positively surprised by how cool the company was as compared to my original perception. Perhaps, this is the result of the new CEO.","As a new employee you are very likely to get a bit overwhelmed at first by the amount of information you receive. This passes, however.",Don't stop doing what you are doing!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56896,microsoft,"Redmond, OR"," Aug 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Look elsewhere - the good times at Msft are REALLY over,"Honestly, any pros to working here are being phased out unless you are a non-technical business or marketing type person then you can expect to make a lot for not really producing anything. There is a culture of arrogance here, people are in denial and puff themselves up all the time because Microsoft used to be the shiznit back in the 90s. In modern times the stock has stagnated and no one gets rich anymore but employees do still get treated with reverence from older folks in the community who don't know times have changed. Employees can still expect to enjoy discounts and deals, and some people in the Seattle area will still be impressed with Microsoft name on your resume, although its increasingly more likely any legit company who knows the truth will see Microsoft name and count it against you.","If you are young, technical, a go-getter and aiming to get rich Microsoft is NOT the place for you. The company will milk products from its glory days (basically just Windows and Office) until the market forces it into irrelevance. Win8 is the elephant in the room, proven to be a spectacular failure yet we keep trying to force it down people's throats. With product pipelines like Windows Phone and surface there's simply not enough growth or opportunity for Microsoft to sustain promoting you and paying you what you're worth. Plus the culture heavily favors non-technical business-y types that do nothing but bs at meetings all day and play the game. Any raises or decent salaries will be given to those folks, not you the producer. This has got to be the worst place to be for a smart, hard working technical person - don't waste your time and devote your passion and skills to a company that will appreciate it like Google or Apple. This is a dying company - the business people are the vultures feasting on the carrion of failed products and srinking revenues. Who in their right mind would want to work here?!","Technical people are aware you see us as mere cogs and code monkeys and you can't wait to outsource our jobs. It's already happening, I know several people in several groups at Msft whose jobs are being outsourced to India by Satya. All this optimism about Satya replacing Ballmer is short lived once people realize Satya has no real vision or gameplan besides ""cutting costs"" by outsourcing everyone's jobs to India and driving down U.S. salaries.",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56897,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Should be in a good team with great people, else don't bother","If you are in a good team with established people, you will learn a lot and you will feel your life is enjoyable. If not, you are just wasting your time here. Make sure you talk to a bunch of folks to identify whether the team and group you are going into is a good one or a bad one.",Company is trying to change direction to move fast. Upper management is playing around with the lives of high performers making them not productive and stealing away their fun.,Stop screwing around and decide what you want to do instead of spending an year thinking about it and screwing up the fun of Software Engineers.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56898,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Changing (not growing) pains,"New CEO with responsible and grounded vision, tons of resources and intelligent people, no more forced distribution of employee rankings*, good benefits, good work/life balance, commute shuttle, lots of internal positions and opportunities.","Too many legacy policies and procedures, High margin mind set, lack of focus on controls and cost, myopic view of the world, too many rest and vest folks, too reactive to market dynamics.","Having just wrapped up the first annual review without the dreaded ""rank 'n yank"", I'm not impressed. It appears any kind of employee priorities planning or commitments has gone out the window and been replaced with vague directional guidelines and even more vague expectations. There is little to no feedback on what you did or how you did it, you're just given a reward and told it is what it is. Goals/priority/rewards for the upcoming year are equally vague. This new connect system was supposed to measure and enhance performance by enabling others, building on others work (don't reinvent the wheel), and impact to business. Unfortunately, it appears not all are weighted equally with a heavy burden placed on the impact portion. In the long run, this is simply going to lead to the silo'ing that MS has talked so much about getting rid of. A typical MS product... looks great on paper, terrible on execution.",2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56899,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good if you are a real fan, not for you otherwise.","The company really cares about its employees, great benefits, perks and great campus, work-life balance is really good too. You get to work in the products millions use, and if you love MS technologies... well, you are using/creating them.","If not a real fan of Microsoft technologies, consider yourself tied up, you won't work on anything else other than MS specific technologies/environments. Makes sense from the ""protect your own brand"" point of view, but I found it really annoying to be closed to great technologies you have access in all the other companies (let's say, to use Ruby/Python for a side team stats project, you will probably be looked at like a weird being). That for sure makes you fall behind other engineers in the market, limiting your scope of development.  The so known calibration at the yearly performance review creates a working environment of ""I won't help you because I don't want you to be above me"", and I really felt that, I was even criticized for helping other teams in my organization because I should had give total priority on my team (it's not that I was not doing anything for my team, but I was the one that could help the other teams and that also benefited us).","Don't tell your employee ""if I ask you to build a phone, it doesn't need to be the best phone, it can be an OK phone"". That's what my manager told me and pretty much sums up what MS does: ""do things that are OK"". I'm sorry MS, I want to do the best phone. (the phone thing was an analogy, I wasn't even in the Phone division).",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P734.htm
56900,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Life changing experience...,"Welcome environment, collaborative, everyone is valued, a company that empowers customers to help themselves succeed.",Ensuring revenue and performance goals are achievable through realistic stretch metrics.,Continue to be aware of direct reports' contributions with associated attribution of rewards.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56901,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,It just keeps getting better,"I still have moments where I can't believe I get to work for such an amazing company. The people are brilliant. Collaboration and teamwork are encouraged and rewarded. The products we are shipping are beautiful. I will miss SteveB's enthusiasm and energy, but Satya is amazing and inspirational. I really love it here. I have a great work life balance as well. I am able to be home to see my kids after school and weekends are for my family. I know what my responsibilities and deliverables are, and it is up to me to perform and produce results. Leadership knows I will get my work done and they don't worry if I need to take my kids to the dentist.","It is true, there are a lot of meetings. As well as meetings to plan meetings.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56902,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE,"good benefit, ample opportunity to learn and grow, many projects to try",hard to navigate the office politics,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56903,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience thus far.,Great pay. Great people. From my experience everyone is always willing to help you out or answer your questions. Haven't ever faced true negativity or malicious criticism. Everyone works together and constructive feedback is welcomed and encouraged.,"Senior members in the org are resistant to changes being put in place by Satya. In our effort to be more with the times and be lean and agile, there are many who ""don't get it"" or are not willing to shift.","Cut those who don't need to be there who are slowing us down. It's hard thing to tell someone after 15 years they're fired, but it can make room for new ideas and fresh people.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56904,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,job in MS,"Good place to work in, especially in Seattle. Smart people.",Layoff and Reorg might not be a good story for you...,"in case you need visa support, you might be impacted by the layoffs.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56905,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Security of big company but tough culture,Good benefits and you have big corporation stability. There is slow pace so you don't have to be stressed about doing things fast.,There is a lot of internal politics and consolidation of power. If you are not in the circle and play the politics game you will have difficult times.,Be more transparent and reduce the middle management layer.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56906,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,The best thing about working here is the environment. Everyone is super nice and the benefits are amazing.,The worst part is the projects you work on are rather dull and not as exciting as other places. You place a small part in the overall company,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56907,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great to work on large scale global projects and be exposed to a breadth of products. Could be better with less politics,Projects that touch every corner of the world and hundreds of millions of people. Great breadth of product areas to work on based on your interest. Good benefits and work-life balance.,Office culture and leadership is different in various groups at Microsoft. A tough to work with leader or someone with best in the past can be a downer.,Rationalize the review and re-org process to make sure people are acknowledged for their work.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56908,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager 2,"Decent Pay, Easy commute, company is moving to be more agile","Too many re-orgs, bad middle managers",Split the company into smaller companies.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56909,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Fabulous,Microsoft has wonderful work Environment and Peers and Work and Ethics and Location and Morale Events.,Microsoft has below average Salary/compensation and benefits and Leadership and NONE and NONE and NONE.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P735.htm
56910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Content Publishing Manager,Moving in the right direction,"Pay is excellent. Work-life balance is what you make it, always been fine for me. Benefits quite good, but medical not as good as it used to be. Culture varies from group to group, my current group is excellent.","The company doesn't have quite the creative edge it once did. Sometimes it blunders big, yet manages to survive because of its sheer size and wealth. Management above a certain level tends to lose sight of reality, so can end up doing the wrong thing, like laying off and rewarding the wrong people.","Keep driving the culture shift. Make the things Nadella says show up as truth for the ground troops, not just rhetoric from the CEO.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56911,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Director,FTE and consultant,"Smart people, stable benefits, nice campus","Political bureaucracy Complacency Culture of conflict at senior levels To be a senior manager - its all about who you know not what you know HR policies are made of stone, no way to advance quickly All senior management in inbred drones - no real creativity or skill to compete","Have the courage to try new things Define your own playing field do not play by competitor rules Partner with the end customer Be bolder, the DOJ has already been proven wrong",3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56912,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft IT ( not Product groups) Great company to settle down,Good work Good work life balance Smart people decent salary,does not provide a competitive package to recent graduates,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56913,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Their are a lot of good opportunities,The company has lot to offer but you have to find opportunities and grab them.,Your career can go sideways if you don't proactively grab the right opportunity,More transparency about how the decisions are made will be helpful,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56914,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great people,"Great people to work with is the biggest pro. Coworkers are generally very supportive. Projects are challenging and helps you continue learning,",I didn't face any big cons.,Consistency is key,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56915,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Titles don't reflect the work you actually do,Amazing boss. I am challenged with the work that I do. I love the flexibility in work hours and dress code. I feel that I can just come and do the work no matter the time or what I look like.,"Company has become to big. In the effort to become ONE Microsoft, they do not communicate changes well and they do not test out new processes with the right people before they roll anything out company wide. Everything is a bureaucracy.",Value all of your employees not just the engineers. We all contribute to the bigger picture to make the company better.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56916,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Fun at work and good work life balance,Less specialization specific roles hampering experts,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56917,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"Fun work environment with smart, motivated and friendly coworkers and a focus on work-life balance. Great benefits including coverage for external training. The work is interesting and there is a lot of flexibility to expand an existing role into new areas in order to continue personal development.","The company is well staffed with great employees in upper management, which can make it more challenging for those looking for upper level promotion opportunities.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56918,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chanllengable and independent problem solving,"Green Card, for the new employer, the processing start immediately",The common cons for a big company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56919,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Business Project Manager,"I have been in various business roles in 10+ years including customer service, manager of teams, and project management.","Overall package of benefits (connector bus/bus pass, salary, bonuses, flex schedule, vacation, holidays, med/dental, prime card, gym membership discount, tuition reimbursement, charity/giving matching 1:1, 401k, ESPP, etc.) is AMAZING. Ability for personal & professional growth - ex. ability to find new roles or just new project opportunities within the company or same division or even in current role. Training & possibility for assistance toward certification exams. The people - For the most part, I have greatly enjoyed working with my partners and peers. I have been part of some amazing teams (high performing, high morale).","Like any big company there are teams that are not enjoyable to work with/in - poor leadership, poor team morale, no clear direction - so just do your homework about how the manager manages for success, what the state is of team morale (WHI - workplace health index), etc. Work-life balance - In the early days I found this very hard to manage but I learned to own this and was very effective at generally staying within a 40-45 hr work week --- except in key peak business times where I would very willingly put in more time as needed. You have to be able to manage your time effectively and push-back BEFORE you are too over-committed / overwhelmed. More people need to learn how to say ""no"" (nicely) and educate against competing priorities & resource constraints. The business is very fast-paced and very rarely will you have someone else who can effectively ensure there is balance - so you need to do it for yourself. Managers (good ones at least) will work with you on this balance as they don't want you overwhelmed either at the risk of poor quality, missing deliverables, or lack of ""white space"" to come up with needed solutions.","As acquisitions take place, please immediately bring in training on management excellence to new leaders. Keep up the great work on driving toward management excellence with existing staff. Better alignment across big projects to avoid a lot of work getting started and then put on hold because another big initiative is being started. Sometimes that happens and is okay to take advantage of sudden new market opportunities but most times it has just been a new ""idea"" or new ""executive"" trying to make their mark. Keep focused on items already committed to and underway.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P736.htm
56920,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good place to work!,Some very smart people work here. Breadth of things you can work on is almost infinite.,"Too much politics. People spend more time trying to gain ""visibility"" than doing actual work. Managers hold too much power over their reports ad can destroy their career.",Take care of the employees. Pay them well and listen to their grievances. Stop trying to do everything and instead focus on core products,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56921,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Great engineering challenges, but often slow reaction times, and inconsistantly competent partner teams","Compensation is excellent and fairly transparent. Work-Life balance can vary depending on how efficient you are at your work, and of course your manager and team. There are certainly periods of intensely busy schedules. There are some extremely intelligent and technical folks here, and it's really great to be able to learn from them.","I think most folks have seen the XKCD comic comparing corporate culture across different companies - it's very true with Microsoft. Folks are very possessive about their Org's ownership of stuff, and can get in the way of work. Re-orgs seem to happen twice yearly, muddying the up-the-stack alignment.",Staying focused on cloud-first is very likely the way out of this rut. We've pretty much lost the consumer,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56922,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2014",Former Employee - Vendor,"favoritism, this job seemed like a dream come true but instead a meat grinder appeared","good experience, helps build resume","if you are being hired as a vendor, stay away, absolutely avoid at all costs, the job is not based on merit, or skill level, or qualifications, the entirety of the job is based off favoritism, you fall out of it you are gone as soon as humanly possible. They do not provide time off to vendors, there is no vacation it has zero benefits. I can go on but my point has been mad. Consider your options wisely they will work you without any reward.","Next time you have an ace worker, don't drop him or her on a whim, its ridiculous and you do it based off zero facts. Have a little more concern for the lives you are affecting, and not your bottom line, you are a company with ridiculous bounds as far as value and money goes, and you turn around and barely pay your vendors who do the bulk of the work while you crunch excel sheets, customers use the product that we create and process",1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56923,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Know what you're getting into,"Ambitious goals, smart people, high standards.","Highly political, expect a reorg every 6-12 months, and always keep your resume updated in case you find yourself unexpectedly laid off.",Focus on a long term plan rather than bright shiny objects and constant re-orgs.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56924,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One man opinion about Microsoft,Lot's of different products to contribute and opportunities to explore.,"Too much bureaucracy and politics, the company is too big and moves too slow, too much coordination between large groups makes it close to impossible to make a positive impact.","Reduce the number of layers in the company hierarchy, make room for people who want to create something new.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56925,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Fun, exciting and rewarding experience in a great company","Cutting edge technologies, unlimited growth potential, great pay and benefits and great work - life balance",Costs of doing projects tend to slip unmanaged sometimes,Reduce duplication efforts between teams,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56926,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Opportunity to effect millions of people,Diversity and variety of products to work. Lots of opportunities within the company. Great benefits. Currently there are lots of changes going on with new CEO and for good.,Company of this size brings in so many managers which slows down the decision process. New review model lacks transparency and all depends on your immediate and skip level manager.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56927,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Service Engineer,Has been a great place to be a Service Engineer,You work with some of the smartest folks on earth and from all over the world. This company is aware that you have a life outside work. Even though we were expected to work hard there was understanding when I had to have time away for other interests. I have enjoyed feeling like the work I do in the Windows Team had a global effect. I have never been ashamed to say I work at Microsoft.,"The challenges of working with the annual review system that has taken more time and resources than it ever should, often changes but never really seem to address the problems inherent to the system. Managers that have never learned to manage and others who are great and yet do not get the recognition that they deserve.","Value your workers, find a way to recognize the amazing value that you have in your personnel. Make them all proud to be there and listen to them before you makes sweeping changes.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56928,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay to work,"In July 2014, Microsoft has announced plans to lay off 18,000 employees. Microsoft employed 127,104 people as of June 5, 2014, making this about a 14 percent reduction of its workforce as the biggest Microsoft lay off ever.","Ease of use, stability, and security of the company's software are common targets for critics. More recently, Trojan horses and other exploits have plagued numerous users due to faults in the security of Microsoft Windows and other programs.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56929,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Architect,"Trying to shed the old culture, still doesn't focus on end-to-end customer scenarios","Technology is fun to work in, and Microsoft is always on the edge of new developments and using the latest software where most companies are several versions behind. The pay is good. They have revised the review model to emphasize teamwork and leveraging the work others and making others successful rather than heroism - this kind of culture change takes time. Satya is moving very strongly to promote a 'hacker' mentality, and seems very focused on the software eco-system and supporting Microsoft software on all kinds of devices.","Microsoft still follows other companies in the industry too much, and doesn't focus on end-to-end experiences. The corporate culture is still fragmented and at least in my division does not foster trust and open discussions. I'm finding it hard to continue to accept the culture and corporate craziness - not sure the tradeoff of pay for stress continues to be worth it.","Create open lines of communication and foster trust up and down the org. Top-down order dictating and aggressive date-driven objectives block trust by forcing managers to 'hand-down' the orders and not be willing to let any communications go back up the line without their buy-off first. Then those lower level managers are not available for the readout meetings, and get mad when information is shared that they did not 'approve'.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P737.htm
56930,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Nice Place to Visit, but I Wouldn't Want to Live There",- Compensation is competitive - Still a lot of smart people there - Big company with the resources to do what they want - Plenty of stuff to be learned,- Easy to miss broader tech trends and not learn technologies the rest of the world uses - Microsoft is still very Windows-centric even though the rest of the world isn't - Work/life balance can get miserable - Office politics and culture are sometimes poisonous,"- Focus on standards and true interoperability...you do a great deal of lip service without really delivering - Stop being so Windows-centric - Find ways of keeping employees out of the ""Microsoft bubble"" and ensure they're connected to broader trends in technology - Give up on phones and search",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56931,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Large company opportunities for intelligent employees,"You will get to work on unexpected projects and be assigned something perhaps out of your expertise area. As long as you are smart and deliver, this is a great career opportunity.","Sometimes there is a lack of urgency or speed in development programs, depending on the team.",Get leaner.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56932,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Overall great place to work,"Great benefit and great pay, if you want top pay for your level of work, this is definitely the place. Challenging work, smart people, team oriented culture, flexible work hours, and overall friendly work environment.","It's very easy to get into ""great engineers don't always make great managers"" situation, often IC got assign/promote to management role, not at will but as ""expectation"" of his/her level, generally result in team under-managed or worse.  The company promotes team oriented culture and ""no rock star"" approach, but the review process speaks otherwise.  Flexible work hours can be double edge sword, you should not expect every week is exactly 40 work hours. (Although managers are generally cool with taking ""rain checks"", so you can work a 60 hr week, then skip Friday for next 3 weeks.)",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56933,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company if you can stick it,"Big company with smart, motivated employees. Very good benefits with decent pay. Given the huge number of products and groups within Microsoft, there is bound to be a group culture that fits your work style.","It's a big company so you get all of the good and bad that come with that, including bureaucracy, political infighting and the occasional opportunity to get seriously screwed without much warning.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56934,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Current employee,Big company you may choose to learn from a diverse technology!,Lots of politics and slow promotion,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56935,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Service Engineer,Has been a great place to be a Service Engineer,You work with some of the smartest folks on earth and from all over the world. This company is aware that you have a life outside work. Even though we were expected to work hard there was understanding when I had to have time away for other interests. I have enjoyed feeling like the work I do in the Windows Team had a global effect. I have never been ashamed to say I work at Microsoft.,"The challenges of working with the annual review system that has taken more time and resources than it ever should, often changes but never really seem to address the problems inherent to the system. Managers that have never learned to manage and others who are great and yet do not get the recognition that they deserve.","Value your workers, find a way to recognize the amazing value that you have in your personnel. Make them all proud to be there and listen to them before you makes sweeping changes.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56936,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"in-bound product management for Office Suite, Sharepoint, etc.","creative, disciplined, learning, well-funded, cross-team","pecking order, closed minded, political",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56937,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to start with after graduate,Good environment to work. Well organized management structure.,Hard to promote. A lot of re-organization during the work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56938,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Aug 15, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,The best company to work for!,Excelllent place to work and growth,"Performance Review changes this year, could be not align with your career plan.",Motivation and follow up of your team (including some documentation and quality review) is key to maintain good results.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56939,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Pays decently with nice benefit/perks,Salary is good compared to other companies in the area. Medical benefit is still one of the best and provide nice perks.,work/life balance can be little better.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P738.htm
56940,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Excellent People and Technology Leaders,"Pay is very good did not ""low ball"" me when they made my initial offer. Depending on which team you work in there is room for advancement. Excellent chance to collaborate once you learn the structure of the division and teams in the company. Some of the brightest people I've ever met work or have worked there, one can learn a lot form these guys.","Any division that has been around for more than a decade typically will be stagnant in management from the Director level and above. Monopolistic perspective creates a very protectionist culture which has lead to some amount of stagnation and disregard for user experiences in the consumer marketplace. Tendency to use customers as ""testers"" assuming they can quickly get feedback and make adjustments, which is not always the case. Does not particularly value ""the creative"" perspective: this is a business company. Quick to take up new projects, but also very quick to end them (and their teams) and if it's not bleeding edge, it's practically ignored, e.g. XBOX 360 innovation and support is practically non-existent.","The customer should always come first, so many bad customer experiences is why it is difficult to break into consumer space and why reputation is poor for many products. There's a real tendency to treat people as commodities that can be disposed of and treated like physical assets.",4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56941,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Decent company chained by it's own processes,The range of technology that they offer - from hardware to UI - from Operating Systems to BigData - from online commerce to search.,They are tied down by the processes that are put in place that hinders development. Collaboration is not the key word here :-(,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56942,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay away,- Decent pay and benefits - Your relatives and friends in far away places will have heard about where you work.,"- Extremely bureaucratic, slow-moving, slow to react - Complacency is widespread - Toxic culture - Food isn't free because apparently we live in 1975, and apparently Microsoft isn't one of the most profitable companies in the world.",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56943,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDET in OSG,"Lots of smart people, working on a software platform that affects millions of customers. Fantastic work/life balance and good benefits. More recently becoming a more exciting and faster paced place to work.",Lack of enthusiasm and passion more often seen in younger companies. Often felt like decisions were more politically driven as opposed to being what's good for the customer. Slightly less pay compared to other elite tech companies these days.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56944,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Test Lead,"Large company working hard to move to a lean, agile company",Chance to work on products millions use. Good pay.,Must move up. Cannot be stagnant.,Need to be more clear about direction.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56945,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,okay company,individual office. very good benefits.,leadership changes and not stabilized yet.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56946,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Really bright people Hot tech in many areas,Constant backstabbing and infighting Progression has more to do with image than contennt,Pay more attention to who is really contributing and who just shows up at the meetings.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56947,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Decent place to work,1. Benefits 2. Can always find good and interesting work to do with some efforts,1. Less innovation 2. Ppl should define their own career path,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56948,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still one of the better places to work,Good benefits and flexibility in scheduling your time to work,Work life balance is often hard to achieve,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56949,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic company to work for. Reinventing now.,Now reinventing itself as a company for the new world.,Big companies are still hard to change. It will be a long process.,Continue to be bold. Don't give up on changing things.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P739.htm
56950,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Network Engineer,Generally good pay and benefits with semi-exciting projects to work on.,Base pay and benefits are good if you know how to negotiate. I feel in general the culture and company as a whole tries to do the right thing and act like a responsible tech company. I like the matching program where any of your donations are matched 100% up to a certain amount.,What folks say about the political environment is generally true. It seems that getting things done can take longer than you think it should at a tech company. I am hopeful with Satya at the helm things will change for the better.,For middle and upper level managers I would say get a better pulse of what your IC's are thinking.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56951,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A company unwilling to make much-needed changes,Work/life balance is pretty decent in most groups. Benefits are nice. Lots of interesting challenges (though good luck being lucky enough to get chosen to work on them.),"The new review system is out and unless you are good at the political game by having friends in high places, you will get no raise, no bonus, no stock, employees are being told this is the new normal.  The company is still top-heavy, and Satya has been so far unwilling to make drastic management changes needed - layoffs and restructurings impact the ICs.  Private offices are going away in favor of open plan (no cubes even), because ""startups do it.""","Satya, people are starting to lose faith with you. Giving lip service to change by having a two-day ""hackathon"", being vague regarding layoff timings, and watching our products like Windows Phone and Windows 8 continue to falter just continue to make things worse.",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56952,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working at Microsoft is better than any of my other past jobs.,"Microsoft is a great place to work at because it is not only a great working environment, it has helped me expand my knowlage of coding incredibly.","I had to move to Seattle, and before that I had lived in Maryland. All of my family is located in Maryland so it was a tough change.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56953,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Design Engineer,"Challenging, broad","There are two things about Microsoft that make it top notch for software engineering.  The first is the focus on the business. This may seem counterintuitive but the business focus is an excellent lens through which to look at software design and execution. I previously worked at a company which was arguably a better engineering company but the lack of business focus led to software projects not having longevity and ultimately to the collapse of the company.  The second is the people. It's said that if you are a jazz musician and you're the best in your band, you need to change bands. There is very little danger of topping out in Microsoft. There are always excellent skilled engineers to challenge you.","Microsoft leadership stalled for a decade or so where more focus was paid to just business rather than a balance of business and engineering. The top echelons of compensation are epic, competition is fierce and winning is defined by profitability which has led to thinning of the product herd to only the most obviously profitable (or necessary) investments. Satya's leadership has hope of changing this but when you see references to Microsoft's environment being ""toxic"" this is the root cause with the old stack ranking system in a supporting role.  Work life balance is clearly your problem. If you are ambitious and/or energetic there is always benefit to trading the work/life balance for work but it can eat you alive. Do not look for your organization to guard your own work/life balance, it's up to you (as it should be but be cautioned).","Stop the focus on profit even if it has negative ramifications on stock price. Use a lower stock price to reacquire ownership of the company in a stock buy back. The competition is growth and share focused, not profit focused.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56954,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Heading in a great direction,"The transformation to cloud has sent the organization in a very positive direction. Innovation is at an all time high both from a ""perception"" perspective as well as ""reality"". Definitely an organization that rewards being a leader on your team.","While moving in a positive direction, still many legacy concerns and complexities internally to battle through. From licensing, to revenue recognition.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56955,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Quit after 7years at Microsoft,Very nice green card policy. Good benefits.,Too many incompentent managers/leads who don't know how to stimulate people. Serious nepotism and office politics. More chance/reward is given to people only good at making show than to people contribute most but not so good at selling themselves.,Cut at least half of the managers and make management hierarchy not more than 4 levels. Correct the rewarding system: let people contribute most are rewarded appropriately.,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56956,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An enterprise with startup like job security and legacy code to take care of.,"It's a big company, you can find a good team to match your expectations.","Low job security. Layoffs of big magnitudes happen every 5 years or so. Reviews happen yearly, they just rebranded their review system. Lower salary+bonus compared to the top 5.","Read some books about scrum teams, lean companies, and understand that your future depends on new ideas not recycling what google is doing.",2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56957,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,"Great compensation and office, free coffee and drinks. Great peers to work with.",Management does not encourage innovation. I had to quit to go on and write my patent.,Stop stealing your employees inventions,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,none,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Sr. Marketing Manager,"My experience is that MSFT is filled with well-intentioned, earnest, hard working, and smart individuals. Being part of a very large system brings its own challenges that you need to be ready for.","MSFT is a very large company which has locked senior management into long-term relationships with its stock and compensation packages. This isn't unique to MSFT, but does create situations where it is better to say ""no"" and stay the course than take risks.",Flatten the organization and increase the requirements for risk taking.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56959,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for!,"Great work-life balance, good benefits and opportunities for career growth.","office politics, growth could be slower in more senior roles, growth sometimes dictated by who you know vs what you know",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P740.htm
56960,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,too many meetings,stable not highly competitive working peers,pay is not good. too many meetings and managers.,..l,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56961,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the best place to be,- international corporation with HQ around the globe,- slow career development and not that many opportunities like in its competitors,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56962,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Great Talent! Great Benefits! Great Career Development Opportunities! Great Culture!,"Microsoft is a great place if you want to really change the world and make a big impact! You can drive changes in product vision, strategy, influence the leadership and get to work on cool stuff. The best part is that you can work in any part of the world and take your career across different roles/functions. It is only limited to ones own capabilities as it offers a great infrastructure for talent mobility and helps move people around the world. The Talent is exceptional and you get to work with really smart people. The Benefits are best in class which makes it tough to even consider leaving, Microsoft spoils you. The culture is consistent of what you will experience in any part of the world, good or bad. Its a great place for interns or college hires to get exposed to get mentored from senior leaders. Worklife flexibility is excellent as well, you can pretty much work from anywhere as long as someone knows how to reach you.","Working in the matrix can be tough for new joiners and takes a while to navigate the org. This is a big company so change is tough, it does take time and there is a lot of legacy, so while it helps to manage the chaos, it doesn't help in this digital age of constant change. The culture is shifting and the new CEO is bringing about a lot of positive changes. The compensation is not competitive anymore and the stocks offered are not inline with market competition. Finding a job internally needs a skill and it really needs to be solved for.","Great to see the efforts to streamline and flatten the org, continue to focus on compensation and being more competitive in the market in order to attract and retain top Sales and Engineering talent. Need to encourage people to take time off and make it easy to access the leadership more often.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56963,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Optical Engineer,Top heavy but an amazing company to work for,Flexibility in your schedule is simply amazing. Great pay and benefits. There are opportunities to take your career to any direction you desire.,way too many managers and poor communication,flatten organization. Promote communication between groups,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56964,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Microsoft - The future looks great and now is the best time to work for,"Under CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft is going in the right direction. I believe the senior leadership is doing the right things, making the Engineering changes like combined Engineering model, less management chain and focusing on the core strengths. As an employee, I get less tangled in processes and am free to do my stuff without micro-management. Great work gets noticed by not only by my manager but all the way up to the VP level and rewards follow. I am provided opportunities to take on additional responsibilities which paves the way for professional growth. Unlike other competitor companies, work-life balance is much better at Microsoft. I can manage to spend a lot of quality time with my family, take periodic vacations, and still maintain an Excellent rating at the performance reviews.",I don't have any cons to discuss at the moment but I am still not convinced about the Performance Review changes for 2014. We will get a better understanding by September 2014.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56965,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Director,A huge company with some amazing people doing brilliant things often bogged down with bureaucracy and bloat.,"Great products and services in so many places can make it a very exciting place to be. Training, benefits, PTO a plus.","Navigating such a large company can be a challenge. Some great leaders, but also so many mediocre managers who were promoted based on individual contributor successes.","Old cowboy ""me first"" culture prevails - hoping new leadership will help create the collaborative culture needed to succeed.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56966,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Brief but exciting,Total Compensation and work-life balance,When you leave you will have trouble finding the same level of compensation and benefits.,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56967,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Sales Professional,Amazing company undergoing a great transformation.,Work life balance is awesome. Extremely competitive and challenging!,Difficult for new hires to get assimilated into the culture.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56968,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,good company to work,- Bright Co-workers - Good Compensation - Good work environment,- You need to be proactive to be competitive with co-workers,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56969,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Make awesome products people probably aren't using.,"Great benefits, interesting work (based on the groups I've chosen to work in), and extremely congenial atmosphere. I've encountered very few people that I consider a waste of headcount over the years, which is in stark contrast to other big companies I've worked for where that rate ran up to 50% in some cases.","The company is still struggling to find consumer mojo and it's disappointing to see them produce good products that they fail to market appropriately. As a result, you feel like half of the stuff Microsoft is working on is pointless. Find a group that's building something you're passionate about and you'll be fine.","Fix marketing. You can't advertise something for two weeks after you release and call it good. Every third ad on TV is for an iPhone or iPad. They only come out with new ones once a year - sustained marketing does wonders.  More acquisitions. Stop spinning up new products and services that are half-baked copies of something and just buy the market leader. Buy Spotify or Pandora for example and put a bullet in Xbox Music. Xbox Music sucks, you're not improving it fast enough, just pack it in and buy a service people are using.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P741.htm
56970,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Performance,"It's stream lined and no rating system and no peer comparison, it's purely on individual contribution on what is committed.","it is not clear how dollar amount is distributed without rating system, there is some level of ambiguity exists, more pool of people will be in the mid bracket.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56971,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 26, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,17 year veteran,"* well-funded and mostly stable * industry leader and maker * intelligent, good people to work with * very good health care * free drinks",* no longer or not industry leading in most categories * projects not always tied to customer results (solutions without problems) * playing catch-u[p in cloud computing * poor management and leadership * company plays on the defensive,"The company has been too tame since the anti-trust trials. The company needs to get back to its roots of being aggressive: embrace and extend, and vigorous integration/bundling of technologies. Don't let the leadership in Windows and Office go unused as a platform.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56972,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You are good if your Manager recognizes your work if not you don't belong here,Work with all the smartest people around and you continuously learn.,"Company has lot of vision, but the management chain doesn't know how to execute. Trying to compete directly with competitors and show differentiation in a hurry without proper thinking. Once higher up the chain decides something to execute your effort to challenge the decision is impossible and execution will always be forced on you.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56973,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Analyst,I do almost nothing and get paid a high salary,"You can learn a lot from this Company. Awesome culture! The people here are generally very friendly. Most of the groups, you just wear whatever you want into the office.","You need to be smart to succeed. Sometimes, bureaucracy can slow down process or bad management.",Keep awesome people around!!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56974,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Operations Manager,Microsoft is a good company but there is a lot of instability in marketing,good salary. Lots of perks.,"I've worked here 8 months and been part of 2 reorganizations. Bosses change, roles change, reporting changes.",People need a sense that the thing they are building and put in charge of will actually mean something. If the company re-orgs every 6 months nobody will really invest in anything they do.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56975,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2014",Former Employee - Content Manager,Great company,Everything but the annual review.,The annual review is an excellent tool for driving people out of the company.,Keep up the great work.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56976,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Still a great company, but desperately needs to be leaner and more efficient","Work with some of the smartest people daily. I frequently have opportunity to brainstorm with smart minds about ideas, software designs, and implementation. It's actually a good place to improve your own knowledge while making impact to millions of users if not more.","Well, it's a huge company. Inefficiency and bureaucracy are very easy to spot. There are easily about 30% people, if not more, who are not really contributing anything. But some of them are getting promoted due to office politics.","Stay hungry, stay nimble",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56977,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Slow changing organizational behavior and culture,"Microsoft still possess a strong brain trusts in all areas of technologies (hardware, software, middleware, methods, and intellectual properties). You encounter many strong minded software engineers and program managers and if you can get their trust, you could learn about the choices made based on the project context and tribal knowledge. The official company ideal is right ""change the world"" and provide values to its customers. The benefits are competitive and better than most other high tech companies.","At the local level, the tone is set by existing network of old bodies and the grand company vision and value system break down. It seems the focus changed from external customers into the internal players and a chess game between many divisions competing against each other for resources and talents. Hence, the collaboration and the knowledge sharing suffered. Therefore, many great ideas are not expressed freely, since it would change the status quo. Another element of immaturity is the tolerance of bad behaviors to rally the team toward a deadline or P0 issue. Despite the official renouncement of stack ranging by Microsoft, the management still live by old management style and type X practice. It is time to adopt a 21st century leadership style.","Walk the talk and execute from top to down a new leadership style. Reward knowledge sharing and collaboration among teams. Provide formal training to middle managers and senior executive to adopt a 21st century leadership style. Break the ""balkanization"" of teams' formation along the ethnic dimension and adopt an american style of democratic system ""one america"" with many faces.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56978,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer,Microsoft is and old and established company,Microsoft is and old and established company,But its a bit hard for promotion,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56979,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big, plenty of opportunities to work on projects from Games to Datacenter management",Plenty of variety available. Very little micro management. Opportunity to do what you think needs to be done.,"The company is currently contracting in size. Advancement is a challenge. Benefits used to be awesome but, now they are below what other companies offer. You are rewarded for your work. Just opportunities to move up are few and far between due to the contraction in workforce size. There just aren't spots opening up.  The company is reinventing themselves. This could be a PRO or a CON depending on your perspective. You could view it like a REALLY big start up. Or a company on life support.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P742.htm
56980,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Writer,"Challenging, rewarding, slow to shift direction","Smart, passionate people who love what they do. Great HR support and compensation packages. Innovative and vibrant work environment. Opportunities to learn and grow, and great engagement with the community and with philanthropic organizations. Microsoft employees are generous and hardworking, as exemplified by their annual Giving campaign.","It's hard to change direction for such a large corporation, whether it's the business as a whole, or the process for an organization. Teams are often hemmed in by internal tools, processes.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56981,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great opportunity, poor execution","Huge company with a lot to offer, great pay. Culture varies by group. Opportunities to move. Great changes to senior management recently","Heirarchical, each role is very niche, trying to change but up hill battle with ingrained culture.",none,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56982,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"Good compensation and benefits. Lots of bright people around. Lots of opportunities to learn. Flexible work hours. And things are changing for the better slowly, but steadily.",The old review system sucked big time and distracted lots of talent. Politics are still strong too. Career is #1 concern for many.,"1. Fix the review system. Make people focus on product, not career. 2. Engineers should drive the company, not the PowerPoint monkeys. 3. Innovate. Stop chasing market leaders. All those iPhone, etc. ""killers"" are ridiculous.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56983,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work and gain experience,Good company with plenty of opportunities and good benefits.,"Although they are working on it, the yearly performance review system just plain sucks. They used a bell curve ranking system reminiscent of high school thus in order for someone to exceed, someone must fail even if that person was an otherwise good and skilled worker. The review system also tends to favor the butt kissers and brown nosers more then the people with actual technical talent and skill that are making the products successful. Do a good job, meet all your deadlines, and solve all the problems and you'll be rewarded as ""average"". But if you cc upper management in every e-mail, bragging about your minor accomplishments, you get rewarded, even if you failed to meet many deadlines and couldn't finish half your tasks.",It's fairly obvious that the old stack ranking mentality is still stuck in the heads of many in upper management so it may be a couple years before the new review system can be considered fair to everyone.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56984,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Started Great, Ended Dissapointed",Had varied positions over the years with a couple of outstanding managers. Work/Life balance is good if you get in the right group with the right manager. Pay is very good and benefits were good (although they were great when I started many years ago).,"Doesn't advance women as quickly as men nor give them equal salary. Say they're interested in your job development, but do little if nothing to promote you. Lot's of nepotism and if you don't fit the mold, you won't advance quickly if at all. We'll see if the new performance system is better than the last - but I have many friends that were laid off after many years of working there for no good reason - some of them had brilliant minds and were great workers and were laid off with poor performance evaluations even though their work was very good.","Be more transparent and value your employees more. Promote women faster and give them equal salaies as men. Walk the talk - if you really want an aspirational workplace, don't just say you are interested in your employee's development - work with them to build a great workforce.",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56985,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Times,very good place to work,"nothing negative to say, I have nothing bad to say about this company",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56986,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,"Overall great benefits, but hard to navigate if you aren't into politics","benefits are great, probably the best I have come across. Great opportunities to move around within and work on different product and businesses. Work-life balance also a plus depending what org you work in.","Huge matrix organizations make it tough to navigate, multiple people doing similar roles, hard to get anything done because of how many parties need to be involved.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56987,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,experience at microsoft,good ppl to work with,"low salary , future is shaky",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56988,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,Nice,At the edge of technology. Always something new,Sometimes a company to big to achieve awesome stuff,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56989,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great place to work with a lot of smart people doing cool things.,There are a lot of different opportunities and interesting roles at the company. You can make a really big contribution. The scope and scale of the company is impressive.,The hours can be challenging and sometimes there can be too much internal discussion before decisions get made,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P743.htm
56990,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2014",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Finance team,Smart and innovative team. The leadership team is very accessible to the junior members. The work hours are flexible to support any family demands.,The stock performance is mediocre.,Invent more products and simplify products. Divest legacy non-core products.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
56991,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software engineer,Great benefits. Smart people (If you happen to work in a good team) Great work life balance Decent salary and performance bonus,Benefits are not on par with silicon valley standards (no free food) Office interiors look drab and outdated Projects still take a long time to release. Though this is getting better recently,Shake up the work culture. Award star performers more and manage out low performers Open up the offices and create a more collaborative work environment. Ship fast and fail fast. Improve the benefits like free food and great parties on fridays,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
56992,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Super Intense and Interesting,"Great benefits, salary, and global experience. Leadership training for high potentials is great.","Work life balance is hard to have, especially if you want great reviews and salary increases. People are disposable and employee training is on and off in terms of availability.",It's great the CEO changed!,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
56993,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,It's nice being the underdog again.,"With as much cash as Microsoft has, there is ton's of time to correct the mistakes of the past and create a new durable future. The new CEO is making the right moves too","Right now with the restructuring, some businesses are getting cut and others propped up. It will take some time to get everything figured out but it might be painful for some for a while",Go fast.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
56994,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Nice moment to be in Microsoft,Culture is changing and the you can breath openness and willingness to change.,"Still some pockets of ""old-Microsoft"" thinking. There is still lots of stream-lining to do and the changes in different disciplines' responsibilities will make it hard.","For mid-level managers: Quickly identify people that are driven and will be at for front of the change. Empower them. Give credit. Guide the rest through the transition.  For the leadership: Big bets, please!",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
56995,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great people to work with, but the company is heavy on the bureaucracy which impacts cross group collaboration.",Personal growth and exposure to leading edge technology,Bureaucracy and all that comes with it.,"Stop with the stack ranking, open up to other groups ideas, and share!",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
56996,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good company, could be greate",Good life balance. nice work envionment,slow decision making. not much exciting projects,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
56997,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great company,"Competitive salary, great benefits. Good, talented people to work with. The company has a bright future with new senior leadership.","You will work very hard, long hours. Depending on the group you work for, your efforts will not necessarily be acknowledged.",Review employee suggestions & first line management's actions.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
56998,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,Nice,At the edge of technology. Always something new,Sometimes a company to big to achieve awesome stuff,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
56999,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2014",Former Employee - Test Lab Manager,microsoft stack rank system,"benefits and people are incredible, abilities to grow are indefinite, flexible schedule allows home and work to get done","stack rank system is terrible enabling constant peer to peer competition ""i'm better than you"" on-going.","Be whole. Be right bound, build great people, do not accept 'pals' and browners, the mark of poor managers, be about what makes a powerful enterprise, currently MS is correcting pathways, but remains to be seen as to outcome",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P744.htm
57000,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Excellent place to work with smart people.,"Working at Microsoft, it's clear that nearly everyone is just brilliant. Most everyone is passionate about the products they are working on, and they all just want to get work done right.  Also, company does a great job with benefits: excellent health insurance, amazing 401k, flexible work hours, and many other perks.","It's easy to lose the forest for the trees. So much time is spent pushing bugs around, sending emails, and scheduling spec reviews that it's easy to forget about the bigger picture.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57001,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's just Microsoft,Good snack foods. Decent pay.,They treat contractors and vendors like second-class citizens.,Just hire people if you want them to work for you.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57002,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I continue to get great opportunities that further my career.,Great personal and career growth Work on projects that involve leading edge technologies Becoming more of a collaborative company across internal teams Flexible work hours Company culture changing for the better,Still move a little slow in shipping new features and products compared to our competition Too many people need to be part of/make a decision,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57003,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,Great opportunity for experience during and just out of college.,Trusted to do work on your own time with flexibility for good work life balance. Wealth of internal tools and education to help further your career opportunities in or out of the company.,Politics. Sometimes people seem out for themselves in the battle between disciplines. Waffling review system. Health benefits have degraded with conversion to HSA. Right hand never seems to know what the left hand is doing.,Be more aware of middle performers work and acknowledge it. Pay attention to those who are experiencing burnout. Don't make changes just because someone told you to. Be a leader not a follower.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57004,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Still have a lot of great people around,"have general smart and honest people, good blend of technologies to work on","seems hard at finding the right focus for the company overall right now, external reputation got some hit",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57005,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,The best job I've ever had.,"Working with smart people, business focus.",Process can get in the way of getting the job done.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57006,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,"Many and varied opportunities to make an impact, but the company is still falling into the same traps as the past","Wide variety of very interesting and opportunities to make an impact on the world like few companies in the world can. The company is starting to make the right decisions faster, but this is a work still in progress.","The same sorts of problems that have plagued the company continue to do so -- vision needs to be crisper with much more selective focus, and decisions need to happen faster.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57007,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Architect,"Good company structure, salary, benefits and environment.","Seattle centric culture. If you are not in Seattle, you get by.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57008,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,"Great benefits and pay package, questionable mid-level managers","Great benefits Great comp package Nice perks (free coffee, soft drinks, subsidized food, Orca card, Prime Partner program, etc)","Many inexperienced managers, work-life balance can be challenging depending on team and manager",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57009,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work in the microsoft,office culture is good in the microsoft,compensation can be good in the microsoft,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P745.htm
57010,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pockets of good, pockets of evil",Smartest people I've worked with anywhere Great benefits Interesting work,Poor management not managed out Competing with peers doesn't lead to collaboration (this is changing),Take employees' manager feedback to heart -- promoting great individual contributors to management is not always the best option.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57011,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,One of the best technology companies on the planet,"Microsoft remains to be one of the best technology companies on the planet focusing on producing software. Company culture is revolving around people, customer, business, and technology. Priorities may be unbalanced in some teams, but in general they are right.","Some platform technologies produced by the company are loosing the world dominance, while still remain very capable. But this reflects on what transferable skills one can gain in the company.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57012,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software Engineer In Test,The company is very respectful to its employee. No one is expected to work long hours. Everyone has a fair enough chance to get promotions and the compensation is very good. The company wanted to retain its people and has good work life balance.,With the latest trends the company is shedding Test employees and the situation is bad. They could have moved people around but they choose to lay people off. I lost my job in the process as well.,Yes it is a big corporation and yes there is too much process.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57013,microsoft,"Redmond, OR"," Aug 16, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Very challenging,"smart people, constant challenges, high responsibilities and sense of achievement, high impact in corporations","losing its breath, lacking behind other tech giants especially in the general public / consumer",more benefits and room for R&D,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57014,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Life of a Software Design Engineer,Great benefits. Vacation policy changed and so it is no longer an issue. Diverse projects to work on. Given a lot of independence and responsibility to shine.,Hard to move teams. Health coverage not so great. Benefits are slowly being eroded. Review system is not the greatest. Changes are afoot and so hopefully things get better.,More transparency would be appreciated about decisions.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57015,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,High-impact jobs with a great culture,"The work you do at Microsoft will affect the whole world, and the people you work with are all very excited about this. All of my managers have been exceptional. There's an overall culture of saying what needs to be said and doing what needs to be done regardless of organizational boundaries, etc. Lots of opportunities for training & development.","Health benefits are not what they once were, although I'm told they're still very good compared to other businesses. Expect to spend a fair amount of time recording medical expenses and making sure you've been billed for the right services, making sure your providers are in-network, etc.  The SDET role is very much in flux right now, since a lot of test responsibilities have been given to developers (not to mention the layoffs). The actual work for that role will depend a lot on which product/team you work on.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57016,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,good company,"benefits work environment office culture the jobs you do are impactful and noticeable shuttles connectors health benefits the people you work with are generally smart. So you learn tons of stuff from other people. There is also a good amount of courses that you can register to get whole lot of information, if you want to grow yourself in your career.",I do like the company.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57017,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great company to work for,"Very motivated people to work it. You can expect to find people with high integrity and people who respect each other, and be very professional. There are so many aspects to the business, a person can experience almost every industry by just moving from one team to another within the company.","Microsoft is a really big company and one does face different kind of challenges than other companies. One of them mainly is collaboration. Also, there could be one too many org-changes in the leadership. Training is adequate but sometimes there is not enough experimentation.","Invest in experimentation. The feature velocity is high and it needs to be, but we as a company should also focus on innovation and that is not achievable when Devs are not given the chance to experiment enouch.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57018,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great Company to work for while really taking your skills to the next level,"You will see really motivated people who will motivate you to push yourself. Will learn many new things, and really the learning never ends. You will notice that people who work here are people with high integrity and know how to treat another person with respect and are thorough professionals.","A company of the size of Microsoft has very different challenges. One of the biggest challenge is collaboration to get your work done. Also, it is very hard to not write code that has been already written. Also, there are one too many re-orgs at the leadership level.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57019,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Great company with positive potential,"This is a great company with smart, great people. The benefits are decent, although not what they once were. New CEO holds promise of fresh direction and focus as a more cohesive culture, and is actively making these changes across the company. Strong research and development to push into hot areas, and still capable of entering new markets as a key player, though not as completely dominant as before.","Microsoft is a huge company, so things still tend to move rather slowly. There is a move to bring people together in one place, eliminating telecommuting and private offices for shared work spaces.",Continue positive progress with recent technology and culture changes.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P746.htm
57020,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you are in a right team,1. Wide range of projects 2. Support for starting your own projects,"1. People thinking about their dinner more than about their job 2. Good life work balance means that people just perform their jobs as blue collar workers and not think of what they do 3. Easier job application within company: now us is almost the same as for applying to ms for the first time, applications and interviews exist for switching teams","1. Fire all people who came here for a job, salary and easy lifestyle 2 hire more startuppers 3. End free beverage program with bad quality beverage, think about health of employees and start free fruit program 4. No interviews for going to a different positions, allow people to switch teams when they are bored",4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57021,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Amazing resources, smart people, process heavy","Opportunities to work on almost anything you love. Pay is good, benefits too (though shrinking). Tons of resources to apply to any tough, interesting problem.","It takes a long time to get things done, many meetings, and multiple rounds of management reviews and approval and a lot of status writing. Benefits are shrinking, but still good. Microsoft isn't the 800 pound gorilla anymore, it's the middle-aged gorilla with a beer gut.","Don't be overly focused on technology and technical solutions to everything. Sometimes the simple solution, the one that amazes customers is the right one, not the one that's ""better"" - ask BetaMax about that one.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57022,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Happy overall!!,got to learn a lot of things. worked here for just about 3 years. Its a great place to start your career. They invest a lot in their employees. Good compensation and benefits. Overall good work-life balance,"Difficult to move within the company. Essentially, you are treated like an outsider when you want to 'interview' with a different team with Microsoft. There is hardly any collaboration between groups. There are cases where multiple teams are building the same toolset which is a serious waste of time.","Cut the red-tape. Allow people to move easily within companies. If somebody is hired into MSFT, they are good enough to work anywhere within MSFT - stop interviewing people like external candidates when they want to move teams (a fit interview is okay).",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57023,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its very good .,Get high salary and my dream also to work with Microsoft . and to achieve more success in my life for better life style .,I wanna follow satya nadella . and i m indian and i never give up for any difficultly . but i take such decision to fever of everyone ..,I wanna be a part of your company on management base .. Or other also,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57024,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,"Smart people around, nice learning environment, many free trainings","Too many meetings, performance review is stressful",Reduce meetings,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57025,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company to work with,"Dynamic , best of talent, great compensation and benefits","the company is huge , like an ocean",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57026,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,A Great Company,"The scope of software engineering in this company is unmatched elsewhere. Everything from developer tools, to OS, to Office, to Xbox, to Mobile, to Databases, Cloud Infrastructure and Services, Online Search and Advertising ... There is unlimited opportunity for technical growth and broadening one's horizons. The salary and benefits are great. In particular, their coverage for autism therapy is remarkable.","Many groups are very mature (e.g. SQL, Office), and it's difficult to grow or make a difference (though you can learn much). On the other hand, immature groups may dissolve unpredictably. The style of performance review isn't healthy if measured by what it does to employee vitality.",It's your responsibility to grow your employees (not just the number of employees). Measure your success by how many of your employees grow more than you did.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57027,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Escalation Engineer,"Could be better, could be worse!!",Having the ability to run the very latest code before anyone else in the world and fixing the issues (hopefully) before anyone else sees them. Very large charitable company without compare.,Technical leaders are made mangers who have neither the training nor desire to people manage. Too many levels of management and as stated in other reviews the performance review system in use is archaic and not appropriate for the resources being reviewed.,I hope Satya can reengineer the people aspect of the company as well as the technical vision,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57028,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 14, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"They treat you well, but have no direction, constantly changing direction, and lousy metrics for measuring performance","They really take good care of you. Work life balance is great for a tech job, they care about your health and well being and take your feedback seriously.","Lousy management. They have no focus or direction at all and are too concerned with raw numbers and quarterly results instead of company direction or quality. Things look like they are improving under Satya N. but it is difficult to undo so many years of mismanagement quickly. Their assessment process is terrible: they rely on numbers, e.g. number of tests, lines of code instead of what those numbers represent.","Better mentorship programs, improve review process, stop making everyone compete with each other.",3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57029,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,MS,"Good people, compensation, working environment, enough challenge to keep you busy and learn a lot.","Poor new review system, will take time to improve the culture.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P747.htm
57030,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2014",Former Employee - Game Designer IV,"Non-collaborative, back-stabbing, and every employee for themselves evironment",Great pay and benefits. Great relocation packages. Nice amenities. Commons area is pretty spectacular. Stock grants. Free Xbone for Microsoft Game Studios employees. Free MS games.,"Every employee is out for themselves, to the point there is no collaboration between divisions. Leadership teams have no clue what they want, but expect their subordinates to make them look good, despite offering little to no feedback or guidance. Leadership teams will blatantly lie to move their agenda ahead, with little to no regard for the people who report to them. Once hired, employees rarely get the job they were actually interviewed for.","The only advice I can give to the management team I dealt with is to save the company and quit the industry. Saving that, take some management classes, learn to scope, schedule, provide actual guidance in accordance to what it is you are looking for, provide clear goals, work collaboratively with other groups, provide positive feedback in addition to constructive feedback, and don't treat your employees like they are expendable, meaningless resources.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57031,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Great place to work if your willing to work hard,Decent compensation package for the area,none at the present time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57032,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employment at Microsoft,Plenty of hardware resources. good work-life balance. Average compensation.,At best mediocre work force. Microsoft is a company with several kingdoms formed by managers. No consistency in performance evaluation across the company. Career growth is decided by finding sponsors rather than doing great work. Mediocrity is rewarded while creativity is punished if not aligned with manager.,"Focus on fairness, have some integrity and most importantly get out of the way!",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57033,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2014",Former Employee - Global Alliance Manager,Global Alliance Manager,"Great company and culture, ability to work cross group and get close to product groups . I was able to create the job I would like !","Working for Microsoft Corporation but with the status ""Regional Guest Employee"" in another subsidiary, my compensation and advancement stalled during my international assignment !",Keep going on innovation. Increase mobility across subsidiaries and divisions. Ensure Corporate Employee experience is recognised at the subsidiary level. You have a lot of innovations you should take to market faster !,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57034,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2014",Former Employee - Staffing Associate,Good experience overall,"Worked on an awesome team that cared about employee morale. Annual team building trips, lots of opportunities if you asked for them. The healthcare was AMAZING! I know it's not as great anymore, but still pretty good. Nice cafeterias, free drinks, nice buildings.","Work hours were pretty insane. During peak season it was 80-90 hours a week for 3-4 months. It slowed down to 40 in the non-peak season. Not great if you have a family. Review system is tough. Even if everyone on your team is performing well and doing their job well, SOMEONE still has to fill that bottom rank bucket. My advice would be to stay on top of your manager during your 1:1s. Ask them at least monthly how they would rate your performance at that time, what you can do to improve, what extra projects you can take that will allow you to shine on your team. Give your manager reasons to fight for you come June when they stack rank. Also, take on projects that give you good visibility amongst all management, including your skip level manager. If they don't know who you are, that is going to hurt you.",Change the review system so people are more interested in collaborating!,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57035,microsoft,"Cincinnati, OH"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,One of the greatest paying retail jobs,"Great work life balance, benefits, leadership and culture.","My only real issue is what I stated in my advice to management, where there seems to sometimes former Best Buy employees tend to be favored. And the lack of opportunities to climb the ladder unless you relocate.","There seems to be sort ""cliques"" that can function in some of the retail stores of former employees of Best Buy that are hired. Sometimes there can be clear favoritism from management towards these individuals, making it hard to stand out ahead of them when it comes to possible position openings. This shouldn't have a bearing on picking the better man or woman for the job.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57036,microsoft,"Boulder, CO"," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great people, management settling out","New CEO, New vision, new attitude. The company is moving forward and the direction seems good. People are energized again and walls between groups are coming down","Deep in the throws of change, going to take a while to settle out. As vision turns into team and individual goals there's a lot of churn and false starts. The re-orgs will be good then they're done, but right now many people are running scared",Be clear about short and long term vision,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57037,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Used to be great, but now...","Very intelligent people as coworkers. Vast infrastructure provides resources to do your job. Lots of perks like free soft drinks, health club, excellent medical/dental","""Able to Play Politics"" has taken over as the most important attribute at the company in most orgs. Stack ranking system has created a back biting atmosphere where efficiency takes a back seat to sabotaging others' work, promoting your work while denigrating (and downplaying) others' work. Has become very hard to change orgs within the company.",Change the stack ranking system to stop the brain-drain.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57038,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test II,stable company,"good benefits, stable in next few years, and big opportunities if you want to help the company to grow like what it was 20 years ago.","conservative, slow-moving, old business mode. Workflow and engineer system is years behind the industry leads.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57039,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great people, but less room to grow","Smart people, Benefits, Values, Brand","In marketing orgs, unless you are at the top, you are not likely to get enough opportunities to grow as a team manager.",I loved the benefits at Microsoft. But the recent changes since 2013 have been very disappointing to say the least. There is too much overhead..,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P748.htm
57040,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can be a lot better,Good technology company - breadth. Once you join there's a one year period after which we can move to other interested domains.,Large management hierarchy. Too many processes in place that hold off a collaborative environment. Management sometimes can be stuck with opinions.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57041,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,A great company with amazing earning potential.,Fast paced environment. Plenty of retirement benefits. A great track to get you motivated to be your best and do your best everyday to one day be in management.,Sometimes it can be too demanding. The management does not always remember where they came from but I suppose that is with any company.,Make sure to recognize potential in entry level employees. Most of the time the ones that do not have connections do not get looked at but they have more potential than most.,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57042,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Intern,Awesome internship,"free drinks, startup enviroment (microsoft foundry), all interns, own the product from start to finish","very few, hard to leave work (cause fun), no overtime - salaried, food on site wasnt great?","Keep doing what you're doing! Microsoft is an awesome place, and a company i'd love to keep working at for many years to come. Can't wait to see where the company is headed!",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57043,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"Fantastic workplace for recent college grads, major glass ceilings for mid-career workers.","Pro-customer focus, competitiveness, excellent ability to develop young talent. Highly maternal/paternal, socialistic style of caring for employees.","Ruthless politics once on a dev lead level, cross divisional animosity, curious inability to hammer out a reasonably fair comp/ranking and rating system.","A lot of my friends left Microsoft out of frustration with review system, with no other complaints. Get the perf management right and this puppy with keep on going for long time...",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57044,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company,Mature management and good benefits,A bit of heavy process,Make process lighter/agile,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57045,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,great company to work in,"stability, good work life balance, depending on which team you work on you can get to work on interesting stuff.",the review system is a mess. you need to spend a lot of time telling people about the work you have done in order to be rewarded. the salary is somewhat lower than industry average in Seattle area.,fix the review system.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57046,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),work,have not been long enough to have a positive outlook,only been with company for a few months and may not last more that a few months.,treat people with respect,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57047,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Excellent Place to work,"Great Benefits, Work-Life Balance and Compensation",Lot of Politics in the workplace,Cut the middle-management and senior managers and directors who do not know the product or code.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57048,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Enjoy working at Mirosoft,"Easy to switch to a different role without needing to leave the company. Great people, great diversity, inclusive culture.",Culture is very process heavy,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57049,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Worst software job of my career,"Health insurance, dental, vision benefits were very good. Free coffee and soda. Good cafeteria food.","Lots of corporate politics, cumbersome and frustrating review process, impossible to change positions if you're struggling in the one you're in. Ended up fixing other people's bugs for two years working on mostly legacy code. Manager was a jerk. The commute also sucked. Quitting was the best decision I ever made.",none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P749.htm
57050,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Program Manager,Marketing Program Manager,Global company with several offices around the world. Opportunities to grow if you are in the right place with right connections.,Very political company. It is about who you know. A big organizations full of manager that only manages and hire contractors to do the job. Layers and layers of management and projects only get approved if you are connected to the right manager.,"Cut the fat and the layers and layers of managers that do not work, only manages. Look into the future not to the good old days of Microsoft. Try to be competitive and cut the ego and bullies.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57051,microsoft,"Salem, OR"," Jul 26, 2014",Current Employee - Xbox One,Great company with great Goals!,"Microsoft is a great company to work for. They treat you right and give you the materials needed to accomplish the task, normally more than you need. Energy is one of the highest and as long as you have the passion, you will go far at Microsoft.",They really don't want you taking time off. Not really a big deal for the department I work for but does get annoying when you are sick.,"Need to take advantage of your assets and use them properly. So much waste, although they have the money but could be better managed.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57052,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Good experience, great talented employees to work with",None that I can think ok,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57053,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work life balance,Extensive supports for individual's career growth,Lost it's prominent position in the consumer industry over the last decade,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57054,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with exciting changes but nothing's perfect,Overall it's a very strong team and great group of people to work with. Work/life balance is good most of the year though certain times at end of fiscal quarters can be challenging. Benefits are really good and salary is competitive but not high. Lots of great internal tools and resources.,"While most of the people are great to work, like all large companies, especially those under going transformation, some people simply are skating by and don't seem to care.","Continue to drive the needed transformation, over communicate, and be transparent. Get people not on board with the changes to move on.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57055,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 29, 2014",Current Employee - GPM,GPM,Work with very smart people,"The leadership team is all over the place and there's not strong strategy in place. Too much politics internally, most employees are too focused on advancing up the ranks versus building awesome products.",none,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57056,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Not what I hoped for.,Still lots of smart people and some interesting products to work on.,"I think things might be changing a little, but I still see a real lack of focus, with people working on shiny ball projects without solving real customer problems. Need to spend a lot of time marketing yourself to continuously be successful.",Focus on the products that matter and incent people to solve customer problems.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57057,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Audio Engineer,Ok but could be better,"Good benefit, good work/life balance",Management difficult to follow. Difficult to understand the vision of the company. Slow decisions,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57058,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Looks great on a resume, zero work/life balance and review system is still broken","great perks, insurance is better than most, looks great on your resume","Absolutely ZERO work/life balance, 60-80 hrs per week standard, the review system is a popularity contest in which if you aren't the winner then you are likely the loser.","Hire more devs and testers to unburden your devs from these new horrible expectations. Then retire and let brighter people with families run the company, you are running it into the ground.",1.0,none,1.0,2.0,4.0,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57059,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good place to work,Technical expertise Recent changes Good work/life balance,Benefits People delayed promotions based on time (no clear justifications),none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P750.htm
57060,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,A very innovative company. Great benefits and a lot of passion from colleagues. Interesting projects and a chance to work across many platforms.,"Politics, politics, politics. It can be hard to move up in the company because there are so many behind the scene politics.",Be more transparent with the advancement process. Continue to be innovative and do not be afraid to take chances and reward employees for taking those chances.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57061,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great company to work for,You can get opputunity to work on a wide array of products and technologies and really work towards your career goals,can do better at compensation,Give people who are trying to change roles a chance,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57062,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,quite comfortable working in here,good work/life balance and benefit. office is spacial. facility is complete and efficient,use entire Microsoft technology. could be isolated to external or other companies' idea/thinking,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57063,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company to work in,Variety of products and teams to move around. Ease of moving across test/dev/PM roles.,Some teams are still struck to obsolete development practices and are changing slowly but steadily.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57064,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Used to be fun. Used to be cool. Used to be rewarding,Compensation is not bad. Health benefits used to be fantastic. Products and projects used to have a feel that they meant something. The place be great fun if you get on a project that matters.,"Upper mgmt of the company cannot be trusted to do the right thing by people. Many poorly thought out and even more poorly executed HR ideas have been filtering down for years. The result is almost always lower morale, lower productivity, lower enthusiasm.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57065,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great company,Great company to work for,Lack of vision in the Company,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57066,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Struggle day by day,Everything looks great if you are in good team with budget and charter.,"Don't utilize individual potential fully and correctly, its too much business focused that end of the day people suck on innovation.",Team up individuals with Research works so they will get a chance to understand hard problems and who knows most of time the less appeared intellect beats the high in surprise.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57067,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad company at all,"Good culture, diverse, build cool stuff (I am in Xbox)",The UI is forcing me to say a Con.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57068,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Solution Specialist,"Great benefits, Everyone is brilliant, Lots of opportunity to move around.","Bad review system, They pit team members against each other. Front line managers are forced to choose between very talented people on their team.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57069,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer - Amazing experience,"Smart people, flexible hours, great benefits. Lots of opportunities to move within MS - but even internal candidates have to go through the same process as external ones.","Performance rating system. Too biased towards ""visibility"" - you have to make sure others are aware of the work and the impacts to have any chance of promotions.",Get rid of all the baggage of several layers of management - many of whom are very set in their lazy ways,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P751.htm
57070,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn and grow,"Compensation, Diversity in technologies, Benefits, Very smart engineers",Growth gets limited after certain level,Innovate more,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57071,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good challenges for career growth.,Work life balance for me was good. The compensation and healthcare they offer are phenomenal. I lucked out with some great coworkers and great items to work on.,"I was usually so busy, I had a hard time taking vacation. I'm not good at office politics but being good at it really helps.",Improvements in the review structure could be taken a bit further. It would be nice if there was a clear 'path' to go if you wanted to transfer roles horizontally across disciplines.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57072,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company that cannot stop getting in its own way,"Smart people Legacy of success Learnings on scale, sustainability","People are concerned with avoiding looking bad and looking good...achieving results, profit and serving customers seem like secondary objectives. Whole groups are misaligned or underutilized and the recent layoffs should only be the start of the restructuring and downsizing.",Change the culture Build a learning organization Redesign how teams make software services.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57073,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Solution Manager,Hire in at the level you want to stay at. Prepare for a long period between promotions.,The technology is the best in the world. You'll work with the world's brightest minds. You are three to five years ahead of corporate America. You can stay in place for as long as you want. No one will force you to stretch as an employee.,"Ability to deal with ambiguity is in every job posting. You don't understand this until you join the ranks. People are told they are empowered, however this is really far from the truth. From a career growth perspective, be prepared to stay in role 3-5 years before a promotion.",Please stop hiring individual contributors as people managers. Realize the potential of your employees and help them grow. Make possible to move vertically and horizontally across the company.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57074,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Several companies in one,Competitive salaries and benefits. If you are lucky enough to be in the right team you might be able to participate in great and ambitious projects.,"A lot of time and effort is wasted on politics and their performance review system, instead of executing for the benefit of customers (the system just changed but it will take years to revert the culture it created). For example, I have seen decisions taken by management because that would improve their perfomance review on a given year, even if that would not have any impact on customers and will become almost-useless spending. ""Visibility"" is so important that everybody spends most of their time working on it instead of getting things done that will ultimately have a real benefit for customers. This results in massive amounts of useless email, status reports, documentation, etc., so much that it becomes impossible to keep up with it. Another negative is that you can only move laterally in the same role, and one level down if you are changing roles.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57075,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great name recognition...pro and con in today's technology-driven world,"Solid networking with highly intelligent individuals throughout the organization. Work environment largely flexible, though often times dependent on direct management teams.","Work-life-balance is a constant struggle, especially in Corporate roles where headcount is at a premium. Corporate roles based in the field are far more sparse than in the past, which limits career development and opportunities in the field. Promotions and management opportunities are largely socially/politically driven versus on merits, expertise or leadership qualities.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57076,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rich in diversity of experiences,Rich opportunity learn and switch between orgs and teams within,"Cliquish, very competitive culture against teamwork spirit","Provide more transparency, fairness, and opportunity for growth",3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57077,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Untapped potential,"Pay, vacation, autonomy is good. It's amazing to work for a company that has such a big imprint on the world.","The company claims to have left stack ranking behind, but it will take years to put the mindset and culture behind them, if they ever do. They've effectively remove any nature inclination anyone has to collaborate with the management system they've built.","Minimize individual contribution and emphasize team effectiveness. Get over the idea that calibrations have any hope of working or could possibly be fair. Read, ""Lord of the Flies"".",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57078,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,An incredible company looking towards the future.,"If you're someone with big ideas and are also interested in learning and growth, Microsoft is a great place to be.",Some of the old school Microsoft employees are having trouble adjusting to the new Microsoft (even some executives) so you have to play the political game well.,"You need to clearly communicate Satya's message down the chain and not modify it to suit your own purposes, rather change your planning and activities to fit with his direction. Also, email distribution groups are now worthless.",5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57079,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2014","Current Employee - Senior Director, Partner Sales Leader",Great place to work!,great technology with almost unlimited product power,"stiff competition from known, but more so new and emerging players",..,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P752.htm
57080,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDET,"Great people, great benefits, a lot to learn and grow, one never runs out of ideas, inspiration, enthusiasm and cool projects while at Microsoft!",Work life balance gets hard to maintain many a times!,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57081,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inside Sales,"relaxed atmosphere, not a lot of micromanaging",Stock isn't doing much and the company seems to be going downhill. If it wasn't for Microsoft Office and the Xbox Microsoft would be out of business.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57082,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Good benifits , salary, good offices",career growth is slow uses only microsoft technologies,cut the middle management,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57083,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2014",Former Employee - IT Manager,Hired abroad and brought to Redmond ? your clock is ticking once you get too expensive you are out!,Fun as you work with the latest technology. No books unless you write them.,Team members always talk bad about other members. Manager changed 4 times in 2 years with 4-6 month gaps of no replacement. People who have been there way too long sit on their butts and need to be pushed to complete their job. Managers that have way too much time on their hands deal with politics. Company has reduced headcount by forcing people to resign rather than firing them using brutal tactics. They keep you there as long as you are inexpensive.,Vent your managers. Look into friend brings friend with fake interview loops.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57084,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Supply Chain,Average,"Company remains a leader in software and is very cash rich. Some very talented people in pockets here and there. Supply chain is fairly world class and has an amazing global reach. Benefits, beautiful campus and philanthropic values are a primary draw. It is possible that the company will have a true success with one of their new products.","Poor culture and poor communication all around. ""All-hands"" are mind-numbingly dull and a waste of time - nothing of real value shared. People management is an oxymoron for Microsoft - there are very few truly good people managers in the Supply Chain space. Mentality of some of the longer term staff is cutthroat which is due to the byzantine ranking system (which changed this year) - but the mentality will live on as long as there are the long-term employees. It could be an awesome place if they figure out a lot of these things - and maybe they will.","Please get some training for your people managers so they can actually lead. They are terrible communicators to all but upward leadership. To really be successful, you need to refresh the talent with actual leaders vs. ""yes"" people, they aren't doing anyone any good unless the plan is to remain mediocre.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57085,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Probably stayed too long,"Feels like the center of the universe, especially in the Windows and other large product groups. Take home pay is good and benefits are amazing. There is a lot of free training available for career development but few have time to take full advantage.","Over time the company became very politically correct and people were reticent to call a loser project a loser, kind of like the Emperor has No Clothes...","Headcount has too much importance at Microsoft. Management is loathe to give up headcount and transfer it to another group, even though it may be best overall for the company.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57086,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,awesome place to have a career,"Potential for personal and professional growth, passionate people, smart people, leaders who genuinely care.","massive, lots of red tape.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57087,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,great place to work with smart minds.,Strong internal community and passionate hard working individual contributors make the company a great place to work.,There is still high amount of duplication work and unnecessary processes in some disciplines.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57088,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Nice place to work, but compettive",Access to all types of knowledge resources,"Once you get a bad review (a 4 or 5), start packing your bags, they'll lay off soon",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57089,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,PM,Benefits were hard to beat,Eventually devolved into demands for regular 12 hour days,Leading is not copying what everybody else is doing,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P753.htm
57090,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Super company,Takes great care of employees in term of benefits and perks.,Work life balance is pretty bad.,More transparency,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57091,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Attorney,Surrounded by great people (Legal Department),"I've really enjoyed working in Microsoft's legal department. Everyone around you is incredibly smart and gifted at what they do, and there's a sense of teamwork in everything we do. The hours are really reasonable - on a normal day, it's 9 to 5 with a bit of time off for lunch. Most of all, as an attorney, it's a lot of fun to delve into the technical details of stuff and make a difference in the technology the company is producing. Being a huge legal department, there are a lot of opportunities for lateral and diagonal movement within the company. I even kind of enjoy Microsoft's role as an underdog in a lot of the areas where it competes. It's a former superpower that has seen better days, but there's a sense that it might scrap its way back to prominence. That sense has increased since Satya Nadella took over.","It's a giant company, and that means that there's a lot of bureaucracy and it's difficult for the average worker to have much of an influence on the direction of the company. There are constant reorganizations, which can be frustrating as you've just developed a good relationship with your legal clients, and you suddenly get new ones. It's questionable whether senior management knows what it's doing, but Satya Nadella appears to know what he's doing more than Steve Ballmer did. Microsoft's biggest weakness is its inability to move quickly. We think up great ideas, but have trouble executing on them well the first time before our competitors do. Maybe the July 2014 layoffs will make the company leaner and faster. Time will tell.","Reorgs are difficult to deal with. The new health benefits are good, but we miss the even better health plan we used to have (no premiums, no copay, no nothing). Keep working to make the performance review process more transparent - it's improved in the past year, but it's still not there yet.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57092,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2014",Former Employee - Project Manager,"Lots of potential, lots of bureaucracy","If you're a full-timer, the benefits (healthcare, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement) are pretty great. The sheer size of the company, and its multi-national locations makes moving around in both role and location possible. There's lots of opportunities for networking, and on campus events.","The sheer bureaucracy is astounding. During the Steve Ballmer CEO years, the different business groups acted out their own Machiavellian plays of back stabbing, sabotage, and general destruction. Interdepartmental cooperation was unheard of. Reviews were hack and slash, with everyone out for themselves, and teamwork was impossible.","Management has, in the past, had no regard for individual contributors, or accumulated knowledge. They'd rather reinvent the wheel over and over. Managers still seem very two-faced and more interested in self-preservation than in delivering a solid product, or saying no.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57093,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,No more dream company,It was once a great company. It failed to capture right areas in the market. Hope it will it back with a bang,"everything was good, just innovation and direction wasn't good",don't change too much. its like you forget what you did yesterday,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57094,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alright,"Pretty good work life balance, at least for my team. I've heard of other teams being not so good. However, I think work life balance is really what you make it. Team was really friendly and had a tight knit culture. People worked with are generally very nice and really try to help you.","Lots of overhead, red-tape etc. Also, the perks are getting worse year after year. The food is ok for the first months or so, and then gets boring afterward.","Too much re-orgs, unstable work environment.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57095,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,One of the best companies to work for,"Great products and people, socially responsible, willingness to embrace change","Still too slow to adopt change, but serious about making change. Future looks great for Microsoft",People are your greatest asset. Do wants needed to retain your talent,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57096,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Beaucratic, but passionate for software","Best reasons for working here is that the compensation is middle of the road, but the benefits are quite good. Work/Life Balance is also good and not abused","The test role is not an engineering role as much as the developer roles are, and training seems to be discouraged unless it's strictly for your current job. They pay a lot of lip-service to developing everyone to their future careers, but that only seems to matter for the current job. Also, rather political and in-fighting is common. They are trying to get rid of that, but...","Focus on maintaining and growing your talent, without making them hostile to you.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57097,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An amazing place to learn from some of the brightest people.,The company has so many great people. It is impossible to not learn a ton of stuff every day. They truly embrace a work life balance that is enhanced with great benefits and on-site facilities. It is wonderful to be on a team that releases products that billions of people use and that change the lives of so many.,"The people are stifled by management and great ideas that are easy to come by are seldom developed to their full potential. The rank and yank system made everyone hoard their great ideas and stopped people from helping others. The other major drawback is the companies approach to employees, virtually no one can expect to work a full career there. They have a system in which people prefer to leave after they have all the needed experience to be great and all those great people are replaced by bright, capable college hires that want to change the world but don't have the experience to not reinvent the wheel. Also it is easy to distance themselves from the customer and make decisions with their own intuition rather than customer preference.","Seek out the story of the Kinect. The rumor is it took many tries and many years to get it approved by management. If it wasn't for someone's perseverance that product would have never made the light of day. If you have a shy, quiet but yet brilliant, creative genius you will never get his/her products to market if you rely on him/her to persevere. Be on the look out for greatness and help foster it, help champion the cause for the little ideas that you think could be great. Seek out people that could be great leaders for their leadership abilities and not their technical skills.",4.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57098,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2014",Current Employee - SDE2,Microsoft,There are many good technical fellow. One can learn from them. One can see code to learn new things.,Management lacks vision. There is very less innovation. There are folks with lot of experience. It is good but sometimes these experienced folks does not encourage idea coming from down the ladder.,Innovate. Give more powers to ICs. Make decision process fast and transparent.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57099,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Writer,"Hard work, ownership, and bias for action are usually well rewarded.",If you are delivering on a project that has a measurable impact on the bottom line you will typically be recognized and rewarded for your contribution. Many opportunities for success.,"Lately politics have become a hindrance, teams often have drastically different resouce allocation. Stack ranking was often inequitable for evaluating eployee performance but I understand that stack ranking to evaluate performance has been replaced.","Focus on what you are good at and stop trying to be great at everything. Microsoft is great at software, not so good in other areas that really eat into bottom line.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P754.htm
57100,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Has been a really great company, but is not as good as it used to be.","Great, unbeatable benefits covering most types that an employee would want. Plenty of perks - free drinks, great quality cafeterias all over every campus, ... Though there's a feeling of being behind, there's also a strong sense of confidence that MS can once again come from behind to do well and even win.","Work-life balance was terrible but got much better in recent years. It is beginning to degrade again. Some teams and organizations have it much better than others, some are pretty terrible. Strong feeling around the company of being behind in technology. Building configuration is being changed from separate offices with several common gathering areas to large ""open"" areas of cubicles and general open areas of gathering amongst the cubicles.","Don't lose sight of the importance of maintaining work-life balance. There have been plenty of studies of work environments that show that ""open"" cubicle types of environments reduce productivity when compared with separate offices for employees. Common gathering areas are great. This allows and even encourages employees to gather, discuss informally, and even socialize a bit. This improves morale and team cohesion without compromising individual or team productivity as the cubicle approach does. I'd strongly encourage the MS management to avoid losing the solid reputation that MS has had in terms of its employees environment, and to prevent the degradation of productivity and morale at such a critical time in Microsoft's history.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57101,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2014",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Great overall experience,"Great team members, great learnings",company culture not supporting innovation,Company needs to get their mojo back,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57102,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for,Great work life balance and compensation,abcd,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57103,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,My seven years at Microsoft,"Working @ Microsoft can be out of this world. Especially Main Campus. There is nothing else that really compares or even comes close to the experience. The diversity of people (be it cultures, age groups, backgrounds, genders, education) is amazing. Even the products that Microsoft creates is diverse. Compare that with Google or Facebook who only make advertising revenue.","Your experience will vary between teams, but one thing that was consistent (for me, at least) is that most of my time was spent focusing on politics and processes. Though I had the opportunity to work on some popular products, the only way I could ever get my work done (according to expectations) is if I stayed late in the day (most of the time was spent in meetings, dealing with build processes, iterating specs with the team, answering literally hundreds of e-mails a day, helping test team troubleshoot issues) -- unfortunately, a lot of this does not really get accounted in your workload, and in those cases where it does, it's almost impossible to correctly estimate how long those things will take, since it relies on your entire team to work 100% efficiently. I believe work/life balance is actually possible here, but it's only at the expense of getting a positive review. Accountability is important, but most of the time, it felt like I was taking the blame (or being punished for) someone else's poor performance on the team. At the same time, you don't want to point fingers, because it makes you look equally bad. Really the only time I was happy was when I was working late to make everything seem like it was on schedule, or I was on a team with no slackers. Sometimes people would not hold up their end of the workload (say if they were more junior people in their role) and management would expect you to help them do their job, but would not properly account for this in the estimates.  Over time I eventually learned to manage these things better with politics. Yes, people who have worked in corporations already are familiar with this problem, but at Microsoft, the politics are significantly magnified. People are super smart here and are always trying to make their job easier and take advantage of people who are not as politically savvy. Therein lies the true problem. I eventually left Microsoft, since it felt like most of my time (almost 70%) was spent politicking and handling processes. Coupled with a decrease quality in the products (the gradual results of their work environment) and a lot of other, good people leaving the company. Microsoft seemed to be going downhill.  Though Enterprise and Azure have really taken off recently, I don't think it will be enough to compensate for the decline of Windows revenue in the end. Surface was an unfortunate flop, and Windows Phone + Bing are sucking money from the company. Xbox 360 was doing great when I left, but now even Xbox One is looking like a poor performer, which is really concerning for the company as a whole, when you combine these things together. Office and Azure are really the only areas left that see significant potential and though Office 365 has showed promise, its revenue is really not enough to make up for the loss in Office desktop sales that are surely to come with the decline of Windows desktops.  So please be careful. It's no surprise they had layoffs recently. Despite most of them being in the Nokia division (because of the Nokia merger) still a considerable chunk of few people in Redmond (even top performers) were simply laid off because of the group they happened to be in. They were forced to leave or re-interview for a new positions in the company (which really does not work in your favor when many others are also interviewing due to of the lay offs). A similar approach was used in 2009. It was devastating to morale. Coupled with the ""layoffs continuing to happen over the course of the year"" really would not recommend anybody apply to Microsoft at least until late 2015.  The company is undergoing significant changes though to make it self ""more efficient."" But it's too soon to tell what that really means. Some people suspect that this will be the people who exercised their work/life balance, while at the same time, they will like increase the number of foreign workers who are willing to work the really crazy hours.  None of this is encouraging. Luckily, these days there are much better place to work and have a good life balance.  So now is definitely *NOT* the time to consider Microsoft. Look elsewhere and maybe reconsider in late 2015 is my humble recommendation.",Reduce the insane level of politics. Eliminate unnecessary processes and make them more efficient. Fix the company structure (sooner than later). Get rid of the opportunists in management (this may include Satya himself),2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57104,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Good company, not good management","I really enjoyed my time at Microsoft, i learnt a lot working with talented people and having fun while doing that. Projects are fun projects","Management is not good, lots of politics between groups and people are treated as objects. Loyalty or time spent with the company makes no difference.","Please try not to treat employees are mere objects, they work real hard contributing weekends and time away from family to improve products enhancing Microsoft's name.",4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57105,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Veteran Microsoftie,"People, compensation, environment...have loved most of my co-workers, great ability to move around the company to try different roles and groups.","The people...they're a great pro, but some (a lot?) have been here too long and have grown complacent and lazy. Lots of bureaucracy but this is slowly improving with the new leadership","See above, Microsoft can be great again with some changes! We need to get leaner and more ambitious.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57106,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It was overall a satisfying experience,"Great people. You will infact meet some really brilliant people who created things you use daily. Perks are awesome. epending on the team, you will get lot of team events. You know you are chnaging people's lives when you work here. Work life balance is great.",Switching to other teams within Microsoft is insanely hard. Sometimes you dont get the feel of where the company is moving to early enough.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57107,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Test Lead,Senior Test Lead,Microsoft has a diverse environment that enables someone to develop a broad set of skills. There has been a culture of actively helping engineers develop deeper skill sets.,The environment in Microsoft is very aggressive and people with similar roles are actively competing against each other. The recent re-orgs (7/14) have been very disconcerting since employees aren't sure when the changes are going to stop.,"Many of the problems Microsoft has were the result of bad product choices. Unfortunately, the result is a lot of changes impacting individual contributors. My advice would be to determine what markets they are going to compete in and make appropriate investments in those markets.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57108,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Intern,Nice working at Microsoft Research,A lot of excellent researchers here. Here you can work with some of the best researchers in your area in the world.,Nothing obvious as for an intern.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57109,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Developer In Test,Learn how to ,"The company has given me a lot. I've had steady growth until I became a Senior (every 1 1/2 years of promos) and had the pleasure of working with some wonderful bright people. The benefits are great and work life balance is much under your control. I have been involved in different projects in the same team every 2 years which kept my enthusiasm high as I was learning something new often.  If you are an entry level person looking to gain knowledge, Microsoft is a good start. If you don't have aspirations of being a VP then get out by the time you become a Senior. It's just not worth dealing with the ""politics"".","- The review system encourages ""networking"" or as I like to call it brown nosing in many instances. - Not everybody can keep trending up, but they can still do a wonderful job. The company does a poor job of recognizing that. - The move to combined engineering is a mess. We have managers who want to transition to the new agile methods but want to apply waterfall evaluation methods, which doesn't make sense. The next few years is going to be a make or break for employees and many could be frustrated with the half assed move to combined engineering. - Moving to new teams is not easy, lots of openings do not get published in the internal career site. - Testers and Developers are evaluated differently. Testers are expected to do a little bit of everything, i.e. PM, Dev & Test while Developers aren't. In the combined engineering model, this mode of operation will not fly. - Senior testers who are now merged with Developers will find it hard to ""compete"" with their Dev counterparts, as testers are now expected to be more Dev's than Testers. It's not a level playing field anymore. - Testing in self is going on the wayside at Microsoft. While some rethinking of testing is done is necessary, I don't think the current approach of letting Scrum teams do all their testing is going to fly. Look at some of the reviews of the Microsoft apps in the store, they are horrendous.","To those teams who are making a commitment to combined engineering go all in and go in with a clear mind. The moment you start trying to hybridize the model, you are going to lose. Get rid of the fiefdoms Get rid of more of the middle management, you don't need that many. Maybe put them on the tools team! Unify toolsets across the company, every team does not need to make a new toolset. Get the tools team to be agile and work towards a common toolset. The lab teams need to be more flexible and less process focused, promoting agility. Take risks, don't play it safe all the time.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P755.htm
57110,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lethargic place to work.,"Salary, bonuses, generous time-off policies, great benefits.","Grossly inefficient internal tools and practices. Layers of bureaucracy and a constant hunger games review cycle. Despite recent leadership changes and lip service well received by the media, the company has not really changed. Technical leaders of yesteryear are long-gone. A lot of people in ""coast mode"". There are more people than work, even after layoffs. Middle management stopped doing technical work long time ago.",none,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57111,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Developer In Test,Learn how to ,"The company has given me a lot. I've had steady growth until I became a Senior (every 1 1/2 years of promos) and had the pleasure of working with some wonderful bright people. The benefits are great and work life balance is much under your control. I have been involved in different projects in the same team every 2 years which kept my enthusiasm high as I was learning something new often.  If you are an entry level person looking to gain knowledge, Microsoft is a good start. If you don't have aspirations of being a VP then get out by the time you become a Senior. It's just not worth dealing with the ""politics"".","- The review system encourages ""networking"" or as I like to call it brown nosing in many instances. - Not everybody can keep trending up, but they can still do a wonderful job. The company does a poor job of recognizing that. - The move to combined engineering is a mess. We have managers who want to transition to the new agile methods but want to apply waterfall evaluation methods, which doesn't make sense. The next few years is going to be a make or break for employees and many could be frustrated with the half assed move to combined engineering. - Moving to new teams is not easy, lots of openings do not get published in the internal career site. - Testers and Developers are evaluated differently. Testers are expected to do a little bit of everything, i.e. PM, Dev & Test while Developers aren't. In the combined engineering model, this mode of operation will not fly. - Senior testers who are now merged with Developers will find it hard to ""compete"" with their Dev counterparts, as testers are now expected to be more Dev's than Testers. It's not a level playing field anymore. - Testing in self is going on the wayside at Microsoft. While some rethinking of testing is done is necessary, I don't think the current approach of letting Scrum teams do all their testing is going to fly. Look at some of the reviews of the Microsoft apps in the store, they are horrendous.","To those teams who are making a commitment to combined engineering go all in and go in with a clear mind. The moment you start trying to hybridize the model, you are going to lose. Get rid of the fiefdoms Get rid of more of the middle management, you don't need that many. Maybe put them on the tools team! Unify toolsets across the company, every team does not need to make a new toolset. Get the tools team to be agile and work towards a common toolset. The lab teams need to be more flexible and less process focused, promoting agility. Take risks, don't play it safe all the time.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57112,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Former Employee - Senior PM,Software Company with innovative products,"Good benefit package, yammer channel for internal communications channel, philosophy of beta testing software through out the company before release.",Company has new CEO and is going through a major transition. MS just closed the Nokia Devices deal and then 3 months later cut the company in half along with a lot of MS employees also.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57113,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,"Things are changing... could be good, or bad.","Satya is brining some sweep change and focus. This could help rally the troops in fewer, more strategic directions. The people in the trenches are smart, passionate, fun people.","Leadership is ""land grabbing"" whatever is left - it's very political and leaders are trying to make new roles for themselves. Too many people trying to work together, less decisions being made.","Hire people leaders, not thought leaders. Grow the team, not the elite few who impressed someone a while ago. The new review system seems odd, and so sporadic I feel like I'm contributing less in feedback because there is no longer one big date to get reviews in.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57114,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful,"Great work-life balance, leadership, and direction of the company",Not too many cons to mention here. I enjoyed the relationships and experiences.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57115,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Business Manager,Must overcome challenges,Lots of opportunities to move around in the company to try new things. There are good innovative teams and pace of innovation is getting better.,At a certain level things get too political - simple decisions take forever,"There needs to be a mechanism of doing internal audits about what is being developed, how money is being spent.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57116,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Manager,"Microsoft is a great company to work for. They really take care of their employees. Great salary, work life balance and lots of opportunity to learn and grow. One of the best parts of working there is access to resources whether it's people, vendors, research or budget. Also, extremely competitive and smart people.","Duplication of jobs is an issue here. Difficult to get promoted. It's a large company so you have to network and build your advocacy. Otherwise, you're just a #.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57117,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Flexibility, access to brilliant minds, terrific resources",some what slow paced at times,"flatten hierarchy, provide incentives for innovative work",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57118,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Sexism at work, old code, boring work",Gym membership Health benefits None in my team for sure,"No clear performance review structure, my manager had no clue what my previous manager decided for me..i get no advice on what to improve on!  I work in an old org and wanna leave asap. It kills your brain cells just being in that environment. You have to send out long emails frequently and make a lot of noise to get promoted. The raise and bonus is a complete joke.  Did I mention, absolutely boring work?",none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57119,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,The new leadership at Microsoft is not as interested in the employee.,"Opportunities, entrepreneurial style, benefits, equipment, casual environment, every job type you can imagine available within one company.","Things are very hit or miss, depending on your team and manager. There's a lot of complacency among the ranks. New leadership not worried about the employee's needs.","Hire those who can lead and manage vs promoting engineers who cant manage. Don't screw your employees. At the end of the the day, they are your best asset. Reduce heads based on performance, not layoffs.",2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P756.htm
57120,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,You'll learn more in 1 year at Microsoft than you will in 5 years at many other companies.,Compensation is reasonable. Benefits are good--although not as good as they used to be. Work-life balance is reasonable depending on your role.,Your ability to be successful in a sales role is strongly dependent on the random quota-setting process and how many of your accounts have renewals scheduled for their Enterprise Agreements in the fiscal year.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57121,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but people with mind set of doing politics to get good reviews,- Working on latest tools & technologies  - Great team mates  - You get to decide what you want to work on but make sure you pick a piece which should have business justification and based on which you can get good review,"- Lots of politics. You can't just rely on your lead. Best is to keep in loop everyone about your work and do have written record like email what you talk or discuss with your lead.  - Once you get bad review, there is not much you can do as you are threatened to leave the company instead of actually justifying. And, then you can't even apply in other teams in Microsoft if your rating is bad.  - Poor management because of which ICs have low motivation & energy  - People are more eager to get good review and that too not by really working but rather use their links",Don't make false promises and take responsibility if something goes wrong instead of pushing it to ICs.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57122,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Company with innovative products,"Good benefit package, yammer channel for internal communications channel, philosophy of beta testing software through out the company before release.",Company has new CEO and is going through a major transition. MS just closed the Nokia Devices deal and then 3 months later cut the company in half along with a lot of MS employees also.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57123,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A Mixed bag,Compensation and benefits Wide variety of choices on products to work for,Product group culture and standards are pretty varied.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57124,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Review,"Great people and environment, culture great as well",Current management without vision and they seems to not know where they are going long term,none,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57125,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Fantastic company to work for,"Great people, culture, work life balance.",Bureaucracy and slow decision making can be very limiting to forward progress.,Dont be afraid to take big chances!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57126,microsoft,"Corte Madera, CA"," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft Retail,"Great coworkers, management is flexible with scheduling, over all experience is at Microsoft is good.","It is slow at times, and you have to figure how to stay busy",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57127,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,It started out so promising...,"I was really excited to come work for Microsoft. It is this famous company, right? This is where careers are made! Yippee! Here I go in the land of the meritocracy and opportunity! My work will impact millions, billions of users!","The last few years have left me cold. Who are we kidding, anyway? We are irrelevant. Say it with me - ""WE ARE IRRELEVANT."" Read any online rag, and you'll see *maybe* a handful of mentions of Microsoft. Our days on top are over. The world has moved on, but the problem is we still have way too much money. We're like a bunch of spoiled trust fund kids, playing with Daddy's money and protecting our big bonuses. I'm no longer proud to work here. And don't even get me started on the ""new"" review system that was supposed to fix the culture. It is still cut-throat, brutal and competitive. Our souls have long ago curdled like so much chocolate milk left too long in the free pop refrigerators.","If you're upper management, you have serious financial incentive to keep things going and milk this bonus and stock cow. However, ask yourself if you can feel proud about what you've done here.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57128,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Had really awesome and knowledgeable managers,Having to deal with a lot of non-performers,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57129,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Microsoft review,Plenty of upside with new leadership,Changing the culture will take some time,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P757.htm
57130,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cmpetititve,Very fun and cool place to work,Hard work and my boss was tough,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57131,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer,Was Great. Not so good these days.,Stability. Benefits. Choice of opportunities.,Slow to get stuff done,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57132,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Very big company with a strong competitive culture,"The company has great benefits, many smart colleagues, and a pretty good/work, life balanced. (but I suspect many people process Email at home). Microsoft likes generalist. You will do well if you can jump around from area to area and do anything they ask you to do.","It is really difficult to get into a position where you can make a difference. The company values state that they want leaders that solve organization problems, as well as write code or whatever. This is reflected in reviews down to the individual contributor level. You will need to have great communication skills if you want to overcome the inertia of just solving the assigned tasks and have your insights understood and innovate.","At a large company like Microsoft it seems like they should be able to use people better. The recent layoff let go many people who were a ""long time at level"". Many of these people were good at their jobs and happy with the kind of work they did. On a team there are leaders and there are followers. If you want people to work together efficiently you need to allow skilled competent professionals to roll up their sleeves and do there job without getting downgraded for not climbing the corporate ladder.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57133,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - Communications,Communications,"Working with smart people, opportunity for growth, good benefits","Politics, non-committal direction, lack of business strategy",Don't rely so heavily on your comms team to come up with the business strategy and priorities.,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57134,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great products, great team, great benefits",You are surrounded by smart people that energizes u everyday. Tough competition always keeps the company on the toes so there is no room for over confidence. Overall package is very competitive.,Lot of players that need to be convinced. It can get frustrating sometimes. Too many solutions within the company for the same problem.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57135,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2014",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,Plenty of both good and not so good,"There are a lot of interesting projects and great teams at Microsoft. I met some of the brightest, hard working, high integrity people in my 9+ years of working in both the former Server and Tools and the field BMO groups. You can find rewarding jobs in both cutting edge tech as well as 20+ year old technology with massive revenue streams. I think the benefits are still among the tops in the industry.","There are a lot of review meetings regardless of the job function. Perhaps this is normal for a big company, but spending 20-40% of my time building decks instead of focusing on customers, markets, products seems excessive. Projects/product teams with the combination of great managers, great teams, big impact initiatives were hard to find. The extreme focus to deliver numbers makes it hard for new products to gain mindshare within the company.","I understand the value of the subsidiary scorecard, but it is an inhibitor for many new, smaller initiatives. The leadership needs to have a more balanced scorecard so that more of the long term initiatives can get mindshare with the field. The current review system doesn't foster team work. I'm not smart enough to figure out how you would build a better review system for a company as big as MS, but it doesn't seem like other tech giants have as many employees complaining about their review systems.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57136,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Reasonable work environment, but beware the microsoft manager","Good conditions, benefits and work. OK compensation with potentially favorable bonuses. There are good opportunities to move between groups, and there are good training course available.","Extremely poor management. MS promotion policy tends to move good schmoozers up and leave behind the excellent technical staff, and in some cases push those staff out of the company.",Don't parrot the upper management - add value. Consider the success of the project to be at least as important as your own success. Stand up for your direct reports and make it clear the bullying buck stops with you.,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57137,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"Flexible schedule, casual, and challenging work!",management layers are in the way,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57138,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good experience as a contractor,this company is very stable,but it is lack of growth space,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57139,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is changing,Many of the people are extremely talented. If you put the time in to connect with people you can get a broader view of how the company is doing. Some groups at Microsoft encourage and reward people for being creative and improving the way your team works.,"Microsoft is in a very competitive landscape, and they are struggling to keep up with the competition. The entire company has been going through a protracted reorganization, which causes teams to lose focus and direction. It can be hard to get things done in the current environment, but perhaps after all the dust settles the changes will pay off. Promotion can be quick at first, but very slow as you become more experienced.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P758.htm
57140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Challenging company with Smart people to work for,"You get chance to work with Smart and enthusiastic people. Good compensation, benefits and good work life balance.",The performance review process is not that straightforward.,Improve the review process.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57141,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 14, 2014",Former Employee - Test Lead II,Microsoft is an Excellent Employer.,"Whatever be the outside impression of Microsoft, I should admit Microsoft treated me very well as its employee. I was very happy with the several perks, matching programs, review processes, training sessions, health insurance etc etc. Microsoft matches up to 12,000 dollars for out contributions to any non-profit organizations. HSA program is the best in the Bay Area.",You will be stuck at using mostly Microsoft internal tools. Opensource and latest technology in the market will be hard to use.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57142,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Manager,Great work / life balance.,Expectations not always communicated clearly.,Lead by example.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57143,microsoft,"Philadelphia, PA"," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Applications Development Manager,Application Development Manager,"Great Benefits, Great opportunity to learn new technologies, Good defined processes throughout the organization","Lots of travel, Have to participate in unwanted training",Keep innovating,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57144,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,the company has Good benefits the company has Good salary get to work with really great people prestigious org looks good on resume,the company has long working hours and no work life balance there is no time for personal growth,planning should be good. the releases are always during holidays and we cannot enjoy holidays with family.,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57145,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A challenging role working with wonderful people.,The greatest pro of working at Microsoft is the wonderful people. I spend all day with fabulous coworkers and chose to spend my free time with a different group of Microsoft employees. I cannot say enough about the professional support as well as personal contacts I've found within Microsoft.,"Cloudy vision for some areas. Satya Nadalla seems to have a cohesive vision for a unified Microsoft. There will be some growing pains, but well worth it.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57146,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Amazing work/life balance,work/life balance culture senior engineers They pay attention to Real estate and facilities. Ask for feedback and implement it.,Slow promotion rate Your lead is your company,maintain work/life balance.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57147,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Your experience varies widely depending on what group you work for,The company empowers employees with great tools and training.,"Often out of touch with market trends. Depending on the group, true collaboration and innovation is rare as employees compete against peers, within the group and cross-group.",Refocus on core company values and innovation,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57148,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place to work!,The opportunity to have good work life balance is there however you have to ensure you manage it yourself and set boundries for your working hours. The vacation and sick time is great. Flexible working hours are also great. The review process has also improve significantly this past year.,The benefits are not as good as they used to be. The pay is also not as good as it once was. The company is in a constant state of change.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57149,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Creative Director,Loves it.,Changes have been made. Wouldn't want to work anywhere else.,Huge company. Sometimes not as agile as you'd like.,"Stay the course, what you're doing is right on.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P759.htm
57150,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, good work environment",Love the people I work with. Bright and mostly hard working.,Need better direction for the whole company. Change is slow but happening.,"Faster change, follow trends better.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57151,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Disappointing, a lot of ambition with no execution","Lots of areas to dabble in, good campus, annual company meetings are lots of fun.","A 'no'-driven culture: have to prove a lot before one can experiment or try something, vs a 'yes'-driven culture that invites experimentation and risks until deemed the wrong thing to do.","Focus, reward teamwork not just individual contributions",4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57152,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test,Treated Employees Well but Lots of Bureaucracy,Great health package (including free gym membership). Total comp getting better. Most managers are good technically. Co-workers almost all friendly and mostly good technically. Big enough to find challenging work that is right for you. Management now insisting you maintain a good work life balance.,If you are a leaf node not clear that mangers more than two levels above you know what's going on. If you aren't diligent enough to insist on challenging roles you can get stuck in boring roles and spiral downward. Very process heavy. Many managers are religious about process. Size of the company and code base means many interactions making development slow. You will probably spend alot of time dealing with issues in code that isn't yours (could be pro or con depending on who you are).,None needed. Biggest problem was trying to do everything versus decide what's important. Satya seems to have that under control.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57153,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great people and not too much bureaucracy.,"Note that this is specifically for Online Services Division and Bing Search in particular. - very smart people - lots of projects to work on, so technically it's possible to transition to a team you think you can be more productive. Though this is not very encouraged. - very smart managers that don't micromanage - modern technologies (latest versions of C#, Visual Studio and frameworks) - huge scale that makes it possible to uncover some of the bugs in .NET/CLR itself - separate offices!","- working on a tiny part of the huge project, doesn't help to feel ownership and limits the amount of learning - some of the decisions are driven by politics and from the top, which leaves engineers to pay for management games - source version control that makes it very hard to have multiple local feature branches. This noticeably decreases productivity - perks are very average (rare offsites to cinema, coffee machines and much appreciated foosball and pool tables), especially when comparing to Silicon Valley companies",Consider using micro-service architecture. This will give engineers sense of ownership and bigger surface area. They would be less dependent on the errors of other teams and would be able to learn and innovate more.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57154,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,"Microsoft - Great Company, Ball-less Managers/Directors",Benefits and Training were fantastic.,"Everyone wants to play safe, not do anything to upset the apple cart.",Allow employees more flexability. Spend less time (way less) on career reviews. They are all B.S. anyway. Those are just a way to justify how much of a raise/bonus the person will receive.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57155,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Best company in the world,"Excellent compensation through bonus, stock and other benefits like gym membership",Work life balance could be better,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57156,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE II,"there is talent in the company. If you are in the right team, you are surrounded by some smart people","Culture needs to improve more, needs to be more collaborative in real sense, and work on the mindset of building on each other's successes",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57157,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,A Company That Can't Seem to Get it Right,"High salary, good benefits, smart people","Redmond is the worst place on earth and so is the traffic that comes with it, they will never win, it's not actually as easy to move internally as they make it sound, company culture is vicious and unwelcoming, there is a perception problem that they probably won't ever be able to kick","Stop doing everything so top down. Stop thinking about all employees as robots/numbers, think a little bit more about the humans that work for your company and you will have higher employee satisfaction. Bring back a little bit of the emotion and intuition and creativity that can define really great marketing, not everything has to be so data-driven (see point on robots).",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57158,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,great place to learn,"wide variety of positions, easy to move around","competitive environment, short term goals",none,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57159,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Company is changing for the better,"Great coworkers, learned a lot and enjoyed my time at Microsoft.",Upper management could listen more to there employees.,Listen to new ideas from the little guys. Don't just dictate work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P760.htm
57160,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Jul 27, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,Corp. America at its BEST,"Good people to work with, fun atmosphere, decent money and great training.","Management is the worst. They talk from both sides of their mouths, one side is to make themselves look good and the other to simply pass on the policies that have been put before then and never implement and the employee is the one that suffers",Do your job!,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57161,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cost reduction means less people doing more work. No QA means low quality product.,Decent to good benefit. Pays well.,"Bad work life balance. Competitive work environment, getting people to collaborate takes a lot of work. Wrong people in management positions - smart people who were great IC but don't care about their people. The recent flattening of engineering org mean little to no career opportunities to engineers.","Care about your people and they will care about your bottom line. Better pricing, flexibility, and willingness to partner with great OEM, like Samsung, would go a long way than spending so much money on Nokia -- whose device still cannot compete with Samsung and Apple. The only people using Nokia smartphones are the small percentage on Windows Phone 8. Everyone else wants a Samsung phone (if they don't want Apple). And Android, unfortunately, is their only choice.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57162,microsoft,none," Jul 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Best company to work with,the company provides great working environment,there are some beuraucratic issues,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57163,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great people, good work life balance, good products.","Most of the people are smart, hardworking and fun. Very passionate about what they do. I've always had pretty good work/life balance, with only occasional long weekends and late nights. The products have global impact, which can be exciting. Very good pay, health coverage, and other benefits.","Sometimes a lot of bureaucracy, the normal sort you expect from a big company. Frequent re-orgs waste almost a month every year... or more.  Slow promotion process to get to a Lead or Manager position. In *years* there, I've only seen a few people leave lead positions, and only a couple people move into lead positions from the individual contributor ranks.  Review process is not fun. There's a lot of competition and it's a forced bell curve. I spend a large portion of my time working to distinguish myself and grab projects from others so that I could get into the top 30% bracket... otherwise, you might get randomly laid off if the company is going through a re-org. Sometimes a whole team might get low review scores, just because another team was deemed more important. (Supposedly they dumped the review ratings, but they still rate you and use that to determine your bonus and promotions. And the bonus is still on a forced curve. Now they just don't tell you the score, but you can still figure it out based on the bonus percentage you get.)  Also, the SDE vs SDET thing is not the best, however, it should be improving. In the past SDE could dump garbage over the fence and SDET had to test, find bugs, help with fixes, and then get in trouble for slowing down the feature RI, or shipping date. The company is trying to put more responsibility on the SDE's for code quality, and if they succeed, then great! But I'll believe it when I see it.",Nope.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57164,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jul 7, 2014",Former Employee - Product Advisor,"This is one of the best places to work, hands down.",Great compensation and benefits at every level of the company. Real ethics and integrity. Great support for the employee and the well being of the customer. It's not a soul-sucking money-grubbing hellhole.,"Policies are very strict, and it takes a while to get to know all the rules and lingo, but that's the only real issue. That and fanatics of other tech companies will never stop giving you crap about your company.",Keep at it. You're doing a wonderful job keeping your employees happy.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57165,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Group Manager,A great culture that allows a self-starting person has the freedom to take an idea and drive it to reality.,"Compensation, benefits, ability to drive change on a global scale, working with really smart people - most of whom really seem to care","A terrible bureaucracy at times. Too many layers of direct and matrixed management. An enormous DISCONNECT at the middle management level between executive strategy and what's actually happening on the ground. Runs primary in the levels Sr. Director and General Managers, but occasionally hits CVP and Directors. Too much managing up, and not enough care given to support teams. Too much empire building and not enough doing what's right for One Microsoft. The irony is that even at the CEO level, the executives get it. It's that middle management layer that is keeping Microsoft from being the nimble company it needs to be to stay competitive in the longer term.","Make good on the promise to make the organization flatter. Don't just look at developer areas and Nokia integration, but also look in IT, Finance, WWLP, Operations, etc. Get rid of most of the ""matrix"" of sideways reporting. Cut out all this overhead and excessive layering that is suffocating a great company. I'm proud to have worked her for several years and made some big positive impacts. However, doing so has been excessively and needlessly tiring. Like many others, I don't plan to stay here if change doesn't happen. There isn't enough money to make it right.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57166,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft: Excellent Opportunity to Grow your Skills,"Depending on where you are in the company it can be a great experience or a poor one. A lot depends on your immediate management chain and that can reflect someone's job satisfaction and perception around growth opportunities. I have been in bad places and good ones. Bad management has made me want to leave the company, made me feel unrewarded and underutilized whereas times where I have been under seasoned, skilled management chain I have felt challenged, rewarded, recognized. Flexibility of work schedule has been great and I am able to find work-life 'fit' i.e. something that works for me in a demanding environment.","Microsoft has many sub-cultures. On one hand it can have petty territorial battles that is targeted only to further interests of an individual and his/her chosen few with little flexibility and no personal consideration. The more hour one puts in (be it working or just socializing and building relationships) is seen as more valuable than someone who is efficient and gets things done. In right environment that dynamic does change to 'getting it done' attitude. It is a high pressure and demanding environment and place where one has to learn to live with ambiguity and change of direction, frequently.","Be 'in touch' with the reality of our business (good and bad). Don't believe all the hype that may be thrown at you from divisions across the board. Sometimes, just unstructured connections (outside of townhalls) can give you insight to many key areas of improvements.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57167,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Company,"Great compensation package, lots of challenges",too many politics - be sure to develop the right friendships,be more human. the recent layoff was insane for a company that IS PROFITABLE. Becoming even more profitable by dismissing people does not look good.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57168,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2014",Former Employee - Legal Support,"Challenging work, work/life balance achievable depending on your team and function","Opportunity to exand you knowledge and skills. Great amenities like free soda, transportation assistance, including private Connector busline. Flexible work schedule. Technology to support mobility (i.e., conference calls, work from home, business travel, etc.) Autonomy. Great people and lots of diversity.",Silos within work groups. Average pay. Politics and no transparancy in reviews. Some areas are not amenable to upward mobility. The company is so big that it has lost its agility to respond quickly to the changing technology landscape.,More transparancy in review process. Truly LISTEN to employee feedback! Get a great marketing team!!,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57169,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,"Huge challenges, scope and scale",Smart passionate people. Among the best HR/benefits and comp packages out there. Ease of mobility between roles. Puget Sound work environments are excellent - campus is top notch.,It's become a VERY big place with a lot of fiefdoms. Advancing ideas requires willingness to not only make a case but in some cases extreme political gamesmanship. Too many eggs in one basket in terms of revenue generating products.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P761.htm
57170,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Director Marketing,Good place for a career,Company allows for people to move around to new roles and opportunities to grow their careers beyond one function or industry. Microsoft is large enough that you can be in the games industry for part of your career and the mobile device industry as another part without having to leave the company,The company shift functional areas organization has limited the impact a single individual can have on business beyond their core function. When Microsoft had smaller division and team of cross function people you could be doing Product Management and Planning while also doing business management all in the same role.,"Make Innovation the core of what Microsoft does. Lead with Innovation, New Ideas and a bold vision that captures the imagination of the market and employees. Inspire and lead the industry.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57171,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2014",Former Employee - Group Manager,"Unparalleled - If you have a chance to work there, take it",Smart people Big goals Tremendous opportunity to grow Products have huge impact on the market and on people's lives Great compensation package Opportunity to learn in one of the most successful companies ever,"Many employees have been there so long that they may have lost some context about the real world. In Office, for example, they were unwilling to incorporate mobile devices as a 1st experience until way too late - despite multiple voices calling for it. And you can see a similar delay with Office apps for IOS. This self-centeredness also extends to management. When someone is doing well, that person is golden. When someone isn't doing well, there's no safety net. It's extremely Ayn Randian. I was there nearly 20 years - I started as an individual contributor contractor, and worked my way up to group manager (managing managers). I believed in the review system and the company for at least 15 of those years - complainers just couldn't hack it, I thought. But I honestly realize now that there is a blind spot with regard to human performance. People can still be great performers and contributors even after they've failed to deliver in a particular circumstance. Perhaps Satya will impact that for the better.","The next time you need to deal with a poor-performer, really ask yourself if you've ""flipped the bit"" internally too soon. Try imagining this person as your star performer and consider how you would be treating them. If it's different, remember that our expectations are a huge predictor of others' success.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57172,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for.,Incredibly smart peers. Work from anywhere. In-house shopping and stores Library Subsidized products.,Office politics. Risk averse middle management. declining benefits - health insurance and food options.,Overhaul the middle management. Promote new superstar hires. Bring in fresh blood. Promote start-up scrappy thinking.,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57173,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Satisfying and rewarding with a dose of bureaucracy and misdirected leadership,"Businesses large and small, global and local roles and a multi cultural environment makes for a great place to work. Benefits are close to the best in the industry and mobility to different jobs internally lets you grow your experiences and build a solid career.",Slow to react to market opportunities and often disconnected from customer needs due to its size. Bureaucracy and accountability overlap makes for a place where if you're not persistent it's hard to get things done. Often the most aggressive are rewarded leaving a trail of less aggressive but smarter and better people behind.,Lack of business understanding from some recent leaders is misdirecting some significant changes and growth areas.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57174,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - SDE2,Microsoft is slow and boring,"big company, big name. Several groups to look around for jobs internally.",things are slow. Management doesnt care for people. They say managers are here to help with careers but they couldnt care less. Worst performance review process.  Hardwork is not properly appreciated. Manager can always find 10 random reasons to screw you.,none,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57175,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Poor management/execution,"Great benefits, good products. There are some great people there, some horrible folks too. Many different products and technologies to chose from.","Too much emphasis on processes and hierarchy. Not a great environment for teamwork. Leadership lacks vision, too afraid to execute on bold ideas, grassroot ideas never gets recognized.",Please listen to grassroot. Don't put people against each other and stop rewarding arrogant people who are not teamplayers.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57176,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, but beware","Good salary/benefits, hardworking, intelligent coworkers, ability to work on interesting projects. Flexible work-life balance if you choose. Lots of autonomy to figure out the best way to accomplish your goals. People are generally very generous about helping you and providing advice, and there are a ton of smart people there to learn from.","politics, bureaucracy, test not respected or have as much influence as other roles, the sense that no matter how great your reviews are you can be let go at any time for any reason, job security is very low",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57177,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Jul 23, 2014",Former Employee - Consultant,I worked at a company acquired by Microsoft. It was horrible watching our previous strong group slowly disintegrate.,"Strong benefits, structure, reliability, and interesting technology","Tons of bureaucracy, middle management, and red tape. Very frustrating not working in Redmond as that's where most important decisions originated.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57178,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Ok for new grads,"Green card policy Work life balance: lots of teams really have little work to do, especially test teams Health insurance 401 k Mature engineering system Systematic and automated test","Old technology, isolated from the rest of IT world Too many vendors, especially from india Slow promotion speed: for engineers, it's normal to take 3 years to be promoted for 1 level",Nothing to say. The company is simply too big.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),,"With a scope like Microsoft's there are many very interesting problems to work on. The teams are very energized and passionate about what they do. Employees are mostly smart, dedicated and interested in doing the right thing.  There are many great work benefits available such as training, internal conferences, and cross-company discussion groups on any imaginable topic.  Excellent health benefits and work schedule flexibility help provide for a good work-life balance most of the time.  There is a strong company value in making life better or easier for people. Most engineers think of the users. At other companies I saw more focus on managers, executives, or businesses as customers.  The engineering focus is on building things for the long term, and on enabling scale to huge numbers of users.","There is a tradition of open discussion, and your ideas can get heard - no matter what your position in the organization. The other side of this is the debate never stops, so decisions are rarely explicit, and often not completely followed. This causes a good deal of chaos for employees and for customers.  People are willing to collaborate when invited, but there's not a great culture of inviting collaboration. Many times I found engineers view reinventing on their own as easier alternative to finding the right people to collaborate with and starting a dialog. Similarly, people have their own ideas about priorities, and aren't always willing to listen or collaborate on aligning priorities.  Often teams build what they want to build rather than figure out what customers need and how to work with other teams to deliver that.  There is a culture of only solving problems by programming. I saw problems that were non-programming problems get ignored, or addressed as if they were programming problems.  Many of the leaders are engineers who understand the engineering and processes very well, but are less effective as leaders of people.  There is often an arrogant attitude that we know this business and what's needed better than our competitors or users.",Make the culture explicit. Name the change we are leading for the world.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P762.htm
57180,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company.,good work life balance. lots of career opportunities.,Too many redundancies between different orgs.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57181,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Test Lead,- Keep your own schedule - great growth opps - as much training as you want - work hard and you get your bonus and promos,- Test is becoming a dying breed,"Value all of your assets, testers, devs and PMs.  Be diligent about who you keep and who you let go. Alot of good people work at microsoft, but some lack direction.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57182,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Aug 9, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Stupid management from top-down,The salary was ok for the area. Health benefits were great with 100% medical coverage plans. There is the opportunity for corporate training and career advancement.,"The company culture seems ""stupid"". Management ignored problems pushed up from the bottom rungs and even the managers at the lower rungs would hide problems under the rug rather than escalate. Everyone in management was purely focused on hitting their ""milestones"", rather than ensuring major bugs and problems got fixed. Team leaders pushed employees to simply do as told rather than innovate. Also, upper management pushed ""pet projects and features"" into products that clearly would gain nothing from adding those features, other than to help someone get promoted for getting his/her feature into the market. It was like working in a Dilbert cartoon strip. Poor decisions are made, engineers try to deliver, critics are silenced and ignored, all the engineers see the train wreck coming, then it happens. upper managers gets promoted for hitting deadlines, the product fails in the market, engineers are punished with bad reviews and quit. Repeat.","If you want to build great innovative products rather than live off the old MS Office backbone, don't saddle engineers with idiotic policies, like forcing everyone to use a PC instead of Macs. You don't make improvements by eating your own dog food and ignoring the better food out there. Hold leaders accountable for poor quality and prioritize it over hitting deadlines.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57183,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,MSFT is changing,Still a lot of great people working to help customers grow and be successful. Tons of cash on hand and at least some realization of what is needed to change.,"Leadership in sales organizations is becoming increasingly dis-ingenious...the company is in danger of losing it's core values of doing everything for customers to help them realize their full potential. Now it's sell everything you can to a customer, even if they don't need it and then move on. Back stabbing and assigning blame are on the rise.",Honesty and ethics still matter...don't penalize your own people for doing the right thing.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57184,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great experience, but it still comes down to your direct manager.",A great place to work on projects and services that will stretch you and provide you great experience.,At the end of the day leadership of the business owners has to align with the CEO. If it doesn't they need to move on.,"Where are you going to invest, in the people that do the work for you or shipping features and services?",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57185,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software development engineer in test,"Job security, more work-life balance","no clear career growth, difficulty in changing job within the company, slow pace, not many top notch people anymore.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57186,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, tough culture","Great benefits that are competitive or better than most employers out there. Depending on the team you're on and the manager that you are assigned to, there is potential to learn and grow your skills and career here.",Huge corporation that still has difficulties with true collaboration and partnership within the company. Review system does not foster trust or partnership among colleagues and co-workers.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57187,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Jul 7, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,You make your own career,Lots of challenges and opportunities to be successful. Supported by your managers.,A huge company can take a long time to change course or make decisions.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57188,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Enterprise Strategist,Great learning and personal growth,love of technology wide career options,too large and now a bureaucracy.,fire 50% of middle management,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57189,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,- great opportunities - good work/life balance,- strategy not always clear,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P763.htm
57190,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,MSFT is changing,Still a lot of great people working to help customers grow and be successful. Tons of cash on hand and at least some realization of what is needed to change.,"Leadership in sales organizations is becoming increasingly dis-ingenious...the company is in danger of losing it's core values of doing everything for customers to help them realize their full potential. Now it's sell everything you can to a customer, even if they don't need it and then move on. Back stabbing and assigning blame are on the rise.",Honesty and ethics still matter...don't penalize your own people for doing the right thing.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57191,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Nice,Nice HR policy - good to work with,Work life balance is poor,Focus on Work Life,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57192,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"It slowly chips my passion away, day by day","Good benefits, good work-life balance (which the company stresses).","Unless your project is high priority, it's hard to make an impact. And most of the people that I worked with have families to take care, so there is really no social with your coworkers in my case. When I first started I thought I could make a different, but looking back, I barely scratched the surface.","The morale of the teams are relatively low, people only talk to each other on a necessary basis. Consider changing it to open office space.",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57193,microsoft,"Cincinnati, OH"," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Challenging, Lucrative, Risky","Great products, smart people, world-wide reputation","Long-term bias against the company by customers and competitors, Stack-Rank culture","If you really want to keep sales people in long-term strategic relationships with enterprise customers, allow them to miss quota.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57194,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good company, treats employees well, tough turnaround situation","Great work-life balance, excellent pay and benefits, smart people, it is best to work in a core business (Azure, Office, Windows)","Frustrating politics and indecisive management can make things rough. Lots of work left to do to change the engineering culture to modern standards, but I think Satya is up to the challenge.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57195,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 4, 2014",Former Employee - Service Engineer,Overall great company as FTE,Allowed to move around and come and go as personal schedule dictates/ within reason,"Stack ranking SUCKS, if you turn crank (even if you are doing great job) you will be asked to leave. You must be able to walk on water.",After 15 years of service - It is still 'What can you do for us today! we don't give a DAMM what you have done for us in the past' attitude that SUCKS the most and should be changed.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57196,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2014",Former Employee - Varied,A great way to grow your career,Incredibly diverse roles available all the time,"Very ""big-company"" and bureaucratic.",The curve is ridiculous,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57197,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2014",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Great place to work and grow,"Fast pace environment with lots of opportunity in varies groups that touch on diverse industries, but within core products only","Currently dealing with growing pains, due to lack of foresight of current state of IT industry developments","Leverage dominant position in core products and balance sheet to reinvent co that reflects the more fluid IT industry, then sell off non-core assets",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57198,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"My first employer after university, it was a great experience","Frequent promotions, many smart people to learn from, very good salary and bonus, 401k etc, opportunities to change role, huge library and learning opportunities, opportunity to do something great with huge impact, great for CV, had insurance with 100% cover, 0 deductible",Some managers were not open minded and did not understand the technologies they were trying to develop tools for. Lots of time wasted in meetings.,"When you want to build tools for some community, you must have try to understand that community, not expect the community to adjust to your tools.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57199,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"Personally, I find working at Microsoft to be fun. How could I not? It's one of the friendliest companies that I know of!","There's too much competition between employees. It's a problem that was supposedly addressed, but it hasn't been yet. This company needs to pick up the slack.","Get up off your butts and actually do something, instead of just saying that you're going to fix it.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P764.htm
57200,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Mixed,"Pays decent salary, Good benefits, OK work and life balance.","There are Layoffs, Not for foreigners who need green card.","Don't layoff anymore. We join Microsoft because we have trust in this company. The day you announced the news, I was immediately thinking about quitting.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57201,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start,"Lots of smart people, lots of work to go around.","Big, so your results may vary.",Pay more.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57202,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,"Great Company, Could be Better",Microsoft has a great working atmosphere that is better than most companies in the world. Pay and benefits have improved in the last few years and are hard to beat. Despite many frustrations with the Microsoft is a great company to work for.  Microsoft is trying to change it's culture to be more contribution and using the ideas of the greater company. It remains to be seen if this will happen. This change in culture will be one of the most positive changes the company has if it is successful. In two years I would love to update this review to see if it really will make an impact.,"Work life balance and internal politics often make the company a frustrating place to work. While I have heard of groups where the work culture is relaxed, I have never seen them or been a part of it. Internal advancement and opportunities can be very frustrating to understand and difficult to understand.  Many senior and middle managers still believe in a culture of intimidation and oppressive culture. There is a move to try and change this culture but these behaviors are hard change. I have high hopes for Microsoft, though it's future remains cloudy.",Discover how to get the most of company acquisition and learn how to focus on key priorities. Microsoft has yet to successfully acquire a company and have it contribute to the overall Microsoft growth. The Microsoft culture of arrogance and accepting others ideas. Leadership needs to understand that it's parts are greater than the whole.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57203,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great people, great benefits, good company",-Lots of great people to work with. -Many opportunities available. -Typically great work/life balance. -Many amazing benefits.,-Constant restructuring and shuffling employees around office buildings. -Many redundancies exist within the company making it difficult to do your job at times. -For a technology company they don't put enough focus and time into their internal tools.,More consistency is needed. Too often employees are brought onto a project only to find out that Senior Leadership has decided to not focus on that project anymore and layoffs then occur.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57204,microsoft,"Corte Madera, CA"," Jul 17, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft Store,Pay and FREE phone and tablet.,"Hard to get a promotion. I personally applied for 10 positions outside of my home store and only had one interview, you will be lucky to get a thanks but no thanks email. The company hires based off of your gender and race not based off of skill. Hire a TON of Best Buy people. Little to no marketing about the stores. Too many products rotating in stock makes it hard to stay current on training and keep customers happy.",STOP HIRING FROM BEST BUY! Learn how to spend money on marketing the retail stores existence.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57205,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,It has been unpleasant work environment,"Many talent people, great resources.","bad management, wrong direction, especially new CEO",You need to something to keep our morale high.,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57206,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is on the right track to be a very successful company in the Cloud world,Very flexible work schedule. Great opportunities for career growth.,Too frequent reorg. Before you settle into a role it will be changed.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57207,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2014",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Fun at work,The job is fun. Who doesn't want to play with technology all day? Better than average pay. Lots of opportunity to grow for the right individuals but may require relocation.,Typical retail expectations and scheduling. Limited growth at specific locations. Too many false promises of advancement to individuals who may not be qualified.,Keep up the fun and be truthful with overzealous employees about advancement opportunities.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57208,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Led integrated field marketing initiatives for Enterprise and Public Sector sales divisions.,Very flexible work environment. Good compensation.,"If you are not in Seattle/Redmond/Bellevue, WA you have no long term prospects for growing your marketing career beyond a Senior Manager position. Eventually, you will be paid at the high-end of what is allocated for your career band and then you will be managed out, regardless of your performance.",Clearly define field marketing positions as such and hard-line these roles back into the Sales organizations that they serve.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57209,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Big company with a lot of possibilities,"Work life balance, Stay fit program, good health insurance program,",You will be cornered in the Microsoft stack of technologies,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P765.htm
57210,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Big company with a lot of possibilities,"Work life balance, Stay fit program, good health insurance program,",You will be cornered in the Microsoft stack of technologies,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57211,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good compensation with good people,Cultural barriers Old school Too huge to make impact,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57212,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A changing company,"Benefits company is in regrowth mode, so great opportunities are at offing great innovation opportunities",poor marketing. company view on innovation,"Drop a bunch of VP's and GM/ Partner level managers, who are just looking at current score cards.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57213,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Nice company, not at the top of it's field anymore.",Great people make the environment very enjoyable.,The leadership could us a bit of work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57214,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Be truly global,"Work on big projects, lots of training opportunities, good benefits","often just feel like a cog in the wheel, hard to advance very far if you start your career here",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57215,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,"Great for junior H1B Visa candidates, but not a long term career.","Standard industry pay grade decent benefits, random training, luck of the draw leadership, hires many junior employees from all over the world.","By regularly ejecting many of the company's best, senior employees and leaders (since 2009), the clear message is to invest your long term career elsewhere.","Focus on retaining good people as ONE company versus small embattled fiefdoms. Bring innovation to market rather than continually chasing the competitors, an hoping to catch up.",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57216,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome for engineers,"- Great pay, health and other benefits - mostly bright coworkers - very interesting work depending on teams",- teams can be hit or miss - switching teams can be a nightmare,Fire the low performers and hire talent,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57217,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Analyst,"Great pay, great culture, work-life balance, fun rotations","Program management is horrible not flexible, full of politics",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57218,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test,Challenging and satisfying,"Challenging, flexibility and respect for work styles. Good place to work for and has great benefits.","Culture is aggressive and sometimes destructive. People don't help each other, but that is slowly changing with the new ways of the review system. Will take time but there is hope.",none,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57219,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Innovative, Great People, Great environment","- underrated technologies, lots of really talented people, huge pool of opportunities and projects - company moving to much faster product release cadence - company emphasize on work life balance","- Depending on team, might be slow to promote.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P766.htm
57220,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Experiences here vary greatly with the work group and work group management you join,Big company with lots of exciting/impactful projects,Can be difficult to change roles/work group teams,Take steps to create a more collaborative culture - I found way too many people focused only on managing up the organization and advancing a very personal agenda,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57221,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good Place,"True to work life balance, not just words from the executives. Easy job if you have the brain and good work ethic. Good perks and benefits.","Innovation is lacking, lot of talented engineers but executives are not on pars with google, facebooks, and apple when it comes to promote creative ideas. This is due to remanent of Steve Balmer legacy.","Currenty, it is getting better, but still good old boy network. Be bold and puts some 30 year old in the executive position. They have bold and better ideas, rest of the steps are just mechanics.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57222,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2014",Current Employee - General Manager,Steer Clear,Good benefits and stock opportunities. Health club and preventative care is important and supported. Looks good on your resume OUTSIDE of Washington. Locally it is viewed as negative due to the environment and culture.,"Negative environment, success is viewed by your immediate manager, not your deliverables. If you are a female you are expected to behave and look like a man. Not an inclusive or diverse culture in behaviors.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57223,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"A good place to get a balance of interesting problems, steady profit, and job security.","Guaranteed salary and benefits for at least a decade, many different products to leverage/use. Very flexible work hours and culture.","Enterprise products are slow moving, no chance for big rearchitecture/innovation work.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57224,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Good learning experience,Good benefits and career opportunity,"Boy club, bad manager stay because they have good connection.",Take employee feedback more seriously.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57225,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Starting Pad for Competitive people,"- Great 401K, Stock Options - Health Benefits are Still Amazing - Lots of Perks and Learning Opportunities","- Lost in Numbers - Expectation to be ""Microsoft Fanboys and girls""",- Try to encourage creativity and new ideas as much as current goals,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57226,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Awesome place--best of my career,Focus and mission are newly energized. The people are incredibly talented and strive to create value.,Management structure not the best to enable people to take risk.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57227,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,You can make a big impact on the world. Work with smart people. Microsoft has a good company culture. Benefits and salaries are good.,Company is going through a lot of changes. Depending on where you are there are lot of reorgs. Usual big company problems. Difficult to make radical changes.,Discuss long term organizational goals with employees so they have a clear understanding of how their current work connects not only with current and especially future deliverables.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57228,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2014",Former Employee - Director,"Decent, you get what you're expecting to get there","Very smart, mostly nice folks to work with. Great benefits and women in IT programs. Microsoft is established so while the workload is heavy, it's not usually crazy.",Politics can take a lot of time to resolve. Way more overhead than they need - it can get in the way of delivering on time.,Reduce management overhead and get rid of all the unnecessary overhead and fiefdoms. Just remove roadblocks so we can focus on delivery please!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57229,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Software Development Engineer in Test 2,Lots of opportunities and challenges to work on. Teams across the company that work on different technologies and domains which gives you an opportunity to learn and explore as an individual.,"Management might get too convoluted, thereby bringing in lots of processes and bureaucracy which at times might affect innovation and risk taking appetite.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P767.htm
57230,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 8, 2014",Current Employee - Build Engineer,Steady Job with Good Benefits but Hard to Move Career Forward,"Typically able to have a great work life balance, work from home, benefits are still good, Stay Fit program is awesome and the new review system has definitely improved the overall culture/helped to minimize teammates throwing each other under the bus come July.","To move up or expand your career you really have to either move around the company a lot or leave Microsoft for a few years and return, rinse and repeat. There needs to be more of a push to continually educate employees on new technology and push employees for new ideas. Also the reorg back at the end of 2013 seems to have made budgets vastly imbalanced across orgs unfortunately.",The start of the Garage and Hackathons are awesome and should be leveraged far more for the company to push new technologies and help create/improve our products.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57231,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Jul 12, 2014",Former Employee - Product Advisor,"Incredible company, horrible retail management.","Nice pay, fun people, coffee machine.","SLOPPY management, leadership team did not communicate at all, blame was pushed to Product Advisors always, school/family emergencies were disregarded, when seeking growth in company, leadership says to ""know your place"".","Get it together. The ASM's and Teacher's sit on their phones all day when they're supposed to be watching the floor, or disappear for an hour to be in the 'bathroom' or talk about their weekend with back of house. All the stress falls on Techs and PAs, because of how unorganized and unwilling to help these 'leaders' are.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57232,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 11, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Decent pay and excellent benefits,Pay and benefits are very good. Have vast educational resources to enhance your tech knowledge,Favoritism work life balance was not there changing schedules all the time senior mgmt did not know what they were doing,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57233,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Good,Perfect place to stay with. Have lot's of talent people. Projects are fun. People are nice. Take time to improve yourself.,For some department it's hard to compete with other head company. There are so many employee here some decisions are difficult to make.,Changing is good.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Challenging work accompanied with excessive red tape,Best enterprise work out there. Lots of smart capable people around Great place to get started in career Company is extremely community focused and engages in extensive charity work Contrary to outside impression people are extremely customer focused,Execution of bold ideas remains a challenge. Strategy too prone to be influenced by competitors career growth beyond senior requires a benefactor,Make culture more engineering driven and not PM driven,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57235,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Going Down after layoff,Used to have great benefits,Too many changes in senior leadership,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57236,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Microsoft learning new tricks,"Management now has a fresh view, on how to take on competition and answer to customers","Still a juggernaut, and any changes will take almost a year to settle in.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57237,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer Lead,Corporate VPs - root of all evil,"Great products. Great people at the Manager, Lead and IC level.",CEO and coterie of disconnected VP running divisions with no apparent connection to reality.,"1. VP roles are only for people who have proven (as in -- qualified financial results) track record. 2. Company values are around growing people. Features and next big things come and go. If you do not have passionate people you will be razed to the ground. 3. Speak up Directors. It is great you embrace change but when you do not have a clue what is going to happen in a week's timeframe, it is so shameful.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57238,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great please to learn how to write enterprise software,1.) Great place to work 2.) Smart People to work with 3.) Great pay 4.) Good flex time,1.) A lot of ingrained culture 2.) A lot of bureaucracy 3.) A lot of churn in management,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57239,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Individual success is all that matters,"Great campus, lots of nice people, great opportunity to frequently change jobs without changing your employer.","There is little sense of TEAM accomplishments, team successes are a moral boost but what counts is individual achievements. Hard to stay and specialize on any one product.",Develop managers don't just hire successful workers to manage.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P768.htm
57240,microsoft,"Redmond, UT"," Jul 8, 2014",Former Employee - JOBS,"Nice job, nice company","Amazing and friendly team , excellent balance between work/life , clean and minimal place to work , managers are nice too.","Working on 2 projects simultaneously isn't easy , long shifts",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57241,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Technical Editor,Good working experience,"Great organization, technical writing profession is valued and well compensated",Performance review process needed improvement at the time but I think by 2014 this has been addressed,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57242,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is one of the very few companies that can offer you an opportunity to impact the world!,- Great intellectual community - best place for mentoring - Technology at your finger tips,Review system -which is changed this year - have to wait and see.,Please encourage collaboration and talent. Need to have checks & balances on how a manager can impact his team.,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57243,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2014",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,New CEO Satya Nadella will Transform,"Work life balance, overall compensation, benefits package, working with smart people",Employee morale is beaten up due to so many years of poor leadership from Steve Balmer,I believe in Satya.,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57244,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) I,SDE,good compensation good work life balance,"Depends on the manager , sometimes he is really biased and can give a bad review even when worked hard",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57245,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wooooo,Free snacks and everything is amazing,Long hours but sometimes it's fine,Listen to your employees! They're great!,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57246,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Dynamics CRM Consultant,Reflecting on First Year At Microsoft.,The new leadership gives me hope for the company. Compensation and benefits would be hard to match anywhere outside of the company.,Work life balance has been worse than running my own company. A lot of ego's get in the way of team work and what is best for the customer. Just put the ego aside and the possibilities are endless!,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57247,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ineffective senior management,"excellent pay and benefits, good teammates",review plan was the worse....forced 50+% of company to get average or below in a company that brags about super achievers,Hire more technology driven managers and less pure salespeople ....,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57248,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2014",Former Employee - Director of Marketing,Plenty of jobs to rotate through,"Market leadership in software, innovation at its core, great benefits, recognize need to change to meet market","Laggards in web, mobile, SaaS",Getting rid of stack ranking is good start. Need to treat employees as trusted resources and provide growth opportunities,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57249,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Culture,Great place to work. Great Learning.,Hiring Process Sucs. No Work life balance.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P769.htm
57250,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,The environment and atmosphere is conducive to building a great network and excellent technical skill.,"There is a lot of maneuvering to be taken into account when attempting anything, and by this I mean social and political wheeling and dealing. But this is expected from such a large corporation!",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57251,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 4, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Work life Balance to the max,Note: your experience will change drastically depending on your group AND your boss. * Almost family kind of culture with most everyone being around 35-55 yrs age and super friendly. * Some very smart individuals some so so * Easy to connect with other teams and build a network * Can be working with some great bosses and have a nice relaxing career. So identify those people early on. * Low chance of ever being fired :) * Work for teams that matter ie those who bring in the cash and arent Cost centers,* Consultants hired by management control the game most of the time so be careful * Too big and slow moving * Internal IT team tends to be very friendly but they push back like there is no tomorrow * Antithesis of lean most of the time,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57252,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Jobs in Redmond/Bellevue are great, awesome opportunities. Stay away from Bay Area MSFT.","Super smart people, driven, and big thinkers. When you're in Redmond where I spent over 10 years, you have great opportunity, collaboration, and camaraderie.","If you are in a Bay Area Team, everything depends on Redmond from big decisions, to components you depend on. It's difficult and not rewarding to be so tied to redmond and not have the autonomy to innovate.",Unify the Bay Area team into one big team and empower them to move fast like the rest of hte valley and deliver huge customer value.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57253,microsoft,none," Jul 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company working towards being great again,Lots of opportunity and mobility within the company. They are trying to change their image and are coming out with lots of new products. Nice work environment but not like super hip but many nice touches. Salary is pretty competitive,Many layers of management so processes are slow.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57254,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2014",Current Employee - Business Manager,Unmet high expectations,The salary and benefits are quite desirable.,The emphasis has shifted from encouraging long-term career track jobs.,Try harder to deliver on promises and objectives or set more realistic goals.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57255,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jul 2, 2014",Former Employee - Microsoft Online Store Support,Microsoft Online Store Support,"It's Microsoft, it opens doors and gets you into any company. Just with your background, you can be the guy who refills the toilet paper and red velvet ropes open up on other opportunities.","Bad pay, bad management, work overtime without being compensated. I ended up working here for several months often trying to keep up with the work and when I put in my hours I would only be paid for 40. No one wants to work this job while being told the pay rate should be versus what your actually being compensated for.","I was taught how to do the work but never felt like an employee, the culture isn't as inclusive as it seems, I would often sign up for community campus events and would be asked to do others work making it impossible to go. Participation in training events for Skydrive, excel and other lync meetings were frowned upon even if you did it on your own time. No real feedback, the most feedback I received was for another department I shadowed trying to get out of where I was working, other managers were much more responsive and friendly than my own. Trying to talk to my manager I always got the why the hell aren't you working speech even if it was before my shift.",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57256,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 19, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Dog eat dog work ethics,Big company. Good pay and benefits.,"Too much politics. The people you work with will be smart, but good luck finding good people.",Look closely at the motives of your mid level management.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57257,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Jun 16, 2014",Former Employee - Solution Architect,Excellent. Loved every day of the 14+ years I worked for Microsoft,"Always worked with talented, excited and hard working folks who loved their work and what they were doing. Ton of energy when you love what you do. Awesome benefits and opportunity to excel. There was no limit to where and what you could do at Microsoft. Loved it!!",You do have to put long hours keeping pace with technology changes and moving forward,Value your employees. Create opportunity for re-tooling and work with the employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57258,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,Secure job,Great reputation. Still a software leader,Falling behind in innovation trajectory. Needs a new wow factor to compete.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57259,microsoft,"Sea Cliff, NY"," Jun 30, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Excellent job,great perks and office culture,not challenging enough and the company values not so great,help everyone,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P770.htm
57260,microsoft,"Tallahassee, FL"," Jun 30, 2014",Former Employee - Architect,"Microsoft is a great company to work for if you enjoy working on large, complex, impactful projects.","Microsoft is a company that takes on numerous big challenges. If you are highly motivated and like the big spotlight this is a great company. Microsoft also has extremely diverse employment opportunities. Movement to different positions seems to be encouraged, which is great because if you desire a career change, you can likely find it within Microsoft.",Management is often out of touch and tends to make poor decisions as a result. Microsoft is a large company and there are organizations within that suffer from poor morale due to bad management.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57261,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"negative environment, growth opportunities are slowing down","work-life balance, benefits, stock options, challenging work environment","Worst place for a SDET All SDET's fear to eventually going to get fired / lay-off Dev's mostly are arrogant depending on team, and treat SDET's as 2nd class citizens The environment currently is extremely negative after Nadella started laying off people","Take care of employees, treat them well. and be honest about your vision. If employees are not happy, they can't be productive.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57262,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Empowered with tremendous opportunity -- this is a new Microsoft,"A lot of empowerment under ""One Microsoft"" strategy and business climate. Culture is one that expects hard work, ability to meet aggressive timelines Work / life balance is generally appreciated - but it doesn't mean the expectations are low Benefits, resources, campus life, etc are all great","High intensity requires thoughtful prioritization to avoid burnout -- you need to be assertive about what should and shouldn't be a priority. Variations still exist across work groups - there are amazing divisions / teams, and others that are so-so","Continue to set ""north star"" strategies and empower employees to do great work which accomplishes the strategy. Be more aggressive and more agile.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57263,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Designer II,True creativity. Excellent teams. Incredible privilege.,Satya Nadella = renaissance. Great flexibility and opportunities for growth. Pay is above regional average. Stock awards and buy back programs are excellent. Great benefits + work-life balance,Seattle rains a little bit.,Keep on truckin',5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57264,microsoft,none," Jul 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have a friend working at Microsoft and he's made me love it. I am a developer in both android and Windows Phone,So far it's a well-paying job unlike android and am looking forward to joining the company. I am good in windows phone azn creating apps,Not having the right people to work with. I have the skills but I don't know how to find myself in the industry.,I wish they can hire more people with bigger dreams for Microsoft. Thanks,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57265,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2014","Current Employee - Senior, Software Development Engineer In Test",Great place to work,Always learning something new. Lots of opportunity for growth.,Unfortunate to say but sometimes H1B visa employees from India will only hire people from their Country.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57266,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work. Good job amenities.,Free drinks. Sometimes free food. During swamped days those v8s and free cups of soup came in handy when i didnt have time to go to the cafe.  Management was easy to speak with. Almost anyone gave advice if you asked.,Food selection not as good as other locations. Training was everywhere but hard to get to. In most cases everything was learn as you go not you might need to know this.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57267,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Pay is good. Performance Review System is crappy,Nice people to work with. Salaries are competitive. Problem space is great.,"They always keep scaring you about performance, instead of giving freedom to work and nurture progress and efficiency of employees","Don't always think about growing in your career at the expense of other people. You will only stress people out, but not bring the best out of the person, and at end of day it wont be rewarding for you as well.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57268,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,Great place to work on challenging business and technical problems. Feeling a resurgence since Satya became CEO.,"Great opportunities to make a difference, build cool stuff! Feel like our best days are ahead of us.",Has its usual share of big company challenges on topics of compensating and growing the top folks adequately.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57269,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good company,"Benefits, brand recognition, discounts  There is a decent work life balance that counters the Cons but if you want to work in a cutting edge company this might not be the one.","There are too many processes and overhead, MS is very bureaucratic. The company is too disconnected between teams & departments. There is insufficient promotion of moving within the company between teams.","Shake it up, reduce the bureaucratic approach to releases, the teams that should assist with a release but check on items such as open source and security are using their position more as power than assistance, whats that all about?",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P771.htm
57270,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great company under the right manager,"bright people, benefits, serious about company values, global diversity, software discounts","can have long hours, promotions, managers managing that should not be managers, eliminate forced stack ranking",follow through on promotions despite what reorgs happen,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57271,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Huge company with a lot going on.,"Great benefits & pay. You get to work with very smart people, many have unique backgrounds and interesting hobbies. Opportunity to work on interesting projects and learn new skills. Great training programs to continue education. Work can be challenging and push you to do more. I'm glad that I have had the experience to work here.",Lots of re-orgs and movement that can disrupt work. It is difficult to work cross-team or org. Can be a bit of crony-ism in management. Sometimes hard to feel like you make a big difference in such a large company.,"Keep focused on the cloud, enterprise, and big-data systems. Trim the fat and get more focused on the business side.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57272,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,"Great opportunities, can be political at times","PTO and benefits are excellent. Depending on the role, work-life balance can be very good. My role, for example, allows me tremendous flexibility in my work schedule, so I can accommodate my personal life. I'm also able to work 100% remotely. Salary and annual perks (bonuses + stock) are very good. Microsoft may not be as hot a name as Google or Apple, but they are on the cutting edge technically, and they compete hard. I get to work with cool technology as a result.","Redmond-centric. Despite being a global organization, there is still a strong pull toward Redmond, and unless you live there, some job opportunities just aren't available to you, that can limit growth. It is unclear what you need to do to get a promotion, and management can seem capricious when it comes to promoting. Closed-mindedness about the strategic landscape. This is not universally true in the company, and I feel that our current leadership is much more aware of the landscape in which Microsoft operates and what we need to do to succeed. But amongst the rank-and-file it's not uncommon to run into those who decry any product that isn't Microsoft's as sub-par, or deride anybody who chooses to use a competing product in their personal lives. The attitude can be frustrating for people who simply love technology, wherever it comes from, and enjoy using hot products, even if they come from the competition.","Try not to play catch up with the competition. Try to leap frog and envision the next big thing, and get there before others do.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57273,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"perfect balance, requires self motivation to succeed , there wont be much pressure otherwise",1) Work life balance 2) Managers listen to you and trust you 3) Flexible work hours,1) you may be lost if you are not self motivated 2) There is not enough people interaction,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57274,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 9, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Design Engineer,A Dying Company,"There isn't a lot. The overall package is perhaps a little over market. The health insurance used to be excellent, but has since been abandoned.","This company has failed in almost every way it could. With its stack ranking system it aggressively pitted its own people against each other and wholly sacrificed any software company's most critical asset - cooperation. Amazingly, in their greed to squeeze out more productivity, senior management failed to predict that this would happen. This is supposedly a company of exceptionally bright people, and yet management could not predict something as obvious as that? Along with cooperation, they lost morale, enthusiasm, innovation and team spirit. Working for Microsoft is like being in the Mafia, where every team and every individual is looking to take each other out. This is a verbatim quote from my former manager: ""When you talk to someone from {Team X}, smile, but hold a knife behind your back"". Those two teams, which needed to work closely together to achieve any modicum of success, were locked in an epic WAR which was dysfunctional, ultimately laughable, and most of all *typical* at Microsoft. Neither side shared an ounce of information about their system, critically needed for the other side to integrate their software into, and the result was an execution failure as absolute as the disregard for the final product that each contributor shared. Like a Big Brother-style reality TV series, Microsoft brings out the worst in people, and not surprisingly, in the software they need to produce as a team. Also, do not think that you will be able to innovate at Microsoft. They talk (read: lie) a big game about innovation, but the fate of new ideas is that they take a long (several years), winding and highly political campaign path and ultimately always end in the trash bin. Unless, of course, Google releases the same idea in the meantime, then there might be a chance. Why? Because Microsoft does not innovate. It never has. Its MO is ""embrace and extend"". Wait for others to invent, copy the successful inventions with more resources, and try to steal those inventions away from others. The other great failure of this company was not to recognize that that model could only have success in the slow-moving 20th century. I remember being brought into an all-hands meeting where it was explained to us that we need not worry about Google's acquisition of YouTube. Now that we've seen its success, we were told that Microsoft was going to come into the market second and trounce the competition, as it always does, with its new product ""MSN Soapbox"". Yea, OK. Has anyone ever heard of that? If you work at Microsoft, you will be told that they want you to innovate, but it is literally only an internal propaganda campaign. Lying to the troops ultimately does not inspire them.","My primary advice to senior management is this: If you have been there during the bulk of the company's ""lost decade"" then you should resign - in shame. How does a company that dominates the market of software, with a billion in revenue and hundreds of millions in the bank, that owns the OS of 90% of computers on earth, with a solid grasp on the hearts and minds of computer enthusiasts worldwide, coming into the 21st century in which the synergy of computers and the internet are about to create a new technical revolution even bigger than the last - the industrial revolution, lose all of that, and barely register a blip next to the century's new giants Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook? It isn't easy. It takes so much more than severe incompetence. It takes a profound human failure. It takes the conscious choice of greed over vision, of profit over your people, of internal competition over cooperation, of theft over innovation, of lying over being candid with your employees and the outside world. After the Vanity Fair article ""How Microsoft Lost its Mojo"" exposed the failure of the stack ranking system, Microsoft officially abandoned it. Forgetting for a moment what it says about the caliber of senior management that it takes its advice from Vanity Fair, it was a good move. They really should have come up with that on their own. But it is too little too late. The damage has been done. If you are newly-employed management and you genuinely want to change things, then place cooperation and true innovation at the core of your values, and it is possible that Microsoft will escape the fate of IBM, whose PE ratio incidentally hovers right around that of Microsoft's today.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57275,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Awesome Company to Start a long term Career,"You will get the opportunity to work with smart people solving real world problems. Large organization with lots of internal opportunities, especially moving between departments and organizations. The work is challenging and rewarding.","Work life balance is always an issue, but you have to take control of your own WLB because the company will take as much as you give it.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57276,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2014",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,SharePoint PFE,"Best Company to Word, Beautiful Package, Friendly Manager, Visible goals & Lot of Challenging work.","Work/Life Balance, Highly competitive environment & Need to Travel a lot","New Leader is doing good. Keep up the work. Let put Microsoft first @ Search, Mail,Cloud & Mobile space.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57277,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to gain some experience,"Large corporations are normally a great place to get your feet wet. Pay is not bad, benefits are average, and the training is abundant if you are able to take advantage of it.",Very political in nature as are most big companies. Work/life balance is almost non-existent unless you are young and single. Stack rank made it very difficult to move up in the past.,Spend more time with your employees to determine the overall feeling of the climate. Don't rely on survey numbers and percentages. Stop talking about work/life balance and employ methods of actually creating just that.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57278,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 24, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great,Technologies and Product Experience! Exposure to very sound technical knowledge and intelligent personas!,Stress and burn out with weekly releases! Review times are stressful as well! Management doesnt' seem to care!,Need more insight into employee contributions,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57279,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall good experience,"smart people, friends for life, good compensation","some managers don't know how to manage people, work load is unreasonable, too many re-orgs",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P772.htm
57280,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Engineer Office,Awesome - Great Company treats you like family.,Great work environment. Ability to work on various projects and flexible work schedules.,"Very fast paced, sometimes crazily so.",Keep doing what you're doing. You've finally heard the employees and their recommendations! Great change of course!,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57281,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 9, 2014",Former Employee - Mobile Sales Director,Great working experience,Many different kinds of opportunities. Great culture and smart people to mentor and learn from. Lots of resources to help in career development.,Can be difficult to navigate due to size of the company. Can be very political.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57282,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with strong corporate culture and nice benefits.,Employees are very intelligent. Benefits are among the best. They try to help you grow in your career.,"Location is not desirable if you live anywhere but Redmond or Bellevue. The commute is more horrible than eer before from Seattle or any direction, for that matter. The company is not agile enough and is crippled with a lot of people that shouldn't be managers. Employees are smart, which unfortunately gets in the way of doing what is best for customers, although most of the time their hearts are in the right place.","Best start paying attention to what customers actually want and need. Do much, much more user-centered design and testing to inform design and development. You can't keep relying on the best guesses of your smart employees.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57283,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Poor quality managers untrained and lacking in mature leadership make excuses for failure.,"Relatively high rate of pay, free Microsoft training and tools.","Constant excuses and blame politics, lopsided workloads with too many sycophants and cronies.","Grade managers on retention and productivity, and get rid of the contract employee model and make the FTE work.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57284,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Full of talents and resources, but lacking agility and diversity",Stable job. Great benefits. Plenty of internal opportunities and talented people to learn from.,People are somewhat institutionalized after working here for decades. The company struggles to attract and keep the best people.,"Foster small, start-up like teams.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57285,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Jun 23, 2014",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Good Starting Place,"Endless Technology learning, creative activities, exclusive premiers","On your feet a lot, sales are extremely competitive",Less strain on sales dependent upon sale numbers for entire store,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57286,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Market Research Manager,Stay Away,"Pay, and benefits are good","Awful culutre, that is disorganized. No empowerment to make decisions. Coming from other Fortune 50 companies, you are given less responsibility than interns.","Train middle management, because you have a people who are managers who do not develop people or empower them",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57287,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Compensation based on out-doing your peers,"Great benefits, good pay, great talent / career development opportunities and training","Cut-throat, stressful, ""bell curve"" performance structure, not aligned with partners, employees have major ego problems and a huge (unwarranted) sense of entitlement, to ""grow"" in your career, you have to be in redmond",Have shared commitments across teams and divisions instead of pitting divisions against each other so no one succeeds.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57288,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people to work with,My manager let's me do what I want,Too much processes and iterations,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57289,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 22, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,A great company to work for when you want to cut your teeth in technology,Training is fantastic! They do care about developing the employee the person... you can take advantage of so much training There is always challenging problems to solve Many opportunities to work with people from all over the world,"Working in the Silicon Valley, while a nice environment, there is a limit on how far you can progress in your career. Very few leadership position.",Really consider rewarding those who perform very well by giving them more and different opportunities to lead.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P773.htm
57290,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Benefits are good (roughly industry standard) Perks outside of Seattle are so-so and getting to be fewer every year Good stay fit benefit Some divisions are very entrepreneurial Training is pretty good,"Perks (especially outside of Seattle) are so-so and getting to be fewer every year Google/Apple/Amazon have many more perks. That said, perks aren't everything.","Lead selflessly - some managers hammer their reports and they won't be successful without enabling and empowering, make smart decisions in the broad context but do your best to please enthusiasts.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57291,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2014",Former Employee - Group Program Manager,Fantastic in so many ways. Painful in a few.,"Great people! Smart and driven. Great benefits - industry leading in the early years, and still good today. Lots of opportunity to shine and grow. Loved doing things that had +ve impact on millions of people (I think its still possible to do that there than at any other tech company)","Internal politics, siloism, territorial behavior in and between product group sometimes got in the way of the right decisions.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57292,microsoft,"Eagle River, AK"," Jun 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Check this,We got a lot of fun in this company,We got a lot of fun in this company,training,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57293,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to learn and grow,Lots of products to work in and lots of different technologies you can learn and use. There's a lot of very talented people and I'm proud to work with them.,"Roles vary from team to team. The test role can be extremely interesting in some parts of the company, while in others it can be not challenging at all.","It doesn't make sense that, having all the data about past performance reviews, you are still required to go through an entire interview loop in order to switch teams.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57294,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work and impact the world,I had the opportunity to impact billions of people. Only a handful of private companies can give you this kind of impact from your contributions. The pay matches the impact you have in the world.,Some of the organizational structure is miss matched to the financial structure i.e. products get assigned budget that may not be related to revenue. Makes sense for some products but revenue generators should be able to keep more i.e. product leaders have no real incentive in increasing revenue and decreasing cost. Also the new triad model means most things are done by committee.,Bring back product unit managers with P&L responsibility. Reward them for growing revenue and margins.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57295,microsoft,"Watertown, SD"," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Great company, excellent benefits","The coworkers are great, the company offers lots of opportunities for development (both personal and professional), there is lot of emphasis on innovation",The company has very long working hours sometimes and its difficult to balance personal life and professional life. But this is the only negative aspect about the company.,Make working hours more flexible,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57296,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a good experience,"Talented and smart people from diverse backgrounds, good learning opportunities.",needed a change and decided to pursue opportunities outside of the company.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57297,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Awesome !,Exposure to latest tech Training Benefits Good exposure to MNC culture,personal growth collaboration behavior of some colleagues,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57298,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great technologies, great company.","Great technologies, great company, bright people",Some politics in some teams.,Keep up the with the latest strategy.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57299,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Making changes itself to be better,A lot of different teams and technologies you can work.,There is some gap between Microsoft and outside industry technologies. Would be nice if Microsoft involves more with the open source world.,Keep eyes and mind open. Be willing to take risks to invest in new areas/technologies.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P774.htm
57300,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Good company,own office and wonderful project,too hierarchical and sometimes it is by years of service which is odd,Flatten structure,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57301,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 4, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good memory,salary is good. abundant of resource. co-works are friendly knowing lots of talents and having fun on discussion and co-work with them. good place to learn and grow.,"over loaded and overwork in midnight, bad in communication between departments. hard to find balance of live and qualify of living",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57302,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Jun 18, 2014",Former Employee - Product Advisor,"Love my team, hate our corporate.","Both in store management, and coworkers were great. The benefits were good, and the pay WHEN I STARTED was great. (no longer the case for new hires)","Pay took a dive, our customer first people-centric culture went out the door, the people upstairs are constantly changing the policies and customers pay the price, HR is NOT YOUR FRIEND, this company is very click-ish when you get to the corporate side or even just upper in store management you will see it. If someone simply doesn't like you, you'll get crucified. If you are sent to a specialty store, god bless you, that's where I was and prepare to do twice the work as the full line stores, and get none of the respect. Everyone from full line stores (kids working 20 hours a week and don't have a clue about windows) will look down at you like the bottom of the barrel.","Clean house on management and if you want good sales results, stop hiring stupid unenthusiastic kids. Go to pioneer place Portland Oregon and see the results you get with that.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57303,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Stressful, frustrating, and unrewarding.",Steady paychecks that always cleared.,"Dysfunctional culture, leadership confusion, hoarding of information by colleagues, no incentive to do well as a team, brutally political environment that impedes getting work done.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57304,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2014",Former Employee - Audio Engineer,"If you are a vendor, prepare to be looked down upon.","Good pay, lots of opportunities.",Out of touch. Complacency is the norm.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57305,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde,"good, gaining traction leadership traning","too big, need to more leaders",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57306,microsoft,"Boca Raton, FL"," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,I love Microsoft.,"company values, compensation, bonuses, good vibe",Having to do more work than others when you're good at what you do but that's everywhere,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57307,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 16, 2014",Former Employee - Content Writer,Awesome place to work! The last I worked there was 2002.,Everyone was as brilliant and reasonable as I was.,Dealing with prima donnas most days.,Get that stock price up!,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57308,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Microsoft,"Good benefits, cultural values are good",opportunities for advancement tough in Mountain View,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57309,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for college grads,Latest technology ... free pop,no work-life balance if you have a family,quit fighting/backstabbing each other and care a bit more about your employees.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P775.htm
57310,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good place to work,Microsoft works on solving a broad range of problems so there is a plenty of opportunities inside the company.,"As with any large company, Microsoft has a very bureaucratic environment and internal politics.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57311,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Has been wonderful so far,- flexible wok timing - opportunities to learn at UW,- it is about knowing more people - networking is must,- a little stability in the org would be better,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57312,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoy working at Microsoft,"Great people, great diversity, inclusive culture, and opportunity to work on latest technology makes working at Microsoft wonderful. Microsoft provides a ton of extra perks that I have not heard any other companies to provide.","Microsoft needs strong leadership to deliver great results that it is totally capable of. Unfortunately, MS is follower of its competitor and its strategy is mostly driven by what others are doing and try to catch up for the most part except in few areas where it is leader.",Microsoft needs selfless leaders.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57313,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Company provides a great environment to work in, strong technical assets, many challenges.",Informal yet professional culture. Very qualified and smart co-workers. Good team morale. Opportunities to transfer.,At times team-wide pressure to work long hours.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57314,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Cut throat performance system that cripples teamwork and work/life balance,good technology experience and exposure to international markets.,"bad teamwork, not enough support from management outside of your team, cut throat environment",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57315,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Hope the new management is better...,"Reasonable compensation, excellent benefits -- never saw a doctor's bill the whole time I worked there. Interesting work.","Crazy, ever-changing, historically hostile management. New CEO *should* change this for the better, but he'll also have to bring vision which has been lacking.","Stop killing new ideas. HP got to be great in the good old days by not being afraid to bring out new products that endangered old lines. Microsoft could have owned tablet computers and smart phones, but that meant rocking the boat. This is how IBM died.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57316,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2014",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Lots or Reorgs,Like the people and decent benefits,Straight hourly and no compensation or stock.,Hourly people should also get stock rewards.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57317,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great, but...","Great benefits, Redmond campus has some great places to work, always a ton of interesting problems to solve, impact on computing, software development and most anyone who uses a computer hard to overstate.","Huge company, not even a company really, a ton of smaller companies that don't always work well together. Huge products like Windows, Office, etc. can stop innovation that might lead to competition. Many larger groups are run top down and giving feedback can be difficult, especially around arbitrary technical decisions.","Allow passion to thrive at Microsoft. Help people build products they are proud of not just working on, but using and having their friends and family use. Engage the end-users and not just customers (customer being the computer manufacturer). Focus on scenarios or workflows rather than features.",3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57318,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, horrible middle management",1) You get to say you work for Microsoft 2) You can essentially do nothing for five years until you are weeded out,"1) The level you enter Microsoft determines your future, not your work or value to the company. 10 year vets watching fresh MBAs come in with no experience at L63+. Management just wants good looking resumes on their team 2) Politics POLITICS!!! It's funny in the new MS Poll the #1 word cloud was politics. Management was taken back, as they are not sure what politics means in the workplace (So blatantly lying to employees)",If you are at the CVP level you need to cut at least one management band out (I'm thinking directors could all leave and no impact would be felt),3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57319,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good place to learn but lots of politics and bureaucracy,"Very good salary and benefits There's a lot of really smart people from which you can learn a lot No fixed hours, option to work remotely at times You get to work on things that are usually used by lots of people Several morale events a year","Lots of politics, it's not necessarily easy to get good reviews Lots of bureaucracy, a lot of reluctance to do things differently, even if it's for the best In general you get to work on proprietary technology only, so that's not so great when you want to work somewhere else There are way more managers than necessary","Microsoft has a lot of really smart people, so the company could potentially come up with really great things. It's usually because of politics and arrogant managers wanting to do things their way that products end up being much worse or not shipped at all The review system just fosters individualism (every man for himself), so people end up focusing on getting good reviews, even if that means stepping on others, not being a team player, or even contributing to your product not being shipped.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P776.htm
57320,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Mixed bag - experience can vary a lot depending on team and manager,"- Work-life balance is good - Lots of smart people to work with - Good values and contributes well to the society e.g., encourages giving back to the community","- Too slow to adapt and can be very bureaucratic sometimes - It is too big, so learning opportunities can be limited compared to smaller companies especially for the beginners - Engineering systems are in need of a big overhaul",Remove bureaucratic managers and processes in order to be more efficient.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57321,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is dynamic...,"In my experience, some pros are that the people are passionate, smart and interested in knowledge sharing. Good collaboration. Great mentoring ring programs. Free sodas, coffee, tea and juice. Very nice facilities and cafes. It's like being on an island with the stores and shuttle buses. There's plenty to learn if you have the time to invest in personal development. Work/life balance depends on the team. Bennies are okay...there are so many it takes a good year to learn about those & how they work! They aren't as great as I thought they'd be.","Lots of re-orgs (which can be a pro if you like constant change) and employee focus turns from trying to advance in a position to hoping they don't eliminate the position. People are constantly stressed about impending doom and must learn to work with new managers/teams frequently. Messaging around reorgs can be vague. Employees must be very flexible and adaptable which is great, but the re-orgs can also be taxing. Morale always takes a hit. Budget is uncertain and employees feel they're constantly on-boarding, realigning priorities and adjusting to new work styles.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57322,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Changing for the better,New company philosophy of One Microsoft is healthy,Old Microsoft culture of reinventing the wheel and politics dies hard,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57323,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Developer Evangelist,Exciting future for the company,"Good work environment, get to play with latest in tech, feel like you're making a difference.",Corporate doesn't always understand what goes on in the field.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57324,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,Dynamic and positive (with our new CEO in charge),"The company is large but a strong network of employees who know how to get things done. Our new CEO and the re-org have really sparked passion in the employees, while maintaining the need for work/life balance. Tons of benefits and perks.","Figuring out who owns what. Because the company is so large, it can be tough to understand the responsibilities of various teams and groups. But, it is pretty easy to just ping someone within a group and ask ""what does your team work on?""","Employees are nervous about the new performance review. It's nice to have flexibility in who gets certain amounts of rewards, but many employees are just waiting to see how this new review process will shake out.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Nice place to work,"Great people to work with. Nice place - good commute, less expensive houses.","""Don't reinvent the wheels"" so we need to bear some interesting stuff everyday... Also your income is not that different even if you've got great reviews.",Make it different for life of stars.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57326,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Politics, politics, politics","Smart people, good resources",do not know customers,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57327,microsoft,none," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, Great Culture but poor performance review system","Strong tech focus. work-life balance, perks, smart co-workers","Need to manage up to get promoted, less focus on product and user compared to other companies like google/apple/etc",Focus on product and customer usage rather than just an excellent tech stack,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57328,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - General Manager,Microsoft veteran - 10 years,It is an awesome company in terms of how it treats it employees. Managers respect boundaries and encourage time with family. It is super supportive of working mothers. The systems of management are some of the most professional and best I have seen anywhere. It pays well and has good benefits. Also it will allow you to do a lot of functional moves even without deep experience (if you are a top performer). The people are super smart and are nice to work with. Stock is doing well nowadays and the new leadership is really sharp and changing things for the better,"Not very good at consumer stuff. Re-orgs all the time and is incapable of taking seriously any business which is under $200m - they shut them down as being ""too small"". Also in tech there is such negativity around Microsoft it does not always look good on your resume (at least in the US, much better in international markets).",Continue driving consumer innovation. And realize that consumer businesses have to be more than just feeders into enterprise businesses.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57329,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2014",Current Employee - IT Program Manager,Good Place to Learn and Stretch Yourself,I'm always learning new technologies even if it is based on Windows.,Too much micro-management and stepping on others so you can move up.,Proceed back to the place/time where Microsoft allowed you to work in the way you worked best. Focus on what employees contribute not how they do it. Things seem to be improving but individual contributors do no really own their work except for at review time. The company is still struggling to move beyond a shrink wrapped software company based on Windows to a mobile and online service company. But Satya Nadella does seem to understand the difference and is making excellent changes. I hope he is sucessful because Microsoft still has an enormous amount of potential.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P777.htm
57330,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok company,Lots of smart people . Very open to new tech,Very poor management. Inter group polytics are crazy,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57331,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Lots to do here, just find the spot that works for you","This company is so large, I cannot imagine someone cannot find a job here that would interest them.","Depends on the team that you're on. Some are very poor work/life balance, others are boring, etc. But, because of the Pro, you can simply start looking elsewhere within the company to find a better fit for yourself.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57332,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware at Microsoft,"Great benefits and salary. Working hours are very flexible. Money is not an issue. We generally get what we need: Equipment, software, etc....","If you can put up with incompetent managers and engineers, it's not a bad place to work. This might be true in a lot of companies so it might not be any different. I noticed that there are a lot of principal level engineers that are pretty incompetent. All you have to do is present yourself well in meetings, create good presentations, and take credit from other's work and you get promoted very quickly. Talk about meetings...There's a ton of them. I've never worked for a company that have so many meetings. Most of them are just a waste of time. No wonder I don't have time to do real work.","Get rid of mid level managers and PM. Promote more engineers to lead the team, not program managers. Development your own hardware instead of outsourcing. That way you can create talents. It is very difficult to develop talents unless you do the work yourself and learn from your mistakes. The managers in place do not currently understand what it takes to develop hardware.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57333,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,compensation and benefits are good,"work/life balance is talked about, but the expectation is different",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57334,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 9, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great place to learn, compete and grow",Lots to learn Lots to do Good money Good benefits,Stress More stress Did I mention it can be stressful?,"It doesn't produce any better engineering results to maximize people's stress. Try not to. Knowing who you are, good luck with that.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57335,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good company to work for,Great teams full of bright people. Leadership knows what they are doing. Free drinks and discounted lunch is nice to have available every day.,"Can be a little bureaucratic, sometimes hard to make progress because there can be a lot of inertia to overcome. Perks and pay are not as good as other companies in the industry.",Improve perks to be more competitive with other companies in the industry.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57336,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is changing...,"Microsoft still has some characters with bravado, but more and more people are truly caring about what the customers need rather than career ladder climbing.","There are still times when lack of focus/coordination causes us to not deliver all that a ""one Microsoft"" vision could provide. This will come in time under Satya Nadella. He is amazing.","Satya, it is OK to be more forceful in changing the way this company works.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57337,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 8, 2014",Former Employee - General Manager,"Great group of smart, hardworking people selling solid products",There is not more intellect and energy gathered so concentrated in another place on the planet.,"All the ego's and power structures have gotten in the way of collaboration, willingness to take risk and pruning stuff or people that does/do not work.",Split it up. Let thousands flowers bloom. Competition in favor of synergy that never happens.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57338,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work for,"For any technology field you're interested in, you will find a group to work in Microsoft.",size is too big. Too many politics. Slow pace of innovation,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57339,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Its an awesome company,Casual work attire. Flexible hours recent change in Leadership,All jobs are situated in WA. Cannot move to other states,Nothing much,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P778.htm
57340,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Its an awesome company,Casual work attire. Flexible hours recent change in Leadership,All jobs are situated in WA. Cannot move to other states,Nothing much,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57341,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,microsoft,throwing around lots of money and product to get into retail industry. they have unlimited resources and can afford to make mistakes.,new to the retail industry and are copying many other retailers including apple,be cautious of who you are hiring from outside. do not hire a manager from outside the company to open a new store. should be a seasoned manager who has been with the company.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57342,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2014",Former Employee - Global Staffing Operations Program Manager,"Fast paced, world-class company with nearly unlimited opportunity for those who actively manage their career.",MS is an incredible company with numerous highly sophisticated internal resources available to help you achieve your goals.,"As Companies go, I'm not going to through a stone here.... the overall experience there is vastly up to the individual and their ability to manage their career. If you are ready to manage your career proactively, the tools, processes and people are there to help.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57343,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"It's okay. Big company, okay reviews",Some good groups Some good people,Old time micro softies who have been there 15+ years Teams focused on check mark delivery instead of customers need and quality,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57344,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Wonderful benefits and incredibly talented people,"Very bright, talented folks. Never had a problem finding someone to bounce ideas or discussions with. THe company is fantastic and tremendous in resources and ability to get things done. Yes, there are many complaints but I think this has to do more that the type of people hired in tend to be analytical and critical.",Environment can be cold and aggressive depending on the team. Lots of data driven people and the consensus driven decision making can paralyze a lot of forward momentum.,It's a fabulous place to work but with the review systems in place means each person must select their manager carefully in order to advance their career.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57345,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Purposeful-making an impact,The culture has improved dramatically the in the past couple years. I am supported by management to make bold bets and they are paying off. Love the innovation and the accelerated product releases,"Still working through a risk adverse culture. This isn't necessarily from management, rather from folks who are worried about failure at thru micro-level. Focus must be at the macro level",Keep driving for a one Microsoft mindset. Its super important that we are freed up to take the right risk so that we can together improve our overall product offerings,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57346,microsoft,none," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Great place to work,Good work-life balance. Interesting work. Latitude to execute. Great support.,Moves slow sometimes. Sometimes excess bandwidth. Slow upward career movement.,Tighten the ship a bit more. A large middle and upper management layer.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57347,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cares for their employees,"Best in class benefits and perks, room to move around, award-winning approaches to some issues. New CEO is a great choice!",Some bad managers and people who will steamroll you. Ambiguity due to reorgs and changing leadership.,Keep your eye on the prize,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57348,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,A good company full of smart people and amazing opportunities,"Work life balance, opportunities, pay, benefits, interesting challenges. You can create your own job as long as you are curious and driven. Finding the right group can be incredibly rewarding and generally not hard to do.",a lot of confusion and politics lately - seen too many good senior business people leave while being replaced with sub-par 'thought leaders'.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57349,microsoft,none," May 21, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Best FT Experience Ever, Great company with bright future","At this satellite office: Pay is great relative to other companies in the area, large enough office to have a good community and café, very intelligent peers.","Work-life balance depends on role and manager, large enough office to offer enough training opportunities, limited opportunities to expand outside of the services arm of the company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P779.htm
57350,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,A great place to tie your passion to your daily work,"Good pay, great vision",Microsoft is having some growing pains with the acquisition of Nokia.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57351,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Portfolio Manager,Non-Core roles in a large enterprise company.,I get to work on really big things at a scale that few people get to experience. I have a lot of autonomy to do things in a way I think they should be done. I work with very smart people who are driven. We're rich so I have lots of resources at my disposal.,"All your mistakes go into a metaphorical back pack that you carry with you everywhere you go and which fills up over time. A management culture that values action over planning. A very strong ""what have you done for me lately"" approach to people management and rewards. A culture of blame.",Learn that the skills that make someone a good manager are not the same skills that make you a high performing individual contributor and then do something constructive to change the status quo. Learn how to coach people.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57352,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDET,"job security, work/life balance is ok, work in individual offices",review system is totally broken.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57353,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft make me grow,"I did 4 teams at Microsoft (XBOX, Windows, Office, Surface), the pros are: -Really nice and smart people. -Benefits are awesome. Salary is great. Immigration services is ""ok"". Lot of vacations. -A terrific work balance. -A lot of humanity, it's hard to be lay off. -You learn a lot. -You have a huge impact (Windows or Office == millions of users)","-A lot of reorganization -A lot of people doesn't have passion anymore -Promotions opaque and too slow. Leads have too much responsibilities. -No ""one microsoft"", all teams have their own culture, tools. They are all completely different. -A lot of cancelled projects.  -A lot of people paid a lot but you dont understand what they are doing. -They mostly do software like 15 years ago (rarely agile, no ownership E2E) -Level are not same across team, a SDE I in Visual Studio compiler equals a senior in bing. Some seniors testers became SDE but dont know anything about coding.","-Be more agile, put everyone in open spaces. Have a fastest pace. -Stop adding VP/layers everywhere. We dont need a lead under a manager under a partner under a GM under a CVP under a CVP under a VP under the CEO. That's insane and too much. -Think before doing projects. I see so many millions of dollars wasted in cancelled projects because the VP didnt invest enough time and money to analyze the market. You lose money AND passion. That is bad. -Moving SDET to SDE without a level down is unfair to SDE. Be a senior SDET is easy, be a senior SDE is not.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57354,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Opportunity of a Lifetime,"Pay is industry leading, the projects and work coming out of Microsoft will put us back on the very top of the technology food chain in the next 18 months!",Still figuring out how to do the pros stuff - with class and with strong leadership,Keep hiring smart people - GFS and GNS are making awesome hires - smart Program Managers and getting things organized at a fast pace,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57355,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to work,edge of high tech fast pace excellent perks,a bit too big a lot of competition inside company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57356,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Lots of opportunities and challenges.,"- Stable job that understands the need to make time for the family. - Lots of different opportunities across the company, so if you don't have something you like the first time, there is another opportunity once you get in. - Good and long overdue changes are happening within the company.",- Sometimes processes are too heavy making innovation difficult. - The sheer size of the company can make it difficult to deliver change at a broad scale. - It can be difficult to understand how your contribution affects the bottom line.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57357,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Lead,Great place to work!,"Great benefits, family oriented, decent work-life balance. This is a great company with tremendous resources, doing amazing work in the technology industry. Lots of really smart people here.","Too much bureaucracy. The company has made some missteps, investing too early or before the market was ready, and then stopping investment or not going ""all-in"" when they should have. Mobile is a great example of this.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57358,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work life balance,"You manage your own time (with some limitations) but pretty much, if you are not in a very important phase of a milestone you can manage your own time while you still deliver. They will never ask you to work on weekends or stay late, or if needed they'll pay for food or other treats.","No much negative things I could say here since I have not experience any, but this might vary from team to team.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57359,microsoft,none," May 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfactory,"Flexible, family oriented environment with breadth of businesses.",Mature company - fewer progression opportunities,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P780.htm
57360,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 30, 2014",Former Employee - Test Engineer,test engineer,"super company, good working enviroment",too much work load and not flexible,more flexible time,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57361,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good company to work for,"Excellent life/work balance, good working environment",too hard to get a good review,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57362,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Jun 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Everyone must be an expert in everything,The stock didn't drop too much,Skills are only valued when they come in a bundle,Split the company up,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57363,microsoft,none," May 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Strong solid company, more business than engineering focused, lots of bureaucracy","Good benefits, work life balance is better than the newer generation of tech companies (FB, Google, Amazon), well established company with virtually unlimited resources.","I'm sure it varies by team, but often feels like the company fosters more of a competitive than collaborative environment, even within the same team. Managers are hit-or-miss, your career can often depend on how lucky you were in getting a particular manager. Feels more ""corporate"" than other tech companies.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57364,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Incredible work experience but by & large if you didn't grow up managing-up in a political company its a struggle,"Even modified benefits are excellent. People are very smart and the experience is priceless. If you learn to do what makes your leadership hierarchy happy, not make waves and tell the story as they want to hear it, you can flourish and grow. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but you need to personality accept and work in this environment and accept good results as oppose to better or best.  In Redmond and most of the world, the working environment (physical) is really nice and rewarding.","In Sales: Many of the smart people have learned how to thrive in a world of managing up. As they pair down senior roles (65+) and males over 40, if you are not savvy you will not make it to next week's episode of Survivor Microsoft. People you thought were on your side were only a temporary allegiance for last week's episode.  Don't be convinced coming in at a lower level is good for you in performance ratings, drive for the highest level you can get to start. Put a smile on and deliver lots of sugar with any medicine and consider baby steps for change and ensure the story aligns to the Exec's vision. Work smarter, not harder meaning be clever with visibility and communication. You can work less and actually grow with that strategy. Get on visible projects and take as much credit as reasonable to be noticed. You need to worry about you.  Expect passive aggressive responses. If you deliver the ""What"" (results) you will be called out for the ""how"" you did it. You are always better off prioritizing the ""how"" over the ""what"". HR is the best in the world. They will protect the company, so work accordingly.","Work on the culture. It is going to take 5 years to make a dent, but you will get there. Long time employees are skilled at telling whatever version of the story you want. Consider giving +1 consideration to senior people who have been with the company less than 5 years. Finally, diversity in thought should be embraced, regardless of race, gender or age. The place is protecting its own too much to drive the change you desire.  Finally, try to accelerate attrition of the senior team dealing with god complex.",2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57365,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"Overall a good company to work for, with varied challenges and experiences",I experienced good work life balance. There is no shortage of challenges. Good people to work with. Competitive salary. Flexible with locations since you can change teams withing the company.,Can get too competitive sometimes and growth opportunities are very challenging.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57366,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Lots of upside, but poor management breeds apathy","Good compensation, talented co-workers, and a plethora of opportunities. Generally positive work environment, though this can change based on the team you are on.","Management is focused on re-organizing the business and has lost touch with the market. Lots of people moving around right now, and projects are being shelved or killed left and right.","The instability since the re-org announcement has been detrimental to productivity across the board. 9 months after the announcement, and there still isn't a clear vision for some organizations. This does not make for a comfortable work environment.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57367,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 29, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Exciting,Salaries are great. Challenging environment,Work balance is poor. Company is poor in level changing even with great performance,Management should reward high performers with constant promotions in all dept. & not only in preferred areas of business,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57368,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Generally good,You have all the resources you can imagine,To many tasks in parallel,Slow down,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57369,microsoft,none," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent to Worse,First 10 years were productive and collaborative.,Last 10 years added so many layers of management everything fell apart. no one knew what anyone else did. Lost in a sea of confusion.,Dump the Review system Stop off-shoring jobs. Customer around the world are leaving because of this.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P781.htm
57370,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Group Product Manager and Marketing Manager,Amazing learning experiences with smart and dedicated team members,Excellent benefits while providing competitive salaries.,"Worklife balance is talked about as a focus by managers and human resources however in practice it is virtually impossible to achieve, especially in terms of promotion. Employees that choose to achieve some level of worklife balance are generally not promoted and depending on the part of the company sometimes are pushed out or just flat out terminated.",Decide to live the talk you talk about employees the company and the reality is what she compared to its competitors it would be a vastly improved place to work and would cause dispirited employees to become motivated and passionate.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57371,microsoft,none," May 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, smart people, amazing resources.",Politics were pretty bad although with new CEO I hear its getting better.,Streamline decision making and hold more individuals accountable vs just large teams.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57372,microsoft,none," May 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior program manager,Lots of talent around you. Lot of learning opportunities. Gives lot of importance to employees.,"Lot of long timers, age old systems, still lives in past. Not risk taking. Cannot admit failures.",Need change.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57373,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to start a career,"I've only been here for a year but in that time I've managed to build quite an impressive resume that has attracted many offers from other companies. The work, in any department, is well respected in the industry and the opportunity to move within the company to many different divisions is huge plus, especially for someone knew to the industry who isn't entirely sure what field they will work in long term.","Middle management is a killer at the company. Too many engineers with no work-life balance and few people/management skills are promoted for being good at what they do, rather than their potential to manage other employees. Most expect long hours at the office and the few managers who are known to be supportive of career and personal development are difficult to join because of the competition for spots on their team.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57374,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Go for it.,"You will work with a group of really smart people. If you have never worked at a big company, you can cross that off of your bucket list.","Because everyone is so smart, everyone has an opinion about your work (especially if you are in marketing). This leads to never ending discussion of trivial details and not a lot of work actually getting done. If you want to get promoted or get a good bonus you definitely need to get involved in the politics and making sure what you are working on gets good exposure with you boss' boss and if you really want to go far your boss' boss' boss.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57375,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,It's what you make of it,"Lots of opportunity, big challenges, good compensation package. Lots of very smart people. Rarely fall short for lack of resources.","Constant re-orgs, politics, institutional arrogance. Rarely feel like you're part of a true 'team' though the stack ranking process has been killed and this may improve. Dead weight gets pushed around but rarely cleared out.",Continue to drive for focus. Too much distraction everywhere.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57376,microsoft,none," May 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Organizational Chaos,"Good compensation package, great work-life balance, lots and lots of different opportunities to enjoy.","Don't expect to be at Microsoft, at a stable position, for long. The level of organizational ambiguity lately has passed the healthy threshold.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57377,microsoft,none," May 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Pay, benefits, vision, customer focus",Company is getting very big,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57378,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager Finance,Great Place to work,"Great benefits, flex hours, collaborative environment, smart people","No end to end ownership, poor communication and direction from LT, shoot ask questions later mentality",Get a clear direction defined and communicate to the staff so they can execute.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57379,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Far-reaching impact and tough, enterprise wide problems to solve.","I get to work on projects in scope and scale that have never been done before, with new technology.","A lot of times, decisions are made based off of score cards and some non-technical GM making goals that are un-achievable. This makes it hard to be successful, and it takes a lot of time and effort to educate upper management on what is feasible and what makes sense for the company.","Ask the do-ers of the company for targets, don't make them up yourself. Work WITH the people that keep the company afloat, and remember- the greatest leaders are the greatest servants.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P782.htm
57380,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 26, 2014",Former Employee - Finance Manager,"MBA hire, feels like it's a lottery process - you'll get bad experience if they place you with a bad team","great benefits, flexible working hours, flexible for interview transfer",a lot of the non-core product teams seriously have no idea what they are doing and what they should deliver,speed up.....,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57381,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Content Developer,"freedom to learn, innovate and shape technology","The key characteristic of my time here is that I've defined my own job role through innovation and strategic thinking. I have the freedom to plan and execute initiatives outside the scope of my job role, and the support and encouragement of management to take bold steps forward.","Big companies resist change in proportion to their bureaucratic density and inertia. You have to consistently be right again and again with a clear story and objective before your voice is heard by the people who can invest in your vision. But they do listen, and like any true meritocracy, you are granted respect and promotion based on the strength of your contributions.","Our culture is being reshaped, with collaboration and bridging teams and technologies its core principles. This must be accompanied by proactive engagement with ICs and middle management to involve them in shaping policy and providing input.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57382,microsoft,none," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,You get to learn new things everyday!,Lots of accountability. Many people cannot survive the tough review system.,N\A,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57383,microsoft,none," May 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible Hours with occasional fire drills,"fairly flexible time schedule and culture that values your personal time off. You can find a busy group/team with high collaboration demand, or slow moving team where you move to your pace. Variety of projects to keep you stimulated and great opportunities available to add value to a team and to projects.","Hit and Miss with Managers, who can make your work fun or miserable. Many micromanage and others don't create sense of urgency. Too many re-orgs which can create sense of unease.",Focus on creating a calm sense of urgency rather than constant fire-drills.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57384,microsoft,none," May 13, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great raw talent, but a lot of agendas, and tremendous inertia",Talented individuals High levels of professionalism,"Overly hierarchical way of thinking Deeply established empires at every level, nothing small survives",Foster audacious goals in promising areas with smaller autonomous teams Create unifying principles for all your teams to align to,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57385,microsoft,none," May 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Great opportunities, but political.","It is a great place to be among high intellectual capital and excellent work opportunities. The company and management is supportive of employees moving into new roles every 2 years. If you like breadth of experience, that is great opportunity. Time off is more than fair and compensation was very competitive.","If you aren't part of the inner circle, you might not get that bonus you deserve. So make sure that you are in good clear, written communication with your boss about how your performance is measuring up over the course of the year!",Please stop playing favorites internally and build more customer centric products. You have a great company full of amazing people and managers who are not always prepared for the people management portion of their role.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57386,microsoft,none," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great projects and engineers, weird people management norms and choices of managers, crazy reorg schedules.",Get to work on some really innovative technologies and affect hundreds of thousands of customer with your features. Smart co workers who work hard. Really cool opportunities to use the MS big data collection to improve customer satisfaction.,"Constant reorgs (can barely count my managers changes on both my hands over a 3 year period), In my org managers seem to spend a lot more time managing up than doing an people management of their reports. It wasn't like this in other groups I've worked in.","Ensure that managers follow the guidelines, I didn't see my last two managers much. When they did show up for meetings talk was all business and not anything about my career even if I brought it up. There is no accountability for that except moving from the team. There is a clearly observable longstanding bias against non conforming people (women, over 40s, or racial minorities) in positions of authority. I can count on my fingers the number of times there was a non conforming (white, Indian, or Asian man of age 25-40) in my engineering management chain. It's creepy how it just continues and programs to encourage diverse leadership are. Change this or you will fail at recognizing the diversity in your customers.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57387,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE),Good company with lots of problem here and there.,Lots of scopes to learn. They have different course based learning system (both online and in person) which helps to move forward in your career.,High friction environment. Ball does not roll smoothly. Many times people are rude and adds a lot of unnecessary pressure on development.,Needs a smoother business process.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57388,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,"Company offers a lot, asks for plenty in return.","Smart people to work with, amazing array of opportunities within the company to try out, benefits are good. Chance to make a huge impact with such a variety of products.",The size that brings great benefits and opportunities also means you have to learn to navigate that and be assertive to get what/where you want.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57389,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager II,Amazing ride,Experiences that come at you quick and opportunity to grow in your career.,"The work environment is full of ""type A"" personalities, bring your ""A"" game to the table every day or you won't be happy or successful.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P783.htm
57390,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Overall good,"Good pay, good work life balance. Nice benefits. I love this area as well",The old review system was not my favorite. Don't know what will happen this year after they get rid of it.,"Make the company more about product, client and less about politics.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57391,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," May 22, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good pay, needed more life",Pay was great full relo. Big problems,Middle management was not great the review process while i did well was an extremely stressful period of time.,Start dreaming big again.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57392,microsoft,none," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is changing for the better,"Great co-workers, collaborative atmosphere, One Microsoft is breaking down barriers between groups. Great health benefits and competitive pay at senior levels. Work-life balance on most teams is reasonable - people work hard, but on their own time.",Decision making is complex and matrixed,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57393,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, lacking in great leaders.",Great benefit packages and discounts available for a large number of restaurants and entertainment options in the area. Very low key work environment.,"If you are not a software engineer, you won't get the same pay or bonus structure available to software engineers. Hard to grow outside of the field that you start in, or make position jumps.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57394,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2014",Former Employee - Lead Program Manager,"Great benefits, because you'll need them.","You get to work with some of the smartest, most brilliant people, there's always a great opportunity to learn while at Microsoft.","It's a very stab-in-the-back environment. Teamwork is limited due to the annual review system. Upper management (general managers and above) all believe that MS is the end-all, be-all to someone's financial success, where employees and line managers simply do not see the same financial rewards.","Get rid of the ""People will work for 7 years, become millionaires, and retire"" mentality. People want to make Microsoft a longer-term career. It's not like it was years ago.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57395,microsoft,none," May 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So far it has been an amazing experience to work with highly motivated and driven people,"Experience!!, Self-management, Leadership Exposure, Freedom","overworked, less salary than competitors and lack of movement to HQ","Compensate employees for their hard work, financially.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57396,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Technical Writer,Review Microsoft.,Love the work life balance and all the perks.,Can't think of any Cons at this time.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57397,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," May 18, 2014",Former Employee - Corporate Account Manager,Awesome technology.,The best reason to work at Microsoft the people are very smart and willing to help. The salary is very competitive in the market.,Very fast paced and you need to be able to change with the tide. The do need to focus more on what employees provide as feedback.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57398,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2014",Current Employee - Product Intelligence Manager,"Great, stimulating, challenging place to work.",The company benefits are pretty solid. Though seems like some benefits are on the downward trend a bit (less HSA contributions.. Leaving gap for deductibles)  I am lucky to be on a team with a boss than absolutely believes in me and counts on me. He continues to expose me to senior environments for my career advancement. A supportive boss is really what you need.,"Promotion is hard here. Unlike the other companies, the new process makes it a bit vague to the point where we don't know when to ask for, or when things get decided on promotions.",Clear promotion track needs to be developed,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57399,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Signs for Optimism, but Numerous Problems Still Exist","-While the amenities can't match Google or Facebook, overall the pay and benefits are superb like most tech companies. -Despite the fall in reputation, it's still a major tech company who works on big things with big impact and whose name still carries a lot of power. It also still has a lot of very smart people. -Under the right set of conditions, you can enjoy a really prosperous career here. -From an external perspective, they have good corporate ethics. It may not be relevant to the day-to-day work of employees as much, but it still deserves to be called out as a major pro. -They are starting to have some of the right ideas at the top, which was not always true in the past. -It will take several years to see how Satya Nadella performs as CEO, but the initial impression has been a positive one.","-With a lot of major initiatives, you often have two groups: the talkers, who receive most of the hard power, set ""best practices,"" and get support and recognition from management, and the doers, who often best execute on the vision despite a lack of support from both management and the talkers. -Your performance rating is too dependent on the quality of your manager. -Perception, not reality, dictates decision-making too much. Groupthink can also be a problem at times, which can seem collaborative but is actually detrimental to the culture, especially for unique individuals. -The stack ranking may be gone, but the new system has little transparency into how performance ratings are done. A lot of people have not noticed because they are THAT glad to see the stack ranking go. -Too many people leave the company, either voluntarily or involuntarily, on bad terms. -Under the right set of conditions, employees can experience stress at levels which are physically unhealthy.","Even when senior management has the right ideas and vision at the top, and they have the talent with the potential energy to execute, too often something goes wrong between the two and that potential energy does not become kinetic energy. Also, while ""One Microsoft"" is a good vision in theory, in practice it's so vaguely defined that it just becomes a buzzword used to lend support to the same set of ideas (and conflicts) that existed prior to ""One Microsoft."" Finally, be more open to ideas and technologies from outside the company, not even ""One Microsoft"" will fix that.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P784.htm
57400,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Jun 10, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Being a TAM in Fargo is a nightmare,"Nothing I could think of other than the ability to work from home one day every week, but nowadays most companies adopt this work-life strategy","I worked in the Core team for a little over a year and couldn't stay longer. I'm still questioning the benefit of a TAM for businesses unless they are large-scale companies. Core TAMs deal with small accounts, and pretty much 99% of the things they do are remote. You're asked to grow accounts and get surveys filled out while having minimal interaction with your customers. The team of people I worked with wasn't all that great. The manager sucked. Add to that the pain of living in a city like Fargo. MS' cafeteria seems to repeat the same kinds of food over and over. There aren't many career growth options in Fargo, especially if you are in the Core team. If you are lucky, you can get a TAM role outside of ND. If you aren't, you should be looking for opportunities elsewhere. Pay wasn't that great either. Most job responsibilities of a Core TAM are redundant. If you are a customer, you could easily talk to support engineers without looping in your TAM. Other tasks can be easily automated with software.",none,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57401,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - Communications,Almost too big to find the right opportunity,"Fast paced. Smart people. Resources, resources, resources. A lot of opportunity. Always a new challenge to conquer. Amazing campus (Redmond), with more amenities than most 5-star resorts.","Too many contingent staff and churn. Although resources exist everywhere, knowing how to tap the resources is a challenge. Us vs. them mentality still an issue, although new leadership appears to understand this is an issue and a place to focus. Long hours, although not always equal across all teams. Impossible to identify the culture - work place norms differ substantially from group to group.","Need to simplify the mission of what the company wants to be and who we are - not just to consumers, but to employees. Culture differences are compounded by the transient workforce model. If you ask 50, 100, 1000 employees what Microsoft stands for, and what we're trying to be, how many different answers would you get? Improving the culture is not about a new corporate tag line or a marketing campaign, but about building a team that is committed to the same goal and shares the same values.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57402,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Business Planner,Great company w/ great opportunities but bureaucratic and doubtful future,"smart people, great teams, great perks, work across enterprise and consumer products, work on devices, cloud services, productivity software, gaming - you name it, Microsoft does it.","- Highly bureaucratic, everything is decided through leadership consensus and takes much longer.","Org structure needs to change to a business unit model. Bring marketing, research, finance and engineers working on a product closer together",3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57403,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2014",Former Employee - Programming Writer,Sick place.,Salary. Natural Beaty of surrounding area.,"No focus on quality of work, just politics.",Most of you should quit.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57404,microsoft,none," May 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Over worked,","Benefits, location, personal growth, perks","Work life balance, leadership, review system",Listen,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57405,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,lost there way,"The company name is known, that is about it. MSFT does eventually get things right if you can call that a pro. You go through a massive struggle along the way because they seem convicted around getting everything wrong, not admitting it, and continuing to argue the point with you, before finally having so much market/customer back lash that they can't deny the problems anymore.","Totally engineer/intellectual driven company. They are not concerned with what the customer wants, they want to instruct the customer what they want. That is the primary reason the company keeps missing the boat and is not seen as an innovator. As a sales employee, it has become luck of the draw whether you can succeed. If you have even a decent year, let alone a good year, you are almost assured to struggle the next yr. I am all for a challenge but it has become an un winnable scenario. They are losing strong sales staff and fast.","1. start listening to the customer if not your customer facing employees. 2. change you sales model and fast before you lose all of your good people and disrupt your customers. 3. change the culture. As much as it is driven by the product groups and marketing, those people do not seem to be able to find enjoyment either. Good that they are making leadership changes but you can't just change the people to change the culture. It has to be proactive.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57406,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2014",Former Employee - Engineering,"Smart, hard-working people... too much bureaucracy","The pay and benefits are fantastic. It is a stable company. It's not going anywhere. It's a big company. When you get bored, you can transfer to another product without losing your pay, benefits, seniority, etc. Many groups are doing exciting work. People around the world depend on the software and product you make. I had great work-life balance, but this depends on the group.","It is a mature company, and with stability comes a slower reaction speed. If you are really action-oriented, you may find this to be tedious. Strangers yell at you on airplanes for being evil because they have demonized your employer. This is childish and inaccurate. Microsoft isn't evil. The employees aren't evil. Everyone is doing their best for customers. But that doesn't stop trolls, and trolls are really damn annoying.","Old Microsoft gave decision-making power to project owners and their immediate managers. Now it seems that nothing is decided without directors and a team of managers debating things for months. As long as this is the case, Microsoft isn't actually agile. Empower your people to do the right things for customers.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57407,microsoft,none," May 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for!,Good opportunity to move around!,Slowing career growth and need more transparency,More transparency!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57408,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to work!,"Benefits at Microsoft are very good such as bonus, health insurance plan, retirement plan etc. We currently in a team room which I think is a great way of collaborating with your colleagues.",Promotions can slow down as reach up in the ladder. Weather at Redmond may not be everyone as it sees lot of rain each year and very short summer,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57409,microsoft,none," May 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,really hated it there,good pay and valuable experience,"horrible manager, immense amount of politics.",none,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P785.htm
57410,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great company overall with some pockets of bad that can and should be avoided,"Microsoft has it all. Name a technology and someone at Microsoft is working on it.  Several things that Microsoft has done have been hugely successful, most obviously Windows and Office. Those revenue streams have helped the company create a broad foundation in other areas, including the successful Xbox business, cloud computing, and a real strength in the enterprise that no other software company can match.  Nowadays, it feels like Microsoft might be getting it's mojo back, which is a really good thing.  Overall very solid benefits packages. And as far as culture goes, Microsoft's annual giving campaign and matching gifts programs make it clear that giving back to the community and world is a company priority. The company matches not only cash donations but also dollars per hour of volunteer time too.","Microsoft has a bad reputation, deserved perhaps in some ways but definitely not in others. That's mostly from a business/product/consumer perspective.  If it is important for you to work on something that is cool and has buzz, you could try getting in at Xbox although they do have a reputation for burning people out.  Politics has at several points during my employment there (over a decade) have definitely played a major role in rewards and review scores being distributed in a very arbitrary way. But HR have iterated on their rewards system yet again, trying to clear that kind of favoritism out in exchange for something more motivating.","Stop naming things with modifiers. Give them shorter, more unique names. Zune was a good shot. Windows 8 Mail does not cut it. The uninspiring Windows Phone brand, despite being a superiorly usable operating system, just fails to even crack the consciousness of the media. At least they put to death the abomination that was the Windows Live brand. Seriously. Change the fracking Windows Phone name to something cool, and you can make an impression. ""Windows Phone"" doesn't make an impression.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57411,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work,"Great work/life balance, and great compensation and benefits.",Too many processes hampers agility and causes many teams to release code at a pace that's considerably slower than our competitors.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57412,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2014",Former Employee - Human Resources Director,Good employer to have in the rear view mirror,Great learning opportunities. Great place for those in early career who have much to learn and want broad experience.,"Not a great place for mid career or those later careers. Emphasis is on building and energizing a young work force. For those over 40, the culture is a bit like a frat house. Boorish and arrogant with siloed and myopic views.",Question your own story of superiority.,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57413,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,Human Resources,Client interface was very positive.,Still in process of landing role / organizational changes in structure.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57414,microsoft,none," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Opportunities,Vacation as soon as hired (1week) Free Phone(Employee Plan available) Free Tablet,There are no cons to speak of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57415,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," May 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Company takes good care of its employees, pays well.",not all managers are good,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57416,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,You have to love this environment to thrive here...,Met a lot of great people and life-long friends...,Management without insight or imagination and desire for change for the better...,You need to wake up and listen to those whom you hire that are the experts when you are out of your domain...,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57417,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," May 16, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Director,Great place to begin your career,Great benefits and it is a great place to be early in your career (years 3-5). Takes the competition seriously Good use of its own technology internally Excellent community focus and gives back/encourages employees to do so too,"Very political work enviornment, field leadership can lack integrity Career moves/relocations expected frequently (2-3 years) to progress career Work life balance is the responsibility of the employee regardless of work volume and expectations Human resource department is very junior and lacks leadership for such a big company",Consider having a greater presence in Silicon Valley.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57418,microsoft,none," May 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"best, smartest people in the industry",still quite a big company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57419,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 12, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great place to work, but can feel very slow","Good perks, interesting people. You have the opportunity to impact billions of people at a time.","Things move very slowly at Microsoft, and innovations will often go unnoticed or unfunded because they can't be integrated into the core products.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P786.htm
57420,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Learned a lot since that's my first job,Smart people around you that you can work with and learn from.,"Benefits especially media insurance used to be good, but not any more.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57421,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,SDET,"Great working environment, smartest people, great benefits,",Great Politics. People from those two famous countries ( you know who) do the politics.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57422,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"good, diverse place with a lot of opportunities","work-life balance, multiple areas to switch to","shaking down the ""big company"" slug",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57423,microsoft,"San Juan, PR"," Apr 29, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Amazing company to work for,Plenty of opportunities to grow professionally. Surrounded by the best professional Working with the latest technology Great salary and best in the word benefits,Ranking system force high performers in a high performance team to be penalized,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57424,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 13, 2014",Current Employee - Data Engineer Data Analyst,Microsoft Review,"Very Good Infrastructure, Lots of Data/Products to work with",More clarity on collaboration and Connects and performance reviews would be helpful,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57425,microsoft,none," May 13, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Director,Great company to work for unmatched benefits needs clearer vision,"This is still a great company to work for in, even in these troubled economic times. The products and services you work on still have global impact. With new leadership at the top the future could be bright.","In the past it has been the leadership especially at the top. We can only hope the new leadership behaves in a more agile fashion and is willing to take great risk. They seem to be off to a great start. Office 365, Office on iOS etc. Make sure you have the right manager its an absolute must. There are many mediocre managers in the company make sure yours isn't one of them.","Take more risk, move in new and unexpected directions be less predictable.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57426,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A lot of smart people, but not much getting done.",Worked with a lot of really bright people. Good benefits. They have the infrastructure to be able to accomplish a lot. Beautiful campus.,"Too bureaucratic, too much red tape. Very difficult to get anything done, slow process. Although they have the infrastructure to accomplish a lot I don't think they ever will because of the culture. Don't utilize employees to their highest.",Need to change culture such that they can actually accomplish BIG things. Unblock and allow for growth. Recognize strengths of each employee and maximize them.,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57427,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2014",Former Employee - Editor,I had more creative freedom than I believe other sectors of the company have.,"Great, diverse, creative team. Good pay and benefits.",A humbling evaluation system that pits employees against each other (or used to).,"You want to be a devices and services company. But if you want to produce actual content, then respect how content is created and beef up your staff to produce and shepherd it.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57428,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Good technology and lots of opportunity,.",Microsoft pretty much as a group doing something you will be interested.,stack ranking limits forward mobility.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57429,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Director,"Smart People, Great work flexibility, exciting opportunities but a very big company","Smart people, self driven, flexible, great benefits, fantastic work environment, exciting products, top notch technology, fun","very large company can seem overly bureaucratic at times - one stupid manager can ruin everything, HR not supportive at all",Fix HR to prevent 1 bad manager from ruining entire teams -,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P787.htm
57430,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome experience,"Professional people, strong work ethic, good work life balance","Difficult to get promoted, no employee purchase program.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57431,microsoft,none," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Microsoft,Great company to work for.,Work / Life balance is not that great.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57432,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 31, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Stay away from the Microserf Brainfarm,- Free drinks - Reasonably good benefits (Although these are being eroded now) - Can attend training courses (If you ever find available time to do it),- This is a burn and churn environment. The culture is one in which they want to work you 24x7 schedule and criticize or reprimand many on the most tiniest things. The repressive culture will erase any professional confidence you have over time.,- Managers here are out for themselves and not their employees so I have no advice.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57433,microsoft,none," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Strategy is heading in the right direction, Organization Health has a long way to go.",Company builds some very exciting products and is showing more openness to hear the market's feedback. Potential with new organizational structureand CEO to realize some of the great potential.,"50/50 chance of landing in an organization that will function well. If you land in one that does not the politics, unethical behaviors and agendas driven by personal interests of the management can completely destroy your career. Your manager controls 90% of your success of your career, if they don't like you, are not effective in their organization regardless of your contributions you will not be recognized. As a result many people promoted are not the most qualified or the ""leaders"" you would hope to see running the company.","Leadership - consider replacing at least 40% of the management level of Director and above. If they have seen rapid upward movement without having actually had to own the results of their decisions (role rotation in less than 3 years) if the feedback from their organizations do not show a balance of diversity in the promotion and upper levels that mirrors the lower levels, both are good indicators they have succeeded by working within the ""Boys Club"". Not the type of ethical, moral and open thought leadership needed to land the challenges needed in a dynamic environment.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57434,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,OK place to work - Would *not* recommend to a new grad unless you get a great group,"Good pay, Stable job, Lots of technical resources, MSR has tons of cool stuff going on (but you need a phd to join)","Slow-moving (though some groups are getting faster), Hard for young, passionate people to make a true impact - stifles your desire to want to keep trying to change things, Stuck in MSFT tech stack (.NET), Bad resume brand if you ever want to go to a smaller company, Too many PMs often slow things down instead of help, Can develop a bad mentality as dev since focusing on testing is ""not your job"", Benefits aren't as good as companies in the Bay area, Management/teams are very hit and miss, Culture just isn't that exciting- lot's of 10+year vets (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), but it doesn't seem like many people are eager to shake things up. Many teams don't seem all that necessary (their cost:output doesnt warrant existence), or don't have clear goals (think internal tool teams, etc)  As a young person, I think it's probably better to end up at a place like Microsoft later in your career.",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57435,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2014",Current Employee - General Manager,MS Review,Been here nine years and made good friends at work. People have their hearts in the right place but very bi-polar. Extremely nice then extremely angry.,"Extremely slow and bureaucratic. Too many un-educated people now working at Microsoft. Most of the middle management (GM / VP level) have no college degrees. Lack substance, leadership, product and business acumen. In short, hired a bottom of the barrel these past 8 years.",minimize middle management (GM Level) and hire talented people.,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57436,microsoft,none," May 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,high salary and good conditions,"internal politics, lots of working hours, lots of stress, competitive environment. I gave up after 1.5 years",-,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57437,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,"It's a different MS, Good place to start, not a good place to stay.","Good products, compensation and benefits. Technical training is good as are the people you'll work with. If you have a good manager you should be happy, if you don't you'll have a vastly different experience.","Once an awesome company to work for, about 6 years ago they flipped a switch on compensation, perks and programs went out the window in favor of hiring colleges hires with the intent of getting at least 5 good years out of them before they wash and repeat. Change is mind numbingly constant, reviews are to the extent you feel like you're consistently being reviewed from weekly to monthly 1:1's to mid year and year end review. Be ready to work to achieve your defined smart goals for vague and undefined compensation. If you don't like it there's a line of college hires right behind you.","Microsoft love's it's metrics and processes although tools to manage them are inconsistent and often misleading. In 14 years of senior management visits, not one member of skip level management has ever followed up on any of the issues brought to their attention with either a response or action commitment. Their visits are for show and to check a commitment.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57438,microsoft,"Edina, MN"," May 10, 2014",Former Employee - Technology Sales Professional,Great place to work if you can find the right role,world class benefit overall compensation is high if you can meet your sales quota work with latest technology work with a lot very bright people flexible work environment,Very ambitious sales targets No work life balance Most technical roles are in Seattle Moving up requires relocation and playing the visibility game,Great job in doing away the stack ranking policy. Great hire in Satya Value your technical people as much as sales guys Too many layers of middle managers can be removed and not affect the company,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57439,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"lots of Innovation, very competitive compensation","steep learning curve, nothing else I can think of.",Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P788.htm
57440,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Opportunities, Excellent Pay/Benefits, Inconsistent Culture","Excellent pay and lots of career opportunities internally once you get your foot in the door. Benefits are stellar, especially if you're working in the Seattle area. The company has a portfolio of AMAZING products that most people aren't even aware of and everyday is an opportunity to learn something new. As long as you're proactive about your career development and network with the right people, this can be a great company to stay with for a long time.","Being that the company is so large, it can be overwhelming at times and it's very easy to feel lost. The company is also notorious for reorgs, which make the company culture a bit chaotic at times. Change is pretty slow at this company. Oftentimes, great ideas and team growth is often stifled by internal bickering and sword rattling.","Focus more on the career development of those around and under you. I think there should be more of a ""we"" mentality and less of a ""me"" mentality.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57441,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good company,"Everything moves very fast. My colleagues are fun to work with. I like being in a company that makes a positive difference to millions of people. Perks, training opportunities, available resources are abundant.",Often the work silos are defeating - these can create fiefdoms. Regularly work 60+ hour weeks.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57442,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test,Very bad culture.,Lots of very smart people. Some interesting technologies,"Terrible managers. The message from management is always that you are not doing enough, other people are doing a better job, etc.etc. Promotions come from the in-crowd  People from the outside with different ideas are viewed with suspicion. There is an overpowering atmosphere of ""this is how we do it, now fall into place""  No sense of teamwork",Great benefits but you need to invest heavily in developing your managers as people managers.,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57443,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Researcher,Great place to work!,The company treats you very well.,It's become a large bureaucratic place where it's hard to make things happen.,"Define a more focused mission statement than helping everyone ""realize their potential.""",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57444,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development Director,"long on time, short on pay","health care, 401k, scope of work","total compensation, career, lateral moves",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57445,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Lackluster at best,"Benefits, salary, work-life balance, competent co-workers","Middle managers do not add value, can not talk to customers, people do not have good product design sense.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57446,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Depends on your group,"Great Benefits, awesome resources, super smart people for the most part","Too much infighting between groups, way too much politics to get ahead.",Stop promoting so much internal competition,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57447,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," May 9, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Better than the average pay with great benefits.,"While working at Microsoft, I received great benefits and great bonuses. My fellow coworkers really made the job as enjoyable as it was. Great energy.",Management did not work cohesively together. Management also did not understand a lot of the new technology. It was hard to respect and look up to the management team since they could not answer a majority of my questions.,"Attempt to communicate and embrace the concept of hard working. Learn new products in order to be able to answer your employees questions, let alone potential customers questions.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57448,microsoft,none," May 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exhausting,Good Benefits and plenty of challenges,You ar at the mercy of an evaluation system that pretends to be objective but is not Management politics and reorgs,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57449,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great place to work - very collaborative.,"Good resources to get job done, ideas welcome.",Lacks concrete processes in some areas.,"With new management in place, keep doing what you are doing.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P789.htm
57450,microsoft,none," May 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,It's a big company and you learn a lot,it's too big so you are not quite doing something big.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57451,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2014",Former Employee - Consulting,"Great place to work, if at HQ",1. Great worldwide community of (mostly) connected thought leaders in a wide range of areas 2. Progressive HR and career/learning management 3. Respectful environment 4. Lots of different opportunities if you're game,"1. Politics - tougher to advance if not at HQ 2. You get pulled in a LOT of directions 3. Internal competition and ranking system (now remedied, I believe) 4. Reporting structures too flat in places 5. Too scorecard vs. ""do the right thing"" focused 6. Hard to develop as a manager (they like to keep you as a individual contributor) 7. Slow career development for some roles",Focus on better people management and rewarding off scorecard efforts. Develop people faster. Don't do marketing out of Redmond. The perception of the company is way different outside the hive.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57452,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,good turnaround,seems to be heading in right direction now,need to cut down management layers,"make it a lean organization, cut down layers",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57453,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,I like the company and its product but have a very bad manager experience,"Good products, good perks, good salary.",Promotes very young employees as people managers who do not understand what managing people means. I have had two very bad managers and two very good managers. The good ones encouraged my strengths and gave room to improve the skills that I lacked. The two worst ones that I encountered only concentrated on the skills that I lacked without acknowledging the work I accomplished. As a result they pushed my career back by about 4 to 5 years. I left the company now and do not wish to join it anytime soon. The only reason I stuck with the company for so long was because I like MS products and their pay was good.,Kindly do not promote <35 year olds to manage people. Often times they manage people who are much older than they are and have a very biased and arrogant view of people reporting to them.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57454,microsoft,none," Apr 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great company, benefits, changes the world, cool products","Large, ropes/hoops to jump thru",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57455,microsoft,none," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to grow your career,Great place if you are in the right department with experienced manager,Unfair employee performance ranking system,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57456,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,MS is a great place to work,"Good benefits, good career opportunities and great talent","Work life balance, lots of stress in some positions",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57457,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Microsoft provides an incredible scope of opportunities and positions. I would recommend it to anyone interested in trying alternative career paths within a challenging environment. You will work with some of the brightest and supportive people in the industry.,"Work-life balance can be a challenge, as it is with any organization of this size. That being said, most managers are flexible and will try to work with you.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57458,microsoft,none," May 25, 2014",Former Employee - Senior PM,Ghastly place to work filled with cronyism and rampant backstabbing,"ARRRRRRRRRRRRR Zap Powiee Yuck, Nothing I can think of NOTHING positive about my experience","Other than developers, the treat people like crap. Diversity and inclusion is given lip service.",Find a bridge to jump off,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57459,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 21, 2014",Current Employee - Professional Development Manager,Amazing experience!!,"I have been at Microsoft for over 3 years after 20 years with other IT Services firms. I could not over-sell how impressed I am with the culture, comp and benefits of a company for its size. Specifically, the comp and benefit components leave the competition in the dust. NO Comparison! I LOVE working at Microsoft! Loving the new direction so far with Nadella...only time will tell for sure.",Like ANY large company there is the requisite red tape and political rivers to navigate. I also think that the recruiting and hiring engine is a complete mess. It is really hard to get good people into the company without an internal sponsor.,"Continue with recent direction tweaks, Put more focus on succession planning an mobility for your start performers.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P790.htm
57460,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great interview process, super friendly and informative.","All the people were very excited about their work and shared just how much they'd learned from their time at Microsoft. One called it a ""free, continued education.""","Seems like you have a lot of mobility to move around, one con is some of the older guard may not be as flexible. The younger managers and workers all seemed a little more loose and friendly.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57461,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a great employer,- Cares about their employees - Pays well - Good work/life balance.,- Some duplication - Need to be more agile,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57462,microsoft,none," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Software Engineer Lead,great for personal growth. The benefits are good as are the perks.,promotions and the review process,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57463,microsoft,none," May 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start career,A great place to work. Specially you can meet some very small people.,"At this moment, the focus of company is not clear. More and more other companies and persons gave up Microsoft products.",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57464,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Apr 20, 2014",Current Employee - ERP Technology Director,"Smart people, massive variety of things to work on. Exciting, Challenging tasks. Freedom to innovate. Superior work life","Smart people, massive variety of things to work on. Exciting, Challenging tasks. Freedom to innovate. Superior work life",Compensation not up to the mark.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57465,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Most consistently miserable job I ever had...bar none. I was not into the work, which was my main problem.","Money, benefits, exceptional software engineers, exceptional resources and knowledge base","If you don't fit in or your boss doesn't like you, you're screwed",Quit and replace yourselves with people who care about the consumer and the employee.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57466,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a terrific company,A lot of opportunities to move around big transition and re-org big ecosystem friendly peers benefits good work to life balance,"big company, I like this, but others may not. There are times when it's super busy but it is not always busy.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57467,microsoft,none," May 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Crippled by culture,"The company has great benefits, a competitive salary, and generally competitive colleagues. The headquarters have some nicely designed buildings, and you get your own office, if that is your thing.","There's too much red tape to get anything done, the engineering tools are straight from the 90s, there is a lack of collaborative culture, and the promotion process makes your colleagues hyper competitive.",NA,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57468,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft Corporation,"Great projects, still plenty of innovation, execution people continue to be a premium Compensation including benefits was more than fair for my responsibilities","Politics, performance review process broke that requires you be a brand manager of your work Given the complexity of organization structure, can be tough to drive collaboration and results","Learn and apply servant and situational leadership techniques, culture tends to stifle creativity and innovation since it's a bit of a make my director manager happy on up the chain",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57469,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Learning Experience,Technical growth opportunities are limitless.,Your career depends on your relationship with your direct manager,Skip managers need to be involved with individual morale,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P791.htm
57470,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very satisfied employee who's been in many teams,The sheer number of opportunities that are available.,Work life balance can be tough at bust times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57471,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Love/Hate relationship (disclaimer: ,"- Access to entirely new work/product areas when you get antsy for a change - Fair pay - Talented workforce - Access to anything you need to be successful (work machines, tools, expensive market research, training, legal, etc.)","- By 2010, 40% of time was spent trying to better clarify roles and responsibilities across teams, and sometimes even within teams (side effect of competitive work environment) - Related, way too much time focused on internal competition (constant angling for budgets, reviews, pay, promotions) vs. the real, external competition, Teams or even entire projects enjoyed watching each other fail, not only wouldn't offer help, would take steps to cement others' failures, led to very distrustful work environment, even among peers (what should be your everyday friends), people or teams steal each other's ideas without credit being given, etc. - GM & VP level leaders don't admit when they see their project failing, don't want to risk losing their budgets and influence, will ride the failed project to its death knowing they will avoid being held accountable (these are the expensive projects that sometimes go public, crash and embarrassingly burn ... most of the people on the project saw it coming all along ...) - Clever policy to weed out older people (too many years of service at same salary grade red flags you from getting average or better than average reviews, also red flags you for job transfers within the company ... good things don't come of this, I'm not making this up, they were transparent about this). Newer people may be ok with this ... but someday they will be coming for you (if they don't change this) ! :)","- Spend more time managing down vs. up - Foster culture that REALLY has focus on external competition vs. internal (assignments, work approaches and review actions speak louder than words (there's never a shortage of words on this) - Recognize (with real review $ and when applicable, promotions) the people who are team players and care more about the success of MS vs. seeking out personal glory/pay/advancement - I'd say fix the review policy, but know changes have been made (good to see an attempt has been made ... hope it works better!)",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57472,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great,"Great, fun place to work at. Good benefits, good work life balance. A lot of flexibility to move within the company. Microsoft was fumbling for a while, but they are now aligned to a single vision, and have high potential to execute.","Sometimes it can be daunting to move at this behemoth's speed. This is changing, should get better. If you are a leader, there is opportunity to make a difference.","The culture is changing, but there is still a lot of work to be done. The company feels now like 3-4 companies - a huge improvement over the 8 companies it used to be, but still not executing on a unified, single vision. Bing, MSN, search all your online offerings feel disjointed to product roadmap.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57473,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Professional,"Good company, average company culture.","Work/life balance is by far the best reason to work for Microsoft. As long as you get your work done, management is very understanding of the necessity of making sure you dedicate the right amount of time and energy to your personal life.","Not so great pay for a company this size, weak culture...can sometimes feel ""lonely and not welcoming.""",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57474,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Takes good care of its employees,"Overall good benefits, good compensation. A wide variety of projects to work on makes it easier to learn and grow along the career path.","Weak leaderships are very common. Lack of visions and planning. They just can't do proper planning and fast pacing at the same time. Although in general there are a wide variety of projects to work on, few innovative ideas to be implemented.",Be open minded and do planning with a clear vision.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57475,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2014",Current Employee - Electrical Engineer,"A comfortable, well-paying, steady job with a couple of exciting teams","Compensation is competitive with Apple/Google/etc Work life balance is, from what I hear, better. Good job security. Seattle is a very cool place to live. I enjoy being the underdog. Microsoft hardware is up and coming.","While there are a couple of cool projects, I'm waiting for Microsoft to release something exciting. We have been more of a follower so far.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57476,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environment,Very smart people to work with. Building great products. Good work Life Balance,Needs to catch up on some markets.,Being very proactive with new and emerging markets.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57477,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Smart, passionate people, driven to solve great problems, hampered by process","Great people, great scope of problems to tackle, compensation is very competitive, benefits are comprehensive. In general, the company has enormous resources to actually, truly change the world in many meaningful ways - it's just a matter of the company not getting in its own way and allowing its talent to thrive.","The review process fostered competition instead of collaboration, depending on the group, the politics became intrusive, work-life balance was hit or miss. It largely depends on the group(s) you end up with, but the process is pretty universal.",Foster collaboration instead of competition. Let people and teams solve problems instead of fighting for territory.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57478,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 30, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great place to learn,Lots of talented people to learn from and great training programs for college hires. Excellent company to learn product management. Ideal work/life balance.,"Very risk averse, and a culture of ""I"" and not ""we"". Also, a culture of doing 80% or 90% instead of 100%.",none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57479,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2014",Former Employee - Producer,Culture was off,"Excellent benefits, decent work/life balance","Terrible culture, recessive thinking -- but this was before they got rid of stack ranking, so it may change.",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P792.htm
57480,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2014",Former Employee - Producer,Culture was off,"Excellent benefits, decent work/life balance","Terrible culture, recessive thinking -- but this was before they got rid of stack ranking, so it may change.",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57481,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Some groups are very political, non-technical people run the show, job-doers are sidelined in favor of networkers.",It is a big company. I am sure there are other teams with better work atmosphere. Make sure you know the GM is a sound guy. Work culture in group trickles down from top.,"Some groups like mine are very bad places to be. The leaders and their lackeys are all about making their fiefdoms and promoting their careers at the cost of honest workers, and hence the company. Backstabbing is common. If you rub your manager the wrong way, nothing can save you. Managers have absolute powers. HR exists only to help the managers keep their directs under check.",You cannot change company culture by retaining the same old management. The people in senior leadership positions are there because they know how to play the politics and navigate the system. Bring in new people if you really want to change company culture.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57482,microsoft,"South Seattle, WA"," Apr 30, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Project Manager,"Top IT Company with Cloud, Mobile and BI",strong politicos and small circle,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57483,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Work environment,projects are great. lots of diverse projects to pick from.,too many managers. healthplan was great until it was changed.,Get rid of the layers of management,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57484,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2014",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,"Fast paced, long hours, high intensity environment","Microsoft is a great place to work if you want a fast paced environment, with long hours, and high intensity. It is a great place to get experience, but difficult for System Engineers, as there are not a lot of opportunities across the greater organization.","The review process is brutal. And unless you get a quality manager with a high level of integrity and honesty, you can end up at the bottom of the barrel.",Many of the managers have never been trained to be managers. They end up as leads and managers as a result of the promotion process. Better training would improve their management capabilities.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57485,microsoft,"Schaumburg, IL"," Apr 29, 2014",Former Employee - Business Captain,Business Captain,"Great Growth, Benefits are amazing, diversity",Too many promises under deliver,keep promises don't lie,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57486,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 30, 2014",Former Employee - Support Practice Manager,Early on with Microsoft Great Place! Then company changed for the worse!,"The benefits (early on), fast paced, technology","Company lost their way, stack ranking, firing of employees just to meet a number that upper mgmt wanted to trim, then hire to replace them. Stock poor performance for over 12 years New benefits package good ole boy network","Only deal with true performance issues, don't manage out to meet a number. Listen to customers versus thinking that Microsoft knows all the answers, mid level and upper mgmt very egotistical.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57487,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2014",Former Employee - Staffing Associate,Learn a lot - but painful,"Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits, well-resourced organization, great experience to have on your resume.","Highly political colleagues, incompetence is sometimes rewarded by lateral shifts and people moves, too much email, working all hours of the day and night, entitled colleagues.",Recent reports about culture shifts and changes to Microsoft's culture is promising. Recognizing influential employees is important. It's also important to recognize influencers that produce positive results in a way that is inclusive and collaborative and not just the loudest.,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57488,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Perfect place to work at,"At Microsoft, you get to work on cutting edge technologies and compensation is more than satisfactory. Maintaining a work-life balance is completely possible. Time off is ample and health benefits are among the best ones offered in the industry even with the recent changes due to spiraling costs. What you do can affect literally millions of people and you have the opportunity to bring about change for the better.","If you are aiming to become a multimillionaire fast, Microsoft is not the place to work at. (OTOH if you've actually matured into a multi-dimensional person, you realize that you can have a fulfilling life and career at the same time and Microsoft is one of the better places to do that).  The constant second-guessing by the industry wears you down. Work politics can make your life hard but the feeling is that it's going to be much better -- and much more different -- with Satya.",Know your engineers.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57489,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Start Out With,Great internship opportunities! You are able to get a great background with this amazing experience at Microsoft. It is just amazing!!,"Maybe, hard to be selected.",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P793.htm
57490,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No complaints,You get from your career what you put into it at this company. You can sky rocket or coast.,Difficult to understand how your day-to-day impacts the company's bottom-line.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57491,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great if you have a good lead.,"Great benefits including good insurance coverage and prime card, and company store products.",The old review system is awful. Maybe the new system is better.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57492,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 26, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Change the world,A good place to work and impact the life of many.,To work in a large company like MSFT you have to deal with large groups of people (in order to coordinate efforts across many different teams)... that can slow you down some... but that's the price for big impact.,Make it easier to transition between groups across the company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57493,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,"Great Company, however, pockets with in the company of groups that are bad","The perks are great, though the benefits are not as good as they used to be. I work with a lot of very talented and smart people. Programs are very well funded. Salaries and bonuses are good. Microsoft is universally recognized and many companies are very interested in hiring current and ex employees.",There is still a lot politics. The matrix organization makes it extremely difficult to get work done. Each team has different metrics. There are too many decision makers. Goals are not clear. This makes Microsoft slow to react to market changes and create innovative products.,Reorganize to improve efficiency.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57494,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Reporting Associate,"Benefits and company are great, but the experience can be highly dependent on the team and manager you work for.","Name recognition, compensation, work-life balance and flexibility, benefits, potential to work with great teams and manager, ability to move within the company, career opportunities,","Large company may not be as agile, potential negative public perception of Microsoft, bad teams and managers can have a strong negative impact on career and general experience. Fair amount of variability between good and bad teams.","Could do more to make employees feel valued and motivate to contribute. Seek to hire managers for manager roles, not simply promoting talented individuals who might not be good manager material.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57495,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its going good,it is very diverse and you can basically work on anything and horn your skills,"since its diverse , finding the right fit for you to grow is important",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57496,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Apr 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Forget about your personal life..Work work work,Good salary and benefits. Good experience.,"You have to work day and night to get promoted. It all depends on luck, if you get lucky and ended up under a good manager, your life will be wonderful. Even with you a good manager, You have to keep improving and keep pushing and working very hard to stay in the company. If for any reason you ended up with a bad reviews, you are screwed... Very hard to move to another team. People sometimes go through bad time and ending up not performing well , right? will forget that in this company.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57497,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 25, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,OK place to work.,Good place to earn new technology.,"Poor managers, pathetic culture and bureaucratic.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57498,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,Awesome career experience,"Very impactful to global software and impacting everyone in the world in software that you've made and design and sell. It really allows you to do your great work if you are ambitious and if you are creative. Also, it is not limited to doing the traditional test work that testers are supposed to do. You are only limited by your imagination.","Large company is complex and you need to navigate your way through. You are only limited by your imagination. It really takes time to build trust and establish credential. It may take some time and effort for multiple people to appreciate your work. So you need to be self motivated. If not, you may not make it. You need to believe in yourself at times.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57499,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Bureaucratic nightmare.,Nice weather and close to Tahoe.,Everything else. Three more words.,Leave.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P794.htm
57500,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Flexibility and Opportunity,"Huge breadth of job opportunities for those working at the HQ location. Great flexibility to get your job done and not have to work in a ""clock in, clock out"" environment A lot of momentum with company direction with new leadership","Job demands can be taxing during cyclical periods (varies a lot by role/function) Simplification efforts don't always take roadblocks out of the way Redundant layers of tools, processes, and approvers slows the pace of business",Continue to view changes through the One Microsoft lens,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57501,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Getting better,Lots of smart passionate people. A variety of opportunities from consumer to enterprise. You probably have as wide a variety of opportunities in the tech field as exist at any single company.,The stack ranking was corrosive to the culture. Still need to see if the new system is better - it can't be any worse. Cross group collaboration used to be difficult as empire building was the name of the game but this also seems to be improving under the new leadership.,Keep stressing collaboration and team goals. Make sure the perks and benefits keep pace with competitors - some of them have been slowly eroding.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57502,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Lots of ups and downs, lots of politics. Otherwise a good place to work.","Lots of cool projects to work on, lots of flexibility.","Lots of politics, lots of poorly organized committee decision making.","Galbraith talks about culture being the output of the ""star model"" of organizational design. The points of the star are: Strategy, Structure, People, Work Processes and Rewards. He asserts that you can change the culture without changing all the elements in a big way.  The Microsoft culture has some poisonous elements that were created by the reinforcing structure, reward systems, and so forth. Real change is needed.  I am optimistic about Mr. Nadella's change, but is he changing enough to actually fix the culture?",4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57503,microsoft,none," Apr 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS Review,Cool technology to work with,Real leadership is pretty limited,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57504,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place great people,"Intelligent people, great products getting better",Internally focussed can be an issue,Help the teams be more proactive with customers and stop the silos in the business,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57505,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work!,"Smart people, training structure is great for on-boarding and every process is well structured,","If you are not an FTE you can't participate of team events, it feels like you are a second class citizen.","Treat your non-FTE people better, we are all people that do the same work...we just have the tittle.",4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57506,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Good experience,Some of the brightest people and cutting edge technology,i chose to not comment,Get more involved.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57507,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Being SDET at Microsoft,"Good salary compensation, nice bonus system, great medical insurance coverage, nice place to work in terms of both office space and people you're working with.","Long decision making periods, inflexibility and too much of conservativeness when it comes to add something new to the process.",More fresh blood and flexibility would let us achieve more in the same amount of time.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57508,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good place to work, but politics and reorgs limit upward momentun","Great benefits, easy going work place, not super fast paced, great lifestyle company, can WFH or OOF often with little notice. Good pay for the area.","Reorgs limit promotions, Windows Phone is very hard to move up in specifically. Redmond/bellevue/issaquah area is tasteless. Most people are family oriented so not a great place to be young. Most emloyees are lifers and have preconcieved notions for how everything should be done -- limits productivity.",Stop throwing people at problems and promoting edge cases. Stop using MSWord for specs -- there are much more powerful tools out there.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57509,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great place to learn about the software industry. Wide variety of products, business models and sales models.",Resources to do almost anything because of the size. Different business models and sales models provide a great learning environment.,Getting any one thing done can be very difficult due to size. Company has clearly gotten too big to move quickly which is why it has fallen behind or missed so many trends.,Go on a diet and slim down.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P795.htm
57510,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work load,good salary and good benefit,"not interesting, it is boring",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57511,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"plenty of training available, extremely smart coworkers, good work life balance","internal processes and procedures, lack of product group connection to the customer needs.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57512,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,- Good Salary - Challenging work,- Have to work in odd shift - Always less on staff,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57513,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT User Research,Friendly and straightforward Entire experience was streamlined Great Atmosphere. Lots of opportunities to interact with novel tech.,"The company is so large that the whole experience may seem disconnected and unimportant but really, you're just here to fill a task.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57514,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2014",Current Employee - IT Program Manager,Politics and Gender Bias taint the potential of a great company,Been here for almost 9 years. - Play with new technology - Work with really intelligent people - Pay is competitive but see Cons on gender inequity - Benefits are still top notch - New performance mgt system removes internal competition - New CEO holds promise - Great work life balance,"- Culture of consensus - bias for CYA vs. taking a risk - Gender inequality - Mgt has a *very* small percentage of minorities and women - Politics - the squeaky wheels get the oil and the smart, quiet introverts lose out - So many managers that it's hard to see if anyone is actually doing the work - Analysis paralysis - Hard to move up internally and external candidates are often given higher levels than internal transfers - even if the internal candidate is better qualified","Stop telling women and minorities that they ""lack confidence"" and if they just start doing that, things will happen for them. There is a bias toward gender and people who talk a lot versus the talented people who do the work. Many very smart people get the short end of the stick and get short changed at review because they spend more time working and less time self promoting. What are you doing to support the hard-working, REAL talented high performer?",3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57515,microsoft,"West Seattle, WA"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Senior Hardware Engineer,I am working here because this company is good,getting better salary and living good,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57516,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2014",Former Employee - Strategy Manager,Great place to pick up many useful experiences,Salary and career progression is very good if you can pick a good industry and think and execute in collaboration with your team.,"many sucky managers infest the place. While training is given, managers are not typically well held to account to be excellent.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57517,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 18, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Tons of Potential,"Humble, always questioning ourselves. Continue to be surrounded by some of the smartest people one will ever meet. Diversity is strong across most groups, leads to a well rounded approach to customers/products. You build a career here and are constantly growing vs. 'getting consumed and burnt out' that is becoming so common for other companies in the Seattle area.","Underdog in many markets these days, frustrating to read tech press and be faced with constant bias and 'uncool' campaign. Looking forward to the day when the facts win out.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57518,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,"Access to cutting edge MS technologies to experiment with Good benefits Hardworking and smart people around so you get encouraged to think and work smart Good training and seminar options MS is going in the right direction with now being a devices and software company, I think exciting things are happening and we will see great products going forward",Review and rating system can be improved It might take time to move up the chain Work-Life balance can be a challenge at times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57519,microsoft,"Huntington, NY"," Mar 31, 2014",Former Employee - Product Advisor,okay for retail,Pay is good also free and cool work perks,Managers are not qualified put pressure on part time and full time employes,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P796.htm
57520,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Regret I spent years of my life there,"- To some people outside the ""circle"", they would respect you for being a Microsoft employee, especially in other countries. - H1B sponsorship - Smart, competitive people around you. A lot to learn from peers and managers","- A company past its creativity curve. Only tiny portion of the projects are interesting, and people will fight for you. If you newly join the company, you will spend quite some time doing the out-dated technologies. - ""Factory"", ""assembly line"" style process: this company is smart enough to ""streamline-lize"" its software development into something similar to Ford's assembly line. Working in that procedure gives you a strong feeling that you are one replaceable piece on it. - Management tries to get ""most mileage"" out of you: the management will try to make you work hard, overtime (while not explicitly say so to leave ""evidence"". One time I saw the manager explicitly wrote ""do more with less"", meaning getting more done with less people, in his commitment. Another time I heard the management using ""get enough mileage out of people"". They would make aggressive planning, use progress tracking software, status report meetings to force you into work over time. Not only that, during work it's highly intense, I had to make sure the previous scheduled tasks are made progress, and timely respond to boss' emails of ad-hoc tasks. Sometimes I need to switch between 5 desktop servers to run different tasks to get my assignments done. Looking back, every year there made me age 3-4 years. - Selfish culture. It boosted a culture that everybody try to strive to get what's within his own boundary done. And the company values the winner from internal competition (as the company is so big, upper management doesn't have time to judge who's right, so the simplest way I guess, is to see who's won out). From lower level, that means the peers just don't collaborate, but undermine each other. From bigger teams perspective, it's the fight between partners, and result in endless re-orgs. - Information control. The mid-management gives exactly information that you need to work on your piece of work. You don't know next reorg, you don't know the direction of the project. - ""Precision Question Answering"". There's this poisonous ""communication tool"" within Microsoft called ""Precision Question Answering"", it essentially trains people into using robotic-style conversations, so that the management can get the important information in the fastest way, and peers can challenge each other to fix logic errors in the details, at the cost of enjoying human-like collaboration between colleagues. - Compensation is terribly below the industry average level.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57521,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Rewarding work, excellent pay, work-life balance, and advancement opportunities","Microsoft offers the opportunity to work on the forefront of new technologies, dogfood Microsoft products, and visibly impact users on a global scale. Generally, management is good from top to bottom, and pay, benefits, and work-life balance are excellent. As long as you are meeting and exceeding expectations, you go home when you are satisfied with your day's work. There is a clear, incremental advancement path unlike some other big 4 companies. Possibly most importantly, Microsoft is on the rise and beginning to innovate at a high rate.",Your specific vision may not always align with the company's goals. There is no free food.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57522,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good job choice if you want to live and work in the greater-Seattle area.,Benefits are really good. Pay is competitive.,"Promotions are often shrouded in mystery without public announcements or acknowledgments. Intellectual horsepower, great teamwork, and delivering results above-and-beyond the typical employee do not result in rewards. It is usually a beauty contest amongst the few that are the personal favorites of GMs and CVPs. This is especially true for promotions from Level 64 (senior) to Level 65 (principal/director).",Make promotions public and advertise your top performers at each level. Give public feedback on the specific examples on why those individuals were promoted This will provide employees with an objective benchmark of what the expectations are for work performance and delivered results.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57523,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous,Balanced corporation,"Work/life balance, flexibility, you can make your job whatever you want it to be, you are in control","Constant re-orgs, just as you start to dig into your work, your role may be changed","Need solid leadership direction at the middle management level. Senior leadership is strong, but not as it cascades down to GMs and directors.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57524,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great if you're into playing the political game,Good benefits. Most teams have a reasonable work-life-balance approach (some to not). Great amenities and environment.,"A high number of the managers are not good people managers - they are in the role because they are technically excellent etc., but unfortunately that doesn't translate to knowing how to manage and motivate teams. Way too political.",Upper management should consider whether people know how to manage people before promoting them into team lead roles,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57525,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perhaps a ray of hope,"compensation and benefits are good to very good. Medical was outstanding up until 2 years ago and moved to a savings account model, not bad, but not nearly as good as before. Work/Life balance is also very good and not abused.","""officially"" eliminated the forced stack ranking which was killing the company by pitting everyone against their teammates, but the effects still linger as it has not been put into practice and some still following the old rules. Political? you bet. Undocumented rules and policies? tons","New CEO Satya Nadella looks to be changing the company, for the better. He may be the only one, KT has to go, this ain't Walmart!",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57526,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer In Test - II,Software Giant but not an Elephant,"Microsoft is surely the largest software company in terms of diversity of products it makes money from. Unlike most of the competitors, its income is not primarily coming from one source but from many sources such as OS, Online Business, Enterprise etc. etc. It's very hard to shake such a well established company with a few very strong competitors. Even if Microsoft starts losing money in one business, it will still have a lot of income from other businesses which will give Microsoft enough time and flexibility to catch up with the competitors.","Most product teams are too large, therefore it's very hard to learn all aspects of the product in a short amount of time when you join a team. It usually takes at least a couple years to get comfortable with the overall product, in best case.",I find recent re-orgs very well planned and on the target. Please preserve your new focus on cloud & mobile businesses and encourage all teams for more innovation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57527,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good management,Matches skills and aspirations with project alignment. Provides growth avenues.,Not the best compensation in market.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57528,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome!,"Really talented, ambitious and driven co-workers - you get to work with the best! Great compensation. Really good work-life balance compared to other tech companies of the same caliber. Our new companies values and strategy is awesome!!",We are less agile than we need to be but Senior Leadership is aware of this and as a company we are working on it.,Good job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57529,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Network Architect,No surprises if you've worked for a big company.,"They have most quality of life things figured out, good benefits, good work-life balance, good folks to work with (very few jerks) and there is a solid technical track that doesn't push you to become a manager to advance. If anything, technical chops are more appreciated than managerial sway.","Very process oriented, very large bureaucracy, so unless you know who can help, it takes very long to navigate.","Need to transition from a won't consider it for employees or customers if it is ""Not invented here"" mentality to supporting cross-platform online services because that is what your customers are doing.  Support employees by putting fewer restrictions on their work tools (ie. should not have to use Outlook or Lync if they are proprietary, which they are, when there are standards based alternatives that Microsoft could support -- ie. Firefox, SIP+ENUM)",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P797.htm
57530,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Talent Sourcer,The wind is at our backs,"Amazingly smart and passionate people who now realize we're no longer in the drivers seat but must work smart/hard to delight customers and excite employees. Great compensation/benefits, attention paid to work/life balance and now we have a leader that ""gets it.""","Very Washington/Redmond-centric, we definitely need to open positions up for remote employees globally. Though the old culture is slowly giving way to a faster, more agile approach to delivering great products, the remnants of our former culture still remain. We have to get rid of the things that bogged us down and put us in silos and embrace the change that Satya speaks about, fully.","Keep Satya at the forefront of the company, not just externally but internally. His energy, his desire for the right kind of change and his vision for new products/technology needs to be felt/heard as much as possible.",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57531,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Director,Great place to work and with great career opportunities,"Advancement, Culture, Colleagues, Benefits and Location",Assumptions made about the company and its employees by 'knowledgable' persons,"Work hard, be keen and willing to take on small projects, these lead to you being noticed for advancement. Basic really.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57532,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Once great, now declining","Great Benefits Includes a stay fit program, you get $800 to spend every year on health activities Global company enables to build relationships around the world Good salary","Culture is changing from creative go get it to what does my boss think If you are outside of Redmond and your team is there, it is hard to evolve in your career.","Too many re-orgs affect career development, too many managers, poor manager-employee relationship when you are remote.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57533,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,"Great if you are in Seattle, but engineering in the bay area is not the place to be","Smart people, good benefits, stability. There is a fair amount of variety in the bay area but nothing like what there is in Seattle of course.","In my experience, teams are all very interdependent which means everyone has to agree to get anything done. Not super nimble. More talking than doing.",Stop hiring in partners in the bay area and grow the people that are there. It feels like there is no future down here. Pretty much all Bay Area partners were hired in.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57534,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,"culture, compensation, technology, resources and work life balance","fast paced, compensation, insurance perks, promotions",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57535,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great normally,"Normally a great place to work, IF you have a good group","IF your group is one of the ones that is in trouble everything will suffer, career, work life balance, salary, bonus. It can be a hyper political place as well","Keep up the new focus, lighten the politics and do the right thing for the employees and the customers.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57536,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,Great Infrastructure and People,Microsoft has unbelievable infrastructure and support to help you get your job done. The people who work here are very smart and passionate. Great pay and benefits.,"Upper management is generally promoted from within and does not keep up on industry standards. Culture of doing things the ""old way"" and reinventing the wheel over and over stifles creativity and agility.",Need to take more risks or experiment in order to stay relevant. Can't be afraid to bring in industry veterans to manage teams or as high level I/Cs. Management needs to listen to the I/Cs who have very good ideas about the future but get burned out working with old processes.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57537,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Relaxed environment,You get to work on good algorithms and loads of perks.,Annual review process is not good and it bitters your relationship with your peers,Change the annual review process and just see how one performed rather than doing the stack ranking.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57538,microsoft,"Salem, NH"," Mar 28, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,A Company with Class and Integrity,"All the way to the top, the hierarchy of the company cats about the people they work for and with.",None. The company ends Smith and takes care of everybody.,Continue to take care of the little people and the company will continue to excel!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57539,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,great company to work for,not for people that don't want to work hard,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P798.htm
57540,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very good company, great benefits, great learning and development resources","Smart colleagues, very friendly casual work atmosphere, opportunity for career advancement, and amazing benefits (yes, perhaps still the best in any where in the Puget Sound). The company and management cares about your well-being.","Most everyone is absorbed in the stack ranking mastery and staying safe, very little innovation, creative thinking, problem solving, or taking initiative. Much energy is put on internal systems and fitting in to the same box. Not much inspiring, pioneering, diverse, or authentic thinking (employees and leadership), more of the same type, old-fashioned, skill maintenance emphasis.",Encourage employees to Think Different! Reward those who come up with new things. Loosen the grip on forced compliance. Let employees be authentic not robotic. Be open to look around and learn from cool new things-irrespective of where it comes from.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57541,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Challenging, fun, great people","Variety of technologies and products to work on, benefits, quality of employees","size, cross-group coordination, agility and time to market",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57542,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, boring and unfilling job","The hours were great. I worked from 8 to 3 everyday. A lot of people in my group worked a ton of hours but I felt that they were doing mostly BS work such as spending a lot of time tweaking numbers on a Excel spreadsheet that they would then copy and paste into a PowerPoint that no would be able to read anyway. I never understood why people spent so much time on presentation that were still so terrible in the end.  The benefits were also great. I don't have kids, but it seemed great for people with kids. If your kid gets sick, you can just work from home for a day. The flexibility is amazing.  In general, work life balance at Microsoft is great for the life part of the equation, but not so great for the work part of it.",I hear this is different at other parts of the company but I was working in the US M&O. It's supposedly a marketing group but no marketing gets done. People mostly spend their time trying to wave their arms so their manager or manager's manager feels that marketing is being accomplished. It's the biggest waste of time I've ever seen.,"Microsoft's structure is bloated. There are too many people doing a few jobs so everyone gets into a habit of managing up in order to show that there is enough to work to warrant a job position. In the end, people get promoted based on political clout rather than actual ability or delivery. There are deep cultural problems here. Microsoft feels like a place where 40 year olds go to retire.",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57543,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The Good, The Bad, The Ugly","There are a lot of great things about Microsoft. There are so many great, intelligent, innovative, talented and fun people who work there. They are diverse and I respect that. I loved being on the cutting edge of technology. It was great having all the new Microsoft technology right there for us to use. The company has good benefits too. They do their best to make the work environment comfortable and provide a lot of alternative places to sit and work. They have a healthy attitude toward letting employees work at home with very flexible hours. I worked here for several years and I saw many changes over that time - some good, some not so good. Overall, I enjoyed most of my time at Microsoft.","Loosen the purse strings! If you develop software, you have it made. Microsoft pays the developers very well which I understand but the rest of the company isn't always better than average pay. It totally depends on the group your in (not the job you do). Compensation is not fairly provided. I hope with moving to a new review model it will improve. Microsoft likes to cry poor even though there is billions in savings. They have lost a lot of good talent due to compensation. The bar is never high enough. Each time you accomplish your goals (and do them well) they keep raising the bar. The work load is crazy and if you don't learn to have boundaries you will have no personal life. Even if you can, work life balance is skewed here. People work nights and weekends consistently. These are salaried positions - no overtime and taking comp time is near impossible because you are always so busy. Most deadlines are insane - it doesn't allow you to produce the quality of work you would like. There is a lot of compromise because of it. Some people are great at communicating some aren't. It is competitive and people throw co-workers under the bus to make themselves look better with an aim on the reviews. My hope is this will change with the new review model.","Stop playing favorites! Be honest with your employees and be sure to support them so they get the compensation they deserve. Give people more career and advancement advice. Focus on communication, do a better job of communicating. Walk the talk - don't tell us we are the most important thing then not compensate a good job and expect us to work 80 hr weeks.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57544,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,A great place to spend a few years or a career.,"Great pay, great benefits, many options across plenty of products, unlimited growth potential. It's an exciting time to join the company, many of their technologies are finally converging!","Often multiple teams will be solving a very similar problem at the same time. This results in a re-org or features being entirely abandoned. With that said, things are improving. There is also a lot of competition among peers because the review model used to be entirely relative to your peers. If you did a great job but were on a team full of rock stars, you don't don't get a good review.",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57545,microsoft,none," May 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good experience,learn how to resolve dependency,very slow to move forward,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57546,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,tech engineer,"good company, takes care of people",not very exciting stuff to work on,platform integration is going to make windows desirable again,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57547,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Playing with the newest stuff,You get to play with the newest stuff before it even becomes the newest stuff,"The stack ranking system pits you against your peers, and definitely is a favorites system",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57548,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to grow your skillset,Smart people Work hard and you are rewarded Great compensation and benefits,Dog eat dog world - competitive environment 60 hours a week for managers is not unusual,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57549,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great copmany if you're in a great team,"Smart, ,passionate and friendly people to work with good work life balance meaningful/impactful product",Things move slowly sometimes. you need to get so many people to agree on to move forward.,Focus on what's important to the customer and to the company!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P799.htm
57550,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Good benefits... bad HR,The company has a lot of smart people Good products Good exposure to technology that is used by millions,"Very type A and self absorbed organization Stack ranking in HR is really a de-motivator Products developed are still not designed with the end user in mind - they cater to the Engineers that develop the products, SI. Admins, IT staff ...not the end user",Add more diversity of personality types not just nationalities,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57551,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Steady but slowly changing,"Good benefit, well balanced work life.",Lost 10 years and more under not so well directed management.,Contribution Margins isn't the best measure of success.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57552,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good company to work for,Smart people. High quality co-workers. Very visible project that can influence lives of millions of people.,"Review system. They are finding ways to change it but due to the size of the company, it is a very hard task. Pay is low for long-timers compared to new-comers.","reward people, with higher salary!",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57553,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Microsoft has all the potential to come back, but needs to get figure out what they are",Great place to get a breath of experiences.,"The company is having an identity crisis now. I know they want to change, but there are so many people in current management levels who are not willing to change",I started there 14 years ago and it was great because you could make a difference and people listened to you. Now people at Director and GM levels ego's are so big that they think they know if all and will NOT listen to people below them,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57554,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Lots of opportunities, but a challenging culture.","Competitive salaries, lots of movement if you like to change jobs alot. Company is so big and in so many markets and market segments just about every job you would ever want exists somewhere at the company. Employee review process, goal setting process and career growth process are very formalized.","I worked there while the employee stack rank and scoring process was still in place. As a people manager and as an individual contributor I had both positive and negative experiences with the process. Top performers were rewarded, but I was also required to make decisions which I didn't think were fair to my staff.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57555,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Savvy,Comprehensive training fully prepares the employee for their selective tasks.,"Very demanding work that required time past normal office hours. Office environment was your traditional ""cubicle style."" Promotions were difficult to obtain without staying overtime.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57556,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great Company, great atmosphere, great benefits","huge portfolio of products, you can always find something new to work on. Great flexibility to move from one team to another one. great benefits, awesome work-life balance",rainy seattle is the only location. Microsoft is Redmond-centric,"set the hiring bar higher, e.g. more Ph.D.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57557,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Great,Experienced people who know a lot about industry,Very big so you might get lost at times.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57558,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,One of the best places to start your career at,Compensation and perks are right up there... at least if you work in Puget sound. Obviously the enterprise is big enough that there is loads to explore Excellent work-life balance (depends on the team though) Very friendly people (mostly),Easy to get into teams that have flaws Management screws up a lot and this could affect your day to day activities,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57559,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Director Marketing,6 years in marketing,"Great benefits, life/work balance. Opportunities for growth across business areas and industries",Long term employees set in ways of doing things as they have in the past.,"Make big bets, move fast",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P800.htm
57560,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Expression/Binder ID/Skeleton Tagger,Expression Tagger/Binder ID/Skeleton Tagger,"I love working for Microsoft, the environment is laid back, we can make our own schedules, free beverages, etc.","The biggest problem I had working here, was the commute.",NA,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57561,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company and will get better with new CEO,- Ability to impact to millions of customers - Good work life balance - Great HR and focus on employee satisfaction - Awesome immigration processes - Philanthropy is encouraged and the best employee giving program on the planet,"- Big company challenges of innovating at speed - Lots of silos and code duplication so each team reinvents the wheel - Hard to fire people, so even the non-performers with ppl with personal agendas stay for a long time",- Need to start thinking like a start up,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57562,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,Relaxed. dont need to work hard,No direction. Bad management. Friends of Friends promotion culture,"Eliminate the layers of management. Dont reduce the people who do the work but reduce number of Directors, sr directors, GM, VP's",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57563,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,Awesome challenges,"Great impact - all the work I do impacts people across the world in fundamental ways  Very challenging problems. The software we write runs across so many different systems and supports so many people, the problems abound. It is very rewarding to tackle those  Great breadth of challenges. You can work in a variety of areas, from OS to databases to UI to web services all within the same company. It's easy to grow your capabilities  Redmond WA is a very nice place to live","Some people don't handle change very well making hard for the overall organization to react quickly to change  We don't invest enough in our internal engineering processes, making some of the day to day work a bit harder than it should",The New CEO is taking very good first steps,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57564,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - SDE2,"used to be a cool company, not cool anymore",good place to learn Microsoft technology,"too much politics, not too much change to grow",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57565,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Good company. Good benefits. Poor innovation.,Smart people. Global impact. Well known and respectful brand around the world.,"Lack of innovation. Leadership team is not capable to stimulate innovation. Leadership team are good ""sellers"" and managers, but not visionaries.","You need to have product visionaries. Also, please make sure you reward your employees based on performance and results, not on tenure or politics.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57566,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great benefits but too stressful,"The best benefits around: good pay, excellent medical, free drinks, etc.","Very stressful and hectic, cut throat culture and no room for 'nice guys'. No matter how much you give, more is needed. Granted this may be different between groups within the company.","Pay attention to everyone, it seems you pay more attention to and acknowledge those who are very vocal but you seem to ignore those who are more reserved.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57567,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Overall, solid.",Great pay Intelligent co-workers (for the most part) Flexible schedule Awesome Projects with broad impact,Middle management spends a good deal of time managing upper management. Big machine little cogs Difficult to move things forward quickly,Get out of the way Trust your people to make the right choices,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57568,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Good place if you like big companies,Most of the folks that work here are super bright and fun to work with. The software projects can be interesting but there is also lots of legacy code that just needs tweaks with every release.,Frequent changes to product plans and management.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57569,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great benefits, Bad middle managers","Great benefits - PTO (3-5 weeks), 2 weeks Sick Leave, 4 weeks Paternity/12 weeks maternity leave PTO, very good health plan with HSA (employee has to pay out-of-pocket until a deductible is met, company contributes too, Plan was great till end of 2012), individual office with lots of privacy - this is a great plus if you are coming from a cubicle culture, flexible hours, great infrastructure, lots of smart engineers, good pay compared to others in the Seattle area. If you can shut yourself off of the middle management incompetency and maintain a good relationship with everyone, you'll get a steady growth. Work-life balance in general is very good with 40-50 hours though it depends on the team where you may have to put in 60+ hours and weekends. Consider working for a core team if you want to be around smart engineers.","Managers push busy work. Generally incompetent middle managers - tons of politics. It's not what you contribute that counts - it is your relationship with your lead and his/her manager that weighs heavily in your reviews. Most middle managers cannot get a job outside of Microsoft - even if they did, they cannot get the benefits that Microsoft offers so they stick on. Getting things done can be a pain. Most non-core teams have incompetent team members at almost all levels. There are frequent re-organizations across the company. It is common to go through 7-10 managers in a period of 5-6 years and it affects growth badly even if you are very smart. Most managers lack the maturity to be managers.",Consolidate the divisions. Please re-align business and get rid of the incompetent middle managers in the senior and principal bands. Re-evaluate competencies and calibrate the engineers and managers. Microsoft is a great place to work and it can be made made better by getting more efficient.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P801.htm
57570,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,Great Place to Work,"Great benefits, competitive pay, wide range of opportunities","Need to make sure your work stays visible to get ahead, but that seems intuitive for any company. If people don't know what you're working on, is it having an impact? Is it worth your time?",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57571,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Executive Producer,Challenging and rewarding work,Scope of responsibilities is higher than many other places. Benefits are excellent and the work life balance is a real priority.,Your boss matters to the quality of your experience. if you don't like your boss when you interview then you should not take the job because he/she wont get better.,"Upper management here is more concerned with keeping their jobs then doing their jobs. This creates a risk averse culture at the senior level that rewards critics over creators when it comes time for promotion. This doesn't make them bad, just a bit feckless.",5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57572,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2014","Current Employee - Senior, Software Engineer",Company with real challenging work and opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies.,"At Microsoft, you can work in close partnership with multiple OEM's, H/W vendors and chip manufacturers, and write software which can make a real big difference for a device that is coming 2-3 years down the line. Which other company cares about enterprise performance on 1000 CPU machine?",Work-life balance gets naturally screwed-up as there are tons of smart people in the company and competition is always stronger (in case you need to grow fast).,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57573,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just ok,Ok pay with good benefit,Too old and hard to get promotions,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57574,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Operations Manager,"Microsoft offers a variety of options as you progress through your career, it is a continuous learning environment.","Great benefits, good pay, exciting culture, fast paced","Corporate matrix makes it difficult to make quick impact in the field. Over the past couple of years, there has been tightening of budgets for operating expenses and employee benefits which both have a negative impact on work life balance.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57575,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 6, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Not what I thought,"Good people, Good company to have on your resume for further job searches.",Some managers don't really care about what you do but when it comes to the reviews they expect you to know everything without them training. Will give you a bad review and not take no blame for not training you appropriately.,Take time to train new employees correctly.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57576,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,World-class engineering,You get to work with clever people on big problems and for a company that is well resourced. Great benefits and reasonable compensation.,"Middle-execs seemed to focus more on increasing the size of their empire (at the expense of other divisions), and less on innovation, customers and growing businesses.",Demand a more entrepreneurial environment for these execs.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57577,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Apr 4, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to start...,"Opportunity to work on and learn a lot of great things about software development Work on the latest greatest ALM tools from Microsoft. Very smart people to work with and most people are great to work with. Free Soda, Candy and Coffee Benefits","Work life balance Very hard to move around or to grow your career at this site. You work and live by Redmond time even though you are in the east coast. Your experience, opportunity, and performance review greatly depends on the team you are on and your manger. I've had some good managers and bad managers. YMMV. Very competitive here, due to the size it's very hard to get promoted. I've seen a lot of pointing fingers. The first couple years are great and you can learn a lot here, but due to the lack of opportunity and the cut-throat culture it's very hard to stay for a very long time...","I feel like they give very little direction and lack a lot of direction and communication. Work on better communication and direction within the office here. Also, work on fixing a lot of the staffing problems here. The teams need to be better structured.  I approve of the CEO and recommend this company if you plan to work in Redmond.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57578,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Evangelist,Technical evangelist,"Great organization, team and people. One of the best positions you can have in MS. It combines both technical and strategic skills.","Once in TE position, it is often said that it is difficult to move to other positions in the company, however, even if the number isn't as high as in other segments, many did.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57579,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 5, 2014",Former Employee - Exchange Support,Great,"Flexible work schedule, great people, decent pay and fun environment, lots to learn","fast paced, be weary of contractor managers. They need to prove themselves so they may get out of line from time to time.","don't be so stuck up, help others develop. help them grow. Teach!. you are the creator of Windows OS!!. Teach your fellow minions.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P802.htm
57580,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Love this company, for the most part","Great compensation package. Lots of extracurricular activities for the employees and their families. Overall, the leadership team really cares about the employees and their families. My family have had many fun times interacting at social events at Microsoft.","Passive Aggressive culture with fierce internal competition. After a while, it is no longer about what you know and how you can contribute to the team value, it is more about rubbing elbow with your manager and skip levels to get ahead. So many talents have wandered into despair and eventually left the company. Too much political infightings for power and territory.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57581,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft has no loyalty,The salary is good and you get a lot of discounts/perks. Flexible schedules so you can go to appointments during the day.,"Work/life balance is VERY hard to come by and some groups are in constant fire drill mode. The review ""curve"" means someone on a team of rock stars is going to get a crappy review.","Eliminate the review ""curve"". If someone has a team of rock stars, they should all be rewarded for that.",2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57582,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great culture, great people",Large company with opportunity to move around. Great team collaboration and support. Positive work environment and lots of great perks!,Too much bureaucracy. Slow at adopting market trends. Slow product turnaround,"We need to listen to customers and act on it quickly,",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57583,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Work-life balance, growth, medical benefits, culture, employees","training, bonus, missing customer focus, missing business goals and strategy",Better trainings to be provided to all,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57584,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software design engineer on windows team,microsoft has tons of resources at your disposal. it's a great place to start your career in software engineering. you get to build a solid engineering foundation.,you are limited to just the microsoft stack. its very hard to get explore other technologies while you are there.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57585,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,planning,"compensation, location, people, team, friends","strategy, focus, leadership, decision making",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57586,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Content Publisher,Senior Content Publisher,"Fun products to work on. Fellow team members are great to work with. The content groups at Microsoft may not be shipping code, popping champagne at parties, or hob knobbing with fancy upper level types, but, content publishers are down to earth, creative, smart, and work earnestly to give Microsoft customers helpful information. They work super hard to save customers. Many content teams have great feedback systems where you will be able to see how effective your content is. And many systems provide customer comments that can be extremely complimentary.  Choose the group. Have informational interviews with the boss and team members if possible before applying for something. If you feel cozy with the boss and other teammates, have a formal interview. If you sense a negative or stressed out spirit, don't interview. Have an informational with another manager and keep moving til you find good people.  Great working environment. Nice cafeterias. Pretty good health coverage, although the paperwork and overhead required to manage reimbursement can be a little time consuming.","Being in the content discipline can be challenging here, because devs and PMs are considered the most valuable. So occasionally you have to wrestle information from someone who thinks you're not as smart as them (tip: just rollover, you're probably smarter anyway and it's a waste of time proving yourself to them). Or sometimes you have to prove your worth to people, which can be exhausting. Just keep your eye on the prize, do what you do best, and crank out the content.  There's also this: There's your job (content), and then there's the extras. The extras here are not really extras. They're required for you to survive. The extras are labelled differently depending on the manager or group: projects, stretch goals, stretch projects, visibility projects, being visible, v-teams, etc. You'll be asked to do this. So be ready. Gone are the days where you just work on content.  There's a new campaign called One Microsoft that seems to lessen the competiveness. And it's helped some people, but others are stuck in the old ""don't step on my turf"" syndrome.  In my experience managers don't manage your day to day, they manage the people above them and occasionally dip down to see what you are doing. This can be really awesome at times because you have freedom. But occasionally you do need direction, and they may not feel knowledgeable enough with your work to help out. Usually you have to sort it out for yourself.","If you are an upper level manager and you have a content team reporting to you, realize their value. There are some very creative, valuable people when given the tools can make your products shine even more.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57587,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft is not bad,The company is big enough that you may find a niche that you belong in,"the worst thing here by far is that everything is measured on ""time served"". Despite there being actual merit things to celebrate, the only celebrations worth mentioning are those that happen when someone has x many years here. Everything seems to revolve around that. It's rather ridiculous.",Enforce Merit based rewards Eliminate politics from decisions,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57588,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,"Great employer (depending on the group), but needs to become a design company",Decent pay and great benefits Great work life balance (If you're in the right division) World class minds to work with Global impact on millions of users Growing design focus,"Stuck in a software engineering mentality v. a software *design* mentality (i.e. too much power in the hands of senior developers and program managers, not enough in the hands of designers) Slow to change and react to the industry Often has trouble focusing on a user base and instead tries to be everything to everyone","It'll hurt to take power away from devs and PMs, but focus on building up your design core to build better experiences for everyone.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57589,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A mixed bag,"Good benefits and compensation. Smart, hardworking people who challenge you to do your best","Work life balance and job satisfaction vary greatly depending on which group you are in. Some jobs are an easy 8-5 and others are 65+ hours a week. They pay the same and have the same career opportunities. Choose wisely.  Microsoft missed the boat on e-readers, smartphones, and tablets in part because of destructive internal politics. In the last 9 months, the company announced a new business strategy, re-organized the company, acquired Nokia's handset business, and replaced its CEO. It remains to be seen if all of these changes result in a better company, or if they're just change for the sake of change.","Microsoft is important to the Seattle economy. If the company can't adapt and make significant amounts of money on products other than Windows and Office, a large downsizing or split is inevitable.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P803.htm
57590,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,"Great employer (depending on the group), but needs to become a design company",Decent pay and great benefits Great work life balance (If you're in the right division) World class minds to work with Global impact on millions of users Growing design focus,"Stuck in a software engineering mentality v. a software *design* mentality (i.e. too much power in the hands of senior developers and program managers, not enough in the hands of designers) Slow to change and react to the industry Often has trouble focusing on a user base and instead tries to be everything to everyone","It'll hurt to take power away from devs and PMs, but focus on building up your design core to build better experiences for everyone.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57591,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A mixed bag,"Good benefits and compensation. Smart, hardworking people who challenge you to do your best","Work life balance and job satisfaction vary greatly depending on which group you are in. Some jobs are an easy 8-5 and others are 65+ hours a week. They pay the same and have the same career opportunities. Choose wisely.  Microsoft missed the boat on e-readers, smartphones, and tablets in part because of destructive internal politics. In the last 9 months, the company announced a new business strategy, re-organized the company, acquired Nokia's handset business, and replaced its CEO. It remains to be seen if all of these changes result in a better company, or if they're just change for the sake of change.","Microsoft is important to the Seattle economy. If the company can't adapt and make significant amounts of money on products other than Windows and Office, a large downsizing or split is inevitable.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57592,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing company,"great work life balance, talented peers, excellent benefits",no major areas of concern other than typically politics at a large company.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57593,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Great company,"Smart people, challenging problems to work on",The company has run head-first into the innovators dilemma,Find a way to segment management of the cash cow businesses from areas where we need to innovate,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57594,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work and Play!,They really know how to have fun while still working hard.,Would be nice if they'd provide more training to employees.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57595,microsoft,none," Apr 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Development Manager,"Great opportunities to work on diverse products over a career, nice campus environment, reasonably good compensation, nice turnaround to remove stack ranking and focus on value through helping others","Poor corporate culture, starting to turn around but having to overcome 10 lost years. Still struggling to makes changes to take advantage of new opportunities that might endanger existing products and revenue streams","Focus on doing what it takes to delight the customer rather than what is 'strategically correct', learn to obsolete your own products before your competitors do rather than take positions to optimize the next few years of revenue.",1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57596,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Mar 29, 2014",Former Employee - Consultant,Was a great place to work until the management went downhill,Made a bundle back when options were king. In my latter years the salary plus bonus was great but the big money was behind me (early 2000s). Being a consultant is great of you like to do something different every day and not stick around when the sh** hits the fan.,"Management in my later years was awful. The goal was to keep you utilized and if that meant putting you on a plane or having you write Excel macros, so be it. Review time was always a crap shoot, you never knew what ""mystery"" goal was going to turn up to justify a poor (or average if you were lucky) review.",Consulting management should better understand how their reports are performing. Reviewing someone by making things up is not a way to develop someones career.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57597,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Director,"It's about who you know, not what you know.",Benefits and Pay were high for the Seattle area. Good work life balance once you got into the flow of your role. Some good managers and team members. Good time-off policy. If you know the senior people you will be in good standing - it all about your manager.,"You never really own anything. Managers constantly and roles are consistnantly changing. if you don't have a good manager, you will not do well at MSFT. Update your commitments and stay true to what you are doing - if not, you will be dinged! Expectations are made without communicating.",Find the right talent and let people setup to help to lead. There are some amazing people that are doing work they did other places 10 years ago!,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57598,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Quality Assurance,"Could be better, but not horrible","Provides full-time status, great for networking.",Most people are contracted and they don't offer many benefits.,"Pay your employees what they deserve, based on experience.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57599,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great journey so far and looking forward to even better future at Microsoft,You receive good pay and benefits. You get to work on interesting and challenging problems. You can decide the pace of your career. Microsoft is a huge company with thousands of teams. You can move to learn a different technology in a new team every few years without ever having to move out of the company.,"In some teams, heavy competition results in unnecessary politics. Work life balance may be affected if you are looking to get promoted in a competitive environment.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P804.htm
57600,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,good company to work,reputation..departments to switch to try out new things,big company..recognition issues..team politics..herd mentality among teams,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57601,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Solution Manager,Great company! Love the work and the challenges,Lots of freedom in day-to-day work and problem solving.,The review scale. Was in direct conflict with what was outwardly said,"Not all managers are good managers. Let managers be managers, if a person excels in their profession it does not necessarily mean they would make a good manager.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57602,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great campus and benefits but frustrating corporate culture,"Great benefits, great perks, great campus, flexible hours","Frustrating corporate culture, lots of red tape",Less process and more cowboys,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57603,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great people you just need to get stuff done quick and be promoted to stay long term,Great large company to work for with good structure and top benefits. Amazing projects and software to work on. Great culture and smart people.,Too much management and processes Very boxed into a role/area/focus Overlooked if you're not working on something cool Work life balance is balanced more towards work Very competitive,Could use better bottom up management styles Young managers should be trained a lot more in motivating and utilizing people,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57604,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Easy to do if you prefer not to work,"People who are super smart and driven. An exclusive enclave of engineering folks, always challenging each other to improve. Of course, it takes time to find any diversity and as a female director you will be isolated.","Mid and upper levels have no clue what is going on and spend all their time in meetings. Building PowerPoint slides, discussing them endlessly, and debating the meaning of words. Meanwhile, decisions are made and pushed forward without first understanding the full impact, which thrashes all the people who actually perform real (non PowerPoint) work.",Stop patting each other on the back and kidding each other. Eliminate managers and find out what's really going on.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57605,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Rewarding place to work with bright, passionate team members","Work with bright and talented teammates, great benefits, solid compensation, opportunity to work on products that have usage bases of millions / hundreds of millions, ability to change teams within the company (Microsoft's size as a strength)","Success depends significantly on the management within your product and the effectiveness of the managers you report to, coordination can be slow due to vast number of partner teams and stakeholders to coordinate with (size also a weakness)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57606,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work on the best of what will be used by millions of users,Lots of freedom and opportunity to innovate and grow,Weak HR policies - improving but still needs to change significantly to promote teamwork,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57607,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"Experience varies greatly by team, but new leadership brings new opportunities","Good benefits (401k matching, non-profit donation matching, company shuttles, etc.) but not many perks (no free food, snacks, etc.). Quality of managers vary between teams, but generally better trained than most in the industry. Learning opportunities abound as long as you're self-motivated.","Office politics are embedded into the culture. This may slowly change as new leadership is introduced / reorgs happen, but divisions are deep.",You'll never attract (and retain) a younger workforce without more perks... but that might be okay for a company at your stage.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57608,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,"Great people, great opportunities, evolving culture","Working with wonderful people, outstanding benefits. Real challenges to be met. Always someone to learn from.",Great products that aren't winning. People get stuck in their offices all day.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57609,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Opportunity to work in technology at large scale, great environment for learning and personal development","The number of technical and technology business challenges are practically limitless, even if you have to seek them out. Great company for learning and personal self development.",Limited career growth opportunities outside of Redmond. Impact of your individual work is naturally limited by the size of the company and market it operates in.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P805.htm
57610,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly good experience but limited work/life balance,"Compensation and benefits package is very good, although not as good as a few years ago. Flexible work schedule is helpful for those with families. Lots of smart individuals to work with.","Limited resources (employees) to do the amount of work required. I easily spend 50-60 hours/week working, so the work/life balance is an issue. Many of the managers are not good people managers and have difficulty understanding the day-to-day issues of the employees who actually do the work.",Too much political infighting among teams. Managers need to have skills in managing people and not just projects.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57611,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay place to work,Everyone is really results driven and focused. Everyone has a great team work mentality. My manager was very open for questions and advice.,Everyone acts like they are better then you. Very cliquey. Hard to get to know some people on other teams.,Tell you employees what you need from them and be more hand off.,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57612,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn and make on impact on large enterprise products,"Great products, awesome team. Real smart people. Products have gigantic user base, very rewarding to see your work being used by so many people","Need to be more agile. Use existing tools instead of trying to build everything, more efficient that way. Concentrate on software development processes/documentation also.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57613,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, with a lot of cash but they don't know how to use it","It's a great company, and while working there I felt very proud to be part of it. The licensing/software side of the business, which is their cash cow is fantastic and a true example of what a company should do","For MS Advertising they had so many opportunities to be the #1, yet they managed to destroy value. They bought aQuantive for 6.4 billion dollars and they wrote it off last year, I find this amazing! You want them to do well..but management always screws it up","Hire media people, not tech people to run MS Advertising, give the subs full P&L control, make them accountable for the costs, not just the revenue. And don't let Redmond make all the decisions.",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57614,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company in transition,lots of smart people. Very individual driven,politics and micro management is creeping in,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57615,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 29, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Life at Microsoft,Good company to develop your skills.,"Review model continues to be a mystery. Performance rating does not mirror contribution - men are favored compared to women for promotions, no matter how good your work is.","Politics is ripe. Seek out male managers who bash women and talk behind their backs all the time - they promote a boys network and encourage bad behavior from other men in their team in order to get ahead.  Men and women should be treated fairly with bonuses and promotions going to the best performers, not the boys network. Every GM should be required to have skip level meeting sto fully understand what goes on in their organization.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57616,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great,"People are great, compensation is good.","Corporate structure, un-necessary processes, politics.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57617,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,stable company with good projects,slow act to market changes,take risk,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57618,microsoft,"Nashville, TN"," Mar 29, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Sales Professional,Cutthroat culture,Exciting and full of opportunities. A lot of very talented people. Opportunities to get good training. Good benefits.,The performance plan and recognition tend to reward throwing people under the bus. It doesn't encourage teamwork. It encourages putting yourself ahead of others to survive.,"Change the bell curve plan. Ask yourself, is it possible that everyone on the team is a good performer?",2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57619,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Great growth opportunities, especially if you have a good work ethic. Working with super smart people is refreshing!",Benefits are a bit more challenging since the change.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P806.htm
57620,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work for long term stability,"Numerous choices of technology / areas to work with, super smart co-workers, continuous learning opportunities, greater community participation / volunteering opportunities, flexible hours, diversity and excellent benefits for employees and family, great schools around for kids.","Slow adaption to change, process overhead (review, release, chain of command), growth slows down beyond certain level.","Reduce management hierarchy, reduce process overhead (reviews specifically), adapt to the change and bring accountability to each product teams.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57621,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,You'll never know what you'll get,"Microsoft has a huge infrastructure designed to enable their employees to make the most of their experiences, including a very robust HR implementation that makes benefits support extremely easy. I left before the new ""review"" system was put in place, but that was a promising move as well. People are generally passionate about doing well. There is really no limit to the kind of product you can work on, so as your passions go, so can your place in the company.","Oversight at the middle management layer is really terrible. A manager is only as good as s/he chooses to be, and there is no real accountability for a manager being good or bad. To be clear, there are some employees who choose to be really great managers, and there are others who look at being a manager a personal career stepping stone and don't take their direct reports' careers seriously. What's more, many managers are individual contributors as well, so they have to look out for themselves as well as try to manage their team. Finally, many employees believe that being a manager is a step up the ladder, so that becomes an defining goal, but they may not develop the skills to be successful at it. I believe strongly that if Microsoft incentivized their managers to be great managers, the effectiveness of their direct reports would go up.","1) Tie manager rewards to the poll results. 2) Be consistent. This is a personal issue for me, but Microsoft made a big deal about adjusting the health benefits to reduce cost, yet they offer free soda to their employees. Free soda has no health benefits (the caffeine is pretty insignificant) and a pretty big health cost (it contributes to obesity). If you care about health cost, why give out something that may contribute to poorer health among your employees? You wouldn't give out free cigarettes or beer, and while those are more problematic than soda, it's all a gradient. In other words, only give things away that have net positive impact on an employee's health.",3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57622,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Director,Microsoft is a very big company and you feel that in every aspect of your work.,"The best thing about working for Microsoft is the opportunity to be around very smart people all day every day. The company also has a lot of financial resources, so generally speaking you don't feel constrained by money in terms of achieving goals.","It is a very complicated company. It can be very hard to figure out who you need to work with internally to get things done. People can also be very passive-aggressive in their approach to resolving conflict or differences of opinion, so just because someone is smiling you can't assume they are supportive of you or your career.",Get rid of the deadwood. The complexity in the company is deliberately contrived and is the result of having too many smart people tripping over one another and trying to dice up big problems into tiny nonsensical fiefdoms.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57623,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company poor upper management,"Amazing people to work with, way beyond leaders in their field. Good pay and benefits. Company values are much higher than popular opinion and much higher than others in the industry.",Upper management culls employees through brutal review process. Leads to good people leaving and political people staying. Layoffs in 2009 were insane (but reflective of the very top management's disconnect with reality),"Get someone at the top that knows more than Microsoft. Quit moving people to jobs they know nothing about as promotions. It just leads to management being more disconnected from those they manage and causes inefficiency and poor morale. Stop culling people, you have great employees and I saw many run out of the company due to the insane HR review process.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57624,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft,A lot of product which brings in tons of $,Missing the mobile wave is still hurting,"Need to be more nimble, and innovative",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57625,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2014","Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test, II",Still a good company to work with,Microsoft has lot of opportunities. It's still a relatively good company to work for. There are a lot of high revenue products. Very nice people in my team.,Seems people are not really working on innovation and working. But rather we tend to spend a lot of time discussing and triaging.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57626,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Apr 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not the place for good software engineers,Microsoft has lots of money and decent benefits. Some of the middle management is OK.,"If you are coming from a top engineering school, and really know software, this is not the place for you. I felt like after I graduated from MIT that I went back to elementary school when I started working at Microsoft. Most of the software engineers here have no clue and the office politics are out of control, so you spend more time defending turf than coding.",Consider promoting the talented software engineers rather than harassing them.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57627,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Research Program Manager,"Intense clture, highly competitive, often unnecessarily so","Good pay, good on resume to have experience from here, learn a lot about very competitive environments, learn to produce work quickly at the highest level possible.","Excessive emphasis on internal competition, less cooperation than what would be optimal for many activities.","Be open, listen to great ideas from everywhere, stop calling people ""resources"". Create more opportunity for top thinkers to contribute in meaningful ways. Remember that competition is outside the company and winning against them is more important than internal competition. Hopefully this is changing somewhat now with new leadership at the helm.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57628,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazing place to work,1.Work with some of the smartest people in the industry. 2.Learn great software engineering practices and processes. 3.Meet and learn from people who wrote various engineering books and articles. 4.Prestige of working for Microsoft R&D. 5.Flexible work schedules to match your work life balance and to spend time with family. 6.Great pay and benefits which are competitive in the industry 7.Decent work life balance 8.What you implement will be used by millions of people around the world and that is a very satisfying thing to know that you can impact a global change.,1. Work life balance can take a hit at times during tight deadlines. 2. Salary can be increased a little bit more to be at par with Google and Facebook to prevent some employees from leaving for those companies :) 3. Nothing else really !,Company should start focusing more on future technology trends and use all the really smart people and talent to come out with something really innovative that people will love. Time to market delivery should be improved greatly so that we don't fall behind other companies and we can be the market leader again !!!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57629,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great technology. Intra-team collaboration often okay.,Inter-team collaboration and product vision/roadmaps lacking.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P807.htm
57630,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Former Employee - Producer,Great place to work!,"The Xbox division is great, you work in the videogame industry, which usually pays less than the average software developer because everybody wants to work there, but get paid competitive salary because Microsoft pays on a level range, whether you work for Xbox, Windows or Office.","However, working for the Xbox division means that the work/life balance tilts towards the work side. Xbox is a lifestyle and if you want to be the best in this competitive environment (the best from Microsoft want to jump to Xbox, so it is harder and more competitive than the rest of MSFT), then you have to be constantly working harder and gaming in your time away from the office.","Xbox is a great place to work, but senior management should understand that there is a difference of what is required for producing and developing games and provide options like royalties or other benefits.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"takes good care of its people, but technology stuck at 90s","good work life balance, nice benefit","technology stack is old, no leverage of open source",look at the world outside,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57632,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Pretty good overall,"good team, changing culture and review system. in the service side working like a startup.","The higher level decision in the consumer space hasn't panned out, not even accountability for senior folks for the decision they make.",Listen more to people and give them what they like instead of forcing thing on them.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57633,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much politics,"MS has money, talent, patents, and all the assets to be successful.",too much politics- all about managing up.,push managers to manage. raise accountability and do not reward politics,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57634,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Director,Great place to work IF you have a great manager,Platform and reach to impact the world through variety of Microsoft assets Solid benefits and decent pay Tons of super smart people working for the right reasons - to make a difference,Highly political and subject to constant re-org Several poor managers (who've been there 10y+) who are out of touch Microsoft is not so relevant anymore,Embrace open source and make money on Services - not Devices or OS Get more upper management with outside Microsoft experience Study the competition - they're winning,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57635,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Director Product Marketing,"Overall, a positive experience over 14 years with the company",One of the best things about MSFT has always been the ability to take on very different roles and to work across any number of businesses. Benefits of course of first rate.,"While the recently made modifications to address issues, I have seen and personally experiences the oddities created by the MSFT's curve-based, stack-rank performance review system. The level of micromanagement my senior leaders are guilty of is also a big negative for those with a number of years or solid experience and a strong record of results.","Despite your rhetoric to the contrary o'er these many years, you still have not taken the need for strong people management to heart. Managers with disastrous WHI scores continue to manage teams and more often than not even get promoted. The ability to manage up continues to trump any really ability to lead teams effectively.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57636,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good place to work. Good culture. Higher end of pay for retail jobs.,"Team, culture, benefits are some of the best",Would like more career options similar to Apple,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57637,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Bellevue juggernaut is changing,"Microsoft is continuing to improve as a company. Leadership change under a new CEO, new directions with a lot of their products, and an increased focus on improving customer experience. This has rippled all the way from upper management down to individual contributors, improving the quality of life and work for just about everyone here. It's a really refreshing change to see happening.","The Bellevue juggernaut is still a juggernaut. With 100k employees and decades of accrued knowledge, don't expect to ever feel like you are uniquely providing something new to the company.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57638,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,"Reorgs, reorgs, reorgs","Great managers and great teams, cool projects to work on, passionate people, good opportunities to move to other areas in the company","Bad managers, reviews are political, matrix can lead to long decision-making, constant reorgs cause a lot of churn, MYR process takes away from selling products",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57639,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and frustrating,"People, and most of the products","Microsoft does not do change well, the transition right now is hard on everyone.","Talk about change management, have leadership go thru change management process, build a vision. Bringing your ""A game"" to work everyday is not a vision, especially when the ""game"" you are playing in is all wrong.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P808.htm
57640,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great technology, good benefits","Smart people, good benefits, flexible work environment","Very political, roles can feel very laser focused and hard to see contribution of your role to vision of the company. Teamwork is still secondary to individual performance.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57641,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,good environment to stay in,hard to get in the ideal position,more innovation,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57642,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good but not great,"great opportunities, great people, good culture and lots of internal resources for growing professionally. the company also has great citizenship values.","slow to change and somewhat unnecessary processes /overhead, you could get stuck with gaining experience in just the Microsoft stack (technically)","support devs, reduce overhead/processes, be more transparent in reviews/performance",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57643,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Business Development Director,Reinvention in process!!,"Great company, Think of something in tech, and there's an opportunity here for you. New energy in company as it embraces cloud. Firing on all cylinders!! The company mints cash!",You have to be in Redmond to move up,"Get rid of non-technical, middle managers who are trying to build personal kingdoms and just want to have a shiny title and collect a sizeable paycheck.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57644,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Environmental conditions,The company has strong established products and emerging products to work on.,Strategy is not always clear or driven by data.,Rely on the data more to understand the market.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57645,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for college hires,Very talented and smart employees from diverse international backgrounds. Challenging assignments with solid reward for individual contribution. Great learning opportunities.,"At this time, leadership is internally focused on corporate organization structure, new management, and revising employee review/evaluation process and missing critical input from customers and marketplace innovation.",Would love to see senior execs sharpen vision on innovation to lead the industry and not just follow and adapt to changes in the market.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57646,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Spectacular,"Open culture, Great work ethics, super smart people. Independence and work life balance are valued. Great place to nurture and grow a career - no shortage of challenging, fun things to do. Management is mature, and believes in empowering people.","It is a huge company, so sometimes you might find that individual groups seem to have their own agenda - sometimes conflicting with each other.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57647,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing,Good work life balance. Great place for people trying to balance a career and family.,Change and innovation happen very slowly.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57648,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2014",Former Employee - Design Director,Corp HR shenanigans,"Some co-workers are ethical talented, and hard-working","Senior management and HR are inept, amoral sh&t-heads.",Retire in mass and give msft a chance to do good again,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57649,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible Experience,"Amazing benefits, full health coverage $800/yr on sporting goods/equipment Free Microsoft certifications (if you put in the work) Huge name on resume Incredible, talented, hardworking coworkers Great Compensation Package (Salary, Bonuses, Incentives, Raises) Top of the line technologies Many opportunities within the company Incredible, innovative culture","Stack ranking was the only con, and it is now gone, so no cons!","Satya, you will do a great job! Keep Microsoft moving fast and becoming more and more innovative. This company is making big moves.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P809.htm
57650,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great products",Opportunity to work with smart people every day,Too many marketing groups that work on similar projects and compete for resources,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57651,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Always changing, kid in candy store",Lots of different things to work on all the time. Free to access anything of interest.,"Bureaucracy is in place in many areas. Many middle managers are non performers and kiss ass, non billable and frankly useless.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57652,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place to work.,"Pay, benefits, flexibility and the ability to work at the company for a long period of time.","Review structure (even with recent changes), number of individual contributors required under a manager, number of employees (to many barriers to get things done.)",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57653,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,One Microsoft,"Good benefits, good growth opportunities for junior devs, management here to help. Work life balance respected most of the time","Mountain View location has limited opportunities when it comes to diversity of projects and management of larger projects (no growth for managers, need to move to Redmond). Company keeps aiming at past trends instead of creating new ones.","Move more products to Mountain View, both small and big. Take advantage of the Valley by promoting innovation (Google has 20%, Microsoft doesn't have an equivalent in Mountain View)",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57654,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Good environment, stable company. Variety to move inside company to work on different projects",Very slow moving and adopting company.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57655,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior S/W engineer,- Smart people around - Good life & work balance - Good work environment,- Better to work on core business - Hard to get focus for other skill except s/w writing (ex: media) - Very frequent manager/org change,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57656,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good place to work, but they demand a lot",Lots of interesting projects - you can work in just about any technology field Lots of interesting people - you work with people smarter than you,"Work-Life balance can easily get out of whack if you don't actively manage expectations Performance evaluation process was grossly bizarre - testers were rated with/against devs & PMs, not just with/against other testers",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57657,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Business Operations Manager,Great company with lots of challenges,"cool technologies, verity of products with huge impact on the market, some positive culture change around One Microsoft goal","complexity of the organization, difficult to navigate the politics,","too early to say after latest changes,",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57658,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great launching pad to start your career, but you'll need to look elsewhere to reach your potential.",Lots of different work products to work on across consumer and enterprise features. Also the salary and benefits are great,"Your initial growth can be very quick, but you're going to need to look outside the company to reach your potential. There are too many rules around who can be a manager.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57659,microsoft,"Bellevue, NE"," Apr 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software engineering,This is a stressful position but there is alot to learn,"For me I have to drive to long for work, but that is unrelated",Share current information about the company with worker. Promote competition,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P810.htm
57660,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, smart people, big ideas","Great compensation, people, and ideas",Sometimes there's a lot of red tape to get through. Your experience depends on the manager.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57661,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good/Bad,"Comp, people, some products, good training","Management, culture, products, rating system",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57662,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Business Analyst,Diversity of project given to employees,Change project too often without finishing one,Finish one project before starting anoter one,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57663,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Senior SDET,"Personal growth is good. Meeting with a lot of interesting people, most of them are very sharp. Good feeling about the great impact of daily work.","Malicious competitions between managers. Poor performance review design. Secret annual ""calibration"" is the gas chamber for industry's best engineers.","Focus on the great company's traditional values and strengths. Not be tricked by any fancy, fantasy or fashion terms, such as Big Data, No SQL and ... Cloud  Do your own homework    Do your own performance review    Finish your own commitments first so that your direct reports can align theirs to yours  People first, Project second,    Reorg third, Manager last!",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57664,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I enjoyed every bit of my experience,"Flexible schedule, cooperative team members, benefits",Rigorous schedule with meetings and appointments,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57665,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Mar 20, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Intern,"Great environment, surrounded by intelligent people and strong leadership team.",Appreciated the opportunities to attend educational workshops and company meetings across different leadership groups.,"A bit difficult to move up, not much work for entry-level workers.",Offer more opportunity for growth in positions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57666,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Environment is great especially in Redmond,Repetitive work but also rewarding,Work Hard,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57667,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Could not be better when working with intelligent people.,"The pros are a great diverse environment for exposure to different cultures, fast moving projects and focused individuals.",The cons are incompetent managers who are ruled by greed and fear.,"Microsoft used to make the best OS and was fun, exhausting, and brilliant environment. With the 400 levels of management introduced, everything grinds to and incompetent halt. Test your new hire managers. Some of them are ""nice"" but dumb as a stick. And try to not sell your soul just for a terrible product. , )",3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57668,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Has it's pros and cons,"+ Diverse range of products, technologies and skills. Very good place to have a broad range of skills. + Reasonable work/life balance. Though, it might vary team to team. + You will get to work with very smart people. + Good benefits - Pay, Paternity/Maternity leaves, 401k match, ESPP, Stock, good # of days of vacation, dental benefits are reasonable, health benefits are ok I guess, but the way they are rolling out the changes is horrible. + Good social and environmental consciousness.","1. HR policies always seem to favor managers over employees. See details below. 2. Mobility is limited as managers have to be notified before interviewing with other teams. 3. Even after the latest round of review changes, employees don't get transparent information about their performance and promotions. Managers get to distribute bonuses, and increases based on unknown processes. Promotions were always a mystery. 4. Managers have a tight grip over projects/assignments an employee gets. Employees don't have much freedom to openly work on projects that they like. 5. No team spirit or culture. I have seen ideas get stolen/copied and the originators never credited multiple times. 6. New health benefits changes are a disaster. Not only are we out 1000s of dollars every year, the paper work takes up few hours every month. 7. Senior management has no clue what they are up to. Ballmer was joke when it came to decision making / strategy. Yes. We have a new CEO. Let's see how he shakes things up. 8. Crony culture in senior management is painfully obvious. See what happened to Sinofsky and his lieutenants. 10. Career progress depends how well you are liked by your manager and skip level manager. 11. Very weak product management culture. Unused/incomplete features, multiple UIs, hard to use features, ....",Get your act together!,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57669,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Center of the Hurricane,"100's of millions of users and a chance to make an impact and across a broad range of software that makes the world run. Windows, SQL, Azure, Office 365, Exchange - it's the way business and governments get stuff done. The stuff we do here matters!",100's of millions of users who depend on you not breaking stuff but not to worry we still have Xbox and other outlets for your agile and creative energy.,Keeping looking to the future!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P811.htm
57670,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Another great year,Fast growth for another year,Nothing I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57671,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Support Practice Manager,Making bold changes to compete and win,"Flexible work schedule, full of smart and dedicated people, new performance model eliminates forced distribution, tremendous diversity of products and business lines","Requirements for promotion is sometimes not clear, similarly almost all role changes are lateral in terms of stock level...",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57672,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"A fun place to work, but...","Competitive salary, if you are posted in HQ redmond then low cost of living (compared to bay area), excellent benefits, and a bunch of cool coworkers. Lots of opportunity to move around, make contacts and gain experience.","Politics, over competitiveness, secrecy inside the team. For performing well, one needs to put lots of time. Which might kill the work/life balance. Probably that's true for other software companys as well.",Reduce hierarchy and promote openness. Eliminating stack ranking is probably a good start.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57673,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,"Great company, working to change & adapt to a new device & services world",Amazing and passionate technical talent!,"big company politics, turf wars etc.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57674,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,Working within a technology leader is like drinking from a fire hose.,Long days but that goes with technology field.,none,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57675,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Join the right team and manager,Established company with leadership in many products and businesses. Amazing HR policies and perks.,Personal growth is limited based on the group and manager you get.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57676,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Creative LEad,Well it's reorg time again,"Salary, smart people, great benefits. There's is plenty of opportunities for career growth or career shifts within the organization","With the constant reshuffling of the company, how do they expect to get actual work done here? I think the sheer size of Microsoft and the amount of people a product has to go through to ship ends up watering it down.",There are so many talented people in the company. Let them create.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57677,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Many years of wonderful and terrible,"Microsoft is a large and diverse company on the bleeding age of technology. Opportunities for learning, advancing in role, working in different types of business groups, and changing careers are abundant. Resources can be generous enough to support implementation of your big idea. A certain amount of risk-taking is encouraged. Salary and benefits are competitive.","Business groups are distinct subcultures, and not every subculture is right for everyone. Some groups thrive on teamwork, others a reward the most assertive individuals. You may find yourself in a role and organization that is a perfect fit one day, and then a management change or reorg can change everything overnight. Moving around the company you may find jobs you love and others you hate. Some managers will help you grow and support you in achieving your goals. Others will range from neutral to subversive. Choosing your manager well and knowing when to move on are critical skills for success.","Manager training needs to be a greater focus, particularly in the soft skills (such as coaching). Poor management skills drives morale slumps. Managers should be trained and assessed prior to their first management position.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57678,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Set me up for a long time,"Cool work, smart people. Massive variety of things to work on and easy transition between job positions. Can be dev, test, PM and switch across easily if you want. Never had any trouble.",I see lots of smart people poorly compensated because they happen to be in a team full of rockstars. The fact that the company is so big means a derp in one team can get the same review as a rockstar in another. It sucks.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57679,microsoft,none," Mar 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good people, but management is hit or miss.","Working from home definitely makes it easier to balance work-life, especially if you have a long commute or a family that demands much of your attention.","Sometimes upper management gets annoyed by the empty offices during the day, even though the work is clearly getting done. The review process can be cumbersome, and even though you may have exceeded all of your goals for the review period, you just can't expect management to rate your performance fairly. It all depends on your manager, and whether or not he/she'll stick his/her neck out for you.","Take care of your employees, Recognize the sharp, hard-working individuals, before they go find another gig.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P812.htm
57680,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,"Exciting, challenging, but not a great place to build a career","Interesting projects, cutting-edge technologies, smart people, lots of opportunities to learn something new, lots of opportunities to impact millions of customers","Unhealthy culture, internal competitiveness is killing innovation and driving away great people, lots of incapable, hard-to-work-with people in high places, Too much red tape especially when it comes to re-staffing appropriately after the team assignment changes drastically.","First and second-level managers make 90% of the project decisions, yet the first level managers are being pushed to become more of Individual Contributors (ICs) with barely any management skills and no time or training to develop vision or research competing technologies or even understand the customers or market. And the second level managers are too far removed from the technology that most of their decisions end up coming across as distractions and bad decisions to the teams they lead. Microsoft needs to invest in making its Leads (M1s) and Managers (M2s) into real managers and leaders not figure heads proving their leadership by competing with the ICs instead of enabling them to become the best subject-matter-experts in the field.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57681,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Creative LEad,Well it's reorg time again,"Salary, smart people, great benefits. There's is plenty of opportunities for career growth or career shifts within the organization","With the constant reshuffling of the company, how do they expect to get actual work done here? I think the sheer size of Microsoft and the amount of people a product has to go through to ship ends up watering it down.",There are so many talented people in the company. Let them create.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57682,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Change the world,"Great environment with very motivated and driven people, yet approachable and personal. Very, very smart talent around and hard workers.",Work/Life balance can suffer if you don't keep the focus on it,"Look more at consumer market and less enterprise, do more commercials to tell MS story to consumers, work together more across divisions",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57683,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Fantastic company, amazing culture, and awesome benefits.","Salary structure, environment, culture and benefits.","Development, salary, dress code and guidelines.",Look into staffs development and rewarding hard workers.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57684,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Test Lead,"Microsoft is a safe place to work, innovative, motivated to improve it's situation","-So many brilliant individuals -Constantly improving its HR processes and personnel review system -Executives listen to employees -So many great businesses to work for, if your tastes change wrt the type of products or technologies to work on it's very easy to move between products or business groups -Is in the process of redefining itself and it's focus on devices and services -The engineering teams have a good focus on product quality -Satya as CEO","-Like any very large company there can be some bureaucracy that slows down the engineering teams -The company as a whole can be slow to change, though smaller businesses can usually respond to market changes a lot more quickly if they don't have a dependency on a slower business group.",-Continue the mission of focusing on devices + services,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57685,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 16, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Takes care of their employees,"MS takes care of its employees, and encourages you to move around to try different roles and teams. Benefits are great. You get a great sense of security at Microsoft.","If you want to make money, then Microsoft is not the right company. The pay is not as competitive as other well settled companies in the bay area. Sometimes you get frustrated thinking that MS is always catching up to competition.",Enable more innovation and agility.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57686,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great for-profit company to work for.,"Flexible schedule. Broad choice of careers in multiple products/departments. $15k matching donation for money or time given to non-profits. Many benefits: Transportation, health, stock, 401k, paid sick and paternal leaves. Many bright and fun people to work with. Tremendous salary.",Work life balance may be hard to achieve for some teams. Politics come in to play sometimes in career safety and advancement. Large company means profits are the most important thing (hard to avoid).,"Care for your employees and you will reap what you sow. Treat them with kindness, respect, and look at the job from their angle.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57687,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 17, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Lots of process, bureaucracy, and politics","Stable job, relatively good benefits (not as good anymore since the golden healthcare plan with no co-pay, no-anything was taken away).","Lots of process and bureaucracy, promotions are slow to happen if you don't play the right politics, and if you do play the politics, you have to be careful not to be on the wrong side.  Too many PMs to the point that the devs don't use their common sense. Bad culture - the people here do not feel ownership or pride in what they build.","Upper and middle management need to focus on creating a better culture. Yes, the products are a mess, but without culture, there is no fixing the products.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57688,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering,Great place to work if you have tolerance for big company symptoms,"Smart people, access to some of the best resource you can imagine, great benefits","Like any other big company MS has it's share of bureaucracy, process overhead, reporting overloads. Managers make a huge difference to your career",Cut down the barriers. People spend too much time creating reports for the management. Establish simple and nimble measurement systems.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57689,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Awesome for the majority of the time,It was absolutely fantastic working side by side with so many intelligent and innovative people each and every day. Contributing on software products which can enrich people's lives was awesome.,Performance reviews can kill innovation and trust among colleagues. At times it was not about performance but political aspects.,I'm happy to hear that they finally got rid of the performance reviews. It is way overdue.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P813.htm
57690,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager and Business Analyst,Senior Program Manager,"culture, products, options, career development","Closed everything Microsoft technology, very sheilded",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57691,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 15, 2014",Former Employee - Consultant,fast paced - learned alot,"learned a lot, good base salary and bonus",work life balance needed improvement - worked long hours,improve on work life balance,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57692,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to be--not long term,"Benefits, flexibility/work-life-balance, compensation, global scale.","Size of the company, red tape, lack of passion (compared to the culture at tech companies in San Francisco)",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57693,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good company to work for,"Technical challenges, people, work-life balance, great technical leadership, career growth opportunities.","Vision and strategy often lacks clarity. Within feature teams, customer focus needs to be improved.","Please bring clarity to vision/strategy and continue shifting the company to be centered around user satisfaction. Also, the PM discipline needs realignment just like the Dev and Quality disciplines. Many teams lack the PM leadership to be customer-centric.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57694,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Treated like an independent thinker,"salary, work/home life balance, flexibility.",easy to get lost in the crowd. long hours,reorganizing divisions every few months causes a disconnect and confusion. let things stay consistent for longer periods of time.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57695,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Interesting technical challenges, potential political pitfalls",Really enjoyed the ability to grow into roles and responsibilities with a global scale.,"Rapid management personnel churn, re-org churn, direction churn.",Stop the tail-chasing and trust your people to make sound decisions.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57696,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Average,"There are many opportunities to move around within the company, and you are encouraged to move around if you are unhappy.  Compensation/benefits are very good, I've never had any complaints there.","It's a very corporate culture, to make a real impact on a product's vision, you have to wade through multiple levels of middle management first.","Cut out some levels of middle management. I know we're a huge company who ships lots of products, but the management structure makes it hard to have a real impact outside of your tiny feature area.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57697,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Overall Package,"Good overall package considering opportunity to engage in challenging work, opportunity to reach lots of users and make significant impact, opportunity to work with really smart people, compensation and benefits, and work-life balance.","Collaboration within a group is pretty good, but collaboration across groups is particularly difficult because resolving competing priorities among groups is a slow process.","Should take bigger risks, especially when not the leader in a product area. The slow, methodical approach of gradually eating away share is not enough when competing against such tough competitors.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57698,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Sales,"Great Benefits, Culture, Team, Everyone works together to support each other in the process. We don't come to the team to wish that everyone fails. We want everyone to succeed.",Every little thing counts towards you regardless of numbers.,More communication throughout the team. Need to have clearer views of how to move up the corporate ladder.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57699,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Started out great as I knew what I was getting into with the travel and long hours,"Some of the smartest technical minds in the industry, with the exception of the management that are more concerned about advancing their own careers at the expense of their direct reports.  The pay when you take into consideration the stock grants are above average.","It is not possible to maintain a work life balance and do well at MS. The current rating system despite announcements of its demise were misstated and is still in full force at MS. It doesn't encourage teamwork as everyone is competing against each other for bonuses and forced attrition.  Who you know is more important that what you do, AKA if your manager doesn't present your case during the stack ranking your future at MS is limited.",Make the One Microsoft real and not just a phrase that's used like work life balance.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P814.htm
57700,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Embrace change,Very dynamic and fast-paced environment. Multicultural and diverse team. Great products and brand name.,Putting labels during reviews that should go away this year. High competition.,"Share your love with every of your employees, stop favoritism.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57701,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 27, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,"Great company, values and culture, great opportunities to grow","Great opportunity to learn, grow, and yes, change the world (if you would pardon the cliché). You can push yourself hard and reap the benefits, or if your life situation requires you to take work more slowly, you can do that too and still have reasonable reviews.","Compensation is good, but the stock has been flat years, so this isn't a company in which you'll be able to retire quickly.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57702,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Happy,"Great benefits, competitive salary, great place to work, work life balance is good. Managers you get are hit a miss :)","promotions, reviews system, politics, its not the cool company anymore like google or apple, size of the company, re organizations",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57703,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and rewarding,"Working with the most talented people in the field, challenging projects, cutting edge technology, enterprise scale applications. The stack ranking for performance reviews is gone!","Management layers can be thick, lots of process to wade through, agility is limited.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57704,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"No accountability for management, HR, totally subjective performance reviews which lack documentation","Good pay and benefits in comparison to other companies, great place if you don't want to be held accountable for the commitments you are supposed to be reviewed against.","Even with new ""One Microsoft"" there is no change, management and individuals are still out for themselves, rewards are based upon who you know, and there is no accountability to display ""Microsoft Values"" If you can ride the system, and deal with the lack of accountability, and unprofessional work environments, and HR protecting managers rather than deal with the real issues, go for it.","Actually live by company values, hold managers accountable to support their employees equally, have HR actually engage and fix problems in orgs where Managers rule by threatening employees and instilling fear if they provide feedback, and follow through with their threats to move employees out if they do provide feedback - not healthly",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57705,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,The benefits are very good. The pay is very competitive and the products are top tier that provides a significant amount of value to our customers,The politics at MSFT are over the top. Microsoft is more about looking good to your peers and managers rather than taking care of you customers. Beware of the politics.,Have less focus on employee reviews.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57706,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,MS Field,Highly intelligent employees Complex cross functional work environment Good salaries,"Company continues to be late to market in key areas of the industry Lack of a coherent long-term strategy ""Performance"" redefined so that solid employees now being managed out with little to no cause","Bring in external executive talent into the SLT (suffering from ""group think"") Abandon the performance attrition policy that is jeopardizing the long-term market differentiation in Services Bring back a more competitive benefits package",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57707,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 12, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Lead,Great company to work for but has built a BAD reputation in the IT community,I like the focus on development in my department. The pay is prety good. I enjoy the terrific intelligence I encounter dailey with my coworkers.,The stacking system sucked bu8t is dead. The biggest issue for me is the horriable reputation that Microsoft has built over the years in the wider IT community. Monopolistic practices (the UEFI Secure Boot is the latest example). We build GREAT products! There is no need to try to trick our customers and bully our competitors.,PLEASE STOP THE OPENALLY MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICES THAT BALLMER HAS BEEN INSTITUTING FOR YEARS!!! We make great products but the Microsoft reputation is growing worse every year. This alianates others in the tech feild who we should have been able to count on as potentil partners or employees.,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57708,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great benefit, great pay, awesome teammates, nice work environment","Managers play a big part in your career, awesome managers are hard to find",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57709,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 3, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,Management has no clue,"Decent Pay, great benefits, great group of individuals to work with, cool technology, training is decent and you get time to do it.","Terrible management. Claim to do away with the bell curve about every two years, but simply redefine it to keep doing business as usual. Very little reward structure in place without blatantly backstabbing colleagues.",Hope the new CEO actually improves things - with Bill at his back this may actually be a possibility. I'm pretty doubtful though.,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P815.htm
57710,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,lot's of politics,work at scale on products used by millions,work on products that are increasingly marginalized and being replaced by other platforms,the world is passing Microsoft by,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57711,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Applied Researcher II,"Good benefits, but company itself is disorganized.","Good benefits, not too demanding job.","disorganized, too many reorgs, competitive rather than collaborative",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57712,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Technical Program Manager,"excellent technology company, great work environment","like anywhere management can be stagnant, waste time",Get shakers and movers in your management organization that stress innovation and respect,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57713,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience but hard place to get stuff done.,"Experiences and exposure to broad reaching technology platform, er monopoly.","Too many people, too many emails, and too many meetings. Hard to get actual work done.",Cull the herd.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57714,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 25, 2014","Former Employee - National Director, Rich Media Solutions",Microsoft is the destination for experienced and collaborative professionals seeking a rewarding career and lifestyle.,"Gain tons of corporate experience in technology, development, marketing, management, business and bureaucracy.",Typical corporate politics like any other corporate companies which is expected. Layers of approval can cause huge delays.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57715,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience was good and I enjoyed working for them as a company,Surprisingly the pay is very good,Some of the people are not very collaborative,Consider the policy of respect for the individual,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57716,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Don't work on the East Coast,"Benefits, Pay, Perks in the Office","West Coast Bias, lack of internal promotions and work life balance",Promote and Train from within,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57717,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,People working with you are very smart kind and helpful. You are likely to have your own office which is not common amount other softweare companies.,Not really any cons. The food is not free unlike some companies which I think is one of the most useful perk that can be offered to any developer.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57718,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place to grow,If you want you can move from one position to another getting more and more responsibilities while learning. I'll always be grateful for the opportunities Microsoft gave me.,"It gets political sometimes, but it might not be like this now.","Continue to give motivated employee with great potential to learn on the job, don't ask for years of experience on a particular subject matter, and you will find truly amazing people.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57719,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT is a great employer,"vision, impact, people, ambition, strong businesses: Windows & Office. New growing business: cloud, xbox, etc..","big company, needs to focus on more innovation projects (like Bill used to).",Looking forward to Satya running the company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P816.htm
57720,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great place if you find the right manager,"Regardless of the area/business group you work in, the impact you can have can be tremendous if you have a solid management team - especially you immediate manager. Terrific benefits and potential for long term job satisfaction.",Better bring your type A/red personality otherwise you might get run over. In some groups it is a feeding frenzy which was not helped by the performance review structure (now gone).,"The company has been moving in the right direction at the macro level - devices, services, branding, etc. - but there is so much frenetic activity within the product groups that not very much lands with impacts. Good start, lots more to do.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57721,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience was good and I enjoyed working for them as a company,Surprisingly the pay is very good,Some of the people are not very collaborative,Consider the policy of respect for the individual,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57722,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place to work for,"Love working for Microsoft. Great company, Amazing people",Stuff you would see in any big company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57723,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 10, 2014",Former Employee - Solution Sales Professional,A Behemoth with a LOT to Learn,Great training opportunities that will serve you well.,Leadership that you can not trust.,"Listen to the new CEO, and drop the ways of Ballmer",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57724,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,some groups have good work but at other times it can be like trying to get into a club,"competitive pay , great benefits , living in northwest",antiquated processes followed by some teams,empower developers more,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57725,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Solid company if you want a stable job,"Great pay, benefits, and perks. Very smart people. With all of the change, there are a lot of opportunities to do interesting work.",The company is a lumbering giant. It feels very top heavy and doesn't feel as though it can adequately respond to competitive threats.,Clarify your goals and go after them in a unified way. Be more open to change.,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57726,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bright future,"New CEO, lots of changes",too big to have a chance to make a big impact,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57727,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work after college,- Interesting projects - Good benefits - Good hours - Good people,"It's a very large company, with all of the downsides associated with that.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57728,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),College hire,Joined 4 months back. Got a quick first promo.,Money is less than my classmates who went for Google.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57729,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience was really and people were kind,The environement and cuulture is very good,They do not offer free food,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P817.htm
57730,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2014",Former Employee - Group Manager,Group Manager,"Smart people, challenging work. Benefits quite attractive.",Can be hard to find a top quality manager to work for in some teams.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57731,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, Nice perks and benefits","I enjoyed working here, I learned alot! :)",I do not have anything bad to say about this company. I enjoyed the experience!,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57732,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Missed opprotunities,- Some businesses have great potential - Challenging problems,"- Company was positioned to own mobile, but mismanagement let Apple take it away - Stack ranking encourages selfish employee competition rather than team success - Benefits are declining: health/dental now have a 2.5k deductable","- Don't miss gigantic business opportunities: e.g., mobile - Change culture so employees focus on business success not their fiefdom",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57733,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Architect,Not the place it once was.,"Opportunity to work with some amazing technologies and very smart people. Huge variety of work to choose from across a large organization. Life as a Senior engineer can be great with lots of interesting work and you can focus on engineering not meetings and politics. Lots of chances to interact with customers if you make time for it, even when its not part of your role. Microsoft has huge resources and can afford to invest heavily in research and development for the long term, there are only a few places you can work that are really able to do this. If you want to work on massive software projects that have a huge impact then Microsoft has a lot to offer.  Lots of opportunities to take on new challenges and learn new things provided your manager is supportive and your group is growing. There are some great managers at Microsoft and they make all the difference. Find a good one and work for them, follow them around if need be. Life at Microsoft is far better when someone has your back, especially at review time.  The salary and benefits package are still competitive but not as good as they were a few years back. Campus is being modernized and the working environment is good and getting better. For a large company the day-to-day work is pretty low friction in terms of needless rules, engineers have Admin access to their workstations etc.","Big variability in culture and working conditions between groups. Some parts of the company are great places to work run by people who respect their reports and coworkers. Where people are encouraged to work as a team and do their best work. Other groups are perpetual death marches run by self-serving management. It's very hard to see the difference until after being hired. Once hired you are stuck in that position for 12-16 months. This is long enough to get a poor review which will make it harder to move.  Competitive culture encourages individuals to show themselves in the best light, even if it means making co-workers look bad or doing things that are not in the group or company's long term interests. The stack rank culture is engrained in the company, don't expect a different review system run by the same people who ran the old system to change things any time soon.  Decisions are often driven by politics and personalities. At the Principal level politics becomes more important. If you are the sort of person who says what they think, even if it is likely to be unpopular this may be your downfall. Being subsequently shown to be right will not help. The end result can be a a lot of smart people collectively making seemingly dumb decisions and building the wrong things. The Peter principle applies and often the politically savvy get promoted for all the wrong reasons. You come across quite a lot of senior people who are clearly just waiting to vest their next stock grants.  Over resourcing results in large teams and empire building. Often teams will vote to (re)build existing functionality ""we built our own DB because (we thought) SQL Server didn't meet our needs"". Lack of willingness to use open source and LCA's slow responses also promotes this problem. Sometimes this is due to valid IP taint issues but a lot of the time it's not. Smaller teams can often move faster because they are forced to make smarter decisions by their limited resources.  In general Microsoft has been slow to adopt the latest engineering practices. There are good reasons for this on some of their largest products, like SQL and Windows, but in many other cases it is simply a case of ""not invented here"" and ""we're Microsoft, we're different"". The fight to get newer (agile) process and engineering practices adopted on several of my teams was a long and painful one. If you want to work on smaller projects using the latest practices then choose your team carefully.","Ditch the old culture, it is no longer attracting the best people and in today's (hot) job market new hires and current employees have a lot of other options. There's a noticeable exodus to other employers (management knows this but do not seem to stem the tide). Overall the company is very inward looking, most employees have a very skewed view of the rest of the technology landscape. This skewed vision drives product decisions and fails to delight customers.  Decide on the company's direction and stick with it. Stop trying to be in every market segment.",2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57734,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2014",Former Employee - User Experience Designer II,Incredibly smart people poisoned by back stabbing review system,"Decent pay and very good benefits (great health insurance, discount gym membership, free bus pass, showers/locker rooms and locked bike storage, etc.) Flexible hours - just get your work done on time and meet deadlines Informal culture Tons of different projects and teams Free internal training programs, many of which are quite good Largest privately held free-communing/shuttle system in the country (MS Connector) Incredibly smart, driven people - not a lot of ""dead weight"" here","Review system pits colleagues against each other for promotions, pay raises, bonuses and stock awards. If you aren't moving up, you're moving out. Collaboration is encouraged, but absolutely not rewarded due to the review system. I know they have recently stopped the stack ranking process, but the culture around it has been in place for decades and will not be easy to change.  Also, because of this culture of ""me first"", and a history/culture centered on technology/code to solve problems, Microsoft doesn't really care or know how to care about its customers. They have top-notch researchers with PhDs who don't know how and don't have the time to conduct proper user research. The few that do aren't valued. As a result, the focus is on features, code and getting promotions, not understanding real-world customer needs and collaborating as a team to solve them. I found this frustrating and prevented me from getting excited about the projects on which I worked because I knew they weren't going to really help solve the users' problems.","Interestingly, management seems to know that they have a cultural problem and they want to change it, they just aren't sure how. This is at least a promising sign that Microsoft has the potential to turn itself around and realize its full potential. My advice would be to focus on understanding customers' needs and wants. Invest in user research, specifically ethnography and social anthropology studies, not surveys, site visits and usability studies (although they have their place as well). Next, do whatever it takes to build a culture that rewards collaboration rather than stifling it. I truly wish you all the best of luck. If Microsoft can address these two issues, I believe their potential will be amazing. Time will tell if Satya Nadella can get his management teams to make these changes a reality.",1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57735,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Director of Development,Microsoft must reinvent itself for the post PC era,Great innovation and agility especially in the early 1990's. Many challenging projects involving interesting technology and algorithms.,"Over time they lost a lot of agility and became a ""big company"". They could not escape the innovators dilema",The core engine of long term growth is product innovation in the areas that matters most to customers. The PC era has been an incredible opportunity for Microsoft but by all measures it is in decline. Act now to create a post PC corporate strategy or accept a declining relevance in the industry.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57736,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Most overpaid job,One of the highest payers. Amazing benefits. Good worklife balance,Very limited in exposure to al the cool stuff happening out in the real world,Really trim the fat especially in low level management. I am sure you don't need half those test leads,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57737,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Variety of products to work on. Smart coworkers.,Complex structure and culture varies across teams. Depending upon team success strategy can be different. Too many layers of management.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57738,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good work life balance,"flexible working time, good environment",people not diligent enough and not ambitious,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57739,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great work flexibility, exciting changes afoot",A huge company that impacts the lives of millions. Very few companies offer that type of scale. Great opportunities for flexible scheduling and remote work. Real commitment to help employees advance and finally a move away from the long-despised review system.,"Because the company IS so large, it can be difficult to navigate. Lots of competing priorities can make it challenging to push good ideas through. Recent reorgs are also distracting to the day-to-day work.","Quickly move through the reorgs, and align everyone's priorities so that employees can get back to moving this company forward.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P818.htm
57740,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good work life balance,"flexible working time, good environment",people not diligent enough and not ambitious,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57741,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Research Software Development Engineer,thoughts after 3 years,"1. Good if you want job security, 2. single office, enough private space.","1. politics, 2. low salary, 3. high pressure, 4. work not get reward.",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57742,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Steady but boring.,"Salary is pretty high, travel to places you wouldn't normally get to, work from home can be flexible depending on the department.",Culture is non existent. Incredibly boring with an old school feel (like watching the movie Office Space. Tons of red tape to get through to get things done.,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57743,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - ASG Organization,Management (M2 & M1 level) lack direction,Microsoft do offer good benefits and great maternity and decent paternity leave. Good talent do exist at Microsoft but the management culture rewards those that promote themselves rather than the team.,"Work-life balance and transparency are often preached but not respected / honored. Management will twist your candidness against you and see that as a weakness and complaining. There are a handful of great managers but they have since left or been pushed out because they were not afraid for standing up for their team and values. Microsoft breeds and rewards selfishness and not a team first approach. Hence, why there is a such a gap in trust and focus in the organization because employees are looking out for themselves and not working collectively to make the product / service better.","If leadership and culture do not change, Microsoft will continue down it's own path of self-destruction. This has been evident and reflected by investor and shareholder confidence in the stock and lack of consumer market demand for their products. They are still a cash-cow floating on past performance but competitors (Google, Apple, Amazon) have continued to widen the gap and taken market share. Microsoft's talent pool will continue to shrink and their competitors will benefit. It'll be interesting to see how Satya (CEO) will navigate at the helm of this Titanic.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57744,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,"Spent a third of my life working there, enjoyed the first ten years","When I started there it was a company full of wickedly smart people who all worked tirelessly, and sometimes isolated, to move the company forward. It was always a meritocracy and I was ok with that as you got to work on cutting edge technologies. The career development there was stellar and I was presented with multiple international opportunities that allowed me to make my home in the USA with stints in Europe and Asia to round out my experience.","Over the last few years the changes to the review model killed collaboration, you became pitched lock step in battle with your peers fighting for a review score that you could apply a dollar amount to. I understand that has gone now and that is the only reason why I give it three stars now as there is a chance that the changes will fix this.  The company has too much middle management and a lot of it is mediocre. Sadly I became one of those mediocre middle managers because I could not connect the work that my 80+ person team was doing with the success of the company and my game face wasn't good enough to help motivate my team. So I got out and haven't looked back since. I just learned my team is about to get cut by 75% as they are being 'merged' with another one.","With the new CEO at the helm there is a big opportunity for change. He needs to kill as much of the tired, hapless middle management as possible and restructure the company so teams are rewarded for their progress and failing teams are penalized appropriately. Keep it a meritocracy but reward the high performing TEAMS not individuals.",3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57745,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generally a good place to work,Generally a good place to work. Compensation is pretty good. The facilities are top notch and some of the beverage benefits are very unique. Flexibility to work remotely is very nice.,The pace of the work may not be sustainable for many groups. High turnover in some areas puts stress on others forcing some unnatural behaviors. Lots of Clark Kent's walking in the door every morning.,Refocus on the customer and not your own career and success will come pouring into the company!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57746,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Excellent company to work at, with talented people continuously working at improving for the world.","There are lots of talented people here, and it's a company that has the resources to support you in achieving your goals. The company also has many, MANY teams that can give you more opportunities than a lifetime if you desire to change things up.",There are many layers of management. Sometimes those management layers will make decisions that completely change the course of your work without ever coming to personally talk to the affected teams about it. This has been the cause of frustration for some extremely talented people. There's no free food provided.,"Connect more with all the reporting chains below you. Ask them for a perspective from the lower rungs, as well as how your decisions will honestly affect them.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57747,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,"Even though they're a large company, they go to great lengths to make it feel small (at least in my part of the company.","Amazing benefits, great support networks, and an increasing desire to innovate. The 2010's are a great time to join the company, both to make substantial impacts to a new strategy, and bring fresh ideas to the table.","Because of the strenuous interview process, the culture thrives off type-A personalities. The environment is extremely competitive, and if you're not a task-oriented go-getter, it can be hard to shine, even if innovating is the company's new focus. There are also cases when young employees, in their new high-responsibility roles, might let the power get to their head a little. However, managers do make an effort to counter this self-centered behavior.","Continue to stress the importance of improving the whole rather than improving the self. Also, informal check-ins can sometimes be more helpful than formal check-ins, as these tend to raise the stakes and make it harder to bring up seemingly small issues.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57748,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Data Scientiist,"Secure, frustrating, ultimately uninteresting",Compensation was good. Job security. Data at large scale means there's potential to do some interesting work.,"Difficult to impossible to do meaningful interesting work. Physical and process infrastructure is so slow and so much contention for the few interesting projects that it's all about positioning, rarely about doing good work. In my area (software engineering as applied to big data problems) not being able to use open-source technologies means your skill set will quickly become obsolete.",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57749,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work,"good pay, good benefits, smart colleagues","bounded by one's role, results in some inefficiency",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P819.htm
57750,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great benefits. One of the better companies in WA state.,"Very good benefits - medical, 401k, gym membership, etc. Work from home days are possible in some positions. Salaries are usually competitive, but not always exactly on par with other (perhaps less stable) companies.","Under the old guard, the review system caused competition among peers who should have been working together. Smart employees found a manager they could trust and rode that pony.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57751,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A company that takes care of its employees. Every team/org is very different so YMMV.,Excellent compensation and benefits Ability to work flexibly/remotely Review system provides a good framework for growing and improving Lots of diverse job opportunities within the company itself,Teams can sometimes feel too large/bureaucratic,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57752,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical role,Great people to work with and enjoy the relationships built while working there,"Bureaucracy, needs more innovation. I think completion from Google and apple have forced Microsoft to come up with fresh ideas and this will great going forward. However there is so much red tape, need to be more willing to take risks on innovative ideas in the consumer market place.",Look to develop more talent in diverse settings,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57753,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager I,"Maximum politics, Minimum capability",Good work-life balance if you insist. Probably not good for your performance review.,- Too many unqualified employees. This detracts from any useful work. - Everybody is here for the political gameplay. The idea is to seem like you're doing useful work so as to get to the next step. Doesn't matter who you trample along the way.,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57754,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Great company to work for, worst place to move up.",Good Pay Tuition Reimbursement Health Insurance 401k and stock options Fun retail environment (every day is different) Awesome co-workers,"Good luck trying to move up in the company. Only way is to relocate. Management likes to hire and promote external hires instead of promoting within. Its like high school over again. If you don't click with the managers, good luck going anywhere. Store manager has no clue of the dis-satisfaction of his employees.","Promote within, you are demoralizing your employees without even noticing it. The only reason why you have a low turnover rate is because of the benefits.",3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57755,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,One of the best companies to work for!,"Microsoft is a stable, diverse, and powerful company, and it is full of talented and smart people. The benefits are great and better than most. There is also a lot of activity at the larger campuses - so never a shortage of events, lectures, or famous people visiting.","Some employees/teams with low morale, and lots of complaints about the company and management. Be sure to join a team with positive people.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57756,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Work life balance, opportunity to work on breadth of technologies and teams, multicultural, good health benefits, flexible working hours, Redmond and areas around have good schools, Redmond and areas around not that expensive as California.","Competitive work, environment, politics greatly vary between team to team, so best of luck in landing in the right team.","Shrink the size of company. Deal harshly with Leads/Managers promoting political environment, us vs theirs among teams.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57757,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid company,The company is very stable,The company moves too slow,Move faster,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57758,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Many years at MS,Worked for 6 different groups and learned a whole bunch and enjoyed working with a lot of smart people,Work Life Balance is really hard. Pushing up to senior and principal level is even harder.,You manage people not work. Make that connection and you will get the most out of your team.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57759,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,learned a lot about modeling and excel. Some smart people were working there as well. Senior management was pretty sharp.,tons of work with little reward even though I progressed up the ladder.,Either cut back the amount of work for employees or improve the salary. Otherwise you'll continue to lose top talent.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P820.htm
57760,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great company to work in international subsidiaries. Corporate HQ are suffocated by politics.,"Great place for starting your career: lots to learn, smart colleagues, great opportunities and huge resources","Difficult to see direct line between your work and the bottom line (especially at corp.). Too many poor middle managers (group managers, directors, senior directors).",Improve middle management culture and quality!,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57761,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,so far so good,"solid business, work life balancing, challenge development work",less of an environment of collaborating and knowledge sharing,less politics,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Consultant,A stagnant company - More focused on its ,"Company name recognition - If you say you work at Microsoft, people know who the company is. Free access to Microsoft software.","This is a company in a cultural free-fall.  Microsoft used to be its own worst critic - it helped improve its software by internally having high expectations. Now it is full of non-technologists (many are women who ""don't understand technology, but are good at communicating, or ""big picture people"". So concerned about its image and its diversity - if you aren't gay or a particular race with some complaint, you're a minority.","The MACH (college) hires aren't working out. You brought in new blood with no direction. Giving them a Web site and telling them to ""learn SharePoint"" isn't mentoring.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57763,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Some groups are world-class, some aren't -- your experience may vary.","Lots of smart, passionate people to work with Ability to impact products that millions / billions of people use daily. Great place to learn and use the latest technologies","You need to be comfortable dealing with ambiguity Some teams are very well run, others are very dysfunctional","Emphasize project management skills and training Reevaluate the elimination of separate test teams. This may work for some groups, but in others it just leads to poorer quality.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57764,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Here,Get tech company. Great place to work.,None. Not for un-tech savy people.,Should give more credit to low level workers.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57765,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome place to work,"Great People, Great Environment, Great Benefits, Great Work",For few years now we seems to missed have all latest trends.,Go Hawks :),4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57766,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great pay, work life balance","Great pay, work life balance, smart people","Politics, review process, overlap of roles",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57767,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Business Manager,Well worth it!,Great people and exposure to a world glass company. Many incredible businesses to learn about or work in. I recommend working in or with the product teams- a lot more focus on the customer and less internal politics.,The company is so large that change can be very slow and it is frustrating to see duplication and wasted resources- which can happen a lot depending on the group.,"With the new CEO, I hope he strives to put the company on a new path.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57768,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager - Lead,Challenging and Rewarding,"dynamic teams, very bright folks, like the directions the firm is going with regards to Culture","It is going to take time to undo the pure competitive, individual first mentally. It starts with division/team based goals and with the change in the HR system, it is still very vague.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57769,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not really good enough,"good environment, team work, product",limitation about employee future development,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P821.htm
57770,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Different teams have different work cultures, not two teams are the same",Always working with smart people that are passionate about their work,"Too many have ""grown-up"" up inside MSFT and don't have enough or ANY experience outside of MSFT.",Hire more people with real experience from the outside. Stop promoting people to people managers that have no business managing people.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57771,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Well managed, good working environment, smart people, but slow","Microsoft is a good place to work. The offices are nice, the people are smart. The company tries hard to focus on employee development.  Considering the size of the company, Microsoft is a well run business in most respects. Planning processes are well defined and executed. Organization structure is clear. People are very willing to work in a matrix and collaborate.","Speed. While more aggressive companies are focused on what they will ship 3 weeks or 3 months from now, Microsoft operates on very long cycles - 2 to 4 years. As a result, Microsoft has the unique ability to be both too early and too late in a given market.  Take mobile or tablets. Microsoft shipped product years before other companies. But when Apple demonstrated the first successful model, it took years for Microsoft to emulate.  Political complexity. Efforts to operate as ""one Microsoft"" often hinder success of individual groups. Take Office for the iPad. Where is it? Office Mac is also a terrible product.  Leadership is a mixed bag. The leadership ranks at Microsoft include some of the best and some of the worst leaders you will find. Question of luck.","Although you may like to think of Microsoft as a great innovator, reality suggests that over the last few years the company has been a follower in all major spaces including mobile, cloud, tablets, and big data. Being a fast follower is a reasonable strategy for a large company. Being a slow follower is not, and that, unfortunately, is Microsoft today.  Too much ""one Microsoft"" ensures that each group performs at the level of the weakest business, or in the worst case is chained to a sinking ship.",3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57772,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2014",Current Employee - Recruiter,recruiting,the scale and name was great put behind your name,compliance went way overboard and affects everything,get nimble,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57773,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to learn how to really develop software,"Microsoft is still relevant, and has great development processes, but do try to join an org who wholly adopts agile if that's your thing. I've seen both Scrum and waterfall done well. I've also seen a large org make the shift and they were quite successful.  There really is nothing like being at MSFT when your org is asked to create a new product. Its staggering what 250 engineers can do in short timeframes with high quality.  if you are early in your career, you'll get great experience here.  As the workforce has gentrified, work life balance has improved a lot.","New college hires do usually put in longer than average hours while competing tor promotions due to the stack rank.  At higher levels, political savvy is extremely helpful to get promoted. Lots of cross group collaboration is needed to get others on your manager's side for the stack rank.","Hard to say since the company is under new management. I worked for Satya, and respect his leadership.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57774,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2014",Current Employee - Test Lead,"Microsoft has provided a predictable, stable career for me","Benefits, benefits, benefits. Pay and compensation is competitive, and stock awards make it hard to leave. Biggest Pro is having the opportunity to move around the company and latch on to a group building a technology you love. They've also changed the controversial review model, which is good.","It really depends on the product group you are in. Some groups pay more attention to work life balance than others. Generally MSFT is slow to adapt to industry trends but it is starting to come around, what with the advent of open space/team room work environments and using more popular productivity tools and philosophies such as Git and Continuous Delivery.",Throw away what worked for you in the past and rethink everything.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57775,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Smart people, great benefits, flexible hours, fun atmosphere, discounted software, educational benefits. Challenging work environment. Lots of opportunity for training if you know your desired career path.","Team spread across different continents, expected to be available almost round the clock for meetings. Too big... multiple teams competing in the same space instead of working together. Right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57776,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Video Engineer,Great experience until I got a new manager,"Great benefits, good co-workers, excellent equipment.","Their habit of promoting people to management without giving them any management training produces a lot of mediocre, at best, and bad managers, at worst.",Train your mid-level managers don't just let them sink or swim. Bad managers just create bad blood.,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57777,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Couldn't be happier with my awesome job here! (..unless Microsoft would move to the Midwest!),"Great pay, benefits, opportunities, growth",It depends on which group you work in. Some have better work/life balance than others.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57778,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company,"Great products, Benefits, technology, environment, team work, etc.",Work/life balance is not the best,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57779,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Build Engineer,Good overall,"Flexible work schedule, good health/Dental benefits. The Stay Fit program is awesome!",Management is very closed doors. Employees are often left in the dark about goals and project priorities until the last minute. Unless you're lucky to get on a high visibility project career growth is slow.,Loop in your direct reports so we can be involved and not left out in the cold wasting cycles all the time.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P822.htm
57780,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Build Engineer,Good overall,"Flexible work schedule, good health/Dental benefits. The Stay Fit program is awesome!",Management is very closed doors. Employees are often left in the dark about goals and project priorities until the last minute. Unless you're lucky to get on a high visibility project career growth is slow.,Loop in your direct reports so we can be involved and not left out in the cold wasting cycles all the time.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57781,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 26, 2014",Former Employee - Advertising Sales,"Great people and technology, chances for growth, bad review process.","Smart people, nice perks, some autonomy.","Review process, gamesmanship, popularity contest somewhat",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57782,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Always been a great company to work for,Management is really good at allowing you time in your life to get it straight. As long as you meet your commitments there is no real pressure to over work.,"Managers are chosen from those who want to be managers and have a good track record of performance. What this means is that you may get a manager who has no experience at it, or is a horrible people person.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57783,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good work environment,"Good pay and very interesting jobs, co-workers are usually very bright and good at explaining solutions to problems if one arises.",Microsoft has shifted more from innovation to becoming a revenue-based company. Expect to put long hours,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57784,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Cutting edge work for some, great & caring company for all","Context: Engineering Discipline, been with the company for a little over 2 years  - You feel like the company actually cares. The CPO Lisa Brummel often engages with employees in public ways and has a phenomenal attitude. Giving programs, health benefits, fitness incentives, continuing education, structured career conversations -- lots of things point to the company taking a genuine interest in your personal and professional well being (of course not without its own motives).  - Lots of room for growth at the lower levels, things start to become bottle-necked around the ""Manager of managers"" level  - Company is constantly reinventing itself. It can be a dinosaur in many ways (especially legacy code bases and antiquated engineering styles), but everyday we get closer to modernizing the entire company from the bottom up. This can also be a source of frustration, but is much more exciting.  - Product portfolio is second to none. This is the only company in the world where I can work on a PC OS, tablet hardware, machine learning algorithm, design a popular coding language, work on embedded technology, build a productivity suite, develop a game console -- and still be under the same corporate roof with no relocation necessary.","- Company at times doesn't appear designed to retain top-tier talent. Elimination of the stack system, while widely praised, wasn't replaced by any incentives for the top 5% to stay. This is a symptom of a company which, while inventing itself in many ways, can still at times be a monolithic bureaucracy  - Product group and corporate culture can be Russian Roulette. There are teams at the company working on breakthrough products filled to the brim with absolute rockstars. There are other teams working on maintaining antiquated contractually ordained technology with people who reek of sadness and despair. Thankfully horizontal mobility is super common at the company, so if you get dealt a bad hand you're not locked in forever.","Continue to invest in programs which communicate genuine care for employees. As we push into retail, things like corporate discounts and ""VIP"" programs give a sense of preferential treatment which translates into corporate pride. Remodeling the cafeterias on campus is a great initiative and should continue. Continue to brand the campus. Everyday Microsoft employees face a public community which has stopped believing we can innovate -- we've become the underdog. Some extra-ordinary thinking is called for to make sure employees feel a sense of belongingness and pride, two things that help motivate and excite.  Additionally, invest in ""fast-track"" programs for those who exhibit top tier talent. Previously being ranked in that top tier equated to additional compensation, which helped offset the sometimes artificially stagnant promotion cadence. In the brave new world there needs to exist programs which communicate loud and clear why staying with Microsoft is in the best interests of one's career. As much love as some may have for the company, it's hard to justify staying when bigger bonuses and better titles exist in external opportunities.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57785,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Technically challenging company with great perks but big bureaucracy..,Technically challenging. Great people to work with. Great facilities and benefits.,Work-life balance. Steep corporate pyramid to climb. Lots of dead weight in middle management.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57786,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Lots of layers,-practically unlimited budget/resources -lots of smart people -no shortage of work,"-too many layers of management, not sure what they do -lots of office politics -missed the boat on too many opportunities because the company moves too slow",-flatten the middle management -too many managers that should not be managers,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Creative, innovative environment that still as potential",Smart people and great name brand company. It is hard to deny the fact that Microsoft hires the best of the best. Changing tides are still yet to determine what MS environment will be like under Satya but indicators look good.,"It's not as stable as it use to be - years ago, you know if you worked hard you didn't have to worry about getting laid off. I didn't get laid off but just the threat of it created a very stressful work environment. Rating system really makes doesn't seem fair for a company that makes billions of dollars.",Don't layoff all your legacy resources because history can still teach the future....,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57788,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Strong team environment with very large room for growth and promotions.,No pressure for commission sales. It's run by a team based effort with members of the sales force helping and education the customers on new and upcoming products.,Retail market tends to limit the schedule flexibility that you would expect especially if you are working at school or have a second job at the moment. The hours start off early and end very late in the day as well.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57789,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Fast paced , intelligent people, lot of opportunities internally","Micro management, politics, inertia , lacks innovation",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P823.htm
57790,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long term company,"Good working environment, great benefits, employees are treated well. Smart people all around who are encouraged to think independently and question conventional wisdom. Great engineering focus.",Correctness may sometimes miss customer focus. Multiple disciplines can create communication barriers. May not feel startup like for those who like that feel.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57791,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Lot of politics, re-org and very little innovation",- Good benefits overall - There are still lot of smart people around - Freedom to move within the company every two years,"- Politics and more politics, decisions are made based on how good you build your relationship with upper management rather than how smart you are - Work itself will not get recognized - Re-org, I have never seen a company having a massive re-org every year, vision keeps changing, goals are reset. It is very bad overall for the product - Agile product development is missing - Still using old and stale technology for product development like for source control, bug management.",I think managers need to start thinking differently. The reasons which made Microsoft such a successful company are no longer valid. It is a very competitive world out there and everyone has to change. Also there is a need to embrace third party/open source tools. Support innovation.,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57792,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,OK place to work...you could learn a lot becuase there are tons of stuff to learn...but highly stressful work atmosphere,"Lot to learn in terms of technology, products, you can experiment with new ideas and technology..you can also hop groups to leaen multiple products, processes..","Poor culture, they need big help, no one works for Microsoft but they work for themselves...pathetic culture...people are passioante about keeping job, not about products..or innovation...they have no standards in selecting managers...so very poor quality managers...",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57793,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2014",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,Monolithic,Met a lot of great people.,"Behind-the-times, out of touch, moves glacially.",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57794,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager Intern,"Lots and lots of smart people Tons of resources to learn everyday Pay is good and so are the perks Awesome intern events especially the signature event Wide range of areas to work in The company is changing more rapidly then the outside can see, in a good way","Things take a while to come out to the public, if this process could be cut down I think it would help tremendously",A lot of the needed changes have been done. Especially scrapping the previous review system. Don't leave consumer electronics but new refinements or product areas are needed,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57795,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Good place to work and learn.,Not sure what to say.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57796,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - General Manager,Cloud and Enterprise Business within Microsoft,"The division that generates infrastructure and server software has been a quiet but strong performer over the years - and it isn't by accident. The strategy has been sound and leadership very clear - delivering strong business performance over consecutive quarters. This has been a great division to work in. The people are top notch - if you enjoy working with smart talented people, Microsoft is a great place to be.  Promotions are frequent thru the IC ranks - but as with any role, gets more challenging as you start managing people. The Director/Principle levels are particularly congested - expect it to be hyper competitive.  Benefits are strong and progressive - competitive with any company in the industry. As you earn tenure in the company, vacation time increases substantially, up to 5 weeks off/year as a US employee (other geos vary)  Finally, in terms of career opportunities, the great thing about Microsoft is it's diversity of businesses. From consumer to enterprise, Cloud to embedded software - there are a plethora of opportunities and no shortage of interesting roles.","Though the culture is changing (and hopefully, with a new CEO, it will accelerate), the company still relies too heavily on individual heroics. The previous stack rank review system encourage a behavior that was very much individualist.  There is also a ton of complexity in the processes of the company - a necessary evil in any large organization. This complexity forces too much time to be expended on internal issues as opposed to focusing on driving the business, seeking new opportunities.  Finally, the company has a tendency to elect ""direct"" strategies in key growth areas. Whether it is getting into the phone business by buying a handset vendor or building our own search engine - Microsoft needs to focus and bet on more disruptive strategy plays, changing the rules of the game like many newcomers have done in the last decade.","Don't just reward good performance, reward on innovation that is not par for the course - but has the potential to be a real disruptive force in the market. Continue to dial up and showcase examples of cross group collaboration - reinforce ""sum of parts > whole"" messaging. Invest in new skills acquisition - either thru talent sourcing or training programs. Fewer, big bets - ones that we are really setting up to win.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57797,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,It's a job - not a relationship,Good tools and equipment. Products have global impact. Great benefits. Work with some of the smartest programmers on the planet,you are on your own as far as career development goes. If you ever get a less than 'meets requirements' review you are doomed and the review process is draconian.,Stop making employees compete with each other. that is not a great way to build teams.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57798,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Worked on archaic legacy code with really awesome, incredibly smart, passionate and dedicated people.","The people: smart, passionate, interesting. The perks: events, fitness benefit, Prime Card, Orca Card, pay. The location: close to Seattle, beautiful campus. The company: cool new things, also industry staples, tons of opportunities and niches.","Many older products involve tackling a lot of legacy code and trying to read the minds of developers past. Conducive to developing highly specialized skills, but not necessarily more widely applicable technical growth.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57799,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE II,each person has its own office,management is lack of vision,less political play,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P824.htm
57800,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great people, problematic company",everyone at the company is super bright. good work life balance and family benefits,"very political, impossible to get ownership or get anything done",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57801,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2014",Former Employee - Account Executive,"I worked their for over 10 years and it became a very different place in recent years, all for the worse.",Good benefits and overall comp plan,"Bad management and ridiculous time-killing, non-productive internally-facing activities...",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57802,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall review,diverse and fun fast pace and relax,political and people are not very responsible,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57803,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,"we do not have a dress code ever. we get good compensation, and benefits. my bosses are kind and helpful","we do not have a dress code ever. we get good compensation, and benefits. my bosses are kind and helpful",nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57804,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 2,Amazing talent surrounds me everyday at work. We work on challenging problems together in a collaborative environment.,"Not a startup, but otherwise it's an amazing company to start off or stabilize your career. People are smart and inspiring.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57805,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Worked here for 10 years,- Smart people lots to learn - Company has its heart in the right place. - Love the culture of giving,"- You are on an island - can't use open source, stuck with some internal solutions that are not as good. - Review system and curve fitting was bad, but glad to know its being changed. - Too many people just attending meetings and contributing little. - Too many Principals with rest and vest mentality.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57806,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Operations Lead,Sales Operations Lead,Excellence exposure for Sales Operations and Modelling,Bureaucracy overall. Compensation Curves are forced,None,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57807,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Very exciting journey so far...,"1. No matter where your passion lies, you can find something at Microsoft. In my seven years at Microsoft, I've seen people move across disciplines (Dev <-> PM <-> Test), technology stacks, teams, products, office location etc.  2. Roles are not airtight. I've seen Dev/test define the products and I've seen PMs churn out code - it really depends on you.  3. Generally very open culture - I been in meetings with DEs and they are fantastic to work with.  4. Great workplace - I can requisition furniture / books / hardware etc without filling out thirty forms or having to get approval from my upper management.  5. Great workplace II - (Generally) Very smart and aware people. Most people I've worked with are receptive to feedback and will accept fault and move on. This may be specific to my org though but I haven't noticed any politicking amongst the individual contributors.  6. Benefits... Best in the industry (if you ignore the free food bandwagon).  I can go on and on...","1. There's a desire to create something new that works for our customers but it is often orthognal to what our competitors are doing which leads to a lot of debates on how to proceed.  2. Lots of legacy code. In general, changing something that's been around for a long time is difficult. Breaking changes are avoided and that sometimes limits the degrees of freedom for product design.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57808,microsoft,"Orange, CT"," Feb 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,My experience at Microsoft has been very good.,Microsoft offer some really good perks. The base salary is good and the ESPP(employee stock purchase plan) is well designed. The health benefits were very good in past but they are not as good as they used to be. You get to work on some really challenging projects. You have to keep learning and updating yourself at your job. This is not something that you do in your off time. You have to learn new technologies to perform your day-to-day work. Some of the people here are very talented. They are scary intelligent and you have a hard time to gauge their potential. A wide range of employees are average but average for Microsoft may be extra ordinary for some other companies.,"The work-life balance is very off. We have frequent releases and every release brings long hours at office. Sometimes, we don't have enough time to fix a problem at the very core. We are racing against time and we have to provide a workable solution to the problem as soon as possible. There are very few team morale events.",Give freedom to employees to work on their own project (like Google does). Some of the decisions taken by higher-management seems random at best and disastrous at worst.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57809,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big Ship, Big opportunities, If you have the steam, you will do great!",* now (finally) getting a fire in the belly to break old traditions and go for innovation. Great time to ride this tide and get great stuff done.. * standard (for top-end software companies) stuff like - flexible hours (no one cares if the work gets done).. fair health care etc,"compensation lower end.. review process is changing, dont know what it will be like.. suspense there.","relentlessly pursue innovation., remove mid-level fat (too many managers, and managers of managers..)",3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P825.htm
57810,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Developer,A great experience and was able to work with some very bright people,"A chance to work with some very bright individuals and if you are lucky to land in the right group,, a chance to work on products that are used by a large population of users.","So many bright individuals in one company, to get ahead many become focused on climbing corporate ladder rather than furthering their engineer career. Overly competitive to the point of being destructive rather than constructive.",Focus on developing great engineers by placing more value on the work of good performers.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57811,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Never a boring day - so far,Generally challenging work with competent colleagues,Stack ranking small groups used to kill morale - now being replaced by.....nothing yet.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57812,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Delivery Manager,A world class education,"Technology stack, smart people, ability to see the efforts of the company applied on a global scale and benefiting all nations.","The culture is about dominating others for personal gain. If you want to see bullies push around smart people who care, this is the place for you. It is encouraged.",Stop being superficial and decide if you are able to credit the individuals that worked for the success you claim as your own.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57813,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Its OK,"job stability, excellent benefits, overall good culture and work life balance",career growth is very difficult. you have to really excel in order to get promoted.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57814,microsoft,"Richmond, VA"," Feb 18, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good company to work for,Good work/life balance. Good compensation.,Strong corporate environment and hard to move up in the company.,Listen to the engineers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57815,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 31, 2014",Current Employee - Princiapl Engineer,Fulfilling,"Respect, Breadth, People, Facilities, Cafeteria,","Phone, tablet, store, tools, technology",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57816,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Short contract but a very positive experience.,"Microsoft is a company with great opportunities for career advancement. I found it to be a very positive environment to work in, with a high chance of job satisfaction. I am now seeking full time employment with this company.",Cannot always get cell phone reception in the building I worked in. (Yes this is an odd con but that's all I have.),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57817,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"They treat their employees very well, but few chances to advance due to pointless HR policy.","Compensation is comparable within industry, perks are good.",Unless you are coming in externally advancement is difficult to come by. You are better off leaving for a year and coming back.,"The cost discipline provided by our HR and financial policies have been a great asset over the years. That said, we aren't going to continue to grow without making some gambles, and betting on your people would be the best investment possible.",3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57818,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft has the chance to be great again,"No risk of missing payroll, very good benefits, stock awards very valuable, overall comp good. Work with mostly smart people and plenty of work to do. The technology infrastructure is very good.","Nowadays ""Micromart"" named after Kevin Turner has more people counting and watching than doing. Many folks are now simply managing vendors. Lots of internal fear about losing your job. Many buildings don't have offices anymore, just giant rooms with desks.","Hire people you can trust, learn how to focus on a few key areas and quit doing everything else. Get that entrepreneurial spirit and cut way back on contract labor. It kills productivity.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57819,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,Everything you've heard,"Good pay, decent benefits (not as good as previously)","Political, slow to react, organizational ADD.",Focus on fewer things and do them better.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P826.htm
57820,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Learning Experience,"Great benefits, great learning, Lots of diversification of products there fore lots of opportunities. Very technical and possibility of having a work life balance when one wants it","Middle level managers are not the best, Growth can be a little slow, the review system is not extremely transparent so things are not always clear. Salaries are slightly lower than other competitive companies.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57821,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,"Flexible , Learning , Experience ,","Salary , Promotion , evaluation , None , None",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57822,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,"Free Lunches, great management, great career growth.","Stressful job, long exhausting days.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57823,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, open atmosphere. Tons of smart people around.",Working with very talented people Great campus with lots of perks,"Large company syndrome, you own small stuff",Be more technical.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57824,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great company - definitely a transition period,"Some of the most recognizable products in the world. Awesome work/life balance, great salary, benefits etc. Always something new happening.","Major period of transition, in both products and company leadership. Hard to know what direction things will be moving in the future.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57825,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jan 30, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Challenging,Benefits were really great for my family,Work Life Balance was not demonstrated by leadership,Streamline priorities,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57826,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 17, 2014",Former Employee - Programmer,Good,Pay is okay but job is demaning,Benefit is not so good,Listen,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57827,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2014",Former Employee - Project Manager,"Smart people, fabulous workplace",Very smart and creative people Respectful and rewarding culture Able to move within company and across products and roles easily Lots of opportunities to learn and grow,No peer reviews are done,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57828,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Excellent company to work for,",None so far.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57829,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,"Overall, a very good experience at the company over 14 years.",Tons of opportunities to work with some of the brightest minds. Great place to move between various functions depending on your appetite.,"Company was not customer focused most of my tenure. It is slowly changing now which is great. Performance review system pitted employees against each other, however, that system is being canned this year. Will see what transpires as a result.",Most senior management has been recently put in place with new CEO. Need to drive for customer success and scenario-based solutions.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P827.htm
57830,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Fantastic place to work.,"Microsoft is a company that takes care of its employees. Great work-life balance and benefits, and you work with motivated, intelligent coworkers. The campus makes life really convenient - lots of great little perks like having a doctor, eye doctor and a hair stylist on campus, as well as a lot of food options. Work hours tend to be really flexible - you can work from home if needed, or take time in the middle of the day for an appointment, as long as you get your work done, management tends to be flexible.","One of the tough things about being such a large company is that communication and ownership of products/processes can be difficult across different teams. Also, depending on what group you're in, promotions can take a little longer here than at other companies.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57831,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,soso,many different projects. many optunities. big company with OK salary. good benefit.,big stress. long working hour. fitness benefit is not good. health care benefit is getting worse.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Liking it so far.,"Choice of moving between dev and PM roles, choice of changing teams within the company without greatly impacting green card process.","Review system keeps changing, need to see what the new system has in store.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57833,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,great company if you are on the right team,Opportunities to explore different roles within company,the complexity of making changes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57834,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Lots of opportunities, so keep moving","A challenging, interesting, mostly enjoyable place to work. Great work-live balance Tons of resources to enable you to do what you need to do for your business Can make positive impact on people's lives through citizenship programs BUT: You must manage your career - no one else will Don't stay in one place too long, or you lose relevance Treat each job like a project, and move on once you've achieved your goals in role",Wasteful spending and lack of accountability Many projects seem to be career enhancing as opposed to adding company value Competitive review system doesn't promote collaboration or long term thinking,Reward the right behaviors - work that results in long term value for the company.,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57835,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,"A company with motto - Money first, product later","Stable company, has lots of cash",Average leadership who only cares about money but never foster the development of the best product,"Build the best product, money will follow - do not reverse this.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57836,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work but,1) Great folks to work with 2) Lots of good talent 3) Lots of teams working on cool features,"1) Bad review system specifically for moms on maternity leave 2) Lots of politics , so if you don't know how to play politics, you will be in the bottom 10%",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57837,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2014","Former Employee - SMS&amp,P Sales",Disjointed,"Great individual people, excellent products, fantastic salary and benefits. The best name recognition in the software industry - no one says 'no' to a meeting with Microsoft.","Disjointed sales organization and process, too many sales 'cooks in the kitchen,' very little management guidance except when the 'numbers' are due - it's not 'what can WE do today,' it's 'what have you done for ME today.'",Matrixed sales organizations do not work with 'alpha' salespeople.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57838,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for!,There are many opportunities for advancement,No cons to speak of,continue to promote from within,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57839,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Survived It,Variety of products to work on Mostly very smart peers to work with Strong benefits package (though not as strong as in past) No health insurance premium payments Based in the Pacific Northwest,Weak senior leadership (hopefully Satya will change this) Lack of innovation Culture of collaboration completely missing Stack rank performance mgmt. system (glad to see it's finally going away though),Good luck Satya. Hope you can turn things around.,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P828.htm
57840,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Business Sales Specialist,Lot's of broken promises...lot's.,"Nice benefits, lot's of contacts.",No stable career path and tragectory changes often.,Please respect your employees by keeping your promises!,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57841,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Feb 13, 2014",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"Overall, great experience",Cutting Edge tech and loads of training!,"Review system is not conducive to growth. Direct competition with peers breeds, dishonesty and conflict.",Reward people for what they accomplish. Not for what others perceive as accomplishment,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57842,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place for career start point,"A lot of talent, you can learn a lot of knowledge here","Boring, no exciting works, hard to make new feature",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57843,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst company in universe ever,If you like to experience slavery this would be the ideal place.,Everything bad you can conceive of is present in here.,"No advice, since it is hopeless.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57844,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,It is easy to work,There are really good people,There can be really long hours,could treat people better,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57845,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Feb 13, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Company in transition, people/employees not a high priority.","Prestigious company, resource rich, quality people.","Demoralized personnel, culture discourages cooperative environment. Lack of vision and direction, disempowered middle management.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57846,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software job review for MSFT,"individual office, nice manager, good atmosphere",technology is old. No other cons. Do not use linux,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57847,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Old culture is battling new culture and the casualties are piling up.,Great benefits. Awesome atmosphere and overall great company. Hoping the new CEO will free things up across groups to allow unhindered and less political work to get done.,"Politics kill innovation and motivation for lots of employees. The old CEO way of doing things was to pit teams doing similar work against each other so that the best and brightest idea rose to the surface. This often frustrated more creative and introspective types and skewed loyalty to whoever could hold up the brightest ""glowing orb"" to the leadership. This leads to teams that don't actively accomplish much but talk a lot about doing everything in order to make it look their job is worth keeping around. Meanwhile, the people who are actually accomplishing and solving real day to day business needs are left in the dust to try and justify the work they do. It is a real poisonous atmosphere at times and erodes morale.",Less talk. More real work.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57848,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Overall, Microsoft is a great place to work.",There are a lot of great people to work with at Microsoft.,Executive leadership often makes decisions without understanding the full impact on all levels of the business.,"Value your long time high performing employees, no matter what their level or title. They all have contributed to making Microsoft successful in some way. Microsoft should view these dedicated employees as an investment. When you replace them with cheaper inexperienced people you are wasting those years that the company has invested, all to save a few bucks. What a shame.",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57849,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Writer,Smart people and team spirit,"I loved the excitement of working on a new product and feeling like part of something big. I never missed a company party or meeting - there's nothing like clapping and using noisemakers with 18,000 other Microsofties when Steve Ballmer comes running out onto the stage at Safeco Field.","The performance review system is broken. I hear they're fixing it, but I'm skeptical. The lean, innovative teams of 15 years ago are being replaced by bureaucracy and too many meetings.","Stop putting 31-year-old MBAs without a clue in charge as Group Managers.  Try to avoid letting us work really hard on projects for a couple of years and then pulling the rug out from under us.  SMART goals aren't so smart. How about making it OK for us to get really, really good at our jobs, instead of telling us that excellent work is a ""C"", and that to get any recognition you have to do heroics completely outside your job description?",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P829.htm
57850,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - IT Operations Program Manager,Cautiously Optimistic,Challenging breadth - more opportunities to see how the whole world works Good Benefits (not as good as they used to be),"SMSG Reviews still using the kill the loser mentality Actual management skills not encouraged/rewarded Healthcare benefits driven by Tax implications and is biased against mental health coverage While changing, the culture is still a ME FIRST rather than truly collaborative, particularly at the mgmt level","Need to rebuild credibility after the 3 year layoff, particularly in SMSG.",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57851,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - IT Service Operations,Decent,You always get to work on new and exciting things,"Fast paced, high demand, lack of free time",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57852,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2014",Former Employee - Executive Producer,Microsoft after the Golden Age,"Microsoft had the best healthcare benefits while I was there from 1999 through 2010. I have a family of three young kids and a wife with a serious medical condition. While at Microsoft, I never had to pay a penny out of pocket for any prescription, doctor visit, hospital stay or medical procedure.","Everything was very decentralized, with each group and/or team ""doing it's own thing."" No one really knew what anyone else was doing.This may have worked when the company was smaller to promote competition of ideas, but when it matured this lead to people building fiefdoms and causing confusion with the customers. Also when there was corporate control, it was one size fits all approach. What worked for software development doesn't always work for the marketing or sales side of things. Also the culture of Type A personalities, the loudest in the room is always right mentality, is a very destructive way to manage processes and teams and this culture ran deep while I was there.","Leave the old school technical culture behind and try moving toward a more human based approach to your products, marketing and management style. Also it's hard to be really innovative when you are so large. Figure out how to be the ""kids in the garage"" again.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57853,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 11, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Research Scientist,"Really good talent, low productivity dues to extreme politics!","Great benefits, every employee receives an office, good company store benefits, ample parking.","Your better product may not see the light of day, because you may be stepping in someones foot!",Was always: drop Balmer! They finally did it.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57854,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Learned a lot, decent compensation. Sometimes infuriating.","In the right team you'll work with great people and learn all the time. Microsoft is involved in a huge number of different products and roles, and mobility within the company is normally fairly easy. It can actually be a great place to learn new skills - after you've built a track record of success people will give you a try at things you probably wouldn't have been hired into directly.",In the wrong team you'll work against great people and make each other dumber. Don't expect your management to help you find a good fit - it just isn't something the company is good at. You need to manage your own career. Keep shopping yourself around. Don't get stale.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57855,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Slowly returning once again to a common goal and single purpose,Massive install base for software - the ability to influence the lives of millions,Program Managers who have to design products can be held back because the company is too big to move quickly and test and iterate with customers in comparison to smaller players with less brand equity at stake. Being several layers removed from customer interaction makes for challenging decisions that are made in windowless offices driven by data that is not necessarily telling the whole story.,"Build mini brands that you can ""aquire"" to experiment with products and get to market faster / kill bad ideas faster.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57856,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Lacking leaders and direction,"flexibility, challenges, people are generally good","Too many non-technical leaders or technical leaders without empathy. Tons of politics in the major divisions and orgs...not worth your time. HR changes are not a reality, the ratings will persist. Don't be fooled.",Stop operating out of a place of fear. It is non-productive and destroys teams and orgs.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57857,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good company, needs some direction. Limited breadth in daily activities could limit future viability in other careers.","Great benefits, amazing campus, good pay, Women and LGBT friendly work culture.",Mobility can be constrained depending on your department within the company.,"Fewer layers of management, more internal mobility.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57858,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Great company and many opportunities for growth,You can excel as an Individual Contributor or Leadership. Benefits are still very decent. Changes to performance review model,Not a con but it remains to be seen how the performance review model is changed. We hope it is for the better.,"get more involved with the field. Better integrate with customers, listen to their feedback and act fast.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57859,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager 2,Good work environment. Good pay,Nothing bad about this company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P830.htm
57860,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,"Intelligent people, great opportunities to learn new things",Sometimes the culture can get very bureaucratic hindering the ability to complete the project on time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57861,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fine to work at,trainings are very good for personal development,annual review process does not encourage team spirit,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57862,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - User Experience Lead,Hard to accelerate your career,"Having worked for Microsoft for 10 years now, I've learned that the experience you develop here will help you accelerate your career outside of Microsoft.","Having worked for Microsoft for 10 years now, I've learned that the experience you develop here will not count towards accelerated (or non-accelarted) growth within the company unless you move to different teams. However if your passion lies within the area of expertise that your team works on, you're constantly stumped for growth in levels and promotion because of the review process. it comes down to who you know, not what you know, or what you've helped the team accomplish.","no matter how much people advance in experiences, growth, and knowledge, they're pretty much always stumped in being promoted by the person above them because of the calibration process during reviews. you only move up if someone moves out.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57863,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great place to work in, however its hard to really stand out in the sea of humanity that the company employs",you get to work with very intelligent people,your future completely depends on your rapport with your manager,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57864,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Sr. software engineer,"better health insurance, work life balance, you have you own single office, 3 weeks vacation","Politics in management, not transparent to individual contributor. keep re-organizing and keep chasing the leader in the market",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57865,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2014",Former Employee - Architect,MS review,"Active culture, good benefits, great people","Heavy on middle management, many contractors",Not qualified to advice management,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57866,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2014",Former Employee - Product Unit Manager,Product Unit Manger Microsoft IT,Bright People Endless Budget Enthusiasm the main factor. Endless budget for big ideas,Very Political Non Collaboration Viciously selfish as well as individual focussed as opposed to team focussed.,More Engagement in Strategy MultiYear budget Vision for the Company and where each service and product fits in,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57867,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Director,"Excellent place to work, tackling big challenges in our industry","Strong self-awareness as a company, made up of highly driven individuals. High IQ but with values that focus on EQ as well, people that thrive have a good balance of skills. Ambitious market objectives with a strong focus on our customers, strong focus on community and giving back.","Very complex business processes and overlapping interests and challenges. Hard organization to learn as a new hire, difficult to navigate. Difficultly getting amazing R&D work into the hands of customers fast enough, tough to grow new businesses due to the high expectations (revenue, market share) of senior execs.","We need to simplify and streamline businesses (reorgs underway, need to accelerate) and create an environment where new ideas and businesses are brought to market much more quickly. Embrace cannibalization and ""burn the boats"" more frequently.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57868,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Amazing company to work for,"Great benefits, and flexible schedule","Lots of red tape, and can be difficult to grow within the company.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57869,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company.,You get to work with the best people in the industry on projects that have global reach.,"As a big organization, sometimes it can take a while to see big changes.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P831.htm
57870,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Not for the faint of heart,"Smart people, big goals, exciting environment. Benefits are amazing.",Individualistic culture---people look out for themselves because the culture makes them do that. Collaboration is not rewarded the way it needs to be to move the company forward. Very hard culture to integrate into---can take some people up to 18 months to figure out how it works.,If taking risks is to be valued then people need to know that they will be OK if the downside of the risk is realized..,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57871,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,Big challanges. Changing times. Overhead. Opportune impact + opportunity.,"At Microsoft you can literally work with a team to offer an epic product and then watch it fail or succeed, from early stages through design, implementation and then market reaction. And then there's an option to always keep working if that doesn't work out. If it does, you'll watch your promotion velocity improve to great proportions. If not, that's ok, go try something else every 12-18-24 months - many groups ship so many cool things you often can just move within projects under a group of directors.  The 2014 calendar year will be one of a lot of change: instead of performance ratings, the rewards will be handed out in a slightly more opaque process, but ideally taking into account an entire team's feedback, contributions through others, and I'm excited to see that happen.  With Satya onboard as the new CEO this will be a fun year and everyone will see the results in one way or another quickly.","Very ineffective functional organizations, the pendulum as swung toward a lower accountability model in the functional engineering disciplines, so you'll have a very crisp, defined world to work in, and until the higher levels you just don't have the right title, experience and connections to land exciting work. I feel for the newer hires.  With recent changes across the company to reorganize for One Microsoft, there's been a lot of level inflation in some groups that makes years of hard work feel disregarded and unrewarded.",Mix it up. Scare some VPs in meetings. Try new things. And modernize engineering.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57872,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,good place to work,"pay, benefits, environment, work projects","large company, review system, middle management",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57873,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant place to work at,The pay is good and the job experience enriching,The graveyard shifts were affecting my health,NA,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57874,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great place to work,- work-life balance - ability to influence products millions of people use daily - very competitive compensation/benefits package - opportunities to move into different projects/products/groups - EVERYONE I've worked with is sharp,"- LOTS of overhead: mandatory hr trainings, skip levels, monthly all hands, quarterly all hands, group events, etc - at times it can can feel as though people are just going through the motions",fewer meetings/all hands,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57875,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Microsoft is a good place to work, the environment is friendly and the people you work with are engaged and smart.","Good fun work and interesting projects. The company culture encourages bringing good ideas and plans on how to meet business objectives to your work. If your ideas are approved, they become new projects for you to lead. In essence, you can use your creativity to generate the kind of work you would like to do at the company.",Too many politics and too many bureaucratic layers,Read the article in Vanity Fair and believe this is really the true experience of many FTEs.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57876,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An amazing platform to learn,Learning opportunities. Scale and intellectual challenges Caliber of most people (especially in subsidiaries) Ambition of the company Internal mobility Perks International exposure (working with a truly global community/team),Some politics Speed/agility Structure Employees should be encourage to understand the field reality more Internal skepticism,Avoid delaying decisions for the sake or respecting RoW Streamline number of folks managing partners Clean middle-management from long-timer,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57877,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Mechanical Engineer,Busy and some what chaotic... but it's manageable. Overall a great company.,MS offers great benefits and compensations.,Overall HW teams are not organized.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57878,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"have all pros and cons of big company. Considering benefits and pay, may fit people raising families.",Big company has various products to work for. You're allowed to switch products and groups after certain period after notifying your manager.,Lower productivity which is common for all big scale company. Too much process to follow.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57879,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn how to build large software systems,Lots of smart people to work who work hard and often want to do the right thing. Salaries are very good.,"At the principal and partner levels, individual egos sometimes get in the way of making the right decisions based on data and customer feedback",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P832.htm
57880,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good,Big company with a lot to offer especially for entry level,Big company where innovation died out,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57881,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2014",Current Employee - National Sales Director,A world of opportunity where you are in control of your future.,"Virtually unlimited options in terms of type of work, market, and geography in which you want to work. Smart and dedicated people who care deeply about their work.",Big company with big company bureaucracy.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57882,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Thoughts after 5 years.,Flexible hours and smart passionate co-workers. Many different products and markets to choose from. Allows for work/life balance.,Competitive. Can eat up all your time if you let it. Low regard in blogosphere.,"I'd like more cross organization transparency. I understand what happens in my business unit, but don't know why other business units make the decisions they do.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57883,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2014",Former Employee - Partner Marketing Manager,"This was the most political company I have ever worked. It is not about what you do, but who you know.",It is a positive brand on your resume and the benefits are good,"very political, very bureaucratic, back stabbing, no strong leadership, they kill creativity and innovation",get rid of the politics and reward people based on what they really achieve and not based on their political capabilities/visibility,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57884,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 1, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"Overall, Microsoft is a good place to work","The pay and benefits are great. Microsoft is a very competitive work environment with a lot of really smart and talented people. If you thrive in this type of setting, it is a awesome place to work.",The company as a whole isn't in growth mode like many tech companies are at the moment. Bureaucracy is definitely an issue when trying to push for change as well.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57885,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Mechanical Engineer,Fast Paced and Rewarding,"Great People, Great Campus, Amazing Pay and Benefits, Exciting and interesting work, lots of potential for career growth if you work hard.","Work life balance is tough for young families, ambiguous work direction which is hard for some and great for others, weather in area, excessive travel at times, can be high stress at times.",Lock down decisions with more conviction and drive solutions with confidence.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57886,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 1, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for - (10 1/2 years). Lots of smart people. Company has lost its sense of direction though.,"smart people, benefits, work-life balance","terrible mid-management layer, obsolete employee performance model, a lumbering giant that has lost its ability innovate","do some house cleaning at the GPM and Director level, get rid of Ballmer, take chances in order to spark innovation",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57887,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work in,Benefits cover not just yourself but the whole family,Getting promotions is quite slow,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57888,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Excellent company, but limited locations","The best thing about working at Microsoft is that you get to work with a lot of extremely intelligent and passionate people. At the time I didn't put a lot of weight into that, but now that I'm working at a company where people are just punching the clock, I realize how invaluable that was. There are a lot of politics in decision making, but if you learn how to deal with the politics then it is manageable and your career can grow to all new heights.","My main con is that Microsoft's main location is in the Seattle area. Which if you are willing to relocate, then this is actually a pro because its a great place to live. However, for people like me who want to stay close to their family, then there are limited choices for development offices. There are offices in Boston and Raleigh, but they are small and tough to get into.","For me, open some more remote locations in the Pittsburgh or Atlanta areas. Also, don't invest so heavily into ""big bets"". Invest in many small bets and let them become big on their own based on market demand.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57889,microsoft,"Durham, NC"," Feb 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with opportunities but crippling culture and cut throat performance system,"At this branch office: pay is great relative to peer companies in the area, employees are very intelligent, and site is driven by strong engineering-focused management team.  Overall, great place to launch a career, but move out quickly or you will find your industry relevant skills diminish.","At this branch office: very limited opportunities, highly cut throat competition, and insanely poor work\life balance. Jobs are limited to only 1 team at this office.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P833.htm
57890,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great benefits and work life balance,great work life balance and benefits. Lots of opportunity to grow with new areas in tech always cropping up. With the new reorganization the teams are starting to align better to business needs,you aren't continuously pushed to do your best. Projects are led by fiefdoms and leads to a lot political infighting. Business goals aren't always aligned with team priorities - teams and people tend to spend time on their individual goals instead of focusing on the larger organizational priorities,remove political infighting and operate as a single entity,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57891,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A fulfilling experience,"Cutting edge technologies, lots of experienced professionals to learn from.",Occassional negative market opinion of products based on preconceived notions.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57892,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Not bad place to work,"Big Company, a lot of opportunities","Big Company, a lot of politics and Bureaucracy",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57893,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great company, falls short due to leadership",Great campus. Surrounded by smart people.,Leadership fails to innovate. Top to bottom approach does not work well with Microsoft. Management teams should work together to innovate which is currently missing.,"Leadership should listen to employees, give them the opportunity to innovate and they have to do it quickly.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57894,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Hellish,"Lots of smart, motivated engineers to draw inspiration from.","For people coming from ""industry"", difficult to navigate the politics of MS.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57895,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2014",Current Employee - IT Program Manager,Your Life Can Be Hell if You Work for a bad manager,"Diversity, Nice Commons Area, family events","Your manager can stop your career progression if he/she does not like you. Your manager can also prevent you from applying for different opportunities based on a negative review. The employee ranking system creates a terrible working environment.  Plus Microsoft is very arrogant, so company under pays. They feel a person is luck to be working there.",Hire better managers and create a less competitive work environment.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57896,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Market follower trying to be a leader once again,"Work/life balance, diverse workplace, smart people. Notable charitable contributions/giving campaign.","Dog eat dog culture with upper management. Stacked rank reviews culls out the weak, rather than try to develop those that may need help. Zune. Windows 8. Surface Tablet. All market failures because Microsoft does NOT listen to the consumer. They are a market follower resting on the laurels of Office, Xbox and Windows and are late to the cloud computing model and mobile market. The treat their vendors like sh%t and do not recognize the value they bring to the company.",Get rid of Ballmer and established dead wood that have tunnel vision. Apreciate your vendors more and recongize they are your partners not your slaves. Change or die on the vine.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57897,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS Hardware,"Pay is good, though not enough to afford a house nearby, very talented engineers, interesting work.","No manager seems to want to be caught making a decision, for which they might be held accountable. Also, no manager wants to be caught without someone in China at all times. Reviews are driven at least partially by your ability to exert influence, which means that everyone is trying to change your product all the time. Many con games when you are interviewing, like when they say 10% travel. Not always lies necessarily, but pretty blatant omissions.","Be more transparent. Don't lie to prospective employees, it starts you off on the wrong foot. Staff appropriately for the travel workload or, at least be honest about what it is going to be. 365 x 5 / 7 x 10% = 26 days, not 36 and definitely not 50 or more.",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57898,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Multicultural and crowded with .NET,Get to meet people from all over the world (not just 1-2 countries). Five languages were spoke in my hallway! Lots of benefits (which means marching to their drum). Get ahead of the curve on new Microsoft technologies.,"The worst place in the world for a creative person! If you see a problem, you aren't authorized to tell the decision makers. Everyone's marching so hard (in the wrong direction) that you're holding things up if you want to stop & think.  Author the lowest-quality work of your life as ""push it in now & label the rest of implementation as bugs for later"" is the standard I experienced in 2 distant branches.  Oh, and if you have ever lived in a place with regular sunshine, don't even try it up here unless you're only a gamer.","Implement a product feedback process! Mid-Management edicts need to be about ""why"" and not ""what"".  Even if a half day a week went to ""just sit & chat with someone in a neighboring team"", more progress would be made as the whole thing is just too disjointed.",3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57899,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great company, smart folks, a little too much bureacrazy","smart folks, good talent and good challenges","office politics, too large and missed almost every single market trend in the recent years","have a faster career growth, make reviews more transparent",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P834.htm
57900,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS Hardware,"Pay is good, though not enough to afford a house nearby, very talented engineers, interesting work.","No manager seems to want to be caught making a decision, for which they might be held accountable. Also, no manager wants to be caught without someone in China at all times. Reviews are driven at least partially by your ability to exert influence, which means that everyone is trying to change your product all the time. Many con games when you are interviewing, like when they say 10% travel. Not always lies necessarily, but pretty blatant omissions.","Be more transparent. Don't lie to prospective employees, it starts you off on the wrong foot. Staff appropriately for the travel workload or, at least be honest about what it is going to be. 365 x 5 / 7 x 10% = 26 days, not 36 and definitely not 50 or more.",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57901,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Working at Microsoft was engaging and rewarding because of the great people and work environment.,Build products that millions of users use everyday. Work with great coworkers that are smart and dedicated. Great work environment. Employees are well taken care of.,Big Company Can be slow moving sometimes Too many meetings Politics Stack ranking created a bad work environment in a lot of cases. (They have recently gotten ride of stack ranking),Improve manager and lead training. Managers and leads go through very little required training. It seems like the best developers are rewarded by moving them into management which does not make sense in a lot of cases. I think Microsoft build a program to discover employees that would make great managers. Most managers that I had at Microsoft did not spend enough time on providing actionable feedback. Most of the feed back was provided and then we moved onto our tasks.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57902,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Paralegal,"Don't believe the hype of the recruiter, look into the eyes of the interviewer instead. They are the walking dead.","Seattle is a beautiful city, everyone in Seattle works for Microsoft, thus all mental healthcare providers will accept your insurance. You WILL however have to wait months to get an appointment because the wait list of Microsoft employees in front of you is long.","It's comprised of exceptionally smart, capable, passionate and willing individuals horribly handicapped by bloat, bureaucracy, and the inertia of history. Management in-fighting, absolute atrophy at the executive level, and a review system which created a cannibalizing zombie horde of 100,000 people worldwide","It's all been said before, get rid of Ballmer, get rid of the Windows management that crushed all other creative and innovative thinking within the company for the last decade, wall off consumer from the revenue sucking vampire BING, and pick an email name and stick with it.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57903,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Business Manager,Fascinating work.,New ideas and process are always in demand for those that can produce them.,There is so much to do that one needs to be very capable of self management. Learn how to get it done during the workday.,Perks need to stay competitive with other hight tech companies.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57904,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Lots of smart people, decent benefits and package","Some red tape which can be reduced, not very agile",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57905,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great company, smart folks, a little too much bureacrazy","smart folks, good talent and good challenges","office politics, too large and missed almost every single market trend in the recent years","have a faster career growth, make reviews more transparent",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57906,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Experience Manager,"Good pay, huge titan that moves extremely slow and suffers from a lack of customer focus","Well paid, lots of very smart people.","Too many smart people, too much PM dominance of every division. Just way too many people working on every problem instead of a few core people and a solid division of smart devs.","Reduce this company by 1/2 of the current staff. Hold people accountable and give them power and authority around areas they are passionate about. Stop trying to make everything fit into everything else, let what customers need, want and love inform your strategy.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57907,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Sr. Marketing Manager,"Good vacation time, ability to work from home, generally smart co-workers","Most good positions are at corporate, if you don't want to move to Seattle you hit a wall quickly if you are not in a sales role. They over engineer everything. Too many broken processes get in the way. Culture is fake, have to watch your back a lot.",Treat people as adults. Be transparent and kind - you will get more out of people,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57908,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Some great people. Some below avg. Very much depends on the group. Company DNA holding it back.,"Leadership position (in some products), shaping the industry. Reach the whole world with your innovation",The worse internal office politics one can expect. Managers that did something great years ago and are leading products they have no idea how to push forward.,Buy companies like hell and don't merge then back to Redmond. Skype is a great exapmle.,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57909,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 27, 2014","Former Employee - Director, Global Delivery","Fast moving, engaging with lots of resources","Lots of great technology, resources and access to information. Super smart people",Too many complex levels/grades of people. Career roadmap complicated.,"Focus on fewer products, build tighter high performing teams and don't duplicate effort.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P835.htm
57910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2014",Former Employee - Software Architect,"Positive, standard quirks for the big corp. % Ratio of competent, non super arrogant, product focused people is decent.","Diversity of efforts, diversity of people. Driven to ship (in most parts) technical folks . Lots of competency in development.","in places stagnation, abrasive politics. High % of ""underperforming not interested fat"" among people, especially middle mgmt.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57911,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"At some points challenge, but gets flat after sometime",good work life balance People always willing to help,"Company not moving fast enough, most of the time doing catchup New teams are usually good, old ones mostly code maintenance and debugging, no new work. Intra company job change requires full interview process, decreases work force mobility inside company","Remove intra company interview. This discourages new grads from joining, as every time you're tired of what you're doing, you need to go back and study as a new grad all the stuff that you never use.",3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57912,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,"It has been very satisfying, intense challenges and a great work atmosphere.","Great company, real impactful work to impact customers worldwide.",Everything is dependent on your reporting manager which needs to be curtailed,Improve Work Life Balance for Employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57913,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee friendly company. Needs to work on clear goals.,Very employee friendly. Good benefits and work hours. Lots of technology areas to choose from. Plenty of freedom to experiment.,Needs better direction. Too many different agendas pulling the company in different directions.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57914,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jan 26, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Associate,Great Place to work,Microsoft is a fabulous place to work. Management is very empowering. Work life balance is terrific and the compensation is very competitive in the industry.,The overall size of the company is the only downside of working for Microsoft. Sometimes feel like the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.,Keep doing what you are doing,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57915,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Microsoft will go the way of newspapers in 10-15 years,Amazing portfolio of businesses and product that if actually stitched into a seamless ecosystem could truly benefit people's lives. Some smart people in pockets but not many of them great at politics so marginalized,Top heavy for sure - with people who mastered the old Microsoft - why take risks when heir is only downside. Sandbag and protect your $1+ million a year as a middle manager.. but this will be the death of Microsoft- these people don't take risks and spend too much time managing their careers instead of their customers needs. The rate of change is insufficient to catch web-born companies like GOOG & AMZN.. it's just a matter of time before the lights go out.,Clean house. You've got more people than you need for your Devices & Services mission.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57916,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Awesome work and people, but tons of politics","Great, smart people to work with. Challenging work and projects.","Politics and ""checking the box"" on unimportant things and processes overshadowed the actual work to be done. Review process focused too much on politics rather than actual accomplishments","The ""new"" review model still incorporates stack ranking even though it is hidden from employees. Focus on accomplishments of the people as opposed to those that play the political game.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57917,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Large Portfolio makes Microsoft an excellent place to work,"1. Smart people 2. Large portfolio of products/services. So, if you find out that you want to work in a different product because of your interest or experience, you can do so because you will find pretty much all the domains of computer science in the company. I have moved internally a couple of times. 3. Amazing benefits. Probably one of the best in the market (no free food like Google though) 4. Company encourages innovation via some internal programs where you can form a team in the company with as many people as you want and develop something cool and get noticed officially. 5. Lots of training programs for personal development  Bottomline, if you get a good manager, you can really excel.","1. To a certain level, there is politics involved in management. That can halt your personal growth. 2. Review system is not the best (though it has been updated in last year, don't know how will it work out yet) 3. To move internally, you have to go through a full interview loop, but you can't change your level or pay scale. Well, this makes sense from company's perspective, but one might think again. If you have to go through full interview loop, why not just try outside ? You might get a raise.","There is hardly any way to share manager's opinion. Sure, there is an official feedback form, but that one is not so actionable (haven't seen that happening yet). Please improve that part and a lot of bad decisions and politics will be cleaned up.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57918,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Awesome,Pros – - high job security - easy to stay top if you really work hard,Cons – - the team I'm working with is full of veterans who have no passion any more.,Advice to Senior Management – - find a way to motivate people with good experience,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57919,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,Microsoft is what you make it,"Salary, bonuses, growth opportunities in your area","If you end up in the wrong team its possible you won't like others around you or be drowned in work. It is a highly competitive environment and to succeed in it you must love the game. Ask yourself, if there is a choice to go to war or not is your answer yess!! and are you willing to lead it without backing down even if you are bleeding? if the answer is yes, you will succeed, otherwise you might do better somewhere else. MS is a battlefield.","Focus more on morale and team dynamics, that is your job after all. If you have that down, success of projects is almost guaranteed.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P836.htm
57920,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,Microsoft is what you make it,"Salary, bonuses, growth opportunities in your area","If you end up in the wrong team its possible you won't like others around you or be drowned in work. It is a highly competitive environment and to succeed in it you must love the game. Ask yourself, if there is a choice to go to war or not is your answer yess!! and are you willing to lead it without backing down even if you are bleeding? if the answer is yes, you will succeed, otherwise you might do better somewhere else. MS is a battlefield.","Focus more on morale and team dynamics, that is your job after all. If you have that down, success of projects is almost guaranteed.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57921,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice employee friendly,Nice working culture across business,lack in phone devices section,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57922,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place that is aware of it's imperfections and strives to improve,Great pay and benefits. It's filled with brilliant people doing great work. The projects that you'll work on there are huge. They will impact tens of millions of people.,"The incentive model isn't the greatest and sometimes ""impact"" is rewarded over making things better.","Avoid scenarios where the company goes on record as asking their employees to do one thing, but in reality expecting them to do something else.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57923,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It's a great company that takes care of its employee. I work with some very intelligent, educated, and talented people.","Good pay, great benefits, great culture",No cons at this time,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57924,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Mixed bag of goodies,"$$$. Salary is less than Facebook or Google, but it's still significantly higher than most places. If you do good work and make sure the right people know about it, you'll be richly rewarded. Almost everyone here is extremely smart, so it keeps you on your toes. I also love having my own office.","Re-orgs. Ugh. Considering the fact that your managers' perception of your work is more important than your actual work (like any other corporate environment), dealing with the constant trauma of re-orgs is disheartening. A pending re-org all but guarantees that you won't get any credit for your short-term work, so if your goal is recognition and high reviews, you have to actively manage your career by finding a manager you like and following him/her through every org change. Also, even though everyone is extremely smart, egos are very high.",I'm skeptical about the new review system: It sounds exactly like the old one but now with new vocabulary and less transparency.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57925,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Flexible, Lots of smart ppl","Big, sometimes take time to push things",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57926,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,"High performing, well appointed, good place to work","Autonomy, you are given expectations and provided you are a self starter, are innovative and driven, you should be able to succeed.","Individual contributors need to be aware that the perception of success often falls to you becoming management. If you are in the wrong team, you can be disparaged very easily - rumors do fly.","Skip levels. Do them, in prior teams they maintained the balance. My last team failed and contributed to my leaving the company after nearly a decade.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57927,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Very political, but also full of very great people and opportunities.","Great benefits, pay and supportive culture",Politics can get the better of you sometimes,"Keep pushing the One Microsoft initiative. Fight for your retail side, and figure out how to dovetail it with the LARS it competes with.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57928,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome place to work at.,Highly technical and exceptional developers.,Slow to respond to competition.,Be agile.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57929,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,"MSFT is a big company. A few teams are innovative and fast, others are slow.","It has lots of internal opportunities, relatively easy to switch jobs. You can try out different work styles: fast/slow or tight/loose according to your family situation. There are great domain experts and you can learn from them.",Compensation is so so. Some team has bad politics.,Should really push for One Microsoft goal and break organization boundaries. Need attractive compensation.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P837.htm
57930,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2014",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,over all a good company to work for.,"great projects, pay and benefits packages with in market standards.",to much politics and too many re-orgs.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57931,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2014",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Highly political, frequent re-orgs","Large, stable company Good benefits (Still) lots of smart people in engineering High internal mobility to take up different roles within company",highly political and backstabbing culture upward mobility limited bad performance review program incompetent managament team,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57932,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome place to work at.,Highly technical and exceptional developers.,Slow to respond to competition.,Be agile.,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57933,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Some Good, Some Bad.","Lots of perks still. Teaming seems to be coming back slowly since the change in the performance review system. Lots of work to do, so durations look strong going forward.","Like any company, there are always bad managers here and there. There are still senior some managers who enjoy their fiefdoms and act accordingly. I my case my manager created a hostile work place, violated several of Microsoft's codes of conduct and personally violated me at a Microsoft conference. HR is not your friend here if you are a Caucasian Male. 1 year later she was promoted and 3 years later she forced me out of the company.","When you say ""People are our greatest assets"" please act as if you really mean what you say. To often this statement is thrown around and it just feels like fluff. Additionally, there a lot of well educated American born employees who do great work. Stop replacing them with H1B visas as a way to increase the bottom line. It is not doing the local economy any good and those you drive out, you also drive out their continued support of Microsoft as a consumer.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57934,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Test Lead,Senior Test Lead,Great place to work but you need to find right team and right manager.,"If you get bad manager, who isn't growing. Move.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57935,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,The most awesome company that works like a close family,"People, independence, culture, values, generosity, benefits","Not optimized as a lean machine any more, decision making process","Make quick decisions, empower others to make decisions",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57936,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - Principal IT Service Operations Manager,Great unless you want to make impact which reaches for a star,Smart people. Generally good collaboration in a micro-sense,Heavy hierarchical structures. Takes a ton of work to make a small progress. Hard to impossible to grow within the company beyond General Manager,"To Executives specifically: Cut in half the layer of Senior leadership (Group Manager/Director) - your direct reports and their directs. A lot of them are products not of high performance, but slow promotional ramp. You have given them the authority for everything thus getting disconnected from most of the business. They on the other hand most of the time do not have the courage or skills to make their own decisions. So they are looking to you to hold their hand. And you cannot hold it effectively. You want to do the right thing, but you are disconnected from the reality. Shrinking an expensive senior management layer will bring the company back to where it once was.",4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57937,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - Product Knowledge Advisor,Fledgling retail endeavor that still has numerous areas of opportunity,Great perks especially if you use the corporate site for discounts.,"Unprofessional staff and management, no accountability for standards",My advice to management is to follow through with the standards and ethics you teach in training.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57938,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,A lot of learning and opportunities for growth.,Work life balance is excellent. Great pay. The company is striving to improve in all areas.,Placement into deparment seems random for new hires. Don't always leverage core competencies.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57939,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good Workplace and Corporate Culture,Kickstart your career. Ideal place to work,Bloated org. Too many people.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P838.htm
57940,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Strong Roots and looking to change the world,"Microsoft has some very smart people working here, you can learn something from everyone. From the seasoned veteran to the new college hire. We all share the same drive to be better and help our customers succeed.",We have been slow to see the trends early enough but we have changed that recently.,Listen more to your frontline employees and to your customers.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57941,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Obviously a world leader in multiple technological areas, with some corporate culture issues and a challenging future.",Plenty of projects available at any given time.,"There are some issues in collaboration, corporate culture and attitudes",The need to reconsider corporate culture may arise from a more challenging competitive environment than ever before.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57942,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good, but could be better.","Great environment, location, campus and benefits.",Too many reorgs and uncertainty for future trends.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57943,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2014",Former Employee - Lead Program Manager,"During growth phase, when management wasn't necessary.",Benefits. Smart People. Benefits. Security.,Review process. Long hours. Poor management.,Manage to keep employees.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57944,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Smart people, lots of opportunity to do different things. Good pay.",High pay with great work-life balance. Smart people. Interesting problems to solve.,"Very large. Easy for mediocre employees to remain employed for far too long... Top heavy with too much middle management, but this IS changing!","Trim down. Release the dead wood employees (re-interview them, be fair about it, but make it happen...).",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57945,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great company with loads of opportunity for growth as well as horizontal movement.,The company has it's hands in a lot of different industries and it is possible to have a complete career change without leaving the company.,Due to the size of the company it is tough to push meaningful change and adjust processes that no longer efficient.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57946,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A varied, fun journey.","Career development and movement. If you have a mentor or a sponsor, in particular, you can really move around and grow. Early career growth was fast and phenomenal. Perks are good - running trails, lockers, showers, towels, as well as other free things (soda, medicine, etc). No free food but the food available for purchase is diverse and good. Work-life balance has varied throughout my career but it's really what you make it here- at present it's very good. High flexibility, depending on your role and manager. Smart people. Good managers and a good place to learn the art of management. Collaborative. The new performance review system! The comp and benefits are excellent also.","The past performance rating system (""the curve"" and its competitiveness) has been challenging. Can be bureaucratic and political, depending on where you work/who you work for. Work-life balance can be bad if you get sucked in and don't establish boundaries -- can be a 24/7 culture where everyone is on email, especially due to other time zones.",Continue your focus on what our customers really want.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57947,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great salary, good people but make sure you really like the product you're working on!","Industry-leading salary, good health benefits, respects work-life balance. They want to make sure employees are happy and stay with the company for the long run.",It's hard working on products that aren't what you use in your personal life and products that are losing out to competitor's. Stuff Microsoft makes can be overly complex and just not work as well as you expect. It makes it hard to be proud of where you work.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57948,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jan 16, 2014",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,It will take years to remove vestiges of the now-gone stack ranked HR bureaucracy,Technological immersion - constant new technology. Stack ranking is now gone.,"HR's idiotic and stifling stack ranking (or curve fitting) of employees is now _supposedly_ gone (as part of the ""One Microsoft"" reorganization). I fear the bureaucratic and myopic HR remains It will take years for HR's poison to be cleaned out of Microsoft. Due to stack ranking, there are now thousands of technically shallow and dispassionate managers tucked away.  I must wonder whether HR employees were held responsible for their years of employee abuse (it appears not). Over the years, HR trained MS employees well: You were to climb on the backs of your fellow employees, you must avoid working with those who are ""better"", you were to work according to the metrics your manager imposed (which were frequently idiotic ones, not much better than a ""lines of code"" metric), and you were to transfer anywhere else, as quickly as possible (so that you stay 'fresh', in your manager's eye).  Prior to the reorg, the head of Sales & Support required Sales training upon all, required no Support training, and completely misunderstood the purpose of Support (he apparently thought Support was suppose to make sales pitches). With Sales and Support now supposedly split up (per ""One Microsoft""), perhaps such damaging behavior has been limited to just ""one"" of the many Microsoft divisions..","HR needs to be quartered. The money spent on glossy HR brochures and over-produced internal sales videos should be replaced with more morale events. Contracting and outsourcing need to be quartered - think more about employee & customer loyalty, and less about your stock holders' short term bottom line.  Show and advertise to each country that you care about it, by ensuring each country is only supported by its citizens. Recognize individual employees by offering individual bonuses - ones that are not tied to any of the many ""One Microsoft"" performance metrics. Remember what Mark Twain wrote about statistics/metrics.  Reduce the deepest levels of management by 50%. Foster more employee & customer feedback, through _fewer_ levels of management. Start listening more to the _variety_ of your customers. Recognize your marketS: What what youths want is not going to align with what a CIO wants, and individually tailor solutions. Remember that Windows started personal (and _then_ went corporate). Avoid the ""one Microsoft size fits all Microsoft customers"" gutter (e.g. Windows 8).  Acknowledge by actions when (individual and) team metrics are not perfect, - e.g. selectively override some of the lower bonuses when they are due to one year's poor ""metrics"". Be far more terse in your emails: The higher up in Microsoft management one is, the longer the emails have been, but your employees become spammed (each manger is trying to outdo another in email length), jaded, or overwhelmed.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57949,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - SDE2,Fun place to work,Great people good benefits Good work life balance,Slow growth More stress on how you sound than what you do,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P839.htm
57950,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Great career growth, great people","Smart people are everywhere, great benefits, good pay.",Level of politics makes you think you work for a government agency.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57951,microsoft,"Richmond, VA"," Jan 17, 2014",Former Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Promote from within,"Great culture, solid company, great benefits, good pay",Lack of people development and at times very political,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57952,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,6 years at MSFT,Benefits and compensation are great,Culture around teams competing against one another and senior management,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,none,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57953,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2014",Former Employee - Market Research Manager,Tremendous experience,"Working with intelligent people who truly believe Microsoft can change the world, and that they have an important part",They intentionally keep you on edge with job loss possibilities (and realities). The pressure can be intense.,None now. Waiting to see who replaces Steve Ballmer. Culture comes from the top down.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57954,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Working at Microsoft was extremely satisfying on many levels, but nothing lasts forever!","It can be exhilarating, challenging and rewarding on the personal growth and on the professional level. Great opportunities can be found and there are some spectacular people who will cross your path. Amazing knowledge generating and efficient operational infrastructure to work in. Ability to make a huge difference is completely possible, though it's a function of how you 'show up'.","Its easy to fall victim to being ""in a bubble"". Humbleness and being self critical at an individual and company level is not always evident. The air gets thin as you reach higher levels. Your own emotional intelligence is the only thing protecting you from walking into some toxic environments that some higher level Directors / GM's / SVP's seem to thrive in. (If you find yourself in one, get out asap) Rigorous self discipline to ensure work / life balance and the smarts to say 'no' when needed is a mandatory self preservation philosophy.","Identify and eliminate toxic management behavior. HR see's plenty of situations and in too many cases, toxic behavior from SVP / GM level leaders has been rewarded with promotions.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57955,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Design Intern,Huge company with a wide range of impact. There is also a renewed vision for design,Things move slow and while great ideas are fostered they are not all taken as seriously as they should be,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57956,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great place to work, depending on the product/team",World-class company that ships products that everyone uses. High standard for new hires - you'll work with some of the best and brightest. Top notch healthcare and campus. Fairly easy to move within the company.,"Work experience can vary drastically by product and team. Some areas have poor managers, or management that's been around for a very long time and is resistant to change.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57957,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn from co-workers,"good benefits, work with smart people","stack-ranking was horrible, not sure if it has really gone away",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great PTO toxic environment,Very smart guys Great benefits and PTO Stable job,Stack ranking makes for a toxic infighting work environment. Nobody trusts anybody. This stifles innovations. Destroys nimbleness.,"Get rid of stack ranking, make teamwork and innovation the priority.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57959,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Childhood dream fulfilled,"Lots of resources, very smart people, outstanding benefits, great salary.","So much middle management, duplication of effort, team driven vs company driven (folks are mostly cared about their small team's performance vs. what is good for the company overall)","Continue to push One Microsoft, I hope it makes a difference. Be disruptive, forget about Google and Apple envy",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P840.htm
57960,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Rewarding to a certain extend, then getting paid as low as we do gets old and frustrating.",Strong team oriented environment. You will learn a lot of important skills working at the Microsoft Store.,Most of the management is not hired within which makes it extremely frustrating and demotivating to entry level sales associates. No commission.,Add a commission structure. Hire within. That is all.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57961,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good perks, great environment.","Good perks, great people.",Hierarchy and organizational structure sometimes hinders progress.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57962,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It is moving slow,You can get a very good work life balance there.,You mightn't have a good career in future.,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57963,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great company to work for, if you continue to do great","People focus, Money (salary, stock, bonus)",Can't move around with below average rating,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57964,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, but company can't get out of its way",Worked with brilliant people and learned a ton in each job. Great benefits for full-time employees,"Be prepared to work all the time - no work/life balance, despite paying a lot of lip service to it. Very hard to get decisions made.",Stop reorganizing all the time.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57965,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing,"Microsoft has the ability to attract hard working, dedicated, passionate employees!",Working among the best co-workers keeps the desire of success strong. Being encouraged to innovate and think outside the box of ordinary is the BEST!,"Its hard to ""unplug"" from the job - if you like to live your career to the fullest this is the place to work. If you are looking to have good balance in life at work and away from work....might want to look elsewhere.",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57966,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company to develop your career,"Microsoft is a great place to learn a lot of things (mostly on your own) and create a huge professional network that will open several doors. Salary is good, benefits are great. Recent changes in employee performance assessment made it much better.","Sometimes, narrow minded view of the market from people that had only worked in Microsoft and have no idea how other companies work and how the ""real"" world is. Segmented groups and lot of competition between teams are currently being suppressed, but has a huge inertia.",Bring high level execs from other industries / companies to work in pair with current (long term) leaders.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57967,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Service Operations Engineer,Working in a dynamic-fast paced environment,Lots to learn and keep you on your toes,review system really was bad - too many ways to show favoritism.,be real!,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57968,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place if you want security,"Great place to work, but such a huge company your experience may vary. Great people to work with, most everyone respects work life balance. Great place to develop a career.","Depending on what project you're on can get a bit boring, not as glorious as you might think or what you experience as an intern. Not many options for changing projects like other tech companies might offer. Most people are there for a very short time or a very long time.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57969,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,most of smart ppl leave to work for other competitors,"Big company, good compensation, free coffee and sodas","No work life balance, mgt does not retain good talents, no transparency in promotions and annual performance does not encourage ppl for career growth",Hire more smart ppl,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P841.htm
57970,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,"OK, but the FUD around the CEO search isn't helping anyone","There are smart people to learn from, but this relies upon getting the right team.","* If you are not a developer, make sure you are working in a team which sees your role as an asset and not as an unnecessary roadblock * Would advise waiting until the new CEO search is complete and the inevitably following re-orgs are completed. Anticipate a lot of people politicking in the next few months as the leadership changes",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57971,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Software Engineering - Various,A great place to start your career.,"great place to learn. smartest people i've ever known. the world has benefitted from their drive, passion, and determination.","also the most cunning, competitive people on the planet. They'll compete with anyone -- if another company is not available, they'll compete with one another.","push decisions down the stack. Let the people nearest the problem make the decisions. Once those decisions are made, try your best to trust those people.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57972,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft as a whole is a great company to work for,The company as a whole is moving in the right direction. Each division is creating new technology that will make a difference.,"Microsoft has great products, but it fails to market them properly. Microsoft's third level management teams and below lack direction. Decisions are made by committee and by word of mouth. Internal teams at Microsoft compete against themselves too often.","Hire new managers. Just because a person can code, that does not make them a competent leader.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57973,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,most of smart ppl leave to work for other competitors,"Big company, good compensation, free coffee and sodas","No work life balance, mgt does not retain good talents, no transparency in promotions and annual performance does not encourage ppl for career growth",Hire more smart ppl,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57974,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Dev Manager,Principal Dev Manager,"Great place to work at, great people, great products",Processes are long and kill innovation,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57975,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,best company to learn in..but move after 4 years,excellent toools that makes staff empowered cool technologies career advancment,low salary stock options are not good as the market is not helping the stock,keep up the good work,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57976,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"average experience overall, there are too many conflicting incentives which drive unhealthy behaviors.","great resources, opportunities to work on difference teams, regions","complacency of employees, extremely poor middle management, overstaffed teams with multiple overlaps in responsibilities which create administrative burden",reduce staff especially in the middle management which is a dead weight,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57977,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Architect,Changing for the better,"Good benefit, good compensation, started to change for the better. The silos are being brought down, started to embrace openness, started to fasten the pace, weakness and mistakes are openly admitted.","Out of date engineering practice, accumulated technical debt and compatibility baggage",Get rid of 90% of PMs and 80% of tests.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57978,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Has a lot of great intelligent people. Unfortunately the constant reorganization keeps people from reaching potential.,"Salary. Smart people. Great benefits. If you can stay satisfied you can grow your career into anything you want. There's so many disciplines and locations. It could be a place to stay for 10, 15, 20 years or more.","If you live in Seattle, the commute is horrible. The company is constantly reorganizing which is disruptive and causes months of poor morale and job satisfaction.","Stop reorganizing so much. And when you do a necessary reorganization, do it quickly and not let it go on and one for months without resolution. You have some amazing employees that want to do a great job but the constant churn and uncertainty about one's future is a liability.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57979,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,technology positions are usually very good,really a lot of chance,balance between life and work,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P842.htm
57980,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Great employer for smart but unambitious family-orientated people who love rain,"Overall, a great deal: solid pay, nearly guaranteed annual bonus, stock, opportunity to for recognition. Industry-leading health benefits, 401k, employee matching and many other small perks.","Extremely political, unreasonably difficult to get things done, there are a ton of people who have been there for 20+ years who aren't interested in changing or working too hard","You could eliminate 30% of the workforce with little impact to the bottom line, find ways to empower the rest.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57981,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very huge company with best engineers in the world.,Work and life balance is very good.,Bureaucracy and team collaboration is very low.,"Complete products, less words more work done.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57982,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Does a lot to keep the employees happy both in retail and corporate,"There is not a clear path for growth from many lower level positions, and not enough resources to aid with growth.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57983,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great intention, great passion, opportunity to drive higher impact","great pay, great benefits, cool products, great people","bureaucratic, slow, complicated, overly matrixed","eliminate layers, eliminate the number of vendors/contractors, strengthen ability to make hard decisions and hold people accountable for truly impactful performance",3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57984,microsoft,none," Jan 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to start career but has problems like any corporate giant,"Great benefits, reasonable work life balance",Gets political after you reach a certain level which I assume you would see in any corporate giant.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57985,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for,Great benefit Automatic impact millions of people Promote work/life balance,Big company politics Uncertain post-Windows era Top leadership care more sales numbers than products,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57986,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Model Director,Was a fun and great company to work for . . . but not anymore.,"Still, lots of great people work there. Good products but always trying to catch up to the competition in most areas.","No decision making, bureaucracy at its best. People are not incentivized to work together.",Get rid of 4 layers of senior management who only slow all decisions and frustrate valuable employees.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57987,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jan 11, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),awesome place to work at,"So many talents, not much politics as seen in other big companies. Great benefits except no free lunch. Good work-life balance, engineers are supportive to each other.",Company loses its competition for no renovation.,Need fresh blood with good vision.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57988,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,The scale is massive and you learn a lot by building tools from the ground up,"The stack ranking system can bite you any year. This is regardless of your performance. Because you race with all others with your eye blinded of what they are doing, it is more likely that you miss the bar.  It is all about execution on management's vision and mission. Grass rooting ideas is not as it used to be even in fresh teams like Windows Azure",Reduce the size of your teams and allow them to move faster. Allow program managers to be more forward looking rather than burning them with the unnecessary technical details,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57989,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great place if you are open to or prefer to find your own path,"Motivated, smart energetic people. Lots of opportunities to work across disciplines. Employees are empowered and encouraged to have impact.","Some roles are poorly defined, poor documentation of processes, at times too many layers of alignment and in put to get things done.","Steamline roles and processes. Create a true ""one Microsoft"" culture.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P843.htm
57990,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2014",Former Employee - Gfs,Disgruntled,Worked with a lot of good people.,Inconsistent leadership from upper management.,"Leadership in very ineffective, replacing them could finally move the stock price.",1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
57991,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing and Politics,"Smart people, amazing benefits, opportunity to build a portfolio.","Very political to get ahead. Promotions few and far between. If you don't get along with your manager, you will not succeed.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
57992,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Director,Success at Microsoft,It's been a successful professional experience that I have valued and has been valuable to my career,It is difficult to move jobs inside of Microsoft and continue a forward career growth path,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
57993,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2014",Former Employee - General Manager,Tough place to work,"Super smart people, hard-working that are committed to succeeding.",Not a lot of focus on building great stuff for customers,Create markets rather than chase them,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
57994,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Associate,"Decent company, average reward.","The work environment is consistent and predictable. Good people, especially product specialists.",Typical large company processes and politics. Requires a special set of skills to be truly appreciated and move into leadership.,If at all possible move a bit more towards being customer centric as a culture.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
57995,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 8, 2014",Former Employee - Director,Great Company - below average Management,"R&D, Innovation, Products, Services, Potential",Company Culture and Company Values that are not adhered to,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
57996,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Love to work with smart people,Smart people around. Respectful environment and flexible work style. Some new projects started in company acting like start-up companies. Sharing across company is encouraged.,Not moving as fast as it could.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
57997,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer and very good learning experience till date,"Lot of great opportunities in different groups for wide range of products/technologies - Cloud, big data, NUI,OS, Mobile etc",Salary less than market average. 401K plan not that great,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
57998,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,good for new grads,"benefits are great, seattle is a great area for young professionals","bureaucracy, constant reorgs, and middle management doesn't have the same work ethic and values as senior management",none,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
57999,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of potential ... not sure if they can hit it,"Awesome resources, (mostly) great people (bright, collaborative, etc), innovative technology, tenacious - when they set their minds to it, Microsofties can achieve anything they set out to do.","Highly political headquarters function. A contradiction of disrespectful aggression in Sales and Marketing leadership, and at times a pacific northwest passive aggressiveness. An over focus on quarterly results at the expense of long term growth.",New CEO and COO.,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P844.htm
58000,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Demanding Culture with Competitive Benefits,"Global work force, endless opportunities to learn and develop new skills, great total compensation package, ability to telecommute.","Very long hours, archaic performance review model, fewer solid managers now than in earlier days of Microsoft, product groups and sales organization get preferential treatment/more attention from leadership, divisions operate in silos, not all managers support telecommuting.","1. Hire candidates with innate management talent and passion for people versus moving people into management roles, because it's a logical career progression. There's nothing logical about hiring people managers who are not good with people. A manager needs to have the skills and desire to develop and nurture relationships, coach, lead, have honest discussions, set and manage expectations, etc.). 2. Don't abandon user experience for the bells and whistles of ""innovation."" Innovation is without value if the result is not great for customers. Windows 8 provides a dreadful user experience. Windows 8.1 is barely an improvement. I returned to Windows 7.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58001,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Depending on the team, you can have a great time!","Super smart people. It is easy to not work very hard in most groups, yet still get paid really well. Huge reach and possible impact if you avoid teams where you work on one small tiny piece.","Tons of bureaucracy, and hard to make big changes. Management tries to manage on things they don't understand. You have to deal with Seattle weather.",Interact with people lower in the company to really understand what people feel about products.,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58002,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Over 10 years at company and love the work environment.,"Working with great team and great business partners supporting sales & marketing org. Tons of opportunities supporting all the different business groups, functional orgs such as Marketing, Retail, Entertainment, Devices and Services orgs as well as various areas around the world. Employees in Finance can pursue great opportunities to support any mix of these organizations and areas. Some managers allow flexibility to simply do a great job and reward employees based on performance which means you can decide which meetings to prioritize, work from home, etc. Just do a great job, provide status updates in weekly or bi-weekly 1:1 meetings and/or team meetings and you are rewarded based on feedback from business partners, lots of opportunities for awards and other recognition.  Microsoft recently eliminated the forced ranking which is great. Even employees that received the top ratings are happy because we work with teammates that would get a 3 (avg) and not happy and those are teammates so we need them to be happy in order to have a good working environment. With the new review system I expect a great work environment! We are a company of top-performing employees so we all strive for the top ratings and 3's are not a good review (like getting a C in school) so I'm really happy with the change.","Like with most jobs your happiness will partly depend on your manager, your team and your business partners. If you are considering interviewing make sure to ask plenty of questions to make sure your goals are aligned with the manager and team. Unfortunately, the turnover is quite high at Microsoft due to people moving into new roles every 2-3 years which is encouraged. This means you may take a job and have a new manager in 6 months and the new manager may or may not have the management style you work well with, but you only have to wait a year to move to another role. In over 10 years I've had a new manager once per year on average with almost all of them being good managers and a couple great ones. Most are hands off which means you need to learn your job and do your job without backup. You own your career at Microsoft which can be a pro or con depending on what you want. Just know that you need to focus on doing your best and push for yourself. Managers are supportive but don't proactively help out - it's on you to make your career what you want.",Great job with the review system changes! Continue focused on simplification (in finance we are simplifying in a number of functional areas) and driving impact.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58003,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, giant is coming back",Microsoft isn't afraid of change and challenge. It'll come back,"Salary not so competitive, especially for older people.",Catch up to match salary to similar companies to retain good people. Old people has to jump out of the company to get a good pay.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58004,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,"I have worked here for 12 years and barring a few issues at the upper echelon, the engineers tend to be great.",Great salary and benefits. Microsoft works on such a vast range of products that you are almost guaranteed to find what interests you being worked on here. Plus moving within Microsoft is not very hard as long as your performance is average or above.,Microsoft slipped as a company on several fronts under CEO Steve Ballmer. It was certainly not from lack of great ideas but lack of vision and technical depth at the upper echelon in MS.,Get rid of Steve Ballmer,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58005,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,"Competitive pay, challenging roles, and new technology","Work life balance, review process, and middle management",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58006,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A great company, especially if you network well and live in Seattle/Redmond","The company has awesome compensation and benefits. You can beat the health care anywhere. With the new review structure, there will be even better comp benefits to reap especially for those who enjoy collaborating with others and who know how to build relationships.","Politics and cronyism can be a bit of a pill for those who want to focus on performing well. Too many can spend hours in meetings asking questions but not delivering work product and still get promoted. Hopefully, the new review structure will mitigate this.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"A good place to start, but being an SDET is a horrible career choice.","The benefit of working at a large company in terms of fringe benefits around Seattle. Great place to start in software, can easily move around the company.","Advancement is nebulous and is highly dependent on whether or not your boss is competent at his/her job.  SDET career path is an absolute joke. Almost impossible to get beyond level 62. Was lied to at every step of the way, being told there was headroom, but there never really was.",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58008,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Dec 31, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,The Year of Change - 2014,"Technically challenging and love the user experience work I'm currently doing. Great benefits, flexible work schedule, work/life balance, ability to work remotely in some positions.","Until recently, highly competitive due to the old review structure. We'll see what changes in 2014 to make it more open for employees to move to One Microsoft.",Listen to your employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58009,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Ok place to work,variety of projects that are diverse in nature,lots of bureaucracy. management has no clue,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P845.htm
58010,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great learning oppurtunities, smartest people that you could learn from.",Smart people. Great benefits. Good work life balance.,Politics in teams. Curve ratings is the BIGGEST detrimental to any motivation to perform good job. Slow growth in various old Windows\Server teams.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58011,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2013",Current Employee - Global Sales Readiness Manager,Microsoft truly is an incredible place to work,"Microsoft offers incredible benefits, unlimited upward mobility and diversity in skill development, and a no limits to achievement in role. There is literally no limit to what you can achieve, if you are motivated.","There are a few who are resistant to the One Microsoft and culture shift that began years ago. But there are so many talented, intelligent, incredible people that model success that taking the high road is relatively effortless.",Continue to hire for the future and don't look back. The ceiling can't hold us!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58012,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Benefits, competitive salary, challenging work, rewarded (praise and bonus) for results, and chance to expand your mind with complex business challenges that are unique to very large software vendors.","Like every company, internal politics can be a challenge. Often times, those who scorch the earth tend to advance their career faster. Have seen many under performers passed along to other teams versus cutting them loose.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58013,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 2, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.","Intellegent peers, challenging work, lots of opportunities","Horrible managers, myth of ""work-life balance"", lack of support for family crisis issues.",Sensitivity training.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58014,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"At Microsoft, it is a pleasure to work with some of the smartest software engineers. Employees still feel they can make a positive impact IF you want to get good work experience on platform and Enterprise software, this is the place to be","The company is being perceived to be slow in adapting to changing market. It missed the internet revolution, the tablet and now the mobile revolution. There are many areas which the company has invested in but may not be aligned to the vision.",Take some risky decisions and embrace disruptive markets,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58015,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Not just a software company...,"Microsoft is a very diverse company, dealing with not just software, but hardware as well. From the Logo program to its own peripherals to the Entertainment group (Xbox) to other devices (Surface, Windows Phone), there is something for everyone at MS.","Some groups will work you to the bone, while other groups will offer a better mix of work/life balance. Do your research. YMMV",Each employee has different values and visions that should be respected.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58016,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfying professional environment,Smart people Well managed company Good work life balance,Large bureaucracy Little scope for professional scope,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58017,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Good company that cares for employees, average salary but not great. great benefits",Great benefits and opportunities to transfer internally to other departments if they interest you versus existing 18 month term at existing department.,"Average salaries. Review system was terrible. stack ranking is the dumbest thing I have ever witnessed with stellar employees on a team. I never received less than an Exceeded, but many equal employees were forced to be ""bottom 10%"" just because they cannot recognize everyone as being valuable.",Fix review system,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58018,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Manager,"Free sodas, fairly flexible schedule","Extremely dysfunctional company with lots of fighting between departments. They promote an environment of hostility and encourage people to go after one another - ""survival of the fittest"". Only the favorites are promoted or recognized for their work.",Clean house and start over.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58019,microsoft,none," Dec 30, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SE Review,Great Salary and perks. Great work culture.,Progress is hindered by managers and senior folks,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P846.htm
58020,microsoft,none," Dec 30, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SE Review,Great Salary and perks. Great work culture.,Progress is hindered by managers and senior folks,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58021,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,great company to work for,An evolved workplace (rather than like a startup),slow and steady - more process oriented,need a more dynamic leader,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58022,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 29, 2013",Former Employee - Director of Sales,Excellent Experience with many career growth opportunities,US and International career growth opportunities,"Stiff competition with Google, Apple and Amazon",Continue to hire experienced middle management,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58023,microsoft,"Philadelphia, PA"," Dec 29, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was ,Most people who work here are very bright. Benefits are fantastic and second to none. Great to have on your resume.,"Zero work life balance and the company talks out of both sides of it's @&&. One minute they say that they want you to have work life balance, the next they say that if you really want to get ahead that you have to put in many, many hours to get ahead. Many of the people in my group would be doing work into the night on a daily basis.  They issue an annual employee survey where the purpose is to take the temperature of the employees and how they like to work at Microsoft. Each of the years that I was there, our direct manager would have a meeting with us and would say ""if you have any problems at all, we would appreciate it if you told us in advance of the survey so we can work things out"". This to me is just purely unethical - You are essentially strong armed into providing responses that are not honest for fear of it coming back to bite you professionally. Managers seem to be ""graded"" on this so if they have a small group of reports, then it wouldn't be too hard for them to figure out who said what (or they may assume).  Speaking of surveys - they do the same with their customers as well. This is a big metric within MS and reps have to be very careful as to who they get to fill out their surveys in order to get a good response. Have literally seen reps blatantly ask for good marks rather than honest ones.  Political - very political internally. There are people who have been there for years and are very much an ""inner circle"". People are some-what click'ish.  Not really a ""negative"" but just different - Very different sales cycle and unique from most other sales organizations. July, there is nothing going on, August through ~October is mostly ""sales planning"". Different in that the specialists are responsible for telling the account managers where the opportunities are within the account managers companies. This is not a big negative, but I do find it unusual. You would think that the account manager should know where the opportunities are within their own accounts.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58024,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2013",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Good start,good experience of big Corp.,Culture is not encouraging team work,reduce reduntency,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58025,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Dec 27, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Escalation Engineer,Very smart place to be,"If you like working with intelligent life, being able to converse openly about deep technical topics without having to dumb it down, this is the place to be. If you like solving the most complex technical problems, this may be right up your alley.","Review process is an absolute disaster and encourages the whole ""it's who you know"" mentality. You can do an amazing job, not get along with a manager, and get brushed ignored, brushed aside, or forced out.","Revamp the review process. Different processes might work better for different business groups. It doesn't have to be a ""one size fits all"" thing.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58026,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,Great flexible at working hour,slow promotion in a small team,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58027,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Started out as a golden dream, ended as a storm",Family oriented teams with flexibility for growth,Travel requirements tripled from the time of being hired.,Be specific about travel and the ability for the business needs to change and the requirements on the employee to change accordingly.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58028,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 27, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,great company to learn diverse software and engineering skills,A lot of people focused on the same type of work. Can be helpful to acquire deep skills.,"Culture has suffered due to growth, lack of clear vision towards the future.","Create a strong vision for cloud, internet services, and content management. Establish a path to growth Microsoft participation in the IT, consumer electronics and software industry. Share it and chase it with energy and conviction. Create a vision that people truly believe in it, and get people really excited. then the company will be like in the '90s.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58029,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,oversee display network,work life balance and pay,lack of investment in technology,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P847.htm
58030,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 26, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great Company to work for. Respectful Culture,"Smart people with strong personalities all around you. Great work like balance depending on which division you are in. The Management wants to invest in you and your career. Your contributions are appreciated. Very open and transparent. As long as you are respectful, constructive and specific with your feedback- even criticism can be welcomed. Can get competitive, but not cut throat- which is great. Great networking opportunities.","As with all big companies, things can get too political. Gaining visibility sometimes becomes more important than actually doing the work. This doesn't mean its a bad thing- it just means that you have to be really careful about how you communicate and really choose your words.",Encourage great work by allowing people to be creative.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58031,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2013",Former Employee - NUI Tester,No Love for Contract Employees.,Great facilities and support. Friendly co-workers.,"Poor management, No benefits, Low pay for level of work.",Try to incubate a more team oriented atmosphere.,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58032,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2013",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,"Big company, big politics","Decent cash rewards, name brand that opens doors. Good but not great benefits. Relatively stable. Get to work with lots of bright people.","Politics, limited financial upside, gender/racial quotas make promotions and performance reviews frustrating from a white male perspective. Disliked by a good portion of the tech community.","Hoping ""one Microsoft"" works.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58033,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,A great place to work,"Managers are, for the most part, invested in your career and your success (I've only encountered a few bad managers and they tended not to last long) Lots of focus on ownership and product impact Great benefits and pay People are amazingly talented and fun to work with Finally feels like we're building something together as a company, not just silos","You'll get harassed at parties (""I hate Vista, my computer is broken, Skype didn't work last night"") Senior management isn't always great at communicating downward which sometimes results in confusion There are still some old (OLD) tools being used in engineering and it sucks when you have to go touch them","Keep conceptually simplifying our product lines, it's getting easier to explain our business strategy to the outside world but we're not there yet",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58034,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company, great benefits, opportunity to work on a variety of products and technologies.","The people are some of the best in the industry. Diverse products and lines of businesses provide various career opportunities. The recent move towards the ""One Microsoft"" strategy has certainly energized employees across the organization. There are very well defined career paths for different roles. For engineers or Program managers this is a company to build a long term career.","Gigantic company, occasionally can be difficult to see one's impact on the company in a meaningful way.","Incentivize people for collaborating, the new review system is a great first step.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58035,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A decent place to work for,"stable job, nice coworkers, many different products to work on, good benefits",review system really sucks. frequent re-org could hurt your career growth.,"needs better technical vision, change pm/dev/test model",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58036,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 25, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Mixed bag, a company that needs a comprehensive policy on career planning for its people","If you get into a good division, with a good boss who knows how to navigate the bureaucracy within then you can do really impactful things","It is an inward looking, extremely slow moving, bureaucratic and arrogant organization. They are thrashing around trying to repeat the successes of the 80s and 90s in new areas, without changing any of their leadership or practices. That means unless you are an insider you get thrashed around as well - reorganizations and changes of direction are constant and unending. Managers at all levels are hit and miss, and empires constantly block meaningful progress",Retire large number of people who have been at Microsoft forever. Get some new blood - at all levels.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58037,microsoft,"Freehold, NJ"," Dec 10, 2013",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Really helpful coworkers and I really enjoy the workplace environment,I have no negative comment,Excellent management,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58038,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 23, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Good compensation, Decent teammate",- high job security - easy to stay top if you really work hard,- the team I'm working with is full of veterans who have no passion any more.,- find a way to motivate people with good experience,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58039,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2013",Former Employee - Seniot IT/Operations Program Manager,"I built, designed, and maintained business intelligence systems and processes to expedite Microsoft business units.",You work in a generally rapidly moving but casual atmosphere. There are often many smart people around you and you have great opportunities to accomplish on your own and freedom within guidelines.,Introducing lay-offs and then using them as any other at-will company to replace people instead of growing people was a bad move for the Microsoft culture. This may have done as much damage to the culture as the forced rating scheme which was just recently removed.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P848.htm
58040,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"The company is doing fine, really.","Opportunity to develop software where I can't elsewhere, for example, building compilers.",The company is losing edge on technologies,"Leverage employee expertise and lead the technology trends, don't follow. Build Python, not Python.NET after it...",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58041,microsoft,none," Dec 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not great, but far from bad",Low pressure environment allows you to explore interests across the company,Thick layer of middle management - resulting in very specific job focus,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58042,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 21, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Excellent experience @ scale,Incredible learning opportunity and many smart people. Complexity and scale for a multi-product/billion $$ company provides a great learning environment. Great benefits and Seattle/Redmond great living.,"Learnings are from dis-function, mired in ""big 5"" consulting meetings, mini-Wash DC, passive/aggressive, savvy over results, assimilate or perish with no middle","meet w/ skip+ layers and listen, less fear and intimidation, value entrepreneurial personality, hire right and develop diversity not reverse",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58043,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 20, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Tolerable if you like bureaucracy and constant boredom...,"Good pay according to job title comparison in other companies, not much accountability for expectations (if you don't want to be held accountable for your job)","No accountability for other employees, HR is not responsive, the company is more focused on bureaucratic processes and chain of command rather than efficiency, no real improvement or structure for promotions across the board experientially, no competitive compensation for large sales","Re-evaluate methods of communication, chain of command, and overall importance of 10,000 emails + per year to each employee, buff the HR response and improve the quality of expectations from human resources, change marketing strategies & open the floor for new and evolved ideas, pay employees properly for commission based sales",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58044,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2013",Former Employee - IT Manager,Worked for over a decade in Microsoft Corporation providing Site Reliability / Service Engineering support.,Great company to work with if you are up for challenges and a technical savvy.,Very stressful environment. But that is the nature of the Job that one has to get used to.,Great place to work. Keep up the good work.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58045,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 18, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good but not great,"Smart people, perks, salary, bonus","Routine, slow, no free food, a lot of meetings",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58046,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great with the right team,"Microsoft pretty much cover all aspect of software from cloud, enterprise to consumer.",Difficult to find the right team.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58047,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Finding the right management & product are key to success,"- diverse company - Microsoft has products and offerings in a number of areas outside the well known flagship products like windows, office or Xbox. There's a lot of interesting work happening in the company","- finding a good management team can be tough, but they do exist. - politics between teams that are supposed to be partners. Hopefully the big restructuring will help this.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58048,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Great benefits, work life balance, terrible politics and senior leadership.","great benefits, work life balance, opportunities to work with incredibly smart people","Politics, politics, politics. You easily get stabbed by someone with a big friendly smile. Lack of promotion opportunities - they like hiring senior people from outside Unbalanced power - PM and Dev tends to have a much louder voice Shipping is painfully slow - even you have the best idea, time washes it away. You don't get pay as much as in other companies, and pay rise is barely matching inflation.",better senior management with vision. know how to compensate by removing internal competition,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58049,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of politics,Exposure to different technologies and innovative ideas. There are a lot of people who are passionate about technology and new ideas.,"Politics overshadow performance. People are often stepping over others in order to try and get ahead. It's also difficult to move to a different department, therefore growth is limited.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P849.htm
58050,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rewarding but at times quite cut throat,"Great people for the most part, great opportunities","Previous stack ranking system created a bad environment, better now - but definitely tough to breakthrough to principal band given the amount of re-orgs the company has gone through. Some management teams lack ability to to basic product planning","Become better at planning and recognizing the strategic insight others bring. Learn to focus on your customer and product, not your competitor.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58051,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of politics,Exposure to different technologies and innovative ideas. There are a lot of people who are passionate about technology and new ideas.,"Politics overshadow performance. People are often stepping over others in order to try and get ahead. It's also difficult to move to a different department, therefore growth is limited.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58052,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2013",Former Employee - Dev Lead,Large company,"Great focus on career growth, lots of smart people, great benefits, the type of company where you could spend your entire career there","Too many reorgs, not enough alignment between different groups, can be really frustrating trying to get things done, not what it used to be",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58053,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Really good perks, outstanding campus and nice people.","Really good perks, outstanding campus and nice people. Employee benefits are really good and Microsoft takes care of its employees.",The company is so big that there's very limited impact that an individual person can contribute to the company,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58054,microsoft,"Bridgewater, NJ"," Dec 16, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Microsoft is a fun, fast paced environment full of interesting people and exciting experiences.",The benefits and opportunities are amazing.,"Not everyone clicks, but that's to be expected.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58055,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,"Like a Heroin Addiction. Painful to experience, and hard to walk away from.",Cool Technology to Play around with. Great for propeller heads. Decent Paycheck. Decent Benefits. Hot coffee. Running Water. Signs of intelligent life.,"Attracts all types of middle (meddle) management, except good ones. Don't expect managers to help you in your career. Managers are judges, who score your performance, but don't get involved. Customer-focus is only a bullet point to be parroted to customers, not to be practiced. Be prepared to spend your time impressing the judges (managers). Invest your time in building the death-star that is Microsoft, don't waste your energy on customers.",No advice. Not worth talking into a vacuum.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58056,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Rich projects, everlearning","Continuous learning, competitive, flexible, perks","Politics, upper management, stick to a particular group of schools",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58057,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Lead,Great company with smart teams,1. Employee friendly 2. Great innovation 3. Good benefits 4. Every day new learnings with great people surrounding you,Company has to focus on retaining top talent,"1. Invest in new innovation, Do not spend money on buying company likes aQuantive or Calista. Microsoft has world talent employees, use them in developing the best product. Recognize middle level managers who motivates team to success of company. 2. Do not loose top talent for competitors. Remember hiring is tough.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58058,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have been working at Microsoft full-time for more than 5 years,It's a great company to work and a lot of product to work.,Review system is bad - everyone competing against each other internally.But there seems to be a lack of accountability for performance in upper management. Large company bureaucracy and overall inattentiveness to employee needs and desires.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58059,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,A changing company that still has a long way to go,"Tremendous resources, and still hires some of the best and smartest in the world. The company is playing catch-up with the rest of the industry in product vision, but continues to be a dogged competitor and has the war chest for the long haul.","Microsoft is still trying to evolve away from its early DNA of intense internal competition, but it's still deeply embedded into the company culture. As an employee, more effort is spent fighting to win vs. peers than vs. competition, and it's exhausting and inefficient.",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P850.htm
58060,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Challenging problems to deal with,Lots of expertise available around to help with difficult situations,Inter-department switch requires a full loop of interviews.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58061,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Wonderful company with lots of opportunities to make a difference.,"disciplined operational organizations, well managed. Ability to drive work and make a difference","Struggling with working cross boundary, difficult to get things done sometimes. Too much rigor and process.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58062,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A lot of opportunity and smart people doing interesting things but sometimes the culture causes undue friction.,Chance to affect a huge number of people Opportunity to move between groups and roles Excellent pay and benefits Smart co-workers,Highly competitive culture sometimes hinders collaboration (though new review model may help that) Moving towards open space instead of offices Challenging era for the company which can be disheartening,Thank you for changing the review model... now make a good hire for the new CEO!,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58063,microsoft,none," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,"They give good pay and the benefit, the work schedule is very flexible. The team members are all very friendly.","The only downside I can think of is that the workload between different teams are not balanced. some teams are busy like dog, some others not so,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58064,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2013",Former Employee - Director,A very VERY large company with amazing people,"Competitive salaries and stock awards. Great health benefits (although not as good as they used to be, they're still very good and employees pay very little). A hiring philosophy that tries to bring in the brightest and best, resulting in a very smart group of people. I have never worked with a group of people with a higher average IQ. Internal transfers between teams are enabled through tools and policies that encourage this, so you can move around fairly easily.","It's a big company, and very difficult to impact decisions in a short timeframe. Often decisions made far outside your circle of influence, and without your knowledge, impact your day-to-day job. Many of the products are staid and unexciting, and ship on long cycles. The result is that people who get enjoyment from shipping exciting new software need to get their job satisfaction from other factors. The performance management system encourages competition within a team rather than rewarding a team for great work. Finally, the ship cycles can lead to work/life inbalances that last months, and take a toll on home life.",Create a reward system that encourages TEAMS to pull together (the rising tide that should float all boats).,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58065,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2013",Current Employee - Service Engineer,OK,"Good benefits, Competitive Culture, Great Compensation","Very stressful work situations sometimes ( depending on product groups and job roles), more bureaucratic for raise and promotions, awfully high expectations from manager, no voice in product feature unless you are a senior level product manager or senior program manager",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58066,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent company, lots of smart people","Excellent benefits, very high levels of flexibility and latitude at an individual level to drive or influence decisions with tasks. Constantly challenging and learning environment. Company has more than 10 multi-billion businesses, and even though the sheer size often creates unnecessary processes and politics, smaller, more nimble startup environments are also abundant.","Sales-oriented mentality relatively too heavy in senior management. Years of business division model managed by individual P/L fiscal responsibilities meant less risky to focus on incremental improvements on products so sales can grow a certain % in each fiscal year. And the 'follow the market' approach to product development meant consistently a few cycles behind market makers. Even with the recent re-orgs instituted by Ballmer, the top ranks are still predominantly sales people, who are best at driving and managing sales organizations. Plus a top-heavy culture means conformity (to a sales-oriented culture, as opposed to a more bottom-up engineering and product-focused one) is preferred, and very difficult for grassroots innovation to make ground.","Microsoft isn't short of smart people. But too many layers of management and fiefdoms often create too many opinions and hinder decisions and progress. It's clear that we recognize the need for change, but change won't happen by installing more of the same type of people in leadership. Need a few more visionary types in executive management, instead of sales and operational types. Plenty of recent good, big, bold bets against very competent competitors in search, cloud, mobile, etc, but need to do better. Need to deliver more innovation and execute better and wrap up with cohesive marketing and professional sales.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58067,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,More about managing/defending your career than driving the business,"Nice gym membership, some smart people.","A lot of 'mean behind your back' types. People will throw you under the bus at the drop of a hat. Very inbred top leadership, unable to keep talent that is not home grown, very not invented here mentality.",Look around you. Stop only listening to the echo chamber.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58068,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 3, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Great infrastructure and brand. Constant development.,not available. not available. not available.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58069,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft was a great learning experience,Good work-life if you can get housing nearby. Opportunity to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds. With Balmer's departure things can only get better.,Salary is so-so. Middle management culture. Traffic in greater Seattle is a nightmare.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P851.htm
58070,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for first job,An opportunity to work on next generation products,Very slow in responding to change,It will be good to have a better market research and customer expectations.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58071,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2013",Former Employee - Intern,Amazing intern experience,"Family-friendly, great benefits, nice facility",Balmer's stacked rank has GOT to go.,Get rid of stacked rank ASAP,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58072,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Dec 2, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great place to work,"Flexible work, able to work from home.","You have to work in Cambridge, if you do not want to work remotely.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58073,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Decent benefits but poor with work life balance,The company provides good benefits to their employees.,"Salaries are mediocre, it's pretty slow paced in terms of forward momentum due to analysis-paralysis.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58074,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software internship,"mentor is good , and I have a wonderful time , I learned a lot from this internship, I use what I learn from the college to work in the industry","too lazy, the people is sometime lazy, it end work early.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58075,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Dev Lead,Good place to work,"Smart people, good benefits, plenty of opportunities.",Annual review process and rating system. Process heavy.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58076,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Architect,"Great Company, but aging","Great projects, great people, commands respect in the industry, you can do things that are impossible with smaller companies. We rule the Enterprise and they happily give us an awful lot of money because we deliver stuff that they understand, and that works.","- Too many middle managers and middling management, too much internal competition, passionate but unimaginative leadership. - Too much cost watching from management and not enough good ideas. - We have gone from being successful ""fast followers"" to just plain ""followers"". - We have problems coping with complexity. - Willingness to leverage advanced technology (that involves math and mental effort) is very limited. - Overemphasis on ""simplicity"" leads to poor solutions.","Not enough Ozzys, ok, he didn't work out, but he had the right approach. Too many KTs, cost cutting and cheerleading salesmanship will increase profits (we are great at that), but will not create great products.The only sure bet would be to break up the company. Either that or find a Steve Jobs or Elon Musk. Good luck with that (I mean it).",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58077,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Was exciting, then dull, still is I believe.",Career development was the best.,Internal focus predominated people's thoughts.,As if they'd listen to me!,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58078,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 11, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great place to learn disciplined and structured software engineering, but can be too much structured.",Great benefits. The salary and benefits are quite competitive. Chance to work with some quite talented engineers. Broad product range provide flexibility to work on different areas based on interest.,"Engineering at some teams (especially older) can become too structured sometimes. There is not much room for innovation, and the rigid requirements can make the work feel boring sometimes. Hard to make significant contributions at the junior levels.","Allow some room for innovation and part time projects to retain talented people, especially at the beginner levels.",3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58079,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Change or Fade,"portfolio breadth for consumers, developers, SMBs and the enterprise across industry's most comprehensive software stack, cloud services, devices, professional services and support","playing not to lose, instead of playing to win. culture too inwardly focused. too much time on internal meetings at the expense of deeply knowing and serving customers and partners. command-and-control governance dramatically impacts agility. courageous change agents and risk takers find it extremely difficult to survive.","No placeholder CEO. Instead hire and fully empower CEO to transform company starting with the culture. Create environment for innovation, risk taking and fast failures.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P852.htm
58080,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn about all things software.,"Access to hundreds of thousands of technical experts in every area of technology. If you have a passion for learning, this is the place to start your career.","Deep culture of arrogance stifles company wide innovation. Typical dysfunctional attitudes include: ""We don't own that technology? It's evil."" ""I can build that better than that other team's implementation."" ""Look at me, I am here 23 hours a day! I'm so busy!... doing nothing useful.""",Advice to lower management: Require time be set aside on a weekly basis for creative innovation projects. Have a weekly meeting where your team demonstrates new ideas. Provide positive reinforcement for good ideas.  Advice to upper management: Provide a performance budget to GMs. Allow GMs to make the math work for the review cycle.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58081,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 26, 2013",Former Employee - Research Intern,Research Intern,"The research internship program is really well-organized. There're housing, car rental and relocation subsidies, as well as internship only events.",No option for a return offer.,Consider giving research interns options to work full-time after graduate.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58082,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 2, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,First Year at MS,"So far, consultant life at Microsoft is good. Horizontal mobility is great. Upward communication is easy, and encouraged. There's great pay, benefits, and peers, and the first month as a college hire is pretty much one big welcome party: you stay in a resort to train on Microsoft's culture and consulting basics. They do a really great job of making you feel cared for and welcome! There are LOTS of resources to get you ready.","Life after the first month has its troubles, though. The peers you meet the first month scatter all over the country to their respective locations, you don't have as clear cut a path, and training feels slightly disorganized. Everyone has his or her own technology focus, but it can take a while to find out what that is, leaving you stranded, and since it's really important you get billable, that can be daunting.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58083,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Dec 10, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Account Technology Specialist (ATS),What an amazing company to work for !,"Great technology, good pay, among the best health benefits, and very smart co-workers. I worked for Microsoft in its heyday and it will be the greatest company I've ever worked for.",In the past 5 years or so Microsoft has become a revenue focused company with licensing being the primary objective of customer interactions & employee measurement.,In the EPG space your people and their relationships with Enterprise customers are your most valuable asset.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58084,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"A lot of innovation and products happening, great people","None, Seattle is a great place to be.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58085,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Test Manager,Couldn't ask for more...,Able to work on well established software used worldwide or on small startup projects yet to be used by anyone. Opportunity to shift career across technologies and functional disciplines and limited only by your own imagination and drive. Each day you learn something new about and from one of your amazing coworkers from all over the world.,Outside perception within the industry about what Microsoft is all about.,Keep working to enable the fantastic folks that work with and around you and continue to celebrate innovation and delivery of high value customer scenarios. Demand the type of continuous improvement from each of the divisions that we all expect and let our customers know the range of scenarios that we can light up for them and that we care about their business.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58086,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Solid company to work for. Great products but lacking innovation.,Superb benefits. Very smart people. Access to best technology. Reasonable salaries. Good for a steady job. Some teams support innovation and agile processes but not all. There is a lot of freedom in the way you do your work. A lot of focus is there on keeping employees happy which resulted in the recent overhaul of the review system.,Some teams have way too much process. Slow to get to the consumer and slow to innovate because of ancient release methodologies. There is a lot of unnecessary re-organization because of changes to upper management which causes flux to teams that are doing good work. There isn't a cohesive strategy within bigger teams because there are multiple senior level people who want to assert their ideas which causes teams to get pulled in different directions over time. With the latest One Microsoft strategy this is getting reduced but we aren't there yet.,"Find a long term goal that aligns with the rest of the company, stick to it, find new ways to innovate so we retain market share. And share tools and strategies across teams to move ahead faster.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58087,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2013",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Great company, but something of a dated culture. Needs to become more agile to remain successful.","Smart people, good pay, fun opportunities, very driven and competitive.","Poor environment, dated offices, many people sharing small offices - though improvements are begin made. Super competitive.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58088,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 2, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,"Worked for o5 years for consulting services. For my consulting engagements: 20% was good, 20% was bad and 60% was ugly.",Great place to aquire deep technical expertise and meet interestring people. Good benefits,Consultants are treated as disposable garbage in most cases. Unclear and vague commitments which need to be signed every year. Distribution of available assignments is extreemly convoluted and based on politics in most cases. Consultanst are required to search for assignments and in case of slow market are blamed for utilisation gaps.,Change utilisation formulas and stop treating consultants as second clas citizens.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58089,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company full of passion and talent that needs to come together.,Few companies have such a breadth and depth of offerings that impact the world of consumers and businesses globally. This means lots of opportunities to do exciting things and have a fulfilling career at Microsoft.,The culture internally is being forced to change.The messaging is good however the experience of the message is yet to been felt/seen. A lot of people had little positive to say about the prior model because it forced a gladiator set of behaviors against your peers and friends. Know that these behaviors are conscious and will need time to change with the culture change being advocated.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P853.htm
58090,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 4, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to work if you're willing to keep an open mind,"Good benefits, stable job. Certain teams have very interesting things going on. You meet people with different years of experience and there are some valuable things you can learn from them. Lots of benefits and good multiplier effect on pay with cash and stock bonuses.","Re-orgs destroy everything. Several teams are dead weight on the rest of the company, but ignored because the company is a profit machine. Far too many processes and practices about this company come from the 20th century, which really slow things down. Not relevant anymore, but the stack rank caused us to lose far too much talent for no good reason.",Get rid of large chunks of the middle management. Give more ownership to devs.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58091,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,Microsoft offers a stable job.,Promotion is heavily driven by politics.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58092,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2013","Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager, Lead",The Death of Stack Ranking May Mean Collaboration Thrives,"Ample resources, global reach, cutting edge technology, motivated company willing to try anything to thrive in today's much more competitive environment. I consider my Microsoft experience to be my grad school degree in marketing and digital advertising providing me with a massive level of truly impactful experience that I will be leveraging throughout the remainder of my career.","The biggest con was the enforced ""go it alone"" culture created by stack ranking. Truly employees are valued for not collaborating and working to solve problems and take credit entirely on their own. My own personal style has always been collaborative centered around brainstorming and giving credit where credit is due freely. Each employee has their own office in many of the buildings and as a result many people would IM each other rather than speak face to face even while sitting in adjoining offices. I'm a people-centered manage by walkaround person and as a result the team I led beat its goals and went home happy every night. But I was a manager of one and none of that success made its way through the stack ranking process. Hopefully these new changes help move the culture further forward and make the company more competitive in the marketplace.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58093,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Educational, challenging, and lucrative.","Talented, smart colleagues and leadership. Great benefits. Some products are fantastic. Pay is great though the days of get-rich quick have long passed.","If you're not careful, you'll forget how great you are. So it's important to focus on deliverables and get out of the bubble. Attend / speak at tradeshows, take classes, and volunteer outside of work. There's a lot of role overlap, so prepare for turf wars. The proliferation of fiefdoms is being addressed at last. Job scope is small (not as bad as Amazon, but the trend is increasingly towards specialization).","Sounds like MSFT is heading in this direction but unify the P&L's to consolidate job function areas and reduce costs associated with kingdom building. Also, institute better product quality processes and don't allow engineering to work in a vacuum, springing non-strategic, low quality products that have no demand on the market randomly. Finally, make sure everyone knows the mission and that all work maps back to it.",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58094,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - SMSG,One Microsoft,Consistent messaging....great opportunity for people who want to work hard and are committed to a long term vision...$15K charitable contribution match annually - awesome! StayFit credit - Fantastic!! Devices and services is a great move!,Review System - oh wait that just got changed! Scratch that...,Continue with the One Microsoft messaging and investing in the people that are building this socially aware and generous company!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58095,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Lead,Great Place to work,Everything is good i love working here,Nothing is wrong this is the best place to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58096,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Takes a while (1 yr) to understand what it takes to get things done at Microsoft,"Flexible work/life balance - most people have kids, easy to come and go as you please. Compensation is good - benefits are competitive, though the new health plan is a pain, since it is no longer a PPO, but they still cover most everything.","Bad middle and upper managers, at least in operations. You question how they got where they did - they don't know what it takes to build an organization, culture, transparency, nor do they care. Its everyone for themselves - very little team mentality, support, sharing of information. Culture is bad. Little attention is spent on mapping out a master plan for an organization, so you end up doing a lot of work that doesn't appear meaningful and end up thinking that Microsoft makes money in spite of itself. Managers aren't rewarded for developing people underneath them - i.e. if people get promoted, that isn't rewarded. So, who will cares about your success? only you. No career advisor or someone who will be a champion for you. You have to sell yourself and figure it out on your own. Don't look to management to map out a plan for the organization, for where it is going, or how you fit into it.","You need more managers that know how to build an organization, build a team, and reward them for this. Right now, you have many middle and upper managers who are terrible organization leaders, people developers. And, there is no penalty for them to build those skills. Its very frustrating.",3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58097,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,A good company to start a career.,"Good company to start a career, many product teams that you can easily find one that fits your interests.",A huge company and decisions could be slow at times.,Focus on competing with external competitors instead of having process that results in internal competition.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58098,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager/Release Manager,Sr Program Manager,"Work-Family balance, campus lifestyle, Business casual and most of all benefits of cutting edge technologies and employee benefits and incentives.",many re-orgs and moves in short time-frames and roles can be swapped or shuffled around.,Retain long term employees or vendor staff that have earned skills on the team instead of replacing new staff as years of experience with tools/technologies cannot be replaced.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58099,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great company to work for with many changes coming,"Upper management is making big changes to the company that should make it work better than it has in a long time. In June a reorganization was announced that will help teams work together better, and recently the employee evaluation system was overhauled so no longer will individuals be ""ranked and yanked"" on a forced curve. Both of these changes will help immensely with collaboration.","There is still lots of work to do to turn the company around. Cash cow businesses are nearly milked out, and there are many technologies that the company needs to mature in order to replace the revenue. Also, there is some uncertainty around who the new CEO will be and what the new CEO will do.",Keep reinventing the company,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P854.htm
58100,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft Experience,"Company filled with smart people, provides a good opportunity to learn things. It exposes you to very large scale systems giving a good understanding of the scalability issues.","Would be confined to microsoft technologies, with very little exposure to open source stuff.",I would love to see more contribution from Microsoft to the open source world as well as use some of the stuff available.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58101,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could be a great company if they wiped out the middle tier politicians that don't contribute anything except chaos.,"Benefits are best anywhere, best work life balance, 25% pure talent, 50% pure waste, and 25% demoralized.","Review system, culture and politics are destroying this company.","Listen to outside world, hire a management consulting firm to tell you what's wrong and follow their advice.",3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58102,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good culture,Good benefits and competitive salary,Not so great future prospects,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58103,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,the Best,A lot of freedom to do your job,"A big company, meaning sometimes things take long",Make things easier to work internally,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58104,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Much better than the outside perception,"Moving to a different department is like moving to a different company w/o losing your benefits The Redmond campus is beautiful. Even after many years working there I'm still in awe Newest hardware and software always available Great benefits, work/life balance",Some of the partner level employees have been in their role for too long. They should retire or start something new. I talked to one recently and asked why he's not retired yet. His answer was that he likes to manage people and be in charge. Some teams are mired in red tape and score cards (mainly Kevin Turner's org).,"Clean up partner level band, send 25% to retirement (they all can afford it).",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58105,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Tragedy 2014: The fall of a good but not preeminently good company because of flawed leadership,- Good compensation relative to hours worked (vs Amazon) - Ample team and company resources to enable people to execute - R&D develops innovative technology,"- Weak leadership, executive infighting and jockeying - Risk adverse environment prevents bold risks and confident execution. R&D work is no good if you don't monetize it... and we didn't even develop Kinnect, so don't take credit for Prime Sense's work. - We have more in common with Blackberry and Barnes & Noble than our competitors. - All the smart people have or are leaving. Just look at the number of GMs applying to local SMB tech companies as we speak. (I am already planning my own route out after a decade!)","See cons section. We know that as long as your cushy paychecks keep coming, you can continue to make decisions far from the dire reality currently facing the company but reality will hit soon. Please don't wait for Alan & his Ford lieutenants to save the day, be the face of change and start thinking macro, not micro.",3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58106,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Big company, tons of opportunities","Lots of opportunities, great training resource. Good work life balance","Well structured means less flexibility, too much procedures sometimes, hard to switch teams. Skill sets are limited to MS internal",More innovation,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58107,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Almost getting it right,Some great development efforts and new technologies but somehow just missing the mark to be hip and intuitive and get the hardware and software mix to compete with Apple.,"Just missing the mark - too much into the ""Microsoft Way or the Highway.""",Work with hardware makers to improve the fit and finish of products that look great and are high quality and function seamlessly with MSFT software. New tablet is in the right direction!,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58108,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Learned a lot, but feedback process was capricious",Big company which means you have a lot of support to get things done,"Management is out of touch with the changing landscape of open source, and internal tactics prevent good collaboration/teamwork.","You have done a good job getting rid of stack ranking, now make it a good company by fostering an environment of teamwork.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58109,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 4, 2013",Current Employee - QA Lead,Good place to work in,Work culture is good & motivating,Not much to say as of now,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P855.htm
58110,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great People! Highly technical Staff,"People, Opportunities, Technology, Products, Breadth of scope and depth of impact","Review Model, Too much politics",Remove the model and reduce politics,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58111,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A place where you can learn about many different technology areas.,"Microsoft has recently become a more exciting place to work, perhaps due to involvement in the devices area and getting closer to the consumer space. It is good we have the company stores.",Too many meetings and it takes long to get to market.,"Increase the frequency of bonuses (not just review time, but when individuals accomplish something special at any time of the year)",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58112,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Can't create a plan and stick to it.,Opportunity to work on dynamic and valuable product.,Highly changeable management with no leadership or focus.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58113,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2013",Current Employee - Principal PM,Microsoft career,You will likely to be developing or dealing with the top hi-tech future looking technologies,"As you climb the ladder, you have limited career options if you see yourself as an IC (individual contributor).",The current system is geared towards a managerial career - you need to find a way to retain experienced ICs and technical leaders who doesn't want to be managers,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58114,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,"Ability to change the world, search for focus and means to do so.","Stable, diverse, competitive businesses, no one-hit wonder. World class research. Smart peers, Above average compensation. Good flexibility when, where and how you work. Increasing focus on engineering systems and improving agility.","High levels of duplication of effort and legacy code. Internal focus and lack of knowledge or acceptance of tools, frameworks or processes 'not invented here'. Freeloaders and middle management that coast or don't bring value to the team, true for any large population.",Double down on One Microsoft initiatives. Improve and thin mid-management ranks. Better use of modern technology and engineering practices internally.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58115,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Lot of smart people to bounce off ideas, Challenging opportunities, Good work life balance",Stack ranking has created an environment where peers are looked as competitors (though things are changing),none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58116,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great Company to work for,Great company culture Flexibility to switch teams and work on more challenging opportunities within the company Good work life balance Great benefits Highly knowledgeable and helping people,No cons that I know of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58117,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2013",Current Employee - Engineer,"Smart and hardworking coworkers, lots paying customers","Growing market, smart and engaged coworkers, lots of room to innovate, good culture, located in the heart of the SF Mission District, transparent company culture, free coffee from Grand.","Not totally established yet (startup), don't have a few of the perks of working at a very large corporation, but I was still happy to leave a large corporation to work here.",Keep up the transparency and bar of excellence as we grow,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58118,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Great place to build a career,"Great place to build a career -- Microsoft will invest in you if you show commitment and passion to improve Microsoft and you deliver results Good work life balance (but remember you also have a big role in managing that) Tons of opportunities for you to have impact (but you need to show leadership for that to happen) Pay is great if you are a top 20% performer Moving within company is easy and you can gain very different experiences (Microsoft is big!) Campus and benefits are good (no free food, but really if saving on food costs is your primary concern then your are probably not a good fit anyway)","Sometimes it can feel very bureaucratic -- the ""One Microsoft"" alignment will clean up some of this, but it will never go away (big company problem) You will always disagree with some of the decisions senior leadership makes. Sometimes you'll have to just take your marching orders and focus on where you can have impact.","More access to leadership (e.g. open office hours, informal lunches, etc.) More morale budget and/or networking opportunities",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58119,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Royalty Operations Manager,MS,MS is a great company to work for.,"Hard to strike a good work/life balance, but can be attained if you set your own boundaries.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P856.htm
58120,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great company, great culture, if you're in the right product area","Microsoft makes you feel at home - as though you have a family away from home, you're involved in something bigger than yourself and the company cares deeply about your well-being and your correct placement.","If you end up in the wrong group for you, or a group that is being mismanaged, it can be a very hard place to work - this didn't happen to me but did happen to people around me. Microsoft is a huge company so you should be able to find the right place for you. No reason to wash out at all.","If your attrition rate is too high, you're doing something wrong. :P Employees need to feel valued and that they're contributing value and the size of Microsoft sometimes makes that sense hard to achieve.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58121,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 28, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Happy to hear the review system is being changed,Microsoft hires the best and the brightest. Your colleagues and co-workers will challenge and inspire you.,The former review system resulted in an inability for teams to work together and led to unnecessary drama and challenges.,"Now that the review system is being changed, evaluate employees on their contribution to the companies success, rather than a random assessment of their ""potential"".",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58122,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SCM interview,good people and pleasant experience,same interview 4 times over,increase clarity,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58123,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great company.,Has lots of passionate employees Is willing to innovate on lots of fronts to change people's life Open culture in which you can bring up anything to discuss Great giving campaign,Too much infighting and ownership (territory) claiming Poor execution Poor vision on high level (especially related to online),none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58124,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great perks. Decent environment.,All benefits of working in the corporate world.,Occasional office politics. Sometimes boring jobs.,We need to encourage learning and passion more!,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58125,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked in both the SDE and SDET roles,- Really smart people - Lots of different products and technologies - Good perks,- No free food (only free drinks) - Compnay is too big so impact is small - POLITICS,Try to retain talent and stay ahead of the game. Stop re-orging so many times.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58126,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Great Company gone wrong ..mainly too big now-a-days,great people when hired into,to grow up the chain you have to learn art of management not leadership,retire!,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58127,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior IT Software Developer,Great place to work,"Flexibility, products, resources. The changed to the new review model should improve the collaboration between teams and individuals and make employees more productive.","Lack of African American representation within the company. Not sure too many black folks will want to move to the Pacific Northwest, but it's a great place to live.",Continue to implement changes similar to the new review model.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58128,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,"Good company, direction seems to be slowly improving...","Smart people, individual offices (mostly), good pay, interesting work.",Weird cultural issues still cause problems. Lack of clear vision forward.,"Play to your strengths, don't expect if you build it, developers/consumers will come...",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58129,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2013",Former Employee - Enterprise Sales Representative,Breeds Mediocrity,Excellent training and benefits package,Not enough rewards based on individual merit,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P857.htm
58130,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,"Good company, direction seems to be slowly improving...","Smart people, individual offices (mostly), good pay, interesting work.",Weird cultural issues still cause problems. Lack of clear vision forward.,"Play to your strengths, don't expect if you build it, developers/consumers will come...",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58131,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 25, 2013",Former Employee - Enterprise Sales Representative,Breeds Mediocrity,Excellent training and benefits package,Not enough rewards based on individual merit,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58132,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Employees with potential driven away,"Training opportunities. MS Library. Self-contained computer ecosystem. Wide variety of products, some could interest you. Benefits and compensation.","Stress due to force curve, stack ranking, even accomplished the goals.",Need to truly understand the technology. Do not hurt the productivity. Appreciate the efforts employees who contribute to the product.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58133,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Nice place to work,Flexible working hours Great salary Good work-life balance,There are some issues around CEO.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58134,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work for,Good benefits. smart people to work with. Most people has their own office instead of a shared cubic.,collaboration across divisions may not be efficient.,Need revolutionary innovation. Need to resolve the bureaucracy in some groups.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58135,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - Director of Program Management,Great company if you select the right product or the team,Leading product and service offerings from Server and Tools division. Great opportunity for innovation.,Too bureaucratic in certain product groups. Too many fights between divisions. Not much collaboration.,Establish a solid vision for the next ten to twenty years. Divest money losing divisions.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58136,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 23, 2013",Former Employee - Business Administration,Microsoft is an excellent place to work.,"Flexibility of work hours, ability to work remotely, provides ample education and training opportunities, teaches strong work ethic and time management, competitive salery","Frequent reorganization of internal teams and management, weekend work is a norm, work life balance is promoted but not necessarily implemented, does not always promote from within,",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58137,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a good place for young people to join now.,"Big, stable, it is good for good people stay here until death.",It is too slow for a young people to grow.,It is time to change,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58138,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer 2,"Professional environment, plenty of chance to collaborate, learn and grow.","Too big to manage, A little political between teams/orgs,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58139,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 22, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,Talented people. Good company to start your career,- Talented people - opportunity to learn through training and peers - work and personal life balance,-sometimes panning takes very long time then it should,-Focus on innovation,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P858.htm
58140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 22, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but managers can have a huge impact on your satisfaction,"Microsoft has some challenging work, and you are typically working with really smart people. The benefits are quite good and they have paid holidays.","The biggest con is the stupid stack ranking - if you hire great people to begin with, you shouldn't have to get rid of 5-10% each year. Time will tell if the changes recently implemented will actually filter down to the individual contributor.",Remember that people are your greatest asset,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58141,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, but diversity metrics often place unprepared people in managerial positions in low density roles.",Good benefits and room for advancement if living near Redmond,Politics is at least as relevant as performance.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58142,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Decent company and decent benefits,Lack of visionary leaders and break-through innovation in products,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58143,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A good company trying to turn around,"Good work environment, nice perks",The environment can be very competitive,Think about the users and know your competition,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58144,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"If you are in the right team, you would love it","my experiences were limited to working in SQL server only but for almost a decade. It gave me wonderful learning opportunities, friends for lifetime, and options to work-life balance or aggressive work focus - it was my choice and I got fairly rewarded","duplication of efforts, too much emphasis on levels/ promotions, managers have a bit much power - especially old timers.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58145,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2013",Current Employee - Director,A company full of resources,"Good processes Lots of resources and experts to talk too Great benefits More flexible working styles in about 60% of available jobs, some though are 8-5, or clock oriented Work with smart people Beautiful Redmond Campus with Great cafeterias right on campus Microsoft employees are amazing at Rallying to a new vision, when one is set.","Highly competitive Expected to work independently, without direction, but still held to a high output goal Expect to work more like 50 hours a week, including checking email on the weekends Only hourly employees would get overtime Such a large company that sometimes there are conflicting agendas: example - ""don't hire more vendors that have badge access AND ALSO Headcount freezes and scrutiny on replacing open slots"" So, sometimes the work is heavy, but they don't reduce the expectations.","The orange badge policy is silly, for no payback. Either let open spots be filled, or let the employees hire the vendor help.  Change the bell curve model for annual employee reviews. If you hire A+ performers, there is no reason to think that 25% of them will be low performers, mathematically speaking. Inspire everyone to be great by setting divisional goals with rewards.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58146,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great company, if you have thick skin for politics","Lots of smart people, different groups with different work environments, great benefits and offices. Good compensation in general.","Built around a declining business model, and it is noticeable. At some point you can't keep growing without getting bruised with politics. If you're not politically talented, at least will need to have high tolerance towards it and know to stay away from people's destructive path. Switching jobs internally is not simple, and upper management can easily block you using obscure rules.",Make internal transfer easier. It's ridiculous that it's easier to go work for the competition than for another group.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58147,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Nice not really intensive work in relaxed environment.,"Visa issuance, cool benefits, relaxed people, get familiar with latest MS products, valuable trainings.","Too much politics, not really much time focused on engineering. Not too many days off. Projects and team are reorganized very often.","More focus on product, less on politics.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58148,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good experience,Overall great company to work for.,There are a lot of layers which is par for the course in working for a large company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58149,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2013",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,"World-class learning and personal growth experience, though very political.","You get to work alongside some of the most intelligent, driven, passionate people in the world. By working with people smarter and better than you, you naturally improve. It's like playing jazz with musicians who are better than you.","Lots of politics, and the forced curve. The forced curve is going out the door, but so are annual review scores, which goes back to the political aspect of the company. You'll have to be able to play the game, and well, to get ahead.","Try to keep your head out of the bubble surrounding you, keep focused on the bigger picture and don't let relationships get in the way of good decision-making.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P859.htm
58150,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft now is different,"Solid paycheck, good offices I can not say anything else",Company is in stagnation. Review system completely destroyed company culture. MS is not fun place to work anymore.,I would like to remind current management Microsoft statement from Gates time: “People are our main asset…“. Is this the case now ? Look at your team and see how divers it is.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58151,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 19, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Smart People,"Some of the most motivated, highly skilled IT people you will ever meet...with a true passion bordering on religion.","The old saying ""if you've got 15 minutes, Microsoft will take it..."" absolutely applies. You will be challenged to maintain work/life balance, but if you love winning, the work piece may consume you.",Glad to see the Stack Ranking is gone...advise management to quickly dispose of all vestiges of that culture...,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58152,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great learning environment where you get to push yourself,Great mentors variety of work make an impact - affect lots of customers,bureaucratic the annual reviews are not transparent - there is a fair bit of politics that happens here lot of work is done just to gain 'visibility' and not because it is the best thing to do either for the business or the customers Steve ballmer is not an inspiring leader but he is on the way out. I hope that who ever replaces him is from the software industry and has a technical background.,Improve the annual review system and make it less political,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58153,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2013",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Great innovative and hard working people,"Very tenatious people and aggressive goals (depends on your group) so the fire is always burning. The benefits are amazing as the employee and family are really taken care of. The campus is beautiful and natural, has easy parking, as well as wonderful cafeterias. There is much potential to move within the company.",Depending on the group you work for the work/life balance can get really out of balance. Politics can slow down progress or innovation. The rating system put peers against each other which was not good but this system was removed this year.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58154,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Challenging and fun stuff to work on,"New challenges, great people, Amazing collaboration","Can get stuck in partner decisions, re-orgs happen a lot and can hijack your career path.",Move people by their passion and talent. Stop making you folks learn how to say No.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58155,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Challenging,"Microsoft is not one company, its many - always a place to go and try something new",being managed out if not a rock star...,reward people that are good at their jobs and want to stay in them,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58156,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great company to work for, but resistant to creativity and change","- You learn a lot - Opportunities to grow - Great benefit package (it was when I was there, although I have heard it has since changed) - You usually have a great budget at your disposal (marketing) - I know my cons are pretty bulky, but it can be a great place to work. Just find your balance, set your boundaries and do a great job. At the end of the day, they just care about a job well done","- Groups are hit or miss. Sometimes you're working within a great organization with an exemplary leader, other times you're not. The company is so big, it's best to do your research on each organization as if it were it's own separate business - There is a lot of resistance to ""outside of the box"" thinking. Senior management is well aware of the public's perception of Microsoft's lack of creativity in terms of marketing, but it often felt as though they were powerless, hence so are you - While you do get compensated well enough, you must consider the amount of hours being put in. When that's considered, you're not necessarily being paid as much as you think. - The majority of people here are Type A personalities, so be ready to keep up - In the pursuit of upward mobility, you can EASILY lose a sense of work/life balance. Be careful. You need to always put your personal life first. - Lacks customer centricity (this is my own personal pet peeve as that's VERY important to me)",Sometimes it helps to buck the system. Show the results to then make a stronger case for you and your team.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58157,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE),Satisfied,"Nice place to work, exciting opportunity",New employees need to work hard,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58158,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 17, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Lead,"Excellent mix of technology innovation, oppurtunities for professional growth and work-life balance.",Wide variety of technology problems to tackle and address. Excellent work-life balance. Variety of options for professional growth.,You may not always experience an agility of a startup/small-company.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58159,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for the right period of time,A stable company with deep resources to invest in projects and workstreams.,"Potential for stifling culture, low respect for sales and marketing functions.",Move away from engineering centric culture.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P860.htm
58160,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 19, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Get it together Microsoft,"Variety of opportunities. Great talent work there in IC capacity, but those that are courageous tend to leave the company.",Top heavy with ineffective management.,"Manage! Yes...rise to your profession! They have just eliminated the calibration ranking system that forced the elimination of highly qualified, highly productive individual contributors from the company who dared to be innovative and forward thinking. The workforce is successfully homogenized, which is where management wants them. It's the only way to mask their inability to manage effectively.Most people see the elimination of ranking as solving the problem. I don't. By shifting performance to concepts like ""teamwork"" and ""collaboration, all that's happened here is that Microsoft has institutionalized mediocrity, ensuring that the only decisions that get made have to meet a consensus bar appealing to everyone in the homogenized culture. That's the kiss of death for the company. But not surprisingly, it's the holy grail for ineffective management. They still have a blank check to get rid of anyone who demonstrates creativity and courage on their teams, because others less gifted simply have to accuse them of not being a team player for them to be gone. Until management starts to demonstrate leadership...to have the courage themselves to understand what they are managing enough to recognize who is providing value to the company and whose ideas deserve promotion, Microsoft is doomed.",4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58161,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,One of the best companies to work,"- Opportunities to work on a number of products and technologies with in the company - Switching roles from Dev,Test, PM to IC and managerial paths, you have all the options at one place. - Biggest collection of one of the smartest minds in the tech industry.",- Review system though its been improved now. - in some teams there is some internal politics which is not good.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58162,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,SDET II,"Health, Salary, Vacation, Gym Membership, Compensation, Benefits",No Work Life Balance Growing opportunities,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58163,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,good place to work,"Great breadth of products, technologies and opportunities.",Performance review system...Though this was changed yesterday. Hopefully things will be better now.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58164,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very dysfunctional company,"Flexible work schedule, can work anywhere. Easy access to technology. High impact products, which affect nearly all of people and businesses around the world. Company is very profitable with good cash flow.","Very weak of management. No directions and visions in all level of management. Peers compete for exposure and visibility, instead of team work and collaboration. Lack of transparency when decision was made.",Have a vision and then plan strategy accordingly. Treat your employees equally not just the stars on the team. Stop playing the political game and start to deliver.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58165,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2013",Former Employee - Director,"Good, not great company","Total compensation, including benefits, were very good I was able to innovate and get things done in my own style, but was rarely thanked by the company - only my external partners","Every day was like ground hogs day. You scratch and claw and spend obscene hours working on a PowerPoint deck in order to get funding or a headcount for a project. Once approved, if the manager who approved it moves on, the new one moves in and questions everything. It's as if the proper thing to do is join a new team, assume everyone sucks so try to get them to move on (or worse, fire them) so that you can build your own team of yes-men that try to re-invent the job only to try the same things that failed years earlier.  The stack-rank review system was a disaster and made enemies within teams  Many of the best people left. I don't know anyone that still works at MS that isn't looking to leave (this is a Seattle-Redmond area comment)","Instill in middle management that their employees are people, who are good and smart instead of assuming they are dead weight. Until that attitude changes, no amount of money could get me to back to MS, and I was a hi-po, great and dedicated employee for almost 15 years",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58166,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 14, 2013",Former Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,"Good, but definite golden handcuffs with benefits and salary","Even with changes to Benefits, still better than many out there Work flexibility is HUGE - ability to work from home and/or adjust hours is a huge benefit Compensation is high - don't believe people who have issues with comp there - when you add benefits/stock/bonus potential, the comp is strong in comparison to rest of Seattle market. I was able to move into a new job and learn it from scratch fairly easily - if you're smart, you can do this well here.","Working cross org is next to impossible. Lots of people working really hard on things that they don't need to - because orgs don't talk, you can have teams working on the same thing, or driving work that will lead to low revenue. It can be very frustrating for that reason. The higher you move up in HR, the more political it gets - more about show than actual work. SMSG HR is all about scorecards and extremely large powerpoint presentations.","SMSG HR focuses on crazy metrics that don't move the business forward. Rather than living and breathing stats on a scorecard and delivering work from the center that your orgs don't need, allow HR to have their creativity back.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58167,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology only company,Good technology. Good process to develop technology. Good benefits.,"Very bad product planning. Only way to get good feature through is if Apply or Google have launched competing products.  Performance review system drive some good people away. Especially stack ranking. Due to stack ranking, teams tends to develop ""unbiased"" performance evaluation criteria that don't help delivering good software.","In Microsoft, only CEO is accountable for delivering good product, and all other people are accountable for their team's politics. So, it is very important to get a CEO that understand product strategy.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58168,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Career developments, opportunities and diversities","There is no cons, everything looks good!","Provide vision to the new market, act promptly to the new opportunities",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58169,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Endless Career Opportunities if you can stay 2+ years,"If you nail your job, you'll have your pick of tough problems to solve. Microsoft is a great company if you can align market realities with your skill set & where you want to grow. Tons of career growth.",If you're not actively investing in your skills you can become stagnant in your skill set & less competitive in the market.,"Solve more problems with tools, not people.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P861.htm
58170,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,Work life balance is great,"Too big a company, things are done differently from one team to another.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58171,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Director,Overachievers wanted!,smart people lots of products/strategies Long-term thinking amazing campus,"smart people lots of products/strategies Long-term thinking insular at times, too internally focused","people are your greatest asset. don't make the workplace a ""Hunger Games"" environment. don't eat your own!",4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58172,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Just okay,"Salary is very competitive, environment tends to be good with the right group, technology is always cutting edge.","Some poor management at certain groups. Experience counts for little in some divisions. Favoritism is growing,",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58173,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,too many middle managers...that have no clue what they are doing,"when I was there the benefits were awesome. I paid for nothing for medical procedures, surgeries, prescriptions. I had awesome managers first 10 years and last 10 when I was in services/ops area....horrible. I feel fortunate to have been there for all sorts of exciting things. Going from all dos based to web. really a cool time to have been there",Horrible management in services area. seemed to be pushing people out once they got into 40's and replacing with people fresh out of college. Managers also pitted people against one another. Managers acted like the kids in middle school...with all sorts of strange drama that they created.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58174,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Nov 14, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great experience!,They promote within based on performance. Once in a lifetime experience. Very fun environment.,stack ranking. Someone had to lose whether or not they were a good contributor. You were ranked on the bell curve. Outsourcing to India was a huge mistake. The customers and support greatly disliked have to deal with India.,Bring a lot of the outsourcing back to the United States. The morale of the employees will skyrocket and consumers will finally give Microsoft kudos. It would be an extremely positive move.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58175,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - General Manager,Great people working to make massive shift happen quickly,"I love the opportunity to work with some of the smartest people around - I do lots of work overseas and our local hires in key markets represent the very best talent, hands-down.  The ability to do my work when/where I am best able to be productive - in over 10 years at the company, I've never been asked, ""where are you?"" or ""why aren't you here in the office?"". At the same time, people don't abuse the privilege and there's plenty of opportunity to collaborate face-to-face.  Benefits are incredibly generous, even with recent cost-sharing on health insurance","The size of the company requires everyone to maintain vigilance on staying nimble and fast moving, while finding opportunities to simplify our approaches, wherever possible.  Microsoft continues to be a very Redmond-centric company, despite decades of global growth.",Identify CEO's successor and lock on future strategy as quickly as possible,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58176,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place,great place to work long term,big company hard to navigate,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58177,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company from yesterday,"Used to have excellent benefit. Used to be on the top of the technology, still Good benefit and good opportunities if you want to stay inside the Microsoft tech empire.","The company is not as good as it used to be. It is on its downhill. With everyone else is doing open source, the Microsoft technology stack (centered around the Windows) is fading into yesterday's choice.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58178,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, terrible management","Great talented people in most pockets of the business.  The benefits are among the best in the industry, although the quality is gradually decreasing.  Really nice campus in Redmond and modern offices in premier locations in international countries.  Very diverse workforce with huge international presence.","The culture is very stifling and politically motivated. Extremely bureaucratic with all decisions driven by few people inside closed doors. Management says to voice opinions, but if you don't sing to their tune, then you will see the result in the infamous stack ranking.  The managers have too much power to game the system of year end reviews. Have seen multiple people take advantage of the system by going out shopping with manager after work, socializing in company events and then getting high rating even though they have not been able to perform their core work efficiently.  The culture fosters distrust among colleagues. For example, even if the manager is not present in a meeting, words gets to the manager somehow even after you made a comment and caveated it by saying that this discussion is strictly inside the meeting room only.  The management tries to manage by keeping informational silos with the employees and acts arbitrarily to do what is advantageous to them. For example, I have been in groups where promotions were never shared and kept a secret. If management wants to give you a good rating, they will share the feedback you have got from your business partners.If the management wants to give you a bad rating, then they will say that the policy is not to share the feedback.  The company will try to hire you down if you are coming from other company. The overall compensation is not good compared to many other companies, especially since they hire you in a lower position. On top of that, management does not give recognition to your past skills and you basically start afresh.  Overall, people who pays 80% weight on politicking and 20% on actual value added work will do good. If not, you will find the culture very negative. At the end of the day, the work needs to be done and the company has a huge pool of vendors for that.  Note: All groups are not bad places to work for. There are some good groups and not so good ones. The above observations are some common themes based on working across multiple groups.",None. I am sure that the Management has got advice from many people over many years.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 13, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,good company lack of growth,"smart coworkes. good benefits, solving interesting problems",In general lack of growth. The culture doesn't encourage working together as a team,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P862.htm
58180,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,You get what you make out of it,Microsoft is a huge company that provides opportunities for anyone that is willing to find the right place for themselves. Excellent benefits Promote good work/life balance Can work on technologies and products that change the world,"Microsoft is a huge company. Although that means stability, it also means that it has more bureaucracy.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58181,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Great place to work and start your career. Good benefits, lots of projects and overall very positive culture. Seattle is also a great city, though you'll probably be in Redmond which is a bit far.",Redmond is far from the city which means you'll either live in the burbs or incur a commute every day. There's not a lot of non-MS tech in Seattle so it's easy to live in a bubble,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58182,microsoft,"Salem, NH"," Oct 28, 2013",Former Employee - Product Advisor,AMAZING! LOVED THIS PLACE!,"Fantastic work environment, took care of their employees, learned new things everyday",Had to leave due to temporary/seasonal hire,Keep your seasonal hires!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58183,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,"If you're looking for Big Company perks (great) and pace (slow) and love tech, who couldn't love Microsoft?","Compensation, mobility, training opportunities, benefits","Engineers are worshiped - everyone else, not so much VERY political Swagger is rewarded, if you can't toot your own horn, you won't get very far here",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58184,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"A good place to be, but could be better.","Great benefits, work/life balance, opportunities for advancement, passionate people","Lots of reorgs, process heavy","Less reorgs, please. Every time we change management it seems they want to reorganize which causes a lot of productivity loss and disruption.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58185,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Account Executive,Chaotic,Great compensation package. Can do very meaningful work if in the right org.,Must keep a lookout to stay ahead of the reorgs and RIFs. More attention given to internal politics than to actual value added work.,Fix the review system. Align the company to better work together.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58186,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SE,Great place with lot of opportunities.,I will echo others opinions about the demotivating review system. Senior management relies on feedback from others to assess ones performance. The first person to complain and offend others in their defense wins.. they don't weigh if and whether the feedback is accurate and whether it should be considered or disregarded.,none,2.0,none,1.0,none,none,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58187,microsoft,"Portland, OR"," Oct 24, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager,Great opportunity for growth Excellent Benefits (this is changing),If working in the US and you want to advance to upper management you pretty much have to be prepared to move to Seattle/Redmond.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58188,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,good place to work sometimes,"smart people, good benefits, great resources","bureaucracy, lack of innovation and slow management",stop paying people so much when they don't hit business results,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58189,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Lead,Great opportunities for career growth,"Good atmosphere, focus on development and not on documentation. Managers are accountable for their direct reports career growth.",Microsoft lives in it own universe,More focus on the details,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P863.htm
58190,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Lead,Great opportunities for career growth,"Good atmosphere, focus on development and not on documentation. Managers are accountable for their direct reports career growth.",Microsoft lives in it own universe,More focus on the details,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58191,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company with potential,Good focus is places on long term investments. Microsoft has all the tools for success,"Playing catch up in many areas. Late to the game with surface and phone etc.. Lots of meetings, many with little action / ROI","Management could focus on driving less meetings, less tiered approvals and greater immediate accountability. More focus on customer needs / asks vs. we will build it and they will come. ( Would help drive faster adoption )",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58192,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company to work at,Very positive and energetic environment that promotes growth,Can't say there are really any negatives. Very highly regarded,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58193,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Nov 9, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Good learning opportunities and training,"Learn top notch skills, make good friends","Stressful at times, very demanding work",Distribute the 24x7 load,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58194,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE at Microsoft,Its a good company to improve your engineering skills. You would be surrounded by very smart people and that only adds to your learning experience.,The review process is not fair to everyone.,Would love to see a change in the review process.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58195,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wasn't bad,I got the result in one day,"I had to code on a white board, but that's every other interview",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58196,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for.,"Great working environment. Very good salary, stock grant, and cach bonus. Good upper management. Work and life balance.",Look around at other successful companies in the valley. The culture. Microsoft's SV campus is lacking.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58197,microsoft,"Columbus, OH"," Nov 7, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Consultant,Great opportunity to experience the broad industry and work with some amazing people,"Great products, great people, great opportunity to impact those products","There is 100% Travel, and the size of company makes is less agile",Lower consulting rates,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58198,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much process,"Great benefits, competitive salary, great people",Process gets in the way of timeliness and innovation,Listen more,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58199,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Highly political atmosphere,"Beautiful campus. If someone just wants any job, this is the place to be. It has the cash cows to continue despite mismanagement.",Highly politically charged environment It's hard to express facts without first considering who in the room might not like the truth to be told.,Don't kill this company by only focussing on your own career,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P864.htm
58200,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Opportunity to work on big enterprise software and services. Lots of stuff to learn. Many training opportunities. Developers generally are very good at what they do, I had good experiences working with most of them.","Everybody has to fight for visibility, because that is how you get promoted. If you are quite, sorry. Program Managers and some aggressive devs like to get rather aggressive in meetings in order to get more visibility. Good individual contributors get promoted into lead positions and have no clue how to lead, worse ones just plainly take their team's credits.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58201,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Slow paced with better work life balance,"better work-life balance, good benefits",Slow paced Too much internal politics,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58202,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 22, 2013",Current Employee - Director of Development,Great Company with two completely different personality,"If you are part of Redmond team in Senior Engineering role, you are at right place to make the difference. The company operates from Redmond. I worked at Redmond and it was great.. I moved to Mountain View and it went down the drain..","If you are part of bay area team in Senior Engineering role, you are the wrong place to make the difference. The company operates from Redmond. It acts like start up when it comes to planning but executes at the speed of big company while it should be exactly opposite.",Let the company be driven by strategic inputs directly from the bay area folks and not by the people who moved from Redmond. SF Bay area folks have different desire to make the difference.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58203,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2013",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Ever changing internally provides both challenges and opportunities.,Great work culture with constant growth in needed areas. Nimble for its size.,Leadership of mostly women seriously inhibits success as a male.,"Hire the right person for the role, not the candidate that will help you hit your minority numbers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58204,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Business Analyst,Work with some of the smartest people around.,The best part about working for Microsoft is the smart talented people you get to work with. Excellent training for CS under-grads getting started in their career. Microsoft is also mostly merit-driven in the lower levels of the company with flexible career paths for people wanting to stay in the Individual Contributor roles.,Company has lost direction recently and the old guard is too set in its ways to turn the ship around to the recent changes in tech. Many middle managers are focused on their own careers than company's success. Some of this stagnation is frustrating when you are especially trying to develop or launch new products.,Need more customer focus. Lose the attitude of 'not built here'.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58205,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to go to retire,"1. Pay and benefits are great. Not excellent, but great.  2. If you don't have great ambitions, you can maintain a good work-life balance. Once you get to the ""Senior"" level in the career ladder, it's easy to just relax and get lost among the cracks. Management is going to assume that you ""plateaued"", and let you stay where you are.  3. Company pays a lot of importance to ethics and being a good world citizen. Pays generously to charities and has a great charity donation matching program.","1. The company is too big and too slow. I don't know what exactly the reason for this is, but everything in the company just seems to happen so slowly, even down to minor everyday tasks such as getting a single bug fixed.  2. People in the company are nowhere near as smart as some people think, particularly the new hires. In a market where companies like Google, Facebook, etc. are soaking up the cream of the crop, Microsoft has certainly lowered their standards and is settling for those who cannot make it into such companies. The really smart people are those that have been around for a decade or so, from back when Microsoft could attract those kind of people. The rest are probably still better than your average code-monkey, but nowhere near as good as they need to be to turn this company around. On rare occasions you come across some surprisingly incompetent people.  3. Performance system is broken:  - Rewards are tied to how much visibility the work you do has, i.e., the more the number of people who know what you are doing, the better your chances of a favorable performance rating. This may seem justified on paper, because the higher the ""visibility"" of your work, the more important it is. However, what ends up happening is that it basically becomes a popularity contest. You may be working on something that might be the most important thing for your immediate team, but since no one outside your team knows that, it is very unlikely you will be rewarded for your work. The ""new"" review system that was announced recently doesn't change any of this.  - No matter what they tell you, there is definitely a minimum time period you need to be in each level before you get promoted to the next, no matter how good you are.  - It's all about being in the right place at the right time. Good opportunities are hard to come by, and they keep moving around the company. Currently it looks like all the good opportunities are in the Windows Phone group. People there are getting promoted like crazy. Whereas in Windows, there is a huge dearth of good opportunities. And since the average seniority of employees in Windows in much higher, the few good opportunities go to the senior folks, leaving the junior folks with very little, making it hard to progress up the career ladder.  4. Lack of good vision from leadership: Given the mess we are in right now, we need a Steve Jobs to turn us around.  5. Ancient engineering practices: When I left school, I was eager to get into some actual software engineering and learn cool things like TDD, unit-testing, UML, etc. I am saddened to say that my co-workers and I are still writing code like it is for a class project. I think Microsoft relies more on a strategy wherein junior developers are just not given much important and complicated work until after they have gained a few years of experience. That's no way to do software engineering in today's world. While SDETs churn out huge, complicated, and heavy test frameworks for testing products, the reality is that these tests usually never catch any bugs, and most bugs are found in production.  6. You better be prepared to spend the rest of your life working with Microsoft technologies: They avoid OSS and non-Microsoft solutions like the plague, which, to be fair, might be justified because of the potential for legal troubles. But if you are coming to work here, be prepared to say goodbye to the rest of the technology world.",I honestly don't know what to say.,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58206,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Not a place for middle age caucasian workers,Good salary and benefits package. Travel and relocation opportunities if you are open to move. In great need of managerial talent.,Hyper Political environment charged with promoting based on political favor versus talent and results. Possessing talent is not enough. Strong push to reduce US headcount and move jobs to low cost markets to the point of US employee abuse,Executive leadership is too committed to furthering personal agendas and expanding personal control. This has greatly exceeded the point of constructive competition and has become detrimental to company growth.,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58207,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Bad Managers!,You can learn a lot from taking classes and getting books from the library.,"If you happen to get a bad manager, no matter how smart you are, nothing or no one can help you grow in your career.",Weed out bad managers!!!,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58208,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Lead Program Manager,"Microsoft is a good place to tune your skills, but not to spend a career","- Forces you to be a critical thinker - Unlimited resources, great benefits - Global awareness and charitable opportunities - Wide variety of work opportunities - Diverse employee base","- Very isolated from the tech industry, not considered relevant, considered old school, stodgy - Slow moving, bloated teams - Not able to be react quickly to competitive threats - Slow to adopt mobile computing",- Create more bottoms-up reviews/opportunities to generate new products (ala garage) - New leadership/culture needed to adapt to where the industry has gone,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58209,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Great place to work just needs some modifications,This is a very inclusive and rewarding place to work. Great benefits and positive direction of the company.,Employee calibration model creates negative behavior and squashes creativity/innovation. Often feel like you are pitted against your peers to rank a good performance review since you are calibrated against peers.,Change the current calibration model to cultivate creativity and innovation.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P865.htm
58210,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,This used to be a fun place to work,"I had the opportunity to work with some of the smartest people in the world. The pay and benefits are still pretty good, although it looks like that's changing.","Management. Anyone with any scruples got out of management shortly after the ""stack"" ranking was implemented. Those who are left would as soon stab you in the back as look at you. They look out for their buddies, and anyone else has a target on their back and is fair game for the ""bottom 5%"".  This used to be a fun place to work. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely a tough job and you have to know your sh*t. But, there used to be social events, beer Fridays, pizza, free t-shirts and other assorted swag, etc. All of that is gone, and people spend the majority of their time just trying to make sure they don't get ""bottom boxed"". It's all about who you know and how you present yourself these days, and all the ""fun"" has been stripped away. The culture nowadays is literally toxic, and people spend far more time worrying about the review model than actually being able to do their job.  The company isn't at all cutting edge anymore and is so wrapped up with red tape that its nearly impossible to get anything done.",Get a clue and get rid of the forced attrition. These are people's lives. Firing them or forcing them out the door to meet some arbitrary number is ridiculous.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58211,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A once glorious empire on the path of decline,"Microsoft is still a very powerful company. There are jobs and software it creates for just about everything. You feel like the company cares about you, far more than free soda. They have training classes on everything you could think of, and for those who manage to get themselves into the good graces of management who likes them, the sky is the limit. There are still good jobs at Microsoft, but it's hard to find them.","There is a strong tradition of failing upwards. The company has lost a lot of its best and brightest to other companies, and the bottom-feeders that are left tend to be very bad at their jobs. The company's biggest problem is how political it is. You will never get a promotion on the merits of the job you do, you must get into the ""inner circle"" of a higher-up manager to have any chance. Most of the time, instead of dealing with the politics, people just get fed up and leave -- and forever after have nightmares about their experience.  The company has a mandate to fire 7% of their employees a year, and if you aren't in the top-tier inner circle, you feel like you're always fighting for your job. Every promotion you get is one that someone else did not.  Avoid the Office division like the plague, it is the least innovative part of the company. The technical stagnation of ""It's been done this way for years, and we'll continue to do it this way"" permeates every part of the product. You will not grow or learn there. For some, it's OK because they have a relatively high paying job that doesn't expect much of them. But I wanted more.","Get rid of HiPo, The Bench, 1+, or if you decide to keep them, tell employees they exist and who is and is not on them, and what the criteria for them is. Listen to your employees, and focus on making good managers versus managers who are good at managing up. Do something to fight attrition, and make it easier for employees to move between divisions of the company.  Invest in technical competence and be less results driven. Be a technology company that happens to need to make money, versus a business that happens to be a technology company.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58212,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid company with great benefits,- Great work/life balance - Excellent benefits - VERY smart people to work with - Good upward mobility opportunities,- Weather is kind of bleh but the summers make up for it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58213,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Still Great to Work at,Microsoft still has one of the best benefits package out there. There are still a ton of really smart and passionate people here.,"The company has been stagnant for more than a decade now. The culture, environment, and pay are all starting to lag behind the top companies in the tech industry.","Start reforming the culture by redoing the entire review experience. Start paying people top wages. Forget the 80 percentile because Microsoft is no longer the software company to work for so people are evaluating their benefits package a lot more closely. If anything, MS needs to pay more than companies like GOOG/FB to get the best people.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58214,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Fair,+ Work life balance + Owns entire technology stack,"- Promotion depends on political climate of your team/org - Teams fight turf war to keep their political capital (visibility of features, etc.)","Thin out the bureaucracy. Have less meaningless meanings. Be more data driven, not political driven.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58215,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Director - Product Management,Very nice comp plans - enough to keep you hooked,"Incredible resources available to employees, from hardware to software to training. Also, having the Microsoft business card just gives you instantaneous access to key people, whether it is customers, analysts, press, partners, etc. The comp plan at Microsoft tends to be on the higher side - where employees make a lot and have a decent amount of upside with stock options (but unless you are a ""Partner"" level, don't expect to ever make enough to retire).","Microsoft is a cutthroat organization, where employees are pitted against each other due to the forced ""normal curve"" whereby managers are forced to grade employees on a graded list, with the bottom 10% judged to be ""C"" players that need to be weeded out. HR still forces you to grade on this curve, regardless of how small or large your team is, and how well the team has performed. It creates a very bad environment where people often don't want to help each other out on projects.  Also, another downside is that because MSFT is so huge, they tend to be very internally focused and don't spend enough time looking at interesting things happening in the industry outside of Redmond. This creates a bit of a bubble on campus and I think part of the reason why the stock has stagnated over the past 13+ years.",Get with the program and abandon (REALLY abandon) the dreaded curve.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58216,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Cooler than you think,- wide array of products and projects - one of the best benefits package in the industry - work with really smart people,- sluggish mid-level management - imbalance in career growth across divisions,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58217,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Service Engineer,"Grew with the business, from Program Manager to Senior Service Engineer.","Starting in a growth area of the company provided a lot of opportunity to work on high-value projects and to see the tangible results of my contributions, which was nice. Also being part of the incubation team allowed for good visibility to senior management and plenty of opportunity to grow and evolve my responsibilities over the years as the business grew.","In the early years (0-2), there was churn at the mid-management level (and also senior management level at times) as the group matured and different skillsets were required, which impacted morale and productivity during transitions. Teams felt pressurized occasionally due to the perceived impact of failing to land critical projects and/or growing the business (i.e. signing new customers).","Automate, automate, automate",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58218,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supportive and great learning environment,"Team is very supportive and passionate about the work they do. Managers reach out and are very open to your ideas. Interesting projects, easy to switch to different team if you're ready to try something new. Great Give program for public service and donations to nonprofits. Awesome wellness benefits. Great compensation. Can't really ask for more!","I guess the stability of a big company is not for everyone, but if you're looking for a solid job where you can learn and contribute meaningfully, there aren't very many cons.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58219,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"I like that with pretty young kids , it offers amazing work life balance. Very good benefits and flexible hours.","Very competitive rating system, which leads to a lot of pressure sometimes. Sometimes gets caught up in process.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P866.htm
58220,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Smart People, great company to work for","outside perception, people don't like Microsoft",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58221,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Coooool and fun place to work.,Friendly Staff. Excellent hours and benefits.,"NONE, Nada that I can think of so far. I am only working less than a year.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58222,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Company, Good People - Terrible Performance Review Model","Smart, Motivated People Good Compensation Exciting projects",Performance Review Model Review model inhibits collaboration and risk taking,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58223,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Director,Great place to work....entrepreneurial spirit with large company security,* Opportunities to move around the globe * Great compensation * Very intelligent people,* Definite good ol' boy network as you get higher in the organization,Take care of your people as the competition is loving them up.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58224,microsoft,"Jacksonville, FL"," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Very outgoing positive environment!,Always wanting you to exceed.,"It's retail, plenty of hours.",Always good to have more training.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58225,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2013",Current Employee - Executive Business Administrator,Great place if you like technology,"Global Company, great people, good values",no real carrier path within my profession,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58226,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,It's your career to manage,"Rewards self starters. Decide what impact you want to have, then make it happen. Don't wait for managers to create the opportunities for you to stand out from the crowd.",Competitive review model makes collaboration difficult. What did you do for me this year? Long track record of high performance is mostly irrelevant at review time.,Buckle up - it's going to be a bumpy ride for the next few years.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58227,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Learning Opportunities,"Get a chance to work with really bright people and learn a lot. Microsoft has a complete stack of technologies, so opportunities abound.","Highly competitive atmosphere (not necessarily a con). The company could be quicker in its development processes, but there is an air of improvement.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58228,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work and life balance,many opportunities to work in various teams and projects,management can be difficult to work through,Team review to understand performance,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58229,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 11, 2013",Current Employee - Time Zone Manager,"Love the company, hate the model","Lots of opportunity to move into new areas. Never ending line of products of services to work on. Literally A to Z in places to take your career. The culture outside of the review model is fun and hard working, there is still a lot of pride and very smart people.","I've been in leadership at MS for 11 years. I started in the product groups for the first half of my career and have been in various support teams the second half. I've watched the review model slowly erode our culture and people. It looks great on paper, but if it's really so effective why doesn't it apply to Sr. Leadership? Why is it that direct manager is still on the top reasons people leave MS?","if you really want to calibrate people, teach your M1 and M2 managers how to lead. A forced curve is a broad stroke that applies to leading by the lowest common denominator. If you teach leaders how to differentiate, and start looking at leadership as a discipline, there might be still be hope. Invest in your leaders and really TEACH them how to lead and you won't need a forced curve. In 12 yrs at MS I have yet to meet one leader or employee that thinks our review model makes sense. The current system is the worse of the lot and countless smart people are caught up in it and leave. This failure lands squarely on our leadership and rolling out new review models every couple of years will continue to put the focus in the wrong direction. IC's are not the issue, teaching leaders to manage and lead is.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P867.htm
58230,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Random re-orgs and bad job placements,co-workers and teams are the best,management can move people into positions that they won't succeed in,think before you re-org people out of jobs,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58231,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing wA,great company to work with,stable and big..so see no cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58232,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Smart people and good work/life balance, but unsure of the future.","I almost never work nights or weekends, and on average work 40 hours or less a week. On an established team, lower management is usually competent. Perks and compensation are pretty good. Hard work is usually (but not always) recognized and rewarded. Workplace environment is quiet and spacious once you have a few years of seniority. Microsoft isn't afraid to spend money on its employees, unlike some other rival companies.","Benefits were tripped a bit recently (mostly medical). Not much faith in upper management and C-level executives. As with many companies, visibility and loosely defined ""impact and influence"" are more important for performance reviews than actual performance. Performance reviews can be interpreted as opaque, unfair, and subjective.","Focus more on retaining competent (not just rock star) employees, rather than just hiring externally. Otherwise people will jump back and forth to get pay raises. Good for them, bad for the companies involved because of ramp up time, loss of domain expertise, etc. Get rid of the useless Principal/Partner and higher IC's and management. There are many good ones but there are a lot of talkers/politicians as well. The longer they stay, the more the culture shifts to reward that behavior.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58233,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 28, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Wonderful Professional Experience,"Intelligent & passionate team members Most of leadership are good listeners Always felt I was treated fairly Lots of opportunity, especially in Puget Sound area","Maybe not so much a con but a reality....If you want to get ahead, work/life balance will get skewed towards work Redmond-centric Some functions were too silo'd",More growth/career opportunities in SF Bay Area Good ideas can come from any source,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great Company, bad people","Great Company, Great Benefits and big problems to solve",Incompetent Middle management. Bad review model.,Fix the review system. Trim the mid level management and hold them accountable more by not letting them jump ship.,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58235,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE II,Potential can be well groomed with the plenty of resources to reach.,Work life balance and performance review has to be improved,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58236,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2013",Current Employee - Planner,Microsoft,"Good Pay, Great Perks, Nice Campus",Does not understand change management,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58237,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Software Engineering,Good company to work for,Innovation is customer focus are not quite the key points,Too many managers and not all are really good. Some lack the capacity to innovate or have no vision at all,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58238,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great job, experience, work, but toxic culture taking over","Challenging work, smart people, great benefits, opportunities for growth. If you want to move around and get different experiences within the business, there is support for that.","Culture over the last few years has been declining, and is now very toxic and cannibalistic. The new review system drives the wrong behavior and is very demoralizing. Microsoft has publicly said that these elements are appropriate for a ""high performance company"", so don't expect changes. The company speaks of the business value of work/life balance, but does not support it with action within their management philosophies.","Reboot the review system, remove the Microsoft arrogance in which you operate, bend over backwards for your customers because the competition is strong and there are other, better choices, and value your people by driving a collaborative culture with trust.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58239,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved it,Great workplace and awesome co workers,Hours could be an issue at times,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P868.htm
58240,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Endless 'Re-Orgs' and working for the Borg,Some of the UX experts with whom I had the pleasure of working were the most brilliant people/artists I have ever met. Many of the engineers met this criteria as well,"The company overall has become quite lost and needs to re-define its identity. There were 5 different re-orgs when I was there which negatively effected morale in a big way. Research and white papers are presented in cute meetings but don't actually lead to any apps or new systems/process.The current review process is the most ridiculous system I've ever experienced and leads to many people leaving. Everyone is graded on a 'curve' and someone on the team has to get the lowest score (a 5). It's completely retarded, as I never met a single developer/artist who wasn't brilliant and didn't deserve a 1/2 but that's not how it works!","You have proven to me that you will likely not read this and even if you do, nothing will actually change.",2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58241,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Design Engineer,I wouldn't want to go back...,"Very good compensation, benefits, and perks. Very bright people.","The review system is unfair and dehumanizing. Stack ranking pits an employee against their peers and destroys morale and teamwork.  Too much emphasis placed on your visibility and not actual work.  Managers have 'good attrition' commitments and once you are targeted life can become pretty miserable until you are managed out or leave.  If you are at t level too long, you will be fired. ""Up or out"". The analogy my skip level manager told me was that anyone that stays at level too long is like arterial plaque on the corporate body.",Ditch the stack ranking review system. Learn some decency and humanity.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58242,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,More people play politicis than developing features,"Good benefit overall, big name","too much politicis, good people are leaving",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58243,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Network Engineer at Microsoft,"Each day at Microsoft is a progressive discovery of how less I know.You name the vendor, the platform,I can give you in writing we will have it deployed somewhere in our network. I unabashedly claim that Our network is the most diverse network in the whole galaxy. Its a humbling experience to work with so many awesome Network Rock-stars and equally incredible leaders/execs.",The cross colloboration across teams is not worth the name. I mean One microsoft is more on paper and less in reality.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58244,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Fun ride so far, looking forward to new challenges",The fact that you can experience so many varied career changes - both technology and work culture wise without ever leaving a company is something to cherish. Some of the new h/w coming out this year are breath taking and really motivating to the employees.,With a company this big sometimes things do move slowly and in the ever changing world that we live in that can be fatal. Sometimes ideas may be shot down because they are different or unexpected.,"The new transformation ""One Microsoft"" is definitely the way to go and I commend the management on starting down this path. I urge them to complete this transformation to become a more nimble and agile company that can respond to changing technology landscape and become the world's leading technology company again.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58245,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Treats employees very well . Great giving culture .................................................,Just like any other company its size. TOO BIG,Great team of Managers,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58246,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2013",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Your experience will depend on your manager and leadership.,a good manager will allow you room to learn and grow and will support you and your work,products being released simply mimic other companies' hits (except Xbox) the culture doesn't emphasize importance of good management there is absolutely no humanity or compassion left in the company leadership is deluded that the review system is helpful and doesn't encourage competition within teams,stop reviewing on a curve. it's ok to not be completely transparent with compensation information. start treating people as humans instead of commodities,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58247,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice facilities with a flexible atmosphere,"People are really nice and open, and the seniors are willing to listen. Staff meetings are pretty casual. Free coffee, snacks and other drinks are provided in office. There's also gym in the building for employees to use, which is really cool. We also have a dining and a cafeteria in the company, and a variety of other restaurants around, so lunch was always exciting.","Sometimes you might have to work overtime.You might also need to do some extra work for other teams when they need your help. But that's the only thing I can think about so far, and I guess this kind of stuff happened in a lot of companies. So really nothing special I can think of...",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58248,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Oct 25, 2013",Former Employee - Assistant Store Manager,Fantastic retail position...with communication hiccups.,Benefits are great for a retail position! - Healthcare/dental - Discounts in EPP stores for partners OEMs - Relocation bonus Certification opportunities Growing retail organization with lots of potential for single people or those willing to move. Growing popular brand,"Executive leadership tends to make rush decisions resulting in headaches. Not a lot of forethought for promotions, industry events, important milestones. Always playing catch-up. Daily operations (for retail) are tedious. Depending on leadership, the hours are terrible. Primary focus is sales and number, less on people at the store level.","Invest more time in your employees, less on individual sales. Fix the way you document disciplinary actions. Call potential hires back within a reasonable period of time.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58249,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"As we all grow, we all change",Some of the best years of my life were at this company. It was young and growing and they bent over backwards to treat employees with respect and there were opportunities for several career paths.,"Towards the end, I honestly believe even the janitorial staff had sales goals. It was all ""Grow Grow Grow"" without regard to whether or not the roles we were in were historically a sales role. In the very end, long time employees were shown the door after being locked into a role they were not allowed to get out of.",Go back to taking care of employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P869.htm
58250,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"As we all grow, we all change",Some of the best years of my life were at this company. It was young and growing and they bent over backwards to treat employees with respect and there were opportunities for several career paths.,"Towards the end, I honestly believe even the janitorial staff had sales goals. It was all ""Grow Grow Grow"" without regard to whether or not the roles we were in were historically a sales role. In the very end, long time employees were shown the door after being locked into a role they were not allowed to get out of.",Go back to taking care of employees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58251,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company with limitless potential,Great people & environment to work in,Review process can hinder motivation,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58252,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Your experience at Microsoft is dependent on your team and what you make of it,"I had a really good team. The people I worked with were very talented (and in some cases borderline genius) and opinionated (in a good way). It's a great place to start your career and you will learn a lot (both good and bad).  It's also such a huge company so you can change teams internally and do something very different. And pretty much you will find all sorts of people in the company. For every employee that you think is unworthy, you'll find 10 others who make it great.  And the compensation and benefits are basically second to none (even with the changes to the health care plans). Work life balance is so much better at MS than at a startup.","Being a huge company some bad apples somehow find its way though and they coast along despite the horrid stack ranking policy (another con). And dealing with them is tough unless you have a great manager.  Culture wise, I found that a lot of people tend to ""drink the kool-aid"" as it were. They don't want to try competitor's product and will love everything MS puts out. Which can get irritating when you're trying to point out a valid flaw (or explain why a lot of customers may not like a feature) and explain why it should be fixed.",Encourage cross-pollination of ideas. Discourage being closed minded. Kill stack ranking.,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58253,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very disparate experiences depending on the team, org and LOB.","If you are in main campus, good opportunities to move around.","Typical large company issues such as politics, silo's and incoherency.",It appears like there isn't enough accountability in middle-top management.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58254,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2013",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Intense,"Smart people, great benefits, opportunity for career growth and development under the right manager.","Lack of work life balance, lack of career opportunities in the key fields.",Take a hard look at your C-level....the good ones have left and new management is not all it's cracked up to be.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58255,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Nov 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,It's fun at times! The people can put a smile on your face.,Feeling stagnant and no room for advancement on the Retail Side. They would rather from the outside rather than promote from within.,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58256,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2013",Former Employee - Sales,Great Company with a lot of career choices.,"If you are excited about technology, this is one of the best companies to work for.",It can get very corporate,Focus on creating a more agile and customer oriented company,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58257,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"lumbering, 90% politics, little innovation, poor review process","I worked there 4 years, and not once did the paycheck bounce or come late. Also, if you want the chance to write code that will be used by millions of people, this is one place you can do it. There are others though.","I found it impossible to have much on an impact on anything as IC at MS. Also if you have unique skills that not every programmer has, like I do (PhD in theoretical physics) such skills are wasted at a place like MS. If you want to have an impact on things, I found much more success at a small company. It's the whole big fish/small pond thing I suppose.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58258,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Endemic Problems at Bing,- Working on software used by millions - High level of respect for established success - Company provided transportation is useful - Extremely large if you want to move around later in your career,"- Bing has Endemic issues with a toxic work environment and broken processes - Conflict is seen as a desirable way to settle all debate - At least at Bing, morale is seen as unimportant",Paying attention to morale and process issues could fix a large number of problems,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58259,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Great people, pitted against each other","World-class benefits (even after the changes), The Connector, nearly infinite resources, extremely low knucklehead quotient.","Unhealthy, self-defeating management philosophy. Those who succeed at Microsoft aren't building great products, great campaigns, great customer or partner outcomes... they're building great annual performance reviews.",Take a serious look at the absurdity of your performance review model and the bad behavior it brings out in otherwise good people.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P870.htm
58260,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fair job,"Relatively lay back working hours. People are usually nice. But I heard this really depends on teams. I have friends in some teams that have brutal hours, but their teams generally get more opportunities for promotion. So I think this is fair.","Stack ranking in the annual review process is brutal. No matter what, they will pick 20% of employees to give bad ratings for.",I hope the stack ranking can be removed.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58261,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,"Needless to say, the software is the main of all.","slow process, It is perceived as trend follower nowadays in mobile era.",Vision!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58262,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Oct 21, 2013",Former Employee - Supportability Program Manager,"If you are visible and can shine, great things can happen.","Smart people, good benefits, opportunities to do many different things.","Adversarial environment. ""Dog eat dog"". You can be let go at a drop of a hat if things go sideways.",Get some people managing who have degrees in organizational behavior.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58263,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice!,"Salary, benefits, promotability, quality management","None, excellent company top to bottom",Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58264,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Director Sales,A great company that has lost their way,"Lot's of different businesses in one company to get involved with Relatively easy to move around to new businesses, gain experience in new industries",Executives unable to work with each other effectively Continual power struggles across divisions leaves employees working hard and going nowhere at times Review system/stack ranking process is ridiculous and destroys innocent employees careers Too many missed opportunities,"Focus on fixing problems at exec level vs continually beating up your employees through forced calibrations Peer reviews are ridiculous, do you want to run a popularity contest or build businesses? Stop concentrating so much power at the GM/VP level. There needs to be come governance over the GM/VP's who get too much power and make arbitrary people decisions because they don't like someone.",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58265,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Good learning at big software company,"Great people, unlimited resources, global-size projects",Constant battle to take customer-first actions,Invest in management training & incentives for collaboration,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58266,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place To Work,Great Salary if you work there.,Too much politics. Annual review is graded on a curve.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58267,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you can manage it, you can get an entire career's worth of experience at one company","Large enough for a person to grow into and excel in one role, and then relatively easily lateral over to another team or product effort, and grow in other ways.","It's easy to become disconnected from actual users, due to the scale at which the company works.",Bring in more senior outside talent.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58268,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a fun place to work,Free food during the work day,Management was clueless about most projects,Hire better management,5.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58269,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Exciting,1. Intelligent people around 2. High Growth potential,"Not many, sometimes work can get boring, depending on which division you work in",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P871.htm
58270,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),great company for career advancement,"new technologies, many products to choose","need to fight bureaucracy, too much politics,",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58271,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,"Great place to work, but disconnected from reality.","Competitive comp, great benefits, smart people who at least try to be polite.","Grew into a bloated inefficient bureaucracy over the last 3 decades. It's still relevant, else the cool kids wouldn't still talk about the company as being irrelevant all the time. How many years does MS have to be headlined as ""irrelevant""? Go play with your drioid..","MS Culture is Complexity. Pervades everything we do - products, licensing, process, management, services. Ruthlessly make things simpler. We have good products - explain to me like I'm a 6 year old.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58272,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people working on great products,"Excellent coworkers. Very knowledgeable, motivated, committed and ambitious group of people.Great working culture, people are friendly and quite approachable",Could be more process oriented which causes too much fire fighting as of now. remove silos between the working groups to reduce inefficiencies.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58273,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intense type A workplace with smart people but awful review system,"You'll get to work with some of the smartest people you have ever worked with. They care about employees, for the most part, and have a great 'give back to the community' culture.  Working here will push you to be your best. You learn things, for better or worse, and grow in your career.  If you are in a department with good morale and product you can have lots of fun in your work and get to know many great people.","Its a very passive aggressive workplace. Not many people will tell you to your face if they have issues with you. They will go to your manager or coworkers though. It makes you feel as if you have to watch yourself at all times as you never know what someone is saying behind your back. Depending on the department you may or may not get much work life balance. Some departments are great but others are horrible. The horrible ones may know it and really don't care. You either work the massive hours or leave.  The review system is horrible. You have a great bunch of smart motivated employees who are all striving to do their best. However the review system forces someone to get a negative review. If you get a negative review you have zero options. You cannot move anywhere in the company, you are not even allowed to interview, and get zero monetary compensation for your work. Employees are so worried about getting a poor review that they compete in a negative way against each other. Other employees are seen as threats to their review scores. Its almost impossible to truly collaborate when you are worried helping your co-workers will negatively impact your performance review.  The managers will tell you 'its only an evaluation for 1 year's worth of work'. However its almost impossible to recover from a negative review. You can try your hardest but the management will say 'we're giving opportunities to others with better reviews'. At the end of the next year you'll be in the same place, not for lack of trying, but for lack of support from management and not getting additional opportunities to succeed. You'll end up leaving or being asked to leave because of supposed 'poor performance'. But the review system forced someone to be at the bottom even if everyone on the team did well. Its a very crazy system.","Many of the legacy top management consider leaving, or get some intense training on how to do things differently. Any management that supports the kind of review system that will not allow employees to truly collaborate is in my opinion not the best senior leadership.  Microsoft has been behind in many recent technology innovations (smart phones, tablets, etc) and some of their current technologies have lost significant market share (Internet Explorer, Hotmail, Office, etc). The Millennial generation uses Google and Apple. You'll find college students now that have never used a Microsoft product in their lives. If the company wants to remain relevant it has to change.  Could it be that employees are so worried about their performance reviews they won't take risks anymore? They are so afraid of failure and negative reviews that great ideas get pushed aside to make sure they are making their current goals. I don't know the answer but I think there is a correlation here.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58274,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,Good to work for Microsoft,"stable, good benefit, everything has schedule","too much reorg, internal fight","focus on technology, focus on innovation",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58275,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager at Microsoft,"Freedom to innovate, ability to work with highly intellectual peers, and the company provides amazing benefits and perks for its employees. Working at Microsoft opens doors to a lot of other companies.","The annual calibration process is politically driven and peers tend to sabotage each other, work/life balance is not valued, and Steve Ballmer sucks.","If it weren't for the compensation or perks, I'd steer clear. Microsoft has lost its startup magic, and is late to the game in the marketplace.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58276,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazing Work,- Multiple Domains of Area to Work,- Outside opportunities limited to MS technology,Curved performance review hurts morale of employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58277,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Great place to be,Work ethic Investing in career development Working on cool projects,Voice not always heard Not much flexibly to ship projects based on your own ideas Lock down in Microsoft stack,Adopt some of the processes applied by silicon valley startups. Company needs more agility and ability to ship on weekly basis.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58278,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft,"strong values, smart people - great benefits, location and pay.",Lack of innovation due to dysfunctional management review system. Tablet PC is an example of innovative being undermined by internal politics. Same with XBOX neglecting a Blueray player but the real problem is the over engineering and lack of vision for Office and Windows.,Encourage teams to work together rather than compete against each other.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58279,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Very competitive and Challenging,The ability to work on exciting projects and be a part of cutting edge technology,The internal review process. You are calibrated against your peers and someone is always at the bottom and in fear of losing their job. The process is flawed.,They should focus more on retention for minorities,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P872.htm
58280,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mediocre environment with good compensation.,Base salary and total comp package,There seems to be a culture of disrespect,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58281,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),OK for a while,"very good benefits, very good location if you're OK not seeing the sun for weeks at times","few growth opportunities, unproductive/unfair reward system, slow-moving",change and keep up with times,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58282,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Drinking through a fire hose,"Resources, smart people, name brand, Pacific NW great environment","Smart people think they are smarter than they are, brand is splintering and suffering, work satisfaction and challenge depends on manager at the time","More carrots, fewer sticks",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58283,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) III,So far working in Microsoft is very inspiring experience,"Great exposure to new and old technologies, product development methodologies","High expectations, high competition, constant need to improve your skills.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58284,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"A lot choices inside company, easy to transfer among teams. Free drinks, good benefit, pro club",Dirction needs to be confirmed,"Foresee changes, not follow changes",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58285,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,One of the better companies to work for,Great benefits Decent pay Able to move around/internal interviews Able to change careers Use latest technologies Ongoing training available Convenient cafeterias with a variety of items Flexible work hours,Lots of catchup to do when we're supposed to be the leaders Company is getting too large No more company picnics Moral events are few and far between Stock awards are minimal until you reach higher levels,Need to increase moral in an ongoing basis Increase innovation,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58286,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2013",Current Employee - Field Sales,"Great company, lost direction....",super smart people abound Great opportunity to move up if you prove yourself,"Lack of respect in the industry, Janet Reno & company did more damage to MS than any competitor ever could, abysmal stock price, trade rag punching bag",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58287,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,FTE for 12 years,"Awesomely smart people, approachable executive leadership team, opportunity to ""think"" and work on some of the most sophisticated and innovative products and programs in the 21st century",Work life balance! Most employees are extremely focused and project driven although I think it is the culture that attracts people with this trait more than the fault of the corporation,Innovation and being first to market is WAY better IMHO than acquiring companies that have those attributes.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58288,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft is a broad company, with many pockets to call home","The size and industries that Microsoft is in, let's you vary what you work on while growing your career, without having to move your family, change your commute, or the hassles of changing companies.","As with any big organization, your experience varies with the group you're in and the people you work with. If you find a group that doesn't fit you perfectly, try another.",There are really smart people in the mid ranks of the company that really care about the strategy and how they can contribute. Keep it in front of people and clear enough to act on.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58289,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people,"Extremely capable engineers and supporting functions (legal, marketing, pr, and so on). Committed management team.","Big chunks of the revenue come from older products, with people that have been successful the old way. Internal IT, build system, communication infrastructure are outdated.",Help engineers do their jobs better by making internal tools more modern.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P873.htm
58290,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"No work-life balance, Demotivating Performance review system,","global company great training opportunities pockets of great, smart people",no work-life balance stack ranking makes no sense and pits team members against one another. one bad manager can ruin your career and bad managers run rampagnt,"As you are trying to turn around the company and lead in the market, don't forget the importance of the people element - work on motivating employees. and if you want teams and individuals to work together and collaborate, then don't pit them against one another by stack ranking at review time",2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58291,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough place to work these days,"The company is full of smart, passionate people. There are excellent benefits, including health and life insurance, health club memberships, and legal assistance. The offices are typically very nice, and the company provides the latest technology for its employees.",The review model creates pervasive fear and encourages dishonesty and unethical behavior by managers and employees. Extreme turmoil and very low morale due to constant changes in org structure and executive management. The bad company reputation creates shame for employees.,"Drop the review model. It has been universally criticized for many years, and contributes to very low morale. Replace senior executives who don't adopt the One Microsoft philosophy. Get rid of KT.",2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58292,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Good experience overall,Vast array of products and technical areas. Large network of smart professionals. Excellent salary and compensation.,"Slow moving. Employees are not at the cutting edge of tech (e.g. social, mobile, context-aware computing, etc.).",Have to find a way to make the workforce more nimble.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58293,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 15, 2013",Former Employee - Consultant,talented people,i worked with very good people,the food is a bit over-rated,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58294,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2013",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,Drama and politics,Constantly working on bleeding edge software with large budgets to support projects Ability to grow knowledge of various technological disciplines,Tons of office politics. Since the reviews are based on a popularity contest is you are not everyone's best friend you get constantly screwed.,"Get rid of the personal review system, base it off of the team's progress and the individuals contribution to the teams success or failure",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58295,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company with smart employee,"talented employee, good benefits, good work-life balance","terrible review model outdated products and technology, isolated from other players in the industry low moral among employees","replace waterfall with agile, and really mean it. incorporate open-source technologies, be part of the industry instead of an island. Don't try to reinvent the wheel and lose every time.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58296,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Lots of opportunity as long as you're visible.,"Microsoft has a lot of opportunities, and a very high ceiling for an individual contributor. The management track is not required to obtain high levels of compensation and benefits.","The culture of visibility, staying until the boss leaves, and working longer hours whenever there's more work to be done still exists.  If you're not visible you'll get ranked in the bottom 10% in your group, and get a poor performance review which impacts your chances of getting another job within the company.  The current salary structure punishes people for not changing jobs within the company every 2 years. This is compounded by the previous point.","When a team has 5-10 people and all of them are pulling their weight, giving one of them a bad review ""Because management said I had to pick X people"" will only cause distrust between coworkers. Teams that work together do better than those who just want to get ahead.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58297,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, but middle management is meh...","While the benefits are nowhere near what they used to be, they are still very good in the Puget Sound region. Additionally, the resources for collaboration (spin up a sharepoint, no problem!) are exceptional. When harnessed, the power of the talent there working together can do spectacular things.","The silos in the company are amazingly stupid. The company has pockets where general managers can dictate how littler or much the company will work together. The One Microsoft initiative has a LONG way to go. Also the quality of managers at the director level still varies widely. Some sr. directors are in their position because they can operate politically, and not because they're the right fit for the role or company. Longevity sometimes outweighs being good at your job. The rating system (calibration) forces management to value individual contribution over group success, reinforcing the silos and perpetuating the inability to harness the power of the company overall. One bad rating, and you're done. While encouraged to learn from failures, too many times I have seen good employees put on the outside quickly for loyalty to a project or initiative that the wrong person didn't like. There's no room for improvement, therefore no one wants to admit failure.",It is time to value collaboration over individual success. There is significant room for middle-management to director improvement in managerial skills.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58298,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for beginers or long timers who is member of a gang,"The first several year should be fine. Ok pay, no stress. Better yet, if you stay there long enough and managed to become an insider, you can earn a lot without doing much.",You'll get screwed sooner or later if you don't fit the above. Middle management very bad.,Remove the dead wood,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58299,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Software Development Engineer,Lots of learning opportunities. Doing project that is exciting and make significant impact to the world,stack ranking system is negatively impacting the employee morale. Seen too many best people of the company left or push away because of stack ranking,please get rid of stack ranking,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P874.htm
58300,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Software Development Engineer,Lots of learning opportunities. Doing project that is exciting and make significant impact to the world,stack ranking system is negatively impacting the employee morale. Seen too many best people of the company left or push away because of stack ranking,please get rid of stack ranking,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58301,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 30, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Great Company & Leadership,Loved the passion at Executive Level. It is great technology company in Seattle. I worked for Windows Team and I loved it.,Their Mountain View office is just another service org and have nothing to do with Corporate office.,Build the leadership at Remote sites. Especially Silicon Valley can not be slave of Redmond. Team in Mountain View was worst of both world.. i.e. when it came to delivery they wanted to as slow as possible and when it came to planning they wanted to as agile as possible..,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58302,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Excellent place to work!,"Smart people, solve great problems, work on leading technologies",There are times when work-life balance takes a hit..,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58303,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 14, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software Engineer Lead,"Working on good projects, good benefits, flexible environment.",Senior leadership is still living in the good old time.,Act fast in the post-PC era.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58304,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Great Company but bad work ethics by design,"Great benefits, competitive salary, predigest",The way they set up employee review makes it adversarial and poor team building.,Help promote teach building and not competition within team members.,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58305,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eagerly awaiting the post-Ballmer era,"- Financially stable, at least in reserve  - In the correct industry for the future, if not exactly seizing those opportunities  - Nice benefits  - Attractive and convenient campus","- Stack-ranking. Microsoft's persistent use and defense of this outdated, intelligence-insulting and ineffective performance evaluation tool continues to fragment and drive away people who are most intellectually prepared to rescue the company. It is not the same model that's being used at other corporations, it is being abandoned at a restless clip at least partially because of Microsoft's very public example of how it fails. The many levels at which stack-ranking has eviscerated Microsoft's culture, environment, product line and innovation are staggering. Prospective candidates for Microsoft employment should really investigate as to whether Google, Apple or some other well-funded tech start-up has opportunities for them until stack-ranking is abolished and new leadership resets their company's priorities.  - A ""chase-after"" mentality, rather than an inventive one. They've fallen behind the rest of the game, and for obvious reasons that doesn't bode well.  - The inferiority complex tends to permeate all sectors of the company. It's the tech world's Charlie Brown.  - The isolationist culture in Redmond takes away any chance of long-range or visionary goals.","It will take a full transfusion which Ballmer and Gates have stymied over the past decade. Stack-ranking has to be publicly stopped with no ambivalence. Limits on innovation and outward views, even if they're unspoken, need to be blown apart. In-fighting and political machinations need to be, not just gotten rid of, but punished by management when they occur. Hopefully the new CEO will effect these changes, but MSFT's historic slowness and insurmountable ego may have already done too much damage. Complete reinvention and redefinition is what Microsoft needs, with utmost urgency.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58306,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work for some people,Microsoft has brilliant people. The employees are normally great to work with. The company is good and has a lot of great potential.,"Very political. You should worry about perception - as that dictates your career and not your actual work. The stack rank is always around, just in a different name.",Know the truth about the products and industry. Have passion and long term view for the success of the company.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58307,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Sep 28, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,12 years of exciting and rewarding experience.,"A unique business ""school"" with unlimited potential. Smart people. Getting ready for the all cloud business","Highly political, sales process mainly focus on short term. R&D focus on the long term with new cool technology but a long shot for time to market.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58308,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Learning Experience,"I think the opportunities here are great, but you have to be willing to work hard.",You are part of a big organization. So you will have less impact. But you are a part of products that make a huge impact.,Continue to push hard on education and learning. Cultivate not just hard work but also intense and hard training.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58309,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, reasonable work life balance, stable","Reasonable work life balance, depending on group Stable Lots to learn for those willing to seek out the opportunities Well mapped out growth track for different disciplines","Bell curve in review system Competitive environment Legacy software that needs to be supported Many teams, all with different sub-cultures and may not work very well together",None,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P875.htm
58310,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Developer,"Smart People, Opportunities for High Impact, Review System Creates Toxic Culture","Good benefits, opportunities to work on products that affect millions of users, smart co-workers.","Curve-based review system (stack ranking) causes a lot of politics as people seek protection by kissing up to manager buddies, people withhold the info you need to do your job, people stab you in the back, causes stress and anxiety that interferes with work, distracts employees from pleasing the customer, pushes them to do internal show-off projects.  Poor management decisions resulted in embarassing product failures that have tarnished the company's reputation.  Stock has not moved much for a long time.","Abolish stack ranking system. Put in executives and management who ae visionary, understand the market, and work to foster a positive culture.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58311,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2013",Former Employee - Designer,A dystopic G-rated place of productivity/familyland balance.,+ The full time employee FTE benefits (medical/dental/legal/gym/employer match/commute-options.) + Career advancement opportunities and merits. + Competitive salaries + Microsoft Prime / Free orca card + Prestige + Great places for people who want to work smart / hard / perpetually,"- A good or bad manager can make or break your career. - Get used to re-orgs shaking up your ant-farm empire of success. - Time consuming enough to have cookie cutter time for raising a Microsoft family, driving your SUV, taking DSLR pictures of your trip to Paraguay and talking about your kid's shingles on corporate email threads while justifying your alcoholic tendencies. - not often, or in all circumstances but FTEs treat CSGs as ""lesser thans"" - as loyal as you are to them, you need to pace yourself because you may fly too close to the sun, - Little creativity.",Rethink your bell curves of merit increases. Good people get cut for ridiculous management reasons. Build a better safety net for those who work hard and reward loyalty with dignity.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58312,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior PM,Get to work with very smart people. Get to work on most challenging problems. Get to understand the full life cycle of shipping a product,Rewards individualistic heroism instead of team effort. Performance system is designed in that way.,Redesign performance management system to encourage team work and collaboration.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58313,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Scientist,Senior Scientist,"freedom, high salary, interesting work, great work environment, awesome perks, awesome benefits, work-life balance","long execution cycle, too many decision makers, too many reorganizations, does not stick to one focus for long, lab to product life cycle is too long",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58314,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Microsoft,Good pay. Interesting technology. Telecommuting opportunities. Several locations around the world.,"Unfair stack ranking forces managers to make someone fail. Health benefits no longer the best, now high deductibles.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58315,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Exciting yet stable company that has tons of great yet honest people,lots of smart people. lots of different opportunities. great pay.,"slow move but then again with 100K employees, that's expected.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58316,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Sep 28, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,12 years of exciting and rewarding experience.,"A unique business ""school"" with unlimited potential. Smart people. Getting ready for the all cloud business","Highly political, sales process mainly focus on short term. R&D focus on the long term with new cool technology but a long shot for time to market.",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58317,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Oct 11, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,overall good experience,"open, multiple products, rich resources",lack of creativity and coverage,"be really creative to build ""wow"" products",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58318,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Bloated bureaucracy. Opportunities to shine, but too much politics. Old Microsoft will never allow change.",Stability. Opportunities to learn and change jobs.,So risk-averse it hurts. Leaders are old-timers living in the past.,Retire and let the people who haven't made their millions yet do something to move the company forward.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58319,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its Ok,Some good folks abound. Great technology to work with. Smart people work here. Innovations happen but only in certain groups.,Too many processes. Politics take away most of your time. Too much focus on 'Visibility' and less on getting things done. Too dependent on Data and less on entrepreneurship.,Get your act together!,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P876.htm
58320,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Avoid Windows org - Elitism and Age Discrimination have ruined it,Smaller organizations offer a TON OF GROWTH for those willing to tolerate long hours and working during odd hours (to attend meetings with offshore teams)  Great opportunity for individuals who have 5 or less years of hands-on experience in the field and wish to gain industry knowledge working at a world class company.,"Mid to Principal level Management in Windows org is full of elitist snobs from ivy league schools who promote their ""own"" based upon school affiliation (rather than results!). Elitism in Windows org makes it a sinkhole for employees who are work-focused and do not have the ""right"" connections.  Age discrimination in Windows org is pervasive and makes it an impossible game to win for older employees.","The stack ranking process and management promotion process is broken and worse, is now materializing in terms of sluggish sales of Windows. Change is needed NOW!",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58321,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Stagnant, bureaucratic and bloated from the glory days","There is still a spirit of innovation and creativity to be found in pockets throughout the company, although it seems to dwindling year after year. More than most companies, Microsoft has both the breadth and depth to succeed in a great many technology spaces.","Senior management largely appears to have given up achieving a real turn around and are preoccupied with turf wars and infighting. The internal culture has been on a downward slide for several years now, with a review system that encourages managing up, excessive competition rather than collaboration, and ""seasonal bursts"" of good performance. Compared to the situation a decade ago, Microsoft is also no longer competitive with regard to compensation or benefits.","Some massive rethinking is needed throughout the (bloated) management layers if Microsoft is ever to become an innovator or thought leader again. Each reorg merely seems to shift the problems around for a little while before they resurface worse than before. Start by setting collaborative goals company-wide, and try to get a handle on the petty internal empire building that continues to plague the company. Also, despite the willingness over the past several years to change the middle layers (GMs, PUMs), there seems to be no end to the glut of VPs Microsoft continues to employ.",1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58322,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Many great teams,"- If you find a good team, you'll be able to work with very smart and result-driven people - Very flexible (working hours etc.)","- Unfortunately, there are some weaker teams as well, with some folks that should have never been hired to this company :) - Non-unified tools and infrastructure across divisions (but that's changing, fortunately!)","- Invest more in tooling, create separate teams working on infrastructure/tools for the whole company, not only for specific groups.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58323,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great company to work for if you can deal with the leadership politics and BS,"Great technologies. Always a follower on the consumer side but they get enterprise customers. work/life balance isn't bad, depends on the team though","Review system is the worst ever. Managers are trained to deliver bad reviews despite what they believe. Marketing teams are so internally focused. They simply don't care about the end-customer, their focus is on satisfying the leadership team. Too many females running the US marketing team, lots and lots of drama Still stuck in the 80s and the fact that MS once ruled the world Always a follower","Review system is the worst ever. Managers are trained to deliver bad reviews despite what they believe. Too many females running the US marketing team, lots and lots of drama",4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58324,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Exhausting,Great Benefits and many opportunities,Annual Review system is terrible.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work at microsoft,A wide range of opportunity,"too many internal fights, curve fitting is horrible",Too much politics,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58326,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,I'm thankful for the relationships I made and the smart people,I'm eternally grateful for some of the brilliant people I worked with there. I have built long-term solid relationships with people there that I respect.,"The company has become toxic as far as sales and services goes. When you hear managers saying that ""it's not just about the customer anymore"" you know you are in trouble. Too many middle managers that have no business managing people. As others have stated, they need more leaders. Unfortunately most of the real leaders there have left.","Clean house, but unfortunately there are way more bad managers left than good ones because the good ones have been run out of the company.",1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58327,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not anymore the old Microsoft,Great potential to impact people's life thru technology,"Lack of leadership, technology vision and unable to take risks. Everything is about performance review which is not related to your real job at all. Just politics. Politics exists in any corporation, but in the current MS, the only thing that helps you to get good reviews is just politics. This generated real good people leaves and B players population growing without limit.","Get a great leader, with vision, strong technical background. Get a new performance review system. Fire B players.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58328,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Manager,Can't get out of its own way,"The benefits are great, the company moves at a very fast pace, lots of smart people to work with","The demands are high and everyone is out to protect/secure their own turf, so you can't really trust anyone.","Make it more like a start-up, work more in teams with similar goals.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58329,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Oct 12, 2013",Former Employee - Tech Solution Professional,Unbelievable challenge and opportunity,Incredibly smart people doing amazing things,"Sales culture... sell the customer, even if they don't need the product. Unrealistic quota",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P877.htm
58330,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2013",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great career growth,Talented colleagues and opportunities for career growth and advancement. Interesting projects and stimulating environment.,Culture can be uber competitive and stressful time pressures are the norm on projects.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58331,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"Really smart, driven co workers Work time flexibility Established infrastructure Really good benefits","If you are planning to be an individual contributor (IC) and have no interest in going into management, at some point your career stalls. Very individualistic environment, so it's less about ""for the good of the product"", more ""whatever makes me look good"" The review system is on a curve, so you can be great, but if everyone on your team is excellent, then you will not be appropriately compensated as well as someone who is just OK but is shining among a team of average people.","Please do away with grading people on a curve, you are unnecessarily penalizing really good workers.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58332,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Highly competitive work place,"New and competitive opportunities, high industry impact, high customer impact, good cross team support, demanding work schedules, work life balance, work when you want but deliver on time system","Lot of politics, performance review is based on number of years at career level than contributions made, reaching saturation, no team morale Sometimes you not only have to deliver the project but have to evangelize it within the team to get recognition. You are your own company and you got to live it.","Bring in fresh ideas, learn to appreciate employee's contribution than pin pointing at a minor issue",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58333,microsoft,"Downers Grove, IL"," Oct 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best company to work for. Your success depend on having a good manager, which there are not many'","Best benefits package overall in the market. Smartest people you will ever work on. Access to technology and information like no other company. Challenging environment, big learning opportunities, growth, career.","Your success depends how good your manager is. There are not many good selection of managers at times, sometime politics and cultures get in the mix to select someone they should not to be a manager (diversity plays a big role on selection). Bad managers will see you as a number in their spreadsheet, not care on your career, growth or potential.","People that should not be, or not have the right skills to be managers, should not be allowed to get there just because HR pressure to keep a diverse environment is there. The success on an employee resides on the manager, and is very rare when an employee hired for this company is not successful caused by his mistakes or the lack of actions, is usually bad or complete lack of leadership by his/her manager.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58334,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 8, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great company, highly technical groups",Benefits Great working environment Highly technical groups,"Sometimes, it can be too slow to make changes",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58335,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2013",Former Employee - Senior PM,Great place to work,"Lots of resources, freedom to move around, wicked intelligent individuals",Your average big company red tape,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58336,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great but too many wannabe managers,Great technical challenges Good work life balance Great perks and amenities Good pay Love the offices instead of cubicles,Too many managers and people who want to be one One person does all the work and has probably 2to 3 people managing them If you are lucky you will have a good manager who protects you from PMs and others.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58337,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Hardware Engineer,Software and hardware developer job perspective...,"Free Coffee, Soft drinks, etc. Cheap software","Expected to work too many hours, and salaries are below industry standard for the region, and bonus incentive reviews are a farce.","Fix the review process, and stop getting rid of good people over the dweebs...",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58338,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good for senior engineers and growth,"Flexible, good pay, good work and life balance","Lots of processes, too much politics, senior people doesn't let you do what you want",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58339,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Very good company to work for if you can handle the Pacific Northwest weather,"- Very smart people - Good culture - Generally very good compensation, but not the best in the industry - Ability to change teams within Microsoft every 2 years (depending on good performance) - Lots of different teams all with different ways of operating, and work environment - feels like lots of little companies under a big umbrella (not sure if this is a pro or con)",- Smart people tend to be not too social - Can get comfortable - Lots of long-timers make the company feels like the government - Top-down direction (depending on your team),Replace the review system with something that the employees will approve of.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P878.htm
58340,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Very good company to work for if you can handle the Pacific Northwest weather,"- Very smart people - Good culture - Generally very good compensation, but not the best in the industry - Ability to change teams within Microsoft every 2 years (depending on good performance) - Lots of different teams all with different ways of operating, and work environment - feels like lots of little companies under a big umbrella (not sure if this is a pro or con)",- Smart people tend to be not too social - Can get comfortable - Lots of long-timers make the company feels like the government - Top-down direction (depending on your team),Replace the review system with something that the employees will approve of.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58341,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,If you like software this is the company for you...,Software development Cloud development Working with amazing talents,It seems the company is losing its consumer market share to its rivals.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58342,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Super smart people always help challenge you,"Constantly working with smart people, real drive to learn and push yourself, get to be on a team that is really making an impact","Work life balance is horrible, you have to take a very hard stance and while it shouldn't inhibit your job trajectory (and they say it won't) it does due to our calibration process.  Very difficult to change job functions. If you start in marketing very few people move out of marketing, etc.","Calibration system needs to be changed, you are pitting your teammates against each other by forcing a curve.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58343,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to learn,"Really smart people, really good benefits, really cool technology.","Pretty competitive environment, sometimes too competitive.",Stop the stack rank. I like my peers and want to help them succeed. I don't want to fight them for the finite pool of money.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58344,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Feels like they're circling the drain...,"Good benefits and pay although medical coverage took a hit this year.  Work with some very talented and intelligent people, international name recognition, and flexible hours.  Many opportunities to move around the company and work on something completely different.  The early days when I worked there were filled with lots of hard work but also hard play--morale events, trips to Vegas, and a great sense of camaraderie.","Flexible hours also means work/life balance is a joke--you have the flexibility to decide which 80 hours you want to work each week.  Stack-ranking system is a teamwork and morale killer. This is the most pathetic and antagonistic policy I've seen implemented over the years.  Lack of flexibility and drive at the upper management levels. We had smartphones, touch screens, tablets, and such well before Apple--nobody took them and kept improving on them to deliver something that would wow the world! They just shelved it or kept insisting that it would have to run Windows.",Please fire yourselves and replace with some new blood and new thinking!,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58345,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good and bad,1) Salary 2) Career advancement opportunities for generalists,1) Inept management 2) Teams are able to hide behind process and not do work 3) Have to kowtow to corporate HQ in Redmond if you work elsewhere,Get a brain,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58346,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources Director,"Toxic, competitive, unaware, conceited culture.","Benefits are great overall. Engineers get paid insane amounts. HR is seen an useless, and is paid similar in salary, but bonuses are barely negligible, especially stock.","The performance review model, toxic, competitive culture. HR is the worst I have experienced in 25 years of my career. HR is insecure, not talented nor strategic. They only know how to do HR transactional work. Engineers do not respect HR, rightfully so. They only believe in the recruiting function, in ""buying"" talent, not building talent. Its very difficult to get hired so employees could be strong but the ""lifers"" stay forever because there are pet favorites and are not encouraged to bring newcomers along because the performance review model encourages individualism, not team.","Move along - there are better companies to learn how to be a real leader, don't stay in your safety net at MSFT. You need more experience, and you'd better figure out strategy quickly before the competition eats us alive!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58347,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Best company I've worked at so far,"Great compensation compared to other places I have worked. Good support from management chain on work life balance for employees.  Each person's experience at Microsoft depends greatly on their group and two immediate manager levels. Picking a good team and lead on your interview phase is key to your success here. I was proactive in learning about and choosing the team I joined, and have had my best work years here.","Large company, everyone's experience differs. Some groups are toxic, and detrimental to employee motivation and health. Turnover seems to be high in groups with highly skilled engineers who leave for more interesting/profitable opportunities (good engineers are always head hunted). If you can't handle change well, you'll be perpetually stressed out losing people you built work relationships with.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58348,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Oct 5, 2013",Former Employee - Tech Sales,It's not the Microsoft of yesteryear,"Great challenges, great people to work with. Pay can be very good depending on your skillset.","Managers mange thru fear of the review system. Competition is sometimes good to improve professionally, Unfortunately MS takes it to extremes and pits worker versus worker and in doing so can really harm team dynamics. Hard to work when you looking over your shoulder for the guy about to stab you. Work life balance in sales is all hot air.",Get rid of the review system and allow lower end managers to actually do something useful. Trust your people.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58349,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,GOOD one,Lots of product teams can choose.,Management cost is relatively high in term of engineering process.,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P879.htm
58350,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with spotty management,"Good salary, flexible work arrangements",Forced attrition based on stack ranking,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58351,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company to work for ...,"You can find the right opportunity that suits your skills. Strong benefits, good attitude towards employees with families Sustainable work life balance. Still a place where you can make an impact on people around the world.","Upward career mobility is limited - if you want to become a manager since there are many senior people ( though compensation advancement is not limited as individual contributors)  Review system sucks - play the politics wrong and you could get screwed.  Can be a bubble - there are still people in positions of influence that are disconnected from real users and lack empathy for how users use software today.  Too many parallel efforts - teams working on the same thing, instead of working together.","Do the right thing for the company as a whole, not your business or division.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58352,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,Big ship making a big sweeping turn.,"Teams are great, strong personalities, and great to work with. Working across groups is difficult as commitments do not align and everyone is focused on their own delivery.","Bureaucracy and calcified culture. Hot teams are HOT, not teams are not. Rock stars get the spotlight, but the person that delivers every day, the person that executes without self-promotion is no valued.","What does Microsoft aspire to be? Are you hiring, nurturing and retaining talent to get you to that goal? Or, are you filling your team with like-minded resources creating an echo chamber of self-approval?",4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58353,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"13 years of mental torture, extremely bad culture, managers can manipulate but not manage","Flexible working hours, good benefits, kind of ok pay rate.","Extremely bad culture, many leads think more about promotions and career rather than project itself, many of test lead don't have technical expertize to understand the technology, write annual reviews based on impression instead of technical expertise, some level of dominant immigrant mentally too. vague commitments, vague performance evaluation, bad work life balance, had seen working e-mails from one of my leads at midnight and at 6:30 am, dev leads tend to influence test leads, some leads don't care if employee has relevant technical expertise for the project or not, they just assign it expecting the employee to learn by himself, if he fails it is reflected in the review, and so on ...",make sure when open project that you have the engineers with relevant technical expertise ... investigate politics between employees which affects the quality of the work ...,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58354,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work for,"Awesome company to work for, good work life balance",Need more innovation culture inside the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58355,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big potential,1. Good innovative teams 2. Great people 3. Great benfits,1. Review system may deal you a bad card,1. Keep innovating. keep the ground up culture,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58356,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Oct 3, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,An,Great benefits and an opportunity to make a difference. Working with fortune 500 Companies. Successful in the business space.,"Performance evaluation (stack ranking) encourages internal competition. It demoralizes employees, discourages helping each other and is sinking the Company. Company is too slow to move in technologies, such as phone and devices, for example.","Dump the stack ranking as soon as you can.Since Steve Balmer is leaving, find external talent to replace him, Lisa and Kevin at a minimum.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58357,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to learn from many different experiences then move on.,"I had an amazing run at Microsoft and managed to stay over 8 years. During that time, I had some wildly fantastic roles that were personally gratifying and taught me more than I believe I ever would have learned in an academic setting or a different corporate setting.","The culture is bizarre. That is the best way for me to describe it. It is a super passive-agressive environment where most are set on checking boxes within their own individual commitments that generally don't accrue to broader business agendas. The recent reorg should theoretically help with some of that especially if there is an overhaul in the performance management process as well as an overhaul on where the company should focus (good luck, new CEO).","Get the troops aligned towards a focused, meaningful vision that is more than just lip service.",3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58358,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,Comfortable job,good pay good benefits with better top management the company could do so much better - it has lots of assets to leverage. Lots of potential.,"limited lateral or upward opportunities in CA, much better if u work in Redmond in a deep deep hole in key areas like mobile fish tank mentality in Redmond - the culture is very insular",get the right guy / gal for the next CEO :-),3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58359,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to learn technology and grow professionally,"Salary, benefits, opportunities for career growth. Numerous businesses means great opportunities to explore different technical challenges.","Office politics, stack ranking review system, you're a tiny piece in a massive machine, seems to always be playing catch-up w/ the technology innovators",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P880.htm
58360,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work/life balance - 15+ year employee,"Decent salary, health insurance average with the industry","work/life balance is horrible! It's pretty much a sweat shop. I had 3 deaths in my family and my manager showed absolutely no compassion. While on bereavement leave, my manager pinged me multiple times about training that needed to be completed.  Too keyed into metrics with no look at the individual. Encourages competition between peers which does not lead to cooperation and assistance within a team or between teams.  Very high pressure to sell, regardless of your position in the company.  Health insurance used to be the best the industry. No longer, Microsoft is pretty much like any other company.  If you work in the field, very few opportunities for career growth unless you are willing to move.","Show more compassion to employees that are struggling with family issues. Look at the individual rather than ""stack ranking"" them against peers. Look at how the individual has improved",2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58361,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Good company to work for,visibility can be challenging sometimes,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58362,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,solid lifetime career,"Started at the company at mid-point in my career and continued to work as an FTE, CSG and vendor for over 20 years. Now that I'm taking roles at other small companies I can see how lucky I was during my time at Msft. The interviewing process results in the hiring of some of the smartest people in this field. The education level, drive to succeed and mutual respect between colleagues is not standard practice at smaller companies in the U.S. If you're a current employee, value what you have and realize it's not like that everywhere in the business world.","It's become a big corporation that can no longer turn on a dime. Performance reviews are top of mind for too many, rather than building and shipping fantastic products.","Split the company. Get more visionaries at the top, rather than corporate moguls.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58363,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A good place to work,A lot of opportunities. Microsoft has many projects going on so you get a chance to work on something interesting to you.,Politics is getting in the way sometimes.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58364,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Microsoft -Account Manager,"good salary, ok benefits until the recent changes to healthcare, strong portfolio of products, name recognition","the stack ranking review process is all about politics, commission is not competitive in the market, quotas are ridiculously high","get rid of the current stack ranking review process, assign quota fairly",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58365,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for. They take good care of their employees.,"benefits, flexible hours, work/life balance.","same with any other companies of this size, it's hard to get your voice heard",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58366,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Engineer Service Engineer,Toxic employee performance system,"Great benefits and wide range of work, large campus setting","Beware of the incredibly toxic employee performance system. Work Life balance is seriously out of whack, with many after hour and weekend work required to tread water. Slowly moving away from individual offices to more open concept.",The new CEO should come from the outside and focus on improving the employee performance review and getting rid of Lisa Brummel.,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58367,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 4, 2013",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,inward directed,"You get to work with smart people on interesting problems, it is hard to get hired, and if you make it through the review process that gives you a feeling of satisfaction","stack rank means a you are in a continuous cage match with your colleagues, it is a zero sum game. Product decisions (or non-decisions) are based more on intramural politics than external market opportunities. Tendency towards analysis paralysis as well.","the world has changed, adapt or join the fossils",2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58368,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 4, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,No team work,"Good salary, good benefits. Private office for each person.","Depends on the team you land in, you may have difference experiences, but based on the review system, people negatively compete and it may get political and instead of trying to change the world, you end up being a politician, and forget the teamwork. They are many failure teams but because of other good teams, company still stands. So it is very crucial to know the team your joining before you accept the offer. And also make sure you ask for the review system because it will surprises you if you are a team player kind of person who sacrifices whereas the review system which is based on your individual shining and visibility. If you get to one of those teams, you end up more that 50% of your time on review system which takes your productivity and meaning the entire team down because it is the same story for all. There is a rumor they will change this broken review system in the following years, but no proof of that yet.",A good manager should take of all these instead of putting it to everybody's shoulder. Anything that brings moral and productivity down and kills motivation and innovation should be avoided. This review system is against all the goodies of team work and a good manager should filter the team not infected with this.,2.0,2.0,1.0,none,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58369,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Oct 3, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS LATAM,This applies to the LATAM office only (Fort Lauderdale): flexible working schedule and location. Great opportunity to learn new technologies and meet lots of professionals in different areas.,This applies to the LATAM office only (Fort Lauderdale). Very poor on-boarding process that makes employees feel unwelcomed or undervalued.,"Keep an eye on groups that change or replace contract employees (v-dash) too often. There are low-level managers with a very, very poor attitude towards team members.",3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P881.htm
58370,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Better than some, worse than others","Great pay, great benefits. But depending on which group and role you are in, you may earn every bit of it.","Unequal workloads, for some - terrible work life balance. The company infrastructure is still very difficult to make substantial change in.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58371,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great on boarding and good customer facing opportunity, lacked career growth and management support","decent compensation, great work/life balance/ unparalleled job security","slow career growth and difficult to switch to new position, even orizontally",too profit oriented,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58372,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great pay/benefits & opportunities... but you'll work hard for it, and culture can be brutal.","Good pay & benefits. Good career opportunities and training programs, particularly for straight-out-of-college - career development is well-structured and easy to understand, and plenty of access to mentors. Overall, an excellent place for the early phase of your career (build savings early, and grow quickly as a professional).","You'll work hard for that good pay (and with the modern services direction, you'll be expected to commit availability beyond 8 hours a day - product engineer on-call duty, weekend deployment, etc.). Also, the company's very cultural DNA (from foundation) is hyper-competitive and focused on survival-of-the-fittest no matter the cost - be prepared to make peace with the fact that your peers are not 'workmates' but rather 'competitors' and 'threats' - there's a reason MS is renowned for breeding and/or attracting brutally-competitive personalities who fight civil wars while the empire crumbles.","You must get rid of the forced curve performance system. MS will never become ""One Microsoft"" when it manages people using a system that rewards individual heroics rather than communal success and actively punishes collaboration & help within title bands. Why should someone help their peers succeed when doing so only hurts their own rank position? How can the company ever hope to succeed in a v1 space when no high-performer would ever in their right mind join a team of all-stars (because they'd be killed in the curve)?",3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58373,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,There is life beyond politics,"There are lots of opportunities to explore within the same company, each group works like a separate company, which is good if you want to experiment with different technologies.","There are lots of politics. You will need to learn to navigate through it, or to find a way to avoid it altogether. People that get review are not only the brightest, but also the ones that can best communicate their talent/success.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58374,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, messed up processes.",Great people Good work Some cool products Impact to billions,Performance Review model - BAD BAD BAD.,"Stop forcing a curve down the hardworking employees' throat. In Principal band especially, after all the group managers take top spots, hard working ICs and leads get just breadcrumbs. Everyone knows who works their butt off to deliver products, but rewards go to group managers. Also, stop comparing group managers against ICs in the same bucket- they do completely different job!!",4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58375,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's not the same company it used to be.,"Great people and the technology is shifting to the cloud, where all business are going in today's market.",Very political. The culture doesn't allow for someone to get into a job they enjoy for too long before pushing them out.,Listen to your people about how the culture is changing for the worse.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58376,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Can be a great place to work depending on your team,"Smart people, unmatched product depth, resources","Politics, infighting. Too many special interests.",Hopefully the latest reorg will encourage business divisions to work together rather than fight for their own agendas. That would solve 50% of the problems.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58377,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer Lead,Microsoft would be awesome if it wasn't for inept middle management,"technology company, performance, large scale","too many cooks, not enough managerial talent",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58378,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Good pay, benifits. Smart people",Lack of passion. Culture of complacency,"Find new incentives for your employees to feel like their contribution has a direct impact on their pay. MS stock isnt cutting it, and the bonus part isn't big enough for your employees to have startup-like passion.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58379,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Amazing place. Take great care of their employees! Outstanding benefits and good salary structure. You are surrounded by super smart people and the work is challenging!,Slow to take on new technology.,Annual performance review (stack ranking) needs to be gotten rid of,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P882.htm
58380,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,"Perhaps a good place for commercial are, but not a consumer company, even in the 'consumer' groups.",Financial resources are solid - money isn't really an object when it comes to project and partner spend.  Lots of different positions to explore if you spend majority of time networking and do not let HR or your manager know you want to move.  Company has lots of upside opportunity.,"Look out for 'bait and switch' on job titles, promotion opportunities, etc. Not good keeping agreements, even if in writing.  Leadership looks out for themselves - direct reports are for generating ideas for leaders to take credit (not as a team). Managers block promotions and internal moves for employees they need to do their work and get themselves rewarded.  Individuals working in consumer groups have little to no consumer experience and rely heavily on the very few people with the experience. If you have solid experience and get work done, you will be relied upon others will be expected to do little or no work.  Significant amount of unprofessional behavior, especially by long-term employees is acceptable and often encouraged by management and overlooked by human resources.","Start making true strategic decisions - set a solid consumer focused vision, road map and migration plan to achieve goals. Short term tactical moves are detrimental to the business.  Take the time to retain '1' employees, especially in the consumer groups - stop the 'lifers' from running them out due to their own lack of knowledge and abilities. There is a reason your consumer marketers all leave in less than 3 years. It's not because they can't 'handle it' -- it's because they know there are places to work that will pay better, have work-life balance and colleagues will work as a true team to deliver solid business results in a professional manner.  Inspire consumers to be a part of the brand - create an emotional connection that integrates technology products their lifestyle.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58381,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Working as Program Manager in Microsoft,Working on great innovations and great technology,No cons at this tme,Continue to change the company strategy,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58382,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work and grow,- Much better stock options and grants than other high tech companies - Very good benefits although no more fully-paid health plan - Forefront and challenging work - You get to see and use some new products sooner than most other people - Many smart people coming from all over the world that you can work with and learn from,- Toxic performance evaluation system that gives management incentives to not rate according to performance and merit because there can be only a limited number of 1's and 2's (top performers). The same system also stifles innovation because anything good from another person or group makes you less of a chance to be in the 1's or 2's.,You must get rid of the performance evaluation if you truly want to be a world class company that builds breakthrough products.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58383,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Growing too big and bureaucracy,"Benefit is good, people are smart, lots of good project and feature going on","too big, rating system is too much based on getting along with managers and others junior people doesn't get enough credit on what they think.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58384,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern experience at Microsoft,Nice working environment Helpful teammates Good benefits/salary,Weather is sometimes bad (rains/cold)...,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58385,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unlimited opportunity,"Based on my experience, this company provides the opportunity for growth to the right candidates.","As with large corporations, you will have to learn to get past bureaucratics to grow. that helps you learn and grow",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58386,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Good for the first 4-5 years, afterwords look elsewhere",* The people you work with are typically A game people who know their stuff * Decent benefits * Beverage service has a lot of variety * Morale events are usually pretty decent * No cubicle farms--you have your own office * VPN access means it's possible to work remotely,"* Review process canibalizes way too much, is pretty pointless (rankings are established long before the ""formal review"") and is destructive to the product groups * Other engineers are not afraid to throw you under the bus to get ahead--things can get very cut throat * A LOT of reinventing the wheel goes on, and teams are too afraid to look to external companies for solutions/tools * Health insurance is no longer the best in the world",* You need to scrap the current review process--stack ranking also causes you to lose too many good engineers * Don't be myopic when it comes to finding technologies to solve problems,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58387,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Incredibly intense, definitely worth it","Brilliant geeks who are fun to be around. The culture is quite laid back and one of the least ""ole boys club"" environments I have worked in.",The stack ranking system sucks. It incentivizes you to work under managers who manage bad employees so that you look good.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58388,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good Place to start your career,- You have great coworkers to learn from - Good 401K and health benefits,"- Company is cooling down technologically - Company is loosing significant amount of talent in mid level and senior bands, while is attracting mostly junior people - Being a very mature company, promotions are seldom - Work-life balance has vanished as the company is focused on Services - Salaries are not adequately indexed with inflation : after 6 years with Microsoft and 3 level up I received a less valuable compensation than a fresh employee out of school with less responsibilities and experience","- Build an internal culture, the 6 Microsoft core values are all, but forgot - Improve leadership in the company, having a direct solid communication with the regular employ, thus inspire employees - Do step-up compensation to be competitive with Amazon, Facebook, Google, and go beyond, thus compensating for decelating overall company speed and grouth - Do not treat longer time employee as a given - Attract & retain talent",3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58389,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources Program Manager,Smart & talented people making a difference,Microsoft is one of the few corporations where contributing to the world it exists in through community outreach and volunteerism is a way of life. The people at this company care for more than just their paychecks. It's a company of generous people who care about making a difference.,"One of the worst review systems ever implemented at Microsoft is responsible for the wide spread lack of creativity, innovation, courage & conviction which has overtaken the company I the past 3 years.",Make sure you find a CEO who has courage & conviction and who realizes that the greatest asset this company has is found in its people. Steve Ballmer's resignation is good for the company.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P883.htm
58390,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can be a great place to work...if you can live with a few warts,"great opportunities for everyone if you seek them out. Work is always interesting if you really apply yourself and see beyond the mundane. Intellectual horsepower surrounds you daily, can be very motivating to work with so many brilliant individuals.","Review model is horrific, political environment is ridiculous as many managers still like to create the own little ""fiefdoms"". Many managers do not have management skills and are poor people managers.",improve compensation package with increased salaries...CHANGE the review model as quickly as possible before you loose more quality FTE's.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58391,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Over all Microsoft is good to work for,Benefits are OK Discount in purchase of software,The review process Need to train their managers better,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58392,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2013",Current Employee - Development Lead,"Great potential to improve, greater likelihood to implode","Stable company, lots of smart people, decent rewards. I've had the opportunity to learn a lot here.","People are pitted against one another, the culture is toxic, some people are rewarded waaaaaay too much for being nothing more than political douchebags. Saying we should ""work together"" is really just lip service. No one takes responsibility and holds themselves accountable, from the top down.",None. They don't want advice.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58393,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Awesome job with awesome people,None that I can think of,Keep being awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58394,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test,Microsoft Engineering,"Work Life Balance is very good. If you want to coast, its relatively easy.","Too much politics, moronic Test Leads and Managers, too much process, good people are leaving, low hiring standards","Encourage innovation, even if its in Testing. Promote passionate and better engineers, not just people who are easy to talk with",4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58395,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good government job,"- Good salary and benefits. - Good opportunity to learn about how large-scale software is built. - Puget Sound is a great place to live, very green, beautiful lakes around. - Good opportunity to learn about code written during the ""glory days"" that shaped today's history of computing.","- Very political. - Unskilled people all over the place, can be frustrating at times. - Overall people have low morale.",Not much.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58396,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2013",Current Employee - Partner Manager,Product Mgr,Good working experience Great resume builder,Overly political Marketing group is currently a mess,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58397,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Big company = great opportunity to waste great possibilities,Lots of smart and nice people. Lots of new stuff to learn. Opportunity to have a big impact. Good salaries.,"Fish starts to rot from its head. There are good teams - but most are in a dismal state, due to management (3 levels of hierarchy away from you) not having a clue about what's going on - or not even caring about it due to some twisted short-sighted incentive they have.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58398,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft pays well to overcome its toxic culture and work environment,"Great work-life balance (nearly everyone is out of the office by 5), Microsoft pays its workers extremely well to make up for its work environment, easy work, lots of benefits, free soft drinks, family friendly tech company","Very hard to change teams, excessive internal politics, managers intentionally assign you less challenging work to allow their favorites excel at your expense, anti-intellectual ""brogramming"" culture, extreme hostility to open source, weird looks for not owning a Windows phone, culture of groupthink where you can't challenge decisions made in meetings, sink-or-swim review system pits you against your immediate coworkers and encourages cut-throat competitive behavior, senior developers use code reviews to gang up on and haze newbies with ""moving target"" coding style comments, dying company that serially releases market failures, PPO healthcare was cut by Ballmer/Brummel, food is not free and cafeterias do not accept credit cards, coworkers are incompetent developers with big mouths who are good at playing politics","Carry out a much-needed cultural cleansing by eliminating all of the dead weight in the company, avoid blaming and firing the wrong execs, followed by promoting the people that should have gotten fired instead to the executive level, extend the reach of the review system such that employees are ranked company-wide rather than only against their immediate ""team""-mates",3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58399,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Account Manager,Experience depends on your group/division,Pretty good pay and good benefits. Stability of working for one of world's largest companies. Work with a lot of smart people.,Lots of meetings and lots of talking about things without always a lot of actually doing anything. Job satisfaction varies greatly from group to group.,Focus on doing your core goals and business rather than being mediocre at everything. There's tons of room to eliminate unnecessary processes and layers of management that make doing one's job much harder and more time consuming.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P884.htm
58400,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,It's a good place to start,"You work with incredible people most of who have tons of integrity Challenging work Still changing the world Constantly get to work with interesting, innovative, exciting technology","Petty politics The yank and rank (stack rank, bell curve) review model Incompetent and malicious managers Most of the good people have left or are leaving","If people really are your greatest resource, you really should treat them better and not make them constantly feel like an unnecessary cost to be managed out.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58401,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 9, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Writer,"Great place to work, but don't let yourself get sucked in.","Great people, great benefits, lots of room and encouragement to find a job that meets your passion.","Its a bit of a bubble, to say the lease.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58402,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great community of brilliant people,People are reliable with strong work ethic and focus on results,culture does not organically build or communicate long term vision,cultivate a customer focus at all levels,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58403,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Sep 23, 2013",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Finance Manager,"Good pay, excellent benefits, work from home flexibility, supports education advancement, and provides real opportunities for interns.","A evaluation system that used the bell curve, that worked against collaboration and destroyed good solid teams, especially smaller teams that were solid but the mandatory ""bottom"" level of the curve made a excellent employee look bad, whose only crime was being in a smaller group.","Get rid of your bell curve rating with the ""chop them off"" approach. I was not a victim of this, I quit the company. However, I watched what it did psychologically to others on the team. It destroyed any creativeness, and forced managers to play a numbers game instead of develop people.",4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58404,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Very smart people, but too much internal friction means wasted potential","Work with the best and brightest Excellent benefits, pretty good pay Work-life balance is generally good Redmond/Bellevue is a great place to live for families Potential to impact a lot of people with your work","Huge amount of internal friction at all levels - people working at cross-purposes Review system can put even solid employees in bad spots and contributes to the above Pay is very good, but no longer the best in the industry The best employees are slowly leaving the company","Learn to work together (at all levels) - encourage collaboration Focus on a few big bets, not on boiling the sea Fix the review system so that it doesn't provide perverse incentives Stop the too-frequent restructuring and re-organizing efforts - they are too disruptive",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58405,microsoft,"Edina, MN"," Sep 23, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager at Microsoft,"Good product, solid marketing-good co-workers",A lot of rigidity in thought and process,Listen to the folks that interface with customers,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58406,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2013",Current Employee - Managing Director,When I joined MSFT I received this advice: Here is a rope. You can either run with it or hang yourself.,When in sales or business development it is great to work for a recognized brand. I have never had problems getting meetings with potential customers and partners. Stability. Reasonable pay. Good stock award plan. Good benefits. Lots of career potential.,"Highly political and lots of people spending most of their time looking good instead of actually getting work done. The infamous rating system really drives the wrong behaviour. Innovation is very slow, which too often puts us on the back foot when trying to compete. Realistic, pragmatic and constructive criticism of our company is not appreciated. We are all just supposed to be positive about everything all the time and not raise any suggestions for improvement. Hard to change processes even if it makes infinite sense.","1) Simplify the rating system to three ratings. We all know who the 1s are and we typically also know who the 5s are. Consolidate the 2, 3 and 4 ratings. The actual performance difference between a 2 and a 4 is tiny, but the impact from a compensation and future job potential perspective is huge. The rating system should also take ""team work"" into account. 2) Institute a culture where ""constructive challengers"" are rewarded. Today it is much easier to advance by being a ""yes-man"" than to constructively challenge the status quo. 3) Be more customer/partner centric... that is an obvious one. 4) Stop believing our own BS. A good example is Surface. Nice product, not great product. We price it similarly to iPad and only make it available in our own stores. 8 months later we take a $900M charge. Imagine if the Windows BG had listened to some of the field feedback and priced the Surface aggressively (lets say a $900M investment) and made it broadly available. We would have been in a much stronger market position today, but our LT decided to protect our old cash-cow (Windows) instead of going for market share (future).",4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58407,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Good pay, but you earn it","You work with super smart people on products that can really change people's lives. Microsoft also highly encourages volunteering outside of work and will not only match your contribution dollar for dollar, but will also donate $$ to the charities you work with for every hour you work there.","The review system encourages dog-eat-dog competition, even though the stated culture is teamwork and respect. Your boss and coworkers will throw you under a bus at the first opportunity if they think they can gain the upper hand when it comes to review time.",Abandon the current stack rank review model if you really are serious about valuing teamwork over hero-like behavior.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58408,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place and great people,Lot of opportunities in different divisions,Review system sucks the life out of employees who might have a bad year.,Change the review system,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58409,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Still one of the most exciting companies to work for in the high-tech space,"breadth of technologies and markets one can work in, benefits, career potential, overall level/IQ of people working there, etc..","the curve/stack ranking induce some poor behaviors (some times, not often) people more focus on saying the right thing that doing the right thing as early as when you get to level 64 or above.",stop bringing decisions to the top. create separate smaller business units and align compensation on these units' results. not MSFT all-up only.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P885.htm
58410,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,"Lots of smart people, constant change and navigating politics",You will get a chance to work with lots of smart people and there are lots of opportunities to work with people in different aspects of the business that you normally would not be exposed to. This also gives you a chance to explore career changes in different disciplines. Good benefits in general.,"Review model is toxic at this company. The stack rank is truly a 'zero sum gain' type of model. (Someone who gains means someone will lose) So there is little incentive, from a review model perspective, to make your fellow peer look good. If they are your peer, they are competing for the exact same scores, salary, bonus, stock as you are. They encourage collaboration, but really it is collaboration with conditions (i.e, I will help you as long as I have more & look better than you do).  Also it encourages you to NOT take on risks for the year, so you are better to play it safe. So what you get left with is a group of very smart people, who are hesitant to take on too much risks, reluctant to make others look good and makes you think through how you are playing your politics.","Get rid of the stack rank. Hire smart people and acknowledge their worth, encourage innovation, true collaboration and risk taking. Do not mandate a certain % be labeled inadequate to make your math work out.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58411,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Too big to survive,1. There are some very smart people you want to be around. 2. Sometimes you get to work on interesting things,"1. Stack-ranking is a disaster: a pseudo-science at work affecting many 2. Lot of people approach their job similarly to politicians with one goal in mind--higher position, more money, more visibility. It is more important for others to be know who you are, as opposed to, whether you actually accomplished something. 3. Wisdom flows down from above, for example, bet the company on cloud",Abandon stack-ranking. This is the single-biggest threat to the company. Focus on building teams that are happy to work together and show results to actual customers,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58412,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2013",Former Employee - Doctoral Intern,"Fantastic research-driven workplace where you will be surrounded by smart, friendly coworkers","Researchers here work much like they would in academia on self-directed projects. Colleagues are smart and able to offer insightful feedback. The facilities are lovely and well-appointed. Pay is generous, vacation time and benefits are more than adequate.",There are very few cons to working at MSR. I worked as a doctoral intern and I was disappointed that there were not more opportunities to be hired full-time upon finishing my degree.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58413,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - Director,"Great learning experience at the lower levels, frustratingly demeaning as you move up.","Wide variety of career options, self-driven, intelligent people. Global, diverse company - can learn about emerging markets, mature markets, B2B, B2C, developing a new strategy, etc.","Top-down management style has led to fear of speaking out, paralyzing the company. Too many people act in the best interest of maintaining their job, when the company needs to go through drastic change to adapt to the changing market.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58414,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great!,"You have your own office to work (although Microsoft is move to more open space type of enviroment). People are generally nice, Plenty of opportunities to grow and learn. The benefits are awesome. Overall a great company to work for.","Can get Political at a senior level. At times, i get's lost in complexity tring to achive too much.","Improve Product Management. Having too many scenario's in a product will development hard, while adding very little value.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58415,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place and great people,Lot of opportunities in different divisions,Review system sucks the life out of employees who might have a bad year.,Change the review system,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58416,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good Company but not for everyone,Good compensation and even better health benefits There are a lot of opportunities if you want to change jobs,"Poor work life balance - to have the best success you have to be willing to put in more than 60 hours a week. Can be very bureaucratic, does not do cross-group collaboration well. Very Siloed. The performance review process encourages showboating and competition rather than team work. There is a culture that focuses on innovation and moving quickly that often leads to an oversight of the details (which leads to a lack of proper documentation, poor processes, and surprisingly poor internal systems).",none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58417,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Lower Your Expectations,Pay and benefits are fairly good. Fun to play with the technology (dog food).,"Most of executive finance management is mediocre at best, very self-protective. Can't tell upper management the truth. Way too much dilution from inexperienced hires in management ranks. There is not a real performance management system. Not a lot of capability. Too many experienced people leave or are pushed out. Published values are not reality on the inside.",Get rid of most management from director on up. Start with a clean slate and build real capability. Learn to do things right and eliminate the culture of mediocrity where everyone wins a trophy.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58418,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2013",Current Employee - General Manager,"The company has a lot of assets to leverage, but so far behind in mobile that it is hard to see how they catch up.",Very smart people Breadth of activities - involved in all key areas of enterprise and consumer technology,"The internal culture is corrosive. This may change with a new leader, but there is a long history on business divisions working as islands and not collaborating well.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58419,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,balance in many ways,Good pay Good benefits Work Life Balance,Bureaucracy Slow to innovate Performance model creates barriers,Get back to basics and scrap the performance model,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P886.htm
58420,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Best company to work for,"Open environment, flexi hours, treats employees with respect",Review system based on a curve,Every person in the stack rank should be rewarded differently,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58421,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,company has a good atmosphere of technically sound people,a few unnecessary repeated functionality inhouse tools used,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58422,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"Good compensation package, work-life balance","lack of direction, too many layers",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58423,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun and challenging place to work for,Have good work life balance,You have to work with people,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58424,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"great benefits and perks, interesting projects","Great benefits, bar none, smart and engaging people, fast paced","Some managers should not be people managers, performance rating system could be challenging if you get one of these managers, difficult to move around",Really focus on the people and don't rely on one persons assessment of a team. People who accomplish the day-to-day should know they are valued.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58425,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,OK place to work at,Good range of products and projects,Review system doesn't incent desired behaviors,"Fix the review system, foster more innovation",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58426,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Business driven,"big company, many products, many techs.",business driven than technical driven,change the review system,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58427,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great work environment with tons of opportunities to advance your career,Myriads of products/services to work on Brilliant people all around you Challenging engineering problems Your work affects hundreds of millions of customers,Sometimes hard to achieve work-life balance Review system is not ideal,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58428,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,"Outstand career based company - drive your own career forward, not by projects you are on",Outstanding IT backgrounds in all areas Great People,"Overwork in areas not scoped out or not well defined - or start up areas Hard to move up in some teams due to stack ranking by top down ( and if run out of promo or money, you don't get much if anything)",Work on giving what the customer wants as well internal work on less super star building and team building,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58429,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Surrounded by talented, creative, driven people","The division I work in is full of highly talented, smart, creative and driven people. The support and teamwork is the best I've experienced.",Time to market and innovation.,New CEO will make or break our future,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P887.htm
58430,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Smart people doing good work in a technology company that leads the industry,"Mission, people, pay, and the opportunity to work on products that change the world.",At times the company gets internally focused versus having an orientation to the market and the customers.,Good luck to the new CEO,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58431,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2013",Current Employee - International Project Engineering,The big engine that still can,"Working on Microsoft products (still) means having an impact on many people world-wide. People are using Windows, Office, the Xbox, Skype, etc.",Increasingly bureaucratic and also because of the review system (but also because of sheer size) quite political. Because of politics too many turf wars and restructurings.,1. Get rid of the review system 2. Stop reorging all the time,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58432,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2013",Current Employee - Attorney,Attorney at Microsoft,"Great place to work, intellectual challenging",Rating system needs to be overhauled,Change the review system,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58433,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Ok company,Works on wide variety of products. Has a lot of data driven development happening.,Sometimes the message about products and direction not clear,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58434,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great people and company Poor Management decisions,"When you have a good team and a great manager, one of the best places to work in the world. Amazing benefits and job security. There are many challenging products, and with the right teams, great recognition.","If you have a poor team, or a poor manager, things can be rough. Slow promotions, mediocre reviews, favoritism, the grind. all of the worst things of software development.","Find people who are dedicated to understanding who their employees are what drives them, and cultivating them. Do not force someone into a position due to business needs. More good people have left MSFT due to management than due to better oppertunities",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58435,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Plenty of teams so you'll always find one interesting enough to work for. Good work life balance.,Too much politics to deal with.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58436,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Bogged down with politics from the unnecessarily deep org structure, inflating due to the broken career growth path",-Good health care (however it's not as good as it was a few years ago) -Lots of opportunity to try something new without leaving the company,"-Too much political crap -The company has been failing for the last few years due to poor decisions, execution, and agility","If you want to know what's wrong, look in the mirror. Do something drastic and do it now.",1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58437,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,This is a great company but has shaky leadership,You will have opportunities to work on a lot of great technologies and products that are in Microsoft's portfolio.,Microsoft is constantly putting its employees through re-orgs. This causes a lot of unnecessary turmoil and churn. There is an overall lack of vision by Microsoft's leadership and consequently they are trying to get into every technology area. This has caused Microsoft to be less successful than other companies.,We need a visionary leader.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58438,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Working with brilliant minds in the industry,Lot of opportunities to learn and grow,Work life balance goes for a ride during release time,More transparent,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58439,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,Great company to work for but there is a lot of politics,"Benefits, good work life balance, good salary.",Performance feedback system is not fair. Lot of avg performers get promoted based on their affiliation with senior mgmt. It can take long time to realize a change in industry trends and shift gears in that direction.,Change the performance review system. Use the huge cash pile to take risks into new markets. Fire execs who don't show results every year.,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P888.htm
58440,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Fast pace and slow strategy,Very smart people International career opportunities Fantastic benefits Very solid company values Diversity is emphasized,"Can be very political Analysis paralysis - decision making is sometimes slow and risk adverse Review system is archaic and can lead to counterproductive behavior Genuine cross-teamwork is hard to find Overall, it feels very much like a large and slow corporation, although there are pockets of agility and nimble product development, go to market and sales approaches",Modernize the culture to drive more creativity and faster decision making Drop the current review system - has tons of issues Look at smaller startups for clues on how to modernize and refresh the corporate culture Reenergize the partner channel,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58441,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Health Benefits,Heath benefits are great even after it was scaled down.,Company seems to have lost its way. Review process is unpredictable and too many bad decisions are being made by upper management.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58442,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 27, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Manager Owns Your Career,Microsoft has Great Pay and Health Benefits. You get to work with technical smart people and get to work with the latest Microsoft software and technologies.,Horrible review system. Demoralizing to the workforce. Compete and backstab your own coworkers. Everything is great until you get a manager who you are not buddies with.,Get rid of stack ranking and meeting the curve. Stop cutting great benefits and getting rid of older employees with years of experience.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58443,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Sep 12, 2013",Former Employee - Techninal Account Manager,"Mostly good, learned a ton and furthered my career. However, times have changed and you must be vigilant.","Learned many products, and worked with more than 25 Fortune 500 companies during my tenure. Nothing prepares you for a product like supporting it, and access to the internal tools and products really gives you a heads up. You can move into many different areas of the company and travel to customers. Support for learning and certification.","You are stack ranked against your peers, and even doing your job is not enough these days. I was recently let go for ""performance"" when I had met all of my goals. I grew my accounts by over 30% this last year, and had great customer feedback. However, according to mgmt., I was still below my peers, and received a terrible review without a lot of concrete data to back it up. They are hiring a lot of people straight out of college, and replacing people like me who had over 15 years with the company. Outperforming your peers may also not be enough, you must have good relationships with mgmt. to excel.","I have seen over 50 friends of mine be managed out of the company, or fired for similar ""performance"" issues as mine. It will erode the foundation of the company in my opinion and while I realize Microsoft is a business, and that bringing younger cheaper employees in is good for the bottom-line now, it will mean the experience which Microsoft brought to the table will be diluted, and customers will start to figure this out over the years. Some already have.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58444,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Great company now taking things on the chin. Some is self imposed...,Still great healthcare benefits even though employee contribution has changed to be more expensive.,Not as agile as it used to be. More reactive to what competitors are doing than being innovative.,Listen to various levels of management not just CVPs. Long time employees have suggestions to offer.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58445,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company. Lots of places to move around,Has nice perks for employees,Sometimes the workload is overwhelming,Be more agile,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58446,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2013",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,"Frustrating, great employee talent being wasted / misguided","Smart, talented people to work with. Tremendous cash flow, i.e., good salaries. Opportunity to work on products that touch most Americans and international customers.","Organizational chaos/all too frequent reorgs, annual review system reduces collaboration, encourages visibility and politics over actual performance, Lack of strategic vision at the top","Steve Ballmer needs to go (and now that he has agreed to leave it's a step in the right direction), They needs to change their review system. The need to breakout an online and start-up division. Go back to PUM/BUM managers of smaller groups (outside of Office, Windows, STB and Xbox). Move much more nimbly (it's an online world not a packaged goods world). Unlock the talent of your its people ala Google and Amazon!!!",2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58447,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Grand Exodus,Middle management is sincerely talented,Lots of bad apples reside within this company Bureaucracy to the max,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58448,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Incredible,"I've been working with Microsoft for almost eight years now, I've met incredible, smart, passionate, hardworking people. The work is challenging, but it also gives you a freedom to choose what role works best for you. The benefits are excellent, overall A++.","The review system is always tough, it's almost the case that you'll have to give your 110% to get a good to great review. It's definitely one of the most competitive companies I've ever seen, though it's also rich in development/support. Managers are trained and rewarded to treat employees well.","Cut some layers, be a flatter organization to be more agile.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58449,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed feelings about this company,"I worked as an FTE here for five years. People are smart, it's a fun environment, salaries are good, and there's a lot of variety in the work. Health benefits used to be great, but now they're pretty much on par with other companies. I left the company for the reasons stated below, but now I work at Microsoft as a vendor. There's a ton of work available for vendors/contractors at Microsoft! Most teams want to hire contractors with prior Microsoft experience, so if you're a former FTE, you've got it made. If you accept a vendor position with one team and hate it, you can end your contract and just search for a new contract on another team. And the best part is, as a vendor/contractor, you don't have to deal with the horrible performance review system! And you don't have to deal with stupid ""visibility"" projects. You can just do your work and get paid for it and not have to deal with the internal politics. It's a sweet deal! You'll notice that more and more of the contractors/vendors at Microsoft are former FTEs, and now you know why.","Company has gone downhill since I first started working there. The biggest problem is the performance review system. They've revamped it several times, but they still use a stack-ranking system and award scores based on a curve. This is horribly demoralizing! To make matters worse, your manager can award you a certain score, but managers above him or her can lower your score in order to get their org to fit the curve. So if your manager gives you a 2, for example, a higher-up manager can lower it to a 3 because the org already has too many 2's. How screwed up is that?! I finally left when this happened to me. I worked my butt off, got a great review, but then the GM bumped my score down because I wasn't ""visible"" enough. The guy didn't even know me! God forbid he actually listen to my manager (who knows my work) and read my review! How are we supposed to stay motivated knowing that at review time some random manager can change our score at will? Over the years I found that employees in general are more concerned with trying to make themselves visible to management so they'll get a good review, than they are with trying to put out a good product for our customers. The focus is all me, me, me, when the focus should instead be on our customers.  I worked as both an individual contributor and as a manager during my time here. I found that Microsoft doesn't value good people-management skills. They want their managers to be PMs. They want managers who will keep projects on track and lead a multitude of special projects. The actual people-management part of it takes a backseat. I loved being a manager outside of Microsoft, but being a manager inside of Microsoft is a thankless job. You don't get paid any more for managing, and it's twice the stress. That's why so many managers decide to go back to being an individual contributor.  The other big problem is that people switch teams all the time. Teams are constantly losing their knowledge base. It's really bad when PMs leave, and then new PMs come onboard and have to ramp up, or they decide they want to redesign how something is done in the middle of a project. Oh, and re-orgs happen ALL the time! That screws up everything, including project schedules. No one knows who's responsible for what, and all the worker bees twiddle their thumbs waiting for management to figure out what the heck is going on.","Get rid of the stack-ranking, curve-based performance review system. It's counterproductive. You're losing a lot of talented people because of it. Focus on putting out quality products that work, instead of just trying to get to market quickly and worrying about dealing with bugs later. Don't overlook the value of good user documentation! Your products/services aren't intuitive, even though you may think they are. Put more effort into designing user-friendly user interfaces, and elevate the importance of your UX/UA teams.",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P889.htm
58450,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 28, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Fabulous place and amazing people.,"People, career, benefits, culture and overall good feeling.","Old fashioned, slow to react to market forces.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58451,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good work life balance but lacks focus.,Good work life balance Lots of things to do.,Constant shifting focus Compensation not competitive.,Boost compensation to industry standards.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58452,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great benefits, work on world class software.",1) Excellent compensation 2) Very interesting projects to work on that reach many customers around the world,"1) Political -- getting things done can involve getting buy in from many stakeholders 2) Shipping excellent software is valued in words, but not in actions. Deadlines are set before designs are finalized and costing is in, causing non-critical work to be regularly cut.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58453,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 8, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Place to work,"Talented peers, a lot to learn and contribute",Going to restructuring which is causing some confusion,Get a visionary CEO,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58454,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Growing pains...,Microsoft is a solid company within the Enterprise space and has built a lot of trust over the years with IT shops and Fortune 500 corporations.,"As it transitions to a Hardware and Services company, the growing fear is that it may alienate its enterprise business while being too far behind in the consumer (mobile) space.",Rating system is still an issue and still does not accurately reflect employee contribution.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58455,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A great place to work as long as you stay ahead of the competition,Few companies offer software engineers the opportunity to have such a global impact. Good team are amazing to be a part of.,"Line-level managers are often inexperienced, low quality, and too focused on their own ambitions to grow their team (who they often compete directly with for review scores). The review system is deeply flawed, which is fine as long as you are a top performer in your level band. The longer you stay at the company, the harder it is to stay ahead of this curve - beware. The review system fosters politics which hurt the company, employees, and ultimately, the products.",Fix the review system. Land the 'one Microsoft' re-org and CEO hunt ASAP. It's going to be hard to attract and retain top talent during such a chaotic transition,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58456,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Director,Wasted Potential,Was a good company when I joined in '99 with good benefits and slightly above average pay.,"Years of favoritism, poor management and failing to recognize good employees from sycophants left the company a shell of its former self.","Get a good seat for the inevitable decline - but don't worry, you will still get paid for ineptitude while having your ass kissed by your fellow managers who surprisingly think Just - Like - You!!",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58457,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work at,"Great people, incredible resources too You feel like anything is possible since you're affecting the lives of a billion consumers","Lots of management overhead, middle management is pretty bad but senior and lower management is not as bad",Change performance review model,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58458,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome place to work,"Good pay package and work culture, work with some of the smartest people on high impact products. Work on features used by hundreds of millions thru out the world.",Growth may be slower compared to competition as the company is more mature.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58459,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Why Microsoft?,Microsoft has many products and services that fit different personalities and interests. The One Microsoft strategy should be able to unify these products and services to provide values which our customers really need.,Politics between divisions and groups is just like any other big companies,Need a strong leader who can stop divisions from fighting with each other.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P890.htm
58460,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Operations Program Manager,"Benefits, salary, work-life balance, smart passionate colleagues","Public perception of company, competitive performance review process, slow to change in response to market","Seriously, the stack-rank review system has got to go.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58461,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Sep 9, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Can be great. Lots of different kinds of work. Eventually have to play political games,Lots of different jobs Great benefits Opportunities to impact many users Many resources for growth Don't have to fear company is going to shut down in a few months,"lots of politics that you have to engage in to really get ahead review system can be demoralizing -- due to politics no matter how great the product, its cool to bash Microsoft. Don't expect the internet world to drool over your work, even if its great","review system is a pain, often a politically savvy manager can make a big difference",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58462,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Architect,You own your career,You will be working with some of the most passionate and talented people on earth.,"Internal politics and bureaucracy can be somewhat stifling, although there are pockets of entrepreneurial activity that attract the best and brightest.","Clearly define roles, responsibilities and strategy at every level. Reduce redundancy.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58463,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2013",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,10 years,"Flexibility, new benefit plan isn't as good as old plan but it's fair when you read about the cost of benefits to a company, stable, good resources, access to training, pro club","Stack ranking with a forced distribution is demotivating and old school. Now that Ballmer is leaving maybe someone will finally figure out how this entire process needs to go. It's very political and who lands the high scores has to do with who gets the most face time with the decision makers. I had 4 managers this year and that alone puts you at a disadvantage b/c they don't know what you did so they can't advocate for you. They just give you an average score and say ""you need to have impact across Microsoft"" to get a better score next year. It's a standard line every managers uses. The HR reorg is a disaster. They've stepped back 10 yrs - not forward.",Get rid I'd the stack rank and forced distribution. The HR reorg is a disaster. My workload has increased b/c I have so many more touch points. It's inefficient and you spend a lot of time updating people. If you're an Hr person looking to build a career I would not recommend Microsoft.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58464,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Can be great, but it needs some consistency.","Great pay and benefits. High levels of camaraderie among teams, often live up to the ""work hard, play hard"" mantra.","Work/life balance can be incredibly difficult to achieve, depending on the team.","Stop changing management so often that work is difficult to move forward. Each new manager ends up needing to take time to get to know the team, team dynamics, and team goals, which can end up disrupting workflow as each new manager decides on new goals and new ways of achieving those goals.",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58465,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Good total package. Performance review system yields inequitable results.,Total compensation package is good... while it lasts..,Sharing critical thought to leadership risks low performance rating and termination.,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58466,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),I love it here,the company is changing and growing and pay is amazing I can really only see the company growing and it's just an amazing place to work,"stack ranking it's a huge company and personal growth can be slow, but it does happen",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58467,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,"Benefits are very nice. Salary is good, and people are very talented.","Company is very Huge. Lots of groups, and slow product cycles",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58468,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place, even for a contractor","Working for Microsoft is a great experience. The folks are very bright, and even if you are there for a short time, as I was, you should walk away with more knowledge than when you started.","As a contractor, it can be tough. Trying to get the proverbial 'foot in the door' to make it full time is the goal of most, and they know it. So, they can play that up to get you to work a little harder to go full time.",Make the transition from contract to full time a little more transparent.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58469,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2013",Current Employee - Product Planner,Great place to work with lots of opportunity,"Easy to move around and work on different products, learn new skills, etc. Best health benefits I've heard of. Great work life balance - not many people are actually working more than 40 hours/week when it comes down to it.","The company feels stagnant, the days of stock making millionaires is long gone. Not entrepreneurial at all, you are a number.",Stop chasing tail lights.,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P891.htm
58470,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company to work for, cool technology","Great benefits, forward thinking company, get to work on widely used technology. Get to use things before anyone else.","Big company, lots of human resources non-sense, stack ranking, forced curves, slow moving company at times.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58471,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Need more time to find out,Everyone have a office. Everyone have a office.,Changes org a lot. Changes org a lot.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58472,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"High pay, high stress, kinda crazy","Good pay and benefits, free sodas :-)","Overly competitive, and too stressful at times",Stress is not a strategy,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58473,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent opportunities,"Great product, comfortable working environment. There are so many projects that can be worked on which provides many choices.",Overall pay package is not incentive,Bring up the salary level to be in par with other leading edge companies,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58474,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Compensation. Great Work/Life Balance. Company can lack direction at times,Compensation. Benefits. Work/Life Balance. Breadth of products.,Not always on the cutting edge. Not as visionary as competitors. Stock performance,"Have a longer term vision. Sometimes we're so focused on holding onto our position in one market, that we can't see another more important market developing",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58475,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Smart people with a team that cared about developing the careers its members,"The leads truly care about their teams, and really care about the product and mission. Your work affects millions of users and you get a chance to work at the forefront of enterprise and consumer technology.",Sometimes it feels like there's a huge distance between the engineers on the ground versus those that make the big decisions that affect the whole company.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58476,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The company tries but it's challenged due to size and complexity...,"The people are sharp and generally care about what they do. The intent to help change and evolve the company exists within culture. People are proud of what they are working on and can still attract talent, but retaining it is a challenge.","The performance review process. It works for a few but it's ""stacked"" against most people. The health benefits are now par compared to other employers.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58477,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Group Manager,Great experience when I started and but the last 8 years have been downhill,Smart co-workers Great Health benefits Competitive compensation,Work culture promotes being risk averse - especially mid and senior management People compete internally and pin blame on others rather than take accountabliy Performance review system is totally broken - you are forced to give 30% of your people a bad rating Benefits plans (espeically health) are being reduced and by 2015 they will not be great,"Fix the performance review system and reward people for speaking their mind and coming up with innovative ways of fixing problems and finding solutions Don't reward risk averse or ""cover you *ss"") managers Don't remove Health benefits and reinvest in the people and their training Change the corporate culture from internal competition to internal collaboration Manage your business with the customer in mind - not the bottom line or your internal org",3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58478,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer II,Fantasitic company,The real software company who has the full products line. Great developer culture.,"It is too big to move agile. Sometimes it needs catch up the cut edge trend like search, cloud.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58479,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Sep 5, 2013",Current Employee - Sales,Too focused on hiring for diversity quota attainment and not on qualified skill set.,"Great products, services, and reputation.",Bad employee review and HR practices.,"Hire qualified people, not for scorecard ""check box"" purposes.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P892.htm
58480,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,"Overprocessed and lots of politics, but good brand name",Benefits and it's a good company name to have on resume.,"Can be a very political environment which results in competitiveness to one-up each other and people then lose focus on results, but rather focus the process of how to achieve the results. Too many levels in organization so it's hard to make an impact.",There needs to be an evaluation of the workforce and there probably need to be more changes in management at the GM and Director levels to change the culture.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58481,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Positive company, although with drawbacks","Reasonably good pay and benefits, wide range of available fields to work on covered, everyone can find something for themselves (from low-level coding to abstract research), nice corporate culture.","Some teams/projects are mismanaged, and there's significant waste of resources in some departments.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58482,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,The work-life balance is very good. Team of highly talented people and very casual environment.,Not much cons. Typical problems that come with really big organization. Sometimes competition can get really stiff.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58483,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 3, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Solid company with lots of strings,Good pay Good benefits Lots of interesting jobs and projects Every field of tech available Expert co-workers,Slow pace depending on team Politics Older generation employees,Improve efficiency and agility,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58484,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 4, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Business Development Manager,"Once a great place to work, now WalMart of software","Good employee benefits, private offices in Redmond, free drinks, good benefits, reasonable RSU's, overall decent employee care.","It is unfortunate that over the last five years what was once one of the greatest companies to work at on earth has become a place of politics and nonsense. When you work at MSFT, someone on every team needs to become the village idiot every year, eventually it will be you. So my advice if your moving up to Redmond, don't buy, rent. You could have a good 4 or 5 years and go from the rock star performer to the village idiot and you will never see it coming.","While I had a lot of respect for Steve Ballmer, there were two major reasons he had to go, first the stock price and second missing mobile, tablets and other major categories and second he didn't care about Wall Street. While they get rid of Steve Kevin Turner HAS TO GO. He simply ruined the culture of the company. Software is not WalMart and never will be. He MUST GO!!! Then try to return it to the great place that it was once upon a time.",2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58485,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 4, 2013",Former Employee - Account Executive,A company going through transition. It will get worse before it gets better,"Good salary, good benefit. That is really about it. Nothing to brag about","Bad middle management, too big to make fast decisions. People lie together to make excuses for bad results. Good people are leaving for competitors in groups.","Fire the middle 3 layers of managers, you will double of your stock price every year",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58486,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a pretty pleasant place for work,"Good balance between work and life, and have flexible work time. In general, it is not busy and good for people who want to work in IT but not keep highly busy.",Too many meetings that do not make much sense. The performance reviewing system is disgusting. There is too much politics in teams.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58487,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,It's a big company,Even with the latest pullback in benefits Microsoft still offers a very good package.,Headcount is not growing nearly as fast as it once did. As a result promotions are much harder to come by.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58488,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Sep 3, 2013",Former Employee - Technical/Service Advisor,Inconsistent leadership standards = consistent frustration.,Young team with a lot of energy and benefits even at part-time employment status.  You get to play Xbox on the sales floor at times.  Stores opening rapidly so theres lots of opportunity to grow and move around.,Leadership team requests that staff acts like nothings wrong when corporate reps come in for store visits.  Lots of favoritism.  High turnover.,"Having a consistent message from the Store Manger down to the part-time employees. Less micromanaging.  I was with the company for just under 2 years and it was amazing to see the company flourish and come into it's own. Stores were opening left and right so there's lots of opportunity. When employees ask to be trained or want to learn other aspects of the business, they should be given those opportunities. I would ask to learn the second part to my role as a Technical Advisor but would never get the opportunity to do so. So when it came time to want to move to another store or get promoted. The feedback I would get would be ""needs to spend more time in his current role."" I got another job opportunity with a more set schedule and would push me and teach me new skills. I felt as if I hit the glass ceiling in my role at that store.  I would advise that leadership should actually develop action plans for your employees to grow and get to the role or place they want to be and stick to it. Check in with them at 2 weeks, a month and so on.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58489,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great opportunities, enormous impact","The company is a very big business that spans across many different products so the options for career development are many and great, also the impact that you have is massive because the market extends all over the world","Because of the size of the products it can be difficult to be flexible regarding development methodologies and technologies, specially when the product has been released for many years","Work-life balance is good, don't ever change that",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P893.htm
58490,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"So much talent and potential, lack of execution","Great compensation Great benefits Great perks that you truly need and want as an adult (nope, I can do my own laundry thank you very much) Smart, very professional coworkers",The review model Lack of direction and vision from the very top Outlook more unclear than ever,Please institute a review model that truly recognizes and encourages collaboration and team success over individual achievements,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58491,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Sep 3, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Bad culture and extremely bureaucratic,"There are a lot of smart and friendly people. Everyone is always happy and agreeing with management. Pay and benefits are competitive. If you're interested in politics, this is a great place to be.","If you're interested in politics, this is a great place to be. If you choose to join Microsoft you better be ready to spend significantly more time on self promotion and making friends than getting the job done. As they say it's not so much about ""what"" you do but more about ""how"" you do it. Extremely bureaucratic and process oriented organization. Internally focused with very little listening to the market and the customers. Bad performance system.",Listen to your customers. Try to understand how the performance system is used in reality. There's no alignment between how you're stating it's supposed to be used and what's really happening (or so I hope).,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58492,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Microsoft is doomed.,"Decent pay and benefits, work/life balance. Lots of seemingly ""intelligent people"". Playing catch up can be fun. Game Dept. is the best to work at.","Shark tank. Contractors and blue-badgers, fighting for the scraps mentality as Microsoft slowly sinks. All the really Talented People already left. Ranking Review's leaves everybody always at each others throats. Looking for ways to degrade you. It's a bad environment for Innovation. The really nice people end up leaving due to the aggressive, competitive nature of the environment. Intellectual bullies. Lots of bureaucracy to deal with. Stratification. Contractors are treated as in the same category as Janitors, for the most part. Windows Team people are the worst to work in. The mentality wreaks of obsolescence and nazi camp work ethic. One of the Indian Program Managers raped a janitor in building #27. ( Windows Group ) Buildings 25, 27, and 28 are toxic, and so are most the people. Windows Group harbors obsolete mentalities that need to be flushed out before they destroy Microsoft from the inside. In building #26 the Automation Group consists mostly of Senior Citizen like people, old, grey-haired, fat, unhealthy, resource hogs, that are on the edge of retirement. All the good people have left, or purposely forfeited their jobs in lieu of better offers.","Change the Ranking System. Fire yourselves and get open-minded people with vision, innovative forward thinking, diverse mindset, that hire diverse people.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58493,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,9 years at ms,Top talent in the world! Continual learning.,Horrible stack rank / review process.,Stop firing your tenured talent.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58494,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Awesome place to learn a lot, but be conscious it is a big company.",Good co-workers to work with Great projects Good benefits for those with families. This is a time of change which also represents opportunities. This company has winning in its DNA,"Re-orgs non stop Commitment to non core businesses Although you job may change or you manager or coworkers may change, there is still opportunities to learn a lot.","Pick a strategy, lets move on.",3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58495,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 29, 2013",Current Employee - Finance,Good Company but hard to get promotions,"Diverse products, good benefits (prior to Jan. 2013), relatively easy to move teams, training opportunities, can easily make a comfortable living working 9-5.","Good managers are hard to come by. Bad managers never seem to leave because it's nearly impossible to fire anyone. If you're not an engineer (i.e. Finance or operations) you are going to find it hard to get anything above an average rating, promotions are tough to come by and often given based on tenure and nepotism rather than quality of work performed.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58496,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Don't step a nanometer out of your job scope,I've had some great experiences at Microsoft and have worked with almost every team or discipline. I've had the unique opportunity of getting mentoring from some of our (useful) C-level leadership. I've worked with some of the smartest people I've ever met and have seen history made.,"Two words: Stack ranking.  I've watched people who were staggeringly good at some roles and/or technologies demonstrate it.  Too bad for them that, while in the COMPANY'S best interests, it wasn't in their job description. This issue also sets people up to fail if you're dependent on another team or person to get your deliverables done. They don't meet their commitments or deadlines... you don't meet yours.  Guess who gets penalized?  You CAN do their job to get yourself unblocked but that's strongly discouraged.  A meeting to talk about having a meeting to get unblocked *IS* strongly encouraged.","Think before you act.  Make sure you have the right people in the room when decisions are being made.  Far too often are multi-million dollar mistakes made, when having just a single operations person in the room would tell them it's a huge mistake and that they shouldn't do it.  SteveB has decided to move on and the Company Meeting will likely have at least a half hour tribute to the man. That half hour would be better served reassuring employees that whoever is next in line won't make the same mistakes.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58497,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,It's always who you know,"Very talented employees, employees really care about their peers, employees cares about customers, compensation very good","The way we manage our employees are counter to the behavior we expects of them. Our Executives implements a culture of continuously weeding out 5% of our resources every year even though they are the best in class and we are unable to hire engineers of the same quality. As a senior manager in the company unfortunately you do not get promoted based on your results, its about the politics you play.","Change your review process to retain your great employees, hold executives as accountable as you do your staff.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58498,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Over nearly forty years, the company is making tons of profit and still forging ahead in many different businesses in spite of tough competition.",May appear slow paced given the 100K plus employee size.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58499,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Aug 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the company. Huge opportunity and flexibility provided,Microsoft has given me the ability to move throughout the company as I see fit. I am rewarded well when I do well and not when I don't. All I can ask for frankly.,"Stack ranking system is tough on some folks. If you aren't interested in build teams and competing in the market place, then this isn't for you.","Build more team rewards in the rewards process. Teamwork happens because we have great people, but it is not promoted in our goals or rewards process.",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P894.htm
58500,microsoft,"Redmond, WV"," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Director,"If you are great at sucking up and don't care about results, this is the place for you","Good compensation (although not worth the pain), medical coverage is good (although VERY high deductible / out of pocket max), gym membership, facilities.","The culture is the pits! While I get good review scores the stack rankings make little sense. High performing work horses are ""rewarded"" with more work, while lack luster performers who suck up to management can get the same review scores and compensations and deliver nothing. The rating system is entirely driven by the buddy system, with no regard to merit, results, or how a person interacts with peers or customers.  They a a handful of great executives like the former CMO, but even he was bumped from the CMO position by the former Windows Marketing & Finance VP (now CMO) in the July 2013 re-org. The former CMO had a large part of his group taken away. With the hideous Windows 8 marketing, and disastrous sales even with an enormous marketing budget, this is an excellent example of results not being a factor in who gets ahead.  Microsoft is also very afraid of any employee discrimination litigation. There are several non-performing employees that have been around for years because Microsoft is afraid of a lawsuit if they are let go. If you threaten a lawsuit and get a lawyer involved you can hang around collecting a paycheck for years without doing anything.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58501,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is awesome,"Microsoft has Awesome benefits, good work life balance, lots of opportunities. Extremely smart people to work with. Competitive salary","Nothing very bad about Microsoft, if your team is not best suited for you, you will get enough chances to switch and move away.",need better marketing strategy,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58502,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,So-so,"Pro club gym membership, but it's hard to find time to use it",The review process is disfunctional Too many disincentives towards teamwork,Incentivize teamwork and customer focus,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58503,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mentally, emotionally, and spiritually draining.","Pay is competitive, Benefits (Medical/Dental/ESPP), and Bonus structure (if the employee manages to get a good review).  Free drinks","Toxic Culture - Stank ranking review method pits one individual contributor against the other, and the environment becomes quite competitive and even cut throat. The focus moves from what is best for the team/customer, to indivuals only interested in doing what is best for themselves and their own career advancement.  Poor Management Poor Management Poor Management!!!",Do away with stack ranking review system.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58504,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Average,Employee benefits and job security,Stifled innovation and slow growth,Take more risks and break the mould!,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58505,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Opportunity, challenge, constant change & brilliant people","Competitive pay and benefits, exposure to the best and brightest in the industry, you drive your own career, flexible work arrangements, head-quartered in a beautiful part of the country with something for everyone.","You can be a star outside of Microsoft your whole life and once you cross the threshold, you're suddenly considered average--it can be a bit daunting if you don't seize the opportunities to shine. Politics can sometimes hinder growth and innovation by pushing those that don't want to ""play the game"" into other teams or to other companies.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58506,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Microsoft,Great place to work. Smart people to work with,Little lost with focus and vision at the moment,Focus on vision,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58507,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 30, 2013",Former Employee - Development Lead,Past its prime,"Some really smart people, and some really good managers, rich company, built some good products, lots of opportunity if you land in the right team and a good manager.","Lots of lousy managers, very political, has gotten very political even down to lead level, lots of deadwood, bulk of OSD is unable to transition to service paradigm, latest reorg shows CEO if out of touch, stacked it so that the next CEO's job a lot more difficult.","Get back to basics: honesty, integrity, and providing value to the customer. Get rid of the deadwood. Get a CEO who can stand up to Bill and the board.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58508,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,Well balanced company.,Wide variety of products and don't need to change the company if you want change of work,You end up working only with MS technologies and stock is struck at current price for a decade.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58509,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer Engineer,Loving it.,"Super intelligent colleagues, you can switch jobs within the same company.",No shuttle bus to where i live.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P895.htm
58510,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 28, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great charter but slow on execution.,"If software development is your game, there isn't another place that offers the diversity of work that Microsoft does. Excellent mobility. Great salary and benefits Smart people all around","Not incentivized to collaborate. The review system makes people focused on delivering their own ""features"" are. Execution lacking Managers lack leadership. Loosing brand.",Incentivize collaboration through 360 reviews focusing on peers more than manager input. Cut the layers of middle management and PMs that don't add any value and suck the life out of the place.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58511,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,MS IT,"MS IT is know for its good work/life balance, although it depends on the group and team. Overall it is better than in product groups",MS IT is also know for having too many meetings. There are meetings to plan meetings It could be bureaucratic and political. It's interesting how non-technical people are loud and can influence engineering,change performance review process,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58512,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Director,6 months on board ... New Hire!,Great onboarding practices to bring new hires up to speed at any level.,Performance ranking and calibration measures drive behavior and measurement that isn't consistent with an individual's overall ability to contribute. It is 12 month bound and doesn't reflect the value of a particular employee who may have had a bad year for internal or external reasons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58513,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 17, 2013",Current Employee - Consultant,Great place to work,Awesome environment cannot ask for more.. Lot of I house learning and training oppertunities. Greats inhouse events. Love the people and the environment,Not any honestly. I spent 5 years in this location. Had some great colleagues to work with and some nice training oppertunities.,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58514,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Recruiter,Great place to work- tough to get ahead,"flexible work environment, smart people, lots of places to go within the company","many bad managers, political, difficult to get ahead if you value work life balance",don't promote people to management positions just because they are good performers. Management skills should be key!,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58515,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Mushroom management philosophy (keep it dark, spread lots of manure, cut off any heads that stick up)","Wonderful people - hardworking, motivated, enthusiastic Interesting projects - challenging problems encountered in the day-to-day Community involvement - Day of Caring, corp match donations of time or money",Canabalistic culture - dog eat dog Performance reviews - pointless and demoralizing Management fears change - doesn't want to hear about new technology or interesting innovation in the marketplace marketplace,Management interviews and hires from all around the world and then forces the newhires into the same molds and processes put in use in 1975.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58516,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Analyst,Great talent but too political,"Work with many talented people. Receive competitive pay and benefits. In theory, there are many opportunities for growth and career advancement, and the company has the potential to do massively awesome things.","Suffers from being so large and bureaucratic. The goal setting and leveling process can incentivize a lot of counter-productive work and internal conflict. It's hard to judge the value actually being contributed by an employee, so there's a lot of posturing. Missed the boat, at least for now, on mobile and ad tech.",Find a fantastic new CEO. Try more decentralization (like Skype). Not everything has to be communicated via PowerPoint slides.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58517,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer ||,Working at Microsoft,"Very talented set of people. There are a lot of teams and lot of technologies. So after working for a while in one team you can always go and interview with other team to work there if you like the other project. And yes, you read it right. If you want to change your team you need to interview with the other team.","The stack rank system during review. A whole year's worth of work can go to waste if the folks in your team are ranked higher in the stack ranking system in a closed room with your manager, manager's manager etc. You won't be there in that room. And you get to know why you got a low rating only after you get it. Just because you did the work doesn't mean much. You have to do more work than the other peers in the same level. If your peers are in the office 24 hours a day delivering more stuff you got no choice. The whole thing about work-life balance is hogwash.",Think about getting rid of stack rank.,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58518,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft not the same place it use to be,"Culture, working with smart people, fun environment",The review system with the curve however this will be changing The long process to terminate low performing employees Ridiculous processes / teams you have to jump through to get everyone to sign off before doing anything New cost of benefits / pay compared to other companies,Reward and recognize your high performing employees,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58519,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 13, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is a good place to work for among the technology companies,"Microsoft has very high customer base of more than 1 billion customers. So working at Microsoft provides ability to impact and help billion customers around the world. There are many very popular products at Microsoft, so it's also convenient to just move across the company if you want to work on different types of products.","Since Microsoft is a large company with large user base, there are very few product teams in the company that would provide start up experience (if that's what someone is looking for). Having said that, there are always few teams at Microsoft that are working on new projects, so there is opportunity to find start up experience type projects.",I believe that upper management is doing pretty well. I like the overall direction of the company and big bets that are being placed by the company. It's a very interesting time for technology industry and Microsoft is very well positioned to deliver superior end user experience. Management has been aligning various parts of company to help company deliver on next big bets of Microsoft.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P896.htm
58520,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,Good place to work,Reasonable work life balance. Nice work environment,Compensation is not as high as other top IT companies.,make compensation package more competitive.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58521,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 27, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,senior sdet lead,"Well established engineering system, good quality people to work with",Company culture is going bad. Must revive in order to succeed in the future.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58522,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Experiences within MSFT highly depend on the group,"Some very talented folks at MSFT, pay and benefits are great, lots of real problems to solve.","Strategy and change in top management is becoming more frequent. Can be a fire hose at times (what place isn't these days), often too much bureaucracy towards making decisions, the review system can unfairly hose really talented people.","Revamp the review system, its killing productivity and causing good people to leave.",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58523,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2013",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Great company, but fatal flaw needs fixing","Great opportunities if you're willing to work very hard, network, and get sponsorship from upper management. International opportunities are fantastic. Great and generous benefits--amazing health insurance, 401k, PRO Club membership, charitable giving, backup childcare, etc. Smart people.","The performance review system is broken. Arbitrary stack ranking of 1-5 across disparate teams creates unhealthy competition between people who are supposed to collaborate. The second you hire a team, you immediately have to turn around and start managing the ""bottom 20%"" out depending on where they land on the arbitrary forced curve. As a senior manager, I've seen many talented people's careers be damaged by this process. Many people are leaving in droves. Stock is going nowhere, no longer an incentive.",Fix the review system!,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58524,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2013",Former Employee - Supportability Program Manager,"great company, bad system, manager determines everything",company treats me really well.,"if you run into bad manager, you are done. if your manager is like mine who focuses only on his own performance to his manager and ignores the voice of a report, you are done. you can get a bad review (from above average to below average) with absolutely NO notice.","advice to HR - find ways for employees to report bad manager practice. heard too many cases where review is a surprise, which should never be.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58525,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,Got to work with very intelligent and fun people in a creative environment. Salary and benefits were fabulous compared to other companies I have worked for.,I left when there was a freeze on allowing people to move to other departments/groups and so I was stuck under an incompetent manager. The other managers I had there were great.,Don't sit back and watch good people leave because of unrealistic inflexible policies.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58526,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Not bad for first job,Working with tons of smart people A lot of learning about making large scale software Good benefit in general,Senior management could be outdated Young folks could be discouraged Overhead,Keep innovating,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58527,microsoft,"Southfield, MI"," Aug 26, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great Company Culture,"People that work at Microsoft are passionate, compassionate, highly intelligent and very committed to the cause",Everyone would always like to make more money,n/a,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58528,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Dev Lead,"Good Career Opportunities, Smart People, Bad Review System",Work life balance is good and respected as long as you have management that respects it. There are plenty of smart people around. Lots of options in terms of the technologies and domains you want to work in (i.e. can get variety of experience without leaving company). Hierarchical structure allows career growth.,Review system with the 1-5 leaves no wiggle room for individual situations and encourages no group collaboration. Hierarchical structure also creates too much unnecessary middle management. Processes slow down development.,Change the review system,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58529,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Constantly learning,"You're always around smart people, and always have access and exposure to cutting-edge technologies.","The stack-ranking review system greatly penalizes strong teams, and does not reward collaboration.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P897.htm
58530,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BI Analyst,Great team. Great people. Flexible working hours. Easier internal positions transfer.,Conflicts between two different internal teams.,Each team should have a strategic goal for the whole company not just for the team.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58531,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Solution Manager,Overall it is good experience in last 8 years I have worked here.,Get to work some of great minds in the Software Industry,Organizational Politics and Weird HR policies. Only makes HR happy and create serious road blocks to actual doer work force.,take proactive steps to address some serious gaps in the senior leadership and take serious brainstorming to retain and grow talent pool.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58532,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,A great place to start a career,"Excellent benefits, passionate and friendly people, good work environment, lots of experience, well-paid, well-respected",No downsides experienced yet... might be harder in the winter.,Keep caring about the younger crowd,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58533,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,Work Life Balance is the best part of working @ Microsoft. You need to ensure you have good manager who helps increase your scope every year..,"There may be teams, where it may be difficult for you to go up the chain given limited businesss opportunity",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58534,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager II,great place to work if you want a stable job/income,"- stable job/income - decent benefits - lots of different products to work on within the company if you want to try something else (although the choices are limited outside the HQ) - work with smart people (mostly) - get to learn a lot about building scalable products - company and staff contributes positively to the society (volunteer work, donations, etc.)",- not fast enough. lots of processes just to change something - politics in some teams - performance review system not always fair and transparent - too many layers of middle management (makes it hard to make decisions and sign off) - missing energy and passion. too many people who have been there forever just for the paycheck but provide minimal value,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58535,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Great Company,Great people to work with,Quotas are out of line with reality and calibration is brutal and not fair at all.,Get rid of stack ranking and firing the bottom 10% each year.,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58536,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2013",Current Employee - Producer,A Great Place to Network and Learn,"Once you get your foot in the door there are lots of opportunities to network. It is possible to quickly move up if you are determined and results driven. Microsoft has a good transit program and provides free Orca cards for their employees, including vendors.",Commute is far if you live in Seattle and have to deal with traffic. Reorganizations seem to happen almost yearly and may result in moving to different buildings but this depends on the department you work in. Security requirements can take a while to go through so be patient with the process.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58537,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Satisfied long time employee.,"I am fortunate enough to be working for a group that value work/life balance. I have 2 young children, so this is something that is extremely important to me, to be able to spend time with my family. With decent compensation/benefits, and excellent work hours, I haven't considered switching job despite being contacted by recruiters regularly.","Career opportunities, it's big company with a lot of smart people, if you don't get 1 or 2 in stack rank, you will probably feel ""stuck"".",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58538,microsoft,"West Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2013",Current Employee - Analyst,Great company,"Lots of opportunity, internal transfer a great benifit",Big company mindset. Easy to get by doing little.,Shed some of the fat,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58539,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer in Test,Lots of things going. Good career path to grow and a company where you can retire if you like.,I did not like the pace of work at Microsoft. It was very slow and it seemed like there were always more people than required to do a job. It can easily do away with half of the management and become more lean and perform much better.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P898.htm
58540,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Time to change the review system,Good career opportunities to move within MSFT,Bad review system causes good employees to leave.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58541,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to learn,"Professional development resources, you own your career and where you want it to go. An amazing employee match program for charity in your community. Tremendously smart people and so many different technologies to be interested in.","Incredibly competitive, so collaboration hasn't been deeply valued. Easy to get so involved you lose your sense of work life balance. And sometimes, you can get lost in all of the groups/technologies/boundaries.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58542,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Improve review process,Lots of different teams Good benefits,Curve fitting during the review process,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58543,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Times Are Changing,"Great people who believe in the vision, love to talk technology, passionate about changing the world.","Executive leadership trying to create a ""sales culture"", using a Walmart model. A byproduct of this approach is a consistent culling of technology-focused individual contributors, in favor of bringing pure sales people in from other companies.  Employee Review system is broken, outdated, and assumes that every team has someone that should be fired. Microsoft is trying to become a ""Devices & Services"" company, recognizing that devices are very personal. Unfortunately, the devices are designed to push the Windows/Office platform, which is not necessarily what consumers and businesses want anymore. Sometimes ""good enough"" is good enough.  Management always talks about how much opportunity there is at Microsoft, but they neglect to mention that you must live in Redmond to get it (some exceptions, but for the most part, this is still true.)  Benefits used to be amazing, but with recent changes, employees are forced to become their own adjusters, negotiating directly with care-providers and cross-checking EOB forms for completion/accuracy.","Don't let the pendulum swing so far toward sales that you forget the techie folks who built Microsoft in the first place. If Microsoft is to be a truly global company, and if you want the best talent possible, don't force people to move to Redmond.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58544,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Vision of random decisions,Company is made up of very hardworking individual contributors.,"Management is all about saving their own jobs. Recreating the dirction the company is heading every 6 months prevents any progress from being made. A true, long term (5 year) plan is needed.",Rotating the tires is not the solution to 4 flat tires. Cut the dead wood out of top managment. Replace it with people with a long term vision.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58545,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager Lead,Senior Program Manager Lead,Own the business as well as development details of a product from start to finish,Longer release cycle means usually are slower to market,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58546,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but too afraid to take risks",- Great combination of salary/benefits - They care about their employees - You always get what you need to do your job - Access to incredibly smart people to learn from - You work on the biggest products the world has ever seen,"- Management has, because of the compensation system (= stack ranking) instilled a fear of risks. People don't want to take risks, managers and PMs go over and over decisions for ages rather than use a fail-fast-recover approach. That leads to MS being always one innovation cycle behind everyone.","Have the balls to take risks without being forced into it. You're an 80 billion $ company with more than 10 billion $ in profit every year, stop acting like little girls and take chances from time to time.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58547,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Account Executive,Changed a lot in 10 years,"Pay is decent and you have an ""in"" with every company...for good or bad.",Stack ranking has killed morale and teamwork. This has also hurt the focus on the customer and turned everyone internally to focus on office politics and your internal review. Medical benefits have been cut and that used to be a great draw. Always in the 'walled garden' or defend mode against the rest of the tech world.,Change the review process so people focus on workign together instead of seeing everyone as a threat. Innovate faster and get out of chase mode. Definitly need changes at the top.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58548,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Planner,A lifetime of experience,"Fairly easy to move to between divisions and gain amazing experience, good pay","More focus on continued revenue streams, and less on innovative products","Reward employees based on true individual performance and not on a ""curve"".",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58549,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Ambiguous = chaos,"Good pay, excellent benefits, ample training opportunities. There are a lot of internal opportunities and each organization is like it's own little company.","Chaos, chaos, chaos. If you see the word ""ambiguous"" in a job description, run far away. Re-orgs every year cause more chaos. MS sells too many products and wants to be the best at all of them. They are trying to boil the ocean.","Pick some the strategic products and offload the rest. When you try to be the best at EVERYTHING, you succeed at NOTHING. Also, let managers manage people instead of projects. Hire true project managers to manage projects. Overloading people managers with projects means they don't have time to help their team grow.",2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P899.htm
58550,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2013",Former Employee - Principal Architect,"Better be one of the 'Good old Boys', or keep your mouth shut","The people who actually do the work are good people, good values and want a good working culture.","Too much focus on level, when those at higher levels actually do little to nothing. A series of 'cliques', where friends of friends do well. Too many people dictating and judging work, and not enough people to actually do it.. Political suicide if you give constructive criticism to the wrong person or group.. One quarter, you're put in a position to be a rock star, the next quarter, the same behavior will lead to criticism and negative review. The inconsistency makes success difficult. No Leadership. Over the years has significantly changed to 'Management' heavy while true Leaders have moved on to bigger and better opportunities. Top down approach. Do what your told, don't do what's right. Work Life Balance promoted, yet non existent. Get things out to market fast, but who cares if the customer suffers for it. Dismissive or in denial on actually caring about customers. Platitude heavy.","Bring back what Microsoft used to be. Let people Innovate using Microsoft technologies and show customers that we truly do care about their experiences, business issues and solutions. Sometimes it's not about the money, but the reputation. Leadership sometimes means hearing constructive criticism from others. Accept this and actually listen.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58551,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Challenging place to work,"Project diversity, technology, benefits, XBox, Surface, and other devices","Fast-paced, complicated releases, short cycles, many touch points to get things done, lots of effort to get the info you need, long hours outside crunch-time, movement towards shared workspaces",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58552,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great place to start your career, but you can move faster elsewhere","- Good culture and smart people - Great processes, things do get done, you'll learn a lot if you haven't worked at a large organized tech company before - Friendly, hard working people - Good pay - Lots of business units and cool work to be done and switch","- It's not clear where some decisions are being made, especially large fundamental shifts in direction that can undo all the work that you've done. - No innovation in many business units",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58553,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,It's been an amazing ride. So many opportunities to make massive impact on the world of computing.,So many different products to choose from equals tons of opportunity to grow your career all within the safety of a single massive company. Great benefits especially for families or folks planning to have kids. Largely up to you to decide what to work on and when to work on it. AMAZING people to work with and learn form.,"Design is largely driven by PM, so if you're not a PM this can be frustrating (this varies greatly depending on team and individuals though, some are wonderful). Depending on team dynamics the review process can be based heavily on politics and popularity rather than quality of work or business impact. Extremely difficult to get high quality designs pushed through into shipping code due to unusually constrained resources for such a RICH company.","Spend more money on your people! You make BILLIONS... give leads more budget to take their people out for drinks and to kick back. They deserve it. Throw away the forced curve review and actually trust leads to evaluate their people freely, ya know, since they're the ones that actually know them personally. Hire more developers so we can ship products faster and at a higher quality bar.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58554,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a positive experience,"Insurance, smart people, breadth of product offerings, ability to work remote","Getting way too beauracratic, takes too long to get decisions made, programs launch before they are ready and customer/partner sat goes down as a result","Simplify, simplify, simplify. Become less focused on scorecard metrics and more focused on the customers and partners.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58555,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Love the technology and the peers!,"The technology is awesome! There are few employers who can offer this type of opportunity. Then there are the people that you work with - outstanding. In the years that I have been at Microsoft (currently employed there) my peers have been engaging, intelligent, passionate, and fun. I have learned so much.  Combined - This has the makings of a job I could love - you know one of those jobs that doesn't even feel like work.","Politics and management.  I can't emphasize enough that these are CONS! The good managers that I have had have been OUTSTANDING - but they are rare. The constant re-orgs ensure that you won't hold on to any manager for long. In some cases these ""bad managers"" are really just terrible at what they do - more often it is a politics problem.  The politics are horrifying. There is a vicious game of he said/she said, fear based top down executive management style, and constantly being tasked with the impossible. (In Microsoft speak - Program Manager means not a SDE or SDET)",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58556,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,Superb Pay and Benefits,"The pay and benefits at Microsoft are outstanding. The campus is a great place to work. There are many exciting projects to work on. Under the right circumstances (good department, good manager, good processes), you can really make a difference in customers' lives.","You need to ask around to find out which department/group to work in. Some are more productive than others. If you get a bad one, you can get lost in a political mess.","The review system has got to go. It is a huge waste of 30-50% out of each year. It results in people working on projects for ""visibility"" and general politicking--most of which make no customer impact whatsoever. I'd come back if it weren't for that.",5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58557,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 18, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company who cares about their employees!,Benefits and the sense of giving back to the community.,At times Microsoft gets in it's own way to innovate and quickly react to changing conditions. It can be hard to manage work-life balance and be successful.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58558,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can you do the 2-step shuffle,The best healthcare in the world.,You'll need it if you really want to get something done.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58559,microsoft,"Santa Clara, CA"," Aug 18, 2013",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Average retail experience,"free beverages, playing xbox while working, easygoing staff","no desire to advance within company, always compared to Apple",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P900.htm
58560,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome company,"pay, people, software, location, technology",agility has been said to be a downfall of MSFT but at the end of the day they're still standing,keep rockin,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58561,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2013",Current Employee - Manager of Manager,Could be a lot worse,"I love it here. I have been at the company for 9 years and I think it is a great place to work. I am a single income earner, I support a family of 4 comfortably, I have good (not great) work/life balance, I feel valued in my job, I support my leadership's broader ambitions, even if I disagree tactically from time to time.  Slackers are not welcome. Microsoft pays for performance. How do I know? Because I am one of those calibrating people. I see the review model from the inside, I am one of those applying the 1-5 model to people. It is widely misunderstood, has great merit and accomplishes its purpose (however bluntly.)  We differentiate, and reward high performers. The primary function of the 1-5 stack rank is to distinguish who did ""better"" - contrary to popular perception that it is a way to indicate who isn't cutting it. Most people at the company do a fine job, but like every other workplace, certain individual stand out. The are rewarded accordingly. I'll challenge any existing employee at the company who believes that this stack rank is anything other than merit-based to go and find a new role. There are a lot of people at the company getting it right when it comes to evaluating people.  In case you needed evidence to the fact, consider how many layoffs have occurred in the past 5 years, despite our ongoing stack/rank practices. If the company truly believed its 4's and 5's were underperforming, they wouldn't be here.  This company gives over $100M to charity every year. People are very passionate and dedicated to the things they value most, and the company rewards that passion with matching for time and money.","Despite my approval of the general concept of differentiation, I do find the 1-5 stack rank process to be a little stark, and hard for people to appreciate. The real problem is that if you get a lower rating, you get a lower bonus and stock award. The way to resolve that problem is to reward the high performers less and the low performers more. On the surface 99% of employees are simply unwilling to do that, because they believe they are a 1 or 2, and everybody else are the 4's and 5's.  This is a large company, and your success is largely dependent on relationships and your ability to connect with your peers. This is counter-intuitive to many. The best technology doesn't always win, but the most compelling argument does. Building those takes trust, consistent results and a good network. I suspect some times we're leaving great ideas on the cutting room floor for sake of relationships across the company. While it is great to have a collaborative culture, the degree to which feedback loops become galvanized and impenetrable is far too great. We need more disruption from the ground. There is a tremendous amount of talent within this company.","Give people a break. We do great work here. We're making more money than we can count. The company's products are so large as to lack a market segment... ""the world"" is the way we measure things. Flogging employees over attainment of micro-accountabilities has value, but the degree to which the 1-5 model punishes people for doing what they are asked to do is painful and hard to sell as a leader of people.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58562,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,They give employees global opportunities (I moved around a few countries) and cross business opportunities (i moved around different business functions).,They have many smart people working there and could be a little competitive at times due to how the reveiw process works.,Conpensate or value co-operation/team work/collaboration more than competitions. I like that the company tries to encourage international or cross functional job experiences.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58563,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),it is a decent job if you get with the right group,"The benefits are good and the work is interesting. There's always free parking, coffee, beverages. The lunches are better than average and some of the parties are good.","Politics, backstabbing, the performance evaluation process is horrific. Expected overtime with no compensation. Transfer between teams is too difficult and too laden with politics. Too many meetings. Way too many meetings.",scale down central management. Get rid of normalized performance evaluations. Give each group (of under 100 people) a budget and complete discretion on rewarding its employees.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58564,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,"great benefits, appreciation for good work, opportunities, scope, it's like a microcosm of several different products/companies all working together for the same common goal",sometimes slow because of its size. Sometimes has a higher tolerance for mediocrity than what is acceptable for a reputable brand. Sometimes the company pays for internal politicking,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58565,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,Performance Review system will eventually bite you,Opportunity to move around within the company Bleeding edge products (though that's less than before) Company security,Performance review system punishes great employees & great managers Lots of folks means you usually specialize - less job variety Lack of performance-supported teamwork means less collaboration and more politics,"All studies I've seen say the performance review system you're using is effective for 3 years maximum. You used it the entire 15+ years I worked there, and lost a lot of great employees because of it (including me :).",2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58566,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great people, great company",People I have worked with in the company are all great. Work life balance is well maintained by the management. Things are very well planned towards a product release.,The company is a bit too matured and it is not very easy to get something new into the product from grass root level. There are duplication of projects at big levels due to the scale of the company.,"If we could add some grass root initiatives to get things into a product, it will be great. VP level product/feature duplication should be avoided.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58567,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 16, 2013",Current Employee - Director,"Great company, inconsistent experience depending on management","Talent Management, Fast Paced, Job rotation, quality of people, quality of projects, benefits","Corporate environment, management quality, innovation, vision, not customer centric",Strong focus on management quality,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58568,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 22, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Very interesting, chanlenging experience here","there are best, smartest computer scientists here developing most exciting and robust software in the world using cutting-edge technology.","Microsoft gives software developers a lot of personal freedom over both the work and the work environment. I order my own supplies, customize my office as I see fit, schedule my own trips and meetings, and select my own training courses. I choose when I show up for work and when I leave, and what to wear while I'm there. I can eat on campus or off, reheat something from home in the kitchen or scavenge leftovers from meetings. I can even work remotely from home (within reason).",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58569,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,systems analyst,Great company to work for,Keeps you very busy not a lot of down time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P901.htm
58570,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,"Great company and work environment, could be better managed","Access to experts on Microsoft technologies, great pay and benefits, interesting work, immediate customer respect based on company affiliation (in most cases)",Microsoft Consulting Services has minimal focus on employee career growth despite continuous claims of being people-focused. Constant manager turnover and too many employees per direct-line supervisor contribute to these issues.,Adapt MCS to align more closely with the July 2013 business group realignment. Do a better job of selling devices.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58571,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Technical program manager,"with some interviewers the discussion was very good and encouraging, very technical,",Some of the interviewers ask questions those are irrelevant to job,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58572,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2013",Current Employee - Group Manager,company has gotten too big,smart people good benefits although not as good as previous years variety in job opportunities across the company,"too much political overhead review system hurting company - everyone competing against each other internally risk taking, speaking up discouraged (frowned upon) some business groups better than others - need to filter for good/ strong OHI ones","revamp review system- most employees unhappy with it - hurting company (people leaving, people not feeing motivated, people losing passion).",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58573,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,"A great place to work hard, test your limits, expand your knowledge and contribute to the success of the company.","Intelligence, efficiency and effectiveness are highly regarded You are expected to question the norm and seek continuous improvement You are responsible for your own trajectory - you can take your current role beyond traditional limits, or seek a new challenge - this is not only accepted, but expected","Extremely fast-paced - not for everyone Everyone around you is as smart as you are, or smarter - this can be intimidating at times",Keep growing and changing when it has a positive impact on the overall vision for the company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58574,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test,Fantastic place to work,Good Company and Technology to work.,Too much of work and no work life balance,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58575,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great,it is great to work with brilliant co-workers,work life balance could be better,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58576,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A good place to work,"Gigantic space, single office. Smart and knowledgeable colleagues. Large scale projects. Meaningful work. Reasonably good salary. No state income tax in WA.","Many jobs are about maintaining and improving mature products, thus less innovative. Innovative projects tend to be concentrated in certain fields. Overall, the company is currently less innovative than some of its competitors.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58577,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Good company but past its prime,"Excellent corporate governance, decentralized decision making, cutting edge practices in many areas, good benefits. Worldwide brand name recognition. Still carries prestige value in most countries. In early years, till year 2002 or so, only hired the best and the brightest.","Too big now, slow growth, so getting too political with turf battles. Too many people with too many years of experience so top heavy, and that adds to political/ turf battles. Does not seem to reward innovative ideas that much. No good system in place for encouraging innovation. So people with good ideas and ambition either do not join now or leave quickly. Sometime around 2002, hiring standards were lowered, and in my opinion, that affected the culture and quality irreversibly. Working along side only the best was a big draw and inspiration for many of us up until then. Big lesson for every corporate.","Break up the company into 6-7 smaller companies and bring in start up culture. get rid of dead wood. fix HR and ratings which is killing team work. find out why silicon valley people do not want to join Microsoft, fix that on priority.",3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58578,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Mentally abused,"It has several great systems in place and was a great company in the past. If you are a just starting your career, Microsoft is a great place to work for two years. You can learn a lot about how a big company works and take all that knowledge with you. Technology wise, they only use Microsoft software which is bad if you want to join other technology company that maybe built on open source software.","It kills your potential. To succeed in Microsoft the primary skill you need is perception management. That means you need to be a great politician. If you are busy working and doing the right thing for the company without playing the game, be sure some else will take the credit for your work. Actually doing the right thing for the company is a bad thing for you. Your focus should be only in growing your manager’s kingdom that may include sabotaging their competition and doing what is wrong for the company. The company is setup to hire young people and get rid of the old. So you have a medical plan that you probably won’t use much anyway. Since 2013, the medical plan is not that great anymore. In the end, keep your eye on the ball which is to maximize the benefits you can get out of Microsoft. If you spend your time in doing the right thing, do not expect the same in return. Do it knowing you will not get the same in return.",Change from a competitive environment to a cooperative environment. We are not in school anymore.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58579,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Life at Microsoft,Working on the cutting edge technologies that contribute to the lives of a great many people. Being involved with some of the sharpest people in computing today.,The review model pits individuals against each other at times. Team work is valued but not a practiced commodity.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P902.htm
58580,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Jul 30, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft Retail - Great Company to work for.,"Excellent benefits, they treat you very well. Positions within the Microsoft Retail stores are fairly simple. High standards, Clean environment. Great bonuses/gifts for all employees. Great training.","Because the retail side of Microsoft is still fairly new, it can get frustrating with new implements and non consistencies.",Continue to increase communication with everyone as much as possible.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58581,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Finance Manager,"Flexibility, great sign on bonus, great medical benefits, diverse staff, fun activities for employees, friendly people","Not as competitive salary, not always clear roles and responsibilities, constant change",Try to establish more clear processes and hold people accountable for deliverables,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58582,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Working at Microsoft - learn, have fun, and be frustrated",Microsoft has a fantastic benefit package and you get to work on projects that potentially millions of people will use.,"They are working to change this now, but nobody works together at Microsoft. Individuals are out for themselves and different divisions will sabotage another divisions work if it helps them.",none,4.0,none,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58583,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great people in a highly political company,"- Microsoft is a iconic name that still attracts young professionals. - Looks good on resume, other companies know if you can manage the work/life balance at this company then you are no slacker. - Pay is good for entry level but for industry hires look elsewhere - Smart people that are experts in what they do","I can write many things here:  - Highly political company that rewards people that can play the game   * Send bunch of email --> This shows you are working according to managers   * Suck up to your manager --> This is how people are getting promoted   * Do less of what is assigned to you and more of useless tools to have ""impact"" cross teams  - Stack ranking system with forced curve   * Even if you have a team full of rock star engineers 1 or 2 will be getting a rating of 4, 5.   * This system forces competition among peers rather than collaboration   * Even if you work very hard to improve the feature/quality you are not rewarded because it's ""expected"". While someone else can work 9-5 and do a silly script to automate stuff is valued  - Far too many Program managers   * These people don't contribute less than quarter of what engineers(SDE/SDET) do   * Great talented people that are forced into this role to do data entry  Overall: Microsoft looks very good from outside, however it's a contrast when you are inside.",- Convert PMs into Software Engineers - Remove Forced curve on performance review -,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58584,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,Good benefits and performance based bonuses.,Corporate MS did not have a strategic plan when they acquired this startup.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58585,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A place where you can work on a wide variety of problems,Getting to work on a wide variety of problems with plenty of opportunity to learn a lot from some really smart people,"Very top heavy - decisions are made at high levels with the goal of ""long term customer satisfaction"" often resulting in losing market share. It has become increasingly difficult to have a sustained growth just by doing great quality work.",This is the age of facebook - we really got to try fast and fail fast,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58586,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A great place to start your career,Variety of things to work on. Great Health Insurance. Great atmosphere outside of work i.e. sports.,The stack rank review system.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58587,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Development Manager,"Very smart people, lots of politics","Excellent technology. Lots of very deep, cool work.","Too much politics, not enough focus on external world.","Figure out how to compete with the world, not with the team down the hall.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58588,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too good not too bad,Flexible working hours. Working env is good (changing to open space though). Good benefit (have deductible now).,Heaving politics in some team. Intensive and unhealthy competition between peers. Bad work life balance in some teams..,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58589,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"okay place to gain experience, not so much to make a career","College hires or junior employees will probably have 5 to 10 *good* years at Microsoft. If you're not on the ""management track"" or senior level by then, it will serve you best to move on to new things. By that time, the experience gained will help you to be more successful elsewhere. The most important thing you can learn here is how to make enterprise software scalable, and best practices in engineering.","In many orgs, team dynamics are just bad. Too much bloat in process and personnel. The culture is highly dependent on email - even within teams sitting together in the same building. Many teams struggle to implement lean/agile effectively. About 2/3 of Program Managers seem to be clueless, and do not have any real accountability.  The middle management culture is risk-averse and has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. The worst part is many of those middle managers float around the company, transferring from group to group without passion or fresh ideas. Because of that churn, in most orgs, there will be morale-killing and sometimes pointless re-orgs a couple times each year. Depending on your manager, you may periodically have some anxiety about Microsoft's notoriously Darwinian performance review system.","Too many rigid and artificial HR processes. Work on the company culture which is too political, outdated and doesn't fit well with agile development processes. Reform the program manager discipline.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P903.htm
58590,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Content Publishing Manager,Challenging and engaging,Great people and engaging atmosphere Lots of autonomy if you work hard and support the business group you're in Redmond is beautiful and many groups support healthy work-live balance,Many groups are very political and you spend more time managing the politics than getting work done Not a lot of internal cohesion between groups,Simplify and unify,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58591,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,great opportunities to work on world-class projects/programs,"Great environment for getting a lot accomplished. Rewarding for meeting/exceeding challenges. Current boss is a very good leader, motivator, with a clear vision for her team. Individual goals/expectations are clearly set.","Difficult to move up, entrenched culture. Some ego:talent ratios are out of whack. Occassionally you get saddled working for a terrible manager (a product of promoting someone good at a certain discipline, but not good at management). Also, there is something of a feudal atmosphere - resulting politics can be very nasty.","Ditch stack ranking, do more to foster culture of change. For line managers, promote those with a talent and interest in management.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58592,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2013",Current Employee - Prncipal Engineer,"5+ years there, mostly a waste of time building subpar products","* good medical coverage, but is getting worse each year. * good work life balance. * Wonderful brand name due to Bill Gates' charity work, but is being squandered away by the current management team.","* Bad annual performance rating system, plagued with wide spread cronyism to the absurd extent. * Little to no higher level management direction. Lots of turf fighting. * Subpar culture -> subpar products * Shallow technical depth in certain hardware divisions. * Copied all the confidentiality stuff from Apple, but just failed to learn anything from Apple on how to build a great product.",* Badly need a shakeup from top to bottom and do it as soon and thoroughly as possible.,1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58593,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great technological company with constant challenges,Diversification and never give up attitude,Label on employees sticks for a long time.,become more competitive and hopefully cool,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58594,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Good benefits package, a good number of really smart colleagues.","Office politics, annual review model hurts team work, lots of bad managers.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58595,microsoft,"Detroit, MI"," Aug 9, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,4 Years of Shock and Awe!,"The best products, great benefits and tons of potential.","1. You'll spend most of your time looking over your shoulder to see who's launching arrows in your back. 2. You'll go through at least 2 managers per fiscal year. 3. If you're not part of the ""local Microsoft mafia"" then you have no chance of getting a decent rating in the ""STANK RANKING PROCESS"" 4. Your personal life will go to hell. No work life balance whatsoever. 5. Your health will decline and you'll most likely need to take a ""leave of absence""","1. Change the culture. You're losing unbelievable talent due to the ""old school"" politics that middle management thrives on. 2. Get rid of that ridiculous stack ranking process. Teammates stab each other in the back, managers throw direct reports under the bus and a lot of talented people are walking out the door because of it. 3. You're freaking Microsoft for god's sake! It's time to start matching Google and Apple in terms of innovation, creativity and offering an exciting place to work. Don't fear change!",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58596,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"7 years of good, 4 years of awful","Challenging work, plenty of resources, lots of intelligent, articulate people, support to take on as much responsiblity as you want. Tons of great training.",The review process has become worse than dehumanizing. Excessive workload. Mid to upper managers who really don't have an understanding of how to manage. Senior management arrogance.,Throw away the review system entirely. Learn that employee and customer satisfaction are what will drive your future success.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58597,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Dev Lead,Microsoft,Opportunity to work for latest technologies,Too many politics from some level.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58598,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Brilliant bunch of individuals, at least most of them","The individuals who work in the engineering roles are the key to environment. Even coffee interactions in the day make your day well spent. The approach is changing, freeing up from the legacy, can become a challenge to other tech-behemoths.",Aged and stale review process takes up a huge fraction of the focus and the brilliant people are forced to look at annual gains rather than collaborative long terms.,"Let the good minds you have work towards building your future, they are your key asset, not the policies, not their management. Work fast before it's too late.",4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58599,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Aug 8, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,"Great experience, Good company... cares about employees.","Employee oriented, a good place to grow a career. Not typical sales environment so if you are looking for big bucks from selling, this is not the place.","Can be very political. It's a big company environment so if you like small, make it happen type environment I would not recommend this company.",Stop drinking your own Kool Ade and get real with employees.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P904.htm
58600,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft offers a variety of interesting technology challenges for people who like to work hard,"Interesting technology, very smart people, hard problems to tackle, competetive benefits, opportunity to move around and learn new things. Many different business to be involved in from SQL and Windows to xbox and phone. Redmond campus has many services to offer.","review process is brutal, people may be rewarded for re-invention, not always leading edge. Some pockets of collaboration but not as predominate as could be. Flex work is not always supported and some managers may want you physically in the office every day.",consider changing review process to retain talent. Your employee talent and their intellectual potential is your greatest asset but the models don't always align with this philosophy.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58601,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better for code writers,Pros - I was able to get involved with some very interesting projects.,Cons - The environment is some what toxic with most people only looking out for themselves.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58602,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Challenging, Rewarding, Innovative, Diverse and Fun,",Opportunities to drive cross functional projects across the organization.,Longer hours due to partnerships with teams in different countries,Continue to drive innovation and change,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58603,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"If you want to solve tough problems and work with an amazing set of people, this is the place to be.","MS is more like a bunch of companies under a single brand rather than a single company, so opinions vary with whom you ask. Your group and manager will ultimately determine how happy/successful you are.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58604,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,The glory days are long over,- Decent healthcare benefits that are free (for now). Even these have deteriorated in the last few years and the slide will continue - Really smart people at least in individual contributor role - Free soda (if you are into that),"- Terrible review system based on rank and yank. Kills morale completely and leaves no incentive to work as a team. In fact we spend better parts of the year trying to sabotage and upstage other team members.  - incompetent management. In the decade I have been here the ranks of group managers, directors and senior directors have grown exponentially slowing any project to a crawl. These ""senior leaders"" are so clueless that you wonder how they even got into this role.  - Non-existent work life balance. There is crushing and unrealistic pressure to deliver from upper management which itself appears immune to any accountability. 60-70 hour weeks are a given...and that's just to stay afloat.  - Redmond centric culture. There are almost zero opportunities for people outside of Redmond and if you are in the field and reporting to a manager in Redmond...start counting your days before you are ranked and yanked.  - Too much focus on PowerPoints, excel spreadsheets and meeting numbers. Cost cutting is an epidemic...if you are Level 63 or above...you are at risk. The goal set by KT is to eliminate these ""higher paying"" positions and backfill with fresh, college hires which are cheaper.","There's nothing management can do here....it's a culture thing and unless Microsoft is completely gutted of the Accenture, IBM and Walmart types...it's just a slow descent into irrelevancy.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58605,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2013",Former Employee - Sales,"Microsoft, good software. Services (MCS) is a disaster","Good compensation, helpful co-workers, great software","Management is a mess.. Politics and ""review positioning"" are the primary drivers. Actual production is secondary","Rethink your review model, and the culture you are creating. The review model requires managers to give 20% of their staff an unsatisfactory rating, regardless of their actual production. This does nothing more than create an adversarial culture within the teams, and does not encourage collaboration or teamwork. I have personally seen 20+ rock stars leave the company because of this draconian model. The services organization is a complete mess. The management team has no vision, and knows nothing about leadership. There is complete confusion about partners and how/if to work with them, and there is complete confusion on if MCS wants to be a systems integrator or not.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58606,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 6, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Senior Global Marketing Manager,"Global scope, global brand - impact.","Poor collaboration, stack ranking method to evaluate performance, product limitations compared to competitors, lack of vision to bet on the next ""big thing"".","Reward your employees based on performance, not tenure. Also, please consider compensation and levels from other tech companies, MS falls behind in almost every category. Risk to lose key talent.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58607,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Network Engineer,Microsoft is a company where you can take on huge challenges,"Microsoft provides great benefits, decent pay, and stability. It has always grown, and is trying to make the right decisions",Microsoft is a huge company and has a lot of processes and muck that can slow things down. Speed and time to market can be slow.,"Be an engineering company, not a sales company",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58608,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Learnt quite a bit about SDET role.. learnt good about Application development process and online services,"Based on the team, lots of opportunity to learn and excel","Politics, No OSS, if in wrong team, only way out is to quit to save the career",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58609,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Lead,Fast paced business with lots of resources driving for integrity and market share,"The company puts a lot of effort into making sure the employee is trained in all the necessary training that drives positive company image, integrity and business success. The environment is positive and they offer free drinks and great lunch options.","It is very easy to get sucked into ""Microsoft is the best and only solution"", while there are many solutions that other companies have that are really really good. Microsoft is a very big organization and the entire org does not turn on a dime anymore. However, things to change quickly when leadership pushes the company in one direction or another. In 4 years I had 8 different offices in 5 different buildings. The review system pits you against your peers in a way that creates unhealthy competition at times.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P905.htm
58610,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,A good place to settle down,"Great benefits, smart people to work with, takes good care of employees",Lot of red tape to make any changes,"Need to catch up with the rest of world out there in technology, we need to act quicker",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58611,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Mature Career,Lot of innovation on various different products,At times bit slow moving,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58612,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software development engineer,- A lot of opportunities to grow - Big product diversity,Lack of agility in product development process,More agility in work will be a big plus,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58613,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2013",Current Employee - Group Manager,Microsoft provides the opportunity to work on very large global projects in a very dynamic industry,"Global, fast pace, evolving, engaging","Demanding, work/life balance could be better",Open up to embrace new opportunities faster,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58614,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Awesome place to learn, grow and learn how big companies work.","Super smart people, passion for technology, team focus, many tools and resources at your finger tips","political, instead of searching for win-win, it can be more focused on conquering/dominating another team","Continue to think about how to build and encourage a collaborative environment, incentivze people to care more about other teams and peers beside themselves",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58615,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2013",Current Employee - Category Manager,company review,Great place to work good market value,slow growth big company politics,improve rating system and hire competitively,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58616,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great compensation,"Good compensation, Benefits and office facilities","Poor work life balance, Poor review model that drive un healthy competition within the team",Change the relative stack ranking system,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58617,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Hit and Miss - depends on the group and your manager,"Great learning, training and growth opportunities",Review system makes the culture totally F**cked up,Work as a team and change the review system so others can work as a team instead of backstabbing and fighting each other.,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58618,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 2, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,good company with terrible senior management,"big company, good benfits plus good salary, good work life balance, flexible working hours. lots of career oppertunities","the problem is from senior management, and obviously the CEO. Both of them should be replaced so that new directiion can be found for the company.","well, replace senior management and CEO is first step.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58619,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,Tough but rewarding,"Amazing people, global business, dynamic, fast moving and ever changing. You can easily have your entire career within the company and never get bored.","Not for those who don't like change all the time. Very fast paced and as with most large companies, it can feel soul-less at times. If you have difficulty setting work-life boundaries, watch out as this place will keep you busy 24/7 so boundaries are required to survive!",Your people are and will always be your greatest asset. Don't forget it!,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P906.htm
58620,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft was a good place to work.,Opportunity to grow career and gain strong skills.,Company has lost it's way - no longer innovative.,Listen to your customers and engage with them beyond one-sided marketing conversations.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58621,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed. I had the experience of working both at corporate and at the subsidiary level and they are two different cultures,"Overall MS is a great place to work, but you have to be careful in which group you land. It could be heaven of hell depending on the immediate manager.",At the US subsidiary it is extremely political. If you don’t belong in the circle of trust there’s no future ahead.,The 'what's in it for me' attitude of the field driven by the compensation models sometimes gets in the way of doing the right thing. Love for the company is affected by impact on their checkbooks.,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58622,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great opportunities for professional development and career grow but the review system needs an update.,"Plenty of opportunities to work in any field of computer science, good compensation and benefits, good work-life balance.","The review system doesn't make sense, it promotes unhealthy competition between team members, promotes individual achievements over team achievements, discourages employees to work in competitive teams.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58623,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2013",Former Employee - Diversity Manager,The Old Microsoft was a great place to work,You felt as though you were changing the world,Not collaborative. Terrible review process.,Cease with this terrible review process. Prohibits collaborative environment and drives good to people to look elsewhere.,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58624,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE),Vast opportunities within an amazing company,"There are many opportunities, people are great and motivated, many challenges to work on, benefits are great.","Too big so you can get lost if you are not paying attention to your career. Public doesn't think highly of the brand, which is frustrating at times.","Connect with people, understand consumers, innovate more, reward disruptive ideas, don't be afraid of trying.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58625,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"Smartest people work here, except in management","Everyone is incredibly bright, so there's no waiting for people to understand things, if you're the top performer at your company, you likely will struggle here for the first year, but you won't regret it. Everyone is super smart, able to write and speak clearly and have fairly good soft skills too.","There are no women here, none. The women that are here typically have master's degrees and a decade or more of experience before setting foot in the door. THe men were typically hired out of high school, sat in the queues for that long and either now manage your team or get high bonuses for being one of the guys. I would never have a woman work here, it's ridiculous how much time you have to spend acting like a guy to even be considered for anything. The other major issue is that most of these folks haven't worked anywhere else, so they're always coming up with 'ideas' to sell to our clients that the clients will never buy and won't make a real impact because we haven't worked in the real world. There's also a lot of shuffling around of your management and entire divisions even though what you do doesn't EVER change...so maybe it would be best to juts get rid of the management which doesn't do much more than approve expense reports and stack rank.","There are no women here, none. The women that are here typically have master's degrees and a decade or more of experience before setting foot in the door. THe men were typically hired out of high school, sat in the queues for that long and either now manage your team or get high bonuses for being one of the guys. I would never have a woman work here, it's ridiculous how much time you have to spend acting like a guy to even be considered for anything. The other major issue is that most of these folks haven't worked anywhere else, so they're always coming up with 'ideas' to sell to our clients that the clients will never buy and won't make a real impact because we haven't worked in the real world. There's also a lot of shuffling around of your management and entire divisions even though what you do doesn't EVER change...so maybe it would be best to juts get rid of the management which doesn't do much more than approve expense reports and stack rank.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58626,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great resume builder, fun company","smart people, great products, great campus","not innovative, not meritocracy. no career advancement",Select leaders with integrity and values. Do not tolerate bad behavior that hinders the progress of the company,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58627,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Not the most exciting place to work....,"Benefits, flexible work hours, projects (sometimes). The ability to ship something at a scale very few companies can achieve.","Constant reorgs, bad review system that encourages negative competition within teams and sends a message to the majority of employees that you are just average...over and over again.","Get rid of stack ranking and the review system. Use the review system to encourage employees rather than always sending a negative message (saying you are average is a negative message, by the way). This will also have the positive effect of redirecting employees energy from trying to look better than their team member to making products better.",3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58628,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Finance and Operations,Good recruiting team to get you into the door.,"Terrible on boarding process for new hires. If you have a lousy bosses will put you at a huge disadvantage when it comes to calibration and forced ranking for year end reviews. If you are in finance best to avoid. Skills and experience none transferable. Calibration process had finance being ranked against levels in sales, development and IT. That is a situation that a finance person will lose. Most toe company line so do not be a disruptor or bring in new ideas from the outside that might hurt the Redmond bubble. Need to be good at politics.",Need to get remove most of management. Slow and stale.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58629,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Overall, best employer I have worked for so far. But, like so many other places, managers can be a problem.","Lots of smart people. Interesting work, and rather than working on a product that will never get marketshare, at Microsoft you know the products you build should get noticed. Execellent benefits.",Arrogant management that didn't listen to experience. Willfully ignored the advice of experts at their own peril. Lots of fire drills as a result.,Don't think you know everything and don't have to pay attention to history. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P907.htm
58630,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Work hard on a huge diversity of products,It's like a bunch of companies under one roof,The review system is hugely unfair,Scrap the review system,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Technical Program Manager,Still a good company to work for...,Benefits and salary. Employees are passionate and focused on delivering high quality.,Poor overall company leadership and direction. Too many organizational changes and failures.,Be a leader in the industry,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58632,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Comfortable, Not challenging, Ridden with Politics",Great variety of work Great work-life balance Decent pay,Disillusionment amongst lot of people because of company stagnation Company stagnation ==> everyone trying to protect their turf ==> too much politics Very limited opportunities to grow career in scope of responsibilities,People are the biggest asset. Most people in the company do not like the bell curve - get rid of it. More cross-discipline collaboration needed,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58633,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very good place to work.,Lots of opportunities are available,Can require a lot of patience when getting things done.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58634,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great company full of bright, passionate individuals that lacks the clear vision and cohesion to bring it all together.",Being surrounded by bright and passionate individuals makes for a strong growth environment. The readiness of others to help makes this the best place I've ever worked!,"Many ""dinosaur"" business groups *cough* Windows *cough* want to keep working the way they did when processors had only 1 core and sub-100mhz clock speeds. Times have changed and there are still a few BGs that hold on to the old way of doing things and won't push forward.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58635,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Time for a change,Great people across the organization.,Time for senior leadership changes. Organizational politics are critically inhibiting market potential of the company.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58636,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,"There's a lot of variation between teams, but when your on a good team you can have amazing impact while having fun.","There are lots of different opportunities to learn and a lot of cool technology being built. There are many brilliant people to learn from, and many of the teams are well lead. Microsoft has a ton of cool technology and in most places has been opening up to external technologies as well. People are not afraid to take on big bets. Diversity is the norm and good teams leverage the different viewpoints in open and honest discussions. The work you do here can benefit millions of people.","The review system discourages high levels of collaboration (think shared space and pair programming) because it's a competitive fixed curve model based largely on breadth of ownership. Management varies in quality across teams and often great engineers are promoted to become poor managers. The strict model of the review system seems to reflect a lack of trust in the companies managers. Some teams are also stuck in the past in how they work, not understanding how to push quality upstream, iterate quickly, and focus on customer value.",Lose the cut-throat review model. Reward teams that succeed. Invest in infrastructure for more collaboration to solve tough problems once the right way.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58637,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Do your work. Get a paycheck. Get yourself a good manager and you'll get to do cooler stuff to get your paycheck.,"Autonomy, work-life balance. Working for Windows is the nice stable gov't job of the tech industry.","It's not Google, Apple or Facebook. You're working for the boring tech company. You're unlikely to work on something that everyone is talking about. You may work on something that knowledge workers and businesses require to get work done and that's cool in it's own way, but it's probably not going to be the thing your friends are interested in and talking about. Tell someone you work for Windows and the first thing they'll ask will be about a bug that even you know sucks but we'll never even think about fixing because we're that removed from customer input.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58638,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,It was a great place to work....in the past....,"When I was there in the early 2000's it was a great place to work where we had challenges to concur, innovation was the norm, and the management was great.",I left because I did not feel that the career growth was there for the inside. The company had a serious problem understanding how to nurture internal talent and was constantly hiring for senior positions from the outside. The review system as been in flux forever and has caused a poisonous environment for the talent in the ranks.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58639,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Developer,Great company but limiting growth and ownership,"Flexible work hours, good team members","Not much support for remote work compared to other companies. Very bright talented people - being limited to a certain feature or component and rarely do the developers get a full feeling for the entire product they build. Agree with another post which says there is no encouragement for innovation, most people just cruise along without thinking of innovation.",Encourage and promote people based on innovation and out of box thinking. Encourage mobility within company and to some extent make it mandatory to spread the knowledge.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P908.htm
58640,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Complex interview for a boring, uninteresting job.","Good workplaces, free soda. Good benefits, gym. etc. Opportunity to attend training sessions.","Poor management, unnecessary meetings make impossible to concentrate on the problem. I would start at 7 to accomplish more before meetings start. Many people from the south who do not integrate well in american culture. It is not cast system here.",Too late. it will start falling apart.,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58641,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,A pretty decent place to work at,"Lots of smart people, great benefits and perks, really relaxed work culture with awesome work life balance, Seattle is a great place to be.","Bureaucracy, design by committee, not agile or nimble enough, needs to get leaner, too many people with their ways set since the 1980s in management positions unwilling to change",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58642,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2013",Current Employee - Architect,"Great opportunities for growth, exciting innovation and plenty of room to move within the company.","- Pays well, smart people",- Overall benefits not as good as they used to be - Review model means you don't take risks and it doesn't foster collaboration,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58643,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Place to turn passion in practice,Broad range of technologies to work on,Responsibilities sometimes gets too repetitive,Recognize the superstars early on,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58644,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Wonderful company,"Dynamic organization, constant change, great smart people.","Too much internal focus, stringent requirements/timing on promotions","focus on top talent, not ""how many months before you can be promoted""",5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58645,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,Interesting and challenging 7 years,Very good benefits. Good compensation,Too much politics. Not very good intra group collaboration,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58646,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is no longer as attractive to engineers as it used to be,"Better than average benefits, Lots of internal opennings","Internal rivalry, Politics, Bureaucracy, Mediocre pay",Look around and see what some other great employers are doing,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58647,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review System Review System,"some great people to work with-passion for technology, broad opportunity across variety of spaces to work","over the past few years the zero sum, force ranked review system has so negatively impacted the culture -creating a generation of new employees who understand their success requires someone else's failure (and they now actively work toward that) -the brutal death march of 20% of those in the review models w/ 4 and 5 ratings unable to get hired for the most part and the frightening and Orwellian lack of complaint for the totally valid and recognized fear that raising this elephant in the room means being targeted as either victim or non-player.","Change the review system. let managers manage, review and rate their teams and evaluate the managers on their deliverables and ability to drive a strong team. we've myopically distilled what should be a broad statistic for reviewing overall company health w/ a blueprint for negative behavior",2.0,3.0,1.0,none,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58648,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good company to work for but Mgmt unable to implement vision,"Benefits are great, lots of smart people around, flexible schedule, if you're motivated it's easy to move up the ladder quickly","Management has a good vision but they are unable to motivate employees them and implement, issues with cultural differences (team consensus vs individuals speaking up), crossgroup collaboration is terrible",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58649,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Shark filled Pond,The good employees are very good. The people with real knowledge are willing to share and help you grow and help the company move forward.,Constant threat of being stabbed in the back if you stand out or speak up about improvement. You will working in what most people would consider less space then a broom closet.  There are several company cultures which slow everything. From the Don't Give a darn folks to I been here longer than you so I am always right folks to the I am wearing sandals and gym shorts to work because I am the Star around here.,If you want actual professionals to work at Microsoft then you need to employ professional managers and interviewers. If you pack too many rats in a pit they are going to spend more time fighting each other than being productive,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P909.htm
58650,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Licensing Executive,Great company to work for.,Adapting to change Takes competition seriously Work-Life Balance Good long term strategy Getting ready for the next generation of technology (Devices + Services),"Slow reacting to external changes Sometimes, politics play a key role in career development (not what you know, but who you know) Still a little egocentric",Keep watching competitors closely and don't forget that they are improving too.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58651,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 20, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Director,Left Microsoft after 12 years,"I learnt a lot from Microsoft over my 12 years at the company, a lot of which was about working with some great people and being able to work around the Microsoft system.",Microsoft as a company has lost its way and continually reverts to excuses and playing the victim as to why it is not a market leader anymore. This is a slide that won't be addressed until there is a major change in senior leadership and intensive work on the culture. The recent reorg is just moving deck chairs...,"The last quarterly report is yet another indicator the board needs to act, remove Ballmer and his FOS, and bring in new blood and thinking. The slide will continue until this happens.",3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58652,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 22, 2013",Former Employee - Services Executive,No longer care about employees !!!!!,"What was once a GREAT company is becoming a mediocre company now. They continue to be behind the 8 ball and struggling. Every new fiscal year is something new, NO LONG TERM vision. Employees are becoming more and more mistreated (especially sales people).","* POOR mid management hires, bringing ion the wrong people with the wrong focus. * STACK RANKING * The company does not care about it's employees, especially sales people. I used to think of my job as having a career, but it became just a job","Take care of your people, bring in managers that understand and care about the business. Think long term. Treat your long term employees with respect instead of trying to push them out.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58653,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too big to make a difference,"Smart people, lots of resources for growth, good pay, good benefits, lots of things you can do","Too big to make an impact, slow linear growth, impossible to stand out, too much red tape and process, not exciting",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58654,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2013",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Good company to work for freshers and those who are keen for technical roles.,Multi-national and multi-diverse exposure. First hand usage of technologies Good employee benefits,Not a good value proposition if you want to play multiple roles at the same time Highly process oriented and less flexibility for inventions,Look at employees as just not resources but contributors to companies success,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58655,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to get solid software development experience.,"Opportunity to work and brainstorm with very talented peers. Plentiful resources available. Challenging problems to solve. Develop software that will be used around the world. Influence design/functionality of products. Experience and learn state-of-the-art full development lifecycle: design, schedule, estimate, code, test, prioritize, debug, document, support, sustain, revise.",Rigid organizational structure limits opportunities to work on additional areas of interest. Conflicting priorities can result in products with high bug debts. Use of prevalent Microsoft-centric technology can lead to reduced future marketability of your skillset.,There is a lot of great but unrecognized talent within Microsoft. The company needs to recognize and appreciate this talent and work on rewarding it and finding better fits when appropriate. Focus on how our software makes a difference and why it's developed in the first place.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58656,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 21, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Free-for-all politics, not company goals make you successful",There are some smart people. You can find teams to work comfortable 35 hour weeks and still get paid well.,"Product/company success is secondary. Everyone ambitious is out for themselves. Since review is curved, you need to come out ahead of your peers first and foremost. Managers would actually mentor me in those terms -- toxic environment!",Make teams work towards a common goal and throw out all the political bs'ers in high positions,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58657,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Principal SDE,- Large pool of technical resources to learn and consult - Decent compensation - especially after being with the company more than 5 years - Great benefits and good supportive environment for internal transfers,"- Performance review and calibration model caused a side effect of 'promoting' working silo and against each others since someone in an org must be rated excellent and someone must be rated bad. - Company is getting a bit too big - side effect of losing the agility, higher mgmt. lack of knowledge of team members - resulted to potential unfair/unjustified rating employees - Became too big ==> led to 'diminishing return' operating model",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58658,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2013",Current Employee - Compensation Specialist,Compensation Specialist,"Microsoft has great culture, pay, benefits, locations. They invest a decent amount in your career and the industry is very dynamic",As with most large organizations it can be difficult to navigate and get visibility.,Make organization more flat,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58659,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,almost 20 years,"working with super smart folks big thinking and ambitious scale budgets usually not an issue good facilities - food, offices, buildings etc",stack ranking! limited upward mobility hard to form long lasting relationships amid constant re-orgs & shuffling many units moving to cube-style farms work-life balance hard to manage,stack ranking system - sounds hypocritical about hiring the best people when the stack ranking essentially condemns 30% a year to the dungeons from a career perspective.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P910.htm
58660,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good stable company to work for,Steady job You can coast after a few years if you like,Red tape Large company politics and review system Not the most exiting company to work for now,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58661,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great place to start a career,Great potential for growth within company,Retail hours can take time before moving up,No communication at times can cause annoyances,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58662,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2013",Former Employee - Account Executive,Advertising Account Executive,Great benefits and sense of belonging,Too easy to work when not at work. STACK RANKING,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58663,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A nice company to work for,Work/Life balance is not bad (but depends on group) have your own office,Too many levels of management,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58664,microsoft,"North Lauderdale, FL"," Jul 17, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,This is a very good company to work for.,learning new things with the products,there aren't any cons for this company,Listen and take in to consideration what the employees are complaining about,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58665,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Guns At Heads,- exciting entertainment space - once in a 7-10 year opportunity,"- cowboy/hero PM skills required - no area of authority, job 100% pure influence - no accountability anywhere with anyone - HIPPOs rule all decisions - hugely inefficient, no sense of cost structures or common PNL, everything operates as a cost-center",- get serious about doing product design with sense of control and structure - senior leadership publicly tone-deaf to its customers,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58666,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Jul 18, 2013",Former Employee - Applications Developer,It is a good company globally,"Lot of career growth and good culture, made many new friends","Less mobility across teams, politics within the company",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58667,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great first job in the industry.,High likelihood of working with talented technical leaders. Great networking opportunity. Easy to change jobs (and even disciplines) if appropriate. Relatively low pressure given size and stability of the company.,"Yearly evaluations stack rank you against your immediate peers, which creates an environment of internal competition (distracting from the actual competition). Truly horrible middle-managers. Lots of dead weight, and lots of very senior disengaged people who are only coasting.","Invest in your managers -- they can make or break careers, and demoralize employees very easily. It's a fair assumption none of them has been groomed to manage people.",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58668,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Overall great experience and learned a ton,"There are a lot of high quality highly talented people at the company. Being surrounded by a lot of high achievers is inspiring and can bring out your best performance. I made many great friends there that I respect deeply and miss working with.  You also get to work on huge, epic projects that very few companies in the world can do. It's fun to be a part of that even if it does make you feel like a small cog in a big machine.  The senior executives are extremely impressive for the most part. Smart, hard working and hold themselves accountable. Yes you can get a bit of ego along with that but I doubt it's any more so than other companies.","As others have written, it can get easy to get lost in such a big company. You really need to take charge of your career path, network and manage upwards. If you do so successfully you can have a nice career trajectory.  Also, in my opinion, the company is not moving agilely enough to keep up with the pace of changes in the marketplace.",Try to move faster and please help the company work together more effectively than get in each others' way.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58669,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to get your career started,Good opportunities to work on a lot of interesting projects.,"Politics can be heavy. Don't look outside at available resources, focus on recruiting other companies top talent.",Don't miss experienced resources who have a track record of working at start ups.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P911.htm
58670,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2013",Current Employee - Service Engineer,"Rewarding, challenging and for your career you get out what you put in.","Access to technology at scales and budgets that are really big. Flexibility and freedom to manage your own work. You can have impact and build great things that impact people's lives. Compensation is fairly good, but you won't be driving the Ferrari unless you are highly compensated partner level VP (I.e. not an average engineer that actually writes code and develops software). Benefits are pretty good, but if you are younger and no family you don't really exercise them and option for higher comp would be appreciated instead. The technology and engineering discipline are fun and challenging and there are many great minds to learn from.","Once you are inside the ms bubble, you have 3 numbers: employee ID, stock level and review score. The rest of your life is tied to these arbitrary numbers. It is in your best interest to get hired in at highest stock level possible. In practice, stock level will dictate your base salary and stock awards while review score (1 thru 5 with 1 the highest) dictates bonus and usually promo. The review system of ""stack rank"" promotes disunity, dysfunction and discord. It is a cancer. Think hunger games. By the way I get 1's consistently and I still feel awful for the others that worked harder (but not smarter) than me. Your direct ""lead"" is useless, with no management training or accountability your lead feels lie a peer instead of a mentor. You must actively seek out mentors on your own. Career advancement is slow and not always in your control. You could have a great year and get a 1 but be told that you haven't been in your current level long enough. So, go kick butt for another year and hope for Pomo next time. 2 years in your level is considered pretty good. Again, make sure you start as high as possible, it takes a while to climb that ladder!",Get a clear concise message for the strategy of the company to rally the troops and engage the customer. Stop chasing rivals and understand the answer to this question: what is microsoft's core competency?,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58671,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2013",Current Employee - Engineer,Cut-throat,"Entry level jobs are good and you get to work on some interesting stuff. Offices, buildings, cafeteria are nice.",The review process makes everyone at the same level compete against each other - so basically you are competing directly with your fellow work mates. This makes for a hostile work environment.  Each year there is a stack rank so you are constantly living in fear of this and have to make sure you will survive it. Success here depends heavily on the relationship you have with your boss (but not always).,Scrap the current review process and build something that encourages people to work together for the common good of the company.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58672,microsoft,"Arlington, VA"," Aug 4, 2013",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,What a political hellhole,"Amazing benefits, cool technology, generous bonus","Unresponsive management, rampant incompetence, non-stop politics, the company treats every utterance and action like it's a lawsuit waiting to happen, force-rank removal system means all teams are constantly in flux which leads to an every-man-for-themselves culture where you will be thrown under the bus.",Time to spend more time in the field,1.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58673,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2013",Current Employee - IT Program Manager,Good place to work,"Lot of resources (people, supplies, opportunities). Managers have in their commitments to support employee career development, they take it seriously. (Not all managers are good people managers, but at least it's in their commitments and is sanctioned from high.) Fist pounding on a table is taken as a sign of passion, but it has to be in the spirit of moving teams forward and in the interests of the company. (It's not for the sake of power plays or belittling.)","You have to move up in your career, or move out. Lateral moves within a certain time period of any promotions are fine, but past that you have to continue up the ladder, even if really you just want to try different things. Although a big company, moving around from place to place is very difficult without sponsorship.","Get rid of the current performance system. It doesn't work. Comparing me to my peers, when I don't even know who I'm being compared against, is working toward the wrong target. Help me achieve my goals---quit comparing me to others who are NOT doing like work.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58674,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Great company to work for,Had a great opportunity for career growth and make money.,Since I started it became more and more difficult to innovate and take risks. Significant increase in burocracy,"As in any company, survival of the fittest",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58675,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jul 14, 2013",Current Employee - Consultant,I just love working here,worked here for 8 years.. Every day was delightful. A company where people would love you and make you feel special if you are that good.,the review and ranking process could have been better.. But if you are good and better than others you are rewarded. They have opportunities that you can explore,the review and ranking process could have been bette,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58676,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,15+ Years at Microsoft,"One of the top and most influential high-tech firms in the world with prestige, good products/technology, and benefits. It will continue to be a powerhouse and fierce competitor in the market.",Seems to be searching for its vision & mission. Internal ranking system pits everyone against one another with high ranking individuals being well rewarded and low ranking individuals pressured to leave. Ranking system is less objective and more of an art-form and resulting culture is very cutthroat and somewhat toxic.,May want to rethink perspective on the human element and consider the long-term effect of such an internally competitive culture.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58677,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Never afraid of ambiguity ...,Good people to work with Flexibility Decent pay Work on exciting technologies,Always resource crunched Have to sacrifice personal time to grow No work life balance Vacation means piled up work,Make performance management more objective by judging people on their commitments and true business value instead of perceptions and mental biases.,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58678,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 14, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,There are pros and cons.,Provide opportunities to work on core techniques.,Beuraucracy is a bit too much.,"Remove bearauracy, focus on vision, strategy and execution.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58679,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,- Many different products to work on - Very smart and motivated employees - Flexible work schedule - Cool culture,- Not viewed as progressive as some other companies (although not necessarily true) - Sometimes have to work a lot of hours,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P912.htm
58680,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 12, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good place for the right people,Ridiculous resources and willingness to tackle any problem.,Process often is more important than substance.,Flatten org chart! Way too much bureaucracy!!!,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58681,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Director,A Company that is broken from the top to the bottom,Some great people to work with.,"Non inspiring managment,company gets lost in micromanagement, spends millions of dollars in internal events that do nothing at all, strategy is wrong and does not get true feedback from lower level employees, partners, and even worse, consumers...","Steve B. strategy for ""Devices and Services""is completly wrong. The company continues on being blind folded and avoids placing the user ""in the center"" of the equation...The vast mayority of the world do not have access to Information technologies...and the are designing devices (i.e. Surface) that 5 billion people around the world can not afford. It is a very egocentric and narrow vision, focused only in profiting management (not even shareholders given historic stock price). Also got my attention how Glassdoor reviews change from Redmond to rest of the world...evidently Redmond guys had benefits that Microsoft International does not provide...have you Redmond guys been in the field? Try it before rating your work-life balance as ""OK"". Progressing carreer? Have you been outside the US in Asia or Latin America? Does your boss inspire you to take over his work? Do you know that hiring 1 extra head requires at least 3 approvals even if a very senior manager is opening the job posting? Never seen such a bureucratic company as this one, removing power from C level Executives and focusing operational decsions only to a few, that are evidently very far away of th reality of what is happening.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58682,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Great place to work,"Biggest collection of Type A, driven, very smart people",Company continually fails to innovate.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58683,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A great place to work if you are competitive,Great benefits. Work on products that are very well known and used by millions.,"Annual reviews are based on a curve. Even if everyone is an all-star, someone is not getting a bonus, stock, or merit raise.",Remove the curve from annual reviews.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58684,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Toxic environment,Challenging and exciting work. Good benefits and working conditions. Some great people and technologies.,Toxic and political environment. Very little team spirit. Divisions stab each other in the backs. Frequent reorganizations. Stacked ranking system forces even good people out of the company.,"Get rid of stacked ranking. Truly encourage team spirit and the ""One Microsoft"" mantra instead of only giving it lip service.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58685,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jun 24, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,I was happy working for Microsoft for 9 years - it's a great company and the leadership believes in their employees.,"Microsoft has unbeatable benefits, intelligent coworkers and a wealth of resources to help you with your job. They don't politics get in the way of you being successful at your position, and try to eliminate the roadblocks.","It's a large company, so if you are not in Redmond it's difficult to navigate. If you are not, it's tricky to network and find the right contacts.",Reinstate more telework positions.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58686,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work for,Good salary and nice working environment,Still working on Legacy products. Lacks Innovation.,Should have more transparency,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58687,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Software giant,"Pay well, job secure, stable.",more office politics. not customer focused!,be customer focus!,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58688,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2013",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Manager,Great place to work,Tons of freedom to do my best work.,Every team can be different so everyone's experience may vary.,Get more in touch with your customers and the direction of the industry.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58689,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Manager,A great place to work if you are savvy about career choices,"Microsoft is a huge place and offers many options for individual career paths. Every one truly has the opportunity (but not guarantee) to make an impact that could literally affect hundreds of millions of users around the world. Not many people can say that. The company has also invested in making managers and leaders better, and is very generous when it comes to benefits, stock, bonuses with also competitive base pay. Depending on the role you're in, bonuses can go up significantly, especially in sales roles which are highly leveraged. The more senior levels get significantly more stock based on their reviews. Stock is granted each year based on performance and is doled out over a 5 year vesting period (20% each year). That means that after being in the senior ranks for a few years, significant amounts of stock can be had by high performers.","There's no doubt about it, Microsoft is a competitive place, and intentionally so. If you think you'll stay above the office politics and aren't savvy enough to know how to play the game you run a real risk of being trampled. Unlike some disgruntled folks, I think for the most part the system works, all sizzle and no steak types don't last - but the highest performers tend to be highly effective at what they do, effective collaborators and yes, successful at self promotion.","I know its been said a million times, but the forced stack rank is draconian without more flex in the system. It also leads to at times negative behavior that negatively affects the company. Especially at the senior levels, we need people willing to take risks but our current evaluation programs disincentivize risk taking and allow people to make small incremental ""safe bets"" so as not to rock the boat and take real risks.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P913.htm
58690,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good while I was there. It was time to leave,"Fun, impactful projects across many disparate areas.",Limited growth opportunities for long term employees. The best way to get promoted is to leave and return.,"Provide clearer career paths for technical staff. It is conflicting to say the best path to principal is to be a Manager of people, and then require that Managers of people be principal level.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58691,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2013",Current Employee - Content Developer,content developer,"Great benefits Flexible hours Smart people When it works, it works very well.","Internal politics - likely true of any large corporation. Review system needs overhauling. Currently emphasis is on collaboration, but review system undermines that by pitting folks against one another and then only rewarding those who are most visible on a project. It's become demoralizing to many.",Get rid of the ridiculous review system.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58692,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Jul 5, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good benefits, company needs to focus more on quality","Good benefits, smart and professional coworkers, flexible daily schedule, beautiful offices, good work equipment provided","Too much ""Process"" can result in less than excellent product quality, also many of the products are not bringing value to the industry/society.","Try to offer a great, innovative service to the customer, focus later on revenue generation.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58693,microsoft,"Santa Clara, CA"," Jul 25, 2013",Former Employee - Retail,Microsoft Retail is Unprofessional and More Sale Driven Then Customer.,"Great Benefits, Good Pay, Challenging, First-Hand Look at new Product, Cool Work Environment","Management Favoritism, Not about customers, Personal ""High School Clicks"", Not ""TEAM"" driven, Over Focused on Sales",You have lost focus on the big picture. Our Customers. Our store has be come more focused on numbers and driving sales were loosing business. Last I knew employee moral was down and workers were over tired. Regain your focus.,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58694,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft takes good care of its employees,They provide their employees with free devices and software. They also offer health insurance to all employees.,Friends always want free software and/or heavily discounted computers which is simply not possible,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58695,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 4, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software Development Engineer in Test,"- Great company, great people and technology to work with. - Awesome benefits. - Work/life balance.",- Slowing down on innovation path. - Top leadership needs to change.,- Encourage bottom-up innovation.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58696,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I enjoy the freedom and exposure to new technology,"reasonable pay, excellent benefits, open with a lot of freedom",the current review system is a PITA.,The pay ranges and promotion paths are confusing.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58697,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Management,My excitement to join this company was eclipsed by my joy of leaving the madness,1. Pay and Benefits 2. Global Opportunities,1. Horrible rating and employee review system 2. HR over empowerment 3. Burdened by product and workforce legacy 4. Serves too many masters 5. Bloat and to heavily matrixed 6. Lack of empowerment due to competing priorities and a lack of clear ownership 7. Accountability is non-existent,For most of you who have been there more than 10 years pray that your job is not eliminated. You have very few skills that are valued outside of the unfortunate Microsoft culture which encourages and enables corporate camouflage and fosters an ecosystem of entitlement rooted in a dwindling legacy.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58698,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2013",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Great Company to work for,Awesome benefits. Get your own office. The campus is amazing. It's generally a fun place to work.,"Management is set in their ways and thus although they preach innovation, innovation often gets stifled . The bureaucracy in the firm is crippling. Stack ranking KILLs collaboration",get rid of stack ranking,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58699,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"If you meet a good manager, you are lucky. Otherwise...",There are lots of good people here. working environment is good.,Process in this company wastes majority of life. There are quite some managers that are not good at managing.,Pick up the right person please.,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P914.htm
58700,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"There is always another project on the horizon, always more to do and i love it.",There is clear instruction and great leadership,"Sometimes information falls through the cracks, but that happens with most large companies.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58701,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 2, 2013",Former Employee - Paralegal Assistant,Nice benefits but boring position that lacked upward mobility.,Salary and benefits were adequate. The office parties were fun.,Work was not challenging or fulfilling. Advancement was slow to develop and the benefit increases were inconsequential.,Improve room for career advancement. Add more development into requirements for employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58702,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment.. Smart people and average management,- Great work environment -Good benefits and work-life balance,- Limited to Microsoft technologies. - Annual review system has degraded over time,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58703,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2013",Current Employee - Test Manager,Awesome - 18 great years and 2 average ones,"Variety of technical challenges, fairly easy movement throughout the company , when I get bored I change groups. Large percentage of employees are smart and >50% are very good to work with.","Review system sucks and is draining, especially for managers who care about people. Too much focus on career development, we should focus on building great products and career development will happened organically.",Kill the stack rank and count on employees strong desire to build great products.,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58704,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 1, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Big company with a lot of opportunities,"Microsoft is a big company with a very diversified business portfolio, you can find a lot of different kinds of jobs in the company. Work life balance, flexible in working hours and locations make it easier for people stay longer. Take care of employee pretty well, even the reduced benefits still one of the best in the industry.","Can not moving fast or agile enough, unless in certain business units. Too many unnecessary internal processes, prevent a lot of employee spending enough time with customers and partners.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58705,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall work environment,"Overall, I feel that Microsoft is a great place to work with great employee benefits.","Depending on the group you're in, it's not always the best work life balance, and slightly difficult to move around to other roles/functions within the company.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58706,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Plenty of opportunities, decreasing benefits, too many personal agendas",Job opportunities Cool technologies Generally good working environment Decent compensation,Review model doesn't encourage real teamwork Benefits steadily worsening Uncertain future Closed culture,"Change the review model Invest in our people: restore benefits, increase morale budget, add new benefits, increase salaries across the board (stakeholders will understand, or others will come when they see we're serious about retaining and growing our most valuable asset: brainpower). Open up to external influences: have more ICs and middle management assist academic and industry events participate in online communities, etc.",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58707,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great place to work, lots of different opportunities within the company","People truly care about what they're building. Great work environment, excellent benefits. Can work on many different things around the company. There is an excellent culture at Microsoft that's laser focused on making money and also donating large amounts of money to help good causes. People are encouraged to donate time and money to the community.",Since it is a large company it is sometimes hard to navigate and find new roles that match your expertise and strengths.,"Make it even easier for people, especially top talent, to move between teams/orgs/divisions. Also, please continue to encourage different divisions to work together.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58708,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,Great place to work for,"Highly talented engineers, meritocracy environment, management doesnt decide feature costing on your behalf unless you are wildly off",Cant think of any downside as of yet,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58709,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Microsoft offers great opportunities to software engineers and competitive compensation.,"Microsoft looks out for its people. Salary and benefits are excellent. If you have a good manager, life is sweet and work hours are super flexible. Potential to have huge impact on software used by millions of people. Smart co-workers create a motivating environment.","Microsoft is huge and politics often get in the way of future bets and risk taking. Product groups are conservative and often look to protect what they have rather than take big novel ideas and run with them. If your manager sucks, life can be very bad. Find a place with a good manager is the most important aspect of your job at MS.",Look 5 years or more into the future and allow your team to make big steps instead of small incremental safe improvements to the product as is happening too often.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P915.htm
58710,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make your own opportunities,"Wide variety of jobs, supportive management","Constant change, is that good or bad?",Think beyond stack ranking,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58711,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The changing of the big Window,"Good corporate environment, great benefits. flexible working arrangements","You have to show up and always do you best at Microsoft. This is not a ""rest & vest"" company and you are continually expected to do more with less resources.","The review model you have established is going to cost you one of your ""prized"" resources and that is the intellectual property of seasoned employees.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58712,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 19, 2013",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Is not what you think it is,You get the updated software and news on IT updates.,The Company does not care about who they lay-off. Not that many ethnic women or men executives. Does not care about it's support staff.,Step up to show that you care about your support staff. I encourage more ethnic women and men executives. Get a heart and focus more on caring.,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58713,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Jun 14, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Amazing company. Totally recommend it,work life balance is the best that you can get,Salary is a little low as today,We need new management and more movement,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58714,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2013",Current Employee - Sales,Good place to work,"Lots of growth, good benefits, top tier software","Poor review model, pits each other against collegues",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58715,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Jun 25, 2013",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,"Good company, but harsh environment",Excellent benefits. - Health insurance and other benefits are nice. Work environment is good. - Great office locations and good commute options. Lots of opportunities. - Many job oppotunities.,"Relative evaluation. Even if you perform well, you still might end up with a bad review. They expect you to move up every 3 years. If you can't manage to change positions, you will end with a bad review.",N/A,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58716,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Test Lead,"Get to work with smart people, but the politics are stifling","You are surrounded by incredibly intelligent, passionate people. The benefits were excellent and I was paid very well. The experience has looked great on a resume.","The politics now are just awful. Too many middle managers care more about themselves and carving out their slivers of power than they do about doing the right thing for their employees, their customers, or the company as a whole.  The review model makes it a highly competitive work environment. You always need to watch your back, because your co-workers will try to screw you over to get ahead of you in the stack ranking.  People are afraid of change at the company, so innovation is dead in a lot of groups. The best way to succeed in those groups is to toe the party line instead of innovate. In those groups, if you are a dynamic thinker who looks for ways to improve the team, you will be miserable.","Loosen up on the stack ranking model. Don't have a required percentage for the bottom review bucket (currently a 5), and only put people who deserve to be there. Upper management should focus more on the activities of the GMs and PUMs, and make sure they are doing right by their customers. Managers who spend more time fighting for position and screwing over fellow managers should be removed from their positions. Also need more training to develop better managers. Too many leads and M2s are just terrible at their jobs, and don't have the support to grow.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58717,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft SDE,"Great place to work. You will be among some of the great minds, lot of opportunities to learn and explore if you are determined and self motivated",Lot of politics at higher management level. Review system is not transparent.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58718,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Still have interesting places and people inside, but time to leave.","There are a lot of smart people, even it has been diluted recently. If you are in the right team doing the right thing, it is still a fairly decent learning experience.","Pretty much everything else, but the worse thing is probably NIH-ism. (not invented here) Many people, especially those joined right after college, know very little about what's going on in Silicon Valley and why Microsoft is greatly lagging behind.","Fire Steve Ballmer, seriously.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58719,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2013",Former Employee - Engineering Program Manager,"Corrupt Plutocracy over-rewards those at the top at the cost of everyone else, including customers","The benefits are great, and the campus is a beautiful place to work.","Review system is extraordinarily painful, demoralizing and unnecessary.  Culture is that all 'real' work is done by vendors, so in order to succeed you have to have skills in finding money to pay for them. Forget anything you've learned about technology -- you'll rarely use it in your real work. Outside employers know this, and it makes it very hard for you to find good work if you ever want to leave -- they want people who do real work, and not overpaid administrators, which your career will quickly become at MSFT.  If you are an individual contributor, regardless of your pay scale, when it comes to review time, you are last, meaning you are getting the bonus/stock crumbs from the table.  Ballmer's recent re-org only emphasizes the point that the crew at the top have no idea of what is going on down in the trenches, they believe that by moving a few senior execs around that they can fix things. They're wrong.",Leave. Let folks who want to guide a company towards customer respect and employee morale take the wheel.,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P916.htm
58720,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of Microsoft as a executive,great experience for a services member,In the field you don't feel you are a part of the larger organization,Help drive support of the field,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58721,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A sales company which happens to make software,Work life balance is great.,"Compensation is not competitive, future outlook is dim.",pay salaries competitive to other companies in the area.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58722,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing,"Three steps forward, four steps back...",Middle and lower layers have lots of smart people with great ideas and a true desire to serve their audience.  A connected story around seemingly disparate products/divisions is finally coming together.  Compensation model revisions have helped offset a 5-year stagnant stock value.,"Leadership teams (Director to GM level) top priority is competing with each other to retain funding & headcount.  Stack-ranking causes the wrong employee behaviours and priorities. At the employee level, it blocks team collaboration by fostering a ""me"" culture instead of a ""we"" culture. At the management level, it significantly underscores a poor manager's inability to get their team its due compensation or job stability.  Tunnel vision on external competitors - to the point that leadership seems to overlook the actual reason for competing: Customers. This defunct method of operation will never result in delighting customers or driving long-term loyalty.  Redundancy is rampant and is mostly driven by the need to accommodate repeated changes in direction. Most of the day is spent in meetings and you only begin your ""real work"" in the evening at home. While the pay is competitive, when you factor in a 70-80 hour work week, your actual hourly wages are comparable to the rates of your plumber!","Walk the talk with your ""people"". If your marketing boasts that you value your people, then do it! Understand that having ""Microsoft"" on your resume is NOT what it used to be and as a result, Microsoft needs to try harder at keeping bright people happy and in appropriate roles. Respect your employees time and understand that causing excessive and long-term personal compromises only results in attrition, rising healthcare costs, and mediocre work product.  Walk the talk with your customers and partners. Stop thinking you're smarter than your customers or your partners and actually put some true intelligence into your engagement strategy, product messaging and value propositions. The only ones believing your current marketing ""spin"" are YOU.",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58723,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developing Engineer in Testing,"challenge wonderful team, flexible work time","it is too big to communicate,",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58724,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company,"Lots of opportunities, challenging work, great benefit",Stack ranking is the biggest culprit,Remove stack ranking,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58725,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Engineering Challenges on Good Products,Working with leading edge technology and design techniques. People at the company are the biggest assets. Challenging projects and schedules. Benefits are second to none.,No possibility of a winfall.,"The company needs to make big bets and take more chances, and also should expand into fields where they can do more good in the world.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58726,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE II,Great Benefits smart people to work with.,"Too many meetings, still using waterfall methodology for software development. Terrible review systems.","Change review system, cut down on meetings.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58727,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great talents and many opportunities,Great talents and many opportunities,it's a huge company and there is prices with layers of management and teams,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58728,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Great benefits.,Good team and good benefits,Not the long term position I was hoping for.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58729,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good company,"Great atmosphere, challenging work and access to high level execs","politics can be a little rough, not a lot of cooperation across divisions",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P917.htm
58730,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2013","Former Employee - Won&#039,t Disclose","Sweatshop, depressing monoculture, not worth it any more, good tech though","Good technology,Microsoft software makes some of the widely used software in the world, but along with it comes this tech arrogance, this belief that if you are technically competent, that makes know everything about every topic under the sun. (most of the time, you are just exposing your own idiocy by pretending to know everything.)","Sweatshop, depressing monoculture, not worth it any more cuz MSFT ain't gonna make you rich any more","be less arrogant. treat employees with respect especially if they have a medical condition/workplace injuries. One jerk put up a poster w/ the caption ""#1 cause of workplace injuries"" and it had a picture of a guy with his head stuck up his backside. this poster was put up right outside my office.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58731,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jun 17, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Veteran employee,"Working with other smart, driven people. Casual dress and great benefits. Great place to work and learn on the cutting edge. Potential to be handsomely rewarded.",Review system is the Achilles heel. Employees learn to compete against themselves rather than the real company's competitors. Employees sit by as perfectly capable and successful co-workers are let go per the review system and then unable to be replaced. Large company bureaucracy and politics is pervasive. Employee benefits are still good but perceived to be in decline.,The review system needs to change. Recognize the need and value of having long term employees who like their job and do not really want to get promoted for work life balance reasons. Realize that the least performing employee on a smaller and specialized team is often time not easily replaced.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58732,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Big company, but big products","- Benefits package is really, really good -- health, gym (Pro Club), fringe benefits, etc. - Coworkers - intelligence, personalities - Dev's get own office.",- Oncall rotation -- maintaining a large online service regularly woke me up at night with service errors. - Big company / red tape sometimes abounds -- both for development of features and getting logistical stuff done.,"Go for smaller, nimble teams.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58733,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great engineering culture.,"Microsoft has a great engineering culture. Everything is run by engineers, people here are really smart. It's a lot of fun.",Microsoft can be somewhat political. The org structure can be convoluted and unhelpful. We spend a lot of time making sure the team doesn't get in trouble.,It would be great to make the org less political and more goal driven.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58734,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Great benefit and flexible working hours,Great benefit and flexible working hours,politics and performance review system,Get people focus on work instead of visibility,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58735,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Is not bad to work for it,"Benefit, discount, vacation PTO, salarie",CTO is not good at all,needs to revise their product,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58736,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decade at MSFT,"Good balance of business, technology, marketing problems to work on Unlimited scope of ownership and space to work","Oldies never quit, slow and conservative leadership Too many people doing too many little things",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58737,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Awesome job, great people and culture","I really enjoy working here. Great work/life balance, interesting problems to solve at the office, and great people to work with.",The salary is competitive but you won't be making millions. Traffic in the daily commute can be bad at times.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58738,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great company, great workplace.","Compensation, work-life balance, many smart people around, diverse culture, and unmatched breadth of technologies and businesses.",Biased towards seniority (as in - years in the company) while discarding pre-microsoft experience. It is difficult for an industry hire to need to re-establish his credentials.,Listen more (in an explicit way) to industry hires - a fresh view from the outside could mean a lot!,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58739,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,An otherwise great company is hobbled by a wretched performance mgmt system and highly political career dev environment.,"The company is still going to ride for a long time on its market-dominant Windows and Office systems. No worries about running out of cash any time in the foreseeable future. Well-established processes and tribal knowledge in nearly every discipline - engineering, marketing, finance. You can learn a ton in the early part of your career. Generally, very smart people with some breadth to their interests. Senior management is highly disciplined about business and money. They tend to make pretty smart decisions. Look at the company's balance sheet and revenue if you doubt that. Nice buildings, cafeterias, and environment as a whole. Reasonable compensation. Great benefits.","The performance management and career development problems at Microsoft are so bad they make front-page news and long-form articles in Vanity Fair. Developing a career at the mid-levels and trying to break into management is about who you know, not your competence (beyond an obvious minimum bar). The gaming of the system is embarrassing to witness, for a company that professes to be something else, and perhaps was at one point. The middle-management problem stifles a great deal of possible innovation.  IMO, senior management is completely out of touch with what it is like to try to build your career at the mid-stages at this company. Most of them did that in the 90's --- a very, very different time. It appears that they believe the same set of motivations are still in place for people, even though the compensation through company growth (stock, etc.) is not even remotely the same. As the Vanity Fair article pointed out, the only way to grow in compensation at Microsoft these days is to become a manager (or a very hot-shot engineer) --- thus the hyper-competition and gamesmanship.  All that said, if you can kind of settle in and allow for the fact that career development is going to be 20% you and about 80% random factors beyond your control (unless you are truly a master politician and brown-noser), then there's some cool work to be done and decent people to work around.","Get in touch with the fact that it isn't the 1990's, and drop the forced underperformer dynamic from your performance management system. Develop REAL programs for people who want to contribute more by being great managers, and accept that there is a real thing called management that doesn't require you to be an engineer. Stop ranking people in the same level band who are in completely different jobs, and stop ranking IC's against managers. It's just stupid. And everyone has told you so.",3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P918.htm
58740,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Nice place to work.,Free Soda Pay and benefits are good Have some opportunities to work on cool products,Review Model needs to be changed Not enough upper management turn around Easy to get pigeon holed into one area of expertise which limits opportunities for growth.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58741,microsoft,none," Jun 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,"Smart people, good pay, care employees","Politics, moving slowly, manager is the key",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58742,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 17, 2013",Former Employee - Emerging Media Manager,Just OK,"Decent pay, good perks, good work/life balance","too many employees, not enough collaboration between teams","focus on product innovation, not work/life balance.",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58743,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jun 2, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazing company with really bright staff!,Really brilliant technical staff and a really deep company commitment to training and career development.,Still a lot of room for improvement on the internal business processes and tools.,Make management processes more streamlined!,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58744,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Sr SDET,Very good company to work in Redmond,There are no downsides as of now,Very good company to work in Redmond,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58745,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company,"Depending on the group you work with, you could be working on the most leading edge technology. Great people, lot of talent, cash rich, and hungry to get back to glory days. There are so many roles and decisions that you can get a breadth of experience while staying in the same company. There are some great managers in the company are they are invested in your career. Its key to land in one such team.","Big company, slow decisions, stack ranking employees. You don't want to be competing against your own peer group. If you land with a bad manager you can be stuck in that role for 18 months before you can move.",Do not stack rank employees....it kills the idea of collaboration.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58746,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,More Time Politicking less time actually doing your job,"OK Benefits, not what they once were. Fairy flexible work hours","Spending so much time positioning yourself against your peers Poor managers - little to no interest in their direct reports as they are spending their time positioning themselves to their manager. Little mid-long term planning seemingly employed,","Get away from the current annual review process and free up talented, dedicated resources to help push MSFT back to a leader in the industry role. The current culture of fear doesn't work, limits creativity and innovation. Don't promote individuals to a management position unless they are able to show the ability to actually manage.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58747,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Dev,One of the most amazing places to work!,Make a difference for millions if not billion+ people Well funded company which does not give up easily if it believes in an area Ability to work across different organizations such that the sum is much greater than the parts Work in one of the most beautiful places in the US Work with some very smart people,Sometimes the review process is tweaked just before the reviews are due Some projects end up getting cut instead of persisting with it,"To continue attracting the best, improve pay to be in the 80%ile.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58748,microsoft,"Cleveland, OH"," Jun 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great place to work. Long hours and very competitive,"career opportunities are endless, but each applicant must compete with internal and external employees for each job.","you have to make sure you take time for your family. There are so many things available to consume your time, you can easily fill up your personal calendar as well as your professional calendar.",proactively manage work/life balance,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58749,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),good,"challenging atmosphere, learn more about programming","expectations are high, need to put more hours of work",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P919.htm
58750,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Lovely Company,Good employee benefits lots of opportunities,may have to relocate to new place,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58751,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2013",Current Employee - Business Manager,many reorgs - learned alot,great experience my teams were great to work with,constant reorgs lots of politics in pa=lay,more communication,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58752,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,Not the place to be if you're seeking to do great things.,Microsoft is a large organization with significant resources. This affords opportunities to try new things although at times wasteful or to excess.,"There are a lot of smart people with good ideas, however those ideas die due to internal politics. As executives work to build kingdoms and amass influence and power, you find that teams work against one another. This internal competition does not benefit the greater good and rather ends with mediocres results.","Rather than building personal kingdoms, focus on building great products..",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58753,microsoft,none," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Career Development Great technology and innovation,Work life balanced can be hurt,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58754,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Your co-worker is your enemy,You will get opportunity to change the world. What you do will have big impact. You will get the chance to create something that your friends and family will actually directly use.,"First, your co-worker is officially your enemy. Expect to be stabbed in the back. Some will say they will help you and tell everyone else how much they are helping you, but then will actually do barely any actual work to deliberately undermine you. Other people will talk badly about you. Others will take credit for your work, possibly your own manager. Most people are good honest folks, but watch out for the bad ones. Especially be watchful for managers who were forced to get themselves promoted out of whatever it was they originally did very well. This is well beyond the normal level of office politics. Your first years will seem great but problems compound over time.  This is a result 3 things: 1. The performance review system is a forced curve. 10% of all employees will be graded at the bottom rung and put on ""probation"" or ""corrective measures"". Thus, if you do well but are on a team of 10 great employees, you will be in the bottom 10%. 2. You must move up the corporate ladder (""you are expected to grow""). Otherwise, you will be forced out of the company. Even if you are incredible at what you do and love it, you must move up (ex: great SDETs must become managers, sometimes lousy managers). 3. Promotion velocity: if you don't move up the corporate ladder fast enough, you will soon become unpromotable regardless of how well you perform.  Second, technical ability is not valued as much as management ability. If you love to code, expect to find less and less time to code as you do more management of either other full-time employees and/or contractors and/or vendors. Contractors and vendors do much of the technical work these days.","They need to fix the review system so that teams function as teams. However, there is no point in saying this since, as Microsoft would say, inter-employee competition ""is in their DNA.""",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58755,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,the benefits are excellent and hard to beat,"Difficult to advance, raises are questionable",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58756,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 28, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome place to work,"Excellent opportunities, workplace flexibility. Competitive salary and good work-life balance (even if the food isn't free!) A culture of apprenticeship is embraced and drives the workplace dynamic (everyone is in a constant state of learning).","Political arguments can occasionally interfere with the ability to get work done. Some software developers have difficult personalities, but this is typical of the sector.","Encourage more collaboration between teams / divisions (it's getting better!) Also, bring back the awesome healthcare.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58757,microsoft,none," May 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fulfilling, challenging, motivating.","Competitive culture, hard work is recognized.",Churn can happen. Fast-paced. Not for the faint.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58758,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2013",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Enjoy it...,"Global scale, consumer and business markets gives you an opportunity to move between, opportunity to move internationally and back again, great depth of talented people to work with, a business which is always moving into new markets and giving you the opportunity to grow. You will not get bored if you are a self starter and want to get something going.",Review model makes everyone hyper competitive and can lead to people being extremely political and un-collaborative,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58759,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 11, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,good place to work,"fun environment, very different then most retail stores I have worked for, always in the know about what is going on, what sales were like the day before.","pay could be better since there is no commission, weekends are hectic lots of kids running around.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P920.htm
58760,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 11, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,good place to work,"fun environment, very different then most retail stores I have worked for, always in the know about what is going on, what sales were like the day before.","pay could be better since there is no commission, weekends are hectic lots of kids running around.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58761,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Work but not so great Team,"Good Resources to improve your career and Technology Skills.But too many Politics among the Teams .If you are not a political player, then you would be a mismatch.","Too many Politics among the Teams .If you are not a political player, then you would be a mismatch.",Concentrate on the Actual Work than the Politics.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2013",Former Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Fantastic Experience,"Worked with some of the most intelligent, driven, dedicated people i've ever had the pleasure of working with. Pushed me to grow and get better as a designer, and as a team mate in general.","Required to give it your all, work long hours and keep up with the competition. Potential for burn-out.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58763,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Technical Product Manager,"Stable at times, rock road at others",there are some smart people,there are more people seeking to sell marginal ideas than innovate,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58764,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Interesting place for junior software engineers,There is a lot to learn for a junior software engineer at Microsoft. It's perfect place to learn about the full software development cycle. There are plenty smart and bright senior engineers to learn from. Benefits are good for people with families.,"It gets more and more difficult to learn any skill out of engineering domain after a few years. Top-to-bottom work assignments occupy most of the time. There is not a lot of city life in Redmond, Washington. There are a lot of choices for outdoor activities though.",Allow more creativity,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58765,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very few Dilbert moments,"CSS is the best organization in Microsoft to work for. Lots of opportunity, friendly people and minimal politics.",I miss the sense or ownership and continuity that I had a development lead.,"Bring the culture of CSS to the rest of the company, particularly the product group.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58766,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Dissappointing,- Great benefits - Get your own office - Good salary - Cafeteria - Yearly bonus + stock award - Get to see some cool stuff,"- Some people (especially middle management) are not qualified for their jobs, and should not be in this industry, let alone working at Microsoft. - Innovative ideas are not encouraged. - Stupid metric system to evaluations. (Evaluations based on number of lines of code checked in, number of bugs filed, fixed etc). This system makes no sense from an engineering point of view. - Managers can screw you over in evaluations, and there is nothing you can do about it. - Poor work life balance - But I blame this on poor quality of the managers.",Get rid of Ballmer. He has no vision and does not understand the industry.,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58767,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 7, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Started off great, but unless you learn to play the politics game, you bump into the ceiling pretty quickly","Smart people and good projects, opportunities to travel and work in various different industries without having to leave one employer","Lots of politics, review system pits teammates against each other, compensation is low compared to other companies, no longer the thought leader in technology",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58768,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome,They treat people well. Awesome innovation,Stack ranking during performance review,Switch to a peer review system,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58769,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2013",Former Employee - Partner Development Manager,Political infighting and insularity,Salaries and partner stock grants,Middle management is below average and entirely focused on self advancement,Remove middle management layers,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P921.htm
58770,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience at Xbox LIVE,"Benefits. The people you work with (brilliant minds). The environment. Given the ability to grow, go above and beyond your work expectations to do even more.",Contract companies add a layer of difficulty for the employee when it comes to salary and process.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58771,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager II,Stable job with good benefits,Job is stagnant - not exactly inspiring. Too many red tapes,"Minimize time to move on opportunities. Focus on your strength - Windows, Office, Developer tools, Server products. Don't try to do everything.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58772,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Mixed feelings about Microsoft.,Good salary compare to most but not the most competitive. Really good perks and benefits. You have the illusion that you can easy change careers.,Is hard to get in as industry hire. The only way is through referral. Management commits for you to make themselves look good on their review rather than enabling individual contributors to provide value to the company.  Moving inside the company does not mean you get a better salary or role just a different job.,To move towards getting people individual contributors to growth their careers and allow them to be agile in providing value to the company rather than just work towards showoff your their own accomplishments trying to go up through the corporate ladder and leaving all responsibility of the bad of half done choices to individuals that they have not committed to themselves.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58773,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Director,Tremendously progressive company with still lots of momentum left...,Working with smart people who care,It is super-demanding and sometimes competitive,Actively listen to your workforce,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58774,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Architect,"Um, awesome","Work harder, and contribute more, and get what you deserve",no cons after 8 years,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58775,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work for,best of tech companies compassionate people good work life balance great facilities work from home health benefits and other benefits are great infrastructure is world class,The agility on doing something Not perceived as the coolest company in the US salary is not the best in the IT industry,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58776,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Politics are insane,"The biggest pro of the place is the stability. Microsoft is not likely to run out of cash any time soon. Resources are usually not an issue either, though they are not well managed.","Review system is insanely difficult to navigate, and is based more on politics than actual performance Work / Life balance is non-existent, even though they claim it is there. Typical to work 60 - 80 hour weeks. Management claims that it's possible to have long career as just Individual Contributor, but it varies between groups","Stop pissing good people off by having a better review system, and placing less emphasis on politics. Which I know is not likely to happen...",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58777,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jun 5, 2013",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great company but has SERIOUS management issues,"The medical plan is top-notch, by far from any other company.  All the auxiliary perc'c are very nice, such as the health plan, fitness plan, etc.  Very bright individuals at this company... drinking the coolaid is and will be expected.","For a serious and real example of how this company treats their staff… read Vanity Fairs article in the “Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant”. I lived through it as a top performer, and it’s a political mess that senior ‘C’ level exec’s designed to remove the waste… but didn’t calculate political capital between the managers. So you have talented people exiting with the sloth’s maintaining their lazy path forward.  The compensation plan is seriously designed to reward average employees, pay low performers low salaries, and make high performers run to other companies.  If you want it done… you MUST leverage the correct people and watch out for sabotage.  Tenure at Microsoft is huge! Expect to wait in a long line to get promoted.","Take heed on this... blow your number out in a sales position, expect 20% or more on top of the previous years quota. A moron philosophy only designed to make your top performers leave when they can't get paid and are tired of being worked to the bone.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58778,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Choose a group which is appropriate to your personality, small vs. big, deadline oriented vs. design oriented",I was very productive only after I understood the Microsoft culture - getting things done with initiative. My work was more visible in smaller groups. I was a little lost in bigger groups and I had shied away when I did not get the recognition - never do that.,"I disagree with the interview process - very often the puzzles hardly test anything if the candidate has seen the solution earlier. You can only do so much during the limited time. Some of the best software designers I have seen work methodically, slowly and iteratively.",Train the Interviewers to understand the candidate better rather than judging their 'puzzle' factor. There are so many other aspects of software development especially in a product team.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58779,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jun 4, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Services is a great place,Ample opportunities to make a difference for customers and Microsoft. Microsoft provides many training opportunities to grow as well as the opportunities to succeed,"You have to manage your own work life balance. If you do not, work will eat you alive.",Get rid of the stack ranking process and modify the rating system.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P922.htm
58780,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,big company with many good people and bad people,"Company is big, stable, and making lots of impact to the world. Feels proud in working at Microsoft. Many good people.","lots of policies and politics. Too slow changes and too many unnecessary works. Uncontrolled culture. Sometimes, there is less responsible actions among members. Less cooperative culture.",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58781,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2013",Current Employee - Content Publisher,10 years and counting,The salaries at Microsoft are competitive for content publishing. Co-workers are generally very intelligent and it's challenging (in a good way) to work there.,"The hours can be brutal. And the rating/review system is really broken. Some people are great at politics, but not great at their jobs, and they get promoted over people that are incredible workers but not interested in playing the politics game.",Change the ratings/review system.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58782,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2013",Current Employee - MACH Associate Consultant,"great company, but stack ranking must go",compensation is out of this world. healthcare. great training conferences. tech toys.,work/life balance is non existence for a consultant luck of a draw for projects stack ranking needs to go,"review the stank ranking, because it's completely bogus.",3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58783,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 2, 2013",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Great benefits,"Awesome benefits especially health, perks, fairly good work life balance, job security","Not much excitement for the company, too competitive environment, bonus on new review system is not motivating.",Need new upper management for strategy,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58784,microsoft,none," May 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My JOB,It was really cool and awesome.,It was hard and stressful.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58785,microsoft,none," May 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice place for a researcher,Very nice place for a researcher,haven't think of some cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58786,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2013",Former Employee - Director,"Fast paced, innovative, fun but very stressful due to stack ranking, even in a small group",Great benefits Smart people Nice campus Managers do care,"Instead of collaborating, everyone in the company is competing against each other to the point peers are always trying to put down peers to make themselves look better More senior staff are less favored/discriminated against for the younger people Managers are limited to what they can do due to review process/system",Stop the stack ranking/competitiveness in order to allow people/groups to better collaborate.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2013",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Great Place to Work!,"Fun projects to work on, exciting new things happening and always encouraged to be innovative. Always something new happening.","Some people aren't fond of the performance review system here. It can make you a little paranoid, but as long as you are doing your job, you should be fine.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58788,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Every group at this company is different,"There are lots of opportunities to move around and switch roles if you find yourself stuck or don't like what you're working on. Every team has a different culture and different way of doing things. There is no one ""Microsoft"" way of doing things.","The benefits package has changed and the healthcare benefit is a pain now. Now we have to deal with co-pays and lots of confusing bills and paperwork at the doctors office. With the old plan, you just walked in, gave them your card and you were done. Now it's just a pain to deal with plus a lot of out of pocket money if you need surgery or anything expensive.  The whole rating system of forcing 7% of the employees to get the lowest score is ridiculous. If they tried to force kids in public schools to adhere to this where 7% of them would always be failing just because their peers were doing better, this would be unacceptable. The system feels forced and not truly based on performance. Trying to fit to the perfect curve means a lot of people get scores they don't deserve. (On both ends I might add.)  The other thing that bothers me greatly about Microsoft is the low number of female engineers and a very low number of females in leadership positions. It's still very much a ""boys club"" here.","We really need to get our old health plan back, and competitive wages. Everyone has the opinion that going elsewhere means more money. I'd also like to see more female Engineers.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58789,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seems like many different companies under the Microsoft Umbrella,1. Smart talented workforce. 2. Very profitable company. 3. Fairly open culture. 4. Mobility within the company. 5. Good work-life balance. 6. Outstanding benefits.,"1. Arrogant attitude towards stock market, competitors, and ultimately consumers – Our products are the best why aren’t people buying our tablets and phones! 2. A company crumbling under bureaucracy and non-value added work. 3. Short-term mentality. 4. Competitive to the point of stifling cooperartion. 5. Jack of all trades – master of few.",Drop the MS is always right attitude and finally get rid of the stack ranking system. I've done well by it - but it's not worth the stress and fear it creates.,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P923.htm
58790,microsoft,none," May 30, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics and leaders that have never been in the real world,Worldwide experience Basically get an MBA with the experience Software at a massive scale,Too many politics The levelling system capping your ability to execute Having to spend more time managing up than actually working,Change the toxic singular and selfishly focused culture. Encourage a team environment rather that an uncooperative environment.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58791,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2013",Former Employee - Lead Program Manager,Program Manager - MSN,"People were smart. Teamwork, within a team, was decent. Technology was great. Company resource was tremendous, perhaps even too much, making life for program managers and engineers too easy.","The period I worked at Microsoft was when it changed from a nimble high growth company to a bureaucratic slow growth organization.  While teamwork within a team was good, collaboration across teams were poor --- people are simply too busy with meeting their own performance goals or team projects to spend much time to work with other teams.","Got to move faster!  Be very serious about cutting the bureaucracy. Split things up into highly independent units, and do not focus so much on product integration benefits ... market changes so fast it does not wait.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58792,microsoft,none," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Great people, perks, good work environment",review process is more of a black box,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58793,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Challenging environment to see real progress against customer expectations,"Very bright Devs, excellent Test, functional Program Managers. Sometimes those adjectives move between the three at random times. It tends to work out in the end.",Usually management is busy climbing the corporate ladder and it is hard to get real work done that will actually delight and amaze customers.,Please stay focused on customer satisfaction,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58794,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Disastrous,Microsoft takes good care of its employees in terms of health insurance and 401K.,"Extremely political environment. You can rise only if you suck up to the ones above. A Microsoft employee pends 80% of your time playing games. The mornings are spent doing rounds of offices, saying hellos and whining and complaining. The rest of the 20% goes in figuring out who is doing what behind your back. No wonder their products fail. They are behind any other company. MSN particularly is a joke. Most of the managers i met had very little job skills, it is mostly a well known fact, especially amongst agencies, that a manager from MS would most likely be not qualified to do his job right. It shows in the work that is produced and the worst company culture that exists",Really? I would have to give advice to sack Balmer because that is where the politics starts and ends at the bottom.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58795,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Velvet sweatshop...,"Good pay and fantastic benefits are just the beginning. The company is vast and with that comes tremendous opportunity to move around within the company if you are really good at office politics and networking. Plus, there's a certain prestige to being a Microsoft employee.","A lot of ""lip service"" is given to work-life balance but there is a subtle expectation that you will work at all hours of pretty much every day. There is a STRONG focus on ""managing up"" meaning that (with few exceptions) managers are mainly focused on presenting the cool things that they are doing and really have very little vested interest in ensuring the success of their employees through managing/coaching/mentoring. In the current review process - 1) Too often, success is not measured by accomplishments but is instead measured by activities. 2) Employees are measured against their peers instead of against the goals of their job. This basically pits them against each other fostering competition instead of cooperation. 3) EVERY ""Commitment"" (goal for your position) is subjective. Microsoft is going through some pretty intense changes in organizational structure which has a LOT of people on edge.",Manage your business and support those that are actually doing the front line work instead of focusing on your next career move.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58796,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 31, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Good balance of work and life,"Good salary and benefits, lots of goodies, Lots of people work there for many years.","limited career path, conflicts between products can waste lots of time",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58797,microsoft,"Remote, OR"," May 14, 2013",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Great company to work for,"Flexible hours, rewarding, work life balance",Email jail is real and I live there,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58798,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Excellent company, people and work place",The company is filled with brilliant and intelligent people. Microsoft has all type of teams and plenty of opportunities for all kinds of work.,Growth is slow and the review process is not that good. Also the culture in some teams is very rigid. Not easy to influence and bring on change.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58799,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2013",Former Employee - Consultant,"Smart people, don't like the curve",Super inspiring being among smart and driven employees. Lot's of great resources. Able to work on something way bigger than anyone could do alone. Possibility to transfer within the company.,"Performance evaluation system makes it difficult to collaborate at times, because at the and of the day, employees are competing for good reviews and somebody has to be at the bottom.",Make the priorities of your organization super clear to help your people make the right decision and focus on what's most important.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P924.htm
58800,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 28, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good but not much improvement,Good work ethics and great team,No improvement in the career And no much work-personal balance,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58801,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2013",Former Employee - Developer,Keep looking,"With so many technologies across so many verticals, there are some problems that only Microsoft can solve. There are many smart people there.","Hubris, nepotism and stack ranking has caused a massive brain drain. The company is out of touch with the marketplace. Lack of innovation (that customers care about) in the core businesses means that Windows and Office are causing sales to trend down. As customers find new alternatives this will accelerate.","Get rid of the bell curve for reviews. Rate people on how they actually did instead. Get rid of half of the management, there are way too many managers. (This includes program managers and people managers.) Finally encourage your employees to actually use competitors products. Employees are out of touch because they only use Microsoft products and don't understand what businesses and consumers actually want.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58802,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," May 25, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Support Engineer,"Hard work, lots of work, good people, tough management","Being around people like yourself, if you're a tech person. The culture is about technology through and through. Benefits are really good but not as good as they used to be. My job had lots of travel, which I considered a bonus. Layoffs aren't a problem like in other tech companies these days if you can 'keep to the program', so stability is a built in benefit these days.","It can be hard to stand out in a sea of 'softies. Stack Rank is something to search for in Google (okay, I meant Bing), the rewards and promotion schedule is a hard way to go. Managers won't stand up for you and everyone has to stick to the hard and fast method of judging individual contributions as set by The Castle in Redmond.. And the work/social interaction you might want is limited once you've joined with Microsoft, as the world is divided into several camps, some of which hate Microsoft and associate you with their prejudice if you have a current badge number. I find that a drag -it's like Northern Ireland with warring factions. Like it's your religion or something.","Look out for your people better. Shave the system to be more common sense and less robotic Microsoft Central -it's not the Klingon Empire like people who hate us think, so don't try to reinforce that. Let people move in the company laterally, make opportunities known better and the company will benefit. Get less dependent on PowerPoint and more on people substance.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58803,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," May 26, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,Group manager,Opportunity to work with top talent and large scale customers,Revolving door of managers and employees in ms out of roles and departments ever 18 months.,Allow for growth opportunities by leaving high functioning teams in place long enough to have a lasting impact.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58804,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Enabled yet challenging.,"You are encouraged to innovate, and be honest with the products and management. All the Ideas I've come up with have been moved around the company which certain feels good to know that they have good eco system for sharing innovation.",You have to sort through the politics of people approving your ideas and concepts for too long sometimes.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58805,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great pay and benefits, flexible hours, good people","Great pay and benefits, even straight out of college Flexible hours Good people Interesting and innovative products","This isn't a 9 to 5: expect to work around 60 hours per week, at least Stack ranking for performance reviews",Let's get the table and mobile device market figured out so our stock price will match Apple and Google. We need to focus on building FAST software rather than full-featured software. The iPhone and Google Chrome have shown us that faster is better.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58806,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 9, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,"Great place to work, lots of options to never get bored!","Pro's are deep pockets so you never worry about getting access to the tools you need to efficiently get the job done. It's built into the culture that you can jump jobs every year to ensure you stay excited. The company has amazing values and every year, the employees/company donate time and money to numerous organizations.",It's a big company that sometimes feels like one group vs another. Sometimes you find there are 2 or three teams working on similar technologies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58807,microsoft,"Santa Monica, CA"," May 24, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager - Online Display,Account Manager - Online Advertising,"Big ship - not going bankrupt anytime soon. Smart, cool, diverse people. Flexible schedules and outstanding benefits. Some cool products - like XBOX. Very philanthropic - supports the charities you donate to.  The overall company has lots of opportunities - which is great. You could be an accountant in France, and set a goal of doing software sales in China, and Microsoft can help make that happen.","This review is specific to the online advertising account management (services) organization.  Poor upper management with a dictatorship style. Lots of ego. People in leadership positions with poor people leader skills. Fear based motivation. Spend more time managing your brand and your review score than you do managing the business and doing your job. Reviews are based on a forced distribution, and people are stacked ranked, period. Meaning, everyone could perform really well, but the review curve will force 10% of employees to get a poor review, and likely the ax. Antiquated and awful internal tools. Heavy process and red tape. Disjointed business groups with lack of accountability and follow through. Heavy workloads.","Happy customers come from happy employees. Treat employees better, and fairly. Improve work life balance. Make people feel valued and part of the team. Get rid of the outdated method of forced curve reviews and stack ranking.",2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58808,microsoft,"San Jose, CA"," May 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Development Engineer,"if every thing well around you , you will get a good bonus and salary",you don't learn or do too much as you are very busy on daily competition. The competition is not on innovation and deeper analysis. Employees are scared of trying new things as at the end what matters is not to have a failed project .,I think the company is focused on the employee review rather than focusing on how to bit Google and how to best use employees with what ever they can contribute. All the time employees are just thinking about how to make sure that they don't lose the bonus and preparing an exist strategy as the pressure is too much to stay.  I believe no can innovate while he or she is in pressure. Just let the 70 percent of the employees have free time to think and give you their share of the best of next generation. Instead of trying to deliver the best product to the whole world with mind set of 20% employee it is better to try to deliver the best to the whole world with the mind set of 70%. So don't undermine the 70%.If the majority is happy the company goes up if the majority goes down the company goes down!!!!,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58809,microsoft,none," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Good but not fully energetic.,Huge company. Software engineering process.,Not cool product any more.,Make some inspiring products.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P925.htm
58810,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 23, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company with management that doesn't listen,Great company name. Great benefits.Some part of the company are working on some really cool things.,"Lack of teamwork, it is hard getting management to listen to ideas. Instead of using smart thinking to solve problems the company just throws money at the problem until its fixed.","Start listening to employees. Stop manager from speaking to their management one way and treating the people below them completely different. As a company we need to acknowledge our mistakes not only in consumer business, but internal to the company as well. Employee morale has been on a free fall.",2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58811,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Steer clear of BLUE badge,"Free soda, coffee and parking. Bonus structure is good if you can get ranked well.","Inefficient, wasteful of company dollars, redundancy all over, immature organizations, back biting for the bonus, penalized for helping struggling employees (don't reach out a helping hand), steal others work and present it as your own, subjective review process, calibration is a farce (it has no relevance to your contributions), load yourself up with vendors so they can do your work and you will get more time to network with higher levels and take the vendors work as your own.","Can't even begin to start this section. Clean up your act or Microsoft will be stuck with those employees who have questionable work ethics and morals. The only reason why you are still doing business is due to the foundation products you are riding on historically. Deep pockets are allowing you to make self serving decisions that are NOT in the interest of MS. Competitors are going to take you out of the market if you can't mature and run like a real enterprise business. The old IPO mentality is long gone folks. You need the company to come together as ONE, not little mini companies competing. There is strength in numbers, collaboration and solving for the company's future. We aren't in the 70's anymore. Jump to the future of your business needs.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58812,microsoft,none," May 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to build software,"great perks, great salary. coffee is free and great. great offices, great coworkers","sometimes feels too big. getting good hardware is possible, but tricky.","we need to improve our IC career path. we need to make sure the necessary tools and hardware can be purchased, being frugal is great, but penny wise and pound poor is wasteful as well",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58813,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2013",Former Employee - Supply Chain Manager,Overall good company but success depends on working for the right manager and gaining respect of others.,Flex schedule and ability to work remote. Management understood employees had to balance family and work priorities. This varies by group. Good medical benefits: was 100% employer paid but that has changed now. Opportunities for growth and advancement within the company.,Forced stack ranking of employees penalizes managers with high productive teams and creates environment where their is internal competition within the same team.,Eliminate the stack ranking of your employees. Employee focus should be on how to gain competitive edge on Microsoft's competitors and not within the organization.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58814,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Well balanced for life, interesting work, but not sure of the company's vision","At Microsoft you work on products that are used by many people, and it's a huge rush to know that your code will be used millions of times. Work-life balance is better than any of my friends that work in similar roles at different companies. The pay is competitive, and the medical benefits until recently were best of the bunch.","You are working for the evil empire, assimilated by the borg, however you want to be told you've sold out you're probably going to hear it. Microsoft has a pretty bad rep, especially amongst the CSci crowd. Sometimes you might not agree with the direction the company seems to be moving in.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58815,microsoft,none," May 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"Great name on resume, get free stuff",Leadership not qualified to lead,Very unprofessional leadership team,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58816,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,fenomenal talent in a destructive setting,worked with the smartest people in the world,organization is too big for its current structure and framework of processes,"fold and consolidate, fold and consolidate, downsize back to the shape where organization was effective.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58817,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 20, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,"Good for learning/building industry experience after graduating from school, but not as competitive as other companies.",Good health insurance coverage. Capable colleagues. Can get interesting projects to work on if lucky enough. Single window office if you are senior enough.,Lower overall compensation compared to competitor companies. Don't like the review system at all. Don't think the current executives are competitive.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58818,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Could be great if you can navigate the politics.,"Lots of opportunities to do different types of work. Good benefits. Lots of perks e.g. mobile phone discounts on every major carrier, discounted software and hardware, free MSDN accounts, telecommute, free bus service.",Difficult to get ahead unless you can get noticed by the right people. Cutthroat performance review practices.,Overall the company is going in the right direction. Middle management could use some work.,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58819,microsoft,none," May 19, 2013",Former Employee - Business Architect,"Overall, best job I ever had.","Lot of opportunity, challenging work, good training (continuous). Looks good on your resume.","Barely legal rating rating scale. Low level managers are forced to rate on all levels of this scale, regardless of commitment attainment. Lowest scale level is at risk of termination. Right around year 8-9, it is hard to keep your job. If you make it to 11 years, there is some modicum of job security.","Manage, don't dictate. Also, try motivating, not ""de-motivating"" employees.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P926.htm
58820,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2013",Current Employee - Staffing Manager,I love this company,"Amazing career opportunities, great products, incredible resiliency.",Not a great place for low level performers,Be faster to market,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58821,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,software developer,diverse set of products and services,slow turnaround of some projects,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58822,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," May 18, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Long term employee .. mixed support and value of experience,Opportunities abound to move about and find different things.,Review system is broken and has caused the loss of many non-replaceable assets.,Take care of your people.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58823,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,The best and the worst,"Availability of resources, from technical training, to ergonomic furniture and everything in between. Ample free parking (kind of running short in various buildings in Redmond) and free coffee and pop. Good pay. Medical benefits used to be good prior to 2013, but not anymore.","Probably the world's worst employee rating and review system. You can't just be happy with your job and do that really well -- they want you to move up the chain or they'll cut you out. It is a dictatorial company, where information and instructions always goes downstream to the subordinates, but any improvement ideas never make it up the chain and are usually terminated at your immediate manager level. Microsoft management in general have very fragile egos (probably due to their nerdy nature) and will only promote those who kiss up to them (by promote I mean give them good rating at review time). Medical benefit is no longer a magnate to bring engineers to Microsoft as it kind of sucks for people who are not in perfect shape. Microsoft lays off large number of people and entire groups occasionally and the last large layoff was really targeted at the older employees (40-45 plus) probably due to insurance cost savings, so don't consider a Microsoft job as a safe job by any means. Management never want to hear real concerns. They shut you down at your team level and don't allow true feelings find their way up the chain.","Go back to what you used to do in the early 2000's. Your decision making with the products, direction of the company, and the treatment of your employees is bringing Microsoft down to a point of collapse.",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58824,microsoft,none," May 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Nice people and working environment,not really engineering oriented company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58825,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2013",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Brilliant Co-Workers Until They are Pushed Out Through the Review System,"You will be working with smart, engaged co-workers in an almost infinite number of tech fields. For recent college graduates Microsoft can be a wonderful extension to your education - on the job training as long as you stay no longer than five years. I would not recommend working at Microsoft to senior employees, your prior experience will not be valued.  You will have access to all the tools you need to be successful in your job.  The key to success at Microsoft is picking the right manager and staying with them, which unfortunately, to a great extent, is out of the employee's control.","As many others have stated, and numerous articles have confirmed, the stack ranking system at Microsoft is stifling innovation. At Microsoft the competition is not firms like Apple and Google, but the peer in the office next door. It is an open secret that Microsoft ages out.","Do away with the partner program as a way to get the substantially overpaid ""rest and vest"" crowd to move on. Change the performance system to a true merit based system - not the current sycophant fest.",2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58826,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Top shelf,"No limits on how far you can grow. Great opportunity to move from one role to other roles. Stable, meaningful work. You can change the world from here.","Performance review system encourages bad behavior and wastes time. A lot of focus on simplifying for management, not much tolerance for subtle nuances.",Get rid of the performance stack rank system. Don't fire long term veteran good performers because of where they fall in the stack ranks.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58827,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Objective opinion,"Great base salary, bonuses and benefits","Their HR group lack strategy and planning, very reactive and tactical in their approach and solutions",Happy to work for other groups that have more business strategy,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58828,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2013",Former Employee - SDET2,"Windows engineering team was a real grind, Windows Phone was a lot of fun, but even more work","Access to tons of resources like the internal mailing lists with answers to questions of all types, company library and store, people and training opportunities.",Expectation for working long hours and executing beyond expectations. It's more suited for new college grads than folks with a family.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58829,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"This job was hard work, long hours, but rewarding intellectually and financially.","Solid career paths, good pay, good benefits",Long hours and a horrible commute if you live in Seattle.,Focus more on results rather than shiny frameworks,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P927.htm
58830,microsoft,none," May 3, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,It has been an amazing experience at Microsoft,"Great work culture, really smart people to work with.",Company's focus towards employees is reducing,Focus on building your employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58831,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome,"Great offices, smart coworkers, good salary, incredible projects, and a lot of oportunities to grown up in your career.","It's a competition. Work hard is not enough to success, you have to be smart.",be clear and honest. Ask help.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Looking back : Seven years at Microsoft,"The people you work with everyday, make for an incredible workplace experience. Lots of smart people to learn from and to challenge you.  There's a lot of diverse technologies and domains to pick from as an software engineer. Find something that challenges and excites you without leaving the company.  The benefits are great, though they used to be better. Some great updates were made this year and that makes me optimistic about the future.",Sometimes suffers from typical big company problems. Changes and are slow and bureaucratic at times. Many teams still manage to find ways around that and remain extremely agile.  It's easy to get lost in the crowd and stand out. There is a LOT of very smart and talented individuals here.,Make it easier to make lateral career changes within Microsoft.  The current Stack Ranking Review system needs to go. It needs to be replaced with something that rewards teams rather than individual successes.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58833,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,"Can be a great place to work, but you have to understand it is a big, big, big company","- changes for you to have impact an 100,000's or millions of users - opportunity to have true ownership and leadership of tasks and projects - chances to move to many different departments within the company - commitment to user privacy and security - Company is striving for strong corporate culture values and moral leadership","- processes and methodologies can inhibit innovation - Company can be slow to react to new industry trends - Company is adverse to looking at best-of-breed solutions versus building proprietary solutions - Health care coverage has gone from one of the best in the industry to substandard - work life balance can be a challenge. The company is striving to improve this, but some managers do not embrace this","- adopt more agile methodologies - change health care coverage to the pre-2013 policy - the current CEO has brought us along way, but a new CEO is needed for the new industry landscape",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58834,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Great place to work, lots of opportunity to move around.","Able to move around, great environment.",Flat stock price for the last decade.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58835,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Great company turning good,"Good pay, global opportunities, some very good products","Bureaucratic, Slow to embrace new technology trends, Innovator's Dilemma classic case of being wedded to Windows and Office monopolies",Change employee review system,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58836,microsoft,none," May 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good work experience,Good work experience. Have opportunity to experience everything in a product cycle. Good work/life balance.,It is hard to get promotion if not in the right group.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58837,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Engineer,very good place,big and a lot of fun,too big and too slow in some areas,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58838,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Director,Ditch the Review Model before your 'get things done' folks are gone,smart SMART people Benefits while complicated are still ok lots of different businesses freedom to think of new things,review model REVIEW MODEL!!!! lack of movement up and around is more common terrified workers,Ballmer needs to connect with employees or leave don't think that hiring outside the company is the answer. 50% of their time is navigating and they are scorecard focused killing innovation Take a look....your senior women are leaving,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58839,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good Package, very poor work environment",Salary/Benefits in the high average,Work environment is poor. The new Performance review system has completely lost sight of the real notion of performance and objectivity. Work ethics and values seem to be eroding under the pressure of personal interests. More and more success is for not for the best but for the most selfish and aggressive.,"Rethink about work ethics, morale, values and most importantly that people are your most valuable assett. Finally, rethink the performance review system (if we really need one) to actually reward people for their merits and performance. The one we have today is equal to not having it since the level of transparency is pure hypocrisy.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P928.htm
58840,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,They take care of you,Microsoft does a great job of taking care of their employees. It's clear that they value them and give as much as they reasonably can give to them given how large they are and how they're always under the microscope with investors.,"The company is massive which makes it very hard to have significant influence on the product you're working on. Smaller projects are great there, but are often cancelled before they prove themselves. You basically have to give up caring about your product and only care about your career.",Shrink the company. Significantly.,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58841,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good access to wide array of technology but can be extremely political working with other groups.,"The benefits are still pretty good, although not as good as they used to be. Being able to get access to and work with the wide array of Microsoft products is a huge plus. Most groups still have separate offices for each employee.","There's a saying at Microsoft called ""licking the cookie"", where one group claims ownership of a product without actually working on it. It probably happens at most large companies but it's definitely prevalent at Microsoft.","Instead of obscenely overpaying to acquire other companies, spend the resources to improve the internal groups that are already working on that product.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58842,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Intern -> Full Time PM,"amazing ppl company that wants to do good lots of teams, can change around often and find something you like","hard to find ""your place"" in the company",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58843,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Working here is like getting paid to go to college!,Plenty of challenging opportunities which leads to a variety of career changes (optional of course).,Very large company means a good amount of politics!,"Keep a pulse on the direction of technology, competition and more importantly, the people which includes consumers along with partners and employees",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58844,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Manager,excellent company with great culture,"people, technologies, culture, challenges, opportunities",it's not the old Microsoft but its starting to evolve,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58845,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The bomb watch your back leaves a nasty after taste,"IT boot camp, name recognition on CV",Management promotion of the stack ranking rewards buddies vs quality work.,Kill stack ranking & managing up concept.,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58846,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDET,"Good source of info, good classes...","Bad management, bad rating system",Change the rating system. The best people are leaving company.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58847,microsoft,none," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very satisfying and challenging overall.,"the company has Smart people, some of the best benefits in the country, the company gives consideration to diversity.",size of the company makes it hard for any individual to work on all aspects of a product and watch it though its lifecycle.,diff review model,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58848,microsoft,none," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"So close, but not quite","Incredible opportunities to learn new skills, discover career opportunities and work with some really, really smart people. Flexible work style - for most groups.",Performance management system is a nightmare. Constant pressure to perform against peers leads to a stressful and competitive work environment.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58849,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Lead,"Engaging work, smart people, great life but slow to ship","- Good management, good career development - Lots of opportunities and products, so one can expand one's experience within the company - Smart people to work with, though people are transitioning more to other companies - Good work life balance",- Time to ship tends to be very slow - Lots of processes to follow,Speed up development cycle by reducing process overhead,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P929.htm
58850,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2013",Former Employee - Manager,A once great company that is now a shark tank,"Top benefits, strong pay, smart co-workers, opportunity to move around and have a career. Flexible work environment (as long as you discount the lack-life balance)","The company's review system pits employees against each other - there is very little team work, a ton of politics to negotiate, and regardless of doing a good job you can be killed in a review based on forced stacked ranking. The worst of it is that the pretend that it is all fair. Admit to having the work environment be a reality survivor show with people's careers and I'd at least respect the workplace there. Finally, they preach work-life balance while making that impossible","Get rid of the antiquated G.E. inspired review system and stop pitting employees against each other, or stop complaining about the lack of trust your workforce has. Get prepared for mass exodus once the economy changes... your employees will remember being treated like a number and the dog-fight atmosphere.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58851,microsoft,none," May 6, 2013",Former Employee - Services Executive,Giant Technology leader with a plethora of technologies,Variety of technologies in portfolio Many great people Work with many large customers Global footprint,"MSFT is playing from behind in many key ""megatrends"" MSFT does not offer key technologies that make a compelling difference - just needed like plumbing Key to success is your manager and territory - which change annually","You've lost in mobile, cloud, and search - maybe try to anticipate the future a little better",3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58852,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Senior Project Manager,"Flexible hours, smart individual contributors, nice location in Seattle","Very hierarchical, too focused on annual reviews, too many middle managers, too few innovators - very risk averse.","Your attrition issue is a direct result of poor management education (honestly the worst people I've ever had to report to), an outdated review system, and people who feel that the organization is not working to support them in doing their best work. Mediocrity reigns supreme.  And before you write my feedback off as the complaints of a disgruntled employee, I'm a ""1"" in your silly system of rating people, for all that's worth...",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58853,microsoft,none," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"I have been interviewed by ms, I think it is a good place",No free food and base salary is not high enough,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58854,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Apr 16, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Best place to work EVER,Never micro-managed. Freedom to think. You control your future.,Stack ranking are a bit rough. This is a pro and con... you work with very bright people.,See above cons :),5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58855,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Software Giant,The company has projects in almost every different area and so you can work on areas that most interest you.,Software engineers are consider interchangeable and the stack ranking implies this. So if you work on an all star team in a desirable area you will not be properly rewarded.,Take a look at the bad attrition rates in the company and change the reward structure for the types of people that you are losing to the competitors.,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58856,microsoft,"Springdale, AR"," May 2, 2013",Former Employee - Client Services Director,Successful based upon managing top software vendors and retail vendors in the world,"Developing new consulting business within Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. This includes managing, developing marketing programs , accounts development and support. This is a start up environment that I was asked to take responsibility to grow a certain levels.",Gaining brand awareness within selected accounts in my areas of responsibilities. Managing limited budget and tasked with specific growth demands from upper management,Take heed of experience in this territory based upon past successes ..,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58857,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 22, 2013",Former Employee - Writer II,Didn't work out,Benefits that included free transportation to work,Expect non-engineers to be engineers,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58858,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2013",Current Employee - Engineering Service Engineer II,You really will have the opportunity to change the world,"Endless amount of challenges, for those who hate jobs that can get tedious. Work on awesome technology, tackle new areas, and able to make a difference.","You can land everything perfectly at the end of the year, meeting all commitments, wowing your direct and skip level managers, and still get the worse end of year rating due to someone trying to get the numbers to fit at the end of the year (there is a limit as to how many people can get the upper level ratings, everyone else gets pushed down).","Get rid of the review system. Either you show kick ass people that they indeed do kick ass, or watch them leave and then kick your ass from a competing company.",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58859,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 1, 2013",Former Employee - Product Advisor,"A great place to grow, slowly.",Access to the latest technology. A real sense of camaraderie. Free certification available for Microsoft products.,Ridiculous contests trying to spur more sales. Advocate a client first approach but bottom line is all about sales. Management is quick to make rash decisions regarding individual employees.,Respect and value your workers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P930.htm
58860,microsoft,none," May 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits are waning,"Smart people, innovation, decent benefits, nice offices","Too many politics, benefits are getting reduced",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58861,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great or awful depending on the strength of your manager. Luckily you get a new one every 18 months or so.,"Flexibility, good pay, interesting code. Engineers are highly qualified. There are so many divisions and technologies and different kinds of customers that if you do a good job, it's easy to move into a role you like.","Microsoft thinks that good engineers should be promoted into business roles. They don't do well. They don't like it. So good managers and business people are fairly rare. The annual review system pits people against each other instead of rewarding team work. It also scores on a bell curve so you can do a great job, but if you happen to be the only person in your band, you get an average score.",Shut up and listen. The pleasure of hearing yourself talk is only going to get yourself and your people so far if you don't back it up with solutions. You'll go a lot farther if you listen to the quiet people who actually think about the problems you need to solve and if you learn from them.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58862,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Interesting political dynamics,High wage compared with other similar roles and level of effort.,Highly political. Difficult to move up if you don't have the right connections. Top heavy culture - lots of people with many years of experience hiring vendors to do the work. Too many chiefs and not enough peons.,org hierarchy should be a pymarid not a box. If you have MS value - really manage by them.,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58863,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2013",Current Employee - Programmer,programmer,"flexibilty, work life balance, benefits were solid","pay, supervisers, the whole culture in general",slow down and free up,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58864,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 19, 2013",Current Employee - Consultant,Crapshoot Based on your Team,"There are obvious benefits to working at Microsoft. If you can hit your targets, you can make a good deal of money. They offer a fairly decent benefit structure and base pay as well, and one can't help but notice the name of a monstrous entity like that on your resume. If you're willing to work, you're going to get paid- simple as that.","The problem is that it's a total crapshoot when it comes to your team and your manager. If you get a good team and manager, you could easily love your position, as it makes all the difference. If you're stuck with a shoddy group, not only are you not going anywhere, but you'll constantly be floored by the amount of back-door politics and backstabbing that takes place. It's about who you know, not what you are capable of, and after the new job sheen wares off it can be very dissatisfying.","We're not numbers! Not everything fits into quantifiable statistics, and not everyone who hits those metrics deserve the accolades they receive. It's about quality of work, not quantity. You could easily contribute to the business in varying ways and at the end of the year be kicked out because you 'didn't meet expectations.'",1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58865,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company!,"Focus on Technology, and access to great products and hardware for all employees.",Very large organization that can be hard to navigate.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58866,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great opportunities, but still a slow giant",You can quickly get notice and rise up and get into cool projects. You get compensated very very well. You work with industry experts and very intelligent people,"Microsoft has a hard time with services, since most people are used to boxed software. Please get rid of dead weight faster, some people really shouldn't be senior or leads. The review system is terrible at this.",Don't do things for political reasons and get better at running services.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58867,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"the most significant, stable application development company in the world","- Develops the most significant applications in the world. - Re-invented their design with a fresh, simple, clean interface. - Tackles big, tough problems. - Recognizes and values technical contributions of their employees.",- Struggling and falling behind the competition in markets for Internet services and devices. - Disconnect between Redmond and the customer. - Many projects are very complex and their interface is not simple or abstract enough for the user. - Does not play well with others.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58868,microsoft,"Milwaukee, WI"," Apr 19, 2013",Current Employee - Electrical Engineer,best company that i have ever been,pay a lot than any other,nothing much to say ab,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58869,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Has become less innovative,Smart and Talented Peers Benefits Projects with World wide impact,Lack of innovation Slow to market Benefits are reducing,Balmer is no longer effective in leading and innovating.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P931.htm
58870,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied,Big company. Good benefits. Decent folks to work with.,"No growth, no appetite for risk.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58871,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2013",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,It's Not What It Used To Be,*Flexible work environment *Lots of opportunity *Good benefits,"*Employees are often rated for who they know, not what they know *Very bureaucratic and highly matrixed making it difficult to innovate",The employee evaluation process used today hinders innovation and collaboration which is at the core of survival for the business.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58872,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You work hard under a bureaucratic regime - lots of politics :(,"Good pay, excellent office space, nice people.","Lots of bureaucracy, many times the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, much of their software is becoming irrelevant due to Apple and Android.",Listen to the customer.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58873,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great 12 years overall but last two not so much,"The people are great - creative thinkers, focused and results oriented. Great breadth of opportunity across the different businesses - consumer, enterprise, software, hardware, etc.",As a former manager the calibration process and reviews has not been tied to reality for the last few years. Most people are rewarded well but some just get stuck in a rut and you have no opportunity to pull them out.,Change the top level management and stop moving the deck chairs around below. Stop and think about what you want everyone to line up behind. There are too many agendas by different divisions. Microsoft needs to work on being either one company or split the company up.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58874,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager III,"Good working conditions, lack of vision from the top","Great benefits, professionalism, smart people","bureaucratic, bean counters are in power, lack of trust in top managers",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58875,microsoft,none," May 17, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Director,The only thing good is the money,Microsoft pays very well - at least at first. There are not other pros.,Culture - one of the most poisonous working environments I have ever encountered. Highly political. Completely NON transparent. Wasteful. And very UNproductive. Opportunity - almost none. Research and some of the engineering teams get to work on cools things but there is fat chance they will ever see the light of day. Everyone else is working on propping up the stinking edifice. Job satisfaction. None.,Get rid of stack ranking. Fire every single person at the VP and GM level and make them prove they actually did something positive if they want their job back.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58876,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 18, 2013",Current Employee - Business Administrator,Excellent Company to work for,"The benefits are amazing at Microsoft, and are not something you will find anywhere else. Annual reviews make sense and correlate with the goals you set with your manager. surprises are a rare occurrence. Growth opportunities are endless.","Each business group is different so you can run into politics. Policies don't always make sense, or appear to be unnecessary red tape. Because each business group is different, there can be communication barriers between each of them. This isn't always the case and can certainly be overcome, but it is present as in any other company.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58877,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 28, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,So much potential at Microsoft--still waiting for it to be tapped!,Great potential for massive impact across industry and world. Amazing peers (for the most part). Great resources to do what you need to do.,Too much insider politicking. Way too many people who just care about themselves--not enough focus on external competition or customers.,"Don't waste time in internal competition and weird politics--focus on shipping innovation, fast. Get the politicians out of Microsoft!",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58878,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work - very competitive environment,Great successful company - pays employees well - great benefits - very smart employees,Competitive culture arises from performance review model,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58879,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Nice place to work,Good use of new technologies and opportunities to grow.,Some politics in mid management levels,Be aware of the politics,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P932.htm
58880,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2013",Current Employee - Inside Sales,Company imploding,"Great brand name, implying the best that enterprise brands should offer to employees and also implying that we know what we're doing.","There is a culture of immaturity across several of the organizations (e.g. sales, development, marketing, etc.), created by the recruitment and evaluation processes that serve to acquire and then perpetuate a staff of people who never deserved to work at MSFT in the first place.","Turn off the email servers on a daily basis between 9am and 5pm and force your employees to go out and speak to the public and actually sell something. MSFT is losing 50% of productivity daily from over 70% of the employee base who are hiding behind emails and lounging around their houses, calling themselves virtual.",2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58881,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Lots of different products,Microsoft is a very large company with lots of opportunities to work in very different products.,"Even though there are many different products to work on, to switch products you have to redo a full interview loop",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58882,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome place to start a career, gets more competitive after 5+ years","Microsoft is an excellent place to start a career in high tech. They are on the cutting edge of technology and you will always have access to the latest and greatest while performing your job. The benefits are really good (used to be great, now just really good). Seattle is a beautiful place to live and work. If you are a top performer, you are rewarded well.","As someone that has been rated a ""1"" and a ""2', I still find the rating system to be incredibly counterproductive. A core value they try to promote is ""making others great"", however this is directly in conflict with how we are evaluated, it's all about your own performance. The first several years the review system really didn't bother me, but now that I'm in the largest level band, it's gotten so bad to the point where I want to leave the company. Again, this is coming from someone that has top ratings. The problem is, once you hit the top it becomes ridiculously competitive to stay there, so I end up spending 75% of my time worrying about how I will be perceived, is my work visible to management, am I working on the most critical projects, etc. I am not exaggerating when I say helping your teammates literally takes money out of your own pocket. I love the people that I work with, but at the end of the day I have a family to support as well. It is really ashame because Microsoft could be so much better if it revamped this system.","As noted above, CHANGE THE REVIEW SYSTEM. It is a gigantic time suck and fundamentally makes people compete and become distrustful of one another. Move into modern times and implement something that actually encourages teamwork and employee engagement.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58883,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2013",Current Employee - Developer,There is always someone to learn from,Always someone to learn from. Full source code access to windows. There is always some team around that is working on cool new projects.,"Stack and rank, pits you against your coworkers for promotions leads to infighting. Also a lot of kingdom building.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58884,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2013",Current Employee - Quality Assurance,Good to start not to stay,"Experience, knowledge, learning, skills, getting into the grind of things.","Pay, hours, quality of work, lack of acknowledgement","Treat your employees like they actually matter, not like they're expendable.",2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58885,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great Technology Folks, Lots of Freedom, Management isn't Great",Some of the smartest people in the world you will work with daily. You also will have a lot of freedom to do your job - especially in engineering ranks. Try to be on the main campus if you can.,"You have a gap between what is going on ""out there"" and what management knows. Like any company, those that become management often aren't as passionate as those on the front line and it tends to show. Overall though, they do the right thing ""eventually""",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58886,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of silos but smart people,"People are smart and generally driven, lots of opportunities to learn more and increase skill set.",Work silos seem to lead to overlaps in work and communication problems. Everyone has a little empire that they are trying to protect.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58887,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2013",Former Employee - Software Test Lead,Microsoft QA,- Cutting edge technology. - Interesting and new products to work on.,"- Review process pretty hard-core. Reviews used to be (not sure if still are) on a bell curve, so someone had to do poorly, even when everyone was doing awesome.",More transparency with direction of the company and the review process would lead to more innovation.,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58888,microsoft,none," Apr 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, super people caring internally and externally","Passion about technology, game changers","Too slow sometimes, too big for certain market opportunities.","Be agile, make people spend more time with customers and less time internally.",4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58889,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2013",Former Employee - Compliance Tester,Microsoft is a great place to work,Free soda. Great Coworkers. Clean building.,"More freedom to move about the building. Understanding there is sensitive materials, but trust employees more.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P933.htm
58890,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Diverse workforce and product portfolio. Movement within the company means you can always find something ""new"" to do. Excellent benefits even as they've been curtailed over the years.","In the dwindling minority of Fortune 500 companies that still subscribe to Jack Welch's ""Rank and Yank"" review system.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58891,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Nice place to work for any techies,Wide breadth and depth of technology areas to work for.,"Transitioning to devices and services world can be longer, the mind-shift can be confusing meanwhile.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58892,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work as long as you can roll with the inconsistent strategies.,There are lots of opportunities within Microsoft.,"There is a perception that people should move from their current position every two to three years. In some cases high performers who like their current position may move even though they are happy where they are. They person my wind-up unhappy, and there current groups loses the tribal knowledge. Also, many are not happy with the medical benefit changes.","The branding of Microsoft needs to completely change. Our last branding change wasn't significant, so the public perceives us as the same ole (not dynamic or cutting edge) Microsoft.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58893,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2013",Former Employee - Director,"Great potential, but culture unable to change fast enough.","Microsoft has some great technologies, great people, and great passion internally. The benefits are outstanding and overall compensation is very good. You have the opportunity to work on projects that will impact millions or potentially hundreds of millions of people.","Microsoft can't change it's corporate culture to deal with the 21st century. It moves too slow and is too insular from customers and what else is going on. There is quite a sense of entitlement among employees, especially those that have been there a long time. Both in terms of how they expect to work, but also very much a ""if we build it, they will come"" mentality.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58894,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Mostly good place to work, but stack ranking is really damaging","Microsoft still has really good benefits, even though they have cut back in the last couple of years. There are a lot of really good people there, and good products to work on.","The stack ranking mechanism is devastating. No matter how well you do your job, you can be rated as the worst in your team and heavily penalized. If you have a team of 20 excellent people, and another team has 20 terrible people, each team gets the same % of people with a top rating, and the same % of people with a bottom rating. It forces employees to want their colleagues to perform poorly - it destroys teamwork.","1. Eliminate stack ranking. 2. When you produce a product, provide the resources to do a great job on the product. Way too often I saw potentially great products hamstrung by limiting the resources allowed for development.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58895,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"+ Great benefits (health, commute, fitness etc.) + Wide range of products to work on - moving across groups can be a bit difficult, but not impossible.",+ No clear strategy across different groups + Working away from HQ creates issues + Ranking model broken.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58896,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Too political and lack of diversity,"Benefits, community, opportunity to learn new technologies. It is all about software and you work with really smart people. You have your own office. I am a woman and I like that Microsoft partners with women organizations.","Too political. If you want to have a career at Microsoft you need to have a sponsor. It doesn't matter how good you are at what you do and how intelligent you are. It doesn't matter your reputation outside. You need to build a reputation inside and always have one or more sponsors. It is also a very competitive environment and they privilege competitiveness over collaboration besides they say and ""promote"" the contrary. That can become very stressful because you have to work really hard and many of your peers will try to discredit you and that gets worse when the review period is closer. Microsoft also doesn't do a good job regarding diversity. I see it as a quite homogeneous ecosystem. In many of the groups (I won't say all because I only worked in a few) most of the employees are Indian males and the very few women are mostly Indian or Arabian and they are usually shy, don't speak up (maybe that explains why there are so few senior women). I am a woman coming from a more liberal culture and I really feel intimidated by this. Don't take me wrong, I don't have anything against any particular culture, it is just the lack of diversity that I don't like. I don't feel I have much in common with most of the people I work/worked with here.",Higher management: Seriously look outside! Stop looking on the snow white magic mirror! Middle management: If you'd only paid more attention to the ones who really do their job even when they don't tell you are the fairest of them all.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58897,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,work culture salary bonus environment,Time manager reporting technology work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58898,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"My time there started fine, however the organization I was in evolved into a huge clique similar to the rest of the co.",Exciting and challenging work. My compensation was good as I was hired when stock options were still available. Smart people.,"If you didn't spend half your time trying to be ""in the clique"" instead of doing your job, you were on the outs. What I mean is, you got table scraps when it came to raises, bonuses, stock, promotions, etc. Many times I witnessed incompetent people get promoted up the chain only to watch them fail.",Truly gauge employee value based on performance.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58899,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 21, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company!,"Excellent benefits, smart people, flexible work option. It has a wide range of products. So you can switch within Microsoft to work on lots of cool stuff","Sometimes, it's too big of a company. Cutting through red tape can be frustrating. Lots of processes in place (which can sometimes be good, but sometimes bad)",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P934.htm
58900,microsoft,"Malvern, PA"," May 4, 2013",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,"Stay AWAY! Microsoft has gone from being one of the best companies to work for, to one of the worst in 6 short years.","At this point, pros are the few remaining really smart AND really nice people (although they're rapidly being pushed out), still some great technology, particularly on the server side like SharePoint, Azure, etc, Windows Phone and Xbox. A lot of potential if execs can sort themselves out.","Managers in most cases treat employees like dirt and as completely expendable. They're fast becoming an Oracle sales mentality. One person at a very high level has completely changed the atmosphere, and the way the stack ranking now runs is worse than the Vanity Fair article described. It's a dog eat dog environment, where how good you are, and how much you contribute has little to nothing to do with your chances of success, and how much you suck up to managers in your district, or how much ""visibility"" you have is the only measure of success. The fact that the hiring manager for the last job I had there over 9 years told me first and foremost 'lets figure out how to get you enough visibility so that I can defend you in the stack ranking' instead of discussing what I should be doing in my job says it all. This appears to be pretty much endemic at MS now, and every week I hear of yet another awesome employee leaving or being forced out. However, the Mid-Atlantic States District is particularly bad, with politics that I have never seen in my 20 years in IT and sales. MS also treats partners terribly. Partner CSAT scores are gamed. The level of frustration in the partner community has never been higher. Partners depend on MS for a lot of revenue, but most hate MS because of the way they are treated.","Firstly, stop changing MS to Walmart.. Ever since a particular exec come on board, this company has lost so many of its best employees, that it's impossible to keep track any more. He openly told us in one of our first Town Hall meetings with him that our attrition rate was unhealthily low, and he intends to change that. He's certainly succeeded in doing that amazingly well.  Secondly, do away with the stack ranking. Stop thinking only tactically. In sales, its all about what you've done for me today, and people with an exemplary track record for 9 or 10 years get fired for 1 bad year that was likely bad because of relatively randomly set quotas, circumstances beyond their control (like companies going bankrupt), or sales managers finding scapegoats.  You tell everyone that customer deployment and CSAT are important metrics in CBI, yet people get $0 CBI unless they hit the ever more difficult 100% quota/RBI metric, and then you're surprised when people only start to focus on CBI once they're hit their quota late in Q4?. What do you think people will focus on? This isn't a healthy 'tension' as someone very senior once told me. Its a recipe for disaster.  Bring back the company that used to be the best place to work for in the world. In my 1st 4 years at MS, I fully intended to make it a life long career, moving around, learning and contributing more every year. Now I wouldn't come back if you paid me $1m a year. It's not worth it. And finally, get HR people who employees can really trust. Every HR person I interacted with, or heard of others interfacing with in confidential discussions about management gripes promptly told the manager about the gripe, and the person was slowly forced to leave. So HR is basically a clearing house for people who have gripes with management.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58901,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No longer the place it used to be,"Decent pay, some orgs have good working environments.",Health benefits are terrible now.,Stop the stack ranking review system. It is killing innovation at MS.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58902,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Once a great company that has lost it's way,"Brand Recognition, Massive number of products deployed worldwide.","No strategic direction of it's own - follows market too slowly. Lack of customer caring focus or culture, Horrific and un-ethical performance evaluation process which destroys any team incentive in favor of Machiavellian politics and short term thinking.","Senior management has lost it's way - the company needs a full reset at the very top of the organization. Must bring in leadership that is passionate about innovation, listening to customers, leading in the marketplace and taking exceptional care of it's employees.",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58903,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Fantastic Place to Work,"Huge diversity of opportunities, and pretty easy to transfer around Amazing peers Great compensation\benefits - company really looks out for employees Work on high profile products","Some product teams complain of politics (others don't at all) Some products not well received, especially annoying when due to micromanagement",Give product teams more autonomy Encourage (with a stick if necessary) product teams to play nicely together Restore the influence of top engineers on product design,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58904,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to work at,work life balance good insurance open culture challenging problems,Big company Focus on enterprise not individual business moves slowly always catches what market wants,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58905,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Employee Friendly and open culture,- Lot of independence in terms of doing your work - Very good managers and high level people. - Very good employee care. - Good salary-,"- Your experience will be very specific to Microsoft technologies(like .NET, Powershell etc.. ) - HQ is Seattle.. so rough weather can be an issue.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58906,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Engineer,Please Please Come Back Bill G.,"Good Salary, Good Benefits, Lots Of Opportunity To Learn New Technologies. Great headquarter location (beautiful). Betting parking than most companies.","Used to be a great place to work, but no longer. Way too much bureaucracy, performance review process is a death march, both management and employees stopped listening or even paying attention to the customer's needs a long time ago. The red tape, political cut throat environment prevents groups from any real innovation. And finally the most important...they need to get back to the business of rewarding employees who learn and stand up for customer requirements. Too many Indians (I can't believe this is an American company in America...90% of the teams I worked with were all Indian...that is not what I call a diverse employee base).","Get back to your technical visionary roots, and connect seriously with your customers. Overhaul your performance review process make it more simple and FAIR. Stop churning and burning employees. Get a system in place that validates and verifies what your real customers want. Start hiring more locals and help train them...they will be very dedicated and stick around. Stop the sinking ship, there is a mass exodus out of Microsoft going on...make the company hospitable again and employees will stay and you will be able to retain them. And by all means, stop asking Congress for more H1-B visas.",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58907,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 16, 2013",Current Employee - Data Analyst,"Great company, people can be very conservative","Great company reputation, Nice working environment, Many internal opportunities,","Many people are reluctant to talk to others from a different team, Culture is conservative, Sometimes I feel people focus too much on their own work results while ignoring the power of team work",Working as a team is necessary,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58908,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to gain experience if you don't have top-tier experience,Work on bleeding edge all the time.,No worklife balance. Review system is a joke.,Manager shouldnt just be people aspiring for more money and power. Do more to pick right people manager.,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58909,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Program Manager,"good pay, good benefits, smart people","unhealthy workplace, bad review model",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P935.htm
58910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,It is an awesome experience to work at Microsoft,"Creativity, Best folks, very talented",I don't see any cons working at Microsoft,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58911,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Apr 9, 2013",Former Employee - O365 Technology Specialist,O365 Technical Sales Professional,"Access to the latest and greatest technology and being part of a company that impacts the world. Your passion for technology can impact millions of people. You can do your day job, then follow your passions to add value to virtually any other part of the company that you have an interest in.",Microsoft's internal environment is too focused on internal politics and climbing the corporate ladder than it is on the technology and truly helping customers realize their potential. Career growth opportunities are limited if you are not in Seattle.,Fix the review model. Separate Individual contributors from management rankings. A director and a senior level technologist should never be in the same stack ranking. They perform two different roles that are vital to the success of the company and the recent changes show that the company values the middle management more than the individual contributor that is out in the trenches making the middle managers successful.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58912,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place for work life balance. Not so much if you're looking for products that will change the world.,Great work life balance. Some really smart people. Some teams do great work.,Very top heavy. A lot of people at high career levels but not enough work for all of them => Politics.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58913,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Love the work, hate the chaos",Flexible schedule Varied experiences across products Lots of investments in new areas,"Reorgs , too many layers, very diverse in employee skills",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58914,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag,"Lots of opportunities, some great, some not so great. Considering that there is a lot of potential, you may find what you're looking for here.","Vendor to FTE relationship is generally kind of poor, the FTEs tend to look down on the vendor vendor contractors.",Management is stuck in a groove and can't get up. There is not enough laser-focus effort to steer the ship. A company that can 'turn on a dime' is more exciting to work for.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58915,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Lots of opportunity, especially for self starters who know how to sell.","Microsoft is gigantic. There are 100's of products. Enterprise, consumer, many verticals, and many roles. You will never run out of new things to try.","Microsoft is hurting in consumer perception, which will likely never change. It gets old when you tell people you work for Microsoft and they laugh. It's not just ""haters gonna hate"", seriously after years it grinds on you.",Don't put up with prima donnas. They ruin everyone's life. You know who they are. Get rid of them.,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58916,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 15, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),One of the best company to work for,"Great Benefits, flexible hours. great learning opportunities","Big company, hard to move up","more internal jobs and transfers, more transparent",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58917,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Found cross-organization collaboration enjoyable, interactions with other teams was positive.",Access to latest technology Useful internal discussion boards and inter-team cooperation/collaboration Salary and benefits were generous,Internal competition for reviews can be counter-productive/stressful,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58918,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 30, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Don't Waste Your Talent at Microsoft,- Having an office with a window. - The Connector bus service. - Good vision plan. - Landscaping on the various campuses is very attractive. - Decent cafeterias.,"- Very negative culture, people throw people under the bus constantly and hoard info. Not a collaborative work environment. - Way too many arrogant people work at Microsoft, and yet these folks would do poorly at other tech companies in Seattle or Silicon Valley. - Performance review process is very subjective and political, and the people that do the best work and care the most about customers are not rewarded for their effort. Instead, the ones who lie and steal ideas from others are ranked higher. - Not very many women and non-Indian minorities work at Microsoft compared to other high-tech companies. - MSFT stock hasn't moved at all in 10 years. - Benefits keep being reduced. - Some divisions give their employees extra perks and bonuses but others do not. - Poor work-life balance.",Scrap the performance review process as it rewards people that exaggerate their contributions and makes people want to work on low performing teams so they'll get ranked higher than their peers - impact is this ends up hurting innovation and the customer experience. Also need to change the company culture so it is more inclusive.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58919,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company I ever worked for.,It is very employee focused as well as always striving to best serve its customers. Employees are very hard working but the company tries to provide a flexible and fun work environment.,As it has grown it has lost a lot of the personal feel that helped to make it the company it was years ago.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P936.htm
58920,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Great benefits and lots of opptys,Some managers have a hard time providing actual feedback and they are passive aggressive,none,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58921,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 9, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Lead,"It's ok, not great.","once you are in, you can almost always remain employed.",not very exciting and interesting after working here for a couple of years.,"be determined, make decisions faster and earlier",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58922,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spent my life at Microsoft,Early days were GREAT but those days are gone,You are just a cog now,Remove SteveB,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58923,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A tribe,Job security - hard to get fired as FTE Facilities are great,Too big Too much time wasted in office politics Rat race competition for end of year reviews and promos,GIve up your ego. Foster a team environment that's not so hostile,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58924,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,"Opportunity for bonus, technology industry pays more than some other industries, has good benefits packages available","Middle of the road industry salary offerings, not much opportunity to get promoted, salaries do not increase very much over the time you spend working there and taking on increasing responsibilities","The review process doesn't necessarily reward the best work done or the best employees and if a team or group has multiple ""star"" members - people always get left out of the rewards because of the ""grading on a curve"" approach to the review process and limited opportunities for promotion.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58925,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2013",Former Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),A great experience,"Great benefits (including the new Health Plan) and pay. As a large company, there are many opportunities for advancement in a role, and moving to different roles is encouraged. You'll work with some of the smartest and most talented people you'll ever meet.","A highly competitive and political environment. While this breeds hard work, being stack-ranked against your teams and peers creates an environment where self-promotion becomes the road to advancement, encouraging employees focus less on what employees could accomplish as a team, and more on setting themselves up each year to sell what they've done as an individual. Work-life balance is generally not possible if you wish to succeed.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58926,microsoft,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Apr 9, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Retail sales,"flexible, great to work while you are in college, great to have Microsoft experience",working retail hours and weekends/holidays,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58927,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,challenging in a good and bad way,great people and work to be their best at all times,"intense and competitive, forced ranking scale for reviews",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58928,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work with,"smart people, edge technology, good life-work balance",need follow the company culture,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58929,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2013",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,Great company to work at in terms of breadth of technologies - not so great in terms of strategic direction or GSD',breadth of technology products / platforms to work on,Not too many real-world driven folks a the helm,get rid of your middle mgmt - get the passion back.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P937.htm
58930,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2013",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,Great company to work at in terms of breadth of technologies - not so great in terms of strategic direction or GSD',breadth of technology products / platforms to work on,Not too many real-world driven folks a the helm,get rid of your middle mgmt - get the passion back.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58931,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,My 14 years at Microsoft,Usually get to work with smart people Stable company You work here if you want to change the world Solid Technology company,"Reviews are not tied to your job performance or the work you do. More of a popularity contest Very political environment, agree with their politics, or get out of the company Technical people are leaving the company for greener pastures Lot of bureaucracy, slow moving Not focused on gaining market share or revenue Employees compete with each other not with competitors, look at stock price compared to other tech companies","Keep Steve Ballmer, but get rid of the layers of middle and senior management",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58932,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Experience,Diversity of products and experiences. Manager your own career. Work Life Balance. Benefits are great.,Recognizing talent across similar jobs/roles. Very Competitive.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58933,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Lead,"Smart people, great culture, results oriented",Microsoft still has the smartest people in the industry and continues to attract top talent. The employees are well taken care of with good salary and benefits and great work environment.,"Senior leadership at Microsoft is primarily focused on personal empire building. Steve Ballmer is not a technology visionary and is unable to lead the company into the future. He seems to have surrounded himself with cronies and yes-men who only share good news, and do not show the real ground truth.","The current review model encourages people to work against the interest of the company, while focusing on personal gain. People hide bad news, over play small improvements for visibility and spend a lot of time sucking up to the management chain.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58934,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Capable of change, yet afraid to do so.","Microsoft is the home of some of the most amazing minds and technical competencies you can imagine. Specifically, in the realm of large scale enterprise level support across multiple integrated products, Microsoft is a world-wide leader in supporting the interactions between various products.  Also, with such a large company, there are some excellent managers and inspirational leaders. Internal training for various competencies as well as personality development abound and are worthwhile not only for their professional but also their personal value.","In attempting to enact positive change to a small organization to benefit and fill a role that a larger organization needed was like cheering for the visiting team at a sports event. You might be heard, it will, however, be exhausting.  Also, at certain pay grades, advancement is extremely difficult. If your competencies / titles do not say ""Developer / Tester,"" ""Project Manager,"" or ""Business Analyst"" then you might find yourself stuck as far as advancement is concerned. If your choices in improving your salary include moving completely outside your core-competencies and fundamentally changing your work experience and training, something is amiss in your company's promotion track structure.","Be open to change. Be flexible. Recognize not only your core competencies, but your competitor's capabilities to adapt and change on a far shorter time span than you can. Don't be enamored with your global impact, for all countries, empires and companies rise and fall.  Don't fear crazy ideas. Don't be afraid to be wrong. Have a vision, but bring to market the products of that vision at a breathtaking pace. There is nothing wrong with iteration. Not every product needs to be revolutionary, but every product needs to improve and do so quickly.  Listen to the people at the ground level and build infrastructure and company culture to the point that individual employees are not shunned by being openly critical. Have your people laud triumphs the triumphs of others frequently and quietly address shortcomings. Trust your employees, especially those that work directly with your clients. They know from day to day what your clients want because they know what things they complain about. Use that to guide your next iteration of your products.",2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58935,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 7, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Many Microsofts within Microsoft,"Smart colleagues, flexible schedule, and good benefits.",Review model doesn't foster enough collaboration.,Please work to foster more collaboration within and across teams. Pay more attention in areas where there is continued churn in mgmt. teams as well as continued attrition. Role for PM in areas of combined engineering - e.g. dev and no test - is compromised.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58936,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior consultant,Great pay master and diversified set of opportunities,Sometimes work life balance is effected.,please provide some vertical growth opportunities,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58937,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,"Stable, good salary and health care, nice neighborhood",Not many good opportunity as the company is slowing down,Fix the review system,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58938,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Nice place overall, has its pros and cons like every other...","Some really smart and technical people to work with and lots of potential to learn. Very flexible work life - you just need to be good at what you do. No one cares if you are working from home 3 days a week and come in only for a couple of days. Lot of opportunities to switch between Good pay, benefits and employee friendly","Lot of mismanagement, bad review process resulting in demotivated employees Too big a company with a lot of teams lacking proper vision and leadership, re-strategizing and redoing what's been done over and over again. You work only on Microsoft technologies, making yourself not so easily portable outside.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58939,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Mar 21, 2013",Former Employee - Digital Advertising Account Management,Digital advertising Account Manager,"Great people. Great projects. Amazing benefits. $0.00 copay on doctor visits or any kind of medical procedures. Women get 6 weeks of maternity leave. Plus 3 weeks vacation. Digital advertising sales was awesome. MS had great sales support, excellent resources, and always had enough of a budget to do the things we needed to do, e.g., travel, entertain, business needs, etc. Every other company I worked for has had such tight budgets, it seems like I'm always struggling to get the help I need.","In the Dallas office, career advancement is limited because the majority of our operations were either out of New York or Redmond. If you're willing to move though, career advancement is nearly unlimited. MS is really good about not limiting you to functional silos. In their view, good talent is good talent and can be used in many different departments.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P938.htm
58940,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Systems Engineer,Great company filled with passionate people ready to change the world.,"Surrounded with brilliant people Great overall benefits and coverage (medical, dental, 401k matching, ESPP, charitable matching - money and time)","Broken review model rewards employees that are best at ""playing the game"" and not the best and brightest employees Management has suffered the most from the review model resulting in mediocre at best managers",Focus on solving the employee morale problem which seems to be largely stemming from the review model.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58941,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,There are many smart people,Too many people and process overhead,Trim down,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58942,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,It is a great journey working in Microsoft,Great mentoring and training system. Great Diversity to select. Very flexible work hours. Works are good in terms of challenges. Leads are generally good. Career opportunities in general is also good.,Bad review system. that totally sucks. Visibility is more important than the daily works. Salary is low compared with others. Lots of politics.,Get rid of this buggy review system.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58943,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2013",Current Employee - Researcher,It's OK,cool products. great work life balance,politics politics politics politics politics!,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58944,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fine place to start your career,"smart people, best product and development process,","mediocre management, too many dead wood, slow and out of touch",wake up,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58945,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Apr 2, 2013","Former Employee - General Manager, MCS",A good 8 years,For a large company it offered me a great opportunity to start a new group. I was surprised by the flexibility.  I enjoyed my time there,"The flexibility I mentioned was early, these opps are closed now, it has become very metric driven.",Listen to your employees. they know more than you think.,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58946,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is the best at making employees prisoners of their own ambitions.,"Talented employees, adequate resources, access to free software, engineering process for the largest software projects in the world, lots of movement between jobs, pays very well.","Darwinian management culture, exposure to only Microsoft's software technologies, lots of bureaucracy.",Grow a heart.,4.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58947,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Mar 30, 2013",Current Employee - Consultant,I love this company,"Good people, take care of employee",You have to fight lot to get visibility. Lot of pressure. Stack ranking kills innovation.,Remove stack ranking 1-5 performance process.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58948,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 3, 2013",Former Employee - Sales,"Great benefits, stimulating work environment but politics and performance stack ranking make it very challenging to stay","Excellent Benefits, great people, looks great on the resume, access to many types of technology and career options.","Very very political, performance stack ranking methodology discourages employee cooperation and actually encourages ""managing up"" and excessive self promotion.",Make decisions based on logic and what's best for company and shareholders rather than on forwarding someones political agenda.,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58949,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,1000 mid-sized / small companies under 1 name,"Some teams have solid engineers and engineering practices, but the quality can vary greatly from what I experienced.  Microsoft does many different things so there is likely something for everyone at this company.  Really good compensation package and excellent benefits. Amazing work life balance.","Working with other teams can be very challenging, especially when they are in a different division. May need to go up several managers, in my experience one time 6 levels, and back down to work with the other team.  Too much focus on yearly review, sometimes I would be working on things just to have some pony piece to show at the end of the year, instead of working towards a common goal.  Weather in Seattle / Redmond / Bellevue area can be cloudy many months of the year.",Stack ranking review process should be done away with.  Teams within the company should work better together towards more common goals.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P939.htm
58950,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Developers should love this place,"Great benefits, world-class campus facilities, smart people, flexible hours. Opportunity is there to have a lifelong career which is rare these days. While many chide Microsoft for having too many products, as an employee, this can give you an opportunity to work on many different products for many different customers. You can even switch disciplines if you work hard enough at it. A bit like a university where you can switch your major.",Engineers are the kings but this makes sense because the founders were developers. Typical politics and gaming that you'd expect from a big corporation. Lacks distinct culture and a purpose. Performance review model seems like a death spiral.,"Focus on your customers, not profits. Figure out what the heck Microsoft stands for--why does the company exist? What's the company's true identity?",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58951,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 18, 2013",Former Employee - Patent Assessment,"I wish I can get the job, I left in 2009 and regret it.","Challenging environment surrounded with smart people, with the right values, I left to form my own company and I really miss it at Microsoft.","Timely deadlines, seasonal pressure, pleaseing your bosses",could use some more appreciation from upper management,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58952,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Smart people, interesting work","They do a little bit of everything. If you want to do it, you can probably do it at Microsoft.","The culture is frustrating, and it feels like the executive level decisions are completely detached from the wishes of the employees at times.",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58953,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,one of the biggest companies in the IT segment which is always nice to be involved with and looks good on the resume,they always had stale doughnuts sitting around would be nice if they could upgrade them. Also too many people in the restrooms.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58954,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Test Lead,Start-up gone Blue-chip,"Many different opportunities, great community involvement, free soda","review system doesn't compensate effectively, inordinate process",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58955,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2013",Current Employee - Service Engineer,A great place to work for 35 yrs+,"Microsoft is a well known company. It offers really good benefits. You work with really important stuff. (products used by millions, etc..)",Salary is lower than other similar companies. Promotion program is very slow and its more like a queue.,Forge plans for employees that match their needs.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58956,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 3, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good,Opportunity to solve large scale problems,Teams don't collaborate well with each other,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58957,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 20, 2013",Current Employee - Services Account Executive,Great for a large company,Stable place to work most of the time,limited career path locally but more in redmond,Reasonable metrics,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2013",Current Employee - Development Manager,"Great talent, Opportunity to work on various projects","- Great talent. There is some really good talent in Microsoft and opportunity to work and learn from them is awesome. - Microsoft provides opportunity to work on wide spectrum of technologies - Bing, Server, Windows, XBOX, Office - Microsoft provides good work life balance. - Microsoft has some of the best benefit package in industry.","- Microsoft seems to be playing catching up in too many areas - phone, tablets, search. It might be better to pick fewer areas and go all in them.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58959,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,"Smart people, good compensation, the opportunity to work on projects with hundreds of millions of users.",A lack of good communication between the different business organizations,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P940.htm
58960,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Microsoft,Incredible work/life balance. Extremely talented individuals.,Cross team competition leads to convoluted accomplishments.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58961,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very political place, not a place most decent folks would thrive in.","Good benefits, good pay and global experience.","Everything else, You will need the good health plan!",Company is too big and dysfunctional.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58962,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Merchandising Manager,Investment in tooling and robust merchandising processes. Dynamic working environment and great collaboration,"Culture, cookie mold and work balance in my experience not ideal.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58963,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2013",Former Employee - Account Executive,Loved being an Account Executive,"I had the opportunity to work with some of the brightest, most hard working people ever. We worked hard and we played hard. Incredible benefits, people are very passionate about what they do. I strongly recommend if you have the opportunity to work for Microsoft that you take it.","Like any company, there were some internal politics that were not so fun to deal with.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58964,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Design Engineer,"Stable, safe,","Stable, safe, easy, just show up and do your job. Won't find many people there any longer looking to change the world.","Slow, bureaucratic, no longer cutting edge but trying really hard. Monopoly took a lot of wind out of Microsoft's sails.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58965,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2013",Former Employee - Director,"Great for new grads to learn, terrible for career growth. Declining Rapidly","The focus on work-life balance is not just words, but actually followed. For young new grads, a great way to learn the industry, working environment and grow quickly for the first 4-5 years.","EXTREMELY bureacratic especially for senior employees. Lots of old-school management who think being brash and inhuman will be tolerated in some groups, while other groups focus far too much on social skills and not intellectual horsepower. Innovation is paid lipservice, but never really supported","Be serious about innovation, and cut down the infighting everywhere. It is really sad to see great people being stuck because of VPs who got to their position without real people-leadership skills.",2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58966,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great Diverse high tech company to work for,"- Company tries hard to provide Career path to engineers based on their needs - Very diverse set of technology that the company is working on and allow engineers to move to different position as they desire (after certain time of contribution) - Great campus environment, great facilities - Excellent Café and Kitchen, - Rich set of internal community folks can join based on interest","- Too often organization realignment in the company and if impacted, makes people distracted. - Very rigid review system",Define clear business direction and forming group wide incentive to achieve business goals Have a more flexible review system to each BG Encourage innovation amongst employees and provide real incentive to make them real products.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58967,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2013",Former Employee - Account Manager,had a great run but not a sales organization and not stable,"very good benefits, good solutions to sell and hardworking teammates","complete chaos, not a lot of sales resources, sales management that hasn't sold in decades and terrible quota setting. It was a better place about 5 years ago but since Kevin Turner took over as COO, it's become a more hostile environment and the new review system is horrible. It puts you against all your colleagues and somebody always has to lose because there is a requirement for it on each team. Lastly, they had a reorg and laid us off on two-day notice. they even called someone on vacation and laid them off after 8 years of performing well.",Get some guts and stick up for your direct reports. Learn what your team actually does.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58968,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great starting out, not so great if you can't play the game","Smart people, Great problem solvers, Good benefits",1st line manager aren't allowed to make good decisions. Stack ranking hurts group cohesiveness. Politics at the upper level leads to constant reorgs and distraction impacting product decsions. Shooting the messenger a commn problem.,"Stop the Stack Rank. Manage your business, and not the finance / accountants.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58969,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Pros and cons (Review system sucks),"Staff, Compensation (salary, stocks, bonus) , health/medical/ins, 401, work environment, work schedule, dress code.","Management, Review system, head to head competition in team work env.  Microsoft really need to think about review process specially evaluating Sr. employees. MS spends a lot of resources to take him to the Sr. level and then spent very few resources to help/find appropriate feet for U/10 employee. Even in all review guides said ""5"" is not a label, it is label for sure that practiced in every team in MS. To me this very neglected way to manage your assets. Talking to MS employees I found that lying is pretty common among management.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P941.htm
58970,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Mixed feelings,solid stable company with steady revenue stream,too much politics and favoritism not enough original ideas and innovation. No vision for growth.,fix the culture. get rid of groups of pals who watch each other's back instead of looking after company's interests.,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58971,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2013",Current Employee - Training Dev,scope of impact...amazing...review system...aweful,access to cool stuff years before anyone else where else can you impact billions of users,the review system is stupid and it will bite you eventually,"ditch Ballmer, and the review system.",3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58972,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2013",Current Employee - OEM Sales,"Incredible start, lackluster finish","Resources, Talented coworkers, sales support, engineering talent, smart product people, really good products.",Review process has all but killed the culture & trust amongst employees within the company. Benefits change within the past year no longer is best of breed. Required internal focus & attention significantly outweighs the need to interact with customers and partners anymore.,"Measure your people on teamwork, the underperformers will be pushed out via the peer evaluation process. Reintroduce a culture of trying anything without fear of failure, rather than spinning a story, only to fail anyway, then create a story as to why it failed... Be compassionate to your employees again, they will pay you back in spades. The fear method with layoffs achieved the good attirtion needed about 2 years ago, but the continuation of the fear is causing bad attrition.",2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58973,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Microsoft Retail isn't a bad gig, so long as you realize that it's still a mall job at the end of the day.",1. Plenty of free soda. They sometimes cater lunch or dinner as well if it's a special day. 2. Cool co-workers. 3. Laid back bosses. 4. Talk to people at the mall all day and sell them cool things like the Surface Pro. 5. Some free swag (they handed out Surface RTs and free phones not too long ago). 6. Access to the Microsoft corporate intranet and a @microsoft.com e-mail address.,"1. Limited hours. If you are full time, you are limited to 40 hours. If you are part time, you are limited to 20. This can rise during the holiday season, but you cannot work more or less than your stated hours, which reduces flexibility some. 2. You are prohibited from using your iPhone or Android phone on the floor, though I believe there is a restriction on this at the Apple Store, too. 3. It's a mall job, albeit a fun and well-paying one. You deal with lots of cool people, but there are also a lot of idiots as well. 4. No real way to get into Microsoft corporate - only positions available for those wishing to advance are managerial/computer technician positions. 5. Retail is still a very new thing for this company - it's hard to say if it's going to stick around or disappear in the long term. 6. Too much focus on sales and metrics - we are a good bunch of salespeople, but if people are mum on a product, they are not going to buy it.","Give people access to more opportunities to advance within the company. There are plenty of CS majors where I work, and I believe many of them would appreciate being given a chance to program or sell software for the company.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58974,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 23, 2013",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,Great company to work for. Needs better upper management/execs.,"Pay, benefits, work-life balance are all very good, Most lower level managers are good to work for and have your back. Free sodas, discount programs for just about everything, subsidized food in cafeteria. Working with latest technology.",Stack ranking performance system is destroying morale at this great company. Execs and upper level management have no loyalty to US workforce and are constantly trying to move every job offshore to low cost centers. Very poor vision at the top for innovation and growth.,"Change performance system immediately. Fire the marketing team. Stop pushing out some of the most experienced and talented people in an effort to ""young up"" Microsoft.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58975,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good company with good pay and benefits,"Overall it is good to be part of Microsoft. They pay well, benefits are good. Bonus and stock options are also good.","Responsibility expectation is huge. Recently, they removed the no-cast medical benefits which make all of employees likely take a big cut in their take home salary. 401K match is only 50% where most of the big companies match 100%. Work-balance is always hard to maintain.",Increase the 401K match to 100 %.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58976,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,SDETII,Great company to work with. Flexible work schedule. Challenging projects and deadlines. Care for customers and attitude to win.,Wall street seems does not like it.,Know we have competitors in the games. Know we have a lot to catch up in many areas.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58977,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Much promise but needs a culture change. Current culture limits out-of -box thinking.,Great minds work here. Always dedicated to advancing technology and improving our lives.,Too much bureaucracy and hidden agenda.,Stop trying to fit square pegs in round holes and let people excel at what they are good at.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58978,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 27, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for but challenging,"Benefits are pretty good (healthcare, life insurance, etc.) Perks are great (Company Store, Pro Club Membership, etc.) Really smart people",Work/Life balance is out of whack even though they are trying to fix it Long term planning needs help. Many projects are killed after a few years of existence.,Encouraging risk-taking is great as long as people aren't slammed at review time.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58979,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2013",Current Employee - Consultant,good,"benefits, flexibility, telecommute and good bonuses",too much politics and change in health care,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P942.htm
58980,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Generally a great company to work for,"Work with smart people on interesting technical work. Ability to move to new groups within the company relatively easily, so can keep learning new and interesting things.","Review process has to fit a particular number of people in individual buckets. When everyone is competent, this exercise sometimes becomes more political than reflective of true merit.",Fix the review process.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58981,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company to work for,"great Compensation, structured career, opportunities",Sometimes slow. Big company. Management.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58982,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great engineers but bad executive management,- You will work with some of the smartest engineers - You will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of technologies,- Company is focused on competition rather than focusing on doing what is right for the customers - Review system is broken - too much power of reviews vests with managers. Peer feedback is not fully taken into account,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58983,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 24, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Senior Marketing Manager,You will learn with a leading company that challenges where you must exceed,Who is on the chop block this quarter - it is someone,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58984,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great experience, lots of things going on","Highly driven and smart employees. Lots of different products, services and careers to pursue. A great company to gain valuable experience. Generally speaking, its culture welcomes moving across groups and/or roles. What you do impacts millions of people all over the world. Salaries and benefits are competitive.","Promotions are becoming rarer and harder to get. As a result, you see huge backlogs of very capable and experienced people stuck in a level for years. Benefits (particularly medical) are not what they used to be. Byzantine performance review system, which allows a lot of room for subjectivity and effectively discourages team work and collaboration with its stack ranking.","Improve the performance review system, add real incentives to collaboration and team work",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58985,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,"flexible, talented and good workforce",none I can think of.,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58986,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Working at Microsoft for more than a decade,Good total compensation package Good vacation Work from home flexibility,"Staring to micromanage employees Company is too ""corporate"" feeling now Death by metrics Most job opportunities are in Redmond, WA and most job opportunities are limited outside of Redmond.","You are not the same company you were 10 years ago. The PFE organization is not focused on customers anymore. Unfortunately, you are just focused on metrics like labor logging, late reports, IP development and many other things that have nothing to do with the awesome customers that we have. It's a shame that upper management cares more about their own review bullet points than their employees. The stack rank system will be the end of this company. Get rid of the WalMart guy and hire someone who knows how to run a software company.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58987,microsoft,"Orlando, FL"," Mar 24, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great place to work if you want retail,"Benefits, advancement opportunity, free certifications","Work life balance, pay, to many type A personalities",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58988,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great at first, not for long term",Secure job (Microsoft is not going away anytime soon!) Good pay and benefits Smart peers Relatively flexible hours that can include working remotely when you need to,"Review system is a set-in-stone curve, pitting people against each other instead of encouraging collaborative work. Poor leadership at higher levels trickles down Constant high-pressure environment wears employees down in the long term",Value your long-term employees.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58989,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"A company losing trust due to a sea of politics, destructive stack ranking, micro managed scorecards and non-innovation.","Lovely campus, financially healthy, good only for fresh hires, windows is sold at cheap price.","1. Stack ranking is a killer that promotes people to work against each other, backstabbing, etc. 2. No innovation 3. Non-competitive in nature 4. Always late to market 5. No reward for technical skills 6. Poor decision makers in higher management. 7. Long release cycles 8. Bureaucracy and Politics overrrides everything including healthy competition.",I am sure there is no need to advice to management as the whole management chain is rotten.,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P943.htm
58990,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Very good benefits, but not very good review policies","It has amazing benefits. It has gone down starting 2013 because healthcare is no longer 100% supported, and that's a huge step down, but other than that it has amazing benefits. You work in a rich company, you often get offices, you can easily get very good quality multiple monitors and desktops, you keep getting other freebies.  People there are very smart, you can learn a lot. Also, since we are working within Microsoft, most of Microsoft's latest technologies is readily and freely available to its employees to use in their teams. Most teams constantly try to keep up to date with the latest technologies and releases, so you are able to work on cutting edge technologies more easily than in smaller companies that can't afford to keep upgrading their Microsoft products every 2 years.","The biggest con for me is the stack ranking. There are 5 levels - 1 to 5, 1 being the best and 5 being the worst. Every team will have at least a few people getting a 1. This puts a continuous pressure throughout the year to compete with your immediate peers. Competition is always there in all companies, sure, but with stack ranking it is much more so because if you don't do better than your immediate collegues you will get a low rank. This discourages team work.  The other con is the fact that the review process is very harsh on people who have ever performed poorly. If you have gotten bad reviews in earlier years, it will affect your review this year. To me that doesn't make sense. If you did well this year, you should get rewarded for it. In 2012 they finally changed a system which affected all senior people in the company, because they used to take into consideration your potential for promotion, and senior level employees don't necessarily have that kind of opportunity for promotion. Now they don't take the future into account, but they take into account previous years.  The third issue is that if you remain at a level for too long, it affects your review as well. It is similar to the previous point, except that this is specifically about staying at a level, not just the review scores. You don't get a good review, or you don't get a promotion too easily, because you did not move up the promo ladder fast enough. This means that you can't stay in the company and do your job and be fine with it, you have to constantly try for a promotion, you have to constantly compete with your friends.  Of course, you have to work hard, and no matter how hard you work, you always feel guilty that you didn't do enough. You're always on, never fully relaxed. Maybe that's just me.  The last, painful point is that your entire review/promo life depends on your manager. If the manager has something against you, you are stuck, even if you are a good employee. The manager holds the power to tell you what the good projects are that you should work on, where people are looking ahead to. Other managers won't tell you because they want their directs to do well. This cut throat competition makes it hard for someone who landed a manager he can't work with. Once you join a team you can't typically switch to another team before a year, and the manager has the right to keep you for one and a half years. So it ends up being slow.","Fix the review system so teamwork is possible! And instead of just talking about work-life balance, make it so people can actually relax in the evenings and weekends!",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
58991,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Mar 20, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Manager,amazing,"Business, capacity to create impact","Not flexible, time to market response",don't lose the business innovation capability,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
58992,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Student Partner Program,Great benefits with a lot of swag. Students get an MSDNA subscription. New laptop or tablet provided. Get to network with many Microsoft employees.,Pay is very very low. Some of the work is sometimes very tedious. You really need to expand your social group in order to accomplish many of the tasks assigned.,Pay students a little more or go back to weekly payment.s,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
58993,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software QA,scope of learning new technology,"too many reorgs, no proper planning",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
58994,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 20, 2013",Current Employee - Corporate Development Manager,Corporate Development Manager,Huge balance sheet to do deals and exciting tech,Bureaucracy of the BU and politics kill exciting deals,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
58995,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting and fun,Prior to be assimilated into MSFT we had a great work environment.,"Assimilated into MSFT, and it did not go well.",When you buy a company learn how to bring in the assets.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
58996,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Experience working at Microsoft,"Great company, Good work-life balance, competitive benefits and salaries. Company has a great culture of GIVING to the community.","Annual performance review is based on relative rating with your peers within your team and with your other peers across the teams. Since it is relative and the performance curve is forced, some % of people have to fall in all the buckets of rating(1,2,3,4,5). Due to this, peers don't help each other much which results in lack of team collaboration.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
58997,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,An amazing jumpstart for college hires!,"Autonomy, empowerment, visibility, great compensation/benefits",Fewer opportunities for those early in career,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
58998,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 8, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Consultant at Microsoft Services,Well defined career path and help along the way on any given career path.,May seem difficult to get your fott in the door.,Make sure you are very diverse in your hiring.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
58999,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2013",Former Employee - Solution Management,"Industry heavyweight with big impact, big inertia, lacking mobility/agility or insight into its own weaknesses.","Big name in the industry Lots of challenging work, smart colleagues Strong benefits, although not as much as it used to be","As widely described and debated on the web and in literature, the review process motivates me-first attitude and disincents teamwork. There is no real interest by management in providing a more humanist review system as they continue to believe that internal competition feeds innovation despite all the data that shows otherwise. Perfectly willing to drive people away who simply get their jobs done rather than play the game against their peers.",Get over thinking that historical success of the company automatically makes every decision right and learn from the rest of the industry. Gain deeper insight into where the company is not really being successful and consider sacrificing some sacred cows (like the review system) to make genuine improvements in culture and vision.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P944.htm
59000,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Covers the full spectrum of experiences,Great if you are in an org that aligns with your culture and product passions. Also easy to move internally if you aren't,"There is such a variance in the culture and products that it's great if you in the right one, but can be an miserable experience if you're not",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59001,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Big company, it depends on the group","Big company with lots of opportunities to learn and grow Access to new and exciting technology and innovation Depending on the team/division the environment can be very stimulating, with very smart and engaging people, new ideas, lots of energy Benefits are good, they used to be the best, but they are still very good",The review system is causing individuals to be competitive with one another rather than work as a team to compete with other companies and produce winning products The company has been catching up with competition for many years now and politics are killing innovation In some team the environment is poisonous,change CEO Find a way to reduce politics which is now at severely unhealthy levels and is trickling down even among junior employees Drop the current obsolete review system and move to the 21st century,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59002,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 18, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Happy with Compensation and Benefits,Very competitive salary and unbeatable benefits package,Not as many opportunities for advancement as desired. Difficult to circumvent entrenched ideas by leadership. Not easy for acquisition employees to integrate into Microsoft culture.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59003,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 7, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"My skillsets deprecated at Microsoft, I am now a power point engineer extraordinaire",Microsoft does have the potential for you to interact with some of the smartest people in the business but you will have to work on one of the product teams. If you work for the part of the company that provides support then I pity you.,"Well as some one described it 5 years at Microsoft is like ten years else where, the morale is so low and everybody operates out of fear. I have never ever created so many useless PowerPoint's at managements insistence. Also pleae do not think it a plus to have Microsoft as an employer on your resume the reputation is starting to spread...",Gut the company and start over,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59004,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Solutions Manager,"Great Company, Great Culture, Great People","I love working at this company. It's one of the best companies to work for. You are treated with respect and I've been across two business lines now. Many things to do outside of work and the product discounts are fantastic. If I have it my way, I'll retire from this company!",Not many that I can think of.,Get more feedback in to up and coming products from all the employees before launch.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59005,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Entertainment Representative,Great innovations,Great Future Job Potential Expanding markets,Can get lost in the shiffle,Work with everyone,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59006,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good benefits, very silo'ed MSFT work - great if you want to stay at MSFT forever, poor middle managers","Good benefits - esp health, retirement, perks, etc Good educational opportunities Flexible hours PRIVATE OFFICE is a big one","Poor middle managers - myopic vision Ladder level secrecy and chase bogs down quality of work People only work hard alternate years because that is when you can get promotions No idea of what happens outside MSFT. Use their own products, get used to its weaknesses and forget that in the real world people don't accept such weaknesses",Cut out middle level managers Treat employees as adults Make ladders open and fair Don't make it so much about promotions and ladders Make it about the work PM and Dev fights in engineering teams are terrible and are bogging down your success Devs should not be designing user experiences and making the call on features. Hire more talented consumer-focused individuals.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Lead,"Great benefits, good compensation, increasingly bogged down by size and legacy.","On the right team, good work-life balance is possible. Compensation is very good, but you won't get rich from the stock any more. Benefits aren't quite as good as they used to be, but still better than what is offered by most companies.","As the products get older, and the number of employees and kingdoms grow, it gets harder to build products and features that people actually want. Instead, much of what happens is driven by people focusing on how to survive the next stack-ranked review, via self-promotion, over building great software.","Come up with a different performance management system. Stop massive re-orgs between product releases that cause so many decision decisions to be revisited and reimplemented, over and over and over...",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59008,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brilliant place to work if you love technology,"The people, opportunities, and the forward looking technical areas. Services.","Review Model is and antique. Good people leaving for competitors, hurting MS",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59009,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 13, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Great company, but the Services division has a very different culture","Very bright people, good pay, good benefits. Educational advancement opportunities/certs. Looks great on a resume.","Highly political environment. Questionable review model of assigning people to a fixed distribution of numbers 1-5, the fives get fired and the ones get the largest bonuses. This sounds fine to a top performer, but the problem is that the numbers assigned aren't based on performance. I was told that it wasn't what I accomplished but how. So employees spend a lot of time doing self-promotion and self-marketing in order to make it look like they are top performers, or doing character assassination of other employees in order to make themselves look better during the 'stack ranking.'  Upper management doesn't seem to have the ability to differentiate what is truly valuable from what is BS, so employees spend a lot of time on bizarre, tedious cut & paste activities and politics rather than work that really benefits the company overall.  There isn't a focus on actual quality of support to customers but rather on the appearance of quality, so there is rampant manipulation and gaming of metrics, survey results, etc, in order to make the business appear to be doing better than it actually is.  Employees are expected to work at least 65 hours per week if they expect to advance.  Those who question the way things are done or say, ""uh, isn't the emperor naked?"" don't do well in the culture.","The management environment in Services is so corrupted with image-conscious self-promoters, yes-men and sociopaths that it's difficult to sort out what's really going on. There needs to be a change in culture and a focus on the quality of support to customers or business will decline.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P945.htm
59010,microsoft,none," Mar 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is a decent company for starting out,"good benefits coming with a big company, e.g., good medical insurance etc..","a big company, they really just look for workers.",need a lot of changes to make it a cool working place,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59011,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Good salary, smart people, work life balance.",Company is slow when compare to market condition or compitiion. Very conservative company in taking risks.,Get a new CEO please.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59012,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,stable company,"good benefits, work life balance",bad senior management hinders the growth of lower level employees.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59013,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work and build a career,Good benefits and opportunities to grow,Very large company can sometimes make it challenging,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59014,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Diverse businesses with long stable careers still possible. Constantly changing.,"Strong enterprise business with big impact in may markets and multiple businesses in the billions of dollars. If you want to learn how to do business in a complex environment with field and partners, this is the place to get good at it. It is one of the few places you can still have a diverse and long careers possible. The constant learning and international opportunities are also unique.","Being a big company with strong entrenched businesses, you always need to be more strategic and be a strong influencer to get things done right. No cop out for cutting corners for the sake of being faster if it's not the right thing to do. The only above average pay means this is not the place if you are looking for a big payout, but the work, skills and camaraderie are worth it.",Take more bold risks and focus more strongly on consumer scenarios and experiences to win more customers,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59015,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,Good benefits and compensation. There are lots of opportunities to work with talented people.,Slow growth and not a lot of development freedom.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59016,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A group of very smart, sometime passionate, people led by confused management.","It's Microsoft. Big, influential company in many markets. Very diverse employees and accepting of everyone. (Personally impressed by this)","It's Microsoft. Big, influential company that, while diverse, seems to be led by a lot of old white dudes. Leaders represent a socially awkward group reaching for the next big thing while releasing questionable product quality at launch.",More transparency. Less red tape. Listen to your employees and first level managers. Invest well to get your products right the first time. Stop telling customers that your competitors are bad and just make better products.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59017,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Intense,"Pay is solid good, benefits have been great, ""Golden Handcuffs"" are pretty cool.",So business and stakeholder centric that humans get in the way.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59018,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2013",Former Employee - Finance Manager,"Lots of great things about the company, but easy to get lost","Saturated with smart people, puts a lot of effort to make career progress tangible, multitudes of international opportunities, fun corporate campus, like its own little city","Very large HC so easy to get lost in, corporate culture tries to over-complicate everything, over-riding belief that you can ""engineer"" anything from customer satisfaction to employee happiness, not enough trust in the field talent by HQ, careers move slow outside of HQ",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59019,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Huge company, large opportunities",- many cooperating teams and plenty of career opportunities - competitive salary and benefits - ability to work on projects that affect millions of people,"- it's a large company with all its cons - decisions can take weeks to make, some dependencies on other teams might be difficult to get done on time, hat's one of the biggest strengths of the company can be at times its weakness",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P946.htm
59020,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Work, work, work.","Good salary, most software is made here so its a playground.","Have fun competing against others that have no life and work 80+hrs a week. I never saw anyone outside of work, most developers worked like dogs and have few interests outside of work (in my opinion) besides mundane things like cooking and photography. Basically you move here, buy your base Toyota Corolla, rent an apartment and work work work, buy your house, work work work. Also, be prepared to play Survivor Redmond, build your alliances, etc.",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59021,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Sr. Marketing Manager,"Ability to move around company, stability, benefits","slow career advancement, political, average of older workers",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59022,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,The place to be in WA,"Exciting products and services, work on cutting edge technologies Company is very large and offers something for everyone",Health benefits are not as good as they used to be,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59023,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Delivery Manager,"Great company with great benefits, amazing people",Very political - it depend who you know,retain talents and stop looking at your personal interest,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59024,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 12, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Enlightening,"Fantastic learning experience, plenty of opportunity for growth and personal enrichment. Benefits are fantastic, as well. Lecture series at MS Research open to employees covering a wide variety of subjects across all disciplines.","Reorganization of divisions can cause unnecessary loss of positions, jobs sometimes depend on politics of higher ups within the organization. Stressful as deadlines approach.",Better notice of pending changes would be appreciated,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59025,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great learning environment,"Smart people, hard-working, great review process. If you are a hard worker, you will be rewarded. Awesome work-life balance and tons of Seattle perks","If you work at Microsoft, you need to be in redmond. Everything gets done there.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59026,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Quality Assurance Sr. Software Design Engineer,"Microsoft is unique in the industry with its reputation of excellence. Extraordinary products and related technologies - Windows Server, Azure, Office, .NET, WCF, WPF, WF, SQL Server, Exchange - to name a few.",Review system needs reconsideration and reevaluation.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59027,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Perfect blend,"-Innovative: with grassroots efforts like the Garage, ThinkWeek and hack events, there's no limitation on your ability to drive innovation -Pay/Benefits: some of the best in any industry, period. -Flexible: many positions allow you to work wherever, however and whenever works best for you.","-Size: we're invested in so many technologies and market segments, it can be tough to be agile at times. -Work/Life Balance: despite all the flexible work arrangements, most people are working way more hours than they'd like -Up or Out Culture: can jettison some highly effective performers who no longer want to move levels",-Change the up or out culture -Less Redmond/mothership centric culture,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59028,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Best kept secret in Tech Industry,"Great people to work with and great range of products to work on. Great compensation package - right on par w/ MS chief competitors. Great quality of life, especially in Seattle locations. Everyone has a voice.",Too much consensus building and not enough visionary leadership. Despite a strictly enforced stack rank review system it takes too long to get rid of poor performers and the collateral damage from the stack rank is hard on morale.,Make bigger bets on empowered leaders who have the vision to get things done. Keep working on improving that review system.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59029,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workplace politic is hard,Good opportunities to change jobs and living abroad etc.,"Playing office politic is how you get ahead, not your performance.",Take care of your people.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P947.htm
59030,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,What once was great is no more,"Benefits are good - used to be better, but still good in comparison Some good groups and technology still exists - but you have to look hard",Very Political - over the last couple of years it's become a very competitive place to work. This is driven by a change to their stack ranking review system which is designed to eliminate 20% of their workforce over time. It's more like a layoff model.  Having MS on your resume is now a negative - especially to start-ups,"Get rid of the review model - it's unfair, encourages backstabbing overall low morale Hire a new CEO",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59031,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Useful Company,"The products of Microsoft are useful and are often reliable in their customer service department as needed. Time may not be so prompt, but the results are adequate.",Microsoft's products are costly and may become out of date in an untimely manner. Results from a customer service claim may take a while for results.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59032,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Worst place to work for, do not join this company",None that I can think of,"1 bad weather, make you sick , drive you crazy, no sunlight for months in winter, which is Oct to next June 2 bad and dishonest managers, assign all non visible work to you and leave visible work to his or her favorite guy, 3 it is a popularity contest, the work is simple, anybody can do it, the question is how to get popular. 4 you are not valued base on you work, since the work is simple, it is purely up to the manager, they can give you 1 or 5 as he wish 5 not so smart engineers, most engineers are so so, , good ones are not happy with the review and left, the survivors are very good at fighting and politics 6 they completely ignore the fact that you made the system more stable, they think you are just fixing up things, and you have no value, ever wonder Ms product suck? 7 you are working for a dead rot wood, after a few years, you become thinking their way, which is a clumsy, clunky way, rather than a simple effective way of creating software 8 the building seems always full of car exhaust pollution, maybe because the cold weather, and the under ground parking, I am sure the CO is very high, make people very sleepy all the time, 9 nobody out in the industry does things Ms does, because nobody can afford the waste, if you think your knowledge can apply somewhere else?  I definitely regretted working here, wasted my time",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59033,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2013","Current Employee - Partner, Channel Management","Great, but...","Stable income, good benefits, opps for movement...lateral mostly. Great proving ground in a complicated matrix work environment. If you can succeed here, you can anywhere! Opportunities to relocate internationally.. Access to latest Microsoft technologies and good stock, if you can get any.","constant re-orgs, limited growth beyond mid-level, highly political, very dependent on political alignment with your line of mgmt. Horrible review system designed to limit growth and potential and pit people against each other.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59034,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Mar 11, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Associate,"Fantastic company and culture - well compensated, good benefits","Culture, Training, rewards, recognition, Stock grants",rigid org structure not nimble nor able to respond quickly to market changes,sense and respond vs. over-engineering things,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59035,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer ||,Great company,"Stable, Mature, Smart people, excellent resources","Online, Online, Online, Online, Online",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59036,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Microsoft has great benefits, great internal tools that makes it easy to get your job done, and people who are incredibly smart.",Upper management sometimes make bad investments and product decisions.,Doing a few things really well is better than doing lots of things that are satisfactory.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59037,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - Systems Analyst,Mart sucks as an employer,None. Really none. Unless no other prospects.,Bureaucratic. Political. No relation between talent and success.,New performance scoring for employees.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59038,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 8, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,"Great engineering, design, and PM teams.","The people - Dev, Design, QA, and PMs were outstanding. Highly collaborative environment.","Too many layers, too much bureaucracy. hyper competitive environment - at times people worried more about reviews and managing up than the work.",Don't follow the competition. Agile development works.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59039,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The challenge,"Excellent learning opportunities, career growth is unbound and there are plenty of problems to solve.","More flexible work arrangements, overly process orientated",Management development and appreciation is key and let's take more risks.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P948.htm
59040,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work and enjoy,There are lots talented people,The company is too big,maintain quality,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59041,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work life balance,Great work life balance and benefits,"okay salary, very competitive environment",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59042,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Review model is a farce - CEO should have got fired rating for the last 5+ years,There are still pockets of good work but finding them is tough.,the review model is not conducive. forces co-workers to ensure that others fail worse than them,"Sinofsky left, Muglia left - any contenders see the door. I guess the board refuses to see the pattern and is now part of the problem.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59043,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Programming Writer,Great place to work,largest software company for API technical writers,issues with performance evaluation system,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59044,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,People are very smart in microsoft. You can learn.,Hard to going up the chain. It prefers people that are able to talk. Hard to innovate because lots of restrictions.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59045,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Experiences vary greatly with the group you're in,Nice benefits Plenty of opportunities to switch to different teams/technical interests as there're always multiple teams hiring. Internal candidates definitely get an easier pass compared to external candidates Smart people to work with and network with,Political driven Great place for managers to develop their careers but not necessary individual contributors Experiences vary greatly with the departments. Some departments like OSD (online service division) is notorious for re-orgs and non-productivity.,The review model of forcing employees to a curve only brings competition instead of collaboration.,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59046,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Mar 9, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Excellent,"Great people, great technologies, great projects, interesting engagements.","Work/life balance can be a challenge, but this is cyclical in nature and didn't bother me much.",Keep it up.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59047,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worth it,learn how Microsoft runs and you can learn more about the most updated software development environment,you have little freedom to choose what you like to do and you have to work for the benefits for the company. the mentor is also push,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59048,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Used to be great but mediocre now,1. Great Impact 2. Good Benefits 3. Generally smart people,"1.Too much politicking 2. People tend to do stuff to get better reviews Vs the right thing  It is always having to worry about the review that bugged me. People generally dont tend to ""own"" things. Managers have been typically in their roles for more than a few years so they dont have much incentive to grow.",Let Innovative people grow !,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59049,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great benefits, pay and technology",Work life is tough and high paced but I guess this could be worse,"Adopt innovation in software, Services and hardware not just windows",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P949.htm
59050,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,Great place to work and innovate. Supportive environment.,Stock price has not kept up with the growth in the company earnings and valuation.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59051,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great company to work for,"Once you work at Microsoft, you can survive anywhere else","Very intense work environment, lots of hours and no work life balance",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59052,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),painful review process and politics,good chances to work on many product lines. good medical benefit. opportunity to learn many techs. good for starter,"performance review is a virus for this company, 10% constantly been kicked out every year. too limited views for people want to grow. many devs need to work over 50 hours to survive, or you drop to the 10% category. believe it or not.",where is work life balance?,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59053,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Test Engineer,A great company,"good product groups, can move around in the company",sometimes slow to take on things,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59054,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"comprehensive benefit and training, great products, challenging problems.",lack of flexibility and agility,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59055,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Recruiting,Overall decent place to work,Fast-paced ability to own your responsibilities- you're not micro-managed Compensation is very good great benefits program,"You need to consider how you are leveled as much as you consider how you are compensated. When interviewing, ask about career growth and how the leveling process works at MS. It can be tough to climb the ladder if you choose a non-traditional career path. Finding that career path is also much more difficult that it is to find a new position",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59056,microsoft,"New York, MO"," Mar 7, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),very good,good working condition and less payment,late working hours is the reason,no,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59057,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,Hard interview process,Great benefits lots of smart people,there is no such thing as 8-5.. more like 6-9.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59058,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,too many cheifs,"solid benefits package including medical, vision dental, flexible with telecommuting, due to size there are many enternal departments to assist with getting projects completed","too many in upper mgmt and not enough individual contributers to get work done... culture has changed drastically since billg has left and the tight job market. putting more work on people with no no increase in compensation, unpredictable bonus plan, you might as well throw a dart on a number to figure out what you will receive every year",push upper management to allow more individual contributor hires that have experience vs. all the new college hires with no exp.,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59059,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good training (boot) ground. No fun. Only work..,Work with very smart people.,Not all but there are few arrogant people in almost every team to work with. Group may be good but cross-team collaboration render into problems. Heard the medical benefits have gone down the drain.. Very poor.,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P950.htm
59060,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Breadth of opportunities,"huge variety of stuff to work on, where else can you work on a desktop OS, then switch to a phone, console, productivity app or online service? stable company, good managers, empowered employees, transparent decision mechanism (at least in my group, this varies by division)","it is a big company, need to work on your visibility, just focusing on your base job is not enough. There is some politics between divisions or groups. The annual review system with the forced curve means that good employees in a strong team can get bad reviews.",get rid of the forced curve!,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59061,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, too much bureaucracy",Really smart people all around,Too much process. Not enough trust of judgment.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59062,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2013",Former Employee - Finance Manager,"Great Company, Excellent Benefits",Microsoft is a great company to work for. So many opportunities to move vertically or horizontally within the company.,It's an extremely competitive environment. Sometimes you just wish Microsoft was more of a leading player in some of the technology areas.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59063,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft in General is a good company to work for.,"Vast amount of opportunities, different teams, different projects, different locations.",Their fixed procedures to different things is cumbersome and difficult.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59064,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Research Manager,Competitive but rewarding,"Lots of opportunities to move around and work on different products, good benefits (though not as good as it used to be), competitive salaries.","Very competitive environment with a review system that discourages people from working together. It can be extremely cuthroat, especially as you go up in the levels.",Get rid of the stack ranking!,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59065,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Its ok,"talented co-workers, interesting opportunities and Friendly work environment","work life balance, career mentoring and growth",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59066,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Feb 19, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Rest and Vest (club med),"what can i say, get in the company and youre set for life.","comes at a price of not having too much exposure to the ""business""",lets make that stock move!!,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59067,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good starting work place if you are just out of college!,"The salary is good, you are surrounded by really smart people. The work environment is pretty laid back.",Things tend to get slow as there is quite a bit of red tape. Vision trickles down too slowly,none,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59068,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - PM Lead,PM lead,try to do the right things effectively,"internal politics, stack ranking - causing worst practice",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59069,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - Machine Learning,overall good experience,overall good work environment to worker,not good culture to workers,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P951.htm
59070,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Very Satisfying place to work for in terms compensation and work quality. Growth maybe slow,Great Compensation and Benefits Work life balanceis good Very good for People who require Visa Sponsorship,Growth is slower and very team dependent Many levels to have to go through to get things done,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59071,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 19, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Stable, great people, great technology",Very process driven and less creative.,Empower the ICs,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59072,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great place to work, for what it is.","Very customer-oriented in terms of feature prioritization. Smart, level-headed coworkers. Good pay and benefits.","Big company, lots of organizational churn, and sideways talk about vision. Also legacy code.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59073,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great benefits, culture focused on corporate gamesmanship","Great pay, bonuses, opportunity for upward mobility. Wide variety of opportunities.",Projects are run in such a way as to discourage innovation and exploration. More time spent planning and justifying than doing. Use agile terminology when the environment combines agile and waterfall in a way that robs each of the things that are positive about them. No empowerment to adapt the process to the team and project.,"Tolerate more ambiguity to allow more innovation. Forcing teams to spend so much time telling you what they're going to do, by when, months in advance is discouraging risk-taking and innovation.",4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59074,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Marketing researcher,Good pay and benefits. Smart colleagues,Tremendous institutional bureaucracy and resistance to change.,On small teams the forced distribution of review scores seems like madness.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59075,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineering manager,"Good people, great benefits, fun products","Work life balance, career development, good ole boys club",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59076,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 14, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"challenging, changing, smart people",I've never worked with more smart people,Internal blockers can limit innovation,Deliver against excellent customer and partner experience rather than making it a priority to hit internal deadlines and maximize your scorecard,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59077,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Fun job juvenile staff,Got to do the job I love,too much back stabbing and petty politics,none,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59078,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Microsoft is walking to worse since inside MS, people response to leader but not to product","Old MS employee always they like MS in old time, but not recently. Thing change and people is leaving.","The great tech was happened before, but it looks like now they more care is review, and review is controlled by small group of people -- leaders. So making good relationship to leader is more important compare with making good product. Tech become a tool, not goal. More and more MS employer start tired to internal political and lost trust to MS","Build a fair review process may be able to bring the employer trust back, but I doubt if it is possible to happen.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59079,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Started back in the early 90s. Company has changed over the 20 years since, might be becoming too large for its good","Smart and passionate people, people are always striving to improve processes and tools. Awesome benefits especially medical coverage, free shuttle for employees for commuting, awesome products. Company is trying to update older style workplaces, etc.","Manage up or Manage Out doesn't always apply to eveyone on the team meaning they manage out some really solid contributors with a lot of experience just because they don't want to keep moving up in the ladder. Review model doesn't really reward collaboration, very competitive. Dev vs Test culture. test is seen as gatekeepers...","More sustainable work life balance, move to Agile/Lean development, stop outsourcing. Look at the diversity of your employees and recognize people's strengths vs always trying to work on improving what are seen as weaknesses",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P952.htm
59080,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2013",Former Employee - Programming Writer/Technical Lead,Still an amazing company,Work with some of the best and brightest people anywhere. Do meaningful work which if done excellently has a positive impact on almost every computer user in the world.,"Most managers are great, however Microsoft's move up or move out strategy is flawed in that it takes great technical contributors and moves them up even if they lack the aptitude to work at that level.","The up or out approach is very flawed. It has lead to some wonderful managers and some real stinkers. It has also turned some truly excellent technical contributors into some very poor managers. And cost excellent technical contributors who were ""moved out"" since they did not meet the bar to move up. The culture of Microsoft in 90's was the best work environment I have ever seen. The change over the following decade was remarkable. Many excellent people remain. The products remain the best. It is not ""over"" for the company as some pundits have claimed. But upper management would do well to consider past wins and what company culture and what personnel achieved them and see what they can do to return to that place.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59081,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work life balance,Always an opportunity to have a direct major impact with Milions of people while working with the latest and greatest technologies,Work / Life balance was evangelized but not realistic,"Focus on people, take the lead, and support",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59082,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Microsoft is a great company to work for,"Smart colleagues,  Lots of exposure to world class technology, Most people have their own office, Career Growth room is also good, can go either management or higher technical position,","Office potitics is heavy sometimes, Female employees are proportional fewer, Bottom-up innovation is hard.","When going to global market, can use more inside talents",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59083,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager of Investigations,Excellent,"Cutting edge technology and issues, amazing team,",Fast paced and you need to be on your toes and give 110%,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59084,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,If you love building great software in a comfortable and stable environment Microsoft is the place to be.,"Great benefits. Lots of learning and career growth opportunities. Top notch work spaces, tools, and support. Very experienced and skilled colleagues.",No passion for innovation and pushing the boundaries. The bottom line (money) always takes top priority when it comes to direction and decision making.,Take more risks. Be more innovative. Learn how to motivate your employees better and encourage pride in craftsmanship and ownership.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59085,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A company filled with smart people stifled by a terrible culture and bad leadership,"The people are very smart, the compensation is pretty good. The company does pretty much everything under the sun, so if you want to change job functions it's not too difficult.","The company does not have a good way of accurately gauging talent / motivation. So a lot of very high up people do not have good judgement, they either are loud and can argue until everyone around them gives up, or they happened to be in the right place at the right time.",Change the review system so that peer feedback is directly taken into consideration for promotions.,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59086,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 24, 2013",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Still great company with many talents but hindered in some way,Lots of new technologies Many talented people Relatively high pay in the industry,"The stack-ranking review system hurts innovation and collaboration, promotes investing within the immediate review year at the expense of long term strategic ones. If you don't know how to market/sell yourself better than your team-mates, don't look for your name at the top rank, better get prepared for leaving, as you will eventually. High pressure and workloads, high expectation Need to be independent and deliver fast/accurately in a consistent manner, don't expect lots of help.","Expand vision, long-term focus, reward innovation as opposed to simply ""performance"", even if it may mean short term loss in revenues, etc.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59087,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great so far, but not as expected",A lof of challenging work and interesting opportunities.,Experience depends on what team you are in.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59088,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Writer,"A great place to work, just abide to strong work-life balance boundaries . . .","Too many to mention, great benefits, generous salaries, casual office work wear, great extra perks, concierge, ProClub, Stay Fit benefit, fantastic focus on upgrading cafeterias and new buildings are amazing. Free sparkling water. I was always incredibly content with my ""deal"". Exciting releases. but Enjoy the exhilaration of doing your very best work alongside incredible peers and indulge in some pure obsession. Pride! Oh, and access to the Library, the education benefits and just the internal training system is a giant perk to me and should be globally recognized by organizations that track such things. Kudos, Microsoft Librarians and Training Division.","STRESS. Know this going in - that you will need to put some energy in learning how to manage stress. If you can't convert it to excitement or use it healthily . . . maybe reconsider. This company hires the best of the best and they expect nothing but the best in return. You will make sacrifices. Your health might suffer if you don't buld in some exercise to burn off the cortisol.  I think the review process is a bit brutal. I'm not convinced the process is incredibly fair because the managers have to stack rank all folks in same job level, and if you ALL do a stellar job, there is a bell curve of ratings to assign. It can be very deeply disappointing and de-motivating. If all did ""5"" level work, there has to be a 5.0, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0 chosen from the five. I think this is just wrong! Perhaps they have changed it by now.","Overall things are great and you are constantly working to recruit the best and developing perks toward that aim. As noted, the review process needs to shift on an individual rating, me compared to my review and goals.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59089,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 25, 2013",Former Employee - Service Delivery Engineer,Great experience,"high pay, employees are empowered to make decisions, excellent benefits and working conditions",stack ranking system is a nightmare. employees who excel at what they do and wish to stay with their current job are not appreciated. you must keep moving or drown at Microsoft.,let employees who excel at their jobs stick with it. otherwise they move until the peter principle takes effect and they are let go for meeting their commitments. stop using the stack ranking system. it will never be fair as long as managers have quotas to fill for each ranking.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P953.htm
59090,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,"Takes good care of employees, can be stogy and bureaucratic","great benefits, excellent pay lots of different kinds of projects many smart people flexible work arrangements global worksites excellent facilities",almost always a follower in the market slow to move management is not incentivized to make things work well across the whole product portfolio stock is only good for the dividend maddening bureaucracies abound,Emphasize flawless experiences across the whole product portfolio.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59091,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 22, 2013",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,"Great company, lots of room to move, but heavy on politics","Innovative, lots of room to move around, employees are treated well in terms of salary and benefits. Amazing people who can make your job fun and energizing.","Politics stifles innovation. Dissent is still politically loaded, and depending on your group, career suicide. Culture of silence around bad managers means there are many bad ones, more than you'd expect, at a large, productive company. Some of the folks who've been around a long time, and are very senior in the company, need to be moved around, or out.",The cons include my advice to management.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59092,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good salary, great working conditions","Politics! Once you tick off the boss, you're toast.","A little more respect, please.",4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59093,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,The shadow of a former glory,Incredibly beautiful campus. Flexible hours. Still pretty good benefits.,Culture-poisoning review system. Engineering mediocrity. Inbred managers.,"Fire Ballmer (that's more of an advice to the board, of course). Try to get back to a values-driven culture. Get over the fact that the engineering practices are worthless and that 90,000 very smart people doesn't add up to good engineering up there's no teamwork and no incentive to produce quality work.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59094,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Not the company it once was,The pay and benefits are pretty good (not great).,"Most of the agressive business tactics that made Microsoft a powerhouse to be respected, feared, and (by some) reviled are a thing of the past. Instead of focusing on the competition, most people seem to spend their day figuring out how to beat the guy in the office next door.","You've created a culture of non-stop internal politics while your competitors have successfully eroded all of your core brands. The amount of time dedicated to ""managing your Microsoft career"" should tell you that your model is broken.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59095,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Full of opportunities, team spirits","Competition between coworkers, company outlook",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59096,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 23, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Excellant opportunities to excel in latest technologies, though inter-group cooperation is abismal",Latest technology and processes. Easy to transfer between a huge variety of product groups. Great pay and benefits. Work life balance for most groups.,"Often focus is on a director's pet projects instead of what's best for the product. If you are in a group of rocket scientists, then your review rating / bonuses will suffer, and you might be forced to leave the group.","More focus for the company. Given the huge number of products, there is little polish that gives the company a premium in the marketplace. The company has been spoiled by monopolies, in which polish is not necessary.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59097,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Architect,Fantastic place to work,"Write software that hundreds of millions of people will use. Even a flop is used by millions! Great benefits and good pay. A very nice work environment You can work in virtually any field of computer science within Microsoft, moving easily between jobs without having to lose seniority, benefits, and organizational knowledge.  Used to be a place where you worked yourself to death and became a millionaire, thanks to stock. Now it's a place you work reasonable hours (for the industry) and are well compensated","Very large company, with the downsides that entails: slow moving in many cases, politics, etc.","Keep focusing on producing a great work environment, it's one of the strongest differentiators from the main competition",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59098,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Feb 5, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,A great place to work,"Great benefits, great salary, great people. There is a lot to love about this company.","Upper management sucks, stack ranking sucks, *everyone* is an overachiever and if you are not then you will stand out for it.",Stop the stack ranking as it discourages cooperation and keeps people from doing things that may help the company. Listen to consumers more.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59099,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Microsoft Research,Wonderful atmosphere. Friendly work environment. Wine down. Beautiful building. Great food. Hands on new technology. Friendly support staff. Go msrsupp!,None really. Its far from the Commons. Walking can be a pain and that's all I can think of as a Con.,Say yes more,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P954.htm
59100,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 23, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Excellant opportunities to excel in latest technologies, though inter-group cooperation is abismal",Latest technology and processes. Easy to transfer between a huge variety of product groups. Great pay and benefits. Work life balance for most groups.,"Often focus is on a director's pet projects instead of what's best for the product. If you are in a group of rocket scientists, then your review rating / bonuses will suffer, and you might be forced to leave the group.","More focus for the company. Given the huge number of products, there is little polish that gives the company a premium in the marketplace. The company has been spoiled by monopolies, in which polish is not necessary.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59101,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Place to Shine, Place to Crash and Burn","Brilliant people, amazing energy and focus on excellence at every level. Vision and mission transmitted reasonably clearly. Fairly non hierarchical (compared to other companies) this is not always appreciated. People have amazing heart and passion - a close family. Great products, and a work environment that encourages and stimulates individual excellence and creates opportunities to make an incredible difference in the world.","Pressure to succeed super high. Work life balance difficult - you are always on. Cross group collaboration often challenging. Hard to move up and secure promotion. In my opinion, 'Senior managers' (director and above) were too focused 'managing up' and not developing and investing time in their own teams",Ask people who have been with the company more than 15 years to leave their jobs and join a think tank of creators and inventors. Let new blood in - too many people (some at very senior levels) are staying on for the wrong reasons.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59102,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is great!,i loved the pay for my time.,i hate the hours i worked.,idk.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59103,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Best company I have ever worked for in my 20 years of engineering career,SW Engineers are rock stars! State of the art Many internal opportunities Growth and training,Legacy techs in some teams,Implement!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59104,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2013",Former Employee - Human Resource Business Partner,"Good Company, potentially a Great Company","Even with benefits changes, still offers good Health and fringe Benefits Getting better with work life balance Beautiful campus","Highly political organization Reward visibility, and popularity While innovation is on upswing still have trouble launching products","Spin things out of MS, develop new companies, let brands exist outside of just being wrapped up in current technologies.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59105,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,Satisfied so far,"Smart colleagues, open-source (yes, open-source) tools, life-work balance , great benefits.","Aggressive planning, conservative technical choice.","Should just move things away from engineers' path, not the other way round.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59106,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Everything in the 2012 Vanity Fare article was spot on,"Redmond WA, location, large company offers the many opportunities to transfer internally, transportation assistance (eg. dedicated bus service from around the Puget Sound area), supplementation of fitness club or fitness gear","Microsoft has lacked leadership innovation since 2000 and has been playing constant catch-up to Apple, Google and others. Continuous re-orgs make it extremely difficult to have a thoughtful career path. There is a culture of getting ahead by stabbing peers in the back. Everything in the 2012 Vanity Fare article ""The Lost Decade"" was spot on - good read if you are considering Microsoft to know in advance what you are getting into.","It will be difficult and take years to change the current culture, and it needs to start from the top.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59107,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ex Evangelist at Microsoft,Other than below great people but definately big corporation politics,Boss with poor management skills and silling to sacrifice employees,Management training,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59108,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative people working on no,1. Very large company with diverse business unit - easy to switch between teams without changing company 2. Used to have great benefits 3. Opportunities to work on cutting edge technology,"Unfriendly review system continues to create tension among team members, as such people are more focused doing things to get good review instead of focus on right priority for the company. This also happens at the very senior level which results in duplication of work/good projects get killed prematurely (remember Microsoft had tablet way before Apple)/people not willing to play corporate politics leave the company.  If you are thinking of changing the world - then you would be better off working for startup or smaller company. Currently it's too big, no matter how talented you are - you will likely be working in a software engineering pipeline where decisions (perhaps wrong?) are being made way above your pay grade. There is hardly any opportunity to work on your unique creative ideas and see it flourish at end user hand","1. Change review system, it's not helping the company. Current review system is fueling higher percentage of unhappy employees and loss in productivity 2. Have a long term vision on employee retention/benefits/collaborative work culture. Friendly competition is good, but if people need to play survival game every single day, they are not focused on company priority 3. Reduce bureaucracy and find ways to let flourish grass root ideas. Top down approach works for a while for catching up but does not breed out of the box creative product for Microsoft.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59109,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Architect,Great company to work for,Folks are very intelligent. The company is very structured. Can work in many different areas.,The company is big and sometimes there is a lot of duplication. Strategy might be hard to understand,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P955.htm
59110,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Design Strategist,It's what you make of it,"Vast career opportunities - more so in Redmond, but increasingly worldwide","Cross-divisional work is getting better, but still in need of improvement",Drive agility. Be bold. Think people first.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59111,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2013",Current Employee - PM Leadership,Microsoft is both a good and a bad place to work in,"Company is really good at Software development processes and it is a great place to learn. Also, there are many exciting projects one can be involved in, either cutting edge or massive scale.",Culture of passive aggressiveness and avoiding risk leads often to mediocre results. The company culture is engineering and as a result other disciplines are not being heard.,Embrace risk taking and leadership discipline diversity.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59112,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Director,amazing learning experience,"smart people, passionate, principled company","intense internal competition, CEO, review model",TIme for a change,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59113,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 18, 2013",Former Employee - General Manager,Many people don't realize that msft is a great place to work until they think about leaving,"Diversity of businesses - can work in consumer, enterprise, online Compensation - msft pays many people more than the open market would Lots of smart people to work with",Internally focused - a lot of the company operates in a bubble Number of people makes it hard to have a job with impact Better for functional depth than broad general management,Continue to eliminate jobs that aren't high impact. Will increase job satisfaction because people will have richer jobs.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59114,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 18, 2013",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Long term career growth and broad experiences,"Get to work on the latest technology and work with some very smart people. Lots of opportunities to further and develop your career as well as try different roles and locations. Global reach and opportunity, I've worked in three continents over my tenure there.","Lagging behind in some key markets, environment can be very political. Review system is confusing and pitches people in competition with each other. The more senior you get, the more political it gets.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59115,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible Microsoft Retail Store Experience,Store sold some cool technology,"Was harrassed by management, poorly run, lack of communication-don't know how corporate is, but don't work retail!","Get rid of your retail stores, or hire better managers",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59116,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Once great company becomes more cutthroat by the day....,"Talented people Great resources Good benefits (used to be great, but recent changes make them in line with industry)",Review system is inane Leadership lives in a bubble Once collaborative environment now more focused on zero sum one upmanship,"Scrap the current review system. It's demotivating. Spend time outside of Redmond to see how the rest of the world views our business model. Be proactive, not reactive.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59117,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for,"Smart people, very great benefits. And good work life balance.",Sometimes it has a stodgy reputation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59118,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Challenging, rewarding, great people and great company","Flexible work hours. Great benefits (health, dental, 401k, gym membership, free soda/juice/coffee/tea, Prime Card discounts to many local businesses). Challenging work that literally affects 100's of millions of customers. Competitive compensation. Microsoft has a product for just about any area of technology you may be interested in.",Reviewed compared to your peers. Doesn't matter how well you do if your peers do more/better. It rains a lot in Seattle and is dark a lot in Winter. Limited scope in many SDE/SDET positions. You own your features and can get pigeon-holed into your technology.,I feel the company is headed in the right direction with its products. I don't like the recent changes to Health Insurance and the new compensation model.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59119,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Be inspired ot innovate, but don't build a cheap alternative to a big budget initiative","A lot of leeway to define your objectives and commitments and make decisions about where you spend your energies on a daily basis. Most of your immediate co-workers are very intelligent and are as equally inspired as you are, which becomes your primary motivator for staying.",Middle managment (Director to GM) is extremely prideful. Most managers achieve their roles by boys club association and by burying the achievements of those below them. Find and build an inexpensive alternative to a big budget initiative a GM has championed and you'll find yourself rated low.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P956.htm
59120,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 17, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Consultant,Microsoft 2013,"1. You can design, code products that are used in large scale 2. Smart and talented peers. 3. Good perks and benefits",1. Too many processes to deal with 2. Manager is God when it comes to promotions/bonuses 3. Too much office politics,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59121,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2013",Former Employee - Account Executive,Thank Goodness for True-Ups,Great for geeks. Love all the new stuff that constantly comes out. You can't be technically shy Great benefits Really good people - 80-% of the time.,Stack ranking Quota's unattainable for patches that all have EA's License management runs the deal. Really. Work/life balance. NON-EXISTANT. People who have NO LIFE get ahead.,"The stack ranking thing may seem successful to you, but there has to be a better way besides literally pitting teammate against teammate. Be more flexible on the requirements/reports that AE's MUST give to customers. A 12-page account plan for every CIO visit? Are you serious? I've had CIO's tell me to keep it to one page...PLEASE. Be more liberal in expense budgets. One rep who has all local accounts has the same budget as somone who has a national or international account? I spent $4k of my own money each of my last two years there so I could make my budget. I know, they only have $40B in the bank or so....",2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59122,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,Great Co. for first or 2nd job - not a place for long-term anymore - to many internal issues,Great Place to grow as C# developer or up to leadership level Pay is better than average - they pay a bit more than the main co. in area Great people - best to work with and doing things outside work,"Very poor work / life balance in all teams - the more your move up, the less time you have for anything and they expect you to be ""avalible"" / on-line all the time - lot of late night follow-ups on email, or finalizing projects ( can be ruff for family life people ) High Stress Little to no room to move up Last 5 yars of Microsoft have going to the ""HP"" or ""AT&T"" corp. ways - very hard to get things done and lots mind games with upper managment ""think what over wants"" without communicating Review sytem keeps changing every 2 years! No clear direction of career goals and many times can be used against you - not for you ( plus managers have a number in their head before review process is already started - stack ranked you - so writting down what you did means little )  Be carefull of ""burnout"" teams - there is no getting ahead - many of these are their new markets within last 5 to 10 years entering - and not having clear direction","Bring back more open communication and less ""living doc's"" that only last a few years at best  22 yearrs at Microsoft, I seen it grow to the point your can't get things done and that is not good for employee health nor company. Great place to work if you can find right team ( do a 360 - ask hiring manager to talking with employee working in team, to get pulse on Heath )",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59123,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall a good place to work,Great people to work with! CO-Workers are awesome,"Political, You're always trying to justify yourself",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59124,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Solid fundamentals,You get to work with the smartest people around. Offices to work in in peace! Good cafeteria food.,It's all about dying technology like Windows and Office. Need more focus on R&D and bringing that to market.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59125,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Career growth is random and luck based,Work Life Balance is better than other tech companies though no ideal. Additionally there are people around who are willing to spend crazy amounts of time at work which hurts others having a more balanced life.,It is hard to determine how your performance is reviewed,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59126,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 9, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Treats Employees ALMOST as Bad as Customers,Great 401k Plan Great Discounts Good Training Resource Relationships w/ Fortune 500 Companies,"TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT Seen as irrelevant in tech innovation, but refuses to change focus No Work/Life Balance Eroded Values that are Ignored for Bottom Line",Major managerial changes needed from CEO down Give up on losing strategies and start a NEW and FRESH play book,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59127,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Interesting company, lots of opportunities to learn, can get seriously pigeonholed","Have great impact, and broad industry exposure. Lots of opportunities to create a name for yourself in the industry, if that's something you're interested in. The best engineering teams I've ever seen. Many opportunities to learn from incredible people. Working on products as opposed to a solution for a specific customer promotes personal growth.","Most people work on a very narrow scope. Like every large company, there's a lot of politics. The review process pits peers against each other and that can lead to unnatural acts at times. Benefits keep declining over time.",Get better at recognizing potential for greatness. Apply people better.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59128,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much red tape. No actual work.,Cool technology things to work on.,Red tape hampers work. Top heavy,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59129,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Joined Microsoft to get name on resume but liked the work and continued.,Living in bay area and working for Microsoft. Great place to work for and good health care benefit.,"Core teams like Office and Windows have clear direction and doing well however other teams go through many strategy, direction, and organization changes. Review system is also stressful.",Mid-level management is growing and getting more political in some groups. Upper management should take some action before it gets out of control.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P957.htm
59130,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,"Smart people, great technical challenges, inefficient and outdated HR policies, a LOT of politics","Smart people, incredible opportunity to work on technology that impacts the whole world, internal tools and support is the best I've seen","Individual contributors are at the whims of group politics, and the horrible review model perpetuates the infighting. It's very difficult to make any kind of decisions or innovate within the framework of HUGE groups with immense business goals.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59131,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Microsoft,"Benefits, work-life balance, engineering quality","Lack of opportunities, open source, faster shipping cycles",need more opportunity for younger crowd,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59132,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Support,"Not great, not terrible...okay for now","Competitive Salary when comparing similar positions.  Healthcare is still good with new changes.  Can control your work/life balance with careful planning.  Great people to work with, product development teams always willing to help.","Review system needs a revamp. It is one big, every moving bell curve. You're rewarded based on management visibility vs. quality of work.  Reward system/ranking is completely subjective. You don't know where you stand until it is too late. Not rewarded for innovation or doing your job. Not enough objectivity.  People only worried about calibtraton and where they fall vs. what to do to make the company better!  Extremely political. You definitely need to know the right people to advance! Need to know the rules of the game to succeed.  Climbing the ladder is all about who you know and if they like you.",Put in a better review system. Good people leaving based on being poorly ranked. Stack rankining employees will not lead to company success. Reward innovation!  Always put the customer first and listen vs. what you think the customer wants.  Rethink what makes a good leader. Hint: being female does not equal great leader!,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59133,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to work,Lots of different products and areas to work. You can work in industry leading products as well as underdog products.,Slow to react to changing consumer product tastes. Microsoft needs mobile to be hit to guarantee success of Windows and its auxiliary businesses.,Execute faster on big bets and start to rely less on 3rd party ecosystem to fill in the gaps.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59134,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good stable company,Lots of choices for teams to work in.,"Too big and slow, hard to get visibility. Right manager means everything.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59135,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,"Great company, great benefit","This is a great company to work for. Very good benefit. And the company does reward smart, hard working people.","The review system has forced curve. The organization is matrixed, meaning you will only work on a small piece of the pie. However, considering the scope of the company, I think that is innevitable.","The company has very structed management trainings, so most of the managers are ok. Leadership should focus more on strategy, so the stock price can be higher.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59136,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Getting better,"Good Salary, Work Life Balance",Managers are self consumed and motivated to undermine the effort you put in. Lot of politics.,Empower and respect Engineers. Have good check on the managers because they abuse their power and get in the way of development.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59137,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,15 years of planning and strategy,there are great people to work with. they give you good resources there is decent pay incentives,Very competitive A culture that you have to be seen...so have to be in the office Not decision driven,Your folks know what needs to be done. Let them go and do it. Redo your bell curve to make sure to include cooperation and support.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59138,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Exciting products but boring company,"Microsoft is a huge organization. Your experience would depend on which group you work for and your immediate manager. With risk of generalization, I'll try to describe certain common themes that run throughout the company. * Good Pay and benefits. * Employees are valued and taken care of. * Exciting opportunities available within the company if you get bored of current job. You can live you entire professional life changing teams and jobs to stay motivated or get promoted! * There are a lot of smart people work for this company. They have, arguably, the best talent pool in the industry. * You can maintain work/life balance. Although it is optional. Some people give it up to move up the career ladder like any other company. Staying mediocre is an option which may not be available at many other tech companies and especially not in startup.","* Firstly, On the day of joining you would feel lost. * Old company set in it's ways and hard to affect any changes. * ""Not my job"" mentality with little sense of ownership. * Little sense of continuous process improvement. Developer productivity is abysmal with broken tools and processes. * Fight for visibility to get promoted and move up the career ladder. * Lots of Engineers choose to remain mediocre because they are still getting promoted!  If you want to get motivated to join or start your own startup, join Microsoft! Here you would see worst of malaise of large corporation.",Nothing changes here so don't want to waste my words!,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59139,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great technology, lost cycles developing worthless muscles","Awesome tech. Really smart people. Global diversity. Culture is still based in innovation. As far as companies, in America go, this is one of the best.","Feels like congress sometimes. Politics and duplicative work assignments lead to gross inefficiencies. Growth here is not real, unless you feel like more responsibility at the same pay rate is professional growth.","Invest in yourself as leaders. Grow leadership muscles. Rethink the fact that someone needs to leave MSFT and come back 6 months later, if they want to progress in their career. That is just silly.",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P958.htm
59140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Microsoft is a great company to work for,You can find a group that will interest you. There are lots of opportunities within Microsoft. Also Microsoft has great benefits and supports charities and tries to be a green company. You can make a big impact in Technology world and to customers.,I think the review model should be redefined. Having a curve system and stack ranking is not the best solution and it impacts employee's productivity in a bad way.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59141,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2013",Former Employee - Escation Engineer,Escalation Engineer,"It is like working in a candy store, everything is there. If you want to learn any kind of programming, that is the place to be. Then there is the benefits which are amazing. That may be toned down in the future, but it has been great.","It is really hard to be recognized for doing great work. The review system is a curve on very small groups so it is easy to get into a bad spot. Even if you are the best at what you do, you can get a bad review because you aren't growing enough or some other nonsense.",Get rid of the poor review system and Microsoft will be truly great again.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59142,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Feb 7, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,What once was great is no longer - my 10 year tenure is now coming to an end!!,Pay is average to above average and is competitive for the industry. Health benefits are still pretty good after moving to PPO model in 2013. Discounts on Microsoft software and XBOX.,"""Rank and spank"" stack-rank review system is a nightmare and is now driving out the tenured & talented people in droves. Couple this with the changes to health benefits and MS is going to be hurting having no one to support their products outside of the jokes in India. Everyone is miserable due to the ranking system and horrendous lack of any work/life balance. Management is a joke and they offer no real help in career progression or development.",Get rid of Steve B and the stack-rank review system. Get rid of on-call duties as you're a global company for gosh sake. Give your employees some room to breathe and not feel like they have to work 'round the clock even from home to maybe squeak out that above average review for the year. Move your support back to the good 'ol USA and close your subpar sweat support shops!,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59143,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great employer, but not a high-flying market leader","Great benefits, reasonable working hours, plenty of career growth opportunities.",Corporate culture dominated by lifetime employees and often has no bearing on reality.,Keep up the drastic change to become a cloud player. This will also change the corporate culture and put us back in a fighting position rather than a complacent market leader.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59144,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2013",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,"Great people, exciting work","Top notch people in virtually all functons Despite external perception that MS is 'the new IBM"" there are some really cool projects going on and company working better across divisions than ever before.","the performance review process is deeply flawed. it doesn't drive culture of collaboration, even though most people work together well despite the distribution curve.","change the performance system, it sucks. manage out poor performers and reward the superstars without having to create ""C"" labels on the other 70% of employees.",5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59145,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with amazing benefits.,Great culture. Great coworkers. Its a job where I look forward to work. Can't say that about most jobs. My coworkers make it fun.,Stressful at times. But this is true of most jobs. Sometimes you just need to take a nice break and give yourself some time to relax.,Get on the same page. Sometimes management is on different pages its sometimes hard to know what's going on.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59146,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2013",Current Employee - Curriculum Manager,Great culture and innumerable opportunities!!,"Amazing environment, great benefits, smart folks, endless opportunities, technology heaven!!",The stack ranking system puts unnecessary pressure. Some jobs appear redundant. Too many office moves seem wasteful.,If there was a good performance measurement system then a forced stack ranking wouldn't be necessary. Poor performers would be fired and good performers wouldn't be forced out of their jobs.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59147,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good research,It's about research. Lots of freedom. At least in my group.,"Not growing, and the trend is to contribute to products as much as possible.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59148,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Editor,Exciting time to make your mark here,"The company is going through a lot of change at the moment, but it's a good thing as the different groups are becoming more aligned. Good work/life balance here and managers in my group seem very vested in making sure their staff is having and motivated. Opportunites to move up are plentiful.","Like many others, I find the review system annoying. Managers are forced to rank their staff and 'fight' with other managers for ranking among the division. This means that even good employees may get a lower-than-deserved grade because someone has to rank lower than others. It can be demoralizing for those who wind up there. however, management seems to be aware it needs to be fixed, although they don't seem to be doing much about it at the moment.","Revise the review system so that is more fair and doesn't penalize good workers. Other companies have better review systems in place, so it can be done.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59149,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2013",Current Employee - Director PM,Great first 10 but last 5 years have been lousy,"Challenging projects, access to technology, overall compensation, benefits","Broken review model, stock performance, inefficient decision making from senior leaders, lack of agility impacting ability to compete.",The review model is creating a toxic competive environment that is impacting the company's ability to compete. 10 years ago no one even worried about calibration but now it is all people worry about.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P959.htm
59150,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Once great, now full of fail",- The people you work with are usually good people - Free drinks and Starbucks/Seattle's Best coffee - Pay is pretty good,"- Benefits suck now - Company has been going nowhere for over a decade - Review system is an abomination - If you're unlucky enough to work in the newer buildings, enjoy the moronic decisions to put everyone in open spaces and block off the windows so you can't see outside. If you like working in a cave surrounded by maddening levels of noise, this might be the perfect environment for you.","How about getting input from the employees before making stupid choices like NO offices for almost everyone? What about asking for feedback on big bets instead of revealing them long after the decisions have been etched in stone and too late to change? I mean really, getting rid of the START button for crying out loud??? Look WAY into the future and come up with something that will actually work and move the stock in a positive direction. Get rid of the completely broken review system.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59151,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Design Engineer,Wonderful place to work with great people,Excellent diversity of areas of interest - you can do anything you want to do Crazy awesome set of extra-curricular activities Great community,"Caf regularly sucks Too much bureaucracy on occasion Getting stuff (books, licenses, etc.) can be a hassle for no good reason",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59152,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2013",Former Employee - Business Analyst,"Mixed reviews, but the benefits are great while they last",- Healthcare covered 100% for you & your spouse (although this will be ending soon ) - Free shuttles available only to full-time employees - Free high-end gym membership (not your ordinary 24 Hour Fitness) - Very competitive pay within the region - Generous discounts on MS software - Free Prime card that gives 2 for 1 discounts at many restaurants - Company library filled with valuable resources at your disposal - Prestigious reputation in Seattle - Filled with smart people,"- Focus on Business software is not the most interesting field - Fairly political - Flat org structure - Not a lot of collaboration, forced to learn things on your own - Type A personalities can sometimes lead to heated/uncomfortable work environment - ""Commons"" cafeteria has a lot to offer, but lunch can be very expensive","Should've bit the bullet and kept the 100% healthcare coverage. Free healthcare is such a huge perk and you'll see a mass exodus when this policy changes. The Silicon Valley companies can offer warm weather & ""cool work,"" so you need to differentiate yourself somehow to remain competitive when challenging for talent.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59153,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A great company to work for,Compensation is great (pay + bonus + benefits) and reliable. You get to work with a ton of passionate and smart coworkers.,"Your work tends to be siloed to specific areas and there is a lot of bureaucracy and politics involved, especially as you cross divisions. It may be one company but the various divisions often don't collaborate well.",Encourage and reward cross-group collaboration and allow code to be changed across group boundaries.,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59154,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - General Manager,"Once a great company, but on the decline",Smart and creative people Lots of assets - if used together can build amazing products At moments you can still find brilliance and passion (although getting more rare every day) Competitive pay and vacation. Would have said great benefits too but they have been significantly reduced and complicated in 2013.,"Lack of strategy and strong leadership across the company. Leaders are more interested in being individual heroes rather than defining, setting context and guiding execution of strategic initiatives.  Competitive, internally focused review model causes bad politics, back-stabbing and general lack of collaboration and teamwork  Reluctance to take risks and innovate due to short-term politically focused review model.  Functional organization model causes endless meetings and lack of customer and product focus. Way too many people have to be in every discussion and there is no empowerment or ownership of decisions.  Would have given the company 5 stars years ago and have hoped it could return to its more passionate, innovative and empowering days, but it is on a decline in most ways - talent, products and leadership.","Bring in a new CEO and presidents, define strategy and reset culture Replace the review model with one that rewards team work and is not internally competitive. Return to an organizational model around businesses and products and not functions, empower leaders and hold them accountable for business results",2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59155,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Communication Director,Networking is Key,Great Benefits Experience working with Fortune 500 Clients,Limited Work Life Balance - depends on your team/group Limited career opportunities outside of sales and technical careers Very political - need to network outside your group to get promotion/bonus Each team/business units has different set of priorities and goal so hard to partner,Develop process to train new managers Communicate clear priorities and vision for the company,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59156,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company before 2009, down hill from there.","Pre-2009, Microsoft had one of the best benefits packages in the industry.","Company went down hill along with the economy in 2009. Massive layoffs of talented people. Too much of bad designs, poor marketing schemes, ideology, and influence from lower paid management brought in to replace the lost talent after 2009.",Rethink your hiring strategy and take a look at the talent that was let go in 2009.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59157,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 8, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place for diversified experience,Microsoft has a great variety of teams doing very different work. Where else can you switch from low level hardware drivers to game development to cloud without changing companies? The benefits are great too.,"- You are penalized when you switch teams, nothing you did on the previous team counts anymore, even if it's withing the same division/org. - Politics is more important than technical ability and collaboration is not valued, it's better to redo something that get other team to adjust a library for example. - Review system gives too much power to leads, you have to do what they think is best, not what's best for Microsoft or the customers. - Some decisions come from above from nowhere and no explanation, a little transparency would be great for motivation.","Get rid of the banded review system and put more weight on peer review to increase collaboration. Flatten the orgs and be more transparent. Unify Microsoft, get rid of full loop interviews to switch teams to enable cross-pollination.",4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59158,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great,"Great company, great business opportunity.",Several execution and strategic issues.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59159,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 25, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Fantastic place to work.,"Quality of life, benefits, pay, working with very smart (and nice!) people to solve very interesting problems. Tough to ask much more of ""work.""","Inherent to working within a large organization is that the number of stakeholders you need to bring into alignment in order to bring an idea from concept to reality is quite large. If selling/proving the desirability, feasibility and viability of your product/idea is not your bag, then large organizations, in particular, are not for you. If, on the other hand, you relish this kind of challenge, and view it as simply another design challenge, then you will do well.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P960.htm
59160,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Lead,Good starting place to work after college,Lot of different fields Great benefits Smart peers & managers interested in employees career growth Good career growth opportunities,Major portion of the company is still in waterfall model Slow progress on projects due to bureaucracy Review model hinders innovation,Be objective on what is expected of employees & direct each team to work towards profitability.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59161,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Stable company with lack luster leadership,"Stable company, good work life balance and ok pay",Bureaucratic and sluggish. Lots of politics.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59162,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 3, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,"Comfortable, but can be boring.","Good pay, good benefits. Large variety of things to work on in the company, but it is hard to get onto the (very few) teams work on new/exciting projects. In some groups it is easy to get lazy if you need to for a while.",Nearly all your work will involve lots of legacy code. Things move at a very slow pace -- the down time between projects can really drag on.,Shake things up. Not everything should be Windows or Office related. Developers spend far too little of their time coding.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59163,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 7, 2013",Current Employee - Sales,Still a joy after over 10 years,Career Mobility Work-Life Balance Interesting Work,Best jobs are located out of Redmond,Push more jobs to the field to broaden your perspective,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59164,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work great people,salary and growth opportunities are exceptional,"Politics and favoritism, out with the old let the new come in and shine",Hire and grow,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59165,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great learning experience,"Good tools that help with the day-to-day, sometimes they break and it's painful, but still a lot better than not having them. Private offices, which are nice if you just want to be heads-down and get work done. Lots of really smart people, from which you can always learn something new.","Long hours. Very political environment, a lot of middle management. Most times ""How it looks"" or the ""Team Stats"" are more important than doing the right thing for users or the company.",Promote better managers,4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59166,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2013",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Manager,"Lots of opportunity to make an impact, learn great skills and work with smart people.",Very politcal environment and not all groups are created equal.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59167,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its a great company to work for.,Lots of different projects to work. Lots of smart people to work with.,Maybe too much middle management.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59168,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is a great place to work,You get to work with some of the best and brightest on the newest technologizes. You are always challenged and learning new things. If you are bored it's your own fault.,"It is a very fast paced, competative and demanding environment. It can be very difficult for some people to thrive in this type of environment.",The emphasis on competition can be counter-productive. Very good people wind up getting lower review scores to make the curve work.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59169,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Decent company to work for, but is no longer the awesome company it once was.",Par salary & benes Coworkers were mostly great,Review model encourages backstabbing by less ethical team members Review model discourages work/life balance Lots of failing upward to be seen... Not keeping pace with the incentives provided by other large tech employers Company culture has been eroding steadily for the past 15 years,Ballmer is a clown. Need someone with a clue at the top.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P961.htm
59170,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A great company and you will be happy if you are in the right team,"Lot of smart people. Can always learn from others. Teams are doing different things, and you can switch group to learn another experimence.","If you chose the wrong team or wrong manager, you may be upset for doing things does not grow your skill.","Review System need to be changed. We should award the best team, not the best people.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59171,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,Great company to work for.,Great salary and benefits. Very rewarding work environment for most of the people I know.,"The company used to be filled with the smartest people in the world. Now, not so much.",Go back to a 6 month review. The one year cycle is way too long and it's letting the lazy charge at the end for the high review scores. It happens a lot more than you realize. Very disheartening for those of us who want to do a good job and build great products full time.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59172,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"SDE at Microsoft, Redmond","Nice People, Nice Campus, Nice City, Nice Climate",Cloudy days are too many!,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59173,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 29, 2013",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,"Pays well - but overly bureaucratic, too many under-performing employees,","Great health benefits - which are going away in 2013 Good pay, especially stock + bonus once you reach the principal level and beyond Lots of interesting projects & technologies available, with interesting scalability problems Good career advancement opportunities given how big the organization is, if you want to move into management/leadership roles","Too big, bureaucratic Lots of empire building leading to under-performers getting hired for jobs that they are not qualified for People who just don't care about what they're building If you work in the Silicon Valley office, communication/coordination issue with HQ and frequent traveling up to Redmond","Bring some passion back into the game, trim the fat",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59174,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2013",Former Employee - Business Administrator,Life was better in the earlier years.,Loved the people I worked with. Great benefits.,"Review model. I was competing with other admins at my level for a good review. In my organization you had to watch your back, keep track of your peers slip ups and their accomplishments to provide feedback for review time. When I returned from maternity leave I was surprised by my review score.  Compensation could have been better.",none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59175,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"Flexible hours, great pay & benefits. The management on my team is phenomenal at recognizing the strengths of each individual and giving assignments based on those. I really like being able to work from home when I need. Additionally, I haven't been forced to work nights or weekends once my entire career.","I don't really like living in Redmond, and there aren't too many opportunities to work in other cities if you are a technical engineer.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59176,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great company,Open and respectful culture. Satisfactory salary. Good work environment.,A little rigit report lines and team structure. Too many re-organizations.,More opportunities for remote subsidy.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59177,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Mixed, learned a lot, frustrating in terms of getting things done.","Very smart employees, a joy to work with.","The annual review system is flawed,",Lose the hubris,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59178,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Overall Satisfied,"For talented and smart individuals, there are opportunities to move within the company and for your career to grow. People at Microsoft are generally given the free reign to find out what is possible and to try out their ideas.","Recent changes in the health plan are difficult. I believe it diminishes the value of the overall Microsoft employment package. The review system is on a curve, so it can be difficult to stay competitive and above the curve. Team situations that are out of one's control can hold you back from an above average review score or from promotion.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2013",Former Employee - Principal Architect,"Lots of great people, but large company culture and politics","Great people, great products, can have impact on millions of people","Culture has changed, lots of politics and beaurocracy and second guessing",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P962.htm
59180,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good,"Good pay, good fellow employees",Big organization with lots of hurdles to get things done,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59181,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Lead,"Sad company, 100% political, No more a Innovative company, Don't ruin your life here","A decent paycheck & good benefits to run your family better. Considering windows share more than 80% of world OS, you can see interesting tech products every two years. You can change organisations if you are not screwed with stack ranking When joining negotiate and get a job with higher level because once you join growth is very slow","I had great respect for Microsoft when I joined. I turned down Google for Microsoft. This is what I get from Microsoft for that.  i) No value to real work. ii) Talk, talk and talk BS. Add politics to it and you will grow. iii) Company is full of managers who are C+ or B+. The only task of these people are play politics, stab on other people and grow. A completely disgusting culture. iv) People with passion for Microsoft are home grown. Typically they are freshers join the company and fed with Microsoft biased videos. These noob's eventually create the creepy culture inside Microsoft. v) Company management dont care for people. They fire people easily for no reason. vi) Don't expect to get a amazing job elsewhere because of MS brand. This is no more respected anymore. Companies like Google or Apple rock in this matter. Work life balance sucks if you are in lower level.  ( LAST one ) Microsoft has a stack ranking system. Its screws up 50% of people even if you are the best. 50% of company is walking dead who hate their job. Now imagine the company with this culture. If you are the best look elsewhere because Microsoft is not for the BEST","Screw your management. Fire Balmer. Put Balmer on stack ranking system and make him feel he is in the lower 20%. Yes get him fired too. would love to see him jumping like a mad dog.  I can never recommend Microsoft as A+ company anymore. If you get offer from Google, go there.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59182,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,2007,"great benefits, intellectual capital, engaging work atmosphere","difficult to grow, cross-group collaboration challenges and slow career trajectory in Redmond",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59183,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is a great place to work - great benefits & advancement opportunities!,The pros are the benefits and the advancement opportunities. The health care changed this year but it's still better than most places. They also focus on your career and advancement which is great! It's also a casual dress environment which I personally love!,The cons are the work-life-balance. Most people seem to always be busy and the amount of meetings and email is unreal!,"Have more job-share, part-time or telework opportunities and focus more on work-life-balance. I know it's a top priority in some orgs but could have even more focus and creative solutions.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59184,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Stable company with good career opportunities,Great company producing good products. Company doesn't save cents on employees providing good working space. Lots of great developers and smart people.,Lots of process in a way to get things done. Hard to get ideas to the management. Usually ideas delivered from management to developers. Many people care about career only.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59185,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid mature company with broad range of products,"Mature processes Wide international local presence Wide range of products, covering consumer and commercial, infrastructure and applications, hardware and software Depth of expertise on many areas","At times, slow to move due to inertia in established processes and complex organizational setup Benefits have been downgraded",Keep pushing to capture emerging opportunities,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59186,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,"overall good, rating and review system is dated and harsh","successful company, awesome products, great pay, great benefits,","work life balance, stress, review system",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59187,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A life-changing experience!,Huge ambition Driven people Big enough to chase the dreams,"Getting big, impersonal, and unwieldy Inefficient - empowerment leads to uncoordinated and wasteful action","Realize that people do business with people they like, sellers sell what they know, employees recommend what they feel great about. EVERY individual employee is valuable in this equation, not just the top 1%.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59188,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 17, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Root of all evil = Performance Review Model,"Sharp individual contributors, but all the good and hones ones (i.e. who don't play dirty political games) quit.","1) the worst performance review model ... ever! Encourages competition and backstabbing, not collaboration and a healthy team environment. 2) Deteriorating health benefits 3) Flat stock 4) Poor work life balance.","stop living in political circles, either in or out (i.e. be more inclusive and accpeting of other management styles and techniquest). If that's not an option for you old geazers, then get out!",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59189,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Prorgram Manager,Great place to work,1. Lot of growth opportunities 2. Great projects to work on,"1. Large company, teams sometimes don't work well together",Great benefits.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P963.htm
59190,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing is a great use of my experience,money makes the world go round,politics and people are frustrating,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59191,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior TAM,Microsoft is a sweat shop,"My init stock options were impressive, back in the day...","Stock is going nowhere, their review process sucks and dog eat dog shop.",replace steveb,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59192,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2013",Current Employee - Director - BI,Director,High IQ teams Great benefits Enormous opportunity to scale,Bureaucratic Lack of vision and leadership Incompetent HR Innovation gets low priority,Rest an Vest attitude. Glass ceiling for women at leadership level. Service not valued by the company leadership. Need to stop waiting for the wheels to squeak before fixing. Multi year funding is a must,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59193,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very organized, and many great engineers","Has good structure in many ways, and I see many engineers try to do things right. Team change is relatively easy.",Difficult to let go what it already has and thus difficult innovate sometimes.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59194,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2013",Former Employee - PAM/SEM/CAM/AM,Eleven years in sales and one hell of a career starter...,"* Pays... good * Hours... flexible * Management... just like anything - hit and miss * Upper-management... I like Steve Balmer... sorry reader - he's a passionate guy who is trying * Products and solutions... world class * Recognition... immediate * Credibility... outstanding with clients, customers, and partners * So many country subs to go to... so many divisions... pick your poison and start networking",* Political... to the absolutely 100% fullest * Review system... changes a lot * Sales compensation model... hit and miss depending depending on quota * Slow to add new products... part of the pains of working with the worlds largest software company * Ability to adjust to SaaS/Cloud paradigms... you will have to take a hit on rev... just have to figure out how to buffer it with more world class ingenuity in product dev!,Fix the field promotion challenges... pull people back to Redmond more readily and start pushing those corporate folks to the field more readily... it's important to actually GET IN FRONT of customer and partners. Meetings to cover meetings has dropped thank goodness but the seasonality of the business needs to be adjusted... I remember being in the field for 3 months after fiscal and it was as though no one was working (customers and partners are still working.),4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59195,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Your manager owns your,- Good compensation & benefits. - Looks good in the resume,"- You manager has TOTAL control over your destiny, and that includes you future career opportunities within MS, your work/life balance, and virtually everything must be aproved by your manager. It totally up to them to rate you, regardless of your previous ratings. It's up to them to decide that you'r late, even if you're ahead anyone else with your work. The stack review system made it clear where the boundary is for people to turn into a**holes.","Democratize the culture. Giving too much power to the immediate manager will only drive people away of your company, especially the ones that have other options and don't have trouble finding a new job.",2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59196,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Employer,Great environment. Extremely smart people.,Management can be a bit slow to change.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59197,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,"An odd mix of exhilarating, exciting, and intriguing experiences peppered with frustration by politics and bloated egos.","Wide range of interesting products to work on, lots of opportunity for real impact, plenty of smart people who fuel innovation.","Too big for its own good, opportunity for impact stifled by bureaucracy and politics, for every smart person... there are plenty of bullheaded, egotistical managers who think they've got it all figured out.",Get focused on what Microsoft really is about and align your teams so they're not all undermining each other.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59198,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Plenty of rote, unexciting work, twenty+ year old codebases","Hours were flexible, manager did not micromanage, bright coworkers, excellent health insurance, if you are lucky (and very talented), you might get to work on something very interesting. The company is huge and moving around from team to team can expose one to a variety of technologies.","Disclosure: I was working on a very old piece of software and had little exposure to some of the newer projects at MS. Furthermore, I found the weather unbearably gloomy (Seattle), which no doubt played a role in my overall dissatisfaction.  Relatively few employees really get to contribute meaningfully (the rest are primarily engaged in useless work). The salary was relatively low. There was no feeling of passion of any kind in 80% of my coworkers. Internal ""morale"" meetings were a joke.  There is an excessive focus on individual features as opposed to providing a cohesive user experience.",Shake up the ranks--get rid of dead employees who are just hanging around without much use. Do not undertake projects that will result in incomplete/awkward functionality.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59199,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Tough times ahead but still loving every minute,"Microsoft faces tough competition from Apple, Google, VM Ware, Amazon, Sony - you name it. But the opportunities are huge. I am sure that Microsoft will get its Mojo back and consumers will see it.",The review system is probably one of the worst I have seen in my career - it makes you totally dependend on your manager. With all the re-orgs you are not always in control of your destiny (aka manager).,"Find a (marketing) way to make everyone and their brother undestand why we have the best ""better together"" story in the industry. Windows 8 is a great start but needs more consistency esp. Windows RT. Surface is by far the best Hardware in the market but gets downgraded by a so so experience on RT.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P964.htm
59200,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 15, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,challenging and rewarding,smart people great compensation great values challenging problems,needs disruption needs to innovate outside of its comfort zone,shake things up radically,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59201,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 22, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Great place to work at if you are oblivious to mistakes of upper management,Good work (technically) and opportunity to work on cutting edge. Good work culture. Good Perks.,"Bad management period. There is a reason the company is spiralling down. At middle levels, too much hierarchy to work effectively. Lack of innovation and a lack of charismatic leader, does not inspire cult following like Apple or Google.","Cut down the bloat in middle management. Be the leaders you deserve to be, do not let infighting and politics take you down.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59202,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,MSFT Xbox,"Great work life balance, decent pay, fun products","lots of org issues, bloated with lots of redundancies",streamline. Look at how Amazon structures their orgs. Lean and mean.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59203,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Good place to work,Work life balance Compensation is OK,Stack Ranking There are people should never been hired Political Unnecessary Lots of PMs and Testers,"Get rid of stack ranking, keep the best fire the rest",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59204,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2013","Former Employee - Identifiable, Prefer Not to Say",an investment in your future,"work with some brilliant people people see it on your resume and think you know all FANTASTIC health and benefits packages great development opportunities, you learn valuable skills in day to day work ""Working at microsoft is like highly paid grad school""","very demanding of employee time, often not respectful of work/life balance ""reorgs"" are a routine and often pointless or net-loss game of management musical chairs can be difficult to navigate within such a huge organization",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59205,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Inbred leadership accepting of evil,"Good compensation and great benefits with access to amazingly knowledgeable people. Great facilities, college campus like setting.",You have to pay the devil to work there. Evil stack ranking. Narcissistic leaders with little to no ethics are far to easy to find. Retribution is practiced regularly. Simply the most political corporate environment I have ever worked in with the lowest regard for ethics.,"If a leader has no ethics, take them out of leadership. Oh,and get rid of Ballmer. What a disaster.",1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59206,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, too fat","Great experience, very talented people, very accomodating, wonderful compensation and benefits, high quality products","Very fat company, difficult to trim the fat.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59207,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Know your criteria, constraints and career objectives before you commit.","Benefits, notably Insurance coverage Learning resources, especially for those early in their career. Cultural diversity","There are still differences in organizational culture from group to group inside of Microsoft. Unfortunately this healthy heterogeneity is disappearing, and the trend is movement in the wrong direction. Those groups that treat people with respect as individuals and team players versus commodities, that insist on transparency top, down and sideways, and that have strong, collaborative leadership founded on integrity - they are increasingly harder to find. For those groups that lack these characteristics, the annual performance review model is organizationally poisonous, damaging team cohesion, productivity, and employee morale. Team members are distracted from collaboratively delivering business value by necessary attention to political visibility. Problems and delivered solutions may be artificially inflated or worse, manufactured in the interest of management support at review time. Performance management, employee recognition and rewards are all critical management accountabilities in any organization. However, these accountabilities are not best assured by forcing managers to fit their staff review results to a static distribution curve regardless of overall team talent. Careers can end quickly despite an employee's current and long term positive performance track record. If the manager relationship sours, or the employee expresses interest in moving elsewhere in the company, managers will often leverage that employee to fill the poor performance quota. As risk tolerance falls, bureaucracy grows. The increasing administrative burden is further degrading conditions necessary to team agility, efficiency and innovation.","Proactively validate, recognize and resolve risks to the future of the company. Find the courage to identify and eliminate behaviors founded on self-serving preservation, and reward those based on integrity. Start with management at all levels. Extend the performance review model to reward not only individual but team, group, and company. Proof the review model against managers without integrity. Leverage the value in increasingly frequent exit interviews to reduce their frequency in the future. Reduce the corporate risk target with spin offs for multiple lines of business. Read ""From Good to Great"" very soon. Demand transparency, collaboration and respect as cultural imperatives, and eliminate all personnel, policies or environmental conditions that constraint them.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59208,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great company to work for, awesome benefits, but higher management seems to be lost.","Work-life balance, benefits, lots of oportunities","Anual review system, upper management, salary below Market.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59209,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2013",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,Once great.,"Free Mountain Dew. Cheap software. Huge bonuses for salaried employees if they are stack-ranked into the right box. An ever-changing review system that's like Sudoku, except that the numbers don't have to add-up. There are offices in the same building as Neiman Marcus and Louis Vuitton...so, I guess that's a pro if you sold your stock before Vista came out.","Regular RIFs (Reduction in Force) that are labeled ""re-organization."" RIF-ed positions subsequently become contract positions if they do not disappear altogether. Employees regularly refer to the company as the Titanic: too big a ship to turn around. The place lost it's ability to get things done quickly and is instead just a big, red-tape-y, uninspiring bore. It is NOT the place it was when BillG was there, despite SteveB's enthusiasm for kicking @$$. The stock is as stagnant as the innovating.","Human Relations (the org should be re-titled. Something with the word ""robotic"" or ""obstacle""), Investor Relations (has no real idea what is going on in your organization because they are literally getting their info from blogs because teams they represent don't share strategy or project info with IR), and your PR (great at talking without communicating, and thus often retracting or backpedaling as it makes statements) departments are as overdue for genuine revamping as everything else Msft does. Special note: you've brought new meaning to ""making it over the hump"" by letting go of FTEs on Wednesdays. Perhaps, less bragging about how Msft spends ENORMOUS sums on R&D when we don't actually see results from it as compared companies who spend far less.",1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P965.htm
59210,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2013",Current Employee - Director,"Great place to learn & grow, excellent benefits","A wide range of technology area to learn, Cloud, Operating systems, SW Development tool etc Ability move within the company from one technology area to another Competive Salary and benefits",Management risk averse and slow in making decision Lacks competetive edge and hunger compared to a startup company,Foster and support small startup business with in each Division to enrich current and future portfolio. Not just incubation but actuall SW & Services businesses. Avoid throwing away ideas that may look like small money today.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59211,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Autonomy is valued Access to Resources Benefits Opportunity Brand Recognition,Review Process Work Life Balance Wide Variance from team to team,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59212,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to Work for,Good Benefits and Good Culture,review system need to improve,Less Politics and,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59213,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Know what you want to get out of the experience,"Ability to work at a global scale, with the potential to get required resources","The reputation of having worked at MS is diminishing as they aren't viewed as an innovator. The stock isn't risking, so people work to advance themselves over others as a way to get ahead.","Lots of big bets going on simultaneously. Either organize and resource to take them on, or try for fewer big bets",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59214,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Disappointed with the work culture,"* Good salary, sign-on stock bonus * Good health benefits, not so good anymore * Brilliant co-workers","* Extremely aggressive culture * Groupism, tendency to not let new people in","Change the performance review system to encourage co-operation and knowledge sharing among employees. Manager needs to ensure that the team attitude towards new employees should be one of inclusion, make it easy for them to adapt to the new product, teammates, processes at Microsoft.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59215,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 10, 2013",Current Employee - General Manager,Great company - great experience,"Great people - smart and good culture Fun work - technology, innovation, impact Good pay Great benefits Leadership",work life balance big company politics,Lets make our transition to devices and services happen!! Should be a fun ride,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59216,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Teacher,Great company in retail,Retail is a less then desirable field but its nice to find a company that makes the field easy to live in. Great benefits for a retailer especially in a time when most are cutting benefits to save money.,"Retail is retail, hours are long and change every week. Review is for the retail division, opportunity to advance is rare. Recruitment focuses outside the company not at promoting within.",When possible set hours helps especially if you can. Not giving a set schedule just because you don't want them to get used to it.,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59217,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,Company With Huge Potential,"Microsoft is a company with dominant market share in the computer industry, financial resources to fund long-term investments and very strong research and development teams. This enables it to enter adjacent or related markets in search of growth.","Middle management at Microsoft is short-sighted and overly reliant on inefficient processes and metrics that do not contribute to the company's long-term success. Talent and teamwork often take a back seat to politics as the people who get recognized or promoted are often the ones who play the ""game"".",Take a long hard look at your employees and separate the real contributors from those who just talk a good game.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59218,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,You're career will crash due to the old school culture,"1) PAY - Decent pay if you fight for it up front, don't accept the first offer - there is always a contingent offer. 2) FITNESS - 2013 $800 reimbursement for health and fitness related memberships, equipment (i.e. bike/helmet, snowboard, ski's, boots/bindings, versa climber, weight sets, benches, racks, etc.).","1) CULTURE - Vicious culture if not part of your organization's ""club"", do not give constructive feedback (see Cons #2), HR will always back management. 2) FORCED RANKING - Forced ranking system (1 - 5), simplified - if you work in a group which has 5 people in your grade band, and all of you kick butt, one will get a score of 1 (or 1+), one a (2), one a (3), one a (4), one a (5 - you suck and are out the door), this is forced ranking, plus the ranking is done before you submit your self-assessment, you are ranked on what your perceived performance is, not actual - essentially, if you are popular with your organization's managers (i.e. part of the club), you will always have a decent to high review score. 3) WORK LOAD - Be perpared to do the actual work of two people by the end of your second year, more than two if you have breadth of abilities, this is due to systemically poor planning and forecasting approaches utilized YoY - why? rock the boat and you'll get slapped with a 4 or 5 rating. 4) WORK/LIFE BALANCE - Only in your first year if you are lucky, good ole boys club members usually have decent work/life balance, MSFT follows the sun, so working across timezones is expected, weekends and holidays for some as well. 5) HEALTH PLAN - The cadillac health plan is a thing of the past and 2013 brings a standard set of limited health plan options, with annual deductables and co-pays. CPO leveraged Obamacare to effect a very significant employee healthcare cost reduction roadmap, high benefit to the CPO's review rating and associated financial benefits at the cost of almost 100,000 ""valued"" employees.","A positive, sweeping corporate transformation, and true rebranding is required or sharholder value will always stay in the $20's and low $30's.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59219,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing at MSFT,Great products used by billions of people Availability to large-scale projects to company worldwide Smart and talented team mates,Large company may not be as agile as smaller firms,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P966.htm
59220,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great company to work for,"Great people, great product, great benefits.",Bureaucracy can get in the way of getting stuff done.,Minimizing the bureaucracy will propel our progress.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59221,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great work experience,Lots of smart people. You can learn a lot and gain deep technical expertise.,"Feels like a bit slow when releasing products compared to competitors. But, things are changing.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59222,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Great talent but leadership and culture are road blocks,"Great Talent Good Benefits If you like technology, it is cutting edge Pay is average but benefits makes up Very driven work environment in you are a techy (development group/QA/etc) Easy to switch roles and move to different team - lot of internal transfer/growth opportunity","Marketing and Business side is short term focused Metrics are short term focused Culture is highly political ""What can you do for me today"" Up or Out HR policies does not allow people who are happy and good at what they are doing to keep doing that successfully Lot of dead wood - specially in management In-bred culture - silo view of the world",Change the culture - get a new Chief Operating Officer who cares about technology and get a new Chief People Officer who care about the culture and how it impacts the company over the long run.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59223,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stagnent,Use to have great health insurance - Changed in 2013 to a major pay cut,"Re-org will not fix the problems. Work life balance is no longer acceptable, work more",Upper management needs to new blood,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59224,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,A company that still has a ton of potential.,"Great opportunity to move to different groups and work on a variety of businesses, organizations and products. Excellent benefits, until this year, and chance to get to know a lot of people. Because the organization moves the needle so often, if you don't like what you are working on or who you're working with - wait 5 minutes!","1. Engineering over indexed to Marketing 2. Siloed groups that compete with one another, and 3. Siloed individuals that compete with one another.  1. One of the teams I was on had a terrific balance between engineering and marketing, however, lately engineers are considered marketers and wow does that not work. There really needs to be a balance between them, but with one central team with a key decision maker.  2 and 3. There still exists the horrible core lack of cooperation, which will not change while the company insists on stack ranking (even though they swear it isnt') their employees. It just will not happen. The internal competition was something that existed from the early days and still manifests in a workforce that is solely focused on serving themselves, groups that see no value in working together but rather push their redundant product/service down the pipeline just 'because,' and thousands of individuals who are not well supervised, wasting money on initiatives that only meet their own specific committments.",Two fold approach: start with people. end with people. I think you might find a lot of what you're so worried about would naturally work itself out.,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59225,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Will survive if you work really hard,Diversified working environment. Flexible working hours.,Review system is not disappointing.,Remove curve for review.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59226,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning,"It was a great experience, I learned a lot","Yes men, no one wants to stand on their own",Pay attention to the kids,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59227,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Great Culture,"You can do any job you feel like, its almost like in pursuit of happiness.","become lean and nimble, we are carrying too much baggage in terms of people.",Stay course,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59228,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Communications,It's still a great company,"Employees are bright people who, by and large, really want to improve our products and our public perception.","Employees are very competitive employees, but not always competitive in a way that accrues to the company or its products.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59229,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2013",Former Employee - Sales,Work with great people but be prepared to endure absurd bureaucracy and internally wasted time.,Benefits are stellar and you can advance if you play the politics based on your management chain's rules.,"Way too much focus on internally-facing activities that don't benefit customers, increase revenue or help you beat competitors",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P967.htm
59230,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 16, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great company, great people unfortunately under weak leadership","- If you don't know what you like to work on, Microsoft is a great company to explore various technology domains from operating systems to mobile advertising. Tremendous flexibility in switching between the teams - Awesome pay, benefits and work life balance - Relatively flexible company policy to switch disciplines, from test engineer to develop, from program manager to product marketer","- Not for people who like fast pace and dynamic work environment. Too many processes, too many decision makers, too many layers of talkative managers - Depending on the organization, might be very political and territorial - In my opinion, too many people with no clear contribution to the company. Too many folks roaming, cruising and has settled - Weak leadership from middle managers to higher up. Wrong people in wrong places that slows innovation down",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59231,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer 2,Best work life balance in the industry,Not agile enough. People are not held responsible.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59232,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Hit or miss, some parts of the company are great, some parts are not","Great benefits, comps, interesting technology, smart people if you find the right groups","Politics, no real loyalty to employees, long term trajectory of company is not promising","Microsoft needs to disrupt markets, shed lower quality talent faster, and transform sooner",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59233,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Highly competitive environment,There will always be work to do that keeps you challenged and focused.,Performance is very much dependent on constantly completing tasks above and beyond.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company all around.,1) Variety of technologies 2) Smart people 3) Ability to make a impact 4) Flexible work hours,1) Lack of engineering processes across teams 2) Some of the technologies are less exciting but have to be around for backwards compatibility,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59235,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Sr. Program Manager,- good overall deal - great benefits - big impact - smart people - great atmosphere,- red tape - upper management disconnected from employees - lack of grand vision so it's hard to map ones job to the company bottom line,Think more about real problems to solve instead of lots of disconnected cool features that seem interesting in a ppt presentation,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59236,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Scientis,"Very good benefit, may meet great people to work with","Too many reorgs, the unclear business plan, politics. Managers focus more on manage-up instead of managing/understanding the reports","Less reorg,",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59237,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Director,Middle management ennui,"- incredible benefits - large pool of internal jobs/opportunities to choose from - easy to move from group to group, as long as you're self-directed - more attuned and accommodating to your family needs","- growing inertia to make tough management decisions. creates a culture of protection and not screwing up instead of seeking new opportunities - little regard or reward for people skills, building a cohesive team - always on-call with work and emails","Over the past decade, Microsoft has often stated a commitment to building and training management within their ranks. While there are ample opportunities to improve your technical and functional skills, there continues to be an abyss on fostering, building, and valuing people management skills at the company.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59238,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Microsoft is moving towards a ,"Benefits & Compensation IMO is still the best even after all the changes - esp if you have a family to look after. Being a big company also means there are many different product/industries that you can work in. If you are willing to look, with a bit of luck and networking you will usually find your best fit team very easily.","- Sometimes there are just too much process. - And the review system just promote internal conflict instead of internal harmony IMO. I think the management has yet to show anyone that they are serious about getting product teams work together. - The overall company culture does not promote job/idea exploration within the company. E.g. the overall process of pitching ideas, getting a review of your ideas, and getting resources for ideas are non-existent.","If the management cannot figure out how to create an atmosphere of collaboration, then long term it will harm MS's ability to be the vision leader that it wants to be. So first please fix the review and process to allow better collaboration.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59239,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),My 2 cents,Get a chance to work on great product,Company is huge so the sense of existence is relatively weaker,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P968.htm
59240,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Jan 16, 2013",Former Employee - Account Executive,The Good & the Bad of Msft....,"Large Company, Lots of Marketing People, Funds set aside to help Market Products, Lots of Products, Long history of relationships with customers, Msft even has Financing options available to customers to make ""deals' happen (ie 0% for 6-12 months). Good health benefits. Good match in 401k.","Trying to move up in large company is nearly impossible, seems the manager turnover only penalizes the FTE even more because then there no ""current advocates"" for FTE when it comes time for Annual Review and Stock Award. Annual Review Process is stacked against 80% of the workers. Good people lose in the Annual Review Process.",Change the way you evaluate FTEs.,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59241,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Gt,Good work environment good benefit good food,"Bad work hours, competitive bad weather bad roads",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59242,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,"Great place to learn, if you like Redmond","- Opportunities to learn and move within - Pay well - Good health care - Generally good, intelligent people","- Internal politics - Review system creates competitive, and not collaborative, environment in some cases - Upper management not that great, potentially due to above two points.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59243,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,all resources needed to grow,A lot of smart people Lots of resources Challenging work environment that will push you to be better every day,Hard to align priorities across teams There are a lot of middle management that is worried about not losing face with their bosses rather than building great products.,"Do 10 things right and delight customers, stop trying to do everything. Raise the quality bar, customers want better products",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59244,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,All depends on the team,Nice working environment Good work/life balance Smart co-workers Lots of opportunities to learn new tech The benefit is excellent,Some teams are totally in a mess after a transition of focus to online service - quite a lot of the managers still don't understand what to do in the service world There are a lot of miscommunication and duplicate work which is a waste of resource The new review system is stupid,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59245,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good breadth of experiences and opportunities, but disconnected being up in the NW","- Great benefits, good set of folks to work with, interesting and varied work","- Product silos for too long but starting to break them down, not risking-taking enough - Being in the Northwest",- Adding a further personal touch will go long way,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59246,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Easy tech job, well paying","Microsoft is fairly easy work-wise compared to other tech companies in the sector. If you're looking to have a life and get a pretty good paycheck, you should work here. If you want to make huge blazing changes in the industry, don't bother unless you are very senior -- too large of a company to make any real change","Due to its size, there's a lot of employee redundancy and bloat. Too much red tape and working with multiple teams to get very simple tasks completed. Your manager will make or break you here - be sure you get a good one.","Align senior exec incentives to things like innovation and creativity, constantly measuring performance with scorecards is a waste of time and doesn't bring us any closer to coming up with new ideas",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59247,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Excellent company to work for!!!,Career Opportunities Compensation & Benefits Work/Life Balance Senior Management Culture & Values,Extreme and Agressive competition Challenging environment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59248,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,The real Microsoft,"Microsoft, at least in STB, is a great place to work, great products, very good senior leadership and a great engagement with customers, partners and community.",Company structure and politics leads to a lot of time wasted and products shipped that show the seams of the company. A SteveB level restructure is needed.,"Restructure into 5 groups, get rid of peripheral distractions, stop focusing on the consumer stuff so much - we are not Apple so stop trying to be.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59249,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Great pay/benefits, brilliant coworkers, inside scoop on new tech","Huge company, can sometimes feel like a number",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P969.htm
59250,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Fast paced, enthusiastic employees, pampered benefits, tough testing","The benefits are amazing, including health, life, 401, shuttle, meal cards. The work is good, fast, and the co-workers are enthusiastic. The campus is beautiful and Seattle is a fun city. Oh, also, the pay is amazing.","The job can sometimes move fast, and standing out can be difficult amidst the clutter. This job is software development and systems engineering, not theory or science.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59251,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 11, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good base and benefits - But...,"Healthcare, Base Salary, flexible work outside the office.","Too big and inefficient, review process results in the loss of very strong employees who had one bad year OR did very well but someone did a little better.",Get rid of calibration. Merit based reviews.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59252,microsoft,"Philadelphia, PA"," Jan 15, 2013",Former Employee - Data Platform Technology Specialist,"Technically fulfilling, a great work environment, but not for someone who likes to stand out in a crowd","Technology everywhere, always changing and a fun place to work","Poor management, bad decisions at upper levels",Invest early in emerging technologies and work better with non-MSFT technologies,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59253,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Overall company is good place to work, experience varies widely from group to group","Benefits, benefits, benefits! Plenty of opportunity for growth if you take advantage. You get out of it what you put into it.","Review structure, frequent reorgs, experience depends on your management.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59254,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"If you're an engineer, it's like working at Disneyland","1) Very smart, knowledgeable coworkers. You can definitely learn from your team mates. 2) Many interesting projects to choose from. No matter what part of computer science you are interested in, there's some group working on it. 3) Top notch development tools and other software at work. 4) Better than average pay, great benefits. 5) Free MSDN Ultimate subscription for Employees means you can get almost every Microsoft software product free for your home use. Deep discounts on Microsoft products at the company store when you are buying gifts for friends. 6) Most employees have their own office (though many new employees are doubled up), so you don't hear everyone's personal phone conversations at work.","1) If you are used to being the smartest and most capable developer in your company, that won't be true anymore. Your coworkers will be just as smart as you. This is hard for some people to deal with. 2) Arbitrary but Darwinian personnel evaluation process. This alienates a lot of good workers. Read the Vanity Fair article for details. 3) It's a really big company, so all the big company ills are present - lots of unnecessary process, empire building, political (character) assassinations in the management ranks.","Scrap the evaluation system. If you put together a team of 10 superstars, you shouldn't have to torpedo one of the superstar's career's to fit an arbitrary curve.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59255,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Great company & management. Highly recommend.,Test/ and M are mostly overhead.,Eliminate test discipline.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59256,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Overall great company, but in the end it depends on what team you work for","- So many teams => more career options - Health benefits. While it is changing, it is still one of the best in the market. - Prime card (gets you discount everywhere for restaurant, activities) - Microsoft cares about environment: carpool incentive program (TRIP), MS bus with wifi, etc. - Flexible work program: Microsoft support it, but unfortunately some teams (managers) are not that good with it. - Tuition reimbursement - My lists can go on and on","While MS itself supports many good things, in the end it depends on your team and your manager and you HR.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59257,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Company of engineers,"Unlike other companies, a developer is not a mere developer, but a lot more. Like customer focus, contributing to program management is also expected","Being a big company, there is friction between teams, there is not a very effective channel for intra team communication.  Review system is not really transparent",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59258,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),It was phenomenal.,They are one of the biggest and most successful companies in the world.,Moving to Washington is just too much.,I would prepare speaking more before the interview.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59259,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Stack ranking doesn't reward innovation,Microsoft has some of the smartest people I have ever worked with. They have great technical challenges and I always had enough hardware and software resources to do my job.,The work culture is competitive to a fault. The forced stack-ranking causes behaviors that undermine a collaborative innovative environment. Every manager that tried to work around the system was replaced. Most employees move around the company regularly and engineers who try to become deep experts are penalized.,Eliminate stack ranking. Reward pure innovation. Invest in individuals growth and encourage deep expertise..,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P970.htm
59260,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Design Engineer,A bumpy ride,"Good money, some places have very interesting work, but one has to look hard for them. You get to work with some incredibly smart people, and affect lives of millions. Or at least that's how it used to be.","Politics. Suddenly the whole team goes down the drain, and you have to jump off really fast if you don't want to get stuck in sewer for a long time. Compensation is getting less and less competitive with time. Upper management is not very bright or competent, everything worthy is done despite them.","Just go away, and let innovative people take over.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59261,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Lead,"Great place to work, depending on the group","Great place to be an engineer, lots of flexibility and perks plus room to build your own success.","My group had too many layers of management, resulting in a muddy vision and direction.","Less politics, more leadership.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59262,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Jan 9, 2013",Former Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),great company that needs a change at the helm,Progressive technology company Most products are pretty good Good benefits and work environment Very smart people,Walmart mentality at the helm of operations team CEO has stayed too long and is time to go Slipping in consumer's eyes due to lack of leadership and some very visible poor product releases Needs to be more progressive Many of the great HR benefits have been taken away,Time for a change at the helm,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59263,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great so far, it could be better",Solid Benefits Lots of Products to choose from,Everyone has to have an opinion. Curve Flat stock,Need a reality check. More could be done with less,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59264,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Stable, well compensated, super PC company",well paid. Flexible working schedule. privacy-everone gest an office (for the most staff) good benefit package and discount card,Slow in motion. Lots of departmental and team politics. You have to rally lots of people around you to get your ideas move forward. Slow in getting a promotion - can take years to bump up one level.,"Be lean, responsive to the markets, and rid layers of the fake politics!",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59265,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,A great group of people trying to do amazing things...,"Compensation, Flexible hours, Smart people",Cross team collaboration is frustratingly difficult,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59266,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Decent first job or for people more settled down,"MS has a decent pay and the benefits are great. Lots of products at MS, products you've never heard of before to go and try.","Quite a bit of red tape. Everyone has opinions that really you don't know whether are right or wrong until you test it, but it takes too long to build anything since ""everything has to be right"". Takes way too long to do something for the same # of people. Also weather in Seattle is a little too gloomy.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59267,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 7, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,great company great company great company,"competitive, smart people, creative, awesome","work life balance, business changes, reviews, software",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59268,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Ten year veteran looking for innovation and growth,"Microsoft is known all over the world, which makes a great resume builder for people willing to stay for 5 - 10 years. They offer fantastic benefits, good pay and lots of diverse job opportunities. Microsoft is a great place to build out some great skills for your resume.","Microsoft has become a huge company with lots of internal strife and politics that often get in the way of productivity. The company is no longer innovative or agile, probably due to its size. Management does not value people or tenure.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59269,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Engineer,Great Experience,The people and the intelligence that surrounds you. The new software that you release effects billions of people worldwide.,"Not many, management is a pain in the ass",Hire smarter people,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P971.htm
59270,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 2, 2013",Former Employee - Solution Manager,"A fun and exciting place to work in the early days, now a bureaucratic, inefficent, and bloated company",Challenging and fast paced environment.,low value for time and career building potential,"Get rid of your old senior management 20 year plus, listen to your new younger employees, they will be the next generation and life blood of the company. Promote a culture of support and honor. Look at REI's corporate culture.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59271,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jan 3, 2013",Former Employee - Team Manager,"Collaborative environment for years, no longer true",Great resources and compensation. Great work environment if you are highly competitive in nature.,Everyone seems to be on their own now. Hard to find anyone to mentor you or help because you are competing against everyone else. True collaboration is rare.,"Listen to your people, genuinely value teamwork over individual success.",3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59272,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Cares about it's employees,"On the edge of technology, challenging work , smart people to work with","Stocks not growing , quality of people dropping , not clear focus of direction",clarity in direction and focus needed.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59273,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 31, 2012",Former Employee - Director Product Management,Microsoft - A declining company,"Fair to good pay, stable company, good benefits, especially if you have a family. Working at Microsoft affords you a middle to upper middle class lifestyle in a beautiful part of the country (Microsoft is based in the Pacific Northwest).","Corporate is quite political and based on a stack ranking where those who do not know you or your work are giving your compensation and reviews. This means that you're spending quite a bit time building and managing your ""self brand"" and managing those around you and especially above you. Those that can play politics well will do well, however it does not mean that the best ideas make its way to the top. It my belief that the main reason is that the company has a significant amount of bloat with layers upon layers of people who are trying to justify their role. This was not always the case - certainly not the case when I joined nearly 14 years ago (I was there for 11 years and left three years ago).",One word - LEAD.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59274,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 31, 2012",Current Employee - International Engineer,Losing our passion to bureaucracy,"A job that appeals to ""A-types"". Beginning to look at competitive salary compensation now. Lots of different jobs to try out once you are in. Free soft drinks!","MS is becoming stagnant and promotions are becoming more and more difficult as each year passes particularly in the core groups like Windows and Office. If you are not an overachiever, prepare to be quickly filtered out. Work life balance is becoming an increasing problem as consolidation of resources continues at an alarming rate. MS had a medical plan that was top in the PNW up to 2012 but thanks to ""Obamacare"", has joined the ""meh"" category.","Stacked ranking is an old system for keeping friends in their jobs, not promoting the real performers.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59275,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Opportunity to work on an amazing set of businesses within a single company,- Working with some of the smartest people tackling real hard problems - Great benefits - Opportunity to move around and try a lot of different roles and get exposure to different businesses without leaving the company.,"- Slow decisions, lot of overhead due to various internal processes and reviews which are unnecessary. - Career growth has begun to slow down across the board as company is not growing much - Bloated, lots of roles (especially in Marketing) are totally unnecessary, there is also a lot of overlap.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59276,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work,"You get to work on interesting, challenging problems. Products used by millions or hundreds of millions. Hours are flexible with no reporting - as long as you're getting your work done, nobody cares about your hours. Nobody cares about how you dress either.","Some degree of internal politics, but that's unavoidable.",We need to be faster and make better decisions about competing with our major competitors like Apple and Google.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59277,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Cutthroat and unfriendly,"Good Salary Nice location  The work that you do may not be super interesting, but it's nice to see that your work is actually used in a piece of software used by millions.","Many unfriendly team members Strange work mentality  The work environment is very unfriendly. Even though you are in teams, everybody at Microsoft really looks out for themselves.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59278,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Initial,Very smart people and great company.,Some major misses in management selection.,Play to peoples strengths and work to instill desire in employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59279,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 23, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager II,great place to feel yourself,excellent working conditions - notably the tempature,the constant rain is a nuisance,stay in shape like the other tech company bosses,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P972.htm
59280,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 31, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,My years at Microsoft have provided me an an amazing breath of experiences.,The benefits are still amazing and you get to work with really smart people.,It has become frustrating how hard it is to get things done - lots of politics. And I'm disappointed that we have fallen behind the strategy curve lately against Google and Apple with regards to tablets.,I think we need new leadership from the very top to really shake things up and take a new approach to our vision.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59281,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Director,"Gratifying, at times frustrating, under-appreciated company for how good it is to work here.","Complex and meaningful challenges to work on. Smart people. Solid benefits (especially health - even after introducing copays in 2013), with great pay. Respect of work-life balance (mostly). Great resources -- e.g., almost any research you want, any time. Company enriches your time with them. Comfortable, friendly work environment. Diversity/minorities valued.","1) Experience tends to be fairly manager-specific. Unfortunately managers do *not* seem to get much course correction if they don't manage well, and most people end up rotating to other teams. 2) Decision-making and course-commitment is fairly challenging. Analysis and feedback can continue unchecked with no specific outcome (or accountability for stalling the process). This leaves smart people disillusioned and jaded.  Note: Culture can vary from division to division. Xbox group is rumored to be quite good.","Balancing my Pros against Cons: we have supplied a great place to work, contribute and build experience...only so people can find other jobs. How can we do a better job to make Microsoft an employer of active choice, especially for the hottest talent?",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59282,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,No longer a great company to work for,"As a software developer, one can always find interesting projects/technologies to work on. Although benefits have been cut a lot, it's still very competative compared to other companies.","Too much bureaucracy actually makes individual contributors less productive. Also, in past 10 years, the company has invested so much in mobile and search but the results are really unsatisfactory. Hope things will change little bit.",I don't understand why for every 6 ICs there is one lead whose job is basically going to meeting all day. The company can get rid all of them and still do well.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59283,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Best employer ever!,"They treat you really, really well. World's best health insurance. Employees are clearly valued. Rating process feels very fair and transparent. Lots of interesting and relevant work. Very little bureaucracy. On the inside, it's clear that this is an exceptionally innovative company, and that we're working on solving all the right problems in the right ways. We also have a clear revenue model, which means that our interests are aligned with those of our product's users, in a way that isn't true for all companies in the industry (many of whom rely on advertising revenue to a much greater extent).","The food is pretty bad. (Yes, that's really the worst thing about working here.)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59284,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 31, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE II),C# ASP.NET developer,"Great salary, good career experience","Work-life balance, stack ranking system",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59285,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great benefits... until 2013,Huge diversity of projects to work on.,"Beauracracy and politics can get in the way. Management tries to claim this isn't a problem or that they are doing things about it,but they are never effective.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59286,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2012",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Despite reservations about Microsoft's future (esp in the consumer space) it treats its employees really well.,"-Respects work/life balance, invests strongly in employees' personal development -Inclusive and diverse company culture -People generally change roles every 18-24 months, so lots of opportunities to continue learning","-Decision-making needs to be more agile in order to catch up to competitors. Because of the many divisions at Microsoft, there's a fair amount of bureaucracy/politics -Stack-ranking employees (i.e. top 20%, bottom 10%) within teams hurts morale, esp. in high-performing teams -Cafeteria food not nearly as impressive as other tech companies/startups",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59287,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Excellent place to work,work culture is positive and creative,"hours are demanding, complexity is high",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59288,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Microsoft,"Great company culture, smart people and benefits.",Collaboration between divisions can be difficult.,Force better Collaboration between divisions.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59289,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Wish it were better,"Good Benefits, salary and equipment","Strange Culture, out of touch with regular people. Most everyone acts like they are better than the rest of the world.",Bring back Bill so the the company can innovate again.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P973.htm
59290,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2012",Former Employee - Director,"Career focus outweighs customer focus, but pockets of great culture","Brilliant people, mature process, agility within the company to move positions, disciplines and jobs, world class training opportunities","Broken review system, employees are encouraged more to manage perception and focus more on ""what can make me look good"" rather than being encouraged to focus on building world class customer experiences. Too much time spent worrying about prettying up presentations to appease senior management and not enough time spent by the same senior management to keep a pulse on organizational health.","What made Microsoft one of the best places in the world to work was the knowledge and passion of it's people. Nobody says while growing up ""someday I want to create slide decks that delight senior management."" Stop making excuses around the review system and stop handing out reviews that are not accurate because you are too lazy to do proper diligence around your organization's individuals actual impact. Pull your head out of Excel enough to recognize and hold your leaders accountable to established Microsoft core competencies. They are the best in any company in the world, should you choose not to ignore them yourself. Don't believe what your own marketing tells you about your products and seek truth based on your customer's opinions.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59291,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work for,"When it comes to employee care, not many companies come close to Microsoft. Besides good employee package, it has great work environment and ethics. Alos has plethora of technical fields that one can choose to work in. I have 11+ yrs of work experience and Microsoft is my fourth employer. And this is the best of all !","Some senior leaders don't like to change their way of thinking, style of work etc and this hurts. Esp in today's agile and ever-changing environment, you cease to learn new if you are unwilling to change the way you think and work.",Always be receptive of change and innovation.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59292,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 21, 2012",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Microsoft = ,"Good, smart people to work with. Highly competitive environment. Plenty of opportunity for advancement all over the world",Repeated illegal attacks on its own employees - Discrimination and Retaliation are common management practices Violations of Title VII and the Fair Employment Housing Act Dishonest HR department Corruption still exists in many departments for financial crimes and antitrust violations,HR needs new leadership - social engineering experiment isn't working.,2.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59293,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2012",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,Environment strongly depends on team.,Chance to work with quite a few intelligent people. Wide range of technologies to work on. Relatively fair salary and great benefits.,"Terrible philosophy on performance management - survival of the fittest, enforced performance curve with periodic cleansing, where the tail of the curve must leave the company, and most of the other get unfair reward. As a result people compete with each other and not with other companies.",Change performance management system.,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59294,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 24, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,hit it and quit it,"Valuable political and product design skills that will serve you well as long as they don't poison the culture at future employers. Stay there long enough to get a promotion or two, see how a big company ships large complicated pieces of software then leave.","There is no company mission except make more money. Career management basically means developing a useless skill of positioning yourself to have ""visibility"" and ""impact"". Especially pronounced at GPM or equivalent level.  If you're in the big groups (Windows/Office/STB), the build systems knowledge doesn't carry over very well. They use a hacked up version of perforce for source control and branching and integration is extremely expensive. Continuous integration simply isn't feasible yet on a system of that size (though private builds and replacing individual DLLs at certain layers is possible).",Why?,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59295,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Life of a Systems Engineer @ Microsoft,"Collaborative and flexible schedules. Microsoft has good benefits and wealth of learning opportunity because it has huge selections of articles, books, and media in the library.",Depending on the group(s) you're in but some groups practice discrimination and only hired their own kind of people (ie..East Indian People).,Please be more involved in employee selection and careful on who you put in charge of hiring. Group diversity is most important and harnessing the most talents.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59296,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 27, 2012",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great benefits, Great Industry, Challenging Work Environment","Progressive company, leading technology, passionate employees, a lot of room for career growth and expansion.","Hyper competitive company culture that is not conducive to collaboration and team work. Annual stack ranking philosophy can result in moving good people out of teams/departments, thus shifting team momentum.","Employee retention is key. Focus programs on employee longevity, collaboration and cross functional cooperation. Microsoft has amazing talent that is often under utilized.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59297,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 25, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Overall Good experience,"Easy to change jobs, exposure to new/ latest technologies",Takes time to get things done,Don't be afraid to take more risks...,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59298,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Director,Culture of this company is degrading rapidly,"Benefits, Technology is top notch, smart people, the people you work with in general, compensation","Senior executive leadership, performance system, stack ranking, mandatory 5% attrition and an additional 10% of ruined careers, breeding a culture of mediocrity",Consider a change to the COO/CEO and remove the performance system that is leading to the complete fall of your culture. People are leaving and looking to leave and it is happening now.,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59299,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"Great company with lots of opportunity to move and grow, but no work/life balance","You get to work on big products used by millions of people, and there are lots of opportunities to learn and grow your skill set because you can move around within the company quite easily. Also provides some of the best benefits you'll ever find from any company. Lots of fun events!","Requires an enormous amount of your time to be effective, so there's little real work/life balance. The performance review process is overly political, pits you against your peers (causing some to be less willing to help you or take credit for things they didn't do), and your ability to do well tends to be tied quite closely to your manager's standing in the management team, and your manager's effectiveness in fighting for you in stack rankings.","Discard the old Gates-style stack ranking process, it's time for it to go.",4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P974.htm
59300,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 20, 2012",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Big time talent. Best of breed practices. Culturally corrosive.,Work with top notch people. Big Budgets and cutting edge practices.,Organizationally overwhelming. 8k marketers. The old joke is there are 5 people somewhere trying to do your job. Politically charged environment. Most managers and above are more interested in their personal success than the companies.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59301,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 24, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Diverse products to work on, senior talent to learn from, always seeking to improve.","Tired on working on the operating system in the Windows Division? You can get a job at Bing on Search technologies or Kinect working on human computer interaction or databases in SQL, all without changing your company. Microsoft's diversity of products makes it a dream for computer science grads. Plenty of senior talent makes for great mentorship opportunities for new engineers. The depth and expertise of developers at Microsoft is obvious as evidenced by the recent appearance of Google and Facebook in Seattle to grab this tech talent. Not afraid to make big bets, Microsoft should never be counted out, whether it is investing in a gaming console for the living room or making the Surface or delivering the next generation smart phone OS in a short period of time. The same diversity of products I mentioned earlier puts it in the unique position in the industry to create integrated experiences that only it can create in short periods of time. We may not get free lunch everyday but where it counts, our benefits rock. Did I mention the health care benefits at the company are the best in the industry (yes, despite the changes in 2013)? Sorry Google and Facebook.","We're not exactly the leaders in the consumer segment right now and what's worse is that we are probably a generation behind in tablets and smart phones, when we really had no reason to be. It's going to be an uphill battle against iOS and Android. Microsoft is still learning how to release products at a fast cadence, something that is critical to being competitive in the industry today. Some groups at Microsoft are not as fast paced as you might like - ask when you interview.","Get aggressive at preventing top talent from leaving for Google, Amazon and Facebook. Make it easier to change jobs within the company. If we have to do 5 interviews for a job within the company, and 5 for other companies, why wouldn't your top talent try out both options? Stop chasing the tail-lights. Let's really focus on product (I said product, not tech) innovation in-house, so we're not left trying to chase after markets that our competition creates.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59302,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 21, 2012",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Nice company,"Good compensation, good beenefits Influence and change the world","lots of politics Manangers, oraganizations and targets change too frequently",Get rid of middle managers that do not understand technology Get rid of middle managers that are political,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59303,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place if your manager likes you,"If you work there and have a good manager, make them successful and follow them as their career advances. That's one way to succeed...","Reorgs take their toll as you can end up with a new manager every few months. With the ranking system in place, it's easy to clash with a new manager who has to 'contribute' someone to the bottom of the ranking and once that happens don't expect to recover - or to find a good job in another group.","Read the Vanity Fair article once a week... Start thinking about why the person was hired and where their skills, experience and talents could be used rather than simply dumping them and them ending up with as many open positions are there are - and crying for more work permits.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59304,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great company to work at,- Good benefits. This company takes good care of their employee. - Opportunity to work with smart people and various products,"Big company, lots of policies, sometimes the process is really slow. You have to deal with lots people and different teams to get things moving.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59305,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2012",Former Employee - Solution Manager,"Company that walks the talk, but you need to understand the politics behind","- Great place to work with great benefits - Work/life balance may not be ideal, but management is very interested to improve it - Stable and complex organization that will certainly provide you great experience - Great exit options and great place to build a long-term career","- Unless you understand the politics behind, you are not going to move up quickly - Even when you do, most of the opportunities are lateral - You are not changing the world, most of the time, you are just making sure it doesn't fall apart","If you are a middle manager, help your employees to understand how to be successful--not just by working hard--but by working smarter.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59306,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Decent.. but not perfect,My coworkers are great - really smart and fun - we work hard and play hard. They have given us some great access to products at low or no costs. Dog fooding the latest and greatest software is pretty great and I would miss that if I left.,"The review process is the worst - it creates a culture of mistrust and fierce, unhealthy competition amongst peers. There seems to be a push to get rid of long term employees, that have always been great performers, in order to ""save money"" since they make too much after being around for so long. The sales side is now getting horrible reviews (4 or 5) if they don't make 100% of quota and leaving for the competition.",Change the review model!!!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59307,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Not as good as it once was.,"Fantastic exposure to technology, people and cultures--great diversity. There are a few shining stars for product lines and people. Competitive salary, benefits packages, employee discounts. Large company offers many opportunities in other business units, different products or different roles.","Too much of the all smaller product lines exist to help sell the larger product lines mentality. Stack ranking is creating a culture of people that do not work together, but instead work just to get ahead of their colleagues. Too Redmond focused--field promotions and opportunities are harder to find outside of there.","Look at the stock price over the last 10 years--why is Steve B. still there? Clear out the middle management--their only purpose is to track things and act as Yes-men/women to upper level management. Change the culture and how you look at people as new ideas or different approaches are misconstrued as not being a team player so good talent is leaving all the time. Stop pouring money into bad products (or at least those that aren't competitive), pull the plug and invent something better rather than continuing with minor new releases--Zune, Bing, Vista, Windows Mobile, and the jury is still out on Windows 8. Stop the layoffs--you are not in financial jeopardy..",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59308,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Best in Seattle,"Great company to make an impact, contribution potential is exceptional. Excellent work-life balance.","We often work, including during off-time. Totem rating is often unfair, as it rewards those with tenure and typically punishes those who are new or not vocal.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59309,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Manager,MS had gone downhill over the last 7 years or so.,Cutting edge technology. Good benefits.,"Stack ranked review system. Constant peer competition, and not collaboration.",Change the review process. Period. It used to be the benefits that lured people to MS. Now they’re comparable to all other big companies. Nothing special about them.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P975.htm
59310,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,MS is broken,"Great people to work with, company has vast resources, work / life balance is acceptable","insular, internally focused, culture is one of complacency. Inept management all the way to the top, poor review system, one is judged by how well the political game is played, not by work done or accomplishments.",I have no faith or belief that any in my management chain knows what they are doing - time to shake it up at all levels.,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59311,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 21, 2012",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Work with a bunch of smart people to solve big problems,"Benefits, People, Resources, Flexibility, Growth","Process, Multi-matrixed organization with limited collaboration",Reduce layers & encourage collaboration. Move faster,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59312,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 18, 2012",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great place to work if it aligns with your career goals.,"Lots of resources, career mobility and strong investments in employee development. Product quality is high, pricing and policies are transparent. Limited travel in most roles is good for family life.","Low innovation value for customers. Intensely political and bureaucratic. Not a great culture for professional sales people. The company is focused on technology, not customers. The senior management has been there too long. They need a new crop of leaders who are willing to overthrow the old orthodoxy in favor of a new, customer-centric path of innovative products.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59313,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Product Marketing Director,A great 'choose your own adventure' company,"I've been at Microsoft for 7 years and the thing that is best about it is that it is truly 'choose your own adventure'. There is great freedom to choose a path whether it is by function (changing from product to marketing to sales) to career trajectory (be the next VP, choose a slower growth, aim for work/life balance), etc.","It has all of the typical challenges of a large company - difficulty in making decisions. In addition, Microsoft is just learning how to coordinating across divisions.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59314,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 15, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Consultant,Good place to learn your trade,"Well structured, competitive remuneration, stead progression possible. Top performers very well compensated.","Politics, somewhat cut throat review system.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59315,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great place if you can work the review system,Great salary and benefits. Lots of opportunities. Lots of smart people. Good work life balance,"Hideous review system that forces managers to unjustly punish perfectly good employees. This creates politics and backbiting that is totally unnecessary. Also, the bureaucratic maze can be deadening – much effort gets wasted in useless meetings, but I suppose this is true in any 100k+ size company.","Please, please, please give us a fair ranking system!!!",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59316,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2012",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,I miss the old Microsoft (minus the sophomoric and moronic/sexist harassment of course),"Back years ago when Bill was in charge, this was a great place to work whether you preferred stable products or wanted to work on riskier, innovative products. Decent salary, benefits, perks and great people","**harassment and hostile (boy's club) but they were trying to grow out of it (unlike so many companies today that encourage that behavior and then cover up any culbability if someone goes public). **tendency for upper management to follow rather than lead and ignore innovations (like new UI's that were already ready to go before iPhone was even thought of, or great new architectures for 3D that were super fast on regular PCs but the project was killed because some PM took over who wanted the devs for his DB project!), i.e. petty empire building **tendency to treat some groups or contractors as second-class, dime a dozen people (destroys teamwork and makes good people leave the profession, further diluting the quality talent pool of contractors or other groups like writers and testers (I was there before the class action suit that resulted only in MS changing to A- and V-, i.e. a loophole, rather than better treatment of its contingent staff).) **terrible evaluation methods where the bar is always raised and the employees are made to feel like they are terrible (soul-destroying in order to convince good workers that they should never leave, i.e. they'd never get a job elsewhere and MS only keeps them out of the goodness of it's heart...yes, I was told this and found out the contrary when I got angry at such manipulation) **fear management, fear environment in many groups **unrealistic schedules where you are told to build something in half the time the estimates say, and if you don't meet that schedule you will be scapegoated come review time. I refused to sign off on such a schedule but was overruled by my manager. when we shipped the product (to great reviews by the way), I was given a poor rating at review time for missing the schedule dates (we actually hit exactly on the schedule I had created as the realistic one) and for 'not being a team player because I argued with my manager about such things' He even created items that were false to add to my review. I left. He stayed and the group was finally dissolved by upper management because it was doing such a horrible job on the following projects. He was kept and supported, given good reviews, by upper management (to avoid having to explain his actions). **horrible managers allowed to stay there (see above story) **expectation that you will do 60-90 hour weeks, and will get dinged at review time if you dont (you would be anyway if you weren't the manager's friend or fav)  still given what I hear from former coworkers regarding the past ten years and currently, this was 'the good old days'","get rid of Balmer and his croonies, beg Bill to come back, and some of the former managers that left in disgust or were forced out by Balmer's crew",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59317,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 20, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work with good benefits,"Excellent benefits, good salary , good place to work...",too many reorgs and hard to advance your career in some teams,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59318,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2012",Former Employee - Product Manager,A company offering great opportunity,"At Microsoft, any employee has the ability to control his/her career. There are any number of opportunities to move and develop based on the skills and career interests that one may have. In addition, the organization is full of some of the best and brightest in the industry.","Some of the most prevalent downside of most large organizations also exist at Microsoft. For example, bureaucracy and political positioning are normal parts of many roles at Microsoft.",Continue to thrive on innovation!,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59319,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Always something to learn, and always something to ship",Working with a lot of smart people from a lot of different cultural backgrounds. Designers now have a stake at the table and are approving end user features in many teams/groups. People there want to make a difference in the world - it's not about greed or getting a feature out the door. Teams are really thinking about the customer more and more these days. Great work life balance.,"There are so many different moving parts and groups, it can be hard to find the ""right"" team and project where you feel like you are making a difference. It's common to have people get there and stay, so there are a lot more principals running around these days. So much of what you need to get done requires dependencies on other teams which can sometimes lead to projects not finishing because your P1 feature was a P2 for the other (and bigger) team.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P976.htm
59320,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company to work at,"Good benefits, stability, 40 hours per week work","Hard to truly impact product decisions, review process is tricky",Lots of talented people to work with,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59321,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Support,Microsoft Premier Support,"independent work schedule, work/life balance under your own control","ultra-intense political management environment. all management in premier services very political and play favorites - not a level playing field by any stretch. toxic culture if you don't tow the ""daily"" line. middle management clueless about day to day operations/challenges. metrics change weekly and no long term focus","grow up, stop playing favorites and share the opportunities",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59322,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Supply Chain IV,"Great company, weak potential",Great company to work for. Fantastic benefits package. Competitive salary. Great for women (although I am a male).,"Getting too political and slow. Too much talking. In spite of all the work we have done, we do not seem to get the fire on consumers. Stock is stagnant, Redmond centric (50% of work force works there).","Get another CEO. if unable to grow, break up the company",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59323,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Dec 4, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Best five years of employment ever!,"Worked with some of the smartest people in the world. Fantastic team, great leadership, terrific work environment.","too few to mention, it was a great place to work and I enjoyed it until I got burned out on the phones. My getting tired of support calls wasn't a Microsoft issue.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59324,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Some of the best people I worked with. But also some of the more misguided products I worked on.,great people (but not always) plenty of products (but not always an opportunity to work on what you like) experience salary Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond area learning,progress sometimes is slow due to company/team size not always easy to find a good team,Adopt new methodologies to stimulate disruptive products,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great for 16 years, awful for one.","Microsoft is a big company with a tremendous number of great people and opportunities. I was able to have several different ""careers"" by working for different organizations within the company. I could retain the great benefits and seniority while growing my salary and experiences.","The stack ranking and review system is awful. All it takes is one bad manager, or the sudden loss of a good manager, to quickly go from being a star to a low-ranked candidate on the way out the door. Microsoft has lost many, many excellent, dedicated employees due to the current review system.",Empowered middle managers (GMs and directors) are able to ruin an employee's career in an instant. Senior management should keep an eye on this behavior because it is eroding the company's talent base.,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59326,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager and Developer,A Sinking Ship,Beautiful campus Flexible work policies are common Free drinks Smart people to work with Great Health Care- but this is changing significantly in 2013,"Review System- it has become more important to ""manage your career"" than create great products Review System- Promotes back stabbing and an unhealthy, toxic work environment Bloated software products that no longer delight the industry Horrible software licensing system Engineering ""silos"" of developer/test/program management which are ineffective and inefficient  I left Microsoft after 13 years. For the first 11 years, I received excellent performance evaluations. Then, when the review system changed, I suddenly found myself to be rated a poor performer- despite being the only person in my group to actually deliver a feature that shipped! Once you get a bad review, you are labeled as such and a comeback is extremely unlikely. I decided to leave before enduring more undeserved humiliation. I now work on open source software, and have replaced all of my windows based devices and software with open source, Apple, and Android equivalents. This turned out to be much easier than expected- leading me to realize that Microsoft is becoming increasingly irrelevant.",Steve Ballmer should go Review system should be revamped,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59327,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Microsoft is one large ship,"Microsoft is a great learning environment and place to build critical business management skills, especially across v-teams. You generally get what you put into the role and there is a willingness to support employees with personal growth in education and leadership opportunities.",The calibration system on a curve does not motivate managers to build great teams. It actually forces employees to compete against each other which does not build strong teams. They need less product pushing and more storytelling from the customer's point of view.,"If you have all A players and have to consistently give high performers bad scores just because you have to have someone at the bottom, then the you will lose great talent.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59328,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 12, 2012",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Company is changing,"Large, great pay and benefits",Losing the trust in your employees. Micromanagement is now the standard instead of trust.,"When you hire Sr. people, trust they will do the job and if the numbers are there, let them run with their role.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59329,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2012",Former Employee - Group Manager,Great place to make impact on big initiatives,Lot of resources to try out new ideas,Lot of bureaucracy to get your ideas through,Make Microsoft leaner and quicker,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P977.htm
59330,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good pay but they get a lot for their money,"Excellent benefits and pay, get to work with very smart people, get to work on projects that affect millions of people. Always get to work with new technologies or at the very least try all the new stuff before the public. Flexible hours.","Very political, reviews graded on a strict curve so even if the whole team rocks someone has to be on the bottom. If working on a service you must be on call 24/7 for 2 week periods throughout the year. You feel like the even when you're at home the job never ends.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59331,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2012",Former Employee - Software Test Engineer,Not the company it used to be,"The great thing about a company like this is that they have the resources, talent, and market share to affect millions of peoples' lives in a positive way. Working there gave me a great sense of being able to make an impact on the world. It's filled with people that know how to make good software and work hard.","Management structure has stifled the company's ability innovate and doesn't allow individual creativity and ingenuity to flourish and contribute to the product. It's easy to get pigeon-holed in a specific role. As a result, you have to be willing to change groups every couple of years if you want to make sure you don't get bored and you continue to receive the compensation you deserve.","There are too many people in management positions that don't belong there. There needs to be a tighter screening of the people that you promote to management-level positions and the ones that make it there need to be more open and accepting of the contributions their team members can make, that might not fit into the strict definition of their role. Sometimes the best innovation comes from somebody who is close to the product but might not work in a particular area (a developer with a great UX idea, a tester with a great feature idea, etc.)",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59332,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 8, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Rampant Sociopathy,"Impressive online reference library & lots of opportunities to learn, decent cafeteria, benefits, bonuses (depending on job)","Unlimited access to processed foods, not enough workspace, disjointed teams, the org is too big, so people don't know who does what outside of immediate team (sometimes true even within team), lots of overtime, lots of manipulation, lots of hiring contractors cheaply and then treating them poorly, once overheard senior management refer to a problem as ""gay"", lack of professionalism in many areas...",I don't know where to begin. Everyone is a manager or a manager or a manager or a director of managers... The structure is a chain of scapegoats. Maybe this... please don't do cocaine. It's really bad for your health and has a huge impact on the people you live and work with.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59333,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Great experience but getting competitive to a fault,"Smart employees, hard working, products affect hundreds of millions of people","The compensation system encourages employees to compete with each other and this leads to all kinds of tension, stress, and behaviors that ultimately hurt Microsoft. Windows 8 may have hurt Microsoft at a very deep level.","You have got to figure out how to retain employees who are your workhorses, but are afraid every year in September that they didn't work as hard or as well as their peers.",4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59334,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2012",Former Employee - User Experience Lead,An uphill battle for anyone not from an engineering background.,"Excellent compensation, both in salary and benefits. Exposure to cutting edge technologies, as well as brilliant minds, across a variety of media. Large amount of personal freedom, tempered with responsibility.","Review system is counter-productive to innovation, morale, cooperation, and retention of top talent. Company's size makes it slow to change process towards something more nimble and competitive. Regular workers often fall victim to executive turf wars. While MS claims to be moving towards ""product focus"" and ""valuing design,"" very few people on senior leadership team truly understand what this means and are able to manage this change appropriately, despite its marketing, it's still a deeply entrenched engineering company. Terrible work/life balance.","Recognize the importance of creative (and perhaps intuitive) leadership to your newly reinvented company. This means recognizing design as a true discipline, with representation (Sr. VP / President) at the executive level, that can champion user-centric design.",2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59335,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 10, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) I,It wasn't for me,"I had great job security, I worked on impactful products that people know about and use, the salary and benefits were great. I felt I was able to have a life and not live at the office.","It's a bureaucratic organization where it is hard to innovate. In many cases, bad management decisions result in poor products being released that don't necessarily provide the user with any benefit.",Allow employees more freedom to create their own role.,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59336,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Awesome company to work!,Fair work-life balance. Competitive salaries/benefits/perks. Work on or with cutting-edge technology that will impact the life of millions of people worldwide.,"It's a very big company, and there can be differences in work culture cross divisions.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59337,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2012",Current Employee - Service Level Manager,"Frenetic Activity, Challenging, Competitive and Fun","Working with the latest technologies, Exciting Projects , Smart People, you learn something new everyday","The Review system is counterproductive, Managers are not trained to bring out the best in their staff , projects that get the plug pulled before they get a chance to prove out, Mean people win out",You draw the best people but your approach to resource management drives them off and curtails their ability to contribute...forced ranking and HI PO investment is an outdated 20th century approach,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59338,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great experience over the last 6 years,Wide Diversity of Technology. Can move to a different team to gain a different experience.,Too much hierarchy - this sometimes takes too long to make a decision.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59339,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 21, 2012",Current Employee - General Manager,General Manager,"Great pay and benefits, great technology.","Top heavy, everyone trying to get to high level jobs instead of doing their jobs. Higher levels taking credit for work done by their employees. Very internally focused, MS competes more internally than it does externally.","Get a clue. You are destroying a once great company. The technology is superior but MS needs to learn how to market products beyond product launch. Once the product is launched everyone thinks the job is done. You have changed the compensation program so that managers no longer can incent the right behaviors of employees, common sense has been removed from the system. Stop getting rid of you high paid employees. They still have a lot of knowledge that will take the company to the future. To many politics, have to play games to get ahead. Instead get rid of the people that are just along for the ride or those who Power Point themselves to promotion. Presentations do not guarantee execution............",4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P978.htm
59340,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Overall a good company,"A great company overall. Pay is very competitive and even thought recent changes to benefit packages are passing more costs on to the employee, they are still among the very best.","due to years of stagnant growth, it is increasingly difficult to move up the ladder. Make sure you are happy with the job you start in, because stories about moving jobs after 18 months are largely untrue.","Take a hard look at the review system. I work in a team of Ivy league educated peers and forcing top performers in to a forced bell curve creates a negative/cut throat work environment. If I leave Microsoft, it will be because I want a happier and more team oriented work environment.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59341,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is fantastic place to work,"benefits, work life balance, opportunity",hard to leave this company,keep the good ones forever,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59342,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2012",Current Employee - Director of Product Marketing,Good but changing,"Great access to latest technology, you get all the tools you need. Excellent challenges, always keeps you busy. Sounds like a cliché, but you get the chance to work on products used by everyone","Culture is definitely changing It's up to you to ""manage your career"" and find good work-life balance",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59343,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 25, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Attorney,Microsoft LCA,"The healthcare benefits are great, salaries range is in keeping with national average for in-house attorneys.","The culture is highly political. Employees are promoted based on politics (READ: the ability to kiss ass) rather than talent as an attorney. In fact, if you are interested in actually doing your job well and being an honest employee and team player, you can pretty much bet that you'll spend your career in the bottom rungs of the department getting the shaft from the dirtbags who get promoted over you. As a result, the senior levels in the department are filled with vicious backstabbing idiots and the culture is pretty much the equivalent of that you'd find in the arena at the Hunger Games. Everyone is out for themselves and eager to find a team member to offer up for sacrifice as one of the mandatory bottom 10% under-performers required for each review period.  The work isn't challenging-- a chimp could do most of it as its based on using templates and following instructions on the ""One LCA"" Intranet site. You'll spend 90% of your time filling out forms or copying word-for-word the recommended response to a client question posted on the Intranet.","Like the rest of Microsoft, LCA needs a complete change at the top. There's really no advise that I can provide to the current management, except this: resign for the good of the department and the company.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59344,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 28, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Best place I have worked at,Salary Benefits Peers - very intelligent Career paths,There is no check/balance to ensure you and your manager are compatible,Do a better job sharing the company's vision to the rest of the company Better marketing is necessary Target consumers more,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59345,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to work,"Fast paced environment, highly competitive industry and environment Great bright and smart people Significant amount of tools and resources to get things done Results oriented culture",Size of the company increasing cycles to get things done,Stay nimble,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59346,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 29, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"The Best of Times, The Worst of Times","Microsoft is a place with smart people, good pay and good benefits. It's a respectable technology company (if not a leading one) and there's the potential for growth in broad areas.","In two words: the culture and the management. Performance reviews have been honed to a system that pits people against each other like on Survivor and people do lose their jobs because of it. Management and bureaucracy are stifling due to size and politics. If you're coming from outside Microsoft, their idea of work-life balance will shock you. And at this point, management seems dangerously out of touch.","Get rid of Ballmer, break up the company, lose the review system and let the great people you have actually do what they want rather than sit in meetings and do presentations all the time.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59347,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Dec 4, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"A great experience, never pass this up.",Working for one of the most successful and innovative companies on the planet! This company has cutting edge technical jobs. Take one asap!,Lots of management politics. To succeed here you must leave your role every 2 years or so.,Be a technical / engineering company again. Too many MBAs and sales people cutting budgets arbitrarily imo.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59348,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Nov 26, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Fantastic software company where hard work is rewarded,Ability to drive significant change across the software industry,Can be a bit political,Need to revisit how different culture is in Seattle compared with the rest of the East Coast and then apply that lens to the marketing and go to market efforts,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59349,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good.,They value their employees and give them respect. Most people get their private offices.,Microsoft is not paying enough to employees compared to other companies.,Move to absolute rating for annual reviews.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P979.htm
59350,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great place to work, lots of different product groups, lots of different roles","The work culture is very open. There are a lot of different roles to choose from - developer, test engg, program manager, product management, marketing, etc. There are also a lot of different product groups you can join internally. Internal movement is very smooth and the process is pretty well understood. Pay is very competitive.","Most v1 products are a lot of fun to work on. When a product team gets bigger, then the processes that come with it are pretty tedious. With bigger groups, you also get a high level of office politics where folks start engaging in micro-one-upmanship that be pretty damaging to the long term health of the product.",Run a lean product group by focusing on a few areas that you absolutely want to shine in. Ignore the rest. Do not try to please each and every customer in each and every market segment.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59351,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 28, 2012",Former Employee - Group Manager,"Surrounded by smart people, but way too competitive and not in a good way.","Smart people Variety of positions, opportunities, locations to work Good salary Good benefits Interesting work","Employees too competitive contributing to a very tense work environment Horrible appraisal process Tendency to pigeon hole people in roles and responsibilities, thus limiting their opportunities Recruit the ""best"" people, very bright and hard workers, and then tell them they are average","Throw out all aspects of the appraisal process and start over! It is currently antiquated and horrible and does not contribute to a healthy work environment Too much focus on ""high performers"" rather than the other ""70%"" that are doing 90%+ of the work and are great employees",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59352,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Nov 30, 2012",Former Employee - Various,Microsoft's Dynamics division is not the same experience as the rest of Microsoft,"Unparalleled Healthcare - everything is free (no premiums, no deductibles, no copays) however employees may start contributing to their health premium costs due to Obamacare in 2013 or 2014.  Very sharp people work there. The general attitude of my former colleagues is to think proactively to new trends and technologies and not be a follower. I have worked for competitors who always consider what Microsoft is doing with regards to adopting something new  When you work for Microsoft the respect you feel in a room among others in the technology industry is a nice perk","The Dynamics division of Microsoft which represents the 2000 acquisition of Great Plains and 2002 acquisition of Navision has yet to completely feel like what I understand the experience to be in other divisions of Microsoft. The biggest thing I noticed is the leadership. There are many that are not the caliber of professional you would expect from a VP or GM of Microsoft.  The strategy of the Dynamics division is like dealing with an ADHD child. High-level strategy can change as soon as every six months and mid-level strategy can change as often as every quarter.  I have worked at Microsoft twice. The first time was as an employee of one of the above-mentioned acquisitions they made. It was one of the worst experiences of my professional career mainly due to the fact that Microsoft executive management allowed only one of the two ERP companies they acquired to manage the entire division and did not police them at all. My supposedly strategic team of 18 was laid off a few years later.  About 5 years later I found myself back at Microsoft Dynamics division with information that the internal product fighting was gone, so I thought it would be safe. Unfortunately the top management of my particular group was horrible and after two years I decided to leave again. I recently heard that HR finally acted on three years of negative feedback on these managers from their employees and removed them from power, but it was too late for me and many others.  The worst thing that applies to all of Microsoft is their annual review methodology. Each team manager is required to pick a percentage of their team for a high score, a percentage for a medium score and another percentage for a low score. Even if a manager had a team of superstars they would be forced to grade this way. It creates a lot of back stabbing and politics.  One last irritating thing is the blind loyalty they expect everyone to have toward their products. I understand the importance of supporting your employer by purchasing their products, but what if they produce inferior products? When the iPod first came out it was an unspoken taboo to own an iPod and not a Zune or some other MP3 player. Later when Microsoft got into the cell phone business they became very anti iPhone and Android. If they caught you with one you would no longer get your monthly $100 phone allowance even though Microsoft has absolutely sucked in this market.  Overall Microsoft is not the worst place to work and is probably great for some people (it certainly looks impressive on a resume), but I will not return there.","Top management needs to get back to being the industry innovators instead of following Google and other cloud providers and Apple and Google in the cellular field. Everyone over there is very focused on getting into ""the cloud"", but it seemed reactionary.  The number one thing that needs repair is the method of annual employee evaluation. In addition they will need to start paying more competitive salaries if they begin to mess with the free health care benefit.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59353,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Ethical work culture, great peers, flexible hours and full of opportunities!",Big challenges Ethical work culture Friendly peers Flexible work hours,"Slow growth at work, Less people management opportunities but lot of technical challenges, process oriented.",Focus on details and completeness.,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59354,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2012",Former Employee - Content Program Manager,20 years at Microsoft,"Fabulous people, cool projects and products, well paid, good health & retirement programs.","Upper management can be oblivious, senior people laid off to bring in junior ones at much lower rate.",Value your senior employees.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59355,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Great Company,"I love Microsoft. Love the products, love the way it takes care of its people. Best Company.....","None, great place to work. No complaints.",Allow for promotions easier.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59356,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Nov 29, 2012",Former Employee - Partner Account Manager,"Good Pay, Great Benefits - death by committee!","I really like the culture of Microsoft as well as how they treat there employees. The work was fast paced and challenging. It's a hard company to get into - but once you are there, if you do good work you will be recognized.","Typical meeting had 10-15 people all with laptops open reading email, ignoring the topic at hand as they usually had no ""say"" and were just in the loop so as to spread responsibility. Very bureaucratic.",Trust your managers - or fire them. If you have more than three people in a room chances are a lot of time is going to get wasted that should have been used productively. Use email and polls to get buy-in.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59357,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A run-of-the-mill workplace...,A vast company and a solid workplace to start off with before you move to greener pastures. It was a great company once.,It is only a shadow of its former self. The engineering processes have matured and the rot of excessive management makes it a living hell.,Please leave and move to other workplaces where you can actually make a difference.,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59358,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer,The company is good place to work and has better work\life balance.,Too many processes slow down the time to market.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59359,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Developer,"Slow, Safe but irrelevant",Safe and a nice place to work. Good for people with families who don't want to stay at work all day.,Microsoft owns the end to end stack. When you look for jobs elsewhere all your tech experience is useless.,Innovate more. Let young people take over. Keep the experienced people around but let younger folk run the show.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P980.htm
59360,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,MIcrosoft offered a lot of opportunities,Great people. Field positions offer great autonomy.,"Company culture encourages taking big risks, but if you fail you pay the price.  Review system positions co-workers against each other. To succeed too much time is needed to play the political game instead of doing the work. Performance reviews are too heavily weighted on Managers opinions and peer feedback, not on the work. I would not work again in a company that had this type of review system.",Change the review system. It doesn't foster team work.,4.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59361,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Numerous opportunities to take on big projects, but the review model does not encourages cooperation.","Global footprint, aggressive competitor, variety of markets, every role in tech is available at Microsoft.",The review model and often too much MBA-type theory and measurement happening and not enough action.,It's time to kill the forced bell curve in the review.,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59362,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Nov 19, 2012",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,"Excellent benefits, and a great company that really focuses on your career and you as a person.","Loved the people, the benefits, and the job! I enjoyed the flexibility to work from home and come into the office when necessary. It was refreshing to work for a large, stable company after coming from several start-ups that were not as sucessful.","There can be excessive bureaucracy that comes with working for a large company. Management can be limited in their authority to ""make things happen"" in some situations. The work environment is very flexible and extremely positive.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59363,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great Company,Getting better every single day,Lots of legacy stuff to deal with,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59364,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Director,The experience working with Microsoft was awesome,"Passion, Energy, Purpose, Clarity, Impact",The place needs faster decision making and less Beauracracy,Speed up the company,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59365,microsoft,"Phoenix, AZ"," Nov 20, 2012",Current Employee - Business Development Specialist,Best Job I Have EVER Had!,Incredibly brilliant - Strategically Relevant,None... I sbso.lutely LOVE this company,Keep the vision going,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59366,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2012",Former Employee - Prog Management,Great exposure to a variety of business processes and products.,"Dynamic environment, opportunities. If intereted and politics are in your favor ability to take advantage of these opportunities.",ability to move up. very politically motivated.,different review process,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59367,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 27, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Average,Lots of resources Fact pace Solid company with lots of product offerings in many areas Solid presence in enterprise (large to SMB),Difficult to innovate Have yet to see the changes needed for the company to be great again Yet to figure out how to deal with open source and cloud/big data,Change.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59368,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Finance Director,Finance Director,Complex business problems to deal with. Work with smart people. Ability to learn technology. Strong training & career development.,"At time, slow decision making processes.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59369,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Nov 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to have a career,Great benefits and pay Opportunity to work with smart people,Benefit landscape is changing Pockets of leadership where the company values aren't realized,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P981.htm
59370,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 1, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Hard work, smart people, big company",People there are passionate and hardworking.,"Work-life balance not always the best, location is relatively expensive. Quality of management depends largely on the team you are in.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59371,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2012",Former Employee - Principal/Director,Not the company it was.,"Good compensation, benefits, access to technology.","Almost everything these days is downside. The worst part of the company is its senior management--their strategy and executional ability is terrible. The company has an awful HR culture--no matter what HR represents, everything above level 65 is political and based on the subjective opinion of some inept VP. Great place to start your career. Leave at level 63.","Fire Steve Ballmer, and eliminate stack ranking.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59372,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Nov 17, 2012",Former Employee - Distribution Accounts Manager,Microsoft is a progressive intelligent company that provides a good challenge and opportunity for its employees to grow,Challenging and intelligent work with a great corporate culture,Politics can get in the way of allowing employees and the right people to help advance the company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59373,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 21, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Doesn't matter how good a job you do, you won't get acknowledged/promoted if your manager doesn't like u for some reason","As long as you are have a good manager, you can do wonders in MS. There are opportunities to grow inany discipline.","Lot of bureaucracy/politics, lack of good managers who can direct, guide and bring up their people.",They should seriously look into the feedback that the employees give about their mangaers and take some serious actions so that the bad managers don't get away with anything they feel like doing.,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59374,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,Professional working environmental Flexible working time Great benefit,Changing to open offices which provide less space of working,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59375,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for,"top notch people, difficult problems to solve, high complexity",some times feels too big and too hard to get things out of the door,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59376,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,"Great work culture, team spirit and agility","Many small companies within one Microsoft Work done here has Impact to Billions Agility, Innovation, Independence and team spirit are key within Microsoft.","Too Big, it can pros for employee looking for alternative work. Some groups has too many vendors",None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59377,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,A lot of political agendas being served across multiple businesses,"good salary, good benefits, smart people",no check and balance for horrible managers MS Poll results largely ignored lots of power grabbing amongst individuals trying to make a name for themselves,"if someone consistently gets horrible managerial feedback, get them out of management, or get them training to become better. Pay attention to the attrition rate, and take the time to talk to people who are disatisfied to see if there is a common theme taking place.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59378,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Nov 25, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great People & Benefits...Questionable Middle Management,"forerunner in creating great benefits, healthcare, 401(k), ESPP..even gave us $800/year for gym membership or exercise equipment. The people there were also great (if you like a-type personalities). Was the first company I've worked for where I genuinely liked going out to lunches, trips, and events with my fellow coworkers.","they really force you to drink their kool-aid. I also hated having to attend annual/semi-annual irrelevant events. Middle management was very questionable--many focused too much on numbers instead of bringing out the best in their direct reports. Claim to support diversity but still a very male, white or asian company.",Create & support more programs that truly value young talent and diverse. Select managers based on people management capabilities not just ability to drive numbers.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59379,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Good,Good work life balance available,Lots of politics in the workplace.,N/A,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P982.htm
59380,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2012",Current Employee - Principal PM,"Microsoft used to be an amazing place to work, still has potential",Extremely smart people who want to work on tough challenges are the norm at Microsoft.,Managers are IC's with little time to manage resources and the Culture has been spiraling downhill for some time. It is still possible to get into a great team but you need to be very careful to pick the right one.,Collaboration and how to drive a team impact needs to be figured out and recognized above individual impact. Passion and pride needs to happen at the group level just as much as at the corporate level.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59381,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics and stack ranking sap the fun out of the place,Great challenges working with some really smart people on software and products than impact literally millions of people,"An ageist, cost cutting culture backed up by HR-by-rote, stack ranking with a forced curve and self congratulatory politics sucks the life out of you",realize your best assets are your employees... give us a reason to stay (or return) and try to recover some of that fading glory before going the way of Lotus,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59382,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Only the best and brightest will thrive!,- Great work life balance - Awesome peer group - Fantastic benefits - Company finding its groove,- Performance rating system can be improved,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59383,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Review,Wonderfull Company in order to contunie career,No Cons about Microsoft Corporation,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59384,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2012",Former Employee - Human Resources Director,Great company,"Dynamic, incredible opportunites for your career and interesting work. Always pushing the envelope and never statisfied with the status quo. You have a lot of autonomy to make a difference . great people and always challenged by really smart and passionate people",A little too focussed on process and measurement and not enough focus on the Customer and Competions Culture still too much based on individual accountabily and heros not enough reinforcement through compensation for teamwork,Revisit the performance review system creates too much internal competition and takes focus of the customer and the competition. Cut back on all of the internal meeting especailly those which require to much preperation and limit the amount of powerpoints,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59385,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Lovely company, but I had a terrible time",Smart people  They take care of all legal matters,"Stack rank system is terrible  My manager was terrible  I was put into a team very different from what I really wanted, and this was done without my knowledge. I had no choice.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59386,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 13, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great company to work for until your luck runs out,A lot of internal opportunities - if you don't like your current job/manager/project - you can make a change without leaving the company. Benefits are top-notch. Compensation is finally (as of 2012) up to par with other big local players.,"Very uneven work/life balance across the company. A lot depends on a team, and a manager. Review system (as of 2012) creates unhealthy rush to avoid getting the bottom 2 ratings (which 20% of the people HAVE to receive). It's next to impossible to go anywhere in the company with a bad rating.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59387,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Nov 4, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Not a place to grow your career,Good pay/benefits Good brand name Ability to work on cutting edge consumer products before they are released in the market,"Highly political work environment. After working for over an year, you will realize that brilliance alone won't get you through going on to the next level.  Managers highly advocate the concept of independent work rather than team work. I've had one manager asking other team members to not help me in my work so that I start working independently (really ??).  Bad performance review system - Stack ranking is fine. But there is a concept of being visible across teams. Doing well and exceeding expectations in your team isn't enough. You need to be able to impress managers in other teams to get a better rating / promotions during annual performance calibrations.  Very high turnover (in this office specifically) - Mainly due to the internal politics and the review system. The other thing is management will make you work those extra hours when people leave or when other teams lose resources. But don't expect to get rewarded for working those extra hours. Those activities do not fall in the category of being visible across other teams.  Work/life balance - Management keeps discussing about this every year during the MS Polls if the results are bad. I haven't seen any concrete steps in this direction, atleast till i worked there.  Skill set development - If you are working as an SDET, it might be a bit difficult to develop skill sets which are marketable outside. Most of the tools/technologies used are internal to microsoft and hardly any are used outside microsoft, except C# / .NET  Underskilled managers - MS needs to do some work on hiring good managers. Some of them are just there based on the amount of years spent in the company and may not be good at coaching ICs. If you get a good manager, you might be in luck and may have a better experience working here.",Put a new review system in place Allow more easier movement across teams Hire good managers. Teach them what team work is.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59388,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 14, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,If you're not a ,Great benefits. Lots of resources.,"If you are not considered one of ""their own"", you are not treated that well, even if your talents or skills are better than some MSFT employees. Seemingly lots of opportunties to move within the company, but it's not that easy and you pretty much have to know other people on other teams to make that happen.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59389,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 15, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,An amazing big company with lots of big company problems,"Your other employees are bright, enthusiastic and driven to change the world. Benefits and perks are outstanding, including healthcare, time off with pay, software discounts, pay scales and bonuses.",Review model makes this a place where only the most agressive and competitive can suceeed.,Drop the review model.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P983.htm
59390,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,A lot of oppotunities and smart people,"Oppotunities in different area and technology Smart people, world class environment",Competitive review process Too big to move fast,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59391,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Microsoft promotes evil managers,It's a lovely campus in a lovely part of the country. The company is financially healthy.,"Microsoft attracts and promotes managers who are narcissistic, hyper-competitive, and often unethical. If you happen to get one of these managers, you will suffer greatly.  Like many large companies, Microsoft has a peer-review system that drives a gang-like type of social behavior amongst its employees. Often, the most successful employees are experts at manipulating their coworkers (and measuring loyalty). Such a system is the bane of employees who are inventive, productive, and intellectually honest. Good people simply cannot survive in such an atmosphere.  New employees are instructed to watch a series of training videos where a major theme is: ""No employee can be penalized for behaving ethically."" This is completely false. There are no systems in place to protect employees who behave ethically. If your manager is evil, you will likely be penalized for behaving ethically.  Also, what the hell is an SDET anyway? Are you kidding me?","Management should alter their code of conduct. They should seek to be replaced by people who are intelligent and ethical. It should be possible for employees to succeed who have the following qualities: Ethical, Productive, Intelligent, Trustworthy, Honest.",1.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59392,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Review stack rank undermines culture.,"Cutting edge technology, smart peers, great pay and benefits. Great for career in the industry.","The review system is a stack rank. This means that good employees must be put into the bottom rung... someone's got to be in the bottom rung. I always did well come review time, but just the fact that it is run this way really undermines the collaboration and creativity that could exist at Microsoft. A very small number of folks are self serving jerks that will step on folks to work this system. Everybody else is just unsure of who to trust and fearful of making mistakes that will be held against them. People play it safe or work crazy hours to offset the failure associated with prototyping. Every talk I have with every manager I've ever had there is all about how I can 'get visibilty'. It's not about how I can do a better job, or learn something new.",Get rid of the stack rank! Embrace a bit of failure as the price for innovation.,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59393,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,"High stress and expectations, but fun and challenging","Lots of perks (free gear, best in class equipment), very smart peers. Innovation is encouraged. The ranks are filled with very smart people who live interesting lives.","High stress and lots of politics. It can be quite difficult to advance once you reach the higher levels. Even with tens of billions in the bank, there is little sense of job security -- your project may be canceled at any time, and it is your responsibility to find an alternate work group or you are let go.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59394,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Demanding job but you get to work with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry,"Intelligent co-workers, encouraged to innovate, good benefits, beautiful campus locations",They promote work-life balance but in words only. The employees who get recognized at all-hands meetings are those who worked 60 hour weeks and never took time off.,"Employees get burned out too soon when they have no life outside of work. If you are going to encourage work-life balance, you need to really mean it.",4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59395,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good company with great employees,"-Huge company with broad range of products and services - You will find something in MSFT that you are passionate about -Employees are treated well, fairness and equality in workplace, lots of perks -There are a lot of bright people here that you can learn from.",-Stack ranking: Forced curves -bureaucracy: sometimes you have to work your way to avoid bureaucracy -internal politics: personal achievement sometimes becomes more important than customer needs,-Be more visionary,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59396,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Service Manager,Great Place to Work - but YMMV,"Salaries, Benefits, Learning, Opportunities are awesome","Managers make or break your experience - no consistency across managers management skills, experience, expectations. Micromanagement is common.","Trust your employees, give them space to grow and make opportunities available to internal applicants. Improve WLB not just by talking about it.",4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59397,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good place to work,1. Good name on Resume 2. Flexibility 3. Work Life Balance,1. Politics 2. Lack of vision,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59398,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Manager,"Great people, but company stuck in the past...","Smart people, large impact, global experience.","Windows, windows, windows...all rotates around the Windows platform vs. innovating and leading the market.","Bag the horrible review model (MSFT doesn't hire 2, 3, 4 and 5 rating employees so folks hate the label) and free up innovation to compete with Windows.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59399,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 9, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,"great pay, outstanding benefits, all kinds of bonuses for people exceeding expectation easy to get help and support internally most of the time nice working with very intelligent people have access to all kinds of interesting projects all kinds of trainings handily available",poor work life balance and you need to be really outstanding to survive. You need to be very independent and manage your own career all kinds of systems are very confusing to newhires,reduce growth target,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P984.htm
59400,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Director,"It's a big company, with all the pluses and minuses","Love the people I work with -- team, customers and Microsoft partners The quality of the work is interesting and intellectually rich Benefits have been outstanding, this year a big change in the medical benefits but still probably in top 10% Despite the awful stack ranking HR system which encourages backstabbing, there's actually a lot of good teamwork and camaraderie at the work group level","Internal politics truly Machiavellian It's a better place for either junior people starting their career or for the so-called ""partner"" level people (L68 and over) For those of us crowded at the upper director, senior director roles, it's pretty ugly and there's a lot of people leaving or planning to at that level. Very few career opportunities to advance for people with experience. Uninspired executives Totally Redmond-centric, not really a global company",Our HR system is at total odds with the culture you say you want to create. We all know it. Do something.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59401,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Flexible and fun,"A lot of variety in the things you can do, this compay had hundreds of teams working on hundreds of different products & services from healthcare to education to automotive to games. The fun never stops.","A large company means things flow top down, means a lot of teams to coordinate with, means cost cutting, means beaurocracy and less autonomy. There is still the old-boys club mentality though it is slowly changing. Not very many women at the top, especially in engineering.","telecommuting is the future of tomorow's workplace, and a great way to save.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59402,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 9, 2012",Current Employee - Director Marketing,the culture is changing,big company with lots of opportunities,"political culture, back biting employees,",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59403,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Oct 30, 2012",Current Employee - CPR Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to work.,"You are rewarded on what you do, not who you know.",New health care plan after Obamacare implemented a 40% tax on Cadillac plans.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59404,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2012",Former Employee - Director,"Great place to work. Big jobs, great resources, up-to-date technology, encourages risk-taking",access to great tech and wicked smart people. lots of budget and resources to actually get things done,tough and very competitive performance model.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59405,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2012",Former Employee - Programmer Writer,Targets set to 130% of what is reasonable.,"Pick your manager, the good ones will excuse the things you don't get to. Network with other groups, pick a winning product, don't get tied down with a losing product. Benefits and perks are great, they are giving all sort of windows 8 goodies to the FTEs - while they are cutting medical coverage - go figure.","Work life balance is a joke unless you are very tight with your manager. Manage your own career, Microsoft will not love you.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59406,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2012",Former Employee - Principal GPM,Mixed,"Continues to be a place where smart people work, innovative product ideas are encouraged and the company (some parts of it at least) continues to operate like a scrappy startup.",The big company politics is suffocating. Too many useless senior folks who do less product work and more politics. Brown nosing has taken an art form!!,Demonstrate leadership and vision. Choose who you make a lead or manager carefully. Scrap the review system and truly innovate in this space.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59407,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work - everything depends on org/team,lot of emphasis on code quality lots of teams with opportunities in any field /area of interest. some great co workers,excessive process and slower rate of getting things done. the review system is confusing and sometimes rewards visibility more than effort,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59408,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft is high drive where enough is never enough.,"work with crazy smart people. it's rare you would ever hear someone say ""that is not my job."" The phrase ""work hard, play hard"" sums up my experience. At times you will work long hours and other times can have a more balanced life.","it's a big company and takes a lot of meetings to get things done. The review model pretty much is a bummer. Good is rarely good enough. If you do the job you were hired to do and do it well, you will only get an average review.","you need to do a better job embracing customer service. Upper management will talk about the customer being centric to what we do, but reality we are so focused on our internal processes, the customer, at times gets lost.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59409,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,I didn't make anything for the first year and a half. Just fixed bugs. Not fun.,"Great work-life balance. Great bosses. Great colleagues that you can rely on. Private or shared offices (team size/facilities permitting, expect a three-plus year wait or management for privacy in my experience). Good facilities. Pretty good equipment. Lots of cafeterias with varying kinds of food. Company name recognition and respect. Free sodas and juices.","A not-invented-here mentality. The company is split into fiefdoms that look out for themselves first. The CEO, Steve Ballmer, is a clown with no vision, inspiration, or appeal. No cool perks like at Google: no free food, no massages, no campus bicycles, no 20% time, etc. There's a stink of stagnation and irrelevance. You have to use Windows and Microsoft tools (no UNIX terminal or programs). Huge wastes of time: dependencies are often constructed in parallel, and the stuff you need just isn't there yet (contrast this to an iterative approach). Most tools are home grown and not supported very well. No Git or other decentralized version control, it's like CVS or SVN, but a worse Microsoft version. Terrible Sharepoint wiki software used for internal wikis. Often times, some internal tool doesn't work, and you have no idea who to talk to.","Fire Ballmer. Great products over great profits. Focus on consumer products, and customers will pressure their workplaces to let them use those products, as with Apple products. Eliminate 20/70/10 employee performance ratings (and the required no-bonus for at least one employee per team). Pay a higher base salary in the Seattle area. Break up the product fiefdoms into functional organizations: software, hardware, services, or whatever, not Office, Windows, Bing, etc. Ditch not-invented-here. Iterate, don't parallelize. Stop slapping the Windows brand on things that don't have windows. Figure out how to be cool again, or you're going to have trouble recruiting the fresh college graduates.",3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P985.htm
59410,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Not a great place for young people,Salary is good. Benifit is good. Work place is good. People are nice.,"Usually young people are hard to take challenging work. Promotion is mainly based on how long you have worked here. Hard to get promotion quickly, especailly in some old teams, like Windows, Office.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59411,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,This is a company that contiues to grow!,"Great working environment and benefits. People are treated well and with respect. Contrary to some of the comments I think the senior management has done and is still doing a great job leading this company in the direction we need to go, in this extremely competitive industry, constantly looking ahead and shifting course/gear as needed.",Being a mature company some of us may be complacent?,"Allow innovation, innovation, innovation!",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59412,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,I love working for MicroSoft.,Good work life balance. Opportunity to work on products that impacts millions of customers.,Process oriented and management is not technical enough.,Promote people with technical skills . Most of them are getting promoted just because of their communication skills.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59413,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),The company is reinventing itself,"Lots of products, and opportunities. Good pay and benefits. Ship software that's used by millions.","Slow paced, stupid processes, huge company - responsibility is limited for new hires. Poor managers can screw your career.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59414,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 7, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good experience but little career growth,"It is stable, good hours","Very hard to get promoted, lots of red tape",Change the review/calibration system.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59415,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is a best place to work,"Multiple personalized cafeterias, free equipment, office with a door, awards, smaller org setting within a huge company, work-life balance, higher pay, benefits, stock options",Curve review system for FTE that forces managers to give high performing members of their org a bottom score. Mandatory attrition.,Revamp the review system so everyone has a scorecard that is evaluated once per quarter then the stack rank at the end of the year per level will have metrics and be founded on a more concrete structure.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59416,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for,Work-life balance is better as compared to other companies. Great benefits. Smart co-workers. Option to change product group.,Contentious performance review model - visibility gets rewarded more than collaboration.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59417,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work with,"1. Wealth of knowledge and industry experience 2. Diverse set of products 3. Great pay, benefits and profit sharing","1. Growth determined by who you know, not what you do 2. Developers are given preference over test and PM 3. Too much red tape",Create more transparency about review system Improve the career growth trajectory for SDET role Cut the red tape,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59418,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 27, 2012",Current Employee - Optimized Desktop Specialist,Not the company it used to be,"Great Benefits, Beautiful Campus, Awesome Parties, They love to blow money on alcohol, no drug testing because 75% of the company would get fired!","Major Management Problems, A review system that makes you want to leave Microsoft.",Get rid of Ballmer and Lisa in HR before it's too late.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59419,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great opportunity for a college graduate,"Great perks. Flexible schedule / Ability to work remotely, even from a different country. Very good compensation, Good work/life balance. World impacting work. Ability to get to know very smart or important people in the tech industry.","Cross-team collaboration is difficult. Just like any other large organization, there is too much unnecessary process, but it depends on the team. Necessity to look after yourself almost too aggressively to achieve promotions.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P986.htm
59420,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Nov 3, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great experience,"Great benefits, open communication between levels, felt like my work and opinions were respected even by upper management in my group. In addition, my last manager there was excellent.","There was not much opportunity for advancement within my group for me (I was interested in pursuing software development rather than management) and it was hard to break into other groups, even though I had received consistently high performance reviews. Although I felt qualified, I was unable to land any positions that interested me in the Seattle area and ended up leaving the company so that I could continue to grow.",I was happy with the managers that I dealth with.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59421,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great place to work.,- Big challenges - Smart people - Stable company - Great overall benefits,- Slow to innovate on the consumer market - Lack of internal collaboration and unified strategy between different business - Lack of unified customer experience - Crappy performance evaluation model,- Do what is right for Microsoft and not what is right for your group - More autonomy to smaller teams,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59422,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Director,"Great opportunity, challenging environment.","Opportunity to impact at global scale, compensation and benefits, opportunity to do many different jobs within one company, global opportunity.","Frequent and disruptive re-organizations, employee calibration system forces a ranking curve so every year 20% of employees receive a low ranking regardless of their contribution.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59423,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Good Learning Ground,A good place to start off your career in that you can get exposure to a lot of different products/groups. Excellent health benefit package and gym benefits.,"Extremely political and not very innovative. Work life balance is a struggle on most teams/organizations. While there are some good pockets within the company, constant re-orgs create too much churn.",lose the stack ranking system and political based re-orgs,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59424,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,On the up and up,"Leadership is turning the company ship and moving fast. Many are excited since MS used to be at the top of the world and no more. But the fire and been lit under their asses and it's movin'. Kinect, Windows 8, Surface, Pixel Perfect, all these products are a start to change the world and the 800 lbs gorilla is going to make a difference again.","Only join the Windows, Xbox, and Phone teams. Few other teams are promoting. Join one of the teams that Microsoft is seriously betting on for the long term of the company. The other teams are not given as much priority or budget for growth and promos.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59425,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 30, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Life at Microsoft,The job had a good Work life balance,Too many groups doing similar things. No consolidation of efforts,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59426,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to learn and grow your career. But complex org to navigate.,"Great opportunities, challenging work, smart people, resources to invest in doing the right work.",Matrix organization can make it difficult to move projects forward when trying to build consensus across so many. Too easily silo'd into one area or domain of work when you want to grow your span of influence.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59427,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Learn good software engineering practices, and then rethink about your career.",You will be working with some of the smartest people if you are in the right group here. You will have an opportunity to learn so much about software engineering. Good facilities and perks.,"Too big a company and too many re-orgs. It hampers an individual contributor's growth. You will be learning Microsoft technologies a lot. These doesn't help if you look for opportunities outside Microsoft. You will basically be a person who knows only about Microsoft technologies and nothing about open source technology stack. A Microsoft engineer might not be that highly regarded in other big companies simply because of the technologies learnt while in Microsoft. Another issue is that you will be as good as your lead projects you in front of everyone else. So if your lead doesn't like you, you are screwed. This lead might not be the one who interviewed you and hired you because of re-org. So basically it is something like you interviewed for team A, but when you join, because of re-orgs you end up working for team B and totally different person who you did not meet during the interview time. Another thing is SDET career is not good at all. Anyone who joins as SDET is just wasting career here.",Less re-orgs please. Review the management.,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59428,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Great Place to Work, Challenging with Good Work/Life Balance",Work on some of the most impactful products and have a lot of autonomy. The company really lets you define your work/life balance well.,Sometimes there can be too little willingness to take risks and a bit too much bureaucracy,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59429,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Working in Windows,"- Office for almost each employee. - Working on products seen and used by billions. - Large and variable set of automation, synchronization, coding. - Large and awesome set of training courses. - Excellent name recognition: I do not have to explain where I work or what I do. - Windows is the strongest and most technical part of Microsoft.","- After the design phase, you focus on very narrow stuff which limits your learning. - Good visible projects are assigned based on your relation to level-2 managers. If the relation is good, then you get good projects and good reviews. Otherwise, you are screwed. - Technical excellence is not the key in survival, but communicating every single item you work on to anybody and everybody plus courting them. Sometimes, it is just too corny. - Try to move to Project Manager (fastest promotions) or to developrment (2nd fastest promotions), and avoid test as it will affect your job seeking afterwards.","I have been exposed to higher management: directors and VPs. Managers try their hard to cover their a---- more than handling the product quality. Anybody that may threaten this, will result in his demise. Second, Microsoft is a very powerful company, and we had core issues that led to our success: openness to third party developers and our ecosystem. The trend of secrecy to increase the Wow factor, copied from Apple, is not very good to our company.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P987.htm
59430,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Wonderful opportunity, sometimes the company gets in their own way","Lots of opportunity to move around, great benefits, making something big happen in the world. Smart people, a cultural wonder. A well-intentioned company and unfortunately, often misunderstood and even wrongfully demonized by the public/media. The company is MUCH BETTER than the 'haters' are eager to point out.","Organizationally, Microsoft is top heavy- few do the legwork which is largely done by vendors --contrast this to Amazon where each employee does their outward-facing work (Amazon is, however burning out their employees so there is a balance somewhere).  Microsoft has long had too much consensus-based decision-making which slows the company down.","Work on getting MS people to balance vision with EXECUTION. Today, there are many visionaries but need more of their fingerprint in the work that is actually delivered out to the world. I would say 90% of most MS employees' time is spent in internal meetings or trying to build their internal brand. Instead, 80% of their time should be spent developing something that the world can consume, not decks to impress execs. (less MYR, more GTM). Also need more right-hand/left-hand orchestration so that groups can discover what one another is doing. e.g. the Insight 360 could be used not only as a personality tool, but as a goal-sharing tool that everyone shared openly to articulate what they need from one another. There is a template for that ready to execute in the program. WWSM memos were great but they break down at the GM level and lower.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59431,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Solid coding in a varied but silo'd environment,"Tons of within-company opportunities, lots of data to work with, you can find great people, your work affects millions and millions of people.","Bureaucratic, engineering practices lag industry standards in many teams, the organization is anything but lean, there are plenty of leeches.","Find a way, any way, to get rid of the bottom 20% without hurting morale. Stop growing if that's what's causing lax hiring? Communicate shareholder value goals all the way down to the base, and encourage quantitative thinking about scenarios instead of fuzzy story-telling.",4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59432,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Manager,Political Climate and Performance System inhibits innovation,Great software and products with some innovation behind closed doors,"Politics across teams, lack of sharing information to be effective, performance system leaves 60% of the company frustrated which impacts productivity, difficult to be agile in your role.","Pay more, recognize performance, share information, trash performance tool",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59433,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Smart people, ability to make a real difference","The ability to work on real, cool and important technology that is used by millions of people across the world. Intelligent, helpful and hard-working people. The changing industry landscape is spurring more innovation and new opportunities. The work culture is stable and welcoming, people are expected to have meaningful lives outside of work. :-)","Adapting to change isn't always easy (reorgs can be confusing to navigate), there's often an underlying tension about performance reviews, and we have quite a bit of room to grow when it comes to collaborating across organizations.","Continue to encourage divisions to collaborate to build great customer experiences, continue to encourage taking risks and trying new things. Keep up the great benefits! The new health center on campus is awesome.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59434,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good place to work,"Microsoft is a good company to work for. It offers: - Good benefts, such as good pay, good health benefits, child care help - Many groups and products to work on, so there is a breadth of technological space covered - Very diverse work styles in different teams, some with v1 culture, other much more mature","- Smaller pay than other big companies in the field - Some benefits that others offer (like free food) are not seen - Some teams have a lot of process to follow, which slows them down",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59435,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Calibration process is forcing unhealthy competition,"1. Generally good benefits-- medical, dental, health club, PRIME (local attractions) discounts, etc. 2. Many smart people","1. Review process and calibration curve appears to favor and disfavor employees due to politics 2. Calibration curve results in limited partnerships/collaboration among peers in same band 3. My pet peeve: nearly all parking spaces are marked ""compact"" so SUVs regularly ding my door","Peer reviews are suspect when the manager requires reviews from peers in the same calibration band. Many employees adopt a ""Prisoner's Dilemma"" philosophy. You don't want to be in a small, elite group like mine b/c when the bell curve is applied to small groups, these micro curves create an overtly political atmosphere when applied in the absence of hard performance metrics. My group does not have hard performance metrics.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59436,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good Deal, Strong WL Balance","Good work life balance (depending on the group), a good compensation deal. A renewed focus on building the product stack.","Stack ranking means that you're competing with your team members, which strongly inhibits teamwork.","If you're serious about rewarding working with each other, you need to change the stack rank system.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59437,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Good place to work,There is a lot of roles - but it also means to get a very rounded experience you would have to do different roles - but you can do them across different teams - so life stays interesting,if Promos and pay are you thing - this is not a fast paced young company - so temper expectations,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59438,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for,"+ Variety of products (xbox, windows, phone, office, bing, etc) offer broad opportunities + Flexible work hours and great benefits + Very competitive pay","+ Image/perception + Businesses could leverage each other more + Typical politics, but doesn't feel worse than other large companies",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59439,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,WIndows phone specific,Microsoft is large and stable. Windows phone is a new product with potential,"Windows phone is very political and certain groups within windows phone more so. Lots of emails and noise. too much rat race stuff like send more emails and ppts to be visible. Not much flexibility in certain groups. Do what your boss tells ya or suffer the consequences. Stack ranking review system causes people to sometimes worry about themselves and also causes good employees to fall in low ratings. You cannot move groups within microsoft if you have a low rating so if for some reason your manager doesnt like you and gave you a bad rating, you are stuck with him or you quit the company.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P988.htm
59440,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Working at Microsoft,The company is large enough and diverse enough that you can move around whether that be across technologies or functions and feel like you're joining a new company because you can work on totally different products with totally different people.,"There's a lot of bureaucracy. There is a lot of time wasted doing totally useless stuff because the company has way too many people, so everyone is trying to justify their value, but unfortunately, much of the work adds no value to the business.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59441,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Consultant,Rich company with big ambition - but the complexity of the company gets in it's way,"smart people, lots of resources, global ambition, some very good foundational systems",the complexity of the model driving software and services means people spend so much time in their own realm there is little colloboration,allow free thinking - and encourage folks to move across boundaries,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59442,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Job satisfaction and security,Very good benefits and good pay. Several different product teams to choose from. Option to move around different groups within company every 12-18 months.,Not very easy to switch groups. Often required to do a full interview loop when switching teams even if its within the same product group.,Need to compete with other tech companies that are snatching away talent from Microsoft by offering higher salaries.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59443,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Stable - No Nonsense JOB,Very Smart People in General Focus on Delivery Great Execution Very High Impact,Slow Growth Too Many Middle Managers and Complex Political Environment,Figure out a exit strategy for old timers who do not have motivation and skills anymore.,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59444,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great perks and opportunities to learn. Mediocre Performance Review model.,"Compensation is competitive. Perks of working at one of the largest software companies is cool (beta testing, access to all products for free, etc). Lots of opportunities for lateral movement within the company to work on something totally different.","Review model forces employees to compete with each other instead of collaborate. Lots of focus around 'visibility'. Ie. you get rewarded more if you are the loudest person in the room, but not as much about if you are doing great work.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59445,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Channel Manager,Exciting works - large impacts to the ecosystems.,Work-life balance is a challenge. Constant working!,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59446,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Oct 11, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,Good place to work,Competitive salary strong people to work with,Big company culture so things slow to get done,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59447,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 11, 2012",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,"Very positive experience, great company to work for","working along side smart people, great company benefits, culture.","Very large organization, too many layers!",Make a better effort at on boarding new employees and helping them manage their careers at company,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59448,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, perks, and benefits","Great opportunity for long term growth, strong desire to do what is right and adapt as a company.",Still some politicking in circles. Some elements of review are more subjective than they should be.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59449,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2012",Former Employee - Online Education,One of the best places to work. I am sorry I left,"The people, the brain power, great benefits","Long hours, some teams are harder to get onto, just keep bugging them.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P989.htm
59450,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,Still a good place to work,Lots of worldwide internal opportunites. Good place to work if you want varied experiences. Excellent pay and benefits compared to other companies out there. Sure there are exception to this but on the whole I think it is true.,Company's strategy may leave you scratching your head at times. Large company means team cultures can vary greatly. You may get stuck on a lousy team or you may be fortunate to work on a great team - likewise with management. Seemingly constant reorgs and office moves. Performance rating system enforces some will get low scores and low or no bonuses.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59451,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 23, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer/T,Learned a lot of things but did see some ugly politicking.,Benefits Smart people Your own office Security (vs a startup),Stack ranking You have to be very vocal to get your way (isn't that the same everywhere?) and to get a good ranking. Office politics or intra-company politics. Developers are valued more than testers (reflected in schedules where the testing schedule is shortened if developers are late with features) Lots of dependencies with other groups can make it hard to change direction on a product. Sometimes you do things just for show but they don't contribute to the product. Hard to move to development if you started as a tester.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59452,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test II,Awesome and love it,"great people, great products which is used by millions",It is not considered cool company with users,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59453,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Had great health care... ,"- ProClub membership - Health care used to be excellent, now is pretty comparable to any A-grade employer - SSDP (same sex domestic partner) health care which is good for some - Lots of different areas so you can basically change job and it's just like changing company - Divisions are almost run as their own enterprises - so moving from Windows to Office or SQL is like a totally different experience - There are a lot of smart people @ MS (and some not so smart, see below comment)","- Performance review is bell-curve based - The new (1-5) versus 20/70/10 rating system really blows - From ""Senior"" band (L63) and above the job is more politics and less working - found that you need to spend almost 50% of your time on ""influence"" especially the 6 months before review/stack ranking on ensuring your name is ""out there"" to make sure you don't get screwed at review time - For an IT company, a lot of the internal IT systems totally suck so you can spend half a day just to order a new keyboard - Your career's trajectory is closely aligned to your managers and your managers manager (skip level), if you join a group where the principle / director has already been at MS forever and is on cruise mode then expect your career isn't going to go very far - If you don't like the job you are in, you need manager approval (I've never seen it given) to switch jobs in your first 18 months in the role. Even for new hires, you can just quit and join another company without repaying sign-on etc after 12 months, so this leads to a lot of people leaving after 366 days - no motivation of your manager to find the ""best job"" for you in Microsoft, they only focus on who is in their team... so, some star performers join the org but get trapped in a job that isn't the most suited for them which gets them disgruntled and out the door: rather than fighting for them to get a job where they could make a real difference and impact for MS - lots of Program Managers, lots of Marketing speak, lots of perception management and a lot less engineering than I expected. - Microsoft doesn't pay stellar wages and as such you may find you're not working with the sharpest tools in the shed in some teams... although there ARE _some_ really smart people around - a lot of old timers just hang around because they have >$20k annual stock vests and don't have the hunger or motivation to do great things... it's very 9-5, which is good if you just want a cruisy job, but not if you want to go to a pumped up tech company: in this case go with Google or Facebook.","- abolish stack ranking - employee perfomance should be agreed and measured over 3 years (like Amazon) - more focus on engineering and test.. although steveb famously said ""developers, developers, developers"", it's more like PM, PM, PM... and SDETs (test) should be on-par with dev rather than being considered 2nd class citizens.. I think a ratio of 1xPM:5xDEV:5xSDET would be a much more suitable mix... currently it's anywhere from 1xPM:1xDEVx1xSDET to 10xPM:2xDEV:0.5SDET :(",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59454,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 8, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Very Political,"Nice campus, individual offices, perks, smart coworkers, excellent work life balance","Slow release cycle, product decisions often made by group consensus which makes the product less interesting. Product roadmap often reactionary to industry",none,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59455,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Good company for career seekers,Smart people and good career opportunities,Overtimes and high level of responsibility,Focus more on innovative things,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59456,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft culture not for me,Good benefits (although that is changing),"In my last 2 1/2 years at MS, I had 5 different managers. For me, I just wasn't good enough at playing the politics and promoting myself well to do well at the calibrations, and while I was never an underperformer, I was a consistent 3 rating and it was clear that no matter how hard I worked I wasn't going to do better than that. After I began to get pressured because I had been in my current level too long, I realized that the Microsoft program just wasn't for me. I left and am now doing consulting work, where I get paid for overtime and can choose projects and employers that interest me, and do the type of work I enjoy without having to get bogged down in politics or review process. I'm glad to put MS on my resume as the experience was valuable, but the culture there is a better fit for someone who is ambitious and wants to move up the corporate ladder.",none,2.0,none,none,none,4.0,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59457,microsoft,"Colorado Springs, CO"," Oct 2, 2012",Current Employee - Research Software Development Engineer,the best company to work for,"great friends, great fun, great employer, great money",some co-workers are immature. Sometimes management gets impatient.,keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59458,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,Senior Development Lead,- Good benefits - Opportunity to work on different products - Job security,- Review system is terrible - Leads and managers are good politicians rather than good engineers - Lots of politics - Good work doesn't necessarily translate into rewards - Senior leadership is a huge failure,Company is losing more talent than it can attract it. Fix the review system or you will continue to lose great people. Microsoft cannot compete with rivals with increasingly mediocre engineers and managers.,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59459,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2012",Current Employee - Site Manager,"A bit of a rollercoaster over 14 years. A lot of good, some bad, overall a decent place to work",Great benefits. Flexible work schedule.,Brutal review system. Internal politics can get in the way of getting work done.,Throw away review system. Take a serious look at how the system impacts bad attrition and employee morale.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P990.htm
59460,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Innovation, risk taking, internal job opportunities",High risk of anything you do,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59461,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Pretty great company to work for,"Big company with lots of different things going on. Lots of smart people working on so many cutting edge areas, it can be very exciting. Windows 8 seems promissing, so does Win Phone 8. Xbox & Kinnect are awesome. Very interesting to see how O365 will grow from here - should be a big success...",Individual smaller team cultures are diminishing a bit as everything in the company is ending up under Office or Windows and being more tightly integrated. This is compounded by elimination of business owners in favor of the 'functional model.',none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59462,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 18, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer (Senior SDE),Great company to work for,"- Lots of opportunities to learn new technologies. - Flexibility in terms of work hours - Typically, your interests are taken into account for whatever project you work on - In general, the managers are good.",- The sheer size of the company can sometimes limit growth opportunities. - Not every team is cutting edge,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59463,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer at MS,- Work with may smart people. - They have a varied portfolio of products that you can move around inside the company depending on your interests. -,"- Lots of politics and bureaucracy get in the way. - The review process is dependent on how you are perceived, not really based on what you do.",Reduce the internal turf wars so that every team is striving for the same goals.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59464,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Director,Leaving Microsoft is the best decision I ever made.,With so much money in the bank it will be a good place to pass time until a better opportunity arises.,"A once great company destroyed by internal politics, mean-spirited, incompetent management and an overall toxic culture. What you can do and deliver has no bearing on success, rather how good you are at sucking up to your leadership and keeping your mouth shut determines your future.",Take a look at how many good people are leaving and ask yourself why? When the economy picks up this exodus will turn into a flood.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59465,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 12, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Office Politics Reign Supreme,-Great Benefits -High Salary -Good IT Department,"-Massive Bureaucracy to get anything done. 6 HR people, 9 middle managers, 4-5 direct managers to report to. - Stack ranking performance reviews. Regardless of how well you do, you can always be ranked lowest in order to get someone else a bonus. - Upper management frequently makes decisions to increase their bonus, rather than for the good of their own employees, career or the product they're working on. - Yearly reviews take up a good 80 hours of time to complete, as you rate yourself, your co-workers and managers in massive questionnaires.",I don't even know where to begin with this.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59466,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager in Redmond,"Global company, incredible reach. Many opportunities across business groups to move laterally among different roles and move up into increasing levels of responsibility.","Microsoft is becoming very bureacratic in larger busines groups, smaller business groups have trouble surviving if they do not have a CVP with clout. Manager positions change rapidly and business planning/execution is done on annual cycle so only what gets done during a single year (really 6 months) counts. Then plans and priorities are rewritten.","I agree with the general conclusions of the recent Vanity Fair articles that the lifeboating process is antiquated and is undermining the long-term morale and effectiveness of the company. In my opinion the rating system is mainly a process of allocating annual bonus payouts and profit sharing that in the greater ranks, generally has little to do with productivity or impact. In addition, the business planning and execution has to be more long term fo the larger business groups, with more rapid turnover in product releases (again, much widely written about this)",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59467,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company,"Good work, pay, benefits and smart people","too many processes, bureaucratic, too much pressure",NA,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59468,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 17, 2012",Current Employee - Group Manager,"bell weather of tech industry,,,, still...","great place to work, top tier smarts, top tier opportunity,","too much politics, competitive review model...",nix the review model,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59469,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,Great company but you need to create your own career,Great people and love the work,Lots of politics and a maturing company means there's not as much opportunity to advance,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P991.htm
59470,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Growing dissatisfaction, highly political, lack of intra-company career management","Good work life, good benefits","Decreasing job satisfaction and autonomy, chaotic, highly political",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59471,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2012",Former Employee - Account Executive,only stay infront of computer,"higher salary,friendly officemate,kindly boss, not too busy and have many time to online,no pressure and only working 4days per week","boring because only use the same equipment everyday, no travel because all task must do online, not adventure because not have pressure",do some outdoor task..,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59472,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2012",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,What it's like to work at Microsoft?,"Diversity in people, some of the smartest people I'd ever worked with, good breadth of technology and opportunity.","Microsoft is a big machine with a software production line mentality and quality is often de-prioritized. It is so wealthy that money is wasted, especially in IT. Management is given full authority to disregard the health and well being of their direct reports and HR no longer represents the non-manager employees.","People should not be treated as a comodity. When MS was founded, the employee was ""the key to success""... now, with the company wealth... the mindset is, we can always buy more... it's sad to see a company I loved working for so much, turn into what IBM once was.",3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59473,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2012",Current Employee - Systems Analyst,"great experience, team, portfolio","creative, smart people, fast paced environment, benefits","tough, competitive environment, long commute,",more effecient process,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59474,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Lost Decade Just Looks to Continue,"Incredibly smart people working here. Amazing innovation at ground floor and at local levels. Good people wanting to do the right thing. I believe Steve B. is on his way out, this will be a huge PRO for the company.","Layer upon layer of insidious bureaucracy, fifedoms, and in-fighting kills opportunity. The only thing the company does consistently is miss it's window of opportunity. The current review model is meant to remove the bottom 10% every year, do the math on that, after year one, the middle becomes the bottom and thus.","GE abandoned the current review model at MSFT because it was too expensive, killed corporate moral, drove out the best thinkers and top minds to more rewarding and supportive cultures. If you want to host a long-running layoff just say so, because that is what this model is for.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59475,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Exciting place to work with huge opportunities,Various opportunities inside the company Chances to meet/work with world leaders in the fields,Different teams have vastly different cultures It is important to understand that and find right opportunities,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59476,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2012",Former Employee - Market Research Manager,"Smart people, good benefits, myopic management","It was fun to work with the smart, passionate people here. The benefits have been great.","Each year, there seems to be more process and administrative hurdles to deal with. So much time is spent getting everyone to buy off on everything that it has become difficult to get anything done. This squashes innovation as well. The review system is dysfunctional.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59477,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Oct 9, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Going downhill,"Great people to work with, front line managers and non management colleagues are awesome. Good learning experience changes roles as often as possible and you can learn a lot.","Management is hellbound to cut costs and doesn't care about their employees High pressure and stress to ""compete with your teammates"", working as a team is not encouraged by policy and actions",Respect your employees.,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59478,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worth the pain if you end up in the right team,- Some ridiculously smart people - Passionate people who have lives outside work - Industry leading benefits,"- Process heavy, can be worse depending on your team. - Slow moving even in areas where they cannot afford to be","Get rid of excess fat, a lot of folks are 'resting and vesting' without adding value to the company, and end up discouraging the truly talented folks.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59479,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company, but I was in a hostile work environment so left a lot to be desired.","Great pay, great people for the most part. Interesting work, fast paced and very diverse. Many perks, great campus and overall a good place to work.",Several people in leadership roles acted like children much of the time. Corporate VP was a loud mouth who had a permanent strain in his arm from patting himself on the back for work other did. GM in my group was so biased that I was amazed at her conduct. I'm glad I'm no longer there.,Stop hiring people that act like little kids during meetings.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P992.htm
59480,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2012",Former Employee - User Experience Lead,Very comfortable company to work for.,Stability Focus on your growth Wide range of experiences at your finger tips Ability to drive your own career path without leaving the company Great people to work with.,It's large and moves slow if your passionate about what your doing. It's hierarchical and you have to be willing to play that game if you want to move up in your career. It can lul you to sleep in your job if you do not pay attention.,Listen to your workers. They have fresh insight into something you may have been looking at for to long.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59481,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Work,Smart People challenging Good working Environment Great Benefits,Work Life Balance Too much stress constant Re-org,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59482,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Best Company I have worked for.,"Smartest group of people an any company. Diverse, caring, professional, people do what it takes to get the job done. Not afraid to switch course quickly.",It is a large company.,Find a way to not be compared to Consumer Companies such as Apple and Google. Enterprise is a completely different market.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59483,microsoft,"Las Colonias, TX"," Oct 10, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great People, Good Pay, Work/Life balance only ok to poor (but they were working on that as I was leaving).","#1. Smart co-workers everywhere, and you'll bond soon enough when ""con #1"" (below) happens. #2. They had started working on Flexible work arrangements and it was working well. #3. You will be challenged #4. Some great HR and pay polices","#1 Depending on which group you are in, the business cycle is around 3 to 4 years, you will have a very demanding peak period. For Dev it is the ""death march"" in the last 3 to 6 months (to year) before RTM, for CSS, Premier, and HR it is 3 to 6 months after RTM. - Just learn to ride the wave... whatever cycle your business rides, find it, accept it, and keep your feet underneath you. It will level off in 6 to 9 months.Morale always drops, don't get caught in that wave, it will make your time miserable. Keep your chin up, keep your balance, and you can acctually rise up quickly during the high tide.  #2 Some really bad HR/Pay policies, as a manager I sometimes found this very restrictive in how I could pay for performance. It went from guideline to policy, and took a lot of control a way from the direct managers. Sometime your review rankings would come back down changed from higher level management, and you would have to switch from a ""You've been doing great work"" to ""You need to step it up"", simply because higher management tweaked the budget somewhere.","Break out the good stuff! So many great products die before RTM, or sit in R&D untapped. MS had a great video on what life with technology would look like in 2020. I personally think they need to hit that by 2015 or sooner otherwise they will be 5 years behind.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59484,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Lead,"Interesting work,",- Broad set of products to work on - Mostly smart and driven employees - Great pay / benefits - Good flexibility in terms of how to do your job,- Pockets of bureaucracy (depends a lot on the team) - Performance review system does not empower managers to do what is right for each employee - Organizational structure with Dev/Test/PM leaders for each area can lead to conflicting priorities / values,"Overall, I feel the company is moving in a good direction recently. Need to continue to focus on going deeper on fewer products, hold leaders accountable. Fix the review system.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59485,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 12, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,good stable career choice for people with family,"stability, work life balance, good salary, ability to move jobs within the company easily and try out different things.","less exciting, corporate mindset and huge corporate structure",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59486,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 25, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Very happy here,"Awesome benefits, tons of career growth potential",Very large company that can sometimes get in its own way,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59487,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Oct 1, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Probably fine if you live in WA,"Microsoft offers very good benefits (except for PTO, which is average), and the employee stock purchase plan, bonuses, and stock grants make leaving difficult.","I worked as part of a small remote team which had become part of Microsoft via an acquisition. My team and I found that if you don't live in Redmond or Bellevue, it's much harder to feel included as part of the larger team and very hard to be promoted or recognized for your full contribution. They had a ranking-style ""bucket"" review system that meant that someone always had to be put in the ""bottom bucket"", an awkward situation for any manager. My team and I found that our manager preferred to put his out-of-towners in those bottom buckets, and it was harder for us to defend ourselves against this action from afar. We had to push to be invited to visit Bellevue or Redmond, and our requests were often delayed or denied, so it seemed like we were held in remote reserve for the convenience of being put in the bottom bucket. We felt like orphans, to be sure. Our boss generally did not like working with remote employees, and we could not have been more aware of that fact. As I was leaving the company, the ""bucketing"" review system was being phased out, but the overall Redmond-centric vibe in the company is still something to be wary of.","A lot of lip service is given at Microsoft to becoming less Redmond-centric, but to accomplish this the company needs more accountability and structure when it comes to managing remote teams.",3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59488,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Lead,Coin Flip On Which Experience You’ll Get,"• Great place to work if you find the right manager • Good pay • Great benefits until Obamacare kicks in and hits health care plan • Broad set of work opportunities • Good work/life balance if you find the right team and manager • Large support for charity • Internal Alpha/Beta testing for XBOX, Windows, Office, etc… (Geek Points) • Great place to expand the breadth of your technical knowledge","* Forced curve for review model causes great teams to give bad reviews to good employees. Someone could have 15 years of above average reviews and get caught by the curve or a bad manager and is then forced to leave the company because of the stigma and difficulty to work your way out of a bad review. * Many senior leaders are oblivious to the waste and bad decisions of the leaders below them. * Small efficient teams are usually taken over by empire builders that are the cause of most waste. * People are told they are the #1 resource of the company. However, most decisions made that effect the employment of individuals are done without discussions for the people involved. * Many decisions made by management are not data driven.",Change review process. Find smart people that are proven to drive efficient delivery with high customer satisfaction and learn how they do it. Reward teams that are made up of star employees. You can’t continue to clean house every year for a small team. The odds are that you will eventually have all good people (with the right management) Keep the great medical benefits.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59489,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Room for Improvement,"Worked at MS 1996 - 2006, returned in 2011, 2012 as contract employee Upside? - strong brand, market advantage, access to resources, with luck and a lot of searching, you can locate opportunity to grow under tutelage of a good manager and/or mentor. Lots of smart people, who are sometimes (it's uneven) encouraged to behave entrepreneurially. Excellent benefits. Infrastructure for continuing education, inside/outside company. Formal articulation, career paths.","Today: 96K FTEs, >70K contract employees. Not a sustainable model. In my recent return as contractor, the most critical functions of the group were being outsourced. Not uncommon, and quite unhealthy. I had the impression the company is coasting, vs. augmenting competitive status. Continued difficulty coming up with an eval/comp system that gets the best results, near and long -term. Vision for human capital has become somewhat hidebound - e.g. ""once a tech PM, always a tech PM"" Culture largely fear-based, which inhibits cooperation, team-building, max creativity and ROI. I saw the worst ""back-stabbing"" behavior during the two recent contract gigs - quite noticeable. Loss of strategic vision, especially technological, since Bill Gates' departure - witness, failures like Kin (a Windows phone). MS has lost a lot of executive talent which is has failed to replace, and has tolerated quite a few executives (I mean GM level and above) who should have been culled long ago. Lack of exceptional leadership has demoralized rank-and-file. A direct quote from group leader: ""Make the decision that insures I don't lose my job."" Yes, that was the sole criterion provided for business guidance.","Back to basics: high tech is a human capital game. Everything begins and ends with your people. Your whole approach to HR needs a complete overhaul - - You need a (new) S or E VP of Human Capital and Organizational Development, and a strategy-driven re-engineering of all associated processes: planning, recruiting, compensation, evaluation, etc.. Cull the dead wood, and create the conditions which draws fresh talent to senior positions, and gives them the tools to preserve and maximize the value of their hires. Loose the tired, old, ""let them fight it out"" attitude towards competition within the firm. That was O.K. at the start, but it's beyond wasteful and demoralizing in its current incarnation.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P993.htm
59490,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 8, 2012",Former Employee - Service Manager,"Talented people, good opportunities.","Great working environment, large company with a lot of opportunity. There is a wealth of experienced talent there to learn from.",Stock performance! The location can be difficult for transfers in from CA. The sun rarely shines there.,Get rid of Ballmer.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59491,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Great place to work,"Very good people management and career growth, interesting areas of technology to work in, easy to move between products","Not always at the cutting edge of what the industry is doing, not always incorporating research on hard problems into their engineering plans",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59492,microsoft,"Redmond, UT"," Sep 27, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Microsoft Career Review,"I was able to grow professionally, team with smart people, use the latest software and was well rewarded financially. Excellent benefit package.",Adapting to the performance review system was challenging.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59493,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Oct 4, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Business Units in the Company can be very different,"You own your career and can move regularly into different teams, businesses and roles. If you like to travel, this is the place to be. The pay is good and the access to technology thru the store and employee benefits are fantastic.The company has great programs for promoting performance - spot awards, high performance awards, etc. It's wasy to move around the company and find a team that is where one feels comfortable.","You must move regularly else risk being labelled as stale.If you have a family and don't like being on the road 6 days a week, this is not the place to be. Company provided hardware is sub-standard. The review model is completely random in application of merit and compensation with the rules chaning up to the last minute. Even in management it's unclear where performance will fall out until the day before reviews are to be delivered.","Publish short term and long term strategic vision and then build implementation plans to execute against. From the top tiers of the company all the way down to first line managers, chaos and reacting to external forces appear to be the norm. Employees don't know what's important until after it's too late to fix. It would be good to see managers at all levels understand what is happening multiple levels below them. I see most managers content with messages from their subordinates who are very good at ""managing up"" their specific messages - even if the reality is that things are 180 from what they are being told. Random checking by managers at all levels would help improve communication and understanding.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59494,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Oct 1, 2012",Former Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),"If you market yourself, build your brand, you can do well.",Great benefits. Very little late night or week end work on your actual job.,"Stack ranking requires you to constantly market yourself and your accomplishements to other managers. If you are the person who likes to work hard, do a great job, and be recognized for it, this is not the place for you. You have to spend 15-20% of your time telling other people how great you are. Those who do it well rise quickly.",There has to be a better way to recognize talent in your teams. Find it.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59495,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 3, 2012",Former Employee - Director,Used to be great,"Great benefits, free unlimited sodas, the setup company for working inside to get stuff done. MSFT still can be one of the best places to work.",The SCORECARD has become the thorn in everyones side. Working not to make the business great but to hit scorecard metrics continues to be the big rub.,Horrible middle management eliminates one great worker after another that walk out the door with separate packages and a tone of MSFT IP in their heads. Stop this.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59496,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2012",Current Employee - Product Planner,Great work environment on high impact products that touch millions of users around the globe.,Results oriented. Relaxed work environment. Competitive salary. Great sense of community. Easy job search and role switching within company.,"Based in Redmond. At times, hindered by legacy products and services. Difficulty creating truly cross-platform products with consistent experience.",I would like to see the upgrade cycle look more like waves than updates. Push changes out quicker to consumers.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59497,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2012",Current Employee - Content Publishing,So many chef's in the kitchen,Multiple business groups allow the opportunity to move around the company and gain new experiences without quitting.,The highly matrixed org structure makes getting actual work done challenging to say the least.,Establish clearer roles & responsibilities with very clear decision makers. Remove organizational friction. Get rid of the calibration system which is causing very unhealthy short-term decision making.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59498,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Imbalance Distribution on Talent, Lack of Passion on Some Teams",Benefits & Perks Opportunities Good to see you work being used,"Been in multiple teams. Some teams are full of bright, smart people, making you feel like a kid in the corner, other team makes you wonder how did they get hired in the first place. A nightmare working with these people, just doesn't cut it, some of them are lack of passion even...  Things move too slow... Too many meetings and discussion, too much talk, nothing gets done...","Stricter hiring across the board, not just core team",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59499,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2012",Former Employee - Director,Veteran Director,Variety of work within a singled company.,"Culture, Ethics, short-term approach, decline in value of benefits,",Create more of an entreprenurial environment to move the company forward,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P994.htm
59500,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Stable with opportunity for average growth.,Lots of lee-way for new employees in their effort to become better developers.,"Stack ranking, the competition amongst peers, and the reactive nature of the company.",Create a review system that fosters teamwork and rewards helping others.,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59501,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,"Smart people, good leadership, high salary, many oppotunities","High salary, many oppotunities to transfer between different postions, many resources, many gifted experts on different domain","time demanding, fast paced, organization change is always expected","microsoft is big now, can't expect change a lot.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59502,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Product Planner,Great place to work,"Good people, great benefits, amazing breadth of technology, one of the few places where you can literally change the world.","Has gotten very big, difficult to navigate the organization at times, review process is an artifact of bad 90's thinking.",New review process that actually encourages teamwork and group achievement.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59503,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Great place to work,You make your own career Plenty of career opportunities,Large organization and hence sometimes a little bureaucratic,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59504,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Exciting work and great people, but only if you are in the right BU",Smart people. Solving large scale problems. Great office facilities.. One big MS family. Dog food the latest tech. Getting Windows Surface tablet. Multi vertical business company,Cross core and cross country teams not always get along. Some projects are so big that you get partial ownership which can affect your work. You could get stuck in their tech stack and not move on to other things later.,"You are doing most things right. But when something goes wrong, mitigate it well in time.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59505,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great large company to work for,"Awesome benefits. Good work/life balance. Interesting problems to work on. Lots of team activities, movie screenings, etc.","It's big, they do a good job trying to keep the hierarchy flat, but you definitely need to play some politics to move up. Marketing ads are often painful to watch. Annoying to have a good product then have marking ruin it with a poorly written commercial/campaign.",Lots of promotions seem to depend on how good a lead is at arguing for directs.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59506,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2012","Current Employee - Director, Product Management",New HR rating system makes it difficult to manage,"- Still a market leader in many areas. Strong investment in R&D shoudl allow that to continue. - Great benefits. Good salary, especially for lower level roles. Lowest salaried role is over 70K plus bonus - Many smart people","- Being a manager is disturbing. New performance system forces some irrational decision. I'm sure that Microsoft does need to fire 5% of its workforce, but it is simply making the company more bureaucratic. Performance is less critical than political positioning. - Current monopoly profit margins will erode as disruptive technologies drive competition and Microsoft moves to lower margin Cloud products",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59507,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2012",Current Employee - User Experience Lead,Lots of problems but overall a good place to work for a while.,Great benefits but they are getting worse in 2013. They will still be good but not quite golden. Decent compensation. Most people are very friendly and good to work with. It is relatively easy to move positions within the company to seek new challenges.,"A lot of process is needed to guide a ship as big as Microsoft but the company is often a slave to the process instead of effectively using it as a tool.  It is a very political environment. The best way to ""succeed"" is the spend a significant proportion of your time selling your accomplishments up the management chain. It is an environment where self-promotion is key.  A lot of attention is paid to ""level"" of employees. New hires are often brought in at relatively high levels but can't perform. Despite their poor performance they continue to be chosen to lead projects because of their “level”. There are now many people in the Principal level-band while I’d say less than half deserve to be there.  Decisions are often made at the upper management / executive levels with zero visibility provided. Why was this product/feature cut? Why are we putting more resources on project X? It is expected that the worker ants will just do what they are told. They don't need to understand why.","Take the time and make an effort to learn what your direct reports are ""actually doing"" instead of relying mainly on self-reports / self-promotion.  Provide some visiblity into how and why decisions are being made. Simply dictating from the mountain leads to disatisfactoin.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59508,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Brilliant minds, mediocre management",Some really smart people work at Microsoft. Some divisions are great. Others not as much.,"There is far too much concern about what other ""stakeholders"" think.... soo many meetings that it takes forever to get anything done. The company rarely takes risks. Product reliability has gone done (just look at Internet Explorer).","Cut out the feature bloatware. Go back to basics. Keep things simple, fast, and easy to use.",5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59509,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great company with proven track record.,Stable high tech company with lots of interesting products.,Stagnate stock price for the last few years.,"Be aggressive, continue to innovate, and trim overhead.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P995.htm
59510,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Sep 22, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Awesome company to work for,Market leadership in most areas Merit based promotes healthy career growth opportunities,large size means inability to change direction swiftly,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59511,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 22, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Escalation Engineer,"Great place to work, not perfect, but great","Rewarding and challenging work with emerging technology, good culture in general, meritocracy, flexibility, pay, great benefits, lots of opportunities to branch out, change track, move up.","Some corporate ossification inevitable in any large company, Microsoft not excepting. They do a pretty good job of keeping the culture fresh but sometimes fail to meet challenges. Some degree of blind faith in decisions of the brass, and some degree of stupidity by the brass, but less than is typical for a company of this size, so a very light criticism...","Be a little more ruthless both internally and externally, a little less afraid of regulation and political correctness, and a little less concerned with topics that do not improve the bottom line (like green initiatives and corporate philanthropy that doesn't increase our profits - great to do on your own time, but not the company's and shareholder's).",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59512,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome work place,Excellent work life balance. Personal and professional development. Work on cutting edge technologies.,Could improve more based on other company benefits.,Doing a great job to keeping up the moral of the employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59513,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Microsoft,Flexible work hours Working with smart people Learn to ship large scale products Relaxed working environment Learn a lot about testing and shipping quality products Easy to change teams and disciplines,Limited set of technologies due to company policy Longer you stay harder to change your job because recruiters will complain about your lack of open source technologies Too much manual testing might make you forget coding skills,Should educate employees about writing testable code,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59514,microsoft,"Saint Paul, MN"," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Poor work life balance, good as a earlier career employer, but not once you have family.","Great benefits, lots of new technology. Work with really sharp people. Giving program is great.","Starting as an industry hire, I've always worked as part of a team and it has hurt me here. While I've stepped up to do some of the grunt work for the team, I've been moved around and fail to get promoted. There's very little control over when your personal life dissappears to ship the product. Massive re-orgs can tear effective teams apart.",Get rid of stack rankings.,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59515,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Director,Review system promotes employees being unjustly labeled for good or bad,"Access to technology, working with the best and brightest, fast paced changing environment, tough problems to solve, opportunities to do new things.","Leadership, review model promotes employees being unjustly labeled to meet a curve & budget, bias exists -- enginneering favored over business/operational roles. Business is too often seen a ""non-core"".","1. Focus on empowering women through executive sponsorship...enable just as many women to take on big challenges in unchartered territory as men. 2. Change the review model to a project based review model to promote cross group collaboration, innovation and limit silo'd execution.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59516,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good company to work for,"Good benefits, depends on which team you have worklife balance",Middle management get tangled in office politics a lot,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59517,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good and Bad,"Good working environment, lots of smart people. Good salary and benefits. Easy enough to move to different teams/divisions if you want to work on something different.","They do pretty much everything, so you might get stuck working on a less-than-exciting part of a product that no one has ever heard of. There are also too many layers of management/it's too big of a company.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59518,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 18, 2012",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Inspirational and exceptional,"Smart people collaborating around applied innovation, huge scope of really hard problems to solve which will make the world better, and focused on a balance of short term results with very long term vision.","Microsoft has too much politics due to a review model that happens every year, slowing down progress. Some of the VPs are really very selfishly oriented more than customer oriented. They are not doing enough to beat Apple and Google.","Move to a quarterly ranking approach, allow for long-term innovation assignments with protection for ranking randomization for 2 years, reinvigorate the Quest program with real funding and/or stock grants for participants and helpers, and take enough heart to totally out-innovate the competitors.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59519,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Play the game right and you can go far.,"Depending on the team, you can be working on awesome products. Also depending on the team, people are passionate about what they do. Very smart and driven people, for the most part.","Test is often not seen as a key contributor to products, more like monkeys just there to pound on the product after the fact (fwiw this is not only at MSFT). Some people just seem to be there for a paycheck (or a visa maybe), and don't seem to really care about the product.","To the CEO: make some major changes (e.g. cut divisions that are losing money) to get the stock price, and more importantly public perception, of the company rebooted. To mid-level management: actually act on post-mortem notes and don't just throw them away, actually put automation to use so that it saves time for functional testers and does not just become a separate product to maintain.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P996.htm
59520,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,my experience at M.S,"good 401K, good salary...good products",most senior program managers in technical teams suffer from lack of base computer science knowledge which makes them make wrong trade offs.,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59521,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company - needs more innovation, more diversity and a better review system","Smart folks, great health club. Decent pay.",but culture undermines innovation and new products ala tabletPC. Can require a long commute due to high cost of homes near campus.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59522,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,Awesome,"Smart people, respect for diversity, giving campaign","Slow, too big, not innovative",Become more agile,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59523,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer I (SDE I),Amazing place to work.,The overall culture & values is amazing. It is for sure one of the best places to work.,"There is a lot of competition between employees, and sometimes people coming from other companies don't get the competitive culture right away.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59524,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"I left, but I was happy","Great benefits, great culture, extremely talented co-workers, wonderful campus and facitilities",broken review system. re-orgs are messed up,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59525,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,it all depends on your manager(s) and the teams,"reasonable stable place. nice benefits. if you don't like the team, or simply got tired of the same old routine/technology/building - generally not too hard to find a different one to work for. free drinks.","no upside for the stock. your growth depends on your manager(s) and the team you're on, less on yourself. Unlike some others, no free food. free sodas (bad for health). Cafe food quality really not that great.","Don't always be a follower - take Microsoft the a new direction where others would like to follow, instead of following (shiny) paths others are already leading and well ahead of the way.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59526,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Sep 12, 2012",Current Employee - Markeing Group Manager,Great Place to work!,"- Fun, and exciting work - Opportunities to stretch and grow daily - Great pay/benefits/overall package - Smart people",- Calibration/ Raking process for reviews,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59527,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2012",Former Employee - Group Program Manager,So many opportunities,"vast resources - human and monetary, small team atmosphere (most of the time), there is a process involved but if you can dream it up -MS can make it happen, excellent salary/benefits package.",As with any large organization there is a fair bit of politicking going on and the old (and not so old) boy network is very strong. You will be expected to sacrifice everything to deliver - maybe not a con for some.,Probably time for some new blood at the top in several areas.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59528,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Senior Product Manager in Server and Tools Business,"Fantastic career resources, healthy work-life balance,","Really matrixed, confused and chaotic organization (at present), Niched roles",none,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59529,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great experience - worked there for 11 years!,"I worked at Microsoft for 11 years and had a great experience. Great people, amazing learning experience, and good career growth/opportunities.","Depending on the manager and group, the work/life balance can be challenging",Re-look at the performance management system Don't risk innovation and giving employees ability to be creative for continuing to cut budget/costs,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P997.htm
59530,microsoft,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Oct 18, 2012",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Brand recognition, company have a lot of money to burn.","Its a club, clique environment. If you're not in the club you will not go very far regarding advancement or anything else. Like high school. Popular in, unpopular out.",Stop high school thing and be professional. This is not high school.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59531,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Very stable, great place to grow yet coast.","Great benefits (salary, insurance, perks) Lots of seasoned developers and leads to work with and learn from","Microsoft is a machine. There are tons of people at the company, and it's sometimes hard to feel like you've made an individual impact. Career growth is possible but you have to align heavily with your manager. Don't get too attached to any of your products because all of the higher ups are good at playing the alignment game. They will turn on a dime and leave you wondering why you wrote all that code for the past 6 months.",Nothing. What Microsoft does works for Microsoft. It's up to the individual to understand this process and choose if it's right for them.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59532,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Sep 25, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Microsoft,"Good people, good technology and so so benefits",bureaucratic to the nth degree,Get rid of the review model and the scorecard,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59533,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good place to be a developer...,Bright folks. Big products. Complex problem spaces.,"Review System. Difficulty understanding promotions. Constant Team vs Team dynamics. Many, many ""Type A"" folks, all interacting.",Ditch the review system.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59534,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A full-fledged technology company,"A very rich culture, strong work force, emphasis on fundamentals, very healthy and adaptive software engineering practices, great work-life balance, smart people, drive for consistency","Lots of areas in the company that get unnoticed, redundant efforts trying to solve the same problems, too many things the company is into.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59535,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2012",Former Employee - Service Engineer In Operations,"Some divisions at MSFT are better than others, but bad management and performance review systems are a universal pain.","The perks are generally good, even the new, crappier health insurance is pretty good. There are a LOT of really smart, dedicated people there. The trick is to work in a division that's currently got a shiny object, like Xbox or Azure.","The performance review system is a nightmare, and the bane of every employee. Nobody is really under the impression that Ballmer or his immediate reports have any real strategy for what they're doing. The internal politics are different among the various divisions, and some are very, very bad. I would recommend avoiding work in the Online Services Division at all cost.","Steve Ballmer needs to go and the performance review and career management systems need to be rewritten from the ground up to emphasize teamwork and customer focus, both of which are sorely lacking now. When you spend a bunch of money on an acquisition, maybe try learning from how they ran things instead of cramming the Microsoft Way down their throats. (Best of luck with Skype. Hope you don't do to them what you did to aQuantive.)",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59536,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Director,Empowered to make decisions. Excited about the future. Inspired by the people with whom I work.,Technology we develop and use is really cool. Workplace is fantastic. People are smart and driven. Meritocracy based reviews.,Standard big company political stuff,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59537,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great company, so-so managers",It's Microsoft Resources Incredible benefits (though they are taking a hit in 2013 Perks Great experience,"Salary < industry Stack ranking Managment that likes to micromanage, use the stick but no carrot",Take a look at how your mid-level management is managing your ICs,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59538,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Creative, Respectful, Customer Oriented, Respected","Large Organization, viewed as not creative any more, which I believe to be wrong",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59539,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Financial Manager,One look at Microsoft today.,All types of opportunities... if you know the right people.,People have been at MS for many years leading to many generals and few soldiers all vying for the same opportunities. It limits the ability to grow and get promotions.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P998.htm
59540,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,#72 in 100 Fortune Best Companies to Work For,"Good corporate environment, Good benefits and career opportunities",Slow moving company Internal politics dominate the scene,Wake Up!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59541,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"High stress, good rewards","Smart, hard working, co-workers are generally interesting and friendly Great benefits and good compensation provided Reach over a billion users with your work, unique opportunity to have massive impact",High stress and poor work-life balance frequently impact employee's health and/or family life Globally-distributed engineering teams mean lots of evening and weekend meetings,"Stop the unwritten policy of understaffing if you are serious about security, quality, and employee retention.",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59542,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2012",Current Employee - Enterprise Architect,"Best company in the NW, hands down","Great Benefits, great pay, super smart people","Competitive, long work hours, poor planning",Be better at management,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59543,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Decent company,"There are some good people in the company. Good technologies, good products. And the benefit is good (although it is going downhills). Flexible work hours as well.","Things can get fairly political from time to time, e.g. promotions, go/no-go on projects, etc. And I don't believe some managers are competent.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59544,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Reasons to work at Microsoft,My management chain really listens to my input and takes care of us.,People must contribute or leave,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59545,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 23, 2012",Current Employee - Applied Researcher,not so good in general,big company thus job security is good,project is not good as it is a remote site,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59546,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager Lead,"Tons of smart people, lots of collaboration","Smart people, lots of different businesses, ability to move around company and learn new spaces",People spend lots of time/energy thinking about reviews & comparing to others.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59547,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 18, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,MS Review,Good Salary & Benefits Intelligent people Plenty of exciting projects Challenging Plenty of scope to grow Strong engineering culture Plenty of opportunities within the company Fun place to work,Stack ranking Excessive politics Visibility over substance People tend to get stuck at middle levels Plenty of people frustrated about lack of collaboration and teamwork There is a sense that we are not as innovative as we could be Can be a bit bureaucratic at times Not enough women in engineering roles Risk taking is not rewarded Managers are not as strong as they could be,Get rid of stack ranking. This will encourage collaboration and innovation and reduce the number of people who seek visibility rather than having an impact on the product. The current system tends to encourage employees to undermine each other because they know that someone else's success means my downfall. This also creates unnecessary stress and distracts from the actual work.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59548,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great place to start your career,"-lots of opportunities to learn fast -solid salary and benefits -looking at our newest products, the company has a bright future -many opportunities to change your career path within the company -ability to reach millions of customers with your ideas","-some teams might not have the best environment to work in, so your experience might not be as positive -there is still lots of politics in the management levels -we are still behind our competitors in some growing areas",let the engineers work better by cutting down on rules and restrictions,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59549,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2012",Former Employee - Business Administrator,Great people and products but you will work very hard,Great networking and teamwork plus a fun environment. I learned a ton from my peers and loved the morale events we had.,The work never ends and you can't effect much change. Plus you are constantly getting a new boss or new VP and that makes it very challenging.,"Try not to reorg so much, it's the reason I would never come back.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P999.htm
59550,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great benefits and Perks, Lot of breadth","The company has so many teams across different domains like online services, windows, xbox, mobile, cloud storage etc. superb benefits and perks compared to other companies. smart people. work/Life balance better than most companies.",Politics in many teams. Stack ranking.,Be more agile Eliminate stack ranking and give more flexibility to managers to distribute rewards within a fixed budget. Remove managers and people who play politics for growth.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59551,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Stable company , good benefits, avg talent","40 hr week, it's ok if you group does not make money because OS and Office products pay will pay for your group.",Growth is limited for IC.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59552,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,6 Years In...,"Benefits are good, but they're changing this year, so...",Stack ranking New review model is terrible and is causing high attrition among the more talented pool of employees,"Transition to a 1/4 review model Get rid of the current 1 - 5 system Stack ranking? In a group of 10 employees, one person is going to get a 5, no matter how good an employee he/she is.",2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59553,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2012",Current Employee - Content Publishing Manager II,"Great benefits and interesting opportunities, but unclear strategy and a toxic review system.",Easily the best health benefits of any company or organization I'm aware of worldwide. Strong internal and corporate support for diversity and progressive social issues like same-sex partnerships. Wonderful corporate values.,"Total lack of clarity on the company's strategic direction, Microsoft doesn't need to have a finger in every pie. The new review model (or resurrection of the old one, if you've been at the company longer than five years) creates a toxic environment of mistrust and wasteful internal competition between teammates -- from the individual contributor level all the way up through executives. As if all that weren't bad enough, it's impossible to maintain any sort of work/life balance: Expect to end up working 10-12 hours regularly, with ""death marches"" near releases.","Fix the broken review model, get out of irrelevant international markets, and quit trying to get into every product category -- no, you CAN'T do it all!",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59554,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,Changing Culture,work with a lot of very smart individuals,Cultural shift focused more on visibility and less about the quaility of work (i.e. more about the spin that the the results),none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59555,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Giant Company with Giant Mess,1. Some free drinks. 2. Good offices,"1. Bad leadship. Reviewing system is so aweful that a lot of lower level ICs do not get credits. 2. Competitive working instead of collaborative working environments. 3. Politics: During reorganization, a lot of leads move with their managers and do not do much work at all. Dev manager get paid a lot with less work.",Stop the stupid forced curve and bring back morality and creativeness.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59556,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),It has been a challenging experience at Microsoft,"There is a lot opportunity to be found at Microsoft, since the company is in virtually every field of computing. The people are smart and friendly. You get to hear interesting talks from researchers and other notable personalities from inside and outside the company. The work is challenging and intellectually stimulating.","Working in a large company there is sometimes a lot of process involved in coordinating everyones efforts. This overhead can sometimes get in the way of work. However, newer teams are now adopting more agile methods of software development. Since everyone is smart, there is a lot of tough competition between colleagues to get rewards and promotions, and so you need to be prepared to work long hours to be successful.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59557,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Pretty Good,"Flexible work hours, great privacy","Dependent on the team you are in. IF that team isn't a fit for your skills, you're going to have a hard time.",Please utilize the best skills of each employee rather than telling every rabbit to climb a tree.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59558,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,People are smart,"Decisions making is typically very rationalized -- this could be a pro or con depending your view. If you like IPhone, probalby you won't like this company since it focus on more 'real' value.  You will learn how to 'collaborate' -- collaboration is one of most important part of work at Microsoft. In my experience most people are 'collaborative' but it could be super challenging when cross team boundary as there is limited incentive for a team to put other's priority higher than itself.","You have to cope with review model which some ratio of employees will be marked as 'underperformed' (the model changes over time, but there always will be some of us get into this category) which is bloody and choosing a good boss is more than important.",Change the review model -- It's easy to find so called 'last 5%' or 'last 10%' but it really prohibit the collaboration. Microsoft already impose a very high hiring bar so we don't typically have 'bad' people there to kill.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59559,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager Lead,Opportunity to own your career and what you do.,Huge amount of choice. Tons of jobs across the company. It’s hard to get bored with some many interesting projects available. Smart people. In general there are really smart people to work with – especially in some areas. Whatever your passion you can find some way to be involved. Whether you make it part of your job or just take advantage of the groups and resources. It’s up to you to make your career what you want it to be. This one can be seen as a pro or con.,"Some inefficacies that come with a large company. Imperfect review model, but really there are few that are great. Not all groups are that great to work with.",Explain the why regularly.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1000.htm
59560,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 18, 2012",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,"Microsoft is a large, well-established employer that offers a host of great fringe benefits, such as a gym membership, legal support, life insurance, etc.. Salaries are fairly competetive and if you are a programmer or project manager, there are thousands of opportunities. For most roles, work hours are flexible with regard to start times and the like. There are a lot of training opportunities as well as tuition reimbursement as long as you are working towards a degree.","The performance management system sets up a somewhat hostile environment or at the very least an undercurrent of distrust and one-upmanship. You are reviewed against peers and other people in your 'level band' within your organization and across the company. There are a lot of politics involved and your score can become very subjective based on the Manager/Directors perception of you, rather than your actual accomplishments.",Be consistent and as transparant as possible.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59561,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,great place to work,"innovation, flexibility, very smart people","slow to market, missing some opportunities",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59562,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Best Employee,Good management and supportive work force,Salary needs to be increased for employees who are long working,keep up the good work......,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59563,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Solution Sales Professional,An empowering and energizing experience,"Resources resources and more resources. It's amazing to work for a company that seems to have a great idea of what it does, why it does it, and has the information available to help team members execute successfully.","There's a tendency to not take charge (if you don't take ownership, you can't get blamed). And there's definitely a bit of a blame culture (which feeds the prior item).",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59564,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,OK if you know how to play the game,"Nice compensation, great medical insurance.","Forced curve at the review. If your manager doesn't care much about you, you are probably getting a very low score at the review.",Get rid of the forced curve. Replace the CEO.,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59565,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Support Executive,Customer Support Associate,Good HR management. Good salary and conditions in general. Nice office and nice working environment.,Distance to get to work can be a problem. Management don't often listen to constructive feedback. Pressurizing at times.,None really.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59566,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Sep 17, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,20+ years Microsoft Customer Services and Support,"I always had managers who were fair and really wanted to reward people based on merit (work accomplished and impact made). I always felt fairly rewarded. I got to do some pretty cool work and work with passionate, enthusiastic, principled people. Fantastic benefits. I had a good work life balance and really appreciated that.","Sometimes it was tough to get management support, coaching and feedback. They were busy... Microsoft would do well to have an internal recruiting program. When looking for other positions internally, HR would only offer, ""Use the Career site and your network"". I could have used help in finding roles that lined up with my skillset and interests. Sometimes I felt like Microsoft management HR mindset was, ""Employees are our most valuable asset!! ...well, perhaps not you, specifically... but employees, in general, are our greatest asset!!!"" At times, Microsoft would publicly support or not support particular polarizing social issues that were not directly related to the product or service or customer set. I don't think this behavior is appropriate for any public company.","Always work to define and communicate roles in terms of who is responsible for what, and then enforce it. This should limit the politics. If team work, collaboration and making others great are truly important, figure out a performance model that doesn't reward going it alone and leaving dead bodies behind. I realize that ""The How"" in the performance model is supposed to encourage that, but there's a lot of tension between ""The How"" and 'The What"" + ""Proven Capability"" Figure out how to normalize the performance model so that everyone is rewarded based on merit on a team comprised of top performers or a team comprised of poor performers.",4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59567,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Get to know your team manager before joining a team,MSFT has smart people. These are tech fellows and researchers. Follow their ideas and inventions. MSFT has challenging problems awaiting smart people's solutions. Your product may affect millions of people's daily life.,"MSFT has stupid people. These are resource managers and project managers. MSFT has stupid product policies. These are supressions of creative ideas and inventions that may compete with Windows, Office or IE. MSFT has stupid people policies. These are constrained mobility, annual reviews and caliberation -a total joke.",Be careful when you join a MSFT team. Get to know your team manager - some of them are evil politicians.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59568,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Microsoft,"Opportunities in different areas, impacting lots of people around the world","Slow moving, lots of management layers",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59569,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Sep 17, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,"ok to work for, but very stressful",Challenges are pretty good and fun,Big corporate environment is very difficult to work in.,"Cut down on review, which means less stress and better prodictivity",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1001.htm
59570,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Some good divisions, some bad - make sure you do your homework before joining",Experience working in large projects. Variety of divisions working on different things so it is possible to change jobs once in a while and keep things fresh,Benefits are getting cut. No more 100% medical next year. Enforced Bell curve promotes unhealthy competition between peers. Reward for 'impact' and 'visibility' (determined by manager of course) cause employees to think about how to be more 'visible' and 'known' by higher management rather than think what's best for product and company. Bunch of 'partners' reap large compensations for no good reason. Some divisions started elimination of individual offices with doors and introduce 'open space' (aka cubicles or worse - just rows of tables with no private space whatsoever).,Eliminate 'partner' system and switch to peer reviews,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59571,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Slow but constant pace,Stablized org....aggressive culture....good salary and benefits compred with competitors,Terrible leadership...me too strategy..no growth opportunity,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59572,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Software design engineer,Nice environment for engineer like single office/liberal enough for discussing engineering topics even with outside working group. Variety of areas the company covers give employee for choice on internal transfer. Work life balance is enough good for those having kids.,"Review system is bad. There is bunch of tools, but still not much transparent, and room for politic to step in. Compensation would not be much competitive with other top it companies. Even worse, famous health insurance coverage will go away from 2013.",Keep up good work.,4.0,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59573,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Good learning and growth opportunities for the less experienced, but risk averse management and toxic culture.","In just about every tech business from consumer to enterprise, which provides opportunities for learning and growth. Junior employees often given latitude to lead important projects. Use next year's cool software (and occasionally hardware) today.","Management constantly stages divisional battles which leads to distrustful us vs. them relationships between potential collaborators. Promotion and bonus processes that encourage selfishness. Salary purposefully below industry benchmarks, while stock price has been flat for a decade.",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59574,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Worrying more about my review than about my customer,"Work on epic stuff, able to change to many different products from games to operating systems to hardware to productivity products and never leave the company.","Very siloed, competing with manager for my salary and stock, slow to respond to market changes",Reward people as groups for collective success,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59575,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2012",Current Employee - General Manager,"Entrpreneurial with a BIG VC (Microsoft), energetic, creative, competitive, great people, love it.","Exciting, great industry, excellent leadership, fast-paced, global, investing more in the future.","Big meritocracy, must love being measured for everything.",Keep recognzing good performers outside of the normal performance process. More at-a-boys and at-a-girls go a long way.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59576,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Engineering (not a long term carreer job opportunity),Fair to above average salary compared to the industry averages and a good work environment for those who know how to play the corporate game well (without stabbing your co-workers in the back).,"Microsoft has a strange and extremely diskliked process of ""Stack Ranking"" where each time is required to have 20% below average employees regardless of how good the team actually is. This cause team members to compete more against each other and back stabbing compared to competing against other companies with similar products and doing so as a team. Also if you stay in the same position long enough then they will tell you that you are no longer ""growing"" and should look for another job and then a year later they may ask you to leave.",Drop the Stack Ranking and promote an environment where each team is competing against our real competitors instead of competing against team against team and employee against employee.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59577,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Depends on your team,"- Make sure you have a good lead who stands up for you. If you don't then get out of this team as quick as possible. Without a lead that supports you, your career won't go anywhere fast at MSFT. - Compensation and benefits package are above average. - The company is starting to perform well. The underdog role suits MSFT.","- Management above your lead oftentimes have no clue how to work with the product and have no interest in learning. - Little visibility into what the leads and managers do with all their time. - Lots of pointless meetings and red tape. - if you have a good team with standup people than you will like your job but oftentimes you have bad eggs at high-ish level positions - The curve is awful. Makes you constantly have to watch your back. - Too much emphasis on visibility. If you do great work but the powers that be don't see it, you won't be rewarded.",Take a strong look at your management. Determine whether they are actually needed or not.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59578,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best company to start your professional career,Challenging work Work life balance Satisfactory careeer growth Very good Compensation,I think there is nothing to write here from my side.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59579,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2012",Current Employee - Porgram Manager,Very good employer with reasonable benefits,Relaxed environment Flexible work hours and ability to work from home Leading edge technologies Annual poll actually has an impact on the way thiings are done.,"Benefits have been erroded in recent times esp health care Stock has been stagnant for over 10 years Missed the boat on recent wave of innovation (phones, tablets) Career opportunities limited if not in product groups",Reorgs are disruptive. Build an org and stick to it for a couple of years. The MS Health plan was a major factor in attracting talent. The new HSA sucks and will have an adverse effect on recruitment. Admit to failures as well as celebratin the successes. We gnerally had to find out about things such as the Kin and aQuantive fiascos in the press.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1002.htm
59580,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,What you expect,"Resources, educated colleagues, benefits and perks","Seattle, red tape, politics, slow process",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59581,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2012",Current Employee - Programming Writer,A wealth of technically exciting opportunities to choose from at a company with good benefits and respect for diversity.,Array of projects and products and roles to choose from. Corporate giving and respect for diversity among employees. Exciting future in fall 2012 with Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 and new devices!,"Tiresome and time-consuming performance management system emphasizes individual ""growth"" at the expense of team and company success.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59582,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Service Engineer II,Operations @ MS,"Work Life Balance is great, great benefits","Review model s shaky, sr mgmt",Stop worrying about the consumer space,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59583,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A great company to do software development and there are a lot of opportunities,Great products if you want to make your effort impact lifes of billions of people. Great compensation and health benefits.,Limited choices in café! Should provide more Asian choices.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59584,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Group Manager,"Bold vision, smart people, interesting work",Varied career opportunities exist in the company,a little bit of red tape exists sometimes,build better integrated products across divisions,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59585,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, your experience will vary greatly depending on the group you are in","Causal work environment, lots of talented, smart, passionate people, opportunity to make an impact in the world through your work, and good health benefit (although that is changing 2013).","In some groups, leadership (directors and above) are so focused on the politics and self advancement that things are not always done for the good of the company. On some teams, the ""perception"" of what you do matters way more than the actual accomplishment you achieved. The performance review system and its forced distribution model are partly to blame, but I think there are just a lot of poor managers, especially at the Director and Senior Director level - lots of Microsoft lifers who don't have outside experiences and perspectives.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59586,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,All the best technology. All the worst baggage.,"If you're a fan of Microsoft products, there's no better place to use the latest technology. Depending on your group, you may be using products that aren't even available to the general public.  There isn't a single best way of doing things at Microsoft so each organization is free to develop their own best practices. From a career perspective, changing groups is like changing companies without having to start earning vacation again.  The privacy policies are top notch. I have a lot of faith in my employer doing the right thing with a customer's personal data (even when I'm the customer) because I've been a part of so many reviews where privacy is highlighted as one of the most important things.","Too many fiefdoms: Microsoft was once a place where the best technical solution would win the day. There was time to argue the best way of implementing a feature. There are some important people around with delicate egos. Say the wrong thing and they will go out of their way to put in a bad word at review time.  Easy to get stuck in the wrong role: I've witnessed people getting dropped in the wrong role after a reorganization. If you haven't been in your current role for 12-18 months, you could get stuck in an area that's outside your specialization. Come review time, that could mean a black mark on your review or the end of your job.",1. Get Rid of Stack Ranking. 2. A good technical person does not automatically mean a good lead. 3. Put more weight into MSPoll. If seen entire groups flee when a bad manager came in. Figure out who those people are and don't allow them to become leads. A bad manager should not be allowed to become a manager of another group after they've messed up the previous one.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59587,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Mixed bag... 50% Epic, 50% Pointless",- Good compensation - Good work/life balance - Definitely get to work on interesting and fascinating things.,"- Toxic politicized yearly review system means the focus is on individual competition rather than team collaboration. - Very difficult to find the right people to connect with to get things done, simply a matter of scale. As a result, company probably runs at 10% efficiency just due to churn and communications loss. - A lot of people have bought the kool-aid, which leads to some poor decisions.","- Make the review process more transparent, or you risk hemorrhaging more good people. - Remove the nepotistic aspects of reviews, work should be rewarded, not how much your manager can fight during calibration.",4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59588,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Principla Group Program Manager,"Endless opportunities, huge impact potential, but as for any large company this does not go without some frustrations","Lots of very smart people. It's just more exciting to work with those people than in most companies Impact: the products impact so many people (in a good way) and your work does make you feel you are changing the world Products and technologies: just being at the spearhead of technology, working on cool products (assuming your fing hightech software cool) Tons of opportunities accross disciplines Great benefits and work environment Good package, not great, not going to get rich through IPO package, but good package.","can be political as any large company often more focused on ""monetizing"" (i.e. get more money from a customer) than doing what's best for the customer lots of complications in day to day things due to combinatio of being an IP company, being affraid of litigation (including) silo mentallity accross division and impression of focus on what's best for them vs. the company at the partner level (at least often looks like this) brutal rating system","more freedom to small teams more stringent pressure on presidents and CVPs to genuinely collaborate Focus more on what's best and fairest for the customer not what's going to provide more revenues Stop cutting products, this really damages our reputation (performance point, forefront, fliught sim, money, digital image pro, MSN groups, spaces, live mesh...)",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59589,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - GPM,Good place to park -- if that's what you want,"Great benefits, steady, predictable. It's not going anywhere.","Steady, predictable. It's not going anywhere. Hard for a junior person to make it to senior.","Management especially engineering management, needs more experience outside Microsoft. Key decision-makers have been there forever and don't know that often the world has moved on.",2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1003.htm
59590,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Stack ranking performance review kills innovation, motivation",The health benefit is really good.,"Stack ranking performance review kills innovation, motivation A lot of meetings",Stop all the unnecessary meetings.,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59591,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is amazing in terms of work culture and gives plenty of opportunities to make a difference,"One of the best in terms of perks, work environment and work resources. Gives independence to work on project and features.",Slow growth in terms of promotions and pay. Politics and more of a show game that brings people to limelight. No honest meritocracy,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59592,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2012",Former Employee - Readiness Program Manager,Program Management in Learning/curriculum environment,"Autonomy, varied experiences and the ability to learn mulitple business lines, fast pace, highly competitive environment. Great benefits but you will definately need to use them, and make sure you take advantage of them.","Upper management dictates down to middle line management what needs to happen, there is no bottoms up approach. The performance review process has gotten worse over the course of the last 15 years (and it never been a good process to begin with). I gave 15 of my young and energetic years to them, I got a stable work environment but management issues and performance review process coupled with the inability to move up levels in the company pretty much squashed any hopes I had of becoming anything great within the company.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59593,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Overall positive,"Pros of working in Microsoft are the diverse environment, the job opportunities, the benefits especially the health insurance.","Cons of Microsoft are the politics, it's a top heavy company, bureaucracy, the review system can be unfair.",slim down the top,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59594,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Forced Stack Ranking Sucks,One of the best company to work for unless you get forced stack ranked.,"Forced Stack Ranking system sucks big time. Very frustrating for employee and manager Very political Do not join here till they REMOVE FORCED STACK RANKING because sooner or later you will become victim and trust it is very frustrating. Clarify with recruiter, you will be glad that you did. Manager will try to justify heaven and hell why you got bad ranking even though it's not true.",Remove Forced Stack Ranking and see how companies grows with leaps and bound leaving apple to dust or keep it and let competitor beat you black and blue.,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59595,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Work on innovative systems engineering,"Relaxed work culture, stable business","MSFT stock, management overhead, PMs",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59596,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Sep 11, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior Consultant,Decent Compensation if you hold out for a good offer,Massive beaurocracy stifles any coolness for working for Microsoft,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59597,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Everyone should work here at least once in their career lifetime,Good brand and worldwide Diverse in products and people Good benefits Good place to learn new technologies Good career plan,"Too many office politics (not in all team but majority) and performance review system is screwed The company is too big, so you feel your work may not really have big implication Base pay salary is considered below many other tech companies Ackward company stock price, so don't expect much on this","Please come up with better way to reduce the flaw in the performance review system. There are many good people leaving the company because of that, and some cunning employees who are good at the politic game mostly will stay forever and spread the bad culture.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59598,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2012",Former Employee - Group Program Manager,"Stable company, trying to reinvent itself","Engineering driven culture, good people, excellent benefits.",Need to get their hunger back and shake their complacency. They are trying hard now and time will tell if they are successful.,Drive direct customer experience and hands on customer contact within engineering teams.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59599,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,"Good pay, good benefits, great work/life, bad everything else","The pay is pretty good. Not the best in the business, but definitely above average. Same with the benefits. They really shine with the work/life balance. 40 hour work weeks are the norm (while at other companies its typically closer to 50 or even 60).  I also have to commend Microsoft for being very charitable, community-focused, and progressive. They match charitable donations up to $12,000, sponsor volunteer events and giving campaigns all the time, and extend benefits to domestic partners (among many other things).  It's not a terrible company, so don't let what follows color your opinion *too* much. I would still rather work here than most places, mainly because almost every large company has the same problems Microsoft has. However, a lot of the cons below would be solved simply by working for a smaller company, possibly a startup.","The culture is very much ""show up so you can get paid"". Around 10% of the people here are passionate about their work, the other 90% just show up and may as well not even exist. Good code design, actually getting things done, and doing them correctly aren't priorities - management puts all of its emphasis on the concept of ""visibility"". I like to describe it as being the loudest, most obnoxious person in the room: screaming and yelling while flailing your arms around works. But honestly, you need to go to meetings, lots of meetings. And you need to ask questions at those meetings so it looks like you're participating. Even if you already know the answers (or weren't paying attention or are just plain stupid) and all you're accomplishing is slowing things down for everyone else. And if you have an opportunity to pick a project or team, you need to pick the one that people care about the most. Even though you're on the same team as someone else and even if you're less productive than them, if you're working on the high-profile project then you'll get all of the attention. Or ""visbility"".  Visibility is the only factor in promotions and bonuses, provided you get your work done. Went the extra mile? Did twice as much work as the other guy? Cleverly fixed a long-broken and frustrating system? Unless those things directly impact the visibility I called out above, no one above your management leve cares, so enjoy your average review rating.  Team budgets are also divided by the impact of your work. Teams working on lower-profile products don't get as large of a budget as other teams, so promotions/career advancement is slow because your manager doesn't have the budget to promote you. The quickest advancement occurs in the Windows organization. Xbox/Bing/Windows Phone are all young, but I imagine the same trend will appear there if they prove to be successful.  There are also a ton of (for lack of a better word) ""older"" people at Microsoft. Very traditional, 9-5 types that are *very* stuck in their ways. And a lot of them (particularly the ones in management) think everyone else should work the same hours as them. ""Flex time"" allows you to work odd hours (I usually come in around 7am because my fiance works mornings) when you need to, but it seems a good portion of the company hasn't caught up to the idea, and frowns upon it.  You'll see this at a lot of the old, big companies, but there is a lot of redundancy in management here. The sort of people where you look at what they come in and do every day and you think - couldn't they just have someone else do that for ten minutes at the end of each day?  It's a very reactive company, and takes too long to react.  There's too much red tape. Proposing new features or even getting rid of old, useless ones is a trying process and usually not worth it.  Management puts a lot of emphasis on ""training"" - both internal MS training and external offerings, but they're always worthless and if you never go to them people wonder why you don't want to broaden your knowledge.  If you're new, no matter how much experience you have you'll be treated like you don't know anything and need your hand held (no one actually read your resume except HR).  The hiring standards for teams outside the US are *much* lower (and I personally think they're already too low in the US), so if you get to work with them then prepare to be frustrated daily.",Grow up. Be a *leader* rather than a follower. Microsoft is one of the most profitable companies in the world - it can afford to take risks (and I don't mean buying companies for 2-50x market value). It also doesn't need hundreds of thousands of employees. Cut the dead weight.,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1004.htm
59600,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Where do you go from here,"if you can't innovate, buy innovation",lack of awareness of future growth areas and lack of agility to meet the changing environments,stop reducing benefits.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59601,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer,800 Pound Gorilla with internal political problems,"Lots of smart people, tons of interesting projects. Portfolio of excellent products.","Incredible organizational inertia, highly political environment. Many excellent products, but some ar stagnating due to a lack of vision.","Get rid of the dead weight to make things lean and mean. Quit promoting figureheads and politically-motivated empire builders. Instead, try listening carefully to your customers and figure out how to make your platform easier to support, diagnose, and use. That will make them happy.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59602,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Microsoft creates some truly amazing products,"The company is made up of truly bright people from all over the world. If the problem exists in the realm of computer science, Microsoft has someone trying to solve it. We are relentless and persistent. We do not give up.",The performance review/feedback system creates an atmosphere of fear. People become selfish about ownership for features/projects as a result. This inhibits collaboration which is obviously important for large software projects.,Get rid of the quota based review model.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59603,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"You get to work with very smart people. Being a software giant, you get a lot of infrastructure to play with. There are a lot of career change opportunities. Name an area in Computer science and there will be an opportunity to work there. Work-Life balance is better than a lot of companies.",You need to deal with politics. Time flies away when you are here. Sometimes decision making can be delayed because of too many opinions.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59604,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Director,"Smart people, poor leadership, cowboy culture exalts the individual over the collective.",Lots of talent and amazing potential.,Culture rewards the individual who follows what the leadership wants. Don't rock the boat baby!,Get lean and mean and give business groups the ability to respond. Waiting for the SteveB to weigh in orto get things on KT's almighty scorecard won't cut it when the competition is moving at lightspeed.,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59605,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 7, 2012",Current Employee - Director,A black hole for business people,"Good, generally smart, wordly people who are serious about doing a job well. Great lifestyle company. The benefits are degrading rapidly but are still pretty good.","Too much management, too much worship of technology and too little concern with user experience. The organization worships developers and exists to promote them upwards. Business people are basically hired help to act as drone labor in the process but lack ladders to climb into upper management. As a result the place is filled with coders who think they are business people because they got promoted. In recent years the place is adopting a grass-is-greener hiring policy, lots of people coming in from outside Microsoft at partner (GM) level - practically impossible if you already work within its walls. This naturally kills motivation and builds resentment. The recent critique on the performance evaluation system is fairly accurate.","HR processes need a complete overhaul. Management should learn to balance appreciation for good tech with appreciation of aesthetic beauty and consumer delight. Company doesn't hire enough crazy geniuses - that's why their marketing sucks. If you aren't a little crazy, you aren't a gifted marketer.",3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59606,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2012",Former Employee - Director,incredible opportunities that simply do not exist elsewhere,"Autonomy, Commitment, Funding, Brand Cache, Smart Peers, Great Researchers, Great Marketing",Politics Reputation Poor HR methods lead to disfunctional atmosphere,"Stop the Jack Welch wannabe draconian tactics. Respect the people you have for who they are, not where they fit on your curve",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59607,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Love it or hate it. Not much in between.,"For type A personalities that can handle the politics, you can make a very good living. The benefits are amazing. The Redmond campus is is very nice place to work. Your experience will depend greatly on the group your wind up in. For those fortunate enough to hook up with a good group, and get a good manager, MS is a great place to work.  The company's core businesses, Windows and Office, still provide a near guaranteed flow of profit. There is no worry about the company hurting for cash anytime soon.  If the offer is from the right group, and you can handle the politics, then I recommend giving Microsoft a try.","On the other hand, if you get a bad manager, or wind up in a position that is a poor fit, your career at Microsoft will end swiftly even if you have a long history of strong performance. Every year, 20% of employees are given poor rankings (forced distribution), effectively ending their career at Microsoft. The forced stank rank distribution ensures that half off all new hires are gone within 5 years, and will not vest the majority of their stock awards. Discount the value of your job offer accordingly.  Microsoft is a giant company, and it's nearly impossible to be more than a small cog of the machine. If you're looking to be a force for change, look elsewhere. If you try to change the company from the inside, you're more than likely going to make enough enemies to end your career.  Although the company is still a top employer, many of the very best programers go to Facebook or Google if they can.","The company hasn't achieved anything in the past decade, management needs to be changed at the top. If the company didn't have such vast retained earnings, change would have been forced may years ago.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59608,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not so great as it used to be,Decent salary and benefits Some smart people around,No innovation No enthusiasm Boring company Dying company,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59609,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Great place to start your career but don't stay too long!,"Depending on the role and division, you can get some major budget and responsibility in your work. Microsoft does hire very smart people and the lifestyle is pretty good for the most part. Very flexible with commutes and about getting your work done vs. where you're working or when you're in the office. If you do spend a lot of time, there are opportunities to get experience across industries and roles to some extent either voluntarily or involuntarily (if you get reorganized like I did every 6 months!). Because of its size, it's a good place to build your career especially early on since you have ""margin"" for error and lots of resources to support you in your work...","Has become a very large company and become a victim of its own success. Bureaucracy, process have eroded the agility and entrepreneurial culture quite a bit. People are not incentivized always to do what's right for Microsoft and you can learn a lot of bad habits here that will not serve you well in other quarters. Beware of constant reorganizations, incentives that focus on individual achievement over teamwork and narrowly defined roles that pigeonhole or limit your movement/marketability. Your career is maybe 20% under your control and luck will play a big role unfortunately...","- Focus on the external market and what customers need and care about - Recognize that org design change is not enough and too much change can be a bad thing - Hold people accountable and try to provide a clear line of sight from work to impact - Recognize that incentives and culture matter, be careful what behavior you motivate and don't pay lip service to these issues through setting up v-teams only",3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1005.htm
59610,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Work life balance not a priority,"good pay, dedicated workers, good benefits","have seen good performers managed out, ranking and rating system (10% will get ""managed"" out the door every year no matter how well they have performed in the past), 40+ hours a week typically bites into family/friends time.",Better training for their employees so they can be successful in their role.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59611,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Disheartening,- Benefits - Access to technology,- Worst managers in history that have no interest in furthering employees career. Never know where you stand. - Worst review structure on record,- Get out!,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59612,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good pay. Large amount of politics to deal with,Work with brightest engineers out there Pay is comparable if not better to most companies in the area,"Need to deal with the oversize beaucracy to get anything done Strong division between PM, dev, and test disciplines, resulting in uneven growth to be better engineers",Need to focus on growing engineers and reduce discipline division.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59613,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,"Right for some people, not for all.","Microsoft has a long reach with its partner ecosystem - it may start slow on new efforts, but then builds a tidal wave across its product line. That assumes, of course, that the market hasn't shifted again in the meantime.  There are relatively few companies where your work will affect hundreds of millions of users. There are different mindsets and pacing with that than companies with a few dozen or hundreds of users.  Good benefits, up to 5 weeks of vacation (depending on tenure,) et cetera.","Microsoft is continuing to implement its ""Functional"" organizations - putting common points of alignment among disciplines further up the food chain. In some organizations, this puts a long distance to the person responsible for making sure the engineering disciplines work together as a team. If you have the small company mentality of wearing many hats, read the Career Stage Profiles carefully. In a small company creating value is the top priority - Microsoft is emphasizing creating value within your discipline.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59614,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Microsoft is challenging,Diverse work opportunities in the company,Too Many management layers and process,Be nimble,4.0,none,none,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59615,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Talented People, toxic work environment",1. You work with an amazing group of talented people 2. Great medical benefits (through 2012) 3. Lots of different opportunities within the company,"1. Stack Rank review system creates individual competition between team members 2. Inter competitive environment is somewhat toxic and stifles innovation 3. Microsoft management is stuck n the 90s mindset, and is slow to recognize new opportunities 4. The CEO is out of touch 5. Aside from XBox, Microsoft lacks the cool/it factor (it's the new IBM)","1. Bring in some new blood (e.g. CEO) 2, change the review system, 3. utilize the talent pool, don't pit them against each other.",2.0,none,none,1.0,none,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59616,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Working at MS,"Simply put, the best reason to work at Microsoft is due to the caliber and passion of the people you work with.","Process, process, process, management, drinking the cool-aid, exclusively using Microsoft products, and not enough open-source opportunities.",Get rid of as much process as you can.,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59617,microsoft,"Sacramento, CA"," Sep 25, 2012",Former Employee - General Manager,Rubios,Very little BOH for managers. GM's are FOH most all of the time.,"Horrible bonus structure. No raises for best performers. No matter how much sales increase over previous year, no bonus is awarded. Horrible HR department. Company is divided from DM on up and GM on down.",Pay for performance!,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59618,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software Developer Engineer,Flexible work time Very casual dressing Multi-cultural,bad review system bad work-life balance near release time,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59619,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Solid stable company that sometimes can't get out of its own way with lots of meetings and process.,highly intelligent staff diverse businesses profitable global head quarters location is a nice place to live,meetings about meetings slow to react to opportunities corp process not applicable to every business work life balance can be challenging not sexy,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1006.htm
59620,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,A company which feels like home,"Very open environmnet, empowerment of all level employee, people do not fear to tell the truth",environment may sometimes vary from team to team. Need to be careful which team you go,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59621,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"A great place to work at, they really look after their employees","Great benefits, great opportunities, support and encouragement from senior staff to perform as well as you can","A very large company so it's hard to make a difference, or see how you're making a difference. Also, you need to take your opportunity to do well, it's not given to you on a plate.",Allow people with expertise in the company to perform before turning to or using external consultants.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59622,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Great culture and work environment, but lacking in growth and innovation","Got to work with a lot of very bright individuals, shipped enterprise software used by millions of people world wide, great work environment and benefits,","Company lacks growth and innovation, doesn't challenge individuals enough, executive leadership needs improvement",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59623,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Can be a rewarding experience or a political nightmare depending on management and group.,Great benefits\compensation package. Awesome work environment. Diverse community of incredibly talented and smart people. Deep resources.,"Demanding work schedules. Performance Review model fosters bad politics and behaviors. Medical coverage is scheduled to significantly change soon. Direction of the company is questionable under current leadership, which is reflected by stagnant stock prices. Diverse and incredibly smart people can be challenging to work with. Limited growth potential.",Listen to the market. Hold Sr Leadership accountable for stagnant stock prices. Stop hiring Walmart execs. Scrap the review process. Build IP instead of buy. Lose the middle management fat. Quit making senseless multi-billion dollar acquisitions.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59624,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Excellent environment with work/life balance.,Comprehensive healthcare Work on software that's used by millions Work/life balance is good - 40 hours is the norm. Free drinks Nice buildings - not uncommon for entry level employees to get their own office.,Development cycle can be slow. Performance review process is long and can be frustrating.,Get rid of stack ranking for performance reviews.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59625,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company to work for,"Smart intelligent people, Vast variety of work (compilers to online services to video games), Great benefits and salary",Stack ranking not consistent. Some bureaucracy,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59626,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Consultant,ok compnay to work for. Lot of BS to put up with,smart people to work with,"too much BS (review model for example) no focus simply MS has become fat, dumb and happy",the new culture is building lemings and rewarding the wrong behavior....we have lost our mojo,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59627,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2012",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,"Enjoyed the early days, disappointed in lack of leadership, dreaded micro-management","If you want to work on products and services that can have a positive effect on tens to hundreds of millions of customers, Microsoft is one of the few places you will get the opportunity and learning experiences. Though benefits have changed, they are still some of the best in the industry.",Microsoft has languished due to lack of executive leadership. Groups create silos and fiefdoms rather than working together for the benefit of the customers and the product. Micro-management and assigning blame is taking over where freedom and risk-taking used to be rewarded.,"Microsoft does not need to return to the 'cowboy' days of the 80s and 90s, but returning to a culture of rewarding risk and tearing down silos/walls needs to happen. Steve Ballmer and most of his executive staff probably need to leave.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59628,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Rewarding experience at Microsoft,"The pros would be a balanaced environment to work in, with many smart people around. Get to work with various technologies. Can move around to find the job that you are passionate about.",Need to find the right team and manager for yourself. Growth can be slow in some of the bigger teams.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59629,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A good place to work with a few exceptions,"1. Good compensation and benefits 2. Competent and smart coworkers 3. Strong brand. Looks great on your resume. 4. Variety of products and interesting areas to work on, all within the same company.",1. Overly focused on reviews throughout the year 2. Team dynamics can vary radically 3. Too many re-orgs 4. Switching teams can be a pain,1. Encourage teamwork over individual acts of heroism 2. Change the constant review mindset,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1007.htm
59630,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,You are only as good as your manager,"Decent comp, hard to get fired.","In general management is terrible. If in a rare situation where you get a good one, your experience will be better than most. The place has turned into a popularity contest and if you are not in the club then you are voted off the island.",Clean house!,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Bright people, stimulating work, toxic review process","Decent salary, amazing benefits and perks, bright and hard-working people, and many opportunities to deliver products that are used by many millions of people. Some teams are customer and quality-focused, (but not all).","It's been said so many times, but the competitive ""stack-ranking"" review process is toxic and broken. While engineering management pays lots of lip-service to teamwork and collaboration, when it comes down to actual execution, employees are (rightly) more concerned with individual achievement and the ever-elusive ""visibility"" in order to get high review scores which translates into promotions and potentially lots of monetary reward.  For PMs in particular, the stack-rank reviews cause people to either consciously or unconsciously over-engineer product features to have more cross-team dependencies and greater complexity, since this leads to increased visibility and scope. People are rewarded for this, regardless of success or failure of the product/feature.  The fact is that individual work requirements and deliverables vary so widely that it hardly makes sense to compare them to each other -- it's an apples and oranges exercise. Attempting to apply the mythical man-month to creative engineering roles is inherently folly.  Another side effect is that there ends up being a huge amount of collaborative and dependency overhead, which limits teams' agility and ability to deliver on short timelines. In turn, this prevents Microsoft from being able to innovate or even ""fast-follow"" in an ever more dynamic technology market.  Microsoft has huge resources and influence, but on the whole there are relatively few products/teams that are able to deliver real value to customers in a timely way. The cash-cows of Windows and Office continue to bolster the company financially (i.e. ""nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft""), which is a good thing for keeping the company profitable and stable, but it masks the fact that it's a lumbering beast of a company that's finding it increasingly difficult to compete and stay relevant in emerging technology markets.","Lose the stack rank, completely. Reward whole teams based on performance (strategic or financial, or some combination), and give more freedom to mid-senior and middle managers to reward individuals based on direct contribution to the products they own.  Senior- and principal-level managers often have great product design expertise and instincts, honed over years of good work, but this only rarely balanced with good people-management skills. Get serious about people-management at the mid-levels. Train the managers to manage people, not just products.",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59632,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not great place to work for people who want to grow due to their potential,"Good only for people who want to stay at lower ranks. Good technical skills are needed for people at lower level, which in my opinion is a good thing. The organization is only good for managerial roles.",Upward mobility is difficult even for the best and brightest. Politics frequently outweighs performance.Always nepotism no matter how good/strong you are.,Change the review system and embrace every employee based on the strengths.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59633,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Great place to work for long term,Tons of interesting challenges Good pay and benefits Mature engineering and HR processes that help you do your job Ability to move around the company and do new things Great communities of employees to link up with Job security in engineering,It takes time to adapt to market conditions or change course Big organizations make it challenging to coordinate across teams Can be difficult for superstars to advance quickly,Things are much better now with the engineers back in the executive ranks Should continue to pursue integration across the company - we win with a unified story Break up the fiefdoms where there are too many management layers Make it easier for talented employees to change jobs,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59634,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2012",Former Employee - Product Planner,An awesome place to work!,"You can work in many different groups and get diverse experience, and you get to work with people from different cultures and so many different countries across the world.","Atttitude of not accepting the superiority of competing products, you are discouraged from using competing products",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59635,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,It gets political,"Lots of resources, lots of projects, starting to fire on all cylinders. Great people who are committed to help improve your career. Very cool products.","As you go higher, you need to be lucky to have a good manager in a team that has the opportunities. Too much competition often leads to a clique. Some time, MSFT has too much money and doesn't fully commit to certain projects, or lets many team compete, this leads to friction and then to inside competiton which leads to clique and disapointments.","dial down the competition between employees, ensure more focus (e.g. shouldn't have 3 teams doing the same thing in parallel)",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59636,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,"A great deal to learn, but not much diversity technology-wise","access to technical resources, nice offices provide privacy, great benefits, directly contribute to software used by millions of people","lacking in innovation, too much bloat, inefficiencies and dead-ends, ranking system does more harm than good, lack of partnership with other software companies instead attempting to monopolize in a space that they should not",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59637,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2012",Former Employee - Group Manager,"Everything I learned about business, I learned whilst at Microsoft",Opportunity to work on different/unique products and challenges without having to switch companies,Lack of investment in growing and retaining talent and lack of development in truly managing people.,Revert back to the 1999 review model as it rewarded and retained talent better than the 2 prior models.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59638,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,"No bad, but not great","Stability, good working environment, secure","Way too political, bureaucratic, and competitive vs. team collaboration","Inspire, lead, and minimize politics",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59639,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,An amazing place filled with brilliant jerks,"Great benefits, meaningful work, and in general if you do your job well and can communicate it is a meritocracy.","A little behind the times for development models, and not very good at unity across product teams.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1008.htm
59640,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Building a career at Microsoft,"Microsoft offers huge opportunities to build a very successful and rewarding career. There is access to a vast array of resources (compute, data, people, science) but with a focus on shipping compelling and useful software to hundreds of millions of people around the world. There are very few companies who offer this type of challenge.","On the flip side, it is challenging. For those who enjoy working in a fast paced and challenging environment Microsoft is perfect, but if you have difficulties with self motivation, drive or want to take it a bit easier, then Microsoft is not for you.","Continue to accelerate the time to market with new ideas, introduce more agility to the shipping processes you invented (perhaps time to upgrade), and keep on shipping cool stuff.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59641,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2012",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"Great opportunities, Great environment, terrible review system and bad managers","In 10 years working in Finance roles at Redmond the best things are great opportunities (working in different locations around the world and in different roles supporting various business groups), great business partners, working with great employees. Lots of fun activities to participate in (sports and various games on campus).",Terrible review system - forced distribution that is solely based on sucking up to management chain which I refuse to do. Every year I receive tons of great business partner feedback but get an average review. I get promoted (from level 57 to level 62 in 10 yrs financial analyst to finance controller) and continue to get good opportunities but that's because of the business partners and people knowing my strong work ethic but I always get average ratings which is super frustrating (Reason for looking on this site for a new job). I don't put in 55 hrs/week and give excellent support to my business partners for average review ratings (which results in target stock award of apx 10% and target bonus of 10%). The 55 hrs/week is average (ranges from 35 - 80 depending on time of year and specific job). In 10 yrs I've had 12 managers. Lots of turnover (people moving to new roles) due to bad review system - need to get a new job to get promoted. Most managers tend to push everything down and their role is unnecessary.,Improve the review system. The 1-5 rating system is only good if you want to weed out the 3-5 ratings. Everyone I know is upset with a 3 rating. It's not the money - we would rather get a rating based on the work we did and get the same bonus (If I won an award presented by my CVP and had all positive business partner feedback why would I get a 3 year after year). The difference between a 1 and 3 is the 1s kiss up to the management chain (finance management chain) rather than spending time supporting their business partners. I refuse to do that so I guess I have to move to a different company that will reward me appropriately based on my work.,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59642,microsoft,"Jersey City, NJ"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Microsoft Services run by Middle Managers - and shown in their Rates,"plenty of access to the toys, tools, reasonable pay","Middle managers are ruining a great opportunity. They are pure political animals that are part of the overhead dept. Sales is all that matters, they could care less about delivery and keeping current customers. They're lucky due to the position their in.","reduce the overhead, trim the ranks, and forget about all the crap that get's created for Learning Materials, programs, etc. all a waste of time. Remember that the consultant in the field is what matters, not some paper pusher in an office that couldn't have an articulate conversation with a customer if they had to.",2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59643,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Too big to innovate. Revenue bar and urgency to market kills projects too early.,"You will not find a higher density of brilliant, sharp, and opinionate technologists. Agile development methods have been perfected in most divisions. Microsoft is a software machine!",Who you know and managing your visibility still trumps your documented contributions to a product. Managing up is a full-time job for program management,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59644,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft culture,1. Aggressive culture 2. High tech,1. Bad and inefficient processes 2. No focus on product delivery,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59645,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Business Planning Manager,Senior Business Planning Manager,international company with opportunities to grow within,inefficiencies with multiple people doing similar roles creating overlap. Political environment that needs to be navigated. Decision making process is long and often times decisions are being revised,n/a,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59646,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Go to Redmond if you want to work at Microsoft,"The compensation is excellent with stock awards and bonuses for having a clearance. Some projects are interesting and well run, you just have to find them. The benefits from Redmond are nice, like getting a surface, WP8 phone and hardware refresh this year.","The federal consulting group in Reston, VA can be pretty demotivating. There is a body shop mentality, so hiring standards are low and vacation and training are frequently denied so that you will bill more hours. Selling work is what gets rewarded at review time, so it's tough to stay technical and have a good career. If you get placed under a bad manager you are in trouble.",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59647,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Awesome Company To Work With,Best Compensation Package and Excellent Work Environment,Annual Review which puts everyone on a Forced Curve,Implement something else to review employees without the forced curve,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59648,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Software development engineer in test - II,"Impact billions of Windows customer worldwide, my work reaching each of these customers","too big an organization, easy to become complacent",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59649,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Aug 11, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Best Company to work for,A company where you can realize your potential,cant think of any for now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1009.htm
59650,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Lead,A great but big company,Lots of opportunities to make an impact on the world. Used to be a very exciting and energetic company.,The company got a bit big and bogged down by process.,Reduce the layers of management. Create incentives for creativity.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59651,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Challenging and competitive,Great benefits and reasonable compensation.,Merit/Raises dependent upon variables that are not controllable. You have to be at the right place at the right time in addition to meeting your objectives.,It is what it is.... too many factors to change but it is not encourage a creative/risk-taking environment,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59652,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Slowly dying,Smart smart people in IC roles Great benefits Work from home,Bad review system with outdated forced curve concepts Idiot CEO,Get rid of that stupid review system which only encourages empire building and popularity contests. Measure and hold people accountable for true collaboration and results  Stop outsourcing every US support job to Bangalore. You can only save so much money and in return you are losing so much customer satisfaction and loyalty due to the crappy IGTSC support,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59653,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Audience Marketing Manager,A culture of continued learning,"Highly intelligent workers, atmosphere of continued learning.",Upward mobility is difficult even for the best and brightest. Politics frequently outweighs performance.,Microsoft needs to decentralize from Seattle and get closer to customers in the field. The newly refined corporate logo is outright boring and uninspiring.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59654,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Used to be great...,Benefits were the best of class until Jan 2013 when they change. DEpending on your manager there is a possibility it could be a good job.,Since KT is at the help its a cost cutting behemoth managed like Walmart.,Get back to basics.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59655,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Must fight to stay relevant via meaningful innovation,"Has plenty of resources to accomplish great things. Don't need to worry about pencils, papers, or funds for critical projects. Great support and benefit system for workers with family. Employees are encouraged to achieve work-life balance and self improvement. Smart, talented, driven co-workers.",Stack rank review system gives managers unchecked power. Experience may vary who you work for/with. Siloed organizational structure wastes majority of human energy in politics so workders can not focus on getting business done. Require strong EQ to survive.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59656,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"great benefits & work/life balance, competitive internal environment","benefits, work life balance, salary, reach & impact of products",competitive up or out review structure that is more about perception than results,more focus on results for all employees,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59657,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Management skill and quality to be improved,good benefit you can work until the retirement,it is too much bureaucratic,improve management skills and quality,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59658,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2012",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Awesome company to work for,Great opportunities Good work culture Good salary and benefits package,Slower career growth as you move up the chain,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59659,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2012",Former Employee - Product Planner,Great company in bad decline,You get to work with very smart and passionate people,Very poor management and company culture,Clean house at the top,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1010.htm
59660,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Director,Best days in the past,Working with smart people You define your own job Great benefits Exciting workplace,"Performance review system the worst Poor middle management - too busy looking after their own careers Culture with lack of accountability - people will do anything to get green scorecard Limited future vision, also focusing on beating competition, not on winning.","Really needs a big shakeup with some fresh thinking around how to be the best. Focus on people management, the people are your assets.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59661,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Big company, lots of opportunities, slow moving","Lots of things to work on, wide range of products and disciplines, big impact, good benefits, good perks, smart people.","The company moves fairly slow, has to support lots of legacy software, and has lots of process that often gets in the way of innovation.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59662,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great Company that lost its way, better to work in Redmond then Silicon Valley","Microsoft was an exciting and inspiring place to work. The amount of creative ideas appearing everywhere was incredible and in the best of teams they encouraged excellence, team work, work-life balance and delivered excellent quality products.","Group by group differences - some groups were excellent to work in and some were painful. If you find a good group it made all the difference. Microsoft seemed to have a problem with non-Redmond teams - they tried to pay attention and support them but often felt like all events, opportunities were in Redmond and being outside of Redmond was a problem",Refind your excitement with technology & innovation. The spark was lost (or never had) in Silicon Valley. Back in 2006 Individuals were treated horribly and there was so much bad blood and dislike and management was at the root of driving this problem. Re-find the excitement and inspire people to achieve and excel rather then berate and abuse,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59663,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work for!,"Get to work with many smart people, and have a huge impact on technologies that the world uses","It's a huge company, and very competitive",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59664,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Great tech company,"Brilliant and passionate co-workers make Microsoft an inspiring, challenging, and engaging place to work.",Communication between groups is always a challenge at any large company and it is true at Microsoft as well.,"Our review system is geared toward building partners. However we can only support so many people at that level. At some point, we need to find a way to balance building partners with building and maintaining products and services.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59665,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to grow and learn lots about technology,"Ability to change jobs, grow in your career. Love being able to learn about new technology - lots of opportunity for training. -Ability to beta test new products, and participate in usability testing for upcoming products - being able to influence products even if it isn't your day to day job. -Groups have different cultures - allowing you to find a place where you fit in.","-Managers are not rewarded for being strong managers, appear that there is more of a focus on managers delivering their own results, in addition to team results. -strong focus on meeting scorecard metrics, which results in strange behaviors to meet green (strong fear of showing yellow or red).",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59666,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,The dream that is Microsoft is dying due to mismanagement and a poisonous culture,"I actually loved Microsoft when I first started. The projects I worked on were fun and my coworkers were a blast to work with. While I'd only intended to be there for a year, I ended up signing on as an FTE and staying for many years thereafter. You couldn't beat the health benefits, and the prospect for personal growth was tremendous. You'll meet a lot of extremely passionate, extremely brilliant employees while working there, and those friendships and professional connections will last me a lifetime.","The review system is utterly broken. It works in such a way that some people have to be the 'bad' employees, even if every single person on the team is doing a great job. This in turn creates a culture in which employees are constantly competing with one another, rather than working together to create something great.  I worked myself exceptionally hard for over 5 years, destroying all semblance of a work-life balance, to leave MS all of one level higher than when I joined. Despite great reviews every year, I could not make headway in furthering my career. When I became passionate about solving other problems, I felt punished for it, as it wasn't part of my 'core competencies' and therefore that work didn't count towards my overall output as an employee.  Near the end of my employment, the frequency of re-organization efforts was just absurd and spoke to poor mismanagement from the executive leadership. Being uprooted and put onto new projects once in a while is one thing, but being moved around every few months with often no input as to where you'd best fit into the company gets exceptionally grating and demoralizing.  The days in which you can manage your career at Microsoft are long gone, at least from my experience in the game division. You are a cog in a larger machine, and will be moved accordingly when it it deemed necessary.","Creating a culture in which employees are graded on a curve at the sake of all else is doing a big disservice to the company as a whole. It creates an atmosphere of every man/woman for themselves, and breeds outright animosity and distrust between coworkers and larger organizations.  People should be encouraged to pursue their passions and make career decisions about where they best fit into the company, rather than re-orged and thrown into completely different, poorly fitting roles every few months.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59667,microsoft,"Englewood, CO"," Aug 16, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Great benefits, lousy management","The benefits simply can't be beat. I didn't pay a dime in medical costs, insurance is cheap, vacation is good, the microsoft store sells discounted software to employees.","Upper management is simply clueless. No good project survives there. If you work in a satellite office, you are doomed to be laid off so that jobs can be moved to Redmond.","Management at microsoft should follow a very simple concept: lead, follow, or get out of the way! Mostly, the last.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59668,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 17, 2012",Former Employee - Account Manager,Very political management and long hours - decent pay.,Financial aspect was decent for NYC location,"management was poor, forward thinking was lacking, and was very clique oriented.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59669,microsoft,"Baltimore, MD"," Aug 15, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Associate,Microsoft Sales Environment - better wear kevlar vest,"Good Salary. Decent benefits, but diminishing very quickly. Health care will change from nearly free to costly HSA format this year. Probably a great place for technical people. For sales, you won't be there long. Most sales people have 1-2 years, many less. MSFT doesn't seem to care how much you spend on travel, lying on travel claims is rampant. Bad news for shareholders.","If you go into sales be aware: commissions are recoverable if you do not meet 80% of your quota. Very poor account history and sales history. MSFT doesn't seem to know what they sold, when, where? The least collegial atmosphere I've worked in in over 25 years in business. Daggers are out for everyone. My manager took public pleasure in firing people and spoke freely with smiles when he told the story. Managers would not help educate on admin/sales systems, or on accounts. Atmosphere of fear and unnecessary competition between people in divergent groups. No/very little technical support for sales people.",Hire better sales managers who foster team. Hire better sales and technical people who understand things other than Windows or MS Office. Train sales people to listen. Most MSFT sales people shout down clients. It starting to show in reduced sales. Drive out the arrogance.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1011.htm
59670,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 8, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,Great company,Superb management. Good cafes. Great culture.,"Rapid, awful outsourcing now to lower skilled countries without the technical ability. I worry about future products due to the poorer software engineering quality. Looking for work elsewhere as result.",Stop offshoring to lower quality engineering centers. Invest in team USA where the best universities and educational institutions in the world train good workers.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59671,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Aug 14, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,An evolving company,"Pay is good, benefits okay but eroding slowly, stayfit benefit giving you $800yr for spending on health equipment and fitness. free water/sodas, comfortable work environment, depending on role the dress is casual, global presence and opportunities, the people are great and passionate, latest and greatest software","Culture has shifted significantly to more scorecard, metrics focus. People are secondary to goals, review process and standards keep changing yoy, stock price stuck in the mud, Longevity becomes a liability, ability to play politics is becoming a more necessary skill.",Read your values and honor them. Current behavior forced by targeting specific level bands and adjusting distributions forcing people in to undeserved ratings is visible to all. Steve Balmer is responsible for Kevin Turner and KT is the driver of our declining culture.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59672,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Aug 14, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,half empty or half full,"pays well, cool tech, great people to work with","over worked, high stress, poor review process,",let the engineers drive the business more and get out of the way.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59673,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,Opportunity to work on broad range of technologies,Every team work culture and processes are different. Changing team like changing Company,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59674,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2012",Former Employee - Services,MS has lost way too many excellent employees due to inept manageme,"Lots of great, smart people and excellent benefits.",Too many managers/favoritism (friends and family being hired). Unless you kiss up to management and are in your mid 20's in sales org/services without a family don't go for position in this org. I LOVED MSFT for years and was so proud to say I worked there. That was not the situation last 5 years but had family member with health issues and needed benefits.,"Listen to your employees. I worked at msft for 20 years and left due to horrible management. Went to hr multiple x for help and was not listened to. Others went to hr too and were blown off. All of us that were long time employees left co. and within month or two all managers that I/we had complained about were fired. Msft unfortunately does not seem to care and is loosing employees like crazy. Environment is 1000% different since billg left day to day. He really cared about his employees. The feeling that your company cares about you is no longer there. Sad, as I loved my job for 12 years or so and stayed last 8 for benefits. I was never offered an exit interview (I chose to leave and was not fired). Although my multiple visits to managment were never listened too, so exit interview likely would not have mattered. I know there are areas that function as they should. It is just too bad I was not in one of those teams last years. Once you get on bad side you and pretty much screwed and stuck in your dept. I could go ON AND ON BUT WON'T. I HOPE SOMEONE LEARNS SOMETHING.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59675,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good place for work/life balance,There is a very good change that you can have healthy work/life balance. Good product teams are mature and have good developing process/plans which allows you to expect what is coming.,More difficult to get promotions as there are many senior employees. It is frustration sometimes because there are too many factors stopping the company from responding to the quick-changing and consumer-driving situations nowadays.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59676,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Aug 12, 2012",Former Employee - Architect,"Great Place when you join, just be ready for Up or Out. Field is more independent than the Mothership and more tenuous.","Smart People, great total package. Health care was a great benefit, but that is ending this year. If you can last more than 5 years and can get high ratings at least one of those, the handcuffs are really tight (in a great way.) Worth a stint even if you aren't a fan.","Lots of Politics, if you don't stick in your Manager's Manger's mind by the second year, then be ready to move on. Don't expect a work-life balance, your review often depends on you replying first to an email thread, no matter if it's constructive or just a +1. Visibility is KEY.",Ditch the Stack Rank - Be prepared to have people on your team that are already performing at top speed and don't need to bump levels to do better - let them continue to blow out their current job!,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59677,microsoft,"Miami, FL"," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Evangelist,Falling into pieces,Still has a few smart and honest people Good offices and benefits Access to technology Work and life balance,"Leadership does not accept criticism Catastrophic product lineup: windows phone, windows 8, office 2013 Technocracy culture upper management Corrupt ranking/reward system",I really wonder how nobody noticed how LUCKY the officers of Microsoft sell out their stock when it hits a temporary high. That is incredible! And Mr Kevin Turner loves the company so much that he is one of the biggest sellers!!!,2.0,none,1.0,4.0,none,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59678,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,"A great place to work, but it can burn you out...","Microsoft is full of the smartest people you are going to meet. Some of the pros for me were:  You get to work with very cool technology Everyone knows who you work for and what they do You are treated like an adult, little micromanagement in my experience The campus atmosphere is amazing Many jobs are on the profit side of the ledger, so you are not a cost to be minimized They realize that the grey matter of their employees is their most valuable asset, and work hard to protect those assets Moving around inside the company is not only tolerated, but encouraged Software discounts are pretty sweet Free goodies from Xbox DirectAccess","There are some negatives, such as:  Work/life balance can suffer if you don't manage it well Stack ranking process can pit team member against team member at review time Commitments can be tough to hit, given the strong focus on everything else Promotions can be difficult, especially at certain levels","Either Steve Ballmer is a complete idiot that should have been fired ages ago or he is a genius and one of the best CEOs ever. Sure, the stock hasn't gone up a lot in a while, but Microsoft is so diversified over so many areas, perhaps the company is set up for long term stability and growth rather than the typical boom and bust associated with the software industry. I guess the next few years should be telling...",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59679,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great company to work for,"Respectful of ideas, flexible schedule as long as you get your work done","traffic in all directions makes commuting tiresome, projects sometimes get canceled after you've put a lot of effort into them",Allow more personalized compensation and work style arrangements to increase motivation and retention,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1012.htm
59680,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Challenging but learning experience,good benefits and smart people to work with,not very agile and and lacking teamwork spirit,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59681,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Pretty good learning experience,Very diverse work and learned quite a lot.,Big org and too many operation stuff.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59682,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great company to work for...not only it keeps you satisfied, it gives you a great career boost","Benefits and work-life balance are great. The company has a great culture, and activities and sports are very much encouraged.","The rate of promotion could at times be slow, though you will get compensated for your efforts. Depending on your group culture and product you could be very satisfied or totally unhappy.",Let the employees run a little loose and really get wild and innovative with their technical skills. That's what brings about creativity and satisfies them and builds their confidence in the company. What's the point of hiring brilliant engineers if you want to force them to do the same redundant tasks over and over again?!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59683,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2012",Former Employee - Public Relations,"Bright people, but should leave the egos at the door....",Very bright and competitive people Good products Excellent benefits,"Performance rating system is outdated Check egos at the door Remember that while competition is good, not good within teams (we're all in the same game) Cliques are so highschool - grow up.",Focus more of fewer things - the PC era is gone - better turn the ship around now,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59684,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,One of the fantastic company to work for.,One of the fantastic company to work for.,"Like in any big company, changes take long time to execute on.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59685,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,10 years experience,incredibly smart people with amazing ideas & fun to say I work at Microsoft to those outside of Seattle area.,"Benefits declining, rating system is flawed, must be an individual player to move up, 5% firing per year, stock is stagnet.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59686,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Development Lead,"Great company to intern at, lots of resources","Pretty representative of what the experience of working at a large software company is like. Some of the execs are still technical which is a plus if you're a dev. Starting to take Design seriously, so hiring some world class folks in that area. Some really great devs who are still trying to get the company to innovate. Try to find out where they are and work with them.","COO was hired from Walmart. Need I say more? Devs are completely disempowered. PMs are running the show. Read the Vanity Fair article for details. The perf review system is as horrible as it says, so plan to leave within 5 years max. After that, MS will start wanting to push you out to hire some new grads to work the machine. Know what you're in for and leave on your own terms.","Fix perf reviews. Stop hiring biz peeps to manage devs, that's not the way to a great OHI in dev. Great devs do not want to just implement what PM + Design cooked up without having some input in the process. Actions speak louder than words.",3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59687,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Still a great company,Great benefits. Good career opportunities.,"competitive, ok work life balance",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59688,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,I would work there again,"Microsoft are many! Whatever you would like to do, there is a team at MS that does it. If you chose your team wisely (and you can if you good) then you may find a dynamic meritocratic and very fun place to work. There are tons of training you could take to land on your next position. The pay is quite good.","If fall on the wrong place, it will take you sometime to move around.",Remind the managers that they go up if their managees go up,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59689,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test,Great company to work for.,Great Work environment. Insurance recognition. Bonus and salary,"You need to work hard, stay relevant, and never take your job for granted.","Not everyone can do everything, people have varying skills.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1013.htm
59690,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 12, 2012",Former Employee - Account Manager,Where a great manager makes a difference,"Great manager means great opportunities to excel in your career. Great health, tech perks as well.",Things are much more difficult without a great manager. Sales environment is a competitive one and most managers weren't willing to do what it takes to keep good people,Recognize that not all managers are created equal and share with employees how they can progress,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59691,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2012",Current Employee - Planning,"All Defense, No Offense",Health benefits Highly profitable Good facilities,Political Lack courage to invent categories Cutthroat at principal level and above,Stop the cronyism. Reward the intrapreneurs. They are your future.,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59692,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Group Manager,Good company - make your own opportunity,"Challenging roles, variety of opportunities, decent salary","Lack of executive vision, cohesion between organizations lacking",Align yourself so that your teams can work better across boundaries,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59693,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager Architect,"If you are in it for yourself, fine...just don't try to help others.","It's Microsoft. They do a lot of great things across a lot of different fields. It looks good on a resume, they pay reasonably well.","I had 5 managers in 11 months and received no real guidance after the first couple months. I chose to help a team that needed it, not look out for myself, and paid for it with the worst review ever -- even though I hit all the goals set out for me by Managers #1 & 2.","Look at your lower level managers. Are they rewarding the right behavior? I watched one 'architect' fiddle with a tiny object model for 2 years and accomplish nothing, another developer flat out refused to help with a feature requested by the GM. Both were rewarded at review time.",1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59694,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2012",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,A great company with fantastic talent across all divisions,Smart people with strong passion on delivering results.,The company is very large and for some this may be a maze but overall the mindset and the quality of people who work are fairly good. Just like any large company there are groups that are not as successful but that is to be expected.,Focus on willing on the key product line vs. investing in areas that have not bloomed in decades,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59695,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager Intern,Microsoft MBA internship experience,"Meaningful and impactful projects, good work hours, leadership exposure, structured internship process,","Collaborative culture sometimes affects speed, but if you are smart and resourceful - there is no stopping you!",Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59696,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Enterprise Technology Strategist,the Vanity Fair article was on target...,"Great technologies, very smart people, great benefits, employees seem to have a sense of pride, beautiful campus.","Extremely political, Very internally focused, too much red tape and unnecessary processes/reporting. Lower level management staff is very ineffective. The compensation plan is not very good. You are judged on your ability to position yourself politically and not by your ability.",Remove the unnecessary reporting and red tape. Judge your team on results and not politics.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59697,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"A company with great potential and opportunity, but politics and poor leadership often hinder this.",Lots of opportunities for roles and even changes in career objectives.,Political infighting and poor management can often sabotage the end deliverable. Organizations can be slow to change and lack agility to keep up with market.,"Set people managers up for success by making the ""people management"" commitment the biggest part of their job. Remove managers that show little or no aptitude for this skill.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59698,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Mired in Microsoft muck and,Pay and benefits are excellent. You can work on some cool stuff that everyone uses. Lots of interesting things going on around Microsoft at all times.,Little creativity on the lower levels. Real innovation is hard to come by. Decisions are unclear and making changes takes forever. The Microsoft engineering process often gets in the way of delivering a strong product. Not much fun. Morale was almost always low.,none,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59699,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Possibly the best company to work for, if you are up to the challenge, can deal with pressure and politics","Unlimited resources, brilliant people, thought leadership, best products, potential to impact the entire marketplace","Senior Leadership really struggling and blocking new talent, cross collaboration does not exist. Performance review is chaotic and incentive politics and feuds.","Performance review model is awful and is killing the company making talent to flee to competitors. Stack ranking is a cancer that blocks Microsoft to realize its full potential as it kills any cross collaboration initiatives  Way too many Senior Leaders ""Vesting In Peace"" and blocking new leaders.  MS is wasting a big opportunity in Emerging Markets specially in Russia and Brazil due to lack of talent in those regions... The company doesn't repatriate the senior talent such areas produced in the past who migrated to Redmond and could now lead far better than any current legacy ""big shot""",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1014.htm
59700,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good first job, bad career","There are truly brilliant people at Microsoft, and lots of passion in the air.","Review system politics -- you survived the 99% cut off rate of interviews and racked up lots of experience, shipped some products, patented ideas, added innovative features, saved the day, etc, but now you're in a rough patch at work, and find yourself in the bottom 10-20% of the review pool due to ""metrics"" and personality issues, and you are headed to eviction. Perhaps you'd like the opportunity to interview with another team? You'd better interview with Google or Apple, because your internal record won't allow you to stay at Microsoft. And once you get one bad review, you bet you won't pull yourself out of the hole.",The concept of a career at Microsoft only works if people who get caught in the system have new opportunities to change jobs when they are unhappy with their team without leaving the company. Microsoft has trained many a college grad to be an engineer for other companies.,2.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59701,microsoft,"Orlando, FL"," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great Company,"all around health benefits, great people, great work environment",lots of password changes constantly,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59702,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,"Great company, bad perf review model",- One of the finest compaines in the world. - Finest medical insurance in the country - Individual offices/fully stocked kitchen/prime card - Does a wide range of things in software. You cannot get bored here. You can always jump to a team that interests you.,"- Performance review system. 15% people in your team will be shafted, no matter what. The whole review process is shrouded in secrecy so there is no way of knowing where you stand. This secrecy allows bosses to get rid of directs they don't get along with, with impunity. - No team bonding/spirit. Again, its because of the annual review system that makes people scared of their peers. This leads to rampant jealousy and back stabbing. This is literally a dog-eat-dog world. - Wastage of resources: This again is partly due to the perf review system. If a person figures that he is not doing well as compared to his peers, he is more likely to drum up something even when it is not needed. His boss may aid him in shoving his useless ideas onto other's throats. - Empire building: I guess every mature company suffers through this problem. - Pathetic online division: This division is touted as Microsoft's future, but is filled with idiots who have got themselves promoted as they happended to be there from the start.The result is utter chaos and a miserable work life balance.","Get rid of this ruthless performance review system. Make people love their jobs rather than fear their jobs. Microsoft, under Bill Gates, was a dream come true. Make it happen again. Making employees fight like gladiators will only bring down Rome. In software, you can do your best work when relaxed and when you get good team support. You cannot be relaxed when you know that one good project by your peer can lead to you getting axed. Even managers hate this system since they are human too and can understand the pain that they invariably cause.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59703,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Work environment and values,"Great benefits, great resources for knowledge growth","Highly political, lots of process getting in your way depending on the team. Integrity is not one of the values/competencies",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59704,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,"The good, the bad the blah","You manage your own career - you can take a role and make it into something great, just make sure you keep it aligned with the leadership's vision and your org's goals. You will work with incredibly smart people that do amazing things which. Unlike other companies that I have worked for, the exposure to technology, tools and systems to aid you in your work is amazing.",The review process is based on stack ranking which means we compete on some of the worst things such as visibility - visibility does not mean productivity or contribution. Reorgs take forever and leave you in limbo. Sometimes you can feel a bit lost in the enormity of the company and your division. Staying focused is a skill that is mandatory to manage your productivity against all that noise.,"The new review system is worse than the previous. At least we were awarded and assessed for contribution and potential. The what and how turns into a game of favorites. Promotions and compensation are sub par with other competing companies, waiting up to 2 years or more to see a level bump is ridiculous. I like working here - but I like money - show me the money especially with the reduced health options.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59705,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Subsidiary and Corporate Product Marketing Experience across multiple products and businesses,"Lots of smart, passionate people. Great reputation and history. Great opportunities for future (Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox). Can find great spots to flex your strengths. Solid set of resources to tackle big problems.  Culture is more about what you get done than 'just looking good' (although the politics unfortunately corrode this 'pro')","Too much of an emphasis on efficiency and not enough on efficacy. Senior leadership struggling to value vision along side cold hard numbers. Still see marketing as a cost and not an investment.  Career goal “having an individual impact”, Operating models, work flow, stale and ineffective process, duplication of roles, crossover of responsibilities resulting in duplication of effort and lack of accountability coupled with nonexistent budgets reduce ability for subsidiary Product Marketing to have an individual impact.  Many teams have a 'yes' culture and a pervasive inability of teams to work well together (I have experienced this far and wide).  Where there are people there are politics, however it is often chronic at Microsoft where those who crush others and take credit for others work (even their subordinates) are the ones who climb the ladder. We are then left with a leadership of ladder climbers rather than true leaders. People will follow true leaders and unfortunately there are not enough true leaders at Microsoft.  Deeply flawed review model that only allows the best to 'escape' to other teams.  Fix the review model which is a joke. Fix how we measure 'how' which as it stands only reinforces politics and popularity contests. Fix how managers vs. non-managers in the 63-64 band are measured. These should be crystal clear and documented types of impact and expectations. Change how the curve is enforced enabling teams to trade between levels and compensation buckets so that the appropriate message can be sent to employees vs. forcing the current curve on all organization as if they were all the same, which they are not e.g. senior vs. junior orgs, orgs with lots of high performers vs. those with average performers etc. We employee *how many HR* professionals they have to be able to figure this stuff out.  Career goal “increased impact through management and leadership”, Lack of mobility for ICs due to combination of flat org and lack of new blood/talent. In sub there doesn’t appear to be career progression outside of management. Often those chose to be managers do not appear to be in that role due to passion for managing and growing teams, or in the increasing their scope of impact, rather they appear to be there as it’s the only ‘way up’.","You can’t run an innovative world changing company such as Microsoft as if it were a Wal-Mart. You can’t attribute a hard cost to everything, no matter how hard we try. Kevin Turner helped us trim the fat during a recession, now he’s just cutting into muscle. Operational excellence is all very good but Product Leadership and Customer Intimacy are two just as valid acceleration strategies. OpEx has only gotten us so far. Time to focus on our customers and products. Time for a new COO.  More of a focus on customers, employees, technology and the Microsoft culture. For Chriscap making good on his proposed changes – ensuring these land top to bottom effectively. A real focus on building our marketing muscle. Reduction in the flagrant nepotism certain leaders exhibit. A better focus on our customers (not just in EPG). More focus on the customers and products vs. our infinitely complex licensing models. Better clarity between sales and marketing roles (get “sales support” out of marketing!).  More accountability in leadership roles for success *and* failure. Far too often we don’t see leaders taking accountability.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59706,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Toxic aimless company,"Good work-life balance - you don't work a lot. Good benefits. Good location. Free parking. Quiet neighbourhood. Generally friendly people. Large support community due to number of employees concentrated in one location. Lots of amenities and facilities such as common rooms, athletic facilities, playgrounds, parks, gardens, company store, visitor center, etc.","The company has no focus or direction. The employees are in an Orwellian state of denial. There is no honest discussion about pros/cons of any product. There is no direct honest discussion on decisions. Everything is awesome. Everything has already won. Bing is a winner. Windows Phone killed the iPhone in 2010. Windows 8 has killed the iPad by just being announced. Any other opinion, and you shall be branded a traitor.","Read the cons. For God's sake - connect to employees more. Be honest, and be direct and take some responsibility. When you make dumb calls and they don't pan out, face it head-on. That earns respect of employees.",1.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59707,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Best employer,"As a working mom, I have experienced a great positive energy working for an employer like Microsoft. I enjoy coming back to work every morning.",There are no cons to working for this giant software company,A better compensation and even better recognition to the employees should be considered,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59708,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not innovative, but steady and stable","Generally stable and steady job. Not innovative, not cutting edge and not going to be exciting. Very much like a big company with many levels and places to hide. Tons of people who have been here forever and are unable to think quickly or creatively. Good pay, good benefits.","Still tries to compete and position like an innovative tech company. Always the last to create something-- Zune, 3 years after iPod. Plans to cut the good-- benefits.",Get rid of stack ranking.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59709,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Aug 4, 2012",Former Employee - MBA Internship Programmer,Great company to work for,"- compensation and benefits are excellent - people are usually very bright - internal processes are very well organized - excellent flexibility framework that gives employee a freedom to choose where to work from, when to come and leave work. All that matters are hitting your KPIs - very comfortable place to be","- separation on regular employees and contractors - this feels very wrong - very aggressive sales targets - the company is rather hierarchical - it takes forever to make something change - because company is so organized, something one feels like there is no way to change something that goes wrong, it also leaves you with the feelings that there is little space for creativity - you have to use Microsoft products, ownership of Iphone is not encouraged for example",Involve more employees in the process of collecting feedback about customers,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1015.htm
59710,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,"Good, up and coming","Benefits, internal opportunities are in many ways more than moving to other companies.","CEO, recent change to alcohol policy (not allowed anymore)",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59711,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2012",Former Employee - Project Manager,Good environment to work in overall,great deal of resources and support,internal competition among teams and within teams,encourage more team work,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59712,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Software Delevoper Lead,Great People and Great Company,"good w/l ballance wide range of opportunities throught the carrer ... freedom and options to move from kernel development to Machine Learning in Search company invests in their employees best health ensurance ever. IDEAL company for who has kids! Family activities, doctors are sent to YOUR HOUSE, etc. Location is the best for kids also (very different than SF/bay area)",Several Products need better vision.,"Request toptallent (rating 1) to give their vision of the product they work on. Managers are good at managing, not necessarily have good vision.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59713,microsoft,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Aug 1, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Engineer,Excellent experience until recently,"Very smart group of people, interesting trechnologies and center of PC business",Stack ranking in a very arbitrary way ruins the experience. You can find yourself in a no win situation for no apparent reason other than your position within the company. You can do a great job and still be ranked last especially if your group in general is high performing,Drop stack ranking policy,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59714,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2012",Current Employee - User Experience Lead,Awesome but thirsty for innovation.,Microsoft is very flexible and professional organization but political and slow to change. but higher benefit. good company.,"tight schedule and political. super smart people are competitive one another. rather than learning from them, competitive....",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59715,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2012",Current Employee - Principal PM,Performs best under pressure!,"Well established, knows how to compete, solid financials, best enterprise products in market","Not great with consumers (yet), work-life balance is bad, employee performance rating system has never been employee-friendly.",Not all your employees can/should/want to be VPs,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59716,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Big company with lots of diversity.,"Big oportunities, working on new tehnologies with big clients.","There are oportunities inside this big company, but sometimes you are not encouraged to follow them.",Focus more on what matters.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59717,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2012",Former Employee - Director,Long career stint,"Big company influence, huge scale of products, R&D is leading edge.","Big company gets bogged down, and the review process misses alot of talent.","Change review process, and hold on to good caliber instead of being a revolving door.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59718,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Best company to work for in Puget Sound area,"Flexibility, Benefits, Pay Scale, Learning Opportunity",Very competitive place to work,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59719,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2012",Current Employee - Test Manager,Process Heavy but Amazing,Great benefits Great breadth of projects Great technical employees,Company has too many processes,remove roadblocksl revamp review process,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1016.htm
59720,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2012",Former Employee - Group Manager,Used to be a great place to work - now you only go there if desperate.,free soda free coffee a few interesting / smart people still left paychecks still show up on time,"Never-ending review process Often subjective and sometime arbitrary reviews that blindside people (I, unfortunately, gave a few of them myself and it was traumatic for them and me) The politics - not for the faint of heart, nor people who just want to do epic stuff Lord of the Flies atmosphere - it is miraculous that anything gets delivered with all the ,cya, backstabbing, posturing that goes on. Really, it is that bad. Steveb",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59721,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 18, 2012",Current Employee - Sales - Enterprise,"Good pay, great benefits, and uniformly smart people.","Transparent pay system, excellent health benefits, and perks like matching volunteer hours with money form Microsoft. There is a great amount of internal mobility and ability to career change and develop new skills. The products are cool, and Microsoft Research and Product Groups are doing really cool stuff in some areas.","Bureaucracy is sometimes stifling. Many groups are understaffed, and so schedules can be hectic. Career advancement outside of Redmond can be a bit more limited.","Better engineer career tracks that allow for advancement of women and minorities, especially in technical roles. Limit bureaucracy in field sales roles. Invest more heavily on first line manager training to promote career planning, employee retention, and job effectiveness.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59722,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Allows me to be free with development while protecting me from bureaucracy,"No clocking hours: As long as I get what I need done, everyone is happy. If I need to leave at 3 for an appointment, I just let someone know.  Abstraction from bureaucracy: I don't have to deal with higher levels of management. I talk to my lead and my PM, who know what I'm working on, and that's about it.  Physical work environment: I started off with a two person office. Within a few months, I had my own. Comfortable chairs, nice computer equipment.  Various benefits: Free public transit. Discounts at many restaurants and an IMAX theater downtown.  Stable: Microsoft won't be going out of business any time soon.","Location: I don't really like traveling to the east side much. If I didn't work there, I'd never cross Lake Washington. Depending on when I drive there can be lots of traffic.  Career opportunity: Promotions are rather slow and methodical. No fast tracking or anything like one would get at a smaller company",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59723,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Wonderful and fulfilling,"Great opportunties, good compensation, great work/life balance",Large company so can move slow in some areas.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59724,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A great place to work...,"Flexible work hours, awesome facilities like Proclub Sports membership, Prime card to avail discounts at various places, great insurance coevrage for self and family.","Work pressure at times, tough competition in the job for progressing.",Envision the market and lets be on our toes interms of our product line to keep up the customers.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59725,microsoft,"American Fork, UT"," Jul 20, 2012",Current Employee - Project Manager,awesome,improving my skill at computer in order to get my better future and make much money,I'm always tired when I work at microsoft corporation and so difficult of finishing some jobs,"It should be developed by dicipline , the employees in it must work harder to reach the company's goal...and never say never when the employees do something difficult in it, the management of company must be upper than other companies.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59726,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Software Design Engineer in Test,"Great company, has brand value",Limited technical growth in SDET position. More manual testing.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59727,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great learning experience,Has great Benefits particularly medical. Workplace diversity Stable company with long term opportunities,Does not take lead in cut through technologies Slow to respond to external changes Bureaucratic culture in some of the large groups,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59728,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),University of software development.,Learn from smart people. Rewards high performers. Values family.,Big company. Long processes like end of year reviews to help balance company.,Do more with less.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59729,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,hot and dry in reno,"Organized work, good leadership, methodical processes. I enjoy the benefit of working with a quality company in the recreational rich environment of Reno/Tahoe geography.","no career progression. Once you are there, you are there. Looking for ways to improve the top line growth is difficult. Most of our innovation is focused on cost savings.",Get engaged and leverage the workforces additional skills and interests. Come up with new licensing models.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1017.htm
59730,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Director,"Good company to start your career, but gets boring after a while",Great mentoring and training model.. Has some awesome people working and some great resources. It gives you good time to flourish and expand your skillsets,As you rise up sometimes politics kills you. Once you know the system it is easy to beat it and get lazy. A bit slow to change and not much new blood in the upper management.,Fix that rating system and stop that stack ranking. I hated it being a manager to dole out those scores.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59731,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Amazing,"Cutting edge technologies, Working with a lot of smart people, Get to learn a lot",Management was a little late to catch up on some trends,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59732,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Developer Evangelist,More than a decade at Microsoft,Great place to work at. Very gratifying. Fantastic work life balance,Entrenched with politics. Whom you know is more valuable than what you know...horrible review processes.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59733,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Challenging and fullfilling,Get to work with extremely bright people in products that have worldwide reach,"Sometimes its hard to know what is going on in the company, lack of cross team communication.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59734,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Very high talented company,"Talent all around you, tons of opportunities for growth, great PTO and salary.","Political, hard to stack against others in such a competitive environment. The review process is a continual brag.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59735,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Losing Much of its Charm,"flexibility in work schedules, can take time off for appointments whithout punching a clock. Salary pays the bills","Very political. A finance based company, not engineering. Hardware engineering is achieved by brute force and compromise on features/performance. Managers are a separate caste from individual contributor employees, keeping a high wall between the two cultures. Heavy workload - Need to put in 60-70 hours a week. Not efficient, not scalable.",Stop focusing so much onyour own careers and think about being a great manager,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59736,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,My experience at MS was fabulous,super smart people and exciting work provided it meets your interest area. so don do the mistake of working on something you don like to do. overall i liked the work culture at microsoft.,work pressure. so don do the mistake of working on something you don like to do. super smart people and exciting work provided it meets your interest area. so don do the mistake of working on something you don like to do. overall i liked the work culture at microsoft.,need more visibility for the lowerup folks/,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59737,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jul 20, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,"For PMs, too much process. But it depends a lot on the team/group. Some are much better.","As an employee, they treat you very well. They make a lot of effort to make you feel cared for. It is also nice to work on big stuff, with millions of users, and making lots of cash.","Too many people that have been in the company for over 10 years. The company thinks it is great and celebrates it... I think it is a problem. They use really crappy tools that they develop (don't get me started on how they track bug!), and they have process and meetings that really have no value for humanity nor the company...","Stop breaking everything into 50 teams, making each team ""beg"" the other team to do something for it... just make a ""team"" responsible for end-to-end, independent, let them freaking do what they need to do!",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59738,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 24, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Multitude of Opportunities, Disciplines, Business & Product groups to build a wholesome career",Strong Technical focus across many disciplines Diversity of product & business groups Scope of impact to end users is tremendous Extremely successful track record,Leadership is sometimes shaky Highly negative image - market & society don't want to recognize company's potential Many groups are slow on decision making Employee compensation not competitive,Take more risks Improve employee compensation,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59739,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,"Great fundamentals, wrong strategy","Company stability, education and certification support, relatively good work/life balance in mature teams","Terrible managers around (not all, but a higher index of really bad managers than any other place before), slow growth for experienced industry hires","Eliminate the ranking system, use a competency based performance evaluation that doesn't assume 10% of bad performers and instead of improving the company, creates the trend for 50% to focus on politics and ""perform well"" while creating +30% underperformers",4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1018.htm
59740,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is a large collection of highly capable type A people.,Very little bureaucracy for such a large organization. Generally tends toward moving fast with limited planning.,"The stack ranking process is pretty brutal, impacting your career planning if you desire to be a long-term employee, and forces you to play politics to ensure you do well at review.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59741,microsoft,"San Juan, PR"," Jul 10, 2012",Current Employee - Project Coordinator,Great,"Great pay, good environment, nice people","Opportunities, pay, location. management, communication",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59742,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 20, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great benefits, work life balance (unless you're a dev)",- Many options for changing teams - Salary competitive in redmond area,- Too many employees - career growth can stall - Many groups are doing mediocre work - Living in an MSFT cocoon makes you feel falsely secure and unaware of the outside world,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59743,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 20, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Soul-suckingly boring,Cool technology and internal tooling,You have to really enjoy bureaucracy to work on a team like Windows,none,2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59744,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Exciting and great work place with awesome campus and facilities,"Microsoft offers insight and great place to work on variety of latest cutting edge technologies from Search, Mobile, XBox gaming to Windows OS, SQL, Cloud and more",A big company loses the nimbleness and focus that a small startup can have.,"Customers want a amazing, smooth end product experience, so all product units need to focus on bringing together their A game in visualizing and offering amaing integrated experience.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59745,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,"Brilliant people, toxic environment","Truly smart people, and most are really nice and friendly Great benefits (but getting somewhat less so) Pretty flexible about hours and telecommuting, as long as you put in more than 60+","Unbelievably bad management Stack-ranked review system creates a poisonous, adversarial , and highly political environment ""Visibility"" is the god very one must worship to get good reviews. This means that most people spend the bulk of their day trying to look more impactful than they really are. Whether you are actually good at your job is less important than whether you can promote yourself to you manager's manager.",Retire,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59746,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 20, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Microsoft Premier,"Well organized, process-driven. Clear responsibilities, good work-life balance","Salary, career growth opportunities, integration with other business units","provide more channels for career growth, too linear.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59747,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Review system promotes the wrong type of competition,"great benefits, decent salary, great products, smart people. The company is good for someone coming in directly from college to learn the ropes as there are a lot of really smart people to learn and grow from when in the beginning of your career.","review system is detrimental, every person is calibrates and rated against their peers. This system determines bonus, promotions, and lay offs so instead of promote team collaboration, Microsoft promotes backstabbing, political games and internal cat fights. Every year an obscene amount of time is used by people to write up self assessments or 'sale pitches' for how great they are, and equal amount of time is used by management to rate, calibrate, and justify why A is better than B or C. Another con is the crazy amount of meetings, sometime you wonder how anyone is supposed to work with 4-6 hours/day in meetings.","walk the talk, so when you say Go Team, and Great Work Team, then how about creating a team environment where people work together, help each other and are rewarded more collectively as a group. Also stop random senseless lay offs and focus on having the right people, we are seeing great people being laid off where the choice of person absolutely made no sense whatsoever - ok, so their role got eliminated but if that person was an amazing performer, why is that person not being kept and moved into another role.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59748,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Meh.,- decent comp - not a lot of horrible co-workers - some decent technologies,- complete lack of career growth - feels like being stuck in a big wet pool of mud,Stop coming up with crap,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59749,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2012",Former Employee - Director,"Learned a lot, great manager, smart people couldn't compensate for flawed culture","Solid infrastructure, mature processes, super smart and passionate people, great managers.",Company is still very inwardly focused and arrogant despite being way behind in the marketplace on the products and services that are increasingly important. The company is still very male dominated. Performance system is deeply flawed.,Stop making the managers the scapegoats . . . look to the senior leadership team to make needed changes for Microsoft to finally become customer centric with innovative and competitive products and services.,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1019.htm
59750,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cutting edge technology with cutting edge politics,Flexi timings Technology breadth Opportunities for career change within the company,Bad relationship with manager can spoil your career Red Tape/Bureaucracy Skip level oversight non existent Work life balance and career growth cannot happen together Smart people in technology are equally or more smart in politics,Have visibility/keep tabs on what is happening downlevel,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59751,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,AA AA AA AA AA,"Benefits, People , Benefits, Benefits Benefits","Salary, Slow career growth, Mgmt Location",Don't cut health benefits,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59752,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Most dysfunctional place I've ever worked,"Great pay, great benefits, great work life balance. This is not a job that asks you to work weekends or miss time with your family.","Every day is Emperor's New Clothes all over again. For anyone who has worked outside of MS, the cognitive dissonance is too much. I have loved what I do my entire 20 year career, but for the first time I dread going to work.",Heh -- my advice to the board is to start over completely. I don't have any advice for the current management. They have to go.,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59753,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2012",Former Employee - General Manager,"Good, but needs more innovation","Passionate, highly skilled people Amazing internal technology Willing to make big bets","Very, very political Core business kills innovation in new businesses Poor at making decisions",Do not try to make new businesses like Xbox or Cloud like the core businesses. Be very careful of trusting the new businesses to old-school MS execs.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59754,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to start,Great access to new software Great place to get experience,Stat Ranking Inability to truely grow Your a number not an employee,"Rate people based on performance, not against each other",3.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59755,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Product Manager,Great place to learn with very smart people,"Amazing challenging opportunities! Very talented , high performing teams",Senior mgmt needs to go back to the core and start investing money in people vs treating it like Walmart and cutting corners. Too many re orgs.,Start investing in people and technology to again lead vs wait for someone else to lead and then try and compete.,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59756,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jul 14, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Audience Marketing Manager,"Great product roadmap, often difficult place to work.","Very smart, enthusiastic people. Great products. Complete flexibility to work from any location.","Stack ranking creates a negative competitive environment instead of a positive collaborative one. Today's Microsoft is very large, hiearchial, extremely risk adverse and a difficult place to make an impact.",none,4.0,none,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59757,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,A lot of politics and passive aggressive behavior,"The pay is reasonable, and there are some changes to excel. For top employees, there is a high potential program, which can open up many doors for other jobs within the company. If you are a technical person, there is a lot of opportunity to network and meet other bright people.","The stock is not going to go up in value, and the company is not going to grow bigger than it is, and you should not expect your stock value to increase. Many people have the false illusion that Microsoft is still on the top, and that they are there to stay. There are also a lot of politics, and perception games being played. It is very important that you get an emotional/technical attachment to your dev manager AND the other dev managers, so that they do not try to throw you to the dogs in the closed doors performance reviews.","You have to fix this. Decisions at Microsoft usually do not have a general focus, and the architects don't do anything but waste money.-- You should fire these people.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59758,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2012",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Great if you are a developer otherwise a very comfortable place to waste your life,"Unbelievable medical benefits, flex schedule, interesting work","The reward system at Microsoft is driven by personal favoritism. On paper you are led to believe if you achieve x, y, and z and do it better than others of similar ability you will be rewarded. This is corporate formality that actually has little to do with career advancement, pay, or bonus. If you become someone the ""inner circle"" of management can brag about, and they can look good because you look good, you will do well.","Allow employees to apply to other openings within Microsoft without having to disclose their current pay level to eliminate ""level bias"" during internal transfers. External job candidates have this priviledge (they are not forced to disclose their previoius pay level) and therefore have an advantage when it comes negotiting salary and compensation in general.",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59759,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,*The* technology company,"Great work environment, amazing benefits, a wide variety of career opportunities.","Company perception to the outside world, marketing.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1020.htm
59760,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Huge impact in the industry,"- ability to make a huge impact in the industry - great work/life balance - large diversity of teams to choose from - creative environment, yet results centric - great people! - culture of creativity and lots of constructive self-criticism (despite of what you might read on the web)","- Compared with more ""nimble"" companies, things get done at a slower pace, sometime much slower. Three year shipping cycles are not uncommon although this started lately to change - takes time for junior employees to grow up in level and make a larger impact (depends on the group though) - career-centric company, although you could find a group that behaves like a startup - certain teams dedicated on maintaining software, not shipping new stuff (which might be OK for some). Be careful which team you choose. - I feel (and many others do) that the company doesn't learn fast enough from big mistakes made by middle-management.","- more courage to take big bold bets - learn from failures faster, and don't attempt to ""cover up""",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59761,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Vast opportunities,"You can keep moving on and on within the company, and keep doing different things every couple of years.",The review system is juvenile.,Stop trying to climb the management ladder and just do your job.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,N/A,"huge amount of projects happening in parallel - if courious, you can learn every day a new field","unsustainable culture not valuing contributes , too much politics,",none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59763,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,Great company to work for,"Great work environment, talented people, health benefits.",The new forced curve review system sucks.,Kill the forced curve review system.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59764,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work for,"Great benefits, Great people, Great challenges",Too much politics at the workplace,Be more people focussed,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59765,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good,"Microsoft being an established professional company, it respects employee's Work-Life Balance The Health Benefits are amazing. However, that is going to change from next year There are many competitive opportunities. The work does give sufficient work satisfaction.","Microsoft has become IBM of 1980's. It has become more bureaucratic. Microsoft has a relatively lower compensation compared to its competitors. It needs to encourage more innovation. The innovation it encourages are all short-term innovations. There are few divisions though which are quite innovative but, large sections of the company are age-old and unable to keep up with the competition.","The company needs to get more agile, and more integrated. Various products work in isolation. The company also needs to focus on emerging economies.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59766,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2012",Former Employee - Software Developer,Mixed experience,There are some truly great people working at Microsoft. Learning from them and working with them on interesting projects cannot be undervalued. It's also a great place to intern.,"(Mis)management. Broken review system. Processes and politics. Not the best for people who are more technical than politicians and don't want to be drawn into politics and who don't want to be competing with peers instead of doing their job and delivering great products. Oh, and you better be an SDE than an SDET because whatever they say, there are plenty of people who don't treat good test developers as well as they do product developers.","Advice? They won't listen to any and even if they do, they will still do it their way.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59767,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2012",Current Employee - Service Engineer,"Once an innovative workplace, now just another sad enterprise with mediocre managers and no leaders.","Microsoft has great benefits, average pay scales and good campus amenities. There are good people that work there as individual contributors. There are a number of good telecommuting options.","Microsoft is no longer focused on innovation. They are focused on Microsoft. The company does not care about the employee. They do not care about the work performed, they care about the perception of the work the employee performs. Microsoft does not work to improve the employee, they work to shield Managers from negative polls and release any employee who they 'can' meaning with a low likelihood of being sued. The company has fostered a destructive and hampering stack ranking review system that does not acknowledge the contributions of a resource, but rather causes conflict and competitive actions amongst team members that should be working together instead of against each other...","Stop placating to self absorbed ladder climbers who do so at the expense of others. Promote by value of the person, not value of the temporal circumstance. LEAD more, manage less.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59768,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great engineers crushed by management.,"The opportunity to work on technology that is used by a billion people worldwide, alongside incredibly talented engineers.","* Lack of employee empowerment * Lack of transparency into decision making * Model is competitive rather than collaborative - you're rewarded for getting your idea approved, rather than working with the person who had the best idea",Drop stack ranking - it only sets us against each other rather than helps us work together.,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59769,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,Great Place for Work-Life Balance,"Excellent benefits, low-stress. Great people, managers are typically good at managing teams. Depending on the manager, you can get good recognition if you go out of the way to contribute more than what is expected (and what is expected is actually very basic).","If you're looking for something exciting and cutting-edge, Microsoft is probably not the place. Its a big company with a defined heirarchy and it can be hard feel like you're making an innovative contribution - management for the most part is looking for, and expecting, code monkeys.","You have some great people working for you, but you're under-utilizing them - by a LOT. Give people explicit incentives to innovate and come up with clever feature/product ideas and you'll be surprised with the strong response. My experience is that I have about 3 hours' worth work per 8-hour day, so I have a lot of spare time. Most developers I spoke to have the same workload, and providing an incentive to use that time for innovation would yield results without cutting into existing work.  I also get the sense that if you just stay in your group long enough, you'll get promoted to Senior. I think you can raise the bar for promotions some more. I've seen Seniors who have been with Microsoft for 10 years, taking home probably $150k, who do not have a single patent to their name. In other words, they're being paid $150k a year to write and debug code - something an above-average high school senior could do. There's no reason why they should've ever been promoted past the SDE II stage. Tie promotions to innovation and out-of-the-box thinking and you'll notice a big positive change in the company's performance.  Microsoft's big problem is not that we don't have great people - its just that those great people are not being incentivized to innovate, and that explains why even with all that talent we're constantly 3-4 years behind our competitors.",4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1021.htm
59770,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Developer,Software Developer,"money and cafeteria is good. The put brand new computers on your desk and 2 monitors. I sometimes got to work from home, very useful to deal with all the stress from office politics and Balmer's chear throwing.","That forced stacking is insane! Basically you have a team of 10 people,and by the end of a quater,the manager has to decide who to fire relative to all other people in your team. Even if all are performing good job, still somebody has to get a bad review. Guess what that does to team work? Nobody wants to help anybody with anything, everybody tries to screw somebody else over. Horrible!","Stop Forced stacking,if people are lazy --fire them, but don't make employees compete with each other. We should be competing with other companies not with ourselves.",1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59771,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Awesome places to work. nice people. good salary and benefit,Nice team work/life balance business growth nice management team diversity,travel a lot no career long-term development pure technical job sometimes it is a little boring by repeating what you are doing,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59772,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Bad exec leadership but still a good place to work,"Lots of opportunities internally to take the career in different direction, i.e. Engineering to Marketing. Some teams are working on very innovative cool stuff. Build products that are used by millions of people,",The innovative stuff often does not see the light of the day. Leadership is horrible and clueless.Review system needs to be improved,Assign a CEO and COO who know more than Scorecards or even better who how to use scorecards right. Hire a strong Chief Software Architect for overall product strategy and improve the review system,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59773,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 30, 2012",Current Employee - Marketing and Sales,Microsft is a confused company in marketing and sales,The company treats employees well. Microsoft helps out seattle a lot with charity initiaitives and events. Corporate responsibility.,"The company is confused. Direction(in marketing and sales) is rudderless, run by charlatans who have MBA degrees and little else. Executives have an image of their self worth but have little to back it up with.","Honestly, get rid of some upper management, maybe the CEO.",1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59774,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2012",Current Employee - General Manager,Broad opportunities to do everything.,"Can-do attitude, resources to back it up, very smart people, great location.","Big company -- takes skill to learn to navigate, and Alpha culture can be challenging.","Encourage more broad, cross-discipline role development to avoid over specialization.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59775,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Microsoft is a great company,Great pay and great benefits.,"You have to like to work hard. Its a workaholics dream job. Its not required but there is plenty of opportunity to find things to do, excel at and be rewarded for.",None at this time.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59776,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Experiences at Microsoft,"Vast variety in technologies and products one can work on. You can usually switch teams after 18 months with the current one, though usually employess work at their job for 2-3 years before moving teams. Good benefits.","You never really leave college, performance reviews are peer relative and a fixed percentage (~20%) must get a below average review. Its a zero sum game, no real team work is possible.",Fix the broken review system.,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59777,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jul 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good but has room to improve,"1) Has great benefits such as health care, training, 401k, stock offers, etc 2) Work and/or life balances are so much better than start ups, Google or Amazon 3) Generally, career development goal is clear from management level","1) Might have too much of a process for product design 2) Generally, product design are less agile",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59778,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2012",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,Great working environment for starters and vets alike.,"Interesting projects to work on, smart people to work with and great opportunities for personal and professional growth. Work culture varies from team to team but overall it's a great place to work in.",Power struggles at the upper management levels tend to be irritating for the individual contributors. Some PMs are better than others so YMMV.,"More technical PMs, less hasty management decisions that have to be reversed down the line.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59779,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Good for employees,World class benefits that keep a lot of employees in golden handcuffs Very employee focused Good communications Great Seattle focused company,"As noted in most of media recently, MSFT seems more focused on defending it's flagship products rather than encouraging risks Highly political Constant reorgs",Get hungry again. Ditch the stack ranking of employees and focus on empowering people to take risks.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1022.htm
59780,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Awesome learning opportunity,"Exposure to full ms technology stack Smart folks Huge problem spaces to solve Great place to network with other developers Learn software development here, go work somewhere else later","deep management chains frequent re-orgs Management doesn't exemplify corporate ""values"" Review system that is decided before you even write your self assessment?! Can't use open-source technologies without lengthy approval process. This usually turns into a ""Not invented here"" mind set, and the next thing you know, you're re-inventing the wheel.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59781,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good but has room of improvements,"1) Has great benefits, health care, trainings, 401k, stock offers 2) Work/Life balance are so much better than start ups, google or amazon 3) In general, career development goal is clear from management level","1) Might have too much process for product design 2) In general, product design are less agile",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59782,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great experience,Lot depends on team you work with. I was lucky to work with a great team. Great company and benefits.,Some teams just get too big and lose focus and productivity.,Keep small and focused teams.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59783,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2012",Former Employee - PUM,Great for Some,"Generally they do a good job of renumerative things. This not really a company of 200,000. It is more like 2000 companies of 100 people, so an experience can vary dramatically. They really know how to ship software that has 1,000,000 or more seats / customers. They are the worlds best at being number two (or later) to a market. They probably have one of the best marketing groups out there.","Way too hard to invent here. If your stuff doesn't fit in one of their five ship vehicles (Windows, Office, SQL Server, Bing/Live, Azure) it won't make it in anything. They have no interest in new products unless they can bring in $2B+ in the first three years. Their recruiting is very poor. You really need a personal contact to make progress.",Invest more in internal start-ups. How about leading for a change?,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59784,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Company is struggling with bureaucracy and midlife crisis but has tremendous amounts of talent.,"The company is an exciting place to work because there isn't a soul in the world whose life their products haven't touched. Even a simple security fix goes out to hundreds of millions in the first weekend after release. The impact can be very satisfying. Also, there are some very smart engineers who work there and while working there you get smarter by forming symbiotic work relationships. Great place to learn many new tricks. Pay and benefits are also very good. Work hours get crazy only during deadlines but otherwise not too bad if you manage your working hours well. Minus the office politics this place would be great for work but I guess a company of this size will always have some of that. People with many agendas (sometimes conflicting).","The internal review system has become rigid and has created a culture of busy work just for the sake of justifying bonuses. This busy work has very low real impact on product quality (especially in test). The metrics they use change frequently and show a certain confusion/unsureness of the middle management during reviews. Risk taking has almost come to a stop. Any risks you see from the outside that the company is taking is for the sake of survival in certain markets and not because Microsoft has the culture of risky innovation. The top and middle management have become extremely risk averse and tentative in their messaging to juniors. This can be de-motivating for extremely talented individuals (of which I saw many during my time). I also saw some above average attrition in my product group. Apart from reviews, the company leadership has only worsened this behavior by setting similar examples. Some very confusing strategies in products and branding has brought the company where it is today.",Be judicious in what you reward and what you punish and by how much. Learn to take calculated risks and identify new areas before the competition does. (search/smartphone/portable media player/tablet/social) You had the technology to be a leader in all of the above areas and you let it slip. All is not lost yet.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59785,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 5, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great Company Full of Challenges,"Introduction to new inovations in technology everyday! Since this is one of the #1 software companies in the world, they are the leading edge and you are exposed to all of that every day.","It can be overwhelming. It is a lot to take in, extremely fast passed. You need to have pick one specific product and learn everything about it, although it is encouraged to learn multiples","Go back to a user friendly environment. It is becoming more of a cooporate environment and it is going through some growing pains. it is uncommon to see anyone ""actually"" retire from this company....",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59786,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2012",Former Employee - Business Development and Strategy,Great Company Turned Mediocre,"There are few places where you get to work on projects that have the scale of Microsoft Windows, or Office. The benefits are great. If you're in the right group, it's a great place.","The company manages the bulk of employees to feel as if they are just another cog in the wheel - nothing special. Save the company a billion dollars and you're told you're just doing your job. If you are over 40, you are likely to be managed out within 5 years. Trend is to replace American workers with H-1B Visa holders. The culture of the company has changed. It is no longer inspiring but it is a solid job. For more info on the issues employees are reporting go to http://minimsft.blogspot.com/ a nice add on to Glassdoor.","Value American workers, truly value your employees, don't be afraid to reward contributors or managers for their wins - make it a culture of winning. Managing 80% of the staff to an expectation of ""you're nothing special"" is not a winning strategy. Lastly, stop purging those over 40, who have been with the company over 10 yrs, and find ways to leverage them to build the business.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great benefits, gargantuan organization with huge opportunities, though highly specialized",Great benefits Lots of talent Opportunity to be in the know and at the edge of business software,"Huge organization - sometimes a little chaotic (who's running the show?) So large it's highly specialized. If you like to be part of the larger development process, you won't get it as a developer Review process is a little draconian - well-intentioned, but may be producing unintended affects","Consider the draconian stack-ranking? It's not transparent, and it forces unethical choices",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59788,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunities Unlimited,Innovation is valued and the sheer number of opportunities in there is amazing.,The IT organization needs to come out of the mind set of being a Products company and may be more embrace the true tenets IT of services sector.,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59789,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Operations Program Manager,"Benefits are amazing, flexible work (telework), capable to have work life balance and still be successful, your manager can make or break your experience, ability to change roles and completely start from scratch if you want every 2 - 3 years.","Your manager can make or break your job, annual calibration relative to your peers creates unnecessary competition between coworkers...",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1023.htm
59790,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 20, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great company to work for,Microsoft has been an incredibly stable company to work for. Roles and expectations are generally well specified. Lots of opportunity to move up or around within the company. There is always something new and exciting to work on. New ideas are always welcome and freedom to pursue your passions. Hard work is always rewarded.,"The work environment can be quite competitive. Rewards are performance driven as compared to your colleagues. If everyone is a superstar, it can be difficult to differentiate yourself.","In working with us, remember who your audience is. We are intelligent technical engineers. While we may be able to debug multithreaded applications, business speak isn't second nature to us. Use language for which we are comfortable. Too many TLAs that conflict with our own tech speak!",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59791,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2012",Current Employee - Social Media Program Manager,Great company,"Flexible work schedule, intelligent people, innovation product lines, great benefits, routine job transition and stable employment.","Can be highly political, slow to adopt product changes, slow to react, too many product lines.",Revise yearly review system,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59792,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Development Engineer,"- lots to learn - large company, so easy to find some area of interest - money is not a concern","- money is not a concern - some teams/divisions are slow moving, due to the size of the user base - Redmond ""bubble""",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59793,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2012",Current Employee - Director,One of the best companie sin the world,"Great processes, big projects, high perfoming people",Tough to grow in the upper lecvel of management,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59794,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,"Great Place, but very political","Great benefits, awesome work/life balance","Very political, not very good listeners",none,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59795,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jun 19, 2012",Former Employee - Service Manager,Service Manager,salary and benifits are good long term outlook is poor,"Poor executive management, policy of 10% of employees fired every year causes extreme competition and unwillingness for teamwork. It’s a savage environment to endure and burns people out, then management fires people and brings in new meat and starts over again.",Try to treat people like humans and not machines,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59796,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2012",Current Employee - Attorney,"Great place, great people, great work",My group leaders and team mates are excellent. The work is exciting and cutting edge.,Everyone may have a different experience depending on group leadership and team mates.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59797,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,one of the best company for software engineers,"talent people, great technology and product, good environment, not bad salary","too may meetings, process from traditional software development stops this company moving fast in internet business",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59798,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,"I've got a good deal, job getting harder though","Very mature company. Leadership is generally pretty solid. Great benefits though will be declining in 2013. Many, many different opportunities in Puget Sound. Much fewer opportunities elsewhere.","I work in the Silicon Valley office. The opportunities here are far fewer and at higher levels very difficult and frustrating. Almost every group in the Silicon Valley is a sub-group of a Puget Sound based group. At higher levels, way too much time is spent trying to communicate and politic with co-workers based in WA. This skill becomes more valuable than technical skill and is crucial for success in the Silicon Valley office. There is no such skill requirement for those based in WA, though the skill is rewarded.  The company struggles hard to break out of the mold that was used for its early success. There are far too few people doing and far too many people talking about what to do. The current development model of PM + Dev + Test + (operations) incurs way too much friction. Too many people are serving in far too narrow roles for maximum efficiency. Several groups have made efforts to make this better, but the moment that something (anything) goes wrong with a progressive approach, these efforts are usually scrapped.  Worst of all, Microsoft is failing in its efforts to be competitive for top-talent. The best new hires don't choose Microsoft and the stronger the employee, the more likely that they are just using Microsoft as a stepping stone to something far more lucrative. Microsoft's compensation system is not structured to reward the highest achievers sufficiently. As a result, they move on and leave the ""B-players"" to fight for the 225% of target bonus (10-30%) that is available to the best of the best.","Find a way to do more with fewer people on all of the teams, and reward those people who remain successful with even higher rewards. Aim for a net-neutral compensation cost in the move. For example, cut every group by 5-10% of the people in the group but don't take the money out of the compensation pile. Challenge groups to find more efficient ways of operating and give that 5-10% of compensation back to the teams that make those around them better. More of that should be available to the upper managers to encourage them to take risks. The risk-taking culture in the company is dying. Everyone is choosing the safe path.  Encourage groups to operate in the model that almost all new silicon valley companies are adopting, bizdev + devops. Eliminate the individual roles of pm, dev, test and operations and combine them.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59799,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"It's a good place, but slowly changing to worse","Company provides good benefits (yet), reasonable salary. You have some career path, although it becomes very tough at principal level and higher.","Review system is a minus. Every year, each group has to identify 10% of low performers and fire some of them. Benefits slowly decreasing in quality.",Pay more attention to engineers - it becomes sales company.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1024.htm
59800,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"It's a good place, but slowly changing to worse","Company provides good benefits (yet), reasonable salary. You have some career path, although it becomes very tough at principal level and higher.","Review system is a minus. Every year, each group has to identify 10% of low performers and fire some of them. Benefits slowly decreasing in quality.",Pay more attention to engineers - it becomes sales company.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59801,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Jun 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Microsoft Consulting in DC Capital Region,"Opportunites, Bonus potential espescially for federal consulting, overal benefits are very good","Paperwork required as government contractor, opportunities for promotion above the lower tiers",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59802,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Challenging work with smart people,"Plush office, good AV, good conference rooms","Politics, decision making speed, too many projects",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59803,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Not for the long haul,"Good benefits, lots of career growth opportunities, talented people,","Very political, zero management training (makes for bad bosses), they'll take everything you give and then some, so it's hard not to get burned out",none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59804,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 18, 2012",Current Employee - Director,politics and redundancy,people here are very smart on average lots of resources interesting problems take management seriously as a skill to learn and develop,Politics - have to preview everything with everyone and get back office alignment before you can actually produce anything Redundancy - always someone else doing your job Role clarity - see above Lack of decision-making authority,"delegate, create accountability and STOP hiring 2 people for every one job",3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59805,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Good company, could improve by focusing on external competition vs. internal competition",Strong focus on internal benefits for employees and keeping them focused on being productive vs. worrying about daily life issues. It is amazing what they have thought of to assist employees in the areas of health and welfare and a number of on campus ammenities.,The company has grown up with a culture of innovation and internal competition. This has resulted in a culture and a compensation structure that favors building independant siloed teams that compete internally vs. a culture of collaboration and focusing on getting things done by taking dependencies on others. This hampers team's abiliity to focus on what truely matters and a lot of redundancies are created.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59806,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,House of Opportunities!,"Microsoft is a place where you have thousands of opportunities in different fields! You wanna try out online services? cloud? hardware? office? windows? Name anything, you get here!",Management needs to start thinking about innovation from Grassroot! Stop doing politics.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59807,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,it has been awesome,the best company in the world and i am big fan of it,well to be once there is one downside not enough holidays,we should expend it worldwide,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59808,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,Great place for a career,"Smart people, good benefits, competitive pay","Work/life balance, lack of innovation, too matrixed",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59809,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company to work for,Good company to work for,Hard to innovate new products,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1025.htm
59810,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2012",Former Employee - Finance Manager,Company lacking direction makes it difficult to love,"Challenging environment, much to learn, room for advancement, pay is average, superb benefits","dog eat dog culture, they stress collaboration, but not fully felt to be true. stack ranking system will always render someone to be on the bottom, regardless of how good they perform.","Get a clear idea of who you are, what you are good at, and stop mimicing everything your competitors do. You have lost your identity and have a ""me too"" approach to everything. Maybe you don't see it, but this is how the common everyday person sees it.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59811,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2012",Former Employee - Software Manager,Life @ Building 99 - MSR,- Lot's of smart people - Great work-life balance - Good comp package,- Lot's of people that think they're really smart... - Attention seeking Divas galore - No real concept of shipping software,- Focus on results rather than on white papers - publications do not mean much if they're re-factoring someone else's patent - Get some real Dev manager to drive development,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59812,microsoft,"Philadelphia, PA"," Jun 11, 2012",Former Employee - Software Developer,Rate Microsoft,Great company to work for. Lots of opportunities and growth. I have learnt alot with my time served at Microsoft. Development stages are great times and the people are fun to be with. I dont regret working at Microsoft,Management style needs attention urgently. Im sure if it was not for me disliking their managent style I would still be at Microsoft,People skills are extremely important,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59813,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2012",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Microsoft, Great place to work",Very smart people doing great things. Suprisingly good work life balance from my experience in MSIT.,Slow moving to get things done. It is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier sometimes to get things done.,Give back some of the decision making power back to the individual contributors. Management should provide the framework to make the decisions and not be the bottleneck for decision making.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59814,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Architect,Great Company to work for,* Access to technology * Innovative environment * Smart people,* Politics * Lack of Synergy,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59815,microsoft,"North Chicago, IL"," Jun 18, 2012",Current Employee - Group Manager,its an awesme job,all good people are there!!,it doesnt have proper customer service,to introduce customar service,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59816,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great possibilities to opportunities across different disciplines and professions,"Many different jobs within the same company. Ability to re-invent oneself over a longterm career without leaving the company. The diverse workforce/culture promotes identity and creativity. Though some individual teams/managers may be a bit more rigid, generally, the culture allows for freedom to perform as you may find necessary so long as results are delivered.","Difficult to make career change internally versus roles that are filled externally. External hires are valued higher. With such a diverse workforce, non-tech opportunities are far less available (marketing, business development, etc.).",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59817,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),I love it here!,- Work with brilliant people on amazing products. There are opportunities to be mentored by some of the smartest people in the industry. - Lots of educational and advancement opportunities - there are so many MS products that there are always other exciting teams to work on if you want a new opportunity without changing your entire career. - Flexible work environment - Great pay and benefits,- Adversarial review system that gives many people anxiety and results in driving out quality employees - Health care benefit becoming less awesome in 2013 with $2500 deductible,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59818,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Challenging, relevant work with crazy smart people, but also some BigCo inertia",Work with VERY smart people Opportunities to learn a lot Good work-life balance Work on software that millions of people use Lots of perks and great benefits,"BigCo feel - bureaucratic, lumbering, slow to react Too competitive between employees Negative perception of Microsoft among users is a downer Difficult to rise quickly","Reduce the number of things Microsoft is working on - focus on a few and get them right! Get rid of the lame marketing, branding, and advertising",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59819,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,a good work life balance,"Good medical, dental, vision plans",Can't think of one. New managers are micro managers,Give some training to new managers to help them with people skills,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1026.htm
59820,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2012",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Great company,Microsoft is a great company with benefits and pay to match. A large company with upward mobility across the US and Internationally.,It can be inconsistent depending on the team you are on and at times there is concern with layoffs. the HR practices make it difficult to change team members outside of major layoffs.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59821,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great peer workers, great technologies but demotivating, anxiety-causing and random review process.",My immediate peers are a great group of folk to work with. There is bureaucracy as in any large organization but there are tools in place to alleviate some of that. Most of the technologies being developed are great with good customer acceptance. The overall benefits are OK though in 2013 there will be some big changes to the health plans in the USA with our estimation causing about an additional $200 out of pocket per month for an average family.,"The performance review. I've been fortunate to score well with three promotions in seven years. However, I've seen superstars get poor reviews only because they scored lower on a peer curve than ""super"" super stars. The curve needs to go and the curve is the result of too many management layers causing director-levels not spending enough time people managing. In the last few years I've seen co-workers simply go elsewhere taking all that knowledge and skills assets with them because of the curve.","Require all director-levels to have at least 20 direct reports. Require directors to be 90% people managers and to ""direct"". Get rid of the curve and instead put the responsibility on the director to identify poor performers and then coach these poor performers to improvement or to exit.",2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59822,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Big company, big dreams","Microsoft is at its heart a startup that found itself having grown into a huge company. Every day you come to work, you'll be joining the smartest people in the world. If you like competition, you'll find it here - the system is set up to encourage competition between employees, managers, teams, and groups. Benefits, flex work, and time off are industry leading. Also, the company gives huge amounts of money to nonprofits and should really do more to get credit for all the work they do in this space.","The competitive nature of the work environment isn't for everyone. Also, benefits are going through a long term redesign which is resulting in a reduction of benefits/increase in costs for employees. Morale is closely tied to product perception and success in the marketplace, and with MS losing its grip on consumers morale has taken a hit.",Strealine the product portfolio and get super focused on a few things to do well.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59823,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"A great company, but needs to be revived","Great employer, benefits, work time flexibility is great. Some orgs have great opportunity to grow as an engineer","Horrible HR performance review model, drives employees (managers included) to focus on covering their asses rather than being encouraged to innovate.  Senior management severely lacks vision and creativity.",none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59824,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is getting better,"Good career opportunities, cutting edge technologies, improved vision and strategy over past years (R&D coming together in the product pipeline), improved upper management, listen to employee feedback for improvement","Work/life balance at times, more competitive recently, less job ""security""",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59825,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2012",Former Employee - Editor II,"Overall, I enjoyed working at Microsoft. One downside, a lot of reorgs which can wreak havoc on your career.",Some groups I worked with have a very high level of competency and creativity.,The review system can foster a negative environment of competition.,Always be transparent. Encourage commitments that make it clear what 'Excelling' means.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59826,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Incredible opportunities, great people, erratic leadership","Worldwide possibilities Any possible job function Stable company, great benefits Exciting products, smart people, fun competition",Erratic leadership Unclear roles and responsibility Insane levels of politics affecting nearly all organizations Review system creates backstabbing incentives,Eliminate the entire partner program. Fire KT and most of his acolytes. Revamp the SMSG organization to support marketing most critical products. Re-read Clayton Christensen and then go back to really fire KT and restructure SMSG.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59827,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," May 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, awful review process","Smart people, great culture, some products still are leading the industry","internal dog eat dog competitive atmosphere, sometimes to the detriment of the health of the team",change the review structure!,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59828,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pockets of Despair, Pockets of Satisfaction","Intelligent, diverse employee base Excellent pay and benefits (health benefits being reduced in 2013, however) Huge flexibility for work hours and location for most groups Lots of social communities within the company, for every possible interest Ability to use the latest Microsoft technology before it is released Super casual dress code Lots of opportunities to learn and grow",Rating system is punishing if you are not bringing your A game every single day Highly competitive -- bordering on backbiting -- across every level Individual performance is motivated by fear in many groups Managers are not trained or encouraged to nurture their teams Insufficient cross organization trust and collaboration to be truly successful company,"Be people managers, not just project managers. Encourage and reward risk taking, even if a project fails. Learn from failure rather than being risk averse.",3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59829,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2012",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),"Smart, A type Personalities with leading technology","- The name Microsoft rings a bell, even amongst the ultimate Microsoft haters. - You will work with some of the brightest minds in the world - Heavy on collaboration, but uses our technology to the fullest so remote work is easy - The culture is still hip and alive, and just simply a fun place to work - Wear whatever you want to work, everyone else does (unless you're in Public Sector and/or DC) - Always cutting edge technology on your personal equipment (although internal tools are lagging) - The benefits are the top of the top, you won't find better, even at Apple or Google - The work is demanding, so being challenged is not hard to come by - The software, partner, and prime card discounts (if in WA) are the best - Healthcare benefits are second to none, although changing in 2013 - Work/Life balance is pretty nice, depending on your area (Engineering, not so much)","- Finding internal opportunities are difficult as politics and networking are front seat versus talent - The salary can be so so and the performance reviews can be a downfall - Old school management = old school technology thought process = slow to market with leading edge tech - The reputation of Microsoft is being hammered daily, and Apple as now surpassed Microsoft in value, revenue, profit and perception - Most positions have the worst onboarding, so the sink or swim philosophy is alive and well - Middle management are high performers with volunteer people management duties, finding good managers are becoming more difficult - Microsoft doesn't reward you well for outside experience if you're not coming in at a high level (Lvl 64 and above)","Help with the proper onboarding with talent instead of assuming they'll come on Monday and do A+ work on Tuesday. Additionally, make internal job searches easier and friendlier. Credit people for their hard work before Microsoft versus the thinking that only Microsoft has hard work.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1027.htm
59830,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good for new grads, not so much for experienced","big company, lots of training programs, opportunity to learn new things, potential to make large impact if you are in the right role. should be a good place to start your career as a PM or software developer","Company is not growing as much anymore. now it's all about getting as much out of existing profitable business as you can. stagnation and politics are everywhere. current review system makes experienced, mid-level employees (10+ years) highly vulnerable if you are not reporting to the right boss",change current review model to remove the hard curve,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59831,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to work if you want to focus on family,- ok salary - comfortable office and garden-like campus - lots of benefits,- benefits are getting cut - some degree of bureaucracy - difficult to find passion - need to give up work-life balance if you want to grow,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Could be better,"Interesting projects, cutting edge technology, great benefits, flex time, educational opportunities.","Cut-throat environment, people don't help each other grow. Probably due to performance review system. Depressing.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59833,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great Place to work at,Friendly People and Competitive Environment,The growth can be relatively slow,More transparency in decision making,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59834,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 29, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Mixed Bag,"Great benefits, ability to work from home,diversity, values a ""self-starter"" mentality.","Constant org changes demoralize teams, hard to invest in a vision when the exec who kicks it off doesn't hang around very long. Review model that does not ""reward the assist"" or foster team/collaborative environment. Six years with the company and these issues never seem to go away. Company punishes folks to dare speak truth to power (ie company poll).","Don't roll out a ""new"" review model four weeks before the end of year review cycle begins.",2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59835,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 26, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft - it is not the job its the people network,"Good benefits and reasonable place to work alhough to make good money you have to work the system by staying for an extended period and a ""top performer"". See below how.","Microsoft has a calibration and review process. There are also yearly commitments but they are a bit of a red-herring, although of course a newby has to actually do something initially. But really the main work goal is to network with peers and anyone that can can give you a positive review, remember you may need to reciprocate (even if it hurts). Kiss up to your boss big time, but remember he/she also needs positive reviews and so work something out on that front. The work is actually secondary to all this - thanks to all the newbys and contracters who do that.. The calibration process actually determines what you will be paid and and more importantly if you will survive. Calibration is where you will be compared to your ""peers"" to see where you sit in that stack. If you are bottom of the pile your are history and if you are top or near (say top 30%) you have hit the microsoft jackpot. But the calibration process is a bit like a lottery as you you will be calibrated against everyone in your particular business unit (at your grade) by management that may not even know you, and amay have there own personal favourites. That is why networking is such a big thing. The other part to this is there are quotas for each grade and there are currently 5 grades. This like a budget plan - 10% will receive 0 bonuses and increment and will be managed out of the company via a PIP (Personal Improvement program it means your gone) and 10% will be marked as the top talent. The others are the survivors with varying increments and bonuses depending on where they sat in the calibration. The people that succeed at Microsoft are not necessarily the most talented but the most able to work the system and have the most successful network to inflence the calibration. An indication of the kiss of of death is to stay at the same level and role - you are expected to ""grow"" and extend yourself. Most companies I have worked for previously would say if Joe does the same job well, and that is all he wants to do then perfectly fine, but not Microsoft. Assuming you stay and make it to a upper management level then will be a complete cat fight (usually hidden from the minions) - you will be well rewarded well but attrition rates are higher (look for the next VP leaving). But still Microsoft is very top heavy as has all those people that have worked the system - but where do they go? Eventually get sick of it all and leave to start a contracting company or a business to add value to the microsoft products they have worked on and hopefully have left contacts in the company to get that work.  Make sure you are working in a group that has business growth or else Micrsoft has a tendancy to ditch products and people when revenue growth stops.","Work like a company that has integrity, don't just mouth the words. Get rid of the calibration process as this notion that people must be constantly moving to be successful is actually a detriment to successsful products. Remove the people whose only skill is to work the system which will then streamline the company starting at the very top.",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59836,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 20, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Great place to work if you enjoy a competitive environment,"Smart people at one's peer level, incredible philanthrapic benefits and culture such that it's both encouraged and supported w/dollars for employees to give time and money to charitable organizations.","The performance review process drives some unwelcome behaviour, including short-term fiscal year focus and a more competitive than collaborative environment. Though there's a recent attempt to focus more on collaboration, effectiveness is still very much considered only at an individual level rather than a group level. The 'greater than the sum of our parts' concept doesn't foster easily in that culture, which is a missed opportunity. There's also a lot of bureaucracy. Finally the annual financial budeting process is now such a mystery that finance ends up making funding decisions for the organization without understanding the opportunities and risks of such decisions.",none,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59837,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 5, 2012",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Great place to work,"Smart people, in general it is a meritocracy where people are rewarded for good work.",There are a variety of sub-cultures throughout the company and it can take adjusting going from one to the other.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59838,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,A giant in transition..,"Strong presence and ambition in every field of software and services Competent, smart, hardworking people Good pay and great benefits","Large organization offers too many ""dark spots"" for the undeserving to hide, especially higher up Brand has lost the magic it used to have with consumers Insular, cut-off, losing touch with reality","Split the company into 4-5 software business and 2-3 venture capital funds. Each of them would be a giant in its own right. * This would overnight transform Seattle into a software startup hub, dramatically improving job prospects for all employees. * Total shareholder value would increase rapidly. The sum of the pieces would be more than what it is now. * Customers would benefit from the new competition and product diversity.  So it would be good for *everyone*.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59839,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Improving but still some ways to go,Biggest pro is that Microsoft deals with some of the toughest problems to solve and also has some of the best brains in the business working on these tough problems. The company also has a lot of areas in which it invests so there is no dearth of new challenges.,Biggest cons are beaureaucracy in the management that slow down progress and a lack of willingess in the management team to push the boundaries unless a competitor is already kicking butt.,none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1028.htm
59840,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," May 30, 2012",Current Employee - Group Manager,"Passion, vision and values","the ability to live your values is very important to me. and I can do that here. I love the passion of the people I work with, they are smart, talented and have a strong desire to do a great job.","the rating system is still confusing. the workload is way too much, and there is a perception here that if you do not 'take it on' you are not as highly valued.. however, from my experience this is the same in other organizations.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59841,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 25, 2012",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,"Great employer if you live in the Seattle area, tons of variety","Great benefits, tons of variety, impact millions of people","Slow, politics, difficult to take risks","Make it more entrepreneurial to encourage innovation, transition to more agile methodology",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59842,microsoft,"Salem, OR"," May 22, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Opportunities are limited,Some people are great and products are reaching wide audience.,Bureaucracy. Opportunities are limited. Lots of inefficiencies.,Go back to the basics of tying compensation to product success,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59843,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,unlimited potential,"huge impact on the world, cutting edge products, family friendly, great pay and benefits, amazing support for the community and environment","long work hours (normal is ~ 50 hrs / week), very specialized work",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59844,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Looks good from the outside but...,There are a lot of opportunities. Technology company with lots of weight to throw around.,"Politics and more politics. The director level managers are more oncerrned about their jobs and review then those who work for them. No alignment to industry - those on the inside that say how it is in industry are quickly overcome by those who have made a career of navigating the organisation - in other words, don't listen to people from the industry trying to make a change, listen to those who just move from job to job and know how to navigate that...","Look at the industry, hire people from the industry and listen to THEM not to people who have worked at Micrsoft for 10 years and know how to leverage the system to defeat the change agents trying to actually save the company.",2.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59845,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 24, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Director,"Great at subsidiaries, hated at Redmond",. Culture of people and talent development . Participate in big things . a large company where you can develop your career . Opportunities to partner with many other companies and have an extended network,. Becoming an irrelevant. company but the culture is still in the old good days of driving the industry . MS campus in Redmond disconnected to market and inner looking . Too much internal competition in MS campus in Redmond . The company is downsizing,none,2.0,none,1.0,5.0,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59846,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Business Development,It all depends on how you network internally,Very strong benefits package and employee services.,Weak review system...subjective. Very political. No work life balance.,Need to manage themselves down as well as up.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59847,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Account Executive,Roller coaster,Benefits are really good for employees,Big Company = Bureaucracy headache,Make a decision,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59848,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2012",Current Employee - SDE2,Microsoft,"Great benefits , great health care, immigration lawyers best in class",Work life balance is not good,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59849,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great innovation and great fun,Highly motivated environment that allows for people focus on technology and building great relationships for the long term. You should check it out!,"While it is a large corporation, the processes in place to ensure that the right things happen are there for a reason. It is helpful, but sometimes tedious.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1029.htm
59850,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Amazing Career,Competitive salary and great bonuses for high performing individuals You can move in the company between orgs and it is like working for another company almost. Offers a variety of career options.,"Too much politics for getting promotions, making it difficult to advance your career if you do not have the right manager to fight for you.",none,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59851,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Technical Audience Marketing Manager At Microsoft,Good,"conformtable, mentor culture, passion, skill learning,","No innovation, no highlight in product",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59852,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is an exciting time to be working on Windows,"Non-stop challenges and opportunities working on products like Windows. Healthy competition is driving us to innovate and evolve the most basic computing experiences. Clear direction & goals, professional and respectful work environment.","During ship cycles the work can be quite demanding and we are never satisfied or 'done' with the product, always more to do!","Adopt lean and mean approach consistently across teams, keep awesome benefits in place, keep up the focus to improve pay competitiveness.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59853,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2012",Former Employee - Director,"Good company and opportunities, with troubled management","Benefits were good, but that is changing. Great network and technology used internally. If creative and in the right group, there are lots of opportunities.","Very political, easy to get in a silo, benifits are changing in a negative way, some great leaders, some very corrupt, stock is stuck in a range.","Treat employees with respect, IP will only go so far. R&D and the people are key to long term success.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59854,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Awesome place to work for,"Really great place to work. Work culture is great in my team and I love it. People are considerate, managers I have been with are really good - honest and fair feedback which helps to grow.",Seattle is expensive and so I would say compensation needs to be restructured more or city should become less expensive.,Should be more proactive when launching any product to make it full-proof in one go. This will help company accomplish and make mark even on a larger mass.,5.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59855,microsoft,"Tallahassee, FL"," May 16, 2012",Current Employee - Director,"If you give someone more work then they can humanly do, management expects them to rise to the challenge.","For Techies, there is a constant flow of detailed technical information that feeds the hunger. Jobs that require technical skills are fun, rewarding and mostly insulated from the politics that rein today.","Working in management is like babysitting 5-year olds, and reporting to a 7 year old. The decision making process completely ignores the employees in the trenches and dissuades innovative thinking. It was not always like this, but since most managers at MSFT have been there for less than 10 years they don't understand employees who have been there longer than 10 years and are weeding them out.","Stop weeding out the employees who have been there for more than 10 years, they have the tribal knowledge you need to retain. Please get back to the innovative roots and truely empower the employees as it was in the years when Bill ran the business.",2.0,2.5,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59856,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 16, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is a machine and employees are cogs in the wheel,"It's a huge company with so many specializations that you always have to rely on others to get your work done since everyone owns their specific areas and processes. Overall there's great people and huge moster projects. Afterall, it is a HUGE company.","They promote the idea that employees should take risks and projects and push yourself, but I've seen many times that if you do you're on your own and if you don't ""perform"" well, you'll be one of the people who are forced out. Once you get a bad review, you're on your way out of the company - even if you have a long history of being top performer.","You need a much better mentor program for those who are willing to really dig in and push themselves and take on more than they would normally. IF you really do encourage people to take risks, they should be paired up with a mentor who really is comitted to helping them.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59857,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The good old days are gone as is Microsoft's relevance,It used to be fun and exciting working on important state of the art technologies with a leadership team (BillG) who knew how to run a technology company.,Microsoft missed too many important technology shifts and unfortunately is now too little too late.,Time to leave - the party is over.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59858,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft is a great or terrible place to work, depending on the team.","Great perks, some great managers, very smart people.","Embarrassing leadership, unclear company direction, bad stock plans, politics.",none,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59859,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Frustrating, inward and parochial. Financally on par or better than other jobs","Benefits , location, package , opportunity (if you have right mgt)","Bureaucracy, over structured and thinking, slow",Get closer to partners in order to succeed in mobile. Hire industry executives and keep engineers out of snr mgt,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1030.htm
59860,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," May 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,everything is just great at MS,stack rank is a numbers game not people,can't run this company like an accounting firm...by the numbers. Everyone is trying their hardest to do what is right for MS and our customers,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59861,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2012",Former Employee - Director of Business Development,Microsoft used to be a great place...,"Dominant position in the market, makes products that everyone uses (whether they like it or not), good salaries, and great benefits (which are going away soon).","Management that will cut your throat if it suits them, no interest in hearing reality unless it has a microsoft distortion filter on it, a dog eat dog review system and approach to promotions that is great if you are on the inside and terrible if you ""fall out of favor"".","Steve, it is time for you to go. Although you love Jack Welch, emulating him has eviscerated the company and allowed for one of the most caustic work environments on the planet to develop. Hearing bad news is required to be able to respond and given the mistakes that have been made there will likely be some opportunities that you will never win back.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59862,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to work at,"Highly intelligent peers, very challenging work. Very flexible work culture with focus on getting things done. Results are highly rewarded.",Lot of good peers means hard to stand out.,none,4.0,none,none,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59863,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Very Good Place to Work and Grow,Lots of freedom to do new and different things.,VERY political. You need to manage up to make sure your voice is being heard.,Weed out the bad managers.,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59864,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," May 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,okay,technology is always advancing today,wide variety if manufactured goods,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59865,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience in general,in general a good work envirnoment,some travel but acceptable amount,focus,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59866,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Test Manager,Huge saftey net for your adventures,Sky is your limit where you can take your ideas aligned to business to fruitation.,"Given the maturity of the company, there is lot of compression in scope growth.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59867,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,A fine place to start,"Lots of entry-level PM positions available Comfortable work environment Competitive salary and benefits Commute from Seattle is reasonable (certainly better than commuting from San Francisco to Silicon Valley), and Microsoft subsidizes use of public transit","ICs (people with no direct reports) have no independence. All decisions are made at higher levels, no matter how inane. Not many exciting projects to work on. The big names (Windows, Office, etc.) are all slow-moving and conservative, with lots of bureaucratic overhead. Mediocre, expensive food Campus is spread out, making it hard to get face time with other employees","Democratize the decision-making process. Empower ICs to shape the direction of the product at the feature crew level. Just because someone is a good IC, doesn't mean they will be a good manager of people.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59868,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 25, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,I couldn't stand it any more,"Nice campus, lots of amenities, great benefits.","Highly politicized environment does not reward anyone with personal ethics. You have to be prepared to throw *anybody* under the bus just to keep your job. Actual teamwork is not valued or rewarded. Managers spend way too much time watching who is doing what and when people show up and leave. Individual contributors have to spend way too much time tracking who saw what email and who was in what meeting in order to defend themselves later on. Leave your respect and honor at the door. The culture does not reinforce good personnel management. And if you get one manager who you don't get along with, for whatever reason, you are permanently screwed and you should leave ASAP. That's what happened to me.",Reinvent the performance review model and management culture to actually reward good employees. Clean house in management and start over.,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59869,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Beware of the Bureaucracy,If you get into a good group you can work on some exciting things and with some great people. It looks good on a resume.,There is a lot of bureaucracy that causes the company to move slow on almost everything they do. The upper management seems incompetent and unable to adapt or innovate.,Get rid of the current CEO (Ballmer must go) and put someone in charge that is not a sales man. Find someone to lead the company that can innovate and take risks.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1031.htm
59870,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Beware of the Bureaucracy,If you get into a good group you can work on some exciting things and with some great people. It looks good on a resume.,There is a lot of bureaucracy that causes the company to move slow on almost everything they do. The upper management seems incompetent and unable to adapt or innovate.,Get rid of the current CEO (Ballmer must go) and put someone in charge that is not a sales man. Find someone to lead the company that can innovate and take risks.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59871,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to work,"There are many opportunities at Microsoft to work on wide range of products, from consumers oriented to enterprise products. Surrounded by a lot of smart people. Overall, people are willing to help others cross group without having to go through management. Good health benefits.","Performance review is not great, greatly depends on management 2 levels above of you which sometimes can be way out of touch so visibility is a key. For larger project, it takes great amount of time to get buy off from big committee.",Find some way to embrace the small team mobility. It's increasingly frustrating to have to get feedbacks from partners across orgs who is out of touch with the industry. Having a retirement incentive for those old-timers.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59872,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very educational and rewarding experience,Opportunity to do very innovative work and work along side with very smart people,Need to be mindful of work life balance - (dependent on the team you are in),none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59873,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is a great company but my direct management and leadership changes their minds and shifts priorities on a dime,Compensation and Benefits are good,Performance management approach insists on other failing if I am to succeed. I prefer a management style where what you deliver matters and not what you deliver and who you are friends with.,Get rid of the silo approach to leadership and business management.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59874,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2012",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Learned a lot but management needs improvement,Great benefits. Got to travel worldwide. Large implementation projects. Huge install base of customers so project and programs are large and far reaching.,Lots of inbreeding in the management ranks. I also believe that Microsoft leaders have really lost sight of their customers. Their actions and words do not match.,"Microsoft soft needs to clean house. Company performance has been mediocre for the last several years. If the senior leaders were treated like they treat employees (based on results) they would have been fired years ago. Ballmers philosophy of always playing catch up in the market is failing. Look at Zune, Windows Phone. He needs to go.",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59875,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2012",Former Employee - Project Manager,Excellent,Lots of Opportunnities for growth.,Politics and feedback system is too involved.,Reward based on merits,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59876,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Great Place to Work,"Microsft has great people and interesting work. In addition, you have the opportunity to have an impact throughout the industry.",There is pressure to perform which can be intimidating to some. Advancement and compensation are based on a competitive curve among your peers.,You need to trust your middle management to make good decisions with regard to pay increases and bonuses. A forced curve hurts high performing groups.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59877,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Comfortable yet busy,"Quality of life, overall compensation, work-life balance, exciting new products lately.",The work isn't always exciting,Never stop trying new ideas and adapting to changing markets.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59878,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Solution Manager,lots of activities and not much impact,"closer to home, medical benefits, free soda, people from many nationalities, lots of resources and money to waste, product monopoly","performance evaluation system, monopoly, lots of money to waste, firefighting, no strategy, confusing activities with results, arrogance, poor management/leadership skills, no teamwork",none,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59879,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"My job and work experience has been very positive, but I am frustrated by the company's direction.","A results orient work environment, lots of freedom and flexibility, a diversity of very smart people, lots of opportunities for career growth, travel, and the resources to make an impact.","Microsoft has a lot of redundancy, inefficiency, and is prone to waste. There is poor coordination between business units and a lack of transparency with partners and customers. Entrepreneurial spirit is present and fostered, but the environment to let it flourish and succeed is not.",The company's focus on preserving the existing business and organizational models prevents innovation and our ability to create and evolve products that excite customers.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1032.htm
59880,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place of many opportunities,"Pay, benefits, coworkers, exciting projects",Some misguided priorities when it comes to who the best employees are.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59881,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok.,"Big company: Everything imaginable is being worked on. Smart people. Great benefits, particularly health insurance. Brand equity. Great intellectual environment.","Very insular (not invented here syndrome). Very bureaucratic. The longer you spend here, the harder it becomes to change and adapt.",Fire Ballmer. Please. Please. Fire Ballmer. Please. Please. Fire Ballmer. Please. Please. Fire Ballmer. Please. Please. Fire Ballmer. Please. Please.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59882,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learned a lot but it is a big company with big company problems,Challenging work environment where learning and risk taking is encouraged,Easy to get lost in such a big company.,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59883,microsoft,"Detroit, MI"," May 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Environment for a big company,"collaborative, cutting edge technology, strong technical leaders, great people and solutions,","politics, beurocracy, slow to innovate, too many layers of management, focus on process instead of people. Too many excellent solutions that no ones knows about.","tap into the entreprenureal spirit and reward those who excel not those executives who squeeze models, margins, and control too much. Agility over command and control will drive the company forward",4.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59884,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Product Planner,"Challenging, interesting learning opportunity, but not a place you'll likely retire from.","Good pay, great benefits, smart colleagues, interesting products to work on, financially-strong company that offers many opportunities for growth, challenge","Hyper-competitive and aggressive environment, up-or-out policy regarding moving up in the company, annual review requires forced curve where 10% of work force must be branded as losers, lots of poor managers (who would be better individual contributors), organizational excellence is not a priority, company is failing to win in key growth areas, which is reflected in the stock price",Hyper-competitiveness among employees creates an atmosphere of fear and that doesn't improve company performance. Focus on organizational excellence and make working at Microsoft a more enjoyable experience. Provide more training to people managers to help ensure they have management skills and recognize employees when they do good work.,2.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59885,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at,"Can choose from a variety of different technologies to work on very knowledgeable co-workers, and resourceful respectful work culture work/impact well rewarded",stock/salary not great flat org structure = tough to get into management roles often times re-organizations kills a perfectly functional group,"Take entire engineering division into confidence regarding major product/business decision, be transparent, and be ready to defend your decisions",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59886,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, neutral but not a lot of growth","Microsoft has a great health plan, gym memberships and salaries. In addition the extras like free soda, events, etc are top notch.","If you are looking for a place where you can get ahead by doing great work, Microsoft isn't for you since it's all about politics, empire building and taking others down to get ahead.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59887,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Operations Manager,You will be happy if you find your passion and a good manager,Employees are well taken care of in terms of facilities and benefits Variety of businesses you can work for Great work/life balance North West is a pretty good place to live Smart people to work with,"Very political career management, need to be at the right place at the right time, that means you need luck Annual evaluation process has forced ranking, which means at some point, odds are you will be sacrificed Career progression has been slowed down accross the company","Expand the recognition incentives to a larger pool of employees, less but to more people, make it a place where you can work in teams without getting hurt",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59888,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," May 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"It had good ambience, work culture. One shoudl should after the software learning new things all the time. can learn many things",It depends on the team you work. Tight deadlines. Learning curve is more but with no time. Only the outstanding are recognised,It depends on the team you work. Tight deadlines. Learning curve is more but with no time. Only the outstanding are recognised,3.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59889,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 20, 2012",Current Employee - Researcher,great,great opportunity and flexibible environment,large organization and many people to incorporate,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1033.htm
59890,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not a bad place to work, if you can stand the bureaucracy","There is a lot of structure around promotions, compensation, and career growth that makes it basically impossible for really excellent people to be overlooked. If you have a halfway decent manager and you're doing an awesome job, it's almost impossible not to know what is required of you to make it to the next level, and what things will change when you get there.  Amazing health benefits (at the time that I worked there, at least). Some parts of the company have a pretty easy work/life balance. Getting the inside scoop on what is still one of the more interesting companies in the industry. Having the opportunity to work on software that touches millions or billions of people around the world.","It's a giant company, that is trying to have its finger in everything that's even a little bit interesting in tech. So everyone around you has different goals, different customers, a different vision for where the company should go. Lots of politics, LOTS of time spent in meetings, lots of doing things because someone several layers above you in management made a strategic decision (that may be completely undone by the next person in upper management to make a strategic decision). It's hard for me to imagine how a company of this size could be run better, but at the same time the smaller companies I've worked at have been far less frustrating workplaces.  Did I mention LOTS of meetings?",none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59891,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2012",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,the good and the bad,"Excellent Benefits When you get a good manager, the opportunities are vast and you can make an impact. They understand when you need time off. The shuttle system is excellent The connector system is AWESOME! They can take and even welcome criticism (to an limit I think) The level of intelligence at MSFT is 2nd to no one. The people are generally warm to work with. When they focus on something, they really dig in and get it done properly.","The amount of re-organizations (re-orgs) stifles productivity, promotes confusion and continually leads to bad middle management. If you do NOT get a good manager in your next re-org, good luck. It can be a death sentence. You really have to work 12+ hours a day to be able to be seen as promotable. (though they will not agree with that statement). The awards system is really nothing more than a round robin method of handing next level promotions. With the intelligence comes the arrogance level, 2nd to no one (maybe). The inability of middle and senior management to allow for true innovation at the ground level. If you're not working on the team or technology you are best at, you're essentially losing your skill set day by day.","Create avenues for innovation programs at the ground floor level. Use the talent you hire for the strengths you hired them for. Excellent engineers do not always make excellent managers - foster programs that train your talent to become excellent managers (you used to have those programs, where did they go?) Allow for your people to have a voice. Use open conferences, open discussions and focus on making people talk about technologies and innovations. Get people out of their offices and talking, working in groups. Foster creativity, it leads to innovation. Sitting behind desks does not.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59892,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft wastes wonderfully intelligent people with upper management that is vastly out of touch.,"If you like working *only* with Microsoft products and drinking the accompanying Kool-Aid, you might like it. The technology-focused people are truly remarkable and fun to work with. Otherwise, the benefits are the only other reason to work at Microsoft.","Upper management is completely out of touch with their customers. It is very insular in that it's all Windows all the time (exception: MacBU). Each team is often very silo's. Fundamentally, Microsoft is a ""design by committee"" company, which results in mediocre designs with very shallow depth.","Get rid of Ballmer and his ilk. Work in support every year, at least a little. Be open-minded to outside technology. Use non-Windows platforms. Make integration with other platforms a priority.",2.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59893,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," May 2, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Couldnt wait to find another job,Benefits are great particularly healthcare? They have great food in the cafeteria.,Account Executives are measured on engaging partners in direct conflict with MCS,Replace Blamer and use your R&D $$ to compete,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59894,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,Big Opportunities,The opportunity to do impactful work that stretches you in ways you couldn't predict exists at Microsoft. It's a big place and your options to work in different businesses locally or globally exist. The smartest people anywhere work at Microsoft and that always makes you better at what you do.,"It's a big place and it can be challenging to influence decisions or work cross team. It is challenging to get the right information quickly, you really need a network to get it right and it takes time to build one.",Three words: too many reorgs. We need to simmer down and just execute the work. To many manager changes get exhausting and drag down the momentum of innovation teams.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59895,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Architect,good,"benefits, flexibility, location, peers, office","salary, compensation, review model, peers",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59896,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rich and intersting,"Rich learning environment with tons of materials, classes, boothes, conferences and library. Challenging projects highly technical Dev A lot of benifits",A lot of legacy code that should be removed and replaced. Bad review process which turns out sometimes to be unfair.,Change the stack ranking process which sometimes make the feature teams lose their concentration and good performance and think only how to trick their manager to get a good review.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59897,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting Place to Work,"It's Microsoft Connector Bus program (free ride to work & home) Benefits (medical, dental, vision, gym membership) Cool technology to work with and development opportunities Colleagues/Peers Company Store Learning Opportunity","Group dynamics can go from healthy to unhealthy in a short period of time, when mid/upper management in a group changes. The same dynamics can change quickly for the smaller teams within a division as well. Workload is not always distributed fairly and some people shoulder more of the workload than others (I.E. working weekends and work week evenings).",none,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59898,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2012",Current Employee - Build Engineer,Very fast changing work environment,Microsoft has an excellent recognition and by working at Microsoft you get a chance to create great impact in the world through your contributions in the products. Many people use Microsoft as a launching stage for their next career aspirations. You learn a lot working with very smart people and you improve your abilities to manage change and adapt to big moves in short time.,Being a very fast moving environment is not always good. People move around from team to team and in and out of the company in an amazing rate which produces some stress in the work environment. Any product may be canceled any time and you get to have several different managers in a period of less than two years. You need to prove yourself again and again to the new management and they may or may not appreciate what your're doing.,My advice to the management is to give their employees a better chance to work on the parts of the product that they like better and can be more innovative there rather than just getting them to do assignments that they had no role in their decision process.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59899,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging but sometime frustrating,- Employees are given a lot of ownership over a project or problem - Everyone has the ability to have their voice heard - Lot's of interesting and tough technical problems available to tackle - Freedom to move around the company,- Review system is fundamentally flawed and poorly implemented - Company is becoming increasingly bureaucratic and getting something accomplished is becoming harder and harder - Level of talent is dropping.,"- Fix the reward system. Forcing out 7% of the population at each level is misguided - Be more transparent with the company vision and strategy. Otherwise, the uninformed may perceive the company as lack direction. - Produce tangible and highly visible wins to re-energize the company and improve morale (not to mention stem the attrition).",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1034.htm
59900,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A great place to have a career,"- managers are deeply encouraged to assist the improvement of the careers of their manage-ees - with so many different teams, you can always find a different place to work if stop having fun - a financially stable company allows people to work on teams undertaking risky ventures - Microsoft has the resources to invest in personal growth - work/life balance and making the employees' families happy is a demonstrated priority - small teams feel intimate and close-knit - formal review process ensures feedback and compensation review 2x yearly","- big company beurocracy - not fun being trashed in the media - larger, more successful teams sometimes feel like they have no competition, no reason to strive",Growing and maintaining mindshare of the consumer will be paramount to staying relevant in the coming decade.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59901,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A great place to work,The ability to work with incredibly smart people on some of the hardest and most influential problems the world has to offer. Incredible reach and incredible impact.,Different business groups working against each other sometimes. Senior management don't seem to have the correct direction implemented. Technically excellent products can fail due to politics and lack of marketing.,Coordinate the company. There are far too many groups working against one another. It makes solutions for customers complicated and fragmented.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59902,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Fine,a whole lot of free drinks,a noisy office near the lab,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59903,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Microsoft is transitioning from box product to online servicing, a bit awkard at the moment",full lines of products and services,transitioning to online service is not smooth drive,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59904,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Inspiring company to work for,The level of innovation is tremendous and exciting. The global impact the company and technology has on people and the industry.,The performance process places high emphasis on individual performance instead of team. This breeds an unhealthy team environment especially during review periods.,Change the culture in Windows organization to be more team focussed which will breed a more collaborative approach to innovation and high quality work.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59905,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great Place to be creative,you can get creative and do what you think is required for your successful career as long as it aligns with the business goals of your organization great work culture. smart employees,you could get stuck up doing nothing for a long while because no one forces you to be competitive.. but you would realize it when your review time comes,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59906,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Excellent Place to Work,"Great Work Life Balance, Great Pay & Benefits, Incredible Breadth of Technology.",Large Organization so fair amount of bureaucracy and politics.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59907,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Used to be a great place, no longer","It's easy and supported to move across teams and positions there's a good learning environment for junior people Still some intersting products and projects, a broad variety of technologies","Moving to a model where people are ""cogs in the machine"" Political alignment is key, must be assigned to a high value project to be considered good performer and never express disagreement or discontent to be considered a team player","Creating a culture where people are too afraid to express opinions and conformity is necessary for survival reduces diversity, excludes innovation, and drives away talent.",2.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59908,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Chief Technology Officer Worldwide MTC,Great place to work a little too focused on Individual competition.,Scope and scale doesn’t get any better from Xbox Kinect to Microsoft Dynamics CRM. They are very community and environmentally focused. Microsoft is just paranoid enough to keep moving without being so paranoid as to miss their own strengths.,They love measurement and track everything since everyone is calibrated people have a tendency to work on new projects alone which means there is a lot of duplication and waste. People try and do what is right but calibration is always a driving force so people over-communicate to get noticed while at the same time hiding project until they are successful or successful enough to claim credit.,Seriously look at incorporating agile project management methodologies. Continue to be paranoid but reduce internal competition or at least gather data so that ideas that hurt one business group but help the company can thrive.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59909,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2012",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Was okay overall,Don't get such an exposure to Test anywhere in the industry,Too much in-fighting and focus on one-upping the other guy,Reward based on team feedback and performance,2.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1035.htm
59910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2012",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Chewed up and spit out,"compensation, prestige of working for a recognizable brand.",Poor managers abound in the halls of Microsoft. And the review process is awful.,Not all independent contributors make good managers.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59911,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Intense, increasingly stodgy over time, rewarding, challenging","Stability. Reasonble treatment (particularly compared to other local employers, specifically Amazon.)",Difficult to move among groups. Stock price stagnation increasingly demoralizing. Inability to compete with Apple increasingly frustrating.,Replace Ballmer,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59912,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very mixed, depending upon your group","Great benefits, opportunity to work on industry shaping products and cutting edge technology, lots of resources if are willing to take advantage of them","It's a big company, and so there is bureaucracy and it can be difficult to influence change. It can be easy for bad talent to ""fake it"" and stick around much longer than they should. There is also a Microsoft stigma, as many of its products have fallen out of favor.","Get the world excited about your products again. It is very disheartening to see all my friends buying products from other companies, showing them off in front of me, and then giving me sheepish side-glances.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59913,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Challenging with great skillset enhancement opportunities,"Training, Innovation, Technology, Content, Leadership, Global Reach,",Competitive attitue Latency in market response Lack of vision Rating system Managment rewards,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59914,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 20, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Like a roller coaster within the online infrastructure operations organization.,"Flexibility, Ability to translate ideas into solutions",Competition from others who should be collaborators,"Upper Management needs to stop fantisziing about building an infrastructure platform. Working in online infrastructure operations is the most chaotic, disastrous group at MS. Focus the infrastructure operations on exactly that, and let the BG build a the cloud platform.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59915,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefit, respectful HR process but too many internal politics. Talking is more important than doing.","Good benefit, well respected reputation. Good internal technical resource sharing. Manager has power but can't control the faith of the employee. MS poll survey has certain degree of impact on manager's performance. Relatively fair hiring process so that certain manager cannot easily start kinship and only hire people they like not by how qualified they are.","Most groups prefer too much on people who has better public speech skills instead of what the person really can do or have done. In some groups, talking is more important than doing. Instead of what is really important for the business, management focus too much on projects that look good in order to get high visibility Too many internal political fighting back and forth which prolong the development cycle on new innovation. Too many layers between the customer and development, it takes ridiculous long time for the real issues to be heard by the dev team and got fixed. Instead of promoting people who had proven record , people with MBA degree are more preferred to be prompted to higher level manager even for a very technical role.",none,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59916,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to do a huge variety of work,- Lots of choices to work with different technologies - Variety of work culture types (startup to fully mature),- Highly subjective review system,Make the review system more flexible and allow people to switch teams even if your review is bad. Also get more technologists in SVP positions.,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59917,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,Life changing most of them in positive way.,Work life balalnce was one of the reason to join Microsoft. people are nice to approach most of the times.,at times i feel management do not know what they need. sometimes technical aspects are undervalued. its hard to have accelerated growth.,none,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59918,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,always been great.,1) great workplace 2) employee friendly 3) work life balance 4) huge learning opportunity,1) too many reorgs 2) too many focus areas 3) not too agile,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59919,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Apr 19, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager II,Overall a great learning experience,"Work with very smart people, learn a ton each day every day, always too many problems to solve and work on, never bored, I love that I control my own schedule for the most part.","Highly competitive, highly political atmosphere, we need more performance and delivery based performance rewards and recognition vs whatever is the latest thing",More performance based rather than political or newest thing reactivity. More long term planning vs short term rewards based on our rewards system currently,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1036.htm
59920,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Pushing the software industry at a massive scale,innovative very smart\driven people good compensation great benefits flexible work hours large impact lots of different job options,large conflicting efforts difficult to enact massive change,none,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59921,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," May 8, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Microsoft was a once fantastic company that is collapsing quickly,Work life balance is great and there is no need to be in the office. Health plan is declining but still pretty fair.,There are employee investigations and lawsuits popping up alot in the Public Sector and Federal areas. There is a new auditing team that is constantly questioning expenses of employees and it is coming off as very intimidating to the field. A major turn off and driving people away. The leaders at the mid level don't seem to want to fight for change and seem comfortable letting the decay happen. I am also shocked how late Microsoft is with all the certifications required for products. It seems like the senior leadership doesn't care alot about Public Sector requirements and pricing which is having a negative impact with customers.,"For starters, stop harassing employees with all the auditing. The same leaders from the CEO on down have been in place for years and the field would like to see change. Get new leaders who care and who can make an impact. If you do that, customers will notice and the turn around will happen. The Federal business is in rapid decline and probably telling of where the rest of the enterprise market is headed. Pay attention to what is happening here to improve the rest of the company.",1.0,4.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59922,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great company, solid future, great co-workers. Sr. Leadership fails to inspire.",Scale - you can reach any market,Sr. Leadership - they seem successful inspite of themselves.,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59923,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 10, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager Intern,It was fantastic,"The internship program is obviously designed to fix any problems before they occur. I had very clear project expectations, lots of positive feedback, great working conditions, and excellent compensation.","The only major downside was the fact my project had trouble finding programmers to actually implement the planned feature, but my manager compensated very well.",It's hard to think of any way to improve - my overall experience was amazing. I guess the major problem is trying to coordinate so many projects in so many discrete departments.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59924,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is fairly good,a lot of opportunities to learn new things. good and comprehensive benefits. fairly stable jobs. good working environment. lots of career development opportunities.,"as a big company, it has many processes in a lot of things. The processes can be overwhelming. it may be slow in innovation.","improve the performance review process, improve the efficiency of project management, truly innovate and keep on the cutting edge of technology",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59925,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great place to work, loads of fun","extensive product knowledge, career opportunities with hard work & dedication, awesome health benefits package.","don't mix personal life with work life in all shapes, form, or fashion.","Keep up the good work, listen to all your employees.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59926,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work unless you are a new parent,"Smart people, lots of different teams to choose from within the metropolitan area, fun projects, opportunities to learn new things, stability","Not very friendly toward new parents, work-life balance needs help: typically work 50+ hours per week, not as likely to be on the bleeding edge as other companies",none,3.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59927,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,I am free to explore what I feel is good for Microsoft and for myself,Working with cutting edge technologies and with the best people in the field. I have the freedom to explore and grow.,It is a very large organization. That brings policies that you must apply to and not always the flexibility you would want.,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59928,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and rewarding.,great technology smart people incredible benefit company willing to let people try and fail,too big not innovative enough too much layers of management,create micro climate that promotes start up mentality,3.0,2.5,none,4.0,5.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59929,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feels like Microsoft is getting its mojo back,"I've been at Microsoft a number of years, and worked at 3-4 different places before Microsoft. I can honestly say that the people at Microsoft are the smartest, most wide-ranging in their talents and interests, and most inspiring people I've ever worked with. This place is just full of Type A people who have excelled at school, startups, sports, music, and life in general. It can be a little humbling at times, but it creates a really exceptional mix where you can do your best work and stretch yourself and learn something new every week. The company obviously went through a bit of a dry spell, with the difficulties in getting Vista out the door and the mixed response to Vista, and the company's well-documented shortcomings in tablets and mobile devices. But it looks like the company is really turning things around now, with a rock-solid Windows 7 release 2.5 years ago, strong industry buzz around Windows 8, growing enthusiasm for Windows Phone, Xbox and Kinect beating Wii and PlayStation, stock price up 20% over the past 3 months, etc, etc. So one of the best reasons to work at Microsoft right now is that the company definitely feels resurgent -- feels like we are getting a little spring in our step, and breaking through in some key areas that will be critical for future growth. Beyond that, there are all the usuals -- great pay, great health care, great amenities, great quality of life in Seattle, company is focused on staying lean and nimble, etc, etc...","The Seattle location can sometimes make it tough, when so much of the industry and media attention is Valley-centric. Every group is so empowered and focused on its goals that it's sometimes hard to get cross-company collaboration on a project. The recent changes in the employee review and compensation process make me a little worried that we could be moving toward an every man for himself culture if they don't fine-tune some of the rough edges over the next year or two. Apple, Google, Facebook get a lot more buzz than Microsoft -- will be interesting to see if that changes over the next 1-2 years...","Keep the focus on breakthrough products and product quality -- it is working. Keep the focus on reducing bureaucracy and process -- it's working, too. Take a hard look at the recent changes in employee review and compensation processes -- need more flexibility to reward people who are doing a good job, even if they aren't Top 20%.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1037.htm
59930,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Developer,"Imagine the Kremlin, but with Termination Instead of Assassination","Free coffee, drinks, excellent cafeterias The chance to have your work on millions of machines","The sense of repression and fear is intense. People who have every reason to believe they are in good standing are terminated for obscure reasons. Innovative ideas are regarded as challenges to authority. Most of all, the company is obsessed with standards and uniformity and the standards are useless, counterproductive, often idiotic. Coding standards for example require illegibility, prescribe incoherent and inefficient practices, and demand useless extra work e.g. Unit test cases for components where they are inapplicable. The innovative atmosphere of the late 1980s is completely gone. Where once people worked until 8:30 PM because they loved what they were doing, they now work until 11:30 because they're terrified of their next annual review. Strangers to their families, stressed, exhausted, with 20 hours of recurring meetings every week.  Project planning is driven by competition between fiefdoms, and lurches from one bad idea to another.","Fire Ballmer. Eliminate the review system. Replace the checkin system with one that doesn't consume half a develoer's time. Eliminate recurring meetings completely. Stop promoting brown-nosers. Reward innovative work. Toss out the emphasis on consistency (and learn to spell it. It has no 'a'). Fire PMs who can't do their jobs, whose developers work 70 hour weeks while they leave at 4 PM.",1.0,1.0,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59931,microsoft,"Detroit, MI"," Apr 5, 2012",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,"Fast Pace, Great Technology, Great People, changed from fun company to big politics.","Staying current on technology and sales experience. Great people to work with. Excellent benefits, Good pay. Lots of opportunity to change roles for personal and professional growth.","Bad politics. No longer a fun place to work... its all about revenue. Building a business/partnerships/relationships and personal contributions are completely irrelevant at Microsoft, you are tied to a revenue # regardless regardless and compared to your peers regardless of geo/resources/customers/management support. Teams must all have a bottom 5-10% which are subject to job lose, regardless if everyone is exceeding quota objectives. This has created team infighting/competition such that there is no collaboration, support, or collective success. Individuals sink or swim while management lacks leadership, they simply lean on stack-ranking policies because mentoring and cultivating success would put them at risk of losing their job... it's easier to keep replacing you. Advice: If the ""hiring manager"" is not going to be your manager once you get the job, you will not last long. Managers are not leaders, they are not accountable for your failure/success unless they brought you on board and they will simply just not support you, no share helpful info, and will stack-rank you low against your peers until they manage you out and can hire/build their own team of friends.","Management at Microsoft lacks ""leadership"". Instead of mentoring/developing/motivating/inspiring successful teams, management now relies on stack-ranking. Stack-ranking at Microsoft has no depth beyond a # and has pitted individual contributors agaist each other with no collective success and no ""leadership"" to cultivate an environment for success across a diverse team of talents. Microsoft managers need to learn the difference between being a ""manager"" and a ""leader"" and realize they have a greater responsibility beyond a spreadsheet... because behind those spreadsheets are real people-with real families-with real lives. Managers should be held accountable if any individual on their team fails, mandatory stack-ranking allows them to ignore failure (in fact they NEED failure, because its mandatory to give a % of individuals the lowest rankings).",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59932,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great challenges, competitive atmosphere","Big challenges, talented group of people to learn from, very good compensation","Not encouraged to grow as a team - only as an individual, more and more top down decision-making, arrogance",none,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59933,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company. Learnt a ton working at Microsoft!,"- Massive company, tremendous resources - Ability to move within groups, teams, regions - Metrics and data driven culture - Highly collaborative, smart people all around - Great benefits (although benefits are changing)","- String of ""make or break"" events - Need to compensate better - Need to reduce the number of layers of management (good progress here in recent years) - Need to enforce accountability for ""results"", especially at higher management levels (good progress in recent years) - Politics, turf wars, empire building: like any other big large company","- Massive matrix. To get anything done at corp needs involvement by 5 different teams - For all the smart people around, you need massive ""growth"" products - otherwise people's careers are going to stagnate and they will leave.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59934,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,below average,Decent pay package and ok growth opportunities,"old school, slow decision making and limited growth opportunities",none,1.0,3.5,none,2.5,1.5,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59935,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work with brilliant people and advance the state of the art in software,"- The researchers include some of the best in the world in their fields. - Most of the other top researchers come to MSR regularly for meetings, conference, etc. - The atmosphere is very collaborative and supportive - People are encouraged to do ambitious, ground-breaking research","- It can be hard to transfer your ideas into a product group - In most research groups there are limited software development resources to take a project from a prototype for a paper to a useful piece of software - It is difficult to interact with the open source community, where a lot of innovation is happening now, due to fears of legal issues","- Encourage relationships between researchers and product groups (they're trying now, but more could be done) - Get more relaxed about open source software",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59936,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Apr 5, 2012",Former Employee - Support Analyst,There were too many managers.,Pay is above average. Benefits packages tend to be superior. Commuting options are good. Work tends to be engaging.,"Micro-management. There are too many inexperienced bosses telling their more knowledgable employees what they need to, instead of asking what needs to be done. Corporate values are a grey area at best, and often contradictory.","Learn to fire under performing management, instead of letting them string on for years.",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59937,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Not what it used to be,"Pockets of serious innovation scattered throughout the company allow you to grow and flourish, unfortunately, they're just pockets. The benefits are good, but now buying my own, they're not that good. The false value of the stock offering is just an annual bump in your pay...stock at MS isn't what it was 20 years ago when I began","Where do I begin? Serious inbred areas where foolish behavior is tolerated. Promotions based on sexual bias (the most recent being a Dev Mgr hiring his girlfriend into a role she had no business in being hired for at all...proof...4 months later she left the company after midyear reviews...she's at Google now as an admin, which is what she was prior to being hired as a tester). Mid management plays games with others careers which if you trust them will cost you dearly. You can only count on senior management to have your back if you make time to get to know them.","Treat your employees as assets, not resources. This most recent change in the review model caused the mass brain drain/exodus that MS will be years from recovering from. I saw great folks that were serious contributors with maturity get 5's and end up leaving. Others received 4's as warning shots and they bailed out as well. Even though they received awards, recognition and cash bonuses for serious new innovation that same year. Bottom line, until Bill or someone like him comes back and does a Gordon Ramsey on MS...it will be at the bottom of the ""buy"" table for most investors looking to ""make"" money on stock.",2.0,3.5,none,1.5,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59938,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2012",Former Employee - Principal Engineering Strategist,Amazing people and opportunity to impact the world.,"The people. I got to work with some of the luminaries, those employed by Microsoft and various collaborators with MSR.","Getting research to products is a 'hit and miss' issue. When it works, is great. When it fails to work it can be disheartening.",none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59939,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Is okay,- a lot of opportunities - good salary - good medical insurance - a lot of interesting and smart people to learn from,A lot of bureaucracy and political games,none,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1038.htm
59940,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good people, ineffective management and company",Good people doing the work. Great applications. Benefits are very good. Some Highly intelligent and skills people with a great depth of knowledge.,"Company very silo'd. Middle to upper management very immature, most got there roles by who they know not what they now. Very short sited in many departments, more than one year planning rarely exist. Most management is not that supportive of employee growth. Buddy system in place there and women are not as well recognized as men in many cases. Management is quick to blame and then take credit for themselves if things go well. Mentality is still there to accomplish even it is a bad thing for the company to quickly move on and let others pick up the mess.","Frankly a lot of management needs to be removed. A culture of the buddy system is in place and does not highly value the assets in place - the employees. Start to learn that Microsoft does not know everything, other companies and industries have already figured out what you don't know. Learn when you hire in qualified talent to let them help you change, don't then push them into standard roles and not listen - no worth in that.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59941,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Amazing place to grow skills and a career,"We make big things happen every day. Innovative people, great products, profound impact on society. Smart people, cool technologies, learn something new every day.","It can be demotivating to read the perspectives some people have of Microsoft - which are often based on how Microsoft behaved ten years ago, rather than the company it is today.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59942,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Apr 11, 2012",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,One of the top places in the software industry,"-Variety of jobs available across different campuses -Excellent benefits -Best of the best, some of the brightest work here -Incredible research opportunities -Breadth of products across different industries","-Too much process getting in the way -Politics and based on department, there can be a disconnect with upper management -Performance reviews are highly competitive and the metrics are not always clear. -Bulk of jobs are in NW Seattle area -Management does not pay too much attention to attrition whether it is good or bad.",Value your employees,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59943,microsoft,"Malvern, PA"," Apr 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice stable work,large org and they allow you to switch roles,complex organization very large organization field org is less interresting than working in redmond,get rid of some ballast in MCS HQ,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59944,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Developer,Boring place where politics often winning over common sense,"Work-life balance could be very good. Depends on a group, but you still may get a chance to work with very intelligent and competent people. Very good benefits this year, however 2013 benefits will take a major hit","Performance model suitable for manual labor blue color workers applied to creative workers, software developers. This model creates unnecessary office politics, seriously damages team spirit and make many employees and managers focus on what needs to be done to look good at their next review instead of building a successful products customers would be delighted to use. New Sinofski philosophy also bring collective ""responsibility"" of trio-manager (Dev Manager, Program manager and Test manager) instead of personal responsibility of General Manager. In many cases we are getting ""design by committee"" / ""deside by committee"" environments. I am yet to be convinced it'll bring more good rather than harm.","Change performance management model to promote teamwork and align employees and managers interests towards shipping successful, commercially valuable products. Current curve simple promote individualism and make decision making bias toward short-term career goals instead of long term product or company success.",2.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59945,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 5, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,"Great challenges, great rewards","Microsoft can be a fantastic company to work for. The culture is very ""can-do"" and there is a ton of innovation on products and processes internally. Some of this makes it out to the product space but we truly do feel like innovators. The health benefits are legendary: no premium, no deductible, no co-pays, and they approve almost *everything*. Financial rewards are great (over time) and excellence awards such as exotic travel remain the best in the industry.","Management nurtures cooperation among other consultants, but also competition, and the competition is fierce for parts of the generous yearly bonus pie. Commitments other than customer work can take up much of the work/life balance. Those who climb the success pyramid are those who can maintain a deep personal passion for the company and their work. Opportunities outside of Redmond are nearly all in sales, support and consulting.",Try to balance the burnout factor of broad non-customer commitments. Work/life balance is addressed each year but doesn't change much. The many recent MACH hires are hungry and will do anything. Don't burn these people out in three to five years by driving them so hard.,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59946,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great learning, resume builder, too political",Exposure to new technologies/products all the time Good benefits Opportunities to learn and improve skills Opportunities to move to different groups,"Management is more concerned with their feuds and own promotions than with the long term benefit of the company, it is a very political environment, if you're close to your manager, or even better, with your skip level manager you're safe...","Change rewarding policy so leaders should focus on the overall long term benefit of the company, not on their short term accomplishments, narrow vision.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59947,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager Lead,Great work environment,"Dedicated, passionate and very smart individuals, Microsoft has a culture of perservering in the face of challenges, lot of autonomy, flexible work hours, opportunities to grow and learn new skills, can switch roles and teams within the company pretty easily and get a range of experiences","Teams across organizations sometimes not aligned on goals, a lot of layers of management",none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59948,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It has changed, it used to be really fun but then it turned into a political machine.","Benefits Deep pockets Some nice, decent people Flex working schedules",Upper management Politics Unwarranted promotions Lack of accountability,"Opinions do not matter, Upper Management is only interested in protecting themselves and not what is right or moral.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59949,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great stepping stone to learn big software functions and MS technology,Diversity and openness about the overall strategy and departments in the company. Brilliant and experienced people,Very limited knowledge of things happening outside Redmond. Very laid back attitude and innovation is dead,Strive for innovation and take risks if you want better opportunities.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1039.htm
59950,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 31, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very satisfying,"Amazing resources, smart people, decent package.",The city is not great. Communication between leadership and the team is not good.,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59951,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,forced curve stack ranking is brutal for regular employees. Cushy ride for managers,"good name recognition in your resume. get an idea of the scale of work in a big company. If you are a manager it is cushy ride. If you are an employee very difficult for a developer due to constant deadlines and demands, OK for program manager and testers","too much process and bureaucratic. constant change in direction is normal. Common to reset the project direction every few months and start from scratch. Stack ranking (where employees are compared to each other in their level every few months and forced into a curve distribution) is brutal. If you are a developer here, you don't feel like you are competing with the other companies to deliver a better product , instead you are competing with your coworker. Coworkers will not help each other, instead will backstab each other so that they finish higher in the curve. It is a bit easier if you are a program manager, because you don't have any real deadlines. Developers have a deadline almost daily and put in crazy hours in most teams. Also easier if you are a lead, since you typically would delegate all work to reports, get credit for all successes but are typically not blamed for project failures,  Manager has to fill up a slot between 1 to 5 (performance grade) in their team by force. This is called stack ranking and is very political. About 2 months of the year, managers just spend time doing that. Typically they pick least favorite employees for 4 or 5 . And by HR rule , they have to contantly tell them they are underperforming so that those employees leave soon. Also internal transfers are only possible for people who get 1 or 2 rating. The other employees are ignored during internal applications.  There are also many ethnic cabals inside there. There is also an official internal effort to force out older employees and replace they with younger employees. For managers though, there is no such effort. Managers are treated as gods by the company.","abolish forced curve rating. Have an simple performance rating based on ""did he meet all his deadlines and deliverable"" . Also make managers more accountable.",2.0,1.5,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59952,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,- Smart and Motivated People. - Good Benefits - Work Flexibility. - Multiple Options,- Seattle Weather. - Outside the Tech Hub of the Bay Area. - Not a startup.,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59953,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2012",Current Employee - Architect,Great place to work,"If you are a software engineer, you wil learn a ton about software development and have great opportunities to grow and enhance your technical skills. The company has a very broad range of projects to work on, so you can work on pretty much any kind of software that you want to work on. Your colleagues will be super-smart. The company is well run day-to-day and you can learn from you rmanagers and senior technical people. Decisions are thoughtful - you do not worry about abrupt changes in directions.or suddently the company deciding to shutter your division.","Senior management is cautious about new technologies, which has led to missed opportunities in lots of new markets. It is a competitive internal culture and employees are ranked against one and other for performance reviews, all the way up to executive levels. Because of that, management is not as cohesive or cooperative as they ought to be.",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59954,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great to learn SDLC, growth is limited","Stability, work-life balance, builds solid products",Plays catchup with new technology,none,3.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59955,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2012",Former Employee - Staffing/Talent Acquisition,Great place to work if you thrive playing dirty political games...,Benefits World class organization Great facilities and campus,"Not recognized for excellence doing the work you are hired for, because you didn't also brown nose and play politics. Performance focused heavily on being a ""team player"" and ""soft"" aspects of your role that align with working within the sewing circle, than on actually your core skills and responsibilities. Established old girl's management team that operates like the police force, protects their own, and controls the environment in ways that benefit themselves. Poor communication, surprise attacks during review time, despite the mantra that everyone should know that their review might be tough ahead of time to allow opportunities for course correction. If you don't play the game inside the political framework, it doesn't matter how good your work is.","Staffing / Talent Acquisition ng will change while you are there. Clearly, bigger picture of this systemic management flaw can be seen in the companies demise. Slowly but surely Microsoft has become a dodo and its just a matter of time before it disintegrates. Out with the old and in with the new was never more relevant.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59956,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Political and Bureaucratic,"Excellent benefits, and relatively good pay.","Lots of political games, bureaucracy. Things don't get done because there is too much internal fighting.","Stop listening to your reports. Take the time to talk to the ICs themselves, and learn what's really going on.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59957,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Mar 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Overall a good place to be,Good people to work with Managers who tried to help my career (not always skilled at doing so) Good work life balance a chance to work on products that many people will use,"very Redmond centric, I was at a small office and we were less important too much overhead, too few developers managed by too many you have to sell yourself and your accomplishments to get ahead",none,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2012",Former Employee - Instructional Designer,"Great benefits, unrealistic work loads","Smart, interesting people. Campus has lots of amenities (walking/jogging paths, recreation opportunities, good food at reasonable prices in the cafeterias, espresso stands in most buildings). Great place for young, energetic people to start a career.","Most groups put an unrealistic work load on employees. There is usually a lot of pressure to work long hours and produce more, more, more. I was actually in a group that required a minimum of 50 hours per week from each employee. That's a lot of time if you have a family or life outside of work. I burned out and I wasn't the only one. I've seen several people have breakdowns or develop physical symptoms from the pressure. I finally decided I couldn't take it any more and left before my health could be further compromised. Good thing they offer excellent medical benefits -- if only the employees had time to make it to a doctor's appointment.","People who are well rested and aren't worried about neglecting their families = better employees. Microsoft talks the talk about work/life balance, but doesn't walk the walk.",2.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59959,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) III,Highly Technical and skillful in resolving issues,"Well organized, resourceful, full of talented peoples around you, lots to from from.","Too much politics, seems work for survival of the group not for the good of product, company,","Change culture, don't let appearance in the surface fool you.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1040.htm
59960,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great place to work if you love technology and want smart co-workers + great benefits + good pay,Scope and impact of work Smart co-workers Great benefits - parental leave + medical + vacation + medical all paid for Good pay Career growth,Some of the managers are incompetent. But have seen them eased out to non-management roles. Not the highest paymaster - there are other companies in the Seattle area that pay higher,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59961,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,The job title that can mean anything...,"At Microsoft Corp, many jobs are completely unique. This is great if you have a strong personality, work well with others, and can define your own work around what's best for the company.","There are good managers and bad managers within Microsoft. If you have a good manager they will support you and help you develop professionally and find rewarding work. If you have a lousy manager, you very likely won't last in the company... But they will.","Do more to evaluate the managers. Be willing to get rid of bad managers, because they have the power to make entire workgroups unhappy.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59962,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Very good,"Good benefits, decent salary and market leader in many ways.","Stressful environment, too much ego. People are not interested in the success of the company, but to promote themselves.","Improve cross-group collaboration, stop rewarding ego.",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59963,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2012",Former Employee - Production Build Manager,"Overall pleased with experience. Gained a lot of knowledge, but did have some bad experience with management.","Opportunity for growth, excellent benefits.","In some cases and with some teams, poor management styles",none,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59964,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Mar 11, 2012",Current Employee - Lab Manager,"Highly disorganized, TERRIBLE infrastructure, and very wasteful of my team's time and talents","In their defense, overall the company treates their people well. The compensation is a little above average, the medical benefits were very (!) good (but will be changing by 2013, and there is a quite good work/life balance.","The infrastructure is astonishingly TERRIBLE! ... my team and i waste hours of productivity each week due to network failures, overly burdensome security measure, poor performance and maintainence, and poor communication. In addition my team which is comprised of some of the most talented, intelligent, gifted developers and testers has been horribly wasted. in 2 1/2 years we have had our project stopped and sheleved in lieu of a new a project, as part of major (!) re-orgs 4 times. Furthermore, since we are not in Redmond we feel like outsiders ...mant times we need to remind MS IT, and our own team, that we are not located in Redmond and need additional consideration. What a horrible waste of time and effort.!","To the senior most execs I would say it's time to stop all the political one-up-mans-ship, start working together and whatever you do STOP drinking your own kool-aide and start realizing that you do not walk on water and your products are not the be-all and end-all that you believe they are. You need to being to fundamentally understand that the tech world is seriously beginning to pass you by while you puff your collective chests out about how great, the company, the products, and you are.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59965,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Microsoft is one of the best companies I've ever worked for,Great work environment with really smart people.,Large corporation. Hard to move around between different disciplines or job roles although it is possible.,"Microsoft can benefit a great if there is better alignment between their vision, competitive strategy and execution. Invest more in experimentation and getting new products and features out there at a faster pace. Break down the walls between marketing and development. There is a need for greater synergy between these critical functions.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59966,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 1, 2012",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Not worth it,"The only pros i can see is, the work experience at microsoft helps in finding jobs at other companies.","- You would be like a frog in well, oblivious of any other developments going on in the industry. - Very bad work/life balance, often overworked just to impress the manager and almost all managers expect this. Ironicaly, the overwork does not result in better product, since only grunt work paths are choosen and smart work is not valued. Every manager treats his reports as his slaves and thats across the company at all levels - Even in the some of the best divisions, product groups in the company, where use of 'advanced algorithms', 'distributed computing paradigms' are mandatory, the engineers are very incompetent and most of them think like an application developer. - 'large scale computing' at microsoft is a big joke. - Promotions are completely random, highly political compared to any of the companies in silicon valley. - In short you are treated like a daily wage blue collar worker, with some good health insurance. - All the good rating for microsoft here seem to be either of people who have not realized yet that they are stuck in a mire or who have benefited a lot with corporate politics. For those who dint realize, there would a very hard way out if you work there too long, when you want to get out, since the technologies used, quality of work, analytical skills learnt at microsoft will hardly enable you to find a role even at a mediocre silicon valley company.","Respect the employees and creativity. Engineering, Research work are not a factory which manufactures products in automated way on to pipeline. Give more freedom and incentive to engineers, for coming up with great idea and smarter ways of doing things. Accept that Not every idea will result in millions of dollars in the next minute its ready.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59967,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2012",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Opportunity and Stress,"Great benefits, opportunity for training, encouragment to develop, peer network and networking with colleagues.",Culture of criticism. Constant review and examination of performance. Very little recognition of accomplishments. Not everyone is a rock start 100% of the time - including MANAGERS.,"Because someone is a lead or at a Sr. Level position doesn't automatically make them a LEADER of teams. Worked with enough managers during my tenure to recognize when they are not interested in leading teams, but cultivating their own careers.",3.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59968,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Steady, but unspectacular","Benefits are awesome, important for families. Pay seems fair, especially when you add in the benefits. The Proclub is a particularly nice perk.","Leadership is awful. Consistently missing the next big thing Limited upside (both for the company and individuals), the company peaked in the late 90's, doubtful it will come back.","The company needs to be leaner, more agile. Get rid of MS Stores, MS Research, Business and other cost centers.",2.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59969,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Learn to play the politics game,"Can work with some very intelligent people, lots of infrastructure and access to resources. Free coffee, pop, and juice. Telework opportunities exist.","Some big egos, too much politics to get to your goal, too many people who ""drink the punch"" swear that the Emperor is wearing clothes.","Stop the blind ""grading on a curve"" system of ranking employees. You are losing good people, and there is no reason an organization can't have a entire group of people who have met and/or exceeded their objectives.",3.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1041.htm
59970,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Personal growth and development.,The compensation plan for employee was excellent. I love the cafeteria and all the perks provided to employee for free.,"The interview process was a grueling process. However, once you make it through all the interviews you get a feeling of satisfaction that you belong there.","Be more sensitive to employees needs. Also, the opportunity for promotions is lacking. Furthermore, there should be more flexibility to work from your home.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59971,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 12, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"6 years across different divisions (Windows Live, Bing and Servers Tools Business)",- spectrum of the business - maturity of running a large software company - senior engineers to learn from,"- politics - leadership and senior management team are looking for next direction of Microsoft , which hasn't been proved to be effective. - way to evaluate employees are not so fair - too many ""Principal"" and ""Senior"" level folks are not delivering at their levels and hard to calibrate",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59972,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 11, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Business Planner,"For better or worse, it's everything I thought it'd be based on what I knew coming in.","Microsoft is a large company with great benefits and a lot of financial resources that enable it to take a very long term view of the market place. In addition, the company invests a lot in its employees and provides countless training options and abilities to grow. Beyond that the general work environment is quite collegial and people often invest time to get to know each other and build relationships outside of work.","While my current group is pretty solid, many of the partner teams we deal with have miss aligned incentives / goals and to be frank don't maintain as strict a hiring bar. There are definitely mid-level managers here who are quite honestly some of the least competent people in their profession that I've ever had the displeasure of working with. In addition, as a PM it's a little weird to be in an organization where the developers drive the bus rather than being the engine that powers it. As a result, I often see our R&D organization make technology based decisions that are extremely short sited business decisions.","While this would never happen, I think Microsoft would be far better off if Marketing lead the product planning process instead of just being an input into it.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59973,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A dream job - only in your dreams!,-Access to smart people -Decent benefits -Safe job -Great for your career if you know how to kiss ass,-You have to kiss ass -Overloaded with work at any given time! -It's not a 9-5 job! It's a lifestyle! You work 24/7 in most teams! -Teams like Bing have constant reorgs. I know people who've had between 3-6 managers a year for 5 years straight. -Online services has the worst work-flife balance! -Review system is horrible. Peer review is a way to bring your peers down!,Function like a startup! When was the last time anybody had to go read a spec? Those specs rot in that stupid Sharepoint db! Put customers and features first!,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59974,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Learned a lot.,"Smart coworkers, lots of challenging work, great benefits. Nice environment, and depending upon how one acts, lots of opportunities for growth.","Not well-managed, slow to respond, poor leadership, politics of a large corporation, value placed on tools process and tech over personal interaction.","Get rid of about half of Microsoft's middle management hierarchies. Keep the ICs and leads, and dismantle the little fiefdoms of Managers of Managers.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59975,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Extraordinarily awful management,"Great benefits package, although health care benefits have been reduced recently.","Extremely poor management / leadership. Very much a ""who talks loudest"" environment, not a merit-based environment. Turnover of high performers is extremely high - both executives and rank and file. Outstanding people usually leave within a few years. Lots of internal fighting, politics, backstabbing, very little concern for customers (except in the field).",Get rid of Ballmer and bring in a CEO who knows how to build a great leadership team.,1.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59976,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good work, some politics, some burocrats",Good Benefits Good work life balance,Burocratics crap Way too much planning...,Stop spending time in 3 year plans..,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59977,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good place to work. Great people.,Pressure. Timeline. Need to deal with office politics.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59978,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not as great as i expected,"Great pay and benefits. Awesome facilities, great location. friendly coworkers. Vending machines are full of yummy snacks. merit based promotions.",mgmt seems under qualified at times. lack of vision sometimes felt. mgmts motiviatoinal tactics stink sometimes. never got to meet Bill Gates.,Would like to meet mr gates.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59979,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 8, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"nice company, less exciting product","nice company culture, nice &smart colleagues, work life balance","not so exciting product, some potential politics you should be very careful, people have to learn how to show themselves,  performance review will replace some people every year, this is for sure... especially for mountain view branch. I heard about several cases, that manager has finally ""walked out"" people from workplace... so please keep on checking in your code changelist, keep on raising your voice in email thread... also please do not make (even little) mistake, which will be written in to the performance review.","try more interesting product, try more challenging idea",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1042.htm
59980,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Feb 29, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Director,I feel extremely fortunate to work for Microsoft!,Microosft provides tremendous career growth opportunities and does a great job investing in the employee's professional development. Your ability to grow your career is exceptional.,"Like most software sales organizations, the Microsoft environment is highly stressful and competitive and evaluates performance based on relativity to peers.",The new performance model should be re-evaluated.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59981,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lazy,"The work hours are extremely flexible, the offices are nice, the benefits are pretty good, Washington is pretty nice I think","The rest of your team is going to be super lazy, the technology you learn is basically only applicable to MS",fire the old people,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59982,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 10, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,Great,Self Management Flexibility Good Salary Easy to access corporate resources Good leverage of corporate initiatives Clear statements all across the company,Not clear how compensation is calculated No clear and established way to access the sales prizes Not solutions oriented sales mood,Establish will defined development and career plans,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59983,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great company and environment to start a career,High impact projects (software used by billions of people). Best benefits in the industry. Beautiful campus. Most coworkers are very smart and motivated.,More bureaucratic than a software company should be.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59984,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a great place for building software.,"Core focus on software means there are a wide variety of software jobs available (games, operating systems, database, search engines, etc.). Awesome work/life balance. Most people have a ""can do"" attitude and get things done.",Pay their employee well but don't expect to get rich. Company is getting huge so there is quite a bit of bureaucracy.,Take bold challenges in new areas.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59985,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 1, 2012",Current Employee - Developer Support Technical Router,A fun ride with a sudden ending,It's Microsoft Great benefits Good Pay Opportunities to learn,It's Microsoft Too bloated to be efficient Broken review process that discourages collaboration within this huge company Flat stock price since around 2000,"Fix the review process to promote the internal collaboration that this huge company needs. When the job market gets better (and it is in the tech sector) you will wonder where all the decent people went. They went to companies that would at least HIRE them instead of sending their job to India and then ""allowing"" them to come back as contractors who have zero job security.",3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59986,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"If you are on the right team, you'll have lots of opportunities to innovate, learn, push yourself, grow, and excel.","Lots of assets and lots of teams, but hardly any cross group collaboration or aligning of efforts. It's a shame given how much more Microsoft could be.","Nourish cross group collaboration and aligning of efforts throughout the entire company. We have many successful assets, but they would be even more successful when leveraged together!",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59987,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Like to move slow?,Benefits and pay! Also it looks amazing on a resume (outside of wa). Great job to go to if you have a young family and just want a place to work.,"Don't expect to make large impacting changes. Managers change very often, as well as business goals. Too big to have internal teams work well together.",Try and catch up,2.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59988,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2012",Current Employee - Business Administrator,Great Company--Unless You're an ,Amazing beneifts. Perks like employee discount and free soda.,"Horrible work environment with unreasonably disrespectful treatment of ""Business Administrators"" aka ""Admins"". The company is so large, management and HR are ineffective with many legitimate issues. There is a ""So what, we're Microsoft"" attitude. The tools for employees to do their jobs effectively are not provided, and a culture of treating ""lower level"" employees poorly is well-established, and basically encouraged.","An ethics division, completely separate from HR, would be helpful. A zero-tolerance for abusive environments would be helpful as well.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59989,microsoft,"Scottsdale, AZ"," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Best opportunity in a retail environment.,"Fun, friendly team environment, a lot of support for employee development whether that is by your peers or management, helps you stay in touch with what's new in the PC/smart phone/gaming industries","At the immediate store, there is a lot of support and push to get things done but there can be a lot of red tape if the ""something"" must be first approved by corporate","You guys are doing a great job really, keep it up. As far as the guys up in corporate, well hopefully all of the processes will be figured out in the next few years so things can run smoother in the field/on the sales floor.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1043.htm
59990,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Work life balance,"Lots of knowledge, resources, Work life balance","Large company, few opportunities to grow",n/a,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
59991,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Feb 27, 2012",Current Employee - Services Inside Sales Representative,"SISR Microsoft , Austin, TX",Exposure to MS Technolgy solutions Selling to C level customers Working with world class employees Ability to drive business with VAR's,Management slow to make changes to problems and challenges facing attainment and compensation Interview process can take up to 6 months depending on position,Continue to invest in your people. Offer incentives that are black and white rather than a cat and mouse structure.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
59992,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great Place to Grow, Learn","Access to latest Msft Technologies CompetitivePay/Benefits including transportation and access to ProClub (local, high-end fitness club) Work with many motivated employees",Glass Ceiling once you are at Sr levels Limited exposure to non-Microsoft technologies Re-orgs can be fatiguing Collaboration between teams can be challenging,"Focus on developing a more collaborative culture by putting members of one team/product group on other teams/product groups for 3-6 month temp rotations, plus put other team's feedback on collaboration efforts as top commitment/goal for each employee, manager, exec.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
59993,microsoft,"Aliso Viejo, CA"," Feb 26, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Resume Builder,Excellent benefits and pay. Pretty good perks and it's Microsoft!!,Did not work in Redmond so no exposure to other teams or products.,Just be straight up with your employees and tell them what you want from them!,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
59994,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Feb 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mind expanding,"Working for Microsoft is like being in school. Pick any area of computer science and there is someone here working on it. Some of the smartest, hardest working people in the industry. The other great thing is the impact you can have in the world - when you check code into a product you have the satisfaction that it will be used by millions of people worldwide.",It is a big place and takes a long time to learn your way around.,none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
59995,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A great place for experience, a bad place to grow your career",work life balance smart co-workers cooperative environment great learning opportunities top-tier benefits products and budgets that can have broad impact on the world and the industry,"negative company growth / consistent cutbacks in benefits, budgets, and staffing few promotional opportunities below industry pay a focus on the short term and ""good enough"" solutions politics sometimes impedes innovation",none,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
59996,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great it you drive your own career and don't stay in the same role too long,Its a great brand to have on your resume. Lots of opportunities in Redmond. Beautiful campus work environment. Company generally tries to d the right thing.,"Review system is stacked against new comers and anyone that's not ""favored"" within the group. Limited options for field based employees unless you want to move to Redmond or keep doing your same job.",Review employees based on facts and performance not your personal whim. Quit rushing half finished products to market and then underfunding the marketing.,3.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
59997,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Fexible,"Fexible place to work, great benefits","Very political, review process is cumbersome",Less political,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
59998,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Challenging and rewarding,"Lot of good things. As a lover of technology, you have lot of things to work on. Lot of different challenges to excite you Excellent Pay",Politics is the biggest problem. Doing good work is rewarded less than making connections. There is too much hierarchy in management to prevent you from being visible.,Not much.,4.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
59999,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 26, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to chill, lack of innovation.","Great Benefits, good place to relax.","Lack of Innovation, the company has no sense of urgency.",none,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1044.htm
60000,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 23, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Some of the smartest people managed by the worst people.,"good pay, great benefits, smart and, dedicated people and it looks great on a resume. Other work perks are nice.",More work than anyone can complete in a 40 hour week. Constant reorgs are very annoying... made more so when they shift the focus back and forth.,Give feed back on performance more often and don't say things about promotions/returning.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60001,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 21, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great while it lasted...,MS provides great benefits Can have a good career run up to a certain level Work from home is encouraged,"Poor first line management. Most managers have no previous management experience and are not trained well either.  Worst Sr. leadership including Steve Ballmer. Especially Kevin Turner, COO running Sales also has pulled the moral down tremendously  Company doesn't know what to focus on as there are 100s of products and wants to be in every business. Makes it hard to sell 'everything' or just focus on MS Office & Windows  Working from home is great, but hard to find people and collaborate. Virtual teams of 10-20 people makes it difficult to get anything done on time",Change the leadership  Business Desk is paid and provided incentives to be not creative  Pick a direction and focus on few things and do them really well,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60002,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"overall it has been a good experience,","health care benefits, my salary was ok. general office conditions are good. I feel most of my managers have been good. I have felt challenged and fulfilled.","extras seem to be going away, company picnic is gone, the stock price has not changed for too long. It seems that the company is taking away more and more, from its employees.",value your employees. In these difficult times they should try to keep employees and give them options to stay or take a pay cut for example.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60003,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I had very bad experiences for the last two years,1. Cutting-edge technology 2. Nice working environment,1. Too much politics 2. No respect from the management team 3. Bad review system,none,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,1.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60004,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Feb 23, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Look out for yourself - it's what everyone else is doing,Good benefits You get insider knowledge of new products TAM role is low-stress Great discounts on software (but NOT hardware i.e. Xbox!) Non-management is great to work with,"You have virtually no impact on how things are done. You are avery small piece of a huge machine. The company is so big that there is a form to fill out for everything, and not following prescribed procedures is not allowed. It no longer has any kind of startup atmosphere. While the company is more forward thinking and interested in doing the right thing than its reputation, there are so many layers of management and so many ways things are supposed to be done that it is very difficult to have any of your ideas see the light of day. It is a great place to be for maybe 2-3 years, but get out after that. A company this size needs a LOT of managers, and so a lot of people get into the role who have no business managing people.","Much too much importance plaed on meaningless numeric performance metrics vs actual quality of work. The company is simply way too big, there are too many levels of management, and the talents of all the smart people working there are being squandered away due to too many layers of ineffective middle management. Best advice: stop worrying about stock price and break yourselves into multiple companies.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60005,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Diverse people and international exposure,"1. Dealing with very smart people 2. Benefits are very good 3. Mature organization, with mid-management getting better 4. Lots of possibilities for lateral movement (Consumer, Commercial, Different Product Groups, Subsidiaries) 5.","1. Not exactly a ""School"" for people starting their careers 2. Very far from being a learning organization. mKeep repeating the same mistakes, over and over. 3. Sometimes smart people are arrogant and egocentric. This is reflected in most of the products and services, but specially in licensing. 4. Distant from reality, creating own gravity around itself","I found that MIcrosoft struggles forging leaders, since most of them are egostistical and kind of primitive, almost tribal, with ""clans"" fighting themselves instead of working as a well oiled-engine toward strategic objectives.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60006,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Excellent place to work,Microsoft is the pioneer in computing. If you've got the skills then this is the place to shoe it off and get compensation. You will work with bunch of great minds on some of the newest technology advancements.,Well its a big cooperation hence communication can be overwhelming at times.,"There are team that does great work compare to other teams, don't bell curve without understanding the work a team is doing relative to all other team.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,You are the only person who cares about your career,"Amazing network of people, and breadth of markets","Managers only care about delivery of product, and won't do much to help you advance","Hold managers accountable for employee career development, and terminate quickly anyone who can't tow the line.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60008,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 17, 2012",Current Employee - Digital Marketing Manager,Disappointing,"Amazing benefits, great salary, fabulous opportunities to attend events and network with industry leaders, great products (i.e. Office) and abilty to try out new products before they reach the market.","If you get in a group that values your skills and wants to move you forward in your career, you're lucky. My experience was to be manged in place for four years in a dead-end, unchallenging, unrewarding job, which was beneath my skill level, by a manager who was more concerned with hiding his incompetence than elevating employees who could truly make a difference. I'm now a contractor, doing what I should have done from the start.","Don't pigeonhole employees because they don't match your view of what constitutes the skills, experience, and education necessary to be a success at Microsoft. A 24-year old with an MBA and attention span of a noodle is not equal to someone with 20+ years of proven experience. A person doesn't become obsolete when they reach age 45.",2.0,5.0,none,1.0,5.0,3.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60009,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"great in some teams, ok in some teams",good benefits flexible schedule smart people interesting challenges,beauracracy size and the huge number of people that you need to collaborate with. politics,Get wrong people off the bus and the right people on.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1045.htm
60010,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 6, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,Great place to work. Great challenges and opportunities for career growth. Lots of great exposure to numerous areas and groups.,Getting large and tougher to move the ship. Getting older and many people are remaining stagnant limiting efforts for certain groups.,Need to bring better focus to delivering custom solutions to customers. A lot of great products on the enterprise side but need to have services focus more on putting them together for customers and not leave it solely to the partner community,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60011,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Review system is nightmare, few growth opportunity in a monopolized company",Good medical benefits for whole family. I knew there are people trying to join Microsoft only because of this.,You are competing with cheap labors get hired from all over the world. And you most likely will work on products that will never be used by anyone. So you feel no positive contribution to the society.,Get rid of SteveB. He stifled the company.,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60012,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,A Once Great Company,Some good opportunities to work on really impactful project. Good work life balance. Great benefits (even after the recent changes). Smart co-workers.,"Most of the interesting work is in the hands of a few people driving Windows and Office. Microsoft still doesn't get the Web. Everything is still about Windows & Office. Great projects get cancelled because of power struggles. The Peter Principle thrives at Microsoft. Politics, Politics, Politics. The review model - ensures intense politics.    I've seen excellent new hires given bad reviews - 'just to break them in'    I've seen good people pushed out - to give the job to a manager's friend.    I've seen employees given gold stars for excellent performances - end up with poor review.    I've seen the classic suck-ups given top reviews for kissing up the chain.    Reviews are at best 50% performance, and 50% who likes whom.    The review model ensures that teams compete against each other. The fastest way to get a promotion is to quit - work outside for a while and re-apply.   (did this myself) - is this really how the company wants its employees to develop their careers?","Spend some money on innovation - get some new, crazy, interesting projects into the market. (Kinect is a great example). Windows & Office are important - but do more than just protect these old products. Kill the review model - stop trying to 'figure out who is a bad performer' and force them out. Rather - really work on managing the careers and career development of employees. Remember - Microsoft's only real asset is its talent - because they will be building the future products. Make Microsoft a place that great people want to work. Get some executives that believe strongly in innovation - rather than sales.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60013,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slow and unimpactful,"Cutting edge techonology, perks, SWAG and benefits, up until 2013.",Lack of intelligent people Management is horrendous Very Political (your personal relationship with your VP/Director dictates your entire review),"There are soooooooo many under-performers in management that it would be difficult to fire them all at once, although that would spike the performance or the company (almost overnight)",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60014,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 20, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),valuable,great benefits and long term benefits,high demands from the company,less demanding of your employees,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60015,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunity for those who are willing to try.,- good scope of work. - freedom to define your own style,"- Too huge, long legacy",none,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60016,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good times, Bad times, you know I've had my share.","Work with lots of really smart people who are passionate about shipping products. Great benefits including health plan, 401k, giving campaign (to pay it forward to the community.)","It is the Microsoft way or the highway, outside technologies need not apply. I worked there for a number of years and the language that dare not speak its name (JAVA) was not used nor considered for a project of any considerable size.  A word of warning: Don't get comfortable doing what you enjoy, because that leads to being considered ""stagnated"" as opposed to being effective. Make sure your peers and boss see you dogfooding the next big thing in your copious spare time.","Create a journeyman developer track, where people are encouraged to branch out to another project and increase their skillsets instead of having to grind away on something in their spare time.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60017,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,NOT what it use to be,Benefits are amazing Free bus service to work Lots of freebees,"The most uncollaborative work environment on the planet - the only way to move forward is to stab your neighbor in the back. The culture here actually encourages self-promotion and to tear down others. Ironically they spend millions on programs to appear as if this is not the case - then reviews come, and its Social Darwinism in its pure form - the only thing I have not seen first hand, is for a VP to eat their young.  I cannot wait to get out of here - and I am actually doing well in terms of reviews and bonus - but life is too short to move a career forward at this expense level.  I suspect those who love this enviroment have not been here long enough to realize that for them to move forward - they will need to leave a wake of bodies in their path - which is not for everyone.",When is Ballmer leaving? Do you realize the stock is a mutual fund until he is gone and many others are out?,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.5,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60018,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Nice place to work with different experiance,Respect your knowledge and expand the experiance,need to work with same technology,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60019,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Challenging and rewarding.,"Working at Microsoft will up your game like almost no other workplace.  You'll be working with industry luminaries and extraordinarily talented colleagues. Many of those that you'll work with LITERALLY wrote the book!  The products you create typically touch the lives of tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of people around the world. What you work on (typically) matters - to you, to Microsoft and to the people who use your products.",Working at Microsoft can be challenging. Middle-management is hit and miss - some managers are fabulous. Many are ... well ... they're not best suited to be managers.  Microsoft's review process can be pretty brutal.,"Be honest with your employees about the review process, distributions & the bell curve. Be honest about cutting heads that aren't a good fit for MS.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1046.htm
60020,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A lot of opportunity if you devote yourself the position,Great opportunities to work with interesting technologies. The people I worked with were hardworking and fun to be around. Beautiful campus to walk around during breaks. I enjoyed the morning lecture series (they brought in top notch MS employees). Great weekly performance review cycle.,"Work is very team dependent, you need to find a good one. At times feels isolated. Too much emphasis is put on documentation and needs more innovation.","Stop worrying so much about what the competitors are doing. WP7 and Windows 8 are unique opportunities to try something new, be dangerous and radically change the interface without apologizing for it.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60021,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2012",Current Employee - Product Manager,Very limited opportunities for growth,"Benefits are quite good and generally well perceived when compared with other mai competitros in the area. Also, there are many smart and bright people who are striving to drive interesting projects across several areas of the company.","Heavy, too many silos, and quite beaurocratic. Generally very slow to move and tackle new opportunities. Complex matrix makes it very difficult to get opportunities to manage or lead end to end projets across businesses.",none,2.0,3.5,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60022,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Good place to work, hard to move up","Microsoft is on the cutting edge of technology, they build amazing software. It is very competitive as many other companies you either do it or you die trying.",Because of the hardcore culture of the team sometimes really good talent gets lost. It is very hard to move up the chains as the review process keep the targets moving year by year.,Keep it simple and take care of your people. Cutting benefits is not the right way to keep great talent in your payrol. It does help make the numbers as opex goes down but the overall profitability of the company will come down when you can't cost cut your way out.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60023,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Feb 8, 2012",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Lost it's way,"Great benefits, the benefits alone will keep a person there. Flexible work environment Salaries were higher than other companies in industry. If person is based in Seattle decent company to work for, overpaid, low expectations on productivity and incredible beneifts.",Lack of strategy in the digital landscape. internal competition within accounts. Lack of guidance on importance of clients. Constant backstabbing by internal groups championing their own work over interests of company.,Reduce the number of products and projects that aren't core to the business and it's main lines. Stop following other companies in hopes of buying your way into second place.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60024,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2012",Current Employee - Product Planner,Consistently focused on the future.,"work, life balance is great. Benefits are very competitive People are all smart Location is great near great places to live. Commute they provide transportation ot work",Ability to get thing done slow moving,none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60025,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Feb 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Glass ceiling,Great and smart people that wants to do good. Great technologies to learn and resources for you to gather from.,No opportunities for Great and smart people that wants to do good. Cannot be your self and succeed here. Slow.,no advice because everyone is the same and have the same mentality. They hire the same types so that it can be like that,3.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60026,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2012",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,used to be great. now a bunch of losers run the place,"pay, vacation time accrued from working many years",they are downsizing so much less opportunity than they had in the past. benefits are decreasing. the wrong people are getting promoted for the wrong activity. best people are leaving the company. shift to cloud will mean far fewer roles.,keep doing what you are doing to transform the company to provide income to share holders through down sizing and cost cutting.,1.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60027,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Average.,"Gain experience, especially at lower levels.","Promotions can be difficult, you need to move up or move out.",none,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60028,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Very satisfying experience as a PM @ MSFT,- Opportunity to work on any technology that you are interested in - Opportunity to grow vertically as well as horizontally (generalist) - Benefits - Corporate citizenship (MSFT encourages you to contribute to your cause in more than one ways) - Super smart and passionate people to work with,- Some groups are very bureaucratic - Certain lack of agility in getting things done (very subjective depends on which group you work on) - At times the criteria for promos is very fuzzy - Compensation as measured by base pay,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60029,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very good,"- Interesting technologies and lots of software development everywhere - run by engineers - vast opportunities to work on different kinds of products and technologies - great, intelligent and happy people",- too much politics or management gets in the way of shipping great products - too hesitant to ship interesting ideas unless its $10B business - benefits are steadily declining - new review model sucks,none,4.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1047.htm
60030,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience depends on which part of the company do you work in,They treat you well and with respect no matter what,Growth and Promotion are a factor of where you are in the organization and not of your accomplishments or hardwork,none,3.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60031,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,1. Great place to learn software development  2. Choice to work on a variety of technologies and products  3. Really great benefits.,"A lack of collaborative environment, while team work is given lip service the focus is on individual performance and results. A lack of vision on the part of senior leadership.",Seriously consider working at Microsoft if you are graduating from college or early in your career. There is a lot to learn and expertise to gain.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60032,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pretty good,"nice people, you can get all your answers from different people, so it is not bad at all, and so many smart people","food is not that great. it seems like not a lot of people see the big picture, company kind of move slow","need focus on social and mobile, window phone need to be great and social factor needs to be there also",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60033,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Too many people drinking their own Kool-Aid,"They have nice health benefits, especially if you have a spouse and kids. However, this will change in 2013 when they adopt a health program more similar to other companies. The days of the Cadillac Health Plan, while great, are sadly coming to a close. Outside of that, if you can thrive in the high stress and ultra-competetive work culture they foster and consistently hit the top of the annual performance review curve, the top 5-10% see some pretty great rewards.","However, if you are not in the top 5-10% of the annual performance review curve, the rewards are substantially different and less impressive. Depending on the organization, there can also be high levels of political gamesmanship and favor currying. Many teams drive too much to advertise and evangelize the work they are doing instead of actually doing the work, and unfortunately it works for now (but it won't always). The annual review system still fosters a predatory competetive culture versus a cooperative competetive culture. Senior management's philosophies on employees and employee retention have changed over the years as well. There used to be a strong belief in recovery, however that is not the case in the Windows organization today. As long as an employee produces and never needs any more-than-perfunctory maintenence, you will be fine. However, if more course correction than that is needed (and over a multi-year career, even super smart people occasionally need an assist here or there), the philosophy today seems to be to cut bait and just bring in another body. Microsoft always has said they invest in their people, however their actions more accurately reflected their words years ago than they do today.","It is a different company today than it was when it first started, and it needs different leadership to effectively run it moving forward. Ballmer is the old way of thinking when the place was small, full of pizza and caffeine-fueled 23 year old boys, and everybody had a realistic chance of making a big pile of money for all the stress and long hours. Today, those potential rewards are not there and there is more stress, more politics, more corporate bureaucracy, and less individual empowerment than at any other time in their history, and it really contaminates the culture and holds Microsoft back from being as great a place to work as it used to be.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60034,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2012",Current Employee - Escalation Manager,"A great learning experience, but not where I want to be long term.","Good benefits, competiive salary, good about work/life balance, really intelligent people, diverse employees with international ties, ability to work remotely a huge plus.","Bureaucratic, tough to make a lasting impression, or infuse new ideas. Too many checks and balances. Found it difficult to get promoted, or move up in different positions, as company did a lot of external hirings for jobs I was interested in...despite my solid reviews.","Please try to do your best about promoting within. Not only does it help employee morale, but it allows people to work harder, and since they have the most intimate knowledge of the business, they just might surprise you.",4.0,4.0,none,2.0,5.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60035,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2012",Current Employee - Service Manager,Passionate and smart coworkers keep me motivated at Microsoft.,Microsoft believes in its people and takes a clear stand on political issues relevant to its employees. The corporate philanthropy policies with matching gifts and volunteer time cash donations are exceptional and make me proud to work here.,"Microsoft for years has been unable to shake its ""uncool"" reputation compared to Facebook, Google, and Apple. New synergies, visible in the metro UI standard being shared across products, is starting to bring the cool back to Microsoft.",Take advantage of strong Microsoft brands and beef up marketing efforts in order to stay competitive with Google and Apple.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60036,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,1) Ample job oppurtunities 2) Experienced managers 3) Technically strong people around,"1) Very big company, it takes a lot of time to gain visibility",none,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60037,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Lead,Microsoft has been good to me for over 10 years now,"Microsoft has great benefits -- we haven't paid a nickel in medical out of our own pocket in 10+ years.  Reasonable 401k matching.  I earn an excellent salary when all benefits, salary, and stock are taken into account.  I have had occasional opportunities to do excellent work -- but mostly my work is somewhat pedestrian and straightforward. You can make a difference here, but it's frequently hard to force a significant change in direction even when you know it's right.  you work around extremely intelligent and motivated people. Even the hobbies people pursue are done with excellence -- this is truly amazing.  MS has put a real premium on my personal growth -- working in such a large, intertwined environment has forced me to ""grow up"" in a variety of ways, and this has improved me both personally and professionally, and the company spends precious time each year helping me focus on this. Sometimes the training seems lame, but it always forces you to think about how to improve yourself. This might be my favorite result of working here.","No customer contact if you're a developer -- MS is just too big.  Development at MS is much more time-based than quality based. It's unfortunate, but that's probably the way I would do things if I were in charge anyway, as it makes good business sense. But it's frequently not very exciting.  MS doesn't seem to be a place you retire from. There is constant pressure to improve or leave -- and let's face it, we all have our limitations, we can't all be CEO. So you're eventually likely to be forced out in one way or another as you get older and get close to your potential. So while the constant improvement is great for you, it's only great to a point -- and then you start to have trouble changing jobs within the company as your reviews level out.","Dump Ballmer. Force the divisions to work together more effectively. We're starting to see some of this, but it's very slow to develop and it may be too late to develop the synergy we all know we're capable of.",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60038,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning how little I learned in college.,"You get to learn how to work at a large company, work with super-smart people, and interesting products like xbox etc.","Working at a large company, it's difficult to make a big difference or have an impact on big decisions if you're new.",It would be nice if leadership made more of an effort to make the company's long-term strategy clearer to its employees.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60039,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2012",Former Employee - Director,Great company with smart people and toxic review process leading to ugly politics,An international thinking company with lots of opportunity. Pay is OK and benefits are great. Company tries harder than most to treat staff well.,"Review process is competitive with your peers. This means they gain if you lose and leads to ""invisible"" back stabbing and lack of collaboration. Staff is group ranked by a commitee of their managers peers. Most of them are not involved in the same business and don't know the people. Good ranking comes from either: 1) ""Visibility"" - which means that lots of internal (possibly non-productive) activities like joining social events and schmoozing with your bosses peers. or 2) ""Political games"" - where an experienced senior manager makes side deals with some of his peers to mutually support each other favorites for good ranking.",The current numerically structured review process was likely created because the managers couldn't be trusted to know how to review their people. An obvious outcome when technical prowess lead to leadership roles. It's time to make sure that leadership at all levels is good at people management and responsible for the people under them. Having a high performance team get exactly the same number of 'Winners and Losers' as an under-performing poorly led team is not a solution to ensuring the poor teams don't rank themselves highly.  The company is good at talking about collaboration but the policies make this into a farce. I left because of the review process and seeing great people suffer while the best internal schmoozers did little for products or customers but got highly rewarded.  I like Ballmer's energy and spirit but he needs to fix this or have someone else do it.,3.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1048.htm
60040,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Pockets of cool stuff going on, deep financial pockets, and lots of different types of roles.","You can find a wide range of jobs spanning the company, including overseas (if you're willing to switch to a subsidiary). Great benefits (although health will be much less than what it is today come the end of FY13 (July 2012 to June 2013). Some very smart people around and cool products (based on a wide variety of tastes).","Getting reorged. In my particular case I was reorged more than 16 times in 6 years. Not in itself a wonderful thing, but in the past two years I was reorged enough times where I was doing something completely different every six months. And the way Microsoft works, you are calibrated against your discipline and if you've been doing something well for a year you'll nearly always trump four months of good work. And not gaining in your job level of a certain window of time will damage your long-term prospects.","It varies heavily by organization, but my biggest issue was getting reorged so many times that I felt ineffective at doing what I'm good at. How can management address a situation like mine (not uncommon) to ensure I get a fair shake at success?",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60041,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Bad,Money and benefit that is all Microsoft gives.,"Management sucks, big time. So many people to do BS no body to work.",Do something about so many managers,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60042,microsoft,"Boulder, CO"," Jan 29, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good job experience,"Exposure to new technology, good compensation.",Current healthcare benefit is great but will be scaled back starting in 2013,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60043,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Aggressive and competitive professional environment leading to good growth,1. Access to resources 2. Availability of information 3. Agressive work environment,1. Depending on business bureaucracy can slow down growth.,Spend more resources on Innovation,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60044,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2012",Current Employee - Market Research Manager,High impact work that can be muddled with too many chefs.,"- High impact work and responsibilities, - Exciting and motivational environment, - Corporate visibility and recognition in the world, - Excellent resources available, - International exposure, - Great pay and benefits,","- Long and hard hours, - Small fish in a big pond, - A complex corporate culture, - Limited opportunity to work remotely, - Too much regional autonomy, - Inconsistency in licensing,","Create apprentice opportunities rather than starting everyone, regardless of experience, as a manager. Less emphasis on regional autonomy with more consistency internationally. Less emphasis on individual product licensing and performance and greater emphasis on consistency of licensing and policies across products and regions. This provides greater assurance to customers and partners.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60045,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Whoever doesn't like MSFT as a place to work, doesn't know how good they have it","The benefits are among the best in the industry. They have excellent funds in their 401k offerings, they have insurance with no copay or paycheck deduction. They have legal benefits that are offered at a nominal fee, and free access to a top-notch gym and spa facility. They have health clinics throughout the year, free vaccines and discounts for anything from child care to restaurants all over Puget Sound. Their cash bonuses and their stock bonuses are also amazingly generous. For a good performer, it pays to work at MSFT. It also has an amazing work-life balance. I got a 5-month maternity leave and do not work on Fridays. Facilities-wise, it is also top notch with the expected freebies for a techie company like kitchen goodies, subsidized cafeteria meals and the employee area known as ""The Commons"", which features a variety of retail dining options, convenience services (post office, bank, bike store, mobile stores, etc.), meeting spaces, and sports facilities—all situated in an urban-market atmosphere. Also, the shuttle service known as The Connector is one of the best ideas they've had. I don't ever drive to work!  I have worked in both small start-up companies and bigger high-tech companies and this is a great place to work. Since I am an industry hire with 12 years of experience, I have a very high compensation ratio for my level. I would have to be a Director of PM at Oracle, for example, to make the kind of salary I make now, especially after the across-the-board salary increase that took effect this past review year (August 2011).","As any big company with so many employees, products and organizations, every division is like a mini-company of its own. Your work life greatly varies depending on which organization you work at. I happened to be in different orgs in the same division and the learning experience, mentorship and career advancement I have accomplished in this group is a far cry from the previous group I belonged to. If you get a good lead and manager and you work hard, you are in for good life at MSFT. I don't see why I would ever want to work elsewhere. I am up for a promotion to Senior this review year and I expect to get it by working hard and smart. Sounds simple enough to me now, but it wasn't as clear cut in the previous group I was at. Would Google give me more money? Perhaps, but I don't have to work 80 hours a week, I can take long vacations and have my Fridays off without being perceived like a slacker.","Mentor your ICs and accept your mistakes, then learn from them. Leave the arrogance behind and cut the pork. Consolidate your organizations and get rid of teams that are redundant. Listen to your customer! All orgs within the company should be more tightly integrated so the experience from an IC perspective isn't so vastly different from one team to the other.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60046,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lots of politics, not enough problem solving, people upset if you don't toe the party line. Old Microsoft is truly gone.","Amazing health insurance and wide range of other benefits make it really hard to contemplate leaving without starting to do the figures in your head. Great diversity of people inside the company, lots of stuff going on that you can get involved in even if it's not your direct job. Lots and lots of interesting people!","The 'old Microsoft' of being direct and straightforward in voicing concerns, proposing alternatives or opposing the direction being taken is truly gone. If you don't toe the line in your group, you'll become the sacrificial lamb (especially since every group needs one)!  Performance 'reviews' have little to no impact on your salary or prospects for advancement, it's all about whether your boss's boss's boss knows who you are and whether you are viewed as 'good' or 'bad'. Not to mention person leading the group must play their game well enough to get funding for promotions, or hand out career-limitingly low review scores to people who do perfectly good work. Once you find out about 'stack ranking' and that your yearly goals aren't even read by anyone who makes a decision about your review score, you might have a hard time taking this process seriously.  It can be very depressing to work there, given the tendency for upper management to do or say short-sighted or obviously misleading things in public. Not as embarrassing for someone who is not a technologist, but if you are an engineer you will be the sounding board for all of your technical friends & family's complaints.","Please, for the love of god, bring back some semblance of highly technical leadership instead of MBAs in suits. It's pretty incredible to have someone who understands highly technical concepts leading your group, it's very depressing to see them being replaced one by one with someone who barely understands what your group's software does.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60047,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for having a family,"Great Benefits and Flexible Scheduling. Plus, a lot of internal job opportunities and ability to move around. Little Chance of being laid off (Secure)","The comfortable lifestyle, great benefits and high margins reduces turnover and keeps employees there for a long time. As a result, you have limited upward mobility.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60048,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Depends on the team,- Good benefits - Smart folks - Pacific Northwest is a nice place if you have a family,"- Office politics - Lots of internal tools/technology. You don't get experience on industry standard tools. - Small town feeling, not a good place for singles.",Need to break down the company for better management.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60049,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Company for the Worse Over the Years,"Benefits (for now-changing in 2013), Brand Name","Overworked, no Work-Life Balance, Management could care less, Over the past few years, things have progessively worsened, Advancement is all about Politics - who likes you, Management talks about employees bringing ideas to the table, but just air talk, Review Process is too subjective and your career is put into the hands of individuals who will not show support for you or simply have no idea as to what you accomplish on a day-to-day basis/overall basis.","If you stop worrying about your personal egos & Good ole boy/girl clubs, you might find that you have a great team of employees, Learn to care or at least pretend that you do, Take an interest into career development for each employee (invest in it). Once you take a true interest in your people, you might find that there are some great people getting the job done for you! BUT - you could care less.",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1049.htm
60050,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 28, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Analyst,It was okay.,"They pay good salary, most people are satisfied",very busy busy place to work,be prepare for all the situation,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60051,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Software Design Engineer,Bureaucratic Incompetence,"At the end of the day this is still one of, or the, largest software companies in the world. There are incredible opportunities to work on software that is used by an incredible number of people world wide.","Management has become entirely disconnected from the workforce, at times it seems that they are stuck in the late nineties and think that employees are becoming millionaires overnight and should be grateful for the priviledge of working at the company. The reality is that the shareprice has been flat or worse for over 10 years and the job has become a way of paying the bills for most employees",The board should resign for failing to ask Ballmer to resign. Every employee at partner level or above should undergo a complete 360 review to keep their job. Cronyism needs to be eliminated root and branch.,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60052,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 24, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,good learning place,no hierarchy system .The senoirs do give you a chance to put forth your opinion.Team work is mantra of the company.,"Too much pressure on the consultants . No fixed working hrs. . too long targets to achive in less time ,no time to take use your paid vacations",employ more efficient people. Divide work propotionately,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60053,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good learning experience,Some of the brightest brains in the industry. Lot of knowledge and scope Variety of technologies to work on.,Performance Review System is bad. Promotions system is not transparent Compensation is not good Management leaders dont have technical expertise. Lot of politics,Promote team work and reduce rivalry. Have more collaboration between groups. Have more technical people in the management ladder,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60054,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,r,good place to work as long as you have a good boss,"departments and employees are more interested in making their numbers and committments than in doing what's right for the company overall. So this doesn't foster a cooperative environment. people spend an awful lot of time and energy ""reporting up"" versus doing actual work.",r,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60055,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Your experience and career growth depends on your lead,"There are some very smart, passionate people working there. When you're on a good team it doesn't seem like work. Employees feel excited and empowered. The pay and benefits are good and many people have their own office.","Your career growth and rewards are highly dependent on how well you get along with you manager, how much they'll fight for you, and how well they know how to work the system and how effective they are at it. Depending on your organization, there can be a lot of reorgs and your experience and time at Microsoft account for 0 if the leadership doesn't know you. Lately, Microsoft has been making sweeping changes such as ""a person must be at X number level to have Y position"" despite whether or not individuals have been working in and doing well at Y positions for years. Rather than promote the individual to the new level requirement, they are told they can no longer have that position.","Changes in leadership have changed the company from a place where employees felt open to challenge each other and do amazing things to a company where employees just want to work the system for promotions and titles. Employees in various orgs fear that challenging their management leads to destroyed career paths. Leadership should not just look at those who manage up well, but look down into the company and see how the culture is changing...and not in a good way.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60056,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learned a lot but was not lucky with my boss,Very flexible in time and vacations,Work/life balance is not available if you're looking for a promotion,Encourage and coach your employee to excell,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60057,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 14, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Hard to get promoted due to being too busy doing your job to pursue it,"Benefits are awesome, as well as the parties and swag. Could be a great learning environment.","Schedules are too tight to really enable you to learn something new. Too difficult to get a promotion because you have to kiss butt of the manager and work well over 40 hours per week just to get your normal work done, let alone anything that would help you get a promotion.","Be more honest with employees. If an employee isn't doing well, don't tell them all is okay then slam them in the back. Allow time for employees to learn new technologies.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60058,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 24, 2012",Current Employee - Project Manager,Great place to work!,Great work life balance Energetic people,Get lost in the crowd,More 1-1s to promote growth,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60059,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jan 15, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Very nice place to work. Latest technologies used everywhere. Very comptetent management and workforce. Appreciation for talent and innovative ideas.,There is a depth company. You dig in deeper into technologies and concepts. The breadth knowledge is available only for some positions,Very nice. Keep up the good work. We are grateful to have such a wonderful senior management supporting us.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1050.htm
60060,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Find a group you like, get out of ones you don't",Access to cutting edge technology Many ways to move horizontally Good benefits Smart people,"Review system is broken: %20 percent of all employees must get a 4 or 5 (on a scale of 1=best, 5=worst) on their yearly review, regardless of accomplishments Not nearly enough advertising for consumer products 100% health care coverage is going away Way too many meetings",Fire Ballmer & Brummel More TV ads for consumer products,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60061,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior management disconnected and decision making is very slow,"work with smart people, requires you to be on your toes","Microsoft has gotten very bureaucratic and decision making is slow. Also, no one wants to collaberate at all. No one respects Steve Ballmer and most can't wait for him to go adn this is a drag on morale. It is depressing to work for a company when the stock price has remained unchanged or over a decade.","Replace the chairman, require teams to work together and punish those who don't.",2.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60062,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2012",Former Employee - Intern,Good if you are looking to settle down into a stable career for the rest of your life,Everyone I met over the age of 30 was happy to have an incredibly stable job at a company with excellent benefits and a lot of respect for their software engineers.,Everyone I met under the age of 30 didn't have anything against Microsoft but was restless and wanted to go do something else with their lives.,"Nothing in particular, I loved my time there and if you're looking for that sort of stability I can't imagine a better place to code.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60063,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Jan 23, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A positive experience.,Work with the latest technology. Work with smart people.,Can get lost in a big company.,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60064,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2012",Former Employee - Team Leader,"Great Pay, Good Benefits, Be Prepared to Work 7 Days a Week","Excellent pay, good benefits, and free sodas.","Upper management rarely concerned with projects or teams. Right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. Large, bureaucratic organization that moves at the speed of continental drift.",Pay attention to what's going on in your own department and stop worrying about your career or your house on Orcas Island for 10 minutes.,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60065,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Solution Manager,Great company going down,There are some great people at Microsoft,Managment seems more interested in keeping their power than improving processes/Microsoft.,"Stop the rule by fear, when the economy turns people will remember the last years.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60066,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but low salary for testers,"Good technologies, continue learning culture, very good benefits, flexible work hour, casual dress and atmosphere, beautiful Redmond campus, efficiency and automation in everything and processes, private or semi private office.","low starting salary, very low merit increase for software tester, under the water stock options, very small stock awards that take about 5 years until they are fully vested. small professional growth in term of climbing up the level (ladder). Some test leads were very bad.",Don't listen to the test leads all the time. Listen to the individual contributors too. Provide better annual salary increase to lower level of testers. Most testers probably receive between 1 and 2% annual increase of their based salaries.,4.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60067,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 17, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good,Good place to work at.,An old institution that has forgotten to innovate.,"Slim down, shape up, make a profit. Fire most partners.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60068,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It used to be a great company,"Free parking, beverage, and flexible hours Reasonable compensation package Opportunities within the company",Lack of long-term strategy and planning that causes the company lose the leading position Misread too many market trend that causes the company play catch-up all the time Company got too big and lost its flexibility,Change the CEO,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60069,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Great company to work for,"Ton of opportunities to advance in professional expertise. Support to move around within the company. Excellent benefits, and good pay package",Limited coordination between product groups. Limited interaction with senior leadership. Very limited opportunities to look outside and implement best practices.,Focus on cross-collaboration between product groups. Make compromises as necessary fo rthe sake of consistency of operations. Ask Ballmer to leave - his leadership hurts the company's image.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1051.htm
60070,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Individual Contributor building great software,"The scale of the products like Windows, Office, Xbox, etc is very inspiring and challenging. You'll appreciate the process of designing, building and testing.",Progress might not be as fast-paced as some startups or smaller companies. Your responsibilities too might be limited and it takes hard work and a lot of time to gain recognition and move up the ladder.,"Make the review process more transparent. Also, communicate the rationale and perspective behind big decisions. Make the workplace more social.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60071,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 19, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,In all aspects of my job I had autonomy and support from my manager. Great people management!,- Great attention to people management - Work/life balance - Career opportunities that come with large companies - International opportunities,"- Most of the career advancement opportunities are in Seattle, which may be an issue for some people - Slower moving",Microsoft needs to become an innovator in order to be competitive and this is hard to happen with such a large organization.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60072,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Dec 28, 2011",Former Employee - Contractor,Nice experience,Wonderful expeience. People were all nice and understanding and giving. they were helpful and provided me with ample assistance in performing my tasks.,I did not experience any negatives. I wish they were a bit closer to my location as that would have made commuting easier in the mornings.,none,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60073,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Business Manager,No two business managers do the same thing at Microsoft,"Every group uses business managers for different purposes. It is one position that Microsoft has failed in trying to normalize, which is a good thing. Business managers are the people who do ""other duties as assigned,"" one after the other. They are about building things that don't exist, doing projects that just need to be done, and interacting with internal business partners.","In some areas the prospects for business managers is diminishing (Server and Tools, for example), as they seek to streamline the organization. There is also no career path for business managers, so you are up to your own devices on how you will move up within Microsoft. Business managers will never lead businesses. You will always be in a supporting role.","One function that is absent from Microsoft's catalog of job descriptions is that of internal consultant. In the R&D side of the business there is a great need for someone who understands business working with product development teams. This is a great area to apply your business managers to formulate business strategy, identify business priorities, and understand how business process interacts with SaaS cloud services.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60074,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good and recommended,Good learning place. Jobs are challenging. Great people to work with.,Hierarchies are too deep and it is difficult to employees to influence the company.,Move faster and innovate more.,4.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60075,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft is a great place to work except in their IT department.,Their benefits are unmatched! They have amazing benefits and their base pay isn't too bad.,"In their IT department, they have yet to come into the 21st century of Microsoft. They still expect people to work a minimum of 10 hours a day - if you aren't then you aren't considered to be doing a good job. In IT, your manager will tell you weekly that you are doing exactly what is expected and then a month before reviews are due, they will tell you that while you are meeting expectations, you aren't wowing them and that's not good enough. Also, if you come down with a major illness, Microsoft has a tendency to hang on to you just long enough to avoid a lawsuit and then fire you.","Microsoft needs to take the personal views out of their review process. It need to be did the person do their job or not? They also need to level the playing field and set expectations with managers that NO ONE can meet every single one of the possible guidelines for a role. In IT, the expectation is you must meet every one of your guidelines. There needs to be a major overhaul within Microsoft's IT department and a serious house cleaning at the upper levels of management.",1.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60076,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 7, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Software Developer,"Stable employment, good pay, lots of opportunities","Many many many opportunities for lateral movement to new projects. Lots of interesting work. Smart people. Good pay, benefits. Multiple career tracks. Generous vacation. Free stuff.",Large corporate culture slows things down. Competative review system.,none,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60077,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 28, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Great place to work!,"Great work place, opportunity for growth if you find a team that fits you and your capabilities. Steep learning curve for people seeking more opportunities",Deep hierarchy due to size of the company. Many layers of team and needs to be willing to work with many team members to get projects done,Needs to be more nimble to respond opportunities in fast-changing eco-system. Scaling back on benefits might impact culture negatively and employee attrition,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60078,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,You get what you give,"Excellent opportunity to build major software products, and make a big impact. Lots of smart people keep you challenged if you want to improve your technical, product development, and leadership skills. Compensation is quite favorable if you're in the top 40%.","You need to be a self-starter and not assume that you would be given a project that would grow your career. However, if you prove yourself, then you will be rewarded handsomely. You also need to be aware of some office politics, which is natural in big firms - this becomes more important as you move up the chain. The length in level at mid-management (principal) levels is 3-5 years at each ladder level for 80+% of the population. Health benefits are not co-pay free any more.","Microsoft is an active product development company, not a sales company. Put more product development people (with good business acumen) in top positions rather than people with business experience only. This will help Microsoft regain the leadership position in product innovation in the industry. Management has taken some recent positive steps in this direction. Every time our products are innovative, we have struck a chord with our consumers at a completely emotional level (e.g. Windows 95, xbox kinect, etc.). Don't be afraid to take user-perceivable big bets in products that define industry direction. There have been some good recent steps in this direction (e.g. Windows 8), but more is required.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60079,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jan 1, 2012",Former Employee - Project Manager,Overall Good Experience but lots of reorgs,Great Benefits Good People Flexible work hours Good resources/training Great Brand Cool products and technology Pretty Campus Good Corporate Citizen,Lots of reorgs Unclear direction from leadership Limited career advancement if not located in Redmond Emphasis on who you know and tenure,Reduce the churn/reactivity and the constant reorganizations Focus on retaining talent instead of hiring to replace attrition Provide more transparency,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1052.htm
60080,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jan 6, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good experience but really hard to grow or experience diverse roles,"The work you do is great, has impact and is fulfilling. People at your level are great and collaborative. Upper management is usually available for conversations and listening to you ... read the cons related to this","upper management takes time to listen to you but that's all they do. There is usually very little they will actually do to help you with where you want to go and who you want to be. So the motto ""Your potential our passion"" (this is the older one) is not really alive on the day to day level. Once you get in at a position, make sure it's something you like, cause moving around takes a lot of politics etc.","The biggest difference I see in Microsoft and other companies now is that Microsoft is outsourcing a lot of work to vendors. These guys (and I've been there) are naturally not invested in the company. FTE's think they can give the grunt work to vendors and cruise themselves. This is false perception. All work that needs to be done needs to be done with passion and diligence, most vendors just can't do that because of how they're treated (can be let go of at any point without reason). Invest in hiring good people like Microsoft used to, keep the work with passionate FTE's and see how Microsoft will come back as a top technology company!",4.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60081,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 24, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Large old company,Benefits Salaries Lots of projects Impacting products Enterprise and consumer industries,Slow Lots of politics Not invented here syndrome Stock performance Too centralized No focus by upper management,Retire,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60082,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,.,"benefits are great, if you love Microsoft or Microsoft technologies this is a way to go","no career (issue of all huge companies), a lot of bureaucracy","don't focus on individual assessment, build teams.",3.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60083,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for an intermediate career,Good pay and Good facilities,Not much to learn for a beginner,Focus on a consumer product,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60084,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Craziness!,The benefits are better than at most companies today (but they are changing for the worse),"Very competitive environment and hard to trust others intentions – everyone is looking to advance through the fight or flight environment Management is so stale and not capable of being good leaders (not current in skills or knowledge) No longer an entrepreneurial spirit or environment Many better workplaces but if you just need a paycheck, then this could be your place Your experience will be 100% dictated by the competency and fairness of your manager. So many people are bailing out of Microsoft that the morale is HORRIBLE. Try to obtain employment with other companies first.",Think about what you can really do to retain competent and loyal employees.,2.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60085,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2011",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Good place to work if you can deal with incompetent management and politics.,Salary and benefits at Microsoft are great. There are tons of perks for working at Microsoft that aren't well known outside of the walls. Lots of great people to work with. Occasional project that is really fun. Very challenging place to work and you learn a ton.,"Over the years Microsoft has really scaled back on every front. Office politics are extremely high. Lots of people put into management positions that can't manage. Extremely high turnover rate because of poor first line managers. (They stated this in my New Employee Orientation) People hired that are incompetent but somehow continue to get raises. If you want to get ahead, the best thing to do is throw someone under the bus. Microsoft wants everyone to be the same cookie cutter person but they claim to celebrate diversity, so beware if you don't fit their mold. They say they have great work/life balance. If you choose to do a modified work week (4 days - 10 hours each) be prepared to go backwards in your career. It is looked down on and you will be told you are fine, but come review time don't expect anything good.","Learn how to manage people better. Don't be so 'red', not everyone has a 'red' personality or wants to be. If you offer something (modified work weeks) don't knock an employee for actually using your 'benefit'. Hire competent people instead of managers' friends. Innovate instead of do what the competition does.",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60086,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, with stable employment and great pay and benefits","Flexible work environment, good pay and benefits, chance to work on big bets such as Windows, Office, Xbox and cloud computing","Review system is broken and requires games to advance, benefits are being reduced in 2013, CEO hasn't shown any accountability to the flat stock price.","CEO hasn't shown any accountability to the flat stock price which has been flat for 10 yrs. HR management needs to be let go and bring in a fair and just review system, as well as not cut benefits in 2013.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60087,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Quality of employees is plummeting, and only group-think is rewarded","Benefits such as health insurance are excellent, although they are being slowly whittled away. The Seattle area location is good because the cost of living is lower than California. The company has money to burn, so getting approval for equipment or travel is no problem. Most permanent employees still get private offices, although that's changing and is group dependent.","The main problem is that the best people are leaving, and those who remain are less and less competent every year (but don't seem to know that). It seems that the best new hires don't want to work at Microsoft and choose to go elsewhere.  Recognition and career success comes primarily from telling management what it wants to hear, rather than from good work or doing what customers want. In the past, middle management was technically competent but mediocre at managing people (which they knew, but didn't care). Today, management is too often poor on all dimensions but doesn't even know it. Many managers are incapable of recognizing good work, much less knowing how to do it themselves or how to encourage people to deliver it. Managers take care of themselves and their peers first, suppressing other opinions, rather than standing up for employees.  The company is a giant bureaucracy. The easiest way to succeed at Microsoft, like any bureaucracy, is to tell everyone what they want to hear, keep your head down, and don't challenge anything. It's better to do work that is tolerably good but not excellent (because great work would be a threat to others). This attitude seems to come down from the top, where very real threats to the company are covered up in platitudes about how ""next year will be great!"", year after year after year.  Having said this, the culture varies from group to group, some are awful while others can be supportive and good places to work. However, it's impossible to know in advance what any group is like, and continual reorganizations (every six months on average) mean that it could change at any moment and go from great to terrible with no warning.  Another major problem is the review system. Employees are forced onto curves within their groups, regardless of the group's overall strength, and managers are able to pick and choose peer feedback to punish anyone they wish. If you happen to end with a manager who doesn't like you or feels threatened, then you will get a bad review. And only the most recent review counts for anything. Even with a string of great reviews, if the most recent one is bad, you will be unable to look for other jobs within the company. Thus, a single bad manager effectively can force you out of the company. This explains why employees worry so much more about telling managers what they want, rather than doing great work.  Given increasingly incompetent management, flat stock price, and disincentives for excellent work, it's no surprise that the best employees are leaving in droves for Amazon, Facebook, Zynga, startups, and pretty much anywhere they can. The primary barrier to the exodus is that there are not many options in Seattle.  In short, if you would like a nice office and benefits but don't care that much about your work or career path, OR if you prefer to play politics and don't mind backstabbing others, then Microsoft could be a good place for you. But if you want to excel, to do something interesting, or to be rewarded for real innovation, it's the wrong place.","Get rid of the many managers who are incompetent despite being there for long periods of time. Replace them with managers who are technically excellent and who believe in promoting excellence among their employees. Replace the current review system with one focused on excellent results (e.g., as determined by peer reviewers across the company) rather than merely the approval of one's team.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60088,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,okay company,good health benefits (will change in 2013) job security,there are some bad managers,"focus on technology and innovation, not politics and marketing",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60089,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome tech company,"- access to cutting edge techology - ability to move in different spaces (OS, productivity, cloud, mobile, search, phone etc.) without leaving the company - impact - perks - laid-back, yet very challenging atmosphere",- slow to react to large changes - can be difficult to coordinate across divisions - decisions made by commitee taking too much time,- more engineers at the top rather than sales/marketing (mostly done in the last few years) - more agility - visionary needed,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1053.htm
60090,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for smart people who want to be challenged,- Cool innovations with huge impacts on consumers and enterprises - Really smart and generous people - Well-established leadership and training programs - Very good compensation - The company really cares about its people,The company is very large so it takes time to get idea and products implemented. Not as cutting edge as startups.,none,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60091,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Principal - Service Engineer,This is very demanding environment in many ways.,"Opportunity to work on and with some great products. Very capable, high quality people. High professional standards. Great place for someone interested in global business.",Calibration based evaluation process that drives unhealthy competition among team members. You have to know how to navigate in large scale company to succeed. Constant rush - not much time for creative thinking. Some important innovation is not happening here.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60092,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Fantastic - if you can avoid a dysfunctional team,"Smart People. Able to make a difference in the industry. Always a challenging, problem-rich environment to keep the mind going. Worldwide recognition of Microsoft as a company. Great place to build a resume.","Many dysfunctional and unhealthy teams. Even with recent compensation bump, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Expedia and many other local tech firms pay better and have higher-paying bonuses and higher valued stock.","Out with the old - in with the new. Learn to be nimble again (like the competition). Don't determine the worth of a project almost solely on whether it can be folded into the WIndows brand or platform. For gosh sake, learn to market your brilliant offerings instead of letting the competition do it two years later and brand it as 'fresh', 'new' and 'innovative.'",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60093,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Terrible,- Stability of company - Working with key technologies - Good external perception as an MS employee - Great medical benefit package - Good other benefit packages,- Terrible management culture - Consistently bad HR processes - Too much in-fighting between groups - Underpaid particularly in relation to other companies - Terrible morale - Lack of innovation culture - Management don't listen to employees,Fire Ballmer,1.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60094,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 27, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Microsoft is decent and enjoyable place to work for,"A lot of opportunities for growing and learning, it is the best company for learning You can work on all kinds of new technologies You can make contributions to products are used by millions of users Microsoft is the best company about software testing, best testing practice, best test technologies and testing is appreciated best. A good working & life balance You get decent pay and very good benefits",You may have a manager working in a different country and your work may not be evaluated well in this case.,Microsoft may need to focus our business direction more.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60095,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for!,"Good Management, appraisals, benefits, good colleagues","growth, contractors benefits, none, none ,none","keep going, good benefits, work teams, good management, rules, settings, promotions",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60096,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome company, challenging work, but managment often can let the team down...","It's a great company to work for. Depending on the team and the role, you can face creative, technical, usability and strategic challenges which is fun. The compensation and benefits package is also one of the best I have seen, regardless of which level you get hired at by the company. There is also a lot of room to explore what you want to work on since MSFT has such a vast porfolio.",Senior Management isn't quick to respond to opportunities and often makes strategic mistakes A lot of projects don't go anywhere due to pressure to align with a major releases of Office and Windows Can be difficult to get promoted due to size of company.,respond better to market opportunities. learn to play ball with each other and work together as a team. Learn to grow people and distinguish between your role and theirs.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60097,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2011",Current Employee - Director,Partner and Product Strategy,Has been very good benefits and now trending to ok benefits. Has been a market leader and now moving to a lesser position. Depending on the organization and location it can be a fantastic company and organization but like all companies it has the full range of ok to good to great opportunities.,"Our new review modeling has changed how we think about the company and how we look to each other as ""partners"" in success, today in fitting to the curve you are only as good as 1.) your current manager can represent your accomplishments relative to your peer group and 2.) your last official review. You can have stellar, award-winning performance and with one or two challenging reviews you could be out.","Some of the key benefits of joining the company are now dissapearing, while accepting a moderate salary and not an industry-leading compensation the upside was a level of predictability and fantastic benefits of which both are changing. With the recent changes too in the company I think we need a very thorough review of management at CVP and GM-levels to see if we have the right leaders - might want to place a better emphasis on org's with strong results that are complimented with good to very good WHI.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60098,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An educational experience of a lifetime.,The wealth of knowledge. Working with some of the brightest individuals on the planet.,Human Resources needs new leadership that thinks outside of the box.,Microsoft markets to Microsoft which is unrealistic (the rest of the world is not that far advanced)- they need to be realistic and market to the real world.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60099,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love Microsoft,"working with Smart people, great culture, ability to grow, lots of opportunities, great benefits. Flexible work schedule - sometimes you can work from home","Performance management system sucks because people are force to fit into a distribution curve which is not fair. Regardless of how poeple perform, someone must be a losser. Also compensation is not the best. For folks who joined the company earlier, they tend to be at a disadvantage i.e. if they didn't bargin well","Fix the performance management system, review compensation on case by case bases and fix it for folks who are severly underpaid. Work towards attracting more diverse talents",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1054.htm
60100,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Varies by Team - Old one: Good place to cruise but little opportunity, New one: Opportunity for impact but tons of work","I'd done a review based on previous team before in which I'd given the company a score of 2. With my new team, that score has gone up to a 4. Based on new team - Pros: -Management that has a vision -Immediate manager who cares and listens -People who are quite easy and fun to work with -Work on projects that have real impact",Based on new team - Cons: -Lots of work making work-life balance difficult,"Clearly, Microsoft is beyond its heydays. I don't know what can be done to get it back to prime shape. Based on Microsoft's current position when it comes to tablets and smartphones, one may conclude that the company is either too slow to react and/or it has difficulty being a successful pioneer in disrupting a given space. Changes need to be made to fix these issues. Easier said than done.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60101,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2011",Former Employee - Business Administrator,If you get the wrong team . . . .,If you are on right team - it is the best place to work! The management can be fantastic and supportive. They have wonderful tools to work with and technology that helps you support your job.,If you get the wrong team with the wrong management - it can be an absolute nightmare!! If you have a management team that does not value the administrator role - there is no backing of what you do.,none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60102,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Dec 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great work life balance for working parents,Senior management strategy around products and company direction,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60103,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Dec 3, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Initially good but as leadership has evolved it is a place of fear and micro management after the COO from Walmart arriv,Pay - Okay Benefits - great but changing in 2012. Great technical minds,"As the leadership that made MS successful has attritted, those joining (like COO from Walmart) lack the knowledge and people skills to continue the success. It is now a matrixed company of fearful fifedom leaders each protecting their favorite people at the expense of those who are actually productive. Much emphasis is placed on artificial review distributions that in essence are being used to reduce the workforce in a means to circumvent EEOC involvement. I would not want to work there today.","Study the company's history. Respect your people and be open and honest about what you are doing. Stop putting people over 50 at the bottom of the review curve and beratiing them, telling them their work is unsatisfactory for a duration long enough to solve legal's concerns of getting sued.  Get a clue...",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60104,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2011",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,Good place to grow,Strong benefits and job stability,"Poor work/life balance Some great managers, but others are not- very inconsistent",none,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60105,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Dysfunctional buddy club,1. Benefits are good this year 2. Flexibility with work schedule,1. Review system sucks 2. All the long time incompetent lazy people make life difficult for those who really want to work and get stuff done for the customers 3. Buddy system in reviews and promotions - it is not about what you do and skills you have but who you drink with outside work that matters,"This company is losing a lot of very good people because of the poor review system, dysfunctional teams and managers protecting their friends' incompetence. Left unchecked, Microsoft will be left with a whole lot of people who talk a lot, cannot do anything and just hire a bunch of vendors.. at shareholder expense and will lead to a slow company death. Wake up!!",1.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60106,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2011",Current Employee - Business Support III,Level can trap advancement.,"Pay and benefits were really good, however that will be going away. Diversity is a plus. Training and education terrific.",Too much work - need to work in excess of 50 - 60 hours just to keep nose above water while the rest of you sinks,It is impossible for the business support discipline to make advancements.,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60107,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worked with great people on some cool products and enjoyed my time there.,"People, products, technology, benefits, reputation","reviews, competition against each other, pressure,",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60108,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Technical Writer,"This is an extremely good place to work, rich experiences and great technical depth.","Flexible scheduling for work-life balance Work on advanced technical projectrs for millions of customers VERY smart, dedicated co-workers Great health plan","Very heavy workload, they expect you to juggle a lot of simlutaneous projects--more than other places I've worked. Part of that is that one has lots of ""internal"" projects that are just process improvements, for example.  Also, the performance review process is extremely time-consuming.",none,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60109,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 25, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,Challenging Work and a Challenging Work Environment,- Work on latest technologies - Flexible work hours - Lots of smart people to learn from - Opportunity to grow self and career - Opportunity to work on variety of exciting products by transferring teams rather than transferring companies,"- Calibration system for reviews reinforces individualistic behavior over team behavior, spend too many years in a level and your career here is over thanks to this system. - Work/life balance is poor - Many teams still develop using waterfall approach - Moving teams is very politically charged.",- Learn how to lead. Leadership is largely authoritarian with demands issued with the threat of 'being held accountable' or 'this will show up on your performance review if you don't do it'. - Don't micro-manage so much. - Listen to your employees.,3.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1055.htm
60110,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2011",Former Employee - Software Architect,Very interesting,Excellent compensation. Strong intellectual environment. Excellent people to work with. Excellent facilities and benefits. Strong sense of pride for working at Microsoft.,Too much bureaucracy. Too much cronyism. Culture stifles innovation.,Unleash the creativity of your staff by encouraging innovation.,5.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60111,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 24, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,good but depends on the team you are in. So choose your team well.,stability and respect for employees,growth is not amazing sometimes you feel getting things done is very beaurocratic.,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60112,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft not what it used to be,great health benefits and 401K package,poor place for women and thinking people,Rethink what your goals are,1.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60113,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great training ground, impressive infrastructure, monumental politics, smart people","I learned so much during my time at Microsoft. Not just about the world of software, partners, and IT but also about business, politics, budgeting, performance and the importance of relationships. It was an incredible place to learn! For over-achievers and ""Type As"", it's a very comfortable fit.","The ability to make an impact. Although I was a great performer and rewarded for my work, I never felt like the work I was doing was rewarding. I had a hard time quantifying how I was offering true impact in a world of people just like me, who all were upwardly mobile. Standing out and being a star was a challenge.","Nurture your best performers and give them more than they can handle. Then thank them and reward them for a job well done. Career growth and mentorship, although important to the teams, truly was hard to translate to practical application.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60114,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Nov 15, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slippery slope as you move up the management chain,"Diverse products, great benefits, continual training. Working at Microsoft validates your professional experience and validates your value for future jobs.","The start of the year, too many internal meetings. Too much time spent on internal reporting, not enough time in front of customers.",HR does not support employees that are harrassed by managers.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60115,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great career advancement opportunities,"Awesome opportunities, great support, provides for fast-track and not-so-fast-track career advancement... depending on what you're looking for","Company is relying too much on its past success, needs to reinvent itself",none,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60116,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall good experience,GOOD chance to learn technical stuff but some of them may not be universal standard outside,"many reorgs happened, 20% chance on average falling into ""low-perf"" bucket which is politics in some sense",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60117,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Wonderful,but lack of challenge","Good benefit,work life balance,a lot of opportunity, no personal tax, beautiful summer,I am enjoying to work here.","In ms, it's lack of challenge ,and a lot of work is done but lack of challenge. Big company has a lot of process.",Need more vision and marketing leadership.Move faster and lean.Give more challenge work for employee to sharpen their skills.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60118,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Your experience at Microsoft is highly influenced by the team you're in.,"The benefits package is excellent. Depending on your lead, your working conditions can be quite flexible. No state income tax if you work on main campus.","The company culture can work against you, if you don't fit in. The weather in Redmond is pretty dreary most of the year.",none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60119,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Unnecessarily stressful and sometimes alienating environment, at times very satisfying intellectually",To be part of one of the most powerful global companies.,Stress and large company politics combined with Microsoft-specific stressors like the absurd review model.,"Drop the false precision of your review system. Churn out the bad managers, recent attrition is not bcause of pay, it's in spite of the good pay and benefits.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1056.htm
60120,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2011",Current Employee - Senior PM,A chellenging place to work,"Good benefits and perks. Generally good, smart driven people to work with.",Convoluted and bizantine review process. Difficult to progress in carrer at the higher levels. Constant reorganization and consolidation creates a lot of downward pressure on job levels as senior positions get moved down the chain. Innovation is difficult given highly constrained development processes.,Give people better opportunites to grow in their jobs and enable more creative innovation and new products.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60121,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 11, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Unnecessarily stressful and sometimes alienating environment, at times very satisfying intellectually",To be part of one of the most powerful global companies.,Stress and large company politics combined with Microsoft-specific stressors like the absurd review model.,"Drop the false precision of your review system. Churn out the bad managers, recent attrition is not bcause of pay, it's in spite of the good pay and benefits.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60122,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Great place to work at. Great benefits!,Technical challenge Healthy work environment Benefits Compensation Greate commute options,Much effort was wasted during initial Win8.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60123,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It has been pretty good so far.,"Big company, Lots of things to learn, Easy to move around groups, Decent Pay, Good work life balance, Lots of smart people",Too process heavy in most divisions and also sometimes things are very secretive and not too transparent as to what exactly is happening behind the screens,I think we need to be much more agile in the way we do things and need to kick start our innovation process!,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60124,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 8, 2011","Current Employee - Principal Program Manager, Lead",It's a good work life balance,"Great work life balance, great benefits.",Not intellectually stimulating to me personally.,The organizational structure makes it very difficult to get things done.,2.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60125,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It really depends on your organization,"Great benefits. Access to the Pro Club and dining options are all great. And if you commute from Seattle they even have their own buses. By and large, great people you will work with.","Very limited respect or understanding of the marketing discipline. Some managers are great, but watch out - others are horrible to work for. You really have to make sure you don't end up in a poisoned org or with a poor manager.","You have great, talented people here. You need to weed out the poor managers and senior leaders who have no people skills.",3.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60126,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"There are lots of great products and good oppurtunity to work on great technologies, great people. Good Salary & Benefits.","Reorgs and change of directions, scope & product roadmap leads to some challenges for ICs. You will get new manager at least once in 2-3 years.",It would be nice if we have less frequent reorgs and realignment. It gives ample time to establish good manager-IC bond.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60127,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 13, 2011",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great job fun atmosphere,Great benefits Good people Opportunity for growth,Political review process Process to get things done,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60128,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I fun place to work.,+ Very good pay + Nice benefits + Good opportunities to work in different areas,- Lots of management - Sometimes communication from senior management is not great - Steve Ballmer is not a good CEO.,none,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60129,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, great people, can be frustrating at times","The people, benefits, the challenge, career options after Microsoft.","Internal politics, too many middle managers, too many vendors, everything is a process.","keep your greatest asset, your people. Dont let the competition take the individual contributors away because they are the ones doing the work and practicing innovation.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1057.htm
60130,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 7, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great people, lot's of opporunities, but removed from the customer",Interesting projects Lots of different opportunities and teams Good benefits Supportive management,"Segmented -- developers, testers rarely in front of the customer Behind -- MS Catching up in 2012 but have taken a beating from apple, google",Hero devices -- tablet and phone.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60131,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"For all the complaining I have done during my decade here, I don't think there is a better ","It pays well and the benefits are top notch. If you look hard enough, there are still numerous well-funded, innovative teams. You can find diverse opportunities without leaving the company.","Bureaucratic, territorial, and reactive. Promotions (or lack thereof) are sometimes arbitrary, with a ""big boy's club"" feel. Desperately needs new top management across the board.",Go spend more time with your family.,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60132,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good to grow professionally.,Stable company with lots of oppertunities. Head quarters has many groups and it's easier to find oppertunities to move around than remote offices.,Microsoft doesn't have a good history of merging aquired companies especially in the bay area where the culture of other companies may be very different.,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60133,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"MSFT: Good potential, horrible management","First access to most software that MSFT puts on the market. Free training to prep for MS certification tests (at least, in theory). Free MSDN and Technet subscriptions as an employee (if someone tells you about it, and you can figure out how to get to the right people to get access).","My experience with management in my division was horrible. My initial manager wasn't deliberately a bad guy, but he should never have been put into a management role, this was harmful to careers of many people in his line. Upper management generally pays lip service to employee concerns, as does HR. They ""say"" they are serious, but they'll almost never require managers to justify actions that harm people (other than the most outrageous offenses).","Want to fix things? Enable ""360"" reviews that actually MATTER. If a manager gets low marks from his department staff, that should be telling you something important! These are highly skilled, highly educated, motivated white collar professionals, not ditch-diggers.",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60134,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2011",Current Employee - Systems Analyst,MS is a challenging environment.,Enterprise level tools with very creative people from everywhere in the world.,Management buffers their own position by hiring incompetent support companies from India while laying off competent local contractors.,No standard for competence in Indian support is lazy and will be the death of Microsoft.,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60135,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Director,Overall a great place to create and foster a career.,"People you work with, challenging work, never the same day twice, benefits are exceptional, pay is very good and you can build a strong career at Microsoft.","Transitioning within the company has gotten much harder with recruiting being left in the hands of hiring managers who do not do a good job of following up, providing feedback, etc. such that it feels like they don't care about talent management.",Change recruiting practices to set standards for hiring managers and recruiters with a focus on talent management from within first.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60136,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2011",Former Employee - Credit Analyst,"A great experience, a chance to grow and share ideas",One of the best benefit packages out there. Opportunity is endless with maybe avenues to take. There is work/life balance depending on department,trust your people with the power to make decisions. Upper managment is often disconnected for the rest of the department,trust your people with the power to make decisions. Upper managment is often disconnected for the rest of the department,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60137,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2011",Current Employee - Designer,Design is second to engineering at this company so your profession as a whole will not be as respected.,They pay well and have pretty great benefits. Schedules are pretty lax depending on management. Things are very structured and relatively organized.,Too many meetings. Too many management re-orgs in the past year. Commute is horrible if you live in the city.,"If someone is hired for their expertise, allow them to exercise that expertise. This applies mainly to the design aspect of the company since it values engineering above all.",4.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60138,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Political, stubborn, and old!",- Decent benefits - Decent pay  Depending on group: - Good work/life balance - Some intelligent people - Flexible work schedule - Some management recognize talent (can't say all because some of them play favorites),"- Resistant to change (even for proven better practices) - Higher level people are very reluctant to listen to the junior people - Review system is completely broken (if they care about keeping the talented people) - No real innovation from within anymore. Most of the ""innovation"" is chasing a proven market and stomping out the competition.","Fix the review model. Get rid of Ballmer and LisaB. Gut the upper management if you want to fix the issue with all the talent leaving for other opportunities. Get back to the basics that made the company successful to start with.  Stop chasing markets and do some innovation on your own.  It is too bad that BillG won't come back and make things ""right"" again.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60139,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Hard to walk away from the money,Stable company with good benefits and some interesting things to work on.,Far too much middle management overhead and wasted time on things other than getting great stuff into the publics hands. Overly risk averse... roll the dice where it makes sense.,"Get better at using BI on your own internal data to run development operations. Eat your own dogfood and use TFS and Project to run all your own projects. Convert 25% of your leads that are strong ICs back to ICs, keep the 50% that are tecnically strong and great people managers, reallocate the 25% dead weight to hire more ICs or invest in creating more innovate products.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1058.htm
60140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,good,It is good place to be in terms of meeting a loo of smart people and alos a lot of people killing other initiatives. Too many politics,A lot of strange projects,"You need to be more proactive and put priorities not only for selling office and windows and trying to catch others, Have better vision",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60141,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,It's a great place to work if you find the right team.,Cool project and smart people.,It's too big and can't adjust fast enough.,Fire Steve Ballmer and get a new CEO,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60142,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Competitive environment, getting even more competitive","Most of the people you get to work with can be great, the technology, the benefits, great paid time off. Bonuses can be good. Did I mention the benefits?","it's getting more competitive every day. Changes to the review structure now forces you to stack rank and remove people from the company, even if they are good employees.",Remove the stack rank system.,3.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60143,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great for the first 10+ years,"Lots of smart people Not hard to change groups, try new areas Great benefits, generous vacation allowance Company is financially healthy",Benefits are slowly eroding Forced ranking is pushing out good employees with the not so good Lots of poor managers at all levels,Focus on improving manager quality to improve execution and morale. Change the review system to be less arbitrary. Employees are no longer the most important resource.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60144,microsoft,"Philadelphia, PA"," Oct 27, 2011",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,"Was a great place to work 5-10 years ago, management and company have lost edge, but still a pretty good place to work.","If you have a large family the benfits are fantastic, especially medical, dental, vision, etc. A lot of very smart people, most are open, friendly and helpful. You are given very specific goals and a lot of lattitude on how you go about achieving them.","Having worked at Microsoft for 12 years in U.S. Field Sales, I saw a big upswing in employee turnover in recent years. Since KT took over the shift has been back to low cost of sale, very specialized product sales roles focused on quarter to quarter revenue attainment. Most managers drive business from a spreadsheet, spending less time with customers and employees. Very complex compensation miodel. I think this can turn around, but right now it's not a happy place to be selling. They need to promote some diversity, not just Type-A spreadsheet jockey's on Red Bull...","Get HR more in tune with why people are leaving Microsoft, and why new employees are not staying very long. In field, promote people to management because they have strong people and coaching skills, not just because they hit their numbers as an idividual contributor and have nowhere to go. Do the right thing when it comes to review time, and make sure you're taking care of the good employees and risk takers, not just those that negotiated a low quota.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60145,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 16, 2011",Former Employee - Systems Administrative,Unhappy with atmosphere and lack of innovation other than gaming,Name recognition world wide Research folks are class act,Too top heavy Low salaries and incentives,Innovate more quickly and listen to junior staff more,1.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60146,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Oct 28, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Leader in enterprise software Great training Competitive benefits,Competitive pay for performance is often discouraging to high-performing employees who receive little or no merit increases based on how they rank against their peers,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60147,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 27, 2011",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Microsoft really takes care of the people.,Microsoft benefits are incredible! The work environment is good. Most of the people are reasonable and smart. You get lots of opportunity to learn new technologies (albeit all of them are MSFT).,"Microsoft has the toes into so many industries and products, that they seem to lose sight of the big goal sometimes. Their tendency to insist on using nothing but their own products is also a source of headaches.",Management needs to do a better job of passing down information and letting the IC's know what is going on.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60148,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,pretty good,training couse was great. but some of them is not as good as it should be now.,MS put people in career levels but the way to decide which level you are in is not very precise.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60149,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Phenomenal,"Great workplace, great people to interact with",Too big a company to manage,Great company. Can help by better managing the huge workforce,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1059.htm
60150,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Phenomenal,"Great workplace, great people to interact with",Too big a company to manage,Great company. Can help by better managing the huge workforce,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60151,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great if all you care about is the money,"Pays well, and with the right mindset you can work 35 hours a week at $100k+ for as long as you care to.","Products are generally playing catch up relative to real industry leaders, the middle-management bureaucracy is enormous and totally oblivious to modern tech trends, cross-discipline collaboration is a joke, and Seattle generally kinda sucks.","Stop hiring developers who don't know anything but code, stop hiring testers who don't want to test, and stop hiring program managers, period.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60152,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2011",Former Employee - Programming Writer,Cutthroat among some,"Smart people, great benefits, interesting tech, nice campus with reasonably priced food. If you're in the right group, it can be a very fulfilling job.","Some groups are awful. Cutthroat attitudes exist in various (though certainly not all) places and at all levels. Management is very uneven, some managers are great, many are barely competent, and some are Managers From Hell.","Live by the rules, people! When you say people will be rated on A, B, and C, then you should rate them on A, B, and C, not on other standards imported later! And some of your managers are just plain evil -- sorry, no other word for it.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60153,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A dream job that has exceeded my expectations and set me up from greatness.,"I very rarely come across people I can't work with at Microsoft. Clearly, the hiring process is fairly thorough. I'm surrounded not only by highly intelligent people I can constantly learn from, but also by those with strong interpersonal skills as well.  The educational opportunities alone are an amazing benefit just asking to be taken advantage of. Classes, books, journals, and mentorships with anyone in any org are just waiting for you to find them.  Having just graduated, I'm used to getting in to campus at 8am and getting kicked out at 2am by the janitor. Here, I get griped at for even thinking of staying beyond 7pm. Everyone senior to me always has my back and is willing to give a hand in learning about Microsoft culture, growing as a programmer, general life skills, and how not to kill yourself.","In general things seem to move slowly. This is from the top all the way to the bottom. This is most likely due to and unsolvable by Microsoft having more than 90K employees. Further, there are many more planning and vision meetings than necessary to nail down a focus or a feature. This is true at the team, project, and org levels. Planning and verification are absolutely necessary, but not to the extent of obnoxiously slow development and response to bugs.  In my opinion, there's too much ""kool-aid"" in the company. I understand people are passionate about our products and what we do, but there's a hypocrisy in teaching ""avoid 'Not Invented Here' syndrome"" while simultaneously challenging competitor products on purely emotional instead factual grounds. I also feel there's a significant level of hero worship which detracts from seeing superiors as actual coworkers and not as demigods among mortals.","I would first say that I have thoroughly enjoyed my life at Microsoft so far. Microsoft has time and again demonstrated a care for me as an employee and made my life better. My only significant critique has already been given in the ""Cons"" section of my submission so I'd recommend addressing the issues presented there.  Unfortunately, I feel that due to the self-same issue of slow movement, these really won't be addressed since they are truly ingrained in the full company attitude.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60154,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent experience, love my job, learn a lot",good benefits good work life balance if you choose to have one,could get hectic reiew system can bog one down,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60155,microsoft,"Redmond, OR"," Oct 18, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a decent place to work but don't expect to learn much,benefits are very good. a well known company,you take charge of a very small part of the whole software for several years and cannot learn much.,increase executtion,3.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60156,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great but dysfunctional,Great opportunities Learn how to build and ship software Learn from excellent people Great on resume Empowered at the individual contributor level,Highly political 1 bad review and you career is dead Culture of copying competition without really believing it can win Weather sucks Too much focus on perception of yourself vs actual results Review system is like american idol Poor Work life balance Need a good manager to protect you otherwise you become easy target to become the next 10%,Provide a real culture of innovation where technological creativity and business reality is rewarded. Weed out bad managers instead of letting them ruin strong ICs career. There are still many empire builders with little accountability floating around.,2.0,2.5,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60157,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2011",Former Employee - Programming Writer,Microsoft is a great and technically challenging place to work.,"Great, competitive peers. Great benefits. Great work-life balance. Challenging work assignments. Nice work environment. Decent training available. Beautiful part of the world.","Crowded office situation, quite often having to share an office. Lots of egos to work with. Commute to and from is not fun.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60158,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for ,They provide good benefits and a good compensation but at what price...?,No work-life balance at all and FTEs could definitely improve and get some serious training on how they treat V- and A- contractors.,Provide some degree of work-life balance and FTEs could definitely improve and get some serious training on how they treat V- and A- contractors.,2.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60159,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2011",Former Employee - PM Intern,A great place for a college internship.,"Very friendly and talented folks, my manager was very resourceful and did not just give me a project that was swept under the rug.",I feel like I could be making a larger contribution if I worked at a smaller company or SV area startup.,Would be good to let incoming interns know ahead of time what they will be working on for the summer.,3.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1060.htm
60160,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Oct 13, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place to work for a few years,"Awesome benefits, good pay, great perks, nice offices. Potential to work on things that millions/billions of people use.","Microsoft was initially an awesome place to work, but as the years pass it becomes less appealling.  In Cambridge, MA there's not much opportunity to change teams, and not much new is happenning. If you do want to work for Microsoft, I'd highly recommend you consider moving to Seattle/Redmond where opportunities are almost endless.  The annual performance evaluation, stack ranking leaves a significant amount of the company feeling demoralized and detracts from focusing on producing good work.",Cross group/org collaboration needs to be easier -- optimize for Microsoft as a whole instead of optimizing for org/project silos.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60161,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Business Manager,Its a good company,"Its like many companies within a company so you can try different roles/disciplines. Great benefits and decent salary. If you have the right manager, you can have a great work-life balance.","Depending on your manager and team, sometimes growth is slow, lot of politics and complex and confusing review process which is not always fair when you compare different teams and different levels of competencies between teams as the ""curve""/ ""rating"" is done within the context of a team.",Be aware of the fairness issue around review between teams and do not mandate the curve/rating. Look for people within for promotions before going out to hire. Stay competitive.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60162,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Bureacracy Meets Lack of Urgency,"Outstanding benefits, easy to maintain employment if you want to collect paycheck for next 10 years.","Lack of urgency around critical new product launches and ability to compete in key areas (tablets, mobile, Internet), lack of prioritization, people focused on self-preservation vs making right decisons and working in teams.",Leverage the talent you have to more effectively compete against Apple and Google!,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60163,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great resources, great opportunity, but not for whiners or the fainthearted","If you have a good idea, you can make it happen. I worked multiple layers below Steve Ballmer, but I had an idea on how to improve something worldwide. It required shifting resources within the company, so a pretty big sea-change. My manager supported my idea and helped me build my case. Eventually, I found myself in a room with about 20 other people, presenting my idea directly to Steve Ballmer, with my manager by my side but me doing most of the talking and convincing. Steve asked very smart questions and pushed back to test our thinking, but eventually supported the proposal, which ended up having a pretty significant positive effect on Field teams around the world. I have worked at Microsoft for a number of years, in a variety of roles, and I have been very impressed with the way the company works to create the right balance in corporate culture. Yes, it's a big company, so there is some process to make sure things are well-coordinated. But if you have a good idea and know how to communicate and share your idea, you can make incredible things happen.","Seattle traffic sucks, but at least the company is all over trying to give us solutions and options -- free bus passes, work-remote options, carpool incentives, flexible working arrangements. The Connector bus service all around the region is pretty incredible, even though I don't ride it all that often.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60164,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A lot depends on the managers you get,- Lots of opportunity to move around in the company - Lots of new technology to play with - Fast-paced environment/lots of resources to learn from. - Great health insurance - Decent pay,"- Your work environment depends a lot on the management of your team. It can be hit or miss. Some managers are very snarky and will play the game. They'll write things in your review to keep you from switching teams even if you get a decent bonus. From talking to others, it seems like there are a handful of managers who aren't concerned with YOUR career growth and success but rather their own. No one treats you like a human being and recognizes the hard work and long hours you put in - you're just another slave. I've heard stories about how people's reviews get messed up out of the blue and thus are forced to look externally. I've also heard stories about better teams on the other end of the spectrum but it seems like it's a rare thing.","- Encourage your managers to be transparent with their directs. - Recognize people's hard work - even a little ""thank you"" goes a long way. - Treat your employees like human beings rather than pawns on a chess board and they will put in 150% in their work and be happy. - Don't waste time placing the blame when problems arise, rather you should recognize that there is a problem and work towards a solution. - Encourage a more collaborative environment among teammates and your team will be more efficient and effective.",1.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60165,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,"Yes, there are issues, but overall, an excellent place to work","* Still a world leader in software, and is in tons of businesses and geographies, so there are plenty of career options long-term * Dress code is casual, and company culture is laid back and forward-thinking - lots of opportunity to try new methods and ideas * Pays well and has both a performance bonus and stock award based on performance * Health benefits are second to none, and the company provides a ton of little extras that make life beter (gym membership, free beverages, flexible work arrangements, amazing company events and morale events, etc) * Management very supportive of personal and professional development * Amazingly diverse and bright group of co-workers - in my workgroup of ~40 people, I have co-workers from Japan, China, India, Singapore, Australia, Turkey, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Poland, Netherlands, France, and Canada - I get to travel around the world without leaving my office * Very generous corporate culture - company sponsors a massive Giving campaign and strongly encourages its employees to give back to the community in various ways","* Organizational silos are brutal here - cross-group collaboration is getting better but still a major issue that the company needs to work on * Not for everyone - you really have to own your development plan and commitments here - no one is going to hold your hand * Corporate resources are plentiful and high quality, but can be very difficult to navigate * Re-orgs are an unfortunate, regular part of life here * Your Microsoft experience may vary considerably from group to group, so a lot depends on your immediate manager (which is good if you have a good one, but can be disastrous if you have a bad one) * There are so many talented, bright, and hardworking people here that it can be very difficult to get noticed and advance - it's easy to get lost in the crowd of 80,000+ FTE's","Microsoft has more and smarter engineers than any other company in the world, bar none. The creative power here is absolutely phenomenal. Find ways to unleash and empower that creative power. Microsoft is doing very well in enterprises and businesses, but not so well on the consumer side. This is puzzling, because Microsoft has compelling consumer products. Find a new and creative way to tell our consumer story.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60166,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Have fun and change the world,"Impact of the work we do - technology has the power to change the world for the better, and there's opportunity to get good ideas heard.",a bit political at times. cross group collaboration needs work because people are often threatened that their toes are being stepped on.,"Get rid of commitments. they force the org to think in a silo'ed structure, which makes us miss opportunity. MS has the best solutions, but we can miss the opportunities if we're focused on products and not customer needs.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60167,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2011",Current Employee - Business Analyst Manager,Getting too big,Diversified product lines which allow employees to explorer different part of the company.,It is getting too big as a tech company. Its disadvantage in moving slowly is painfully apparent when compared to younger competitor such as Google.,Cut out the middle managements and flatten the org. Spin off if necessary. There are too much bureaucracies which hinder decisions and developement in a fast moving industry.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60168,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful,Work with a lot of smart people,Review model creates unhealthy environment,The review model needs to be fixed. Constant comparisons with peers kills good work environments,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60169,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Disappointing, political, sterile",Good benefits (until 2012) Smart engineers Name recognition,"Highly, highly political environment - your career depends on who you know, self-promotion, and your relationship with your boss. People overwhelming prefer electronic versus physical interaction - leads to a sterile and silo'ed environment. Kool-aid drunk employees, often don't know what's going on outside of Microsoft.","Fire Ballmer, Brummel. Get rid of the stack-ranked review system that encourages peer-competition instead of cooperation and spend less time on reviews and more time on products. Implement real accountability for middle management.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1061.htm
60170,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft on a downhill slide.,"The only pro remaining to Microsoft as an employer are the benefits. However, those are being eroded over the next two years thanks to the punishing taxes on cadillac health plans by the ObamaCare legislation. Rather than paying the tax Microsoft is diminishing coverages.",Management within product groups is extremely adversarial and it is impossible to advance your career without becoming part of this clique.,There needs to be some serious pruning of the principal level employees in the product groups. People have become entrenched in this level and are holding back the advancement of anyone who is not part of their clique. This is causing a huge migration of talent out of the company.,2.0,1.5,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60171,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 30, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"ok place to work, but lower and lower company potential","long learning curve, job security is good as they won't let you go without any sign. People are told to be polite, so manner of co-worker/managers are very comfortable.","Politics, promotion and good performance are very tricky. Less and less company potential. Insider only think the idea of old windows time, they don't honor innovation.","review is not quite fair, manager's comments in determining the employee accounts for too much percentage on final decision. Support IC initiated idea/project/innovation.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60172,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,decent place to work,work life balance is some groups,powerpoint company. Promos are given to people who produce powerpoints,promote people who know the business,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60173,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Change the world or go home,"Impact on products is huge - if you work on feature in Windows, Office, Bing, etc. millions of people will use it. There are some seriously smart people working on these things to boot.","Large company. You're competing for review points against your peers and sometimes team mates which breeds this sort of ""arms length"" partnership for the most compeitive folks.","I think there should be a greater design focus, more autonomy between the divisions, and they should stop slowly eroding benefits.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60174,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience,"work/life balance good, flexible time",Large company's bureaucracy and policy. Too much mid-level management,none,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60175,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a mixed bag.,Microsoft has huge impact on the industry and lots of opportunites in vaious areas.,all of these are mostly in Microsoft ecosystems and your expertise will be limited to those when you move.,"Microsoft has grown too big and Steve knew he is unable to fix the middle management dynfunction, which is the MAJOR problems. There is no clear accountability for most of management.  If there is only one thing BillG screwed up, that is the leadership long term transition-planning. there is no replacement candidate available to Steve and Microsoft is notorious for expelling outsiders up the management chain.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60176,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 28, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Managers make or break the MSFTE experience. Politics matter more than output,"New Base Salaries around 100k New SDET focus on coding opportunity to write our own tools Finally, a team that pushes for work/life/balance New manager is awesome and further shows the within Microsoft you can have great and horrible experiences pending who you report to Some of the top engineers in the world work here","Was stuck with a manager for several years that stagnated my growth Commonsense dies the further you go up the management chain 2-4th tier managers do not think about hte bottom line and manage information up We're to Top Down and stifle IC innovation to much email and at all hours To little in person communication A lot of push on opinions without open mindedness to change or alternative options. ""what my manager says, I do.""","Stop front loading work items to IC's to maximum capacity of 50-60 hours a week Mon-Friday and allow them to innovate on their own. They're the most intimate with their product and understand the customer and opportunities far better then the Directors of 160 people and 2 dozen products. Move leads to IC's and have the Managers handle all of the 1:1, reviews, etc. so that it's VP => Director => Manager => IC and each manager has 30'ish people and sole job is to manage people! Lead shouldnt manage people and are most often promoted to lead because they were the most technically successful IC of their group, which doesn't imply they're good managers/leads.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60177,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Oct 5, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),fabulous and challenging environment to usher ones growth,"good salary,name ,and enviroment usher ones growth",huge workload and time line sequence,"it s the one of the best in the worlds,nothing else to say",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60178,microsoft,"Cambridge, MA"," Sep 22, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Good place to work,Excellent benefits and pay. Bonus and stock. Discounted software and other group discounts.,Not many opportunities outside of Seattle.,none,5.0,4.5,none,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Get experience then get out,Some of the greatest minds in the world to work with and learn from,More about how you report your activities rather than what they are,Be courageous,2.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1062.htm
60180,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Company in the middle of identity crisis,"Great health benefits (about to be less great), short commute, flexible work week, OK vacation.","Horrific performance review system, back stabbing, politics, product chaos, Cloud schizophrenia, frequently incompetent management, limited advancement opportunities (stuck in one level for long time), obsession with scorecard (if it is not in the scorecard, it does not exist), zero charisma at the top, focus on tactical planning dressed like ""strategic"".","Go back to the roots and focus on key competencies. Decide who you are. Spin off online and entertainment businesses and let them survive on their own, if they are so good. Accept the fact that the era of thick client is over and develop plan B. Time for the new leader to take over.",2.0,4.5,none,1.5,4.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60181,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Lots of opportunity, very competitve, broken review process.","Chance to build stuff used by millions of people around the world. Very profitable company. Very little downside in the stock price. One of a very few companies that has opportunities across a wide range ""geek cred"" projects (e.g., compilers, kernels, VMs, database systems, dev tools, machine learning, games,...).  Pay is very competive, particularly after you've been there 5+ years in a high (sr or principal band), and you have 5 years of stock grants vesting every year.","Very subjective review system. Lots of process - some necessary, but some is burdensome. Very competive environment - you need to bring your A-game, or you'll get passed by. You have to ""manage your career"" to get ahead - choose the right teams, right projects, ensure your personal visibility is high & your personal ""brand"" is positive.","scrap the review system. I'm a high performer, and the review system is completely subjective & unfair, hence I'm looking for a new job.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60182,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,Stagnant,"Microsoft is a great place to work in terms of building your resume, getting a good salary, and incredible benefits. The benefits are unmatched in the industry but that is changing soon. It is definitely a good place to start out but don't stay too long.","Microsoft has become very conservative over the years. There has been a noticeable increase in risk aversion. Management is so conservative that some people are unwilling to even take risks on their own employees much less big bets in the marketplace. Also, it is very hard to grow professionally which I believe is due in large part to how conservative Microsoft has become.  In addition, it is really hard to move around at Microsoft. The internal interviews are no different than external. They don't seem to care about your performance to date just whether or not you can pass the interview loop. It's actually easier to interview externally than internally.",Take a risk. Microsoft used to take big risks and it paid off. (Obviously some didn't - Vista.) If you don't take risks you won't get ahead. You'll stay in the same place. The industry sees this which is why the stock hasn't moved in 10 years.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60183,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,Burnout and turnover expected,- smart people - great benefits - AWESOME global teamwork experience - Leading edge research and development teams and great technical exposure,- Most great ideas don't see the light of day - cult of personality-driven advancement and recognition - long days and constant work expected as the norm,Start treating your people better and cut back on new hiring -- too many people already. Allow people to thrive and succeed WITHOUT being forced/driven to advance if they don't want to.,3.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60184,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"The company has smart people, but needs strong management and a cohesive strategy","- Smart people, relaxed work environment, decent compensation, good benefits - Decent opportunities for growth - interesting projects","- Short-sighted strategy at management level, seems management wants to show short-term gains, get their bonuses, and move on. Ambitious projects with little vision are started and killed later or shipped half-baked (and the plug is soon pulled) - NIH syndrome, and reluctance to adopt industry standards - SteveB is CEO",Get rid of SteveB Focussed strategy,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60185,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Once a great place, gone bad","Smart people, great benefits, nice physical working environment.","Been there for over a decade. Over the past few years, MS has morphed from a company in which I've been proud to work to an environment to one that's stifling, very political, and toxic. The new review system is highly subjective, very few like it. It doesn't matter how many points you put up on the board, it's who you know and who is going to support you in the calibration meetings, which determine your future at the company. Where's BillG when we need him?",Quit treating your employees as disposable objects.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60186,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2011",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,No advancement,great international company to work for,very difficult for administrators to leave discipline even if they have the education to do other roles.,Management should grow their entire team,1.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60187,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft is a huge company, so your experience will vary based upon group and location. It's a good place to work.","I've worked for multiple Fortune 500 companys over the past 15 years, and Microsoft has some of the smartest and most hardworking individuals that I have ever met. I am challenged by my work every day, and take pride in how I have contributed to Microsoft. The point is, I'm given the opportunity ny Microsoft to do my best and work on products and services that impact millions fo people around the world. The benefits are great (until the Health laws change, at least), and the salary is now very competitive with other tech companies.",Hours can be long. Competition between teams and groups can be intense. Upper management could use a shake up. And the company could handle a major restructuring to get the stock moving up instead of staying flat.,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60188,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,stable company with a lot of talented people,limited growth. company is too big to be nimble.,make process lighter for fast innovation,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60189,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 26, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Difficult,"smart people, change the world, interesting problems",easy to make mistakes which cost dearly at review time,.,3.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1063.htm
60190,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2011",Former Employee - Recruiter,"Never respected as a vendor, worked everyone's position, but under the bus when things went wrong.","Good culture, diversity and uber smart people. Constant challenge in positions and environment, kept things from being dull and boring. Innovative ideas are used, but not always credited to you. The expectations are high, but the client contact, if you are allowed access can have it's own rewards in the knowledge exchanged and mentorship.",As a contractor you are a work horse and the patsy for all that goes wrong and no credit for the right or success. If there is a conflict with the process or work ethics of an FTE you are ignored and then hunted until you are pushed out and blamed for all the failures previous or current. The slander that the FTE's feel they are entitled to dish out about people without a voice is abnoxious and dangerous. I reccommend you watch your back at all times in any organization within Staffing.,"Given my recent experience with character and professional slander from a few individuals, I would highly encourage your teams not to speak of others work in a negative manner unless in a professional written request from HR so it can be legally tracked.",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60191,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Too large a company to have consistency,There are still ton of great people and great techical experts and some promising product. Work load is reasonable and work time is very flexible,Planning/Review system is out dated. Personal grows is very impacted by the manager and team. Sometime the stress in job can be high.,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60192,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Sep 20, 2011",Former Employee - Account Executive,Good company as far as benefits and salary - unfavorable as far as work life balance,Great benefits and salary Solid products and reputation,Good ol' boys club in Waltham office as far as sales manager and competence If a sales manager does not like you - watch out - your days are numbered at Microsoft and there is very little recourse as far as HR stepping into very unfair situations It is who you know that gets you promoted - not by achievement or talent,Take a look at your Sales Managers - do they DESERVE to manage sales people and do they really add value to Microsoft sales??,3.0,1.0,none,2.5,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60193,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Work Hard Play Harder,Amazing benefits Very flexible with work timings,Stock isnt what it used to be Not percieved as cool anymore,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60194,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 23, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager II,challenging yet rewarding experience if you are working in the right group!,"technology, innovations, integrations, agility, strategy, engineering challenges, rewards, recognition, benefits and perks","politics crawls in, each group wants to empower their tiny component or product and leads to competition between products","Before a new technology or something that is competing with our own product is developed, think of the customer, the story for them and what's best for Microsoft in terms of seamless integration and costs",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60195,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Good ICs to work with, terrible politics at management",- Many ICs are very technical and good to work with - Can learn immensely on the job about good software development,"- Wrt career progress/reviews, its not what you do that matters, its who you know - Very political management. Stress is not due to work but due to politics at work - Heavy favoritism towards certain employees - Too many processes for simple things",Take a look at lower management and how ICs are being rated. Ensure fairness in review system,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60196,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Analyst,Mediocre experience,Total compensation package and health insurance (although this will change in 2 years) Nice facilities,"Permanent playing catch up og Google and Apple and now Facebook and selling this as a success within the company Lots of favouritism Screwed up review system that turned into a beauty contest that is NOT based on achievements Very political - if your project is good, but may be little controversial to the GM - you will not go anywhere with it Everything driven by visibility not by usefulness to the business and bottom line No innovation Taking risks and thinking outside of the box is not rewarded Very long time to get next promotion (heavy brown nosing required if you are willing to go faster) Heavy (and I mean it) heavy beaurocracy If you try to change jobs within the company, the management is very likely to ruin your career Layers and layers and layers of middle management that does not bring any value besides of cheerleading",Everything has been said in previous reviews - fire the deadwood and the CEO. This not gonna happen anyways.,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60197,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Unenlightened Management is killing MSFT,1. Good Benefits 2. Your own office 3. It might look good on your resume. 4. You can make awesome international friends right here in the US!,"1. Stupid annual review process pits employees against each other even if team is highly successful. 2. Pretty boring products overall. 3. Many managers are nothing more than lying weasels. 4. Company tries so hard to do things right that it loses any edge it has and has become a bland, boring place to kill your time.",About 40% of the jobs at Microsoft are useless and shouldn't exist. The folks that hold those jobs (most mid-level managers) know it and as a result they delight in the backstabbing and political games that ensure their survival at the expense of their direct reports. Put some human elements and flexibility into the review process - this 5 point scale has made a lot of people very angry.,2.0,5.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60198,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Need to be in the right group,"Microsoft has one of the best benefits around and if you're in the right group, this could be one of the best places to work.","The group I happened to be in had management with A LOT of friends and a buddy system going on. Of course, I was there before new management came in and took over. They brought a lot of their friends and buddies over with them. You can guess what happens when it's time for ratings and promotions.","Have candid conversations with your ""team"" and establish a fair system for ranking and promotion. When 5 of your better engineers all leave within a month's timeframe should tell you something about how poor management is in your group.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60199,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Interesting,"Great benefits, fast pace, decisions made quickly, easy to garner attention of inlfuencers. Very smart people.","Challenging to work in groups that are outside their ""sweet spot."" Different markets and solutions can require different approaches, but Microsoft will just continue to do things the same way. I was brought in as a senior industry hire, and that was frustrating.",none,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1064.htm
60200,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 19, 2011",Current Employee - Director,"Satisfying and rewarding as long you work for a manager who cares, and have opportunity to interact with customers",Working on the right initiative or product that is strategic for management is rewarding and inspiring. Aligning with the sponsors and decision makers can help one live a good life inside and outside work!,"Same reasons above - just in reverse. You are only as good as the new manager or sherrif in town, number of reorgs and folks propensity to get a new job in 2 years impacts the ability to provide a consistent or predictable partner or customer experience.","Invest more time interacting with the folks doing and driving real work be it development, marketing, sales - the folks down in trenchs. Ivory tower decision making without transparency and employee interaction can only go so far. No more buddy networks please.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60201,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 20, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Satisfied and good,People you work with are very smart and work life balance is good,Management has scope for improvement,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60202,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Benefits,"Awesome benefits, great work life balance, amazing focus on employee development","Redmond centric, all growth opportunities in redmond, slow, out of touch with internet pace",Operate like a startup,4.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60203,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I have found great challenges that can be both rewarding and frustrating, but overall it has been a good place to work.","I like working with smart people. Regardless of Microsoft's reputation to the outside world, there are really smart people working here. I feel challenged almost every day I come to work in trying to solve real problems to deliver a product. My work has a direct impact on millions of users and that is very satisfying.  The benefits are great with 100% healthcare for now. A hint was made that these benefits will change in 2013 and that will cause me to look at the overall package again.","If you get stuck with a bad manager, work life can be difficult at Microsoft. Your yearly review has way too much dependence on your lead or skip level lead. Also, if you switch teams at the wrong time in the review cycle, this could negatively impact your review. This can be damaging to your career at Microsoft. It isn't necessarily fair, but working here is a choice and that comes with pros and cons.",Keep 100% health insurance!,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60204,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,It's been a great experience,"Get to work mostly on what I want, Microsoft paid for all my tuition for my computer science degree, satisfied with promotion rate, get to work with really smart people","Performance reviews are based on a curve, they have you competing against individuals on your own team as well as the org you're in. So, it's sort of a dog-eat-dog world...",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60205,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Sep 14, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work but good compensation,A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good. The work is challenging and you feel that you're working toward something meaningful.,"The management is poor. The company tries to maintain a small company feel, but lots of good people are lost because the managers are poor. The company is more reactive than proactive, and there seems to be management and structural changes at least once a year, often more than that. Much of the technology feels stale and only in some of the sectors is there true innovation.",Steady the course. Get the work done right the first time. Put the users and your employees first over the all important dollar. Good products will lead to good profits.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60206,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Sep 10, 2011",Current Employee - Support Practice Manager,"Microsoft used to be a very dynamic place to work, it has become a very political corporate machine.","Health Care is free currently, but changing in the next 1-2 years","Stock, limited opportunities, 401k plan, management says one thing does another, Sr. Management can't be trusted.",Listen to those that have built this company instead of pushing them out due to hiring of incompetent outsiders,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60207,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good,Scope and impact of the work you do. Being able to drive projects that touch millions of people worldwide is a unique experience.,"Having worked in different groups, there is a common pattern - Advance with the idea that the company provides a fair ground for everyone, but drive your goals and team without a real regard of principles. Pigmalion effect of any big company.","Be honest with yourself first, then your teams will follow. Real leadership starts with genuine integrity, not quick checks during mid and end of year career reviews...",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60208,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2011",Current Employee - Information Technology,Great if you don't work there,Still a great leader that creates great products,"They are trying to create an image of a perfrect company that cares about others but in reality they treat their employees like nothing. ""Realizing your potential"" is actualy trying to realize the potential of their bank account. If you have an opinion, that's great, keep it for yourself or you'll get hurt. Nonformal dress code ? right ... make sure you dress up nicely",Treat your smart employees with respect or you will be left with a bunch of paper pushers that leave at 3:30 after BSing everyone about the great job they do.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60209,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,so..so,"Brand, perks, cheap software discount","Not innovative, too big of a company, bureaucracy","be more innovative, look at opportunities",2.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1065.htm
60210,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okayish,"Some good people, practically every field of software has some team or the other working on it so you'll definitely find a fit for your interests","HUGE bureucratic company, very slow at reacting to the market, very little innovation",COME ON!,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60211,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 10, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to learn,new technology to work on and brand name,Slow growth for ICs. Need to spent fixed years in a job before getting promotion,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60212,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Good so far,Focus on engineering & innovation,Increased bureaucracy and nepotism in last 3 years,Inspire talent. Control nepotism.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60213,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Nice company to work for,Lots of talented people to work with Good work-life balance pay for tution reimbursement unlimited investment choices for the 401k plan,some of the product units have poor leadership lot of overlapping or redundant projects difficult to switch groups within Silicon Valley,Make it easier to find resources within the company Encourage groups to work with each other Move to distributed development model - open R&D centers in more metropolitan areas,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60214,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is going down hill fast. New review process pushes people to become slackers,Great work life balance. Access to smart people and cutting edge technology,Management does not have accountabilities and this flows down to the employees. New review system encourages people to become slackers. Working hard will get you a 3 (average). Working 60+ hours will get you a 2 (above average). Working all the time or sleeping with management will get you a 1 or 1+. If you do 30-40 hours a week (10-15 of real work) you get a 4. The only pay difference is a few 1000 per year. So why work hard any more. Unless you are willing to sell your soul its not worth the extra 3000 you would get with a 1 (compared to 3).,Move the curve back down. Hold people accountable. Fire Ballmer.,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,2.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60215,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2011",Current Employee - Group Manager,Great opportunity to learn the software business from industry leader.,"Microsoft has products in many different areas - operating systems, database systems, messaging products, telephony, online games, etc. One of the best reasons to work at Microsoft is the diversity of products and the opportunity to work with some very talented people.",Microsoft is a very large company with a fairly deep hierarchy. The opportunities for true entrepreneurs is far less today than it was 10 years ago. It is much more difficult to start something new at Microsoft.,"Measure the results of senior management in the same way that individual employees are measured. If a vice president / president does not achieve commitments and/or P&L goals, the person should move on to a different role - preferably not another VP role.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60216,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Test Lead,"Good experience for newbies, not much growth thereafter","Compensation package, awareness, people and culture","Stunted growth, frog-in-a-well attitude creeps in quickly","Expand, take challenges, rally troops and make sure they all play nicely with each other",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60217,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2011",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Too many politics.,"There is a lot of different things to do here. If you're bored of one area, you'll be able to easily find very different software related work within the company.","There's far too much politics in this company for it to function well. What's worse is that because of this, the people who politic the most (who is also ones who do the least meaningful work) get promoted fasted and makes the company worse.",none,1.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60218,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Inexorably fading into irrelevance,-Health and medical benefits are superior -Smart folks and a few good managers -One of the best campuses in the industry -Discounted Microsoft software for employees -Many employees have private offices (not cubicles),"-Annual review system forces bottom 20% each year to be eventually managed out of the company, making for an extremely stressful workplace -Microsoft appears to be in the process of laying off or otherwise turning over 20% of the workforce over the next 3 - 5 years -Technical skills acquired are Microsoft centric and not transferable to other companies -Performance ratings are too dependent on the immediate manager (leaving you at the mercy of manipulative managers) -The work environment is extremely political, requiring a lot of maneuvering to get ahead, and there is no teamwork -All product strategy is ultimately based on defending the Windows business, so there is no innovation (just being a fast follower) -All products are perenially focused on catching up with competitors to prevent marketshare erosion (e.g. Windows 8 to combat iPad, Office ""Online"" to combat Google Apps, Windows Server to combat VMWare, etc.) -Management is focused more on building empires for themselves, and not on doing the right things for Microsoft -Medical benefits will be severely cut back starting in 2013 (moving to Health Savings Account, etc.) -Base salary is not competitive with rest of tech industry -Stock has gone nowhere in 10+ years :-)","-Implement a review system that is fair to employees, and doesn't require political maneuvering throughout the year -If you want to turnover 20% of the company over 3 - 5 years, do it all at once, so that those who remain can focus on work -Pick managers who have integrity, and based on their management talent (not individual ability) -Stop chasing the competition forever (from Linux, Oracle a while back to Google, Apple now), and innovate from within instead",1.0,1.5,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60219,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft has tremendous talent but a confused/political leadership.,"1. Amazing engineers 2. Amazing technology, tools and resources 3. Amazing sets of products and technologies to work on. 4. Good pay.",1) Leadership is lacking vision 2) Organizations are very politically motivated and not very customer cenrtic.,Challenge the IPAD heads on Provide free lunches and dinners like Google. Offer ever perk that Google offers.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1066.htm
60220,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2011",Current Employee - Director of Technical Product Management,An amazing journey almost two decades long,"A lot of internal innovation taking place, not well understood on the outside Internal opportunities Benefits beyond salary","Decision making takes a long time, moving an elephant Competition becomes very intense at high levels Stock has not moved on 10 years","It's time to really do things differently, leverage the integration opportunities across businesses a lot more.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60221,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair,"Stable, as expected when working for such a company. Mostly fair. Haven't felt any unfairness. Free. Mostly you have control on what you are doing.",No opportunity for rapid financial growth. MS stock has been flat for decades. Not easy to move to new area.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60222,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Decent coworkers, bad work-life balance","Lots of smart co-workers, most management is decent.","Horrible work-life balance, some bad managers.","More transparency, especially with respect to reorgs.",3.0,2.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60223,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great to work at.,Work life balance Lot of different exposure to teams Smart people,Bad senior management Inconsistent performance system Lack of future direction,Have passion Think overall picture instead of your own product,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60224,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Creative LEad,One of the greatest and worst places to work,"good pay, good benefits, lot's of opportunity, job security, intelligent co-workers and lot's of interesting products to work on","lot's of re-orgs, management can be clueless on how things actually work, too many chiefs and not enough indians, management can be smug, rock star mentality and too much focus on shipping and not enough on laying foundation and long term goals, not the best place for creative- more PM oriented. Company fosters a very aggressive culture, cross team cooperation is overly difficult","pay more attention to what the people that are on the ground making the products have to say and quit being so impressed with yourselves and your ""strtegies"", you really don't know more than anyone else.",3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60225,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Swimming in the Shark Tank,"Global opportunities to make an impact. Work with some very smart people, learn a lot, many different ways to go with your career.",Bonehead executive decisions dilute companys strength. Difficult to know how to grow to the next step in your career.,"Focus your energy, rally the team",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60226,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Just another large corporation... pluses and minuses,"Microsoft offers a great benefits package and an overall stable environment in which to work in. Most people do not realize how ""protected"" they are compared to a lot of other places.  Great to see how products are truly ""coming together"" rather than seeming like they have been developed by different divisions.","Depending on what part of the company you work in your experience of what Microsoft is, will be completely different.",none,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60227,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2011",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Tough,Great benefits and some dedicated people.,Politics and crony-ism keeps the best ideas buried.,Change the culture or the company will die a slow painful death.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60228,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good if you play political games, put in 80+ hour weeks, or if you have highly specialized technical skills","The health benefits are extremely good. Individual coworkers on the ""front lines"" are often highly professional, personable and knowledgeable. Any team that has direct customer contact, or is primarily staffed by fulltime coworkers in Redmond, tends to have good morale and goals.","The employee review system is political, stressful and toxic. There is a thick layer of middle management that confuses, slows down or even actively sabotages career growth and business success. There is opportunity for financial award and technical growth, but you need to put in very long hours and extensive networking to find the product teams that provide this, get into them, and then be able to stay in them. Overall, the risk/reward ratio is not worth it unless you have very specialized skills, are good at navigating political environments, or have the room in your personal life to make playing ""the game"" your prime focus for many years.","Fundamentally change your review system. Take a long honest look at the product groups which are not contributing. Do a wholesale change of leadership at the very top. Thank Ballmer for his years of service and ask him to step aside, so that the stock price can go up again and Microsoft can truly reinvent itself.",1.0,3.5,none,2.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60229,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place to work.,Benefits are top notch. Work life ballance is emphasized. Casual environment. Great place for a tech enthusiest. Interest in career growth is a requirement.,"Very large corporate environment. Company acts as many small units, not often united. Pay and benefits are not competitive in non-SoftwareEngineering roles.",Pay attension to your non-engineers when making decisions about pay and benefits. We don't all write software or sell products yet can have an enourmous enfluence on how Microsoft performs.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1067.htm
60230,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Solutions Manager,dehumanizing,- Opportunities to work on World Wide projects - Ability to develop new solutions - great benefits - good training for internal,- compensation is good - but considering net income feels miserly - male dominated culture and leadership structure - lack of nuance in appreciating and using people's talents - too much overselling of accomplishments,focus on increasing female leadership reduce competition- increase cooperation treat people with respect - hiearchy does not define human value,2.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60231,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Still outstanding, if you want to learn software engineering, come here","Awesome perks, 100% coverd medical/dental. Dont pay a single dollar for even prescription. Work life balance, growth potential, impact, satisfaction and what not","Too large now, needs to slim down some projects.","Slim down the company. Take the money out of testers and increase dev salary. Comeon, who gives the testers same money as devs.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60232,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft expects more out of their employees than any company I had worked for previously but are willing to compensate,"Amazing products, Excellent Benefits, fantastic opportunities for personal and professional growth. Microsot also provides a fair work environment where hard work is rewarded.","Much like any company, there are a certain amount of office politics you have to deal with. This gets old fast.","My manager, who i enjoy working for very much, sometimes doesn't share her vision for my team with us, this makes it difficult to plan and execute future projects and deliverables.",5.0,3.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60233,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,It was awesome 10 years and meh since the layoffs started in 2007.,"Smart people, great benefits, great location of the main campus, unlimited potential to work on impactful products.","The review/calibration model, all employees are fit against a forced-distribution curve.",Figure out how to reward teams instead of pitting every individual against his or her peers. Maybe spin off some of the non-core businesses.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"I tried to extend the existing project, but with no one to guide me(not even my manager and mentor), I did what I could.","Good benefits, good atmosphere and campus, good infrastructure, A status symbol working at Microsoft,, Can talk to senior management without any restriction, you get your own private office","Less compensation as compared to others, very difficult to penetrate the existing crowd, kinda political atmosphere to work in it",Dont be too harsh on the interns and new joinees. Do not assign them a fastidious manager. Assign them a mentor who actually knows about the project the new guy is supposed to work on.,2.0,4.5,none,2.5,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60235,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Can be a great place depending on your team,"- Lots of smart people - Diverse backgrounds - Oppty to change roles and move into new areas - Good benefits - Work life balance is important, at least on paper","- Reviews tend to be about visibility and who you know - Re-orgs happen too frequently, which can be a pro or con depending on where you land - Too much middle management - Salary. If you stay for a long time, you don't get much year over year. If you just joined, salary is competitive",Really need to cut back on middle management and hire less people. MSFT is so big that it feels like we hire more people to help offest the matrix of work created by having so many people. Its an endless cycle that needs to be stopped before productivity stalled completely. Less people need to be empowered to do more...this will help give more role clarity and purpose while raising recruiting standards to where they were 6-7 years ago.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60236,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Unless you've got your nose planted you'll not get anything,"Great benefits, flexible hours at times","Getting involved with the wrong group can kill your career in a heartbeat. Steer clear of PQO also now known as ECO, this group is poison to your career and advancement.","You're losing great people because you have poor managers, time and effort, not technical skills or acumen make a good manager. Invest in hiring managers that know people, not idiots with degrees and little people skills",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60237,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Fun, meaningful, and rewarding","World class company means world class amenities and employee support. The company goes to great lengths to ensure employees are happy and pampered. The campus I'm on has a soccer field, a dozen restaurants, a bank, post office, ski and bike shop, cell phone stores, hair salon, art gallery, and live jazz quartet playing at lunch time.","Lots of bad managers. Microsoft focuses on hiring great Devs, Testers, and PMs, and expects that somewhere along in their careers, after being promoted and rewarded for being great Devs, Testers, and PMs, that they suddenly learn how to be great managers too. Three of the absolute worst managers of my adult life have been at Microsoft. I've also had some very good managers, including my current manager, but they are few and far between.","Hire leads and group managers for their skills as managers, don't simply put senior ICs in charge of other people's careers, it's a disaster that repeats itself daily throughout the company. Focus more on leveraging the assets of multiple groups, for too long we've had siloed orgs that go off and build products without any clue as to what other teams are doing. The Kin phone was probably a perfect example of how bad that can go. Stop pretending like the stock price doesn't matter. Acknowledge it, tell us what your plan is to get the price up after a decade of stagnation.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60238,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2011",Former Employee - Director,A company that has lost its direction,"* Great company, history and legacy * Great benefits * Great attitude toward personal issues","* Company is living off its past * Sr management is mis-guided and no longer on cutting edge or aware of market's direction * Employees only spend time on internal e-mailing, much of which has little impact on new products/customers * No teamwork - all individual contributors",Get out of your office and e-mail - reach out to customers to see what they really want Focus on innovation and new products!,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60239,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,High Bureaucracy Tax,"It's obviously an established and well-rounded company with plenty of smart people to work with and learn from. The company focuses very hard on career development and tries to help you maximize your productivity. A lot of people complain about one thing or another, but the bottom line is that they take good care of you in numerous ways.",There is a very high bureaucracy tax. There are many re-orgs to sidetrack entire teams and individual obstacles (crazy frameworks for everything) are all over the place. You half to be half-politician to have a successful career here and the review process can be either lucrative or maddeningly arbitrary and painful (depending on many factors out of your control). It's a great place for people who want to drink the cool-aid and settle and be comfortable... and can be frustrating for others.,"The new review system limits mobility within the company and cross-pollenation. Since a review score is fairly arbitrary and ambiguous (and fit to a ruthless curve) it doesn't necessarily give an accurate representation of individual accomplishments or potential. When VPs (of numerous orgs) use this to set internal hiring policies (eg, nobody gets hired without a 1 or 2) it effectively prevents over half the company from moving around to all the highly advertised fun and exciting opportunities within the company.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1068.htm
60240,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2011",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,The land of technology is lost in process,"Ultimately, good smart people come through the selection process so you will learn from some of the best and the brightest. Microsoft is a social environment, has a fantastic campus, and I enjoyed working and playing at the Commons facility and getting to meet lots of diverse people there. Also found Microsoft much more supportive of flex schedules and working remote than most companies, even their tech-petitors like Amazon who prefer you come to work, with a dog.","Process and tools. Most common complaint of anyone whose work is not strictly coding.. ""this is the best software company in the world so why do we use the worst software systems and tools ever!"" Anyone who has touched the HR or Recruiting tools in MS can tell you in a sigle word.. downtime! Then stack on heavy compliance process, an overload of decision makers and approval process, and then always hire a team contractor anlaysts to come in and replace the tools and systems people use with worse tools, so they get less done.","Great job last year revamping your salary and performance management programs, it was long overdue. Microsoft has always had a ""high bar"" just to get hired, but for most people the impossible bar was getting into the ""top performers"" bracket where the real bonus and stock awards are given out. The new program makes it an easier ramp from newbie to high performer, but watch out for the mark of being a ""low performer."" Anyone with a past review putting them in the "" Low Performer"" bracket typically can not move to another team in Microsoft and worse, if they leave Microsoft they find it near impossible to return.. unless you come back as a contractor. What the company needs to consider now is how to improve performance from the massive contractor talent pool. It seems you rely so heavily on contingent staff to execute the day-to-day business work but after you spend that effort to ""manager out"" low performance you simply rehire them as contractors.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60241,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 31, 2011",Current Employee - Business Professional,"Great benefits, good compensation, kludgy bureaucracy","Great employee perks Access to education, learning, training Smart people Generally pleasant environment","Culture does not reward creativity or innovation well (despite constantly ""seeking"" it) Appearance of success more important than actual success (at times) Highly perception driven Lots of not so smart people whose main goal is to keep getting paid","If you want to foster innovation, provide incentives for experimentation and risk-taking as much as for results achieved. Recognize and reward creativity as much as as you do compliance and analysis.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60242,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2011",Current Employee - Product Manager,consistent and defined deliverables,work life balance Benefits Consistency and predictability,speed innovation Brand perception Pay for performance,time delivery of products to meet market expectations,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60243,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 30, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good place for entry level,"process, performance review, mature, relationship",Innovation is not encouraged or no space to do innovation.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60244,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 3, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing benefits, opportunity for greatness","World class benefits, pretty impressive perks, interesting problems",Dragged down by underperforming divisions. We should axe them or sell them.,Spin out underperforming divisions as their own companies,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60245,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place to work,Unmatched opportunity married with solid corporate fundamentals.,Size of company allows for some internal competition/lack of alignment.,"Get back to ""One Microsoft"" -- with DoJ behind us, we can start working together again. Time to play hard and win.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60246,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,,"People are very smart, you get systems, resources a good workplace, benefits and all the equipment and support you need to do a good job.","""This is how we do things here, even if it's wrong"".  Having standards are more important than getting things right.  Microsoft used to have people who were geniuses. Now they are smarter than average, but think they are geniuses.  HR is worse than Jack Bauer's CTU.","A lot of people in the bottom tiers are getting fired, but poor managers stay around and sometimes become individual contributors.",3.0,1.0,none,3.5,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60247,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft is a tough place to work due too much politics.,Microsoft covers the whole world and allows you to interact with all sorts of industries.,There is no incentive for team-work and there is an excess of politics that hinders productivity.,A culture of innovation would benefit the company at this moment of harder competitiveness. The new review process punishes those ones that tried and failed whereas creates incentives for playing safe (aka: do the minimum and spend the rest of the time selling yourself doing politics).,1.0,4.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60248,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,People Resume Some of the best perks Technology Compensation,Overworked Politics Silo environment Extremely competitive and at times it can be a very cutthroat environment.....not worth the hassle,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60249,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 31, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Many opportunities to learn and benefits,Experiencing turmoil of being directionless,No advice to hunchos,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1069.htm
60250,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A real mixed bag,"Work-life balance Insurance Easy to move laterally Flex work hours Commute options Ability to work on different domains (bing, windows, phone, azure, servers, xbox)",Some crappy people Bureaucracy high-churn pigeonhole political Can only work on Microsoft technologies Slow to market Focus on process (not outcome),"Microsoft management lacks vision, and decision making power. With a strong vision, and decision making ability, management can leverage 90,000 employees to their full potential.",3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60251,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Interesting projects, smart people, many technologies","Performance Management. Too much polictics, redundant",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60252,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Aug 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Starting to become very bureaucratic but still a great company,"Love the people I work with, and the benefits are great. The company is great at supporting remote work when that is possible. Some very exciting products and a wide range of opportunities, especially if you do not mind 100% travel.",A drive to focus on filling in red yellow green boxes has in the past three years started to hurt the company. Lack of vision and inability to effectively absorb some very technologically fine acqusitions has been depressing to watch. Work Life balance is mostly given lip service.,Too many middle managers and the focus on numbers is blocking our vision,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60253,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A decent place to work,"Own Office Good benefits: Medicare for family, paid parental leave, etc.. Smart people to work with Recent pay raise Flexible working hours",Too much emphasis on visibility which may neglect people who's doing solid work Stock is not moving anywhere for 10 years? I see solid people forced to get a low rating due to strict curve.,Take actions quickly to compete. Recognize and retain solid engineers even if they did not talk about their achievement all the time.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60254,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Management culture at MS makes for caustic work environments,"Some genuinely interesting technology, and most ICs I work with want to make the best product they can. Great benefits package, pay is average.","Management (in general) can make for some truly caustic work environments, sucking all the joy and morale out of groups. I've have seen some talented people in management who strive to improve their groups, but they are the exception, not the rule. Yeah, this sounds cliche, but areas of MS can make Dilbert look prophetic.",Dump the new review system (which has gotten progressively worse with each iteration) and get management back involved in creating great products and ideas instead of backstabbing each other (and everyone around them) to promote their own careers.,1.0,3.0,none,1.5,2.5,1.5,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60255,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Aug 23, 2011",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Overall experience would rank MS as a great place to work.,Great place to work. Lots of diverse culture within the company. Provides several opportunities for training and career growth in the company.,None that i can think of at the moment. Plenty of career options within the company if employees wish to choose them.,Try to over more focus on the user experience for the products released by investing more in quality assurance. There is lots that can be improved in the software products.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60256,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Better salaries, still horrible review system",Pay is not bad work/life balance is quite good,"Forced review curve encourages employees to put on a show for managers instead of doing actual work. This has led to the unfortunate position MS is in now in the consumer space - no marketability, poor reaction times","Latest review changes were cute, but does nothing to address the actual problem with the system. Stop relying on underperforming and uninnovative OEMs to make hardware. Start designing world-beating hardware (PC, laptop, phones) in house. The partner system is a serious weak point.",2.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60257,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Its just fine,flexible environment many opportunities to choose from great medical benefits good people,low salaries less rewarding reviews and performance appraisals,promote innovation and quick rewards,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60258,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Technical Writer,"Once a great place to work, less so now",Flexible work schedule and conditions. Wide variety of opportunities. Reasonably transparent performance evaluation and rewards. Benefits package among the best in the industry. Lots of opportunity to contribute to technologies that change the world.,Increasingly sclerotic corporate culture. Company is perpetually trying to catch up with industry leaders such as Apple and Google. Lack of opportunity for advancement as a truly individual contributor. Declining lack of morale as employees realize that they are considered replaceable commodities rather than unique assets.,"Break up the company! The benefits of symbiosis have not produced enough of a positive response in the marketplace to compensate for the latency that cross-divisional coordination introduces. Stop firing employees for any reason other than cause, RIFs intended to enhance shareholder value are extremely demoralizing and erode employee loyalty and trust. Stock value is no longer a motivator, but trust is.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60259,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 23, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great in HQ, bad in Silicon Valley",Smart people Great technology Lots of learning resources Many internal job opportunities in HQ,"Too much process overhead for well established team. Too much bureaucracy in some big organizations. Unreasonably enforced curve for performance review. Extremely hard to climb up ladder in some big money making groups. For IC role, experience doesn't matter much. Some group even prefers new graduates.","Reward hard-working talent, drop the dumb curve. Save time from ridiculous time consuming calibration. Treat talents with respect. Cut some stupid processes which is used just to show some non technical managers did work.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1070.htm
60260,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good so far,"Vast products and various groups to look out for opportunities. Various fields starting from Games, Windows, Office and Online Services too",Bloated at the mid level Too many mid layer manager/leads Needs to shed a lot of fat and become lean and mean,"Vast products and various groups to look out for opportunities. Various fields starting from Games, Windows, Office and Online Services too",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60261,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work for,Good work life balance Good benifit,Sometimes political issues and the tedious performance review process,Value individual contribution more,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60262,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2011",Current Employee - Test Manager,"Sadly, it's not the company it once was...","Great benefits! Microsoft Research is doing some really deep thinking in exciting areas There are still smart people in the product groups (forget about HR, Support, etc)","It's become a huge bureaucracy... The focus is on pleasing the shareholders (& wallstreet) instead of the customer. The ""always be growing or get out"" mentality pushes out good people who are happy at their current level -- to get ahead you have to sacrifice your personal life.",If you build it (quality software) they will come (with their eyeballs and wallets) I think Apple has shown that if you care about design and listen to the customer you will make tons of money... why is MS so short-sighted?,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,4.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60263,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love this company and proud to work here.,"Great brand recognition, technology, commitment to continual improvement, bottom line focused management, cash to invest in change the world technology, opportunity for advancement, international exposure, and wondeful campus and working environment.","Focus on the consumer and the decision making that is happening in the social media space. Don't just catch Apple, pass Apple! Become more focused on continually creating cool technology that consumers love, and that in turn can drive enterprise level decisions.",Get more cutting edge technology thinkers and game changers in senior level positions. Get back to our roots of being about the technology. Think hard about ways to become more nimble to allow for movement at lightning speed.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60264,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place,"Depends on the groups you are working in, the environment could be very passionate and enthusiastic if you are working for some ""core"" products. Those DEV leads are very experienced and knowledgeable and keen to answer questions you have. The benefits here are great.",The salaries are low compared to other big IT companies. You probably need to wait a long time for a promotion.,They should motivate people to make better products instead of just fighting for their own benefits and promotions. Provide more freedom,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60265,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2011",Former Employee - Writer II,Poor management does impact your ability,Great environment to work Awesome benefits There are plenty of oppertunities Training and career development support is available Some great people to work with and learn from,No oversight of poor management review can kill your career Some managers are given the role before they are ready Too many cliques and trible knowledge on some teams Some senior managers make global decisions for personal reasons without understanding the real company impact Some managers use fear rather than leadership as their means of providing incentive,Please do not assume things like work/life balance or the work environment are the same as even 5 years ago. Senior managers appear to have forgotten what it is like to be an individual contributor and yet make statements about work/life which indicates their misunderstanding. Steve B may still run and jump around about how he loved the companym but he must understand the work culture has changed beyond your ability to ever bring it back - should you wish to. The fun is or has drained away and now for most FTEs it is just a job.,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60266,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 17, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place for a couple of years,"Good environment a lot of resources, smart people","After more than 5 years, if you don't climb the ladder it gets boring. Laterly not many things go right.",Focus on the basics,2.0,2.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60267,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 16, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Fast paced, ever changing, challening and increasingly losing those attributes - not like it used to be...",Fabulous information infrastructure and a culture of sharing it. Plenty of businesses for lateral movement. Structured management development process and tools.,"Processes get created sometimes for the sake of having processes. Far too much internal focus during the planning cycle, losing sight of why we're in business.","Hold executives as accountable for performance (or lack thereof) as you do individuals. Do a better job of extracting value from acquisitions. And learn to take the long view, not just the quarterly view. Tendency to ""manage by line of sight"" rather than using their own tools to create trully virtual teams.",3.0,2.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60268,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A growth center for now and the years to come,Smart people Challenging problems Lots of opportunities Great work environment. Good benefits Good pay Chances to grow and help grow others,Political Moves by management Have to move around before a bad review to stay hot Once tainted with a bad review its hard to come back but not impossible,Get a more centered focus and make sure all divisions are headed there. Invest more in research and get those projects out.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60269,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2011","Current Employee - Senior Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions","Great opportunities to work across tech sectors, challenging corporate culture","Great benefits, flexibility of schedule, intellectually stimulating environment, good total compensation",Decisions are often made based on political clout at the top levels rather than based on a cohesive strategy. Review and promotion system can be inconsistent.,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1071.htm
60270,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Aug 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Your experience changes a LOT depending on which department you work for or who is your manager,Reach of company and the chance to impact the lifes of millions of people with your work. There are so many fantastic people that are working hard to help others and innovate in all fields.,"Everything is per-manager-discretion, which means that if you get a bad manager you are toasted. And not only that, because if the manager gives you a bad review, then you are also in very bad shape to look for positions in any other departments.",Foster a culture of transparency and find a way to get rid of lousy managers (and lousy employees). Look for options such as true 360-evaluations and ways to provide a hotline for employees where there will be someone that *will* look into their personal case and will have autonomy to act when there are injustices/unfair treatment.,3.0,2.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60271,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have really enjoyed my time at Microsoft.,Microsoft for all its negative press is a great place to work. The company wants to do the right thing and make the world a better place. It is nothing like I expected.,"microsoft is a big company, and as a result change can be slow. Its like a big boat with small rudder.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60272,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 15, 2011",Current Employee - Director,Great Place to learn how to do things at a large scale,"Very rarely you get to work on projects and businesses that are truly global in nature. Scale and reach are expertise that you will build quickly. Also, a great place where you can (and are encouraged) to follow your career passions. As such, today, you can work on b2b, tomorrow on b2c or any other of the technologies that Microsoft works in.","Just like any big company, you need to proactively manage your career to insure you are getting what you need. Due to the size of the company, decisions and projects move slower than ideal.",Allow strategic projects to be run with less constraints to be able to respond faster to competition and customer needs.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60273,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Design and develop automation libraries to effectively test software and services,"Great health benefits, lots of opportunity to learn breath of technologies","Horrible review system, cut-throat competition, bad middle management",Make the company flatter and encourage re-using components built elsewhere,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60274,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 20, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A great place to work at. You'll get what you deserve,- You can move to another team anytime. - Company recognizes excellent performers. - Compensation is great.,- Management isn't always good. - Leadership communication.,More frequent communication from management to employees is called for,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60275,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 17, 2011",Current Employee - Senior PM,Broad and deep,Build talent great. Big opportunities.,Glass ceiling. Many weak PMs.,Get the dead weight out and promote the top performers you reward.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60276,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You're just a cog in the wheel.,Casual dress Great health benefits Nice colleagues,Overly bureaucratic processes and systems Tenure is rewarded over performance,CEO should resign Streamline processes,3.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60277,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 7, 2011",Current Employee - AREA SALES MANAGER,A place to work hard and get a paycheck without chance for advancement,Great health benefits and company functions.,Senior managers where this is their first job out of college and would most likely not be able to work elsewhere in the software industry in a similar capacity.,"Become an industry leader, not a slow follower.",2.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60278,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Get to work with some of the smartest people in the industry, huge and visible impact of my work.",Great impact of my work Lot of responsibility Good visibility of my work,Many management policies built around 'least common denominator' among the employees. So sometimes even exceptionally skilled employees get held back due to some policies and processes built for average employees. This prevents the company and groups to move faster.,Teams who miss baking Performance and quality into their products should be penalized. There should be stricter emphasis on performance and quality rather than these being just the guiding pillars for the products.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60279,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Director,Excellent Learning Experience,Global Impact and opportunity to make a difference,Highly Matrixed but still innovative,Try to be more open minded,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1072.htm
60280,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Hard Love Life,Microsoft is not only one of the most influential and innovative companies in the the IT industry it als has a real commitment to the community. A pleace where ambitious people can work hard and get ahead. Programs like the annual //Give campaign encourages all staff to contribute to the community and Microsoft generously matches all contributions dollar for dollar,It is now a big company and has many management processes that adds a lot of unproductive time. This can be very frustrating.,The annual financial reports show that billions of dollars are being spend each year on R&D....yet this does not seem to translate into having the most innovative and marketing leading products. MS needs to get its product mojo back,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60281,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,very bad,work with smart people benefit's good,"bad system and culture, a dying company. bad management",leave now and find some other,1.0,3.0,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60282,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Past its prime,- Benefits are great - Vast range of businesses that you have choice to work in - Engineering is highly respected,"- Frequent re-orgs, without any strategic direction - Insular culture. The more years you spend here the more unemployable you'll become outside MS - Connections matter for finding/landing the right opportunities within the company as well as to be rewarded/recognized for the work you do. - Every other team will want to stick a finger in your pie. Teams compete among themselves rather than with competitors outside the company. - Too many peacocks strutting about as Architects, who drag teams through re-design after re-design of the same feature for months. - Far too many VPs, executives and layers of management. - Fad for functional triads (Dev, Test, PM) which is at times totally dysfunctional","- Half the VP's should be let go. Too many VP's mean too many turf battles. - Leaner, more agile team structures. - Re-org doesn't automatically make a dysfunctional team functional, nor does a re-org make a useless product/service useful.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60283,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Microsoft has a lot of smart people, and it's a pleasure working alongside them, talking, discussing, and often arguing about technology and direction.  Microsoft likes people with type A personality - those that do not shy away from expressing their opinion, and if you are that person, then you'll enjoy the environment.  Couple that with the fact that you have a wide range of products and technologies to work on, great benefits, flexible schedule, and room to grow and excel, and you've got a great combination.","Of course, as a big company, Microsoft moves slow on some things. Long release cycles are a part of the culture of shipping boxed software. But a lot of it is changing with increased focus on the Web.",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60284,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience,"Great perks, wonderful respectful staff, amazing work environment (campus is huge), not too far from the city, easy commute to work","Redmond not the one of the best places to live in-- weather was decent, pay was ok, not enough feedback","would like to see more opportunities for feedback, reviews should be done on a regular consistent basis, allow for some more internal growth opportunities",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60285,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2011",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great as I am always optimistic,Highly talented work force. Everyday leanring new things,Promotions are biased and one person decision. Managing up is only important. No value for manager feedback or MS Poll feedback,Listen to talented Individuals and lead not just managers. Managers are manipulating system.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60286,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Lousy, political and no real innovation, always come with products after competitors have exploded into a new market.",Benefits are great. For a mid-career person it is like working for the government.,Highly political Screwed up review process (which makes the company political) No real innovation Lousy leadership Was once a hot company,Fire yourself and let new blood come in and for heaven's sake end the lousy review process. It is killing your company.,1.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60287,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I enjoy working at Microsoft.,1. talent people 2. great benfits 3. Strong work ethics 4.Industry leader 5. flexibility in moving within company,"1. poor senior management 2. Painful, non-working review process 3. too much process and redtape 4. lack of professional growth as the top ladder filled with veterans 5. lack of passion from senior management.",none,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60288,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Smart people but too much of politics and bearocracy,"Benefit package is good, and Seattle is great place to live. I came here by chance but good place for folks who like laid back life.",The company culture is messed up. They are no longer innovators. I would recommend MS to only people that want to take it easy and are ok to deal with politics.,"Management should start paying to Emplyees in similar ranges are Google, Apple, Facebook and oher hi tech companies. Right now it feels a bargain.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60289,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Jul 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,The benefits are very good,Too many people work there.,When they acquire companies they should use those employees for their expertise. Too often Microsoft seems to acquire companies but does a bad job of not letting those people bring their knowledge into the company and use it to their advantage.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1073.htm
60290,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work with great benefits and professional development,Learning from veterans in the software industry Tough problems Benefits Investments in employee growth,Too mature about some things - over-engineered processes,Push the company into some speculative new spaces to lead the industry again and win consumer hearts and minds -- invest more cash!,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60291,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 24, 2011",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Politics reign in this sales office favoring regularly senior employees (not necessarily good ones) at expense of new.,"Well recognized in the IT industry, Broad set of products available (from consumer to enterprise space), Pay/Benefits, Remote work.","The word performance is frequently highlighted by top management at all levels however many times it does not translate to reality when employees are evaluated. Main metrics such as quota attainment, commitments achieved, and peer/customer feedback can be ignored when managers stack rank their employees. The process ends up being extremely biased, working more similar to a popularity contest than fair measurement of performance metrics (with perhaps just a few necessary adjustments). For those who have been with the company for a while it is clear that overall employees in the frontline fell a lot of instability. At last, career progress in the field is very limited as well. High performers in the low base of the pyramid tend to leave earlier as a result.","Be true to the company's values and stand behind it, Take a careful look at your talent pipeline and reward it, It is tough to be innovative in every single sector but Microsoft would be better off taking fewer investment decisions than trying to have a play everywhere.",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.0,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60292,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management making effort to keep people happy,"- great benefits - competitive pay, adjustments coming soon - offices with doors - products are well known and used industry wide",- stock is stagnant - takes long to reach 4 weeks vacation - cafeterias are bad,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60293,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Brilliant people trying to change the world,The people and the work,Management politics and teams not collaborating,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60294,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place for developers,great career opportunities for developers,location of work lack flexibilty,Micorosoft is a great place to work and could be even better.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60295,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2011",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),good culture and good people.,- more stable than other companies - good talent gets recognized well - impact and variety of products/technology you can work on,- not quick to adapt to market - tried and tested ways of doing this. less flexible to try new things - innovation is stifled,- too much process,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60296,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Going down the hill,"Influence to the market, good brand name and great benefit package (for now).",Midcore management and lack of leadership. Lawless review system and very political atmosphere.,Get the company back to a genuine engineering driven empire.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60297,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 2, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Politics and who you know is more important than the work you do.,Paycheck. Paycheck. Paycheck. Paycheck. Paycheck.,"Demoralizing, overly competitive, backstabbing work environment.",none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60298,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very satisfied,"Great campus, great benefits, varied opportunities",Large company - navigation and and politics,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60299,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," Jul 8, 2011",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,It is like working at the world's bigest toy store,Technology is world class. The breadth across consumer and commericial lines of business cannot be matched. You can help hundreds of millions of people through service or product deisgn. There is no other company in the world that has driven this much innovation in technology.,"Like many companies, there are managers that should have stayed on individual contribution paths. Leadership is learned and you can do damage a team by placing someone in a roll without ensuring they have the skills to manage.",Ignore all the haters in the world. Continue to drive R&D. Continue to commit long-term vision to the health of the company while changing the capabilites of technology globally.,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1074.htm
60300,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 17, 2011",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Great company to work for,Treats employees well Lots of smart people Always trying to find ways to build software better,Changes slowly Communication from management is confused or non-existent Culture has not adapted to the changing dynamics of the industry and maturity of Microsoft,"Find some stable leadership, pick a strategy and see it through.",3.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60301,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great place to work coming straight out of college. A large but mature software company.,"- large and mature, lots of training in place - well-paid and great benefits - very talented people who are motivated - past paced environment","- it is increasingly hard for a junior employee to advance to a management position quickly because there are too many senior people at the company and hence not enough senior positions open - poor stock (despite record earnings every year, stock has not moved in a long time) - need better PR and marketing at the company to impress investors as well as to create a more innovative brand",Learn to more effectively delegate so that your reports can learn and grow.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60302,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Opportunities abound if you look in the right teams,"A solid company that's not going away any time soon. A decent compensation package (salary, bonus, stock and benefits). Ability to find other opportunites wihin Microsoft that you are interested in. Ability to completely change your career. The Pacific Northwest is a great place to live and raise a family. Great restaurants, hiking, camping, skiing, scuba diving, boating, you name it, it's here. Plus we have the best seafood around.","Stock is stagnant. The Pacific Northwest is cloudy all the time. Ok, not all the time, but most of the time.",none,4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60303,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair,Microsoft is a great company with worldwide presence. It operates in a world level and with most advanced management tools. The company has all asset possibly availabe to do what they decide to do.,"It is a very big company and the decision becomes a kind of slow. Like a person, it is in its med-life crisis.","Need a clear direction and communicate effectively at all levels, particularly at the level of development engineers so that they know where they will focus.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60304,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Humbling,"Though Google, Apple and others are in the news more nowadays, Microsoft is still the number one. The integrity, honesty and inteligence of the people who work there is of the highest caliber. Its a stable, rewarding and innovative company to work for.",Most often you dont get exposure to other non-MS technologies. You will have to put in extra effort to keep yourself uptodate.,"Get rid of the classic silos - dev, test, pm, and instead, go back to the feature crew model and include service engineers and ops to work alongside dev, test, and pm in small teams to be more agile on software delivery as an online service.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60305,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2011",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Great place to learn and build network.,- beautiful work space - opportunities to grow professionally - excellent benefits - work with best designers in the industry - passionate atmosphere,"- politics compromise product quality - complicated, ever-evolving organizational structure - work/life balance can be complicated - not enough people to get all of the work done - performance review model - engineering culture dominates",try to retain talent by helping them focus on what they do best as opposed to have them spend 60% of their time soving internal politics,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60306,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2011",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher II,"The experience at Microsoft can be great, but depends heavily on the project and the team","In a good organization, this can be a fantastic place to work. There can be encouragement for taking on new challenges, while also protecting employees from overcommitting. There can be exciting projects for exciting target audiences. The recent changes to the review and compensation model seem to be taking things in a far more competitive direction. There are a lot of smart people here, and also a lot of very nice people. In my experiences people are supportive of one another, and not competitive in a negative way.","Working in Redmond is a drag if you are a Seattle resident. The review process can be disadvantageous in some organizations, depending on what it is they value. If you work in a matrix-based organization, there can be challenges in making sure your work is ""visible"" to the people who actually make decisions about your advancement. There is some evidence that the process of innovation is not alive or well in some groups. Previously, it seemed the Microsoft underpaid, but it appears that is improving pretty quickly. Reorganizations can be frequent, and disruptive, in some organizations, and at some times.",Suggest more effort is made to ensure that mid-level or mid-career employees are not underpaid or underleveled compared to new hires. There is a need to give new employees the levels and the pay to get them to come to Microsoft. But that can create some odd situations for more senior people who joined when recruiting policies were not so aggressive.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60307,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,It was a nice detour on my way somewhere else,"The free drinks, and maybe the company store. I made a lot of good friends working there and that was ok.",The culture has just become flawed. Employees are rewarded by shipping features instead of rewarded for creating better products. This is why the products feel so heavy and bloated. Too many teams compete against each other rather than being focused on the competition.,About half the middle management needs to go. Flatten out the orgs. Focus on design.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60308,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 8, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work even though the development opportunity is not that great like before.,Friendly environment and teams to work with. Management is open to new ideas and let you try your ideas. Seattle is a great city.,A lot of pressure from up down to drive for results. Less opportunity for lateral movement compared to a few years ago.,Provide more opportunity for personal development and team building. Keep allowing its employees to try new ideas to drive for results.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60309,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 5, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Quality Manager,"Once fabulous, Microsoft has now lost it's heart and it's way.",Working with a global team of incredibly smart people. Individual passion for product and technology is second to none.,"When Microsoft was all about passion, technology and customers no one minded the long hours and non-optimized interpersonal relationship skills of our senior management. We had a shared mission, vision and goals. There is no longer a positive variance on the ""my deal at microsoft' balance sheet for employees. Long hours, abysmal collaboration at all levels, and an interpersonal environment that feels increasingly like Wal-Mart.",Pull up! There's still time. Just not much. We're quickly losing all our best and brightest.,2.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1075.htm
60310,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work,Excellent job options. Excellent work life balance.,Does not pay too much.,Better performance feedback.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60311,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Not too productive for the career,"They build interesting products, and you learn basics fo product development there. But beyond that the folks are too argumentative and interested in self-promotion.",harshly aggressive and competetive to the point of being mean.The management wouldnt hesitate in harming if it meets their ends,"Create a more people friendly culture, the current review and salary system is broken and encourages people to leave at the earliest",1.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60312,microsoft,"Costa Mesa, CA"," Jul 3, 2011",Former Employee - Senior ASM,Confusing and rewarding in most cases,The customers and 90% of its staff....,Upper leadership needs to be more supportive of lower level employees,none,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60313,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great peers, so-so managers, and a stifling bureacratic culture that eats its young gleefully.",Gold-plated health care Decent initial pay Good benefits all-around,"Pitiful raises Poor management feedback and awareness of individuals' contributions 10% of employees get thrown under the bus every annual review Review system encourages back-stabbing, discourages teamwork Poor work-life balance Some groups have sweat-shop hours Company seems to regard most employees as liabilities rather than assets","Overhaul the review system to encourage teamwork Allow visionary leaders to get stuff done, avoid excessive consensus Insist that managers treat the outside industry as competitors, rather than each other",2.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60314,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good overall,Benefits packages and intelligent team members and challenging projects and flexibility in work hours and work life balance and fair performance review (considering such a big corporation),"Slow and highly process oriented in decision making, conservative about implementing new projects / features, not much importance given to creativity",none,3.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60315,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 30, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's a good experience,"Microsoft name edgy technology , all perks  flex hours, growth with in par salary tech innovation Brand value passion for technology",too much work to handle work life balance unavoidable internal politics no definite direction less recognition less inventions less fun,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60316,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work if you enjoy working with Type-A personalities.,The company makes an effort to do right by their employees. Benefits are good. They also have a well-defined review process in place to ensure employees are rewarded based on performance.,"People are recognized for having an opinion, whether relevant/valuable, or not. This leads to tons of unnecessary overhead associated with getting things done.",none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60317,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 24, 2011",Current Employee - Design Director,"If you are a great designer, artist, and a very creative person: THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU.",Excellent medical insurance. Employee Stock Purchase Program. Flexible time. Great 401k. Free Soda.,"- Working for this company will drain all your creative energy and passion. They don't reward creativity, good ideas, and innovation. Instead, any good ideas are put down, so that it will leave room for senior management to gain points. It is almost like beating your own relative instead of beating your enemy. My goodness, this is why Apple has surpassed this company in innovation and creativity  - Low pay - Under valued - Your talent does not count or mean anything. It is all about their stupid review process (very rigid and corporate review process)  - Hyper-competitive inside culture for the wrong reason. Instead of focusing all your effort on beating the hell out of your competitors, you focus more on beating your co-workers. (very idiotic process).  -The Stack rank reviews are just pure evil. Even if there are 10 super-star performers on a team, one of them gets an under performed rating just because someone has to fill that gap, very cut-throat politics.  - too many dinosaurs (old schoolers) that does not want to think outside the box. Old mind set, afraid of risk, and these dinosaurs are only concerned about maintaining what they already have so that they don't rock the boat.  - Stingy!  - Slowly but surely turning into IBM.","APPLE stocks are hovering around $300 per share while Microsoft is in the low $20's!!! Reality check! A lot of senior levels and management are so arrogant that they lack the comprehension to see that Apple is kicking MS butt! It seems like they are still in denial or stuck in the glory days of Microsoft. MS reminds me of Al Bundy, always talking about his glory days and then he goes back sells shoes, while Apple is selling kick ass products!  This company needs to change their archaic ways.  - you guys need to take care of your creative and innovating employees instead of shooting them down. while overfeeding your clueless task masters with promotions and rewards.  - Change the rating system and review process  - provide PRODUCT FOCUS. Instead of making your workers try to beat each other.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60318,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great,"Great Technology,people and products. Fun and open enironment to work in.",I think the process overhead at msft is growing,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60319,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"One of the coolest software companies to work for, but also a very large, slow company, that grew too much too fast",Very smart software engineers to work with if you are in the right team,"Too slow to react to market changes, heavy processes in most departments, heavy bureaucracy in some departments","Simplify internal processes, simplify and accelerate performance review process (can't take 4 out of 12 months!), empower first line managers, create innovation instead of following (too late) what competitors do. Remove backward compatibility from the operating system, and move it to VM's. Build a new, lean, fast operating system, with innovative and consistent API's and dev tools.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1076.htm
60320,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Satifying career path, but couldn't escape the feeling that the company was a dinosaur","It's true that MS continues to hire very smart people, some of the best I've ever worked with. I worked with very strong teams and highly creative people in my organization. Oh, and the benefits are incredible.","Unfortunately over time those people lose their creative edge and ability to drive really exciting things for the business. Executive leadership is too afraid to take risks and seems out of touch with customer needs. In my opinion, people end up spending a lot of time managing internal politics rather than external opportunities.","Continue to hire amazing people, there is so much talent in the company. Let them spend more time on working on customer needs and innovation than internal politics and reorgs.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60321,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jun 21, 2011",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,not the place it used to be,top 30% pay in the market health insurance stocks perks training edge of technology knowledge gained,used to be fun when Bill was here competitive am i a statistic or an employee? temp employees replacing permanents management changes and structure changes frequent ambiguity and vague goals too proud of the brand,where's the culture and attitude pre-Ballmer?,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60322,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 21, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Please hire smart guys to really focus on smart things,Good benefit Great individual contributors around you Solid process,Too many processes Health benefit is changing People get pushed to show visibility and that dips into your time and effort in assuring product quality,People are voting with their feet.,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,2.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60323,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Microsoft is a great place to work, but it has it's problems","If you are on the good side of management, it's a great place. Wonderful compensation Best equiptment At the forefront of technology","If you ever get a mediocre review, life is hell. Compensation will be changing next year. Forefront, yes, but often times it is chasing, not leading.","Concentrate on a vision, not bean counting. Bribing older workers to leave might work in the short term, but it's going to bite you in the long run.",4.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60324,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer Lead,Solid. Stable. Falling behind.,Finanlically strong and stable. Persistent.,Company is increasingly out of touch and falling behind. Bureaucracy and politics inhibit the ability to pursue business opportunities effectively. No vision.,Changes in senior leadership are needed.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Smart people as individuals, led by idiots","Smart colleagues (in programming disciplines) Excellent benefits Great opportunities/support to change career path (from development to program management, for example) Technical learning opportunities Fast promotions if you perform + are lucky to be in a group that is ""in fashion""",Grading on curve Slow promotions for an average developer. Too much red tape + politics + micromanagement sometimes,Flatten hierarchy Hold executives accountable for results Avoid frequent change of vision/direction,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60326,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),You drive your own career.,You must find opportunities to learn from others and you have the most impact to drive your own career. Nothing comes to you automatically. This is a place where people who take initiative can thrive. People around you are very smart and ambitious. Employees can learn a lot from the right mentor.,"Your experience, performance, and opportunities are heavily determined by your direct manager's support, and indirectly, your skip-level manager. Regardless of whether you do good work or bad, the process is highly political. If you have a bad relationship with your manager, even if it isn't ""your fault"", you're set up for failure. It is, unfortunately, a pre-requisite that you manage this relationship first before your actual work performance, because little else matters if your manager does not go up to bat for you.  For me, I was lucky to have supportive direct managers. For many of my peers, however, I've seen very poor managers and there is little the system can do to protect employees from bad managers. Crap shoot at times.","Too many managers at Microsoft. Seems like everyone is a manager-of-people, even when they have 0-2 direct reports. Too much hierarchy and too many management layers as a result. Senior managers need to pay more attention to WHI numbers and feedback. Needs to be a better vetting process for managers.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60327,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work with really smart people,"Smart people Open culture, need not be very guarded Cool projects","Very engineering oriented, business guys dont call the shots Vision Growth",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60328,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work,work life balance is good comparing to other companies,MS doesn't provide good compensation,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60329,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Director,"Great learning experience, but horrible politics and bureaucracy.","Even if you're a Google/Apple fan, there are some things you simply can't know until you've worked with ubiquitous technology/products like Windows, Office, or Xbox. The complexity is incredible, and just being there raises your game.","Microsoft transitioned from start-up to established company while I was there, which meant that all of the ""A"" team cashed in and left the second/third stringers to fill the void. And it's virtually impossible for outside leadership to come in with Microsoft's culture: almost everyone who's brought in at the general manager level from outside leave within five years.","The original competitive spirit of the company has become an excercise in complete bureaucracy and fiefdom building. At this point, the best thing to do is move away from the internal competitive stance to one of more collaboration: that way you leverage your resources and may be able to actually start gaining traction/mindshare.",2.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1077.htm
60330,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience that provides opportunity to grow.,"some of the main reasons I have for working at Microsoft is challenges, and diversity of areas that you can participate in.  The most interesting part of MS experience is being able to learn and simulate real business scenarios while remaining in a single company.","Politics, very different experience on different teams.",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60331,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Great place to work but it is not like any other engineering company around.,"At Microsoft you will receive the best benefits package around. You get to work with some of the smartest people on the planet. As long as you get your job done, your schedule is exactly what you make of it. Be sure to be open to critical feedback.",A good percentage of those smart people have a big ego and so you have to figure out how to coexist. Politics is HUGE at Microsoft. There are a lot of folks who make technical decisions that have no business making those decisions.,I think politics still play far too large of a part at Microsoft. The upper management still does not get that we have to take risks to get ahead and consequently you have great ideas that die based on risk.,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60332,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2011",Former Employee - Software Test Engineer,Learning,Health Benefit. Huge opportunity to grow. Learning experience. Challenges at work. Aggressive colleagues. Supportive management. Flexible somehow for work life balance.,Salary is not competitive. Stagnant stock growth. Non competitive technologies. Not much creativity. Some what arrogant attitude in the team.,Respect to young creative talents. More spending on research in hand held devices. Expanding ideas in hand held device technology.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60333,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 14, 2011",Current Employee - Associate Technical Account Manager,Great Please to start working,"I came in as a MACH College hire, and I am getting great experence learning from other.","The Pay in the College hire is verry low, and hard to catch up bacause of the HR rules.",N/A,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,2.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60334,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Awesome Company, awesome people, great projects!","Love to come to work every single day.. Despite the hate (which always exist for Microsoft), I love Microsoft and working for it. I still think its THE BEST company to work for.",Keep eyes open for opportunities to acquire companies when they are small!,Keep doing the best!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60335,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience in the past ten years. but things has gotten stale.,"decent pay, decent benefits, very flexible in working hours","lack of creativity, aspiration and ability to get things done.",none,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60336,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2011",Current Employee - Software Architect,ok,"benefits, salary on time, pay is okay, seattle is a great place to live",not a great place anymore,be fair,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60337,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 24, 2011",Current Employee - Designer,"Still stuck in the 90's. Typical corporate environment, reward the butt kissers and forget the true talents.",The medical benefits are great and the care package as well! But even that is changing.,"They value visibility more than making a great product and that takes away your time more + effort in assuring product quality  System or process is made to make management be ahead while you are left behind cleaning their mess. Management is only concerned about their success, you are just a pawn to them if you don't have seniority. Management will take your ideas and hard work and claim it as theirs.  Company process is still stuck in the 90's. They don't like change and are afraid of risk and good ideas.  Your 150% effort and hard work is not enough, you need to cut your arm and your leg to get ahead or stab someone in the back.  Work and Life balance is very poor.  Stingy, cheap, penny pinching - (anything that describes Scrooge)  Morale = low","Way too many useless process. You're system needs a drastic overhaul. Change for the good and treat your employees with respect. Reward them for their hard work. If you don't change, everyone will head over to your competitors.",1.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60338,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 2, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Mediocre,"Very flexible, informal environment where it's about results vs face time",Extremely poor leadership and decision making - lack of conviction and courage.,Focus!!!,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60339,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome and ugly at the same time,Fantastic benefits Great life/work balance Great people,Slow carrer development Microsoft reputation lack of passion and slow pace,We need a new fresh leadership team.,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1078.htm
60340,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tough times at the Borg,"Microsoft is a very different place these days. Far from the vilified, all consuming behemoth at war with everyone from Corel to Novel to the DoJ it's a much humbler creature, but it's collected some very smart people who've got a huge range of experience of every phase of that journey. If you want an environment where you are working with some of the smartest people in the industry Microsoft is still a good place to head","The downside of having a large pool of smart people is that there are also a lot of egos and a lot of very political survivors who are not adept enough at getting a job outside Microsoft... but they have worked out how to deal with the political landscape and HR policies to survive.  HR is another major downside at MS. A forced curve rating system means for most people the competition isn't Google, Apple or Oracle... it's their peers. Unless you play that game (to the detriment of the way we are seen outside the office) you will lose. The health plan used to be amazing, now it's just merely good. If you're young and single it's find, but older folks or those with a family might want to consider that","Stop trying to follow - we're not agile enough for that at the moment - and concentrate on failing fast and not penalizing failure. Folks are demoralized with the layoffs and re-orgs and the seeming politics that has Sinofsky blocking WinPhone7 based tablets and other things that could at least keep us in the market.  Look to morale, communicate more and Steve... stop listening to the layers of MBAs kissing your arse and telling you what they think you want to hear and spend some time back in the trenches... you might discover we respect your leadership team a lot less than we respect you",2.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60341,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The inefficient use of talent around is unbelievable,Surrounded by lots of diverse technology,The huge (but unfortunately necessary) bureaucracy.,Figure out how to use the talents you have better.,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60342,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good experience, but not enough recognition or feedback for job performance","Benefits, self service resources, library, employee discounts for company products, good learning opportunities",Inexperienced management and company doesn't value management skills in people development which results in continued poor management and employee performance is affected. New employee compensation has reduced company ownership indicating that Microsoft is not as invested in keeping their employees long term. This view is specifically indicated by the recent (April 2011) memo of changing performance compensation to include less stock awards (long term valuation) in lieu of increased cash payment (a short term valuation).,"Please take care of your people who are your most valued assets. Notice employment happiness trends and actively work on solicited employee feedback. ""Put your money where your mouth is"". Please continue to invest in your employees via increasing management training, providing job incentives (including compensatory and non-compensatory). Continue to evolve the benefits plan so that you can reboost the ability to hire great talent.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60343,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 31, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Director,"Good for your resume, great benefits",Benefits are the best in the industry,Cut throat culture Work Life Balance is poor,get rid of cut throat culture,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60344,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager In IT,"Every year expectations are higher with fewer heads, less time, and same pay",The braintrust at MS is still impressive. I often feel myself challenged by group conversations. Everyone is expected to perform at 100% all the time.,"The deathmarch to meet rediculous deadlines can really burn people out. Other times, the veil of secrecy results in unnecessary obstacles and churn.","Slow the pace a bit and give everyone a little breathing room to come up with creative solutions to the complex problems we face. The current pace is resulting in reduced quality, increased attrition and very little innovation.",2.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60345,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,1. good benefit 2. good resource 3. not bad compensation 4. good review and recognition to employee 5. challenging 6. nice offices...:),1. not as innovative as competitors 2. not as flexible as competitors 3. too much politics 4. weird PM and test system,be visionary and understand the customer needs..focus on the user interface since that is the firt line to customers....,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60346,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2011",Current Employee - Lead Software Engineer,"Perspiration required, inspiration rewarded - sometimes","Some products are used by literally everbody in the whole world (Windows, Office, and to a lesser extent Visual Studio). Excellent benefits package, competent middle management, at least in Office. Very professional and diverse environment.","Big products - big teams = major time spent on communication. Market leading products - regulatory pains in behinds, e.g. documentation for Office Server includes every single stored procedure that's part of the product. Long-lived products - major backward compatibility issues.  In the big teams, career advancement comes more from being risk-averse and having good communication to management than from innovation and technical prowess. To some extent, that's reasonable, but the focus is too much on the former IMHO.","Need to balance the legacy of existing products and customer base with mid-to-long term innovation. We have to minimize the amount of drag from legacy to get more innovation but also not get stuck in the ""strategy of the month"" mode that Mobile appears to be in.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60347,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2011",Current Employee - Engineer,Excellent experience,Challenging atmosphere and Excellent benefits,Can be difficult to maintain work life balance,Need better work/life balance,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60348,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, lousy management",1. Good benefit (it's being cut) 2. Single Office 3. Challenging 4. Training,1. compensation is not so great (it's raising),"vision, vision, vision, execution, execution, execution",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60349,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 29, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great,Great medical benefits Great work life balance and decent pay Fun place to work Most of the teams have some really smart Engineers,Lots of email every day. You really need to how to to manage your email/meetings Too many partner dependecies which make product development cycles long and forever. (But I think this may be beacuse all Microsoft products are integrated pretty well unlike other companies),Uber management at MS is pretty good. They are very passionate and do a decent job communicating their vision/ideas to all teams.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1079.htm
60350,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," May 24, 2011",Former Employee - Project Manager,Everyone looks out for themselves,Great benefits compared to almost anywhere else.,A lot of disparate teams with often incompetent employees.,Cut out the sea of middle managers.,2.0,3.5,none,1.5,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60351,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decsent,"Benefits, salary, good people, good opportunities do exist around the company. New technologies are constantly developed and there is definitely lots of interesting places to look.",Reviews are a horrible demotivator. Not clear what exactly is required to get ahead. Review process lacks transparency and needs serious overhaul.,none,3.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60352,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, lousy management","The medical benefits are unmatched. Zero co-pay and up to $15,000 of fertility treatment. However, this is all going to change next year.",There are a lot of internal politics. Projects can get cut at any moment and without warning. Not customer focused. A lot of work gets moved to offshore teams.,"In the QA organization, there should be a balance of black box and white box testers. White box tests usually do not want to work on the UI/UX.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60353,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2011",Current Employee - Software Architect,"Its a big place, there are so many different things to see here.","Good benefits package. Work with lots of very smart people, on software at scale. Great internal training programs. Casual environment.","The compensation system sets us up for internal conflict. I think this is holding us back, HR's not helping advance the state of the art.",We need a new emphasis on quality to go with cloud services. Software development and IT operations need to be better balanced as we move into the cloud. Many of the middle and senior managers are still guessing as to what it takes to run online services with a good SLA.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60354,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2011",Current Employee - Finance Manager,"Great. awesome opporutnity to learn, grow and develop",High end of technology very diverse businesses hence opportunity to movelaterally and vertically smart people,sometimes too huge and hence a tad slow to respond,Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60355,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2011",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,"Great place to work, stay pacient, work hard and you will be rewarded.",Awesome work-life balance. Great flexibility as long as you are getting the job done.,Things move slowly working through the bueracracy can be tedious.,AT the end of the day someone needs to take ownership. The matrixed org is a great concept but it often can result in a lack of accountability.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60356,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great place to work for work/life balance,"People are smart, benefits are just amazing, the spaces that Microsoft plays in are challenging and have plenty of problems that are enjoyable to tackle.","Projects are never ""agile"" in nature, at least not anything in Windows. The review process has undergone some churn over the years but I still don't feel it is accurate of the effort that has been put in. High turnover in management only compounds this problem.",You need to get the young blood to stay at the company. Seek out the high performers and give encouragement to all young employees regardless - you need them to stay there to build this culture and stay on top.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60357,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Good package Many opportunities to develop Career path is clear for every position Work life balance Diversity and people is company asset,not effective communication huge work load less collaboration cross segments,listen more to employees,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60358,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 7, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Each team, and in fact each manager makes a difference in how you perceive Microsoft.","-- People The company has grown a lot in 20 years from < 10k people in size to the a combined count of full time, contract, vendor, etc. totaling almost 100k people in size. As a result the ""bar"" for working there has certainly changed over time - but let me tell you Microsoft still has a lot of smart people working there. The challenge is finding the right place for yourself where you 'click' with your peers and more important your management and feel it is the right place for you.  -- Types of opportunities Microsoft offers a little bit of something for anyone interested in computer science, consumer project management, marketing, etc. Computer Science problems galore from operating system kernels (windows, windows phone, xbox, windows embedded), games (xbox, pc games, mobile games), search engines (bing.com, FAST), productivity software (office, sharepoint), compilers (CLR, CLR for mobile, Visual Studio), etc. etc. with something to offer for just about anyone.  Outside of tech specific jobs, Microsoft has a huge legal department, hr department, etc. Keep in mind that even though each of those departments has a core set of employees as much as possible that is not business essential is farmed out to vendors and contractors as well - which can be a totally different spin on ""working for"" Microsoft.  --- Getting things done: You can find an expert in just about anything. Finding others that share a passion for a specific type of technology, a specific type of business problem, or a particular area of research is usually very easy. Especially if you are not afraid of asking people for a push in the right direction in email over and over until you find someone that is right to tackle a problem you're focused on. But it requires the soft skills of working in the BIG (and I mean BIG) company that Microsoft has now become. But this can lead you to the pm/dev/tester/architect that owns that problem set and is more than willing to bring you up to speed on the focus of their passion. Huge plus!","-- Job scope Microsoft has grown into a company where a lot of the jobs have rigidly defined scopes and it becomes about doing whatever it is that will please your maanger and maybe one to two of their peers to do ""well"" at review time. It used to take an understanding of the product and the business and someone that was willing to step up and ""do the right thing"" at the right time to make sure the product would ship on time and with high quality. Now it feels that more people just look to management to spoon feed them what they will do for the next day or week... I miss the vision each person used to take into the job where they wanted to become the world expert in ____ and make that area they owned the best code / solution possible. Again - this could be an artifact of the large growth and maybe there are just as many folks still doing what I am wishing for as there was 15 years ago but it gets drowned out in the signal:noise ratio.","--Senior Management There are a lot of VPs and a lot of Partners.  ""Partner"" is an attribution in a title (like ""Partner Development Manager"", ""Partner Group Program Manager"", ""Partner Development Manager"") that means the person is withing grasp of getting a ""Vice President"" title. It is possible to achieve ""Partner"" as either a manger or an individual contributor.  There are probably 200+ VPs and ~1500 partners. They shape the core of the senior management and are in large part what set the agenda for the business and the core R&D work that will be done throughout the product groups. Each of them has gotten to their position by being noticed for their efforts and are recognized and rewarded extraordinarily well.  It feels (and this may be unfair - but it is my perspective) that a great deal of these VPs and Partners are actually counterproductive to the business. Many of them seems to be a caricature of themselves overly accentuating the negative aspects of their personalities with only a few being able to escape this criticism. Many seem like overpaid and overgrown children unwilling to sit at the table and negotiate between each other and set long term shared goals that are a compromise and work towards a common infrastructure and reduction in overlap of the groups they own.  Advice specifically to the management of Microsoft: - Everything you vps and partners do is a complete chess game trying to figure out how to make the next guy look less favorable than themselves. It's unacceptable. At that level you get paid enough that this shouldn't be the goal - grow up and figure out how to make peace with each other and drive towards combined goals of greater efficiency.  - By the time someone becomes a VP or Partner at Microsoft they have lost their technical edge and very very very few of them could actually go into their own group's software and make fixes or have anything to actually contribute to the day to day life of an individual developer or tester on the team.  - Don't attempt to take the latest ""management technique"" from Facebook/Netflix/Whatever Co. that you read about in an in-flight magazine on the way back from Hawaii and apply it to a group of 2000 people under you that were not hired to fit the mold of that company's philosophy and culture.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60359,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Well hard work and listen to details makes success here. Manager normally is most motivating or de-motivaing source. Good luck.,"Even if you are rock star Engineer. Sometimes, manager can makes to very de-motivating. So, stay focused on your work.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1080.htm
60360,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 18, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Manager,Challenging and Fulfilling,"Smart people, good opportunities, consumer underdog leading to high impact roles. Ability to affect the lives of many millions of consumers, developers and businesses.","Layered, middle-managers trip over each other Decent hihg-level leadership Needs more execution muscle Too late to recent major innovations in the market",Align Align Align all assets Be singularly focused on the customer Do not pamper mediocrity,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60361,microsoft,"Santa Monica, CA"," May 7, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,"Great place to work but if you work in a field office, there isn't much room forcareer growth.",great culture smart people creative,not much room for job growth it is still all about Windows,Create other opportunities for career growth outside of Redmond.,5.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60362,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 17, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Lot of growth opportunities for those wanting to make a difference but significant internal politics.,"Growth opportunities Aggressive and growing company Challenging work environment Something for everyone - if you seek challenges, you would get them here, if you seek a WLB, you'd get that too!!!",Significant internal politics More focus on internal competition than on external competition.,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60363,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2011",Current Employee - Business Manager,"I have enjoyed my time, knowledge acquired in the past 8 years",Smart & very intelligent people,"too many ups and downs, and cut throath attitude, also rudeness",Drive more work life balance,3.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60364,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full of discovery and challenges for people that want to work hard,"The best part of working at Microsoft is the general caliber of people that you work with. The level of commitment and passion for achieving results is amazing. This is a place that you should expect to work very hard, but if it is your passion, you'll achieve much and be rewarded.","You will be expected to work smart and hard. Flexible hours are normal, but you WILL need to put in a lot of hours to be successful relatiev to your peers. The company strikes a good balance between asking much from their employees but giving flexibility to support different schedules and outside demands.","I wish senior management were more connected to customers and organized more of the company's resources toward what customers ask for. The company is too internally-focused, and it seems that many HQ people are more concerned with their scorecards and careers than ""doing the right thing"". Too many politicians and not enough workers.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60365,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good Company, a lot of politics","Large variety of products so you can work in any field you want. Microsoft compete in all software markests Great Benefits, health care, paternity and maternity leaves. Well defined career development milestones","Long development cycles, almost every product in Microsoft rely on long stabilization period where Test try to find bugs and Development just fix bugs. 90% of the bugs are nice to have type of bugs that would better be delivered as incremental update to product once it is releases. A lot of politices and processes specially around release management. You could fix a bug in 10 minutes and spend a month trying to get it into a patch Review process rely on fitting team members on curve following normal distribution so your relationship with your manager and how much influence he/she has in addition to which part of the project management perceive as important play more factor in deciding where you land more than your actual contribution.","We need more engineer driven innovation not just huge business driven releases. We need more agile and lean processes to compete in the new world We need to stop thinking that what is best for windows is best for Microsoft. there are a lot of business opportunities that we lose in other parts of the company (office, development tools, servers) because our strategy of putting Windows before other platforms.",2.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60366,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,"great benefits, training classes, access to resources",lot of interesting roles and opportunies are in Redmond. Silicon valley is mostly a collection of acquisitions with empahsis on R&D and tapping in silicon valley talent,make subisidiary integration better,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60367,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,"Tools you need are at hand, but you will work hard.","Treat us as if we are adults. We own our success, or failure, at Microsoft.",Sometimes ambiguous targets. i.e. sometime we are not provided enough clarity about what or how we are measured as employees.,Get the stock price moving. Reward you top performers. New rating system 1-5 appears to reward top performaers at a rate less than last year: fix that!,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60368,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall an amazing place to work,"Intelligent people, great work environment. Good people get recognized and promoted. You get to build software used by millions of people",Steve Ballmer needs to retire. Company needs to become competitive again not just a cash cow,Bring in younger progressive VP's to lead MS into the future. It's time to dismantle the old boys club.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60369,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,good,"pay not too bad, benifits is good, i can see that i have clear carrer path and ceiling both. thx","there are some politicals, oh, well, it must have been true for all giant companies like msft. not too much","focus on cloud is the next goal, bing burn too much $$$ and WM7 is still on its way to catch up iphone/andriod",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1081.htm
60370,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, lousy management","Smart and friendly people, Opportunity to make a big impact in technology world, Very competitive salary and awesome health benefits.",Incompetent management that promotes the culture of heroism and fire fighting. Whiners are recognized and quiet problem-solvers are ignored. Collaboration is given lip service only leading to same problems being solved over and over again in different teams.,"Get focus and clarity, starting at the senior leadership level and then drive it down. Promote a culture where individuals and teams do not compete. Recognize effort where the same job was achieved using fewer lines of code - promote sharing of technology across teams and groups. Remove barriers and establish clear accountabilities.",4.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60371,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," May 6, 2011",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,It was a great learning experience.,"The benefits, salary, and advancement opportunities are great. Employees are financially sound and can move around to experience various jobs.","A more diverse corporate culture is needed. Diversity needs to be appreciated at the company. Also, employee recognition and advancement should be based on how they perform their jobs and not other reasons.","Be the voice for your employees, especially when dealing with upper management. Encourage young employees to grow and recognize them when they are successful.",3.0,3.5,none,4.5,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60372,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 7, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"A mixed bag, but mostly good.",1. Work with very smart and motivated people. 2. Lots of opportunities to make an impact and move around to work on different products. 3. Good pay and benefits.,1. Too review oriented. 2. Too much management and process overhead. 3. Company is huge and so the feeling of camaraderie with fellow employees isnt there.,none,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60373,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Lots of opportunities within the company,"The company values its employees. Good benefits package, but will change soon.","Too big, sometime a lot of politics.",Be more willing to change to compete.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60374,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 21, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a big black hole that could easily suck anything valuable into nothing.,"If you are an newly graduated international student that desperately needs the first job and green card, this might be a good place to start with.","Human dignity, talent, money, as well as many other things that people normally would think valuable are all quite cheap in this company.","95% of managers from Principle level to VP should be fired, 'cause they are actually not needed and their cost is huge. Even worse, many of them simply play political games everyday and do not care about the company at all except sucking out more money out of the company.",1.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60375,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 3, 2011",Current Employee - Datacenter Technology Specialist,"I have a good deal at Microsoft, not great. It's a great place to learn about the Microsoft platform.",There's lots of variety in the job on a regular basis. There's plenty of opportunity to get your hands on the latest technology and work with customers to evaluate.,The account team doesn't place a priority against competing against vmware. They make excuses and conseed the market to VMware.,Microsoft needs to get it's act in gear and adjust to maket conditions. They can't turn out tablets 2 years after Apple has already saturated the market.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60376,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2011",Former Employee - International Project Manager,Corporate atmosphere has become a bit clogged by beaurocracy.,Exciting to be immersed in cutting edge technology!,"Passion, hardwork, and innovative thinking seems much less important than it once was. Flawed review system.",Modify review mechanism so that the morale and reputations of valuable employees aren't unnecessarily damaged.,3.0,2.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60377,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 5, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good projects, flexible work environment.","Lots of projects in so many different areas, so one can switch teams if one gets bored. Laid back atmosphere. Lots of very smart people.","Lots of processes, not common across teams.",Review system could be improved.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60378,microsoft,"Malvern, PA"," May 2, 2011",Former Employee - Account Manager,Fun while it lasted.,"Brand, Overall package, great people, fun environment","Old boy's network, tedious review process, compensation plan too complex and too much focus on subjective criteria. Product vs sales focused","Become more relevant to the market and continue to innovate, and focus on reinventing the company as a major player in the SaaS/cloud market.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60379,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 18, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Software Developer,a penny cheap company,1. a famous company which might highlight your working experience in your resume 2. employee has his/her own office ( might be an office with no windows) 3. its own library with books 4. many talent colleagues you could learn from,"penny cheap - do not expect good salary or bonus  tons of politics - you notice the something weird but you never know why  no respect to employee, managers yelling at you often and never satisfied (you could imagine why because they are also being abused and disregarded the same as you), humiliating and insulting words like ""we have high standards"", ""you are supposed to know"", ""you only meet our minimum requirement"", ( yes, they have high standard but low salaries and want to compete with G, what a joke! )  monthly commitment - you are required to write down tasks you must finish. even if it's delayed or not done due to bad plans , it's your fault and put on the final review because ""you're supposed to know""",be good to your employee and you will be rewarded back with productivity. do not treat your employee as slaves,1.0,2.5,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1082.htm
60380,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 21, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,amazing infrastructure and benefits,solid company that can afford to do what it needs to do. no cutting corners on supporting employees.,navigating the ladder can be tough,revamp that darm review system,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60381,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,It is in deep s**t,1. if you want a single office and tons of free time at work 2. if you don't care about career growth and just want to relax. 3. if you can close your eyes from the dirty politics inside company.,1. they don't care about projects. 2. they don't care about your growth. 3. lots of politics and be ready to suck any s**t.,management at microsoft? does it even exist? I didn't feel any leadership at Microsoft and therefore there is no point to give feedback.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60382,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,It's been a grind,"Some very smart people on my team among ICs Long hours form bonds Flexible time schedule Free coffee, soda, sometimes food","Flexible time schedule means, 'hey you can work anytime' to some people Almost complete incompetence in middle management Middle management works 35 hours a week tops Horrible, constantly changing review system","Perform your harshest evaluations on your middle management, this is one of your largest sources of attrition at Microsoft. Bring back morale events, they are needed!",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60383,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 3, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft used to have great potential... but lost touch with consumer,Free Health Care (for now) Free Drinks in office It's cool to tell (most) people you work for Microsoft.,"Company is too big. To many fights within departments. Keep trying to do everything Apple does. Run by ""business"" people not tech people.",Go read Mini-Microsoft. Go talk to real customers...and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.,4.0,3.5,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60384,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 29, 2011",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,It was very good to see how to build software used by millions of people,Its always feel gool to work for the best when I joined in 90's,"Employee moral is declining, this was not the case in early days.","Peer review kill the moral more than anything else. Manager can sit down with employee, and set goals for a quarter. Both agree and then end of quarter managers rate on the progress of those goal disregarding what others are doing.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60385,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2011",Current Employee - Lead Software Design Engineer,Ten Years After,Get the chance to be part of building some of the most successful commercial software products on the planet. Meet people from different cultures who all are able to eventually converge on an endgame. Learn to never give up. Microsoft still has the DNA of a challenger that keeps on coming at it until it gets the big prize.,Microsoft has an extremely politicized environment. Decisions rely heavily on judgment calls behind the scenes.,"Define a vision for the company that is really relevant in 2011. Cut the fat cats that rest & vest! Invest and put the smarted IQ in the infrastructure and the development tools & processes, as the leverage of these investments is much bigger than various product features.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60386,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft is a great place to work, full of brilliant, eager people however its size & structure can get in the way","Openness, Great people, Great benefits (Medical & Stock), Solid Performance reviewing system, Innovation - Kinect and Kinect for the PC show that.","Poor Leadership in some areas, lack of Agility/Flexibility due to size and having to work with other divisions, not the greatest salaries, Stock price",Keep growing your talent pool,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60387,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 25, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working for Microsoft in Silicon Valley seems a significantly different experience than it would be in Redmond,The benefits at Microsoft were good.,"There was constant change of management in the organization I was in, and this left employees with little faith in the overall direction of the business unit.",none,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60388,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn how NOT to do things...,"* Paychecks are never late/checks never bounce * Good health insurance, but not after 2012...","* Outdated process learned from Windows & Office, struggles to work on the Web (Waterfall) * Slow and rigid release cycles * Outdated internal tools & processes, doesn't keep up with the world outside of MSFT and has fallen behind * Very political, lots of internal competition * Bonuses & Promotions incentivize only shipping on time, not quality and not our customers * Managers act more like accountants than engineers, they only know how to cut costs but lack in innovation and vision * Most of all, people aren't passionate about what they're doing or the product they're working on. Just a paycheck for most.","Sometimes experience from the past era is a liability. MSFT needs fresh blood from the outside, not just interns who don't know any better.",1.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60389,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2011",Current Employee - User Experience Designer II,okay,free drinks and coffe are great.,bad traffic and rain are depressing.,don't take away our healthcare,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1083.htm
60390,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great People, Great opportunities, Bad upper management",You are given the freedom to succeed or fail on your own. Mid level management is usually very lax and supportive of new ideas. The problems are diverse and challenging. The salary is good for the area and the benefits are great (for now).,Upper management is clueless. They don't understand technology or how to run a compnay.,Resign.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60391,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work on some of widely used software,Work on some of widely used software. Large company. OK benefits.,"Depends on your manager. If you had a bad manager, HR is their just to cover tracks for the company.","Look out for bad managers, they do not have best interests of the company.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60392,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not a fun place to work anymore,Building technology that millions of people use on daily basis,Not so good salary Too much politics Flawed review system Screwed work-life balance,none,1.0,2.5,none,1.5,2.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60393,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Variable experience depending on team, as IC & Lead, but overall a good experience",pay health care benefits job content variety,too political good old boy environment always having to defend the product and company,Provide training to managers on dealing with difficult employees and situations.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60394,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like a home,* Lots of opportunities to move around,"* Performance on bellcurve * Politics * On the way down compared to Apple, Google, Amazon","Need a visionary CEO like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60395,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2011",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Lacking of team work.,"Not show up to work on the sunny day, work at home, and frequent Friday off.",Regular employees have no respect to contractors although they have less skills set and experience.,none,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60396,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"A good job, an average place for a career.","Great benefits package, great internal network of technology sharing, a welcoming and mellow work environment that is suitable for folks with families and slow paced lifestyles.",Salaries not competitive when compared to the rest of the industry (especially the Bay Area). Poor decision making from upper management. Close-mindedness towards new ideas and moving beyond what worked in the past and doesn't anymore. Very slow career growth. Extremely bureaucratic. More time spent on internal politics than on making great products or understanding the customer.,"It is one thing to talk about innovation, it is a whole other game to actually be an innovator. Apple, Google, Amazon and VMWare are all leading the market because of the company's inability to move past Windows and Office and to embrace change and risk venturing outside of well-understood strategies. If microsoft is to survive in the 21st century, it needs to start setting the trend, instead of continuously biting the dust of already existing leaders in the field.",2.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60397,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 20, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, chaotic company organization",Salary and bonuses were very good. Fairly well defined path for career development and advancement. Some very smart people.,Some lack of corporate and management vision. Poor communication of company priorities and strategies. Individual initiatives and effort often seem to get no attention beyond immediate line management.,Fix internal company communication mechanisms. The need to satisfy short term goals can stifle individual initiative and effort. Significantly increase the ratio of technical to HR communications.,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,5.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60398,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Good work/life balance, poor review model","Note that there are differences across Microsoft so this is generalization from various team I've worked in.  Work: Most have a fair work/life balance and will allow you to work 1 day a week at home. I know there are some teams where you'd occasionally work long hours periodically but it varies. You do learn a lot on the job quickly and there are a lot of resources to gain more knowledge (free library, training, brownbags, discussion groups). Nice thing is that within Microsoft you can always interview for another position within the company and that may give you a different experience.  Benefits: Health insurance is still one of the best with almost no co-pay to speak off although 2013 this will change with a big deductible. Other benefits: free shuttles to work from several locations, discounts at company store, free prime card, ... Vacation starts at 2 or 3 weeks (they keep changing it but I think it's now 2). After 5 years it's 4 weeks and after 12 years it's 5 weeks. They also give you 2 floating holidays (+8 regular holidays).  Stock grants are ok wouldn't it be that the stock didn't increase over last 10 years and Microsoft doesn't adjust for that. But that is probably true for many companies these days.  Note over the years benefits have gradually decreased and may continue with health insurance in 2013. Microsoft used to give 15% discount on ESPP and take lowest price of start and end date. Now it's 10% and only last day price. Company store discounts also have decreased gradually and morale events budgets are just a fraction what they used to be.",Review model is broken since it's not directly tied to absolute performance of you and your team. And since everything is budgeted in advance including promotions everything is pretty much fixed. Also this model is mostly based on internal competition using vague metrics. I feel you work against each other really in the end... Even if you can demonstrate you made a bigger impact and improved products or helped increase revenue it's not going to have as big impact as other internal factors. Cross team collaboration and not being recognized helping others are eternal issues in the polls which is related to that.  Promotions are uneven and often unfair. There are examples where someone doesn't get promoted for several years and someone else gets promoted twice within 2 years even though the difference isn't even clear. Sometimes it pays long-term to move to another team which should not make a difference but it can.  Hiring diversity is unbalanced last couple of years. Vast majority of all new hires are Indian (80% for all candidates I interviewed). I'm not sure why it's getting tougher to get US candidates. But that might be true for other companies as well.,1. Change uneven review system and look at direct market results for rewarding teams. Don't judge internally only but also externally. 2. Too slow to respond to external market challenges (mobile phones and now Windows slates). This is the biggest issue since this also causes perceived image issues. XBOX seems to be the only exception.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60399,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2011",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,frustrated at barriers to advance,Pay and benefits are above average Plenty of intelligent people to work with Good working environment - ergonomically Employee store is valuable,"Very difficult to have senior management strategies articulated to the working level ""Move up or move out"" philosophy is nonsense in such a mature organization Reliance on successful products (Office, Windows, etc.) can block development of products, services that compete with those established franchises",Split the company and hold the individual businesses to a more realistic spending and return on investment threshold.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1084.htm
60400,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,This is a place where you can create your own career and work with very smart individuals.,"Compensationk, Benefits, Job growth & opportunities, Flexible work schedule, Perks","You have to be willing to sacrifice personal life a bit to ensure tasks get completed, not often, but sometimes.",none,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60401,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 17, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operation Genesis seemed to ,"Surrounded by some of the brightest, most creative co-workers in the world. Recognized nationally so even if you were fired from Microsoft, you are probably qualified almost anywhere else. Amazing benefits, casual dress.","MS has become a ""pc organization"" and the HR department is gate-keeping some of the real talent from ever being seen by the hiring managers. Also, the bar keeps getting raised higher and higher so work-life balance is nearly impossible.",none,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60402,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2011",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great Company but Work Life Balance a Challenge,- amazing benefits  - amazing people - interesting work - flexible hours - some business groups better than others - great diversity in it's employee population,"- heavily weighted type A culture, highly competitive - people are nice but performance evaluation structure can bring out people's worse behaviors - lots of politics - more in some groups (e.g. Windows group) - middle managers are a mixed bag - many just managing up or jogging to make themselves looks good instead of truly focusing on developing their people","- reward people for their hard work, not how well they play the politics - figure out a way to promote and reward collaboration - identify managers who don't do any work but are quick to take full credit ... make this behavior unacceptable! Fire them if this is the only way to relay that message. - don't promote people who are disrespectful and abrasive - this only hurts the company since it promote an unhealthy working environment plus incents people to quit Microsoft",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60403,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 15, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,A good place to work,Provides a great amount of flexability and a place where you can impact the world.,As with many large companies decisions are often pushed off too high into management which makes it dificult to get things done quickly.,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60404,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to work and learn some cool stuff,- Versatile company with lots of products - Takes good care of employees with good benefits - Good opportunities for career growth in test engineering - Very smart people,- Not the best paymaster - Politics are rampant - Some weak decision making on senior leadership - Not perceived as innovative in outside world in current situation,- Inject new blood into senior positions and be careful of managers trying to build orgs out of just old employees to get a yes vote on issues - Need to reward employees better and more often - Need to take action for missing opportunities like tablet,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60405,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Neutral,"The ability to participate in Global busineseses, the ability to learn best practices, and being able to work with smart people.","The girth of the company makes it just too big, the company's growth has leveled out so fewer opportunities thank in prior years.",none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60406,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 12, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Its a great place to work,Complete ownership of your product/feature area. Very independent work environment. Competitive salary and great benefits. Very decent work life balance.,"As in any big company, there is a certain amount of politics. Your manager ultimately decides your career, so if you land a good one, its awesome. But otherwise, its a stumbling block.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60407,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,"Great benefits, great work life balance, lots of oppy for training, sometimes difficult due to inertia","Overall I think that MS is good to their employees. They treat us well, work is very flexible, and you aren't expected to work crazy hours. There are tons of opportunities for training and the environment is friendly.","It is a large company that is 30 years old. Sometimes you run into people who have been there a long time and don't know anything else BUT microsoft! It is these people who I think sometimes slow the company down. They can be reasoned with, but the inertia to ""do the things we have always done"" is the default.",Get rid of Steve Ballmer! We need new blood!,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60408,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer ||,Great place to work - but trending downwards,- Main product teams (Windows/Office/SQL Server) have incredibility smart people - Excellent benefits - Great campus - Flexible hours,"- Review system is not perfect - Senior folks are sometimes impractical and this leads to less agile development (when compared to other companies like Amazon, Google and Facebook).",Lets just DO it NOW.. DO it FAST!. No point debating and finding the perfect plan :),4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60409,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 11, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Working with high-caliber people,Smart people who have passion for technology and consumers Great benefits Working on exciting products Good career advancement opportunities (including training opportunities) Good work/life balance Sound engineering practices/processes,"Good but not great salary Weather in the Seattle area Slow advancement. Not a very outgoing, social atmosphere - Most communication happens over email, and new employees sometimes get the feeling that people are secluded in their own offices. Moving outside your organization into another one within Microsoft can have negative impact in your career if at the end you choose to stay in your team.",none,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1085.htm
60410,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Mar 28, 2011",Former Employee - Student Partner,Excellent!,"Great management, very flexible, good organization. The program is a great idea to make students aware of all the tech that Microsoft offers.","Not enough funding for the project. The key to marketing is getting the word out or throwing events. With no funds, this is hard.",Get more funding to each rep. The organization and leadership of the program were great. But each rep needs to be able to have some discretionary spending.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60411,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2011",Current Employee - Software Architect,"Overall positive, ample opportunities to create, innovate and have impact.","Diverse opportunities and technologies, depth of management and technical talent.","Too large to be agile, innovation comes at the cost of supporting existing products.",none,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,5.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60412,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2011",Current Employee - UI/User Experience Designer,Awesome place to work at!,Awesome place to work at!,Too much free Soda! Bad for your health!,Keep on the good work!,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60413,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Overall very good, however I see that things are sliding",* Work Life Balance is a keystone for management to base decisions on (family comes first) * Able to work from home when needed * Company paid bus service (private bus service avaialble to full time employees to get you into work) * Relocation package is (when I was hired) gold star: full pack and move without having to pay a dime. * Engineering process is truly an all hands exercise driven by everybody on the team who has feedback.,"* Health care is now on par with other companies rather than being a gold plated standard (you better be single and healthy, or starting in 2013 you will pay out of pocket) * Midyear review process is meh...twice now I've gotten conflicting feedback, and End of year reviews in my product team is decided prior to any employee feedback. * Constant battle of having to ""herd cats"" with upper managment, and controlling their expectations versus what your product actually does * Unfortunately Puget Sound area is a higher cost of living when compared elsewhere, and unfortunately housing is hideously expensive.","* Gutting the health care program is only going to cause a hemmorage of capable employees who happen to also have families, and to make future candidates look elsewhere  Further when presenting cuts to benefits, be up front about it and call it a benefit cut. Do NOT try and spin it to make it look like a positive thing...This only comes off as highly insulting to the employees, and will only further alienate them .",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,2.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60414,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 5, 2011",Former Employee - Group Manager,"Experience of a lifetime, company hit it's peak.","If you are beginning your career, there are few other companies that can teach you how to build world class software. (across consumer or enterprise, retail versus online services). There's such a wealth of knowledge in this company, you will grow your career experience very quickly that will be hard for others to match. (access to MSR, industry architects, strategic thinkers)  The benefits and salary are very competitive - get several good reviews at the more senior/principle bands and you'll love the stock program.  The campus culture in Redmond is still very cool (although there once were random arcade machines between buildings) - beats any major city corporate culture on any day.","There's an issue with key talent bleeding out of the company, and potentially strategic direction. This raises questions if you think your career is best parked at this company in the long run.  RE: key talent, this covers execs that have left (publicly), but also applies to key contributors at the most senior levels (i.e. the company has trouble hiring and retaining externals to fill strategic roles, only seems to be able to promote from within).  Re: strategic direction, investors publicly call out that Microsoft's story around Windows/Office has only so many years left in it. Yet practically no major business unit has succeeded or shown promise to take the Windows/Office mantel. (think if investments in mobile, online music, online TV, tablets, social networking, search (w/o Yahoo), and yes even Xbox have materially changed the game for the company?)  Said differently: You get to build products with the best, they just may not be the best products.","A really radical way of organizing the company around key long term goals is needed. Managing groups to build incremental changes to existing products will get tired really quick. The company needs to stream line to have teams focused on user centric products, instead of silo teams reinventing each other's work. (i.e. make a single team responsible for a feature across a product line - for a simple example, a photos team that is responsible for photo sharing across Windows, Live, Xbox, and Mobile.)  You might need new executive leadership to force this type of change.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60415,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 9, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It all depends on which group you belong to...,"Treated me very well as an intern - on-board process was very efficient. Great lawyers! If you are part of a great team (like XBOX, Office, or Bing) then your career is in good hands.","401K Employee matching is relatively low, no pension plan. Sometimes managers don't fit well to their positions. Very often one's title doesn't represent what he actually works on. One's personal development totally depends on the direct manager. To really grow and be educated, I dedicated my free time reading books and improving my programing/academic skills.",Don't just listen to your employees - apply what they suggest.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60416,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 8, 2011",Current Employee - Finance,"Great place to work, but poor career advancement","-Great work/life balance -Great peers who are both intellectual and outgoing -Excellent benefits, like free soft drinks, healthcare, and gym membership -Very chill, relaxed culture, you'll find a lot of teams playing ping pong or Kinect during downtime -You are given a great deal of independence and trust over your work, no one is looking over your shoulder.","-With 90,000 employees, it's hard to move up in the ranks, even after 15+ years. -Although Seattle is really not that bad, if you're not from here, it can take some time to adjust.","-Decrease time in between product cycles -Be a first mover rather than a laggard and/or copycat -Trim the fat, do we really need 90,000 employees?",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60417,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 1, 2011",Current Employee - Attorney,Microsoft is a good place to work,"Microsoft has great benefits, challenging work, intelligent people, great products and co-workers generally have a cooperative and supportive attitude within the legal department.","Compensation and advancement based a lot on political favoritism in some divisions. Opportunities for advancement are few once you hit certain levels and business groups are very siloed in the way they work. Also, the forced stacked ranking process can be unfair and demoralizing, constant reorganizations are a waste of time and productivity.","Steve needs to leave Microsoft and let someone else more progressive and open minded lead the company to the next level. Upper management encourages divisions to work against each other intead of together for a ""One Microsoft"". The ""One Microsoft"" concept is nothing but lip service for upper management. Collective vision and cooperation need to be encouraged both by words and executive actions.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60418,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Things are getting better everyday,"large scale software design and development process, cross team/division coordinations, still have many experienced and well disciplined developers, open communications on tons of technical/social forums etc...","the review model literally ruins the company - too subjective, too many political plays, etc. we need change the model.","be more open, more innovative, and more flexible. we need culture change to follow the trend across the IT. we need be agile.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60419,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's gotten big and bureaucratic but there is still hope!,Fast paced with lots of smart people. Many of those people are aware of the company's shortcomings and can identify the things which need to change for the company to again be on the top of its game.,"Our CEO and several of his most trusted subordinates are not the right leaders to take Microsoft into the next phase. Unfortunately, many of the wrong people are leaving.",Allow teams and to bring the innovation and change that is needed for Microsoft to again be on top of the game.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1086.htm
60420,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Stressful,Good resume builder (for now),"Performance review system is stressful and forces people to focus on short term goals rather than having fun solving challenging problems. Instead of competing with Apple, Google, etc. folks fight colleagues in the same pay level. Very long hours, have to compete with indentured servants (i.e. H1B visa holders) from India and China that will do anything (work 12 - 14 hours days since their job is the ticket to a green card).","Steve Ballmer should go. Sinofski should go. Guys, please retire.",1.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60421,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Apr 6, 2011",Current Employee - Operations Manager,"Not bad, not good",The name brand recognition of working at Microsoft.,"Too much red tape, leadership teams are clueless.",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60422,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good experience, but beware of too much of manual work in test in certain consumer related orgs like phone ...","lots of resources to advance both in technology and personality development , not necessarily these will translate to career growth.","Bad performance management system, too many people getting hired which translates to best performers shown average with less challenging conditions. Lesser and lesser opportunities day by day and bad scheduling and management from your leads.","Except for one Milestone, where we started clean, I haven't see one milestone where we worked on schedule. Leades take huge amounts of time to make a schedule surprisingly before planning (includes design plans and test plans) and not even a single task actually fits into the schedule. They can only get away with this because of too many resources given to them. And while they do this, they screw up IC's work life balance and affecting IC's career choices and opportunities.",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60423,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, but no longer great","Decent pay, cool stuff to work on. Easy to change jobs/positions but stay with the same company.","Not great pay, too much politics",none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60424,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 24, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to work,Flexible hours and good work balance,managers could be jerks sometimes,work hard and place hard,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60425,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2011",Current Employee - Online Community Manager,Non Progressive and Slow,"Good Pay, Good Benefits, good people, good food","Non progressive, innovative and creative",You need to change things up big time-,2.0,2.0,none,3.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60426,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2011",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great opportunity, but experience varies significantly by the team and your team manager...","Great benefits, high salaries for the area, flexibility to work remotely as needed","Long hours, lack of work/life balance, a lot of poor people managers, high intensity work environment","Management varies from organization to organization. If a team raises concerns about a people manager, my advice is to ""listen"" rather than ignore. In my case, this lead to an entire team of 12 moving out or leaving the company due to one bad people manager that continued to receive failing WHI scores.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60427,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2011",Former Employee - Inside Sales,Good company,Everyone needs to work at Microsoft once in thier career.,It all about who you know to get a job.,na,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60428,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 15, 2011",Former Employee - Scientist,"Great co-workers, but review process is killing the company","Benefits are great, particularly health care ( makes me feel like a French citizen). Great infrastructure.","Review process is stupid. It's making the company lose a lot of great talent. It stimulates internal competition to an unhealthy level. Everyone is managing up and the environment is highly political, with lots of old timers doing very little other than managing up. The focus should be in competing with other companies, not with other divisions. Somewhat of a Redmond-centric mentality. Too many levels of management between a dev and Balmer. Sometimes more than 12.","CEO, please resign. Balmer lost employee's confidence a long time ago.  Make review process really work. Everyone is gaming that system. It's a joke that makes Microsoft lose a lot of great people.  Too many levels of management between a dev and Balmer. Sometimes more than 12.",1.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60429,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2011",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Passionate and challenging,Great opportunities for meaningful impact Great opportunities for taking initiatives and driving change Diversity of products to work on is exciting,UX is not yet an established discipline A lot of ambiguity in the work Collaboration is not recognized enough Many great initiatives die too early,I really think that the most important aspect missing at Microsoft is a way to reward/value/recognize collaborations within and between groups.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1087.htm
60430,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Terrible experience,"Benefits, smart people, some teams are enlighted","Prejudice, unfairness from management, no help from HR, performance review system is horrible",Move out and let engineers work,1.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60431,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a solid company that does its best to support its employees and gives great benefits.,"Great benefits, stable employment, opportunities to move around within the company","As with any big company, management styles differ between groups within it which means there will always be a bad apple in the bunch. Some groups will be tougher than others to advance in, which is why you hear about employees leaving the company in order to advance.","The overall internal policies in place currently are ideal (reviews, promos, etc), but they are not sufficiently enforced across BGs.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60432,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nothing special,"Secure job, good benefits, lot of opportunities to try different things inside the company",It is like working for a government company. Things move slow. Too much bureaucracy. Not very competent senior management. Very risk-averse. Company lacks vision.,More innovation. Don't be risk-averse. Dont be top heavy. Please have a vision for the future,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60433,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) III,Tired ol' dog,Benefits is still good although that ends next yr,Clueless leadership at top levels,Put Ballmer out to pasture.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60434,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Architect,Good place to learn lots of different things,There are lots of opportunities to move around and to work on different problems. Pretty much any langugage and tech area as well.,LOTS of politics. If you don't like having to negotiate for what you need - then this is not the place for you.,"Trim the fat from the top. Too many partners that add no value. Too many ""buddy"" promotions. Too many people hiding in the cracks.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60435,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 23, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,not too good,good benefits and average pay - you get what you work,very slow company - things move vefry slowly,none,2.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60436,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Challenging, interesting and great experience - Need to fight for your place here.",-Work Culture is amazing here -Personal growth can be achieved -Benefits are very good and comparable -Challenging experience for someone to grow in career,"-Politics -If you are inexperienced, the competition may be too hard",-Prioritize better -Reviews are screwed up folks are put into 10% although they may be talented,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60437,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2011",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer II (SDE II),My ten years at Microsoft has been a decade of stagnation.,"Health plan, however, that will be downgraded in 2012.",Culture of nepotism where opportunities and work are rewarded more based off of preconceptions than performance.,"Train leads on how to manage people, using qualified, outside management training vendors.",2.0,3.0,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60438,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Big opportunities, but not a nimble company","The challenges are huge - working at amazing scale and the company name is still respected. Beautiful campus, phenomenal resources and people. Still the best benefits in the industry. IEB and the few groups still empowering people to be creative are great places to work.","Senior management remains aloof of industry trends and realities. The divide in terms of compensation between senior leaders and the rank-and-file continues to grow at an alarming rate. Politics have increasingly come to dominate decision making and initiative / empowerment is slowing vanishing. The ""Sinofsky"" model - increasingly dominant at the company - makes no allowance for addressing or embracing disruptive technologies / industry trends (""well get there in the next three-year plan"")","A cultural revolution needs to take place at the company - starting at the top. Bring back the old atmosphere and attitude, please!",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60439,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 20, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),good,Microsoft is good company. there produce qulity products so this good to work here,Management have lots of issues.,They need to think about management better than this. have tone of issue with management side.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1088.htm
60440,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2011",Former Employee - Media Specialist,Learning opportunities were limited and colleagues were concerned over loosing their jobs.,"The latest technologies exist there, so it is a good place for the curious and intelligent.",It is difficult to complete larger tasks as prioriites and strategies change as well as responsibilities. It is not necessarily the best place for an intrapreneur.,Allow room for leadership and creativity by acknowledging good ideas and supporting intrapreneurship.,2.0,3.0,none,1.5,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60441,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 16, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Way below my initial expectations,"Pretty competitive compensation, benefits are ok","Mismanaged, decision making process is absolutely broken, enormous internal bureaucracy, everything takes x10 amount of effort, overtime is a norm","Microsoft is turning into old, rusty American company",2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60442,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wouldve been great except for bad managers and too much two-faced cutthroat tricks played by managers and HR.,Great name on resume Benefits (though this changed in nov and employees now have to pay more for healthcare) Training opportunities (if your manager approves and is willing to pay for it from his budget),"Too many TERRIBLE managers. Lots of bias and favoritism: ""Cuteness"" helps a lot in getting ahead. Policies support managers to hire and supervise their buddies, and this leads to a lot of backbiting, key work assigned to favorites and exclusion of non-buddies. The HR reps are super-sneaky and never forthright or sincere. Despite having worked at many companies, the level of this is astounding and i wonder why. managers and HR connive a lot to rank and promote ""buddies"" and get rid of people different from them. With the bad managers, a lot of the time, diversity is just something to pay lipservice to. Ballmer is no different.","Root out all the bad managers! But wait...who's gonna do that? HR? Forget it, get rid of the bad ones among them first. :)",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60443,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Investment banking workload, software engineer pay scale, definitely not worthy",1. Low cost of living 2. Big name company 3. Close to the newest tech trend 4. Well defined career path,"Traditionally the worklife in Microsoft teams are known to be relaxed and laid back, but I work in one of the new Cloud-computing related teams who tries to put new services online, and workload here as SDET is horrible. I often work 75+ hours a week in order to complete all the works. Not only me but I also hear complaints from colleagues in the same team about the workload. The workload comes in the following ways: 1. Scheduling: the management will try to ""persuade"" you to compress the schedule into what fits their schedule needs, ignoring the true task time costs, and all the uncertain factors that could delay the schedule. Once you sign on that schedule, all factors that drag you down need to be paid from your own pocket -- your personal time. By forcing you to commit to such scheduling, they implicitly put you to work long hours. 2. On-demand tasks: when you are signed on to work on a 1 month long project that needs 8 hours dedicated time each day, the management will try to randomly give instruction to you to take care of some random tasks, which could take 3 hours a day. At the same time they track your progress on the scheduled task. 3. Incidents: you need to take care of incidents, such as cluster down or test reported failures. Which could take 4 hours for each incident. At the time you signed-up to work on a 8 hours-day pre-planned project. 4. You can get promoted only if you work extra time: the management will assign you with all those routine tasks that would already take you 10+ hours a day. For promotion, as they said, you need to do something beyond routine that would impress them. That means you find another project besides your already long hours routine tasks, to get recognized. 5. Code changes everywhere: as the Cloud related project is fast growing, all the components were changing, and your existing code can be broken by other people anytime. Then you need to take care of that.  Besides the workload, also there is issue in: 1. No core competency developed in SDET job role: even with such long hours daily working time, most things I do are low level: writing straght-forward-logic C# code (like scripts), take care of some config text files, copy-paste test failures' stack traces, start test runs, spend 5 hours to find out a way to hack the dev component to test something they didn't provide interface. I believe I won't be able to find another job after doing things like for 3 more years. 2. The pay scale is definitely not worthy for this workload. I of heard people in Amazon complaining their workload due to nature of online services (fast pace, incidents, etc), but their pay is 30% higher. I think now I am doing the same amount of work as they, as at substantially lower salary.",none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,1.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60444,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Mar 17, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Very Political,Decisions based on politics and spreadsheet management,Complicated Sales Compensation plan - made worse this year. Lack of career path out of sales (huge salary losses to move into corporate). Corporate lacks understanding of enterprise sales force.,adjust comp to incent enterprise sales folks to move into program and product mgmt to cross polinate and ensure design with customers in mind.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60445,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Limited growth for Test engineer compares to development engineer.,"Good benefits such as medical insurance, vacation, sick leave. Decent compensation. Flexible working hours. Have your own office which allows more privacy to employees.",It is very political at Microsoft. It makes difficult to come with godd plan to compete. Lack of vision within the division. Lack of cooperation between divisions.,"Microsoft will need a vision instead of relying only on the copying and execution. This strategy was proven working in the past but, to compete effective with Google and Apple, execution is not enough.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60446,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2011",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Exciting and Challenging experience,Diversity and Benefits are great,Work Life Balance issue can be difficult,none,4.0,1.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60447,microsoft,"Salt Lake City, UT"," Mar 16, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Loved Microsoft would do it again,"Incredible benefits, smart people, collaborative environment, strong support, committed leadership. Microsoft was the best place I have worked so far in terms of personal learning and opportunity",Worked a lot of hours. There were times when deadlines did not make sense or were moved without consulting the project team,Apply more agile methodologies to increase project efficiency. Cancel earlier in the project when needed. Sometimes projects that are failing continue on too long,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60448,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Amazing,- You get to work on high-impact products - Competitive salary - Lots of opportunities for career growth - Great benefits,- Processes sometimes get in your way. - There is a lot of legacy code that needs to be maintained.,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60449,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Learned a ton, great people, difficult culture - very white male orientated","smart people, software that literly used by the entire world, big problems, lots of challenges","not a lot of movement - so lack of opportunity to move, difficult to understand/believe in long term strategy",be clear on strategy,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1089.htm
60450,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager Lead,"Learned a ton, great people, difficult culture - very white male orientated","smart people, software that literly used by the entire world, big problems, lots of challenges","not a lot of movement - so lack of opportunity to move, difficult to understand/believe in long term strategy",be clear on strategy,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60451,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2011",Former Employee - QA Engineer,"Good if you get along with your manager, otherwise start looking for a new job","Health care benefits are the best I've every seen (save perhaps Google). Good salary, but not worth the pressure. Some opportunities for growth, but highly variable.",Extreme job pressure to perform better/more until you burn out. If you don't perform better every year you're a gone!,Rampent incompetence at 1st and 2nd level management needs to be addressed to avoid unacceptable high burnout of employees. Not a sustainable or eithical bussiness model.,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60452,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 12, 2011",Current Employee - Operations,Mostly positive,"Benefits! They are unparalleled. Very grateful for them. Flexibility. No time clocks, no dress code, no micromanagement. Employees are trusted. I can make a dentist appoiintment in the middle of the day, go get coffee, etc w/o having to ask permission. informal atmosphere Pay is phenomenal Maternity leave is 12 weeks with the option to add another 8 unpaid. outstanding! paternity leave 4 weeks, can use within 12 months","impossible to move from job to job due to leveling system. Easier to quit and come back than to move up in the company. No respect for advanced degrees unless they are in computer science. Limited opportunity for non-technical folks. Not very diverse--seems like 3/4 employees are imported from India. Extremely hard to advance, review system pits you against your fellow employees. Competition is tough.",Get rid of the levels system and let people move up/around more easily!,4.0,5.0,none,1.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60453,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 13, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,"Too much people in management, less no. of people doing actual work","smart co-workers, passionate about technology,","stock has remained stagnant, too many managers",reduce the number of managers. increase the # of people doing actual work,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60454,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Broad experience,Variety of opportunities Cross team experience,Politics Not a fun place to work right now,Change the HR policy so people are not forced out if they get an Achieved 10,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60455,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2011",Former Employee - Product Planner,"Great job description, ok job.","Great benefits, work with very bright and talented people. Salary is reasonable. You get to collaborate with some of the sharpest engineering minds and learn how big complex application software product ship. There are a lot of opportunities for lateral moves, so you can always find a project to yoru liking.","Not the best place for business professionals to work, many business concepts are lacking at the management level (competitive analysis, market entry tactics, branding, core competencies). Stack rank system encourages some undesired behavior. Specifically in the planning role, if your job falls in an engineering org, you are unfairly stacked against developers and program managers. Who do you think leadership (with engineering background) is going to value more?",none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60456,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 7, 2011",Former Employee - QE Lead,"Great people, shame about the management",Great Benefits across the board Great people at the delivery level Lots of training/learning opportunities Multiple product lines give variety of opportunities,"Judged, on what you didn't do rather than what you did do Promote technical people to management positions, with few/no people skills Very Dev driven organization","Hire managers that understand how to get the most from people Not everyone has to be a Dev, you need different people with different skill sets for non Dev positions Don't review people based on the few things they don't accomplish, look at all the things they do accomplish",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60457,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2011",Current Employee - User Experience Manager,challenging and rewarding,"autonomy, no micromanaging, you're able to manage your own time","salary, especially for employees who have been at the company awhile","fix salaries/levels of longtime employees, the only way to get a competitive salary is to leave and come back",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60458,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Overall good place to work, but lack of strong middle-management leadership and vision.",Microsoft offers competitive pay and top class benefits package. The environment is overall pleasant and hours are generally flexible. There's relatively good space to move around between teams within Microsoft.,Varies team by team. Some teams just work you like a dog.,"General lack of vision and passion for it in middle management. Seems upper management knows where to go, but it's not being well distilled and executed upon as it filters through middle management and eventually leaves IC's floundering without great cohesiveness towards a unified vision.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60459,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Mar 11, 2011",Current Employee - Group Manager,"A Learning Experience, Project oriented, deadlines and comittment required.",Good Salary Great Benefits Cutting Edge Work,Team work one sided. Task oriented not result driven. Ideas are not easily introduced and may be dismissed without even being examined. Long hours of tasks with no end solution on many projects that should have more streamline long term solutions. Six Months could be totally wasted on improvement projects.,Check you management teams for real results and not quick fixes,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1090.htm
60460,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Hard work gets recognized, quality of test leads/managers need improvement",- Lot of opportunities to learn from tons of great people across the company - You can choose what area you want to work on since the company works in every field in the software industry - Hard work gets recognized - You'll get extrmely good in execution after working in this company,"- Test organization needs good quality lead/managers. Most of the current ones are a bunch of guys trying to go ahead with politics/processes instead of working to improve the quality of the products - Not a start up. So, the upside financial potential is limited - Too much execution focused, lot less focus on innovation","- Vision, vision, vision. The company does not see any new disruptive technology coming. - Too much execution focused, lot less focus on innovation.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60461,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to develop software,"Best co-workers I've ever had Mature processes for delivering software Very open environment--everyone talks, shares, etc. Canadian-class benefits Great work/life balance Very flexible schedule, just get your work done. A large company with a million things to do, can work here forever on many different teams Moving across various teams is encouraged, even expected","Out-of-touch with the industry in many areas Getting top-heavy with management Politics among middle management, fiefdoms, kingdom building Only a few places inside the company understand agile development Many product teams are too buffered from the realities of the market","Drive managers to give clear, specific feedback. Give stronger message about the top 10% being pushed out.  Thanks for building a great company--let's keep it relevant.",5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60462,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2011",Current Employee - Intern,Great problems to work on. They have some of the best minds in the research community.,Great breadth as well as depth of problems you can pursue. You can choose to work on something very fundamental in the area or on the other hand actually do something which can be tech-transferred to the product groups and would in fact impact future product releases. Great opportunities to make an impact.,Can be more flexible in working with working on open source projects. Need to be careful in terms of publishing results since it might not be approved by the associated product groups etc.,Microsoft Research should have a full time option (associate position etc.) in Microsoft. Generally they take MS students as research assistants on a contract basis and might loose some great people to other labs due to this.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60463,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),The Best Experience Ever,It is great to work amongst a huge set of talented People Microsoft as a company has great products that you can work on Challenging Work,Seattle weather Pay Scale You need to be at the company for a couple of years before people take you seriously,"You are doing a great Job. Please continue to be aggressive in making technology bets similar to Windows Phone 7, Kinect, etc.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60464,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,Nerd Haven,"Highly intelligent, skilled & motivated colleagues (high concentration of Trekkers) Exceptional experience in software product developement & marketing Amazing company culture",Expect long hours Corporate culture can be engulfing / consuming,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60465,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great opportunity to learn the tricks of the trade difficult to grow quickly,"Shipping software that is used by over 300 million people around the world is no mean feat and if put on the right projects you have a lot of things to boast about. Great place to learn the technical nitty gritty. Opportunity to work with, learn from and compete with some of the best minds in the industry.",Growth vis-a-vis the amount of effort does not match in certain groups. Long release cycles could delay promos. Large pay discrepancy within the same level.,There is a large gap between different groups in terms of the rewards people receive v/s the amount of effort they put in to get that reward. Some teams receive multiple promos while some others do not while individual within each team puts in equal effort. This is an area that needs serious improvement.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60466,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Operations Manager,Good place to gain valuable experience and then pursue outside opportunities!,Great benefits and access to resources do do one's job. There are a lot of very smart people in the company.,"The new rating system is less than desirable. Even if you have done your job with the new rating, you can still get a 10% rating which is essentially career suicide.",Listen to employees better and don't expect all employees to work 24 hours of the day. Your workforce is aging with family to think of.,3.0,1.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60467,microsoft,"Irvine, CA"," Mar 7, 2011",Current Employee - Sales,it's been a great experience!,Innovation is rewarded and encouraged at Microsoft. My management team is very supportive and this truely a good place to work.,this is a very large and mature organization and at times it can be difficult to navigate. the culture is changeing for the better however.,I would recommend maintaining a work life balance that is comensurate with the rewards offered. It should also be a priority to improve our stock price.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60468,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 6, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A lot of opportunities,Great people Awesome technologies Ability to make a big difference Great benefits,"Politics, too slow to respond to changing markets",Avoid politics and be more agile,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60469,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not a good place to work,"Prestige of working at Microsoft, amazing benefits","Highly Politically charged environment. Back-biting, cronyism are all at an extraordinarily high level at Microsoft. Everyone is constantly pretending to be passionate since that ensures a solid performance review. Absolutely no interest in working hard, getting solid results, ensuring quality of product or customer satisfaction.",Reform the performance review system so that genuine result-orientation and not pretend-passion is rewarded.,1.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1091.htm
60470,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 4, 2011",Current Employee - Account Manager,I've learned alot of the years but things are different now in the marketplace.,Working with great technology and exposure to worldwide scaled business model. The opportunity to engage with partners and customers to impact how they leverage our software.,"MS has changed over the years and in Redmond, it's alot more political and visibility and ability to proress is often a factor of the relationships you have vs. job performance.",You're loosing great people. You're no longer competitive in attracting and retaining the best talent. Morale is declining and it just seems that you're not realizing what made MS a great place to work before seems no longer to be true.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60471,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 5, 2011",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,"Too big, too slow, too much legacy","They're established, some still see it as a good thing to have on your resume. Customers will answer your calls, though they arent often happy with your products.","The platform is way too big, company is slow to drive to current trends in the industry. Languishing in critical spaces like mobility.","Find your entrepeneurial spirit, your employees are frustrated as they are of the mindset that they now work for the newest IBM.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60472,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2011",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Good place to collect a paycheck if you don't have a desire to push the boundaries,"Benefits were great, though changing Flexibility to work from home or any location Colleagues - People in your peer group are fun Location - Redmond / Seattle is a great city Pay is sufficient","Poor management - move up the ranks too quickly without mastering the level below Promotion based on who you make friends with not on skill Review process is shocking and broken Culture and management style don't allow for innovation, if you want to get promoted","""Innovate or die"" is what the internal communication posters said on the Microsoft campus. Follow exactly that. Promote people that want to work hard and push the boundaries to make Microsoft a market leader once again, and not people that make managing up their daily job while they collect a paycheck.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60473,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Mar 4, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,"Great benefits, OK products","Awesome benefits, great work/life balance. The company is making a ton of cash despite lack of innovative products.","Except for Kinect, MS hasn't produced any innovate products. It's getting trounced by Apple, Google and other competitors.",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60474,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satisfied,"Microsoft is an excellent company to work for, learn and develop a career in the IT industry.","As with any large company, it is often difficult to navigate through the company and layers of information.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60475,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,Fulfilling - learned a lot,Great benefits Able to own our business Flexible work hours Work from home opportunities Access to cutting edge technology,"Lack of personal touch - employees are merely resources, not humans Office/workplace politics Workplace bullying (depending on group) Review system needs major overhaul Information is strictly managed - not transparent",Overhaul review system More transparency from leadership employees Managers measured and held accountable for talent ebb and flow Mangers REALLY held accountable for WHI scores,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60476,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 27, 2011",Current Employee - Test Manager,Mind numbingly boring or rapid fire shipping with no time to think,"If you work in services (Bing, Ads, MSN, etc...) then the place is pretty dynamic.  The benefits are fantastic, and in comparison to Bay Area jobs the pay and even equity is pretty good if you are a decent performer.","If you work in services (Bing, Ads, MSN, etc...) then you have to put up with the most immature management team I have ever been a part of.  Work/Life balance is difficult to maintain if you want to really succeed. There is often no reason for this other than poor planning, lack of direction and low quality developers.  Again, if you work in services, you will find your self working along side some of the least capable developer teams I have ever worked with.","Hire in some strong leaders beneath Qi Lu, and fix the ads group which has languished under the yoke of inept leadership. Make sure that talent and execution is rewarded, see through the b.s. that is rampant in services.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60477,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 1, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing Director,"Innovative, collaborative and challenging environment.","Collective intelligent group of colleagues, great benefits, relaxed work environment, very diverse, hire the best, opportunity to innovate, create and pilot new practices and ideas.","As a manager, calibrating team performance and deciding on annual rewards before employess submit evaluations. More internal focus on changing jobs every 18 months than doing your job. Little to no succession planning. Very poor transitions between roles. Very diffult to rise to the top given the very tenured executives.",Truly reward outstanding managers for great team building. Built and launched Management Excellence yet was never rewarded when I did a great job leading teams.,3.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60478,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 17, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Director,Microsoft has long lost its way,The benefits and pay are very good,They have lost the way to innovate and it starts at the top.,Clean House.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60479,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Feb 25, 2011",Current Employee - Escalation Lead,Surrounded by passionate people doing great things,Fantastic Health Care Coverage- no other company compares,Tough Work/Life Balance most of the time,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1092.htm
60480,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Feb 20, 2011",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Awesome Company to work for!,"Company definitely has competivie pay, definitely for this region.","Life can get stressful in this business, but it comes with the territory.",Make certain you keep treating your top performers very well.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60481,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2011",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer/Test,"Great people, mediocre/bad management","- High bar for hiring, so quality of engineering I worked with was excellent - Good benefits, especially health and generous matching for charitable giving/volunteer time. If you have a family, can't do much better than this anywhere - Moving internally is easy, so it's possible to work on varied products, ( from the OS to databases to online services to phones) which can be exciting for an engineer","- Review model is good in theory, but broken in practice. Too much politicking may lead to surprises at review time. - Mediocre middle management. Good engineers do not necessarily make good managers, and there is little coaching/mentoring in a lot of teams. - The salary is good for the Pacific NW, but rewards for performance are mediocre at best. Being a star performer is not worthwhile as the extra reward in cash/stock isn't that much more than what an average performer makes. While the management claims that the top 20% get good rewards, you really have to be in the top 5% for the extra effort to pay off - The company has too many me-too products and misses the boat too often on new ideas. Frustrating as an employee and shareholder to see this.","- Fix the review system. The 20/70/10 model of evaluating potential is too subjective and frustrating across the board. - Reward innovation and encourage more skunkworks-type projects for risky products/services. Being an also-ran in product after product is bad for company morale and stock. - Purge top management of also-rans and bring in fresh blood. ""The Microsoft way"" of doing things is obviously failing.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60482,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"as you move up, your growth gets slow","good company rep, and competent people",very slow growth after couple of years,none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60483,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 22, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Summer internship,Possibly the most structured internship on the planet. Summer camp for college students,"ummmm.. It really depends on who you are - I just felt kind of lost in the company. However, it really is a great company - they treat their employees really well",try and relate more to the new hires,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60484,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,Politics rule,"Very talented people. Pockets of passionate engineers. When it's good, it's very good.",Overly political in the last few years. Playing the game for promotions and favoritism is rewarded over actual talent. More of an emphasis on moving up any way possible over focus on working at being the best engineers in the world. Too many who think they are better than they really are.,Get out of the way and let the team's get to work. Get rid of that review system and reward talent for being good at what they do rather than how good they can play the system.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60485,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great benefits but uninspiring work and really confused management.,"Excellent Benefits - Healthcare support is excellent, I have gotten so many expensive procedures and tests done from the best doctors and not had to pay a single penny. Also great for families for this very reason **Although most benefits will erode by 2013  Broad portfolio of products - If you get bored of working on office products, you can work on xbox or search (bing) or developer tools (visual studio). Microsoft makes everything!  Good support staff and facilities - Shuttle bus services, prime card discounts etc. etc.  Good Innovative work in VERY SELECT groups. Just pray you get into one of them and never get re-orged out.","- Re-orgs - I have been in this company or almost 3 years and switched teams twice and barely got to write any code, why? Because the group cannot decide its org structure so it keeps re-orging and the developers as a result never get to really *work* on stuff. I've noticed this in two different organizations (servers & tools and Bing). Re-orgs are KILLING employee morale, wasting company money and serving no real purpose.  - Too much bureacracy - I have to jump through hoops to switch to a different job within the same company. Ordering a freakin' Book is a nightmare.  - Bubble effect - Most people are heavily soaked in the company kool-aid and don't realize that Microsoft products are slowly getting irrelevant in the market. Some people don't even have a clue about what the competitive products are out there. People will have intellectually dishonest debates with you just to satiate their over inflated ego rather than understand what a hole the company is in.  - Very low on CREATIVITY, very little ORIGINALITY. Everyone likes to do things in an certain way - its like a government job.  - Lot of politics at Principal and General Manager Level. Sometimes who speaks the loudest gets ahead - although its a truism in most places but its sad to see this happen in a technical, facts driven company.  - There is SOME exciting work happening, but you need to be in the right place and pray to got that you don't get re-orged out.","Stop re-orging! You are killing morale, disenchanting developers away to google/facebook/amazon and you are wasting your own money  Cut the management hierarchy.  Fix your review process.. the stack ranking model is creating unhealthy competition which causes individuals to self-promote themselves rather than the product. You have prima-donnas who will argue on some nitty gritty technical detail to prove their superiority and earn brownie points. Bring in peer review process!  Pay more - you are paying way below average. Ever seen what Amazon pays?  For god sakes get some originality and get in tune with the market .",2.0,4.5,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60486,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 23, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,I'd like to return when possible,1) great flexibiltiy 2) work/life balance is superb. 3) single office for almost every one. 4) access to almost all source codes,1) promotion is very stagnant. 2) salary is not competitive. 3) too redmond centric. you cannot relocate to other parts for family reasons.,NO,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60487,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good working environment,"talent, upbeat, and innovative folks","too big, perks are not keeping up with high tech companies",have more 1:1 feedback session with employees,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60488,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome and unforgettable,"Good opportunities for career growth, good rewards and praise for the excellent job done and good benefits","very Redmond centric. I had to move to CA state for personal reasons and since there are not that many good opportunities in Microsoft Silicon valley campus, I had to leave the company.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60489,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great, then OK, then oh well, then awful",The new Studio campus is cool and has great food. Store discounts.,"16 years at the company and I've never seen morale so low - terrible stock performance, almost nothing in the way of salary increases or bonuses, management that is asleep at the wheel, and all my friends have IPhones and IPads. At least I get my health insurance paid for.","Slash and burn 25% of the company, grant more decision making authority and allow for less beaurocracy. Cash in your stock options while they are worth something.",2.0,1.0,none,1.5,1.5,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1093.htm
60490,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Still a great company but just to big for me now,Excellent benefits Great resources Still good people,"to many politicians focused on their careers and not the products can't get anything done because you have to many people to please to many processes, policies and rules",You need to find the ultimate product guy who oversees all products and removes the silly infighting between product teams. Have some guts and take some risk or the down slope will continue.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60491,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 14, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"A great experience, this job opened many doors for me.","Great benefits, competitive, lots of diversity in potential positions available within the company. Microsoft has so many different paths to choose for discipline that it makes it a great place to work.",My frustration with Microsoft is that it has become very bureaucratic. Lots of office politics to deal with. I also would like to see us be more innovative as a company in more areas than just XBox.,Figure out how to make Microsoft nimble again and less bureaucratic. Learn how to ship web services in a way that does not match the way that we have shipped the shrink wrapped products for the past many years.,3.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60492,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place,Very family-oriented environment. Lots of training and mentoring programs available. Competitive salaries. Best health insurance in the industry.,Be ready to push 50-60 hours a week on regular basis to stay competitive.,"Get rid of S. Ballmer, get Bill Gates back.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60493,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great starting dev. experience,"Great teams, and I personally had a great manager!",520 traffic can be a bear!,none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60494,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Little kingdoms,"It is after all Microsoft. They only steal from the very best!. They are not necessarily the most innovative company (Unless you are talking about the X-Box side of things!), but they are the best marketing engine around. Benefits for FTE's are excellent","Work-Life balance is terrible, but it is slowly getting better over the years. Middle management is all over the map. There are excellent managers and there are terrible managers. When your project ships, you look for a new position internally. Can't find one? You are out!",Treat Contractors better. Just because you are an FTE does not mean you have the right to treat Contractors like scum.,2.0,1.5,none,1.0,2.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60495,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 10, 2011",Current Employee - Software Developer,Great place to work,Many opportunities across teams. Lots of flexibility. Advantages of working for a big company. Get to work with many talented people.,Its a very big company. Lots of competition. Can be slow moving at times. Sometimes working or collaboration between groups is not efficient.,Need more consistency in management across different groups. Some groups are awesome and some are not so great. A consistent approach in what is expected from managers will help.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60496,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2011",Current Employee - Alliance Manager,Positive,Global Reach across industries and technologies,Bureaucratic....Scorecard culture which masks ills but protects reticent middle managers lacking fibre to tell SVP the real story,Customer is King....,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60497,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good stable job,Good benefits. Stable job. Lots of teams and opportunities to work on different technologies. Great developers. Respected by other people.,Very slow career growth. Some of the teams have become too big and lethargic. Not a lot of room of innovation on the job.,"Provide freedom for innovation. Hire world class leaders not managers, someone who can inspire the people working in the company.",2.0,2.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60498,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Interesting & challenging work,"As one of the worlds largest software companies, you feel that what you are doing there is making a difference. The work is challenging and interesting and the rest of the staff is made out of very bright people willing to help you.  It also has a very fun and laid back environment, the free drinks are awesome though they may make you gain some weight if you abuse them.","Your success as an intern depends a lot on which product group you're on, some managers are much more demanding than others.","Go back to Microsoft's truly technical roots and take more risks, it certainly pays off in the long run. Get more technical people at the top of the management food chain as they know best how to handle projects.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60499,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 6, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,good,benefits especially health benefits. pro club,low salary lack of free food,increase salaries keep benefits,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1094.htm
60500,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I think Microsoft is a mediocre software company,The health insurance and other benefits are one of the best among the industry. The company provides good work environment.,Lack of innovation. Lots of bureaucracy. Technical skill sets obtained from this company may not be usable in other companies.,Build a more open environment for the research and development teams. Embrace more new technologies and open source software. Need more out-of-box thinking.,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60501,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 1, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Huge bureaucracy, tons of legacy code, lots of senior people that think they are about 200% more clever than they are.","Lots of internal mailing lists to ask questions on / keep up on technology / interests  Great health benefits  Decent work/life balance recognition and managers accepting push back if you feel it has gotten out of whack  Broad reach as some products are used by hundreds of millions of people  Some very smart people, the ones that aren't jerks can also be very helpful / good to learn from","Heavily against any open source usage / involvement by employees  Serious bureaucracy, sometimes it takes moving a mountain to get the smallest things done  Massive, legacy code bases written YEARS before anyone though unit testing was a good idea, which means massive amounts of complex code with pretty much 0 test coverage, ohh and you get to tchange it all, make sure you don't regress anything or introduce any bugs!  Convoluted build systems, source control management  Little cross team collaboration, to the extent you have to request permission to get access to the Office PDBs (and they likely won't give you permission)  Lots of arrogant people, some won't even bother responding to e-mails or will be very rude/dismissive as if it is a waste of their time. These people are usually also the creators of all the terrible mess alluded to above, so good luck convincing any of them it needs to change (since 'it' is what got them promoted at one time)  Test frameworks are a horrible mess, convoluted, unreliable, arcane  Branching / code motion (FI/RI) is TERRIBLE, changes take FOREVER to propagate and when they do they inevitably leave your branch on the floor for a number of days after wards  Lots of PMs that seemingly spend their day reporting on your work (and mostly taking credit for the things that go well) to management, also playing bug games to hide bugs around senior management review time and sending out update e-mails with indecipherable tube charts and ridiculous time-lines that have no basis in reality and pretty much show the opposite of what every dev says to them every day in terms of where the project is, what risks are present, etc...","Get rid of the people managers who have 0 people management skills. So many mediocre ICs choose the management route as they realize they will never make principal or higher in an IC roles. They don't do it because they possess any leadership talent or people management talent, most of them actually have negative abilities in this area, alienating the devs that are successful and causing the less talented to play political games of suck-up to try and get a good review, or at least avoid a bad one.  Flatten the overall hierarchy, there are RIDICULOUS depths in the reporting chain such that what I tell my boss and what I see our VP write in a mail weeks later literally look like completely unrelated things, even when the VP is talking about the same thing/feature/area I am. It is a giant game of telephone except instead of accidental message mutation it is purposeful to avoid delivering bad news when it arises.  Have your senior leaders focus on business and stop giving busy work to generate reports, meet some arbitrary ZBB date or involve yourself in bugs / individual customer interaction. You just cause fire drills and wasted time. You aren't an IC anymore (if you ever were) and though we all know you have the power to 'make things happen' you are constantly making the WRONG things happen and costing stockholders lots and lots of value.",2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60502,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Opportunities - Excellent Career Manangement Focus within the Comany,Cool products - everyone knows of Microsoft! Innovation - new products and services are constantantly being released to consumers and enterprises.,Large comany syndrome - you can get swept aside unless you constantly manage your networks and keep an eye on the horizon for your next one or two career steps. That said - that's a good problem to have. It keeps you sharp!,none,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60503,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 3, 2011",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,"Don't fool yourself, its exactly how you think it will be","Great work/life balance, excellent benefits. Great place if you're not too motivated or ambitious. Everyone gets an office.","Its a very painful place to innovate or try to push product thinking beyond reactionary ""What does Google do?"" thinking. Entirely too much focus put on ""alignment"" between products results in ""paint by numbers"" designs. Very business/engineering focused, which means we ship technical innovations that are nearly worthless to everyday users. The place bleeds talent from every pour, but the culture keeps the best thinking in check - while the loudest, most senior bullies push their personal opinions into product designs. MSFT says its results-driven, but there isn't any accountability when the loud-mouths in management get it wrong. A product planning process that takes almost as long as the work to build it? Waterfall doesn't even begin to describe how slowly MSFT moves.","The company is too big, the products lack meaningful innovation and you only seem to react to innovation by competition with meaningless, watered-down half efforts. Simplify the business and the products will follow. Let the people who know how to ship great products lead the product design process. Your systems for employee evaluation and reward are a caustic, mish-mash of divisive ""me first"" incentives, unintended consequences and an epic time waster that doesn't work for promoting the best talent and thinkers.",2.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60504,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 7, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,good opportunities exist here,Variety of great projects to work on. You work with great people. Fair opportunities for career growth. Reasonable work-life balance. Great benefits.,There are both good and bad teams. Make sure you understand the team you are joining. Managing your career at the higher levels is very political.,Make sure you understand how important peoples' careers are to them. Try to work with them to help them achieve their goals.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60505,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Jan 28, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,"Great place to work, as long as you never want to move up","The benefits are great, the pay is competitive, and you are treated well by leadership.",Their HR policies basically make it impossible to move from front line support into any other portion of the company. If you are looking at using support as an avenue to working into consulting or development Microsoft is not the place to do this.,"None, I have been very happy with the direction of the company in the last few years.",5.0,4.5,none,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60506,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2011",Current Employee - Developer,"Overall, satisifed","1. Flexible hours 2. Interesting technology 3. Alot of very smart people 4. Very good benefits, at least for now",1. Toxic review system 2. People have to work too hard on they are perceived instead of doing great product work 3. Stock price,"Be courageous and ditch the review system. Ultimately, the reveiw system should really be about rewarding and reinforcing behavior and results that benefit our customers. The current system does not do this. It creates a back stabbing environment where precoius energy is diverted into the wrong tihngs.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60507,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 3, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Can be fun, but also just a big slow machine now",Work/Life balance is acceptable and really good for some roles Great benefits Oppty to move within the company Multiple Global locations Strategic thinking is rewarded,"Slow moving Bonuses and review process is a mystery A ton of incompetent middle managers Many employees who have ""checked"" out and just coasting along","Bring back entrepreneurship Stop rewarding people ""playing the manage up"" game",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60508,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 2, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Lack of vision,There are so many resources available and so much cash that Microsoft can afford to get into any business and sustain a loss for many years. XBOX is an example of an area that Microsoft never gave up in. Few people would have given them a chance to break into that difficult console business and yet they stuck it out and it is finally paying off.,Many times Microsoft is just trying to play catch up and mimic what other companies are doing. I find a general lack of vision in the company. It is not something that is rewarded. They reward hard drivers that deliver. Not people that have the vision and deliver the right thing.,Look into hiring the visionaries and giving people a chance to make something of an idea.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60509,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Stable compared to others,Well managed projects Smart people Work life balance better than some,Company is very mature - if you want to work on specific types of or areas of software you probably won't get there without putting in time.,Try learning something about software - this will help you make better decisions and provide technical leadership,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1095.htm
60510,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 3, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,"Politics, Horrible review system, Living off Windows+Office cash cows, Low on innovation",Work with smart people Better-than-average benefits Learn good software engineering practices,"GMs treat their teams as personal fiefdoms Senior leaders lack vision beyond immediate line-of-business profitability Attitude of ""dont-rock-the-boat"" ""dont-take-risks"" Nasty politics - Toot your horn, Pull Others down - to get ahead","Come up with a ""group-win-win"" reward system : Pay-for-performance breeds nasty politics Solicit anonymous feedback on product ideas - you'd be surprised It is OK to use competitors products (um, phones, tablets) and learn how to design products to WOW customers.",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60511,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 9, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It is a Good company to work with relaxed work culture.Employees friendly so you dont hv to worry about team grudges,Makes you lazy at times.too much of free time leads to loss of productivity.Most employees beyond a point dont carefocus more on productivity.excellent product lines but,It has to focus more on productivity.excellent product lines but the management is not concerned about the HR losses over time,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60512,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Has been alright, lesser and lesser empowerment to developers","Large diversity of projects, lots fo smart people, impactful project, stable work place, lots of existing code, lots of brain knowledge","Too many re orgs, lots and lots of process, lesser and lesser small teams, too little risk taken, no visionary leaders anymore.","Empower people more. Take bold risks which do not involve having large number of people, but have small number of very good people working on hard problems. Shoot for the moon again",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60513,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 1, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,experiencedepends upon manager and management team,smart people great work lots of variety,figuring out your way around and dealing with management,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60514,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, horrible manager",So many resources to help you do your job right.,Microsoft promotes good performers rather than people managers.,Make manager feedback visible to people applying for jobs.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60515,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2011",Current Employee - Software Developer,Good to work at microsoft,Great benefits Challenging work environment Good growth opportunities,Work life balance Review system,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60516,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Jan 27, 2011",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager III,Microsoft let me down,"The company is a good place to work if you are just seeking a financially secure environment and are not concerned about advancement. For eample, the benefits poackage is generous.","In my ten plus years I had many, many managers, but only one manager that I would recommend to others. Management was more interested in arbitrary deadlines to impress their bosses than in delivering quality products in a realistic timeline. Worklife balance is a management mantra that never makes it into practice. My colleagues and I regularly worked long hours that crept into the weekends and negatively impacted family life. While there are training opportunities, I was too overworked to take advantage of most. Salary growth has not even keep pace with the cost of living, let alone your performance. I have chosen to seek emplyment elsewhere. It is sad, given that I had so much faith in the company. I feel let down.","Invest in training people managers to grow their people. While I still have some faith in upper management, I have little faith in lower and middle management. This perspective comes from 10+ years at Microsoft.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60517,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Jan 30, 2011",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Ok, too many fire drills","fast paced, great products, full people to work with","low salary, too many complex programs, bad licensing",too many products to sell,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60518,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company to work for in the video game space,Salary Industry influence ESPP Benefits Work culture leadership leaders leadershui lead leaded This is not working as it should.,None Location Percieved as a Has Been,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60519,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its not easy to grow career in management ladder.,Benefits are good but they are repealing that in 2013. It is good place to start your career but don't stick around for more than 3 years.,Annual review process is very bad and not transparent. Middle management (leads) are the worst part here as they are mostly technical people with not much of managerial skills. That is not good news for an individual contributors.,none,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1096.htm
60520,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place for a software developers and managers,"Work environment, opportunity to get technical experience, nice benefits. Good pay on management level.","A lot of management layers. Work scope is very narrow. Slow promotions. Large dependency on direct a manager, less team work. A lot of non-profitable projects. Much waste of money to unnecessary efforts in coordination within projects.",Analyse how money are spent. Remove unnecessary management layers. Invite more experienced people from industries rather than hire just after graduates.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60521,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 28, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Very well organized and structured working environment,"Tons of really sharp yet humble people. (it totally not, 'I'm smart and I know it') Great tools/systems/processes in place all over the company. Professional ''grownup"" and mature working environment (not the goofy fraternity style at Google) Lots of type A logical personalities.","Be on top of your game at all times. You are calibrated with your co-workers in the offices next to you. Starting to feel a bit like ""Uncle Bill's International IT Employment Agency"" It's in Seattle.",none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60522,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 25, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Place to Work,They treat employees really well. Goals are very clearly defined and it's easy to track your progress. Your managers want to help you grow your career.,There is a lot of group-think and an unspoken requirement to drink the cool-aid. Communication doesn't always happen in the appropriate channels so it's easy to become disconnected.,"Make it less appealing for employees to move around a lot within the company. Or, rather making it more appealing for employees to stay with their groups longer. There's so much overhead from the chaos of people moving around all the time.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60523,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2011",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company,In recent time Microsoft is shedding a lot of its weight to become more nimble and agile. Its getting younger and smarter.,Some of the mistakes we did in the past its still hurting the stock price.,Go at it.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60524,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2011",Former Employee - Principal Product Manager,"Not a place to build a career, but a good place to draw a reasonable paycheck.",The opportunity to change the world - although that time has gone for many positions. Great health care benefits - althought that will soon change.,"No career - just a series of ""jobs"". Very poor senior leadership. People mainly interested in holding onto their positions. Incredibly high level of politics.",Reduce the overall staff size and reduce layers of managment - it's killing the company. Enable employees to build a career.,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60525,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 17, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long Time Microsoft Employee,"Microsoft is generally a great place to work. Although perception has changed Microsoft's core capabilities are still very strong. There are business groups that are strong and generally carry the company (groups such as Windows, Office, Development products, & Server & Tools business are still the core of the company). The company has very good benefits and the salaries are pretty commensurate with what is generally in the industry. The good money is made at the Director level (or principal PM, Dev & Test Management levels). If you are fortunate enough to get into one of those groups that are core to the business you would be in great shape for potential to grow your career. Also, for career growth groups that have competition with other industry leaders are great... think Windows, SQL, Win Server, etc are great... it gives you the opportunity to really dig into the competition and get out of the Microsoft centric thinking that is prevalent throughout the company.","Groups such as Entertainment & Devices (which contain XBox, Zune, & Phone) generally struggle since they are not core to the companies bottom line. I've seen in recent years where the company has pushed people who had been at the company for some time 10+ years to bring in other people they can pay less. Not much in the way of Stocks at Microsoft as the stock has been generally flat for the past 10 years. AS the company has grown things are very political and there is not as much innovation as there had been in years past. Microsoft seems to be going back into the fast follower status in innovation (think zune vs ipod, Azure vs AWS, & Kinect vs Wii)... This is no accusation that Microsoft has done any better or worse but adoption is critically important in being an industry leader (Wii was years ahead of Kinect and the iPod was years ahead of Zune) - fast fallower means your adoption (and profits) will follow first to market.",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60526,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent development experiences,Excellent benefits Great work life balance (depending on team) Incredibly smart people to work with,Lot of firedrills Lack of communication on deliverables Extremely competitive amongst peers,"Get rid of the performance review system, allow lower level employees to advance quicker, more mid level jobs needed",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60527,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,Its a competitve environment and involves working with smart indviduals and not-so-smart managers,good salary and perks smart people,politics microsoftie centric culture its closed loop and all ur frnds will tend to be microsoft.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60528,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 22, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,It has been a good work experience at Microsoft.,Many opportunities to work on different technology because of Microsoft's huge portfolio of products. Good exposure to growth on non-technical stuff.,Lack of vision in senior execs. Lot of products were not developed as if it's been run as business.,Priority: 1. Customers 2. Employee 3. Shareholders,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60529,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jan 18, 2011",Former Employee - Accountant,Hard Life as a Orange Badger,"Free Beverages, xbox 360, Causal dress in workplace",Backstabbing People . Everyone is out for themselves. Many individuals are not qualified to do the jobs they are preforming. Work life balance does not apply to everyone.,none,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1097.htm
60530,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Overall a great learning experience. However lathargic career growth and lack of opportunities.,Difficult challenges. Learn to build large scale software. Colleagues are pretty smart folks.,"Large and small scale politics. If you upset the wrong person for whatever reason prepare to have your career derailed. The review process is a joke and widely considered a popularity contest. Being ""calibrated"" against others in your level band and requiring leadership to decide on the bottom 10% each year. You could have 10 great people on your team, but you have to single out one as a 10%'er. Which basically means they might as well be fired.",Completely change the review practice. Fire Ballmer and LisaB. Innovate...good grief we actually surprised people with Kinect but we need to do more.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60531,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 16, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great 10 years ago.,"Good Branding, Great Engineering principles, Good work life balance, Benefits are good.","Very Limited Growth, Compensation is mediocre, Engineering disciplines are not valued the same.","Do something about the stock and bloated employee base, Do something to financially motivate roles below Principal.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60532,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never a dull moment!,"Intelligent, fun, caring, & generous people to work with. Lot's of career opportunities and tons of personal benefits both through the company (e.g. free health club, discount card to different local businesses, company busses for commuting, etc.) and through employee groups within the company (e.g. climbing club, photography club, dog info, event & ticket exchange, etc.).","The size of the company is a blessing and a curse. Blessing because of all of the opportunities. Cursed because of the inefficiencies that arise (e.g. 100+ emails a day, long & complicated review process, loss of agility).",none,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60533,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really glad I had the chance to work here.,Cultural diversity Able to learn new tools Great cafeterias Amazing people,can be political depending on the group some of the managers are just not with it when it comes to feedback about project requirements long hours - expect to see a lot of emails from people still working at 10pm,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60534,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,The compensation is great but I feel like I can grow faster (promotions) than they allow.,"Salary is competitive, benefits are great, work/life balance is ideal. There also is a lot of variety in the type of work you can do -- there are a lot of different kinds of technologies you Microsoft is developing that you could work on.",I have always been frustrated in how Microsoft evaluates performance. I feel like I could be promoted faster somewhere else.,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60535,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 29, 2010",Current Employee - Mid-level Individual Contributor,Think twice before accepting the Microsoft job offer,"1) Corporate commitment to workplace diversity (race, sex, religion, culture, etc.) 2) A ""name"" company 3) Not likely to go out of business soon 4) Plenty of learning opportunities 5) If you find the right job and the right manager, it's a great experience 6) Usually good flexibility for working parents 7) Smart and diversified co-workers","Here's what I've learned after several years:  1) There's no appreciation of your previous career experience--if you haven't done it at MS, it doesn't count. This ""Not Invented Here"" attitude impedes creative thinking. 2) The performance rating system is seriously flawed--a substantial (25%) amount of your time is spent doing low-value tasks indirectly related to your job. These tasks are injected into your performance plan so your manager has a way to measure you and compare you to others. 3) **YOUR YEARLY PERFORMANCE RATING IS DETERMINED FIRST AND THEN YOU'RE INFORMED--there's no way to change a bad/erroneous review**. 4) The employee calibration system forces your manager to put 10% of her team in the ""below standard"" level, meaning you're not going to be promoted for at least a year OR you're going to be ""managed out"" (fired) even if you've achieved the goals you and your manager set down in writing at the beginning of the year. This ""stack-ranking"" system into 20%-70%-10% brackets determines your the ""contribution margin"" and is based on managers' discussions, hearsay, and perceived age (discrimination). It affects how much stock--a form of deferred compensation--you get that year. Again, you have no way of changing your standing--it's all decided behind tightly-closed doors. 5) It's fairly hard to change jobs--you can't interview without your manager's permission unless you've been in role 18 months. Many postings are dummy postings because a candidate's already been selected and the hiring manager has to go through the process. And most of the jobs are so specific that it's hard to jump across organizations unless you can get an insider to recommend you. 6) Cost-cutting has had a negative impact on every aspect of the Company, and it's nearly impossible to get business travel approval unless you're in sales or consulting. 7) For a technology company, there's far too much management overhead and this leads to slow decision-making. Very few people here are willing to stand up and to make a decision or to go out on a limb to support their position. 8) Microsoft is an extremely matrixed organization and that reality often impedes your ability to get things done rapidly. 9) There are few ""people managers"" at Microsoft. At levels below General Manager, ""managers"" have a **regular workload** in addition to their people management responsibilities, and this is when people management is most important and valued. At the GM level and above, it's about headcount, not individuals. 10) In the U.S., the HR department offers very little career development support and no individual assistance. You're supposed to work through your manager, who may or may not know anything. 11) Promotions are handed out based on excellence in your current role, budget, and business need. So, even if you've been the top performer on your team and have done everything just right, you may be stuck. Thnis is why many people leave Microsoft. 12) It's very unusual to get a promotion when you get a new job--that's why they're called ""internal transfers"".",1) Redesign the employee evaluation system to reflect today's Microsoft. 2) Encourage management boldness. 3) I recognize the need to address health care costs but let's stop the nickle-and-diming. 4) I love Steve Ballmer and believe he's committed to the Company but the stock has been flat for a decade--it's time to bring Bill G back into the fold.,2.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60536,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Architect,Good place to work. Good work/life balance,"Talented people in engineering Big company, able to move to a different area without start from scratch Good benefit package",Stagnant stock price Need to be politically savvy in order to succeed Not able to take advantage of grassroot innovation in technology and business models,"Split up the company, create tracking stock for business units or take the company private Need to hire people with better insights of disruptive business models",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60537,microsoft,"Detroit, MI"," Jan 11, 2011",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Great place to work, great people, great products, great opportunities","Great benefits, great people, top notch resources and technology.","Large corporate environment, can be political, can be hard to advance unless you move",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60538,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 11, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Enriching by observing what to do and what not to do,Work with bright pPeople Technology availability Benefits,Too political Some higher managers not properly qualified,Stop looking after their own careers and more about their people and projects,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60539,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great people, extremely competetive",Lots of brilliant people around Lots of problems to work on Wide array of technogies The management is generally good and fair in assessing people in performance reviews. I like the review and evalutation system at the company and the focus on getting things done.,The competetion hampers some information flow. An attitude for getting things done and strong interpersonal skills are as important for growth as technical skills. This can be viewed either as a pro or a con depending on who you are.,none,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1098.htm
60540,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Once was an amazing place to work, the collective caliber of excellence is no longer","- Family medical benefits are great - The vacation time is better than similar area companies, and comp time after projects is acceptable - With the right management support in place, there are amazing opportunities for compensation and advancement for very hard and dedicated workers - A place to learn how a large enterprise software company executes, this is a good and awful thing","- Top down decision making is the new Microsoft - Duplication across every division and team - Extremely high turnover to competitors (Google, Facebook, Amazon) makes it difficult to focus - Peers across the company can be found in +/- 6 levels... i.e. its unfair - Backstabbing review culture does not encourage teamwork - Massive cost-cutting has reduced many of the former perks and experiences","Admit that times have changed, cut duplication, and revamp the level system. Re-evaluate compensation relative to the industry as the large competitors have great compensation for middle levels across the board now.",2.0,4.0,none,3.0,1.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60541,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 31, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Don't be fooled. Microsoft was once a great place to work, but not any more.",Brand Recognition. The Microsoft Campus (regardless of which one you wind up at) will be nice. There is a great deal of flexibility with regard to which 12 hours you wish to work each day.,"Currently, Microsoft is so focused on cost cutting, you will have to deal with constantly eroding benefits. The culture there has become very elitist. Even the dumbest blockhead is convinced they must be brilliant or Microsoft wouldn't have hired them. There is a great deal of talk about ""Work Life Balance"", but it is just talk. There is constant pressure to work more, put in more hours, stay later, etc.","Start asking yourself why so many of your best developers are leaving. Develop an imagination and try to do something new rather than constantly trying to develop something ""just like"" some other product that is turning out to be successful, but you didn't think of.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60542,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Stable employer if you only want a Job,Hands on latest software technologies,Very few opportunites for a progressive career outside of corporate location in Redmond. Excessive levels of management that are out of touch with the actual business. Reviews are mostly based on subjectivity and not objective metrics.,Understand your employees are no different that the company. We want to advance our opportunities and increase our revenue as well. When the company is able to do that the employees should realize similar results. Employee compensation expecations can no longer be met with increasing stock prices since for 10 years the stock has only traded sideways.,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60543,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's either heaven or hell,"There are some great people there, if you're lucky enough to get a good team. The benefits (up till now) have been top of the chart. There is opportunity for growth, if you have a manager who believes in you.","It's become extremely political. One bad manager can ruin your career. Senior management focuses too much on competing with Apple and Google, instead of making a better product. The review system is hell. Managers are forced to put someone in the bottom 10% ""underperformed,"" even if they have done an adequate job. Once you get that 10%, you're basically fired. If I'd been told about this review system, I would never have gone to work as an FTE there.","Get rid of the current review system, encourage teamwork instead of individual performance, make reporting structure to the person you support, not a middle manager or executive assistant who is not part of your daily work life.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60544,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2011",Former Employee - Software Developer,Satifactory,Work with smart people. Work on cool technology at times. The stock awards are nice. Able to work independently or as a team.,Very competitive environment even though rewards are dubious at best. Not a lot of innovation left at Microsoft. There is too much bureaucracy in decision making. Not clear vision for the future. Have not pushed on beyond Windows/Office juggernaut,Allow small team independence. Give people time to come up with new ideas. There has to be life beyond Windows and Office. Stop being reactionary. Hire some technical leadership and pay them well to come up with revolutionary ideas.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60545,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 20, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer - Contractor,Positive,Positive and professional work environment,As a conractor don't get to work on the interesting parts of the project,Work with some outside advertising agencies to develope advertising that is cool,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60546,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2010",Former Employee - Group Manager,Chaotic - Doesn't seem quite sure what business they're in.,"The health benefits are second to none. The Redmond and Bellevue campuses are high-tech, extremely comfortable and eco-friendly. The on-site facilities and ammenities are unprecedented. Most of the people working at Microsoft are among the smartest and most passionate people in the industry.","Inconsistent management across business units. Politics plays a greater role in how people are rewarded than does their performance. The company still evaluates people on a curve, meaning that 10% of the people MUST be ranked in the bottom 10%. Even super-stars. People are very unhappy and no one feels valued at Microsoft today.  Also, strategic thinking from the top is slow and only focused on “me to” products. Instead, they should be innovating and bringing the next new technology to market. The company still acts like it is a start-up, with a “ready – fire – aim” mentality. They need to conceed that they are a 43 year old company, in an exceptionally competitive environment. They can't continue to rest on thier deep pockets and fading reputation. Microsoft needs to wake-up before they drive themselves into obsolesce.","the people you work for are your most valuable asset. There is more to happiness in the workplace than free soda and great healthcare. People need to feel that their contributions at all levels are valued, and that delivery of their skills on your behalf will be recognized by management. Drop the “curve” and let smart people thrive. Get rid of toxic managers and executives and become a company that embraces diversity instead of just taking about it.  There is a reason why Google built their sizable facility in Kirkland. Once Microsofties grow tired of Microsoft’s behavioral inconsistencies all they need to do is walk to the next city and Google will welcome them with open arms.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60547,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Aboslutely fantastic! Responsiblities and recognition is amazing at this company.,"1. worldwide impact 2. one actually owns a huge chunk and can work independently. managers are there to guide but not spoon feed. 3. Excellent benefits (will, until 2013 i.e.) 4. recognition and benefits from 3rd parties in/around Redmond area 5. superb campus and facilities","1. does not treat non-MSFT experience with parity. Experienced folks will get frustrated very soon. 2. compensation is lower than rest of companies in the area. 3. Avg. work/life balance could be better. 4. Review system needs to be re-worked. Promotions are often not given due to ""promotion budgets"". Demotivates high achievers","need to be consistent with levels within the company. It often does lead to friction and demotivation. And no more lingering layoffs, please! Totally creats a havoc on everyone's morale.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60548,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2011",Current Employee - Lead Software Engineer,I am satisfied with ROI,Very smart people set of people,Some old timers are complacent,Innovate and market the innovation better,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60549,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Toxic, toxic environment. Backstabbing individuals that are not that great at their jobs.",Exposure to exciting projects and some great clients. Can be fun to be part of a large organization that is well-known.,"There are a lot of people that have been employed there for years and are not good at their jobs. The company does not think about the long term impact of decisions that it makes and each fiscal year, each team has to shift their energy to satisfy what is on Ballmer's agenda. This leads to dissatisfied partners and clients and wasted time and money by teams that have spent a year building up a program just to have it all thrown away. Just think what MS could do if they had a vision and stuck to it. Overall - an extremely toxic environment with unethical people that will do what ever they need to in order to move up in the organization and get recognition.","You have created an environment that breeds negativity. Your employees are clawing and scratching at eachother to get ahead. You promote dumb people into positions they have no business being in. You need to get back to the core of Microsoft and try to be innovative - you have done nothing ""amazing"" in a long time. Wake Up!",1.0,2.5,none,1.5,2.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1099.htm
60550,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 27, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager Lead,Many years ago it was a great place to work but poor leadership and an exceedingly political culture have ruined it.,"- Microsoft's pay is adequate and the benefits are excellent. - There are many great individual contributors. - Once you've established a track record of success, it is relatively easy to move around the company to find new challenges.",- Exceedingly political - Not friendly to people who are not hard-wired to 'play the game' in order to climb the corporate ladder - Very poor leadership culture (highlighted by terrible senior leaders) - Never more than on re-org away from working for a poor manager,none,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60551,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2010",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Smartest group of people you will ever meet...,1. Benefits - excellent medical plan 2. Time off/vacation time 3. Good pay 4. It is possible to try out new things every 2/3 years,"1. Too big and bureaucratic, 2. Most decisions are top down. 3. Way too many job levels, there 4. promotions are becoming harder to come by.","Instead of jumping at everything senior management preaches, please learn to ask 'why'... For top management - the ability to listen to new ideas and contradictory viewpoints is a skill that I wish our top management would learn...",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60552,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Huge potential but tough to realize,"Great porducts, smart people, lots of resources, great learning opportunities, amazing benefits, global impact","Difficult culture, tough to change the way things are done, flawed review process, to much nepotism","Focus more on customer benefits and marketing, make reviews and promotions more equitable",2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60553,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2010",Current Employee - Product Marketing Director,Awsome opportunity,Opportunity to impact globally is real,Heavy politics you need to learn how to deal with,Should be open to consider heavily investments beyond the top 20% ranking,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60554,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 25, 2010",Former Employee - Researcher,It was pleasant overall,good benefits. flexible work time employees are friendly,slim chance of promotion salary not competitive,pay attention to individual performance,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60555,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much politics,good benefit package. easy to get promoted if you kiss asses and follow orders blindly. constant reorg and have people who have no business sense on the top.,People's performance review is determined by skip-level managers and peers of managers who have little clue what and how the employees work.,streamline and cut more teams and headcounts will significantly reduce politics in the company. encourage innovation instead of stifling it.,2.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60556,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft is a great place to work, but it's a very, very big company.","For all the bad raps Microsoft gets, it still changes the world. There are few places where the things you work on have a bigger impact. On top of that, great pay, benefits and working conditions.","The company is very large, and navigating the organization is complicated.  Also, the company faces some serious competitive and strategic challenges to its core businesses.",none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60557,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Dec 7, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,I love working for Microsoft.,Microsoft is an amazing place and provides the opportunity to work with amazing people. The company's strategy for the future is strong and has the cash behind it to fail in some areas and still recover. I really enjoy working here.,Hard to think of specific cons because I'm in a position I love and have amazing work life balance. One possible con would be that the diversity of the technology areas that Microsoft touches makes it difficult to stay up to date on things so I can keep my customer informed of all that is going on.,My advice for now is to give as much notice as possible for leadership change. Robbie Bach and Ray Ozzie's departure in the past few months were a shock and it would be good to know as soon as possible about upcoming SLT changes.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60558,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft is perfect for a resume builder...,"Salaries are ok Benefits were at one time great, but they are getting cut each year 2 of the best managers that I have had in my career have been at Microsoft The products Microsoft creates are incredible",The bad managers I have had are really bad Senior management changes direction frequently and not all senior management is on the same page Reorgs are constant so growing your career can be very difficult Work/Life balance is little more than a frequent conversation but not realistic to the workload,"Unhappy teams and people spotlight a leadership problem. When this unhappiness turns into attrition, take a serious look.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60559,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Assistant,"Wonderful job - autonomy, amazing tools, support great people","Benefits, Work Life Balance, Software, Company Store Discounts",Hard to break out of non-exempt roles It's a HUGE company Promotions aren't very frequent,N/A,5.0,5.0,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1100.htm
60560,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Challenging,"First and foremost - the team you are on will make ALL the difference. Good and bad teams exist throughout the company.  An interesting and challenging place to work. No shortage of problems to dive into and solve. All the tools and supplies you could ever want or need. Need an extra PC? Want a nifty software tool? Ask and ye shall receive - whatever you need to get your job done right and fast. Bar none the best healthcare in the industry. No muss, no fuss - feel sick? Just go to the Dr. No games. Awesome company store discounts. You're surrounded by hordes of very intelligent people - people that were probably the rock stars of their previous employer. Kind of like the ""Ivy League"" of employers. The only employer I've ever had that truly treats their employees like adults - ""Here's what we want done - YOU figure out how to do it."" Total freedom in how you choose to complete a project. Want to spend most of your time playing XBOX or Air Hockey? Go ahead. But you are still expected to have your project done on time and in nothing short of spectacular fashion.","First and foremost - the team you are on will make ALL the difference. Good and bad teams exist throughout the company.  Work/life balance can be an issue. Also a very political atmosphere. With few exceptions, it is NOT a ""team"" environment - it's every man/woman for themselves, and your annual reviews are solely based on your SOLO accomplishments and achievements, and have nothing to do with what work you may have done to help push your team or organization forward. The more cut-throat and backstabbing you are, the less friends you will have but the quicker you will rise through the ranks. This is true for managers as well, and as such, can create interesting conflicts @ review time (or layoff time.) Also - constant direction changes. Re-orgs every 6 months with new management desiring to put their own ""mark"" on things. Lots of old lessons get re-learned, over and over again.","Pick a strategy and stick to it for longer than 6 months. Be clear about what you hope to accomplish and let people find a groove to actually start accomplishing it - instead of expecting overnight changes and then shaking everything up if you don't see improvements immediately following a change. And actually stop, breathe, and try to SOLVE problems when your staff complain instead of just burning them out and throwing new blood at the same stuff. Ever since my departure 3 months ago I found out that a lot of the lessons I learned and solved for went right out the window when my entire management team structure changed and NONE of the hand-off I did was passed on. Sad. At some point, ""throwing money at the problem"" isn't going to work anymore.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60561,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 17, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Unlimited choices (as long as you develop only for Windows),Awesome Health Insurance Good compensation Huge with plenty of opportunities to work on different types of projects Plenty of commute options and good focus on customers and employee satisfaction,Expectations of test can be unreasonable and uninspiring Culture and work environment is very uneven from group to group Balmer and many other senior managers are out of touch Flat stock performance for a decade,Fire Balmer and get someone who has a soul and can inspire people for the next era of Microsoft's growth.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60562,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Well-compensated, great launch pad for success outside of the company, but quickly losing talent and dog-eat-dog atmos.","1. Benefits 2. Technology at your fingertips 3. Resume builder 4. Clear direction 5. Great work-life balance 6. Amenities, Starbucks Coffee","1. Review process assessed on a curve (team of 5, one employee will recieve an ""underperformer"" review regardless of quality performance, unless team is exempted from senior level) 2. Recruitment of family members, best friends, etc. into same department 3. Difficulty keeping talent 4. The ""We're Microsoft"" mentality, invincibility complex","Keep an eye on the trends within departments - internal, lateral movement or movement into a less desirable role in the company is often an escape from poor management/leadership but downplayed or unspoken to remain in the ""club""",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60563,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2010",Former Employee - Director Product Management,Great Experience,"Wide range of experiences, locations and challenges available. Ability to realize these is dependent upon superiors, department and yourself/performance. Poor results will limit your ability to move around and move up so stay focused on the ""commits"".",Lots of bureaucratic things to slow you down.... Meeting merry-go-round on a daily basis...,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60564,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,What made Microsoft great is forever gone.,"Benefits are good. Some of the people are still good. Microsoft use to be the place to work. There are pockets of that left, but they are slowly being suffocated by the new Microsoft which is essentially Proctor and Gamble for the software industry.","It's become IBM on steriods. Steve has not been good for the company. Makes a great salesman, doesn't know a lot about driving true innovation and product strategy. The market has been pretty clear on that with our stock price.",To much competition between execs. To much focus on internal competition versus focus on the customer.,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60565,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 14, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very structured organization, innovation and creativity is not encouraged.",Learn lots of things for starting your career,Not so flexible in doing business,Some leads with no people skill can really ruin your life.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60566,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An at times frustrating but ultimately satisfying and engaging place to work.,Work with very smart and talented people. Flexible hours and work arrangement. Best benefits in the industry. Impact 100s of millions of people.,We struggle to balance protecting our existing businesses versus creating new ones. The stagnant stock price. Limited personal ability to materially impact the mission and vision.,Get focused ... Continue cutting side show projects that have not proven effective to free resources to double down on successful ones.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60567,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 15, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was a great learning organization to work with. I loved working in Microsoft by learning lots of new things...,"great learning center, library and lots of internal aliases through which you can clear your technical/non-technical questions. free-beverages-company-picnic-and-much-more-you-will-be-working-on-new-software-which-will-be-seen-by-you-b4-it-goes-to-the-outside-world great-work-environment-for-FTE's. great-place-to-work-in-terms-of-technology......",Land in a good group in-MSFT else-you-are-screwed-you-will-loose-your-career. very-stressful-and-very-bad-politics-because-of-the-company-size-try-to-stay-away-from-that.,management-needs-to take the internal-poll-for-managers-seriously-and-should-change-things-accordingly.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60568,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2010",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,Horrible leadership made me mad.,Industry best health insurance was good.,Horrible leadership was hard to stand.,Get rid of most leader and manager. Make engineering team flat.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60569,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,"Design, Implement, and Review large scale systems.","You get to work with some of the smartest people in the world, and if you push yourself, you can work on bleeding edge technology. The stock isn't doing anything, but it's free and after 5 years you have a substantial sum of money each year by stock maturing. Benefits are great.","Egos, and lots of them. The review pits everyone against each other at the end of the year, and in a lot of cases that means folks stabbing each other in the back. Time expectations are always just stupid and MS really doesn't get the consumer. Lastly the CEO who did a great job while Bill was here, really needs to be replaced.","Seems to me that MS is just going for the conservative routes. There are a lot of good ideas that get left on the cutting room floor due to politics. The reviews should be an individual analysis but they aren't. Also, since the reviews are competitive, whose the idiot that thought it would be a good idea to get feedback from your peers? It's a competitive system, of course they will dis you!",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1101.htm
60570,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 11, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,OK,"Smart co-workers, great benefits and ability to work in so many cutting edge technologies/divisions","Stupid HR system Too much talk and risk averse specially at large Business Groups.  I don't recommend Microsoft if you like a startup-culture. Those that say Microsoft team work as a startup, they actually never been in one nor I think they will thrive there.",Update antiquate HR system/promotion system. Some people make leaps and bounds improvements in their skills and competencies and the only way for those people to move up quickly is to leave Microsoft and come back.,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60571,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 6, 2010",Former Employee - Business Manager,A great school for new employees but a hard place for entrepreneurs,"There are many things that I admire in Microsoft, in particular: - Benefits package (one of the best in the industry) - Opportunities to grow by changing jobs internally - Learn to think big - Social responsibility (Microsoft is super generous to a variety of causes, which is admirable) - Very smart people easily approachable - Access to fantastic resources (software, library, research, etc.) - Very informal working environment - Flexible work schedule  After having spent several years in different positions, both technical and marketing, I think this has been my best ""professional school"".","Microsoft has changed over the past several years and unfortunately not all of it is positive. My observations: - If you get a first job there, you'll probably come in at a very low level and you'll be stuck there for a while. Promotions are getting less frequent every year. If you've guts, you are better off quitting the company, become a vendor or do something else, and be re-hired as an external candidate. You'll accelerate your career as you reset your history - Microsoft is an aggregation of different silos that don't talk to each other. Exec egos and turf battles come at the expense of the 'greater good' - The company is plagued with processes that makes it slow to react to more agile internet players. If you're an entrepreneur at heart, you'll suffer (a lot) at Microsoft, unless you're there for the 'enterprise experience' and you leave after a few years. Beware though. Because the company is so big, there are always pockets of excellence where things can happen fast. Those are usually the products version 1, where excitement and speed mean survival before the next executive review - A large chunk of middle management is not hungry anymore. If they have been there for many years, they don't want to compromise their comfort. They care more about their 'green scorecard' than taking risks for the sake of moving Microsoft forward. - Many employees feel so passionate about their products that they live in denial that there is a world out there. By closing their eyes to the reality, they don't learn about what the competition does and what customers need. It's easier to drink the company koolaid than make an effort to be self critical  Again, don't judge Microsoft just by looking at one group. The silos are very different from each other and you may find happiness in another group.","Accelerate the time from R&D to market. It's amazing how many ideas get conceived internally that never see the light our there. Don't overlook the 'coolness factor'. These days Microsoft is uncool, and I bet recruiters are struggling to hire students that are looking at Apple, Facebook and Google as alternatives. A few visible wins like Kinect can help change perception more than anything else.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60572,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 7, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor work life balance,You can learn much about software development cycle and related knowledges. There is plenty of resource for employee to learn and grow.,"Our team asks us to work 10 hours nearly every day, and sometimes we need to stay late night and work weekend. Our testers works like this constantly.","Management should consider a less work load for every milestone, otherwise the deadline is pushed forever. Also less office politics.",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60573,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 7, 2010",Former Employee - Manager,Not the way it used to be,Great benefits Some good people Some good teams Great cafes Can have work/life balance if you're on the right team,MS is floundering. Loss of talent No innovation Too matrixed - too much like the army - too many hoops,Get rid of the dead wood - weed out these folks and start innovating again. Your losses are Apple's gain.,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60574,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 22, 2010",Current Employee - Manager,Review,"Good Work Life Balance exists in the parts of the company which I have been exposed to Health Benefits are very good, for example no medical deductables","Work climate varies with the group that you are in In order to navigate the large organization, you will need to know what you wish to do.",Keep competing Keep on producing the products that consumers love to use Keep on innovating more and more on the consumer side of the business,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60575,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft pros and cons.,They get software development and how to treat developers well.,"Overhead can be a problem in meeting time, software process, and security.",Bring Bill Gates back as CEO.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60576,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 6, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good brand, salary and work place",Great place to learn MS technologies Good salary Good work environment,Some projects are not as innovative as others.,Try to retain talents instead of hiring new employees.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60577,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 1, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics will take you down,"Company still has some areas that reward innovation and entrepreneurship, benefits are great and you really do not have to work very hard (in Redmond)","It used to be a company were passion and changing the world were troops marching orders, it became a place where managers have very little decision power and innovation suffers due to A.. covering. No one wants to make waves, everyone senior leader just wants to listen to good news, Redmond forgot about the field and no one cares about customers.","move forward, just go back to the Brains and Passion attitude.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60578,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Dec 17, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Biggest career mistake I ever made,Good benefits Discounts on Company software,No career growth The worst leadership team ever. The leadership team is power hunger and incompetent. They believe in public humiliation of the employees to show their power.,Stay in your current position as you are so incompetent that you will never get a job paying so much at another company.,1.0,3.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60579,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2010",Current Employee - Systems Engineer - COntractor,A review of a 20 months contract as a v- at microsoft,"*) Microsoft has a lot of money, so we always got to play with latest technologies. *) With a few minor exceptions every one is extremely respectful. *) People are very helpful, which provides ample opportunity to learn new skills and expand your knowledge. *) Always something to do. *) Compensation is very good. *) Contractors/Vendors are welcomed to most social events and gatherings. *) Although a very fast-paced workplace, you are always allowed to work at your own pace.","*) Microsoft has a policy of training new managers by placing contractors under them. After all, a full time employee can complain, file an official review, go to HR and so on. As a contractor your recourse is very limited, and you dont get reassigned, you either walk away, or get fired. In my case I had a very inexperienced person with no management experience. That made the work environment very difficult. *) As a contractor you are often reminded of your place on the food chain. *) Although not personally, but a coworker sitting right next to me received an email from a manager telling him that it wasnt his place to learn new skills as he was hired to perform a specific job and if he has extra time to learn, he should either get back to work, or go home. *) My payrate was cut by instituting a 'sitting fee' and i was refused to be allowed to work from home, that meant I lost nearly 4$ per hour. Manager was inflexible, and after 20 months refused to consider consider a salary review. *) Higher up the food chain, Microsoft is a very political place, and as a contractor you will sometimes be used as a scapegoat. The typical thing is to publicly send a 'blame' letter, and to almost privately immediately apologize for losing temper via internal chat.","There is a strong culture of 'blue badge' - 'orange badge' at Microsoft, and while it's not as bad as black discrimination, it's a very adverse environment overall. This mentality clearly stems from the upper management of the company and is openly displayed by some people in the workplace. This needs to stop.",4.0,5.0,none,1.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1102.htm
60580,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Nov 28, 2010",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Microsoft,"Great culture, awesome people, strong enterprise products","increasing competition from all directions, internal beaurocracy",focus on core product sets,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60581,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 29, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDET Vendor,"Microsoft has a very competent engineering workforce, you are always working with some of the best of the best here. Even as a vendor I am treated as one of the team","There is a very bureaucratic structure, sometimes a lack of communication at upper levels, poor adoption of some of their own software",My advice to the management at Microsoft would be to flatten the org a bit and slim down the overhead for the release cycle,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60582,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Stagnant job,You would neither need to be smart nor need to think algorithimically. Good for people who cannot get a job anywhere else.,"Most of the things are just process related rather than about problem solving or creativity. like writing different frameworks again and again with exactly the same functionality. Job is stagnant most of time with almost zero growth. No compensation raise most of time. even if it raises its only about a mean 100$. Stagnation does not even mean a secure job, since there have been random layoffs continuously. Stock price is constant.",Give performance based compensation raise to employees.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60583,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 23, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Nice place to hatch eggs,Salary and Benefits and and and....,You could get away with murder if you know how to suck up to management. Technical expertise is something they think they know but how far behind the employees really are they would know only if they left the company and joined any other gig or were kicked out,Fire yourself!!,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60584,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 27, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"Great benefit, people are smart and respectful.",not as efficient and agile as I want it to be.,need to make the company more responsive to competitions.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60585,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 23, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review for SDET position,"good benefits, flexible working hours and nice environment without too much pressure and also the Seattle ares is very beautiful",salary is not comparable to other same level IT companies living without too much pressure may not that good for young people,It can take several years to obtain a higher level technical or leadership position because of the internal review system,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60586,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 23, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Leveling off,Work on products that are used by hundreds of millions of people. Enough product diversity that you can work on a wide variety of projects. Still many smart people. Best research lab in the world.,"Political Favors fast follower strategy over innovation Flat stock price for 7 years, no chance of making money at lower levels, which causes focus on promotions rather than focus on custmers and product success. Nepotism at high levels.","Get a new CEO. Carly Fiorina was fired from HP for making one big mistake. What is Steve Ballmer still doing there? Operating systems (Vista),entertainment (Zune, Media Center), mobile (WM 6, Kin, tablet?), internet (MSN). Microsoft also has terrible (yet over-powered) people in marketing despite (or because of) Ballmer's background in marketing.",2.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60587,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 22, 2010",Current Employee - Intl Project Engineer,International Project Engineer,One of the best reasons to work at Microsoft is the health benfits package which is compelling in contrast to other corps.,"One potential downside working at Microsoft can be the amount of red-tape politics, in conbination with carrot and stick management style","Something that would really make a difference and perhaps re-invent Microsoft would be for it to Think Different, embrace change pro-activelly move beyond the typical catch up game and really lead the market.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60588,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 17, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),We all have choices,"Good benefits, strong infrastructure support, still some good people.","I recently left the company, after over a decade, and wish that I had done it much sooner. There is far too much middle-management, all hoping to get their name in lights, and backstabbing others along the way.  The management structure and the review system both strongly contribute to an inability to innovate, and be truly proud of making a difference in the industry.  Strong benefits aside, there are much, much better places to spend your creative energy, and be equally recompensed. The company used to be known as ""MICROSOFT"", and now they are simply another company.","My advice to ""management"" is to reduce yourself...stop giving yourself top 10% reviews simply because you change project names mid-stream, and find a job that you can truly add value to the industry in.",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60589,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 9, 2010",Current Employee - Group Manager,Very good,"Interesting work, good pay, benefits - very smart people. Tons of responsibility, ability to make impact. good life/work balance. Good all around.",I don't like living in Seattle and all real thinking comes out of there. Various orgs in competition with one another.,"Take more risk as the talent and thinking are there. Stop trying to please everyone. Get more young go-getters, innovators, in senior spots.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1103.htm
60590,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 20, 2010",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Review of Microsoft,Benefits are still generous. Good work-life balance: It's a 9 to 5 company,"Total bureaucracy. What matters is who you know, not what you do.",Stop being MS-centric,3.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60591,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunities,Many projects and smart people,"Too many managers, too few doers",Trim the management layer,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60592,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really boring place. No spirit.,"I have excellent Benefits. I haven't had a single health care expense since starting, no premiums, deductibles, and co-pays. The legal benefit is excellent",Not much work life balance. It's not a fun place. Everyone is competing against each other. I don't think my accomplishments are always noted.,You haven't done a very good job valuing my accomplishments. I sometimes feel there is some degree of cultural bias when it comes to reviews and promotions. You are constantly playing catch up to competitors. Try to get ahead of the curve.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60593,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 19, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft as a company,- Great environment - Benefits - People,- Disconnect between mid and senior management - Promotion (on-ground) not transparent - Too much power to managers (no check & balances in reality),- Make sure mid managers do not weild authority - Too much of ego - Get rid of one-fit-all attitude especially for folks who have been at msft for several years,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60594,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,cancer growing within. Might not kill the company but its spreading.,"Love the education courses you could take, library, cafateria, work space (office) and computer equipment & building facilities.","they slog you to death, poor information sharing, for doing a good job your reward is more work without any additional compensation.",be fair to engineers who go a good job.,1.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60595,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 15, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad job if you have a ,1. Lot of different opportunities within the company 2. Good people resources - lot of smart people to interact with 3. Awesome benefits 4. Microsoft is a great name to have on your resume,"1. Review process SUCKS. Your promotion is decided mainly by your manager. He needs to be willing to ""fight"" for you. So, that means, you need to kiss his ass. Or at least, not get on his ""bad"" side. 2. Rewards are relatively bad. You need to be in top 20% for a good reward. Otherwise, the increments won't even cover inflation. 3. Some teams have really bad work-life balance and some have bankers hours. The earlier ones don't necessarily get any better recognition. 4. Company does not encourage much innovation. There is no easy way to propose your ideas.","Fix your review process. Otherwise, you are going to lose lot of good talent to your competitors. Create ways to promote innovation.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60596,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 18, 2010",Current Employee - Product Manager,Its a mixed bucket...,"Awesome benefits, Great learning environment, Good ability to move around and experience multiple aspects of the business environment. Very open and transparent culture",Highly political environment. Recognition based on who shouts the loudest rather than who does the best work. Hence a lot of time and effort is spent on touting your own horn rather than using the time to get the best work done.,Incentivize employees to effectively work cross group and make that a core element of the commitments and the basis for compensation.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60597,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 12, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't work here. It's not the only game in town.,Nice benefits. Work with amazingly talented and smart people.,"Microsoft is over 30 years old. It's had it's day in the sun and it is now a sinking ship. Read some reviews on the stock and you'll understand why. The politics here are unbearable. In-fighting between teams and groups keeps innovation down and limits the companies ability to produce any real great products. We are loosing fast to Android and the CEO seems to be totally out of his mind. Reviews are a joke. I've seen amazingly smart, talented people in the time I've been here let go ""because someone has to fail."" Having a good review and thus a raise, bonus or even the ability to keep your job is highly dependent on how good your manager can argue on your behalf to upper management and even then it's a numbers game with some ridiculous calculation that ensure that 10% of the population will loose their jobs",Retire. Bring in a fresh faced CEO that actually knows something about the tech industry and where things are headed. Stop the in-fighting! It's ruining the company. Review the review process. It is utterly ridiculous.,2.0,4.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60598,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Msft,Range of products you can work on are endless Good benefits,Can get lost in bueracracy Too slow to adapt to changing competition,"Be proactive about going into new areas and improving exisitng products, else the company will be stuck in trying to catch up",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60599,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,work-life balance is hard to achieve at Microsoft,Very smart and generally respectful people. Excellent benefits. Great facilities.,"Management is insanely uneven. One bad manager can derail a 10+year excellent career, with no help from HR. Flexwork and part-time is not understood and therefore not encouraged or accepted.",The Office and Windows organizations are slow and bloated. The layoffs should have happened there to make the teams lean and mean.,3.0,1.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1104.htm
60600,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is not the place to grow,1) Work life balance. 2) Good learning opportunity. 3) A good place to start your career. 4) Great helth benefits.,1) Growth is minimal. 2) No reward/incentive for better performance. 3) Managment is often incompetent and can be frustrating. 4) You can't grow in your career without moving out of the company.,You can not put all your employees in one salary bracket and pay them equally. A merit increase of 1.5% is ridiculous when it translates to a raise of 150 USD per month.,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60601,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer Lead,Very Good...but has areas to improve,Wide range of products and technologies to work on Seen and used by millions of customers Lots of career advancement opportunities Lots of smart people to work with...very few idiots you run into,Benefits are getting cut Salaries aren't moving Morale budgets cut Not as fun of a place to work as it used to be,"Make employees the number one resource...pay em more, give em more perks...make them want to work harder and longer.",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60602,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start a career,"High salary, cool technology, genius co-workers, good work/life balance, great work conditions (my own office, 2-3 monitors, multiple top-of-the-line development machines, etc.). Health benefits are AWESOME*!  *for the next 2 years","Work/life balance is highly variable from one team to the next. Seattle is REALLY expensive, so the starting salary is deceptively low if you hope to ever own a home here. A lot of co-workers are really caught up in having money and owning things (lots of BMW's, Porsches, etc.) which might not be your thing.",DON'T REDUCE HEALTH INSURANCE!!!,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60603,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 7, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great starting role out of college,Polishing your analytical thinking. Extreme attention to details. Building consensus.,Too much inward thinking. Company is not in touch with the industry as much as it should be.,More focus on Silicon Valley. Redmond is not where the industry is being shaped today...,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60604,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Manager - Finance,Lots of opportunities if you can tolerate the culture and extreme workloads,"Microsoft Library - Access to resources - research data, journals, books, studies. Benefits - Medical, stock Smart people - there are a lot of really intelligent people with interesting backgrounds & experience Diversity - people from all over the world","Limited teamwork - people are rewarded for seeking credit as individuals, not teams. Internal competition is still fostered over teamwork. This creates suboptimal solutons. Even the 'collaboration' award has been awarded to an individual in the past few years. Self-promotion is critical to getting a good review - self-promotion is a virtue here, being humble wouldn't be a good career strategy. Culture to work fast and avoid input that might slow you down - even if it is input needed to improve the outcome. It is worse to deliver late than it is to deliver badly or to deliver an ineffective solution. Lack of effective leaders in many senior positions - success as a technician does not make for success as a leader.","Promote teamwork, reward teamwork and recognize that better work happens in effective teams. Get rid of the current contingent staff model (both a- and v-) which cannot be achieving it's intended benefits. A different strategy for a contractor model could fix current issues.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60605,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2010",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,"Good place for good people, bad place for great people","Good paying job, lots of good peers, lots of work to be done, profitable company, nice area if you like the outdoors...","....but, if you're in the top of your field, Microsoft is definitely not the place to work anymore. You won't get the necessary opportunity to stand out.",Recognize that Windows and Office are on their way out and start taking real risks with your products. Put top people behind the initiatives.,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60606,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 4, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Company in decline,Many different teams to choose from. Stable and well-known company. Potential to impact a product that is used by millions of people.,"The company has become to big, and stock prices have not been changing since 2000. Depending on the team, you might have a hard time growing.",Microsoft needs fresh prespectives from a new management team.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60607,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 9, 2010",Former Employee - Programmer,MS,"LOoks great on resume, looks very good on resume Lots of projects & challenges, chances to learn and grow here","Layoffs happening, especially be cause of economy interview is grueling, takes all day, takes a lot out of every one",MS is great place to work but some co workers can be annoying and crazy be careful with hiring geniuses with problems,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60608,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2010",Former Employee - Business Manager,Great Benefits,"The benefits at Microsoft were really generous. Together with base pay, Microsoft was a great place to work in terms of compensation.","Unfortunately, with such a big company, there is a lot of bureaucracy that stops a lot of good ideas from getting to the top. Managers tend to be less willing to propose ideas that are not their own, so they change innovate ideas to make them their own, killing all the innovation.",Don't spend so much time on the personal review process when it sits just within the manager's hold. People just go through the motions knowing they have to do it in order to gain good standing.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60609,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 3, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test Lead,Good place to work but...,"Good place to start a career If you are looking for career advancement go to Redmond not the satellite offices Smart People Good healt benefits, 401K, ESPP etc",Career growth stalls quickly if you are in one of the satellite offices Too much inter/intra group politics Senior Management can't stick to there decisions,"Make decisions on what is the right thing not how strong you are Expand satellite campuses, which will give remote employees more professional growth and career advancement opportunities which are lacking right now and a major cause of attrition",2.0,3.5,none,1.5,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1105.htm
60610,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Geart company to work for.,Too many layers in the management chain.,"Reduce the number of layers in the management chain to achive higher efficiency. If want to do lay off, just do it once.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60611,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Consultant,Employee Review,Employment Benefits Technology and Infrastructure Global Fortune 500 Career Advancement Opportunities Continued Education SharePoint Technologies Vision of Technology in the Enterprise and Workplace Social Computing Technologies Razor Sharp Management,"Change of Management every 18 months Low work/life balance Poor Email culture/ettiquite Knowledgement Management Infrastructure Too many contractors Food/cafeteria, health club access should be free of charge to Microsoft Employees","Reduce management rotation Encourage ""giving back"" to third world countries - employees want to help Increase work/life balance - start with more parental leave for parents with new/young children",4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60612,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Very good employer in terms of overall compensation package and creature comforts (office space, food services, etc.)",Very political and beaucratic. Personal careers and objectives are placed above customer and business decisions. Re-organizations happen so frequently it is disruptive to get things accomplished.,Figure out a way to take the politics out. It's like working in Washington DC most days.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60613,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 30, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, smart people","At microsoft, you have a chance to work with world-class engineers and large scale project, The company provides very comprehensive training and career development path.","As with any large companies, Microsoft is mature and less agile than many startup companies, this results in late response to market opportunities.","Management has done a great job in company management, they can do a better job in pursing opportunities based on new market trends",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60614,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,Not the outside image,Microsoft has great opportunities for individual growth if you're in the right group,"Middle management is very focussed in pleasing upper management employee comes last The company claims istslef as the inovation company, but if you have an idea, keep it to yourself no one will listen to you (not your middle management)",The performance review process is a totall failure,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60615,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 2, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good tech company,"Microsoft is one of the companies in the leading edge of technology, so you get to try out the softwares internally before it is released out to public. Has great health benefits. Working environment is pretty flexible.",Work life balance is a hard thing to maintain. It all depends on the team you are working in. But it is managable if you work it with your manager & team.,Leadership team needs to focus on grabbing new market in the first place rather than follow another company once they have already taken the market. Good job with the Kinect!,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60616,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2010",Current Employee - Director,"Great company, strong balance sheet, starting to turn the corner in the Consumer space","Benefits, breadth of products and services, financial stability","Hard to get things done, ""not invented here mentality,"" lack of customer focus",Stop being constrained by the 1990's and Windows. The technology sector is evolving at a rapid rate and the company is still trying to tie everything to Windows,3.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60617,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2010",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,Stay Between The Lines,Exposure to just about everything digital. Opportunities for global business experience. Smart co-workers. Great place to start a career.,"Don't waste time trying to innovate or collaborate here. Bad for mid-career transition, high risk you will be leveled down, crammed into a pigeonhole, your expertise ignored (unless you're an engineer or Program Manager maybe) and get mired in a stifling review system. On the other hand, if you can find a way to go home at 5:00 every day and play with your kids and don't mind constant senseless reorgs, the benefits are great.",Break up company. Recognize that no one else thinks you're as great as you do any more.,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60618,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2010",Former Employee - Director,Management is no substitute for leadership.,"opportunity to work on some big global projects with a perspective that cuts across different customer types, channels, and strategies that can scale across multiple markets.","very siloed. Matrix str. kills accountability, and fosters ""I & me first"" culture with little regard to the broader 'good'. Primary objective to to manage the 6 month review cycle by being ""yes"" wo/man for your mananger - with little consideration for business impact to the customers or to the company at large.","Focus on tactical metrics is good to run the business, but is often losing the understanding of the big picture and strategic issues. There is a greater need to validate direction. Input from the people around the world will make Redmond decisions better.",2.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60619,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work for high achiever, but the stress will tak it's toll on you","Lots of job opportunities to transfer throughout the company. Work hard and do well and you can really move to different fields, in different worldwide location within the company.","Very competitive, cut-throat, individual contributor-centric environment. Forget about teamwork, you always have to look out for your interest. Not an uplifting place to work..  Lots of pressure, long hours, high stress and higher divorce rate are the norms at Microsoft",Encourage and promote team effort more,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1106.htm
60620,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,"Great place to learn, if you are active about managing your career","Pay and benefits are excellent. Access to technology (anything you want to work on or play around with) is essentially unlimited. If you can luck (or maneuver your way) into a good manager who is open and honest, you have a good chance to manage your career, and have a good time. You won't get rich, but you'll be well taken care of.  Despite the cons I list below, if you can be confident in what you do, have regular, honest conversations with your boss about your career, you can learn to ignore the silliness, and just have fun getting your job done. And get fairly well paid to do it.","The compensation system at higher levels is designed to get people to not play nice together. At lower levels, the difference in compensation between a great review and a mediocre one really isn't that much - you can work collaboratively, learn from your coworkers, mentor newer coworkers, etc.  The differentiation in compensation at higher levels is extreme, and leads to ... shall we say ... sociopathic behavior being rewarded exorbitantly. It's possible to do well, while still being a good person who respects the opinions and work of your coworkers. It's easier to do well if you can pretend to do that, while making sure you get the credit for good things, and none of the blame for bad things.  *****  MS only really gets serious when a market is threatened, and then it takes time to spin up the machine. Once the train is rolling, we're pretty unstoppable, but it can seem to take a *lot* of effort and public embarrassment to get the train rolling. I still recall the day some VP announced that MS's opinion was that development of the browser was essentially done - there was nothing new left to do. So, the IE team was being disbanded. And now, 6 years later, we're trying to catch up. Same with phone - ""the iphone will never amount to anything"". I've seen internal talking points passed around about how the iphone wasn't as good because it didn't have a *tasks* app - that's the kind of internal propaganda you'll have to deal with.","SteveB is undoubtedly a really smart guy, and cares more about MS than anyone else there. But he just doesn't seem to ""get"" technology. His focus is on the business plan. Always. (I suspect he would consider this a compliment.)  But, sometimes you do stuff, just because it's cool, and it wins you credit with the right crowd - Google gets this - many things they do make no money directly, but build up Google's excellent name with influential people. This is what turns engineers on. We like making money, and we like the share of it that gets passed to us (we have cars to buy and student loans to pay down, and kids to send to school, after all). But, we are happiest working on something for its own sake. We certainly need someone figuring out how much of that we have the money to do, and trying to figure out how to monetize the cool stuff. But, I'm not entirely convinced that person has to be the CEO.  If we show love to our users, they will love us back. No matter how many times we insist that our brand is the most valuable, thus users love is, it's easy to point to things we do, that prove we don't really care about the users, once we have their money. I think we can have both.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60621,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2010",Former Employee - Product Manager,Watch Review,Unlimted opportunities for those that want to move around.,Review System is burednsome and not always fari.,Take a hard look at your upper/middle managers. Mostly pathetic,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60622,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Come and stay a while! We'll make you into a paycheck-collecting cog no matter how much fire you have in you!,* You get to see how many world-class products are built * The salary and benefits are good enough that you don't worry about survival too much * Seattle is a great place to live,"* Now that Bill Gates is gone, so has the passion * A lot of politics to deal with if you want career progression past goon-level * The salary and benefits are not the greatest anymore, and getting worse * People working there are depressed or manic, and it's contagious * Nothing you build today will be as cool as the stuff they used to make in their heyday","Steve Ballmer would be fantastic in charge of sales. As CEO of a software company though he is incompetent. They should bring someone external to replace him in that position (someone who hasn't been corrupted by the rampant nepotism and politics necessary to grow to L65+ in-house nowadays).  MSFT is still sick (LisaB notwithstanding), and getting sicker.",2.0,4.5,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60623,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Endless work,"Interesting products, lots of bright people",not a place to spend a career,Choose product areas where you want to win and invest appropriately,2.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60624,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Watch your back,"Bleeding edge technology. If you happen to land in the right right spot, it's really fun to work on a new API or library that other developers will use. Health care coverage - up through 2013. After that it's going to be much more expensive.","I started working at MSFT at the end of the ""gold rush"" - mid '90s. At that time if you worked there say 7 to 10 years you were rich and you were retiring - gone to the French Riveria or someplace. With MSFT stock still less than 50% what it was 11 years ago, everyone now must work longer - years longer. The company thrives on new college hires. Fresh, bright, eager, talented 20 somethings from the top CS programs in the world. They come in ready to continue a 60 to 80 hr work week that's much like the quarter system at the university. Lots of papers, projects, mid-terms and finals. Here they are called milestones. Finals are called reviews. As long as you can maintain this continual ""grad school death march"" you are fine. Once you've put on a few years and pass 40 years old. This pace starts to take a toll on you. In fact, you don't really see too many employees here past the age of 40. You rarely see a person over 50. There's a ladder system of levels and an upward slope. As long as you can maintain a good pace and advance climbing the ladder at a reasonable speed you're fine. There comes a time when you pass 40 years old that you reach your personal maximum level. The company career process is not equipped to deal with that. If you ""level out"" on your climb and it looks like you won't reach the next rung on the ladder, then you start being treated like dead wood. There's no place for a jouneyman engineer at MSFT. They only respect and understand the early stages of an employees life from 20 something to retirement age. This company is not a safe place to work for older employees.","The first word in ""Human Resources"" is human. These are people with lives, families, and reponsibilities. Everyone has different styles of learning and working. A team takes some time to gel and for all the people to get to know each other and fall into a groove. Somewhere on the order of a year. Constant reorgs means teams are always unsettled and never quite coming together. Get a clue.",3.0,2.0,none,5.0,3.5,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60625,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good company to work for. A lot of absolutely different teams and a lot of hard problems to solve,"Very smart people, a lot of opportunities to learn. Good management attitude, good work-life balance.",Salary could be more competitive. Reward system is somewhat management bound,Reward more,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60626,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Overall, great place to work","Working with smart, focused people. Shipping products that are used by millions. Great location. Highly competent managers. Great benefits. Reasonable compensation. Great resume material.",The work is fairly intense and the pressure to produce is constant. Most people are more focused on promotion than they are on doing the right thing - this can lead to a degree of dysfunction.,"While MSFT strives to be a great employer with an excellent record on workplace equality, one of the HR policies is, IMHO, immoral. Specifically I am speaking of the requirement to award 10% of the workforce an 'unacceptable' performance rating. While I realize that this is straight out of 'Jack Welch', you can't apply a 10% rule across all teams and groups because this company is self-evidently (take a look at your earnings growth) made up of more than 90% of competent and hard working people. No surprise that an unacceptable rating is the career kiss-of-death. The application of such a blanket rule means that every year, some good employees are given an unacceptable rating just to comply with this unacceptable rule. While MSFT is happy to arbitrarily decimate its workforce, they proudly promote the company as one of the great companies to work for. It would be - if you just removed this rule.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60627,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok place to work,"Good benefits, lots of responsibilities",Senior management isnt clear about the future,Clarify vision,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60628,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Oct 21, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,used to be a better place,Technology and competitive drive of the company,Politics and the lack of promotion,"Listen to employees, watch market , work better with strategic partners. Acquire companies that will bring back growth and new incentives",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60629,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to be an engineer,"Microsoft is an outstanding company to take your engineering skills to the next level. The company has a strong history of hiring competent engineers who are capable of delivering challenging products and services. I have personally gained a significant insight into the Software Development Cycle, product development, and have had an increasing number of opportunities to play a major role at the company. Aspiring employees should learn how to communicate critical feedback and leverage others strengths to help deliver better products for the team.",Microsoft can also be a challenging company to work for. There are high expectations associated with each employee and that they are a supportive and effective team player. It is very common for individuals to work late nights and weekends close to the end of ship cycles.,Continuing to promote from within will help keep morale up and help existing employees see a path for them to climb.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1107.htm
60630,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Sinking Ship,"You can choose to have a great work life balance, great place to work for people who are sick of moving around and are looking for a convinient , comfortable life style.","- Stagnant - Work place politics - Incompetent , unimaginative leadership. - Customer comes last, boss comes first. - Low hiring bar for top management - Steve Ballmer alomg with his team of marketers and salesmen. - No passion for technology - Performance comes last in product development. Feature creep done for empire building","Fire Ballmer, get a techie to lead the company. Your boss might determine your pay but our customers pays for all of us.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60631,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 21, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Market Research Manager,Microsoft - Just a big name,Free Sodas Good medical benefits (but not for long) Decent pay,"Too much politics No career advancement Waste too much time managing up No longer a meritocracy Company lacks vision after BillG's departure Run by ""know all"" engineers",Get BillG back before you all ruin the company. It will be harder for you to attract talent if the stock price does not move.,2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60632,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not same Microsoft I joined,"Benefits, benefits, benefits... Enough said. Also, if you are smart, you can stretch what you work on for weeks and nobody will notice (that's also a con, as you will eventually become lazy)","Process is at times unbearable. Advancement in career is largely dependent on 'who-you-know' game, and if you came in lower level it is very hard to advance.  Changing job inside company is very hard -- you have to go through interview loop as any other external candidate, but you also have to tell your current manager about it _before_ your interview is even scheduled. Technically, manager cannot prevent you from interviewing after 18 months in position, but it really brings you to uncomfortable position -- with scarcity of internal positions nowdays, there will be tens of people interviewing for one position, so there is good chance that you are not going to get it. While managers pay lip-sync to the line that they are there to support your career, you frequently become pariah in your group after you tried once to leave.","Allow easy internal transfer, without notifications to current management -- that will help break fiefdoms throughout the company. Get rid of stupid 10% review category -- either fire me or do not brand me as failure.",2.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60633,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 15, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Meh,"Benefits, good experience, good training opportunities","Messed up review model, rudderless CEO",Dump grading on curve,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60634,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Just an ordinary place to work,"a. Smart people. b. Lots of resources for, say, computers or other equipments. c. Very visible, everyone knows about Microsoft.","a. Compensation is below average. b. Layoffs are always looming. If you're over 40 years old be very affraid. c. Review system is just another name for ""friendship ranking"". d. Constant reorgs mean constant resets of career paths. e. Now with benefits downgrading (medical benefits will have deductibles, just like any other), MS became even more ordinary. f. Flat stock price. g. There are smart people in other companies.","Resign. In any other company, 10 years of agonizing flat stock would be more than enough to cause you to ""dedicae more time with family"". Since you've transformed MS into ""just another ordinary company"", you should be treated as such and be expelled.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60635,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2010",Former Employee - Intern,Amazing work experience,"Working at Microsoft gives great benefits, a great work atmosphere, and great technology to work on in a wonderful climate.",Being a large company could present downsides against innovation and having power in expressing your ideas. Microsoft does a lot to address solutions to overcoming its big company atmosphere.,"Microsoft has great products but they are sometimes not marketed well. Much has been done in this area over the past years, but this work could be continued.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60636,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 16, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,An average place to work,"You can work in different areas, since the company does a lot of stuff in various areas.",Stagnation after a while. Growth opportunities are few.,"Reduce the management layers, and be more agile to market changes.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60637,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2010",Current Employee - Evangelism Manager,A challenging place to work and grow in your career.,"At Microsoft you get to work with a lot of smart people, many smarter than you. The upside is that you are challenged to grow in a lot of different ways.","You need to deal well with ambiguity and find your own way many times. The opportunities are there, but they are not going to be handed to you without effort.",Show that you can make the right decisions for Microsoft's direction. No more Kin failures that are blatantly obvious mistakes.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60638,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2010",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Good Company to work for?,Diversified Company with lot of different products,Competition between different groups in the company,Seperation of the overlapping areas,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60639,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2010",Former Employee - Hardware Product Engineer Contractor,It ain't no fun being a Microsoft Contractor,"-Orca Card -Free Beverages: Sodas, Milk, Coffee, Tea, etc -Exposure to new consumer products -Contact with knowledgeable colleagues","As a contractor: -Unilateral reduction in pay rate at any time -Must provide your own computer -MS charges a ""Facilities charge"" to all vendors working on site -Exclusion from ALL company celebrations, product launches and awards","The way contract employees are treated promotes their treatment as ""second rate employees"" which in turn, discourages top performers from working there very long and instead tends to collect desperate people who can't find a job elsewhere.",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,1.5,3.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1108.htm
60640,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 7, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good benifits not much room for growth in the silicon valley campus,"- Looks good on resume - Benifits are good - Secure - Excellent working conditions (peronal office, top notch hardware ...)","- There is very little organic growth in the SVC campus - Lots of stick very little carrot - Developers are disempowered and micromanaged - Frequent reorg's - You won't get any experience working on technologies that are in high demand in the valley (Linux,Php,J2EE ...)",Encourage innovation and increase presence in the valley.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60641,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Director,MS is at an inflection point - it has the potential to be great again or fade away,"Opportunity to work with highly motivated, highly skilled people Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting technology Opportunity to have enormous impact on the market and the world",Senior management seems stuck in past paradigms and unable to chart a course to the future Internal politics are severe Career progression outside of engineering is stalled Flat share price for 10 years and decreasing benefits do not complement lower base salaries,"It is time to re-evaluate what it will take to make us the premier technology company again. The market dynamics that led to past success have changed and we must change with them or become increasing irrelevant. Being a fast follower when the network effect is benefitting the first mover is a flawed approach that killed us music (iPod), is killing us in search (Google), is killing us in phone (iPhone, Android), is killing us in slates (iPad).",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60642,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2010",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,"Not perfect, but if you find your place, a good place to work.","The number of technical areas in which you can work at Microsoft is, I would assert, unsurpassed by any other technology company.  Microsoft is one of the last, true software development companies. If you're passionate about software, it's hard to beat a place where enginneers rule the roost.  Great compensation and benefits.","On the downside, Microsoft is very competitive, often not in a good way. Competition can be a good thing. It often makes us work with others to create something bigger than ourselves. It is also the case that the competition can ugly and personal. Often it revolves around people doing what's good for them, rather than what's good for the company. I've seen my share of the later and it results in a very high stress workplace.  Also, like any other large company, Microsoft has too much process. It takes 500 people to do what a startup can do with 25.","We need to really, seriously, drive our company core values. Simply talking about Integrity and Honesty, Open and respectful, and self critical doesn't get it done. Those values must be backed up with serious, commitment-based actions.",4.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60643,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,"Microsoft has broad areas in software There are several smart people across the company Microsoft has a strong brand, sales/marketing, research capabilities",Plenty of politics and infighting You have to speak to a lot of people inside the company to get anything done,Cut out a lot of the fat in several organizations Encourage more innovation to happen by empowering free thinking again,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60644,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 11, 2010",Former Employee - Software Test Engineer,Lower Expectations,Microsoft is a giant company with ample resources and opportunity.,Microsoft has great potential as an emplyee centric company but seems to place higher value on sales and market expansion than providing positive motivation for the talent that produces its products.,"New goal: Say ""thank you"" in person to someone each day.",2.0,2.0,none,3.5,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60645,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 19, 2010",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Good work life balance great benefits,"Many intresting technologies Lots of smart pepole Good work life balance Great benafits, great health benafit, 401K match, matching of donations to many organization, company store, etc.","Too many competing products Beyond window lack of focus and clear direction Trying to be best in everything SW Too much legal involvement, can't use any external SW in the products Too many reorgs",Beyond window get more focus and clear direction Stop trying to be best in everything SW,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60646,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,"Good Benefits, Smart People, High ","Microsoft engineers are VERY smart. Depending on the group, this can be a huge benefit. You'll find yourself learning from those around you (a good thing, unless you've got more ego than you deserve), and will be amazed at the capacity.","Microsoft is VERY heavy on process, generally. Some of it is understandable. Microsoft probably has more paying customers than any other tech company on the planet. This results in very high day-to-day 'taxes' involving enduring processes that are rarely reviewed for usefulness. This can be very frustrating.",A little more attention paid to true agility (not some mish mash of agile development practices layered over the top of the existing software processes already in place) would go a VERY long way.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60647,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Director,A Company In Decline,"Still lots of very smart people, huge opportunity for impact given breadth of product portfolio, great opportunities to interact with customers.","Immense volume of politics, and very few senior people do what's actually right for the company and customers, choosing instead to do what's right for them and their career. Every CVP runs their own empire, and tries to build that empire at the expense of other execs. And our SLT, our Presidents, seem to have zero interest in working with each other to deliver truly compelling customer scenarios.","We've wasted so many opportunities as a company: we had the lead in mobile and blew it, we had the tablet PC and knew the iPad was coming and did nothing due to politics, we had Windows Media Center and didn't innovate only to see Android now take the lead in working with TV OEMs, we invested billions in XBox only to end up with no coherent consumer and living room strategy, we shipped a horrible product in Vista and destroyed our reputation, and we made one useless billion dollar acquisition after another (Great Plans and Navision, Danger, Tellme, etc.). Now we're the punching bag of the industry and Apple is the world's most valued company instead of us, while Android uses our own playbook (run by lots of ex-Microsofties) against us. Steve Ballmer either made the key decisions leading to this situation or was complicit in them. When is our Board going to live up to their responsibility and ask Steve to move on, along with Kevin Turner and at least some of our Presidents (including at least one of the new ones)? The time for change at the top is now.",2.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60648,microsoft,"Boulder, CO"," Oct 14, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Benefit,* Best Medical Benefit  * Free Software Inside Work Environment  * Online Education Program,* Limited Opportunity  * Too many levels between engineers,Be humble,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60649,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great Place to work,"- There are lots of smart people to work with. - The separate roles of PM, DEV, and TEST are cool. - The technology is very cool.",Sometimes things move a bit slow since it is a large company. Not all of the management is great at giving feedback.,"It would be nice to get a little more structured feedback from managers. Sometimes feedback can be vague, so maybe more training for managers on how to give constructive feedback would be nice.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1109.htm
60650,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great Place to work,"- There are lots of smart people to work with. - The separate roles of PM, DEV, and TEST are cool. - The technology is very cool.",Sometimes things move a bit slow since it is a large company. Not all of the management is great at giving feedback.,"It would be nice to get a little more structured feedback from managers. Sometimes feedback can be vague, so maybe more training for managers on how to give constructive feedback would be nice.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60651,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to work,"Smart People, Highly impactful work. Tons of teams working in various areas, so you can almost find something you like in the company.","Stock is in dumps, Bonuses/pay hikes are lesser than other competitive places (read: google)",We need better vision. Why are we so late with windows phone 7. Why did we miss the boat on slates?,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60652,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,Used to be cool to work here,"-""Get your work done"" mentality allowing you to be flexible with work. -Health Care benefit (going away)",-No more free health care -Takes too long to get anythign done -Too many redundancies,Need to revamp the leadership and turn the ship around to make people proud of this company again.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60653,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you really want to consider Microsoft as an employer....,"For someone who is just coming into the company fresh out of college, this is a great place to work because it's far easier to mold someone young than someone truly seasoned. If you are already pro-Microsoft, then again, this would be a great place to work.","If you are agnostic, likely not a good place to work because you see things objectively and objectivity isn't as valued here as much as you'd like. They would rather push a bloated operating system than thinking about the USERS.",Break up the company if you want to maintain any sense of control of your own destiny. Microsoft is no longer a nimble company and the competitors are helping to exploit Microsoft's weaknesses and doing a very good job at it. Get focus on a few areas rather than trying to take down every competitor out there. The current way of doing things isn't working.,2.0,3.5,none,1.5,2.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60654,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),OK place to work,"good benifit package, perhaps best you can get in IT industry, work schedule is flexible, great to access tech guru, tools and tech resources, diversified tech community,","very political working environment. sometimes unfaire. workload is not so balanced in different group, stock award and growth potential is neglectable",there are so many management issue due to large corp and proxy effect. there are too many layer of managers and resources are wasted in political fight instead of innovation.  there are too many PM without sound tech background and bad communication skill. this lead to difficulty in planning and of cross group collaboration.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60655,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Oct 8, 2010",Current Employee - Computer Programmer,Read This,Work life balance was great... They never forced you to work overtime... 40 hour work week was all that was needed and it was not held against you for promotions.,Commute to NYC was brutal during rush hour both ways. Recommend taking the train. Some senior managers are not that knowledgeable about all aspects of who they manage.,Hopefully management can read this right now. I hope they get smarter because they are really ignorant to the needs of lower level associates.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60656,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Oct 22, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"The metamorphosis from Tech to a Sales & Marketing based organization is complete, congrats Steve","--There are a few pockets of real innovation and passion for the customer remaining --There are still a lot of really good, passionate, folks still toiling away at the company, most of which are concentrated at the lower levels. --Wide range of products/services make it a good place for someone new to the industry ""cut their teeth"" and get some good exposure. 2-3 years on a single project will give you a great feel for the product, industry, and whether this is the place for you.","--Upper management, including the C level, are more concerned about their next ""sale"" to further their own careers, rather than building great products that excite and delight the customers. --The strategic direction of the company is not well understood, outside the company, and not much better inside. Funding for projects is mostly based upon political favoritism and/or the latest MBA prepared Powerpoint, and rarely on the real merits of the product to the marketplace. Rarely, if ever, are projects and their respective costs truly measured repeatedly for their ROI--look at Search. --Bad news is not embraced and respected, the messenger is typically shot or stamped as not being a ""real team player"". --The performance review process has been completely bastardized to focus on individual efforts over team/product delivery, it's more important to determine what your boss wants to see and deliver on that than what the product and/or customer need. The politics of the review process, especially the last month or two prior to the ""ranking/lifeboat exercise"", are more important than everything you did over the other 10 months. --No one cares what your contribution over several years meant to the company, ""What did you do for me this last six months?"" is all that matters. --You are one re-org away from having your career at the company terminated. If you get a bad manager, you are on your own and unless you can escape the group you will likely find yourself on the street -- Under-achieved/10","Retire. For the good of the company, customers, and those truly dedicated and loyal employees, please seek other opportunities or ""spend time with your families"". Either that, or, take Judge Jackson's recommendation and split the company up--force the various major product lines to live or die on their own merits. Revamp the review process to place a minimum of 60% weight on the team's delivery, not the individual's, on each team member's overall review--hey, consider real profit sharing. Put an independent agency in charge of reviewing and administering employee feedback on managers--HR and the skip level managers are inept in this role. You have way too many managers that have no business managing people, some of which will very likely become liabilities to you legally. Lastly, stop wasting time and money conducting Employee Opinion polls--you and most all the lower levels of managers don't listen or act on the feedback. Instead, you turn it back on the employees, it's ""their problem"", and then force them to join BS virtual work groups to discuss and suggest ways to improve the problems. In most all cases, the issue is due to bad managers--solution, fire them instead of promoting them!",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60657,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2010",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Proceed with Caution,What a great place it was to spend 20+ years of my career. I feel like I helped change the way the world did business.,The bully behavior by upper management that gets rewarded time after time.,Listen to your employees. Give some perks to those below a level 68. That good ol' boys network has got to go.,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60658,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Role Review,"Flexible work hours, great medical benefits, stable environment, decent salaries (relative to peers/competitors). The brand name can help with furture employment. Cost of living in the Greater Seattle area are reasonable.",Too much red tape and internal politics at every rung of the corporate ladder. Decisions are made in an extremely slow and inefficient manner (even relative to other Fortune 100 peers).,Learn from your recent miscues when it comes to hiring senior level management (Presidents of Divisions & SVPs). The unprecedented levels of churn at these levels don't bode well for Microsoft's future.,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60659,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Pros and Cons of working for Microsoft,"Great Benefits - Free healthcare, access to high end health club Employee Purchase benefit Work with highly talented individuals Free starbucks coffee",Misaligned strategy and execution Highly political organization Misdirected management Overlapping functionality among teams leading to redundancy and cost mismanagement Developers call shots without market knowledge,Align strategy with execution Discover core strengths and stop wasting shareholder money on projects such as Kin Ballmer must resign or get his act together,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1110.htm
60660,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2010",Current Employee - Test Manager,"Good people, poor managers","Cool products, great tools, great perks.","Hard to get ideas to improve processes heard by upper management When a good idea does get traction, upper management takes credit for it.",Make (specific and relevant) management skills training a requirement for each promotion on management track. Make staying for one year the minimum for each upper management position. Have a on time/on budget award system in the product groups.,2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60661,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Like GM in the 80's,"Benefits are fantastic, pay's pretty good. Sometimes you work insane hours, other times you can leave at 5:30 and be home for dinner.","Innovation really discouraged, they don't want to take risks, they are slaves to process, they reward people who think like they do.",Get over yourself. True diversity begins when you hire somebody who thinks you're an idiot and isn't afraid to tell you so. Stop promoting your friends. Stop trying to rule by fear and intimidation--you'll never get people to be loyal to you that way.,3.0,1.5,none,3.5,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60662,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2010",Former Employee - Product Manager,Most dysfunctional org,"Good package, good brand on resume","no trust among employees, incompetent people, lot of infighting and politics, screwed culture",Fix the culture and have some humility,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60663,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft Review,Large impact. Smart people. Great decor,Slow. Lots of processess. Its in Redmond where its not sunny,"More agility. Move to offices in the city. Really solid developers. Like the focus on developer. The review system is a little outdated, and can be revised to be more productive, especially in environments of scale. Reviews should be done team wise and not individual wise",3.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60664,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Porgram Manager,Review,"Good opportunities, a lot of leverage to work on company-wide projects.","Lots of silos, managers don't make informed business decisions - they just make decisions, very political - especially as you progress upwards, relatively slow moving.","Implement cross functional governance boards, run the company more like a start-up - i.e. more agile, breakdown some of the political silos.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60665,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2010",Current Employee - Audit Manager,Great Company!!,Work life balance Fantastic environment Health benefits,Slow career progression and beareaucracy,Promotions should be based on performance and not on tenure at a particular level. It is a disincentive to work hard.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60666,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2010",Current Employee - Group Manager,Growing Group Manager,"Smart people, good tasks, good environment, new challenges, good talks, thoughtful area, new features, cross group collaboration, healthy environment, many opportunities",To many people working on the same thing is not productive. Not enough innovation.,Make it clear what you ate trying to accomplish,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60667,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2010",Former Employee - Intern,"good experience, not enough support for growth",You have access to information about so many new products that are coming out Career path is explicit Compensation is very good,Many of Microsoft's products don't win in the market Being in the company is very competitive and work-life balance hard to achieve,Offer the interns more space to learn before throwing them into the fire. The transition from college to new hire seems very rough.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60668,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work @ Microsoft,"Amazing happens here! True to every aspect of it. Great place, great environment and yes great people.","A large company, hence direction gets a little clouded, just as any large company.",Better Direction and better yet - Improve Communications,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60669,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"there is flexibility in work hours, their benefits package is the best in the industry, get to work with smart people",more focused on the how than the results charter issues among teams too many re-orgs leads to lack of consistency in management,need bill gates back,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1111.htm
60670,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"What used to be a great company, is no more.",Great benefits Work hours flexibility,"- unfair reviews - no matter what the company does, wallstreet doesn't like it. - incompetent leadership",Figure out what you are after and implement it. Stop often and evaluate if those things still matter. When they don't stop working on that.,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60671,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2010",Current Employee - Director,Very rewarding intellectually and opportunities for career growth.,"Have to manage your own career and if you are up to that, you can find the right experiences, projects and roles to advance your career.",Very easy to become a workaholic as the culture is full of such people.,Agility is something everyone strives for. Yet organizationally we have too many constraints. Need to give the org structure some thought to improve our agility.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60672,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work but depending on which team you are in,Great benefits ..probably the best than any other company in the country.,The compensation is not up to par with the rest of the industry,Obtain feedback from employees and act on it.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60673,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Proud to work at MS,"It is MS, agreed not the same as it was back in 2000 but still... Smart people Benefits",Slow growth Compensation lower than industry,"We miss the Dev is the king attitude, PM's and middle management drive the product/features these days. Be rational in your decisions",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60674,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 17, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft: you are marginalizing yourself,"The right people and resources motivated to tackle an opprty when solid, visionary leadership is in place (there is a leak in the plumbing, sadly) The most comprehensive ecosystem of technology partners world-wide",Politics Bureaucracy Process and MUST live in 98052 for career advancement at the company while forfeiting a proximal connection to the rest of the industry in Silicon Valley,"1.) Spend significantly more time in Silicon Valley (or anywhere out of Redmond, WA) and listen to what the industry and customers are saying. This applys to all levels of the organization, Steve down to Steve's doers 2.) Make a serious investment to be located in the technology hub, Silicon Valley 3.) Stop the process overload. You are killing our spirit, the will to compete, and ability to deliver innovative products, services, and programs customers really want! Is it really that hard to see?",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60675,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company overall,Energetic company to work for.,"Most strange thing is that:  People are valued not on what he is needed to do, rather his next level supposed to do (and measured by it some how). Essentially, you can do superb job on your duties, and you will never get rewarded.","need to have better long term vison, especially 3 to 5 years down the line.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60676,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Too much pressure and work load for too little compensation and lip service to work life balance. Can't wait to leave.,"Some incredibly smart people to learn from, good benefits, pleasant surroundings.","Very much a fear-based company.  Has entered the inevitable downward spiral of once successful companies and doesn't seem to know how to stem the tide let alone reverse it. Employees are picking up on this more and more.  Like most of corporate America, MS has made employment almost all about ""what have you done for me lately?"" - you're only as good as your last accomplishment and can't bank accomplismentrs beyond your manager's whim. Co. emphasis on work life balance is, in practice, a joke - they'll work you to death and call it a normal part of the job.  Co. is ovverly reliant on the whole ""you need to manage your own career"" mantra. Sure -we need to do some of it but you need to help more because after all, aren't we there to work and not constantly be looking over the fence at the next oppty - which impacts our current job?  AWFUL review process others have already explained. It's the elephant in the room - everyone knows about it, complains privately and loses sleep about it but is discouraged from challenging it. No matter how HR tries to spin it everyone knows it's a biased, broken system in place to favor the few.  Far too many GMs with many who are clueless as to what goes on in their orgs (beyond too many presentations from their directs) and openly play favorites.  For all their talk about management skills MS has an incredible abiliity to hire and promote managers with poor or no people management skills. Since this is a soft skill MS places too little value on it - but boy, do they miss the mark here- it has everything to do with the all important bottom line. Again, lip service by upper management on how vital it is but in the trenches it's shocking how far people can climb without knowing how to manage people- to communicate with their workers..  Notoriously bad at not seeing the big picture when it comes to internal ops or long term impacts to customer sets - would rather throw something on the wall (read spend $) to see if it sticks then to step back and study the situation before acting. If MS were a small company without such deep pockets they would have bankrupted themselves years ago doing this. Shockingly little sense of ROI.  Politics, cliques, favoritism all rampant and slow the company's output, productivity and employee sat more than management cares to admit  Far too much lip service to wanting to change and improve and no consistent will to do it.  Since MS has made working there an almost strictly business proposition that's what I've done in self-defense. I'm my own business (I may work for MS but handle my career strictly in how it benefits me and not the co.) and like so many before me I'm looking to leave (despite the econonomy). Of course I keep my quiet about this (like not announcing a product release too early) and can't wait to hang my shingle elsewhere.","Management needs to develop a bi-partisan plan to tackle the many problems of this once great company before it's too late but I fear they don't have the will to do it - they're to worried about their fiefdoms.  Stop relying so heavily on the attractive, young, IVY leaguers (c'mon, you know you do) who know nothing about managing people.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60677,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It all depends on your manager and your group.,"In 9 years at Microsoft, I've had 7 managers. I've had various positions including SDET and PM. The best times I had were when I had the good luck of working in a department with a culture that was a good fit for me, with managers who were very supportive and had a genuine interest in helping me advance my career. Since it's a very big company, if you find out that the group you're working in is not a good fit, there might be plenty of options to transfer internally to another group. I have worked in various groups, from games, to developer tools, to research, to Windows, all with very different cultures.",It's easy to get lost in the bureaucracy and feel like an anonymous cog in a wheel. One common problem I experienced in all my microsoft positions is that there's always quite a bit of overhead in your job to learning internal processes and navigating the bureaucracy.,There is a lot of endless reinventing the wheel that goes on across groups that don't communicate with each other. One department spends a ton of resources creating some infrastructure or development tool and another group won't even know about what the first group did and spends too much time creating their own.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60678,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2010",Former Employee - Technical Writer,nice chairs,some offices have comfortable chairs,"long hours, vague work insturctions, waste money",improve product quality,3.0,1.5,none,1.0,2.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60679,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2010",Former Employee - Lead Program Manager,Interesting but stagnant place,* smart people all around you * a lot of passion for the products * great comp package,* very slow reaction to a changing market conditions * unresponsive management * Bureaucracy,Listen to employees more,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1112.htm
60680,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Director,MSFT,"really interesting problems, really smart people, benefits","politics, consensus culture, agility, compensation for non-partner levels",eliminate some middle management and refocus business,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60681,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 13, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,Still a great company,"-amazing benefits -great culture, less arrogant than many others -in most teams, great work-life balance -opportunity for global impact right after graduation","large company, which means too much process, politics, inertia","- higher fewer but more qualified R&D employees - be less risk averse - more opportunities for changing offices worldwide for medium to long stays - the Korean and Japanese R&D division is not as competent as the average Redmond employee pool, nor do they stack well against other leading companies in their countries (Samsung, Sony, etc)",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60682,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Come for the prestige, stay for the benefits","Microsoft has a huge product portfolio, so if you've grown tired of one product group (say, Word) then you can transfer to another one and still get to keep your benefits, seniority, etc.  Also, the benefits are awesome. The only way you'll find better benefits package is to become a United States Senator or the CEO of a bank that's too big to fail.","Once you get into a discipline, you pretty much pigeonholed for life. So, anyone telling you to interview as an SDET to get your foot in the door either hates you or doesn't know what he/she is talking about.  Also, we're very big on politics here. Technical skills will only get you so far.",Give your reports a chance to grow.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60683,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2010",Current Employee - SDEII,Good company,Stable job. So I recommend it.,Future is questionable. Maybe we need a good visionary.,Vision is very important,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60684,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work and learn, but full of dinosaurs","If you're into software, Microsoft does it all - consumer to corporate to internet, web to client and embedded, etc. You'll have the opportunity to learn as much as you want.","Bad mgt, highly political, lots of dinosaurs",Retire and replace anybody with the company 10+ years!,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60685,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 10, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Overall - Good company to work for,"Each employee has the ability create a great career plan since there are many opportunities to switch jobs. Also, always around very smart people which enables professional growth in itself.",-Getting stuck with poor manager. - Some products are never destined to make money so always chance product/project could be cut. -Review process,"-Very few ""leaders"", mostly typical managers who mostly are there for their HR function (complete reviews etc). -Why does every team have to have IC's that underperform in order to satisfy review process? Can a manager do an exceptional job with each direct exceeds commitments?",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60686,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,You work here for intellectual rewards more than anything else,"Fantastic benefits and perks (gym pass, the Connector bus, Prime card, etc. etc) Excellent process that encourages intra-company moves Can work on world-changing software. Or not. Your choice, really. Can rotate and try multiple roles within reason. Excellent internal training programs Coworkers","Upward mobility is very slow unless one is in the 95th %ile of peer group Grading/review curve is the bane of employee morale more often than not Mistakes (wrong group, wrong project, wrong manager) take a long time to erase from your internal career 'memory' Test/dev/PM silos end up costing agility and create turf Innovation, while it exists in bundles, is somewhat haphazard and it feels like the company is constantly chasing taillights in many areas. Need a new/hardcore visionary to drive our consumer software/services vision","Leave :-P  No seriously... We need to drop our 900-lb gorilla dynamic and divvy up into pockets of lean, mean, innovation machines if we can hope to maintain our leadership.",5.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60687,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Good benefits but difficult to progress,"The benefits cover almost everything, health benefit is awesome, support from company at every step and of course the name Microsoft.","Lack of growth, working in Microsoft technologies reduces your chance to change jobs, i.e. your market valuation, recent layoffs and bad performance of stocks in market.","Transparency in company strategies and open up to open source development. Internally, innovation should be evaluated properly and execution should be valued ahead of reporting.",2.0,1.5,none,1.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60688,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2010",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,"Great company, but ","Smart colleagues, lots of resources, decent pay, and great benefits. You get to work with software solutions and services that everyone knows.","The measurement of success for everyone is performance against their individual commitments, this puts focus on the individual's performance and not on teamwork or group performance. At best there is no reward or recognition for helping someone else meet their goals, and at worst the system can create outright competition between individuals or groups.",Developing software as a service and moving to the cloud is spot on. Really need to create more flexibility and be able to mobilize faster to develop solutions that competion is consistently beating you to.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60689,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior PM with 12 years as MS FTE.,"Stable, good for people with families, most employees are mid-30s and do have kids. Excellent benefits, most people are gone by 6pm these days to spend time with family.","Stock price has not moved (trending flat) in over 10 years. Not the place to be if you want to ""change the world"" or retire at 30 as a millionaire, but that's not for everyone now is it...","Read mini-microsoft's blog. Get rid of Ballmer, do focus on doing fewer things better, and that applies within divisions too. Get rid of the completely unfair, HR-babble review model, career stage profiles and competencies. Train your middle management to be people managers.",4.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1113.htm
60690,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its not the company it used to be.,Benefits are top notice People are the best in the industry to work with. Company has alot of money to spend on employees Good work environments.,"it used to be a company of innovation but now more people are concerned with who is exceeding performance goals vs shipping great software. This has been leading to more and more people moving to the ""blame game"" which distracts from good software development and innovation.","Show you care more for employees vs making them feel like people are ""out to get them"" - treat team members like family vs objects.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60691,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2010",Current Employee - Developer,Change at the top,"Environment,people, benefits, friends, stability, location","Need a change, need need new blood",Look for innovation look at new things,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60692,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work.,"Great pay. Smart people. Wonderful benefits package. If you like code, this is a great place to be. The people here are very nice.","It just wasn't for me. If you are a young college grad, be warned the people here are older and ultimately, the stereotype is true - Microsoft is a bit corporate and stuffy. Also, the developer technology there wasn't that great. Other than Visual Studio, development tools are not that up to snuff.",There needs to a fundamental change to the environment at Microsoft. It really is very corporate and stuffy - and I don't know if it able to change.,3.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60693,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 11, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good start,work culture diversity - people and work options,too many old timers too many chiefs slow to react to market realities review/compensation too mired in subjective/ than results,rethink team organization for web services,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60694,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Great place to work,"Bredth Opportunites, Employee Development, Benefits Package","Tough competition for level increase, Seattle Weather",Give me the first 20% of the stock when it's awarded.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60695,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place for experience and knowledge on Microsoft products.,"Wealth of knowledge, brilliant coworkers, abundance of talent and hard working people who make you want to learn everything. Fun!","Bell Curve for reviews, work/life balance not encouraged, out of the box thinking not encouraged, focus on shareholders not products.","Be open to suggestions and solutions to internal challenges. Get rid of the Bell Curve and go to individual evaluations. If a person has a problem with a manager, HR should be for all of the employees",3.0,1.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60696,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2010",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher - CONTRACT,First time contactor in UX at Microsoft,"The level at which everyone performs their assignments is exceptional. Plenty of time to find your niche, and met people like you. There is a certain cache attached to this company when getting recruiting calls for possible jobs. Also, Microsoft does not necessarily worry about supplies, but rather there is focus on results. As a student going into the professional work place, this is a good reason to join Microsoft.","Isolated, paranoid environment where decisions affecting everyone on your team are known by a few. Political atmosphere where promotion is based on favorites. I do not like this aspect of Microsoft. As a contractor, we are often on the receiving end of political shift by teams.",Take some time to understand that your workforce is primarily driven by contractors. Their efforts will make or break Microsoft. Treat them well.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60697,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Comfortable career, but not a place if you want to learn a lot and grow fast","- A lot of things are taken care so that developers can focus on coding. Program Managers handle requirement facing customers, talking to other teams etc, and priority is given so that you can focus on programming and producing results. - For the technical/non-manager types: If you are patient, and can deal with occasional politics at the office, and have potential to be a product architect, there is really room to grow here. I hear at other companies that there is a ceiling for technical types, but here there isn't. They have career stage setup all the way from Senior SDE, to Architect, Distinguished Engineer to Technical Fellow. Of course, extremely few people amongst the talented employees of microsoft make it to level beyond Architect, but that path is there. - In general, if you are pro-active, there is a lot of support you can get to learn how to grow and succeed at microsoft, in the form of mentoring.","- The review system is not fair, in the sense that the leadership team makes decisions based on their impressions of contribution of a team member, whereas your manager, and colleagues you work with on a project may know a lot better about your level of performance. Coupled with the brutal stack ranking system, and rewarding the top 20% the most, what this means is that you will get really burned if you think all you need to do is churn out great code, and work well with your teammates to release a good product. You need to actually spend time with leadership team, let everyone know what you are doing etc, so that you stay in the radar of the leadership team.  This also means that there are very driven, smart people who end up focusing more on career growth, rather than releasing a great product.  - Company is very big, so a fair number of employees are bound to be quite mediocre. They really try to make sure that is not the case with developers though, but you can always find some useless testers or test leads in every team.  - Program Managers who are not product focused, but spend more time and energy on pleasing the leadership with presentations.","Please, please focus on having a good product strategy, and avoid having similar products, and then canceling them after spending millions.",3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60698,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Sep 6, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice place to work but it could be sinking titanic,"Good benefits and health insurace, overall established process and tools, good working enviroment, and decent managment.","Self centered company un-sync and struggling constantly against underfunded much little competitors, stockholders don't count for managment.",if the stock price performance is much worse than your peers then you are not doing your job.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60699,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Still suffering growing pains - can't let go of past glories,"Benefits are compelling (health care, vision, dental) Big interesting problems to work on Recognized name in industry (even if you don't agree it's leading edge anymore)","Very heavy in middle management, who are interesting in protecting their fiefdom at the expense of individual contributors who actually get work done Once you want to get to director role, you really need exec sponsorship - otherwise you should accept that you should go to another company Difficult to place to be now (2010) given a lot of RIFs are occurring Staying too long at Microsoft makes you very unaware of ""real"" trends happening outside the company Company has fallen asleep at the wheel (missed social networking, cloud services, social gaming, etc) - and upper management really wants to defend old cash cows instead of innovating","Take a hard look at upper and middle management - are they really delivering? Make cuts where needed - instead of letting middle management decide who to hack at IC level Get an overall strategy instead of letting so much infighting happen - big waste of time when multiple teams are working on competing strategies If someone isn't doing well, be honest with them instead of surprising them later",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1114.htm
60700,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Still suffering growing pains - can't let go of past glories,"Benefits are compelling (health care, vision, dental) Big interesting problems to work on Recognized name in industry (even if you don't agree it's leading edge anymore)","Very heavy in middle management, who are interesting in protecting their fiefdom at the expense of individual contributors who actually get work done Once you want to get to director role, you really need exec sponsorship - otherwise you should accept that you should go to another company Difficult to place to be now (2010) given a lot of RIFs are occurring Staying too long at Microsoft makes you very unaware of ""real"" trends happening outside the company Company has fallen asleep at the wheel (missed social networking, cloud services, social gaming, etc) - and upper management really wants to defend old cash cows instead of innovating","Take a hard look at upper and middle management - are they really delivering? Make cuts where needed - instead of letting middle management decide who to hack at IC level Get an overall strategy instead of letting so much infighting happen - big waste of time when multiple teams are working on competing strategies If someone isn't doing well, be honest with them instead of surprising them later",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60701,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Many things depend on team to team. Few teams are so flexible & enouraging & some not.,"Flexibility , freedom, technology, health insurance",Work pressure is too high,Need work life balance,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60702,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,An Ok place to work,Very technology focussed org. When you are networked you are good. Health benefits are top notch and work place benefits are excellent. Salary is decent,Too much middle management and bureaucracy to get things done. A lot of red tape and it is beginning to be an era of government agencies. If you are fresh out of school and did not make it to either Google or Amazon then this may be your last resort. Not the Microsoft that it used to be. For those coming with Industry beware for getting the short end of the stick. Dont get fooled by the salary but you need to know your level when you get in and if you come in below a principal (assuming you had > 10 years of solid experience) you did not do well in your negotiation.,You have way too many partners and middle tier management that is not needed. Senior individual contributors are stymied for growth has top heavy management (those that are beyond principal) are very self interested in their own path to a partner vs. looking out for capable seniors.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60703,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2010",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company,great company to work for.,Very frequent reorg and this could disruptive in many cases.,Have a common culture across the company. working in different teams appears to be as if working in different companies.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60704,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 1, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,Used to be a great place to work... Not so much now,"Great benefits Some groups present interesting opportunities (xbox, bing), and attract motivated and qualified team members, other groups not so much.","Politics is rampant and negatively affects cross team cooperation. Review process for employees is neither useful nor productive, being mostly an exercise in rewarding ones friends, and penalizing others.","Incentivize innovation via smaller, more focused team, pick winners and losers early rather than the overhead of having multiple teams working on the same projects at the same time (ex. WinMo and Kin)",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60705,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Be Prepared for Change,"Lots of opportunities to move across groups in Marketing, but less so if you didn't come in via the MACH program and are considered a role filler rather than a career builder.",Managers are often more concerned with finding there next role than actually building or managing there team and tend to panic in Q4 when commitments are due.,Managers at all levels should be required to stay in position for at least 2 years so that they understand there roles.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60706,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Sep 5, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,"Great place to work and great benefits, but what about the future of the company?","Bes healtht benefits very flexible working hours and great work/life ballance ability to change areas within the ocmpany as no other company... one year work in OS, another in SQL and the next in Bing freefom to use whatever OS, Tool, etc. you want (other companies are much stricker)","- too centralzed in USA.... not many opportunities for employees to work in other countries with compeling jobs. - although everyone knows MS will still be a strong company in 10 years, nobody knows if it will be like an IBM which is still strong but, not close to what it was in the past... that reflect in your stock award value and future groth.","avg. performer 100% target stock awards, top performance 300%... difference in total year salary 25% ... this is broken.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60707,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2010",Current Employee - Strategy Manager,Help product groups build and execute business plans.,Intelligent people. Great benefits. People who genuinely want to do the right thing for the company's success. Innovative ideas at all levels of the organization.,Decision making process can take several months. Not always able to act quickly when business models evolve more quickly than anticipated.,Decentralize decision making further. Let individual products flourish (or fail) on their own merits. There are smart people at junior (GM) levels who need the chance to win or lose. And those that lose should be held accountable publicly.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60708,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to gain technical experience,So many different technologies to work on People withe good technical skills Size and processes of the company makes it harder to grow fast,Lots of leagacy technologies. Not every people get to do the real cutting edge work Not the same workplace it used to be,Cut down on number of process that are followed inside the company Invest in something new and innovative rather than doing catch up,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60709,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2010",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Good benefits,"Once you leave Microsoft you realize how great the benefits are. Also, the work environment is cushy with private offices.",Difficult for women (non-ivy league) to break into circles of influence. People run around terribly stressed (about 60% of the last department). We are not curing cancer!,"Look beyond stereotypes, truly be open to women in roles (especially international managers).",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1115.htm
60710,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to work,The promotion is relatively faster (probably because there are more levels). Lots of senior engineers you can learn from. Single office policy. Great benefit.,"For entry level positions, compensation is low comparing to Google and other companies. Relatively slow to adjust to industrial trend.",Give new grad more money in order to get the most telented engineer.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60711,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2010",Current Employee - International Project Manager,"One of the best companies to work for, but it comes with a cost. If you want to be innovative, this is not the place.","Amazing benefits. In general, the people are smart and nice to work with.","The company is bloated and it takes ages to get anything done. Also, any cool new project will get squashed or merged into another team. I used to think it was the best place to work, but the ""culture"" is beginning to wear on me. Organizational change is constant and disruptive. Upper management does not do much to integrate newly merged teams. I spend most of my time in meetings with people just trying to figure out who is doing what, rather than actually doing work. There seems to be a general lack of direction, the company tries to respond to every new product that the competitors release, but a company of 90,000 is not agile enough to work like this.",Stop responding to what all of the competitors are doing. Pick a direction and go with it.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60712,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The firm,"- good benefits and decent pay - lots of resources, e.g. great talks from MSR and visiting speakers - private offices - flexible working hours - still a lot of smart people (but definitely minority) - if you get on the right project/group there is still some interesting stuff being built",- incompetent middle management - overbearing process - lack of agility - lots of dead wood among employees - politics and cliques,none,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60713,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft - some good and some bad,"Work environment is wonderful with lots of perks like access to on campus training, books and journals, lectures. People are great, friendly, highly intelligent, skilled, energetic and enthusiastic.","There is a great deal of pressure to conform and go-along to get-along. The boys-club is alive and well and women don't seem to do well in their careers. For women engineers promotions are slower, raises and bonuses are smaller.",Give genuine support to dissent and diversity. Encourage occasional failure because playing safe 100% of the time won't lead to much innovation.,3.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60714,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2010",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Good experience,"Good business education - interesting to get a view of how products are put together and marketing. Benefits are great, pay is not bad.","Out of touch execs, products built by engineers for engineers.","Innovate instead of duplicating. Enterprise business is strong, but the company is clueless about consumers.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60715,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,"Smart and motivated people all around you. Most are experienced from other companies though we have some smart newcomers as well. Culture is basically fantastic at this company and you have a chance to grow your career here, Looks great on the resume too",Large organization cons - not as fast moving as some other companies. Had an idea for a project and just to get approval or dis-approval took 4 months (lifetime in technology),See market transitions better. Stop following and rather be a leader. Invest more in new technologies,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60716,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 27, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Write code in a silo,Decent starting pay Work for a big name Great Benefits Seattle is an awesome city Lots of variety between technologies amongst the company,Terrible upper management Abysmal stock movement Small raises / bonuses / stock A lot of politics. A whole lot of politics. Products get canned left and right depending on which VP has won favor that month.,"Flatten the org tree. Managers should have many reports, not 1 or 2. There shouldn't be six layers to the VP. Be more transparent about reviews and performance in a team. Stop being so stingy with merit increases. Pay your talent better - because it is all leaving for Facebook, Google, and area start ups where there is at least some chance of making it big.  Remember, 1 great coder is worth 100 mediocre ones. Pay them as such.",2.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60717,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great benefits, poor collaboration","1) Medical benefits are unbelievable. You'll (typically) never pay a dime regardless of your family size. 2) Casual atmosphere, both in dress and flexible working hours. 3) Very high career ceiling. The partners (of which there are around 800 or so) can easily clear $1m year, and often much more. 4) Opportunity to work on products that have tremendous global impact.",1) The company is falling victim to its own size. Teams have a tough time collaborating. 2) Empire building is rampant 3) Too many meetings turn into pissing matches.,"1) Pay more than lip service to competent leadership. MS is in desparate need of good leaders (and managers), yet at review time those skills are rarely acknowledged or rewarded.  2) Aren't we done with Ballmer yet?",3.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60718,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun if you can find a group without unnecessary bureaucracy,"- Outstanding benefits - For the most part, very smart people to work with",- Too much bureaucracy - Internal job searching is too difficult - Not enough transparency within the company,"Fix the IT support by making it easier, encourage people to explore different roles and areas within the company.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60719,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft -- great place to work for, but is not fashionable anymore","Really Smart people Great benefits, Salary, work environment",Losing traction in the market worrisome Not executing as well as it should be,"Get your act together, please!",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1116.htm
60720,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2010",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Lots of opportunity - stagnating matrixs,great benefits good salary for the area opportunity to learn as much as you want able to transition between fields some great managers and teams really smart people,not the cutting edge environment it used to be transparency from execs is deminishing hit or miss on managers corp has become a multi-layer quagmire,"MS has a lot of great businesses, but the wavering direction and building overhead to get great things done is creating an environment of average stuff",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60721,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2010",Former Employee - Group Program Manager,"Good company benefits, but lacking in good leadership at most levels of the company.",The benefits are what keeps most people at Microsoft. The other is the ability to try new opportunities and learn new skills.,The review and performance system is not great. The management is lacking as they do no real training and mentoring of new managers.,"Learn to be better managers and try to promote people who show promise and interest in being a good manager, rather than just good individual contributors.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60722,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2010",Current Employee - Director of Business Development,"Solid benefits, average salaries, slow management team...",Good Benefits Financial stability Large R&D budget,Slow to adapt to external market changes Average salaries Cross-team conflicts Senior Leadership not willing to take risks Stock price not improving CEO lost,Stop allowing Product Groups to run the company independenty or break up into different units...,3.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60723,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag,"there were opportunities to move around within the company to grow skills, and the benefits were excellent. if you started in the 80s or 90s, it was a pretty good deal financially as well.","really poor middle managers, too much bureaucracy and overhead. Review process a joke - tons of work twice a year and kind of pointless when you find out the rating/ranking decisions were all made long before you put a word into a file...","You need to clear out all the GMs, PUMs, directors and partners who do nothing and manage no one - they make most of the poor decisions, including those about staffing!",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60724,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Environment for Passionate People (E&D),"- Innovative area (E&D)  - Strong team-based environment  - Engaging content (E&D)  - Passionate co-workers  - Great benefits, fair salary, career growth opportunities  - Established company, support functions and processes in place to make my life easier","- Work-life balance can be challenging, especially for those who want to move up  - Big company, can be hard to feel like part of the larger organization  - Occasional lack of synergy between products/businesses, hard to watch",none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60725,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great Place to Work,Great opportunities for growth and the benefits and pay are amazing. It is a very flexible workplace if you want time off or want a flex-schedule. I know many people who work from home one or more days a week. It is also a very diverse workplace which promotes interesting conversations and expands your own cultural knowledge.,"It is a competitive workplace so you need to be aware of the intentions and motives of some of your coworkers. This is definitely more of a problem in some departments than others. Personally, my division does not have any problems with this but I have heard stories from friends. Another con is that in some divisions the senior management is not very effective at communicating their leadership and decisions.","The leadership has been slow to make decisions, not communicated their decisions well (or reasoning behind their decisions), and sometimes it feels like we are aimlessly heading into the future with no leadership at all.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60726,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with passionate technology culture,The culture encourages innovation and there is opportunity to build products and experiences. Employees are smart and passionate about technology. There are many professional development opportunities in multiple areas.,The performance review model is difficult. It encourages a level of competition among teams and colleagues that can result in lower quality results and an obsessive internal focus.,Change the performance review model.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60727,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 28, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,Changing the world @ Microsoft,"Many incredibly smart individuals, oppurtunity to work with a wide array of businesses, performance driven culture, one of the big three technology leaders",Tends to be a little focused on individual carreer success over business / team success. Still learning how to develop software at the speed of the internet,"Build proficiency in team-building and continuous improvement Read ""good to great"" and use that as a model for leadership Its ok to make mistakes, learn from them",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60728,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,My Experience at Microsoft,"Excellent health benefit package, encourages work/life balance, many different technologies and products to work on, mature & stable corporation, individual offices, smart & passionate people","Lack of innovation, too much process and politics for rapid development & innovation, lack of agility as a corporation, still learning how to release software in shorter release cycles, fair amount of politics, compensation model does not encourage teamwork, each product functions as a somewhat isolated business so cross-organization collaboration is not natural","Learn to develop web applications and products in a more iterative style, trim the fat, encourage more skunk works and small team innovation, foster a more dynamic & fast-paced culture",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60729,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Position is ok,Great people too work with Good learning oppurtunities,Too much work at times (differs from group to group) Review system a little hidden,xyz,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1117.htm
60730,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager II,This is a great field if you enjoy dead-ends,"Microsoft used to be a fantastic place to work, and sometimes you run into enthusiastic people who remember when it mattered to ship quality products.","I can't say enough about the turbulence and lack of direction present across Microsoft. It really is going through a transitional period. Do not consider working here unless you're coming out of college and need a break-in job. Do not spend more than two years here, there is little potential for long-term careers. In fact you will ultimately find yourself worked out of the system unless you're prepared to pull out the knives and join in the political ""kill or be killed"" assassination orgy. Product groups are regularly gutted and redirected on the whims of political maneuvering. There is little strategy or direction. Any other company would've imploded by now and really only a few business groups are supporting the weight of the entire company.","It might be a good time to re-evaluate each product offering, and consider going back to a time when releasing products was supported. Build teams, invest in quality people, and get rid of the shark tank mentality.",1.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60731,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best large company to work in IT industry,Great technologies Smart peers Good work culture Best medical & salary package,Too much bureaucracy Very business minded [as opposed to innovative] Tactical management,Need to innovate more,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60732,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 24, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,personal,1) good benefits 2) stable 3) not too much work 4) reasonable compensation 5) reasonable promotion 6) good career plan,1) management not too focused on skills 2) too many leads 3) leads didn't code at all 4) too many mid-level management,1) reduce management level 2) increase efficiency 3) give more bonus 4) cut those leads who know nothing about coding,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60733,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 29, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,great internship,"great place for an internship. lots of opportunities to get exposure to different parts of the company and new products still in the pipeline. good work life balance and benefits, plus lots of free stuff.",the group i was placed with tended to be a bit older and more 9-5 than other parts of the company.,i think you have a great internship program which will continue to foster interest in the company.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60734,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good place to be for a while, get the experience, the years and get out","good benefits, good work environment nice buildings and equipment",slow slow slow slow growth... growth is determined by middle management who sit in calibration meetings and fight for their people but who are themselves incompetent,"fire middle management, too many power grabbing senior/middle manager do whats right for microsoft, not whats right for u hold GM's/VP/Leads accountable",2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60735,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great Place to work,"You get to work on things that everyone in the world including your friends and family use. If you are working hard and are excited about your project and customers you will be rewarded. Just like Google's 20% time if you are getting your work done you are encouraged to find ""relevant"" extra work that you get to choose and are rewarded greatly if you do.",Compared to Google it appears that Microsoft is too focused on making money. Microsoft management does not seem to inform employees of their long term vision and why a change in direction occurred and more importantly why they choose that direction as opposed to some of the other possibilities.,Inform employees of their long term vision and why a change in direction occurred and more importantly why they choose that direction as opposed to some of the other possibilities.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60736,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2010",Former Employee - Channel Manager,Very Happy to have worked at Microsoft,"Microsoft is a very good company to work for. The benefits are excellent, there are plenty of opportunities and I enjoyed my time there.",Very large Company. Sometimes that is a negative.,"Keep improving Search, Phone and Cloud Products.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60737,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Good,Good to work and good benefits.,"Too much bureaucracy, some managers are bad, but manager of managers don't recognize and things goes on.",Have good leads.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60738,microsoft,"Reston, VA"," Aug 9, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Very Happy to work for MS,"Benefits, opportunites, compensation, telework, training","Size, competiotiveness, recruiting process, working with product group",Get W7 and slate out faster,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60739,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!!!,Cool prods Smart peeps Nice benefits Nice campus Career! I've been there for 7 years and love it!,Slow on a lot of things. Lots of money wasted. Too many doing-nothing old people who take millions by doing ordering pizza for team,Get more new blood! Fire 50+% over 10 years employees and get your position back like 15 years ago!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1118.htm
60740,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mature company,Lots of smart people to work with. Chance to work on different groups (i.e. different technologies). Very stable.,"staggered for over 10 years now and is still struggling to find new growth point. As company stopped growing, there's more power struggle for limited career growth opportunites within the company.","Instead of chasing where money is today, the company needs to focus on innovation in order to stay relevant.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60741,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 14, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,microsoft,Lots of very smart people to learn from. Vast amount of resources if you are on an approved project. Benefits are outstanding.,Too political. Not much career opportunity in satellite offices. You are career dead if you work for a team remotely.,Clean out the management pool.,4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60742,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,"A Tiger caged in its own business model, an elephant too slow to move",---Nice benefits ---Still good culture ---Lot of learning and growth avenues ---Systemic support and respect for diversity ---Allows career changes within Microsoft,---benefits - they make employees cozy and not wanting to take risk for fear of failure and hence produce mediocre results,-- get fresh blood in board who can understand digital economy and new world order -- adopt to changes quickly,3.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60743,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn the fundamentals of software engineering,"1) excellent benefits package 2) you're not supporting a business, you are the business 3) lots of smart people to work with and learn from.",1) slow moving 2) too much middle management,1) provide vision and get out of the way of execution 2) dont be afraid to take risks and fail fast,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60744,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Waiting for the turnaround,Microsoft still hires very smart people and treats its employees amazingly well overall. The opportunity to continually work on the next generation of software still gets me out of bed every morning excited to come into work and solve hard problems. Microsoft is a company passionate about software quality and the user experience.,"The bureaucracy has gotten works over the years as Microsoft transitioned from being on the cutting edge to ""playing it safe."" I've spent over ten years waiting for the stock to turn around and keep hoping that it will happen some day. The company has done a good job financially but has simply not captured the imagination of customers and investors in the way other tech companies have. Microsoft has become too risk averse.","You will inspire much more loyalty in current employees by financially rewarding those who are doing a great job, and not just at the upper ladder levels. The stock has remained a huge part of overall compensation but it has not delivered and employees are demoralized about that. We're still passionate about the engineering we're doing, but we want to see the financial benefits finally (after ten years of utterly average rewards). We keep waiting for the pay-off that never comes and many are starting to think that other pastures might be greener. It's not like the mass-exodus to Google that we had a few years ago but it's still simmering below the surface. The other major issue is seeing products fail miserably and GMs/PUMs/VPs not held accountable. Reward success and cull the failures. There is also still a lot of ""dead wood"" that can be cleared from among the ranks. More engineers, less managers, PMs, and testers who aren't actually delivering technical advances.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60745,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great experience, lots of politics","Good compensation, great coworkers, widely used software, free drinks, lots of learning opportunities, challenging problems, good variety of products available","Incredibly political and cutthroat, dubious review system, sometimes feel like a cog in the system, poor management, somewhat old-fashioned about products and seeing future directions (innovate only when forced to by competitors)","Priority engineering over business, less management turn over and greater accountability, eliminate 10% from review system or significantly change how reviews happen, better metrics for evaluating managers (e.g. have their directs impact the review).",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60746,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 15, 2010",Current Employee - Manager of Sales Strategy,"MSFT is a good place to work, but it's big",tons of potential to change jobs and move up. big company with lots of divisions of opportunity. Lots of resources. great benefits,"hard to steer the ship, overworked, bad collaboration, never seem to be moving ahead of the market direction always catching up, too many politics","cut the fat, be more forward looking, simplify process and internal reviews",4.0,2.5,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60747,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good overall,Benefits are great. Lots of smart people. Great opportunity to learn a lot of new things. Flexible working hours (usually).,Everything is too urgent. We're too busy being scared of Google to do anything really cool. Review system is too opaque.,Overhaul the review system. Scrap it completely. Many studies have shown that it doesn't work. Have better accountability when senior management fails.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60748,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,Overrated but good benefits,One of the best benefits packages in the industry. Plenty of opportunity for improvements in products and services if you can work through the politics. Bonuses can be very good for preferred employees. Generally intelligent people to work with.,"Very political and chronyism is rampant in many groups. True creativity, out-of-the-box thinking, and agility is stiffled by the company's bloated culture leaving them constantly playing catch-up in the industry.",Microsoft is in need of fresh thinking and fresh people in leadership positions. Less politics and more action. Focus on what customers really want and not what Microsoft thinks they want/need. Consider breaking up the company to ensure business units are self-supporting and make faster decisions about what products are viable.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60749,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Aug 13, 2010",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Microsoft has the name but overall not the place for career,Good reputation and it's easy to get into the accounts. It can be challenging with consumers.,The company has a complex compensation system besides the revenue they measure on numerous scorecard that vary quarterly. Most of these make no sense and people work the system to achieve them.  The job and career opportunities are limited.,Bring the company to the new world and stop focusing on the past. Move with cloud and focus on consumers.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1119.htm
60750,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,The SDET role,"-Benefits -Cafeteria -Good reputation  In general MS is a good place to work. The politics can sometimes be difficult to deal with, but once you learn the game it's not bad to navigate.",The biggest con at MSFT is the inability to move between teams. It also feels like there are too many levels of management.,"Flatten the reporting structure. Split SDET into two roles, test and development of tests. Change SDETs who write test to SDE. Allow easier transfer policies.",2.0,2.0,none,1.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60751,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Managers run amok,- You're generally surrounded by great minds most of the time - The company builds some truly great products - The employee benefits are the best in the industry - Free beverages :),"- Not a thought leader or a innovator in any segment of the industry except Operating Systems and the XBox, pretty much catch up everywhere. - Management has a disconcerting habit of wasting the companies money by making poor product and M&A decisions. - The work culture is very confrontational, which is hardly conducive to team work. - Review system is complicated and opaque. You never have any idea what they management is doing. - The place is led by managers, not Engineers anymore, and it shows.","Get rid of 50% of the middle management, they are a waste of space and money. Build teams instead of forcing people to be at each other's throats all the time.  Get rid of Ballmer, he's a poor CEO. Get some visionary who actually has ideas about where the company should be headed, not a number crunching follower.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60752,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 16, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Dynamic and challenging projects that have global impact,Exciting and challenging projects Great work culture smart team members work life Balance Access to latest technology Career growth opportunities Flexible career path Mentoring and networking opportunities Support and opportunity to serve the community,Lack of standard process and procedures Lack of clear vision and strategy Lack of leadership in some critical areas,Be more involved in decisions and learn more about the competition,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60753,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to learn the art of software development,- Smart people - Lots of challenges,- Growing bureaucracy - Too many re-orgs,- Split the company,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60754,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2010",Former Employee - Website Manager,Corporate slog with incompetent leadership,Benefits Flexible Work Schedule Good opportunities for training,Incompetent Leadership Lack of communication between business groups across the company Poor opportunities for growing your career Sense of being just another cog in the wheel,Resign and let someone take over who knows what they're doing.,2.0,4.5,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60755,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 11, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Access to the tools and resources needed Flexible work schedule Frequent assessment of employee morale Freedom to book and manage individual travel Corporate and social responsibility,The company has grown too large in scope and headcount Bureaucracy has overtaken common sense Isolation from the industry conversation in Silicon Valley,"Relocate centers of influence, power, decision-making outside of Redmond Stay genuinely connected to the conversation by being physically present Invest in more customer (enterprise and consumer) face-time",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60756,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft: great for glory hounds,Fantastic benefits - the best medical you will ever see. Every day is a new interesting challenge. Very internationally diverse workforce.,"Reward is based ONLY on individual achievement. If you like teamwork, then keep your distance. Glory hounds get all the cookies. Work-life balance is really poor if you want to advance. People-skills aren't one of the important factors in becoming a manager. Reward system creates an atmosphere that often suppresses good ideas (i.e. 'if it's not mine, I won't promote it).",Encourage teamwork in some way.,1.0,1.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60757,microsoft,"Los Angeles, CA"," Aug 11, 2010",Former Employee - Facility Manager,Good place,"Food, salary, benefits and holidays",People are difficult to work with,Better communication throughout organisation,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60758,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 27, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work,1. The intellectual energy of the employees- very smart people 2. Always a challenge 3. Great resources and tools to get the job done 4. Superb benefits 5. Bill Gates is next to God,Can be nasty if you get into the wrong group. Some groups practice tribal warfare Too demanding of your time- can become your life To many Type AAAA personalties Can be a tad too serious,Need to shake off the old mentality of warring tribal groups and a winner. Too much energy and resources are being burnt. Get people to work together. Break up cutting edge units into semi-independent units and lavish them with R&D and $$ to market products quickly.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60759,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 10, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,A good expereince but not a long term career,At Microsoft you get exposure to lots of different management approaches and challenges.,"Every year programs are changed, everything is thrown out in preference to re0creating the wheel. Building long term relationships with customers and partners is challenging and frustrating.",Continue to cut and streamline.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1120.htm
60760,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Excellent Place to Work,"Best Reasons to work:  * Challenging and interesting work. * Very capable teammates and dev leads, lots of opportunities to learn and grow * Relaxed work environment, set your own hours, get free drinks and coffee, wear whatever you want. It doesn't sound like much, but it helps make the work environment a lot less stressful. * Tech Talks and Courses you can take to learn more about programming","Food isn't as good. There are cafeterias serving food, but they could definitely be serving better quality or more variety.",better food!,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60761,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 23, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,It's What You Make Of It,* Available training * Benefits * Career Growth * Stretch Assignments * Smart Peers * Work Life Balance * Pay * H/W Budget,* Commute * Small Pay Increases * Stale Executive Management,Please let us complete our annual assessments BEFORE you head into 'calibration' meetings. I'm not convinced Mgrs are fully informed before heading into these meetings.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work,"Good benefits, good environment, flexible hours.",pays lower than comparative companies.,raise the compensation.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60763,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good place to work,Smart people Good perks esp health benifits Variend product offerings so one can pursue different verticals if interested. Software used by 95% of the worlds population. Which means you can make a difference if you care enough.,Needs more focus on consumer business if it doesnt want to cede control over to Apple/Facebook/Google. it seems the management just doesnt get that business and has no idea of how to succeed in it.,Consumer Consumer Consumer. This is the next growth segment and unless we have a good long term business plan our growth will be slower.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60764,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to work,"Great work place, smartest folks in the world, what's not to like?",A bit too politic-y at times.,Cut the crap and let's get down to business!,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60765,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Overall, a great place to work","-Without a doubt, some of the best benefits available at any employer -Extremely intelligent coworkers -Opportunity to work with software that impacts millions of people -Teams working on exciting, innovative software","-It's a huge company, and the beauracracy shows -Review system can be a bit political -Occasionally frustrating overall company strategy","Please, encourage transparency, openness, and honesty amongst groups. This might help deal with some of the in-fighting that sometimes goes on, and will lead to happier, more productive employees.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60766,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Aug 5, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the best software company,"As far as I know, ms provides the best employee benefit compared to other software companies. MS has good reputation, so employee could build a good career path.",Employee is doing the same thing everyday. Employee is hard to get promoted. Employee's salary is not competitive compared to other software companies.,MS employees should get paid more. There should be more opportunities for the employees to get promoted. Working environment should be better.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60767,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Lost its way,"Good benefits, lots of projects,","Limited ability to move around, review process severely broken, a culture that encourages prima donna behavior.","Promote and develop great engineers and great engineering, and cut the politics.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60768,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 5, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good place to work,Great place to work if you are looking to run projects and being responsible for major initiatives. It is not a place to work if you feel uncomfortable working with very strong personalities.,"As people are promoted or leave the company, often times tools and projects are left behind without anyone having the responsibility to continue on with the project. This leaves the rest of the team in disarray looking for new person responsibly for that part of the project. When I took over my final project the previous owner gave me a 15 minutes overview of the project and duties.",Need more consistency and long term commitment to infrastructure projects More strategic direction and fewer reorgs to cover mistakes in strategy,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60769,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 5, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stay close to mother ship (Redmond),"great benefits, work environment, smart people to work with, latest technology, not a bad salary, work life balance, product discounts and many more",Better stay close to redmod if you need growth. There is nothing critical happening in SVC or other dev centers. some time employees are not well informed.,make sure you respect remote development. Run fast...don't sit on your ass for something magic to happen. Make the top management more dyanamic.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1121.htm
60770,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2010",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Overall a good place to work,"Amazing benfits, almost all colleagues are very bright. good culture, good compensation","individual success is too closely tied to one's relationship with one's manager as opposed to contribution to the larger organization. If you have a good manager and a good rapport with the manager and a good project to work on, you are set. If you are missing any one of these, you wont get promoted regardless of how much you deliver.","Enusre there is broader feedback taken into consideration for promotion. There are many ways good people are kept from getting promoted, and there are many ways that game players who dont contribute to the org get ahead.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60771,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Jul 20, 2010",Current Employee - Developer Evangelist,Overwelming bt rewarding,"Challenging Smart people Big goals Significant responsibility At corporate ther is definately a sink or swim mentality, therefore you have to be a senior person to thrive.",Aggressive managers with little guidance given. Someimes it can feel like eve man for themselves. Priorities change every year with little cross over.,Be consistent and give clear guidance. When everyone does it their own way it is har do get repeatability and consistency.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60772,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 3, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work & Life balance is good,"Single office, free soda, flexible working time.","Lower salary, frequent reogs, inefficient management.",N/A,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60773,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2010",Current Employee - Finance Manager,One year and counting...,There is always the feeling that you could find your niche in the company and thrive. Not sure yet if this is actually a reality.,"I think the Finance profession in general at Microsoft is undervalued, and as a result, Finance employees are overworked and underrewarded compared to counterparts in Marketing and Engineering.","My advice would be to be a little more generous with the praise. They are so concerned with ranking people and being 'transparent', that they hesitate to praise you, for fear you will construe it as an indication of raise/promotion.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60774,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to work,"Great benefits. You work with ""grown ups"" who know what they're doing and have done it for a while. They recognize and accept that you have a life outside of work.",Stock price is not doing anything. You won't retire to be a millionaire without making it to the top levels.,Management is paranoid about affecting the sacred cows of Windows and Office. This means that we don't even try anything that might threaten those businesses - and let our competitors take the leadership in new businesses.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60775,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 2, 2010",Current Employee - Advertising Creative Director,"Not a bad deal, all in all.",I'm a v- contractor. The money is pretty good.,"I'm a v- contractor. I work beside MSFT employees, but I'm not eligible for benefits, stock, etc.","With all the money MSFT makes, you should end the practice of using vendors/contractors and hire those people for FTE spots. It's only fair. Seriously, guys, this is morally wrong and you know it.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60776,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Its OK but not really exciting,Good benefits Comfy Safe Good Pay International Exposure Good Brand Promotions are great if you can get them at a decent pace,Slow Little innovation Lots of management and process Projects take ages to complete Slow work culture Need to speed up more,Try to thin out middle management,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60777,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,The definition of ,-stellar benefits -great salary -flex hours -free sodas -smart and talented people  -working at MS can be great fun if you get on a good project,"-work-life what now? -your career success is heavily dependent on how much your direct and skip managers like you, and how influencial they are. -some groups have vacuous leadership that amuses itself with constant re-orgs and cancelling big projects at the last possible second.",Apple is eating your lunch. Get a plan.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60778,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Mixed bag,"- Opportunity to meet and work with some of the smartest people in the sofware industry - Possible opportunity to work in fast pace environments, and on projects that go from very small to very large","- Review system is not fair...10% of all employees WILL be given the message that they are on track to be managed out - Some managers are amazing, but most are poorly trained, and are quick to use the easy tools (fear, micro management) as opposed to the more difficult but more rewarding tactics (inspiration, leadership as a service)","Good place to go if you are a well-seasoned engineer and can work well on your own. The review system is a game you'll need to pick up quickly, to ensure you get a decent piece of the 'pie'",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60779,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSR Intern,"Great researchers, good benefits, very dynamic","high competition, less hiring, no clear definition for some job titles",Increase the number of fresh & young researchers,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1122.htm
60780,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 1, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,software development engineer,good benefit and good office,"resource management, project management and life and work balance",too many PMs,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60781,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 1, 2010",Current Employee - Communications Manager,OK,*Good pay *Good exposure to top minds *IIWII (It is what it is),*Office politics *Poor management *Hiring process is archaic,Wake up,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60782,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good for competitive people, but not for those who prefer team-oriented work environments.","- Prestigious company to work for (looks GREAT on resume) - Good pay - Really interesting projects and technology that you can get your hands on - Great place for competitive types, who are driven the desire to outperform others, rather than the success of their team - Huge company with lots of divisions, so ample opportunity to move around among product groups","- Good technical folks, who don't necessarily have people skills are often promoted to management. This leads to poor managing and often hamper the success of their employees - The common understanding at Microsoft is that employees have to create their own ""visibility"" in order to stand out and get promoted. Just doing really good work is not enough. To be recognized, you have to give presentations, fix urgent customer bugs (and be sure someone in management sends mass e-mails acknowledging you), and make sure that everyone knows who you are and how great you are. Unfortunately, this often fosters and environment of individual competitiveness, in which you must focus solely on your own success, without regard for that of your team or coworkers. - The advertised ""Mentorship"" program (when a more experienced employee mentors a relatively new one) is played up as a strong positive, but most of the so-called ""mentors"" are too busy (or lack the needed people skills) to have any effect. - With such a large organization, the exact what's and how's often come down from upper management, leaving the individual contributer to simply execute commands given them. They often have almost no say in what should be done or how best to do it. (This, like many of the other cons, depends on the specific product group, but it is very common and prevalent enough to be of concern to anyone looking to work for Microsoft). - Certain managers make 100% of the decisions around the whats, whens, and hows of employee work without being open to any feedback from the employee. - Teamwork takes a backseat to individual success.","First, it is important to favor people with mentorship ability, people skills, and leadership skills over technical ability for promoting individual contributers to management. Second, recognize which employees thrive on individual competition and which on teamwork. Make sure that there is a success path for the latter group.",2.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60783,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Aug 2, 2010",Former Employee - Sales,Decent place to hang your hat for a while,Microsoft has great brand recognition which makes it easier to call prospects Job stability Nice work/life balance Excellent Intranet with,The company is too big to feel any impact of what you are selling/doing Upper management is hard to connect with,Take more time to get to know your employees - we actually have a pulse on the market place and can give you valuable feedback.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60784,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 30, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is no longer ,Free soda Good health insurance Decent pay,Review system sucks Lots of outsourcing to China/India No more BillG SteveB is no BillG,Get rid of SteveB Change the sucky review system,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60785,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Ok,Pay and Benefits it the best,Upper Managements way or your out of here,Be open and look for the good in others,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60786,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 28, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,engierring,great benefits for all yee haw,they dont pay as well as other companies,there are many good reason to work at microsoft,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60787,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 28, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),neutral place to work,"great medical benefits, casual work environment, nice office spaces, free coffee, soda etc, free cutleries as well. Its very convenient. most of the time its relaxed work environment and no restrictions.","less salary, people are partial to certain sides no matter how much they claim they are diverse.","be open to suugestions and comments given by all employees, increase paid time off and sick time off. make it more easy to ""work from home"" This should be true across the company and please stop saying ""depends on your manager"" and ""depends on your org"" some things should be universal. Otherwise I have seen some team members not marking time off but others are constantly reminded. Some are given the choice of working from home pretty much for months together, but some are not even given choice of doing this one day..Provide some perks like free daycare or reemburse some money for daycare etc. Increase maternity leave",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60788,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 24, 2010",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,"Good stable job, but mired by internal politics","Good paycheck, benefits, bonus, stock awards. Surrounded by smart people and many of them are actually interesting in moving the project forward. Opportunities to work on a myirad of different technolgoies and can change your job if you move. Great benefits package as well.",Big compay that moves slow in a lot of different areas. as such it cannot compete in many of the businesses that its in. The slow pace of innovation has a lot to do with the fear of getting sued & this adds a lot of tax to making forward progress.,Get a bit more directive to the various teams working at the company and agressively remove duplication of work.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60789,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Overall it is a very good experience,1. Chance to work with very talented people 2. Some products are really doing great work. 3. Great benifits 4. Very good work-life balance,1. Some products lose directions and are suddenly shut down. Bad for other employee's morale 2. Lack of transparency,1. Merit increase is very less. 2. Try to reduce hierarchy. More ICs and fewer managers will make the organization more productive,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1123.htm
60790,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 26, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,"Microsoft is a good company, but it starts having stagnant ideas.","Microsoft is the #1 software company of the world, hence you work on very popular products (usually) The medical plan is the best in US. Work life balance is good","It is a Redmond centric company. If you are outside of Redmond you are nothing. Middle management sucks. No ideas, just process and politics","If Microsoft is your first work experience and you started working 5+ years ago, resign now! Go somewhere else and come back with a fresh point of view.",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60791,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,It's Been Great... (But Cya),"MS is a good place to work. The benefits are great, and the pay is mostly fair. Job security is as good as it gets. Millions of people will use your products. Despite it's rep as a maker of stodgy old box software, MS continues to innovate in *many* areas. There are truly brilliant people in every product group.",Trying to make things happen at MS is like trying to drive a slalom course in an 18-wheeler. The bureaucracy can be stifling at times. Not everyone is a rocket scientist. Mediocre people sometimes rise to positions of significant authority through extreme conformity.,"Innovate more outside of traditional MS businesses. Windows + Office can't carry us forever. Why did Live Mesh get swallowed up by the money-losing cesspool that is Windows Live, while Dropbox is building an O($100M) business out of the exact same idea?",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60792,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 25, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Place to Build Experience,Incredible smart people Lots of user testing and market analysis best benefits of any company flexible work schedule easy commute,dinosaurs at the the exec level managers ship products for personal gain rather than what's best for the customer not enough information sharing between groups,"Wake up and listen to the new generation of software users. You need to create delightful products, not necessarily products that can do everything, but poorly.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60793,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 12, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft is a horrible place to work,"Great health benefit. 401K, stock award, employee stock purchase plan, generous sick leave, seattle is a beautiful city to live.",you probably hear that Microsoft is full of smart people. That is probably the case 10 years ago or if you are in the right group. I personally work with some of the worse testers / developers. They are just plain stupid. They do not know how to design stuff. They make the wrong decision all the time. System become super complicated. I am very dissatisfied with my work and the people that I work with.,"You need to get your act together. With stock price that can only go down, it would be hard to attract top talent.",1.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60794,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2010",Former Employee - Product Management Intern,MBA Internship at Microsoft,"1. People The people at MS are amazing in how much they are willing to help out with anything and everything. They are very smart and very passionate about what they do. It is fun to meet them and work with them. The Kellogg alumni at MS are especially helpful and nice.  2. Networking/Company Culture The company encourages a lot of networking and exchange of information. It allows you to meet people from other groups and learn about their projects. It is nice to know that the work you're doing does not stay in a vacuum and that you are able to leverage other people's knowledge and best practices, so that you're not spinning your wheels.  3. Opportunities It is encouraged to rotate and spend 16 - 18 months with different groups and doing different things, so it gives everyone a great opportunity to network within the company and try different things.","1. Team Culture My team had an intense culture, due to all being ex-consultants and due to working on the strategy of the flagship product. It was a different culture than I expected and was therefore disappointed. However, I did enjoy working and collaborating with them. It was more of a personality and style issue. So my advice would be to interview the team as they are interviewing you during the second round.  2. Size of the Company The company felt really big and it felt like it could swallow someone who was not doing the ""right"" things (e.g. networking constantly, changing jobs every 18 months, working intensely on side projects, etc.). I felt like it added an extra step on the responsibilities that came with the job.  3. Seattle Seattle was a fun city to be over the summer. However, I could not see myself living there over the long term. It felt too small and much less urban than I had imagined.","I wish there was closer monitoring of managers who are already known to be ""difficult"" when interns are assigned to them. I don't know if this would be through GMs or the HR contacts, but I've found it to be necessary.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60795,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Zero Innovation, Constant Infighting",The benefits and compensation package are better than just about anybody else in the industry. They have cafeteria's with pretty good food.,"Pretty much everything else. Senior management is completely clueless. They live and die by spreadsheets and reports. They have no concept of real world innovation. Employees are encouraged to step on one another for ""gold star""s (actual name of award given).",get rid of Ballmer. The company's management style appears to be a direct trickle-down effect straight from the CEO. Stop rewarding people for treating others poorly.,1.0,2.5,none,2.5,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60796,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Internship,Worked on high level marketing projects at Xbox,Almost too much consensus is needed to make any decision. The company is very “middle heavy.”,Allow managers more decision making power,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60797,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Decent place to work,Good benefit Variety of products Good learning opportunities,Review system makes your co-workers your competitors. Slow. Project cycle is long.,Revamp the review system to give more emphasis on team work.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60798,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,It is a not as exciting as I though,"it provoids very good of benefits and resources,",it has some problems in the management process,be clear about what you want to achieve.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60799,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Too much expectations, high pressure , low recognition..",Microsoft is filled with smart people.,"Too much expectations, high pressure , low recognition..","For god sake there are things like motivating employees. I am not referreing to perks and trips, but I am talking about talking with employee and encouraging him to do what he is doing best. Recognizing hard work in a simple meeting with upper management is the best reward I can think of.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1124.htm
60800,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2010",Former Employee - Software Test Manager,Lots of potential for growth,"Work with smart people Excellent discounts on software Amazing benefits package Compensation and work environment is very good, and the company doesn't scrimp on equipment.","Too political in middle management Steve is not the leader Bill was, now it's all about the money Reviews are based on a curve rather than individual merit",Lose the big company mentality to avoid becoming another IBM. The old Microsoft felt like a startup with plenty of exciting things to do.,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60801,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overhaul in management and process,"* Extremely flexible working hours  * Opportunity to work on some really cutting edge technology and projects  * Working in Windows/Office gets you to experience working on a project, proportions of which you won't see anywhere else  * Really good benefits :)",* Management is REALLY scared of making changes * Too much process in almost all aspects * A lot of cool features are developed but cut without any rhyme or reason * Turf wars are common...but more annoyingly teams won't take responsibility * 100s of hours are spent in pointless meetings trying to pacify everyone or eating donuts * Waste of resources....employees are not pushed hard enough...too lax goals * Promotions are very hard to come by...even though you may be reviewed quite well,"* Make smaller teams * Raise goals * Give employees responsibility for features and ask them to follow through * Reduce PMs and have more developers instead and ask developers to do that work * Offer more promotions * Have more daring features...if the features are so pointless that most customers don't even notice, then even teams don't feel like doing them * Remove employees who have become complacent with their jobs and positions. Hire fresh blood",3.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60802,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Jul 15, 2010",Former Employee - Business Analyst Intern,Great place with smart people,"Very good working condition, smart people around me and they are very helpful and friendly. Also resouce is plentiful at Microsoft.","Sometimes it takes meeting after meeting to make a decision when it requires running lean and agile. Also, HR people are very hard to deal with.",The company should really be running a lot leaner and relocate budget on the projects that will yield the most benefit to the customers.,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60803,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 30, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Excellent place to work and have a brilliant career,"Good pay, outstanding benefits, incredily smart people, and leading edge software technology and processes. I know some parts of Microsoft have their own ecosystems and processes which can be considered old school, but there's many facets of the company that are ran like a start-up where managements job is to just remove road blocks and let the dev/test/pm chain innovate. The company is so huge there are opportunities to work on whatever you want. Employee training is top notch, and you are free to change your career path as you want. The work life balance is very good, and the review process is mostly fair and honest. I haven't had any problems with politics, but that doesn't mean the system is perfect. Compared to the other big popular software houses (i.e. Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple), I feel that Microsoft is probably the best company to stick with and have a brilliant career. Many people I work with came from Google and Amazon and are much happier with Microsoft.","The company is huge and it's not uniformly ran. Make sure you understand the dynamics and culture of the team you're thinking of working with. It can either be a horrible experience of an awesome one. Good news is if you're not happy, there's plenty of other divisions and groups to work for. Another con is Microsoft is famous for its BGHS (Big Giant Head Syndrome). Meetings are always rat-hole'd by smarty pants that feel it's important to argue and debate details to the point that you'll be lucky to get through 2-3 slides of your presentation. Some people are difficult to work with because they are very extroverted and opinionated. Having strong communication skills is paramount to surviving here.","It's no secret that Microsoft has quickly became an ""un-cool"" place to work for new recruits and has suffered a ""lost decade"" in innovation. Ditch the mega corporate image and get back to the visionary company that's always 10 steps ahead of the industry. To do that, you need to focus on agility, innovation, and the right leadership.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60804,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2010",Current Employee - Finance Manager,good & bad of working in Microsoft,"training, gain experience, improve communication and cross team working skills, stable and good benefits.","big org, corp is on downhill now, low employee morale, corporate management.","elminate some middle level management tiers, improve dynamics and offer more opportunities, innovate the review/incentive systems",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60805,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 1, 2010",Current Employee - Developer,Infighting and politics. Extremely bad and depressing culture!,Good health benefit. Private office room.,"Favirism, backstabbing, brown nosing. Unfair performance review. Company culture encourages infighting and backstabbing. Your career is completely controlled by your manager. Requires working much more than 40 hours/wk. Many arrogant and rude coworkers. No human dignity. In summary: Politics!!!!! No management!",All your mid-level managers should be fired. Steve Ballmer should be fired!,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60806,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft- Industry Leader,Autonomy and accountability are foremost.,Your chain of command will determine your influence- no suprises here.,Look outside the company for trends.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60807,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 30, 2010",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer In Test,Politics politics politics,"Great benefits and great perks. Good competitive salary, lots of incentives to be an employee in terms of extras. This is more valid for people in Redmond.",Microsoft is a highly political place to work in terms of how you get ahead. It's more who you know and how you grease the wheels vs what you know and how hard you work.,Cut the dead weight employees that have been hanging on there for years and not doing any valid work. You keep these people in order to pad the bottom 10%.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60808,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2010",Current Employee - Partner Technical Lead,A solid job,"PTL's have a great opportunity to really dig deep into a specific area of focus within a business group. Most groups allow for strong ownership and decision making. Pay in the upper 80's is a definite pro. Being the true subject matter expect, and having the ability to advocate for your area of focus is very rewarding.","PTLs are often the bottom of an org chart in any group, still treated with respect but often are truly only versed in one area of the business which can limit advancement opportunities, or ability to understand the bigger picture of a business group.","Overall, PTL roles seem like a robust role on any team. Ensuring the PTLs have an occasional opportunity to stretch into other areas (job shares, or even just on a project) may allow PTL's to be ready to move in to higher level roles overtime.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60809,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Microsoft has its good sides and bad sides.,"Microsoft pays pretty well, has a pretty stable business, and is on the leading edge in some areas of technology. I have no doubt there are tons of interesting jobs at Microsoft. Sadly, mine was not one of them.","Working in Finance at Microsoft often means spending a ton of time on small details of the business that are pretty dry. Microsoft politics as a whole are frustrating, and often lead to a lot of unnecessary work on your part as a worker bee.",Replace Ballmer with a real technology leader. The company's current slate of embarrassing flops is due in part to being led by essentially a good sales leader.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1125.htm
60810,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a big company with pockets of good work teams and bad.,"Let's face it, the benefits package is second to none in the Seattle area. Lots of training opportunities. Great if you thrive on chaos and can make things happen.","Too much management by scorecard and commitments. If you're into building great product, it can be difficult to persuade people to do the right thing if it doesn't advance their commitments.",Take the MS Poll results seriously and don't put the reported problems back on the employees to own.,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60811,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2010",Former Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager,Microsoft offers it employees great genefits. Microsoft also offers its employees fair pay. Microsoft also is a fun place to work.,"I really can't think of too many cons about working for Microsoft, other than the job leveling issue can harm you if you begin your career at a low level.","Hire people for jobs based on their ability to do a job based on their competence and experience. Don't let their current level within Microsoft deter you, nor hinder you from giving the employee the posted level.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60812,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,A great experience at windows mobile 7,great people around you. lots of resources. There is a lot to learn here. Switching teams is simple too. And best of all the incentives are really good.,lot of office politics in the open. There is sometimes a blunt environment. Working from home is allowed almost all days of the year which does harm the process of development of a product.,"There is a lot of office politics i was exposed to as an inter, i would like the environment to be more knowledge and company oriented rather than a race to climb the ladder.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60813,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good place to work, but so much wasted potential","Microsoft has a ton of smart people who are generally really nice to work with and by and large highly motivated to do a good job and deliver consumer value. The review process is generally pretty fair, with good work being recognized and rewarded. The company has great benefits and treats it's employees well. The large size of the company gives employees the ability to pursue opportunities on a variety of projects without the hassle of changing employeers.",Microsoft leadership has been in a downward slide for the last 5 or so years. The amount of politics involved in decision making gets more extreme every year. It can be incredibly frustrating to be part of a company with so many resources but that is so hamstrung by it's upper/mid-level management that it can't effectively act.,"Microsoft has a major leadership problem. Bringing in some empowered VP level folks with a strong sense of vision, coupled with wiping out a good chunk of the Partner level population would give the company a nice energy boost.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60814,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,hardware direction,Xbox seems to have great focus and leapfrog advancement in leading the industry,"Other than Xbox, all other hardware are followers",Find focus on other hardware such as mobile phones and bring in people who knows the field,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60815,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2010",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer In Test,SDET @ Microsoft,"Awesome benefits and work life balance Free drinks, all the time Great working environment Ability to work on fun and interesting projects","Microsoft is a large company, and often you feel like a fish in a large pond. There are extremely smart people, and you have to work really hard to stand out.","Microsoft should hire Richard Branson to lead the company. It needs a new ""fun"" image. Get the cool factor back by bringing in someone who knows how to put the fun in the job.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60816,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 3, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is not for everyone...,Working at Microsoft is pretty amazing because you are always working on challenging projects with cutting edge technology in a global organization. Doing work for a billion plus customers is rewarding.,"Very entreprenuerial culture that is rewarded on a individual basis. Leading cross organizational projects (which is every project at Microsoft) are always more politically charged than customer focused. People are reward for being the ""hero of the day"", rather than a true leader. A collaborative approach to getting work done is talked about daily, but never rewarded.","Leadership needs to find a way to drive innovations in a collaborative manner. The current system of reward individuals does not foster teamwork by any means. The company is so large now that every initiative not only spans mulitple organizations, but also multiple countries. Financial rewards should also be based on company performance, org performance, team performance, etc.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60817,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 5, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Microsoft,Job security. It is a place where people can hide for years.,Zero strategic vision left at the company. They are lost trying to figure out what is next while clinging onto the past.,Get a clue,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60818,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2010",Current Employee - Design Director,"Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt","The opportunity to learn about business and competition on a global scale. I enjoyed a rare purview into how a business designs, brands and markets new products and - some cases innovative ideas. As an employee you will get to work with well educated, competent people, this is refreshing and can lead to intense intellectual debates generally of the technical kind. If you enjoy software engineering, debating and an unemotional attachment to your work, Microsoft is an ideal place to work. Microsoft is in the PC business, they admire fast providers and people who process fast.",Creativity is constrained except for perhaps marketing careers. Illogical approach to problem solving. Environment is dominated by software programmers and middle managers.,Change is good and needed. You had a powerful brand when you were seen as ruthless innovators. Get back to that. Rehire the folks that wanted to change the world.,2.0,1.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60819,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to make an Impact,"Microsoft allows its employees an incredible opportunity to make an impact in the area they are working. No other company brings the scope and breadth of opportunities that Microsoft does and once you've made your impact in one area and want to do something new you don't need to change companies, you just need to change groups. We have successful employees on my team who have previously worked on Windows, Office and XBOX to name just a few of the teams that are represented on our team.",Microsoft offers alot and expects alot. It's not a place to come and just do your work and collect a paycheck.,We're a big company and we should just admit that and own up to the challenges. In order to be responsible corporate citizens we need to have more controls in place than a small company.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1126.htm
60820,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2010",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Opportunities are there,"The company has a great work life balance and benefit package. There is a lot of flexibility when it comes to hours, especially if you are working with overseas stakeholders. Also it is so diverse there are a lot of career paths to pursue.",Sometimes it seems to bureaucratic and political. Also some concerns about longer term viabiliity of key revenue drivers in light of fierce competition. Where will the future $$ come from ???,Pick a direction and stick with it. Start to communicate the vision and plan for what will sustain the company after the desktop has gone extinct.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60821,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2010",Current Employee - Director,Great company but...,"Microsoft is a great company to work for. there are countless job opportunities available to work in so many different divisions, markets, technologies, industries, etc. They really value your professional growth.",The company has become too big and there's a lot of bureaucracy to deal with. The culture really changes dramatically across business groups.,Get back to your core and focus on execution excellence rather than trying to compete with everyone. Become a leader rather than a follower.,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60822,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,"Great peopel, great environment, top level management's directions are not the best",Great people Great environment Solid financial backing,Top level management's directions are not the best,"Stop internal politics, resolve conflicts rather than multiple shotgun approaches",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60823,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 29, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Technical PM has fun at microsoft,"T get to do all kinds of fun activities, including presenting, architectural design & some coding.",the Review Model.. is just not fair in high performing teams.,Give more importance to strong technical PMs.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60824,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Good place to work for... junior devs,"Exceptional benefits If the team is right, you get to work with some of the brightest minds of the planet Most full time employees get an office and privacy","Lower than average compensation Archaic software development methods (fixed planning / development / stabilization schedules) In-house cafeterias could be better The push is towards ""coolness"" instead of ""usability""","Please understand, date-driven development is bad, and it's not mandatory for cross-team coordination.  Innovation is great, but usability is more important. We should polish the product instead of cramming features in.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60825,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jun 14, 2010",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Microsoft Review,"Management is very focused to making everyone succeed and eventually take on new roles and challenges. Lots of emphasis on work life/career balance. As of today, health insurance is still free. No monthly deduction, no co-pay.",Large complex organization that may not be able to turn around a response back to customers in a timely manner. Very process oriented and lots of internal hurdles and challenges.,"Begin finding new and creative ways in becoming more flexible with licnesing agreements with customers. Competition is fierce with Google, Oracle, IBM etc....",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60826,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 28, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,Free sodas and a reasonably smart group of people who are always willing to work with you and work late.,Be prepared for the bureaucracy. There will be times when requests must be vetted through what seems like dozens of teams before anything gets done.,Stock awards given to me were about as worthless as the underwater stock options they replaced. Need more financial incentives.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60827,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great company, absolute industry juggernaut","Microsoft as a company has a lot of respect for employees. Microsoft invests long term in a problem space and they aggressively pursue their competitors, often winning by constantly pushing forward and surpassing the competition when the competition starts to make mistakes.","The political nature of a large juggernaut like Microsoft can lead to high levels of frustration for someone that is used to working on small teams and pivoting quickly. The business is set to compete long term and is not particularly innovative (lots of innovation happens at Microsoft, but Microsoft is rarely the first to productize that innovation).",Keep on keeping on.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60828,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 27, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Clueless managers rise to the top and rule with iron fists,"Unbelievable benefits - Health insurance, StayFit, PRIME card discounts Company store Free drinks Reasonable pay Decent office if you have 10+ years with the company","Product strategy is fuzzy Performance management is a cult of personality affair and a running joke - we spend months on it with no really valuable feedback about how we're doing, rewards are mostly based on brownnosing and who you know, not what you know, and how well liked you are Red tape abounds Products that should be killed in incubation make it to market, then company pulls the rug out from under users when they can't win in that market or can't offer reasonable support to customers Watch your back! Many people like to find others to do their work, lots of finger pointing Managers seem to think it's the 1980s and their so-called ""management style"" is appropriate although most have no idea what management is - all their management learning comes from MS - not an MBA to be found What is work-life balance? For some it means ""I have kids, so I barely show up"" while others are expected to carry the load for these absentee ""employees"" Reorg of the month club","Ballmer - retire, it's over. Sinofsky - get a clue, pick some leaders who can give you what you want and manage them to deliver, stop changing them every six months. Seriously, it's a running joke. Stick to profitable product areas and continue to innovate in those areas, stop trying to be the ""me too"" company, it's not helping the share price, morale, or company reputation.",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60829,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 27, 2010",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Little Fish Big Pond,"-Benefits are truly unbelievable, even better than the high expectations I had -Any type of job you are interested is available somewhere in the company -Opportunity to transfer internationally is supported -Work with the best of the best, everyone is truly exceptional and each day you learn something new","-Many of the positions at Microsoft only exist at this company (with respect to Finance), there are many positions created just to deal with the over-matrixed organization and the size of the company, for example there are rare opportunities to manage a full P&L -The size of the company makes it difficult to feel like you are making a difference -Highly competitive environment can be discouraging",-Work on something truly innovative and stop relying on the innovation of other companies -Reduce the bureacracy and over-matrixed work organization,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1127.htm
60830,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Some good but ultimately not for me,Excellent benefits package. Compensation was pretty good. Campus is nice. Lots of smart people.,Way too political. Upper management only sees people they want to see. Your work never speaks for itself. You must know someone to get ahead. The company seems way too frightened to be a leader anymore in the tech industry. Nothing like working there ten years ago!,You're losing out on good people due to politics and red tape. You also need to take more risks like you used to if you want to get back at the top of your game!,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60831,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2010",Former Employee - Technical Lead,Great place to work,"I've been to over ten different companies before coming to Microsoft. This is the best company by far in terms of availability of technical resourses. And also, unlimited drinks of all kinds - soft drink, juices, milk, teas ...","Well, when company was doing well, compensation was excellent with all that stock options. But as company matures, stock did not perform as well. They still give stocks, but not nearly as profitable as it used to be.","I understand that company is well established now, and the culture of company have changed. But Microsoft still needs to revive the rah, rah spirit that it once had.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60832,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 26, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for some people,Pay is good. Benefits are fantastic. They are very systematic in terms of performance reviews. There are some good people and they have lots of opportunities for training and networking within the company. Relatively secure -- going to be around for a while.,"Generally not a very dynamic place, compared to other high tech companies. Big on process and complex (and deep) org charts. They like to lock in development cycles for at least a year at a time. Interesting decisions seem to be made based on complex internal politics among the many, many high-level managers.",Look at how other companies are achieving greater agility -- it's not with heavy processes and lots of Program Managers.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60833,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good Place,"Microsoft is an excellent and very safe place to work, you will be well taken care of they have great benefits.","There isn't much ingenuity or creativity at Microsoft, your ability to have an impact is pretty severely limited by management.",I must enter a value for this field even though I have no advice or feedback for the leadership at Microsoft.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60834,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Comfortable place for good workers. Hard place to push change.,It's a fairly easy lifestyle and work enviornment. There is a high focus on personal quality of life and family. A steady work ethic will establish a long stable life here.,"Microsoft is run like many small companies that don't coordinate well. While, it's trying to change the current climate an attidue makes it diffcult to try very different things. And it's easy to see how the internal process has difficulty keep up with or leading in the competative landscape. Passion about doing great things can get dampened pretty quick by institutional inertia and disagreement about how things should get executed.","Microsoft has many many great assets at it's disposal. If we could just get our act together, get our ducks in a row, we would be doing much better. We need to take bigger bets with our less profitable businesses, and not try so hard to hold onto small disperate business groups each trying to make thier own profit.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60835,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 25, 2010","Current Employee - Senior Product Manager, OSD Advertising Platform",You learn to appreciate what working for Microsoft really means.,"This perspective is from the Online Services Division, specifically the ad platform teams.  Similar to many other reviews, it is nice that we have beautiful offices, pretty decent compensation (more on this later), and super smart people.  Unlike many other divisions, Microsoft is not the dominant force in this particular industry. So the varied stereotypes of a ""monopolistic Microsoft"" or ""large company intent on a closed software system"" here, do not necessarily hold true. You can see that in conversations with customers. They want us to do well. They want us to be a strong, viable competitor to the other big players in the online advertising industry. This is a huge plus when it comes to the willingness of customers to work with us, especially given our big name. It also manifests in a strong focus and collaboration among the dedicated engineering, business group and sales teams. It's a pro in the sense that the advertising business needs to be an open ecosystem and that is refreshing if you've never worked here before.  One other pro that I'll mention is the fact that there is incredible talent in the strategy teams. There's a ton of great strategic work going on here that you can get behind and use as your north star. Knowing that executives are working hard to make sure we're well-positioned in the industry makes the work all the more worthwhile. That determination is clear throughout the organization.","But it's not all rosy. There are certainly a lot of things to be aware of, if you have never worked at Microsoft.  When I joined, I was surprised by a few things about the organization:  1) It's true that promotions are hard to come by. You could go on for years with pretty good annual reviews but still not be promoted for various reasons. This is incredibly frustrating and had I known this earlier, I would have done more then rather than to learn it after several years. But I believe it takes a certain type of person. You need to know how to manage upwards extremely well. Talk to your manager. Be firm about what you want and when. Be incredibly focused on what moves the needle. And have great impact and influence on others. It's easy to be distracted on other things.  2) It takes a long time to get things done. Because it's such a large organization, great ideas take time to cultivate and turn into solid strategy, priorities, and action items. There are so many people to get buy-in from. But if you build the relationships and understand how the system works, you learn to factor that into your daily work and projects. If you come from an entrepreneurial background and you are used to doing things quickly or on a whim to test out, etc, then I would caution you to think hard about this. Get used to simple things sometimes taking months to complete.  3) There are a lot of managers here who don't do a good job of balancing both their individual contributions with their managerial responsibilities. It's definitely hard because a manager wants their team to perform well but they also want to contribute directly to the organization's success. Balancing this effectively is hard and few do it very well.","I hope that management will learn to cultivate better managers and empower managers to find creative ways to recognize employees more frequently. Also, due to the various divisions at Microsoft, collaboration ACROSS divisions can be very hard, despite the consequences on our business that exist if collaboration doesn't occur.",3.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60836,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Controller,"Microsoft, overall a great place to work.",Unequalled international working opportunities. Work with some of the smartest people and learn from them. Be given tough challenges and the resources to be successful. Great benefits.,Long hours as typical in the IT industry. Difficulty getting away due to technology. Constant internal change can be distracting to achieving the larger goals.,Build healthier internal competition. Reduce the internal churn when execs change as this is a significant contributor to delayed decision making.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60837,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big Company, big opportunities, big challenges, big everything...",Your capability to work in about anything you want is tremendous Awesome benefits Awesome products,"Microsoft's strenghts are it's weaknesses. It's big and has great capabilities, but that also tends to make it slower than necessary to take action. There is a fair amount of culture of complancency particularlly among the employees who have been with the company 10+ years. Many simply don't recognize the threats in the ecosystem because they have enjoyed the days when those threats didn't exist.","Align strategies - you really have 3 main pillars: Windows, Office, and XBox. Every single product and strategy should work with those 3 things. Quit allowing product groups to release products and technologies which don't play well with each other.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60838,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Miss the benefits,Great benefits. Opportunity to work with extremely smart and competent coworkers.,"For non-technical jobs, growth within the company can be very limited due to the level you were hired into. Don't take a job to ""get your foot in the door"" without expecting to be locked in. Due to leveling bureaucracy, people have been known to leave and return months later to change levels that would take years internally.","Though a technical company, it is important to remember the value non-technical employees as well.",4.0,3.5,none,1.5,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60839,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,"- great culture, great minds, flex-time, awesome benefits, ability to change roles","- burn out, 60 percentile of salaries, promotion budgets, constant resource crunch","Try not to let absolutely great employees leave esp., when you can retain them with simple workarounds.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1128.htm
60840,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"Amazing smart, talented people. Work with people from all over the world. You get your own office. Work on products that affect millions of people.",Depends on the group. Work-life balance can get out of hand. Very competitive internally. Not necessarily help to find ways to take advantage of your best skills.,"Find ways to really use your employees so they can use their full potential. Find a way to make amazingly great products even when there isn't major competition, otherwise we'll keep losing marketshare here and there.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60841,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 4, 2010",Current Employee - Director,great place to work,Great place to work with a lot of different opportunities and the flexibility to explore them throughout the year. They have a lot of different divisions from consumer to enterprise.,Sometimes have too much complexity when it comes to making simple decisions. they have to be more nimble in their decision making.,invest in bringing people from other companies and backgrounds to bring a different view point to the business. needed to have a better view of how to improve the business.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60842,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,,strong benefits fair pay ability to move around the company good networking opportunities you can work as hard or as little as you want to,"unstable - products (and jobs) are killed often, layoffs are frequent no placement help when products are cut, despite stellar track record and top-notch reviews no clear focus or vision for the company at large while they are making strides with Windows and Office and continue to lead (versus OSS, though??), they are #2 at best with other offerings - Xbox, search, phone, etc.",put processes in place to ensure you are able to retain talent when products are cut quit chasing the competition and focus on an area where you can win - like impeccable customer service,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60843,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 17, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dog eat dog,Cool technology here. Smart people but not the nicest people for the most part. Your own office! Great resources to support your office work.,There are some dumbasses too and you just gotta wonder sometimes. Cutbacks and layoffs are taking the magic away. Wish it was in the City.,Millennial employees have different expectations about their work. You need to shape the work environment to suit them better. They are the future of the company.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60844,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2010",Current Employee - Program Technical Lead,Quality Assurance for Customer Service and Support Group,- Great resources - Good facilities - Good people,-Infrastructure causing communication breakdowns -Difficult to collaborate to impact change -No efficiency in project management/ resource management,Manage resources and people more skillfully,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60845,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Huh?,"Microsoft is a great deal, overall, for software engineers. The pay is quite decent and the work / life balance is usually quite good. Sure, there are crunch times once in a while, but more or less most of the year will be 40-50 hour weeks with decent perks.","The main problem as a dev is that it can often be very hard to see what impact you are having on the organization. Products can take 6 months to 3 years to ship, and a lot of the time is spent fixing bugs or in meetings.",Lots has changed,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60846,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 4, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Time To Leave This Ship,- Access to a wealth of intranet and library information. - Periodic exposure to big programs. - Good place for freshman or junior people. - Medical benefits are great.,- Career growth is non-existent for senior IC's. - Management has lowered the bar to the point where you or the team cannot grow. - Management more than ever is squeezing productivity and providing less and less support. - Many senior IC's are getting the feeling that they are not welcomed anymore. - Management constantly keeping things vague so IC's are taking the risk.,"- You've already heard it all before - just execute on what's been said. - After the removal of Kin, you need some strategy for people to get excited about.",1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60847,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Web Developer,Free drinks Free bus pass Quality insight into how software companies work Big company name to have on your resume Good pay,"Feeling tiny, expendable Less than thrilling work in most groups Technology has much room for improvement Overwhelming politics, infighting, etc.","Communicate to your employees. Mini Microsoft is running your public relations. Employees just feel defeated, and left to their own devices to piece together the motives for your often bone-headed moves.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60848,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Missing the mark for the past ten years,"Salary, benefits, vacation time, sick time, holiday time, stock awards, smart people, casual work environment, new technologies, great campus atmosphere.","Has not really innovated anything for the past ten plus years. Chases the competition instead of innovating new products as the first to market with them. The current MSFT stock price hovers around $25.00-$31.00 and has been that way for the past ten years because unlike Apple, Microsoft lacks the ""Wow"" factor. Xbox is nice but that was chasing the competition as is everything else Microsoft does today. Microsoft is unfortunately a follower and not an innovator. They would usually wait until a competitor is doing something before taking action. Great examples are Firefox - if FF didn't come along, everybody would still be using IE6. If Googles online services didn't come along, Windows Live probably would not have happened. No Playstation, No Xbox etc etc.","Hire leaders that can lead people instead of managers with zero leadership skills but were chosen to be leaders because they have good technical skills. Leaders lead people and they manage resources. The new review process is no better than the last one. Employees who are part of the inner circle get the best reviews every year. Employees who do most of the work but are not part of the inner circle get managed out. Nepotism is running rampant at Microsoft. This is because they hire people from all over the world who also bring their cultures with them which is a good thing as we can all learn a lot, but when it gets to the point where the majority of organizational leadership is made up entirely of a group of people from one country then they hire like minds which are all people from their own country and then have a tendency to conduct business the way business is conducted in their home country which does not work here and creates high amounts of tension and animosity because the employees not from there are treated different. Everyone knows this is going on, but nobody wants to talk about it. If you go to HR and complain about anything their priority goal is to protect management and once they find out you went to HR you can pretty much expect to be given a low performing review score and managed out.  I myself have 30 years of leadership experience. If a developer with 30 years of experience tells me something about code I will shut up and listen. But if you start talking to me about leadership and you don't know what you are talking about I will eat your lunch. Microsoft lacks leaders. They have plenty of managers, but they do not have leaders, not none that lead by example. Of course there are exceptions as there are some, but from what I have seen the majority do not and that in and of itself is a direct reflection of why the tock price has been stagnant for the last 10 years.",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60849,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Jun 16, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to work,1. Smart people around you. 2. Lot of cool technology and products 3. Tons of opportunity,1. Unique culture and one can take upto 1 year to get used to. 2. Large corporations limits degree of freedom on various aspects,More scrutiny and accountability on top leaders and senior partners,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1129.htm
60850,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),3 Years and counting...,Benefits Benefits Benefits Benefits  No co-pay for visists or Rx.  Some really amazing people to work with.  External speakers brought in to speak are really interesting to hear.  Professional Resources are ok.,"Review process seems random at best - you need a strong manager to pull you up, who inturns needs a strong manager to pull them up, and on it goes.",Fiefdoms don't work. Silos don't work. You are raising sheep to do exactly what you want with out giving people the ability to grow unless it is for some one elses benefit.,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60851,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 6, 2010",Current Employee - Group Finance Manager,"Great place to work, but stay out of the pigeonhole",--Competitive pay with platinum-plated benefis --Opulent office space --Can-do spirit on new teams --Can genuinely make a difference --Upward mobility within your team is a distinct possibility with persistence and results,"--Finance and accounting systems are a mess --When we make a difference, it's because we know how to work the system, but is that really value-add? --Over-matrixed culture creates overburdensome bureaucracy where big projects just don't get done, but division CFOs get to move on after spending million$. --Microsoft IT is a HUGE impediment to the success of the broader finance org --Internal movement 100% self-driven rather than coached/choreographed at senior levels, internal job search just like an external search, complete with cold calls, resume drops, etc. --Be forewarned that when things get stale in the group that hires you, it WILL be difficult to make a change unless you are among the anointed.","Simplify, simplify, simplify!",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60852,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 9, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed feelings,"The compensation is good for reasonable amounts of work. Maintaining a solid work life balance is easy. When I have a team I click with, coming to work is nice.","My managers have been decent, but not necessarily great for me. To a large extent, it's about personality, and I'm a bit difficult. My current manager has been great.  There's a bit of a bubble mentality among some employees -- not all -- who don't necessarily see other options available to our customers.  To make an impact, you need to be deep within your role, having a broader perspective isn't necessarily valued.  You need a thick skin to handle the abuse from outside the company.","Don't buy into your own propaganda that only Microsoft is capable of accomplishing certain goals. That's not the case, and such a worldview is dangerous to the company.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60853,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 6, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Avoid like a plague if going to QA dept of Tellme / Microsoft,"Microsoft as a whole is very good. Excellent benefits, big company job, lots of resources for training and such. One of the best health benefits I have come across.","If you are going to Tellme Division of Microsoft, I would recommend avoiding like a plague if you dont belong to the origin of the country where walmart outsources most of its merchandise.",Diversity and promotion to multiple ethnicity in Tellme QA dept. Even HR acts as nothing is happening.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60854,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,Excellent work place,Working at Microsoft gave me a pretty good experience that you could get a chance to work with one of the brightest people.,"Some business owners that I know doesn't know much of what they are doing, they are simply doing what they were told to do any never try to drive the overall growth of the company","I think this reflect to my cons of working at Microsoft, I don't think everyone is so bright as you think and a lot of people are simply sitting on their ass and collecting salary. I think a business person needs to know a bit more about the technical side, as same as the enginneering team may want to know a bit more on the business side.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60855,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,A great place to work if you're a recent graduate,You'll learn a lot - that's for sure and your problem solving abilities will go through the roof - fetches one of the best starting salaries if you're a CS or Engineering graduate - plus great Benefits !!!,Career might get stuck after 3 or more promotions - competition is pretty stiff in getting promoted after the first two promotions and a lot of people don't make it to the fourth promotion.,Need to focus on more agile management practices - each division should operate like a seperate company and employees share the profit that their division makes.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60856,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 7, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A Great Place To Work,"Excellent salary. Excellent benefits. Flexible hours. Very interesting work. Get to work with tons of other smart, talented people. Fun.",Hours can be long. Stock price isn't moving at all. Products aren't as innovative as they used to be. Slow.,Keep up the good work. Get rid of the dead-weight employees and only hire top recruits. Continue to innovate to overtake Apple.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60857,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," Jun 2, 2010",Current Employee - Account Executive,Overall.. a very good company to work for,"Very intelligent people, who thrive on innovation Fantastic benefits Robust product offerings (consumer and enterprise) Good opportunity for growth and career options Continued heavy investment in R&D","Heavy in politics Rarely first to market in consumer offerings Avg compensation, even when budget/quota goals are exceeded Licensing model is complex and confusing to customers","Spend more time in the field with your sales/services teams and customers Be first to market in bringing unique, compelling consumer offerings Modernize licensing agreements, introduce some flexibility",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60858,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 10, 2010",Current Employee - Principal Group Manager,"Awesome workplace, but a large company","You really can't ask for more, in some sense. If you're a strong engineer with decent soft skills, you'll quickly rise to the right level in the company. Many people don't make it past a certain level because they undervalue (or refuse to value) soft skills -- ""if I'm hardcore enough of an engineer, I should be a VP."" But if you have solid technical chops and also can work well with others, you'll do well.  The benefits and pay really can't be beat, at least for people with a strong growth potential. However, the pay is predictable and less lottery-like, you should join a startup if you're hoping to make millions regardless of your skill level. At Microsoft, it's way too late to ""make millions,"" but a solid engineer should expect to make very good money.",It's a big company. One of the largest in software. So it has some traditional big-company drawbacks. Like slow decision-making. Like re-orgs. Like a mixed bag of people in some organizations.,"Take a big, big risk. Microsoft is at a ""good to great"" inflection point. It needs to take on something massively risky. Like what was done with Xbox, which bled money for years but is now a great platform.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60859,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,,Exposure to the latest technologies. Good training opportunites. Good work life balance & flexibility. Lots of opportunites to learn and grow both technically and professionally.,Review process is not exactly encouraging.,No comments.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1130.htm
60860,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,anon review,"1) My immediate management was top notch, with regards to transparency on job performance as as well as feature work 2) Tremendous Benefits 3) Good Work/Life Balance","1) Some groups still ship once in years, and the feature may get canceled 2) Not sure what senior management is ever upto - strategy changes every 6 months - lack of accountability on part of senior management 3) Not much scope for innovation","Be more accountable towards your mistakes and focus on reducing them, rather then having to change strategy (causing massive reorgs) every few months",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60861,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2010",Current Employee - Manager,Getting better,Lots of career opportunity Excellent benefits Opportunity to have high impact Horizontal moves to other groups Not too sunny,Managing to the matrix Slow to respond Too many people Not always focused Tension between software and platforms Poor performers tolerated,"Overhaul HR, improve recruiting, be less fearful of litigation, exploit all platforms, be less risk adverse, release more frequently, consolidate products, standup more mobile dev partners.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60862,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 5, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft may be for you,"Microsoft is extremely professional and mature when it comes to software development. If you want to know how to really make software, this is where you want to work. Also, if you plan to have any kind of health issues, ever, you want to work here as well. The health benefits are gold plated. And the chances for advancement are good (up to senior level).","If you are not on the software development track you might not have the most fun in the world. Testers often try to move over to software development. And PMs seem to change quite frequently. So some jobs are better than others there. Also, once you reach the senior level it is very, very hard to move up to the next level (architect). Some groups don't even have an architect assigned to them, so you may never rise above senior level (I certainly couldn't). Finally, the cafeteria food is not that great.","After having tried living in a Java world, I just don't see how people can live with all the random open source stuff that literally does not work. When you develop in a Microsoft environment it all works. There is simply no comparison. But somehow you guys lost out the mindshare to every single developer I've ever met outside of Microsoft. Your development environment can cost $10,000! Haven't you figured out by now that people want their dev tools to be free. And people will put up with non-functioning crap in order to get that price of free. You guys seriously need to drop the cost of the Visual Studio environment and get people to see how easy it is to work with.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60863,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," May 25, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Company tries hard to please employees,"Benefits are great! (100% paid, no payroll deduction or co-pays) Stock awards are nice Room for growth",Lack of communication from upper management No backbone inside the company (hire ups don't stand up for things they know is a bad decision),"during the ""mid-year"" review period, allow your employees to rate their upper management",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60864,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) I,No longer a good company to work for after Bill Gates left,- mature development and test environment. Follow standard software dev process (e.g. agile) - good work environment. - stay with cutting edge technologies daily - Good medicare benefits.,- Too many akward mid-level management. They are not productive and simply show up on all kinds of meetings daily. - Performance review system is broken. Those hard worker didn't get rewarded and got piss off on their communication skills. It results in many employees leaving the company in the recent years. - Overhire in the past 10 years. It started to lay-off in year 2009 and expects to have more manage out in the coming future.,It is true that MS has too many redudant staffs which make the company inefficient. MS should get rid of 1/2 of the mid-level management and value the individual contributors who are doing the actual work.,2.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60865,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 20, 2010",Current Employee - Paralegal,"Long hours, interesting work, desolate work environment",Very interesting work and bright people! Excellent benefits and flexibility in work schedule. Opportunity to move to different areas within the legal department. High level legal issues involved.,"Below market salary. Communication between people on the team is terrible and even though they know it, there is nothing they will do about it. The offices are dark and dreary. You are pretty much dropped at a desk and it's your responsibility to figure everything out on your own or ask people, eventhough no one really seems like they have the time or interest in answering your questions.  Expect to spend 2 years before you feel a little bit comfortable.",Become more customer focused!,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60866,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, but they come at a price","The benefits at Microsoft can't be beat. I haven't paid for health-related costs in the ten years I've been there. The company is also incredibly diverse, giving you lots of options for moving around to different disciplines and products. And the resources you have available to you are pretty unbeatable (funding, etc).","Microsoft suffers from a few systemic problems that make it an increasingly miserable place to work.  First, people management is an under-appreciated discipline at Microsoft. Instead of promoting employees who are truly interested in and have a talent for management, the company simply promotes the smartest, most accomplished individual contributors into leadership positions. This creates an environment where managers spend much of their time continuing to work as individual contributors (where there natural talents lie), and neglect the critical tasks of managing and leading their teams.  Second, Microsoft has always prided itself on hiring the ""best and the brightest."" This, unfortunately, has been taken to an extreme. The company has a weakness for people who are undoubtedly smart, but often socially inept and acutely uncollaborative. Having worked in both engineering and marketing organizations, it's a problem that spans multiple disciplines at the company. This can make it a very frustrating place to work. Meetings get mired in arguments over esoteric details instead of focusing on the ""big picture"", decisions get postponed or constantly revisited because someone is always uncovering new information that needs to be analyzed to the nth degree, and innovation grinds to a crawl amid people more interested in proving that they're smarter than the guy next to them, instead of working together toward a common goal. As these ""best and brightest"" inevitably get promoted, these problems are only exacerbated at more senior levels of the company.  Finally, the company is hypocritical in its approach to managing attrition. On one hand, Microsoft is ruthless in how it manages ""middle of the road"" performers. People who are good at what they do and enjoy their work, but who aren't interested in climbing the corporate ladder, are often ranked in the ""bottom 10%"" of the company during annual review. This sends the wrong message to solid performers, and severely hurts their chances of finding other positions within the company. On the other hand, human resources policies and corporate fears of litigation make it nearly impossible to fire people who truly are under-performers. Having worked in the public and private sectors, I found it substantially easier to fire people from government positions than from Microsoft.","Remove the barriers to firing under-performers, invest in solid ""middle of the road"" employees, promote people based on their interests in and talent for management and leadership (not based solely on intellect and individual performance), and reward people who focus on the big picture, collaboration, and execution.",2.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60867,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 11, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,What you expect,"Name recognition, merit based opportunities, define future technologies. Most are satisfied with the pay. Great corporate culture. Some teams are more flexible (hours) than others.","The company has gotten large, hard to differentiate yourself, some old timers are coasting. THere are some politics. Some bad managers insist on playing politics, while sr. leaders don't value the political culture.",Continue improving middle management (and removing bad managers). Consider reinterviewing employees (I'm not sure how some people are still here),5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60868,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 13, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Great benefits, too much politics","Great benefits, good work life balance, interesting projects, very good mobility within company, good growth opportunities, competent people in general.","Salary and bonus a little below average, too much politics involved in annual performance review and hard to collaborate and work across teams.","Fix the Windows Phone strategy, stick to the plan Bing, keep improving the cash cows, and come up with a fair review system that fosters collaboration, not internal competition.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60869,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," May 13, 2010",Former Employee - Executive Assistant,12 years at Microsoft,Benefits were great at Microsoft. Work and life balance was stressed from the top level down. Many opportunities to make yourself heard.,Administrative opportunities are very limited if you do not work at the Redmond campus. It was very hard to move up career wise in the administrative community there.,Need to consider more effective ways in retaining long time employees instead of just treating them as replaceable with the next person.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1131.htm
60870,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2010",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test,Microsoft: Still a great place to work!,"What I really enjoy in working at Microsoft is the quality of the people (many of them truly world-class!), the high-performing company culture that pushes everyone to get better every day, the tremendous opportunities for learning/training and the huge impact employees can have on the world through Microsoft's products.","Like in any big organization, there is some red tape and politics that get in the way of agility. While this is necessary sometimes, overall it puts the company at a disadvantage when compared to smaller, more agile competitors. Promotions take longer and longer to get once above a certain level, so it takes a lot of patience and continuous great work to get ahead. Work-life balance has improved over the past years in general, but it's still an issue.","I'd love to see Microsoft reclaim its previous ability to lead the industry and to be the innovative company we all signed up to work for. Apple, Google and even smaller competitors are eating our lunch and Microsoft is playing catchup in many of the product lines. Instead of reacting and desperately trying to match competitors' offerings, I'd like Microsoft to be the market leader in innovation, execution and customer service. I want the ""coolness"" factor put back into the Microsoft brand and I want management to take bold action in this direction.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60871,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,"wonderful place to work and learn, for a fresh college grad",you learn from intelligent and well-trained mentors and managers.,microsoft's brand has been on the decline for a decade and many would argue that the company's entrepreneurial spirit is dead,more direction and vision need to come from the executive director level of the organization.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60872,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 13, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Almost 10 Years at MS. Loved every minute, would never go back only because I'm ready for the next chapter.","The best health care benefits of anywhere - period. 100% coverage, no out of pocket expenses ever, huge lifetime caps, simply the best.  Excellent training available. Really smart colleagues.",Work-life balance can be a little difficult. This is especially true around ship milestones. Management is usually aware of this and schedule 'morale days' to help compensate.  Each year I worked at MS I lost vacation time due to fires arising.,Generally continue on the current path. The company has grown so quickly and so large that some reorganization is necessary. It would be good to not cancel really amazing projects (Courier comes to mind).,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60873,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work in,"Microsoft is full of very smart and fun people to work with. The environment is an extension of the college environment. If you get to work on a product that is relevant, you can actually reach millions of customers in te world and feel the impact of your work. The benefits and salary are comparable with other companies.",The company is now huge in scale. After the recession started there has been some remarkable effort in collapsing irrelevant products and groups that worked on similar technologies into fewer groups. This has really made a different to the bottomline.,"Different parts of the company have different growth rates. This is something that needs to be levelled out by management. In addition, we need to do a better job of catching up with our competitors when we realize that we are lagging behind them in a particular field. Sometimes the establised way of doing things needs to be kept aside to respond to a market threat.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60874,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Benifits and Work,Innovator environment .. Some of your contributions will be used worldwide.,Employees fall victim to managers learning on the job. If you have a new unproven manager .. move from the team.,Must formally train their managers before making them responsible for teams.,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60875,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,Microsoft is a global leader of IT technology. The company is always trying to find ways to innovate and impact the world.,"The company offers good benefit, but not at-par salary for employees who joined the company earlier than the new employees.",revisit company policy about compensation for employees serving the company for years and make sure these loyal employees are rewarded for their loyalty,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60876,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," May 13, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,Too big with too many silos.,"- stable company - good health benefits, especially when compared to other companies - very nice people in some areas",- too much politics - performance reviews completely based on seniority and trying to please the old staffers - difficult to move up,"Improve performance system and get rid of the parasites. The company has a great product and smart people, but it's difficult to navigate",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60877,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,It's up to you,"The breadth of opportunities in the US and globally, the ability to have an impact (in some groups/with some products), smart people, the support for giving back (matched charitable donations and $ matching to charities for volunteer hours, employee special interest communities, diversity efforts, benefits, flexibility","You're a little fish in a big pond, sometimes politics plays way too big a part in your success or failuare, sometimes senior management makes unfathomable decisions (nix Courier?!), too many entrenched attitudes","when you did the layoffs earlier in the year you should have cut WAY deeper, and been more thoughtful about the criteria (perhaps even entertaining voluntary layoffs)... get more new blood in the company, hold managers 100% accountable for their groups' wellbeing and performance, encourage collaboration through rewards and recognition.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60878,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 6, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Microsoft non-head-quarters is not same as Microsoft Redmond,Technology breadth Incredible culture Best benefits package Job stability,Microsoft mountain view or any non-headquarter-campus is very different from headquarters. Options are less and career growth is limited,Doing a great job in general but make sure you get the distributed development model right,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60879,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2010",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great, laid-back place to work","Schedules very flexible, freedom to do what you want, working with lots of other very smart engineers, and good low-to-middle level management. A fun place to work, where the rules are lax, and you have the opportunity to mostly work on what excites you.","Incompetent senior management, many products end up being mediocre due to a lack of vision and execution from the top. At the end of each day, I would say I had fun, but ultimately my work has little positive impact on the outside world. A lot of empire building, and resistance to improvement or change.","Upper management should pay closer to attention to the product groups they're incubating, and be willing to take a bit more risks. If they stay their current course, MS is doomed to mediocrity. They have the talent in-house, they just don't know what to do with it.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1132.htm
60880,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Great people but politics hamper innovation and career growth,"Some of the smartest people to work with everyday, lots of passion for customers. Great benefits, the healthcare plan alone makes it hard for me to ever leave the company. Easy to move between groups and work on almost any important innovation in the technology industry.","The company has way too much politics. I've been on many teams and got many promotions. Early in your career it is more about merit and what you deliver. Once you get to the senior levels and look to principal levels, it is all about politics and who you know - personal connections trump merit. There are many middle managers that have not delivered much stay in their positions because of good connections upwards. As a company we need to be better and quicker about reducing the layers and removing people that are not accomplishing much - there are a ton of other smart capable leaders waiting for those roles that can do a better job.","Program management discipline has lost its course. It's all about managing processes, filling out checklists in specs, keeping your sr. management happy. A program manager's number one priorirty should be about building the right product ! I see so little passion for the building the right product at Microsoft. Bring back passion for building the right product!",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60881,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, not so great management",Microsoft has the best benefits and it wants to take care of its employees. Had the opportunity to work with very sharp and smart people.,Review process sucks! Very weak feedback regarding career advancement.,Cross group collaboration is extremely poor. Lack of vision from Sr. Management is appalling.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60882,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," May 8, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Interesting Problems, Poor Management","- Interesting, often bleeding edge Computer Science problems are a regular part of my job - The compensation isn't bad",- The management often seems like they don't know what they're doing - certain products look like they have no business plan - Engineering excellence is low in most people's priorities,"Management should put stronger value in good engineering, perhaps we should incorporate that in the review process and in the manager selection process.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60883,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2010",Former Employee - Solution Manager,"Yeah, I would work there again...",Day to day people that I worked with were fantastic. Mostly willing to help others out when needed. GREAT benefits.,"Super political. If you are not on the good side of your manager and management chain, then you are screwed at this company.","Upper and Senior Management SUCK at Microsoft. They need to get away from the ""toys in the sandbox"" mentality and do what is right for the company. Management also needs to seriously work on how they communicate with ""underlings"".",3.0,1.5,none,3.5,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60884,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2010",Current Employee - Solutions Sales Professional,"A great place to work, is it still capable of changing the world?","Respectful, purposeful and responsible employer. Great place to start or the early part of your career. If you like the Northwest US there is a wide variety of challenging roles with global reach. The work life balance is exceptional and the health benefits are the best possible.","Since 2000 a rich mixture of senior people have come to Microsoft, now it is very crowded at the upper 20% of the company and opportunity for growth outside of WHQ is severely limited. Highly competitive and increasingly political success is now measured by managing the process up to and even to the exclusion of marketplace success. Culture will suffer if it continues to become even more insulated from the pulse of the markets in which they compete","This is an innovation company and it is valued in the markets by its innovation, more so than even operating income. Severe salary growth constraints drives away innovators and stifles healthy risk taking. Take note of the increasingly disparate income levels between the line and the “Partners” Redmond does not hold the only qualified minds in technology.",4.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60885,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2010",Former Employee - Contractor,balkanized,"smart coworkers, resume builder, contract pay for my particular role was good, some perks even for contractors (public transit card, company library and cafeteria)","outsourcing the management of some areas of fundamental operations leads to poor communications, reinventing the wheel, and inefficiency. No system for feedback on work other than from individual contacts",The inefficiency level in some departments is astounding. Work in my area was quite literally 100 times less productive (in terms of both time and money) than I experienced in a similar role at another tech company almost 20 years ago.,2.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60886,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,PM,"Great place to start your career, benefits","it's more or less like a state owned organization, bloated, lacks innovation, bureacracy","stop talking, start doing",2.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60887,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 14, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Microsoft is an unbelievable place to work. Great people, leadership, community, benefits and pay. Consistently rated in the top 3 places to work in Crain's Chicago Business journal.",Very competitive work environment. If you are a slacker you won't do well here!,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60888,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," May 2, 2010",Current Employee - Sales Representative (Opportunity/Territory Manager),Field Sales - Now what?,"1) Well recognized company name and products helps you cut to the chase when talking to IT decision makers. No time wasted on positioning your ""best of breed"" solutions 2) Resource rich 3) Health benefits","1) Companies wo frequently comment about work-life ""integration"" probably have a problem with it. 2) Tougher to find next role at level 63+ 3) Feel too pressured to do a new job every few years. Would like to enjoy being a ""professional in place"" 4) Data quality needs improvement",Train managers to help employees to grow and develop. Seems like managers are just trying to manage their own careers and metrics.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60889,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2010",Former Employee - Digital Marketing Manager,Pretty straightforward,"Free Soda, Healthcare, and back in the day the opportunity to move around and do great things",Since the recession people are covering there rears and cleaning house,Let people be creative and change the culture from followers to leaders,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1133.htm
60890,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 18, 2010",Current Employee - Senior OE Systems LEAD,"Microsoft IT, Operations Engineering","Outstanding benefits, fantastic people, very dynamic environment. Fast paced, continual change, no overbearing policies or rules. Great place to work.",Reactive in the marketplace. Sometimes I don't understand the long term company strategy. Focus on people and on solid management has been secondary at times.,"Communicate - as many ways as possible. Sell the vision, but keep reality in mind. Don't let our talent get away!",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60891,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, challenging, and important work!","- You get to work with smart, capable people who care deeply about what they do - There's an opportunity to work on technologies and intiatives that can have an impact on millions of peoples' lives - Great benefits - Great place to learn - The work is challenging","- Microsoft is slow to move and change to capitalize on trends and market dynamics, which can be frustrating - Some teams are hyper-competitive and have work-life balance issues - Microsoft is a big and complex organization and it takes a while to learn how to get things done here","I'd like to see Microsoft - Move more quickly - especially ship more frequently for consumer products, make priorities clear so we can make investment decisions more quickly. - Foster a culture of greater teamwork throughout the company. Some teams have it but many teams do not.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60892,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 26, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"They have the best perks you can expect, great opportunity for professional growth, and compensation that's above par for the field.",MS tends to be big and have a lot of red tape. Upper management is often full of very bright people who aren't so great at actually managing people (or projects!).,"While the results vary immensely by group, by and large upper management at Microsoft does a bad job of instilling personal accountability on their organization, which leads to gross inefficiency.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60893,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"cutting edge software development, makes you proud. Good life/work balance on most teams. great benefits. flexible hours.","Work/Life balance is very variable throughout the company, I have friends from various teams, some are working twice the others and not appreciated well enough for their work. It all depends on the team.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60894,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 22, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Writer,I'm not sure what they mean by ,Pay is good and benefits are outstanding.,Work life balance is lip service. It is not a nice environment to work.,When they implemented no merit pay increases becasue of the economy it was a slap in the face that Steve Ballmer got a pay raise.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60895,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 19, 2010",Former Employee - Build Engineer,A great place to be mediocre.,Benifits - they can not be beat unless you join the United States military or get a long-standing government job,"Politics and hubris. The folks that have only known an MS a career are very adept at company polotics, and there is a very strong ""not invented here"" mentality that keeps their accomplishments from being truly great. The main claim to fame is watching someone else open up a market or idea, and then buying them out.","Take a good long look at your mid to front-line management. The senior leaders are defintiely heading in the right direction and have vision, but you're getting cut off at the knees by those who are simply maintaining the status-quo while paying lip-service to the initiatives and ideals espoused by the leadership. And you're going to need to look hard, these folks have made careers out of looking busy while blowing sunshine up your rear.",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60896,microsoft,"Redmond, OR"," Apr 2, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I was part of the 5,000 plus who were laid off on 2008 and 2009.","Microsoft is so large that you could work on anything and work anywhere, depending on your skills and performance. I found management to be very understanding anytime I needed time off, and also management was OK with varying my daily start and stop times as long as the work was getting done and as long as others were not negatively affected. I feel that pay was good, and benefits especially healthcare, were better than any other company.","In the past Microsoft had too many re-organizations, often every 6-9 months (however re-organizations do allow for re-filling the organization budget frequently). Some managers are not good people managers, others are great. The employee future career path is completely the responsibility of the employee (probably not really a con though I think it bears mentioning). During annual review time everyone's review numbers, i.e., pay raise, bonus, stock grants, etc., are decided by management about a month before the manager/employee annual review conversations actually happen, which I feel does not properly allow the employee to show or prove to the manager what benefits and successes the employee has had over the past year.","Be proactive in re-hiring some of those who were laid off in 2008 and 2009. There is a lot of excellent talent that Microsoft lost as a result of those layoffs. Stop moving jobs overseas. Keep American workers employed. Read the ""cons"" listed by myself and others. Obviously some comments may be very valid and some may not be, but I think it would help for management to know what employees are saying.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60897,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Too much politics in ladder-climbing, overly competitive and thinly stretched employees.","Good physical working conditions like private offices, on-site showers. Good benefit programs. Smart and competitive co-workers.","Over the years, politics play a more and more important role in career advancement. Managers stretch employees too thin. Also competition among employees is fierce and overly heated. Constant reorgs happen in almost every product group and mellow managers are thrown out in reorgs. The ones remain in the managing positions drive employees to the verge of breaking them, which is counter-productive.",Need to really care for employees. Throw out the ridiculous annual review model!,3.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60898,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 5, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place to work,MSFT has some of the Greatest perks for employees. Employees get a card that they can use around Seattle at a great discount. Great health care bar none,so-so Benefits package. Microsoft is fun and collaborative environment. I worked with the smartest people and it is rewarding to make a difference.,"Hire more now when the economy is just picking up. Review salaries more often ASAP, your nest people are leaving!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60899,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 21, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Professional,"Great benefits, stability, and compensation","Benefits, stability, compensation, ability to advance your career, commitment to charitable giving, smart people. I'm treated like an adult and left alone to do my job.","Microsoft is very unpopular in the Bay Area. MS is bit too insular, especially the rank and file who are hired straight out of collage have no frame of reference. The statement ""We're the largest software company"" isn't a valid argument. Although bringing in outsiders for senior positions is helpful.","Keep hiring senior managers from outside the company. Become more agile, waiting for the next wave to fix problems isn't the industry norm. SP releases should be the standard, not the exception. Product Managers aren't held accountable, they are reassigned as soon as their wave ships to some product they know nothing about.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1134.htm
60900,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Salary and benefits are generally top notch when compared to competitors. You have tons of resources and training options. Career growth is definitely a priority,"There is without a doubt a focus on personal careers rather than business needs. At Microsoft, it's much more about 'who you know' and whether you have a strong rapport with your manager and skip level manager, when it comes to promotions and such",Simplify processes. At Microsoft there's a tendency to overcomplicate things so that people can point to the large initiatives they were involved with.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60901,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2010",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Microsoft is a government employer,"If you are a new MBA, looking for a steady but limited career or are a executive considering a new career at MSFT, you will be happy here. Management is generally awful. Top excutives are inbred. Do not think about being innovative here--innovations belong to other companies, but not here.","The benefits are amazing but you will pay in almost every other way. LIke any big company MSFT is reeling from having moved younger mgt to more senior postions. J Allard was moved to Zune to 'shake things up.' 20 year veteran who has no prof exp outside MSFT is moved to 'shake things up.' This is indicative of how mgt thinks at MSFT. But if you are looking for a great opp to learn about the SW industry, MSFT is a good place to start.","get rid of steveb. management is so far removed from the business. system is setup to reward senior mgt. you will work to make GM partners, CVP's and SVP's rich.",2.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60902,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Corporate, but warm and fuzzy too.","Phenomenal internship program. This kind of thing shows that Microsoft can be serious about investing in people. I really feel like I owe my current career path to Microsoft, and that's just pretty cool. As a full time Microsoft I felt like I had to give back and mentor interns -- paying it forward! Not all my managers / peers were great but I did have the pleasure of working with some super ones!","It did feel unnecessarily corporate and bureaucratic sometimes. Hopefully since I left the company (to check out a competitor) they're learning that speed and flexibility wins and are figuring out how to harness their strengths to reduce employee frustrations. Also perhaps as with any large company, there's always some political posturing which can be annoying. The less of that the better because fyi, your customers don't care about your internal politics!",Make it easy for your employees to deliver their best and build some coolness to the brand!,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60903,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2010",Former Employee - Contract Senior Program Manager,Interesting Projects,Projects with an impact. Interesting to be part of helping the company course correct and inspiring to see the agility in such a large organization.,Heavy workload and responsibility - not for the faint of heart.,Continue to be a visible sponsor to project leads - this shows implicit support and rallies the team.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60904,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2010",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,good benefits but competitive culture,health benefits are very generous,competitive culture can be unpleasant,"competitive culture can be unpleasant, butt in seat environment can make it unattractive to those who live in seattle and have to deal with 520 (connector uses the same road as everyone else)",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60905,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good company with good people, just needs to be turned in a different direction.","The company has a hand in a lot of things, so you can find something you like. Makes software everyone in the world uses. Career growth is unlimited if you work the system.","Not open to new ideas. Processess are slow, it easier to create a new process then get rid of an old one. Probably not going to do well going forward in the consumer space.","Fear the underdog, make better products and stop just doing the same thing over and over because it worked for Windows and Office.",3.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60906,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 14, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,big corporate buraucracy,"good health benefit, good big campus easily get insulated, meet many people social opportunities, nice view in seattle, good office","not fair, manager fight for political reasons, not merit based promotion, top manager does not know or try to learn technology, it is becoming a local government agency","change ceo, hire those who start up good small companies. don't managers who failed into new management positions, if they failed, they have to start from scratch",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60907,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 15, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work.,Microsoft really takes care of their employees and there are certainly opportunities for advancement in a wide variety of fields,"If you're in a group with a bunch of high performers, you'll lose promotion velocity unless you're able to get the lion's share of high visibility work. Feature creep and politics make development frustrating at times.","Eliminate feature creep, make feature decisions based upon what's best for the customer, not on what's going to get you promoted.",4.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60908,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fallen giant,Many great individual contributors but not fair compensation.,"lots of politics, innovation killer","Stop forming small political group and guard personal interest. think more for customers.  Stock price of MSFT, Amazon, google speak for themselves. MSFT sucks.",1.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60909,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn about the ins and outs of software development,"Microsoft hires really smart people from all levels and hence there is a lot of intellectual horsepower. It also has the Trio model of PM, Dev & Test for feature development though sometimes PM and Test might be absent. The trio model is unique as it is supposed to foster innovation by looking at three different points of view, but in my personal experience, either Dev or PM tends to dominate depending on whether the product is a back-end product or has a lot of UI. Test is always on the receiving end since they have to play catch-up both in testing the products and also developing automation.",Its a huge company with too many people doing similar or variant tasks and the company culture fosters competition but it invariably turns out to be back-biting politics.,Cut the long release cycles and try to deliver innovations quickly to market.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1135.htm
60910,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 13, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"Enjoyed working there, but exerience many rough reorgs.",Work with some bright and passionate people.,Went through a lot of reorgs as the group search to find direction. I had 7 Managers in 9 months. This didn't help during review time.,Understand the direction you are going before the knee jerk reogrs.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60911,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 7, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a great place to work,"Given it's longevity it still reinvents itself periodically and is at it's best when faced with tough competition - this bring out innovation and creativity that is lacking when it's position becomes too dominant e.g. IE Great place to come and learn how to develop and ship software, great opportunities for sustained career growth, really deep technical employees to learn from - unlike some other more recent startups. Huge focus on R&D and incubation of new products - getting better at figuring out which ones to back.",Often slow to spot and then react to changes in technology and markets Really big and sometimes hard to navigate - takes you a year to figure out how to get things done! Very Redmond focused,"Move Phone OS development and PC OS development under the same org. Scale or kill products e.g. Surface, Get new blood in marketing.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60912,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test Intern,Great Internship Program,"The great thing about working at Microsoft as an SDET intern is that they give you ""real-world"" work to do, on projects that matter. You are also highly compensated for your work.","It's a large corporation, so many times you get bogged down by bureaucracy. You also always don't get to completely choose what you want to do when you start.","Let new employees have more freedom to truly explore what they want to do, so it can benefit everyone in the long run.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60913,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 13, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,good campus and good weather,"They have very good campus. No state tax, people are friendly there and they have good medical insurance for everyone.",It is a big company. They put lots of work on Windows mobile. Hard to say where it is going.,"Hire more young guys to the management level, make them bring more new ideas. Bring out the products more quickly",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60914,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Not a happy/healthy culture due to built-in competitive review process, inconsistent leadership quality","Great health benefits, lots of capital to invest in long-term projects, many smart people who are great to work with.","The bell-curve approach to assigning review scores that Microsoft uses is designed to promote competition. In reality though, especially on a team of top-performers, the folks on the left side of the curve end up feeling more dis-couraged than en-couraged to compete. Creating a competitive culture where employees must stand out relative to their peers can negatively impact teamwork & cooperation as well since those seeking a good review will spend extra effort trying to get noticed for *their* contributions. This flies in the face of advice given by renouned leadership gurus Dale Carnegie & Stephen Covey--ironically, training/books that Microsoft provides to its employees.  Another downside I've noticed is that the company places a very high value on raw intelligence but a lot less value on leadership, management ability and human relations. Perhaps less so now than in the past, but still Microsoft has many managers who were previously programmers who ended up in management due more to their seniority than their suitability as managers/leaders. If you work for one of these managers, your career can suffer, especially if there are better managers whose employees are getting better career advice/support/internal PR, etc. within the group you're measured against.",Read the books in your own library on leadership & human relations. Take Dale Carnegie Training. Stop pitting good employees against each other in the review process. Focus on creating a culture of true teamwork & DIScourage people who toot their own horn for acknowledgement.,1.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60915,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A nice place to work at,- Great benefits - A lot of smart people. - A lot of experience in building software. - A lot of projects on various ares to work for within the company.,It's hard to associate your contributions with the success of the company. Organization hierarchy is far from flat which makes things even worse.,Increase the hiring bar. Focus on scenarios (including multiple products) instead of focusing individual features.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60916,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Apr 9, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,"A big company, but it really varies by product team as to what experience you will receive...",You get to work on developing or supporting software that can help and be used by potentially millions of customers around the world. Smart folks to work with. Decent pay and great benefits package.,"Depending upon the group, work/life balance can be an issue. Once you are within a given level it can become cumbersome to advance. Switching to another job or role often keeps you in the same level and sometimes 'resets' any advancement you might have had on your previous team.",Provide a more open atmosphere for allowing re-evaluations of employees for new opportunityes so they can be given a chance and there is some incentive for them to switch to a new role. At the moment to get an immediate raise I'm forced to consider opportunities outside of Microsoft which is unfortunate since I do like the company overall.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60917,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2010",Current Employee - Development Manager,Development Manager,Good exposure to lot of areas Working with smart people Ability to move around the company Very good benefits for health and dental,Too big Too many senior people Hard to move once at a senior role No salary increment Tuition benefits not much,Good exposure to lot of areas Working with smart people Ability to move around the company Very good benefits for health and dental  Too big Too many senior people Hard to move once at a senior role No salary increment Tuition benefits not much,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60918,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 1, 2010",Former Employee - Group Manager,Great first job,"Great benefits, smart people and exposure to interesting problems. Significant resources if you work on a hot project. Great place for someone beginning their career or wanting to learn high tech.","Tremendous internal competition makes sharing best practices difficult. Focus in many groups is ""internal"" vs. market-oriented meaning that people are rewarded for successfully navigating through the bureaucratic maze rather than solving real problems.",Stack ranking must go--force best practice sharing to speed innovations. Stop wasting developer time on re-building mouse traps which can be bought much more cheaply on the open market.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60919,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 20, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work. Immense talent all around,.",Lot of great people around. Help is always only an email away. Lot of cool technologies available to choose from to select a career.,Not the best salary. Promotions can be slow as there is a lot of competition from some very good people.,Make it lean. Fire some more people. Microsoft needs to gain its agility to compete in this world. Reward top performers.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1136.htm
60920,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Server and Tools Org,Opportunity to work with very sharp technologists Global impact on many programs Opportunity to interact with peers at F500 companies Visibility to future state engineering / product presentations and senior tech leaders Great benefits package,"Annual review process is still pretty painful If you have a weak manager, you will not enjoy life here Constant re-orgs (I had 4 managers in my 1st year)",Be aggressive in the enterprise computing market. Lots of opportunity for MSFT to improve there.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60921,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 3, 2010",Current Employee - Senor Marketing Manager,Microsoft is a large company and offers stability.,The benefits package at Microsoft is very good. The scope of the work can be very broad and truly international.,"Microsoft is a large organization which can result in complex, long and political decision making. This can be frustrating as an intuitive owner. True decision making power exists only at the upper management level.",Develop a more agile approach to decision making to be able to respond more quickly to the increasingly competitive market.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60922,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2010",Current Employee - Human Resources Director,Great place to build a career,"Microsoft is full of smart, passionate people who want to make a difference. People generally strive to do their best and work hard, which means a lot to me since I care deeply about my work and love being surrounded by people who feel likewise. The company supports movement and stretch opportunities and if you work hard you can really make a great career and make a difference.","Workload is pretty high and it can be tough at times to maintain balance, but I don't know that it's any different for any other top global company, especially in this economy. Decision making is hard to figure out sometimes - at what level is a decision being made, who owns it and is it mandatory once made.",Great product line up and love the focus on the cloud.... we really need to become awesome at collaboration and decision making across businesses to make it happen.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60923,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2010",Former Employee - Director of Marketing,tough place to work,"Good pay and benefits, large organization with good prospects to move around.","People are treated as a means to an end (ie., disposable, piece of machinery). Upper management have few or no morals, business is solely judged on the results, so breaking contracts and other ""ethics"" are common.",Get a life.,2.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60924,microsoft,"Minneapolis, MN"," Mar 29, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High pressure, high opportunity.",Great springboard for a better career. International opportunities for those who are willing to travel significantly. High performers are rewarded. Stock options!,Work / Life balance is non-existent. Deliver or Die mentality. Bonuses stink. Salary are far below market. Job Leveling is inconsistent across geographies.,"Senior management could ensure the market opportunities are appropriate. Additionally, winning the hearts of the consumer is more important than churning out version after version of a product. If something isn't performing, get rid of it.",4.0,1.5,none,4.5,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60925,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 28, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good place to work, but plateauing in terms of career growth","Big company, lots of opportunities Ability to switch between jobs Great training programs Smart and hard working people around you",Too big and beaurocratic Many levels to decision makers Stock price is too stable to make a difference Work life balance is unfair on some teams,Push decision making downstream Adopt emerging technologies and business models faster Increase agility and reward such behavior Be committed to increasing stock value,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60926,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 23, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"If you don't join right out of college, forget it.","Working with smart people from around the world, access to the latest technologies, first world facilities, superb benefits.","Little opportunity to grow, you compete against old timers who have been there their entire life, so your only chance to make it is if they die or retire.",N/A,3.0,4.5,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60927,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great job,"A lot of growth opportunity, great benefits, and a great reputation to put on your resume.",It was a little too large for me.,Please make the organization more lean and flexible so that we can compete with Google! Why not allow and encourage workers to buy the best phones in the market: the iPhones!,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60928,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Mar 25, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good company with many personalities,"Great opportunites to learn and work with great people. Awesome benefits -- medical, dental, vision, retirement, stock, MS Prime, all of the extras",Culture is very dependent on which organization you join at MSFT. Not all have the same focus on drive and resutls,The leadership in some organizations would do better by beig more transparent and more communciative regarding decisions and reasons for such,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60929,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,"- God place to work, lots of long hours and various orgs, quality of orgs varies widely with leadership and division.","some groups capped in growth, stock is going no where, options are gone but grants are OK, salery gennerally below what is needed in area given cost of housing/schools/sales taxes/etc. High cost of living.","we need strong leadership in the core products, MS has a lot of long bets which may or may not play out, cut 1/2 the bets and refocus the sales teams on the shipping products and go after the emerging markets hard (china, india, etc.) change the perception of MS to one that values the customer and works with and for them.",4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1137.htm
60930,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Not so great,"Great health benefits, gym membership, lot of facilities. There are many groups within MS that are doing great work.","Culture is very strange. There is work pressure to deliver, when the high level roadmap is in a state of constant flux. So what are we really delivering against !!! Dev managers (the ones who have been there a while, like 15+ yrs) think they are Gods, a lot of them are the rest and vest type. Not much see in terms of communicating with devs. Overall, it seems like they want to run fast, however, they dont have much of a clue where they are running towards. hence the work pressure with a lot of dissatisfaction at the end.","Get your act straight. So many groups in MS dont make money (not talking about the new ventures such as search/ad/etc.), but they are there. Pay more attention on performance of dev managers and leads. They have potential for a great +ve impact, and even greater -ve impact.",2.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60931,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 23, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great Benefits but the company is becoming monolithic,Best in class benefits Smart colleagues Sr. Leadership persists with technologies and strategic decisions. Acknowledges (and is willing to rectify) mistakes. In some areas there is great innovation (eg. Natal etc.) Most employees want to succeed,"Middle Management is mostly inept Plenty of politics and groups are usually slow to react/change Lack of collaboration on major product development projects Nepotism rules and Sr. Leadership doesn't invest in gathering feedback from the ICs Poor hiring process, management doesn't carefully evaluate the skillset employees bring to the table before slotting them in new roles.",Ensure middle management focuses on the task at hand and takes responsibility for critical projects. Gather feedback from the ICs and consider making necessary changes. Hire employees with skills that meet requirements for the respective positions.,2.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60932,microsoft,"Reno, NV"," Mar 18, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for,"great atmosphere, cafe, free drinks, casual, excellent benefits, good location, lots of work tools at your fingertips, lots of vendors to punt the work to","fast paced, everyone involved in everyone's tasks, there's a reason it's called ""micro"" instead of ""macro"". Vendors are here one day and gone the next, employees are there forever and you can't get rid of the bad performers because they are lifer's","when someone is talking to you, you should really stop typing and look at the person instead of your laptop.",4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60933,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 12, 2010",Current Employee - Site Manager II,"Love the company, hate the culture","Microsoft is a huge company with tons of opportunity and lots of places to work. By moving between the different divisions (MSN, Entertainment, Office, Windows) it can feel essentially like moving to a whole new company, only without losing seniority or having to figure out a new benefits package or even a new commute. The company values work/life balnce (at least my areas in it have) and there are also a lot of smart people that you work with on a daily basis. The benefits package is outstanding, and overall the company seems to truly value employee rentention.","Microsoft is middle aged, and it shows. The company has got so large that it's often impossible to get anything done. I feel like I spend 2 days per week explaing what I might do, 1 day actually doing it, and then the following 2 days defending what I just did. The company as a whole also still fundamentally fails to understand the web and how to navigate it. That said, the penny has dropped that cloud computing is coming, and will be disruptive. Either Microsoft will get on board or it will be swept away. It's going to be a bumpy ride, but in the end Microsoft will get there, and I think there's a lot of room for growth for those with the right experience to help it navigate the way.","Get out of the way. Delegate responsiblity and then ask for the follow up data on performance. Stop giving opinions about what will/will not work, just ask for the facts.",4.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60934,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 20, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,"Secure, Impactful, and Engaging",* Opportunity to guide overall product investment direction * Respected role in the organization * Insight into business decisionmaking apparatus * Impacts millions of customers worldwide * Opportunity to manage world class people,* No direct influence over engineering * Lack of organizational commitment to innovation * Unpredictable shifts in management focus * Hours can be long,"* Set a clear and simple mission * Rather than waiting for a business to prove out before plunging, take risks * Focus on innovation, rather than ways to make money",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60935,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft, it doesn't completely suck",Healthcare is great!  comp is ok,"It is sort of a ""union shop"" for lack of a better work. A decent fraction of management are promoted just because they've been there for a long time and haven't totally screwed up.",Anyone with direct reports should have a 360 review at least once per year.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60936,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Lots of politics,"Good Money Good Benefits Smart and cool people everywhere Highly competitive, hard and smart work are required Good resume item you get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's life all around the world","Highly competitive, hard and smart work are required, but are not enough. You need a good manager too or else it won't matter. If you don't have one, get the hell out of there. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's life all around the world, but chances are you'll end up doing boring stuff, lots of it btw.","Get reviews, you can underperform too, you know? BTW, we are like 5 years behind our competitors, don't bother releasing the magic mouse we've been working on for so much time next year, somebody else is already selling it.",2.0,2.5,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60937,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,need good managers,"MS is great place to work. Health benefits is the best and none to match. If you are very young, compete for everything with some excellent skill set, this is the place.",MS have some bad managers who are excellent individual contributor and no people management skill. I had one with no people / social skill.,Please find people managers and not promote IC,3.0,3.0,none,1.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60938,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Mar 1, 2010",Former Employee - District Manager,Inspiring Company to work for....,"Mission, vision and values were not just a slogan but the life blood of the company. If you were not on board with the m, v, v you would not be happy here. One of the best experiences in my life!",Virtual offices at the time made it tough to stay connected. Company has since been aquired and has regional offices.,Start another company and run it the way Great Plains was run and you will have employees lining up to join!,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,2.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60939,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 1, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Intern in Summer 07,1. Innovative work culture 2. Possibility of a lot of growth 3. Importance given to employee creativity 4. Very good work life balance 5. Good compensation,1. Some groups are sluggish and require standard/non-innovative work 2. Lot of bureaucracy near top levels 3. Things which are not good for Microsoft are sometimes done,1. Very bad leadership post Bill Gates (it was not good even during his time) 2. The organization is not the most creative place you can work in post-Google 3. Still very good in new groups,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1138.htm
60940,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Mar 11, 2010",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,"Overall, great place for learning, but not building a long term career","Great way to get experience, learn, and get your foot in the door. They compensate well and my management team are not micromanagers, which is nice.",Contractors are treated differently and not included into the activities. This reduces overall morale and doesn't provide an environment where the contractor can give their best.,"Need more open lines of communication with contractor or junior researchers, they may be able to help come up with solutions to problems from upper management.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60941,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 27, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A great place for career development.,"Microsoft is a great place for career development. They are relatively quick to adopt new technologies and there are good opportunities to learn new skills on the job. They also have a great continuing education program with on site classes, and tuition reimbursement.","While they are quick to embrace new technologies, management could do more to accept and encourage innovation. While they do not say so, they are slow to even consider any idea that does not come from senior management. Additionally, senior management's ideas are not held to the same rigorous review process as ideas coming from non-managers. If a senior manager has an ""innovative"" idea, it gets done with very few questions asked about whether it's a good idea from a business or technology perspective.","Hold the same standard for new ideas coming from both management and individual contributors. An idea from senior management should have an answer for a business model and how it differentiates itself from the competitive landscape. Management should also consider a business model, competitive landscape analysis, and working prototype before dismissing it. Management should also encourage innovation first by being very open to new ideas, and second by providing support for innovation in terms of reasonable resources and flexibility.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60942,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2010",Current Employee - Group Manager,"Can be amazing, can be painful","-many opportunities to move around within the company -can learn on the job to expand skills, some very smart and talented people to learn from -good upward growth for junior-level people -budgets to execute large-scale and global projects that wouldn't be possible at small companies -knowledge and use of technology",-some groups have mid/uppper managers that micromanage or hold people back...lack of trust and autonomy -some people value having their egos stroked above having great work accomplished. Some take credit for other's work. -managing your management is a bigger indicator of success than delivering quality work that get results -very rare for bad managers to change or be removed because the system supports them. Fear of retaliation prevents workers from being honest to their management when there are ethics issues or people are being treated disrespectfully.,-root out bad managers. Find a way to do it. Break down the old boys network. Stop the rewards system that encourages people to knock other people down to make themselves look better.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60943,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 10, 2010",Former Employee - Programming Writer,It ALL depends on your manager,"1. With the right manager, you have access to potentially life-changing career advancement opportunities 2. In some groups, you have the chance to work with people who are the best in the industry 3. If you've got a family and want free insurance coverage for the whole brood, MS is the place for you 4. Casual-dress culture and the tradition that still endures of periodic ""morale events"" for teams is nice 5. If you're in the right position in the right group, you can get exposure to Microsoft business expertise (even if you're in a technical discipline) that will stand you in great stead in the future","1. With the wrong manager, there's nothing you can do to succeed 2. If your project goes into crunch mode for the longterm, you could find yourself stuck with 80 hour weeks and no alternative other than to do them or leave the company, because there are ways to hold you on your team if they don't want to let you leave (related to: wrong manager) 3. No raises without a promo, I hear, currently 4. Jobs can be so narrow, and involve so much administrative overhead, that you spend a lot of your time on work that doesn't enhance your skill set or make you more employable elsewhere in the future 5. The company's spending money on what seem to be money-sinks right now, which is good if you want to get into a money-sink team with a fancy title and leave it in a couple years for another company, but not necessarily good for the long term 6. Don't say you were not warned: the same job can be titled and compensated very differently depending on the organization. In general, money-sink groups like search and Xbox tend to offer better compensation than bread-and-butter established groups like servers, Windows client, and Office. 7. Even if you carefully select a team to join based on its manager, which is the recommended way to do it at MS (choose manager first, then job), this can get up-ended by a divisional or departmental reorganization that can give you a manager that is not a good fit for you and there's not much you can do about it","Invest in your successful franchises. They're still going to be bringing money in for years to come. Instead you're IE'ing them, and ignoring them figuring that you don't NEED to spend money on them. Reality: If you DON'T continue to invest highly in them, that is only going to accelerate the move to the ""cloud"", an area in which you have much more competition.",3.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60944,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 9, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good for a recent graduate, bad for someone with experience.","Very good benefit package: medical insurance is grate, membership in the sport club, Microsoft transportation, etc. Training classes frequently given by book authors and other famous people.","There always should be certain percentage of ""bad"" performers. I was leaving the company a month before the review. My manager suggested (probably it was an advice of GM) that I take a vacation otherwise they would not be able to pay me a bonus. so I did. Instead they gave me the worst performance review possible which assumes no bonus at all. I found it difficult to switch to another group as a developer from developer in test. Too many managers that are Microsoft bred. Most of them worked only in Microsoft in North America.",Too many middle managers. The managers on top should receive feedback from the bottom of the pyramid.,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60945,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2010",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Good Experience,The breadth of projects that are happening at any one time is amazing. You have the opportunity to keep moving to different teams all your life and continue to work on amazing products with very sharp people.,Sometimes the process slows you down. The need to whet everything from risk perspective brings the perception that things don't move as fast as they need to be.,Sometimes you just have to get out of the way and let the people in trenches create the process that fits their purpose best.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60946,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 8, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for career advancement,"There are smart people everywhere. Lots of hard problems to work on. Lots of different products and markets. So, sometime for everyone.","Smart people all trying to get ahead by cutting off other people. Too much people acting on the belief that to get ahead, you have to squash other people.",You made a big mistake with Windows,2.0,2.0,none,5.0,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60947,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2010",Former Employee - Security Program Manager,Swim with the Sharks,There are no limits as to what you can do/accomplish.,"Not interested in teamwork, it's every man (or woman) for himself.","Emphasize teamwork more in order to get better results. Ease off the start-up, hyper-competitive nature of doing work and emphasize creativity, ingenuity, balance, etc.",2.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60948,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2010",Former Employee - Support Analyst (Vendor),Paying your dues...,"Mentally stimulating and quite challenging work. Extremely smart co-workers. Free software, an abundance of educational opportunities. MS has an army of smart people.","But a toxic culture. Especially for vendors who are treated as second class citizens.Trust me, the people at MS are smart. This said, the toxic culture kills any creativity that surely exists within its talent pool. Good luck if you take a position as a vendor. Be prepared for not so subtle abuse.",Ability to recognize talents. Drop the abuse and trial by fire. Encourage collaboration and idea sharing amongst your employees. Foster creativity. Get rid of Ballmer.,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,1.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60949,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Communications Programs Manager,Microsoft: Go Somewhere Else,"Flexible work schedule, work at home","Self-focused colleagues, opinionated and narrow minded senior staff, more red tape than Washington, DC, suffocating, circular, never ending projects that are never completed.","Get rid of the people that don't do anything, that cause trouble as you're losing thebest people to other companies b/c of them.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1139.htm
60950,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Windows Division,"Microsoft offers a great career path, good training, opportunity to work on different product areas over the course of your career at Microsoft.","Sometimes, depending on the group you are in, things can be slow or bureaucratic. If you come in with the right expectations, you'll not be disappointed. However, it can be the wrong place for you if you are looking for a really fast pace.","In general, try to be be more efficient in decision making. Connect with employees at various level not just people managers.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60951,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,"I'm definately proud to work at Microsoft. I feel that I have a great work life balance, a manager interested in my career growth and access to the latest and greatest technologies.","Sometimes it can be tough to ramp up at Microsoft as it is a somewhat complex organization. Each division/group tends to be siloed, so I don't know much about other groups at Microsoft besides my own.",I'd like to see us take on some of our competitors (Apple) in the mobile and tablet space more aggressively. I also think our marketing teams could do a better job of educating consumers on the cool features of our products.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60952,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 1, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience can be gained at Microsoft.,"There are a lot of positions - plenty of good things to do, but choose carefully. You don't want to get into a position that isn't set up for success.",You are responsible to drive your own career - believe this. Networking with all those who have input in your annual ranking is important.,keep looking for great people!,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60953,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2010",Current Employee - Senior PR Manager,"If you're experienced pro coming into Microsoft, beware","Benefits, major budgets, smart people",Culture is whacked...like joining the flat earth society. Hold onto your hat. Worth getting a year or two experience but then move on.,You're not the only employer on the earth. I'm going to take all my hard earned experience to someone who will appreciate it.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60954,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn about the business of software,"Unparalleled knowledge of selling multiple lines of software, fantastic benefits, great exposure to most of the industry, really smart co-workers, visionary leadership","Not a place for innovation, no longer on the cutting edge of technology, not enough drive among people to do something cool over something profitable.",Don't make each business unit rely on the output of other units -- Microsoft can engineer a new coup in the world of software by the simple strategy of untying the use of one MSFT product from another. There's no need for Office not to run on Apple and Linux computers - it would then completely take over all markets because of its superior quality without hurting the sale of Windows.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60955,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 28, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Director,Lost its way,Lifestyle in Pacific NW is fantastic. Salary/pay is good.,"Company has lost its way. Infighting, politics and lack of innovation-driven growth has created a culture that is increasingly Darwinian and internally focused.","We need a change in leadership at the senior-most levels in the company, strarting with the CEO and extending into the next 2-3 levels of management.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60956,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 23, 2010",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great place to start a career, but definitely have an exit strategy","If you are coming to Microsoft directly from school (whether undergrad, grad, or MBA), Microsoft is a good place to gain basic ""how things work at a big corporation"" skills. Microsoft looks great on a resume, and it's a place that has the financial resources to support projects you want to do (if you can convince your manager to let you do them). Work environment is great (buildings in Redmond/Bellevue are top-notch, free soda, etc), the campus is beautiful, the benefits are excellent, and work hours/location are somewhat flexible (ie you can work from home sometimes if you want)","Don't plan on making Microsoft a long-term career. Have an exit strategy, because promotions are drying up given the cost cutting that is going on. Be very strategic about what group you choose to work in and what manager you have. Your manager will make or break your career here more than anywhere else because of the calibration process. Make sure you understand how that works and don't bother complaining about it because it's not going anywhere. Just understand that it's there and do what you can to make your chances in calibration better than your peers. This means managing up and across and making sure everyone knows what you're doing and what positive results are happening because of your work. Learn to use ""I"" rather than ""we.""","Please divest from businesses that lose money (E&D) and please focus on the company's core strength of building software (IW, S&T, etc). There is plenty of innovation we could do that is more related to our core strengths and right now we are spread too thin in areas that are not part of our core strength and they are detrimental to our long-term future.",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60957,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very political,Great benefits Well respected company Great pay Smart people Flexible work schedule Signing bonus Relocation expenses covered Industry leader Software discount,"Extremely political Hierarchical - slow to get things done Individualistic rather than team oriented Competitive, backstabbing Uncoordinated Nepotism Poor work life balance","I do not really have any advice to leaders at Microsoft. Overall, I think it is a great company, if you fit in well with the culture.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60958,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2010",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,Great place to work!,"lot of resources to do your job, great place to learn and grow, lots of opportunities","very demanding workplace, dynamic work environment, need to be ready for a change at every step.",I think it's great. No advice for the leadership at Microsoft.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60959,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 4, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Attorney,Great Place to Work,"Interesting and diverse cutting edge legal work, very collegial, smart clients, decent hours, stock options, beautiful campus and scenery, great local community.","Organization is pretty large and growing, and makes it harder to know everyone as well as in the past. Increasing competition from others also makes life a little more tense and challenging.","Keep doing what you are doing, your employees are broadly behind the corporate strategy and leadership, and depend on your efforts to keep the company competitive.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1140.htm
60960,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2010",Former Employee - Project Manager,Microsoft could be great again.,"Benefits,pay,travel,flexibility ( in the past)",Lack of support from managers. Odds of getting bad managers are high. Bad managers are promoted. Innovation has been squashed and I don't think it has any hopes of getting better.,"Listen to your employees. You hire them for their expertise and knowledge but then you do not reward them for thinking creatively. Stop the ""who you know"" is what gets you promoted syndrome. Go back to the days of being the best by getting rid of all of your ""bad management "" By getting rid of them I mean fire them do not promote them.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60961,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 18, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,Pick your position/manager well.,It is a fun environment with lots of smart people. You will be working for one of the best technology companies around today.,"The downside is that you have to have a good manager. Like everywhere, if you get a bad manager, you are screwed - this is amplified at Microsoft.","Too much in the way of middle management at Microsoft. The SLT needs to wake up to the fact that without ICs, there would be nothing - don't keep promoting and investing in leads/managers that year on year perform badly in mspoll.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60962,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 15, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK Place To Work In Tough Economy (But Watch Out When Employment Comes Back),"* Great Benefits: Still offer all medical and dental without co pays or contributions * Very technology savvy company with lots of free software * Ability to buy company software for family and friends at great discounts * Lots of information to share (if you know where to find it) * Lots of employee surveying each year: Survey results for managers are chance to give direct feedback and results are an important part of leadership success, those with bad scores are put on notice * Great amount of work has gone into career ladders and helping employees and managers understanding what the attributes of success and areas of opportunity are at most levels in job families * Beautiful Redmond campus with many great new buildings. Great commuter alternatives, free bus system and ways to get around the increasingly large campus","* Without a doubt, the most critical work environment I have ever worked. Very few ""attaboys"". If 95% is working and 5% needs improvement, the focus is on the 5% * Never worked in a place where people are as fungible as here. It's burn em and churn em at it's worst * Very little appreciation for all the hard work that employees put out. In the end, you're just a cog in a wheel *Most email-centric culture I ever worked in. Everyone emails everyone all the time and copies half the world. On many occasions, I would see an email trail that could have been stopped 3 days ago if the two principals to the issue has just bothered to have a 3 minute conversation. People sitting literally next door to each other will email one another rather than talk to each other! * Very self service environment. Very little administrative support except at the highest levels (GM and above). Everyone else is on their own. Be prepared to make your own calendar invites and copies and travel arrangements by yourself......frequently * Career ladder and job family information doesn't mean enough. Too often, promotions and career advancement are based on good old fashioned politics and who do you know. * Work/life balance is a crock. More like work/life blend! And in the end, your family pays. Even when you are home, you're often not available because you're expected to be on email at night. Especially true if your job has any global scope. Then expect doing emails from home until 11 pm and then when you get up at 6 am, there are 30-40 emails from other parts of the world that will need your attention (because of course, once the email has been sent, the monkey is off the senders back and on yours even if you haven't had the time to address the issues. * Too many meeting and not enough time to get work done (except at night and on weekends) * Still too much reliance on stock as part of compensation package without the realization that the stock hasn't performed well for about 10 years. This comes from the top (Steve Ballmer) who hasn't owned up to the fact that incentive targets are out of whack with the market (except at GM level and above at which point, you are golden). Need to up the incentive targets at levels close to Director. *Company made a big mistake having first ever layoffs at time of still huge multi-billion dollar profits per quarter. Sent a clear message that people don't matter and this will come back to haunt them when the hiring market improves.",* Get real about stock as part of compensation for those at Director and below. * Create a much better way for those laid off in 2009 to be able to re-enter the company (provide dedicated recruiting staff to help advocate for those who want to return to the company),2.0,1.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60963,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 19, 2010",Former Employee - Explorer Intern,Great experience for freshmen and sophomores,- Great insight to the big company - Free drinks :) - Very convenient place to work - Excellent networks - See great lectures - Great benefits and perks,"- Too big, will not give a great chance to do a super break-through action - Have too many products that are not really focused strongly - Rain pours and cloudy most of the time - Not fast enough",Give young people a chance to experiment,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60964,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 24, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Great place,"- Challenging work & cool projects - Working with some of the smartest people on the planet - Your work will be used by millions of people - Great pay & perks (proclub, connector bus, best medical coverage on the planet)","- Long hours - Forced curve (20/70/10) is not good for a high performance & highly talented team where everyone kick butts, but one person needs to be last and get labeled the bottom 10% - not all teams are great... if you landed with a bad team or manager, don't let it get to you, do your best, keep a good attitude, wait it out, and find a better team that suits you (there are plenty)","Keep doing the right things like: windows 7, bing, office and servers (sql, exchange, sharepoint) Get windows mobile 7 out",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60965,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 5, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,Bad employer that doesn't care about employees.,"Decent salaries given the industry.  Benefits package used to be pretty good, but every year that I worked there they cut a little bit here and there so it isn't what it used to be. That goes for a lot of things.  Free software/discounted software at the company store.  Name on your resume.","It's run like a popularity contest in highschool. It's all about who you know and who likes you. If you aren't part of that group you won't get promoted. Seriously. They have this stack ranking meeting every year where they decide it. But *before* that happens, the ""in"" group of managers that control your team decide ahead of time how they're going to game it during coffee. The supposedly unbiased layoffs in 2009 happened in the same way. Disgusting.  Stock that has been flat for the past 9 years. After I left the company in disgust, I exercised all my options and sold all my shares. There was little or no profit after 9 years, which leads to the next item.  Poor Management - at all levels of the company. From Balmer down.",Quit,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60966,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 15, 2010",Current Employee - Director,Good place to work,"Great Benefits and compensation, brand name recognition, cutting edge products that make an impact, internal options, highly visible in any industry they play in","Matrixed org, decisions made my committee, internal mobility not as easily achieved as sales pitch, many cooks in the kitch","time to reinvigorate empowering people to make decisions, need to re-evaluate aspects of the ""matrix"", show real dedicate to keeping top employees through internal mobility",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60967,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good place to work if you find the right team,Good benefits. Pays is good. If you stay long enough you can get your own office. Can work with some very smart people.,Quality of management can vary from team to team. Don’t expect to use many non-microsoft tech.,Ship more products faster. Get rid of the dead weight.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60968,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 5, 2010",Current Employee - Development Manager,"Rewarding, but also concerned about the future of the company","- Very smart people - Good salary, benefits, etc - The results of your work go practically everywhere (ok, it depends on the group you're in). - Job security, despite the recent rounds of layoffs. - Better work/life balance than let's say 10 years ago.","- Company lost its edge, missed several trains to competition, and what is frustrating to employees is that lots of ideas had been Microsoft's in the first place, but they had been botched during execution. - Lack of clear accountability. - Politics there is not for the faint of heart.","Focus on delivering good experiences rather than half backed ""features""",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60969,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 9, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outsourced to the max,"Great benefits, smart people. Lovely large offices. Reasonable food and drink easily accessible. Nice company store.","Too many levels of middle management, lack of respect for individual contributors, ruthless upper management.","Stop trying to reinvent the wheel. Innovation is great, but experience and expertise does count for something. Laying off folks with experience and expertise doesn't pay off. Outsourcing is not a cure-all, and in the long run increases costs and lowers customer satisfactioin.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1141.htm
60970,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good learnings but no respect for innovation,"- good benefits, good benefits, good benefits - time-off is flexible and good but that is because it is not a startup and no-one really has a fire burning under their arses. personally prefer driven people who drive hard and then after that play hard.","- innovation is stymied unless you have a degree to prove that you are capable of innovation. so if you are a phd you can innovate in your regular work hours and it is respected and time accounted for. if you are a masters, forget innovation during regular work hours, you will have to work extra hours for that and who wants to do that unless u are a crackhead scientist working for betterment of humanity.  - compensation is pretty bad compared to the industry and prmotions and raises are subject to your manager fighting for you with the upper mgmt which wont happen if you get on the wrong side of your manager - say for personal reasons. so no concept of peer reviews holding any water.",get peer review process in place and have less managerial control over reviews. show us the money,2.0,1.0,none,3.5,2.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60971,microsoft,"Boise, ID"," Feb 10, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you live in Redmond and don't mind constantly re-justifying your existence due to reorgs, you'll like it here","Pay and benefits, infrastructure and tools to do job","no clear management direction, always re-orging with no clear reason why, it's who you know, not what you know or do-very political, very Redmond-centric - strange for a supposed technology company","Stop the constant re-org's and let people get work done, cut out the political reward system",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60972,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to be!,Great environment. Almost any job/position/role/technology you want to work on - Microsoft has an product for you to work on. I love my job!,"Its a Huge company, too many people, lot of competition and beurocracy. Sometimes the testing phases can get repititive and long.",Agile Development - SCRUM. Use it to the fullest and in the right manner. Reviewing previous iterations helps analyze what went wrong.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60973,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,one of the best large places to work in Seattle area,"opportunities to move to other projects inside company (not easy but possible). good health plan especially for people with families, gaining experience of shipping software used by many around the world, decent cafeterias, PRO sports club","hierarchical structure of the company, stack ranking practices, pay level awareness, micromanagement, doubts about long term prospects of the company, layoffs, limited freedom to select ways how to do stuff, high cost of errors leads to abundance of processes and procedures in many projects","flatten the company, reduce number of levels, promote peer review. reward successful teams rather than the art of writeup of yearly commitments, more freedom to move within company, improve software reuse and sharing across company, provide top notch software development tools, computers, monitors, come up with new innovative projects rather than chasing established leaders",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60974,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,big company on the down way,"a lot of teams you could choose to jump if needed, though not many openings in the past 2 years","if you dropped to bottom 10% of performance, you are done. Unlike the years before 2009, they will cut off those guys",stop the layoff,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60975,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2010",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great place for recent college grads, not an innovator",Exposure to the complexities of innovation vs regulation in an enterprise leader and global company,Difficult to climb the ranks if entering in the high 50's to low 60's leveling - resolve to be a cog in a machine.,"Clean up the fat in the exec ranks, divest!",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60976,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Feb 2, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok place to work as a first job. pay is low but benefits are good.,there are nice training. your peers are usually smart. there are some challenging problems to work with. this place is best for college graduates for the first job.,the pay is low. vendors usually are paid much higher. advancing is kinda slow for tech company. this is a company that is no longer in growth stage.,"the biggest problem is that there are too many so called ""leaders"" and middle managements. i don't know what they are doing anyways.",4.0,3.5,none,5.0,3.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60977,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 19, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft is a fantastic corporation to work for.,"Working with smart people, working on cutting edge technologies, being able to have big visions and tap into the resources available to make these a reality.",Microsoft has a somewhat negative reputation in the software space. I work hard to try to overcome that on a daily basis.,Keep hiring only the best. Always do what is right for the customer. I fully support management's decision to reduce the total projects we support and hope we can concentrate our energies toward winning the hearts and minds of our customers.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60978,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Feb 2, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer's perspecitve,A great place to learn a lot and grow Very talented people to work with. Easy to move across business units and even among career tracks.,"very big organization, brings with it the corporate politics, could feel lost if working on a project that is not of much relevance to business or industry.","Management does a great job of communicating the changes and motivating the team. However, at times the work culture gets very formal with the upper management, specially when projects go across business units. Would be good to have a more open door policy and flat organization model to gets things done and identifying roadblocks quickly, with less bureaucracy.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60979,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),not so great,"- Windows 7++ Best OS in the world! and they let you learn all about it! - Switching groups is easy and there's lot of options: search(bing :( ), gaming (xbox), cloud (azure), OS (windows), mail (hotmail :( ), Apps ( Office)",- below average pay -low bonus,- Done an awesome job with xbox and Windows 7! - Gotta start recognizing employees more,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1142.htm
60980,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Jan 28, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Lots of hours,"Lots of hours and hard work but pay is good for Fargo, ND. Benefits are excellent. Most people are good to work with and friendly.",Staff is over-booked on their workloads. Job coordination between sites or locations is stressed. Communication between sites and locations is lacking.,Take notice on what your direct reports are telling you and listen.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60981,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Weird company to work with. Running into bad managers that doesn't know their own technology,"location. Closer location to work in if you live in Redmond. Has tons of cash, so if you happen to be on projects that management likes, resource typically is not a problem.","Too big of a company. Too many layers of management. The company top managements is run by MBA's, not tech folks, so they only care about money.",Hope you realize what Microsoft has become....the very company you were trying to avoid when you started --- IBM. You need to cut out more management layers and hire more minorities and women into your upper management.,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60982,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jan 27, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,my time with msft,"great benefits, great location, and very resourceful for employees. opportunities to travel and get in contact with various people in the industry",competitive coworkers makes it a hostile working environment for poeple to enjoy work. too many departments resulting in the delay of projects,did not like virtual team environment and writing bi-annual performance review when it is not necessary - did not make the teams do any better,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60983,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2010",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Still a great company, but ... lost thought leadership to Goog, APPL","incredible resources, full of smart people, nice atmosphere, plenty of different career opportunities, huge portfolio of products, sustainable long-term business","the salad days are over, and the process for doing things is laborious, Microsoft gets in its own way a great deal of the time, trying too hard to be all things to all people so the USP is hard to nail and communicate to customers, too focused on reviews and leveling, too bureaucratic",shakeup management,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60984,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Microsoft only if you are in an area that is ,"You really can change the world at Microsoft. The complication is that it has to be in an area that is in favor within the company, otherwise you are doomed to insignificance and continual justification and reductions. Great benefits, some really smart people who are passionate about what they are doing.","Very political. More important to look good than to perform well. Little support from other groups as everyone is evaluated relative to each other. If I do well, then someone else has to do poorly. If you happen to work in an area that is in favor with the company's execs, then life is good, itherwise it can be very poor. Even if you are a super performer, if you are in a group that is out of favor, you will suffer.",Consistently apply the review model across all levels of management. Increase visibility and transparency between GMs and above and below. Select a direction and fund it appropriate to the results you want to achieve.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60985,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 12, 2010",Former Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,Marketing Communications Manager,"Lots of great collaboration, best practices, and innovation. Good/very good compensation, great benefits, good availability of resources like technology and thought leadership.","Very complex organizational structure, some duplication of work/effort, many competing agendas, some not-so-good middle managers, difficulty uncovering availability of some resources, 'over engineering' of some processes.","Keep responding to industry/customer needs -- not just ""building it and they will come"". Make sure high-visibility advertising campaigns are not too arrogant...",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60986,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2010",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer In Test,Great place to work,"Microsoft is meritocratic and has a high collective IQ. I was consistently challenged by my colleagues and the place was replete with opportunity to try new things and initiate projects. Microsoft is eager to challenge and engage its employees, and so you can always find interesting things to work on.","The Test ladder (promotion pathway) isn't very well defined, and so if you really enjoy testing or working on the test side, you're going to find more dead-ends.",Ensure a solid balance between project management and people management at the lower to middle levels. Managers need to focus more on employee development.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60987,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Premier Support at Microsoft is a great career path.,Free Soda.. Awesome people! It is intimidating to work with some of the smartest people on the planet.,aloof management who think they can do no wrong.,We have to stop viewing the industry as we own it and start working again. Microsoft could be replaced in 6 mos.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60988,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Jan 21, 2010",Former Employee - Learning and Development Specialist,Great place with great benefits and future opportunities....if you're in Redmond,"Great people to work with--the office had a chemistry that made you want to come in and be a team. Never had an experience like it in 15+ years of working corporately. All the Starbucks coffee you could drink. Cadillac health care plan. Pay at the top of the scale, opportunity for 10% bonus to salary every year.","All future job opportunities were in Redmond. Our remote office was shortlived...not bitter, just disappointed. Hard to find other MS teams willing to share knowledge and resources. Remote offices were on an island. Upper mgmt would rather care about rhythm of the business than tell remote office that they will soon be closed. Preached transparency until it was time to get real. Too many managers gum up the works on proper business strategy.","You're going to have to change your mgmt model to truly compete with smaller, more agile companies.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60989,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 18, 2010",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great place to grow and build a career,"Talented people around you to learn from, great training, great pay and benefits",Could allow more opportunities to minorities in underrepresented areas to shine,Continue to give opportunites to young talent to grow thw company,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1143.htm
60990,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cushy job, frustrating agility","The benefits are top notch and the pay is competitive. It's important to come in at the right salary level though, as it's difficult to catch up to where you should be through the normal review process.","Projects at Microsoft face a lot of overhead, and this hurts the smaller innovative ones. The many layers of bureaucracy built to support the large businesses are applied to the smaller ones. And the many inter-dependencies (technical and business) often interject unwilling stakeholders.","Besides figuring out how to effectively grow innovative projects, the biggest improvement would be for the senior leaders (i.e. the presidents) to show some inspiring product vision.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
60991,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2010",Former Employee - Lead Program Manager,"Great place, but learning curve flattens out","Great benefits, opportunity to have an impact on millions of customers, location (Seattle), smart, passionate colleagues, smart and focused upper management","Limited career trajectory beyond line management (due to lack of growth and limited attrition), Microsoft's inability to succeed on the Internet","Be more selective in deployment of resources into areas where Microsoft doesn't have a competitive advantage (e.g. MSN). It's nice to have a long-term perspective, but that's not an excuse to lose discipline.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
60992,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Jan 9, 2010",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Nice benefits,"Great health benefits, good salary and opportunities for bonuses, well regarded in the industry, free soda, huge customer install base","senior management seems to lack any vision, all roads lead to redmond, very very political, market is saturated with our current products and leadership is week on new and upcoming technologies",What are our core values and products? Do we really need to keep loosing so much money on things like search and mobile before we make them profitable? Let's return to being thought leaders instead of followers.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
60993,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 24, 2009",Former Employee - Prduct Manager,Overall Great Place to Work,1. Flexible time off 2. Empowerment 3. Huge customer base 4. Funds usually available for projects. 5. Awesome Benefits,1. Focus tends to be more on the short term and this maybe group specific. 2. You need to be a very squeeky wheel (and very loud) to be in the good books of management.,"If the focus is too much in the short term especially in Product Management related areas, then the future of the company may be in trouble. The system must encourage sound long term decisions.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
60994,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jan 9, 2010",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good pay, socially retarded people",Pay Benefits Work enviroment Get to work on the latest technology,Majority of software employees are socially retarded Too many Indian visa workers Weather in Seattle sucks,"Stop micro managing. hire smart people and let them do their job. Consider not having one manager to every 3 people, its a little too heavy of a ratio dont you think",3.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
60995,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2010",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Dissatisfied former employer,Great opportunity to make a difference in the world. Excellent and knowledgeable coworkers. Great benefits. Excellent opportunity to learn and grow.,Too many layers of management. Too many reorgs. Way too much politics. Management typically does not communicate changes. Management more concerned with their careers than their employees.,"As a leader, it is your job to set the example for your people to follow, not to set up your empire.",1.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
60996,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,It all changed with the layoffs,Good pay and very good benefits Get to use the latest (MS) technology Good opportunities to change roles every couple of years (but less than before),"Its not the same company it was even 2 years ago, let alone 10-30 years ago. No Work/Life Balance (depends on the team) Lack of civility between co-workers Too many layers of management Director level and above trying build their own empires instead of focusing on the bigger picture",Admit what worked 2 decades ago is no longer working so the company can move on. A big shakeup is required.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
60997,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2010",Current Employee - Program Manager,Not a perfect place to be right now,Work life balance and pro club,"If you don't drink coffee with your manager, forget about a promotion even if you're clearly the one working the smartest and hardest","Fire middle tier managers, they add no value at all to Microsoft.",2.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
60998,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Just another technology company,"Good challenges at work, knowledgeable dev leads, intelligent collegues and individual office space.","Stupid higher management who just care for their own careers and not really customer and company, performance review process is completely screwed, too much bureucracy and too much waste of time in collecting statuses and doing useless meetings",Money is a good motivation but getting driven by creating something awesome is even better. Stop thinking about money and start thinking about how you can create technology which can improve people's lives. Money will come automatically.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
60999,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place start your career,"This is one of the best places to work in the SW industry, Talented and awesome coworkers. you get to learn so much from peers",the startup kind of feel is missing. Management is more middle aged and hence innovation and new ideas take back seat to tried and tested methods,encourage new ideas.. start innovating rather than reacting to competition. We have a tremendous brand value and we are not utilizing it properly to increase our market share,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1144.htm
61000,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),my personal thoughts,Learn MS tools Mentor flexibile caree path Pay is good flexible work time indepedent office lots of people free drinks,i hope the pay can be higher or even better than google work time is quite long can not learn non-ms tools,ms should have less layers of management. we should have free lunch. we should hire more ms spouses. Go! MS! Go!,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61001,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 2, 2010",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Microsoft - good place to work despite size,1. Variety of different areas to work on 2. Great benefits 3. Good work/life balance,1. Sometimes slow moving and cannot innovate as fast as needed due to size and legacy,Decision making should be more driven by business needs than tech coolness,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61002,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 29, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to work,"Excellent benefits, diversity of business unit allows one to move from group to group experiencing different culture without leaving the company",Upward mobility is sometimes hard if the group is large with a lot of senior engineers.,Too much emphasis on performance review - going thru the process of entering commitment is a waste of time when it does not really matters.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61003,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft really takes care of their employees,"Incredible benefit package, nice offices, cafes, corporate bus to work with WIFI. Loved the annual meeting with employees at the ballopark to see the company's plans. The corporate intranet could have been better, but overall this is a great place to work.",Work around the clock all the time...a slave to email and many meetings I really didn't need to be in.,Don't be arrogant,5.0,2.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61004,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 28, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work in the right team,- Access to cool technology - Ability to impact millions of customers - Lots of smart people - Good learning opportunities if you take initiative - Excellent benefits,"- The company as a whole is averse to taking risks in creating new markets. It lets competitors create and define a new market, then moves in when the competitor is successful (many examples: Search and Google, IPhone and Apple). - Slow moving many times - Many incompetent middle managers - move as quickly as possible out of those teams. - Average salary - Questionable leadership at the very top",- Take more risks in creating new markets. Copy quickly is not a strategy that works over the long term.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61005,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,a so so company,"good benefits, single office, free drink, provide transaportion , good colleague, nice location, good conference room, good sports filelds, free coffee","not pay enough attention on tech people, middle to high level likes reorg, hard working people cannot get promotion, political","reduce the level from top to down to less than 5, prize on tech people, more change to under performance,",2.0,2.0,none,2.5,2.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61006,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"One of the best companies in the world to for work, hands down!","-Incredible pay -Work for a fair amount of time -Access to the latest and greatest technologies -Able to use any product at any time, anywhere on campus -You have your own personal office or you can choose to work anywhere you'd like as long as your productive -Free services, memberships and more to clubs and unions",-Sometimes you see other employees that lack company spirit,"Make the review process for what every division is doing faster and more efficient, approve more ideas and take some risks, after all Windows was a risk too back in the late 80's",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61007,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 1, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My view of Microsoft after four years' of employment,"Lots of opportunity to advance or grow your career in other directions. Extremely diverse and dynamic workplace - it's not uncommon to overhear conversations spoken in three or four different languages as you walk down a single hallway. Pay and benefits are very competitive. Because the interview process has become extremely demanding over the past five years or so, those who work at Microsoft can feel proud that they work with some of the most qualified people in their industry.","Like any competitive company, it can be a meat grinder. Performance reviews pit one employee against their peer, which impacts the overall climate of the company. It's tough to succeed while balancing work / home life. I don't feel Microsoft manages out low-performers as aggressively as it should, given the economy.","We hire strategically, but we don't RIF strategically. We're missing a valuable opportunity to strengthen the company by laying off employees based on performance rather than position.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61008,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 28, 2009",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Excellent pay package compensates for lack of growth,the pay compensation is excellent. You are not burdened with loads of work. easy to get personal time off.,"Lazy seniors, too little work lets done. Growth and learning process lacking. too many people doing one thing.",Leadership need to be emphasized. Too little control at the top.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61009,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Dec 27, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,From the greatest job and company on earth to one of the worst in 7 years time.,Great place to learn and stay on top of most tech stuff. You work with very smart people.,"Over the years, it stopped being a fun place to work, lowered the training, added tons of crappy managers to micro manage everything. Trying to script everything so that can save a dime while stepping over dollars.They promised extreme futures and wealth for employees that stuck it out...then delivered very little once the antitrust hit. And recently they had a silent project to manage out the aging employees. ""Genesis""","What a shame that the guys at the top allowed the company to fall so far, from a company that made millionaires out of alot of workers to one that let years of stock options for employees and stock holder go to worthless while the big dogs continued to make billions. Long term employees of 13-18 years of service are being kicked to the curb with nothing. Your lucky the aging employees haven't taken you to court over the last few years.",2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1145.htm
61010,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Glacial pace. Expect to spend at least 2 years before you ship a product,"Great Benefits package (health, health club, 401k match) Flexible work environment You get your own office that you dont have to share with any one else. Reasonable compensation if you are not aspiring to be a high flier. Great co-workers and peers.",Glacial speed of promotions after you reach the principal/director level. Stock doesn't move in the positive direction. Hard to have an impact. Too many stars have to align before anything gets done Very insular and inward looking culture. Hardworking technical employees aren't always recognized. The more politically astute/aware you are: the better off you are if you are looking to be promoted. The review process can be extremely demoralizing. Very good employees can get pulled down in the stack rank because their managers aren't strong or well established.,"Encourage more innovation. Today any project that isn't seen to have the potential to be a $1Bn business (or part of one) will be cut. As a result, we rarely build anything new. Reward people who ""get-it-done"". Microsoft is full of people who write specs, pretty powerpoint decks, vision docs etc. Strong engineering talent is misused and misdirected into merely creating architectural sketches and vision documents when they would be much happier building cool products.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61011,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 23, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Has a ton of great employees and just working here is an awesome learning experience. the sky is the limit for what you can do given that expertese about anything and everything is just an e-mail away. Microsoft is into everything - so you can find someone or other who is an expert about pretty much everything in here. Teh same can be said about what one would like to work on - just pick something and go work on it (ofcourse, after getting interviewed and accepted into the associated team)",The company has become too big. Growth is a bit tough given that you will have to be real good and compete with highly motivated people whose first preference is always work - so work-life balance is a bit screwed up given that if you dont rise to a deadline challenge (which the management makes sure is always there) there is someone else who is more than ready to do it and take the credit. Year end reviews are graded on the curve (no matter what the management says) - its a limited money - so it has to be on a curve - so the peer competition is high.,Nothing much - I think the problems that Microsoft has is natural to any large company (about 90000+ employees) which has a lot of super intelligent employees.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61012,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Windows 7/8,"Outstanding benefits. Really, the best I've ever gotten. Good work/life balance. 3 weeks of vacation from the start. Work is sometimes interesting.","Only negative feedback on performance, then they smash you in the review. Everything is a competition, and there are many hidden expectations. Watch every word you say, because it *will* come back to you.","You do a great job of talking the talk, but not so much actually walking the walk. Learn how to actually train or hire competent managers. Managers who aren't supporting their people need to be trained or replaced. Employee development shouldn't be a cutthroat experience.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61013,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 21, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's hard to watch ....,"There was a time when one could truly change the world while working at Microsoft. There was (and still can be) a purpose in the work. The people are great, the benefits are even better.","It's hard to get things done because the company is so large. There are many people that seem more interested in building their empire. There is also a culture of ""appear smart"", it would be humorous if it wasn't so ridiculous. Pick your division, it's amazing the number of ""smart"" people running divisions that are not performing as well as they should. However, there will continue to be the mind-numbing strategy review, mid-year review, prssm, wssm, target setting, budget review.","Steve needs to step down. Good person, very smart person, but his leadership choices are amazingly bad. Just look at the org chart, who is still there and who has thrown in the towel and moved on.",3.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61014,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 20, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Lot's of opportunity,"Great Benefits - some of the best in the fortune 1000 Opportunity - regularly given rewarding roles with significant opportunity to drive significant impact Fun - Being part of an organization that crosses enterprise ready business solutions (Windows Server, SQL, Exchange, Business Solutions) and exciting consumer offerings (Windows 7, XBOX 360, Computer games, etc) keeps things interesting.",Although there are lots of opportunties to 'move around' and have exciting roles - actually getting promoted tends to be more on who you know then how you perform. Salaries (not considering benefits) are a little below average (doesn't help that there were no raises for anyone in 2009). Size of company keeps some things moving a little slower than many would like.,"Reward people based on performance and capability and not who they know, how long in role or how much 'politics' they play. Work to streamline processes. Be more agressive at moving out (or down) underperforming and especially 'average' employees in Sr. positions.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61015,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Comfortable but boring,"- Good pay/perks for the area, job stability. - Not as many long nights as at a startup. - Company has a lot of resources.","- Boring! Other companies in industry are doing much more interesting things. - It's a huge company, don't expect to feel much camaraderie with coworkers or be kept informed of (the few) interesting things going on in the organization. - Very top down (compared to startups and other companies in the software industry).",- Innovate more.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61016,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 20, 2009",Current Employee - IT SDE II,Software developer at Mircosoft,"Ahead of technological curve, great place to get in touch with latest and greatest","Unbalanced worklife, management favoritism and restrained career growth",Management should ensure more knowledge of reports in terms of skill set and allocate amongst each for desired career growth of each individual,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61017,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2009",Former Employee - Database Administrator,Microsoft is a good place with a lot of opportunities to learn,"knowledge sharing, resources, good benefits","work life ballance, review process, salary compensation",Senior management talks about work life ballance but the internal culture does not really support it. If Microsoft's midlevel management really believe in it then it would filter down.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61018,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 19, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Experience differs greatly by group,"Microsoft is really a dozen companies in one. Pick carefully, and don't just think ""Oh, it's Microsoft."" Groups differ greatly in their  If you work for a really well-run group, then you can combine the benefits of working in a 200-person company with the benefits of working in an 80,000-person company. The small group can give a sense of purpose and esprit de corps, while the large company can provide good healthcare, a stable environment, and lots of learning opportunities. Go to the lunch tech talks to learn about the technology underlying other products. Go to MSR to hear about what's going on in the blue-sky research world.  Flexible work hours, an informal attitude towards hierarchy. And the ability to hop around between groups at Microsoft, to work on different technologies without the hassle of having to change companies. If you get a sense of the landscape, know the landscape well, you can avoid most of the Cons listed below.","There is definitely a lot of dissatisfaction at upper management, especially Ballmer. The recent layoffs have taken a toll on morale. Again, it really differs by group. Some groups got hit harder than others.  If you're in a bad group, you might get stuck in a death march for two years. You might have coworkers who don't give a **** about the product and are just sitting around collecting checks. But if you're in a good group, see Pros.","People need a sense of purpose. Ballmer is distinctly uninspiring. You look at what Sinofsky has accomplished at Windows, and you get a sense of how change at the top can turn things around. Before he arrived, Windows development had been a series of emergencies under Allchin. After Sinofsky arrived, Windows development turned into a smooth glidepath to RTM.  The same thing needs to happen in the Senior Leadership Team. There are also a number of groups that need shaking up.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61019,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 9, 2009",Current Employee - Tech Support,Don't work in MSIT,Working with new MS technology You like the safety of a large Co with few real competitors,"Terrible place for IT people, they don't value IT workers You will only work with MS technologies (bad for IT people) You will be subject to incompetent middle managers, who will control your career You will have to pretend VISTA didn't suck Food served on campus is horrible You will be laid off first or replaced with cheap overseas labor Co stock is a joke",Why would I give you any advice?,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.5,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1146.htm
61020,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,You can do better,"Amazing benefits, awesome infrastructure, nice on campus amenities, off campus transportation, large variety of on-campus dining options, nice on-campus health club",As many sharks as you can stuff in a shark tank. Movement very limited after Director level. Work life balance non-existent.,"Too many hollow promises, you have to follow through with the HR changes you sold to the rank and file, not just give the same old crap new names.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61021,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 15, 2009",Former Employee - Consultant,"Smart People, Indecisive Upper Management with recent acquisitions",Smart and Collaborative Environment - always felt surrounded by competent individuals that were capable of working in teams.,Indecision with upper management led to layoffs with recent acquisitions.,Don't buy companies if you don't know what you are going to do them.,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61022,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2009",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good place to broaden and deepen skills, participate in development of wide range of products","Opportunity to work on a wide range of technologies and products. Working through couple of release cycles on big projects, helps building wide range of skills, essential for shipping a product. Good benefits, lots of trainings, tuition assistance for continuing education.","The way review process is set up, it forces developers to put substancial efforts on being 'visible'. I think these efforts could be spent more on development activities.","Quality should be one of the very key aspects of review process and career growth. Visibility probably has positive sides, but in reasonable amounts.  Another aspect which concerns me is that often we're 'catching up' with competition. I think we have enough talent and resources to actually be at the front of innovation and competition.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61023,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 23, 2009",Former Employee - Research Intern,Computer Science-HCI PhD student has a great time at Microsoft Research,"Smart, energetic people make the environment intellectually stimulating and fun. All of the resources that one needs to do excellent work and pursue new, ground-breaking ideas are in place. I was really impressed with this. Mentorship was also amazing.","The housing could have been a little better. I heard that some interns were assigned a pretty dingy place. That said, they had no problem transferring once they complained. I thought that the interns could have gotten more ""swag"" too: zune, etc. like the business or development interns. However, the research interns have a lot of opportunities to go on organized trips to varous locations around Seattle.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61024,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Good and Bad,"Competitive pay package, great health insurance & benefits, lots of little perks, access to cool technology, challenging & interesting workplace, smart & diverse coworkers, employees are encouraged to advance their careers within the company, good training classes, opportunities for promotion (depending on the team you're in)","Work/Life balance can be bad (depending on your team), recent layoffs have dampened the morale of employees (nobody knows if there will be more layoffs), lots of pressure to perform better than your peers and get promoted, too many layers of management, too many meetings (so work is often done after hours), huge amounts of process get in the way of getting work done, hard to move inside the company (almost the same interview process for internal & external candidates)","In the interest of morale, layoffs - if they can't be avoided - should be done in one large cut instead of dangling them over the workforce for a long period. Hierarchies should be flattened and useless layers of management cut. Make it easier for people to transfer inside the company and good teams will attract more talent while bad teams will fizzle out naturally.",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61025,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Great work envirenment, work life balance, oppurtunity to work on many diffrent projects( system level development to distributed systems, web design etc), great to aquire solid technical expreince, seattles a great city to live in","The rain, not many networking oppurtunity outside microsofot",need more incubation projects becoming products,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61026,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Dec 24, 2009",Former Employee - Brand Manager,Microsoft. Great Pay. Excellent Benefits. Horrible Employer.,Excellent pay and benefits with a relatively high degree of autonomy if you were responsible in accomplishing your long term objectives.,"Excellent pay and benefits completely eclipsed by the Darwinian model of survival of the fittest practiced in ruthless fashion by the hyper ambitious Redmond crowd. If you were not willing to move to Redmond, your career was finished for all practical purposes. Redmond is populated by a special kind of corporate ladder climber who obsessively seeks a vice president position at the expense of fair play and teamwork. Selfish ambitious behavior is rewarded with promotions, pay and higher stock grants. People see this and perpetuate the cycle. As a result, the company is very dysfunctional on the personal level. This starts at the very top with Steve Ballmer, CEO. Until he is gone, and his behavior stops being the model, Microsoft will continue to crush individuals not willing to sell (actually give) their soul over to their blind ambition and the company's unrelenting pursuit of market dominance at any cost.","Recognize that smart people exist outside of corporate offices in Redmond. Acknowledge that you don't know everything. Listen to others. Really listen. Financial success is only one measure, or dimension of success, and one of the least important. It does not equal intelligence. Increase your EQ - emotional quotient. People's feelings actually matter more than crushing the competition and dominating markets. You can win business competition without having to extinguish the vanquished. Your competitor is not the enemy. They make you smarter and stronger. They are really an ally. Be more human, less technical.",1.0,2.0,none,1.5,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61027,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Nov 27, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager II,MSFT can be a really good place to work and develop your career.,Working with a lot of really smart and competent people. Chance to work with a huge range of software technologies. Fairly generous corporate policies and benefits.,"- Review system designed to force people up or out, and pits peers against each other. - Bureacracy and mgmt overhead adds significant cost to getting things done. - Mgmt direction changes frequently",Build on your existing assets and deliver products that end users want.,3.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61028,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 26, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager,Working at Microsoft,Work life balance is great. The work is creative and intellectually challenging in nature. Great training and mentoring provided to all employees,Progression through the company is slow given the static nature of management. Bonuses and pay raises are very small and stock awards vest too slow.,Make the company more of a meritocracy. Trim products and businesses that the company does not have a core competency at.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61029,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2009",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Pretty good place to work at.,- Reasonable salary - Nice summers in Seattle - Lots of opportunities/technologies inside the company - Can grow in an individual contributor or managerial path. - Some extremely talented people,"- Pockets of incompetence, especially outside the core moneymaker teams - Lots of legacy to deal with - Cross group collaboration is sometimes a nightmare",- Get the right talent on the online businesses - Clean up the Windows Mobile mess. - Fix marketing,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1147.htm
61030,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 22, 2009",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Great if you find the right team + manager.,"smart people, challenging work, can move around to other opportunities without leaving city or company, free drinks, really good benefits,","bad managers can screw up ur career, can take years to rebuild, I've had both good and bad managers, have been promoted so I know what I'm talking about, very political. Employees who have been working here for 5+ years really know how to screw others in reviews (ex. your friends talk badly about you behind your back to your manager). Employees don't really know whats going on outside of MS and generally don't care (or care about customers too much). average pay","Train your middle managers and execs instead of just getting them into a room once a quarter. If a manager gets bad reviews from his reports and the team has high attrition and low morale through the annual poll, move him. don't give him a chance to get back at people who gave him the bad review.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61031,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Nov 21, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Smart group of people, average salary/bonus, best benefits, less risk averse towards new technology.","Best benefits, smart group of people to work with","average salary/bonus, low stock price, less risk averse towards new technology",Lets be more like WIndows 7/ZuneHD in both the consumer and business market to win share!,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61032,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Slow and political,Smart team mates Opportunity to change the world,Politics Ridiculous curve Outside experience is not valued Very few people know how to listen Focus on details and processes that don't matter Belief that they are successful because of their mistakes not in-spite of them,Flatten the org... way too many levels and fiefdoms,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61033,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,You will work hard and it can be rewarding.,Microsoft has a diverse population of very intelligent people with some wonderful ideas. The products are good and the company does give back to the community.,"Microsoft is not very agile, frequently duplicates efforts, does NOT respect a 40 hour work week, and a re-org is just around the corner.","Formalute and stick with one vision. Make sure your middle tier of management is following through on the vision and doing more than empire building. While developers are important, the consumer is king.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61034,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 19, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great company with smart people, but management of some team is not good.",You can work with lots of smart hard work person. You have lots of chance to work on project across different teams. It has very established process of software development process.,Too big to change fast. Political issues everywhere. Not all leads are good at management. Development tools need to be improved.,Need to rethink the PM vs. Dev vs. Test organization structure.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61035,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 16, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn,- Lots of opportunities to learn. This is especially good if you are just starting out your career - Given a lot of individual responsibility unlike some other companies - Depending on what you are working. the work can be rewarding as it will have a very wide audience,- Geeky and nerd culture is prevalent. - You feel as if your whole life revolved revolved around Microsoft,The company needs to put its best brains into the web-based application and web-content fields so it can effectively compete against Google and the like. The paradigm shift towards Web-based computing is looking more and more possible especially for the average consumer. The workstation will always have its place but it may get limited and confined to professional use,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61036,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2009",Former Employee - Site Manager II,Disfunctional Organization - Varies from team to team.,Lots of resources and interesting technologies. Geared toward younger tech professionals. A good place to spend a few years early in your career.,"Management structure is broken. Middle management has little to no oversight, yet has all power over your career. Evaluation system is a joke because it is fully dependant on your manager's interpretation. HR's role is to look out for the interests of MS, not the employee. Many good people leave because of a bad manager or lead. If you stay for very long, you HAVE to master company politics and make personal contacts outside of your team just to survive. Doing a good job is never a guarantee of job security. Recruiters make lots of false promises. Many people in tech jobs or management that do not have tech knowledge beyond what is learned OTJ.","You are squandering your most important assets: your employees. The management structure is broken in many ways and needs a complete over-haul. You need to learn how to identify the dead-weight that has good camoflague skills and get rid of them. HR needs to be balanced, not biased to protect the company at all costs.",1.0,4.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61037,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 17, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great Company,1. Great benefits 2. Working on products that is used by millions of people. 3. Lots of options on what you want to work on.,"1. Being a company with 60,000 plus employees, there is some bureaucracy seeping in. 2. Difficult to bring about change.","1. Stop trying to force customers bundles of MS software, which don't even work togather well. 2. Why is it that we make IE and it is the slowest browser on Windows? Takes longest to install and update.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61038,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work unless you have a bad manager,Super medical benefits Chance to move to different group after a couple of years. If you work in Redmond this benefit is very very attractive. Lot of smart people You will get your own private office room (you need to wait 1-3 years sometimes). I was lucky to my own office after 6 months and having that privacy was great for focus.,"Bad manager can ruin you. In my case, my manager in the second group was over-demanding and it made life difficult. Bureaucracy can be a damper, depending on your group.",Move fast and be bold like Google. Come up with inspired products like Apple.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61039,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 16, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Extremely process oriented,"- smart people in lots of places - very good benefits - good salary - career-wise it is clear where to go, not clear how to get there though","- senior leadership of the company does not seem to know how to move beyond Windows/Office - lots of places in the company are very heavy on process and process is actually celebrated as a great thing sometimes to the point of losing sight that the only thing that matters is shipping great products. - Microsoft bubble - very inward looking, most people have low awareness of what happens in the rest of the world in terms of new technologies, platforms, languages, innovations, etc. It is true that Microsoft creates its own gravity field but still. - Promotions especially at senior levels require a lot of political skill.",I wish I had one. I think at the highest level they have no clue what to do even though they are trying really hard and the company has a ton of smart people. It makes you wonder with so many good people what is missing.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1148.htm
61040,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 3, 2009",Former Employee - Content Manager,Customers don't matter,"Good pay and benefits, good work/life balance on my team, but it depends what team you're on. It still looks good on a resume.",Juggernaut career climbers who destroy a group to make themselves look good. A company who's only strategy is to draft behind innovators and maintain profits for the big shareholders. Impossible to get anything done without getting buyoff from tons of people. Employees are incredibly unaware of what's going on in the rest of the industry. Strong sense of entitlement.,"Stop buying other people's innovations and start really putting your own blood into the game. That's the only way this company is going to learn how to own what it sells, care about the customer, and really be accountable instead of just talking the talk.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61041,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Dec 2, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All politics,"good benefit such as health insurance, sports club, attorney service",Bad working environment. There are so much politics around it is very distracting. Many incompetent middle level managers focus all their energy on managing up instead of getting thing done.,be able to recognize people who are focusing on real work not showing off,1.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61042,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 12, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,It's a job,"Good perks. Free snacks/drinks. Nice campus in Mountain View. Plenty of parking. Challenging, interesting work. I had a good manager that looked out for me, but that may not be the case for everyone.",You will be the disdain of most of your geek peers. The wheels seem to be falling off lately. No incentive to innovate.,The whole business model needs to be reevaluated. Management is holding too tightly to the old cash cows. In order to innovate you have to give something up and make some hard decisions.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61043,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2009",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Be Careful Where You Land in the Organization,"If good benefits are important to you, Microsoft is a great place to work. But you must be prepared to drink the cool aid.","There are some smart and great folks in the company, but they tend to be in certain places in the organization. Be very careful what organization you land in as some are well known to be the places that the less than impressive folks get parked.",I didn't have much exposure to Senior Management at my level.,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61044,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 27, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Excellent work/life balance, excellent overall compensation package. My time spent at Microsoft was thoroughly enjoyable and I would definitely recommend Microsoft as a place to work.  - ability to transition between departments is easy",- overall size of company means impact on overall company is limited - reorganizations of departments happen all the time,Leadership of Microsoft has done an excellent job in making Microsoft an enjoyable company to work for. I recommend this company.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61045,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Not for everyone.,"Good benefits Reputed brand. Easier to get a job in it when compared to Yahoo, Google and Other Great Companies.","May not suite all kinds of people, Is not a place for geeks. In order to advance in microsoft an engineer would need 80% HR skills and 20% technical skills. Most of the people who work here are oblivious of the outside world and are still in same set of mind as it was 25 years ago. Creativity, out of box thinking, analytical thinking are neither encouraged nor valued.","Fresh mindset is to be encouraged, and concentration should be more on developing a great products, great idea rather than just worrying about revenue",2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61046,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM Intern,Compensation is great Health benefits are good Work can be interesting Microsoft prime cards gave amazing discounts on variety of restaurants,Leads are often too busy to meet with you Can be difficult to find the support needed to do a good job,.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61047,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This is not a company for women or families.,"The health benefits are great for families. There are amazing and smart people, some good managers, some good senior managers.",This is not a family friendly workplace - the surveys are incorrect in their assessments. it's not an easy place for woman with young families. The expectations can be too great.,"If you wish to retain more women at all levels, investigate how to increase work life balance. Better educate middle managers of HR benefits.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61048,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good work but bad prospects for growth,Systems level work done is very good. Liked working on them. That is perhaps only reason why i woudl consider moving back if i ever do.,Too big. Kind of skills needed for success here are people skills rather than technical skills. Also there is no job security.,Put Ballmer back into sales and make someone who understands technology and is passionate about it as CEO.,2.0,4.0,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61049,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2009",Former Employee - Marketing,Definitely *not* for everyone,"-- One of the few companies who can actually deliver on a 'promise' of opportunities to move around within the broader organization, based on interests, skills, availability, etc. -- Brand name recognition -- The opportunity to be involved in products and initiatives seen and used around the world. -- Working with smart, dedicated people -- The benefits are, hands-down, the best of any company I've worked for in a 20-year career (as in, no deductible after the initial annual one, pick up your prescription and don't pay a *cent*, chiropractic and therapy sessions all covered, etc., though dental is capped at a relatively low rate) -- Great for hard-charging people who are adept at managing politics, meeting high (often un-stated) expectations, patient in the need to regularly revisit past decisions, thrive in changing environments and who can prioritize on a dime with little information","-- Typically, people are brought in to hold responsibilities they had at least one or two jobs ago (as if being a stellar performer elsewhere requires sliding backward when at Microsoft) -- Resistant, at least in marketing where Microsoft's marketing prowess needs to be updated, to new ideas if nothing appears definitively ""broken"" about the current way -- Unless you're in a position deemed as officially ""creative"", there is little room for bringing creativity to bear -- Really, really bad people managers are the norm, good managers are extremely hard to find and they (at least in Marketing) are expected to achieve an almost-impossible, and certainly exhausting and unsustainable, level of their own ""individual"" work in addition to managing a team. This, despite some wide-ranging and high-potential programs put in place as required. -- Rewards seem out of whack. Really, really, really, really bad people-managers stay employed, get inexplicably promoted if they appear to improve over a few months or get transferred to another group (where they can wreak havoc on someone else's watch). I know of at least three instances of this, where each had numerous complaints to HR, poor marks from direct reports during annual surveys, high rates of team turnover, general unhappiness, etc. -- Incentives are often misaligned with other teams (or not even considered in line with those teams). -- The most difficult promotion to achieve (other than to President/CEO, of course) is from senior manager to director. It essentially requires a calculated, two-year campaign of project assignments, awareness-building to potential 'voters' of your personality and accomplishments, the stars to align under a blue moon and not a single detractor among the voters. Can be done, certainly, but it's a brutal, unpredictable, ruthless process.","Recognize that your actions speak louder than words with employees (particularly when you reward bad behavior and/or don't require managers to cultivate the best from their employees, who likely all have different types of intelligence, communication style and ways of operating). Recognize that your bad apples become rotten and the rot spreads. Though they may appear to have been integral to a product's or project's success, others will actually step up to fill the void you're fearful of creating by actually finding someone who can lead *and* build a positive work environment. Align goals across organizations that work together. Recognize that making everyone fit a certain 'type' doesn't equal success ultimately. Stop over-analyzing things before trying them, and you might just truly innovate again.",2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1149.htm
61050,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft's workplace and benefits.,Great benefits with lot of talented and technical people from all over the world. Very diversified.,Management seems to be full of managers and leads at all functional levels either technical or non-technical.,Managers need to be better trained to guide and advise the staff.,3.0,1.0,none,2.5,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61051,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 3, 2009",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Stay away from Microsoft Games Studios!!!,It is Microsoft so if the game you work on tanks you will more than likely just move to another team.  Good benefits.  A few good people remain.,"Having worked there as long as I did seeing the transformation of the company change from ""we'll take on the world"" to ""the world must come to us"" is the indicator of a company on the decline.  Management is more concerned about their next move up the food chain and their P&L than your career or life.  They hire people for their name rather than their competency.  There is very little transparency regarding upper management decisions and strategy.  They closed down a profitable game studio, mostly because it wasn't an Xbox title.","Get your shi*t together.  Fire Ballmer, even Wall Street doesn't buy his bullsh*t.",2.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61052,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,It's Who You Impress,Excellent benefits Higher than average compensation Opportunities for professional growth Some teams work on cool technologies Relatively stable company,Your career limits are based on who you impress with your performance. You have to do the things that management cares about even when they're bad for the company Your credibility is determined more based on who you know rather than what you've accomplished Long work hours are expected Seattle weather sucks,"Success depends on execution not just strategy. Top management needs to be more involved in execution. Being overly centralized in Redmond (with 40,000 employees in the area) creates a distorted reality. Listen to employees from all over the world and take their input seriously.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61053,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 1, 2009",Current Employee - Sales,Good Opportunities,Pros:  Well known company Customers want to know what you have to say and are genuinely interested The size of the company and the breadth of its products allow for continual growth,Cons:  Pressure The size of the company prevents agility Success can depend on your knowledge of the internal organization,More vision Curves create politics,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61054,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 26, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Attorney,Great colleagues. Too much politics,"Microsoft is a great company to work for, until you get to a level where politics become too common place and you find yourself having to go through artifical exercises of self promotion in order to maintain visibility.",MIddle management is relatiely weak throughout.,It's probably time to get some fresh blood at the helm.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61055,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 26, 2009",Former Employee - Intern,Excellent intern compensation package...quirky company culture,"Microsoft takes good care of its interns. Competitive compensation, including relocation, help with rent during your internship, a variety of intern-only field trips, and your choice of commuting benefits: car rental, bike plan (MS pays most of the $$ for a new bike), public bus pass, and wi-fi enables Microsoft commuter buses.  Job satisfaction will depend on which team you are embedded with.","On some teams, the expectation is that interns won't make a real contribution, and that your internship is just a public relations sales pitch to potential future employees.  The company culture is quite quirky, it seems that many employees aren't genuinely or wholeheartedly invested in Microsoft or the project their working on....evangelize Windows Mobile to your co-workers during the day, and play on the iPhone after work. Perhaps it's just about a nice paycheck and excellent benefits package.","I found the mid-level managers to be quite competent, though sometimes there is a good-ol'-boy mentality to reward those who've been at Microsoft for awhile (rather than reward competence). Steve Ballmer can be embarrassing.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61056,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Why working at MS?,"Lots of cool technologies. Many leading products are developed at MS. Some teams value innovation, security and quality, but not all.","Crowded place, can get easily lost there. Incompetent managers. Review system sucks big time. The work place can get very unfriendly because every because everybody fights for good reviews","Try to understand people better. Don't just copy other companies, foster innovation inside the company as well. The review system is crap",3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61057,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A decent place to develop if you have good team members.,The products you work on will be used by millions of people. Employees of Microsoft are very bright and the culture is welcoming.,As a developer I wasn't too keen on the software development model they have. The PM/test/dev model works okay but in my experience there was too much wasted time trying to communicate between the three roles. I feel like more work would get done if there were less meetings and interruptions throughout the day.,"Leaders seem to be well informed and smart enough to make good decisions business wise. Management wise, I think most employees felt that there were better places to work with more freedom and less procedure. I understand that it's necessary in a big company but bureaucracy doesn't feel good for software development .",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61058,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 31, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Review of MSFT Mountain View Campus,Medical benefits are the best in the industry.,Career growth limited if you are not in Mountain View and Lack of creative problem solving. Politically charged environment.,Transparency - people are smart enough to know when they are being told a good story. The benefits of a good debate can improve organization and products.,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61059,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager II,"Great place to work, but not if you want to transfer to other locations.","Amazing managers who really understood that their primary role within a company is not to make themselves look better, but to grow you as a person and as a worker. I had nothing but great experiences working at MS, and still feel a bit of regret in leaving.","It was difficult to reconcile my personal life and work with regards to transferring locations. Once you're in a location, you're pretty much set. It's not a huge drawback, but it was ultimately the reason I left.","Focus more on quality of all products, and do a better job at influencing hardware development with your partners. Microsoft does not make much hardware, but when they do it's actually pretty good (Xbox360 red-ring aside). But the biggest problem is not in the software, but the fact that it has to run on such a multitude of hardware that MS does not make. If instead they influenced the hardware makers, or even made more products of their own, MS would have more of a chance to focus on quality.  Oh, and do something about those stock prices. I'm still a shareholder.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1150.htm
61060,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 29, 2009",Current Employee - Consultant,Great to place to work. Great benefits.,Great place to work if you want to progress your career in high-tech. You get to work with really smart people.,Work hours could be long sometimes. Lots of internal competition.,"Provide better communications of company direction, vision and strategy.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61061,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Inmates run the asylum. Engineers have been given leadership positions with little, or no, management experience.",Great benefits. Lots of different products to work on.,"Zero strategy beyond the windows / office gravy train. Promotions occur based on how long you've been friends with your manager. Engineers run the business units, and typically, engineers that embody the not-invented-here syndrome. Even though we have bought every successful piece of technology in our portfolio. The focus on ""platform strategy"" eliminates any attention to user experience.","Get your heads out of your ass. The windows/office gravy train will end. Perhaps it takes another 10 years, but you have nothing to that will generate 20billion in revenue by then.",2.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61062,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome or Awful depending on what you are looking for!,"Microsoft varies immensely from division to division. The core divisions (like Windows, Office, etc) each hire thousands of engineers. You will spend all your time working on some tiny aspect of one big, great product. If you are cool with that, and cool with the idea that ten years from now you'll be doing very similar work for just a little more money than what you now make, Microsoft can be great for you. It is a comfortable big company with good pay. You'll have decent work-life balance most of the time (again that can vary from group to group).","As an SDE at Microsoft, above average smarts are not really going to take you anywhere. You might end up in a group doing something cool and cutting edge, but your career trajectory and compensation are going to be the same as folks in some mediocre group elsewhere in the company. That can kill motivation over time. Microsoft has become too big and unlike the 90s it is no longer the most preferred tech employer. They no longer get the ""best and the brightest"". They hire way more SDETs and PMs than they need.","The senior management almost exclusively consists of people who have been at the company for twenty years. While most of you are great, you still need to get senior executives from outside Microsoft who can bring in a new perspective and provide better leadership in emerging areas like the online space.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61063,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2009",Former Employee - Process Engineer,Microsoft can be a wonderful place to work if...,"Microsoft is challenging. You will be stretched. You will never be bored. Microsoft offers good pay and excellent benefits. Microsoft belives in training staff, and you will be able to learn new things and develop. Microsoft is huge, so there are always a lot of jobs. If you are the kind of person who likes to transfer internally (after you are in your position a year, that is) then you will find ample opportunity. Microsoft offers an internal mentoring program, which all new employees should take advantage of. Microsoft supports parents, allowing time off. Microsoft is about getting your job done, not about face time in the office. If you want to work 10am - 7pm, fine, as long as you deliver. They also have excellent IT which enable you to work from home. There are a lot of people who work remotely or variations of part-time. Microsoft isn't always an easy place to work, but others will help you. Just ask. Microsoft dogfoods it's tech on employees so things in tech don't always work perfectly. However, you do have cutting edge stuff, which is really cool.","Getting into Microsoft can be hard. Make sure you are thoroughly prepared and have done a lot of research. Sadly, the parts of Microsoft I saw have a lot of politics. Tread carefully, and ask others more experienced than you for advice. Teams or groups tend to work on overlapping tasks, therefore you have to fight for your patch and, sometimes, it isn't about getting the job done right, it's about getting it done first, and publicizing that fact. Because teams are graded on a curve - 10% lowest performaners, 70% in the middle and 20% high performers, you are effectively competing against your own team throughout the year. Make sure all the managers in your group - not just your own - know about your achievements. Reorganizations and restructuring are the order of the day at Microsoft. Learn to go with the flow as the change happens and create a new niche for yourself when the dust settles.","Management should stop constant reorganizations. They are destablizing, costly and negatively impact customer experience (both internal and external customers). Even a radical move, like freezing all reorgs for two years, would be a good idea. People need to win the battle, not constantly rearrange troop formations. Management need to take a hard look at their marketing and advertising strategy. Uncool advertising is so embarrassing for employees, who'd really like to be proud to work there.",2.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61064,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Used to be an excellent place to work, now with layoffs it's just like any other.",a. Very knowledgeable people. b. Access to technology. c. Excellent benefits. d. Seattle region is beautiful all year round. e. Good diversity.,"a. Review system is ridiculous, only the managers' good friends are recognized. b. There are lots of politics at the middle management level, so many times the project that you've worked hard to complete might be cancelled just because one mid-manager did not like the other mid-manager. c. So many layers of management, it's bewildering. d. So many cost-cutting measurements, but d.1 Marketing Managers go to Paris with their espouses for a week with all expenses paid by the company. d.2 1 billion (with a B) dollars were spent in bonuses with the top management, even with their horrible results. e. There's no way for someone to grow a career unless you go to management. f. There's a reorg every 6 months where everything changes, including your manager. So you need to re-work your relationship with the manager, who already has his/her group of friends to protect. g. And last but not least: the specter of another layoff always looming at the horizon.","1. Flatten the structure, put those mid-managers to work! 2. Change the review system so peer opinion is valued more than manager's opinion. 3. Please say once and for all if we'll have more layoffs. 4. Resign! You did not make the cut in 10 years, didn't work until now and it will not work in the future!",3.0,4.0,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61065,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2009",Former Employee - Product Manager- Office,"Excellent training- great benefits, but not innovators- bogged down by politics, multiple mandates that can distract.","Excellent benefits- transport, healthcare, work from home, cafeteria Training- numerous great training sessions on messaging, positioning and options to expand",Slow product cycles do not keep up with Industry- 2-3 year product cycle means that the pace of innovation and progression is very slow Laggards and awareness of broader indusrty is low- Sometime you feel that they don't pay attention to important trends in the industry that will bite them in the long term.,"Balmer needs to go and introduce a CEO who can manage this behemoth- the only other suggestion would be split the company into atleast 3 pieces- Windows, Office & Entertainment and Devices.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61066,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 7, 2009",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Lots of opportunity for good writers.,"Great place to gain diverse experience with latest technologies and tools, as well as to pursue new techniques and approaches","After the layoffs, some employees seem demoralized and not as vested in doing the job as they were before the layoffs.","Upper management should involve lower management more in any personnel decisions, especially those involving layoffs and any other negative moves.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61067,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2009",Former Employee - Director,Microsoft - Large complex organization with no consistent corporate culture.,Resource and investment for doing big things. Smart people work there. Diversity of opportunities within one company. Great benefits and a strong diverse culture.,"The process for making decision is bogged down in long planning cycles and insufficient time to see organizational change actually happen. The focus on promotion and performance is focused on communications style and not results. There is spoken concern for the employee, but little representation in the employee satisfaction driven by those who are promoted.","Management needs to focus on understanding what is going on by listening to employees. most biz review processes are headlines that make the speaker look good and do not impart the understanding needed to make strategic decision. Unlike when i joined, mgmt is not interested in their businesses any more and focused more on what is happening above them, so they can get promoted. In addition, the review process, the lay-offs and most any other part of the msft process for managing employees, makes employees fear for their jobs. this needs to change. Finally, next time you choose to lay-off people, make it matter. 5% was not enough to impact bottom line, trickling it out of 12 months only deepened the negative impact on all employees morale and their trust of the company.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61068,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Product Planner,A company in Denial,"- Lot of smart people are working there - Nice benefits (medical insurance, Pro Club, parking, etc.) - Corporate matching of gift in money and time - Great place to build your resume if you leave before the 5 yrs mark","- Ego driven management that rewards smart jerks - To survive, people need to spend more time doing their own promotion than actually work - Company lives in perpetual denial of its mistakes - MS is its own world and new employees have a big learning curve","The management is in denial that something is not working, that employees are not happy, that users are mostly not satisfied, that competitors can sometimes be better etc. So my advice: Stop listening your ego, instead, open your ears and your eyes. And you're smart, so do something about it.  note: some Business Units, and few leaders are better than the others...",2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61069,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 20, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great job, great weather, I love it!","The salary is awesome, there are tons of challenging problems to work on such that there is basically ""infinite work"" - you have to gauge yourself. The weather in CA is beautiful. Everyone that works here are incredibly smart and usually highly motivated. The software Microsoft sells literally changes the world!","Career growth is somewhat limited compared to what you could possibly achieve if you started your own company, which is what I want to do eventually. The anonymity of a huge corporation can lead some people to apathy, which can be annoying when you are working your ass off.","We need to speed up development. Our competitors seem to always be 1-3 steps ahead of us! Other than that, I am generally satisfied with managment.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1151.htm
61070,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2009",Current Employee - Human Resources Director,Great place to work for the right personality- and work-style type.,"Smart people, good opportunities, get to work on interesting projects, great campus, great benefits, ability to move around the world if you so choose","Work-life balance can be challenging, but mostly because you yourself need to proactively manage how many hours you work.... If you work 20 hours per day, there will still be work to do, so you have to make the choice where to draw the line.","More focus on what's important, more agility in bringing products to market, more clarity what the uber-strategy is for the company.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61071,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Microsoft is a great company to work at, depending on what team you are on.","An opportunity to be a part of something big. (Not just in company size, but in the projects they take on.) MS has the resources to invest in cutting edge tech. And, chances are your project/product will impact millions of users.  The culture is pleasantly surreal compared to the rest of the corporate world: (Casual, private offices, diverse, free soda, MS software free for work use and cheap for personal, great buildings and cafeterias.) They make you so comfortable, the line between work and home get blurred.) In general, the people you will work with, regardless of team, are some of the smartest and most job-focused you will meet in your life. Going to any other company after MS will seem like stepping into Mayberry (simpler folk, moving slower).  The benefits package is awesome, I'd guess in the top 1% of all companies. And the non-tangible benefit is an aura of respect you get when outsiders know you as an MS employee (of course, you're thinking: ""I'm one of 90,000, what's the big deal?"")","Sometimes the politics at MS becomes over-whelming. Their emphasis on performance for compensation and promotion gives a lot of power to direct and up-line managers. One would hope the most committed employees and those that did the most for the product are rewarded. But in reality, it is the brownnosers and drinking buddies of the right people that move up the stack.  MS pays big lip-service to flexible/remote work arrangements but it is mostly talk. This is a company that expects you there in person most of the time. Combine that with the long work hours, and it is the ideal job for young single people and divorcees.","Fix the lethargic stock price, or accept it and find other SIGNIFICANT ways to share the wealth with your employees. Stop hiding from Apple and take them head-on in the coolness factor (not the majority factor). Shift your focus from rewarding individuals to rewarding teams, and it will be reflected in your stock price (because that is how wall street has been judging you since 2000.)  Implement a cohesive and mandatory flex-time program to address the traffic and work-life balance issues. If even archaic bureaucratic state governments can get their act together on this, you have no excuse. Lose your infatuation with type-A, ""Red"" employees. These are known historically for launching companies but not so much for successfully running them. Instead of promoting them to management, manage them out or over to sales, and your company will excel in its sector.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61072,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Oct 19, 2009",Former Employee - Lean Consultant/Project Manager,1,"Generous salary, ability to travel extensively if so desired. Ability to work from home.","Very poor communication between employees, resulting in job not being done properly. Chaotic management style. Lack of teamwork.","Involve employees more in project decisions, management should not be so secretive towards their employees and their employees might in turn have better morale and work more efficiently.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61073,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 14, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"The culture is professional yet relaxed. Generally a strong work ethic. No ""clocking in"" type culture, more important that your job gets done well and not that you are sitting at your desk at 8.30am every day - if you want to do your job until the wee hours the offices are open 24.7 to you. Relaxed culture, challenging, innovative. Great benefits. Exciting projects - global environment - diversity","Ambiguity about projects. Lack of recognition of a job well done. ""Ramp up"" for new employees can be sketchy and overwhelming - this area could be improved upon greatly. Traveling more than 65% takes time out from family.","More centric new employee ""ramp up"" process to include systems/sharepoints/groups/ etc.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61074,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2009",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),It Ain't What It Used To Be...,"Great, smart, friendly people, big company involved in many areas (a pro and a con), excellent benefits.","In the 10 years I've been at Microsoft, the company has more than doubled in size, bureacracy has increased by an order of magnitude, and many great engineers have left for better opportunities elsewhere. We're involved in EVERYTHING and screwing it up because due to the continuous over-promising and outright lying by mid-level execs to their managers. There are too many people wyo are not engineers working for this engineering company, and they are NOT the folks at the front who have accounted for virtually all of those laid off.","Change from the top down. If you want to ""cut the 10 percent"" every year, apply that to those at the top also, like Jack Welch did. And stop screwing around with these ""trios"" or ""triads"" - you can't build anything by committee.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61075,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2009",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Can't be beat,"Despite the naysayers, Microsoft still encourages creativity, ambition and innovation like no other company I've worked for or with. Takes amazing care of employees, fantastic benefits!",Size - often 3 groups unknowingly working on very similar projects,"Focus, focus, focus!",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61076,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,meh,"cafeteria with subsidized food, beautiful campus in a beautiful city, opportunities to broaden knowledge",work you to death. no real work life balance.,look to balance employees work and life. recognize that we are people and are more than simply our job title,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61077,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Not what it used to be,"The environment is rich in resoures. Benefits are good. Health insurance is outstanding. Very diverse work environment. Good cafeterias, cheap food.",The work environment is flooded with cheap overseas labor. Salaries are low. Review structure is completely opaque. Promotion paths are opaque. Employees are at the whim of thier managers. Microsoft Managers are the best double talkers in the world. They receive special training.,"Quit taking initiatives. Managers and employees at all levels are required to initiate just about anything. At each level, employee initiatives are driven by their managers initiatives. They are so desperate to take on an initiative that will let them stand out, that managers often take on tasks that make no sense and pass them on to subordinates.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61078,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generous benefits,"- Great health and other benefits. Everything is covered. - large place, so you can work on many interesting teams, roles and projects across the company - nice facilities",- political top brass - compensation is so-so. pay freeze in 2009,pay more to retain top talent. reduce politics at the top,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61079,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 7, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is becoming the next IBM.,"excellent medical insurance, all your family gets covered without penny out of your pocket. majority employee gets his own office.","too many directions, and lots of unnecessary competition among different divisions within the company. it might've been better off if microsoft were split into three during the antitrust suit.","think from customer's point of view, not from microsoft's or window's point view. make product easy to use, not piles of features that no one knows how to use.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1152.htm
61080,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Greate Place to Work,"Very good working environment, supportive managers, very flexible working hours. get real shipped project done. best benefit package in the industry.",They have too many people. While most of them are very smart and hard-working people some are not. Software development circle is a bit long.,trim the work force. encourage innovation and stop investing too much money on Bing. Let computer science major people be PMs.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61081,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not too impressed,flexable work time and great training. working with very smart people who are very good at what they do. good pay,"bad management too much overhead process over result perfomance review does not really measure performance. In fact, I have no idea what does it measure.","less overhead. focus more on result and less on process. get ride of the performance review, which is giant waste of time",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61082,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2009",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Great benefits but it has become a good old boy network. Lots of Indians in the developer divsion and white males,The benefits are the best thing about MSFT. Terrible place for women and minorities,It really is all about who you know not what you know,PAy better atttention to performance mgmt system,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61083,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2009",Former Employee - Director of Marketing,Great people - too much bureocracy,"Great people, benefits, work/life balance (if one takes cares of it), unlimited resources either money or headcount), global footprint, installed base of legacy systems (OS and Office)","lack of accountability for leadership, complex structure makes hard to manage, cross-group collab or achieve results. slow moving. All decisions made by CEO slows down innovation path","Renew leadership, focus on less few important things and stop the childish attitude of anything non Microsoft being evil (iPhone, Macs, Google, Adobe, etc).",2.0,4.5,none,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61084,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 5, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,60% of test leads should be fired,"1) Good benefits 2) Very brilliant people, mostly in the low part of the ladder. 3) Opportunity to move around to other team. (Can be better)","Many of the SDET leads lack technical knowledge, and they are more fans of political fights to protect their jobs. Based on some feedback from SDET friends that their leads more tend to use job security to intimate the poor sdets. As a SDE, I feel much better being respected by my lead and previous leads. So 1) If you are a good developer, don't go for SDET positions, unless really need a job. 2) If you hope to apply for green card, stay away from Microsoft, as they laid off people and cannot begin the process in 1 or more years. 3) If you want to keep yourself marketable, don't come. You'll be lost in all weird windows technologies which is hard to adjust to and will drain your energy in the slowness. 4) If you believe you are good at playing people game, Microsoft is heaven for you.","Don't fire low level people, instead targeting at senior SDET leads or test managers.",2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61085,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 4, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to learn about software engineering,"Smart peer group, job security.",Sometimes you're working at the whims of management in capacities that you don't understand.,Let groups compete more. Synergy is getting in the way of innovation.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61086,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 1, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Overall.MS is a good place to work,"Flexible work, okay paystub,benefit is very nice","Review system sucks. I don't like the way they meseaure people. Some bad managers as I heard of. My manager is okay, that is why i stay with same group for long time","less middle managers, ask them to do the real job instead of just talking and picking",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61087,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 2, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Incredibly smart people, no longer has the passion","Work with incredibly smart people, access to advanced technologies and know-how. Ability to create products and features used by literally billions of people worldwide, the ability to have large impact.","Lack of innovative culture, too many middle-aged people whose primary concerns are their family as opposed to creating the next killer app. No longer has the ""we will change the world"" mentality, has become a company whose primary purpose is to serve shareholders.","Promote innovation, be more agile, and put innovation and employees before shareholders. Nobody wants to work at a technology company in order to ""fulfill their duties to their shareholders"". People would rather go work at a place where the primary objective is to change the world.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61088,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2009",Current Employee - Business Analyst Manager,Great place to work. Extremely satisifed with career opportunities within the Company.,"1. Strong focus on people development 2. Finance at Microsoft has great programs to recognize exceptional performance 3. Very good opportunities to keep moving wihtin the company from accounting, to audit to business partnership / analysis",A large organization. Hence the need to constantly ensure that one's work is visible to senior management. Keep the pressure to perform well always on!,Thanks for the great career opportunities at Microsoft (Finance).,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61089,microsoft,"Saint Louis, MO"," Sep 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work with the best and brightest co-workers.,"Your colleagues are the best! Microsoft gets the best and brightest talent from around the world and puts them in global, cross-functional teams. You will learn cultural differences in business around the world and how to navigate them for a global brand. Very stimulating and great experience.","No work-life balance. Everyone is overloaded, so planning is often given short shrift which just starts the cycle all over again. It's especially difficult if you deal with vendors or partners. They are not on your timetable and they are not in the wrong. Microsoft alienates a lot of people with its last-minute demands.",Lack of transperancy creates a somewhat Macciavelian environment among managers. There can be huge shifts in funding for projects from fiscal year to fiscal year. This year's hot project can be next year's goat. It's impossible to do long-term planning.,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1153.htm
61090,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft IT isn't a good place for college grads,"Great benefits - Drinks, Salary, Flex schedule, Tuition reinburse, Vast amount of books & training  Lots of variety of work in Microsoft, and have opportunity to explore different areas.","The overall hierarchy, and politics that takes place every where and every time.  The downside particular for MSIT for new hires is that the work is not as exciting and challenging, and you'll be left wondering a lot of times is it worth spending time here versus else where. However, It will be good for people that is interested in IT processes.","Learn to lead with intrinstic motivation and values, instead of just offering stocks and money.",3.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61091,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 27, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work.,Talented workforce and great opportunities for career growth. Opputunities to stay on top of the technology if one knows how to spend the time judiously.,"Worklife balance is not given importance. Doesn,t pay well.","Invest in Bing. Get rid of projects that don,t make money.",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61092,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,It's a big company now,"Good benefits. Microsoft has the potential to do better - both in the marketspace as well as internally in terms of culture, values and opportunities for growth and development.","Very large company. Has lost its focus, is more risk averse than it used to be.",Develop clarity of thought and vision.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61093,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Intern,"Best or average, depending on whether you have passion for technology and ready to take the initiative all the time.","The benefits were decent. The pay for a summer intern is above the industry standard. There is a lot of respect shown towards the work of all employees and interns alike. Everyone is doing real work. No micromanagement at all. I was only told once in the beginning I was kind of expected to be at work from 10 to 4, however, I repeatedly showed up at work at 1 p.m. and there was not a single remark about it. (Of course, it was my problem when I had to work on some weekends to have the work done, but again, nobody was counting when I was working and for how long.) Very open structure, a lot of communication going on (not necessarily a plus for me, but Microsoft is very communication-oriented). Great technology. Everything is optimized. Like, you think it might be a good idea how to improve something: signs in your building, meeting schedule, some internal rules - you send an email, and you immediately get a friendly response, and people start working on implementing your suggestion (or disucssing it) as long as you want it.  Seems to be very fair for reviews, promotions, salary increases, etc.  If you are invited for an on-site interview, you will get reimbursed for everything. You can negotiate another day in the hotel, negotiate where you want to fly from and to, ask for another 5 free taxi vouchers, etc. They don't care what you where for the interview (or when you work there). They don't care if you have a weird haircut or sexual orientation. Only your skills, your passion for technology and for the customers, and your enthusiams matter. A lot of appreciation for the good work you do.","Work was not challenging or interesting enough. A lot of code that is just doing routine things. It is not just Microsoft, however, it is necessary by the nature of the work. I am just not so much of an engineer, my background is in math and theoretical computer science, so I enjoy interesting things where you have to think, not just seeing technology work.  You have to be excited about your work. You do not have to work 14 hours a day (or even 10, really), but you do have to be excited and want to learn new technology, get a better developer (or a better Microsoft developer, more specifically) or getter tester, or manager, etc. This may seem like a good thing (and it really is!) --- but this is also somewhat forced. You have to identify where you want to grow (when you work there full-time) in a written form, then the company will help you - coach you, move you to another project, etc. You cannot just say ""I just want to work here for my 40 hours and get paid"". You have to find out yourself what you want to do. You have to load yourself with work, come up with new ideas, take the initiative, etc. This is required. So they are requiring and taking some of your emotional or spiritual energy in this way.  Too much admiration for Microsoft. Gets annoying to see all those monitors and posters and emails, advertising, how happy is everyone is at Microsoft. Even though it is not far from truth, a lot of people are very happy and very excited from working there.... - but this also gets annoying. Seriously, I cannot stand some many people claiming to be excited about their work every day, everyone from smiling drivers of the shuttle cars on campus to those working in the cafeteria, to researchers, developers, managers... It looks too good to be true, made me feel uncomfortable.  During my internship I was not given enough information on what was expected of me. It took me some time to understand that people just expected me to take the initiative. For example, they may not tell you ""you have to do it by next Friday"" --- but you will have to ask ""what do I have to do and by which date?"" If you don't, they will think you don't know what's going on (because you don't care to ask around) so not interested, or you are not a productive worker. They will find somebody else to do the job, or the project will move slower (they have many projects, sometimes 2-3 teams, doing the same thing, so at least one can succeed :)), and you will get a not-as-great review and may be eventually asked to leave. Although, I admit, this is fair in a way. If you have the initiative, go for it.  A lot of emphasis on getting the work done (which is good), but not as much on making people do what they are good at. The responsibility is totally on you. You have to figure out what you like and what you don't, what you are good at or not good at. You have to take the initiative. (Then, in many cases, you will actually be able to move to a position that you want.)  Many developers, testers, etc. are, it seems, not too great in terms of their skill, as Microsoft is a big place. However, talent is always recognized, and people are always trying to get better. If your background is limited and you need to learn a lot, but Microsoft still takes you --- then prepare to work a lot, too. It may actually be a lot of hours every day. (Yet again, nobody will count, and you can do it at home.)  Redmond location - there are some commute issues. Microsoft is working on that (like their ""the connector"" is a great thing), yet this will always be an issue.  So-called starbucks coffee is no good, and cafeteria food is average (I have seen pretty much their best cafetereia during the on-campus interview.)",Don't repeat all the time how great is Microsoft. There is already enough enthusiams from below.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61094,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is truly an awesome place to work at.,"Everything from the hiring process, the on-boarding process to actual work items are all so smooth and clear. Managers are always looking out for career opportunities for you. There are formal mentor programs which help a lot in planning a career. The company meeting is so much fun and motivating and the management is very mature but still so much fun.","No free food :-). But, I would rather have great management than free food.",None at this time.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61095,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Sep 22, 2009",Current Employee - Account Manager,Online Advertising,"Great benefits, huge company with lots of opportunity to grow or change career path, wonderful understanding of work life balance.",promotions (in this group) are based largely on butt kissing ability rather than ability. some leadership issues that create distrust from employees.,"definitely need more transparency. there are many occasions where management makes a statement, only to flip-flop later. do something about the stock price!",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61096,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2009",Current Employee - Director,"Challenging work, flexibility to do new things and be creative, empowered.","In my role, I am empowered to drive change within the organization and can see the impact of my work worldwide. It is very satisfying to see how one's work can have an impact on such a big organization. Management is very open and transparent making it easy to make decisions.",There is never enough time and resources to do everything that needs to be done. Resulting is poor work/life balance.,Should invest more in our agility.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61097,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 20, 2009",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Good safe harbor,"Great benefits, smart people. Almost everyone is trying to do the right thing. Some good opportunities in the entertainment division.","Current economy and situation has created a logjam of once good people in the senior ranks of those who are interested in protecting their careeers at all costs, and willing to prevent those coming up from advancing in the process",I'd suggest cleaning out at the most senior / partner level rather than at the lower level next time. Realize that good people will leave once the economy improves.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61098,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 19, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,It really depends on which org/product you are working on and who you are working with,gain some experience on working with large scale software,"unless you are really technically exceptional, technical skills won't help you too much in moving up the rank. it's the division/org/product where you are working and who you are working with that matters. i have been working with the developers titled with Principle or Senior that knows little, very incompetent in technical skills, etc,","we have so many PMs that really does nothing, they should be removed.",2.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61099,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 20, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"A good company work, for lots of avenues to show your talent and grow within the compnay.","A good company work, for lots of avenues to show your talent and grow within the compnay.","Getting bureaucratic, interms of how people grow.",May be need a little flatter structure,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1154.htm
61100,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a good place to work,Potential for rapid growth. Lots of varying areas to work in. Great benefits - especially for families.,Major product groups have significant overhead and process which slows things down.,Get the restructuring figured out.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61101,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,,The benefits package is excellent. The cafeteria and the free drinks are a plus Some really smart people are still there Choosing the right group to be a member of is extremely important to a person's success and/or happiness within the company,"Management really uses the work of others and claim it as their own to manage up. It is a political zoo Lot's of opportunity for lateral movement but little for promotion. The process of determining who should be promoted is definitely biased and can be really unfair There are no silent stars here, so if your personality does not align with promoting yourself overtly always you will fail in this environment.",take a good clean look at your management team and really determine if they are all positively contributing or just continuing to resonate the MS arrogance that so many customers/partners despise.,2.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61102,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Review Headline,Good Medical and gym benefits. Cheap Microsoft software and the ability to get onto lots of dog food projects. Well structured career,Lots of politics Lots of brown nosing to get promoted. Review process sucks Treated as something the company can throw away if not required.,Lets become more flexable and think of the customers more. We are a company that can't respond to our customers. We also treat customers and peers beneath us.,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61103,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Sep 14, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Need more opportunity for growth,Great benefits and work/life balance are definitely positives. Essentially the perks that make the job worthwhile are top notch compared to most other industries.,Politics play a big part in determining career path. There isn't much of an on boarding process for new hires.,Stronger guidance and mentoring within the department that one works at. Perhaps treat youthful energy as a positive rather than a burden.,2.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61104,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"It's 2009. The golden days of M$ have passed. Looking at MSFT stock price, you will know what I meant.","Excellent place if you a star coder & game player. Microsoft loves super smart coder. If you can code 12 hrs without stop, Microsoft is still willing to pay big bucks for you.","If you want promotion, work/life balance is very hard to maintain. Opaque and inhuman review process.",Visibility game is not good for anyone.,2.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61105,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"MSFT is good to work in, but with some challenges.","Diversity, both technically and human-cally, a lot of chances to go around in the company. good benifits and salary. and so on.","The work in Microsoft is a little boring and hard some times, due to the characteristics of the work: coding, for most of us.",na,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61106,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 12, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great benefits and work/life balance. Job satisfaction can vary.,"Microsoft has excellent benefits and professional development opportunities. If you have a good manager and management chain, job satisfaction will be high. You can still learn a lot about what not to do even when things take a downturn. There are almost always opportunities to learn and grow even when the political winds change direction.",If you have a bad manager or management chain you will be stifled and may not get fairly assessed come review season. Most people tend to be both smart and competitive.,Too many management layers. Too much power given to low-level managers.,3.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61107,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2009",Former Employee - Writer,Technical Writing at Microsoft,"There are no stupid people to deal with. The work is interesting. It has a fast-pace environment. There is always something new to learn, and a new challenge just around the corner.","There are so many corporate re-organizations that it is rare to have the same manager for a whole year in a row. All career development & advancement is based on competitive performance reviews. People who end up having multiple managers during the course of a review year are at a significant disadvantage when it comes to promotions and career growth because the managers who conduct the review have often only worked with the employee for a very short period of time, and are unaware of the larger contributions a person has made prior to that person becoming the manager.","Limit the frequency of corporate/group reorganizations. For a manager to provide an accurate performance review, she must have at least a full year of experience with the people she is managing.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61108,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing at Microsoft,"Work with smart, talented people Opportunities for multiple roles within the company Well respected company Products impact people around the world",A lot of politics and bureaucracy in such a large company Opportunities for upward mobility (vs lateral moves) are limited Always competing for resources,Stop being the follower - invest in products that do not have any direct competition yet. Streamline product businesses so there are fewer duplications of people's efforts.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61109,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 10, 2009",Current Employee - Director,Social contract btwn employers and employees is broken,work with smart people good benefits,"layoffs, politics, cronyism, poor facilities, no job security","make sure you work in a core area like windows or office. entire projects and teams get axed and if you arent in the core, you're at risk",2.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1155.htm
61110,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,Working at MIcrosoft,"It is a large, internationally recognized corporation. It possesses a market leadership position across the software industry (and generally across the computer/IT related technologies).","Working across a large corporation can be difficult to enact and effect change, which is very similar to many large companies.","Develop a strong, clear vision and help the disparate internal organizations to understand, work together and follow through on this vision.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61111,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 9, 2009",Former Employee - Software Test Engineer,Microsoft,"Great training and mentoring programs. A fabulous company to start your career. Excellent benefits and good starting salaries. Brand recognition. If you want to work for the biggest and the best, Microsoft is the place to be.","Lots of long hours. Expect crunch times every project, usually lasting anywhere from 25 to 40% of the product cycle. Deathmarches, as they are called, can put unrealistic expectations on you, 70-80+ hour weeks for months at a time, including weekends.","Trim the ranks of middle management. When you dissolve divisions and liquidate groups, trim some of the management fat as well. Managers should be managing their people more than their products.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61112,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Aug 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"They work you hard, and underpay you, but the experience can help when you leave",Your experience here is well recognized outside of the firm Can switch jobs every 2-3 years,"Long hours Forced ranking system forces your manager to rank some people low -- even if their entire team is composed of ""star employees"" Raises are only inflationary unless you get promoted They underpay -- especially for entry-level employees Constant pressure and stress from management to perform Good people have been layed off A lot of politics involved in promotions",You say you value talent over experience. Not true.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61113,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 3, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,A lot of high quality people. tons of projects that you can choose to work on. . . . . . . ..,"too much politics. Some groups are fine the others are worse, especially in old groups like windows and office. .",Cut the layers of management. Cut Program manager. Everybody should be devs except a few manual testers. . . . ....,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61114,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is getting old,"decent benefits potential to grow The higher position, the easier your life enjoy the life","Too much politics bureaucracy Your ability is evaluated more based on how you speak, instead of how you speak+deliver. Some PMs does not know what a PM should do","Send our PMs to field, understand the customer needs. Trim useless features, many got into products because of politics Be more efficient Reward capable people, hire smarter people",2.0,4.5,none,3.5,2.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61115,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 28, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great For Type A Leaders, awful for engineers who want to just be engineers","Great health plan and other perks, you get to work on very high profile projects, flexible working hours (somewhat), great company store","Lose your soul, non-aggressive people are pummeled to a pulp, risk losing your family, risk losing your mental health, suprisingly large number of my peers are on depression and/or anxiety meds caused by work stress. My psychiatrist noted an enormous portion of her clients are from Microsoft and she has become quite familiar with the issues.",I gave you rat bastards ten years of my career. I have been out a year and have re-discovered that I am a great engineer and there are nice people in the world who actually care about their fellow man.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61116,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 30, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Your mileage may vary,Great benefits. A lot of smart people. Good to start a career and learn.,Highly structured. Abrasive and aggressive people. Your experience will vary from group to group.,"Revisit the awards system, it's incentivizing the wrong behaviors.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61117,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Depending where you land, it may be a great place to work","First: it has some great benefits. The Health Insurance is top notch, and these days that is really important. It also has a number of morale events, the campus is really good (especially with the latest additions), you most probably will have your own office, there are free pop and Starbucks coffee, and it is fairly easy to get equipment. The payment is good as well. In addition, depending on which division or team you land, you may find a great work environment, that will allow you to make your best work and work with some great people, and have reasonable working hours.","As I said in the ""pros"" above, it all depends on which division or team you land at the Company. Different divisions or teams can vary widely in terms of working environment. You may land in a good place, as I said before. But you may land at some bad places, where the environment is almost hostile, and all interactions are very loaded. You may spend more time dealing with the inner politics of management and your co-workers than with actual work. It may also have rather unreasonable working hours and make your life quite stressful. Finally, even though employees are supposed to move between teams fairly easily, that may not always be the case, and you may see yourself stuck in a not so desirable situation.","Remove all obstacles for moving between teams. Even though that is supposed to happen, it can still be made difficult in some teams. If all employees were allowed to move freely between divisions, it would make clear that some divisions need to improve.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61118,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2009",Former Employee - Media Specialist,"Great place to work if you can put up with the politics and play the game well. Otherwise, go somewhere much smaller.",Microsoft has excellent pay and benefits. Some of the smartest people in the world work there and you get to learn and grow from being around them.,Microsoft has gotten too big. It is very slow to change and is very political. Also the pressure that the company faces from Wall Street causes them to make decisions that do not have the employee's best interests in mind.,Start listening to your employees. Don't do rounds of layoffs to please Wall Street. Work on products and services you can excel at. You don't have to be in every market.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61119,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2009",Former Employee - Lead Program Manager,Fine place to work,"Great benefits and pay (100% medical coverage), good work facilities, opportunity to work on cutting edge technology, real responsibilities, job security",Management can seem a bit random in its priorties. Hard to break out of the lead levels (making the jump from 64 to a 65) can cause career to stall.,Allow smaller teams more lattitude to determine own fate. Right now all projects seem to align with an Office or Windows release making it hard to itterate solutions outside of their ship schedule.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1156.htm
61120,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2009",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,"A large fat cow that is suffer from internal illness, the symptoms are coming through in some of the products.","All subject to change: Free sodas, milk and machine made coffee. Medical is still relatively good. Still a few really good people there. Lots of product teams to work for. Pay is relatively good – depends on what you do.","Reviews are a joke. compensation is no longer awarded based on individual or team performance. might end up crammed into a tiny office with other people. Bureaucracy, bureaucracy. Top down product design. Middle management is over bloated. Senior management seems aloof with some of the decisions (Bing – don’t get me started). Critical information doesn’t pass between Senior managers and lower ranks. Medical\vision\dental has been whittled down over the years. Lots of wasted cycles and resources. Internal training for some disciplines is lacking or none existent. Over all the company still doesn’t understand or embrace good user experience design. Stock is in the toilet.","Don't forget what made you successful in the beginning, restore those principles and stop wasting time with silly ventures and personal vendettas against other companies. You’re not going to beat google or the ipod, no matter how much money you waste on it. You might be wise to compete from angle other than head on. Oh and when you lay off, you should cut the fat without cutting the muscle. Better luck next time.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61121,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2009",Current Employee - Research Software Design Engineer,"Decent Place to work, but too much emphasis on seniority","Generally smart people, although not the smartest Excellent benefits Flexible hours, no micro-managements","Too much emphasis on seniority Some ""senior"" developers don't know basic things (like don't try to quicksort a linked list) Proper recognition is rarely given to new employees New employees often end up doing the ""grunt work"" even though they may be much more qualified than existing employees","If you hire someone smart, give them challenging work",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61122,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 16, 2009","Former Employee - Area Sales Manager SMS&amp,P",Run from this place!,Travel and opportunity to meet different businesses,Horrific Micromanagement Unreasonable Goals No Respect No Urgency to get things done,Respect your employees and dont treat them like sales 101 individuals Compensate fairly and make sure goals are fair and attainable,1.0,4.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61123,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2009",Former Employee - Contract Staffing Consultant (Recruiter),MS - Information Worker Product Management Group,"Microsoft offers great and diverse career opportunities. The Business Group I supported is led by seasoned Microsoft technology leader, whom I believe offer work/life balance with very high expectations for exceptional performance against agreed upon commitments.","The amount of internal movement, which is highly encouraged and has great upside for the individual, does make it difficult for continuity of information, knowledge sharing, operationalizing strategy and procedures, etc.",Add more accountable resources to staffing so that each candidate can be treated as if they were (and most of them are) a customer.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61124,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 10, 2009",Current Employee - Group Manager,"Freedom to operate anyway you want, and you can be as influential as you choose to be.",You can make all the difference you want.,"Gotten very big, you'll spend a disproportionate amount of time working the system.",Articulate your strategy & get the word out.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61125,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2009",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,"A great place to start career, but no career path for software engineers.","Great facility to work in, fabulous benefits, especially Pro Sports Club, working with extremely smart and motivated co-workers, an interesting mix of products to work on, a flexible work schedule.","Stack ranking reviews means that even if there are 10 super-star performers on a team, one of them gets an ""U10"" (under performed rating), the cut-throat politics to stay out of the U10 status means ZERO team collaboration, senior leadership that is more interested in their bonuses than product development.","Please change the rating system, scrap the L68 compension plan, make it easier to switch groups, and most of all provide PRODUCT FOCUS.",1.0,3.0,none,2.5,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61126,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2009",Former Employee - Security Program Manager,Great Place to Work - Microsoft,"Management's focus on hiring and keeping the best employees and helping to grow their careers. Great benefits and work environment! Beside the free drinks, showers & towels, 2 bike tune-ups per year, there is also group & company-wide moral events. Great benefits: no co-pay for health care including no co-pay for emergency room visits or on meds.",Managers can lack people skills since they are usually technical folks promoted with little management training and mentoring. The ranking system during reviews in the IT group at MS depends on who you know vs. your value to company.,The IT management has not changed in several decades. This has created limited opportunities for growth in the manager track.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61127,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company overall, but way too large","Benefits at Microsoft are fantastic, and they really know how to take care of their employees. There are virtually endless internal opportunities.","Different business units have their own agendas, and sometimes it's difficult to work with another even you share the common goal.","While rallying the troops, make sure the employees do not become too arrogant to ignore the rest of the world.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61128,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 19, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A better place to work than you've heard,"Extremely good benefits Access to internal resources for help and technology and future software versions Lots of career development directions and options Can transfer internally to wide variety of teams working on different products (sort of like a job change, but without losing your seniority) Capable management and excellent financial and competitive position keeps company solid",Low level management communication and leadership ablitlity can vary a lot from team to team Company can be erratic about the investments it makes - projects or teams can be aquired or developed and then cancelled with limited concern for the investment or the people involved Can seem big/impersonal at times,Watch the acquisitions to make sure they will make sense,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61129,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2009",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Responsible for to- and through partner marketing.,"Excellent benefits, opportunities to do big things.","You're a small cog in a big machine. Very political, those who make the most noise get recognition. Much of your recognition is dependent on your manager.",Too many managers spend their time managing up instead of managing their directs.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1157.htm
61130,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,Opinions from a technical Dev Manager,"As long as you stay on the technical track, it is still one of the best companies to work for in the world.","Politics. Politics. Politics. Most of the non-technical people will ""exceed any expectations"" on how bad office politics can be. And only about 10% of the company is able to compile a ""Hello World!"" nowadays, leaving plenty of people for you to deal with that are in the non-technical bucket.","Fire at will. About 10% of the technical people should be fired, and about 60% of the non-technical people should be fired.",3.0,1.0,none,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61131,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,A few great people fighting to change an oppressive culture.,"Great benefits, many smart people, and once you build trust can set your own goals and define your own role.","While there are quite a few extremely smart, talented employees, many treat it like a government job where they rarely show up, and cannot be fired. Everyone wants to own their own little kingdom.","Management, especially middle management, is desperately stuck in the stone ages of software. Services continue to elude legions of ""experienced"" developers who are still trying to ""release to manufacturing"" their products instead of building for services and for the cloud.",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61132,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2009",Former Employee - Director,Microsot,"Smart people, global perspective, challenging work environment","Duplication of duties between groups, bureacratic, lack of support",Give more support to people who come from outside of Microsoft. Don't duplicate job responsiblities between groups leads to confusion of job responsiblities.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61133,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work.,Lots of opportunity and resources. Pays well and a lot of smart people are colleagues. Great benefits. Excellent technology and business savvy.,"Too big, too slow, lots of beaurocracy and red tape. Often an old boys club. The culture of competition could be turned around - lots of lip service about a friendlier atmosphere but no real change.",Be patient.,3.0,1.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61134,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Aug 16, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place but better opportunities probably exist,Microsoft is a great place to work if you want to gain lots of experience working within a large group dynamic. The benefit package is very good and is a reason many people with families find it hard to leave.,"Politics within a large group requires building too much consensus. Overall, Microsoft is all about design by committee and management rarely makes decisions.","Make decisions on what markets you should be in and more importantly, should not be in. No matter the size of the company, you can't do everything.",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61135,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 18, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,An easy-breezy 9-5pm corporate culture and absolutely no consequences for poor performance.,-worklife balance is encouraged -great benefits and perks -nice community of people -eco-friendly -good pay -lots of opportunity to experience different roles and businesses,"-this is a boys club, male-dominated culture and most of the men are uncomfortable around women (especially women in leadership roles) -in every business, there are few women and minorities at Senior Director and above level -tenure, not performance, typically dictates advancement and therefore managers are usually not the most skilled, talented, capable people on a given team -many teams suffer greatly, due to poor management and little to no leadership -the professional culture, at its heart, is clickish and myopic -","a few layoffs here and there will not solve the deeply entrenched redmond-bubble thinking. the people deciding who the ""bottom 10%"" are, would most likely be the bottom 10% themselves at a competitive company because they have 'risen' to their leadership role through seniority or tenure, rather than skill",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61136,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2009",Former Employee - Director,"Director, Level 65 at Microsoft","Microsoft has all the resources necessary to win in the market, and you're surrounded by some of the brightest people in the world. It's like having all the smartest kids in the class in the same stadium, all wildly waving their hands in the air so they get called on next.  But seriously, it is a great place to work for a while if you like a challenge and the opportunity to do something with huge numbers and impact.","Hyper competitive culture means that you spend more time on internal politics than succeeding in the market. Seriously, it was easier to gain market share with an existing product than go through the hassle of launching a new one.  The wrong folks are rewarded - predicting hockey stick growth charts is critical to getting new funding - after all, nobody cares about a business that won't make a billion $ with 50% margins. So the inflated growth charts are made, funding given based on those charts, and then the 'responsible' execs move on to their next promotion, leaving somebody else to hold the bag when projections aren't met. I've seen it happen over and over.  Finally, as Microsoft makes the transition from a growth company to a cash cow, there's a lot of internal dislocation and the internal culture suffers.","Think about getting some technical visionaries back in the senior exec roles, and a new Kevin Johnson type (market oriented sales professional) back in the middle and exec management.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61137,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,The politics within really needs to stop,Good benefits and pay are the only reasons many stick here,"Internal politics Constant playing up to the boss or those in charge Constant shuffling, so every time you have to start from scratch Lack of vision at the management level.","Microsoft needs to hire individuals based on their merit, not on who knows who inside the company. More than 70% of individuals at NEO knew someone within the company, that should show you how hiring takes place",1.0,4.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61138,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Ok,It pays the bills and it feels great to work for a company that cares about the world around us,Too anonymous and a huge machine to get lost in. It is a city unto itself and creates a unrealistic world view.,Less meetings and more encouragement to think for ourselves. More education for managers how to treat their employees with respect.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61139,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2009",Current Employee - Procurement Specialist,The truth on what it is like to work at Microsoft for the average person.,Great benefits Smart people Interesting work Flexible work hours Latest technology,Back biting Low opportunity to advance Constant reorgs Ego minded people Conflict,Stop promoting males mostly. Work to help long term employees. Share the wealth like you did 10-15 years ago. It is now lucrative only for the top 10%.,3.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1158.htm
61140,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 12, 2009",Former Employee - Partner Account Manager,Honest assessment of work culture,Unbelievable accumulation of highly motivated people High caliber colleagues Sheer scale of people/businesses you can impact,"Beauracratic Slow moving in some areas Come into role at as high a level as possible - sticks forever, affects stock grants, promotion options and career development","Trying to accomplish too many things. Focus on areas where we are losing consumer mind share - IE mobility and areas where we can be percieved as cool again. The coolness factor is impacting how corporate customers view us. There is little wow other than Xbox. Consumer strategies drag down the thought perception of company as a whole. Zune - lovely product - too late to dance, therefore irrelevant. Windows Mobile bordering on the same. Xbox cool. Windows 7, Bing and Wave 14 will help change some perceptions but MSN/Advertising continues to be a money pit for company.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61141,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 31, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"diverse work, opportunity to learn in the right circumstances, flexible hours","poor management training and expectation, no acknowledgement for a job well done",stop trying to be the 800 pound gorilla and learn to work with your employees like you did in the beginning.,1.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61142,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Microsoft,Work with smart people Great benefits Good salary Move between groups if you have the right skillset Good Career growth & promotion opportunity,First mass layoffs this year which has impacted employee morale Future growth is questionable No cash cows other than windows and office. New releases of windows / office do have the impact theu had in the past. Company now in heavy cost cutting mode,Layoffs were not handled properly. Microsoft did not make a lot of effort to place good employees in other groups.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61143,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"A great place to work, but it feels like an empire in decline at times","good work-life balance, great benefits, multiple tracks to get promoted","compensation is average comparing to other technology firms, and too many re-orgs. Lots of employees are simply not intersted in doing the best they could. At times it feels disheartening as people who work half as much get promoted faster. Different groups have different standards for defining value, and is not consistent company wide.",Need more profit sharing,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61144,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 7, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great resources, but too big for my taste.","Great benefits, resources and training opps. Work with really smart people and have lots of opportunities to try new things.","Way too big of an organization, especially if you like to have a feeling of ownership and know what is going on (you could try to seek out one of the small groups to avoid this).",Take better stock of communication within the company and foster better integration of acquired companies.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61145,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if your perm not so great if your contractor,Microsoft is great place to quickly learn a whole bunch of skills with little direction. There are many capable engineers to give you a lending hand.,Very difficult to figure out whats going on when first beginning little or no guidance. Get treated like second class citizen for being a contractor.,More inclusive culture that doesn't treat contractors like garbage and less chaos.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61146,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Some cool products, but they're getting lost in the fact that this is a huge company.","There are some really cool technologies to work on, and generally a very casual atmosphere. Also, for now, the pop is still free.","Product leadership can often lost sight of the fact that they own a cool technology and that we're trying to ship it, leading to directionless and mired down product cycles. Sometimes it seems like there are processes created for the sake of creating processes, not to any useful end.","Microsoft may be a huge company, but individual product groups need to go back to acting like independent small startups - focus on creating/finishing cool things people want, not always incrementing to version X.1",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61147,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work & learn, but politics permeates the company","Excellent opportunities to learn, and many different products to choose to work on. Changing to a different team is generally not discouraged.","If old-timers are present in the management chain, getting rewards and promotions are based less on what you achieve and more about how much mail you send and how many meetings you schedule.",Understand that the ICs are the ones producing the products and base daily work life around increasing their productivity. Having senior developers sit in meetings all day is not helpful.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61148,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2009",Former Employee - Intern Software Development Engineer In Test,"Microsoft, the most mature tech company to work with","- The people I am working with are really smart and friendly. Everyone trusts each other and every employee is given the freedom to express their ideas and determine their approach to a problem. This also applies for interns like me. There is no seniority at Microsoft. The individual contributors, the leads, the managers, and the leadership all have their own unique roles within the company and they respect each other. - My manager is my best mentor. He is not a person who tells me what to do. But he is a person who tells me do what I think is the right thing to do, and if along the way I encounter problems or become frustrated, my manager is there to give me supports, both technically and mentally. - The work processes at Microsoft are highly structured and very well thought. Schedules are planned very far ahead in great details that the product can be released on time with a strict quality bar. The processes and the logistics of the processes are communicated really well to the employees to websites, wikis, and shared documents that are easily accessible. - There are tons of communication going on in the company. Each of us has instant messaging client on our machine (Office Communicator) and we chat with each other on daily basis. We also send emails like crazy, which is much better than not knowing what others are doing. - The salary is well beyond the average salary in regular tech companies. The salary for an intern is also well beyond my expectation. - Managers are required to give assessment of performance of the employees. In turn, employees are supposed to give assessment of performance of the manager. This creates a positive feedback loop in the company, and everyone learns from each other. We also review each other's code and each other's design document, in order to help each other improve. - We have no work hours. We only need to get done with our work, and that's it. It's up to us whether we want to work 9am-5pm, 11am-7pm, 7am-3pm, or working from home, etc. Things just have to get done. - We get tons of benefits and free sodas. - The diversity in Microsoft is amazing. Tell me one race, ethnicity, or religion, and I can always find a Microsoft employee that has the chosen characteristic. It's surprising even to me how much I feel at home at Microsoft.","For you who love the startup-like thrill and excitement of being able to contribute a big chunk of a product, you may not find Microsoft the perfect company to work with. In some teams that are currently developing prototypes for a cutting edge product, you may find a startup-like culture in which everyone tries to be as creative as possible and contribute as much as possible to the design of the product. However, once the design is settled and becomes more mature, it is necessary to have a well-thought, highly structured process, in order for the product to make it on time, on budget, on quality bar. Then, you may have to get involved in this highly structured process no matter what. It is good to have structure, but probably it is not for everyone.","One thing that I would love to see is more presence of the high managers in our daily work. It would be great if the managers would give much more presentations about where the team is heading in 2-3 years, or what are the most important priorities for our customers we need to address, or other high level stuffs that are not necessarily the employees' main task items day to day, but will be highly inspiring to have. But in general, I am happy with the way it is and I like every single manager I have been working with or in contact with.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61149,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Setup to Fail,Benefits are outstanding. the technolgoy is cool you can change jobs easilly and it is even encouraged the campus is comfortable everybody has an office,managers are promoted for thier technical abilities not thier leadership or management skills it is too hard if not impossible to know the strategic direction of MS It is many small to medium businesses with two large businesses under one name and the cultuers are different from team to team.,"Do not make being a lead a ""special"" position. I believe that it would be better to have first level managers (leads) just be individuals with an extra duty for HR. You will probably get managers who want to manage and who ultimately can manage.,",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1159.htm
61150,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 5, 2009",Former Employee - Product Manager,Pleasant place where marketing creativity goes to die,"Microsoft is like Pleasantville, everyone is smart and tech-savvy and the life is enviable. The pay is solid (esp given the relatively low cost of SEA-TAC) and the benefits astounding.","I felt like there were very few opportunities to try new roles out. As MBA hires, we were encouraged to become functional experts (me in marketing) and shift to different product lines. There was little opportunity, though, to specialize in one tech sector and demonstrate excellence and get fast-tracked for that. Middle management was way too heavy to make me believe I could get promoted anywhere fast.",Incent your best employees better and break down the bureaucracy!,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61151,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall - Great Company,It's a fast paced intellectual organization. Due to the size of the company there are always positions open providing great opportunities for advancement.,"Work life balance could be better, although this depends on the position. Location of the Corporate office is terrible (Redmond, WA).",Continue doing a good job with the pros I've listed above and work on the cons. Consider opening a Corporate office on the East Coast. Get back to innovation and creative ideas. There are too many out of touch individuals making key decisions about the consumer products. 50 year old men typically don't know what cool is anymore.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61152,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Be a successful program manager,Opportunities to work in multiple domains over a period of time Great access to latest software and tools Great learning opportunities Great benefits,Your performance rating is decided how well others in your group performed (relative or stack ranking still takes place under the new performance system) even if you have delivered all your tasks satisfactorily You are lucky if you get a good manager who keeps his team in high spirits and fights for you. Not seen many in this category.,"Create an environment where people can learn from their success/failure, grow and be mature before making somebody a leader overnight with a long email of why he/she made a leader. Leaders not necessarily mean executive level . It applies to at lower levels too.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61153,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 31, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft Hotmail not a good place to work,"Good pay and very good package Working for a leading software company, sort of...","Senior management are clueless about the direction the product is heading, no vision of where to go expect copy other company's ideas. It's always: ""If they do something, we must do it too."" It's never: ""We should do this before anyone else."" Work environment is very political, many decisions are based not on performance but just who's in power and who likes who. Lots of dependency and repetition, start a project, finish, then scrap it, then start again! Review process is horrible, forces people to be in lower 10%, which makes mangers come up with excuses to put you lower in the scale. And if you ever get on that list, good luck trying to convince your managers you don't belong, best to start looking for a job immediately. This is an old, outdated company full to politics and people who just care about climbing the corporate ladder instead of delivering good software. Oh, and if management ever makes a mistake, ICs watch out! You will be on the chopping block!","Be more creative about the vision of the product, don't just follow others. Be fair and open about review process, don't just pick on people. Less politics, base performance on what was actually delivered.",2.0,4.5,none,2.5,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61154,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager,Xbox Live - Understaffed with too many good ol' boy relationships at the top.,Fantastic products. Great to work on stuff that's recognizable by just about everyone in the world. Many people there are great to work with.,"Xbox Live is severely understaffed, and work-life balance can be horrible at times. The worst part is that it's clear some of senior management are protecting their own. Several people easily should have been cut during the rounds of layoffs, but weren't.","Do a better job when looking at RIFs and come up with a system to make sure the correct people are being laid off. For example, use independent personnel from outside groups to do the evaluations.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61155,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It's OK, but could be much better.",Benefits are great! Campus/location/offices all nice! Depending on what group you're working with it can be good.,"Can be career limiting since most jobs are located in Washington. If you don't want to work there, you're pretty much out of luck. Even though there are other campuses, you are limited because the work flow there can be super slow.",Give other people at other campuses the same opportunty as those in Washington.,2.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61156,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2009",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,"Become a mover, don't unpack.",Microsoft has great perks and benefits. If you take advantage of them. Some (depending on your job) opportunities to increase your education and your resume. All the soda you can drink.,"No bonuses for hourly employees. If your in a ""clerical"" type position you may not be considered for promotions or other jobs because of your level. No one wants to make a decision or make people feel bad. This often means that bad employees or managers are passed from one department to another becuase no one will fire them.",The company is too big and no one talks to each other. Get back to the small organization and really focus on doing one or two things well.,3.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61157,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Editor,Good place to work,"The health benefits are really good. If you work in Redmond, there are lots of opportunities for growth. In satellite locations, choices are more limited.",It can be political depending on the group you're in.,Compete in areas you are strongest in. You don't have to infiltrate every market.,5.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61158,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 17, 2009",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,"Microsoft - lots of potential, but too many problems.","Great benefits. Many internal opportunities make it possible to change jobs without leaving the company. Nice physical environment (offices, campus, etc.). Smart people (who frequently behave like idiots).","Hyper-competitive culture which places the focus on besting your co-workers, not building the best products possbile. Review process that reinforces the culture. Lack of vision and leadership from senior management. Childish behavior from supposedly smart people.","Fix the idiotic review process - it doesn't work for a company of this scale and at this phase of maturity. Like many things, it makes sense on the surface, but fails miserably in execution. Also, show some leadership and vision - it's the least you could do.",1.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61159,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2009",Former Employee - Intern,Interns at MS get to meet Bill Gates!,"Good quality of life, with beautiful campus, offices, nice cafeterias, etc. Other employees are very smart and hard working. Impactful projects - lots of people use Office, etc..","Microsoft can be very demanding, especially during crunch times. The corporation is often HUGE, so one person's experience in one role/division may very considerably from another person's elsewhere.",n/a,4.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1160.htm
61160,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Jul 26, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"In general MS is a great place to work, especially if already have a family and you need a stable job.","One of the best reason for working at Microsoft is that you get to use the latest Microsoft technologies. As a SDET you will have a resonponsibility to build tesing framework, which at some cases you will write more code than your developer peer. Heath benefit is awesome I haven't paid a dime for my health.","The compensation is not the greatest in the world. If you have a family the health benefit will compensate for it otherwise for sure you will find it that your peer at other company is making more money that you. Sometimes at work we have way too many meetings, which make it hard to get anything done. Some of the more senior testers are just pain not competent.",Manangement needs to protect the development team from having way too many meetings. They need to learn that Meeting != Productivity.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61161,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2009",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer ||,Good place to start your career,"You'll learn a lot in your first 2 years. Working is very flexible, lots of smart people around to help you grow.","There is a too much overhead to your work (besides developing) such as meetings, planning. The development process is improving but is not as agile as I'd like.","Hire great engineers, don't hire average ones. Focus on less products and spend more time making them better. Too many people whom aren't building products.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61162,microsoft,"Durham, NC"," Jul 25, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, remote offices with limited opportunities","Microsoft is a huge company with strong benefits and, in theory, involved in every area of the software market. The company still has very competitive pay and reasonable job security, even considering the layoffs. It has endless resources for growth (see cons), including a big library, conferences, training etc. The company can really invest in you and you can see the dividends of this investment in your work.","One has to be aware that most Microsoft benefits related to professional growth will apply mostly to its HQ in Redmond, WA. In Washington State, the opportunities at the company are endless. Elsewhere, it can vary from dismal to maybe mediocre. Senior Management is clueless and the stock price proves it. Most Microsoft innovations are incremental and the company missed endless opportunities to revolutionize areas of our industry.",The CEO should just retire. The rest of senior management should strive for a flatter organization with less layers and red tape. We need less middle managers and more people doing actual work.,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61163,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 19, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid company,it's hard to deny that microsoft is a great place to work. i feel they treat their top performers fairly and have excellent benefits.,"work/life balance is your responsibility, Microsoft is more competitive than cooperative at times.",investment more in the consumer space and get your mobile strategy in order,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61164,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jul 21, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Get In at the Right Level,Incredible potential for reach-back into a strong organization with a very passionate group of developers behind all the products you love.,"Sometimes the reach-back isn't so easy to get. It's all about who you know, so you'll need to practice your schmoozing.","Maintain contact with the people on the ground. There's too much of a gap between those on the ground and those in the tower, so to speak.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61165,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is Microsoft,It is a big company and has different areas that people can work on. The benefit is first class (at least for now).,"As a company, it moves too slow. Management overhead is huge. As IC, I couldn't see the compnay is moving to the right direction.",Should flat the management layers (at least 1 manager : 6 reports). Get rid of WinMo and squize Windows 7 onto phone device.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61166,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 17, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,Not a great place to work if you want to build a compelling product,"Benefits are simply great. Managers seem to be given the mandate to treat employees with respect, no matter how much they are faking it. If you are not happy at your job, you are given all the support in the world to move to a new role.","Where to begin, let's begin from the top. Executive management is horrible. No vision and market knowledge whatsoever. Too many middle managers, I mean way too many. Even at the CVP level, I believe there are north of a hundred of CVPs alone. I can only imagine how many directors and sr. directors there are. To summon what is really wrong with MS, the whole company is a giant check box, no quality control. The overall belief is, it doesn't matter how crappy the product is, just put enough marketing $$ behind, and it is gonna sell. This mentality results in low quality work put into products and as the result low quality product. The other major problem is MS functions like a religion. Believers are rewarded and the louder your praise is the higher you go. This is detrimental to MS since a**kissers are in charge and not smart and knowledgeable people. Execs think they are listening to their customers and are building what they want. No you are not. Just telling yourself and your employees doesn't make it so.","Refresh the way you are doing business and. The market is telling you what you are doing wrong, just listen to it. Promote people based on excellence not conformity.",2.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61167,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 1, 2009",Former Employee - Systems Engineer II,"Microsoft - Good, but too much silo'ing","Flex time, telecommuting, I had a great manager who understood need for challenges. The division I worked for was an awesome bunch of people who liked to party.","Too much silo'ing, not enough information sharing between teams. Fear of layoffs and merging of IT groups caused people to withold information.","Recongnize that IT professionals need to be exposed to more than a subset of technologies to remain challenged, and change the silo'ing.",5.0,5.0,none,2.5,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61168,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great experience for growth and awesome benefits... but it all comes with a price,1) Best place to learn about new Microstf technologies hands-on. 2) Challenging but full-filling tasks. 3) Awesome benefits and perks. 4) Has a lot of resources and training support.,"1) Some non-technical managers think that implementing the products (or certain features) is as easy as waving your magic wand. They aren't able to understand the complexity and multiple variables that may be involved in a very simple-looking feature and expect developers and testers to be able to pull it off and verify the quality in a snap.  2) Upper-level managers who are not familiar in depth with what goes on day-to-day in the ""worker bee's"" section are the ones who blindly make layoff decisions.  3) If you want to be successfull in this company you wont really be able to pull-off the expected work-life balance that is claimed.","If you are non-technical, please take some basic courses to help you get a better insight into what the ""worker bees"" really have go through.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61169,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Microsoft is a great place to work and has a very well defined process to get things done to ship products. Feature work is tracked and scheduled just like all other work. Dev, Test and PM work together to deliver a feature to the product and eventually - customers.","There seems to be a lot of process involved when getting things done. If you're not a fan of proess, then this may hinder your productivity. However, every group/team is different.",Please make Windows Mobile a more complete and comprehensive package for our customers. We are starting to lag behind in Mobile.,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1161.htm
61170,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2009",Current Employee - Lead Software Engineer,You Never Know,"You can work with smart people on challenging problems. If your capable AND happen to be on the right team with the right manager, your contributions can be recognized and well rewarded.","Your experience at Microsoft varies by group and some groups are very political and dysfunctional. Process can be excessive and slows everything down. Poor planning leads to many ""crunch"" times, but the extra hours you put in are rarely noticed by the management team that failed to plan in the first place.","Give up control. Just let Microsoft... happen.  There are still lots of talented and innovative people at Microsoft. Microsoft also has some awesome technology that attracts developers: the CLR and C#, ASP.NET now that we have MVC, Silverlight, Azure, MESH, and a bunch of other stuff. But you’re quickly losing both.  Empower your employees and embrace open source in the most diverse and extreme ways you can imagine, and then get out of the way. Amazing things would happen.",2.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61171,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 11, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft is a good place to work but not perfect..,"- Very good benefits - Flexible work hours (actually depends on your manager) - MS is like a school, education support is really high","- In most of the groups, promotion is not based on performance. - Some HRs violates rules easily. - Since, in some groups, managers do not have good education degree, many IC suffers","- Annual review system should be more accountable and equal for everyone - Manager level should be reduced - Manager should be technical, in this case, they can see the value of Individual contributers, more clearly - Nepotism should be stopped in MS.",3.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61172,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jul 10, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a good place to work,(1) Good Benefits (2) Lot of opportunities to switch among groups (3) Cool Technology and lot of exciting new opportunities,(1) Too many groups doing mediocre work (2) Review process is complicated and is not just (3) Hard to get company wide recognition,(1) Trim costs by looking minutely at every groups spending (2) Improve our cloud offering and improve our internet services business,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61173,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2009",Former Employee - Operations Manager,PM and Engineering Manager,"A great place to learn how to work cross-team, because nothing gets done in a vacuum -- you MUST be able to get other people onboard. You also get to work with some of the best and brightest minds in technology, and make great connections.","If you get stuck with a bad manager, very difficult to get away from them. A great manager can help you grow, but far too many bad managers who don't care about their employee's development or strengths. You're more often than not just a cog. Microsoft is not interested in innovation and leadership in the masses -- only in their upper management. Next to impossible to push a good idea up.","Stop promoting weak managers and directors. If ""attractor of talent"" is really an important metric, then start paying attention to it! the annual survey is an insufficient management metric.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61174,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft -- Still one of coolest places to work at but needs a major revamp,"Best reason, bar none, is getting to work with/around a plethora of equally smart driven people which drives you even harder to succeed.","Politics/Bureaucracy especially at the middle management level is the biggest killer here, no different from most big companies. Great ideas tend to fizzle away.",Go back to your roots and encourage the startup out-of-the-box attitude that got the company where it is today. Get middle management to focus on encouraging anf rewarding this instead of covering their own behinds.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61175,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jul 7, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not a bad place to work,"Benefits were great, surrounded by knowledgeable people who love their job.",very redmond-centric. Was sometimes difficult to work with Redmond teams on projects. The company is very Redmond-focused. Performance reviews are a pain.,A lot of things nee to be streamlined.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61176,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2009",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Interesting experience, learned a lot about leadership and operational prioritization.",Great benefits and lots of opportunities to dive into all that is Microsoft and the view points that abound there.,Narrow view on priorities and tunnel vision on certain tasks while abandoning the thought leadership that is required to innovate in the marketplace.,Look to develop employees who can innovate and make strides at getting the ship back on course or expect them to go elsewhere for that experience.,2.0,1.5,none,2.5,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61177,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 7, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,An old player in a new world,Health benefits are still above average. Many different products and projects that makes easy to change focus without moving to another company. Good resources for career development if you find time.,Work/life balance at Microsoft is becoming a myth. You work for a company that always follow the innovative competitors. Innovation is not in Microsoft's blood. It is customer oriented company with long development cycles. Any innovation in a product becomes history before the product is released. I believe this also affects the stock price.,Divide company into small companies. It is too big to be innovative. Products are negatively effecting each other. There is no clear understanding of Microsoft brand. Stick to a product brand. Msn Search->Live->Kumo->Bing gives me the impression that we are in a desperate mode againt search competition.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61178,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Jul 2, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good and Bad,"It's an industry leader, with stability and great health benefits. There are some very good people who work there (though not enough).","Everything is date focused and quality takes a back seat. Then, when quality problems rear their ugly heads, management doesn't have any ideas except to put the team in death marches. That's not management. There's no long term focus, at most they think one year out and don't focus on improving quality or productivity.","Start building and keeping good teams, focus on quality and productivity. The dogs are all nipping at your heels, you can't stay ahead of the competition unless you are more agile and focused on true productivity enhancements.",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61179,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2009",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,"Good place to work, but not the great company it used to be","* Big company means lots of career opportunities. * Great benefits program for you and your family. * Depending on the Team, work/life balance is possible. * Lots of smart people to work with and to compete against.",* Big company means lots of process and/or repetitive process. * Loyalty factor is blemished given Microsoft claims economy is impacting them and laid-off strong performing employees with companywide job eliminations. This in turn puts a permanent blemish on their loyalty factor for those working or thinking of working there in the future.,"Please do a better job of promoting all the great products you make. And thank you for finally rebranding with ""Bing"" instead of ""Live Search""! If you can just get rid of the rest of the ""Windows Live"" branding, you may clear the fog that confuses everyone about your offerings, which includes the employees themselves.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1162.htm
61180,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good place to work... need to get act together in bay area,"Great benefits, good work life balance",Large company bereaucracy makes it difficult to move quickly,Get act together in the bay area campus. Lack of coherent strategy has allowed competitors to grab a strong hold on internet based applications This will be a key area for the company to survive and grow in teh next 10 years,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61181,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Program Manager,"The brand name Microsoft is huge! There are very few such names that one gets to work with. Also, there is a place for almost any speciality in MS.","The review process is not great. Managers are the be all and end all and if you dont get along with your manager, you can forget abt the review. The peer feedback and the customer feedback just does not matter.","They should start taking into account the peer and customer feedback on the employee. The review process should not pit one employee against another, Its just ridiculous.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61182,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Best benefits package know Pride in company and corporate citizenship,"unclear promotion guidelines not enough information sharing, resulting in reinventing and too many processes","standardize management excellence across company to avoid perception that level of management satisfaction ""depends on what group you're in""",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61183,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A good place to work if you understand what you are getting into,"1. Working on hard problems that impact people's lives. 2. Benefits, especially 100% medical coverage. 3. Great training program. 4. Management assigns a task and gets out of the way allowing me to do it how I feel is best.","1. It is a big company and many times politics is just as important, if not more so, than the validity of the project. 2. Hearing people talk about how much the products suck gets old. 3. A feeling that change happens to slow to keep up with the market.","Integrate products so people can use them together. Why WMP and Zune client? Online people are out of touch with reality. However, I live Bing and believe it is a step in the right direction.",4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61184,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2009",Current Employee - Market Research Manager,Lots of Opportunities If You Fit Their Profile,"People (smart, engaged, hard-working), Opportunity (career growth, personal development, multiple businesses, defined career ladders), and Impact (your work will touch millions!)",All those hard-working people can get a bit frenzied. You need to be passionate about working for Microsoft AND be able to demonstrate it.,Continue to grow opportunities outside of Redmond!,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61185,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, nice campus, long hours, no work/life balance",Working with smart and focused professionals on interesting technology,"Lack of work/life balance. Too many ""death marches"". Agressive people with egos tend to drive milestones and program goals.  Too many projects that are ""me-too"" and duplicate other companies success stories. (E.g., iPod -> Zune, iPhone -> WinMobile, etc)",Show more appreciation to workers who want a life along with a job.,2.0,2.5,none,2.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61186,microsoft,none," May 31, 2009",Former Employee - Solutions Architect,"Great company, but lots of travel.","Challenging work environment, great benefits, good promotion possibilities. This is a rapidly changing work environment. I think that's a positive, but some might consider it a con. If you're into MS technology, what better place to work.","If you're in the field, you'll be on the road a lot. When MS says 25 to 50% that means 100%.","None from me. The trade rags have plenty of advice for Balmer, et al. Microsoft seems to be doing alright without my advice.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61187,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,product management and marketing,- Benefits - Work-life balance - variety of technologies and business group to chose from - presence around the world,"- Bureocrasy - too much effort spend coordinating, too little get done after lots of effort - Company still rooted in desktop software",- minimize management layers - make it easier for people to move/change jobs - bring transparency in review system and insights in to layoff decisions,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61188,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2009",Current Employee - Director of Development,Fantastic Career Opportunity if You are Passionate about your Career,"Lots of smart people, vast array of projects and products to work on, great rewards for delivering.",You need to drive your career and be willing to work hard and grow your weaknesses into strengths to succeed.,"Need to weed out bad leaders at the senior, partner, vp level. These are significant blockers for product success.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61189,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,MSFT Life,There are lots of pros at MSFT. You can have three or four careers without leaving a 20 square mile radius. There are lots of smart people. -Great people,MSFT has become a really big place. Its hard to find groups that are very entrepreneurial and dont get caught in the matrix life of big corp america.,Clear vision and strategy. You need to make the place feel smaller and you need to be more innovative in your approach.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1163.htm
61190,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,Great place to work,Working at Microsoft is all that everyone says that it is and more. They take care of their employees and are fair with salary.,"Microsoft in its growth has gotten fat in some areas and there may be some trimming of the ""fat"" if the company is going to continue to succeed",Continue to stress cost efficacy for the company. Over the years Microsoft has gotten a bit stodgy and could use a more consistent approach at cost cutting and removal of ineffective businesses,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61191,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall -- not a bad place to work.,Great opportunities to make a difference both for internal as well as external projects. Great opportunities to 'dogfood' the latest and greatest products. Outstanding benefits.,"Many managers should never have become managers, their ability to help you drive your career was limited at best. Communications between groups could be better, sometimes projects were duplicated or even more!","Review and manage your lower level managers better, in other words if you have someone in the lower brackets after reviews, look closer to see if it is manager-based rather than actual performance based.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61192,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"Great benefits, opinions respected among colleagues, flexible work hours",Senior management didn't seem to change when employees opinions about them were expressed,"The group that I was in for nearly 5 years would always have an annual poll about upper/senior management and ask what our opinions were. However, when opinions were voiced they didn't always seem to listen or at least do something about it. So my advice would be to follow through when employees voice their opinions about senior management.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61193,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great large company,Microsoft creates software and services used throughout the world - it's great to feel that you have an impact on that.,It's a large company with all the usual drawbacks associated with it. Having to put up with the public image of Microsoft can be detrimental to employee morale.,"Please follow suggestions of Mini-MSFT - make the company leaner, meaner, and maintain an obsessive focus on customers and quality.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61194,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 27, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Microsoft. One more can you say?,"Great benefits, smart people, career opportunities. They know what they're doing as far as enterprise applications. Nice work environment.","If you're in some groups, it's work work work. In others it can be pretty laid back. It just depends. Your friends complain to you about Microsoft products.",Diversify. You need to explore other areas and take some risks.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61195,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing career growth opportunities,Abilitiy to grow your career is a very compelling reason to be working at Microsoft. Ability to work with other amazing software engineers allows for a great learning experience.,Currently there are layoffs right now given the current economic conditions. The layoffs do not seem to be in regards to poor performance but rather which group you are in (which makes sense).,"Probably like any other company, transparency seems to be lacking. This is probably by design, but there are times when the lack of knowledge for low level individual contributors leads you to believe that management doesn't trust you.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61196,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 3, 2009",Current Employee - Documentation Manager,Depends on the group you work in...,"Intelligent people, great work flexibility (telecommuting, touch-down site in Seattle), pay, interesting work challenges, emphasis on learning and growing, benefits.","Can be extraordinarily political, managers sink or swim without much support, ""hero"" culture in some divisions, lack of communication and transparency, fiefdoms.",Get rid of a review system based on a curve. It forces managers to skew review numbers. Take note of MS POLL and get rid of managers who continue to receive negative feedback.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61197,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 9, 2009",Current Employee - Software Developer II,Not too great to drop the respect for contributors.,"Technically very inspiring. Great focus on individual contributers. Great professionalism of keeping solutions simple. Great principle of ship it fast, improve it fast.",Disrespectful treatment of employees as an expense. Massive dishonesty and hypocrisy in review process.,"Use the review solely as a base for bonuses, but do not block people from switching position when their manager takes a dislike to them.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61198,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 6, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very high variability from manager to manager and group to group. Great for engineers, not so good for other disciplines","Brand name on the resume, outstanding benefits, interesting work","Politics, bureaucracy, permanent reorganizations, useless review process",Stop being so arrogant - you are vulnerable,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61199,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 8, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"good technology, smart people, bad work life balance","technologies, you can move around when you are bored with what you are doing, benefit","very long work hours, not that stable any more, company seems going slowly downhill","don't make so many short sighted desisions like what happend last year. Cuttuing new projects, layoff people etc.",3.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1164.htm
61200,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 9, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,so many product groups present in Microsoft and you can try different groups and grow. Great medical benefit.,I do not see any thing ....great company to be in such economic downtime.,Win7 is good...and Bing is a good start....need to keep pushing in different front and get the confident back from consumers...windows mobile is not shining ...,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61201,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Microsoft has changed in later years,Benefits are good. Flex hours/ tele commute. Many groups and many teams to move around if needed. Cool products to work on.,"Review process sucks. lots of politics involved. Duplication of work among big groups. recently , long hours and poor work / life balance.",Change the internal transfer policies to protect employees who are changing roles and teams at the same time. More user studies in features designs.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61202,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 20, 2009",Current Employee - Regional Sales Manager,Microsoft - Great Company!,"Microsoft is a wonderful company to work for. The people there are intelligent, passionate and the culture is open and encouraging. The solutions and products really do make a difference to the people and businesses that use them. The risk/reward culture encourages innovation and exceptional efforts.","Work life balance can some times be a negative factor, but Microsoft allows and coaches to manage the balance that works for the individual. For a technology and solutions company they have systems and tools challenges that really impact their business. Change also seems to be a constant and many employees are saying that we should give new business models more than 6 months of run time before we judge them success or failure.",Continue to invest in people. Continue to foster the Microsoft culture of risk/reward. Invest more in systems and tools. Allow new business ideas/processes enough time to prove themselves.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61203,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2009",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunity for Personal Growth,"- many resources available to help get job done and for personal growth both in the variety of positions available and the people to talk with, tools, etc. - motivated co-workers genuinely trying to do best for the customers",- not enough people at Microsoft have gotten out of the old paradigm and now work to drive value to customers via solutions including those who set licensing - not enough people held accountable for underperforming - not enough strong upside incentives for overperformers - a lot of groupspeak in Redmond and disconnect from the field/customers,"- streamline Redmond organizations - listen better to field/customers and get new offerings to market faster - compensate high performers better - stocks don't cut it, especially when laying off people and stock underperforming",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61204,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 31, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Was a great place..but will it still be,"At Microsoft you get to work with really smart people. In addtion it is a truly diverse workplace. I have colleagues from Russia, Denmark, Columbia, and Poland working wth me. It is super to have people from different backgrounds and slightly different perspectives, working together. Third Microsoft is the only company that is involved in so many different technology related businesses, and looking to solve a broad span of difficult technology problems. This allows one to follow their passions without having to change employers. Finally although on the outside Microsoft is percived as arrogant, and a monopolist, from the inside, the atmosphere is different. It is more of an underdog mentatliy.","There are several big downsides to the Company. First it takes time to get things done at Microsoft, and there is quite a lot of unnecessary processes. This is a combination of the size and scope of the company and a result of the DOJ consent decree. Second, while the company is filled with smart people they are not all necessry working towards the same goal and thus 1+ 1 does not equal 2, but instead less than 2. Third, time can fly by while working at MS. Product release can take upto 3+ years, and in this time you may not get promoted. (often promotions are linked to shipping). Thus at the end you may find that you career has not moved very far. Fourth, the company is known for reorganisations. Again this maybe necessary for a company of the size of Microsoft, but it can be a huge distraction, as everytime there is new leadership, you have to schedule reviews, and change the plan fo record. Finally the recent round of layoffs' are going to cause some fundamental changes in the culture at Microsoft. It will become even more political with every person for themselves, and employees spending energy making sure that they look good in the eyes of their managers/VP's.","We need to sieze the mantle of thought leadership in the industry. We really need to get back on shipping break through experiences that delight our customers vs me too products. Finally organisationally we have to reinstill a culture where folks feel comfortable telling the emporor (ie thier VP, senior leadership) that they dont have clothes, vs meekly following the strategy de jour like sheep.",3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61205,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"10,000 Boats forming on HUGE company","Microsoft has some of the best talent in the world, very smart, competent and technical co-workers. The pay is good, the benefits unmatched by any other employer I know of or could find at glassdoor. The campus is pretty, our tools and equipment excellent. The company has a career plan for all disciplines and formal evaluation reviews in an honest effort to improve people management and reward distribution. Our products reach millions of users and power most companies of all sizes around the world. Microsoft is fiscally conservative and relatively prudent on investments. If you want to learn how a massive company can be managed, it is a good place to work.","The MBA crowd is taking over the company. I don't know if that is a bad thing for shareholders and customers, but it is definitively less fun than it was. I had enough litigation, IP protection and diversity training to put an elephant to sleep. Product are designed around political lines and networking than on user requirements and technical merits. Information flows slowly and middle management add a lot of noise. Decisions are more and more attached to people's seniority than ideas - as a senior employee myself I think we lose the opportunity to innovate and are creating a suffocating bureaucracy. Everything you do at Microsoft has a tax - there is nothing small or focused. Everything has to be designed and planned to satisfy 80% of the requirements of everybody, if if you delight no one. There is a force field around the product group that isolate them from real customers and real feedback. In short, it is a HUGE company with no cross team coordination, more and more built in the image of the traditional corporation. We will become GE or IBM in 5-10 years depending on how lucky we are.",Persistance enabling your vision is a very good thing. Persistance on strategic product lines is also good. Endless patience with underperforming products might not be as wise. Allowing partner level people to hedge their future by developing new products under the shadow of the company's cash cows so their failure is not as visible is not a good idea at all. Now that the company is moving to services please learn that operating the service should be rewarded as well or more than writing features by the bushel.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61206,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2009",Former Employee - Research Intern,top choice for an industrial research lab,"Working at MSR is very demanding but very rewarding. You work with incredibly smart people, you are given an array of opportunities to learn and interact with all aspects of the research division and the whole company, the tech talks are great -- every day there are a few invited talks on all sorts of topics, the atmosphere is very comfortable (e.g. no overload with meetings), you set your own goals, agenda, and what you want to accomplish.","Success at MSR is measured more by papers you publish, and less by code you write. If you come in as an intern, the expectations are that you will get a paper our of your summer project. You could code up the coolest system in the world, and even it is very practically useful (even for MS products), it might not be worth much unless you can identify the novel aspects that distinguish it from prior work, write a paper about it, and publish in a top conference. This can be hard to take for people who enjoy development or who don't know how to (or don't want to) write good papers. An exception is tech transfer, but this doesn't happen as often as it should, researchers have to go out and convince product teams (who are often skeptical) to use their ideas. MSR is a great place if you like pure research, going to conferences, and implementing quick mockups and prototypes, and don't like writing and shipping production-quality code. MSR is not so great if you dislike paper deadlines.","Keep investing in MSR, actively encourage and reward tech transfer. Encourage researchers to work on bigger projects with more impact even if it means that they won't be publishing papers for a while.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61207,microsoft,none," May 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stressful place to work but plenty of opportunity,Lots of opportunities/choices in roles careers,Stressful environment. Need to be connected at rigt level to advance,Stop acting like we can just show up and mae money. Run the company more efficiently and make quicker decisions on ROI of projects or products.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61208,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 27, 2009",Current Employee - Partner Manager,Pay attention to your talented team members,"The people they employ are very smart and interesting, therefore making the workplace environment fun and challenging","Reorganizations hurt the business flow and disrupt the work environment, ultimately affecting customers and partners",Do a better job of looking for the talent within,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61209,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 16, 2009",Current Employee - Test Manager,A great place to be,"Great products, good people, great benefits, amazing variety of opportunities within the company","Differentiation between top and middle, upper-middle perfomers is becoming less apperent/possible.",Stop funding projects/products which are death marches. Reduce the breadth of business to a smaller set tha play along Microsoft's strengths.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1165.htm
61210,microsoft,"Milwaukee, WI"," May 14, 2009",Former Employee - Engagement Manager,Microsoft is an interesting place to work right now.,"Name recognition, healthcare benefits, internal training and ultimately incredible softskill training as well. Microsoft truly offers terrific career advancements and produces superior management training skill sets.","It is a very large and complex organization. If you are not on the product side of the engine, you are somewhat considered less adequate as the rest. Right now they are currently going through a LOT of reorganizational changes and as a result are having a lot of cut backs. That said, many jobs are being cut based on Role, Function or Group as a new fiscal year approaches at the end of June.",Listen to the field and become more agile with the ability to adapt the current market needs and demands.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61211,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2009",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,A great place to work if you can navigate the politics and the cumbersome corporate structure.,"Fabulous benefits, opportunities to diversify your exeperience into numerour groups and adundant financial resources.","Business groups work in silos, lots of redundancy and overlap. As a marketer, they have woefully inadequate means of managing customer data which means it's very difficult to target relevant & timely communications to customers. Individual experience at Microsoft can very widely depending on the group and management within an individual org.",Get your customer data under control!!!,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61212,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 21, 2009",Current Employee - Group Product Planner,Microsoft still a great company but not the same,"breadth of product portfolio, lots of smart people, global reach","bureaucracy, politics, turf wars, too big/slow to be agile",stop reacting to the competition and have an independent vision for what we want to deliver in terms of products and as a company,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61213,microsoft,none," May 15, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Ok overall, but not alot of innovation at MS",-great benefits package for families -relatively stable compared to other tech companies even in this climate -pay is decent,"-no innovation, and such traits are not cultured in the company -lots of politics due to stack ranking -people are often promoted not because of merit","-make innovation a key career trait, and create an environment that cultivates innovation.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61214,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Microsoft still good, but not what it used to be.","Training and technical skill development are generally encouraged during your entire career. So if you are the type of person who is always looking to improve your technical skillset, it's as good a place as any for this. Other good points are that the people surrounding you are going to be some of the smartest minds on the planet. This is not an exaggeration. Because of this, on the job training at Microsoft is looked at by most other companies as a very valuable commodity. Indeed, I've had other employers head hunt me strictly based on my experience at MS without even bothering to ask me tech questions in the interviews.","Innovation at Microsoft has unfortunately died. The company will probably never actually fold up or go under, but if you're looking to make your mark on the world and innovate, this is not the place for you. Some of the leadership ladders go twenty levels deep (!) from the leaf node to the CEO. This means that if you are looking to be a vice president or director or some other highly placed leader, you have virtually no chance of getting there from an IC (individual contributor) roll. The amount of people you would have to leap frog is just too many.  Microsoft used to be about the most secure job you could get in the tech industry. However, the latest (second) round of wholesale layoffs, that have nothing to do with the individuals' job performance, should give you pause.","Reduce about ten levels of middle management and get back in the business of making great software, not great business numbers. If you just make the great software, the great profits will follow.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61215,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2009",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,"Still some great products and people, but size brings its own set of challenges.","Pockets of the company have outstanding thinkers and technologists. Opportunities still exist to work on influential and complex products. The benefits are gold plated. Work life balance is hit and miss, depending on group and point during dev cycle.","The company is turning more political internally as it ages. The review system contributes to the more political culture. We've lost our swagger in many ways. It's so big that it can be very difficult to get things done. It's all about who you report to, so make sure your manager is great.",Push teams harder to be more creative. Cut the enormous red tape. Articulate a believable strategy for Online/Search and WinMob.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61216,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2009",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Great place to learn product mgmt but not be cutting edge,"Nice facilities, good benefits, large scope with projects, tend to be very forward looking, strong product mgmt orientation","not a true customer centric company-very product mgmt oriented--execution tends to be sloppy with respect to marketing, not really pushing the envelope, not very entrepreneurial",get the entreprenuerial spirit back,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61217,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 14, 2009",Current Employee - Product Planner,Good place to work with the right expectations,You're working on innovative techonology.,It's a big company and ownership of a particular business is centralized at the SVP level. Don't expect to have your own P&L anytime soon.,"Like anywhere, having a great manager determines whether you enjoy your job.",3.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61218,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2009",Current Employee - Director,Microsoft features amazing people and deep investment in employee experience/development,"amazingly talented and smart people, company really invests in its employees (development, benefits), unparalleled breadth of career opportunity",Culture is learning how to hire/work with people in remote locations,Work together more and share your plans more broadly,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61219,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great benefits - but pay the cult's price.,"Good pay and relative stability in a weak economy. Strong benefits package, particularly family health insurance.","Toxic work environment - lack of alignment of group goals. Gets all they can out of employees with little care for ""work / life balance"".  Difficult to reconcile market perception in press (bad) with internal perception (great) of company's products.",Focus on your core competencies in the products.,3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1166.htm
61220,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst,"Overall, great place to work for. Admirable company.",-Great name to be on the resume -Great products and smart people to work with -Flexible working hours and private working space,-Political environment.... You have to be able to talk... even talk about something one is not deserved. -Too many layers and bureaucratic... hard to make a change. Making a minor often means going through several of teams and many months. Frustrating when you really try to make an impact. -No respect between different teams.,"-Stop developing the products that are way behind our competitors, for instance.. Zune.... -Be willing to take risks, make some brutal moves. No pain, no gain. Stop playing safe cards.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61221,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great compensation for meaningless work,"High level of compensation, flexible schedule, jovial workplace","Everything, every task is overly engineered so it can be measured to the inth degree. No specific training in your job function, instead told to go sit in on meetings and determine how you can fit in.","Set expectations up front, don't just wait for mid-year reviews.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61222,microsoft,none," May 5, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A great place to work if you love writing software,"The office environment was great. Between free food and drinks, plenty of individual office space, and good cafeterias with healthy meal choices, it was always a pleasure to come to work. Additionally, the flexibility of wardrobe and working hours made it feel like a real software company","It felt like there was a pretty low ceiling for advancement. By and large, it felt as though there was an us versus them attitude between developers and product managers. Mostly, it felt difficult to rise above doing basic development work.",Hire more product management talent to lead your products forward.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61223,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2009",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Lots to exprience avaiable but you may give up more personal time.,"Plenty of different things go on there. From software products to Hardware products. Along the HW products side, like the Xbox, there are full low level SW tasks for SW dev types to upper level design stuff (e.g., user interface,etc.) ... a full range where a person can learn and grow into. Similar things with hardware designers. Can work with state of the art CPUs and GPUs to low level controllers ... again a large space to pick work from. Also exposure to products that are produced in the millions per year. Not many places to work that provide the experience with things on that scale.","Although work/life balance is talked about a lot. In reality, management is so poor in scheduling products, workers tend to always be behind and need to work extra hours to get done on time.",Pay more attention to long term planning so that projects can be kicked off when needed so that adequate time can be alloted for completion without having to work 60 hours a week to get there.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61224,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Hard work, difficult to succeed, but decent benefits.","Great benefits, talented people, known world class company, free drinks, private offices, amazing campus, fantastic HR team, world-class products.","Worked like a dog, difficult to succeed and compete with single people who practically live at MS, and not nearly as responsive to customer feedback. There is a tremendous amount of politics and corporate constraints to work within. What may take a developer from a small company one week to implement would take months at Microsoft.","Encourage people to have a good work-life balance, really, don't just pay lip service to it then use the time people spend beyond work hours as a key measurement in their performance.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61225,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A once-great company being run into the ground by senior management.,Free soda. Mostly a comfortable work environment. They usually don't skimp on hardware.,"Review process has sucked for a long time. Career advancement can hinge entirely on who your direct manager is. In some areas there are 3 people to do the job of 12. Also, as a flip side to the comfortable work environment, some groups are so space-constrained that people are doubling or tripling up in offices.",Ballmer needs to go back to Duncan Hines.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61226,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern,"Great place to intern, not sure if I'd want to stay there","Solid, stable company. Hey, in this economy, that's nothing to sneeze at. The impression that I have is that (in spite of the layoffs) that's still more or less the case. As an intern I found that the company policy was very open towards interns -- I was surprised and impressed at the knowledge available to me and the trust placed in me.","I found that And seriously, free food would go miles towards a more awesome work environment. As an intern I found that the full time employees assigned to work with me were preoccupied with their real jobs to the exclusion of helping me out, however, this might have been a peculiarity of my group or situation, or possibly I should have reached out more myself, as I know other interns did not find this to be the case.",Encourage the big-picture openness of communication to filter down to the little things where it really matters.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61227,microsoft,none," May 4, 2009",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Mixed,"Benefits, strong stable company that offers many diverse opportunities",large complex organization - very little true impact on the company. Must be able to play politics to advance.,Concentrate more on individual contributors who are not afraid to do actual work vs. middle management w/ MBA's who want to build frameworks and then outsource the work to a vendor.,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61228,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2009",Former Employee - Manager,Drastic changes are needed to save one of the greatest companies!,"Phenomenally great people, solid benefits, opportunities to work with innovative new products and experience most aspects of working for a start-up, really great and innovative products ...yet many fall flat or never lift off because of poor execution (see downsides), no question, having Microsoft on your resume still carries solid respect in the market.","- the culture is backwards because it was founded by a one of a kind genius that was both a great business man and technologist - unfortunately, the technologists still rule but most are under the dillusion that they possess the same business sense on the why and how of products and their markets, and the business and marketing experts across the company are denegrated to second class citizens. The result is a glut of products that are introduced to the market with an 'if we build it they will buy it' mentality, yet any half decent b-school would use the same approach as a series of case studies on what not to do. - the layers of management, particularly on the product development, is unacceptable and counterproductive. They require a minimum of 40 people - 30 of which are layered management and 10 that actually do any real coding - to start building anything. The result is enormous budgets and excessive timelines to deliver final product, and all the management overhead pushing back and forth to stretch out budgets and timelines but spending more effort to justify their existence rather than value add. Compare this to most nimble development houses today that can do great work with a fraction of the people, money and time. - the wealthy need to go - hords of senior management down to front-line managers that hit the jackpot during the 90's at microsoft are still there simply collecting a paycheck. Many (not all) should move on - voluntarily or not!! They are no longer hungry with a ravinous appetite to make great products to fill real market needs - which doesn't take a genius to know makes a great company. Just walk the halls at 8am or 6p and its a ghost town. Sure we're all for work-life-balance, but this assumes competitively great products are delivered on a timeline and budget that the market rewards from product adoption, consumer satisfaction to rising stock price to say the least. - the senior management is fat and happy with no real incentive to shake things up. When you get enormous bonuses regardless if you burn through cash and deliver shoddy work and can pass the buck around on who's to blame akin to members of congress, where's the incentive to change?! More bafoons continually get promoted simply because they know how to manage up with an 'its-all-about-me' philosophy, yet they should be axed based on their incompetence and inability to make the right decisions to deliver a solid product and cannot maintain a healthy team morale to save their life.","Steve Ballmer and most of the senior management need to retire now! Take your billions and go enjoy life for God's sakes and stop driving one of the greatest companies on earth into the ground! What would you say about your performance now, 20 years ago?! Admit you are not the guys to change it up and move on. Allow the next generation to enjoy doing it, while possibly even getting wealthy in the process. Clearly senior mgmt has forgotten what its like to desire wealth and achievement.  And by the way, the recent job cut announcement is a joke. Merely appeasement to wall street but in no way gets to heart of the problems that I've laid out here. Job cuts/turnover should start with top management and decisions should be independent of incompetent and corrupt management who ax fall guys to protect their own butts since they have no accountability.  Flatten the org, especially development. Have all mgmt people re-interview for their current jobs, by people they don't know or currently work for, esp where team morale is terrible.  Split the company up, so failing businesses have to fight for their existance the old fashioned way, not just keep dipping into the coffers with no accountability.  Finally, drive success through fundamental business and marketing decisions not technology for technology's sake!",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61229,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits and people, but leadership is focused on infighting instead of customers",Lots of smart individuals and great benefits,As the company has started to focus internally and fight between groups as it has grown larger and the business has started to weaken. This internal focus and looking for someone to blame will only make things worse. To grow the company needs to focus on customers again.,Focus on the customer and the business again. There are too many people inside Microsoft that only talk to other other Microsoft people and have lot touch with the products and customers.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1167.htm
61230,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits and people, but leadership is focused on infighting instead of customers",Lots of smart individuals and great benefits,As the company has started to focus internally and fight between groups as it has grown larger and the business has started to weaken. This internal focus and looking for someone to blame will only make things worse. To grow the company needs to focus on customers again.,Focus on the customer and the business again. There are too many people inside Microsoft that only talk to other other Microsoft people and have lot touch with the products and customers.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61231,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2009",Current Employee - Director,Great place to work -- with challenges,benefits and opportunity to work on global issues company truly cares about the people of the world and how to help,Lack of respect and opportunity for senior hires,"apply greater effort to harvesting the expertise of the senior ""not grown here"" hires - company can exhibit tunnel vision due to too many people of influence having their only experience as working at Microsoft.",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61232,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager,A great company to work for!,"The range of roles and projects that you get to work on it vast. Very interesting work is done, but it also depends on which team/group you are in. My work in Microsoft IT was very interesting and rewarding. The compensation is at par with other competitors. The benefits make up for the at par compensation and put it above other competitors.",Work-life balance can be very hard to manage. Some groups can be too large to be nimble and respond swiftly to business changes,Better strategy. Switch strategies and flushing down multi-million dollar projects because the strategy change is an expensive way to run a business.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61233,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2009",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Microsoft: a far cry from its youth but in the end not a bad place to work for a 100K person lumbering behemoth,"Benefits, level of responsibility you have, working with mostly sharp people","Very political, very bureaucratic, company has become too big to be the kind of company it wants to be","You're too big -- split into 3 or 4 companies that have the dynamics, energy, innovation, speed and potential of Microsoft circa 1993 as opposed to Microsoft circa 2009.  Treat your employees with more respect (in deeds and not just words).",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61234,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Wowsa - my review of Microsoft after 9 years,Spectacular benefits. Do you know those explanation of benefit forms that your insurance company sends you? The kind that lists how much your eligible for paying out of pocket? They're all $0 at our house.,"It's a huge company, which means that it has good parts and not so good parts. If you're in a good part, life is good and you can't go wrong. If you're in a not so good part, you thinking about switching jobs a lot.","Management of Microsoft tends to consist of focusing on the things that you want to change, and completely ignoring the other parts of your business. Rare is a Microsoft senior manager who thinks balanced scorecard.",3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61235,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Please explain what you're doing,Great benefits. You get to work with very smart people.,Medium compensation compared to the industry. Little/poor communication from managment. MS products seem to take 3 to 4 iterations til they get it right.,More transparency and communication with employees.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61236,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 10, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Still a ton of vigor and life at this company.,"Talented people, massive user bases for our products, hard problems to solve, good infrastructure for developers. Opportunities to be a lead if you want to. Microsoft employees take criticism very seriously and respond to it.","Not likely to get rich anymore, misconceptions by general public.","Stop letting multiple groups at the company work on different versions of the same thing. Otherwise, keep doing a good job!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61237,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Execute, Execute, Execute. Get your cool stuff out on the market before the competitors, it doesn't have to be perfect.","Good benefits, smart people. Opportunity to work on products used by large audiences.",Pay raises are slow. Can be political and hard to get things done.,"Focus on hiring managers to manage people, and not just promoting strong individual contributors to management positions.",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61238,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 23, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Pays well if you like having no life outside work,The pay is one of the highest in the software industry. You work with a lot of very smart people. There is a fairly high level of autonomy in most positions. You are expected to get your work done on time and with a minimum of hand-holding.,"Work/Life balance is almost non-existant. You are encouraged to come in early and stay late whenever possible. During ""crunch time"" it's more of a mandate than an encouragement. Political ties make more difference in promotions than actual work performance. If you are a successful SDE you will be moved up the Manager track most likely (since a lot of the successful SDEs have good leadership qualities that a lot of current managers lack).",Encourage people to take time off more often instead of cashing in vacation days for extra pay,3.0,1.0,none,3.5,5.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61239,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Happy engineer.,"Smart people, interesting work, ability to impact millions of customers, top notch benefits, good work/life balance, virtually unlimited potential for career growth.",Top-down approach to product design can stifle engineers. There is a lot of process around everything and it's hard to see how it makes us more productive. We stop coding nearly a year before our product ships - how can we ever be an agile company?,Open up more engineering positions outside of Redmond,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1168.htm
61240,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2009",Current Employee - Other,Promise lost...,Great benefits. Good pay. A fair amount of autonomy though not nearly as much as when I first started in 2000.,"A lot was made of stock options as part of your compensation when I first started. Well, every one of my options has been seriously underwater for several years, basically worthless. Mid management churn led to me having 7 bosses over a period of 5 years, 6 of whom were a disaster and 4 who were brought in from outside in lieu of promoting anyone from my level. hard to build a rapport with your boss when you only work for them for 8 or 9 months. Only 2 years was the manager I started the year with the same one to do my performance review. Constant new programs and reorganizations aimed at getting the company re-energized just cause churn and confusion and most are scrapped within a year to make room for the new batch of bright ideas cooked up in Redmond. In all, my 'user experience' has seriously deteriorated over the past 8 years.",Get rid of Ballmer and about half of the MSFT 'old guard' and theie stale ideas. need to slim down and shake things up. Am surprised shareholders aren't in complete revolt.,2.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61241,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 11, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer in Test II,More politics than congress.,"Great benefits, surrounded by lots of raw intellect, individual offices. Virtually unlimited resources.","The review process is in a nutshell, horrible. On small teams the ""curve"" approach forces even the most talented of engineers to be in the 10% bucket. In the test world, there is little to zero chance of advancing to Senior or Principal from level 59 - you most certainly have to leave the company and come back. Pay is so-so compared to other companies in the bay area. The ego's you encounter here will boggle your mind. Microsoft hires based on raw intellect and places little to no value on the ability to communicate. Belief that best talent should be promoted to leadership. IC path is very unknown. Extremely political.",Grow your ICs. Avoid the ol boys club mentality.,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61242,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2009",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Execute better and invest more on game-changing initiatives in on-line advertising and mobile,Connector Bus taking you to/from work. A generally open-door policy about communication. Self-critical culture always trying to get better.,"Dead wood with too much seniority and ""connections""",Encourage more innovation through calculated risk,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61243,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 18, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Start caring about your shareholders,"Variety, benefits, innovation ability in a lot of different areas. If you are a computer geek, here is like being in a candystore for a six year-old. There are lots of opportunities if you keep your eyes open, but the first and foremost skill that you need to develop for your career is the ability to build the classing large corporation ""street smarts"". In every large entity your network, who you know and whose protege you are counts. Microsoft is no exception. There are still lots of opportunities for pure software geniuses, but some minimum amount of human interaction ability is required.","Large corporation, politics, Peter's principle at work. On average, management is remakably competent for a company this large. Unfortunately there are glaring exceptions, in particular in areas that grow too fast, have been considered non-strategic for some time or are full of managers that came in from acquisitions and did not quite get how things work around here. Another problem (which is looked at from the other side one huge asset) is that the company is so large that it behaves like a hodge podge of independent companies. Sometimes it is the personality of the exec, not the strategy of the product or the value of the idea that matters.",Invest more on weeding out the poor managers,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61244,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 6, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,great place to work!,"good pay - great benefit - good work life balance.  culture to share knowledge is excellent.  I worked at MSFT for 6 years and loved it. I would work there again in a heartbeat. Very relaxed environment with focus on getting the job done right rather than management crap.  You are rewarded for your hard work and ability to change culture, products, and customer experience at Microsoft.  Annual cash and stock bonuses provide motivation to work hard.  Ability to tele-commute or work from home is excellent.  Microsoft please get that stock back up in this economic rough spot. Please! Please!",none - lots of travel in consulting field,keep the stock up!!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61245,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 17, 2009",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Good place to start your career.,"It's a great company, and great for your resume. The opportunity to do something with lots of impact is fantastic. Great pay and benefits. Lots of smart people from all over. Company picnic is also great for the family. Some teams have too much process. The entertainment team, where I work, is pretty good. It's great to start your career here, work for 5 years or so, and go off to start your business.","Some managers are not so good, and should be IC's. Benefits have declined over the years. Recession has hit some teams pretty hard. The Christmas party for my team was canceled.","Communicate more, and stick to a solid strategy.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61246,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start your career,"Massive brand name recognition. Lots of learning opportunities, challenging projects, brilliant co-workers and of course a resume builder. The breadth of opportunities at Microsoft is unparalleled. From Operating Systems, Compilers/IDE's, Games, Hardware, Web Services, Office tools these guys have done it all. There is something for everyone there.  Also the benefits are really good as compared to others.",Lots of competition. The developer interns have to be really good to be noticed by senior employees. You are expected to work long hours. Since I have not worked there for very long I have not felt any other downsides.,Make the Yahoo deal. They will never be cheaper. Also get onto the cloud computing race in a big way.,5.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61247,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Apr 11, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Pro's and Con's with any company,The benefits at Microsoft are very well outlined in all reviews. 1) The employees are extremely smart 2) I have yet to meet another employee who doesn't pull his or her weight. This is not the case at other companies I've worked at. 3) Recognition is really good within my group. I've read comments that this isn't always the case but I haven't encountered it. 4) The benefits are absolutely amazing,Some personality types including mine may not fit in well at Microsoft. I personally thrive in an environment that is very collaborative. Microsoft has a lot of competition between the teams and thy do not always play nicely together. I've encountered situations where managers lose sight of the business to prove a personal point. Within my group the work life balance is poor. I'm expected to be available anywhere fromm 7 am to 10 PM to attend meetings with other parts of the world. I'm certainly willing to do what is nececssary to get the job done but I feel as though I've lost my sense of personal time.,Microsoft is getting to big and many teams are implementing projects that do not help the business move forward. I believe this is reflected in our current stock price. Take a look at what we can do to become more efficient.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61248,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Apr 11, 2009",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Great Job,"There is a significant amount of freedom at Microsoft, you can do whatever you want regardless of what your boss says. Don't worry about getting lunch, it is on the house! On tuesdays there is always free bagels with your starbucks coffee.",The downsides is sometimes managers disregard what is best for the company and would rather look out for themselves. This makes it difficult to show your true creativity which is needed for optimal work efficiency. Working at microsoft as an intern was extremely helpful to your resume and allows you to have more freedom at work. I really appreciated the help that my co-workers provided.,Listen to your employees.,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61249,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 9, 2009",Former Employee - Director,Mixed Bag,"Strong, financially stable, not going anywhere.","Needless bureaucracy, tons of unecessary meetings, and a culture hta no longer rewards innovation, as it once used to.",They need to challenge a lot of the assumptions they have made about the market and where it's going.,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1169.htm
61250,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Smart people, but highly political due to aggressive review based culture...","Microsoft is highly entrepreneurial in nature. Which means each team makes it's decisions autonomously, at least at the GM level. The people who do well at Microsoft, pretty much think of their job or group as their own company/business. To that extent, there is a reasonable amount of empowerment as long as your key stakeholders are aligned as well.The benefits are pretty good (especially medical, dental's not so good). Most people respond pretty quick and try to help out as much as possible.","It's highly competitive in nature. In most groups, people will do anything to trample on their own team member, without trying to make in obvious, and in some cases, they actually make it obvious. Microsoft thrives on ""passion"" - which really means ""desperation"" (for your job). Your manager solely controls your destiny so if you don't align well with your boss, better leave soon so they'll do it for you. There is very limited transparency from management. And Microsoft by far, due to the competitive nature among type A employees is probably the most political company I've ever seen.","Be open, honest and transparent. Don't oversell your group to prospective employees just to grow your empires. If an employee is doing well tell him what he/she needs to do to get to the next level, and if the employee isn't then let them know ahead of time with recommendations so they can make their own plans.",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61251,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Apr 6, 2009",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Opportunity for Growth,A challanging environment with significant opportunity for advancement and recognition. Management generally is very supportive with regard to its personnel practices.,To focused on products without sufficient leadership regarding the value of those products to their customers. Tends to be somewhat of a cult in terms of the attitude that Microsoft can do no wrong. Need to improve its ability to provide leadership and guidance to its field sales force to enable them to better represent Microsoft to their customers.,Be more open to dissenting opinions. Foster greater understanding of and the ability to communicate the value of your products to your customers.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61252,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 2, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Come for the best benefits, good work/life balance and fair pay.",Benefits are great and work/life balance is excellent.,"Company is too big and latecomers have very hard time advancing and proving themselves. Also, Microsoft doesn't value much experience before Microsoft, which frequently results in puting experienced people at very low pay grade.",Concentrate on excelling at few areas where we are leading. We should not be in every business under the sun.,4.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61253,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 21, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,"I like my job at Microsoft, and like any company there is room for improvement.","I like the health club benefit at Pro Club. I can exercise and keep myself healthy.  I like that I enjoy my work very much, and the environment makes me want to come into the office. The people are energetic and often go-getters.  The education classes, and on the job training allow an employee to develop and make significant contributions to the company and team.  The technology in the office is great for productivity. IP connected phones to Office Communicator ,my laptop. and phone makes it easy to communicate in the office.  I feel at my job right now, I can accomplish many of my professional goals, and rotate to different areas of the company and different offices around the world.","Like any large company, there are some inefficiencies.",There should be accountability when a program or project fails.  There should be a review of lessons learned and a dismissal of that PUM or GM.  There should be greater value attributed to outside of Microsoft experience.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61254,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 4, 2009",Current Employee - Researcher,Good place to work. For now.,"It comprises a large and interactive community of employees. For example, there are hundreds of mailing lists that allow people to get together for various activities, from sports on the campus to external work meetups. There are also many high quality and smart people (at least in Research). I'm not that certain about the density of smart people in other departments however. The campus is also pretty nice.","There is quite a bit of bureaucracy. In research, there seems to be limited tech transfer from research to products. There also seems to be many isolated feifdoms that don't interact much. It would be much better if product groups were more open to each other and less protective of their own domains.",Encourage/force more openness between groups in the company.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61255,microsoft,"Sunnyvale, CA"," Apr 2, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Love the generous charitable giving program, dislike the infighting and blackbox approach of how managers are selected","The ability to make career changes. In smaller companies a person can be pigeon holed into a given role whereas at Microsoft one can move from role to role, often across disciplines if one is able to show good results constantly. A big reason that I am proud to work at Microsoft is also the company’s commitment to supporting good causes, which includes generous 1:1 matching for charitable donations, and Microsoft even pays $17/hour to charities where the employees volunteers time. It makes me happy to know that a good portion of our profits goes to make the world a better place, even though for financial reasons I am not able to work directly in a charitable organization.","It is hard to figure out how to move from a individual contributor role to a management position. The first jump into management is the hardest and it seems like a good percentage of people make the leap through politics (who you know) vs. merits. Also, the promotion speed in the field is much slower than that of Redmond, which doesn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense to me.","Encourage more peer to peer collaboration. Perhaps it’s the lack of external competition, perhaps it’s the forced Bell curve review rating system, but there definitely is a lot of infighting / political jostling if you will at Microsoft, especially in Redmond where the focus on promotions is most intense. Senior managements should recognize and value those team members that play well with others instead of the ones that are self serving and step on others to get ahead.",4.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61256,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2009",Current Employee - Product Planner,Consider Microsoft with great caution and care,"Microsoft has a fantastic benefits package, and if you are either an account executive or a code-writing developer, you are treated very well. Microsoft does have some entrepreneurial areas and 'start-up' like environments, all within the safety of a Very Big Corporation.","Microsoft has some clear strengths, but those strengths are increasingly diminished under the weight of an autocratic, controlling decision process that is out of touch with customers, partners, and the market in general. Without a big change across the executive leadership team, expect that Microsoft will continue to disappoint and underperform.","Senior management needs to be replaced. The continual inward-focus of senior management, the ignorance of customers and partners, and the lack of both imagination and accountability are just painful to watch in real time. Please, get it sorted.",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61257,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2009",Former Employee - Hardware Test Engineer,It all depends on your manager,"If you are in a good group and have a good manager, Microsoft can be a great place to work. Newly formed product groups especially have a fun 'start up' atmosphere with a lot of cross-discipline collaboration and everyone working together to get the job done. Full-time employees get very good health insurance. Cafeteria food is good and there is a reasonable variety, though as with anything it does get old after a while. The various campuses are generally nice and most of the buildings have enough windows to avoid the feeling of working in a basement. Depending on which group you are in, you may get to work on interesting new products. Most managers are extremely flexible with regard to the time of day you work. Working attire is essentially ""come as you are.""","I have worked at Microsoft for many years, first as an FTE then as a contractor (v-) so I have seen both sides of the coin.  Middle management is made up almost entirely of engineers instead of managers. While it can be nice to have managers understand the technical aspects of a project, very few good engineers go on to become good managers. Unfortunately, Microsoft almost never puts managers back into an individual contributor role unless the person specifically requests it, meaning bad managers get shuffled around leaving discontent in their wake.  Work-life balance can be seriously out of whack in some groups. This goes beyond the normal crunch-time chaos, multiple projects + hardware development builds every 4-8 weeks can easily lead to 6-12 months of 60+ hr weeks. Expectations for FTEs are always increasing, making it that much harder to maintain a work-life balance. Whatever you did to go ""above and beyond"" in the last review period becomes the minimum bar for the next review.  The review system fosters a competitive, rather than collaborative, environment. There is little incentive to help peers succeed as each person is stack ranked relative to the others in the group as ""assists"" aren't tracked or measured. If something goes wrong everyone scrambles to find somebody to blame instead of figuring out what happened and pull together to fix it.  With the economic downturn, MS cut contractor pay by 10-20% across the board. At the same time, most groups have limited contractors to 40 hrs/wk, putting lots of people under financial stress. Some managers are expecting their hourly contractors to put in an extra 10-20 hrs/wk, unpaid, to get the job done. There is definitely a sense that MS is using the current job market to take advantage of people.","Put managers in place that know how to motivate, inspire, and get the best out of their employees. (Consistently beating them over the head with a stick doesn't do it.)",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61258,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 30, 2009",Current Employee - Group Product Manager,Great place to gain experience but it's lost its luster a long time ago.,"Great benefits including medical (e.g. unlimited mental health sessions, no co pay, etc), dental, vision, etc. Cutting edge technology, relatively more stable than other multi-national tech companies, options for lateral movement within the company, variety of training options (although you might be challenged to find the time to attend it), culturally diverse company, great office facilities, opportunity for international placement (you'll have to interview for it like any other job but there are options), and mostly...working with really smart and motivated people.","Politics...Politics...Politics....It's all about visibility here when it comes to determining performance. It really is an exclusive club when it comes to senior mgmt, mediocre middle management, poor and less than fair methods for performance management. There's alot of social pressures to conform here... kinda like ""high school"" politics... It's often who you know, how they perceive you and how often they of you (in a good way) that makes the fundamental difference in how far you go...",Take the initiative to change. Start with you! and maybe the rest of the company will follow.,2.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61259,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 31, 2009",Former Employee - Project Coordinator,"Contracts, we don't honor no stinking contracts.....","Salary, compensation packages, access to new products.","Inability to perform a job the way ""I"" wanted it to be done, everything is done the way the upper management wants it done. New ideas are scrutinized, picked apart to the point of breaking you down. If you don't fit into the ""culture"" of Microsoft you don't do it. There is no respect for the contingent staff that work there. The revolving door of admin assistants has to cost the company more that what it would be to hire a competent assistant and keep them. Training and training, they have to take a 100 day break after being there for 365 days, it is tiring. And what is with the 15% cut in wages? After working within contractual parameters, they cut wages with disregard for the contracts these people sighed on with.",Why doesn't Ballmer and the others take a pay cut and re-hire the staff they let go so glibly.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1170.htm
61260,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 16, 2009",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Microsoft is good for experience but if you want to make your career work somewhere else.,"New technology, you get chance to work on latest things that's not out in market yet. Best people",Where should I start? Microsoft has become IBM so large that your work doesn't matter any more. Full of Politics. People who are golf caddy of management get advancement. CEO has done shitty job for last 10 years.,Split different groups of Microsoft in smaller companies and let them operate independently.,1.0,3.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61261,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 29, 2009",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer In Test,Microsoft does not excite me anymore.,"The access to a huge amount of resources (smart people, software, training, etc.). The benefits are good as well. Full coverage on health and dental benefits. Free juice, pop, and other beverages. There is a lot of history at the company and a chance to make a huge impact witih the hands on jobs. This is something to be proud about.",The work life balance is horrible. There is an unending amount of work to be completed and not enough time to comple it all. This is very stressful. I was recruited and told that I would be given a company mentor and not just a mentor on my team. This along with other promises went unfulfilled.,More recognition of employees strengths.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61262,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 26, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,A decent place to work.,"Microsoft looks good on the resume, and I still think it's an attractive place for a new graduate to work. They can learn strong principles of software development and make a good living as well.","The organization is now large and bureaucratic, and management has yet to develop a compelling on-line strategy. People can easily get lost in the company, and there are only a few groups where there is that high-level of entrepreneurial spirit.","I would recommend that the company invest more on the enterprise side of the business and less on the consumer side, which they'll never win.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61263,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,"Work life balance is available at Microsoft, but you must demand it","Good compensation package, especially for highly qualified employees.  There is also an opportunity to work on incredible projects that are used by literally billions of people. You can still change the world working at Microsoft.  It is an incredible rush to work with so many insanely smart and driven people.","There is a lot of talk about work-life balance, but the reality is that you only get the work-life balance that you demand. It is up to the employee to say ""no"" when they have had enough.  While the compensation package is good, Microsoft isn't minting any new millionaires. If you come to work for Microsoft, you are working for a paycheck.","While business models may be evolving, the core values of hard-work by smart people are still what is necessary to build the Microsoft of the Future.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61264,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Mar 25, 2009",Current Employee - Sales Manager,A good -- but not great -- place to work,Smartest people I have ever worked with --bar none. Good relationships with customers and partners. Interesting work and not a lot of micromanagement -- at least not in my current role. Interesting travel. Benefits are outstanding.,"It's become a big political company. (Sigh --I guess they all do after they 'grow up.') Hard to get promoted without the right ""visibility"" --meaning, knowing the right people instead of having the right skills and aptitude. Company not as focused as it once was -- too many irons in the fire.",Pick three to five areas of focus (Server and Tools woudl definitely be one of them) and let some of these distractions go. And for god's sake don't buy Yahoo.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61265,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 25, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to work,1. Cool technologies to develop. 2. Great impact though technologies. 3. Very smart people to work with. 4. Great benefits.,"1. On average slow professional growth. 2. Lack of innovations, given the amount of resources available. 3. Less customer focus. 4. Huge project life cycles","1. Give more free hand to employees. 2. Need to modify development process, to fulfill customer demands. ISV’s are not usually the end users. End users should be involved at the early stages of development. 3. Small product cycles with less features are better that huge product cycles with lot of features and lot of bugs.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61266,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 24, 2009",Former Employee - Summer Intern,Perfect work-life balance for a tech company,"Work environment is laid back. Focus is put on your completing your work, and not when (hours of the day) you do it. Great compensation.","Pretty obvious, but when you have a company this size, bureaucracy becomes an issue.",Streamline communication from employees to those higher up. Shorter release cycles.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61267,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 19, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,So much potential but claustrophobic with politics and passive aggressiveness,"Huge company involved in nearly every aspect of computer technology so lots of opportunity to get into other groups and work on interesting stuff. Stable, cash rich company means some safety in troubled economy.","Microsoft is a great company on paper but the work environment here suffers from certain negatives. I find the management to be very passive aggressive in a real mess-with-your-mind kind of way. This envrionment is also WAY more highly political than any I have experienced. (My experience is primarly from large finance, this is my first true tech company). Both factors seem to be institutionalized. I am not convinced Microsoft will be able to continue to compete after next 5-10 years. I feel like we may be at the beginning of a long slow decline.","Don't promote so much internal competition. Groups spend too much time posturing for their own survival instead of focusing on the bottom line. Discourage passive aggressiveness and promote more straightforward, candid interactions.",2.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61268,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2009",Current Employee - User Experience Lead,A good place to build your chops,"Variety of work that you can do. If you want to work on something completely different, it is super easy to make a shift. In fact you re encocuraged to move around.","Type A personalities are the norm. If you are a type A , then great. If you are not a type A, then you will struggle.  There has been a noticeable push to make managers more sensitive to diverse work styles in the past few years, but I have not seen a noticeable change.","Grow the right type of managers. Most people are given management roles for their acumen intheir discipline, without consideration for their people management skills. This often results in poor managers and unhappy emplyees.",3.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61269,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager,SteveB has failed to instill a culture suitable to the challenges in this market - GE is the wrong model.,Microsoft is still the leader in many of the most important markets even if its influence is declining.,"Downside #1: 5-10% chance of getting fired each year (no I wasn't fired, but it's like an axe over the head of everyone but the so-called top 30%). Downside #2: the company is stumbling to keep up with the pace of Web 2.0.","I would advise Senior Management to change the corporate culture. This is the #1 thing holding the company back, and the #1 advantage Google holds over them.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1171.htm
61270,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 15, 2009",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,"Dysfunctional Giant - the Tower of Babylon and no common language, a follower instead of an inventor","Benefits, Security, many brilliant people","Not innovative, follower, does not listen to the brilliant people, internal spending on internal marketing is a waste of time and resources, politics, backstabbing, fear, infighting between PMs, focus on climbing corporate ladder instead of cutting edge innovation, inefficiency, unnecessary overlaps, one department doing same work as the next without communication and sharing, constant re-invention of the wheel","Read these posts, start an incubation unit at a high level for new fresh idea, get a new CEO who is creative and not a copy-cat, reward innovation, flatten the organization, create a unit which only work is to research and find innovation throughout the company that is not being surfaced and developed, connect the dots, stop spending money on internal marketing and branding, hire more creative people and less managers",2.0,2.0,none,1.5,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61271,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 18, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Good place to work, but it can come at a high cost.","Microsoft is a cutting edge company that is not afraid to expand its horizons or move into new areas of software development. Largely the management staff treats employees fairly and takes the annual review seriously. Valid and reasonable attempts are made at constructive criticism with an emphasis on growth paths, including education. If you approach your manager that you would like to advance your career he or she will likely make an effort to find a path for your to succeed. If they feel that you are not ready yet, specific areas for improvement will be indicated so that you can work towards your goal.","Interviewing internally for a lateral job change can sometimes be a real challenge. Often groups are interested in you fitting a very specific description, failing to make allowance that when entering a new job one must learn a huge amount of job-specific information. Previous, specific job characteristics seem to carry a greater weight than your proven ability to adapt and succeed at a new position.  While the company often touts that it makes a strong distinction between home and work life, it is sometimes not realistically reflected by your management team. All too often the ""extra mile"" is required from you in an on-going basis. Sure, you get the vacation you have earned, but the well known ""vacation penalty"" that you have to pay by catching up on work and email is sometimes staggering. Even though you get time off, you are treated with deadlines as if those days work days. This makes life difficult if you have a family.",Remember to innovate. It is what made MS great and as far as I can tell there hasn't been an innovative idea since embracing the web. There certainly must be the next big step in computer evolution. MS should be the company to invent it.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61272,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Mar 18, 2009",Former Employee - Network Consultant,Great company to stay put in this economy,"Great company and great people, great products. It pays well. Safe place to stay put and learn in these tough times. They have broad range of products that you one can choose and learn. Great career growth opportunities. Family friendly atmosphere. They are technically innovative company with eagerness to invest in newer markets either organically or through acquisition. Very professionally managed place.",Big company atmosphere is stifling innovation,Focus on innovation,2.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61273,microsoft,"Ohio, IL"," Mar 14, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Not much,New projects and teams and work,Internal politics. who you know is more important than what you know,"Get a grip and look at the large number of SDEs you have hired who do absolutely nothing but waste company time and resources Spend more time at work less on golf fields, try less to impress your bosses and actually think about your experience and knowledge which is holding serious progress in the company. Stop promoting individuals you know but pay attention to people with real skills and knowledge",2.0,1.5,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61274,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Feb 27, 2009",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,The Real World at Microsoft,1) Knowledge transfer and education 2) Company benefits 3) The people in product teams are enthusiastic and positive about the products. Microsoft is a great company to work for if you are trying to improve your resume and develop thought leadership within a typical vertical industry.,"1) VERY political work environment. 2) Not a great deal of personal growth opportunties for minorities. 3) An army of One. Microsoft is extremely focused on unrealistic yearly ratings and they continue to rewards independent contributors, which can hurt someone who's had an above average year and over 100% of quota.","Microsoft is a good ol boy company. There are very few, I mean very few leaders with diversity. All the sr. women and minorities in Management are token figureheads.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61275,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 13, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is a good place to gain experience - then do something else,The best reason to work at MSFT is to gain some initial job experience,The biggest downside at MSFT is incompetent middle management,"Senior Management should start giving a crap about their products and teams, instead of their own careers.",2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61276,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 16, 2009",Current Employee - Finance Director,Many Pros and Many Cons,"Benefits, large scope of job opportunities. If you get on the right track w/good mentors, you can move overseas and usually find your way back to Redmond. I like the casual atmosphere and relatively flat organization.","Matrix structure, lots of overlap in jobs thus lots of contention. Lack of respect for colleagues, subordinates, and even superiors - this all comes from the top down (Bill G., Steve B.) and how they yell and rip into management at executive reviews. It filters down into the broader org.",See above - make respecting one another a top value of the company. Also develop better investment frameworks so we can prioritize instead of struggling every time we have to make a cost reduction.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61277,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 7, 2009",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Great stability, not great if you are advancement oriented","Benefits, Job Security, Ability to move around different part of the organization, Ability to work in virtually any part of technology","Slow advancement opportunities, Very slow pace and ability to ship new products, Bloated organization with multiple levels of middle management","Thin the ranks of management, Focus the company on fewer products",3.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61278,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 11, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work. Not the right fit if you are career oriented and ambitious.,"Microsoft has by and large smart people. You will spend your day interacting with them, and they in turn will stretch you. People are passionate about what they work on, are vocal about it, and you will like most of your colleagues. Great access to information across the company - from other teams to the library and Microsoft Research. It is also a great place to experience different kinds of technology and you can move with relative ease across the company. Benefits are amazing. Work-life balance is highly possible. The culture is in general very inclusive.","If you are looking to make money, rise rapidly, Microsoft is not for you. There are layers upon layers of management and bureaucracy. Promotions are often handed out, not based on your merit, but on how well your manager can argue for you. Projects can go on indefinitely as management can often be clueless or lacking the spine to make changes. Microsoft is slow to react to changes in the market. If an organization is under-performing, it will be atleast 2 years before a change in leadership happens, and another 3 before the right direction is visible in the market. In the meantime, competition can have a field day.",Have a pulse on the customer. Understand your market and partners.,3.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61279,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Mar 3, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft looks great on the resume, but grow your career elsewhere","Best benefits anywhere, smart and motivated coworkers. And free soda.","Microsoft is the most political and back stabbing environment I've ever worked in my 15+ years of experience. Promotions are based on personal relationships and game playing, not results, no matter what HR or the promo lit says. Workplace bullying is so rampant that its baked into the culture and considered ""normal"". Work/life balance is consistently terrible. Management is sub-par compared to other software companies, most managers get promoted based on politics rather than true leadership. If you're a person with ethics, expect to be asked to put your values aside in the name of playing the political game. HR supports management only, and turns a blind eye to all, even when employees ask/plead for help. In most cases, HR joins in the mobbing against employees when issues are brought to their attention. Evaluations are based on relationships, politics and favoritism rather than performance. There are a lot of nice words that HR publishes about performance based job evaluations, don't believe it, in Microsoft there are the nice HR words, and then there's the reality of day to day Microsoft work culture.  Microsoft as a whole is too big and over stretched in too many areas, with the result being a lack of long term vision and focus. There is very little innovation and creativity to be found, Microsoft culture rewards competition against coworkers, conformity and process. Microsoft is still much too in love with its self to focus on customers, and the changing business environment, and frequently gets caught flat footed from a technological and marketing perspective.","Take actions (not words) to stop the politics that start at the top, and trickle all the way down. Create a zero tolerance policy for workplace bullying, and teach HR about it too. Managers are promoted based on politcalness rather than leadership, and all employees, along with the business suffers. The culture is such that employee creativity is stiffled, and only the most political survive and get rewarded. The business impact is constant turnover in good, smart and loyal employees, hostile work environment for many, and Microsoft with a reputation as a bad place to work. When the economy improves, Microsoft will suffer the impact from this.  Microsoft should focus more intensely on core areas of the business, and on innovation, it is currently so overstretched that it does very little well. Additionally, Microsoft is still more internally focused than customer focused, customers seem to be an afterthought. Focus on being less bureaucratic, promote managers based on employee sat and leadership rather than politics. This will refocus employees on performance, results and innovation, rather than playing politics.",2.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1172.htm
61280,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2009",Current Employee - Director,Lack of Focus,"Smart People, Good Benefits, Fast Pace. There is always a big challenge opportunity for those who want to excel.","Lack of visibility to decision making, lack of recognition. Currently it feels like Microsoft is lacking focus and isn't as agile as it needs to be. The recent downturn and ayoffs exposed a leadership style that isn't really that concerned about nuturing a positive relationship with ex-employees. Microsoft could learn aot from HP in this area especially in regards to pre-messaging, empathy and openness.",Set a strategy to be nbr 1 or 2 in every product line and if you can't achieve in 7 years then get out of the business. There doesn't seem to be visionary technical leadership either.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61281,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Feb 24, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great but challenging company,"People to work with, compensations, benefits, informal working environment",work life balance is sometimes out of control.,Make sure there is a mechanism to formulate realistic and actionable company vision and the vision clearly communicated to rank and files,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61282,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 22, 2009",Current Employee - Project Manager,Bloated company believes its own hyper hype,Excellent medical insurance. Employee Stock Purchase Program.,"Management talks about how they value transparency, but noone wants to hear the truth. It has become a place of corporate drudgery with layers and layers of ineffectual middle-managers who are so overly process-oriented that nothing substantial gets done. It's extremely hard to advance your career there. There is a good old boy network there that is too hard to break into. With the recent layoffs, there is a pallor hanging over those who are still there. Management has not been subtle in pointing out the people who are in the bottom 10% are the next ones to go. And yet everyone in the division is afraid for their job - even though they may not be affected in the next layoff, they might be in the one after that.",Cut out a couple of the layers of middle management. Learn to set more realistic deadlines for software releases. Stop fast-tracking idiots who don't have the age or experience to lead large teams!,1.0,1.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61283,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 2, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Development Engineer Lead,"Overall, Microsoft is still a good place to work.","Lots of interesting technology. Great name recognition. Medical benefits are the best I've seen. Overall compensation is pretty good, though the stock value has not been going well, even before the economic down turn. A lot of smart and passionate people. Microsoft is doing a better job with career tracks for the various disciplines.","The overall culture is not collaborative, but this probably depends a lot on the individual teams. The company overall has been reactive to market trends recently. There is so much heirarchy that there ends up being plenty of waste, but it seems that senior management doesn't see it because the communication is filtered on the way up. The review system could still be improved, though the last round of changes has improved things,","Pay more attention to what the front line workers are saying. Make decisions based on long term benefits, not short term gain.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61284,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 27, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,KT's Microsoft,"Great benefits - extremely good healthcare plan, club membership, ride share, store, facilities. If you can handle intense politics and leave your conscience at home AND are concerned about rising healthcare costs, Microsoft is a good pick as an employers","Microsoft is a boys club and there are a few ways to be successful there 1. Treat your job as ""just a job"". No raises, no career development...just something that gets you a paycheck and those wonderful benefits. You can have a '9-5' schedule, take long lunches, show ""work contribution"" as bieng equal to amount of email you do in the day . Be seen, be social and be barely productive. This will ensure you keep you job, get prompted every 5-7 years and allow you to lead a comfortable, though professionally unsatisfactory life 2. Leave you conscience at home and condition yourself to be ethically 'grey'. I use the word grey since that was how my manager asked me to this of it. I was told on occassion that while customer is right, it is important to do right by the team.. you will be asked to ""think of the key message not numbers"", ""gloss the details"", ""fudge the numbers"". If you can do this, yes you have a career at Microsoft. 3. Join the boys club : Microsoft is a boys club. Those that drink together, plot together. And If you can crack the code on being on the inside AND do #2, success if yours.","The current performance assessment systems reward individual contribution not team work or mentoring. Most middle management has a 'me first' attitude and is willing and even eager to put personal growth ahead of what's right for the company. Rewarding such behaviour will not incent growth and innovation, much less a collaborative work environment",3.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61285,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 27, 2009",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Good company overall with uncertain future.,"Online advertisement industry is very attractive, and aQutive is the leader in this industry. Great product and market execution. Good company overall. That's probably why they got bought by microsoft, although they lost quite a few major clients after that aquisition.","Only part of the company got fully integrated into Microsoft. The Agency division, known as Avenue A & Razor Fish is not part of Micorsoft. Although they carry Microsoft blue badges, their compensation system, benefit are quite different from Microsoft. There was a rumor Microsoft was gonna spin off AARF division very soon, however, it has been almost two years AARF is still there.",Think more about your employee.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61286,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 21, 2009",Current Employee - Development Manager,Microsoft can impact the world like no other company. I'm proud to be pushing in the right direction.,"* Super smart people * Chance to work on something that will impact millions of people * Excellent benefits (the best I've heard of from everyone I've talked to) * Ability to have many careers in the same company without giving up your seniority, benefits, stock, etc.",* Negative public perception * Seattle weather,"* Trim the fat, there are some people that are just putting in time and not hungry enough to make a real impact. It's distracting to those that are driven.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61287,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 24, 2009",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Your career at Microsoft is what you will make out of it. It is up to you to chart your sucess here.,"Ability to move around different roles, projects, groups, jobs. Microsoft has so many projects and business groups that one can easily find a job or role that you like.  There are also many bright people at Microsoft that you can learn from.  Benefits at Microsoft are also top notch, especially for those with families.  The company also is fairly flexible with work life balance and gives employees a lot of freedom to set their own schedule. In other words, there is very little micro management done at Microsoft and the attitude is more along the lines of manage your own schedule, just make sure what needs to get done gets done.","There are many layers of management, sometimes too many. You can get bogged down with meetings upon meetings in order to get buy off from all management levels. Not only does this slow the generation of new ideas, but it also becomes a drag on productivity as many times you will feel like your job's many purpose is to prepare for a meeting.  And because this is a large company with many business groups, office politics and fiefdom creation can become prevalent.  Finally, there does not seem to be much accountability at the management level so bad decisions often go un-punished.","Streamline approval processes. In other words, less approval meetings and pre-pre-meetings.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61288,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Mar 14, 2009",Current Employee - Systems Analyst,Nice place to be from...,Decent starting salary. Great benefits. Great retirement plan. Lots of extra learning possibilities.,"I've worked in some pretty politically charged places before but Microsoft beats 'em all. I was really taken in by all the wonderful talk and presentations about equality, fairness, and focus on employee development. I certainly have been more than disappointed in what I've observed since starting at Microsoft. The MYCD and performance reviews have been mostly focused on what management wants and precious little about what I might want to develop and contribute. Their goals change daily and, conveniently, those goals are not clearly articulated until it comes time to point out that you've failed to meet them.  I've watched several very questionable promotions made that I'm convinced are based on favoritism and previous agreements, not on ability to manage or lead. I have endured endless micromanagement, insulting condescension, and outright aggressive opposition in my daily work.  Microsoft is extremely top-heavy with unnecessary layers of management. I'm amazed that any product EVER gets out the door. In fact, that anything gets done at all. There seem to be more meetings than there are hours in the day. Many of us at the bottom of the ladder would love to actually be able to perform as the team we're so often admonished to be but it's impossible to function as a team when we're pushed in so many directions with differing goals.  I have come to the conclusion that working here is a nice start to my resume but definitely not a place to build a career. I think I could forget any career if I stayed here.  And, HR? Don't bother asking for any assistance from them. They're too busy protecting the spoiled, power-hungry management. Speak up and YOU become the liability.",Flatten out your organization and cut a ton of fat. You could actually survive the economy if you did. The bureaucracy you've created is killing you. Consider cleaning out your HR group and hiring more folks who won't just tell you what you want to hear - maybe some people who are interested in the little people who work so hard to make you fat.,1.0,3.0,none,1.5,4.0,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61289,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 20, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Not such a bad place,"The technical people here are exceptional. I've worked with leaders and pioneers in my field much earlier in my career than I could have hoped to. I also like the breadth of products that Microsoft builds, so the freedom to move from product to product as my career grows is valuable to me. My coworkers across the company are also a great resource - I've learned a lot about several Microsoft products in great depth thanks to help from my coworkers. The perks are also great - free health care, a great gym membership, lots of paid time off, and of course living in the pacific northwest.","The work life balance is totally random. Some weeks/months I'll be able to do whatever I want, but some months I'll work 80+ hour weeks a few weeks in a row. Management attempts to fix this, but I've seen the pattern of poor planning saved by last minute heroics a few times now. We also have a tendency to get out of touch with reality. Not everyone in the real world has a quad core computer with 8GB of RAM and fast internet at home, but we get lulled into making that assumption because everyone we know here has all that stuff.",Continue to make smart investments in people and resources to position Microsoft products at the top of their respective markets.,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,5.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1173.htm
61290,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 20, 2009",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great for interns, but leave later if you want challenges and better promotion chances","Prestige. Having interned at a such renowned company makes it much easier to atleast land an interview for any other cs related job.  They attract great talent from all over the world. No matter how smart you are, you will definitely meet people like you and even better, being able to learn and gain experience from them.","They focus too much on their technologies. It may be the best place to specialize in MS technologies, but if you want a more general experience that will be restricting. There is a general atmosphere and hype inside the company that ""Microsoft is the best"", which gets tiring after a while. Combined with the facts that MS is less diverse in their projects than other tech giants, the huge bureaucracy and the large number of ineffective managers unable to give the right feedback, i couldn't think of myself working there for more than 2-3 years. In conclusion, working for MS is great to launch your career, but working for a smaller, newer and faster developing firm is much more interesting.","Give more incentives to employees, more rewards and generally make work more challenging for the competent ones.",4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61291,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 18, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Good to work for benefits or if you are passionate about MS products,"1) Benefits - good legal coverage, best in the business medical, dental and vision benefits, excellent benefits from Seattle area businesses (and other top US wide consumer businesses)  2) Pay: good pay, great stocks if you have been with MS when times were good, decent YOY increments  3) Lateral moves: easy to move across teams, lots of start up like teams and then there are SQL, Windows, Office teams etc.  4) Passion for MS products: if you are like me who grew up using MS products you'll love this place. However you need to know how to play the game.","1) Politics - too much top down mgmt, lack of clear directions, too much power stuggle, power centers in new / start up teams  2) Some teams are too fast paced - work/life imbalance, power centers, too fast w/o attention to long term sustainence  3) Being able to use your vacation - 1 yrs vacation gets accured however, depending on the team you are in, you may be working way too hard. It's about personal dicipline as much as the team's philosophy on work/life balance. Work smarter not harder else you'll get burnted out too soon and then the results will be disatisfying.",1) Better direction 2) Hold top mgmt accountable 3) Foster a less political environment,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61292,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 16, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Depending on your team, somewhere between a so-so and great place to work","Interesting problems to solve, Most ICs are smart and good to work with, good salary & benefits","Hyper-self critical at times to the point of being self-defeating, too many middle managers focused on building little empires instead of innovative & cool new products, strange malaise seems to underly a lot of work for the last several years","Win at something that is very visible outside of Windows + Office. XBox360 was close, but Wii stole the thunder. Live, Windows Mobile, Dynamics, SQL, etc. are ""good"" but not ""best in class."" It seems like no one has really hit a home run for a long time.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61293,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 12, 2009",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,Microsoft treading in dangerous waters.,"The Benefits are outstanding, the pay is competitive, and the prestige behind the company name opens a lot of doors. It's a very exciting place to work, if you're on the right team, because of the unique mix of cutting edge hardware and software.","They tend not to value anyone not producing code or selling it. They need to understand how important it is to have a foundation underneath to produce and test their code. They seem content to just outsource these positions, not knowing how much guidance these developers and testers need to manage their space effectively.",Attempting to skimp and save by cutting back on the people who build and manage your infrastructure isn't a very wise business strategy.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61294,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 11, 2009",Current Employee - Release Program Manager,Don't buy yahoo.,"There are many opportunities for movement both vertically and horizontally. The company is working on almost every kind of software you can think off from health management systems to GPS navigation to CRM. It is great to work at a firm where software is put first. There benefits are excellent especially the health benefits, free drinks at work and great commuter services including free Seattle Metro bus passes.",Work Life balance is hard to achieve when everyone is putting in many hours. Most people I have encountered continue working once they go home and at a minimum log in to respond to emails until late into the night.,Tread carefully before entering markets for new products.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61295,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 8, 2009",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Microsoft: At a crossroads,"Incredibly smart people as peers. Terrific benefits...fully paid healthcare (no premiums and no deductibles). Flexible work arrangements and respect for people's schedules. Seattle area is a great place to live and raise a family. More than any other company I've worked at, you have real chance to move around / try new things as you progress. Financial resources are unparalleled...if you have a good idea and can convince management of your thinking....you can secure funding / headcount to implement. There is a strong respect for individual opinion at MS...people are encouraged to speak up if they have a point to make without regard for hierarachy.",Work life balance is very difficult to achieve / maintain. Company is invested in too many areas now...it's feels like we are Peanut butter attempting to invest and cover too many areas at the same time. There is not really strong fiscal discipline although this is starting to change with the recently announced layoffs. The company has become more bureaucratic and less nimble as it's continued to grow. It relies too much on the Windows and Office franchises and needs to re-vision to role of software (and especially it's delivery) before MS becomes irrelevant. there are too many internal meetings and not enough time spent with customers / real people...Redmond is pretty insular.,Get focused...reduce areas of simultaneous investment.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61296,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 17, 2009",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Raise the quality bar,Microsoft is a stable company financially with great benefits and there are a variety of roles within software.,"Management churn, limited promotions, poor product quality","Raise the quality bar for people, invest in true innovation, stop chasing Google",2.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61297,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2009",Current Employee - Group Manager,"Microsoft needs to make big changes now ,at the top and how it manages the company's most important assets the employees",They are in business today and likley to be tommorow,"The company is run by an Idiocracy. Ego centric people who do shameless self promotion nad polititcs whie not doing self critisim - They are are happy to steel credit for good work and critisize the rank and file employees who are working their hearts out. HR is a sham- They say they are supporting the employees while they are really only the police to protect the egos on the top. There is no career guidance and management of the company's most important human assets that are not considered within the top 20%, (the bulk of the employees)","Performance based actions - Steve and company leaders down to GMs who have failed to deliver shareholder and employee performance must move on immediate to other jobs, or be laid-off.  Remember what the company's most important assets are and build a real HR department that nurtures an grows the 70% performers too. Reward company loyalty to solid performers and stop treating them like new employees every time they are re-org'd.",2.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61298,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 6, 2009",Former Employee - Development Manager,A great company that will stand the test of time...,"A great company built to last with sustainable market advantages for decades to come. A company full of smart people who are never satisfied and always seeking to build the best products for consumers. It's a great culture, which will adapt to any change (even the current economy).","Microsoft has become a very large company which has led to much complexity within the company (org, etc) and out in the market (products,etc). Microsoft's biggest challenge is in it's own success of growing so big, which in many product areas has made it slow to react and respond to the competition.","Keep the faith. Empower smart people, focus on results not job security.",4.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61299,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 2, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great stable place to work.,"Company treats their employees really well.  Good name brand, and stable career. If you ever want to switch out of the company, other employers will look at the Microsoft brand with praise.  Pays above average. The cost of living in the Washington area is not too high either.  The area is really nice in the summer. You will have access to the mountains and lake.","Some of you might not like the Seattle/Washington area. Personally, I prefer more of urban culture. Seattle is pretty nice, but it rains a lot. Things can also move a little slow at Microsoft, but it depends whether or not that bothers you. Sometimes, it's nicer just having a slower pace work environment.",Can be more efficient.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1174.htm
61300,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Feb 10, 2009",Current Employee - Architect,World class employment benefits are a great perk!,Access to incredible number of resources. MS is one of the best companies to work for in the World!,sometimes it feels like this company is way too big.,Keep the transparency going. Make sure all folks are equally evaluated.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61301,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Feb 10, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good place to work,Working with new technology. Learning how to do engineering at a large scale. Also it opens a lot of doors for future employment. Very flexible with hours. Very much about getting quality work done and not caring about how long it take to get that work done. So that can be good or bad depending on how you work.,"It is a huge company, you need to compete to stand out. But as long as you are willing to work hard it should be ok. There is some inter team compition for rewards, on my teams it was healthy but I know on some other teams that kind of dynamic caused problems.",Doing ok.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61302,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Feb 4, 2009",Former Employee - Product Management Director,Good place to work for the non-ambitious,they have wonderfrul medical and dental benefits. Microsoft is also a very secure place to work and for those who are into a safe employers without weath generation will find working at Microsoft satisfying. The other great thing about Microsoft is that one can move around the company into new areas and learn several different business throughout their career at the company. Most of the people at the company are also fairly intelligent.,Very politcal environment and the overall upside potential for ambitious employees makes it not a very attractive or lucrative opportunity,To invest in quality managers and get rid of polically motivated managers. There are too many senior managers who are not results driven and only focus on politics or resting and vesting.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61303,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2009",Current Employee - Development Lead,A fading giant,"Building up resume, Working on products which are used by millions of customers, Some respect and honor from its legacy, Job security, Benifits,","Slow career advancement, With stock becomes valueless, compensation package is not very competative among top tier companies, Long term prosperity of the company is in question after huge missteps from senior leadership team: in all those years, MS is focusing 100% on finding the next multi-billion dollar business after Windows and Office. It is willing to spend enormous resources on some stupid ideas like smart watch instead of trying them out and fail fast in light way. With its effort spreading so widely, the core business is losing attention and we are seeing big troubles in Windows Vista and Window Mobile. The most questionable strategy is betting the whole company on search to chase Google's tail. It's not clear whether this is for the company's good or for Bill and Steve's personal ego. After 5 years and tens of billions of dollar, the Live search is still miserable. Now it's not clear that Live search would even be able to catch up before the core business dry up. The search game becomes a billionaire's gamble by risking this once great company.",Refocus back to core businesses and what Microsoft is good at. Fix Windows first. Microsoft still has huge room to growth and much higher chance to succeed in enterprise software field. Give up search and some consumer products which Microsoft don't know how to win.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61304,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 30, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to start your career at.,You constanly work with the latest Microsoft technologies. You have hundreds of product groups that you can interview with to find one that you very interested in. You work with smart people for the most part. So you can grow professionally unlike any other place.,"No exposure to the real world, technologies on other platoforms. Most of the time you are competing with your team mates for a good review. This fosters a poisonous environment, lack of cooperations, backstabbing and so on. This is perhaps the biggest downside to working at Microsoft. However, most other large companies have similar issues.",Need to understand why the stock price has stagnanted for 10 years.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61305,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 23, 2009",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,"Good benefits, interesting work, but it's at a steep price and the management is stinky","Smart people, great benefits, and really interesting work if you're on the right team. If you succeed there's good money in it. Product launches can be a lot of fun and there can be great team camaraderie if you get in with the right group. Choose where you work carefully. Being technical, even in non-technical assignments, is a huge help. You get exposure to people places and things that you might not in other places and it paves the way for whatever you want to do post Microsoft. You'll learn skills that you will take with you whatever you do next.","Time consuming - you're expected to be there 24/7. That's fine when you're fresh out of school but it doesn't work when you want to start a family (which is why I left). If you aren't protected by someone higher up, forget growth opportunities. People just aren't very nice to each other when the heat is on - it tends to be toxic. Senior management (i.e people who are directors and above) are not seasoned or trained at all. As a result getting constructive career direction can be difficult. Also because favoritism is rampant it impacts morale in a negative manner.",Grow up. Get some trained managers who see the value in different ways of doing work.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61306,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 31, 2009",Current Employee - Lead Test Engineer,"Job stability, fun products, pay is OK, lots of talented people.","Job stability, fun products, pay is OK, lots of talented people, free pop and tea keeps you energized. For those living near, free transportation.",Poor documentation of processes and little training. Not very opened to take inputs from people with greater knowledge on certain matters. Too much contracting offsees leave gaps on outgoing quality.,"Have more people own their projects form womb to tomb holding them accountable for the quality of service they provided. Treat your contractors as team members, they are commited to the projects as well.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61307,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 27, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Product Planner,"Great company to work at for a few years, you can learn a ton about software, hardware, and services development.","Lots of opportunity to move around and work in different teams, disciplines, on different types of products. Knowing that you impact millions of people worldwide with your work. Flexible work environment. Smart colleagues. Good salary and benefits.","It's become very big, and there can be a lot of process (depending on the team.) Too much overlap across different teams' charters. Not very innovative, doesn't take risks.","Embrace innovation, and don't always try to serve every customer - and thus not serving anyone really well.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61308,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 29, 2009",Former Employee - Director,great place to work with some minor drawbacks,"smart, drive, passionate co-workers--really the best and the brightest with only a few laggards","glass ceiling, executives who manage up well but are poor team leaders",transparent titles/ladder levels is just a start. Do a deep review of manager's skill sets and take into account what their directs say rather than their managers,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61309,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 26, 2009",Former Employee - Lead Software Engineer,Microsoft - from great to good,Microsoft was one of the greatest places to work in this industry as you got to work alongside great people and solve difficult problems for the entire world. There are only a few companies that you can work at that truly make a difference in everyone's lives.,Somewhere along the way the upper management lost sight of the ball and kept looking for the next billion dollar business without realizing that the current billion dollar businesses started from humble beginnings. The lean mean machine that was Microsoft when I joined back in the mid-90's has long gone - middle age has not been kind.,Listen to your employees - they are shouting but no-one seems to be listening.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1175.htm
61310,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 25, 2009",Former Employee - Product Manager,inflexible behemoth with great benefits,"Great benefits, good pay, many other perks.","it all depends on the team and who you know. it is much easier to go out of the company, get a promotion and come back in at a higher level than work your way up. even though there are annual reviewes, individual goals are not alinged with those of the ocmpany and many teams end up working on the same stuff or simply waisting company resources if it's in the GM's interests to gorw his/her org.","the company needs to be re-energized and re-focused. too many things going on at once, too many people wokring on the same things but trying to do it their way. whole teams and orgs waste resources because their goals are not aligned with those of the company.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61311,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,-,"It's a great place for anyone who is passionate about technology. MS has such a wide variety of products - web, consumer products, developer products, desktop apps used by millions, etc. Very few companies provide such wide array of opportunities.","It's a large company - so like any other large company there are structures and processes that some might not like. It does vary from group to group. If you work in an established product like Windows/Office there are many processes to be followed, whereas if you work for an innovation group, it will be much more like a start up.",We need better marketing to revamp our image,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61312,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 18, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Nice people, good benefits. A good place to learn software but don't stay forever.",The health benefits are great. Being able to shut the door and concentrate on what you're working on is a big plus for many. The atmosphere among QA/Devs in the MSTV group was always professional. I had several different managers over the course of the 5 years I was there and I felt they were helpful in career advice / planning and gave honest reviews. Excellent internal discussion lists allow you to chime in and discuss products / issues across the company.,"Company felt like it had too many layers of managers. People outside the company can be snide when they discover your employer is microsoft, I had more than a dozen incidents here in Silicon Valley where people got verbally hostile once they found out where I worked. Traffic on the main highway outside the SV Campus is a nightmare at rush hour. You'll eventually feel like you're camped out inside microsoft while your buddies on the outside are having fun making heroic stuff happen at startups.","Thin down the company - increase the ratio of devs to managers by slashing a few layers of managers. Recognize when something isn't working (crappy vista, garbage MSN sites, etc) and fix it big and fix it fast.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61313,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 20, 2009",Current Employee - Supply Chain Planner,Microsoft supply chain,"For me, I enjoy the products, which encompass everything from Xbox games, PC hardware products to commercial software. From a supply chain perspective, you can very easily be exposed to many different environments. The products, combined with the global footprint, fast-moving environment, and many intelligent coworkers make it a great place to work. Additionally, managers are very flexible with working hours and working from home.","High expectations of performance, often it's a stressful environment, with frequent changes in direction. As mentioned below, often the Senior Management team is seen as changing business directions frequently. This often creates a stressfull environment for more junior employees.","Often the Senior Leadership team is seen as bouncing around, with frequenct changes in strategy.",4.0,3.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61314,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 17, 2009",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer In Test,great place to middle your career and stay for a long time. Bad for climbing up the ladder fast.,"Reward for good efforts. Compensation package is tied to great performance. Very flexible place to work and only work out put matters, not how many hours slogged.",Can get static in a big establishment. u Can get blocked in career areas where there is little scope for change to companies outside microsoft.,Be more aggressive in promoting products. Step up marketing efforts for lesser known products. Consolidate the products that are lesser used in the Internet space & bring out a single brand name for all web related products.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61315,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2009",Current Employee - Test Manager,"Big and bloated, but still a great company to work for...","Benefits package is great, especially if you have a special needs kid. Pay is very comparable to other companies, and if you have been around for a few years in a higher level above L63, your annual stock grant chunks and bonus add nicely to your base pay. You work on something, and you have all the latest and greatest tools at your fingertips with a tremendous amount of bright people around you. The campus is a fun place to work especially in the new buildings, and the sports fields are a nice touch.  Over the years work life balance has gotten much much better. Changing to ""Career stage profiles"" for how you track your career growth through different disciplines is still controversial, but much better than some old word doc called a ""ladder level guide"" that was obscure prone to interpretation issues. This new way helps new employees have a baseline with examples of technical, customer connection, soft skills and teamwork, and other categories for what is expected.  Free drinks does not make a job ""better"", but from what I remember they were a trend setting starting this practice a long time ago and many dot-coms also did this and bested it with free food to boot. We still have full fridges on each floor, nice to have and you really take it for granted if you have been around for a while.  Mentors are everywhere and we have a formal mentor program that has worked well for me and many others that I know. Regardless of your tenure or experience, I think many benefit from the ability to pick a mentor and get unbiased advice as an ear to listen to your questions.","Most hiring managers and recruiters pitch ""very easy to move around within Microsoft if you want a new challenge"". Well reality is if you are even half way decent, and have been in a team for a bit and are adding solid value, chances are you will have resistance when you try to leave. Or better yet like it has happened to thousands of employees, you actually get ""blocked"" from interviewing in another team. It has gotten better though in that you don't get blocked much anymore as they finally put accountability on managers to stop this horrible tactic of doing this and now a VP has to approve a ""block"", so that manager has to explain why you are soooooo valuable and non-replaceable that they can't let you go.","The ""old boys club"" is alive and kicking. Too many old folks who don't like change, and they have been around for 20+ years nurturing the old school management philosophies of the 80's that don't work as well in 2009. Many should be gone and retired by now as they can, but they stick around and make silly decisions. Also ton's of incubation teams working on pet VP projects, in the red for 3+ years. The company and Ballmer need to start trimming these (these are different than what the research does) and start being more fiscally responsible as economic conditions will dictate.  L67 or higher and you are a bad manager? You get crappy manager feedback, an HR generalist might get involved to collect feedback from a collective disgruntled team of folks who report to them, and that person is now in a different part of the company off to be a crappy manager to another set of folks. Also the company is very very good at taking very smart folks in Engineering and making them now a mediocre engineer who is a sucky manager and leader, has poor soft and interpersonal skills and no matter how much ""training"" they go through, they just don't have it in them to be good at understanding what it takes to be accountable for the work of others who now work for you and needing to lead them. ACCOUNTABILITY STINKS all over the place with our Sr Mgmt, the biggest problem I see is this ""A"" word.  Partner level folks? This topic is very touchy given their astronomical pay over the other 99% of the folks (average pay around $500K with SPSA stock grants and bonus) and the value add they have other than being around for a long time. My recommendation is that Senior Mgmt should explain to all employees what it means to be a ""Partner"" and the criteria for how these folks attain this level band and more importantly the review system for them, as right now they have a bad rap (I'm sure the folks who are actually at this level are not complaining).  I'm not sold that Ballmer is 100% at fault for everything that goes on in the company, in most places you put in place leaders and trust them to tell you what is going on. We have two sides of the execs in the company, many worked in Sales/Marketing jobs, and just as many if not more rose up through dev mgr and GPM roles. But you see a lot of people want him to take action and fix problems sooner. The part that makes me very angry are the comments year after year he makes about the stock price doesn't matter.  Our top SVP's and their staff have their hands full as many other companies do: Keeping people motivated and productive, managing out under performers, and doing whatever it takes to keep your best and brightest and up-and-coming leaders producing and growing. Thank you",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61316,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 15, 2009",Former Employee - Staffing,"Love The Company, But Things Could Be Improved",The opportunities that the company provides to move up and to move laterally. It also great to be working around new technologies that will make an impact in the world.,"With such a large workforce there seems to be a class divide between contractors and employees in the organization. Also, there appears to be some issues with cohesiveness in the company. Groups doing their own thing pretty much.",I would definitely suggest thinking about structuring the organization in a synergistic manner. Company seems a bit large and overgrown. The size of the company is as big as a small country. By carrying such a large burden means that things are somewhat bureaucratic as a result.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61317,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Cannot think of a better environment to work in!,"New and challenging work. Technology keeps changing as products get released and new work come in. Working on the future most of the time. Excellent environment to work in. Flexible timings and nobody minds what you do with your time as long as you get things done. Leads and Managers are highly capable and have intimate knowledge of the work their team is doing. Test teams do a good job in ensuring the quality of the product. The amount of code written is huge and most of the times surpass the amount of development code in the product. PM, SDE, and SDET work in harmony and respect each other's roles and work done and I have never seen finger pointing any time during my stay here. I have my own office and brilliant machines to work with along with a very friendly group of people around me. What more do I want?","There is no real downside to this company. A few issues that I have heard are that some groups are very big and promotions and bonuses are not as per expectations. A few groups like Windows and Office have a lot of money while the latest upcoming groups might not have as much capital before the release of their products. Another issue that has cropped up lately is the quality of people being hired at Microsoft. It used to be that the very best get in, but I have seen a few people who have someone got a job when they are not suited to work for Microsoft, the main reason might be the hiring spree that Microsoft had a few months back.",Senior Management is very enthusiastic about their work and do think ahead. They do have a detailed view of what is going on and are in touch with every technology being worked on.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61318,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Evangelist,"Great place to work if you learn how the org works, frustrating and mysterious if you don't...","I love working for Microsoft. It's the best job I've had. I'm a high-performer, and have been well compensated for it. I've owned my own company, and have held leadership positions in a variety of different types of orgs and can truly say that, on balance, it's awesome.  Smart, talented people. Fantastic benefits. Great to have stock grants versus options (particularly given the market). Good work/life balance especially if you have a family. High degree of freedom to define your role, and manage your own business as a 'field' employee (versus Corporate).  If you understand how big organizations work, and know how to navigate them, you'll do well here. Where people fall down is assuming they can change the organization without really understanding how it works first.","The organization is byzantine. It takes, easily, 6 months to begin to understand the basic breakdown between the different groups. It's also hard to find any one spot where you can understand how all the pieces fit together. This can be extremely frustrating initially, and also makes it difficult to find the people you need to in order to accomplish your goal.  Corporate is sometimes slow to respond to either the concerns of the field, or of the customer. Incentives between parts of the organization are sometimes not well aligned. We also tend to be a little too focused on our internal organization versus the needs of the customer.","Incent management (particularly field) around growth, not on risk management. The company can afford to be much more aggressive, but its management tends to be measured on attainment of quota, etc, without much focus on 'game changers.'  There also has to be an aggressive weeding out of product management that does not take our competition seriously. It's far too easy to get caught up in the Redmond echo chamber.  As a general rule, we need to become more customer focused in everything we do. We also need to be sure to define the customer as not just the enterprise. It's too easy to cater to them, at the expense of the general consumer. This is deadly in the long-run.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61319,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2008",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,"Great opportunities, some major flaws.","Unmatchable opportunity for worldwide impact, generous benefits and pay, mostly performance-based evaluation. If you are very good at what you do, Microsoft is a great place to be - you will be rewarded handsomely for great progress. After a year at the company I've received around 75k in bonus compensation due to my success. However, this is very atypical.","Management is at times totally distant - there is no communication with line employees on important matters due to a lack of trust. Strong bureaucracy limits freedom and establishes an ""us vs. them"" mentality at times.","Trust the FTEs. Your lack of trust leaves us with one foot out the door, working only for ourselves and not for the interests of the company. Microsoft has largely become a place where people enter in fresh from college and get bogged down.",5.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1176.htm
61320,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft -- Gotta love it!!!!!,"There are few companies that encourage a healthy exchange of ideas, Microsoft is one of them. Also the people that you work with are brilliant and extremely passionate. We do business in almost every country in the world. We embrace an extraordinarily diverse workforce...not just external diversity factors either. We embrace diversity of thought, experience, education ...etc. There has also been an increased focus on improving people management capabilities of front line and middle level management personnel. Traditionally managers were not great at Microsoft. This is changing and at some point in the near future, Microsoft will be known for its great people managers...we are not there yet.","Competition is king at Microsoft, even internally. That sometimes leads to a lack of cooperation and collaboration across teams/organizations.",Bury the competition!!!!!!!!,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61321,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jan 9, 2009",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT,"Reputable company. Intelligent co-workers. Impeccable benefits. Additionally, the the opportunities to hone and further develop your skills are endless. Also, their are so many businesses within Microsoft. If you start off in one department or industry and realize that another one is more befitting, you have the opportunity to explore your interests. Management is BIG on professional development.","Like any company, promotions are sometimes politically based. Additionally, financial resources are endless, which leads to executives being ""scatter brained"" at times opposed to streamlining their focusing. Too many meetings reduces productivity. Team meetings, company meetings, conference calls, you name it, we're having them.",Be consistent.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61322,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 13, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft a great place to retire when you loose that fire to climb the ladder,"Benefits, stabillity resume builder, there is also significant opportunity to manage your own time. work life balance is good and remote work or telework is encouraged","Lack of growth opportunities most jobs are very tactical, managers not only manage staff but have their own tactical work to accomplish. Significant management overhead, limited growth potential, corporate culture is less than desirable","Learn how to execute, reward results not activity, think like one company not 50 small ones. Learn to integrate and align buisnesses",2.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61323,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jan 10, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager,Opinon of MSFT from a recent grad.,"Microsoft is a huge corporation and therefore has lots of opportunities for growth and lateral as well as horizontal movement. Benefits are extremely good compared to other companies and the people here are all very smart and motivated. I feel that Microsoft really appreciates their employees and does a decent job making sure they are as productive as possible. For example, my team is split across two locations and MS regularly flies me to the other location to have one on one meetings. We also regularly have broad team meetings at offsite locations that are quite fun and interesting.","It takes a long time to get anything done, requiring several levels of approval. People tend not to do what is best for the product but what's best for their career at MSFT. It can be very frustrating when you want to do something that is great for the product but are prevented from doing so for various silly reasons. Also, if you are a developer, get ready to work on a ton of legacy code. This is probably one of the most frustrating aspects, having to deal with code that's 5 or sometimes 10 years old. Sometimes it just doesn't feel like I'm working at a high tech firm.",Be courageous and take some bigger bets to move the product forward.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61324,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 10, 2009",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft - A very large company,"I think that the pay is good and it is a relatively secure and well performing company Obviously, if you enjoy working in a large corporate environment, it has that going for it, and the Microsoft bus system is pretty awesome. Also, the benefits truly are good.","The corporate environment can be a bit stuffy and overwhelming. There are many re-orgs all the time and your entire group can be laid off. Also, the organization is so large that it can be hard to stand out or feel like you're making a difference. I found the whole ""color coding your personality"" thing a bit silly and obnoxious. Despite the bus system, the commute just sucks.","It's embarrassing to learn information about your company because it's leaked to the press before being publicly announced internally, which seems to happen a fair amount at Microsoft.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61325,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 11, 2009",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft is a great company to work,"Microsoft is a great company to learn new tech, associate with some of the most intelligent folks in the industry and choose from a number of disciplines. It fosters a challenging environment where people have unlimited potential to grow in their careers. In last few years the company has done a great job to improve employee work-life balance. The review process has also been made more transparent which gives you an opportunity to have open discussion about your career with the management. Apart from all these, MS offers great benefits.",Microsoft has become a large organization and that has brought tons of unnecessary process overhead.,Distinguish star performers and reward them (Goldstars have lost their value),4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61326,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 8, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"A highly profitable company with poor innovation, quality and vision.","Stable company with solid financials, lot of position options which give you the ability to change your career direction based on your needs, because of variety of position. This can give you a lauching pad to change companies in future.  f you are lucky to get a good manager that will shield you from politics- then work can be fulfilling, interesting and easier to execute upon.  Good benefits.","Not an innovative company considering over 7B in R&D, highly political and territorial. A product and engineering oriented company with poor understanding of customer needs - that is my MS is alway second to market in everything- it follows others. I can hardly think of any product which MS has taken to market first.  Poor product quality overall and monopolistic attitude of bundling is a hurdle to quality as well.  Mediocre salaries.","Board should whack senior management completely- they still operate in stone ages and in a top down fashion. Senior management is not creatively focussed- need fresh innovative blood. Balmer should go- done nothing for company, employees.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61327,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 7, 2009",Former Employee - Principal Architect,The New IBM of 15 years ago.,Impact millions of people worldwide with MS products,"Slow moving and loosing the innovative edge. The company's management used to be extremely accessible and brutally honest with it's employees. This was 8 years ago when I joined the company. Now there are too many prep meetings for meetings with executives where so much of the informatin is filtered by people trying to protect their jobs - that it is getting harder and harder to make quick swift decisions to compete in the Google Era of Microsoft's history. Microsoft has survived the past competitive eras because they were software products that can take some time to build, etc. Applying a 18month-36month development cycle to Internet services which are literally in beta for years does not work. This is the reason MSN and other divisions of Microsoft are struggling to compete with Google.",Remove barrier to innovate - like the Microsoft of 7-8 years ago. Innovation has slowed down in recent years and the inertia of the company to move is seriously hampered by too many layers of managers.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61328,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 5, 2009",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Microsoft - some of the core realities,"Microsoft's size and product diversity can provide a lot of latitude for a variety of different career experiences. When starting, you'll be expected to stay in-role for at least a year, but after that (depending on the group) you can explore elsewhere within the company. I believe this is the best way to get the most out of the ""Microsoft experience"". In Microsoft, moving around is good, for a number of reasons. Note that team culture within MS differs widely. Clarify your career goals well, within your own mind, then work hard to get there - leveraging the existing HR processes.  As an FTE, the benefits package is the best you'll find.  The people at Microsoft, in general, are great. Overall, they are quite smart, and famously passive-aggressive. Don't be intimidated, but also don't over-assert yourself - just be relaxed, knowledgeable, open, vocal and confident. Make a point of getting to know a lot of people.","Microsoft culture is not as pragmatic as it used to be, and is becoming less so every day. MS people used to want to ""change the world"" (which they did), but now it's much more about ""playing the game"". The creeping bureaucracy is not, as some say, the inevitable result of growth - but rather the result of a loss of cultural momentum. As the old-timers leave, and new people join, the culture is shifting - slowly, but inexorably (like global warming).  In years passed, it used to be okay to openly challenge virtually anyone's rationale, as long as your argument was strong. Now, that could be politically unwise, and could hurt your career. Bad news used to ""travel fast"", but now it is more often suppressed. The true impact of modest reportable achievements tend to be exaggerated, often to a great extent. A project with minimal value but great visibility can do a lot to help your career, but the reverse will generally not.  Regardless of recent HR attempts to improve team collaboration, the element of intra-team competition remains as strong as ever, even within the formal reward structure. Helping others on your team will usually not impact your review, but ""game playing"" to improve your visibility at the expense of your peers is usually rewarded. This is true at every level of the company. Microsoft is not unique in this regard - but you should be clearly aware.","1. Drive user experience in an obsessive, even fanatical, way. 2. Don't allow ""canniballization"" concerns to inhibit product innovation. 3. Gravitate toward a more horizontal and de-centralized organizational structure.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61329,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 14, 2009",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),I am totally satisfied with Microsoft,Internal Microsoft documents obtained by WashTech News show that Microsoft salaries have been stagnant or nudged only slightly higher over the past two years. Comments from current and former employees about the company's compensation and performance review system suggest a growing level of frustration among rank-and-file workers,Too long hours and no social life,more get together with other team to have better communication,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1177.htm
61330,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 6, 2009",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Fine if you don't wan't to progress.,"Huge company allows many different opportunities for learning new businesses, products and styles. They consider firing more painful than death, and will avoid it at all costs. You can coast here for 10-15 years, easy. Some of the best benefits in the world.","Bloated organization of lazy slobs who cannot see anything outside of the Redmond-topia. This total disconnect taints every facet of our business.  Because the ranks are full of useless middle-management who were promoted for no reason other than to retain bodies and build miniature empires, promotion is difficult if not impossible unless you master the brown-nosing politics of the old guard. It goes without saying that performance is not rewarded.",Start by firing the bottom 10%. Continue until 50% is gone. Resume innovation.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61331,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 4, 2009",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Microsoft is an exciting and rewarding place to work,"Microsoft employs some of the world's smartest people. I've been with the company for 8 years and I routinely learn something new from my colleagues every day. We work on projects that are important to 100's of millions of people around the world, if you want to be part of something that has world-wide impact, this is the place to do it. We have fun, every team has a morale budget for parties and such, and we very casual. Most people have their own offices, though seating is based on time with the company so new hires might double up depending on the group. We have the Gold Standard for health benefits, you'll never pay a dime out-of-pocket for any health care.","You are guaranteed to get asked to help troubleshoot every Windows or Office problem your family and friends encounter, and it doesn't matter if your job has nothing to do with those products. You get teased by family and friends about working for a monopoly and about Bill Gates' hair, you get to hear about how Linux is so superior to Windows for all sorts of obscure tasks, and people send you links to those damn ""Hi, I'm a Mac"" commercials. Working in the Redmond, WA area means that 40,000 of your neighbors are also your co-workers, many neighborhoods are easily 60%+ Microsofties, so it can get a bit weird constantly being surrounded by the people you work with.","Drive integration from the top-down. Don't OK a new product unless the integration points with our other products and services are clearly understood, including by those other product and service teams. Get branding and messaging under control, we have seriously overused the ""LIVE"" brand. Things shouldn't be ""LIVE"" unless they all work together, otherwise it's meaningless. Don't wait two years to respond to competitors bashing our products, and then do so with strange commercials that don't have any message at all. Leave Yahoo alone, we are in better shape today because we failed to make that acquisition. Stop pouring money into Search, it's a bottomless pit. Face the fact that Google is now a verb and work on ways to capitalize on their success. Wouldn't it be great if Google were ""Powered by Microsoft""?",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61332,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 3, 2009",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Start here, learn as much as you can, leave, grow, come back, repeat ....","The Benefits, discounts on software, some really smart people to work with. The food in the cafeteria is sometimes good. What you are doing is going to affect millions of people.","The company is too huge ... slow moving ... sluggish. We need more ways of getting things done faster. It would help a lot if there was an easier way to reach employees within the company. We also need more visibility to product groups. It can be very daunting for someone who is starting afresh. Also, there is too much shuffling of upper management and product groups and not enough focus on long term strategy. The lack of openness is also a bad thing. Its about time more stuff was open sourced. It would lead to bugs being discovered earlier causing less of a problem.",The company needs to be lean and mean. Some major restructuring is required.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61333,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jan 21, 2009",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Safe heaven for economic downturn, almost like a government job!","Lot of cash to navigate economic downturn, big installed base, great people to work with if one is on the software development side of the house. Very hard to get fired, unless one does something really stupid like breaking the law","red tape, too many marketers with too little experience, poor career opportunities in marketing, cliques could control promotions and salary increases by manipulating the performance review process. Slow pace to innovation because of the big legacy. Ensuring backward compatibility is a hard task that few customers appreciate. Not diversified portfolio, revenue still 90% based on Windows and Office flagships. E&D and MSN are bleeding divisions with no clear plan to get ever profitable (yes, that means paying for all the 10+ year loses)",stop outsourcing marketing to thousands of vendors in Puget Sound!,1.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61334,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Content Senior SW engineer,Impact and the ability to work on products used by millions of people.,Incompetence of upper management. Convoluted review system and lack of transparency in compensation. Crappy stock.,MSFT is going through a mid-life crisis. I would advise senior management to retire and let fresh blood take over.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61335,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 30, 2008",Former Employee - Director,What you would pretty much expect from a large organization,"Stability, security, benefits brought about by the size and scope of the organization. The resources are made available to you to do your job. Certain parts of the company are still very exciting places to be and having success.",Enviornment has become much too political. It's much too diffiuclt to get anything done - any decisions are endlessly reviewed and second guessed. Management is building fiefdoms and is scared of any change or anything that will threaten that.,Eliminate a few layers of middle management. return the culture to one of real agility and empowerment,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61336,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 29, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"great for you career, but if you don't stay there for too long.","great experience, working with extremely smart people, invaluable for your next career step, invaluable for your resume.","slow career growth, ranking system, most projects are very closed and you get experience with internal tech, not very open towards the rest of the industry. Stock never goes up.",Stop the hiring spree and focus on the business that make money. Get the stock moving up again.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61337,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 26, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good to great place to work, despite its flaws.","opportunities to impact lots of users. interesting work, great people in general. i love going to work every day. customer focused (may be surprising, but true!). huge company with jobs in all sorts of areas, and flexibility (perhaps a bit too much) in transitioning jobs. don't let the negatives dissuade you, it's a great company to work for.",review process and promotion/bonus awards lack clarity. lack of guidance on career progress. things are very dependent on who is your manager. management in general gets loads of rewards compared to individuals.,"hold people accountable, including senior management. create an environment where one question (not the only question, but one) is 'how will this positively impact the stock price?'.  tell me where we're going and why we need to lose billions trying to catch up in search.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61338,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 27, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Not a good place for people who want to advance rapidly.,"Health benefits, reputation of company throughout the larger corporate world is still phenomenal. While it is mixed inside the technology world, I still find that people are in awe when I tell them that I work for Microsoft. That's a great feeling.","Too many management layers, takes too long for high-achieving people to get promoted, not the best place to work for people to want to rapidly advance. I personally know of several people who, at most other companies, would be much further along in terms of pay and comparable job leveling if they were somewhere else. But, Microsoft's corporate bureaucracy and political process has slowed them in their advancement tremendously. This is tantamount to taking food out of peoples' mouths.","Flatten the organization, remove the management layers, shorten the time and remove barriers for promotion. On the very poor internal tools, take your ego out of the equation and start purchasing better performing software from outside competitors to improve efficiency internally. It will greatly help the company's overall productivity.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61339,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Dec 8, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Technology Specialist,Microsoft is a great place to work!,"Microsoft offers some of the best benefits imaginable. From totally free health insurance for the entire family, to generous time off. After eight years at Microsoft, I received four weeks of vacation this year. This year, my wife and I also had a baby. I haven't paid a single penny in health care costs related to either the pregnancy or the labor/delivery and subsequent pediatric care. No copay, no deductible, nothing. Microsoft also offers infant care leave for mothers AND fathers. As a new dad, I received an automatic four weeks paid leave. Combined with my four weeks of vacation, I took two paid months off of work when my daughter was born. You simply cannot beat these benefits. Add to these benefits the 401k matching, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Stock Awards and an incredible pay package and Microsoft simply cannot be beat!","Work, Work, Work! I work extremely hard and work long hours to exceed my goals. Oftentimes, there isn't much recognition. Additionally, because MSFT is a huge company, there are way too many corporate rules and regulations to abide by and the bureaucratic nonsense oftentimes gets in the way of good performance.  Distance to corporate is also a downside. I work in the field and only make it to Seattle at most twice a year. Everyone in Redmond lives in an ivory tower and the disconnect between the field and corporate is shocking - from a culture and a realistic perspective.",Trim the fat. Get rid of underperforming employees. Get rid of 25% of middle management. Allow your stellar individual contributors to contribute without so many ridiculous administrative tasks.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1178.htm
61340,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 16, 2008",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,"For hardcore workers, people new to town ('cause your life revolves around work), and anyone who wants to learn A LOT.","Incredible access to information, opportunities to learn something new every day (truly!), mentoring, and their is no shortage of inspirational and brilliant minds at every turn. As long as you don't mind being surrounded by ivy leaguers and math-geniuses and can hold you own - it's great. The benefits range from the big stuff: healthcare, decent compensation in the industry to the details - the famous free beverages, grocery delivery to work, laundry pick-up, even free transportation with a dedicated Msft transit system complete with wireless connectivity. And - SUPER-INEPENSIVE SOFTWARE! There is never a dull moment. And, the people are geinuinely caring and generous to boot. Great work culture overall - definitely hard core though. Think ""college finals week"" on a fairly regular basis - work hard, get results, blow-off-steam as needed via office prankishness. I have been employed off-and-on (pursuing personal projects/volunteering/having kids...), and made lifelong friends at Microsoft. It's a company unlike any other. (Any other that didn't spin off from Msft, that is.)","Ironically, many of the downsides are the same as the upsides. The work ethic here is INSANE! For your employment anniversaries you get a giant prism/crystal and two cards. One: thanking you for your years of service and contributions to the company. Two: for your significant other, thanking him or her essentially for the sacrifices made as a result of being saddled with a Microsoftie for a S.O. Yes. Seriously. My husband gets a kick out of it everytime. (Ahem, at least Msft REMEMBERS anniversaries.) And, sacrifice, you will: there's a sub in every country. In other words: in every time zone. You'll take a lot of calls at odd hours in your pajamas and you'll bump into a lof of co-workers in the office on wkends. The place has grown tremendously since I started here. The Red-tape dispenser is endlessly full. The workload is huge and you can count on an annual re-org (usually mid to late January) of whatever group you work in. Raises are sparse. They are distributed via boxscore and thhere's a max allotment for each org. You can see how this might work better for some and not others. The idea is to keep everyone at top performance, but it eventually serves to piss some people off and send them to Goog or bounce around the company until they burn out from starting over. Some employees choose to leave Msft and return shortly after to another role to renegotiate comp. Stupid, yes. Worked for me both times.","How about less red tape and obstacle courses through outsourced-help land (ie: Procurement Desk, etc...), and more individual accountability? Why not train managers a little more? More diversity would be good - having all the women in the company work as admins and HR (also the lowest paid perhaps?) doesn't count.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61341,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 24, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good if you don't mind big company politics,"Lots of teams, some of which are filled with talented people and doing really interesting work. Very good benifits, and respectable base compensation for the industry. Definitely a company built by engineers, so you get treated with respected as an IC. Direct technical managers are usually very good.",Big company bureaucracy and politics. Upper management is frequently out of touch and doesn't communicate well on product direction.,None,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61342,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 22, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place to start a career in tech. Lots to learn.,Great benefits. Lots of opportunities to learn best practices from a software giant.,Windows Vista gets a bad reputation.,Figure out the web. Quickly. Office and Windows release too slowly to respond to the market.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61343,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,great company to aquire a solid experience but entrepreneurs do not last long,"There are a lot of smart people around, you can learn a ton from others. it is a great way to get solid experience especially when you are right out of college. There is a diversity of jobs you can hold within different divisions that are very different from one another. There are really several companies within Microsoft, the culture and the type of work within Windows or office for example is completely different from what you will find in the Xbox or the Windows Mobile division. Another positive aspect is the job flexibility, if you like to sleep in the morning, it is ok to show up at noon if you woudl like as long as you get your job done.","one of the key component missing is the startup feel in which people take more risks and try new things more easily. People sometimes focus on looking good to management, improving their review or overfucusing on the result for this fiscal year or quarter rather than doing on the right thing for the company for the long term.","Empower the bottom of the pyramid more, provide individual contributors with more flexibility to pursue their passions with more flexibility on job changes.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61344,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Dec 17, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Microsoft. Big, solid, stable, yawn.",It's a good place to start a career. The benefits are really nice. Stock options are generous. There are a lot of smart interesting people around. A lot of good caffeine in proximity. Employee discounts rock -- you can win many friends this way. There's a lot of opportunity for advancement quickly if you're an overachiever type.,The stock is flat. The weather in Seattle is generally lousy. The future of the company is not as rosy as the past. The traffic in the area is lousy during commute times. There is a general lack of innovation from the newer guys. They expect everything to come from a book.,Bring Bill back.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61345,microsoft,"Redmond, OR"," Dec 17, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,No longer a great place to work.,"Get to work on high-impact products with really smart people. There is a lot of professional development support available. Lots of training, a well-equipped training, smart people to learn from.","Lack of time to take the said training.  Your entire year revolves around performance reviews. You think about reviews all the time. You get done with an annual review and it is suddenly time to set commitments for next year and before you know it, it is time for a mid year review and updating those commitments and then it is annual review again. in between, you have to fill out other forms related to ladder level and what not. all the time you spend on this is time spent away from doing real work.  too many meetings.  too many lousy managers.  Too much focus on visibility and such. not enough focus on your technical abilities. Who you know counts far more than what you know.",Get rid of bad management. Tone down the amount of time spent on reviews and review related busy work. Allow technical people to grow on technical ladder without all this nonsense related to visibility and cross-group collaboration. Don't make the manager solely responsible for an employee performance review. This allows a bad manager to destroy the career of many an employee.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61346,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 15, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good stepping stone for getting experience,"Good benefits, good work/life balance, highly visible products","low-level management wasn't so great, the company gets bad press, lots of bureaucratic nightmares between teams","improve low-level managers, foster teamwork across products",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61347,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 14, 2008",Former Employee - Instructional Designer,Great place to build a stable work foundation.,Big organization with alot of actvity and scale. Great for a long time career or to cap a career. Super benefits package and coverage with some innovative perks.,Good for the specialist not great for a jack of all trades or someone who thrives on change. Takes a long time to really get anywhere or to advance. Company is pretty slow moving and methodical. Tough to be in this industry and feel like you are on the edge of technology in this environment.,Figure out how to encourage innovation at an individual level versus at group level.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61348,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 13, 2008",Current Employee - Finance Director,Safe harbor for now,"Benefits, growth opportunities, range of jobs. Job security.",Competitive and confrontational culture - not much consensus building or collaboration. Big matrix results in lots of duplicative efforts and territory wars,Work on getting better people managers and building a culture where people are encouraged to respect one another an those who don't face consequences,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61349,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 12, 2008",Current Employee - Business Development Director,Opportuity for change,"Great entry level opportunities, good starter (company) name for a resume. Depends on the dev group, but the tools and testing are better than most other software companies - you won't be able to take all the methodologies away to a start-up...  People definitely return your professional phone calls - ""Microsoft"" still has ""pull"" in the general business community.  Great benefits, though the benefits aren't terribly better than others - Microsoft has a $0 co-Pay, whereas, at least to me, a $5 co-pay is functionally the same.  Microsoft has some of the biggest brands in the industry: nice to say ""...I improved calculation speed in Excel by 175%..."" if you get the opportunity to work on a big product.  Many of the the people are first class, really decent.","Intensely political, managers are distracted from the essential work of managing by political considerations, ""Managing upward"" is the key to career success - lot's of attitude without credible results. Bad decisions are made regularly because short-term thinking dominates. A very strongly hierarchical culture - that is too big for hierarchies to be effective.  Lot's of teams going nowhere: not cut, not funded for success - career deadzones.  Deadening series of meetings: coordination is necessary, but heaven forbid there a technology to cut away the endless meetings that sap productivity.  Poisonous managers, as probably has to be expected in a culture that has so many, but offers no training, except for how to avoid lawsuits.","Look at the sad state of your managers, many have pointy hair - we're becoming a Dilbert cartoon.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1179.htm
61350,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Dec 8, 2008",Former Employee - Account Manager,There is no work-life balance at Microsoft.,Compensation can be above average for the industry. Health benefits are very good. Take advantage of training or certification opportunities.,"Even if you think you are meeting your objectives/committments, you're not. There are so many 'unwritten' factors in how management judges you, and these factors can change every month without you even being informed. Watch out for your peers who will back-stab you every chance they get in order to get a 2-3% annual raise. Expect to have a new manager at least 2 times per year.",Stop playing favorites.,2.0,1.0,none,2.5,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61351,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 5, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Give up Yahoo and clean out Windows Live/MSN. Too much crap that's not yielding any results.,"By far the biggest benefit for me is the opportunity to work with peers who really are the best and the brightest. At previous companies I have worked at, I would frequently get frustrated with the level of incompetence of others i had to work with. With very few exceptions, most everyone at MS has a right to be there. I can't say enough about the opportunity to transfer across divisions and disciplines if you are motivated to do so. Work/life balance goes in cycles, but in general is ok.","Bureaucratic bloat has impacted the ability for most teams to be agile. For a technology company, it's amazing that there is almost no acceptace of remote/virtual work. While working remote/telecomutting, part time, etc is given alot of lip service it's almost always career limiting.",None - they're not listening.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61352,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Good company for people right our of college,Its still a good company for people joining out of college. Good technical work. The company has passion for technology and you will certainly gain great experience and opportunity to do some great work.,Not a company for people with 8-10 year experince. Mostly you will have join at a lower level at Microsoft and will take years to grow to where you would be if you had not joined Microsoft. Has a bloated middle-management. People who have joined in the 90s will never leave Microsoft and have mostly captured the middle management layer. Very difficult to grow into that role now.,Get realistic on the product line and the timelines. Too many people making ad-hoc decisions.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61353,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager III,Contract work is great if you have the right Perspective,"It's a great opportunity to learn and you become accostomed to working in a university-like enviornment. You do feel part of a large community. The company seems genuinely concerned about the enviornment. The facilities are excellent, than includeds the cafes and bathrooms.","Many people are working themselves sick. Also, there is not really a culture of sharing information or collaborating. If something is not in someone's commitments, then you can't count on them. Product development can take so long that you may be working on an irrelevant product by the time it's near launch.",Foster a genuinely collaborative atmosphere.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61354,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 8, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Software Design Engineer,Worth learning the truth behind the reputation,"New technology, smart people, challenge, most difficult work that I have done in my life. Software engineers should work for at least one company like this so that they learn that there is usually tarnish behind the glitz.","Arrogance, high levels of unwarranted competition, hard to get through ""the club."" The wrong people often get the credit and really bad behaviors are often rewarded.",Rethink how people are treated. Worked for several engineering managers who put themselves way above those who report to them. Had one manager place himself on a patent application and collect on the bonus when it wasn't his idea.,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61355,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Dec 24, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Stay away unless you are unemployed and truly desperate.,The health care. This is actually the only reason to work there.,"Let's start with some of the nastiest people I have ever worked with in my life. People that are so arrogant and competitive that you get depressed on Saturday knowing you have to go to work Monday. Add in the cult like personality of those same people. I actually got blasted for having an iPod. I think every Zune player sold was to a Microsoft lemming. Sprinkle in a political machine that makes Nixon look tame. Management speaks in acronyms about everything, a typical meeting is so filled with acronyms that you are often wondering what in the blue hell they were talking about. And finally, a product set that is becoming increasingly irrelevant. And the usual lack of work/life balance, improper tools to do my job, the usual minutia if you happen to not submit a time sheet because you were in an airport until 2am on a Friday.",Resign and move on. Steve Ballmer has outlived his usefulness 3 times over. And spare me the Bill Gates is saint speech. The man spent half his career defending a monopoly.,1.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61356,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Dec 5, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Good place to work but the future is a bit cloudy.,"Lots of career opportunities as well as variety. There are many different positions available at Microsoft and at a variety of geographic locations. Perks are reasonable and are pretty competitive with the rest of the industry. Jobs are pretty safe at MS (assuming that you are competent). As a company, MS is well-run financially so the expectation of layoffs during this recession are quite low. Since MS is involved in a variety of areas, even when one part of the business slows down, other parts do ok, so things do even out. There are some projects (i.e. Azure) that have the potential to be very exciting.","Not the most innovative company. Very slow-moving in terms of new markets. Given Microsoft's enormous size (almost 100k employees) it's easy to get lost and forgotten by management. Unfortunately, most of the industry looks down at Microsoft employees to the point where it's embarrassing to admit that you work there. Overall, externally, MS has a bad reputation, but as an employer I do think that their reputation is a good one. It's very difficult to start something new and innovative: only certain key employees are allowed to be involved in such things: the rest of us just slog along. Not a lot of self-reflection within the company (i.e. self-criticism).",Devolve decision-making as low as you can go. Be nimble or the competition will eat our lunch.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61357,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Dec 6, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Microsoft, the successful company that is ready for new challenges","career development, career opportunities, visibility, project opportunities, exposure to technology, great company, great history, legacy, great leaders, great benefits, great location, international working environment, industry leader, research leader, leader in scientific and computer sciences community in the world, popularity, successul company, powerful company, job security, diversity, etc.","too big a company, too much competition, performance assessments and their limitations, too much work at times, still not as aggressive as Google","Become more agile, focus on research, let people work on projects they want to work on and gain the kinds of experiences that they would like to gain, let them work in multiple roles depending on need and utility.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61358,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 2, 2008",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,Ballmer hasn't done anything for employees or shareholders since he has been CEO.,"Microsoft's medical and dental benefits are great. I think they're probably the best I've experienced, having worked for a number of large high tech companies. It's a large company that has a relatively good reputation, especially outside of the IT industry. Its big name will help open a lot of doors to other employers.","If you get tired of references to ""the evil empire"", don't work at Microsoft. While the company might have a relatively good reputation outside of the IT industry, there are a lot of people who have negative opinions of the company because of their past business practices. The stock hasn't done very well over the last 7 years, either. Microsoft certainly isn't a place where you can ""rest & vest"" anymore. If you're looking to make money on stock, this isn't the place. The salary portion of the compensation isn't bad, but it isn't great. Microsoft pays a little below the market, from what I've seen in the salary surveys.","Microsoft has become very top heavy, with many layers of management that don't seem to be adding any value. I'd recommend getting rid of Ballmer first and then start to clean house from there. In some of the company's orgs, there are 10+ layers of management between the ICs and top level.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61359,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 26, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Good company for stable job, bad company for building career.","Great medical and vision benefits, reasonable dental ones. Mature, stable company with relatively good payment. Relatively flexible working hours.","Career growth is limited, once you enter the company. Minor promotions happen on annual basis. If you enter the company in lower level, you have no chance of moving up, regardless of performance.  Work-life balance does not exist in many teams. The company sets unreasonable expectation for responsiveness, causing employees to reply to e-mails across the clock.  Directions are not set clearly and there is significant randomization. Communication channels and responsibilities are also not well defined across the company.  Teams rarely work well together, as the culture is competitive instead of collaborative.","Focus on innovation and customer value, not on shipping more products/features. This company used to be the driver of innovation in the industry, but this image faded in the past few years.  Windows Mobile OS is a typical example of the above.  Improve branding for Windows Live.",2.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1180.htm
61360,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 4, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good learning experience. bad management.,"its a good learning experience coming out of college. you learn how to apply what you learned in school to a product in the real world that millions of people will use. you learn how you make and release a product to market and how many different disciplines come together to make it happen. you collaborate with different disciplines, providing different perspectives on things, helping solidify the product. you learn how to make things happen in a big company.","management is terrible. many managers got into microsoft in the 90s when it was rapidly growing and quickly moved up the ladder when there was a low bar. today, some of them may not even be hired if they applied. they hold on to what they have by blocking anyone new below them from moving up. employees joining microsoft in the 2000s have a major turnover rate due to frustration of no career growth from this, not to mention lack of mentorship from incompetent managers above them. there is a highly unnecessary amount of managers and layers of management, its no wonder it took over 5 years to make vista. efficiency is impossible with this. consequently, poor management leads to a flat, non-growth value stock for 8 years or so. bright people with innovative ideas below management have a hard time getting their ideas pushed forward with the extreme bureaucracy. the review process is highly opinionated and more like a popularity contest, lacking objectivity based on actual performance.","clean house and do a major revamp in management. reduce management layers and numbers. get back to delivering value in stock to shareholders. become a ""cool"" company, instead of getting routinely made fun of by apple.",2.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61361,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Dec 3, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Lots of opprotunities for the brightest engineers.,"Great opprotunities. Plenty of young workers, feels like a campus. Managers are easy going and understanding of everyone. Plenty of opprotunities for career advancement. Pay is comparable and often times higher than competitors. Redmond is a great location and located close to Seattle, which has plenty of stuff to do. Microsoft flies you out for interviews which gives you a chance to see the location.","Like every company there are pros and cons when working at Microsoft. Microsoft is a large company with lots of workers, and one can get ""lost in the crowd"". You need to stand out to get noticed.",Happy engineers are productive engineers! Don't forget that.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61362,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 23, 2008",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,"Lots of good things, and only a few (minor) downsides.",Depth. We work on so much from software to hardware and exciting things. There are numerous groups to work with and find something that interest you.,"We are a company of 90,000 - its easy to get lost in the mix. Growing your own ideas can sometimes be challenging.",Be more open with your employees and customers,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61363,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2008",Current Employee - Architect,Center of the Digital Universe,"Technology is Microsoft's life blood - as a technologist it is like visiting techno Mecca. The internal dialog and conversations are often intense and electrifying. What better place can you be than right next to the team that wrote the code you'll base your products upon. One of the most appealing aspects is the opportunity to steer and impact 100's millions of people's lives touched by MS products.  About the workplace - every team member is given 24x7 access to Microsoft offices, networks and other resources through laptops, cellphones, home machines etc. wherever they are in the world. We've been living the road-warrior lifestyle for over 10 years. All campuses are WiFi enabled - with very diverse range of working environments from offices through open plan to lounges and ""coffee shops"" - whatever suits yours and your team's working style.  The cash+bonus package is very competitive though the stocks are worth somewhat less than they used to be. As a family the full-coverage health benefits alone are worth thousands. Microsoft's commercial buying power is also negotiated in to a discount card for local vendors and suppliers.",Despite management efforts there is still a lingering sense of alpha-dog b.s. Moreover the internal competition is often more intense than the external competition. As a very developer/technology lead company sometimes it is a little too focused on create new vs. embracing the community. Email is almost completely,Hold managers more accountable for their people skills - too often I see managers who should have stayed IC ruin great teams. Pay closer attention to friends and family hiring and vending too.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61364,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 30, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good place to work and learn,Anything and everything related to software exists here under one roof. Switiching disciplines and technologies is very common and encouraged. Work-life balance is excellent. You work with some of the most intelligent people on the planet.,Huge beaureacracy makes the company a slow mover,Encourage more risk-taking withing employees and support more skunk-works type projects.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61365,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2008",Current Employee - Editor II,None.,"Considerable opportunity to work in many different types of businesses. Also, the ability to switch between management and individual contributor status throughout one's career while continuing to maintain or increase one's salary grade in the company.","It's huge, and the spread of one's work gets to be overwhelming as a result. Also, the review and compensation model is getting clearer, but is still fairly convoluted and most people have no idea how reviews are formulated.",None.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61366,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 28, 2008",Current Employee - Business Planning Manager,"Good place for the present, unsure about the future","It is still one of the places where you can do the most impact - the facilities are great, the possibilities are boundless. Most people are very intelligent. The processes and policies are helpful and would work if the company wasn't so introspective. Sometimes, Microsoft competes excellently with other companies.","Middle management is disappointing - most of the middle managers are very incompetent and lazy. The review process gets in the way of innovation. The organization is very far from efficient, and there are several managers with just one or two employees, clearly a waste of resources. Some competing companies are way quicker than we are.",Middle management sucks.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61367,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Nov 24, 2008",Former Employee - Partner Account Manager,Bright co-workers on a mission to make customers the hero.,"chance to work with great people, to make heroes out of our customers. good management support and communications. plenty of resources available to get the job done. decent pay and benefits package.","culture of criticism, which in general, rewards the know-it-all personalities and is detrimental to certain 'helping personalities.' one's reputation in this culture is of paramount importance not only with customers, but also with partners and co-workers. most employees recognize this and spend an inordinate amount of time and energy trying to impress each other, instead of just getting the job done, serving customers.","respect different working approaches, styles and personalities. have patience for delivering results through a culture based on the Microsoft values. Management by scorecard is not leadership.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61368,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 25, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work if you like big companies,- Working with lots of smart people - Many chances for professional growth - A Microsoft experience can help you land new jobs - Great benefits,"- Big company, too many duplicated efforts, and not enough communication between groups - Sometimes it feels like the different groups don't cooperate, which is frustrating at times",Cut down the barriers to communication between groups,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61369,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 27, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Group specific experience,"Great people to work with and interesting tasks. I was using a mix of software and hardware description languages to do my task and I think that is very rewarding. Also, my manager was very easy-to-approach and gave me good feedback based on my performance. Also, the benefits are decent.","The company's experience is very group-specific. If you don't pick you group carefully, you could easily end up in a group you don't like very much. Also, the company as a whole has very bad press-coverage. A day does not go by that I notice some headline somewhere saying something negative about Microsoft.","Improve the stability and performance of Windows, and try more open-source projects.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1181.htm
61370,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 24, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Great benefits at a good company, with a fair salary.","Microsoft has the best health benefits on the planet. In the 10+ years I was a blue badge, I think I only saw 1 medical bill that wasn't 100% covered by Microsoft's plan.  In fact, Microsoft probably has the best benefits package in the industry outside of Google (comprehensive medical / dental / vision / prescription drug plans, paternity & maternity leave, 5 weeks of vacation / year after 12+ years of service, company store, company library, Prime card, Pro Club / gym membership, Connector bus / metro pass, free beverages, and many other benefits).  Also, despite it's size, Microsoft is a fairly agile company. The decisions that senior management makes usually are rational. And there are very few companies that as much state of the art technology as Microsoft does.","Unfortunately, Microsoft is a really big company and the corporate bureaucracy is most acutely felt during review time. Review goals are often made irrelevant by changing requirements during the course of the year and the review process is lumbering and is often times burdensome.  Your career advancement & opportunities are often determined more the by subjective opinions of ill informed managers, than by merit & objective facts. If you have a good relationship w/ a good manager, you'll probably go far in your career. If you have mediocre manager or one that you have a strained relationship with, you should switch groups or leave the company, ASAP. It's easier to advance your career outside of Microsoft than inside of it.  The stock based compensation (options, grants & ESPP) isn't anywhere near what it was during the 1990s and the base salary hasn't made up the difference.","Most products at Microsoft are competitive with industry leaders. Microsoft's current inability to be competitive with internet applications leaders (Firefox & Google) and mobile phone & music devices (Apple) is a concern.  The stack rank review process is counter productive, but it's unlikely MS will ever change to something more equitable.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61371,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 21, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Microsoft - flexibility, variety, and scale meet politics and excessive process.","There are tremendous opportunities to make lateral moves within the company - get bored of a given role, org, product, or customer segment and the sheer size and internal policies conducive to internal transfers guarantee the opportunity for variety in your MSFT career. Also impact - the vastness of the customer base means that even ""small"" products at Microsoft often touch on millions of customers. It's rare to find an organization where even junior staff can see direct impact of their work on such an immense scale.","Size breeds laborious process and overbearing politics - likely the same in any company with over 80,000 employees. It becomes a significant challenge to get meaningful work done, as you end up spending huge percentages of your time churning through v-teams, lining up stakeholders, navigating ownership issues, and the like.","Less reorgs, focus on less politics. Seek out fantastic UX and creative types and give them veto rights over the entrenched engineering and marketing management (this, coming from a marketer).",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61372,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,"Good compnay if you want to live in Redmond, WA","The benefits are the best -- we literally have 50 or more free benefits. Each day I learn about a benefit. Childcare, exercise, free health care, great cafeterias, free sodas, tea, coffee, child friendly work facilities, beautfiul facilities in WA area, The opportunity to work with great software","Not really an inclusive environment. Diversity is terrible unless you are Asian or white. Growth opporuntities are limited to Redmond, WA.",Be serious about diversity and improve management competencies- I've had soem terrible managers that were rated poorly but kept getting promoted. Many people have left the organization and others are even leaving MS.,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61373,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2008",Former Employee - Regional Manager,The reality of working at Microsoft,Ability to travel around the world and take on jobs in other countries. Ability to really learn how the software and high-tech industry really works.,"It has become beaurocratic. Don't necesserily hire the smartest people anymore. No longer a culture of sharing and debate. It has become a place of cry babies if they don't get their way, especially developers who think they are smarter than they really are.","Fire all of the senior managers as they are hanging on to old Microsoft views that are no longer valid in the market place. Still is an old boys network of ""who's friends with Steve and Bill"" get the promotions.",3.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61374,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,"Great company to work for, need to improve compensation to be competitive in Silicon Valley","Microsoft provides the best professional training I have attended compared to other software companies I have worked for in Silicon Valley. Microsoft tries to hire the top 1% of the top 1%, and as a result you get the opportunity to work with a lot of smart people. Microsoft encourages change of roles that provide opportunities to grow professionally. Microsoft Silicon Valley is a great campus with great synergetic teams without the Redmond politics. Microsoft Senior Leaders are true visionaries that inspire trust on the company direction.","Microsoft's overall compensation package is ""fair"". However, compared with other companies in Silicon Valley it comes short overall.",Make Microsoft small and go back to innovation!,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61375,microsoft,"Denver, CO"," Nov 20, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great employer if you live in Washington!,Excellent pay and benefits compared to the competition.,If you do not work in Redmond or relocate your career advancement is limited.,Use the technology that Microsoft is known for to reduce travel expenses and don't lose top performers because they don't live in Washington.,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61376,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Ballmer and his Microcannibals must go!,"Love the healthecare insurance, ride share, health club, legal, and other perks such as reimbursement offered for those really late nights on campus that last beyond public transportation. I have had to take a cab home a couple of times at 2:00am and was reimbursed 100%. I also like the speaker series that are very educational. There are eduacational reimbursment benefits as well but overal they are pretty light at 7K a year I think for an approved program at a local university and not sure how far 7K would go at the university of washington but it is something.","The secret society that exists between those that have been at Microsoft the longest. It is a tough click to crack. There is no clear roadmap to parnter and I honestly do not know of anyone from the outside that makes it from entry level now days to partner. There are far too many people in line that have been at microsoft forever what are waiting for those spots. And, the comp model does not promote teamwork. Instead it promotes hundereds of redundant teams, roles, and products all competing against eachother to the finish line. There is little rationalle behind who wins. It is a subjective process that looks objecive on paper but often the paper reviews actually do not match the true work that is delivered. Those who are new to the culture or are from the outside really get taken advantage of by the old timers. They speak two different languages and the old timers expect you to adapt or leave and sometimes adapting to their ways lacks business ethics.  I personally have been asked on more than one occassion to do things like ""fudge the numbers, make it up, etc"" and when refused to do so diplomatically and carefully was then demoted and given a poor perforamnce reveiw despite winning several awards throughout the year that were an obvious contrast to what was in my review. One of the awards in fact was for Engineering Excellence for what of the best projects of the year awarded by Bill Gates so it was intersting to receive my fourth award that year and then on my review be told that I was in the bottom 10%. Previously to that year under other managers, I was always in the top 10% and on steve's ""One to Watch List."" Yup, there is a list - I'll bet a lot of you softy's did not know that.  Things like this though happen all the time, you hear it everywhere and things never seem to change. Worse for wear thought is that if you take something like this to HR, they really have not ability to do anything except for an investigation that can make the indivudal emploee look bad, the repercussions cintinue against the employee and HR and the GM's with poor ethics continue on.  In the end, I will leave due to the poor business ethics I have seen here as that is the beginning of the end for microsft when at this size and scale they have lost complete control og the emplyees, sr managers, and HR.",I'll be looking at you through the other side of the google glass but will not ask the technology gods to give you mercy as you do not deserve it.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,31,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61377,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Nov 8, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Microsoft, a great place to visit","Benefits: Microsoft pays for everything, and then some for you and your whole immediate family. not just awesome health insurance, but huge discounts on gym membership, lawyer fees, restaurants, and more Resume booster: As many issues as Microsoft may or may not have, it is tough to argue that it doesn't look pretty good on a resume Industy experience: There are some very cool things going on in a variety of industries that Microsoft is playing in. Getting involved in these projects can be exciting and even historic in many cases. Internal flexibility: If you don't like your job, boss, team, building location, or even industry, take a look around internally and dip your toes in the water somewhere else. It is pretty easy to maneuver the internal job market.","Slow to react to industry trends: Microsoft has been historically about 2-3 years behind where they should be from an innovation perspective. See next point for the reason why. Too many meetings and approvals needed to make decisions: I can't stress this enough. Be prepared to move VERY, VERY slowly to get almost anything accomplished. Too many overlapping functions: There's fat in many of the organizations that could be trimmed. Another reason why it takes so long to make decisions. Engineering dominates most business strategies and decisions: This is how Microsoft was built, and it still exists in the corporate culture today. Not a bad thing, unless you're on the business side and you want to try and do the job you were hired for.","Empower and flatten the organization, define clear boundaries for various functions of the organization",2.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61378,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Microsoft, great company to work for","Career advancing opportunities, working on the most interesting stuff out there and they treat people very good. I don't know if there's another software company in the US which treats it's employees like this. I'm not talking only about benefits, but about respect.","Sometimes, there are situations in which you have to work late. Also, it depends on the team you work in. Another downside would be that you promotions depend solely on your manager's decision. So if your manager doesn't like you, you're pretty much stuck on your job.",Great leadership skills.,5.0,2.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61379,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Dev Engineer,Software engineer at Microsoft,MS is a financially stable company with variety of software jobs spanning multiple computer science disciplines. Stock awards and benefits increase over time. So the pay is good for long timers. Vacation increases as well to 4 weeks. Benefits are already generous.,"Its a slower company and many groups have friction against various new things. Domain knowledge is not well rewarded, generic skills such as data structures, C++, windows system programming etc have much higher reward during recruitment in particular. Pay is not bad but increasing the base salary meaningfully is really difficult unless you gain promotions regularly. So keep up the hard work and learn new things that are valued here.",Keep up the good work and remain open for change.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1182.htm
61380,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work. Watch out for the caveats of being at a big company.,"Most of the people here are really smart. There's so much going on at the company and they've been at this forever - Microsoft knows how to ship a product. The volume of information (and professional development resources) available to employees is enormous. If you want to work on products the entire world uses, look no further.  Compensation and benefits are both very good. There's a lot of emphasis put on individual career development. In terms of social responsibility, they're very generous and proactive re: corporate giving and volunteer work.","There can be a lot of red tape. Sometimes you can get the feeling that you're spending more time talking about what is going to be done than actually doing it. This is both good and bad: your plan is always rock solid but because of all the time spent planning you have less time for the work itself.  Depending on the team there can be pressure to ""just get the job done"" whether or not that means working reasonable hours. In my experience this is cyclical.  There can also be politics to deal with since, after all, this is a big company.  There can be reluctance to embrace non-Microsoft technologies, particularly open source ones. Some of this is valid from a legal perspective (Microsoft is a big target and can get away with a lot less than a smaller company which is off the radar) but regardless of the actual reasons this can make it take longer to get the job done.","Be more transparent about the company's strategy both now and moving forward. Reassure them that, where Microsoft is the underdog, there IS a plan and here is what it is.",5.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61381,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Oct 30, 2008",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,"Microsoft is great company , you never get bored here",You get chance to work with lot of great people and Microsoft helping lot of organizations through giving campaign and salary and benefit package also very good,"This is too big company , if you don't have career plan , it is easy to get lost in this company","More management training sessions should be available to employees, we see lot of trainings on technical side, management side, we have very limited training sessions",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61382,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Microsoft is a good place to work.,Benefits and compensation are good. Internal training opportunities are good.,Work-life balance can sometimes be challenging. Sometimes hard to plan real life around project schedules.,Keep listening to your employees and working with the information that is provided in the employee surveys.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61383,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft is a good company to join,benefits are really good. many technical opportunities. clear career path.,You have to wait enough years to top out. Salary is about the average of similar jobs. Too much politics,Try to help your team members and give them correct credits.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61384,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 25, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Has its ups and downs and is an above average employer except for the politics,"For mid-careers: Premera insurance is great for people with families or singles with expensive medical conditions. Company stability, because of its size. 40-hour, or a bit more than that, work life balance work weeks available on some teams. Nice to have on your resume. IF you are in exactly the right situation, the chance to add astonishing things to your list of career accomplishments, few software companies offer the same opportunities to affect the technical world as Microsoft does. IF you can get one or more very good reviews (see below), compensation is tough to match elsewhere. Adoption benefits. Chance to keep up with different aspects of the industry by attending technical talks by other teams.  College hires: Microsoft on the resume. Chance to learn the Microsoft development philosophy, tools and components from the people who designed them. Chance to add to technical knowledge by attending talks given by other teams and Microsoft Research. Generally pretty good advancement and regular promotions for people at the lower levels 59-62. Some teams are fun groups that enjoy socializing with each other after hours, so there's a built in social life. You'll get a world-class introduction to corporate politics if you keep your eyes and ears open, which will stand you in good stead in the future at Microsoft or other big companies.  For everyone: The chance to contribute to software used around the world, and in some cases, known by nearly every human in developed countries. The chance to internally transfer to groups working on products so different that it's like a different company. Many different company cultures within different divisions of the company, so you can probably find one that fits what you're looking for at whatever your stage of life. They pay your fee to the nicest, albeit huge, gym in the area.","For mid-careers: Career stagnancy hits most at some point, so to advance you may need to leave, high senior, principal and beyond staff tend to have it good compensation-wise, so they don't leave very often, which can limit opportunities for those below them who want to move up. Many teams lack work life balance, but pay enough lip service to it that they won't admit it when you interview, so be careful, it is not unheard of for 60 hour weeks to be a norm, so consider that when negotiating salary, in rare cases, it can be worse than that. A bevy of smart people who may or may not have good social skills + very political culture in some groups = some of the worst, devious, cleverly-backstabbing-with-plausible-deniability politics you've ever seen in your life, as people fight to reach the higher levels and to stay there. Some fairly onerous engineering processes, I've heard Windows developers say they spend 12-15 hours a week coding and 25+ attending meetings, filling out database forms that are part of ""process"", talking with those who work on other components to ensure that their upcoming code changes won't break another part of the product, asking for permission to fix bugs. If you're technical, you will laugh in disbelief when first exposed to some of our most-used internal tools. If your history is not in Microsoft-created technologies, not all that you bring to the company will be considered useful. If you don't manage to get into a situation where your management gifts you with a couple great reviews, compensation will be merely average or below. Negotiate well when entering, because raises here are at or slightly below inflation, while starting salaries for new hires tend to meet or beat it, after a few years, you may find new people with your skills coming in higher than you currently are.  For college hires: Minimal exposure to technologies not invented at Microsoft. A company that's pretty set in its ways and expects you to conform to it rather than giving you an opportunity to move it forward with new thinking. No match for Google in the cafeteria or free snacks department.  For everyone: Company's reputation is declining. Company's stock price has been stagnant for a decade. Exceedingly poor management in many areas of the company, sometimes to a toxic level, too many middle managers have instituted a lot of bureaucracy, committees, internal initiatives that justify their existence without adding value. The necessity for most to venture into management to grow their careers, the technical IC advancement path doesn't have room for everyone who'd like to pursue it. Sometimes what you are developing isn't particularly unique, it may have even been done, and done better, elsewhere in the company before, but for not-invented-here reasons and concerns about forking development paths, you can't easily share components among teams that are organizationally far apart as easily as you can when working in the open source culture. Entrenched culture at the top makes it difficult for good ideas to be heard and acted upon, leadership tends to play the risk minimization game, and changing the status quo is seen as a risk. So many encumbrances that the company moves slowly - potential legal liability, anti-trust, P/R concerns, worries that product A in division B could cannibalize sales of product X in division Y. Some confusion at the company about the role and technical competence of managers, some teams assume managers are the team's technical experts, when they're not, this can result in poor decisions. Review structure in which one is pitted against one's teammates for the larger portion of two aspects of review compensation, stock awards (the other, the yearly bonus, is not nearly as ""curved"" as stock awards), review compensation decisions can be very arbitrary at the whim of your manager, and more dependent on nepotism and politics than performance. When going into the company, it's more important to choose a manager you can work well with, than it is to choose the perfect job, for that reason. Also, if you're on a team of strong performers and you are not the strongest, you can be penalized. Related to that, managers have been known to ""cook"" reviews by assigning critical, high-visibility features to their favorites at the beginning of the year, so that those people are in the best position to get the good reviews at year end. On-site cafeteria food in Redmond is pretty bad overall, with a few notable exceptions, you'll need to drive to work if you want to eat lunch at one of the fast food places a mile or two away. The traffic in the area, the fact that most Microsoft employees who live in Seattle all come over the same several-lane bridge across the lake, along with everyone else who lives in Seattle but works on the Eastside. Salaries in most cases accommodate buying a nearby condo, but often not a nearby home, many people have 30-60 minute commutes each way to have a detached home or townhouse they can afford, real estate prices here are through the roof, though not as badly as in Silicon Valley. For many, due to commutes and excessive work required, not enough free time to use the gym. Because the company has so many smart employees, being smart and making an occasional great contribution is not enough to stand out here, although it is at many other companies. Stock awards vest over 5 years for rank-and-file, leading to significant golden handcuffs, those at the partner level have accelerated vesting schedules. Dental coverage is $1500, and dentists tend to expand procedure costs to fit that limit, so if you need several procedures, it costs you out of pocket.","Pay more attention to the stock price. React more quickly - there's no reason for it to have taken a year for you to respond to Apple's ads, and to let them get Mac vs. PC so entrenched in consumer minds. Hold middle managers accountable for achieving the visions of the senior leaders. Allow more skunkworks style projects, in which you spin off companies that don't have to worry about what the rest of MS is doing, and are free to innovate with more agility, it's well past the time to make every decision with protecting the Win/Office market shares in mind.",3.0,1.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61385,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2008",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,"Big, stable company.","Microsoft is a good place to work if you like stability. The salaries are decent, the perks are good (as opposed to amazing). Great work is being done in pockets of the company. Good work to be found in lots of other parts of the company. Reasonable place to work during a recession.","The average age of people working in Microsoft is 35. This number is growing higher every year. There are many Microsoft couples. This phenomenon brings with itself a certain level of risk averseness. Also, the sheer number of employees attracts a level of bureaucracy that may make it difficult to get things done. Lots of poor/misguided middle management. The same goes for upper management. It is a company that is in adolescence, it's a large , stable ship that has trouble coming to terms with the fact that it has become a typical, large company with all its advantages and standard issues.",Create ways to try out new ideas easily. Allow fast failure.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61386,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,"Still a great place to work, just don't let aggravating decisions from senior management get you down!","Smart people, many tough problems to solve, significant software engineering challenges, never boring, your work has a world-wide impact, and you are empowered to make a difference for customers. Plenty of opportunity to add value in the software development process, as a solid engineering leader, and as a subject matter expert. You won't be a big fish in a little pond here, if you're looking to stretch yourself and work, everyday, with people smarter than you, then this is the place to be. Microsoft has a soul, a lot of diversity, and they reward based on contribution... you can be successful here!","layers of middle management can impede progress, senior management entrenched and protecting their position -- not advocating innovation if at all risky, some groups want you to sell your life to the company","Go back to emphasizing engineering value and smart, innovative solutions, and worry less about keeping your job.",4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61387,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 10, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Keep up the good work, pay attention to the areas of improvement",You get to work with some of the smartest people around. You get to play with some of the latest technologies. You get to work in some really good environments. You get your own office. Your working on products with long term strategies.,"Have to deal with a lot of politics where often times the person doing the hard work doesn't get the credit he or she deserves. You're in a massive company, with labrynthine org charts. Sometimes a very cool idea gets shot down by legal. These ideas may not be shot down in other companies but since Microsoft has been burned badly by the antitrust case, they're extra careful.",Pay more attention to the real hard workers,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61388,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 9, 2008",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,great company with strong potential,great benefits and job stability. to drill down a bit the benefits are one of the best you could find in US. There is a strong process and emphasis on using technology in your day to day life. You have th eflexibility for work but you need to fulfil your commitments at the end of the year and that is what counts. There is a huge number of middle level managers in microsoft which are kind of redundant and overhead managing 3 or 4 people and doing nothing individually. I think they need to be fired if microsoft needs to compete with google.,"too much work, too many layers",cut the medium management and give their pay to individual contributors to improve employee morale and motivation,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61389,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great Company, excellent benefits, many opportunities","Fantastic benefits, lots of opportunities to move to new roles, able to assume as much responsible as you're willing to take on. I spent 20 years building and managing my own business and I can't think of another large company, other than Microsoft, where I'd have as much opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial way.",Heavily matrixed organizational structure which can lead to a lot of bureaucracy and difficulty with making things happen quickly. Low and mid level managers are inexperienced and need development. GM level management has a tendency to spend more time managing up and parallel and not much time managing down.,Invest more in management development.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1183.htm
61390,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 20, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"If you get the chance, take it!",Microsoft is a great place to work for anyone who is serious about a career. Everyone you work with is highly motivated and the challenges are as big as any you can find. The healthcare benefits are over teh top.,"The talent level is tremendously high making it difficult to stand out from the crowd. Everyone is talented, you really have to be over the top good to be noticed.",None to speak of.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61391,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 19, 2008",Current Employee - IT Marketing,Microsoft Enron Looms beneath the lid.,"If you like the rainy pacific North West and want the best Health Care Insurance you can get, then Microsoft brings it home.","True to everything you hear about the arrogance of the employees, they are some of the nastiest people you could ever want to spend a 14+ hour day with. And you will be spending 14 hour days and beyond. Work Life Balance is non-existent if you want to move up because the compensation drives extreme competitiveness of the individual. Face time is also important as it is a popularity contest more than it is about talent or getting real work done. Those that spend the most time on their personal campaigns are those that move up the fastest while the real work is carried on that backs of those with real talent that are usually hidden away in a closet somewhere and if they try to come out or get credit for the work they've done, management and HR have all kinds of interesting excuses as to why that can't happen and it usually falls to words like ""Perception, Lack of Communication Abilities, Don't understand the culture' and on and on."" These are canned excuses usually used for the population of new people that come in and this becomes recurring feedback to this group for about a five year period until they get tired and leave.  This is a brilliant strategy for the old guard as they never have to change anything and simply collect the rewards from the work of others. With that, promotions are subjective and often given to those who agree to play and protect this process. Given that, there are thousands of people every day spinning and grinding their wheels on the path to nowhere.  Of 4 Fortune five hundred companies I have worked at in my career, I experenced the worst case of poor business ethics, lack of accountability, to some degree criminal behavior and or intent that HR refuses to deal with as instead they are hunting down the ""communication and perception"" issues launched by countless old guard managers to hold people down. THree times I brought forward to my GM's ehtical issues and their response were the same which were ""were I you I would drop this line of conversation and just get along."" This spanned from the Quality Department to the Finance Department. HR protected the GM's so ultimately I left the company as I did not want to be engaged in Enron Type practices.  Turnover of new employees is really high and HR does not care. They only focus on Partner Level and above for retention and development - all else is expendable and not really that great of a concern.","Your days are #'d, this can't continue and is text book IBM. Microsoft is now past the 75% mark for that story and you know what happened in the last chapter. Get ready.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61392,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2008",Current Employee - Product Planner,Generally a great place to work,"Benefits are amazing -- from the health benefits, to stock purchase plans, generous leave of absence for employees with newborns, the list goes on. Its a large company so plenty of opportunities to move into other, diverse areas of the business. People are generally collaborative in nature here, which is great. MS is very respectful of work/life balance.","Very decentralized, also beaurocratic at times, difficult to get things done. Sometimes, communication is not very clear from the top down -- Not always clear if everyone is working towards the same goals. Politics also seem to get in the way of getting things down at times.",Empower employees to be decision makers.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61393,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Communications Manager,Like working with smart people? Check out Microsoft,"Lots of great opportunities to work with smart, passionate people on projects that are cutting-edge within the technology arena. Rarely is there a shortage of resources, and that's super nice after working in cash-strapped start-ups in prior jobs.","It is a large company (90,000+) so things sometimes move a bit more slowly and when things do shift, it often means there is some sort of ""re-org""... and reshuffling of people and resources.",Be open and honest and transparent about how people can grow within their professions and get promoted.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61394,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,Solid place for career growth.,Good compensation if you are an exceptional performer. Opportunity to work on many different technologies once you are matriculated.,Poor mobility within the company. Management promotion opportunities generally are linked to how long you have been with the company. 18 months minimum that you must stay within a group before you can work on a new project. This can screw you over as one can easily get lured into a failing group. Periodic hiring freezes exacerbate these problems.,Not enough emphasis on placing people who have strong technical background into management. Ideally individuals should have both qualities. Recently there have been more foo-foo managers and less technical managers.,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61395,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 5, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Design Engineer,Great place to work but be prepared for the hours.,"Great People, Great Technology and a wealth of interesting problems to work on.",Although Work life balance is something the company is working on it's not quite as good as could be. The mileage on this varies from group to group but ours tends to require more time then most.,Focus on Work life balance on getting the right people in the right positions. Stop worrying about Google and focus on a couple of initiatives and really hit those. It seems like we're really spreading ourselves too thin at times.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61396,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 29, 2008",Current Employee - Editor,After 10 years at Microsoft...,1. Job Flexibility - Set you own hours. 2. Pay - Competitive salary 3. Benefits - Competitive benefits package.,"1. Tools - Internal tools for getting work done just plain suck. 2. Leadership - Week-to-week leadership is vague at best. Decent long-term and ""big picture"" leadership though. 3. Office space - While MSFT has more office space than most companies, people are often crammed into offices (2, 3, 4, and more is not uncommon).","1. Set smaller, more detailed short-term goals. Actively lead and communicate with your teams on a weekly basis. 2. Demand the same quality for internal tools as you do for products (e.g. content publishing tools) 3. Offer special cash rewards or spot-promotions, monthly, for employees that demonstrate excellence.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61397,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Nov 6, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,Microsoft is what you make it - and you CAN make it great,"Professional growth and development, training and ability to change career paths, smart people, great benefits with good salaries, ability to give back through the employee giving campaign and other support for community service, good people","Super competitive environment, Need a more diverse senior leadership team, sometimes management is so stuck in the Microsoft way of doing things they aren't as agile as they need to be.",Get more fresh blood in - you need a balance between Microsoft veterans and people who've been in the real world and can bring in best practices Be open to change.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61398,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 28, 2008",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer II,be surrounded by smart people and led by fools,smart people are all around.,organizational bloat stop forward thinking progress.,out of touch senior management need to be replaced.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61399,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 31, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Ineffectual promotions based on ,Great place to work and learn. Lots of freedom.,"If you're technical, the only way to advance is to go into management. Lots of outsourcing. Lots of foreigners. Lots of racial and gender diversity (aka: discrimination...aka ""special consideration"").",Career advancement should be earned. Way too many ineffectual people are getting promoted.  Microsoft isn't innovating. The only thing Microsoft can do is buy companies that have already done the innovation.,2.0,5.0,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1184.htm
61400,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great stable job for those with families.,Stable income and great benefits. You don't need to work very hard since working hard doesn't really get you that much more in this company. Great company to work for if you have a family.,"Big company, slow moving stock price.",Replace yourselves with technically competent management.,3.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61401,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 27, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work if you love technology,"- It's the world's biggest software company, and is always doing something exciting - The work is interesting and has a real-world impact - The work/life balance is good - High job stability",- It's hard to advance to high-level positions,"Good job, keep it up.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61402,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 24, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Comfortable place in bad economy, but don't expect a startup culture","You have an opportunity to move around the company, picking whatever division interests you, as your passions change. Very stable company, never, ever had layoffs. Amazing benefits: best medical insurance in the industry, membership in the largest sports club, Connector service picks you up from near your house and takes you to the campus.","Curve-based review system that does not allow for a team of ""stars"" to be recognized - and does not kick out a team of ""losers"". Well-entrenched ""old boys club"", especially in cash cow organizations like Windows and Office. Many teams cultures encourage ""work-life balance"" (a-la IBM) instead of working your butt off for great rewards.","Stop growing the workforce at such a radical rate, fire the bottom 10% of underperformers. Enforce accountability for failed projects.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61403,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Oct 20, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,Here for the long-haul,benefits / opportunities to grow,bureaucratic / work-life balance / too many type-A personalities trying to run the show. We need more strategic thinkers.,provide more innovative and strategic direction... get the stock price to move,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61404,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 22, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Political creatures thrive at Microsoft,"Technical growth opportunities - You will work with some very smart people who have contributed a lot to some of the products that microsoft makes.  Benefits package - One of the best, specially if you have a family",Typical big company disadvantages - You might find it difficult to grow in career after a certain point. Certain point here means 2-3 promotions after entry. Microsoft does not make it easy to promote people. Review system can be very unfiair in how employees are rated and rewarded.,"Fix the review system. Having a paltry promotion budget, and then requiring that employees have an upward trajectory or they are kicked out is patently unfair.",4.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61405,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2008",Former Employee - Group Program Manager,Bring back the Microsoft of Old,The New Microsoft is a great place for college-grads and people who are earlier in their career. It is an awesome place to gain industry experience quickly and to gain respect by working at an industry leader.,"Microsoft is too bureaucratic and political in some groups. Also, unlike the old days, who you know and nepotism plays a large part in how far and how quickly you advance career-wise. There are groups that are more entrepreuneurial and that are more like the Old Microsoft in the 90's, but those groups are few and far between.","Empower everyone equally just like it used to be at Microsoft in the 90's. Just because Microsoft is now a huge juggernaut doesn't mean that each group and division can't operate with a nimble entrepreneurial underdog attitude. What happened to beer and cookies on Fridays ? What happened to the programmer staying in the office with his team members until 2am working out of a tough problem just because they loved it and had a burning desire to win and beat the competitor ? My biggest advice would be to bring back stock options and make every person feel as though their success, both financially and otherwise, is inextricably tied to Microsoft's overall corporate success. When that happens, Google and the rest of the upstarts won't have a chance.",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61406,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good place to work, but it's definitely not an agile, internet start-up environment","It's a challenging place with lots of super bright people. Overall, it can be very exciting and energizing. If you have a good idea, with determination and luck you can see it materialize into a product or a feature that impacts millions of people.  The performance review process is fair and has improved considerably in the last few years. Additionally, the benefits are very generous and have also improved in the last few years.","It's a megacorp with a fair amount of red tape and reduced agility. At its heart, it's an engineering focused culture that seems to have a hard time connecting with the desires/needs of its consumer customers. Moreover, there's a fair amount of career driven product design and strategy that seems wasteful.","I'd like to see you recruit from a more varied talent pool for upper management. I worry that there is a leadership mono-culture at the top. For example, I don't think that there are any VPs from product design.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61407,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great place to work at, not perfect","Flexibility, career advancement, working on products a lot of people will use","Too big a company, too many workaholics","There's very obviously a glass ceiling for women - do something about it! Make ""work life balance"" more than just a pretty word. Improve the Connector. Reviews need to be revamped - employee needs some way to get back if s/he doesn't agree with manager's evaluation and thinks can get co-workers to back him/she up.",4.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61408,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good company to work but slow career growth,"World class employees, technology and processes. There is a lot to learn from this innovative company. Compensation is reasonable but benefits are excellent. This company is great for initial college graduate who typically don't know much about professional software engineering.",You could be cog in the wheel of a big company. Hard to make impact initially as the teams are quite big and lot of cross team collaboration is required. There are lot of different functional role and you will be pigeon-holed into one of them - moving to different role is comparatively hard (and risky as well).,Be focused on bottomline and innovation. Make teams more agile and respond to market realities.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61409,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 15, 2008","Current Employee - Director, Engineering",Company at a crossroad,"Awesome benefit. Free medical is hard to beat! Microsoft has one of the most generous benefit called the ""Giving Campaign"" where you can contribute $12,000 per year and the company will match the amount for donation made to qualifying 501C. I don't know of any company that offers that.","Extreme bureaucracy and very hierarchal. Also, the company tend to hire type A personalities and that creates case where one who is the loudest wins out.",Bring in more business minded people to be middle managers. Just because you are the best developer and tester does not make a good manager.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1185.htm
61410,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 17, 2008",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,I'm getting what I give,"the overall compensation package (salary, bonus, stock) and the healthcare benefits make a compelling package. Given the size of the company, I've had many opportunities to learn new skill sets, increasing my value on the market if/when I ever decide to move on.","walking into a room with 20 people and not knowing what 19 of them do and how it adds value to the company. Lots of redundancy, and places to camp out if you are mediocre or worse",demonstrate some velocity for change. takes way too long to get anything done. People at the GM level and above seem to focus more on staying put and watching their stock vest than on the actual future health of the company. Stop paying just lip service to the idea of career development and actually work with employees to systematically map out their development.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61411,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 30, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Best health care on the planet,"The health care plan for Microsoft is simply amazing. They have their own Blue Cross / Blue Shield branch with essentially unlimited coverage. A new employer would have to double my salary to justify the loss of this benefit.  This is also the smartest group of people I've ever worked with.  Microsoft projects don't fail for dumb reasons. They don't run out of money, lack resources, lack smart people.","It's a big, safe company. There's a lot of smart people here, but there's also a lot of corporate inertia. There are loser projects and personnel that are carried for years without real accountability.","Stop high level reorgs. About every two months the boss four levels up is swapped around. My group itself doesn't change, but we get a new acronym.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61412,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 18, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,My memory,"Look great on resume, so you can get a senior, manager, position on startups. Get much more money. A lot of smat people, and a lot of rains in Seattle, of course you must be the person who love rainings :)","Boring, since it's a big company with long history, I guess peope will loose motivation to develop themselves when working there. After only 1 year working with them, I already lost my motivation to work. And the traffic in Seattle is horrible, no public transports, you must use your car or you can walk, ah one more choice, you live next to the building.",Senior managers should sit together and find the way to boost their employees's motivation to work.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61413,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 12, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,OK place to work.,"Cutting edge of technology. Cool company to work for. I like working for Microsoft. However, you are expected to work a lot of hours. It's cool when you are young and want to make a career. However, when you are getting older and have a family then you may want to look for another company. It's great to work at a company at the cutting edge of technology. You will learn a lot and you will have a lot of opportunities to work at other companies since you are seen as attractive in the workplace afterwards. You will not regret working here.",A lot of hours. Management expect you to work 27-7,Please get your act together regarding marketing.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61414,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 13, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Your mileage will vary,"Experience:  - mature products  - established processes  - people  Mature products If you come from college, this company is a great place to work at. It teaches you to look at the software creation in more established and pragmatic way, like building a house. Gone are the days in the 90s where there were deadlines to be kept and teams did burn through weekends just to keep them. Today, such things still exist, however, they are more on individual basis, and they are not the norm.  People  - generally, the hiring process assures that MS gets the top of the cream.","Pretty much the same things that make this corporation great, come with their negative load too.  Size THis cmpany has grown (this is my individual opnion) way too big. WHile I am sure this is all justified properly by valid business reasons, the size weights on.  Mature products If you are looking for brand new exciting new projects, they definitely do exist within MS. However, thera are good chances that you may end up in one of the big teams (Windows, Office, etc). While it is very exciting to work on some of the applications you have been using since childhood, maintaining them comes with a price. Words such ""legacy code"", ""backwards compatibility"", ""cannot change existing behavior, even if it is being wrong"" come to mind.","Listen to your end customers, especialy if your product line is aiming teh end consumer",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61415,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 10, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Director,"the bones of the old company are still there, but there needs to be some radical action taken up and down the chain","Smart people, interesting technology, very serious business discipline.",There is a lot of dead wood there,Get rid of people who are not critical,3.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61416,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Oct 10, 2008",Current Employee - Consultant,"Good pay, decent job for large corporation","Great opportunity. There are many positions and products to work on, and people are given opportunity to try new positions all the time.","There are so many ""top performers"" that it's not easy to get ahead. You need to put a lot of effort into gaining visibility because the organization is so large.",Focus more on core accountabilities rather than perception. Focus on measurable results.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61417,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 3, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,So many innovative ideas that got killed off,"There's a lot of really smart people, this is the main reason I joined the company.","Bad development processes. The only people who think we're cutting edge are those who never worked elsewhere or don't write code in their spare time and been exposed to alternatives. It doesn't take tons of developers to deliver great software. Software is one of the rare industries where it's possible to grow through productivity gain rather than headcount expansion.  Microsoft is dominated by conservative people. There are so many innovative ideas around here, and yet very few of them ever make it into a product, and the truly innovative products languish. The priority is to lock in existing customers instead of winning new ones. Hence backward compatibility takes precedence over innovation.  My feeling is that if your group name doesn't have ""research"" or ""labs"" in the title, it's probably not worth working for.",How many of the senior managers have ever written and shipped software?,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61418,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 9, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,36-year-old former Microsoft Product Manager's advice for 33-year-old Microsoft,"1. Competitive yet small people (not all of the employees, of course, but some are brightest).  2. Superb medical benefits if you're raising a family.  3. No income tax in Washington state.","1. You need to be smart - think and work smart - to survive and thrive.  2. You have to love the dark and rainy winter in Seattle (or you will kill yourself).  3. If you want to change a job without relocating the whole family, only Microsoft and Amazon are two companies in this area vs many choices in the Silicon Valley.",1. Set up a few more satelite campuses outside Redmond - especially increase the presence in Silicon Valley and be part of it.  2. Endorse open standards and interoperable products as many as possible - close ecosystems mindset is not working.  3. Establish fast-track for young and ambitious management talents to create a startup-like environment to retain them.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61419,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Oct 9, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Nice place to work,but",* Working with some of the smartest people in the industry. * Great compensation package. * Super benefits. * Lots of different groups/technologies to choose from when changing jobs within the company.,"* Politics. * Only a small percentage of products are market leaders in their verticals. * Business decisions not aligned with market realities. (at least in the short term). * Work life balance is typically not that great. * Lots of competition. ( I once heard this saying: ""To work at Microsoft you need to be super smart, or super hard working, but to be successful you need both"").",* React to the marketplace more proactively. * Bring in some new management. * Stop chasing (and copying) the competition and do something original.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1186.htm
61420,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 6, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Cool stuff to work on, but be weary of back door politics","The opportunity to work on high impact projects that impact peoples daily lives is the best benefit. Depending on the team you are part of, there can be great collaboration and partnering. MS also has great benefits...especially for famlies.",hidden politics and bureaucracy required to push new ideas through is sometimes challenging. It seems that many times some of the key strategic information needed to do perform our jobs well at individual contributor level are held back for only those with direct reports and above. Some teams tend to work in silos too much without partnering with the rest of their team or considering their overall role in group strategy. Much too competetive internally to be beneficial,"trust more in the work being done in the trenches, and take a mentoring approach to management with the IC as partner rather than being directive and exclusionary with plans. It really helps to have more team building activities also to ensure all the members know each others personality, are comfortable collaborating, and know best way to interact for optimal results.",3.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61421,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 2, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft - the good and the bad.,Best place to learn and create new technologies. Any question you have - someone employed by Microsoft has an answer. It is amazing. If you look through the various email distribution lists - apart from the usual geeks - there are folks who have expertise in a variety of fields. Got a plumbing / architecture / electronics / car question? There's a DL for it with folks that can start from basics and give you expert level information -all for free.,Difficult to get ahead and be recognized. At higher levels you tend to be recognized more for your ability to manage up and sidewise rather than pure hardwork / technical skills / creativity.,Many folks in Senior management are pretty good at managing. I see too many immature managers at lower levels. Folks should be appointed to managerial positions only on managerial ability - not on technical skills.,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61422,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2008",Current Employee - Content Publishing Manager,Microsoft's a great place for settling down,"Stable, smart people, lots of different types of opportunities, incredible benefits. For younger folks, I think that it's good for your resume, but I think that for older folks who have some industry experience, it's a great stable environment with incredible benefits (especially health). Younger people aren't really going to take advantage of and appreciate the benefits, so they're more focused on salary, which is okay, but nothing special for the industry. Morale, opportunities, etc vary significantly depending on what group you're in and your manager. However, once you're in, there's so many different groups and projects going on and you can move to a different group.","Large corporation so, bureaucracy, public perception",Be nimble.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61423,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Oct 20, 2008",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,They need a better management plan than ,The health insurance. 401(k) matching.,The politics are some of the ugliest I've ever seen. Employees are afraid of their managers.,Try creating something new instead of trying to copy the competition and drive them out of business.,1.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61424,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Best place to work for computer software engineers.,"You have the chance to work on some of the most widely known software products in the world. What you are doing everyday is in fact changing the world.  Ppl around you are great. Smart and nice to work with.  If you are on the right team, work/life balance is great.  Very liberal working environment.  Great benefit. Star employees get rewarded. Lots of support around Seattle/Eastside area. Free gym and etc.","Bonus is not much. Team player may not be rewarded properly.  If you stuck with the wrong team, lots of politics.  Feeling lost in such a big company sometimes. The company is huge.",change the image of MSFT. We are smart and hip.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61425,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 27, 2008",Current Employee - SDE II,"There are better places out there where working can be fun.,...",Lots of good people and knowledge. Good amount of training.,"The bonus and performance measuring process , I Guess, createa a very competitive environment. There is no concept of team and work and team players. Only big mouthed rude arrogant people make the calls. Normally I am very enthusiastic to go to work and enjoy working, But here is Microsoft, I have to drag myself to work, because I know its going to be a rough work environment.","Change the bonus and performance structure, so that everyone will work and stay more happier, instead of proving themselves everyday better than others. Thus acting in the best interest of the product and not in their interst.",2.0,5.0,none,2.0,2.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61426,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Unbiased review from an industry professional,"You have the opportunity to work on some many different aspects of the industry: from OS, to Games, to Frameworks and hard core research. Microsoft also support extensively their employess and give no-non sense perk, like 100% family medical coverage, paternity/maternity leave and other cool benefits if you are a bit older than a recent college hire. If you are looking for massages and free food, you will not get them here, but you will have benefits that target a more mature audience (remember, Microsofties are in their late 30s and 40s now)","Leadership do not support taking risk as much as they should in order to really innovate. The web is a new environment that requires a more iterative and risk taking approach. People who have been here are not used to this concept and innovation is hindered. The bureaucracy, or Microsoft Tax, is so high at times, that innovation is considered to be releasing a competitor feature on schedule.","Keep in mind that web services is a much different beast than Products. Take a long look at former Goliaths like IBM that thought they got it and try to forced people into their model. It is clear that we are not a startup anymore and that we have accountabilities, but consider letting some of your teams run free like you did with XBox. All-on dependencies on Microsoft technologies is helping bring web innovations any faster and only alienates MS from the web. Consider playing at the same level of others (make use of open source project like prototype or others), tap collective knowledge and don't be afraid to release at different time than the main Windows and Office products.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61427,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 29, 2008",Former Employee - Research Intern,Research Intern happy with experience,"Great benefits, incredibly smart people, worldwide impact. You will have all the tools you need to do a great job if you have the energy and motivation. You can meet with anyone in the company if you can find time, everyone is happy to help each other out, to give feedback, to talk about career advancement. You will be paid better than at other similar companies. An internship at MSR is more structured and more productive than at IBM or Google, you will also be encouraged to publish.","The commutes around Redmond are horrible. There are no trains or light rail options, you must be on the road whether in your car, a bus, a carpool, on a bike or on foot. From near the 520 bridge in Seattle, the commute takes between 30 and 120 minutes. Microsoft's ""hero"" culture can be tough for new employees to navigate. Shyness will get you nowhere.",Train managers to be managers. Good engineers do not automatically make good managers.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61428,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Oct 1, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Tough to beat straight out of college,"Although huge, the part of Microsoft you work at is run like a small business. You will know your entire team and management. The work is challenging and used by millions of people. Compensation, especially benefits, are top notch.","Huge corporation, uncertain growth opportunities. Have to use Microsoft home-grown or acquired technology.",Don't mimic Apple or Google in order to beat them.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61429,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft - Exceeded/20%,"The choices. Pick a field. Microsoft is probably involved in it, and you can be a part of our work to become the leader or, if we are already the best in the field, to improve the state of the art. Money is not an obstacle. The lower ranks can bring significant change to products.  The development process. There are some downsides to the systems and bureaucracy at MS, but after being in the business for 30 years, they are trying their best to improve and bring consistency to the way software is written. Having worked for companies that do not care about a product other than getting it out the door, this is a huge win.","The location. To live in a city with nightlife (or _any_ entertainment), you must suffer an hour-long commute each way in heavy traffic.  The speed of the company as a whole. Don't get me wrong - individual product units can be very agile and work cross-team (hundreds of employees), but to really mobilize across entire organizations takes multiple releases. This can sometimes mean that the customer has to wait, which is frustrating for anyone who has come from a small-company background.  The lack of attrition. I don't know anyone who has been fired from Microsoft. I have not met many people who deserve it, but when you do find them, you really question the management of the company.","Buy into minimsft! Decrease the size of the company. Drastically. Make our lives hard, and reward us appropriately. The Yahoo! thing was a bollocks up clear and simple: don't let's make the Bill and Jerry ad campaign the same thing.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1187.htm
61430,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Sep 23, 2008",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,The stock never recovered since Ballmer took over.,"The people, the people, the people. Knowledge sharing is great too. Work\life balance was also never a problem however Microsoft management will work you to death if you let them.",Senior Management really doesn't care about the employee as an assest that can develop and grow further. It's become a numbers game to them. Too many outsiders came into senior vp levels and starting running the company like any other. It killed the culture.,Eliminate some of the upper management levels and compensate folks fairly when a job is well done.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61431,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 28, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,"Solid, but at times frustrating","As an SDE, you are given a lot of freedom at Microsoft to design your feature from a technical pespective. There isn't a lot of second guessing, and you can use the tools you prefer for the most part. Benefits are A-rate (although the $1500 limit on dental can be costly depending on your situation... but that is the only real limit). There is a huge swath of products the company works on, and it's relatively easy to move around (18 month commitment per group). Co-workers are generally top-notch... you can learn from them. Open and constructively critical culture for the most part.","My main issue recently has the been the rewards system. Basically, rewards are given out based on a stack rank system. A group of even 40 people must fit the curve, and every such group is basically given the exact same pool of money to start with. The result is that, perversely, you really don't want to be a strong team because it's going to be more competitive. There is no accountability for product failure in the market. Every level x SDE in the company is getting paid the same range, no matter what the status of their product. Every dev group (for example), is getting the same pool of rewards. Work expectations in terms of both time and competencies are supposed to be standardized across the firm, but it isn't even close to equal. Recently my group interviewed a bunch of devs from another group whose project was finally cancelled (a rarety!) and none of them could make our hiring bar. I'm starting to shop for the internally weakest group I can so that I can do less work for the same outcome.. it's really quite stupid.","I think the company needs to get more aggressive and is being lazy in many respects. We are being schooled in mulitple product areas that we were first to market. Take Windows Mobile for example... we had been doing it for 5+ years before IPhone came out, yet IPhone is clearly superior in almost every respect to our software. It's really embarassing, yet we do not seem to be capable of doing anything about it. It's sapping morale... and more generally, to me it points to a problem. We keep adding more and more people, but somehow getting less and less done. The ""less is more"" crowd, who favor actually cutting the employee base to more elite group, is gaining a lot of currency with me.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61432,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 24, 2008",Current Employee - Project Manager,A cutthroat working environment,"Great stability, competitive or high salary, great benefits. Lots of smart people. Many opportunities for professional development both internally and externally.","Hyper-competitive, stressful working environment, larger groups are extremely political. If you get a bad manager, you're sunk because HR will support Microsoft managers no matter what. And make no mistake, there are plenty of bad managers, most of whom were promoted into their position because of individual excellence but who have no idea how to motivate or develop people.  Microsoft says it values respectful communication but many managers get away with bullying and intimidation without repercussion, because upper managers don't even know it's happening.  There is a HUGE over-reliance on e-mail and instant messaging, leading to frequent miscommunication and strained relationships.",Get down on the front lines and talk to individual contributors. Encourage anonymous feedback on managers and senior managers.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61433,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),My review is beyond my expactation and my manager can recognize my contribution.,Clear carrer path within Microsoft. Fair in promotion. Well paid and good health insurance coverage.,Stock award is given in five years :),Have peer to peer reveiw in the whole review system.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61434,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test Intern,Great place to Intern. Disheartening as a full-time job.,"Great place to intern. Advise against pursuing as a full-time job over the long term. Rewards, promotions, reviews are political - not merit based. More importantly, job satisfaction has hit rock-bottom because very few groups focus on building a truly successful products. Most everyone else is following another manager's orders. Very disheartening.","The company lacks a well-defined direction. Most groups are too large and organizations are too complex that a lot of effort is being wasted. This hurts because the impact of your work ends up being fairly negligible. Too many times, when saving a project from ruin, you might contribute immensely, but it's not a feather in anyone's cap and you won't receive credit for it.","Please make this a tight running ship with a clear, focused path towards increased revenue. Honor good design, pay utmost attention to usability and end-user satisfaction. Stop jumping on the latest bandwagon, and be very clear on what not to do. Lastly, weed out the PM culture that impacts work, reduces the overall quality of your product and simply wastes resources. Your developers and designers have a lot of talent - listen to them. Everyone else in the group is a liability and is only slowing Microsoft's progress.  Then again - this advice may or may not be in line with your goal of a bigger promotion/paycheck/bonus.  It shows in the final product if a company is truly passionate about making something worthwhile. Learn from Apple.",2.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61435,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 25, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good Company but lots needs to change to be the best.,"Diverse culture, lot of opportunities, being in the middle of great technology company are the best reasons to work for the company. Medical benefis are great.",Salary is very low compared to the same level for other companies. Work life balance is a complete disaster. Middle management expects too much out of you. They want you to not only achieve your goals but super exceed in every goal to get a promotion or a good bonus. Some of the middle management people are not even managers. they do not know how to manage or asess people if they are good or bad. They think that if you talk more and stay late then you are great and otherwise not. Particularly MS IT is a bad place to work.,Match industry salaries for both new and old employees after giving the same type of benefits. Give more and get more. Cut many people in between senior management and employees. Make managers to just not drive people but to listen and trust people under them. There are too many products and services that the company offers. Please do not try to compete in everything and not master anything. Please focus on specific things and master it and be the only one who can give the best of it.,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61436,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Architect,Still a pretty good place to work,"Variety of products and businesses mean anyone can find something interesting to them, even if their interests change later. Some of the people you will work with are very smart, world famous experts.","Takes a long time to ship software. The stock doesn't go up as fast as it did before, but stock is still supposed to be a big part of your total pay.","Hold people, including senior managers, accountable. Too many people get promoted after having a major role on a failed project.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61437,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Sep 7, 2008",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,Great place to work,"Microsoft Dynamics (my experience is based on our Fargo office) is a great place to work. The relaxed work environment, great benefits and very competitive pay are just a few reasons. They hire very smart people (for the most part) and most are very committed to helping each person on their team or in their department. The company has a lot of fun events and team building activities that help break up the typical grind of most workplaces. They treat employees very good and I would recommend Microsoft Dynamics to anyone with a technical background looking for a great company in Fargo, ND.","Microsoft is so big, accomplishing simple things can sometimes take way to long and be quite frustrating.",Look for ways to improve the speed of decision making.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61438,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Sep 19, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Being #1 is a blessing and a curse,Pay and bonus is above average. Medical benefits are outstanding. If you're willing to relocate or travel more than 50% of the time you have greater opportunities than most to advance. There is a certain amount of opportunity that you can control locally but after that it is right place right time. You really can control your own destiny by digging in and going the extra mile and you can be rewarded for it (there is some downside to that which I'll outline below). Having dedicated customer contact and / or responsibility insulates you (mostly) from corporate restructuring - the company is sensitive to forcing a level of change that might cause service level drops or continuity issues with customer facing roles.,Raises are not the best. While you start off higher than two thirds of comparable jobs the raises that are not accompanied with promotions are less than 4% with most being in the 2 to 3% range. If you miss a single commitment even by a hair that raise could be 0%. You have to be willing to relocate or travel more than 50% of the time to have greater opportunities than most to advance. If you do dig in and go the extra mile you'll most likely be rewarded for it especially if it positively impacts the business unit as a whole but you'll have raised the bar for yourself and your peers - they'll be expected to do as much (or more) and so will you from that point forward. If you worked at a marathon-like pace you'll never be able to sustain that from year to year. You'll burn yourself out trying and ultimately alienate yourself from your peers.,Get back down to Earth. Stop dictating to customers what they should want and need. Instead ask them and build it - they'll come running.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61439,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 23, 2008",Current Employee - Director,Great Job at holding steady,"Working with some very bright people, whom will challenge you to get better not only in your profession, but also as a human being... That said, there will be others that will challenge you to keep your values.",lack of work-life balance. politics. The organization has in some cases lost its fire to compete quickly with competitors.,"Get some creative blood into the org. The departure of Allchin, Valentine, were probably necessary, but these gents brought focus and intensity to the org. Now that the org is more disciplined, there is a need to get more innovative designers on staff as MS is getting out designed by Apple",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1188.htm
61440,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 22, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,"Great place to work, mediocre products","The best reasons to work here are benefits, group mobility, and job safety. Microsoft by far has the best health care benefits compared to any other company. Switching between groups every 2-3 years is common and even encouraged which means you can change roles and projects on completely different products while still keeping your job. In contrast to the rest of the economy, Microsoft is secure place to work as long as you do your job.","Microsoft is the wal-mart of technology. Its engineering process is very mediocre which lends itself to buggy and unstable products. What's missing from its process is a key person to help drive the overall vision of each product rather than a bunch of PMs fighting over trivial features. Office 2007 was a big improvement, Vista a huge disappointment. Also considering its size, the company is a behemoth, decision making is very slow and often times people are doing redundant work.","Someone needs to follow Apple's process closely for the consumer side products. Instead of making Windows more and more bloated, it should be becoming more light and agile. Surface is its one shining star with the potential to return relevance back to the PC (vs. cloud computing). Live is a mess especially in terms of marketing.",4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61441,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 8, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great company to work for.,"Good opportunities for advancement. Easy to change to different teams. Good benefits, transparent review system.","Too much politics, stack ranking of performance reviews means review ratings highly dependent on current team dynamic.",Flatten org structure.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61442,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2008",Current Employee - Development Lead II,"Microsoft provides many career opportunities, but the organization is very large.",good benefits and lots of internal opportunities,"There is a bias towards doing things 'the microsoft way', even when that way may not be the best. New employees who joinn the company with lots of experience are not gven as much opportunity to contribute as they can.","Not every project or business area should be run a silos of Dev, PM, and QA.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61443,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 21, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,A good company to work for if you don't mind the politics.,"At Microsoft you get the chance to work with very smart and talented software engineers and the benefits are great. It is possible to have a great career at Microsoft if you are a super start, know how to network with managers or are simply lucky. Salary is pretty competitive, although the stock awards are not that great since Microsoft stock price has been flat for the last 10 years.","Too much politics and too many bad managers. In my group my feeling is that we could be a lot more productive with less people, there are too may PMs that do not seem to contribute much.",Managers in general seem more focused on internal politics than on their reports.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61444,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really smart people in lots of meetings,"The health/med benefits are unmatched and the people I worked with were great. The employee discounts, the toys, the instant recognition (both good and bad) when you told people where you worked and the belief that you were, even indirectly, making the world better for the majority of end-users.","The schedule of meetings with no objective followed by post-mortem meetings with the same objective which resulted in the spawning of even more meetings with a similar agenda.  The review/compensation model needed some tweaking . Don't negotiate level, negotiate salary. It was essentially better to come in under-leveled but at the pay you expected and out-perform expectations of you, resulting in a bigger performance bonus and a potential promotion which would then likely include a raise. Sadly, industry hires that came in appropriately leveled (salary commensurate with skills) would then be calibrated against everyone else at that level regardless of their tenure almost guaranteeing a less than stellar performance based on expectations of everyone at that level. To make matters more confounding, unless you're drawing negative attention you probably won't know you're not fully hitting expectations until review and then it's too late.  Oh, and the parking","rich client was, the web is here to stay and the iPhone is a crappy phone...but a solid embedded OS",4.0,5.0,none,2.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61445,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Everything depends on how much your manager likes you,"This is a place where you can literally find a huge range of products to work on - devices, enterprise software, web services, automotive and of course Windows/Office. Lots of smart people who are very passionate and motivated - high energy. Great place to learn. Benefits are great, especially the health benefits.","The company is now very big. If you're at a junior level, good chance you'll drown in the crowd - else the competition will be intense. Managers have a lot of power over their directs. If your manager likes you - good things happen to you. If not, bad things happen to you.",Reviews tend to hinge heavily on the opinion of one person - the manager.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61446,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,If you want to learn how to do it right - come to Microsoft.,"Smart people, good work-life balance, when working in engineering - you have the chance to impact million of users. Feedback from management during the review process is constructive.","Severe shortage of rooms in most groups in the Redmond campus. You get room alone based on seniority, and in some groups you need 5-6+ years to get a room on your own.","Invest less in buying companies no one understand what they contribute, and recruit and compenstae exisitng employees more.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61447,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great company, great people, great work","Interesting bleading edge work. Many groups provide variety, easy to change work without changing company","Large company, slow moving, inter-group communications","Work on creating more contemporary image, be more aggressive",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61448,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great large company, good benefits",The ability to move around within the same company to different product groups and roles is unmatched in the industry.,"The size of the company makes intergroup communication difficult, oftentimes there are multiple teams working on the same project without knowing what other groups are working on. There are also issues between product integration because of the current organizational structure.",Facilitate communcation of ongoing projects to related teams. Increase communication between teams and focus on product integration instead of adding features.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61449,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 17, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,The truth and nothing but the truth,Big company and can move around within the company easily. There are lots of things you can work on. Lots of technologies and lots of benefits.,"It's a very ""click"" type of environment. Either you are in or out. And the club that you want to be ""in"" with is management. Your performance will get you promoted slowly. But it seems to me the ones who are ""in"" move up a lot faster.",Managers have 2 jobs: 1) Buffer the crap from management and 2) make sure you are happy/empowered/unblocked to do what you need to do to get the job done.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1189.htm
61450,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"A great place to work, opportunities to shine, but don't get discouraged by formal processes","Benefits, for sure. Completely free medical and prescriptions (which is really handy if you have kids). Lots of passionate people and the ability to work outside the normal parameters of your job description. Lots of job mobility (and it's encouraged so the gene pool doesn't get stagnant). Microsoft is also not afraid to reward those who rise above the masses with cash and stock. By far the best company I've worded for and living in the Pacific Northwest, while more expensive, is awesome.",Sometimes process and being safe or predictable gets in the way of agility and innovation. It's a huge company and sometimes multiple groups work on overlapping things.,"Push ""being bold"" down to the masses.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61451,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great people. Poor leadership. Too many layers of middle management.,You get to work with great people. Microsoft takes good care of its employees.,Lack of executive vision and drive for efficient execution. Bloated middle management.,"Dont need too many people - rather focus on maintaining a smaller workforce of highly talented people. Focus on key markets and technologies, eliminate not-so-promising initiatives.",2.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61452,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great engineering company for developers, but avoid senior management","Microsoft is a magnet for some really talented developers, regardless of the criticism that is leveled at its product quality or lack of innovation. They do truly value quality coding and provide an excellent set of resources that will help a reasonably competent developer shine. The skills that are learnt at Microsoft are applicable outside of Microsoft and will actually raise your profile. On most major product groups, you have a tremendous opportunity to contribute to the development team in the form of improvements to the process, tools or even improvements to the product design. Finally, there's a strong emphasis on maintaining a healthy work-life balance so flexible hours are tolerated and you won't be criticised for coming in at 11am and leaving at 8pm as long as you're not blocking the rest of the team.","Microsoft senior management is one of the poorest in the industry although there's been more accountability recently with some high level firings. Decision making at the senior level is still poor and has contributed to the lack of innovation. There's simply way too many levels of management in most product teams and this impedes most communication and internal improvements. The most effective teams at Microsoft tend to be smaller groups that work independently of major products and are run by a competent product unit manager willing to isolate the team from the upper echelons. And the compensation and review process, although not as bad as that in most other large companies, is still a frequently criticised and haphazard process. Most promotions tend to be on the basis of politics and need rather than genuine effort.",Flatten the management levels and empower the product unit managers more to foster some real innovation in the rank and file.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61453,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,"Microsoft, a great place to work","The people are simply amazing. The coworkers are friendly, helpful and easy-going. You will often see people helping each other out with issues and answering questions, even if it means taking time out of their schedule There is little office politics and one's hard work does not go unnoticed. There is a lot of fun events designed to keep employees in the loop about upcoming Microsoft developments and technologies. There are often technical demos and presentations.","The weather in the region is pretty gloomy. It is often cloudy. Also, there are not enough women in the workplace.",Concentrate on interoperability and researching consumer needs.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61454,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Still good place to work,"Work on technically challenging products with smart, motivated engineers. There very good, deep products, like Windows, Office, Exchange, SQL, Xbox, Search, to name a few. Rarely does a company give you chance to touch so many customers.",Too much politics - there is a lot of energy spent in trying to keep folks happy. This happens at the expense of productivity. I can see how a startup company can be 10x more effective than us with small projects - the MS machine is just so darn slow. The review system is not encouraging people to give their 100%.,"Company has grown too big. Trim some of the groups that are not delivering. Get rid of people who are doing the bare minimum to keep their jobs. Hire only elite people. Motivate everyone else to give their 100% - raise salaries, bonuses and stock awards.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61455,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Prestigeous, but stressful.","Smart people around you, good reputation, you see the impact of your work outside the work (products), your friends will praise you, The best benefits package I have ever seen (there are some problems with the way the dental plan is handled by the local dentists, see below).","stress at a regular basis, pressure, competition can lead to some sort of mixed feelings about your peers, One big thing: dentists in the Seattle area will do everything they can to take all the money from the insurance company. At Microsoft, they give you a limit of $1500 per year for dental treatment. However, if you need, for instance, a canal for a tooth, dentists here will charge you...well, guess what? 1500 dollars! That means, for a simple canal, they will eat up all insurance money at your first visit, then if you need to do something else (say a crown for that canal?), you have to unpocket it yourself, and it's a rip off. So, the dentists here are literally thieves! Dental insurance should be unlimited, just like the medical insurance.","Senior management is great. What's not great is middle management (LEADS). Many times these people are terrible leaders (great technically), and block your carreer advancement.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61456,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 12, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Effective, Motivational Leader","The benefits at Microsoft are fantastic. There are also some of the smartest people I've ever met working there. Its fun to get to interact with so many type ""A"" personalities, as everyone is very driven, and you don't have a ton of slackers.","Because there are so many type ""A"" people, its very hard to distinguish yourself. You can work harder than you've ever worked in your life, and there is more than likely someone else who has worked harder, or done more. People eat, sleep, breath Microsoft 24/7. Sometimes it feels a bit cultish.","Senior Management is great for such a large company. They seem to do a much, much better job of dealing with things than their counterparts at similar organizations.",4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61457,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Time to s**t or get off the pot,"Scope - MS has the biggest scope of opportunity for a talented software engineer, tired of working in networking, try security, or games, or windows, or office, or robotics, or research. There aren't many serious industry players that can offer that. Location - The pacific northwest is a great place to work Attitude - When applied correctly (and they sometimes are!) the company's values make it a great place to work. I'm not really talking about the free soda or health care, more the open environment that can allow smart people to really work together and produce. Scale - maybe this is just scope in a different light, but the company is big enough and diverse enough that I can see other teams doing very varied work","Talks down to its staff - amazing, MS has (or thinks that it has) an effective recruitment and interview process, which is meant to bring in smart employees, and in my experience does, then having recruited all these ""smart"" employees the company in any and all official communication with them talks down to them like they are idiots. Grrr.",Remember why you employed the people that you employ.,3.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61458,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 11, 2008",Current Employee - Director,"Good place to learn, growing to the top is tricky.","Ability to drive ones own career. If you have an idea, and passion, you can normally evolve that within Microsoft. I've never heard no from my management. Surprisingly so.  If you're willing to learn, if you want to dive into something without a ton of direction, Microsoft is the place to do this.","Upper management (VPs, GMs) are often quite political and turf focused - to the detriment of the customer and the peons below.  I'm not convinced our salaries are on par for the industry.","Buckle up. People are dying to work hard, put them to better use. Remember why you're at Microsoft in the first place - to make an impact on peoples lives.",3.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61459,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Geeks are being replaced by the ,"If you happen to be deemed a ""rock star"" for any particular year, the bonus compensation will be very nice indeed. Benefits are definitley nice if you have a family. Everybody in the world has heard of Microsoft, which can work for you (and against you as well). Company events are usually pretty good - I particularly enjoyed TechReady every year. Great place to learn about other Microsoft products that you may not have any prior experience with - lots of internal resources to leverage when you want to explore something new. Lots of smart co-workers - as long as you're not management, you can almost guarantee that your peers won't be idiots.","Extremely likely that the quality of your work will have exactly zero impact on how you are perceived (and rewarded) by management. It's really just a popularity contest, and there aren't any checks and balances on this process. You could be the smartest guy on the planet, delivering the most amazing solutions, generating nothing but love from your customers, but if you didn't happen to work with your practice manager at his previous company, or don't golf with him, etc - you can probably forget about recognition. Seriously, this isn't sour grapes here (I was actually pretty well rewarded), but the VAST majority of smart, hard-working people are ignored at best, and taken advantage of at worst.","Not much, I'd actually fire most of them.",3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1190.htm
61460,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,It is no longer a growth company,"Internal news groups, people from all over the world, lots of diverse pasttimes amongst employees",expected to be on email 24/7 and implied work on the weekends... good technical contributors don't necessarily make good managers but the way to advance is through managing. the architect program really pays lip service to the advancement of individual contributors,"Give some of the Partner bonus back to the workers, find a way to have the old guard that are partners have to compete each and every year. have a rolling average and incorporate 360 feedback into rankings so that there is an expectation to manage people and not just results.",2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61461,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Programming Writer,Microsoft is a solid place to work.,"Benefits, smart people, diversity of employees and roles. Some groups have exceptional flexible working policies, most in my workgroup work from home at least one day per week, and my division has a policy that regular meetings are not to be held before 10 AM or after 4 PM.",Political environment that's slow to change.,Eliminate most middle managers. Once you get past front-line managers there's no need to have so many layers that have only 3-6 direct reports. Middle managers should have at least 8-10 direct reports.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61462,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Sep 6, 2008",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,The Annual Review Process is Total BS,The Medical Insurance. Some of the people. A day at MS support is like gaining 3 days of experience somewhere else,"The pay sucks. It comes down to who you know, not what you know. The new job titles are a total joke - we get to see who make what. Now I'm really pissed.","Flush anyone associated with Indian Management Styles, HP, or IBM.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61463,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 7, 2008",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer II,Still a good place to work if you want work/life balance,there are some great people technically out there. great benefits and ideal place for anyone who wants to have a good work/life balance. a variety of product groups to work if one wants to have a versatile experience.,"most of the time working on products that're playing catch up with the competition. stock has been pretty much flat for about 8 years now and bonus you get is not great compared to the competitors. microsoft is a big company so, rewards per employee are not compared to other smaller companies",make bold/risky investments. differentiate and develop products instead of refining me-twos. capture the imagination of the consumer with one great product and msft would regain its lost empire.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61464,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Sep 7, 2008",Current Employee - Associate Architect - Enterprise Services,Keep our franchise solid technically,Kid in a candy store if you're a techie. Everything you touch or do could have a huge impact on many customers. Free software (MSFT stuff that is). Good prices on MSFT goods.,"The compensation is low - I can go to an alternate place and get 30% increase overnight.. While part of comp is stock, the stock price stinks just hovers hasn't moved. The company is too Redmond focused. Wish they would open up real development in more places in the country, east coast for me. Redmond is way to rainy for me. Man, I need to see the sun.  In Field they they hire some real clowns too. Don't recongnize experience and again, soft skills are short.","get solid software writers building our key products. Don't take the ""throw it over the wall"" mentality.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61465,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Sep 8, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),ok,"lots of resources and career development benefits, cushy job, can't get fired. decent benefits, great health insurance.","away from the mothership in redmond, won't get rich, limited # of groups to move into, shackled by upper management decisions in redmond, integration is a problem,",no advice,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61466,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Sep 8, 2008",Current Employee - Group Manager,Good News First,"Unparalleled global reach, superb benefits, job security, plenty of opportunity for advancement, huge selection of jobs once you are in.","Work life balance. The matrix leads to tension between the businesses and the field and prohibits optimal performance through lack of alignment. The culture is extremely aggressive and treating one another with respect is not a priority, additionally the focus on email and lack of face-to-face interaction is difficult for Extroverts. Lack of lay-offs does mean that you are never getting rid of your lowest tier employees so they never leave. We often don't know how to prioritize projects so do many things not well vs. a few things really well. Engineering culture results in lack of respect for support functions particularly marketing and finance, which are very, very leanly staffed.",See above,3.0,2.5,none,4.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61467,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Get in, and then get out","Microsoft is a great entry-level place to work. The company is engaged in a loosely-coupled strategy to push work towards the least expensive person they can hire. (Note that they just love Ivy League and anyone from a top-tier consulting company!) The issues that need solving at Microsoft are monumental, and truly worthy of your time and effort to attempt to 'solve'. And there’s technology being developed that nobody else in the industry would even attempt.","The Curve: despite all you've heard about that being in the past, it's here and bigger than ever. Which means you have to have a manager who will fight for your promotion and is under pressure to keep employees at the levels hired, unless they've attracted senior level attention. Be bright, ambitious, and knife your way to the top: it's classic. Of course, the downside is you have to work in that environment.   The top 10% of the curve can be rewarded well, even lavishly, but performance won't be enough, you need to sail past your peers, so in a really quality group, you're screwed, somebody has to fill the middle or even the bottom of the curve. Microsoft has always been severely hierarchical - teams are for drones to follow orders.  Having 90,000 employees makes hierarchies seductively attractive for weak bureaucrats, and Microsoft does believe that excellence can be driven by the top 10%, which, if promotion was meritocracy-driven: maybe. But where smooth-talking politicians are easier to promote, the leadership can be hit and miss.  Microsoft, even for the fast-moving superstars, offers no training other than what's gleaned on the job, and given that a majority of top managers have never worked anywhere else and have no other perspective than 'drinking the corporate Kool-Aid', the probability of working for a bozo who is scared stiff and unable to function or promote team members, is, unfortunately, pretty freakin’ high.  Microsoft needs an intellectual enema: we have legions of people standing on their thumbs one minute and then racing 14 hour days trying to make things function. We have an obfuscating layer of untrained managers who squirm and hide when bold decisions or true leadership is required. The hierarchy that semi-functioned when Microsoft was small, no longer works. It causes huge inefficiencies and lost shareholder value as the numbers outstrip the ability of hierarchies to offer enlighten direction. As painful as it would be for Microsoft employees, the company needs a IBM-style crisis to force a new look at what businesses it makes sense to pursue, and how to motivate employees to create really noteworthy software.  Make sure you’re not working for Microsoft when that happens.","Devolve authority to middle management (hell, even to senior VPs) after making even a vestigial effort to communicate a compelling strategic vision,  Have a strategic vision, not today’s muddle through to another year planning,  Put the urgency on replacing business leaders who can't,  Find a balanced business/technology model that is more customer centric (even aware),  Find a ranking plateau model (think SAS) instead of the a curve so you don't build in tremendous disincentives for cooperation, and increase employee loyalty,  Clean house of the old school managers who have earned millions and are phoning in their leadership, make turnover of underperforming senior managers, and recruiting experienced external senior manager candidates a priority, so we have a diverse experience base, (Why is diversity only a objective for entry level employees?)",2.0,3.5,none,1.5,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61468,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 6, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Why not to work for Microsoft,The benefits are fantasitc. Time off and folks are smart.,"It's very political. The people you know gets you promoted, not how hard you work. Suck up as much to your manager, you'll do very well in this company. Beer is good. My manager has a fridge full of it in his office.","Fire yourself. Reorg HR, the talent their hiring in now at higher levels and pay is widely known within the company, and folks like myslef, the ones that are loyal and underpaid are realizing it and leaving. Bye bye Microsoft.",2.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61469,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,no comment,- surrounded by super smart people - great place to learn - ability to make huge impact in any market - flexible work environment - opportunity to move into other roles,"- review process is lousy - work very hard just to be average, with no clarity on how to exceed - people are often overly analytical for very little gain - way too much email (100-150 emails per day is average) - inability to move quickly because you have to loop in many groups/people - quality work is not rewarded","- some should retire (we need young blood) - get rid of lousy managers (they are poison and they affect lots of good employees) - ""everything"" can't be strategic - focus and invest in products/business that reflect our core competencies - kill non-profitable businesses - reward your employees better (too many unhappy faces)",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1191.htm
61470,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 5, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Microsoft, too big to be agile?",I enjoy the people I work with and the challenging environment. There is never a dull moment and always something new coming at you... usually at the speed of a VP escalation.,The decision process has become so convoluted that getting anything done becomes impossible. There are too many conflicting agendas across groups preventing truly amazing things from happening with the level of knowledge that is employed at Microsoft.,"Need better transparency across the organzations. The catch phrase of cross-group collaboration has been tossed around for many years, however the idea simply hasn't taken shape. This has to come from the top down where senior management set the tone for how the organizations interact. When there is division about strategy among Sr. Management and the Execs... it is felt by the folks in the trenches.",3.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61471,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 24, 2008",Current Employee - Researcher,A great place to work,"At MSR, you have a chance to work with the best and the brightest -- the caliber of people that would otherwise be on the faculty at a top-tier research university. MSR is pretty much the only surviving old-style industrial research lab in the tradition of Bell Labs and PARC. The compensation starts out good and becomes great as the stock awards ramp up.","If you are not in Redmond or Beijing, there is very little opportunity to grow beyond an individual contributer role, unless you move out of Research.","Maintain the unconstrained research model, and use incentive schemes to reward research that impacts Microsoft's botton line.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61472,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2008",Former Employee - Project Manager,Be sure to find the right group for you,"The company as a whole is great, and seems to truly care about its employees. The key is to find a group that values your work and opinions, and a manager that takes a vested interest in helping you carve your career.","Unfortunately, great individual contributors are often promoted into management positions, which often results in unqualified managers who don't know how, or care to help employees develop professionally.",Rethink competencies for managers.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61473,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - Business Manager,"It's great, but not what it used to be...","After having been here for ~12 years, I would say the best reasons to work at MSFT are: great co-workers, benefits, amazing products and accomplishments,","Getting too big, too much competition and duplication of efforts between teams, some not-so-amazing products and accomplishments","I think it's time for Ballmer to go, or at least re-structure the senior management team -- there seems to be too much time planning and explaining and not enough time executing, more stock buybacks -- I cannot believe how senior management has allowed the stock price to languish, even to the point of talking it down at times or having poor execution w/r/t communicating with Wall Street analysts",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61474,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,"Great pay and benefits, work has impact, but you can be bogged down by process frequently.",You have immense resources and your work can have an impact on literally billions of people. The benefits are great and the pay is more than competitive.,"The many layers of management and the size of the company can make getting things done difficult and time consuming. When you work for a company that has over 90,000 employees and over a billion customers your impact can be huge which requires great care and therefore you spend more than half of your time planning rather than executing.",Try and remove some of the layers of management and oversight to enable employees to get their work done quicker.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61475,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Great Company, New Senior Leadership Necessary",Great resources and opportunities to do interesting work,"Bureaucracy, weak senior management, constant reorganizations",Senior management is isolated and reactive. The Yahoo situation was a stupid idea and an embarassing debacle.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61476,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Smart passionate people, deep technical know-how","Microsoft has a deep bench of talented people with raw smarts, dedication and passion. Employees tend to have long tenures even though they change groups within the company. This makes for a work environment where there is a LOT to learn from the senior team members. This is a terrific company to get mentorship, career guidance and improve technical chops. Microsoft's wide array of low level systems products (Windows, .Net Framework, SQL Server) means that there is deep technical expertise in core computing fundamentals like operating systems, databases, languages, runtimes, etc.","The layer of middle management (dev leads, test leads) is bloated and adds little value. The specialization of roles into Dev, Test, PM limits employees from gaining skills that are transferable, since there typically aren't that specialized roles outside of MS. Microsoft needs to figure out how to utilize the SDE/T (testing) discipline effectively to infuse reliability, stability and perf into products, we need testers who are good enough to be developers on the same product. MS also needs to figure out what it's strategy is in the services space. We also need to find ways to encourage small but good ideas to blossom into compelling products, it seems like products only get created when a General Manager or a VP decides to create something.","Please please fire the marketing folks who do advertising and hire some competent ones instead. What's up with those pathetic Zune ads (viewers did not even understand that they were for a music device!), what's up with those pathetic ""Dinosaur"" ads for MS Office! Product development teams take great pains in delivering high quality products, please hire decent people to market those. Do something to stop having competitive offerings of the same technology within MS, it just causes politics that wastes time and effort. Instead we could be focusing on beating the competition. Oh yeah and please do something about this stock price!",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61477,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Very relaxed environment. Great benefits. Exciting technology depending on which team you are in.,"Microsoft has a very relaxed environment. I go to work whenever I want and leave whenever I want as long as I get my job done and make it to meetings. I can talk to my manager and take vacation with very little hassle. All this as long as you know you will finish you work. Microsoft gives great benefits. And depending on the team you work in, the technology you work on can be exciting. Finally, there are lots of very smart people from whom you can learn from.",I am not too fond of the stack ranking where someone is bound to end up at the bottom of the rank. I think the bonuses and merit increases could be larger. This also depends on which team you are in. Different teams seem to give different amount for bonuses for the same level and same rating.,N/A,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61478,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 3, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDE),Great stable company to work for.,"Tons of smart people. Lots of groups to work for, all situated in a single campus. Each group in Microsoft has a product line often equivalent to another rival company.  Great benefits esp. medical.",Too much butt kissing required for promotions. You better be the manager's pal.  Lots of infighting between groups (especially R&D and secretive incubation groups).,Please get better middle management (in Microsoft most middle management are engineers) and support mandatory business/MBA development programs for all middle management.  Please focus on more coordinated research and incubation efforts and not on which internal group comes out on top after thrashing all others.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61479,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2008",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,"Amazing opportunities, unfortunate hurdles...","Microsoft has a lot to offer to anyone looking to learn the business of ""big"" software development. In my experience, the biggest benefits to working at MSFT is the networking and organizational mechanics visibility you get. I have met a ton of incredibly talented people who later on became important resources for future opportunities (within and outside of MSFT). It felt much like college to me - a time to learn a lot, meet a lot of contacts and grow as an individual. The resources and opportunities are huge at MSFT, though much of the time you realize you are a very small fish in a very large pond. Big aspirations can be squashed frequently after the reality of the organism that is MSFT becomes apparent. But again, the opportunities environmentally outweigh the unfortunate lack of ability for any one person to change the reality of what MSFT is - a giant steam ship that takes years to make a turn.","The layers of buerocracy and management are the biggest downsides of working at MSFT. It often felt like the job was much like the game show ""Survivor,"" where many of your co-workers were trying to stair step over each other with every project. The culture at MSFT is built to surface the strong type-a personalities to succeed, while the less interested or mellow personalities can be stuck for a long time in unhappy roles. If your goal is to work with a team you can trust to focus on the problem at hand (instead of their own career advancement opportunities), to build truly useful and revolutionary products for people and you ike to have clear ability to affect long term direction - MSFT is most likely NOT the place for you. It is however a good place to learn a tremendous amount and move on from. Just be honest with yourself before you commit.","I would recommend to any senior manager at MSFT to quit. MSFT needs less management and more independence within its culture. Most of the manager at MSFT are not good managers, they are great individual contributors who got pushed into a management role because of the structure there. Come on MSFT, you have some of the most incredibly talented people in the world working for you...let them do their jobs!",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1192.htm
61480,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 2, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,I like the place. It's not perfect but it's darn good.,Smart people. Great benefits. Access to lots of cool stuff.,"Still seen as being evil. That's not really fair, because we're not but some people just plain hate us.",Communicate! We're doing the same thing (and hence competing with ourselves) in many many places.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61481,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"A company drunk on money that sees us as numbers, but there are pockets with good coworkers","The people are extremely smart, motivated and fun to work with.","The company is not truly invested in growing employees to be what they want. Rather, they want to grow us to be more efficient where we currently are. For example, there is a long dry gulch between the the SDET and SDE roles. Even though some people have made the transition successfully, there is active discouragement by test leadership when attempting to make this transition.  The company is lost trying to make money and has become scared to do anything innovative.  The coolest products are handcuffed to profitability expectations before the idea is even baked, causing the best ideas to never bubble to the top.  Since there is such a high technical bar, incompetence moves into leaderships to survive, which leads to the laziest workers in the middle.  The review process is a joke, can you say bell curve?","Ballmer is running the company in to the ground. The .com bubble was recovered from, but the MS stock never rebounded and I hold him responsible.",1.0,3.5,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61482,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 18, 2008",Current Employee - Development Lead,Full of opportunity,Opportunity for growth is there if you reach out and grab it -- engage with your colleagues!,There's always so much to do,Continue to keep your ear to the ground and binoculars to your eyes looking forward. It's difficult for employees many ranks below to stay in sync with the concrete parts of your plans.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61483,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 25, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Abandon your dreams of career advancement, but at least you have job security.",Ability to have a global impact. You can work on projects of size and scale greater than anywhere else.,We have become late 80's IBM. Trying to manage your own career advancement is random and frustrating as hell.,"Take the crew responsible for greenlighting the Yahoo! acquisition out back, kneecap them, then take away their stock.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61484,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 29, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Unfair, the manager just focus on who he liked but not the performance.","A good place to learn desktop based software and code. Good benefit, especially if you would like to have children during that period. I think they provide a very competible benefit, however the total income is just average, maybe below average.","Some managers have bad personalities and they just focus on their personal benefit but not employees and companys. The software development process is too traditional. Some teams try to improve but in the end they still use what they are familiar. The main reason is that there are so many old guys, who control the entire team and their future.",More transparent for performance review.,2.0,2.0,none,1.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61485,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 26, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Could be the right place for you if you're willing to play politics,"If you land a job within a well-performing division with strong, consistent leadership, it couldn't be a better place to work. Overall, the company does an excellent job promoting work/life balance, is family-friendly, and one of the most diverse environments I've ever worked. Plus the benefits can't be beat.","Some managers are promoted simply because they've been occupying a chair for years, not necessarily because they should or want to be promoted. Microsoft needs to do a better job on assessing whether people are better as strong individuals as opposed to weak managers.","Hire fewer people, hire more who willing to ask the tough questions, get rid of those who simply play politics.",3.0,1.5,none,3.0,4.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61486,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 20, 2008",Current Employee - Engineer,"Long Hours, Low Pay Compared to Financial Services Sector","Fortune 500 company, stability, great health benefits. Smart people,","Company is so large, the opportunities for advancement are slim. Also, the opportunity for innovation and for personal growth are quite limited. No time is given for side projects, unless company sanctioned, and therefore thinking outside the box is discouraged. Also, there is a two tiered system of employment where contingent staff are treated quite differently than full time employees. Because of the court decree, MS has to do some of the things it does with contingent staff, but I don't like this arrangement because it treats experienced workers as temporary hired help, when they should be treated with dignity and respect. They do a great job, and deserve the same benefits as any other worker.","Hire more full time employees, don't hire so many contractors. It creates bad morale to treat so many excellent workers as second class citizens.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,2.5,2.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61487,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,50-50,"It is a great place to learn stuff, and there are often opportunities to transfer among groups to work on things in different areas. There are many talented and knowledgable people around. The company provides very good benefits (the health plan covers all family members). Flexible working hours, and single office.","Your hardworking and good performance may not be fully appreciated and rewarded in the annual review time. Even if you have done an outstanding job among your teammates, be prepared that you may get just an average review result, for which your manager may not have many convincing reasons but pick on something you didn't do well. Sometimes your review result is determined very subjectively.","Recognize and appreciate people's good work, and reward them fairly.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61488,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 28, 2008",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),It's a big company and will work for you if you can get on a high profile project.,It's a stable company with plenty of money so there is good job security relative to many other tech businesses. The company provides good benefits and HR seems to have a vested interest in improving those based on employee feedback. Pay is fair relative to other companies.,"The company has a poor ethical reputation which is conferred on its employees. Being a large corporation, all decisions come down to pleasing stockholders rather than making employees satisfied. Also, engineering managers are frequently promoted to those positions based on their technical skills rather than their ability to manage people.",Be more aware of new technologies and train managers better.,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61489,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 27, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft: Big, Slow, Stable.","Health benefits and general stability. Benefits are completely covered, to the point of no copay for prescriptions. Although the company is slowing down (and not minting millionaires anymore), it's size makes it quite stable.","The company has become bureacratic and it can be painful to get things done. It's not possible to just ""do the right thing"" and be rewarded as it once was.","Get rid of the review system. People hate being rated on a curve, and that's exactly what the contribution ranking is.",4.0,3.5,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1193.htm
61490,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 23, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Stay away if you are not adept at managing perceptions and managing up,"For college hires, MSFT is (still) a good brand to have on your resume and a great place to gain some experience. There are only a handful of software companies that deliver products to hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We also have a variety of products and technologies so there are opportunities to work on other problem spaces and wear different hats if you get bored.  For industry hires, stability is the word of the day. The company has weathered its growing pains, matured from lessons learn and have consistently produced strong numbers year after year. Those with families will appreciate the very good benefits package and solid work life balance. You're unlikely to suffer from burnouts or strategic fluctuations as long as you pick the right group.","Much has been said about our performance review and stack-ranking system. MSFT is not unlike other for-profit corporation after all. If you are not adept at managing perceptions and managing your manager - stay away.  Mid level folks will find career advancement opportunities limited. There's an entrenched middle management in almost every division and they're not going anywhere soon. As you go higher up, promotions is about who you know and who knows you.  This is a matured company now. The passion from the 90's growth days are long gone.",Purge the glut in the middle No more overpaying or overbidding for companies Evolve outdated software practices - we're on internet time now Fix marketing and branding,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61491,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Come join us - And spoil your career,"1: If you are laid back person and don't have any career ambitions in terms of growth, working on latest technology etc. then this is the place for you to work. 2: There is no vision in this group so you will not be asked to do any challenging task :). 3: Though working for this group does not add any value to your skills but you will still get the Microsoft tag in your back. 4: Life is cool as there is hardly any work :) 5: You get good benefits i.e. medical insurance etc.","1: You will work with most in-competent management. 2: You will not be promoted or get a good raise unless you know someone in the group. So basically there is nothing called ""fair review"". 3: Product group or all other groups always treat you as a second class citizen so basically ""no respect"". When I using word ""no respect"" means no respect. 4: After working couple of years in GFS, your resume will not be entertained in other groups within Microsoft as you will be marked as ""In-Competent"". So you will see people here who spent their entire life i.e. 8-10 years. It does not mean that they love the group or have vital knowledge about the system but it means that they know very well that if they moved out of the group, they will be on the road.","We need some leaders in this group who can get rid of incompetent management. Starting from Directors onwards, no one has a clue what are they doing. They are spending well earned Microsoft money foolishly. At least have one vision and stick to it for couple of year. You guys make commitment every year and don't even look back how much did we achieve last year. Interesting fact is that - we acheived only ""0%"" commitments that we set last year. Better utilize your resources. Hire right people - but lately it is so happening that the people from other groups who were non-performer come and join us and make it more dirty. Some guys who were hired from outside, ran away because they could not deal with this place and buddy-buddy management. Break those barrier where all friends report to each other and spend microsoft money in the expansive moral events. Just stop it and try to bring this group back on track.",1.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61492,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Microsoft=good place if you're looking for a safe job with good benefits,"good benefits, nobody ever gets fired, freedom to work on interesting areas, did I mention good benefits...","low pay relative to industry, low stock awards, ineffective performance evalution system subject to favoritism, stagnant middle management closes off opportunities for those coming up","get rid of the people who are sitting in the middle layers who have been at the company for 10 years. It prevents up-and-comers from taking roles that challenge and reward them. Spread the wealth that is generated beyond the Partners. Microsoft likes to say that it pays at the 60% band for the industry, but that's not sufficient to keep top performers around.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61493,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2008",Former Employee - Support Engineer,"Great place to work, unless you're not a developer.","Great benefits package, college like atmosphere on main campus. Pretty buildings.","If you are not on main campus, you are treated like a pariah. There is definitely a caste system in place within the company, with contractors and what's left of the support organization at the bottom of the pile.","Come to the realization that your support organization is more important to your customers sometimes than the developers creating the buggy products. Product development needs to take a more holistic view of the entire SDLC and not just ""release and punt,"" which only frustrates the customers and support personnel",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61494,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Aug 23, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Happy - for now.,Working with the latest technology and mature development practices is probably the biggest career draw. It doesn't hurt to have MS on your resume since everyone in the industrialized world has heard of the company and associates it with success.,"The company has gotten so large - and is growing head count at a break-neck pace - it can be overwhelming at times to feel you will progress very far in terms of management level and visibility. The company still tries to maintain some sense of its entreprenurial startup persona, but the best most can hope for these days after 10-15 years is to be a glorified version of your present position.","While the benefits are still far better than most corporations around the country, many large technology competitors (e.g. Google, Yahoo, Adobe) are now moving into the Puget Sound area and offering better pay, less overcrowding in office space, and better pay. This is causing brain drain that needs to be stopped. Better to spend the money on the employees than failed, poorly thought out attempts to buy Yahoo. With Bill now gone, it might be a good idea to consider breaking up the company. It would allow MSN/Live to have a better chance to succeed or fail on its own by being forced to compete without the rest of the company as a crutch. Right now, the whole of MS is not as valuable as the combined values of separate companies would be on the market.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61495,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great first job out of college,"Benefits! Challenging, fast-paced work, TONS of opportunities for professional growth. Great people. Knowing you're making a different in the industry.","It's in Redmond, which is a really lame area in general. Of course, they've made it very easy to commute from Seattle. :)",More communication would be good.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61496,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Aug 22, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Overall, a great place to work.","The best thing about working at Microsoft is being surrounded by bright people. I love the experience of not being the smartest person in the room and being able to learn from my peers. The compensation is reasonable, the benefits are excellent, and there are great opportunities for professional development. An advantage of working for a big company (and something that is entrenched in the Microsoft culture) is the ability to easily switch teams. It's nice to know that if I ever get tired of my current problem space, I have the option of branching out and trying something completely different.","While I believe Microsoft has been going to great pains to improve their compensation and bonus model, it's still far from perfect. Individual managers wield a huge amount of power when it comes to deciding an employee's review numbers (you are literally relying on your manager to fight for you). If you've been unfortunate enough to get on your manager's bad side, watch out. Adding to this problem is the fact that there's little oversight in the review model. It's frustrating knowing that you risk getting screwed if you're not willing to suck up.",Keep working on the review model! It's gotten better but there's still work to be done.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61497,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Product Designer,"Microsoft's brilliance and innovation comes with too much baggage, and too many hot-heads","The best parts about working at Microsoft are: networking with some of the most talented and motavated minds in the industry, the ability to have a part to play in software with a huge footprint and high exposure, the benefits are awesome, there are ample opportunities to move around and see a lot of the company, and the learning and self-improvement opportunities are endless.","The are a lot of politics. I was sometimes stunned at how some people were able to climb the ladder and others weren't. It's definitely a big game. Compensation and bonuses are there if you play the game well. Prepare for a cutthroat ride if you are a User Experience profession just trying to do the right thing - way too easy to become a ""design-machine"".","I would advise them to be more flexible in their approach to building the right thing. Innovation needs to be more agile and less structured. There are too many people hiding themselves behind processes and not enough people sticking their necks out to do better. Focus less on posturing and self promotion and more on making great products that inspire your users. Go out of your way to reward those who shine, and do not encourage so much those who constantly put themselves first, or just use their current assignment to get somewhere else. They will bring everyone down with them and it's not worth it in the long run.",4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61498,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Aug 21, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Operations Engineer,Focus on moving our stock out of the 5+ yr slump and return value to shareholders.,"Top notch benefits, oportunities for flexible working arrangements, solid compensation","Career advancement and promotions seem to be tied more to who you know, rather than what you do.","Focus on raising stock price, cut the slackers and enough with focusing on Yahoo already.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61499,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 21, 2008",Current Employee - Software Architect,None,Global impact of the work i do Unique architectural and technical challenges Diversity of expertise you encounter while handling difficult projects Smart people,Slow moving Excessive politicking in places Good project teams are overly deep,"IImprove accountability - fire people when they deserve Widen dynamic range of rewards for the work well done Wider array of smaller groups, developing in agile mode and getting matching rewards if successful",4.0,4.5,none,4.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1194.htm
61500,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 22, 2008",Current Employee - Group Product Manager,Politics + too many resources - alignment = opportunities lost,"The benefits at Microsoft are fantastic and it is a great brand name to have on your resume. Also, there is the opportunity to move around to new businesses and new roles.","While there are many smart people at Microsoft, many unfortunately choose to concentrate on jockeying for position rather than ensuring that the company is winning. Even worse is that there are some managers who cultivate this and cloak themselves with cronies and yes-men. Also frustrating is the extremely matrixed nature of most groups.","Force the various business groups to focus on key deliverables and initiatives. Acting like a small company with limited resources will align employees and re-ignite greatness. Smart competitiveness does not equal doing what the other guy is already doing, but rather doing something else that will make them irrelevant.",2.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61501,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2008",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,"Excellent people, lousy management.","The people! Diverse, intelligent, opinionated and extremely knowledgeable. If you want to be surrounded by people that actually *know* every single thing about computers and software, there's no other place.  Microsoft has many worlds inside itself. If you change from one team to another, is like changing from one company to another, everything is totally different. So if you're bored with one aspect of technology, change to a different group and learn about other stuff without leaving company.  The benefits are mostly great (see exceptions at the list of downsides), in special the medical benefits.  It is inspiring to work in products that are used by millions (and in some cases billions) of people.","The worst problem we have is our senior leadership. What's the point of working extreme long hours to contribute to the company when they come with preposterous ideas like buying Yahoo!?  As for the benefits, the top 900 people earn loads of stocks that vest immediately (1/3 immediately, then the other thirds in 2 years) while for everyone else the stocks vest after 1 year, then spread in the next 5 years. Last year we've spent 1 billion dollars in stock for the top 900!  There's no transparency on how people's performance are reviewed, the only clear thing is that it is a popularity contest where the management friends are rewarded and everyone else hang on tight because of the benefits. Then if you spend some time without promotion, your chances for promotions diminish dramatically because you're labeled ""with low career velocity"".  Internally we know that we are just like IBM in the 80s: a company that just got rid of a host of anti trust issues, with a huge hierarchy, ossified processes all over and so very slow to respond to the competition.  That's because the only way to grow professionaly is by becoming a manager. So people that should and people that shouldn't be a manager are fighting hand and fist to become one. Then we have more hierarchy, and the monster feeds itself...","Give up the Yahoo! adventures.  Cut the hierarchy: we don't need so many layers of management! In my career at Microsoft, the minimum distance I got from Stever Ballmer is 9. That's because some managers in the chain left Microsoft after pocketing their millions.",3.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61502,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 20, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Overall a good company to work for, but there are definite downsides","Employee benefits, wide-reaching products, location.","Cringe-worthy products at times, and Microsoft doesn't have a great reputation.","Do a better job of training managers (especially mid-level managers). Consistency is lacking, and this would be an easy way to improve productivity of individual contributors. Better manage perception of the company.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61503,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Aug 19, 2008",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Microsoft Great Company... but with problems,"Looks good on a Resume... Great Benefits. The pay is pretty good for what you do and performance isn't really the issue. If you're really good at networking and politicking you will do very well at Microsoft. Also, because we are the 100lbs bear.... we don't have to be as beholden to customers. Also, living in Seattle is great... the campus is nice, Bellevue facilities are world class and we have access to some of the smartest people on earth. Also, if you manage to make it up to the ""Partner"" level, you start making HUGE bank... regardless of your performance.","Career Advancement is difficult, especialy if you come in at a low level. Also, if you start in sales and would like to move to a Marketing role (S plan vs C plan)... it is very difficult because of the MASSIVE pay cut you will stustain. In sales... you tend to be at a lower level because of the ""S"" plan bonus... there is no bridge leveling to go from an S Plan to a C plan... which forces you to stay in sales or go hungry. Also, middle management is very weak... paper pushers. Finaly, Kevin ""thank you for all that you do"" Turner has turned the focus of sales from the customer to ""making your scorecard green""","Change the culture, make ""Speed of Execution"" part of everything we do. Also, limit the product groups influence... let sales people sell, instead of having them as an extention of marketing.",3.0,3.5,none,1.5,4.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61504,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2008",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,Once great company needs to slim down to thrive again.,"The people challenge you. The projects have global impact. The benefits are unmatched. When you call anyone in any industry, they'll call you back. In some divisions you can enjoy the autonomy of an entrepreneur backed by the resources of a... well a Microsoft.","I spent 25% of my time trying to confirm that one of the other 50,000 employees wasn't working on the exact same project I was. I spent another 25% of my time using PowerPoint to convince execs that I should be allowed to do the job I was hired to do. I had 50% left to do email, meetings and the work I was hired to do - each of these three was a 40 hour work week so it required prioritization and expectation setting to have a life.","Lay off 20% of the company. Not because you need the money, but because they are tripping all over each other. Several divisions spend a considerable amount of their time trying to ""define their role"" in the company and justify their existence. You'll get more accomplished. Just start listening to the rank and file. This is a big reason why the best ones have already left.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61505,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 7, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager II,great place to start,"breath of product groups to chose from, well defined career path, brand recognition, opens up opportunities elsewhere once you have msft on resume. great benefits package - proclub, health insurance, dental coverage. large campus with football, basketball, volleyball fields - lot of sports leagues, flexible time, option to work remotely, presence all over the world - opportunity to travel overseas to take short term assignment or projects. flexibility and say in the kind of work you do, especially as a developer. ease in moving between different groups - great internal career website to facilitate that. one of the few places where people are generally smart and level headed","large company, deal with red-tape and bureocrasy","get your act together, fire the incompetent middle management, flatten hierarchy, bring fairness in to the review process,",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61506,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Sep 4, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Planner,A good paycheck for selling your soul to corporate america,Microsoft is so broad and encourages job switching so it provides a lot of opportunities to find new and interesting things to do. The benefits are great and the pay is not bad.,"Extremely political, even compared to other F500 tech companies I've worked for. I haven't seen a lot of strong teams, just individuals trying to be super-star brown-nosers, but each group is probably different.",Investigate tools and processes that might help managers to better understand the value/impact that employees are making beyond just the things they brown nose about. Encourage more teaming - and review how the current rewards system might impact teamwork.,1.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61507,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 3, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Most engineers who come to work at Microsoft are pleasantly surprised,"Many teams within Microsoft are great places to work, full of smart, energetic engineers who truly care about the people who use their software. If you end up on one of these well-managed teams, history shows that you will likely be pleasantly surprised about how much you like working there.  Health benefits and work-life balance are great. Salary is competitive, and if you do well here (top 20%) you will be very well-compensated compared to others in the industry at your experience and skill level.  Seattle is great place to live, home prices (while expensive) are much more reasonable than the Silicon Valley area.","I don't think Microsoft is getting the most out of the strong engineering team they have. There are many competing projects, each of which has slightly different characteristics and just confuse the customer.  Marketing and branding are very weak, they are constantly rebranding our online services--MSN, now Live, now Windows Live, etc. The conventional wisdom that Microsoft is good at marketing inferior products is totally wrong at this point--overall, Microsoft does a bad job of messaging and promoting products which are actually pretty good overall (with some exceptions).  There are some bad managers at Microsoft, like in any company. Luckily, it's pretty easy to change teams these days.",Stop competing teams from building the same things!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61508,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Bad new Microsoft,"Nice benefits package. You can work average if you expect average payment. If you can find the ""right group"", if such exists, you can grow in the company.","Too political place. Everything has to make everybody happy, which makes things not work after all. Usually you get stuck with lousy explanations on why you can't get a raise, a promotion or bonus. Most of the time the managers are ""with their hands tied"" to get you the rewards.","Reward the people that actually think about the solutions and try to make it right. Do not praise the person with the best fluffy speech only. Spread the money a little bit more. Getting 500K+ to partners and dry the ""ants"" will make the anthill die in the long run.",2.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61509,microsoft,"Raleigh, NC"," Aug 16, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Still a good place to work, but unsure about the future","You have many options for your career, and you can switch back and forth as your interests change.",Microsoft has the same old vision of the software business (one that just maintains previous decisions) and refuses to truly innovate.,Reinvent yourself,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1195.htm
61510,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 30, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),3 years and still lovin it...,"1. Working with great, intelligent, happy people who can also socialize (this is a difficult trait to get from great engineers, most engineers these days are too introverted). 2. Benefits are fantastic. If you have a family, then Microsoft is the boom! As a single person, I still too benefited immensely by their StayFit program- Microsoft paid 80% of a $7,000 bill to get me slim and trim. 3. Most managers respect you and listen to you. 4. It is easy to find great, talented, and professionally experienced mentors. 5. Moving about the company...let me rephrase that...technical breath and deepth are strongly encouraged. If Microsoft went from writing software to being a library or a hospital, it's employees would get right to it and thrive. 6. Great, strong collaboration between all the engineering deciplines. 7. World-wide talent. Microsoft goes to great lengths to recruit arround the world and lobby directly with congress to have certain immigration/visa limitation overruled. 8. Excellent resources for professional developement. Books, e-books, databases, on-site and online classes. 9. There is a group/alias for anything you can imagine...singing, theatre, biking, knitting,,,you name it. It is easy to get connected. 10. MOST IMPORTANTLY, Microsoft is probably THE most open and accepting company in the WORLD for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender employees and their spouses. I know exactly the reason this is, but I'm not going to ""out "" any of the Senior Managers in this review.","1. Well BillG is gone. I'm still waiting to see if the new sucessors at the high mass can be successful and drive the company foward. Google, here we come! 2. Testers and PMs are more often viewed as the dentist in the room full of doctors. Devs need to be more supportive and sympathetic to their testers. 3. In a company of over 65,000 employees, it is very easy to feel unimportant or lost. But as long as you do your best and get promoted in your organization every year then things will be great. 4. There seems to be a bias between certains teams when it comes to salary and promotion. For example, two new college hirers started the same month, at Windows Live and Office teams respectively. Each at the same initial level with the same salary. After 3 years, the one in Office may have a greater salary and employment level than the one in Windows Live. Well you may say, the ""successful"" one is more capable, but astonishingly it has more to do with opportunity within the group you're hired into. The grass always looks greener from one team to another. The company however is making great strides to nomalize the ranking and promotion criteria by setting certain career level competencies and career model that is in use throughout the company.",I think they're doing a great job!,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61511,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2008",Current Employee - Director Program Management,"Microsoft, Room for improvement","Microsoft has a very extensive breadth of opportunity, across a variety of job functions and product lines. Transitioning between products is encouraged (as long as it is not taken to an excess). Most product lines have an amazing ability to make a broad and global impact on people's lives. In specific roles, your work can make a tremendous difference to the success of a product. To top it all off, there is a relatively fantastic benefits package, especially when you factor in healthcare costs.","As a large company, your ability to impact the stock price signficantly as an individual is non-existent and you must rely on less lucrative reward systems which are and highly competitive. Due to its size and approach, Microsoft does not invest in business opportunities that are small, even if the relative payback ratio could be high, resulting in a diminished entrepeneurial capability. The company has an adolescent management culture, without functioning and proven frameworks for growing its next set of leaders. The competitive review rating system ensures that folks that are great contributors but have reach the highest level of competence are forced out to competitors after a time.","Reform the company into a holding company, with each division being autonomous, issuing its own stock. Split product lines within the divisions when growth caps are met to further grow.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61512,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 14, 2008",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer In Test,Microsoft Meh,"They have an excellent benefits package and the pay is pretty good. You get to work on cool projects and can petition to make changes internally.People are pretty friendly and usually easy to get along with. The company store has discounted software which is handy when friends and family need OSes or Office, and the prices are unheard of.","Long hours, lots of office politics, work load isnt balanced across teams. Limited opportunities to change positions internally if you get burned out and aren't doing well in your current position. Management plays games and sometimes you're just going through the motions. You wont get rich at Microsoft anymore, and a 'Rank-and-file' culture is developing. Egos sometimes run high so getting stuff changed can be an issue at times. Extra effort to get things done or help out team mates usually goes unrewarded . They have heavy use of metrics, which is annoying because it encourages people to game the system. They have great health benefits, but mostly because at sometime, you'll probably need to use it due to work related issues, such as people coming in terribly sick to get stuff done.","Free up people to change teams when they want to, sometimes your team goes from awesome to shitty in a heart beat. Don't require metrics that no one will double check. Watch for people playing the shell game with bugs and features.",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61513,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Aug 14, 2008",Former Employee - Many - Developer to Sales,"good place to retire, awards mediocracy","microsoft offers great employee benefits and stability. microsoft has a strong foot print in many many industries, which leads to a good variety of industry and career options. it is a relatively stable environment, and management is usually competent.","like any company, you'll find that politics get in the way more than necessary. many mid level and senior managers are often doing whats best for themselves, and not too concerned with whats really best for the company. there is also too much cya - cover your ass, which leads to a slow, and hesitant army of workers.","recognize the bs, many people senior management trusts aren't really the best in class, but rather, the loudest in class. beware of group think.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61514,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 13, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,From Great to Good.,"Great people you work alongside with, interesting range of technology and products, improving career development, decent work/life balance. Redmond area is great for families. Most of all, the benefits are great.","Stagnant culture - passion and excitement is gone. Tons of bureaucracy and politics. Very hard to get things done in a way that's reflected quickly and decisively in the marketplace. Management seems lost, not a strong sense of ""what's next"".",Read what Jack Welch did to reinvigorate GE. Then act. Now.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61515,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 9, 2008",Current Employee - Group Product Manager,MGS doing well overall but needs to focus,"Benefits, and time off. Good management in the marketing org.",It is political and there is a lack of dev talent. This was a publishing company that is now trying to do dev and instead they focus on distractions outside the core competency of developing games.,"Promote the talent from within, not the suck ups.",3.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61516,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good place to work, but no longer the Microsoft of the 80s & 90s.",The company still attracts and retains good engineering talent. The benefits program is outstanding. The company still has an extremely strong presence in the PC/desktop market. Very good compensation.,"Microsoft is no longer seen as a ""hot"" place to work, so the concentration of top flight engineering talent is less dense than it used to be. Senior management has shown confusion with its business strategy over the last decade--having difficulty shipping Vista and always playing catch-up with Google. Innovation is limited. The company is slow-moving, and can take a long time to get anything interesting done. Size can be stifling.",Considering bringing in younger management to concentrate on innovation. Find ways to become more agile.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61517,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 8, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Nice place to start for a new grad, but beware of vendor lockin.","Microsoft offers excellent pay for relatively inexperienced developers. Even as a junior developer I was given responsibility, but I always had a mentor to aid me when I didn't know what to do.  I shared an office with another developer, but I can't think of any engineering positions that had cubicles or open floor spots.  There are many training sessions occurring and career progression seemed like a very formalised system - it's easy to see what you need to do to advance.  Self-evaluation and goal setting is encouraged by managers. These goals and evaluations are used when determining bonuses or career progression.","Some of the internal systems seemed a little archaic. Internally, open source software, libraries or tools were viewed as hostile or at least with suspicion. I needed legal approval to use jQuery.  My development computer was slow, even if I had a pair of nice monitors. 1 GB of RAM was terrible!  A few of the employees seemed somewhat uninterested in their work - it was definitely a day job for them.  Benefits like leave are tied to how long one has been an employee.  Setting up an environment was not documented well in my team, and it was common for existing employees to not be able to help with this.","Embrace open source, discourage NIH syndrome, get smarter about the web, and do something about the internal lack of sense for design.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61518,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 6, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good place to work,Good work environment and great benefits. Work/life balance isn't bad at all although this is something you need to actively manage otherwise work does tend to take over your life.,Too many meetings. As I mentioned it's somewhat hard to get the work/life balance right at times.,Improve the way knowledge is shared in the company.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61519,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but faces the ills of a large company,"Diverse range of products and technologies. Products that have huge impact on the World at large. Instant brand recognition. Great working environment, some truly brilliant engineers and software builders. Some phenomenal engineering practices.","Large company, moves slowly. Harder to make an impact as an individual, but it is still easier than in most companies of this size. Normal curve definitely applies given the number of employees - this means there's a lot of crap along with the good. Too much politics, lot of redundant work and strategic confusion/incoherance due to size of the company.",Focus in some areas - laser like focus is needed particularly in the online efforts. Recognize the importance of providing holistic experience and focus on delighting customers with excellent solutions - rein in OEMs who build a lot of turd on top of the stuff that Microsoft puts out.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1196.htm
61520,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 29, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Microsoft--Good pay, need new executive team.","provides plenty of online courses, in class sessions, and a book budget to learn new technologies. They also provide you with an online portal where knowledge can be exchanged and discussions can continue on why one technology is better than the other. When on a project, the more senior folks will take the time to help teach you what is needed to get up to speed and move quickly through each task. In time you will be doing the same for some one else – this is truly a rewarding feeling. When you are given a job to do – do it well! No matter what the task is – accept it and do it well. Keep doing this and you will have proven your self to be a good worker. Accenture will help you grow by giving you more and more. As you complete each task – you don’t realize it but you are learning something new that will in fact help you with gain a broader spectrum of applicable knowledge – this is when Accenture will open up newer opportunities to you. That is, if you know how to apply the knowledge you have acquired",Lets talk about business need in terms of your worst enemy now. Lets say you just got off a project. And you specific field of interest is no longer as much in demand in the market. You end up sitting on the bench until a role opens up. But you cost the company a bit of money when you are just sitting around waiting for a role to show up. So after a while you will be approached with other roles which are not exactly what you had signed up for when you joined the company its up to you to accept or decline – but remember – there is no business need for the kind of skills you have to offer. And there is no telling how long you will have to sit around and wait for a role. Oh! And while you are sitting around – that is not going to look good when review time comes around. Does that mean it will effect your chances of getting a promotion? Well that depends on a whole lot of other factors like how much you delivered when you were on a project etc.,"I know this might sound odd. But depending on who your manager is, you might or might not get promoted. If your manager really does have the skills to be a manager and not only manages his/her work but takes note of every little detail that you do in a positive way, you have a better chance of being promoted. If you end up with a manger who just got promoted and is just trying to get the work done. Its your responsibility to ensure your manager is aware of everything that your contributing to.” Advice to Senior Management: “There are a number of “Development Areas” I have mentioned above. And I am sure the Senior Management at Accenture is aware of all of it. There are also a lot of Strengths I have mentioned which should be noted and should continue without much change.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61521,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 27, 2008",Current Employee - Business Manager,"Great benefits, but work is consuming",Benefits are amazing and addictive. Work with smart and passionate people. Empowered to get things done.,Need to be consumed by job to be successful. Software is not the be all and end all for everyone.,Flexible work is still not mainstream. What is taking so long. People can't give their entire life to the company forever.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61522,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 4, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great place to work, but beware of the groups!","Salaries: The salaries are VERY competitive. This is common knowledge in the Seattle area. Unlike other companies, we are offered a salary that is hard to beat and they are willing to meet you halfway if they can when it comes to compensation.  The Benefits: We pay absolutely NOTHING for healthcare, vision or dental... NOTHING... Our insurance is the best and we don't even have to pay co-pays or for medication... Furthermore, MSFT offers a Legal Plan to employees... It also pays for gym membership to the best gym in town Pro Sports Club.  The Perks: Software and devices offered by MSFT can be purchased at the MSFT Store for super cheap. You also receive a Discount Card which has THE best discounts in all of Seattle. Imagine buy one entree and get the second free at the nicest restaurants in the city? This program applies to anything you can imagine - from restaurants to zoos/aquariums, plays, car purchases, spas, travel, you name it!","Hours, High Expectations on Deliverables. This isn't so bad when you consider the benefits and salary. You just need to learn how to balance.","I think it all depends on the group. However, it is important to get feedback from your team as you drive efficience and excellent performance throughout the fiscal year.",4.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61523,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Aug 2, 2008",Current Employee - Escalation Manager,"Nice guy, but you don't drive the stock price","opportunites to grow, great people, great benifits. You can move between different orgs to continue challenging yourself",hard to navigate advancing your career without being really connected to your management chain,"Listen to the people doing the work, stay connected, show some integrity by backing up Management Excellence and actually going. Train manager and reward them for people skills",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61524,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jul 26, 2008",Former Employee - Support Team Manager,HR is ruining Microsoft,"The benefit package is outstanding and makes it easy to find service providers, The casual work environment is very conducive to brainstorming & problem solving. The ability to go into work each day and work with some of the smartest, most creative people on the planet. Generally speaking, these are educated, outspoken, opinionated yet tolerant, caring people who love to give their all, do a good job, beat the competition, and have fun while doing it. Morale money is allocated each month per employee to go to movies, play paintball, etc. Friendships forged at Microsoft tend to outlast your employment - it really is a people place to work.","Human resources has gradually ruined managements ability to hire the best person for the job. Too many limitiations on formal education vs. experience and ability. Ridiculous hiring questions that have absolutely nothing to do with the job being performed tend to weed out the truly smart and capable, as they have little tolerance for the idiocy imposed. Stack ranking: where a room full of team managers take turns throwing various employees to the lions in exchange for the ability to promote and reward a select few - usually based on the select fews having worked on ""projects"" i.e., having performed the manager's job. Shift in recent years away from using metrics - allegedly. Case closure, MPI, survey results, days to close - these used to be primary factors in job promotion and performance reviews. They are being gradually replaced with more subjective criteria - easier to throw an employee to the lions, harder to defend a truly dedicated, qualified engineer who hasn't worked on some high visibility management pet project.",Bring back the round tables! Truly listen to your engineers in the trenches - leave management out of the room so that you can hear the real story of what is happening on the ground. A good manager is not going to be afraid to leave their team alone with their GM. A bad manager will be terrified and attempt all sorts of interference and intimidation. Ever wonder why there are always a couple of engineers whose schedules prohibit them from attending a round table? THOSE are the ones you really want to hear from.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61525,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 31, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Its great if you're a workaholic.,Experience? and i guess the benefits are good.,"Some teams have a terrible work environment, complete lack of work life balance and ridiculous hours.",stop the BS patting on the back for mediocre products that are only popular because of lack of alternatives.,2.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61526,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 26, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,"Good place to be an intern, but maybe it's better to work elsewhere...","- Great technologies (you know that you are working on products that affects the life of millions of people) - Good benefits package - Opportunities for career growt and advancement - Great colleagues to work with, very intelligent and talented","The managers don't care for what the employees have to say about what's wrong...In the long term, this will destroy the company. Actually, sometimes they even complain with you if you talk to them about what you think is wrong in the company... There isn't a very good Work/Life balance",Take your time to hear what the employees have to say...,3.0,1.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61527,microsoft,"San Antonio, TX"," Jul 24, 2008",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"Good Pay and Benefits, Stifling Politics and Process, Puzzling Senior Management Decisions","Excellent benefits in the US. 100% paid medical (no prescription cost or copay for visits), although dental and vision are not quite as good. Great pay compared to my prior position. Nice annual bonus and stock awards if your review is good, although it isn't going to make anyone rich.","In field customer-facing roles (such as PFE or Consulting), there can be pressure to fill engagements with a resource, even if they don't have the right skillset. Placing a body with a customer for the sake of filling a slot doesn't help us or the customer.  MSFT claims to value work-life balance, but I rarely see this in practice. My current manager is supportive of my personal goals, but we still have to make concessions for the customer. I suppose this is true in any professional services line of work, but I would like to see a bit more emphasis on doing what is right for the employee and a little less emphasis on bending over backwards for the customer at every turn. The customer is not always right.","Worry about being good at a few things and stop trying to be all things to all people. Xbox, Zune and Online Services are money pits. Cut underperforming business and don't fund new ones without a clear path to profitability.  If online is really the cash cow of the future, then do what is necessary to clean house in that division. Remove the layers of stifling middle management and find a way to recruit the best and brightest in search and advertising. Make exceptions to the pay scales for them if necessary. Then, get out of their way and allow them to innovate. Fix the MSN/Live branding mess. I know some progress has been made here, but I still wonder if the average web user knows where to find Microsoft's search engine.  Don't brand so many products with the Windows or Office monikers. Ditch the complicated product names. Popfly and Silverlight are cool names - we don't need product names that go on and on. Simplify the Windows SKUs - we don't need seven editions of Vista.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61528,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2008",Current Employee - General Manager,"Gigantic. Brilliant in places, stupid in others. Professionally and solidly led. Tenacious.","The chance to work on the broadest, most impactful, and highest revenue software businesses in the world.",Only gigantic businesses matter in the end.,More aggressively and rapidly remove people in management who are underperforming.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61529,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 5, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,SDE Internship at Microsoft - Great Experience,"An internship at Microsoft has been a great experience and I would highly recommend it to anyone. The pay and benefits for interns is better than most other internships. Above this, however, the way in which Microsoft structures their internships is very refreshing compared to past internships I've had. Intern projects at Microsoft are incredibly well thought out and are designed so that you can complete them during the summer, make an impact, and not have to learn every intricacy of the product you are working on.  As for working for Microsoft in general, everyone seems to be very happy with their jobs and I have yet to see much that would make me want to work anywhere else.","Not really a negative, but I would say that your experience here, much like at other companies, is very much dependent on your group and the people you work with. There of course have been a few stories of interns who work for groups they simply don't like. For the most part, however, the groups are all very enthusiastic and fun to work with.",I was probably not at the company long enough to make a reasonable assessment of Senior Management at Microsoft. Although I can say that everyone I have had contact with that is in a management position above me has been nothing but enjoyable.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1197.htm
61530,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 23, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Excellent Benefit, Beware of Bad Managers & Lobbyism","Great Benefit, huge career opportunities , variety of people & technologies. You may come across many smart individuals. It's amazing to see depth & breadth of technologies & people they have. Each group/ organization is like company within a company. They have completely different working style, technologies , people skills & possibly evaluation process. Upper management & HR is really working hard to make it a better place to work, but I think they don't realize that real bottleneck is their hierarchy & too many managers. Company with great history & big name, so you can be proud of when you go home.","Having a bad manager (it often happens) can screw your career & growth at Microsoft. There is a clear lobby in Organizations like Office & Windows. I haven't seen such things in Live/MSN. I would love to work for this company if they get rid off leads & managers who are just playing games, checking emails & giving big management lectures w/o having any technical insight. Too much hiearchy comes in a way for company's progress & decision making process. Also, leads & managers tend to have favorites of their own w/o any specific work related reasons, so if you are not one of them then good luck!!! Also, dont expect much once you have joined this company, bonus & stock awards are peanuts compare to what you can get outside. In short, great place to work for, but filled with tons of bad managers","Have flat hierarchy, not to have too many layers in between who are just sitting in offices & playing games & getting fatty pay checks. I hate managers at Microsoft, I love company & people but the managers.",3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61531,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 21, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern,A Good Place for a Start,"Great place for an internship. Allows you to get real world experience and make a difference. The work is challenging, guided while not being too stifiling. HR works well with the interns, ensuring that they are taken care off. But with so many interns (and regular employees), ""things"" are bound to happen. While definitely not the best in the industry, the benefits are decent enough.","Too big. Small fish in a big pond complex. Sometimes you wonder how much you can climb. Some people may be arrogant, which can be a bit of a turnoff sometimes.  And of course: the stigma of the evil empire.",Be more open and transparent with the rest of the company.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61532,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"It's the best place to make great impact while you improve your core competencies, expand your network","Career development, ability to make great impact, work & life balance, diversified products",- Compensation is not comparable to successful start-ups - No support for small projects - Some groups are not as great as others,Better communication of business strategy,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61533,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 20, 2008",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,"Great for college and really top hires, middle level people watch out","Top company. Good health benefits. Work life balance is good. Opportunity to work with some of the top people in the industry and learn a lot. Plenty of teams within and many interesting projects to work. Internal transfer between teams is allowed (compensation and level wont change even though you have the experience) so you can get a diverse experience (server side stuff, devices etc. ). As long as you have the skills you can also try out different roles like SDE, SDET, and PM. Some of the teams have excellent software engineering practices. It is easy to find rental accomodation closer to the company which is an upside for me. Great for junior and college hires.",Middle level candidates (4-6 years experience) usually dont get the compensation and level they deserve. Many times new college hires earn more than experienced candidates. When joining please do your homework and negotiate a proper level and compensation. Once you are in it is almost impossible to reach your expected level. Even though management says promotions are based on contributions and not based on the time served in the company in practice it is actually opposite. Yearly performance reviews are absolute waste of time.  Many of the first level managers (leads) are horrible. They do not have the technical or management experience and experienced ICs have a hard time working for them.  Not so nice weather in seattle area.,Make internal transfer process easy. Allow level and compensation changes as long as the candidate has the skills and contributes effectively.  Make annual performance review really meaningful.  Hire good first level managers (SDE and SDET leads).,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61534,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 20, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Mixed feeling.,Smart people. Good work-life balance. Good training opportunities. Microsoft generally offers a variety of classes at their campuses (such as the SVC campus) so you can usually find something you like. Microsoft medical benefit is still No. 1 in the industry. So take advantage of it while you can.,Slow career growth. Lower pay comparing to other tech companies. Hugely political review system. Team members are pit against each other at review time. Low merit raise overall.,"Pay employee fairly. 2% raise will not retain employee. And the name of Microsoft doesn't do it any more. And of course, stock has been underperform S&P index in past EIGHT years.",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61535,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 18, 2008",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Microsoft at the Center of the World,"Microsoft believes its mission is to provide people around the world with tools that enable them to make their lives better. Tools that empower people to communicate, solve problems and innovate. Its a noble cause, for which one can feel some measure of pride.  Microsoft is growing, perhaps not as much as we would all like, but it is increasing employees every year. The opportunities across professional disciplines, businesses and geographies are significant. Want to work overseas? Pick a country, transferring is relatively easy. Want to work on an incubation product, or perhaps the big dog Windows? Ok. Transferring between business groups can be done too. One can amass a diver portifolio of experiences here. It offers a unique career development landscape. And because Microsoft has such a diverse set of businesses, it can weather economic or geographic risk pretty well, meaning it is a place where one can feel some semblance of job security.","Microsoft is now a very large company. It has all the problems faced by other large compnaies: too much process, too many stakeholders to make decisions quickly, becoming political at the top, too disconnected from customers. It is a complex matrix that can often get in the way of doing the right thing, and doing it quickly.","Lead. Lead. Lead. Tell people where Microsoft is going, why it is going to be great for them, and build some electric enthusiasm around the journey.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61536,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),An ideal environment to grow as a Software Engineer.,Very challenging work environment that forces you to be actively involved in all phases of the Software Lifecycle. It is an ideal place to grow across all facets of a Software Engineer.,"The very aggressive schedules make for a very difficult work/life balance. Management makes it a point to express a good balance, but when it comes down to it, deadlines are deadlines, and management will throw caution to the wind to ensure the product hits RTM (Release to Market) on time.","Instead of following the status quo and attempting to improve on what's already existing, try to put more emphasis on Research and implementing new and exciting ideas.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61537,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 22, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,I can haz free food like at Gogle?,"The pay is great here at Microsoft. And at Redmond you really get to see a lot. The best thing about a corporation like Microsoft is that there're a lot of things, from hardware to software to research, from productivity to OS to gaming, from the sales to product management. IT's a great place to start fi you haven't figured out exactly which route you wanna go.","There's high stress working at microsoft..... management are used to grilling workers at meetings until they admit they don't know what they're doing, and kick them back to work twice as hard. There're not many team get-togethers. I'd like some more and that definitely would boosts our morale.",I can haz free food like at Gogle?,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61538,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2008",Current Employee - Product Management Director,It's all about balance,"While you may well be a small cog in a big wheel, being part of a big wheel means having an opportunity to crush the competition. There are few companies where you truly have an opportunity to make a difference, win and win big. Microsoft is clearly such a company.","Too big. Too bueracratic. Too slow. Great base pay and the stock grant is nice, but unless you are a very senior management, the days of making your first million after 5 years of service (heck, 10 years of service these days) are long since gone, lots of work for a salary with little upside is not what most techies have in mind.","Grow your people, improve your product and grow your share price, it's a virtuous cycle.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61539,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great career opportunity at a stable company,"Great opportunity to grow your career. There are vast number of different teams that operate on different principles, different goals, different technologies, you can almost always find a career path that interests you. The ability to work with some of the brightest people out there is something that's often overlooked and taken for granted while you are at Microsoft. Imagine any technical issue you run into, you have access to unlimited technical people, including those that designed the feature. This is invaluable to those geeks like us.","The size of company has grown to a point where there is too much bureacracy. Decision making are slower than a startup. There are many hoops you have to jump through sometimes to get everyone to buyoff, which means you spend more time on process rather than core engineering.",Flatten the org!,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1198.htm
61540,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 15, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"You have succeeded in growing earnings, but failed in reducing confusion around long term strategies for growth.","Microsoft believes its mission is to provide people around the world with tools that enable them to make their lives better. Tools that empower people to communicate, solve problems and innovate. Its a noble cause, for which one can feel some measure of pride.  Microsoft is growing, perhaps not as much as we would all like, but it is increasing employees every year. The opportunities across professional disciplines, businesses and geographies are significant. Want to work overseas? Pick a country, transferring is relatively easy. Want to work on an incubation product, or perhaps the big dog Windows? Ok. Transferring between business groups can be done too. One can amass a diver portifolio of experiences here. It offers a unique career development landscape. And because Microsoft has such a diverse set of businesses, it can weather economic or geographic risk pretty well, meaning it is a place where one can feel some semblance of job security.","Microsoft is now a very large company. It has all the problems faced by other large compnaies: too much process, too many stakeholders to make decisions quickly, becoming political at the top, too disconnected from customers. It is a complex matrix that can often get in the way of doing the right thing, and doing it quickly.","Lead. Lead. Lead. Tell people where Microsoft is going, why it is going to be great for them, and build some electric enthusiasm around the journey.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61541,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 16, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good pay and benefits, but not much else to say","Smart people, great benefits package","Huge company, slow moving, not at the forefront of anything, politics","Quit chasing after Yahoo, spend the money on hiring some really creative folks and let them do their thing.",2.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61542,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 13, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place for a more conforming personality with expectations in check,"-Job security -Work/life balance -Generally, hands off management (good and bad) -Benefits -Technology and knowledge sharing (if you know how to access it) -Being around smart people","-Fish in a big pool -Parity in pay vs other companies (not bad, not good) -Lifeless stock -Feeling of stifled innovation -More cohesion between groups and people and less competition","-Technical foresight, leadership, and inspiration from execs (i.e. filling Bill's gap) and not just business leadership -Demonstrate more instances of MSR to product -Allow better channels of innovation from product groups and individuals -Improve ESPP -Better system of rewarding group/team contributions",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61543,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),I hope Microsoft is not a train-wreck looking for a place to happen,"If you have a family with dependents to care for, then the benefits are great. I suspect that's the primary reason many of average people hang on to Microsoft.","In some groups, you have really bad management. Over time, cronies and yes-men have been promoted to mid to senior managerial positions. The saying that A's hire other A's and B's hire C's and D's can be seen in action in some of these groups. If, as a new hire, you end up in one of these places, life can be miserable.",Get a clue.,2.0,2.0,none,1.5,2.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61544,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 12, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,It's okay. But the commute is horrid.,"The most career choices, the most opportunities, the best benefits in the Seattle area. Some of the brightest people are employed there. You can learn a lot from others. The company is stable. There is a lot of support for Microsoft in the Seattle area. Microsoft is known around the world. Life/work balance is respected. If you want a change, you can always look elsewhere within the company. Free drinks, decent and affordable food available on campus. Main campus is beautiful. Relaxed, diverse, friendly, intelligent environment. Good commute benefits (free bus, etc). Telecommuting is supported. Software discounts, freebies. Somewhat ""fun"" morale events.",Decisions that get made are on the conservative side. Orange Badges are treated like second-class citizens. Commute is hideous.,Stop trying to do it all. Slow down. FOCUS.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61545,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jul 10, 2008",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Microsoft is pretty OK to work for,"The people, benefits, salary. There are so many intelligent and hard working individuals at Microsoft, it was a great environment. A lot of opportunity to learn and move around.","Too big. Too many managers and not enough focus. The whole blue and orange badge thing is pretty weak, too. I worked at Microsoft first as a FTE and then later as a contractor, while the hourly rate was great, it was unfortunate that the positions had a one year expiration date and then they would re-hire you after a three month break- why not just make the person a FTE if you want them to continue to work for you?",Look around at the other successful companies in the valley- what's the difference? The culture. Microsoft's SV campus is lacking.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61546,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Great people, crummy management","Stability, benefits, brilliant coworkers, a sense of pride, Seattle (a wonderful town), a competitive Type-A atmosphere, a heck of a soccer field, good (if not free) food.",Boss's bosses who don't understand the very products their underlings are making.,"Take a close look at why you went into technology in the first place, and remember that technology is not something that is created for its own sake. Or at least hire other managers who are in technology for reasons other than the money.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61547,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jul 7, 2008",Current Employee - Evangelist,There is no TEAM in I,"The pay and benefits at Microsoft are incredibly good, especially the benefits. You also get a lot of intellectual stimulation and are challenged. Change is the norm at this company, and dramatic changes happen at least once a year.","Team is a bad word. It is VERY individual-focused and very results driven. The benefits that corp employees get (such as free public transportation, deep health club discounts, lunch delivery to your office...) is VASTLY different than the field offices (we have JUST implemented a subsidized public transportation program, and it is only temporary). Your career choices in the field are limited (the field is where we sell), and if you want to move to something different, you have to move to Redmond.",Open up corporate roles to the field. You have enormous talent in the field that walks out the door daily because they see no room to grow outside of Redmond. Use the technology we create to connect our people.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61548,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2008",Current Employee - Group Manager,Love working at Microsoft,It is a great place that truley cares about its employees and their development.,It is a large matrix organization without clear accountability.,Delight customers and you would win market share.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61549,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 25, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to learn alot, ability to changes roles, specialties, career advancement, great benefits","Benefits, work/life balance, compensation, ability to change roles or specialties.","To many processes, islands of data, lack of integration of internal systems.",None.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1199.htm
61550,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2008",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,Microsoft was a great place to work but I am happier on the outside now,"There is no lack of resources at your disposal but the best part about working for Microsoft were the smart and passionate people that you got to work with everyday. The bar is still very high there. They are also doing many cool things in many different areas of technology. Many companies under 1 roof. But as with most companies, the higher up the chain you go, the more you need to be prepared with managing people, managers, budgets as opposed to building, executing, and innovating","The downside is the stock has gone nowhere in 10 years and there is little to no upside. Politics and management reviews can be taxing and fustrating. They also lead to a bloated, slow execution cycle that can be terribly fustrating.",think out of the (PC) box work to be more nimble ship more often,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61551,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 21, 2008",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,Great company... if you're in Redmond.,Resources on the intranet are tremendous. People are (for the most part) very smart. Software/Product discounts are great.,"If you're in the satellite development centers (like Silicon Valley) the opportunities for moving to a different business unit are limited. If I were in Redmond (or willing to move there) there are a dozen jobs that I'd love to take, but not in the bay area. That's not particularly Microsoft's fault. They have to be based somewhere, but it's the reason I ultimately left. The job I was in wasn't going anywhere and there weren't (at the time...2006) any other interesting opportunities, so I left. I think the MS presence in the valley is growing, so maybe things are different now. I'd go back.",Continue the focus on training for 1st and 2nd level managers.,5.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61552,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Clueless management equals clueless products,"Money and opportunities are only as good as when you get in the door...after that, unless you are a professional networker...not good",Old boys club...if you're not in...you're screwed at review time...even with patent credits,Flush the professional position climbers...listen to the lower levels and stop letting management design the future...they're clueless.,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61553,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 9, 2008",Current Employee - General Manager,Great global technology firm with somewhat high entropy growth,"1) Talent - bright, focused, motivated, experienced, energetic people from all over the world, 2) Resources - funding to work on long-term, ambitious projects, 3) Global reach - ability to deliver solutions to customers world-wide","Growing bureaucracy and focus on legal/operations management vs product development, management inexperience in dealing with resource allocation in the presence of scarcity/slow growth, excessive fragmentation of responsibility and lack of end to end product/business ownership","Develop a concise, clear vision beyond ""PC on every desktop"" that can be helpful in decision making throughout the company, clear focus on smaller number of efforts, enable clear end to end product and business ownership, setup process for incubation of new business/product opportunities with clear success criteria and allow efforts that can potentially compete with establish directions.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61554,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 8, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),OK Tech Company but not the best.,"It is a famous company. Microsoft's name on your resume will open many doors for you. There are still a lot of smart people here. The paid is OK for me. I may get a little bit more in other big tech companies in the area, however, it is just not worth the hassle to change job.",A lot of red tapes to get job done. There are many layers of management in Microsoft. The company does not move fast comparing to other leading tech companies. We lost many good engineers to Google.,Give better benefit just like Google,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61555,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 10, 2008",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,"Good money, great benefits, huge impact, but bureaucratic and hobbled by legal","The chance to build software millions of people will use while working with some of the smartest people anywhere. Good salaries (especially at higher experience levels) and awesome health benefits for everyone. Microsoft has a reputation for poor frontline management, but there's been a huge focus on improvement that has mostly paid off. Even though the company has 90k+ employees, it retains some of the entrepreneurial spirit of the past.","Can be insular and difficult for those that come in as experienced hires to figure out how to advance and how things get done. Career opportunities are abundant, but it varies greatly from group to group, and while management has been improved it has a ways to go. The bureaucracy has grown into a behemoth and the legal compliance requirements have had a significant impact on development velocity.",Fix marketing. Even when we have great products we don't market them worth a darn.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61556,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - Partner Architect,Great place to make an impact!,"In Microsoft you get to have the broadest impact on the industry and the world. It is exciting and scary. The compensation is good and when you get to a partner level, it is phenomenal (really!). The company is built for the long term, there is no rush for short term gains. This also means not burning the employees with very long hours. The management team is smart, even brilliant.","You have to battle bad reputation, explain some of the legal woes.","Open up, focus in brilliant product and not on features.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61557,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jul 7, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Microsoft,"Micrososft has great benefits, reasonable pay and high quality people. It's diversified line of products and offerings makes it fairly easy to shift technology or business focus without changing employers. The company really bends over backwards to ensure good working conditions and an atmosphere of respect. Career advancement is strongly based on merit.","In general, the company is suffering from a lack of strong senior leadership and vision. Established divisisions such as Office tend to be highly conservative and bureaucratic while divisions such as Online Services tend to be basket cases of shifting directions and priorities. Cross-divisional politics and a Microsoft tendency towards designing complex and grandiose systems tends to sabotage many promising cross-company initiatives.","Pick some opportunities that play to Microsoft's strengths, keep the goals realistic and form organizational units focused on executing against them. Microsoft has tremedous assests in terms of people, money, technology and market position. It's just a matter of using them.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61558,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Microsoft-Transforming from Evil Empire to Customer Focused.,"Having worked with MSFT technologies for over 12 years, one would dream of working for the “Mother Ship”. For many MCSE’s and techies alike, there is no better company then to work for. Playing and tinkering with the latest bits like Windows Servers or SharePoint is a dream come true. Even if you are not a uber-geek, one can still respect the level of technical brilliance this company offers.","MSFT tries to do so many things. Even though the power of software seems endless, the company itself needs to find its true identity. Are we a consumer company like Apple, maybe a gaming company like Nintendo, or perhaps we’re an enterprise business company like SAP or Oracle. What about an internet company like Google. We need to take an insightful evaluation of our strengths and focus on them. No company can do all things great. This ultimately leads to dilution of our brand.","Listen to the field, listen to the customer and listen to the competitor. Gaining mindshare from consumers is the key to driving enterprise business. Just look at Apple.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61559,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,a mixed blessing,You work with great people. Some of the smartest in the industry,"Depending on your group, you may not have a work life balance. Some groups work like they are still start ups. Funnyly enough these groups are the oldest in the company.",n/a,4.0,1.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1200.htm
61560,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 6, 2008",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer,"Great place to be employed, not so great place to work.",1. High-impact products with millions of customers. 2. Reasonable resource allocation. 3. Reasonably easy to find opportunities on different teams.,"1. Process usually feels anti-agile. 2. Project management heavy and slow to respond to competition/opportunity. 3. Discipline-based silos make it difficult to collaborate as a team. 4. If you're not a ""partner,"" you're a peon. Real classism. 5. Review process emphasizes competition with peers over team collaboration.","Quit dividing world into PM/SDE/SDET and give your lower-level folks freer reign. Happily emulate the competition and support ""20% time"" to make things better from the bottom up.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61561,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,"Love the company, but there is good room to improve",Meritocracy. Very smart people. Lots of opportunities to grow. Frequent change.,Bureaucracy. Stock not moving up.,Make the organization leaner. Change top leadership. Increase salaries.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61562,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 21, 2008",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Come join us,"Smart people, constant change and great challenges",Too much process no enough action,Organizational layers are like layers of clothing - you don't feel the environment anymore and in the case of an organization you'll lose touch with the market,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61563,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - N,Still a great place!,Best company in the area and very flexible,Long hours that we work,Better pay for the long hours we put in,5.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61564,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Administrative Assistant,Great company! I'm proud that I'm part of this team.,"There are numerous reasons for why I choose to work for Microsoft: getting paid for what I really enjoy doing, excellent advancement opportunities, fast growing company, great benefits, fun working environment, extremely talented/smart people etc.","It's quite difficult to get in, even if you know the requirements for the job. It helps a lot to know somebody inside! My friend was a babysitter for this manager at Microsoft and now she is his personal assistant (no experience, no knowledge whatsoever).",Keep up the good work! Listen to your workers and embrace the diversity of talent within your division.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61565,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Development Engineer Lead,The best place to build software.,"You have the opportunity to make an impact on the world stage along side some of the best and the brightest from all over the world. Microsoft takes an active interest in developing its employees and their compensation and benefits are top-notch.  Microsoft listens to its employees. The programs and benefits it offers are constantly changing in reponse to that feedback.  Finally, its a company with a very diverse product line that is always moving into new areas so it's possible to make big career changes without needing to start over with a new company.","Its a huge company and despite its constant financial success its stock price is stagnant. Its not for the get-rich-quick crowd.  It can be a bit demoralizing to not be able to read the tech news without finding some article demonizing Microsoft for one thing or another. Microsoft is making huge strides in improving its reputation, but it still has a long way to go. You need to develop a thick skin for dealing with outspoken anti-Microsoft zealots.","Stay aggressive. Keep pushing into new markets, but don't throw the money away. Push for some level of consistant fiscal responsibility between the divisions. Stay sharp in the standards fight. Keep trying to build your relationship with the open source community and the European Comission.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61566,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company to work for.,"Job stability, and get chance to work in latest technology.",Projects would not move fast.,Avoid unnecessary process.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61567,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,Great all around place to work. Tons of resources to get your job done.,Size - hard to get a handle on what is going on through out the company,None specifically,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61568,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Sales,Microsoft is a fantastic place to work. Can't imagine working somewhere else.,"Microsoft is a fantastic company that has a lot of opportunity for career diversity, growth and challenge. The benefits package is second to none. I don't have a co-pay at the Dr, and I get 4 weeks of vacation. For all of Microsoft's faults, the company really does take to heart all of the criticism of the industry and I have never seen a company where customer satisfaction is so important.  A lot of people love to hate Microsoft because of some boneheaded decisions that we have made in the past and for decisions that we continue to make in small pockets. Don't sterotype the whole company because of this, and also don't stop giving us feedback. We need to hear it,","We don't always think before we act. You see this in moves that are made public and then retracted because somebody didn't realize that their actions were visible. The internet has created unbelievable transparancy, and we need to do a better job of thinking through all of our industry moves.",think before you act. Keep on pushing the innovation envelope. We can always do better.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61569,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Microsoft is a very good place to work,"Incredible benefits, stability, ability to impact the industry and the world through great (or not so great) products, rewards vary by group, but if you're in a good group, there is substantial upside in total compensation (salary + commission + bonus + stock awards + spot bonuses + contests), working in the U S Field is much different than working at corporate in Redmond (pros and cons)","long hours, work life balance is hard to maintain, Microsoft lacks focus, politics can be brutal, particularly at corporate hq in Redmond, quality of many recent products has slipped, Microsoft still often viewed as ""evil empire"" (sometimes justified)","Focus on our core competencies and quit chasing perceived competitors, embrace open standards and become a better corporate citizen",5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1201.htm
61570,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Used to be a great place to work, but getting way too bloated now..","overall benefit, access to the general technical resources",Beurocratic working environment. Growing too fast and getting extremely broated.,Take deep dive to look into each division to understand what's really happening.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61571,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Fun work enviroment, great people, challenging projects","Wold leader in Software development, fun atmosphere, working along with smartest people in the world.",Very competitive work enviroment and as in any big company one needs to fight to get recognized.,N/A,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61572,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 2, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great experience. I learned a ton and am proud to have work here. Unfortunately, they seem to be losing it...",Lots of smart people. Lots of cool and different projects to work on. Treats employees well. Good benefits. Very professional. Lots of resources.,Too big. Resources not always used efficiently. Not enough information sharing between different groups. You're a small voice.,"The culture seems to be self-constraining itself in what it can do. There's too much pushback from people in saying what can and cannot be done. It seems like startups and many large competitors (aapl, goog) don't limit themselves in building off of the previous products and are more willing to not only think outside of the box, but execute on it too. There may be some good and cool stuff going on in MSR, but I'd be willing to bet you've got PMs and devs saying, ""No, we can't do that."" or ""That'll take six years and three iterations to get right."" whereas other companies will just go do it, and often times they'll get something pretty cool going and out the door. Not everything needs to be production and enterprise ready before previewing to market. Also, the software development cycle is too slow and resistant to change. Embrace some more agile and iterative methods of development. Assume a large percentage of your customers will have auto-update up and working. Make auto-update work better and more friendly (again, don't let those people who say ""it can't be done"" win. I'm sure WUS / MU can be made better, faster, and more user friendly.). Focus more on efficiency, everywhere. In internal communication, product efficiency, employee productivity, etc. Fixing this does not mean to launch a campaign, make a website, provide some tools and training. I mean, really get in there and figure out what the bottlenecks are, figure out how to improve things, have a discussion with the employees about their pain points and how to improve upon them. Don't take a random sampling, allow everyone to speak and have a voice, take feedback in the method of a poll / forum. Don't have someone who doesn't know what they're doing come up with a biased poll with biased questions that yield useless results (this happens way too often). I've plenty more to say but I'm tired of typing.  One last thing. For the senior senior management, I think Microsoft needs to find a place for the management that is no longer cutting it. Those that are too behind on the current developments / trends in technology or otherwise out of touch with the needs of the customers / employees / company / industry. They are not helping anyone.  One other last thing. Get better visionaries and empower them. I know things are reviewed and discussed to death, but then I still see Microsoft coming out with things that make me wonder how anyone thought they would succeed. Allow them to come out with things that are ""cool"" again. Look to aapl for inspiration if you need to. Especially with the iPhone (at least in terms of it's appeal / slickness).  I was proud to work at Microsoft, and still am proud to have worked there, but am becoming increasingly less so.  Stop listening to those people that push back and say it can't be done.  And please rebrand Windows Live (yes, again).  Ok, now I'm done for real. Thanks for reading.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61573,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,GREAT Place To Work and Great Benefits for Family,"Great opportunity for professional growth, good pay, incredible benefits.  Working in the Puget Sound region (HQ), the opportunities to take on different and challenging job opportunities is vast. The company is constantly, through a disciplined and thorough review process, driving employees to consider the direction of their own careers. It's not a lip service hassle like I've experienced at other companies.  My wife actually said, ""I love Microsoft,"" the other day when reading a medical insurance explanation of benefits. Our medical benefits are as good as they get. When I checked in for a doc's appointment the other day, the administrative person said, ""You have the best benefits. No one has benefits like this!"" If you have a young family like I do, this is very meaningful!",The commute can be difficult if you work in Redmond.,Allow more workers to choose to work from home and/or choose the Microsoft office closest to their home (if space is available).,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61574,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager,One happy Softie here...,"Microsoft offers a transparent workplace that values and rewards fact based decision making. The team that I work on is fantastic, and this sentiment is shared broadly across my extended group. Expectations are high at Microsoft, personal accountability is expected, contributions are recognized and efforts are rewarded. I particularly value the self-awareness that is so central to the culture at Microsoft. Product/service limitations are openly acknowledged, and they drive people to work hard at improving what we produce. Finally, living and working in the Pacific Northwest is a privilege that makes the damper months more than worth it. The natural surroundings are nothing short of stunning, a fact I'm frequently reminded of when I return home from my many business trips.","As with any large organization, and particularly one like Microsoft where power accrues to individual business groups, politics can at times play an outsized role in cross-group collaboration. There can also a fair amount of bureaucracy when trying to effect change in projects with numerous stakeholders. Time spent in meetings can also get out of hand, so an ability to manage one's time around this reality is critical.","Communicate strategy more effectively to the troops. We love the company, but we need to see the excitement that surrounds so many companies in this industry.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61575,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Former Employee - Lead Product Manager,I LOVE Microsoft,"Microsoft is the best company I have worked for. It has the best of the best people, a great culture that appeals to a higher purpose and beyond just a job or even a career. The leaders are the best of the breed in that they truly care about the business and drive hard for results and innovation and always raise the bar. The opportunity to learn from each other and to grow is tremendous. Microsoft made me see and realize what is possible and it had a huge impact on my outlook on life and on me as an individual. I love it, not inspite of but because of all the challenges and growth I went through.","24*7 was my work schedule. While I enjoyed it, it did take a toll on my health and personal situation. So work life balance can be a tall order at Microsoft. Cut-throat culture in some groups makes collaboration hard. In some groups, there is subtle discrimination against women. Overall, the company does an average job in promoting and nurturing women leaders.",Keep up the great work.,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61576,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,First impression of a newbie at MSFT.,"As Bill Gates says: ""This is the place where you can change the world"". It is quite true. That is probably the single most reason for me to work. Compensation package is at par with industry. Tremendos opportunities for professional and career growth. Clear cut defined roles and expectations. Best in the nation medical coverage.","Reviews can be bureacratic. Very hierarchical levels. There is some lack of direction in terms of technical strategy. Groups are pretty independent and hence, at times, often compete with each other. Some people can loose track with too much job security.","Encourage free discussion of opposing ideas. Many people are just unaware of world or technical direction outside Microsoft. Top leadership at Microsoft is very competent. But, middle tier is so so.",5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61577,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jul 1, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,A solid place to work with fantastic benefits,"• The benefits and pay are very good. Healthcare for you and your family is top notch, you won’t find another company with better benefits. This isn’t too important if you are single, but as you begin to raise a family, the healthcare alone with keep you on board!  • If you are passionate and work hard and smart, there are plenty of areas for advancement in testing, development, and management. Although you may need to jump teams, projects, or just mangers, you can always find somewhere to grow.  • The company promotes employee growth with goals and commitments you are held accountable for each year. They drive you to be your best, and reward you for it.  • You are surrounded by some of the sharpest and talented people in the business at every turn. You’ll never stop learning from great people.  • The company is big enough for you to move around to different products and fields. You often have your own office (no cube farms!). There is truly something for everyone here.  • You get to live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Mountains, forests, mild climate (very little humidity). It’s one of the most beautiful areas in the country.  • The most amazing R&D in the industry. The research fairs held once a year blow my mind!","• Like many high tech areas, the high cost of living surounding the company can be a drag. There seem to be a large number of retired “Microsofties” in the area. With their cashed out options from the 80s and 90s, the home prices went through the roof. Due to the geography (Lake Washington, Lake Sammamish, hills and mountains), there are fewer places to build homes. As a result, the demand versus the supply is very large. Home prices have stayed relatively high even through this past year’s market downturn. Generally, if you don’t have two full time incomes in your household, you won’t be able to afford a reasonable or nice home, you’ll have to settle for a condo.  • Microsoft is always short on employees. This means your will most likely be short of developers and test engineers on your team forcing you to work a little more, and cut or postpone features. Psychologically, this can be a demoralizing, especially when you are excited about and believe in your project. Employees move around often, you can never be sure if you’ll have the workforce the team needs to deliver features for the next version of your product.  • Microsoft generally follows the market and will hold off on creating a product until it’s clear there is a large demand and a clear business justification. As a result, we appear like a company of “Jonny come latelys”. Remember Microsoft Terra Server from the late 90’s? Too bad it took Google Earth for Microsoft to realize what a great product this could become.  • Even though this is the most ethical, moral and giving company I’ve worked for, Microsoft has the “Evil Empire” stigma. It gets old being approached and castigated by uninformed “lesser minds” that buy into the FUD.  • Microsoft creates software for business and industry first, and the consumer second. This is a wonderful business model but at times if feels like you’re creating software for others, and not the software that you’d like to use yourself. There is always another company that needs you to tweak your product so that their 15 year old non-RFC compliant application will work with it. YAWN!  • You must have true business justification for ideas and plans you’d like to implement. When you work on your own software in college, you create what you like. But in the industry, you can’t do things that seem “cool” to you. One simply doesn’t say “hey, let’s put a popup stopper in IE!” You’d have to show how it would benefit the bottom line for the company, or wait for another product to implement it and push MS for parity.  • Although we have the best R&D, I rarely see management with the forsight to put amazing ideas into our products. Sometimes it reminds me of Xerox in the 70s - Amazing breakthroughs, but the powers that be don’t understand them. 75% of the “innovations” I see at Apple and Google were revealed years before at Microsoft Research fairs.  • They still haven’t supplied the company with free Zunes! :-) (Apple employees all received free iPhones!)  • Few female engineers. I’m told they were a species hunted to extinction around these parts.","Understand that software is more than just an engineering endeavor. It’s about wrapping brilliant engineering with a beautiful work of art. We have the engineering down, but we present it to customers in a tasteless way. Microsoft needs to hire someone at the top whose sole purpose is to focus on taste.",3.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61578,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Recruiter,I LOVE my job!,"Because it's good to be able to laugh while you work, because knowledge sharing is encouraged and rewarded, because your opinion is valued, because teamwork is the norm, rather than the exception, because the days fly by, because every day you learn something, becasue you are empowered to make decisions. Having worked in other organizations that talk about ""fostering an environment of excellence"" or ""being above the line"" it is extremely refreshing and exhilerating to be in an environment that doesn't talk about these ideals, but rather lives them. I may not always like to get up in the morning, but I do very much enjoy coming to work - given the amount of our lives that we dedicate to work, it is a HUGE deal to want to come to work.",Having to negotiate some of the intracacies of the Microsoft aquisition.,"Continue to foster the corporate culture of innovation, flexibilty, responsibility and change for the better - don't get bogged down in the minutiae of being a member of Microsoft.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61579,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Microsoft is a terrific place to work!,"Pays well, learn a lot, get respect from peers and management. I believe that this short sequence of words sums things up very well and that I really don't need to say anything further. Some, like the creators of this site, might disagree, but I think that my statement fully addresses the question.","Poor internal tools and a culture of working many hours. I believe that this short sequence of words sums things up very well and that I really don't need to say anything further. Some, like the creators of this site, might disagree, but I think that my statement fully addresses the question.",Fix our tools!,5.0,4.5,none,2.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1202.htm
61580,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Director of Testing,"After 14 years, I'm still excited to come in each day","Microsoft is a very large company, but there are lots of opportunities to take on challenges across a wide variety of technologies. Employees can join groups that are 1.0/startup mode, or others that are working on v.12.  The employee benefits package is the new 'golden handcuffs' for the company. Anyone with a family weights our benefits as one of the most important reasons for staying with the company.","Our 30+ year corporate culture is too focused on platforms instead of solutions. Its extremelly sad/fustrating to see competitors come out with products that customers love, when we had done this work internally but couldn't figure out how to turn it into a platform.","As we do more and more acquisitions, we have to get out of our Redmond centric view of the world. The lack of formal policies on telecommuting for those in product development teams is just a small thing compared with trying to work with groups in other time zones or geographic locations.  I'd like to see more consideration into spinning off groups/products/technologies like was done with Expedia.",5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61581,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Evangelist,"A great, great place to work but big changes still need to happen.","The best health benefits of any company in the US. A truly inquisitive culture despite the impressions of those that don' work there. On average, all of the folks I encounter at Microsoft have exceptional intellect, passion and empathy.","Steve Balmer has often said, ""We are many Microsofts."" This is true and it both a strength and weakness. The biggest outcome though is we have an incredibly complex business, both in terms of explaining what we do and mobilizing our own employees to understand what we are doing (or realizing when we don't really know.)","Take a serious look at weeded out middle-management, long-time employees and executives that pine for the old days. I cringe when I interact with these people that still think we are fighting a war that ended long ago. Consider evolving MS over time to function as a true multi-national versus a self-interested collection subsidiaries and silos that not only fail to collaborate which each other but often work towards opposite ends.  This must be handled with care as Microsoft is a still a very profitable company. It's hard to look at our balance sheet and say critical changes need to happen now but they do. I'd like to see us be MORE aggressive with game changing plays versus the tentative way we handled Yahoo.  Spend some time articulating all of our core value propositions and platform stories. We're simply not a company that can articulate a value proposition very well anymore in an integrated fashion, which is critical in today's world.",5.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61582,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 30, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eh.,Networking with people in your industry. Ability to move to other business units.,"Your just a face in the crowd. Also, being Microsoft, you are loved by people in the industry or hated by people in the industry. Microsoft is a power house in the software world, of course by getting there you have a tendecy of making a few enemies.","Listen to your employees more often. Senior managment has the tendecy to get caught up in only watching the bottom line. While delivering a product is important, they should also care more about the employee. I have heard a lot of stories of employee's just getting burnt out and wanting to move one. When a company looses a valuable employee, it takes years and training to try and get back half of what they lost.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61583,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Architect,A good place to work but things take a long time to get done,It is hard to find anyplace else that gives you the freedom to get the job done than at Microsoft. There is very little micromanagement. The groups that I have been in focus on execution and getting stuff done versus the process around how you got it done. By and large you have access to great resources and minds to accomplish big things.,Creeping in of Bureaucracy. With the arrival of the Walmart / GE execs they are bringing more scorecards and process (six sigma) which theaten the execution focus at Microsoft. This is good to some extent but there are instances where some managers go overboard and before long you are forgetting that you are trying to get a job done vs. complete a process and fill out a scorecard. There are also the development methodologies dujour -- but I suppose that exists everywhere. It is also hard to get things done if you don't know people. There is a resistance to change at Microsoft so if you introduce new ideas or way of doing something it can take much longer than you woudl like to move forward.,"Get clear on a set of goals for a particular business and lets pull the trigger. It is better to keep moving forward than waiting to come up with a perfect plan. The more at bats we get the more likely we are to get hits. Don't combine everything into uber programs in attempt to chase ""economies of scale"" teams perform better that are smaller and focused. Move to a system that rewards and motivates based on peer vs. management dictates. There is no way a manager can be involved in the details to understand how you performed -- too many politics and white washing can occur. You team members however will hold you accountable.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61584,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Work at MSFT and change the world...,"You can have a major, positive impact on a huge number of people while learning from an extremely talented set of peers. The company operates and succeeds by listening to ideas from anyone and everyone, internal and external, then weighs trade offs and make product plans. They are also willing to change product plans as needed to strive toward customer satisfaction and adoption. Although multiple releases may be needed with a specific product to really hit a successful stride, the persistence and investment made by the company often results in great success for the company and consumers alike. The effect you can have on a large number of customers to improve their efficiencies and enable new scenarios is simply amazing.","This is also a positive, but one downside is that it is so large it is possible to feel lost.",Keep going. Try to make the company move faster to reduce ship cycles and get in repeatable rhythms.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61585,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,Best company I've ever worked for!,"There is a lot of great things going on and employees are trusted. Actually a little more than that, employees are respected. One of the amazing things is just how many products and groups that Microsoft has. It is down right fun to work here and when you run accross a Microsoft product that is junk it is okay to say it is junk. You just need to have a good reason why.","Okay, Microsoft is a large company and any large company will have some problems. There is always someone you didn't get treated correctly or someone that abused the system. There are sometimes meetings that are a real waste and tons of lost oppertunities.",You are on a good path you just have to stick to it. Oh and it ever hurts to give the employees more stock!,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61586,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Great Big Company to Work For,Working for a company that changes the way the world works is cool.,It's a big company. Politics and beauracracy is similar to other large companies.,Revamp our marketing and advertising to be more feature oriented rather than brand building.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61587,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Microsoft amazing place to work, however company direction needs to change","The compensation is good bordering on great. The top performers in a group have the chance to make a large bonus (bordering on $20k) and also get a large stock bonus (an additional $20-40k, albeit vested over 5 years).  The biggest drive for me is working on a product that millions of people are using around the world, and building technology from the ground up that many developers will leverage. Read: Visibility.  Benefits are second to none. Microsoft honestly has the best health insurance of any company I've ever seen, as its A. Free, B. Covers %100 of everything.  Beyond that there are a lot of great, smart people you have the opportunity to work with.","I've had the chance to work with two different groups at Microsoft and comparing the two is like comparing two different companies. One was like working at IBM, the other was like working for a web startup. Before picking a position at Microsoft MAKE SURE YOU GET TO MEET THE TEAM, as not doing your homework can show you the bad side of a company that is struggling to find itself again.  In that vein, a lot of people internally are dissatisfied with the direction the company is going compared to other companies such as Apple and Google.","Remember your roots, and for the love of god move faster.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61588,microsoft,"Irving, TX"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Recruiter,Work with the best and brightest,Flexible work environment that encouranges innovation,Very high expectations/goals are a given.,Focus on product set and really drive that as your #1 focus.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61589,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great company - lots of opportunities,"Vast array of opportunities to work on many different software projects. If it can be done with software, it's being done here somewhere. Very stable company with long term employement guarenteed.","No longer an opportunity to get rich quick. As with every large company, the stock price doesn't move very quickly up or down.",Take more risks. Drive more innovation. Be more agile.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1203.htm
61590,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manager @ Microsoft,"High performance culture. Merit-based. Basically, if you work only two hours a day, but are a performance monster, you are pretty much okay. Though technically, anyone like that at Microsoft would work 24 hrs/day just because they want to. It's a very fun place to work though.","If things have to get done, then they have to get done. If that means 20 hrs a day, then that's what it means. Also, some Microsoft employees are overly proud of working at Microsoft.","I think Senior Management could better enable people to understand all of Microsoft's intricacies. Microsoft is a huge, diverse, and complex firm. There are millions of hidden gems about what Microsoft offers and does. There is general Microsoft glossary, but more support for this would be much appreciated",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61591,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - PM,pay,The pay is really good,The work is too much fun,You are so very awesome,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61592,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to work.,"Solid compensation and benefits, many career paths, opportunities to learn, improve your skills and grow. Microsoft's products have a massive impact on the computing world and are used by millions every day.",The only thing that I can think of is the flat stock.,Be smarter and more realistic about what products we invest into.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61593,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is a great opportunity for any software professional,The free health insurance cannot be beat. We had twin daughters that both spent time in the NICU and didn't spend a dime. There are abundant career opportunities. There are great opportunities to work with many software industry leaders and experts.,Seattle traffic and cost of living.,Give more credence to the stock price.,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61594,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Excellent Workplace!,"Excellent Benefits, HR VP is great and has good employee empathy Good growth opportunity",Huge organization and can get lost if not careful.,Get out of glassbox and get in touch with reality! Have board do some accountability check for stock performance Perception matters - fix MSFT perception in market,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61595,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Challenging work environment, interesting technical problems to solve, and great people to work with!","Autonomy, flexibility, the ability to work on technology that impacts millions of users, great work environment, good benefits, supportive and approachable managers, recognition for work well done, work/life balance, passionate, & smart people, the ability to easily change positions within the company and try out new things.","Too big a company, relatively flat stock price, apparent lack of strategy in the consumer space.",Help ICs on the team internalize the company and the team's strategy and road-map. Provide clear direction and help make decisions that stick.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61596,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Technologist,Microsoft is a Great company to work for in California,Career Opportunities and training is great here,Can be demanding at times and you have to manage your work/life. So much to do around here,Continue to increase pay and be more competitive with other companies,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61597,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A wonderful place to grow.,1) It has lot of Variety in the type of work you can do. 2) tremendous opportunity to grow and learn new things. 3) a very organized approach to quality,1) Poor work life balance atleast in some new groups 2) Too much distraction due to negative publicity in media.,1) Improve brand image 2) Reward hard work appropriately.,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61598,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher II,Great place to work if you're in the right group,"If you find the right manager and the right group, it's possible to go far. The benefits are stellar, with no co-pays on anything. We get stock grants instead of options, so that's just an extra cash gift (albeit one that pays out over five years).  There are lots of challenges to be had in the company, and it's not too hard to carve out your own niche and really shine. If you don't like what you're currently doing now, there's a lot of opportunity to try out something new -- even changing disciplines if that's what you like. Name any pair of disciplines, and I can show you an example of someone who switched between those two disciplines.","If you have a bad manager or are in the wrong group, it's next to impossible to level. When you tell someone you work for Microsoft, you get to hear their litany of complaints about any Microsoft product that they've ever owned and that didn't shine their shoes for them.","Stop chasing taillights. I'm sick of hearing that we're going after Google or Apple. We missed the boat on search, let's accept it and stop pouring money down the Live drain. We missed the boat on MP3 players, let's accept it and stop pouring money down the Zune drain. Instead, let's pour money at something that's truly innovative. We've got Microsoft Research, let's do something with them. Stop trying to make a better iPod or a better Google. Accept that Microsoft has its own strengths, and that those strengths aren't identical to the strengths of other technology companies out there. There's enough room in the tech ecosystem for Google to own search AND for Microsoft to own its strengths. Don't cheap out on innovations in our back yard. We've got the cash, fund them to the full extent and then throw some extra cash because we can.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61599,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Director Technical Sales,"Think global, act local.","Unlimited growth potential. Opportunity to work in in virtually any IT technology area and apply yourself to virtually any field or industry in any professional capacity, from consumer to enterprise to public sector to education.","It is now a very large organization that requires extensive collaboration skills to engage and accomplish your goals. There is a lot of institutional momentum, so new ideas must be vigorously championed to have a chance. There is a Redmond centricity that is not consistant with today's trend towards distrubuted development.",Embrace local markets. Allow for more risk taking and reward original thinking.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1204.htm
61600,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher II,Great place to work if you're in the right group,"If you find the right manager and the right group, it's possible to go far. The benefits are stellar, with no co-pays on anything. We get stock grants instead of options, so that's just an extra cash gift (albeit one that pays out over five years).  There are lots of challenges to be had in the company, and it's not too hard to carve out your own niche and really shine. If you don't like what you're currently doing now, there's a lot of opportunity to try out something new -- even changing disciplines if that's what you like. Name any pair of disciplines, and I can show you an example of someone who switched between those two disciplines.","If you have a bad manager or are in the wrong group, it's next to impossible to level. When you tell someone you work for Microsoft, you get to hear their litany of complaints about any Microsoft product that they've ever owned and that didn't shine their shoes for them.","Stop chasing taillights. I'm sick of hearing that we're going after Google or Apple. We missed the boat on search, let's accept it and stop pouring money down the Live drain. We missed the boat on MP3 players, let's accept it and stop pouring money down the Zune drain. Instead, let's pour money at something that's truly innovative. We've got Microsoft Research, let's do something with them. Stop trying to make a better iPod or a better Google. Accept that Microsoft has its own strengths, and that those strengths aren't identical to the strengths of other technology companies out there. There's enough room in the tech ecosystem for Google to own search AND for Microsoft to own its strengths. Don't cheap out on innovations in our back yard. We've got the cash, fund them to the full extent and then throw some extra cash because we can.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61601,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Director Technical Sales,"Think global, act local.","Unlimited growth potential. Opportunity to work in in virtually any IT technology area and apply yourself to virtually any field or industry in any professional capacity, from consumer to enterprise to public sector to education.","It is now a very large organization that requires extensive collaboration skills to engage and accomplish your goals. There is a lot of institutional momentum, so new ideas must be vigorously championed to have a chance. There is a Redmond centricity that is not consistant with today's trend towards distrubuted development.",Embrace local markets. Allow for more risk taking and reward original thinking.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61602,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 28, 2008",Current Employee - Group Product Manager,Good first job but you'll want to move on after a few years.,"Brand name, benefits, job security","Big, bureaucratic, slow and not very creative.",Break up the company to get more agile.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61603,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Can one company be totally awesome and at the same time absolutely suck? Yeap. Microsoft.,"* You get a chance to work on things that A LOT of people will use. You get to use new technologies and learn new things. * Work/Life balace is VERY important and people take it very seriously. While there is sometimes crunch time, almost nobody looks at you funny for wanting to go home and be with your family. * I have found that excellence is HIGHLY rewarded and that management - from direct to upper really try to show you they appreciate you. * While it has it's down-side, the quality that you ship is amazing - due to the insane amount of testing, integration periods etc.","* We created Vista. * Microsoft is not sexy. Whe we try to be sexy, it usually comes out retarded. We create as-high or higher quality products, overall, as other companies, but we are too business oriented and not enough consumer oriented. * Our greatest advantage is also our disadvantage - the amount of legacy we have may give us an edge in some markets, but it also bogs us down when it comes to innovating. * We give in to various organizations where we should be more keyed towards being pro-consumer. This has to do with DRM and other things which we spend way too much money and time on. * We are slow to react when our company is in the lead. This costs us time and time again.","* Consumers, consumers, consumers. Make products that are not only good, but that people will actually want to use. If this means we have to change the models we use to do things, so be it. If we need to produce our own hand-sets because HTC and Samsung and Motorola keeps futzing up the hardware, lets do it. We did it for Zune (great success, that....) * Stop with the boring commercials. Stop being so buttoned up, stop being ""inspirational"". Just stop. It's stupid. Be funny, be edgy.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61604,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Enterprise Technology Strategist,My personal opinion,the best company all around,too much pressure and work,Give higher salaries lower work expectations,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61605,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 28, 2008",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,"Nice $ and benefits, rudderless ship.","It used to be the chance to make a lot of money. Now, the benefits are amazing and so long as you do a good job, there are no concerns about job security.  The company store is awesome.","The politics are downright awful. Too many fiefdoms and little tyrants. Everyone needs to play politics which takes away from productivity. Sadly, back stabbings are common.  The company needs to also improve the work/life balance. More telecommuting would help.","Senior management needs to become more agile, take some risks, don't do huge acquisitions (Yahoo!) but find small players and go with them. There are many good ideas and MS needs to figure out how to hear them.",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61606,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - SPM,great company to work for,"simply the greatest place to work for, they take care of everything provide a seperate office to work for, take care of insurance and medical bills, good fitness programs, and even pay for your massages (i wish) - but jokes aside, this company gives you everything that you need to focus purely on work and forget about the rest of the world. Sure, there is enough share of bureaucracy in this company, but keeping hte politics aside, this is a great place to work. i've seen people move up the ladder as fast as they can to be a VP in like 10 years. that is simply phenomenal that you can accomplish this in the company.",not enough pay but overall its a great company,nothing at all...keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61607,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Opportunities Galore!,"Due to the size and breadth of the business, there is always a new experience to be had. There are so many opportunities to work in support, sales, product development, research, marketing, the list goes on and on. You are allowed to look for new opportunities or position after one year in your current role, so it is nearly impossible to get bored. The benefit package is amazing, by far the best this reviewer has ever experienced.","If you work on campus in Redmond, the commute can be very nasty if you are living in Seattle or further south (like Renton/Tacoma).",Need to invest in better marketing strategies for non-core products. Apple routinely kills us.,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61608,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Operations Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to work,"The culture at Microsoft is very accepting and diverse. Microsoft also seems to be genuinely interested in the welfare of their employees. The medical plan is great and there are SO many communities in Microsoft you can belong to. They have pool tables, ping pong, volleyball courts, foosball and they give you free membership to one of the best sports clubs. There is also free soda and starbucks machines in every building in the campus.  Microsoft always encourages the use of cutting edge technology and is constantly pushing every department to upgrade to the latest and greatest tools of the trade.","If you are a vendor or a contingent staff, you're not treated very well. I also don't particularly like the cafeteria program. I feel they are too expensive and sub-standard quality food.",Increase the scope of direct hiring and reduce the dependence on recruiting agencies.,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61609,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager III,Microsoft is an Amazing work place!,"You get to work with some of the most talented people in the World. Diversity is vast! You get to work on some of the coolest products (if you are good enough!). The opportunities for advancement or change are available to anyone. If you want to travel and see the world you could get a job internaltionally and gain experience that way. Work-life balance (able to do what I need to do during the day and still get my work done), no set hours, just set meeting times. Flexibility to have children and cater to their needs while still maintaining a career in a high tech company.",Long hours (but that is only a downside if you are a non-workaholic.,Hire more so one doesn't have to do a two person or three person job.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1205.htm
61610,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Director of Program Management,You can do anything at Microsoft,"The chance to have significant impact on products and services that are used by and are important to hundreds of millions of people around the world. And, because the company does so many different things, if you get bored or dissatisfied by what you're working on or the people you're working on, you can switch to something different very easily. From conservative cash cow with tons of process to nimble, risky startups with 5 cowboy coders, the company has all kinds of groups.  The benefits are top notch - no we don't have free food but we have good food and it's not too expensive (and if we had free food I'd probably gain too much weight anyway). Also, there are pockets that do have free snacks - it depends if a group wants to spend part of its budget on snacks for the team - they typically sit in the group admin's office rather than in a microkitchen.  One con is the process and bureaucracy - but the flip side is that things run incredibly smoothly. Support services, such as building maintenance & moves, IT, etc. all are well funded and make what seems like magic happen to the individual employee.","It is huge, and there are multiple groups working on roughly the same thing at any given time, competing from their own perspective. The inefficiency is disheartening although it usually works itself out in an OK way given enough time.  In any huge company there are some poor managers and you hear some horror stories, although it seems like after the Vista release, many of the more senior ones were encouraged to leave.","Be more aggressive about killing duplicative projects, even if it means closing groups down. The company has enough open positions that it can absorb it.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61611,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good,"At Microsoft, you’ll get the best on-the-job training in the world, while enjoying a casual, flexible work environment where you can choose everything","Microsoft at Work was a short-lived effort promoted by Microsoft to tie together common business machinery, like fax machines and photocopiers, with a common communications protocol allowing control and status information to be shared with computers running Microsoft Windows. Similar efforts for other markets included Microsoft at Home and Cablesoft. By any measure these efforts were a dismal failure, it appears only a small number of devices using Microsoft at Work were ever released before disappearing without a trace. Microsoft has since re-used the ""at Work"" term for a section of their web site describing various tips and tricks for using Windows in a business environment.",work,5.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61612,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A very good place to work,"Work life balance, good feedback for your work, can switch jobs without leaving MSFT, and benefits","Teams' overall structure changes, some teams you can go higher no time, some teams you are stuck.",We should innovate more!,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61613,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Group Content Publishing Manager,Microsoft Rocks!,"The caliber of people you get to work with is uniformly high. Advancement is on the basis of merit, not political bootlicking. The pay and benefits are great, conditions are good. You have an opportunity to change the world in ways that improve the lives of millions of people. What's not to like?","It's a really, really, really huge company.",Either invest in MSN as a media property or cut it loose. Stop bleeding it to death.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61614,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Happy Microsofter,Benefit and the bonus package,Too busy and long work schedule,Be human to your employee,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61615,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,"Great company, but keeping motivated is hard","The best reasons to join Microsoft are the sheer number of talented people around, the incredible reach our products have, and the amount of available resources (money, equipment) to build pretty much anything. Where else will you build a 500 person team (with at least 300 very good people) in one year and get a couple hundred million dollars to deliver a new product? I have been through that process twice in my eight years with the company. Twenty percent time is crap. At Microsoft you can move across groups every 12 months if you want and I don't know of any other place where you have so many different products and team cultures. From very slow, calculated teams like SQL to extremely nimble and fast (and startup crazy-like) teams like Search and AdCenter.","It is a large company so new projects will only impact the stock value if they are multi-billion dollar projects. Selling U$100 million dollars on your first year is great, but not enough at Microsoft. That leads to diminished innovation. The stock sucks, for instance, SQL grows 20% year over year and the the team sees what? Flat stock - let's talk about demotivation. Employees receive a barrage of negative media. The vast majority of Microsoft employees are ethical, hard working, care deeply about customers and are self-critical to a fault. What do they get in return? Almost unanymous negative feedback about monopolistic behavior and absolute focus on negative reviews. Legacy support. Microsoft chose to create an ecosystem and a lot of people got rich in the process. The downside? Try to change something in Windows and see what breaks. Then see who the public blames for it. Microsoft has too many mid-management layers. The message from the top gets distorted and morphed to accomodate the mid-management agenda. And feedback from the bottom gets muffled and morphed to support that very same agenda. It is somewhat unfortunate the the middle layer is more concerned about keep things moving than to innovate. I also see no vision coming out that middle management layer. It is harder to collaborate with certain internal groups (e.g. Office, Live Search) than with competitors.","Reach out to the top shelf where you left your courage (since it is clear you used to have it) and go do what is right for customers and shareholder. If that means breaking the company up, then be proactive and do it so shareholders get their best value. Pay attention to partners that understand their customers and, when possible, accomodate other OEMs. But the real driver has to be the customer. If the customer is not excited about our products we're dead.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61616,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,The empire is too big to dance now,You have the opportunity to work on any aspect of Computer Science you want. There are some really good engineers here. You get some unique experience that you cannot get from other places. Seattle is a beautiful places.,Compensation for entry level engineer is not very good. People are losing the passion now. It is a big company that is not an innovation company now. The antitrust really hurts the moral of the company and comparing with its main competitor in the internet. Its response speed is slow. This makes it has slow response on the market. Too many PM tries to make things mess because they need to show their visibility.,The passion of innovation and the support of producing better product is something we need to really think about,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61617,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A slightly better than average large corporate company to work for.,"Health benefits, various perks here and there. Excellent job security, especially comparied to other companies in the same industry. Very flexible work hours, you don't actually have to work very hard if you don't really want to get back much. Generally speaking, you are surrounded with intelligent people, which is not neccessarily true at other companies. If you want to, it's possible to learn and grow well, at the lower levels at any rate (entry level to minorly senior levels).","My guess is the downsides are similar to working at many other large corporate companies. Slow process, very slow climb up the career ladder generally speaking. Pay also grows in a generally slow and steady manner, don't expect sudden jumps in pay and level as is possible in smaller environments. Bureacracy and process abounds, as well as politics, as close as even 1 or 2 levels away from entry-level. Generally speaking, Microsoft isn't the best place to be if you want to be a superstar, or quickly advance in your career, or just plain have a lot of energy. Not if you want to get well-rewarded at any rate.","how senior are you talking? I think your average second line manager is as powerless as your average IC. Beyond that, who really cares. Real change has to come from the top, meaning VPs and up. It's clear that Microsoft struggles to be inovative these days, and that it has grown fat and lazy from all the cash it has made from past achievements like Windows. Seriously, can you think of other companies where a major project (e.g. Windows) can slip by YEARS? There's a seriously messed up attitude problem, and I guess it comes from the top. There's also a big lack of innovative talent. Compare products with competitors products, e.g. iPhone or iPod with Windows Mobile or Zune (what a joke!). I don't know how, but the company really needs to attract or grow creative talent fast.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61618,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2008",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),If you would like to have a life outside of work then work somewhere else.,The Health benefits are the one of the better reasons to work there.,Work life balance is none existent. You are responsible for managing your own career just as long as it suits everyone around you.,"Stop working on so many things. It would be better to focus on a few things and do them very well, instead of trying to do it all and be mediocre.",3.0,1.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61619,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Softeware Development Engineer In Test,Get back to basics Microsoft!,"Microsoft is a big company with many opportunities, and little worry that the company and/or group you're working in will ""shut down"". I know I can come in to work every day and do a good job, and not worry about one or two people who are running the company making bad decisions that will affect my daily life. I'm able to make long term decisions because I know and trust my employer.","MS has gotten too big compared to 10 years ago. There's not enough small teams working efficiently and quickly. Instead, the business teams tend to run everything without talking to the engineering groups to manage what -can- be done, and how long it will take to do it. Basically, there's just too many non-geeks running things.",Talk and LISTEN to the lowest of the employees on how to make all aspects of MS work better.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1206.htm
61620,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Softeware Development Engineer In Test,Get back to basics Microsoft!,"Microsoft is a big company with many opportunities, and little worry that the company and/or group you're working in will ""shut down"". I know I can come in to work every day and do a good job, and not worry about one or two people who are running the company making bad decisions that will affect my daily life. I'm able to make long term decisions because I know and trust my employer.","MS has gotten too big compared to 10 years ago. There's not enough small teams working efficiently and quickly. Instead, the business teams tend to run everything without talking to the engineering groups to manage what -can- be done, and how long it will take to do it. Basically, there's just too many non-geeks running things.",Talk and LISTEN to the lowest of the employees on how to make all aspects of MS work better.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61621,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Architect,"Microsoft, a place for driven people","ability to work on software used by a large number of customers lots of smart people, opportunity to learn a lot if you use it","very large organization, hard to steer in any particular direction competitive culture leads to local optimizations ignoring or hurting global opportunities",Change culture of people to work better together,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61622,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"If you wait your golder retire years, best place to wait","If you want to have a decent place to work and just simply wait for your golden years, and retire peacefully, this is the place to be. You'll be in a cozy management position with no responsibilities and no accounting for your actions, or on an individual contributor role, where you'll be only in meetings and bullshitting others. They have good benefits, pretty safe environment, in a lot of ways similar to government jobs. In short, it's great for people that just want a steady 9 to 5 , relaxed environment and job security with decent benefits added to the soup.","Highly political, full of incompetent low and middle managers. Some team are better some are worse","Do a better job in not promoting incompetents to management positions, that have no people skills.",2.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61623,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2008",Former Employee - Group Program Manager,Good place to retire...bad place to innovate,"By far the number one reason to work at Microsoft is job benefits and security. It's a large well-established company and highly profitable. Top-notch benefits coupled with the almost impossibility of getting fired mean lots of people who can and do coast. Having said that, some of the smartest people I've ever worked with are at MS.",A ton of politics as with any large company. The number of people and layers of management doing collectively tasks that small agile teams could get done in a fraction of the time really put a drag on momentum. Being a global company with broad user base means you can't specialize or cater to just one audience. The numbers of checks and balances mean it takes *forever* to release something.,Learn to iterate faster...we've been iterating on internet time for over a decade,2.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61624,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Reasonable pay, but the work is not always interesting.",The pay is sort of ok.,There is a lot of bureaucracy. The alignment among groups is also not great. The groups do not work well together as there are few shared commitments and goals.,"Instead of just talking about how Microsoft is great at innovation, actually take some chances and fund some true innovation instead of always copying the current market leader.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61625,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 24, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Managers and their politics matter a lot more than customers or products.,You have a fresh masters in CS and want to get some experience.  You wonder how smart people can create such bad software.,"#1 Decisions are arbitrary. Nothing is merit based any more.  #2 There is a new random initiative every 6 months. None of them stick because they are usually based in fantasy. For example, if SCRUM is cool this year, there will be an initiative to use SCRUM, regardless of how absurd it is for a particular problem. Even worse, and the part that tweaks me, is that only a few random aspects of SCRUM will be adopted, nothing of substance of course. Put a big check in my review, "" Drove the broad adoption of more agile product mangement methodoligies"".  #3 Managers and their politics matter a lot more than customers or products. I'm old enough and broken enough to just tell them what they want to hear, but even that is difficult. They often have secret little agendas, so it's hard to ficure out even what they want to hear. And of course, it's not logical, so you can't infer it.","It seems the company can make money easily, so I guess there is no problem at their level.",2.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61626,microsoft,"Palo Alto, CA"," Jun 27, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft has unbelievable assets and if they use them properly could launch much better products.,Pay and benefits are fantastic as well as the tools provided.,"Politics run deep and in my division, there is little communication from Senior management.",Let employees know what the decisions strategy is,2.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61627,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Group Manager,Microsoft is a great place!,"Cool technology, great management. The benefits the the best!",Very demanding enviroment. You work hard and are paid well. The expectations are very high.,"Think longer term-- while the next product cycle is important, the cycles after that are critical to the long term sucess of the company!",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61628,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Product Support Specialist,Great place to work.,"Compensation, access to new software.",Big Company - One Three Two.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61629,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,Microsoft's teamwork is beyond comparison but needs to get back to basics,"The flexibility is amazing and there are a light of bright people that enable teamwork. I personally love the entrepreneurship attitude which allows me to run my section of the business as I see fit. Lastly, the trust from the front-line and second-line managers is amazing.","Work/Life Balance are grey and you can get sucked into the internal competition, stack ranking, etc. Every person in corporate with a product line, sales responsibility, etc. has a metric to monitor the business. There is a complex metric and you have to be focused on every metric... I personally believe this stifles customer relations.","Reduce the number of metrics... let's get to the basics of creating the best products, selling value to our customers, and providing world-class customer satisfaction",5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1207.htm
61630,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Staffing Associate,Microsoft is Great for Growth,The ability to grow your career and develop a career path is astounding. There are different projects to work on and anything that you're interested in you have the opportunities available to learn and explore different avenues. There are mentorship programs in place to add an additional resource to help you better yourself and expand your skillset to learn more about the business.,"With it being so large, sometimes recognition can be downplayed - although there are many programs in place to help gain recognitions for acheivements.",The strongest piece of advice would be to make sure to keep team morale up,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61631,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Developer Evangelist,Still great even with some problems at the top,"The people are great - smart, supportive, interesting, and just make it a great place to work. The benefits are off the wall outstanding. People listen to you. They may not agree or do what you suggest but they do listen.",A lot of people don't like the company because they think of it as an evil monopoly and that can result in some painful conversations. I do wish the top management would make a few less really dumb decisions.,Time to get organized a bit. The CEO lacks focus at times. Plus they really need to hire some senior managers (SVP and up) who believe in and live the company values and not just try to fake it.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61632,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Stellar Employer for all Experience Levels,"I found Microsoft to be a safe, supportive place to work. Everyone knows their job and sticks to it. People shouldn't take this for granted because in other places, sometimes even your job description and/or expectations is ambiguous. The benefits are great especially free health care. I always felt like my managers and peers had my best interest and my career advancement in mind right up alongside the team's success. I believe that MS is a company of integrity, one that support great causes and supports the employee as far as possible. There is always someone to learn from or some piece of technology to learn about right there in house. So learning and mentorship opportunities are both plentiful.","You can gain quite a bit of weight from the free drinks, affordable lunches, and frequent summer morale get togethers so while all of the above is good, you need to take advantage of your ProClub pass.  The only other downside, I can think of, and I am really struggling, is that you can easily get so comfortable at Microsoft that you never ever leave. I have felt like this and spoken with others who have to force themselves to see other career options/moves. It's hard to give up Microsoft's benefits and stable work environment but having a diverse resume is also very important.","I would say to rethink Windows Live. Windows Live seems like a huge, barely used online portal that's trying to hard .... from the outside. From the inside, I know for a fact that Windows Live is an awesome family of groups with talented people. I want to see Windows live become more integrated with other Microsoft properties.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61633,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 23, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Boring, safe, and predictable, like a family sedan.","The benefits are top notch. The pay is solid, if not spectacular, but decent given the stability and low risk. In teams I've been on, work-life-balance is excellent. Oh, and occasionally we get to write software.",Hard to get anything interesting done at a company this size. More energy goes into covering-your-butt and navigating the tangled web of interdependencies than into innovation.,"Split up into at least 3 separate companies and let each sink or swim on its own. Stop expanding at such a frantic pace, and stop hiring so many questionable program managers.",3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61634,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Group Manager,Microsoft is a great place!,"Cool technology, great management. The benefits the the best!",Very demanding enviroment. You work hard and are paid well. The expectations are very high.,"Think longer term-- while the next product cycle is important, the cycles after that are critical to the long term sucess of the company!",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61635,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jun 24, 2008",Former Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),"Been there, done that, threw away the t-shirt.","Smart people but misguided in the sense that they ""know what's right"" without ever involving the actual customer.","Waaay too much process. Fiefdoms. Incompetent middle management. Many, many times when I took customer feedback to the PG's, they scoffed at the mere mention of listening to the customer. Look at the difference between Windows Mobile and the Crackberry...same end result but the WM phone is generally a pig...slow and always locking up. If WM7 is just more of the same then it's dead technology.","Wipe out the middle third of Microsoft. If they're not making or selling software, what value do they add? Senior Program Manager with no direct report? No output other than more process?",2.0,2.5,none,1.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61636,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,Microsoft is a Value Play,"Impact, relevance, position and drive to be a leader in the software industry makes Microsoft a great company to work for and enables all people, processes, companies, governments and organizations that use Microsoft software to realise their full potential.","Big, slowing down and not as efficient as it once used to be. Also Microsoft can't have being first to market as its #1 goal. Instead quality must be #1 since the cost of a mistake especially with security of its products impacts more people than any other software company on the planet. Customers just demand and expect more from Microsoft than any other software company.","Reduce the overhead in between the product groups and field sales. There are too many marketing, business development and overlay positions in the company that exist to ""simplify processes and communciations up and down"" but in reality this is contributing to delays in getting information out from Redmond to the field and vice versa and its coming at a hige expense.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61637,microsoft,"Redmon, IL"," Jun 22, 2008",Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Neutral work place,"Good work place, nice environment.",Neutral salaries and benefits are okay.,Make it work,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61638,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 22, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,challenging and stimulating work env. Offers a lot of learning opportunity.,"If you want to learn how software is built, there are few other companies that have as much history and experience as microsoft.",Bigger companies come with their share of red tape.,Look at how a product will be perceived by your customers. Target niche scenarios and strive and reward excellence. Set expectations on the bar that needs to be met for a release to be made based on answering the question..Can i give compelling reasons for why you should stick to my software service or use my product ?,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61639,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 26, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Average pay and decent perks can only distract from deep technical and leadership issues for so long.,"There are some very smart people here, and some very interesting technology. Lots of fun techie toys to play with in the course of your job, and a decent amount of support (sometimes) for doing things in new and better ways. The pay is decent, if you can avoid getting screwed over by the recruiter when you first start. Work life balance is typically respected, and it's extremely easy to get time off or work flex time when you need to. The locale is good, with lots of things to do when you aren't working. Plus you get to make Balmer Chair jokes.","The review and promotion system is pretty obviously designed to pit employees against each other. Like grading on a curve, which makes no sense if you want to hire a bunch of really smart people and keep them all motivated and happy. Management is fumbling and confused, and seemingly care more about making one or two feel-good changes they can put their name on and leverage into a better position elsewhere than actually improving products or the business. Oftentimes lip service is paid to ""Engineering Excellence"", and then scrapped immediately when Bizdev remembers something they should have told you months earlier. Good work goes unnoticed unless it's on some shiny, highly visible area, which is fine, except that it creates an environment where the basics aren't attended to because they're a career dead end and nobody wants to take that hit. Finally, hiring standards have lowered drastically in the past several years, so there are a lot of people who really shouldn't be working there but are now impossible to get rid of. At least they help pad out the lower end of the review scale.","Scrap the ""grading on a curve"" review nonsense. Get some real technical leadership into key positions with incentives to stay, rather than shuffle around every 6 or 9 months. Learn what ""Engineering Excellence"" and Agile Development actually mean, because it should be so much more than just starting a daily meeting and calling it a Scrum. Until you learn to engineer for rapid iteration, you will continue to get spanked by Google, and lose market share to Apple. Trim the employees who should never have been hired in the first place, and pay the ones who are worth keeping more than just average wages. Your company and products aren't cool enough that you can attract and retain all the top-notch people you need on reputation alone, no matter what the yes-men in middle management may think.",2.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1208.htm
61640,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,Why you shouldn't work here,"Smart People, and not just smart in coding, but smart overall. Also, for a company Microsoft's size, they still tend to occasionally turn out above average products. I would also comment that the compensation was the market price. It is a good place to write code. Support staff, atleast in the Microsoft Hyderabad (india) office where I worked was very bad. They would keep creating problems for me.","Very insular. Difficulty in communication with management, and occasionally co-workers. Also, lot of dead weight (or so it seemed) with people slacking off. Microsoft is not what it used to be, although there are still some smart people around.","Hire younger people, out of school.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61641,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 25, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work!,"Microsoft gives software developers a lot of personal freedom over both the work and the work environment. I can order my own supplies, customize my office as I see fit, schedule my own trips and meetings, and select my own training courses. I choose when I show up for work and when I leave, and what to wear while I'm there. I can eat on campus or off, reheat something from home in the kitchen or scavenge leftovers from meetings. I can even work remotely from home (within reason).",The people here are very driven and a little socially dysfunctional,Too many personality cults.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61642,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft may be the company for you if...,"- Writing software for MIcrosoft makes you think about aspects you probably would never encounter if you worked elsewhere, especially if divisions like WIndows and Office - Roles are more cut and dry so if you are the kind of person who likes to just focus on the position you are hired for, the infrastructure helps you do that",- Its is difficult to advance if you dont fit into one of the predefined skill sets/categories. Multifacet-ness doesnt may too much,"We are losing out on good people and ideas because there is no incentive for them to break out of their moulds, infact because of such sharp divisions of disciplines (PM, dev, test) there is incentive for one discipline to resist any incursions from other disciplines. I think that kills good ideas, we should look into fixing that.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61643,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Just A Coder,Not bad - could be better.,It's alright i guess. I work with some cool people.,"long hours, don't always get recognition as the teams are large.",I think Steve Ballmer needs to cool it down in public...,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61644,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Director,"Smart people, deep pockets... great if you live in Redmond","Outstanding benefits and lots of smart, passionate people. Company has a long-term commitment to markets and initiatives. No shortage of vision.","Limited career growth in remote sites (like at the Silicon Valley / Mountain View location). Slow to adapt to market changes. ""Shrink-wrapped software"" development approach not apprioriate for Web2.0 cloud-based products.","Need to invest in and develop a culture of remote collaboration amongst the VPs. Enable more smaller, agile teams to release frequent updates. Take better advantage of internal dogfooding by watching how internal teams struggle with using our own products.",3.0,4.5,none,1.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61645,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is almost a victim of its own success,"The power of a giant in the industry. Microsoft has been around for so many years, yet it has continued to grow and expand, into new product and service areas. Although with varying degree of success, there is no question the giant is a force to be recognized in almost every area that it chooses to enter.","Too big a machine and too many suits running too many shows. Having so many initiatives going on at any given time would certainly imply there are a lot of wasted effort that goes nowhere. Despite of the corporate resources, it is questionable the huge investment in research is really the way to invest in the future. The true startup model is a lot more competitivie.",Bigger is not always better.,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61646,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 21, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,Excellent place to work at depending on the group you are in.,"The network of smart, talented people is large. Lots of perks.","Too many sub-companies, communication between management and employees needs improvement.",Improve communication with employees.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61647,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,MSFT's best days are behind it,"Microsoft has great facilities and comprehensive, progressive benefits packages. The intra-company opportunities are incredibly diverse and one can have a start-up like atmosphere (albeit w/o the reward) within a big, stable company.","Vista shipped. Seriously. I wonder how many members of the Vista team actually run OS X at home?  Limited upside of equity, lack of a coherent strategy for the future. The whole Yahoo! debacle brings the latter point into sharp relief. I mean, come on, the consumer-facing Net stuff has largely been a failure and the response to that is to attempt to buy, at great expense, another failure.",The past is just that...the past.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61648,microsoft,"Redmond, OR"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Human Resources Business Partner,If you don't mind the big corporation...join us!,Benefits. Open environment. Wicked smart people. Job choices and career opportunities. Lot's of money to be innovative. Not afraid to think outside the box. Not afraid to take chances. More focus on having better people managers. Access to the Pro Club. Well stocked kitchens. Willing to try new ideas and options for morale improvement.,"Huge company. Sometimes you are the cog in the wheel. Too much change for change sake. No stock performance. Some senior leaders need to retire/move on. Spend too much time on review, both Mid-year and Annual.",Listen to the employees some more and use the data we are giving you via MS Poll.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61649,microsoft,"Houston, TX"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Pros and cons from a 10 year veteran who been from end of the company to the other,The level of personal empowerment is great. You can do whatever it takes (within the bounds of company values) to get the job done. Microsoft has a number of different jobs available and you are generally supported to move from one role to another across the company or across the world.,Stock is no longer a huge incentive. Although there have been attempts to make incentives and promotions transparent there is still a lot of favortism that goes on. People that work the hardest aren't always or even usually the ones that the get the biggest rewards.,We have several succesful businesses. Focus on making them highly profitable rather than chasing 20 more revenue streams. Stop entering a market after it's already established and break new ground again. It's been too long.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1209.htm
61650,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great place to work and learn,"A great place to learn from very smart and experienced people. I sometimes hear from people at other employers complain about incomptent coworkers. While I do not agree with everyone (or may think they are arguing for a bad idea) I respect those around me a great deal and often find myself learning a great deal from them.  Great opportunities for visibility both internally and externally. Internally, I find for the most part accomplishments are recognized and rewarded (either via advancement or individual awards). Externally, I can maybe name a handful of companies where your work will be seen and used by more people during the course of their day.","Size of the company, the anti-trust laws/rulings/settlements, and management makes coordination sometimes difficult. Can be frustrating to have projects with similar goals running that are similar but not working together. Or worse to have projects that pushing in different directions. It can sometimes feel like a few smaller compaines under one masthead rather than one unified whole.  The negative perception of the company externally can at times be annoying. The myths and misconceptions regarding Microsoft are many and varied and it can take a little getting used (especially to resist the urge to correct them - which is often futile).",A greater degree of transparancy and accountability to those in the trenches.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61651,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Interesting projects, great benefits but bad work environment","- The medical benefits at Microsoft are easily the best in the US, especially if you have a family - Lots of interesting projects to work on - In many teams a lot of freedom to manage your time - Salary in general is good for the cost of living in Seattle","- Abismal stock performance - Most managers have no idea how to manage - Reviews and promotions are very unfair - In many teams fight for visibility stops people from doing real useful work - As a developer you rarely talk to a customer - What do PMs do, again?",- Good developers rarely make good managers - Many teams are dysfunctional because of the competitiveness among peers,2.0,4.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61652,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working at Microsoft isn't black and white,"Despite Microsoft been broadly painted on the outside as a faceless corporation, it is a west coast tech company on the inside and it is full of a lot of geeks who are passionate about what they do. There is a ton to learn from a lot of really smart people, if you put the effort in. If you think there's nothing you can learn about engineering software by working at Microsoft, you're kidding yourself.  Employees are looked after well with benefits: health care, gym membership, the bus system, individual offices, free food (during crunch times), free drinks, etc. Depending on your team, you may take part in some pretty cool morale events (cruises, paintballing, jet skiing, etc.) and/or ship parties.  There are seemingly unlimited resources (except for time) when it comes to getting your job done. Hardware, both in the office and the labs, software, released and private, educational resources such as online courses, internal talks, guest talks, MS library, mentors.  The people are generally open-minded when it comes to non-MS technologies. There is no stigma against using Google for search, walking around campus with an iPhone or using vim to edit a text file (ok, this is not necessarily true if you worked on certain product teams). There is a healthy dose of criticism of our own products, even if this is never portrayed externally. Pragmatism and using the right tool for the right job are a solid part of the internal culture.","Although there are a lot of smart people at Microsoft, there are also a lot of incompetent people and a whole bunch of coasters (i.e. people who do barely enough to not get fired).  The company is schizophrenic and the people at the top need to figure out what company Microsoft is these days, and let the rest of us know. I think there are many different spaces that we have no right being in, especially considering that some of the mature parts of the company could use some house cleaning.  There are definitely old boys clubs -- so to speak -- in parts of the company, and having the right friends can get you promoted faster. The performance review system needs an overhaul: the current system biases people too heavily towards working for a promotion rather than working to build great software.  Perhaps my biggest complaint is baring the weight of the company's external image. The worst are the irrational perceptions held by your peers in the industry, these are people who are suppose to be scientists and engineers, but religious assertions prevail once you get them talking about Microsoft. The company's poor image stems from both internal and external factors, and the people internally who act in the Microsoft image need to be taught differently or pushed out.","1. Sort out the schizophrenia. 2. Work on rebuilding the company's image, now. The battering that we're taking here is almost too much to bare.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61653,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great place to grow if you know what you what to learn and can drive that on your own,"If you work in Redmond, the career opportunities or great. It rewards success, and the people are fun for the most part. Benefits are great and if you are women and/or mom, there is a lot of support with most management.",Very large company and trying to do it all. Sometimes we get lost and forget we need to do things WELL rather than do everything. Sales is spread way to thin and this should be recongnized as our bread and butter. Sales has the majority of touch with people who buy our licenses so the partner led model can be challenging for a true salesperson.,Talkt to the employees that are most honest and outspoken for the good of the company. They have the best interest of the company in mind. Give your salespeople the resources they say they need.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61654,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Not very good,"Pay, Free time, Good location","Bad senior management. Otherwise I agree with the sentiments expressed by a fellow employee. ""If you're a technologist and can't get hired directly into a research group - you really don't want to work for Microsoft today. Microsoft has suffered horribly since Ballmer took over. He's a marketer. He was always the guy who'd come stomping down the hallway going ""I WANT WHAT I WANT"". We'd explain that the products couldn't actually do that and the reaction would be along the lines of ""AND WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?"" If it was important, we'd take the technical facts to Bill, and Bill would intervene and shut him down. It was a decent balance of power. Ballmer's drive to do the impossible would get Bill to do things he wasn't inclined to do, but only if they were POSSIBLE. Yes, there was a time when I loved Microsoft and worked with great enthusiasm in that niche of the ""not technically impossible"". I did a lot of risky things knowing that I could always count on Bill to rein things in when I could prove they weren't technically possible, or so difficult they simply weren't practical.  But Bill is gone now. Since taking over, Ballmer has promoted other similarly-minded marketers around him, so now he's completely cocooned in layers of marketing fluff with absolutely no basis in reality. He doesn't know the difference between an actual product and a picture of a product. And just to improve the whole customer-focus and employee-focus thing - he's imported old IBM (Kevin Johson) and legacy Wal-Mart (Kevin Turner). """,Get innovative and start to listen!,2.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61655,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager--BG,Kool-Aid Not Good for Future,Microsoft is interesting in that it presents some of the most difficult challenges a huge company faces in this era. I found many of Microsoft's employees particularly outside of Redmond to be stellar and delightful collaborators.,"The culture is BROKEN. This place will suck the soul out of you. I think all of Microsoft's challenges essentially are a result of a company not growing up. It is inbred, the senior management layer is peopled with individuals who 1. likely started their career at MS in 198X or 199X, and 2. haven't seen what's going on in the rest of the world. They all have the same orthodoxies and it's killing them. A huge piece of not growing up is holding on to the management philosophy that essentially pits people against each other to survive and be promoted. Microsoft never gets 1+1=3 because there's really no such thing as a team there.","You need to figure out how to appreciate, promote and compensate a diversity of opinion and experience. The overwhelming fear to question status quo and bust some sacred cows in order to improve is keeping you from doing anything but slowing the demise of windows and office. This means that already the truly smart and talented don't want to work at MS which in turn means that you'll be left with mediocre people who are comfortable and their independently wealthy managers and executives who are working for fun because they made their money in the 90s.",2.0,3.5,none,1.5,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61656,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 19, 2008",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,"Microsoft is a great job, but the career is difficult","Great benefits, great technology, great people. You can form a pretty good social network and you must in order to be able to find out what is going on and get things done.","You get pigeon holed into a position. Once you do something you always need to do that. If you come in senior from the outside, it is very hard to break through the old-guard msft folks. If you haven't done it here, you haven't done it.",Restructure the company for success. Too many groups with overlapping charters and redundant work. Spend way too much time trying to figure out who is doing what.,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61657,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 5, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Development Engineer Lead,There isn't a single company called Microsoft Corporation,"I like that I am surrounded by some of the sharpest brains I have come across. I get stuck? Just walk into my neigbor's office and he'll brainstorm with me. Anytime. Doesn't matter he is 5 levels senior to me. I like that we are agile and anyone from the grass-roots to senior manangement influences what we do. I like that Microsoft will bend the rules to ensure I'm happy. Best of all, I like our software diversity. Get bored with my current job? Heck, I can join any of the 1000 teams here waiting to grab me. Tomorrow.","The software diversity of Microsoft is a boon as well a curse, depending on how it influences you. With the 1000+ teams comes a 100 different cultures and working styles. Some are more process-oriented due to the sheer magnitude of the project, some are like College environments - get it done by the deadline, doesn't matter how you do it. There's no way a company of this size can have something called a ""working culture"". As a newcomer, you might not like the culture of the team you join. However, on the upside, you have 100 different working cultures to choose from too! Oh, and yeah, there's no free lunch! Yet.","We have turned the face of Microsoft significantly over the last five years or so. We have introduced sweeping changes that have a personal and business impact. Hey, we are going Green with Microsoft owned commuter buses! All this because our management decided to listen to us. Seriously. Please continue this. Let not this new openness and willingness be a transient thing. I love working here today more than I loved working here nine years back!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61658,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Great place to work - but no longer nimble like in the old days.,Opportunity to make an impact. Strength of the engineering organization,Microsoft is big and fat. Very siloed with small teams and too much managment. Insuffucient investment in managers that really know how to manage.,Flatten the organization - set minimum team sizes. Focus on manager excellence. Cut 10-20% of the workforce to focus on efficiency and redploy heads to more important priorities.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61659,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,microsoft review,working in a company that develops high end software,the low corporate mobility and not knowing what should be my expectations,He should just keep doing his work,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1210.htm
61660,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,microsoft review,working in a company that develops high end software,the low corporate mobility and not knowing what should be my expectations,He should just keep doing his work,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61661,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Great place to work with lots of opportunites...if you live on the Eastside,"There are a lot of great opportunities at Microsoft, and room for advancement as well. Additionally, since Microsoft has a diverse set of products, there is the potential for lateral movement if you are interested in exploring a different product area. In addition, you get to use geeky lexicon like ""ping me later"" or ""let's take this offine"", etc. :-) Of course, there are the great health benefits...among the best in the biz. This is a great place for someone fresh out of college to work, because there are so many different areas of Microsoft. If Microsoft opens up a substantial presence in the downtown Seattle area in the coming years, I will definitely check out what opportunites there are.","For me, the biggest problem was the commute. After 10 years or so, it really took it's toll. I like living in Seattle, so whether I drove or took the bus, I could count on a long commute. Sometimes as much as an hour on the way home. My decision to leave was largely based on finding a job with a better commute. I was able to find some great opportunites in Seattle that allowed me to recover an hour each day that I would have previously spent commuting. If you live on the Eastside, Microsoft is a better proposition as the commute is much less.","I'd say it would be nice to see Microsoft innovating a bit more. It seems I hear of plenty of efforts that Microsoft has under way that seem to duplicate an existing product that already has a lion's share of the market. While Microsoft was successful with this approach with Internet Explorer, it has been less successful elsewhere (Search, videos, etc). I think some of the things that are coming out of Live Labs and MS Research are pretty cool.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61662,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chance in a lifetime.,Everything about the company is fantastic..,"Long hours, and my commute time.",Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61663,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Another Orange Badge perspective,Free Soda and that is about it.,"Job Description says you will be doing what the FTE that you are working under will be doing while you do all their administrative work such as answering e-mails, drafting reports in excel, powerpoint, etc. As a contractor you get the last generation of PC Hardware to work with all the current or new stuff goes to FTE. You are treated as second class and excluded from team meetings and other morale events.  Sharing an Office you get less space and are confined to a corner while FTE gets tons of space, which is fair I guess since they are FTE. There's no encouragement to pursue projects or initiatives to improve processes even if you propose solutions they are shot down until they are eventually made by a senior PM or other lead and they are given credit.",Don't make everything about numbers. Also be innovative and don't react to competition on the marketplace by trying to emulate the success of iPods with Zune. Don't announce everything that will be in your next OS. Be proactive and not reactive.,2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61664,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 22, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Microsoft-great place to work but develop yourself there and make your own career.,"Benefits are good, pay is decent and campus life is great. It really depends on what group you are in and if your management team values their employees and seeing them suceed.","Long hours, hard to quantify contributions in many roles, and difficult to ensure work gets credit from management.",Grow and develop people in their roles and be aware of individual career ambitions within the firm vs. saying they are paid too much as a group and there is no career path but what they make.,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61665,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Project Manager,a company good for college grats,"flexible hours, travel abroad, decent pay","long hours, lack of personal interaction","to spend more time with your staff, know them as a person -- what they do outside of work. after all, job is not just what we do to get paid, it's how we spend our life. there are means other than pay and title to offer to your employees -- make workplace a fun place to hang out.  see the big picture when someone asked for a transfer. after all, that person would still be within the company.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61666,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Plenty of choice but not choice.,Microsoft has great benefits and plenty of options to work in different businesses give the scope of Microsoft's products and services.,"Lack of coherent corporate vision and constant re-organization churn. The company likes to style itself as being data and metric driven and yet executives can and do override data and analytical work withou supporting data. While Microsoft talks a good game on diversity, in reality they do very little to attract and retain under-represented minorities. Don't bother trying to find an out and open gay man in a senior leadership position at this company. Microsoft has a diversity organization that is weak and ineffective with little opportunity to effect real change. Facilities are cramped with many employees sharing office space. The vast majority of groups have offices in and around Redmond and commuting to and from these sites is annoying and costly.",Be accountable for real results and don't accept bonuses and stock while the company and it's stock is performing poorly.,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61667,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,it's a job,the job perks are good,number of hours you have to work,don't buy yahoo,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61668,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"More and more bureaucratic and politics, less and less innovation.","You typically stands at the frontline of technologies. You have relatively easy and direct access to the source code, spec, and the people who wrote those code. You can get information outsider may not get. There are also lot of training programs and knowledge sharing through various technical discussion alias. In one word, best place to learn Microsoft technology stack (of course). You get chance to work with smarter people. You benefits from it by pushing yourself beyond the limit. Of course you also have to work with mediocre ones as well. Great benefits package.","With the expansion, more and more bureaucratic and politics, less and less innovation. Now there are plenty of people working on internal development and release process, rules and guidelines, way too many of them are invented. There are redundencies, waste of resources, both by developing them and time spent to learn and adjust to thm. Every couple of years, it is definitely there is new internal tools and processes replacing old ones with no good reason. Now it is evident that to advance your career you need to go with managerial track, where senior technical people now spend time do adminitrative work. Also people good at political game get promoted fast. People can argue this is inevitable to a big company, but no one can argue this is a good thing to a techincal company.","Encourage innovation, reduce managerial overhead and bureaucratic layer. More fair in performance evaluation process.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61669,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jun 3, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Love the ,"It's a great and dynamic environment, with flexible work hours, and a very young and vibrant team. We are like a start-up, we work hard, party hard, and overall have a great time at work and outside of it. People are from all backgrouns, they have bachelor's degrees, masters degrees, and come from various parts of the world! People respect each other, they support each other, and you can always count on your friends, and turn to anyone for help. You'll never hear no as an answer. Microsoft is a fantastic place to work, and I highly recommend it! Come and join us.","The salary, while competitive isn't as high in some cases as in other companies. You have to wait a long time to receive benefits such as stock options and other rewards. The company invests in you, but you have to wait and invest your time and career to actually see the reward. Bonuses are usually quite low, and stock awards take years to divest, so you only see part of the money immediately. For other awards, you'll have to wait for several years, before being able to use it. The last thing is tenure, seems like that's important and is able to get you promoted faster than newbies.","Less communication emails, with a focus on shorter emails which are more concise. Furthermore, I would advise that people be rewarded strictly based on their performance, and not based on tenure or experience in the team. This will help morale and will enable people to work hard to achieve.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1211.htm
61670,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A great place to work in virtually any technology field,"Microsoft is involved in so many different technologies. They also have a very open attitude toward (even encouraging of) internal transfers. Want to work with XML? SOAP? Rather forcus on SQL for a while? How about games? Music? Mobile? You can be among the first to work with new versions of Visual Studio, Windows, whatever. Add to this the fact that you are working for one of the most recognized companies in the world!","We are always the ""bad guys"" to many in the world. This is and is not deserved. Regardless, it means that we always have to try twice as hard to get half as much credit. It also means that we have a very large bullseye painted on us, both in terms of hackers and legislators.",We should be spending as much time on PR as on fighting each and every battle. Let some battles go. Why spend all that time fighting the idea of a version of Windows without Internet Explorer? Just put it out there at the same cost. No one will buy it anyway.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61671,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Design Engineer,Great place to work at...worries about the future direction and growth,"- Very smart people working alongside of you. This sounds like a fanboy type of comment, but when I talk with other friends from college and compare some of the stuff they have to deal with at work with coworkers who are unable to write/design any programs, I realize that I never have had to deal with that here.  - Great benefits. I don't necessarily need all of them since I do not have any children yet so the health care plan doesn't come into account as much as it does for others...but it is great not having to pay anything for doctor/dentist/pharmacy visits  - Ability to move around the company with ease...lots of products in a wide range of areas keeps me interested and working here for longer than I originally thought I would.  - Products you work on are used by millions of people. I get a lot of personal (maybe selfish?) satisfaction from seeing my product used by so many people so quickly.  - Flexible hours...can work from home if I want...can take a day off if necessary without any issues...so long as I am getting my work done.","- Disparity between teams that make money (Office/Windows) and teams that hemorage money (MSN/Zune/etc)...seems like you get rewarded more and promoted more on teams that lose money. Costs are cut in some areas (i.e. I can't get an extra monitor) while other teams don't have that restriction (seriously, first class travel tickets...top of the line hotels...sending people to conventions that have no bearing on their job...but are in Miami or Vegas)  - Too much process for some items causes things to take much longer than necessary. Backwards compatibility...while absolutely necessary...prevents us from reacting to change quick enough.  - Upper level management seems to have no real set direction",Cut out a lot of the Principal and Partner level people who are just coasting along and have been for 7-8 years. They are horrendously overpaid (not all of em...small percentage of them) and are just sitting back vesting and providing no benefit over the level 59-63 ICs. Make them earn their paychecks...don't just pay them for what they did 10 years ago.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61672,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great if you are are tolerant of processes, politics and a slow machine","The variety of teams and the flexibility of internal transfers makes this a great place to work for. I have had the good luck of working in a team which values employees and fosters a culture of transparency but I see that this is not always the case. The benefits package is definitely top notch - I have not had to pay any money for my dental, vision and heath care needs. All employees in Redmond get access to a really well equipped ( but very crowded) gym. Also, the location is excecllent - Pacific Northwest IMHO is a far prettier place than say CA.","1. Far too big and getting simple decision approved takes far too much time 2. Great emphasis on political correctness can take the fun out 3. Stock awards are not attractive anymore 4. Pay increases for annual reviews are pretty minimal - sometimes do not even match the rate of inflation. 5. Got to deal with politics. If you are the kind that just wants to get things done - you are going to have to have to deal with negotiations, persuasions, dotting your is and crossing your ts. 6. Work life balance is a problem on many teams. Especially around releases.",Do recognise the value of innovation - sometimes the innovative spark is snuffed at the very start due to the excessive amounts of processes involved to get buy off on anything. Trust ICs to do the right thing and give them the opportunities to shine.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61673,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer II,A has-been heading in the direction of IBM,"It's a very stable and steady company, with some very interesting products and projects. As Engineer, you're still technically challenged everyday. There are still lots of very bright people around to work with and learn from. People are generally very open and respectful to each other. Benefits are great and compensation package is still somewhat competitive. Company has spent a lot of effort in past few years in HR, which is viewed by some as red tape, but it does enforce some kind of structure and transparency and growth path for employees. Overall, it's a good place to work, not the most exciting though.","- Does not have much growth opportunity for stock value given current poor suite of products (Vista, - Office 2007, Windows Live...etc). - There is quite a bit of politics in some groups and that leads to low morale as some employees feel - Online products are not getting any traction due to poor quality. - Encountering some employees who are incompetent and indifferent. - Promotion could be tough. Also sometimes people get promoted not because they care about products and customers, but because they know how to build relationships with manager, which is bad for the company itself. - Not exciting place to work, low morale.","Listen to your rank and file employees, open up control to encourage grass-root innovation. Too much PM involvement stifles creativity and innovation.",2.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61674,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,"Microsoft: It's an experience, that's for sure.","Microsoft is a force-multiplier. When you build products, 100s of millions of people will be impacted by your work. It's a company that respects individuals -- benefits are great, people are encouraged to speak up. It's a large company with many smaller companies and cultures, which means that if you don't like your current group, or you want to try something different, you can move easily to something else. Microsoft is ambitious, which is exciting -- there is very little that the company does not think it can do successfully. No other company has efforts in as many diverse areas (from games and consoles to compilers to high-end computing to massively-scaled software services). As long as you have confidence in yourself and your abilities, you can do pretty much anything.","It's a large company, there is no getting away from that. You need to be comfortable with that, and refocus on the group around you. As noted above, there are many different groups, each with their own culture, meaning that some groups suck. You also need to learn how to be effective, which means that you need to take care of not just *what* you do, but also how that work is perceived to be valueable to the group as a whole. You can't just do whatever you want and expect that you'll be rewarded. This can lead to perverse situations where people who are good at managing up do better than those who are not, regardless of their skill (I've seen this at companies of 20 people too, so don't expect any different here). Things can move slowly. Microsoft has been many requirements on software development that smaller companies don't (legal, privacy, security, compatibility, etc), which can make it difficult to buid even the simplest feature. You need to learn a certain amount of patience and zen when working here. Microsoft's brand is not well respected in a number of spaces (primarily consumer). This can be soul-sucking: you work hard on something, and it's not received as well as a similar offering from Google or Apple.",Don't be afraid to fire people -- especially VPs.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61675,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Gonna have an internship? This is my opinion.,"Pros: As an intern: Great benefits (Geared towards college students, which basically means free stuff like mini fridges, shirts, zunes, etc). As far as DevDiv is concerned (Developer Division), I was very happy with how my teamed worked, and treated interns. Did their best to help you learn, such as even sending interns to conferences (which I was quite surprised about). If I had to do it again, I would defiantly accept the offer. What was really awesome was working on a project that would actually get released to millions of users, which is something that can't usually be said for most places. The random events that they host for interns is the best part. Make sure to go to as many as you can.","Cons: Hide what it is really like to interns (which makes sense, but still...). Horror stories are heard about teams who treat their interns badly, or give them projects that are basically useless. Also pressure you about taking an offer at the end of the internship (which you want to be paid 10,000 dollars less is not a very good idea). Also is prevalent that they have an email discussion list that was made to distract interns from doing work. Kind've backstabbity in my opinion. Not very impressed with the idea. If they would fix a lot of these issues, it would be much better.","I would tell them to spread out from just the Redmond campus. Get some Seattle presence, etc.",4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61676,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,"A good place to work, but losing its vision","work life balance, working with some of the smartest people in the industry","no ownership or vision, lack of motivation, compensation and benefits are less compared to other companies","Bring more ownership of broad features to india, Inculcate a spirit of innovation, and be ready to take risks. build up credibility for the center",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61677,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2008",Current Employee - Director,"overall positive, with a sting",endless opportunities and lots of support to do your best. there are lots of resources to help and a culture that rewards sucessful driven people.,"brutal culture that sometimes rewards the wrong behaviour. seems to reward those that manage UP. there is also a perception that management skills arent as well respected as individual contributions, even at the cost of being a crappy manager. this can develop a mistrust of managers who seem to be looking to advance themselves and not help the team.","make people feel like they are people and not just numbers on a spreadsheet. lots of people are ambitious but lots of people like being in the same role and are excellent contributors. if they are doing a good job, let them!",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61678,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Microsft is the best company to work for !!!,"Being in a big company has given me a great perspective in all aspects of job roles. There are unlimited opprotunities within this company, and if you have a passion, you are encouraged to drive it to completion","The company has become very big , so some of the process are still old and very generic and hence not very applicable across all groups.",Senior management needs to be more involved with the company overall and make a clear goal and direction of where the company is heading. We seem to be doing so many things as a company and it is difficult to comphrend which is our main focus.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61679,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Microsoft: demanding but rewarding.,Opportunities to work on great projects. Great chance to have an impact on the industry. Touch the lives of millions and millons of people.,24 hour a day work. Global teams means someone's always emailing you with needs.,Our stock price should be higher. What are we doing wrong?,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1212.htm
61680,microsoft,"Phoenix, AZ"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Product Technology Specialist,Carefully negotiate your position within Microsoft... lest you are stuck at a lower level than you want.,"Technology, period. Microsoft has some of the brightest people in the world contributing to the common goal of advancing technology.","Where you are hired in at, is where you will stay. Microsoft only promotes after years of ""Microsoft"" experience. If you are an experienced individual... make sure you negotiate your desired level before you join! No matter how hard you may work and excel, you will be trapped unless you can convince a senior level manager to skip promote you—you will be stuck close to where you were hired in. Check with other Microsoft personnel as to where you are in the overall scheme of things before you sign on the dotted line.","Think about merit advancement, tine time-based!",2.0,3.5,none,1.5,3.5,4.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61681,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test and Sde,don't work at microsoft.,chance to make money from stock options. at least this used to be true - I left in 2000 at the height of the dot com boom.,"people seemed utterly unethical there to me. i've never worked with so many liars before. the air just reeked of insincerity. there also didn't seem to be much vision there, people were so heads down about drilling into their problem domains that they gave short shrift to larger issues. i personally filed a bug that ms exchange needed protection against e-mailed viruses, only to have the issue blown off by management. that was a poor choice, MS.",grow some ethics.,2.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61682,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft - the IBM of the 21st century,"The best reasons to work at Microsoft are job security and the ability to move around within the company. Generally as long as you're in a position for at least three years you'll see some advancement in terms of your level, but only to a point. Staying somewhere too long is a common issue and can be worse than moving on too quickly.  The health benefits are also excellent.","Large, beaurocratic machine. Many passive aggressive people who are likely to not tell you if the work you're doing is going to lead to a dead end until you get really close to that dead end, and who are not willing to spend any time helping others get up-to-speed in areas they have expertise in.","Find one or more ways to empower people at all levels, and judge all levels of management by how well they do this for the people below them. Start putting more effort into employee development, both in terms of skills and and terms of the direction of their careers.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61683,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Microsoft is ,Salaries are not bad compared to competitors. Several different projects that you can work on. Several different technologies that you can work on. Very good internal training programs.,"Promotions and performance reviews are unfair and mostly just political. Not much innovative work is going on. Projects are mostly ""rewriting the old stuff for the sake of rewriting"". Several developers are not competent enough and write impossible to maintain code.","Open your eyes and see the world outside. It no longer revolves around Microsoft, and if it continues like this, Microsoft's story will be the same as IBM's story.  Be innovative, come up with ""lean and mean"" applications not huuuuuugggeeeee unusable ones.  Completely redesign the current development process within the company. It is extremely sluggish, wastes a developer's time for no reason.  Force the usage of good design principles within the developers. Move to a more agile development process.",2.0,4.0,none,1.0,3.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61684,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,"A good place to work, but losing its vision","work life balance, working with some of the smartest people in the industry","no ownership or vision, lack of motivation, compensation and benefits are less compared to other companies","Bring more ownership of broad features to india, Inculcate a spirit of innovation, and be ready to take risks. build up credibility for the center",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61685,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 1, 2008",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great Company to work for,"1. You have all the resources available to excel in your position 2. Work Culture is good. 3. Smart, intelligent people to work with. 4. Great Benefits 5. Lots of opportunities for personal and professional growth.",No major drawbacks in working with Microsoft,Take good care of the people you hire,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61686,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2008",Current Employee - Director,"overall positive, with a sting",endless opportunities and lots of support to do your best. there are lots of resources to help and a culture that rewards sucessful driven people.,"brutal culture that sometimes rewards the wrong behaviour. seems to reward those that manage UP. there is also a perception that management skills arent as well respected as individual contributions, even at the cost of being a crappy manager. this can develop a mistrust of managers who seem to be looking to advance themselves and not help the team.","make people feel like they are people and not just numbers on a spreadsheet. lots of people are ambitious but lots of people like being in the same role and are excellent contributors. if they are doing a good job, let them!",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61687,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Product Manager,Employees at Microsoft don't know that much...,benefits and # of opportunities,work/life balance is completely out of control... most employees can't and don't have the real ability to see beyond 2 steps ahead of them... their ability to really invent or drive innovation is about the worst you'll see... people play the political game more than working on real value added projects. people don't know how to make effective or any decisions... everyone seems to focus on trying to one up each other rather than coming together as a team to create something that's worthwhile sharing... the worst is that the act of everyone trying to be what is 'microsoft'... whatever the individual beliefs are of what it means to be a microsoft employee...,really plan instead of shooting from the hip all the time... the employee base in general does not know how to plan and execute to a plan... most of the managers and above don't even know what a strategic plan and a project plan really is... very sad...,2.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61688,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Nepotism,Make an impact in people's life through great software.,My manager is not interested in his reports' career growth. He is not fair in treating his reports -- he is in favor of the one who was under the same advisorship as his in grad school.,be frank about the mistakes made by the senior management.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61689,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Unbiased View,"Industry wide recognition, first hand experience with real software development company, very rich infrastructure, large number of internal discussion groups, very good library, benefits such as Prime card, nice company meeting, very diversified career opportunities, opportunities to do transfers, ability to reach out people actually making Windows, office etc, very large R&D, very good medical insurance, extremely competitive mentality","Due to increase in size, the whole company is out of control. Tons of people who got recruited in last decade are mediocre at best. Management chain is generally non-visionary average types who just can't compete. The net result is that in 5 years this company will be stalled if nothing is done. Then many of reasons of work will diminish. So in short, future is dark. Other downside is uncreative average to bad food in cafeteria.","Reduce the size, put a very tight belt in hiring, let attrition work to shred of bad hired we have collected. Emphasis on technical skills and resources (in otherwords slim down workforce that is neither part of dev or test). Listen to people - they have put themselves several websites where can we do better in WIndows UX and other areas. In general, deterioration of MS has occurd due to continuously rising ratio of (people who are neither dev nor test)/(people of dev and test). This ratio means people who make decision about product are not very technical and end up messing things every now and then.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1213.htm
61690,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Used to be great working there, now it's just a decent paying job.","Great benefits and somewhat reasonable compensation. MS was a great place to work in the late 90's and we put out some great work. We certainly had our share of mistakes, but addressed them much more efficiently back then. It's tough to think of only 10 yrs ago as the 'Good Ol' Days' .","The Emperor and a number of of upper mgmt minions are walking around completely naked, and few people have the access or the courage to tell them how they're dressed. Layer upon layer of onerous legacy processes, managed by PM's who've never really had the chance to properly analyze and implement real working processes are subjected on the IC's who have no say. If a non-mgmt employee, or, shudder, a lowly orange-badge, should make a suggestion that something should be done differently, they are either ignored out of hand, told to mind their place, or stop being negative. I worked at MS for just shy of 10 yrs, as both orange and blue badge, in IC (Test) and PM roles. A couple yrs ago, I was pointedly told that I should not include the taboo phrase ""...we're changing our process..."" in an email because it might upset some Sr Mgr in another group. That was the 'straw that broke the camel's back' . Good timing too, the 'Review Payday' was just around the corner. I took my booty and jumped ship. It took only a couple wks to find a much better role in a much smaller company, about 10 miles closer to my home. I'm paid more, have nearly the same benefits, have much more input and access to ALL levels of the company, and I actually go home at a decent time.","Just like many of us would wish of Hilary, please, just go away now. You turned a great place to work and learn into a necessary evil to pay the bills. You're Fired.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61691,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great benefits and workplace atmosphere...worried about the long-term direction of the company...,"Great benefits, casual atmosphere, diversity of product groups and opportunities.","Internal communication and bureaucratic process. There are far too many people around who don't actually know answers and issues are resolved by cascading through an often endlessly seeming bureaucratic web. Promotions often seem based on who's been there longest and has developed social cache, rather than who's most qualified and/or talented.",Work on reducing the overhead involved in getting products to market. Windows and Office will not be able to generate the majority of the company's revenue forever - we need to aggressively pursue alternative business models and new businesses.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61692,microsoft,"West Los Angeles, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Eh, its a job.","Good Atmosphere, fair compensation, good management, work hours are decent. I think the best reason to work here is a good stable atmosphere, tech innovation but grounded in business realities.","Corporate hierarchy, Weather in redmond sucks when one has to be there.","Let your employees have enough rope to hang themselves with, they will surprise you",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61693,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place for a working mother,"Smart people, flexible hours, great benefits","Potential long hours, processes, politics",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61694,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Microsoft - a decent place to work for.,Career advancement opportunities are good. Microsoft is dedicated to a corporate culture that inspires and rewards its employees.,Overall bad reputation in the industry in terms of being a monopoly. Not everyone you meet will share the same views of Microsoft as you.,Keep up the good work. Listening to your lower level employees goes a long way.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61695,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Former Employee - Programmer,"Great pay, some disadvantages","The salary is very competitive. There are countless perks such as daycare, complete health and dental coverage, competitive bonuses and others (too many too name here). Informal and formal feedback is given on a frequent basis.","You are expected to work overtime, which is not paid to most workers. Employees often get burned out as a result and become disgruntled. Job responsilities stagnate and employees become bored repeating the same tasks over and over.","Try to provide a more varied job responsibility profile to employees to avoid boredom and mental disconnection on the job. The salary is very competitive. There are countless perks such as daycare, complete health and dental coverage, competitive bonuses and others (too many too name here). Informal and formal feedback is given on a frequent basis.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61696,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,"Good learning oppotunities, but becoming a haven for corporate animals. Unleash Steve.","Ideal environment if any of the following are true: 1) You are a software developer fresh out of college/university and want to learn how to develop software professionally 2) You are a lawyer or are in marketing (except advertising) 3) You are a seasoned corporate animal with experience navigating large organizations  Upsides being employed at Microsoft: - Competitive Salaries - Great Benefits - Generally good work/life balance - Lots of resources to learn the ""craft"" of software development - Big impact on many of the products you can work on (Billion $ products, millions of customers) - You can be compensated greatly for exceptional work ... if you are identified with such an effort - Lots of complex global, legal, competitive experiences to be garnered - Awesome (if you can) to learn from some of the early MS pioneers","Boiling it down:  1) Many teams lack a competitive flair, with some exceptions (such as internal start-up and Entertainment properties). For well established products, or business units still trying to find their way, you may find the inertia frustrating as you watch smaller competitors come up with cool stuff that actually solves customer problems.  2) It is being populated by the professional corporate types. This is a downside if you yearn to learn why Microsoft was so successful in the early years. Many of those people are either gone, or are scattered throughout the company in very senior roles. As more coroporate animals populate the ranks, you will only learn their methods for posturing and politics.  3) Size is starting to make the company less agile. Relative to other large orgs, Microsoft isn't nearly the biggest. But to manage their portfolio of products they clearly don't need more people. Yet they continue to hire instead of cross pollinating great people. That bloat leads to difficulties in changing strategies or product alignments. They risk having to downsize several years from now, as most companies that grow too fast usually do.","- Think lean-and-mean: can you repurpose existing great talent to work on the next big effort? - Build a better process to green light projects. Sometimes it's a wonder certain projects continue to get funding. Maybe a free market model to solicit the best ideas from your people? - Stop thinking of the brand as some staunchy establishment (like ""a Harvard""). The brand needs investment to build trust and ""coolness' with customers again. Spin off brands (like Xbox) are super smart - not every product has to have the name Microsoft in front of it. - Unleash the old Steveb. It was okay when he would run around screaming how much he loved the company. His passion should be harnessed, shared and modeled for his successors.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61697,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft is a pretty good place to work.,"Benefits, large array of different technologies to choose from, easy to change groups","Too large, doesn't pay as well as some other companies.",Get out of the way.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61698,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,"OK work environment, but company lack direction","The group I worked in was pretty laid back, except for the couple of months or so at the end of every product cycle where we had to work for > 40 hours. You also have a lot of autonomy on how to do things. My supervisor generally let me do thing at my own pace. On the other hand, there were a lot of opportunities for on-the-job training, where people would come in for workshop kind of thing. Quality varies though.","Working in Mountain View, CA doesn't give you a lot of chances to try other groups (this is not the company's fault).  There seems to be lots of political fights between groups though. There were also little communication between the leadership with the groups, or between the different groups.",Windows is a total mess right now. You guys need to rip the whole thing out and start something without all the bugginess.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61699,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Developer,Decent place,"“The best reasons to work at Microsoft are that you get to work with a group of exceptionally talented and motivated people, you have almost limitless career growth, and you will always be working with the latest and greatest technology that is available. Senior management is very competent and will give you feedback on a regular basis that you can use for personal as well as professional development. The people you meet in the hallway usually seem happy to be there (minus the guys that are late to their meetings and coding on their laptops while trying to hit the right elevator buttons) and you can almost always strike up a good conversation with someone interesting at lunch (we're not all antisocial nerds, well at least not all the time =P) If you are a fresher like myself, I have found the environment to be very nurturing yet at the same time there is plenty of challenge so you will feel proud of your work when you are done. At my previous company when management said I did a good job on a project I just shrugged it off, but when someone says you're doing a good job at Microsoft it is really something to be proud of!!”","“The downsides are that sometimes you will put in long hours if you are close to release in the software development lifecycle. Occasionally I hear about people having incompetent middle manager/leads which I believe is partly due to the ""if you can code, you can manage"" philosophy. If this happens be diplomatic about it, give feedback to your leads and senior managers and remember that sometimes they are still learning too. Also, as a downside to having high career growth you can be put in a situation where they will give you more responsibility than you asked for. This is great for experience but it can be stressful if you are not used to it. The way I see it, that is just part of the training and what is life without a little challenge anyway?”",NA,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1214.htm
61700,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Consultant,View from the field,"Benefits are outstanding, pay is adequate, but the cache is pretty good.","Sr. Leadership is clueless, they don't have any idea how to take this company to the next level.",Find another job.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61701,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,A lifetime of experiences at one company.,"Career advancement is a huge plus. It is very simple to move between groups at Microsoft. they also actively encourage you to move if you feel you aren't getting what you need from your current group. Being able to move between groups allows you to try out different areas - Windows, Office, Internet, developer tools, and even mobile are all within reach if you are smart enough and driven enough. Benefits are hands down the best I've seen. Also with offices in Bellevue, Seattle, and Redmond, you have many different places to work. Microsoft also has in some locations open work areas. So you can easily go spend a day at another location. This is extremely helpful when working cross group. The connector commuter service is incredibly useful as well. Wifi on the bus with nice comfortable seats.","Groups tend to reinvent the wheel a lot because they don't want to be tied to another group's development schedule. This is commonly known as ""Not Invented Here"" syndrome. Working on open source software in your spare time is a gray area that many developers just tend to ignore instead of trying to navigate it. Compared to a start up, things move very, very slowly at Microsoft (depending on the group). Also not a week goes by that some kind of survey goes out asking how they are doing. the review process is like 20 different forms (I only slightly exaggerate). It can take a week or more of concerted effort to do your review. Couple that with your normal work week and that week is very stressful.",Slim down the review process and the whole career coaching stuff.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61702,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Designer,Pockets of greatness in a sea of mediocrity.,"The opportunity to work on industry-relevant products and influence the experiences of a large number of people is a big draw. If you want to work on big issues and go up against the best competitors in certain industries, MS can give you that chance.  The benefits, stability, and pay are very strong and will likely continue to be for at least 5+ more years.  If you find yourself working in a team that's working on a product that you're excited about and believe in, it can be a wonderful experience. If not, it can be every bit the nightmare that many imagine.","The size of the company and the bureaucracy can be stifling. There is no need to keep on hiring so many people when the inefficiencies of communication and management are rampant. The crazy layers of management, the politics, the fiefdoms, etc. can be absolutely suicide-inducing. It really depends on the culture of the team you are in and the few key people that define it.  It is still an engineering-based culture, and depending on the industry you're in and who your competitors are, this isn't necessarily a good thing. The company hasn't figured out how to design great experiences quite yet - there are pockets of that throughout but it's not widespread.  It is a risk-averse culture which prevents it from innovating and taking smart chances. It is consensus driven which keeps it from being nimble. It's got a lot of smart people who get dumber the larger the group.  ""Old Microsoft"" still reigns supreme in many areas. These executives who have watched the company grow over the past couple decades should generally retire and let others take a crack at it. Many of the old guard have gotten too rich and out of touch and are keeping the rest of the company from taking it where it needs to go.","Depend less on tenure or title when you decide who to listen to. Just because someone is a ""GPM"" or a ""Principal"" this or that doesn't mean that they actually know what they're talking about. Get the political crap under control. Understand when standards and tradition get in the way of innovation and progress, and bias towards the latter. Don't support the desire to build large teams quickly - just because MS has money doesn't mean that you should finance empire-building and bad decisions.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61703,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Software Developer In Test II,Microsoft Would Do Better If it Would Invest in Test,"Microsoft makes some of the most widely shipped software in the world. If you would love to see your work pushed to the entire world, Microsoft is the place to go.","Because Microsoft pushes software to the entire world, backwards compatibility can be incredibly difficult. In addition, the skill and ingenuity and time-investment required to ensure software is well tested means that SDETs are often under huge amounts of pressure without the proper level of reward given the difficulty of their job.","Invest in test and infrastructure and push basic unit testing into the workflow for developers. Bake this into the tools being shipped to customers as it is a place where the industry is lacking and has been lacking for years. (VSTS is beginning to push this direction, but it could go much furthur.) Standardize installation technologies and ensure that teams across Microsoft (and in the rest of the world) have an easy way to share their products so compat testing is simple and easy.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61704,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,,"Location, location, location. If you live in the Puget Sound area (namely Seattle), are Software professional, and want to work for a Software company, there are few alternatives. The software business of the Puget Sound is Microsoft. Microsoft offers the most career choices, the most opportunities, the best benefits... in the Puget Sound area. Compared to the Silicon Valley companies, Microsoft is decidedly average, but the Puget Sound area is not Silicon Valley. Microsoft does employ some of the world's brightest people, and the line of applicants at its door is looong, but the brightest people don't make for the world's best company.","I was forewarned on my very first day: beware of politics. Microsoft is politics. Every decision is a political decision. Everyone treads lightly for fear of lawsuits. The unofficial company motto might be: ""Do The Right Thing"" (TM), but --in truth-- it's more of a ""For the Love of Bill, Whatever You Do, Don't Do The Wrong Thing."" The decisions which do get made are the safe, conservative, politically correct, decisions. Innovation is always constrained by the Big Fear: the fear of lawsuits. Every discussion seems to be chaperoned by somebody from LCA (Legal Compliance) and no matter how important you are, how smart you are, how right you might be, the LCA is more important, more right. The very bright people (TM) employed by Microsoft are constantly hamstrung by lawyers, by the esprit d' conservatism, and by the egos of the million other bright people working there along side of them. Microsoft is like the proverbial Old Boys Club: everybody who is anybody has been there since the beginning of time. To get your foot in the door at Microsoft is tough... to lose your job for any reason is even tougher... as long as you don't do The Wrong Thing. It's easier to keep quiet, do your job, and not question things. Questioning is definitely a Wrong Thing. Especially if you haven't been at Microsoft since the beginning of time. About 25% of people on the Redmond campus aren't even Microsoft employees: they are contractors (aka: ""Orange Badges""). And Orange Badges, even if they otherwise qualify as Very Smart People"" are treated not like second-class citizens: they are necessary and tolerated, but resented for their paychecks. Orange Badges are supposed to do their job. Otherwise they should act the part of a good butler: silent, halpful, invisible.","Microsoft started out as an aggressive innovator. There are plenty of motivated, smart, hard-working people employed in Redmond (and around the world) by Microsoft, but they have been stripped of their ability (will?) to innovate. With structure and process crept in status quo. Now, instead of out-innovating the competition, Microsoft buys the competition. Innovation is no longer valued as such. Lemming-like, following the leader is the safe choice. It is preferable not to rock the boat, not to assume responsibility. Insisting that right-or-wrong Microsoft is right, always right, is the cool aid that's mixed-in with the free Starbucks coffee which is one of the company's many employee benefits. The Management's ('management' with a capital 'M') strategy has been rewarded by the company's shareholders with a flat stock price since the Dot Com bubble had burst. That price is so flat, it's the butt of employee jokes. Microsoft has maintained it's relevance in the computing world thanks to Windows, but nothing lasts forever: if the spirit of innovation at Microsoft is not rekindled, the company will follow the way of other computing world giants. The writing is on the wall.",3.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61705,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Still a good place to work.,"You will meet and work with some of the smart people you can find in the industry, A lot of Interesting projects you can get involved with. Treat their employees with respect and pay them well compared to other software companies. You can learn and grow a lot as a developer.",Too many layers to the very top.,Don't be obsessed with your competitors (Google).,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61706,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cut-throat, bureaucratic, internally focused work environment with a severe lack of competent middle managers","Smart people, interesting work, good benefits.","Check out the mini-microsoft blog and Kim  All too often people managers with poor employee satisfaction ratings remain in their roles, these managers are in complete control of your fate within the company - with little if any accountability  If you value teamwork, stay away. Doing a good job and meeting your objectives is not enough - Your compensation, bonus, and longevity at the company are based on a forced stack ranking with a mandatory curve. This means that you are competing against other members of your team. The ranking process (now called a 'calibration') is a popularity contest where incompetent middle managers get to play god and determine your fate with arbitrary, ambiguous guidelines.","Get rid of the forced stack ranking, it is counter-productive, and impedes Microsoft's growth. Maybe this worked in the old days but the world has changed. Reward people for collaborating instead of competing with each other. Employee satisfaction matters. Hire and retain middle middle managers who know how to manage people. Focus on the real goal, doing the right thing for customers, shareholders, and yes, employees. Great shareholder value is based on great increases in revenue, that are based on happy customers who buy great products and services from great employees.",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61707,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Great for established professionals looking for stability, great for new graduates looking to build a resume.","Many employees at Microsoft are a little older than at other companies, this generally means that they are married with young children. Because of this, the work/life balance is excellent. Further, the salaries are competitive and Microsoft gives the best medical benefits in the business.","Like most large companies, it takes a long time to advance in your career. Moving up in the lower levels can take between 1-2 years average, while the higher levels can take 2-4 years. The stock awards cannot be counted on for much increase in value--the stock has been performing horribly for the past 6 years.",Keep doing what you're doing. I believe that you know much more about the technology sector than all of the employees ranting about how you're handling the mergers and acquisitions in the rumor mill.,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61708,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,Microsoft has grown up and doesn't play well with others,You get to meet and work with some great people from around the country and and around the world.,"Some people are cut throat about what they will do to other employees to get ahead. This is especially true now that Microsoft is a big company and the stock is not performing.  If you're fresh out of school, you will get fewer opportunities to put your skills to the test. There's a long line of older and more senior employees looking for opportunities to get ahead. They don't like to share.  If you have a disability, HR may try to use constructive discharge to get rid of you. This can also happen as you approach the age where you are protected from age discrimination.",I don't give free advice any more. It is not like they would recognize good advice anyway and they wouldn't take it unless they could take credit for it.,3.0,2.5,none,1.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61709,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Business Development Director,i worry,"benefits, stability, flexibility, ability for varied experiences","politics, politics, politics, politics, politics",focus on the bottom line,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1215.htm
61710,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed Bag,"If you are in the right group, your work can end up being used by a lot of people! Many of the colleagues are very smart. The benefits are very good. Work-life balance can be maintained if you want.","The company is really big - some groups are not conducive to professional growth. If you have a friend working at Microsoft, ask him/her about your potential job before joining. There can be a lot of inter-group competition for the same product/idea. Some groups can be very political.",Get middle management to focus on external competitors and not internal ones.,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61711,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft - from an average employee,This is a company everybody knows. There's pride in tradition and culture of this company.  i grew up with Microsoft products and always wondered about working for them. Compensation is pretty decent as a place right out of college and you do get a little awe struck as you are working inside the Microsoft branch.,"The location is just too expensive for people coming right out of college to afford. Especially with the house price boom, I could only rent a small one bedroom apartment at the town. As far as leadership goes, there should be some more infrastructure in place for more open and innovative way for us to work together. Microsoft should not lose to Google of the world.","Work with the engineers, find out where they are coming from.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61712,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A great place to work if you find the right team,"Decent pay, and employees are treated very well. The attitude of the place varies from team to team and location to location. The benefits are pretty great, as well, especially free reimbursement for relocation, and the free drinks are a nice perk, too. In general, everybody's pretty laid back, and it's a nice place to work. Hours are very flexible -- you can pretty much come and go as you please as long as you attend any necessary meetings and complete your work on schedule. Then again, when coming up against deadlines, that concept is a double edged sword. Overall it's pretty nice.","It varies from team to team, but some of them do a ridiculous amount of micromanagement. I've had days in one team where the entire day at work was spent in meetings doing nothing relevant. Generally there's a meeting at least every day, and they almost always run over time while people niggle over small issues that generally don't apply to more than a few people in the meeting. In another team, I was simply set loose to do my assignments. I had maybe one meeting a week to sync up with my manager and maybe another one every month to sync up with his manager.",I really don't have any opinion on the matter.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61713,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, work environment, benefits, and stability, but forget about innovation","People, work environment, benefits, and stability. The people are great. They're bright, passionate, and diverse. Work environment fosters a collaborate, can-do environment. The benefits are by far the best I have seen or heard of. Finally, financial and career stability. Microsoft is so large even if the group you work in folds there is always somewhere else that needs you.","Microsoft has lost its edge in innovation. Management keeps bring up the word innovation, but if you look back at the past 10-20 years what innovation has Microsoft brought to the table? Nada. Microsoft's business model is not to be a leader in innovation, but rather a fast and very successful follower. Microsoft looks to see which business areas are successful, then pounces on them and sticks it out until they are No.1 in market share, etc. Some examples? Windows, Office, Internet Explorer... Need I go on?","Bring back true innovation and creative opportunities to your engineers. Don't focus all of your money in this area in the research department, because honestly, engineers who actually work on the product have very little to no interaction with the research department.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61714,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Group Manager,Big company with big opportunities,"Microsoft remains a great place to have an impact on work done by millions through our products. It also offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits (particularly the health insurance which really means you pay nothing for all your care including perscriptions). It has grown dramatically in the 10 year I've been there and has handled some of the growth well (keeping great benefits). Microsoft remains Redmond focused, but is getting much better at this issue. There is much more openness to people (including software developers) being located places other than Redmond. Silicon Valley is a major and growning location and Boston is growing too.","It is a huge company with a bunch of bureaucracy, but this can be overcome if you work the system correctly. Despite a huge amount of construction, there continues to be a significant shortage of office space in the Redmond and Seattle area. This means that some people need to double up in offices which are meant for only one. Some times groups are not as coordinated as they should be and sometimes decisions take too long to get. However, if you make a good case, you can get major projects funded and resources assigned to try to make them realities.",Be more open about how things are going and let groups run on their own more often without intervention. Move decisions down to the lowest level possible.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61715,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,"solving tough problems, developing people and high velocity cultural change","surrounded by very talented, bright people working on tough challenges every day, high rate of change (technology and business), You are responsible for your success-opportunities are everywhere.","expectation and culture that 'doing your job' is not enough-meeting expectations is not rewarded and even seen as not contributing or trying hard, poor work/life balance","catch people doing things right-reward positive contributions, focusing on specifics of HOW people got things done, improve process for promoting-drive equity in decisions, revamp stock program, raise 401k matching.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61716,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"The sand shifts too much to get anything done, but hey, it's nice white sand on a sunny beach.","Several things remain absolutely constant at Microsoft. You get to work every day with smart, often funny people who really want to do the right thing. The MS benefit package is second to none, by a very wide margin. Despite our often hard-core reputation, work-life balance is standard these days, you just have to decide what your balance is. Dedicated parents are as successful as married-to-their-desk uber geeks. Diversity is valued and our staff is well balanced.","Somewhere between startup and global giant MS hit some snags. The company and its environment have had a hard time scaling to what it means to be a blue chip company. No longer be run by techie cowboys winging it through every challenge the company still values that spirit. As a result they spurn anything that smacks of standard operating proceedure, rules, etc.. Sounds good until you need to do any of the multitude of things that a global enterprise needs to run smoothly. Or, god forbid, stick to a budget. Growing pains have taken their toll on morale as the same ""new"" ideas and projects are generated over and over, soak up millions, languish and die. As a result, the ""message"" to employees is confused and inconsistent. Salaries are below industry average (no matter what they tell you), the expectations are high, and the newly minted red tape is incredibly annoying. Place on that the onslaught of never-ending pointless re-orgs, and your chance of actually getting anything accomplished are long at best. It's a well-appointed habitrail wheel and the caffeine is free. Just don't be attached to the a outcome.","Knock off the re-orgs, set clear goals and measure performance like a real company. We're not a startup anymore, we've got to stop acting like one.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61717,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," May 29, 2008",Current Employee - Team Manager,We're on top of the world!,"At Microsoft you are working for one of the greatest companies in the history of the world. Microsoft is the leading edge of personal computing technology, and when you work here you are surrounded by people with incredible talent who want to make sure we maintain that position. If that isn't enough, the pay is competitive and the benefits are incredible.","If you don't like to work hard, and would rather coast along, you will not succeed at Microsoft. To be successful you must treat your employment at Microsoft as a career, rather than a job.","We are a fast-moving, agile company. Make sure you are keeping a finger on the pulse of your customers, and avoid moving so fast that you lose that connection.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61718,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Lead Program Manager,Excellent place to grow and build a career,"- Great learning and growth opportunities - Learn how to build, ship and support software at tremendous scale - Work with mostly very bright people who's primary motivation is to ship great software that improves the lives of customers - Get the leverage of Microsoft's resources and reach in everything you do",It's a big ship. Turning it can take time.,Let's be more aggressive about limiting the projects we take on that don't make money and eliminating low B and all C players.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61719,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Microsoft, a Wayward Child with Potential","Microsoft used to be a great place to work and still carries some of the vestiges of that greatness, however since the late '90s it's been on a downhill track. The pay is reasonable and there are great groups to work in. For the most part the people are really what makes the company a decent place to work. The benefits are some of the best you'll find anywhere.","Microsoft, like all large corporations, is becoming bloated with a middle management that is far more interested in carving out fiefdoms than doing anything either really productive or in the interest of customers. And like all big public corporations, Microsoft is far more focused on the short-term bottom line than the long-term health of the company. The culture is rapidly moving from an open, innovative, and creative one to a highly politicized, disfuntional one. I would rate three of my last five managers as incompetent and totally incapable of managing people. I literally sat through a meeting listening to one manager spout what can only be described as a ""Dilbert Mission Statement"" stringing together big words into a completely incoherent jumble. I had more than a few managers who could not tell us what success in our positions would look like, nor could they define what our group was supposed to be accomplishing (the worst two of these have moved up in the company). I worked in an organization that had teams of people who could not define what their contribution was, nor could anyone else in the group. When I started at the company there was a clear open door policy and everyone was encouraged to communicate up the change as appropriate. By the time I left many organizations had established a clear ""chain of command"" and although the the official policy was still open door it was clear that you didn't go over your immediate managers head. Worst of all, Microsoft as devolved from a real customer-focused company to lumbering giant with little or no regard for the real source of its wealth. If you strive for real accomplishment you can still find it at Microsoft but you may just as likely not find it. If you have a real affinity for doing right by the customer you might find it a very frustrating place to work.","1. Wake up! Are Vista sales poor because nobody can afford it, or is it just not what your customers really want? 2. Quit trying to buy your future spending the hard-earned wealth of your past and re-energize the talent you have left to create that future. Who knows, you might even attract back some of the brain power you've squandered. 3. Management, especially middle management can be an asset or a cancer. You've got a serious cancer problem. Consider apptitude testing and other means for validating management ability before you give someone the title. 4. There is no such thing as a disgruntled employee. 5. Put HR to work actually managing your most valuable resource instead of protecting your backside from lawsuits. Every employee problem can be traced to management whether you admit it or not. 6. Get back in touch with your customers, some day the bank account will get low and you will need them.",2.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1216.htm
61720,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Lead Program Manager,Excellent place to grow and build a career,"- Great learning and growth opportunities - Learn how to build, ship and support software at tremendous scale - Work with mostly very bright people who's primary motivation is to ship great software that improves the lives of customers - Get the leverage of Microsoft's resources and reach in everything you do",It's a big ship. Turning it can take time.,Let's be more aggressive about limiting the projects we take on that don't make money and eliminating low B and all C players.,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61721,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," Jun 16, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Microsoft, a Wayward Child with Potential","Microsoft used to be a great place to work and still carries some of the vestiges of that greatness, however since the late '90s it's been on a downhill track. The pay is reasonable and there are great groups to work in. For the most part the people are really what makes the company a decent place to work. The benefits are some of the best you'll find anywhere.","Microsoft, like all large corporations, is becoming bloated with a middle management that is far more interested in carving out fiefdoms than doing anything either really productive or in the interest of customers. And like all big public corporations, Microsoft is far more focused on the short-term bottom line than the long-term health of the company. The culture is rapidly moving from an open, innovative, and creative one to a highly politicized, disfuntional one. I would rate three of my last five managers as incompetent and totally incapable of managing people. I literally sat through a meeting listening to one manager spout what can only be described as a ""Dilbert Mission Statement"" stringing together big words into a completely incoherent jumble. I had more than a few managers who could not tell us what success in our positions would look like, nor could they define what our group was supposed to be accomplishing (the worst two of these have moved up in the company). I worked in an organization that had teams of people who could not define what their contribution was, nor could anyone else in the group. When I started at the company there was a clear open door policy and everyone was encouraged to communicate up the change as appropriate. By the time I left many organizations had established a clear ""chain of command"" and although the the official policy was still open door it was clear that you didn't go over your immediate managers head. Worst of all, Microsoft as devolved from a real customer-focused company to lumbering giant with little or no regard for the real source of its wealth. If you strive for real accomplishment you can still find it at Microsoft but you may just as likely not find it. If you have a real affinity for doing right by the customer you might find it a very frustrating place to work.","1. Wake up! Are Vista sales poor because nobody can afford it, or is it just not what your customers really want? 2. Quit trying to buy your future spending the hard-earned wealth of your past and re-energize the talent you have left to create that future. Who knows, you might even attract back some of the brain power you've squandered. 3. Management, especially middle management can be an asset or a cancer. You've got a serious cancer problem. Consider apptitude testing and other means for validating management ability before you give someone the title. 4. There is no such thing as a disgruntled employee. 5. Put HR to work actually managing your most valuable resource instead of protecting your backside from lawsuits. Every employee problem can be traced to management whether you admit it or not. 6. Get back in touch with your customers, some day the bank account will get low and you will need them.",2.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61722,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 1, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for!,"The great management team. No other company has so much impact on today's world. Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office are among the most well known and widely used products. Working on such great products, as well as other smaller products, is an incredible experience.","None, everything is great here!",Keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61723,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 25, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"A great place to end up working, after you've had your fill of startups","Reasonable work hours (""crunch"" weeks are far and few between), excellent benefits (all-inclusive - no copayments even required), regional pay adjustments for cost-of-living differences (Bay Area pay was 15% higher than ""standard"" salaries for comparable job levels when I first joined). I've also had very good experiences with being rewarded for doing good work, in the form of stock awards, cash bonuses, and time off. Products being developed are very diverse, so there's a great opportunity to move between different technologies, markets, and even project scales (hundred-man projects down to teams of just a handful of people). The company is very stable (having been around a while).","Big company mentality - it often feels like there isn't much innovation going on, and sometimes it seems like the cards are stacked against trying to do something too new or creative. It's also a bit frustrating at times to be under the restraints of all of the antitrust suits which have been going on - cross product integration is very tightly examined to ensure there will be no legal ramnifications, down to one case where a partner team couldn't explain the format of data they were consuming to our team, because doing so would require them to document/explain it to the general public.","Loosen the reins on the Internet services division a little, some crazy new ideas may just be what could boost some of the online service products.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61724,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Has been,"Benefits, smart people (moreso individual contributors, less so management). Access to technologies and information that is levels above what you'd find in most companies worldwide. Highly motivated people who put in 110% day in and day out with hope of getting the company back to it's glory. Most people have individual offices and very few live in cube farms.","arrogant attitudes, many believe they're in touch with users even though they're 180 out. Developers try to run the show and thought they're fantastic coders and technologists, they live in a differetn world than Joe user. yet they truly believe they are the average user. This leads to products user's don't get or are overly complex. Also, too much energy is wasted on political maneuvering and managing up.",stop the talk and walk the walk,3.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61725,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,MS should pay more,"passion, good environment,get good experience","salary is not satisfied,promotion is not as i expected",promotion,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61726,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Software Design Engineer Test II,"Good individual contributors, mediocre leadership","Pay is good, projects are interesting. I have worked with a lot of great individuals. Microsoft has a lot of cool projects (Xbox, Zune), which to me gives them a leg up over somewhere like Google or Amazon.","So far I have not been very impressed by management, who seem to be a bit lost and out of touch with the trenches. Overall I like working at Microsoft but mostly due to the people on my team that I work with, much more than the company.",Wish bill gates would come back,4.0,3.5,none,4.5,5.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61727,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,A great place to retire at.,"The pay, benefits, coffee machine.",the buearacracy. Just get it done already.,"Focus on the product, everything else will come naturally.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61728,microsoft,"San Antonio, TX"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Microsoft is a great company, but becoming an IBM.","Medical Benefits are outstanding. Have paid nothing out of pocket for me and wife for medical or prescription in all my years with Microsoft. The people at Microsoft are smart, fun and passionate. The company is investing and growing. The partnerships we have are outstanding. Customers like our business model and want us to continue driving business value for our customers.","Becoming the next IBM. Big company bureaucracy stifles innovation, and limits achievement. Stock price is stagnant. Compensation is ok, I've seen better in the workplace for comparable level of experience and skills.",Get more innovative. Stop the internal turf wars. Buy Yahoo or move-on...time is not on our side.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61729,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2008",Former Employee - Director,Microsoft review,Lots of smart people and interesting problems.,"The internal politics, the difficulty of promotion at senior levels, and the ""we're always right"" cluture.",Take care of your senior people or they will leave.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1217.htm
61730,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is bland,Access to cheap software at company store,Long hours and the bathrooms are dirty,Work harder not smarter,2.0,4.0,none,2.5,2.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61731,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,You could do A LOT worse,"health benefits, pay, relaxed work environment, time off (5 weeks vacation and 2 weeks sick time per year)",cliques in management.. buddies promote buddies. management is made up of incompetent hillbillies and you wonder how they ever got that position.,We have lost our ability to produce products at a pace that keeps up with competition. We have lost our ability to innovate and do great things for customers. We need to refocus on those areas so we don't end up like the dinosaurs so many other companies have turned into.,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61732,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Group Test Manager,Loose your work life balance while you satisfy stock holders.,Lots of things to do. Good benefits. Lots of classes. They have classes in every subject and support your time spent in these for the most part. Offices are pretty nice as well.,"To big and complex. Always a follower, never a leader. MS is mired down in compatibility as well and not willing to break free into new markets. The cost of supporting just grows and grows and in the end isn't helping customers move technology forward. Doesn't trust its product teams to make good products that will win. They talk a lot about work life balance but they don't truly support it. They will pretend they do by not asking you to work the weekend, but they will rate you on these points later on. It becomes an unstated policy. Those that spend their lives on campus get promoted faster.","First, learn how to manage people. Next understand that people are the business. Stock holders are important but not as important as the people.",2.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61733,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Great place to work with lots of challenges for the future.,"Benefits are really outstanding. The people who work there are really smart and passionate. The pay is good. The products are much better than many people give them credit for. They are used by millions of people, so the potential for impact is quite high.  Seattle rocks! Moutains, water, music, theater, film, technology, fashion, we've got it all.","Dealing with the negative feedback from other industry insiders. Losing the ""cool factor"" to Google and Apple. Large teams, legacy apps isn't for everyone. Working for a big  Clouds in Seattle can get you down until you're use to the winters.",Take more risks. Lots of small ones and big ones too. Not every new product needs to be a new billion dollar biz.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61734,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Two steps above a government job, stable, secure and simple.","A great place to have a stable life, have great benefits and learn a lot. They are supportive about growth of the individual. I learned a lot being there for 5 years out of college. I was definitely able to develop good database skills and continually improve my project management skills.","Boring, microshafted from a technology standpoint and it's just too darn political anymore. It's hard to make moves to new groups like the old days. Most of the cool stories i heard about hard working environments no longer existed and the passion of the team is just not there anymore.","Loosen up the reigns a bit. If they say they are a large company of small startups, prove it, put money behind some small groups and let them make their own decisions and run.",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61735,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good For a Software Engineering Apprenticeship,"If you are a programmer fresh out of college, Microsoft is a good place to work for a few years as a kind of software engineering apprenticeship. It does depend somewhat on the group you join and your manager, but in the right situation, you can learn a lot.  Another reason to work there would be if you have a family, Microsoft has a pretty generous benefits package.  Also, if you enjoy doing nothing, there are plenty of jobs at Microsoft for you. Just search under ""architect"".","It's a giant, bureaucratic company that is only getting bigger and more bureaucratic. The company is growing beyond all need and beyond all reason. There is little to no value in the myriad new processes that are constantly being introduced. However, introducing and managing process is what the company rewards, so this is only going to get worse.  Senior management is terrible. They make horrible decisions on acquisitions and strategy. Within any individual division, there is never a clear focus. Building great software has given way to building fiefdoms, protecting your territory, and introducing useless process. Increasingly the management of any given division actually knows very little about developing software.  Despite all claims to the contrary, beyond a certain level, it becomes very difficult to grow your career as a technical individual contributor. You can either move into management and become useless, or you can spend more and more of your time with political maneuvering and visibility games so that you can continue to get promoted. Either way, less and less of your time will be spent actually designing and developing software.","Fire yourselves. Failing that, stop being so acquisition-crazy and focus on making your existing businesses work. Stop hiring so many new people. Definitely stop hiring so many people in roles outside of product development.  I would say stop rewarding people for doing nothing, but that's better than rewarding people for doing the wrong things, which is what you do now. Reward people for things like finding bugs and writing great code, not for introducing and managing processes.",2.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61736,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Newsflash: There's another dissatsified employee at Microsoft who thinks Ballmer should go.,"Benefits. Hands down, this is why people stay at Microsoft.","Microsoft senior management are out of touch with the company. There are too many layers between senior management and those who get the work done. Middle management--consisitng largely of directors, sr directors and GM's are largely bueracratic roles. How can you be a driector, sr driector or GM and have no direct reports?? Wasted investments.",Bring in more leaders like Kevin Turner. Stop the spread of incestuous leadership and bring in real industry leaders who can drive the business.,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61737,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Product Planner,"It's like smoking. I know it's not good for me, but the pay is good and the benefits great making it tough to quit.",benefits are fantastic. Work life balance is very good.,"political BS. If you aren't part of a select few, your upward mobility is not all that great.",I have no idea. Maybe this is what happens when a young company starts to get old.,3.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61738,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent place to work,"Excellent Pay, Excellent Benefits, Challenging work environment.",Slow to react to new market oppurtunities,Trim down the excess fat in the management chain and have technical people make inroads into new market challenges.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61739,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 14, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,MS should pay more,"passion, good environment,get good experience","salary is not satisfied,promotion is not as i expected",promotion,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1218.htm
61740,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,Microsoft Rules,Flexibility and good benefits and good food,Nothing. Everything is great and wonderful,Ask the staff their opinions. Have parties and soft drinks for everyone. Enjoy a night out at the opera and perhaps enable everyone to sing their opinions,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61741,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - GM,Don't judge this book (Microsoft) by the cover - it looks great and successful from the outside only.,Benefits and opportunity to work with motivated smart peers.,Poor corporate ethics. One of most international employers yet only one where I've seen bigotry first hand.,Get rid of the sycophants. Start focusing on the HOW of execution. Can't just set goals for each BU and let them do their own thing - leads to massively inefficient business processes and practices. When employees have a problem with their environment insure that when they go to HR it is visible and escalated outside of their BU because as it is a lot of sins are hidden and swept under the rug within BGs.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61742,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"great pay, lots of work",the pay is great compared to others,the hours are long and you don't always get overtime,we need more time off,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61743,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Ok company to work for.,Great benefits and the prestige for working for the largest software company.,Stressful job. Company is too big and so has a lot of process that cuts into productivity.,Need better compensation for amount of work done.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61744,microsoft,"Chicago, IL"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,Good place - needs more integration,Benefits are great - good work/life balance,Big Firm - feel like a number some of the time.,Need to communicate more about the long-term strategy. Right now it isn't clear.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61745,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer Lead,Think of the company as ,"- A lot of smart people still work there - Huge variety of products to work on, and internal movement is encouraged - Benefits package is excellent - Especially coming out of college, there are a lot of opportunities to learn and advance  All of the above apply mostly to technical people (developers, mostly). If you're not a developer, the biggest pro is that MS will pay you for doing absolutely nothing.","- Senior management behaves stupidly very consistently. - MS is acquisition crazy, despite the fact that the acquisitions have _never_ worked. - Review process is increasingly arbitrary and random, as well as a huge waste of time. Employees and managers fill out extensive forms ""documenting"" their ""performance"", which are actively ignored -- usually the review decisions are made before anything is submitted. - MS is increasingly populated by useless people. Many organizations are so dominated by PMs that they are completely paralyzed -- they have an unlimited number of people who can distract developers while only a limited supply of developers themselves. - Marketing is way too large and way too influential. -","Stop acquiring companies. Just stop. Get rid of 95% of marketing. Focus on development, free developers to get work done.  Stop using the word ""innovate"". Innovation is not a requirement for success. Succeed instead. Classic MS is doing what the competition is doing, but better. If innovation helps, then innovate, but innovation is not a goal in and of itself.  The switchover in test to focus on SDETs is ridiculous. Instead of hiring people good at testing, mediocre developers are hired as testers and build an endless number of harnesses for running a dwindling supply of tests while they wait for a group to hire them as an SDE.  Have a big meeting for all partner-level managers about visions for the future, and fire everyone who shows up.  Stop assuming people on the outside are smart just because they're from the outside. Any level 60 dev knows that people you interview from industry are generally idiots. Get people like Russinovich, avoid people like Flake.",2.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61746,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Strategy and Planning,Great place for people earlier in their careers,"Microsoft is a great place for people that are relatively early in their career. The jobs have a high level of responsibility, the company makes a big investment in developing people, and the industry is highly profitable--which allows for growth and flexibility. The benefits are also first class.",Many groups at Microsoft do not seem to place a high value on experiences people get in other companies--no matter how significant. Promotions and advancement seem to be based primarily on how long a person has been at Microsoft and how deep their social network is within the company--not how long they have been in the industry and how effective they are in their jobs.,"I feel that senior management is doing a good job. Windows, Office, and Server & Tools are clearly driving the profitablity of the company, while there is potential growth in Unified Communications, Mobility, and Xbox. Many other businesses seem to be distractions, including Zune, MSN, and Windows Live, and frequently compete with other offerings from within the company. It's unclear how these investments are creating returns for the company.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61747,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Bring yourself to work,There are lots of opportunities. You are evaluated based on what you do and not who you are. The company is generally very respectful of employees and I love working with people from all over the world. In my current job I work with very smart interesting people and I have a great boss. The work is challenging and interesting and I have been recognized for the hard work I've been doing.,It can be hard to get decisions made and there is generally a pretty arrogant attitude. I wish we were more agile and simple good ideas were developed and released and that we would stay committed to ideas for along enough time to get them to work. The endless reorgs can be exhausting.,I think we would have more innovation if people could focus on the same thing for longer periods of time. Getting a new manager every 6-12 months and getting used to new ways and new co-workers and domains takes focus away from bigger problems.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61748,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good work if you can get it.,Pay and benefits are among the best in the industry. You can find endless opportunity if you are self-motivated and committed to doing great work.,"Rain. Constant reorganization. Great ideas around the company silo'd and out of sight. Sometime success requires an aggressive, combative approach. Not good if you are quiet or introverted.","Keep leading. Increase your focus on creating great software people love to use. Stop releasing software before it's really ready. Realize that some things, like innovation, don't come out of testing and focus groups.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61749,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Opportunities abound.,Opportunity for impact and professional growth.,It's a really big company.,"Three words...Listen, listen, listen.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1219.htm
61750,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Bring yourself to work,There are lots of opportunities. You are evaluated based on what you do and not who you are. The company is generally very respectful of employees and I love working with people from all over the world. In my current job I work with very smart interesting people and I have a great boss. The work is challenging and interesting and I have been recognized for the hard work I've been doing.,It can be hard to get decisions made and there is generally a pretty arrogant attitude. I wish we were more agile and simple good ideas were developed and released and that we would stay committed to ideas for along enough time to get them to work. The endless reorgs can be exhausting.,I think we would have more innovation if people could focus on the same thing for longer periods of time. Getting a new manager every 6-12 months and getting used to new ways and new co-workers and domains takes focus away from bigger problems.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61751,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good work if you can get it.,Pay and benefits are among the best in the industry. You can find endless opportunity if you are self-motivated and committed to doing great work.,"Rain. Constant reorganization. Great ideas around the company silo'd and out of sight. Sometime success requires an aggressive, combative approach. Not good if you are quiet or introverted.","Keep leading. Increase your focus on creating great software people love to use. Stop releasing software before it's really ready. Realize that some things, like innovation, don't come out of testing and focus groups.",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61752,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,Opportunities abound.,Opportunity for impact and professional growth.,It's a really big company.,"Three words...Listen, listen, listen.",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61753,microsoft,"Austin, TX"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,Not the place for a true sales professional,"The benefits package is best in class. From 100% free, no co-pay insurance to free health club membership and more, this is a 'gotcha' that makes looking at other companies tough.","The pay is not keeping pace with the market, nor is reflective of one's efforts. Microsoft has a well-known pay policy that they pay 65% of the going market rate. In the past this was not a bad position since employees could double, tripple, or more because of the stock options. This is no longer the case. For non-executives, the current ""stock grant"" process adds, at best, about a 5% kicker to the total cash compensation.  By clinging to team-based revenue plans, there is virtually no difference in compensation between the top and bottom performers, nor any difference between team members who manage vastly different revenue streams. For all intents and purposes, year on year there is very little upside potential. The sales team I am on has made, within a 3% swing, the same take-home compensation for 4 years now - even while growing our revenue contribution by 50% in the same period.  Microsoft is not a place for the true sales professional who expects to be compensated according to the revenue / margin they bring in.  The other stark reality is that most promotions happen to those in Redmond. Do not expect much career advancement opportunities if you are not willing to dedicate 2-5 years at the mother ship.","Leave.  There are far too many of you who have your paid off multi-million dollar homes who have no concept of reality. 2 and 3% raises a year are a joke, which is what the 'performers' get - many get less.  You were lucky to join Microsoft when sock options meant something - so take your money and go home and make room for us who understand we have to survive on our paychecks!  In case you didn't notice most of us have under-water stock, a concept you don't seem to understand. It's time to overhaul your pay policies to represent a better cash campensation balance.",2.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61754,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Neutral,"“Microsoft values intelligence and initiative. If you have a good idea and are willing to work to make it happen, you can. I have worked at Microsoft for nearly 13 years and, while the ""good old days"" had some great things (more money, fewer layers of management) the company has gradually improved in most ways. People are more respectful of each other. The company is more diverse. There is a greater variety of jobs and opportunities to pursue. As a post-adolescent company, Microsoft increasingly values work/life balance. You are expected to work hard but don't need to kill yourself unless you really want to. The other thing that I think is cool about Microsoft is that the company generally doesn't give up. 15 years ago, Microsoft was a PC software company. Then management decided that Microsoft needed to be an enterprise software company too. Nobody gave Microsoft much of chance to be a serious enterprise software company. Today, most big companies use Microsoft software. Similarly, today most don't give Microsoft much of chance of being a successful ""internet"" company (vague definition, I know). But Microsoft will keep at it and will eventually succeed. No, we won't ""kill"" Google. That's not the point. But Microsoft and its employees are tenacious and that's a great quality for a company and its employees.”",Social interaction throughout the day is minimal. Most developers sit in their offices and code and don't get a lot of daily interaction with others on the team. Some days this leaves you feeling very isolated.,Work better at creating a friendlier culture.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61755,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Good with the bad at MS,"Benefits, people are great, awesome engineering talent","Public perception, middle management, back-stabbing",Pull your heads out and take a look at what the competition is doing. Stop blowing money on projects that don't yield profits,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61756,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Software Developer,Great benefits!,Benefits are great. Work vs Life balance is excellent. Good development teams. Private offices.,Work is not that interesting,None,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61757,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Technology Strategist,Great Workplace,They provide leading edge technology.,Not much Java and OSS.,They are good overall.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61758,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,GREAT if you need stability,"The benefits package cannot be beat. If you are risk-averse but still talented, it's a perfect opportunity for you. If you have an iota of entrepreneurial spirit, go elsewhere.","Many, if not most people you work with and meet have only ever worked at one company: MICROSOFT. They believe that the Microsoft way is the ONLY way. They don't care to hear alternatives.  Your mileage varies depending on who you report to: If you're reporting to someone solid, you can have a great experience and be positive that Microsoft is a FANTASTIC place, be promoted every 18 months, and think anyone who speaks negatively about Microsoft is nuts. If you're working for a poor manager, you'll encounter cronyism, politics, promotions that have no correlation to merit, and difficulty figuring out where your future at the company is, if any.  Be prepared to be assigned to projects that don't make a lot of sense, but are pets to high-ranking execs.","You've completely lost employee incentive. Stock awards don't cut it, and a massive company whose stock doesn't appreciably move don't cut it either. Spin off companies with a venture fund. You won't get great people or great efforts from sad incentives.",2.0,3.5,none,1.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61759,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 13, 2008",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,There is only one Microsoft.,Great company with excellent opportunities and personal growth potential.,Maintaining a healthy work/life balance,Trust your people.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1220.htm
61760,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Director of Development,Great place for personal growth and worldwide impact. Have to learn to navigate the corporate environment.,"You will work with a number of smart people, giving you the opportunity to be constantly learning. There are a large variety of teams with a vast array of problems to solve and the capability to move between groups means you can always find a new challenge. The impact you can have with the products you work on is huge.",The large corporate bureaucracy can sometimes get in the way of progress.,Consider tightening up the organization and focus efforts on key initiatives.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61761,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Happy Camper,"Microsoft values intelligence and initiative. If you have a good idea and are willing to work to make it happen, you can. I have worked at Microsoft for nearly 13 years and, while the ""good old days"" had some great things (more money, fewer layers of management) the company has gradually improved in most ways. People are more respectful of each other. The company is more diverse. There is a greater variety of jobs and opportunities to pursue. As a post-adolescent company, Microsoft increasingly values work/life balance. You are expected to work hard but don't need to kill yourself unless you really want to. The other thing that I think is cool about Microsoft is that the company generally doesn't give up. 15 years ago, Microsoft was a PC software company. Then management decided that Microsoft needed to be an enterprise software company too. Nobody gave Microsoft much of chance to be a serious enterprise software company. Today, most big companies use Microsoft software. Similarly, today most don't give Microsoft much of chance of being a successful ""internet"" company (vague definition, I know). But Microsoft will keep at it and will eventually succeed. No, we won't ""kill"" Google. That's not the point. But Microsoft and its employees are tenacious and that's a great quality for a company and its employees.",The increased size obviously has downsides. I'm sure there are great ideas that die on the vine because the peron or group that developed the idea didn't have the ability to make it happen. That's unfortunate and could be improved with better management practices. Microsoft also can feel a bit impersonal. That's also partly a result of size and scale. But I think it's also partly due to a loss of some of the original zeal that employees had - the feeling that we were working to change the world. With more people you naturally get more dim bulbs and that has a negative result on the whole.,"Pay more. Seriously, pay more. I know Microsoft is a publically traded company so management needs to be responsible. But I think they'd be amazed at the extra effort and dedication they'd get if Microsoft went from being a good paying employer to a great paying employer. As a relative old-timer my total compensation including stock has declined overall because stock options have disappeared (and the stock price has sucked for a long time). While most reasonable people shouldn't expect to become instant millionaires in a more mature company like Microsoft, even a marginal increase in base pay or bonuses for most employees would go a long way.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61762,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,Terse but insightful review made public,Good environment to work in. Nice facilities and good associates. We have an excellent team of professionals. they are almost all willing to go the extra mile to succede.,"Hubris -think we are the best. A little more humility would go a long way. Additionally, whiule we are trying to imp-rove the security of outr products, we always seem to be a step behind. We need an innovative approach. Acquiring small firms is perhaps not the total answer. We need a new philosophical direction.",Think like a start up again. Make believe you are twnty years old and working in a garage.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61763,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Consultant,It's a great place to work.,"The benefits are second to none, the atmosphere is laid back and focused on results more than brownnosing and politcs, to an extent. You can advance pretty far being techincal, without having to sell your soul and get a lobotomy to join middle management.","The stock has stagnated for 10 years. Lots of employee whining. Senior management seems to be in a Microsoft ""Bubble"" and have no idea what is going on in the industry. Many people focus on playing internal games and coming up with new policies and procedures that arrive to a great deal of fanfare, get lots of attention for 2 or 3 months, and then fade back into the ooze, only to be replaced six months later with something new.","1) As far as PSS goes, India support is a disaster. 2) Layering policies and procedures on top of policies and procedures makes people stop paying attention to them fairly quickly. 3) Coming up with new info-path forms to fill out isnt Leadership.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61764,microsoft,"Boston, MA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,"Microsoft remains a great place to work, but is getting too big for its own good.","Great Benefits, job security, contunually evolving and entering new and intersting markets and reaching increasing levels of maturtity and sophistication in our products.",We are getting too large and bloated - bureaucracy is creeping in at every level.,"Focus on balancing near term shareholder value with long term prospects. The stiock has been too flat for too long - work with Wall Street to make adjustments and investments that increase our return. More effectively market the products we have - our marketing is utterly abysmal and has been for a long time - we are getting killed in the field of public opnion around products like Vista and we simply fail to make our case. Continue to knock down the preception that we don't work well with others by continuing to pursue standards, integration, cooperation and openess and through settling our legal issues- that has gone very well.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61765,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great place to work on projects with smart people on innovative technology at global scale.,"The company is involved in a very broad array of products and services, so there are plenty of opportunities to work on big projects as well as small, new ones. The people are incredibly SMART! and they move fast, so the pace is fast. The business also touches some very interesting and innovative external audiences -- large IT departments, small businesses, resellers/VARs, startup companies, etc. Also, the company works on some surprizingly innovative technologies - lots of opportunity to be involved with exciting new things. And it has the staying power and attitude to make something right over time-- it's exciting to see your product get better and better until it really succeeds.","The culture is focused on the individual. Commitments/MBOs are built around individual contributions, not team, collaboration, or your ability as a manager. It's a very competitive culture. There is little incentive to support others except for superficially. Align, engage, acrue. The culture is very distinctive- you either fit or you do not. Focus on smart, fast execution, efficiency. Not a thoughtful place to work. Emphasis is on getting work done to demonstrate the value of your team or manager. Must complete the work within the FY planning process. So therefore, it often does not matter if the right work is being done. Each year, everyone gets new objetives -- want to own a new program that can demonstrate results. As with many big companies, working on a sustain project is not highly vauled, creates less visibilty and exposure to management. As with any big company, it's political and people focus on advancing their careers as first priority, doing what is right for the company as 2nd priority.",Make sure you are in tune with and in frequent touch with the world outside of Microsoft.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61766,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"A great place to work, if you can self direct","Benefits! Health insurance alone is a great benefit, and I love the other perks like the gym, group legal, towels in the locker rooms, and free soft drinks. If you have a good manager that respects time off, I've found the vacation policy to be fairly generous. I even used short term leave when needed, without any negative repercussions.  People are dedicated, smart, and driven. They are often times trying to do the right thing both for the business and the customer.","Expectations of working long hours, arrogant management/people, lack of part time work available. There seems to be less latitude to move around - managers are looking for ""discipline experts"" vs smart people who can pick things up quickly and run with a project.  If you live in Seattle and have to commute to Redmond.... Horrible commute unless you can figure out a schedule that lets you go in early, leave late, or leverage public transportation to it's utmost advantages.","Listen to the front line employees, don't change course every 5 minutes, work on putting the customer first, make changing the perception of the company a top priority in all groups.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61767,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Security Guard,Microsoft is ruling the world,"Compensation, career opportunity, location. If you like working in places where you can see the sunshine and green grass, then Microsoft Redmond is the place to be.","Company is way too big. I mean really really big. I mean there are two people at that company with my name, and I'm not Joe Blopw.",Keep doing the good work.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61768,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Microsoft is 'blah', not bad, but not great.","Some cool products, such as Microsoft Surface, that can make a long term impact on computing. Also, the fact is the products we work on are still used by millions of people. In addition, flexible work hours, so you rarely have someone checking the clock, and good perks in addition to the salary.","Hard to get recognized, mostly because there's so many other people in the same situation as you. That in turn makes it hard to move up quickly, so gone are the days where you become instantly rich. And since it's a large company, you often run into politics at the workplace, meaning some decisions make no sense whatsoever.","Listen to employees, start being more fair (why is senior management the only one that gets compensated based on performance of the company?), and keep politics to a minimum.",3.0,4.5,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61769,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,"MS is a good option, but not the only one...",Free drinks and benefits are of course the easy tangible things to like about being at MS. The organization is also just so huge that there are lots of opportunities for level advancement and rotations elsewhere in the company (especially for devs),The flipside of the coin of working for such a huge employer is the bureaucracy and jump through the hope policies that are never quite defined.,"Employee recognition is extremely important, sometimes more so than the compensation package. I can work anywhere- I like working at MS because the products impact such a huge base- but I like feeling recognized and important for my 12-14 hour days.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1221.htm
61770,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great place to work on projects with smart people on innovative technology at global scale.,"The company is involved in a very broad array of products and services, so there are plenty of opportunities to work on big projects as well as small, new ones. The people are incredibly SMART! and they move fast, so the pace is fast. The business also touches some very interesting and innovative external audiences -- large IT departments, small businesses, resellers/VARs, startup companies, etc. Also, the company works on some surprizingly innovative technologies - lots of opportunity to be involved with exciting new things. And it has the staying power and attitude to make something right over time-- it's exciting to see your product get better and better until it really succeeds.","The culture is focused on the individual. Commitments/MBOs are built around individual contributions, not team, collaboration, or your ability as a manager. It's a very competitive culture. There is little incentive to support others except for superficially. Align, engage, acrue. The culture is very distinctive- you either fit or you do not. Focus on smart, fast execution, efficiency. Not a thoughtful place to work. Emphasis is on getting work done to demonstrate the value of your team or manager. Must complete the work within the FY planning process. So therefore, it often does not matter if the right work is being done. Each year, everyone gets new objetives -- want to own a new program that can demonstrate results. As with many big companies, working on a sustain project is not highly vauled, creates less visibilty and exposure to management. As with any big company, it's political and people focus on advancing their careers as first priority, doing what is right for the company as 2nd priority.",Make sure you are in tune with and in frequent touch with the world outside of Microsoft.,3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61771,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"A great place to work, if you can self direct","Benefits! Health insurance alone is a great benefit, and I love the other perks like the gym, group legal, towels in the locker rooms, and free soft drinks. If you have a good manager that respects time off, I've found the vacation policy to be fairly generous. I even used short term leave when needed, without any negative repercussions.  People are dedicated, smart, and driven. They are often times trying to do the right thing both for the business and the customer.","Expectations of working long hours, arrogant management/people, lack of part time work available. There seems to be less latitude to move around - managers are looking for ""discipline experts"" vs smart people who can pick things up quickly and run with a project.  If you live in Seattle and have to commute to Redmond.... Horrible commute unless you can figure out a schedule that lets you go in early, leave late, or leverage public transportation to it's utmost advantages.","Listen to the front line employees, don't change course every 5 minutes, work on putting the customer first, make changing the perception of the company a top priority in all groups.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61772,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Security Guard,Microsoft is ruling the world,"Compensation, career opportunity, location. If you like working in places where you can see the sunshine and green grass, then Microsoft Redmond is the place to be.","Company is way too big. I mean really really big. I mean there are two people at that company with my name, and I'm not Joe Blopw.",Keep doing the good work.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61773,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Microsoft is 'blah', not bad, but not great.","Some cool products, such as Microsoft Surface, that can make a long term impact on computing. Also, the fact is the products we work on are still used by millions of people. In addition, flexible work hours, so you rarely have someone checking the clock, and good perks in addition to the salary.","Hard to get recognized, mostly because there's so many other people in the same situation as you. That in turn makes it hard to move up quickly, so gone are the days where you become instantly rich. And since it's a large company, you often run into politics at the workplace, meaning some decisions make no sense whatsoever.","Listen to employees, start being more fair (why is senior management the only one that gets compensated based on performance of the company?), and keep politics to a minimum.",3.0,4.5,none,2.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61774,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,"MS is a good option, but not the only one...",Free drinks and benefits are of course the easy tangible things to like about being at MS. The organization is also just so huge that there are lots of opportunities for level advancement and rotations elsewhere in the company (especially for devs),The flipside of the coin of working for such a huge employer is the bureaucracy and jump through the hope policies that are never quite defined.,"Employee recognition is extremely important, sometimes more so than the compensation package. I can work anywhere- I like working at MS because the products impact such a huge base- but I like feeling recognized and important for my 12-14 hour days.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61775,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Still the Big Dog,Ultra smart people (when you can find them). Chance to work for a market leader who has the opportunity (though rarely does) set the direction of an entire industry.,"Traffic is terrible. Far too much getting people bought into a solution when it'd probably be less costly to launch something small, fail and move on.",It's ok not to have things completely aligned with each other. That's the nature of technology. Too much alignment is a huge tax and prevents some really smart and passionate people from doing great things.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61776,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Individual Contributor,Love it here... for the most part,great pay and bennies and plenty of challenges every day,middle managment bloat... bi-polar nature of many of our businesses,cut out 30% of the bloat in mid managment,4.0,2.5,none,4.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61777,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,Safe Bet,"Being on the cusp of technology advancement and work on some of the most used software in the world. It is also nice to be surrounded by mostly super intellingent people that get things done. Benefits are top notch, though salary growth is slow.","too many people, things take too long to complete. I honestly believe Msft would benefit from trimming down. I would rather work on a team where we are 'understaffed' than having to fight for 'sexy' projects and for visibility. Individuals are rewarded and not teams and this creates a problem where people care more about their visibility than the good of the team.","listen to the 'new generation' more. too often you are set in your 'old way of ""This is how we have done it in the past and it worked mantra...""",3.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61778,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Great place to work.,Huge company with lots of oprotunities for growth. What other software company has the breadth of problems to solve.,Shipping complex software with as much out of the box as Microsoft does means long ship cycles for the bulk of the company. It can be a bit dull working on the same project for 3+ years.,Better marketing of the company.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61779,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager II,It could be way better,There are teams in Microsoft that provide the opportunity to do exciting work.,"It is a LARGE organization. 80,000 + employees now. So, it is hard to feel like you are making an impact.",Jeeze.,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1222.htm
61780,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,It is still a good place to be,"One billion of users, thousands of features, and hundreds of products. If you are smart and have elbows, you can fulfill most ambitious aspirations. Maybe you will not make difference to the universe, but you will be able to contribute to many decisions that shape industry - as part of your day-to-day work. Great benefits - anything from great medical insurance to free bus pass to posh fitness center etc. Most of all -- you are surrounded with a lot of really smart people. So if you are just out of college, Microsoft is the place to grow professionally - very quickly. If you are from industry and have something to bring to the table - you will be appreciated and respected (as long as you can control your ego).","Microsoft is a very big company. And it has been around for some time. So in some ways it becomes... a bit dilbertesque. For a dozen of really good working bees, there would be one smart guy who only knows how to manage his own career. Most probably it is a ""middle manager"", because new hires get filtered out quite effectively. So how those career-focused people survive? - They create ""processes"" and ""initiatives"", and then you are the one to fight back. So it really matters if your boss stays technical -- as long as he remembers how to write code (and he must know it in the fist place!), you won't feel dilbert.",I do not think I qualify to give any advices here - I did not built a multi-billion empire to play your advisor. And I haven't won any marketing battle.,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61781,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Lead Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"Despite complains, we're actually very well paid. Developers are respected as the leaders and drivers of the company, which isn't true in most places. If you get bored in what you're working on, the company has many different technologies to work from and it is relatively easy to switch jobs after a year. Great job stability. If you are talented then you never have to worry about finding work. Work/Life balance is great (though this isn't true for every team).","There are two major downsides. First, our bonuses are small compared to other companies so our total compensation is often lower. We more than make up for it in stock awards but those take 5 years to pay out. And second, we are located in Redmond, WA. WA is an absolutely dismal place for about 90% of the year and it takes some serious getting used to.",Buy more offices in Bellevue and the valley if at all possible.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61782,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,"Steve is a great salesman, but not a terrific strategist or visionary.","Great opportunity to learn how to run for political office, the skills you gain from the networking and navigating will be beneficial when you look for another job either internally or externally. Microsoft doesn't have great pay, but they do offer good benefits.","Work/Life balance is poor. Microsoft overall is not operating in business reality, they spend money unnecessarily and are not disciplined with priorities of development projects.","Start from the top and clean house, it's time for some new blood with a little more diversity. How about some women or other minorities in the SVP or President levels?",3.0,1.5,none,3.5,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61783,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to start a career,"For people just starting their careers Microsoft is an amazing place to gain experience. You will be involved with decision making and building products with huge reach. The workplace is a highly energetic one, where everyone is focused on one thing primarily, how to ship great software and products. You will learn as much about the business of software as you will about actually building it. To thrive in this environment you really need to be passionate about your work and the products you'll help build. You will be working with some of the highest caliber people in the industry and expect to be challenged when just starting out like you have never been challenged. You will start with little responsibility and will need to prove yourself to take on bigger pieces. In my opinion, the people you will collaborate with and learn from is one of the most valuable things you will gain by working at Microsoft.","The environment is filled with an unnatural distribution of highly intelligent and passionate people and is very charged. It's not uncommon to hear full on yelling when there are disagreements. In fact this is almost part of the Microsoft culture. This certainly varies from team to team, the older more established teams following this pattern more closely. This can take a little getting used to depending on where you're coming from. Every team has it's own culture for how they reward their employees and how they're centered. Dev centered organizations place the most value around the output of developers writting the product code. Other orgs are more equally balanced between value placed on dev, test and PM.",Improve the training for people managers. So many people across the company I've talked to are really frustrated with their managers not really helping them to grow in any way.,3.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61784,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Too big,"Good company, fortune 500 company.",Too big. Stock prices dead in the water,None,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61785,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Microsoft is *safe* yet interesting place to work. If you think you got the next big thing, don't show up here","If you like software, Microsoft is the only company that can offer every possibilities imaginable to work in.",Breaking the mold and forcing change and innovation is very difficult. Microsoft carries a lot of bagage and history with every product that makes this company an imitator more than an innovator,"Microsoft grew because a bunch of 18 years old with a lot of wit and experience created breakthrough technology. Today, the same vision are being made by older folk who are disconnected with today's technlogy. Microsoft almost lost the web, then it completly lost search. It is only a matter of time until they loose the next thing unless they change their culture a bit and embrace long term risks again.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61786,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Code jockey,"Get your own office, Good pay, get treated well.","Beauracracy, siloed management and lack of a roadmap.",Layoff half the company.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61787,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," May 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Work on improving the perception of Microsoft.,"Microsoft is a large company that offers a huge diversity of opportunities and experiences. You can work on traditional client applications, vertical businesses like TV and Mobile, as well as Web Services that scale bigger than or as big as anything in the market.  Microsoft is generous about allowing you to learn, and fail in the process of developing your skills. It has a multitude of brilliant people that act as mentors and coaches throughout your career. There are also the traditional good reasons to work at Microsoft. Excellent pay, benefits, facilities, worldwide audience, food, transportation etc etc.  Microsoft is like a university in terms of opportunities and learning. You will get out of Microsoft what you put in.","Microsoft is a large company, and generally the downsides are very similar. With such a large audience it's often difficult to do things quickly. I view this as more of a challenge than a downside since there is plenty of opportunity to have a large impact, you just need to know how to make things happen.","Fix Branding, better advertising, and improve public perception.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61788,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Lots of perks but also lots of negatives,"Benefits, Benefits, Benefits Seattle is an awesome place Good starting pay Awesome team Ability to work with new technologies Pride to have a meaningful impact in common day products",Politics Incompetent managers Stagnant stock price Low amount of Bonus,Stop stagnating the company Get on your ass and make meaningful changes,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61789,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,stable sea,"company is stable, work has variety.","too much red tape, too big.","play to strengths, not weaknesses.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1223.htm
61790,microsoft,"Durham, NC"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Architect,A good place to work,The people you get to work with make it one of the best companies in the world,Large companies can be challenging or even frustrating places at times. It takes a while to get the ship to change course and this requires patience on the part of employees.,Know your customer. There has been a lot of criticism in the past of MSFT missing it when it comes to delivering products that people really want. The uptake of Vista is one example among many.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61791,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to work if your twenty-something and single with no life,Being on the inside of one of the most successful software companies ever.,"As an american engineer with 20 years experience, and a familiy with 3 kids, I simply could not compete with all the young talent imported from other countries, making half my salary and working 80hrs a week. At my level, I was expected to put in more hours, and consistently got bad reviews NOT because of anything I did, but by comparison to my peers. Unsustainable.","Scale down. Longhorn (Vista) was a disaster because of too many cooks in the kitchen. Microsoft eventually gets it right by version 3, so don't try to shoot for the moon on version 1 of anything.",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61792,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 5, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Straight from the Gut of an ex-PM,"Started my own company, cause I didn't see myself being able to contribute as a higher level",Couldn't see myself going into management and up. No support or training programs available to grow managers. They hire from the outside for upper managers. Quite frustrating.,"Grow your own people. Care for your customers. Pay attention to the industry and technology standards. Dont act like god, cause you are not. what worked in the 90s wont work now",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61793,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Not a bad place,We are always looking ahead,Stress over taking long vacations,It's ok to not know everything,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61794,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 15, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Consider suing Apple for their mendacious ad campaign.,"Microsoft doesn't just build great tools, it builds entire platforms. No other company can do this anywhere near the degree that MS can. It's great knowing not just that I have the best tools in the industry, but that I'm part of a company that can do what no other can re. making computers useful for people.","Politics: people aren't looking to do the best job or learn the best practices, they're trying to look good for stack-ranking time at the end of the fiscal year. If you're an anglo-american male working for Microsoft, get used to being a persecuted minority (see ""advice to senior management"")","Racism within Microsoft sucks, and so does sex discrimination. Racism: yes, I can see the business need for ""diversity' even if management usually can't see beyond the color of someone's skin, but making any preference for URM (under-represented minorities, whoever they are at the moment) is racism. Stop it now, or Microsoft might face a very expensive lawsuit. Ditto sexism: management commitments for the fiscal year are very explicit about preferential treatment for women. I don't know from the inside, but Google, Apple, Yahoo etc. probably open opportunities to people according to their ability to deliver for the corporation. Their websites suggest that they are more egalitarian than Microsoft in this respect. I suggest that Microsoft treat people equally, or again, it could be very expensive for the corporation.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61795,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Career Development in Microsoft,"Career development is great. Microsoft has a clear measurement tool for employee to know how well he/she is doing, what is needed to be completed to get next promotion. If you are not satisfied with what you are currently doing, you can easily switch to different project in different group internally. You can also switch your role as well such as from a software developer to be a program manager. You can also choose what to focus for your career - as a manager and walk onto the management path, or be an individual contributor and grow yourself as an expect. You do still need to complete with other to get a promotion because of limited budget, but the opportunity of getting promotion is always there. Health benefit is also another great reason to work for Microsoft if you have family.","Though the benefit comes with Microsoft is great ( lots of discount with buying stuff because of the partnership ), but there's no great cafe in Microsoft campus, nor any three free buffet meal as in other companies. You also need to have a high EQ, because no matter how good your team has achieved in the product, there will be always some persons in some newsgroups or websites whining and bashing what you did and what you provided to them. They never appreciate anything you have done. Next thing is the stock does not grow crazily as other competitors. It is more stable.","Marketing is not doing a good enough job. Microsoft has so many products, free and not free, but not everything got into the attention of everyone. LIke Microsoft Expression Studio, not much of my friends aware that we have such a great product. Zune advertisement and store management is not doing well either. A lot of vendor stores' employees are not objective enough to promote or compare Microsoft products with other companies' products. Microsoft can do much better!",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61796,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 10, 2008",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Good but could be better,"Benefits are not doubt the best reason to work at Microsoft. They are beyond any of the many companies that I have worked for or consulted for. The company's management aspires to do great things. There is no doubt a fighting spirit at this company. You can work your entire career at Microsoft and have 10 different jobs in 10 different business lines. There really is something for everyone. You can go from consumer to business. You can work in marketing, business, project management, product management if you can prove your ability to do so.  If you become one of the few execs in the company you can make alot of money.","The commute in Redmond is horrifying. And parking at Microsoft is a nightmare. And it is mostly caused by really bad planning by both the city, county and Microsoft executives.  Microsoft has created a culture where people are rewarded more for shooting down ideas than actually finding solutions. There is also more reward for people just thinking of cool stuff and not alot of reward for quality execution of an idea.  Executives ask for feedback but they don't really listen to it. In fact it is pretty clear that none of them want it.  There is a tendency for the company to hire lots of smart people but only so many people can move up the ladder. As a result you have alot of people fighting for the same jobs with almost the same qualifications.  It rains alot in Seattle. Don't believe anything anyone else tells you.","There is a severe lack of leadership in the company. With so many things going on it takes executives too long to commit to business decisions and too long to pick up on competitive responses to disruptive technologies. Microsoft promotes based on 2 facets - technical knowledge and political saavy. What Microsoft does not promote based on is leadership ability, managerial ability or business saavy.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61797,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,New employee,"Technology, perks, peers, and focus","Lack of respect, too much process",Pick a strategy and go,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61798,microsoft,"Sammamish, WA"," May 20, 2008",Current Employee - Group Manager,Satisfied at MSFT,"Smart people, great benefits - work on interesting software.",Dogfooding beta software can be painful.,Improve our understanding of the consumer market and improve our software for this category of users (ie don't just focus on business software sales...),5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61799,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 11, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft Rocks,"Benefits, Career Growth, People, Work.","Too huge, bureaucratic, moves slowly",Be more aggressive.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1224.htm
61800,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 6, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,A great and challenging experience.,"It is a challenging place, we are the leaders in so many different markets, but yet we try to innovate. It is fun and MIcrosoft tries to give you all the tools necessary to complete and live your passion. Working with smart people is incredibly challenging and rewarding too. I wake up in the morning and I don't dread my day (on most cases). In addition, the the benefits are incredible, small perks that make you feel like you can concentrate on your work. The best thing about Microsoft, however, is that you can really try to live your dreams. The opportunity to move around, change position, try something else is to me priceless.","There are mainly three things. One is the location. Microsoft is Redmond, there is really no other place like it. You can work in the subs but less interesting jobs really force you to move to headquarters. And Redmond is close to Seattle, which is a great city, but the rainy city really lives up to its name. hte second is the corp culture, which I am sure it's great, but the incredible amoount of meetings, and the slow process of getting things done cam be frustrating at times. Third and last, is the tendency to have managers who are really into their career. I know that different people have different experience, but the desire to achieve commitments is the highest priority, while sometimes doing things differently is not as rewarded.","People are the first asset of the company. Althought this is talked about, it is often not translated in real action down the pipes. Second, I think that it would be nice to give a freer hand to marketers versus developers, and try to increaze the ""cool"" factor. Givind the company a more xBox/Zune feel.",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61801,microsoft,"Kansas City, MO"," Jun 25, 2008",Former Employee - Account Manager,Maybe some profit sharing?,"Yeah i think this company is pretty cool. But I also think hot dogs are cool too. However, Microsoft is a huge company and its cool to tell girls at bars that you work there. They think that you are made of millions!","I worked with a bunch of nerds and there were no attractive people in sight. They should also have some sort of incentivized pay structure, like base plus commission upon review of quality of work done. I also think that CEO's salaries should be based on performance as well. Give us some sort of profit sharing man!",I think that profit sharing should be an option,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61802,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2008",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Be aware of the time commitment working at Microsoft requires and negotiate your salary effectively,"Amazing company, access to fantastic software and insight into cool new things. For the most part, everyone is incredibly smart and good to work with","As a salaried employee, there is a tendency to work in excess of 60 hours per week. There is also a tendency to ""lose"" accrued vacation due to lack of opportunity to take time off.",Hire enough people to service a specific requirement under normal conditions (i.e. use shift work or split shifts if a single project requires both day and evening management.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61803,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 20, 2008",Current Employee - Business Development Director,Hand the keys over to the kids....,Build a wide variety of skills Pays the bill,"Inept Management Nepitism amongst senior leaders The talent pool has been massively diluted over the years Decision makers are often completely ignorant of the market, especially in the web space","Hand the keys over to the kids....  I joined the company in 96. It was the most dynamic, exciting place in the industry. People Cared. they cared about the stock, about wastage, inefficiency, creating world class software, the stock price the travel budgets, they cared about a lot of things.  Today, nobody cares. It's a day job. They check in, they check out. No cars in the car park in the evenings and weekends. No buzz in the corridors as we anticiapte a new major ship. No accountability. No rhyme or reason on promotions. It's the end of the empire and I'm on my way out.",1.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61804,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 2, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Approach with caution,"Excellent place to learn, almost anything is possible if you have the right social and technical skills. Great place to get experience and learn new things. Any idea can be developed into a usable product regardless of who you are. Great medical benefits and on campus services for working parents. Great open door policy. Great flex work- as long as you do the time. Great benefits. High expectations of results are equal for everyone. Nearly no red tape to get your work done, endless resources and access to information. Mostly very excellent people to work with, great open work environment.","Highly competitive, high stress, crushing politics, low incidence of women and minorities, gender and minority wage gap a problem. Recognition for results lacking. Who you know can get you farther than results.",Pay attention to your middle management. They are struggling and the main reason for loss of working talent. The fewer minorities you have in your team the farther away from your customers you will be.,3.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61805,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Jun 17, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Operations Engineer,Find a more rewarding job else where if you can,"If you don’t mind to work at a place with bureaucracy, average paying, above average benefits, mind numbing task, very political manager, then this is the place for you.","At msft you can be easily pigeonhole to a single element of a particular task. All the managers are constantly position themselves to be on top of others. Most don’t care about the people doing the real engineering work. From the stock price for the last 8 years, people can see what Wall Street is thinking about msft.","I couldn’t understand why we (msft) need 3 to 5 managers to manage a project. You can hire 5 to 9 engineers with the salary you are paying for all the Project managers, product managers, program managers, and managers. Another problem here is why every 5 to 8 people need a manger to manage them. If you don’t trust the engineers you hired, why do you even hire them? Bottom line less mangers, less PM, less number of levels from engineer doing real work to CEO and more engineers.",1.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61806,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 17, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Future 'Softies Beware!,"Great brand name. A big place to work, so there are always lots of different opportunities and groups you can work for. Nice lifestyle in Seattle. It's a 9-to-5 kind of engagement so the work/life balance is great.","The culture and the people. There are a LOT of a**holes working there. Management just doesn't care about people, they just care about their own careers. No one wants to deliver ""bad news"", so real problems never get fixed. There's a ton of politics and in-fighting. Hard to get anything done.  And, oh, yeah, the company just doesn't ""get"" this little thing called internet.",Take your stock options and your millions and go somewhere else. You're just blocking people who want to do a good job and care for the company.,1.0,5.0,none,3.0,2.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61807,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 30, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Operations Engineer,Management listen up...,"It's Microsoft!!! There is nothing like working for such a HUGE company, there are so many more opportunities to find your dream job, there are so many more opportunities to learn new things, be a part of new technology development, travel and be successfull.","The biggest downfall, is the flip side to one of the positives. It's a HUGE company, and it's very easy to get lost in the masses. Other downsides are, that with a company this size, it's easy for bad employees to stay employed because it's easier for them to fly under the radar, people tend to be moved on, rather than gotten rid of.",There are too many layers of management.,4.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61808,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 16, 2008",Current Employee - Documentation Manager,"Microsoft, a big company with lots of opportunities.","Microsoft is on the leading edge of technology. You can work there and learn about technologies that won't roll out for a couple years, so you are going to be ahead your skill compared to the rest of the industry. It's a large enough company to allow for specialization and has job functions that don't exist elsewhere, especially in product documentation. The people are smart, competent and sharp. There's lots of opportunities for career growth and role exploration once you are an employee. You can have a completely different job every 2 years if you want to and you work at it.",Microsoft is a big company and has all the problems associated with that. Recognition for your work can be difficult when you are a cog in a very big wheel. Specialization can also be a bummer if you like to wear a lot of different hats.,Senior management needs to stay in touch with what it is like to be an individual contributor at Microsoft.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61809,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work with the bext in the field creating world class applications,The opportunity to work with the bext in the field creating world class applications that have a huge impact.,Redmond is a long commute for some.,Get rid of Windows Live. Get rid of Windows Live. Get rid of Windows Live. Get rid of Windows Live. Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1225.htm
61810,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work with the bext in the field creating world class applications,The opportunity to work with the bext in the field creating world class applications that have a huge impact.,Redmond is a long commute for some.,Get rid of Windows Live. Get rid of Windows Live. Get rid of Windows Live. Get rid of Windows Live. Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.Get rid of Windows Live.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61811,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),The best place in the world for a software developer to work in,"There just is not other company like this in the world. You have the ability to do truly global, groundbreaking development work that will be deployed by thousands or millions of customers and make their daily life better or different. Also, the internal atmosphere in Microsoft Redmond is just incredible. You have the best of the best working with you, the atmosphere is relaxed, you do things and influence people based on what you know (not your title or who you know), information is shared liberally and you are part of an incredible team. However, there is no bitter fighting or competition amongst the peers, so I don't know what else to ask for. The environment is also very international and diverse, so you get to see how people around the world think. Very productive environment where you are pushed to do your very best and rewarded for it accordingly.","Opportunities for remote work are slim for SDEs and SDETs. Almost all of the product development happens in Redmond and if you can't live there, you're out of it (if you want to know why I no longer work at MS, this is the reason: I had to move out of the country for family reasons and did not find a way to continue my work with product teams and did not want to go back to the field). Also, you need to be a person that can manage your own time -- if you don't, you will get exhausted and be overworked. However, if you can manage that, you will be fine with 40-45 hour weeks in reasonable pressure. From what I have heard, teams can vary very much and (like in any large org) if you land under a poor manager, you are in trouble. Also, the MS field organization is a very different place and anything I say here does not apply for any of the subsidiaries (had some bad experience there)","Keep up the good work. There are issues both within the company and external to it, related to e.g. HR strategy, business strategy in general, etc, but for most part I haven't seen as good senior leadership in company this size and going through so many cycles (it is easy to think you have a dream team managing any small startup as long as things grow, but wait until the first problems come and most of those ""dreamteams"" are very bad. MS does not have that problem, the senior mgmt has been through a lot of cycles already).",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61812,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place for factory workers.,"Microsoft is a very successful company as a whole. It is very competitive. It has a good reputation for the quality of people it hires. It is very stable and financially healthy. It has competitiveness and ambition to do better in its DNA. If you like that environment, there is a culture of open (yet respectful) criticism. It is possible to voice one's opinion in meetings. Health benefits are great. If you stay around long enough, the pay is good.","The middle management is awful: a mixture of cowardice, self-interest, and incompetence. Microsoft is replete with self-serving types, all in heavily guarded fiefdoms. There is no accountability after shipping. Doing good work is hard, and getting rewarded for it is harder.",The middle management is awful.,2.0,4.5,none,1.5,2.5,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61813,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Jun 12, 2008",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Steve B.'s time has come and past.,The health plan is great,We're amoral and cheat our employees and customers. People in Redmond are some of the most arrogant people on the planet.,Blow up Redmond. Stop thinking we're smarter than we are. Talk to the outside world and listen to the responses.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61814,microsoft,"New York, NY"," May 29, 2008",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),great place to work with a lot of growin up to do,Great benefits and an amazing work environment,lower then average pay and same drawbacks as any large company,we need to better understand the business needs of our customers and give more power to the feald teams,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61815,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Microsoft is a very good place to work as long as you are OK with long hours.,The benefits at Microsoft are outstanding.,Long hours and overload of work.,Set attainable goals such that employees feel proud of what they have accomplished.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61816,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Great benefits, strong career growth opportunities, and a great location.","Long hours, and dealing with negative public perception",Need to launch a major PR campaign,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61817,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 12, 2008",Former Employee - Lead+ Program Manager,Post-BillG Microsoft is great employment - for HR and Lawyers,"Microsoft is the new government job with better pay, better benefits, nicer offices, free starbucks coffee, flexible hours and fewer hours overall ... as long as you don't actually want to build software that serves a purpose, or make it work for customers. If you really just don't care about software or customers, this is the software company for you.  Microsoft today is an exercise in political correctness run amok, with leaders desperate for approval and well-sold (note I did not say GOOD) ideas and happy to throw money at them. If you understand that kind of environment and want to either run at the new-style Brass Ring or simply surf along the edges - this is the company for you. Go for it. If you can sell it, Ballmer will buy it. (If you need a primer, buy a copy of ""Big Blues, the unmaking of IBM"".)  Now, if you are a marketer and believe that actually building product is ""someone else's problem"" then this is absolutely the right place for you. Because Mr. Ballmer and all of his directs - believe the same thing. (unfortunately all the ""someone else's"" left with Bill). It's also a fantastic place for HR and PR, with it's high turnover and need to pretend to be an upscale software company and a great place for technical people to work, and nirvana for corporate lawyers. Check out the close links between Microsoft and Odell Guyton - the lawyer trying hardest to make ""ethics"" mean ""legal compliance"". (ie, if you're not actually breaking a law - right now, exactly - it must be ethical, right?)  To recap, MS is a great place for anyone in the business of PRETENDING to build software. Sad but true.","What? You actually have to build the things you advertise and make them work?  If you're a technologist and can't get hired directly into a research group - you really don't want to work for Microsoft today. Microsoft has suffered horribly since Ballmer took over. He's a marketer. He was always the guy who'd come stomping down the hallway going ""I WANT WHAT I WANT"". We'd explain that the products couldn't actually do that and the reaction would be along the lines of ""AND WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?"" If it was important, we'd take the technical facts to Bill, and Bill would intervene and shut him down. It was a decent balance of power. Ballmer's drive to do the impossible would get Bill to do things he wasn't inclined to do, but only if they were POSSIBLE. Yes, there was a time when I loved Microsoft and worked with great enthusiasm in that niche of the ""not technically impossible"". I did a lot of risky things knowing that I could always count on Bill to rein things in when I could prove they weren't technically possible, or so difficult they simply weren't practical.  But Bill is gone now. Since taking over, Ballmer has promoted other similarly-minded marketers around him, so now he's completely cocooned in layers of marketing fluff with absolutely no basis in reality. He doesn't know the difference between an actual product and a picture of a product. And just to improve the whole customer-focus and employee-focus thing - he's imported old IBM (Kevin Johson) and legacy Wal-Mart (Kevin Turner).  The company used to be better and simpler. Everything asking for millions of $$ went in front of Bill, who would look skeptically at everything at a technical level and go ""um, I don't understand how this actually gets built at all, never mind on time or on budget. SHOW ME. CONVINCE ME."" People dreaded Bill's reviews but he weeded out the crap and he fired the liers. Ballmer's a marketer. He believes the crap and promotes the liers.  After 8 years of Ballmer, you get Vista, Office 7, and Yukon (SQL2005) ... a suite of products that took 5-6 YEARS to release and on seeing them, users are waiting for the next releases on the feeble hope that they'll be better.  If you recognize this environment and you know how to manipulate it - you'll be in your element. But if you wanted to build software or do something positive, look elsewhere.","Bring back the harsh technology reviews (and the people who could do them). Let the managers and marketers lie. Then take every $$ they put on their slides and put it through review, and just fire the people who clearly didn't even try. You can start with the people who didn't even hire staff for projects they never intended to even start. Yes, it's that bad.",1.0,5.0,none,1.0,4.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61818,microsoft,"Washington, DC"," Jun 11, 2008",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Microsoft-The cure for what sales you,"Benefits, probably the best in the industry","Not at all a sales environment. The opportunity to really sell does not exist, as the comp plans, managemnet, and company orientation are all mired in the mid-80's 80's belief that the stock price will grow and split over and over.  The stock hasn't split in 8 years, and like many technology firms, has sat at roughly 1/3 of it's bubble peak. But unlike other companies, Microsoft believes that they do not have to face this reality. Accordingly, it hires, retains and promotes a sales culture that doesn't sell, but visits. There is no relationship between activity and closing business in the competitive server space, and worse, if you try to sell into that space, you are vilified by the ""resting and vesting"" culture.",Wake up! With your dominant position in desktop you could dominate server software if you would get rid of slaes managers who can't sell and only play politics.,1.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61819,microsoft,"San Diego, CA"," May 22, 2008",Current Employee - Recruiter,Strong work!,"Microsoft is a place where you are surrounded by smart people, and you get to be a part of developing products that will make the world a better place. I feel very proud to be part of a company the is striving to the best.","Hmmm. . . . it can be kind of hard to navigate in such a large company, so getting to know people outside of your group is key. This will also help you figure out how to get things done, so building relationships and networking within Microsoft is important.","I'd like to see more people given the opportunity to telecommute. We make all kinds of products to make that work for us, but senior leadership still wants everyone at headquarters.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1226.htm
61820,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2008",Current Employee - Human Resource Business Partner,Unlimited opportunities and endless challenge.,"Incredible challenging work and the opportunity to have multiple careers over a long tenure at the company. People in all disciplines are incredibly strong and often the best in the business which means you are surrounded by minds that can constantly challenge and push you to your fullest potential. Not only is feedback appreciated, it is expected and leadership across the company is very thoughtful about how they respond and react to employees when providing suggestions for improving our business. Ultimately, you can have multiple careers and really follow your passion to find projects and work that constatly excited and challenge you - regardless of the role you are seeking.","It is a very fast moving environment so it can be a challegne to manage work life balance if you are not assertive. The company moves at the speed of the Internet and often times there is less infrastructure that most people from other large companies might expect. The good news is that means very little adminstrative bureaucracy, but can also mean there is more ambiguity than is comfortable for a lot of people. You have to be driven and constantly willing to learn, grow and take feedback. This can also mean that sometimes we recreate the wheel or don't take advantage of the experiences others have had.",Our management is strong. My only thought is that we tend to think technical excellence is an indicator of managerial excellence when often times the two don't go hand in hand or hit the pavement at the same time. We need to make sure we reward strong managment and strong technical leadership and provide opportunities for people who are strong in both. Sometimes the most successul technical individual contributor is not the best pick for an open manager role. Sometimes the best pick is the person who wants the role and has a focus on managment excellence versus technical excellence.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61821,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,A happy Microsoftie,"The people. I have interviewed at more than 10 top tech companies and the openness and level of collaboration within Microsoft are second to none. The par is set pretty high for hiring and it shows. I have met and worked with some of the smartest and most talented people that I have ever experienced working at Microsoft. In addition to great peers, I have found that people in senior roles are always happy and willing to share with you their experiences and give advice when you ask, thus creating a very open and ""warm"" work environment. These things, in my opinion, create for a truly world-class work environment.","Microsoft is a huge company. Getting things changed is feels like it is nearly impossible. In addition, sometimes just finding the proper resource is difficult simply because of how large the company is. I often feel like Microsoft doesn't value or recognize talent as much as it used to and that seniority is the key to success within the company. This does not sit well with me since it seems like the key to job growth within the company is stamina and endurance rather than truly brilliant work. I was really hoping for more of a meritocracy within the company.",Look for talent within the company and look to some of the younger employees for that talent. I know a lot of younger employees who have left Microsoft simply because they didn't feel as though they were appreciated and on their way to bigger and better things.,5.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61822,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 8, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Microsoft is a great company to work for!,"Smart people, interesting work, impact and reach, ability to change careers but stay with the company, great benefits, great product, fun projects, accountability, awesome colleagues (not just smart but good people), opportunities to travel or relocate if that's important to you, flexible work practices, the ability to actually impact the lives of millions of people","lots of hours, sometimes lots of ambiguity, extremely matrixed environment so you have to be very adept at navigating and working cross-group, you're impacting millions of people so if you make a mistake it reverberates, the stock market doesn't value the company as well as it should, so your stock doesn't reflect what a great company it is, people love to Microsoft-bash - you'll need to grow a thick skin",Keep investing in improving the overall quality of our people managers Get better at having a real dialogue with customers and engaging them,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61823,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 23, 2008",Former Employee - Lead Product Planner,Microsoft: great place to work despite industry challneges,"breadth of products, impact on the world, learning, progress, challenge","pretty overwhelming sometimes, at higher seniority levels competition for promotions is strong","figure out the strategy, the company needs a clear mission",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61824,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Jun 4, 2008",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Only good for parents' bumper stickers ,"Microsoft is this world's largest software development company, this looks good to future employeers. Employees receive discounts when purchasing normally overpriced software.","You have to pay for food and snacks. Not a comfortable work environment, they discourage peaceful and collaborative working. They do not promote based on quality of work instead they promote based on popularity and their review system. Hard work is NEVER rewarded here, instead employees are promoted when they do less work and leave early. At Microsoft, if one person in management, regardless of their direct connection to you, doesn't like you, your next review will be damaged. I've received only one 0.5% raise in nearly 5 years of service. Microsoft has horrible retention of long term employees. Management is free to ridicule employees. They 'claim' raises and promotions can happen any time but I have never seen anyone recieve a promotion or raise outside of once a year.","Pay attention to the survey feedback provided by employees, not just the management feedback. Attempt to correct salary and level mistakes as soon as possible. I have seen many highly talented people leave Microsoft after a couple years because Microsoft fails to appreciate employees.",1.0,3.0,none,1.0,2.5,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61825,microsoft,"Seattle, WA"," May 26, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,pretty freakin' good as jobs go,"Big variety of projects and teams to work on, lots of opportunities for advancement, and for the most part the company is run as a meritocracy. With 20 billion in the bank, as employers go this one is quite stable -- it's unlucky you'll be laid off any time soon. There are tons of opportunities for personal growth and development, and most managers will work hard to grow you and bring out your potential. The company wants you to do well and it really shows. Of course with any company of this size there are bound to be a few bad apples, but for the most part co-workers are quite bright.",Sometimes it's easy to get lost in a company of this size. Microsoft's internet strategy feels fractured and inchoesive at times. This is a company of over-achievers and if that's not your mindset you may get left in the dust.,Figure out the internet strategy!,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61826,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft Forever,"Microsoft is a place where you can literally spend an entire career at, doing different things, growing and changing in accordance with what you want at any given time. Want to work on servers? Microsoft has it. Want to work on portable media players or console games? Microsoft has that too! Search, databases, communication, operating systems, distributed technologies, office productivity, hardware innovations, you name it - if it's software, someone at Microsoft is probably doing it! And if no one is doing it, you can start your own Startup at the Microsoft Greenhouse project. And that's only the technology side. You can change your career path - e.g. from a technical maverick to a marketing wizard - with Microsoft's full support and encouragement. Training is part of the culture. Microsoft offers relocation opportunities, which means that if you want to live in another country for a few years you can do that without leaving your workplace. There's even a program that will send you to China for 6 months if you're interested. When life changes for you and you want to slow down a bit, there are even part-time programs. And if you read until here, you probably noticed that I did not mention the Microsoft recruiting mantra of “come and build software that will change the world”. That may be true, but for me it’s all about the company and more importantly the people that work there. Most of the folks you’ll meet at Microsoft are nice, passionate, honest folks that are just a pleasure to work with. I have looked at jobs outside of Microsoft several times, and have not yet found anything that made me want to jump ship.","Much like how the moss in Seattle can easily take over an entire lawn, if you are not careful, Microsoft will take over your life. Work is really addictive, and people tend to work very long hours, work from home, work at night and over the weekend, and let work fill up most of their lives. It’s hardly ever the case that a manager would ask you to stay late and work on something – you’ll do it yourself, because you are passionate about the things you are building. This is a very hard habit to break and you need to be able to set strong, clear boundaries for yourself so that you do not sink it too deep.","No advice, really. I think they are doing a good job, and as long as they keep sane, keep listening to the folks that work for them, and keep to the Microsoft values, everything would be just fine.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61827,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,ok.,Greate company to work for.,Cost of housing in Seattle area,grow the company organicaly and build leaders from with,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61828,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," May 24, 2008",Current Employee - Business Administrator,Diversity...A Great Company to work for,Microsoft is very diverse and overall a great company to work for,I have not faced any downsides of working at Microsoft.,Nothing at this time,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61829,microsoft,"Issaquah, WA"," May 5, 2008",Current Employee - Software Test Engineer,"Microsoft is still a great place to work, especially if you are looking for career growth!","The best reasons to work at Microsoft are that you get to work with a group of exceptionally talented and motivated people, you have almost limitless career growth, and you will always be working with the latest and greatest technology that is available. Senior management is very competent and will give you feedback on a regular basis that you can use for personal as well as professional development. The people you meet in the hallway usually seem happy to be there (minus the guys that are late to their meetings and coding on their laptops while trying to hit the right elevator buttons) and you can almost always strike up a good conversation with someone interesting at lunch (we're not all antisocial nerds, well at least not all the time =P) If you are a fresher like myself, I have found the environment to be very nurturing yet at the same time there is plenty of challenge so you will feel proud of your work when you are done. At my previous company when management said I did a good job on a project I just shrugged it off, but when someone says you're doing a good job at Microsoft it is really something to be proud of!!","The downsides are that sometimes you will put in long hours if you are close to release in the software development lifecycle. Occasionally I hear about people having incompetent middle manager/leads which I believe is partly due to the ""if you can code, you can manage"" philosophy. If this happens be diplomatic about it, give feedback to your leads and senior managers and remember that sometimes they are still learning too. Also, as a downside to having high career growth you can be put in a situation where they will give you more responsibility than you asked for. This is great for experience but it can be stressful if you are not used to it. The way I see it, that is just part of the training and what is life without a little challenge anyway?","Theres a lot of back scratching going on in here! Also, morale events really do boost morale, lets have more of those =P",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1227.htm
61830,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 6, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Product Manager,Come join the best company on earth!,Career progress is very important Lots of manuverability,Compensation could be better (really),Stock awards over three years is better than five,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61831,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 21, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Time to wake up Microsoft!,"- Excellent benefit package with one of the best health care plans - Work life balance is valued highly - Opportunity to work in a wide vareity of product groups focussed on cutting edge technologies - Great location (Seattle, Bellevue, Sammamish) to live and raise a family",- Large organisation and politically saavy employees find it easier to scale the promotion ladder - Underdog in some of the hottest technologies like services and mobile phone technolgy,- Increase programs to identify and nuture younger talent - Decrease the size of the organisational pyramid and remove underperforming middle management layer - Increase speed to market for newer technolgies by better integrating product groups and R&D divisions.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61832,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Product Planner,Microsoft allows it's employees to think outside the box when designing solutions for customers,"We're allowed to think ""out of the box"" when designing great customer experiences and new business opportunities. And to deliver those experiences we're encouraged to use new or enhanced processes if they're proven to work elsewhere (internal or external). So in short, this truely is a place where you can dream big and deliver on those dreams, all it takes is passion, the ability to influence and a rock solid business plan.","Microsoft is under the microscope of many global governments, that very thing makes it difficult to deliver exactly what customers what and ask for. We've been given hand cuffs becuase we're become popular, in a word, it's totally unfair to our customers.","Keep on the current path of having a rock solid business plan, one that's build with hard data, and that's bought off by all internal groups involved. Then execute on the business plan, not swaying due to outside pressures.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61833,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 22, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Distracted but impressive.,"Most things in microsoft are quite pleasant. The biggest problem with Microsoft as with all large corporations is the deadwood that so often accumulates. Additionally managements current obssession with trying to by yahoo has distracted this company and devalued our own offerings. If we suck so badly at the internet, LAY THEM OFF.  Form a personal perspective, the job of a program manager at microsoft is uniqu. Guiding a product from inception to a billion dollar industry can't really be done anywhere else in quite the same way. The leverage over human output is stunning (try working in Excel, Word, or Outlook).","The Commute, the Rain, the Rain and the Rain.",Cut off the non-performing groups (yes even mine). Force Dynamics to BE Microsoft. Focus on core strengths (Windows/Office/Consumer) and quit making our internet properties look like poorly designed NASCAR hoods.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61834,microsoft,"Santa Monica, CA"," May 19, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,"MSFT is not a bad place to work, in fact it is mostly good.",Great commitment to online advertising.,Comp packages are not good.,Better commission structure.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61835,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2008","Current Employee - Group Program Manager, Technology","Great people, lousy place to make a meaningful career.","Microsoft is a great company the develops the best software in the world. You will never lack for resources to do your job and their are a lot of very bright, dedicated people you will work with. They give you the best computing resources you want - many employees have 2 or 3 computers. Best of all you also get access to all of Microsoft's software. The latest and greatest versions of Office, Windows, SQL, SharePoint, etc. In many groups, you also have a lot of responsibility - kind of like a startup, where you wear lots of hats and much is expected of you. Most of your co-workers are dedicated, smart and really committed to doing the right thing for customers as well.","Forget about a life outside of work. You will always have more work than you can do and lots of pressure to complete it all. The bureaucracy is at an all time high and the organization moves at a snails pace for most things. Even though you have a lot of responsibility, there are lots of internal politics and cross company issues that make it difficult to make real changes without more effort than you can possibly believe. You would think that the best software company in the world would have great internal systems, but they don't. Lastly, the pay is horrible. Every year, they come out with lame reasons and explanations that pay is really not so bad and that you should be honored to work at Microsoft, but it doesn't do justice to the amount of work most of the employees put in.",Please create smaller autonomous groups. There are so many people working on the same thing without any accountability. Cut the overhead and get back to the old days when individuals could make a difference. The management has moved away from performance and good ideas make a difference and get recognized to an elite atmosphere of us vs. them.,2.0,2.5,none,1.5,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61836,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 7, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,A Great Place for Computer Science Geeks,"The compensation is amazing. While it's true that there are many companies doing interesting projects, the pay and benefits at Microsoft simply blow away other company. Their offers are almost impossible to turn down.  Honestly, for a lot of developers, it's not the ""evil empire"" the outside world perceives it to be. Most folks are excited about delivering new benefits to the customers and don't concern themselves the supposed conspiracies bloggers like to discuss. If you get on a product team you really care about, your passion will help shape the solution from day one because everyone truly wants to deliver the best solutions.  Microsoft lets you focus on your job with minimum overhead. You can actually spend the majority of your day writing code and not be bothered with administrative paperwork, irrelevant meetings, or any other kind of interference. Most developers meet with their managers to discuss their yearly goals, but that really is the majority of the non-programming responsibilities.  A lot of product groups provide weekly or bi-weekly lectures on a technology they've been working on. These usually include an introduction, code samples and lessons learned. Not only is it very interesting to see what's going on in the company, you also get the chance to continue learning from other developers.  Mobility in the company is great. If you want to change product teams, it's just a matter of an interview with the team of interest and you're set. There are no hard feelings or pressure from managers that may hinder you from pursuing your interests.","The biggest problem is that it's really easy to forget about your social life. Some days you get so into coding you lose track of the time and the whole day passes you by. Occasionally there's pressure to get something accomplished quickly (especially near the end of the release cycle) and you may find yourself working longer hours than you want.  Social interaction throughout the day is minimal. Most developers sit in their offices and code and don't get a lot of daily interaction with others on the team. Some days this leaves you feeling very isolated.  Traffic in the area is terrible. If you don't live in the right spot and plan your commute correctly, you can lose 1-2 hours a day just in travel.","Microsoft's solutions are too complex and inconsistent for the end user. Why does Windows itself have many different user interfaces (i.e. Control Panel, MMC, Explorer, IE, Live Messenger, etc.) and why do all of your applications also sport a unique interface (Office, Money, Visual Studio, etc.)? The company should not waste so many resources in redundant development. Instead, the Windows team should implement a user interface suitable for all of your products and available to third party developers.  Apple has made a lot of smart moves that Microsoft should seriously study and apply. For example, the transition from Mac OS ""Classic"" to Mac OS X. Win32 is an embarrassing, clunky and inconsistent API. It's been crippled from poor design decisions and backwards compatibility. Clean up the API (including moving to LP64) and implement backwards compatibility in terms of virtual environments. Please also study the Cocoa frameworks and architecture and apply it to your future APIs. It provides so much more functionality and is implemented very elegantly. Apple's frameworks are designed to minimize boilerplate and redundant code. Win32 requires a lot of lifting to get going. The operating system needs to be overhauled and streamlined and your product teams should focus on making great applications, not re-developing components that should be part of the operating system.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61837,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Good for the resume, bad for the soul","Make a difference in the lives of others across the globe. Be invovled in the cutting edge. Large company resources, coupled with the freedom and feel that individual groups have to behave like startups. Unbeatable benefits. Surrounded by intelligent people. Comfortable, casual offices and attire. Vast career opportunities. Once you're in, you're ""safe"" and protected from market forces. There's a process or website for EVERY possible question anyone might have--lots of resources and support.","Politics, politics, politics. Low pay. Stock is given with a 5 year vesting period, to keep people from leaving. To truly succeed, must forego personal life or time outside of work. The Microsoft vocabulary and constant stream of acronyms. Slow promotion cycles. Managers aren't expected/required to make their own contribution, but to only manage others' contributions.","Due to review and planning cycles, there are only 2 months a year where real work is accomplished...as there's no fear of political reprisals. This needs a major overhaul as it simply gets in the way of work!",4.0,4.5,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61838,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 18, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"If you like working in a highly charged, exciting and with cool people, come to work for Microsoft","Awesome benfits, Great atmosphere to excel, chance to work on some exciting projects, and working with highly talented individuals is what makes Microsoft, one of the best places to work. Also to stress on the benefits, no other company can top MS on the benefits they provide for employees. The SW discount on MS products, prime card for restaurant reservations, free bus pass, free drinks and awesome food in the cafteria. The management are cool and never too demanding or stressful and help you with everything related to work and unrelated to work!","Lot of experienced people already working, and hence career growth may not be as fast in some other smaller companies",Nothing,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61839,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 19, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Microsoft - mature and stable business with a room to grow,Impacting a huge number of people worlwide,Hostile attitutes toward the company (expressed by many),Work on the company image,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1228.htm
61840,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 15, 2008",Current Employee - Executive Business Administrator,MS: Great medical but no career path for admins!,Benifits! They Rock! Love the medical!,lack of upward movement for admins,Create a better career path for admins!!!!!,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61841,microsoft,"Hauppauge, NY"," May 1, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Ballmer once again exhibits 'Neo Matrix Style Foresight' in planning the Microsoft way.,"Microsoft is a great place to work because it gives you not only the opportunity to influence the team your working in no matter what the position, but also gives you the ability to get as involved as you want to be with other areas of the company, allowing you to influence the development and direction of products which you, your family and friends may use unrelated to your actual day to day job. You also get to play with lots of cool new apps and devices through internal beta programs. The best part though is your surrounded by geniuses","Microsoft attracts a large amount of very, very driven and focused people who work very hard, you will have to work very hard to meet the curve that is needed to see good bonuses and fast promotion. Working in a remote office for Microsoft can also be a downsize. Redmond is the beating heart of Microsoft and this can sometimes show through lesser facilities at remote offices. Politics as with any large company can slow progress on projects which can be frustraiting at times. Your ability to speak freely without bias around Microsoft products and services can also a downside.","My advice to senior management would be to create a fast track promotion route for those employees who show natural skill and progression. Currently the promotional track as understood by many of middle management can lead to slower progression for the 'fast lane' driven employee who puts in double the hours and double the effort. While it's true that they can get the highest bonuses and largest raise, it seems like the politics of actual promotion (level, title) is so surrounded in middle management covering their backs that most do not want to do it 'just in case' it's not sustainable.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61842,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 28, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Architect,If you are thinking about MS - think again.,"Once upon a time it was a company that encouraged people to think outside the box. This spirit drove the company to it's high level. During that time we as a company acted as one company, with all groups pulling together into a single unit.  In the past the compensation was an exceptional piece of what made it fun to work at Microsoft. However at the same time the ability to influence products, change the direction of MS Services and contribute to making customers better was a critical factor in the ""fun"" of working at Microsoft. Sadly that is no longer the case.","It is now a big company - and the pay hasn't really grown as fast as the orgizational profits. Its sad that the joy of working at Microsoft is now gone. I've been with the company more than 10 years and during that time have watched the fun factor drip out of my job. During that time i have held three or four other positions within the company. In every case the reality of where we are is consistent. Our field teams don't communicate as well as they should. Our corporate teams don't communcate as well as they should. Sad, all the way around.","Time to go back to the ""Old Microsoft""",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61843,microsoft,"Mountain View, CA"," Apr 26, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,"What it's like to work for Microsoft, outside Redmond.","Microsoft takes great care of its employees. I feel that they invest a lot in their employees, from training to funding/empowering your projects, and they have set up frameworks to make sure your manager supports your career development. The 100% free health care/dental/vision benefits completely remove stress from that area of your life.","The biggest downside of working for Microsoft, but outside Redmond headquarters, is the poor brand reputation among everyone outside Microsoft, especially in Silicon Valley. They are not known for creating great consumer services, so they are not well liked when compared to other consumer-centric companies. That cuts into the pride I have in working for Microsoft - only the employees inside learn what a great company it is. That might be fine when you live in the Seattle area where Microsoft dominates, but it's pretty hard in the field when everyone favors your competitors. Because Microsoft is such a large company, you may feel that you don't have as much control of your projects as you would have in a smaller company. They have a team and a framework or template for everything, so sometimes it feels like you can just turn off your brain and use all the resources they have set up.","If you're going to do consumer services, do them right - stop releasing junk that just erodes Microsoft brand value. Don't pat yourself on the back for how many users you got just by coasting on the Microsoft/MSN brands. Go for the smart silicon valley users by actually building a superior consumer service (based on consumer needs, not feature lists) - this will take a complete reinvention of the services from the ground up, instead of tacking on new features to old code bases, frankenstein-style.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61844,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2008",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great place to work,"Great people, fun job opportunities and great health plan",Lots of hours and very bureaucratic,Communicate even more,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61845,microsoft,"Dallas, TX"," May 12, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Lead,"A challenging, rewarding environment with great benefits","Microsoft offers some of the best opportunities in the industry for personal and professional advancement. There is quite simply no other company in the world that will offer you the resources to grow to as deep of a technical level. Community involvement in the form of blogging, attending industry events, presenting, and even time for charity work are all highly encouraged. The medical benefits are the best of any US company, hands down - I have never paid a penny for any clinic or hospital visit, including when my child was born. Management tends to be fairly hands-off in support as long as you are producing and competent. Compensation is excellent with generous stock awards and occassional cash bonuses. Yearly salary increases can be close to double-digits for high performers.","The things that make Microsoft such a good fit for some make it extremely stressful for others. You will be expected to guide your own career and to be responsible for much of your own learning. This means that you'll probably always be reading up on something and will always feel a littel behind. You'll never acheive a comfort zone in terms of career growth. The environment is competetive, and laid back types who just want to ""come in and do my job"" will be limited in how far they can advance. Travel is required. Working with outsourcers overseas can be stressful and unrewarding because there is no mentoring relationship to speak of - you will be dealing with lowest common denominator individuals overseas who have no incentive to learn or better themselves because the people back in the States can always get them out of a bind. Support tends to be underfunded, and you will not have all of the benefits that people in the Redmond campus have (but you won't pay $500K for a shabby house an hour away from work, either).","I try not to focus on the political underpinnings of management at Microsoft. The decicisions that are made about global marketing and strategy encompass a dizzying array of international legal and trade intricacies. If I had one to do item, it would be to pull all support back to the US and wrap the cost in to the product (or charge more, or both). Customers universally hate talking to people in India, despite what any cooked surveys may say.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61846,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,"A great place to work, if you want to have a steady, good job to raise your family, but not very exciting.","Great people, widely-used products, great compensation package, job security.  You can work your own hours. The people you work with are smart go-getters who will do what they promise. When you add up the stock grants, the bonus, the ESPP, the 401(k) and the superb health plan, there aren't many better places to work.  If you're in your thirties or forties, and have a family to raise, Microsoft is for you. You'll have financial security and still get to see your kids grow up.","Slow-moving, bureaucratic company that is rapidly turning into IBM. Microsoft has forgotten how to produce great products, and the company doesn't begin to understand the 21st century marketplace. It's essentially surviving on the continuing profits from its Windows and Office glory days.  The sort of people who work at Microsoft are the sort of people who crave stability and security, rather than creativity and challenges.",Senior management is too old and too set in their ways. They wouldn't know a good idea if you whacked them over the head with it.  They need to start prioritizing creativity and imagination over everything else.,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61847,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 14, 2008",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Amazing Place to Learn and Grow Professionally,"Connections, Very very smart colleagues, opportunities to work in a variety of discipline over a quick period of time to learn other parts of the business. Resources and funding are outstanding and job security is very high.","Can be quite political since everyone is so qualified. Work hours are intense, and you can't really disconnect even when you're gone. Stigma attached to Microsoft can be a downside in certain areas.",Need to do more to keep young talent around. Young talent all bails within 3-5 years to pursue higher paying/higher ranking positions elsewhere. Microsoft should recognize this earlier and promote people faster.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61848,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 9, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Development Engineer Lead,"Nice place to collect a paycheck, but I'd like to be excited about my job again.","Awesome benefits package especially if you have children. Good stability for a high-tech company. Lots of different things happening at the company, so can get a new job and/or change career direction without the extra hassles of starting at a new company.","I sense a lack of excitement in most employees. It's just a job. The days of getting rich with stock options are long gone, and nobody expects them to come back. That's the downside of the stability I mentioned as an upside. The company seems too big, like it's acquiring and hiring more people to throw at the wall hoping some good ideas will fall out. Definitely too many complacent middle-managers who get huge rewards for little accomplishment other than building a network of supportive lackeys.","Split up the company. Office and Windows shouldn't be in the same company. Let Office branch out and create first-class implementations for Mac and Linux and online without having to be mired in ""stragegic worrying"" about Windows and MSN/Live. Let E&D and MSN/Live live or die on their own.",4.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61849,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft. Awesome,freedom. trust. a lot of great people to work with,should provide free lunch like google :),I think they are going to right direction.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1229.htm
61850,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),I love this company,"Great growth opportunities, the greatest software company overall, great pay and benefits, great choice of things to do at work, working on world class software, working from home is not a problem, flexible hours have the positive meaning... Even if you decide to leave the company - this is great for your resume. You learn a lot at Microsoft with the challanges of satisfying millions if not billions of users with your work every day. You work with some of the greatest engineers in the world, with people who are smart and friendly. Then there's free drinks, Starbucks and pizza almost every day, sports club membership and many social events! :)","Working far from home is a must if you were not born in Seattle and want to develop the biggest products. Many customers do not like Microsoft, so you have to explain to people you are not working for an Evil Empire. It rains a lot in Redmond too! Advancing the career might be slower than in startups because of great competition, but it is almost guaranteed as opposed to startups, which often fail. Sometimes it is easy to get lost in such a big place. Sometimes you might feel like a little cogwheel in a huge machine, although everyone is important and you can always try to grow and become a big one too!",Buy Apple,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61851,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,"Loving working in my team, but Microsoft as a whole is too big!","Enormous opportunity for career development in both depth and breadth. There are few sections of the tech industry that isn't touched by Microsoft. In the depth case, you can very often work with people who wrote the book on the subject.","It's big, that is a plus and minus. On the plus side, it is stable and not random, but things get done slower than they would at a startup. There are more opinions that count and more history to deal with.","Figure out how to be big and small at the same time, it's not easy, but hey, that's why you get paid the big bucks. Be less conservative in everything you do, if you ship on time with nothing new, you might as well not have shipped. Have an opinion of your own and don't go chasing after every feature or ""product"" that Google releases.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61852,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 12, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,No longer the Microsoft of old but the benefits are good,"The benefits are amazing, there are very few out of pocket expenses. There are co-pays on dental and vision but you never have to pay a dime for your medical expenses.",The political atmosphere is highly charged. It is not an ideal place to work if you expect to get rewarded for simply working hard. You need to make yourself visible to management and fight for every prmotion and raise.,"Stop hiring, stop constructing building, stop using expensive vendors. Start supporting telecommute options, satellite offices, flex time, etc. at the corporate level.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61853,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 25, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,I love my job! And I love feeling like my efforts can really improve people's lives all over the world.,"There are so many incredibly talented, smart people working at Microsoft, that I always struggle to contribute at the same level. I feel really privileged to be in the same room with the people responsible for solving the world's computing needs.","There is ALWAYS too much work that needs to be done, and the unfortunate result is everyone works too many hours.","provide clear and specific guidance for long-range planning. your employees are smart and will find a path to the goals you set, however, there is nothing more frustrating than giving your best effort just to have your project scrapped.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61854,microsoft,"Tampa, FL"," Apr 26, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Your future unlocked,"Opportunities, cutting edge, corporate culture",Pressure to know the latest and greatest,Encourage innovation,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61855,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Former Employee - User Experience Lead,Microsoft enables those who want to work hard.,"Autonomy and independence. I really love the people, all extremely smart. MS cares about their employees, and it shows. The amount of resources available to you are tremendous. When there were complaints, MS made huge changes. I also love the pacific northwest. I appreciate the generosity of the company as well, the 'giving campaign' is huge. People give a lot back.","Base salary is a little low. The User Experience discipline is still figuring out how their career paths are. Also, the commute is tough, which isn't Microsoft's fault, more about the surrounding city and local governments I guess. Sometimes the company feels ""too large"", but breaking the divisions up I think has been quite healthy.","Move from being a ""technology"" company to a ""human-focused"" company.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61856,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Analyst,Microsoft Rocks,You are in control of your destiny. I have built my dream job at Microsoft. There are days that I find myself sitting at my desk and it is getting dark out because I lose track of time. I am challenged and feel like I am making a highly valuable contribution - something I never imageined could happen for one person in a very large company.,"It is a big company. The first 3 months are the hardest, you have to learn a new job and a new working culture, once you get past that it is really easy. It is competitive, you are working with some of the smartest people in the industry and some days that can be hard...in other words you never go to work and rest on your laurels, we are very innovative - I sometimes wonder if I will run out of new ideas, which is silly because I have so many concepts to incubate that I will never run out of things to do or think.","Seniro Management, that is a tough one, I like what is going on for the most part with the company and direction. I would like two things, research roles to be merit based also not tied so tightly to phds and a program to incubate partnerships across product, service or IT teams - this is a big company and I think we need to promote concepts within better cross collaboratively.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61857,microsoft,"Fort Lauderdale, FL"," Apr 27, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Director,Interesting,"Vision, Deal, Empowernment and Accountability, ownership of projects, planning, social responsibility, citizenship, congruency, commitment to exclelence and improvement","Stress, hard competition, Work/liffe balance",keep it being fun,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61858,microsoft,"New York, NY"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Account Manager,Solid job.,"Resources, Resources, Resources.  Best benefits around.  Microsoft invests in its employees.  Microsoft gets a lot of negative heat for not being a consumer-oriented business. This is true on many levels, and is a category that I believe Steve B. will change (especially through online/digital media). Internally, Microsoft is extremely focused on its employees. The major problem taking place in the digital marketing space is that competition and turnover are both commmanding forces. They take a toll on Microsoft because Microsoft is often unwilling to bump salaries in response to external job offers with higher pay. We lose a lot of top talent because of this. There is obviously a major cost/benefit economic equation to factor into these scenarios, but I think they are looked at too holistically, and should instead be assessed on a case-by-case basis.",Too large at times.  Upward/lateral movement can be confusing.,They need to invest more in keeping top talent around.,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61859,microsoft,"Kirkland, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Product Tech Lead,An employer with Heart.,"The ""humane""ness of the company makes it a pleasure to work there. These past 6 months, I have had way too many personal issues in my life -- so far, I have been treated with kid gloves. I know that it wont last forever, but I appreciate the time I was given in order to recoop my brains and heart. I will work hard just because they let me take care of myself and my family when I needed. My team stepped in and took over even though their workloads were already maxed out. I couldnt of asked for any more from anyone.",Soooo much work to do,Stop with the annual re-organizations -- maybe try re-organizing the work instead.,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1230.htm
61860,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"microsoft is one of the strongest and best corps to work for, and hard word is very needed and rewarded","- strong career focus and growth - great impact on the industry - enormous opportunities within the company on all levels, technical, professions - excellent family benefits","- all roles are too specialized, sometimes its nice to get a broad perspective - not all teams or divisions have the same strong career or strong project management culture - very little technical documentation, making onboarding new employees very difficult and frustrating","continue the strong career focus, fix windows's project management issues, allow for more creative interaction between divisions",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61861,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,A great company!,"You are valued, your input matters. They encourage individual thinking and ideas. People listen, the benefits are great, you work highly intelligent people. Its a great experience. I love going to work every day. Its exciting to see all the new products being developed and then their launch parties. Havign access to EVERYONE is awesome, when I find a bug I am able to report it and get it fixed. If I think something is wierd about a program I can get in touch with the person in charge of that feature and let him know my thoughts. It's excellent.","You can sometimes get into working some crazy hours that throw the work life balance out of whack. You are working for the giant. There are a few bad eggs, but that is likely at all companies.",ASK YOUR STOCKHoLDERS AND EMPLOYEES BEFORE MAKING MOVES LIKE TRYING TO BUY YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61862,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 4, 2008",Current Employee - Product Management Director,Microsoft is a Great Place to be if You Love Technology,"First, Microsoft is a giant in the tech industry - everyone either works with or competes with Microsoft in some form. As such it is a great nexus to be in to be part of the sweeping changes in the industry. Microsoft may not always come out top (at first), but you will be part of the mobile transformation, online services, gaming, software as a service, voice over IP and more. That's a great feeling. Second, Microsoft is a large company where moves are pretty easy. I moved from Corporate Strategy, to Business Development, to Product Marketing in Consumer Online Services then to Product Management in Enterprise Servers. Next move will likely be a stint in the field, probably in Asia. The chance to get these experiences is awesome. Finally, Microsoft is over the ""get rich on stock options days"". People are a lot more sensible about base pay, bonus, stock awards, benefits as a whole package. You may not get filthy rich quickly at Microsoft, but you will have a much more stable and comfortable overall life.","Fisrt, Microsoft competes in so many areas, that it feels like we are always playing catch up to more nimble competitors. This can be disheartening and challenging at the same time, and it definitely takes a lot of energy to keep pushing. Second, Microsoft still has a lot of old guard in place at the top and it sometimes feels like ""Ballmers old boys rule the roost"". But, that is clearly changing as more outsiders are brought in at senior levels of the company. Third, Microsoft does best on big bets that require an amazing level of coordination between field, development, marketing, PR and so on. The doenside is that it can lose the entrepreneurial feel.",Build a clear strategy rather than changing mind every two months. Focus focus focus.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61863,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 23, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Group Program Manager,Is working at Microsoft a good career move? In a word YES!,"Working at Microsoft is awesome. If you are into technology, having the ability to influence the direction of future products is a huge source of personal satisfaction. More than that, working with the brightest people in the industry makes the creative process really rewarding. For people with great interperonal skills, the opportunities to change the world are boundless. Finally, the way that employee development and satisfaction is being managed makes it possible for everyone to get the most out of their job, if that's what they want. Other elements are also awesome such as the campuses around the world - they're beautiful, and the food in the company cafeterias is better than most chain restaraunts (way better). Oh, and finally - when you do a good job, you get geat financial benefits.","Let's see... downsides. For people who I've known who come to the company and then leave, there is a lot of ""luck of the draw"" in the hiring process. If you hire into a group that is not well managed (it happens), you can find yourself in a high pressure, long hour job with no end in sight. The best advice I have hiring into Microsoft is to be careful in the way you interview your next employer. Since there are so many jobs available across many diverse groups, be sure to not land a role only with the thinking ""get your foot in the door. Nobody benefits when a new hire burns out and leaves in the first year.","Stock price. Stock price Stock price. I know you're tired of hearing it Steve, but it is your job. I'm glad to see a long haul ""stay in business 25 years from now"" in the thinking, but for the size of our company and with the mix of products we have, there is just something missing in flat stock price as revenues continue to climb year over year.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61864,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," May 2, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Highly recommend working for Microsoft Dynamics,Awesome benefits and people to work with.,"Corporate politics, sometimes hard to get things done.",Constructive feedback makes your employees better.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61865,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 20, 2008",Former Employee - Programming Writer,A great internship experience.,"All people are helpful. We create products that impact the world. During my 3-month internship, I learned more than one academic year in college.","No, I don't really think there's any downside.",This is a great company. I just hope everybody can keep up the great work and energy like ever.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61866,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 21, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Happy but worried.,"I have a young and growing family so the number one reason I liked the idea of working for Microsoft was the health benefits. Microsoft is big enough to write it's own health plan. There are a few different options, but the default plan is nothing out of pocket for a 100% coverage. No deductions. No copayments. Not even for prescriptions.  Free drinks - we have almost all the coke and pepsi products, plus some tasty sparkling water choices and a full line up of milk and juice.  The salary is fair for a fresh-out-of-school employee working in this expensive area. Other forms of compensation include big morale budgets for every team, stock awards (not options), and potential for annual bonuses equaling 20% of your annual salary.  Microsoft appears mean on the outside because of the aggression of our executives, but down in the drenches where the products are built, everyone is just excited to be a part of something big and cool. The passion and excitement of everyone about the stuff we're doing is invigorating and makes it exciting to come to work. I work in the Office group and we're confident in our products and are exited to see them used worldwide.","One word: Traffic. Seattle traffic is horrendous. A twenty mile commute is about an hour commute each way. That may be common for other big metros but it's annoying to me.  Three words: Real estate prices. In 2007, the median price in Redmond Washington for homes was over 650 thousand. Granted some of those are really nice and have a good bit of space. But I moved from a place where the same sized place cost half of that. Anywhere within a 30 minute commute to Microsoft will cost 450K+. The costs are such that the low income people are being driven out of the area and the medium income people are becoming the low income people because they can barely afford a 300 thousand dollar condo 45 minutes away from where they work.","I wish they would seek to improve our public image. There are ways to be good players in the market, still be competitive and still best everyone else. Find them. Do them.  I wish they'd focus more on our core business. I feel like we're running out into unknown territories such as search and devices (areas that we should expand to) so fast that we're losing our grip on operating systems and office productivity.  I wish they'd focus more on interoperability with our own stuff. Why some of our products don't work with other products of ours is beyond me. We've gotten too big to be nimble.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61867,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2008",Current Employee - Principal Development Engineer Lead,"Microsoft, what a great place to work.","Among the best reasons to work at Microsoft are the people you get to work with. By surrounding yourself with highly talented, passionate, and very smart people, you'll find you learn a large amount about making great software. I truly appreciate the work ethic and care many of my co-workers put into our products. We really strive to make the best software we can. Other reasons it is a great place to work include the beautiful Seattle area, amazing health benefits, and the numerous opportunities to get involved with others who share common interests.","Personally, I'd like to try out a smaller company at some point in my life. While Microsoft is very large, and has many opportunites to choose from in almost any technical area, I'd like to try out the small business scene. The base pay is greater than the average software development job within the US, but by no means is near the top. I do believe however that the bonus, awards, work/life balance, and health benefits do outweight the lower wage.","I believe we've done a lot to reorganize to set a stronger focus in many areas. I believe every estabilished company needs to continue to reinvent itself to stay on the edge of software. My advice to Senior Management would be to continue to drive focus down to the lowest levels, continue to research and try new things, and continue to grow talented employees from within.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61868,microsoft,"Atlanta, GA"," Apr 18, 2008",Current Employee - Consultant,Great company to work for,"Pay, Benefits, Training and Vacation.",Some of the commitments are a waste of personal time.,Remove commitment like participate in Microsoft Technology communities. After putting in 40-45 hours a week and then the training required every quarter there isn't enough time for family because of the commitments like the one stated before.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61869,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2008",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Well-resourced, innovative place to work with good benefits, but beware the ","Microsoft is a company with resources and so if you want to innovate and you have an idea and can ""sell"" it in the organization, you can get budget and resources to do it. There are some really cool things that the company does both from a product/technology standpoint as well as within marketing. Sometimes people don't see that all because they only have a limited frame of reference from just one or two product experiences. But when you look at what Microsoft is doing to bring access to technology around the globe, or you look at some of the viral marketing campaigns happening, there are some great innovations. Many of the people are really smart and you can learn a ton. Plus the benefits such as healthcare are outstanding.","It is a very complex and matrixed organization so sometimes figuring out how to get things done is challenging. It's a paradox really where sometimes it seems things get done really fast--a VP snaps their fingers and people jump into high-gear and it's amazing what can be accomplished in short time, yet at the same time because you have to work across so many teams and groups, it can seem like forever to get simple things done because you have to drive so much alignment across groups otherwise initiatives fail without buy-in. It is also a ""two-class society"" among the General Managers and Vice presidents who live in one realm and the worker-bees who live in another. Rewards are based very much on what you get done, not HOW it's done so often times people trying to get fast-track thru promotions are not actually very good team players.",Senior mgmt needs to pay more attention to the performance of mid-level people managers. Stop promoting people into people-management roles who may be brilliant but who may not be good with building a team.,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1231.htm
61870,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2008",Former Employee - Industry Manager,It's not what you think,"MSFT comes with a well known name and is respected for its hiring of talented people, the benefits are excellent.","Review and compensation system, poor managers - MSFT assumes all people once they've reached a certain level are suited to managing people. There are more bad managers then there are good ones. Work/Life balance is a joke! Corporately they really do mean well, but too many managers don't live it and want to get the work done any way possible instead of pushing back on upper management about the feasibility of getting the work done in a specific time frame.",Only have people manage other people if they have proved they have the skills to actually manage other people. Push harder on managers to ensure there really is a work/life balence.,2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61871,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 20, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Hands down the best company to work for - if you don't mind the rain.,"Tons of product areas at this company so you can easily find the group which suits you the best. Xbox games, MSN, Windows, SQL, Visual Studio, Home Entertainment, Privacy/Security, Entertainment, Autos, Mobile, etc, etc. etc.... I've worked at Hewlett Packard, and Google, and have friends at IBM and Intel and nothing beats Microsoft in this regard.","You need to be in Redmond for maximum visibility within the company for promotions, and Redmond is COLD and RAINY all winter long... We seem to be growing a little too fast lately. 40,000 in Redmond is a bit too much.","Keep up the good work, lets buy Yahoo! asap...",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61872,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 27, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Politics, Bureaucracy Burdensome for the Passionate.","Ultimately, access to technical documentation and source code, discounted books and software are great for the professional engineer, not to mention the lots of quality peers. The benefits are the best I've had in my career, 100% coverage for most items means I walk out of the pharmacy, doctor, and dentist's office without paying a dime. Learning how the business works in incredibly valuable to the aspiring entrepreneur.","The paradox is that a developer in a Microsoft product group that takes ownership of his deliverables and likes to be an independent thinker will have a difficult time. Product groups, despite the frequent mention of innovation in internal documentation, rarely have the patience for it. For someone that's worked in truly innovative environments, it may be disappointing to see what marketing will often label ""innovative"" to customers and employees. We rarely truly interact with customers until after we've built and shipped product Betas--which can take anywhere from six to twenty-four months, depending on the project. Often, the features customers want are two to four years out from the request if they weren't included in the original product definition. Microsoft struggles with change from traditional development processes, although some groups are more proactive than others. Most engineers I know are not domain experts--and being a domain expert, particularly when you are new to the company and there are few to no other domain experts (particularly in management), means it will be hard to be heard unless you have stellar social skills (i.e. influence). Discpline managers (e.g. Software Engineer Managers) generally wield considerable authority, yet in my experience do not contribute to the discipline beyond process and negotiating contracts with other teams. Microsoft often talks about passion, but it will be frustrating to see discpline managers that ask you to come in on weekends and stay late, when they aren't rolling up their sleeves themselves. People are promoted into management too quickly, and many of these promotions seem to be based on friendship circles, so the heirarchy at Microsoft can be frustrating. Politics are prevalent. Employees are stack-ranked or ""calibrated"" against their peers (despite claims that this has changed, it has not) to determine yearly compensation and review, and this can adversely affect those that don't fall in line with their manager. Bullying is common, as is back-stabbing, and there is no effective outlet. I've seen slews of competent folks leave or be pushed out of teams due to empire building. These issues consume much too much time for those that are truly passionate about software.","Have discipline managers, particularly in the Principal category (L65+), reinterview as ICs. Make mass cuts across middle management, and flatten the heirarchies. Embrace agile processes and empower the teams, not the managers. Don't promote people into people management if they don't show passion or interest in managing people, and fire or demote the jerks--in fact, don't hire jerks.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61873,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,"I want to love Microsoft, but the politics make it hard.","The training programs offered by MS are impressive. I was able to take a class at the Kellogg School of Management that prepped me for Product Management. There are lots courses like this specifically designed to improve your skill set. There are also lots of good managers at Microsoft -- not all but more than average. The coolest thing, however, is that Microsoft is really thinking about how to solve the big problems and as an organization has the resources to do amazing things.",- bureaucracy - the organization is highly matrixed - internal politics,"Reduce middle-management significantly -- there are too many fiefdoms at microsoft and it gets in the way of doing real, valuable work. Too many individuals just ""punch it in"" and it slows us down as a company. It's why we won't win against Google.",2.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61874,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 2, 2008",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Microsoft is a great place to work but no longer the greatest.,"World class benefits unmatched by any other employer, one of the richest and most active internal technical communities, resources available on the intranet rivals what is publicly available on the Internet at large, every organization's budget includes ""Morale"" for off-site events, social gatherings, and fun, access to company store where software costs 10% of list price, employee only discounts and deals offered by Microsoft customers and partners, free membership to the Pro Club in Puget Sound, Fully paid relocation including reimbursement of real estate commission, packing of your house, shipment of automobiles, and spending money, on campus towel stocked locker rooms and gourmet cafeteria","Advertised compensation being better than 2/3 of the industry means that salary is not very competitive with other technical companies in the area, Not-invented-here syndrome wastes productivity on creating technology that already exists, Some groups thrive on bureaucracy and preservation of job security at the expense of agility and efficiency, No on-site day care, choice of funds for 401(k) is limited and underperforming, average length of time for pay grade promotion is 3 years, too much project management, outsourced internal services look great on paper but leave much to be desired by those forced to use it, no free food","Rather than potentially going into debt in order to acquire Yahoo, please consider investing that same money into your existing employees.",3.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61875,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,The good and bad of Microsoft,"Range of opportunities: Microsoft builds just about every kind of software imaginable so you can switch every few years and work on a different product with different challenges.  Smart people: The vast majority of Microsoft employees are smart, nice people. If you've worked at companies where that's not the case, you know how important this is. As an example, I hang out with my co-workers after work -- not because I have to or because I don't know anyone else, but because they're great people that I enjoy hanging out with.  Reach of products: There are very few other companies where you can work on a product that will reach millions of users and potentially change the way people do work and live their life.  Great benefits: The medical and dental plan at Microsoft are very comprehensive. This is especially valuable if you have a family.  Stability: No worrying about whether or not Microsoft will make payroll.","Stock price: Microsoft stock doesn't increase in price very much any more so getting rich by working at Microsoft is a thing of the past. You'll earn a comfortable, stable living, but probably won't get rich.  Big company: It's a big company and has many of the problems a big company has. Sometimes you feel like a small cog in the system. Sometimes there's some corporate beauracracy to deal with. Sometimes it feels like not everyone in the company is moving in the same direction.  Frequent re-orgs: These are a fact of life at Microsoft. Most of time, they don't affect the people at the bottom, but re-orgs at all levels happen frequently.",.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61876,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2008",Current Employee - General Manager,"Come work at Microsoft if you're smart, passionate, hard working, creative and customer focused","Great way to learn about many areas. Your reputation is portable from areas as diverse as gaming, enterprise software, mobile software etc. Lots of freedom. Smart, dedicated people. Great benefits and very profitable company.",commute is getting tough these days.,Please drive the stock price up higher.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61877,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 1, 2008",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is all about access (no pun intended),"Microsoft gives you access to Billions of customers. This is something most companies can't even dream of offering. If you're the kind of person that likes to see impact, then Microsoft is probably the best place to work. The people are wonderful and the campus is beautiful. Moreover the work culture is very casual. I used to walk into work at 1pm sometimes, Microsoft isnt face-time driven and your schedule is given a lot of importance, all you have to do is meet your deadlines. Microsoft gives you access to the most customers and to the best exit opportunities in the industry.",The management can get a little beaureacratic from time to time.,"Be less beureaucratric. Microsoft is a meritocracy and this sentiment is being neglected (not completely, but enough).",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61878,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 18, 2008",Current Employee - Project Manager,A great place to creativly work if you can handle the pressure.,"Benifits, Challenges, ability to create your own solutions. Manager allows you to creativly solve your problems and steps in when you need assistance. You are treated with respect. You can be blunt and honest. Everyone has a seat at the table when you are working on a project. Mistakes are seen as learning opportunities and not held against you (as long as you dont make the same one 2x.)",Lots of Stress/pressure. Tight deatlines. Cross-group communicaiton breakdowns sometimes.,Good job.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61879,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft - An excellent career choice,The concentration of smart people here is the primary reason I work here. I dont have to spend hours explaining the technical issues I have to deal with in my work. I also get a lot of guidance from other team members.,"The code base of the some of the projects are huge, as is the number of people working on them. Certain features in certain products might need involving a lot of people, and coordinating and resolving the issues of each of these teams is not trivial.",I do not know much about the issues that Senior Management deals with so Im not sure how relevant my comment in here is. Maybe more effort should go in existing core businesses rather than spending more time and effort in mergers and acquisitions.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1232.htm
61880,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," May 3, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft - An excellent career choice,The concentration of smart people here is the primary reason I work here. I dont have to spend hours explaining the technical issues I have to deal with in my work. I also get a lot of guidance from other team members.,"The code base of the some of the projects are huge, as is the number of people working on them. Certain features in certain products might need involving a lot of people, and coordinating and resolving the issues of each of these teams is not trivial.",I do not know much about the issues that Senior Management deals with so Im not sure how relevant my comment in here is. Maybe more effort should go in existing core businesses rather than spending more time and effort in mergers and acquisitions.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61881,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 30, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Microsoft: Great Place to Work if you Love Challenges.,"There are amazing healthcare benefits. I have never paid out of pocket for any medical expenses and I've had a baby along the way. We joke that our baby was ""free"". Kids just out of college have no idea how huge this health benefit is: free prescriptions, check-ups, self referrals to specialists. The company is stable for now and there are no worries about where your next paycheck is coming from. You get to work with amazingly smart people and take on difficult challenges. You are never bored and always feel challenged by your job and plenty to keep you busy.","The external reputation of the company is bad which can lead you to question why and how you can manage to work there if you only look at the outside picture. There are many cultures inside the company, some of them dysfunctional or with awful work-life balance. Just as in any big company there are egomaniacs and selfish types whose primary objective is to climb up the career ladder and make partner. The cafeteria food isn't that great and it isn't free like at Google. The company has to really make up time in the Internet space, even though IE caught up, the software as a service space is still there to figure out.",Communicate a clear Software and Services strategy top-down and give us a plan we can follow. This is not something we can do bottom up.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61882,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 25, 2008",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,"If you are very ambitious, user research in Microsoft is not the place to be - try program management","Experience working for a large enterprise and the usefulness of having Microsoft on your resume. Also experience working with a few very talented people. However, Microsoft is a very developer led company where user experience is not well placed to make big impact on the product or get big rewards from execs (because it is seen as a peripheral discipline not a core discipline). If like me, you had great reviews and got great bonuses them you will be frustrated by the middle managers above you who usually do not come from the discipline and who you have to try to work around rather than with. Ultimately it is a frustrating place to work if you believe that design and usability should be a major driving force in product development, rather than resources that get called in when the teams think they need them (which is almost always too late). I got out because my ambitions could not easily be met in the lumgering giant that Microsoft has now become, where so much time is wasted on products by poor integration of disciplines such as program management, marketing, product management, development and test that once design and usability get involved too many bad descisions have already been made. If you want to work in a company like Microsoft was, find a medium sized company that is up and coming - a company that is agile and a company where you can sit in the room with the people who run the company (or at least your group) and who can recognize your good work when you do it.","In the User Research discipline, Microsoft is not very forward thinking and the user research groups are poorly organized and are not well placed for impact",Get rid of middle managers :),3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61883,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Former Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,"The best corporate job in the world, if you want a corporate job.","Resources a mile wide and a mile deep. Microsoft has lots of money and is committed to spending in on its people. So compensation is excellent, benefits are out of the world, and you'll have everything you need in terms of hardware, software, and staffing. As a result, they attract the best people in the world, which is the best resource of all. You will never find smarter people or better managers.","It seems like everyone on the outside hates Microsoft, which can make it a little demoralizing to work there. It is a large company, and even though it is broken up into usefully small groups there is a vast bureaucracy. Government interference means even more bureaucracy - protocols need to be documented, emails need to be retained (and carefully composed). And Microsoft as a company has no taste, as Steve Jobs once pointed out, which means they make stupid errors about products. That's an uphill battle.","Hire someone with good, strong opinions about software to help guide Microsoft out of its ""do everything"" madness. Do a few things well instead of everything mediocrely.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61884,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Refusal to Change: Microsoft Tries the Same Tactics 30 Years Later,"Stability. Microsoft isn't going anywhere for a quite a while, and as long as you don't totally screw up, if they do close down your division or restructure, they are good about placing you somewhere else within the company. Working conditions are generally good. It's really hard to get fired from Microsoft, which is great for the employee.",Microsoft is made up of so much bureaucracy and red tape that it's difficult to really feel like you make a difference until you're higher up the chain. There are so many layers of management and so many silos that it's very difficult to get anything beyond trivial tasks done in a decent length of time. This leads to huge investments of time and money that probably aren't truly necessary.,"Sr. Management needs to pick a direction and go there. The age of being everything to everybody (mom & pop as well as huge enterprises) is very different now, particularly with the rapid growth of competing platforms and browsers. Instead of having a clear, concise mission statement, Microsoft's only goal appears to be to identify a market that already exists, spend truck loads of money getting in to the market, try to change that market to their own favor (rather than adapt to the market), and then squeeze everybody else out. While this proved quite successful for them in the past, consumers are much smarter now. And as NPD numbers show, they're starting to vote with their wallets. And the Vista debacle was a huge contributor to that.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61885,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 28, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great place to work and live, not a great place to change the world.","Flex schedule - I don't get hassled on when I come in, leave or need time off. The pay is decent, enough so that I don't have to worry about anything. I get to learn about cool technology before others, there is a lot of that on the inside. The product you work on will reach millions of people, if that makes you feel better. It looks quite good on resume. You will meet some very smart people here, especially if you look for them. Alas, you do have to look. Depending onthe group you will have an office for yourself or share it with one other person. If privacy is your thing you'll love it.","The tools we get to work in most of the groups with are arcane - mostly C/C++. Some groups do use C# or even F#, so make sure to ask if you care. Also our code bases are huge and we have to matian a lot of backward compatibility where I work. It is not nearly as agile as banging out new Web two-point-oh cool app.  Also there is a huge disconnect between customers and {engineers, marketing etc}. This leads to a lot of stupid or ""evil"" outcomes.","If I knew what to do I would be in Senior Management. I think they should rething the company vision, because we are clealy lacking the focus and motivation we had from ""PC on every desk"".",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61886,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Editor,Work at Microsoft if you don't mind being stressed out,"For my field, the compensation ($$) can't be beat. There is a good amount of stability also.","Very stressful, long hours, don't agee with some of decisions MS makes on a large scale.",Be more in tune with what people are doing and respond to problems more readily.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61887,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Working at Microsoft is fun, rewarding and has the unlimited potential of making big impact in technology","Abundance of knowledge resources, professional and career mentorship, scope for making great impact on the world, opportunities to switch to several different roles and products within the company, great working conditions, amazing place to live (Seattle area)","Lack of vision for the company at the highest levels of management, bureaucracy, not being agile with respect to competition from smaller companies, getting isolated into highly-specialized silos of work",Need to focus on core products and technologies and make them better instead of being distracted into too many diverse businesses. Trim the size of the company by weeding out people who do not contribute. Reduce the levels of middle management.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61888,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2008",Current Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,Amazing opportunites await you at Microsoft (even after you land a job),"Microsoft fosters an environment of career advancement and personal growth. Movement between divisions (products, HR, marketing, etc.) is encouraged as is training. I started as a tester and have gained the skills (thanks to their training and ""stretch assigments"" to move into a marketing role. The health care benefits are extraordinary: No copay for doctor visits or prescriptions, coverage for many ""alternative"" or ""complementary"" care types (e.g., accupuncture), and substantial mental health coverage.",The annual review process is tough but I do believe it's necessary. Throughout the year you make commitments about the work you will complete. Then you are evaluated against those commitments. Sometimes it's tough because of switching priorities but it has always been fair. You are always expected to go above and beyond those comittments. But I think that's part of what make Microsoft great and its people greater.,"Continue what you're doing, especially your efforts to encourage, recognize, and reward innovation.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61889,microsoft,"Fargo, ND"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Project Manager,"Satisfied, and work life balance needs are exceeded.",Best reasons to work at Microsoft include the following: Flexible work schedule Great work life balance Ability to network with very smart professionals Grow your skills through free training and certification exams Attend training to increase your skills as an employee,"Downsides to working at Microsoft include: Lack of awareness around levels and how they are awarded Annual Review process i.e. forms, process overall Lack of great insight into decisions made by management Annual review process related to leveling",Provide a better insight into decisions made by management. Explain the review process re how leveling is really done. Allow employees to work towards realistic goals that include the ability to advance to the next level,3.0,5.0,none,1.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1233.htm
61890,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,"Microsoft, an interesting, challanging place to work.","interesting projects, opportunities to move around and learn different things, decent pay and excellent benefits, smart colleagues","political tone towards microsoft, some execs with poor human management skills","learn to manage with respect, keep us making money",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61891,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft has a lot of unexpected perks!,"The opportunity to pursue your work interests outside your core job. Even if your job is to simple write the code for a single button in Excel, you can still follow other interests at Microsoft. You can many opportunities to get outside of your box. There are so many different groups and so many different types of work to do at Microsoft that, if you can't find something to suit your interests or further your career, the problem is with you-- not Microsoft. The benefits are also incredible, anything from deals with local retailers, to gold-level membership with Fidelity.com and other services.","The primary downside of Microsoft is that a lot of the old-school people from the early days of Microsoft are still hanging on at Microsoft and not moving on or retiring. This limits the ability for talented people with new ideas from taking on senior positions. One of the other downsides is that the jobs, whatever they are, aren't exciting in and of themselves-- as an employee, however, you can take many different steps to expand your possibilities, challenges, and abilities. Another downside of Microsoft is the review process, while heavily instrumented, the instrumentation is highly subjective and I've never met a manager (or employee) that fully understands it.","Well, I think Microsoft is on the right track with cleaning up our image and making us not only more ""cool"" to home consumers but ""reliable"" to business consumers. We have a very long way to go still on being ""hip"" and resonating with the average consumer, though. I'd spent more time on user interface design for our products, so that all the great features in our existing software are more transparent and easy to you. Great software is only great if people can figure out how to use it. All software, even business software, should be ""delightful.""",4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61892,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 24, 2008",Current Employee - Product Manager,Great place for folks with families but you don't become rich working here anymore,"Microsoft provides stable job environment with great health benefits. Its ideal place for folks with families since no copay health benefits work best for them. For single people it doesn't provide as much challenge as other startups can do. The folks that you work with here are very smart and experienced. Also, there are very diverse teams here so if you are bored with your product or team you can easily move to other areas like xbox, zune, search, office, windows etc",Microsoft has slow promotion rate partly because they depended heavily on stock price in past to make up for the compensation. It's heavy on mid-management.,Provide more transparency in our strategy to win in online space,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,1.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61893,microsoft,"Bellevue, WA"," Apr 20, 2008",Former Employee - Group Manager,Microsoft - when it stopped treating all of its people as important the heydays ended,Lots of smart folks doing a wide variety of things. Good chance to move from group to group and learn new things. Chance to learn how the best software development in the world is done.,"Unless you are a Partner the company treats you like a commodity, and there are few partner positions available (a small % of the whole company are Partners).",Excellence in people management can't come from the bottom - it must start at the top. Poor people managment at the most senior ranks results in poor people managment at all levels. To keep the best and the brightest in this day Microsoft needs its behaviour towards it employees to match its words - if people are the most important asset at Microsoft managment sure doesn't act that way.,2.0,4.0,none,1.5,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61894,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 19, 2008",Current Employee - Program Manager,Not a young upstart anymore. But Microsoft could be the best college for the rest of your career.,"As far as large corporations go, the average quality of the people working there is still high. Despite the shocking growth, the hiring standards in the core groups are still high. The company generally treats employees generously. Few companies have operating systems, data centers, a video game console, a music player, web advertising and content properties, database management systems, word procesing, spreadsheet and presentation and generally everything else. The discipline that comes from working on products that millions already use - the constraints and the candid feedback - are humbling and highly educational. The benefits are excellent. And if you are at all in the outdoors, the Pacific Northwest is stunning.","A large, centralized campus in the suburb of a mid-size city results in a fair amount of insularity, especially when such a large number of employees are hired out of college and have not worked anywhere else. Only in such an environment do people believe tagging a web site with 'Windows' - e.g. 'Windows Live' - to be a plus for branding. As the company ages and grows, it requires more organizational overhead, which, combined with the kind of orderly processes required to ship products like Office to hundreds of millions of users in dozens of languages, does not result in an agile, entrepreneurial environment. Compensation has, for all practical intents and purposes, stalled. You can get richer there than you'd be at IBM but the gap is shrinking.","Break it down. Stop concentrating in Redmond. Hire in Boston, grow the Silicon Valley office, expand Vancouver, start real R&D campus in Europe. Expand the diversity of your hiring : grabbing every Indian or Chinese graduate in sight does not help however good they are at solving algorithmic problems on a white board. Hire a broad range of experiences and styles. Require Program Managers to have development experience. Do not buy Yahoo!, sell off Windows Live and MSN instead. If 10+ years on you can't make serious money from there you likely suck at it. Fix Windows : you only need to look around the campus to see people walking around with open laptops and ask yourself why ? It's unwieldy and wastes battery power. Because resuming Windows takes so darn long and CTRL+ALT+DELETE can't be done while chatting with someone in a hallway. Get any developer and designer who wants on a Mac. Eating our dogfood is something we do well, but we have long ago lost the taste of the competition's dogfood so we can't tell if it's crap anymore.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61895,microsoft,"Charlotte, NC"," Apr 21, 2008",Current Employee - Federal Sales,Great place to work,"great place to work, people are nice, you get access to all the software you want. we have a great library. You work with some of the brightest people I have ever meet. You get free drinks, we have company sponsored trips, the mangers have a fun budget.","you work all the time, but it's fun, but it's all the time. as with all companies you have people that have big heads, There is have’s and have’s not’s, have people that have been with MS for years and they have a lot of stock. MS is in a place that the people that have been there a log time are getting pushed out.","work load is why to high,",4.0,3.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61896,microsoft,"Redmond, WA"," Apr 26, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),love working at MS,medical benefits is good here,shares are not so profitable,Give hard working vendors & contractors opportunities to become full time,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61897,microsoft,"Waltham, MA"," Apr 19, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Wish Microsoft Would Compensate Its High Performers Better!,The best reason is the ability to always learn new technologies and being on the cutting edge.,The constant pace of performing at a very high level.,4 weeks vacation and and automatic 20% increase in salary.,2.0,1.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61898,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 16, 2008",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"With regards to benefits, Microsoft treats their employees as good as or better than other similar companies.","Incredible benefits, equitable compensation, opportunity for mobility within the company.",I'd like to see a better work life balance encouraged.,"Pay more attention to people at all levels, including asking them for advice.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61899,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Mar 24, 2008",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It can be a challenging job but it does have a good work life balance.,"The salary is good, the benefits, and the culture is relaxed. Everyone seems like they want you to succeed at work.",I don't have any cons to mention currently.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1234.htm
61900,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Apr 3, 2008",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Very challenging opportunity with growth potential.,The best thing about this place for me is the very huge breadth of opportunities that are available to me here.,"I imagine this is a common complaint, but the size of the company makes it difficult to get things done here.",More communication is always good!,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61901,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 27, 2008",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Very challenging, yet big rewards. You get a chance to perform on the big stage.",You have the ability to advance vertically or laterally. You can virtually do anything you wish within the company.,"As with big companies like this, it can be bureaucratic here, and management communicates changes after they have already been made.",Listen to and empower the account management team as they are the closest to the customer.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61902,microsoft,"San Francisco, CA"," Feb 27, 2008",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Growing company that is supportive with a lot of educational opportunities.,A positive is that they do a really good job there of recognizing people/employees when they deserve to be recognized.,"I would say that I was rather impressed because the transition has been really smooth, although they were acquired recently.",Atlas senior management has been great!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61903,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,Customer Success Manager Review,Workign with best of Breed Technology - Azure,"Very new organisation within MS, so still unstructured",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61904,microsoft,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Solution Sales Specialist,Amazing and challenging place to work,Co-workers / teamwork Compensation and benefits Career opportunities Amazing technology,Some bureaucracy as expected in a huge corporate environment,Keep focusing on growth mindset and do not forget about the front line employees who are driving the company's success.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61905,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environement for all,"Good hours, lots of perks",Sometimes not promoted when needed,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61906,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great work life balance Great Benefits,Level bumps don't occur with role changes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61907,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,v good exp. there to work,nothing of this sort to write,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61908,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"Great technical community, amazing mentors",Too much internal focus on reporting,More focus for customer engagements,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61909,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiter,Excellent place to work,"Very mature culture. A lot of freedom to do the work the way you want. Company does a lot of things for public good which makes you proud to work for them. Loads of possibilities for internal move. Everyone is smart and nice, did not see any egos. I loved working there!",Some systems are archaic. Each team only gets to promote a few people per year which means if you are on a team full of superstars you may have to wait a while for a promotion. There are gaps in HR that are not covered by anyone and on many occasions when you have a question you are sent from person to person.,Improve promotion system.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1235.htm
61910,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,-,v good exp. there to work,nothing of this sort to write,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61911,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 4, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Support,Innovative Org,Innovative Org and Lots of growth opportunities,No Cons . All is well so far,Awesome .. Keep it going,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61912,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,- Inspiring people - Great culture,- Lack of freedom to work on things,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61913,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 1, 2018",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Amazing place to work,People are generally very calm an amazing place to learn work life balance is amazing.,You are generally involved in lot of process instead of working. there is no startup type culture in this environment you need to go through with lot of everyone even for a very small things.,Give an open opportunity to implement and execute the things in the way that employer is interested to execute you never know how the talent could evolve,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61914,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Solution Architect,Company culture and opportunity is excellent.,"Remuneration, opportunities to work in different roles, encouragement to grow. Excellent company culture, does a great deal of ""giving back"". Management that inspire confidence. A lot of great technical opportunities and plenty of scope to do things you love - if you can find the time...","In sales roles there is relentless focus on reporting. Unrealistic recent sales targets in the cloud business are getting to be silly. Minor gripe: having the UK main office in Reading is a pain. It's hard to get to, miles from all our customers, so you end up always trying to arrange meetings in the London office which is massively overcrowded.","Keep up the commitment to the company values and ethos, it's making for a great place to work. Get a bigger London office!",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61915,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Nov 30, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Business Controller,Excellent place to work for,Competitive environment. Always pushing for more in positive and looking for best. I have enjoyed it.,"Lack of opportunity for field finance. Heavy restructuring every year, with lot of layouts.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61916,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All good,"Really great company, they will be big someday","Only one toilet bowl in the office, sometimes have to queue for up to an hour to do my sinful business.",More Toilets please!,5.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61917,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Career opportunities Challenging work Great benefits,The location could be better,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61918,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Best in class employee care.,Managers need a new vision.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61919,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Great company and good salary,People and salary are competitive,Work life balance and ageism,Stop targeting over 50s to leave.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1236.htm
61920,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Excellent workplace,Challenging but flexible and really work to be a better employeer,Tough sometimes to tough at quarter endings,Look more to overall achievement instead of numbers,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61921,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Great employer!,Flexible and good hiring terms,Tough sometimes a bit to tough,See through the numbers,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61922,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," Dec 11, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solution Specialist,Good but to many old managers,"Top Tech, nice products and services","a lot of management, complex and not agyle organization",change the old management layer for new ones,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61923,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Search AM,Wonderful culture,Great diversity culture at the core of the company values,The company is very large and very process orientated which can be a blocker to move fast on opportunities,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61924,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineering Salary,Best place to start your career.,No Cons. 39LPA is fake.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61925,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,TSP : Worst role in Inside Sales Dublin,Azure is one of the best products in the market. Free fruit.,"Sales process in Microsoft (Demand response and Corporate):  Seller (ISR, SSP or AE): Do you want Office 365 licenses? Customer: Yes Seller: How many? Customer: X.... Seller add the data in the CRM  Seller: Do you want Office 365 licenses? Customer: Yes, but I need these features.... Seller: I need other call with my TSP (because seller have no idea about Office features) Seller after the call add the data in the CRM  Seller: Do you want Office 365 licenses? If Customer says : No ... Seller call to other customer  Seller: Do you have any project on Azure Customer: Yes, I am now working on it Seller add the deal to the CRM without adding value to the project  Seller: Do you have any project on Azure Customer: Yes, but I need .. Seller: I will include the TSP in the next call (Seller has no idea about any Azure product)  Seller: Do you have any project on Azure Customer: no Seller: Do you know that the cloud is cheaper and the future? Customer: I am not interested... Seller call other customer  Some sellers only track partner deals or ask the partners for Office renewals. The best sellers doing this are now managers, so this is the way to be successful in Microsoft. I recommend to my colleagues not to apply to the TSP role as the other roles have the same or higher salary, without any technical requirements, they don't need certifications or study the product and also more career progression.",Avoid to be a call center,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61926,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Review,"Extremely dynamic, you'll have to learn fast, and deal with changes on the go, everyday. Work with some of the best talents out there. Work however you want, pitch ideas and get things done, own your work.",Extremely dynamic (see pros) Lobbying and politics,Carefully choose people managers. Be more transparent and walk the walk.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61927,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 24, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Software Intern,"good work experience, hospitality and work culture.","no cons, work was good and hospitality too.",great work,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61928,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Microsoft is great but not in Prague,good compensation few stocks many sick days,"no work life balance lot of oncalls - not unusual to have 15-20 oncall hours during the week, sometimes even more chaotic pressure",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61929,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Er,Microsoft is perfect,"Good work environment, technical peoples","Rotational shift, Good work environment",Nothing more,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1237.htm
61930,microsoft,Pune City (India)," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,Employee friendly organization which give you enough challenges for your to grow and compensate you for your skills.,The biggest disadvantage of working in Microsoft is that I don't see any disadvantage. So its become difficult to understand whether I am doing the right thing.,Keep doing the good job of getting into new area of technology.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61931,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great place to work overall. Not much difference between Seattle and India.,"Not very fast paced, given the nature of products",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61932,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Dec 8, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,Microsoft is great but not in Prague,good compensation few stocks many sick days,"no work life balance lot of oncalls - not unusual to have 15-20 oncall hours during the week, sometimes even more chaotic pressure",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61933,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great opportunities,"Good pay, access to training and great minds in the IT industry, great employee treatment.",Many transformations that can impact your dev.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61934,microsoft,Casablanca (Morocco)," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier Field Engineer EMEA,"Challenging, good environnement for tech passionate people.",A lot of travelling !,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61935,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Lot of opportunities to learn and collaborate with other teams.,Better yearly hike. Gets hectic at times.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61936,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beat place to work and learn new things,Work environment We can learn a lot Everyone is soo friendly Food and transport is free,I didn't find anything,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61937,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Wonderful company to work! But growth can be very manager/team dependent.,"You get to work with some of the best minds. The culture is one of best, very inclusive workplace attitude. Most people are warm and helpful. If you join the Hyderabad campus it is a vast and beautiful place and you'll love coming to the office. Salary is best in class. Very flexible timings. Various activities like Hackathons and Garage events to foster interest in new technologies. Outings and events are really nice as no corners are cut. Microsoft is a company which truly believes and invests in your physical and mental well-being through fitness plans and stuff. A lot of subscriptions and resources are provided free of cost to FTEs.","Any con would be nitpicking, however, growth can be very manager and team dependent. Some teams work on legacy tech so if you join such a team you get stuck in debugging and maintaining legacy code and growth is also slow. Because it's such a huge company there can be frequent organizational shuffling which can create some confusion. And there are windows updates of course which you cannot turn off !! :P.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61938,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager,Inclusive and diverse culture. A lot of very smart and talented people. Innovative services - company makes huge investments into cloud services not just pushing adds on it.,"Sometimes - especially when working with HQ in Redmond, there is a feeling that people more thinking about their jobs than doing right thinks for a company. ""Satisfying a boss"" culture is more common than ""challenging a boss"" which is not always beneficial for a field teams, customers and partners.","Keep challenging teams on ""having a backbone"" culture. Create and nurture an environment where coming with constructive disagreement is appreciated and not doing so when it is right thing to do is not tolerable.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61939,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,UX Designer,"Diversity, Incusion, Great policies and benefits",Certain teams have bad work culture and try to override the existing freedom provided in company policies,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1238.htm
61940,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Flexible Work Hours, Work-life balance, great managers",Really slow promotions occur even for the ones who deserve it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61941,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,Flat hierarchy. Ownership and autonomy to make great things happen.,Company is US centric and and fails to see local opportunities,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61942,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Good work culture in the company,Middle management is quite manipulative,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61943,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Switzerland and Microsoft - Good match,extremely well organised and pleasant environment. very interntional,high ranks would be mostly Swiss-only club location a bit far-off Zurich compered to the other major corporate city locations,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61944,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's an OK place to work,They have pretty good salaries.,There is a lot of cult culture.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61945,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Whirlpool,"* Immersion on World's Largest Technology firm, access is unimaginable. * Would return given the right role, opportunity and ability to adapt within a fast paced environment is up to each individual's willingness and desire. * Blessed with amazing, passionate colleagues, many esteemed in years of their technical knowledge and willing to share, teach and collaborate. Many stayed in touch after leave.","* Everything is rolled out from Headquarters, Asia is last to receive * Asia offices is completely different to Redmond's Headquarter's environment * 'Drinking from a firehose' It is expected you learn at a fast pace and it is alot!",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61946,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,Fixed working hour Learn to debug in black box way,Limited career path Less exposure,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61947,microsoft,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," Dec 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inventory Control Expert,Great perks and learning from management and systems. lots of exposure.,Growth from retail to cooperate not there,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61948,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 16, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer Manager,Principal Software Engg,Autonomy and innovation with impact on world,"2nd best in Search, and lost on mobile advantage",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61949,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,great management progression good teamwork effective skill progression excellent sustainability,long shift no canteen breaks are short team leaders are not helpful rude receptionist,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1239.htm
61950,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,The campus in Paris is amazing!,I had to go back to school!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61951,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Content Writer,Sales Manager,Gave chances to deserving new comers with less experience.,Discrimination among company pay roll employees and out sourced employees,please treat outsourced employees with some respect,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61952,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good overall,Work-Life balance Hone Leadership skills Work with some brilliant brains,Too chill environment Some oldies still ruling the system,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61953,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Technology Strategist,"Cloud strategy and Microsoft producsts such as O365, Windows Platform",Rigid culture and,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61954,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company to work for..!,One of the best companies to work for and greatest minds in industry..,Always need to be on top of technology learning and improvise skillsets individually,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61955,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"You'll be surrounded by smart people and you'll work on the edge of the technology. If you're willing to move to Seattle, this is one of the greatest companies to work for.",Many decisions still are done in Redmond and your career will plateau quickly outside of Redmond. I also couldn't chose the right tool for the job at any given time because there were always a MS technology we were supposed to use. The latter is changing I'm being told by friends.,You're missing out great talent by trying to have everybody in Redmond.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61956,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 1, 2018",Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Inside Sales Germany,"Nice trip to the US if you're lucky, some nice colleagues, good health insurance. compared to what other IT firms in Dublin offer, there is not much I can think of.","I can only speak for the German Inside Sales Team, but staying in line with overall company culture, this is probably one of the most toxic work environments in Dublin. At Microsoft visibility is everything. The joke ""it doesn't matter what you do, what counts is the look on your face while you do it"" couldn't be more true anywhere. Sucking up to Management is explicitly encouraged and will almost certainly be the decisive factor in whether you will have a career there or not. If you are unlucky, the biggest part of your bonus will be based on the subjective opinion of management, so you'll be at the mercy of the complete hierarchic chain, which is able to -and will- take away your complete bonus on the basis of their personal feelings towards you, irrespective of your actual numbers or how you behave towards colleagues. In such a case, there will be no support offered from anywhere within the company. In the German team, management also takes photos of your desks and sends them around in work-related chats if there is, say, and empty cup or a stain on your desk. As much as visibility is key internally, the company is constantly trying to represent itself to the outside and will expect you to be part of this. This culture can be overwhelming at times and is only good for a very specific kind of person. You know best if you're one of those.  Perks at MS are few, there is a good health insurance , but no freebies such as free breakfast or snacks.  There are tons of good and highly reputable IT-companies in Dublin, most of which are offering far better culture, management, salaries and perks and I'd advice most to look elsewhere.","Try to filter out some of the typical American work culture, we are in Europe and have a different culture here, try to offer perks like the other IT companies, get rid of your most toxic directors.",2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,20,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61957,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Nov 27, 2018",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Good Pay | No Work Life Balance,Good pay blah blah blah,No Work life balance no opportunity,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61958,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Nov 28, 2018",Current Employee - Junior Data Scientist,Not a great working environment,"Nice office space, free coffe",Managers do not care about employees and relationship in the office. You have to pay for orange juice while soft drinks such as coke are free.,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61959,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FAV,everything is good. work life balanced,slow growth rate. less exposure,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1240.htm
61960,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Opportunities to grow vertically and horizontally Lots of various projects for any taste Work life balance,Inevitable cons of any big corporation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61961,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Advocacy Manager,One of the best companies worldwide,"Focus on career, investment in people, growth opportunities, flexibility, being target oriented",Nothing that i see so far,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61962,microsoft,Tampere (Finland)," Nov 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging pace due to legacy organization,Opportunity to move to different teams.,"Product development involves large number of teams, it became challenging to move faster.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61963,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great ethics and great values,None to report for the time being,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61964,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Only career management,One of the best companies to work for in the world from many angles.,Career Management. Especially the managers in Corp are not open for talents from other parts of the world.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61965,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Nov 23, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,not bad but too many changes,-tons of resources if you want to learn -mostly very nice and helpful colleagues -training sessions on pluralsight are pretty good -opportunity to obtain certificates (also heavily encouraged) -breakfast inhouse -several amenities (e.g. membership to close-by gyms for free),"-too many changes -mission is focus on customer 100%, reality is a little bit different -ever since the new ticketing tool was introduces, efficiency and customer satisfaction has gone down dramatically due to overall mismanagement and an ever growing dissociation between management and stale numbers and field experience and actual feedback from frontline employees -salary needs to be adapted to current market rate -current direction in which we're moving needs to be changed, otherwise customer satisfaction as well as employee satisfaction will continue to free fall","listen to what employees keep telling you and focus less on number crunching - numbers can be adapted creatively, constructed feedback is helpful for everybody and the bottom line",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61966,microsoft,Timişoara (Romania)," Nov 22, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Partner Consultant,"Sometimes interesting, sometimes dreadful","- Salary - Experience - Colleagues, working at Microsoft means entering a brotherhood of sorts",- Work Life - Salary increases,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61967,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A really great place to work,Working with super smart people,The company has gotten REALLY big. You're just a small person in a much bigger plan.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61968,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft review,"great company, great work culture",nothing as such its fine,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61969,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,Good work life balance. Great peer group,Lack of high intelligence and creativity stimulating projects in India offices,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1241.htm
61970,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,- Great opportunities - Growth - Great benefits and salary,- Company politics - Lack of adequate coaching,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61971,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft review,"great company, great work culture",nothing as such its fine,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61972,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As expected,brand name salary extra benefits nice environmaent intelligent peers,politics pressure by boss brain drain negative mindset of peers extra expecattions by society,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61973,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at MS,"Good benefits, smart peers, flexible timings","internal politics, slow growth, too much tracking, no time for upskilling,",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61974,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pm,the working environment is very good and the people are able,Don’t care users. Always cut teams arbitrarily.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61975,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Lots of good support.,Long hours and pressured environment,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61976,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 6, 2018",Current Employee - TSP Applications and Infra,TSP Germany,Great friendships formed Cheap food Free drinks Trip to Vegas Mega new building,I have finally managed to put this chaos behind me. I have never bevore been part of a more chaotical managed team than what I had to endure during the past 12 months. Why I relocated from Germany for this job is beyond understanding. The only good thing that came from it is having Microsoft in my cv. Internal competition between units and even workloads. Our leaders force us to compete against our coworkers (for exampple modern workplace against apps and infra when it comes to SAAS or IAAS workload). Bad salary and no level adjustment to other team mates. We all have different salaries and levels for doing the same work.,"Replace the bottom three layers of management. No exceptions, they all need to be made go. Team managers and directors, they are yes-men or lie to your face or both.",1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61977,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Smart people with interesting challenges at scale.,Can be hard to move fast.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61978,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 17, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good So far,Good work life balance. Good Compensation,"Internal politics, You must put extra efforts to get your work recognized",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61979,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Math data,"Easy job, mostly filling data.",No real possibility of promotion.,none,3.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1242.htm
61980,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Amazing experience - loads of responsibility,Thrown into the deep end!,Continue to foster amazing talent in your interns :),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61981,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Nov 2, 2018",Current Employee - Architect Manager,Architect Manager,challenges and moving to cloud,"continuous re-orgs, hard to secure the role",none,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61982,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Nov 16, 2018",Former Employee - Internship,Intern,The brand of the company and the salaries are a plus,Other colleagues were very stressed and in general mean towards me.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61983,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Good company to work for with pension,Corporate Mentality can often stifle creativity,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61984,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Program Manager,Always the next project around the corner,Lots more of the same Internal competition instead of doing it together and value each other,More job rotations,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61985,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 5, 2018",Current Employee - Inside Sales,Immaturely Good,-Work-life balance. -Plenty of learning opportunities. -Relaxed environment. -Great facility. -Generally positive environment. -Friendliness & respect rule.,"-Weak Middle Management. -Cloud sales units are struggling (lack of ability to translate the company cloud into tangible business results). -Invisible HR. -Organization transformation into being a cloud service provider is going on so the company seem to be experimenting new business models where most people feel uncomfortable & at stake. -Career opportunities aren't clear enough, besides being limited for many profiles.","The uncertainty is in the air everywhere, make sure employees realize their importance and the impact they are making before turnover rates soar.",4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61986,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2018",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great exposure but not much guidance,"Benefits, pay, leaves, infrastructure, brand, huge range of technologies to build yourself,","Not much guidance, you should be self-motivated, self-driven to get where you want. Nobody cares about the challenges you are going through.",Please provide support and guidance for aspiring freshers. Celebrating diversity is not implemented completely. Managers need to understand the skills of reporter and then assign role/ work,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61987,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Dec 5, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,"Working 15 hours a day, including weekends.",Yo get to work with Microsoft technologies.,"Working 15 hours a day, including weekends.",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61988,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2018",Former Employee - Recruiter,Recruiter work review,Great work culture and benefits,Maybe job movement across geographical locations can better.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61989,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Microsoft GD,Great work culture Comfortable lavish life,The work is really bad No scope of growth,"Please focus on growth of employees under you, rather than just focussing on numbers.",3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1243.htm
61990,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Ever changing awesome company,There are some Good benefits,the cons are that there are Frequent re-orgs,Please wait for more than 2 years for re org,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
61991,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - SDE-2,SDE2,"Best in class, you name the benefits and it’s been there","No as such, keep it up",Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
61992,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2018",Former Employee - Big Data Engineer,"Good Pay, Lot of benefits for employees, no work life balance",Company provides all the facilities for an employee to learn and grow Good pay and lot of benefits for employees like health and fitness covers,Work Life balance Management is poor,Please hire managers who have understanding of the business and what it really takes to run a team,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
61993,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS Review,Great work life Balance is there,Slow moving and a bit government types,Nothing specific. Do well,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
61994,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"State-of-the-art projects, amazing people",Really amazing projects where you can learn a lot. Opportunities to work on and contribute to world-class projects.,"Some of the projects (code base) are quite huge, so it can be hard, or even impossible, to get a grasp of everything. It depends on a team and it can be individual, but putting in extra hours is not really uncommon.",none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
61995,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,excellence company to work if you have passion in technology,They have a lot of resource to learn new technology,Minimum training and on boarding program for contracted employee,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
61996,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's good to work here.,Work environment is good of course.,Heavy load on some projects.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
61997,microsoft,Chennai (India)," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Business Operations Associate,MS HR Services Center,"Flexibility, Friendly atmosphere, good benefits for FTEs, Brand Value",Need more Growth opportunities. More HR innovation needed,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
61998,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 25, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Seller,Inside Sales MEA team is scandalous,Microsoft is a top name to have on your CV,The Inside Sales organization is a mess The Middle East and Africa (MEA) team is the biggest manifestation of that. The amount of bullying and nepotism in that team is astounding The assessment of seller's performance esp in the STU (Sales technical Unit) is positively subjective. There are cliques esp in the MEA team and certain people and nationalities have maneuvered themselves into lobbying and favored positions at the unfair expense of others. There's hardly anything technical about being in the STU SSP or TSP.,The Sales Technical Unit and MEA team manager need to reevaluated and their performance reassessed relative to how much they cost your business (certainly in hiring and firing) The Inside Sales org will soon give the great name of Microsoft a bad name if you allow this chaos to continue The Inside Sales org and HR are totally unprepared for this diverse 'salesforce' and have zero understanding of the intricacies of managing such a diverse team covering the whole EMEA. Either seriously train them on how to deal with this mix of people or replace them. Otherwise you'll have issues,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
61999,microsoft,Lagos (Nigeria)," Nov 9, 2018",Former Employee - Channel Marketing Manager,Great Place to Work,High growth potential and opportunity to work with a lot of smart people,Not that I can think of,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1244.htm
62000,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,start up company,learn a lot from different areas,low salary and too much work,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62001,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunities,Excellent career progression opportunities both in Ireland and to travel abroad,"Fast paced, with an expectation that people want to move on in their career doesn't suit everyone",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62002,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 8, 2018",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Initial review,opportunities and learning possibilities seem good if you are in Redmond,Compensation and benefits are not same across sites. Same team doing same job will get less for the money unless in US,"Not all sites have equal compensation, benefits and career opportunities",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62003,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - Business Solutions Manager,BSS,- Good company. - Lots of opportunity. - Well known company.,"- Too much red tape, it's too hard to get stuff done. - You spend half your time getting approval for anything.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62004,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 6, 2018",Former Employee - SDE2,Filled with Politics and Bureaucracy,There is very good infrastructure. Amazing facilities for employees. Brand value. Some of the teams have good work life balance. But they are few now.,"Bureaucracy. you need to be in good list of manager and show off that you are stretching to your limits. Politics. People dont help, they provide partial information to keep you down. Lame HR. Your manager give you bad review to stop you from changing teams. There is no HR discussion or feedback when you leave the company.",Reach out to employees who are leaving. But anyway you don't care as there is not much attrition.,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62005,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,Good company,Really a lot of possibilities to learn new,Complex structure difficult to reach needed resources and people.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62006,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company I've ever worked with,The best company I've ever worked with,I don't fine any cons,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62007,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 27, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Representative,Don't believe the Hype - it is not a Great place to work,"Some smart people, good salary",too many bullies in management and a leadership team that is comprised of bullies,lift your game,1.0,2.0,2.0,none,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62008,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 3, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Not good company if you don't know politics,Good infrastructure. Good brand values. Some teams are good for work-life balance.,"Lots of politics. Biased reviews. They give bad review in connect so that you can not change team too. If your manager gets bad rating in MS Poll, you are screwed.",Ask employee why is he leaving ? There wasn't even a HR meeting while leaving company. You should take feedback also after employee leaves.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62009,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Solution Sales Professional,STU Management walked straight out of BBC's ,The building is modern and spacious. Restaurants are good & checked thoroughly.,"2nd Grade managers. Lots of them are promoted individual contributors. Many years of service, slimy upwards, frustrated downwards. Playing manager, not being manager. Not interested in results, only in personal PR. Our weekly team meetings were exemplary for BBC's the thick of it. They usually start like: ""I have met with X (team members should be impressed) and it's vital that we are visible here and here. Please produce this and this before end of business tomorrow."" Team member: ""But that entails a week of work with excell, I want to talk to my customers."" Manager: ""Prioritize this, it's important for our visibility in the organization"" Team member: ""All the asked information is in the crm already, and it is a problem that no one is talking to the customers in inside sales."" Manager ""Please stop making objections and do as your told before eob tomorrow I repleat. It that clear to everybody?"". Goes on like this week after week, always about something else, but always about visibility and never about the business and performance. It is unbelievable how small a number of inside sales employees are actually talking to customers, and how toxic the management culture is. Managers are not standing for their workers, and they really don't care for the customer either. They are looking down on their workers and customers. The good people which perform, and care for the business, are considered dangerous. They are leaving as soon as they can, and they are even sacked. People who are among the top sales performers in emea are sacked because management doesn't like them.",--,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1245.htm
62010,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 4, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Analyst,Great Company,"Salary, Flexibility Time, Visibility, Trainings","Competitive, Hight Metrics, Free Time.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62011,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 18, 2018",Current Employee - SSP,SSP,"Nice building Depending on alignment, obtaining bonuses can be extremely easy","You would think working for one of the largest software developers in the world would be a blessing. I expected an agile, feedback based, open work environment and like minded culture. Boy was I wrong.  Unfortunately Microsoft Dublin is influenced by an archaic management system. Micromanagement has clearly been invented in this office. Senior managers taking pictures of people's work space when they're not sitting behind their desk. Endless spreadsheets to fill in (who needs MSX right?). A dozen internal meetings a week, and therefor no time for actual customer contact.  'Initiatives' that create visibility amongst other teams are rewarded by management. Think of colourful spreadsheets, mail merges, mass importing MSX data, and so on.. Often these endeavours only take up valuable time, create more overhead and generally demotivate people.  As Management is only interested in short term wins (Quarterly at best), calling customers is not rewarded because that implies long term relations, planning, complex engagements, etc. Instead, maintaining an inflated bubble-like pipeline full of nonsense is what is required to survive here. This has to be presented (and kept up-to-date daily) in MSX, Excel and Powerpoint all at the same time. There is no actual verification of work done and I can promise you that our pipeline is 95% FAKE and has been since I joined.  Priorities seem to shift on a weekly basis, largely depending the quality of sleep our leadership had the night before. Or maybe its the direction of the wind, who knows.  Most capable people have left or are in the process of leaving. What remains is a cyclical self serving corrupt workforce that has no intention of doing their best for Microsoft.","Take a good hard look in the mirror and ask yourself what kind of company would you be running if you were in charge. Stop trying to suck up to those around you and do whats right, do whats productive. Listen to feedback. Defend your team. Filter out BS initiatives and focus on what really matters. Your intelligence is not the problem. Your backbone (or lack thereof) is.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62012,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 19, 2018",Former Employee - Solution Sales Professional,STU Management walked straight out of BBC's ,The building is modern and spacious. Restaurants are good & checked thoroughly.,"2nd Grade managers. Lots of them are promoted individual contributors. Many years of service, slimy upwards, frustrated downwards. Playing manager, not being manager. Not interested in results, only in personal PR. Our weekly team meetings were exemplary for BBC's the thick of it. They usually start like: ""I have met with X (team members should be impressed) and it's vital that we are visible here and here. Please produce this and this before end of business tomorrow."" Team member: ""But that entails a week of work with excell, I want to talk to my customers."" Manager: ""Prioritize this, it's important for our visibility in the organization"" Team member: ""All the asked information is in the crm already, and it is a problem that no one is talking to the customers in inside sales."" Manager ""Please stop making objections and do as your told before eob tomorrow I repleat. It that clear to everybody?"". Goes on like this week after week, always about something else, but always about visibility and never about the business and performance. It is unbelievable how small a number of inside sales employees are actually talking to customers, and how toxic the management culture is. Managers are not standing for their workers, and they really don't care for the customer either. They are looking down on their workers and customers. The good people which perform, and care for the business, are considered dangerous. They are leaving as soon as they can, and they are even sacked. People who are among the top sales performers in emea are sacked because management doesn't like them.",--,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,11,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62013,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 21, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Best Company to work for,Best in class Health insurance,Too much Management changes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62014,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,AI Architect,The great culture and projects,The jobs requires 50% of travel,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62015,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Oct 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sales Director,Superb company,"Optimism, freedom, respect, industry leader","Large, chaotic, too many cooks",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62016,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital advisor,Great job with great customers,There are no cons that I’m aware of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62017,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Nice working environment, Good pay which motivates you","Bad management, Little communication among colleagues",none,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62018,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Nov 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Good people and hard work expats.,"- The company doesn't seem to care about employees. - You will NEED to be available for the company 24/7 and not only when you are onCall. - Management doesn't understand very basic concepts of agile. - You will be randomized, pressured and not respected during some meetings. - Pay under in relation for the local Copenhagen market.",- Learn about how to respect your employees.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62019,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Solid company,"Good learning environment, Smart people",None that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1246.htm
62020,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,Great place smart people dynamic,Lot's of HR and protocol to follow,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62021,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,1 year experience,"Geam team, managers very well grounded","Work volume really high, difficulty to advance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62022,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Engineer,Great place,It is a great place to work,None as I know of,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62023,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing culture and work life balance,Amazing culture and work life balance made me stay here for half a decade. I really enjoy working here.,"The only downside is that it pays lesser than its competitors. Since years, there has been no correction in payment.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62024,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 15, 2018",Former Employee - Intern,Good,A lot of learning from everyone,none I can think of,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62025,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,there is good immigration policy in MS,the salary is not competitive compared with other company,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62026,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 29, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Company Review,1. Good working environment 2. Benefits. 3. Work life balance,1. Less salary compared to US 2. Not many options within current location.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62027,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Culture,Satya has changed the culture making Microsoft one of the best companies to work for.,This is a great company to work for.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62028,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II,Great people. Excellent value to resume. Lots of room to contribute. Good compensation and benefits.,Tech stack is often old. Quite a bit of politics.,"For such a large org, MS is doing quite well.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62029,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Skype engineer,Good collaborative culture and liberal.,Work load is too high.,Find more resources,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1247.htm
62030,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II,Great people. Excellent value to resume. Lots of room to contribute. Good compensation and benefits.,Tech stack is often old. Quite a bit of politics.,"For such a large org, MS is doing quite well.",4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62031,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 12, 2018",Former Employee - Strategic Partner Manager,"Best for architects, not great for sales",- good visibility for architects - promotion opportunities,- overlap in roles - No clear goals,Restructure the company aligning with market & customers,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62032,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,best ever company to work in the word.,nothing to have as con at microsoft,"nothing,",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62033,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 23, 2018",Current Employee - Applications Support Engineer,Microsoft,"Advanced technologies,Cloud computing,Agile,Data Lake","No work life balance, Late Calls",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62034,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Oct 25, 2018",Current Employee - Solution Sales Manager,"Great company,focussed on Enterprise Business","- strong Leadership Team, politics in some management roles - great company, strong vision",- politics more and more important,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62035,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very good company to work at,"Great projects, lot of things to learn, great people and engineering culture.",Lot of legacy code and lot of problems to deal with backward compatibility. Lot of on-call/devops work. Lot of politics.,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62036,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 10, 2018",Current Employee - Inside Sales Specialist,TSP review,"Brand name is good in your CV You will meet great people, but those are the ones that leave the quickest Food: Good food choice but you have to pay for it Gym: Good facilities and courses, good price","Management is extremely bad. Managers do not listen at all to the team, it is all about their image. Management has 0 product knowledge and hence have no clue what is going on. Management is hired externally with what seems no appropriate experience for the position. Leadership is non-existent. They can not be looked up to or seen as models, as they are not knowledgeable, do not communicate, do not respect peoples time as they are always unpunctual, don’t care about the team. Management does not listen or achieve anything for the team. You feel like completely left to yourself. They are said to be people managers, but they do not inspire, encourage, motivate... It is as if management is non-existant... Very high fluctuation in the company. Good people leave (some of them try to stay for one year in order to keep the relocation money), less qualified employees are the ones who stay… The hiring process is very poor, there is no criteria for hiring, it is simply hard getting people with language skills for certain markets, so they hire randomly. There is no transparency in levels. No career opportunities, just very limited, and specially for those who play fake and nice with management, not for skilled people, but for the ones who suck it up to management. Extremely bad onboarding process. Once you start, training is equal to 0. Everything is digitalized, so the product knowledge you have to gain in order to carry out your job comes from videos. There is some mentoring from colleagues from Inside Sales, but not structured and very limited. No real training plan is made for new hires and you have to figure out yourself how you gain your knowledge. It is always said that they give you the time you need to learn, but all the learning is self-learning from videos or whatever source you find. At a given point you have to start working, no matter if you know about the product or not. The decision is just randomly made by management with no knowledge checks or whatsoever. All in all, onboarding and learning process is not structured, no knowledge checks, no coaching from management. If you start new with no product knowledge, expect to be left all to yourself and with no guidance at all. TSP role: you are the worst paid and the last involved in the selling process, with 0 communication with the team. Supposedly TSPs are to be the Microsoft reference team (with most technical knowledge) for a certain product in a market, but new hires do not get prepared for this at all, they are just dropped into that position and have to figure out all by themselves what to do, learn the product, etc. The buddy system does not work at all. When you start new you get a buddy, but he is of no use at all. He/she will not teach you anything or orient you in any way.",Listen and communicate more with your employees before all the good ones leave. Improve the onboarding. Don’t hire people and leave them all to themselves. Management needs to be Level 200 in the product they are managing (most are not even L100).,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62037,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,It was very very good,None to really speak of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62038,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,A person get very good job with beautiful environment.,In comparison of pros there are like not any cons in my opinion.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62039,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a,great vision under new leadership,slowness of career advancement somecases,be authentic,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1248.htm
62040,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 9, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineering Manager,Best place to work,Challenging opportunities and talented people to work with,Higher tolarence for non-productive employees,Lot can happen if politics are stopped,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62041,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 22, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great!,Office environment Learning Awesome peers Lot of perks,"Shifts, Poor work life balance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62042,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OCP,Broad Hybrid and future strategy is inline with customer desires and the technology investments are staggering,Politics still rules the roost and the opportunity for career growth is limited by the annual shake up and re orgs,"Deop the politics, build a meritocracy and actually prioritise the cistomer and partner experience",1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62043,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay place to work,food is free. games available if you are interested,"compensation is low. work life balance is misplaced. If you are not in Engineering then, the pay is not as per market standards.",none,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62044,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Good work with good environment . great place to learn new things and good salary.proid to work in such a great company.thank you,Shifting to many places is somewhat problem,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62045,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Amazing,"Work life balance, great opportunity to experiment, learn and grow",Can't think of any con,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62046,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 20, 2018",Former Employee - Student Partner,Best in Industry Practices,Amazing Life in all aspects,Lack of Work life balance,Chill,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62047,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good employer,"Benefits for employees, competitive salary","Unstable, one can get redundant with no respect to person's professional success",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62048,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Controller,Great Work Life Balance Pay well Cooperative managers,Long working hours Too much attention towards diversity Toooooooo much focus on being invested into success of your colleagues,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62049,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Oct 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director of Talent Acquisition,"innovation and learning opportunities, career progression","hierarchical , starting to create a lot of inner circles that influence senior leadership",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1249.htm
62050,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience in the company,Good Experience in the company,tired work schedule for everyday in office,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62051,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Flexible to try any new role,"Getting promotions quickly, almost every 18 months",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62052,microsoft,Egypt (South Africa)," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,"very good benefits , stock , gym allowance","the work life balance , stress",N/A,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62053,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"Package, access to trainings, workplace",Direct management without any real power to change things,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62054,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great company vision and leadership Flexible work environment Good pay and conditions,"Politicians still rule the management ranks. Satya has a great vision for an aspire-to culture, but the politicians use the language to their advantage to bully or get ahead at the expense of anyone they see as a threat","Kill MS - Poll as it is. It is outdated, and the scores are mostly BS. People either use it to puff up their team (if they are experienced players and understand the positive feedback loop of doing this) or to attack (if they are disgruntled). Better to have less predictable and more immediate feedback loops",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62055,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Yep, ok","Big company, good title, big buildings.","Big company, too many people not enough action.",Make things smaller,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62056,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Finance,Microsoft Finance,"Talented people, opportunity for impact in the business","Politics, progression not necessarily related to performance",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62057,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Architect,"educated people, well managed, very sales oriented in Canada. Products are becoming better.",For the last 10-15 years Microsoft was so happy about achievement that it didn't pay attention to a lot of products. The good news is that under new CEO culture is changing.,Management is actually very good.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62058,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solutions Architect,Take care employee and has a good brand,Org always change every year,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62059,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Oct 17, 2018",Former Employee - Internship,Good internship experience in Microsoft,"colleagues are very nice, the workload is not so pushing.","As for backend developer, they only prefer C# language.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1250.htm
62060,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 18, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Support Engineer,ocean of opportunity to learn new technology. i do not think any company provides this much of opportunity to learn and growth in the field of your interest. Value to be in Microsoft Nice perks and quality of transport provide.,Working in night shift with heavy work pressure.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62061,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you are not Egyptian, don't bother by applying to Inside Sales MEA - No diversity",sometimes you get to work on intresting deals with intresting topics,"When you hear diversity, you think that you will be in an international environment, although 90% of the team for MEA is from Egypt( including managers) who are doing their best to hire their friends/colleagues/Coex vendors even if they are not skilled enough for the role. I have never seen a level of discrimination at this level, lobying at its finest, creating head counts from nothing to hire Egyptians, and no matter how skilled you are, how many languages you speak, how much experience you have, the hiring will end up with an Egyptian. Why showcasing diversity as one of the values if you are hiring only from one nationality ? If you are not Egyptian, do yourself a favor and avoid applying to Inside Sales MEA.","apply diversity for real, hire people for their potential not for their nationality",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62062,microsoft,"Bukit Batok, West (Singapore)"," Oct 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,MSFT Review,- big name - innovative company - flexible,- too much of process,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62063,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Oct 16, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Marketing at Microsoft,"Great benefits package, solid training, RRSP matching is excellent. Great people","Too many priorities to market for, too many meetings - hard to balance work and life",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62064,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Escalation Engineer,Great place to work. 4.5 years of journey and counting.,You might want to count on work life balance sometimes.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62065,microsoft,Leopardstown (Ireland)," Sep 21, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Professional,Microsoft Inside sales Mgt,Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic.,Without doubt the worst level of management I've experienced in years. Granted this isn't helped by the challenges of a relatively new business segment but failure to get a layer of management who are to be taken seriously on a sales level was a failure. In addition management are working in a very politically charged environment and likely to change stance or direction as and when needed with regard to their goals.,Perhaps a more understanding and supportive approach while the business figures out a lot of what it's trying to achieve?,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62066,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Demanding but rewarding at several levels,"Unformal/Flexible culture, High standards, Great perks",Short term pressure not always align with long term goals,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62067,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for first position,"good benefits, good food, GOOD WLB",Nothing to learn there. friends are not real there,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62068,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really takes care of its employees,Gates was one of the most misunderstood but his only mistake was trusting his company with Ballmer. Actually a great company to work for—great culture and benefits.,Not too many. Perhaps not enough parking spaces...,Please keep up the good work!,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62069,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Work/Life Balance Low Salaries,Great work/life balance in some teams ( bing and cortana ) Good culture and values,"Compensation and Career opportunities are not good. Exploring opportunities in international offices require you to reach level 62 , which takes atleast 4-5 years for a new joinee (software engineer)",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1251.htm
62070,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,financial analyst,great company and more opportunities,Too Technically actually no cons,none,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62071,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Oct 11, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Art Director,Boys club,"Challenges, colleagues, salary are satisfying. Long hours.",Very much glass ceiling for women in every field but marketing.,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62072,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you are hard worker,"Any new technologies, you have opportunity to learn and implement Learn and grow as much needed No issue on reaching any top level management","Long working hours, Late night calls Managers will look at all possible ways to get more than what you can provide",Work life balance.,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62073,microsoft,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Directory Services Support Engineer,Directory Services Support Engineer,I have lost count of all the benefits Microsoft gives to their employees.,I have no cons about MS.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62074,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"One of the best employers to work for, world wide","+ salary + food + amazing benefits: gym, company phone, company laptop, company car (in some cases)",- noisy work environment - hard to work with HR,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62075,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer -2,Good Company,"Company has very good ethics and with Satya's leadership, things are going great. You have a lot of freedom in choosing the technology.","It's totally manager driven organization. Manager's perception matters a lot and if manager is not able to support you, choice becomes limited for your growth.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62076,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible working conditions,Flexible working conditions - work from anywhere,"Expectations of your performance are high. High pressure with aggressive targets and KPIs. Because you are able to work from anywhere at any time, you tend to work more than you should.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62077,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Old good company with potentially brigh future under good managment,"They take a good care of you, they try to give you all kinds of trening so you can grow overall (communication etc.)",A lot of politics as in every big company,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62078,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer -2,Be careful IDC and IT is merged,"food , cabs and relocation benefits","I joined this company considering i will be working for IDC but now they have merged IDC and IT so if you get an offer which mention as you are employed for IDC please ask if the group was in IT before. They interviewed me for Software engineer 2 position , but the work they have given is for service engineer be very careful before making decision, don't make mistake just because of Microsoft name.","please be transparent to employee about work, it may ruin there career .",1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62079,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place,"Coworkers, benefits, free food, transportation, nice office, cool work","Montonous after a while, slow growth, night calls for India",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1252.htm
62080,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Great Company,Best Work Culture Best sports facilities Great Co-Workers,Salary growth might be less as compared to other companies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62081,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very challenging but dynamic, you must find your work/life balance yourself","Great team, interesting projects, multicountry exposure","Unrealistic targets, sometimes rushed delivery for the sake of meeting the budget",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62082,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 8, 2018",Current Employee - Product Designer,A great playground with limited diversity,"Open minded, welcome to initiatives, your own schedule kind of work place. Great place to work with highly professional people and learn from everyone while working on huge scale and influence products.","Diversity is low. Everyone comes from the same ""factory"" a lot due to recruiting policies and guidelines. A company that is more engineering driven and and such other professionals such as designers, data, etc are with limited life-spam.",Communicate to recruiters the need in change of recruiting standards. Start thinking of Microsoft not only as a company for engineers and the change will follow.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62083,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Software Engineer,"Great environment, most of the teams are packed by extremely smart and competent people.","Work outside the Redmond office is not valued as much, even if you produce more. Some teams and maybe entire orgs may have toxic culture (the remnants of Balmer era). This is being fixed but some parts are moving way too slowly.","Try to reduce the discrimination. I am not talking about the gender or race, Microsoft is great in this regard - I am talking about Redmond vs the rest of the world and full time employees vs the vendors.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62084,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Potential, needs attention to detail","Very accommodating, Flexible hours are nice, Great Impact in some areas of the company.","Team fit is often unpredictable, Too many meetings, Some Managers don't know how to do their job (the transition from developer is rough).",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62085,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Manager,"Salary and perks, challenges and company car - stock bonus.","Rewards process, terrible values, lack of good mid-management.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62086,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,Great place to work Great environment Cool product to work on,Nothing I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62087,microsoft,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Sep 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Category Manager,"Great company, a healthy environment, teamwork.",Career Opportunities are limited,open more Career Opportunities for current employee,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62088,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 16, 2018",Former Employee - Research Fellow,Amazing place to work on cutting edge problems,1. Intellectual freedom 2. Amazing researchers 3. Cutting edge research projects 4. Highly recommended for people aiming for higher studies,1. Relatively less compensation 2. Projects sometimes don't end up in production. This is fair given that it is a Research lab,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62089,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Applied Researcher,Overall great work experience,Reliable employment High-impact products Reasonable work-life balance Good benefits beyond the paycheck,Sometimes outdated internal technology and tools,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1253.htm
62090,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program manager,Great company with great people,Many decision makers are still based out of Redmond,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62091,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Chill environment and not much of hierarchy.,Huge size of the teams. Less to learn.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62092,microsoft,Raanana (Israel)," Oct 3, 2018",Former Employee - PMO Manager,PMO,good atmosphere at all times,tight schedule and management pressure,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62093,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Sep 17, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Specialist,A great place to work if you love technology + sales and don't mind the complexity and redundancy of matrix org.,"Fast changing, very professional, lot of internal growth opportunities","Tall targets, lot of pressure",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62094,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,test reveiew,qsdqs dfdfd qsdssq qsdd qsd qsdazdza az .,dfdsfsd ifh uh iqdf oij oij oiqhfqu .,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62095,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Data Scientist,"Due to the presence of many teams and products in Microsoft, it is possible to switch to the right work and project you like. Provides very good health insurance coverage for you and your family for free Has a good cricket, football, tennis and volleyball grounds Has an excellent gym with yoga training as well.",Co-workers might not be as talented as you might have thought. Managers are sometimes clueless and don't have control over development efforts No Badminton court :(,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62096,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Sales,Global success story marred by issues in regional office,"Great products, brand and people are proud to work there. Visionary leadership from the CEO and the stock price is great too","There appears to be some shady politics in the local office. There’s a lot of emphasis on “internal selling” over getting great results. More disturbingly, recently I’ve seen some good people who appeared to be performing well suddenly disappear without explanation. Also some promotions of people who don’t necessarily have the right skills but do have the right internal connections. This should not be happening in a meritocracy.",Investigate what’s going on in your regional offices and follow up on MSPoll feedback. Something is off.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62097,microsoft,Warsaw (Poland)," Oct 1, 2018",Current Employee - Data Platform TSP,Good company but tough politics,"Great salaries, bonus and benefits.",Politics can make your job really tough. No guidance by guidance. Many people are fired even top performers.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62098,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Sep 16, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Support Engineer,"Busy place, good ramp up for a future job","Good ramp up, knowledge warehouse","very busy, no time to self study, just troubleshoot on the go",be closer to employees,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62099,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Academy for IT and SW experience,Plenty of resources available internally to grow your skills,"like every other companies, politics do exists.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1254.htm
62100,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Academy for IT and SW experience,Plenty of resources available internally to grow your skills,"like every other companies, politics do exists.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62101,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome Job,"Awesome Job , Awesome Salary and perks",None. Job i good and work culture is awesome,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62102,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2018",Current Employee - Telangana,Great place to work at,Wide range of oppotunities are available.,no siginificant cons that i came across.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62103,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 29, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Company,Work Culture Good compensation and benefits,Work life balance Career opportunities Promotion Onsite opportunities,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62104,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best benefits in IT market, but stressful environment","Possibility to grow and learn very fast, great benefits (e.g. company car, healthcare insurance) and salary compared to same position in other IT companies","Most of people is overwhelmed of work, so you need to keep the stress under control",Hire more people so work can be shared better across people,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62105,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Work life balance Inclusive culture Good work in some teams,Slower growth Less learning in most teams,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62106,microsoft,Swords (Ireland)," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Representative,Sales representative,"Microsoft is an opportunity for everyone how want to develope, both experienced and non-experienced. There are many industries here and Microsoft exists in many places on the map",It is very hard for me to find arguments because I only look for the positive side of things,speaker of Romanian and Hungarian and English 15 years experience in sales,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62107,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer -2,Just started working here.,"Good pay, benefits and work life balance. Awesome people, very helping and Enthusiastic about work.",Yet to find any. No company is perfect. Microsoft is by far best company I've worked for.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62108,microsoft,North Ryde (Australia)," Sep 22, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Company on good track however the Consulting Services business is unethical,Company is getting better every day. Love the openness and growth mindset culture.,"Microsoft product teams are all about deploying the right solutions for the customer. However the Consulting Services organization demands that their staff deploy solutions that increase billable time. When challenged we're told not to think but do what we're told and that revenue is more important than the deploying the right solution. Utilization based incentives drive the wrong behavior. When engagements are completed in a fraction of the time allocated, we are told to perform work slower otherwise we'll be fired.",Shutdown the consulting services business,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62109,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Excellence Analyst,Microsoft,Lots of benefits. High wage. Flexibility in work hours.,They tend to hire a lot of outsourcing employees in order to avoid giving the full benefits to all the workforce. It's a great place to learn about tech industry and about complex companies.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1255.htm
62110,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Flexible work hours, Great colleagues, A comany that makes a difference in the world. Diversity",None that I can think of.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62111,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inside Sales Dublin,"Nice building , Good working condition , Free Shuttle for the center",Law salaries compare to other IT companies,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62112,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Excellence Manager,Great company,"Flexibility, career development, helpful colleagues","Burocracy, a lot of travelling.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62113,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PFE,Great company to work for,Long procedures which get in the way,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62114,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work and grow!,Excellent facilities and benefits. Great opportunities to learn from the best and work with the best. Lots of opportunities to grow in career.,"At times, some typical work politics, common everywhere. Might get stuck to a particular work and in that case could be hard to move into other streams.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62115,microsoft,Melbourne (Australia)," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Relationship Manager,Delivery,Some great talent is still Around and this brings opportunities to learn from it. Benefits used to be great.,"Toxic and political culture top-down, no empowerment, nepotism and favoritism, turned into a career end for many excellent people over the past 2 years. Push out people with tenure. Bullying and harasment all over the place. Ibm culture brought nothing good. Customers pick and choose competitions more and more",Reward by merit. Friends cannot replace true professionals. Get your head out of sand and start listening to customer feedback. Review epg and services management.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62116,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - SharePoint Consultant,sharepoint consultant,Technology explorer is more. can learn ms technology in deep.,work life balance is problem at MS.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62117,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Sep 27, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Worked for more than a year,Great working environment. Opportunity to learn,Confused priorities. Office politics. Managers indulge in favoritism.,Hire better people for management teams.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62118,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SharePoint Administrator,Remote work Salary Ease of onboarding process,Too many managers to report to,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62119,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft,the work life balance is awesome.,I didn't find any cons.,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1256.htm
62120,microsoft,Almaty (Kazakhstan)," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Territory Channel Manager,Territory channel manager,Microsoft is a worldwide software company. Very interesting international experience with grate people. Company is very support development of employees.,complex company with complex internal processes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62121,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Epic Fail,Decent benefits and stock options,"Stagnant environment, don't use their own products internally",Pay people what they are worth. New hires are hired at a higher staff level and are paid more than existing experienced staff. Setting new standards in attrition.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62122,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Lead,Nice Place to work,"Good work life balance, Amazing Campus, Flexible Working hours","Long interview Process , Work life balance",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62123,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,That was a nice comoany,Go to wlrk at weekends,Good,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62124,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Seems do-able,Awesome insentives for freshers just work hard,Salary is a bit less considering Microsoft,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62125,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Good Company,"Good Culture , Good perks , Work life balance",Nothing for improvement Everything is good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62126,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,Endless Opportunity to grow,Work life balance Work from home Competitive Salary Best co-employees and work culture,Growth might not be as good other companies,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62127,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Great Company,Good Work Environment Work Life Balance,Slower Growth rate in comparison to the others,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62128,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Politics Politics Politics,"if you are PHD in politics join the Microsoft(MSIT/CFE/PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) etc.. they frequently used to change the SUB ORG Name. SWE leads are unprofessional, pathetic and biased towards someone No work recognition No team work Colleague are involve in buttering and CHUGLI/Politics  ***********Its hell of Software and IT companies(MSIT/CFE only)*************",Good company policy Good Infra Free Food and snacks Transport Maternity/Paternity Leaves Gim etc..,Please through out the people who creating bad working environment and culture Dost waist people time and career,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62129,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Work ethic,"Has a very good work ethic, can commit.",Can be difficult to sustain.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1257.htm
62130,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work,"good culture, growing company, good salary",people (in MS Japan) tend to work on their holidays,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62131,microsoft,"Arctic Bay, NU (Canada)"," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Janitor,Amazeballs,Fun. High pay. Ultra fun,None at all it's impossible,Hello,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62132,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product advisor,collaborative culture lots of snacks community support event,"customers, low pay, training, spaces are limited for employee to study",none,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62133,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good to work,best place to work great,no cons in this comp,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62134,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company to work for,1. If you are in Product Development then you will get lot of exciting work. 2. Work on exciting and new technologies. 3. Medical benefits are great. 4. Sports facilities are good.,1. If you are in services then your work life balance will be hell. 2. Some teams have lot of politics,Nothing as such,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62135,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Balanced environment,Good office campus Flexible hours only work matters Good pay,Expensive part of the city,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62136,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Great work environment and ample opportunity to learn.,None I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62137,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better career option,Great Work culture Better career options,"Hiring team sucks, they hire most stupid person.",none,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62138,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome job,As usual Microsoft is a great employer.,"The team is very small, hence less growth opportunities.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62139,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 7, 2018",Former Employee - Education Specialist,Great place to work,"Company heading in a great direction, benefits are great also.","part of a very big machine, sometimes certain issues take a while to be resolved.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1258.htm
62140,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better career option,Great Work culture Better career options,"Hiring team sucks, they hire most stupid person.",none,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62141,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Salary not competitive,"Being a MS employee adds to one CV, working with the best, and facing great challenges. Love the company","Salary, work and life balance",They charge in US Dollars for our service in a flat rate. They should consider a flat salary to avoid having valuabe resources moving,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62142,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I enjoy it here,"A great international company, ace perks, free drinks, happy staff.",Nothing I can call out to be honest,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62143,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,* Flexible work hours and holidays * Good projects,* Monotonous work for long time,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62144,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was just ok,Good experience and you meet great people,It was not great for a new college hire,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62145,microsoft,"Wimborne Minster, England (UK)"," Sep 5, 2018",Current Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Solid company to work for,"Not the same job for more than 3 years, always changing, always challenging.",Microsoft is no longer cool with consumers.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62146,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SSP,"inclusive, diverse, challenging, fast paced always changing",not a whole lot to complain about really. grrat team great people,Coach mentor and maintain momentum,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62147,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place,"Good people, great culture, smart people around, many technical resources available","Process oriented especially in IT, less personal growth",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62148,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Oct 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for Microsoft Canada is like stabbing yourself in the eye - repeatedly.,Getting Microsoft on your resume - if that even means anything anymore.,"Microsoft Canada is like a parody of what a company should be. It's full of people who are deeply bitter that they aren't working in the US, and are trying everything they can to work their way to the US HQ. In my time here, my manager told us to lie about our work to corporate and fudge numbers to make them look good.  When I protested, I was told that I ""wasn't a team player"", and ""didn't understand how Msft worked"". I got out quick, and I would never want to work for a company that rewards sociapaths and liars quite as blatantly as Msft Canada does.  What's even funnier is the kool-aid drinkers in the office, who walk around telling you how ""lucky"" you are to work for Msft. These folk - most of whom have never worked anywhere else - are typically the ones working overtime to cover up the messes they make when the E&Y audit emails come in.  I came from one of the FAANG companies, and I deeply regret thinking that Microsoft might have changed.","None whatsoever - you all know that this is going on, and you don't care, as long as you can get to go to billg's house once a year and see his trampoline room. It's sicking to see the lack of ethics and morals that permeates this office.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62149,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Good to work in microsoft. Learning with Fun,Provides good culture for growth. Provides various oppurtunity.,Uptil now I haven't faced anything,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1259.htm
62150,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Awesome work, good whi here","No Cons, compensation can be higher",Good job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62151,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations Engineer,Lot of things to be learned. Benefits are good.,Not all employees are treated the same,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62152,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Software Engineer II,1. Very professional 2. Good ramp up time,1. Incumbent driven - takes time to settle in and start performing good,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62153,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Haryana,Director,"Provides the breadth of options and aim for depth in any of those disciplines. Unparalleled offerings, customer and people. Great comeback story so one can see how to transform oneself.",Still siloed in patches and would love to see more speed in every market facing actions.,"Love the current focus on partners, need to push more in the direction by questioning the legacy decision making frameworks,",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62154,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Solution Sales Professional,Do yourself a favor and avoid Inside Sales Dublin,+ brand: very good to have Microsoft in your CV + people: you will meet great people with huge talent (but they leave quickly) + Work life balance + food: good choice of cuisine (but you have to pay for it),"-Management: It has been written before and I can only confirm that the so called ""Leadership team"" is a circus here in Inside Sales. Everyone is talking about leadership but it is non existent. Starting from bottom to the top… Most of them were hired externally so they don’t live the Microsoft culture, don’t listen to feedback and clearly lie to you. People at the end of the chain love the company and what Satya is doing, they just totally disagree with what is going on in the management levels in Dublin. Turnover rate is increasing steadily and of course good people leave, lazy unqualified people stay. - Level and salary: When you join Microsoft you will find a career level in your profile which is important for your future development (every hiring manager asks for your level). Unfortunately levels are inconsistent and it seems like they randomly give you a level…it has nothing to do with your experience. Thanks to this the recruiting ruined several careers of the people here. The salary is also linked to levels so there automatically is a huge unfairness between people. It is quite obvious that people who started earlier are paid less. Leadership team knows about it but does nothing! - Targets/KPI: absolutely intransparent and when it comes to your yearly performance review you get a random rating because your manager has no clue anyway. Cheers!","In April we had the poll which clearly should have been a warning sign because people were giving bad feedback about compensation etc. We were told that the leadership team is working on it. Several month later an emergency meeting happened because of some bad reviews here on glassdoor. Guess what? They told people to keep calm as they are working on it… No use in giving any advise, just remove all of the “leaders” and bring in qualified leaders from Redmond!",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62155,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work !!,A lot to learn from current employees,There are really no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62156,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool place,Great salary package and nice colleagues,Too much workload sometimes and the management is not so great,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62157,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 12, 2018",Current Employee - Ankit,Software Engineer Role,Great impact of work you do,Sometimes few processes are time taking,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62158,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,flexible working and great working environment,Politics is the most unproductive problem at the organisation.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62159,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Sr Product Marketing Manager,"Digital transformation, Opportunity to growth, Internation experience","Burocratic To many internal reviews, Brazil Sub not in HQ strategy",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1260.htm
62160,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,summer intern,"great company to work for, great working environment and atmosphere","nothing bad, this is a great company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62161,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,One of the best company to work for!,"Culture, Work Environment, Growth Mindset",I didn't find any cons as such but again it depends from team to team.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62162,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Call Center Agent MENA,They had a very good environment,Salaries could have been better,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62163,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," Sep 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An important company with lack of management in subsidiaries.,"Depending on the position, you can manage your time and work at any place you want (you can always have meetings or calls via skype) Collaborate with different areas to participate in several proyects. Most of the people are kind and able to guide you when you join the company.","You expect some knowledge and commitment from all the people, but the hiring process doesn't seem so effective. The people's mindset is: ""if this doesn't impact my metrics, why should I do it"" Some people lack of collaboration skills. Most of the projects can't be done effectively because of bureaucracy",Improve you're hring people and process and work harder on the internship positions.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62164,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transforming,"Good base, strongly performing, interesting work","Slow, process oriented, and still very individualistic",Consistent cultural transformation must land at all subs,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62165,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work!,You get to work on cutting edge tech. You get to work with very smart and talented individuals. You get to work in a wide variety of teams that build products used by customers around the world and can always find interesting tech to work on.,"Has a bit of a ""not built here, not good enough mindset"" though that's changing a lot. You tend to develop a ""Microsoft only"" skill-set (less of an issue in Azure)",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62166,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Better JobPay Satisfaction of work Good Codeing,Interracial culture Lack Of Lunch Provision,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62167,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,"Great place, high demands",Good salary Growing company A lot of different type of jobs Trusted employer with good brand name Competence development/learning opportunities,American management philosophy Sometime arbitrary bonuses when dealt a bad hand (Read customer/business area/product to manage. They are not all created equal),none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62168,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales Director,Always changing and interesting work,Relatively small commercial business in the UK,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62169,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Work Life Balance,"Good Salary, Facilities, Global Opportunities",Low on compensation and benefits,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1261.htm
62170,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place,Good salary good people and atmosphere,Very slow promotion track now,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62171,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Solution Professional,Technology Solution Professional: avoid like the plague,"Nice campus, meet new people from different cultures, make some friends for life. Great products and chance to work with a great platform. Excellent brand strength with customers.","-A lot of first time managers who are out of their depth and haven't a clue. -Overall management team extremely poor and a serious lack of communication and direction from all levels of management. They simply do not care about their teams. You are a number on a spreadsheet. -The role definition and associated tasks change on a weekly basis based on management whims, and usually involves admin and nothing remotely technical. -This is not a technical role, more business development and admin. -Huge gap in salary between new hires and current employees, no clarity on this or interest in giving parity to people who have been working there for a number of years. -You spend your day doing other peoples jobs because they have hired so many non tech people with no appreciation for the help you provide. -Too many layers of people between you and the customer, the sales structure is a mess and nobody knows what they are meant to be doing. -Inside Sales org is a complete mess. -No career progression.",Listen to your employees before all the good ones leave.,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62172,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect balance!,"- Work life balance - Not much pressure of work, you can work at your speed to get growth accordingly","- One of the low salaried firms in IT - You might have to follow the process as it has grown to big, sometimes feel unnecessary",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62173,microsoft,"Manchester, England (UK)"," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Best team, best company, best culture","The culture, the energy, the teamwork. I've worked for many companies over my 20 year career. They all have buzz-word laden catch phrases to which they just pay lip service until the profit motive overrides them. MS is different. You feel it genuinely practices what it preaches because it realises that sacrificing some pennies today to do the right thing pays dividends over the long term. And it all comes from the very top - this is how you do leadership by example.",Still relatively new to MS so this may be unfair but technical career path/ladder isn't clear.,Keep doing what your doing! All the way up the chain every manager I've met has been fantastic.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62174,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 19, 2018",Current Employee - TSP,If Technical do not choose Inside Sales,Brand Technology itself is fine Nice co-workers Free coffee Free softdrinks,"The job has nothing to do with the expectations you have as a technical enabler. It is a shame that you cannot do the job you suppose to do. You are more a glorified administrator to keep managers happy on unclear metrics. HQ has a clear vision and strategy which revolves about a growth mindset and enable your customers to achieve more. That mission is not carried out by the management in Dublin what so ever. It is horrid to see how great talent goes because of bad leadership. Also, the number of useless meetings is a waste of your time and distracts you from the actual job you are hired for solving technical problems.",I hope HQ in the States will have a careful look at management in the European Office and start implementing changes that are an actual Microsoft culture.,1.0,4.0,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62175,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Sep 6, 2018",Current Employee - Pmm,Good but narrow,Balanced growth people innovative flexible,Hierarchy management operational some people,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62176,microsoft,Melbourne (Australia)," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Tech Specialist,Technology specialist,"Incredibly diverse and supportive of all. Salary and package is competitive and includes great additional benefits for wellness and promotion of healthy lifestyle. Huge opportunities to move up, around and over(seas). Great tech training including US trip each year to mother ship.","Customer facing roles have far too much turnover. Customer technical support is atrocious and no one from Services management team appear to care. Too many managers and not enough leaders. Many Managers ineffective, non-responsive and too focused on internal business rather than customer satisfaction.",Measure your managers by their work with customers.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62177,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - Data Center Technician,Data Center Technician,Company Reputation. Free to voice opinion etc. Troubleshooting skill will improve.,Management of the technicians is insulting and like a dictatorship. The managers has lack of any knowledge. Can not do schedule management correctly.,"Actual Managers need to be in the position. Such a spiteful working environment. Remove managers by listening to techs voice. Majority feel the same for a reason, the management lacks any class and humanity.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62178,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,Interesting work Variety of technology options to work with Great benefits,Some red tape that comes with big companies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62179,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recruiting Lead,"open minded, good working environment, work life balance, management style, promising business on cloud","process driven, salary merit increase is not high",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1262.htm
62180,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2018",Current Employee - S S E(Senior Software Engineer),SSE,Cost factor is not the concern for any type of development. Smart and ambitious people around you.,Aggressive software development culture without industry best practices.,Try to absorb industry best practices.,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62181,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Sep 5, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great job,"Great access to customer C-suite, compensation is great if performing above average, great benefit package",poor commission structure if not performing at the highest levels. they talk of no bell curve but they just use a different version of a curve.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62182,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software,Good company really good one,Not found any something specific to tell you here,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62183,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Benefits and flexibility in hours,poor management and no career progression,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62184,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great people to work with.,A lot of people for each project. Can sometimes slow the rate of getting things done.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62185,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Work-life balance, decent work, awesome campus, very good benefits",Critical pieces of every product is developed in US. IDC gets only small pieces Frequent re-orgs hamper growth,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62186,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Student Sponsorship Program,"While talking about Microsoft Student Partners Program, they have a nice culture where colleagues are supportive and techie.  Good training opportunities on Cloud and Cognitive Services like Azure, MS AI Bot, LUIS etc.  Free 1 year Visual Studio Subscription",Becoming more focused on improving managerial skills than technical skills.  No real mentors provided.  More networking less work.,"Should interact with every student partner and know their needs for further enhancements. Also should give some more training to the student partners and provide them some mentors or guides. As the company is already spending money, so they should spend some efforts too for a good outcome.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62187,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MTE,Microsoft Hardware manufacture testing team is a good team.,The MTE team is not an engineering team.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62188,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Work culture at Microsoft IDC,Good work life balance. Lot of teams helps an individual work on area he/she wants to.,No much learning. Less design work.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62189,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 18, 2018",Current Employee - Data Analyst,Work Experience,Its a great experience to work for Microsoft,Nothing as such to talk about.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1263.htm
62190,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 1, 2018",Current Employee - Subject Matter Expert,Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Quality Auditor,Good Team Managers. Fair working hours,like always no enough Parking,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62191,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Aug 30, 2018",Current Employee - Sales,A giant ocean,Great Brand Value Good investments in new age technologies Good renumeration,Highly political organization Hierarchical and Bureaucratic in operations Myopic in Strategy,Need better emphasis on career development and rewards Encourage transparemcy and less political environment,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62192,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 2,I joined Microsoft few months back and would like to share my experience. It is one of the best Organisation with lot of cultural and ethical values for every person who works here. Work Environment and Growth opportunities are excellent . I am having excellent time both in work and other things to explore in terms of learning and opportunities. Would recommend always to join Microsoft. I am proud to be a part of MS. Hats off and all the very best to MS to keep growing always,Nothing as of now till the time I have joined,Nothing as of now.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62193,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good learning , excellent career growth, worktime flexibility , excellent hr employee management",Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62194,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 31, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,AWESOME WORK ENVIRONMENT,-awesome working environment -supportive upper management,-no cons of working in a company like microsoft,-nothing as such,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62195,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Professional,If you aren't a TSP for Inside Sales it might be a good place,-Culture: You are open to doing hundreds of activities of outside work -People: You can meet smart people and be a nerd as much as you want -Food: Free drinks and fruit -Brand: Microsoft and Microsoft Cloud are very strong and I would definitely invest in it,"-Unfair: People with the same experience and/or the same nationality are not treated equally. Every manager is not aligned with each other. As an example (of hundreds): some managers allow some remote working while others not.  -Salary: They are rude about your performance, they really don't care if you perform well or not. Some people with less experience are paid much higher. Some really good people that are here since almost two years are still less paid than new hires (because they have realized that the salary was too low compared to the market, but they don't want to fix the situation for the old employees.)  -Disrespectful: By paper and in theory, as a TSP you should be one of the most valuable people in sales. You can architect, design and solve technical problems. Nurture the customer with your knowledge, make him happy showing how magical is the cloud. Unfortunately, nothing about this happens. Not only you are the one who is less paid, (but everybody is looking for your help), but also they don't allow you to work properly. You are assigned tasks that go against the client and against your duties, some even against the duties of your colleagues. Everybody here has personal KPIs, metrics, and targets. You as a TSP not. If you perform very well or very poor it would not make any difference in your salary. The few KPIs that are assigned to you are made by people who don't understand what is your job and how you can do it. (For example, they pretend that you have a very high Social Selling Index on LinkedIn, impossible as we don't perform any management activity with accounts). Do you want to deliver an excellent presentation in person for a really good opportunity? Some managers allow this while others not.  You have told them a lot of times that there are a lot of problems here. We have done surveys, hundreds of meetings, and a lot of official communication but they pretend each time that they are not aware of the situation and they will ""fix"" this asap. After two years nothing changed.  -Career: There isn't any career development plan after two years. Everybody here has an opportunity to grow (example: ISR to AE to Manager). You don't have and they don't think about it. Do you want to apply outside Inside Sales? Better not tell him that you work in this department, otherwise, they will not even look at you as they are fully aware of the situation here and the number of unnecessary people that work in this department.  -Training: We have really good people at Microsoft that could teach us the technology behind this company. But no. Training is provided by colleagues that got expertise from other colleagues and so on, all of them from Inside Sales. It is a recycle of old knowledge.","Please, and I repeat please listen to us. A lot of people are leaving because of this situation and you still won't even to try to fix things. I am feeling ashamed to work for Inside Sales as TSP. Make me doing MY JOB (and not the job of others), RESPECT ME and avoid to do hundreds of useless meetings that explain exactly the same thing each time. Stop rewards people because they are ""good looking"", give us personal metrics, fix the unfairness of salary among TSP, give us good training as it would be a good investment during our calls, give us a career development plan, and focus on your people. Or soon you will have to hire a lot of people again. And most important: Stop having a closed mindset. We are working for Microsoft, not Inside Sales. Do not close people inside this department.",1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62196,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is a beautiful and cool environment,love to work no time limit,nothing cons about it and advice to join it,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62197,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship Program,"Great experience overall. Work culture is great, you are surrounded by knowledgeable people that are driven towards there work. Working with Microsoft was great and potential environment to gain knowledge.",None that I can think of,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62198,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Technical Support Engineer,Best company to work with. Greta learning and coolest management.,None i can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62199,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,- Good work-life balance - Great office & location - Big company with many different opportunities for learning and growing,Occasional on-call work is disruptive to my normal schedule,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1264.htm
62200,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company,"Good compensation, good culture and good manager. Free software. Microsoft employee discount on Microsoft Store.","Quite tough. Sometimes customers would challenge that none of Microsoft's product is No. 1. Say, cloud is second to Amazon. Database is second to Oracle.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62201,microsoft,Pune (India)," Sep 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment,Intelligent work and great learning,Free time and more money,Great work,1.0,none,none,1.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62202,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Designer,Possibilities. Laid back culture. More possibilities.,People who thought they're the hottest,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62203,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 29, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Development Manager,Over paid for basic execution tasks,Pay and benefits Flexible working,Poor management - lack of real leaders Lack of career progression Makes everything complicated Management have club mentality,Lead Cut back on powerpoint Set agenda and expected outcomes for meetings,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62204,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Information Security Analyst,Security Analyst,"Ethics, Work Culture ,people , Facilities","Too much competition, Large Org",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62205,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Collection and Labeling Associate,"good salary, great work-life balance",so far I have no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62206,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - SharePoint Developer Support Engineer,SharePoint Developer Support Engineer,"Flexible workplace, great team, central location","Insufficient training, conflicting key performance indicators",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62207,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 28, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Open and Resourceful,It's an open environment where you are given freedom to pursue your work at your own independence.,Internal politics creates dampness and sourness in the environment within.,A truly flat organizational model would help bring out better innovation.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62208,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,data scientist,Technology stack is very good. Learning curve is good depending on the team.,Work life balance is not great.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62209,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Specialist,Very Innovative company. Good investment policy,Management is unable to transform,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1265.htm
62210,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Specialist,Very Innovative company. Good investment policy,Management is unable to transform,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62211,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 7, 2018",Current Employee - TSP,Inside Sales Dublin STU (more like STI),"Good location. Good food court and social hubs. Free coffee, soft drinks and fruits. A great blend of cultures. Training.","We have managers not taking responsibility for their decisions, repeatedly ignoring advise from their teams, asking their teams to fix things themselves and then not support them just to do the same thing again, ignoring other business units due to what can only be described as personal feuds over some petty issues a long time back.  Goals being defined without KPIs. KPIs pulled out of a manager's or director's backside since they are so wrong it almost hurts.  Being lied to, pitted and played against each other within the team, the STU and other parts of Inside Sales.  MS Poll, loads of emails how important our feedback is and how seriously they will take it and then nothing. Theyignore the low salary bases when compared to the competition, flexible work arrangements when compared to other parts of the business, especially outside Inside Sales (pun intended).  Did I mention the lack of a career path?  The list goes on but what's the point.","Get rid of non-performing managers and directors. If they poll badly and don't improve then what's the point in keeping these jokers? Sure, they are well-connected, know how to schmooze their way up their superior's backside (apologies for the mental image but I've had it up to my proverbial) which has kept a number of them in place, especially when their managers are equally incompetent. In our case it's four levels of incompetence, all the way to the head honcho in Dublin's Inside Sales.  Get rid of the sales excellence clowns that can't even define basic processes.  Bring in someone proper from Corp to clean the house. Talk to the lower levels, not just the managers. They will most likely just cover for each others anyway.",1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,17,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62212,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,overall good care of employees,less pay as compared to other companies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62213,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Flexibility, tools and approach to employee experience, working with some of the brighteset people who are making amazing things happen.","Pace can be beyond fast, some budget decisions are illogical",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62214,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Program Manager,Was involved in a very complex and fast paced Program that gave me an opportunity to collaborate with many functions of Enterprise Service. Learnt a lot in a very short time.,The Program was eventually scrapped due to a strategic change in the company direction.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62215,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Digital Advisor,"Innovative and disruptive thinking, working with C-Level executives in real value adding strategy","external learning not paid for, consulting path is underdeveloped and delivery not managed as systematic as other consulting firms would do",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62216,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 24, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Nice and smart colleagues to work with.,Food here is not good and moreover one has limited per day food coupon.,Good job.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62217,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development Manager,Got to work with a broad group of companies within different industries gaining insights to their domains.,Big organization which is tightly KPI driven. No space to maneuver. Company is currently under big restructuring which means large shifts when fiscal year changes.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62218,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Competitive Sallary,The happiness of working in a global company,There is no bad side.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62219,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Lead,Interesting and vastly varied work,Work Life balance sometimes challenging,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1266.htm
62220,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Lead,Interesting and vastly varied work,Work Life balance sometimes challenging,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62221,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Think twice before joining....,Nice team mates and easy products to sell.,"BIG Micromanagement system, Inside sales HRM is a joke, the traditional inside sales rep earns more than an account executive....","Hire fair, and promote people who have given their loyalty to the organisation first - before hiring new people and let them earn more than the current people on the sales floor.  Let sales people free - and let people truly develop their talent. Stop the micromanagement.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62222,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Gtsc work life balance,"Great learning opportunity, Good hikes","Support work , no dev work",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62223,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSFT design,"International, multi-cultural, investigative, future thinking","Large company, bureaucracy, heavy managerial structure",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62224,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Chilled Out Work Culture,Awesome work-life balance. Chilled out. Not much pressure to meet unreasonable / hard deadlines. Great benefits and stock rewards apart from base pay.,"Base pay might be lower than other companies in the same salary range (Amazon, etc.). Might have to work with legacy code (team dependent) that isn't state-of-the-art.",Please increase the base pay to make it competitive with other companies in the same range.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62225,microsoft,"Hyderābād, Sind (Pakistan)"," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Great Culture and Fun to Work,Flexible work hours Ambience and facilities Benefits,Hardware accessories supply is not satisfactory.,Good people who care to listen to others.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62226,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - UI-UX Designer,UX Designer,Great culture. Understands employee's work and life balance,Technical Driven. Low on Salary,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62227,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great to work at Microsoft,Nice work . Nice people .great opportunities,Nothing as such but you have to get too much marks as a fresher to enter,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62228,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,The atmosphere is grest with the teammates,It's a very stressful job,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62229,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft IT,"Amazing benefits, facilities and campus",Boring work. Most of the people around are technically average. Not a place for CS guys who want to work on something meaningful.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1267.htm
62230,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 19, 2018",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engg,Good policies Good infrastructure and facilities.,Bad work-life balance. Too much pressure.,Try to understand the complicacy of the work rather than just focussing on util.,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62231,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Comoany,Great Comoany for IT career,No cons for this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62232,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 3, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Great company,I worked for Microsoft for 2 years. Really liked the experience. I would recommend this company as they are one of he best in the world in developing their employees.,I can not remember any,Do what you do!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62233,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best job of my life, great place to work","Challenging, lots of new career development opportunities coming every day and friendly team mates","Highly competitive people, salary package not competitive.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62234,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,work with very sharp and passionate people,too politics and turf wars,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62235,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"People, community, inclusive, compensation, flexible working",none from my side,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62236,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Content Writer,Microsoft,"Extremely flexible and understanding managers, best quality of life I`ve had since I started to work. Top of the line hardware and software available.","You don`t really get to grow professionally, and being in such a big company, they don`t make full use of their resources. Also, you always have the threat of someone deciding to cut the whole team one year.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62237,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Software Engineer 2,"good people, good salary, good benefits",i am in a group with too little PMs,1 PM for 4 products is too little and creates harder work for engineers,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62238,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,Microsoft SDE Review,Good work life balance compared to others,Not good for internal promotions.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62239,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 15, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development 2,Good Perks Good Salary Huge Technology Stack to work upon Good Learning,Have Work Life Balance Problem,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1268.htm
62240,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Work on some cool projects.,Cannot find a con in working as of now.,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62241,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"Lots of learning, Good Salaries, Work Life Balance. Very good support from managers when intersted to explore on a new technology . Finally its a great place to work.",I dont find any Cons in this organisation.,Working in this company is a great opportunity in career.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62242,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,"salary, competitive, benefits, good environment, team","graveyard shift, workload, time consuming, OT,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62243,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,Freedom Flexible work timing and location good salary package,Frequent re-orgs in the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62244,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best in the Industry,Generous time off and you can maintain work-life balance.,Too big to allow anyone to make a mark.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62245,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very bad experience.,"If you are not into technical, then go for this job.",Its not technical. I was told that its easy to change domains within Microsoft but thats not the case.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62246,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 24, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Solution Professional,TSP - Stay away! There's nothing technical here!,"- Gym at the office - Nice canteen (but take into accounts almost 200€ a month for lunch because, guess what, employees have to pay for that)","Stay away from Inside Sales if you are a technical person, forget about coding, software, architectures, networking, science, ecc...""technical"" here means ""which button shall I press"" or ""which services are covered in this plan"". Totally humiliating and frustrating.  TSPs are the less paid in the organization and the more knowledgeable, ridiculous.  70% of the people are waiting one year before leaving to not give the relocation bonus back because you have no options in other MS departments as they hire TSP with graduate levels. The 30% left are people who were not technical before and they have to thank God that they have been hired by some sort of miracle (aka low level and superficial interviews) and have now a job at Microsoft, perfect fit for the role.  They say ""it's still good to have Microsoft on your CV""..ABSOLUTELY WRONG! If you are going for a tech role people don't care if you have worked here but only about your skills and what can you do, and in Inside Sales as TSP you learn NOTHING and actually forget about the tech stuff you knew before joining. But if you want to stay in the sales world it's just fine.  Said that, the company is great, TSP role in Enterprise is great, and other departments and the CEO are super cool...it's just Inside Sales Dublin that is a terrible mistake they have been keeping carry on for more than 2 years now...what a waste of money.","Wake up, listen to our feedbacks and do something or go home.",1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62247,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture of growth,Great place to grow in the comfort of a relaxed environment,A little slow to change,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62248,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer,Work life balance and employee benefits,Slow career growth compared to start upsWork,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62249,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support engineer,Software support as l3 support,I didn’t found any cons,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1269.htm
62250,microsoft,Basti (India)," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Computer Operator,These jobs of Microsoft as a high performance level as a guidence of this job we all knows about these efforts,I like IT jobs which i deserve because that time i would like this job as a computer operator @,Hard working experience and a better confidence level for this area of work,The management system of it jobs feels like a good work experience for all employees who likes this types of jobs and give a better performance and see better job profile,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62251,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Business Controller,Business controller,"Friendly environment, good package, good career path",American style which leads to rapid turn over,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62252,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Just fine,There is a LOT of very experienced people that you can learn from. The company is very inclusive.,"The company is not developers-oriented. If somebody in HR decides to move all people from one building to another, nobody is even going to ask if you like it or not. Each department is like a separate company, it's hard to do something together for the greater good. People are afraid of taking responsibility.",Stop giving people lowball offers. Make sure to ask about office change!,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62253,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture of growth,Great place to grow in the comfort of a relaxed environment,A little slow to change,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62254,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 11, 2018",Current Employee - Azure,good one,good benefit overall and also free food,need to work over time,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62255,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,"Very good ,I am very satisfied",Its very challenging job .,Very good,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62256,microsoft,Lagos (Nigeria)," Aug 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work but too much politics and change,"Interesting work , nice people, decent pay",Very political and not enough career prospects,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62257,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 28, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,An evil organization that runs on lies,"Good food, cab facility, work from home, free snacks & fruits","Poor quality technology stack. Slow moving software & tools, but fast expectations. Poor quality talent within the organization. Medieval methods of retaining employees - too many team outings, too many hours of meetings per week, expectation to work 24 X 7, plus, hostile behavior by managers. They work only on legacy projects, since new projects are difficult to monetize. Projects are poorly implemented by their sub standard employees. Even non .NET technologies (like front end technologies) they use are at least 5 years behind the times. In other words, a perfect place to spoil career.","This advice is to all Microsoft employees & alumni. Stop spreading lies about the organization being good. It is far below average in everything other than remuneration, from technology to ethics. In fact, it is a pseudo technology firm, comparable with investment firms like Goldman Sachs.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62258,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 10, 2018",Former Employee - Project Manager,Good company but always staff streamlining,Competitive salary if you are committed.,Poor upper management and new hotdesking,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62259,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 8, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Partner Sales,Great work culture,Employee friendly company with great vision,Nothing as such on the Cons side,NA,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1270.htm
62260,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Awesome place to work and learn amazing new things. Lot of internal politics in the Services Organisation,Good place to learn  Awesome work culture and employee benefits  Chance to work on cutting edge technology,Lots and lots of policy changes in services org leading to undetermined growth plan of an employee.  Services org is full of internal politics.  Work life balance in services is not so good in almost every project with frequent meetings in odd/late timings and very tight sometimes unrealistic deadlines.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62261,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Technology Strategist,The Worlds Your Oyster,"The culture, the people, the community, the opportunities, the general growth mindset and the energy. All add up to make this the best place I have ever worked.","Its a big company, may be daunting to some...","Keep on doing what you're doing, its awesome",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62262,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior User Experience,Great company to work,- Like Ocean - Keep Moving - Positive environment,"- I dont see any Cons, if you are not able to find right things.. its our fault only","You care your employees, just continue the same",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62263,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great company to work for,"Great flexibility at work, friendly environment, not too much pressure on deadlines","Better canteen, better car park system in the new building.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62264,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Execution manager,"Great Workplace, lovely people, gpod opportunities",Manager but i believe that is unusual in MS,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62265,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,Great work environment along with best in the industry benefits,Compensation can be little tricky for lateral hires,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62266,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Scope for good technical knowledge and good salary,Not that I can think of,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62267,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Solutions Professional,"Great products, great vision, great CEO","might be good to work for Microsoft in US, but not so great in other regions. The far from US/Western Europe, the less connection to the company's culture you feel.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62268,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 16, 2018",Current Employee - TSP,Inside Sales EMEA Chaos,"Good name in your CV, Microsoft itself is still a great company (except Inside Sales) You extend your network with some great people who share the same misery as you. I met 2 real friends here (both already moved out of MS...)","The management is an absolute joke here. I'm referring especially to the STU senior leadership team, starting from M1 up to Director level.... They don't take you serious, complaints are ignored, no reaction to bad poll results, a lot of lies from direct managers. As a result we have a super high fluctuation...everyone is just waiting for the first year to end so that it's not necessary to pay back the relocation bonus.  Inside Sales is a source of cheap labour, no chance of getting a promotion, no change in salary despite increasing living costs (especially rent!!!!) every month. Opportunities to move are non-existent. I tried to move out of Inside Sales several times, every application got rejected or the Hiring Manager never answered my mails... ridiculous!",Remove management completely! The LT in US should really have a look into the management levels here in Dublin. I predict that nothing will change (maybe it gets worse) until there is a new senior management.,1.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,18,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62269,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great compensation and work life balance,I dont see any for now,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1271.htm
62270,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall satisfied,Extremely challenging work in a fast paced industry,No comments to be honest,Continue to do what we are doing but enhance HR benefits in Asia,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62271,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Aug 4, 2018",Former Employee - Head of Customer Success,Great company but not for me,compensation and benefits Smart people,In the Spanish subsidiary people were working from home from Sunday after lunch Job required mostly throughput,"I’m afraid you gave up on achieving a work-life balance from the moment you started calling it work-life flexibility. I strongly recommend going for the real deal, demanding that staff at all levels keep their times at meetings, don’t abuse email, and top management commit to realistic results. It’s a great company, don’t let some great talent go because they won't give up their family for you.",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62272,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good company to work with in India,"Good work culture and people, Few teams have good work and opportunities","IDC not as great work as US, Long term growth not that great if you are not 'liked'",Better roles for India team are required. Overall culture is good in the company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62273,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work place,"Microsoft has really good produts, learning opportunities are key","The working environment, communication of the company must be improved",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62274,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a good company but has its own flaws,Great working environment and amazing people,Company is still not as evelpoed as compared to its competitors,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62275,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Microsoft,"a very intensive school, good pay and benefits",a lot of administrative pressure that triggers sometimes frustration amongst employees,drive quickly the change,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62276,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Coud sales,Wide cloud offering and chance to learn in a fast evolving environment. Leading the Modern Workplace transformation and Smart working innovation.,"Not very good cross peer collaboration, and strong attrition metrics make it a ""all by myself"" environemt where you can not trust your colleagues.",Focus on results of employees and foster a cultur of team building and constructive tension. The competition should be in hte market.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62277,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 4, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,UX Designer,Stable/Sustainable work. Good opportunities to work over diversified projects. Chance to work on India specific problems in tech,RELATIVELY Slow growth in the company,Kindly look in to the Career and financial growth as compared to competes,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62278,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,about,good working culture in the office,too much coding in the office,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62279,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at.,Good work life balance.,Horrible work in some teams,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1272.htm
62280,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at.,Good work life balance.,Horrible work in some teams,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62281,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Jul 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the bets corporations to work for in Romania,- a lot of actually decent and understanding managers ( there's always a few outliers but most are pretty good ) - a decent salary considering the cost of living - a good chance to talk with a lot of talented people,"- RO site manager feels like he's cutting as much as he can from benefits to help the bottom line - upper management totally oblivious about employee struggles and keep spouting the ""we are nr 1"" slogan - HR is a total and complete mess - depending on the team you work with, there can be several offsite and international training events or none at all - hard to decipher internal procedures and requirements","Invest more in hiring more engineers and less on supervisors with no tech knowledge. Get a better grip on what directions you want to go in and discuss it with the people actually making the income. Take a good long look at the HR department, a lot of talented people left because of their behavior and ineptitude.",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62282,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 19, 2018",Current Employee - Senior PM,PM,Awesome company with great products,Not Applicable Cons to report,N/A,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62283,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cool,Nice team everything ran smooth ppl are cool.,Nothing love the environment and people there.,Raise pay plz,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62284,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Great Work life balance. Good facilities. Great Culture.,Not too good projects. Average Pay. Politics. Senior Management is not good. Lacks vision in most of projects,Avoid politics in promoting people,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62285,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Outstanding,Best Company TO Work With,Low Perks as Compared to others,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62286,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 17, 2018",Former Employee - Talent Acquisition,Partner,As a young company you will find space to be creative and think of innovation products and market to go.,your training is on the job. Don't expect to find someone to take your hand and go step by step.,The sr partner is focus on result but at the same time in implement a good environment.,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62287,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but slow,1. Opportunity to work on multiple technology stacks 2. If you have connections then you can grown.,1. Very bureaucratic. 2.,Be open to outsiders,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62288,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Good,work life balance is Good,Sometimes becomes stresful due to late night calls,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62289,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Good place to work,"Microsoft is a great place to work. Flexible timing, independence of proposing idea, lots of domains and locations to work and ease with an employee can join other teams are few highlights. Microsoft give many benefits and freedom to their employee. Totally a great balance between work and personal life.",They pay decent but are not master payer in the market.,"Take some risk, if Microsoft like big company can't then I do not know who will.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1273.htm
62290,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"great team environment, lot of social clubs","slow pay rise, classic US company",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62291,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 27, 2018",Former Employee - SDE2,Microsoft review,"Latest technologies are free, good money","High work pressure, Not challenging job",include more techies,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62292,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,i love microsoft,my best tech copany to date,could open up the play anywhere titles,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62293,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2018",Former Employee - SDE1,Software Development Engineer,"Flexible work hours, Fun activities, Good work life balance",Slow promotions. Need to wait log for promotions to happen.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62294,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company to work,good company to work,most of the senior people are working here from somany years and with fixed mind set,none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62295,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good place to learn,"Great looking office, good working environment to engineers. On the job time devoted to ongoing learning (monthly day of learning, on site lectures and events) and global hack events giving lots of opps to learn. Some offices have Maker centers for access to maker/IoT device development (for fun).",Large org can be challenging to navigate outside of your core group.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62296,microsoft,Dhanbad (India)," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Microsoft Software Development Engineer,Best job,Microsoft is best company I like it this company,Microsoft is best part time duty job,I like it,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62297,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 27, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Good Company,Work life balance is good,Hectic due to night calls,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62298,microsoft,Nairobi (Kenya)," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Sales Specialist,Solution Specialist,"Challenging, Adaptive, Dynamic, Cross Cultural and Collaborative","Sales Driven, Large and Multi-functional Teams requires a lot of internal communication",Comtinue with the new wave of change management thats driving impact in the right areas.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62299,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Engineering Manager,Good company,"Top Leadership, Technology, compensation, Products, Vision","Focus, Clarity, Grip, Culture, Ethics",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1274.htm
62300,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Work Life Balance, Timings, Variety of roles",Visibility in or across the team,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62301,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dev,- Teamwork - Freedom - Pay - Friendly environment,- Not many advancement opportunities - Sometimes long work hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62302,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 10, 2018",Former Employee - Cloud Solutions Architect,Cloud Solution Architect,"Leading-edge technologies, fair work environment, good team",A little bit slow reaction,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62303,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Transformative approach under Satya leadership.,Nimble change in the resources blueprint to support the business dilutes stability,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62304,microsoft,"Newyork, Scotland (UK)"," Jul 11, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good,Good salary. And good faculties,The work is very interesting .,Good company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62305,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2018",Current Employee - Channel Marketing Manager,Marketing Positions - Microsoft Review,"Interesting industry Opens many doors afterwards - big name on CV and great reputation in the market Good network portfolio High responsibilities given from the start, regardless of employee level Fast-growing learning curve Teaches autonomy, hands-on attitude High exposure on regional level - regular meetings with high hierarchy levels Flat management Very smart and funny co workers Fast-paced environment","Shifting global strategy - consumer goods department slowly disappearing Most marketing efforts are now centralized / automized - which makes it a better place for business and technical jobs but not for marketing anymore High difference between permanent positions and temporary positions in terms of resources, trainings, benefits and career prospects Culture highly based on pro-activity, autonomy --> therefore, no focus on tranings neither career advice for junior positions Poor internal communication - slows down processes Short-term attitude, no real effort on understanding problems in depth Poor alignment with global values and culture","More training, more communication, clearer briefs, more attention paid to all employees, more listening, more focus on finding long-lasting solutions rather than short-term ones, more alignment on global values (innovation, diversity)",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62306,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was good could have been bettet,"Lot of People to know, posibilites of grow",Too many People wich lack skills acording their position,Verify skills of People Who work there,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62307,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Consultant,* Great place to start your career * Good benefits and perks * Flexible,* Work is not engaging sometimes. * Bureaucracy is rampant and merit can be overshadowed. * Starting salary is not great compared to other places.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62308,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,balance cooperation develop life salary,don't know don't know don't know don't know don't know,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62309,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 9, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,Microsoft IDC,"Very good work environment , great work life balance , company provides great benefits to it's emplyoees",Compensation might not look competitive,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1275.htm
62310,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,It provides good salary in Taiwan,It is difficult to promote,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62311,microsoft,Ashbourne (Ireland)," Jul 21, 2018",Former Employee - Foreman Tutor,Forman tutor,Im always direct fair a deliver a reasonable respected safe way of achieving my objectives at work...love what I do and love to share what I have learnt,Ill give you all the hours desired ..but im very stubborn and tent to not like weekends,Im a team player with a lot of experience ...problem solver and wreckon im the only guy not to leave ireland during the recestion,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62312,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 2, 2018",Current Employee - Technology Solution Professional,Technology Solution Professional,"Good Company and good vision overall Amazing peer and community on the building, great collaboration","Management is absolute flaming garbage, they don't admit their mistakes and very micromanagement oriented, as a technical resource you have to do activities as forecasting, review of a powerpoint every other week with no insight of what is actually happening of deals. Opportunities to move are below 0, forget about being promoted, getting a raise regardless of what you do, you are trapped by levels so you can't move into other jobs in Microsoft Heavily underpaid for professionals.",Senior Management need to have a hard look to the Directors and Managers in Inside Sales STU. No real technical professionals and no clue what the technology can do. Fire the current management and hire competent professionals with vision and clear goals for a technical team that can coach and grow the different interest of the technical community within Inside Sales.,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,16,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62313,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Supporting people, innovative ideas, challenging atmosphere.",Didn't found any cons here.,Best management in software sector,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62314,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IDC,"Perks, learning, work life balance",Re orgs happen frequently. May not always get a chance to work on cutting edge technology,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62315,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Salary, diversity, a lot of flexibility, career opportunities","A lot of heavy politics, competitive, HR is non-supportive, work pressure",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62316,microsoft,"Lund, Skåne (Sweden)"," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Great company,You get all possible advantages you can imagine of being in a big company,"If you work for an unimportant site, your job might be at risk.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62317,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineering,"Good Environment ,best Company",Enterprise So you can't learn much more,Thank you for your attractive,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62318,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Game of thrones,"Brand, starting salary, opportunity to move to another country inside MS.",Extremely hard career growth. Very slow salary growth. Too much politics.,Stop hiring dummies and don't let experienced engineers to leave because it's nearly impossible to grow without switching to management.,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62319,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,tech,very good salary and very organized,i love to work in big company like iy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1276.htm
62320,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IDC,"Perks, learning, work life balance",Re orgs happen frequently. May not always get a chance to work on cutting edge technology,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62321,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,tech,very good salary and very organized,i love to work in big company like iy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62322,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 5, 2018",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,ATS,Culture is great and flexibility in where/how you work is good. People are helpful and salary is competitive.,People work long hours and expect you to do the same,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62323,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Jul 16, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Bug fixing job, salary not that great",- Good for you CV. - You learn how to deal with software complexity and company complexity. - Decent benefits and stocks. - You can work from home.,"- Work life balance is OK, but still not aligned with danish IT market. - The salary is a bit below with the standard IT danish market, but expectations are above. - Many people are ""informally"" required to be on 24/7 from time to time (including Christmas holidays, Easter, etc.), with a low extra pay. - There is a lot of legacy code, and a lot of code is bought from external comapnies, or it is outsourced and then integrated in the products, which makes the code base very hard to read and poorly written. - All the work going on is always secondary, where the main things are going on in the US or in other countries. This also means that Microsoft Copenhagen may not survive for a long time. - The engineering work is pretty much bug fixing and some small enhancements. There is little space for innovation, and innovating requires diving into the huge bureaucracy. - Software and people management is complex, so everything moves very slowly. - The company enforces a 6 month review where employees are evaluated by managers and coleagues. This is well known to generate a toxic competitive environment with a lot of hypocritical people. - Too many management changes. - High turnover rate, because of many people quitting and because of many firing. - The company mood, work life balance and benefits are gradually dropping. - People are not that smart. There are excellent people, but the average level is not that impressive. - People are maintenance-oriented instead of being engineering-oriented.","Improve manager quality and code quality. Care more about your customers as, even if they don't complain enough about the low software quality, they will eventually change product. Attract more work in Copenhagen, instead of behaving like a maintenance company. Instead, focus more on innovation.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62324,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 4, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Great work. Working on some of the challenging problems in Computer Science. Pay is real good.,So far I have nothing to complain about.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62325,microsoft,none," Jul 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,"Good salary, flexible hours, convenient",Everything there is the best,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62326,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Jul 17, 2018",Current Employee - Cloud Solution Architect,Partner Architect in Microsoft India,"Best office environment Best place to work - perks, benefits, culture",Less onsite changes to work or move to new role outside region Internal Politics,Bring Technical Person in front of customer and partners more than sales,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62327,microsoft,Doha (Qatar)," Aug 6, 2018",Current Employee - ERP Projects Manager,Worst ever,They assure that they contact u within 2 days,"-Lots of reminder ,don’t follow the severity level at all especially if u have a case with the Indian team -They send not working hotfix to have more time investigating -U feel that the functional and technical are loaded with other issues -They try as much as possible to assign the cases as advisory so u pay additional or consume u payments ,and try as much as possible to prove it -No quality control after u send bad feedbacks no reply -They commit the client to retrieve the error if they cannot the case will be closed -Enforce client to provide the data source and model store regardless of legal aspects and sensitive information, they refuse to work on customer prepared environment Microsoft release cheap Erp and don’t invest generally in R&D,they get all feedback from customers issue and release hot fixes , not professional like oracle and SAP",Invest more in R&D Don’t release bad quality version Consider a work through to resolve the issue rather than force to retrieve Consider company and country legal aspects regarding sharing the data,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62328,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awful,Peers and collaboration between your colleges in diffrent teams even remotely,"Worst management you can deal with, very tight version and slave you as you are foreigner with stamp one to be under pressure for 2 years",Be a leader not a manager and consider other people review not only your own,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62329,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 15, 2018",Current Employee - Data Support Engineer,Data Support Engineer,Good Perks and Benefits. Nice Office.,"Work load, Pressure and rude behavior of colleagues.",Nothing.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1277.htm
62330,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM II,Good Environment Respect People Smart people to work with,Bad management. Leadership team don't know what to do Politics everywhere Salary cannot compete with local internet giants,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62331,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 2, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,"Terrible workplace for graduates - no clear direction, and very poor management",Building facilities are ok Team members can be friendly,"Very poor management structure, and extremely hierarchical A social side is non existent No clear guidance on role remit or direction of the team The MACH program is given an inflated sense of importance, but role satisfaction is non-existent The performance management system is absurd Expectation setting could not be more unclear Onboarding for your role does not exist, so it is practically impossible to succeed","Treat people fairly, set expectations, have clear roles for graduates, and have people assigned to help people onboard when starting off",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62332,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Best place to work.,One of the best facilities in the market you will get while you work at MS. You will not get it anywhere,there is no bad areas.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62333,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales representative,That's is a nice place to work,i enjoy the time that i play role in Microsoft,run run run,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62334,microsoft,"West Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"You will develop public speaking, sales, business demo and networking skills. BEST Company to work for.",It might seem like a lot of work in the beginning. But don't give up. Just enjoy the process,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62335,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Famous, happy , exellent, great, best choice.","Fee, Far away frome my home , cold weather ,",That's good,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62336,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 26, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Desk Associate,Sales Desk Associate,- Flexible hours - Remote working possible - Great team & Management - Room to grow - International environment,- No commissions on won deals you supported,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62337,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Manager,Great company to work for,"none, its a great company",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62338,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General manager,Good work environment competitive internal,Work balance self work balance time,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62339,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Jul 11, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,high pace,"variety in the job, innovative company, bright people",no job stability and poor HR services,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1278.htm
62340,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Instructional Designer,Very good review,Competitive and dynamic working environment.,Nothing to say at this moment.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62341,microsoft,none," Jul 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with awesome benefits,"Great company, constantly innovating, flexible working hours","Hierarchical organisation, quite political, old school sales people and management styles",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62342,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Really smart people, chances of development in support",not enough training to do the job properly,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62343,microsoft,none," Jul 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits,- Good benefit and has good work life balance - Great stuff to learn,- Average salaries make it not very competitive in the market,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62344,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Excellent resources and career development options,Office politics is too much. Favoritism is happening which is bad.,You'd lose good resources because of bad managers.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62345,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too bad,Good salary Free snacks Joining bonus is good Stock options are given and they are also good Environment is also good,Stress is high Managers are very arrogant Too much work to do Promotions take time Hard to change roles with in company,Managers please treat us like humans atleast. Just because you are paying us salary you cannot just do what ever you can with us,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62346,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jun 22, 2018","Current Employee - SAM&amp,C Senior Account Manager Covering WECA",SAM&C Senior account manager Covering WECA,a good place to work in,you may be layoff anytime,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62347,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Jul 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Category management lead,"Clever people to work with, healthy and professional work enviroment, a good name in your career. matrix organisation teaches you","Mobbing is common and HR is not protecting you against, there is no agility in the organisation, too many internal control systems","differentiate the rules applied to enterprise business and retail business, shorten the control mechanism,",4.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62348,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Manager,"Has a vision that is inclusive and empowering. Ethical, passionate, compassionate and visionary.",Better pay and benefits to compete with same industry market,Invest in more training for future,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62349,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning and development specialist,Freedom to prioritize your work. Full support and guidance from Project Managers.,Slightly repetitive tasks. Not a very competitive salary.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1279.htm
62350,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning and development specialist,Freedom to prioritize your work. Full support and guidance from Project Managers.,Slightly repetitive tasks. Not a very competitive salary.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62351,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,"Trainings, Good place to work",I have not found anything,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62352,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Not a good place to work anymore.,"Nice campus, good facilities and fair benefits.","Work quality has diluted a lot in recent time due to their hiring policy. Most managers don’t have enough knowledge, especially someone working in AI. There are lot better places in India to grow.",none,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62353,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good pay, work life balance",> Decent pay > Good work life balance > Impactful work,The kind of work you get depends on the team and its manager which may not be fair always.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62354,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at,"Good pay, good benefits and pretty intresting work","None really, I had a decent time there.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62355,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jul 3, 2018",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Admin Assistant,"Great people, professional, flexibility, great for parenthood.",Being a vendor is very hard,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62356,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Good people, limited career opportunities locally.","Smart, talented people. Flexible work. Good corporate strategy. Operations running like clockwork. Good to have on resume.","Toxic culture in marketing. Poor leadership. Nepotism is rampant. Lots of kool aid drinking, navel gazing, self gratification, and self promoting. Crazy hours are too often the norm rather than the exception.","Focus on the customer, skip jump your directs to find out what’s really going on in your organisation.",3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62357,microsoft,none," Jul 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company,Great Company with very smart people.,Work-Life balance is hard to achieve,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62358,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cultural growth!,Most groups are living the cultural changes Satya is pushing. The change is visible and demonstrable. Lots of great problems to solve!,"It's still a big company. Bureaucracy can be tedious and inconsistent. There are still pockets of the ""Old Microsoft"".",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62359,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Seior Software Engineer,ownership and lots of scope to learn,impact is decided by leadership,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1280.htm
62360,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Enginner in Test,The products is being used broadly,Visibility is required always for the anual review.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62361,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer in Test,"Great Campus (Hyderabad, India), Smart colleagues, Good Compensation.","Disclaimer: This is from 2014, things may have changed now.  Little slow to catch the pulse of the industry.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62362,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best company,Good salary and perks plus its a big name,Challenging sometimes to finish the giventask,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62363,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,"Excellent Training, Good salary, Great company overall",To many changes and re-orgs,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62364,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Professional,Awful,The office itself is quite fancy. Good coffee. Decent career opportunities.,"Where to begin?  After working in sales for more than a decade involving various enterprise level roles, I can safely say that I have never witnessed such a disorganized, poorly executed and inexperienced sales team.  As a whole we are over staffed and under trained. Everyone lacks depth. There is no passion for anything Microsoft does. Rather than being knowledgeable within my field, I'm asked to skip any and all training and simply 'be present and be seen' by the rest of the team. Are you kidding me?  We are expected to deliver on targets that are unattainable. In every team meeting we are told we 'are so far behind our target' and yet, when the quota's came in for the last quarter, we actually made target completely? Wow! I can do this all year! And then wonder why there is no heart in any of it.  Did I mention we don't have KPI's? As a senior sales executive, I have no idea what I am actually being held accountable for. Mind you, this team has been existence for more than a year now.  All in all Microsoft Sales is heavily channel driven and little input delivered by inside sales is of actual value. We're told things will change but all in all in feels like a huge waste of time and frankly I should have never joined this circus.","Remove management completely.  They lack any and all relevant experience for this day and age. They are heavily focused on 'looking good' for the US, Inflated numbers, no presence on the floor, micro managing certain teams into the ground. Simply put: management is completely disconnected from day to day reality.",2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,15,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62365,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best work environment in my whole career,"Good salary, bonus & benefits. Access to bleeding edge technologies","Lots of travel Complex organization, hard to navigate",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62366,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!!,"Work life balance, leading edge technologies","there are quite a few org changes in the recent org changes, but pretty much needed ones",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62367,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Applications Developer,Excellent,Best Working Methods and Work Security.,No major issues to write.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62368,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to be in,"Good company , great culture, good fit for people",Sometimes work is a bit hectic,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62369,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too political,"Big company, sounds good to others","Too political, no different than any other corporate job",Change up managers once in a while,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1281.htm
62370,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too political,"Big company, sounds good to others","Too political, no different than any other corporate job",Change up managers once in a while,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62371,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Software Enginner,"Great company to work on, huge impact opportunity.",Priorities change from fiscal year to fiscal year. Uncertainty at times. Not many senior technical role opportunities outside of Redmond.,"Decentralize product development more, integrate into the the field subsidiaries to grow and find talent, generate more opportunity.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62372,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Employee,"Market leader technology, innovation, great opportunities for internal career",Slow reaction on market changes,-,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62373,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Awesome company!,Employee centric in terms of amenities and services provided,Challenging timelines and daunting tasks. Pressure is high.,Work on work-life balance,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62374,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Very collaborative workplace, would recommend","Can get lost sometimes, big pond lots of fish.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62375,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Got to work with some of the smartest people i've known. Team culture is also amazing.,"Like most large companies, politics does get into the way.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62376,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good,good work environment and seniors,none as far as my knowledge,can improve,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62377,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 23, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Dynamic culture and exciting times,Empowered to deliver change within your role and with your customers. Great people to work with and autonomy to manage your own time and workload.,Change is not always joined up in such a large organisation so that the direction of different business units can be competing. Management is doing better at rationalising this but still more work to do.,Continue with the One Microsoft vision.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62378,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Exciting company with a great CEO,Benefits could be slightly better,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62379,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good company try to join if got a chance,no cons is there everyrhing is perfect,nothing,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1282.htm
62380,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Inside Technology Solutions Professional,Amazin experience,- market leader - inspiring athmosphere - diverse and interesting colleagues,- office far from city centre,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62381,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Freedom of work, work life balance","Some times old legacy code, procedure to complete a task",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62382,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Data Scientist,Great place to work,One of the best places,Nothing as of now so far,None,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62383,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very professional,"Collaboration, education, work life balance","Bureaucracy , big corporation, slow adapters",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62384,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"flexible working hours, great salary packages","hierarchical, still an old management style",embrace youth,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62385,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship,- Good benefits - Healthy work-life balance is encouraged,- pressure to keep up with high standards,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62386,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 17, 2018",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good perks, bad management.",Good salary and perks with matched pension contributions and even annual flu vaccinations.,Management promoted on technical skills rather than leadership skills. Stack ranking (now abolished) was very negative for offices outside Redmond,Make leaders accountable.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62387,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,World changing company!,Cutting edge technology and products. Trendsetter Open source Great benefits,Communication channels are long Transparency and vision is absent in some part of the organization Too much focus on ego and unfortunately less on teams Same managers get promoted to new roles with same old type of thinking.,Be the change you want the customers and partners to apply. Live the mission of the company and not just pretend it. Do the cultural journey needed to be the best place to work at.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62388,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GM Sales,"Great portfolio Azure O365 LinkedIn,. Satya is a visionary CEO","Bureaucratic, political, closed mindset, hypocrisy",Outward focus please,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62389,microsoft,Pune (India)," Jun 4, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Engagement Lead,Technical Engagement Lead,"Great Employment Benefits, Customer Facing Role & Customer Challenges.","Too much travel, Disadvantage of working from satellite location.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1283.htm
62390,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Consultant Microsoft,Microsoft is a great environment to learn from.,"Not a strategic role for Microsoft, so less consideration and career progression, and salary is in the low range compared to overall Microsoft employees","Care about the all employees, not just developers and sales people.",3.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62391,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Working on the most interesting projects.,Since it's a huge company it is very hard to be recognizes for out of the ordinary performance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62392,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 12, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Worst group in Microsoft - MSIT aka IDC-SO,"Microsoft as a company offers one of the best in class perks like 1. Employee stock plan - every quarter you can buy stocks at 10% discount 2. INR 100 food subsidy per day 3. Free AC buses 4. Large campus and lots of play area - Pool Table, TT Table, Chess, Carrom etc.","This is specific to MSIT->Professional Services aka CFE Department 1. Worst Quality of Code i have ever seen in my entire career. 2. Extremely unstructured work environment, no guidance or clarity of role. 3. Outdated, Obsolete and Legacy technologies used 4. Too much focus on only microsoft technologies, Managers/Architects(Namesake) do not care about anything outside microsoft. 5. lot of Politics and bootlicking 6. For level 62 and beyond very tough to survive beyond 2 years. Hire and Fire Policy 7. Rather than focussing on Improving the code quality and all the folks are interested only in creating Impact (sick and tired of this word IMPACT) 8. Engineering Leads - it's a shame to call them engineers",Do not Hire Senior Resources for Short term work and Fire them. Hire only if you have long term vision. Managers do not have visibility beyond 6 months.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62393,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great overall,"Room for progression, good salary",Hours are a bit long sometimes,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62394,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,technology people strategy cloud management,Too big politics org structure,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62395,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Reputation Brand Name Plenty of learning opportunities Some managers are supportive,Employee who is silent and doesn't get involved in arguments even if he / she is excellent performer they will be easy target for getting chosen to be thrown out during the year end appraisal.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62396,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Internship,nice,very good working place nice environment,no cons upto now what i have seen,no,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62397,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Benefits perks culture timing people,Politics future planning compensation competition,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62398,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Jun 14, 2018",Former Employee - Account,Account Manager,If you want a cozy environment and learning interesting tech stuffs and make your CV shines. It’s a place to go. Great work-life balance.,"Didn’t realize there are many corruptions after I left the company and have the information from partners. I believe one caused by personal greed, and also low salary compare range compare to the same industry players. Other most noticeable thing was very silo management.",Clean up your Sales and Partner Team from corrupting by asking mark up money from partners.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62399,microsoft,none," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TL,Perfect experience excellent amazing beautiful,Perfect excellent beautiful amazing experience,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1284.htm
62400,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 8, 2018",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,"Work Life Balance, Own Office","Not Challenging Work, Not good growth",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62401,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Life changing job,"Microsoft will reshape you with new values that include deep listening to the customers, lead with empathy, and the importance of learning every single day.",The pros far supersede any cons.,Keep doing what you do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62402,microsoft,none," May 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde2,work life balance is good.,less compensation and more work,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62403,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Sales Executive,Sales Organization,"Great momentum in Cloud business (Microsoft Azure). Culture and values. Great leader, Satya Nadella.",(Brazil) Lack of resources and bad work/life balance. Several internal processes.,Improve resources and strategy to achieve sales target. Internal processes simplification.,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62404,microsoft,none," May 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excelent company to work,"Great space to learn technology and collaborate with others, with space to have a good work and live balance",In some scenarios have a lot of processes,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62405,microsoft,"Guangzhou, Guangdong (China)"," Jun 10, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Software developer,"good salary, relex work arrangement, good coffeeshop.","tight schedule, heavy workload, too many overtime.",don't hire too many young developer unless they have got enough traning.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62406,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,nice colleague，easy to work with,Salary is not very competitive,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62407,microsoft,Phagwara (India)," Jun 9, 2018",Current Employee - Prt,PRT English,Teaching is my passion and i love to spend time with children,Less time for family and overburden,Select best teachers who can give quality education,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62408,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,v,flexible working schedule and stuff,pay is low and they dont appreciate you enough,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62409,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Great place to work, great culture.","Very little, you are encouraged to further your own career.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1285.htm
62410,microsoft,none," May 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior program manager,Really good opportunities at the company,Really big company so lots of competing projects,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62411,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,Culture,"In a sales role it is refreshing to see it is not solely about hitting numbers. One is also measured on collaborative efforts, sharing ideas and learning from others as well. The culture can vary by organisation but overall the company has a good culture and it is always improving.","It can be difficult to navigate your next step for growth, although many managers do make time for career development discussions.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62412,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,"Great place to work, great culture.","Very little, you are encouraged to further your own career.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62413,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting technology but low pay,Interesting technology with lots of interesting people,Low pay compared to other big firms,Pay employees what they actually deserve,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62414,microsoft,Ganja (Azerbaijan)," Jun 7, 2018",Former Employee - Business,Security job,"You works only 15 days in a month and get good salary, u have many free days to do another",The working days are too long and night shifts is very dangerous,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62415,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jun 7, 2018",Current Employee - Racrutiment Associate,recruitment,"dynamic working environment, great people to work with and the benefits are great. the management is trying to expose the strategy and the compete goals.","low salary, no promotion opportunities and the position is not that interesting. while I was trying to implement more progress processes, I encountered objections.","to be more open to progress, changers and promotion of young peop",3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62416,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,Great place to work at Microsoft,"Nothing in particular, improved compensation",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62417,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Specialist,"Good incentives , good company brand, high stock prices","stress, politic, high turnover rate",N/A,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62418,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 18, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"Great culture, talented people, great managers, good work life balance","fewer trainings, moslty microsoft tech used in majority of the projects","increase the number of trainings , maintain the work culture",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62419,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Engineer,"Good learning, great benifuts",Major engineering team in US can grow outside,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1286.htm
62420,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Project To Work with,"Work life balance, good career growth, Flexible timing, Good food",None as of now from my understanding,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62421,microsoft,none," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Extremely smart people all around. Things are going great especially with Satya at the helm,Still a mahmoth beast. Loads of old school people around who just dont get it.,Would be great to see us do something drastically different,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62422,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,It's very energetic place to work in,There are no major cons,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62423,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jun 4, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer Intern,Good salary Nice people Well Equipped kitchen,.Net / c# / Microsoft stack only.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62424,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," May 19, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Not bad,"Great people, ability to move between teams, good compensation.",Too much time wasted on politics instead of doing the right thing per customers needs. Moving too slow compared to the market.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62425,microsoft,none," May 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"People, scope, enviroment is nice",A big company with relevant outcome,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62426,microsoft,"Lima, Lima Region (Peru)"," Jun 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Spirit,"Nice spirit, flexibility hours and benefits.",Not always 'One Microsoft',none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62427,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Great work culture. Very employee friendly policies,A bit slower in terms of execution,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62428,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 17, 2018",Former Employee - Research Associate,research intern,good Compensation and Benefits. best Career Opportunities for a Ph.D. student,"every thing is good, i think.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62429,microsoft,none," May 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Design Intern,"Great Experience, System level work, Interesting work","No cons as such, good place to work at",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1287.htm
62430,microsoft,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Technology Strategist,Great place to work,Good pay Nice environment Vast network Endless support and resources,Internal processes can get in the way of performing and executing on business,Less bureaucracy and internal processes for more efficient work,5.0,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62431,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior PFE,Great place to work with..,Good technology exposure decent pay structure,growth opportunity is limited lot of number pressure,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62432,microsoft,none," May 31, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Great culture with lots of autonomy for individuals,Lots of changes constantly - which results in redundancies,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62433,microsoft,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human Resource,Nice atmosphere nice place to work at,"Stressed day, too many hours",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62434,microsoft,none," May 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun,Nice working environment with proper benefits and good food.,Location is out of capital,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62435,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," May 29, 2018",Current Employee - Service Lead,Microsoft Services,Generally a company that has a good benefits for its employees Job opportunities especially for young and talented people,"Work/life balance does not exist if you work in the field Regional management is not assembled by the people originating in the region, mostly western European with lack of understanding of the local market",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62436,microsoft,none," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,"Great culture, great company, really smart people.",Company work is very slow.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62437,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - UI-UX Designer,The best work environment and work-life balance one can ask for,"Flexible work hours, Super cool colleagues and managers who empathize, good benefits to keep all the employees happy overall.",On a higher level the total compensation of a few competitive companies is a bit more.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62438,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,Excellent work environment and work culture. challenging but exciting,"Work pressure, salary may not competitive to some of the local employers",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62439,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 13, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Best place to work at. Brilliant People all around.,"Re-orgs can mean shuffling around teams, and work productivity goes down",N/A. I'm sure they know what they are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1288.htm
62440,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Research Software Development Engineer,Recommend MSRA,"Nice Environment, Smart Workmate",Payment is not the best,Raise the package,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62441,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Amazing work culture and great people,Helpful and great people Good perks and pay,Work is not challenging enough in a few teams and can feel mundane,Less bureaucracy and more opportunities to implement new ideas,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62442,microsoft,none," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Represantitive,Great Culture and very dynamic environment.,Hiring decisions sometimes not understandable.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62443,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - TSP,Inside Sales,- awesome company - great place to grow - career opportunities - people,"Low transparency with regards to what you are supposed to do in Inside Sales, nothing technical only sales perspective and vision. It's great for anyone who wants to develop in a Sales position but not for the people with technical background that want to develop in the same area.",Set clear and achievable objectives for each role,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62444,microsoft,none," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,Great people to work with. Cultural transformation ongoing and very excited to see our progress.,Very busy to keep up with.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62445,microsoft,none," May 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I am looking for a job in programing or networking side,I have complete my Graduation in computer science so i wanna do some professional work.,I have good skills in programing and networking,I have good skills in programing as well as in Networking and Database side.,2.0,none,2.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62446,microsoft,none," May 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,just review,"salary , prospects, building, known company",very politically correct so be prepared to earn less if youre a man,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62447,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Jun 13, 2018",Former Employee - Consultant,The most lousy place I’ve ever worked for,Large company with rules and regulations,"Danish office felt like the cheesiest pizza place. I had to work on public holidays, vacations, between Christmas and New Year. As a Consultant, I worked places without heating, sat on a wooden chair for months, payed full price at stores for lunch..",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62448,microsoft,none," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,"Great company, great innovations, transparent , rewarding","Nothing really, need to work on work life balance",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62449,microsoft,Jumayrah (United Arab Emirates)," May 10, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,Great role. Perfect mix and exposure of the technology and the business,Not the most lucrative role within microsoft and not the hot track within Microsoft,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1289.htm
62450,microsoft,none," May 23, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great employer, dull job",Very good investor in their staff: provided lots of training,The work in this role (in the Skype Products team) was generally pretty dull,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62451,microsoft,none," May 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review,Good company to work and have exposure to,Small part of a large team,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62452,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Project Manager,Awesome,Perks and Benefits.....daily challenges....smart people.....and much more,There is politics amidst people.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62453,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 6, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,amazing place to work,"good worklife balance, benefits and stocks.",Not every team has good work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62454,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Data Entry,Data entry,I like to earn money and I love data entry jobs from home it’s a good source to earn money,Data entry monitization software tecnical,none,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62455,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Digital Design Engineer,Best Place to works,Really awesome company to work really enjoyed,I FOUND NO CONS FOR THIS COMPANY,NO advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62456,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 14, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Govt. office of corporate world,"Good new campus, good benefits in general except opportunities for growth which is falsely advertised","Government office style management, key to rise is to show off and make noise.","If you seek change, change the ancient managers who reserved coffins in their roles.",2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62457,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft Experience,"good place to start. great learning opportunities. since microsoft has products in wide range, once can use this opportunity to dive into any stream he / she wants to get expert on.",very bad people management. no good internal career growth opportunities. for a fresher it is very difficult to make his / her career if managers are not supportive.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62458,microsoft,none," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Engineer,Good payscale. Brand value adds to your resume.,Nigh-shift is challenging. Workload is more.,Provision of public holidays should be mandatory.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62459,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," May 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Category Manager,Great leader (Satya Nadella) with clear growth strategies in place.,"Smart people, flexible work hours, and leading the way in tech.",Growth is in Azure related IT infrasture and the hardware side of the business is losing focus.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1290.htm
62460,microsoft,Shinagawa (Japan)," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,SEE,Great culture of customer obsessed and learning from others,Some rules restrict me from doing what is really important for customers,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62461,microsoft,none," May 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Good work life balance, good working env","Huge product teams , reorganise",none,4.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62462,microsoft,none," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,"Solid company, all around good experience",Nothing at all to speak of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62463,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," May 15, 2018",Current Employee - Industrial Designer,Good company,"Work, colleagues, gym center, work hours, envirronment","Dinosaurs, not ready for big move, taxation, salary",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62464,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Project Manager,"Great Belgrade team, great people!","Awesome work atmosphere, challenging, yet interesting tasks.","Nothing I can think of, really.",Keep loving your employees :),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62465,microsoft,Lagos (Nigeria)," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Security Manager,Mr,Flexible working hours Good welfare package Great work environment Creates capacity to increase professionalism,Limited growth opportunities Nothing more Nothing more,create more roles,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62466,microsoft,none," May 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE II,Work life balance is great,can't think of anything. So far so good.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62467,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,"Good place to work at, where you will build world scale products","Interesting technical challenges, you work on projects impacting millions of people all over the world. Lots of additional benefits, good office location, and the office itself is pretty good.","Sometimes you may end up working with different tooling and programming language, than you thought or was told at the interview (though not that many options here and it may be temporary). As in all companies of this age you may encounter quite an amount of legacy code.","Should be more transparent during interview process on possible tasks. Line management should pay more attention to ideas of the engineers, as these ideas may save company money.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62468,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," May 13, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good workplace,"- Really great benefits, all the time - Flexible working hours - Worked with agile methodology","- My features were not very interesting (technologically) - The dev team had too many developers, to my opinion, which led to a poor learning curve for a new developer - No personal attention from seniors in the team - Too much politics",Take the extra mile and improve the 'new employee' program.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62469,microsoft,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for work,"work life balance, multiple products you can work within the company, nice people","moving slow, moving slow, moving too slow...",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1291.htm
62470,microsoft,none," May 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for work,"work life balance, multiple products you can work within the company, nice people","moving slow, moving slow, moving too slow...",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62471,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Systems Engineer,Fast paced fun place to work,"Meeting different people with a lot of knowledge, simply smart people",None so far minus the normal work politics,Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62472,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Excellent work life balance with awesome premises.,Nothing as such. My experience was awesome,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62473,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Business Development Representative In DACH Region,Business Development Representative in DACH Region,"lovely lovely People, helpfull, they teached you from the start until the end.",there no cons or there was nothing bad about Microsoft. only the salary was a bit low,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62474,microsoft,none," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Focussed,Great company to work for,If you have the right manager,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62475,microsoft,Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)," May 12, 2018",Current Employee - Systems Developer,System developer,Good work culture and management,Less amount of salaries and utillity,Be commited and give good attesion to good staff,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62476,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Job at Microsoft,"Brand , Facilities , Get to work at the cradle of technologies","Internal politics , Lacks good managership",Clean the management and get in fresh heads,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62477,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," May 11, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Sales,Uncertainty,"Flexible, salary, benefits, many possibilities, freedom","Uncertainty, customer last, scorecard only priority, more show than do",none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62478,microsoft,none," May 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internal Sales,Great culture and and great team,The Constant Change and Growth,Communication,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62479,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's is good company,World largest IT company and salary is too high.,There is no cons of this company.,"Respected staff , please open new portal for new srudents.",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1292.htm
62480,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 9, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Development Specialist,Just another review,"Nice new building in Dublin. Great co-workers. Many products and opportunities to work on. Many changes at the moment, and believe it should get better with time.",Lower salaries then Facebook/Google. You need to pay for your food. New Management without propoer training. Not much of clarity of processes. Can get frusrating sometimes.,Propose competitive salaries and be more atuned to employee needs. Be more flexible.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62481,microsoft,none," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Developer,Soft skills & technical training Smart & professional colleages,"Huge corporate - too much process, politics & e-mails for me, coming from startup","Mentor program for newbie, including seniors",4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62482,microsoft,none," May 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,Canteen decent place well maintained,Management could be better trained,Be better,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62483,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - SDE1,SDE,You can have enough time for 1. self learning at Microsoft. 2. your family. 3. taking care of Health. The learning resource provided by Microsoft for their employees are tremendous.,You do not get much opportunity to work for some exciting or brain storming problems at Dynamcics CRM IDC.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62484,microsoft,Lon (Spain)," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Assistant Manager,good employer with wonderful benefits,good working environment. expected it to be dull,"long hours, expect to work there over weekends",overall it is a good working space,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62485,microsoft,none," May 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Researcher,"Work life balance, training, culture","office politics, lack of agility",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62486,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft (China): Need to be more diverse,- Excellent benefits - Challenging work and amazing colleagues - Decent remuneration - Good learning opportunities - Good international exposure,- This review is for Microsoft China for the position based out of Shanghai. Now the China entity is not as global as you would assume Microsoft would be. There is a language issue in the office and most people find it difficult conversing in English.,Need to build some checks and balances to improve an inclusive culture. Merely an online training is a lip service. Why not introduce unsolicited feedback or run a survey regularly.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62487,microsoft,none," May 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microroft both the dragon and the calf.,1. Freedom to innovate and grow as much as you want 2. Decent pay 3. Learn Learn Learn,"1. Lousy salaries 2. Stock option tied to relationship with managers for the most part. 3. Unwilling to"" turn on a dime""","Above all, value your people. Once they leave they will never return.",2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62488,microsoft,none," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Once great company goes downhill,Great compensation plans Good work-life balance Most roles are extremely easy not to fail Still has a huge momentum on the market,No challenges Poor job security Staffed with many agency employees who are treated way-way worse than full-time employees Lots of colleagues who are not experts of their field Hard to move within the company Overcomplicated processes Diversity and inclusion is enforced so strictly it becomes comical,"Microsoft should be a place for innovation, now it's just a scorecard factory.",3.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62489,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good working experience,Technical oriented and the transformation to cloud is a good trend.,Some internal projects are lack of efficiency with limited business impact.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1293.htm
62490,microsoft,none," May 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,mobility hard work and have fun,Dynamic Team Work mobility always learning,"quick changement of structure per year, and position deleted",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62491,microsoft,none," May 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Micrososft CRM team - A nightmare!,- Work-life balance - Free lunches (upto Rs 100 a day) - Good campus with facilities - Good healthcare benefits - Domain knowledge - Will learn a lot about CRM,"The list just goes on and on! Will just try to summarize the top few items. 1. The salary: Never go by what the recruiter tells you. You may end up getting less than what your previous salary was. The bonus component is included in your CTC, and on an average you get only 50% of it. 50% - really Microsoft??? Which company does that! The problem is that the Recruiter blatantly lies that you will get 100% of it at least. When this money is 20% of your salary - you can figure out what deviation it makes. Now - it it was just me, it would be fine. But, many people said the same thing! Coincidence? 2. Excessive bureaucracy: There is no respect for developers in this place. Mainly because the work quality below par and any average developer who is willing to work hard can succeed here. Smart people are totally unwelcome. Good ideas are totally unwelcome! 3. Quality of work: This is just the place if you want to fix bugs in JavaScript! Or maybe if you want to spend your time figuring out how to write XML for using their horrendous internal framework. The best someone could tell me was they wrote some queries on Hive (in 2017 someone telling me that Hadoop is latest technology can only tickle a funny bone!). 4. Promotions: Boss relies on ""I feel"" rather than on real data. 5. No 1:1s with managers: In my first 5 months with my manager - there was only ONE 1:1. In that 1:1 - another person (my peer) was sitting with my manager. I repeat - the title for the discussion was 1:1!! Kudos!  In short - this is a perfect place to lose touch with coding skills (unless you consider writing XMLs or poorly written javascript as coding).","- Trust people who come from outside. - Give time to understand your convoluted, complex and irritating frameworks - Your UI framework is horrendous. Please dump it!",1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62492,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," May 4, 2018",Former Employee - Digital Marketing,Good company to lear,"I have learned a lot in this working experience, the company values diversity and has a culture of achievement, in which you are seen by your results.",In my area there was not many opportinities for growth,Give more opportunities.,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62493,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 4, 2018",Current Employee - CSA,Review,Ease of work. No micro management,Lack of collaboration between teams,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62494,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome place to work but depends on your team,Awesome place to work but depends on your team,Work depends too much on team. Somewhat difficult to change teams,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62495,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Benefits are worth working hard for,A lot of standing involved,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62496,microsoft,none," May 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Firmware developer,awesome company to work,nothing came across till now,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62497,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good at higher positions and bad at lower,* work life balance can be chosen as per individual * good compensation at higher levels,* not much ownership given/[cant be taken] * slow moving/ less agile.,* focus on promoting agility and ownership,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62498,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Jigsaw,"Glamorous, High End on the Industry. Working face to face with people, if anything it’s like working in a hospital with patients with all sorts of issues. It was great to help them. Fantastic environment for understanding better retail human behavioural patterns. Fast paced, everything was in constant moves and change. Never still Industry only gets trough with loyal customers.",Long hours standing on your feet. Low wages in the retail shops. Loyalty programs not in place No major discounts or promotions,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62499,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Solutions Professional,"Good Salary Range, Visibility in the Org, work with latest technologies","Work Life Balance, Poor Preparation for the role, no team working!!!  :-( Every FTE is hired as an ""Individual Contributor"" and has too many competitors inside the company, and even inside the same team.","Better retain FTEs in the same Job Role for at least 3 years, otherwise they cannot be effective in the role. Bill of Material provided are not good enough to learn both old and new technologies.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1294.htm
62500,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,satisfied with the current work environment,"highest salary, please minimize the salary range",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62501,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Perfect place to work,Awesome company to work with Many things to learn from experts,Unable to find any. uNABLE TO FIND ANY.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62502,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," May 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Solutions Professional,"Good Salary Range, Visibility in the Org, work with latest technologies","Work Life Balance, Poor Preparation for the role, no team working!!!  :-( Every FTE is hired as an ""Individual Contributor"" and has too many competitors inside the company, and even inside the same team.","Better retain FTEs in the same Job Role for at least 3 years, otherwise they cannot be effective in the role. Bill of Material provided are not good enough to learn both old and new technologies.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62503,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business and Sales Ops Lead,"smart people, enhancing technology, driving digital transformation","changing organizational structure, limited career development opportunities",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62504,microsoft,Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,MNA Partner,Well known company worldwide . Very pro working and transparent environment . Huge information resources for your work and training. Excellent people and colleagues . Fun and challenging . There is no doubt that you will love to work for Microsoft.,Fast and furious working style. Always moving forward. Fail fast and learn fast . Ever changing organization to catch up with business motion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62505,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development,"Good, respectful culture. Treats employees respectfully. Lots of opportunity for employees that are prepared to manage their own careers and take the initiative.","Too bureaucratic. lots of lengthy reviews. also, internal data/ analytics is mixed so you may spend a lot of time reviewing unreliable data.","Find ways to further cut down the bureaucracy and empower employees with great, reliable data. Also, try to take a more long term view, and not re-invent the company every fiscal year.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62506,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - IT Consultant,Nice place to work,Salary is higher compared with the market.,Managers are quite arrogant.,Do not be so arrogant,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62507,microsoft,Bryanston (South Africa)," May 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ethic Issues, Discrimination, Policies don't mean anything",Excellent Vision Very Dynamic Exposure to everything of the best Good Salary,Make rules to fire you They hate people with disabilities If you not performing at 500% you gone Their Policies are worth nothing,"Remember who built your business, think further than 1 quataur, invest in your people and stop worrying about the gartner quadrant or else the likes of Apple and Amazon will crush you. Grow up and run your business like a big respectable corporation and not like the cnr shop trying to do your close of business target. Lead with heart head or hand not by wallet.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62508,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company to work for as a Data Scientist,"Great flexibility, good people, interesting challenges","Huge company, it can be hard to know who to talk to sometimes","Make a better job to make sure teams are not competing with others, and everyone is collaborating on the same products. Other than that, amazing management.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62509,microsoft,Wallisellen (Switzerland)," Apr 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Salary, People, Place, Car, Culture",too much internal politics for career development,decrease internal politics for career development,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1295.htm
62510,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,overall a great place,Lost of opportunity across functions. High relevance to customers,politically motivated individuals trying to protect their turf.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62511,microsoft,Chennai (India)," Apr 26, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,data engineer,super . it was awesome,need to develop patience to work here. that is best i feel.,super. it was awesome.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62512,microsoft,Ongole (India)," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Part Time,Part time,I love to do part time in this company.because I want earn some money for my financial problems,There's no downsides in this and I dint see one either if there's one I don't like it and I don't wanna give one,I'm not interested in giving advices so I don't wanna give one,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62513,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not bad for a part time job as a student or a temp job.,"Lots of young people, fun culture, can wear jeans and sneakers to work.","Some hours are long and dreadful, scheduling is prioritized for those who are in good terms with the HR manager.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62514,microsoft,Zürich (Switzerland)," Apr 27, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good company,- Many resources to learn - Good co-workers - Good compensation and benefits - Positive shift in culture in the last years,"- Still some groups are very hierarchical, top down management is the norm - No career opportunity if you are in a small satellite office outside Redmond - Lots of politics - The middle management only makes pressures and try to make the numbers look good upwards. They have little interest to build great products. - Very high fluctuation (in my team 10 people left in a less than a year) - Constant re-orgs",Give autonomy to the individual groups. Stop managing top down.,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62515,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Audience Evangelism Manager,Nice environment Full of resources,Re-org recently with vague organization goal,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62516,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Apr 10, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"Very good environment, good salary",They are expecting you to invest long hours and stay late at the office,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62517,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 18, 2018",Former Employee - Field Support Specialist,Field Support Specialist,"It's such a big company that even if your direct report doesn't care about you, there are processes in place to ensure you're adequately taken care of. Not to mention the constant stimulation of a multinational tech giant, every week there's something new to learn or discover that your company made.","The internal politics from Ballmer days are still lingering in most departments, Satya has made great progress but until the old management is fully cleaned out this will continue to be a problem. The other con is getting something done without precedent, this takes so long that most FTEs just don't put the effort into it anymore and accept it as status quo. Big company, slow moving.","Think more about the customer, less about your boss and people will start to work more collaboratively.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62518,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales Director,Strong US leadership. Healthy share price,Too many region headcounts. Not enough field sales,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62519,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 24, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Recruitment Consultant,Work at MS,"subsidised lunch, good work life balance",Location of office is very isolated,n/a,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1296.htm
62520,microsoft,Ankara (Turkey)," Apr 22, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,just a Software Developer,"Analytical Intelligence , Team Work , Dicipline",Timing Timing Timing Timing Timing,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62521,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 6, 2018",Current Employee - Solution Sales Professional,the best,great environment. helpful teams good money good career best place to learn,quotes are different in every quarter,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62522,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Manager,solid well-known people oriented company,sometimes too beurocratic and too much control,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62523,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 19, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Go there late in your career,Big N Company. Nice on resume. Good compensation,Too many old guys. Too much office politics.,Try to shed off a little upper management weight,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62524,microsoft,Duhok (Iraq)," Apr 20, 2018",Former Employee - Interpreter/Translator,Trandlator and interprater,"I am speak three languages,and had a long experience in translation and interpretation field","The work was not permanet work,and after five years the whole project has been stopped suddenly,by the employer","Team work,leaership characters,stress management,regouros,diplomacy,communication skills,flexibility.",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62525,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 7, 2018",Former Employee - Designer,Poor anti-harassment policy implementation and rampant instances of bro-culture,"Depending on which team you are part of, the benefits are great. Along with good pay, work is pre-planned and you can work from home without any issues. Some of the colleagues could be really good at their work and are a great source for future references/networking.","Poor implementation of anti-harassment policy and rampant bro-culture.  I was falsely accused by my manager to show his support to a male colleague. As I proved my innocence, the manager along with senior HR retaliated by applying a PIP. This was within 2 weeks of filing an HR inquiry. Post which, I reached out to the ethics committee but they refused by saying it is outside their scope and the request for the enquiry will be forwarded to the respective committee.  I resigned soon after.","Create accountability across all levels.  It's not enough to just send out emails or set sexual harassment committees. My country doesn't have workplace harassment law. So it was a difficult decision but I decided not to pursue a legal case. It's important that teams based outside of USA are given due importance and cases of harassment are dealt by people who can't be influenced.  In my case, the sexual harassment committee HR were involved and verbally told me to accept all the accusations charges so they can calm my manager.  Also, all senior people in the leadership (male) never came forward even at the peak of harassment as my manager is at an extremely senior level leaving me with no option other than to resign.",1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62526,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loved that place!,"Compensation, environment, benefits, amazing colleagues and peers.",None that I can think of.,"Numbers are not everything, even when they are achieved.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62527,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"A good, but not great, company","• Myriad of potential products and career paths • Incredibly smart people • Relative stability • Work/life balance • Lots of learning resources (books, courses) • New CEO has definitely helped galvanizing people and slowly embracing positive change","• Isolated, centric and not-invented-here mindset • Country club - lots of antiquated people just ""resting and vesting"" • Insane politics - Everyone will try to take credit for, and steal, the coolest projects from hackathons • Good enough compensation and benefits, but far, far from other big tech players • So-called diversity forced quotas can result in forced diversity hires, token employees and the like • Silly approach to increasing the bottom line: it's always a coin toss whether you'll be axed during the next RIF • Cronyism, lots of it","Promote transparency on policies. Stop trying to savagely save $$ -leverage on that army of incredibly smart people to create cool stuff instead of trying to keep zombies alive.  Come up with mechanisms to reward and promote the smart and motivated people, instead of the ones whose only achievement is stealing spotlights.  Be honest and humble on compensation and benefits: stop with the kool-aid, why is there such a difference with other big tech companies?",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62528,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS is a great place,"Satya, fair, empathetic. An organization with a great mission and leadership to empower people and organizations around the world to do more",US culture often does not percolate down to Geos. Not much as its a great place to work,"Do more skip levels, Do more 1:1s, rest is great",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62529,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Career perspectives,A lot of opportunities for engineers and tech sales with cloud expertise.,"as company is focusing on big markets mainly US & Canada, they cut resources on other regions.",please take care of people you RIF as the way it is happening now is quite cruel.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1297.htm
62530,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work,"Microsoft is growing dev teams in Czech Republic. Skype, Microsoft Teams and Dynamics are developed on site. There is great opportunity to work on all kind of stuff from frontend to backend.",Usually you have to communicate with Redmond folks so you usually have to work at evenings.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62531,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nothing especial,"Nice colleagues, perks, benefits. Average pay.",The feeling of being a small cog in a wheel. Average pay.,Give more freedom and increase base salaries.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62532,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Product Marketing,Performance driven culture,"Highly competitive work environment and rewarded well. Performance driven organisation culture that values, outcome based reviews, anchoring on making others great and contributing to teams success.","Fast paced and agile environment. Individuals to hold key strengths to deal with ambiguity, risk taking appetite and values decision making based on data and human intuition.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62533,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Career perspectives,A lot of opportunities for engineers and tech sales with cloud expertise.,"as company is focusing on big markets mainly US & Canada, they cut resources on other regions.",please take care of people you RIF as the way it is happening now is quite cruel.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62534,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 16, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Engineer,Technical Engineer,Work Culture Exposure to new technologies,Work-Life Balance Structure of teams - depends on the team,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62535,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Apr 16, 2018",Former Employee - Research Software Development Engineer,Microsoft Advanced Technology Lab in Cairo - Worset place to start your career,- Well organized offices and a nice environment to work,"- Managment is very bad - A huge discriminating gap between CSGs (contractors) and FTEs (full-time employees) - Salary is below the median. - Medical insurance is very bad. - Not stable ( if you were in a startup, it will be more stable ) - there is no work-life balance. - The mode of operation is not helping you to learn much. - No appreciation for your work.",- Try to keep good talents better than that. - Try to grow your lab projects,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62536,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for with great benefits,"Great benefits, Great working environment Good career progression chances",Not so many grad jobs,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62537,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 31, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,Partner Technical Consultant,V good place to work,There are few things but it all depends on the management at that point of time.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62538,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2018",Former Employee - CIO Manager,Enterprise Strategy Architect (now called Digital Advisor),"A very strong brand, both in the enterprise and consumer markets. Strong products that we all use on a daily basis. A company that changed the world and is doing it again. Exceptional leaders at C-level, starting with Satya who stands out as a humble, visionary and figure making CEO. A feeling of being in the footsteps of Bill Gates, one of the very few ultra-wealthy people genuinely trying to make the world a better place. Overall, working at Microsoft is about being connected to a couple of core values and showing up at work with a sense that there is a higher purpose to it. Beyond that, employment conditions and benefits are excellent, work atmosphere is mostly collaborative, and for those like me who are in the enterprise business, it is one of the only companies who virtually has every single firm on earth as a customer.","In the enterprise services division, I found the performance measurement framework to far too quantitative, generating counter-productive behaviors. Back in 2015 the organization was siloed, EPG and Services not always collaborating efficiently, and a number of management positions were challengeable in their usefuleness. Since then the organization has been transformed and may be a lot more healthy and efficient.","Keep doing what you're doing now: razor-sharp focus on the mission, cut the products and services that do not fit into it, develop partnerhsips. I'm sure MSFT will soon hit the 100$ per share mark.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62539,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Apr 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fabulous company, stop the cost cutting","Incredibly flexible, amazing co-workers, collaborative culture and environment, employees treated with respect","Invest in the infrastructure - the restaurants in TVP have deteriorated beyond recognition drastically over the last year (unless you like cheap sausages), bring your own device with mobile phones is a great idea if there's a regular payment to employees to fund. The offices in TVP need a revamp, they are looking tired. Would be good to sort out the awful toilet situation, they don't flush.....",Stop cost cutting - bring your own device (mobile phones) is fine if you are also making a payment towards the phone! Unbelievable that employees have to pay for their own device to use for work purposes!,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1298.htm
62540,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 14, 2018",Former Employee - Service Communications Specialist,Communication Specialist,Ambience was good. Refreshments were available. Cab facility was good.,No career opputunities. Benefits only to the FTE’s.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62541,microsoft,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Mar 30, 2018",Current Employee - Researcher,Review,"Friendly, open environment build on trust",Can't think of anything negative.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62542,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Work life balance, great team",Hectic during code deployments and deadlines,Keep up the great work !,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62543,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2018",Former Employee - General,General Engineer,performance is being tracked often,Co-oworkers are always competitive for promotions,change the layout of the building,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62544,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior software engineer,good benefit and work life balance.,improvement is not easy and presume is big,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62545,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 1, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Full Time Software Engineer - worst years of my life,"Good infrastructure, with free drinks","Full politics company, with carefully constructed reputation. Would not recommend joining. Upper management is constantly working against its own people. Those who work honestly, with integrity, aren't rewarded and politics works wonders.","You preach empathy and your mission statement is to help people achieve more. But in reality, you are doing the exact opposite.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62546,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Consultant,Technical Consultant,awesome overall in every aspect.,no negative points so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62547,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Proud to work for an innovating company,"Flexible working, opportunities for international travel and job opportunities abroad",Part a big corporate company with lots of systems and processes,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62548,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - SDE1,Good place to go,Smart ppl around Bigger teams (easy to transfer between) Good work life balance,Deep hierarchy Level discrimination Weird evaluation methods,Please only let experienced people be a manager,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62549,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Development Specialist,Great company to work for,None that come to mind now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1299.htm
62550,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Reciew,Lots of training opportunities provided,Developers are. As well paid as management staff,Great job so far,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62551,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 9, 2018",Current Employee - Supervisor,Logos,good company to work for.Great pay,none.KEEP GOING GREAT JOB OVERALL,keep it up,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62552,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PFE,"Everything was fine. Benefit, working environment.",Management political issue. Need to improve on this matter.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62553,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Best company to work with,"Flexible work time, Health insurance benefits, perks other than the Salary",Slower growth rate for employees,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62554,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing,Marketing,Proud Great salary worldwide reputation great team great leaders increasing stock price,Work-life balance competitiveness limited career opportunities old-fashioned people overwhelmed people with overwork,Keep it simple,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62555,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Great place to learn and grow,Plenty of resources available for learning,Not easy to move between departments within Microsoft unless you have good contacts,Please make the movement between departments fair,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62556,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2018",Current Employee - Solutions Specialist,Became really bad and corrosive place to work,Excelent salary and overall conditions,"This company is the new IBM : old minded and extremely politicized. There used to be an internal management saying that I haven't heard of in the last few years: employees are our most important asset. Now a days, budget attainment is all that matters without looking to the means. People internally fight for the same customer budget.","While the overall strategy looks good, as stocks are showing, you should take care of your best asset : people that work for you.",1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62557,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun and challengable,Well organized and fun workplace & facility,Get pressure by Micro managememt,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62558,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 24, 2018",Current Employee - SWE II,Microsoft CSE India,"Good work culture and perks, understanding and liberal management",current dev-ops model very unstructured and causing issues for SWE,better structure and change management which such advanced practices,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62559,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,Microsoft is the best company up tilll now,there are no cons in it,no advice.. everything is perfect,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1300.htm
62560,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 7, 2018",Former Employee - Regional Director,Great company to work for,Great compensation Good team work culture Good potential for growth,Too much politics in areas outside the US Employee reviews tend to be based on quotas,Remove the politics. Allow employees to be more critical of management if management is repressive and basing judgements based on favoritism to certain ethnicities especially in MEA,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62561,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Consultant,1. Good Work Life Balance 2. Good bonus/benefits,1. Slow learning 2. Less Hike,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62562,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Advisor,"World class facilities, Industry competitive benefits ,",Depends on the Organization you are in to,Work in Sync,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62563,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Microsoft,"Amazing Technology Exposure, Adoption of new Azure features and of course it's startup culture open lot of door for Growth",Work Life balance is an issue sometime and in few profiles,Nothing,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62564,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Mar 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,South African Senior Product Marketing Manager,"MS is a great place to work, with a diverse culture and incredible opportunities. The management style will most of the time get the best out of the people","Sometimes we don't always hire the best people for the job and so experience for our partners, customers etc. suffers. We are trying to change this","Keep on doing what is happening, the transition the company is on is a strong and positive one.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62565,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSGTSC,Good place to be in,It depends on your personal view,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62566,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Developer,"Great peer group, flexibility in working hours",Preferences not entertained while choosing working team/type of work,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62567,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Simply ok,Big well known company Decent compensation,Leadership lack direction Management doesn't seem to care about employees,"Have intentions, be transparent about them, and follow through",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62568,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Inside Sales - Worst job ever,"Fantastic Company and Products, company strategy is excellent too. CEO is very charismatic and talented.","Inside Sales Dublin is simply one of the worst place to work for a Tech Pro. Compensation is ambiguous, with impossible targets to reach and no KPIs. Hiring process seems very poor as well, completely random and different. Technical level is extremely low, with no opportunities to learn, nothing really technical here, just random sales topics. Ad-hoc completions of tasks and projects, with a lack of organisation and procedures.","Change the management, completely, and hire professionals.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62569,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A comfortable place to work,"Good people, Good work-life balance","Lack of motivation, Too stable",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1301.htm
62570,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 3, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Flexible and inclusive environment,Employees can choose where and when to work generally. You can remotely work easily with many tools to enable it.,Communication barriers if some co-workers are always not there,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62571,microsoft,Paris (France)," Apr 24, 2018",Former Employee - Consultant T,Too much politics and pressure,"car, bonus, phone, beautiful campus, expenses..","Politics, Politics, Politics, politics Politics","The management can't do anything about it, That's the nature of the Software vendors in a competitive environment.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62572,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,From a startup PM's view,Good working environment. People are always willing to help. Work life balance.,Not fast enough. Too many meetings,Start act agile from high level may probably help move fast,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62573,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,"Great workplace, full of challenges","Great chance to evolve, Many opportunities to learn and grow, Great mentors and one can choose his own carrier path, Diverse trainings","A bit stressful when dealing with customers and one has many different to do at the same time, This is not particular to Microsoft, but to the position of support engineer.","More trainings and readiness for new employees on specific product features, from the backend and implementation perspective",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62574,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Development Manager,"great company to work at, care for employees",some measurements do not make sense,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62575,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,You can gain an experience on cutting-edge technologies in Microsoft.,"Microsoft has a wide variety of products, so they should focus on specific products more and more.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62576,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Mar 16, 2018",Current Employee - Trainee,very good company.,free food in the office,survival is tuff and you have to work hard.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62577,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Great opportunities to advance,Constant reorgs meaning you end up with a new manager or in a new team,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62578,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Engineer,Great experience as Technical Support and operations engineer.,I did not see any Pros to work with a great company like Microsoft!,"Great work environment, like minded people, cultural diversity, great career scopes and the best employee oriented services.",Nothing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62579,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Mar 29, 2018",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,A steadily growing company,Microsoft have never been to the bottom.,"However, it is not likely to be the first.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1302.htm
62580,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 14, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Good place to learn and kick-start your career,- Get to interact with some of the best minds in the Industry  - Always get to work on the latest and the greatest in the market  - Work-life flexibility  - Open door culture  - Internal job changes are allowed and encouraged  - Medical Insurance and benefits  - Stock awards (not in all the divisions)  - Good infrastructure,- Compensation band should be improved  - Almost no employee perks (since the last 3 years),Should improve upon employee perks and benefits for a better employee satisfaction,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62581,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent work place,"Motivating team, These days they are using node js which is allowing one to explore open source","No cons as such, all is good for me",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62582,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,"Work culture, technology exposure. Perks",Poor lower management. No trainings can help them. Stop getting latteral hires for lower management.,Stop getting latteral hires for lower management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62583,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"Flexible, growth mindset, good payment to employees",Each department may behave like a different company as the targets are different for each role.,"In order to improve teamwork, related teams should have common targets.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62584,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my work,work wit lots of people,work with lots of hours,be wiling to work hard,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62585,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people and great culture,"CEO vision is strong, genuine desire to drive a growth mindset throughout the organisation. Strong culture of helping and learning from others.",Lot of orchestration required to bring the best out of large virtual teams.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62586,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Fantastic place to work. Smart people.,Sometimes too big of a company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62587,microsoft,Sofia (Bulgaria)," Mar 27, 2018",Former Employee - Account Manager,Total chaos with very unexperienced management,You can learn a lot in a big corporation . Always on top of the trends and technologies.,"Very unprepared and weak managemet, no leaders in the whole Multi country region. Not a good environment for newcomers.","Be a leader and stand behind your team, help them improve.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62588,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company, lack of direction","Lovely offices in Reading. Free drinks, friendly people.",Working with bullish Americans becomes tiresome. People not on permanent contracts treated like a lower caste. It's weird...,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62589,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company however you need to be aware of the following issues,* Working across countries and cultures * Working for a brand which is instantly recognizable * Working from home is allowed globally * Freedom to just do the job * Respected as an individual * Company culture is changing under Satya and there is a momentum to this * A short time at this firm is good for your career,"* Job scope changes, sometimes even without a proper discussion with the person that you report into - symptom of working in a large company * Slow to see new services and features deployed onto Azure, in comparison with the competition * Too many KPI's and more focus on KPI's than customer satisfaction * Complex organisational structure which very few people really understand * Many non-technical people are working at Microsoft, working around technology but they make no effort to understand the basics * Very political company - there is a strong bout of political correctness across the company - comes with size * The word leadership is overused so much that it looses value * Some staff have become institutionalized and are stuck on the Steve Balmer mindset and hold back everybody else, especially is they are in management roles * Pay is good, but not best in market, so many people that I now have left for a better package * Strategic initiatives are created from Redmond (CORP) however they are disconnected from the field and because of this, programmes often don't land correctly in the subs * Quarterly connects - Microsoft is a performance based culture and expect to fill out what you've achieved each quarter and expect feedback * For those in sales : spend less of a quarter of your time working with technology * I was'nt head-hunted for any new roles at Microsoft whilst employed",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1303.htm
62590,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 23, 2018",Former Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer Intern,"Great place to work, good guidance",not sure about work life balance,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62591,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PROGRAM MANAGER,"Great environment, flexibility in hours, smart people",very intense and stressing sometimes. Difficulty to work with Corp.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62592,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Mar 4, 2018",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,Good all-rounder,"Great benefits, competitive salary, great culture. Fairly easy to move around the organisation and try different roles. Flexible ways of working.","Lots of change meaning less job security, heavy on process",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62593,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,inside sales representative,"work culture , nature of job, interesting training session",nothing much about downside of MS india,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62594,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Mar 22, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,Is nice with a competitive salary,"We don't have enough designer to work :( may all the thing slowing down, most of the designer cant fit in because of the workload.",Try to hire a designer not make them go,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62595,microsoft,Tallinn (Estonia)," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Seniour Software Engineer,compensation vacation benefits challenges flexibility,corporate compliancy oncalls 24h lackoffreetime,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62596,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Home-office full time, flexibility, vacations can be splitted",None so far. It has been fine,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62597,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Great company to work for,"No cons, great time to be with Microsoft",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62598,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Support Escalation Engineer,Best of salary and employee benifits in the market!,Work-life balance is a bit of challenge,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62599,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Scheduler,"Great team, nice accessories, great boss",management direction should be clearly defined,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1304.htm
62600,microsoft,Nairobi (Kenya)," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Inside Sales Account Executive,Inside Sales Account Manager,Microsoft gives their employees an opportunity to fully utilize their capabilities and it also gives a person a chance to grow professionally and career wise.  It also offers really satisfactory incentives to their employees.,Intensive need to have product knowledge,Congratulations for the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62601,microsoft,Tallinn (Estonia)," Mar 6, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Seniour Software Engineer,compensation vacation benefits challenges flexibility,corporate compliancy oncalls 24h lackoffreetime,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62602,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 19, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,.,Very good company.....good work culture,No as per concerned ...,.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62603,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Experience of working in Microsoft Indonesia,"Friendly, team support, good package",Lack of focus on business & industry application,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62604,microsoft,Cape Town (South Africa)," Mar 5, 2018",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Principal SDM,"Work Life Balance, Fantastic People, Career Development Opportunities",intense pressure to achieve priorities,Ensure the employees have total clarity amidst all the corporate noise,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62605,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,lead,"Recognized brand, like minded people, great new strategic direction","Not enough diversity of thought or people, internationally driven ,",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62606,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Mar 16, 2018",Former Employee - Resource Manager,Resource Manager,"Very relaxed atmosphere on the UK Campus. They look after their staff very well, with the benefits scheme very useful. Never seem to be understaffed in office based positions, so workload is always manageable",Do not seem to be the best in terms of high salary. Development is encouraged but can seem without direction. Very difficult to be noticed among the large number of employees. Level system can mean a suitable candidate is overlooked because they are looking to jump more than 1 or 2 levels at once.,"I would advise them to look at the achievements and suggestions team members can have. Even if they are not used overall, acknowledgement of them would go a long way.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62607,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 18, 2018",Former Employee - Junior Technical Evangelist,Microsoft Student Parner,"Steep Learning, Awareness Of Microsoft technologies",very rare to access professional,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62608,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 2, 2018",Former Employee - Consultant,MSGD Hyderabad,Great history of technical innovation. Great learning. Good pay. Great team / talent.,Internal politics. Language politics Partiality. Lack of support for internal transfer. Slow promotion.,"Be open, honest, sincere.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62609,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Channel Executive,"Flexibility, salary, latest technologies, passion","Workplace flexibility, work anywhere and when you want. Good salaries. Work with the latest technologies.","Company tends to have centralized too much, which gives less empowerment in countries to drive local relevant marketing. A lot of pressure on internal compliance, which makes we spend a lot of time working on internal stuff without added value, rather than to be focused on the customers.","Provide more empowerment to local subsidiaries, cut unnecessary control & compliance rules.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1305.htm
62610,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Mar 17, 2018",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great company but subsidiary life may differ depending on country’s culture,"Great vision, great culture. Reward is decent too. Very open. If you want to continue your career in Tech industry, experience at MSFT will be really helpful.","In subsidiaries, great company culture sometimes declined because it is mixed with country culture (esp. in Asian countries. Hierarchical work culture) Regional HQs want to centralize everything so that they can prove their reason to exist.",Senior leadership team should seriously look into employees’ feedback about their direct managers.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62611,microsoft,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Supplier Quality Manager,Quality,"Good company, great culture, great people","company location change, had to seek other opps.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62612,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 1, 2018",Current Employee - User Experience Designer,UX Designer,good office environment and friendly commits,big challenges for junior designers,organize more outing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62613,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work in India,"Microsoft IDC Hyderabad is a good place to work. The salary is competitive. You can get free lunch, snacks and good soft drinks. People are friendly and policies are transparent.",Nothing much. There isn't any serious con working here.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62614,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR Generalist,Very flexible when it comes to your working time and location.,Salary increases are very minimal,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62615,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 15, 2018",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good place to work,Great work life balance. Get to build products that have huge impact.,Decision making can be tedious. Bureaucracy still present.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62616,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,"India GTSC is OK, But think twice before joining, Its not bad, But has its own set of advantages and Disadvantages.","I have been here for 1 year and below is what i see:  Nice facilities compared to other companies, Microsoft has its Standards, Just people should not misuse it.  Team members are good, No way people can escape work, If you have given some thing you have to do it, you can put it on others to do your work.  Salary is good.  Individuals get cubicles to work and they dont ask you to occupy others cubicles like experiences i have had in the past companies.  Employees are decent and maintain the Microsoft standard, Still few up's and down's can be seen.  5 star rating is because this is been the best company i have been working so far and i have seen worst as well.","North American customers are OK, But night shifts are bad, its just that the work may be a little less and customers are good.  EMEA, India customers are worst and bad to manage and they give bad ratings and feedback.  No work life balance, I have to do extend my shift and some time have done it up to 16hrs a day.  As this is a support field in IGTSC, Horrible cases come here and customers expect you will already be aware of all the issues you can expect.  Every premier / professional cases have survey, If you get a bad survey and if you get more you are screwed.  Utilization is measured in terms of Labor, If you do not have enough Labor then you will have impact on performance.  You are supposed to clear SME's topics on the product you support, If you do not then it impacts your performance.  Being Microsoft you may thing Microsoft has solutions to all issues, You guessed it WORNG. It has to be researched and that is the hell time consuming and if you get 6 cases a day then you end up sitting in the office and the next day 6 imagine the third day you may be having at least 15 with you.  If you join as a vendor, it may be horrible because you are paid less.  Think before you are joining IGTSC, Just dont join because it is Microsoft, Think of the possibilities, Salary the price comes with the above disadvantages as well.  Salary hike is ok ok, Bonus is good.  You may be transferred to different teams based on how many teams your manager manages. So you may or can be put there.","Decisions now a days is bad from management, Please dont make 1 person work on 100 technologies because you just pay them to do so.  I agree we are not doing a favor to you guys by coming to office, You pay we work, but still dont put pressure on us to work on 10 different products, this makes us imperfect on all of them.  Dont make 1 manager manage multiple teams, they pressure us to work on multiple products come under him",5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62617,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Manager,Company Review,"Great company, Great CEO & Great Pay.","As the company is grown huge, there is lot of politics and bureaucracy in the middle and senior level management. They don't have a growth mindset especially the Group Managers and Directors. HR is not efficient and is linked to these management groups, so talented people move out.","Action the HR exit interview feedbacks, move out these arrogant leaders out when their MS poll tanks year on year, bring HR changes in India and leadership changes in middle and senior level.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62618,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Free soda. Great pension. Great atmosphere.,None that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62619,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer Support Engineer,A lot learn. Good perks. Employee friendly,Night shifts. Heavy work load at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1306.htm
62620,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer Support Engineer,A lot learn. Good perks. Employee friendly,Night shifts. Heavy work load at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62621,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Network Engineer,network engineer,"work life balance, perks, culture","less innovation,politics,too much hierarchy",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62622,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Delivery Manager,"Flexible working arrangement, good $ and benefits, changing culture",Challenging work life balance to start,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62623,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Mar 13, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Product Lifecycle Manager,Accountable for full ownership of the new product launches by facilitating extensive number of key stakeholders and launch new product and offer to customers (both Consumer/Commercial) around the world.,Too many re-organizations and reporting manager changes almost every year.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62624,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,Best Place to work. Best employee benefits. Best growth opportunist.,Lots of politics in India. Need to be close to management to get good performance benefits.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62625,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best learning company,"Open for career opportunities, Pursue diversity",Challenging to raise exposure in this big company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62626,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work,"Great team building, Chill env",Not challenging enough. Felt I can do more,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62627,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," Feb 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Ride,"Flexibility, management by objectives, empowerment to the field",Lack of high quality middle-management,People was once the most important asset to this company. I think this is not the reality anymore,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62628,microsoft,Ajmer (India)," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - Online Form Filling Job,Online form filling job,I think its a better company to for security & earning purpose.,Its a Brand name in computer technology.,none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62629,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2018",Current Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,An experience that helped me become better focused careerwise.,"Access to the latest tech, free software, amazing discounts and benefits.","Stressful at times, information comes quickly and often. It can get overwhelming.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1307.htm
62630,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior software engineer,Salary and perks are awesome,I do not see any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62631,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS ireland,"great people, great solutions, great partners, great work space","no formal training, overtly complex, bureaucratic, work non stop, unspoken divisive environment between full times and contract personnel.",practise what you preach,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62632,microsoft,"Brasília, Federal District (Brazil)"," Feb 22, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer @ Microsoft,- Stock Options - Investment in knowledge acquisition - Great place to work - Great challenges,- No negative points. It's a great place to work.,- None,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62633,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 23, 2018",Current Employee - Digital Marketing Manager,Great company to work for,The company offers good salaries and career development opportunities. The culture and values feel right.,"Very US centric with a tendency to want to centralize work in the US, high workload. Four performance reviews a year (although this helps towards career progression & rewards).",Invest more in local markets & local approach.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62634,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Review,Work Culture plus plenty of opportunities to learn and improve technically,Salary is not very competitive,Put people in teams based on their skillset and talent.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62635,microsoft,Paris (France)," Mar 8, 2018",Current Employee - Sales Manager,World company,Strategy / Quality of the teams / learning,process / ability to innovate locally /,empower your managers and continue to focus only on customer success rather than execution.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62636,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Sales Manager,Fantastic company to work for!,"Great company, positive environment, amazing people!","Big company, lots of process and admin overhead.",Streamline admin process.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62637,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Feb 21, 2018",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,"Collaborative culture, cutting-edge technology, responsive coworkers, great culture","communication layer is too complicated, too many meetings due to unclear responsibility boundry",make the structure more efficient,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62638,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good,good work environment for all,sometimes too much to do for us,keep on trucking,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62639,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Great Opportunity to Learn,Great Opportunity to Learn in Microsoft,Work Life balance is difficult to manage,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1308.htm
62640,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,You have freedom to work as long as the set goals achieved. Great opportunities to explore latest technology.,Many KPI and score cards to fulfill. Organizational change is very often.,Internal processes are troublesome.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62641,microsoft,Paris (France)," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Financial Controller,Senior Financial Controller,"Great packages, development oppties and WLB",Diplomacy is a must to survive,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62642,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 7, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,good,good work environment for all,sometimes too much to do for us,keep on trucking,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62643,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Feb 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,Great culture and Satya is a blessing for Microsoft,its a big company with all its inherent conflicts,become more international,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62644,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2018",Former Employee - Program Manager,Service Engineer and Program Manager,Great atmosphere and great people,Some groups or teams can be bad.,Clean up the bad ones who don't belong there. Listen to staff feedback.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62645,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,Fantastic in all respects and fulfilling.,Nothing to say right now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62646,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,Get what you put in and very flexible on work and life balance,knowledge transfer is not as clear as expected,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62647,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cons,very good benefits and fun!,bad working hours and shift,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62648,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 3, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,smart people decent pay some products are good,full of egoistic manager review process sucks full internal politics crappy work bad culture,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62649,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 16, 2018",Current Employee - Account Executive,Orchestrate internal and partner team to deliver best customer success and achieve sales target,"Culture is amazing, salary for FTEs is quite good, great place to grow and share experience, vision for the future","Internal processes, tools, not customer facing enough, HR lacks commitment, not too many travels, takes a while to get to a decent level",Integration,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1309.htm
62650,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Great and big Company, lots of smart guys",Too big and some time with low efficiency and high reaction latency,"Try to flatten the group, and merge similar work group",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62651,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Cool company,"Cool collegues, concurrent salary etc",No remore work there .,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62652,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Feb 14, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Above average in most areas,+ compensation package over the median,- inconsistent management skills and insufficient leadership development,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62653,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Work-life balance, career opportunities and collaborative environment","USD CRM, administrative tasks, sometimes without a purpose.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62654,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Feb 25, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,Cool company,"much freedom, good payment and benefits","strategy changes nearly every year, as well as the overall company structre",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62655,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work and learn,Very good facilities and culture,Please have a uniform evaluation/ interview process. At least all members of the same team should be evaluated by the same manager.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62656,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Annonymous,Best Work Life Balance and friendly environment,Tech and one Microsoftness is not available,NA,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62657,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"nice company overall , i hope to return there",very nice team and experience,it is hard to get an interview,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62658,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,Some intelligent people to learn from.,"Toxic culture, political, constant cutting of jobs.",Foster better culture.,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62659,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Feb 12, 2018",Current Employee - Director-Partner Development,Director-Partner Development,"Open work culture, good compensation",Bureaucratic and too structured at times,Keep evolving,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1310.htm
62660,microsoft,Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Engagement Manager,Engagement Manager,"The role is a fantastic opportunity that I have got to make a difference, make my mark, achieve success and transform the market. I am proud of what I have achieved and feel positive that the recent changes to the operating model of the role will bring more opportunity to make positive contributions to the company, customers and partners",The Software Asset Management & Compliance Engagement manager has to pay a very pivotal role in ensuring that the right level of constructive tension is created to gain attention from the customer and motivate them towards the solution. Its like salt to food. Over use will be disastrous and will ruin the appetite. under usage may render your food boring and tasteless.,Knowing when to use and how to use this role is a delegate skill and wisdom. The role player must always have the right intent and follow the basic principles. Compromising them will make the role useless.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62661,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 26, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,One of the Best Product Companies to work with,"I've been working with Microsoft for almost 2 years now and I must say that this is the best Product based company. It gives you good hike both in terms of Base and Bonus. Benefits such as Medical, Fitness, Dental/Vision, Shares and Bonus are good. The leave policy at Microsoft is incomparable.",Management sometimes take undue advantage of the employees and there is no retention policy. They make us feel as if they don't care if we leave Microsoft.,They should come up with a policy to retain good employees.,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62662,microsoft,Zürich (Switzerland)," Feb 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really depends on the management,"- Top professional opportunities, can learn a lot - salaries and benefits - Very good to growth quickly","- you have to be lucky and find a good manager which is able to support you on your job and not only reporting policies (sometimes crazy) from the top management - lot of pressure - some teams are creating excessive competition among peers, in this way team work is failing","Go to customers, do not tell your team what to do from your chair. Take responsibility of doing things in a different way if the customer is requiring. Always support your team (WE win WE loose)",2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62663,microsoft,Lagos (Nigeria)," Feb 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great environment to work in,A lot of pressure on sales people,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62664,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Resource Manager,"Fabulous people, HR, our GM, M&O, Sales, really great Microsoft People and Partners. A true honour to work for Microsoft.",Still some Politics in CSS.,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62665,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 7, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Channel/Partner Marketing Manager,great place to work!,"nice people and environment, good overall pay, great infrastructure to work","as any big company, decisions might take longer than expected, bureaucratic work required",keep the pace or accelerate on trendsetting and adjusting to the changes happening in marketplace,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62666,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Applications Developer,Great place to work,Microsoft Shanghai Minhang Campus is a nice place with good work ethics. Lots of professionals that like to learn from each other.,"A lot of big companies suffer from making things for managers by managers and having managers pleasing managers. During the 2 years I've never spoken to people who actually use the product we were creating.  After almost 2 years of working on ""color of the bike shed"" a solution was proposed that I created in the first week of me working there (the reason I got hired for this particular project) that would allow the user to explore, modify and create new reports.",See cons.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62667,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,"Plenty of opportunities to learn, leading edge technology to work with, great working environment","Lots of travel, high stress level, may not be for everyone",Keep doing what you are doing,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62668,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Techs great, but sales management is confused","It has some fantastic attributes - the tech is great, but can’t execute a sales strategy. So often world leading technology is surpassed due to dithering / nonexistent sales strategies.",Constant turnover of managers. Misalignment and confused kpi’s across teams,"Stop changing management, sort out ATU and STU differences, focus on sales execution and alignment of targets across teams. How can Apps and Infra teams be the only ones compensated for big data workloads? Customers don’t get it...it’s simple - if it’s confusing to customers and staff, change it.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62669,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Feb 18, 2018",Former Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Typical American Company,"Very cool technology, willing to change, great world wide impact and influenze","Hard competitive internal culture, everyone is thinking about how to advance their own agenda and career. Constant yearly reorganization from headquarter. Local offices have very limited influence on business plans.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1311.htm
62670,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 4, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account manager,- Business Travel - Flexible - Work from home - Good Culture - Pays well - Areas to improvement - career opportunities and promotions - Great campuses with new technologies - Company meetings,None none none none none,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62671,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good opportunities, Smart people, Great work life balance",I was in the Bing relevance team. The people I worked with were smart and motivated. We had good work opportunities and were pushed by the leadership to pick new and challenges projects. Microsoft is the ideal big company for having a good work life balance.,"Sometimes you work on the same thing for long periods and it becomes less challenging with time. I witnessed some office politics, but don't think that's prevalent across the office.",More work could be done to have a better management,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62672,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Feb 18, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,experience in one of the top companies in the IT industries,work life balance.. career progress,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62673,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company,"Everything good people, supporting and helpful, fantastic perks",Nothing apart from home politics and favorism to few folks,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62674,microsoft,Beirut (Lebanon)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Chief Accountant,Chief Accountant,I'm looking for a continuous career growth in a professional environment at a reputable company,Every employee faces limitation or downsides in work and I think that we should use them as motivating forces to achieve the requested job.,I'm looking for a life time career and,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62675,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Visual Studio Team Services is a great place to work in IDC.,- Some of the best and fast moving teams in VSTS. - Perfect mix of a startup philosophy with enterprise customers - Global Impact - Good senior leadership,- Growth is constrained by the number of years not by the absolute potential which is a problem for exceptionally good people. - Not a lot of opportunities for senior levels. - Salary is not very competitive.,- You have to make your achievers feel like they are progressing in their career by staying there.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62676,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 2, 2018",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Excellent,"Mission, People, Current Technology, Benefits, Charity",Hard to resist working extended hours and maintain work/life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62677,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,Wonderful learning exposure from seniors,Nothing as far as i am concerned,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62678,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible work environment,Mostly friendly work environment. Great work/life balance.,Some orgs lack vision. Products can be introduced then deprecated in a few years.,Microsoft does the worst job making products that are specialized for customers. Customer interfacing is lacking and bureaucracy between teams and orgs gets in the way. Company moves slow to cope with new trends/markets.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62679,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad company,You'll get to work with smart people,Full of politics. Mangers are egoistic . Bad review process. Little work life balance. Bad work quality.,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1312.htm
62680,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - IT Asset Manager,Great company to work for.,"The culture is great here. When you join a team, you really feel at home and get a sense that you can trust your co-workers. There is always room to grow or move within the company.","During certain times of the year, it can get stressful, but this is only temporary and doesn't last very long.","Keep up what you're doing, its a great place to work.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62681,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Head of IT,Microsoft - Great place to work,"Culture in Europe, innovative, ambitious, empowering, global","US centric, some internal processes are clunky",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62682,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CMO,Flexible Work environment. Amazing CEO and Company Mission. Always strives to do the right thing.,Layers of management looking out for themselves - typical of larger organisaitons. Too much difference between Corp Head Office and the field. The field lives on crumbs as its all about the P+L. Corp seems to have unlimited funding.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62683,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Good for new hire,"Ambitious projects, work-life balance, energetic managers","Lazy co-workers, bad canteen, irregular HR",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62684,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,this is very good company,work culture and learning experience is very good,salary is low as per my experience,no advice to the management team,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62685,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hard work with great rewards,"Progressive, rewarding - you will learn and grow in an incredible way","Political, you are expected to do extra work for other teams just to get recognised...this often means weekends etc",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62686,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Software Developer,SDE2,"best place to work, pay a lot(above avg)","not much, its all good",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62687,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 2,1. Employee friendly policy. 2. Very good perks and salary.,"Looks like manager driven company. If some manager decide to screw you, you are gone. Less learning.",Policy should be same for all.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62688,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - PFE,Best place to work,Collaboration is highly valued and encouraged by LT. A wide range of technical resources are available so one could easily access these in order to develop his skills.,"Strict utilization targets are making it harder to focus on learning, thus making some engineers not fully prepared for customer engagements, resulting in poor experiences on both sides.",Allocate more time on ramp up for new hires ( both processes and technologies),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62689,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Partner Marketing Advisor,Two year traineeship was awesome,"Culture, growth, inspiration, freedom, proud",Bad internal recruitment system. Moving around needs a political approach,HR system should support employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1313.htm
62690,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Very good company,Work culture is open and respectful. Work life balance is good as well.,I don't have anything to write here. Its the dream company for me.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62691,microsoft,Sandyford (Ireland)," Feb 9, 2018",Former Employee - Exchange,Bad work life balance,Very competitive salary - above industry standard - very smart people,poor work life balance - abominably early start for 24/7 coverage at 6am - for 10 hour shift - 4 days on - 3 days off - suits a single lifestyle or someone with no kids... very high pressure - culture of being afraid to ask any questions (in case not being seen as super technical) which breeds somewhat of a culture of nervousness - loads of managers in hierarchical format - each covering his own behind and kissing the guy up the chains behind as well - all power wielded in Redmond - middle managers tend to micromanage - and woe betide if you mess up (as if they never would) experts at covering their behinds and playing the game of politics generally - eyeing the guy above him's position with envy and desire...,clue is in the cons above...,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62692,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Feb 11, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Director,Overall An amazing stint minus the fact that place is become political now & HR almost inconsequential.,Technology - it’s a big plus specially in cloud technologies where hybrid solutions are a big draw for all types of customer. Empowerment - Most of the people are empowered & can take decisions - depending on their managers though.,"Environment - Over last few years the environment has become negative, where most of the employees feel choked but decide to stay quiet. Also it has become largely an internal looking company, where there is less focus on taking quick & right decisions or meeting customers but more focus on conducting 5 reviews in a week.",Management to work on creating better & genuinely inclusive environment. Differentiate between future thinkers & laggards. Get front sales executives competent & customer centric. Let go of people who are short sighted & have been taking selfish decisions even at the cost of customers. Let Sales people meet customers & truly engage with them than meeting them in 2 years.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62693,microsoft,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great job for while you're in school. Really good benefits and staff members. A lot of opportunities to take initiative in different roles.,Dealing with overbearing customers.,Keep at it! Make sure you recognize the people in your store that are doing hard work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62694,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Human Resources Assistant,Human Resources Assistant,Great experience and work environment.,There aren't any opportunity for career growth.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62695,microsoft,Irbid (Jordan)," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Computer Systems Engineer,"I am proud member of Jordan Engineering Society and an energetic, results and detail oriented person. I am eager to appl","i can move to work in wildly different areas over the years without losing seniority or worrying about your pay. I did Windows, IE for Unix, Flight Simulator, peer-to-peer, touch mouse, research, distributed file systems (cosmos) and now cloud computing (Azure compute). It’s awesome. Good pay, great benefits, awesome work environment, and really nice area to live in (Redmond / east side), at least for the things I value","At Microsoft engineers did not run web services. High resource requirements. As opposed to the makers of other operating systems, Microsoft requires its customers to invest the most in their computer hardware: a faster processor (the CPU), more internal memory and a larger hard disk. Microsoft have always maintained that this is due to all the extra functionality that they've added, as demanded by their customers. Actually, few people make use of many of those features, yet everyone is still forced to contend with the additional overhead that is the result.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62696,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," Feb 12, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great experience,"* The work environment was great! * Awesome collegues, learned lots of new skills * Lots of freedom * Moonlightning (you are allowed to work on own proyects off-hours and keep the rights) * Lots of opportunities to move around the company * I was on an office which offered breakfast and lunch","* Lots of proyects in the company get shelved, chances are you will be working on one of them. * I was working on GUI related stuff, which I am not a fan of. * Development of products is heavily influenced by management.",You should better allocate people's skills and interests.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62697,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal SDE,Clear visions with enterprise software solutions,Smaller stock option compared to bay area companies,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62698,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great flexibility,"Ambitious creative team, new products, projects, passionate about their mission","Frequent restructuring, and cyclical business redirections",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62699,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Best place to leran,best learning opportunities. Access to product group and internal tools Lots of medical and leaves benefits,Work life balance less opportunities to move across org,People should not remain in one team for 10-15 years. Specifically as a TA as they block others to grow.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1314.htm
62700,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worklife balance,Good Work Life balance and benefits.,"Most of them acts to save their positions, don't do actual job.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62701,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2018",Current Employee - Account Manager,Culture shock,Salary and very knowledgeable staff,Culture not quite what I expected,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62702,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience,"Great team, great office conditions","Nothing to say, I only wish to get a renew for my contract",More time for training,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62703,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 27, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior consultant,"Great company, work life balance,",Less opportunity to move internally,Build younger services consulting talent from within,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62704,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 22, 2018",Former Employee - Account Executive,Not at all what it says on the tin,"The building with its different restaurants, gym etc. is pretty cool and most of my colleagues were too.","With the mission of Satya Nadella, the company see itself as a sort of benefactor now and in training you get the impression that everything evolves around their employees. When you hit the floor, you soon realize that the ""old"" Microsoft is still very much alive, because it's not about inclusion and empowerment anymore, but about processes, micromanagement, threatening, exclusion, discrimination, politics and unnecessary pressure day in day out. There are better teams and there are worse teams though. It's a bit like playing the lottery which manager you get.","Treat your employees with respect and give them freedom and you would be surprised how well they perform. Give all your employees a fair chance and not judge them prematurely because they don't fit into you cookie-cutter picture of the ""perfect"" emoloyee.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,14,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62705,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Recruiter,Company undergoing huge transformation!,"inclusive atmosphere, development opportunities, growth mindset, innovation, a lot of responsibility and freedom, full of passion",you have to be good at keeping work&life balance yourself!,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62706,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 9, 2018",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Good company,"Great platform to attract good resources, decent benefits","Internal politics, a bit lost at looking for a new direction",Let go,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62707,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2018",Current Employee - Solution Sales Professional,Still need to walk the talk,"Good benefits package, vibrant and challenging work environment","Significant amount of internal politics, no real concern with Human Resources, no room for failure, time consuming internal reporting",Need to walk the talk and foster an environment where people feel failure is allowed and where one can have divergent views while still progressing.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62708,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good experience,"good salaries, lots of advantages, teleworking, home working","stressful management, short deadlines,",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62709,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,programmer job,great salary and company overall,"no , preatty much a dream job",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1315.htm
62710,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 25, 2018",Current Employee - Azure Support Engineer,Azure,Lots of knowledge to gain,"Night shifts for women,",Should be more employee friendly,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62711,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Good work/life balance for the most part,Lots of Politics to manuever,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62712,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 8, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good management,Friendly atmosphere and great people to work with!,Could do with a better structure,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62713,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company to work for,Great flexibility in choosing team,Low pay package w.r.t other companies.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62714,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Architect,Lot of growth opportunities and even if the work sometimes could be hard the company is really helping to get a good life-work balance,It could be difficult to move internally since few years,Focus on retaining talents with more competitive bonus and concrete options to move internally.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62715,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Never been happier!!,"1) Amazing leadership under Satya our new CEO and Steve Worrall the M.D. in Australia 2) The Number one cloud company in the world (literally) 3) The greatest sales training you could ask for, ongoing mentoring, coaching and support. The M.D. even does call coaching with the sales reps! 4) The best pay anybody could ever ask for 5) international travel 6) clearly defined processes","1) way too many complex tools and poor systems e.g, Microsoft Dynamics does not even let you call through the web browser so you have to install this very slow time consuming app called “Unified Service Desk” (USD) which is very slow and crashes non stop. Dynamics and Outlook also don’t integrate well at all! 2) still a bit too “old school” and rigid when it comes to some things such as dress for example 3) quite a lot of politics within the Sales Teams due to their being way too many people 4) commission is capped at 200% for sales reps and pay is below industry average.","1) Try to focus on hiring quality over some quantity. Microsoft hires far too many people too quickly. 2) Don’t give him in to office politics and stupid, pointless games that are designed to show off over pathetic achievements and suck up. Say no to this and focus on what really matters 3) offer employees a lot more stock - we deserve it! :)",5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62716,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 6, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Production Coordinator,Good and talented people to work with,"US-centric, awful local management, lots of politics",none,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62717,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company to work for,Very Good benefits and leave options!,Very Competitive and can drive you to lose work-life balance at times.,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62718,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 6, 2018",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"Great Environment (at times), little room for growth",- work life balance is a focus - great benefits,"- pressure to learn and keep up to date with new training modules, but urged to rush through rather than take the time to learn. Encouraged to let modules play while you are still working so you don't really focus on it. - not a lot of roles available to be promoted and when there is one, there is a lot of competition. Basically have to wait for someone to quit to get promoted.",none,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62719,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior Consultant,Best Company I have ever worked for. Great people. Super flexible,"Sometimes Too much information. Should look into a ""less is more"" approach",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1316.htm
62720,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 21, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior Consultant,Best Company I have ever worked for. Great people. Super flexible,"Sometimes Too much information. Should look into a ""less is more"" approach",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62721,microsoft,none," Feb 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Manager,"Very good technology company, transforming to cloud company",There are so many non-tech people in senior management level,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62722,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,MICROSOFT,Microsoft is full of knowledge and hands on experience on Windows. New and variety of technologies to discover.,"Support center is only in Bangalore, I wish it was in other locations too. Joined as a Vendor so I hope they stop this vendor and FTE differentiation, We do the same work afterall.","Please stop Vendor and FTE differentialization. I would not recommend anyone join as a ""VENDOR""",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62723,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 29, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Lead Project Manager,Snr Lead Project Manager,Great company Great flexibility Excellent potential to earn significant bonus/shares Super people,Glass ceiling unless in Seattle,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62724,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engg,good workplace to do a job,There is internal politics for hike. and girls are given special advantages,Please maintain equality for gender and no politics,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62725,microsoft,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Delivery Manager,Business program manager,Excellent environment Promotes work life balance High end technology Passionate for customers,"Even though work life balance is promoted, job is very demanding Very different benefits from one country to another",Value managers work and level up quickly,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62726,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2018",Former Employee - Teamleader,Excellent Company to work with,Friendly environment Very Usefull in learning New Technologies Helpful Project Managers,Nothing to Share much about the company,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62727,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"Good Salary, Nice Perks, Good opportunities",None None None None None,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62728,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work as a Sales Desk Associate,* Decent Training on the product,* Management Instructions can be really confusing sometime,* Pay more attention to the,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62729,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My job,"Flexible working, good employee benefits",Not too much to say.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1317.htm
62730,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My job,"Flexible working, good employee benefits",Not too much to say.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62731,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 31, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Excellent place to work at,Excellent place to work at Good learning culture Good working environment Flexible work hours,"Like any cog in a big machine, it's sometimes difficult to feel the impact of your work in a tangible way",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62732,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PFE Experience,Interest in employees as they do offer a lot of possibilities for personal/professional development. WFH is an useful benefit. Contact with big companies/businesses,A bit too much independence (in the first month(s) it is a bit unclear what you need to be successful.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62733,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jan 13, 2018",Current Employee - Business Sales Representative,Business Sales,"Culture, Growth, Fun, Positive, Inclusive",Pay is not so great,Focus more on employee growth and development,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62734,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,"Brand, Good Pay and perks, Great campus","Work life balance, transparency issue",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62735,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 15, 2018",Former Employee - Internship,Intern experience,"Challenging work environment. Fast paced work, challenges one to be better all the time.  Very diverse colleagues. A lot of experiences from across industries.",The coffee machine was terrible.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62736,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,transparent and willing to give career opportunity.,corporate environment and sometimes lengthy process,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62737,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Many opportunities in different departments,Not many - on a roll,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62738,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, great opportunities.",1. You get to work on the latest technologies. 2. The culture is great.,"You might find politics, in some teams.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62739,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Work life balance,"Flexible hours, Decent Pay and Good benefits",Not enough challenge and Slow growth,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1318.htm
62740,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Colleagues, benefits, culture and career development",Inconsistent management leading to confusion,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62741,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Development Engineer,"Great place, re-orgs are a pain",Opportunities are endless Management chain is top notch Tech is current and leads the industry Lots of budget for training Great people The Garage! Pay is very good.,Re-organization happens a bit too frequently You may not end up in a sensible place after a re-org Not particularly remote-friendly,Allow remote work to grow and thrive,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62742,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Services Executive,"Great salary, great benefits, shares","Management, teamwork, high demands of work, no balance",Be,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62743,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Jan 24, 2018",Current Employee - Sharepoint Support Engineer,Microsoft SEE,"Good people, good learning opportunities","Challenging work duties, high load","Be more in touch with the engineers, understand their work better.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62744,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,GTSC,"Brand name,Exposure to multiple technologies etc. But hardly you will get time to even think of getting your hands on exciting things happening in other divisions of MS.","Friends read between the lines . it is a support role with creative designation names and not meant for those who have worked in development roles. Brand name is very enticing and pulling but there are loads of riders. And if you think that switching into other divisions in MS after getting a foot in the door, nopes! Its easy to gain your beloved roles directly rather than taking an indirect route as the pressure and atmosphere will hold your throat even breathing becomes difficult. 1. Work pressure is cutthroat due to never ending waves of tickets 2.Even to login 30 mins late/ break you wil have to drop a mail to the team saying coming late or going out of office.And it is expected you follow this always. 3. Oncall and shift rotations will wreak a havoc on your body. Weekends will be a thing of past. During oncall you are expected to be available 4 hours extra. No extra pay for that. And weekend on call work will only give you a compoff and nothing else guys!! its ridiculous but true. You get oncall rota once in 2 months or so. DUring that time you work for 12 hours x 7 Days. Icing on that cake is : You get compoff only and only if you get a call on weekend. So no body cares if you stayed back at home to be readily available for work. One more icing on the cake: No broadband charges get reimbursed for login from home. You are expected to go to office and work. 4. Developers who have worked in relaxed environment will start feeling the pinch from the first day on the floor. 5.On the first day of training ,the customer calling exercise will make you think where have you landed. 6.Production down scenarios are daily affair. Either you wear dont care attitude or else stress will switch you off. 7.Lengthy continuous call running upto 5-6 hours atleast 2-3 days a week is a norm not an exception. During these type of marathon calls you will be working with 5-6 minutes of break once every Now coming to the actual learning experience 1. Neverthless you will be exposed to vast technologies but you will end up sacrificing the depth that is needed to become a seasoned technical architect or your MVP roadpath.. 2.work from home option is just there but many riders before you use it. 3. Big No No for creative folks or developers as you will soon end up forgetting the coding bit. 4.Every minute is accountable and you have to log it with explaination and justification If you exceed the hours for solving some issues , questions will be asked as they may not buy what you say. Coming to compensation 1. This division has the lowest salary bands in MS. Summary : If you dont like being on the call most of your day, talking to person and answring their queries,problems etc etc, dont even look at this side as the brand name will pull you without even you realizing that you are making a radical shift from development to support.",Hire separate personnel for weekend works and oncall as loading everthing on same person takes a toll.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62745,microsoft,Timişoara (Romania)," Jan 8, 2018",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Nice place to learn and grow,- best place to learn Microsoft's technologies - nice and friendly colleagues always willing to help,- process/organizational changes occur pretty often - workload,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62746,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software developer,good company with great benifits,growth ladder is limited with time,improve caffeteria,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62747,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Solution Professional,"Working environment, benefits package, stock, some inspirational colleagues","Management was too spreadsheet focused and not people oriented, capped commission","For the most part, I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Microsoft. Much depends on who you report to. Take the caps off the commission and focus more on the people performance and it will be even better",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62748,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 22, 2018",Current Employee - Consultant,Great place to work,"benefits, work from home approachable managers",frequent travel and more workload sometimes,creating more training plans,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62749,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Great opportunities,"An amazing dynamic environment, great opportunities to learn about the new technologies, good salary and benefits","Expectations are too high, no one cares if you work 7x24, difficult to jump to a new position",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1319.htm
62750,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software developer,good company with great benifits,growth ladder is limited with time,improve caffeteria,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62751,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Solution Professional,"Working environment, benefits package, stock, some inspirational colleagues","Management was too spreadsheet focused and not people oriented, capped commission","For the most part, I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Microsoft. Much depends on who you report to. Take the caps off the commission and focus more on the people performance and it will be even better",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62752,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, certain departments need improvement","Great people, great benefits, a lot of knowledge within teams","Inexperienced managers cause frustration when there is no structure in place, insides sales needs to improve a lot","Create a solid structure, inform staff of what is happening",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62753,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,"Great company, great people, good working conditions","None really but it is a large corporation, so can be impersonal sometimes",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62754,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Solution Professional,"Get to work with some of best technology. Very flexible working, lots of talented people.",Not much! Getting to Reading can be a bit of a pain but I am not required there often as it is very flexbile working.,Stay humble and keep evolving the culture,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62755,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft Review,One of the best places to work company LT is awesome,Depends on division you join- work quality may vary,-,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62756,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2018",Former Employee - Software Engineering Team Leader,Job Review,Among top ten best workplaces,Some friction takes place between colleagues,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62757,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best employer to work for!,"work culture, career growth, compensation",adapting to new technology bit slow,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62758,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,principal research manager,freedom to do what you want to do.,not enough resources. long distance to real products.,provide vision to team members.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62759,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Good but could be great...,"Flexible, good pay and benefits, accountability to the business, cool products, CEO is trying to change culture to be more inclusive and focus on people.","Limited roles in CANADA, managers are hit or miss, increasingly technical focus. Can be a very chauvinistic environment. Lots of internal politics",Train your people managers,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1320.htm
62760,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 18, 2018",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Poor work life balance,Company Benefits are satisfactory. The offer reasonable base salary. Good brand reputation looks good on your CV. Availability of trainings.,"Work life balance, commission plans must be improved. Have the usual cons of any other company about the same size.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62761,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 30, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,One of the best companies to work for,* Work with some really smart people * Excellent Compensation and benefits * Offers breadth of technologies that you can work in * Most of the time work is challenging * Fairly transparent performance review system,* Work-life balance can suffer sometimes * Getting a promotion is hard * You get a feel that IDC is seen as a place to dump the work Redmond doesn't want to do,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62762,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GP tech,Supportive well paid helpful good communications,Opportunities work hours location too far from home,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62763,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,solution specialist,"good culture, good payment, nice colleague",good good good good good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62764,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"The company really explores your potential, always encourage you to think what you want to do next and helps you to build your career. Extremely competent and prepared people working together.","Very competitive environment, the company and managers are very KPI driven to take decisions and the evaluation methodology is strict.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62765,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 17, 2018",Former Employee - Director,Director,"Flexible work arrangements, stock awards, good salary","Toxic culture, poor leadership, company misses too many technology trends",Don't cut and drive away good people. Retain talent.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62766,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Jan 1, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Manager,"Fine company, sad about the end of the Mobile division","I was part of the now-defunct Mobile Phone unit (formerly Nokia Mobile Phones). I really loved the positive attitude of the company towards technology development, and getting a feeling of being at the leading edge of technology. The multi-cultural, truly global way of working was for me a definite plus, and I'm willing to consider re-joining the company (I left only because the entire Mobile Phone operations were shut down).","At some stages the communication between units could have been better, but this is not by far the worst I have seen in companies of any scale.","OK, the phone unit was not good business, but could you guys have kept us onboard a bit longer so that we could have had the technology properly up and running?",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62767,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 16, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ux designer,Very highly technical team to work,Salary not with same as competition,Should be more proffesional,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62768,microsoft,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Jan 15, 2018",Current Employee - Senior SQL Support Engineer,Fine,a lot of courses and learning,"Support based on tickets , too much workload , angry customers",take in consideration workload,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62769,microsoft,none," Dec 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Benefits review,I don't find any pros in terms of benefits,benefit are Very Good like cab and free food available.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1321.htm
62770,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 14, 2018",Former Employee - Managing Director,"Director & Head - PC Category, CCG","Competitive, Process oriented, Good compensation","Matrixed, Needs careful career management",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62771,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun workplace,"Supportive colleagues, great location, free drinks and snacks,",Open working space with people in different teams might be overwhelming for introverts.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62772,microsoft,Warsaw (Poland)," Dec 28, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,Awesome place,"Great school, lots of opportunities and interesting projects","Lots of politics, level system can be odd sometimes",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62773,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Engagement Manager,Not what I thought it would be,Big name on your CV Competitive remuneration package,"Chronically detached management. There's a good chance you manager will have absolutely no idea what your team does because they're a professional manager, not an expert in their field. The feeling that a lot of what you're targeted with doing would happen anyway whether you were there or not. A lot of people that work at Microsoft are rather up themselves about the fact that they work for Microsoft. Ridiculous Microsoftspeak (where the rubber hits the road, swim in your think tank, this idea isn't fully baked etc, etc). I spent a lot of time biting my lip wanting to give those responsible for such nonsense a good slap.",Every level of management at Microsoft sucks up mercilessly to the one above it because that's the person that decides your bonus. Man up a bit to constructive criticism and end the rabid favoritism that is sadly endemic to the organization.,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62774,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 11, 2018",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Good Company,Place to learn so many things technically. No body will stop you from learning. If you have the zeal.. this is the place to be.,Can get hectic sometime.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62775,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Dec 28, 2017","Current Employee - Director, Digital Marketing",Digital Marketing Director,"Simply one of the best package offered overall, from OTP, to stock options, education for your children","A bit political, a lot of micro managed units",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62776,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,Partner Consultant,Microsoft as a brand is evolving and you would definitely want to be a part of that,poor IJP and bureaucratic responses,place more importance on skill than ticking a KPI while selecting resources,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62777,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not much to say. Apart from the brand name, nothing is there.",It's all up to the team you work. You get extra benefits like fitness reimbursements etc. Nothing much.,Too much biasing. Single digit appraisals.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62778,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 9, 2018",Former Employee - Consumer Services Advisor,Consumer Services Advisor,Lot of resources available to learn Good benefits,Management doesn't cares if you grow within the company I reached out to different level of management but none of them were interested in helping you grow within the company Salary is less compared to other competitors No,Management at retail business can focus more on the employees to grow from retail to corporate by hiring Managers who focus on their employee career oath,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62779,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Account Manager,"As long as target is on track, you have freedom in how you spend your time. Be it in office or working from elsewhere",Politics & the typical MNC foreign talent scene,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1322.htm
62780,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Account Manager,"As long as target is on track, you have freedom in how you spend your time. Be it in office or working from elsewhere",Politics & the typical MNC foreign talent scene,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62781,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 23, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer in Microsoft Azure,Good experience on software design,Nothing much to say here.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62782,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Eng Intern,Great place to work for I think,No cons I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62783,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 5, 2018",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,- Great work life balance - Good Salary,- Hard to progress / change role internally,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62784,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Jan 5, 2018",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Senior Consultant,"People, opportunities, challenges, reputation, status","Pay, work life (un)balance, unclear goals, arbitrary",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62785,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2018",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Executive,Challenging and exciting great projects and culture,"inward focused, scorecard driven can be frustrating.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62786,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great company good terms and sallery,Not enough pinukation and fun days,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62787,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,i loved working there,it is the best comapny,there are no cons for microsoft,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62788,microsoft,Nairobi (Kenya)," Jan 3, 2018",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,BDM - Opportunity Manager,A leader in the cloud business,Bureaucratic processes may hinder one to progress with a new idea or opportunity,Please focus on the customer 1st and make the customer a priority in every engagement.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62789,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 19, 2017",Current Employee - SDEII,Great place,"Best people, lots of perks, great company",Certain degree of bureaucracy and hierarchical structure,"Flatten the hierarchy, it'd surely help the company culture",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1323.htm
62790,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall satisfied,Managed well room for growth,overtime hours always necessary for success,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62791,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Good salary, nice enviroment, worklifebalance",Many transformations happening at the same time without having proper time to get used to them.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62792,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work with many opportunities,lots of learning and free resources,No cons at all,be more transparent,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62793,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good overall,"Very good with bonuses, clever people around you, everybody is mostly technical.","Lack of creativity and vision by upper management. No training for improvement. Few holidays, long working hours in peak times.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62794,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Total company makeover,"5 years ago I would have never accepted a job at Microsoft. But the new company under Satya Nadella is completely changed. It's forward looking, focusing on cloud computing, AI, virtual reality, and quantum computing and doing really cool stuff. Diversity is valued all the way from the top down. Very accommodating, supportive work environment that encourages learning. Pleasantly surprised!","A lot of people think of the Old Microsoft and don't realise how much it's changed, which is a pity.",Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62795,microsoft,none," Dec 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer 1,"Good pay, good perks, good opportunities to move around organizations, sponsors H1B Visa","No free food, difficult interview",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62796,microsoft,none," Dec 24, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,If you are a corpo rat this job is for you,1. Access to Technology and Great customers 2. Flexible working hours 3. Salary 4. A lot of benefits which tight you to the company,"1. A lot of internal politics and marketing for customers, Partners and employees, sorry to say that...but also a lot of lies... 2. Rewards and bonuses are for club guys - if you are in a club (spend time internaly only) and know who you should know than you have a chance to be promoted and be recognised 3. Recruitment Results are known before process has started - you have to be in the club, internal politcs and micromanagement is the most important 4. Compliance rules are only on paper - you have to sign it for internal Audit check but they will force you to cross the line...",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62797,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Dec 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people & great place to work for 3 year.,Good salary & smart people. A good place to work for 3 years in a position.,Too much work & Salespeople-oriented culture.,Move to the people and technology-oriented culture.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62798,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,good compny,best company to work at. lots of career growth option,workload is too much. recruitment process is slow. could improvee,management is very good. please keep it that way. very helpful,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62799,microsoft,Hanoi (Vietnam)," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great overall, but depending on Geo","Competitive compensation, typically competent colleagues, increasing investment and recruitment bets on younger profiles. Usually flexible hours and locations.",Not the best marketing engine to learn from.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1324.htm
62800,microsoft,Hanoi (Vietnam)," Dec 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Great overall, but depending on Geo","Competitive compensation, typically competent colleagues, increasing investment and recruitment bets on younger profiles. Usually flexible hours and locations.",Not the best marketing engine to learn from.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62801,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Dec 9, 2017",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,"Great culture, great place to work","Great culture, people and environment to work, continuous learning with awesome technology. Microsoft do what we say and say what we do. Very collaborative and supportive. Really enjoy and love working for Microsoft.  Management is supportive and encouraging.","Small concern - lots of travel to see clients for meetings, etc. Can be a bit tiring but Microsoft compensate with good approach in working from home when required , great policy to help us have a good life balance as best as we can.","Continue doing what you are doing. Training, awareness and regular townhalls are very informative and always keep us engaged, interested and connected. Keep up the great work.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62802,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - SE II,SDE II,Awesome place to work at,I do not see any cons,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62803,microsoft,none," Dec 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"Depending on the subsidiary, great benefits, travelling opportunities and career projection.",the company is still too unstable.,Make available comprehensive career projection plans for employees in subsidiaries in Emerging Markets.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62804,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Content Lead,"Working as a vendor in Microsoft, India","Huge Brand. Adds value to any CV. Great work environments in terms of flexible work timing, dress code, great managers etc.",Discrimination against vendors is very visible.,Vendors contribute as much as FTEs and deserve to have all the same benefits,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62805,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ecommerce Manager,A company who’s tremendously taking care of their teams.,Both as cons. Maybe too many steps for one simple process,Is one of the best company in the world go work with them. I have no background,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62806,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 7, 2017",Former Employee - PFE,Future is now ?,"Excellent place to learning and work. A lot of money, not so many bureaucracy. Depends on department it might be interesting, or extremely interesting. But the best - is the people. Real professionals with small amount of exclusion.","Cause it's so big organization, and because different subsidiary have different budgeting, you could get in trouble within local ""effective managers"", if you are working between number of countries.","Change Satia Nadella for someone else. As soon as he come all organization become angry, loosing experience, and LT from India mostly does not aware about region specification.  Bulmer time was better",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62807,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,"Great people and atmosphere, a lot of team work. Code quality is very good, learned a lot about writing scaleable and sustainable code.",Can be a bit competitive sometimes,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62808,microsoft,none," Dec 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transaction Specialist,A good place to achieve experience.,Outsourcing by Arvato Long hours,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62809,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Review,"Great culture, teammates and manager.",Pressure of performing amongs the best.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1325.htm
62810,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ample opportunities. Relevant work. Good work life balance,Good salary and benefits Infinite learning opportunities good internal growth within company work life balance,N/A  Middle level management could be better,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62811,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Channel Development Manager,Great Brand Value with good pay master,Entirely Number Driven Company with immense commitment and time demanding roles.,N.A.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62812,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great place to work at,Nothing I feel like I need to mention,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62813,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Singapore,The dynamics of the business and the consistent strong brand name,Rapid changes of the business and protocol needs to be adhered to in view of the size of the company.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62814,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 18, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best company to work in Hyderabad,*High Pay *Nice infrastructure *Good service *Place with great minds,*Highly competitive *Getting promoted is very hard,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62815,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Transforming, Rising, Inventing","Microsoft has turned the tide so the mood is upbeat inside the company. It nurtures personal development and growth, and stands by its employees in hours of crises. It encourages you to challenge yourself in order to unlock your hidden potential. Good employee facilities and perks. Company values such as mutual trust and empathy are admirable.","Since it's under the process of transformation, changes, adjustments and modifications are an ongoing process.",The digital transformation process is going great. There is high potential for growth and positive social impact.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62816,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Company review,Great place to work. Nice environment,No cons so far. Good company,Nice job,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62817,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"A very good company, leader in innovation. Wise management able to motivate.","The canteen isn't so great, ethnic food isn'tgreat at all.",Go on with your policy and your schedule.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62818,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hardware Engineer ||,High salary and interesting projects,i didnt find any special,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62819,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 14, 2017",Former Employee - Chief Technology Officer,Chief Technology Officer - Asia,"learning experience, inclusion, customer obsession, innovation","politics, red tape, lack of innovative spaces","focus in your key talents, don't let them go the competition, HR really suchs",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1326.htm
62820,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Process executive,I have got the pleasure to join the Microsoft post-sales team. It has been an amazing experience which made me improve myself and my languages skills in taking part of this international time. It's a great place to start and improve your career.,They should give their workers more importance to enable them to have a better lifestyle.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62821,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,a great school of great professionals,work life balance to be improved,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62822,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 10, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Good place to work at MS,you can get in-depth knowledge on MS products.,Team manager plays lot of politics,There is lot of politics by team managers please address this.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62823,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Great package. Great team! GREAT PLACE TO WORK,No cons. Excellent place to work,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62824,microsoft,"Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)"," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - CCE,Great working with MS,Everything is great while I'm working here,Nothing here is bad either.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62825,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Right Company if you are in the right team.,Best Campus and other facilities.,A little political nature of the management side.,Start to focus more on the company overall rather only on your promotions.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62826,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 11, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Advisor,Other,good benefits and colleague are nice,Long hours and tiring enviorement,Work with collegu more,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62827,microsoft,Kongens Lyngby (Denmark)," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,I love working at Microsoft. I wish I was allowed to switch teams easier,"People: enthusiastic and smart. It is a pleasure to work with most individuals. Also, as an expat in Copenhagen, more than half of my friends group are current or ex-colleagues at Microsoft.  Agility: most we do is relevant work, with no stiff procedures to get in the way. We are trying out various ways of managing projects, and not limiting ourselves to a given formula (although scrum has been the thing for a few years, until we moved on).  Technology: depending on the team / most teams work on quite exciting stuff.","Most of the teams are on weekly on-call support (including nights). Some teams have been asked to work weekends (both Sat and Sun) for several months (and consequently many people left Microsoft because of this). Promotions are much slower than in the rest of the industry. You can get stuck in some ""dead end"" teams, as internal transfers within the same product are much more difficult than just leaving for another company or another product.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62828,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Internship,awesome,good working flexibility much more to learn,should improve on hiring process some student don't get due to high criteria,no,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62829,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Architect,Architect,"Brand, Policies, Salary, Exposure and Proud feeling.","Culture, local politics, Exposure to open source.",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1327.htm
62830,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best in the industry environment,good perks good food good work culture good cocurricular facilities,"i can find no cons, but may be because i am new","you are doing great job, keep it up",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62831,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant,"Great people, good atmosohere, good managers",Very big organization Difficult to onboard,Well done,4.0,5.0,none,1.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62832,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 5, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing,Great experience would highly reccomend,"very creative environment, lots of idea generation","voice wasnt always heard, long hours",listen to employees further down the ranks,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62833,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,One of the Best offices in the world,Best Employee Friendly Company I have ever seen,Until now no cons observed,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62834,microsoft,Warsaw (Poland)," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Sales,"work life balance, people, personal development",global changes have huge impact on atmosphere there,n/a,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62835,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 23, 2017",Former Employee - Ladies Product/Sales Manager,"Fantastic placement opportunity, throroughly enjoyed",Developed my knowledge and experience,Some of the work was tedious,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62836,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,Great environment and people. Management understands the direction of the market to keep the company alive,Very Tasking but fulfilling. Extremely high internal compete,Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62837,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work for,"Great People, now working on lot of cutting edge tech.",You at times get trapped into red tape while dealing with lot of non-tech stuff,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62838,microsoft,Tallinn (Estonia)," Dec 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lack of organisation, incapable managers/team leads","Nothing to talk about really, maybe weekly performance reviews.","Discrimination, favouritism, bullying is very common. I was treated so unfairly at the Microsoft Estonia office. Persons placed into lead positions lack the capacity to deliver, mostly no training at all and just handpicked randomly for so called ""meeting metrics"" but seriously lacking soft skills. As if all this is not enough, racists tendencies were common and the salary was really nothing special. While I went through several interviews, others just walked in through their friends who are already in, forming clicks and hindering team cohesion. Very very disorganised with no proper standards set to encourage growth and development. Instead, stir up egoism and self centeredness due to how teams are structured. Also very little time for onboarding and communication of important information does not flow as needed through channels where relevant. Instead of assisting team members to grow, manager or team leads feel it's the only job on earth and I guess feel will be managers for life. Grow up, it's a job, like any other.","Train so called high flyers before placing them into managerial/team lead roles. Some lack very basic skills and it's not important, but acknowledge that a PhD is higher than a high school qualification. It's funny how disorganised the company is organisationally with no harmonisation from the top and mid level can do just anything",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62839,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Director,You'll learn loads but be prepared to hand your life over to Microsoft,Always learning culture - you're encouraged to learn and develop yourself and skills  Sideways moves to learn a new part of the organisations are supported. International moves are also very possible.,There's a tendency to perform character assassinations as part of the regular 'check-ins' with your line manager throughout the year.  Senior leadership who have been there for donkeys years are 'tired' and don't understand the world outside of Microsoft so they have a blinkered vision about the reality of choice that customers have  Long hours. You can work from home but this normally involves being on back to back conference calls. After a while that becomes like a form of torture.,Get that work life balance under control for everyone. Don't give people jobs that are for more than one person. Give people the space and time to think.,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1328.htm
62840,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ProduktMarketing,"innovative, leading, values, benefits, future","cooperation, slow, politics, long hours,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62841,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Sr Project Manager,"Great Place to work, great learning experience",Too Hectic and poor work life balance,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62842,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,The best company in the world of technologies,Nil nil nil nil nil,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62843,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 4, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Pathetic managers,1. Good facilities - food and transport,1. Some of the managers are pathetic. It's miserable to work under these guys. 2. Too much process 3. Inter-team communication is terrible,weed off the useless and selfish managers who hinder team growth,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62844,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company decent benefits in the US,Lots of good tools to get your work done Usually no issues with budget,Job isn't always what they tell you it could be. Benefits outside the US aren't nearly as nice Keeps thinking US first needs to see the entire globe,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62845,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Nov 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,finance anaylst,The salary and benefits are very good.offers many possibilities for career.,the only negative thing I can say is that the stress level is a very high work environment.,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62846,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer in Microsoft India,1. Work-Life balance 2. Culture 3. Freedom 4. People 5. Growth,1. Re-orgs 2. Process 3. Work less challenging,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62847,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a great company,Great people Excellent technology and facilities Very good remuneration and benefits package Very ethical company,"Work-life balance can still be a challenge - very flexible working hours but one is always 'plugged-in' In Dublin, there is a large constituency of excellent middle management level staff with long tenure which causes an opportunity glut in terms of moving to the higher roles (the real opportunity likely exists in US or other locations depending on role).",See is there any opportunity to look at short term (2 yr cycles) of role rotation amongst locations with an option to return to home location (US->Dublin or vice versa).,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62848,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Nov 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Manager,"company prospects, working environment and work-life balance","working environment, some colleagues are not friendly",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62849,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Good work life balance (if you live close enough to the campus). Good salaries and benefits with respect to the industry.,The campus is far away from downtown. You will spend more than one hour in commute if you don't live nearby.,Microsoft could be more agile. could be more agile. could be more agile. could be more agile. could be more agile.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1329.htm
62850,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Promoter,"Flexible hours work, remotely salary paid weekly depending on your portfolio. Has a good human resources excellent team working, pays good money and on time. This is a company to work for without stress",Tasks should be completed at set dates manage is strict on performance and evaluates every employee quarterly. Generally the main challenge is that there is a lot of work and you should keep up.,Keep up the good work.,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62851,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"friendly people, a lot to learn","sometimes challenging work hours, but not too bad",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62852,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunity Manager,Perks and work life balance,High pressure due to targets,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62853,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 29, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Microsoft,"Good managers, good employees, prestigious name",Hard career development. Salaries can be lower than expected,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62854,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work with,"Lot of focus on people , innovation .",nothing I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62855,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Excellent products, clear vision, and new age.",having an adjusting phase that might create uncertainty,reduce politics,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62856,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Poor growth,Things are quite fair. Your contributions are visible to the entire subsidiary.,Very poor growth considering the subsidiary belonged to Microsoft. There is no clarity as to what (kind of) contribution will lead to good growth. Only way to grow good is to switch to other subsidiaries or engineering group.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62857,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 28, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Microsoft Corporate,Great location and reasonable benefits package,Large Corporate company so you are just a number,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62858,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Inside Sales Dublin,Interesting people and huge scale of customers,"Not challenging, not interesting and not really what was described in the interview",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62859,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best work environment + Benefits,Option to choose which task you have to work and when to work (depends on team) There are internal tools for everything and so it's easy to build something Sports and Fitness freaks will love the campus,You may not be credited/recognized for your work (Which is why I left the company),Gamify the work place if possible :P Achieving goals and milestones should raise the rating of employees (and so on :P),5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1330.htm
62860,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tutor,Money will get you a long way as a student. Moreover the flexible schedule helps out a lot during stressful periods.,Working conditions with some of the students can be tough and you need to be prepared to put in a lot of effort.,Keep it up with the good work but try to prepare the employees better and give us guidelines how to act in certain situations.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62861,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,It was great learning opportunity,No Cons to state about the job,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62862,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best work environment + Benefits,Option to choose which task you have to work and when to work (depends on team) There are internal tools for everything and so it's easy to build something Sports and Fitness freaks will love the campus,You may not be credited/recognized for your work (Which is why I left the company),Gamify the work place if possible :P Achieving goals and milestones should raise the rating of employees (and so on :P),5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62863,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Changed Company with a growth mindset,Great colleagues Awesome benefits Stable company Impact millions of customers Great company on the resume,Work can slow down depending on your group. Some teams have boring work Career growth is slow at times,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62864,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineering at Microsoft Salary,- Good work environment - Good salary - Health care ....,- Work/life balance could be better,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62865,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Lot of smart people and always something new to work.,Still not open to lot of open source technology,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62866,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Placement Year with Microsoft,Flexible work hours and approachable culture,"Competitive colleagues, manager might have negative effect on your work",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62867,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 19, 2017",Former Employee - Resource Coordinator,Resource Coordinator Intern,"Plenty of personal development opportunities outside of core job role. '70/30' split between role and extra-curricular like activities. Great offices with amazing facilities such as subsidised coffee shops, two huge canteens, onsite subsidised gym etc. Able to work from home when required","Role became boring after a while, but I made up my time through the extra-curricular projects.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62868,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,nice office with great people,"not many houses close to office, long commute",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62869,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Legal Director,Good work life balance and perks.,Strategy changes before you implement prior planning.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1331.htm
62870,microsoft,Saint Petersburg (Russia)," Nov 22, 2017",Former Employee - Windows 8 Consultant,WIndows 8 solution consultant experience,"Interesting and informative training, direct sales experience","Delays in payments, low bonus system, the inability to get the information on the sales plan for a period.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62871,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,"Amazing people, culture and resources",Cannot say anything bad about the company apart from hard to gain through the ranks,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62872,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A marching and great company,I think Microsoft is a fair start for new engineers and a great place for old engineers to stay here but doing few works.,It is not that exciting if you are ambitious.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62873,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 22, 2017",Current Employee - Content Reviewer,Good enough,Good environment. They visit their sites quite often and give good feedback.,They don't care about how their partners treat their employees.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62874,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much time in the same company,"MS is a nice place to work in Spain, but after 12 years you can start feeling you have to change",after 12 years you can start feeling you have to change. Sales team does not want you to be a technical savvy.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62875,microsoft,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - TSP,TSP,"Good benefits, good salary, leader company.","no wfh, i cant think of something else",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62876,microsoft,San Salvador (El Salvador)," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Manager,Technical Support Manager,Very good Company with a nice environment,Outsource needs more opportunities in San sal,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62877,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,The Salary was great and we always got bonus,Politics made it impossible for people in our team to get other job opportunities,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62878,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 20, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft Bing and Search Technology Center,Microsoft is a giant ship and it has many internal tools & platforms to improve your productivity. Working experience at Bing is also very useful for getting the other jobs in the internet industry.,"Tech stack is MS specific and not open like others. Many middle level managers & principal engineers were from MS' office or windows team, which have limited experiences in search technology.",Pay more attention to the product,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62879,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working enviroment,- people centric strategy - inspirational leadership - strong benefits - employees development great investments,- global strategies that cannot be differentiated for local markets resulting to lack of effectiveness - extensive workload - contigent staff lacking of benefits and out of company's people centric agenda,- manage the extensive workload - keep up your employees development great investments - promote further innovation & local markets initiatives,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1332.htm
62880,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Delivery Executive,Wonderful Place to work,Always improving Focused on growth mindset Managers focused on employee needs Strong culture of innovation,Work-life balance can sometimes be difficult to manage,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62881,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Manager,In a hit refresh moment,"transforming rapidly with new ideas and culture, super friendly work environment .","too huge , at times the real goals of the company gets buried trying to protect the old people who have no where else to go if not for Microsoft.","be aggressive , there are lot of folks form the old guard who need hit refresh moments in their careers . its good for them aswell as the future of this company if you make that moment happen sooner than later.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62882,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place,Good place to work in,Not a great management,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62883,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good vision with right focus on Cloud business,Good work life balance for most employees,The number of metrics we are measured are on a high side,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62884,microsoft,Kongens Lyngby (Denmark)," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Superb Employer.,- Great Company culture - Great compensation - Interesting work - Excellent growth opportunities - Great social events - Incredibly flexible working - Wonderful and modern office space,- Location limited to certain offices - Some/minimal internal politics - Sometimes there can be some bureaucracy - There can be many gatekeepers when trying to make larger changes/impacts.,"- Not much, they are doing an excellent job. Perhaps ask if there would be preferred projects or teams to work on.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62885,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Employee centric,Employee-centric exposure to globe and best environment to work This company gives their employee a good environment to work and get freshen up and the best part is people need not to be forced to work. Everybody understands their own responsibility and get the work done on time. Thats what i noticed,But the vendors suffers and always in tension of getting their contracts over. To be honest there is nothing bad about the company. I am just sad that i am one of the candidates who are on vendors payroll,If a person os giving u 1 year or more. He is tenured now. Instead of hiring new people get those tenured people to be there and i am sure that they will love staying there I would for sure. I try my best to be an FTE as there are people who cant afford loosing job. They are taking care of entire family and i am one of them,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62886,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great place to work,Amazing company which motivates you to learn a lot,"If you are not flexible and willing to learn, it's not for you",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62887,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company review,"Smart and skilled colleagues, inspiring environment",the processess can be overcomplicated sometimes,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62888,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Good for technology expert to create impact,Need to spend time to think about business rather than just focus on tech,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62889,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSP 2014-2017,"Good products, appreciation, good teaching, nice environment . Lots of free products from MSDN subscriptions for learning and development, helps you to improve yourself","Large organization, difficult to handle large events. Large number of students participating in the program, gets difficult to be in touch with all of them",None,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1333.htm
62890,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Wonderful company, not so understanding of mental illness","Wonderful, smart, motivated people Fantastic perks including but not limited to lots of free food and booze, free entry to tech events, tuition reimbursement, fantastic health insurance, etc Very philanthropic company who always wants to give back and supports employees that do, too Honestly, I can't say enough wonderful things about Microsoft. My time there was amazing.","I suffer from anxiety and depression, and during my time working through my medication, they were not very understanding of my fluctuations in productivity even after I explained the situation. This could have just been a team or manager level thing, but it left a bad taste in my mouth that they couldn't have been more understanding. I realize that companies are all dollars and cents and time is money, but sometimes you want to be treated like a whole person.",Have managerial training include topics for dealing with employees with disabilities and mental illness.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62891,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft Dublin,Great perks and HR/Occupational Health is top notch. Brand new purpose built office building.,Redmond employees tend to wield the most power irrespective of achievements or ability. Teams can be relocated from the Dublin office due to larger organisational shuffles.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62892,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Company,It is a great honor to work and be part of this fantastic company,you get positively pampered in all ways,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62893,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Nice facilities and colleagues. Professionalism and good benefits.,Deadlines and micro mgmt. limited working environment,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62894,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic Company,Freedom of execution Work from home Flat organisation,With new changes in Org structure less of delivery opportunities,Do not try to apply the same policy worldwide. Different market respond differently - study the market and have customized delivery policies,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62895,microsoft,Doha (Qatar)," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Service Delivery Manager,"Great company, but that depends on the location!",Great strategic direction by Satya and his team Very inclusive and diverse organization Good benefits compared to the market,"Depending on the location of your subsidiary, you might get a very different experience from the HQ and other subsidiaries.",The organization should keep a close eye on its local subsidiaries to make sure the leadership is following Microsoft strategy and values.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62896,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Solution Architect,"Great company, great position","Great teaming of people, great location and office, great benefits, extremely smart people, capable management and great technical product (cloud)","I can't find any negative points. See section above for all the good points. Not sure if it's a downside, but it's a big organization and you need to find your unique role in it.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62897,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Software Engineer.,Wide range of products. Great structure Smart people to work with,Lack of open source tech.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62898,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good pay nice team,very long hours but doable,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62899,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2017",Current Employee - SE II,Best place to work,"Awesome pay, benefits, good work-life Balance","Away from hometown, too many org-changes",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1334.htm
62900,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worklife at Microsoft GD,Best for fitness freaks Talented people to work with,Some people are difficult to handle,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62901,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Developer Support Engineer,Developer Support Engineer,A lot of technical learning. Competitive environment,"Work life balance Night shift is one of the biggest issue. If you come from development background, there will not be much officially.",Heading well currently. Management encourages competitiveness and compare with others. This should not happen.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62902,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Inside Sales,"The company is amazing, multicultural, a lot of young people from the whole EMEA territory.",Unclear career development plan. People recently hired earn much more than people who was there since much time before (and their experience is not that relevant to justify it).,"Develop a structure career development plan. Focus in every employee you have, not only in ones working on bigger accounts.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62903,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer Review,"Good working conditions, interesting people and huge scale of customers.","Lower salaries when compared with other tech companies of the same dimension. Huge discrepancy regarding payments for the same job in US vs Ireland, while the cost of living is on the same level.  Can't hire good engineers due to low salaries for the super high cost of living.","Senior managers are clueless about technical details, a lot of politics going around. Step up and start adding value to the products by yourself.",2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62904,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,2 Months Internship in MSN Department and MSS,"Friendly atmosphere, good cafeteria and location.",Minimal available tech related internship because of location,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62905,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice company to work for long time,1. Work life balance 2. Multiple products,Slow pace of learning,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62906,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 8, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,Challenger but good,"Salary + benefits, high level of co-workers and Challenges, diversity, respect to employees, culture focused on growth, purposes","Extremely political, but when you are inside, it's betty hard to really impact implementing new ideas. The decision is horizontal, a lot of people collaborating but nobody have power to really decide",It's a huge company but take care on expectations about new things/ideas,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62907,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,"Employee Benefits,perks Work from home Access to training, certifications","My review is not on parent entity, Microsoft Corp. It’s on Microsoft Global Delivery  Too much politics Groupism, managers favour people from their native language or location, performance management system is not transparent Managers won’t tolerate if you are smart and intelligent, they feel insecure and try to suppress you if you are not in their good books. The project assignments are done with out considering the career development plan. The parent entity, Microsoft Corp is good but global delivery is going nowhere",Cut the heads in middle management. Consultants do the work for Microsoft. Retain and respect their contributions.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62908,microsoft,Pontedera (Italy)," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,short review,The salary and offered benefits are from top companies and Company brand name is one of the best in the IT market,You have to work a lot in order to get company objectives and get incentive plans. This can cause stress and you have to find a compromise for work life balance. It's not a position that you can take for many years.,"People is the power of the Company, diversity management, grow mindset are all principle of the Company, but it's important to keep this principle for all employ, the youngest but also for people interested in a long timeline job...",5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62909,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Architect,Plenty of opportunities to explore,Salary is not as per industry standards,Please be more pro active in promoting top performers,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1335.htm
62910,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support engineer,Good company to learn new technologies,This is not a good place,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62911,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 28, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,"Employee Benefits,perks Work from home Access to training, certifications","My review is not on parent entity, Microsoft Corp. It’s on Microsoft Global Delivery  Too much politics Groupism, managers favour people from their native language or location, performance management system is not transparent Managers won’t tolerate if you are smart and intelligent, they feel insecure and try to suppress you if you are not in their good books. The project assignments are done with out considering the career development plan. The parent entity, Microsoft Corp is good but global delivery is going nowhere",Cut the heads in middle management. Consultants do the work for Microsoft. Retain and respect their contributions.,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62912,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Environment,Work environment is good. They appreciate learning.,There are certain wings in which internal politics is at peak.,Provide more opportunities to employees.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62913,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Amazing company,Open and honest communication. Commitment to diversity. Great fun. Interesting projects. Flexible work from home options. Feels like family. Fantastic career progression.,"Long hours, lots of travel, US teams can struggle to let EMEA teams have control.","Keep doing what your doing, fantastic place to work. Always regretted leaving.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62914,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive in Microsoft,Very talented people you work with Innovation and the services of the offerings are impressive,Targets conflict in each department so to succeed together as a team is difficult,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62915,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Nov 6, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,good company to work for,Good communication with the managers. Competitive salary and benefits.,Overwhelming workload due to understaffed teams.,Learn from past mistakes. Value your employees.,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62916,microsoft,Rome (Italy)," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Digital Advisor,Digital Advisor,"Great leader in a wide range of technologies inspiring and challenging a great opportunity to grow, continuously a company to be proud to work for benefits are really above the average flexibility network of colleagues","hard to grow fast, even if you show that you deserve it incredibly hard to acquire the necessary buy-in internally work-life balance","be quicker in apply changes to the organization, too much time to empower resources effectively, this is somewhat frustrating",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62917,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,research and development engineer,work life balance free fruit good project,cannot join the practice project,add the rate of conversion of intern,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62918,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,"Food, Perks, Parking, Sunlight, Tea","Salary, Bad Office location, Coffee, Nightlife",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62919,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,Good salaries and cooperative staff.,Office are not good as google.,Increase my salary and reduce work load.,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1336.htm
62920,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Ax Functional,Ax functional,"Very good experience with Microsoft Axapta, lot of things are there for leadn","Very good company and very good product, lot of things are there for learning",Yes,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62921,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Overhyped (atleast in India),"Great office space, perks and compensation, trainings and workshops, flexibility in terms of dress code, work timings etc. There are some people who are smart and efficient.","The flexibility part highlighted about Microsoft is mostly on paper. Except for trivial things like dress code, work timings the important ones like flexibility to work, express, innovate remains a distant dream. Everything about you is decided by the manager. Your relationship with him and the way he perceives you can make or break your career. The work is crap and extremely mundane especially in Microsoft IT (UST). A software developer ends up spending most of his productive time in pointless discussions, activities like bug fix, deployment, design review which are not relevant to him. The managers here are mostly biased and useless.","Train your managers to be more approachable, sincere and unbiased.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62922,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,Big company with huge potential. The cloud services provided by Microsoft will be the base for future and disruptive solutions creating great opportunities to some people on Microsoft.,"Microsoft has great people, but unfortunately most of them are in survival mode. That creates an environment that kills creativity and became more political.",enhance the culture ... be transparent regarding people management,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62923,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,All positive the best company to work for,"Only positive experience, young and motivated people",Yes,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62924,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior program manager,"Brand, Tech, perks , pride , fun place to work.","Too political ,lost the MS values which Bill Gates founded",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62925,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to grow,"Smart people around, diversity and inclusive",Response to the market is slow some time,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62926,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Remote work, life-work balance, coaching programs","learning curve, a lot of work",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62927,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,"One of the best companies around, for a reason.",No cons while working for my company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62928,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 3, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Decent Pay, Very Good Perks, Average Learning","Pay, Perks and overall experience",Not enough learning. It's not a good place for a new hire. Lot of shuffling between teams.,Don't settle people to only certain work. Give them chances to explore.,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62929,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Practice leader,"Great company to work for, many opportunities and smart passionate people around","Too many processes and procedures impacting the ability to be customer centric. Not everybody is as smart and passionate - there are some around that hide their lesser competence and lack of customer passion behind political gamesmanship. Too politically correct in a way that one has to be careful voicing any opinion, as it may not be the sanctioned opinion of the day",Continue the transformation - accelerate it. Identify and get rid of the driftwood - balance the short term pain with the longer term gain. Invest in proper leadership programs,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1337.htm
62930,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Windows team,* Good managers * Good products to work for * Ease in switching teams to choice,* Recently hiring quality has gone down * Lack of Windows development pace,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62931,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good pay, but may need to deal with legacy code",good pay and talented colleague,"may need to endure legacy code, old and Microsoft system (ex. version control, code review, build , and pipeline)",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62932,microsoft,Zagreb (Croatia)," Nov 2, 2017",Former Employee - Corporate Communications Manager,PR and Philanthropies Lead for Croatia and B&H,Numerous opportunities to learn and grow professionally.,"Too many procedures, often unnessecary.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62933,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,It was a great company to work for.,Handle the growing changes and don't snooze.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62934,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Microsoft Canada is an amazing work opportunity. Environment is friendly, pay is great, work is fun.",It sometimes feels like Microsoft is the only big player left that actually cares about people. It's a lot easier going than I hear from other companies.,Pay is slightly less than what you can earn elsewhere. I also need more words for the twenty wires minimum,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62935,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Sales Executive,Microsoft,"Great opportunities to create a career for yourself, plenty of support and resources",Work life balance has been talked about but this is being addressed,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62936,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company to work for,Very good personal development plan with different kinds and difference sources of courses,Very political environment that affects the process of achieving the team target,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62937,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good but with significant downsides,"Good pay & benefits package, good Work-life balance, some teams do very good work","Work in some Engineering teams can be very drab( downright menial at times). Very hard for young Engineers to change teams. Internal career site doesn't have even 10% of available positions listed. And even if you do apply, none ever gets back, It seems switching teams has more to do with who you know, rather than what you know. Some managers have been known to actively sabotage\block employees from transitioning to different roles\positions since they don't want to lose good engineers from their own teams. Reliance on own Technology stack for most projects means that employees are likely to lose contact with open source\external technologies","Please ensure that the whole ""Breaking of Silos"" thing isn't just a tagline. Ensure that all open positions are listed in the internal career resources. Take steps to allow SDEs to switch teams more easily. And get rid of Managers who are not bothered with supporting career & growth aspirations of team members.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62938,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Accounting Supervisor,"Great place to work, Senior Team good","Low pay minimal benefits, Too much like family business",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62939,microsoft,Raanana (Israel)," Nov 1, 2017",Former Employee - Content Marketing Manager,"Good conditions, but poor HR management","* good salary for a content management position * free breakfast every morning *subsidized lunch (inside the campus) * huge free parking lot * good location, next to a bus central station * ability to work from home",*no promoting options. the company would rather fire you before you find another suitable position in other departments * departments close all the time. I was fired during the holidays * clumsy management - keeps inventing new rules to make everyone's life harder and justify one's salary * everything takes so much time and beaurocracy,"If you have to close a department or project, move employees to other departments. Plus, don't be so strict about goals and budgets - you have talented employees and you are not short of cash",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1338.htm
62940,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best,"Excellent compensation/benefits, training opportunities, work/life balance, positive atmosphere, promotes internally, active in the community, excellent line of products and services.","A company people seem to love to hate without just cause. Extremely large company, can be easy to get lost in the crowd if one isn't careful. ""Diversity hires"" equate to a backwards sort of racism (though, that's more a product of society than the company itself).","Remember that it's difficult to face endless negativity about the company from customers and outsiders, even off the clock. The positive atmosphere is great, but keep the excitement alive.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62941,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 30, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,"A great place to work for students and new grads, be it full-time or part-time!","Amazing benefits, a fun work environment, managers who want you to succeed and inquisitive colleagues.","Retail holiday hours can be hectic, changing shifts is stressful.","Continue giving your employees platforms to succeed, and they will shine when they are given freedom to be themselves, and be free to take risks!",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62942,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Active directory engineer,Multiple training opportunities and open to international values,Micro management and daily utilization to be made just like a call center,Invest more in people,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62943,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Like any larger company,Good company with many products to be passionate about,So many reorgs during my time as Microsoft previous and new CEO were trying to fix Microsoft's growing problems in the market,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62944,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 30, 2017",Former Employee - Strategic IT Business Executive,Digital Advisor,"Above-average salary, autonomy for performing work","Extremely political environment, lack of connection between headquarters and subsidiaries, including strategic communication.",Focus more on the talents on each employee.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62945,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Microsoft Consulting,"Matrix organization, leading technology, many locations, benefits",Single technology stack in Services,"Improve large and long SW projects execution in Services bridge talent and skill gap, by right hiring and training",5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62946,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love,Everything is amazing at microsoft,Nothing is bad at microsoft,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62947,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,Facilities and perks and compensation,Job and work and networking opportunities,Hire more intelligent people,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62948,microsoft,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," Oct 14, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Culture, salary","Culture, salary, intelligent people.  Best workplace in the Philippines. Love the growth mindset culture and the flexibility to work remotely wherever you’re comfortable.  You are empowered to do things your way. People see mistake or failure as an opportunity to learn. Fail fast, succeed fast.","Targets, targets, targets. Sometimes workload can be a bit overwhelming. There’s still work life balance but can hardly do this during peak season",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62949,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 28, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good,Good opportunity good working hours understanding nature,slow growth sometimes have to work for 6 days a week,No advice,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1339.htm
62950,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial Manager,The culture of the company is great as well as the diversity and inclusion policy and bet. The new ceo has shappen the culture all around the world and I believe is in the right path,"Microsoft is a follower instead of a leader in the cloud computing, the pace of innovation is not fast enough and should evolve if you want to survive to this changing environment",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62951,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Innovative, great technology, many opportunities for new roles.",Like all other large corporations.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62952,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Oct 27, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,Amazing grow opportunity. Some colleagues are great to work with. Rich resources for research. Office is very well build for collaborative work,"Very sales and number driven. Stressful environment, some time very long hours some manager possess very traditional mindsets, you need to learn how to deal with it.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62953,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Program Manager,lots of opportunities for work internally great benefits good-work life balance decent salary resources at fingertips,not the best talent some uninspiring leaders politics inside the company,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62954,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company and great people,Good atmosphere and good people,"It's Microsoft, bad decisions are made sometimes",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62955,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Machine Learning,"Huge Data, Computing Resources,Smart People",Maximum home grown solution. Less exposure to open source technology,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62956,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,very good company to work for,very good work environmnt you gets to play many indoor and outdoor games,very relaxed work culture u dont get pressure,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62957,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Excellent strategy to establish Microsoft as a market maker in the Cloud. True growth engines: O365, Azure, and upcoming IA Overall employee benefits You can get support from top management to get what is needed to win, if you have a good business case.",Management focusing on their personal scorecard and sometimes still immature from an HR point of view.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62958,microsoft,Schiphol (Netherlands)," Oct 25, 2017",Current Employee - Delivery Manager,Change is the constant factor,"People, Mission, transformation & adoption power, the opportunity to develop yourself",The balancing act between short vs longterm focus,"Built trust, transparancy in choices and support towards execution.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62959,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 19, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Microsoft Global Delivery - SharePoint practice is the worst place to be,- Brand name - Opportunity to interact with the core engineering team - Umpteen number of areas for learning and growing,- Horrible politics - Managers bootlickers thrive and grow - Technical skills dont matter and are not required. Even a 10th grader can deliver a predefined set of mouse clicks for migrating the SharePoint portals. - FTC program of the SharePoint & Exchange practice is a virus thats screwing lives of many passionate coders,Please keep a check on nepotism and favoritism. Loudest are not always the best. Silent/Sober doesnt mean incompetent. Being loud or sober by nature are attributes of an individual. And perspective is not always the truth.,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1340.htm
62960,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Support Engineer,"Networking , Company Perks, Work environment, Diversity","Night shift , weekend shifts , although you will know all of this before signing up for the job",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62961,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,pros at microsoft,"high salary, comfortable hours, good supportive managers..",no new learning.. working on same old technologies. windows...windows everytime,let others work on new technologies after certain period.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62962,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment to work at,Hard working and dedicated people that focuses deeply on technologies.,Huge organization that too often goes under changes,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62963,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Account Executive,A very problematic approach by management to employees in the Israeli branch,"Compensations, Benefits technology, people, Brand","bad approach by management to employees, There is no humanity",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62964,microsoft,Zagreb (Croatia)," Oct 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CMO,Good strategy clear . Some nice people,"Weak mid level management , bad communiation",Find something that you lead . Do not follow Google etc,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62965,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,love this place,pretty cool staff very friendly,the store is always busy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62966,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work life,Good and favorable working condition . More opportunity for learning and growth. Nice amount of salary.,"Salary, Bad Office location, Coffee, Nightlife",none,4.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62967,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work,"Can learn new things,good environment",salary is less than needed,Take care of staff,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62968,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a great company to work,Learning and growth is great,It has no cons. Its a great company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62969,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,computer engineering,"We can use our operating system to synchronize with the clock cycles of the microprocessor which saves our idle time to interact with hardware and software. we can standardized our peripherals devices by using time shifting of pulse signals or by using sampling. we can also use electrical signals and mechanical signals in the form of pulses for synchronizing with different resources of computer which can be used to develop different softwares. propeller is essentially a rotating wing. As a result of their construction, the propeller blades are like airfoils and produce forces that create the thrust to pull, or push, the airplane through air. Database basically works with the operating system in which we place data using different routines.",some time become too heavy for operating system to do multitasking because of low power microprocessor,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1341.htm
62970,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Group Manager,Good one for learning and staying up-to-date,Extreme encouragement provided to be updated on latest trends,Chances of changing Internally is very much dependent on the contacts and current manager,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62971,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Incident Manager,Awful management,"Work from home, free breakfast, premium healthcare.",Lack of people skills by the Management.,"Learn some people skills, it will help a lot....",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62972,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 22, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Good Company, Slow Growth","Freedom to chose working hours, lots of training, good campus, and environment","Slow growth, not a lot of freedom when it came to choosing projects.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62973,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,communications,flexible . great environment for former employees,unequal for contractors who is the core foundation of this company,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62974,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's good,Flexi time schedule. It works same to the intern. Fair chances to network,"Your future position will depend on good networking skills. Also, tight work schedule.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62975,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is amazing,"Culture , values and cutting edge technologies","Nothing really, I love everything",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62976,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Good Peopl,"Nice perks, nice bosses",Low Salary compared to competitors,Negotiate for higher wages for employee retention,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62977,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Great place to work at,"work is very easy, not hard, people are nice",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62978,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,One of the best companies to work for,Flexible work time Friendly environment Company on the up Overall positivity,Stocks are still lower Cloud business is lacking still although growing Salary less than others,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62979,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Cares a lot about employee Very Friendly and Open culture,Very big company to make a difference in.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1342.htm
62980,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2017",Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Good Peopl,"Nice perks, nice bosses",Low Salary compared to competitors,Negotiate for higher wages for employee retention,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62981,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Awesome company,One of the best companies to work in terms of culture and benefits,Dont have any since i am have about 2 yrs experience only.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62982,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Business Group,Business Group Lead,"carreer opportunites, great colleagues, team spirit, location, benefits, strategy, growth mindset, leading the digital transformation, amazing IT infrastructure, recognition, learning opportunities","work life balance is rather work life flexibilty, sometimes too much unecessary reporting and admin tasks,",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62983,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work at,You can dictate the pace of your progress,Sometimes individual improvement can get over looked in pursuit of product development,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62984,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 19, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,GTSC,"Lot of extra curricular activities Visit the US, all services provided by company","Not good for freshers from college, growth is limited No work life balance Need a lot of help from seniors working there","Management is not good at GTSC, no reach to higher management",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62985,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Specialist,"Working space, working at home, brand value","Unstable contract, senior leadership team members",Think about what is our mission.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62986,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Channel Manager,Great Company,"Employees, benefits, culture, solutions, technology","Stressful sales and quota, high targets and expections",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62987,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 16, 2017",Former Employee - Global Black Belt (Corp),Blurred by distance,"Modern workplace, compensation and benefits over average.","Much global management overhead (vertically & horizontally), misaligned goals between common contributers, extraordinary highfrequent role & management changes, work-life-balance poorer than advertised.","Reduce some levels of management and be much closer to your regions and the voice of customers, inhibit short term role changes in general, close all gaps of missing individual manager performance feedback from directs.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62988,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Executive/Business developer,I work hard and smart where needed,Challenges in digitalising Africa,none,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62989,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Enterprise Account Executive,NA,top company good salary and transforming,very political and want to change but is keeps rewarding employees the same way,NA,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1343.htm
62990,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"My team was closed down and had to leave the company, but still remember mostly the good","I really believe that Microsoft is the front runner when it comes to diversity and global talent. I loved the fact that I could work together with people from a variety of background, jumping into a virtual meeting with people from all over the world, literally. There is loads of talent and I could really feel myself growing not only my role specific, but also interpersonal skills. Salaries are great and you get a lot of other benefits too such as stock options and bonuses. Most teams work also on very flexible terms, you can have home office, come or leave earlier when needed, as long as your work is done, noone cares. Plenty of career opportunities. Might not be the case in every org and team, but if you show just some proactivity and teachability, you can really grow your career a lot.","Well reorgs mostly. It can get a bit tiring over time when your team is moved around from one department and org every 6 months and you see plenty of good people being let go because their role or team is no longer needed. I had a great team and manager, but some can be quite conservative when it comes to trying out new things. Processes can be lengthy and bureaucratic at times.","Totally understand that there is a need to be more effective in a company that has more than 100K employees, at the same time, I'd wish the reorgs would be somehow more performance specific than they are till now. I've seen some great and talented people let go while as they could have been placed into another team, at least the company would have kept the talent.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
62991,microsoft,Schiphol (Netherlands)," Oct 16, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing,Good company - depending on your team.,"Microsoft has the 'new way of working' policy, which is great. Lots of resources available.","Microsoft has the 'new way of working' policy, which is great.. IF managers allow it. Mine didn't and was very on to micromanaging e.g. it's not really allowed to leave work earlier or work a day at home if you have not meetings whatsoever.  My manager installed management by fear - which is the worst. You're being punished very hard if something has gone wrong. No growth mindset at alll.  No time for self-development at all and no attention given to growth -also own initiative is not always appreciated.  Microsoft Netherlands has a very strong mono-culture. White, upper-level rich, extravert, sorority/fraternity types.. and if you don't qualify to these standards, often you will experience being shut out.","Please take note of hiring managers who want their team members to grow - in line with the culture Microsoft WANTS to achieve. For now, they're a far cry from it (depending on the team, that is).",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
62992,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product marketing manager,Good benefits. Pay is okay.,Employees work life balance is not important. Bringing revenues is the only goal for the company,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
62993,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 15, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Account Manager,"Technology, team culture and benefits","unstable management, favouritism, no job security",it is unwise to retrench well-performing employees while retaining those who has just been around longer,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
62994,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Sep 30, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Lead,Microsoft - great place to be,"A player in IT industry, excellent senior leadership, high flexibility.","long working hours, tight deadline, super lean structure.",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
62995,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Good company and good work,Too proud of itself and not able to compete,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
62996,microsoft,"Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)"," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultancy,Amazing company with amazing people and amazing projects. So many amazing things it simply amazes me that I even have to write about it.,"There are literally no cons about Minich Henry, it is such a good company that there is literally nothing negative which I could possibly write about it.",Get better and be better at being amazing and better managers so that you can continue to run this amazing company.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
62997,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Sep 28, 2017",Current Employee - Relationship Manager,Business Development,Best in the people management.,Business is not partner driven.,"Business should be partner driven , Need quality business partners to drive business.",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
62998,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Team Leader,Team Leader,Large corporation that allows skills to flourish,Limited opportunities for those who are already in company,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
62999,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Commercial Marketing Manager,"People, culture, pay and benefits","career prospects in marketing, work life balance,",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1344.htm
63000,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"People, culture and benefit are great. very inspiring environment.","internal competition is very high. sometimes timing is more important than your performance, yet there is a culture which recognize and appreciate your hardwork.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63001,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best company,Good Learning Opportunity BEst working culture,Too much competition for job.,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63002,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 27, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Good work life balance Positive Environment,Repetitive work Few good projects in India,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63003,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job review,It is one of the software giants. Has very good name.,Work life balance is a bit tough,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63004,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Oct 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Sr Manager,Microsoft is good environment for work,Weakness of Enterprise business except O365,"Should act ""Talk Straight""",2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63005,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, awful spirit",Excellent employee benefits e.g. for healthcare and good salary level overall as well.,"Extremely competetive atmosphere, ""every man for himself"". Employees are merely resources.","It shouldn't only be WHAT you do, but HOW you do it as well.",2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63006,microsoft,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Oct 11, 2017",Former Employee - PFE,Premier Field Engineer,Some freedom to set your own schedule. Seeing different environments and industry sectors is great experience,The company has been shifting from a services and software company to a devices and services company and they are leaving behind the on-premise customers not ready or willing to move to cloud solutions. All training has been shifted to cloud support while low focus given to on-prem solutions for customers.,You still sell software and support contracts and internal skills should reflect this. Not everyone has moved to the cloud just yet :),3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63007,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Good products and good salary,There are no cons here,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63008,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Oct 10, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Human Resources Professional,Very good,Dynamic and flexible work environment.,Learning and development needs a better approach.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63009,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Dublin,"Great Benefits Package, Great people working there, Subsided Canteen, Free Parking, Gym,","Long hours, Limited Promotion Opportunities",None,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1345.htm
63010,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 11, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Microsoft India (IGTSC),"Pay, Benefits, Facilities, People, Transport","Appraisal process, Politics, Favoritism. Microsoft has many departments this review is for IGTSC (Support). Other departments have a good work culture.",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63011,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft first 3 years,"Flexible working, great story around diversity, inclusion and culture, great products, and very clear mission/strategy, reasonable pay (in good year).","High workload, bonkers amount of tools (getting better), no on boarding, lack of structured training, networking is key to get on, loads of process still, ghost of old Microsoft hanging about.","Get on boarding and training improved, help managers be people not spreadsheet managers.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63012,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Learn and grow,- Provide best tools to develop best soft and you will not end up spending time in fixing config and build issue. - Dev productivity -,- Most of the teams work in isolation.,Managment is listening employee concern and doing their best.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63013,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal consultant,Best employer with the best leadership and vision,Very strict sales revenue targets,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63014,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Global Transformation Lead,Pioneer in Global Transformation of Next Gen technolgy,Every large company has a positive and negative,N/a,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63015,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Oct 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company culture,Aspire-to culture. All employees believe in the company mission.,The structure is huge and well-designed. Hard to influence at scale.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63016,microsoft,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excelent employer,"Microsoft pride themselves on their inclusive environment, work life balance and they strive hard to achieve it. They usually succeed. The Shenzhen office lags a little behind Redmondbut is still a good environment.","Location lacks good public transport, but the company buses makes up for this well. Head office communication requires flexibility due to the time difference.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63017,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Oct 8, 2017",Former Employee - Promotions,promoter,The best managers and seniors.,Timings were a problem because the shifts used to get over late.,you did a great job,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63018,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for work,Job Security and a fun place,People are not as smart as you would expect them to be,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63019,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,HR Manager,"great people - caring, supportive, collaborative, driven, smart, fun",location (tough to attract diverse talent to Reading),Invest in an office in London,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1346.htm
63020,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,A great place to work,"Career opportunity, management style, work life balance","Very big company, slow, lot of paper work to get stuff done",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63021,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,One of the best technology company to work for,- Employee friendly - You get to work with technical experts in the domain - Smart and intelligent teams,- Huge organization which makes proving yourself a bit difficult - Intern-organizations moves are not that straight forward and you will have to work very ah rd for it,- Start thinking about the big picture - Do not make organizational changes regularly,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63022,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting time to be at Microsoft,Autonomy and flexible work options,Too many lead roles are outsourced on vendor contracts,Consider converting lead roles to FTE - some vendors have been working in these roles for years and are often the first people to put their hand up to take on extra workload. Being locked out of FTE systems can make it difficult to get things done.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63023,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,All around great employer,Working with really smart people who readily share their great insights is a humbling experience where everyone is treated as equals by all employees,The internal politics like most companies can be challenging at times.,"Help staff move roles a little easier, the internal applicant process is a little too strongly based on who you know.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63024,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Work environment,Work is good. Good Pay,Managers are not good. Lot of politics. No promotion,Work on the managers skills. Lot of biased decisons,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63025,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Review01,Excellent benefits. Good work culture. Hyderabad is a very location.,Not getting my expected compensation. Not good in terms of career growth.,Nothing as such.,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63026,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Biz Development,Great company,Just a great company after all,not a lot of Jews in management,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63027,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Technical Support Engineer,"Team, work culture, Benefits, Challenging work - no two days are the same","work life balance, stressful work with little support",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63028,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Consultant,Every day is a challenging work environment.,"Work life balance, too many teams to consider to make a difference.",Listen to customers and do not forget career growth of employees.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63029,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Work at Microsoft,Work Life balance is good Facilities are good Culture is good,Politics sometime Sometime work gets boring. You sometime get lagged behind in technologies because Microsoft big products are still working on old platforms.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1347.htm
63030,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Go for it,"You never stop learning, good people doing great things. You can read about the rest everywhere. Perfect place for international careers.","Pressure, past strategy blunders. The whole issue of being ""the richest guy company"". And trying to play in too many fields.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63031,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2017",Former Employee - Biz Development,Great company,Just a great company after all,not a lot of Jews in management,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63032,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Oct 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Market Development Lead,"I was very proud to say I worked for Microsoft having been there 12 years in total working in 4 different roles. I got some good opportunities to move around and learn and worked with some great people. Apart from one role, there was great work life balance and benefits to keep you movited.","The culture changed a lot in the 12 years and whilst I felt respected at the beginning, by the end I simply felt just like a number. Probably my worst disappointment was bad management.",Microsoft needs to invest in seeking out good managers who actually enjoy managing people.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63033,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Its a great company to work for. You can really chase your passion here and have a sense of achievement,Internal company politics can get to you over time but politics is only stronger when you are dirty. You need to play to your strengths and you will be fine.,Look for adaptability and learnability when you hire rather than past experience.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63034,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regional Travel Strategic Sourcing Manager -APAC (Global Procurement Group),Great exposure to work with such organization,More opportunity to be on direct payroll,Getting more opportunity to be on companys payroll as it help and motivate the employees to be more productive and work effectively.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63035,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Intern,Experience at Microsoft,- Interacting with amazing professionals in their field - Great services and focus on caring for the employees,- Mentor assigned was a little difficult to work with. Was focused on his own goals rather than the project goals.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63036,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Marketing in Microsoft,"Scale of activity, modern marketing practices","Less localisation possibilities, tight schedules for execution",To be more bold,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63037,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Life at Microsoft,1. Freedom to pursue your interest 2. Platform to make yourself heard in any discussion or meetings 3. Awesome work life balance 4. High salary,1. You will feel like you are married to the company and wouldn't make an effort to leave it for anything better in your life.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63038,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Work at Microsoft,Work Life balance is good Facilities are good Culture is good,Politics sometime Sometime work gets boring. You sometime get lagged behind in technologies because Microsoft big products are still working on old platforms.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63039,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Culture, career opportunities,work life balance",None that I can think of,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1348.htm
63040,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Everything here is so good that you dont want to leave the job,nothing here is considered as a con,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63041,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - SE2,Awesome,"Awesome company, good to join",There are no cons of joining MS,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63042,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Going in the right direction,"Microsoft India - Some of the best benefits you get in India - Great people - very brilliant, professional and respectful","- Things move a bit slowly - New ideas, new features - Lot of re-inventing the wheel. Sometimes, folks do not have an idea that some other team has already done something similar that they are searching for.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63043,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development Manager,Global company living a strong transition from traditional software business to new focus on clound and Saas.,Deep changes every year and non clear directions about business in special at Subs.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63044,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Services Sales,Great Company but culture of ,"Great business, and the faith put in grads and interns gives them a fantastic start to their business career.","Trying to move up or along is very hard, often those with the personal connections will get a role ahead of those who have the better skills and ability.",Cut the politics in management and manage talent through to achieve its potential,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63045,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Staff Software Engineer,Nice place to work,work culture is the best coding culture is good best locations,work load No as such other cons,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63046,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Administration of Experts,"I Operated as technical adviser in the issues which include finance issues or accounting, stand up in the searching of each issue, and at last write a report in this financial or accounting side, The magistrate rules in the issue based on this report.","My current job acquired me a big background in the chartered accounting, Taxing (Income/Sales), Labor matters (Preferment, HRs, Retirements … etc), * I got also a little experience in auditing.",The magistrate rules in the issue based on this report.,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63047,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regional Sales Director,"Industry leder, great vision and change culture",Sometimes took too long for the change,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63048,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,- Laid back - Good work/life balance,- None I can think of,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63049,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I learned a lot here!,Great direction from team leads Great career support Motivating environment with smart people,office politics competitive not enough food,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1349.htm
63050,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big company, numerous challenges","Whatever people may say, this company is a reference in the IT industry. Working with very smart people on projects that may change the world, or in the least improve live for many people, big impact. Great offices and technological conditions to work. Big star on your cv. Very interesting benefits.","Very complex environment, strategies change too often, the high pace of reorgs is a constant. Blind cuts lead to loss of knowledge on projects.","Forget your career agenda for a while. Be humble and listen to the lower level employees, as they are the true heart of the company and they were hired due to the talent they have to change the world. They need your support to achieve it.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63051,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Security Architect,"Good benefits package, great atmosphere, great culture",Too much travel in a year,Go for Security acquisitions,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63052,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,"Stock options , culture , learning and growth opportunities","Slow in decisions , lacks consumer focus",Current CEO is transforming the company,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63053,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 16, 2017",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Very positive challenging place to work,Challenge. Opportunity to develop and change roles every couple of years,Long hours and late calls. Some functions can be quite siloed - although this is improving all the time and teams collaborate much miss than they used to,Continue your focus on One Microsoft,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63054,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,authoritarian,"flexible working hours, decent culture.","impact driven, very beaucratic and clear",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63055,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Beijing,"Good life work balance, care about employee",salary is low comparing with other local companies.,"increase the salary, give more trust and important projects to China team",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63056,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data analyst,Great working environment plus the design of their office!!!,Workload was too much to handle,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63057,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Sep 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Retail Sales Manager,Good salary peoplle work environment,Stress Unclear job titles bad managers,Hire best people and sustain them,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63058,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Brilliant Company,Good Pay Flexible Timings Growth Mindset Brilliant campus,Tasks get very challenging at times,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63059,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Great company, great learning opportunities.",Great learning opportunities. Very smart people. Good pay and benefits,Poor middle management. Very stressful working environment. People only care about themselves.,Work towards improving skill levels of middle management. Most only seem to care about themselves and their next career move.,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1350.htm
63060,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Great company, great learning opportunities.",Great learning opportunities. Very smart people. Good pay and benefits,Poor middle management. Very stressful working environment. People only care about themselves.,Work towards improving skill levels of middle management. Most only seem to care about themselves and their next career move.,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63061,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Competitive environment, great people, being given responsibility",None I can think of at a glance,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63062,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER,flexible and work life balance,Not much of career growth,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63063,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work,- Inspiring direction from Satya - Tons of career mobility - Surrounded by really smart people,- Red tape - Bureaucracy - Some people get ahead by managing upward vs actually having technical capability,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63064,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 26, 2017",Former Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Company reviews,"Great work life balance, fair interview process, great pay and benefits are pretty good. Diverse system",Long interview and joining process,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63065,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,Lost in confusion,Big brand on C V,"Confusion of direction, cluttered culture, meetings, meetings, meetings with every man and his dog included to disperse accountability and clog up creativity and focus.","Reinvent, look at 21st C millenial flat organisations and accountability culture. Look at simplification, small groups of intelligent people empowered with focus.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63066,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Nice,Great all over no such problems exist. Most beautiful campus ever . Total awe and beauty!,None as such. Great all over no such problems exist. Most beautiful campus ever . Total awe and beauty!,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63067,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Many options, great atmosphere",Great atmosphere Dental / sports benefits many career development options,Sometime your work depends on some good will in Redmond,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63068,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Sep 12, 2017",Former Employee - Engagement Manager,"Great, challenging and professionel competent place to work with good benefits and lots of flexibility",Very intelligent and helpful colleagues. High saleries. Professionel development is High on the agenda. Great benefits. Always bonus pay. Lots of work flexibility. Inspiring company. Very nice business travel terms. Nice Office and coffee with a great working environment. I had a very good manager. Good cross departement collaboration. Inspiring director of the Danish Subsidiary.,"Many of the people managers are there as a natural part og their career path, and not because they love or are good at people mgmt. Change mgmt to lead the many constant internal changes are not that good.",Keep Inspiring employees and remember to talk to the employees and understand their Challenges and concerns - there's a lot of great ideas out there.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63069,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft senior software engineer salary,"Good salary, good work life balance",May not get good technogy to work on,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1351.htm
63070,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 23, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Challenging & Rewarding,"Intellectually challenging Beyond immediate remit, opportunities to drive efficiencies Friendly and collaborative environment Excellent learning resources and support SLT mindful of their responsibility to D&I",US-centric decision making (somewhat contradicts the D&I piece) Progress can be slow Teams lack agility Some areas require long hours,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63071,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't expect anyone to help you,The company has a philanthropic nature. Very flexible work environment. Good benefits. Hugely successful company both historically and looking to the future.,"Brutally cost conscious. Profit is everything. Lots of care taken about the company's image externally, no support for individuals who work there. You have to be comfortable being entirely self-sufficient to be happy working here. It's not as great a company to have on your CV as you may think.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63072,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,Work with smart people. Work life balance.,Some teams are lacking good documents.,It's very good.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63073,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 24, 2017","Current Employee - APAC Services, Marketing &amp, Strategy Director","Director, Marketing & Strategy APAC Services","Never a dull day. Fast paced, fail fast, growing and learning environment",A lot of politics and everyone concerned about outshining each other. More teaming needed,Create a truly teaming culture. The competiton is outside. Also too biased towards new non-Asian. U need to groom Asians to run Asia!,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63074,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 8, 2017",Former Employee - SDE1,Learning opportunity,Very good intern experience. Must join this company,Cut throat competition . Difficult to get PPO.,None. Management is already very good.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63075,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Very good for beginners,"Good work culture, adds Brand name in resume, Great facilities,",Pay is average industry standards,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63076,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales specialist,"diverse environment, flexible, benefits, dynamic. company values are amongst the best","work life balance is sometimes a challenge, but the company invests in this area",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63077,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Delivery Project Manager,Once good now no longer a haven,"Good exposure to technology and domains, internal movement (ofcourse only if blessed by others support), comfortable salary packages.",Everyones on their own. No support from managers/leadership when one needs it.,Please do run on perceptions..,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63078,microsoft,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financr,Amazing company! Great culture and fantastic people. The career opportunities are endless.,There are no major cons.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63079,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - SDE2,Good work culture,"Good work culture, compensation and benefits",nothing much as of now,Should concentrate on other operating systems as well for products along with Windows.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1352.htm
63080,microsoft,Chennai (India)," Sep 7, 2017",Current Employee - Operations Advisor,Good Culture,One of the best work environment you can get Lot of learning opportunities. There is a growth year under which lot of trainings are provided,None at this time,None,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63081,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best education company,MS has a strong learning department.,Too many reports and too many managers!,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63082,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 18, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Encourage work from home,"Flexible , good opportunity for great trainings","Micro management, evaluation system unfair",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63083,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Argentina S A,Great culture Teamwork Atmosphere Food and beverage in office Benefits,Wage Work life balance at first Small team vs other subs,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63084,microsoft,Belagave (India)," Sep 19, 2017",Former Employee - Student Partner,Microsoft Student Partner,Get to Represent Microsoft at College /Institution Conduct Workshops/Events Goodies from Microsoft Chance to attend Annual Summit Get to gain Knowledge about Microsoft Products free hand,No such cons as Such.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63085,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Good work and work life balance,Not that I have experienced any,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63086,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Solution Executive,"Senior role, flexible schedule, well compensated","Really busy in the Summer, (it's our fourth qtr)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63087,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is a great employer,The salaries and benefits are very competitive in the market. I also appreciate the flexibility to move between different teams and disciplines,If you stay too long in the same team it makes it harder to advance.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63088,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Excellent work Environment. Nice and brilliant people,Quality of work depends on team.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63089,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 7, 2017",Former Employee - MTS1 Software Engineer,The heirarchy in positions shows,Good work experience for a software engineer as it is a purely software company.,The mangers and higher ups actually act superior to the staff.,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1353.htm
63090,microsoft,Kali De (India)," Sep 2, 2017",Current Employee - Cashier,good,"enviornment good,explained major categories, very simple","salary issue,explained major categories, very simple",may be join,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63091,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Specialist,Multicultural and diverse workspace that promotes employee growth and development,"As it is a great place to work, employees generally tend to hold on to the positions for over 4 years and this reduces the opportunity for new talent.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63092,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,best company,"good culture, smart people , friendly environment.","hectic work life balance , more time management skills required",great work,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63093,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Interview Experience,People working there were really knowledgeable and were also helping,There are no cons for Microsoft,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63094,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"Strong corporate vision and refreshing cultural transition under the wings of Satya. Challenging roles with lots of empowerment as long as targets are met. Professional, smart and highly motivated colleagues. Lots of learning and development tools. New way of working fully embedded.",Extreme scorecard measurement. No tolerance for non performers. Large company with the accompanying politics. Americanocentric.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63095,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Full Stack Software Developer,SDE II,Big company that offers good life/work balance,"Being based in Dublin, sometimes the type of work is not as exciting as it might be in theUS.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63096,microsoft,Noida (India)," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Heaven for FTEs, opposite for Vendors","Relaxed office, state of the art workstations",Discrimination towards vendors by Full time employees,"Stop the racism, be fair towards vendors",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63097,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Work culture is very nice,Good work life balance in this company,No cons very good company,nthng,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63098,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,awesome place to learn,many pros are there to be in microsoft,no cons such as its perfect,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63099,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Coordinator,Good company to work for but not sustainable.,Flexible job conditions and friendly working environment. Great learning opportunity. Very diverse environment. Good position in the market. Good benefits.,Highly unstable due to sudden re-organizational decisions. Half employees are outsourced with a significant different in pays with full time employees who maybe be doing the same job.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1354.htm
63100,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Sep 14, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Coordinator,Good company to work for but not sustainable.,Flexible job conditions and friendly working environment. Great learning opportunity. Very diverse environment. Good position in the market. Good benefits.,Highly unstable due to sudden re-organizational decisions. Half employees are outsourced with a significant different in pays with full time employees who maybe be doing the same job.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63101,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Good salary, nice people, good few in house perks - cheap food, discounts on products etc.",It can be hectic at times.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63102,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Excellent work culture and growth opportunities.,None None None None None,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63103,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Benefits, work environment and colleagues",Tough times in recent year,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63104,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,All is good,"good benefits, nice people, great working env.",hard to change to a new project.,All is good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63105,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Enjoy! :),"Flexible working time Good salary comaring to market Diverse Open style of working, a lot of cross-division collaboration",Extra work can be needed,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63106,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,Best place to work on the next best technological solution. Great products to learn and work with end users around the globe. Very strong culture of social giving and participation.,Depends on the team your are working with,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63107,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Regional Sales Manager,Still good,Top company in technology Cash rich Loads of smart people International presence,"Painful transition to Cloud, lost the absolute leader status and struggles with it Parts of company highly political Long working hours, some managers consider employees like slaves","Inconsistent management practices, lots of incompetent, self-promoting and political managers",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63108,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits, lots of politics","Lots of smart people (mainly in R&D), good benefits","Still lots of politics, company has become last transparent than it used to be when it comes to attracting, retaining and developing talent. Recent re-org drove less clarity and accountability that there was before.","Make sure HR does their job: not just protect the company from legal issues, but truly play a key role in talent management and succession. Lots of great talent leaving or being pushed out while people with no talent but good connection remaining in management roles. That may hurt the future of the company. Top leadership reporting to Satya is strong, however leadership at lower level needs a lot of improvement to drive transformation and honor company values.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63109,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Lots of opportunities with mixed environment,1. Opportunities to work in incubation projects are ample. People have lot of ideas and leadership is enthusiastic about them. 2. Your ideas are valued much. Doesn't matter if you are just an entree. 3. Campus is really cool. 4. Benefits are good. A lot of flexibility like WFH and sabbaticals are provided. 5. Your feedback is treated with lot of seriousness.,"1. Even if work culture is driven to be more inclusive, sometimes politics take over. But that is team dependent and giving feedback helps. 2. In comparison to Google and Amazon in India, compensation falls back.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1355.htm
63110,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Programme Manager,"Good pay, benefits, flexible working","Huge corporation, multiple layers of management, glacial pace of change",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63111,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company and culture but if in a wrong team, it can be unrewarding and stressful","good benefits, good culture, getting better every quarter",some managers need to learn how to be a good manager instead of micromanaging employees,"Focus on leadership instead of just managing people, managing people is not what an engineering manager's only responsibility",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63112,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good work with a beautiful campus,The type of work depends on the team. Some teams have flexible timings and some teams work day and night. Most of the products have great impact as they are used by lakhs of people. The work culture is really great. The growth can be really fast if you can produce great results. The campus is big and there are plenty of options like gym/games to do outside work hours.,"Less visibility outside team. Most of the impactful works are assigned to senior members of team. No travel opportunity. Less team outings. Suboptimal food in cafetaria. We don't leave Microsoft ecosystem during the development process. We have internal tools for everything. Some good, some not so good. You don't learn much about other technologies, so it might hamper your chance of joining other companies. Some politics during performance review.",Stop hiring so many people. Otherwise good performers won't prefer to stay or join this company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63113,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Sep 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,"too may policies, less agility, no enablers","Good forecast of their cloud strategies, as well as Azure, O365 and D365. Work life balance is pretty good.","Many of our managers are struggling with their scorecards and pay less attention to their customers. ""Customer focus"" was one of new leadership principles, but never understood properly by our managers. Also we are losing our agility since there are too many policies.",Need to invest on the sellers. Microsoft products and services are not as competitive as you thought.,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63114,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Simply a great great place!,"-Work with smart people everyday -Great benefits -Ability to innovate, manage your work schedule/work from home -Great Brand on your CV opening up great opportunities -Solid company direction and products","-Still too much bureaucracy and politics -The ghost of the ""Old"" Microsoft is still around","Love the recent changes We need to live by our company culture and value more, starting with middle management",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63115,microsoft,Schiphol (Netherlands)," Sep 7, 2017",Former Employee - Solutions Architect,Great place to work?,Great vision for corp Great culture driven by Satya and senior management at corp Lots of energy,Local subs struggle translating vision of senior corp Local culture is different than corporate Only a great place to work when you're performing well,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63116,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 8, 2017",Current Employee - Finance Controller,Good employer,"Work life balance, good career development. Great working culture and very open. Office is in good location. Great place to work if you are into technology.",Competitive and pressured. Can be a bit cut throat when it comes to performance review/bonuses as employees' impact is benchmarked against one another.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63117,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,"Great place to work, with a few challenges","Great flexibility, benefits, opportunity for travel","Political, hard to change roles or move up internally",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63118,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - PR Manager,"Great and smart people to work with, very inspiring workplace!",Very smart and creative people. Everything revolves around learning. Great work ethic and open mind thinking. A place for growth.,I have no cons about working there.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63119,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,You can learn a lot about various technologies,You have to keep up with latest technologies involve,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1356.htm
63120,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,You can learn a lot about various technologies,You have to keep up with latest technologies involve,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63121,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Security Manager,"Great location, people and culture","Flexibility, facilities, good location. Management allow you to schedule your own diary and plan your schedule.","If you take your foot of the gas, it may be time to leave sooner than you think. Lots of Alpha types that will walk over you if you give them the chance.",Managers could spend more time with their staff to help motivate and retain them and assist where there are roadblocks.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63122,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Community Manager,- great culture and people - substantial benefits and perks - opportunity to travel,- bonus structure was outdated - such a large corporation meant large levels of bureaucracy - minimal growth in the Canadian market. Most promotions were in Redmon,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63123,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Research Intern,Environment in Microsoft Research Asia is good,Flexible working atmosphere here especially snacks and drinks service.,The project here may be a bit away from practical use.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63124,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for career growth but it comes with personal trade offs,"Career growth, money perks, growth mentality",encourage long hours for success,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63125,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 4, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Great Place to work,"Some great and smart people working there Dynamic large company Good benefits Great training, particularly on soft skills","A lot of people have been there too long and need to be moved on Very highly outsourced environment as a result technical knowledge within the organization can be poor Too much middle management which results in a lot of politics Poor career opportunities in International locations A lot of pointless meetings, emails and roles",I think there is scope to examine the wisdom in outsourcing so much of it core processes to 3rd parties. Adding more roles to an org does not always improve productivity and definitely does not improve efficiency,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63126,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Reasonable company to work for,Opportunities for advancement in company,High work load and pressure,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63127,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,Great company,"Huge opportunity for growth, they are very supportive of employees and genuinely care. The work is interesting and worthwhile.","A big complex company that's hard to navigate and understand. The quality of your manager can really impact your career path, they need to be proactive and willing to stand up for you to ensure you get bonuses and promotion.",It would be great if there were less leadership meetings and more actual leadership in the middle management.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63128,microsoft,"Abuja, Niger (Nigeria)"," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solution Architecture,Great culture. Good work ethics. Lots of friendly and helpful colleagues. Lots of reusable intellectual properties. Focus on best practices. Lots of training. Transparent and friendly environment.,Tough to make a big impact. Some favoritism occurs in regions. Some office politics exists. Tough targets sometimes. Not too many cons for this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63129,microsoft,Raanana (Israel)," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Group Lead,Global company Cutting Edge in tech and innovation High salary,High tens Organization is having big changes,Xxx,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1357.htm
63130,microsoft,Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Amazing company to work for. Great feeling of pride. Employee benefits and events are second to none.,Difficult to feel part of the overall strategy. Far too much internal secrecy around products and strategy.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63131,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Security Manager,"Great location, people and culture","Flexibility, facilities, good location. Management allow you to schedule your own diary and plan your schedule.","If you take your foot of the gas, it may be time to leave sooner than you think. Lots of Alpha types that will walk over you if you give them the chance.",Managers could spend more time with their staff to help motivate and retain them and assist where there are roadblocks.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63132,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for career growth but it comes with personal trade offs,"Career growth, money perks, growth mentality",encourage long hours for success,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63133,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 5, 2017",Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert,Good As a Job Not a Career,Great health and dental benefits you can buy into. Great perks when it comes to software.,Not a lot of room for growth if you are primarily sales based. A lot of unorganized managers. Not many perks when it comes to hardware.,none,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63134,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 6, 2017",Former Employee - Data Analyst,Reasonable company to work for,Opportunities for advancement in company,High work load and pressure,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63135,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good culture,"Flexible timings, good benefits, friendly people","not much learning , can be more challenging",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63136,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job in the world,Currently a vendor however my FTE Manager is a true leader. Lead by example and gives us empowerment to make our own decision. Does not micro managed.,I managed the Asia region and this is the first company I see that truly draw a line between FTE and vendor. Its not so much in America and Europe region but I see a great deal in Singapore and Japan region. MS should standardize and remove away that line to ensure a harmonized working culture.  MS should also standardize the cafe throughout the region. America has good subsidise rate on the cafe. Not much for the other regions.,Management does an excellent job. Every company will have its pros and cons. Keep it up and try to standardize FTE and vendors to make a better working environment.  One more comment: should standardize on the business travels based on the flight hours rather than grading (for FTE) and vendors (e.g.: business class for 6hrs and above). This is because flying too much is a health hazard and they should prioritize the health of their employees (be it FTE or vendors) as both are hired to achieve the company's objectives.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63137,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company in transition,Great product innovation Inspiring CEO Practically all enterprises as customers,"Org model is in a flux, especially if working for the country subsidiaries",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63138,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The worst company to work for,"big name, big brand, monopoly, big brother, it's everywhere, it's the matrix: you can't do without it, sadly: it's kind of a new governement","bugged to the core, slow like a snail, selfish and lazy like a civil servant, backward technology (in some services, it's 10 to 20 years if not more in late, security is none and clearly is a joke regarding the current state of what is possible), inergonomic, illogic, cumbersome, bad communication, complexity in essence, useless, ugly, verbose... Basically a good google and apple culture injection is needed there for the sake of sanity.","learn to create a team culture not outsource 90% of your workers / slaves, putting services all around the world slow down the world as IT is the nervous system of the information society: when it don't work you put the world in a tetraplegic state. Quality is none and it needs to be top, so invest in common sense and critical thinking, open your eyes to competition ideas and knowhow because for 42 years it's non stop lame software you have produced.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63139,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Sep 25, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Consultant,Please stay away from Microsoft India sales org,only mental satisfaction that you are working with MS which has huge legacy and brand name. Which your friends and family members will be in aww.!!,"Highly political , people who are yes kind move ahead. They do not like employees challenging management. You have to accept whatever they through at you, even if its not in your interest. People have ego and they will go to the extent to destroy you. Keep throwing ball within own group of people. Runs like a dynasty. Unrealistic quota setting, nobody makes money no one complains.",Fire everyone who is more than 5-8 yrs.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1358.htm
63140,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"High Salary, Good work Environment",Very less employees in the Mississauga Office,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63141,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft GTSC Bangalore,"As usual Brand name,Exposure to multiple technologies etc. But hardly you will get time to even think of getting your hands on exciting things happening in other divisions of MS.","Folks make no mistake, it is a support role with creative designation names and not meant for those who have worked in development roles. Brand name is very enticing and pulling but there are loads of riders. And if you think that switching into other divisions in MS after getting a foot in the door, nopes! Its easy to gain your beloved roles directly rather than taking an indirect route as the pressure and atmosphere will hold your throat even breathing becomes difficult. 1. Work pressure is cutthroat due to never ending waves of tickets 2.Even to login 30 mins late/ break you wil have to drop a mail to the team saying coming late or going out of office.And it is expected you follow this always. 3. Oncall and shift rotations will wreak a havoc on your body. Weekends will be a thing of past. During oncall you are expected to be available 4 hours extra. No extra pay for that. And weekend on call work will only give you a compoff and nothing else guys!! its ridiculous but true. You get oncall rota once in 2 months or so. DUring that time you work for 12 hours x 7 Days. Icing on that cake is : You get compoff only and only if you get a call on weekend. So no body cares if you stayed back at home to be readily available for work. One more icing on the cake: No broadband charges get reimbursed for login from home. You are expected to go to office and work. 4. Developers who have worked in relaxed environment will start feeling the pinch from the first day on the floor. 5.On the first day of training ,the customer calling exercise will make you think where have you landed. 6.Production down scenarios are daily affair. Either you wear dont care attitude or else stress will switch you off. 7.Lengthy continuous call running upto 5-6 hours atleast 2-3 days a week is a norm not an exception. During these type of marathon calls you will be working with 5-6 minutes of break once every Now coming to the actual learning experience 1. Neverthless you will be exposed to vast technologies but you will end up sacrificing the depth that is needed to become a seasoned technical architect or your MVP roadpath.. 2.work from home option is just there but many riders before you use it. 3. Big No No for creative folks or developers as you will soon end up forgetting the coding bit. 4.Every minute is accountable and you have to log it with explaination and justification If you exceed the hours for solving some issues , questions will be asked as they may not buy what you say. Coming to compensation 1. This division has the lowest salary bands in MS.  Summary : If you dont like being on the call most of your day, talking to person and answring their queries,problems etc etc, dont even look at this side as the brand name will pull you without even you realizing that you are making a radical shift from development to support.","Healthy decent on call policy, etc etc..",4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63142,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Treasury Manager,"Great company, Technology and innovation driven, Great work environment.","Organizational complexity affecting coordination and communication across teams, functions and business units.","Streamline coordination and communication across teams, functions and business units.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63143,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Commercial Director,Commercial Director,Fuel your Energy programs for work life balance allow you to be great at everything you need to be,Complicated compliance and programs that are driven top down from the US and sometimes not relevant to be successful. Also a lack of empowerment,focus on where you can make a difference and enjoy working for a big company that can add so much to your career,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63144,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Account Executive,Account Manager,Good flexible work time. The had good share scheme,Poor review process and promotions were given to personal friends,Review you staffs credentials,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63145,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Best place to work,Great Environment to work and unlimited food supply at subsidized rate,Sometimes too much work pressure,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63146,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for hanging out,"relax, city life, good environment","low salary, less competitive, slow promotion",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63147,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Software Developer,Developer experience at Microsoft,"comfortable conditions, leisure activities, high salary, young and bustling atmosphere, talented and high quality people","competitive environment, demanding, developer feels like the the ""black workers"" in comparison to PMs, reserchers, etc, always getting critics as if it was the guide to managers to make the worker improve..., politics and visibility are an influence factor.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63148,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Aug 30, 2017",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project manager,Good compensation package and benefits.,"Poor management skills, at least for the Romania subsidiary, poor training and very few opportunities to be promoted. Different benefits for contractor and FTE roles, which cannot be justified.","Promote people who know what management means and train them once in a while, don't expect people to learn everything by themselves.",4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63149,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 1,"Good place to work,nice environment",No cons as such.Its really nice,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1359.htm
63150,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 1,"Good place to work,nice environment",No cons as such.Its really nice,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63151,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with a bad hiring process,Great facilities Space to learn and grow No gender discrimination Good salary Decent Stock options,Terrible HR team Terrible pre hire experience / negotiation Hiring standards & rewards/benefits inconsistent & unfair Onboarding process not up to mark,"Streamline the your hiring process. Hiring HRs are disrespectful & ill mannered. Hiring offers are inconsistent, improve this.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63152,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place, lots of things to learn",large company that gives you the opportunity to acquire experience.,The organization and the processes kills many times innovation at work.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63153,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good if your group has good work,nice work life balance here,your experience is heavily dependent on your team and group,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63154,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Relationship Manager,Customer Success Manager Office 365,"Great colleagues, great offices and amenities. Lots of projects to be involved in.","Ambiguity when it comes to the next steps, to job security.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63155,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2017",Former Employee - Student Partner,Student Partner at local Microsoft department,"Interesting technologies, MSDN subscription, opportunity to develop soft skills",This program is getting underfunded and not many opportunities to turn into a real job,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63156,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Russia,+Benefits +Office +People +bananas at 5 o'clock +traveling for fte staff (not vendors),+Work-life balance +Being a vendor sucks +static career development,invest and develop your employees,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63157,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn,"excellent culture, quality people to work with.","nothing much, being agile at market place maybe one.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63158,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Small MSFT office with lack of opportunities,- Small office - Flexible working hours,- Open-space environment  - Boring projects with no architecture (lots of legacy code)  - Compensation,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63159,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Good work life balance in the company,Low compensation and low growth,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1360.htm
63160,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Good work life balance in the company,Low compensation and low growth,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63161,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General view,Great people to work with,Slow to move and change. Hard to escalate and be entrepreneurial. Too much process.,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63162,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company and a big school,The amount of information and learning skills are very high,some politics they need to control and give a better atmosphere.,break some borders with employee,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63163,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," Aug 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,"Great company, good benefits and fast paced.","Constant restructures, meaning a lot of changes in jobs and roles.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63164,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Watch out for some agressive micro-managers,"Great business Outlook, culture of involvement within mission and between teams",Short-term Sales/Financial Focus versus the long-term and consultive approach they want to develop within their customers. Promotions and overall carreer progressions tends to be quite political - sourcing the right relationships on the inside rather than the true merits of your work.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63165,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,A good company to work for if you have the right brains,"Workplace facilities, travel oppurtunities, work time flexibility",Senior people try to be politically right in some teams,"Once you are hired, you are hired for MS. Don't treat employees like fresh applicants to internal jobs. If they have the passion, what else do you need?",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63166,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"Food, Culture, people, Work life balance","Low growth/ Career opportunities, Leadership",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63167,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Velocity Manager,last comments,the benefits are very good,middle management is very bad. and has recruting issues,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63168,microsoft,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Aug 7, 2017",Former Employee - Architect Digital,Architect Digital,"Is a very open and innovative IT company, diversity and equal opportunity for all. Training and use of IP is a very importamnt asset","The implementation of programs of Digital Transformation at LATAM subisdary level are not well implemented, and the coordination of Acount Teams are not custommer centric",It is necessary to be more focus on congruence of corporative plans and deffinition with thw implementation of local priorities and programs,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63169,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior PFE,Great place to work,- Innovative and challenge environment - Good Benefits and payment,- Work-life balance is problem in many cases,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1361.htm
63170,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,A good company to work for if you have the right brains,"Workplace facilities, travel oppurtunities, work time flexibility",Senior people try to be politically right in some teams,"Once you are hired, you are hired for MS. Don't treat employees like fresh applicants to internal jobs. If they have the passion, what else do you need?",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63171,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could have been a great place without scorecards,"Good salary, smart people if you are lucky with the team","Management is busy with reporting and self-promotion, female officially have equal rights, however employed just for the number to be, usually get lower levels, lots of scorecard-oriented activity instead of business",Get rid of scorecards,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63172,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Solution Architect,Old school with potential,"- Nice benefits - people with high potential - Grow & learn from high potentials - trust worktime, time management and workplace","- Too many old school thinking of IT, many of them are senior & principal - Old school managers with metric thinking & reporting mindset -> changing mindset beginn - Old mindset how IT still works - pure too old middle management","Re-New from stretch from team manager level 2 until area manager in partner area with just new managers and mindset, no old school manager thinking and license stuff. Their business rules did not work anymore.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63173,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to expand,Great opportunities to advance within the company.,Sometimes can feel like you're just a number.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63174,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 17, 2017",Former Employee - Business Development Representative,Great place to work,Great culture and good opportunities,"Big organisation, sometimes just a number",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63175,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - PFE,PFE,great place to learn cutting edge technology,"non-competitive compensation, hard to handle large project",increase compensation to surpass internet company,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63176,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,Benefits and compensation with good worklife balance,Performance oriented and limited opportunities to grow in other career areas,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63177,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,You will improve your communication skills,No growth in the company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63178,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer Lead,good company,"lot of exposure to technologies, smart people, flexible hours, great benefits",internal politics takes a toll and 1 bad manager might ruin your career,get into more flat structure than multiple layers,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63179,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good salary and work life balance,Good salary and work life balance,there is none cons in Microsoft!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1362.htm
63180,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good salary and work life balance,Good salary and work life balance,there is none cons in Microsoft!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63181,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Western Europe Cloud Services Lead,Western Europe Cloud Services Lead,One of the best places to work.,Suffers from the same problems as any big listed company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63182,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," Aug 16, 2017",Current Employee - Pmm,PMM,This is a great company,Nothing wrong to say about Microsoft,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63183,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FastTrack Engineer,deal with many customers and cultures,overload and hard work which get you so difficult to have life balance,none,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63184,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"All Pros really, pay and benefit are one of the best in the market. The company rewards you for the impact you have and it gives you all the tools to do so.",Very competitive environment but as many multinational companies. The changes sometime are very drastic and you need to be ready very quickly.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63185,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,internship,good procedure is foloowed for internship,no cons that i know of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63186,microsoft,Paris (France)," Aug 15, 2017",Former Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Former MS Employee,Good Product Coverage Good Salary Cool company,Too many internal process High competition within company,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63187,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer Intern,Nice work culture. Projects have scale of real dataset.,-- -- -- -- --,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63188,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good employer,"Good working environment and company culture, nice colleagues and managers. The salary and benefit is okay compared with local companies.",Much lower salary than the same position in the office in Seattle. The options of teams/techs here are also pretty limited.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63189,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Asia branch is not as good as you think,"1. Full of learning resources 2. Overall working culture is good, most people are nice to work with",1. Work and life not balance 2. Strongly feel that things we're working on is not the focus from HQ's perspective,Be nice to Asia team,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1363.htm
63190,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,Consumer Product Advisor,"Great environment to work. The management team is always bringing new activities to promote teamwork and increase the communication and interaction between all employees. They provide weekly training hours (1 hour for part-time, 2 hours for full-time) so the employee can focus exclusively on learning. The growth mindset is always a priority, which is amazing. Good work/life balance and great benefits (when you're full-time).","The only thing I can say here is that some people leave for better paychecks, not better work places.","I admire and respect the whole management team at my store, and I believe they do their best. They always helped me when I needed more time to practice or to learn more about the products/services.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63191,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,FastTrack Engineer,deal with many customers and cultures,overload and hard work which get you so difficult to have life balance,none,5.0,3.0,none,3.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63192,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"FTE employees vs, CS employees",all pros go to FTEs as they have good some of benefits,no benefits at all for CS employees,It is not nice or motivating to have a team with mixture of contracts,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63193,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst Management,The only thing - Brand,"Tons of Cons 1 - Manager - The biggest threat to your job in your Manager. Most of the managers in this company are people manager without any contribution to business or revenue. Considering they are cost to company, it is very hard for them to justify there job. So they will ensure your job is difficult to save their job. The managers are not even aware of the projects and the client you are working on. 2 - Work life Balance - Depends on the project and job 3 - Learning - Zero learning, expect politics",Refresh your management team. Hire fresh people from market to save this company. Bunch of looser's leading the company,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63194,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assc consultant,Best new technologies Client interaction is great Work life balance is awesome,No cons so far. You will love the company and environment here.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63195,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Aug 14, 2017",Current Employee - Cybersecurity,Sec ms,Good opportunity for Mgmt Career,Work life balance and lower salaries in Italy,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63196,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Constantly progressive and a work environment that promotes learning and growing.,Lay offs every few years.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63197,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Aug 12, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Sales Director In Enterprise Sales,Cloud Sales Director,there are value to work in a life time. once.,still strugling between B2C and B2B sales cycle,must build connection with top management to extend your job,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63198,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Ok,Great brand. Global Reach.,Not a great place to work as a woman. Full of middle aged white men who golf.,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63199,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer 2,Good work culture in Hyderabad,No Travel to onsite opportunities,nothing,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1364.htm
63200,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Wonderful company,"Fantastic company to work for, with great benefits, career growth and exciting tasks.",Tend to reshuffle the company on a frequent cadence,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63201,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Good Company,very good salary and food,work hours are too long,Remain as it is,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63202,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"great people, work life balance, and challenges","Big, Slow, need lots of consultations to get things done.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63203,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Great work environment, meritocracy based","High pressure sometimes, little room for errors",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63204,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Producer,Great company with lots of tradition,- Lots of amazing and qualified professionals working here. - Lots of structure and support for employees. - Loads of extra benefits. - Fairly good pay level,"- Slow moving. - Lots of process. - Bureaucratic to a certain point. - Too big, which means too many people and sometimes not enough owners.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63205,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Sr. Account Executive,Smart people and very collaborative. Great opportunities for development and movement within the company. Executives have tremendous vision and ability to execute,The toughest part is the work life balance. Heavy demands placed on sales people and onerous internal processes make it difficult to respond quickly to business opportunities,Listen to what your sales people actually need in order to be successful. Many new processes seem to come out from corp and don't appear to be field tested.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63206,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ASSC Consultant,Work environment and culture is good,Work life balance is not up to the mark,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63207,microsoft,Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire)," Aug 9, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Microsoft Review,"Good technology, good products, good research","Work life balance, compensation and benefits, market approach","Improve work life balance, improve market approach and product development",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63208,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super company to work for,"Large company but small teams, so you have lots of autonomy and freedom in your job, as long as you are competent and ambitious.","Sometimes it's more about how you score or appeal better internally than being actually great at job, to be promoted or rewarded so full potential of people are not being used","Strengthen middle management, unnecessary internal politics, weed out those who refuse to change and create more room for innovative minds",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63209,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Specialist,Solutions Specialist,"Strong technology company, Wide range of products, Exists in all the Enterprise market",Sometime delays in moving forward in some decisions,Move forward it is Microsoft time,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1365.htm
63210,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Super company to work for,"Large company but small teams, so you have lots of autonomy and freedom in your job, as long as you are competent and ambitious.","Sometimes it's more about how you score or appeal better internally than being actually great at job, to be promoted or rewarded so full potential of people are not being used","Strengthen middle management, unnecessary internal politics, weed out those who refuse to change and create more room for innovative minds",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63211,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer Service Advisor,"The culture is amazing at Microsoft. Even at a retail level, the company takes care of it's employees extremely well. The perks of the job and the opportunities are unlike any other in retail. Definitely recommend working for Microsoft in any capacity.",Compensation could be a bit better but it's not the worst. You really gotta fall in line with company directives and depending on your manager this can be a real pain.,none,4.0,none,5.0,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63212,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Account Executive,"Great Culture, Great Benefits, Extensive Collaboration, Lottsa of cash to invest in innovation, opportunities to gain greater experience and progress in one's career.",Past approach to marketplace still haunts clients of Microsoft where reps only showed up at license renewal time. Some clients still see Microsoft as only Windows and Office.,Hire from within more as your employees get a meesage that they are not qualified nor worthy of a promotion when you consistently hire mamagers from outside the company.,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63213,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Aug 8, 2017",Current Employee - SSP,SSP,"High salary, cloud approach is great","Internal issues, bad managarial skills",none,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63214,microsoft,Brisbane (Australia)," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Manager,Undergoing massive organisational change,"Great pay and benefits. Flexible work anywhere, anytime options. The Muppet ratio is generally lower. There parental leave policy of 20 weeks full time pay is also very generous.","My role has changed 3 times in 18 months due to continual organisational change and has left me disengaged and feeling unempowered, overwhelmed and so caught up in corporate internal processes that too little time is spent focusing on empowering our customers.","Creating global remote teams has killed morale in branches right across the world and has complicated our ability to collaborate, be creative and respond with a timely best solution for our customers",3.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63215,microsoft,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Jul 23, 2017",Former Employee - C E O,Microsoft The PRo,Great place to work in,Financially not as much as we hope,More attractive ideas,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63216,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 7, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,Good company to start career,Good company to start career,too many processes and policies,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63217,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The best company that I've worked for,"Trusting management, flexible workload, great benefits","You can work where and when you want, but the workload is high",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63218,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 5, 2017",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Business Development Manager,"Microsoft provides all the support required for Business Development Activities, any meeting in any part of the world is well supported and financed.","Microsoft is a Big brand, So we have to follow standard procedures, which is where some times you may feel bind up.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63219,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Excellent company,"Benefits excellent. Pension, health care stocks and bonus. Nice workplace etc.",I can't recall any cons,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1366.htm
63220,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good coMPANY,Thank you for doing your part to keep Glassdoor the most trusted place to find a job and company you love.,Thank you for contributing to the community. Your opinion will help others make decisions about jobs and companies.,GOOD JOB,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63221,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company but here comes a re-org.,"Great company with the best people you will ever work with, smart, witty and caring. Great team ethic.","Re-org culture, it can be relentless and depressing and while has sometimes been successful the unpleasant feeling of going through a re-org to know that another one is needed is dreadful.","Be there if a team is being cut, don't pass the buck to another manager, turn up explain your reasoning, commiserate with the team and have the courage of your convictions.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63222,microsoft,Cologne (Germany)," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Director,Empower every person and every organization to achieve more,Top Strategy. Top Products. Great opportunity to be successful with clients. Fascinating outlook with acquisitions and more to come. Satya is an inspiring leader,Brown nosing needed for career moves. Feedback not well appreciated. Leadership is asking for pure execution rather than motivating teams,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63223,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 1, 2017",Current Employee - Architect Manager,"Architect Manager, professional services","Good compensation package, strong brand, very smart and motivated people, industry leader driving cloud adoption. Investing a lot in competence development and will challenge you to grow and develop. Fantastic for career development if you're in regional/global role.","Annual layoffs targeting employees over 40 and in senior roles, very Redmond-centric, career development only at GM-level and above, Services are a crap org to be in (everything moving to India, firing senior people,hiring only recent grads). Still forced curve in performance reviews, lower performers pruned out yearly. Very few good roles outside of Redmond, company prefers hiring external vs. internal.","Don't sugar coat reality...you want young and cheap labor force, cloud is a commodity and everyone expensive has to go.",4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63224,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer -II,"Good learning experience, you might get a chance to work with excellent people",Sometimes things are too much randomized,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63225,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Sharepoint is a good team,"work life balance, Mature internal development tools.","tools, not open source.",no,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63226,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management,best place to work it IT,middle management should share the growth opportunities,please raise the standard of middle management,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63227,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at,Very good work life balance and work culture,Can get a bit hectic at times but it is part and parcel of being a employee at any company,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63228,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,architect,Cutting edge technology and complex customers,Constantly changing the organisation structure,"Focus on people, not score cards",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63229,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Good company to work with,Work on latest technologies. Better than average pay great environment,Not so good work life balance in few cases,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1367.htm
63230,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft student partner,"With the microsoft student partner program I learned a lot of things, it's a dynamic program where you have to study and achive to complete the task which change every year. Very well structured.",There are no cons I can specificate at this point.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63231,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,- good benefit - the starting pay is high compared with other jobs in Taiwan - business travel opportunities,"- limited room for growth, only managed accounts in a certain place, can't see a larger view - the organization is too big and everyone does really specific job, hard to do things end-to-end - don't really have opportunities to co-work with other segments unless you're in technical support segments, for the other segments, it's more like closing the door and doing its own business",- more job rotation opportunities - more empowerment for subsidiaries,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63232,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,"have access to all sorts of training materials and products, big team, good benefits,","very bad politics, managers are not technical, they have no clue what is technology and they just know how to blah blah blah",should fire 90% of the managers,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63233,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great exposure & Flexible work schedule,Interdependence between teams delays work,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63234,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 2, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Lead,Marketing Lead,"Smart colleagues, good campus, good benefits.",Annual somewhat random and disruptive reorganisations (and redundancies),Keep things more stable,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63235,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Aug 24, 2017",Former Employee - District Sales Manager,Unprofessional management,Great products and solutions.,"Management, leadership, constantly changing strategy.",Focus on leadership and people. Not scorecards.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63236,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 18, 2017",Former Employee - Operations Manager,Incompetent middle line managers,Great energy and positive atmosphere,Too many incompetent managers caught in stupid politics. Neputism and corrupt in many ways. MS would need to focus on getting rid of the internal problems that have been going on for too long,none,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63237,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Platform Specialist,Great management....good leadership...great future outlook,Lack of technical resources in the territory.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63238,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Marketing Communicaitons Manager,"Work with smart people, always learning, work life balance, opportunities for growth and development.","Large company with challenges that typically come with that (longer decision making times, cumbersome processes etc).",Less duplication of roles/ resources,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63239,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Recruiter,Recruiter,"World class products and people that build them. Flexible work environment. Great company culture and a company that cares about it's employees, customers and consumers.","Not the best at marketing our products and sometimes too risk-averse (less so now, as that is changing).",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1368.htm
63240,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Technical Project Manager,Excellent ...,Excellent company to work for,None to share at this moment,NA,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63241,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous,Applied Scientist,Cool culture. Nice office location. Good work life balance.,Lacks campus in Bangalore. There are many companies which are giving more salaries for the same work.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63242,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engenier,"Very good conditions, A lot of brilliant people",A lot of reorganizations. internal mobility are limited,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63243,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship review,The team allowed independence and flexibility. The learning curve was steep.,There's a risk of bureaucratic tendencies taking precedence over actual work concerns.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63244,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,xbox,"Good community , Socialisation , Careness",the toilets are dirty not clean at all,Get a cleaner,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63245,microsoft,Lahore (Pakistan)," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Intern - Hourly,interview buddy,good salary and women there i love,too much free time and not many hot women,great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63246,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development engineer,"awesome work culture, competitiveness, be on your toes all the time",you don't get food like google but your work impacts millions,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63247,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is responsible for everything I am today,"Professional development, training programs, great benefits, career plan, great infraestructure","As it's a great company, where everybody would like to work, the environment is competitive and, sometimes, agressive. Performance reviews is not always fair, due to managers' subjectivity.","Pay attention to HR people. HR should be people oriented, not only business or company focused. HR should prepare people to be people managers and look for best people to each position, as well as help employee to find their strenghts and talent.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63248,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 31, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,The new business operating model,Microsoft is one of the great companies to learn and feel new technology trend and competitive landscape in software industry.,Declining job security as the company seems to be relying on partners and digital marketing in a hasty way instead of respecting the capability of sales people who are working in the filed.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63249,microsoft,Accra (Ghana)," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Country Manager,Country Manager,"Exciting strategy, Fair pay and benefits, Share Options",Centralised management and job descriptions,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1369.htm
63250,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jul 16, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Tech Lead,Great company,Good salary. Good benefits. Good work culture,you can be lost in a big project.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63251,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Ireland Sales and Marketing,"Great environment, good employment conditions, training and personal development, good level of responsibility & autonomy, great innovative environment and strong positive culture.","Great place, but go in with your eyes open. Can sometimes be slow to move, difficult to get things done. Can be political. Limited opportunities in Microsoft Ireland Sales and Marketing, so think about opportunities involving travel.",Understand your own technology and value propositions. Get to know your customers better. Really understand and value your staff.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63252,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development Manager,"Good quality of people, nive environment, great conditions, proud to represent Microsoft",I do not have any cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63253,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Jul 13, 2017",Current Employee - IT Support Engineer,support day to day operation,"good work life balance and equal opportunity, support cont educ to meet job req","heavy traffic to HQ, a challenge going to office",please support work from home,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63254,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 27, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,:),"Professional development, career opportunities, benefits","Crazy competition, lack of collaboration",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63255,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good environment and intelligent people. Excellent campus.,Microsoft technology specific and processes hinder.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63256,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,my experience at microsoft,it was the best job ever. moderate working hours.,boring job profile and repeative work,focus more on employee development,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63257,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great future,"Great future, direction and strategy Satya has been able to turn around the perception of Microsoft Innovation is back and Google and Apple look like laggards",Too many changes too soon Can't think of too many cons since the leadership is heading the company in the right direction,Empower smaller subsidiaries / regions to take their own decisions at subsidiary level. What works in the US may not work everywhere else,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63258,microsoft,Paris (France)," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Sales Executive,Excellent but Challenged.,"Great ""challenging"" culture with extremely talented peers and colleagues. You will be pushed to perform the best that you can. Work life balance options are excellent with working from anywhere very common.",Still transforming and changing which causes a lot of unrest.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63259,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Microsoft Product advisor review,"- Great perks, friendly people.  Not a pro, but something to consider for new employees:  - Expect people to want something from you, pretend that you don't, and you should be fine short-term at this job  - For long term, really think about what your niche is, and try to brand yourself to fulfill that niche.",- Transparent motives behind what management is saying and what they mean: customer service = need more sales,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1370.htm
63260,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jul 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SALES Job at Microsoft India,1.High Salary 2. Focus on Cloud 3. Investing in Cloud,1. Very highly political organization 2. The old timers donot let new blood settle in 3. Hire and Fire 4.Inward Focussed instead of customer focussed,none,4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63261,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 22, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior program manager,"perks, insurance, facilities, options within company to work on a different tech\area","bureaucratic and political, slow career growth",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63262,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always changing and exciting,"new products, customer momentum, culture and very smart helpful people around you benefits - room to grow","constant company reorganization, lower than market salary unless you over perform",get to know your people as much as you can,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63263,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer-II,Software Engineer II,Best place to work in good environment Good Pay,Work Life balance missing No Job security Have to keep good networking with employees. This is major skill apart from technical,Could have been better connect model,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63264,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"Smart people, good facilities, mostly informal","Frequent reorganisations, faceless HR, worldwide HQ can be very prescriptive",Use even more common sense please (WW HQ - empower local management to use more common sense),4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63265,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Supportive culture, flexible work hours, lots of opportunity and a well known brand. Pay is a step up from similar jobs in Australia.","A lot of pressure at certain times of the year, very self-starter so don't expect to have your hand held through induction.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63266,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - Account Executive-Consumer,Working at Microsoft,Virtual workplace Lots of talented and dynamic people Great compensation Amazing products Visionary Leadership,Lots of sidetracking on non-core responsibility Corp intervention on Sub,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63267,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Great company to work for,Not much investment outside of United States,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63268,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 19, 2017",Former Employee - Account Managet,Microsoft,Cutting edge technology and new products by the bucket,"Too big, too much red tape, too many people who can only operate a handbrake",Get external talent,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63269,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Jul 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft is a Great Company,"you can work with great colleges, pay and benefit is competitive, people are very kind and nice to work with","Everyday everytime I'm working, too many small projects going on cannot focus",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1371.htm
63270,microsoft,Global Village Park (India)," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Talent Acquisition Leader,Great place for workaholics,"If you really want to impact peoples daily life in a positive way, this is the best place to be","Work life balance is way more work and less life regardless what the company claims, it really needs to fit your lifestyle",Keep up the good work and stay competitive,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63271,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"Supportive culture, flexible work hours, lots of opportunity and a well known brand. Pay is a step up from similar jobs in Australia.","A lot of pressure at certain times of the year, very self-starter so don't expect to have your hand held through induction.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63272,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 15, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Team,"Great Team to work with Easygoing attitude Room to grow both technical and leadership career progression paths, can choose either",America centric company. Felt like Ireland office were told what to do and things could change at any time.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63273,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Jul 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft is a Great Company,"you can work with great colleges, pay and benefit is competitive, people are very kind and nice to work with","Everyday everytime I'm working, too many small projects going on cannot focus",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63274,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,Motivating environment that's highly transformative and focused on the bigger picture. You get to work on amazing and developing products and services.,"Slowly changing but still stuck in ""big company"" process with constant business reporting and over-the-top compliance which slows down business needs and leads to employee, partner, and customer dissatisfaction.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63275,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Sales Professional,The company is very diversified,subsidiaries do not abide with the corp's regulations,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63276,microsoft,Ankara (Turkey)," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Account Executive,"Innovation, Cloud, Reliability, Benefits, Support to New Gruaduates","Less adaption to subs needs, mid level executives inefficiency",none,5.0,2.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63277,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Editor,Improving...,Benefits are good - at least from a communications major perspective,"Constant changes and lack of support from leadership, teams are still siloed",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63278,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Jul 19, 2017",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,Warm people Good culture Learn a lot at the beginning of the role,"Compensation and benefits are a bit lacking compared to other tech companies in Australia. Too much work and stress. Almost every PFE has this haggard look with dark circles around their eyes. It's no coincidence. Need to be a jack of all trades: Deep and wide technical knowledge, soft skills with clients, understanding of the inner workings of the business, able to 'sell' products. Although all these skills are required, once again, the compensation is quite poor. Company provided computers are not sufficient for technical work. They are specced way too low. PFE Role feels like an afterthought to the rest of the business. Not much opportunity for growth internally as the max level of a PFE caps out very low compared to other roles.",You are sitting on a very talented pool of engineers that are growing more and more dissatisfied with their roles. Treat them well or lose them.,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63279,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facilities Coordinator,"Great place, laid out culture to work with",Nothing to point out in specific,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1372.htm
63280,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Facilities Coordinator,"Great place, laid out culture to work with",Nothing to point out in specific,none,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63281,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - TSP,Love it,Going fast fwd with a great leader!,it's a big company u know,Create tailored employee career advancement options,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63282,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Good food and smart people,This is very stressful environment,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63283,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jul 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"OK in Vancouver, BC - however urgent action required by Leadership team","Good knowledgeable teams, engineers and PMs Good benefits Decent pay","Lack of promotion from within. Some directors of engineering / some managers / leads can be cliquey, this prevents promotion based on the majority of individual contributors work as they do not fit into the clique of white, male, into drinking beer and wine, chatting around and playing games rather than actual working.","Leadership in Redmond need to address the engineering directors / leads / managers cliques. This is demotivating hard working individual contributors and is sending a message that our contributions do not count. What seems to count is if you fit into a clique and drink beer or wine, chat and play games rather than actual work - then you get promoted, or they bring external persons in who fit this clique.",3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63284,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Development Lead,Company has flexible work culture. You can prioritize the work and execute it.,I didn't find any cons here.,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63285,microsoft,Nairobi (Kenya)," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,"If you love to innovate and are passionate about technology, you will love Microsoft. The pay, perks and work environment are superb.","Not innovating as fast as it could, but with Satya, things are going to change.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63286,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 3, 2017",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Great place to work,Great learning experience on the latest technologies.,"Being Microsoft, the compensation should be better than the market.",Good Job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63287,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - Architect,Architect,Great Place to Work with amazing projects and learnings,High Political Organization which is why many people leave,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63288,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good for the benefits, experience depends on leadership in the team","Flawless benefits for Health, transport, food, and comfort",This is for the Bangalore office - extreme competition that isn't necessarily always fair.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63289,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - IT Project Manager,Company undergoing a massive re-organization,"Great brand. Benefits in Asia is comparable to any other Multinational, so it is good.","Politics is everywhere, from the bottom till the top - more so evident in the Asia offices of Microsoft. Don't dream of promotions - almost non existent. Managers are weak and almost of no caliber - all of them are there due their who's who connections. It has gotten worse from the post Ballmer era....",What's the point of advise to Management - they never listen. I wonder what the point of MS Poll?,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1373.htm
63290,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 15, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Microsoft India Global Delivery - Not for IDC(Product Group) and MSIT,"Great Hyderabad office, Good fitness and healthcare benefits. Huge amount of resources to learn from. Good maternity, paternity and Critical illness for family leave policies.","1. If you are in Global delivery, There is no work life balance. 2. Yearly hikes are as good as none.(average hike is 3%-8%) 3. No respect for personal time. 4. No respect to IGD employees from the product group, we are treated as good as any vendors. 5. no growth at all. 6. Everyone charges 16 hours a day to clients. 7. You have to work on development for more that one Client at a time.","Please take care of the Global delivery employees personal time as well as growth and compensation. Or else, entire division is going to fall soon. (3% - 7%) hike?? even the inflation in India is more to 7-8% per year. Govt employees get much better than this.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63291,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 17, 2017",Current Employee - IT Project Manager,Company undergoing a massive re-organization,"Great brand. Benefits in Asia is comparable to any other Multinational, so it is good.","Politics is everywhere, from the bottom till the top - more so evident in the Asia offices of Microsoft. Don't dream of promotions - almost non existent. Managers are weak and almost of no caliber - all of them are there due their who's who connections. It has gotten worse from the post Ballmer era....",What's the point of advise to Management - they never listen. I wonder what the point of MS Poll?,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63292,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great!!!,-great people! -great hr! - great campuses!,none that we can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63293,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work at,Stable and lots to learn,Work structure a little too rigid,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63294,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Jul 14, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Support Engineer,"ok, big problems in talent retention. accent moving tosoft skills rather than technical. high workload",people. customer exposure. foreign language skill development. some internal training. deep technical exposure. very good processes and templates for customer interaction,"middle management, high pressure waiting for backfills, little time for personal development outside of daily work. if people had time to shadow, collaborate more, there would be little need for formal training",spend a day at a random employee desk. you won't get a better feel for the issues than that.,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63295,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Heavy weight tech. company with very strong positives and equally negatives,","Brand name, great health care and benefits, competitive salary. Depending on role, opportunity to travel and expand networking. No restrictions on learning and self growth. great place to work on cutting edge tech. Opportunity to work with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry.","Job security due to frequent re-org. Can get lost in a big crowd. Expected to keep up to date with cutting edge technology to stay relevant, which may not be possible due to work pressure. Services domain is same as other run of the mills outside. Better place to work is engineering and R&D. Office politics can get a bit excessive. Poor work life balance for customer facing roles.","Organization is top heavy, with limited exposure to voices of lower level. Microsoft must become customer-centric to be competitive in cloud business, which it is greatly ignoring right now. Start listening to customer's problems rather than pushing products & offerings down their throats.  Management must fix the problem of frequent lay-off/RIFs every quarter per year ,as this is badly damaging the image of the company among employees and creating an environment of fear based compliance.  Shareholder appeasement has to stop at the cost of company's cultural value.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63296,microsoft,Quito (Ecuador)," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Oil Engineer,Applications Engineer,Working for Business Oil has given me the opportunity to be free to make my decisions. The most important point for me is to work ethically and fast.,"Sometimes I have to work until late to finish my job. However, it is very rewarding when the job is done and the customer feels good with the final result.",Managing people will always be a hard task. A manager needs time to control the performance of the company and to talk to people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63297,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,work life balance work life balance work life balance work life balance,"stressful, working hard, change a lot",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63298,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Jun 27, 2017",Former Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,. Professionalism . Strategic Vision . Commitment to Society . Challenging Projects . Strong Leadership,Maintaining a satisfactory work/life balance was difficult for me,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63299,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Recommend to work there,Great company to work for. Constant learning . Glad to be part of it,Needs to be more considerate to people in tough times,NA,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1374.htm
63300,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 23, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work,One of the best places to work for with great work life balance.,"Your role might change very drastically to meet the demands of the ever changing software ecosystem. If you can cope with that, it's an excellent place to work for.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63301,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Microsoft AI division,"interesting projects, good high level leadership,","lower stock awards then compettition, bad middle managment",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63302,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 10, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Enterprise Services,Stable Environment Work aligned with company strategy Lots of learning opportunities,Low visibility within the company Hard to grow Work/Life balance is challenging,Focus on Career Management and Growth opportunities,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63303,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience!,It was a great experience to work in microsoft.,there are no cons about it.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63304,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 24, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Great company!,Compensation Plan (Brazil) Benefits Training Flexibility Career Opportunities,I don't have cons. I really love to work for MS,Leadership sometimes hire leaders who behave out of company people driven and values,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63305,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working at Microsoft,"flexible, working anywhere and anything,",lot of administration and rules,"differsify management, young old, women, men... represent your customers",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63306,microsoft,"Salo, Western Finland (Finland)"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - RF Drive Test Engineer,RF Test Engineer,"Good community, salary, high technology","Too big organization, too many layers.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63307,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Interessante Produkte, guter Arbeitgeber","innovative technology and software company, modern place to work with freedom how to organize yourself, international environment","demanding and fast moving environment, working accross timezones","despite all technology changes, never forget to put the people in the center",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63308,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,"1. If you love tech, this is a great place. No doubt you'll talk tech (mostly the MSFT stack) from enterprise to consumer - from PCs to phones to Xboxes - from datacenter to desktop. 2. What were GREAT benefits are now VERY GOOD (took a small step down) but still probably better than you'll find at 99% of large corporations. If you've got family - the value of the benefits is even higher. 401k match is …","Brand on Your Resume: After many years of losing market share and struggling to be at the front end of innovation and the fact that there's 90,000 employees, don't think MSFT is necessarily going to be attractive on your resume to more agile and smaller companies. Managing Your Career: Make you say this out loud so it registers - 90,000 employees work there. Double that for vendors. It is VERY hard to ""stand …",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63309,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,Mix of experience,1. Best in class technologies 2. Ample opportunities of learning 3. Free Cab & drinks 4. Heaven if you are a college hire,1. Too much polities 2. More priorities to college hires compared to lateral 3. Very difficult to switch technical team even if you're expert on that domain 4. Career depends to Team manager more than performance .,1. Give some priorities to senior lateral hires & please don't compare seniors with MACH hires.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1375.htm
63310,microsoft,"Salo, Western Finland (Finland)"," Jul 7, 2017",Former Employee - RF Drive Test Engineer,RF Test Engineer,"Good community, salary, high technology","Too big organization, too many layers.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63311,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Very good company to work,"One of the best technology companies to work for, good pay, good benefits and great environment to grow and learn,","nothing really specific, some politics around which are there everywhere.",keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63312,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Solutions Architect,"Great work environment enabling good work-life balance, very challenging projects and customers. Benefits are good comparing to the competition.","Has some corporate annoying procedures, internal politics play a role. Industry perception of the company is wrong - there is a lot of innovation going on using cutting edge technologies.","Keep embracing new open source technologies, be sympathetic to partners and ISVs, invest in getting startups companies to on board Microsoft cloud technologies",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63313,microsoft,Ahmedabad (India)," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - QA Manager,QA and ADMIN manager.,I have a good leadership quality. And with Microsoft no need to give any reason. It's insulting.,"Leadership, I would like to take challenges. And pass thought it very easy and carefully.","Currently, I have no Idea about management so I did not give any advice.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63314,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Sales Executive – License Solution Providers (LSP),Microsoft Canada,Great environment to work in,Business fiscal is June and there is always a re-shuffling,Provide a career compass with each employee,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63315,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jul 5, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,This Is My Review for Microsoft,"best technology, good culture, a good place to work.",big company so you need to work on some tiny stuff.,increase compensation for senior band.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63316,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Looks NASA from outside, inside it's different.",Subsidized food. WFH and flexy timming. Leaves. Infinite resources to learn tech. Games and activities. Awesome campus.,Hiring is flawed here and anyone is put at any level. Less experience folks will be at higher positions for sure. Lateral managers entering company are trying best to change ms culture into service industry. Lateral hired Architects who doesn't even.know ABC of Microsoft stack. Cutting edge technology is not used internally and no one cares about it too in India unless Redmond asks it.,Refocus on hiring process. It's flawed in India. Hire right folks at right level to sustain the edge you always had in past.,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63317,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Go to Market Manager,Go To Market Manager,"Full of bright people. huge structure, limitless possibilities and open mind.",Too many changes and political.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63318,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best employer in the world,perks and salary. globally best working environment,office politics. annual bell-curve attrition,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63319,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 17, 2017",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Great Place to work and learn,1. Good learning environment 2. Good Salary 3. Good Management 4. Ample opportunities 5. Great Extra Curricular activities,1. Work life balance 2. Compensation for few people will be less despite their contributions compared to least contributor.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1376.htm
63320,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Operations,Good to work,Very good place to work,there are no cons as such,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63321,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 30, 2017",Current Employee - Enterprise Architect,enterprise architect,very good package and good balance,no career planning and extremely challenging at times,listen to employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63322,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Growth mind set, open minded employees, great employees",Limited marketing budget unlike competititors,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63323,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Great Company,Great place to kick start your career,No cons are there. Its a great company,Be helpful.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63324,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, lousy politics","Great company, great benefits, working conditions, perks, job challenge, latest technology","Too much politics when it comes to making large design decisions, disregard for non-Redmond team development and visibility",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63325,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 28, 2017",Current Employee - Business Strategy Analyst,Right direction but middle management needs to change,Benefits Variety of business Opportunities within the business,Does not have a culture of developing good people managers,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63326,microsoft,Haifa (Israel)," Jun 28, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,software engineer,"quality people, good facilities, nice boss","boring tech, old school, low income",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63327,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 6, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Developer support,"Nice salary Awesome work culture Lots of benefits ( apart from salary like medical cover, allowances) Lots of paid leaves ( 20 EL +12 sick + all other categories like marriage, paternity, family care, maternity etc.) Work from home Free Microsoft softwares Infinite learning opportunities Flexiblility in work Shift allowances Team outings ( every quarter) Brand (obviously, it is Microsoft)","-Night shift ( as support has to be given for NA, EMEA, APAC but other time zones like IST, GMT are also there) -Have to work on public holidays","Not much, just be transparent with the employees",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63328,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Good benefits. Good projects. New road map after Saya Nadella has had a remarkable turn around in fortunes and share prices reflect the same.,"Sometimes get difficult handling pressure and maintaining work life balance. However, if planned well, I feel Microsoft gives a better deal in WFH than other companies.","Keep the good work up & innovate to ensure good employees are retained and re-skill them to be up to date about technologies of future, especially Bog 3 (Big Data, machine Learning & analytics)",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63329,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transformation while keeping shareholders happs,"Great time to be at Microsoft, the company is finally moving away from selling traditional on-prem licensed software to ITDM's, and moving into selling business outcome based solutions in the cloud. Very exciting time as the company pivots on it's customers rather than it's products. The company truly values it's employees and wants to make a difference all over the world. Although we exist to make a profit by helping our big enterprise customers solve their real problems, the profit we make from that is to support the end result of helping others, lots of charity work being done.","During this transformation, the company needs to operate like a startup and absolutely everything internally needs to change, however, Microsoft's board of directors and many of it's shareholders are old guard who are only interested in a short term profit and don't see the value of allowing the company to invest in itself to handle this transformation, so you always feel the pressure to make the number at all costs while operating like a non-profit. Sometimes you get the feeling competitors are moving far ahead despite the koolaid you're drinking.",Let the stock price take a hit and invest a few billions back into the company to handle this transformation so we don't all feel like we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1377.htm
63330,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company.,Excellent learning opportunities. Good place to work and enjoy at same time.,Growth is slow. Very severe competition within folks,Should focus on employee learning and give them opportunity to grow.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63331,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engagement Manager and admin support,"Challenging, growing opportunities, great culture","Stressfull some times, work under presure",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63332,microsoft,Bak (Bosnia and Herzegovina)," Jun 11, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Representative,sales,everything was good and company culture is the king.,there no much more cons.,go what you do,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63333,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Environment,Great Environment and team to work with and great culture. Endless oppornuities and good management to work with,"Nothing as such, still taking time to switching to open source. carrier is limmited to microsoft technologies. Require to work pn employee satisfaction",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63334,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not recommended,Flexible working hours Great team,"Almost everything HR basically doesn't exist, they have screwed up all the official papers they have ever provided, furthermore they were not supportive at all.",Treat and pay their employees better Reorganize HR support,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63335,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but not the best,- Working with smart people - Good work/life balance - Microsoft Vancouver full of young people,- Less opportunities then US - Bureaucracy,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63336,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Engineer,Big hungry international corporation,Outstanding technological exposure. Only a handful employers offer the production environment of a comparable size. Competitive salaries and beniefits.,Too much politics. Engineers used to be pitted against each other. The situation is improving but not even close as fast as they claim.,"There is a huge potential for improvement in the organisation structure and control. Right now different teams of the org don't know and don't care too much what others do. Some times peer teams wage political competitions without proper management arbitrage. The company earns so much, that looking the other way works out and fixing the issue does not seem to be important. But if there was proper collaboration and control over what is going on in the company, it would be making 10 times more.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63337,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Microsoft Student Partner,Great learning Experience,It was a huge platform to exhibit communication skills.,It was hectic at times,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63338,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jun 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Oberthur Dubai,Big company with huge portfolio,"flat hierarchy, less chances of vertical growth",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63339,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Dynamic environment High customer engagement Great tech leadership,In transition Mia of old guards and new style workers Leadership team too focus upwards,More attention to people HR issues,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1378.htm
63340,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solutions sales,Very good place to learn and enjoy and close good business,Lots of politics in the working place,They need to focus more on hiring based on skills and qualifications,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63341,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Well paid, challenging and nurturing, encouraged to advance","Challenging and learning environment, you will learn a lot and meet lovely people. They do believe in their values","You have to know how to navigate the corporate world, play the game and shout loud and think outside the box",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63342,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Dynamic environment High customer engagement Great tech leadership,In transition Mia of old guards and new style workers Leadership team too focus upwards,More attention to people HR issues,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63343,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Good people, good company, and good products. Not a lot of pressure and is very good if your a student. I would recommend this job to anyone :)","Stiff competition throughout the store, things may get redundant, and etc. Good hours depending on location. It's front line customer service, so do your best smile.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63344,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Sales Operations Analyst,Great Place To Work,- Better than average pay - Great caf with subsidized food - Competitive environment and working with the best people our there,"- Depending on the department, can get too competitive. - Just like any other mega company, people come and leave as often as a teenager changes clothes.","- Turnover isn't good, invest in hiring good people and try to keep them!",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63345,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work at,Very exciting work and lots fun of events for employees.,none that i can think of,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63346,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 19, 2017",Current Employee - Director,"Director, Sales","Culture, People, Innovation, Flexible working practice, Accountability at all levels","Complexity of Org, Silo'ed at times, can take time to execute",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63347,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,view,Work life balance is second to nonr,Culture is changing too slowly,Lead change,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63348,microsoft,none," Jun 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Engineer,"good atmosphere, perks, perks, perks","could not find anything, love working there",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63349,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, average middle management","Corporate culture, strong ethic, driven by innovation, solid strategy, great top management","Over engineered processes (way more complex than other company of that size), middle management weak and useless, poor leadership at the country level, poor people management for field sales",Nothing they don't know... but don't implement it for usual reasons.,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1379.htm
63350,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product advisor,"Flexibility with hours, culture is good, positive work environment and hands on with the latest and greatest tech","Very boring and redundant. Much like every other retail job, feels somewhat degrading to wear bright coloured tee-shirts all day",Challenge staff more but also expect more from them. Lead by example and refuse to be complacent,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63351,microsoft,Melbourne (Australia)," Jun 15, 2017",Former Employee - Consultant,"Great company, but it can get very political","* Microsoft continues to be a leader, so you're always working with the latest technology & products. * Access to a wide range of technical content and self-learning offerings. * You're working with lots of smart, passionate and enthusiastic people. * Great benefits package - salary is just average market rate, but lots of extras add up and make it very good (stock purchase program, health insurance, mobile phone plan, incentive bonuses). * Exposure to varied industries. * Yearly trips to Seattle to participate in technical events gets you energized about the company's future direction and allows you to build relationships with product teams.","* Work/life balance (or more exactly lack of). Stress is a constant part of the job. Consulting roles are very time-demanding and can involve lots of travel. Sales roles have more time flexibility, but have very challenging quotas to meet. * Internal politics. You get more visibility via networking with the right people than your own work merits. I don't know how bad this is in the Headquarters or other subsidiaries, but it is very pronounced in Australia. This is not a good place to work if you're a ""quiet achiever"" but if you're an extrovert who's very good at self-promotion you'll go far. * Lots of internal politics - ""who you know"" is very important. Managers (at least in Australia) are simply swapped across divisions instead of promoting people within their own teams.","* Pay attention to what employees say on the surveys. * Recognize people on their own merits. * When deciding to move a senior manager to lead a different business line, consider the impact the move will have on the morale of the team. Wouldn't a person within the team be as qualified to be promoted as the new lead instead?",4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63352,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,research associate,Good culture and understanding management,demanding environment and tight time structure,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63353,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work with,Great team of people Good training programmes,Frequent re-organisations can be unsettling Need to keep showing the value you are bringing to the company,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63354,microsoft,none," May 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GReat company,great company to work for,nothing bad to work here,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63355,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,College hire,MSIDC is getting good projects these days,some divisions have office politics,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63356,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"Fast paced company, good place to work to build your career path","Complicated compensation, frequent changes in compensation.",Simplified reporting for an ease of tracking and reporting,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63357,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work..,- Investing to the development of New Technologies - Teams are having a Lots of positive entropy,Balance between work and life was not good... Too many conference calls at the evening and night time..,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63358,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Operations PM,A lot of challenges and complexity in the job. Good learning and growth opportunity. Microsoft pays a lot of attention to work life balance. Great working place for mothers!,The company is currently transforming so things are changing rapidly.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63359,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jun 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not sure if it is worth it,"Benefits,flexibility,compan's growth and reputation are improving,you learn a lot,fast paced and complex environment","Each end of fiscal year is marked by ""restructuring"" which means - some people will be fired, teams moved or teams wiped off. And fine, they are a big company. But if you want to stay in the company, change your workplace or similar, they will treat you just as any outsider. They won't give you a new chance to stay with them and use your expertise and years you spent there - but at the same time they will offer jobs to people over linkedin and organise ""career days"" where you can refer someone for a job position in microsoft. That is just pathetic and I am personally disgusted by it.","Keep your valuable people who want to stay, move them to new positions, let them make a shift in their careers if neccessary - they love the brand, they love working there and they will be valuable to you more than any outsider.",2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1380.htm
63360,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Great company to be in,"Growth, Trainings and compensation, good employee Morales, excellent packages and much more",Can be very tensed due to it fast paced . low work-life balance,provide a suitable environment for work-life balance for employees,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63361,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2017",Former Employee - Consultant,A good place to work,Good training/coaching provided Nice office with lots of snacks and drinks Great people OK to wear jeans Pay is good,Too much pressure Online conference meeting at late night Too much travel,a good place to work,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63362,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 28, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best tech company to work on this planet,"A large company that works like a startup. Very employee friendly. After Satya took over as CEO, it is also fast in innovating and inclusive in approach.",Inter department collaboration could be better,Non product specific roles or groups should be made agnostic of product groups. Levels in field and product groups should be rationalized,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63363,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 9, 2017",Former Employee - Account Manager,Comfortable place to work,"Fantastic supportive working culture. Exciting time to be at Microsoft - constantly changing. Great variety in customers and products to work with, given Microsofts giant portfolio. Every deal was different. Lots of room to work independently and with flexible hours. Fantastic training opportunities and other benefits. Good pay.","Very bureaucratic, lots of admin, lots of processes to follow. The constant change meant lots of mistakes that could have been avoided, like errors to the compensation tracking system. Microsoft also struggled to focus - they would give you over 20 product areas to ""focus"" on. Not enough technical specialists in teams managing smaller customers.","Difficult in such a big company, but removing some of the processes to free up time for selling would be helpful.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63364,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"One of the best companies to work for in Israel (And probably, in general)","Israel's GDC is flourishing, there are amazing projects to contribute to, and there are tons of extremely capable people. I would highly recommend considering Microsoft as your employer.","I've heard that promotions and ranking-up could turn quite political at the high levels, but I guess you'll find that pretty much everywhere.","Keep rocking - and don't settle for a mediocre work-force. A-players bring A-players, and B-players bring C-players.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63365,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Jun 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company if you go international or to one of the big subsidiaries,"Benefits, Education, Access to information and technology","Performance Reviews ( a joke), Difficult to progress if you don't have the ""right friends"". If you are there for more than 10 years, prepare....your performance will drop even if you get your goals and so :-)",Try to look beyond the numbers. Companies are based in relations and people.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63366,microsoft,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to work,- Highly entrepreneurial - CEO rocks with innoivative ideas - Work/life balance/ work from home - Respectful and smart people,"- You need to love networking, your career is dependent on your network not really your results only - Many job descriptions are fluffy, people doing not much but just talking",can further cut the workforce by 10%,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63367,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 9, 2017",Current Employee - Engagement Manager,Nice people,"Nice people, great cloud products",None identified at this time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63368,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Had a nice time,Working with the newest technology and trends. Workplace is very nice and it's nice to work with very talented people.,People being rated on BS instead of actual work. Often happened that someone got a better review by basically making up things they did.,Start rating people on their actual knowledge and work they are doing. Get smaller teams in which the manager actually has time to understand what everyone is doing.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63369,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 24, 2017",Current Employee - Biometric Engineer,Work Timetable,Great salary it really motivates people to being the best and working in this company,Overly worked times well over 40 hours a week sometimes people need a holiday or some time off but not loose there job either,Although the salary is amazing it would help if people did not feel threatened to speak with the management that they would loose their job as their are millions of applicants.,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1381.htm
63370,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Jun 7, 2017",Current Employee - Development Manager,Best in class Company to work for,Brilliant leadership and clear goals/target and priority for all,internal operations to much time consuming,simplify oparations,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63371,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Nice Place to Work,"Nice place to work, offers growth opportunities","Moves very slowly, management needs to be more agile",Please be more agile and adapt to changes in the market.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63372,microsoft,Kon Hang (Hong Kong)," Jun 7, 2017",Former Employee - Client Partner,IMDM,Work Culture and work life balance,Quality of Work for Performers,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63373,microsoft,none," May 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,por,Good experience overall and very good pay.,Slow career progression and no,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63374,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 22, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Excellent company to build ones career.,Provides amazing opportunities to grow. Challenging and Rewarding.,Not many that I can think of.,Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63375,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Ticket Launch High wage compared to other internship,Sometimes very dispersive Sometimes repetitive,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63376,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Group Lead,Good salary exciting work part of organization,"Few customer facing opportunities, Influence without power",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63377,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,Benefits(e.g. stocks and bonus). Campus Work culture and People,Work quality in Microsoft IT,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63378,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Engineer jobs are a great way to meet customers,Outstanding reputation for a global company,Large companies have a lot of inertia which can make change difficult,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63379,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with great future,Microsoft is now transforming with AI and Cloud focus.,The average ages of employees are 40+....,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1382.htm
63380,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Group Lead,Good salary exciting work part of organization,"Few customer facing opportunities, Influence without power",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63381,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Field Engineer jobs are a great way to meet customers,Outstanding reputation for a global company,Large companies have a lot of inertia which can make change difficult,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63382,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Jun 2, 2017",Current Employee - Inside Sales,Inside Sales Consutant,Good exposure to the technology and digital transformation,too many comples process that needs stream lining,Manage your INTERNAL PROCESS,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63383,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 20, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Not recommended to join,"Free food, work from home option.","Extremely poor work experience, they hire developers for devops, poor work life balance (as bad as Amazon, where work experience is generally good), thousands of emails in ur inbox per week, developer productivity is very low. Some food items they serve r unhealthy.","Have a clear plan & introspect b4 going on a hiring spree, hire developers for development work.",1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63384,microsoft,none," May 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"benefits, management, opportunity, pension, gym, health insurance","work hours, unfriendly employees, tools available compared to Google, slow support teams",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63385,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE 2,Microsoft is a huge company with really good infrastructure and conducive environment.,Being a huge company means steady and slow growth for most people in the bell curve.,Nothing much to be added here.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63386,microsoft,none," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I would not choose MS again,"Global company, lots of flexibility in the working times to allow a better work life balance.","Too big to give everyone a chance to show impact, lots of restructuring going on, no time to focus on what really matters, the people",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63387,microsoft,none," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS review,"Work culture, good learning platform, good pay",Work-life balance is a problem for Support Engineers as Nights shifts will be there,NA,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63388,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 27, 2017",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Associate Consultant,"Attractive pay, insurance and facilities","Work life balance sucks, Lot of politics in MSGD Hyderabad branch. Manager will make you work on multiple projects simultaneously to get more billing which ruins to your work life. Lot of stress. You can't say no to work on multiple projects otherwise your manager blackmails you of bad rating and termination some times. Unethical practices have been following a lot like, some US federal govt projects expects team member to work on only their projects which Microsoft agree's during the contract. But Microsoft Hyderabad doesn't care about it. It tries to put team members of these federal govt project members in other projects as well by cheating the Federal Govt. This is going to bust at some point. When it happens it is going to bring a lot of bad reputation on Microsoft Hyderabad's (MSGD) part.",MSGD management never cared about employees work life balance. All they need is billing by making its employees work on multiple projects. I have seen some of them bill 24 hours every day. How is it possible? You are cheating your customers! Think about employees work life balance!,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63389,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Software Developer Intern,Microsoft Bing Team,"good perks, proper work life balance. Flexible working hours, decent pay. Comapany cares for you. Organizes everything fpr you from commute to Health and fitness. Food is subsidized. Snacks are free.",Since it is a huge company visibility for your work is not always gaurenteed. Also things tend to go very slowly.,There is some degree of repeated work among different teams. Better ways to collaborate between teams may be done. Freen lunch could being you on par with google in terms of perks since that is the only thing missing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1383.htm
63390,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Wonderful Envinronment to work,Nice and smart people helping each other,Not Applicable. There is really nice.,Promote more integration activities with employees,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63391,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE),Sr. SWE,"Good work and office environment, and good work life balance. Salary is above average","Slow reaction to market events, product quality is dropping since cut test",Quick reaction to market. Cut useless product line and focus on more main products,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63392,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,"Great company, you learn a lot","- very flexible with work patterns (at least in UK), if there is no need for you to be in the office you can work from home - you learn a lot, the company is so big you never end up knowing everything and everyone - most people are very smart - there are many globally offices so you can always move internally within the company","- despite a huge revenue quite skimpy on spending budget on things like xmas party, offsites etc",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63393,microsoft,"Ḩawwārah, Amman Governorate (Jordan)"," May 14, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,this is a good company,have a lot of benifits,love it itd very good,you need to be good at work,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63394,microsoft,"Loznica, Toplica, Central Serbia (Serbia)"," May 27, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Chabros Serbia,It's just great to be working there,It's far from Belgrade but still not that bad,Keep out as it is,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63395,microsoft,none," May 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Vancouver,Awesome office in downtown Vancouver just a couple of minutes walk from the seawall. Interesting people from all over the world.,The most interesting thing are happening in Redmond.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63396,microsoft,Sandyford (Ireland)," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - BDSG Analyst/Specialist,Microsoft is great place to work at,Friendly environment Great team work within colleagues Bonus twice a year,"Overtime on month ends, quarter ends Sometimes weekend work There are no bank holidays (Christmas, Easter, Paddy's day...etc)",Keep up the hard work,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63397,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,One of the best place to work !!,"Working with Microsoft Bangalore. Here the office is vibrant, food is awesome, facilities are quite good. The management is nice and approachable. Peers are quite smart and friendly.",Nothing to share . . . .,Keep rocking,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63398,microsoft,none," May 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Globally a great place to work, locally can differ a lot from global",- Work from wherever you want - Results oriented,- Work life balance can occassionally be a problem - Local subsidiary politics,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63399,microsoft,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work on culture in Bing,Service oriented culture leads to chaos and higher level of interaction.,Too much maintenance work and live site culture.,Hire maintenance team in different timezones so that livesite dris wouldn't have to wake up in their nights.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1384.htm
63400,microsoft,none," May 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work on culture in Bing,Service oriented culture leads to chaos and higher level of interaction.,Too much maintenance work and live site culture.,Hire maintenance team in different timezones so that livesite dris wouldn't have to wake up in their nights.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63401,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,SE Microsoft,Fantastic Organization to work for,"No Cons, only workers here",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63402,microsoft,none," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies to work with,Too good company with a great work culture. Nice campus at Hyderabad and Redmond.,No cons which can be measured. Literally nice enough company.,No advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63403,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Good Company to work for,Good Learning Good Pay Good Work Culture,Nothing as such it only depends on the individual opinion,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63404,microsoft,none," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,BG Lead,You are empowered to do anything you can think of. All products are already in good momentum.,Too few people to master a lot of different products and too many scorecard to achieve. Worklife balance is super bad.,Just demand too much and hard to retain talents,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63405,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," May 7, 2017",Former Employee - Engineer,Great place to work,"Nice offices, great people would recommend",None that comes to mind.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63406,microsoft,none," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Recruiter,Technical Recruiter,"flexibility, autonomy, people, projects, stakeholders","workload, direction, strategy, food in canteen, senior management",none,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63407,microsoft,none," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trying to change but old employees still in the past,- Comprehensive Benefits - Good Work/Life Balance,- Too much bureaucracy - Slow to follow/drive market changes,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63408,microsoft,Tallinn (Estonia)," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Analyst,Just the fact,Young and dynamic team. Fast paced work and nice environment. If I had to choose again I would choose same place to work at.,Nothing to share really. I think every organisation has its downsides bit in this case I can't point out any major ones,Nothing,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63409,microsoft,none," May 20, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slippery ground,Above average pay with good bonus and other compensations,"work/life balance, who you know is more important than what you do",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1385.htm
63410,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 21, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Support Engineer,good company culture and value,slow response in China market,n/a,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63411,microsoft,none," May 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great People!,"Out of all the major tech companies, Microsoft may be known for paying the lowest salary, but they also have the best work/life balance expectations. The culture is greatly geared toward mentoring and growing their employees, or at least that was the experience on my team. I loved the people there and the support I received would be the major reason I would ever return.","Like all big companies, sometimes the directives/projects may seem contrived, or the lower down employees may not feel like they have much say over them. Lower salary than the other leading tech giants, though still pays quite well. Stress in the workplace was pretty high at times however.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63412,microsoft,none," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool company,amazing and creative working environment,none that I experienced it was an all round good experience for me,keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63413,microsoft,Lagos (Nigeria)," May 15, 2017",Former Employee - Business Sales Leadership Development Program,Business Sales Lead,Full Time Employee should expect industry competitive compensation however there is a yawning chasm between their package and that of contract staff. Technological insights are shared and made available for all those willing to develop themselves via the company inttanet and company driven trainings are standard for Full Time Employees and taken very seriously.,"The Culture within the organization is rather abrasive and will be a rude shock for people who have worked in European companies or companies with a more people focused approach to overall personnel management. The ""sales numbers"" are clearly more important than the people assets and this is evident in the management to staff interactions and has resulted in staff seeing throwing their peers under the proverbial bus as a way to make themselves look better as opposed to actually striving to improve themselves. There is also a strong sense of insincerity amongst ""colleagues"" and leadership making for a very ""surface"" type relationship within the organization.",Upper management should as a matter of urgency focus on developing a culture that actually does what it preaches when it is trying to create a work-life-balance. The external perception and the internal reality are lightyears apart. Programs directed at encouraging staff engagement in nine work related activities should be encouraged with a specific focus on promoting better family development outside the organization.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63414,microsoft,none," May 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sourcing Manager,Name Value and having lots of cash,Not much considering employee's life,Good luck,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63415,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Development Manager,very good employer,Microsoft is one of the best company I've worked for and really love it.,lack of big innovation recently .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63416,microsoft,none," May 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Transactional Spcialist,the environment is not bad,the amount of work is too much,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63417,microsoft,none," May 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,chief of staff,"innovation, transformation, agility, global, fast","complexity, politics, travel, competition, employee turnover",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63418,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,That good company not a bad one,NOthng is bad here. good everything,NO. working fanatastic. But tension is there,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63419,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 12, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,Great place to work out. Perfect job while in school,Just like with any retail job it is hard to actually move up.,More focus on work-life balance,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1386.htm
63420,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst work experience I've ever had,CEO is awesome and has a great set of values Some good people Good development IF you get the right Manager,Awful manager who had a bullying management style HR who knew what was going on and allowed it anyway,"I worked for Microsoft for 9 months and ended up resigning because my mental health was compromised due to awful bullying treatment from my manager. A few members of his team also resigned because of this. He made it clear that he wanted me out of the team (so that he could bring in his own team it transpired).  He told me in our 1-1s that he didn't think I was the right person for the role and that he was expanding my workload when it was already crazy. There was not a single piece of direction or encouragement in those meetings.  He belittled other team members in front of everyone. It was nasty.  He made us squeeze into a tiny stuffy room not big enough for 6 people for 3 hours (we had our laptops on our knee because there was no space) when I told him I had booked a larger more suitable room he said he wanted to stay in the tiny room - we are not war criminals but it sure felt like we were being treated like war criminals.  He was unhappy that I cancelled our weekly team meeting when the whole team (apart from him) would be on a plane to the other side of the world for a mandatory training course with HIS boss (also it was a public holiday that day). Glaring at me and telling me he was not happy. (i mean seriously, be reasonable)  He was angry when I didn't work during my planned annual leave. Microsoft you are only giving 15 days leave per year, is it really ok for management to demand (without an ounce of charisma) that you work during this precious time off? Totally unreasonable. Also, this was only communicated to me in his usual angry fashion after the event.  He informed me that he had discussed my performance with other members of the team and they all said that I was not performing well. Which was weird, given his boss giving me a glowing review 2 weeks before. Very motivating!  Microsoft please sort this out. You can't treat people like this. Playing with people's mental wellbeing is unacceptable. People have a basic human right to turn up to work without dread and fear in their bones. If management want to replace team members, there is an ethical way to deal with this. Bullying is not it.  I went from loving the job for the first six months (under a different Manager) to being a nervous wreck when this new Manager took over.  It's a real shame because for the most part, Microsoft is a great company to work for with brilliant values that are very employee orientated. It would really be in their interest to stamp out this bullying culture once and for all and ensure that HR are not tolerating/brushing it under the carpet.",1.0,1.0,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63421,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Marketing Manager,Great working environment and opportunities,work life balance needs adjusting,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63422,microsoft,none," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at design and new featcher,"Good team, new experience and apportunity","Just part time, I want full time job",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63423,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Partner Account Manager,Great company culture,"Company culture, Mobility, Diverse cultures, Good canteen food",I believe it's a different experience for different people.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63424,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2017",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Great place to work at,1. Employee Benefits. 2. Learning opportunities 3. Training and Development,The company never disappointed me so far.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63425,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Apr 27, 2017",Current Employee - Technical Solutions Professional,Happy at Microsoft,"very open minded culture, a lot of work, but I can bring in My style.",i don't know any contras so far,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63426,microsoft,none," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,Human Resources,Flexibility and world class benefits,"Too US-centric, fewer roles outside of US",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63427,microsoft,none," May 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,"Working Environment, career opportunity and experiences","Long hours, moral and be positive",Listen to staff,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63428,microsoft,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," May 11, 2017",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Average Retail Experience,"The culture is a pretty inviting one. There are monthly employee events to boost morale. Plus, you get free drinks and snacks which is unheard of at the retail level.  The health and dental benefits package is a pretty good one which also includes a fitness reimbursement for things like a gym membership or gym equipment.",Fellow coworkers are pretty cool but there is a tendency to hire really young staff who either don't care about the job or don't really know much about technology.  Not much room for growth.  Staff discounts are horrible. Same as the education discount given to students.  Work/Life balance sucks but that's just like any other retail position.,"Listen to the feedback being provided by your employees and follow through on an action plan to Make them feel like they are valued. Oftentimes leadership holds pointless meetings where they come out with false promises that never lead anywhere or to anything productive. Also, there is not much transparency as to what leadership does or the decisions they make.",3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63429,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Geo Lead,"international environment, flexibility and great team spirit",Nothing much to say here. I was extremely satisfied with my experience at Microsoft.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1387.htm
63430,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," May 9, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Excellent Company,"Personal Development, Attractive compensation, Culture","Work life Balance, Politics, Constant Organization changes",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63431,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 7, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Think twice before accepting offer if you are lateral hire,Salary as per market standard Good infrastructure,"Huge work load Freshers might get more salary than you and less responsibility than you. Ad-hoc work, estimations go wrong in 90% projects, you end up working late at night.",Might need to improve a lot at level 64 and 65 level,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63432,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Apr 24, 2017",Former Employee - TSP - CoeX,TSP - Cloud (CoeX),"great technology to sell, with nice updates and feature additions all the time. You will learn alot and alot of internal tools and talent to share knowledge.","Very slow career progress, salaries are not","provide better salaries, and",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63433,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE),SDE,good work and good compensation.,work life balance is not good.,Work on improving the work-life balance in the company,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63434,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 8, 2017",Former Employee - Enterprise Architect,Great technology but too inward looking.,"People, exciting projects and software. Ability to approach and talk to anyone in the business​",Focus is on inside the company not on the customers.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63435,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 29, 2017",Former Employee - Human Resources Executive,culture,good technology benefits intelligent people around,political work load artificially created high pressure,pay attention to your teams,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63436,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Good company, a lot of politics","I'd recommend Microsoft to potential employees, pay is below industrial average compared to other IT organisations but you do get a great deal of freedom in terms of flexibility of working from the office, customer location or home which I would not want to give up. Benefits beyond pay such as pension, life insurance policies and car allowance are significant. If you are good at politically managing your career you can excel rapidly. Company is always doing interesting things with technology.","While I mention work flexibility is good, the dark side to this is virtually everyone I knew, to keep up with the high intensity of work was working at least some evenings and the occasional weekend just to keep everything moving and just to keep on top of their Inbox.  Promotion and acceleration at the company is all about who you know, who is your supporter and at the end of the day very much based on how liked you are by the senior leaders. The vast majority of people at MS are top performers but promotions are more strongly linked to your political maneuvering than the quality of your work.  MS is constantly changing its review method, they went from stack ranking which was a negative experience, to now giving you and end of year assessment but not telling you how you are 'stack ranked' even though they still essentially rank you to decide your bonus level as an example.  I have seen several people brutally pushed out of the company, so if they want to get rid of you there is not much you can do.  My advice, don't join the rate race. Get a job at MS, do what you need to do to perform positively and keep your job and then go home in the evenings and weekends and spend time with your family, friends and loved ones if you value that higher than senior positions/higher pay. You will always just be a little fish that they are bleeding dry to get everything out of you and then reward you with small treats to keep 'addicted' to want to constantly run in the rat race...","Sataya's leadership is a postive change, MS is heading in a positive direction but if you are constantly going to advertise how much MS makes per quarter (billions) the least you can do is pay your employees the average industrial rate. Also, many times it is said that there is a lack of budget to promote people, well again, if you are making billions it dosen't really stack up that there is a lack of budget.  Aim to make the promotion cycle more strongly based on actual merit of your role, rather than politics.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63437,microsoft,none," May 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Solutions Professional,It is very customer oriented company,"Changes are sometimes very unexpected, and this in a negative way",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63438,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Research Engineer,Highly recommended,"Fascinating place, many interesting projects, atmosphere of a startup with budgets and conditions of a corporate","I worked in a site out of Seattle, which felt always like not being at the heart of the activities and the decisions...",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63439,microsoft,none," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,Great diversity in the workplace,Most decisions are made in the US,Allow for more diversity in working styles,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1388.htm
63440,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 16, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Awesome,Work life balance and compensation is the game changer on this company,Mid level management needs to reward employees based on performance and usefulness to the company​in future,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63441,microsoft,none," May 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Promoter,"flexible working hours, good place to work.","low salaries, midweek day off",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63442,microsoft,none," May 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,Great place to work in.,MS IT is just not up to the mark.No transparent selection procedure.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63443,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 29, 2017",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,PFE Role at Microsoft,"It looks good on your CV.  You will have access to people who are extremely knowledgeable (e.g.: you can talk to members of the product team, directly or indirectly)  The salary and the benefits are pretty solid.","There isn't much training or training material (beyond what is already publicly available). So it's up to you to try to learn on your own (particularly since you're not hands-on).  Performance reviews are very heavily focused on metrics which might have little to do with your actual job. Also stacked ranking is alive and well, so your basis for comparison is other PFEs at that level as you (e.g.: level 60 -- non-senior PFE). However, some of those people might have been at the company for 10 years, so by comparison you might fail to obtain a top-quadrant review (which affects your bonus).  There is a fair amount of travel and you can't necessarily get around it, because one of the most important metrics is utilization. So you could spend up-to 70% of your time travelling.  Work-Life balance isn't good because you need to do a lot of preparatory work and follow-ups (one PFE manager stated that he didn't know anyone who did less than 60 hours of a week of work).  The services division at Microsoft is a lot less organized than you'd expect.",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63444,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketer,Flexible working - Open & encouraging environment - Great culture,"Two tier employment system. Contractors doing the same amount of work, if not more to secure their role, but not included in away days, where they'd ultimately learn more about their colleagues & the business.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63445,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 2, 2017",Current Employee - Network Services Engineer,Great company to work for,"Benefits, Work life Balance, Get to work on the latest and the best of the industry","Redmond-centric, not the best org structure","Flatten the org, Identify and remove the fat cats of the management structure, no one needs people management alone.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63446,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Work life balance, salary",Long process for changes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63447,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Business Managger,With the risks,Great flexibility with ability to work from home when needed. Great opportunity to move around the company Very fast paced - always a challenge to overcome which keeps things interesting.,"An American company that's very US focused. Always a battle between field teams and corp (US centric) view. Company constantly in a state of change/reorg, combined with performance based company means job security is a concern.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63448,microsoft,none," May 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad management,Microsoft is a great company except gulf region. Recently gulf management quality has impacted a lot by wrong and inexperienced managers in charge,Gulf management became very racist and discriminative recently. They make kinda anonymous surveys but then bad raters are figured out by managers and fired. Inexperienced managers are quite tricky and has the full power to do anything they want,Headquarters need to investigate the management issues in the gulf region,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63449,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Government Sales Team Lead,Governmenet Sales Team lead,"Great Technology and solution, Digital transformation is right",local sub not great place,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1389.htm
63450,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Apr 30, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Well.oiled gigantic machine. Good comp. Limited growth.,Global Impact via products. Brand Name. Good compensation and work life balance,Seattle controlled with limited ability to change basis market requirement. Red Tape and incompetent old timers hold company back.,Higher empowerment at country level. Get rid of red tape and approval process. Agility and growth mindset sorely required.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63451,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Very good company to work,No problems at all in that company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63452,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Editor,ok,"Good salary, good people. Respected brand",Communication could be better. Two tier employment.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63453,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Awesome!,"People, amazing culture and pretty nice and motivating offices. Jobs opportunities within the company (career guide), self-development process. Good balance between personal and professional life.","internal processes, administration tools, bureaucracy",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63454,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 31, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Fantastic Company,"Work with hard-working, smart people. Fair compensation, opportunity to grow.",The job can take all of your time - if you allow it. Very important to stay diligent about spending time with family and take care of your health.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63455,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Strong culture, Held back by bureaucracy","Smart people, Innovative solutions, and Global reach","Many layers of management, Slow pace due to bureaucracy",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63456,microsoft,none," Apr 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Testing acc,"good, perfect, excellent, well done",nothing to comment on this,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63457,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Nice place to work, nice people, great work.",nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63458,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance,"Inspiring company vision, good infrastructure support","Hard to get things done, lots of free riders",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63459,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2017",Former Employee - Business Operations program Manager,Inconsistent Performance Criteria,"Great Benefits and Compensation, open door policy, and the opportunity to be part of one of the most innovative companies in the world.","Terrible, misleading performance review process. On paper, it's based on your own contributions to business, your contributions to others, and your leverage of others. In reality, it's a Beauty Pageant, where the most popular, well liked employees are praised. If you're the quiet type, good luck. Highly vocal people get ahead and into management positions regardless of their fitness to the role.","Stick to your word, and reward tangible contributions as your model suggests. Right now you're actions speak louder than the words in your policy. You are encouraging people to become politicians rather than focus on actual contributions to the business, and those that do contribute to be sidelined and shunned.",3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1390.htm
63460,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Apr 12, 2017",Current Employee - Graphic Designer,Graphic designer,It's a profestinal envirenment and I like using my creativity at work.,It's quite far from my house.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63461,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Apr 25, 2017",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,BI manager,Changed culture that truly rewards intra-preneurship and getting what is best for the customer (no longer Microsoft only),Still a massive organization that can be difficult to navigate,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63462,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Specialist,Too much chaos,"if you like technology, this is a great place to be. You are very up to date to the last tech news, you learn very quickly the tech part.","there is a lot of misalignment between the different areas. It is neccesarry to have objectives more aligned to the customer. if you are more business oriented, this company sometimes is to much oriented to product instead of customer cases and business solutions. There is Lots of overhead. Managers are not properly trained to motivate team. The teams are not coordinated and many times you fell you are alone. Career development is almost inexistent.",improve in the coordination of the diferente areas and teams with one goal: the customer. Also management need to have strong values and not only short-term revenue goals.,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63463,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Apr 10, 2017",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Life @ Microsoft,Open minded Great strategy Excellent senior leadership team Great work life balance,Legacy reputation for not being innovative Middle management is coming from legacy era,"Be bolder to trust newcomers, embrace the new",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63464,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Basically a good company,You can work with nice and smart people. A lot of opportunities to work in different teams.,Processes are long an tedious. Management is lack of flexibility.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63465,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Loving it so far,"Great people, nice variety in projects, great work-life balance",You need to get used to Norway,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63466,microsoft,none," Apr 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great learning, hierarchy makes it hard to have impact","learning, scale, people and reach are fantastic","politics, reorgs, mediocre senior management",flatten the org,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63467,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Empowered to take decisions. You have access to all the latest technologies. Encouraged to use new components like cloud,machine learning",Lot of time is spent is frequent organization changes.,"Avoid Frequent organization changes. Once a structure is in place,give it atleast 1 year before making a change.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63468,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,Great culture - not so good structure,"Great culture with so many opportunities to progress or even move around to other divisions, learn and be mentored. Some roles have good flexible working hours and they promote good work life balance. If you enjoy the social side of the workplace and work life balance is your motivator for job choice then this is a great place for you","Very poor structure with way to many ""manager"" titles but no management/leadership structure. Everybody works away on their own thing and collaboration is a bad word. If you are passionate about the quality of your work and a perfectionist about seeing things through to completion then this is not the place for you",Some fantastic top performing talent not utilised to their full potential - Leadership should come from the top down,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63469,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company,great company to start your career. Learn a lot from the peers and projects.,restricted to .net and C# technologies. but the company is moving towards open source languages,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1391.htm
63470,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Class Company,love this company and its heading to the right direction,the people is mostly still old school and really pushy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63471,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Operations,Global presence Great exposure career development,"small teams, lots of working hours",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63472,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 6, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Excellent,"Good work flexibility, compensation and opportunity",nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63473,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Program Manager,"Great facilities, trainings, career advise and mentoring","Mature Organization, less opportunities to grow vertically",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63474,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,every thing was pretty good,I can not think of anything,keep it simple,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63475,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Declining,Great products Great brand Smart people Salaries,Partners unhappy and business now declining after many years success Inexperienced leadership team with no strategy Political No trust,Stop firing good people because they threaten your ability and favouring those just because they can be easily influenced.,1.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63476,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Apr 1, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Solution Architect,"Great brand, great company.","Work environment, high caliber of colleagues, learning is constant, and the job doesn't get boring. Progression isn't just possible it's encouraged by your manager.","Most of the UK roles have a sales component to the job. All the engineering and most of the creative roles are in the US.  It's hard to switch off sometimes, and get the right work life balance.",Keep doing what you're doing!,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63477,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Talent Specialist,Contracting at Microsoft,You work with smart people and it is a fast paced and dynamic environment.,There is a large proportion of contingent staff and you are made to feel less worthy than permanent employees. There was a distinct division between the two and yet often we were doing exactly the same job.,Understand why there is a strategy for high level of contingent staff but explore ways of motivating/retaining them and recognising their work.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63478,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Great Company to work !,Non that I can think of,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63479,microsoft,Lahore (Pakistan)," Apr 4, 2017",Former Employee - Microsoft Student Partner,A great place to work with exciting people,Innovative people doing awesome work Helping each other to make best out of it,"Less space not much technical staff or training at least in Lahore,Pakistan office",Add proper technical awareness and training and I think people trying to do something can make some thing more appropriate.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1392.htm
63480,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job microsoft,"Good work atmosphere, competitive income , working with many teams , can transfer to other departments , nice campus , lot of events organized such as volunteer work","sometimes you can feel a little pressure, and that you are working in a big factory, you can have some work to do back at home",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63481,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 18, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Cool place,"Work life balance, quality teams",Tough to change teams and projects,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63482,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Asia,RSUs are handy to hang onto,Some divisions do have a toxic culture - very political!,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63483,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Apr 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trainee Software Engineer,As the name suggests Microsoft is the most awesome place to work especially as an intern,None I could find !!,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63484,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent,Decent Pay and environment in the organization,Very demanding deadlines and always pressure job,Should take the feedback positively,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63485,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Apr 15, 2017",Current Employee - Marketing Director,It's a big company.,"Good work life balance and relatively higher payment rather than other industry. Company invests huge money to educate people and people are basically smart in most of cases. For these a few years, product strategy is getting better so that people can expect new S curve.","Too much centralized in terms of strategy and marketing plan development perspective, that makes some people lose his/her passion for marketing. No need to say about politics or many people are spending their time to convince internal people. Therefore being customer obsessed is bit difficult in this organization.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63486,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MACH(campus hires) plz dont join,Only Facilities(just food and transport),"Pathetic. Microsft GTSC is spoiling the life of Engineers, newly hired from top colleges. Apart from MACH, so called college hires, you dont see any engineers on floor, they are all from call centers or flunked in a degree and have no tech knowledge. Because of this the entire environment is political and they will not let you grow. Please quit as soon as you finish your internship. Dont fall for brand and pay. This is pathetic and will spoil your career and you wont know what to do next.","This job doesnt require engineers, please stop hiring them. If you really want Mach, hire them with a higher posittion than frontline. Stop politics.",1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63487,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice,amazing people .really passionate about technology,there are no cons,no,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63488,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,analyst,Flexible working is encouraged at MS,Rife with political versus performance based progression,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63489,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 11, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager for Worldwide Retail Operations and Deployment,Good company to work for if you like working in Cooperate,- Good salary - Working from home - Latest Technology,- Super cooperate environment - Hierarchical - Very American - Most career opportunities in Seatle at the HQ,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1393.htm
63490,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"great place to work, high recognition process, well established review process, high benefits,","high competitive, easy to work much more than expected, political environment influence some decisions",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63491,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 10, 2017",Former Employee - User Experience Design Intern,Internship experience,# Experienced and Talented team # Great Mentorship # Awesome perks # Travel/food/accommodation - free for interns !!! # Great office space - plethora of amenities # Snacks/fruits/beverages stocked everywhere,"As an intern the project that you get might / might not interest you, as I had seen from some of my fellow interns getting upset by the project assigned.",Great work in maintaining an awesome culture,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63492,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,No fun working as a Vendor,Relaxed environment Easy to get days off,Get a job as Full time Employee not as a Vendor. It makes a huge difference,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63493,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Mar 20, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Spportability Program Manager,Senior Supportability Program Manager,"Great culture, with incentives for non stop learning. Work perks and monetary benefits are so great I am afraid to leave and find that other companies would fail to meet my expectation.","You have to work, if you are the kind of person that can talk yourself out of work, forget it! Another con is location, there are lots of great positions that I could totally land and excel at but because I can't work from Redmond/Bellevue/Seattle I rarely get to even be in the interview loops.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63494,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Sales,Great company,"great benefits, teams, lots of innovation and cool projects to work on. Good team spirit and huge opportunities as can move within.","lot of process, often very difficult to navigate through the organisation as just very big and dont know where to start","keep up the good job, great to have new talent from different backgrounds make up the team as this creates the most innovative environment",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63495,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,"This is for Microsoft Research Cambridge. Great experience, very well managed internship with a fantastic HR department. Lots of flexibility with work with plenty of fun events and help from managers.",Perhaps quite a bit of pressure to perform but that is expected. It's quite easy to work overtime without realising it so if you're not the best at work life balance then you might lose time.,Keep up the good work. Focus on employees and keeping people happy. Events made the experience all the more enjoyable.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63496,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"The team surrounding you is full of qualified, ambitious people who want to get the job done.","Working at a large multinational, not in their home office, means you can struggle for attention and growth opportunities.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63497,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Principal Program Manager,Hard to beat,"Fantastic culture, really great smart people, very experienced and forward thinking management",can be tough to stand out as you're mixing with the best,"Keep valuing your employees, keep leading",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63498,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Project & Programme Manager,"Good package overall - they have a system to pick and choose your benefits every December like life assurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, pension contributions, child care vouchers etc. Bonuses given in September, but not as good as they used to be / Employee purchase / Opt into Share Scheme. Salaries above average. Cloud technology and Azure the key focus right now. Satya, our CEO is driving the company in the right direction. Good working environment at the Reading Offices.",Microsoft going through streamlining at the moment - so constant fear of losing your job with reorganization plans and buy outs. Poor work life balance - everyone working long hours.,Keep doing what you are doing - Microsoft will be successful into the long term and will fight tooth and nail to get there! Perhaps spend a bit more time on making work life balance better.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63499,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 4, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good package Get opportunity to work on good technologies.,Management is sucks. Manager never involve in the meetings so they don't know what exactly your doing. They just judge based on the perception.,No Clue to middle management on how to handle the people.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1394.htm
63500,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 15, 2017",Former Employee - Support Engineer,MACH HIRES DO NOT JOIN MICROSOFT GTSC!,Facilities and nothing else. DO NOT FALL PREY TO FREE STUFF PROVIDED!,"This review is for the young ENGINEERS from TOP colleges of India who decide to join Microsoft GTSC role as soon as they finish their Degrees. Microsoft hires from Campuses. they are known as MACH hires. We are a part of them. We got carried away by the brand name and the pay that they offered. One of the pro's of being a MACH is you will be treated like royalty in GTSC for the initial few months. The administration who take care of MACH are EXELLENT. But once you get pushed to different teams and you come under different administration your life is going to change. However, there are one/two teams which have good administration but the chances of getting into those teams are very rare. Even if you do get into those teams, the fact is this job does not deserve engineers. It requires the skillset of a person who can sell solutions to customers.  They say that GTSC is not a call center but it is run by the authorities like a call center. We are from one of the topmost colleges in India and we came in to this role thinking it will be a journey of a lifetime. Yes it has become an unforgettaale journey for all of us.  This company is full of politics and biased managers ,ego filled and lazy engineers on floor and arrogant technical advisors (However, there might be exceptions). BUT NEVER TAKE THIS AS YOUR FIRST JOB! Choose to be a developer in a startup for a lesser pay, but never take up this job! Tech support is a kind of job which requires capability of selling solutions to the customers. this job is not for people who come from TECH background.  This job is considered as a golden opportunity for people who come from call center backgrounds who learn a bit of tech stuff and find their way until Microsoft. this job is not for students who come from campuses, who would have worked hard for four years. also, to mention one of the most important things, you can hardly find people with Engineering background in this company. They just know how to troubleshoot and lack technical knowledge. Talking about the growth here, almost every engineer is sluggish and they will drag you down when you decide to grow fast.  Looking at the opportunity outside GTSC once you get here is almost nil. You will be supporting a Microsoft product and you WILL NOT have any other job opportunity. Even if you do, the pay will be bad and will be unwilling to quit and you will be forced to stay here.  Also, the shifts that you will have to work in. You will become an unhealthy person with all sorts of health problems. You will have to sleep at around 8 AM in the morning and get up at 5 PM in the evening and run to the office. Your whole eating habits will change. You will feel very unhealthy. Also, working at night will take a toll on your mental health because you will not be in contact with the world at all, as you will be sleeping in the day and working at night. The only set of faces whom you'll see is your teammates.  You will be asked to work over weekends like Sunday to Saturday or Tuesday to Saturday, which will drift you away from normal life. You will start to forget the feel of Sunday morning, as even if you work from Monday to Friday shift, you wont be able to sleep on Saturday night(as you will be awake all over night for the whole week) and sleep through whole day of Sunday. To add on to the woes of this job, any National holiday is considered as a leave. But in order to stay home that day you will need manager approval for it as only a particular number of people can be on leave for a particular day. Most of the time you will be not be getting it as the old employees are smart enough to block it soon and you will be working even during a national holiday. FOR EXAMPLE: YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK DURING DIWALI/CHRISTMAS or INCLUDING NEW YEAR'S EVE!!  If you notice, you can ask hundred people who are currently working and ask them how is the job and everyone gives a good opinion. It's because of the fear of the higher authority like their managers. Do not fall for their words as they will be helplessly hiding the actual truth.  Last but not the least, there will be a huge chunk of people coming from a particular company( Which is basically a call center and we do not wish to disclose the name of that company), who are mostly not engineers and do not have any tech knowledge. You will feel ashamed to sit alongside people who lack tech knowledge and boss over you. also, to mention most of the people (99% and their might be very few exceptions) have reached Microsoft GTSC not by studying the technology, but by being nice to higher officials. If you are from a reputed college, you will not have the mindset of bowing your head without any reason(unless if required) and you will be indirectly punished by higher authorities for not doing so(In terms of year end reviews).  MY ADVICE TO ALL CAMPUS HIRES : Take this job up only if you want to spoil your health and career. If you are from one of the best colleges from INDIA, my advice is not to take up this job. We all know how difficult it is to crack a Entrance exam and find ways to topmost colleges. Don't commit the mistake of joining a TECH SUPPORT. It doesn't matter even if it is Microsoft tech Support! DO NOT FALL PREY FOR THE FACILITIES THEY PROVIDE AND THE PAY THEY PROVIDE! You will be treated like you are from a call center and will be shouted upon by higher authority people like a worker in factory. Do not consider this review as one person's opinion, this is a collective opinion from almost whole of the MACH community.","Please do not hire engineers as MACH's for Microsoft GTSC. It will literally spoil their career. In case if they are hired, hire in small number and train them for Escalation positions and offer the position based on merit .",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,23,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63501,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Financial analyst,"Open minded people, opportunity to learn",Internal processes sometimes do not have anything to do with reality,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63502,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Project & Programme Manager,"Good package overall - they have a system to pick and choose your benefits every December like life assurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, pension contributions, child care vouchers etc. Bonuses given in September, but not as good as they used to be / Employee purchase / Opt into Share Scheme. Salaries above average. Cloud technology and Azure the key focus right now. Satya, our CEO is driving the company in the right direction. Good working environment at the Reading Offices.",Microsoft going through streamlining at the moment - so constant fear of losing your job with reorganization plans and buy outs. Poor work life balance - everyone working long hours.,Keep doing what you are doing - Microsoft will be successful into the long term and will fight tooth and nail to get there! Perhaps spend a bit more time on making work life balance better.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63503,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,salary is not high,most of the time your peers are nice,salary is not very competitive,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63504,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 28, 2017",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,MSGD Hyderabad,Campus Some talented people Some large scale projects New learnings No swipe in and swipe out. Free meal coupon Better infrastructure.,Work life balance Bonus payout Work pressure Salary Shifts Concept of managers have more reporters and project managers controlling growth No transparency.,Better not to use INDIA office as a dump yard,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63505,microsoft,none," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environment and coworkers,"The company is very progressive and takes work life balance and employee feedback seriously. Coworkers are always willing to give help, feedback and advice. Base compensation and benefits are competitive. It's currently in a transformative state but with keen vision and goals that will make it a leader in the industry again. Great time to be working at the Microsoft.",For those who aren't quick to adapt the speed at which the company is moving and transforming can be overwhelming. If you're not looking to take on your role as an entrepreneur of your own area of work - it's not the right environment for you at the moment.,They're on the right track. Biggest advice is to add additional/supplemental metrics to reward internal/external training initiatives that foster growth and in building subject matter experts to drive demand for it's new direction as a company.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63506,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Software Develop Engineer,Software Develop Engineer,"work life balance, leaned a lot","not quite efficient, especially collaborating with other teams",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63507,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Director,Politics is terrible. Old timers protective of their turf. Newcomers barely stands a chance,Dynamic Organisation. Lots of Opportunities (bcos of constant reorg) Values individual voices but may not truly act on feedback,"Manager is everything - He or she can get you fired, just bcos he or she dun like you (and HR can't do anything about it) Senior executives are just helping one another to keep their jobs & stocks. Performance review is still subjective even after revamp. Appointment of Business Leaders depends on who you know, not what you've done. Most Sales Leaders never or hardly visit any customers and if they do, they pay lip services unless there is a huge order in the pipeline for the quarter. Targets are wishfully set without clarity and visibility on the business. Compensation are painfully curated for non performers to win even when you dun do much, as long as you know who is up the corporate chain.","Wake up your ideas. Your competition is out there, not among yourselves, STOP playing one another. Diversity is going south. Your Growth is slowing and Cost is creeping up fast! Cut the crap and push for grab (competition wins!)",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63508,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Apr 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Infrastructure Engineer,It's Microsoft what else is there to say,It is not Google alas,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63509,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,Nice benefits and work life balance,stagnant career growth and hike cycle,nothing,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1395.htm
63510,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pre-Sales,Great opportunities to learn and grow.,It all depends on your attitude.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63511,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Company strategy is excellent. Broad set of products and services. Internal movements are possible,Burocracy and internal reporting are heavy.,None,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63512,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work environment,Gives you a lot of flexibility to work and explore various ways of operating.,"Work life balance might go for a toss, and there are too many @lpha male personalities",Hardworking people are not always appriciated,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63513,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Supply Chain Professional,Sr. Regional Trade and Logistics Manager,"Industry, products and processes, opportunities, networking",sometimes it is more important whom you know than who you are,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63514,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,reviewms,Good place to work and do research,no no no no no,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63515,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great vision, great technology but a lot of bureaucracy","The Company has an amazing vision about utilizing data, both big and small and is one of the few in the world that can actually realize that vision.","Several layers of area management over subsidiaries make the work in country organizations very stiff and bureaucratic. A lot of leaders that do not understand the fact that they're working in a sales and marketing organization, not in the headquarters.",Hire more managers and leaders with real hands-on sales experience.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63516,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,It got better over time,"- Working with very smart and nice colleagues - Good work-life balance and great salary and benefits - Contribute to software that is globally used is exciting and rewarding - Continued progress to standardize on technology, use Open Source and publicly available software - Inspiring CEO talks","- There is no good channel to provide feedback about managers - Despite inspiring talks by the CEO, many employees seem to have a negative perspective about the company - Reward process still encourages competition within each group and between groups",Change the reward process to really encourage collaboration,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63517,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Good Culture,"Good Work, Challenges, open culture","Salary not high, non-customer focus",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63518,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and Con,Good Culture at Microsoft. People focused,Away from reality and should focus more on grounds up innovation.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63519,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Mar 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner/VP,"Excellent opportunity and benefits, compensation","Long work hours, lack of training",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1396.htm
63520,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PMM Microsoft,great environment to work in,low paycheck for the number of hours to work,work life balance,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63521,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"good benefits, good work life balance",Microsoft is very Redmond centric,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63522,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Work life balance, decent pay",Quality of work is a concern.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63523,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Great Place to learn,Fantastic place to learn and grow.,Nothing much sometimes mid management growth is a little poor,Satya is rocking.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63524,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The easiest path from point A to B is a straight line. However, at Microsoft...","Smart folks, great pay and benefits, was on a fun team, be part of a company that has helped define the industry, company seems to be on an upswing with Ballmer gone","s-l-o-w, lots of legacy and previous baggage that detracts from moving towards the objective, too many meetings, lots of lifers, lacks the grit and courage to do the right thing by the customer sometimes, disconnected teams and products that should be more interconnected, too many PM's (read: too many cooks in the kitchen)","Be willing to take more risks--especially when the internal user research is saying to, listen to the customer more instead of design by committee eternal meetings, focus on velocity",2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63525,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company for mid-level/senior software engineers,"friendly environment, interesting projects, great management","lower than market salaries, too many re-orgs",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63526,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 13, 2017","Former Employee - Director, Cloud Services",A great company on an upward trajectory,Great colleagues and a good environment to work. A really good culture and the company value are strong. The renewed focus on Cloud is the right direction the company should be taking. The Surface range of products is also very good. Excellent Senior leadership (at last!). Would like to see decent dividend payout as a shareholder.,"Still has the ability to make poor acquisitions such as Nokia and Linked in. Some of the management one layer down are not particularly strong. The company is still a bit bloated and needs to slim down more, particularly in Marketing.","Keep doing what you are doing, reduce the number of CVP's and try and match AWS in terms of speed and scale of investment.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63527,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 27, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Good benefits Maternity leave and sick leave,Work life balance is not very good,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63528,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Product Designer,Good place to work,"Lots of smart people, lots to learn",Processes can get in the way sometime,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63529,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 12, 2017",Former Employee - Service Engineer II,very good,employee caring and progressive culture. good values.,defensive and some survival tricks in the sysytem,good,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1397.htm
63530,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place for work!,Lovely environment Job is not too dull Management is good,Sometimes the work can get overwhelming and tiring.,Fix the work/life balance.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63531,microsoft,Sofia (Bulgaria)," Mar 26, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Feedback from the colleagues and from the partners matter a lot,"Good perks, good trainings and opportunities to change your role",Internal feedback is not always helping you,Put more focus on people,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63532,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Marketing Manager,- Great degree of responsibility - Exposure to the business - Competitive salary & benefits,- Too much time spent on reporting to global leadership,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63533,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales role review,"A proper IT company with great learnings to offer across enterprise sales, account management etc.",very bad at marketing as it involves only paper work more than customizing things for india market,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63534,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Mar 23, 2017",Former Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Almost the perfect employer (if the work matches your skills),"If the job really matches your passions and abilities and you are truly bright and capable, Microsoft Netherlands is one of the best employers you can find: - Attractive employment conditions like salary, stock options, bonus, car, etc. - The New World of Work: Unlimited freedom to work at each moment from wherever you like: home, office, customer site. This works as long as you provide results, i.e. meet and exceed your targets. When not you will be asked to leave - which is fair as freedom and perks bring responsibilities. - Very motivated and bright colleagues (nearly everyone), also genuinely helpful and well-meaning - Managers (in the country organization) are cool and capable - You have the opportunity to be active, connect with everyone else in the company (like the product groups), do interesting stuff, innovate, start initiatives and be supported in that. - You have the tools to develop your career further, study and move to new areas. - You have a lot of flexibility to do your work as you find best. No hard prescriptions, processes etc. The price you pay? You need to get results (which again is a fair deal). - Last but not least - a truly interesting work where you can truly excel and even innovate","- The workload is high (more of a observation than a real disadvantage). It's just how the deal is by Microsoft - you get quite a lot, and you need to achieve accordingly. - (Cross-group) collaboration: Although all colleagues are well-meaning, there can be clashes when your respective objectives and interests do not match. This could result in either you don't getting traction with other colleagues and organizational units or result in others actively working in an opposite direction. So you need to be able to cope with that. - Too many internal tools. There might be a lot of tools you need to appease in your daily work. Which to an extent is like administrative overhead - present in more or less any job, but ask around about the specific unit/position you are considering. - (Management) scorecard focus. As an American company which also heavily utilizes The New World of Work there is logically a focus on measuring results - which at times could feel a bit overwhelming.",The management is generally capable and wel meaning: about the company and the employees. Please ensure you keep touch with the employees on the work floor and keep genuinely inspiring them.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63535,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Years of employee co-operation negotiations,"Well, we got free soda.",I joined the company once Microsoft acquired Nokia Mobile Phone business. Pretty much immediately they started several employee co-operation negotiations. Microsoft was not able to build anything positive during the time was there.,Respect the people working in the company.,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63536,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great Company,"Great Brand, Salary and work environment",No Cons as such. Mid level employees can get stuck in same role if they are not planned about it.,Need more support system for employees joining from outside.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63537,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE in Microsoft,The company culture is good.,the salary is not high.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63538,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Good work environment. Totally up to employee how he wants to manage the time and do his work. Nice benefits and perks.,"Core work is still done at Redmond. Though it is changing, but still may get bored after few years.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63539,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,- Very good benefits - Smart people to work with,- Review system was not the greatest,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1398.htm
63540,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,title,"good culture and benefit, people development","base salary and promotion speed, self determination",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63541,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work environment,Flexible working to suit family life,"No major negatives, excellent working environment",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63542,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Solutions Architect,Fantastic experience,I really love working for Microsoft. There is a lot of professional growth. Moreover I really love the work balance. I enjoy continuous training.,I really cannot find any. It is a very good company to work for and we are growing so much on the cloud!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63543,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Minimum Requirement,I have been working for more than two years now. There is good work life balance in Microsoft. So I would recommend working here,The work in Hyderabad is not that good. You cant achieve anything except taking your salary at the end of the month,I would suggest to give good work to employees rather than making them sit without enough resources for most of the time,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63544,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 22, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to Work,"Excellent work environment , perks, salary",Exposure to latest technologies will be slow compared to others,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63545,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 7, 2017",Former Employee - Enterprise Architect,A company you won't regret to get into,Good pay and Challenge job,"As an Enterprise Architect, there were a lot business trips, at least one trip per week.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63546,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life,Good benefits and flexible working but very competitive and often too fast paced leading to full on burn out,Political and took ages to get anything done. often inexperienced managers and senior staff who were often in the business a lot longer than they should have been,Listen to staff more often and act on their feedback rather than sticking to the old tried and tested methods,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63547,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer Lead,"Work life balance, inconclusive. creative","Slow Response, not very cool somehow.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63548,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Comapny to work for and growth,Cutting edge technology Impact on millions A lot of opportunities to work in diverse challenges,Work life balance is challenging Too much effort goes on internal policts,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63549,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It was a good working environment,Sometimes stressful to maintain work balance.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1399.htm
63550,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Project Delivery Manager,Great company to work. Process and procedures well defined. Vision for cloud is loud and clear.,Nothing that i can think of.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63551,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,SR PFE,"Great workplace, team work, challenging","salary, compensation, work life balance",none,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63552,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Comapny to work for and growth,Cutting edge technology Impact on millions A lot of opportunities to work in diverse challenges,Work life balance is challenging Too much effort goes on internal policts,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63553,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Business Manager,Great place to learn,extra benefits depending where you are located Many learning options the name makes you proud,"time demanding with no boundaries - now under restructuring mode there is a lot of people making more than 1 job at the time Depending on the location WW, the company guidance works different so no all ""diversity and multicultural"" statements are real performance reviews and rating still exist, making people compete against each other HR teams are not people oriented","replicate values top to bottom, check leadership is working properly for ethical purposes everywhere",3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63554,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2017",Current Employee - Lead Software Engineer,On the right track,Smart people. Respectful culture. Good work / life balance. Solving tough technical problems,Give more opportunity for team to meet their customer's more directly.,Identify areas that touches people's lives and invest more in these as new growth areas,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63555,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The senior management needs to improve,Perks + Benefits and nothing else,- Flexibility is only in theory - Very hierarchical - Everyone sucks up to the management - Bipolar behaviour by management - Contradiction to own thoughts at two different points in time - Everything is taken personally - Very biased behaviour towards employees - Feedback is not given properly,"I think the management needs to understand that it's a global company which some cultural values, and not some private company where they can behave in any way they want",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63556,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mostly good,"-Good work life balance (on most but not all teams) -Interesting projects -Good salary -Large % of compensation is in cash (not bonuses, ""free"" things, etc) so you control what you want to do with it","-Some politics, largely depending on your team -Bad gender imbalance -Some teams have bad work life balance -Middle management is often dumb. A lot of your success depends on your relationship with your manager, and to a lesser degree their manager",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63557,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Sales Specialist,good salary great motivation innovation,market disruptive changes lower margin,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63558,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager techops,salary food life brand quality,work load is too much in tech ops and it is difficult,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63559,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great environment, too much red-tape",Great benefits Great workplace environment Work from home option (for some folks) Diverse workplace,Bureaucracy and processes Disempowerment of subsidiaries Corp arrogance,Enhance field communication and reduce red-tape,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1400.htm
63560,microsoft,Basel (Switzerland)," Feb 28, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Competitive salary, great people, great experience",Lack of formal training or certifications offered,Balance workload better across teams,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63561,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,work life balance is ok,The rapidly changing processes wear you out soon. Customer focus is sometimes lost,Stick with full focus on customers and succesful projects-skip internal bureaucracy.,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63562,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Business Analyst,Msft Review,"company takes care of their people. Reasonable working hours, opportunity to work from home.",To big and main actions happen in United States,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63563,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,sales manager,great place to work in sales but promotion opportunity rare,very corporate no room for creative or growth mindset - great for a few years,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63564,microsoft,Colombo (Sri Lanka)," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Great company with Great Opportunities,Great place to work Company helps you to have a flexible life-style Provides many learning opportunities Invests in employee development,Hard to move up the career ladder in smaller subsidiaries,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63565,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 27, 2017",Current Employee - Director,Director,Great future with right bet on Cloud,"High Pressure, tough review process",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63566,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 13, 2017",Current Employee - Consultant,Associate Consultant,"Good company to start your career, obviously brand matters.",Growth seems little slow but performance with impact helps.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63567,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Mar 14, 2017",Current Employee - Director,"If you want to progress, you need to be in Redmond","Salary Betting on the right horses right now (2016/17: Azure, Enterprise environment, AI)","- Rather centralized organisation. Career ladder ends pretty quickly outside the US, you hardly find jobs with level 66 or higher outside Redmond. - Buddy culture in Redmond - Decision making mostly at HQ, very little left to the field",Open up more to outside influence More empowerment of the field organization More inter-functional career development (R&D Engineer -> Product mgmt -> Sales -> Marketing -> Strategy development -> etc.) with HQ and field experience to build up solid general managers,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63568,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Extremely short term oriented,Good to increase your CV attractiveness (Microsoft is highly regarded in IT employers) Compensation Package,"Lack of client focus. Clients are only a mean to obtain quarterly sales targets Managers do not involve in achievement. Only controllers of results and forecast Extremely short term orientation, that does not allow client development Lack of a consistent policy of employee valuation and development",Change the senior level positions at the regional HQ in Western Europe because they have created a culture of aggressive competition disregarding clients needs and employee motivation.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63569,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 30, 2017",Current Employee - Account Manager,Sales,"Good products, very innovative. Azure winning. Really transforming businesses",Crazy unattainable quotas. Management who have never sold themselves,Get out of the office,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1401.htm
63570,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Feb 25, 2017",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Transforming right way,A lot of emphasis and investment on cloud & open source is conducted by Microsoft. There are so many opportunities to contribute to that meaningful transformation to embrace open source community while committing to steady growth in cloud market. This is a really new start!,"You may need to find everything for yourself to catch up the dynamics and enable yourself accordingly. Working as a team is beautiful, but building a team is not always as easy & efficient as expected. Learn and learn and learn, and train yourself almost everyday. Getting help from colleagues should be considered ad next best.",More efforts to bridge the employees' emotional and skill gap to cloud & open source market would be needed to transform successfully in every aspect of the corporate operation.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63571,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Mar 13, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Extremely short term oriented,Good to increase your CV attractiveness (Microsoft is highly regarded in IT employers) Compensation Package,"Lack of client focus. Clients are only a mean to obtain quarterly sales targets Managers do not involve in achievement. Only controllers of results and forecast Extremely short term orientation, that does not allow client development Lack of a consistent policy of employee valuation and development",Change the senior level positions at the regional HQ in Western Europe because they have created a culture of aggressive competition disregarding clients needs and employee motivation.,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63572,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,A very good company to work with and has the best environment. I have learnt a lot from there.,None that I have ever known for when I was there. Only thing that it's too hard to work for so long,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63573,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Where Ideas becomes reality!!,"Friendly working environment, Provides opportunity to grow, a place where equality and fairness is valued.","I was expecting a larger office building, and location is far from where I live. Technical support to customer is very poor","Should improve in dealing with clients complaints, a lot of walk in clients providing the same issue, they have not been receiving proper attention to resolving their issues",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63574,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft Romania,"Flexible work hours, great medical benefits, stable environment, decent salaries (relative to peers/competitors). The brand name can help with furture employment. Cost of living in the Greater Seattle area are reasonable.",Too much red tape and internal politics at every rung of the corporate ladder. Decisions are made in an extremely slow and inefficient manner (even relative to other Fortune 100 peers).,Make (specific and relevant) management skills training a requirement for each promotion on management track. Make staying for one year the minimum for each upper management position. Have a on time/on budget award system in the product groups.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63575,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Managing Editor,"Great benefits, great colleagues, weird two-tier employee system",Great benefits - for FTEs - and good pay. Lots of smart people who know Microsoft has its work cut out to change perceptions after a decade of resting on its laurels under Ballmer. Environment improving after years of toxic stack-ranking that discouraged collaboration.,"The two-tier employee system, where ""vendors"" are treated as equals in everything day to day, except lack the same remuneration, benefits, and job security. Having been both vendor and FTE, can confirm that the claim that FTEs all have something special that vendors lack is nonsense, as is the claim that FTEs are all managers, vendors those that execute. Creates an unpleasant blue badge (FTE) vs orange badge (vendor) culture that breeds resentment and prevents excellent vendor staff from progressing.","Make the transition from vendor to FTE easier - you're sitting on a lot of great talent, and have piles of cash, so can afford to develop it.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63576,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Renewed Company...work in progress,"+ Total compensation package is top 10 in each market world wide + Shift in corporate culture towards ""open mindset"" and strong executive leadership + Strong culture of empowerment and trust towards employees and teams + Ability to learn and be exposed to new technologies, work with the largest Partner eco-system and Global customers",- Still heavy on tools and process which don't support customers' business or success - Legacy of institutionalizing the sales process weighs heavily on ability for Sales people to be innovative and proactive in business development - Weakening product knowledge amongst Sales persons when selling to customers.,"Continue with the cultural renewal of having an ""open mind-set"", be more radical in cutting out the declining pats of the businesses which are offsetting the gains achieved in the cloud business. Eliminate the ""rating"" system altogether - it is still hurting the company and bleeding talent.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63577,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible with good rewards,Flexible working practices. Healthy attitudes.,Occasional reorgs can cause randomisation,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63578,microsoft,Wallisellen (Switzerland)," Mar 9, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Solutions Professional,Nice place to work,"Flexibility, independency, good work-life balance.",Not very collaborative fellow workers.,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63579,microsoft,Hanoi (Vietnam)," Mar 8, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer,Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer,"Great company, Good working environment, You can develop your entire career until retire at MS",Many mid-layer management. Wrong direction in Mobile Phone Strategy,Great work of Satya,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1402.htm
63580,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,You can make big impact to software used by billions of people.,deal with lots of legacy code,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63581,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Competitive environment good exposure good training cab fee is minimum free food,loads of work at times,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63582,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 19, 2017",Former Employee - General Manager,Amazing place to seize opportunities and grow,"I worked there for many years and during that time had many different roles. If you wanted to change to a different function, it was my experience that, as long as you worked hard and proved you could do it, you were given an equal opportunity at interview to other candidates already experienced in the field.","It's a very large organisation and sometimes, change takes time, which is tough in the technology space.",Keep developing your employees. They'll always be grateful for the opportunities you provided.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63583,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2017",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Best company ever,"great work environment, great products, relatively flat hierarchy, can do mentality, good pay, good work-life balance.","some internal politics, but nothing you wouldn't see in similar size orgs.",Sathya is the best thing since sliced bread.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63584,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner OEM Sales Executive,"Great portfolio of products and services to present, educate customers about them and find different way of usage to boost the sales.",Not consistent strategy in hardware product portfolio and in software for mobile devices.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63585,microsoft,"Goro, Dire Dawa (Ethiopia)"," Mar 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Good company overall decent pay all hires were new all new hires were tall,I don't have anything to say negative about this company Tony Robbins said t live in the positive,Keep up the good work then fan tasting reviews like this will be posted,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63586,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Audience Marketing Manager,"Amazing pay, amazing benefits, many learning opportunities via training and on-the-job experiences, work with really smart people, fast paced.","Limited technical (non-consulting) roles in Canada, promotions very difficult unless there's a business need (not dependent on performance), team/matrix culture so it is very difficult to show individual contributions, very drastic shifts in strategies causes lots of change every fiscal.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63587,microsoft,Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)," Mar 4, 2017",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,unique experience,"meet and work with incredibly skilled and passionate people technical level is very high and you can learn a lot from your colleagues you discover how to outperform yourself... at levels you couldn't even imagine. many tech and non tech trainings (soft skills) good salary, correct healthcare, company car if applicable to the job",The first year at Microsoft is always hard : lots of process and many things to learn. work life balance is supposed to be a priority... but single people have more opportunities to evolve than people with families. many travels middle management is sometimes more focused on its own career than their team member's... the end of year review system,HR is too distant from individual contributors. Middle management filters a lot.. you should pay more attention.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63588,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Great innovative company, interesting team, amazing atmosphere.",New office is a little too small,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63589,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"great possibilities of work/life balance, career development and personal growth, being part of Microsoft certainly gives great perspective about innovation and digital transformation","not many cons, but that depends on the field you´re part of",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1403.htm
63590,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Mar 2, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Government Affairs,"Appealing working environment, pay and benefits. Job is fun and a lot of opportunity to define your role. Senior management provides a lot of opportunity to grow for those who wish to travel to positions globally. Very flat organisation with access to senior management. Excellent training in government affairs for those looking to get into the field.","In the past I had a long list of direct managers that were not very good. However, there is an excellent head of office at the moment who took over after I left. Don't expect to be hand held this is really a company for doers and entrepreneurs. If you do not have a can-do attitude don't apply.",Avoid adding multiple management layers. Company is at its finest being flat and highly agile.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63591,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Excellence Manager,"Well known brand, rich&large company, not bad salary, good social compensation, comfortable office, possibility of professional training, work at a modern company","Not fair employee assessment, really talented people quit the company, local management is not competent enough",Advice to local management is to be more competent.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63592,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,A good place to stay for a while,"nice people, good environment, fair salary.","weak management, too much cross-time-zone communication",be much faster and executive,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63593,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 1, 2017",Former Employee - Solutions Architect,"Good company, needs direction.","Work life balance, internal IT, cutting edge, company direction, good renumeration",Middle management indirection. Some confusion over company direction.,Fix middle management,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63594,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great conditions,"state of art office, free food, entertainment, corporate culture","hard to stand out, some departments are focused on the native language only, departments not communicating with each other (alienated)",pay more attention to smaller departments,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63595,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Good Salary and Good Incentive,"Big Company, so it is really slow to go to process",Good Management Team,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63596,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strong employer,"Great culture, supportive, work life balance","None as such, strong organization,",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63597,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Multicultural environment,"Multicultural environment offering much to learn, travel, intercultural experiences. Great people with whom you can do knowledge sharing and work close as a time.","Not many benefits, Reading as location.",To be more transparent and ask their team members for opinions on different processes.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63598,microsoft,Kiev (Ukraine)," Feb 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft + Ukraine, couldn't put it better","- reasonably flexible graphic: I could show up at 11 if I notified my manager (say, If I had a doctor's appointment). Couldn't leave earlier than 8 pm, usually, no matter if I came in at 9 am or 11. And of course my work was 100% online, so not clear why I was needed to be physically present at all, but for Ukraine even this kind of flexibility is amazing, especially for a corporation, - prestigious entry to add to your CV, - very nice people to work with, I've worked in two capacities, two different departments, both times my managers were very nice and adequate people, which, again, is a treat for a corporation, - salary, as far as Ukraine goes, is good, but still pitiful when you think of it, or compare to other corps or other subs, - global perspective on a lot of technology trends, - opportunity for career growth, when the times are alright (gets worse when the crises strike, but as soon as the country is doing better in general, they do try to help the employees grow), - a lot of veterans are around (people working in the company for 10+ years), - good location of the office,  In short, it has a lot of the pros of Microsoft, but also most of the cons of Ukraine and corporation itself.","- compensation is decent for Ukraine, but still I felt ashamed to name the salary to a lot of peers from other corporations, and for the international corporation it was really coins, - the whole structure is very rigid, changing anything for the better takes immense effort and usually has no support, - the sub in Ukraine is not in a particularly great position, often overlooked and not taken into consideration when regional decision are made, - a hell-ton of work. My work-day often neared 13 hours, and the weekends were not exempt from work. Partially compensated by flexibility of when you need to be present at the office, - global corporate initiatives or better yet regional ones - often cancel whatever your local team was trying to do, or make decisions that cause catastrophic harm to local team's work, often without notifying in advance. We learnt that MS had bought LinkedIn from the news! - PR advisories are often late or incomprehensive, - a lot of politics and intrigues going on in some departments (not so much in Marketing, for example), - did not conduct the cuts and reorganizations graciously, a lot of people were left discontent with the way it was handled, both junior and senior levels.  In short, it's a very good starting point, especially for ambitious people, but I didn't feel like I could stay on for longer than 2-3 years, and a lot of young professionals (my peers) have left or been cut. I suppose when the economic situation in the country is not as dire, the place becomes much better and worth staying for longer.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63599,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's an ok job,Great pay and great benefits,No work & life balance,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1404.htm
63600,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's an ok job,Great pay and great benefits,No work & life balance,none,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63601,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineering intern,"-learning a lot of neat things with latest Microsoft technologies/frameworks -great work environment, people are friendly (from the office I was working in) -cafeteria (not free though)","-you only learn Microsoft-only technologies as they only use their technologies (C#, Visual Studio, ASP.NET)",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63602,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"The company has a great work life balance. Good pay, Great range of product to work on and great people",No major cons working here,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63603,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Diversity driven with process in place,Market penetration focus and targets,Time needed to show results,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63604,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2017",Current Employee - Telecom Program Manager,Current view of the company's position,Great environment and loads of growth and visibility.,Continues restructuring in the different orgs.,Morr mentioning,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63605,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Feb 21, 2017",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great later on in your carreer,"working with new technologies, breadth scope on customer experience/sales. Good secondary conditions. I truly believe in the change Microsoft is trying to bring to their customer, and it's always felt good to work here. However, you do it more for the cause than the pay.",Pay is a bit lower compared to other tech companies if you start out. Would recommend to return after your thirties.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63606,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Just above average....,1. Exciting products to work on 2. Use of the latest .NET technologies 3. Work with top level people,1. Standard large company pains such as red tape and siloing 2. Hard to try new things without the official approval of management 3. Hard to be involved in the roadmap of the product you work on 4. Benefits system is far to complex 5. Into and out of team communication is poor,Try to break down some of the red-tape and get people on the ground contributing to the roadmap for their products.,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63607,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 17, 2017",Former Employee - Consultant,Hypocrisy at the best,- Access to an ocean of learning resources - Huge nice campus - Medical benefits are the best in India - If you are part of MS IDC team in India then your career shines like anything,"- If you are in GD, then it's worse than being in an Indian service company like Infosys or Wipro - GD managers are racist, incompetent and usually work on their own whims - No clear growth for GD employees - No work-life balance if you are not on the good books of the managers - GD compensation is a joke. They offer 40% of salary as bonus component but in reality you will not get more than 10%. That said the total annual earning is less than the vendors you work with.",Do your job!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63608,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,Great work from home. Work life balance. Opportunity to grow in different roles. Managers are approachable and help as much as they can.,None that I can think of. Overall the best place to work with enough resources to be successful.,Good management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63609,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Feb 23, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,great environment and people. One of the best company to work for.,as a big corporation there are too many short term changes and lack of stability,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1405.htm
63610,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer Product Advisor,Full benefits for part-time employees.,Competitive environment. Pressure to sell. Bright stores.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63611,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Opportunity to grow but can be slow,"High caliber - Some of the smartest and approachable people in the industry Scale - Ability to drive multi million user and $ businesses, globally Pay & flexibility - you drive your schedule, get to travel and have great benefits","Lacks accountability - due to size, KPIs are distributed and there's a lack of individual and team accountability to drive results Slow & high reorg. frequency - means decisions already made get revisited by the newbie, impacting time to market","Create clear goals for each team quarterly, hold accountable for delivery Do not allow new management to constantly change the plan for the sake of being new",3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63612,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place,Awesome place to work in,I can't think of any cons,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63613,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,micirosot,enjoyed the coworkers and working with many different and diverse group of people. management had their good and bad days,would push on sales and were very pressuring. expected a lot from you from the time spent.,"stop being so moody, and finding every reason to pick a fight.",1.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63614,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 22, 2017",Current Employee - Brand Ambassador,Good experience,Meet with great people. But you dont feel as important to the team,"too much standing, dont feel important, long shifts and breaks are short",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63615,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review for MS,"flexible working environment, advised to everyone!",it can be chaotic from time to time,keep focusing on innovation,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63616,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 7, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Applied Scientist,Work @ Microsoft,"Great work culture, people managers, freedom to choose work areas","Inter-team rivalries, lack of co-operation and understanding across teams",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63617,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,General,"benefits, work life balance, trainings",empire building at mid and top management,reduce Bureaucracy,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63618,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty decent place,Pretty decent place to work. Technically competent people in most places. Though I have seen my share of people who can't even install Windows by themselves in IT.,"The departments work pretty much by themselves, so you will not know many announcement. Like the product development and the IT department doesn't what exactly each other does.",Invest on key talents. There are many people who needs a move to different department to utilize their skills properly.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63619,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 17, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strange Company,"Salary, lots of nice people most not in a position of power. The company does have some great ideas at a senior level just not translated by middle management.","Management based on fear, people with long arms who can smile at your face while stabbing you in the back. Employment contracts not good for the employee.  Far too PC and want to be seen as PC.","Look after employees and don't mess them about so much. People's lives are important not just the ""I care about me and looking good"" attitude of certain managers.",2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1406.htm
63620,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,General good,"Nice office, Flexible working time, Good benefits overall (health insurance, snacks & drinks, etc.), Friendly working environment,",Salary is not competitive to other top tech companies,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63621,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering Intern,"Big company filled with skilled software engineers, designers, and product/project managers. Massive amount of resources.",Legacy codebases are extremely hard to work with and require massive onboarding processes.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63622,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 3, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer -2,Awesome place to work,Awesome place to work in,none comes to mind right now,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63623,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,The company has a great environment,There is low career progression,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63624,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company if you like to have an easy time and not be challenged,Famous company Great kudos on your CV Excellent work/life balance Friendly culture,"Too many old timers clambering their way to the top. No career growth for later arrivals. Staid and stuck in their glory days. Difficult to move across pillars or job categories. ICs stay ICs, Managers stay Managers.",cull management - bring in fresh blood and new ideas. Too many people have worked at MS for 20+ years making the technology old/redundant and having to buy in 'new' ideas to make a splash.,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63625,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"future thinkers, investors, developers and innovators","too much management structure, inability to operate globally with same US values",get less management,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63626,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,"Great company, great work flexibility","Autonomy, flexibility to work remotely and from anywhere.","Processes and tools very demanding, complex and no support to help execute them.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63627,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise Architect,Good vision and excellent position in various IT market segments. Plenty of opportunities to grow personally and professionally,Shortage of relationship with Business Decision Makers,Become more visible in specific business segments.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63628,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,excellent company,good perks (costly mobiles and tablets) good work life balance obviously the brand value.. you get a lot of discounts on market.. feels good,some teams do boring stuff,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63629,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Government Affairs,GReat place to work,"Innovation, standing, creativity, growth, curiosity",Nothing specific that could make me regret having worked there,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1407.htm
63630,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,Great company to work with ... focus on customer and partners and provide right support to employees. Smart people across various teams.,Internal processes can slow things down at times...,Need to have additional support to better align existing pool of resources,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63631,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Every thing is great. salary - Position - Boss,nothing time - money - car,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63632,microsoft,Melbourne (Australia)," Jan 31, 2017",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Service Delivery Manager,"Great environment, very flexible working time.",Salary is somehow under expectation compared to the Microsoft brand,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63633,microsoft,Muscat (Oman)," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Territory Manager,Microsoft is at its prime growth,great learning and great team!,It's real struggle to get to the top for growth,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63634,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product designer,Well facilitated working environment. Good balance between work and rest,big cooperation. Framed work. big group,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63635,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best workplaces in France !,"Many : strong emphasis on work/life balance, challenging projects, great teams","A bit of politics, sometimes interal moves are already ""closed"" when they go open for internal publication...",N/A,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63636,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Application Development Manager,"Flexible work times, great team, great perks",Cannot think of any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63637,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 30, 2017",Current Employee - Account Executive,Good Company to work for,"Culture is great, family friendly, work environment is very healthy - no blame culture, Microsoft brand opens doors with customers",it's a large corporate with the cons you would expect (processes etc) difficult to get promotions in certain areas of the usiness unless you know how to play the game - so ensure you get hired at the right job level with a salary that feels right.,Grad scheme is not suitable for mature grads Ensure investments are made in the right areas to ensure quality delivery to customers,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63638,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 12, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer,General Review,Culture is very good. Helpful people,Systems need a lot of redesign to handle latest data,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63639,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 13, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The great company with great clients,"Good salary and great environment , there are so many challenges, for what, a person can really improve himself and earn a future.","High pressure, there are a lot of work to be done in a limited time. To complete that you need to work at home sometimes.",Be more careful to clients.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1408.htm
63640,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best workplaces in France !,"Many : strong emphasis on work/life balance, challenging projects, great teams","A bit of politics, sometimes interal moves are already ""closed"" when they go open for internal publication...",N/A,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63641,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Good employment choice with cloud motions pressure,You have access to important educational resources and people near you can inspire and elevate you ambitions,"It's hard to transform any business, but almost excruciating for traditional Microsoft enterprise business. There's lots of confusion and stress.",Keep up the good strike for the future,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63642,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Cloud Solution Architect,Great company to work for,"Manage your own time, work from home, amazing company, benefits and colleagues.","Takes over your life, the indoctrination is so clever!",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63643,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Trainer,"Talented people, perks, brand name, work atmosphere and culture","Work life balance is a bit of very smart and driven people, it is what you make it to be.an issue.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63644,microsoft,Lagos (Nigeria)," Feb 10, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,salary,"great people, good working environment and brand recognition","internal politics, distance from central team, high staff churn",cut the politics,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63645,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Benefits are good, flexible working hours can be arranged with manager, great and smart working colleagues",Promotion tend to be slow if you are not in the talent pool. Every country hiring process is different so you may get different package,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63646,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Work life Balance, amazing career opportunities, challenging environment","way too many reorganizations, people are losing their jobs from day to day",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63647,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it's a matured company which enpowers billions,big platform which is full of smart people good benefits,not much personal impact feel like a cog running on a big machine,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63648,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Global Technical Account Manager,Global Technical Account Manager,"It has a good environment, nice place to work. Also it is a big company, with a lot of products and technologies, so you have the chance to interact with other groups.",Sometimes you a an employee have no much possibilities to influence in the strategic decisions,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63649,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 25, 2017",Former Employee - Escalation Engineer,"Excellent place to work, people friendly","Microsoft is people friendly company, too many opportunities available and one can choose based on his/her career aspirations. Performance assessment is very well documented and doesn't rely just on your immediate manager.","Inter transfer is bit challenging, and changes in team are announced given no / less time",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1409.htm
63650,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack of Career Progression or Focus,"Great flexibility working at Microsoft. Work Life balance is very good, however you do have to be prepared to take calls into the evening time when the Seattle team comes online.","No focus on individual's careers, no help to move you to the next level in the organisation.",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63651,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Many are there. Good Company to work,Not Cons as such. Great worklife,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63652,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Finance Controller,Business controller,Good salary and benefits. Leader in IT. flexibility. free to work from home.,no commitment with employees. High rotation. impersonal,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63653,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Project Manager,"Good to work, very focused on results","Good salary, good benefits, engaged people working around, Nice place to learn about new trends and technologies.",Decisions come so fast that sometimes seems that no one cares about. Low visibility about the next steps for the business.,"Leaders are good to take decisions, but overall the company seems to not believe in what is the best way to go through. Example: the dead Microsoft Mobile.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63654,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Coordinator,Coordinator,Good to work for nothing wrong with it,Nothing I can think off just ok,Look after employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63655,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 7, 2017",Former Employee - Senior Service Engineer,great company to work for,"Benefits, work culture, awesome campus, career opportunities, breadth of technology","review process, 5% mandatory attrition, very frequent year long org changes",give more stability from org changes in name of change,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63656,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 1, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Microsoft - Not as great as people think,Good compensation and stock options. Used to be a great place to work but not anymore,Half the people don't do anything but get away by favoritism. Big talks in presentations but no action,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,none,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63657,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Competitive with good leadership,"Pay, bonus, benefits Great colleagues Inspiring products & services","Lots of org changes Highly US centric - although international, most decisions are made in Redmond","Continue with great leadership, vision & strategy Try to empower even more the regional staff across the world (non-US)",4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63658,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 6, 2017",Former Employee - D X,"Talked more, shipped less","- Amazing perks - Gamified performance - Great company values and culture - Very smart colleagues - Massive company, many scopes to learn from - Amazing legacy of Bill Gates","There is a thick layer of very elderly senior management who are unfit for a fast moving industry such as technology. They never allow someone to grow beyond them. They cancel all the great projects based on their internal political agenda, not thinking about the bottom line of the company. Satya in his first year couldn't improve a thing after Steve Ballmer left, but later on, he progressed.","Microsoft has great and young technical folks, but allow them to contribute and move forward the company. You are restraining the potentials of the company just to secure your job for the next several years and to save yourself from early retirement embarassment.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63659,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of a kind!,Great work/life balance. Great benefits. Great work and team.,Sometimes you have to wait for decisions since its a big company.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1410.htm
63660,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Working at Microsoft India !,"I am working at Microsoft India for 7+ years. -- Great team. -- You have opportunity to work in different positions, for different orgs with MS, which gives you all round experience. -- Good salaries and perks.","None that I had to face. Change is the constant here, so some people may have a different perspective to look at it.",Doing a good job i believe.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63661,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Jan 21, 2017",Former Employee - Student,Data collection,Excellent opportunities for advance.,I don't have any criticism.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63662,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 4, 2017",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Great Place to work,"Very high learning on the Job, Competing benefits, Amazing Campus, Stimulating work environment","Work Life Balance, Below standard Cafeteria food, Business Politics",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63663,microsoft,"Udaipur, Rajasthan (India)"," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,senior c++ developer,it is very good job,very nice and atleast 10 year experience,be in dicipline and do the work nicely,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63664,microsoft,Roma (Italy)," Feb 2, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Cloud expert,"I am proud to work for this company, there are many opportunity to change and have different path during your career",The worst thing is the worklife balance. This company ask always more. It's good sometimes to have opportunity to lear more but for stress is definitely bad.,I advice to keep more open eyes in the market,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63665,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company but avoid EDC,"Excellent perks, new building on the way and facilities will be fantastic. Working with smart people. Best team to work for if you want to go further in your career are Azure, Bing, Operations and Inside Sales.",European Development Center (EDC) is too full of people that have been there too long. There is very little chance of promotion unless you just started at a low level. Glass ceiling is pretty low. Morale is pretty bad as people are just waiting for redundancy and only doing the bare minimum.,"For the EDC: Grow a pair and cut where it needs to. Death by a thousand paper cut is not good for morale and you will not get natural attrition as people know a package is looming. We need a proper vision, role definitions and career path defined.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63666,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Director,"Great company, great products, talented and smart people to work and collaborate with",a very competitive environment. Annual performance rating process was unfair and did not align to the work performed. I understand that the process was scrapped after the departure of Kevin Turner. Promotion process unclear and varied greatly between divisions,some senior leaders have egos that are way to big for their capability and try to manage by fear,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63667,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still great place t work,Great Place to work You learn a lot,stock price is till not high,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63668,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 29, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Marketing Manager,Partner Marketing Manager role,"Great culture in a transforming organisaton with a world class CEO. Great pay, good working environment and highly flexible workstyle that strongly supports working from home. Very little internal overt politics and colleauges are generally very reasonable with each other.",Career stagnation - not hiring nearly as rapidly as when I first joined the organisation which means ability to change roles and do something different is far more challenging then 14 years ago. Too much internal focus around metrics instigated by former COO.,Cut down on the amount of internal focus and make the organisation for more customer centric like competitor organisations such as Salesforce or AWS. Remove the multiple layers of metrics and only focus on those that really matter.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63669,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but...","Energizing, smart people, fair compensation",- Poor work-life balance - everything is a scorecard priority,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1411.htm
63670,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 30, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very high attrition rate in Irish Office,"Great office perks, good salary, homeworking encouraged",Local scorecard comes before customer satisfaction on priority list. Attrition is really high,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63671,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 1, 2017",Former Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is changing... but still a long way to go,"It is a great company, good salaries and benefits and very clever people. Worldwide presence and great opportunities for moving around organizations and countries. Satya is a great leader, inspirational",There are still a lot of 'old school' microsofties that are fighting the change and that is slowing the change.,"To the middle management: it is time to change, so if you don't change, it will change Top Management: keep going!! A lot of people want you guys to fail but even more want you to succeed!",3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63672,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Reasonably Nice Job at Microsft,Almost no extra work after working hours,Not so much other companies use Microsoft tech,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63673,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,it was a really great experience overall the office was comfortable the people were friendly,kinda far away from my house but that's my personal prob though,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63674,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Jan 15, 2017",Former Employee - LSP PSE,Transformation,"Good company, processes, people, products.","Bureaucracy, long decisions, a lot of work.",none,5.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63675,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much mismanagement,"No pros for being work there, you are not rewarded for any of your work.","Many cons as working there, not gaining knowledge of new technology. Work on decade old technology Management staff not listen your queries","Do listen your technical team, understand technical glitches and bug.",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63676,microsoft,Paris (France)," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Sales,X-Factor,"innovative, diverse, creative, humble, passionate, very self critical, undergoing a huge transformation, with a new excellent new culture and tremendous leader. Microsoft is doing the right thing both for the customers and the company, to a leaner, smarter, agile customer obsessed.","Middle management was hired to drive stacked ranking. Going to a growth mindset with those people will be complicated. Can they change ? can they promote the best talents for the new microsoft vs resist to survive. What Microsoft is doing is excellent as a shareholder ,) will it be good for the engaged individual contributor ... and let's be clear : as a sales guy, it sucks. To be happy in Microsoft, it's important to think first about how your job is interesting, has impact, and your family before thinking about money. It's a company full of underpaid very talented people.","Do the right thing. in fact keep on like you do know, with bold ambitions and human engagements. We are Microsoft, we do the right thing for our customers. One only advice : your true force is the engagement of you individuals , make you evolution a revolution, not the Battle for Stalingrad.",4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63677,microsoft,Paris (France)," Feb 19, 2017",Former Employee - Sales Manager,"A collection of individual achievers, not a company",People are passionate with the technology developed by the company and are very committed to the brand.,"Focus on very short terms results (weekly or quarterly) while decision making is very complicated (politicking and clique behaviour, complex and not user friendly processes, very limited autonomy from Corp, hundreds of narrow, often conflicting KPIs), managerial skills are inexistant and no serious attention and consideration are given to external signals (customer feedbacks, competition moves).","1) Train your managers so that they overcome their acquired taste for individual performance. 2) Learn how to listen, make errors and failures an opportunity to improve and accept feed-back instead of focussing on too many KPIs and ignoring people.",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63678,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Azure Engineer,Review,"Honestly, almost everything is perfect so far. :) Microsoft does indeed tend to take care of every employee.","/, /, /, /, /.",/,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63679,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Recommend, Awesome Culture for Work",Awesome company to join If you have interest in software field,Didn't got any cons so Nothing to say,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1412.htm
63680,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NA,very good company worth working for,work life balance is a bit of an issue,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63681,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 26, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft,"Great Processes, Strong Technology Vision at Redmond",nothing specific to mention now,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63682,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2017",Current Employee - Azure Engineer,Review,"Honestly, almost everything is perfect so far. :) Microsoft does indeed tend to take care of every employee.","/, /, /, /, /.",/,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63683,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Recommend, Awesome Culture for Work",Awesome company to join If you have interest in software field,Didn't got any cons so Nothing to say,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63684,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineering,"Very great environment, everyone is very supportive. Definetely should work here one day!",There arent much downsides to working here at microsoft.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63685,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies to work for,"Very good company to work for. Flexibility, understanding and big on career developments.",The systems can be a little dated which you would think of for a technology company as such.,Some review techniques are a little too admin based and less applicable to the current structure.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63686,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft part-time job,"Field work was fun, getting creative and generating new ideas and team-work.",for the time I have worked with Microsft there weren't any downsides.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63687,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great compensation,Flexible workstyle and compensation that is competitive,Tumultuous changes and cutthroat culture,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63688,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place to Work,-Flexibility for good work life balance -Chance to work on new technologies -Get to work with some great companies on interesting projects -Good compensation package,-Management too internally focused sometimes -May have to travel a lot to go to projects,Streamline the bureaucracy,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63689,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Excelent W&L balance and opportunity to growth,A lot of process and to much time to develop things,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1413.htm
63690,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 20, 2017",Former Employee - Project Manager,Stressful,Great benefits Flexible working hours,Redundancy every 18 months or so. Numbers being let go under 30 so doesn't need to be reported on. People with over 15 years service are all holding off moving jobs and waiting for next round of redundancies - and rightly so!!,Encourage better team work,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63691,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 24, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Mixed experiences,Satya Nadella has reinvigorated the company in a very short period of time. Highly professional environment with lots of opportunity for personal development,The bureaucracy and heavy administrative processes are still very much present. Sales and Field Management needs a refresh.,What started in the product teams needs to translate into the sales & marketing offices around the world.,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63692,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work in India - Microsoft GSMO,"Great people, awesome culture, lots of new challenges. No better job in India working for world's best software company","For technical people in field roles, there is bias in product groups and hence easier to move out to another product company than join product teams. Difference in levels between engineering and tech roles in GSMO",Rationalize levels across the world for all roles like in USA,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63693,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,"Interesting projects, very smart people, and ability to have your work influence a lot of people. I personally, have a great manager, who is not only very capable, but alos knows how to direct/motivate his team.","Its a very big company, its easy to get lost or not know exactly who to approach to solve each problem.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63694,microsoft,none," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Think about working in big CORP structure...,"in 2007 it was great company in terms of ramp-up: - 6 months training period(product, proceses and language) - Possibility to be a part of multinational team - Great to be a regional employee - Refreshments on place - Great benefits  During 10 years many things are changed, especially in ramp-up options.","- If you will join the CSS organization(Customer Services and Support), be ready for the fact that to move to another dept will be really challenging... - Shared places: I would love to have dedicated place where I will have a personal comfort istead of thinking every morning where I will seat today - Too many processes and tools to execute your daily job",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63695,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 22, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great US leadership with Satya,"Great product strategy, great leadership in the US, investing a lot in new technologies, many great people and also opportunities, good salary and benefit package, extremly flexible workstyle","Slow transition within the field organisations, lot of ""old"" sales behaviour, a lot of reporting requirements and politics, especially on management level","change the Kevin Turner bonus system, it is a burden for collaboration, restructure the field organisation",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63696,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2017",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Smartest people you can work with!,"- I joined Microsoft straight out of undergrad college as a software engineer in IT with a bunch of other college grads and I have met few of the smartest people I have known while at Microsoft! Especially the new college grads. They are super motivated, super techy, and politically smart. You will definitely learn a thing or two from everyone (and while this goes for every place you work at, Microsoft stands out for me personally) - There are lots of genuinely nice people here. Everyone is pretty transparent and honest, direct and challenging the status quo. - There are no meetings with just straight nods. Everyone has something useful to say and they would make a point to say it however radical, and you too will be expected to do so if you don't - A lot of parties, fun stuff. - Work - life balance. Your manager will literally want you to be happy. I have had about 6 managers in a span of 3 years and everyone of them was invested in getting me work where I could make and impact while also caring enough about what I do outside of work and whether I get enough time for it. - A lot of opportunities for innovation. Microsoft has a lot of internal groups and hackathons which promote this culture. And most of the crowd being into some side tech hobby or interest, they don't have to push a lot for participation here. There's a lot of cool stuff being built and you can literally be a part of it, everyone is just a ping away! - Compensation - Campus (its super beautiful) - Free snacks, coffee, and the like.","- Hard to get noticed unless you are super good at what you do. Every team has a lot of smart people. If they are not technically as smart, they would be in other aspects like communication, management. Its hard to stand out, and a lot of effort sometimes sadly goes into impactless work just for the sake of annual reviews. - You may feel like a tiny nut in a huge machinery. It takes a lot of passion for tech to give in the kind of work people give in spite of this - Being restricted in some ways to the Microsoft stack (while the company is justified doing this, you could wonder time and again whether the grass is greener on the other side :P)",Keep up the innovation you have been driving. Care more about what really matters instead of just allocating 'busy work'. Try to make it a less bulky management chain.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63697,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 21, 2017",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Work life balance is good,"Middle management, very slow, legacy",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63698,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best job,Best role and job ever,Too many things to learn,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63699,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Web Developer,Great place to work,"- Good team but bad projects - Work culture great ( services ) but not with all projects it depends ( 90 % project very tight timeline ) - Great investment on learning ( you love it ) - got lynda, Safari, pluralsight subscription free",- Using old tools and technology - MSGD culture not good - Salary not what reflects in offer ( more performance bonus component that you may never get ),updated tools and technologies,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1414.htm
63700,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Jan 19, 2017",Current Employee - Channel Executive,Channel Executive,Partners respect you because of the brand itself,FTE headcount are very limited,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63701,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Architect,Amazing place to work,Cultural transformation CEO Breadth of opportunity,Intense work ethic A lot of roles in a matrix can be challenging to navigate,Keep it going,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63702,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 4, 2017",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,experience gained,Nice environment I love the company,Nothing say very good company,Nothing to say management are good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63703,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jan 3, 2017",Current Employee - Solutions Specialist,Solution Specialist,there is a great work environment,There is no career path,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63704,microsoft,none," Jan 3, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,"amazing work, brilliant level projects",worst hr management ever. absolutely screwed,replace the hr,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63705,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 6, 2017",Current Employee - TSP,TSP,Great visionary CEO and strategy,"Rotten culture of fear, caused by years of managing out bottom 5%. inward looking company",Stop bullying people just because you have to manage out 5%. Remember the good people watch so many people suffer. Fear drives negative behaviour,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63706,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 16, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Finance Analyst intern,"Good Company, great people, nice office in Dublin","Inside you can tell it's an old company, people have been in the same position for years",Please incentive the change of people,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63707,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 1, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,cool place to work,"good team, environment to learn",teams management is autocratic and many times if you are not careful you will be on the wrong side of their and its not good.,Learn to grow the teams too,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63708,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Project Manager,Respect contractors!,"great teams environment if you are lucky and being managed by good/quality manager, this is not always the case even at a company like Microsoft. My experience was super positive. A lot to learn and you feel like you work with the best in 90% of cases. Access to study materials, on-line libraries, access to latest tools, software MS is launching.","Contractors are going a job while not being rewarded in the same way. Quite often they actually hired to do FTE jobs, while you see FTE searching for new shoes on Amazon, and this was not just my conclusion. Have so many MS friends who are FTEs at HR as well who confirmed the same perception. MS solution for this - building new premises and moving FTEs to one building and contractors to the other.","Care more about ppl regardless of their contractual status and hire contractors, you have them screened already at your offices, sometimes for years, they are liked by managers, team members, they perform well, fit to the team, drive your strategy and are not being employed ...ever! If they are not good why they are there ?",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63709,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 27, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Top Company for Top people,Great people who support you and enable you to grow Amazing pay and best benefits you could ever ask Variety of work and global reach flexible work arrangements,"None, it really is the DREAM workplace",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1415.htm
63710,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems and Tools Manager,Incredibly innovative company. Challenging situations all the time. Matrixed organization. Chance of advancement from within. Outstanding work ethics. Employee well being part of the mission.,"Due to the size of organization, slow to responde to market needs. Some managers focused on personal results rather than the whole picture.",Maintain a constant review on HR practices in order to ensure top to bottom alignment of mission.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63711,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Channel Marketing Manager,Microsoft,"Huge business to understand, can get lots of exposure, large budgets, can make a difference. Big brand name, good for CV.","Sometimes too big to navigate. Quite politics, more who you know at time, as opposed to what you know. Long processes, can mean you can sped more time negotiation that, than getting stuff done.","Take more care for contractors, which is 40% of the Microsoft work force.Some contractors stay on for years, and never have any coaching, anything for their professional development.",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63712,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Data Center Manager,Very mature organisation,Work life balance Gender Diversity Innovation Market Reputation Investment in any technology in any region is very high. Good outlook for next 5-9 years,Senior management sometimes takes too long to implement a decision.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63713,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Progrm manager,can have opportunities to work with complex environment and learn a lot of things,sometimes you will become too busy and join many global calls in the night,"it's a little bit difficult to set clear measureable targets, and sometimes hard to hold full accountability on someone",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63714,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Technical Support Engineer,Would learn new things daily Work with best minds of the world,There will be very less Work Life Balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63715,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Keep pace with Technology, Wide Career Opportunities","Internal politics, too centralized in Redmond","Streamline operations , get lean",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63716,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft,young divers workers community and open culture,"procedural approach, focus on standards not on creativity perse",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63717,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2017",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not a Place to stick,"benefits , facilities, brand, technical events",Much of the projects are controlled from US and lacks the future understanding Work Life balance,projects to be Indian driven,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63718,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support engineer,Good place to learn the technology,Leave management and work life balance,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63719,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of Microsoft UK,Great focus on wellbeing and diversity. Very friendly set of employees. Great experience and particularly proactive in terms of graduate recruitment and millenialls. Inspirational CEO in Satya Nadella,Very bureaucratic and difficult to get any decisions made. It has been a victim of its own growth in some ways and its constant restructuring and redundancy programme has been a necessary evil to get it back on track. The signs look positive for the next few years however it still has a lot of work to do to simplify its processes and be on the front foot as its competitors are,Please make your processes simpler and less US centric!,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1416.htm
63720,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of Microsoft UK,Great focus on wellbeing and diversity. Very friendly set of employees. Great experience and particularly proactive in terms of graduate recruitment and millenialls. Inspirational CEO in Satya Nadella,Very bureaucratic and difficult to get any decisions made. It has been a victim of its own growth in some ways and its constant restructuring and redundancy programme has been a necessary evil to get it back on track. The signs look positive for the next few years however it still has a lot of work to do to simplify its processes and be on the front foot as its competitors are,Please make your processes simpler and less US centric!,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63721,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,Benefits at Microsoft is the key differentiator,Great work culture of trust and flexibility. Benefits are one of the best in the industry but the delivery and administration of the benefits could be better.,There is a very Microsoft way doing things and as a new comer you have to learn to adapt to the quickly. Most of the leaders are highly tenured in the company and hence tend to focus of success of the past.,The initial induction and on-boarding program can be better.,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63722,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Jan 9, 2017",Former Employee - Marketing Project Associate,in general good place to work,"flexible working hours so you can arrange the time you work satisfying salary (especially if you are recruited through MACH program) friendly workplace environment no hierarchy (chance to voice your opinions in all meetings) nice place to work (the office environment, cafeterias are good)","too much expectations and high performance targets (always feeling under pressure, and salary increase pace is quite slow) limited job opportunities (turkey office is trying to decrease its workload due to bad economy conditions so if you are an intern it's really difficult to become a full-time employee)","too much expectations and high performance targets (always feeling under pressure, and salary increase pace is quite slow) --> managers should be more understanding and tolerated limited job opportunities (turkey office is trying to decrease its workload due to bad economy conditions so if you are an intern it's really difficult to become a full-time employee)",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63723,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 9, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Engineer,Excellent facilities to enable you to achieve more.,They are in the hardest phase of Microsoft career but fighting like eagles so the challenge is to keep up with the fast paced technology and innovation,They know what they have to achieve but better to define the patch as well.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63724,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Dec 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great place to work,"- Exciting environment as the market rapidly changes/evolves but Microsoft has been keeping up with it under the new CEO's management, part of which is represented by revenue growth and stock price increases. - Very mature org with history, where management process is established. On the other hand, we adapt to the external changes flexibly at the same time. - great people to collaborate with - flexible work style - good salary","Maybe volatile in consumer business, such as Surface, as the past cash cow of Office gradually loses its profitability. I would recommend working in commercial area if you're interested as this would be safer.",Pay more attention to product quality/experience instead of profitability as these are the areas that competitors are doing better at.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63725,microsoft,Warsaw (Poland)," Jan 8, 2017",Current Employee - Partner Business Development Manager,Great employer for begginers.,"Great people, great culture, work/life balance.","poor earnings and other individual benefits, very poor when compering to other market leaders, even MS partners pay more...",Should care more about people.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63726,microsoft,none," Dec 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,It has a great and relaxed atmosphere. Great place to work for.,"There is nothing really. If you have a bad team, it can be hard for you. But I guess it's true for every company.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63727,microsoft,none," Dec 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"excellent company to work, good management, good environment",none that i can recollect,none for now,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63728,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Microsoft offers a competitive set of benefits.,The experience can vary drastically depending on the group that you work in.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63729,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,Great exposure to international business,Growth paths may vary considerably from current role,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1417.htm
63730,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2017",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid Spot!,Very engaging and collaborative workplace. Constantly learning and lots of smart people in the room. Able to learn a lot. Lots of travel and opportunities worldwide,Not much room for growth and you can kind of get stuck working in the same role for a very very very very long time.,Be more open and engaging with lower level employees. Try and make it so that they are excited even about the boring things and then the office culture will take care of itself.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63731,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Territory Account Manager,Great Place for Work,Salary Work Life Balance Flexibility The Team Work from Home Career Development,High Quota No Teamwork Compensation Unclear Bureocracy,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63732,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2017",Current Employee - Financial Controllers,Financial Controllers,"Fun, engaging, fast moving, growth, opportunities","Work/Life balance, management, team, office environment",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63733,microsoft,Warsaw (Poland)," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Windows Phone Developer,Great place to work,- Great Managment Team - People with great knowledge - Access to latest technology and gadgets,- Evangelists were sometimes so busy that couldn't share the knowledge,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63734,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work at,"Nice comfortable working environment, brilliant facilities, good work life balance.",Open office system sometimes creates a problem for the employees,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63735,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Passinate and rewarded,China story is different.,Nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63736,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Dec 19, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,I like this company,1. It takes care of employees' career. 2. The colleagues are very nice. 3. The environment are very good. 4. Work and life balance well.,1. I think it also has the common problem of the big companies that it is very hard to make big changes. And sometimes it took too much time to communicate with other teams.,1. The manage team should help to reduce the communication effort. 2. To keep pace with the development of internet.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63737,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2017",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not great for a millennial,"great benefits, work life balance","culture, leadership, offering guidance to millennials",Work more on the overall culture of the business - too scorecard driven,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63738,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Dec 18, 2016",Current Employee - Solutions Specialist,Great platform to learn more,Great job culture and professionalism.,really great at time,All good,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63739,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cutting edge technology,Always working on cutting edge technology,Always need to keep updated,Review cloud cadence cycles,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1418.htm
63740,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cutting edge technology,Always working on cutting edge technology,Always need to keep updated,Review cloud cadence cycles,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63741,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Global Human Resources Operations,GHRO,"Great company culture, talented people all over.",Work-life balance in some departments is not so good as expected from company like Microsoft.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63742,microsoft,"Liverpool, England (UK)"," Dec 29, 2016",Former Employee - Level Designer,"Good Benefits, Bad Decisions","- Full freedom to work from anywhere, even from entirely different continents. - Lots of exclusive access to Microsoft products long before they release - Good work life balance and pay - Good community","- Microsoft as a business has been making poor decisions for the past few years in terms of software development, games and marketing. - Was let go abruptly without warning after studio was shut down.",Evaluate the industry as a whole and find opportunities rather than promising to catch up on lost opportunities. Entire studios could have been saved.,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63743,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Good place to work,"Microsoft is a big, big place. There are lots of things you can do. Pay is good. Internal movement is encouraged.","It's a big place. It takes hard work, and a fair bit of luck, to be noticed. Your career is enormously influenced by your manager.","Keep pushing the culture change: diversity, transparency, accountability, etc.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63744,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work-life balance,- Good looking office.  - Micro kitchen on each floor with free soft drinks and sometimes fruits.  - Pool and table tennis on some floors.  - Large cafeteria.  - Free shuttles to/from closest subway stations.,"- Cafeteria is not free.  - Office location is not perfect - it's far from the city center, there are no nice restaurants around.  - Shuttles only work from about 8AM to 10PM, which sometimes is not enough.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63745,microsoft,"Burnaby, BC (Canada)"," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor,Awesome part time (Product Adviser),"The management picked a really supportive team and they themselves were really supportive and forgiving when I made early mistakes.  I really thought I was going to get fired in my first month. But instead they gave me a lot of leeway, kept pairing me up with other successful sales people and kept checking up with me after every interaction I made to give me advice on what I could do better. I came to love the job and put a lot of effort into becoming a better sales person. It was really rewarding for me, and I'm sure them as well, to be able to see my sales increasing.",Dancing was the worst part. It should have been written into the job description when one applies because it became a big part. Everyone was expected to do so at least once each day.,My management was awesome. I really appreciated how they were accommondating to newbies and their level of forgiveness for mistakes and support really motivated me to learn on my own time how to be the best product advisor I could be. (i.e. learn how to attach the most stuff/MS Complete to all my sales).,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63746,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Dec 28, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,The life in MSFT,"Great technology , competitive products, Mobile and Cloud solution focus successfully help company to shift the dependency on Windows OS licensee to new cash cow.","Some managers are very political, care abut upper level management, always seeking to look good in front of their boss in stead of focusing on leading team.","Visibility is not the only way to measure performance, there are many other ways to manage the performance, it will be good if company's leadership not only award those people know how to show off.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63747,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 17, 2017",Former Employee - IT Contractor,The 1980's Time Capsule,"Nice location, good transport links and some very nice people to work with. Good bus service fropm Reading Station to Thames Valley Park","Outdated processes, incompetent political bullies that have designed their own outdated mandrauylic processes around cut and paste and the need to remember many illogical steps. Shout ""AWESOME ""at every opportunity or ""IT'S ON THE ONENOTE"" if you do not have the answer! Handed down PC's for contractors that struiggle with the workload they have to manage.","Grow up, stop wet nursing the delicate and infantile TAM's that whale like newly born kittens when they have actually do some work. Join the 21st Century at some point int he future",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63748,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 17, 2017",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Good place to work on,You can learn so many Products,Lots of Politics by Manager,I really don't like the Management !,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63749,microsoft,none," Dec 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,"innovative, results-driven, smart, good opportunities for career growth","too competitive, long working hours, not fast enough",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1419.htm
63750,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 19, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Golden handcuffs,Almost all employees at Microsoft make enough money to be comfortable. We work on amazing products with some of the brightest in the industry.,I've never had more meetings in any other job. Management don't listen to employees. Honesty isn't regarded as a good quality. Liars do very well at Microsoft.,Listen to employees.,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63751,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Category Manager,msft,"Culture, benefits, workplace, work/life balance","Progression ceiling, bureaucracy, too internal-focussed",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63752,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer -2,Great Place to work,"Cutting Edge Technology, Very Smart People, Excellent Perks",being a large company Visibility is difficult,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63753,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,"Amazing Leadership, Truly Global",Cutting Edge Technology Be in the 1st world IT Revolution Awesome perks Flexible working hours Be your own sailor Extreme global exposure,Too many 3rd party associates HR needs to understand professional needs and listen to candidate concerns Sometimes HR gets too rude Initial package and growth plans should be transparent,Awesome work guys let's take it to next level now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63754,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 11, 2016",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Microsoft Academy for College Hires,Mecca of technologies. Corporates love Microsoft. Employees are valued. Chances of growth within organisation. People are cheerful and passionate about their work.,Loads of work. Politics can squeeze in at times. Benefits can be improved. No room for technically inept people. Have to try and research about new things on a daily basis.,Bring in more transparency.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63755,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant,good employer very kind and sweet,please fix the refrigerator compressor in the cafetaria,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63756,microsoft,none," Dec 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship review,"Great learning experience, good work/life balance",Political environment. Should know how to tread with caution.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63757,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Empowered to make your decisions, great support from peers and collaborative atmosphere",Time difference with Seattle is a pain and impacts work-life balance. For career growth and progression a move to the US is the only option as there are limited opportunities to move between product development teams.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63758,microsoft,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Business Advisor,Great place to work,"I love the culture. Everyone is pleasant yet hard working. The benefits and coverage is amazing. One of if not the best place I have ever worked at. If you have a an interview, I would suggest trying your best. They are picky and don't let just anyone into their oasis of fairness and welcoming mentality.",Must be very compliant and follow procedure to the letter. Most companies don't operate at this level of rule following.,"At my location, none. They do their job well as can be expected, too err is human and they hardly do that so kudoo's.",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63759,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome,"amazing work facilities,amazing perks working at microsoft. satya nadella is the best",get stressed out sometimes. get stressed out sometimes. get stressed out sometimes. get stressed out sometimes. get stressed out sometimes. get stressed out sometimes. get stressed out sometimes. get stressed out sometimes.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1420.htm
63760,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Dec 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Development manager,"great salary, autonomy, balance between work and personal life","so many people doing the same job, disorganized",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63761,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research intern,"Great work atmosphere, the most excellent people in computer science across China, great working facility. You can meet great mentors, MSRA is really a good place for research.","The salary is low compared to other IT companies in Beijing, and the workload is high. Besides, the working atmosphere is too geeky.","The proportion of female employees is too low, could consider recruit more female employee. Besides, the the quality and diversity of the food in the canteen could also be improved.",4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63762,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, but...","Great atmosphere, facilities, people, huge opportunities to advance your skills and career.","...IF you're in the right area with a supportive manager. If you're not, you can expect to languish in a corner until you're made redundant. There is also a huge contradiction in that Microsoft obsessively wants to please their customers but then makes it near impossible to do so with a completely insane fixation on logging minutes worked, and adhering to complex processes which do nothing helpful for the customer and really just perpetuate the image of a foreign customer support centre where your case is passed from pillar to post as shifts start and end.","Your customer service support overhaul needs to be overhauled. Processes need to be simplified, adherence criteria need to be relaxed. Customers need to be treated like people, not external resources pigeon-holed into a particular response template.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63763,microsoft,Bangkok (Thailand)," Dec 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,EPG Director,"- Great Process, Status, well recognized by industries and peers - Great Culture and Values - Great Top management with strong vision about the industries","- High pressure to deliver revenue results - High turn over rate - in Sales & Marketing results are praised while family, work/life balance must be sacrificed",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63764,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"good salary,work culture,foreign trip :)",all is well. no cons,none,2.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63765,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,One of the best places to work with high Workplace Index and great opportunities.,It's been a short while for me to comment on cons of being here at Microsoft.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63766,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Agile, Works on latest technology, Smart people around",Works majorly on Microsoft technology,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63767,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior SDE,Enough challenge for the most advanced technologies,"Too much politics, too much ppts",Stop making phones,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63768,microsoft,Rome (Italy)," Dec 21, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,accoutn executive,great work innovation and interesting technologies to deal with,work life balance is constrained,NA,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63769,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer Review,- Working on products used by millions of people - Working with highly skilled co-workers - Fun environment,- Mid-management are highly technical but most of the time don't know how to manage people,Manage talent not resources.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1421.htm
63770,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good work life balance, bad politics","Work life balance is good, all the amenities","Most of development is legacy, lots of favoritism and politics",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63771,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Money vs Peace,Working with smart and result oriented people in a very aggressive workplace with a very competitive compensation. You can definitely alter your ego.,Unless you know politics you will never survive. They continuously push you to try new things with out of box thinking however there is no tolerance against failure,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63772,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome time,Valued for what you do,Not much if you are good at work,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63773,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One bad apple!,"Great people, really smart. Really good facilities and strong positive culture. Can achieve great things in your career if you have the right manager, network and support.","One bad manager was able to get away with appalling behaviour and it was never dealt with. Several top talent people left the organisation because if this person and they are still at the company, continuing to create a toxic working environment around them. It's such a shame, because beyond this manager, the company has an amazing culture, but the fact that the issues were not dealt means that more good people will be impacted and will leave.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63774,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mi. Lead,Very good environment. Healthy and friendly and supportive and motivating and caring all friends and colleagues. Every innovative and growing,Glass ceilings hardly there but sometimes one can wrongly construe. completely transparent at all locations sometimes. Very good querying environments but you need to find a place for yourself,No particular advice you are doing superb continue doing superb the company is ona super growth trajectory everyone is super excited to be a part of the flagship I am super excited continue like this,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63775,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer,"Its Microsoft, what do you expect?",Interesting projects. Smart and capable peers.,Monolithic work structure. May be demotivating.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63776,microsoft,Marseille (France)," Dec 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it manager,looking for life needs and kids life,bad management attitude with bad decisions,become more firendly,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63777,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDET,"Perks, Campus is outstanding. People are helpful. Had an awesome experience there.",I think there are no cons.,Management is perfect. Just keep doing the same work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63778,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"Great innovation, Great Work, Great benefits",Nothing of cons that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63779,microsoft,Vienna (Austria)," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New World of Work,Microsoft offers total flexibility on working hours and work location. The empowerment even on the lowest levels is still impressive!,Microsoft is a LARGE company. Don't expect a speedboat but an astonishingly fast pace for a company this size.,Stay on track! Continue taking bold decisions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1422.htm
63780,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Company makes a change in their strategy and vision towards cloud. Amazing opportunities arise for professional,Big company where a lot gonna change as a result of the new vision and strategy.,"Good job so far. If they balance the impact of changes, everything gonna be super",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63781,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Financial Analyst Intern,Great company,"Good corporate culture, diversity and inclusion",Relatively slower growth in Ops and Finance,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63782,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Dec 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Software Engineer, Microsoft","Lots of opportunities, can change teams relatively easy",Big company. Probably a Pro for most people but not for me. Can feel dehumanizing,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63783,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you Like support and System Administration tasks,The people are nice. It have free coffee.,Pressure. For me the fact that have pure support and be more of a System Administrator tasks,Be more clear in the interview about the tasks that the employer will be performing,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63784,microsoft,Chennai (India)," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources Specialist,Competitive environment,"Perks are the best. From salary through medical and healthcare, the company pays for your gym and fitness band! You've the luxury of leaves and holidays as you please. The experience of a global company which makes a difference to the world.",Highly competitive environment. Cut throat competitions to scale up. Slow paced career progression comparitively. Metrics and KRAs are not easily achievable. You really need to work hard/smart to get the prices,"While changes are good and progressive, employees may need time to adapt, breathe and imbibe them!",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63785,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Innovative, new technologies and products",Nothing much if continue to do the same,Continue to do the same,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63786,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 28, 2016",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,Huge contact with high-end tech Great envolviment with multi-cultural and diversity people,Lots of pressure and tieght deadlines,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63787,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 13, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,My Experience so far,"vast opportunities to explore within Microsoft boundaries, best standards for work ethics and motivated colleagues around you, impact is global and you interact with teams and people from different geography and culture as part of working as a program manager","sometimes its easy to get holed into a super small piece of the problem, get overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the product and loose focus from the big picture",I believe Management is doing a pretty decent job of driving the teams along in a positive direction,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63788,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Great minds and driven software engineers. Fantastic team mates. Excellent and healthy culture. Collaboration and diversity are great strengths. It's exciting and interesting work where you are challenged every day..,Little time for to be able to educate oneself. Rapid change of management over time causes unclear direction.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63789,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Sales Manager,Sales Manager,"Benefits, flexible working, innovation in product set, culture",Senior jobs appear pre-determind rather than based on proven capability. Base salary tends to be lower than market rate.,Create an open and transparent hiring process.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1423.htm
63790,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 29, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Life at Microsoft,Great product set . Azure is a market winner but Microsoft needs to give it more market awareness. Same can be said for Dynamics 365 Office365 is another great products that is totally under utilized. Great training as long as your manager fights your corner,Far too much focus on Scorecards. Driving the wrong behavior and internal focus Not a great place if you are over 50 years of age. Partner community is one of the best assets in Microsoft's arsenal.,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63791,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing,Overall,A great organization to work for with amazing benefits and supports a balanced work vs life culture,Not so certain about the view of the corporate office to its employees in the field,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63792,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,With freedom come responsabilities,"Compared with my previos jobs, mostly as a vendor, they really give you a great deal of responsabilities. Especially now with Satya as CEO you really have the impression that things are starting to move fast after years of Ms being at bottom of the queue of innovation and looking less dynamical than its competitors. Looks like the era of the big mammoth of IE and the PC's business is over in favour of a more agile business model. Don't expect anyone to come to you asking to do you job, supervision is minimal, but they'll know how good or how bad you're doing, and they expect you to contribute towards ideas and project. I was actually surprised to see how easy it is to get any good idea implemented. Quite easy to see people working from home, even a couple of days per week. Very good benefits as well.","Not many, as you should dedicate a certain percentage of your time to projects other than your standard job, you may end up with more projects than what you can deal with and it is not uncommon to see people adding, almost daily, 30/60 minutes to their usual office hours (even though there's no requirement for it).","You're doing great, so keep doing what you're doing!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63793,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Dec 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lead Azure partnership,World class company with great vision,Highly political work environment in India,Push non transforming old sheeps out of MS else due to their own survival fear they will keep suppressing the younger talent,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63794,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Product Marketing Manager,"Business dynamics, diversity of people and environment","Work and life balance, hectic processes",none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63795,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Incident Manager,"Great Workplace, Great People","No micro-management - if you do your job well no one will pester you Young energy everywhere and all peers are friendly Great sports/pool benefits, on-site breakfast is great",City Office is off the metro line at Piata Presei,More focus on the inter-linking of teams for better career opportunities.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63796,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Center Specialist,"Good pay, flexible working hours, some food and nice perks","Too much internal politics, bureaucratic environment",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63797,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unlimited Opportunities,- very large and diverse set of businesses that provides a lot of learning and career growth opportunities - presence across the World providing great WW exposure and ability to relocate internationally - cares about people,- high bureaucracy slowing down decision making - high complexity and interdependence across division make it harder to run the business,- continue to double down on Cloud - simplify the business,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63798,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company culture and employee benefits,1. Team leads are willing to share their knowledge. 2. you can be promoted quickly if you are in a right team.,1. some teams may exist strong bias against the employees with different political opinions.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63799,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,salary,salary is good and payment package is great . leave is abundance and the company culture is awesome,huge and the need to know the right people which is expected for a huge organization,keep moving to the direction you guys are moving forward to,5.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1424.htm
63800,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great Place to work,"# Good learning opportunities # Very Good facilities (medical, transport, food etc) # Good work life balance",# Currently Microsoft is in transformation phase and reorganization is bit nervousing employees,None,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63801,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Specialist Professional,I like Microsoft,Can get the latest technical news.,"too much review, too much meeting",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63802,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work - and can be greater still,"Flexible employer, some really great people work here, Satya Nadella has brought back excitement and innovation. A company that has changed the world in the past, and has the opportunity to do so again.","In the transformation there are still a lot of ""old guard"" managers about, creating roles for themselves that add no value to the customer, the product, or the process. A carefully placed scalpel could trim some excess fat.","Look at the quality of some of the long term execs. Some are great, some are just there...",5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63803,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft IT - rotten and too political,"Nothing to say.. Big campus,car lease policy, health benefit.. Free snacks, cold drink, coffee, free","New guys need to be very careful, old employees just not help them. Everyone wants to survive by keeping more info with themselves. If they will tell you, they'll become low values and lose their job - that's the fear. And hence you lose your job because no one tells you anything.  They work in age old technology, projects are all rotten.  Managers could show your nightmares. They ruin life, trouble new people and help their bucket holders.  Be safe don't join","Get new managers, all are just doing time pass",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63804,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Dec 5, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing Manager,One of the most innovative companies in the world.,Too much push for scorecard metrics. It's getting better though.,Should take good care of existing employees.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63805,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It was a good experience.,Nothing specific to talk about.,Good,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63806,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Partner Manager,Very political,"A great work life balance, with the ability to work from anywhere. Great benefits available for sales people, with car allowance, health care and a great incentive plan.","It is, like most big corporations, very political and you need to make sure you are constantly rubbing shoulders with the right people to make sure you are on their talent map. Also the hot desk culture is great for work life balance, although can create strange team dynamics where people only interact when they need something.",Replace hot desks with team areas to create a better cohesion between teams.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63807,microsoft,none," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work with,Learning opportunities. Access to their own software to learn and excel more...,Beware of politics in some teams,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63808,microsoft,Raanana (Israel)," Dec 5, 2016",Former Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Microsoft,"Good salary, some employees are very nice","Highly 'political' environment, certain managers might be convinced that the sun is rising from their behind","Stop the crap, start working",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63809,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,"Good pay, professional working environment",The environment is not cooperative very results oriented,Create a more cooperative team work environment,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1425.htm
63810,microsoft,none," Dec 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Sales Lead,"fantastic resources, lots of great people, a v strong brand that opens opportunities & possibilities, freedom to run the job and your life your way, great culture of investing in people","matrix management highly taxing and inefficient, corporate overhead impeded at times, systems & tools woeful","invest in better systems, measure less things but make the measurements accurate and meaningful",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63811,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 25, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Engineering Manager,"Microsoft IDC - Great colleagues & work, but limited opportunity",- Very broad variety of domains to work on across Microsoft and most have a presence in Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) Hyderabad. - Technically brilliant and highly motivated colleagues - Great benefits and support infrastructure,"- Everything is home-grown and inclination is to build in-house than look for good alternatives outside. - Very limited exposure to what's happening in the broader industry. Goes back to the first point of preferring to look within than outside. - At least in IDC Hyderabad, there are limited opportunities for growth and so many folks tend to move to Redmond (Microsoft headquarters). This causes a lot of churn in teams and is the biggest source of attrition. - IDC Hyderabad has been at a steady state for past 4-5 years. This further stifles opportunities for growth. Meanwhile competitors like Amazon, Google have big growth plans in Hyderabad. Also, companies like Apple and Uber are also setting up centers there.","- Figure out a way to not use IDC Hyderabad an easy source of talent to tap into. - Encourage and incubate big product teams in IDC. There is no dearth of talent and experience, but it naturally tends to migrate to Redmond due to limited scope in Hyderabad.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63812,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 30, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Senior Product Marketing Manager,Great managers who empower employees...working hours are flexible and environment is family friendly.,Work is more operations and scorecard management than marketing...,"Focus on delivering excellent glocal campaigns, be more customer/consumer centric",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63813,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Solution Specialist,A fantastic company to work for,"Microsoft is the best place I've worked for. Very encouraging environment, great internal systems, very positive vibe. Work life balance is awesome.",Too inward looking. Too much corporate noise.,Simplify and consolidate employee communications,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63814,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Working hours are great, flexibility with sick leave and really care about you","When deadlines approach it can be hectic, but you learn to adapt to the pressure",Keep up the positivity and motivation. Maybe give staff more breathing space,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63815,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Information Security Manager,Great Company to Work and if there is a chance i will join the company again,"India management at the time was political, not sure how it is now",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63816,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship Experience at Microsoft Research India,It is great place with an amazing set of people. The work culture is the best part about the internship. There is a very good balance between work and life.,Projects may not always be well defined. You may stop liking the food after some point in time. The office is a bit small.,Not much is done to ensure that the interns are maintaining a good rapport with each other or with the employees. More social gatherings should be arranged for the same reason.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63817,microsoft,Nairobi (Kenya)," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Inside Sales Representative,Great,I loved the people and culture,Not a place for lazy people.,kudos,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63818,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,I got to work with some of the best managers I have ever worked under. The training program at Microsoft is very very good.,I found it to be a very slow moving company where too many meetings were held but Product development was very slow. Definitely not agile in any sense of the word.,"Avoid too many meetings. Avoid the insistence upon consensus for each and every decision. Sometimes, in an agile model of development, you need to let mistakes happen but they can be corrected quickly easily if the product is cloud based",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63819,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Excellence,Energetic and always adapting to change. Microsoft is transforming,Best people. Knowledge repository. Open to new ideas. Very employee friendly. Multinational. Customized. Flexible.,Long working hours. Very fast paced. A little too old style as it comes from the windows era.,Prioritize and focus to become the champions once again,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1426.htm
63820,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Excellence,Energetic and always adapting to change. Microsoft is transforming,Best people. Knowledge repository. Open to new ideas. Very employee friendly. Multinational. Customized. Flexible.,Long working hours. Very fast paced. A little too old style as it comes from the windows era.,Prioritize and focus to become the champions once again,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63821,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,work culture,work culture is positive. We get support from our peers both in India and US,there is less flexibility in changing teams,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63822,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Research Associate II,"Great company, but too siloed",Flexible and supportive of personal time. Good benefits and many company events. Good talented and nice people. Interesting projects that affect millions of users.,"Impossible to stand out, compensation model is based on duration of employment. Work load is imbalanced with a lot of hidden unemployment.",Build up your employees and invest in them or you will lose them. Money isn't everything. Give them room to express creativity.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63823,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Nov 12, 2016",Current Employee - Secure Infrastructure Consultant MACH,Consultant in the secure infrastructure domain. Deliver solutions to clients in the EMEA region.,The benefits are excellent. There are Role change possibilities so you don't feel stuxk. Always learning. Dynamic environment. Very nice office and colleagues. Positive culture.,"If I have to write cons, I would say that as a consultant, you have to travel a lot. Apart from that... it can be a little chaotic at the beginning.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63824,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 25, 2016",Former Employee - Consultant,Consultant,"it's a global environment with diversity, you can learn a lot, not only technical skills but also soft skills.","Not quite a good place for new fresh graduate, need more mature training program or systems.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63825,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good pay, little freedome",Very good compensation Big impactful projects Flexible work hours,Slow career advancement Working overtime Little personal impact on the projects Slow decision making,Make teams more independent from the higher management.,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63826,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun Place to work,interesting work friendly colleagues work-life balance good pay,bureaucracy interview process is totally random,Nothing as such,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63827,microsoft,Rome (Italy)," Nov 23, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,Great culture and environment. Flexibility in working hours. A lot of talented people.,limited career opportunities if You are hired as a Contingent Staff.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63828,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good experience,"food is provided daily which is delicious, will be assigned a mentor, who will discuss with you every week. People there are smart and easygoing.",The people work very harder and will push you a lot when the deadline is closing. Most people will stay at the office for quite long time every day.,"Maybe can be more flexible and for the interview, maybe can be more efficient",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63829,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,"The salary was great, the company is very serius and compliance , the process are hard,",People work watching inside business and don´t care about customers. Employeers take all day long making decks to Corp and forget about customers. too much directors doing the same job.,"Listen your customer. Bring the customer voice inside company. Stop to say ""no"" to customers. Be more cool. follow the oportunities.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1427.htm
63830,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fun company to work for,"Great staff, office is fun with good onsite facilities such as restaurant, shops and recreational area.",Nothing to note here as I experienced a positive work placement. Good team of people who are always willing to help.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63831,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work for,"Global leader in several IT areas , big, international. Growing, developing, rich, very organized, growth mindset oriented. Present in many parts of the world, possibility for career growth.","Need to set clear expectations on the growth possibilities in the business group and team you work for. It is huge company and internal competition is tough, also a lot of politics here and there.","It is international, but very centrally driven company with big HQ. In some areas it is very hard to follow the consumer and customer needs with such a set up. It is not flexible enough to catch the growth opportunities outside IT B2B oriented business.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63832,microsoft,Khabarovsk (Russia)," Nov 23, 2016",Former Employee - Partner Technology Adviser,Good place to work,"Competitive salary Huge possibility to earn experience in the field you work in and in other, Every year you got new tech, practices and freedom to do you job better","The salary is bot high (it's average) Not clear how you and your colleagues can be rewarded. It seems, that rewards given based on someone personal opinion) Not clear how your achievements will be measured. It seems that frequent talking about achievements will increase chances to be rewarded (Nobody tries to measure achievements and compare)",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63833,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineering Manager,"The Bright minds, Work culture, Dream and you can reach there on your capabilities.","Work life balance, Restricted roles in Banagalore",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63834,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 21, 2016",Former Employee - Escalation Engineer,Deeply technical? you can get deeper at Microsoft,Excellent working environment with supremely talented team players. I worked in a role called Escalation Engineering which is a high level customer facing support role. Microsoft can offer you the ability to work with new technologies extremely early in the product life cycle. My cons are very minor working at Microsoft was a fantastic experience. I learnt a fantastic amount from how to deal with customers all the way through to how to debug Windows.,It was always very busy and Microsoft as a big business tended to lose focus on it's customers. A crazy over focus on logging hours spent on multiple support tickets.,Great products but keep focus on being the best in services and support because that's what keeps your customers coming back and buying more solutions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63835,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 11, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer - MSIDC,Microsoft's brand value provides instant recognition and invites respect Processes ensure great quality of end product I worked with 3 managers all of whom were awesome,Some of the teams have long release cycles so work progresses a bit slowly Not a downside for everyone but it would have been perfect if Microsoft had a development centre in Delhi-NCR,I think the company is doing really great to adapt to new ways since Satya Nadela took charge One thing that can probably be worked on is to allow switching between teams without full interviews,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63836,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Creative Solutions Manager,Smart and creative people with some great perks,Beast of a company to work for,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63837,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,"Great company, better with Satya!",Great company if you want a corporate career. Satya is making the place completely different.,"There a lot of room to get better, specially the old Microsoft way of doing business and building products",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63838,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 22, 2016",Former Employee - IT Senior Manager,Sr. Technical account Manager,"Very multinational, good salary and tools.","Very agressive, burocratic. static in terms of carrer change.",Let people move from diferent areas.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63839,microsoft,Shillong (India)," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Teacher,computer teacher,I Like to teach small kids .,no downsides of my works . i like to work as much as i can.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1428.htm
63840,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Nov 20, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Communications Manager,Usually a great company to work at,I loved working there for many reasons from work conditions to salary and benefits. People are great to work with.,"Sometimes reorganization really screw up the already-up-an-running systems. Their MACH program is great, but they should also look into creating career advancements for already employed people, too.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63841,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Good salary, great benefits, good career opportunities",Dominance of Redmond Lack of people investment outside of US,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63842,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,deals,future options louk great and can be even better,long dmu decisions which could be quicker,make it quicker,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63843,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Mature Company,"Good platform, top technology.",Don't like the Windows operating system...,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63844,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Portfolio Manager,Portfolio Manager,Dynamic and fast changing company Challenging and diverse work,"Long hours Due to constant change, job insecurity",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63845,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 1, 2016",Former Employee - International Project Engineer III,International Project Engineer 3,"Benefits, software, people are generally super smart.","Very few, work life balance can be hard - lots of inconsistencies across divisions in terms of levels and expected performance.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63846,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome Company, Awesome Technology","good work life balance, great and variety of work Availability of different type of sports, Gym",career growth is slow sometime,"Compensation could be improved, now a days start ups are giving so much money, if we consider that Microsoft is lagging behind",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63847,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work ..but depends on the Manager,Great place...very talented peers Opportunity to learn lot of MS stack Relocation to Redmont if we plan,Manager centric..too much beurocratic,Reviewing should not solely depends on Manager it should be 360 degree feedback,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63848,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,best place to work,good salary nice place to work,no cons for this company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63849,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Microsoft Student Partner,Good,Benefits are great and there are lots of opportunities to grow skills and advance.,Extremely siloed - makes it difficult to gain broad knowledge of other areas within the company.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1429.htm
63850,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to work,"When working at Microsoft you are constantly at a challenging environment, full with brilliant people and with many opportunities to learn new things. Compensation is above average, and work / life balance is good as long as you are responsible and show good performance.","This is a huge company and sometimes it is difficult to feel that you have a real impact, you need to keep the big picture in mind to see where your contribution is.","Focus in the future, the world is moving towards mobile and big data, try to get the grip on those. Keep innovating and developing amazing products.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63851,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Manager,Excellent workplace for software professionals,Lots of options and career opportunity Company highly supports job moves by providing tools and atmosphere Excellent benefits and total compensation,"Could be quite stressful Internal politics (as expected for a company of such size) No separate quality organization - for better or worst, developers must make sure their code works","Keep doing the great job you've done in fostering cooperation rather than competition, I've heard in the past this has been a serious issue in the company and seems to me that the efforts of improving this aspect are paying off",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63852,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft UK review,- clear strategy / sense of direction and purpose - experienced / smart employees & management - flexible working practices,"- can be long working hours especially if your role is linked to the US - need to network to progress - performance is measured, but contacts are very important",Management have a very clear vision and this is communicated clearly and concisely would be good to add more personality and dynamism to the business,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63853,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but some management idiosyncrasies,"Working at Microsoft is, all things considered, generally a good experience. The people are genuine, partners are great and there are some great flexible working options. The customer engagements are generally positive and the day to day of going to work is generally positive.","The level of politics is unlike anything experienced at any other company, particularly locally. While all large organisations have this issue, it is pronounced at Microsoft. Management are kept in roles for too long and individuals are not moved on quickly enough (or at all) if they have political support despite their impact to individuals or teams.",It is possible to build a microcosm of an environment where all actions result in confirmation bias without realising what is happening due to the size of the company. The management politics needs to be addressed as there are detrimental impacts by 'flavour of the month' approach's to where new staff are hired from or general management trends.,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63854,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Nov 16, 2016",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer (SDE),Work in Microsoft China,People are nice. A lot of projects you could participate in so have many opportunities. Work and life are well balanced.,Salary is a little lower than expectation.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63855,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business operation Manager,"Good benefit, Good brand-name, high salary, support from management team","too much competitiveness, have to deal with many people from cross segments",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63856,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Nov 15, 2016",Former Employee - Communications Manager,Microsoft Rus,"Team of professionals. Great career oportunities, a lot of different businesses, some of them are very succesfull. Nice office with cool location.","Very burocratic, old school oriented, sometimes conservative and excessive. Slow in decision making, even if it needed asap.",More professional managers needed. Strategic thinking and planning. More dymanic communicaton outside the company needed. Less processes and more activities.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63857,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting company but not for young people,good perks and benefits lot of travel..,"Bad Management too much of politics, no real carrer opportunities, no real empowerment for out of the box thinkers. Everything is sales driven",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63858,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - See,Good to work,"Work culture Career growth Friendly Managers, they won't show bossism Transperancy Communication From Senior Management",Internal movements Salary tough to identify oppurtunities Work load Work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63859,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Excellant Company to work for !!,"Lot of exciting work going on. New style of working , change in culture. Innovative company.",Large still with some bureaucracy. Difficult to switch job internally outside US.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1430.htm
63860,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - See,Good to work,"Work culture Career growth Friendly Managers, they won't show bossism Transperancy Communication From Senior Management",Internal movements Salary tough to identify oppurtunities Work load Work life balance,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63861,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,Incredible company to work for,Can't think of any right now,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63862,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Oct 31, 2016",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Excellant Company to work for !!,"Lot of exciting work going on. New style of working , change in culture. Innovative company.",Large still with some bureaucracy. Difficult to switch job internally outside US.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63863,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PM,Good place to learn. Talent from top colleges,Hard to make an impact in such a big company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63864,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Delivery Manager,Great company to work for. Great skills acquired.,No training provided by the company. Poor team engagement. You must be a self starter.,"Invest more time on your employees (regular 1:1s, performance reviews). Make sure that who trains new staff has the skills to do it.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63865,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 9, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager at Microsoft,Best in industry compensation and benefits World class facilities Work from home options Good healthcare and medical benefits,Workload may get hectic at times Too much internal politics Not really a collaborative environment Internal role changes are really hard to get,Be more open in providing opportunities for internal movement,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63866,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company to work with,"This places is an awesome workplace, great quality work, helping peers, amazing projects, and the best work life balance","Nothing much I suppose. The only thing is they sometimes have less pressure and work, which doesnt help in learning much, and probably more independent module handling",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63867,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Dec 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leadership create unnecessary politics,"Salary, stock, US led events. Culture in other offices (apart from Australia) is really good. Good flexibility but the workload is really high so you cant always take advantage of it. Business class travel for long haul when you are senior.","Insincere leadership that lacks authenticity in Australia. They are all too busy writing their own publicity and reading it. Culture in Australia not the same as other offices, is very political and it all starts & ends with the current MD. It is not a culture that embraces differences so if you want to join, be prepared to suck up to MD, adapt your communication style to 'their way', do lots of self promotion and get really good at understanding how to manipulate the scorecard to ""look good"" like the others.","* Adapt your leadership style and embrace true diversity & inclusion, not just female representation. * Stop thinking you cant learn from other countries. * About time for a change in MD - out of the org!",1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63868,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Solution Manager,2016 MS Review,"Reasonable compensation, good environment, permanent readiness, innovation, people above average, proud of working for the company, some social impact.","Budget not aligned to the reality of markets, lot of pressure while investment in transformation is not aligned to what is required in revenue, some local management changes bring people that do not understand the technological implications of Azure changes with consequence of great people leaving the company, T&E cuts canceling key readiness for key people.","1. Align revenue budget to market realities 2. Reserve T&E budget for key people to avoid leaving the company 3. Services organization is not aligned to the new customer requirements (70% are Open Source projects in Public Cloud) 4. Be conscious of the new local leadership changes... they do not understand the real transformation neither the technological implications for customers 5. Company Values are well written, but some of them are not lived by employees 6. MS is a full time job and I saw many people with other activities that creates a clear conflict of interest and lack of deep engagement with they roles  I'm ok to be contacted if required",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63869,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Marketing Communications Manager,Smart people and interesting challenges. Big budgets mean that you can do some really cool projects.,Lot's of bureaucracy can slow down progress and makes it hard to have an impact.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1431.htm
63870,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineering role review,Very friendly fellow employees Flexible working hours Collegial environment Diversity of work Some diversity in employees,Unnecessarily stressful because management wants to catch up quickly to competition Unstructured work due to the above. Lots of changes in the work. Unreasonable deadlines.,You need to innovate,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63871,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,MACH hire,"Free atmosphere, energetic people, encourage employees with full space to exercise innovation and make difference, sufficient resources to educate and train employees, not to bad benefits, one and unique MS poll survey to give feedback to manager","Driven hard by number measurement so that waste to much time to acoomplish beautiful but fake result report, invisible line for people evaluation so that every department needs the last one every year , too many old managers so that it's hard to change from the inside and also conservative to real big new change, HR do not help employees, only the political tool for managers",Listen carefully about end-users customer's voice and stop meaningless number of scorecard,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63872,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Software Engineer II,"The work environment is changing for the better. Compensation and perks are good and comparable to Google and Facebook (sometimes higher, sometimes less, depending on when you come in), however stock is generally less.",No free food in the Redmond. Some areas still feel a bit corporate and there is a bit of management overhead. Working at Microsoft is still looked down upon by the competitors.,Keep moving more towards the Google and Facebook engineering standards and we will be able to sustain the current innovation momentum.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63873,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PSS Azure,Software powerhouse that is deeply entrenched in many organizations and like an octopus has many tentacles into many enterprises and organisations on all levels.,because of the plus mentioned above there are a lot of people involved in all deals and customer relations and each individual has their own agenda as you can imagine. I can assure you that you will have to manage politics internally and expect to be backstabbed: keep your friends close and your enemies closer!,Vision is great - fantastic powerhouse - surely too big to fail,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63874,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Channel Manager,"Creative, dedicated","Creative , high efficiency, competitive package, respected, good management, can learn a lot of things, very good employees benefits and insurance , as well as considerable on board bonus","Too complicated organization , hard for freshmen. Too many meetings and too complicated employee assessment system. Low efficiency of back office support",Less meeting,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63875,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Oct 26, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Specialist,sales specialist,very qualified people opportunity to experience many diverse businesses from Xbox to IT infrastructure high level salary compared to market,too much target orientation does not have opportunity to grow your business with long term plans could be very stressful depending on your team and role,should be less target oriented,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63876,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Advertising,Smart People and great product suite.,Beaurocratic and slow moving. Poor cross team collaboration,Move quicker to keep pace with the industry.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63877,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 29, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,A horrible place full of politics,1. Good health support. 2. Good campus facilities.,1. Extremely harassing managers 2.Too much politics. 3. Pathetic work and pathetic work culture,Middle layer needs a complete revamp.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63878,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,UC Engineer,"Great work culture Very less Micro Management Lots of ways to improve career Free food , cabs and play Great office",No Work life balance No Great salaries just matching industry standards Lots of work stress,Value employees as humans they are not Labor generating tools... You will drown soon if you dont Value your employees.. infact you are already loosing...,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63879,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company with a lot of opportunities!,Microsoft Store is a great place to develop any kind of business or personal skills you wish to have. The experience with Microsoft products is endless and you will forever learn about the advances and support that Windows and Microsoft wish to bring to people.,As always retail can get the best of people and along with sales.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1432.htm
63880,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company with a lot of opportunities!,Microsoft Store is a great place to develop any kind of business or personal skills you wish to have. The experience with Microsoft products is endless and you will forever learn about the advances and support that Windows and Microsoft wish to bring to people.,As always retail can get the best of people and along with sales.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63881,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 7, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,"Generally good, but lacks long-term focus",Very smart people Fairly good comp. Company heading in the right direction Good work/life balance,"Lack of focus/Constant changes in vision mean it's hard to get things done Big company, so often a lot of duplication Still has issues with office politics",Leave us alone to do the job you're paying us to do or at the very least get out of our way!,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63882,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 23, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Lead,Challenging environment,Great place to learn and grow. Good salary. Other benefits were top notch. Stock bonus at higher levels were great.,Too much work. Undersized teams. Internal politics. Teams competing among themselves,Hire appropriately. Try to retain talent. Fire useless lower level managers,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63883,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 23, 2016",Current Employee - DC Engineer,DC engineer,best place to work with,..there are no cones with the company,.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63884,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Nov 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior PM,Senior PM,"Good working environment, people share everything and access the resource you needed.",big company and make decision quite slowly,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63885,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,pc tester,"games, logo, word and times new roman","powerpoint, etx, removal of paperclip",employ more old people,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63886,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Stategic project,360 picture, awesome facilities.",Hierarchy top down in decisions,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63887,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Development Lead,Lots of smart people working on interesting projects,"Melbourne is a remote office, limiting the career paths",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63888,microsoft,none," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Healthy work-life style balance. Very smart people around. Great benefits. Well known brand that seems to move forwards towards people expectations,They get rid of whole teams and kill ideas that have been trying to deliver quote often without clear explanation. You might find many teams working on the same thing,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63889,microsoft,Bryanston (South Africa)," Oct 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical assistance,"the environment is at its best, if you want to be pat of something big Microsoft is the place you want to be, if u want to go forward in life and gain and rebuild and reinvent new ideas and upgrade your skills and 1 day you will take over the world.",there is nothing wrong with working there because all you need is there and all u want is there also if you real serious about the technological industry and if you want to be notice and be part of the bigger team/company the will take over the world again like they did by being the first of few to create computers (bill gate),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1433.htm
63890,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,"Awesome colleagues, great work-life balance, recognition for the work done but then that's individual dependent","some policies could do with improvements, strangely, Perception is bigger than the work you do","Competitive reviews were better than the current ""noone knows"" anything!",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63891,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 4, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,support engineer,good company / good work life blance,need learn new skill,no advice,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63892,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,"Stategic project,360 picture, awesome facilities.",Hierarchy top down in decisions,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63893,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Director,great company,"products, cloud, technology, culture, people","complexity,",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63894,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Place to Work,"All things are good here, Work Life Balance, Latest Technology good pay, Open Culture best Management and Good HR Team.",There is some time work pressure and increment is no so good but they give good pack on joining.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63895,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Nov 3, 2016",Former Employee - Recruiting Consultant,Recruiter,"Worked at Microsoft for almost 2 years reporting to TA Global team, great overall experience,  Excellent TA leadership team, got the chance to work with some great people in the industry across the Americas region","Very fast peaced company, expected to be 24/7 online",Work on changing the babysitting culture within some teams,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63896,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Nov 3, 2016",Current Employee - Evangelist,Evangelist,"For the most part, good people.","Micromanaged, told to work nights and weekends and have unrealistic deliverable when you are forced into long meetings that could have been summarized with an email  The treatment of the V- employees over the FTe's is sickening  Takes weeks to get hardware and cress  No support whatsoever.  Understaffed.",Going the extra mile is normal and fine but living to work is not. Hire only young people with no kids or life to life the awful culture that is MS. Canada,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63897,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," Oct 30, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Account Manager,Operations account manager,"Good work-life balance, people is evaluated based on goals, not how much time spent at the office.","Different departments in the company working in silos, not working together towards a common goal. lot's of employee competency.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63898,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,awesome place to enjoy,good . sallery is attractrive . thats it,not find any .. may be bad for starting career of life,everything is first class,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63899,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - PFE,Great Company for Great Career,Amazing place to work in with full support from teams and management to excel your work,huge Organization with lots of products that needs more effort to keep updated with high level of technical skills,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1434.htm
63900,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,first review,"greatest company, take care everyone works in there!",salary is not the best,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63901,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,"Great company, sometimes despite itself","By and large, great people working in a great environment. The technology is always changing, which keeps all of us with a vested interest on our toes (in a good way), salary & benefits are very good. The culture is changing for the better with Satya at the helm, and it's much more open to different influences, embracing of open source etc.","Sometimes ability to get stuff done really suffers from burdensome process, and the feeling - perpetuated by erstwhile COO, Kevin Turner and his kin - that the subsidiaries can't be trusted and need to be ruled from afar by Redmond. The scorecard driven culture will take time to dissipate.","Keep on trying to simplify the bureaucracy, devolve more control to the subs as the ivory towers in Redmond aren't often the best place to observe what's really happening.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63902,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Oct 28, 2016",Former Employee - Director,"Great place to work, although needs to focus more on customer",Great place to learn process Wide product and solutions to sell Strong marketing brand to help sell,To much process To many scorecards To much internal focus and not enough on the customer,Go meet more customers,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63903,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 27, 2016",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Decent company to work for but not amazing,Great benefits and quite generous salary. Looks good on your CV. Most colleagues are extremely bright people. Opportunities to get involved in very large projects. Performance review is not ratings-based and seems more enjoyable than if you were rated.,Quite big bureaucracy and much politics involved in most projects which slows progress down Microsoft seem to value their US employees more than those abroad and it is reflected in the internal level system where jobs of the same description are on a lower level in UK than they are in US. Expect to work late hours if your team or stakeholders are based in US.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63904,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Microsoft-a great company to work for,"Microsoft cares about the develpment of its employees, you will be supported to participate in many trainings and self-develpment activities.","It,s an ""always changing"" environment so you have to be used to work in an environment where the job you perform changes according to company results in a domain.",Keep up the great job you do!,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63905,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It is good balanced job,Nothing much to share of it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63906,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice experience,"Quite high salary in Serbia,friendly environmet","Everyhing was perfect,maybe deadlines were to late.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63907,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Sales Professional,Technical Sales Professional,Microsoft is a large company with many talented individuals and amazing products. You learn a lot and meet many big companies which is needed to broaden your experience. Even though there are methodologies in place but you have the flexibility to innovate how you work. There are no micro-management in Microsoft which is good but expect fierce quarterly and yearly reviews.,"I've only spoken to my manager 4 times during the whole fiscal year. I was working from my house the whole time, which might be the reason behind that low number but I did not feel any guidance or leadership from the management team. No support whatsoever from the leadership team when I was employed and covering a large region.",Listen to the feedback of your team on the field meeting customers. Do not wait till problem arises to start implementing harsh changes.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63908,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,Global Delivery Data Insight,-> Good salary. -> UBI (Utilization Based Incentive),"-> Too much politics. -> Manager oriented place, if you are close to your TDM then don't worry about project escalation and if you are not then despite your hard work no appreciation. -> TDM has his own cirle, you can try to be part of the arc. -> Inter practice fight which fades the one microsoft concept. -> Collaboration does not mean collaborate with project mates rather with your practice mates.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63909,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 29, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Review,Good compensation Smart ppl Good location in central London and Reading Lots of good training Share options,Large company so can take time to get things done. This can be very frustrating if you are used to working at a quicker pace.,"Make recruitment process quicker, it takes a very long time from start to finish and is a little inconsistent compared with other large organisations.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1435.htm
63910,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,Global Delivery Data Insight,-> Good salary. -> UBI (Utilization Based Incentive),"-> Too much politics. -> Manager oriented place, if you are close to your TDM then don't worry about project escalation and if you are not then despite your hard work no appreciation. -> TDM has his own cirle, you can try to be part of the arc. -> Inter practice fight which fades the one microsoft concept. -> Collaboration does not mean collaborate with project mates rather with your practice mates.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63911,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Good work life balance Smart Colleagues Good perks and office culture,A bit too chilled out Work can get done faster,Fast track growth of high performing individuals to retain them against leaving,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63912,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Oct 27, 2016",Former Employee - Director,"Good Place, bad time",Company clearly has vision for the future. Sadly this did not include mobile which was the functiojn i was in.,"Lot of meetings with Seattle timezones, tenting/secret projects made limits and wasted effort in many cases.",keep going,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63913,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior data Scientist,Great opportunity - there are lot of areas one can work on to make impact on business. Abundance of tools to solve any business problem.,This is a very large company. Implementing an idea requires one to convince lot of stakeholders across the globe. Like in any large company there are too many layer of of management to influence to make impact.,Focus to a few of the areas. take a relook at the middle management. Make sure the bottlenecks to any change are identified and removed.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63914,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"Renowned brand name, good company to work with. good work, environment,",Not any as such. One may find out while working,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63915,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Oct 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enjoyable,Great access to top class clients and projects. If you want exposure this is the place to be. Plenty of supportive people who can help you with the ropes.,Work life balance was a bit of a stretch and limited understanding/support from management. Compensation was pretty low considering the entire Middle East and Africa region to cover.,"Increase compensation baselines. People who are on the go need additional support in remote locations. And no, although not working, a weekend away from home doesn't and shouldn't count towards one's home time.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63916,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Freedom and Integrity,Relatively free to choose my research topic. I love the culture and value of Microsoft Research.,More experiment than serious investment.,Take more risk and focus more on high-potential work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63917,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Good working environment and can learn a lot,Travel all the time do not have enough time with family.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63918,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Dynamics, intense a school in many disciplines. Promotes frequent internal job rotation locally and internationally. I am a better professional and person after a marvelous experience during 11 years. Maybe the best company I have ever worked for from 2005 to 20010",Lately (2014 onwards) execution prevailed over purpose and inspiration maybe due to Kevin Turner's excess focus on soulless execution and the cloud transformation that pressured margins. KT is gone but the company will probably take some years to recover from the toxic managerial experience he has fostered.,"I would accelerate further the return of focus on tech innovation, Enterprise and more focus on purpose that Satya is doing.",3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63919,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great working environment,great employee benefits. great medical plans,nothing so far everything great,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1436.htm
63920,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Oct 11, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Love it,"Incredibly talented, dedicated and creative team members. Fast-moving, and really focused on innovation since arrival of Satya Nadella. Very diverse. Great pay and benefits, with a lot of flexibility on working location if you are a Corporate staff member living outside the US. Work from home when not travelling.","Heavy travel schedule in regional roles (3-4 times per month). High stakes workload, very metric/scorecard focused which can sometimes neglect qualitative impact. Global roles are challenging from work/life balance perspective as can require meetings at unfriendly times of day/night.","Think about how scorecard/metrics can measure year on year impact, rather than just 1 year/quarter impact.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63921,microsoft,Schiphol (Netherlands)," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,DA,"Culture, attitude towards innovation, 'can do' mentality, inclusiveness, career opportunities, work place environment.",The 'red tape' all mayor companies sometimes have to deal with.,Continue the good efforts to promote collaboration between units,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63922,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great company, too corporate for its own good",Best benefits and work life balance (UK),"Bureaucracy, Slowness to implementation, Politics, Feeling like just another number, disposable.","Flatten the org, allow people to get on with it, solve the engineering bottleneck",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63923,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HRBP in Microsoft,"Flexible work environment, strategic engagement, leadership development, capability building","Headquartered in Redmond, not enough roles in india",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63924,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer-II,Great Company!,I can work on the great product!,The company is too big!,Think more!,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63925,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,Very good culture. Lots of smart people.,Can be stressful sometimes. Male/female ration unbalanced.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63926,microsoft,"Bogotá, Bogota (Colombia)"," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,Micropros,"An amazing company, really well managed. Nice company culture and ethics. Good vibes in the work enviroment and amazing benefits.","Not exactly as a con, but you can be surrounded with a lot of job, but it worth it because you are doing significate proyects","HAve mor proyects like visual studio code, i have been using it for several months and i found out that is the perfect balence between privative software and open source.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63927,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 23, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Very good work but no personal life,- Latest technology - Lots of resources - Free Microsoft Certifications - Foreign trips - Flexible Hours - Flexible location,"The job keeps you way too busy that you forget your personal life, most importantly they expect us to work almost at anytime, let it be night or day. The primary problem was over utilization of resources.",Nothing much. Just try to understand employee needs and interests.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63928,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,"Amazing company to work for, good benefits.","Hard to find cons, amzing company",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63929,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft Canada: new office,good work-life balance lets you retain your sanity.,sometimes management goes crazy and does lots of re-orgs. This demotivates the hard-workers.,"Consider developers as the most valuable resources to the company. Also, the management should head the company with a long-term clear vision and communicate it clearly.",2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1437.htm
63930,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company but still in transformation,"Salary, colleagues, technology, company direction","Internal process, work life balance can be challenging, still a lot of management layers.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63931,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"2 months Internship experience at Microsoft India Global Delivery, Hyderabad","Amazing work culture, flexible hours, various learning opportunities, overall development of the intern, complete food and accomodation arrangement for the entire duration, lots of fun activities and sports",Didn't find a single downside to the whole internship experience,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63932,microsoft,Leopardstown (Ireland)," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Service Engineer,service engineer,"Good work environment, time management, work and life balancing, good food provided for a cheap price","toilets are busy in the after noon after lunch, you have to run around building to find a vacant one,",nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63933,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Microsoft,A Company for which you want to work.,Nothing to add at this time.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63934,microsoft,Milano (Italy)," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cloud Solution Architect,"No limits to individual growth, an environment that promote continuous learning. All the attention and investments are on Azure so it is an exciting time to be in this role. Smart working policies can help you find your work and life balance.","Internal politics still too relevant, higher ranks are heavily focused on internal processes.","Customer always come first, everything else is just a distraction and irrelevant",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63935,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting but stressful,"-one learns a lot, both professionally - the only functioning Matrix organization I've seen -great people work there, most are exceptionally talented and knowledgeable - working from home -good salary and benefits","- work -life balance non existent, you get a stream of meetings and information, which is extremely hard to manage. - internal power struggles can get in the way of getting actual work done","- less hype when it comes to MS products would be helpful. It is hard to take management seriously when they say products are great when they are very obviously not. Admit the mistakes, cut your losses and move on to better products. - -",4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63936,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience. great people but some shabby management,Excellent name on your cv Access to leading edge technology Some great people CEO is fighting to steer the ship in the right direction,If you don't work at the mother ship you almost don't exist Too many people who have been there far too long and know how to play the system Some atrocious managers They are losing some good people and they don't know it,Shake the tree and get rid of the dead wood,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63937,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,"Great for later years, not so good for starters",- Exposure - talented People - Perks - Work life balance,- Corporate driven - No real work - Political environment,Cons say it all.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63938,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Consumer Product Advisor,not the friendliest environment,-free snacks -get to play xbox games -great coworkers -get to learn about some really cool technology,"-your every move is watched by management on the floor -all your sales are monitored and if your sales are bad , you'll get a meeting -a lot of product and sales promotion information to know that changes every day. Always have to stay quick and keep up with everything",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63939,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"working surroundings, work is very interesting","sometimes too many meetings, discussings",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1438.htm
63940,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EMEA Social Media Support Lead,"Reputation, brand, innovative and empowerment",N/A at this time .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63941,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,"Well paid, smart people, great office",When they drop a project they let entire teams go.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63942,microsoft,Lagos (Nigeria)," Oct 19, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Microsoft,Great in lead cloud sourcing platform development and cyber security,Very bad in acquisition and destruction of businesses they don't understand.,Focus on what you know,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63943,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Flexible Leaves. Good salary. Good Learning,"If stuck in bad cases, you will repent and relent",Give alternate shift to all the engineers,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63944,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Okay,"This is a good place to work at, but not the best. There are a lot of opportunities but it comes with putting an equivalent amount of effort.",There is too much work and sometimes it gets difficult to deal with. I stayed up nights without acknowledgement.,"Try to be nicer to your employees. Employees are not tools, they come with emotions and feelings.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63945,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2016",Current Employee - Philanthropies,Philanthropies,"great culture, give possibilities to be creative","lot of pression, poor guidance sometime for newies",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63946,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft vendor,"As a Microsoft vendor I was exposed to so many facets of the business, growing both my marketing and tech knowledge","As a vendor it is very difficult to become a full time Microsoft employee and as such miss out on benefits, travel and learning opportunities",Look internally at FTEs and Vendors before looking outside to fill job vacancies,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63947,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Microsoft is one of the best foreign companies in China. The work here is creatively, the pressure is not so high",The salary is not comparable with the best local internet companies such as tencent and alibaba. Typical big company problems,"Listen to the user, don't pretend you know the user",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63948,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,META,big company and good benefits,"crisis in russia, difficult situation",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63949,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Make Microsoft a cool place to work again...,"Culture, benefits, see new technology come to life",In-house politics Group thunk culture - listen to the same people all the time - slow to look outside for new ideas,Freshen up the dublin management More new hires need to bring the fun back Make Micorosoft a cool place to work again has become borin,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1439.htm
63950,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great Company to work!!,Good compensation Great place to work,Forced to do random work Too much randomization,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63951,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 15, 2016",Current Employee - Developer Support Engineer,Great place to work,"People, environment, culture, technology, diversity","nothing specific really, all good here",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63952,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Microsoft is one of the best foreign companies in China. The work here is creatively, the pressure is not so high",The salary is not comparable with the best local internet companies such as tencent and alibaba. Typical big company problems,"Listen to the user, don't pretend you know the user",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63953,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,Microsoft Services Global Delivery (MSGD) - Don't join,"Microsoft Services Global Delivery (MSGD) shares the name Microsoft band. It is part of Microsoft organization, but there are extreme difference with Microsoft product group in terms of technology, work environment, pay and benefit, stocks, career growth etc.  Inside MSGD many practice/ group operate individually. Work and technology wise some of the groups like Modern practice, Dynamics are good. You learn all latest technology, work in cutting edge technology etc.","Inside MSGD productivity (SharePoint, exchange etc) domain is the worst group. NO work, only SharePoint and exchange migration projects are running for last 2 years. No development work, no exciting opportunity. Very bad politics are running, no growth, no new learning, no benefits etc.  . MSGD is the lowest paying entity inside Microsoft. 7-10 years’ experience employee get same salary as freshers in Microsoft development center. . No stock bonus, as provided in other MS entity. . Yearly hikes are on average 4-6% far last 3 years. . Bonus payouts are also reduced over the last few years. . Promotion rate is very slow compare to other MS entity. On average, it takes 30 to 36 months/ even more than that in higher level. I know many people waiting for last 4 years in senior level to be promoted. . Join lower band compare to other MS entity. In MSGD starting level is 56, on the other hand most of the other MS entity starts from level 59/ 60. Level 60 in MSGD means very senior position with 15+ years of experience. This level difference very badly affect if you try to internally movie to any other MS entity. Most of the cases you need to join as almost freshers in other MS entities though you have 7-10 years’ experience and you are technically very sound. . Attrition rate is very high. Yearly 20-25% people leaving for last 3 years due to above reason/ politics, no opportunity etc. Onsite opportunity also reduced over the years. Some of the practice like ‘Productivity’ domain you should not expect any onsite opportunity in next 2-3 years. . Some of the managers are there for years, do nothing, play politics and survived here due to very less challenging work. They will make your life hell. Most of the time they will ask to do some other activity apart from your work that will not going to bring any values to you nor the company. Only managers will showcase that to their managers for their survival.","Take challenging work, responsibility. Take more decision own your own, take risks, than hide behind MCS.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63954,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 30, 2016",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Awesome Company,"Diverse, flexible and intelectually estimulating environment. It has a unique enviroment to really cause an impact on everybody's life through the use of technology.","Highly complex organization with many changes happening simultaneously, constantly redefining jobs, skills and pushing management decisions to be taken quickly and some often within a very local context.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63955,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft intern,"Colleagues are very friendly, technical atmosphere is very good, and is open to technical discussion",Must use windows for work. and the traffic to microsoft is not very convinient.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63956,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great work place,You will enormous amount of chance to express and grow as a team or individual. People are really smart here learn from them and will chive more.,appraisal rating system is not good. Live issue can come at anytime. other than that every thing is good.,Keep up the good work. Keep up the good work. Keep up the good work. Keep up the good work.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63957,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 14, 2016",Former Employee - IT Software Engineer,A good transition from university to industry,A very good work environment and they take care of their employees well,The quality of work is very dependent on the team,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63958,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,negotiator,1. agile 2. fun 3. awesome 4. divert 5. cool,1. stress 2. hard 3. tuff 4. closed 5. new,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63959,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Oct 13, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to work that deteriorated over the years,Great place to work that deteriorated over the years,All the tech jobs were moved out of uk.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1440.htm
63960,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - SERVICE ADVISOR,Retail Services Advisor,Great Place to work and extremely fun,Retail - customers can be difficult,More Career Opportunities!,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63961,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Oct 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer,softwer developer,to know about the secret of confidential information,don 't get focused on study,it's very important to manage yourself other are defiantly copy you,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63962,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Student Partner,"Great opportunities with events, mentoring and networking. Really suggested but more focused on Technical Evangelism than Software Development.",A bit more hands-on labs would be appreciated as not always you get the opportunity to work alongside Microsoft employees.,"Keep it up! The programme is amazing but as said before if you focus more on training your MSPs, you get better results and probably future top developers working for you.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63963,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software intern,"Cool workplace, have lots of free time. Lots of indoor games to play.",salary is just optimum. Not as high as other companies.,Don't have ppo interviews for interns.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63964,microsoft,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Business Planning and Operations Analyst,Great place to work!,Good management and mentors. They give many on demand trainnings which is very helpful to enhance your competencies. HR and the top management really care about their employees. Good environment.,"Difficult to grow in the company. With regards to operations and processes, the company can be very slow at times.",Include contractors in the internal hiring processes,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63965,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Sales Executive,"Good package, exciting role, great people",Internal politics and internal politics,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63966,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Sep 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great working environment and much to learn,Long working hours and large work pressure,Nothing,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63967,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great culture but poor management,"Great culture, trainings and benefits.","Product management is obsolete and clueless, just focused on their own careers instead of products.",Start worrying about your clients and less about your career.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63968,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is OK,The company offer great salary & benefits. The work is challenging.,The challenge though very often is reflected in long working hours as there's simply a lot of work despite rigorous prioritisation.,none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63969,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE intern,Good profits. Smart people. Big company has good rules.,They use the technology only they will use. Not so open to the technology.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1441.htm
63970,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Oct 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Great company, good exposure, high job satisfaction and learning","Hectic , career progression path not very lucrative",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63971,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software developer,"Challenging, pays well, great people, many activities, great perks, amazing work environment, good working method and technologies, interesting. very good. very open, liberal, good values","Work life balance isn't the best, career opportunities outside Redmond aren't the best",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63972,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Individual Contributor,a Career Changing Life!,-a revolution in the making of the biggest re-start-up ever -more youthful people bringing a wealth of new thoughts,"-the establishment also need to quickly embrace the future & re-tool skills & capabilities alongside people, products & processes",keep pushing the limits,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63973,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,staffing,"working environment is pretty good, good relationship and college is very easy to communication","they have FTE and contact employee, that will make person feel not good",normally i would say manager is good than other companies.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63974,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Associate Consultant,Excellent Compensation. Work Environment is awsome. Smart People to work with. Flexible working hours.,No such cons i have come across with,Management is doing its work quite efficiently.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63975,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Operations Lead,Flexible work options and lot of resources. Monitory benefit good.,WLB is a problem with a particular role. It is another manager-biased company (at-least in India),Please think about improving the way employee's career is mold and manager can be made responsible to mold employee's career. It is not always that a person not good for one role can not be placed in some other role.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63976,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft (Russia and EMEA),"Good benefits package, official salary and benefits.","Non-transparent performance assessment system, really depends on the subjective opinion of manager. No clear link between your performance and the bonus (for non-sales employees). Over pushing for a career development - nobody cares that you really like job you are doing and want to grow in your role - you have to move and that's all. The target for Good Attrition for managers - every manager must fire and replace 5% of the team every year. Often people are ranking not for the results they achieved but for activities they drove (even if these activities haven't led to a business growth or success).",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63977,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Trainee,Great company,I would like to say that this company really helped me to learn new technologies and it is great place for learning and growing your career too.,"The downsides of working at this company, I'd like to say that there aren't any cons as such... As far as I'm concerned.",The advice to the management of the company at which I worked is very smooth and well organised considering the large number of employees.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63978,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS-great place to work,"Massive company, very well known Great benefit Opportunities to learn Great opportunities to rotate in different departments Flexible working hours",Too complex at times Very Hierarchichal Smaller sub don't have a lot of autonomy to make decisions,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63979,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Best perks and benefits, New technology",Work depends on the BU you join,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1442.htm
63980,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 16, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Associate Consultant,Excellent Compensation. Work Environment is awsome. Smart People to work with. Flexible working hours.,No such cons i have come across with,Management is doing its work quite efficiently.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63981,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work environment,"Good work environment, everyone works very actively, allowed flexible work hours",Too big organization for individual to focus on your primary role,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63982,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Operations Lead,Flexible work options and lot of resources. Monitory benefit good.,WLB is a problem with a particular role. It is another manager-biased company (at-least in India),Please think about improving the way employee's career is mold and manager can be made responsible to mold employee's career. It is not always that a person not good for one role can not be placed in some other role.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63983,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft (Russia and EMEA),"Good benefits package, official salary and benefits.","Non-transparent performance assessment system, really depends on the subjective opinion of manager. No clear link between your performance and the bonus (for non-sales employees). Over pushing for a career development - nobody cares that you really like job you are doing and want to grow in your role - you have to move and that's all. The target for Good Attrition for managers - every manager must fire and replace 5% of the team every year. Often people are ranking not for the results they achieved but for activities they drove (even if these activities haven't led to a business growth or success).",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63984,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Great Work culture Exciting learning experiences Great campus,Huge Company Internal politics decisions are not always transparent,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63985,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not Great in 2012, but Now Looks Better",- Great access to lots of different technologies - Good freedom of movement into different roles/divisions,"- Uber big company politics - You're just a number in a huge company - At the time, lots of arrogance","New CEO looks like he's more open-minded to technologies outside of Windows, hope he keeps that up!",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63986,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 5, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,work full time at microsoft (1 year).,"learn a lot, good environment , best mind to work with,good work life balance,good perks.",Not find yet about the company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63987,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great people poor managers,Great talent in people hired. Learning opportunities many.,Too much politics. Commission payout policy not great,none,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63988,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to work for,A lot of emphasis on people development and culture building.,Sometimes things move a bit slower than expected because it's so big!,Keep your ears on the ground to help with prioritisation,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63989,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Turbulent,"Work Life Balance, pleasant environment",Uncertainty with so many ongoing reorgs,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1443.htm
63990,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Oct 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Graveyard for employees,-beverage bar -travel perks for full time regulars -good onboarding program -reputation in the market,"They treat their vendor, supplier and contract workers very poorly in their Canada office. 60% are contract workers. They are treated like 2nd class employees and are not involved in discussions. Full time employees don't care much for the company, competition among them is unhealthy leading to internal friction. Lay-offs are frequent, even for full time regulars. Co-ops are arrogant and treat vendors and contract workers poorly. Their recruitment only focuses on certain Universities like Waterloo resulting in groupism like you find in high schools.. 1/5 stars for Microsoft Canada as a workplace..",Look at the point under 'cons' and get your act together..,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
63991,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company in India,Work life balance. Great culture and facilities,Not the best paymaster in the market,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
63992,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Best in class benefits, great work hours, super smart people",None so far that i have seen,Great job,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
63993,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 2, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Great learning experience,> awesome brand name > great to know about a lot of technologies > challenging environment,> graveyard shift > some managers are only number oriented and not people oriented,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
63994,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Oct 2, 2016",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Financial Analyst,"Diversity of experiences, size of the business",Bureaucracy and speed of change,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
63995,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,They invest in their people.,They don't spoon feed employees,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
63996,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Good and open Culture. Post the new review cycle there is no more bell curve for review so that that it means is everyone will get a average hike. What it also means is if you are great performer then your hike with not be very much higher compared to a average or even some bad performers,"As always, if your manger is not good, its not going to be good for the engineers. I have had fair share of Good and bad managers. Middle Managers lack vision. they just operate as foreman for the Senior management(who has good vision though)",Rotational check on the working of middle managers is required. Where ever feedback is present it needs to be translated accordingly,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
63997,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Good company. Good learning environment,No extra facilities available there,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
63998,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Oct 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Development Center Serbia - review,- great financial aspect (comparing to other software companies in Serbia) - positive team atmosphere - flexible working hours (might vary across teams),"- big expectations, it's definitely not a ""9-17h"" job - not every team has big influence in Redmond, sometimes you'll need to work very hard (significantly better than peers in US) for years to prove your team is good - promotion is usually harder to get than in US (depends on the team)",- don't keep your employees under-level too much :-),4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
63999,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Sep 28, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Stop cutting beneifts,Salary is OK Benefits are above average Friendly people,"Cuts year over year. Cutting of home internet expense, the company is cheapening out. Enterprise services has HUGE profits and yet they keep cheapening out every year.",Stop cutting. We make enough money.,4.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1444.htm
64000,microsoft,"Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England (UK)"," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Services Executive,Services Sales,"Good network of people to work with, some real quality subject matter experts to put in front of clients.","Being in Services, you are always a second class citizen to EPG, where the quality of people varies greatly. Decisions are always made in the best interest of the licensing business, regardless of the impact on the services targets and objectives.",Decide whether Microsoft wants services to be a licensing business enabler - or a true services business unit and manage it accordingly.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64001,microsoft,Chennai (India)," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior IT Service Manager,Good organization to work with for life time. Worth working for Microsoft as they treat employee very well.,Time zone challenges are existing in some projects. US Team is more exposed when compared to India team to the career growth.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64002,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with great products,One of the best tech companies to work for. Working with some of greatest minds in the tech and business Good benefit and great learning opportunities,"The promotion hierarchy is complicated and it is based on complex topic of ""Impact"" which is some times difficult to comprehend. Need a lot of networking to show your impact which undermines your true capabilities.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64003,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Salary,Brand Name Flexible Work You can enjoy the 30 days stay in hotel,Not quality work Not as such because it looks like it is,No advice as such.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64004,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent place to work,"It was very 9-5 in my department, and the food is subsidised","Difficult to make an impact, most the real interesting stuff is done in the USA",Harness the poer of your employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64005,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GM,"Opportunity, Smart people, Compensation , Benefits, Campus","Politics, Stress, intensity, Aggressive, competitive structure","Manage workload, burnout Respect diverse work styles",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64006,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft IDC - Unprofessional and bitter managers,"Microsoft has flexible working hours which gives nice work life balance, also has lot of facilities, events and seminars. Employer friendly but pays less",India team has lot of bureaucracy and managers are just trying to move ahead by playing dirty politics.,Be more employer friendly and train Indian manager to be professional and less personal,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64007,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Supply Chain,"Great benefits, American corporate culture, new leadership.","American corporate culture, very Redmond based, office politics.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64008,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Very people friendly,you can learn every day and amount of resources(be it awesome people or materials or labs) is amazing,"work life balance depends on the team you are,initially it was very bad for me,things got better",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64009,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"environment, colleagues, opportunities, customers, partners","strategy, sales, challenges, objectives, commitment",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1445.htm
64010,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior IT Program Manager,Directionless internal organisation,"Easy-going, relaxed atmosphere, working from home","Internal politics, titles not matching roles",Sort out the internal politics and optimise the organisation,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64011,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Action packed company with too many changes,"Lot of action, tremendous opportunities to work, contribute and learn. An action packed company",Too many changes makes the leaders take decision in haste,"invest where you anticipate your next 10 Billion Dollars coming, and it needs nurturing too",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64012,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,GM,"Opportunity, Smart people, Compensation , Benefits, Campus","Politics, Stress, intensity, Aggressive, competitive structure","Manage workload, burnout Respect diverse work styles",3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64013,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Controller,Rewarding,"Work life balance, international opportunities, career development, great management, challenging work","Massive company, cumbersome processes and tools, more autonomy/empowerment needed, can be slow to react to the market",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64014,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Very people friendly,you can learn every day and amount of resources(be it awesome people or materials or labs) is amazing,"work life balance depends on the team you are,initially it was very bad for me,things got better",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64015,microsoft,"Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India)"," Oct 20, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Care Officer,My job review,Reputed job with Microsoft company,Uneducated customer about the handset,please keep and retain the old customer,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64016,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Junior Programmer,Well known company. Gained a lot of skills from working at Microsoft over the year that I was employed with them.,No cons at this time.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64017,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,MSIT Hyderabad,"Salary, infrastructure and other employee benefits","Full of politics, either very little work or too much of bad quality work. Unnecessary competition within employees. Hostile, humiliating environment. The managers will keep bullying you to work more and more, still will never be satisfied. And he has the full right to spoil your connect even if you have received good feedback from other colleagues. So if you aren't buttering your manager, or happen to get under a hot-headed manager be ready to be thrown out of the company. The answers you will get after that is Microsoft is undergoing restructuring. Very cruel way of firing. They target some people, humiliate them the whole year, make their ""connect"" bad, extract as work as they want, then ask them to give resignation, else undergo PIP which is targeted at termination.","Instead of going on hiring and firing spree, utilise the human resources you have. Guide them, encourage them, appreciate them and stop treating engineers as slaves.",2.0,1.0,1.0,none,none,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64018,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," Sep 25, 2016",Current Employee - Telesales,Telesales review,I think that there is a lot of pros: Career opportunities Smart community Good salary Developing company Good culture Good to learn high perform business,"It's not a place where you work 4 days a week and 6 ours a day, actually very hard working. You have to really serious at planning work-life balance, because if not, work will always win.",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64019,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer-II,Great for a first job out of college,- A great place to learn from smart people around you. - Good pay and benefits - Great office campus in India,- Bureaucracy may sometimes hinder somewhat simple tasks - Work-life balance depends a lot on your team and the particular manager,- Driving more transparency will help improve impact of individual contributors. - Switching teams internally should be kept easy. It would help retain key talent.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1446.htm
64020,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,Excellent Company,"worked there from 2001-4. great work life balance, complex and challenging projects, good team spirit",none to think of at this time,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64021,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Doing great work in Cloud and Machine Learning,Management sometimes lack direction. Nobody wants to take responsibility for a decision.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64022,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Partner Account Manager,"Big company, good benefits somehow","Too many employees structure, not so good compensation",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64023,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,10 years full time employee perspective,"HR policies, work culture, very intelligent and smart co-workers",Poor people managers. Internal politics.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64024,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - Global Sales Lead,Continual change...,"With so many new products there is always something to learn, which is really exciting... the latest tools and investments are there to help you be successful in your role",There is a two tier system between FTEs and Vendors which is disappointing to see in a progressive company,"Be more invested in the success of your team and those around you, try not to randomize where possible",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64025,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No work life balance,Good compensation compared to smaller companies.,Prepare to sleep there and forget that you have a family,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64026,microsoft,Raanana (Israel)," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,A diverse work place,"Lots of opportunities, lots of great people and pretty much all very open and willing to help and teach.","As with every big company, you often feel like a cog in the machine.",Reach out to all levels of employees and value their feedback. Things they see might be very valuable.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64027,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Benefits,"Flexibility, give you healthcare even do for an intern position",I haven't find any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64028,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Management Trainee,Work-Life Balance Open door policy Highest Level of executives is accessible even to interns,There are no cons as long as you are working on something you like to do.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64029,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for Freshers.,"Good policy. Good company for Freshers as lots of events, onsite opportunities and facilities.",Freshers gets the package of 8.0 lakh plus and 7 years experience joining gets 9 lakh. The salary is not based on experience or skills. It is based on how you negotiated with HR.,Respect the senior people. Promote them. You being technology company give respect and good salary to good technical people. Most of annual review benefits to people who can speak good English and not the one who is technically best.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1447.htm
64030,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,research intern,"nice workmates and environment, challenging works.","Beijing is not a good place to live and work, I think.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64031,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Social work environment, subscriptions benefits",Lack of expected technical experience,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64032,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Excellent exposure good work life balance new projects good compensation good management,slow progress in career timings become lazy,cool,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64033,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Can work on a variety of things from OS to gaming based on interest.,"Politics, too much red tape",Eliminate the people who do not have any impact,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64034,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a very secure job,Great benefits and work conditions,Senior management changes priorities all the time,Stop opening offices to close them down in a couple of years,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64035,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Business Program Manager,"Great tech company, ability to gain worldwide experience","Not all departments are great, you need to watch your back, politics play a major part in this organization",Treat and recognize employees for what they do. Ensure managers are accountable,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64036,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Consultant,Great place to work,"Fast paced, Technologically advanced and good work culture",Internal politics and lack of transparency in prootions,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64037,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Trainee,"Workplace, environment, people, facilities and material",Worse salary compared to other tech companies,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64038,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Sep 20, 2016",Former Employee - OEM Channel Executive,Good time,- good team - reasonable targets - good compensation - goodwork-life balance,- unclear strategy - too much politics/ clouds,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64039,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Sales Specialist,"Solution Sales Specialist, UK",Cache of working for MS Annual training in Seattle Frequent refresh of kit and tech toys like phones and tablets,Inner circle who have been there 20+ years End of yea rating system that depends upon some abstract concept of 'impact' and what your colleagues think of you strange working practices that are too ingrained to change Lots of internal admin Constant risk of redundancy,"take advice from people who have experience in other blue-chips, don't rely on 'the way we have always done it'",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1448.htm
64040,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Vendor Manager,Senior Vendor Manager,"Great company, good potential for promotion. Great global experience and good salaries and benefits",Work life balance can be a problem sometimes. Too many middle managers with not enough experience,Listen to your employees and spend more time on career discussions rather than operational check in's,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64041,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great field, middle management too hierarchical",Goop possibilities for development. Great fellow colleagues and most managers. Benefits. Industry is vital for the future. One of the few players who shape the future of technology and world.,"Middle level managers hierarchical, not having enough engagement with lower level employees. Often too slow and bureaucratical in decision making. Not being transparent about plans with external stakeholders and customers.",Engage with employees more. Open up and build a lasting and trustworthy relationship with external stakeholders. Stick with strategy.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64042,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work Quality,"good problems to solve, good benefits","lot of pressure, process and politics",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64043,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Top employer and filled to the brim with even greater people.,"Diverse like you wouldn't believe, our leaders open to challenge, and Satya has helped give Microsoft a new lease of life. As a graduate hire, I have been given heaps of fantastic opportunity across the business to grow in capability and confidence but has, at the same time, kept me grounded and grateful for those opportunities, quickly reminded if I let individual success go to my head. Since then, I have had the privilege of continuing to lead amazing teams, inflicting true positive transformation for customers, partners and communities.",HR has a little work to catch up with industry and levelling system is very 90's ... Some people I know have been impacted and stifled in recognition because of this but if you understand key measures of success you can still do well... I would welcome change especially for new incoming graduates,Revamp HR levelling and graduate progression,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64044,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2016",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer In Test,A lot of legacy code to work on,"great competitive environment, high salary, gym, a lot of facilities, flixible timings",legacy code to work on.,none,2.0,none,none,2.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64045,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Good salary & benefits, international opportunities",work / life balance is not easy to adjust. very weak corporate memory.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64046,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good place to work, it might be boring",good work life balance excellent work environment very limited politics,no that interesting and engaging work,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64047,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Confortable,Work-life balance is very good,"Very slow response to markets, not good at consumer products",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64048,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Alternance - Assistante Marketing,it is young and international,it is competitive and lots of work,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64049,microsoft,"Egham, England (UK)"," Sep 15, 2016",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,ALM Solution Architect,"Easy working atmosphere, jeans & tee-shirt",Have to complete daily timesheet entry,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1449.htm
64050,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing,"Good employer great experiences, not treated well when you leave","Great people , great experiences, some very good management, ambition of the company is vast, great technologies, great working environments, very international. I enjoyed my work, you work really hard, its quite intense, and you have to be confident of approaching lots of people you don't know and building networks across the business. You are well paid and benefits choice is great. There are opportunities for training, you have to seek them out other than mandatory training such as diversity and equality and so forth. In all I had some great experiences , worked with great people, and made very good money.","You can be in a situation where things are ambiguous you have to deal with that and if you don't you will have a problem , some managers will leave you literally on your own, and literally spend all their time managing up, one manager I worked for, for six months , I saw her three times in six months. It can be quite hard to get meaningful training as your workload is very high, and unless you have a manager that wants you to get on , you can run into a wall of indifference about your development. If you have a quota focus on that to the exclusion of anything else, don't let anything detract. There are battalions of lawyers that literally hold things up and have no recognition of commercial deadlines. Processes are tortuous, long winded, paper and system driven policed by accountants, lawyers, compliance etc , it can be very hard to make that process move and you have to build relationships to do that. Basic things like paying a developer or supplier in a country outside your own can involve conference calls to up to 15 people. I left Microsoft this year as a part of the large redundancy program (17K) people overall. When you leave there are loads of promises that you will be helped to find internal roles, you wont be helped, HR say this but you are totally on your own, They also say they can extend your notice if you are in process for a role internally , they wont, they push the manager to make a decision literally after the interview, they cant so you are unable to proceed. A job I applied for which I had two and half years on that product line, I interviewed for, and all seemed well , my feedback was one line and I didn't get it , I then saw this job advertised two weeks later as a contract role with a staffing agency word for word the same job description at 50% of my salary.... They also say when you are leaving you can extend to cover stock vesting they would not extend me for 9 working days (I requested this as unpaid) I lost 14000.00 as a result. HR are completely inaccessible you can only contact them via email, they never call back, they only do the absolute bare minimum and my advice is never expect anything from them at all ever and get everything from them in writing or it is meaningless. Ironically for the company that pretty much invented IT , internal tools such as getting access to resources, finding data, getting signed into programs and drives you need to access is again a painful process, you have to apply for logins that take ages to get approved, chase people to grant them and the processes can be clunky and slow. For example any pay query goes to outsourced providers who literally ignore the query, its all online , the answers when they come are ridiculously inaccurate reflecting the total indifference of the poorly paid staff in India that have to process these queries. Finally I would say you will move almost every year, and if your business unit is not doing well, look to move in the fiscal year early, as HR in their wisdom enacted the ""consultation"" period on Jun 1st this gave 30 days and then your notice started July 1st which is end of fiscal year, there are no jobs posted in July as all budgets come down 2nd /3rd week of July and new jobs are posted then. You will be left with literally 7-10 days to apply, interview,, and get to 2nd interview (near impossible). If you recognize your business unit is doing badly look around and get moving as your bonus, job, stock is always at threat even if you are doing well personally, you can meet your target (I did) over 100% in first half of fiscal (Jun to Dec) business unit did badly Jan to Jun (2nd half of fiscal) even then I made bonus , makes no difference you are out. Don't assume you are safe as your business unit can disappear overnight. I moved four times due to restructuring in five years. MS Corp in Seattle is famously disconnected from international markets, it is not a global company it s a US company that tries to force US centric models onto international markets, quite one size fits all, and as a result lots of head scratching when things don't work .","Sort out the processes, make them swifter less painful and easier to get data, improve development opportunities its hard to access and even harder to allow time to do any work on development. Improve HR they are incredibly difficult to interact with. All the ""restructures"" detract from work as you are always looking over your shoulder, and people are looking all the time while working which cant help but detract from your day to day work.",2.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64051,microsoft,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Research Intern,Great Experience as Research Intern,- High degree of freedom - Core work given to interns - Great company culture - Free drinks,- No free food in the office,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64052,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,One of the best to work at,"Flexible Timings, Superb work culture and ethics, Get to work with the best minds from across the world. I am in a customer facing role and have worked with multiple customers across the world and traveled due to work.",Innovation is limited in certain aspects.,People's managers need to be strong and look at the overall growth and career opportunities for the people.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64053,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Program Manager II,"Excellent HR policies, good employer","Good employer with great human resources policies. Flexible timings, good benefits. Good facilities like gymnasium, free snacks, medical insurance",Business intelligence practices are outdated. People are rigid and resistant to change. Appraisals are based on the number of meetings you hold and not on the basis of work delivered.,None,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64054,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 30, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager Intern,Intern,Great place to work with amazing employees,There aren't any that I can think of,Continue what you are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64055,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Dd,"Best culture, work, and pay.transperancy in everything including Apprasail Great people with grea brains.",Vertical growth is difficult as the top positions do not get vacant,Nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64056,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company. Too U.S. - centric,Full of very smart people doing a variety of interesting things. Flexible working is encouraged.,"If you're not in Seattle, you don't exist from a business impact point of view. The obsession with scorecards inhibits collaboration",Get out into the wider world and trust your people more.,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64057,microsoft,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Sep 10, 2016",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Cumbersome and old styled,Good salary Still you can find places where you can make a difference with your work within the company Good new products that fit in the market,"Bureaucracy Multiple roles with the same goals, if things happen it's because one guy made it happen and the remaining 5 or 6 or even 7 all take credit, but if things fail they all run away and the only one to blame is the guy that actaully did the job. Ugly work life balance, at least in sales",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64058,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work,"Great GM and LT. Brillant, outstanding Management",No cons. Great environment. Might be easier as a FTE.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64059,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Very good company to work for,"Lots of products, so possibility of a breadth of experiences Benefits & Incentives Work life balance",Very frequent team changes Expensive cafeteria,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1450.htm
64060,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior enterprise architect,flexibility training environment culture rewards,politics too much travel time constraints changes timings,manage individual contributions,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64061,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 26, 2016",Current Employee - Technology Specialist,Technology Specialist,Good company focusing on emerging technologies / innovations,"Equal opportunity provider and nothing much to say as ""Cons"" about the company",Nothing specific,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64062,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSReview,"Employee friendly, Career opportunities, transparent Managers, Visionary Leadership team, good benefits.",Build your own network and get the work done no matter how impossible it looks :-),none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64063,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Great company. Very Flexible and ethical organisation.,At time decision making can be slow and long.,More speed and agility in decisions.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64064,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok Ok,Good Work Life Balance Good Pay Good Team,Less Perks Less Appraiss less qualty people More Crowd,Improve Qualtiy of hiring. Dont hire cramming people,3.0,5.0,none,4.0,1.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64065,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 9, 2016",Former Employee - Audio Designer,audio designer in Microsoft,good opportunity to grow yourself in such a big company,The company is too big and it is hard to make step up.,less dictatorship,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64066,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Friendly people and a great atmosphere. Good pay and benefits for full time employees. Constantly expanding and growing new teams.,My boss. Told me after a year of working that he expected me to produce the same amount as a FTE even though i clearly don't have the time and was not part of the employment understanding. But one bad manager doesn't reflect much on the company.,Somehow make sure the same thing doesnt happen to other students. Maybe have some way for employees to give feedback on their managers,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64067,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Local leadership team needs to work more closely,Satya and his leadership team have been continuously and successfully transforming the public's perception of Microsoft.,"The senior leadership team in China from R&D, Sales and Support, however, doesn't seem to work closely enough to earn a strategic position in the company's decision making chain.",Have a stable leadership with solid track record in regional site,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64068,microsoft,Leopardstown (Ireland)," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager Intern,Microsoft is awesome,"Great pay, great work culture, a lot of exciting things happening.","Depends on what team you are placed in, everything has been great here.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64069,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2016",Current Employee - Researcher,Competitors offer more money,"Very interesting job, great people",Competitors offer higher salaries in many areas,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1451.htm
64070,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for a start in career,1. Good compensation as compared to industry standards 2. Nice Culture 3. Brand value 4. Hard workers get recognized 5. Lot of opportunities to learn and grow vertically 6. Free food and cab facilities,1. Night Shifts which screws your health and work-life balance 2. Office politics if you are under wrong manager (mine was good- so never faced this problem) 3. less increments,Get some good well skilled managers.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64071,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Get on the right track to get the SW empire again.,"Lack of stability of jobs. During 2 years, 30000 head counts were sacked.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64072,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Friendly people and a great atmosphere. Good pay and benefits for full time employees. Constantly expanding and growing new teams.,My boss. Told me after a year of working that he expected me to produce the same amount as a FTE even though i clearly don't have the time and was not part of the employment understanding. But one bad manager doesn't reflect much on the company.,Somehow make sure the same thing doesnt happen to other students. Maybe have some way for employees to give feedback on their managers,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64073,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Good company to work,Cutting edge technology Good pay Nice work culture,Work life balance sometimes becomes difficult,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64074,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Would recommend,"Great benefits, flexi time, get to work with cool technologies.",Limited opportunities outside of Redmond.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64075,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,"Global company, so that in general benefit is good","Org is too fragmented, so that it take long day to make a decision",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64076,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 21, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Intern,Healthy environment Awesome work culture Cutting edge projects and technologies to work upon,Did not find any during internship,"No advice, it was all great!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64077,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 22, 2016",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Review Title,"Great Place to work, place that improves your well-being but you could.","Retails Sales, Great Place to work",Good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64078,microsoft,"Richmond, BC (Canada)"," Aug 10, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Product Advisor,"Work-Life balance, good environment and perks, good training, benefits, opportunities","Pay, gap between management and employees.","For Vancouver's cost of living, important to increase pay.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64079,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 4, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Best place to learn and grow,"Company invests in people, provides stretch opportunies. You must work had and be prepared to be challenged. Bar is always being raised, but if you thrive on fast paced, high expectation environment, Microsoft is the place to be. Company is committed to rewarding for performance.","Fast paced, high expectations, could be complex and bureaucratic sometimes",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1452.htm
64080,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice working place,"Good infrastructure, intelligent people, nice campus",very less salary compare to others,"Increase salary please ,)",3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64081,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,"challenging, proud , competitive, exciting, good pay",some times boring to do the repetitive work,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64082,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for,Microsoft is the best company to be in right now. challenging work and great benefits,none as of now i know,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64083,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 20, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best internship,"- 6 months hotel accomodation. - Awesome mentor - Good projects, learn various technologies - Hyderabad office is awesome, all indoor as well as outdoor games",Lunch varierty was not much. Lot of teams have to depend on USA counterpartsto get funding Most of good work happens in USA Not as such any cons awesome place to work.,Management is doing awesome work. Periodic assessment whether the employee is conformatabe or not. Sessions if needed are organized. Mentorship and assisstanship is taken care of.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64084,microsoft,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Corporate Security,Alright job,"8-4 weekdays. Free soda, coffee and other drinks. Nice office environment.",Low pay. No discounts or benefits as a contractor.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64085,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Channel Development Manager,"great Environment ,great chance for learning , vision ,Mission","Slowness in promotion , promotion map not clear some times",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64086,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager,US company with lots of potentiaö to become truly global,"Fair treatment, challenging in a positive way.",American centric way of handling things is sometimes odd in Europe,"Act like a global company, you are too US centric",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64087,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,software engineer,learning many soft skills other than technical.,It's not that easy to shining or to achieve great success,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64088,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE II,* Lots of smart people * Exposure to lots of projects and tools * Good job out of college,"* You need to be able to manage your career. Figure out which projects are going to succeed and not. Which opportunities will be good for you and not. * Not all bosses are good. Generally decent people, but not all equally competent at helping you further your career. You need to take ownership of your career and * Lots of politics, which will affect your rise, opportunities that you get, and if the products you work on will hit the market. I was on a project that was restarted 3x in 2.5 years, moved between groups. * Pay is definitely under market.","* Be agile * Be more transparent. * Train your management, esp. your first time managers better.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64089,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,People centric company,People centric company and really cares about engineers,Leadership need to think ahead of time,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1453.htm
64090,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 31, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Thoughts about MSFT,Great company for tech guys. Great benefits probably better than 80% of large corporations.,"Consider there are more than 10,000 FTE working here. Double that for vendor. It's very hard to stand out and move up in the company.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64091,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer 2,"Great place to work, learn and grow. Great culture, team work and opportunities to become in depth technical experts.","different time zones.. however, if you are are ANZ or EMEA or India time zone, a great place to work.",Keep up the great work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64092,microsoft,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Design Manager,Good company to learn things,Learn a lot working with a lot of smart people.,"May also get frustrated working with so many smart people ,)",Simplify the organization.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64093,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Bangalore,Good work. Average Team. Less pressure. Great outings,Low pay. Not always hire competent people.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64094,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Aug 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Senior Program Manager Lead,"At Microsoft you really do feel like you have the ability to do just about anything. If you aren't happy with what you are doing at the moment, there are other opportunities throughout the company. The pay, in Japan, is quite a bit higher than similarly spaced Japanese firms.","When you are remote, visibility is an issue. This is something that you need to fix on your own as if your boss is not in Japan, they cannot see you and if you aren't seen, it is hard to move and easy to be overlooked. Case in point, Redmond (Windows team) decided in 2014 to lay off all Windows Program Managers who were not in Redmond (a few slipped through the cracks, but the majority went). Didn't matter if you were a high performer, low, or middle of the pack. They gave us a month or two to find a transfer position, or accept their package... to took the latter. This is another negative about the Japan office if you aren't in sales or support, the jobs are few and getting fewer (when I left). If you are willing to move to Redmond, the sky is the limit, but if you want to stay in Japan, sales and marketing may be the way to go.","While laying off all non-Redmond staff was a viable and maybe the easiest choice, there were a lot of top talent people that you lost. It also sours a person on a company when 10+ years of experience looks to mean absolutely nothing to their management.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64095,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Channel Development Manager,Perfect build up to challenges!,"Dealing with different cultures that pushes enlightening me up to different and wider perspectives, practicing my passion in business as in, training, learning and business development, technology.","Taking delayed actions in management to improving processes and making changes however, that is currently being changed through Growth mindset strategy seminars to employees.",People first.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64096,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good work culture and great resources,"- Good work culture. - Access to a lot of learning resources (both internal and external). - Lot of products to choose from, to work on.","- Really massive. You are lost in a crowd. - Lot of (planned) redundancies in work. Multiple teams may be working towards the same goal. Hence, internal competition between teams.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64097,microsoft,Berlin (Germany)," Aug 30, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Sales Executive,Company in transformation,Great top Management with a growth mindset (Satya Nadella). Investing a lot in R&D. Building up experienced sales team.,Middle Management only average and MSFT hasn´t gone the full way of Transformation of being a leader in terms of innovation and agility.,"Educate middle Management for a growth mindset. Set Targets properly for sales so that cloud Targets are realistic. Motivation was reduced for many employees in the last years through inacceptable und unrealistic goal setting which was executed by M1 managers that are not best in class, only average.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64098,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Good Brand,"Flexi Hours, lots of benefits of working with MNC, breadth of products","A very top heavy company, lots of processes, lack of young talent in many departments of the company",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64099,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great company to work with, good environment, friendly work force, great benefits",Sometimes work is hard but it is worth it in the end because there are great opportunities,Keep it up!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1454.htm
64100,microsoft,Warsaw (Poland)," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - EPG Intern,EPG Intern,"Excellent coworkers, interesting tasks, able to manage his time at work","Big Corporation, salary for interns could be better",Be open minded to young talents,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64101,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Technical support engineer,"Great company, great work life balance",Not much career opportunity for employee,More career opportunity,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64102,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Associate Consultant,"Great peer group, lots of learning, good work life balance - sufficient leaves, flexi hours and work from home facilities, great campus, perks, annual gifts and parties. All in all a great company to work at.",It is a bit tough to get projects of your choice given the competition. Though you do end up working on a few cool projects if you stay long enough.,Keep the cool culture maintained. Focus more on innovation. Incentivize employees to think beyond their regular work.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64103,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great company on a fast track growth,"Brand, big pull and well respected","Very aggressive atmosphere, none supportive culture",None,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64104,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Aug 29, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Channel Development Manager,Perfect build up to challenges!,"Dealing with different cultures that pushes enlightening me up to different and wider perspectives, practicing my passion in business as in, training, learning and business development, technology.","Taking delayed actions in management to improving processes and making changes however, that is currently being changed through Growth mindset strategy seminars to employees.",People first.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64105,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Opportunity work on interesting consumer facing products. Generally smart people to work with. Lot to learn, about technology, people, and getting things done.",None specifically that are not part of working at bigger companies.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64106,microsoft,Zürich (Switzerland)," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Client Account Director,Still a great company,Lots of opportunities to move to new roles. If you willing to make a move you have plenty of opportunities,"Difficult times for the company to move to the cloud, many changes in organization, many left in recent years due to uncertainties",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64107,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Good Campus, Friendly People Nice facilities",Not much opportunity Highly Process oriented,N/A,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64108,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Great Company to Work. Awesome Work-Life Balance.,Low on compensation as compared to google and Facebook,Bring the Wow factor back in your products,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64109,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great company in terms of culture, work-life balance","Great place in terms of technology, culture, job security. -Work-life balance. -Good opportunity for self learner","- Sometime improper management of talent. - You may find some salary difference while comparing to some well funded startup - One Bad thing is that you have to have 5 yr experience to move to US internally, which disappointed many.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1455.htm
64110,microsoft,Athens (Greece)," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Specialist,a big corporation - not a technology company,- lots of opportunities to work multinationally,"-very political, almost toxic environment",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64111,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Current Employer Review,Brand Best opportunity to learn Leading technologies,Nothing I have not come across any cons in my career here,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64112,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern in MSRA,"Good research environment, creative teammates, flexible work time",The company is so big that you won't feel important,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64113,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Microsoft is a great company when it comes to salary, benefits, and fairness. There is no discrimination with respect to age, sexuality, race, religion, and employees are encouraged to recognize biases (conscious or unconscious). Under Satya the approach and direction of the company is more clear and has a better chance of success.","Measures are done by scorecard, and if you don't measure up, out you go. There are a lot of internal politics with many people competing internally as opposed to competing externally.",Ensure the metrics drive team alignment.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64114,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,"Good company, very good job for a retail job",Moving to corporate is very hard. It is only good for retail.,Salary should be higher,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64115,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good work environment and enough opportunities to grow. Work life balanace is well maintained. Management is reachable. Work quality is really good in most projects.,vary few negatives i found out of to be very honest,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64116,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place for short stay work,Great people to work with,"Low pay, wish it was more",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64117,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Great Pay, Good Career development opportunities,",Too many re-organisations recently,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64118,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Amazing,"sense of family , fun environment","long hours , shifts were not discussed",maybe seek feedback more regular,4.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64119,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Services Sales,services sales,Market leader in their domain Great tech organisation esp for tech leaders Great hiring but poor retention efforts,Very political Internal facing Top heavy org style,Enable & Empower,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1456.htm
64120,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 23, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Business Development Manager,Fab,Great benefits The people are amazing and super smart Great vision and strategy,Very processed oriented Very slow to react,Listen and act more,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64121,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE Intern,Great Team Great People Great Projects Encourages you to be curious,Hard to switch teams here,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64122,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Sep 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Warning: Do Not Work Here,"Very good tech culture, tries to be innovative and a leader in the industry. Surrounded by very smart people (caveat in cons). Good benefits and RRSP match. Nice office building with a decent cafeteria.","Don't let the Microsoft brand name give you illusions that this is a great place to work...it's not. People are all type A on steroids, highly competitive to the point that they want to bring you down and will stab you in the back. Employees especially target new hires...they do not want new people joining the club, many cliques, passive aggressive back stabbers so they will catch you off guard. Toxic environment driven by robotic managers and a system that rewards individuals to the detriment of the team and the overall subsidiary. Canadian leadership team is a revolving door, mostly of persons career hopping from the US, so they don't really care about the Canadian employees. I am in my 30's and I feel I will have a heart attack soon if I stay here much longer. If I had only known about this toxic environment, I would have never worked here. Planning to leave soon for the sake of my mental health and physical well-being. If these things matter to you, do not work here. Employees do not have a life, meetings are scheduled on a regular basis on a Saturday and Sunday, on top of working until midnight during the week. I have done my best to be committed to the role and the organization, but at this point the price is too high to pay if I stay on.","The toxic environment is so entrenched in the organization that I do not think a specific manager or group of managers can make a significant change. Even these managers are forced to play the game of bad politics to further their career, then they move on.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64123,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 18, 2016",Former Employee - Head of Client Enablement,Hope you like meetings,- Great opportunity to learn from counterparts in different countries. - Good benefits - Great office space in London and Reading - Having access to manage great and known client lists,"- Politics, so many politics. - You cannot speak bad or negative about anything Microsoft. Question anything ""Windows phone"" and meetings will be held. - My old team used to joke, ""are you going to a meeting about a meeting"" and the simple answer is yes. 5 to 6 meetings a day and most pointless, resulting in working later to complete actual work.",have a more open mind.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64124,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great job -,Laid back job for receptionist working part time,I do not have any con about this job,"I do not have any advice to management, then or now",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64125,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Aug 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software SDET Engineer,"Smart people, Excellent benefits and Salary, Very good Work-Life balance. Exceptional ""Social services"" - Gifts, - Good team building events.","Quite a lot of bureaucracy , quite slow for change.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64126,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - CONSUMER ADVISOR,Consumer Advisor,Excitement Flexibility Benefits Fun Good colleagues Lots to learn,"Very very low pay for what they keep making you do Beyond poor management , youd think a big company like Microsoft would hire quality managers",Learn to do your job,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64127,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Aug 4, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Best employer I have ever worked for,Best employer I have ever worked for,You can forget about work/life balance,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64128,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Invests in people, international culture, new world of work=you can work from anywhere, challenging projects in very competitive markets, great remuneration package.","Corporate driven, changing from an informal into a more formal and political organization, centrally management, less local development opportunities, more b2b than b2c.","Motivate and support local marketing for best fit with market opportunities, keep the informal culture of working together instead of a more centrally driven management and operation",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64129,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," Aug 3, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Product Manager,Microsoft Review,Great company and great people to work with,A little too much work,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1457.htm
64130,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Background,Yhe stock option is good,not clear ideas and no manager control,Work more as a team and internal communication,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64131,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful!,Microsoft had a great atmosphere and everyone seemed like they really enjoyed it there. Everyone helped out a lot.,Some of the downsides include large workload for minimum pay.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64132,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,World's No 1 company on the planet earth,"none, there are no cons",Nice,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64133,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,Great place to start. So many to learn from. Good brand name to have on CV. Nice salary. Cozy office.,Not much work depth wise. Internal politics. Not many opporunities if you want to learn new things,Groom new hire better. Take care of experienced people. Improve transparency. Improve performance bonus.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64134,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not here if you are a contract who wants career advancement,Flexible and work life balance is achievable if you manage time well.,Not much progression and career enhancement.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64135,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome Place,Good challenging work and good work life balance.,no cons as of now.,none.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64136,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2016",Current Employee - Adoption Services,"great place to work, constantly evolving and innovating","Continuous innovation, global reach and impact, very engaged people.","None really, I enjoy the intensity.",Keep it up!!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64137,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Aug 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Work environment,"Excellent place to work! Overall freedom to express your ideas, be creative, internal tools available to utilise and grow your own knowledge, company cares for the well being of the employee (provide gym membership, health weeks). Clear Objectives given. Clear career path.",Overstaffed and too many over laps in jobs that everyone is trying hard to prove themselves.,Be a more lean operation.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64138,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," Sep 1, 2016",Former Employee - Principal Software Engineer,Sucks,There's free soda in the kitchen,Microsoft just can't compete in today's market.,Quit sucking,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64139,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Comfortable working environment,"Comfortable working environment, plenty of food and drinks.",it's hard to get promotion.,Improve the corporation with other teams.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1458.htm
64140,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,normal,"lots of resources, good benefit",CCG is not a good department,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64141,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Comfortable working environment,"Comfortable working environment, plenty of food and drinks.",it's hard to get promotion.,Improve the corporation with other teams.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64142,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Improved a lot since the new CEO,* Culture has evolved much better lately * Smart folks around * Learn a lot * No stack based ranking and collaborative environment. This forces people to minimize the politics instead helping each other * Switching teams has become easier and encouraged if you find yourself in a team which is not fit for you. Even managers help you switch the teams. * You have to search for the opportunities and grab it. You can not expect it to reach your way. * CEO & Senior leadership direct interaction with employees,Pay is not competitive enough Large company. There are always teams that are not suitable. I myself had to switch teams to find myself in the right place. Not all the teams provide the fast paced growth. You have to choose the right one carefully.,Improved the culture for better. Still a long way to go. Not all managers are good at managing employees. Managers might need to be educated on the same.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64143,microsoft,Colombo (Sri Lanka)," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Administrative Executive,Best Place to Be,Greatest and the best company anyone could ever work for!,Very competitive hence it's very hard to get in.,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64144,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Technology Solution Professional,Nice place to work,Nice environment Lot's to learn Ability to move inside the company,Too much travel (70~75%) Salary and benefits Work life balance,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64145,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 12, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Architect,great company to work for,"Flexible work environment, home office. friendly work environment and free drinks and snacks.","Work life balance difficult to keep. Always need to be available, people managers have lack of experience, most technical background.",Hire better people managers.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64146,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anti-Piracy Manager,School to learn business and politics,"Great work environment, Work life balance, Talented people around, You can push yourself if you need more challenges, Ability to switch teams and products after appearing for their interviews internally.",Senior leadership/PM tend to take too much control and try to reduce their P&L by hiring vendors and start cutting cost on them. Many of the Senior Managers are not good enough career planners for their team or able to make a good development plan. Promotions and growth is dependent on how good you can project yourself.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64147,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"world wide, big,drive for results, cloud, engeniring","Political, bad salary, hardware, mobile, size",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64148,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Is great!,1. Great work culture 2. Wonderful perks 3. Interesting people,1. Internship experience is completely team dependent. No generality of experiences or work.,Spend more time organizing events and projects for interns,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64149,microsoft,Iaşi (Romania)," Jul 29, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,"one of the best companies overall, good opportunities to advance or go to another country","no work life balance whatsoever, also the bonus seems to be rather subjective",targets are different depending on country and technology and in some cases they are so high that work life balance is missing. in this case it would be better to hire more people,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1459.htm
64150,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,Great company to boost your career,"Very competitive culture, not all type of people fit on this atmosphere.",-,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64151,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Really great place to work,Career progression can be a little be hard if you are not willing/able to relocate to different regions,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64152,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Aug 11, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Great Time to be in the company,Great Work Life balance Great environment Excellent staff to work around,Pay is well below industry The advancement options are really slim,Really take care of your front lines,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64153,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to start your career... But don't stay for too long!,-Great work -Challenging projects -Good perks -Smart people,-Bad work culture (politics is prevalent within and across teams) -Non-ubiquitous technology stack -Type of work varies from team to team,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64154,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 11, 2016",Former Employee - IT and Development Manager,PFE,Some of the best people in the world work at Microsoft,Work 30% - Advertise 70% is the balance to stay.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64155,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr.Director,Stocks and stock options are the best thing ever Salary Benefits Free products Great Gym,Hours are long People are very competitive Hectic Schedule Annoying,Abolish performance rating,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64156,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits and compensation package!,They promote work-life balance. great team,overlooked priority on the work-life balance. It seems like it depends on the management team.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64157,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great EMployee engagement,Investment in team truly obsesses over customer experience,I don't have any.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64158,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company with promising future,"I appreciate the idea of taking designer seriously. That makes me believe that products in the future will be beautiful. And I myself as a developer enjoys programming new products here. The idea of Mobile first, cloud first will make a better future for this company. Good work-life balance.",Sometimes pm and designers discuss too loudly. And toys are too near from working area. So it is hard to focus in the office.,Recruiting team should consider more about the interns' strength and interests area when allocating departments.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64159,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Aug 10, 2016",Former Employee - Finance Analyst,Finance analyst,Good exposure to senior management.,Average market Salary and compensation,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1460.htm
64160,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 6, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,Great and Terrible,Great brand and products with market leading cloud offerings and great new CEO. Customers really do love the products and will hear you out.,"Terrible targets, 75% gate, average local management which leads to a very high turn over of staff which makes selling hard and no one really knows what they are doing.",Fair targets is all anyone actually wants!,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64161,microsoft,"Helsinki, Western Finland (Finland)"," Aug 8, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Microsoft is good company,Microsoft is one of the biggest company in the world,There are reorganisoin all the time,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64162,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Staffing Consultant,SuperAwesome,Work Culture Exposure Benefits,Nothing I could figure out,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64163,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,"Great company, exciting products","Decent salary, excellent career development opportunities.",too many re-organisations in recent years...,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64164,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Pm 2,Amazing work and opportunities open culture,Work life balance isn't that great,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64165,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Programmer Analyst,Great start,"Great Opportunities, Bonus, Location, Food","Strict Management, Long hours, Short Holidays",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64166,microsoft,Barcelona (Spain)," Aug 7, 2016",Former Employee - Regulatory Consultant,Regulatory Consultant,"I was able to work remotely most of the time, with some traveling for key meetings. Lots of autonomy and was able to set my own hours. The bosses I had trusted me and I respected them.","The ´real´ company strategy was a little opaque, but this possibly because I was so remote. The administrative and billing system, as well as compliance is an absolute nightmare.",Simplify the administrative stuff.,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64167,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 7, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer,Developer,Good not to be undermined. Management is awesome.,Large company no room for improvement. Can be hasty,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64168,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,cool tech product and learning experience,scrum meeting is stressful sometime,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64169,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Aug 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good introduction of company,Very organized and systematic internship program Employs brilliant and ambitious people Open culture that encourages sharing among the entire MS network,easy to get trapped in a bubble and lose sight of competition,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1461.htm
64170,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 5, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,SDE Intern,"Facilities, flexible work hours, freedom",Manager doesnt meet enough. My work was not properly evaluated. My manager was obsessed with theoritical aspecta rathee than the practical implementation of my project. Information regarding ppo conveyed to us very late(nearly 3 weeks after the end of internship).,Iterns should get to meet up more with their managers and their code should be evaluated which was not done in my case. My manager wasn't really concerned about my project and used to ask me questions on other random stuff. PPO decision should be communicated faster. I got to know 3 weeks after completion of my internship. Further when an intern is not given a PPO the reason behind that should be communicated back to us.,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64171,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 21, 2016",Former Employee - International Communications,My time at Microsoft,Best place ever to network,A lot of work some times,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64172,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Developer Engineer,sde ii,"Benefits and salary are above the average. Flexibility work from home or at different times. Lots of resources: training, equipment, books, digital libraries, etc. Some nice perks in London office","Slow career progression, still still based on individual performance and visibility, which leads to Very competitive colleagues (forget teamwork) Managers, managers, managers... heavily focus on command / control hierarchy Lots of in house tools and technologies. Takes a while to master and isn't useful anywhere else...","CEO has been dragging the company into the XXI century promoting collaboration and innovation, but still a lot to overcome the massive number of 90's minded managers / processes.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64173,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The place to work,"Environment: everyone is very helpful and empower you to develop yourself Daily Benefits: food, coffee, fruits, yogurt... Work from home, focused on objectives not time spent at the office. Career Management Training: Best place to lear, lots of tools Goals are clear and when met you get compensation","Sometimes is too competitive, nothing else :)",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64174,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I don't know what this means,They were professional and smart.,There was no room for growth,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64175,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Intern at Ventures,"Good colleagues, unlimited supply of food and coffee",Interns are asked to do all the logistical work as well.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64176,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Intern,"Great work life balance, no hierarchy as such, people are ready to help","Learning curve flattens once you start working, internal politics is very bad",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64177,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 2, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,UX,_talented people _incredible real word projects _unlimited funds,_politics _US is seen as far more important n the London based operations _Lots of people working on the same thing,Trust people more delegate less put quality of work first dont be infuenced by people higher up if you dont feel its for the right reasons,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64178,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Aug 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,inactivity of HR,"very interesting cases, great technical team","poor non-professional manager, hr team which never helped to us. Business conduct policy works only for US","do what you tell, in real it looks like fairy tale",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64179,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Specialist,Promotion possiblity Work with global teams High salary,Task complexity Long hours Obligatory trainings Poor localization,none,5.0,none,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1462.htm
64180,microsoft,Chennai (India)," Aug 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Careers@Microsoft,Big brand and stress free work,"Microsoft leadership is currently not having a focussed strategy it seems. It is always a trial and error which they call ""Growth Mindset"". Growth Mindset is actually taking decision and executing it to make it right than reversing those decision at later stage.",Be Honest and transparent with employees. Invest to make great leaders,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64181,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jul 18, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Architect,solution architect,"Flexible Job, working with edge technology building solutions",too much gray area too much travel,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64182,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"good vibes, customer obsessed, growth mindset",away from home. lot of hours,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64183,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to wrok,Company adds the needed rigour to your career,Slow growth HR tries to hire you at lower stock levels,HR team should not cheat the people coming from outside companies by offering lower levels.this leads to frustration and disgruntlement as the growth is very slow in MS,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64184,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Enterprise Sales,Just as well they have Azure,Read the cons first.  The brand does help.  The office locations are relatively good.  Good Basic salary and package but not market competitive.  It appears that once you have been assimilated into Microsoft you could survive for years and years in its Eco system but probably at the risk of forgetting what life is like outside of the business.  Azure is very good - but here is a company where the vast majority of people are still used to selling windows and supporting products so cultural change is slow....like a snail slow.  The company is king of acronyms you will be issued with an 80 page book on them when you join.,"You need Stephen Hawkins to explain your commission structure to you. Having worked in IT for many years I have never been exposed to a more overly complicated and unclear compensation plan ever. It is truly useless. Trying to find someone to explain to you what it means will be your first major challenge. Good luck you have been warned.  You are just a wing nut on the side of panel on the side of bigger panel on the side of another panel etc etc. You are basically so far removed from decision making and being able to influence it forget trying to make an impact. It remains dictatorship and everything is geared up to be on Microsofts terms and not yours.  The hiring process is truly tiresome. You may well find out at the end of it that the job you have spent months interviewing for might not even be signed off internally and then you get told well done you have made it but we have no job for you. Ask if has been approved before you waste your time.  On boarding - mm what on boarding. Sort your own laptop phone etc...these can take days to arrive.  There are some great brains internally but they seem grateful to be part of the cult that is Microsoft rather than changing the world. It is not a place for dynamic people who want to cut a deal and get on. I fear that too long in this world and you will be stuck. I am not ready to retire just yet.  Probably some of the worst communication I have experienced within a company and quite possibly down to the fact that the people you are asking questions of do not know themselves.  Many of the lifers at Microsoft refer to the good old days....good expense policies, fun, the good old days. Today to them and to me those days are long gone. The nice cars in the car park are driven by those Microsoft lifers with good share options rather than those smashing sales targets. It does feel like you have arrived after the party has finished.  TVP reading is the dullest place I have ever worked.  My advice is if you are looking to join here speak to a load of people you might know who have been here past and present before hand. I did and 80% gave negative feedback. I joined and then regretted it.","Leave the roles you have been in for the past 5, 10, 15 and go see the real world. There is a cloud revolution going on out there.  This place is a massive oil tanker which is taking far too long to turn around. I know loads of good people who have come and gone because of many of the reasons above. Millennials will shun this sort of business in the future and bang goes your new talent.",2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64185,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Inside Sales Executive,Inside Sales Account Manager,provides big room to grow and develop.,outsourcing and vendor hiring structure,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64186,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jul 29, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Executive,Microsoft will be better,A lot of opportunities for learning,A lot of opportunities for improvements:),Wish you to have only happy and satisfied employees! Good luck!,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64187,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Very good company culture, somewhat work life balance, projects are interesting","company is too big, sometimes dri makes you crazy",take a mind to what to do and what not to do,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64188,microsoft,Athens (Greece)," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Be aware of the politics,"Work environment, pay, benefits, international exposure.",Politics is all that matter for your advancement. crazy hours. No work life balance.,You have some great people working in the company who are not motivated- underutilized and not progressing as a result of middle management completely lacking managerial skills.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64189,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good Company to start the career,Low career opportunities for new hires even after 3 years,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1463.htm
64190,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer |,Love It!,"Being a big company, Microsoft provides a lot of flexibility in what technologies one wants to work on and what timings",sometimes the work get overloaded but that's because of passion of more work at this place,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64191,microsoft,Zürich (Switzerland)," Aug 18, 2016",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Soltuion Specialist,"Infrastructure, Restaurant, Easy Going Collegues, Various new subjects, Individual profiling creating projects possible like presenting team meetings","Moving ""desks""/target/reviews, general level of education is fair, not integrated in country specific doing of business, week management on first and second level, team leaders is overstressed and is not qualified to lead by example, selfish behavior of collegues not sharing docs(compettive market studies), unmature strategy of business software selling (marketing driven)","Keep to your roots, do less, do not get into process and consultative selling, don't get into business software, and do what you can best: negiotate/evangelize proprietary technical software(operating software) with OEMS and wholesalers (exception you may sell SQL)",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64192,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good place to start career,"- Friendly people, managers are very supportive - Good work is often recognised. - Very good work-life balance (except during releases) - Good facilities in the office - food, gym, great campus, transport etc - Can grow at a pace you're comfortable with (very competitive to mildly complacent)",- Too many re-orgs - many teams undergo a lot of re-orgs very frequently - Goal in which a division is headed is sometimes not clear - Slow growth - technically and salary-wise - Quality of hiring is going down as years are passing!,"Reduce the number of re-orgs, focus less of over-managing and more on clear goal-setting and execution of plans.",3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64193,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company to work,"Full of opportunities,Great place to work",Nothing as of now .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64194,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jul 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best companies to work for,"- Great atmosphere to work, lots of technical resources and benefits for employees - Managers and colleagues were supportive as we were not competing each other","The usual of a company this size: - Easy to get lost in a company this size, not easy to find where the proper resource/contact is - The performance review is terrible",- Change review methods to something more fair - Information and resources should be easy to find,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64195,microsoft,Kurnool (India)," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job alert,technically good atmosphere should be maintained,no disturbance during the work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64196,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company review,A self-critical willingness to learn culture focus on revisiting all our existing processes to keep end customer satisfaction in mind,our response time to external opportunities and challenges needs to be better. processes need a revamp. The work pressure can get intense at times around key cycles.,Simplify the tools and processes so we can be more responsive to external opportunities and needs of our customers,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64197,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Thoughts,Good work/life balance. Easy commute.,not feeling valued as an employee.,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64198,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Jul 10, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Greaty company!,"- smart, experienced co-workers  - benefits  - interesting projects",sometimes it's difficult to push your ideas,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64199,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft - a good all-rounder,A company moving in the right direction. Good all-rounder,Large size means administrative tasks and process can be counterproductive.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1464.htm
64200,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,manager,"technology, location, identity, valued brand in the market","environment, managers, development opportunities and local leadership",take care of people,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64201,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 15, 2016",Current Employee - Cloud Sales Specialist,Cloud Sales (Azure),"Good people, nice environment","Salary, job (80 calls a day), they said ""bonus"", they don´t give commission plan, managers not professionals,","They need to change, this department will be the next Oracle....",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64202,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,B2B Sales Manager,"Smart people, cool work environment, and great pay & benefits.","Internal politics, use of back channels, and games people play to make the score card ""go green"".",Squash anyone who is playing political games for his or her own personal gain.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64203,microsoft,"Oakville, ON (Canada)"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Marketing,"great people-focussed culture, flexible work environment","very jargon focussed, meetings about meetings vs. actual action",better on boarding process for new hires,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64204,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad,goood salary new work nice exposue managers are really cool you wont leave this,bad negotiations no wok life balance no proper facilities all are very unhepful,plelase make this compoany the best,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64205,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Assistant,Good money and not healthy,Not fun at all very boring,Please keep it simple,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64206,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to work in Microsoft,"a lot of rewards, vacation day with payment: 15","level increase is slow, technology culture",do not over-management,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64207,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern summer'16,Flexible timings and a lot of perks.,Food not so good. South Indians may find it bit difficult.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64208,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience at Microsoft,"Great mission, vision and goals. With a space to join multiple new projects and create new ones, which allows to develop yourself and people around you faster.",Huge amount of employees are Vendors and has limited space to grow.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64209,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Amazing Place to be at,"Round the clock facilities for almost anything you require. You will not be able to adjust to the work environments of other companies after enjoying the facilities here. All employees are very helpful and cheerful. As an intern you will not be discriminated or left alone, you have opportunities to go out and meet other teams in the department and get along with your team during team outings, lunches and games throughout the week.","Some teams have rigorous meetings and scrums 3 times a week with needing a new solution every meeting, but not necessarily. If you can get used to a similar routine way of working in the IT industry then this is the best place. If you are interested in more of interactive work any IT company is not recommended for that case.","You are just amazing, just make the Internship conversion process a little easier :P",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1465.htm
64210,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing & Operations,"1) Culture of innovation being created under new CEO 2) New culture of self reflection and self development and work-life balance (finding meaning in work) 3) Great impact due to ubiquity of MSFT products and their usage with customers 4) Pay is very competitive, and good chance to increase pay through great work.","1) Pressure is high, as we transform to a Cloud company, but perform today. 2) Everyone needs to contribute, no coasting here. 3) Work-life balance continues to teeter totter","Recognize the pressure the transformation is taking on the employees, and continue to push mindfulness and work-life balance priority to complement focus on innovation and compete.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64211,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Experience at Microsoft,"Great mission, vision and goals. With a space to join multiple new projects and create new ones, which allows to develop yourself and people around you faster.",Huge amount of employees are Vendors and has limited space to grow.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64212,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Amazing Place to be at,"Round the clock facilities for almost anything you require. You will not be able to adjust to the work environments of other companies after enjoying the facilities here. All employees are very helpful and cheerful. As an intern you will not be discriminated or left alone, you have opportunities to go out and meet other teams in the department and get along with your team during team outings, lunches and games throughout the week.","Some teams have rigorous meetings and scrums 3 times a week with needing a new solution every meeting, but not necessarily. If you can get used to a similar routine way of working in the IT industry then this is the best place. If you are interested in more of interactive work any IT company is not recommended for that case.","You are just amazing, just make the Internship conversion process a little easier :P",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64213,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,Perfect place to be for now,"Work culture, opportunities and perfect place to be right now with the innovation and new products being launched. Decent pay and good benefits.",Needs to work on team dynamics and petty politics. Pay needs to higher to rule out the competition.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64214,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Continual re-orgs,"Work with smart people, learn about new developments in tech, good benefits","Managers and dept heads change on a very frequent basis, and every 2-3 years the latest business strategy is changed back to something that looks very like the previous one but promoted as ""totally new"". Re-orgs are constant, disruptive and cause uncertainty in staff, they take up loads of time which could be spent better with customers.",Leave managers in their roles longer enough to build proper teams and manage downwards properly.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64215,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior manager,Good place to learn new technologies,company is too much USA employees focused,Focus more on employees outside USA,4.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64216,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jul 16, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start,Great professional people.Tons of people to learn from,"Hard to advance, not enough opportunities to get ahead and lead",Be more appealing to people that have been in the company for a few years,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64217,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Channel Executive,Nice company to work in,"It´s a good company to work in, very interesting to see and understand how technology will help people in the future","Local offices are just sales offices, almost no strategic decisiones are made at the country level, you will just obey.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64218,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A Software company,"High dynamics, business oriented driven, innovative products and services, leading company in its segment","Internal competition, culture vary influenced by area head style, product driven (inside out)","Care more about people, and the positive interaction to focus competition outside",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64219,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Manager,"Very smart people, Great company vision and products",Sales culture is toxic and there is a lack of value that the organization has in their employees.,Take a serious look about how you REALLY develop your diverse talent. There is a focus on having diversity but not developing diverse talent from within the company.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1466.htm
64220,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 11, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Manager,Great place to start your career,"* Work on products/services used by hundreds of millions of people * Great, interactive atmosphere - where everyone is looking for new ways to get things done * Solve macro problems - large system services architecture and strategy. * Won 'great places to work' for a reason * Microsoft is reinventing itself in where it goes and how it gets there.","* Lots of scope for growth/ability to work on different areas up until senior level... but many then move to Redmond to progress beyond senior level. * Less of an issue at lower levels, but having senior-level influence on Redmond teams (with an 8 hour time difference) means calls up until 6, 7 or 8pm.",Key challenges boil down to being a remote team with HQ being in the US. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64221,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SEE,Good company to work with,"Flexibility, Salary, work life balance",More opportunity,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64222,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jul 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place To Work,"Great Place to work, Mobility , flexibility, Good benefits.","Internal Politics, Very Judgmental",Develop the middle Management.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64223,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Escalation Specialist,Managers are way too long in their positions,"Really like Satya's vision for the company, great products and Technology. Doing their best to compete against more modern and young tech companies","Managers are too cozy in their positions which they can occupy for a very long time (In my managers case 8 years) without any career development plans. I cannot speak for the rest of the Organizations within Microsoft, but in the Advertising Org, the team dynamics are so dysfunctional because of the peer to peer comparison instead of individual impact. Too political (There are teams really have no contribution to the success of other teams but when asking them for something they are paid for to be doing, we are advised to be very political, tactical and gentle when asking. Features are released without any training and everything is US friendly and EMEA needs play catch up the whole fiscal year...Really disappointing..I really want to see Microsoft succeeding like in the 80's and 90's.","Assess your Managers on a regular basis and most importantly check their People management skills. Also, don't hire managers because you are stuck with time, or because of their background. Hire them based on peer feedback and recommendations.",4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64224,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 9, 2016",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Great year,It was a great company to work for because of the culture and benefits,Sometimes you had to work long hours and it was challenging,Invest in people and training ensure to make everyone feel valued,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64225,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Human resources manager,"compensation, benefits, flexibility, location, technology","pressure, competition, workload, lack of staff",none,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64226,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer Internship,Good place to work.Awesome working experience.,Nothing much to worry about.,Nothing,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64227,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 26, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Amazing company to work with,Best perks & work in the industry which inspires you to stay for longer,Too many org changes which diverts from being focused on long term projects,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64228,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work environment,Good work atmosphere and team spirit,Politics and no true defined career path,Wear power a bit lighter,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64229,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer,"Good, nice enviroment, super place to start",nothing much.. it is a nice place to start,super.. very good,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1467.htm
64230,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2016",Current Employee - Facilities,Great place to work,"Free food, good management, gym, shower, 8 ball pool, snooker, foosball",Can't complain about anything here,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64231,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you are a good fit, there isn't a better place to work",I've worked at MSFT several times - and really my only complaint is that they can be slow to advance - so I leave for a promotion to advance my career but somehow always end up back here.,"It is demanding work, and you have to speak up for yourself and stick your neck out - but I've seen engineers call out senior VPs for being wrong on something and get praised for it (of course you'd better be right) and that means a lot.","Figure out what you're doing in the mobile space and quit trying to turn Windows into MacOS - I don't want a computer to force me to upgrade or reboot - the computer should always serve me, at my convenience, and never force me to do or not do anything (even if it is to my detriment)",5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64232,microsoft,"Bogotá, Bogota (Colombia)"," Jun 23, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Great values, great company","The company has a lot of flexibility on schedule and way of working, home office, beautiful offices, they think about employees.",Sometimes there is lack of teamwork,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64233,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Partner Channel Marketing Manager,Work @ MSFT,"Global culture is amazing. MSFT really has products that change our lives and working there, you can follow those products development since the beginning until the launch.","If you work at the subsidiary, it´s all about numbers!","Try to keep the global culture locally, improve employees' work & life balance.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64234,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Great company, but can it keep up the pace?","As a software company, they can afford a lot. That means, benefits, office environment, investment into marketing, etc. The products that I was working on (server family) were great and innovation was there.","I really saw only two shortcomings there: 1. We as a product marketing team in the field had to produce a lot of management reports and bureaucracy was at the top. None of these reports contributed positively towards business. 2. Microsoft caught the wave by pioneering the desktop OS development in the 90s, however, much of the management was struggling to see how to direct the company to be the leader in the emerging trends, not the follower. Good example is Mobile OS platform where Microsoft lost to Google. SalesForce.com is another example. etc.","Fresh blood is desperately needed at the management level. That is, people from outside.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64235,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,"Great resources - msdn subscription, internal portals etc. Decent salary - slightly above industry average + stock options which accrue over time (this itself becomes significant part, if you work for longer period)","In Services, way too many managers and hierarchy Most of the managers or leadership don't know what it takes to deliver, or get to the next level Work life balance sucks, if you are part of high visibility proect",cut down the hierarchy and bureaucracy,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64236,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,Fantastic career opportunities with the ability to grow and be challenged.,Satya's cultural values are diluted as they filter down the organisation.,Focus less on politics. Simplify. Listen to your employees,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64237,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,VP Assistant,bright industry with nice background,sometimes it has bad effect,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64238,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best campus,great campus great gym good benefits,less in hand salary cut throat competition,"should interact more with employee,more get togethers needed",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64239,microsoft,"Thornhill, ON (Canada)"," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Technical Advisor,Great Team Great Location Positive environment Fun place Free Drinks Great Employee support Great Benefits,Management sometime is inexperienced Management is a bit stubborn at times Clients can be difficult Some infrastructure wasn't in place,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1468.htm
64240,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Microsoft,"Flexibility Diversity Development opportunities Great company culture, working from home possibilities, great community and contacts all over the world",difficult to make an impact not easy to get promoted cause of high competition working long hours from time to time,show your interest and make sure you grab all the opportunities that come your way,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64241,microsoft,"Thornhill, ON (Canada)"," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Technical Advisor,Great Team Great Location Positive environment Fun place Free Drinks Great Employee support Great Benefits,Management sometime is inexperienced Management is a bit stubborn at times Clients can be difficult Some infrastructure wasn't in place,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64242,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 4, 2016",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Be brainwashed as an operator,"Renumeration package is attractive, flexible working hours (sometimes). Free microsoft certification exams and lots of collaboration going on","Information overload (with many outdated info), lots of process that might seem redundant","Give more opportunity for junior staff to innovate, rather than holding onto golden goose and wait for 1 egg at a time",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64243,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 4, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,"Higher Salary & Benefits, Excruciating Work and Night Shifts with no personal Life left","One of the best brands to work. For a support engineer, you get one of the highest salary packages compared to other counterparts in the support line of business. Free food and cabs round the clock. Niche colleagues who are experts in their domain and are very friendly, always jump out of their seats to help and assist you.","Asks for full time dedication to night shifts and long oncall hours. Pretty much no life balance with people who work general shifts. The managers are almost always pushy (but you might be lucky if you get a good team with helpful mates). End of the day, you are left with a fat bank balance, week and exhausted health with life sucked out of you, and almost no time to spend all that money you accumulated, and detached social circle.","Retain higher level talent. The let-go attitude has doomed the workplace and almost >70% of the veteran talent has moved out, which leaves the workplace almost like a call-centre. Higher more workforce, employees are humans not robots that you calculate their productivity almost per hour basis.",3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64244,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology solutions professional,global Technology company with strong basis,Internal politics and competitions are quite important to survive.,best fit to whom eager to achieve more,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64245,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazing work life balance but low on opportunities,- Good Work life balance - Finding mentors is easy - Shifting between jobs is convenient,"- Less opportunities according to interest (esp, ML, AI)",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64246,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,Very good company best atmosphere best managers,Nothing very good people and atmisphere good opportunities,Stop politics,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64247,microsoft,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," Jun 30, 2016",Former Employee - Partner Channel Marketing Manager,Only If You Can Play the Game,"Industry leading salary, smart people, great opportunity to make an impact.","Toxic culture, rampant politics due to still/existent stack-ranking performance review system.",Put people first not just in words but in policies and action.,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64248,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2016",Current Employee - Marketing,It's alright,"Overseas training and summits, relatively chill working environment, pretty good compensation, employee stock options, company brand value, mobility within company","Too many useless processes and tools, top down work strategy and direction, quite aggressive working environment, lacking in genuine team spirit",Lessen the amount of reporting for the sake of reporting,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64249,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Category Manager,Revitalised Business Solutions Powerhouse,IMHO Microsoft is rediscovering its vision and drive.. leading to an exciting & innovative environment which attracts smart and motivated staff - who in my experience worked well together & internationally across teams  Opportunity to work with leading edge products that have world-wide impact... and with teams that have a real desire to create high quality solutions for business and consumers.,"Change, you need to be comfortable working within a matrix managed, rapidly changing and evolving environment and organisation (and one still driven by a somewhat US centric view). Product development and therefore related coding and product management roles are still largely based in Redmond, limiting scope if you're a European based employee.","Be clear about the balance, focus and investment between consumer and commercial products and categories. The company feels that is swinging considerably towards the B2B / Cloud-Azure market, which is fine... (a great commercial opportunity) but can leave the consumer businesses exposed. The effective withdrawal from phone (while understandable commercially), makes the Universal App platform argument more challenging to land with customers and partners.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1469.htm
64250,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 15, 2016",Former Employee - Category Manager,Revitalised Business Solutions Powerhouse,IMHO Microsoft is rediscovering its vision and drive.. leading to an exciting & innovative environment which attracts smart and motivated staff - who in my experience worked well together & internationally across teams  Opportunity to work with leading edge products that have world-wide impact... and with teams that have a real desire to create high quality solutions for business and consumers.,"Change, you need to be comfortable working within a matrix managed, rapidly changing and evolving environment and organisation (and one still driven by a somewhat US centric view). Product development and therefore related coding and product management roles are still largely based in Redmond, limiting scope if you're a European based employee.","Be clear about the balance, focus and investment between consumer and commercial products and categories. The company feels that is swinging considerably towards the B2B / Cloud-Azure market, which is fine... (a great commercial opportunity) but can leave the consumer businesses exposed. The effective withdrawal from phone (while understandable commercially), makes the Universal App platform argument more challenging to land with customers and partners.",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64251,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great work life balance,-> Great work life balance -> Smart Co-workers -> Flexible timings -> Challenging work,Depends a lot on the manager assigned.,Make sure no manager is encouraging politics within teams and that every manager adheres to the Microsoft culture.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64252,microsoft,North Ryde (Australia)," Jun 28, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Executive,Microsoft Sales Executive,Respectful company that allows you to work from home. High performing business,very corporate. individual-focus. totally driven by the employee scorecard. getting sponsorship is critical,less politics more genuine collaboration,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64253,microsoft,Berlin (Germany)," Jun 28, 2016",Former Employee - Financial Trainee,Financial Trainee,There is a total freedom of choosing your own working hours and there is a minimal of face time needed in this company.,There is a lot of work that needs to be done,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64254,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,First impressions,Very fair compensation and benefits. A lot of opportunity for personal development.,"Very complex, extremely large organisation that is often challenging to navigate, but to be expected for a company of that size.",Stay true and focused on the company's reason for being / core mission.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64255,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Sr Data Scientist,Very good company to work,No much work in Data science in Hyderabad,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64256,microsoft,"Twycross, England (UK)"," Jun 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Good company,+ Good atmosphere + Beautiful office + Nice facilities,- Located in the middle of nowhere - Slow career progression,"Improve FTE engineering salaries, promote your best talent.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64257,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Sales Professional,"Bar none the salary, perks and benefits exceed all of my former employers and I've worked at some very good companies",Always make sure your role is directly in line with the company strategy or you risked getting bounced around.,Keep doing what you're doing what you're doing now. Seems to be working.,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64258,microsoft,Melbourne (Australia)," Jun 8, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Good prevails,"System of Rewards , ability to act outside of your job description. The company is really innovative for customers, lots of opportunities to participate in great wins, excellent team work","Frequent team restructures with no clear planned outcome don't help the customer relationship. As stack ranking is gone, you only rely on your manager now to get your EOY review","Don't fix what's not broken, don't change what is working.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64259,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Nice Company,Good to work with company that is forefront of almost all tech revolutions in world.,"Work-life balance is not great, but that is expected as the main business is in USA.",Keep up the good work guys.,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1470.htm
64260,microsoft,Tallinn (Estonia)," Jun 19, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Matter of taste,"Collaborate internationally between teams Although it has become less cool to work for MS, it still has a vast talent pool Closest you'll probably ever get with respect to everything related to MS tech stack (which is also all up-to-date and easy to acquire) Encouraged use of processes that ensure high quality products Annual minor stock bonuses and performance-based but limited raises",No product designers - the whole product development is based on hunches and their design on 'good enough' Strict salary ranges for a particular position - to get a raise you need to level up which is based on your popularity Strict enforcing of internal tools and processes that slow developers down and make them miserable for questionable benefit Many interactions with people outside your own office seem to be Kafkaesque and they do not seem to want you bothering them so they try to do the absolute minimal effort to get you off their back,Leave the technicalities to technical people and you do... wait what do you do anyway?,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64261,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Provide good work / life balance. No micromanagement. Provide opportunity to progress in your career and get involved in different projects.,"Only provide the minimum benefits for contractors: holidays and pension, no healthcare cover. A company who ask his staff to keep evolving. I think it is great but some might rather work in a more settled environment.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64262,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"microsoft is a great company with good opportunities, quick promotion. You can work and live there well","Microsoft is too big, your boss will ignore your feelings.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64263,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engineer,Good change vision salary brand,Closing rampdown opportunities messy nofuture,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64264,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 19, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager,Good training and compensation benefits. Satya is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise very staid Leadership team. It will take many years before his presence will impact the frontline employees.,Every year you are expected to do significantly more with less. Manager spend more time measuring everything and justifying outcomes than focusing on innovative ways to win the hearts and minds of customers. Each year is a different mantra that everyone needs to snap too. Career success is measured by how many different jobs you can amass in the shortest period of time. There is no real walking the talk,Stop prioritising personal brand over collaboration. Spend more time educating your people that they are part of a business rather than working as isolated silos.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64265,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,About Microsoft,-Demands a lot from staff - Scorecard usually complex to understand,- Large opportunities across different subs. _ Interesting place to work. Good work ethics - Remote working week on week - Celebrate people and chievement,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64266,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stable company to work with,"quite stable, high salary, and good welfare. Coworkers are generally nice, with many experts in programming.","Too stable, not helpful for personal growth. The learning curve is steep enough, especially for young people",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64267,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Marketing Manager,Innovative products with rich resources. Great culture with great people.,It's hard to be promoted as people manager due to limited open positions.,Consider to hire interal talent instead of hiring external with less experiences and hard to adapt to company culture.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64268,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Intern,Good Interview Experience,"Environment is good, new building is going to be used.","Location is not easy to find, as a intern you can not join any online projects,but the company will create some small cases for you to finish.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64269,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Honest Review,"- Good buzz atmosphere as if something exciting is happen each day. It makes you feel you are doing something important. - Working with like-minded IT technical employees, who are also passionate about learning, if you want to learn, sell, support, market, consultant, enterprise technology its a great software corporation to work, and learn a job in a big company. - If you have huge drive and passion, its a phenomenal company to deliver.","- Career opportunities are limited outside the US, especially as so many in higher positions are staying in their current positions for 5, 10, 20 years or more, it will be very difficult to get a good position i.e. progress through the ranks, work your way up, than if you had joined in the 1990's, and very early 2000's. Today, the company is over 120,000 employees, so there is very little room for career progression "" and say I can be here 20, 30 years. - Work is constant changing, always being challenged too much. The job description is very different reality to when you get inside and on board. You will have to take tasks which are always above your normal job title. - Review system is ""we have two slices of cake"" to share with 10 people in a department, a lot of people feel its very unfair, as everyone is chipping in and adding to Microsoft's value. One year you can get a slice of cake, next year none, yet you did same work as year before.","- Review system needs to be revised, as its still a lot of employees number 1 gripe. Apples for Apples are not being compared in callibiration manager meetings, it is one high graded level person measured against mid or low grade. - Provide more transparency on review system. - Human Resources should provide more leadership, as its perceived they are in the background all of the time, behind a business / manager's decision even when wrong.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1471.htm
64270,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Jun 5, 2016",Current Employee - Intern,Good Interview Experience,"Environment is good, new building is going to be used.","Location is not easy to find, as a intern you can not join any online projects,but the company will create some small cases for you to finish.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64271,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 18, 2016",Former Employee - SE II,Good,Good work life balance. Decent pay compare to most of the companies.,Slow moving. Not keeping up with same league companies.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64272,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a great place to work (MSFT Development Center Norway),MIllions of potential users of your features,Bad management & people management culture: Very top down style of managing that doesn't want input from people below them in hierarchy. Bad results/output: As a result of the above (and other things) the output of the organization is very poor and not fit-for-purpose (i e bad usage numbers),"Start listening to users and people below you in the hierarchy Start building a culture of trust and trust when delegating Don't just make decisions based on what you think management above you want, but what you believe in yourself.",2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64273,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Life at Microsoft,"Great Company, Nice work environment good salary",work life balance is not so well,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64274,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Rewarding work. Surrounded by incredibly smart people. Company puts a big value on giving back to employees.,Large organization isn't agile at times. Have to work across many dispersed organizations to get things done.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64275,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Manager,Impressions,Home office flexibility Informal enviroment Good salary + Benefits,Crowded office Good attrition Many changes generate uncertainty,work on a long term vision/plan,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64276,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Jun 16, 2016",Former Employee - Lync Administrative,Will not recommend.,"Education - Free CBT Nuggets, Free certifications Work environment is ok Direct management is ok Great extras like free breakfast, access to gyms, etc.","Upper management brings the company down. Over-time is not payed. Reducing cost in the weirdest ways. You can have a laptop to work on but you buy your own laptop bag to carry it but if the bag is not good enough it is your responsibility.... Weird way to work the employees to the bone. You have an yearly usability target that you MUST meet or else. Next year it's like: ""Oh, you met the target, so we can set it higher this year"". And you MUST meet that also. Imagine what will happen next year.","An employee once asked a valid question. It was something like ""For years you kept telling us to keep pushing, so we can bring the company up to a higher level where all will be better. When do you think that will happen? I would like to know when you think that time will come"". When I saw in a general meeting a guy from the upper management read that question and then explode telling us that we have to keep sacrificing for the company and stop asking this kind of questions I understood that My place was not there. That guy proved two things. 1. There was no forecast from the beginning and there will never be one for that ""comfortable"" rise of the company (which is understandable when you look at the technology market) 2. Microsoft employees are being systematically lied to, but they are not allowed to ask about that or question their management.",4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64277,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software engineer,"Great campus, work life balance (too much life, no work), good compensation , intelligent people around, ample opportunities for redmond/california transfers if shifting abroad is your only goal in life.","Too much hierarchy, you will never know the bigger picture of your work. Very slow code to deploy cycles. Old practises, old technologies, old people, old outlook. They over hire from the top tech schools in India and end up giving pathetic work to you crushing any sort of intellectual development. The initial package is good, but subsequent increments are very less compared to industry standards.","Give more work, confidence and mentorship to a new hire. Too many team switches giving less opportunity to go in depth. Focus on building happier employees by giving them quality projects and not on teaching them your Microsoft jargons and age old ways of functioning.",1.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64278,microsoft,Vienna (Austria)," May 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer,- Home Office - Flexible Working Hours - Amazing Office space -Amazing Team - Challenging work,- Demanding work - result-driven - long working hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64279,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interview Experience,No Pros as they select only based on gender,Biased Interviews as they selected only girls,Please learn from your mistakes. You are ruining the Microsoft.,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1472.htm
64280,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Business Controller,Great Company...once you understand it.,"Very smart people. Diversified company with lots of opportunities for relocation all over the world. Challenging, fast paced environment with lots of learning opportunities. Very strong feedback culture.","Complex business with complex processes. Lack of communication/integration among different business units. Slow to respond to market, although that´s been improving.",Keep things simple and better integrate different business units to make the most of the different experiences.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64281,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High energy chnaging work environment,"- Flexibility to do your job on your own terms - Decent pay & perks - New focus & work every year High energy, highly competitive environment. Perform or perish. Though folks are given chance to perform before asking to leave.","- If you are not a change seeker & looking for a easy similar kind of work for long then its not you. - As you grow senior, job options in India diminishes within Microsoft.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64282,microsoft,none," May 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,great experience to learn and practice,can't think of any cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64283,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 13, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer review,- Great technologies - Good work culture and flexibility - Good benefits and pay,- No effective leadership and management,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64284,microsoft,none," May 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Technology Strategist,Very challenging work with the capability to always improve yourself,Being structred and networking are the most important thing to succeed in yout job,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64285,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,mmo,Overall quite nice place to work with ok salary and benefits,As many things are run from HQ it makes working from side office bit hard especially with huge time zone difference,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64286,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Executive,Work Life balance is the best,A little more on the focus,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64287,microsoft,Sofia (Bulgaria)," Jun 13, 2016",Former Employee - Human Resources,HR,Great atmosphere and nice colleagues. Best thing is that you can see how big corporation is working from insight.,Heavy structure coming from the big corporation size. It is difficult to make a difference and bring innovation in the processes while those needs to be approved by 4-5 layers' up.,Make it more flexible and easy operating. Value your employees as individuals not as robots that you can easily replace.,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64288,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent company,- Compelling product set - fast moving - freedom of choice when and where to work,"Highly political, need to spent a lot time with self-promotion",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64289,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Great place to work with balanced work life balance.,May not be the pay master compared to new companies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1473.htm
64290,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 28, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Great place to work with balanced work life balance.,May not be the pay master compared to new companies,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64291,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Jun 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engeener,"Challenging projects A lot of opportunities to learn and grow, both as a person and as a proffesional Great working conditions",Working hours are way too long,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64292,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,"On of the best companies in the world always develop in their employees, Company always keen to follow market trends and directions",No good balance for work life balance,none,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64293,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Keep up the Good work,Lot of effort to make a good product. Freedom to build your own career. Freedom to work on other cool stuff.,Company needs to advertise lot of good things they are doing and not neglect it.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64294,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jun 10, 2016",Former Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Excelent Company,"Good opportunities of Career Development, good salary and benefits.","Managers without experience as People Managers, Internal Office Politics, too much bureaucracy and too many process.",Company should invest more In management training for managers.,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64295,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,Its decent pay for an average part time employee. Nice benefits and welcoming and friendly atmosphere. Co-workers are pretty nice too.,Management is disjointed. Certain managers lack leadership and communication skills. Qualifications may be questionable. There is lack of consistency with disciplinary action.,Be more mindful that management is also a part of the retail environment. Management performance or lack thereof can affect retail employees.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64296,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product marketing manager,Good place to learn Enough budget to run proper campaigns,Lots of internal burocracy Follows plans before thinking,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64297,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Research Software Development Engineer II,Excellent place to work,"Good salary, great teammates, startup-like culture (in my project), work-life balance.","doesn't move as fast as startups, lack of full-time PM and designer.",Give head count to full-time PM and designer,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64298,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Great place to work with a high level of diversity!,Very high level of pressure,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64299,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Jun 9, 2016",Current Employee - Senior QA Lead,Senior QA Lead,"Technologies, products, tools, great leaders, so much to learn, work environment, benefits, compensation.","Not much transparent, hasty decisions, lacking growth mindset, too many leaders, many hidden things, teams contributing to a product are not aligned.",Realise that there are quiet many flaws in implementing or decision making that cannot derive a premium product.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1474.htm
64300,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"Great work life balance, good pay, friendly people. growth opportunity","office politics, too much redtape",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64301,microsoft,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Business Development Manager,Not a good place that it used to be,- good salary - exceptional team - respected company - work flexibility / work from home - good bonuses,"- work is so fragmented so that one cannot focus on anything important - managers have been stripped of power to make decisions, so there is no-one with decision power to talk with - organization spends more time on politically and financially optimizing decisions rather than taking company forward - resources as spread ridiculously thin - up to a point of failure - increasing number of invented reasons preventing people from doing their best, such as hiring/promoting female candidates or school hires instead of merit, internally invented compliance procedures, etc. - lots of issues that can only be discussed in private - there is nobody to talk with from management. Everyone is under same pressure and do not have power to change things - lots of burnout - some incompetent and abusing managers are keeping their positions",Get back to basics of management. Its very well known under what conditions people perform best and are most motivated. Its really sad to see so much talent wasted because of management / organization failures by design. Return at least some decision making to countries / managers. (To keep review anonymous I didnt write my true city of employment),3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64302,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PAM,Great brand to work with. Great work culture,"Because its such a huge company, there are areas of overlap between functions and roles. You just need to get used to that",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64303,microsoft,Bratislava (Slovakia)," Jun 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,Well known company with good business strategy and nice solutions. Good message passed from management to stuff.,"corporation. you are just a cell in a huge excell sheet. huge stress, everything is oriented to sell more.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64304,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was OK,Nice salary Nice environment in the new building,Really strange guys at the managment The work on windows products is Boring To Death,Being less arrogant,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64305,microsoft,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT intern,"Good team, friendly people, Organized setting, an extremely comfortable work environment which is more than you can ask for these days",Massive corporation with tons of deadlines within short time periods. They do their best to accommodate new employees and give good guide lines.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64306,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 6, 2016",Former Employee - Development Manager,"Great wages and benefits, but risk averse senior management making working life unfulfilling.",Generous pay and benefits package. Multicultural studios. Highly skilled work colleagues. Fantastic office spaces. Opportunities to travel. Strong CEO with a clear vision.,"Management satisfaction over customer satisfaction. Middle and upper management are risk averse. The upper management has an ""old boys club"" feel and is predominantly male. HR openly acknowledge that if you work outside of Redmond you have no voice in the company.",Be more customer focused rather than bonus and stock focused. Value territories outside of Redmond. Embrace diversity at the upper management level.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64307,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for Enginneers,You have what you need to do your job Access to great engineers and good share of knowledge People do really want to build great products,"Too many meetings to agree on product roadmap The ""too much"" search for consensus can make moving foward too slow.",Be closer to engineering work to understand the real power you can tap into (and may not be doing),4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64308,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager Europe,Rapid change in a dynamic enviroment,Pay doesnt increase as you show more commitment,Control,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64309,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work at Bing,Very good work life balance.,Work on not very important projects.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1475.htm
64310,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Relaxed people,"I've meet some incredible people there, they make research mostly in the HCI area, and have a very diverse team.","Sometimes it can be too diverse, and a bit far from my area, Computer Science.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64311,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 4, 2016",Current Employee - Network Engineer,network engineer,"better compensation, other benefits, GYm , Car lease, Child care",uncsrtain future @ this poin due to firings,..,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64312,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 3, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Salary,Best among all other industry equivalent to this,It was typical working place.its take some time to adapt there.,Keep rocking .with your advanced technologies,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64313,microsoft,none," May 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engg,"Work Life Balance, Smart people, facilities","Not so great work, sometimes appeasement is what makes bosses happy",too much changes in directions,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64314,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," May 20, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,Great place to work at,"State-of-the-art technologies, access to lot of internal knowledge, well-designed policies that apply to everyone and amazing to be part of a great tech company.","Declining budget for travels, team events, decreasing support for knowledge transfer, high utilization and margin pressure.","Bring back the old Microsoft Services setup, where the goal was not margin but lighthouse projects that without profit.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64315,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 2, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Best Place to Learn,"Definitely the best place to learn and hone your skills. I worked at Microsoft GTSC Bangalore. Here we support enterprise Premier customers and resolve the most complex and challenging issues which you can get. Good benefits, pay, etc.","Complete night shifts, slightly difficult to move to different teams as there will be dependency on you once you grow in a particular role. Hikes and bonuses can be better.",Please allow the engineers to fulfill their aspirations and allow them to move to different teams after a year or two as this will prevent high attrition rate.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64316,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working with Microsoft,- It's a good company overall. - Still considered to be a pay master,- Internal politics is really bad. - There is a gap from vision to strategies.,Please have more experience middle and senior management people. You have to have a training for anyone who takes up people manager role from IC and have a close eye on them to check if they really understand companies vision and culture.,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64317,microsoft,none," May 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft.,good place to work have no issues.,not a bad thing to say.,keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64318,microsoft,none," May 31, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Overall not bad,"Microsoft overall is a good place to work at. The pay is good, benefits as well. Offices are well maintained and pleasant. There's a large variety of projects to choose from. Activities after work. And option for relocation.","However, due to its size there's many times too much beaurocracy. Also there's huge variance between groups. Which makes it confusing.","More focus on engineering excellence and better valuation to expert employees. The problem is that sometimes there's too much focus on delivery, rather than quality. Also more focus on good engineering skills.",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64319,microsoft,none," May 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company to Work For,Decent work-life balance and supportive management for alternative work arrangements. Supportive of career development and a focus on impact as well as financial results. People are generally vested in the success and strategy of the company.,Very large organization that can be difficult to navigate for new starters. Limited visibility of work going on in other teams due to size of the organization.,Better access to career development opportunities for people who want to change roles/gain experience in another part of the business.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1476.htm
64320,microsoft,none," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best employer in India,Good company to work in India,You need to be willing to learn everyday to enjoy working here,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64321,microsoft,none," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good changes with Satya, but still a long way to go","Microsoft's recent decisions under Satya have been brave and appropriate, with some very impactful decisions such as divesting from phone, making Windows 10 free, and focusing on services.","Product direction across the board has been pretty poor at Microsoft, with countless products being rushed to market with a poor experience design or incomplete/inadequate functional quality.  Middle management (e.g. director levels) still seems to not understand the new priorities, and on the ground it still feels like business as usual.","Spend time driving new values all the way through your management chain down to first tier Engineering Managers, and making sure that they really exemplify it.  Product management/business direction is all over the place and clarity really needs to be put in place with consistent leadership. Too many re-orgs.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64322,microsoft,none," May 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Change roles often. Ultimate career growth and challenge environment.,Work/life balance difficult to obtain but you choose this and most employees would probably be the same elsewhere as they are overachiever personalities.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64323,microsoft,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," May 29, 2016",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Solutions Sales Manager,"Well paid package in Saudi and great learning experience in enterprise and government sales. Technology leader when it comes to productivity and cloud solutions, with strong brand un MEA region.",Tough work place like any sales organization. Not friendly environment where Numbers of sales is the only concern by hook or crook! Teams are fighting on clients to fully use the IT budget on their services.,"Way to move the company to Technology Company instead of Sales driven company where sales team don't even know how to use technology or even the services/products they sell. Building team sprit is key rather than igniting the fire between team members to sell more, it will end up moving the fire to customer side.",3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64324,microsoft,Haifa (Israel)," May 14, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great company,1. Good people 2. Good benefits 3. Many people to learn from 4. Contribute to big products - your code might affect millions of people.,1. You might get positioned in a small unimportant project with minimal effect on constumers,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64325,microsoft,none," May 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Intern,Great peers nice office free food,"No growth, Low Salary, middle management",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64326,microsoft,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," May 28, 2016","Former Employee - Director of Research, Design and Development",Medium skilled startup,Amazing coders for the beginners to work with.,"No promotion scope, no HRD, no finance department, no admin etc.",Try to hire a professional CTO,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64327,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,Canteen on site and multinational culture.,weekends working days involved and over time as well.,Provide more training to the staff,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64328,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," May 13, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for,Exciting technology that customers pay for.,"Big, broad businesses, tough to align.",Cut dead weight.,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64329,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Professional,Well Tuned Sales Engine,"It is not secret that Microsoft is very good at selling and marketing its product. If you are in sales, you will learn a lot about how to run your business.  It has world class tools and processes available for employees.","Too monotonous. Too focussed on selling licenses rather than selling solutions to customers.  At times, goals of one team contradict with goals of other team, creating disharmony in teams.","Innovations are not created by just talking about it. You need to create an environment for employees to think differently, think out of the box.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1477.htm
64330,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," May 27, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Professional,Well Tuned Sales Engine,"It is not secret that Microsoft is very good at selling and marketing its product. If you are in sales, you will learn a lot about how to run your business.  It has world class tools and processes available for employees.","Too monotonous. Too focussed on selling licenses rather than selling solutions to customers.  At times, goals of one team contradict with goals of other team, creating disharmony in teams.","Innovations are not created by just talking about it. You need to create an environment for employees to think differently, think out of the box.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64331,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,GTSC,Excellent technical resources. One of the best minds in the industry.,Poor middle management. All they care about is their review and not the people. There have been several instances where the management has actually fired good people for their ego massage.,"Bureaucracy killed engineering here, it's time that bureaucracy is destroyed here so that creativity can develop again. The tradition of asslickers needs to end.",4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64332,microsoft,none," May 12, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,work life balance depends on your position in the organization.,very good company to work for.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64333,microsoft,none," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great company",- great technology - lots of impact - colleagues are team players,- working in consulting there was a lot of focus on utilisation - you needed to manage it carefully,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64334,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Supply Chain Manager,senior supply chain manager,"Market leader in mobile and cloud computing, well known global brand, global presence and lical solution for human needs, great place to work","HQ centric, centralised working model, remote location employee find difficult to grow, less risk taking, slow tovrespond to competition","Decentralised working model, create opportunities for remote talent to grow in organisation, develop risk taking abilities in employees, create less stress in work",5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64335,microsoft,none," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Diversity, benefits, development & scope","Scale, agility, process, tools, scale",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64336,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Good work, benefits, facilities, growth","biased recruitment, work life balance",none,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64337,microsoft,none," May 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not as good as it thinks it is,"Great offices, free drinks and fruits.",Lack of team spirit and unachievable quotas.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64338,microsoft,none," May 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Don't expect a work life balance...,Incredible people that will inspire you each and every day.,"No work life balance, and huge pressure to transform and deliver today, many conflicting priorities and internal chaos.",Increase salaries they are not in line with the market.,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64339,microsoft,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,Friendly working frame. Nice colleagues and nice managers. Lots of freedoms. Lots of very passionnated people. I do love my job.,Not a lot of free time apart from working. Huge amount of work. Deadline very tight. Joy of having a challenging job!,"Showing the perfect example! Working hard, never complaining, showing motivation.",5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1478.htm
64340,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," May 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"Good colleagues, flexible time, innovation","ranking systems, bonuses, cost cutting",Do not change your team per year,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64341,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Among best companies to work for in Belgrade,Interesting projects Lot of smart people Good compensation & decent benefits,Needs better managers Limited career advance opportunities,Keep insisting on excellence. Get better people for leading positions.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64342,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," May 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good company,"Learn alot, chance to be in the forefront of technology. Good compensation and package","Bad management, too much politics. Work life balance",Value your people,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64343,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great American Institution built on people, but now on cost savings.","Decent base salary, excellent benefits package and awesome office facilities. People who work there generally love it and I always found I was a good as my team, which was normally great. A competitive culture is created which does push people to excel.","Bonuses change every year, normally for the worse. Management has too many people who lack people management skills. Less training then there use to be. A culture of vesters and resters (normally 15 years in, middle management with little ambition or desire to do well while they sit on their pile of unvested stock).",Don't be afraid of people who challenge the status quo.,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64344,microsoft,none," May 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior ITM,good compensation and career growth,you are just a number and the workload is immense,being more human,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64345,microsoft,none," May 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Work environment reimbursement policy leave policy work life balance,Employment status as contract benefits No growth,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64346,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Sr Engineer and Scrum Master,I was in phone/ device business. Most of colleagues were former Nokia co-workers.,"Microsoft always re-started everything from scratch, like from windows mobile to windows phone 7, from windows phone 7 to windows phone 8 and 8.1 towards windows 10. each new version can't back compatible for old version.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64347,microsoft,none," May 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Administative Assistant,"friendly environment, best bosses, good work-life balance latest models of laptop & phone, shuttle bus, lunch & café, 15 days/ year for annual leave, additional health insurance for family, rich culture, various internal events","isolated location, frequent overtime requested for engineering employees no fixed loyalty bonus, complicating working process, huge fluctuating labor demand, rare training courses for support function division","more long-term career development programs for support functioned employees,",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64348,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Project Leader,Great place to work,"Well equipped and diversified colleagues, great benefits","high targets, high working hours",Decrease stress over employees,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64349,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 17, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Really nice work life balance.,You won't be assigned to what you like.,-,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1479.htm
64350,microsoft,none," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,"Good money, great benefits, you decide how to manage your schedule, home office is important for everyone, people that work here are amazingly intelligent, challenges are fun too.","Work-life balance isn't great, growth mindset is still a work in progress, ""Scorecard"" driven","Management is a great deal here, we even review how the team is feeling and progressing. We have meetings and activities to make sure we are working properly as a team and that we are feeling that we are heading the right direction.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64351,microsoft,none," May 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Administative Assistant,"friendly environment, best bosses, good work-life balance latest models of laptop & phone, shuttle bus, lunch & café, 15 days/ year for annual leave, additional health insurance for family, rich culture, various internal events","isolated location, frequent overtime requested for engineering employees no fixed loyalty bonus, complicating working process, huge fluctuating labor demand, rare training courses for support function division","more long-term career development programs for support functioned employees,",4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64352,microsoft,none," May 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my review lol,"Nice infrastructure, bright minds, good allowances",Don't know. Not enjoying the work. My potential is not use to the fullest.,Increase the salary. They are not at all competitive.,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64353,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 13, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Test Lead,"Low grade work, Bad culture",Good Brandname. will help when you switch Better than being in service based companies GOod work life balance Good set of facilities and means of recreation and de-stress,No good Quality work at Hyderabad Center. Mostly dogfooding. People take over proud of being at Microsoft. Folks around you will feel they are super talented and in reality dont stand much in compare with similar product based company. I feel it is Good if you are joining from any Service based company.,Bring quality work in Hyderabad. Save the culture and values,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64354,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 14, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Executive,Microsoft - a cool company to work for.,Exciting and innovative company to work for. You're always working alongside motivated and hard working individuals. Great salary. Excellent Benefits.,You can seem like your only a number in such a huge corporation like Microsoft but thats the way it is sometimes.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64355,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Design Intern,"Amazing perks to being an intern, which include well organised events and freebies. The working and design culture was really nice - several round table events were scheduled for us with lead designers around campus where we could gain valuable insights into the different stuff going on at the time. My immediate team were all really knowledgable and open to providing aid within the Applications and Services Group, and my manager was fantastic.  Working hours were also very flexible, allowing you to come in at whatever time your want. Although the majority would make the effort to be present all day.","Some of the cons included the length of the review process for designs, as they needed to be checked by all involved parties before development. A lot of time was spent in these reviews that can make it seem as though you are moving at a snails pace at times.","Not much to say, but giving designers more room and power over the actual design process wouldn't be a bad thing.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64356,microsoft,none," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"Great people to work with, nice cafeteria and food, and events","Too much bureaucracy, it's hard to implement new ideas depending on which department.",Be more open to ideas for interns and have better mentors for interns,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64357,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Dedicated Technical Account Manager,Dedicated Technical Account Manager,"At Microsoft Services, Canada, you get to learn a lot of Microsoft technologies with endless training and even soft skills training that will help you to realize your full potential. Open environment to collaborate with other groups with a new performance-based concept of making others successful to be successful yourself, that encourages team-success. Workplace facilities and benefits are best to none.",High performance-based and result-driven organization - Seeking credit of good work done is hard to come by. Survival of the fittest.,"Management changes in focus and directions very quickly, hence need to be agile and adapt to change is inevitable.",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64358,microsoft,none," May 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,Casual and relaxed culture in the office.,Always playing catch-up with Apple and Amazon.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64359,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Microsoft is a very challenging environment for software engineers, it requires creativity and long term goals from their engineers.","Since the environment is very challenging, sometimes engineers start working long hours to achieve their goals, which has the potential to compromise a little bit their work life balance",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1480.htm
64360,microsoft,Barueri (Brazil)," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Software Analyst/Developer,Adding job,"Great team, infrastructure and big challenges.",Career opportunities for Green Badgers.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64361,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," May 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best in class company to work for,"Strong corporate environment, with an eye on innovation and customer obsession","Too large, with too much corporate governance",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64362,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Director,"Great benefits, culture of further learning, some of the people. Opportunity to travel and learn. Huge brand, people want to speak with you.",Too many middle management or career managers who simple target is there own 2-3 year pathway and are the detriment of the business middle and long term success.,"Reduce middle management and Business Groups, make them more accountable not just direction pushers.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64363,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SWE,"Breadth gives flexibilty to work on things that interest you. Work life balance, positive work culture.",Can be easy to become too settled,-,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64364,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place I've worked at,I was working in the same building with some of the smartest people on Earth and yet most of them were interested in talking to me if I showed some initiative or interest in their research.,Being an intern can get solitary depending on who your mentor is because some of them are very busy.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64365,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Team Leader for Cloud Services (Escalation Engineer),Team Leader for Cloud Services,Flexibility Career path Own the business,Difficulties in work life balance NO process define,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64366,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," May 11, 2016",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,"Great compensation, poor perspectve","Great compensation and benefits (health care, company care, good payroll). Flexible working conditions","No clear company strategy in the subsidiary, following only central directions without any flexibility",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64367,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work at,"People are nice, environment is good, projects are mostly interesting, compensation is fair. The offices are large and nicely decorated..","There is a lot of work to be done :) but since that is interesting, it's not that much of a con.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64368,microsoft,"Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)"," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Group Manager,Work Life,Great company for opportunities if mobile. Limitations in smaller subsidiaries for growth,Good company for opportunities if mobile. Limitations in smaller subsidiaries for growth,"Current system does not have a clear relation with full year workloads, efforts. Mostly the last one is considered and creating more impact outweighs the actual value added. Should review",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64369,microsoft,none," May 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Place to be at,"Great Work Health Index, supportive managers","None so far, too much comfort.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1481.htm
64370,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Engineering Manager,Great Company to work with ...,Absolutely fantastic company to work with,its a huge company . Things dont move too fast. Opportunites to have high impact work is limited .... but the culture is changing ... the go getters can still create their own space,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64371,microsoft,none," May 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beauty or Beast?,"Very smart and intelligent people to work with and for. You get to learn loads of new stuff, develop yourself extensively as nobody will shy away from giving you feedback. They take privacy and diversity very seriously and live by the principles they set. Nice perks like MGX ( most people use it to find their next job or pave the road for it), bonus, salary quite competitive.","Be prepared to work long hours, forget family or social life, devote yourself fully, especially around December and June. Very sales oriented not customer focused and can drive you mad if you are in sales or sales support roles. Unless you are a geek or inspire to be one, be prepared to be surrounded by them ( sometimes can be quite entertaining too) Learn to play the office politics, only way up is by literally recruiting sponsors ( everybody delivers as if you fail your quota twice in a row, you will be out anyways)",be customer focused. change the culture from arrogance towards customer centricity. Invest in your people: you will not always attract talent from marketplace. Learn to innovate. Company's innovation wheels are way too slow. and please stop threatening customers for goodness' sake ( in countries where piracy or open source usage s high).,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64372,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 8, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not so great,A lot of perks and work life balance.,Pay is not so good and neither is work in India office.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64373,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Apr 23, 2016",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Review,"On time pay, much higher than the average pay for Romania, bonuses, relaxed working environment.",None that I could think of.,Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64374,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 7, 2016",Current Employee - SDE1,Good choice,Great work life balance. Able to learn new things at own pace,Work may become monotonous after some years,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64375,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - QA Engineering Manager,Worst Politics & Practices,"Excellent Pay, Excellent Employee Morale building activities.","Cheap politics, Managers are like dictators - don't listen, all the people who joined 2 years back were impacted without reasons even though people performance was good. However they gave insurance for that calendar year, some severance - I really felt very bad as my team also got impacted without my notice though I was Manager could not do anything.",Be fair to people - don't be like dictators.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64376,microsoft,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," May 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looking forward,"Free drinks, snacks and software. Some good staff as long as your are not ex Staples, Future Shop, Best Buy, they seem to have a bad attitude...just saying.......","Everyone is Micro Managed, with some managers who think they would be a level 3 or 4, are just a 1, maybe. Should hire management that have some tech knowledge, and not from just any retail store... They do not like to see long term staff move up within the company, prefer to hire from other MS stores, or Staples, Best Buy or some other retailer ie: hardware stores, pet stores, clothing, all which have no relation to technology as far as I know",Take care of the people who started and have been there from the beginning..... or you will see more and more people quit before you fire them for what ever reason......STOP MICRO MANAGING,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64377,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great company to work,Superb company to work with,POlitical scenario can affect the growth,smoothen processes that hinder peoples growth aspirations,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64378,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"Good benefits, work from home and nice offices","No cons, neef a vision for the product",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64379,microsoft,none," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales desk researcher,"very flexible, no one cares as long as you get your job done, good culture",it gets boring and repetitive after three months,change a business model,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1482.htm
64380,microsoft,none," May 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS Brazil,Microsoft global strategy is getting traction,"Local office is shrinking, very political environment, weak strategy for consumer market",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64381,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Coop,Fun Place,"Great environment and people. It's a fun place to work at and I'm glad I had the experience. I wouldn't go back for a full-time job after my education, but it was nice while I was there.",Management isn't great. Meetings seemed disorganized and IT were not very responsive to needs.,A fun place to work is a great thing but focus on professionalism and efficiency as well.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64382,microsoft,none," May 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,my opinion,"Work/Life Balance, really good.",poor Career Opportunities. MS services in Shanghai is not important. So I don't recommend. Maybe Beijing is better.,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64383,microsoft,none," May 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,"fantastic people, great depth of talent & opportunities, culture changing rapidly after satya took over",large company - many departments & groups,"keep up work on culture,",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64384,microsoft,none," May 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales desk researcher,"very flexible, no one cares as long as you get your job done, good culture",it gets boring and repetitive after three months,change a business model,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64385,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Local situation only,A perfect place to learn but with very limited possibilities to grow (at least in the country),"Wrong management decisions. Wrong selection process, at least for the management positions. A lot of mistakes in addressing the local market","Carefully review your local management team, because is more than obvious that, in the last 3 years at least, their decisions was totally unaligned with the market",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64386,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Smart, hard-working people who want to change the world and have the courage in their convictions, Interesting roles and stimulating jobs, Opportunity to continuously learn and grow, Part of a dynamic industry, Positive culture which is open to changing with the times, strong leadership especially CEO who give employees their trust, Fun workplace, respect for proactivity","If you are looking a nine to five job, Microsoft is not for you. Technology access requires strong personal control to ensure better work life balance, otherwise you are always online.",Compensation benchmarking can be improved.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64387,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Techlogies used are very good.,No Cons as such in it,Management,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64388,microsoft,none," May 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,user researcher,"salary, benefits, reputation, tech industry, etc,","disorganised, too formal- not enough room for innovation, long hours, competitive",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64389,microsoft,none," May 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big company - slow decision making,Big company with scale that offers many benefits. Leading the software business in many aspects and is present on any computer. Clear mobile first cloud first strategy under new CEO..,Slow decision making. Very centralized and all major decisions happening in Redmond. Too big to have real impact as individual.,My advice is to decentralize the organization to sites outside the US and empower decision making on lower levels of the organization.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1483.htm
64390,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Technical Lead,Technical Lead,great place to work and the values company carries is what influence you in your life,happy to have worked with such a great company and would recommend every aspiring student to dream big,the best company in the world and everything about the company is awesome,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64391,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great experience,Great working experience. Opportunity for growth,the hours were very long,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64392,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,qee,"Salary, Management, a lot of job, possibility to distance work","absence of benefits, absence of changes of daily activities",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64393,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Apr 18, 2016",Current Employee - Research Intern,Research Intern,Employees in MS are very talented.,No. I don't think too much downside,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64394,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Designation - Human Resources Operations Advisor,HR Operations Advisor,Excellent work ethic Work Life balance,Few Full-Time opportunities in HR function,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64395,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great work environment,"Flexibility on deciding your deliverables. Awesome campus: cricket, tennis, basket ball, beach volly, volly, football grounds in campus. Lot of facilities: cab service, medical, gym, free snacks cold-drinks milk fruits and packed juices. Intelligent people around.",Technologies that you work on are Microsoft specific.Most of the similar level companies don't use them.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64396,microsoft,none," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Device Sales profile,Great brand is a cool positive to go for in Microsoft.,Unsure future of devices is a drawback,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64397,microsoft,none," May 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,takes care of its employees,still very Seattle centric company,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64398,microsoft,none," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,Good Company Facilities like snack etc,Lacks Quality of work..lot of paperwork,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64399,microsoft,none," Apr 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,PR Associate,- Great people - Casual Environment,- Alot of pressure to perform,Better support and mentorship for interns,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1484.htm
64400,microsoft,none," May 1, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,Good Company Facilities like snack etc,Lacks Quality of work..lot of paperwork,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64401,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Long time employee in SMSG,"I've been with Microsoft over 25 years so I am going to perhaps demonstrate some bias. I've worked in Australia, UK and now Singapore, all as a result of finding roles to grow and develop in the company. So great experience there. Recently since the Satya era, the companies agility has notably improved as its moved on from the Windows only legacy.","The company has an obsession with analytics and reporting. Depending on your role, you may find yourself buried under an expectation of talking about what you need to do and showing why you need to do it, vs. doing it",Simplify and let your people get out to talk to customers,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64402,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,None,U get the chance to work with the best of the brains. Very Smart and Cool place to work on latest technologies. Good work life balance,Reorg happens every alternate year which impacts ppl. Many females were asked to leave post maternity leave. Not an employee friendly company,None,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64403,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 28, 2016",Current Employee - Community Development,Community Development,"Fantastic company culture. Benefits include full access of full drink fridge, full kitchen plus monthly Costco runs, and monthly paid meetings/outings.",Benefits in Canada are not as great as the US. Working for the retail department as well limits you to career opportunities in corporate though not completely impossible.,Come up with a strategy to help your current employees from retail move into corporate so we don't continue to lose great talent!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64404,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Apr 28, 2016",Former Employee - Corporate Account Executive,Corporate Account Executive,easy to get in the door on a sales call,competitors have created better operating systems and Microsoft still relies too much on customers to debug their products in my opinion.,write better code and quit depending on customers to debug it for you,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64405,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,Awesome place to work,"Amazing Culture, People Centric Company",None that I can recall,Keep doing what you are doing. It's a great place to work!,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64406,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,review,best company to work with,"most of night shifts, but no issues",good work keep it up.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64407,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,"Perks, benefits, career, impact, and autonomy",Middle Management can be very bad.,"IMPROVE middle management, better support for employees seeking international careers.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64408,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 27, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Exp at Microsoft,Company culture is good. It treats employess very well. Full environment is cool and flexible.,Work culture is not very satisfying. Here you should be lucky to get good manager. I find so much domination/show-off of experienced MS employees on new hires. Company should try to take actions to avoid them.,Mentioned it under Cons,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64409,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Engineering,Lots of Technology to work and learn,It depends on the team you are in,Cut down Beauracracy,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1485.htm
64410,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Needs to be more customer centric,"Global talent pool, well resourced, dynamic product development","Top heavy management, leadership decisions lack customer focus, internally focused",Live and act on the transformation you recommend to customers,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64411,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,okayish experience,Pretty relaxed life with flexible timings,Less pay compared to industry standards and politics in office,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64412,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft,- Good Perks -Learning - Lots of exposure,"- High pressure environment,very competitive and quite agressive",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64413,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Apr 24, 2016",Former Employee - Business Program Manager,Microsoft was an ok place to work for.,had perks with OS / services,had to work REDMOND timezone -- living and working in Europe that sucked. you had to work normal days starting local time at 7am and then ending at midnight - 01:00 in the morning local time.,"the world doesn't revolve around Redmond, Washington.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64414,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Apr 23, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Still Brilliant,Wide spectrum of disciplines and technologies,Nothing that really bothered me,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64415,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,program coordinator,great colleagues and flexible schedule,contractors (vendors) are treated very inferior to FTE employees.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64416,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,right place for tech people,"worldwide exposure, high level working environment, good benefits",strategy is changing yearly basis,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64417,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Apr 22, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Great company, outdated technology",competitive salary great people pretty good work life balance,"- very boring tasks, no interesting products are handled in Israel. If you really want to get successful in the company you have to be at Redmond. - Only using Microsoft technologies for development. lack of open source community culture.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64418,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,1. Pay and Benefits and very good as per experience 2. You get to work with nice intelligent people to help you learn and grow 3. The campus is very good and the outings/parties are cherry on top,"There aren't many cons here, still to fill the space 1.Some teams have better work as compared to others. Sometimes the discrepancy can be large and causes stress to people.",Please keep employees work life balance in your mind when taking really aggressive projects. People love the aggressive projects but eventually leave the team if work-life balance doesn't go back to normal quickly.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64419,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible source of information and fantastic co-workers!,Incredible source of information and fantastic co-workers!,"The difficulty in navigating, prioritizing and fulfilling my requirements whilst at the same time, struggling to get the correct stuff in place in time, because without that I'm not allowed to deliver. Catch 22 (But this I think will calm down over time, initial phase is TOUGH.)",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1486.htm
64420,microsoft,Zelenograd (Russia)," Apr 18, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Review Title,- Nice office - Good compensation - Smart collegues,- Your salary depends on your line manager's review only - No clear career opportunities for non-US offices' employees,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64421,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 17, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,microsoft reviewed by me,"its a great company to work,awsome people with best talent in one word awesome,marvellous",people in microsoft show bad attitude there they are the best in the world by the way perks is less than other big companies,the company must think about the pay and perks that are too old and had not been renewed over the years,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64422,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 16, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MEA Channel Development Manager,Great Work Environment Colleagues Very Helpful,"Complicated business structures, and lack of initial training",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64423,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Apr 16, 2016",Current Employee - Research Software Development Engineer,Great projects but restless environment,You will find the projects very interesting and have high potential. People there are internationally competent. Free Drinks and fruits will make your work more enjoyable.,The work environment is restless. Work pressure is very high. Career path is totally unclear and you have no idea how/why promotions are granted.,More appreciation - Clear reviews,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64424,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love MS,"Great Salary, Amazing Opportunities & great learning","Long Hours, very competitive and bell curve",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64425,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 15, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Review on Microsoft India,"Nice Company to Work with Good Culture, Freedom to Work",Nothing i can think of,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64426,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work for.,Great company to work for. amazing people.,"too operationally heavy, need to be more agile.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64427,microsoft,none," Apr 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Great work culture and nice offices,Dificult to get a permanent role so the company is full of contractors,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64428,microsoft,Timişoara (Romania)," Apr 13, 2016",Current Employee - Support Engineer,"Great place to work, with some caveats","- possibilities to learn, grow and expand your horizons are limited only by your desire to do so - direct managers are generally amazing people, very understanding, and hugely helpful - work/life balance is top notch, the days might be stressful, but if your shift ends at 18:00, you're out the door by 18:01 and have no responsibility, moral or otherwise, to stay after work (and will not receive compensation for overtime)","- labor tracking practices are atrocious - work load can be overwhelming at times, and underwhelming other times - both cases are undesirable, as having no work means having nothing to show for what you did that day","Replace the labor tracking mechanism or make it more end-user friendly. If all else fails, adopt the stance that you (are forced by German law to) adopt in Germany, where you ask employees to track their labor down to the minute and document everything they do, but can't force them to or punish them if they don't.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64429,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Pretty good, though political",- Great people to work with - Interesting projects - Decent salary,- Most opportunities are in the US - Politics,It's about what the people deliver not who you know,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1487.htm
64430,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Culture and People,"Really brilliant people, still growing and new CEO is amazing!",Tussle between old MS and new MS within ranks. Transformation is taking a toll on some.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64431,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Apr 12, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Support Eng,Support Specialist,There are a lot of challenges where you can contribute personally and you can also work and learn with top edge products and technology.,"1. Time Tracking and the working volume. You can put 100 % in the system and there will be some things that you cannot complete or finish at the end of the day.  2. The lack of incentives and retaining policy. You will be told that you are always replaceable. You don't learn 3rd party stuff because it's not Microsoft business and because you are limited only to what Microsoft components can do. There are slim to nonexistent chances that you will be able to learn something else.  3. The lack of ""Work Life Balance"". Simply there is none. As long as you are willing to work non stop everything is OK. Once you want to have work life balance, you'll notice that this is not possible, even if flexibility was promised from beginning. If you'll somehow attain it, then the review at the end of the year will wake you up.","1. Invest in people and define a retention policy, otherwise all those good and highly skilled employees will leave. 2. Hire enough people and try not to treat the existing employees like resources. Remember that you are dealing with people and if you don't take care of them, they will definitely take care of you. Think about why Microsoft is no longer the favorite or employer of choice in Romania.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64432,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Apr 10, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Senior Marketing Manager,Interesting working environment with challenges and opportunities to learn and grow. Great people from all around the world.,Some issues with internal communication between teams. Not very good senior management appointments. Strategic mistakes and slow to change.,Bring in new people in to senior management and dont just move old ones around to new positions. Promote more junior managers and give them a chance to shine.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64433,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Manager,Global foot print Great Momentum with new technologies emerging and a trusted CEO Great values,Large company...and with that comes some degree of bureaucracy and multiple layers of management to engage...and that slows down innovation and transformation.,Eliminate unnecessary layers of management and empower folks in the battle front.,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64434,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Indian mangement ruined GTSC,"Great learning opportunities, so so perks","-- No work life balance, completely ruins your personal life.  -- aweful higher management, they have made it a complete call center environment.  -- specially new managers, total let down. -- now matter how hard you work, no recognition, only people with great buttering abilities get recognised.  -- it's a shame company is not looking into it. Worst ever experience in last 12 years.","-- get some sense not just a degree! This company was established by a drop out, it needs innovation not copy cats!",3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64435,microsoft,Port Louis (Mauritius)," Apr 11, 2016",Current Employee - Presales Engineer,Fair working environment,Company has a flat management structure and fair policies,Office located in industrial area,Change office location to a more pleasant environment,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64436,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TA,Work life balance is good,Continued change management will require nimbleness,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64437,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,wonderful,IT's Microsoft what else,expensive products like windows office SQL Server,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64438,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing Manager,"Good benefit, above average pay","Politics, ability to grow limited",none,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64439,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - SDM,Good Overall Experience,Good exposure to customers and sittuations,"Less investment in training and building teams, compared to other industry peers",Performance system and Career Development opportunities should be improved,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1488.htm
64440,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good learning experience,"You get to learn a lot fast, money is decent, offices are nice","It is a major company and as such is not for everyone, my advice is to stay positive",Never forget you're working with humans,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64441,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Really good experience,Get many benfits really a good company to work for peaople are cooperative and helpful learn a lot about new technologies flexible work hours .,Dont have any such could increase stipend,management is good,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64442,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2016",Current Employee - Assistant Marketing Manager,Manager,Good environment and supporting team,Salary is not showing your right value,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64443,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great stepping stone,Flexibility and great working culture,Difficult to convert to perm role,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64444,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Quality Control Manager,Great company to work for!,Friendly workplace Dedicated management team Consistent professionalism Excellent pay and benefits High quality standards Free breakfast and lunch Lots of room for advancement,Long working 9 hours a day with only an hour lunch break May give up sales as the company is particular about who it wants to sell to Company is highly regulated in terms of how it should be managed No free cellphone for managers and other employees,"As the company expands, I believe we will need a bigger office to accommodate the new employees coming in next month.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64445,microsoft,Vila Nova Conceição (Brazil)," Apr 5, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Operations Director,Excellent company to work for,"challenging environment, good benefits, great people",to much internal burocracy and difficult to grow you career if not in your original area,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64446,microsoft,Cape Town (South Africa)," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Infrastructure Consultant,Great place to work,Inovation and market leader makes someone proud of being part of such organization,"Worklife balance can be at times challenging for customer facing roles, but is part of job",Improve internal processes,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64447,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Apr 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High impact, highly hierarchical",The great thing about working for Microsoft is that the work you do touches millions of lives and can have high impact. But of course you can never do it alone. You are a part of a team that's a part of a bigger team and so on and so forth and at the end of the day you are just a tiny cog in a huge machine.,"The organization is very hierarchical so it takes time, sweat and blood to get noticed and climb the ladder.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64448,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"work-life balance is good , flat structure , great premises",can feel a bit too big for those who long for a small-company feeling,keep innovation alive,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64449,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Advisor,"Good corp culture, good working environment",not so good work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1489.htm
64450,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Mar 17, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people & culture,"Talented, friendly colleagues. Exciting to be in a company at the cutting-edge of technology. Positive changes in the culture, innovation being supported more. Lots of different potential career paths out there.",Tendency of many managers to pigeonhole internal job applicants based on current role only...makes external role changes more difficult. External candidates with less experience often brought in above better internal people as a result.,"Value your talented people and appreciate their ability to grow beyond a single, narrow career path",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64451,microsoft,Cape Town (South Africa)," Mar 18, 2016",Current Employee - Infrastructure Consultant,Great place to work,Inovation and market leader makes someone proud of being part of such organization,"Worklife balance can be at times challenging for customer facing roles, but is part of job",Improve internal processes,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64452,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company to work for,","Worked for 5+ years. Work environment is good. Pay is good. Salary hike is good, any thing from 4 to 20%. Bonus is good. Lots of extra facilities. really a lot",Team Manager are ever thing to decide you appraisal. No transparency. No clear business plans. Employees are not valued,Be more people friendly rather then dictating terms,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64453,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," Mar 21, 2016",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Good company to work for,"Great outline, great focus, great people, company got a right focus and inovates really good. Great reputation with clients.","Big organization, hard to make a huge impact","Keep it up, mobility is key!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64454,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech Advisor,"Good corp culture, good working environment",not so good work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64455,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Apr 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Category Manager,Microsoft UK,"Good environment, passionate people, good opportunities","Big corporate bureaucracy, spend an awful amount of time reviewing vs action",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64456,microsoft,"Guildford, England (UK)"," Apr 4, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Not bad,"Lots of opportunities to move around within the company, and lots of different roles to select from given then size of the company.",Just got made redundant. No employee loyalty. Definitely feel like a cog in the machine.,Concentrate more on your employees than on your externally projected appearance,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64457,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,NA,Excellent company to work with,Excellent nothing at the top of head,NA,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64458,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice Place to work,Great experience Learnt lot of things,Process is bit slow Transparency is severely lacking,Keep on going with good work.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64459,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work at Microsoft,good culture and work environment flexibility abundant growth opportunities,cab facility is not available,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1490.htm
64460,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,You do not have to work . In any case they will not appreciate your skills other than revenue landed,"Revenue landed matters , nothing else",none at this stage . Probably they will realize soon where they are going wrong . Leaders are changed very frequently and middle management is also changed . Knowledge is lost and company remains at the same point in time or gets pushed back.,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64461,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"It is a good company that invest on people, grow leaders.","Performance management for low performers take a lot of time, too many politics involved.",Need to be more aggressive on delivering results,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64462,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Personal Viewpoint,1. Salary is pretty good 2. Much Resources,1. Overtime Work seems to be mandatory,1. Straightforward to report to Direct Manager,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64463,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,software engneer,I like the diversity in the company. You can express your thoughts openly. Also the work life balance is good. You can feel being respected working here.,not open source. limit choice,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64464,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexible work environment,Microsoft is a company where you can find the best in yourself work wise and in many situations be provided with the flexibility to do your role where ever works best for you. Being at the company today is exciting if you like change and growth.,"It is a large company, so you have to know how to navigate the many layers.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64465,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior program manager,Good salary bonus and stocks,Work life balance and more Redmond driven,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64466,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Company Overview,Great company to work.,Too much churn because of attrition to US,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64467,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 28, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Life at MSFT,Working hours flexibility Global impact You can work on really big projects Vacation flexibility,"If you want to get up the ladder, it is not enough to be good, you need to travel to Redmond a lot to get connections.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64468,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 29, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Marketing Program Manager,Good work life balance and you will be updated with the technology and changing trends,No opportunities to learn and grow for Contract Staff.,Contract Staff needs to be given opportunities to learn and grow.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64469,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Job in Microsoft,"Prestigious job, proud to work here",nothing as such I remember,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1491.htm
64470,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner/Channel Marketing Specialist,Most people are nice and willing to help others.,limited benefit and career oppty for contractors,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64471,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Mar 27, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good benefits and salary with boring work and some problematic managers,"Good benefits and salary, very accommodating with regard to work hours. Overall most of the people I worked with were good intelligent engineer.","Work itself was boring and unchallenging with slow processes and development tools. Company is slow to change and feedback regarding products and features is usually overlooked. While some managers are amazing, others are abysmal to the point of increasing employee churn rate around them. HR and Senior management do not seem to care regarding this.",Have a better feedback mechanism from employees and remove bad managers from managerial positions. Culture is problematic in regard to internal user feedback.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64472,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Place, Smart People",Lots of smart people Do work that impacts a lot of people,Also lots of not so smart people who are able to hide in the corporate hierarchy,Keep up the good work,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64473,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Great place but choose team wisely,Gadgets and cool products to use that. Some people are really geeky and nerdy and know a lot. There s not limit to what you can achieve as the company does everything.,Politics is way too much. Too much of redundancy and stupid decisions are being taken/ There a many projects and many employees which are not needed and are just still part of the organization.,Put a check on politics. Put a big big big check on what and why projects are being funded. MSIT is a place which needs a lot of attention.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64474,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company to work with,- Good work life balance specially in MS IT division - Great benefits like insurance and stock options - Great infrastructure - Good exposure to latest technologies. You get to work with almost latest build of any product being produced by Microsoft. - If you need any hardware like IoT devices for new aspirations your manager can support you like anything.,I could spend very less time at MS due to some personal reasons and that time frame wasn't enough to really figure out any real shortcomings. Strategic transformations by Satya will be something to watch out for in upcoming times,Just keep the pace going and the focus on Mobile and cloud platforms will certainly pay off in longer run of the game.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64475,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Great place to work at!,"This is not your grandma Microsoft. Or mb this is exactly your grandma Microsoft in terms of spirit and bold ambitions just the same strength as ""PC in every home"" was.",Fast Pace. Really. Fst! But when you start to manage\filter all activities you got involved in - you can keep this pace. But sometimes it`s really hard.,Keep people busy with new amazing tech. Azure is a new Windows.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64476,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Student Partner Program,Good community in which to get a first idea of corporate tech culture and make contacts.,Too heavy a focus on Microsoft products versus the general tech world. May have changed since I left.,Provide plenty of advice on how to get into the tech industry.,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64477,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,its amazing! good experience! awesome people. celebrities. everyone is smart,its big! too much work load but that is it. otherwise its amazing,nothing,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64478,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Huge learning path, develop professional skills and cross team collaboration.","Low Salary, no Insurance for spouse and too much internal politics.",Increase the salary and benefits.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64479,microsoft,Kolkata (India)," Mar 24, 2016",Current Employee - Store Manager,nevetheless,i hava always a wonderful time,time is going with again time,dont waste for unnecessary works,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1492.htm
64480,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Mar 8, 2016",Current Employee - Head of Sales/Channel Operation - Senior Category Management Lead,Category Management Lead / Head of Channel Operation,"flexibility, result oriented, clear matrix, always strive for the best, innovative company, people is the most important asset, clear vision, strong brand","come from an acquired company (Nokia) have lots of thing to adjust, up and down in transition period and uncertainty makes things a bit unclear.","overall, the company has been great! ... be more clear on the direction for the acquired company's (ex) employee would be a better thing to do.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64481,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,its amazing! good experience! awesome people. celebrities. everyone is smart,its big! too much work load but that is it. otherwise its amazing,nothing,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64482,microsoft,"Surrey, BC (Canada)"," Mar 23, 2016",Former Employee - Enterprise Solution Sales Specialist,Solution Sales Specialist,great company and cool tech,"political, red tape. need cloud sales strategic plans.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64483,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Mar 22, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good opportunities in general,Benefits are ok and work challenging. Microsoft has good learning opportunities and many career paths. In many areas you have a possibility to work with the best.,"Teams are still working very independently and co-operation is may times missing. People are also not challenging their boss, if they see some work does not make sense.",Encourage employees to challenge the leaders. There should be more emphasis on quality over time lines. Sales has been driving product schedules and that is seen in the end user feedback.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64484,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefits to compensate lack of organization, unreal targets ands excess of work.","Very good benefits in terms of salary, health insurance, sports allowance, possibility to work at home...",There is an important lack of organization and unreal targets that mean excess of work.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64485,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,great company,"good work, good policies, great opputunities in work as well as outside work , great people",management consists of long term employees who has no insight about outside industry trends,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64486,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 21, 2016",Former Employee - Account Executive,Great place if you like IT,"- Career opportunities - Abundance of things to learn from IT/software. You get to be in the forefront of technology. - Good perks, like office drinks, company events etc.","- Work-life balance - Pressure to reach your quota is enormous, but if you cope with it, that's ok. - Communication between departments could be better","Pay more attention to the work-life balance issue, as the leading companies nowadays are well advanced in this field.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64487,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Work/Life balance, benefits, compensation, good projects, interesting technology","Corporate, slow moving at times",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64488,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Good work-personal life balance and flexibility, I can work from home whenever I need it, very good benefits: breakfast, beverages, health insurance for my family as well, sports benefits,good payment. Good managerial culture, as well as people-centric organization. The environment is very relaxed and diverse.","the offices are in 2 separate buildings, one in Tudor Arghezi and the other in Piata Presei, so it's a bit difficult to work closely with everybody.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64489,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with,Good benefits .Good WLB. Good campus,Hardly any cons to work with,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1493.htm
64490,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Mar 19, 2016",Current Employee - Technology Manager,My view on the company,"The company encourages mobile office, which enables employees a better work-life balance.",The package of the company is comparatively lower than the competitors.,To reward employees who are doing well,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64491,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 19, 2016",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,SEE,resource to learn tech and communication,"hardworking place, pressure, salary low",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64492,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 17, 2016",Former Employee - Sales,Excellent!,Great company with innovation and people focus.,focus on diversity against performance/capability,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64493,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 2, 2016","Current Employee - Retail Sales &amp, Channel Marketing, Microsoft Gulf",I am a highly motivated and experienced professional with a very strong background in Training and retails experiences.,because it is not only compant to work it is a University,their is no downside,"Research has shown that multitasking results in mediocre outcomes. By putting too little attention on too many things, you fail to do anything well. However, the answer isn’t single-tasking either. Single-tasking is far too slow to help you succeed in today’s fast-paced world. Instead, identify the tasks that will create the most value and focus on those. By prioritizing value over volume and sharpening your focus on tasks that truly matter, you’ll increase the quality of your work and, ultimately, the value you provide. What to do with all those tasks that didn’t make the high-value list? Put them on a “do later” list. If they continually fail to make it to the high-value list, ask yourself: why do them at all?",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64494,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Awesome place to be working at.,Great Team to work with Great Management Fun enrolment Free Drinks Awesome Benifits,Can be boring when store isn't busy Could pay more for stuff you do.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64495,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 16, 2016",Former Employee - Customer Support Specialist,Customer Support,it's a international company which provided really open and comfortable working atmosphere. Good balance for working and life.,too big company which do not have opportunity to talk with higher manager.,decrease the numbers of level of manager. the organization should be more flat.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64496,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 16, 2016",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Network engineer,Good company to work. Work life balance good. Lot of stuff to learn.,Vertical growth takes lot of years.,None,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64497,microsoft,"Bogotá, Bogota (Colombia)"," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - Solution Specialist Professional,My perception for emerging countries,"It is a company that has lots of employee benefits and an interesting compensation model, interesting genuinely in employee well-being.","As in every multinational company, corporate decisions don't necessary reflects local o regional reality when it comes to local strategy","Be more out of the box thinkers and flexible when it comes to landing company wide strategies and directions, in order to make sense locally",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64498,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 17, 2016","Current Employee - Director, Engineering",Director Engineering,Great opportunities and exposure to big things,High demand and challenging culture,"Leadership disciplines need to collaborate closer and pull as ONE team, this will accelerate progress and instill productive momentum",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64499,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - User Researcher,Great place to work,"You get your own projects, the user research team are friendly and very supportive, great location, my boss was fantastic.",Can be micro-managery but all their work is standardised so that's fair enough.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1494.htm
64500,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 28, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"A Changing Big Company, want to back Great Level","Easy to find nice professional, free culture, flexable working hours",China sometimes is not prioritized per its own market lelvel,Delegate to local team as much as u can,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64501,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 13, 2016",Current Employee - PC Category Lead,Company Review,"Great brand, people - skills & experience and diverse product, category portfolio.",Significant internal reporting and administration (operational and compliance).,"Good org, good regional structure (Western Europe), with base in Dublin.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64502,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Poor leadership, big company resulting in overlapping work",Benefits and it stops there,"Everyone wears a mask to work. A lot of land grabbing and due to the overlapping responsibilities and work, lots of politics and everyone ends up justifying their own existence. Sometimes people just think of ""good ideas"" to be executed but if you scratch beneath the surface it's just to keep teams of people gainfully employed and managers with big teams to manage and in power.","Take a hard look at the real work that needs to be done, not work that needs to be done because there is money or people to do.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64503,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,A very decent and safe bet-- however could be better,"Good work culture and atmosphere, a wide range of never ending learning opportunities, decent benefits and overall satisfying work.","Microsoft has been one of those ""pay-masters"" as they say in the Industry, or at least used to be. However the current industry structure is more competitive and I believe they have fallen behind in the game a little. The pay is very decent nevertheless but they might have lost out on the ""we are the best pay-maters"" tag at this time.  Work is always on the higher side so you have to strive to strike a balance between work and life.",Company is moving in the right direction but the ground level basics and employee welfare might need to be revisited given the rapid changes in Industry.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64504,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 12, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Good Place to work and learn,there are still people who are passionate about technology and you can learn a lot in this company,These days it has become too much of politics which the Engineering community is not liking,Stop doing Politics and check what best can be done for the Employees to retain them,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64505,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good total compensation,"good compensation good benefits - training, phones, internet, gym, on-site health care, fitness, etc working with smart people in an international environment",US centric company with centralized decision making evening calls with US colleagues,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64506,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,lots of scale of operations different areas to get involved in good staff and mangers who understand business lots of processes,lots of change happening senior management directives often conflict with ground reality a bit too big and can get lost inside,pl don't buy companies you don't know how to run and destroy them,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64507,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,- Good opportunities to learn and grow - Good work life balance - No Micromanagement - Diverse environment,- You might have to work in Night shift if your team is responsible for handling north America region! -,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64508,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Massive degradation since retirement of Bill Gates,"Brand name, good salary, work from home facilities, good medical reimbursement, free transport to/from home, decent work-life balance","Politics and regional/linguistic favoritism is the bottom line of this company. Once legendary Microsoft interviews are now run by temporary HR contractors, who just care about meeting hiring targets. No accountability from senior management about quality of people being recruited.  Government jobs like concept of ""reservation"" has silently creeped in the recruiting process - drastically separate levels of technical questions for top colleges(tough interview questions) and 2nd string colleges (cakewalk questions), so that HR can just meet hiring targets.  You have to do buttering to your boss if you want any career growth at all, else you will be branded as ""lacking soft skills"". Technical skills and your work have zero value.  Rather than working for a common goal of creating great products, the company culture encourages people to step on others head and prove your ""visibility"", which is nothing but useless chattering and giving junk fundas etc.  As part of cost cutting, some of the best in-house engineering systems have been blindly demolished.  So many internal scams going on openly. They have banned team outings beyond 100 km distance but there exist several teams in Hyderabad who make trips to exotic destinations under the disguise of ""training"" and nobody questions it.  Internal employee survey is simply used as a means to identify and penalise the ""complainers"" rather than genuinely addressing the issues. After conducting a so-called ""anonymous"" annual poll, the HR will conduct team-by-team meetings (if team's review is bad) and will try their best to trap people into talking and indetifying those who raised any issues in the poll. Once you are on the radar for giving any negative feedback, your career is a gone case. Have seen at least 6 people being ""managed out"".  Pathetic degradation of company culture since exit of Bill Gates.",You have already lost your legendry workplace status to Google and Facebook. Either seriously fix the company culture or else - choice is yours.,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64509,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great internship,Great responsibility for an intern.,Very spontaneous with short deadlines.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1495.htm
64510,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,- Good opportunities to learn and grow - Good work life balance - No Micromanagement - Diverse environment,- You might have to work in Night shift if your team is responsible for handling north America region! -,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64511,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,intern,nice workers & promising career & cool leader,too far way from home,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64512,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"I was joined through start-up acquisition at the first place. I wouldn't think I could get into this org without those acquisition as it seems very tough to get in but once you are in, company take good care of employees I think. Salary is good and there are many skill-up program I could take.","They acquire venture and after a couple of years, they re-structure organisation and many of us lost our job. I wish they offer bit more for us as an option.",It seems there are many people survive just using people connection which is ok but sometimes it does not fare to otheres.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64513,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 23, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Developer,Great people and great learning environment,"Some of the tasks might feel redundant to certain people. But if in a good team, all goes good for your career.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64514,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Microsoft is a great company to work for, however there is a big difference between working directly for Microsoft and through a vendor.","Some bugs take years to get resolved. Because of this, it gets even more difficult to gain the trust of the business partners.","Microsoft software should be tested more thoroughly before they are published, and the technical teams should be closely monitored to make sure that bugs are resolved in a reasonable time frame.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64515,microsoft,none," Mar 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for a learning experience,"Great benefits (salary, health, etc)","Hard to contribute in a fast paced way, due to heavy organizational processes",none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64516,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT Specialist,You can work from home when you want,many off shift work during weekend,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64517,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Company Ever,Great company with excellent staff benefits and a caring familial atmosphere - HR really doesn't consider you as mere cogs in a machine,In my 100% unbiased opinion there are no downsides to working at Microsoft - in some respects they don't give people long enough vacations though.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64518,microsoft,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Feb 21, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Intern,I was working at the Cambridge Research Lab. Very smart people and great environment for doing research. Salary is competitive.,12 weeks is bit short quite intense for a research project and the UK visa policy is not flexible for non-Europeans.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64519,microsoft,"Glasgow, Scotland (UK)"," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Computer Programmer,Amazing,Good friendly team of people working around you with barious diffrent skill sets and always help when you need it,Work can be competative and hard at time dnd djdjd djdjdj slalla sjsie labsjdl ahdkdls,No comment,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1496.htm
64520,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work For,- Relaxed hours - Interesting projects - Dynamic teams,- Slow progress - Political - Cases of bad management,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64521,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great office, amazing colleagues, nice work/life balance, great learning opportunities","Politics all around here, lots of people have shifted to US and India is mostly a back office now",Stop politics by moving managers after some number of years,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64522,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 7, 2016",Current Employee - Product Manager,Product Manger,"flexibility and great co-workers, great learning opportunities","nepotism, sometimes growth opportunities are not fair, focus in more on internal selling/lobbying rather than actual performance",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64523,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company To Work For!,Great projects and well organized company,Very large teams. Harder on decisions,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64524,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 20, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Wonderful company to work for,Culture and people at the company are amazing. You get the opportunity to work with different technologies. Love the company,Not much of any cons of real significance. May be sometimes even if you work hard you may not get excepted amount of satisfaction because every one works hard and are brilliant at the company...so its difficult sometimes to be very successful,continue doing the work you are doing because you are best at what you do and try to encourage more hard work if possible,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64525,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Company that brings time and space into one line.,"Microsoft is well-organized company, anybody has chance to learn, chance to develop his knowledge, chance to meet people, to earn, to travel and etc. Microsoft is unique company with the best employees, who has best knowledge in computer sciences.",Maybe it can be 100 percent working power of one employee during week and sometimes is hard to be into all new software which is developing very fast.,"Read, write, work and develop. Develop according to people and market needs. Make and use programs. Share your product with companies in the world. Be wise. And protect your position on Forb's list.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64526,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Marketing Manager,Amazing values and people culture. Inspiring leadership by Nadela.,Complex corporate structure at headquarters.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64527,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,"Work/ life balance, corporate values, decent salary, a certain degree of autonomy in what you do, learning and training opportunities","Lack of clarity (sometimes), corporate bureaucracy, difficulties cooperating with other departments",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64528,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,Very good working as a team very friendly place to work hours are competitive helpful in every way all staff are friendly,Sometimes things don't go as it should but have to keep trying no matter what there is a lot of people working so it is very hard to concentrate,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64529,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good in general,good environment to work with,sometimes pressure from the upper management,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1497.htm
64530,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"great work environment, fast paced, many growth opportunities",work pressure can be difficult to handle,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64531,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Sales Manager,Very good company,"Base salary, benefits, smart people. People forget when they stay too long but this company takes care of you and people clearly matters.","Politics and cash bonus could be much better, specially in non sales areas. May take very long to get promoted even if you perform great.",Make the variable more aggressive.,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64532,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Regional Sales Director,sales role,Great spectrum of products and opportunities,"Its a very big organization, hence one had to be very focused.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64533,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Good learning and culture is good,More work time less balance,nothing much,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64534,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,"company on the move up. So many opportunities for other roles if you are working in the US. Pay was good, very competitive.","Best place to work is in the US. Working in the UK was career restrictive, a few years ago but is now improving and there are many more opportunities in Europe.",keep going.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64535,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 2, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer -II,MS India Review,Getting to work on Latest Technologies,"Huge Disparity in compensation, be it between College hires and lateral hires or within lateral hires.",No point,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64536,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Sales Executive,"Dynamic Company, amazing people and challenging work","Late hours, a lot of email, overworked first line managers, and high expectations",workload balancing needs to happen - the expectations are just outrageous. Would like a better people review process that doesn't include managing out the bottom 10%,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64537,microsoft,Kolkata (India)," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Junior Account Executive,Good Responsible,"I have lots of effective ideas which trying to help all people,specially to google.I think it works really amazing",I have no to much working experience as well as but i have lot ideas in my head.I need a proper place to share my ideas and oblige thereby.,Management need to find e real information hunter and fix them in their professional work.Management also need to find specially rural area people to get back in work.Its help there economic finance and that kind of people always trying to serious in their work i think so.,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64538,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Developer Audience Evangelist,My experience,"Open, respectful, innovative and with great people",It is a very large company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64539,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 17, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,One of the best places to be if you like IT,"- Always state-of-the-art technology - Work conditions such as benefits, bonuses, stock purchase plan, health care, snacks, car, park spot etc - Salary above the market average - Opportunity to learn so much, access to the expert on each technologies","- You have to be very disciplined because by the time a new tech is released to the market there will be no in-depth training ready for you, so you have to expend a lot of energy on in-depth learning by your self. -The company loves acronyms, so prepare to learn and be fluent in tons of it","The company internal procedures and the way internal communication is spread all over the company is remarkable, I´m very pleased with it.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1498.htm
64540,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,brook street,Good working environment on campus with great facilities.,Brook street should be avoided. They use a secret tactic through BMOs which allows Microsoft managers to bully brook street contractors and provide preferential treatment to individuals.,Avoid brook street.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64541,microsoft,none," Feb 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,very good to start of with but then it was excellent,bad decent but hey how woop woop,improve,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64542,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft,A great company that encourages career and personal growth,Employee need to be on their toe when it comes to company's expectation on performance,Take time to listen to what you employee wants for their career,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64543,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 20, 2016",Former Employee - Senior X Manager,Senior manager,Paid reasonably. Kept busy with work. The full time employees were generally smart and capable people. Not the most international in outlook but still above average.,Worked in the Singapore operations Centre. Culture felt less than progressive--people were managed by fear rather than by empowerment and motivation. The general management team at the time did not impress me. To me they lacked breadth of thinking and international exposure. The company was too complex and a few structural impediments surfaced during the quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting cycles. employees focused on their own worlds with little cross functional collaboration. Those employed as contractors were made to feel like second class and it showed in their low morale. Desperately need outside perspectives by way of fresh blood across the board.,"Don't try to be a ""me-too"". Copying Apple or trying to get into the tablet and phone markets without the strategy will prove costly in terms of wrong decisions. You lack innovative capacity and perhaps research centers might help. The culture is more execution focused but structurally not open to lean and self initiated productivity projects.",1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64544,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,"People are geniuses , you can learn a lot from them. Very interesting work. Highly developed. Large company that emphasizes technological progress. Excellent location",Long admissions process - a lot of steps . To request permission to install software . ( Large bureaucracy ) . The management is objective and has trouble thinking,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64545,microsoft,Paris (France)," Feb 25, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Despite bad PR, MS remains one of the top tech company","- Organization full of talented professionals - Fast paced and willingness to learn and change - Opportunities to work across very different projects, roles and scope - Some very innovative products setting new standards for the industry - Ability to implement new ideas - Great resources to drive impact and a truly international company",- Work-life balance can be challenging. I witnessed a few people burn out yet it really depends on how you manage each situations - Compensation vs responsibilities. It is not unusual to get the scope and responsibilities of 2 or even 3 professionals would normally get in other companies but the compensation does not follow - Too focused on hitting quarterly targets versus long term strategy and driving disruptive innovation - exec in Redmond living in a bubble too far from the market reality across the globe,Stick to one strategy for more than 12 months in order to assess its potential rather than driving re-org after re-org.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64546,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,Opportunity to learn lot of technologies,politics and poor year end appraisels,be transparent and avoid favorites while appraisals.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64547,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate,Access to newly released Windows or Office,No much compensation or benefit,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64548,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Great organization where each individual is valued,"Trusts the employees Flexible work timings that allows the individuals to showcase their best. Very easy to communicate with senior management Huge opportunity for a lateral career move Its not just work here... Fun at work plays an important role. Respect for fellow employees - have not seen this level of respect in any other organization, not just the employees but their families are valued to the same extent.",Its been more than 2 years here and have found none! Although the human trait is to crib for something or the other... but the real fact is that i have not seen anything so big to be called as a Con.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64549,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Product Advisor - Microsoft Store,Ok as a stepping stone,Coworkers are friendly Work environment can be very positive at the absence of some really negative Managers,There's not much opportunity for growth Progressing in the company is based on Manager's favoritism not your skills or effort. They say it's about customer service but it all comes down to sales.,"This company is built so much on who knows who, that I don't think any I advise I give would change anything.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1499.htm
64550,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Excellent team, good compensation and benefits",Sometimes elephants shall dance faster..,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64551,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Technical Support Engineer,Great companay to work for,-- Best place to work for -- You are surrounded with really smart people which increases your smartness as well. -- Best salary and perks -- Good salary increment year on year,-- May have to work long Working hours frequently -- High work load,Please improve work life balance.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64552,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 25, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,HR Manager,"Competitive Comp & Ben (25 days holidays, stock award, onsite gym etc.). Fuel Your Everything wellness service. Company is heading in a great dircetion under Satya's leaderhips, a lot of investment and innovation around staff wellness, learning and development etc.","The company is very 'Redmond-centric', a lot of events and news alerts are specific to the global HQ in Redmond. Apart from that, nothing majorly negative to say.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64553,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,fastest growing cloud vendor,Great place to work if you are a techno fanatic.,Internal processes can be improved for cloud selling.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64554,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Feb 11, 2016",Current Employee - Consultant,Good if you find the right position in the right organization,"Lots of possibilities and options to grow, but most of the good opportunities are in Redmond","You have a big coorporate culture to fight, watch that you always keep doing what you like and avoid the rest",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64555,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,working at Microsoft,all up package is good,large org that changes direction and cuts huge amount of roles,focus,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64556,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Business Development Manager,You work with very smart people.,There are politics as in any companies this size.,Keep eveolving and don't stop.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64557,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,Excellent learning oppurtunity,"Whatever people say about Microsoft - is so not true. its a great company, a great place to work. The people are smart, dedicated and very professional. Microsoft follows the rules, focuses on customer, and has a perfectionist attitude in everything they do. If you're only looking for enjoyment - dont join. If you're looking for a great place to work, learn, collaborate, re-invent, promote and earn - definitely give it a shot.","Workload can be very unpredictable You have to sell yourself to management to be given a good rating at the end of the year. People don't notice you, u advertise urself.","Upper management is only worried about results, and middle level management is only worried about people.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64558,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Feb 20, 2016",Former Employee - Intern,Summer Analyst,"Good working environment, Friendly people, Well organized training","Sometimes lack of organisation, not competitive salary",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64559,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 17, 2016",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Awesome Place to work,"Good Salary, Benefits. Fantastic culture!!",Movement within organization is little difficult.,Good Job!!,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1500.htm
64560,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,Excellent learning oppurtunity,"Whatever people say about Microsoft - is so not true. its a great company, a great place to work. The people are smart, dedicated and very professional. Microsoft follows the rules, focuses on customer, and has a perfectionist attitude in everything they do. If you're only looking for enjoyment - dont join. If you're looking for a great place to work, learn, collaborate, re-invent, promote and earn - definitely give it a shot.","Workload can be very unpredictable You have to sell yourself to management to be given a good rating at the end of the year. People don't notice you, u advertise urself.","Upper management is only worried about results, and middle level management is only worried about people.",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64561,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 15, 2016",Current Employee - Regional Marketing Manager,Retrenchment is getting to be a norm,"Flexi-work hour, work life balance, smart colleagues, good technology and infrastructure with decent pay outs. Sucking up brings you around. That is about it.","Retrenchment is very normal, people are more self centered, human resource department is known to be horrible and incompetent. Sucking up to bosses bring you benefits.",You should lower your base pay and bonuses,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64562,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work..,People Culture Overall Benefits like sports facilities in IDC,Processes Too much old school thinking at the top exec management.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64563,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 22, 2016",Current Employee - Internal Recruiter,Interesting,"Flexibility, work life balance, great brand on the cv and can open a lot of doors for trh future",Nothing major that springs to mind although sometimes there does tend to be a bit of a blame culture,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64564,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best places to work!,"Industry leader, amazing people and outstanding employee policies","Aggressive organization, fast paced and not for the weak hearted",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64565,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,RF Engineer II,big company with good working conditions and benefits,"the biggest SW company, but care little about the hardware and mobile terminal design.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64566,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SE2,work and life experience is good,need to wait long for higher posts,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64567,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Researcher,Fantastic Place to Work,"Microsoft Research India has a very collegial atmosphere. The employees are very smart people who love what they do and are passionate about their research. They are also very friendly, approachable and helpful.",I cannot think of a con to working in Microsoft Research India. It is one of the nicest and most rewarding experiences to work there.,I have no advice for the management of Microsoft Research India. They are doing a fantastic job as is. So please do whatever you have been doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64568,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2016",Former Employee - Manager,Project Manager,"Good and interesting work, good work and life balance, incrediable facilities, good benefit","Internal competition is high, sometimes other organizations won't collaborate","Think big , move fast",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64569,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Fantastic opportunity,"Great place to work, especially for younger employees. Good amount of responsibility provided and a fantastic remuneration package. Also good for candid and regular feedback which is pivotal in the beginning of everyone's career. Would definitely recommend applying.","International transfer can be difficult, especially if you are younger and haven't demonstrated huge impact on the company yet. Whilst understandable, think about introducing a transfer program with other subs to give the younger even more opportunity.","Keep things going in the same direction. Strategy is good, however, HR and internal processes need to be addressed to make this the best company to work for in the world.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1501.htm
64570,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Tech Sales,Great overall,Working with great people on transformational projects Great Brand Name Pay/Benefits best in class,"Too much office politics can be a distraction work life balance is sometimes compromised, especially during the end of each quarter",focus on making the work environment a little bit less serious and little bit more fun,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64571,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Sales Director,Sales Director,It's a Global technology leader and difine trends.,Lack of execution to achieve business goals.,to be more local country focus on,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64572,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,TAM,The work itself is very flexible giving you the ability to manage your own time,Turning into a Sales role and becoming number driven,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64573,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,MSFT Review,"One of the biggest organizations in the world. Good team dynamics, good benefits. Opportunities to meet new cultures and work in a global environment. You have all the right resources to be successful.","Transforming slowly. Every process is too global, so very little space for autonomy & experimentation. Fear of failure is huge in the culture, this has also effect on innovative thinking ...",Encourage failure in controlled areas to increase innovation as a culture. Too many global processes and reporting lines may have a negative effect on creativity and out of the box thinking capabilities ...,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64574,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 18, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good work-life balance,"Good work-life balance, good comp","Too much backward compatibility, inter-team dependency",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64575,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average,"flexibility, energetic environment, good colleagues","Political, poor team relationship,",Be consistent and has clear global objectives,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64576,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intellectually interesting,"Good perks, nice offices, smart people.",Management can be messy and political.,Make sure your middle management is competent.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64577,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engineer,"Good perks, projects and people",Can't think of any now,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64578,microsoft,Brisbane (Australia)," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Great company to work for, good work-life balance. Great access to technical material and excellent communities to support your work.",Hard to get to the right people due to the complexity of the company and the innumerable different roles. Harder for people that needs a clear direction to do work.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64579,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Very professional and go get it done attitude,Too demanding and hierarchy is a bit long.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1502.htm
64580,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 16, 2016",Current Employee - Inside Sales Specialist,Go for it,"Nice, cool, friendly, fun, tech","Big, slow, trepid, static, office",Be faster,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64581,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,Decent Salary Friendly team members Good work/life balance,Bad career opportunities Boring project Work extra hours sometime,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64582,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome Benefits,Relocation benefits are just awesome. Food is also good.,"Its been a month here, need some time to figure that out.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64583,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer,great place to work,lots of opportunity to continue learning and improving skills,longs hours.. as per most software jobs,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64584,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2016",Former Employee - Manager Support Engineering,Engineering Manager,good salary and good facilities,support manager roles are not on par with industry std,Focus on capability and skill mapping rather than just role fitment,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64585,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,You can hop onto any technical area that you want to work in.,Less open source is used.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64586,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Mar 6, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,Engineer,Good benefits and office environment. Easy to learn if you are motivated since plenty of opportunities are there for gaining experience.,Not much flexibility in terms of progressing your career. Very rigid organisation.,none,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64587,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 15, 2016",Former Employee - SDEII,SDE2,Colleagues are talent. You get good practice here.,The culture is too aggressive,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64588,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,Partner Technical Consultant,"Great values, great environment, great opportunities",No cons. So far so good,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64589,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,HR Manager,Great opportunities for those that are driven and patient.,Career path is not always clear.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1503.htm
64590,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,HR Manager,Great opportunities for those that are driven and patient.,Career path is not always clear.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64591,microsoft,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent work culture,very collaborative environment and great perks,I can't think of any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64592,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,50:50,Forward thinking & innovative. Satya is a great leader with an amazing vision.,Not good to acquired companies. Too U.S. centric,"If you are Global - you need to look beyond U.S. Also, the senior management mindset is too siloed. Satya has a great vision & a soul.. wonder what happened to the CVP's?",2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64593,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"The salary is high, especially as an intern. Fast paced working environment, very good exposure for the intern.","To me, theres no downside. Its just a matter of how good you handle yourself on your own. If you know how to handle yourself, you'll be fine.",Keep up the good work. You guys are doing fine work.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64594,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,A great company that's transforming under new leadership,Takes some time for leadership to adapt to the new style and culture under new CEO,Make the right changes at a faster pace,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64595,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Feb 10, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Category Operations Manager,Great Employer. Competitive. Process Oriented. Good Pay masters.,Silo working. Secretive to an extent.,Good going,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64596,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 10, 2016",Current Employee - Lead Researcher,Microsoft Review,"Work-life balance, free to choice what project you want, easy to transfer to different groups","Big company, hard to make big impact as individual contributor","Quick releases, less executive reviews, customer first",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64597,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Engineer,It is a whole tech industry inside a single company. Employees are free to try out diverse roles while their current jobs are still secure. The company employees some of the brightest minds in the industry and that improves the work culture thereby enabling individuals to work in a challenging environment. The company offers a lot of flexible benefits and takes good care of its employees.,There's a lot of red tape. The fact that there multiple autonomous business groups within the company adds friction in terms of growth and innovation both for the company and individuals. Managers are provided with needless amounts of power- sufficient to exercise micro management on the employees and excessive enough to decide their careers in a biased fashion.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64598,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Research Manager,Good brand and interesting work,None that I can think of,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64599,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Licensing Executive,Its still a great company to work for....,"High powered, No micro managing, free to leverage self driven analytics and rose. Learned something new everyday. Worked with a bunch of smart folks.",While work is interesting after a while it gets monotonous. Continuous high pressure can lead to burnout. Huge difference in India org management. Its localized in culture. Difference are made personal.,"Think global act local. The company has become too big and sluggish, not agile like the earlier years.",5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1504.htm
64600,microsoft,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,Great work & life balance,a lot of change about business but it is intresting learn about it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64601,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Jan 27, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A great place to work which makes you say ,- Excellent pay (salary+bonus+stocks) - A lot of tech knowledge in the company. - A great opportunity for learning. - Nadella has done a great job taking down MS's walls to Open Source,- Redmond is the center of MS's universe. - A big pyramid full of mid-level management. - Impossible to follow Agile and Scrum. Quite a few people stuck to obsolete corporate mentality. - A lot of bureaucracy.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64602,microsoft,Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)," Feb 9, 2016",Current Employee - Channel Manager,Still a Great company,"carreer opporunities (easy to change from job, to move to another sub or to HQ in Seattle) room for creation and initiatives. lots of ways of improving competencies and professionnal qualities.","a lot of products, offers, Licensing contracts to understand and explain to customers. A lot of information coming every day, every hour .You need to prioritize by yourself.","When you promise simplification, simplify .... really",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64603,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work with,All the managers are really great. I see freshers are also highly motivated and owning the work they are doing.,Some people are frustrated with the small scope of what they work on or the slow pace but I think that's just a symptom of the size and complexity of the projects you work on at Microsoft,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64604,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Friendly and good travel opportunities,"Very high work load, quite stressful",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64605,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Product Marketing Manager,"Tech leader, Cool innovations, Cloud focus",Brand and strategy tightly controlled from Corp,Allow for greater localization/ flexibility,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64606,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working envoriment,Good working envoirment and benefits for staff,"Very short contract, not competitive salary scheme",-,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64607,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2016",Current Employee - Engineer,Heard Experienced,"Good teams, every people are awesome, very friendly.","The weather is too cold, sometimes the office seem to be in the polo",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64608,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great company",Work/Life Balance. Talented people. Tons of resources. Lots of perks. Great campuses.,Can't think of any at the moment.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64609,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company ro work for,"Exciting technology good package, flexible working",Can be rigid especially when working with the US arm,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1505.htm
64610,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Feb 8, 2016",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Working in a small country subsidiary is not as great as the bigger subsidiaries or Corp.,"- Technology specific roles are always working with the latest and greatest software, there are always changes to look forward to from year to year - Always equipped with the latest MSFT OS and software - Hardware refresh cycle is 3 years, quick exceptions here and there, you are always provided with the right tools - Lateral career moves are encouraged and provide good upwards mobility - Compensation is good, in comparison with local IT vendors - Work life balance is easily manageable, working remotely is normal",- Vertical career progress is excruciatingly slow - Customer facing roles have to deal with unrealistic expectations of themselves and the company offerings due to the price of doing MSFT business vs the regional business market - It always feels like you're working in a small subsidiary and rarely feels like you're part of a giant corporation - There are way too many processes and procedures surrounding work - Stack ranking is officially dead but still exists in the afterlife,- Get rid of tiresome processes that interfere with day to day operations and that impinge on work life balance,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64611,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Postive,Very good company to work for,No real cons found yet,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64612,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Feb 4, 2016",Former Employee - Distribution Manager,Distribution Manager,One of the best company on earth,Too much Competition between employees,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64613,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great location by the Thames,Nice location by the Thames with free bus into Reading town centre and train station which runs from something like 7 in the morning to 7 at night.,Workload can be very heavy at times.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64614,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager,Unlimited Career Development and Opportunites,There are few cons associated with being an employee at Microsoft.,Continue embracing diversity!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64615,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good working environment,Very respectful leadership culture. Plenty of profits & vacations. Many interesting colleagues. Participate in products which can impact people's life.,The hiring bar is getting lower these years. Microsoft is no longer the most attractive IT company of the world.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64616,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product Marketing,"Dynamics, fast paced environment, lots of potential and opportunity to learn and stretch muscle. Great company, coming back from the gutter. Amazing culture and great environment to grow, lot's of opportunities to advance","Hard working environment, lot's of politics and team collaboration not the best one. Everyone watching his own back, and trying to get ahead. Hopefully the new CEO will reverse this as he managed to reverse and improve many other things","Listen to your employees, but really. Listen to those who are willing to provide constructive negative feedback, not only to those who sweet-talk you into believing things are great!",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64617,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for 2 years at MS,- Great benefits. - Great work environment. - Working on high scale products. - Working with very smart colleagues.,- Company culture (though changing under Satya). - All Israel products are getting cyber oriented. - Working with Microsoft only technologies. - People can be not that social.,Try to put more emphasis on the social aspect when recruiting. Keep the perks and benefits with all these special occasions that occur once in a few weeks.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64618,microsoft,"Quebec, QC (Canada)"," Jan 20, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,"Competitive, good sallary, challenging. On the edge of the emerging technologies.",A lot of Alpha Male and unconcious bias is common. Metric drive behavior so don't be suprise if you ask questions and don't get any answers.,"Make sure that employee benefits (epp, stocks, bonus) reflect the current industry benifits.",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64619,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start in a big company,"Great people, good office, and lots of training material",Manager were difficult to find.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1506.htm
64620,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Portfolio Manager,working conditions,"famouse company, edge technology, many technical trainings",unnormouse working hours (alwase 48-60 hurs per week),didnt met amenegers who care of emloyees but Management so much care about green KPIs,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64621,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Feb 4, 2016",Current Employee - Tele-Partner Account Manager,Tele-Partner Account Manager,Help every organisation to achieve more.,Not easy to work indirectly with Microsoft. Especially in Africa,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64622,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,System,"Good Training, Good environment, Good help to learn",Not much chances to learn non-microsoft specific technologies,The process is bit unsure to become permanent employee.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64623,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Nice team, good conditions","You work with really smart solid people. Everyone is nice and they don't rush you with deadlines/features. Use modern MS tooling and technology for the most part. Very nice office and workspace, not over-crowded.",Projects can seem a little over-engineered in some ways and some tooling can be a little tough to work with but it is rapidly getting better all the time.,Everyone was nice and very kind to new hires and helping you get up to speed. Keep up the good work.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64624,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2016",Former Employee - User Experience Designer,Work at Microsoft,The environment is very good,Job promotion opportunities are relatively small,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64625,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,company review,healthy environment learning opportunities flexible working hours good salaries stability,work load deadline struggle frequent changes bond signing teem management,keep it up the good work and maintain the healthy environment,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64626,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Very nice work culture! and a true product company.,Nothing much - very happy of working here,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64627,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 1, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great company with decent pay,* Love the culture * Decent pay * Great work / life balance * Good and smart people,* Politics is prevalent among upper management * Lack of transparency,* Would be nice to have less politics.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64628,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Management,Challenging environment. Very good compensation package. Plenty of investment funds to grow the business. Going through the transformation from license sales to cloud consumption.,"Though to get the partner channel to join the transformation. Very focussed on control (finance, pipeline, scorecards, metrics,...), which takes up a lot of time & energy",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64629,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Executive,"active, fun, enjoyable, active, fun",had to move away to be near reading,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1507.htm
64630,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal project manager,"well organized, developed working process","complicated process, sometime react slow",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64631,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software engineer,"Excellent workmates, good environment, work life balance, reasonable salary, opportunity to study","Lack of innovation, level management is not so well",Focus more on customer needs,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64632,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern experience,Was a very a good ecperience.great learning with the best mind s in the country,There are no cons i. Can think of now.the only disadvantage being it is away from my house.,Management is very helpful in all the ways.there are no office politics.management is keen on assigning new projects,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64633,microsoft,Athens (Greece)," Jan 29, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"GET hungry GET foolish, go back to real innovation",■ Working environment ■ Benefits ■ Technology exposure ■ In most cases good salaries,"■ Career path is up to a level. To move further (top positions) you need to know the right people and be accepted by them in advance. ■ Luck of NEW ideas and inspiration. It’s not only improving products and services (not that successful in many cases) it’s about listening the market needs, which means having employees with a vast variety of experiences (market sectors / backgrounds)","You should look for more “dreamers”, “thinkers” and less for people to “comply” with the so called “perfect” company. Start thinking outside the box! GET hungry GET foolish, go back to real innovation, stay away from DO & DONTs, learn from your past mistakes….",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64634,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software enginner,good pay package good culture good benefits,bearocracy too much process lack of innovation,cut beurocracy,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64635,microsoft,Riga (Latvia)," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Secretary,job searching,"Very pozitive,sociable,punctual persone.Good memory. I’m efficient and highly organized. This enables me to be as productive as possible on the job. Also i am a perfectionist. I pay attention to all the details, and like to be sure that everything is just right.",Bad ecology and unfriendly collective that's cause stress situations.Irresponsibility.And dishonesty.,"Quality  is never an accident, it is always the result of intelligent efforts.John Ruskin 1819-1900, English author and social critic",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64636,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jan 30, 2016",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Excellent place to work,"Great benefits, interesting technology, good work atmosphere.","Not very stable, projects come and go.",Stop hiring engineers through contract (vendors),4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64637,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,great work environment as well as working with like minded individuals. looks great on your resume,long hours and sometimes being called in on weekends depending on your super visor.,start giving employees more flexibility in their hours and allow more relaxation amongst the workplace,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64638,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,Customer Success Manager,Nice environment to work,Lots of products so can be tricky to keep up with all the latest updates and roadmap,Very corporate,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64639,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS Review,"Great work environment, Great place to work and learn",contract employees benefits are way less than full timers,There should be more Full timers than contract employees. At least in a job like the TSP.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1508.htm
64640,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Place!,One of the best places to work at!,Can get bit overwhelming at times!,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64641,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Career Planning at MS,Lots of focus on your career in this company,However its all theoretical. Opportunities come to only those who are politically aligned,Drop the politics. Get real,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64642,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 30, 2016",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,Customer Success Manager,Nice environment to work,Lots of products so can be tricky to keep up with all the latest updates and roadmap,Very corporate,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64643,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Microsoft Research,Working at Microsoft,"Microsoft is an awesome company full of nice people to work with, definetly an awesome company to work for ! Go for it.",There are not really alot of cons except for having to driving alot to get there. MICROSOFT is a must go !,Just be nice.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64644,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS Review,"Great work environment, Great place to work and learn",contract employees benefits are way less than full timers,There should be more Full timers than contract employees. At least in a job like the TSP.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64645,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing,- Great corporate culture that is contagious,- Long work days and non-flexible work hours,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64646,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Great access to training resources. Great place to grow vertically.,"Poor cross-discipline mobility. Continues to be a company working in siloes, which stunts mobility and drains creativity. Too much politics and headcount.",Cut down the red tape and promote mobility of talent and ideas.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64647,microsoft,"Salo, Western Finland (Finland)"," Jan 29, 2016",Current Employee - RF Engineer,RF engineer,Challenging and innovative environment. Great and rewarding to work with multiple experts Pioneer what comes for technology good working hours,constant negotiations about downsizing people not so good possibility to change position within the company training facilities and possibilities could be much better,Stop constant lay-offs and let people doing their work,3.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64648,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Variety, still a bit behind other SaaS","Large pool of opportunities worldwide, giving a person the ability to move within the company reguarly while expanding their skillset and career.","Still a bit behind when it comes to moving out of Box product approach into a service driven company. MS is making strides in the right direction, but some teams are still slow to embrace a worldwide cover, follow the sun model that fits better with PaaS and SaaS teams and services.","Grow the ability for worldwide teams to be successful, stepping away from the Redmond-Centric model, and learn from the successes of worldwide teams within and outside of Microsoft.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64649,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Keep attracting top talent,It's a great environment to learn and grow with access to some of the best engineering minds in the software industry. Microsoft is often dismissed as a older company but it has some of the most difficult and exciting projects to work on,Keep employees engaged and offering exciting challenges is tough for any company. Microsoft should strive to make sure all teams allow individuals to seek out new projects and challenges that align better with their interests.,Push to attract and retain your best asset: people.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1509.htm
64650,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place,"very good place to work, nice environment","all was fine, nothing bad to say",none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64651,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Lots of opportunities across wide range of projects and products.,"Big company, can be bureaucratic",Keep doing what you are doing.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64652,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Would be great if not for the culture,"Good employer, ben and flexibility",Project & culture is very bad.,none,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64653,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Ok,It was a pretty ok experience. I guess it's like a normal software developer. Nice pay.,The projects can get very big and you feel like someone very small.,"Maybe keep things a bit smaller and agile, so you can be faster.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64654,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 26, 2016",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,"Good work life balance. Smart and friendly colleagues. Many teams doing different projects, where you can find and do the things / projects you want most.","The techniques / engineering tools are relative close. But for the recent years, Microsoft has become more and more open.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64655,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 24, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Program Manager,Opportunity to work on different roles . Management encourages employees to apply for different roles within organization . Employee friendly policies,Good place to work. Big company,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64656,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 12, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Canada not that good,"One of the best companies for professional development, especially technical ones. Limitless internal opportunities.","Everyone is for themselves while it looks otherwise. Their HR department and their policies are poor. There are good and poor managers. Absolutely no work/life balance, had to work 7 day a week. I have not seen anybody working 9 to 5.",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64657,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS TITLE,"great, comfotable work space, great people.","too big, not personal managment.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64658,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,The company is consisted of great team members. People are courage here and willing to support each other. Great work life balance.,"Big communication cost across team, different guidelines to follow.",The project doesn't sound so awesome as expected.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64659,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,A lot of learning in the company. A lot of opportunities to change roles,Performance review is still to the discretion of the managers,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1510.htm
64660,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"good salary, benefit, career development","high pressure work environment, high level manager is ....",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64661,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to work,Nice environment. Nice food and facilities. Smart team and people. Nice leaders. Great products.,Products are low impact compare to Microsoft global.,Have more local and high impact ownerships.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64662,microsoft,Zürich (Switzerland)," Jan 8, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales,"Loads of benefits, good work life balance, great colleagues, good salary, nice offices, good cheap food, you will be able to travel the world","Hard to get a promotion as they hire senior level managers from outside, you need to take a lot of care for your visibility inside the company","Take better care of your key talent, establish a natural successors culture where people can work towards a promotion",5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64663,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 22, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,A lot of learning in the company. A lot of opportunities to change roles,Performance review is still to the discretion of the managers,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64664,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Microsoft product manager,"Stable company, good pay, global setup","slow compared with industry, could be better if there is core dev in China",make things happen faster,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64665,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at Microsoft,Work life is great. You need to work hard.,Everything is cool and you should keep on working.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64666,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Challenging work, smart people, happy employees","Challenging work, smart people, happy employees. Company takes very good care of the people",Can be more fast moving. The traditional ways of developing software with 3 years development life cycle is so engrained that moving to smaller sprints has been a challenge,Adapt to the changes in software development to cater to the fast moving market,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64667,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 13, 2016",Current Employee - Middle Manager,Great opportunities,"Company making very positive changes so its an exciting time to be there, generally lovely intelligent and friendly people. Excellent facilities and office spaces. Very good packages. Good opportunities to move role - physically/ career wise.","Most Snr Mgrs are promoted based on their ability to manage up, rather than manage their teams. Its essential to be tolerate a lot of office polictics","Understand your customers and staff better, have a longer term focus on results.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64668,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"- Great place to shape up the career and learn various technologies in depth - Very good office space, ambience, well organized overall - Very good talent pool",- India storage division management is not well organized and full of politics - Randomness in technical direction to employees,Please improve on cons,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64669,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to be part of. Learnt a lot,Lot of pros. As have mentioned above,Work life balance should be better,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1511.htm
64670,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"- Great place to shape up the career and learn various technologies in depth - Very good office space, ambience, well organized overall - Very good talent pool",- India storage division management is not well organized and full of politics - Randomness in technical direction to employees,Please improve on cons,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64671,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Jan 18, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Project Manager,Access to the latest and greatest technology made.,More work and opportunities than there is time in the day.,X,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64672,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Microsoft is a home to some of the sharpest minds in the industry and you truly get to work with some of the best people in the industry. You also get to work on products which are making life more productive for millions and millions of people. So the product and people satisfaction is high.,Microsoft is a large organization with a lot of talent but it felt as if most of the people were being under utilized. Also the forced rating of the stack ranking ( which largely most companies are removing) doesn't necessarily evaluate the performance of the team. If the team had 10 brilliant employees the leader had to choose a few to be brighter and a few to be less brighter than the others.,The company needs to become more leaner in their thinking and truly use the great talent pool to rethink philosophies. Thinking out of the box should not be in pockets but ingrained in the culture and ideas at any level need to be encouraged . The hierarchy also needs to be flattened a little bit if they want to extract the most of the employees.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64673,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Program Manager,program manager,"great job opportunity, a chance to meet and learn from colleagues around the world, a big horizon expanding company","not enough employee oriented environment, not a place to feel too comfortable on your chair",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64674,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,good experience. you get to meet with companies and discuss their problems. Then you can plan the best solution for them.,It odes not involve a lot of technical skills. It is more about leadership skills. so it is not a software engineering position if that is what you pursue.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64675,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Good working culture and environment,No cons about the microsoft,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64676,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 7, 2016",Former Employee - Senior Technical Consultant,Worst Company to work with,You get quite lot of exposures to New Technologies/,"Full of Politics, and stupid HR policies and stupid HR Partners","Please please get rid of managers who are more than 10 years old in system, do not trust your HR managers and People managers a lot. They are not so good as you think.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64677,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2016",Former Employee - Microsoft Software Development Engineer,manager,manager facebook microsoft working washington d.c district of columbia,facebook inc aplication rusian no originaly,facebook privacy policy,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64678,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Learning and Development Specialist,Loads of talent and lots of processes too,"Microsoft is so diverese, you'll meet people across the world from different nations, religions, having different believes etc. It's very rewarding. There is loads of talent and you'll meet some of the smartest people ever. Company is in general very flexible - there is less importance on working hours, as long as your work is done, you can come and leave when you want. Loads of positions, loads of opportunities for learning and developing your skills.","This is of ourse dependant on the teams, but there can be too much emphasis on processes which can be obstacles when wanting to move forward. You will have meetings where nothing gets done, you will have a LOT of them since many people in Microsoft like to discuss vague things like strategy, vision, direction and goals so it can be tiring when all you want to do is some actual work. You do also need to count with the fact that when working in a Global environment, you might need to participate in meetings outside of your standard working hours.",Sometimes things get done much faster and much better without the endless processes,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64679,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy,"Flexible schedule, 2 days a week working from home, good salary for a vendor position in Spain.","Big difficulties to get a full-time job despite working for 3 years as a contractor. Vendors have some downsides as not parking slot, you cannot work at the office more than 3 days a week.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1512.htm
64680,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Jan 1, 2016",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great company,Excellent place to work for women. Very supportive of a family friendly lifestyle.,"Like most big companies, tend to be slow to respond.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64681,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Looks nice on a resume, but not worth the hassle","The pay is amazing for part-time retail, access to stocks and health benefits","There are only opportunities to move up if you are one of the management's select favourites, work/life balance is non-existant for being retail, management aggressively pushes sales as opposed to customer experience",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64682,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2016",Current Employee - Learning and Development Specialist,Loads of talent and lots of processes too,"Microsoft is so diverese, you'll meet people across the world from different nations, religions, having different believes etc. It's very rewarding. There is loads of talent and you'll meet some of the smartest people ever. Company is in general very flexible - there is less importance on working hours, as long as your work is done, you can come and leave when you want. Loads of positions, loads of opportunities for learning and developing your skills.","This is of ourse dependant on the teams, but there can be too much emphasis on processes which can be obstacles when wanting to move forward. You will have meetings where nothing gets done, you will have a LOT of them since many people in Microsoft like to discuss vague things like strategy, vision, direction and goals so it can be tiring when all you want to do is some actual work. You do also need to count with the fact that when working in a Global environment, you might need to participate in meetings outside of your standard working hours.",Sometimes things get done much faster and much better without the endless processes,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64683,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,"Relevance of products to customers, saw lots of potential, some great people.","Have bullies within their workforce that are left to bully and nothing is done about it. HR have no power and do nothing, staff leave and report the bullying but are silenced into agreements that force them to leave quietly so as not to ""hurt their careers"" and the bullies stay. Worst experience in my 20 year career in IT, would strongly not recommend people join.",Adress your bullying problem.,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64684,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 15, 2016",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Takes good care of employees,You feel like the company cares about you doing your best work and your continued development as an employee. The perks aren't the best in the world but they're certainly up there!,"You don't always feel empowered to effect change, even when it would be really good for the company's bottom line. Everything has to pay the Microsoft tax, meaning lengthy legal, tech and process reviews.","You seem to be steering towards a more agile direction. Keep it going! Look at the share price, it's obviously paying off.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64685,microsoft,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Jan 14, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Good customers base Good finance Very good image,Very bad organization and very bad high level relationship,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64686,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Telangana,Join if u can!,"Challenging environment , interesting work, great teams all around you. Flexible time. Excellent work culture, beautiful campus. Get to learn many things",work pressure is too much in some teams. some teams don't have work. People are competitive.,slow in Responding some times. needs to improve.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64687,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Operation Specialist,Best place to work,great work-life balance and promoting people,poor communication between stakeholders and colleagues,invest more in people management,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64688,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Teacher,Teacher,Holidays to spend with children,None to speak of currently,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64689,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great place to work,You are given every freedom to perform. It is you who had to drive things at work and finish allowing lots of creativity to showcase.,Make sure you are not distracted and maintain work life balance.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1513.htm
64690,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Jan 12, 2016",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,Good technical staff and benefits,"Little Salary, bad internal culture",none,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64691,microsoft,Almaty (Kazakhstan)," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Regional Director or Manager,"management, marketing, sales, finance and etc",not the ability to drive a car,on all issues of doing business in Kazakhstan,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64692,microsoft,none," Dec 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Engineer,great people great environment happy to work there,"flat management structure, doesnt pay as well as competitiors",They are doing great!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64693,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Health Benefits, flexible hours, work from home","Management, career opportunities, lack of transparency",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64694,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Jan 9, 2016",Former Employee - Product Manager,microsoft,good office good meal good seats,bad people bad weather bad management,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64695,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 8, 2016",Former Employee - Editorial Escalation Specialist,Defensive and unsupportive work climate,"- Some people who don't care about changing things and are ok with the antagonistic, competitive culture view this as a safe job for many years to come that offers security and some good benefits","- No interest in challenging the status quo / innovation. If you mention the elephant in the room you get to take it home. (As in, if you mention a problem you become the problem and your manager is unlikely to support you. - The review system forces managers to give negative reviews to a fixed percentage of their team, whether they deserve it or not. People are being calibrated against each other, which fosters and atmosphere of defensiveness, competitiveness and withholding of support",Fostering unhealthy competition and defensiveness does not drive innovation and open collaboration,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64696,microsoft,none," Jan 9, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program manager,Flexible working environment. Lots of opportunity,Very competitive. Some people don't like to work together.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64697,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 25, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Excellent place with ocean of opportunities,You learn everyday here. Challenging environment will collaborative peers and supportive teams all around you.,"Since, it's a very big organisation sometimes actions are taken after a long time and opportunities are spotted late.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64698,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Dec 25, 2015",Former Employee - Developer Experience,Internship Review,"- Empowering Environment  - Big loads, big experiences  - High profile networking",- Many people want your position. Highly competitive environment that keeps you under pressure,Appreciate employees more often,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64699,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr Engineering Manager,Awesome peer talent and top employee benefits.,Growth opportunities are less for employees.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1514.htm
64700,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good Compensation, benefits which other companies might not be able to offer",Low on Career opportunities. Need to keep your manager happy .... else look for glasdoor,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64701,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 7, 2016",Former Employee - Director,Director,Global reach and dynamic environment,Too big to be able to make a relevant impact,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64702,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jan 7, 2016",Current Employee - Principal Solutions Specialist,one year at MSFT,"* great cloud offering * great sales team setup * good product+good seller=quota exceeded ,) * fnatastic trainings / work setup",* mid level management not willing to transform * internal relations more important than real result/impact * too much of internal promotions (or with same type companies) like no 'new blood' in nature causes DNA problems in future :),No metodic change management in CEE region. Without the vision and execution Microsoft has to burn much more money than it is needed to achieve results in times of notoric transformation/disruption.,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64703,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Flexible work hours. Great benefits, compensation and share option.","Completely scorecard driven, the company can struggle to think outside of the box. It is often made clear that you are a cog in a sales machine - dispensable and replaceable.",Treat your employees as people first and resources second.,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64704,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 31, 2015",Former Employee - SWE,Before joining do find out about the team,Lots to learn Amazing technology to you get to see and use early Good people,Many teams are still using the bell curve method internally even though they have removed it Some teams are known for very bad office politics though most of the teams are really good and changing,Learn to change as you guys are using decade old methods and driving away really good talent. You also need to understand people and not treat them as numbers or resources only.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64705,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2016",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft operations,great people and intelligent team mates,"egotistical management, very poor operational IT systems",review senior leaders methodology's,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64706,microsoft,Setagaya (Japan)," Jan 6, 2016",Current Employee - Executive Audience Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,Good working enviroment. Supports your flexible work style in many various ways. Great employee benefit.,"Everything is about the score cards, that are top-down guidelines. Manyy working hours, which could happen from time to time.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64707,microsoft,none," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Balanced work and life,Innovative Great balance of work and life Flexible time,A lot of politics Slow turnaround,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64708,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior PFE,Dec 2015 MSFT,"Flexibility, workife balance (as long as you manage it yourself), benefits (family healthcare plans)","Internal bureaucracy, still not customer focused but internal",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64709,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - District Sales Leader,Alliance Manager,Excellent customer penetration. leader technology company,Quota aknowledge. Reporting time. Internal work,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1515.htm
64710,microsoft,none," Dec 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Balanced work and life,Innovative Great balance of work and life Flexible time,A lot of politics Slow turnaround,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64711,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 3, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good place to work,"Salary, benefits, people, facilities, and current company direction & leadership, positive change in company culture due to new performance management approach.","Duration of tenure is often the main reason people are in management positions, rather than their ability. Can be too political.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64712,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Jan 4, 2016",Current Employee - Technology Solutions Professional,Technology Solutions Professional,- Stimulating environment - Chance to interact with top-notch customers - Great benefits,"- Reduced focus on technology, must equally deal with business and tech",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64713,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2016",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft italy,"Big company, good benefits, good technical knowledge","Poor management skills, Too much relies on internal selling",Improve internal processes,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64714,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Architect,Excellent work culture in the company,Competition is high within the company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64715,microsoft,Unterschleißheim (Germany)," Jan 3, 2016",Former Employee - Account Manager,"Market forces has changed, working conditions has changed ...","- Global player - Salery package: Salery, annuity assurance, assurances, stocks ...","- Great employer in past, but a lot of things have changed - Low innovative capacity - High sales pressure - Micro management (in some teams) - a lot of administrative tasks - low empowerment for sales teams due to the existing processes",none,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64716,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good work culture. Join if you get opportunity,At this point none of them,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64717,microsoft,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MTC Architect,"It can be like heaven, if you are a developer or successful salesman",It can be like hell if you are an IT-pro and would like to keep it that way,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64718,microsoft,Paris (France)," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Service Delivery Manager,"Flexibility, continuous dynamisme, creativity, innovative",Slow seniority evolution for Young hires.,Trust Young potential,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64719,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Senior Account Manager,Big company and products in general,not possibility to become a FTE for Microsoft once you star as a vendor,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1516.htm
64720,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Senior Account Manager,Big company and products in general,not possibility to become a FTE for Microsoft once you star as a vendor,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64721,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 29, 2015",Current Employee - Team Member,Hyper V admin,I want kick start my career in microsoft.it's my dream.,"Nothing as such. I just want to be a part of microsoft, as a virtualization SME",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64722,microsoft,Paris (France)," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,"Mobility, values, package, career, diversity","phone, size, complexity, too many players, decisions speed",great strategy,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64723,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Canadian Sales Leadership Seriously Flawed,Great technology and a wide and relatively happy customer base.,A recent wave of American sales leadership with near psychopathic behavior are killing employee morale and customer goodwill through short term sales execution.,Don't kill the subsidiaries with blindly ambitious individuals who see these ex-pat stints as a means to move their careers along. Invest in people who care about the long term viability of the enterprise.,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64724,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Great Company. I have learned a lot during my staying there.,nothing to mention here for now,keep doing positive work guys !,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64725,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Dec 21, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Manager,"Good company, might be way better...","Overall, great people that are always aiming to achieve the number one place. High standards of professionalism and passion for 'making the right thing' among individual contributors. Great place to 'learn from others'. Lots of possibilities to move within the company.","Insane politics. Managers and higher are more worried about politics and bureaucracy than getting real things done. Lots of egocentric and paranoic executives, micromanaging competent people and making them more and more frustrated.","Stop hiring, keeping and promoting paranoic and egocentric people (in particular executives) - they will kill the company's culture and ultimately the company as a whole.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64726,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good to stay for a few years to learn all the advance technology, but I would not suggest to stay long",Working with very smart and famous people,Promotion is mainly done by your manager engineering system is crappy,Focus less on politics and be open to open source,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64727,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing company,Great creativity environment. Very dynamic company. Amazing products. Company is very well managed. Very good collaborative environment.,"Very political environment. Missed some critical technology wave, like Mobile.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64728,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Windows app,"Fantastic food, and culture, tt tables, foosball",pretty much nothing as such. Evrything is fantabulous,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64729,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience!,"Great benefits, amazing products and challenging work","Corporate headaches, slow in decision making, very hierarchical",Focus on retaining quality people,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1517.htm
64730,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jan 14, 2016",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Program Manager II,"Work life balance! I don't need to do almost anything. I go to work at 11am, leave at 3pm, spending most of the time doing my own stuff. If you want to get retired, Welcome to Microsoft!","1. No Growth. After 3 years you wonder what you know after all when you talk with people from outside. And you are self-conscious what you can do if you are laid off. Perhaps nothing. 2. Debating Country Culture. So many employees from a specific country that is full of vendors, and those employees sometimes give me an illusion that I'm currently in that country. You understand what I mean. PMs from this country are so good at debating that they eat debating for a living. They bury you with debate in meetings that you are totally lost. 3. PM Managers and Directors. They are a joke. They shouldn't have existed. They are humiliating themselves. They are pure overhead that brings down the engineering team's morale. I seriously believe Microsoft will benefit from firing all PMs, but allowing PMs to convert to engineers if they can survive a high-school level coding test.","To PM managers and PMs: you know what, you don't matter at all. I despise you.",1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64731,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Dec 8, 2015",Current Employee - Enterprise Architect,goog place to work I like MS,goog place to kork I ilke Ms,Management is not Professional enough an senior,choosing beter People form management,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64732,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 9, 2015",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,Best place to work,Good Learning all around every time.,Confined to a specialty is a problem.,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64733,microsoft,Tallinn (Estonia)," Dec 22, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Engineering is really great,"You will have access to some of the coolest technologies available on the planet. Great work environment a lot of effort is put into work/life balance. Educational, learning and career opportunities are probably one of the really best inside many of the companies I've been working for.","Redmond centric to some really ridiculous levels, a lot of people are working on job security. Be prepared to have menial tasks if your commanding chain is held up in politics and covering their tracks.","People who have been middle managing their careers to some level up, should really take a good deep breath and get booted.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64734,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a great place to work,Microsoft is a supportive place that encourages creativity and independent thinking. Many opportunities across different roles.,"Like many global companies, working outside HQ adds challenges. Work life balance can also be a real challenge in some roles.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64735,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 19, 2015",Former Employee - Network Operations Manager,Microsoft Working Culture,Microsoft is a great employer when it comes to looking after its employees. There are many benefits for working there. Offices are very modern and personal benefits give an extra incentive to do your job well. Promotional opportunities are good generally if one becomes visible as much as possible in the organisation. The company also encourages working from home and this in general increases productivity.,One third of your work there is about making yourself visible to other departments by doing several case studies and attend many meetings irrelevant often to the nature of your work. This takes a lot of your working hours and as a result you have to often work late to meet up the demands of your role.,Reduce the amount of meetings and general case studies so employees can focus on their workload and work less overtime.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64736,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Data Centre,Exciting growth and expansion. Great products.,Poor planning and too many layers,Cut out layers and drive greater autonomy outside Redmond,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64737,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Ode to Microsoft,Fantastic place to work. A lot of opportunities. Ability to change the direction after the time inside the company. Ability to work with latest technologies and ability to create the future,Amount of everyday information is huge. You need to know what and how to filter otherwise there is high risk that you will drown.,Please keep doing that amazing change! We are really can perform while we are transforming.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64738,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager Windows,Well paid. Management appreciates good work.,"You are never done. When you have done what you are responsible for, you are asked to do what others can't get to -- even if that is because they just do not want to do it.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64739,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2015",Former Employee - Retail Sales Associate,Worked as A Volunteer,Worked during the Microsoft Sale accreditation program. It was thoroughly sorted to work with them unlike other companies.,"There are no specific cons, as I only volunteered for the win8 Program.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1518.htm
64740,microsoft,Haifa (Israel)," Dec 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Developer,"Facilities, Access for latest HW/SW tools.",Incompetent management. Career is largely build on individuals - you don't get courses or conferences,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64741,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for software engineers.,Very professional process especially in software development.,Very bad work/life balance in my team. Though I know other teams are fine.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64742,microsoft,"Bukit Merah, Central (Singapore)"," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Success Manager,"Great team, Not Micromanaging","new culture, no stacked performance review, you are defined based on your impact and success stories and other's feedbacks",changes happen everyday so hard to keep up with those changes,keep transforming,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64743,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineering Manager,"Great place to work, excellent employee benefit plans, comparable salary, competitive work atmosphere","Need to move faster, resistance to change",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64744,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 6, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Ode to Microsoft,Fantastic place to work. A lot of opportunities. Ability to change the direction after the time inside the company. Ability to work with latest technologies and ability to create the future,Amount of everyday information is huge. You need to know what and how to filter otherwise there is high risk that you will drown.,Please keep doing that amazing change! We are really can perform while we are transforming.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64745,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 19, 2015",Former Employee - Intern - Monthly,PR Assistant Internship,"Nice environment, nice co-workers, westernized culture even in foreign branch",not much to say - need to be hungry for chances and appeal to your mentor to get interesting tasks other than the routine assignments,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64746,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - SDE2,SDE2,"amazing people, work life balance, state of the art tech, possibility to learn every day something new",dublin it's amazing but the weather can be an issue,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64747,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 9, 2016",Former Employee - Tester,Management have their favourites and aren't even subtle about it,Amazing offices and picturesque location in the middle of a scenic business park. Some decent colleagues.,"Management team have their favourites and if you aren't one of them, they make it obvious to everyone. But like being at school and trying to get in with the crowd. They work you so, so hard and even then it's not appreciated. The culture makes everyone too competitive",Stop making it like a school playground!!! Have some respect for the people who are working hard!!,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64748,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work.,Get chance to work on different products. Great work culture. Lot of development work happens in India. Quality of work is very good. Very employee friendly.,You get really comfortable working here. Won't find enough reason to try something else. :P,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64749,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Internship,One of the best,I have had a great time working under him. He was focused and to the point manager with excellent knowledge in his field.,"Good work life balance. Unless you are looking for startup life, this would be a great choice for an IT professional.",I have no words for Microsoft. They are good at whey do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1519.htm
64750,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,Good career opportunity. Bonus give amount.,Salary structure is very complicated. No benefits to save tax,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64751,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2015",Former Employee - Internship,One of the best,I have had a great time working under him. He was focused and to the point manager with excellent knowledge in his field.,"Good work life balance. Unless you are looking for startup life, this would be a great choice for an IT professional.",I have no words for Microsoft. They are good at whey do.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64752,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,EMEA DDL Manager,"Great people, exciting opportunities, fun environment",Hard working environment - global remit can be tough,Continue on the change of culture path,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64753,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Management,Good,Good employees fun to work with happy to have worked with them great pay and awesome boss happy to be around,Cause improve on the lunch breaks becuase I didn't have the longest lunches it would be better if the location had a kitchen,Great work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64754,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good working environment,"Good hardware, nice colleagues, some very interesting projects with high impact.",Management is a lot of politics and to go up the ladder you have to be a politic within your high ranks. The salaries should go up for some levels as the cost of living increased a lot in Dublin Ireland.,"You should be more technical and put your hands on the projects, not just be a politic who spends your time walking and talking.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64755,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Review,"Good tech, broad business, smart people","Low pay, much office politics",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64756,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,research intern,"free food, nice mentor, and make a lot of friends!",low salary and poor dormitory,improve intern salary and living condition,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64757,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales Director,Company mission is really inspiring - you have a real purpose !,Internal complexity causes a drag on sales people spending too much time internally focused when we should be with customers.,Remove internal processes which internalize the team's focus wherever possible.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64758,microsoft,none," Dec 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft idc,Good work environment and flexible work timing,few teams have control from Redmond and co-ordination seems difficult due to time zone,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64759,microsoft,Paris (France)," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,"Many opportunities, learning, flexibility, ...","Hard, customer high expectation, readiness",invest in readiness,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1520.htm
64760,microsoft,Paris (France)," Dec 1, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,"Many opportunities, learning, flexibility, ...","Hard, customer high expectation, readiness",invest in readiness,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64761,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor Ethics,Reasonable salary and brand value. International presence. Old company whose name is popular.,Poor Management. No transparency. Over the top speeches but limited action plans. Business minded with almost no Empathy and care for Employees. Blunt and aggressive decision making.,Wakeup and know what is happening on the ground. Show some Empathy and care for your employees. Don't act like blunt business men.,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64762,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 29, 2015",Current Employee - Network Engineer,Great place to work,Full attention to employee benefits and freedom of expression,too much distraction sometimes with all sort of opportunities around,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64763,microsoft,Oddesund Syd (Denmark)," Dec 14, 2015",Former Employee - NONE,wonder place,solution oriented on on on,after sales services on on on,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64764,microsoft,Kiev (Ukraine)," Jan 4, 2016",Former Employee - Territory Services Executive,Territory Services Executive,Very qualified and professional technical and consulting staff. Good compensation pack.,Company is not ready to make consulting business. Real ware between departments (no team work).,Company need to transform the business processes to be a player on consulting market.,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64765,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2015",Former Employee - TAM,TAM,Great work environment. Very well structured and process oriented corporation. Very people oriented. Recently strived to the right cloud direction.,Not dynamic enough as it takes long time to cascade directions from top hierarchy to field. vice versa all field experiences takes time to be absorbed and adopted by corp.,"Change Management is key. Need to invest more on change mindset, especially on sales forces.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64766,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Dec 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,it's a good place to start one's career,the pay check may not that good,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64767,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Sr Escalation Engineer,Reboot in progress,(Still) many opportunities here - you just need to be smart enough / be networked good enough to realize and jump on them. Can be challenging given the scale of MSFT though... 😏,Way too much bureaucracy here and way too many managers just looking at budgets rather than focusing on innovation. A better mix of both would help but that's been a problem for years since we started hiring management execs from companies which are doing nothing else than doing so....,See contras. Not sure if they're ever going too find the right mixture here. Time will tell.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64768,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Acccount Executive,"I love Microsoft, the more I work hard the more I can develop my skill and update my career.","Most of sales have a huge sales quota and numerous scorecards , you had better give up your incentive at the begining of finance year.",none,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64769,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,had good projects to work,It was good working for the company. good projects,Nothing as such.except that u had to learn always,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1521.htm
64770,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,"Tons of money Opportunities to grow. Although limited, opportunities to learn and take courses from Uni of Washington etc. People are generally friendly. Constant feedback.","Can be stuck in boring team and end up doing very meaningless work. Huge company, and it feels that way for good and for bad. Older crowd. Lack of direction from management. Old technologies in many teams slow things down. Also, learning is not transferable to other web companies.",Figure out the company's direction quickly. You are losing out on a lot of potential because your employees don't actually know what they're doing.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64771,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Business Manager,Great company,"Open, flexible, rewarding, kind, interesting","none, none, none, none, none",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64772,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,Great access to first party data,Slightly detached as an international outpost,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64773,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Dec 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Becoming a bit like IBM,Satya Nadela has done an amazing job of turning the business around.,"The new South African leadership does not appear to share the same focus vision and passion for the company, although they claim too. Being an ex IBMer it is starting to feel a bit similar to the business I left.","Run the company with the same intent at all levels, the messaging between management and staff is so different. One Microsoft !",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64774,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Technically brilliant, management has ups and downs","Brilliant products, lots of smart, technically gifted people. Competitive compensation pack and a will from top management to renew the company.","MS was/is going through the change from traditional software sales to cloud which gave strange effects on sales quotas. Thick, slow mid-management layer to muddle through - spent more time selling internally than externally.","Keep innovating, thin out the heard of mid-management.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64775,microsoft,Dhaka (Bangladesh)," Nov 21, 2015",Current Employee - Brand Promoter of Microsoft,job in microsoft,"I inovate to see microsoft technology like microsoft lumia,surface and most like for windows 10",most downside of microsoft lacking of apps for lumia or windows store for mobile.,"please microsoft, investigate microsoft world lumia business an most important things are customer interested.",5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64776,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Security analyst,Company is all good. And it is all about being you good.,A bit more salary expected for the role and job. Well their is no end to desire.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64777,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working condictions,Excellent company to work for,"There None that I can mention , none observed at the moment","None that I can mention , none observed at the moment",5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64778,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," Dec 2, 2015",Current Employee - Latin America Travel Manager,Latam Travel Manager,"Great work-life balance, One of the best places to work","very dynamic company, that drives into stop projects suddenly depending on market conditions",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64779,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Director of Strategy,Talented individuals but easy for shirkers to hide.,Benefits and stock are very good. Training programs are very good with opportunity to travel. Mentor program opens up roles across the business.,Too many layers of politics. Risk averse business that does not like to lead from the front. Locks individuals into the company with invested stock program.,Avoid looking at a spreadsheet when discussing individuals and talent within the business. Too many lost souls without leadership guidance.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1522.htm
64780,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Director of Strategy,Talented individuals but easy for shirkers to hide.,Benefits and stock are very good. Training programs are very good with opportunity to travel. Mentor program opens up roles across the business.,Too many layers of politics. Risk averse business that does not like to lead from the front. Locks individuals into the company with invested stock program.,Avoid looking at a spreadsheet when discussing individuals and talent within the business. Too many lost souls without leadership guidance.,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64781,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 2, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer I,Software Engineer FTE experience at Microsoft IDC,"The last team I worked with was very new, excited and agile. Product was fresh and enthusiasm was amazing. Managers were smart, really smart and did a great job of balancing their vision for the product with my interest and capabilities.","Not all teams at IDC have exciting work, especially products that have been around for ages. Non agile teams are plenty here and it's very slow paced and monotonous often. It's pure luck, your experience could be very different depending on what team you join, since the work at MS itself spans so many domains.  Too many re-organizations within vertical divisions, and people and teams keep moving too often.","Please do not let re-organizations affect so many people. The entry level employees end up working on 2-3 different teams within a year, it's a waste of time and resources spent in ramping up with a team and barely working for a month before being moved to another team.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64782,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,engineer,good company to work.All good review,nothing to worry the cons as no issue.,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64783,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,It is a professional environment and I really enjoyed working there.,There was no Cons for me.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64784,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Amazing place to work,Microsoft is an amazing place to work. specially the cloud. Things keep changing and you keep learning.,Night shifts are the only bad part of the work,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64785,microsoft,Haifa (Israel)," Nov 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great place to work at,"Very challenging, always at the cutting edge, and most important, great people!","Very demanding, a in house competition is very encouraged.",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64786,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer evangelist,Awesome prestige. All your friends will envy you. Awesome salary. Just wow. Awesome benefits. Awesome challenges,"No worklife balance. Expect to reply email at midnight People are not helpful Very bad ranking system, more people will become unhappy than happy",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64787,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bad,"Good pay, flexible work hours","Work load was unmanageable, culture in uk was toxic, senior management were unwilling to receive feedback, staff punished for internal feedback (MS Poll).",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64788,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome company,"Opportunity to work with very smart people, develop products that impact the life of millions and great benefits.",I can't think of anything right now.,I see great future if we continue to invest in innovation.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64789,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work and hierarchy,Great learning and benefits. Some travel could make your business and personal network bigger.,There is no teamwork. Should be part home office but that never happened. Ego is the real problem of management.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1523.htm
64790,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Observations,Great place to work and amazing talent pool,Management in india is really bad and HR does not listen to employees,Respect the employees and try to use their strengths to improve the business.,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64791,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Nov 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Brand surpasses the company,"Work life balance is excellent, nice and decent people.","too internal-centric company. No flexibility in your role, stick to your scorecard. too many processes and red tape. Growth opportunity limited and based on how ""politically skilled"" you are.",more employee empowerment and more decentralisation. Simplify processes,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64792,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contractor,great office. it all depends on who your boss is. contractors are not treated as equal as fte,hard to move up especially if you are a contractor.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64793,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft experience,Awesome people friendly company. Lot of benefits along with challenges and opportunities to grow and achieve in your career. You get to learn everyday.,Usual corporate challenges. The division that you belong to matters in your career growth. Nothing comes on a platter and earn for what you deserve sometimes the efficiency is lost while other people 'Manage Up' well,I believe it is on the right track under Satya's leadership. Few areas which we still try to see One Size fits all approach which may need to be tweaked well in the space of Cloud as we advance more and more in the coming years,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64794,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Localization Engineer Manager,"Remuneration, flexibility, friendly, services, benefits",Constant re-orgs that slow the company down and destabilise.,"Re-org where necessary, not because that's what the LT like to see",4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64795,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,good benefits for interns were given like hotel stay,Not challenging project was assigned,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64796,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great connections, great work.","The working environment was very nurturing and managers are quick to encourage you to pursue connections with other departments/projects. In smaller teams they throw you into the deep end, but with dynamic and highly intelligent colleagues you can get over the steep learning curve. Highly recommended internship experience.","There are some ""big corporation"" quirks like terminologies and a little bureaucracy at times that may take time to adjust.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64797,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2015",Current Employee - International Project Manager,Great place tom work,"Salary, accountability, work from home flexibility","Have been a contracted for 10+ years and no openings for full-time employee. Once a vendor, always a vendor.",Less discrimination with vendors. We have many times the same role as FTEs and none of the benefits or access to the same information making our jobs much harder.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64798,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"good environment, friendly coworkers, overall good work pace","mentally stressful, lack of management communication",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64799,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Lots of learning , perks","High competition , difficult to survive who does not invest in learning and stretching.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1524.htm
64800,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,good salary and good people,not always interesting thing to do,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64801,microsoft,none," Nov 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SQL PFE,good career path and good technical deep good perks good work life of balance,bad salaries bad salaries bad salaries,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64802,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Account Technology Strategist,Great company if you want to learn a lot in a short time,"Very intense & dynamic, international environment, lots of career opportunities, great senior leaders",Strong focus on quarterly & Fiscal year financial results (short term),"too much middle management, keep balance between short and long term",5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64803,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,"Challenging tasks, driving technology, excellent community, learning possibilities","Hierarchy, management style, associate performance review",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64804,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Nov 23, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Sales Specialist,Review,Very open and friendly environment which increases productivity and let's you collaborate in a better way in a world leading company in terms of technology,Very software oriented which doesn't give you the chance to go in depth with CIO or CEOs as all the contacts are always in IT department,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64805,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Group Product Manager,Can be an amazing place to work if you land in the right place,Pay and benefits are good - esp. if you negotiate well Good work-life balance Career development & training are good Depending on your team - highly flexible working Casual / informal working environment - can be huge amounts of fun The people are (on the whole) really great - you will work with likeable people (In the UK at least) a truly diverse employer that really takes protecting its employees seriously International business often with opportunities to travel Extraordinary flexibility to move within the organisation to different disciplines and learn new skills Depending on your team and boss real opportunities to take on big responsibilities and work on great products,"They were trying to tackle this when I left but there's too much internal competition and it gets in the way of business Matrix organisation that doesn't alway incentivise collaboration across teams - but as above this may have changed Microsoft has suffered huge market share decline across products and this can be demoralising This is true of anywhere, but you need to make sure you land in the right place with the right boss and the right people around you. There are pockets of high politics which can be corrosive If you go in too junior, you'll get stuck. In spite of Satya Nadella, it's hard to rise Business planning and forecasting processing often more about showboating than reality - again not always good for business",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64806,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people need more structure and skills around projects,"Fantastic place to work, I had few managers throughout my time in the company and always got really decent support. I could developed in a role and obtain new skills. My contribution was important.","Projects should be better structure as in my view sometimes money is waisted. Performance review although improved still need some mind set from ""old school"" managers. No chance for accelerated promotion even if you are doing exceptional work. Way to much of politics! Network important over anything else!",Start letting people go if they do not perform! Don't let them sit with the same role for years just because they feel safe and comfortable there!,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64807,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Director,Great company for people looking for a career and to learn,"Great new CEO. Superb opportunity to learn about business and broad IT scenarios. Culturally it is a great place to be, relaxed, but professional. Customers ALWAYS say yes to a meeting with Microsoft, the door is open. Microsoft are at an exciting time in their history, great innovation coming and the products are just getting better and better.","Huge amounts of complexity. A tendency towards paralysis by analysis. A company in transformation phase, so the work levels are high.","Keep going in the right direction, I think Microsoft is a great place to work. Only thing I would change is the over analysis, focus on the customer outcome and scorecards/results will look after themselves.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64808,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SQL 3T,Very challenging environment Learn new technologies,Wish to have more challenging role,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64809,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,"Intelligent people, great flexibility, interesting work",Perception of not being on the cutting edge -- but this is changing!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1525.htm
64810,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome Company,Awesome Company to work for. Tons to lean,"none so far, maybe never",keep up the good work,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64811,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"MSRA, Marketing Group",good team and work enviroment,have some pressure for staff,no advice,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64812,microsoft,Melbourne (Australia)," Nov 17, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,"Great company, some issues","Great company with fantastic smart people across the world. It's trying to embrace a modern style that allows growth. Great benefits, flexible working environment, lots of smart people.","Local teams are caught up in politics from the top down. Talent passed over or left to stagnate in preference of graduates or friends. The new rating and review system is subjective. The company locally tries to embrace diversity, yet pushes out anyone who has a different view or approach.","Get rid of the ""in crowd"" and make the company truly great",2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64813,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Nov 4, 2015",Current Employee - Procurement Lead,Procurement Lead,"Excellent work environment, opportunity for growth, good salary, work life balance, employee is being appreciated and they focus on the learning process of each employee.",No cons could be found.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64814,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Service Delivery Manager,good company to work for. recommend,travel policy not good. needs to be generous,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64815,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Support Escalation Engineer,IGTSC - good place to learn,good place to learn troubleshooting and debugging techniques,"work-life balance, technology depth but no breadth.",n/a,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64816,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,salary,they pay awesome an dhave good facilites,late night work and cant think of anything else,keep it up,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64817,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Principal,The company to bet on,"Compensation is very good. In fact, it is way better than what my friends are drawing at Google (One of the reasons for Google's lower compensation is that in most cases, Google under-hires. At least, it is true for lateral-hires at Hyderabad). Work life balance is great and everyone seems to respect your life beyond work. The work is not bad, and it's not rocket science either. There's a new enthusiasm in the company since Satya has become the CEO. There are plenty of career opportunities and it's very easy to switch teams.","Although the company has become open to new technologies, it is still deeply invested in Microsoft specific technologies. There's a lot of scope for adoption of newer, better tech.",Don't be afraid of taking bold decisions.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64818,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits,"All you can think of , hardware software and equipment","very though in level changes , need to use your ""elbows"" from time to time",Keep improving the review process,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64819,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working for MS in Emerging Market,"Wonderful team, full of vibrant attitudes and colorful personalities. Challenge-driven and knows how to have fun.",Top-down approach when it comes to target settings. Often at time you found the feel team exhausted and demotivated chasing after dreams and dreams.,"Know the field game, manage the team well.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1526.htm
64820,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Manager,"truly international environment, opportunities to develop in international career, opportunities to work remotely and with flexible hours, helpful for work-life balance","too much internal reporting and processes, which takes away some focus from serving clients and delivering solutions, very long turnaround on internal decisions, takes plenty of time to get all the approval needed to implement something new","simplify tools, processes, reporting requirements, become more flexible and local in the sense of faster landing practices which hare relevant for a specific market rather than just copy paste from US model",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64821,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,advantage and disadvantage of MS in my opinion,"Benefits good, covering personal exercising and educational training. Medical insurance wonderful, covering yourself and some of your family members. Spacious work space. Not very busy work.","Work flow is too long, and really spends much time. There are too many black boxes which we depend on in the process of development.","Short the work flow, save much time, improve work efficiency. Decrease the number of black boxes, or open the black box to some extent.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64822,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE,Good work life balance Not very pressure to produce results,Not many great projects to work on No motivation to produce results,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64823,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - Game Tester,Game tester,-Teamwork -Friendly atmosphere -Team leaders are supportive,"Long working (gaming) hours, lack of organisation within the team",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64824,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,"Work environment, Benefits (salary & facility)",Redmond-focused (other location has very minimum impact and influence),none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64825,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 15, 2015",Current Employee - Enterprise Technology Strategist,The company is not able to leverage my full technical potential in this role,This is a good place culture wise .Good for sales personnel not good for senior technologists,No recognition for your effort.and.tecgnical abilities . If you do not meet your nos tour job is at stack,Treat contribution of employees wholistically.,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64826,microsoft,"Heddon on the Wall, England (UK)"," Oct 31, 2015",Current Employee - Service,My time at Close House,Excellent management team Easy going Great working environment,Work is not always guaranteed.,Keep the good work going.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64827,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Nov 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Horrible review system,nice campus and great benefits,The bell curve systems needs to be retired - pushes the good out with the bad,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64828,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Nov 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,compensation,- one get rewarded for individual performance - good stock award - good bonuses,- base salaries are average,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64829,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Consultant,Nice Place to work,Good Work Life balance and career Growth Opportunities,Number based company and matrix,More rationale in evaluating the Employee,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1527.htm
64830,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,good for the salary and bonuses,bad for working overtime as usual,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64831,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 13, 2015",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,More open-minded people required,"You're behind a tremendous brand and corporate muscle, a global brand that opens doors almost instantly when you say you work at Microsoft.","The culture is extremely US-centric, at times it feels people at Redmond HQs simply don't realise there's a whole world out there. Lack of global mind-set to handle employees is a heavy burden.","get out and see what's outside of the US, you'll be surprised there's (even more) intelligent life in other countries.",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64832,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Snr Finance Mgr,"good work life balance, opportunities for growth,","not best of the pay packages, still lacks agility",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64833,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company to work for,- Great work culture - Among the best paid jobs,- Work quality is average and fluctuates from project to project or team to team,"- Keep it live. Working on ""Old"" stuff should be minimized.",4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64834,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 13, 2015",Former Employee - Product Services Advisor,Good and bad,"Great team to work with, some free product and msdn membership. Great benefits combined with good pay.",Went from customer focused to sale focused. It's retail so work a lot of evenings and weekends. Very little training besides pk and sales training. Quite a lot of promises with no follow through.,"Staff need more support, need to really look at crm improvements and need to open communication between management and staff.",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64835,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 12, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,SOFTWARE ENGINEER,Freedom to take up side projects. Excellent treatment of employees,Too much of bureaucracy.,"Take complaints o gender discrimination, etc seriously.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64836,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,Needed more support,"Lots of friendly people, good working environment, etc",Found the management hard to communicate with,Listen to your staff!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64837,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A bit old fashioned,"Relaxed place to work and nice people, good pay and activities. Lots of opprtunity there.","Old fashioned and a bit stale, felt a bit like working in the civil service at times.","Bring in younger people, too many people there for too long, your competition is winning the race for talent",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64838,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Consultant,Very good company,"Team 200x was amazing, very talented people and lots of training opportunities, interesting projects.","Internal politics and competition, sometimes counter-productive, overall many great people worldwide are working or worked here.",Focus on team work,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64839,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Settle Down,"Lovely work culture, people care about you. Pays well and you do great work which might change the world",More enterprise oriented. Everything take lots of convincing and changes aren't accepted till you can make a really really strong case for the same.,More focus needed on consumer. Kill enterprise scenarios which impact workflow for a regular user,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1528.htm
64840,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Job Review,"Working at Microsoft has great positioning, the compensation is very competitive in the technology industry, the additional benefits are very interesting, and PFEs also get to travel.","Because this is a support role, work-life balance could be negatively impacted sometimes.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64841,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,About company,Good place to learn Excellent work environment Excellent company benefits,Work more hours other than regular working hours,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64842,microsoft,Nairobi (Kenya)," Oct 27, 2015",Former Employee - Partner Account Manager,Best Company Ever,"It’s was a good career development and move, rich in learning and experience, and the best time in work experience. Every experience in life is a lesson in its own way. I enjoyed every moment at Microsoft.","Perhaps I’ve been fortunate, but that I’ve never found myself bored with any job I have ever held. There was nothing in my prior position that I found overly difficult. I can’t think of anything of major consequence. I’ve always enjoyed hard work. As with actors who feel there are no small parts, I also believe that in every company or department there are exciting challenges and intriguing problems crying out for energetic and enthusiastic solutions. If you’re bored, it’s probably because you’re not challenging yourself to tackle those problems right under your nose.","You were very methodical and analytical, an approach that resulted in excellent performance. You were also thorough and tough-minded, the very qualities needed to build a strong team. Keep it up!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64843,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Researcher,Greatr company,Many. Lot of benefits and career growth path. Wonderful management and some very smart ppl to work with,Too much emphasis on what you are doing on daily basis,change the middle level manager and get them from the company itself,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64844,microsoft,Kiev (Ukraine)," Nov 10, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,You might expect more,"Cozzy and tech, nice office",Salary is not that good as it might be expected,You should pay more attention on subs,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64845,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft, Microsoft",Good employer. Strong benefits at the top end of the range of a US tech multinational,Tough in the field. Depressing to work for a company in such decline,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64846,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A bit old fashioned,"Relaxed place to work and nice people, good pay and activities. Lots of opprtunity there.","Old fashioned and a bit stale, felt a bit like working in the civil service at times.","Bring in younger people, too many people there for too long, your competition is winning the race for talent",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64847,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 9, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Review,Great company to work with. You can really learn a lot if you try hard enough,The pressure mounts a lot on you as you grow older in the system You can be forced to take a promotion which is not a part of your career plan just to survive,Need to be more transparent with the employees where careers are concerned,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64848,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working hard pays off,"Opportunity to work with among the best in IT, flexible work arrangements, great salary and benefits, learning & growth opportunities.",Re-orgs are common and frequent.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64849,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Services Manager,Senior Services Manager,Fantastic environment for creative smart people,Downsides of working outside of the corporate head office limits progression eventually. There is a brick wall.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1529.htm
64850,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,challenging,"- excited challenges, good opportunity of learning, work with talented people.","- people avoid to do things due to so many beauracracy,and control needed. the enviroment can be stresfull, few carrier opportunities if you are new in the company, high learning curve for onboard due to organization complexity.","Simplify, More transparency",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64851,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer at Microsoft,"team culture, work life balance","non free food, bad work in some teams",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64852,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 18, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Employee,Good Work Culture Good Benefits Employee Centric Career Counselling Competitive,Complicated Organization Structure Very High Expectations Nothing else worth mentioning,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64853,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - SWE,"Microsoft IT, Hyderabad","People at Microsoft are it's biggest asset. The team and manager were encouraging and helpful. Also, work culture is great and flexible.","You may find that your work wouldn't relate to your passion. Yet, you should make use of opportunities to pursue.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64854,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Business Development / Account Manager/Sales,"Excellent place to work, excellent work life balance",No comments on Microsoft please....................................................,No comments,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64855,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Excellence Specialist,Placement Year,Broad experience in various sectors of the company. Amazing networking and development opportunities,Will be dependant on the roles. Some can be repetitive.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64856,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,"Good work culture, good compensation","No transperancy on how internal positions are filled, internal positions are published as a formality.",nothing,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64857,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"nice staff, good food and environment. looking forward to working here for many years to come","could use better cleaning staff for the washrooms, and more office supplies to use",hire additional night staff to take on the complex tasks that may come up,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64858,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very Good,"Talented and smart people. You get to design and develop products which have a big impact, from thousands to millions or users.",Sometimes you have to face and work with unwilling groups which makes the collaboration harder to achieve more through teamwork,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64859,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Designer,Great place to earn good Money,Overall lack of transperent mangement,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1530.htm
64860,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Microsoft Student Partner (MSP),Intern,"Awesome work culture, great relevant work to data science, free food and lots more.",Not any as such now.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64861,microsoft,"Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)"," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Category Manager,CCG Office Category Manager,"Travel, good salary, good career progression opportunities",24/7 work - limited 'switching off' time,"Audit subsidiary compliance with HR ideas - e.g. only work in office 6 hours per week. US idea, does not always flow down to subsidiary level",4.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64862,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work culture,"Good work culture, good compensation","No transperancy on how internal positions are filled, internal positions are published as a formality.",nothing,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64863,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, but APJ has some issues","Having worked in both Redmond and APJ, I can say that the culture in Redmond is much better. More training, more competent people, less eager to trample you on their way up, and work-life balance in Redmond is just better.","More nose-to-the-grindstone in APJ, with less time for home, family. Obviously much more sales-driven in the region that at HQ, but this carries over to winning the sale at all costs, and little focus on selling what the customer actually needs.",Microsoft has not such a great reputation in the region. Spend more energy on bringing in the Redmond-based culture. Less focus on your scorecard and more emphasis on making the office a better place to work.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64864,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very Good,"Talented and smart people. You get to design and develop products which have a big impact, from thousands to millions or users.",Sometimes you have to face and work with unwilling groups which makes the collaboration harder to achieve more through teamwork,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64865,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Nov 5, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Director,"Very focused, teamwork, great place to work","Impersonal, Inside out, work-life balance issues",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64866,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"salary, high end technology, great environment",difficult to be a manager,be more open for employees wishes to move on,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64867,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Learn a lot, lots of patience from senior devs and you get a cool project to work on.","Redmond is not really exciting, but that's easily fixed by living in seattle and commuting to work.",No advice. Good experience.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64868,microsoft,"Chongqing, Chongqing (China)"," Oct 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,"Excellent Employer-Senior Consultant, Global Delivery",1. Excellent pay and bonus 2. Flexible work time 3. Encouragement to grow internally,Too much work pressure and lots of Travel depending on the engagement,"Please help get domain skills like Finance, Banking, HR, Pharma etc. This will help in large and complex deals",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64869,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Microsoft IT or Microsoft R&D review - DON'T JOIN,Great pay if you could negotiate Good brand name Inn your resume Good Benefits,"They don't work on cutting edge technology Management is worst compared to any other companies. You never know when would you lose your job. Microsoft can be your high paying temporary job. Hyderabad office is full of politics. I was interviewed by people who were technically moderate. I had fair idea after the interview that I will work with same kind of crowd which is in a third class support project. Work is non technical. Managers are just passing their time, you work in MSIT for more than a year believe me you will go 4 years back in terms of technical experience. Again, as I said job security is not there, you're on mercy of your manager, save money for your family while working. Who knows when will you get fired.  I don't recommend joining MSIT to anyone. Any job at MSIT is a high paying temporary job. Also, you will be technically decades behind the technology market once you join them.  I have experienced the worst in my life here. I pray no one should go through what on have gone through while working here.","Please listen to employees not managers Many of your managers are just sitting and ripping money. Train your employees, I have seen many people with more experience in terms of years of working there but less experience in terms of technical knowledge or experience.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1531.htm
64870,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,What you would expect from Microsoft,- Flexible hours - Great benefits,- Poor work life balance - Top down management leaves little room for creativity,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64871,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for hard working people,"Development options, nice place to work and atmosphere",work-life balance almost doesn't exist :-(,none,4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64872,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Nov 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"It is a challenging work place, where everybody is giving its best. You get to work remote or from the office.",The only thing I can think about is that it doesn't offer free food like other start ups are doing.,There should be more team building activity and there should be more vacation time. A nicer office should be found.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64873,microsoft,"Bristol, England (UK)"," Nov 3, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Senior Software Engineer,Good company. Many good perks. Working from home and good team.,Nokia purchase was the worst movement from Microsoft ever. Too political.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64874,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent and the Best.,Microsoft has the best management team and very professional petsonnels. To me Microsoft is the best among the best. Excellency and persecerance is their key.,"I can not find any downside of Microsoft not really a big deal to me. Many companies has its own ups and downs. But still Microsft is the best ever.Best management, best employees, and the best policies and systems.",Keep up the good and the best. Stay connected with employees and customers and dont forget God bove all.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64875,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Leader,Nice place to work if you like that sort of thing,"It was at the start of the Nadella turnaround, so lots of people who'd been there decades and all they talked about was the old days and many were reluctant to change. Even those that did want to change were hamstrung by the concrete poured on them from the US with the ""rhythm of business"" and lack of consultation from the US, and lack of respect from the US. Don't go to Microsoft if you want to make a difference, you will be squashed and bored before long. If you want to take it easy and ride the coattails of others' success then it might be the place for you.","You are not the centre of the universe, but your secretive and manipulative methods say otherwise.",3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64876,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Awesome company and colleagues to work with!,You get to learn from some amazing people and the impact that your role creates is just awesome. The work place is buzz'ed with passion!,"The performance review system looks unclear at the moment. Also, sometimes the current level/band can be decisive for the role that you aspire internally, but this may vary from one org to another","To keep the passion and inspiration going, you are doing great. Only suggestion would be to review the level/band based criteria for internal growths",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64877,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place To Work With,Great Place To Work With. Employee Oriented Company.,I could not think of any.,NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64878,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Oct 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stimulating but demanding,"Amazing if you love software and technology Great working environment Great people Interesting to be part of a successful, global brand Working hard to change under new CEO",Information overload If you work there a long time you can become blinkered to the rest of the world Sink or swim Process and bureacracy Legacy of the old Microsoft,Stop being so secretive Do what you claim you aspire to Give lower managers time to truly manage and grow people Stop being so ludicrously relentless on cost reduction in some areas while being wasteful in others,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64879,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Oct 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Great environment, flexibility and location.",No career evolution in lisbon,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1532.htm
64880,microsoft,none," Oct 29, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,MS,"In most of the divisions, its about the work life balance.","In my division, there's no balance. I've worked in other division as well and it was lot better in terms of the balance and the planning done by the management, way better.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64881,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,"Fantastic benefits, wonderful people, podssibilities to grow",some what competetive atmosphere in the office,Cannnot think of anything,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64882,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,softyware developer,"good environment high salary      ""Work-life balance is what you make it, always been fine for me"" (in 859 reviews)      ""You will work with some incredibly smart people""","lots of work to do   ""Work life balance can be very bad"" (in 552 reviews)      ""The performance review system is broken""",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64883,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Nov 20, 2015",Former Employee - Tss,TSS,you will learn at lot about microsoft products,worst work place environment ever,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64884,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Good Company,1. Work environment is good,1. Lots of other things needs to be done other than work,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64885,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"Nice offices, good selection of free food, very considerate in regard to business travel - accommodation, transport, safety, all good. Competitive salaries. Training opportunities - average.","Too many agencies and external contractors. Employees are not valued or looked after. Very hierarchical structure. Yearly reviews very subjective, unfair stack-ranking system so employees moral low.","Stop stack-ranking, allow people to be innovative.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64886,microsoft,Zürich (Switzerland)," Oct 28, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Specialist,Business Development Specialist,very interesting work in a company that is doing fantastic technical development. the current and upcoming technology is leading in this field.,non-sales roles in a sales organization are not rewarded. people are primarily seen as resources and not supported to grow personally,long-term view would help in achieving a sustainable business,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64887,microsoft,Tampere (Finland)," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,ex-Nokia,Largest SW company in the world. If you like Microsoft as a brand and Microsoft products come here and make those products even berret. There are huge number of open postisions internally abroad so if you wan't move on your career it's up to you.,Merge working Microsoft way still ongoing. Ex-Nokia site's working on Lumia products are still chained by (bad) Nokia way of working managers.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64888,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Still Watching,"Freedom of inner transfer. As a new hire, you can even be allowed to change groups.",I'm not in HQ but China. There seems to be something unclear coming to cooperation across countries. Documents in the company are not so good. Resources are divided differently among different departments.,Stress on documentation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64889,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,PAM,Good name to have on resume,Sales team mangers were incompetent,Be more diligent in having managers who motivate and are ethical,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1533.htm
64890,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Career development is top notch. You can transfer between roles or move to different teams throughout your career to try out different areas. Paternity and Maternity benefits are improving.,Make sure you pick the right team. Different cultures across the organization. Find one that fits you.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64891,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of Operations,"Good Branding, Good CEO with the right ideas and steering the company's direction. Getting to use all the best productivity software that the company makes. Decent benefits for employees in Asia comparatively to similar companies in the region.","Punishing work culture, work-life balance does not exist. Too much emphasis on going for only high impact visibility that discounted the importance of the needful to be done that keeps the engines running, thus Performance reviews are subjective, based on what you had on your current portfolio given by manager. Diluted customer focus. Changes in organisational structure are too fast and too unmanaged.","Have proper change management in place. Also, practise empathetic leadership, biases should have no place in the management level.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64892,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SPM,Great organization to work for,Roadmap not very clear as of now,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64893,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager assistant,Microsoft is an inspiring and motivated environment in which to build on valuable skills and extend my own personal interests.,A busy and fast paced job which requires dedication and the ability to focus on all detail in long tedious tasks,Arrange and hold more weekly meetings in which members can vocalise any concerns they may hold and therefore release and not stress over,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64894,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Oct 26, 2015",Current Employee - Project,good,gain more knowledge and good environment,i dont think any negative point,managment is well and good,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64895,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Sourcing Manager,"Great place to work, good environment",I had not enough time to judge the company,NA,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64896,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,Best Tech Company to work with and grow your career with. Various opportunities if you have a will to invest your time and energy.,Numbers oriented. Numbers oriented. Numbers oriented. Numbers oriented. Numbers oriented. Numbers oriented. Numbers oriented. Numbers oriented.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64897,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Microsoft nice place to work,Good pay package Respect Facilities Employee friendly policy Technical growth,Nothing much negative to talk about the company,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64898,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experiece,best life ever i mean 9 lakhs per anum plus subsidaries what else do you want,none really it was truly an amazing experience working in this company,you the best,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64899,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft,"Work was good and interesting Work culture was nice and helpful Lot of incentives like outings, parties, etc were held for the employees.","- Many a times we ha to come on weekends, planning could have been better.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1534.htm
64900,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,Some great people to work with.,Missed opportunities during the last decade.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64901,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Luck - be wise with your decision.,"The salary is good, better than most companies. But that comes at a cost! Don't kid yourself, there's no work-life balance. they say you'll travel up to 70%, but that's a joke. You'll be lucky if you're ever home.","Review process horribly arduous, pathetic level of business acumen, managers are uneducated, no business degrees or MBAs, surprised Microsoft has become what it is to date. However, they build on the backs of those that do work. How Bill Gates managed to steal an OS from another and sell it as his own work is indicative of how Microsoft operates. I can see this turning into another Nortel story in the next two years. Learn the definition of Machiavellianism. If that's what you're like, you'll do well at this company.",Get educated!,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64902,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,best for persons who wish to have good work life balance,not so good for young graduates,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64903,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,QA Tester,Very friendly and high scope for learning.,Not much technical work for support engineers,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64904,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test Intern,SDET Intern Review,Great Team - I could easily connect with the team members and everybody would help,Getting started might take more time than expected.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64905,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 8, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Developer,Great Experience,Great working environment and nice to work here,there are no cons as such,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64906,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Sales,Great Company,Very Smart people to work with.,Politics is very important to be successful.,Try to make divisions work together and not compete.,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64907,microsoft,Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)," Oct 19, 2015",Current Employee - Product Management Director,Microsoft VN is just a family company.,- Good Facilities - Good Office Environment. - Good Brand - Working time flexible.,You must take care your boss like your father. young worker doesn't have respect from older.,"Change it , works like a ""REAL"" global company.",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64908,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,Great teaming...great salary...good people...great culture,Nothing really negative to say other than I wish we all had Surface Pro's,Keep it the great work,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64909,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Oct 17, 2015",Current Employee - Talent Acquisition Manager,Talent Acquisition,"Innovation, ability to make an impact, work with great people, excellent benefits, intercompany career mobility, challenging environment that brings the best out of you.","High expectations can be met, but how you organize yourself to meet then is crucial for work-life balance. It's easy to get trapped into working long hours.",Keep up the transformational efforts and do not forget how MS started. Having entrepreneurial spirit inside the corporation is possible.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1535.htm
64910,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company!,Amazing growth opportunities Free gym and cupcakes,Office far from city centre in Dublin,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64911,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Good work life balance with ample flexibility. The organisations respects every individual and trusts them from day one, unless one screws it themselves. Good pay scale compared to other IT companies and on par with product based companies. Global work culture with good benefits and leaves.",Too slow in implementing changes. Very outdated in terms of using technology for internal processes and operations. Takes too much time to bring in a change which requires buy in from multiple stakeholders.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64912,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Oct 2, 2015",Former Employee - Attorney,Great company to work at,"Good work life balance with ample flexibility. The organisations respects every individual and trusts them from day one, unless one screws it themselves. Good pay scale compared to other IT companies and on par with product based companies. Global work culture with good benefits and leaves.",Too slow in implementing changes. Very outdated in terms of using technology for internal processes and operations. Takes too much time to bring in a change which requires buy in from multiple stakeholders.,"Think outside of Redmond and increase being non-Redmond centric in your approach. US is no longer the primary market for your products, so think globally. U have great innovations, however you fail to bring them to market at right time. Your sales and marketing team need to reinvent themselves.",5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64913,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Oct 15, 2015",Former Employee - Inside Sales,Good company but get direct contract,"Benefits, brand, people, location/campus. Satya is shaking things up for the better. Some really cool products","KPI's - would be much more effective if they were more outcome driven. Also, middle management should invest more time in people. Get a direct contract rather than through an agency. Contractors are treated like dirt even through they do the same jobs...",Work with your teams to set personal goals. This would encourage people to go that step further rather than just staying in their comfort zones.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64914,microsoft,Paris (France)," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Enterprise Marketing,Great internship experience,"Great corporate culture and rather falt management for such a big organization. I could get a deep dive into the strategy and that led me to work on various different subjects. The management really made me feel I was part of the team. Feedback and direct interaction is key, almost always in a good atmosphere. Awesome benefits.","Heavy and long processes, loss of information due to the complex organization, best practices and knowledge is not sufficiently well transmitted.",Keep the good informal atmosphere.Take the time to explain the processes and tools so you can delegate responsibilities.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64915,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Category Manager,"Flexibility, Empowerment, Respect, Innovation, Work and Life Balance, Opportunities to grow, investment in readiness and training, investment in talent, opportunity to work with other cultures","Very centralized in Corp, lack of process and systems, too much operational work, lack of agility to answer to customer needs, lack of flexibility to customize offers",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64916,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Oct 12, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Director,Microsoft review,Super exciting work at top level. Intelligent people,Workload is very for very long periods,Reduce complexity - many processes seems over engineered.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64917,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good in the old days,Great company to have on your CV Good skills development,You are just a number A lot of weak managers US management don't rate or care about employees in other countries,Find a soul when dealing with employees,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64918,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,"Good work culture, opportunities to grow in same org, helpful people, xbox room and badminton court, windows phone and tablets gifted to employees","night shifts, opportunity to move across to different orgs internally is tough",Encourage employees to move internally across the entire company in different roles,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64919,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Account Manager,Career consolidation. Market Experience Technological side of business Business Trends Learning in change,"No visibility, no career perspectives, gap between junior ad senior virtues.",Change HR policies,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1536.htm
64920,microsoft,Paris (France)," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Enterprise Marketing,Great internship experience,"Great corporate culture and rather falt management for such a big organization. I could get a deep dive into the strategy and that led me to work on various different subjects. The management really made me feel I was part of the team. Feedback and direct interaction is key, almost always in a good atmosphere. Awesome benefits.","Heavy and long processes, loss of information due to the complex organization, best practices and knowledge is not sufficiently well transmitted.",Keep the good informal atmosphere.Take the time to explain the processes and tools so you can delegate responsibilities.,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64921,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,Flexibility Competitive pay Good perks Nice culture Wide variety of teams,WLB could be better Work on MS related technologies Aggressive schedules Vendor Management Weekend Support,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64922,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 25, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,intern,"Great opportunities, great staff, the work is interesting and challenging, would have loved to stay a lot longer","Too be honest I can't really fault anything there, I enjoyed my time so much, only thing I would have liked is more training",I think management is doing a good job in the main though an odd person might disagree. Keep up the good work,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64923,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,"Good work culture, opportunities to grow in same org, helpful people, xbox room and badminton court, windows phone and tablets gifted to employees","night shifts, opportunity to move across to different orgs internally is tough",Encourage employees to move internally across the entire company in different roles,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64924,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Account Manager,Career consolidation. Market Experience Technological side of business Business Trends Learning in change,"No visibility, no career perspectives, gap between junior ad senior virtues.",Change HR policies,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64925,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer Intern,"Wonderful co-workers, good environment, it's good place to learn, share and make friends. Many good lectures given by professors from all over the world",The activity may be less and the talk with you and the mentor is less. And maybe it's too short for only 3 months intern.,I think microsoft is a very good company and has lots of wonderful engineers. And the environment is very good with free fruit and juices.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64926,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Was great & getting better,The real opportunity to change the world for better Great enterprise customer entry Great products (now) Great senior leadership (now) Working flexibility & style,"Big company, slow moving Middle management needs improvement Subs need more local vision",Embrace change,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64927,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," Oct 14, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Don't work for the Hungarian office,Fancy name in your CV Flexible working hours You can be on home office as much as you want No overtime,"Crappiest HR I have ever seen (can't write a contract and wont correct mistakes, ""forgets"" about things and people, documents go ""missing"" or ""lost""...) Upper management doesn't know what it's doing, one day they announce a new project, the other day they announce another one that nullifies or goes against the previous one. They have unrealistic expectations and can change their mind on the fly without notifying you, but expect you to go along with them. Teams also don't know about each other and what they're doing, there's a lot of overlap, practically no communication. There are no good training or carrier opportunities in Budapest. The whole company just seems to be a big disaster from here, no insight, just a big chaos.","Get a grip of the reality and invest more in employees. A lot more communication is needed, not about ""great"" achievements but what teams are working on, what's the expected future, where are we headed. A lot more training opportunities is expected from a giant company like Microsoft, and for the love of God terminate your contract with TATA Consulting, this is a software company, why are we outsourcing IT??",2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64928,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best Work Environment,best work environment good people smart colleagues,Not many cons. The Hr is not transaprent,Kindly let the interns know of their results asap.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64929,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Engineer in Test,It's a very nice place to start my place. People are nice to new hire even though you are fresh to everything.,It is a huge corporation that the process sometimes might be longer than your estimination.,A quicker process is important in the current Internet enviorment. Microsoft will be better to improve this,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1537.htm
64930,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,"Excellent place to work, smart people.",Nothing I can think of,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64931,microsoft,"Salo, Western Finland (Finland)"," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Engineer,Microsoft Mobile Finland,Good benefits (bonus and stock every year unless you do something really bad) Salary is good but not the best in the market. Anyway other benefits make it better.,If you are in a department that does not bring profit soon enough you are free cattle. But you should anyway think you are enterpreuner even when you are not. You have to earn your position every year at least here.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64932,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Market Intelligence Manager,The best employer.,"Excellent people, interesting and challenging work, a friendly atmoshere. The company constantly offers you an opprtunity to learn new business and technology.",Working for a big company has its downsides. Sometimes it takes a while for a company to start a new project.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64933,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Support Engineer,"great atmosphere, good people and good compensation.",hard to progress your career development. enterprise policies,spend more time in thinking about your hard working long time engineers,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64934,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Innovative work environment, strong workforce, flexible times, freedom to innovate things...",nothing much..may be little work life balance...,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64935,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 6, 2015",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,Best Practice HR,"Cutting edge HR practices (flexible work, diversity, employee trust) Real focus on employee development",A little insular (so focused on its own success)\ Uber-cautious when it comes to business risk,Bring the customer closer to rank and file employees. It often felt like working in an Ivory Tower. Try less conventional partnerships to increase market presence,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64936,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,research,connected to the hive-mind global products,having to figure out your own vision constantly,be leaders!,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64937,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2015",Former Employee - PM Intern,Program Manager Intern,"* I loved my team, they helped my grow and learn as an intern * Get to experience lots of different aspect of the program management roll",* Your experience is very team based. Different team will have different experiences. * No free food * Culture can be very bureaucratic.,Give interns interesting projects! But also structure the work. As a new employee it can be hard to understand what to do and how to do it.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64938,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2015",Former Employee - Consultant,Overall great experience,"Great company culture, globally. Everything follows a process, which is logical and gets improved with time. Access to the unlimited resources including own technologies Brand itself","Some teams, especially in Hyderabad can get influenced by local politics.",Try to always follow the culture which the company is known for. Do not get influenced by selected folks and nurture the hidden talents.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64939,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer II,Very innovative. Top of the line technology,Not enough work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1538.htm
64940,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Excellent company where you will find very talented and open-minded people.,Restructuring and reorganizing are very often.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64941,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,I hope it will get better over time,- Competitive salary and benefit package - Free fruit - Very nice and smart colleagues - Ability to use some Open Source software like jQuery and knockout - The idea of volunteering is nice,"- The first month is a big hassle of getting network access and filling out endless HR forms. If you ask the HR person a question, they simply ask you to submit a question to the HR intranet website. Coming from smaller companies, I really miss a personal touch. - We are asked to work weekends and evenings, however, no laptop is provided and VPN is blocked from my home computer unless I upgrade to Windows 10 Professional. The no laptop policy will be reversed in 2 months, so I'll have to deal with it for a while longer. - As a group of new employees we were thrown into a big deadline while taking over a project from another team. So, we have to learn a great deal from the other team while working extremely hard to make the deadline. The past 2 months were easily the most stressful of my career. - Even while working super hard, the end result is not that great because the partner teams are equally stressed and it's too easy to make mistakes in such an atmosphere. - Only one 1x1 meeting so far.",Encourage your managers to care as much about their employees as about results. Pushing too hard rarely gets you the best results.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64942,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,learn a lot. salary is good. ppl are nice and tech strong. office is good.,sometimes too focus on work.,improve work life balance,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64943,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSP,you get exposure to a lot of technologies.,"you have to be in an environment that works with you, otherwise you are alone.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64944,microsoft,"Northampton, England (UK)"," Sep 18, 2015",Current Employee - Financial Consultant Adviser,Good Points,An absolutely very Good Business,None that I can think of,keep going,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64945,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company!,The biggest software company in the world,Every thing is ok .,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64946,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great Place,Get to work with some of the best minds in the world,They are catching up in the web service world late in the game.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64947,microsoft,Paris (France)," Oct 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Good package, smart people, interesting jobs and technologies. You Can work home if You need. Plenty of ressources to leverage.","As all subsidiaires dependency on others decisions not always adapted on French market. Too much looking inside and siloed organisation. Some middle managers are not up to the task. You should consider yourself on CDD and always have ""B"" plan even if FTE. Internal evolution is very difficult.",Change the rating system and stop micromanaging people. Look further than the end of current quarter results. Look at real customer needs instead of selling what you have. Release some pressure on people you Will get more motivation. Stop promoting politicians and look at real impact of your troops within customers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64948,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,Good company for campus hire. There's a culture to help everyone's growth. The new CEO provides a promising vision and opportunity for the company.,Lack of start-up spirit. Many people choose to have a stable career rather than a risky but potentially very successful approach. Risk-taking is still not a culture in the company.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64949,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good to work in big product company,- A well established with huge customer base -Packge is very good,-Not much team work -need to support newer ideas,Work on adopting younger generation apart form your legacy employees,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1539.htm
64950,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2015",Former Employee - Head of Supply Chain,Good to work for,"global exposure, good compensations, diversity","employment stability, internal politics, unhealthy competition",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64951,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Middle Management,"Good pay and rich benefits, nice workenvironment, smart people,",usual MNC day to day frustrations (Managible for many),"Having more fair view on who's returning divident on investments, when it comes to deciding the resource allocation. If there are regions that continues to turn ZERO divident on investmnents after 5 years of intensive resource allocation, then it may be you are putting your money into wrong place.",5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64952,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Sep 30, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Mgr,"Great Company, fab cplleagues, great reputation","Scorecard metrics, interal politics, chasing quaterly Nasdaq goals",Act on ESI surveys,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64953,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Organisation undergoing massive Restructure,"Working with best minds. Benefits, Training.",Organisation is direction less. massive restructuring.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64954,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer,- Empowerment to employees - Living the company values - Investment in Employee development - Great products,- Work Life Balance is a challenge - Too much analysis driven culture - need right balance,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64955,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work environment and reporting manager pressure,- Pride of working at Microsoft - Gets chance to work on new and emerging Microsoft technologies - Work with great minds in industry,"- Design complex and technical architecture which at times fail - War room culture - Everyone tries to smarter than other, to win Manager's trust and rating - Screwed Work Life balance if you want good rapo in organization - Screw professional appraisal rating if you try to have fair Work Life balance","- Please don't overburn employees at war room - Have realistic deadlines based on project planning, and not by fixing the launch date - Give fair chance to everyone and not just ones who Manager likes",4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64956,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good culture..!,Good work culture. nice environment,can't think so any cons for the company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64957,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a bad place to work,Good benefits for employees. Good work environment.,Mobile offices had pros and cons.,Better communication with employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64958,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 28, 2015",Former Employee - Global Senior Ops Account Manager/Team Lead,Commercial Operations,"Great company/environment when I started, very collaborative and partner/customer focused.",Too much focus on internal stakeholders.,"Focus on employees, customers and partners. These are what makes Microsoft successful, treat them as your customers.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64959,microsoft,Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)," Sep 30, 2015",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Partner Account Manager,Good to learn via challenges,Fair in compensation in term of salary and incentive,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1540.htm
64960,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good pay fun environment and good people enjoy my job and I love all the friends I made here at Microsoft,The work is sometimes challenging I think some people ask a bit much of the workers and don't allow them to be the best at what they do and not what the company wants them to do,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64961,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Employer,- Empowerment to employees - Living the company values - Investment in Employee development - Great products,- Work Life Balance is a challenge - Too much analysis driven culture - need right balance,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64962,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 27, 2015",Current Employee - Audience Manager,Review of my experience in Microsoft,"Working in Microsoft, one is exposed to a diverse group of folks with different backgrounds and experiences. The company offers a degree of flexibility in work arrangement, which is beneficial to a mature workforce. There is large emphasis on impact of deliverables and how it is achieved.","As with a number of places, a large degree of support comes from the manager and his/her leadership style. Despite the degree of flexibility available, work is hectic due to high workload - work / life balance is a consistent challenging topic year over year.",Keep up the good work!,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64963,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 28, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Truely transforming,Microsoft are truly going through a transformation! It's a great time to be a part of it and you can really feel it across the organisation,You need to understand how to work in a matrix environment,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64964,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2015",Former Employee - Developer-intern,Waste,Nothing apart from a cool campus where you don't have time at all,Total waste organization Not suitable for youngsters/freshers poor work life balance,resign as soon as possible!,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64965,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,internship,great work had a good time,would like to work with it,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64966,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 26, 2015",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,Always have a backup offer in hand while working with Microsoft,"Microsoft is a great place to be, for its work culture, diversity and quality of work.","Very dynamic environment , you need to keep updating yourself, being flexible and always have backup offer, anything can happen here.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64967,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager 2,Azure is hot department these days.,Windows phone engineering looks bad.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64968,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Research Developer,"Microsoft is a very good place to work, the cafeteria has provide different and delicious food everyday. People there are nice and there are many activities there for you to choose. The life is good there.",The food is very expensive. It is a very big company so it's really hard to get to a higher level.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64969,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Work-Life Balance,It has a nice working environment. People are helpful and supportive.,They don't push you enough.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1541.htm
64970,microsoft,Brisbane (Australia)," Sep 24, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Architect,Understand the Customer,You truly have the power to change the world.,"Get rid of the useless middle management who are disengaged from the customer, leadership and the employees demanding money and quota achievement above all. It was seriously challenging having a person not understanding technology business benefits over sales numbers without value......",Get rid of the glass ceiling and promote talent over stalwarts moving around offering software audits as successful customer engagement.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64971,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Sep 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Officer,Good!,Nice and Good environment to work,"Politics, politics and Politics Nice",Remove Politics,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64972,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 16, 2015",Current Employee - Data Scientist,Great data and advanced technologies,Working with truly big datasets and ability to use advanced techniques Cutting edge database/stats tools Relaxed environment with no deadlines and pressure,"slow-paced, no clear objectives and not goal-oriented - may feel more like a uni environment than a real work multiple teams doing the same tasks - which leads to internal competition and politics rather than focusing on external clients too many layers of management most project don't lead to any noticeable impact and don't align with company strategy - the emphasis is on 'PR' aspect to make the manager/team look good (you spend far more time on presenting/ improving the power point slides than actual analysis or work)","Sack 75% of employees above junior level, especially the ones with long Microsoft tenure, decrease number of teams to reduce the overlap, focus on clear, measurable goals",3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64973,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 23, 2015",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Great place to work,"Good managers, good environment, knowledge","Lack of opportunities to grow (because of the economic crisis), work-life balance doesn't exist",Don't send urgent e-mails at night,3.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64974,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Administrative Manager,"Great culture, great people","Amazing colleagues, environment, culture. Regular performance reviews, fair pay rise, great salary package and career growth opportunities. Totally enjoyed my work there.","No cons at all, everything was good",No advice,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64975,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good place to work,"People, technology, teamwork, flexibility work from home",MSFT driven by use of dashboards,na,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64976,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job,"Good bosses, environment. I had a good time here.",I liked working here. I'd recommend it.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64977,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,IT SDE 2,Really great company to work for.,Too many process changes and too quickly.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64978,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Sep 21, 2015",Current Employee - OEM Reseller Lead,Reseller Lead,continuous innovation in organization movement to cloud is taking momentum,rating system subject to bias rating based on perception not actual accomplishments,review employees based on work done and not your perception of t,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64979,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,"- Good compensation and salary - plenty of resources and access to knowledge or understanding the industry trend - people in general are collaborative, everything has process - Satya is bringing fresh air in, good luck and still need lots of house cleaning","- tons of politics (which is normal for any MNC), not so much about the actual result but more in positioning and knowing people - lost its root with developers/techies, some people tend to be business - selling to customer comes second, most importantly is to fulfill all internal extra curriculum - peanut butter management style - same stuff spread across all organization - water mellon effect - for kpi that shows green on the outside but inside is red - need to be smart maneuver it as certain roles are doomed at the beginning","- still has lots of mid layer fats with people doing inspection and harassing field people rather than supporting or leading it, - hope things are better but it used to self expand to a level to expect to be good in every single category and win everything - quite a huge distortion field - pay attention to the field, listen to your customer",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1542.htm
64980,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 6, 2015",Former Employee - Group Manager,Employee Choice,Great people great work environment!,Few bureaucrats who are the black sheeps spoil the environment.,Be unbiased to people performance and rewards.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64981,microsoft,"Fleet, South East England, England (UK)"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft UK.,"Work / Life balance is taken seriously with investments in career progression and personal development. Great benefits package including onsite medical, child and health facilities.","Whilst broadly Microsoft is a fantastic place to work, a new starter must accept they will be part of a large complex organisation which can lead to an onerous amount of internally driven reporting and reviews.","Accelerate the cultural changes which a being instilled by Satya. Strive to become more agile and more focussed on customer impact, rather than internal KPI updates.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64982,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Loved it!,"Good and challenging work, with a lot of flexibility to change teams.",Poor work-life balance in some teams.,The center lacks stability.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64983,microsoft,Algiers (Algeria)," Sep 20, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Microsoft From Inside,Impacting People and Business Innovation Legal Maturity Sales Process Training Cloud Salary Commission Established Brand People celebrated Enterprise Agreement Licensing Creativity,"Metric oriented , game biaised by managers. Scorecard impacts management , the way people are promoted Reporting and overanalyzing. Regularisation discussions , lack of disruptive innovation Customer upset from surveys , account planing Marketing kids mentality",I would suggest to avoid haracing Customer of customers Survey to finally ignore comments and obei only the internal constraints. Pushing for Cloud then look after consumption is also not healthy,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64984,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great company but the flexibility is a double edge sword,It's a friendly company with exciting products and the sense of pride in what the company offers can be felt at all levels of the organisation. Employees are treated like grown ups - there is no presenteeism culture.,"The pace is absolutely relentless - although there is masses of flexibility in terms of where you work it means that you are ""always on"". Everyone I knew routinely worked evenings and weekends to get the job done. Although working patterns are flexible, there are little to no part time opportunities. Everything is scorecard driven and there is heavy pressure on managers to manage out a proportion of staff each year which drives the wrong behaviours in many cases. More and more heads are being cut but the work doesn't go anywhere which means people are just expected to take on more.",Create a scorecard which measures the behaviours you're trying to drive rather than the number.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64985,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Microsoft at Beijing,Nice environment and good benefits.,Too much flow work and not quite state-in-art tech.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64986,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,company needs to revamp enthusiasm,"Good salary, very good benefits, excepcional flexibility, you can make your own decissions","Atmosphere needs improvement, changing from innovation+passion driven to pure burocracy and ""I just want to keep my job""",The situations and culture in certain subsidiaries needs improvement,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64987,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 19, 2015",Current Employee - MarComms Manager,Life at Microsoft Lumia,"Excellent company benefits, such as bonuses, share opportunities, innovative and dynamic working environment.","Lack of diversity in Senior Leadership teams from women and other minority groups. Difficult work life balance for Lumia division with continuous yearly redundancies, creating a very strained working environment.",More work must be done to ensure greater diversity across all levels of the organisation,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64988,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,bcos it's amazing and there is interesting work for me,it gives more money and i belong to a low class family so i need money,no advise,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64989,microsoft,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,services,work life balance - good exposure,unstable long term strategy on the field,on your own,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1543.htm
64990,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good perks , lot of work","Flex working hours , good perks , good office , decent work. More oriented towards result . Moving to US is major advantage",Some managers only do politics. The whole aim is to identify candidate for low rating and whatever you do they will say sorry . If you made in good books its very nice otherwise ...,Look around office politics especially in India Visual studio team ..,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
64991,microsoft,"Northampton, England (UK)"," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Terrority SalesAmbassador,Fun job and great team,"Very flexible, fun changing role",low pay and no healthcare,give healthcare,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
64992,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,To join or not to join,"No Micro Managerment, Global Company with opportunity to re-locate, Diversity in roles, business types (incubation - mature business), change of leadership and renewed energy.","Needs to re-align with market pay, Needs to get the right balance between layers of management, empowerment of individuals and operational efficiency.","I hear great things about the new direction, leadership and energy from those within the company.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
64993,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Consultant,Consultant,"Very good company, flexible work style. Best company to work for.",Sometimes hard to get connected to team at off-site.,Nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
64994,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"Many things to learn, many opportunities developing people. Microsoft was a great experience.","Too many KPI, scorecard, strategic products,... marketing driven Company, and very political on Director level.",Try to understand what is a sales rol. Recognition to real key contributor (not political contributor) is mising.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
64995,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager II,Brand name and an opportunity to work cutting edge technologies at a large scale.,"Very difficult to survive if your relationship with manager is not got, other options are literally nil.","Eliminate the fear of job loss and lack of opportunity to switch jobs/positions across boundaries without a very strong relationship/rapport with hiring manager. Create appropriate tiered control escalation, encourage 2 Up manager level 1:1 to transparently judge employee and manager rather than solely dependent on employees manager.",3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
64996,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - OEM Channel Executive,OEM Channel Executive,Awesome place to be. Very smart people. Proud to work at Microsoft.,New to company and a lot of processes to learn.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
64997,microsoft,Almaty (Kazakhstan)," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Microsoft,"Big International Company experience, interesting IT projects, good internal readiness system (online trainings)","Bureaucracy, planning framework – 1 year only, staff changing, official salaries level – medium on the industry",More long-term planning,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
64998,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Specialist,"Good work life balance, good benefits, home working.","Not really, maybe only negative thing was the open office workspace.",-,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
64999,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director Business Intelligence,Great company forward thinking lot of talented staff,Heavy workload lots of people,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1544.htm
65000,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Account Manager,Vendor role,"Great career progression, lots of travel opportunities, nice pay. The company genuinely focuses on how to make you better at your role",Being a vendor means you are typically frowned upon in comparison to other employees that have the *blue Badge*. Ultimately you have to pick what you want - title or salary Lots of politics internally.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65001,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Information Technology,"Flexibility, good salary, always working with update technology,",there are no cons to report,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65002,microsoft,Zürich (Switzerland)," Sep 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company on the move,"Microsoft is a great company with great people, great products, great and interesting Jobs and has an open and collaborative culture. Currently they are undergoing quite a big change as they are opening up and have a big focus on the cloud. With the innovation and research power the company is always at the forefront of technology. People wanting to work at Microsoft need to be willing to work in an entrepreneurial way as there is a high emphasis on Management by objectives so there is quite a big freedom of how you do your tasks. What counts are the achievements and meeting the defined scorecards and budgets. Rewards and compensation are quite good although - revenue - target setting - like in other big global companies usually can be little influenced can be little influenced so whether you meet your goal, overachieve it or stay below is often somehow by hasard.",In Microsoft internal controls and compliance are quite important slowing down decision processes or the speed of serving customers. (Eg. Inviting customers to a normal lunch and pay for it is already - depending on the customer - not possible.),Within MS you are expected to change job every 3-4 years. This is great for employees as they can build up a broad experience in different functional areas. However if you want to build a trusted advisor role in big (Global) accounts a time period of 3-4 years is too short as account teams really start to understand big customers and have a comprehensive network after 2-3 years. So I suggest to leave account teams longer in their roles.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65003,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to work for with great opportunities,Great Projects and career opportunities,Technology domain is limited but they had a strategy to increase it like focusing on open-source technologies,Improve the employee satisfaction level,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65004,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good overall,Great people and great culture,Very large org so it is difficult to measure your impact,Stay the course,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65005,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 13, 2015",Current Employee - Project Manager,Project Manager,"Good balance between work and life, Benefit and pay are in compatible level on market. Some technical area are leading in the word, could learn new stuffs.","Company is on transition phase, fully depends on how CEO steer the Big Ship. As it is BIG company, a lot of bureaucracy could be observed all over the company.","Cut down on going services, and focus on the real direction you want to do. Small Ship runs faster than Big Ship.",4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65006,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresher's perspective,"It a good place to work as an SDE, especially when you're a fresher. You'll feel great with the work, culture, campus etc.","After a while, you'll regret the lack of any real innovation happening in the India offices. Many people get sucked into staying, beware of that.","Should be more sincere towards implementing their innovation, open-door etc policies. They are hiring too fast, talent levels get compromised.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65007,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,MSFT - not perfect but fair place for SE.,Best place to work in Serbia as Software Engineer,Some managers are really below Microsoft Standards.,Hire more experienced managers.,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65008,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,nice people,"nice people & nice work environments, good work& life balance,","compensation not competitive enough, projects not technical challenge enough,",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65009,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 12, 2015",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,Going through some big changes... wait and see!,"Well known brand, friendly people, nice offices, some good new initiatives to improve the culture.",Been through several big changes recently and no one quite sure of how things have landed. A lot of people have to get involved for a simple request/ unclear processes. A lack of support between different teams.,"Encourage cooperation between teams, make processes more streamlined, listen to ideas from those lower down.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1545.htm
65010,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fresher's perspective,"It a good place to work as an SDE, especially when you're a fresher. You'll feel great with the work, culture, campus etc.","After a while, you'll regret the lack of any real innovation happening in the India offices. Many people get sucked into staying, beware of that.","Should be more sincere towards implementing their innovation, open-door etc policies. They are hiring too fast, talent levels get compromised.",3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65011,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analyst,"global company, full of opportunities to learn","too big, bureaucracy, culture, attitude",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65012,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 28, 2015",Current Employee - Business Manager,Business Manager,An increadible school business. Work at Microsoft is a big challange. Fast business development in all areas and a huge capacity to achieve outstanding results.,In fact there are no CONS regarding to this company. There you have all the knowledge and instruments to develop a great work with an increadible team.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65013,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good,one of the best company and great working environment,no cons at all for this great company.,no advice it is already great,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65014,microsoft,none," Aug 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,Very good at identifying if you have potential,Sometimes it can get very demanding,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65015,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Microsoft GD,"Great benefits, Flexible work timings, You can work from home when needed They have removed stack ranking which is good",MSGD has lower levels compared to MSIT and MS IDC,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65016,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Sales Executive,Working with great partners and great technologies,Not well understood or appreciated role by internal teams,Recognize the real value of partners in the sales ecosystem and re-position the PSE role accordingly,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65017,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director,"Global Experience, Huge scale projects, many opportunities within company","Political, lots of legacy people, difficult to change historical practices and act on new ideas",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65018,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Nice Culture,Great people,Work life balance",No Cons as such working here,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65019,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Sep 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE),microsoft review,"not high pressure, work balance, people are all very smart","big and old style company, unfriendly to open source",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1546.htm
65020,microsoft,"Lima, Lima Region (Peru)"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Excellence,Career maby not,"Flexible, salary and benefits, locations, offices, great for resume","Career not in your hands, vendor you better leave and then come back. They value more people out of the company than the ones they have in house.",Take leadership capacitations,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65021,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineering Lead,Software Engineering Lead,Very Good Company with long vision.,There is no cons as we are emerging into best software company in the world.,Keep up the Good Work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65022,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great Place to work and grow,Great place to work challenging projects and deliverables constant learning,learn faster than the rest of the world sometimes too fast breadth and depth to be maintained.,"Keep up good work, should adapt faster",5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65023,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,review,"Lots of opportunities. Diverse areas, Job rotation",not much except for issues with any big company,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65024,microsoft,"Caracas, Capital District (Venezuela)"," Sep 8, 2015",Current Employee - IT Service Delivery Manager,Services Delivery Manager,"The company where the employees has a lot of Benefits, maybe un this moment is different for Venezuela","Difficult to change the job in other country, and maybe the LATAM headquarter is no good.",Think a little more about the promotions,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65025,microsoft,"Lima, Lima Region (Peru)"," Sep 9, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Excellence,Big NO NO if Vendor,"Very flexible, manage your time, good salary. Important brand will help to stand out.",Managerial and +10 year leads think of them as know it all. If vendor they will consider you as a second class worker. Will look for outside talent instead of developing the work force. Takes to many years to grow as a professional,Take leadership courses,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65026,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,Good Company,"Great work culture, training opportunities,","Always work pressure, no good work life balance",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65027,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great Company - Poor Management,Great Benefits - Challenging work,"Long Hours , Politics , Really Ineffective HR",Stop the culture of neopotisiom,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65028,microsoft,"Néa Smírni, Thessaly (Greece)"," Sep 27, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nothing but regrets...,"If you're young, this could be a half decent place to begin your career -providing of course you don't hang around for too long.",Just another corporation with lots of toxic competitiveness taking place.,It's not too late to quit!,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65029,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SMS&P,"Fast moving, demanding and professional organization. Colleagues are generally very capable, with a positive attitude and collaborative. Microsoft hires good people. Role rotation every few years keeps the job interesting and provides for a broader, more well-rounded employee. A great place to work.",Time commitments are considerable and if you are in a regional role expect to spend time away from home. The company competes across many product areas resulting in a matrix organization chart that can be overwhelming. There is a considerable amount of time and resources devoted to reporting internally. The job rotation every few years can be a distraction for customers and partners.,"Provide opportunities for the local employees within the subsidiaries. Microsoft is one of the few companies in Asia where business leaders in the country markets are not locals, rather they are Europeans or Americans. It sends the wrong signal to the market and to the employees in the country teams.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1547.htm
65030,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Individual Contributor - 7 years at MSFT,Benefits (i.e.: Medical Insurance),Poor bonus/stock contributions to long term. don't expect so much from people managers as part of your career path.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65031,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Program Manager,Great place to work,"Great exposure and you'll get to work with really smart people. Therefore, there are lots of learning opportunities and always be at the forefront of latest tech solution. Microsoft is now more humble in her approach and the company is shifting to growth mindset. Proud to be part of Microsoft.",Microsoft corporate structure is complex and may be a very challenging environment for those who have not have any working experience in matrix organisation. Very fast moving company and much efforts are spent on internal lobbying. The constant reorganization and leadership shift coupled with less than effective change management creates unnecessary insecurity and confusion.,"Do not only focus on short term outcome (current Qtr or Q+1) but also focus on building trust between the field and leadership team, with that we can ensure long term sustainable growth",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65032,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,Career is what you make of it,Opportunity for career growth is near endless. It is relatively easy to move around the company and try out different career opportunities. Having Microsoft on your resume is a big booster.,"Lot of emphasis on numbers and metrics. Moderately-high competitive environment. Isn't for everyone. Still a very top-down company, not a lot of value/ideas can bubble up from the employees to top management.",Be more aggressive and stop only chasing after low hanging fruit. Need to push new innovation towards our customers. Allow employees to pursue passion projects (similar to Google).,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65033,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Lead,No more a Ideal place,No boundary for learning technology.,Worse management ever. No work life balance.,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65034,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good mentors,Get to interact with many industry talents,High-pressured and fast-paced work environment,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65035,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer Software Intern at Microsoft,Access to one year of MSDN ultimate account. Flexible TImings,Processes related to human resources are too slow.,Work on HR Department,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65036,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company needs to adapt quickly,Excellent employer with interesting benefits and awesome challenges,The company needs to watch carefully what kind of employee succeeds and make adjustments to better align with its corporate values,Ask for external advisory in how to handle change management,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65037,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Some of the smartest people I ever worked with.,Some of the most closed off people I have ever worked with.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65038,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,"Surrounded by incredibly smart people, have the opportunity to work in a wide variety of roles, and have the opportunity to work for an iconic organization.","There is an extreme lack of collaboration, management can be very impersonal, and you have to be comfortable in being managed by scorecards.",Need to bring back some personality and human character to the day to day employee experience.,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65039,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Good work environment. Work life balance is nice.,Food is paid. Head count is high.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1548.htm
65040,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work,Good work environment. Work life balance is nice.,Food is paid. Head count is high.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65041,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Director Talent Acquisition,Talent Acquisition Director,"Competitive Salary, innovative and leading edge work, much collaboration and passion and great people to work with",Great flexibility but demanding work load so better focus on work life balance,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65042,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great company. Awesome work life balance for people looking for stability.,Microsoft gives the best environment and campus to work at. It has some really helpful and intelligent people. Very low work pressure and great life. Good growth possible. Awesome workstation.,People are not very competitive. Salaries are typically on the lower side of market average. Work can become monotonous. Some idiots also get through so beware.,Some very bad policies in some teams. Managers unable to control petty ego fights. More fun and team outings will keep employees refreshed.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65043,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Internship Review,"They have very interesting projects, you get to work with the latest technology and your work has a great impact.","There is NO diversity of people whatsoever. They are very ethnic and different nationalities, however there is only one kind of ""culturaly-fit"" employee.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65044,microsoft,Tampere (Finland)," Sep 4, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,Mostly good - Would be even better in Redmond,"- excellent top management + very compelling and promising strategy  - Flexible working arrangements. Expectations are high, but (depending on the organization) you have a lot of flexibility when and where to work  - Good pay and benefits. Stock awards are lucrative (yearly award - vests 10% every 6 months) if you are ready for / capable of long term employment  - Long haul travel can in many cases be done in business class",- Redmond / US centric. Core product work is mostly done in Redmond. - Very cumbersome and time consuming purchasing process. Hurts day to day job execution,Good momentum! Excellent company to work for. Keep it up!,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65045,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good for Aggressive geeks...,"Global policies, infrastructure, chances to work with world-best tech geeks, compensation  You will be equipped well with infrastructure, training etc. You can use all kind of MS tools and technologies.","Vendors - You might have vendors for administrative functions. One Microsoft - Don't believe in that. You might be escalated easily while working with different teams (other internal org, etc), and it would be used to terminate... Performance Management - Looks like crazy, but again you should have closer relation with your boss plus his boss. Otherwise prev point is applicable..",Do your own job and be Leader not just manager!!!,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65046,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Best and Innovative IT Company,"IT innovator, lots opportunities to within the company, high professional colleagues,",KPI's are becoming too much relevant,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65047,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Opportunity to learn rewards as per performance Better pay structure Technology driven adn upto date knowledge everytime Have good money to survive aggressive scehdule,too Bureaucracy in the top management High pressure less time for family Company business direction not properly steered not easy to move upto the ladder,Bureaucracy would kill you:) Need to look for proper direction in the overall strategy Give more time to think on new investment,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65048,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Microsoft Students Partner,MSP - Microsoft Students Partner,"Best Work Culture, Excellent Senior Management Level",No cons noticed as Such,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65049,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My review on MS,"Good salary in Hyderabad, good quality of life.","Well, really can't think right now.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1549.htm
65050,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Business Program Manager,"High tech Company, lots of innovation, and very good working environment","global Company, timezone issue to work with global team",none,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65051,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Opportunities,Great opportunities depending on which group you were in. Great growth and direction after Satya became CEO.,It can be quite difficult to move outside of your group.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65052,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Sep 2, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Project Manager,Bureaucratic and too much politics. Not many possibilities to grow and develop.,Good outside company image. Good stocks policy if you plan to stay for many years.,"Too much competition between teams and within the same team instead of cooperation. Working atmosphere is often tense and on survival mode rather than being relaxed with perspective of growth. The company is not able to retain the most skilled and qualified people due to low salary compared to other companies and to the few possibilities of internal growth. Too much politics and exchange of favors rather then meritocracy seriously affect the possibilities to grow and develop inside the company. Internal feedback system and related bonus policy are only top down making your direct manager your master, it might work if the middle management was top quality but it is not the case and politics rules. Employees are treated as numbers and not much interest from the middle management in keeping the best ones. Company is not able to retain the best resources as the best ones leave after a few years.","Middle management competencies and hiring policies should be seriously revisited. Employees should be able to provide feedback on their direct managers, it would help the company to spot out better some internal issues. The company should put more effort in meritocracy and in retaining the best people. Strong policies and incentives should be done in order to improve the team internal cooperation and the cooperation between teams in order to achieve higher levels of efficiency.",2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65053,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Sales,Good carreer opportunities and benefits,Political/friendship commections are taken more in cosideration for promotions than execution,Do not hear only empoyees that tells you what you want to hear. They do not thell the thruth in the most of times,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65054,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,takes good care of the employees,"IDC doesnt get any interesting projects, if it becomes too interesting then redmond center pulls it back",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65055,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Microsoft GTSC Bangalore,"Good salary benefits, Employee benefits are good","Micromanagement, Less trust on Employees work, Work life balance is very bad, Forget about your style of work, Night shifts",Give more flexibility than benefits and heavy package,4.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65056,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Aug 30, 2015",Current Employee - Content Producer,Contentroducer,"Professional, work culture, brand value","Work profile, erratic shifts, lack of learning opportunities",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65057,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2015",Former Employee - Hardware Engineer,Nice place to work,Working with very friendly and nice colleagues who are willing to help each other. Great working environment where you can try a lot of things.,Salary is not very good and low increase. They only have yearly review and there is no exception for high performance staffs,Try to be more flexible in benefit compensation,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65058,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 21, 2015",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Microsoft India GTSC,"Can learn quite a lot in the first 1-2 years. Do not stay any longer, run for your dear life.","never ending night Shifts, no transparency on how to get to day shift - some manage to do it due to rapport with managers while others suffer in darkness forever.  stress.  no prospects within company to move to better departments, India GTSC is a death trap.","please get better middle management, they treat this place like it is their family run sweatshop.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65059,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Regional Operations Program Manager,"Work time flexibility, good pay, for those who can sell themselves, this is heaven.",Regional job requires a lot of night calls. A company who doesn't want to retain long service employees. Highly political environment.,Some employees are just want to work hard. Help and retain those employee as they don't sell themselves good enough to be visible before you.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1550.htm
65060,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft,You come across excellent people here and its great to work with them.,Collaboration across teams a challenge,Work on easing collaboration across teams,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65061,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Bangalore IDC in Pathetic shape,Microsoft is known to be great employer and one easy way if you dream about US. You can join here and look for opportunity in US and move on,"1. Though Microsoft is a great employer, Bangalore IDC is 5 yrs old but the unrest is never settled. 2. Bing Ads being the core component of IDC Bangalore, its importance is least among other products 3. Attrition is too high that you will keep seeing multiple 'Last Day' mails every week and this is a big set back for a Centre with 200 head count. 4. And a bunch of folks keep moving for US and leaving the division more weaker 5. We had multiple centre head but none of them sustained. Either they left the company or moved back to US 6. Bad Work-Life balance. Be ready to work 18 to 20 hours a day 7. Too many org changes with bangalore can de-promote you to lower levels",none,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65062,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bing is the team!,Very good culture. Great people. Very talented pool comes here. Great place to start your career. Known a lot of satisfied people from Office and Bing teams.,"The differentiation between SDE and SDET is bad. It hinders the dev cycle. The triad of PM, Dev, Test is good, but can be improvised.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65063,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Content Localizer,"Good working place, good food.",Not many things that I can think of right now.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65064,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Van,It's Microsoft and great to put in your CV. Colleagues are friendly and professionals. You can learn a lot about working with other people and working in a corporation. Work-life balance is ok.,"Salary is low compared to living costs. Work is pretty boring and engineering processes are ancient - although they tend to change, but very slowly.",Stop selling the brand of working at a great company and really make it a great company. Pay more attention to employees.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65065,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of opportunities,There are a lot of opportunities to develop,Needs hard work to get noted,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65066,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Applications Developer,Developer,I like to work in challenging company.,small company have not to much name,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65067,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average pay process driven company,they pay on time and have a games room,they don't pay enough and send too many emails,none,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65068,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Systems Engineer,Awesome Culture and Company,This company is one of the best companies to work for. The owner is very invested in each employee and shows that through very generous benefits,Nothing I can complain about all around good company.,"No advices, your policies and professionalism are perfect, courage",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65069,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,Good,Great place to work Interesting work Meeting lot of great people,work on weekends sometimes as working with partners who are free only on weekends,Doing a great job,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1551.htm
65070,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Intern,Intern in MSRA,Flexible working hours. So much to learn. Attractive salary. Interesting research topic.,There is no much cons really. There is no much cons really. There is no much cons really. There is no much cons really. There is no much cons really. There is no much cons really.,Good management. Good management. Good management. Good management. Good management. Good management. Good management. Good management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65071,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,"Egalatarian. High energy. Smart people, nice benefits...fun work environment. Phenomenally well run for such a large company.",It is now really big and hard to make a meaningful impact. Not the best pay master but decent. Find the right role ... make the product or sell it.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65072,microsoft,Timişoara (Romania)," Aug 26, 2015",Current Employee - SQL Server Support Engineer,"It is a nice environment to work in, it offers information and knowledge like no other workspace.","Huge knowledge base, a lot of extras, such as breakfast, sodas, etc. Good development prospects and transparency regarding new opportunities. Extraordinarily competent people, with decades of experience in their fields.",You are made responsible for things you cannot control. Sometimes the weight of personal relationships overshadow professional performance and meritocracy becomes questionable.,"Hire for talent and competence. Foster leaders and true managers, not bosses.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65073,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,"awesome culture. Team lunch, parties. Work life balance. Salary",Work at microsoft it is not that great or challenging.,nothing,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65074,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job in microsoft,"great work environment in microsoft, the location is good. public location is good.","canteen is not satisfied! fitness center is too small, not enough equipment.",I do not like work overtime. New hire ramp up is not enough. Some one should teach how to search useful infomation inside the corp net.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65075,microsoft,Tampere (Finland)," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Test Manager,test manager,well paid with stock options,"less people every year, high pressure",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65076,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing,GREAT TIME,Goo fighting spirit in the company. Tough competition makes the job exciting,Very centralised. outside US it is all about execution with strict guidelines.,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65077,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,"A great start to my career, but time to move on",It's got a great work/life balance (almost too good) and great benefits,In the most boring place on the planet (Reading) and PAINFULLY SLOW for young people,"Actually invest in youth & opportunities, progress young talent before they all leave, the average age seems about 45!",4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65078,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Employee friendly,"Good work life balance, Work from home, flexible timings, sufficient paid vacation, good health care benefits.","Less hike, less challenging work compared to similar experienced employees of other Indian IT companies, less opportunities to explore in Global Delivery.",Improve annual hike and provide more challenging opportunities.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65079,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Great benefits and very exciting,Very busy all the time,Hard to balance work and life. Very competitive it cab be hard at times to find enlightenment in this space,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1552.htm
65080,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Best for engineer in Moscow,Good compensations Good atmosphere Interesting work Stocks Car Mobile phone trips to interesting places very good team,"Work with demanding customers High level of autonomy No one is responsible for your career except you. Bad for lazy ones, Traveling up to 30% of time","Go on, we believe in you.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65081,microsoft,"Ampang, Selangor Darul Ehsan (Malaysia)"," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,"Fast pace environment, with good vision and work with talented people.","No comment on this portion, So far so good.",Good leadership with good vision on the new direction. Empower employees to do more.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65082,microsoft,"Lima, Lima Region (Peru)"," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Benefits,"Good Base Salary Innovation and Research Cool products Health Benefits Carrer Development We have good envirinment to work, people are very smart and creative","Work Life Balance is big problem, sometimes you need to travel a lot Business management metrics oriented The business rules change every day Products needs improvement",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65083,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Program Manager,Marketing,the company is a Very good company,nothing is bad with the company,no advice,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65084,microsoft,none," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Sales,"Compensation and benefits are competitive , and there is a modern workplace environment. Generally a positive place, especially from the top level.","Very political and a lot of time and energy is spent on internal self promotion and managing upwards. The messages from corporate are not to be questioned, almost religious. Micro-management of employees has negative impact. Can be very hierarchical.","Ensure you have the right people in people management roles, to allow people to reach their potential.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65085,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Procurement Specialist,Procurement Specialist,Friendly environment and direct managers always strive to help you achieve and do your best. Very diverse learning environment,have not encountered any problems,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65086,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solid blue chip, interesting times ahead","Microsoft has been a global top 10 technology company for decades. All this time it has been very profitable thanks to the Windows and Office franchises and more recently the growing cloud business. It has been able to hire very smart people and acquire any company it wants. This leads into an environment, where everything is possible as long as you can sell the idea internally.","For the same reason that it has been so profitable for decades, most of its employees are anchored in businesses, which are being disrupted. People are very aware of this, but not able to change it, having to continue milking the cow. This leaves a big part of the company operating as if one hand is tied behind your back, which means that even smart people will have trouble against more nimble competition. Regarding career opportunities, while there are plenty, you really must be willing to relocate to Redmond, so less promising if you are not.","Former Microsoft Windows leader Steven Sinofsky one advised startups that to combat big incumbents, best attack between their internally feuding silos. Microsoft still has a lot of silos, despite the One Microsoft efforts set forth by Satya Nadella. Might even make sense to break up the company to several more independent companies with more freedom to optimize their own individual strategies to win share In emerging growth markets.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65087,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company review,"flexibility, autonomy, travel depending on your role.",it feels as though sometimes you have people managing you that are not experienced in the field. i wonder how they got the job in the first place?,be open minded and ensure you really know your team versus what people tell you. get time to meet them more specially if you have a virtual team,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65088,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sde,Microsoft could give me a chance to live in Beijing and which is the nearest company to my school,"your salary increasing very slowly, and during the first five years, you stock bonus is very poor",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65089,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Supply Chain Director,Large company which can leverage off several different business lines to cope with times of changes. Great technical intellectual capital presented in the company.,"Challenges to implement the ONE Microsoft corporate culture, to enable higher synergies between different areas and functions.",Accelerate the implementation of ONE Microsoft culture and re-think the devices business strategy in light of the focus in growing services area as a major profit revenue stream.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1553.htm
65090,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a place for the futuristic progressive managers,Used to be a wonderful company,"Riddled with politics. Nice guys don't win, neither can they last. HR operates at a 30000 ft. level - no connect with employees. Career opportunities are zilch unless you oil your managers and his peers. CUlture of meritocracy doesn't prevail.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65091,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Business Program Manager,"Good benefits, work life balance",Very bureaucratic with lots of red tape,"Cut the freeloaders & start that at the top, not at the bottom as you usually do",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65092,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for,"Provides great opportunity to learn and grow. Fast paced environment, every interaction is with great quality people. Your colleagues are the best in the industry. Excellent working environment","Large matrix organization therefore, a little complex",none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65093,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Aug 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solid blue chip, interesting times ahead","Microsoft has been a global top 10 technology company for decades. All this time it has been very profitable thanks to the Windows and Office franchises and more recently the growing cloud business. It has been able to hire very smart people and acquire any company it wants. This leads into an environment, where everything is possible as long as you can sell the idea internally.","For the same reason that it has been so profitable for decades, most of its employees are anchored in businesses, which are being disrupted. People are very aware of this, but not able to change it, having to continue milking the cow. This leaves a big part of the company operating as if one hand is tied behind your back, which means that even smart people will have trouble against more nimble competition. Regarding career opportunities, while there are plenty, you really must be willing to relocate to Redmond, so less promising if you are not.","Former Microsoft Windows leader Steven Sinofsky one advised startups that to combat big incumbents, best attack between their internally feuding silos. Microsoft still has a lot of silos, despite the One Microsoft efforts set forth by Satya Nadella. Might even make sense to break up the company to several more independent companies with more freedom to optimize their own individual strategies to win share In emerging growth markets.",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65094,microsoft,"Bogotá, Bogota (Colombia)"," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Community Affairs Manager,Microsoft Colombia Review,"Good working environment, good life/work balance, great people. Always changing and re-defining itself. A lot of freedom to explore new things. Challenging. Innovative.","Many positions are contracted as ""vendor"" type, even thought the job is the same of a full-time employee. The only reason they do this is to mantain a certain headcount of formal ""employees"" which has a limit for each country. Vendors are treated a little bit different and of course have less benefits.",none,4.0,none,5.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65095,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," Aug 22, 2015",Current Employee - Latin America Channel Manager,MS Reiview,Offices are reallynew and nice Good learning tools as MS Library,No good work - life balance Unclear strategy,"Clear strategy on mobile phones (Nokia adquisition) Improve HR treatment, not focus on people",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65096,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft - good company to work for,They invest money and time into your training.,Not always clear where the company is heading...,Share more of the strategy with employees,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65097,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 20, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,"Great pay, littler challenge","Great pay, work life balance, great benefits, home office.","Leadership team. Scorecard metric focused, short term vision.","Drop the scorecard metric, it hurts customer relations",4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65098,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,First Job,"good work environment, great/talented people","closed development culture, not agile since it is TOO BIG",Never stop learning,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65099,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Aug 21, 2015",Current Employee - Agile Coach,Agile coach,Get to work with world class professionals,Top down decisions. Frequent reorgs,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1554.htm
65100,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Great dynamic environment!,"Great company to work for, amazing dynamic culture!",Travel can be overwhelming time to time.,Great management and getting better every year.,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65101,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - General Manager,Great benefits and work environment - lack of sense,"Great environment for work: benefits, culture, compensation, automated internal processes",Culture is more process- than result-motivated.,Re-organize top management,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65102,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much corp. involved- scared to take risks locally,"Great perks, genuine work-life balance flexibility. Great RRSP matching. Feedback on people skills, collaboration and performance taken seriously to hold others accountable. Management follows through on stated actions.","Too much corporate pleasing, locally hard for leaders to take or encourage more business risks, to learn and apply. Political culture of not displeasing people and open negative feedback in fear of affecting your own performance and evaluation.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65103,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft,"Microsoft is good company with good environment, manager are all very insightful and friendly to the employee, talent colleagues,","not that creative, the company is too large to make a change, it is not easy to change the team within the company",to be more creative and give more freedom to the employee to decide what is the best team for them,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65104,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Manager,Great company to work for. Lots of emphasis on employee growth. Lots to learn and never bored.,"Being a Fortune 500 company, there is a lot of processes and periodical checkups. Very detailed oriented on reports.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65105,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Software Engineer,"Good working environment, great innovation",Too big and hard to align goals internally,"Embrace Openness, Open Source Windows",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65106,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,The work culture is chill.,The food is not free.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65107,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Systems Monitor/Analyst and Communications Supervisor,Systems Monitor/Analyst and Communications Supervisor,It is great company if you are working with right teams.,Cut throat when it comes to company cutbacks.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65108,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,outstanding,- wages wewe top notch,- canteen was not good,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65109,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Architect,Great company,Its definitely a great company to work for. I love the diversity and innovation at Microsoft. Excellent facilities and work culture,Politics. Too big a company. Performance alone doesn't count.,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1555.htm
65110,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Aug 17, 2015",Current Employee - Head of Indirect Sourcing,Microsoft,Respectable vision and presence in the industry,"Big company with requisite problems associated with moving large pieces of organizations forward, prides itself on hiring talented people and creating a challenging work environment, but surprisingly very little ongoing feedback about individual performance and direction.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65111,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 2, 2015",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Good company to work,"You et tough challenges, complex issues to solve, massive opportunities in any field you like and scope for impacting lives and contribute to the society. Very nice place to work.","Hierarchy, middle level management and out dated review system. Currently the review system has been changed but yet to see the significant impact of it.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65112,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 3, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Architect,Great company,Its definitely a great company to work for. I love the diversity and innovation at Microsoft. Excellent facilities and work culture,Politics. Too big a company. Performance alone doesn't count.,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65113,microsoft,Hanoi (Vietnam)," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Specialist,"Good environment, talented teammate and good benefit",Don't like discrimination between CS and FTE,Focus more on career road map,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65114,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Good culture, amazing peers, quality of life what you make it.",To hierarchical with too many managers. Development processes can be a bit slow.,none,4.0,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65115,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 16, 2015",Former Employee - Procurement Specialist,Procurement,"Open environment with competitive culture,work life balance",hard to talk with senior management team,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65116,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Account Executive,Some great opportunities early in my tenure (2000-2009) with the ability to innovate with go to market strategies.,Culture shifted to a very negative one which essentially pits peers against each other to earn 'ratings' in annual employee reviews which are tied to compensation. Can be an extremely toxic environment if you don't land with a supportive manager. Vanity Fair published an extremely accurate article several years ago that I recommend reading before deciding to accept a position.,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65117,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Feedback,It has good work environment. People are friendly. Work is good as well.,It is difficult to move from one team to another or from one location to another.,Movement across teams and movement across locations processes should be simplified so that people get to work on stuff they like without getting blocked by such things.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65118,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Development Manager,Great company,"1. Huge range of Technology & teams (some like Azure, Kinect/hololens, office doing really well) 2. Great research division 3. Opportunity to learn 4. Changing for the good (e.g. one engineering, consolidation into 3 major divisions)",1. Many teams have no clue on how to ship. 2. A lot of red tape in many teams 3. Many executives are empire builders. Very little idea of technology,1. Can cut many of the teams 2. Remote dev centers e.g. IDC can be trimmed down 3. Pay attention to people development 4. Remove executives that are empire builders.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65119,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 16, 2015",Current Employee - Design Researcher II,"Great CEO, good heritage, low on job security",Attitude is more positive and open now than before. Gaining competitive advantage. Great CEO!,Yearly shakeups/redundancies are worrying from a job security POV.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1556.htm
65120,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 15, 2015",Former Employee - Principal Development Manager,Great company,"1. Huge range of Technology & teams (some like Azure, Kinect/hololens, office doing really well) 2. Great research division 3. Opportunity to learn 4. Changing for the good (e.g. one engineering, consolidation into 3 major divisions)",1. Many teams have no clue on how to ship. 2. A lot of red tape in many teams 3. Many executives are empire builders. Very little idea of technology,1. Can cut many of the teams 2. Remote dev centers e.g. IDC can be trimmed down 3. Pay attention to people development 4. Remove executives that are empire builders.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65121,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Channel Operations and Customer Logistics Manager,Sr Channel Operations and Customer Logistics Manager,Environment Benefits Salary Business oriented People Medical Assistance People Products Market recognition Available equipments to work Localization Home office flexibility Stock Options Stocks purchasing,Slow on implementing processes changes Too tactical,Being more people orinted. being a litle less tactical and more stretegic,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65122,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but expect quick pace of change,Dynamic and fluid working environment. A lot of respect for people's time regardless of staff level. Placed trust in employees that allows remote work through effective use of technologies. Above market rate compensation.,Working environment can be socially not so friendly so need to reach out and connect constantly,Make a deliberate effort in inclusion programs,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65123,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Aug 14, 2015",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,Correct strategies towards success in Enterprise computing soloution & servicess,Balanced professional life and personal life. Flexible working time and relaxing working environment. Helpful colleagues and trust each other in the team to achieve team success together. Supportive Line Manager caring about subordinates' career interests and development. Recognition of personal contribution and good performance.,"Complex organization structure. Difficult to understand others' Roles & Responsibilities outside your team. Separated company policies for Microsoft Finland & Microsoft Mobile Finland making transferred ex-Nokians feel like 2nd class employees. Too many changes every 3 or 6 months which results in discontinuities and disruptions to the business operations. In addition, frequent changes make employees confused and frustrated. What you've done in half way today might become rubbish tomorrow.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65124,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,WDG Localization,Impact on billion of users world wide. Multi-national team with great people to work with.,Very hard to implement changes that impact team's efficiency.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65125,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company,1. Work life balance 2. Opportunities,1. Politics is rampant within upper management,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65126,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not for normal people,Great people to work with,Absolutely crazy way of treating people. No respect for individualism.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65127,microsoft,"Helsinki, Southern Finland (Finland)"," Aug 13, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Visual Designer,about msft,"global scale, relatively good benefits","slow, unclear strategies, design is an option",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65128,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Great flexibility, awesome products, fantastic people",Lots of reporting and processes....but probably not more than others.,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65129,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Consultant,Consultant,"Excellent benefits, great exposure to technology and engineering practices","If you join IDC,this is the best place to work.Otherwise, it is very unprofessional in handling employeees.Managers in GD are horrible and misguide people.Very had to get promoted","Ask your MAnagers to have a 1:1 at least once in 6 months.Else, managers are ddestroying experienced peoples career",3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1557.htm
65130,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Aug 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Poor Management Experience,Great Company Culture. Product innovations.,"Poor experience with immediate manager, Limited or no support on employee's success.","Don't hire, if you cant develop and retain talent.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65131,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales,"Great flexibility, awesome products, fantastic people",Lots of reporting and processes....but probably not more than others.,Keep it up,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65132,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Take care of employees,"good solutions, differentiated from competitors","too many movements, and diversifications at the end are different companies",more customer visits,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65133,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Environment and Culture,Work Culture is one the best in microsoft,I don't see Nothing on the concerns Nothing on the concerns,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65134,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work,Great flexible working space. The MD is a really great person with lots of clear ideas.,The office is a little bit too overcrowded.,non,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65135,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,experience,good product to be working with,politics! everyone.. they will find a way to get you out of the system no matter how good you are,do not do this to avoid high attrition,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65136,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Advisor,"amazing staff, great customers, exciting place to work. the organization treats their employees well. they're always teaching you something new. good corporate culture. very diverse.",wasn't too keen on management style. some were always breathing down your neck and micro-managing in order to make sales.,work on providing better feedback for employers. work on developing employee professional careers in case they want to advance within the organization,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65137,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome,Awesome company to work with.,However they are restricted only to microsoft technologies.,None that i can think off.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65138,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Aug 11, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Business Program Manager,Sr Business Program Manager,People. Great sales experience. Interesting & Complex business.,Long working hours. Red tape.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65139,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lack of respect for employees,"Flexible working, working life balance",Discrimination and Lack of respect with contractors,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1558.htm
65140,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Watch out for Agencies,Flexibility Working from Home Relaxed office attire Parking,Company Culture steadily declining Majority of company is agency placed - a way to keep a person on contract for years without providing benefits Salary is not competitive,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65141,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love the place,They are in the midst of a huge transformation while still delivering value to customers.,Internal tools could be more mature.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65142,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,Produces a wide range of products and has good work culture.,Everything is fine . I cant think any cons in microsoft.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65143,microsoft,"Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)"," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Partner Sales Executive,No. 1 company to work for,"Huge opportunities, great solutions, flexibility, demanding, exciting",need more time in each day,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65144,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Superb company to work with. Great working culture and policies. Get chance to work with outstanding group of people.,One need to be very technically sound to survive there.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65145,microsoft,Bangkok (Thailand)," Aug 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solution Sales Specialist,"Great Vision, culture and wider Network and community reach",To much process & time consuming to get the end results,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65146,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Hi,"1.Work Life balance 2. Big MNC , Big name 3. Global Exposure",Huge discrimination between full time employe and contractor,should consider contractor equal to full time emloyee,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65147,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 10, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,a good for improve yourself company,too low salary compare with google and apple,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65148,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Careers at Microsoft,"Great place to work. Amazing workplace, co workers and access to latest Microsoft technologies and tools","Less opportunity to grow, slow growth, preference to known groups during hiring process. Vendors and Partners in HR decide the fate of full time employee's career opportunities.","Microsoft is known as company that treats ""Employee is an asset"" and this is fading away with more and more job cuts and uncertainty. Internal job opportunities are not at all transparent and are filled specific to region. Not much scope for groups outside their own subsidiaries. This will eventually result in loyal employees moving out of the organization.",4.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65149,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,internship,Nice environment to work at.  A lot of freedom to learn new things everyday,At times the work pressure may create worries but nothing serious.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1559.htm
65150,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Trade Marketing Manager,Trade Marketing Manager,"Microsoft is a people oriented company. One of the most value asset is the high level professional working in all teams.You have the power to design your career, there you have the job rotation opportunity that can be valuable to build new skills and knowledge",Microsoft has many employees and people have very specific jobs and depending on the project you are working you will have to align with several stakeholders and it might take longer that you expect to achieve the definition you need.,"When you are inspired, you feel that you can exceed your limits. A great leader is a person that can give us the best business vision, being clear about the target and giving the freedom to decide the best way to achieve the goals.",5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65151,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Technical Support Engineer,"One of the best places to get hand-on the latest technology. Everyday is a new challenge, working on complex technical problems with renowned Microsoft customers. Work hard, play hard culture.",Exposure to latest technology. Great team work and collaboration. Experience working with premier Microsoft customers. Word-class office facilities.,Could have had more flexible work options which was not there then. Guess now there are options.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65152,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place,Well cultured.. Equal opportunities.. Success..,Late working night shifts. Less challanging,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65153,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Microsoft GTSC- Lync team,"-Thjis review is for Microsoft Glabal Technical Support Centre Bangalore.  -Highly technical customer service and support.WIll hone one's technical as well as soft skills. -higly enthusiastic and skilled people . I had a chance to work alongside of the best engineers in the Lync Industry. -Sky is the limit for the growth opportunities. -Especially Lync/networking teams has very high growth potential. -Good health benefits,competitive salary. -A very good working culture probably the best in the industry. A very open environment where the company trusts its employees and provides access to immense resources like-Labs/Devices/Knowledge base.",-Taking up new roles immensely depends on business needs more than the individual talent. This is common to most of the MNCs which have established market so shouldn't stop you from giving interview. -Many of the competitive technical roles in India region mostly serve US customers that means you will be bound to night shifts unless you are serving middle east asia / India customers.,Need of the hour is management should concentrate on retaining the talent and stopping the attrition which is trending high these days due to various reasons like- unable to fulfill aspirations/ long term night shifts. Scrutinize and detect the micromanagement done from some of the managers who instill fear in their direct reports (Thank god i had a very good manager who gave lot independence to do my work but have noticed micromanagement in one of the other teams.) Cost cutting is initiated by the new management of GTSC nowadays.Avoid it if you can at least dont stop some of the core benefits like reimbursement of internet bill. Every tom and harry company is able to afford this core benefit to its employees. You definitely can.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65154,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SW Developer,- flexible work times - brilliant team - interesting cutting edge technological projects,- need to work on different levels and projects - typically long working hours,- very transparent management style - could be less working hours,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65155,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2015",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,Work from home,"Work from home is great. Super great. In fact, the best thing.","Bad travel policy of economy class travel, even to USA.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65156,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redmond centric dinosaurus,"very techie, serious attempt to be more lean and cool","not the most customer oriented company out there. If you don't work in Redmond, you are a 2nd / 3rd class worker.","don't loose your opportunities being so US centric. Apple, Google and Huawei are already winning the game.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65157,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great Developers but company lacks Innovation and Vision for long term,Reasonable work pressure Great knowledgeable colleagues with great backgrounds and education history. Products are world class most well known Great leave policy and transport facilities,"Too much corporate politics CEO and company lack vision after Bill Gates' ""demise"" from the company. Back biting and too much internal competition among employees","Fix your corporation's culture, reduce infighting, focus on innovation of products rather than finding innovative ways to do internal politics.",2.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65158,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Aug 6, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Excellence Operation Analyst,YP,"Very good environment, a very large group of young people with lots of activities and benefits apart from the job.","The YP program is not well planned, they have a lot of rotation due to the low salaries they pay, different positions in the program have the same salary but different responsibilities. Only 10% of the YP gets a job opportunity",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65159,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Developer,Developer,"Challenging projects Prestigue Stable work, Many projects and customers",A lot of work and meetings,self-confidence,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1560.htm
65160,microsoft,Chicago (Guatemala)," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Great Company,Great benefits and culture. They really are about doing good in the world and giving you a work life balance.,Need to continue to reinvent themselves and not be so stale as a brand.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65161,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Redmond centric dinosaurus,"very techie, serious attempt to be more lean and cool","not the most customer oriented company out there. If you don't work in Redmond, you are a 2nd / 3rd class worker.","don't loose your opportunities being so US centric. Apple, Google and Huawei are already winning the game.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65162,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great Developers but company lacks Innovation and Vision for long term,Reasonable work pressure Great knowledgeable colleagues with great backgrounds and education history. Products are world class most well known Great leave policy and transport facilities,"Too much corporate politics CEO and company lack vision after Bill Gates' ""demise"" from the company. Back biting and too much internal competition among employees","Fix your corporation's culture, reduce infighting, focus on innovation of products rather than finding innovative ways to do internal politics.",2.0,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65163,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,- Treat people very well - good pay and benefits,- In Ireland the teams are less dynamic - Working in a remote office isn't as good as HQ,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65164,microsoft,Haifa (Israel)," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer (SDE),SDE review,* Good salary and benefits * Good work/life balance * Great people to work with,"* Huge organization, which makes everything move very slowly. Lot of Bureaucracy.",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65165,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Executive,Great all round technology capability.,"Very lean operationally, which impacts customer satisfaction",Keep customers at the heart of all that you do,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65166,microsoft,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Aug 5, 2015",Current Employee - Director Solution Sales,Microsoft,"culture, future, career, team, technology","WLB, change, process, regional teams,",long term objectives,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65167,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 4, 2015",Former Employee - General Manager,Incredibly Intelligent and Dedicated Environment,Supporting teams and organisations (to be point of being tribal :)) Encourage news ways to look at how things are done and continuous improvement Use of data to help in decision making (this is a pro and con) Encourage continuous training and personal and professional development,Business Process and reviews sometimes too onerous and time consuming Over analysis and use of data fo make decisions Can be very political between different teams and organisations,Encourage greater entrepreneurial expression and time to be entrepreneurial. Encourage greater collaboration between organisations (i believe this has happened rapidly with Satya),4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65168,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good corporation overall, but locally rep office badly managed","- High salary and social package if you are a full-time staff employee (30% of the local workforce only, mostly sales and top management) - Lots of opportunities to network with overseas colleagues, share best practises, and learn from them","- Extremely poor management. Top managers often come from overseas on international assignments for a couple of years only, and all they care about is their bonuses and visibility in front of the HQ, - HR is the weakest function locally, acting as enforcer of top-down decisions from the management and not ready to hear any concerns or voices from the team, Zero investment into growing local talent and creating career opportunities and growth for local people, - Wide practice of stretch assignments, when employees get to do a lot of additional tasks, not necessarily related to their positions and without any additional pay, - Low salary and job security for vendors (70% of the local workforce). They are constantly discriminated against and perceived as disposable, - Lots of read tape - reports, permissions, etc.",Rethink the strategy of growing local talent completely.,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65169,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 3, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Lead,Life @ Microsoft,Amazing place to work Flexibility and work from home facility Nice work culture Complete your work and what rest you do no body bothers,Night shifts Less pay Complex process Confusing reimbursement policies and process New managers from other industry unable to follow same MS culture,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1561.htm
65170,microsoft,none," Jul 31, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good culture and nice to people,Work with smart people and good team. Can learn a lot from peers. Projects are interesting and not always the same.,Main team is in The U.S. and it's a bit isolate here in Dublin.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65171,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company,"multicultural, work & life balance",food benefits are low for the region where the company is based in Sao Paulo,keep performing the great job!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65172,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,legal,"Opportunities, industry, travel, exposure to different culture and work both locally and globally, large team size","Work life balance, role clarity, hr policies, compensation and to some extent the culture.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65173,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review,"Interesting, with exposure to technologies",Projects require integrations with many systems,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65174,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A bright Future!,"- Cutting edge technology - Ever changing environment, never gets dull - Windows 10 launch the beginning of something great - fantastic reputation in the Software world","- Very large company, many layers - Many changes lately in the Mobile departments of the company - Should not only be a software first company, they have great hardware products!","Hold on to all bright talent, as long as possible!",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65175,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 28, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Senior Manager,Benefits Visibility to High Tech Market,"Career oportunitty, Humar resource management, employee environment",none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65176,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,"Super diverse, working on big impact project, like the Microsoft Culture very much: Learner, challenger mindset and be innovative","Redmond centric, some positions need to be on call",More open mind,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65177,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 14, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineering Intern,Awesome place to work,I was a software engineering intern at Microsoft IDC Hyderabad in the bing maps team. It is an awesome place to work with flexible work hours and plenty of recreational facilities,Less pay as compared to other players like Google and Facebook,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65178,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,"Long history and fast changing company And stable position. Good Career development and employees supporting system,many different chances of working in large company.","Too large and slow perfoming vision, late to embrace mobile world, platform company so not tangible execution and connected to end users.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65179,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jul 26, 2015",Current Employee - Intern - Hourly,Microsoft Intern,social conditions. health care. ability to learn and develop. good people. good managment.,huge organization. sometimes a lot of bureaucracy.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1562.htm
65180,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technical Account Manager,"Long history and fast changing company And stable position. Good Career development and employees supporting system,many different chances of working in large company.","Too large and slow perfoming vision, late to embrace mobile world, platform company so not tangible execution and connected to end users.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65181,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,MSIDC good place to test your potential and MSIT to lose yours.,"Flexible Hours, Compensation, Freedom to choose projects and of course Feeling of Valuable Employee.","MSIT projects and managers are not up to the mark, and you does not feel like challenging yourself.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65182,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 24, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,web designer,They have a very good team.,They don't have time ta all.,Hope can increase the free time.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65183,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Flexibility and Freedom,There are many different teams and Microsoft provides flexibility and freedom on your daily work. Also you have ability to move to Redmond with Microsoft connections,"With the new organization structure, it is hard to get a promotion",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65184,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Largest software producer of the world. Good opportunity to work in almost any field in software. Good Engineering Systems. Good people to work with.,Bad work culture. People work selfishly and much too late. Not much work life balance owing to stiff competition. Also not much team outings and perks given from the management. Morale of the employee is usually down.,"Give good attention to employee needs too. Take the team to frequent outings, lunches. Also give occasional gifts and perks to the employee. These need not be expensive but the gesture goes long way in motivating any employee",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65185,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,IT,Good culture and atmosphere for working,Not sufficient workforce to handle sheer volume of demand,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65186,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier Field Engineering Manager,Good Compensation and Benefits. Great HR team.,Lot of negative and office politic in management and lot of bunch of incompetence management team.,Come in clean and transparent.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65187,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Digital Marketing Manager,Employee review,"Reasonable place to work, great balance between work and life","No Cons, to be considered",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65188,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good opportunity for experience,Good environment and compensation overall,low chance of becoming full time,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65189,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Corporate Territory Manager,Company is great but Brookstreet is not,Great place to work and meet really nice colleagues,"As a Brookstreet employee I was belittled and bullied by my managers, it was really difficult to be taken seriously for roles directly with Microsoft",Get rid of Brookstreet,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1563.htm
65190,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So So,Company in itself is the best place with resources at hand,Microsoft IT India is lacking in terms of accountability and alignment with overall organization priorities,Change with the times...,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65191,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Partner Sales,Very innovative place with smart people on board.,Hard to build carreer beyond certain levels.,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65192,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior IT Program Manager,Microsoft is great company,Amazing exposure to new and upcoming technology. Great employee benefits. Open culture.,Disconnect between team's and company's goal. First line managers need's improvement.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65193,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2015",Former Employee - Engineer,Nice on boarding program,Onboarding program was really friendly and nice.,"Large layoffs soon after on boarding was like a big joke, after the on boarding that was taken so seriously.",none,4.0,5.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65194,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Jul 16, 2015",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Used to be better,Possibility to work with people from everywhere You can get engaged on lots of interesting stuff I enjoy what I do,"Compensation versus what is demanded is below the market Lots of management levels creates more layers of people which don't know how the business actually works but like to give new foolish ideas of how we should work There's lot of focus on keeping running costs down, which means technical suppport is loosing quality",We should work towards quality and making the difference by being recognized by our quality. We keep creating low cost sites for support and for resources just to make everything cheaper and we no one seems to really care about what customers get...,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65195,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looking only to the cloud will not let you see the sky,Good environment for working Open company to talk to senior leaders,"Bureaucratic company, is too oriented to services and has low understanding of the hardware/devices business.","Make better judgment when acquiring a company and try to understand the businesses you bought, instead adapting it to your way of working.",3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65196,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Global Delivery,"Variety of work, Challenges, Excellent Top (Corp) Management","Local subs have lots of politics, work life balance is not good",Cut flab from the middle management layers,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65197,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Licensing Executive,Stable with strong growth potential,Has become slightly middle management heavy,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65198,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Associate Consultant,"Large organization, good compensation, lots of perks and facilities, job stability, strong brand name, lots of learning and development opportunities, flexible work schedule, can easily work from home, lots of team outings and parties, work life balance is good in general except when you are working on multiple projects","difficult to change career path, working hours can be too much sometimes, work is top notch most of the time but can also be average some other times and can get repetitive","make it more flexible for employees to switch technical teams, let them come up with innovative ideas, focus more on creativity",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65199,microsoft,Hellerup (Denmark)," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place I have ever worked....,"Exciting place to work. Great culture, highly motivated colleagues, good salary and benefits.",You work around the clock. Hard to balance work-life.,Don't forget to communicate clearly,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1564.htm
65200,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE 2,"Competitive salary, talented peers, challenging work",People take time to accept when you are a new joinee.,Please be helpful for new joinees.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65201,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Struggling to change,Solid existing business from corporate business,Very difficult future transformation with new ceo,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65202,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company to start your career,"Nice infrastructure, work environment, friendly people","Less Salary and allowances, less exposure",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65203,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jul 17, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consumer Marketing,"Good benefits, offices, technology, and good people to work with.","Work life balance always a challenge. Company has been contracting and changing direction on a number of fronts that can make job tenure challenging. You earn a job, 1 job at a time and therefore not much support for your long term career and protection if there is a change in strategy. Hiring is very tight.",Most senior management is mostly American.,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65204,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Product Editor,Great place to work,"Great professionals to work with, good opportunities to grow, good compensation and benefits, very nice installations.","The company is trying to find its way to the top again, so sometimes the directions are quite confusing, which generates rework and misses opportunities.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65205,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Intership experience!,"Learned a lot, interacted with very smart people and was given the freedom to work on what I was interested in for the summer.","No real cons, but I would have liked to be able to attend more talks from current employees to get a better feel for what else was going on in the lab.","A bit more interaction with the interns of the other groups (for research, not just social occasions) would have been great.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65206,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Director,Excellent Company,Great products. High energy. Support to achieve your targets and build successful projects and sales.,at times too matrix in organogram,"simple structure, clear direction (much better with new CEO)",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65207,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,"overall a good place to work at with smart workmates, work-life balance and good to your background.","so many managers looking for the tiny value to raise their presence, pay is not that competitive against other company.","Should pay attention to engineers' interest and growth, better to fire managers that don't bring much true value.",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65208,microsoft,Danmark (Sweden)," Jul 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Technical Solution Specialist,Great working environment and interesting because it is Microsoft. Plenty of space to go for almost anything your ambitions desires.,Not many cons. You are in the largest software company and therefore there are some conditions and terms in order to make the company work efficient.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65209,microsoft,Asia (Philippines)," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - MSIT,"Changes coming, but still a lot of legacy left","Large company with a lot of red-tape, and legacy left behind. Though media/social report changes - that is in Redmond. In the sites outside Redmond and in EMEA, ASIA, changes are still very slow. Little Napoleons still rule","Technology is still very cool. Get to use the latest, greatest MS Software",Look beyond Redmond to make changes....Asia still needs to be rapidly changed for the better and keep and attract great talent - which we have lost and are not getting,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1565.htm
65210,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Engineer,Good work environment and has lot of opportunity to learn and grow. Lot of challenging and interesting work in Microsoft.,I did not have any cons to write.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65211,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Engineer,Microsoft is the best place to work with wonderful benefits.,Microsoft IT work is not to the standard.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65212,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr. Product Manager,"smart people, interesting projects, and ability to people a lot of interesting people from all over the world","culture is negative sometimes, a little bit of red tap.",keep employees enaged,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65213,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - IT Software Development Engineer In Test LEAD,IT SDET LEAD,Great place to work and enjoy,Not enough opportunity to grow for lateral entrants,Need to change age old middlemanagement,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65214,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working at a Microsoft development center,"Workplace, scale, people, good compensation and benefits","Management, too much hurry, not caring much about quality",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65215,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Love it! Worked there for along time and no reason to leave.,No cons.Worked there for along time and no reason to leave.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65216,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise Architect,Great opportunities. The office is in a beautiful location right in the CBD overlooking the Auckland Harbor. The Microsoft culture is an awesome one.,Remote office. Doesn't have access to all the SMEs as it's US equivalent. Salaries in New Zealand don't really match the cost of living.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65217,microsoft,Södertälje (Sweden)," Jun 26, 2015",Current Employee - SDM,great company,"Work life balance, career planning, tech perks,","Competition for senior roles, hierarchy",None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65218,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 10, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Bureaucratic and political,This company has intelligent people and an excellent work-life balance. You can plan and pace your work according to your needs.,Extremely political and bureaucratic. Need to be 'visible' to the senior management and team. Playing favorites and having fiefdoms makes working in and navigating the organization nearly impossible.,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65219,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Engineering manager,"good benefits, great campus, good transport, good for campus hires for early start","limited legacy projects, middle level careers saturated, long timers at senior level need encourage younger talent with more embrace",honest effort in career and coaching important for long term retention of employees,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1566.htm
65220,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 9, 2015",Current Employee - PM2,a good place,"smart people, great environment, good benefits",hard to move internally in the company,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65221,microsoft,Amsterdam (Netherlands)," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,Microsoft,"Nice environment, smart and nice people to work with,","Stack ranking of 5% company wide each year, High workload,","Stop stack ranking, and more focus on work-life balance.",4.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65222,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," Jul 8, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Marketing Director,You can get career planning,It is very difficult to work with other areas,You guys should talk much with each other,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65223,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Jun 23, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Account Executive,my company,great workplace for productivity up.,I don't have the bad pointo for my company.,I almost have no opinion to our management.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65224,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Great company overall, flexible working arrangements depending on your team, good working environment, a lot of opportunities depending on your manager","Work life balance was not the best, timelines were not realistic, hard to gain access to other teams",Be more open to ideas and new way of thinking.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65225,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Jul 8, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"Good benefit and nice people, little pressure if you are not very ambitious.","Red tape and politics, not the place for young people. Microsoft as a whole is very good tech company but everything is different in Japan.",Cut Japan team.,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65226,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good with bit politics,"Work time, Salary, Enjoyment, so lots games, good campus","Bad Politics, dice situation, no respect of your follower",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65227,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Work Culture,Flexible timings. Good enough career growth. Chance to work with great people.,Will not get total ownership of a feature before 3-4 years. Some teams had to work on legacy code base. Base pay is less than it's competitors.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65228,microsoft,"Hangzhou, Zhejiang (China)"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,SDE,"I used to work in Microsoft as SDE intern. Like the work life balance culture here. And for new grad, the software development process lead by a big company and how to solve problems for a green had should be considered. That's why I choose to enter big company after graduation.","For some workaholic, some teams in Microsoft may make you feel too lazy. The culture here is work life balance. Sometimes we may have a lot of meetings discussing about small features.",I do like the working style here. But it will be better if less meetings and more coding.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65229,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enterprise Director,"great people, great solutions, high execution, extraordinary momentum, visionary CEO","trust seller, transparency to top management, reduced accountability as many decisions require 2-3 levels up agreement",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1567.htm
65230,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Product Manager,"Great company overall, flexible working arrangements depending on your team, good working environment, a lot of opportunities depending on your manager","Work life balance was not the best, timelines were not realistic, hard to gain access to other teams",Be more open to ideas and new way of thinking.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65231,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 26, 2015",Former Employee - Partner Accounts Manager,Best of the Worst,"Work with world recognised brands and products loved the world over. A few good perks, ..... I am now filling the space to get over the 20 word minimum.","Where do you begin? Management are too busy fire fighting and complaining about the meaningless elements of their roles, rather than better understanding the issues around the organisation.  All strategy is developed in the US, however the business struggles to understand there are different consumers across the world and different retailers other than Best Buy.  They are world recognised brands, but for the work it did pre-2010. It has fallen behind its competitors on all fronts. PS4 winning the latest console battle. Apple winning on the consumer space across all formats, as Windows, their device partners (Dell, Lenovo and Compaq) are too busy fighting each other, rather than fighting the bigger beast, and Nokia (Microsoft Mobile) is just so far behind its untrue.  The whole organisation is worrying too much about why consumers prefer other products than getting their products up to a level which can compete.  I cannot put into words how much of a painful and awful organisation this is.","Concentrate on the consumer, rather than pitching against Apple. Understand the issues and drive change, rather than being the Churchill Nodding Dog. The business has no back bone, and struggles to adapt to a changing environment. Total lack of understanding about the consumer, proved by the poor Windows 10 launch and the XBOX announcement which marginalised the core XBOX community.  Concentrate on working with your employees, rather than ensuring you are covered from an issue and throwing everyone else under a bus.",1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65232,microsoft,none," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer,"Lots of incentives, interesting work, and satisfaction in projects.","Life and working balance is too much to the work side, employees cannot go 24 hours without sleeping.",Care about interns!,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65233,microsoft,"Abuja, Niger (Nigeria)"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Public Sector Lead,Public Sector Lead,"Top Brand, Great Exposure, Competitive Compensation","No work-life balance, High employee turnover",None,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65234,microsoft,Vienna (Austria)," Jul 25, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Manager,looks better than it is,"felxible working time, lot of benefits","Bad Management in Austria, is hard to be there.at 45+ , customer is not important most important is the own career and nothing else",Focus on customers and less internal,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65235,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"Great benefits, career opportunities, opportunities to learn & become an SME. Great network, nice environment, modern technology.",Managers can manage badly & there's nothing in place to stop that. You can't be succesful without being known so you must manage your brand as well as do your job.,Have better training programs There should be more measurement on manager performance to ensure they are managing well,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65236,microsoft,"Windsor, ON (Canada)"," Jun 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,One of the best possible intern experiences,Participate as a full team member Lots of intern events and gatherings Free stuff exclusive for interns Great deals on housing and rental car,In Seattle for the 4 months of rain,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65237,microsoft,none," Jul 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company with small minds in middle management,"- Culture - Learning something new every day - Good benefits - New president, Satya has a brilliant mind and good will","- Managers, in general, has an old mindset with micro-management. They do almost everything except manage well people. They aren't people managers. - A rule created by a VP about fire 5% of employees every year as a way to 'refresh' company - Small mindset in term of goals to the future - HR thinks only in terms of be profitable and don't work to keep talents","- Management it's weak in essence because they are just keeping technical guys for years then moving them for management positions without preparation regarding what really means manager people. Most of young people are looking for companies like Google, Facebook, Tweeter, and others because Microsoft became so burocratic almost like IBM in the 80's",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65238,microsoft,none," Jul 1, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,Senior Software Engineer,"Relatively stable environment in which I get to do a lot of interesting, customer-focused work.","Limited career advancement possibilities beyond the senior level. Poor work/life balance. (Though, better than other companies like Amazon.) Lots of bureaucracy. Lots of randomization in online services.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65239,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Jul 4, 2015",Current Employee - Web Designer,web designer,i choose this company bcoz it give me lot practical knowlodge,not fied place for satying,give jobs in home town,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1568.htm
65240,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Really cared about the intern experience and placement considerations for next internships.,None that really come to mind.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65241,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Designer,It is a good place to work,head quoter is too far away.,I don't have anything to say.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65242,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sr.Program Manager,Good work place to learn and grow. Quality Infrastructure,Sr Management too unpredictable and short of inspiring leaders,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65243,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stable company with global impact,"The work you do has global impact Good benefits Flexible hours (but this depends on a team) Satya has started some good initiatives, and the company does not feels like ""capsuled"" (isolated) anymore","Some teams are more modern and agile, some less. Too many re-orgs...",Feels like a constant re-org of a re-org...,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65244,microsoft,Paris (France)," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Awesome company to start your career,"Nice place to work, good environment with a lot of training available. The company have a culture that promotes constant development of its employees.",Too many meaningless meetings to make a decision that could have been made in 30 minutes. Too much efforts spent by the management team in internal politics,Be more directly and clear in the decision making process. The new leadership team have changed the culture for the better and it must continue.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65245,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2015",Current Employee - MACH,MACH program,Very good opportunities to learn during the fast track program.,"MACHs have to struggle with the traditional, hierarchical working style at MS.",none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65246,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Great place to work. Very nice enviroment. People a super friendly. Free snacks and drinks.,Lot's of reorgs. Your job changes all the time. Sometimes hard to finish one project.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65247,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place for freshers,> Lots of learning for freshers - most people are helpful in teaching freshers about software practices and technologies > Flexible work - can go to office and leave office at any time - can work at our own pace and time > Open minded employees - it is a relief to step into office and find people with whom you can share any crazy idea,"> Profit and Impact driven - focus is more on domain knowledge than on programming skills and coding standards. Good code is seldom appreciated > Too much QA work - since there is no test role, devs who write production code spend more time in testing than in development > Less inclined to open source technologies and primarily focused on MS tech - this is slowly changing now but there is a lot to improve",Most people who join Microsoft expect to find satisfying programming work. Let the devs actually code than make them sit through long meetings or test products.,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65248,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jun 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vibrant and diverse place filled with opportunities,Fast paced industry. Engaging technology that can help peoples lives and that people use everyday. Opportunities to develop new ideas. Great people to work with.,It is a large place to work so you need to be prepared to network and navigate.,None,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65249,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall,Great peers. Good perks and compensation. Heading towards right business direction despite it's late.,"New hired leaders are unfortunately disruptive rather than construtive via misuse of ""hacking"" mentality. Profitibility triupmhs over talents which they once called assets.",none,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1569.htm
65250,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSR,Excellent work ethic here - and research on various aspects of computer science,None I could spot here,To expand the same,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65251,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Programmer,good place to work in hyderabad,this is an awesome company in the world..,there re no cons for this company..,"no advice to the management,they are awesome already...",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65252,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS review,great Innovation & Flx hrs,huge pressure and huge targets,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65253,microsoft,Haifa (Israel)," Jun 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Senior Software Developer in Test,"Big company, large scale chalanges, very good people","Big company, too much politics vs. core development time, low team spirit, almost no innovation in the DNA","team rewards, real diversity not just spoken, real innovation",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65254,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 25, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,"Consultant at Microsoft India, Hyderabad","Lot of Onsite Travel, Amazing career opportunities,","Not great technical work, you might get rusty here, majority of migration work in services.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65255,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 18, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Developer Support,Acquisition went bad,None. I was in a company that got acquired by Microsoft and the whole deal went really bad. I was forced to quit or wait until they fired me.,Not transparent goals of acquisition. Very poor information to acquired employees. They told me to look for a job in their website instead of suggesting a new placement in the company for me. It was pretty humiliating.,"When you acquire a company, managers should be transparent and if cuts are going to be made, they should be made switfly. I believe the managers acted with ill intent when they told me there was no place for me in the company, and yet would not fire me.",1.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65256,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 27, 2015",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,Partner Technical Consultant,Lots of time and resources to do self study.,No work and no actual defined roles and responsibilities. Feels lost after working in this role.,"Define some roles an responsibility and build trust in employees. Bring some difference in senior roles. Every one , junior and senior doing same stuff. Any one getting fired any time, no security.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65257,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Product Advisor,LOVE IT!,"This place is so energetic, you will love going to work everyday, even the customers are amazing! I cant imagine myself anywhere else","There are no cons, unless you dont like customer service then this place is not for you",Keep doing what your doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65258,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Jun 27, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Director,Good company but lots of polictics,"good salary and development opportunities, some great products, smart people","lots of politics, some products are bad, development cycle too long, Scorecard mania, people don't think anymore what the customer wants they are mostly concerned about having their scorecard green, too many top down metrics","review system was outdated, try to be more inclusive, tear down the internal walls and work as one company",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65259,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 27, 2015",Former Employee - Product Development Manager,Lead International Project Engineer,Great opportunities to learn new stuff,Politics can crush creative minds,Remove obstacles from great things happening by employees,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1570.htm
65260,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,"Very good company, good benefits",poor communication amongst management and staff,none,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65261,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart People,- focus on business. - smart people,- not too many opportunity for learning.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65262,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment,"Good environment, nice benefits, outstanding people","huge company, difficult to navigate",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65263,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, work/life flexibility, but too much internal politics","Work from home is widely accepted (and productive). Productivity technology is off-the-charts. Comfortable travel policies. Smart, fun people to work with.","Extreme corporate politics. Too much focus on ""visibility"" at the expense of actual impact. A lot of corporate fat means there are way too many people trying to justify their roles by creating documents, which means lots of meaningless meetings and templates that you have to fill out. Culture of ""lowering the bar"" during target setting in order to meet/exceed Scorecard targets.","Figure out a way to change the culture of endless meetings with too many participants. Root out the people who advance by keeping their peers down (read, Vanity Fair article on Steve Ballmer, it's spot on). These people rose out of the stack ranking era, and although stack ranking is supposedly retired, the new system doesn't seem to be changing this particular phenomenon.",4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65264,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Great opportunities and smart people.,"Very rigid performance review system, hard to explain fairness within and between teams.","On occasions where values are not upheld at leadership level, needs full attention and visible action.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65265,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET,"Good salary, flexible hours, nice campus, lots of extra curricular activities","Lots of office politics,dirty games",none,3.0,4.0,none,1.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65266,microsoft,none," Jul 15, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The place where solos get rewarded,Lot's of trainings that allows you to be always updated,Not a place for team players,"instead of reward individual results, start creating a team environment....in the long run you'll see less people leaving the company and better results",1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65267,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Place,Lots of friendly people in the company,Training for new launches is severely hampered by lack of resources,"Stop having so many people pretend they know what they are doing, hire people from the front line to teach manages how to run day to day activities",3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65268,microsoft,none," Jun 21, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,UX Designer,Worked with best people in the industry,Politics and employee evaluation system,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65269,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid place to work with various career opportunities,"Good company with experienced management, well positioned salary and benefits compared to the market. Various opportunities to advance career - many options for lateral moves to gain experience in different areas.",Lots of overhead built into a lot of processes. Difficult to get answers in a timely manner. Focus on measurement but not always measuring the right things for success.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1571.htm
65270,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - GBS Engineer,GBS Engineer,Place to learn and increase your knowledge,"No life balance , not compensated well",spend more time to check your employees needs,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65271,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 21, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer Intern,Great Company for freshers,"Good Benefits,Flexible Timings,Great Food Bangalore is a great city to live in",No cons as far I worked for 2 months as intern,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65272,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jun 21, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Technical Consultant,"Great company, terrible managers","Good company internationally. Good salary, good perks, good stock program the medical insurance is good if you plan it correctly, a good company to travel the world with","like most large companies politics is everywhere. Microsoft Dubai however it is based on your race and your culture. if you are not part of the group, you are out. weak HR department terrible managers. they need training or to be removed. managers make a point of stepping on their teams to get to their next role and when there is a failure, your manager is the first to point fingers at you no accountability at microsoft. dubai still seen as a software company here to collect license money and nothing else. terrible sales teams and management. creative practices to when it comes to dealing with customers","look at the people you have, the skills and experience they bring and use them. stop treating everyone the way you were treated 10-20 years ago. update your approach, embrace new work styles and stop the racism.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65273,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good but not great,"1. Lots of avenues to chose from based on your interests. 2. With new CEO in charge of the company, the company outlook looks great 3. Customer focus is being brought to the company. Good time to be in the company",1. The old timers are stuck in the old way of thinking. There is a lot of slack in the middle to upper management (Principal level). Most of them don't have their plate full when it comes to work. There is a sense of discomfort and insecurity impacting the work. 2. Every business unit behaves differently. Org culture is divided between being extremely agile to totally waterfall types.,Career management is an important aspect. There are umpteen no of opportunities in the company which suits the needs of the employees. All you have to do is to take efforts in knowing the employees interests and putting him in a place where he feels motivated to give more.,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65274,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Management Savy,"Good mentoring, facilities, Hyderabad is a great city.","Slow growth, US driven, management savy",Improve on quality of individual,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65275,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Jun 19, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Marketing Manager,Good working environment. Well known brand.,Only focus on short term business,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65276,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,companuy review,good people .nice work culture . many thing to learn,not so great work culture,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65277,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Flexi working time and work from home (dependant on role),Some meetings at night if working with teams in Seattle,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65278,microsoft,none," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft after few years on the company,Flexibility on your time and lots of tools for self development,"Very demanding, so make very good use of your flexibility do Help balance work/life",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65279,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 17, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great place to work,Great ideas company. Microsoft continues to develop leading edge solutions,To many accounts for AM's to manage well,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1572.htm
65280,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 17, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Software Engineer, Banaglore","Work with the Best Minds, Good Pay on Industry Standards. The Best in the Industry.","Work Life Balance could be bad, depending on team. Long role as Individual Contributor due to 2 levels in each role. Largely Individual Contributor Career Path","Focus on Work Life Balance. Make it easier for a Job Seeker to understand the career path limitations in MS compared to other companies and its uniqueness, so that better choice can be made.",3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65281,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 15, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,Great Company with amazing benefits,Employee friendly company with amazing work culture. Microsoft strives hard to make sure employees achieve work life balance.,"I work for Microsoft India and it's lacking the innovation as compared to other orgs within the company. Typical indian senior management so one has to face a lot of politics when it comes to career growth,",Help people grow in their careers rather than making them stuck in a specific role just because it's helping your own team.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65282,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Rewarding job,"Great work, great people, extremely good working environment, decent time off, competitive compensation.","Legacy code-base, demanding work, long project turnovers.",Many managers are reluctant to move towards new/better technologies which should not be the case.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65283,microsoft,Paris (France)," Jun 1, 2015",Current Employee - Service Engineer,SE Job,"passion, and innovative, and ambitious.","worklife balance, worklife balance, worklife balance,",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65284,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Just Awesome,Good Career Opportunities. Good Compensation & Benefits.,Need to work on Work/Life Balance.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65285,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2015",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Overbearing and Bullying,- Great to have on your CV - Network and get to know great talent - Exposure to a wide set of clients - Great co-workers who share the same pressures,- Management bully and micro manage - Highly political and unfair to employees - Difficult to progress in career - Average pay,"Respect your employees as peers, do not find ways to bully them with nasty under handed tactics and not drive them out of the company.",2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65286,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great Company To Work For,- Good work life balance - Good pay - Good culture,- You have to earn good work - Sometimes your work may not get that much of an attention.,More good work with business impact as well can help keeping good people.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65287,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 31, 2015",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Best place to work,"Work- life balance, very good compensation, stock options, employee satisfaction, great facilities, free food (that too awesome food), free transport (Air conditioned) and a management team who listens to the employees.","I haven't seen any specific cons though. Depending on the region, the team etc, there could be room for improvement.",NA,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65288,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 9, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,mediocre middle mgmt who are too scared to do the right thing for the company.,"- Nice office space , free snack and drinks in pantry.  - Having first hand experience on the latest technology and software/tool  - Meeting many passionate and smart people under the same roof especially in support teams who genuinely wants to make a difference for the company.  - Flexibility to work from home / remotely with manager's approval  - The overall compensation package for FTEs is pretty competitive in today's market ( great insurance coverage + flexi cash + medical )  - Great exposure if one is looking for gain experience in a complex environment / working with multiple stakeholders.","- Lack of clear direction from middle mgmt and leadership team. News cascaded down are usually late or over generalised, leaving it up to your own imagination/interpretation (because you are not high-level enough) to hear the real situation.  - Do not expect any kind mentorship on your own career growth. The middle mgmt managers are too caught up with their personal agenda and 'showing visibility' to their intended target audience trying secure their own jobs/ looking for next move. They have little interest in being mentors to their directs nor investing time to make their own team successful.  - Despite hiring all the highly qualified and skilled candidates, the management has little tolerance for alternative voice. The mid level managers generally expects 'Yes' man, no questions asked type of behaviour. They will also resort to petty and biased actions to get back at you for 'disobeying' them by giving you a negative testimonial/performance appraisal. period.  - The open secret is : How well you climb in this company is not truly dependant on your performance but how well you network and show your visibility to the right people. Quarter after quarter, it encourages people to form alliance to ""scratch each other's back"". Typically such alliance will come up with some random rubbish project that has no real impact to the business nor help to solve real customer issues. They use up a whole lot of resource from support teams to do all the dirty work for them and at the end of it, they get all the credits and praises for ""leaning in""  - Many of the mid level managers are long timers ( >10 years) , they know the game so well hence they are too afraid to try or do anything different for fear of losing their jobs.  - Stack ranking. The performance review system is time consuming, a lengthy process and final evaluation is flawed & biased. Employees of the same BU & of the same ranks are pitted against each other. Only 10% will be the top performers and 20% will be average performers , leaving 70% of the entire crew falling into the lower trench. What's the point of making 70% of the crew feeling like they are failures in their job when they are not ?? Of course, MS have since embarked on new review system that is less time consuming but the methodology of grading the staff has not yet evolved - basically new skin but same crappy insides.","Hire more qualified and experience mid lever managers that are able to lead experienced team of individual contributors. Get off your high horses and listen to pain points of your support teams in their daily challenges. Your internal tools are not perfect so fix it and the efficiency will get passed onto customers expectation of fast turnaround. Abolish the multiple metric tracking system, less is more.",3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65289,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jun 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,microst israel,learn a lot international company travel,work a lot of hours need to learn new stuff on your free time,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1573.htm
65290,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,"Excellent company to work for, it is a company that truly and profoundly lives by its values and has a strong shared company culture.",None. Basically because I abided by the company values and thus felt very comfortable.,Keep up the good work and the motivation.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65291,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," May 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great Environment,Great energy and colleauges. They are now just getting cooler and cooler,"Corporate is corporate, some things can be slow, but things are changing",Less PMs in certain projects,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65292,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,"Flexibility, Lots of perks, Beautiful Offices.",- Shark managers - job insecurity,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65293,microsoft,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," May 27, 2015",Current Employee - Consumption Specialist,Awesome,"Great work culture, extremely friendly staff (especially department leads), very knowledgeable staff, always a challenge, great pressure",None really? I've yet to come across the cons,Keep it up!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65294,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Senior PM,MSIT Work Culture,"Excellent benefits, excellent facilities and learning opportunities.","Extremely unsafe and political environment, fear of speaking the truth, high distrust between employees, too much of mimicking management leader's works and phrases, authority without influence, inability of managers to control rogue behaviors, bullies, lying, mud slinging. Self imposed incompetence, lack of ownership of decision making at team level. Pathetically poor decision making at management level, absurd criteria for decisions, eliminating capable candidates from key meetings etc... Not easy to get accustomed to the culture - ""anyone who joins Microsoft (MSIT) his career starts after one year"" is an arrogant saying with in the company.","Hire well qualified, capable managers with good value system and performance history. Management should focus on what Microsoft defines as values and delivery principles, what the company portrays in its management and personality trainings. The management should have the ability to identify and promote right behaviors, and equally good at identifying and eliminating counterproductive behaviors.  Microsoft is a wonderful company, but unfortunately it is run by incompetent and valueless managers who somehow made it to wrong positions. Too much of money wastage on team outings, too much time wastage at office. Poor quality in delivery and not very productive delivery with regards to time. The explanation is again flimsy - ""cost center"" so we can eat away companies' time and money.",1.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65295,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Support Practice Manager,Support Practice Manager,"Great atmosphere, challenging, is all about the people.",Compensation plan is not the best around,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65296,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 25, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Former PM at MS IDC,Best company / great work culture. Amongst all the companies i worked MS was outstanding in terms of job satisfaction and work culture. I was let go to layoffs - it's been almost 3 years since i was employed but till today i feel part of it.Get to work on cutting edge nextgen technology.,Nothing except layoff's if that can be curbed.,"It's been 3 years since i worked in MS IDC but till date i feel part of it, anyone taking down on WP or Win8 or any other MS product i take it personally and vehemently defend the products. At home i made sure everyone is on WP8 :). Just recently i got a dream that Satya offers me job back at IDC . I can only wish more oppurtunity comes in at IDC and we can be onboarded back to cutting edge ""bandwagon"". Keep rocking !",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65297,microsoft,none," May 25, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,marketing associate,Excelent work environment and salary,No cons. Everything was perfect. A little far if you are from Toronto but you can also work from Toronto office occasionally,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65298,microsoft,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Jun 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,As company has highly skilled people employed and around you which creates chanlleging and competitive environment,"Management and HR is not care about you and your performance, highly corrupted environment...its not your technical skills or performance to survive in this company but its matters how good you are at buttering your boss...They is mental and physical harrasment for females, and if you escalate you lose your job..no legal action or even acknowledgement of issue from management . If you opt for internal transfer, you are treated as alien and external candidates are more preferred than retaining old employees who served for more than 6 years The saying holds true for MS - all that glitters is not Gold",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65299,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,Awesome place to work and value driven company,Needs to increase the pay check for the employees,Give more opportunities and increase in pay,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1574.htm
65300,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Support Engineer,Awesome place to work and value driven company,Needs to increase the pay check for the employees,Give more opportunities and increase in pay,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65301,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jun 7, 2015",Current Employee - Software Programmer,SDE2,Very good company. Care for her workers,my manager dont know how to manage people,i don't have any advice,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65302,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager,"Good Company, good benefits. able to travel within the region. Always innovating.",hard to climb the corporate ladder because the company is too big but that's okay.,no advice.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65303,microsoft,none," May 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work for,great company to work for,market share in devices in going down,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65304,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work ethics,Giod work ethics good management no internal politics,No work life balance in work,Try to get more involved with employees and arrange more events,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65305,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jun 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Deveopment Manager,"Leader, Culture of winning, great leaders at global level","local subsidiary become just execution engine, less authonomy",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65306,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Good company with Bad leaders,"Good opportunities, New technology, Access to resources","Bad leaders, too much politics",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65307,microsoft,Rome (Italy)," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Architect,A beautiful (but challenging) workplace,"Benefits, dynamic and open environment, always leading edge technologies.","Poor work-life balance, sometimes happens to work isolated from the rest of the company (one-man-band).",none,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65308,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Sales Manager,Young and dynamic compared to being in an SI. Great brand and recognition. Very structured from a career development and advancement perspective but... you have to be very good at networking to do this,"Scorecard crazy. From top down, everything is scorecard driven. Forensic forecasting and pressure, almost daily. Constant internal 'fire-drills' that detract from client focused activities.",Encourage more entrepreneurial behaviour and cut down on the massive internal reporting requirements,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65309,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Multi-tasking,Positive Corporate Culture and team building opportunities,Management and their management anddoesn't always know what your role is or all the responsibilities.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1575.htm
65310,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Territory Development Manager,Fantastic Company,"Fantastic company to work for. Great benefits, flexibility and the company direction is really exciting.","Work life balance is often difficult, can be extremely stressful.",More engagement and guidance/feedback to employees needed to achieve top results and feel recognised,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65311,microsoft,Melbourne (Australia)," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Executive,Marketing Executive,Very Good Company at the same time very tired job,It's a challenge for me to compete with other competitors products.,Keep it up. Make it better.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65312,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Eng,- Great Peers - Good Managers - Cares about employees,- Cost cutting measures for a flatter organization - Forcing Leads/Managers to take IC positions - Having a structure not level adjusted to industry ..,Takes the Test Discipline more seriously and manage the current discontent among people,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65313,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS,"Good company culture, resourceful and good continuous learning environment, managers are supportive. Strategy goals are executed coherently","big company usually suffers from inability to react to market in a agile mode, time to market need to be improved",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65314,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Azure Support Engineer,Microsoft Argentina - A nice place to work,High Profile Ppl everywhere Work Change Policy to prevent Burnouts High Rated company Benefits Learning oportunities,big company and so much to do.. sometimes you can get lost Mentors not always are suited for the job and you might find yourself alone in the dark,Try to find the best person for teaching the new hires how to do things,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65315,microsoft,none," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,awesome employee care,Takes good care of its people,Too many people and too little opportunities,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65316,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," May 19, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer Lead,Greate company to work for,Work-life balance Working on consumer product with high impact Interesting and challenging work Great talent to work with,Sometimes suffer from large company bureaucracy and slowness,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65317,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing Director,Great Company with Great career prospects,Alot of wanna bees and career climbers,Focus on real performance not lower level managers slides,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65318,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Product marketing manager,"Flexible working hours, people are accountable and high standard of work ethics","Complex office politics, alliances base on past experiences, who is the ceo will drive all their people in strategic position",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65319,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Sr. Software Engineer,Value driven company with focus on innovation,Development opportunities are too much focused in US,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1576.htm
65320,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - User Experience/UI Developer,Best Place to work on.,"Flexible timing, Good working culture, Friendly team mates, hard working people, equal opportunity to lean and grow","Depending on the work pressure, sometime an individual needs to take up more than one project at a time. It happens sometime only which is totally fine as company also does lots of things for career development.",Just keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65321,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 14, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Microsoft is a great place to work because the salary is highly competitive with fantastic benefits. It also has good work culture and highly intelligent employees,"Sometimes, it can take a long time to accomplish things as there are too many people involved in decision making. Co-ordination between teams lacking can cause delays",Remove overlap in roles so that people can go about getting things done. Try to bring back the start up culture that clearly existed some years ago,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65322,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jun 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software Engineer,Very open to learning Proffesional environment,Too political Technical leaders are mostly doing management not leadership,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65323,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Engineer,good better best,Very smart people doing good work,too much politics in mgmt,do some work with real value,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65324,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 21, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Business Consultant,Blind leadership,"Internationally opportunities, largest range of customer, great solutions","100% top down management, organizational change every year, no consideration for your own skills and experience",When you change the organization and the role readiness or definition you can significantly impact people and careers,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65325,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," May 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"You are given the opportunity to drive the change in the company, work with really smart people and own your career growth.","Feels like a big start up, still learning how to get all the components into alignment.",Keep hiring & training young talent to help develop the new Microsoft,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65326,microsoft,none," May 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,innovation and openess,"Innovative company, cool products, ability to change roles","Some poor management people, work life balance a wish, but work load is against it",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65327,microsoft,none," May 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Customer Support Manager,Good company with lot of clients,"Product, Management, Support, Software, Marketing",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65328,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very Good,"1) Very good campus with all facilities. Probably the best office in India among all IT Companies. 2) Very cool and clam people. 3) Hyderabad as a city is very good, it is well planned, everything is in 10km radius. 4) CTC wise good. Your hard work is appreciated with promotion, stocks and increment. 5) Good performance bonus each year.","Work in some teams may not suit your interests. Some teams are maintaining products, you may not like that.",Keep up the good work. No advice as such in particular. Enjoyed working there and had really very good time.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65329,microsoft,none," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and cons,"nice people, good salary, good chances to develop yourself","no worklife balance, my boss was not suitable for management position.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1577.htm
65330,microsoft,none," May 28, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and cons,"nice people, good salary, good chances to develop yourself","no worklife balance, my boss was not suitable for management position.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65331,microsoft,Paris (France)," May 26, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales Director,Exciting broad range of products and areas of interest. Good level of responsibility and autonomy. Great salary and bonus possibility.,Slower moving large company. Sometimes more focus on process/scorecard than on delivery. Marketing is very distributed across different functions within Microsoft with the actual Marketing and Operations department more focused on operations.,Clarify the field marketing function and separate Marketing/Operations. More proactive career planning and placement support for identified talent within the organisation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65332,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology solutions professional,good company to work for,"none, good company over all",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65333,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," May 25, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Mobile Still Shaky,"Nice, smart colleagues. nice view from office. good perks.","Insane hours due to need to work with Redmond on telco all the time. if you have product job, then add China to the mix and you have no life.  Power shifting to Redmond. Lack of believe in strategy with regard to mobile. General resentment for senior management transitioned from Nokia. Many Sr management wanted to leave in last layoffs but process meant they faced no choice but to stay, or resign with no severance.","If we are all to be accountable for our actions, should the leadership team not take accountability for poor performance? If product security is crucial, how come Sr leaders ""accidentally"" sharing pictures just get a slap on the wrist? Usual. one rule for Sr management, one for everyone else.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65334,microsoft,none," May 24, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review of Microsoft from an SDET,"THE best employee friendly policies - Eg : flexi timings, very good medical insurance for self and family members, safe and free of cost home drops ...... lot more :)",At times work becomes not so challenging - may be due to the project itself or due to the clerical tasks ( filling up forms etc ) involved in the work.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65335,microsoft,none," May 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Supportive environment. Opportunities to learn.. Attractive Salary package. Growth chances are high. It is a very reputed company so your profile will be enhanced just by their name.,Very high and exhaustive work hours sometimes. Too much pressure and workload. The human resource management system is not responsible enough.,Company is good. Just hire more people so that pressure is lowered on existing employees.,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65336,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 7, 2015",Current Employee - IT Engineer,IT Engineer,Very flexible work culture Many perks and additional benefits other than salary,Bureaucratic processes Frequent reorganisations Late in competition,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65337,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," May 7, 2015",Former Employee - Finance Intern,MAP Intern,"the MAP program at Microsoft is one of the best ways to get involved in marketing and finance at a top level company, I had a great time during my time there and highly recommend this to anyone interested",No cons to report whatsoever,keep doing what you're doing,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65338,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," May 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Scientist,"As a data scientist, one of the most important things is to work on hard challenging problems, and to allocate sufficient time to solve them. Microsoft distinguishes between devs and researchers, which allows the researches to concentrate on solving these kind of problems","Most of the company is based in Redmond, and if you're not there it's harder to get promotions or just to let your voice be heard","The company should respond to the market much faster (for example smartphones, search engine, and so on). Other than that - keep on the good job :)",5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65339,microsoft,none," May 21, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Microsoft is good but very very demanding,"It's a company with a development very fast and it always keeps innovating. Be within Microsoft you can access to the Microsoft product information from first hand like from the developer teams. Also, offers to see how to evolution the business in different edges. Exist some benefits but vary depend the country for its employees. It's a most important company of software of that there is no doubt.","It's a company very demanding, you need be following the rithm to the business. Sometimes, It's hard to achieve a vertical promotions, there is very much internal competition.",none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1578.htm
65340,microsoft,none," May 20, 2015",Former Employee - Manager,not good,"not much to say about this place, get your pay and leave",it would take 2 days to decribe all the cons about this hell hole,fire all of your upper management,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65341,microsoft,Timişoara (Romania)," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lovely experience for a newbie, great place to work. A companythat fights for its employees","A lot of freedom, a lot of appreciation, not a lot of stress, very fun environment",The work became pretty boring after a while and they son't really provide opportunities to grow,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65342,microsoft,Alexandria (Egypt)," May 4, 2015",Current Employee - Sales,Cashier,Good position to work their,Being away of my friends,Be the best ever,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65343,microsoft,Paris (France)," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing intern,great autonomy given to the intern great company to learn about marketing roles high salary,many heavy procedures interns are often patronized,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65344,microsoft,none," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,About Work Culture,1. Frequent Team Outing. 2. Good collaboration. 3. Best work Culture,1. Food quality is not best but okey. 2. Less foreign opportunity .,Every thing is fine,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65345,microsoft,none," May 18, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,Very good work and compensation.,"Some divisions are good, while others are pretty ordinary. The middle management in some teams are not upto the mark. Lack of vision in the team that I worked for",Please put the employees in right roles and not what is currently open,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65346,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 18, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Support Engineer,"Great Environment, Limited Growth","A great place to start, and you are always the forerunner to try out anything new in Microsoft. People are great, Facilities are amazing.","Limited growth, the options to move laterally are scarce and very time consuming.","Movement should be based on ability to learn and adapt, not based on current job description",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65347,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Retail Director,Retail director,"Open environment, challenging job with great people, big team and nice budget. Wide portfolio of products in an ever changing space.","Small local empowerment, limited decisions allowed, lack of focus, always changing kpis and organisation. Very internally focused.",none,3.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65348,microsoft,none," May 1, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,7 years at MS,Access to cool new tech Opportunity to work in a company that is actually changing the world Financially comfortable,"a lot gets decided in Seattle, fields office do not get to say strong politics going on Still somewhat of an image problem",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65349,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Digital Product Manager,Digital Product Manager in Bing,A great and open minded place to work in,Staf leasing contract are not so good,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1579.htm
65350,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Digital Product Manager,Digital Product Manager in Bing,A great and open minded place to work in,Staf leasing contract are not so good,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65351,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 14, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Support Engineer,Good working environment. Colleagues are easy to deal with and friendly. Working hours are flexible and you can arrange yourself and even work from home.,"Salary lack of competition. Support engineer is not a good career path actually, which has very few choice in the future. And the role is a 24*7 job, need to on call very frequently.","There are too many managers in Microsoft, which is not good for the company to develop. Because it is very hard to make a single decision as we need to get approval from a lot of people before we can execute one simple change.",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65352,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Internship,Microsoft - A company worth working for,Microsoft treats its employees well. Location preference is entertained. Remunerations are above industry standards.,"Movement across the organization, though claimed to be easy, does not always happen. Also, once you grow inside the organization, moving out becomes difficult",The employees' aspirations need to be taken into consideration and opportunities need to be given to them to prove their capability.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65353,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," May 15, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Director,Microsoft Management needs wholesale reprogramming,"Great technology visions, brand recognition with IT, great base pay","A very poor leader has had 8 direct reports wih combined 100 years of msft experience Underfunded business units with huge goals, rapid terminations","You have an extremely poor leader who has had 8 Microsoft leaders leave Microsoft in the past year, losing a combined 100 years of Microsoft experience. It's a compete train wreck and morale is very low. I receive calls weekly from my old colleagues about job opportunities at msft competitiorw.  Microsoft wants to transform but isn't funding the change because top leadership are involved in profit sharing model. It is preventing proper resourcing and driving burn out.  I would consider Microsoft a high risk career move due to poor onboarding, targets that are nearly impossible and a comp plan that is punitive until you hit 75% or your number.",2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65354,microsoft,Nairobi (Kenya)," May 12, 2015",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Great company. Great new direction since new CEO came on board. Poor leadership at regional office based in South Africa,Talent. Compensation. Corporate Social Responsibility. Technology. Medical cover & other benefits,Poor people management. Lack of clear career progression. Broken talent retention program,"Clique of managers (some not competent) driving away good talent with lack of people skills, inability to inspire trust",3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65355,microsoft,Paris (France)," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Company with many talents and managers,- tons of talented and super intelligent people you'd love to work with  - high competitive salary and bonuses  - good attitude to employees,"- no respect to company that they bought, strictly adhering to a single way that SteveB widely advertised: ""if the culture does not fit our business - we redistribute the company"".  - hungry for business requirements, never respect the product quality and end user experience, always competing like crazy","Respect employees. Respect product quality and end user experience. Stop delivering crap to end users just for a sake of fiscal year review and bonuses. You are here to bring innovations to people, not just to build unusable garbage. Remember, among ""fast"", ""cheap"" and ""with quality"" only 2 are possible to combine.",3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65356,microsoft,"Ottawa, ON (Canada)"," Apr 28, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"15 years of experience at Microsoft, different positions in Sales and Services","Great company, smart and passionate people in every subsidiary, high level of collaboration, great access to the Product Groups when we have questions and suggestions. Also, it's easy to apply for any positions.",None seen in 15 years.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65357,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical account manager,"Team work, market leader , great management",work life balance and benefits not the best in the market,none,5.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65358,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Apr 24, 2015",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"Nice place to work, but not perfect.","Carreer Opportunities, benefits, culture and values",Some internal policies makes the company slow in giving quick answers to customers needs. and the new evaluation model have poor metrics and is too subjective.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65359,microsoft,none," May 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Disappointing Senior Management leadership,Big name for CV Market place status,Interesting leadership strategy and self protection of its members to the detriment of lower status employees. If we did or asked for what some did we would have been sacked Salaries 10-20% below market morn.,"Not everything you do is world class - you just think it is - look outside, compare and select best of the options - at the moment it's sheer arrogance - we do it so it must be the best.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1580.htm
65360,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," May 11, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Work in progress,"Mostly great people, great feeling at the company at the moment and good attitude towards how work is more than a place.","Some poor managers, not really working together as a single company yet and a bit slow as larger companies can be",Find ways for people in junior roles to be able to try other roles.,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65361,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Apr 25, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Account Manager,Respect employee.,I enjoy the Innovative solutions and product diversity of Microsoft. And the management team respect employees. They listen to the feedback from employees and take actions to improve the working environment. And you can always try the latest new products like office and windows.,The complicity of license. It's not easy for new employee to understand the license. And we have lots of works to do in order to meet the score card.,Management has to realize the world has changed. We need to be more open mind and don't insist on the old ways.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65362,microsoft,none," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good colleagues but bad management,Good and skilled professionals working there,"Lack of projects, interesting areas not so many",People on the bench is not good management,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65363,microsoft,none," May 3, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too much fat in the middle,"Good vision by Satya, and a solid range of products, services and devices.","Still too much fat in the middle(management). Too many people ""managing"" and not enough doing actual work.",Start looking at the doers vs the talkers.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65364,microsoft,none," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Mobile,Good Work Culture and compensation,Software Company now focusing on Software services,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65365,microsoft,none," May 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company with strong technology,The colleagues are excellent in terms of skills,Maybe the salary is not so satisfactory,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65366,microsoft,Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)," May 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great working environment,Great working environment Pro-active Flexible schedule Great boss Great team coordination Be able to interact with a wide range of softwares,High pressure Lack design appeal Boring Bad co-worker,Provide more interesting activities or stimulus for more fun working environment Improve upon design,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65367,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"back then, great place to work for","energetic, driving, challenging atmosphere, until new cloud business started to take over","now, became management company, managed by themselves",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65368,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 30, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Business Analyst,Full flexibility given in work/life balance. Ownership of work load given completely.,Hard to navigate networks. Lots of focus on Redmond based employees.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65369,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 1, 2015",Current Employee - ANDHRA PRADESH,Excellent,Good work culture and good oppurtunities,no down sides for this company,no advices for the management,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1581.htm
65370,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2015",Former Employee - Software Engineer,nice,"good to work with, loved it",too far from dublin city,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65371,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very employee oriented company,"Microsoft had some of the brightest minds in the industry, a great place to learn grow. Lately the culture and outlook is turning around and the future looks promising.",Some old habits and culture need to change. Leadership is consisting of all old souls and some fresh blood at top level can bring about the change that Satya has started.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65372,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,account Technology strategist,"It is a stable company where you know the strategy, how to contribute and how you will be compensated.",The environment is very competitive,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65373,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, really smart people to work with.","Challenging environment, you can really learn and grow. Enables you to be at the cutting edge of knowledge in your field. You get to work with super bright people.","You need to be very resilient, willing to debate your ideas, and prepared to support your assertions with solid research.","Harness the potential of your employees. There are pockets of ""chronism"" across the company, and meritocracy sometimes takes a back seat.",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65374,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,equal opportunity,"Open mind, equal opportunity, employees are asset",so far I could not find any,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65375,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 13, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,Developer,Great place. Lot of time to complete work in order to minimize bugs,They only sold Starbucks in the cafe!!,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65376,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 13, 2015",Current Employee - Business Leader,business leader,"World wide impact, IT products for enterprise","Work life balance, constantly changing landscape","Move faster in the market, faster rate of innovation",5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65377,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,The atmosphere is good and it is easy to get along with colleagues.,The benefit isn't competitive among Internet companies.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65378,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good employer,Flexible working hours. Casual work attire. Good manager - at least for me. Great team collaboration,Very few annual holidays. Low bonus for the past few years. Low job security as they were cutting employees due to realignment .,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65379,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Apr 26, 2015",Current Employee - Electronic Engineer,Product Engineer,"Good Salary, work-live balance is good.","Nothing to write, No downsides",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1582.htm
65380,microsoft,Mexico City (Mexico)," Apr 24, 2015","Current Employee - Legal &amp, Corporate Affair Lead","Legal Affairs, Compliance, Data Privacy","Innovation, Work Life Balnace, Benefits, Great Place to Work","Challanges, Process, Many policies, WW cotetitors",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65381,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Very good office, comprehensive HR support humanitarian vacation policy, opportunity to work with global colleagues","Lots of technologies MS used are just for their own, not popular for other companies. Salary is not competitive. MS is not like the previous giant anymore. And the work/life balance in my team is very bad.",none,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65382,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leisure but motivated,"The new Microsoft share every state-of-art technology to all employee, and you move with the trend. No device-first slogan anymore, the cloud-first leads us to think next generation and move forward. Great to be here and comparable salary","Like any big company, a communication skill is highly requirement to reach next level",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65383,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Apr 9, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Director,Sales Director,New challenges all the time.,Lot of bureaucracy stopping agility to go to market..,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65384,microsoft,none," Apr 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Full-stack developer,"Nice place to work at, talented people and engineer.","Nothing in my mind now, Overall everything is good.",I don't have any advices. Thanks.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65385,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 6, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great Company, Great People","Microsoft is probably the best employer I ever worked for. The people are great to work with and very smart. After most meeting I felt that I learned something. The work is hard and long hours are normal, but the reward is equally good. The company offers quite a lot of perks and support continuous learning through organized trainings. From sport sessions, meditation, leadership seminars to full Six Sigma courses are all offered. The freedom to arrange work around the personal live is the most important point for me. I can come whenever I want and leave whenever I want as long as I meet my commitments. Working from home occasionally is an option as well.","It's very difficult to get promoted into other roles, simply because there are a lot of very good people who are very competitive. People Manager and Director roles are very sparse in Dublin and the 'fight' for them is horrendous. Before someone get become a people manager, he/she has to have led a team of vendors for a few years first even if it means to step down a few positions. This is a very stupid system.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65386,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,SDET 2,Excellent people to work with. Very Good perks,Review system is very screwed. If ratings gets spoilt once it's hard to come out of that.,Treat people as people,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65387,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,"work life balance, good compensation","small work force, lesser flexibiity",Its good,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65388,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but scorecard driven,"Flexible working, reasonable hours, great CEO on a great mission to change how the world works",Driven by a lot of scorecard metrics which causes all sorts of strange and irrational behaviours,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65389,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 21, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,software developer,The work load at microsoft was less and the environment was something keeps you engaged with it.,You need to be patient to grow with individually.,No specific advises as mine was pretty good .,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1583.htm
65390,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 5, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Program Manager,Microsoft offers good pay relative to the market. I was glad to work in a team surrounded with great colleagues on very challenging and interesting problems. The company's high hiring bar certainly helps achieve this.,Politics affect decision making and not business logic. At times I felt I had to work longer hours to make a career.,Focus more on the long term,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65391,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,business analyst,"good environment, great opportunities, very challenging, a lot of mentors and role models for both professional and personal life, great team","small impact on the overall company and low decision power, no bonuses",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65392,microsoft,Paris (France)," Apr 18, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Software engineer,Very good staff and pleasant people,Salary is not that high!,Please consider desktop space,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65393,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2015",Former Employee - Sales Executive,Company of cliques - with good benefits and a good ,"Excellent benefits, good work-at-home opportunities, good campus and amenities","Have to know which clique to align to, very political, big divide between vendors and FTEs in terms of pay",Review process is a joke: There are a lot of stagnant people who just do what they are told and nothing else just to keep their posts.  Vendor system does not cut it: Sometimes in some departments vendors do most of the work getting 1/3 of the pay and none of the benefits except health insurance.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65394,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 16, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Good company if you are seeking for work-life balance and an above-average pay at the same time,"You don't need to work overtime a lot. Some of your colleges are smart people, and you might have a chance to learn new knowledge/skills from them. Generally the culture is not that aggressive if compared with other local companies in China.","The hiring bar is not as high as before. I met some really clumsy engineers here. Also you don't have many serious projects here in China as a branch office, which might not be good for your career development.",Either close branch R&D offices or give them some meaningful projects to have a chance to contribute to Microsoft. Current situation is kind of a waste of money for Microsoft because a bunch of people in branch offices are actually doing meaningless demos/POCs.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65395,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Happy employees,"Lots of benefits, great relationships with peers and managers, team feeling.","Applying to other positions outside your country of residence is not easy, takes lots of time (you have to apply hundreds of time to the same role internally...) and you need contacts before doing that... sometimes I believe that is easier changing the company than trying to be relocated within Microsoft! Career opportunities depends on the country you are living, in Redmond there are lots of openings, but are not easy to get due to visa issues.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65396,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Apr 14, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,Program Manager / Software Developer,Given total accountability within budget limit with justifications. Global teams collaboration experience. Good salary.,Distance from Headquarters. Recognition lacking. Depend on the organization.,Need better alignment for remote orgs and better recognition,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65397,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 29, 2015",Current Employee - Manager,"Amazing company , great people, great work environment and work flexibility",Work Life Flexibility and Work culture,Not much presence in many cities in India,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65398,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 12, 2015","Current Employee - Microsoft Cloud Evangelist, Technical Support Engineer",Technical support Engineer,Very good environment and very friendly people,Chance s to get promoted is very limited due to job nature,Focus on issues more than the numbers as well provide a development plan for your employees,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65399,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 11, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Looks great from outside. Timepass from inside,Get good joining bonus Good relocation package Salary not too bad if you can negotiate,Company has no clear vision. If you are working in INDIA then praying Redmond counterpart on daily basis will keep your job Low on ethics Complete manager oriented,Learn management. Stop being copy cat. There are other management skills apart from buttering upper management.,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1584.htm
65400,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Mr.,"fame, nice team, car parking","work/life balance, money, no company car",none,3.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65401,microsoft,"Bogotá, Bogota (Colombia)"," Apr 10, 2015",Former Employee - OEM Lead,OEM Lead,"Culture of Empowerment, High performance, Good rewarding, focus on execution",no comments about con for Microsoft,no comments for advice to management in Microsoft,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65402,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Contract staff,"Flexible working hours, plenty of resources from corp when doing data analysis.",Not feeling like part of the team.,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65403,microsoft,none," Apr 5, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,Great company but jeez the Commission structure,"Great offices, benefits above average. Very P.C. organisation. Still a great brand. Management do not bully for results on the whole.",The commission structure is the worst in the industry. The requirement to hit 75% to hit 34% of your OTE still reflects the belief that we are dominant and not a challenger in the market. You will not earn your full OTE if you work in Public sector. This is due to a proportion of your commission linked to a cloud number. Cloud is still not adopted widely in this sector. This shows a lack of understanding or worse. So beware when total package is discussed,If you truly want the growth numbers in the new areas you need to adjust the commission structure to reflect the type of hungry salespeople required to do the job. Recognise the old guard will not do the required job.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65404,microsoft,Emea (Indonesia)," Apr 9, 2015",Former Employee - Commercial/Sales Group,"A company with great resources, training and career potential, needs to be more focused on the customer´s business.",Overall a great experience. Many colleagues are friends and amazing people. Their is a passion there in many different corners. Employee career progression in a growth division. Many different local management styles if you get a good manager it makes all the difference. Excellent array of fixed and variable benefits. Opportunity to work internationally. Deep knowledge in the different product groups and MCS. Employee diversity and acceptance. Working environment.,"Internal reporting taqkes a lot of time, Manegement needs to engage more with the client, across many different roles. Very metric focused, but are they the right metrics for the company today? The ability to move quicky and adapt to changing market conditions needs to be more in evidence in the digital world.","The company needs to support and encourage the change of behaviour they seek. Too many management layers can isolate senior management - how many of them go back to ""work on the shopfloor?"" Mr. Nadela´s approach needs to seep down to local levels, - open and transparent management, agility and quick decissions are always a plus for everyone. (only my personal views)",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65405,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bored,everything copied from java bad,lots of freebies ad ad,get original ad ad,2.0,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65406,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Fantastic work place if you are good at planning and shaping your aspirations and career.,"Employee Education Assistance Programs, Critical Health Coverage, Switch roles/careers, vacation options, impressive year end hikes, health gyms with in, great benefits, freedom to the employees to do whichever, however they like and passionate, open & honest.","WLB can get screwed if you are bad at planning yourself. Agility, Uncertainity are expected as part of deliveries. So, must be prepared. Still manager-pet things happen once in a while - which turns up too bad for the deserving folks despite better talented.","Needless to mention, always the people who do the real work mostly affected during crisis timings but people sitting in the top mostly get away with these things.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65407,microsoft,Warsaw (Poland)," Apr 6, 2015",Former Employee - Partner Sales Director,"Great place for young people to grow, a little more harder for mature professionals.","Open environment, easy start into a career, a lot of good corporate stuff to learn or imitate in your start-up activities","It is generally hard to grow here, when your expectations are high in terms of technology relevance or people maturity.",Come back to the roots of start-up like attitude.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65408,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,A COMPANY in transformation,"great benefits like health and fitness, Tuition reimbursement and flexible vacations. lots of room to work in your own style. Less micromanagement.",The old guard is slow to adopt to new culture but they have no choice.,Complete the tranformation,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65409,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Shallow Company, lost its glam. Running purely on Brand Value.(Specific to MSIT)",Brand For few lucky guys Redmond chance,Too much politics... Lost focus... Too people centered (read manager)... No Transparency... Sinking Ship with many firings happening every other day....,Start listening again not via MS Polls but confidential open forums. Understand the attrition....,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1585.htm
65410,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,General Review,"Healthy Environment and, better learning opportunities.",less Innovative ideas than their competitors.,Should be more open and reasonable.,4.0,none,none,4.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65411,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Apr 2, 2015",Former Employee - Associate Manager,I had a great time working in the public sector department. My role is associate manager in education marketing,Intense workload and training. Exposed to various opportunity and challenge. motivated self-disciplined.,It gets busy in the high season. Sometimes it's difficult to convince clients of our product in opposition to Google's,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65412,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Returning employee,"benefits, work-life balance, flexibility, progression, technology roadmap, innovation","culture, social side of work, commission structure",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65413,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to start,Nice place to start at.,No share of knowledge from the begining,Good team,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65414,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 17, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Service Engineer,One of the best company,"Collaboration, possibilities, best organization to grow",Delays in actions as it's big corp,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65415,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Mar 31, 2015",Former Employee - BDM,Challenging environment,"Highly challenging, professional, lots of training, skill driven, fun, benefits, annual sales convention, plenty of growth opportunities","Pressure, risk of negative work/life balance, more strategic than operational (on regional level at least)","Spend more time on getting to understand ambitions, discuss them",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65416,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"MSGD-MGSI not a Microsoft culture, its like any average service company.","Microsoft Corp Policy benefits like Insurance and Health Benefits, Work from Home, Cab and Bus services, Decent T, coffee pantry areas.","1) Microsoft is driven by stock levels, i.e. 55,56,57, and so on. MSGD is treated as lowest stock levels it used to start at 55 but now it starts as 56, all other companies under Microsoft like IDC, MSIT starts from 58 or 59. So overall you are valued lower at MSGD. How it will impact you->You will not get stocks of Microsoft in your package. also it will be problem if you want to switch to other groups like MSIT or product Team.  2) Work Life balance is totally screwed here. As Microsoft their billing rates are very very high so to get projects they estimate very less so eventually dev team has to face that consequences and work day and night to complete project on time  3) All projects are driven by consultants here, there are project managers are there who works like assembly line supervisors and try to put every thing on dev leads and test leads. So if you are going to join as lead position then beware or project managers here. They are the reason why lot of people are leaving this organization. 4) You do not feel like ""EMPLOYEE"" working in MSGD you are just another RESOURCE.  5) On-site is very limited in most of the service lines. only one of the service line which is having high onsite. That service line is related to infra. So if your aspiration is for long term onsite then do not Join MSGD.  These all are true feedback not from any frustration or anything else. i can challenge anyone if any one say this is not correct.",Hire good managers and respect your employees personal lives.,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,9,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65417,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome place to work,Best IT place to work in India,none. I just can't find any,more growth opportunities in field roles,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65418,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very exciting,"There are many smart people, great benefits. Great work/life balance.",Little too big and many internal rules.,Be a challenger!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65419,microsoft,none," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology Specialist for Azure,No.1 software vendor and No.2 cloud service vendor.,Legacy vendor compare with Google and Amazon.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1586.htm
65420,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 27, 2015",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,general feedback,good work culture with intensive work environment,Hikes are average not as lucrative as initially thought,"During my last year review, my manager shared that the hikes are best in the industry and when we compare it, it is average",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65421,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very exciting,"There are many smart people, great benefits. Great work/life balance.",Little too big and many internal rules.,Be a challenger!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65422,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Microsoft - India is a good place to work,Flexibility Global Perspective Work-Life Balance Best tools and technologies at your disposal Competitive salary and perks Personal mentoring and buddies,Too many meetings Some form of bureaucracy Big company so things take time to change,Focus on innovation Encourage grassroot ideas Bring Hardware-Software fusion to work place we still have a separation between the two,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65423,microsoft,none," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New jobs opportunities,Great new challenging career opportunities,Hard to navigate internal organizations to explore new job opportunities,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65424,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 22, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Great company, intelligent coworkers","Brand value, intelligent coworkers, descent pay/ stocks, work-life balance.","Your work life entirely depends on your immediate manager. If you are lucky, you might get a good manager. Majority consider you as mere resource.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65425,microsoft,Unterschleißheim (Germany)," Mar 23, 2015",Current Employee - Service Manager,Good but too overheaded still,"Good working climate between colleagues, especially since performance system was made less rigid a year ago. Old performance system still visible in mindset, causing competition, which is not always bad.","Attrition target in some departments is ""hard coded"", meaning that 5% of employees are to be actively managed to cause a ""healthy"" performance culture with new hires bringing in new ideas. This system may be useful for a year or 2, but at some stage you realize that you have to let go of people who are from an absolute perspective more than good enough. The system is based on the 5% bottom *relative* performance, and hence fully ignores the absolute performance of such employees.","Get rid of the ""good attrition"" targets and invent something smarter to keep pressure on absolute bad performance of employees. You can't simply maintain 5% targets over many years, and expect that you still let go of people who can be replaced with the snap of a finger.",3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65426,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 7, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Nice company, nice perks I had a great time there!",Politics in some teams Canteen not that great,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65427,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice company,Good place to grow take control and grow your career. There is always a lot to learn and if you are passionate you will grow.,Projects are shuffled pretty often. Very competitive.,Nothing.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65428,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great experience, opportunities for global experience","smart people, many very passionate about their work",misaligned kpi's between teams makes it challenging to run cross-teaming projects,"a bit of a revolving door of leadership at times, better aligned kpi's would help with cross teaming initiatives and collaboration vs. battling one another to get your own goals achieved across teams",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65429,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,nice experience,"learn, united, good professionals, good wages, bonus","small company, stressful, work on weekends, no vacation, many working hours",none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1587.htm
65430,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,"Good benefits, big company, nice working environment.",there is nothing bad about this company,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65431,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good experience,"culture, people and international exposure",big ego managers and middle managers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65432,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE),Best place to work,"Work Life Balance, Appreciated for work, Open to new ideas","Huge Competition, Sometimes you may not be very well rewarded",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65433,microsoft,none," Feb 25, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company,Work satisfaction: Lot more important and cool work. Technically Strong People:,artificial stack ranking and forceful messaging based on it.,Focus on right people as mgrs.,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65434,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft perks, free cabs, good workstation,","Work Life Balance, Perks, Outings","no onsite, underpaid, too deep management, lots of meetiings,",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65435,microsoft,none," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Profile,work life balance is great,can be stressful at times,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65436,microsoft,Tallinn (Estonia)," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Diverse company with lot of opportunities for growth,"Lot of opportunities, diverse roles and areas, many smart people, if you try hard and have good ideas, it will be recognized sooner or later. Salary and benefits are hard to find anywhere else.","Lots of internal politics in some roles and locations, people in Europe can put minimum effort and still keep their good jobs and salaries General impression is that Redmond gives order and others need to execute on them no matter what. No consistency in levelling and pay across disciplines, different managers, teams.... It depends on your manager, time when you joined, how you negotiated... So some people have undeserved high levels while others have surprisingly low levels considering how much they contribute.","More transparency with promotions, empower other locations except Redmond, motivate demotivated employees who give just a bare minimum to preserve their jobs.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65437,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Great Company to Work,Good Work culture Less Pressure Friendly Environment Management is good The campus is beautiful. Good compensations. Flexible culture. Very helpful administration. Freedom Ownership Work-Life balance Better hikes.,There is nothing negative about the company.,None,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65438,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 26, 2015",Former Employee - Support Engineer,One of the best places to work,"Great work culture, Passionate Colleagues and helpful",Stupid Office Politics at times,Retain talent,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65439,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 26, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,"Best company that I've been working, great place to develop your full potencial.","Company invests in the employee in terms of technical qualification, and also the compensation ($) is not bad.","We don't have predictability of our agenda, so it's difficult to plan yourself.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1588.htm
65440,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft AE,"Salary, flexibility, progression in my career","Very flat structure, insider culture",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65441,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,It is a good environment with good managers,You cannot learn so much things,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65442,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,stay away,Large enterprise earn decent money doing very little.,with far too many people with ambiguous roles that don't add any value to the business... fire 50% of Microsoft employees and you'll still be left with far to many people. Go elsewhere if you want to get things done.,slim down and evolve,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65443,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,great company to work with,"with great managers, you are well taken cared of with career, review, training and exciting work. while you may work for some managers you don't like, but Microsoft is a big company you can move from teams to teams.","working with a small team in remote, it is kind of different from working locally. though there are still many opportunities to work on.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65444,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," Mar 10, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great and challenging working environment and big learning opportunities.,Excellent teams and coworkers. Working with really smart people at all organizational levels. Really open organization with the capacity to quickly respond to market changes.,Strong budget restrictions and big targets and pressure on contribution margins that is slowing down innovation and adaptation to new market trends. Lack of mobility and slow process for promotions and lateral changes.,Working on different teams could lead to have great feedback on different aspects of the company and customers that could drive innovation and adaptation to new market needs. Disruptive changes on technology require to invest with customers to keep them using Microsoft Technologies.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65445,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 10, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Good people, interesting work","Flexibility, peer support, process oriented",stress due to tight deadlines,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65446,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 8, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Operation Lead,Sales Operations,Diverse in the scope. It is a function carry over from Nokia. Support Sales Team to achieve more,"Difficult to perform well, as there are many roles. Cooperation within the company is complex.","Remove some of the department and cut down the number of people in HQ, reallocate them to the markets.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65447,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,Great salary Interesting Projects Good technical skills,A lot of travel Slow career development,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65448,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Marketing co-op.,"Great company, smart leadership. There is an awesome food court for MSFT employees.",Hard to move quickly in terms of executing new strategies with all of the approvals needed by corp.,Remove red tape.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65449,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Account Executive,A great company with the wrong executives,"Good visión, enough compensation, good products and services and great and very talented individual contributors. You work based on results and you are the owner of your agenda.","A very bad culture has been imposed in the last 4 to 5 years. Extremely focused on the scorecard and taking out of the picture in many cases to the customer. The new executives are task oriented and want people who execute instead of intelligent people with different approaches or visión. Many decisions are based on impacting the scorecard even if they damage the company image, future business or customer relationship.","Go back to the company values and adopt the cultural change that the new CEO, Satya Nadella, is pushing for. Put the customer in the middle of any decision and leverage the collective inteligence you have in your team.",2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1589.htm
65450,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Mar 6, 2015",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Trying to catch up but ....,still dominating the market in some area but really behind the trend. trying hard to compete and almost all other companies are its competitor,"IT company driven by process and data. Employees working hard for review and planning, hardly find time to do the real work","Employees get raised if they really make effort to please the boss. Is it the right way heading for ? political , bureaucracy ...",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65451,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 17, 2015",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Greetings place to work,Lot to learn Great career opportunities,Too much work pressure sometimes,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65452,microsoft,"Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)"," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - Advocacy Manager,Its been a fantastic journey so far moving through transformation.,"Microsoft, its the next big thing!",Honestly cant think of any cons for working here. Its a great and open environment.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65453,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Joined Microsoft R&D Ltd. India straight out of under graduate school in their rotational program called APEX,"Great place to work in Good compensation straight out of college Great work-life balance Excellent campus facilities , best in class in India","Large organization, can get lost at times Difficult to switch within departments in India Difficult to transfer to Redmond from India","Try to get leaner, move faster and bring more core product development to India",4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65454,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Surrounded by smart, hard working, type A people",Ability to move around the company to learn and grow,Work life balance can be a challenge. Seattle area traffic..,n/a,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65455,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Mar 4, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Microsoft Japan,"Microsoft still have great power to develop technology, products and service. These products & service have a potential that make the customer's IT infrastructure and their business growth greater.","Even though they have great products and service, their selling and marketing motion has become conservative due to hard operation of unbelievable number of detail Scorecard.",none,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65456,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to be,Friendly ambience help everywhere and its perfect,"none, unless and until we are updated nothing goes wrong..",Transperency,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65457,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Feb 24, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Nice ppl but code base sucks,"The team is really great. People are helpful and friendly. It's a growing team with new guys joining every week. We are all young and energetic, share lots of interests in common. It's really lots of fun working with them.",We are working on a huge code base built with lots of out-of-date techs. Most of the senior guys are in Redmond which makes things worse.,It's really a great place for working however it would be even better if we could slow down and focus more on infrastructure. That would be developers' life much more easier.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65458,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Chief Technology Officer,Great company to work with. HIgh end tecnologies and a lot of chalanging projects.,Small but very agressive to use high end tecnologies. I can work at home or anywhere in the world that I can access the internet. That is the best thing ever.,"Since it is a small company, I have to do a little bit of everything.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65459,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"Great tech and learning, poor direct management",A world of opportunities to growth. Highly talented people that will able you to growth Access to a lot of tech resources to learn Early access to new technology,To much bureaucracy Poor team management,"Create smaller teams to give space for the managers to start managing the teams in a more personnel way Review all the stuff around documentation and paper work, it is to much load in a daily basis",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1590.htm
65460,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the best to wor,"Technology based company, Life balance.package.",No innovation in this company,Please fire the people those who don't have any talent,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65461,microsoft,Paris (France)," Mar 1, 2015",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Sales role at Microsoft,"Autonomy, Innovation, Great people, Values","Compensation system, Quota attribution, work life balance",RBI is not yet adapted to the company's cloud strategy. This needs to be improved if ones want the MS cloud strategy to be executed correctly.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65462,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Feb 13, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Support,Great company to work for,"Exposure to a lot of products and technology, empowered employees, comfortable work environment.",Only con would be when your position is outsourced.,"less outsourcing. Now that Canadian dollar is lower, you should return some of the jobs back to Canada.",5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65463,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 27, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,It is a good company to work with having very good learning. Most of the projects are on latest microsoft technologies.,Projects are on latest technologies. Good infrastructure,Lot on internal politics. One should have very good networking skills to flourish well.,Sack the PDRM role. They do a lot of favoritism and are biased.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65464,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good place to learn and for career with a bit of toll on your work-life balance.,1. Hardly any politics 2. Good place to learn 3. Very agile 4. Good for career growth and to start career 5. Inspiring colleagues 6. Lot of free snacks/fruits/cookies,"1. Work life balance is a question mark. Even without management demanding, peers work day and night. This causes peer pressure and jolt work life balance. 2. No place for fun. Hardly any team building. Expected to work and contribute from day 1. 3. Need to talk to multiple internal teams to understand stuff and that can get tiring at times.",Just go a little easy. Everyone seems to be restless.,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65465,microsoft,none," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Research is a fun and exciting place to work at,"Really open minded to new and open technology. People don't push each other for work. Time are flexible. Most people are really enlightened, knowledgable, and willing to help.","Too many interns, lowering average proficiency.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65466,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern,very fantastic working environment !,not pay much!!! not pay much,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65467,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 25, 2015",Former Employee - Technology Specialist,Great Company to work,"Amazing technologies, loads of technical resource to learn, very flexible and great opportunities internally.","In India as always politics is heavy, if you can sustain then great company to work.",stop politics and show interest in people who are making the company better.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65468,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Enterprise Account Manager,Overall positive. Local management team (Australia) needs an upgrade.,"Above average compensation if you hit your numbers. Office culture - and products - focused on productivity from anywhere, so working in the office all the time is not required. Above average training. People are always willing to help.","Very much ""DIY"" culture. Many, many, many metrics to meet, reports to file, dashboards to fill in. As a salesperson, I experienced that the internal measurement was more important than the customer. Senior management locally in the AUS subsidiary needs a radical upgrade. Previous EPG lead was a bully who finally left the company in SEPT 2014. More of the sr. mgt team - who are cronies of the AUS MD - need to be replaced by experienced professionals. Untalented people are constantly promoted due to tenure - oftentimes, MSFT has been the only place they've worked in the past 15 years. This sustains the internally focused mentality.",Make room for others at the top. Stop promoting the same old people to high-level jobs. People who have never carried a sales bag are running sales teams. People who have never worked anywhere other than MSFT are passed over for deserved promotions.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65469,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Team Lead,Good employer!,Strong collaborative culture where effort is rewarded. Mature and intelligent environment with stimulation to learn and grow. They invest and look after their people.,Long decision making processes which makes it difficult to put through your initiatives. As they are focused on professional development the process for this can be time consuming although very much appreciated within the company.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1591.htm
65470,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 24, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test II,SDET 2,"Great Company, great people, nice culture where asking questions is appreciated irrespective of the level and the positon.",Politics needs to be cleaned up especially in the middle management Innovation needs to be cultivated,Politics needs to be cleaned up especially in the middle management Management need to see how to compete with the comptetors rather than in -house comptetion,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65471,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 18, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Microsoft GTSC - Bangalore - Embassy Golf Links. Pathetic place in terms of management and politics.,Get yourself technically ramped with the best and all internal training material. The brand name on your resume. Good place to learn multiple technologies - By yourself.,"Pathetic politics. Managers just use their engineers with sweet words and while giving hike & visibility, they give it to those who keep their managers happy (even if they do not work at all) There is no limit to the workload. Engineers are expected to work for more than 12-13 hrs a day. After all this they ask what did the engineer do for the company apart from taking cases.","Change your attitude, they way you manage your resources. Change the management.",1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65472,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good work environment,1)Benefits 2)flexible working hours 3)Good work-life balance,Payment to entry level software engineers is not too good,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65473,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 23, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,Benefits what is offered in the office compared to others company is very good and has a lot of variety,"Trouble getting open positions for Lower levels in Brazil if you are a vendor, they take a long time to make you an fte",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65474,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 21, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing,"Great one year , not so great the next , depends where you are when the music steps","Great money, good training, international experience","Constant reshuffles, constant pressure, landing up in jobs that are not what you wanted to do as a result of reshuffles.","Everything is quarter by quarter, there is little long term view",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65475,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good opportunities, tough environment","Different career opportunities within the company (a lot of job role changes before the beginning of every financial year), ambitious targets, good office and perks. Good bonus program.","Relatively high level of bureaucracy, a lot of office politics and confrontations between departments.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65476,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 6, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager Intern,Great working environment,"Have a mentor, Improve soft skills",Workload might be a little heavy,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65477,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,access to latest and greatest technology,very tight competition as all employers are technically very strong,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65478,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,senior Consultant mcs,"company values, big challanges, compensation, carrear opportunities",higly hierarchical and burocratical that confront the innovation vs the money making process,think as a startup,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65479,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Great company,you get a lot of experience and you get a nice price for what you have worked you get to know about the tech,very difficult to get employed and sometimes boss can be rude people are kind but of different cultures,get to this company for knowledge and to make world a better place,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1592.htm
65480,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 19, 2015",Former Employee - Consultant,Consultant in Microsoft,"Pros: Great company, you will have a chance to learn more cutting technologies and cross collaboration is good.","Con: Managers are really bad, they play poor politics, even the peers play it just the environment is made competitive. Top Management should do something about this to avoid such frustrating situations. Rating should be done based on the Utilization and deliverables and customer feedback. First of all manager are like GOD, they have all power to screw a person or help a person. Not Democratic. Very much Biased","Give Only Limited powers to reporting manager, so that they don't play with the life of a person. Evaluate the person's feedback based on a mechanism not just by managers mere decision. Career Opportunities are limited initially to a person, when a person comes from outside with a great experience , not considered.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65481,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft in Russia,Good social package and intensive educational programs for employees,"Complicated 3D structure, 5 people doing the same and 6th really benefiting to company's business",Simplify the process and adapt faster,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65482,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,More than 9 years in great company in area of Public Sector. Well balanced but last years out of solution selling vector,Good and transparent compensation model. Reach portfolio of services and products.,Something wrong and even strange on mid-management level. Company looks like Collector-agancy hunting for revenue quota by quota. Long term projects and commitments fully damaged due to revenue rush.,Be closer to the fields and find objective way to measure how your team is operate on local market,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65483,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,wow company,great place to work in,need to work harder no time for ownself,keep ur support with us,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65484,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Mar 12, 2015",Former Employee - Analyst,"Very bad treatment of 'Temps', 'Vendors'","Good work life balance. In a large bloated company anyone who doesn't wants to or cannot work finds place to hide. Flexible working hours, work from home allowed.","Very bad treatment of non-permanent employees. There are hundreds of such employees in Munich alone who do not give their opinions in any ""Best Places to work"" surveys. This is a new trick that companies employee to avoid responsibility of hiring a permanent employee and remain flexible with layoffs.  The non-permanent staff are called just as 'Temps' or 'Vendors'. They have no rights, if a Manager is abusive towards them there is no protection for them except to leave the company.  Temps are openly discriminated, in every email that is about any small benefits like buying company smartphone/tablet or purchasing softwares internally or going to off campus dinner, at the end of email is written ""FTEs Only"".  Even it can happen, they would invite everybody to an all hands at an offsite and everybody books travel and just before the event, the ""Temps"" would be told, they are not allowed to go because of ""budget constraints"" or ""policy issues"".  There have been people working as ""Temps"" like 8 or 10 years and layed off with a single sentence.  Aside from non-permanent employees, the environment for FTEs is apparently very good but when it comes to promotions, only good at making connections to with the higher management get promoted. There are people at very high positions like who dont even have a University degree, they are there because they know how to be friends with important people.","If you have people working for years, hire them permanently and treat them equally.",1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65485,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Big company, poor retail execution",Benefits and company scope. With dedication one could move into corporate.,Always recruiting from the outside with no internal promotion. Not enough practicality on the retail side.,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65486,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Inside Sales Account Manager,Microsoft is Great,"Good work conditions, positive working environment, great colleagues, smart managers. Motivating remuneration and bonus model. Additional benefits.",If you want to build carrer within the company you must be extremely proactive and pushing what can contravene with persons mentality. That's why very often not the smartest and most skilled people are recognized and promoted but the most visible ones.,To be more flexibe and not only blindly follow to all the corporation standards.,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65487,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - IT Pro,"Good Company, Good People, Not So Good eco-system","good working environment, people are usually nice.","the management system isn't good enough. At leat, I didn't feel it matches to MICROSOFT.","MSIT has a strategic problem. It's now kind of serving SMSG business. I understand why this is happening. But employees still need an IT team to provide a stable working environment. Dogfood-er should be based on opt-in, not by default.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65488,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is exciting to work with Microsoft,"good benefit, keep track with latest technology","muti-level culture, tight schedule, pyramided structural",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65489,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very amazing,You are with some of the best IT,There is a lot of people working for them,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1593.htm
65490,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 17, 2015",Current Employee - IT Pro,"Good Company, Good People, Not So Good eco-system","good working environment, people are usually nice.","the management system isn't good enough. At leat, I didn't feel it matches to MICROSOFT.","MSIT has a strategic problem. It's now kind of serving SMSG business. I understand why this is happening. But employees still need an IT team to provide a stable working environment. Dogfood-er should be based on opt-in, not by default.",4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65491,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2015",Former Employee - Solution Sales Professional,Great fun a real blast. Stifled by own size and total stuck in the mud culture,Some very smart people. Very fun and passionate people. Work with great customers and exciting industries. Lots of jobs to move around to.,"The company operates in laa-laa land. Doesn't listen to customer or consumer trends at all. People take the work so seriously but there's little impact you can make, provided you're not totally useless. It's all about the metrics and nothing else. A hush culture for sexual harassment case whilst I was there. So political it's hilarious. No one is promoted of merit or capability just those who network the best and sound their own trumpet. Zzz",The company is too stuck in its ways to change. Shame as in many ways Microsoft doesn't deserve Microsoft.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65492,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 12, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,They take very good care of you,Smart people Fexibility Great work life balance,Depends on the team Might get stuck in outdated legacy code,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65493,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Feb 13, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Easy to grow, difficult to stay","- Great learning opportunity: Working at Microsoft, you get to work with some very competent people, and you learn a lot. I learned more from being a year at Microsoft than being three years at my previous employer.  - Quickly given responsibility: At Microsoft the number of interesting projects greatly outnumber the number of people working there. This means that new employees are quick to be given responsibility of projects, often pushing them into unfamiliar territory and forcing them to grow.  - Good work/life balance and environment: People working from home is not uncommon at Microsoft, and the work hours are generally very flexible. When working at the office there is a good environment and the employees are well taken care of (free coffee, soda, fruit, etc.)","- Bloated processes and time wasting: I would say that, on average, every Microsoft employee probably waste at least one hour a day due to unnecessarily complicated processes or bloated reporting systems.  - Unreasonably difficult career planning: In recent years, the HR department has been trying to put in procedures to limit nepotism in hiring and promotion. They have been unsuccessful, but instead they have made it impossible for graduates, interns and student workers to career plan. Most of my peers in other companies have career plans. I don’t even know if I’m still at Microsoft in three months. I've seen incredibly talented young people leave Microsoft simply due to uncertainty and lack of career planning. They now work for Microsofts competitors..",Be aggressive in limiting the amount of useless bloat causing time waste and revive career planning for young talents.,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65494,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Very flexible working hours Informal fun environment,"There is no clear career path, no room to grow in the future.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65495,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Too beurocratic,Microsoft is a big global company with great benefits,"It became too bearocratic and people at corp think they know all, and they don't",think global but act local,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65496,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome Company-- It feels just like college.,The biggest campus in India. All kinds of gaming activities. Almost has every department that a software engineer can work on.,Salary is decent. Not as high as other companies.,Try to keep your new hires by giving them equal compensation as other competitors can pay.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65497,microsoft,"Brasília, Federal District (Brazil)"," Feb 15, 2015",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Good company, but...","Microsoft is a worldwide company, then the opportunities to meet with people from all parts of the world is awesome. The opportunities to meet with some legendary people in IT is fantastic. Access to a lot of new Microsoft technologies, before they are launched.","The internal process can drive you to craziness. Microsoft has lots of internal process, most of then is a useless time utilization. The internal bureaucracy can occupy your time to much and impact in your daily base work, forcing you to spend more time to achieve your goals.","Try to develop leans process, and get of all bureaucracy that impact the daily basis work.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65498,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worst company ever,"Location, salary and benefits are good","No HR management, very agressive environment, not a people oriented organization",Improve culture and values,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65499,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2015",Current Employee - Software Developer,nice,"good salary gvrbrebkmnbvl nsmfkofsko,fvkfd klmfslk, nfgsl ngf nice environment experience nice office",- a lot of work to do - high expectations,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1594.htm
65500,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 28, 2015",Current Employee - Product Markteting Manager,Excellent employer,Work life balance and career experiences,slow moving in some areas,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65501,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 11, 2015",Current Employee - SDET2,2 years at microsoft,"big company, so more stable then others good work-life balance",not good for career opportunity,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65502,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 9, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Human Resources Manager,Sr. HR Manager,"good culture/environment, good colleagues, good leaders, good investment in employees",biz future is still cloudy as a breakthrough is needed,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65503,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 31, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very mixed feelings,"Company is on the right path, making necessary changes & with a clear vision and great product roadmap. Inspiring CEO and an engineer back in charge. Company does have a great ethos & gives you a lot of autonomy, freedom & flexibility in how you structure your work life. The salary & benefits are above average. It is a good company to get on your CV.","There are just too many lifers in the company who are really behind the curve in terms of innovation & fresh thinking. At times, it felt like the civil service where you clock in, put in your time & if you keep you nose clean and schmooze the right people- you'll move up. I hate to say it but I had some of the most incompetent managers of my career in MS. Not bad people, just unconsciously incompetent.Yet they are the people reviewing you and putting you on that slow train to nowhere from a career development point of view. This just exacerbates the trend towards settling into a role with comfortable pay & benefits, keep everything stead as she goes whilst competitors eat your lunch. Training & development are below par. And for a tech company, some of the internal systems & processes were beyond bad. Internal comms within larger teams is awful. People seem to hold onto information as some sort of ego stroking status symbol yet there is never any accountability for this behaviour.",none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65504,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Consultant,Microsoft Services - Global Delivery,Microsoft culture is awesome. Very open and respectful,Work life balance is not good. Projects are run with a very tight deadline. Almost always are on critical path,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65505,microsoft,"Bogotá, Bogota (Colombia)"," Jan 27, 2015",Current Employee - Business Controller,The Best Company!,"flexibility, process created and excellent technology",impact behavior required always and challenging when feeling confortable,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65506,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 28, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not good for less experienced,work life balance good facilities you will work with senior and experienced guys,slow work pace no team bonding relatively less pay,nothing spec,1.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65507,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSIT,Good work and challenging environment,"Rating system is not up to the mark, few managers are not having guts to take risk change ratings..mostly they prefer to keep last ratings only..  once you are below 3, then will never let you grow again and slowly make you quit the company...If you are good with your manager then everything would be good with you...or else life will be hell",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65508,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 24, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Great Company,"Working at Microsoft was a childhood dream, I've been there 11 years and have found it a deeply enriching and rewarding experience. There is no shortage of exceptional people and good teams - there are few average people in the company.  I've worked as a software engineer in Redmond and in Europe. There are many opportunities in Redmond to move around, learn, and have a fun career.  I've enjoyed a competitive package and great working conditions (own office, Aeron chair, sit-stand desk, free drinks, good canteens). For productivity it is hard to beat having your own office.  It is a large company and it fascinating to watch from the inside. Recommend reading Microsoft Secrets, Showstopper, and Gates for sense of history.","There is a natural bias to Redmond as the focus for all activities. Most interesting stuff is located there and it's hard to get attention/recognition for work outside. Outside of Redmond, career opportunities in engineering are thin on the ground - people seem to settle into jobs and not move so it feels a little stagnant.  Historically, there has been competition and nastiness between groups. As I reflect on many amazing Microsoft stories, too many involve gratuitous nastiness or non-co-operation rather than building on each other.  There is a One Microsoft initiative that in theory is great and encourages teams to build on each other, but it seems unevenly deployed and you can't tell who is with the program and who isn't. At this stage it seems 50% chance of having a good One Microsoft experience.","The company is supposedly data driven, but rarely is any data shared top-down, e.g. why are we having open plan offices inflicted when there is lots of data against? Why did we go with Hadoop rather than Dryad where the latter has great integration with the platform and the former entails lots and lots of work (why did we even use Windows for Hadoop, customers would not care on Azure).  Need to focus on details rather than simply the next big thing and also persevere (e.g. media center was a massive lost opportunity). This is a big part of why in the consumer space MSFT has been a trainwreck - Google and Apple try hard to delight, MSFT is happy to hit limited checkboxes and move on. Next big things always have huge gaps and don't support the eco-system, e.g. Xbox one not running Xbox 360 games nor supporting MCE, dreadful history of media apps (WMP, Zune, Music, Video).  Need a common build system and consistent access to source code. More Open Source (e.g. all WP apps should be OSS to give serious examples).  It's a global company, but given current standing in US market, Microsoft would do well to focus in other markets to build market share. Too many decisions are made on the basis of US data, e.g. TV, but there are large and different markets elsewhere that could use a different strategy.  Think harder about acquisitions :- not buying Nokia maps with Nokia was a painful mistake. Skype client has simply not progressed in any meaningful way (great, it's got ads now so worse for consumers). Yammer is not compelling or useful.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65509,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working as Marketing Analytics Lead for the last 19 months,"Very resourceful, working with great talents across many different areas on a global scale",Supposedly streamlined processes but due to the scale of the system it really can be a pain to get things done efficiently - perhaps too streamlined sometimes. It could be unclear at times to know who can help with what.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1595.htm
65510,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working as Marketing Analytics Lead for the last 19 months,"Very resourceful, working with great talents across many different areas on a global scale",Supposedly streamlined processes but due to the scale of the system it really can be a pain to get things done efficiently - perhaps too streamlined sometimes. It could be unclear at times to know who can help with what.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65511,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE),Best company to work with,1. Type of work is very good 2. Exposure to latest technologies 3. Excellent work culture 4. Work from home option is available 5. They actually value every employee 6. Lots of fun activities apart from work 7. Good Package,Cant think of as of now,na,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65512,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Great workplace, work life balance and benefits",If you are looking for work life balance and a good place to work with open respectful people then this is it,Quality of work depends on you team. It can vary from very awesome to very bad,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65513,microsoft,Cork (Ireland)," Feb 5, 2015",Former Employee - Senior Director,Working at Microsoft,"work life balance, benefits and pay were great","Many senior Corp OEM management were in wrong positions, made decisions affecting the workforce and then had to be moved on. Big mistake in a great company.Loosing some very talented and knowledgeable people",Get the right VP and CVP in the right roles,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65514,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,software,"good company,nice experience,i recommend the company.Flexible working hours.",need software skills otherwise it would be difficult,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65515,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,bst company,no work load salary is awsome,none best company to work with,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65516,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 3, 2015",Current Employee - Account Executive,each area is a new Microsoft,Good opportunities to develop your career. A lot of different areas to try and experiment. everything depends on your manager and team. Every team has a different culture.,the company is very segmented and the communication is very hard between them. This makes very hard to change between segments and to have a complete view of the company.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65517,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 3, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,I worked for Windows Live which is no longer exist any more ...,"Great colleagues, Work life balance is also not bad","Bad project, I mean, to work on a project which is not promising like Windows Live Messager, is not a happy thing.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65518,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lovely company to work for,Great company to work in unlike others,Too big so be dligent when handling people,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65519,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Collections Specialist,former Nokia,"stable multi backgournd, professional enviroment",american company culture is not as family-friendly as the scandinavian model,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1596.htm
65520,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Architect,"Big bureaucracy, lots of processes which often get on the way.","* Environment with lots of opportunities and job mobility, * Good salary and benefits.","* Processes are often completely disconnected from reality, * Too much internal competition, little collaboration among groups (often even within groups), * Review process can be confusing, and focuses on very often non-measurable criteria, * Way too many managers, managers often have little to no understanding of the business.","Cut the hierarchy, focus on talent and experience, rationalize processes.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65521,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,N/A,A higher salary and nice benefits & perks / A flexible work from home or commute system to assist / Great infrastructure and softwares to utilize / Many chances to connect with regional partners thru many projects A nice place to learn and grow if you have a high enerzy and either strong aspiration (or enthusiasm). No comparable company...,But hardly keep a least work & life balane / Too matrixed organizations with different scorecards / Rigid and centralized ROB without zero flexibility / ginormous firm so sometime bureautic process with lots of red tape - it hinders for being creative and thinking out of the box.,Try to get an interview then seek an opportunity if you really want to be a part of family members at Microsoft. It should be going through at least 6-7 times of intv processes!,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65522,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Jan 14, 2015",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Best Workplace to Work,High salary with ton of benefits,All OK as expect to WW company,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65523,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," Feb 2, 2015",Current Employee - Collections Specialist,former Nokia,"stable multi backgournd, professional enviroment",american company culture is not as family-friendly as the scandinavian model,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65524,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 28, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Really good to their employees. Management needed a makeover.,"-Great company that really values its employees, especially Engineers. -Competitive salary and benefits. It's also pretty prestigious to work for them.",-Testers (SDETs) used to be second class citizens. Less so in the UK. -Management (Ballmer) seemed to be clueless in terms of leading the company. Stock stayed flat for a decade.,"Replace Ballmer (already happened, yay!)",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65525,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good. New CEO doing a good job I believe. Challenge is with existing management...need to evolve.,"Decent Compensation package, wide spectrum of career opportunities, decent place to stop at","Bureaucracy, bureaucracy, bureaucracy...lack of communication between different BUs of the org. I believe it is improving but long way ahead..",N/A,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65526,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Satisfactory,LEAP program for freshers is very good.,Too much of bug fixing work. No actual dev work.,"Be transparent to the candidate about the team, role etc.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65527,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Jan 16, 2015",Former Employee - Project Lead,Project Lead,Good Learning Exposure to work with world leaders Employee Friendly,Nothing to mention all good happend,Need More Innovation,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65528,microsoft,"Tabrīz, East Azarbaijan (Iran)"," Jan 29, 2015",Current Employee - Computer Programmer,Programming analyst and give the idea about new application,share my ideas with the world,no cons...i love to work with computers,like to give a new application ideas,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65529,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Employee friendly,-> Goos salary and perks.,poor Job Stability as company is going through re-org.,None,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1597.htm
65530,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to work,"Growing center, with interesting projects coming through. Good bunch of senior people to mentor. Good pay and benefits.",Poor work life balance depending on the team. Lots of office politics.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65531,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Trying to modernize, but stil ","The pay and benefits are above the average, Flexibility to work from home and flexible times, Lots of smart people and experiences to learn from, Lots of divisions and opportunities to work in different projects.","Still ""rock-star"" culture, where vocal / connected people take clear advantage (sometimes over the work of more skilled but less loud colleagues). Little team collaboration, Still ""bubble"" culture: whatever exists or you have done outside MS doesn't mean anything, ""Old thinking"" in most senior/leads, with practices and methods that have been scrapped more than a decade ago (e.g. waterfall, lots of planning and documentation), Too many managers, many outdated (above), others totally clueless about the skills for their work (e.g. test leads that don't know unit tests and CI). Little autonomy for individual contributors (every single technical decision must go through managers)","Satya seems to have a clue and move the company towards the right direction. Scrapping the stack-ranking was also positive, however there is still a lot of ""old culture"" built over the years. Reduce the bureaucracy, get rid of the countless middle managers that hinder the renovation of the company, and empower the employees so they can use their expertise together with modern methods and tools in software development.",3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65532,microsoft,Hachiōji (Japan)," Jan 26, 2015",Former Employee - Account Manager,good company,"Fast dynamics, smart people. Best work atmosphere ever.",Cannot work long. Organizational change.,Invest for innovations.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65533,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 25, 2015",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Amazing work culture and environment. You will find really intelligent and nice people working around you.,"Benefits, Facilities, Perks, work-life balance, Management pushes for personal growth.",Promotions are time consuming if you are not the top notch guy. Time flies while working in this company.,"Management is good, employee friendly, and has clear goals to achieve.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65534,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Jan 26, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Finance Manager,Good Place,"Flexible working hours, career opportunities,","Bureaucracy, Managers victimize sometimes, external training lacking",Consider having a certain percentage of management being from area of operation,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65535,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,salaries,good work life balance and career growth,if you cant learn things by yourself then issue,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65536,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,very generious,MSFT salaries are generous but not I found it hard to progress because of their calibration system. I have heard that it's changed,"It's v difficult to get promotions, salary increases, you coudl work for years and get 1% annual rise despite meeting all and exceeding some expectations.",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65537,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great learning environment, great people and great opportunities to move up the ladder.",Good work life balance and senior management is very down to earth.,Compensation in salary could have been better.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65538,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing,Great work environment and facilities,Nothing is bad there everything is excellent,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65539,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 7, 2015",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great place to work with,Process oriented work place with opportunity to learn across domains,A little bit of bureaucracy,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1598.htm
65540,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends which team/org u work in....,"Working from Home Policy, opportunities, access to everything MS (software), benefits (though they trimmed them down)","Politics, favouritism, bad managers, lack of integrity and values, the review curve... yes they changed their review system.. but the curve is still there...",none,2.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65541,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 18, 2015",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,"Great company to work with, good compensation and perks offered.","Good salary are offered to employes open office culture fun @work lots of games, xbox 360 etc  perks are good too free transportation","work life balance is a bit of a problem, sometimes you will have to stretch a lot to meet the deadlines",work life balance of an employee should be taken care of in a better way.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65542,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 22, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,I was good experience,The environment is good and you can spend a lot of time in sports,The work is not less technical,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65543,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 6, 2015",Former Employee - Windows Ambassador,Social Media Ambassador,Free Laptop & Phone With Job Role,No Opportunity To Join After Great Performance,Accept Great Performers,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65544,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work,"Good benefit, working environment, it's great to work with smart people.",I don't like the office politics. Some of the senior management team members are far more interested in politics than practical work.,Keep your target simple and clear. It's great to have so much money but try to spend them wisely.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65545,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 20, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,Summer Intern at Microsoft IT,"Exposure, Personal Growth, Excellent Project allotted, Project Ownership, Work atmosphere.","Compensation, Perks, PPO procedure, Management levels add red tape.","Do keep up the good work in terms of the focus on internships, yet please do improve some of the projects assigned.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65546,microsoft,none," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing MACH program,On of the best companies to work for,Nothing that I can think of,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65547,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 19, 2015",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,"Work Life balance, latest technologies","personal growth slight slow, management outlook",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65548,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2015",Current Employee - Customer Lifecycle Manager,Very impressed!,High standards Honesty culture Diverse Meritocracy Outstanding financial stability,Life balance Salary only competitive for certain positions Be careful with the level they bring you in: It will determine your future,Remember that people are different. Not everybody likes the same things neither resigns the same way.,5.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65549,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2015",Current Employee - IT Director,Great Company,"Great company to work for. Lots of learnings, career progression and being treated well despite some normal corp. hick-ups",workforce reduction and performance management of people is out of control. Managing out since4-5 years about 40% of people,"do structural changes once and not salami tactics. It destroys morale and culture. Remember ""Culture eats strategy for breakfast (Peter Drucker, Warren Buffet)"". So put culture 1st and strategy 2nd.",4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1599.htm
65550,microsoft,none," Jan 16, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Job,",Lots of technical learning and growth,Lot of work and no play Work like balance.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65551,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jan 17, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Cheap place to work, drastic year over year cuts, overworked, underpaid.",Above average benefits Some work from home opportunity depending on job role Smart people (ever so slowly declining),"Salary Despite record profits, year over year cuts to overall compensation. Going the way of IBM Record quarter, yet we lost our internet subsidy (mobile workers). Christmas party? What Christmas party? At a snookers club? Record high delivery margin in the services business - yet continual need to cut costs. Citing work life balance as a reason to work from home. ""Doing more with less"" - why? Corporate speak like no one's business Cutting training substantially, again citing every reason except with reducing costs. Stop saying people are your #1 asset when you care less every year",Continue to focus on the top line. Stop treating your employees worse over year over year.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65552,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 10, 2015",Current Employee - IT Program Manager,Fun at work. Roller Coaster ride,"Flexible working hours. Encouraging environment for diversity persons. Great Benefits that are uniform across levels Good Work Facilities(GYM, CAMPUS, Transportation, Food Variety, Library) Fun @ Work (Garage, Giving)",Perception are deep rooted. Need to manage up well. Good for Type A personalities. Few groups - Not much to learn. Internal mobility - practically difficult,Focus on team results and not on individuals. Give Freedom to internally move groups.,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65553,microsoft,"Brighton, England (UK)"," Jan 9, 2015",Former Employee - Software Developer,Disorganised,"Fun, free atmosphere with free teas",Total lack of organisational skills,No longer applicable,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65554,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2015",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,Great place to work but can be political depending on your role and team,Great teamwork No stack ranking anymore Good rewards and recognition if you are top performer,There is always peer pressure in spite of the fact there is no stack ranking system Ambiguity around changing roles and responsibilities Much better visibility and transparency of you work in Redmond office A lot is manager driven You will need to drive your Career,Have more transparency around performance and reward system,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65555,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Good work environment, great people, nice campus",not all teams do good work. most teams have no apatite for risk,Get some real work to India,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65556,microsoft,none," Dec 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Lots of talented people and with the new CEO and direction, lots of vibrancy and potentials for future.",Its very huge company and sometime the middle layers tend to slow things down.,Moving in the right direction. And need to accelerate the pace to be more nimble so as to better respond to market.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65557,microsoft,Lagos (Nigeria)," Jan 9, 2015",Current Employee - Intern,Internship,"Amazing people, outstanding culture. Everyone is keen on learning.",Only opportunities are in sales and marketing,-,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65558,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2015",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends a lot on your team/boss,Everyone knows who they are. You can move around. I enjoyed the new teams and areas the best (like online services) where it was easier to break into the ranks because no one was a specialist yet.,The culture was very backstabbing. There are some great people some who I still keeping touch with but you have to try very hard to not get sucked into the hyper competitive ugly side that years of stack ranking and culling has driven.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65559,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2015",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Test Lead,will get Great Technical exposure,Inconsistent processes will misguide employees,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1600.htm
65560,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 5, 2015",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,"Great opportunities for growth, but politically charged organization and extreme management tactics.","Business opportunities are end-less, especially as Microsoft builds relevant mobility and cloud solutions.",Quotas and performance metrics come down hard into the subsidiaries and creates unnecessary strain. Management is stressed and becomes a unhappy workplace.,"Customers should be more important than shareholders. Get that right, and the value of the company will grow without the strain that has been created.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65561,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 2, 2015",Current Employee - Sales Executive,Great place to work as a human being but not if your interested in commission.,"Great company, great products, great customers who want to hear what Microsoft has to say, great strategy with O365 & Azure, great working environment and good people so if you want a job you can enjoy and don't care about commission then Microsoft is an outstanding company.","First thing to know is that I've never worked so hard or been so busy as in Microsoft as there are so few people so be prepared to work evenings and weekends. If you work in sales and want to earn commission Microsoft isn't the place to be, targets are based on renewing Enterprise Agreements which dwarf's new business sold so if a customer doesn't renew your year is over, if you do any new business it's a tiny percentage of your achievement compared to a renewal so you carry massive risk with very little ability to achieve or over achieve. An example would be that since I've joined 4 years ago I believe 90% of product rep's have left and around 50% of account managers all due to not being able to earn commission.",Not sure what to say bar someone needs to recognise new business in a different way to renewals as unless Microsoft sellers get paid for selling net new all they will ever do is focus on renewals which is OK but won't deliver the company growth for the future.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65562,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jan 2, 2015",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Great learning experience,- learning opportunities - upward mobility,- crazy working hours - travel,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65563,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Jan 2, 2015",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Great place to work,"Dynamic, Strong customer Base, Cloud, Flexible hours, Tele Commuting","Training is as required basis, flexible, work life balance can be better",Internal Processes can be simplified,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65564,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Dec 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Consultant,Great company Clear Vision & Strategy Good Benefits Lots of great talents and resources Excellent community,"Very Poor and ""BIG-HEADED"" mid-managers Very Political managers and sneaky characters (Overheads) [SOME] Managers & Mid-managers -> Spoils the attitude of the company and Protect their interest with the expense of other sub-ordinates Some rudimentary process with NO-LOGICS",Do listen to grass-roots Remove unnecessary Mid-managers (OVERHEADS) Remove or abolish illogic and non-productive processes,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65565,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2015",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,find the job,Good Skills and good communications,Waiting for the good news...,Non...,1.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65566,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Dec 29, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good and bad,"I like the office and the culture, everyone is helpful and working towards same goal, minimal politics",Most of the junior to mid level employees are contract staff with yearly renewal. Not good if you are looking for job security.,"Many contract staffs have been working at Microsoft for years (I hear 3-5 years are pretty common). 3 years contact staffs is not CONTRACT, it should be permanent staff and enjoy the same benefits.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65567,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 29, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Techinical Advisor,Best place to work if you want to be updated with the hot and happening with the technology. This place provides an opportunity to learn a lot. Best place to work if you want to be updated with the hot and happening with the technology. This place provides an opportunity to learn a lot.,Too much politics within the company. You need to be very good with networking to work your way up inside the company. Too much politics within the company. You need to be very good with networking to work your way up inside the company.,You need to build talent.. not machines who clock in and clock out.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65568,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Consultant,"Great place to work, with handsome pay","1. Pay/Perks - good base pay along with tons of other benefits. 2. Work culture - Apart from WLB, the culture is great. 3. People - Someone rightly said, company is made with people. 4. Internal job opportunities - you name the role you want to do and there should be something within company.",1. Sometimes the work we do becomes monotonous. We need to take care of same (discussing with manager about the RnR) 2. Changing roles is still bit difficult.,1. Make the role change easier.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65569,microsoft,none," Dec 28, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great and big company to work at,"established processes, good package and compensation, good employee training, big pantry with a lot of foods and drinks","Very busy and hard to be work-life balance, bad compensation for contracted staffs",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1601.htm
65570,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 12, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Solution Professional,"Great challenge, good people","Good work life balance, good salary, good people,","a lot of people with crossed responsibilities, autocracy a bit, a lot of internal planning and meetings due to heavy number of managers",Networking helps to build a career,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65571,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sales Account Manager,Very good experience and team climate,Too much pressure on targets,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65572,microsoft,Paris (France)," Dec 23, 2014",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Challenging,Career. Work hard and smart,Learning about new products and development,Clearer communication,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65573,microsoft,none," Dec 24, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,Microsoft Pros and Cons,Stable Environment learn a lot Customer exposure,Strict Organization with strict policy when it comes to Tenders,Be Flexible,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65574,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Benefits,"Good package, compensation, and training",Very busy and hard to be work-life balance,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65575,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 20, 2014",Former Employee - Research Intern,Good company,It is a great company for research. I learned a lot from this internship. There are many great researcher there.,It is not related to any product. Only working on the research problems. It is hard to improve the coding skills.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65576,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Worked on security for a while, done some programming, some writing, some meetings, interacted with interns.",you can focus on your work without distractions,"very corporate, very geeky culture",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65577,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 20, 2014",Former Employee - Intern - Monthly,Intern,"Nice environment, culture here is good",Salary is not very high to be attractive,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65578,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Old company doing old stuff,"great pay, benefits, sometimes friendly enviroment","burocreacy, old fashioned, old people, status quo",stop defending dinosaurs and start changing your culture towards more innovation,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65579,microsoft,Prague (Czech Republic)," Dec 21, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Job,"good money, bad atmosphere","good salary, incentives and benefits","small client facing (revenue creating) people ratio, tons of mid management and ""reviewers"" who bother:( unreasonable overhead and pressure created by CEE people quarterly based targets+management that doesn't last long = lack of long term projects and visions poor leadership",start working on long term project treat people with respect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1602.htm
65580,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,A company which is still in business because of initial lead and good business men not technology,"If someone can fool management (which is easy) then that person can enjoy luxury, good pay and perks without any effort. Promotions depends on your relationship with your manager and his/her peers. Persons capability is given relatively less weight. Personal growth will be good if a person manages relationship and be yes boss always. The moment person gets into discussion mode growth stops. And mostly you will be forced to leave company. Personal growth in comparison to external skills will be Zero.",Office Vulture is pathetic specially for lateral hires. No one wants to learn from other. Every department is re-inventing wheel. No good/bad practice sharing. Decisions/processes made/change without looking at good/bad experiences of people working on ground. Copy cat mentality. Senior management always talks about changes as competitors are doing instead of innovation.,Be open for suggestions instead of considering person your enemy. Create plan to ease on-boarding of lateral hires instead of telling them that Microsoft culture is difficult to adapt for initial 2 years. Create culture of innovation via projects instead of forced innovations through forced participation. Look how industry is using your products. People are using your products in much much better way then MS itself.,2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65581,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Now it became just one of many companies in technology.,"Good technology, access to many brand new solutions for consumers mainly, good overall directions BUT",Changes in Redmond are not reflected at all in the field. Huge administration and very few capabilities to innovate at the sales level,Let senior ICs develop their business within the company guideline and stop micro managing with spreadsheets all day long,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65582,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Software job on C/C++, C#.Net and SQL","Good salary, good culture and excellent learning",Unstable job. More work and work life balance is very difficult.,Not good,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65583,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Dec 2, 2014","Current Employee - SMS&amp,P Lead Spain","Challenging, Intense & Fun. Great experience",Dynamic and innovate. Never get bored.,Stress and targets. Important to keep right work-life balance,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65584,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Dec 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer Lead,About the company,Provides lots of opportunities to learn,Salary is below industry average,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65585,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 26, 2014",Former Employee - User Experience Evangelist,best company ever,work-life balance trainings and capacitacion excellent culture excellent average level of employees,constant changes in strategy impredictability disregard for consumers,"before killing products, try to think of your customers and partners first.",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65586,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 26, 2014",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Technical Support Engineer,Excellent benefits. Chance of On site work,Too much work pressure in the office,Good going !!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65587,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Dec 11, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,confusing company,decent salary but performance rating really depends on how you show off yourself regardless whether you are really the one who contributed,need to survive the politics. complex organization,put the company's benefit before yourself,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65588,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 9, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,nice but short,great enterprise culture and nice colleagues. comfortable working environment and don't have too much stress of work.,"the salaries of Chinese employee who works in Beijing is lower than employee who works in US so much, especially for vendor staff.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65589,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 9, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Overall Good,Self driven career opportunities Opportunities to learn and grow technically Opportunities to work on a different technical fields.,Difficualt to get exposure. Compensation needs to be revisited variable structure is not cleared Stock level is not clear.,need to think in a realistic way rather idealistic path.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1603.htm
65590,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great culture, very US centric",Work life balance / flexibility - empowered to work however/whenever to achieve your role People are generally great Activity based working environment Opportunities to travel to the US,"Overly metric and scorecard focussed rather than focussing on the ""why"" we do things Lack of career opportunities in Australian subsidiary (unless you are mobile to go offshore) Money is very tightly controlled - not a lot of funds for morale etc and it sucks having to fly to the US in economy class Managers don't spend much time focussing on your career - its every man for himself","Invest more time in career development and actually coaching your employees Get people engaged with the ""why"" we do things and get better at change management",3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65591,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"OK, but lack of fun",Work life balance Good benefit Good job security,The tech used is kind of stale Lack of management transparency The pace is kind of slow,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65592,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," Dec 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,"Good work-life balance, great people. Not necessarily cutting edge work..",Good people. Friendly environment with good benefits. Focusing on introducing new products in the market. New bold Microsoft with new CEO looks great!,Career development opportunities are good but could be better. The day to day technology use may not be satisfying for people looking forward to work in cutting edge stuff. Sometimes the progress feels slow due to politics of a big company.,Rise the hiring bar. Interview much more people and make the filter narrow.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65593,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 8, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Decent place with layers of bureaucracy,"Things are changing, Microsoft is slow but steady and hopefully it will be good, Great perks",a great man said that bureaucracy as a pace where as when work is considered done when you put it in someone else's plate. Nothing describes it better :) for microsoft Perks are coming down.,well management is smart enough to figure out what to do if there is any incentive for them,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65594,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 7, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,Best place to work,Great Work Culture Great Benefits Good Atmosphere good learning oppurtunities,Some kind of politics in the work environment,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65595,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft is good, but only good is not enough","Lost of cash flow and resources, flexible work-life balance","People are focusing on kissing up but not the products. To verifiy this, look at IE, Bing, Surface, Winphone and MSN.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65596,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good in the terms of hiring process and work culture,"Good work, new technology, new projects","none, as everything is good here so be on yours work thats it.",no,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65597,microsoft,none," Nov 21, 2014",Current Employee - Technology Specialist,Great place to work,"Get to work with a lot of very smart people. Allows/encourages employees to look for lateral shifts to new roles within company. Good benefits, Very good productivity benefits like VPN access, work from anywhere. Good use to technology to improve every day work.",Constant change in the company,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65598,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,"A great company culture wise and also values wise. A great leader in Satya, company's fundamentals are strong","We need a good direction going forward, sometimes I don't know how much value does my work hold. More recognition needed",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65599,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 20, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Program Manager Assistant,Brilliant work experience!,"Vibrant working experience, nice and intelligent people to work with, competitive salary",low upward mobility for young people in business division,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1604.htm
65600,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Dec 4, 2014",Current Employee - Customer Service Advisor,Fun place to work,"Exposure to technology, a few opportunities to shine","Shift made to become more sales focused,","Keep on focus, but stop forgetting to let people drive themselves. Micromanaging will wreck your team!",4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65601,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 19, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Annual review,personal growth and opportunities are very high,there are no cons as such,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65602,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 19, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Nice company,Good to work. Diverse work force. Can meet and work with best minds in industry. You learn a lot everyday. Good worklife balance if you manage pressure and work.,Need to be more transparent. Some HR policies are just for name sake. Need more transparency there.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65603,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test,"Very friendly environment, lot opportunity to grow","Office culture, company values, flexibility","Work Life balance, Time off Policies",Keep up the good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65604,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Slightly rocky recently,"Overall amazing, even in IT, you get to talk to those who wrote the tools you use on a daily basis. Its amazing to get a doubt answered by the guy who wrote the feature","No cabins for ICs in India, other countries everyone has a cabin, or noone does",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65605,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very helpful,i got a very good training,There are no cons i could see,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65606,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 29, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Good company but bad management,"- Being sales, when you reach out to your clients, they KNOW you. Good points. - Friends will say ""wow, you are with Microsoft"". Good marketing. - Inner engine - huge and many. (but this is also cons as too many, no focus) - Good pay.","- New management - don't know much about the historical sales, loading unreasonable quota and poor balanced of accounts assignment. - Senior sales gets lower quota, but better accounts set. And those with strong buying power verticals, get lower quota. - You do your homework of which account to get, but management with favouritism, gives to other sales rep! - Too much administrative work. Too many meetings. No time to do your work, but who cares, you still need to meet your target. - No promotion. No increment! While company is making huge profit. Money goes to...you know i know. - You must be outspoken, well-known, else you are stuck! Those shy, low-profile, introvert, don't think of joining this company, just the thoughts. - Too many trainings, but not useful. Waste of time.",Be fair. Be transparent. Get more localized training that cater for Asian market customers. More practical. Focus on fewer products to go deep and be relevant. Improve marketing tools. CRM is slow and not user-friendly.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65607,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 16, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good,GREAT Company Experince Depends on Group and Manager  Good Work Life Balance,People may feel stagnated. Experince depends on manager,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65608,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 19, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Everything is just show OFF as the Brand Name,"Not even 1 good reason one should work here. Culture,Management,work everything is just below average. I know its hard for people to believe this but its actually true that Microsoft is no more the place to work for. It is just getting worst and worst day by day. Will advise each one to think 10 times before joining here rather than regretting later.",Lots and lots of challenges. 1. No job security at all. 2. Work culture is poor. 3. The work is NOT satisfactory. 4. Worst management.,No use of giving any advise to people who are deaf and dumb.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65609,microsoft,Redmond (Australia)," Nov 29, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great company - great benefits - poor work-life balance/middle management,"Work with very smart people, great compensation/benefits package, great impact in pretty much anything you do.","Very poor EQ in some management, poor team work, people are after their own interest. Stack-ranking system was ""discontinued"" opening, but still there behind doors. Not a whole lot of collaboration spirit in general.","More transparent accountability in the overall health of their teams. Value work-life balance at higher levels, if management has no life, it is hard to thrive in overall healthy life style. Good management removes blocks and provides guidance, not the opposite.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1605.htm
65610,microsoft,Redmond (Australia)," Nov 29, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great company - great benefits - poor work-life balance/middle management,"Work with very smart people, great compensation/benefits package, great impact in pretty much anything you do.","Very poor EQ in some management, poor team work, people are after their own interest. Stack-ranking system was ""discontinued"" opening, but still there behind doors. Not a whole lot of collaboration spirit in general.","More transparent accountability in the overall health of their teams. Value work-life balance at higher levels, if management has no life, it is hard to thrive in overall healthy life style. Good management removes blocks and provides guidance, not the opposite.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65611,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 25, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good company to work for,Work culture Work life balance Lot of things to learn Gifts,Middle level management don't listen to employees Work gets assigned without considering the employee opinion Avoid AppEx A.k.a AMP A.k.a ICE group,"At least ask for your employees opinion, Don't just assign the work based on your assumptions",3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65612,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 27, 2014",Current Employee - Intern,Intern,Nice one to work for,None found in my time there,Nice,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65613,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 25, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Flexible working,great work / life balance office is a good location but not particularly near customers culture is friendly and on the whole open,great benefits selection. probably one of the best in the industry. However i think the great work life balance and benefits selection can sometimes mask very slow career progression opportunities,doing a good job overall.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65614,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Support Engineer,One of the best places to learn technology.,Brand value. Pretty decent packages. Allowances and benefits are huge. Very good place to learn.,Too much of work pressure. Will be loaded with work. No onsite opportunities as such.,Need to hire more people to have a good backfill. Need to get better and competent managers. Need to motivate and treat engineers in a better manner.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65615,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,okiesh,OK salary at start Managers are self centered,No good hikes corporate environment promotions are not based on work,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65616,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 9, 2014",Former Employee - Associate Researcher,Associate Researcher,"Great lab, great learning environment for young researchers. There are lots of training opportunities and you can work with world class researchers on many very interesting topics.",Compensation is not outstanding compared to other younger and hotter companies.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65617,microsoft,none," Nov 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,technical advisor,"nice place to work, if you know how to manage management",politics is a killer in the indian space,none,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65618,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Great culture. People treat each other nicely. It is fantastic to be part of a company that chooses to, and has the muscles to, engage in so many big battles (devices, mobile, cloud, enterprise, productivity, games and the list goes on). On a personal note I have the best manager ever. Management is easier to approach than what I am used to. If people want to, their voice can be hears.  Compensation package generally very competitive.","As with any other large organisation, it is difficult to find out who have roles and responsibilities for what. It can make it difficult to get job done, and it seems to frustrate a lot of people. It can seem to be very US-centric.",Get the transformation done so people are not scared of loosing their jobs anymore. Get rid of mobile devices business - it's a lost battle.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65619,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Nov 22, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer Lead,Senior Developer Lead,"Great people, talented and engaged colleagues. Much inspiration about new technologies. Focus on developing people and processes. Good influence on work life balance.",More room for innovation needed. Sometimes the view of the world is too narrow focused on Microsoft and forgets the world interoperating with the products.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1606.htm
65620,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The UK is just a side step,"Good work life balance, great products, good perks and generous bonus, very good and approachable managers in the UK","If you are in a satellite location as the UK, the US team will unfortunately make decisions that are not being communicated to the UK team. A project you have been working on might just be transferred to the US without upper management in the US involving the UK team at all. There is hardly any appreciation for hard work or any rewards coming from the upper management in the US. This is a very demotivating. Achievements are hardly recognized. The only goal is to centralize everything in the US. The UK is just a side step that doesn't seem to be important enough. Very unfortunate!","Relationships that were built between partners and Microsoft in EMEA should not be moved to the US. There is a time zone difference and therefore the relationships won't stay strong due to communication issues. Even though you would like certain centralization to take place, you need to have common sense and think about what is best for the business. To neglect people in satellite locations and to overrule them without even considering their opinions is very demotivating. A good manager listens and should at least leave room for compromises. Also, communication is the key. If there are going to be process changes this should be communicated to team members that are working on the project. To just transfer the work to the US without this being communicated to the individuals first is unprofessional.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65621,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 7, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,My experience in Microsoft,You will met lots if talent guys there,"Too many rules, cannot push your software fast",More free space,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65622,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,A great experience.,"Stimulating environment, opportunity to carve out a niche, can work at home, use of latest software.",Requires good relationship with manager to succeed and prevent feeling isolated.,"Make more interesting, cohesive and useful products. :)",4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65623,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great vision and undergoing massive changes, but still struggles with internal process and old mindset","Values, Benefits, Career Opportunities, Industry Expertise, Review system has greatly improved","Policies that slow you down, Old mindset from many of the leaders, legacy customers that aren't ready for Microsoft's new vision of productivity, mobile and the cloud. With such a large company it really depends where you work. There is some great forward thinking and laid back areas while other departments like MCS (Consulting) is still very much traditional and resisting change. Great place to start your career.",none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65624,microsoft,Tampere (Finland)," Nov 20, 2014",Former Employee - User Experience Researcher,A good company to work at,- Magnificent people to work with. - Superb team spirit. - Good premises and tools.,"- As a big company it is not always clear who is doing and what. So if you want to get things done, issues fixed, it might take few attempts to find the right path and the right people.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65625,microsoft,none," Nov 18, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,The culture of seat-keeping,"There're tons on opportunities at Microsoft if you're only only focused on your day work, like: * study different programming languages or new tech on dozens of trainings which are offered regularly * non-tech trainings (like Psy, or PM or Agile) - it's hard to find such things outside * selecting the team to transfer to in internal hiring site (with lots of filters by place/level/keywords/...)  Besides, Microsoft offers great salaries, which are hardly matched by startups or other companies.","* it's a seat-keeping culture. meaning that people are ""working"" there to keep the good salary/benefits forever, and not to deliver a good product or some value for the company. that may make you very angry if you're a delivery oriented fast paced developer. but there's no point in arguing or ""escalating"". because you'll most likely to escalate the issue to somebody who's also ""keeping the seat"", and they will most likely get rid of you rather than break their nice and safe environment * if you're outside of Redmond campus, it'd hard to find somebody from the interesting team with whom you can talk face-2-face, because almost everything about development is in Redmond. outside are mostly only Sales, Evangelists and minor development, which flows into Redmond slowly anyway.","No advice. Really. Just sit on your seats as long as possible, and don't change anything, especially workplace, stay all in one place, so that those companies who are really delivery oriented, will not be infected by you.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65626,microsoft,Kiev (Ukraine)," Nov 5, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Great place to work.,"Great atmosphere, very intelligent people, a lot of training and development opportunities, above market average benefits, democracy.","Work-life balance, career progression outside of Ukraine is limited.",To work on retaining high performing and Hi-Po staff.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65627,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 30, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support Lead,Microsoft,Great place to work at.,Flexibility while choosing next roles could have been a little better,Great Leadership,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65628,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Nov 14, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Overall, outstanding.","Great work environment overall, abundant opportunity to try different roles / positions.",perhaps too easy to get comfortable.,Too late.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65629,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,nice,"chance to work together with smart people, lots of opportunity to get training, a mature platform for young professions to promote themselves","have to fit in to an existing framework, cause there are big dependency between what you do and what your fellows do.",nothing for now,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1607.htm
65630,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is good as you can learn a lot from Microsoft in your entry level.,"big company, good working enviorment. nice people",oversea communication is not efficient.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65631,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall great company, going through a huge transformation",Best environment I have ever worked in. Salaries and benefits are great. Highly committed to citizenship. Diversity and Inclusion as well as Work-life balance are a plus.,"Very tough to move internally at the stage the company is going through - reductions of 22,000 employees worldwide and a complicate business transformation. Very complex structure and internal processes that need to be simplified.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65632,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,hr,professionalism work culture technical acumen and talent,difficult to navigate career opportunities,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65633,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 27, 2014",Former Employee - Support Engineer,"Its the Great company to work, as they take care of their employees very well",Very good culture as they take of employees very well,"Nothing that strikes me, things are little different when compared to US work culture and India work culture",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65634,microsoft,"Lima, Lima Region (Peru)"," Nov 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Fast environment, great team, huge opportunities of learning and developing, very flexible workspace and time.","The company is behind its competitors on innovation, and even knowing that the change into services and devices is on its way, the software BU still provides the most revenue - and gets the most attention. Work-life balancing is also not as easy to achieve, as deadlines are tight and communication may be a bit overwhelming.","A big challenge is to gather the individual talents and make them work as a team, as reporting and management can be very diffuse (area, business unit, region, corporate etc.).",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65635,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 9, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,"Great vision and strategy, culture and org are not ready for the change","Amazing products and services, a lot of talented people across the company, great salaries and benefits. This may be one of the best corporate org to work for. New CEO Satya with few other execs are genuinely trying to get the org more agile, flexible and agile (easier career moves, hacking days, more open communication...)","Coming from an acquisition (Yammer), it has been a shock to discover the pointless number of management layers, reporting tools, metrics and other dashboards which are taking employees away from their passion to technology. The email communication culture, the inability to get rid of bad managers and overall lack of commitment and ownership is making it hard every day to find some passion. Almost impossible to move internally from a division to another due to very conservative and zero-risk approach from managers.","Flatten the structure, get rid of metrics and useless dashboards, more open and transparent culture, set-up some talent management (not just hiring and firing).",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65636,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software Developer Engineer in Test,"Latest Technology built with in the company, Customer focus services, great people to work with, great work life balance.","too much legacy to follow, many technology related things depend on the team you are working in and also the project.",Focus on maitaining the old systems than innovation.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65637,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Development Manager,Microsoft - A Great Company to Work For (but Used to be Better),"Microsoft is a company which generally empowers employees to make their own decisions and define their own direction. The company culture is great, the compensation and work environment are excellent.","Over the years Microsoft has lost it's way in terms of strategic direction. For many, the company has layered on too much process and too many metrics.","Get back to what you're good at, and allow employees to make their own mistakes. Too much process, and too many company wide directives, is killing creativity.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65638,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not stable environment,"Flexibility , Strong HW device","Lack of accountability , no clear rules & responsibility",Check internal organization structure and qualifications of employees and work processes,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65639,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,Young and talented,"very young and very flexible company, sure is a good gym to play around and grow in career",very demanding company with tight processes and objectives to achieve,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1608.htm
65640,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent work environment.,healthy and motivating work environment,nothing really. no issues to comment,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65641,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Big challenges in a rapidly changing company,"Global company with the largest customers so it is a challenging job. There are big changes going on in the company, so it is a very exciting time to be here.","The culture needs to improve as it has come from many years bad inter-group relations. There are very strong winds blowing that try to change this, but moving this big mammoth is really hard.",Keep on pushing for the changes you want to happen.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65642,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft gulf, its not very nice or pleasant","the coffee is nice, some great people most of which are leaving, left or drained","dysfunctional, it is not run like other multi nationals, too much politics and Politian's, getting by in the name",there needs to be root and branch changes in management,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65643,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Nov 4, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,More and more open Microsoft,Work life balance is OK but the company is becoming more and more open now,the company is too large and the decisions need to involve a lot of groups,be more open to the market - Microsoft is not a leader now in many areas..,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65644,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 3, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDET at Microsoft,"Its a great experience to work at Microsoft. You work with the smartest people, on extremely high impact projects.",No cons really! Just have to be aware that you have to give in your best to stand out amongst the smartest people! :),-,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65645,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company Plenty to Learn,"Lots of product training, flexible work style work from home, join meeting via Lync. Cool Products",Need to spend more on marketing,Spend more on Marketing,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65646,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work in,Lots of career advancement opportunities,"Culture centered in Redmond, WA",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65647,microsoft,none," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Program Manager,great,"great career development plan, talented people, great","complexity, quantity over quality, gold platting, do more than what in JobDesc scope,Poor management and leadership skills in the product group organization - kissing up - kicking down management mentality",develop and improve leadership and management skills in product group organizations to match the high quality of leadership in Sales and services organizations.,4.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65648,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 2, 2014",Current Employee - Consultant,High performance standards.,"I worked in Microsoft Global Delivery, India.  * Good campus facilities. * Above market-average pay. * Talented colleagues.","* High performance standards puts a lot of pressure on individuals. * More onus on individuals to highlight the work. * Too many tools used - Requirements management, Code coverage etc, even for simple projects. * Too much focus on selling Microsoft products and not caring enough for the customer needs. * Firing employees based on short-term HR needs.","Every now and then, HR department comes out with numbers to axe. Based on these numbers, Microsoft removes certain percentage of employees every 2-3 years. Such short-sighted attempts to boost profitability has made Microsoft an undesirable place to work.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65649,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) I,Good to start with your career,Microsoft is good option for either very senior people or college freshers.,Growth is slow compared to other companies.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1609.htm
65650,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) I,Good to start with your career,Microsoft is good option for either very senior people or college freshers.,Growth is slow compared to other companies.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65651,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 30, 2014",Current Employee - IT Software Development Engineer In Test Manager,"Working as IT SDET Manager leading test efforts for mobility, data life cycle, data ware house and survey systems",will get opportunity to work on latest and greatest technology. Flexible working hours,you must work to create visibility. You need to be smart to show case your work. your job is always stake every year due to performance management system.,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65652,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 28, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"In general, it's good","decent compensation, relaxed environment, good management team who cares about you, good training,","the compensation is less than those new start-ups, the technologies here are somewhat out-dated, it's not internet oriented, in general it's slow traditional software giant,","please adopt more flexible development life cycle, please embrace the open source world~ Beijing site should do something more challenging,",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65653,microsoft,"Munich, Bayern (Germany)"," Oct 28, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Execllence,Great work life balance.,Salary. You can learn a lot about working in a global competitive environment. Many opportunities to develop the career,In order to get promotion employees need to show off a lot,Look more about the productivity of employees and not how much they market themselves,4.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65654,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,interview,it was difficult but enjoyable,chilled not commnicative enhanced poor,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65655,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing Company,At Microsoft people can realize their full potential,"Office culture is changing, low benefits",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65656,microsoft,Sofia (Bulgaria)," Oct 24, 2014",Current Employee - Retail and Disti PAM,marketing and sales at Microsoft. Whats good and not good at the company,Good work life balance. Compensation is satisfactory but it varies from role to role,lots of administration work and limitations,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65657,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Oct 22, 2014",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,"Lots of challenges, some opportunities",Well-known brand name Challenging tasks Skills development possibilities Trainings available Dealing with cutting-edge technolgies in many areas,"Slow decision making So many managers, stakeholders to deal with",Make the company more lean and agile,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65658,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Oct 22, 2014",Former Employee - Portal Manager,Employee empowerment at its best,"Microsoft provides the challenge. It's up to you to deliver upon it. An ideal company for self-starters that love to go for it. The company typically attracts clever individuals, which provides a challenging environment.",Work-life balance is terrible. Microsoft eats up all your energy. The bar is raised very high. You have to give all you get to make it happen. The impact on the familly is not ideal. Once people stay to long at Microsoft they tend to loose touch with reality. It's all about the Microsoft way and no longer about how customers think.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65659,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Microsoft lab,learn for the first years,stop learning and promotions after some years,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1610.htm
65660,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Experience,"I would say that Microsoft is the best company to work with, extremely intelligent and helpful people who work hard and party harder",I had a very positive experience and no cons,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65661,microsoft,"Calgary, AB (Canada)"," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great place to succeed,Ample opportunity to develop your brand,Don't expect anything to be handed to you,Modify utilization bonus structure to take into consideration the type of enagements,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65662,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Services BEO Lead review,"Big Company, focus on numbers",Short term (fiscal year) view,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65663,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience but Narrow Vision,Great Benefits and Perks and all the possible facilities one can expect at work. Wonderful infrastructure and facilities,It is very easy to spend too many hours on doing task and later on realizing that is not priority next year. I believe quite a few of the large company face similar situation.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65664,microsoft,none," Oct 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,good benefit,"MS provide good benefit for the employees, it provide commercial ensurance for the employee's family, including the employee and the spouse and children.","there are too many re-org changes recently, and lots of people affected, you should be lucky enough so that not affected.","make a plan and work on it, instead of change it",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65665,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,No Job Security At All . . . .,Nothing is great as it looks from outside. They hired me 6 months back and just fired without any reason. PERFORMANCE was not the reason for sure as I just got a nice appraisal last month itself.,"Job Security, no good projects, Management tooo bad.",Think before you take any decision and at least consult the person who will be affected by this decision.,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,8,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65666,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Oct 19, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Solution Specialist,"Great company, great people","Great benefits, lots of learning, innovation, good work/life balance, you can always find someone to help","Too much red tape, easy to plateau if you don't take care of your career",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65667,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Oct 19, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big ships turn slow,"A lot of very smart people, great environment to work in, and a lot of ways to learn and improve (conferences like Techready, courses, or simply learn by doing - Microsoft certainly has scale). Mobile, entertainment, business, you name it - Microsoft does it. Moving around the company is encouraged, so you can really get to learn about different things. Like any big tech company, it's also a time machine - you see and work with devices and technologies that are yet to come (sometimes years ahead).","It's a big company, and thus a country of it's own (several, actually, if you consider how diverse the Microsoft universe is with units from XBox through Windows and Office to Mobile Devices). Despite the One Microsoft initiative, in practical terms, it's still quite siloed, and with a lot of management/bureaucracy overhead, the defining factor being how well can your manager shield you from it.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65668,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 14, 2014",Current Employee - Product Marketing Director,Product Marketing Director,Good pay and benefits. Good offices. For self-starters development opportunites are there and an ability to make an impression and deliver quality results exists.,Confused poor quality senior leadership. Lack of strategy and direction especially across product groups. Still a very entrenched old-school mentality so unless you learn how to play in this arena you will not fit in. You have to fit in first and change from within.,Better co-ordinated strategy. Fewer levels in the org (but don't take out the lower ones!!!),4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65669,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Oct 18, 2014",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,I expected better,- Big name - Good experience - Free breakfast for employees - Great technology,- Too many contractors (vendors) - Hard to switch to FTE - Not treated fairly - No career path,Be less aggressive with the employees.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1611.htm
65670,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 16, 2014",Former Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,Career stagnation,"Good facilities, work life balance, latest software, perks and hardware.","Management has no vision, they don't act like a technology company, huge tier of unwanted reporting peple eating company reveiew.","Cut Short the layer of people managing the engineers, keep only strong technical people.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65671,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2014",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Products and vision are outstanding!,R&D and Products are improving leaps and bounds. Microsoft now listens to its customers to make their products better.,Management – some of the worst management I have experienced in my 20 of selling IT. In the 6 years I spent at Microsoft I had 5 managers. Management rarely listens to their employees.,"Start listening to your seasoned employees. If you listen to your employees, like you now listen to your customers, it would be a great place to work.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65672,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Everything is good, work life balance.","Everything is good, work life balance.",Good,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65673,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 28, 2014",Current Employee - Process Manager,Great Company,"Great company, provide various opportunity, good company culture and collaboration spirit","Too many level of management, people looks all senior people but less execution hands on",I would like to recommend to remove certain mid level of management to make entire execution smoother,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65674,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 12, 2014","Former Employee - Lead, Software Design Engineer",Great place to work for,"Great minds, smart people, good products and work","Since there are smart people all around , Management is also smart, they can prove your stack ranking anywhere they put you.",Try improve their review system which is totally in lower level management people.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65675,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),SDET,You will get to learn new stuff. Good salary.,Sometimes people act differently. Sometimes your manager gets to decide what should worn on rather giving a choice among the undone work(This depends on the team actually),none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65676,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to build your career,Working with best minds... Becoming an expert on technologies used by everyone..,Lot and frequent changes in management,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65677,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account manager,Great company with very talented people. Their vision and values are those that you want to be part of. Many career opportunities if you know how to take them. Best business school I've been in.,Too much politics and procedures.,Simplify things in the field. We love the direction that the company is going but it looks like that the change is within the corp organization and the field really needs the energy and the tools to make bold moves.,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65678,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"benefits, area, perks, team, culture","previous leadership, culture, market appreciation",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65679,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Great company! but needs to focus more on innovation.,Great people with lot of passion. Opportunities to work on cutting edge technologies. Generous salaries and perks.,Busy catching up with other companies instead of focusing on innovating new products.,Invest more on innovation. Stop doing the same stuff others are doing.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1612.htm
65680,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"benefits, area, perks, team, culture","previous leadership, culture, market appreciation",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65681,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 24, 2014",Former Employee - Services Executive,Great company to work for,"Challenging, smart people, great salary and benefits, good canteen and facilities","Too much politics, very competitive",None,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65682,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Oct 6, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,SOS,"Nice offices, perks, compensation....New ceo gives hope but still a lot of cleanup to be made company moving fast and changing after difficult years",Out of control. You are forced to cheat in order to deliver the numbers. Politics.,Redmond: pay attention to the internal audits and compliance cases..management in europe is also a mess,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65683,microsoft,Ljubljana (Slovenia)," Oct 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,(Was) a good company,- personal growth - company culture and values - travel,- company culture and values were superficial by most higher management,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65684,microsoft,Nanigi East (Kenya)," Sep 19, 2014",Current Employee - Trainer,Awesome!,"Amazing benefits, fun people, travel, alot of perks",Not quick to fire anybody even when they ate horrible at their job.,"Aside from growth within the company, it pays off to consider an entire resume even for promotions within.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65685,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 22, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great Experience!,"Company Values, Culture, People, Technology, Passion","None in particular, Always felt great about this company.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65686,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2014",Former Employee - Staffing Consultant,MS-A Life unknown,-Good pay -Work life balance -Employee Benefits,-Company's policy on FTs and Non-FTs,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65687,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,Good set of people to work for. Flexible work environment,Constant Churn in the past few years is makes it challenging for employee and their career paths,"Compensation which was changed recently, and the new system also does not seem to be very clear.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65688,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for fresh graduates,"reasonable pay, good learning opportunities, good opportunities to explore different business area",some colleagues do not have require skill set for their own role,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65689,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft IDC Bangalore - A place best avoided,"Good benefits like health, cab facility (payed), subsidized food. MS Brand and access to their software and resources.","Highly political environment. Teams do not cooperate with each other. Spineless leadership that cannot get things done from redmond/bellvue for products to succeed. They have no say in product strategy. Dumping ground for dying products and their maintenance. In general the quality of work is pretty bad. Work is invented and features are done for the heck of it. Functionality demanded or desperately needed by users takes a back seat. Do not expect to learn any MS technologies as you will be fire fighting from one crisis to another. In between there will be new projects which you will ramp up on or transition old work to china. Frequent project and manager changes is the norm. You will not rewarded for hard work, skills or delivery of results only for ""Impact"" and ""Visibility"" as determined by leadership. Career prospects are poor here. If you are in display ads then work life balance will go for a toss and do expect any appreciation for the effort you put in.  If you are developer be prepared to test and do ops work since combined engineering is used here. One has to be extremely good in juggling multiple things. Program manager role has got diluted.  The viability of this center remains in doubt.",The middle level management needs to go and leads need to develop their tech skills. Most of them have little clue about MS technologies. They need to start reading. frequent re-orgs hit productivity of devs. combined engineering is a flop. the sooner you accept it the better.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1613.htm
65690,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to work,- amazing compensation - flexible working hours - amazing medical benefits - work with few of the best minds - People are willing to help. - constructive feedback is welcomed ad encouraged,- Stability is a concern - Every new CEO brings in LOADS of changes and at times you get caught in the changes - will be difficult to work anywhere else after working there - Having enough technical knowledge is not enough. You need to play your cards right.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65691,microsoft,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Sep 16, 2014",Current Employee - Human Resources Director,Great People that challenge you everyday!,We are challenged to be self critical which always opens opportunities for improvement. I have had the opportunity to innovate in many áreas!,Sometimes we don´t know how to prioritize,"Managers at Microsoft are very good People managers, they DO invest time in their teams, their priorities and development",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65692,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Sep 30, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Consumer Product Advisor,- Evolving Work Place - Great Culture - Worldwide Opportunities - Great Benefit Structure,- Change could be at a faster pace - Management Politics - Sometimes overlooking the hardworkers,Need more consistency in delivering guidelines and metrics. Need to take employee recognition and appreciation more seriously and less in a popularity contest style.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65693,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,Great company to work for,Great technology and amazing ecosystem. many interesting people to interact with exciting challenges,politics. lack of vision. management not consistent: lots of changes and no clear view. Company is becoming too big and not necessarily more agile/innovative No work life balance,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65694,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 26, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,SDET @ Microsoft,"Will have opportunity to work with latest technology, and great minds, Learning curve will be good Good salary than most of the companies. Facilities Career development.","Some middle management may not be in align with your career aspirations, such cases it will be a problem for the employee. Work life balance in some teams is not good.",Have some insightful review of middle management who are not in align with company goals.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65695,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 23, 2014",Current Employee - Consultant,Microsoft Global Services Private Ltd - Pitfalls,- Goodies - Cellphone and Broadband reimbursement - Certifications and Training - Parental leave - At least 1 visit to US guaranteed,"- Lot of Manager like ( for 1 Developer - 4 Manager) - Overall in whole year if u do one mistake, ur review is screwed - Overall in all projects worked in year, if any 1 dev lead or Proj Mgr give bad comment, you are screwed - Projects are all small size like 2 weeks to 6 weeks - Lot of gyan on Work Life Balance, while none are implemented - Hike is very bad compared to other companies ( this is only for GD specific, IDC pays well, MSIT is ok kind of) - Depends on which Resource manager you are working with, few are very gud and few very bad also. - Gud only for initial 2years of joining, if u are not superstar within 2 years , simply resign - For new joinees - if the offer is having less hike in Base pay and more of variable , simply dont accept - reject it (experienced suggestion) - there are no ratings now, while still as undercover they maintain rating - rather than technical , if your communication is gud - u have better future ( like saying dynamic lies to customer and covering up nicely)","- Management should come out of illusion of Brand Microsoft , as they not even equal to Infosys or TCS - Not much as they are gud and going in gud direction by hiring vendors as FTE",2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65696,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 11, 2014",Former Employee - Project Manager,Best place to work,Smart people Great work environment Great Opportunities to travel Ability to grown and develop Great Events,"Senior Management are excellent, some are not Too long in company and believe their own hype  Don,t understand the current market environment or listen to those who do Don't walk the talk",Listen to feedback Walk the talk,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65697,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Individual Contributor,"Live Life & Work Wonders with Passionate, Talented, Ethical & Inspirational Teams :)",No politics at IC Level in the subsidiary in every segment Great work flexibility Smart People with Great Ideas Special Projects Encouraged,Dealing with Corporate & GEO folks Managing time to work flexibility & deliver positive results Learning how to work in teams with Smart People with Great Ideas Identifying the Big Bets,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65698,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart colleagues, Good Work Culture and Good Benefits",The people are really smart. Microsoft hires the best talent in the country. So the quality of people that you will work with is very high. The work culture is also relatively open. Work timings are flexible and benefits are good.,"Not much learning. Being Microsoft's internal IT support organization, there is very little scope of doing ground breaking work.",Stop doing so many and frequent reorgs.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65699,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,New leadership worse than previous,Still banking on the reputation built by Bill Gates. Current leadership team is a bigger mess than before.,"Company has moved from bad leadership to no leadership. SN is not a good leader after all, 6 months into his reign.",Go back to the basics. Lack of management 101.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1614.htm
65700,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Oct 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Product Marketing Manager,New leadership worse than previous,Still banking on the reputation built by Bill Gates. Current leadership team is a bigger mess than before.,"Company has moved from bad leadership to no leadership. SN is not a good leader after all, 6 months into his reign.",Go back to the basics. Lack of management 101.,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65701,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Over worked and under paid.,"The benefits are wonderful, the environment is laid back. That is really the only two good things about working in this sector of this company.","The micro - managing is extreme at these stores. They are poorly run, poorly managed and it seems they are set up for failure. The workload that an average employee is responsible for is by no way compensated in their wages. One of the worst places I have worked. It's a popularity contest if you want to grow in the company not at all based on merit or seniority. They rarely hire internally and offer no incentive to work hard. The culture is also juvenile at best. Just poor.",Hire competent managers that ACTUALLY know tech and how things work.,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65702,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2014",Former Employee - Account Executive,Excellent organization evolving from client facing license and solution providing to web services,"Stable, growing, market dominating organization. Opportunities abundant with relocation","Corporate values diminished in later end of the decade, 'curve' grading process eliminated great employees",Terrible evolution of corporate culture from innovative to internally competitive. Never resolved the duplication and non-collaborative cross corporate problems,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65703,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Very good company to work with, lot of opportunities & top notched engineers , cutting edge technology",Work Culture & cutting edge technology,Work life balance & career growth,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65704,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good brand, place but loosing its value cos of bad managers",Good work life balance. Learn new technology.,"Never be negative with anyone especially your manager. Whatever manager says accept. Your career is in Manager's hand. One can survive by doing crapy things (like vendor management), less technical knowledge but never be negative to anyone (manager, colleagues etc). Whether you like it or not always say yes.  Dont join in MSIT. Politics, Politics, Plotics",Please remove some M1s (managers) who are there for long years and they think they are THE BOSS.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65705,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"Great fun, good learning, beautiful minds!","Work with the company that started PC recolonization, assured learning something anew every single day","Stagnancy in career path, getting comforatble",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65706,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Sep 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Architect,Microsoft consulting Review,Lot of learning opportunities . Too much bureaucracy,Growth opportunities less as the company is stagnant,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65707,microsoft,Athens (Greece)," Oct 11, 2014",Former Employee - Content Manager,It could have been a great gig,"Clean, super funky office space, friendly colleagues, great benefits, remote work policy.","Microsoft software, completely useless people in leading roles, Microsoft lifestyle in a bubble of Microsoft products, ignoring the rest of the tech world",You should be more careful on who you hire to lead teams,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65708,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 31, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,"Excellent Environment, competitive salary and Bonus. Great Place to set your career","International exposure if in consulting roles, learning opportunities which are far more than technical skills. Fantastic place to set your career.","Corporate Hierarchy is Political and has babudom and mathateko culture. However, on a high note there is big cons, employees hired here are made to feel good about themselves.","Hire Good Leadership cadre candidates in Management roles, especially PDM roles are going to folks who has absolutely no leadership influence and lack basic EQ.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65709,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Evangalist,best in the market,"teamwork, evagalistss have lots of fun",tedious working hours at times.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1615.htm
65710,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 14, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Good money, not so good work","good money, good impact to he world, great corporate culture, high ethics, good moral values, low on politics","extremely slow moving, layers of fat accumulated over years, red tapism, beaurocracy, chasing the tail light, low quotient of innovation",cut the fat,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65711,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 15, 2014",Former Employee - Director,A once great company that lost its way,"Work with smart people (most of them at least), autonomy, allowing you to own and take action on things you believe in, flexible hours, good benefits, fun and always learning new things","Flexible hours means longer working hours as you tend to check emails all the time, compensation started to deteriorate over time with share award getting lesser and lesser, review system generally killed the original culture of being great place to work, and turn everyone into politicking animals, promoting the wrong people to managers,","Reduce central control and allow units to operate more independently within a larger framework, open up to ideas other than Windows and Office, refocus on consumers rather than focusing too much on enterprise as the endusers are the one that will bring change to enterprise system, be very selective in promoting people to manager as great IC does not equate good manager, take longer term view in developing markets and not rotate personnel too often",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65712,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very good,- very challenging work and great projects,- too much pressure and no life - work balance,none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65713,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Facilities are good, work is not good.","good facilities, work life balance is very good.",work is not interesting. Not using recent technologies.,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65714,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good company,Microsoft is good company to develop oneself to new height. I am working at Microsoft consulting and liking work culture and management.,"all is best here. Company is big so, less exposure on core technologies than my earlier company.",Keep employees satisfied.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65715,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the Best Employers of the World,Best in class exposure to tech products. Great Insights to process and opportunities to grow. Awesome Team Culture and decent work-life balance.,Lower and Middle management doesn't understand or have long term view of the products. High dependency of direction from Redmond.,"Should revisit non technical folks in management. Microsoft doesn't need people managers, need technical managers.",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65716,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Aug 29, 2014",Former Employee - Evangelist,best company so far,"good corporate culture: open and transparent and good for proactive and collaborative people, dynamic and quite horizontal,","autonomy of local subsidiary changes a lot, subject to top down decisions from the headquarter, great local people are replaced by yes-man from corp.",learn how to see beyond excel spreadsheets: talent and human values are irreplaceabale,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65717,microsoft,"Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico)"," Sep 11, 2014",Former Employee - HRBP,"Great place to work, learn and grow","Amazing people, great culture, excellent growth opportunities and very competitive pay package. Promises to employees get honored, and this certainty allows you to focus on your job.","Redmond centric, subsidiaries tend to get prefabricated corporate solutions, lack of flexibility and local decision making, regional hubs tend to be a burden.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65718,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Sep 10, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"Great company, Slow learners","Great people, friendly talented and open but this is the Bing team. Great benefits, stocks, allowances and flexible hours All depends on your manager Steve Ballmer is gone :D Changing culture after Satya came, becoming more or moving towards a more agile company (trying to enstill the startup culture)",Company is huge and takes a lot of time to act on opportunities (but changing) Undervalules employees compared to redmond since there is a huge currancy difference and market prices are very low,"Stick with it and don't give up easily on new ventures, take risks and persist",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65719,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Work culture in Microsoft Bangalore GTSC,"The harder you work and show your outcomes and impacts, you will be rewarded. You get all the facilities like cab, breakfast, lunch dinner, snack card, XBOX, pool, billiards.","If you really want to grow here you would need to be co-operative with all managers. Should never be negative about anyone, the system, colleagues or managers",Explain the goals for the team .,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1616.htm
65720,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 4, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Work culture in Microsoft Bangalore GTSC,"The harder you work and show your outcomes and impacts, you will be rewarded. You get all the facilities like cab, breakfast, lunch dinner, snack card, XBOX, pool, billiards.","If you really want to grow here you would need to be co-operative with all managers. Should never be negative about anyone, the system, colleagues or managers",Explain the goals for the team .,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65721,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Great Place to Work,"Culture, Talented Peers, Opportunities, Benefits","Bureaucracy, Risk Aversion, Territorial Management",Encourage collaboration and failures,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65722,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"perks, timing flexibility, brand, good benefits","politics, politics, politics, politics, politics",transparency in appraisal process,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65723,microsoft,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Sep 9, 2014",Former Employee - Intern,Internship at Microsoft Arabia,"There's lots to learn, very challenging, amazing international experience and benefits are great!","HR was very junior and not professional on so many levels. Very political environment & witnessed terrible attitudes towards interns. Some leaders were only scorecard driven & only wanted to achieve their numbers, even if it was against policy rules.",Leaders should be motivators & inspirational.,3.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65724,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,"Adapting fast to the new environment, employee friendly, no more stack ranking, great products, ability to work in different products, global scale with global opportunities","Organization structure being revamped but still there is a tendency to stick with the old ways. Too many people managers, company can definitely do better by making them as ICs. Getting buy-in from everyone can take a long time.",Lean organization and faster decision making. Iimplement what was said in Satya's email.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65725,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2014",Former Employee - Test Lead,msit,"great learning experience, opportunity to work on latest technologies",Too much amphasize on ppt and news letter,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65726,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work For,"Good conditions, very flexible, benefits are great, work quality is good.","Work Life benefits can be some times screwed up, but you can control it yourself most of the times by talking to your manager",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65727,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 3, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company to work with.,You will find really passionate people around you and you will get to learn a lot from them.,Recently a lot of changes have been happening and you might find it difficult to adjust with it.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65728,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Review,"Microsoft is a very Dynamic organization, that have a lot of great product, and service. the company have reach a high maturity level in software development industry","still in early stages of transformation to devices and services, where we are in better stage with service offering, we have a big portfolio of service, and offer on one step away of being the world wide best service in couple only and the best in the rest.  in devices area we in the tails of leader we long way to go, with our shipment number related to competitors","I have an advice to management start first with accepting diversity, look back again to people as the core asset of the organization, and give people the flexibility and the empowerment to be productive and conduct business.",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65729,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Most stupid projects/technologies for software engineers,Most the campus hires are very talented which strongly contracts the overall team. The working condition is above average in China.,"The engineering culture are stupid. Microsoft has the most ineffective tools I ever known. Most of the tools far are more trouble than they worth. Almost for everyone in the 30-engineers team,the projects are completely meaningless. Long time exposure to them will only make an engineer more stupid. My dev lead was an middle aged loser who religiously follow old technology from companies SAP. He had been constantly playing dirty politics and made himself a fool around everyone in the team. Overall, the management emphasize on your age or diplomacy more than anything else. I doubt whether it's because that's all they got or they simply didn't understand how to evaluate engineers.","Seriously, quit the job if you still bare any respect to Microsoft.",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1617.htm
65730,microsoft,"Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)"," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,Most stupid projects/technologies for software engineers,Most the campus hires are very talented which strongly contracts the overall team. The working condition is above average in China.,"The engineering culture are stupid. Microsoft has the most ineffective tools I ever known. Most of the tools far are more trouble than they worth. Almost for everyone in the 30-engineers team,the projects are completely meaningless. Long time exposure to them will only make an engineer more stupid. My dev lead was an middle aged loser who religiously follow old technology from companies SAP. He had been constantly playing dirty politics and made himself a fool around everyone in the team. Overall, the management emphasize on your age or diplomacy more than anything else. I doubt whether it's because that's all they got or they simply didn't understand how to evaluate engineers.","Seriously, quit the job if you still bare any respect to Microsoft.",2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65731,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good organization to work for,"Decent salary, Awesome facilities, Good work life balance initially (now a days it's not so good)",Some employees are confused now a days due to possibility of lay offs and Org changes,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65732,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 1, 2014",Former Employee - Solution Manager,"Energetic, Sales-Driven company",Organization charged with high energy. Great to work with the smartest people on the planet. Lots of opportunities for exposure.,"Doing too much with too little resources. Everyone has high expectations of others, leading to an environment which is very stressful and pressurized.",promote more work life balance,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65733,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,More cons than pros,"- 70% can get away with doing mediocre work, with minimal effort, and still get a great salary. - Ability to work from home - benefits such as health care - most of the products truly sell themselves","- all about metrics, spreadsheets, reporting on the past vs. making real impact for the future. - No real power to influence most marketing, creative, product, or strategy unless you work in Redmond. Marketing positions should be renamed to 'spreadsheet manager'. - Budget cuts every year make you feel like a loser in a company with tremendous revenue growth - always expected to do more with less every year. - POLITICAL warfare. Get far by shouting your mediocre work from the rooftops vs. doing stellar work and actually spending time with customers and partners. It's more about how well you can get into the good books of key managers vs creating a positive impact/doing a great job. If you love to brown nose, trample your colleagues and managers to make your way to higher positions... It's a good place for you to work. - Many managers with very low to no emotional intelligence.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65734,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Director,Experience was great in previous years and trending down recenlty,"Company values, pay and benefits are great",bureaucracy and mediocrity have set in,More shake ups needed that Satya has started,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65735,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 31, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Overall satisfied,office and benefits are good,Not stable in recent years,give more opportunity to the individual employees,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65736,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - IT Manager,A good place for work/life balance,Good market position Good people and working environment Best place if you want to achieve work/life balance,"Show no respect to pre-Nokia employees, I am one of them. Lack of interest on fighting in hardware industry, to MS it's a hard money Lack of promotion.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65737,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good company to go if you don't have better opportunities.,Things are changing for better.. should be,"Nasty office politic. lack vitality, some businesses are getting cut recently",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65738,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Good place if you know how to exhibit yourself..,Lot of options to move around the company across the globe,"You will get lost in the process, magnitude of the company",none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65739,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,awesome,major responsibilities given at a very early stage in career esp in sales,very senior folks to work with,keep up good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1618.htm
65740,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,awesome,major responsibilities given at a very early stage in career esp in sales,very senior folks to work with,keep up good work,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65741,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Toxic negative environment that is far too internally focused, that they have lost sight of customers.","Salary, Stocks, Work from Home opportunities",Negative environment where your deliverables are not subjectively measured and rewarded. Far too much weight put on internal scorecard metrics vs delivering against market needs and being nimble enough to react to needs of customers.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65742,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 27, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Canada environment not even close to USA,Great Package Exellent Collegues and very helpul ones,"Social Life balance Managers only care about revenues, sales don't work as one team (In my case it was consultency team not development)",Focus on products rather than revenue,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65743,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great place to start a career,great place to start a career,too difficult to get an FTE contract,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65744,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 27, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,good place to stay but not to survive and grow,it's a good platform to learn and expand my vision and thinking from different perspective.,"unfortunately, the actions were directed by KPI, instead of long term direction. The entrepreneurs spirit has been lost.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65745,microsoft,none," Aug 24, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Anonymous,Competitive salary and great bonuses for high performing individuals,Career progression and pressure during end of quarters,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65746,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 9, 2014",Former Employee - International Project Engineer,International project engineer,"I enjoyed working there, great facilities. Great source of learning materials on line. My team was in the office division and everyone on the team were good people. Planning of sprints and reviewing, sharing information all worked very well in our team. I may apply to work there again in the future which says it all really.",I don't have many cons. It's such a big company with so many teams and managers it really depends how your team operate and if your manager is a nice guy or not. Some guys we had lunch with would tell stories of other teams who did not work well.,None,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65747,microsoft,Lahore (Pakistan)," Aug 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Its good,"very skilled people,and lots of work to keep busy","politics,high competition demands great deal of hard work",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65748,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,program manager,"enterprise software product domination. cloud first, device first strategy is changing the company",stack ranking of FTE has its consequences. changes will be good,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65749,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A great place to work but with painful work and HR processes,"Microsoft takes care of its employees. Most of the peers are friendly, so are the managers. Most of their HR policies are employee friendly. Easy to take days off and no one stops you from taking a holiday.","One of the biggest problems with MS is the stack ranking. It forces employees to be in a ""rank"" and these ranks are relative to your peers. This causes lot of good people to be at the bottom of the stack.","Get rid of Stack ranking, Make the HR/Review processes friendly and take Manager feedback seriously.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1619.htm
65750,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good,Good work life balance and company takes care of you and rewards you for what you have done. Generally mangers listen to your suggestions as your peers (not as subordinates).,It is a big company and career advancement is a little difficult. A big part is of course your contribution but at some point it also depends on your manager's connections and ability to stand up for you.,Promotions should become more transparent,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65751,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great life work balance, get in touch with big data.","Good benefits and compensations, multi culture employees, great environment for work.","Less new projects coming, may restrict personal growth if you don't seek new opportunities in the company.",Move fast and engineer fast.,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65752,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 22, 2014",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Overall satisfied experience to work for microsoft,"A good learning experience , Good Benefits Looks good on CV",dont expect too much - You will be working on very small part of a component .Benefits,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65753,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed. The company is still understanding the impact of having much larger competitors and is slow to respond.,"Brand recognition, still some very good people too.",Behind on management training and business management overall.,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65754,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but could be more human,"Good pay and benefits, great working environment, good work-life balance","Could be more human, to often employees are more like numbers",none,3.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65755,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,it is just ok,have balance work and good benefits.,the project step is really slow.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65756,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Opportunities to change the world!,"Excellent Work Life Balance, Good perks and benefits, Good growth opportunities within the organization. The work environment is great and opportunity to work with the brightest minds in the industry.",I've had a great experience working at Microsoft and no cons that I can think of at the moment.,None,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65757,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Sr.Consultant,"Great work opportunities, great company",lot of travel and need to be away from home,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65758,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Consultant,"Good pay, nice culture, freedom","Very dynamic, Competition, Chaotic sometimes",Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65759,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Aug 20, 2014",Current Employee - Business Group Lead,Business Group Lead,"Well-structured working processes, flexible working hours (incl working from home), compensation at least on the average level, many professional peers.","Too much internal bureaucracy (e.g. endless time-consuming reporting), lot of the under-the-carpet politics, company culture is encouraging people lay their hands on the other's achievement rather than do job them self, quite a bit of non-professional people managers.","To let people do their job rather to fill the reporting templates, to do assessment of managements and hold only those who is delivering results.",2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1620.htm
65760,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 18, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Consultant,"Good pay, nice culture, freedom","Very dynamic, Competition, Chaotic sometimes",Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65761,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Aug 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Sales opportunities is very good,Work Life balance is very bad,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65762,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome place to work,One of the world best place to work for. If you get a chance work for this company you wont regret it.,The culture is good but sometimes it becomes to good and people interfere a lot in your life.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65763,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to Work,Supportive Team Members Hands on Latest Technology Facilities are great Lot of Learning,Nothing much to talk about cons,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65764,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Welcome to the New Microsoft!,"-The painful changes that the company is currently undergoing is going to set up Microsoft in an Amazing place for decades to come!!! -Get to work with extremely smart people everyday -Pride -Prestige -Great career development and growth potential -Best employee compensation , perks and Benefits in the industry. Great internal global events, parties and Conferences. -Opportunity to receive Corporate training for top US business schools -Fantastic Resume Builder","-The company is going through some painful changes -Lots of pressure during end of quarters, Mid years and End of year ( like any other publicly traded Company ) -Lack of consumer awareness with too much focus on the Enterprise. ( However, I am optimistic about the changes being made in this space).","Change is hard, especially for people that have had success working a certain way for years and years...But the industry we live in is constantly evolving and those who do not change become obsolete.  Embrace change even no matter how hard it might be...it's for the better.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65765,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 2, 2014",Former Employee - Graduate Scheme Sales,"lack of support, little or no relevant training and badly structured programmes",-Free coffee -Fancy offices -off-site visits -work is so convoluted its easy to not do anything,"The biggest problem with employees of Micfrosoft is that it is filled with people who admire Bill Gates and want their name branded with the company rather than doing something valuable. There is a lot of middle management which blocks people from progressing and the worst thing is the overt competitiveness to step on each other to rise to the next level. There is a lack of opportunities and the skills developed in the business roles you could teach a donkey. It is not real selling.  I would advise those who are ambitious, intelligent and go-getters not to work for this company. For the graduates, there is not any well structured training (they lure you in with a trip to America) and there are consistent brick walls. The culture is strong and they make you believe it is the greatest place ever but it is not. in reality, the company is a shambles and is only successful off the back of the legacy Bill Gates helped to build at the prime of the company.",Progress your new interns and graduates rather than ignoring and stifling them. Put in place a proper leadership trainign scheme. HIRE MORE GOOD CANDIDATES AND STOP BEING DRIVEN BY QUOTAS.,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65766,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Good company to work for.,"Good work environment, very knowledgeable colleagues, very friendly people. Interesting insight on technology. Enjoyable workspace and relaxation areas, pool, foosball and ping-pong tables. Good benefits. Breakfast and free refreshments in the office. Good pay. Good yearly bonus, depending on performance.","Promotions are hard to get, some colleagues spent 4 years in the same position. It's very easy to lose control of ones work-life balance. Sometimes the work gets really stressful.",Insist on work-life balance.,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65767,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2014",Former Employee - SSP,Solution Specialist,The SSP(Solution Sales Professional)s are working hard to cross-sell and up-sell the company's products and technologies with enthusiasm and passion.,Some of them don't have expertise and experience in their designated industry.,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65768,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Sharepoint Engineer,Excellent place to learn and grow!,"*Great salary, *Very detailed, practical trainings and learning materials, *There is so much to learn!","#You are expected to deliver results, so no slacking off, #Sometimes under a lot of pressure to deliver.","It's an excellent place to work, with strong ethics. I am really pleased to be a small cog in this enterprise!",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65769,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - PFE,"Excellent company to work for, excellent work life balance",plenty of smart people to work with and learn from and develop your career,compensation can be better and be more transparent,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1621.htm
65770,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Aug 5, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Evangelist,Metrics. It is all about the Metrics,Good employer with great benefits. Work from home/remote major benefit,Metrics to death. Scorecards until the cows come home,Think long term!,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65771,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Aug 9, 2014",Current Employee - Product Advisor,Not what is promised,They treat you well as employees Great people that work there,"Pay is very low for some positions Hard to advance to higher positions Can't move up unless you have ""Staples"" on your resume like the Market Manager",Pay better or you will loose good employees Give everyone a equal opportunity to grow,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65772,microsoft,none," Aug 11, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent until KT took over,"Great resources, and passionate people that are about solving technology challenges. The compensation package is more than adequate. The pace is fast so there is no room for boredom.",Don't challenge management. The talk about work / life balance . . . be prepared to have more work and less life balance unless life revolves around Microsoft. Learning new technologies will be on your own time. Very little formal training. They consider TechReady their training forum for the most part.,"You used to be a company that encouraged challenging the status quo, now you frown on those that challenge the status quo.",3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65773,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It is a good place for new grad,"Good working environment, a lot of training materials for new grad to start, technical driven, benefits, brand recognition, decent work life balance","The company is left behind in the Internet field. The mind sight is still software focused, not user oriented. There are too many processes and overhead, so it's not agile enough. It takes 3 years to transfer from China to US.",Shorten the transfer time,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65774,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 11, 2014",Current Employee - PFE,"Excellent company to work for, excellent work life balance",plenty of smart people to work with and learn from and develop your career,compensation can be better and be more transparent,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65775,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Consultant,Amazing ride and still loving it,Its exciting and I have great work life balance. Opportunities available are awesome.,"Bluetape. Some of them are real jerks, but t most people are cool, passionate and nice.",In ne,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65776,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Aug 9, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place where you can be whatever you wish to be,"It's a workplace where jobs are role based, and once you are in, there are abundant of roles which you can apply and 'try'.",Maintaining targets is very challenging. Every quarter is an obvious classic slippery slope between missing the target or missing your own personal hours.,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65777,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 28, 2014",Current Employee - Engineering Lead,Abysmal,"Lots of smart people, good opportunities to grow professionally.","Poor corporate culture, people being constantly shuffled around and plans changed but not for the better. Abysmal engineering practices, lackluster discipline, bureucracy.","Less managers, please.",1.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65778,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,"A leading company. Great place to work, work/life balance not easy to achieve but doable. In my case most of the managers I had /met walk what they say. As you start achieving your goals, career opportunities open up. You can achieve bold goals, have real impact. You will usually get the recognition to your contributions. Solid values and policies to foster a great working environment and company reputation.","Sometimes the ""not invented here"" syndrome shows up. The culture sometimes make people stay in the comfort zone doing things in the way they've been doing for years rejecting ideas/comments/assessments from people that bring other experiences. Hopefully the new CEO will start changing this. Salaries are not the best in town. The scorecard culture needs improvement to allow mid term strategies and avoid arriving late to most of the parties.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65779,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 8, 2014",Current Employee - Partner Operation Manager,Microsoft,"package, benfit, and location package, benfit, and location",Too manay emails Too manay emails,N/A,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1622.htm
65780,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Descent,"brand value, descent pay scale,",very poor work life balance,encourage better work life balance,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65781,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The re-invention of an old friend,- Company Values - Great compensations - Worldwide recognitions,- Office culture - A lot of burocratic process - Benefits to friends and not to employees,none,3.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65782,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Average experience,"Good work-life balance, good facilities",dog-eat-dog style of working which is encouraged by management.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65783,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment and nice staffs,Good environment and nice staffs,illegible accents from international coworkers,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65784,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Best Company to work at,"Challenging and competitive environment, flexible work hours, loads of fun and possibilities to advance","When deadlines approach, things get a little ugly and tense",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65785,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Good work culture. Good environment.,Lots of Politics in office.,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65786,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 4, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Nice place. Chilled out people.,"So much to do. Other than work. Flexi working hours. Work from home. Many other facilities for health, recreation, transport etc. A very lenient leave policy.",Slow growth. Boring work. No training for program management.,Employees should be given more options for moving vertically or horizonatally across divisions.,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65787,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 3, 2014",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Great Place for a Techie,"awesome learning experience technical and mental environment is very simulating, some great brains around",Need to be politically smart,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65788,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 4, 2014",Former Employee - Principal Software Development Engineer,"Great environment, spoiled by a terrible micromanagement attitude","People are very friendly and you can feel the talent in the office. I made good friends and learned so much from them. Salary is more than adequate and workload, while definitely not light, is still acceptable","Top management gets in the way of everyday things. Middle tier managers have the worst time: they are squeezed between the need to be hands on and the ridiculous amount of reporting, meetings, feedbacks, emails etc that is generated by their superiors. While developers are not buried in the latter, and top managers are not required to actually write code, the ""man in the middle"" has to do both.","Respect the hierarchies, trust the structure for the details and focus on the results instead.",3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65789,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Aug 2, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Engagement Manager,A place to grow,"Benefits are balanced, Salaries are good specially for Sales professions, the best company I have worked in with room for growth & flexibility in moving to different roles. A lot to learn & diversity of disciplines protect you from boredom. Achievers are well rewarded & recognized. Very good work environment","Outside the US, most of the focus, benefits & rewards are for Sales. The company direction is sales focused rather than marketing or services focused. Too much pressure & stress in some areas. Work load is not normally distributed among roles & disciplines & accordingly, the pay is not proportional to the effort  No room for below average performers, usually fired. Internal politics plays a significant role but differs from one region to another",Get more focus on value selling & services Have more depth focus as a company instead of the very much breadth focus the company has which weakens position against competition in a lot of cases,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1623.htm
65790,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As usual it depends on your manager...,good salary good work environment great and smart colleagues opportunities to learn a lot...both technical and about people,"unclear decision making process too much politics (not surprising at this size of company, but it's still not helping) - lot of internal fights slow negative feedback is not really welcome",get rid of half of the management and empower teams with smart people instead,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65791,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Jul 31, 2014",Current Employee - Product Marketing,High Performance and Energy Workspace. Still stuck in the past on certain aspects (enterprise vs consumer),"1) Good work life balance despite high accountability and high pressure on delivering growth 2) Equal opportunity employer with great perks for employees (comprehensive medical insurance, discounted products) 3) Strong Enterprise focus 4) Ability to shift to diverse fields",1) Silo way of working spells disaster for our products 2) No consumer focus 3) Poor marketing & lack of cohesive brand architecture,Focus on the consumer. Not the IT manager.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65792,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Jul 30, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Product Manager,Conservative & no innovation,"Good salary, flexible work time.","non-stop planning, meeting, review.... Bureaucratic corporate culture, Over-reliance on Windows & Office business.","Stop employee ranking system, it's will not help employee to work hard.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65793,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Not as expected.,Great office building. Hotel stay for 1st month an shuttle free.,"Undocumented libreries, No free food. Transport facilities. No clue about the HR and whom to talk to in the system.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65794,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 29, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Nice Place to Work,"Organized, clear goals, nice benefits and compensation.",Political in some situations when it is convenient.,Some managers must be more prepared to manage people.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65795,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company with diverse opportunities but in a transition and hence unpredictable direction,1. Flexible work arrangements 2. Different platforms within to showcase innovation 3. A thinking company 4. Good pay,1. Movement to different branches of company difficult 2. Indefinite future strategy of top leadership 3. Horrible food,1. Need to maintain a consistent strategy and move swiftly 2. Good food at campus,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65796,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Test Manager,Good company to work,High performers are rewarded heavily,Very competitive environment Cut throat competition,Please do not change the performance review system so often,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65797,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent but same type of work,Excellent benefits and health care program Excellent benefits Excellent benefits,Same old work Same old work Same old work Same old work,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65798,microsoft,none," Jul 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok.,"it is a big company, more opportunities.",you need to stay with right department,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65799,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Best Place to work,Awesome company that truly gives you the work that you want but you better know what you want. Young hires get the best of the grooming and opportunities,The firm has a huge size that means it is a really big ocean.,Keep rocking!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1624.htm
65800,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Lead,Best company to work for,"Flexible work hours, proper work-life balance",Some time little unclear about the personal growth within the organization,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65801,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Jul 9, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Best Place to work,Awesome company that truly gives you the work that you want but you better know what you want. Young hires get the best of the grooming and opportunities,The firm has a huge size that means it is a really big ocean.,Keep rocking!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65802,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 25, 2014",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"Good place to work, nothing spectacular","Microsoft have a high technical materials to study and is really Global Company. Work-life balance, training.","The mentoring program is not good, don't have a HR orientation, Coach. The salary is in the medium of market, could be better. Travel time to different customers weekly isn't billable or compensable.","Provide more opportunities to network internally. Make stakeholder management a top priority. Could be more closer, mainly due the work be onsite on customers.",3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65803,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Amazing place for great work exposure and experience,"Great benefits , brand value or working in MS, great exposure, international travel","Graveyard shifts, work pressure , not relaxed",Please allow women employees to work in normal shifts,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65804,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jul 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Enterprise Architect,Busy with increasingly additional responsibilities and targets,culture learning travel opportunity rewards,work life balance middle management poor indecisive,teaming,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65805,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 8, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Corporate Culture on Life Support,"Notable brand name and products. Some smart, talented managers, but few and far between.",Employees (and especially contractors) treated as commodities. Culture encourages rivalry and individual achievement over what's write for the company.,Use the recent departure of Steve Balmer to completely revamp the venomous culture that Microsoft has.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65806,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 20, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE),Lots of fun. Energetic. Informal.,Worked in India(Hyderabad) office. The campus like feel of the office is amazing. People are very friendly. Work life balance is very good.,"Sometimes lot of projects in maintenance mode comes into India, which make the work less challenging for senior engineers.",Hiring bar should be higher. Do small number of projects but high impact projects.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65807,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Best work culture and staff,Personal life hampers and good,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65808,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Jul 4, 2014",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Still great company. But, Microsoft has been having a tough time of it lately to compete against Google and Apple.",Flexitime. Giving preferential treatment to woman,Enforce to achieve scorecard by any means,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65809,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2014",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,"Good company with an evolving culture, some negatives, but mostly a memorable stay","- Benefits - From HR benefits such as emphasis on work-life balance and respect, down to the weekly free snack treats and the fridge full of soft drinks. - Salary - Salary in Microsoft is slightly above industry average. Sales people get higher basic package compared to industry (but there's a con here too, see below) - Respect - The management takes respect pretty seriously, and we really get to voice our opinion in a safe way - The technology - This is the place to be if you want to be in cloud and to see the latest software innovations - The brand - The name Microsoft opens a lot of doors","- Sales Pay Pack is ridiculous - You get a higher base than most (sales roles get 65:35 pay split), but you get none of your commission until you make 75% of your target. So in a tough year if you make 74%, its all down the drain. - Red tape central - If you want to see red tape in all of its splendor, come and join Microsoft - Anal about Score card - Want to see sales people sell strategic products that bring no revenue? How to make sales force sell partner products but without compensating them for it? Join Microsoft to find out about their famed scorecard system, and you will see how you can squeeze people to do things they are not naturally inclined to - Buddy-buddy system - Its very common for friends to hire other friends in Microsoft because of the emphasis on an internal metric called Work Health Index, which measures and rewards managers for reviews by their downliners. If I were a manager, I might be very tempted to hire a friend who would rate me well than a good performer who might have something critical (but relevant and useful) to say.","* Stop being so preoccupied about scorecard * The 75% gate before making any commission dollar is really a turn off. * Stop dressing up before WHI survey. Instead of acting like you care, perhaps you should care all year long. * Not every customer will need or want cloud. Stop smothering customer with cloud.",4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1625.htm
65810,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Content Project Manager,Great place to work,The company cares about personal career development,Too many groups working on same projects that have to learn how to negotiate and compromise.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65811,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jul 17, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Work Environment.,"Environment is amazing, specially the team in Research Lab in Cairo. Culture and Agile development is a great value.","Management system isn't that great, specially regarding the great lay off of employees currently going on in the company right now.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65812,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Benifts/work env but poor people management,World class working environment and benefits. Great opportunities to learning and improving skills.,Poor people management. Few of the people managers they demotivate people very much.,no more experiments in People management side please. Choose the right people in these roles.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65813,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 13, 2014",Current Employee - Consulting Staff,Great place to make a difference,Some of the brightest people in the industry work here - creating amazing results for customers Ability to really make a difference,The travel and expense systems are truly terrible - makes travelling on business tedious Recent local decisions on a range of benefits show short termism and penny pinching Performance system getting better but employees have very little (no) input into their end of year outcomes Hitting arbitrary scorecards far too important. Needs to focus on doing the right thing for the customer Progression based solely on internal brand - you need to trumpet every little positive up and across the org chart to get ahead,"Remove the roadblocks to productivity - travel and expense tools that make travelling hard, scorecards that are self-serving and not reflective of doing a good job, and speed up performance management process change",4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65814,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Excellent Work Environemnet,"Excellent policies , very good work culture . Management is very good and ample opportunities for growth. People have sufficient time for lunch and provide excellent food.","Windows 8.0 is not a good product. Snacks in the evening not good. Cab number 22 driver is very rude.,",Do not create products like Windows 8.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65815,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working in Microsoft is a nice experience,People are nice and you will have plenty of opportunity to learn,Changing the field entirely inside the company is very difficult,Let the employees choose their area of interest if they have the required capability for it,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65816,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work experience,"Very good work culture. Independant work given Ownership of areas right from joining, even as fresher","Work life balance in some teams not very good. Everyone is extremely sincere, so need to work hard to get good ratings.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65817,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft India has pretty cool work culture, mostly good work and great people","Benefits, work culture, people. Work is mostly good but dependent on the team.","Appraisal process is solely dependent on Manager, so your success totally depend on how good or bad he/she is perceived among his/her peer group! Overall the stack rank process is lot distracting from doing lot of innovative and high risk projects. Also job growth is little slower in few roles.","Get rid of the bell-curves, reward meritocracy little more.",3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65818,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,About Compary,"Compensation is good, Career opportunities are good",Nothing as overall I am satisfied with the company,Nothing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65819,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome while it lasted,"The people were awesome. Salary was good. Vacation and benefits too. Work was fun. Through the review process, feedback from coworkers + management helped me improve.","Being a small module of a huge company could be tough. Lots of irrelevant emails. Stuff that only applies to the US employees. All the hype around reconfiguration that doesn't really end up affecting us. Security and distance getting in the way of communication and info sharing to do better, faster work.",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1626.htm
65820,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Lots of smart people,Good personal growth as long as you are contributing,"Perception based, must work a lot to deliver above average results",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65821,microsoft,none," Jul 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not so good,Work hours are flexible You can work form home Policies sucks they are outdated People suck..they try to sell internally so much that they never go customer as such,Internal selling Tenured employees has monopoly no respect for new joinees No respect for work done by women So many processes no respect for talent they hire smart people make them work at so low level,Sell to customers not to each other,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65822,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Greate Company (but I'm in bad division ),1. Great work life balance except few teams/division 2. Pay is relatively good 3. campus is pretty awesome than other companies 4. Play grounds for outdoor games.,1. Slow Growth Rate. 2. Managers Monopoly in some team. 3. There are some teams who ask you to work like a startup (and they don't have work like startups ). 4. Learning opportunities are very less if you are not in good team,"Since Microsoft is not a startup, so don't expect from everyone to work on weekends.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65823,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 8, 2014",Former Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Very good place to work,"Excellent resources to learn, good team",No work life balance and no growth opportunitie,Change the strategy to bring in more quality work,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65824,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jul 7, 2014",Current Employee - Channel Manager,Great companies,"I have access to good salary, bonus, education allowance, RRSP matching and of course benefits Get the dash trash to do low grade menial work You can focus on strategic work",Sometimes too many direction changes but just roll with it and it will change soon enough However it takes a chunk out of you trying to always adapt to the latest but as Darwin said it is the rule of survival,YES! Absolutely Cloud is here and we will show google and other pretenders what this is about. Go Microsoft! Go Microsoft employees,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65825,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,developer,very very very good good,very very very good good,good,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65826,microsoft,Espoo (Finland)," Jul 29, 2014",Current Employee - Principal Engineer,No vision can be done,He is internal guy.,Empty word from leadership at nowhere. No actual plan to survive in next decade,none,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65827,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Exciting, Challenging (ATL Cairo)",very challenging projects that takes your skills and knowledge to their limits and beyond. good team-chemistry all around chance to mentor younger devs and see them get better,none that I can see so far.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65828,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Advisor,A GREAT to company to work with.,Excellent learning opportunities. It is truly infinite. Have a good compensation and reward mechanism. Get a chance to work with some true 'legends' whom blogs/articles you have read while growing up.,Work life Balance.. Needs a lot of scope for improvement.,Indian managers are more emotional and number driven.. Need to work on it.,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65829,microsoft,none," Jun 17, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Manager,great pay package & culture,Slow growth rate,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1627.htm
65830,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," Jul 1, 2014",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,"Work life Balance,Health Benefits, Snacks :), Work with state of the art technology and top companies in the market, Career Plan, Work Enviroment.Oportunities to do spcial assignment overseas, training.",As big company it has a lot of structued administrative processes. You have to do a lot of networking and politics to showyourself in order to advance in your career.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65831,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 30, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Started well but then seemed to follow a path trodden by other colleagues,"The brand, a lot of the people, good overall pay and benefits package","Annual rating process, career progression, constant changes to management, fear culture",Look at the way senior managers motivate their teams,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65832,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 18, 2014",Former Employee - Manager,Great Brand,"Company benefits, medical, stocks, perks & hike","Depends on which Org you work. No job security, you are under the mercy of your immediate manager for your growth. Internal job postings are total eye wash, fixed before hand. please your managers for better rating is the mantra",Start looking at the org that delivers your customer support,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65833,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,"Great work/life balance, innovative technology, company changing for the better, hope its not too late","Work/life balance, innovative technology, friendly people.","Pay is above average, bonuses are average, sometimes promote the wrong people.",none,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65834,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Jun 21, 2014",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,It's a good company to work with,Good work life balance. The company own the technology which can change the world although its influence is getting weak. Seamless integration across different products so that it is easier to elaborate the platform value especially in the business world.,Complex solution architecture and licensing. Many internal roles and process to deal with when ask for help. Politics across team exist. Internal roadmap is no longer available as public rumor or announcement happen right before we are aware of.,Spend more time to take good care of people's feeling and career growth. No job satisfaction and aspiration is an alert to keep good peoples.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65835,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"Good campus, facilities. Work quality also good, but work environment/culture could be better.","Benefits, campus facilities, brand name.  Company has lot of good employee benefits e.g. free yearly health check-up, in-house Gym, paying grounds/courts, buses, night cabs.","Work environment/culture.  The quality of work by itself is good, but I think upper management should try to improve the culture/environment. Many times, good people/suggestions are sidelined/ridiculed just because of internal politics.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65836,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Jun 4, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Overall a great company to work for.,"Work with great, happy people",Changes very quickly so it is keeping up to date is a challenge.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65837,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Experience,Get to work with best Machines and Developement stack. The impetus these days is on releasing a software,Performers should earn more really,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65838,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Account Manager,Great Company Culture Exciting new products Work-Life Balance is pretty good during slow quarters,Management is numbers driven and doesn't provide much guidance Not enough support given when issues are escalated no accountability from the virtual team,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65839,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Operations Engineer,Excellent company to work with,better work life balance and value for your contributions,challenging and sometimes added pressure due to operational challenges,keep doing what they are doing,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1628.htm
65840,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2014",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Challenging,"Great People, and pretty good technology","Not a Sales Organization it's a R&D company, with too many silos, and competing Agenda","Matrix Management is going to be the death of this American success. Local, Regional, National structure will bring a team environment and Customer first attitude back. GET RID OF SCORECARDS managment",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65841,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jun 1, 2014",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Best Company to Work For,"Amazing professional development, work life balance and overall care for employees",Can be a bit bureaucratic,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65842,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2014",Former Employee - Evangelism Manager,"Good place to work at if you are smart, open and result-oriented","Very flexible environment at some places like evangelism (DPE): - every employee is expected to plan their results/action and make personal commitments - no strict rules, job descriptions you have to follow line-by-line (of course except general compliance stuff, which is obvious) - much of success depends on your ability to find people in other groups who have similar objectives in their field, build relations/trust and work together (cross-group collaboration)","People management practices are questionable - cascading top-down metrics on how many best/good/ok/bad people in every organization leads to very bad quality of annual performance reviews - talks between manager and employee are meaningless most of the time. if you have been successful all 5 years after joining MIscosoft - your annual vesting of MSFT stock starts playing significant role in the annual income, which is perfect for keeping good people in long-term for Microsoft, but this is like ""golden cell"" where many good people are imprisoned for 10-15 years. And working at different positions in different divisions of Microsoft becomes their profession - they will not be valuable commodity at labour market should Microsoft fire them.",Change people management process across the company: make sure people managers can give fair evaluation of personnel at performance reviews.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65843,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 16, 2014",Former Employee - Developer Support Engineer,Nice company to work for,Learning is good You would get lot of Exposure You can do all the MS Certifications for free Brand Name & facilities are good,Work Pressure and might have to work in shifts,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65844,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jun 16, 2014",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Partner Account Manager,Very easy products to sell,Management style is not very nice,Be more flexible and friendly,3.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65845,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 14, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great Experience,"Great and Challenging Work with Excellent perks Microsoft is amazing when it comes to career growth and work life balance. Variety of domains to work on.Commendable Quality of work and Good working Environment An overall Great Experience , a lot to learn.","Managers not good, managers monopoly communication lags from Senior management challenging and sometimes added pressure due to operational challenges",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65846,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall great experience,"Networking is encouraged alot and is part of the culture. Office atmosphere, company meetings etc are great.  surrounded by good people and you can learn alot  good opportunities in changing roles internally",High bar and cut throat at times.,na,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65847,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Jun 15, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great company to work for,"Great place to work, Good pay and FTE employee welfare.",Stick on old employee evaluation policy.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65848,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 1, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great place to work except MSIT, Hyderabad. Horrible managers, favoritism and no appreciation for employee efforts/time.",Microsoft is amazing when it comes to career growth and work life balance. Variety of domains to work on. Just great.,MSIT division in Hyderabad is terrible for geek people. Managers show favoritsm and hold personal grudges. Less value is given to employees of MSIT by employees from any other division. Some managers are 'tharkis' and hire many pretty girls with zero tech knowledge. Good looking females and beer buddies usually get better performance review than geeks (How sad!) No variety in technology except .NET. Few years in MSIT and you would be considered useless in any other tech company.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65849,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jun 2, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,The bad and the good,The dash trash will work for you if you apply the right kind of motivation. It is a prestigious organization and looks good on your resume for sure. Write your own ticket from here.,Unreasonable management and pink slip happy. The manager believing this is the 18th century puts pressure on you leading to producing sub-par results. It is quite suffocating.,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1629.htm
65850,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," May 28, 2014",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer,"Free to work, working and life balance",Too much stress for developing myself for new released versions.,N/A,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65851,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 3, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft China,Good pay. Some really good co-workers.,Really bad management. No idea how to lead or make any decisions. Really frustrating.,Get your act together in China.,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65852,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 9, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Has lost its flair,"Above average salary, still a good name to have on your resume, very diverse work environment, great for networking, if you are lucky and got a great manager you can enjoy it a lot","Too numbers driven, people don't count as much anymore, a lot of internal politics, a lot of de-motivated people, it is common to change your job every 2 years, so it is very unstable","Focus on people management, reduce scorecard focus",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65853,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 10, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great place to work, But WLB needs to be worked on",1. Good working Environment 2. Good pay and other benefits 3. Good place to learn new things,"1. Work environment is dependent upon manager, I was lucky. 2. Constant re- org. it was un settling. 3. Bad work life balance.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65854,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still figuring out...joined just 2 months back,- Work life balance.. - Pay is good,- not a typical post MBA job,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65855,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jun 8, 2014",Current Employee - Partner Sales,Danger And Opportunity,They removed the peer review system but really it is still here Prestigious entry on your CV but need to find employment elsewhere (if desired) quickly as market catches up with reality of Microsoft today,"All employees and departments need to be approached the same as a pit of vipers To have Trust in this building is childish and only those related to you by blood can be semi-trusted All equal under God is true here except God is the pay check, prize a promotion and equality defined as Anglo Saxon heritage and nodes of connections",You are shareholders please quit now Since that will not happen remember that what goes around comes around Anything else I say places me in the realm of fantasy,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65856,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 6, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),It was good while it lasted,Good HR Policies Lots of Fringe benefits Good Joining Bonus,Too much redtape Too much fake projections Too much meetings,Reduce the management hierarchy,3.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65857,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Jun 7, 2014",Current Employee - Engagement Manager,Every process is amazinling overengineered,Good salary and benefit. Extremely dynamic culture and environment. A lot of very heterogeneous job opportunities.,Very bad teamworking. Not very customer oriented.,Simplify simplify simplify. Streamline Streamline Streamline,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65858,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, lots of challenges","Opportunities everywhere. Freedom to execute your way if you are bringing the expected results. lots of brains, great talented people. Self service company",Management need to help get out of the inertia. Rivalry between areas,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65859,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 31, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"Great company, but held back by sycophancy",Great work Excellent Perks Technically challenging job,Only way you grow is by stepping on others Very bad communication from Senior management,Learn to see who are the actual doers rather than go by promoters,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1630.htm
65860,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 31, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,"Great company, but held back by sycophancy",Great work Excellent Perks Technically challenging job,Only way you grow is by stepping on others Very bad communication from Senior management,Learn to see who are the actual doers rather than go by promoters,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65861,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 5, 2014",Current Employee - Support Engineer,Good company but bad division,Best benefits available. People centric approach.,I was employed in a bad division.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65862,microsoft,Asia (Philippines)," Jun 1, 2014",Former Employee - Manager of Customer Service,A great learning expereince,"I had access to numerous growth and development opportunities across the 12 years I was at the company. I generally had great effective, customer and results orientated managers, many of who I created lasting connections with, and learned even from those who didn't fall in the great category. I felt well rewarded with a mix of pay, benefits, opportunities and recognition","Even prior to, but esp after the DOJ impact on the companies value (stock price) there was a trend to under invest in the customer experience, especially post sale. The rating system much lauded in the media lately certainly had it's downfalls and negative impacts on productivity and moral","I understand much has changed since I left. So rather than give advice, I am interested to see the direction Mr Nadella takes in the coming year.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65863,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," May 30, 2014",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Excellent potential - slow execution,-great benefits and perks -fantastic breadth of products and genuine valuable impact to society,"-extremely political -poor competitive compensation -though breadth of products is large, any job potential requires experience in that workload in prior years. by default then, at an individual level, there is zero point to working in this company for that point, which is unfortunate",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65864,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,program manager with in support function,Very efficient work environment by using Microsoft technologies. Very focused culture under clear directions from top management.,HIgh possibility of job elimination when the ROI is not clear regardless of individual's performance. Products releases are not always successful even puting resources and priority.,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65865,microsoft,none," May 31, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job!,"good salary, social recognition, global exposure","unhomely environment, discrimination, salary comarative less..",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65866,microsoft,none," May 16, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Very good company. Great benefit.,Rating system is kinda tough.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65867,microsoft,none," May 14, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Company,Employee friendly and liberal thinking,nothing specific for me to share,NIL,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65868,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Escalation Engineer,Support engineering,Great work culture Great work life balance You get to work on the latest technology Passionate about customers and technology Get to work with peers from across the globe Great work place and facilities provided,Leaves have to be negotiated with peers Career opportunities reduce after growing to a certain level New performance model impacts top performers and is more in support of average or low performers,Bring in work from home Expose seniors to business side of things,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65869,microsoft,none," May 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Awesome people, transforming company.",Company is drastically and rapidly changing the way it does things to become more agile.,A lot of management layers makes it hard to get things done quickly.,Cut the fat.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1631.htm
65870,microsoft,none," May 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working as SQL server Support Engineer,Good opportunity to learn SQL server in Deep and opportunity to work abroad,Ability to learn and improve ourself,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65871,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 26, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Development Lead,Good growth & good people,People - work with some great leaders & developers Nice work & growth opportunities Diversity of work - variety of projects in almost all domains you aspire,"Slow moving - its a large body and decisions / changes are happening for the good, but slowly Innovation not at its helm yet",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65872,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," May 18, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Professional,Great place for a navigator,You can actually get away with a straight 9:30-4:00 schedule if you know how to. Do not think it is all work here. Social aspects take precedence. You also have some dash trash and interns you can utilize. On the technology front Microsoft is still up to very important things. Satya recently expressed his opinion that we can be a three-pony trick. I believe it. good place to work,Priorities change all the time and what was important yesterday is not important today. It is important to let others handle the pressure because otherwise you would go insane.,Keep up the good work. Leverage resources and contractors so we can focus on strategic work.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65873,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Big chaotic Monolithic engine...,"- Above average pay and benefits, but for some teams where the work sucks and/or its too hectic, I don't think they are justified in the compensation they receive for example in my case.","- Several (barring some exceptions) Seniors or long time Microsoft'ians are very prejudiced and bigoted. - Starkly unconventional culture which most of them find difficulty to adhere to, but almost 80-85% get jelled in pretty good. I personally don't prefer it, but that's my opinion. - Let's do it in the next release attitude generally prevails, - Local management is not reliable as since the past 2+ years I have been here, there have been multiple churns, 5 manager changes and 3 team shifts... Projects keep getting shelved or moving back to Redmond. - Constant pressure to always do better - no cooling off period or plateau option",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65874,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great for settling down,"Microsoft Dublin is much different from Microsoft in Redmond. In Dublin, atmosphere is much calmer and it's great for families and people who don't want to have high pressure at work and advance slowly in their careers. They say it's impossible to get you fired. You do your job and you'll get promoted. Work hours are usually 9-18, but you're not paid for overtime. You can come and leave the office at any time. For less than three days sickness, you don't have to provide any kind of medical proof. You can work from home couple of days every month. There are many social activities you can participate, most of them for free, others with high discount.","Advancing is slow and if you end up in the wrong team, you won't advance fast. Salaries could also be bigger. Compared to Redmond where you can, when you're relocating to Dublin, you can't exchange Relocation Goods (Temporary Housing, Car rental, etc.) for cash. You can't feel the real Microsoft loyalty and spirit. You're allowed to have your Android/iOS phones and tablets and no one will tell you anything or look you wrong. It looks disrespectful for the company that's giving you your salary.",none,4.0,5.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65875,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 24, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to work,- Lot of events - Very flexible on working hours,- Small tasks - No visibility in some projects,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65876,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Excellent, Best in industry","Stable, way ahead, Great technologies",difficulty to compete with Open source,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65877,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," May 21, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Director,Internal politics help lead most astray,Lots of amazing people and an exceptional product range - albeit a little confusing,"Lots of horrible internal politics and people succeeding because of the politics. In my 6 years at MS in Singapore I saw dozens of very good people leave because of stupid politics and even dumber HR guidance. Managers that are struggling to meet some of their business KPIs will make sure they meet their ""diversity"" KPI so they will hire and promote certain people just to hit that target. So when the business is not doing well the system makes managers promote people for their race or gender, not their performance. The GFC wasn't a major issue in APAC but things did slow in some areas and there were plenty of under-qualified people getting jobs and recognition that shouldn't have. I was told point blank ""I would love to consider you for xxx role but I wouldn't be able to have a white male in the job. I have to hire an Asian female."" That was from a VERY senior exec (ie: partner level) and he/she didn't bat an eyelid when he/she said it. I was gobsmacked! Surprisingly it makes it very hard for the solid performers rise to the top because they are often trodden on by climbers who take credit for work that is not theirs or get discredited by others who are looking for scapegoats.",Stop giving managers diversity targets that have the same ranking in their scorecard as their business targets. Let managers hire and promote the best people no matter what the race or gender - and congratulate them for it. Stop helping the system destroy the company as more and more good people leave.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65878,microsoft,none," May 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good CEO,Employee Friendly Appraisal is good Training is very good and expertise is availble for all technologies,Increment is less Policy oriented so we need to learn the policy and no policy is employee favoured,Provide good percentage of increment to employees,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65879,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 22, 2014",Former Employee - Development Lead,"One of the best place to learn , implement & enjoy, but stack ranking , manager competition & monopolies killed them","great place to learn implement, wonderful people , some of the best technical minds.","crap managers , managers monopoly, stack ranking, on place of collaboration they create backstabbing",bring in the collaborative approach so that you enjoy & create wonderful products.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1632.htm
65880,microsoft,none," May 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Research Software Develpoment Engineer,great as you build prototypes and demos,no deep interaction with products,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65881,microsoft,none," May 19, 2014","Former Employee - Director of R&amp,D","Great company, challenging environment","Many top-notch people around, to work with and to create great teams from. Technical people are generally empowered more than in other big companies. Total compensation was excellent. Products built by the company reach many customers.",HR was too powerful. Time was wasted on unproductive processes. Years of slow technological progress have created many risk-averse naysayers. 'Religious' Functional structure (disciplines) impairs capabilities and achievements.,Make bolder technology/product bets. Be pragmatic about the use Functional structure. Assign end-to-end missions to your remote R&D organizations to get the best out of global talent pools.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65882,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 21, 2014",Former Employee - Support Engineer,(Former employee),"good facilities, free food and a lotta things to learn, ok pay!!","""Bias and totally non transparent management"" The worst hiring process ever. The vendor hiring system should be completely stopped.No job security esp for vendor hires. Loads of work pressure and the worst part is you can see somebody worse than you growing next to you and you wont even know why. Growth can be just a fantasy.FYI your personal life will be shattered at the same time!!!",Stop the hire and fire process...it completely ruins a persons career. And iwould highly appreciate the management to be more transparent to emplyees. Plus choose the right people. There are far better people who deserve that post!!,2.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65883,microsoft,none," May 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,challanging company where you can learn a lot,office culture and company values,take care of people,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65884,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 4, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Ms has a strong company culture, every employee in MS will be well shaped.it's good for your feature career.","Ms value people and talented, have standard process for everything, it's good for new hire to study how to develop big product here.",Ms keeps the traditional development concept and is slow to adapt to change. Ms pay more attention on the competition between groups inside company.,none,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65885,microsoft,none," May 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good line in the resume,Very good salary Smart colleges Good line in the resume,Arugant management Much too much meetings,"You invest huge efforts in hiring process but does not help new employees in the new positions,",3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65886,microsoft,none," May 3, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best places to work.,Variety of products to work on. Mostly very smart peers to work with. Strong benefits. Very encouraging people around.,Not many cons that I can think of. MIcrosoft is such an amazing company. I love the work there.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65887,microsoft,none," May 16, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best environment to work and grow,"office culture, work life balance , quality of work , appreciation,salary","have to work really hard to have an edge, very competitive",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65888,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 29, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,My work experience is adventurous and satisfying,"Flexible work hours, great pay and satisfactory work culture",Too big an organization so growth is not exponential,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65889,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," May 1, 2014",Current Employee - Assistant Technology Manager,In simple words i can say i feel very very better working with Microsoft...,"Innovative ideas,Encouragement,Work Environment and Management",Data Center in the production Environment,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1633.htm
65890,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," May 15, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"A great company, which has lost its way","Excellent people - really bright, dynamic and fun",Microsoft is a BIG company and a certain amount of bureaucracy inevitably comes with that.,"Hopefully the new CEO will change things for the better, but I'm not holding my breath",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65891,microsoft,none," May 11, 2014",Former Employee - IT Program Manager,Good decade of working there,"Overall, the atmosphere is very professional and positive - most people you work with will be approachable and committed. There is a huge focus on career development - you might actually be surprised at how much time and effort goes into planning your future with MS. The benefits were pretty good - no complaints in the department.","Too many re-orgs - hard to stay focused and really deliver long term services or functions as is it surprisingly common for projects get dropped mid-flight or abandoned after delivery. Also, even though there are stated company goals, it seems that they don't always translate to shared commitments and the siloed approach is very common from the top down.",Pay more attention to what Joe public wants... you were much too late on phones and tablets...,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65892,microsoft,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," May 13, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,"Great company , great people","Fresh graduation program is amazing (MACH) that I have been part of it . HR is very supportive , and great flexibility working time . pay is great","I have nothing to recall now , but the current office location is not that good . the complicity of the process . and the change of the business required a lot of dedication to ramp up with the new approach",nothing,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65893,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," May 13, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,iss,great diversity even though its in it,can be quite political due to manager,more down to earth,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65894,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 13, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager,Program Manager,good company and would suggest anyone joining unless your existing job is very bad or you don't have a job.,no cons except there is lot of politics,keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65895,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best work place in japan,"a lot of smart people, very open-minded. Comfortable working zone. Free drink. I can discuss with my mentor anytime","As an internship, I had not found any bad points about ms.",Very good. I have no idea about management.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65896,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Apr 24, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,"Great learning, great challenges, and enormous scope to experiment.","Challenging, and supportive atmosphere, where you can grow.",Lack of visibility to impact made.,"Focus on long term impact of employees, in addition to short term.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65897,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 24, 2014",Current Employee - Intern,Great!,"Great mentor, smart and friendly colleagues. Time is flexible.",I can't think of any.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65898,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 8, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Good Company to work and learn,"Technical Training, Corporate Etiquette and Team Work",Management is not good now-a -days,"Need More trainings to provide effective management process as per new recruiter challenges. This is about Microsoft, Bangalore, India.",4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65899,microsoft,none," May 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sales assistant,great opportunity and great boss,time consuming and tired sometimes,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1634.htm
65900,microsoft,Raanana (Israel)," May 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Premier Field Engineer,A real time business school,"Compensation plan, top of the food chain for services, learn a lot","company culture, mediocre management and no strategic thinking",change the way performance reviews are done. get rid of mediocrity in the company especially those who get better ratings and prizes as that is killing those who actually do good for the company and are not being mentioned and promoted,4.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65901,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," May 26, 2014",Current Employee - Inside Sales,Inside Sales,This is a big company u learn how to interact with all sort of individuals,the requirements are high if you are not of a preffered nationality at the lower tier,start embracing talent not relatives,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65902,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 17, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,A great place to work with talented people,"The company provides competitive salary, flexible and diverse environment, and positive working culture. Most of people working there are very smart.",Over competitiveness and poor work-life balance,none,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65903,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great technology place,"Technology , Technology, and ..Technology",Working really hard....(WLB doesn't really happen there),none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65904,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," Apr 13, 2014",Current Employee - Consulting Practice Manager,You got a good deal working for Microsoft,"Plenty of talent people, if you are passionate about technology, then this is one of the company you should be looking for.",Slow response to customer requests,"Too many process and controls, hurts creativity and innovation",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65905,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,Managers manage numbers not people,"The Money, the prestige. Sales employees are rewarded generously when this exceed their targets.",Managers understand the Microsoft machine they don't have to have nor do they need to have ANY people skills to attain or be successful at their positions. As a new AE you are required to commit and sign to a number presented to you by your manager. You will receive no training on it's processes or it's products. You will be consistently asked and reviewed on you commitment to retire quota. Asking for help will be rebuked. You must understand Microsoft licensing and contracts to be successful at this position a requirement not listed in their Account Executive Career Opportunities.,Formal licensing training must be completed by all prospective applicants before or within the first 60 days of employment. What tools are in place to ensure sales have what they need to have an opportunity to be successful.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65906,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technology consultant,great place to work with,no work life balance will recommend,bad management,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65907,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,job @MSFT,it became pretty worse company,hardly anything to manage here,"they started to cut the costs for providing food at additional work hours and started to cut employee outings..... pretty bad management, started to count even the every penny spent by employee.",2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65908,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,Employee friendly policies. Flexible work culture helps you maintain a good work life balance,Difficult to switch to the work that you would love to do,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65909,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Apr 22, 2014",Former Employee - Data Collection and Labeling Associate,Part-time job for students,Great opportunity for students to work in an environment such as Microsoft. Very easy to fit with your obligations at the faculty. Great atmosphere and a chance to meet very interesting and intelligent people.,"Since this is a part-time job, managing faculty obligation should work well though it might be very exhausting from time to time. Very close deadlines of other teams are often connected with the team of Labelars.",It would be better if labelars are mixed with other employers more.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1635.htm
65910,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 14, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Worst,Nothing much to write about,worst culture and big ego kind of people,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65911,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Software Developer,Working in world's leading software and services company. That alone provides a great deal of satisfaction. Microsoft is headed in the right direction with the CEO change,"Because of the size of the company, some processes are tedious and seem a little bit unnecessary.",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65912,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Apr 22, 2014",Former Employee - Technology Strategist,"Good place to gain MNC exposure, not to stay long.",International exposure to conference and access to global team knowledge,Yearly employee performance review through stack ranking created distrust among peers and selfishness in work environment. Favouritism breeds office politics.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65913,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart colleagues, change is a constant...",Structured company with lots of resources to learn and develop. Great and competitive salary and benefits. Exciting product range and goals. Awesome flexibility for working moms.,"In international localtions, company culture really depends on the leader that is in charge of the region or subsidiary.",none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65914,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Powerful company, too internally focused",- Extremely smart people - Very professional organization - Great working environment and benefits - Especially good on the technology and sales sides,"- The place is massive, and can feel like a giant machine. One way this plays out is that entrepreneurial ideas tend to get diluted and implemented slowly - The overall culture focuses too much internally, not enough on external competitors - Sometimes the internal competition dials up a bit too high and collaboration dials down",1) Work very hard to shift the culture to an external-centric rather than internal-centric one 2) Find ways to decrease competition and increase collaboration amongst the top layer (CVP and above) of the company. This will then filter down.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65915,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Apr 19, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Can be a slow moving company with emphasis on building your individual brand internally, so need to network.","Some great work being done on Enterprise social, really fast moving area to work in with some solid thought leadership.","Promotions are hard to get, easier to move up the org is you leave and come back at a higher level.",Need to move into 21st century and look after your people as opposed to making people redundant year after year.,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65916,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,great company to work for,1. various resources for you to grow 2. great peers 3. challenging work,sometimes there are too many meetings,"overall, it's a great place to work.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65917,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous,Big co lots of sideways movement,Big co lots of of orgs,Low per meaning head count,Retain real talent,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65918,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 3, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Program Manager,The culture enables you to make decisions quickly and the management will encourage the professional development and growth.,Only one thing is constant and it is Change.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65919,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 15, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Project Manager,Great Dynamic place to work. No paucity of resources.,Empowerment. Enablement. Great teams full of bright people. Managers are efficient and proactive. Good salary and benefits. great exposure to projects.,Arrogant central staff. Bureaucratic & Autocratic function. Company within a company mentality in Delhi. Managers do very little to resolve the Delhi roadblocks.,Take a page from the experiences of Microsoft Redmond - especially with the way money payments and requisitions for projects are handled in a smooth transparent manner.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1636.htm
65920,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good experience,"Great salary, wonderful perks, pampered life","Too much process, not very fast paced",Innovate!,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65921,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Did project with microsoft as part of college,"Good feedback, great learning experience.",. . . . . .,none,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65922,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Apr 12, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great place to work!,"Really good about letting employees consider lateral moves across divisions and disciplines. Fair compensation. Overall, the culture of the company at the working level is constructive and trusting. Nothing better than working with people who want to make a difference.",Senior management (i.e. Partner and up) culture and management acumen is questionable. Still too much internal focus when the energy could be better spent focusing on customers.,Senior leaders in Redmond should have a lot more international experience.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65923,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Very rewarding experience,Working with awesome people. Opportunity to learn a lot. Experiencing great office culture. Generous compensation. Challenging projects and interesting problems that need to be solved. Opportunity to work on features used by millions of people.,Work / life balance could be better. Some of the projects are very marginalized and you don't feel like contributing to a better common future for the company / people.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65924,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for but it has it's dark sides.,-Mostly great peers and good collaboration on an international team level -Access to all the newest tech -Opportunity to evolve as a person,-There is a strong negative trend regarding the long term appreciation or satisfaction of the individual contributor -Don't expect any salary renegotiation once hired (excluding annual review) -High stress environment -Salary is at most average while the expectations are over the top,Focus on rewarding and keeping senior employees.,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65925,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Apr 9, 2014",Current Employee - Account Executive,"Organized chaos sales environment, paniced stressed management...with good benefits.","Benefits, access to training, current technology and gadgets always leading edge. Good name for a resume to move to another organization that embraces its employees. Flexible working hours...or more clearly - does 10+ hours a day no matter how you fit them in to your life a benefit?","Should pay developers more as sales and marketing execution is terrible. Work/life balance is terrible...and although preached, no one admits that their annual salary needs to be divided by 14hr work day. If you aren't online, you aren't visible...if you aren't visible prepare for a 'discussion' with manager/ment.",10+ yrs of pushing a work/life balance mantra is now embarrassing you. Unless you are willing to sacrifice good people for the sake of their families the exodus of sr/experienced people will leave.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65926,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," Mar 26, 2014",Current Employee - Architect,Good place to work at,"Gives decent pay, have good outlook",Company car policy is dissatisfying,none,5.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65927,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 8, 2014",Former Employee - Online Manager,Excellent company,"Great company, treat their employees well, great communication and there are always exciting changes happening. Rewards were great and a lot of focus on team work.",You were very much pigeon holed into a specific job and the ability to get promoted would take quite a bit of time. Slow to adapt to market changes,Try to be more proactive in terms of grasping where technology is going and quicker to market with new products,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65928,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 7, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great company but a fading star,"Being Microsoft. A tremendous legacy from being the biggest software company in the world and, at times, innovating with life changing products. It remains a great place to work as is born out by workplace surveys year after year. You are surrounded by smart people in a respectful culture and generally strong leaders.","Process, process, process. Also, over time, people become good a internal promotion and being good Microsoft citizens, unfortunately, the company seems to reward this. People who do a good job and stay loyal are overlooked by people who backscratch and job swap frequently.","The company stick launch dates in the calendar and keeps to them come what may, even if they ship a under baked or incomplete product. You then alienate people who commit to the first version in the knowledge that the product probably won't be decent until version 3 - please stop this!",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65929,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great company to work for...,Multiple Opportunities with challenging work Chance to implement your ideas and drive innovation Bright teams and individuals around and a very healthy team environment Clear growth plan if you get into to a real good team with a good manager,People strive for and focus on getting visibility than delivering a quality product Bad employee performance feedback collection system Managers will be major bottlenecks for individuals growth (for most of the teams) Lack of transparency at Senior Management and Leadership level,Management should be more employee focused and should be a transparent at all level when dealing with employee issues.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1637.htm
65930,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2014",Former Employee - Program Manager II,Great company to work for...,Multiple Opportunities with challenging work Chance to implement your ideas and drive innovation Bright teams and individuals around and a very healthy team environment Clear growth plan if you get into to a real good team with a good manager,People strive for and focus on getting visibility than delivering a quality product Bad employee performance feedback collection system Managers will be major bottlenecks for individuals growth (for most of the teams) Lack of transparency at Senior Management and Leadership level,Management should be more employee focused and should be a transparent at all level when dealing with employee issues.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65931,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Company,Good salary good good good,No opportunity no no no,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65932,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 1, 2014",Former Employee - Business Analyst,Politically challenging but great place to learn by doing,"Learn by doing, great people work there, lots of opportunity, very energetics and believe it or not - flat mgmt structure. Got to work with VP's",Politics. It kills projects and careers,Hard to say what can be done to fix Microsoft cos a culture of career individualism is becoming a problem. People step all over others to get ahead and steal other peoples work. Its very hard to eradicate that if it is seen as progressive to display a win at all costs attitude. You end up losing your best people.,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65933,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work..but,It is Great working atomosphere^^,"Globally good place to work, but not in korea...",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65934,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Data Analyst,The salary and benefits are competitive. Smart and friendly colleagues. Great working environment. Get chance to network with MSer abroad.,The job can be very boring and tedious. The prospects of MS is less promising than other tech giants. Lack of team work.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65935,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 1, 2014",Current Employee - Business Program Manager,great place,people focus- ability to identify failure modes and start from scratch,numbers employeed- too much buffer,right sizing of people and creating the a skilled labour force to take on from the current leaders.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65936,microsoft,none," Mar 31, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life at Microsoft is what you make it - Mine was great,"Huge amount of resources, good people, and great benefits.","Poor management, too corporate, and cost-cutting have killed the good old Microsoft of legend.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65937,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 15, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome place to work,Managers are really supportive and they welcome your ideas. a very collaborative and inspiring environment. A great place for a fresher.,I didnnot see any cons.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65938,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work for.,"Big company, iconic but small company feel",complex business to navigate at times,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65939,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Mar 27, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,"Smart People, Great Vision, but poor execution","Great benefits, lots of products, locations and teams to choose from, great culture and good work-life balance","Bad execution of products, thinking out-of the box, ability to adapt to change.",Give a chance to people who want to make a change. Driving strategy from top down doesn't provide great results always.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1638.htm
65940,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fair job at Microsoft,"OK benefit, lots of learning and training chances, lots of projects and challenges.","Remote development center, team competing with each other",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65941,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Mar 28, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Company is still looking for a direction,"Compensation is above market level, good benefits Working with many smart people Working on big projects that impact millions. Multiple teams touching many Microsoft products. Most people have offices (1-2) (but this is changing) Relocation opportunities","Too many major reorgs and project changes - it's rare to work on the same project for more than a year or so. Pity to see hard work thrown to the garbage can. Company as a whole is still looking for direction Too much internal competition - between individuals and teams (at all levels). Lots of Internal politics and groupthink. Poor work life balance (mostly in more senior roles), partly due to work with the west coast. Working in the Microsoft walled (.NET/C#/SQL/Office/etc) garden. Very difficult to move to management track.","Listen to your employees directly, MS poll and HR round tables don't seem to work.",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65942,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Mar 28, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,smart People with high expectations,"Great People, interesting Work, Always changing","bad Work Life balance, demanding business partners",invest in better systems to reduce monkey Work copying info from one system into a Power Point for management,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65943,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Mar 24, 2014",Current Employee - Staffing Manager,Dynamic...sometime too much,"Good salary, Nice workplace,Great People, Market leader",Number Driven Quantity rather than quality Big pressure,People are exhausted quickly with high pressure,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65944,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software sales,you have everything to be successful and high degree of autonomy,average salary package compared to the competition,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65945,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a good company to work for,People are passionate about their work. Still some smart and talented people.,"No team work across boundary. Too much fighting and ""not build here"" attribute.",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65946,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 19, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager II,I am working in Microsoft from last 6+ years,"Good work life balance, nice people and campus",So much of politics in management,Please follow the values all the time.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65947,microsoft,Casablanca (Morocco)," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engineer is a wonderful place to work with extraordinary people to work with,"Responsibility of managing your time , Training time is given to face all challenges",The big challenge is to be able to have a work-life balance .,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65948,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 19, 2014",Former Employee - Operations Manager,"Very positive experience, great place to work.","Culture promotes being your best, super place to work. Encouraged to grow and develop all the time.","Highly competitive, too much so! Lots of long hours.",Help create the environment to collaborate more and compete less internally.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65949,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,It was not nice,Benefit are better then other companies.,The corp make people fight each other to get a good review. People does not help each other.,Keep in touch with your new employee help them get in to this bad system.,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1639.htm
65950,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Mar 17, 2014",Former Employee - Account Manager,Account Manager,"fun, challenging, stimulating, motivating, inspiring, proud to be a part of,",more recently it has become much more of internal and administrative works,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65951,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,"Good team and challenging work, food, perks, Atmosphere, interesting, technology","Big organization, non free software,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65952,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 3, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Very Good experience,1. Decent work life balance 2. Excellent culture 3. Good compensation and perks,"Technology very Microsoft specific, no exposure to outside technologies.",More trainings.,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65953,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Mar 15, 2014",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Good,"Good company, good people and management. You have many opportunity around world, networking and great culture","No one, I suggest to everyone to try",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65954,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Mar 14, 2014",Current Employee - Researcher,Great place full of challenges and innovation,World-class technology company that ships products that affect millions of users all over the globe. You will enjoy your work with the top talents in the research and development fields.,Politics and the relationship with your manager play an important role in your progress and evaluation at the end of the year. These skills may have high weight than your technical skills.,Concentrate more on the development of soft and technical skills of your employees. Long-term plans are important than the low hanging fruits.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65955,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great place to work,Very good culture. Cohesive environment,Large Organization. If you are new you can get lost. Give yourself atleast 6 months to settle in,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65956,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 9, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Software Development Engineer II,"work life balance, well pay, career growth",oportunity when looking outside microsoft,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65957,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 11, 2014",Current Employee - SDEII,SDE II,Good to stay in as stable work,Not proactive on future technical,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65958,microsoft,none," Mar 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good if you're after secure employment,"Flexible, secure employment. Okay salary.","Bureaucracy, conservatism, and scorecard system.",Unleash and encourage Satya to change the company from the ground up.,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65959,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Mar 8, 2014",Former Employee - Windows Ambassador,Great to work for,Constantly help each other out,Not huge scope to get further in company,Carry on the work you're doing!,4.0,none,none,1.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1640.htm
65960,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 8, 2014",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Microsoft working experience,"Very good. Good environment, good hw and sw resources. Good work lift balance. Doing great product. Work with smart and experienced guys.",Salary is not good. Food is not good.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65961,microsoft,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An amazing company to be with,"Microsoft is a school in cross-functional teamwork, personal ownership, accountability, measurement and reporting. It holds very high values and emphasizes impeccable ethical conduct.","It's a huge dinosaur, and bureaucracy can sometimes limit internal innovation and entrepreneurship.","You'll need some serious technology vision and truly amazing product and service innovation to take Microsoft to the next level, and your people are the best asset you've got so take very good care of them.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65962,microsoft,Melbourne (Australia)," Mar 27, 2014",Former Employee - Regional Sales,"Highly complex org structure, all innovation Seattle only",Global company. OK pay and conditions.,"All tech and product innovation out of Seattle. C grade middle management end up hiring more C and D grade people. Repeat for 20 years and you have an explanation as to why most new things they do end up sucking. If you are not in sales or service support and don,t live in Seattle you are a nobody.",Break the closed middle management culture.,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65963,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Developer,"friendly, professional atmosphere","colleagues are always at hand to help, flexible hours, employees are treated well","workload is often very high, managers sometimes do not delegate accordingly",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65964,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft - the best,Microsoft is the best company of world,No Company is like Microsoft.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65965,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic experience,"Great People, benefits and opportunities",politics and sliding market share of products due to bad management decision,Allow your people and products to shine,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65966,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 6, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Politics are valued more than performances,"Company prestige, acceptable retribution package, decent cafeteria, some opportunities to learn.","Bad work life balance. Slow decisions and process. Timezone difficulties. Training is insignificant. HR performance management system sucks, it pits peer against peer which generates bitching and politics. Too much politics, does not matter if you are a high performer it matter who you know. If one manager does not like you he/she will make the others dislike you. Outdated management culture: a lot of Managers/ Snr. managers have been in MS for long time and have not been exposed to real world. No long term career opportunity because there is no turnover among higher ranks.","None. They know what's wrong, but they prefer the status quo to avoid to step on to each other toes.",2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65967,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 5, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Lead,Good start for a graduate,Good compensation and benefits Good place for a fresh guy to learn technical skills and soft skills,Lack of creativity in the Internet age Vague in company vision for the following ten years,Change the company from a product company to a service company,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65968,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Feb 18, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Account Technology Specialist (ATS),it is really ,"great culture, a lot of self-development opportuniies, company investing in people education like no other vendor I know, and real profy around you and good people at the same time.",stack ranking is not so bad until you got an powerfull enemy inside your team,"right desicion to cancel stack ranking,",5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65969,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Compliance,just so-so,free working hours and life/work balance,no belong sense and no headcount,care more subordinates,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1641.htm
65970,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 4, 2014",Current Employee - Compliance,just so-so,free working hours and life/work balance,no belong sense and no headcount,care more subordinates,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65971,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 26, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,office 365 team,Office 365 was a growing up product when i was working in Microsoft Asian Pacific Center. One of the best places to learn cloud service technologies and soft skill from Microsoft support engineers.,"vendors and Microsoft employees work together, it is hard to distinguish the responsibilities. morning/night shift is required.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65972,microsoft,Budapest (Hungary)," Mar 3, 2014",Former Employee - Sales,Great challange in a continously inspiring environment,"Fantastic people, hard working, but full of life personalities under one hood","Late night working hours, further improvement of talents",Focus on people and develop them,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65973,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Mar 5, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Good stable place, great for employees with family","Flexible work schedule (goal driven) High percentage of people with family/kids, so it's normal to have to take time to attend family matters Pay a bit above industry average Huge company allows to change job/manager while remaining in the same company Recent review process revision was much needed","Focus on delivering new features sometimes comes at the cost of strong development tools (bad IDE, manually modifying critical text files, long build times, etc) Still working on the ""One Microsoft"" goal Can be stressful at times, especially if you are on call",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65974,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Lead,Great workplace with an abundance of resources made available,"The work culture is one of the best in the world, peers are passionate about technology, there is always something new to learn everyday, new challenges every day will keep you ticking and there would not be a single boring day [provided you are in the right job that's aligned to your passion], people never say no to helping you out or pointing you in the right direction.","This is a global company that's spread across all time zones and working with colleagues from other parts of the globe is a day to day affair [which is a good thing for exposure and networking]. But with all the networking you can see how the company doesn't maintain parity between two employees doing the same thing but located in two different countries. designation and compensation wise one could be two or three levels below the other, irrespective of talent the former has and the latter lacks. This can be traced back to geo-politics and economies, but Microsoft as a company must and should rise above this and respect talent - irrespective of region. The current model is unfair.",Managers to individual contributors in the company play a key role in building/destroying the employee's experience at the workplace. Microsoft needs better quality control on low level managers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65975,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,One of the best technology companies to work for,- Fast-paced and challenging - Smart people - Great benefits and facilities,- Slow growth - Work Life balance can be skewed at times - Bureaucratic in some teams,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65976,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 27, 2014",Former Employee - Solution Sales,Rich sales experience,"Very smart people, action oriented and really dedicated to the company success. Lots of ressources available to achieve the job. Easy access to top decision makers in the accounts.","No possibilities left to think out of the box. Very process oriented, and ""good Execution"" is the over valued.",I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company. Lack of guts to change the business model and adapt to today's market.,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65977,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,overall is OK but company is too big to change rapidly,"good environment, good self study and career path",follow regular process and doesn't so open for all options,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65978,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Feb 23, 2014",Current Employee - Manager,"Great tech company, Canada lacks it's USA counterpart though.",Great tech company to work for and tries to keep up with others who are all fighting for our attention.,"Some perks in Canada are not up to the USA perks. Food court is good idea but it lacks inspiration and not what USA experiences. Bring standArds up, we are Microsoft.",Get consistency to other techs companies by treating canada like part of the company. Which campus I work in should not dictate how I am treated.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65979,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Marketing Intern,Amazing.,"Great environment, chance to improve myself.",An intern's responsibilities could be more and of better quality.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1642.htm
65980,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Feb 15, 2014",Former Employee - SAP Consultant,Sap Functional user for production data punch and prepared all report as per user department requirement,i lke the system for make sure all data punching iwithin time frame and for work life /balance,Sap700 production module at iron and steel co. in mumbai,this is very good system to boost performance of industry as well as to achievedbusiness plan and Budget.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65981,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Mar 18, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,"Nice company, bad managers","hard working people, nice culture","The reviewing system used, killed a lot of capable employees",none,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65982,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,People management needs a makeover...,"At the core... A great company to learn, grow and empower, Technically and Socially","Pathetic, office politics, specifically Middle management. Wok cultures different ... Location wide, department wide... causing 'Racial Discrimination'","Specifically to people managers... Consider the strong areas of an individual and build them for success with transparency in your interactions... rather than focusing only on the number game, and making individuals feel deprived.  Higher management - Please, be in touch with the employees at all levels...",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65983,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Not for the faint of heart,Interesting projects (mostly) Many career opportunities Strong peer engineers,Too competitive. Too much bureaucracy. No room for mistakes or bugs - favor the conservative over the innovative. Work-Life balance !,PM vs engineers ratio is ridiculous - lay off 50% of PMs and let the engineers do their work.,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65984,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Group Manager,"There are many white space of our server or cloud business. So, we can realize the incredible win for the enterprise market.",Our sucess depends on the biz mind of GM.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65985,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome universe!!,"Lots of work, but with great people and tools. Perfect life and work give you extra boost.","None to think of expect for we have far too many meetings ,)",Lets stop internal talking. Lets go to market faster!,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65986,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Program Manager,Very exciting workplace,"Intelligent individuals at work, fun to be around, lots of perks and very good work culture. World's best products to top it all.","One gets addicted to the open culture and excellent lifestyle and hence gets very difficult to leave or switch to other places ,)",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65987,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Mar 17, 2014",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,Not Favorable,Good Salary and benefits a lot to learn technically,No Work Life balance politics no work ethics poor management no employee retention,Apply Exit Interview HR Must Meet the Employee before the Exit,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65988,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 23, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to start your career,A good company to start your career. People came here from all around the glob and this makes the atmosphere very unique.,Big people rotation.Every month there is one person on the team leaving the company. It is quite hard to do some efficient teamwork. You have lots of perks available but dont really have the time to use them.,You should integrate all the CRM solutions,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65989,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Amazing place to work & enjoy,This is one of the best places where one can learn about the art of developing very large scale software. The learning here is helping us in our services business.,Too much of internal competition among teams. Lot of times you're fighting teams across India or Redmond instead of the competition.,"Fix the culture of ""dog eat dog"" and tune everyone to fight the competition and not some internal team.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1643.htm
65990,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,GOOD,"A really nice company to work for, lovely office building. Great staff and bosses. Benefits were really good and, at the end of the year, there was always chance for a bonus.",The work was very hard and a lot of the time I got the feeling that I was not getting paid enough for the amount of work I had to do and the effort I put in.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
65991,microsoft,"Saskatoon, SK (Canada)"," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Campus Ambassador,Awesome. Lots of perks.,Smart people everywhere. Zero discrimination. What matters is what you can do and the experience you have had,Non. Working for Microsoft is the best thing anyone can ask for,Continue the good work. It will be nice to have an event for the Campus Ambassadors in Canada. That will be motivating.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
65992,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Feb 18, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Lost Decade-great to learn how not to run a company and subsidiary,Some extremely smart people and some intersting roles to tackle. Varied and diversified product set.,Reward system has killed innovation and left a lot of people disillusioned. Promotions are confusing at best when the best local people continue to be overlooked in favor of people from any country but Canada. Customers are very vocal about the lack of continuity and relationships as well as the lack of knowledge about the Canadian market in general. The Canadian sub is seen as a pasture vs. what it used to be as a stepping stone. Not a place for real technology sellers. The culture in Canada specifically has been toxic for so long that I don't think anyone is capable of leading out from underneath this. The managers who have stayed at too risk averse to leave and like the safety of $200-$300K/year without having to do a lot or have much in the way of real accountability. Safe doesn't equate to innovation or people development or top compensation or a meaningful stock price that is sustainable.,"Missed the boat to get some new perspective with the recent CEO move. Scrap the reward system and the ""correction of errors"" soundtrack. The scorecards and KPI lists and metrics of metrics mean you now have an army of people doing nothing to positively impact the stock price - they all simply report what has already happened and everyone in each successive layer of management becomes more and more critical without any ability to add any value. Try actually promoting some of the people from your ExPO programs in geographies like Canada to CLT or adapt a maximum import rule on talent.",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
65993,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 21, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Amazing place to work & enjoy,This is one of the best places where one can learn about the art of developing very large scale software. The learning here is helping us in our services business.,Too much of internal competition among teams. Lot of times you're fighting teams across India or Redmond instead of the competition.,"Fix the culture of ""dog eat dog"" and tune everyone to fight the competition and not some internal team.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
65994,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Great place to work,"Great benefits, discussions with manager about going forward in life, doing what I love.",Work too much some days.,Pay more attention to the lower level employees.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
65995,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,flexi hours but too much of groupism,"work life is something you look for in this company, people do support your way of completing tasks rather than fixed hours",there is too much of groupism that you feel suffocated if your are not part of any group.surviving becomes tough,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
65996,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company to work for,very good work life balance Great opportunities,You may get stuck in the same kind of work for very long,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
65997,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 15, 2014",Former Employee - TTS Tester Linguistic Quality Assurance Tester,Great environment,"Great environment, several levels of work all coordinated",costing reduction and quality was not important anymore,"improve quality, finish project with high quality standard",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
65998,microsoft,none," Feb 15, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good benefit, a lot to learn and grow especially the people things.",Good benefit and internal trainings.,"Moving slow, bureaucracy, big hierarchy",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
65999,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Feb 14, 2014",Former Employee - Group Program Manager,"Many smart people, a great place to learn and grow.","The company provides a lot of great training, with many opportunities to grow a career. The environment is one of learning.","The company can be very political. There are constant re-organizations, and they are frequently not meaningful.","Change for the sake of change is not always good. Expedient, perhaps, but perseverance is almost always required to build something that lasts.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1644.htm
66000,microsoft,Kampala (Uganda)," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Country Account Manager,"It's been a tremendously awesome journey of Learning, Un-learning and Re-Learning.",Being part of a Global Technology Leader,Playing 2nd Fiddle to late Start-Ups,Take the Lead,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66001,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 12, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,The Universe of Technology,A great company for technology professionals who prefer not to get into management. A wide set of technology areas to work with,Redmond has a major role in even small decisions.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66002,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company to work for,"If you want to grow and learn a lot of things, this is the company for you.","Sometimes, it is difficult to manage work life balance.",Need direction,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66003,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My experience has been a great one.,Microsoft is the home of the best and brightest minds in the IT industry. Great perks above industry standard. Very flexible work location options.,"Due to the size, it takes significant effort finding the right resources when you need assistance from other teams you are unfamiliar with.",Let's remove the barriers restricting collaboration.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66004,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,one of the best technical companies,high pay good learning environment so many opportunities,need to expand the company more,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66005,microsoft,"Shenzhen, Guangdong (China)"," Feb 11, 2014",Current Employee - Hardware Engineer,Good place for working life balance and waiting for retirement,"Less stress, good place to enjoy the life","No passion in this company, at least the BU I am staying.",Change the hardware senior management,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66006,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 27, 2014",Current Employee - General Manager,Great place to work.,"Innovation, Truly Global scope and full of opportunities.",Too many processes and lack of decision making.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66007,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Company filled with bright and ambitious professionals. Performance & Individual driven culture.,Great compensation package - well above industry average. Opportunity to work with the largest companies in the world. Several training and learning opportunities. Very flexible work arrangements,"Individualist and cut throat culture. Stack Ranking poisons team work (you're only as good as your last performance). Too much focus on individual achievement & internal visibility at the expense larger group objectives. Management by fear, and peer pressure.","Implement common cross group KPI's to promote collaboration and team work, to reverse current cultural vicious effects",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66008,microsoft,La Serena (Chile)," Feb 9, 2014",Former Employee - Project Manager,Great,"money maker, big bonuses, PTO, room to grow","long hours, high pressure, cubicle life",put more resources on a project,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66009,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 3, 2014",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Not the actual Microsoft,"Big brand, good internal community, if you are lucky u might get opportunity to work with product groups. Some very nice people. Good opportunity to learn new technologies.","From outside people see Microsoft as big product group company. But GD comes under service division of MS. Before you join make sure u understand that you would be working in services, Here system is like a typical service industry where we have to bill hours to customer. Everybody is just running behind hours.  Extremely competitive environment, people are compared among other, In fact this stack raking is a killer.  Lot of favoritism to managers,  work life balance is always a problem.  Very difficult to get appreciation. Most of the awards always goes to some specific people.  You might be put on projects which was failed 2-3 times earlier with some other vendors.  Migration and support projects  Billing rates of MS are very high because of which customer expectation is very high.",Stop favoritism & politics,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1645.htm
66010,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Feb 4, 2014",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,great,lot of opportunity with in,limited iwht the innovation and go to market,be more agile,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66011,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2014",Current Employee - Sales,Once incredible but culture is changing for the worse,Incredible breadth of products and markets provide ample opportunity to take your career in nearly any direction particularly if you are willing to relocate to Redmond.,Sales culture has shifted from empowered to micro managed. Execs and senior managers spend too much time navel gazing and internally than on customers and markets.,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66012,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 31, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Good company but can't help making things hard for itself.,"- Overall package is very good - salary, bonuses and benefits. - Good work/life balance, if you are in the right division or have the right manager. - Has the potential to do great things and still has some amazing products.","- Microsoft has to burn itself. Even when the correct decision is obvious to all staff, senior management seem to get it wrong before backtracking to get it right. - The business is set up for its employees to fail. Even if a team exceeds all goals, stack ranking means 20%+ have to fail. It's incredibly damaging for a company to ensure failure at all costs. - Many tiers of middle management that add very little and drive against change for self preservation. - To be successful you need to spend 70% of your time managing your internal brand and 30% of your time doing your job and driving success for the business. - Over the recent years, more smart people have left than have joined. - Culturally, the business has a rotten core that is going to take years to cleanse.",The current review structure simply means the ineffective middle management protect themselves and dump on one of their team - give everyone a voice for a chance to highlight their value and you'll see where the real productivity comes from.,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66013,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Senior User Experience Manager,best place to work - be part of teams of smart and motivated people,"best talent, maximum reach of products, fast cycle time, numerous teams and products to options to lateral move",slow on web and mobile - but doing fantastic job at One microsoft where all is coming together well,act fast on devices and web,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66014,microsoft,none," Feb 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, good brand ....growth depends on stakeholder management and impact","Good facility, open culture, lot of readiness and employee friendly environment",Need to improve on agility and simplify processes,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66015,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 19, 2014",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,"Great Place , Great People , Great Culture.","Great Place , Great People , Great Culture. Good Benefits . Appreciated and noticed for taking initiatives.","There were hardly any cons with the place, people or culture at Microsoft. I would recommend that people apply to this company .",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66016,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 17, 2014",Current Employee - Test Manager,One of the best places on earth to work for,Your Growth pretty much depends on how you drive it. Great people to work with. Lot of sincerity in the company.,inter group relations can be better. Short term contributions seems to be valued more,Look for long term value. One Microsoft is way to go. Invest in once microsoft vision sincerely and value all aspects of work (dev/test/pm) equally.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66017,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 31, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Awesome!!,"Great people , great technology work","Rating system, its forced curve",Great work removing forced curve recently,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66018,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Jan 30, 2014",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,Famous company.Customers meeet with us by company's name.,"Bad and unfair review system,, stack and ranking.",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66019,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales @ Microsoft,Benefits and work life balance,Huge amount of unecessary reviews to make the bosses look smart and good!,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1646.htm
66020,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 28, 2014",Current Employee - Sales Director,Sales @ Microsoft,Benefits and work life balance,Huge amount of unecessary reviews to make the bosses look smart and good!,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66021,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good working atmosphere,"Frequent hangouts, nice and big campus",Work might not be challenging.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66022,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2014",Former Employee - Partner Sales Executive,"Dynamic environment, a lot of career opportunities","Dynamic environment, a lot of talented professionals to work with, diversified product/ solution offerings","Some management team members are very tranditional, may result in stagnant status of creativity","Be open-minded, be more considerate, employee is the asset of the company",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66023,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 21, 2014",Current Employee - Finance Manager,Good place to learn and sharpen skills in a fast paced environment.,Great learning place and open environment,Pace of changes can derail the career growth unless one is very careful,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66024,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent opportunity strong brand recognition. Disjointed sub based management,Brand market share innovation drive for new markets,Politics in management a minefield of whos in whos out driven by senior management watch your hack culture,Open honest with real integrity would be a start. Set fair goals and stick to them,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66025,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 22, 2014",Current Employee - Project Manager,Politics destroy Microsoft Ireland,"Looks good on your CV, acceptable salary","Too much politics, does not matter if you are a high performer it matter who you know. Very bad managements that they do nothing except talking nicely and showing off...",Very far from innovation due old minded people running the company. As a current employee I can sincerely say that if Microsoft continue like this in the next 10 years it will be a company in our memories.....Fire all mid managers here in Ireland employ all bright young do not teach them politics instead drive them all to the same success...Allow people saying what they think!!!!,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66026,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jan 6, 2014",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Awesome Company that executed well on so many fronts. They gave internal people great consideration if you wanted chang,Lots of opportunity to do different things and get into different areas. The breadth of the company is unmatched,"As it got bigger, politics became more important to rewards and career advancement",Break up the cliques and stop the infighting. Evenly distribute the rewards more to the staff that are not EVP.SVP,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66027,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 17, 2014",Current Employee - Supportability Program Manager,"A great chance to work with smart people, doing great things...","Good Salary, Comfortable Working Environment, Freedom to be successful, good benefits, good projects to be involved with and change the world. Interesting network of colleagues.","Tough to achieve a perfect work life balance,massive organisation so often difficult to navigate the organisation - still some siloed working which holds some of the major projects back.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66028,microsoft,Guntur (India)," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Metro Style App Developer,Great place to advance,best life & best pals to work with,none to say about cons of the company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66029,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2014",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Process-oriented and politics,"Good brand, good salary. The work life balance is very good too. It's a great place to build one's career. I would highly recommend.",Too much politics. The senior management has an evasive attitude and do not take responsibility.,Identify & Retain talent,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1647.htm
66030,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 20, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to learn and grow!,Broad range of internal positions available. Easy to move between teams and take up new challenges. Good employee benefits Organization cares for the professional growth of employees,"Work life balance takes a hit Performance policy has changed, there is uncertainty in the present. Hopefully this will change by the end of 2014",Please improve marketing of our great products and not indulge in smear campaigns.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66031,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Romania,"Great company, Interesting people, very good experience",No internships for students in technical areas,none,5.0,4.0,none,none,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66032,microsoft,none," Feb 10, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,No,This is really annoying go away,"Pits awful and political, shocking",none,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66033,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 10, 2014",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,A roller coaster ride! Thus far!,"Competitive salary, excellent benefit package, good work/home life balance, training opportunities, advancement opportunities, dumped the dreaded ranking system, changing culture, challenging work, and an exciting future for the company.  During the ""One Microsoft"" re-org I've been lucky enough to have three new, awesome engineering managers to interact with. They are some of the best managers I have ever had in my entire career.","As a software engineer, if report to, or interact with, a terrible, non-caring, numbers only manager you, and your team, suffer the most. Microsoft seems full of these types of managers. It is best to change teams if you realize you have a terrible manager as soon as possible.",Flatten the management structure as much as possible. Become more design driven so we can move out of the past into the new Microsoft!,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66034,microsoft,"Brasília, Federal District (Brazil)"," Jan 2, 2014",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Amazing 4 years and counting.,"Amazing work group, working environment.",General Picture of the company in the Market.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66035,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Business Manager,Great Company with the normal challenges of a large market dominating organisation,"A great company that mostly cares about their people and frankly somewhere you know you will never be embarrassed to have worked. Microsoft cares for the people on the planet, just look at all the philanthropy the company engages in. I am proud to work at Microsoft and can put up with the occasional corporate silliness.",Microsoft's various brushes with regulators has condition behaviour so much that it is often hard to get people to make sensible compete decisions,"The new direction the company is moving in will require it to take some strong position with competition, do not be afraid of p'ing off the regulators and have a real go at it!",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66036,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 26, 2013",Current Employee - Consultant,Challenging - learning,"Lots of self management , learning opportunities - Most managers are above average","Matrixed structure , Politics , Work Life balance is non existent",Increase transparency,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66037,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Up and down,Great learning of how a corporate really works,Ending up just a number,Look around you for talent.,3.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66038,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 12, 2014",Current Employee - Execution Manager,Great employer with lots of opportunities,lots of opportunities across a wide variety of businesses,very competitive environment limiting career progression opportunities,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66039,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 27, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,The best place that I have worked so far. It's been over 8 years now with MSFT,"Employee friendly policies, excellent work environment, quality of workforce, flexibility of moving roles and locations",You will need skill to manage your career and navigate through opportunities. Do not accept spoon feeding.,Bring change but have enough prep work done to ensure changes can land well to the foot soldiers,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1648.htm
66040,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A nice place to work,"Big company, lots of opportunities",Company can change directions too quickly,Listen to your teams,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66041,microsoft,none," Dec 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Working on large scale products.,Large companies are hard to change.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66042,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Jan 5, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Little opportunity to do more,Great project with a huge user base and opportunity to grow. Perfect work/life balance. Strong global strategy.,Slow pace. A lot of managers. It's difficult to promote to new level. Performance review and promotion only once a year. Outdated and slow technology stack for web service development. Problem to use open source tools. Agile and scrum just words. A lot of strong guys leaving the company.,"To compete with Google, Amazon and others in services space you should create more agile and innovative atmosphere. Allow people to use best tools and build those tools. Fail fast and do more.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66043,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,More money at this company,Overtime work somethings even after evening,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66044,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2014",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for Microsoft techies,This is the place for anyone who works on Microsoft technologies,Unfortunately there is no better place than this for working with Microsoft technologies,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66045,microsoft,none," Jan 3, 2014",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier Field Engineer,"Latest technology, Excellent training, Good benefits",Work on my own most of the time.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66046,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 5, 2014",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Not a place to work,"Intelligent co-workers, good resources, great benefits.",Senior leadership in India is clueless and can't take any strategic decisions. There is too much politics with expats having oversized egos trying to defend their fiefdoms.,Grow the leadership from India instead of relocating has-beens to IDC.,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66047,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 2, 2014",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Full of challenges.,Have contact with the newest technology.,Team work might be a concern.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66048,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Enterprise Architect,Great place to work,Very strong people and fantastic range of products and passion for them,SUch a big organization it's hard to get your head around it all,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66049,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to work,Sea of Talented individuals in organization,Islands where excellence is not as much as rest of the organization,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1649.htm
66050,microsoft,Rome (Italy)," Dec 15, 2013",Current Employee - Business Analyst,"Microsoft is a wrold class, unique, exceptional company. My job experience at this company is simply incredible.","Very productive, at the forefront of technological development. Innovative and with a clear, defined organizational culture.","Very dynamic, always changing, sometimes too much.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66051,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Best place for a geek to grow,Plenty of opportunities to learn. Good WLB. Open and honest peers and managers.,"Week cross-team collaboration sometimes, but it is also an opportunity )",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66052,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,wonderful company with multiple opportunities,lots of opportunities to develop oneself,steep learning curve for new technologies,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66053,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 23, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Left recently,","Good money, decent work and timings are fine","Bad management, no initiatives, no inspiration",none,3.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66054,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 5, 2013",Current Employee - See,"The best company to work for, excellent people, great learnings and tremendous opportunities to grow.",Very employee friendly. Great learning atmosphere. Infinite opportunities to grow further. Very knowledgeable peer. Good compensation. And a sense of pride to work for the best software company in the world,"No significant cons, no company is perfect. But MS is where you would come very close to be in a perfect company",Be focused on what is good for the Company and Business. Continue investing in R & D,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66055,microsoft,"Stockholm, Stockholm (Sweden)"," Dec 8, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,Great experience,+ great colleuges + the best office + fun customers,"- no time for people management - team manager = controler - a metric is a metric that can' be changed even if it's set before the year starts and everybody knows it's an impossible goal = change role and someone else will get your role, your metric and get screwed.....",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66056,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting work place.,Great place for junior people to start off.,Old review system created a bad atmosphere.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66057,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Good place to work at,Projects with huge scale. Cutting edge technologies. Good salary package. Options for advancing career.,"Work-life-balance. Often you find yourself working during off-hours, weekends, etc.",Balance better the workload between the employees of the same level.,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66058,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,life in Microsoft is comfortable but stressful at times,"the perks are good, hours are reasonable most of the time, and the peers are very smart","the company is very steadily and not very fast moving, the structure of the company is so big that it's sometimes hard to make changes",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66059,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good Pay and Perks, Bad Work Culture.",- Good Pay - Wide variety of Diverse Technologies to work at if you are in Development. - Nice Campus,"- Bad Work Life Balance. - Work Culture is not very great, its not collabarative and more of Individual Contribution based. - SDET role might state ""Software Development Engineer"" in Test, but its more of just Automation you work at, not great if you want to gain good learning and knowledge of different technologies.",Should work on improving the Work culture of the company.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1650.htm
66060,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good Pay and Perks, Bad Work Culture.",- Good Pay - Wide variety of Diverse Technologies to work at if you are in Development. - Nice Campus,"- Bad Work Life Balance. - Work Culture is not very great, its not collabarative and more of Individual Contribution based. - SDET role might state ""Software Development Engineer"" in Test, but its more of just Automation you work at, not great if you want to gain good learning and knowledge of different technologies.",Should work on improving the Work culture of the company.,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66061,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good for learning and Smart people,"Great place to learn and improve, good smart technical people, good culture and flexible working.","No career opportunities outside of US (Seattle), can be very political and networking really helps progression. Tough review system and have to always be improving.",Change review system and increase colloaration,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66062,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 20, 2013",Former Employee - Intern,Software Engieer,"Big company, with a lot of oppurtunities",Too hard. Not easy to,No advice,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66063,microsoft,none," Dec 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to learn,"Strategic view of the business, environment","Low salary, not many opportunities to grow within the Sub",none,4.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66064,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 11, 2014",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good experience,"big, famous, technlogy titan, talented community","low salary, ft& contingent staff difference",none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66065,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Dec 19, 2013",Former Employee - Researcher,good,"it provides lots of resources in the daily work, which can be utilized to ease the work and promote your self.","it is somewhat difficult to handle so many reviews, and the collaboration is not as good as many companies.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66066,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,It is a good for to work for.,Nothing about MSFT is particularly bad,Nothing,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66067,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great Employer.,It provides unlimited career opportunities,It is a large slow moving organization.,Be nimble and agile.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66068,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"lots of responsibility, good career path, great canteen!","red tape, a lot of bureaucracy",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66069,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 16, 2013",Current Employee - Executive Assistant,choose your way,Good company to start your career,Not so many opportunities to develop,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1651.htm
66070,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, having fun with cool technology",Supporting colleagues and managers Smart people Reward for impact Huge technology assets,US-centric product development Excessive bias towards re-inventing the wheel Design not given voice it requires,More needs to be done to get teams working towards the same goals Product management needs to be done more thoroughly Product should be designed with believe most customers are not like MS employees,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66071,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,a lot of perks and good place to work and good place to stay work,"location of head office is located in central of semanggi, the traffic is very bad",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66072,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 11, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,Past its prime and protecting the past,"Initially MSFT was a great place to work. Its sheer size and scale meant there were numerous interesting work challenges, a clear career path, international work opportunities and smart people to work with.The benefits were good and the pay fair.",Microsoft's glory days are well behind it. The company has spent the last decade trying to protect the Windows franchise instead of embracing the true potential of the web and innovating for the future. The culture and working environment became quite toxic (although there are some good people there too) with colleagues competing against each other each review cycle. The mid level and senior management I worked with were completely focused on themselves and working the Microsoft system to their advantage rather than looking outward and taking care of their customers.,- Bring on a new CEO from outside who is empowered to really re-set Microsoft's culture and embrace a new decade of innovation. - Adopt a genuine customer first approach - Innovate - don't just copy other companies and try and do what they do better. - Do less - you are too thinly spread - focus on doing fewer things well - Give up on Bing,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66073,microsoft,none," Nov 28, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft gives me comfort and love,"Positive people, a lot of ramp-up, care, help. Employee is provided with all he needs to be effective. Interesting tasks, rotating of responsibilities. If you are talanted and passionated you will be promoted. Up-to-date tecknologies world. Art and modern inside, great outside",Hard to migrate to from engineering job to managing job.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66074,microsoft,"Cambridge, East of England, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2013",Current Employee - Researcher,"Fun place to work, takes good care of its engineers.",You're taken care of. Good technology to work with. Smart people to work with.,Between divisions it can be a struggle to get things done. Researchers look down on engineers rather than work with them.,"Researchers need to understand engineering is not ""easier"" or so. Leadership should build a research org next to (not on top of) the engineering groups.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66075,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 11, 2013",Former Employee - Support Engineer-2,Excellent top class company with full care to employees except for the stack relative ranking,"Brilliant transparent culture,amazing faclities and extremely high and ethical corporate culture","The stack ranking is the worst part and the biased mangers make an employee in the team a soft target as the lowest performer. I am glad the system is changing now. This is about the IGTSC in EGL , Bangalore",Please scrutinize the review system thoroughly,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66076,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 11, 2013",Former Employee - Product Manager,Post Bill,Great culture and people with competitive benefits,Noisy working environment at times,Squeeze out the politics,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66077,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Nov 24, 2013",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,A place to be,"Coming as the leader in IT, CLoud, Gaming, Entertainment",Need to change the Employees Appraisal system,Stop Politics,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66078,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 9, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Good Company,Good experience in a great product company.,Nothing much that I can point out at this time.,Nothing much,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66079,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"We review and approve every post before it appears on our site, and in the case that the community sees something suspic","We review and approve every post before it appears on our site, and in the case that the community sees something suspicious we will look into the issue and take appropriate action",Content not relevant or helpful to our community Text in ALL CAPS or using excessively poor grammar,"We review and approve every post before it appears on our site, and in the case that the community sees something suspicious we will look into the issue and take appropriate action",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1652.htm
66080,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"We review and approve every post before it appears on our site, and in the case that the community sees something suspic","We review and approve every post before it appears on our site, and in the case that the community sees something suspicious we will look into the issue and take appropriate action",Content not relevant or helpful to our community Text in ALL CAPS or using excessively poor grammar,"We review and approve every post before it appears on our site, and in the case that the community sees something suspicious we will look into the issue and take appropriate action",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66081,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 23, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Good place to utilize any skills that you may have,You get a chance to work with really smart set of people and that helps challenge yourself to get better every day.,The stack ranking was the worst part which has been scrapped now. This would help remove the infighting that is the side effect of stack rankings.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66082,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 6, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Overall a great, if exhausting place to work",Great people Lots of career possibilities Fantastic technology,Very political US - centric Insulated from the customer Heavy HR overhead,Pick a strategy and be relentless!,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66083,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a very happy experience in my life journey,1. best company in this planet 2. the most talent engineers 3. great work life balance,1. unhealthy competition between colleagues 2. managers are stupid 3. bad business strategy,stopping killing itself,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66084,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 18, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"wonderful experience with microsoft, especially for new hires",-you will work among the most talented people -extremely flexible work hours -on job learning is great -mentor programs available -can discuss career path with managers/mentors and they will help you get started,"-high expectations -a lot of work has to be put to get domain knowledge -not everything is documente properly, so will have to talk to people to get info",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66085,microsoft,none," Dec 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pleasure Experience,Flexibility and salary. Insightful and fun.,Sometimes there are unclear instructions to follow.,Do not stress the employees.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66086,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Dec 1, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Procurement Manager,Great Company,"Technology applied to your day-by-day, Benefits, No Routine, Global Company","Workload, short term view, headcount restriction,",invest more in people development and better career perspective,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66087,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 1, 2013",Former Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Subsidiary Sales Role,Strong corporate culture that allows you to get familiar with big corporations Good knowledge about IT infrastructure products,Unfair remuneration system Ranking system Very low business touch with customers (the products are not business oriented),none,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66088,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 25, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Intern,Great overall experience,"The culture, the empowerment, the work environment, the learnings of the industry and being part of a very dynamic team, having the ability to orchestrate your own projects and making a tangible impact.","One of the fallbacks was that some work in cross-functional settings led to increased dependability in teams that had a more laid back culture which led to unnecessary setbacks in project deadlines. Nevertheless, effective communication led to quality delivery and all was good at the end.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66089,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Nice Work Environment, Amazing People, Flexible Timings",Lot of experienced highly professional coders A great place to learn,"Gets a bit hectic at times when nearing releases, but its fun in a way",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1653.htm
66090,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,good environment for tech exposure,I cannot find anything bad,nil,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66091,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 20, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great place to start your career.,1. Great people all around 2. Amazing work life balance 3. Some nice perks and benefits 4. The teams usually work hard and like to party harder,1. Can get monotonous and boring 2. Compensation could be better 3. might be hard to rise up at times unless you're better at being visible than in your actual wpork,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66092,microsoft,Accra (Ghana)," Nov 21, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,Great working experience and learning environment,"Lots of training, very professional and friendly staff, ok salary and tons of perks",Complex processes and high frequency of version changes,Review frequency of Software version releases so customers can catch their breath,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66093,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 5, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Development Manager,"Great place to work, with passionate people","Great Work Life Balance. You are empowered to take decisions, no matter what level you are at. Career Opportunities are abundant, you can move in a lateral or vertical direction. Focus on promoting people from within. You just need a passion and dedication to succeed, not much emphasis on academics.",Performance reviews are really bad. The force fitting of bell curve on a rating of 1-5 is killing creative thinking and innovation. Everyone does a CYA and leads to unhealthy competition.,"Kill the review calibrations. Calibrate based solely on individual employee performance, rather than comparison with peers. Each individual brings his own set of skills and uniqueness, recognize and appreciate that.",5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66094,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good opportunities to learn,- Great product set - Good employee benefits,"- Slow Moving, complacent at times",Leaner Management structures,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66095,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Nov 16, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Excellent Experience,Great Work Opportunity for students who just graduated. Good mentoring and management systems,Big company sometimes inefficient in communication,None,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66096,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Dev Lead,"A good place to work, but could be better","culture for open and direct,respectful communication, projects are interesting and impactful","slow decision, too many meetings",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66097,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love and Loss,infinite budget concept. we are operating under infinite time and budget and resources which is unrealistic at all,stack ranking is unfair and employment as will as being waived a lot,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66098,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Nov 11, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Goood company,"Good compensation model, work-life balance","Too much internal reporting, byrocracy",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66099,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,Extremely employee friendly culture Decent Salary Excellent Brand value Great work environment Excellent Brand value Great work environment,Slow Growth Not very good management Quality of work not very good Not enough innovation Quality of work not very good Not enough innovation,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1654.htm
66100,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,cdfsdfsdf,Great Company to work for,Less Opp in Services division,Please focus on Services business,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66101,microsoft,Shinagawa (Japan)," Nov 12, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Company at its inflection point - what happens next MS - can sink or swim,Work life balance is pretty good. You have time to see the whole picture and care about what you do and you can do great things. You can make a difference and enrich your experience. Compensation is better than average and benefits are good. Well respected company. I have been working here for 20+ years. I think my life experience here is rich and varied. I joined when we just released Win 3.1 and it was not a Windows world yet. We were a young company and working away from a bottom up culture. We were just figuring out things. I met Bill Gates and talked interactively to him for 15 mins. I did impact full things that mattered a lot. So many good people. I could indulge my passion around work.,"There are plenty downsides. The review system is one and everything I read from other who wrote their reviews about the company seem pretty much true. It can destroy good people and bring out negative things in people. I used to manage a team and was forced to cut good people that I felt had good potential and could benefit the company. Because of the curve we had to exaggerate failures to justify ranking. You could nail all your commitments and find out it doesn't matter what you did but how you did it. Or vice versa. Managers get ratings too. its very funny, you can tell its poll season when managers become super nice and then tend to revert to their old selves afterwards.",I am going to quit while I am ahead. I would consider coming back if the company changed stack ranking policies and some of the things that made us great in the past came back. The company has potential and still can do great things. I am keeping my stock.,3.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66102,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Specialist,You can learn a lot when you join Microsoft,Agile More opportunities Open network Ability to move inside the organization,Salary Sales Career is aggressive Too much travel,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66103,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 11, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great place to work,Lots of technologies to work on,Slow growth and too much competition,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66104,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 3, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,avoid,none that I can think of.,"they don't train the lead and principal lead, humanistic aspect, they call the devs as resources, and shout at them.  poor food.",none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66105,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 11, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,Stay at Microsoft,"Perks, industry benchmarking Salary, Brand name,","Review system is horribly bad, need to scrap this system out. Indian employees play mere execution role with no say in the direction of the organisation.",none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66106,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Political, inward looking and now panic about failure of Windows 8","many potential career paths fair to good comp package including stock awards good health care coverage, flexible","extremely political, managing ""up"" necessary to survive, terrible management behavior overlooked, lots of CYA, lots of internal reporting and not enough customer focus, very tough to be hired in from the outside, do not truly support remote workers, evaluation system of calibration is barbaric and creates highly negative environment",none,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66107,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 6, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Everything is very slow there, otherwise great place to work","Pay and Perks, Campuses, Transparency, Smart people to work with, pay-hikes","People take time to discuss and deliberate everything to death. Nothing happens until everyone is convinced. Could be called analysis paralysis. The decisions become slow. Whether its about how to design things, or how to fix bugs, and even who should be promoted- everything takes time.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66108,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 8, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,working at MS,Good Salary. Good people. Overall Good.,Work life balance is screwed.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66109,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 9, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Company with great ethics, only horrible management","1. You can control, which area you wish to build your expertise on. 2. Lots of great teams to work in. 3. Great perks. 4. Totally a personal call, if you wish to extend your peers as 'beer budies'.","1. Since recently, terrible politics has cropped up. 2. Leads/Management care about you, only if you don't spot the blemishes on their work. 3. Gaining visibility in teams has become such a necessary evil, that some would resort to doing some senseless work & canvass opinions from alike dumb leads (that other true contributors don't get their own due kudos for contribution). 4. Recently, Employee MS poll lost it's confidentiality & leads/Managers could specifically spot, what was each exployee's feedback on them( which was supposed to be highly confidential).","Stop hiring/promoting works of female employees (in the name of acheiving diversity). Stop calibrating on prejudice. Stop making dirty politics against ICs, who've offered stringent feedback (lingo : Individual contributor). Start contributing by leading via involvement/ rather than directing (even a 10 yr old can distribute work off a sheet).",2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1655.htm
66110,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Nov 6, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,"Great people, poor management, appalling review process","There is a tremendous buzz at Microsoft, all of the people are smart and driven to succeed. If Microsoft aren't first in pretty much anything the question is always ""what do we need to do to be number 1?"".  This behaviour is endemic and really underpins the culture of the entire organisation.  I worked in the consulting organisation (MCS) and experienced a real variety of projects across a number of customer organisations. Delivering projects when you knew that your team were real experts and that they had the backup of the product development team was incredibly reassuring and this allowed MCS to bid for projects that other technology delivery organisations would shy away from.  Getting in to MCS is not easy, the bar is very high and the interview process lengthy. Expect a telephone interview which, if successful, would be followed by an all day interview which would consist of 3 interviews (peer/competency, hiring manager and HR) plus a role play/programming exercise.  Microsoft has a great benefits package including free broadband and mobile 'phone. One the things that I particularly liked was the free bowl of fruit in the kitchen every day.","The challenge with working at Microsoft is the challenge with being visible ALL OF THE TIME. Unless your manager and their immediate peers are intimately aware of your achievements then you will be punished during the review process. The drawbacks of this process are well documented within glassdoor but any system that holds the employee review meeting AFTER the grade has been decided is, in my view, seriously flawed.  If you are unlucky enough to be on a long-term project that can seriously impact you, and if that project is on customer site then you can really be in trouble. Also, if you are not valued by your manager then you can get you in trouble as well!!!!  There is also a blame culture emerging in MCS which, if isn't eradicated, will make it not a nice place to work.  With regard to salary, MCS is OK, you don't work there for the money, you work there to get an exposure to the culture and the experience. Microsoft make it very easy for you to work from anywhere at any time and there is a growing expectation that that is exactly what you do. Some managers send email out of hours and then complain when you haven't responded in what they consider a timely manner.",Change the review system such that it is based on what the staff deliver and not on management's perception of what they have done.,3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66111,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 8, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,working at MS,Good Salary. Good people. Overall Good.,Work life balance is screwed.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66112,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good . Will rate 4/5,1) Good Compensation 2) Work with latest MS Technology,1) No exposer to outside good practices in the same functional domain. 2) Changes are slow.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66113,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Nov 6, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,"Fantastic opportunities if you want to play the politics to get ahead, a great fit","Technology is fantastic, they live and breath their products which is a good endorsement for customers. Good flexibility using technology and they do think about fairness in treating people",Corporate is so big and powerful that it drives business irrelevant activities down the line. Processes are way too complex and get in the way of getting your actual job done. Outsourcing has gone way too far and the company couldn't operate without the 200K+ vendors and contingent staff - so much wasted money and capability.,"Stop deskilling your people, to be a successful services and device company you can't just localise what comes out of Redmond",2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66114,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,excellent experience,connecting cutting-edge research with real-world product,some of the desktops are old,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66115,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome & Passionate,Great Place to work and build a career,None to think at the moment,Keeping the +ve momentum going,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66116,microsoft,Athens (Greece)," Nov 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company that currently suffers from bad management,"Great environment, fast pacing, and continuously evolving.","Bad Management in subsidiaries and regional-wise. If you are a vendor, it's hard to get FTE.","Treat all employees equally, and do not promote only the ones you brought to the company.",3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66117,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 16, 2013",Former Employee - Intern,Microsoft Research Asia is a wonderful place to work.,The people there are brilliant and willing to help others.,Maybe you should pay a lot of time to know all the employees there.,Please write a letter of recommendation for me.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66118,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Big name but nothing big inside,"Training, Flexi time and other benifits.",Great politics. and very bad work culture. Officially polices support creativity but in real you are never given chance to show your real talent. Or if given then also try to put you down with many other things.  Your manager is your god. And there are 2-3 managers at least whom u will be reporting so have to ash lick of all,Make some good Practices and try to save the tallent,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66119,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company and while the leadership has been a revolving door, there is solid WW direction and opportunity to","Great environment if you want to make a difference, mix of young and mature employees","Work Hard play hard , if you have time to play hard.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1656.htm
66120,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company has great products... But not sure how they managed to create them,"Very open culture, lots of freedom",too many politics caused by the extra freedom people have,Give better goals and less democracy.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66121,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2013",Current Employee - User Experience Lead,Nice workplace,Nice place to work for..,May not be very good for creative roles.,Nice place to work for..,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66122,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,The company supports career development as well as flexibility on location. Diversity of culture is quite good.,The environment is really competitive with a very high expectation and metrics hence work life balance is always a hard topic.,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66123,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Know the game before you enter...Play it well and you can thrive,"Compensation is great. You get to use the best of technology, including laptops, tablets and phones. Training is never ending, and there are tons of diverse opportunities to explore.","Employee performance measurement and stack ranking. Despite described process and reviews, under the hood a major component of your assessment is subjective.  You will be assigned a rank upon review, with 1 being the best, 5 the worst. If you are assigned a 5 - look for a new job, there is no recovery. Combine this with frequent organizational redesign and there is risk of the stack ranking being used as a tool for ""right-sizing"" – despite your contribution.  Stack ranking also is detrimental to team work. You are measured against your peers. Managers must rank a percentage of employees in each of the 5 levels. So if you help your peers, it could affect your assessment - and will is all the team is performing well. Someone HAS to be a 5...",Too much time and effort is spent looking inward. Shift the focus outward and listen to your customers. Change the employee evaluation process - stack ranking is typically done by companies in financial trouble - and then only until the ship has turned (or sunk).,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66124,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"if you care for your health and life balance, avoid at all costs!","benefits, setup, flexible hours why do i need to add 20 word of pros if there aren't that many?","management, ranking system, evaluation system, work-life balance worst of all companies",go earn an honest living. Stop manipulation of your ppl and your boss.,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66125,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,wonderful company with a lot of fantastic ideologies. but old employees are milking the system and killing the company,"benefits, work life balance, great pay, good trainings, truly multinational","Redmond completely trust leaders they send to India, especially Bangalore and do not keep a tab of what is going on and how this old leader is messing things up.",PLEASE get your 15+ years employees re interviewed for their current jobs. They are the ones who are screwing up Microsoft.,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66126,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Oct 21, 2013",Former Employee - Different Ones,"Fantastic start, then become a big company..","International Environment, Stock Option/Awards, Continue learning","Too much political in Italy time bomb role for everyone, after 45 ot 15 year of experience you are going to be invited out..",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66127,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice manager and nice team,Challenging work and well organised team.,only use their own product in the job.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66128,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Director,It's a great company and it was my great pleasure having spent so many years there.,There is a HUGE amount of human talent in this company - really brilliant people.,A company this big also disguises a lot of incompetence - and too many processes make talents waste too much time working for inside reports - a lot of times more time spent working for inside than for the customers.,"Make it simple, guys.",4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66129,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,the Work Life Balance and flexiblilty,Shifting environment and constant restructuring,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1657.htm
66130,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing place to work,the Work Life Balance and flexiblilty,Shifting environment and constant restructuring,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66131,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 17, 2013",Former Employee - Online Campaign Manager,"Microsoft is a great company to work for! I'm really proud of my history there, their products and their technology!","Smart people, flexible schedule (you can work from home whenever you think it's necessary), you always learn something new, you know people from all over the world, you Always have big challenges ahead","You'll probably work long hours, sales people are valued more than the others, it's a company focused on process, on execution so there's no much space for being creative","Keep eyes on the competition, try to be more creative, marketing and operational people should be taken care too despite of how much Money they bring to the company",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66132,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Oct 16, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft,"Culture and Values, Great Technology","Salary and Compensations, Work Life Balance",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66133,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Engage to Your Heart Satisfaction,- Freedom to pick your tasks - Wide resources - Different People - Salary matching the competition,- Not a leader in bringing products - Going through a Churn - Too relaxed Culture,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66134,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Tech lead,Good working environment. Good food.,Night shift is bad health.mchange shift timings.,Offer better package,5.0,none,none,5.0,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66135,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great work experience,"cool technologies, lots of opportunities",weather in the great Seattle area,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66136,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mixed bag of experiences,"Great methodologies and processes especially account mgmt., business segmentation, MSSP including account mining. Involvement of senior management and high level of customer connects.","No process adherence in some business units, with unrealistic expectations, sometimes processes that exist are ignored leading to business behaviour bordering on unacceptable business behaviour. Too many changes, poor business planning in some parts of the business leading to ecosystem being put to hardship Technology mix needs to catch up with overall industry (fighting too many battles in too many segments) Expectations on individuals changes with every organization change not all of which is planned Overall product and services strategy is in flux and needs to catch up with the industry in some product/service segments","Great company, products but needs to maintain its thought leadership in the industry Extremely high expectations in some business segments, implementing processes as per the play book may not be feasible and in some situations impossible. Ensure there is a appropriate support structure for processes and that they are relevant and feasible for the segment Improve organizational stability - limit changes if not possible ensure individuals are prepared for the change",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66137,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Oct 10, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Account Manager,Expected more from such a great company,Good Team in my department,Awful Executive Management in the Country,"Your biggest asset is your team, this is what made such a great brand. Now you live only from the past and do not innovate at all, as you are not listening inside.",3.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66138,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"If you are above average, this company is good for you",1. good culture 2. good salary,1. too much competition because of relative grading,try to remove relative rating and have absolute rating system,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66139,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 12, 2013",Current Employee - Director,In a holding pattern as leadership changes,Lots of revenue and lots of job opportunities,Waiting for new leadership that can see around the corner.,Pick a new CEO who is focused on technology and future rather than just someone who can manage a large organization.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1658.htm
66140,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great Workplace!,"very upbeat, pleasure to work with energetic people. People in general are open to ideas and very cooperative",You might have to work out your work-life balance a little more intelligently,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66141,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"No direction, heavy structure","Microsoft offers excellent benefits, let you have flexible schedules improving your work-life balance. HR does an amazing job at taking care of you. The company makes it easy to transfer between the various groups.","Your opinion is not taken into consideration, direction changes with management. Doing a good product doesn't seem a priority. Promotions is the only motivation of management. There is no sharing between the various parts of the company, which rather compete with one another.",Consult your workforce when making decisions on projects directions.,2.0,5.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66142,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Oct 6, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,"Varied roles, a good working environment, and great place for those with a passion for technology.","The people are talented, energetic and hard working. The facilities and benefits are good. There are a wide range of roles available, for some roles career progression means moving to Redmond.","Over the last few years, the scorecard mentality has driven some negative behaviour. The current review system discourages collaboration, and the consequences of being at the low end of the scale are difficult as there is an attrition metric to hit. This also discourages people from taking a risk and trying new roles.","The review system needs fixing. The company's assets are it's people, and the current system is damaging.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66143,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 5, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Very good!,"Work culture, access to unlimited resources, learning opportunities,","Compensation, slow progression, illogical performance rating system.",A lot...,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66144,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2013",Current Employee - Mid-line Manager,Great company at crossroads - that is what I like:),"-it is not just work it is life style -access to the market -independence -immense learning opportunities -ability for development -making a change -leader in some areas, contender in others -all up business acumen from consumer to enterprise -competitive environment -company that learns from its mistakes -very nice package if you are high achiever -it is ok to make mistakes if it makes you stronger -most likely lot of changes are upon the company - lots of opportunities to learn and advance :)","-stack ranking even in small teams -outdated HR assesment system -overdone cost management -takes some time to react to market changes -ongoing centralization -political at Redmond -ok, I will not lie - work life balance is an issue - but if you love what you do then you accept it","Be more nimble, upgrade assesment system to reflect new world, and as always don't give up ever, but alter the course quicker. Give more power to the regional and local teams, which will make the company more effective (remember old days?). Reduce overhead, focus on business reviews to more strategic topics and stick to it...",5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66145,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Once a Great company all over, now a great company in pockets","Great employee work ethic, flexi hours, great policies, superb trainings",Being large it is extremely political,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66146,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,One of the best to place to work,"1. Relatively attractive pay offered by this company 2. You will manage work and personal life very well, which sets you up for long term career 3. Apart from compensation they provide lot of perks like broad band bill, mobile bills, fitness bills, child care allowance , free shuttle service etc ...","1. This company requites developers as testers, saying that here tester also codes like developer. But this is not true in all cases, majority of the time SDET works in doing QA work. Very small portion of his time he works for automation.",I find the movement from SDET to SDE etc is not as easy as it is told during offer. I think they should allow little free movement between the roles,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66147,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Rewarding,"Good culture, great people, nice benefits",No understanding of outside market,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66148,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 30, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Mediocre,"Great culture, benefits and ability to work cross collaboratively with lots of teams.",Territorial in some teams which makes transparency and collaboration more difficult than necessary. Lots of management changes and internal structure changes which led to low morale and unsettling behaviour.,More transparency and communication required.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66149,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer II,Full of processes,"Work life balance, will have your own time for own life. Growth like like a government company.",Lacking in technology standards. Can't think of implementing your own. Everything has been surrounded by processes,Change the leads. Let the freshers take the interview.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1659.htm
66150,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Engineer,"Good pay, average work, poor culture and lack of diversity","- Better compensation, lucrative joining bonus - Cafeteria, well stocked pantry - Good giving campaigns, yearly round of charitable giving - Open to lateral movements across teams, locations - Supports distance learning and even funds some of the well recognized courses!","- Bad culture. I have no idea how the bangalore office has turned out to have a culture so distant from what Microsoft elsewhere is known for. Diversity, inclusion and friendly people - all are lacking here. You get hired now.. you are more certain to feel lonely, marginalized and left to fend for yourselves. - Middle of a massive realignment. MS is undergoing a top to bottom shakeup and reorg which can leave you uncertain of coming times. But if you are old timer at Microsoft, perhaps it is a cause for much joy. Certain teams in Bing and BingAds is undergoing a swift move to agility and with no clear focus on what to aim for, teams are trying what feels best for them and most are re-engineering what other tech giants like Goog, Amzn have solved well for years. Things like Disaster management, CI all are getting solved for now. Seems like a decade old problem.",- Train junior employees on Diversity and Inclusion . - Define Bangalore centers charter. Hold regular all hands to list accomplishments of teams. - Be responsible for bangalore centers place in the organization.,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66151,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,good company to work and stay,good company to work and stay for long time,none to specify as of now,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66152,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 19, 2013",Former Employee - Architect,Most worst place to work,People are crazy about the Brand,"Guys,  Never ever join in MSIT division of Microsoft.  MSIT is not Microsot. Even companies like Mindtree, wipro are 1000 times better than MSIT.  I have never seen such a worst workplace in my life.  They recruit you as a senior technical resource and they give you documentation work.  Here freshers do coding and leads do documentation for that code.  You may expect that people here are technically good but it is completely wrong.  There are many technical leads here who don't even know what CLR is.  Extreme level of politics by North Indians and Tamilians.  Managers here work for 10-15 years and they don't know what the outside world is.  There is no process at all here.  No one cares how good you are technically. You need to do hungama to get recognized  From Day 1 of your joining, they scare you about your appraisal and they threaten you on the same.","Dear Management, Sitting in high level is not retirement. At least once in a year you work for the company instead of working for your benefits. Don't spoil the career of passionate techies with your commonsense-less decissions. Techies are not labourer.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66153,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,huge intl company with pros and cons,Lot of Opportunities and solid society,"High level of stress, low agility. Low opportunity t influence US decisions",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66154,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 27, 2013",Current Employee - Architect,Great company!,There is rule help employee increase salaries who has good performance .,Too much OT...I mean in services...,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66155,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 16, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Amazing benefits when you leave :),1) If you work on the windows group you will get access to millions of lines of heavily cluttered code and within few months you will develop this ability to work through such complicated and convoluted code and In future someone who has always worked on a clean code base competes with you they will struggle whereas you will shine :)  2) If you leave msft to a different organization whom msft perceives as a competitor [the other company may not reciprocate this perception :) ] then they will pay you in full for your entire notice period and also waive off the notice period. So you get amazing benefits when you leave :) to the right company,1) Heavily bureaucratic  2) Manager centric performance system.. This performance mgmt system is that which is tailored to manufacturing shop floors and not to a collaborative software development company. What you need is a peer review system not a manager centric system.  3) Engineering systems within microsoft arent even remotely close to those @ Google or Facebook or Twitter wrt to the exposure that you can get as an Engineer.,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66156,microsoft,none," Sep 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager,A little less management but more inspirations,"Great products and good perks, Elasticity in your roles and responsibility, so you have many opportunities to be involved in projects or works you have personal interest in.","Too many supposing stakeholders, sometime also for the sake of visibility, the number of consensus and communications required to get things done can be very daunting.","Looking forward for an inspiring leader with charisma, someone who can convince employees to collaborate and deliver their best through vision and purposes, instead of traditional carrot /stick and Org structure.",3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66157,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE at Microsoft IDC,1. People you work with 2. Senior management is very able and are always ready to help 3. Interesting projects 4. Clear career growth trajectory 5. Good work life balance,"I have been at MS for less than a year and for the period i have worked, i cant think of any cons as such.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66158,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 23, 2013",Former Employee - Delivery Excellence Director,7-year worked for Microsoft,enjoy working with smart people,The leadership is lack of innovation,Hire young people in the management layer,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66159,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Overall a nice place to work and settle down,Good work culture. Good people and nice policies.,"It takes long time to establish yourself. i.e. to get promotions or decent ratings. they look for consistency and that means you got to be in the company for atleast 3, 4 years before you would get a good rating and thereby good increment and promotions.","Its dampening for people who despite performing well in initial year(s), do not get good rating because the consistency factor cannot be there. This de-motivates people who are performing.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1660.htm
66160,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great working environment, lots of talented people",Fast-paced technological environment Very creative and talented people Flexible work conditions,Very structured hierarchy Difficulty in retaining new/young talents,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66161,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," Sep 24, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It might not a be a good place for young people,"Big company, multiple possibility to work on different projects and switch between teams, pay is generally ok.","Process is very slow, try to influence on the product as an individual is very difficult, low sense of achievement",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66162,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 8, 2013",Current Employee - Engineer,engineer,I'm currently working at Microsoft and I appreciate working there. This is a good experience for me and for my future.  -Salary -People -Experience -willingness -Salary,The management has to be improved.  -Management. -No free food -Distance -hard-work -Busy,Improve the management,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66163,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Sep 22, 2013",Former Employee - Director,Microsoft needs to bring the ,"Great market captivity in operating system division. Great growth demonstrated by entertainment division (Xbox). Financially very stable (sitting in a huge pile of cash). Lastly, finally they made a great and bold decision for retiring Steve. Stock market reacted positively with that! GREAT!!","need to innovate more especially in the mobile area (or future wearable device) - Microsoft share is insignificant compared to competitors. Nokia take over could be disastrous if it didn't revolutionize the way they do business. Stock price has been in sideways mode since last stock split in 2003. My take was, not enough innovation that affect significantly in the way we compute.","You need a new 'visioner' Bill Gates level, and you need someone who can 'translate' those vision into great products (Elop is one of them). Lastly, put more focus in emerging market where MS presence mostly interfeared with open source and hijacked products.",4.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66164,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MSIT Hyderabad,Wide range of Career Job Opportunities,Don't get mistaken by the name Microsoft. It is IT for Microsoft...similar to what the rest of the services companies do.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66165,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Sep 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,I like it,"Challenging and competitive environment, you get rewarded for your hard work","The ranking system can be unfair sometimes, and it is often used for political reasons",Change the ranking system,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66166,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Sep 5, 2013",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,Top notch!!,-Work/life balance - Flexible work hours - Strong team players with exceptional professionalism - Sense of collaboration - Performance recognition and career development,- Conservative company strategy - Bureacratic and sometimes slow to react,Build more aggressive strategy to address product positioning and consumer perception,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66167,microsoft,Chennai (India)," Sep 4, 2013",Former Employee - Student Partner,Awesome place to work.,"Very good work environment, friendly co-workers, good stress busters activities like xbox , etc",Actually none. Parking here is problem.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66168,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 19, 2013",Former Employee - Partner Consultant,gr8 company to work for,"Great technology exposure, Good management team, Good compensation, Huge career opportunities","No work life balance, too much hectic work, peer pressure, Less diversity ratio","provide work life balance to employees, Increase diversity",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66169,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 3, 2013",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Good place to work for,"- If you like solving problems, the developer support team is the best for you. - Salary was good. - Working hours were specified.",- Night shift takes a toll on the health.,- Support engineer title doesn't do justice to the kind of work that was done.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1661.htm
66170,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Beware the ageing tech-monolith,"Training, Individual Contributor staff, the toilets and general surrounds were kept clean & tidy but that's down to hard working vendors",Middle management dearth (Weakest there is) Stack ranking,"You did it, SB is gone now take the reigns off the bean-counters and breathe innovation and risk-taking back into your hard working employees (And start hiring middle management with back bone and integrity)",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66171,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Sep 1, 2013",Current Employee - Active Directory,active directory,"Microsoft is the best company in the world. This is very big platform to learn more and i will very glad when i join there Presently i am working as a project consultant i have done some project like indianoil,NTPC,UDYOG BHAWAN,POWERGRID,FICCI, HUMBOLT,some other project i have done presently i am working in active directory environment I have done BCA , PRESENTLY I AM DOING MBA-IT in lovely professional university,",My opinion whatever people join there he is very lucky and great exposure to learn more and growth more.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66172,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2013",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,"Great place to Build a Career, Not as good as before though...","-Once you have worked a few years here your Resume is brought to a new level of Game -You see firsthand how this giant Tech company functions -You will gain a complete level of new confidence that comes with working for Microsoft. -Almost unlimited training and career development (Self driven) -You work in an environment of people who really seem to care about customers -Most people are always willing to assist -Great collaboration tools, you can find out almost anything if you are persistent.","-The stack Rank review system brought in by Ex Wal-Mart COO -Your success is disproportionately tied t the Manager you happen to have. -Market seem to pay higher base salary -There is no life / work balance, no matter what anyone tells you -Ultra competitive environment, Almost to much so. -If your an average White male your at a disadvantage as they don't apply the same rules to you (Like many tech companies they have HR quotas on hiring)",Change back to the review rating system of the Pre- Wal-Mart Exx COO era. We are not Walmart Employees and your system has / is causing good people to leave based on a Bell Curve and numbers system.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66173,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 14, 2013",Former Employee - Licnesng Diector,Career path as a Microsoft licensing specialist in China,The work is challenging and fun and it is about creating and educating new concept,Too much politicking required to survive and the rating system whihc do not reward subject experts. Recent years of leaders hired from external are below expectations,Do not look always to parachute management from external.It creates more friction then synergy and improvement to the overall productivity,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66174,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Microsoft IT, Hyderabad is terrible",Microsoft IT is good for people looking just a job not for people who wants to work on challenging stuffs.,"Politics, Boring work, No point in moving between projects or teams as all are working on same technology just different deliveries. Senior level managers or developers are kind of stupid and keep giving stupid and repetitive task just to keep the resources busy. WTF ?",Go to the Microsoft HQ and learn how to manage employees.,2.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66175,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place for family-oriented people,"Microsoft is a great place for people who enjoys family life and work-life balance. Also for people like me, stability and long-term business is a bug plus.",can't complain about anything really. What others deem the biggest cons of Microsoft (the internal conflict) I see as a necessary price to pay for diversity.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66176,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Sep 13, 2013",Former Employee - Head of Regional Sales,Regional head of sales,Great pay Broad responsibilities People you get to work with Business processes,"HR performance evaluation - a lot based on being popular vs good at the job In the region - a lot of clicks based on the national origin You cannot change the job without manager and HR agreeing you even applying, so if they do not want you to move you can get stuck missing great career opportunities but once et decide they are done with you only then you can go.... Creates an environment of sucking up and manager full control over your career. On the other hand if your manager does not like you you do not stand a chance in the company - they will cut your opportunities, play with your review etc.",Fix people review process and complete control of manager over persons career,4.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66177,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Sep 12, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,"Microsoft GTSC: Good for college graduates looking to learn, bad for experienced people (no development opportunities)",- Access to resources be it software or hardware. - Access to information be it from other colleagues or online information repositories - Good office environment with relaxation areas,"- In the GTSC (global technical support center) there was an oppresive operational model requiring the engineers to track their work time for a customer at the tiniest level (for ex. 1 min tried to call customer but did not reach him) so that in the end utilisation was always a problem. - Unnecessary competition between fellow coworkers in each team due to the performance rating model used (Gauss curve) which did not allow for the possibility of all team members to perform ok (one had to be a black sheep even though he wasn't necessarily). - Poor support from management to solve day to day issues - Bad work/life balance - Daily stress - Though initially good salary, it did not get updated in time even though conditions in the country worsened/improved from year to year, all this due to global corporate policy",none,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66178,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Sep 10, 2013",Current Employee - Sales,great and valuable,great place and nice people work together,nothing can say because so far so good,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66179,microsoft,"Bogotá, Bogota (Colombia)"," Sep 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very complex organization with a manipulated by managers performance review system,Great brand as admired company,too political skills needed to be a corporate citizen,review performance management system,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1662.htm
66180,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Great Company,"Microsoft is a great company to start your career in - salaries are good, the work is interesting and colleagues are smart.",It is not that simple to filter out any particular thing which could be characterized as a serious downside to employment at Microsoft.,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66181,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 6, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Great company but filled with redundant individuals,Fantastic benefits and due to the size of the organisation with variation of products there is potential to develop your career and skills in a number of facets.,"Complex and rigid processes and procedures make most tasks a challenge. In addition, departments tend to have more of a ""small company"" feel rather than feeling part of the broader Microsoft vision. Biggest turn off is the number of personnel in a management position who have never managed outside of Microsoft and therefore lack any real management experience or skills. Huge ""boys club"" mentality found in the Corporate functions of old.","All in all, Microsoft and its management and leadership team need to wake up to the modern world if they wish to attract and retain talent. They are no longer the game changing visionaries they used to be and there are many more exciting companies to work for. Great healthcare benefits are not enough!!! And they need to seriously reconsider a lot of their management hire decisions!",2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66182,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 5, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Bogged down by bureaucracy,"Great work life balance , great benefits, great campus",directionless leadership that doesnt know where it wants to get to,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66183,microsoft,Raanana (Israel)," Aug 19, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,"Challenging, interesting, demanding","Global company, great facilities, great benefits, amazing ambitious people, good vibe and sense of common goal.","very demanding, bad work-life balance, not the highest salaries, every employee is actively and constantly measured and have a demanding set of goals and commitments.",Give employees the legitimation to seek creer development in other roles and positions.,5.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66184,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 18, 2013",Former Employee - Human Resources Leader,Awesome all up,"The People, The Ethic, The Technology",Time for Steve Ballmer to handover the reigns,Time for Steve Ballmer to handover the reigns,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66185,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 31, 2013",Current Employee - Enterprise Technology Strategist,Good company to work for,Lots of big company benefits I got to see the world - literally Pay and benefits are good,You have to be a corporate dog to get on in the company You can only go so far in a non managerial position Career progression is not really meritocratic,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66186,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Aug 16, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,a very dynamic company,"leader of the industry, fast pace company, very suitable for the young and dynamic attractive renumeration packages, stellar career growth, daring company especially with the launch of microsoft surface (it's a wonderful piece of technologies).","neeed to be more thinking out of the box,",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66187,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Aug 29, 2013",Former Employee - Architect,"Great people to work with, not for.","Smart people, generally speaking. Good benefits beyond salary. A name people recognize - although not as cool as it used to be.","Low end of market salary. Work/life balance issues. Absolutely stupid rating/review system. They let, if not encourage many good employees to leave.",Balmer is finally going - although in retrospective - the fiscal performance of Microsoft has been impressive. It has major cultural/HR issues and they have lost sight of what is important - developers and staff that aren't completely self promoting/self interested.,4.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66188,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 30, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,A workplace for unlimited opportunities,"Great work culture, Great people, Flexibility",Can't think of any cons. Just love the company!,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66189,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 27, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Good Experience,Great People from diverse background. Technically Savvy Good Career opportunities,No room for innovation Very Hierarchical Lack of autonomy in local Subsidiary,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1663.htm
66190,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 27, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Good Experience,Great People from diverse background. Technically Savvy Good Career opportunities,No room for innovation Very Hierarchical Lack of autonomy in local Subsidiary,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66191,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Regional Operations Lead,Its an honor to work here,Work Life Balance solely depends on you,A good place with lot of challenges for growth.,great job.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66192,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 27, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Not too shabby,Flexible work timings Benefits and perks Great campus and infrastructure Big company and brand name many different opportunities to explore,The competition is withing the employees rather than with other companies The performance review system is horrible unless you are a yes man to the boss and his/her boss The politics in the middle management is quite demoralizing Need to have a Godfather in the company in order to rise No organic growth,The HR should keep a close tab on how the performance evaluation is taking place for the teams. At times it is quite obvious that the people closer to the bosses get better rating than the ones that are doing better work. If you broadcast your values please stick by it. Saying the culture is open and respectful and not being able to express your opinion is quite a poor condition workplace for such a company.,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66193,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to learn new development in the industry,Brand Name MS Products for discount,"Traditional Work Environment makes it a little bit boring to work. Also, difficult to see the bigger picture.",Add more fun,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66194,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Product Manager,MS a place for you to stay longer,1 rich internal resources 2 work in an international environment 3 open working atmosphere,1 too many KPIs 2 there are too many meetings everyday to discuss everything though many of them are unncessary 3 working rythm is slow,long vision,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66195,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The once passionate and driven culture is gone..,Great benefits and work life balance if you work at it. You'll get to work with some super smart and inspiring people every day. You'll get great access to gadgets to show off. The customers are generally great to work with and you'll be challenged and empowered often.,"Recognition is basically non existent if you're a head down bum up type of person. Its about who you know and how loud you can tout yourself rather than the work you do. The review process is unfair and punishes high performers just to satisfy the 'bell curve'. Middle management are all about their own careers and manage upwards. They'll also have no issues shifting the blame to team members to save themselves. Base salaries are low, especially if you're an ex graduate, but there is the potential to make up a decent salary with your bonuses (if you meet all of your targets and your boss likes you). Being younger also doesn't do you any favours. Your career progression will be heavily based on your age rather than your proven capability. You'll also get less respect and remuneration in role compared to older peers, even if you are performing at a higher level.",Develop a middle management team who know how to manage people! Recognise those that do a great job and give ex graduates the same level of opportunities and remuneration as other employees.,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66196,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great pay and benefits. Terrible review process and coworkers no support,"Free software, everything you need to do your job is at your fingertips. Top notch office equipment provided and you will work on some very cool projects.",Employee ratings are fixed. Every year 5% of the staff has to be rated as poor performers regardless. Imagine how this affects morale when you're on a team of stars. On my team people were let go for the strangest reasons. Usually because they asked for help with Microsoft products or spoke their mind to a manager.,Find a better review process.,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66197,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Bitter and old,Some great products and a great history.,"Old, bitter culture. Very easy to do nothing but just go to meetings and ask tough questions.","Be human, not robots... feedback is too robotic and there is too much of it for minor things.",3.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66198,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Aug 21, 2013",Current Employee - Marketing and Product,good.,"Nice staff. Decent environment. Good pay. Flexible work schedule. Shows promise of new layer to platform, but underlying system does not change which is a problem.",Weak antiquated CMS. Poor product tools that marketing can't sell. Ball and chain relationship between marketing and product. At bottom of food chain in Portal space. Busy for the wrong reasons. Poor com across departments. Smart to drop 'Advertising' from business name because they're not a true 'agency' in the conventional sense. No more hotmail redirects will decline sales to reflect true numbers.,"Can't do much about it as product is tied at waist to corp engineering. Staff forced to be too focused on busy work, less focus on product and building better marketing solutions. Heavy reliance on outsourced solutions. Times are changing, towing party of weak product line will catch up eventually.",2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66199,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment to work in,Great environment to work in with so many great people,You must work so hard in yourself in order to have a job here!,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1664.htm
66200,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Positive work culture in MS SGP (operations),colleagues are equally motivated and work professionally,"no flexi working arrangement in some department, even long working hr for certain departments",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66201,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jul 31, 2013",Former Employee - Various,Great pace to work. Brilliant people.,Most of the people are brilliant and they create a good environment.,Politics instead of meritocratic process.,focus on customer instead of internal stuff,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66202,microsoft,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Jul 31, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Technical Account Manager,Great learning experience and good work\life balance,Client facing roles would need more compensation especially in Services,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66203,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 15, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Work at microsoft,Good company to work for. you will get good exposure and opportunities to learn things are more,negligible ..... nothing other than being ready to work in night shift,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66204,microsoft,"Recife, Pernambuco (Brazil)"," Jul 30, 2013",Former Employee - Partner Territory Manager,It was a great experience. I´ve learnt a lot and increased my overall IT expertise.,"A visionary company, with great and experienced professionals whose help you to grow up professionaly.",Frequently you have to sacrifice your personal life to dedicate to work.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66205,microsoft,Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)," Jul 30, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A Great place to work at..,"Compensation, cutting-edge technology, many opportunities",Making less impact than at a small company,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66206,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 12, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Stunted Career growth,High package Benefits are good Flexi time,lot of internal politics and favoritism yes men who are more inclined to say yes and do not care for subordinates interests no job guarantee,"change the way of apprising performance, the current system sucks",2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66207,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 1, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Best place to work for,"Best minds to work with, culture, Cutting edge technology, lot of options","Rat race, review process, work life balance",The review system is making it a rat race.,5.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66208,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic experience at Microsoft,Amazing set of people & culture,Currently the company is doing great. But we can do better in the new phase.,Make sure you to listen to the people in the company to make it the best place in the world.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66209,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 22, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place for work,"Smart people, Nice environment, Good salary pay","none so far, update later",keep yourself up to the whole team,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1665.htm
66210,microsoft,Santiago (Chile)," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of learning experience,Good opportunity to grow your career,"WHI, at the first years is very hard to maintain a good WHI",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66211,microsoft,none," Aug 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SSP,"Salary is OK, Not so much politics in field","Consumer Business Oriented, different from enterprise business",Establish a concrete strategy,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66212,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 5, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good company for engineers,Money paid by microsoft is alot,"politics , peer to peer competition",none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66213,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"not headed in the right direction. time to quit, after 8 years","if you just want to stretch yourself technically, this is a great place to work.","The rating system is very badly designed. Managers and senior+ ICs are rated together, in the same bucket! causing a very apparent conflict of interest which the management doesn't seem to see. Leads/Managers get better ratings than their IC counterparts  The middle management, composed of the the desi brigade, is not at all bothered about MS, they just have some skewed agenda of promoting/highlighting the select few and keep the remaining ratings in 1 and 2 for themselves. They don't deserve anything better than 3, most of the times.  Balmer is leaving, that is good for the company, though i strongly feel that this middle management needs a rejig.",Wake up,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66214,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2013",Former Employee - Suatain Engineer,Sustain Engineer,"Amazing company, acts like a startup","slow, doesn't give vendors a true chance to contribute",Help vendors help Microsoft more,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66215,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company to work for.,Open Culture for the employees. Super place to work for. Good perks.,I cant think of any cons. I enjoy this company.,none,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66216,microsoft,Zelenograd (Russia)," Aug 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,The biggest company available.,The company provide conditions that almost guarantee the future of the employee. It may be not that bright but very stable.,It may happen that you will work on very small piece of very small and non important software product and it mat take very long to get something more interesting.,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66217,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 31, 2013",Former Employee - Partner Technical Lead,It helped me grew not just technically but also personally & professionally.,If you wish to live on cutting edge technology then this is the place to start your career or spent initial years of your career.,Due to nature of business night shifts are unavoidable.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66218,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A great company to work for.,"Great innovation, great culture and great work life balance",Stock price is not increasing,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66219,microsoft,Emea (Indonesia)," Jul 15, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company with top talented people and great products,"The people, products and environment you work in, using the latest technologies and infrastructure, being on the forefront of technical developments","Size of the company, their internal evaluation and process structure, can be cumbersome, to many (management) layers at times to be agile and efficient","Give more operational power and execution to the different divisions, let them be more independent companies, provide them the ability to run their own P&L",5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1666.htm
66220,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 27, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Great company,"compensation, people, work is great",MSIT not good. dev teams are awesome,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66221,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working for more than one year and feel neutral,"- Brand name - perks are good  -Amazing infrastructure and nice recreation facilities as well(pool,tt,tennis etc.)","- some teams dont have good work. - Large crowd, tough competition to grow - base salary is less compared to other companies. They do eye wash by qouting a very high ctc.",Take care of employees more like it was few years back. Microsoft is losing its charm,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66222,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 26, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Lead,One of the best companies to work,"Great work culture, lot of opportunities to grow personally and professionally, good employee development opportunities, great talents, and good pay","Need better People Managers, need better transparency in performance review mechanism - its still the manager's call to make or break your deal !!","Would also be better to identify and promote employee as future managers than based on one's development plan, despite the fact that he/she may not be cut to a good people manager material",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66223,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 25, 2013",Current Employee - SO2 Applications Engineer,It's regarding the job post as application engineer role in Microsoft Hyderabad India and trust me it's worth the role.,One of the best places to work for,I couldn't figure out any,They all are proactively aware of what small changes have to be done,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66224,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Jul 10, 2013",Former Employee - Analyst,Company with a great history,great company with a strong local management and culture,if you start from scratch you wold have a very long way to go,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66225,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Amazingly smart people, Wide array of job options, Technology depth","Can get riddled with too many rules, Fragmentation in strategy",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66226,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 23, 2013",Current Employee - Group Manager,Very good work place,"all good, nice people, good money and travel expensess","nothing bad, they listen to you, to want you to succeed",carry on,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66227,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 8, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Development Manager,Amazing company for career growth,"Lots of opportunity, very talented co-workers, great benefits, good work-place environment",working across multiple teams to get something done can be challenging a times.,Re-org the company to align across experiences/technologies rather than business units.,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66228,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,My dream company,Smart people.. they bring with them an energy that'll get you charged up as well and inspire you to reach your full potential!,I love this company.. and always will! so no cons here! :),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66229,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good team mates,decent work, but yes-men more rewarded","co-workers are good, culture is typically open, work is decent, top leadership is very good, pay is at par with industry, company is going in the right direction with the current re-org and focus on collaboration and team-work instead of political tussles","management needs to give more freedom to their employees,some teams are bureaucratic, lot of people are yes-men of their management to make sure that they grow fast through the org, as long as they keep the folks in power happy, it does not really seem to matter how they are dealing with their sub-ordinates / some peers","have a vision for what you and your team are going to do over time, hear out diverse perspectives, even if they dont always agree with you",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1667.htm
66230,microsoft,Milan (Italy)," Jul 20, 2013",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Challenge,Gold products and a lot of good manager. Challenging environment pushing people To vive more and more,Too much dependant on US decisions. Market are different though! Also Too much internal competition:focus should be more on competing with other companies.,Investe in people looking at the long term,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66231,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jul 5, 2013",Current Employee - Recruiter,Wonderful and very interesting,"Excellent international scope to the role, in a growing change phase of the company's progression","Conservative Environment, people are afraid to rock the boat and criticize management",You're not No. 1 any more - you're now the challenger brand and you need to start acting like it,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66232,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I am optimistic about the company's outlook.,"decent perk, good benefits compare to others","stack ranking, lack of consumer focus",listen to your customer and empower your employee,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66233,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,Great work-ex at Microsoft,"Flexibiltiy, Oppurtunities to grow, Awesome work environment","Some politics, Need networking, Overalll good",nothing in particular to advice for,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66234,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 27, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),awesume,"good,innovative,tey allow u 2 purue ur field of interest.G8!","some employees are laid back,lazy",a liitle more improvement in the appraisals,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66235,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 27, 2013",Current Employee - Consultant,Great place to work!,"Great place to work, you get to work with some of the brightest and most brilliant people in the industry, some equally visionary leaders and motivators. The more social you are within the company (across the world) and innovative, the faster your growth. Its about being at the right place at the right time. You have to really work extra hard to justify why you are better than your peers since Microsoft follows a stack ranking system for appraisals and promotions.","Growth can be a point for concern for some, since the work that you do may be seen as great and exceptional by you, but not by everyone else. But like always, slow and steady wins the race.",More insight into business policies and strategy will help instill employee confidence more.,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66236,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2013",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Large organisation : With lot of silos created, you need to have your big daddy . Very political organisation","Great system. No hardwork for getting things . Have to tell great job done for everything. Good facilities . Good cash flow in business. Very good set of knowledgeable people around. Is a cash rich organisation however is doing many strategic mistakes. Missed the moble bus, search bus, digital bus... quite late now !","Very political organisation. Not much of Hardwork , only need to float with what the group wants and agree with boss. Difficult to grow unless you have a big daddy. Often juniors get the axe for strategic mistakes of top management. Top management has lost contact with market realities & what is required by people around. You will do a small thing and will miss the big picture.",Need to reinvent the HR strategy. Pump in more young leaders. Top managment has to work to understand the change. Everybody need to work hard and be consumer centric. Remove politics from the workplace.,2.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66237,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jun 25, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Well management company,It is a good place to work with talent people,"to many re-org event, not very stable",Action More effectively,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66238,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place work in the whole world,gives ample freedom and opportunities to further ones own career,"if you are not a result\action oriented person, then you would find it tough",Keep up the good work.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66239,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Windows 7,Awesome place to work. Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction. Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction.,Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction. Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction. Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction.,Identify the talented people,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1668.htm
66240,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 22, 2013",Former Employee - Account Manager,Great place to work,"Very smart people, focused and great opportunities for advancement with the right team. Excellent benefits and competitive salary. On campus benefits are fantastic. Always opportunities to reach out to other areas of the business and as long as you're doing your job, you are respected.","Work life balance is off sometimes, a risk averse business to a certain extent, difficult to advance if you don't get on with your manager, getting access to data from other areas of the business is hard and almost impossible to change a process quickly without executive 'buy in'.",Provide more opportunities to network internally Make stakeholder management a top priority,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66241,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Premier Field Engenieer at Microsoft,Access to all technology great people,- No work life balance - Performance review program did not incentive group work,none,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66242,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 5, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Great working environment, great opportunity to innovate.","Great office and working environment, probably best in the country. Opportunity to work on wide range of technologies.",Always a strained working relationship with Redmond. Senior management is static and is not tuned with the new age development.,Change,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66243,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software developer engineering in test,Stable work and flexible hours,"Boring, overestimated tasks, too much meetings",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66244,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 25, 2013",Current Employee - Test Lead,Experience at Microsoft India,"this place special. Some of the brightest minds in the world work here. People with unique experiences, skills and passions, recognize the importance of providing them with an open environment that’s conducive to ‘free thinking’ and innovative work.",Career wise not a great place for mid level executive/ engineers  More preference has been given to fresher  Manager words/feedback is last in review  Tough to adjust in other org once worked over here  too much stress on innovation,Give some weightage to mid level ICs also Calibration should have provision to express ICs voice too Let give those people chance who busy in core delivery instead of innovation Career growth stage for mid level engineers IC should be more and faster,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66245,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Technical Account Manager,So much right but as a services guy very frustrating place to work.,"Great package with benefits, very objective performance assessments, well run company, massive range of work across customers in every business segment.",Everything is oriented towards meeting scorecard targets rather than simple turnover and profit. This creates a very inward focused environment that simply ignores customer requirements.,"I do not think that the current, highly competitive scorecard culture drives the right behaviour with the customer or with other teams in the organisation. In the enterprise space in particular everything should be oriented around the customer. Right now everything is oriented around the customer but at team level only i.e. EPG has one picture, MCS another, Premier another and so on. When the pressure is on to meet a particular target the big picture is often forgotten and short term wins are made at the expense of the wider account health.",3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66246,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jun 20, 2013",Current Employee - Government Programs Manager,Microsoft Egypt Review,"Microsoft is very diverse, cultured, good work environment and you're always the 1st to see what is going to be revealed in the Technology market but you are the last in terms of being in Egypt internally at Microsoft.",It is very Legal sensitive and is not flexible with the Business Process and is extremely understaffed and the work load is not equally divided between the employees and no real career employee paths with succession plans for them.,Must have a fair strategy in managing employees,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66247,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 10, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,Terribly disappointing experience,The buildings are great and landscaping is well maintained.,"The company is right now nothing but a well decorated trash can. From the outside the look is superb but from the inside it is completely rotten. Place is super rife with politics and unless you can play the political game well you will not even get a decent review. Place is filled with managers who want to just save their jobs and care a hoot about everything else. The vanity fair article ""Microsoft's lost decade"" captures the dismal state of the company very accurately. In fact Redmond operations are still better, the Indian operations are way too worse. No VP cares about the Indian operations and the managers here are having a gala time for the past 10 years taking up only useless projects which are easy to deliver and help them to keep their jobs.  There is absolutely zero career growth for anyone and there are people at age 44 and above stuck at development lead levels. Now these people have gotten so accustomed to this culture that they neither want to move from their positions nor wish to create space for anyone else. Also they take out their career related frustrations on their sub-ordinates. A manager's word is final in a review process and there is no way you can contest it.  Everything is top down and there is zero scope for bottom up innovation. I was absolutely amazed when I took some new ideas to my development manager and he said he was too old to connect with such latest ideas connecting new technologies in the market. I never went to him with another idea and resigned from my job.  All this internal churn is definitely showing up with lackluster releases (read win 8) and failed product lines (tablets, phones). In fact when I joined the company, IE was the market leader with > 90% share of the browser market. Now it is a shame that Chrome has overtaken it in the browser game. The company is as usual surviving on Office and Enterprise. A day someone hits the office suite, Microsoft's game is over.","Mr. Ballmer if you have any decency left in you, please step down. You and your incompetent subordinates are ruining the company.",1.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66248,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jun 20, 2013",Current Employee - Researcher,Working environment,Good working place with big sunny cubics. Nice security guards and cleaners. Many conference rooms and focus rooms for discussions.,"Food service needs improvement. The food price is a little high, but the food quality is not so good as expected.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66249,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company to work for,"Challenging work, intellectuals around you. Lot to learn. Most important thing. you coding skills will reach perfection.",So far I didnt experience any.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1669.htm
66250,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 19, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company to work for,"Challenging work, intellectuals around you. Lot to learn. Most important thing. you coding skills will reach perfection.",So far I didnt experience any.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66251,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Manager Level,Work here only if you're type A and play to win at all costs,"- good pay and benefits - wealth of information and knowledge on company intranet - intelligent coworkers, nice people do exist below the Director level - lots of job opportunities and global mobility if you can handle the game - casual attire every day - free Starbucks coffee","I read most of the 1 and 2 star reviews here for worst case scenario before I took the offer, hoping to be one of the luckier ones to land a decent team and boss. No such luck. Everything you read under the Cons section is true. Easily my worst work experience in 15 years crossing a number of public corporations in different industries.  - aggressive, competitive, super political culture - management by fear and intimidation - if you are coming from a different industry or company, think twice or more, new people are easy target, you will not get help - the Microsoft values posted are the very things they don't practice - certain people make you think you're on Survivor, others make you feel you're in The Emperor's New Clothes - 12-14 hour days (and I'm in a non-tech role) - I was advised by well-intentioned colleagues to only do what's visible to execs in Redmond even when it means screwing your local team over, it's all about managing up just to survive - lack of guidance and direction, decision making is like throwing darts in the dark - read the other reviews on glassdoor","Not sure what to tell them since they are the people causing the pain and fostering the behavior. Maybe the Board should clean house at the C level? Culture does come from the top, good or bad.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66252,microsoft,none," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A great company to work for, innovative and passionate","A great company to work for, innovative and passionate",None None None None None,More innovative,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66253,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," May 21, 2013",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Specialist sales,Driven company with very few wage slaves. Most people want to work there,"stack ranking process is awful. The people who spend the most time fighting for visibility do the best, not the people who are best at their jobs",Tweak review process,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66254,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to settle down, not so good place to build a career","Chance to work with some smart people, good benefits and brand name","Leadership team leaves a lot to be desired - many VPs are micromanagers and kill your creativity, too much inter-group rivalry and I-am-the-best-and-you-are-crap attitude.","Evaluate senior managers on the # of leaders and managers they produce from their group, and # of creative ideas they produce, not only on the results they produced (many times by killing the future)",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66255,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2013",Current Employee - PFE,PFE,training while it stand still,"If you wanna a good review score which means a slightly better bonus you have to work more than a lot = no work life balance ,-)",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66256,microsoft,none," Jun 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company too much beaurocracy,"Technology is cutting edge, people are highly qualified",the administration is way too powerful and harmful to hitting objectives,Carve out admin and increase engineering and sales,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66257,microsoft,none," May 23, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic,Lots of varied job opportunity,Culture does not suit everyone,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66258,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Jun 25, 2013",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Turning into the Walmart of the Tech Industry,Work/life balance Access to the latest technology Alright benefits,"Review process is shocking, you are literally competing with your peers so you just don't want others to do well It's all about self promotion, you need to make sure you send out updates to the whole company to increase your visibility Spend way too much time in front of spreadsheets reporting on the business and not enough time with customers and partners Too focused on beating the competition rather than looking at what is best for the customer Field marketing teams focusing more and more on localisation of US creative Loss of autonomy for creative and innovative thinkers Low morale with staff",Bring in leaders who are want to innovate and provide creative thinkers autonomy Rehaul the review process Too many business ops individuals running the place - great for the short term but will terrible for the short term,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66259,microsoft,none," Jun 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent employer but politics eating up MS like a termite,"- This company makes you in love with it. - BillG, I respect to the core. - US management is excellent and wanting to go in a constructive direction.",- Non-performing middle management are selffish and want only their pockets to fill. - They aren’t concerned about company’s wellbeing. - Indian management have an agenda of their own totally offline from real Microsoft’s vision. - It is sad to see the company you love and unable to do anything because we all know Indian management.,Please think about for MICROSOFT and other things will fell in place.,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1670.htm
66260,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," May 20, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,Great for career development,"Great compensation and benefits, flexible work environment, unlimited possibilities to grow on your career","Huge company, slow to innovate, employee review system induces peer competition",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66261,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 9, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Company for people with Technical passion,Best Perks and salary in Indian market. Lots of cool things to do during work. Immense opportunity to grow technically,I was doing night shift. Sometimes you dont get enough as technical guy until you grow with management ladder.,"Technical team is core of Microsoft, Shouldn't they get more visibility and perks in place of managers who spend most of them time is playing politics. only true for India",5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66262,microsoft,none," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Good place for one to crow up,good settings with suttle bus to the campus,"great pressure, and focus on the figures too much",good,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66263,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," May 29, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great company, big targets!","Company is brilliant to work for as far as environment, products, customers opening the door to you etc.",Massive targets drive a lot of people to leave as it's nearly impossible to make your target.,"Reduce the targets to something sensible, that will lead people to stay and the longer people are in the company the better they will understand the customers and products and the more they will sell.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66264,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," May 28, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"Cool technology, top down management.",Cool technology. Good benefits. Nice colleagues.,"If you are not working in Redmond, you will be ignored.",I haven't seen much good people managers. Please promote people who are good at dealing with people rather than good with technology. Allow a viable career path for excellent technical people as technical experts.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66265,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 23, 2013",Former Employee - Software Engineer II,Excellent!,"All the best things an SE can expect, he/she can get it here! Will come back some day.",None experienced so far. Had the time of my life in this company.,Keep it up! :),4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66266,microsoft,none," May 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great for some,"So much money - great benefits, good salaries and plenty of ability to do nothing at all.",Can be boring as hell.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66267,microsoft,none," May 21, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good experience, smart workforce, sometimes repetitive","good people, nice perks and working environment",limited opportunities for advancement unless you relocate to Seattle,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66268,microsoft,"Changping, Beijing (China)"," May 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),My work experience at Microsoft,Work Environment and Great technology,Policy constraint on the job opportunity,Don't keep people with policy constraint,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66269,microsoft,none," May 20, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Clear alignment make it strong, but also limited innitiatives from engineers",- A good place to learn - Everyone has very clear commitment to align with management - On the right track,"- Management innitiate everyone, not you - Leadership rules everything",- Be open minded - Less bureaucracy,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1671.htm
66270,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 19, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,best place for innovation and research,ample no of opportunities available,may face managerial probs sometime,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66271,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 1, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Lead,Awesome company to work with,* You get good salary * Employees are treated very well * You get to learn a lot of Microsoft technologies,* Night Shifts * Too much politics * No Work from home option,N/A,5.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66272,microsoft,none," May 2, 2013",Current Employee - Engagement Manager,Rewarding and stimulating,"Mature working environment allowing a flexible working style, deliverable based, competitive and goal orientated, supportive and collaborative colleagues.",Work life balance does get tested. Some people don't respond as well to the constant high pressure drive for delivery. Everything has a metric.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66273,microsoft,none," May 16, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,It is good be a part of Microsoft company.It is good be a part of Microsoft company.It is good be a part of Microsoft company. It is good be a part of Microsoft company,I have been working here for past 3 years and there's too much work pressure. Get very less time for family. time mgmt needs to be better.,NA,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66274,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 10, 2013",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer II,SDE II,good benefits & talanted co-workers,it's just too big to grow,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66275,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," May 6, 2013",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Account Technology Strategist for 36 months,One gets to work with some of the very best people in the industry.,Overly short term measured and scorecard driven.,Enabling customer businesses requires an investment in time and a commitment to longer term plans.,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66276,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 10, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,Good place to work,Good place to learn and grow,The review system needs to relooked into,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66277,microsoft,Ankara (Turkey)," May 7, 2013",Former Employee - Premier Support Intern,Serious environment where you can learn from people overseas,People are relaxed and respectful to each other,Everything happens very rapidly and if you cannot keep up you cannot survive in the company,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66278,microsoft,none," Apr 21, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great people","The incredible breadth of Microsoft business makes this company a very unique organization. Almost anything under the Sun is here in one way or another. If you love technology and are passionate about working in a place where your contribution matters, this is one of the few companies on Earth where this is possible","Microsoft is renowned for its infamous politics and sadly it is true to a certain extent. However, more often than not people survive internal feuds and simply move on to alternative projects","Coordinate and manage the Microsoft brand better. It is coming together now after the release of Windows 8, just tighten it up a bit more and keep the message consistent.",5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66279,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 7, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,An experience to touch millions of customer's life,Very good culture and people Lot of opportunities to work across different products and technologies,Work Life balance goes for a toss,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1672.htm
66280,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 23, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,SDE,Great place to work and learn,none as it is a great place,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66281,microsoft,Bhubaneswar (India)," Apr 19, 2013",Former Employee - Tech Clud Lead,Best in class company for cutting edge technology.,Best in class company for cutting edge technology.,no cons as per my view.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66282,microsoft,none," May 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to learn and grow,"work culture, quality of work are better than most",work life balance is harder,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66283,microsoft,none," Apr 29, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,"great worklife balance, open to change and new ideas",by becoming a huge corporate change is slowing down,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66284,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 16, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Manager,About the Company,"Great work Culture and value system, lot of focus on people development and great tech to invent and work for.",It takes a while to understand how things work and how a person can navigate the waters.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66285,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"good experience, very competetive, talent students and mentors",Too stressful and low salary,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66286,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 11, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Good Company to work with,Good Salary Career Opportunities Career Growth Nice Campus Good Traveling Opportunity,Some time very hectic schedule to meet deadlines,Thanks for leading and making it a Great Company,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66287,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Apr 11, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Nice place to work in, great people and interesting projects","Many kinds of projects to choose from, always using latest technologies.","Some politics involved, small benefits such as gym expenses beeing reduced",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66288,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good,1. Options to move to different roles 2. Overall development 3. Good work-life balance,1. Not so challenging task 2. Compensation,1. Creating more challenging environment,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66289,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Apr 21, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Technical Support Officer,Working withe 'Microsoft' is always an enriching experience,A good place to learn.,The work culture needs improvement.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1673.htm
66290,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Apr 21, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Technical Support Officer,Working withe 'Microsoft' is always an enriching experience,A good place to learn.,The work culture needs improvement.,none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66291,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 14, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Career Microsoft,"Work life balance is good, compensation is at par with industry.",Not much career options internally. Politics at mid management and mid senior levels,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66292,microsoft,Zaventem (Belgium)," Apr 3, 2013",Current Employee - Crew Member,Great company to work at,"Nice offices, great products, great colleagues, great working atmosphere in general",Somestimes you have to make long hours,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66293,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Strange place to work - used to be lots of smart people, getting worse by the year",Free soda and good benefits,"Weird culture, over-emphasis on technical talent, even in senior management jobs",none,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66294,microsoft,New England (Jamaica)," Apr 15, 2013",Current Employee - Assistant Store Manager,False expectations during hiring / training process,-Money for relatively no work -Free soda -Management work schedules follow a corporate rhythm so you always have a set schedule,"-No one wants Microsoft products. Manager's would have to follow market leaders orders by essentially telling employees to stand in the hall and beg people to come in. -They will tell you that this is the best retail job ever. It's not about sales, its about the people. 100% inaccurate. It is 100% about sales. Just like every other retailer, there are sales metrics. The problem with the metrics at Microsoft is that they are unattainable. They give you quarterly goals that no store can reach so they won't have to pay out any bonuses. Its called their Own-It program. -Cons: If you happen to be the the one manager who's schedules follows one of the corporate rhythms, you will have to work every Fri, Saturday, & Sunday. -Higher ups tend to think that they know everything. They won't let change happen, even when their retail model is failing -Unprofessional working environment. They hire too young, and its like high school all over again. -The stores have around 30 promotions going at a time and always getting new ones. People don't remember all of them and they get yelled at for not knowing all of them.","-Get ride of the promotions and begging people to come into your stores. If the product is attractive, it will sell itself. Hence Apple. -Be honest when you hire people. Tell them that it is all 100% sales.",3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66295,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 31, 2013",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,The organization met each of my expectations,"Best place to work, for me, as of now.",Maybe the size of the organization slow things a bit.,A bit more agility and speed in decision making.,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66296,microsoft,Over Feldborg (Denmark)," Mar 30, 2013",Former Employee - Jack of All Trades,awesome amazing wonderful excellent rad,benefits breaks money coworkers managers,there are no cons for this place,you rock,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66297,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"excellent people, good benefits, development opportunities","excellent people, good benefits, development opportunities","too slow reacting to market opportunities, performance review system",make it simpler,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66298,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 31, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,It is awesome working with Microsoft,"Working with Super geeks, Super environment to do the good work, career opportunities we get here",I cant think off anything which should be specified here. You should join the company to feel the difference.,Keep doing the good work we are doing currently,5.0,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66299,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Apr 8, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Solution Sales Professional,Same IC as Account Manager,SSP has difficult to engage Cx Level with no support from executives at MS,Complex Sales Variable Salary Composition,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1674.htm
66300,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2013",Former Employee - Sales,"Great people, political nightmare wrt management","-lots of benefits - you can ask and get pretty much anything you need. - great corp deals on work travel - hotels, airlines, etc - work life balance - devs are treated very well - bonuses can be good","- you have to be an expert in politics to succeed - send right emails, ""CC"" right people, ""BCC"" right people, be always visible to management, etc... - Promotions are based on statistical distribution, forced down on teams...i.e. in the beginning of the year you know that 5% will over achieve, 5 will underachieve, etc... Management tries to hide this fact and will talk about obscure pillars and disciplines.. - promotions are rare, difficult and based on politics",none,2.0,5.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66301,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 1, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Amazing Work Culture with Flexible timing and Competitive Work Environment,"Challenging Job, Competitive Environment and Work Life balance Also",I have not faced it yet,Pay attention to work life balance a bit more,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66302,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 24, 2013",Current Employee - Project Manager,Good as a Project Manager,Comfortable as a Project Manager,Too big for a Project Manager,More flexible,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66303,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Apr 2, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Extraordinary company that has lost its way...,"Microsoft provides a great training ground to really grow your professional skills - sales, marketing, program management, etc.","Quotas and targets in recent years have been unrealistic. Even when someone accomplishes their goals despite the odds, very little recognition is given.","The organization needs to have a higher priority on talent management. Too many good people have left the company only to be backfilled externally by ""B players"". Also, morale in the field is at an all time low - WHI is not surfacing the details. I suggest HR forms a focus group for each of the areas to develop actionable recommendations to improve conditions.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66304,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Policitical, big, internally focussed org","Always ahead of technology, which is fun.",Cult-like atmosphere when Bill Gates appeared,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66305,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 1, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,A roller coaster ride,Talented people with innovative ideas.,unhealthy competition within the organization due to reviews and ratings system.,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66306,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 20, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Support Engineer/Tech Lead,Good company to work for .... One of the Best in the world !!,"1. Very lucrative facilities. You are pampered here. Gifts are immense. 2. Great place to work and learn technology. 3. Great to work in a fast paced, competitive environment. 4. Provides good work life balance. 5. Good pay packs compared to peer organisations.",1. Very demanding working atmosphere. You always need to learn and grow. Just cannot relax. 2. Management can do a better job in retaining talent.,1. Management needs to learn and be more expert technologically when they are leading a great technology company. 2. Management lacks vision.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66307,microsoft,none," Mar 29, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Experience can be very different depending on the group,"It is important to not that at Microsoft, like most large companies your employment experience will vary greatly based on your group, team and direct manager.  Some very smart, creative people huge range of jobs, roles and teams to keep you interested good salary and great benefits lots of opportunities to give back to the community","work life balance? forget it review system encourages backstabbing, cutthroat behaviour frequent reorgs",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66308,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Apr 2, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II,A valuable experience in the largest software company of the world,Great people and a very good company with its employee. A learnt a lot.,Large and slow moving company. Innovates but without a clear direction. Too many people/project so the scope of the work is very limited. Lacks a technical CEO.,Having a technical aware CEO and invert more in crazy ideas.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66309,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love that place!,Amazing place to do anything you can dream off if you have the talent.,"Too big of a company and sometimes minutiae gets in the way. You have to learn to manage people well, but that's true in any place and any company.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1675.htm
66310,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 29, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Inside Microsoft,Challenging roles. handful salary. healthy culture and professionalism. full of perks,"a bit of more pressure than other companies, but the salary compensates it.",none...managing extremely well!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66311,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 14, 2013",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,Great place to learn and work!,"A lot of mobility between teams and countries. Great intelligent people working here. Lots of opportunities to learn, many responsibilities from day 1. Great perks (this year we got Surface and Windows Phone).",Too much bureaucracy Can be a bit too big at times,Reduce process churn,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66312,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 12, 2013",Current Employee - Consultant,Microsoft,One of the best companies to work for with good work culture,Nothing as such excepting that the consulting delivery can be made a bit better,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66313,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 23, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Very average experience in Microsoft IDC, Hyderabad, India",Good benefits Great campus Some good co-workers,Lot of politics People want to look good by making others look bad,"Most people are still sitting on their laurels from 15 years ago and doing realize that Microsoft seems to be largely irrelevant in the Internet world dominated by the likes of Google, FB, Apple",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66314,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 25, 2013",Former Employee - Technical Lead,Wonderful experience,Pro-People company Great benefits Great learning opportunities Lots of role transfers possible,"At IGTSC, the management has gone from people to numbers, which changes its pro-people stance.","@IGTSC management, Numbers are important but its people who drives the numbers, so take care of people and numbers will fall into place.",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66315,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Apr 11, 2013",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Political, stale and unimaginative","Cash - company is sitting on a mountain of cash and can afford to blow big budgets for Marketing campaigns every quarter which makes your job easy. Products with significant market share - Windows and Office - as a Marketer, you can expect sales to roll in regardless of how well you do (or in the case of many - don't) your job well",Very political environment - many dinosaurs in this company make it hard to do any real work as everyone is playing games to try to move up the ranks. This is particularly tough for new graduates as they are competing for air time with 15 year old dinosaurs who have strong connections with the SLT Unimaginative - Marketing spend is largely focused on dragging competitors' names through the mud and copying features and products,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66316,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer,"International working environment, competible pay and interesting projects.","Not so open management, slow career developement",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66317,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 20, 2013",Current Employee - Service Engineer,Great Place to Work!!,"Cutting Edge Technologies, Great Processes & People",No cons to share at this moment,None,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66318,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome and challenging,"Great culture, awesome products used by millions",Lack the zeal of a startup,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66319,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work and grow,"great working culture , perks , talent appreciation ,competitiveness",grilling projects and short deadlines,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1676.htm
66320,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2013",Former Employee - Product Advisor,"Underpaid, overworked, treated like crap","The company itself is very good and provides good benefits and perks, including free products at certain times. At times the job involved playing XBOX and running fun workshops for kids. It's an excellent company to have on your resume, and there is some potential for using it as a springboard to a corporate position at Microsoft (although I cannot say how possible this really is).","The pay for the position was laughably low given the requirements and expectations, and significantly lower than Microsoft's major competition. Many staff were temps brought on from agencies, who were strung along for months with no idea if/when they would ever be awarded full-time positions. Store management varied between absent, incompetent, childish, and downright awful human beings, and poisoned the working environment.","Fire the management team and replace them with people that understand the importance of creating a positive working environment. Stop hiring from Future Shop, Staples, Best Buy, etc. and source managers from stores that make customer service and atmosphere a priority: Microsoft retail should be treated as a boutique, not a big-box retail outlets, but management does not seem to understand this.  Pay your employees better. As in, enough to actually live on in Toronto. The pay is acceptable for a part-time position while one is a student, but is not enough to keep full-time employees from pursuing better options, particularly given that with the skill set Microsoft helps develop, they could likely earn 2-3X as much elsewhere.",1.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66321,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 19, 2013",Former Employee - Solution Sales Professional,Microsoft Middle East,"Large, well known name to have on your CV","Very political, layered, and inefficient sales organization",none,2.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66322,microsoft,none," Mar 19, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Leadership or Management,"A warm, but challenging company with extremely intelligent individuals. It's processes and procedures are world class with probably the best documentation I've ever encountered. Salaries and benefits are at the top end of the market and it is by far a 'pay-for-performance' group.","It is extremely risk averse and its ""licencing protection approach"" is all pervasive throughout all business units. It is inflexible and run by the contract management group - very little decentralised business management. It is so tiightly wound, it does not see what is in the best interest of the customer.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66323,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Mar 17, 2013",Former Employee - Engineer,poor expectations,middle of the road pay/perks,"way over worked, staff not ready to help new hires. poor internal organisational processes.",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66324,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 17, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,"Big, slow, directionless.","Great perks, American style compensation",Tough environment. Very competitive. Too much red tape from Singapore. Cant get anything done. Feel like a useless cog pushing papers and reports.,kill middle management!,2.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66325,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Incredible!,"Amazing opportunities, amazing impact on peoples lives, amazing opportunities to contribute to technology and development. Also amazing opportunities to develop your own skills and career, to connect with wonderful specialist.","During my years of working in Microsoft I haven't found any true ""Cons"", only challenges to overcome, like the huge information flow. Every day in Microsoft is a wonderful challenge. I've been to MSFT only a few years but only keep on going to be in shape and up for the challenges, loving it!",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66326,microsoft,none," Mar 13, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Good salary, too many politics, boring work",We get paid really well!! Canteen is good.,Work is mind numbingly boring. Lots of politics.,"Challenge the employees, stop holding them back. Then we can start to be more innovative, and dare I say it, ""cool""!",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66327,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,garbage beyond ones imagining,- they know how to host parties,- management is running in their own world while employees do their own business -,none,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66328,microsoft,Almaty (Kazakhstan)," Mar 11, 2013",Former Employee - Pam,Microsoft (outside of the US),The name of the company.,Poor people management and slow career growth.,Listen to individual contributors not only twice a year. And MS Poll is not only tool to get employees feedback.,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66329,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Allways trying to exceed,"Great Resources, lot's of oppurtunities to growth","To many hidden agendas and to many ""Egos""",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1677.htm
66330,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Mar 6, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Allways trying to exceed,"Great Resources, lot's of oppurtunities to growth","To many hidden agendas and to many ""Egos""",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66331,microsoft,Vedbæk (Denmark)," Mar 7, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Product Planner,"Great opportunities, uncertain product focus","Numerous professional opportunities, culture open to change","Excessive politics among mid-management, inconsistent group and product plans",none,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66332,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Mar 2, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great international company,"It's great to work in the company, where your software will be used by billions of people in the world. You're getting top-knotch business and technical experience here. You can definately take your career to international level in Microsoft.",It's a very big company... So the innovation could be tough to promote in some divisions.,Current yearly review model is brutal and way to political,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66333,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Mar 2, 2013",Current Employee - RDAA,A good place to learn about a big company,"a well-structured company, as a part-time student working there, employers are patient to teach you stuff as long as one wants to learn","too well structure and hierarchy, couldn't feel the passion about creativity or its own products",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66334,microsoft,none," Mar 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits and cool products, but not so great management.","It's exciting to be able to work on products that impact literally millions of people especially on products as recognizable as those produced by Microsoft. Who doesn't know Microsoft: Windows, Outlook, Skype, you name it. The benefits here are also very competitive and compete with the top in the software industry.",Lower management is not so great. The best managers likely get promoted very quickly. There is if you can't beat'em then join them mentality as managers tend to promote those that have followed them around. Sometimes new ideas are not as welcomed.,Don't micro manage and entrust your employees to come up with great ideas.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66335,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Mar 1, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Excellent place to work to grow not only business but also your self.,"You will be working in a high speed and world-class business environment, so you will be able to have a chance to grow yourself that helps building your career.",it is a huge company so sometimes making decision seems too late because they tend to wait until everything is ready.,"It will be nice if management thinks more about end-to-end customer experience (from before-purchase, using product, to customer-support). Because of the size of the company, each division is focusing on their business area only, and divisions sometimes dis-connected.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66336,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 27, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager I,An overall ok experience,"good benefits, great salary, some good people",nobody bothered about growth of the employee.. plus very little challenging work at the IT division.,try to retain good people and make better project plans with less emphasis on quick delivery and more emphasis on robust designs and quality code.,3.0,4.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66337,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Mar 1, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,You can make an impact,"flexi working, career opportunities, challenges, job keeps changing so you won't get bored","lots of dependencies on other teams, long processes, slow to react",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66338,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 25, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Great place to work,"Great work culture, competetive compensation, great facilities and a more than useful benefit program.",Work might get a little monotonous with time and growth is a tough task.,Generate more challenging work and reduce the attrition.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66339,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good to work for,Good company to work for,Very siloed management style which limits empowerment,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1678.htm
66340,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 26, 2013",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Nice place to work,"Good Work culture, Flexible timings, Good career grooming and good technical growth path. Excellent facilities",Many projects in India are not core work,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66341,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2013",Former Employee - Tech Support Windows and Office,good,training was ok i guess,lack of support for staff,don't let call centers treat your tech staff so badly,5.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66342,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2013",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great learning & development, huge brand, lost their way of late.","Strong, values based culture (in Australian subsidiary) focused on personal development and rewarding high achievers. Very high average IQ and capability of staff. Good alignment of personal goals to company goals. Great benefits package.","High pressure, more and more revenue driven. Quarterly reporting, forecasting, pipeline management is everything, at expense of customer relationship and long term outcomes. Some teams dysfunctional due to poor leadership, not being sorted out.","Take a longer term approach, continue to invest in the best and not focus as much on keeping the market happy from one quarter to the next.",4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66343,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Feb 18, 2013",Former Employee - Account Manager,Burn you up and spit you out.... ,"Started off well, used to be very customer focussed, slowly declined with less and less focus on their customers great products and innovating to Cloud strategy that really is very good Used to be a good Brand Name","All about internal self promotion, not about the results you produced Management were all about themselves, covering their own backsides, disappearing when a deal went bad Bullying seemed to be the only way the inexperienced management could deal with the pressure from above 30-40% increase in Quota year on year - not sustainable...mmmmm Success measurements became all about complicated scorecarding, just make sure it is 'Green', ""I do not care how you make it turn Green ?"" What a pity because this was a great company to be associated with..... truly.","Start being honest with yourselves, taking more time to manage vs. Management by Scorecards Your staff and customers should be top priority, not your Scorecard turning green Too many long termers that can do no wrong",2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66344,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unlimited career potential if you are willing to put in the hours,Almost unlimited possibilities for personal and career development You get to work with highly ambitious people in a very competitive environment Flexible working environment and great collaboration tools for it (work from anywhere at any time),"You are measured on everything and anything Focus is entirely on the current fiscal year In practice, the culture does not encourage co-operation, quite on the contrary",Get rid of the middle-management layer,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66345,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 6, 2013",Current Employee - SO2 Applications Engineer,passion to succeed in the ms ladder,good salary and compensation and job,heavily priced at a wrong cost,heavily priced,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66346,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft global israel development center,"salary, training, bulding, hr, reviews, learning","re-orgs, strategy, interest, long distance",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66347,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Consultant,Best company in Indian IT landscape,"Great campus, very smart peers, Great employee benefit package","Bad work-life balance, Peer competition hurts",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66348,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunity to make a difference,Clever people Strong Identity great feeling of making a difference to the world,highly competitive can be a little like overwhelming at first,focus on actually listening to people,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66349,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Intern Review,"Tthe work was quite easy and all employees that I worked with were easily accessible and helpful. Good amount of paid vacation, they treat their employees well.","Long hours and tough deadlines put a dent in the social life, Ii found that when I got home I was too tired to do anything.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1679.htm
66350,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 11, 2013",Current Employee - Support Engineer,"Great place, lots of freedom, very transparent organization","Good pay, good benefits, travel on the cards too. MS on your resume always looks great.","Work can be intense, gotta learn to manage time well in a fast paced environment.","Not really, but just wanted to say that generally, the management is very open, very approachable and are all ears to your problems.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66351,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Microsoft,Great company with good culture and values,Starting to get too big = slow,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66352,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jan 29, 2013",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,"Good company to work for, though roles can disappear in an instant as products get dropped.","Renumeration is good for a large corporate. Shares given regularly though upside on shares is low. Access to great technology, and good staff software perks including employee purchase and free MSDN Ultimate.","Quite political and sometimes doesn't feel like everyone is pulling in the same direction. Review system isn't great, can sometimes act unfairly to both high and low achievers which can impact bonuses and often success is very dependent on the product rather than the individual.",Microsoft has excellent integration between its software products - try and sell solutions that add client value rather than just trying to bundle products up in an EA or driving hard to get an unneeded product in the EA.,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66353,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, great technology and vision",After 10 years still enjoying Microsoft Services org,Too much politics in corporate environment,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66354,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Feb 5, 2013",Current Employee - Sales Director,Great company to work for,If you are good you will get far. You are measure for your performance. You can make a lot of money if you work hard and make it happen.,Too big and burochratic. We need to start to innovate again,Need to hire diverse people and with focus on consumer,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66355,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 4, 2013",Former Employee - Consultant,Consultant,Good work and benefits. Great colleagues.,Too much pressure and politics. You need to beat your band otherwise you cannot rise.,Care for the engineers who make it all work.,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66356,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Feb 7, 2013",Former Employee - Product Marketing,"fast paced, innovative, matrix organization, got to be good at the politics","good recognition, good opportunities, great employee office perks and flexible work schedules (work from home etc.)","some nepitism, very ""by the box"" prescriptive process, want innovation and creative thinking but process and slow moving decision making is frustrating",hire more people from outside the organization...stop navel gazing...,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66357,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 19, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,SDE II,Awesome company to work...decent salary...very good work life balance...really intelligent people...and very employee friendly company,The indian senior management is very bad. Almost lots of politics in the system and too slow. Blame game is very rampant. Not much good work happening in india.,Throw away the senior people in india and bring is good set of working people.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66358,microsoft,none," Feb 5, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, diverse products, strong company with room for long term career growth in Tech.","Smart, passionate people, good career growth potential with international mobility. Open and honest feedback depending on your manager Huge company with many possibilities, though it is increasingly difficult to change roles within the company.","Constant change in recent years (multiple managers, org names, and bad communication to field teams within my division). The changes, and direction of the company are moving in a good direction overall but change management needs a review.",Need to change review system to move beyond individuals and reward (at least partially) teams. The necessity to create 5's and then boot them out does not encourage team work.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66359,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 25, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great company that really cares about their employees,"Great work environment Flexible hours Lots of opportunities to grow You got bore of the technology you are working on, no problem switch to another completely different product in the company Good benefits package","A bit process heavy, especially on very old products",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1680.htm
66360,microsoft,none," Feb 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to lean for an intern,"Good people, nice campus, decent projects to lean",Do not give much importance to projects for deciding PPOs,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66361,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, good work life balance",Worklife balance and good cultural mix,Slow entrance to tablet and mobile markets,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66362,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 4, 2013",Former Employee - Group Manager,Foundational experience,"Opportunity to lead industry, Smart People/Team, excellent resources, great campus, on the job learning","decision making centered in Redmond, not enough support to learn and grow",Invest in building learning experiences for people - often the people who fall are the ones who have the ability and courage to take things much further along.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66363,microsoft,Emea (Indonesia)," Jan 21, 2013",Current Employee - Group Manager,Great place to work with many career advancement possibilities,"Great company, smart people, many locations, many opportunities...Promote well from within.",Bureaucracy and scorecard system too rigid...often stifles innovation.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66364,microsoft,Lisbon (Portugal)," Jan 18, 2013",Former Employee - Desktop Support Engineer,A wonderful company to be a part of.,Open and friendly environment. Access to technology and outstanding resources. Great oportunity to work alongside with the greatest minds of the IT Industry. Strong commitment to Work/Life Balance. Recognition. These are just some of the things I can say and that I've experienced from working in MSFT Support.,I can't think of anything to say on this matter. Except maybe that it does not have any cons. Best Place to Work awards several years in a row make my point.,"I never, at any time, felt I was mislead as to what my objectives were in Microsoft. From day one we all knew what we were working to achieve. I can say that, in my opinion, Management was both a helping hand and someone that recognizes when you've done a good job. Probably the best people I've ever worked for.",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66365,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 31, 2013",Former Employee - Sales and Marketing,"Some great people, great minds and great products.",Flexible and pleasant work environment Some great colleagues Interesting work and room for growth Constant personal development and challenges,"As with all large companies, some slow structural processes It can be a pressurised environment Politics can be rife in certain departments",Adopt a review process that does not alwaysdepend on having a % of people scoring low Be attentive to bullying and buck-passing Try to see things from a customer perspective- a more real world view. MS can be very insular and removed from the Irish business place of SMB's.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66366,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Feeding from the fire hose...if you like that sort of thing.,"Great pay and benefits. Opportunity for self-improvement is the best. If you are the type that likes to constantly learn, then jump on board, but it's a fire hose of information! Great managers and people to work with, but very high expectations, so be willing and ready to go overboard on delivery.","Travel, travel, travel. A lot of internal processes that take time away from your primary job and don't seem to make sense to your job. Did I say travel?",Better onboarding processes instead of being thrown into the fire.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66367,microsoft,"Haidian, Beijing (China)"," Jan 29, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,It is a great journey with ms,"Great working env., great benefit, challenge work targets, well training, flexible mgmt. smart team mates, very unique culture, very aggressive, realistic","Internal politics is terrible. Too much US centric.. Big company sick, too many meetings, performance review process is poor, could not well fit in to local env., too much windows focus.",Thinking about more on quality of growth,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66368,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Excellent place to work,"Company with excellent values, talented people, admired by millions, good work and life balance, attractive package for both salary and benefits,",Career can be challenging if you take the ownership,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66369,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2013",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Learning,"Open culture, exposure to different roles within the company","Not easy to make career moves within, not very challenging",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1681.htm
66370,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 30, 2013",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Learning,"Open culture, exposure to different roles within the company","Not easy to make career moves within, not very challenging",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66371,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 29, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,it is like living on edge,"Good salary, working with MS is matter of great pride","Not much career growth after SCON, lot of politics and show off required to survive if you want to survive be prepared to pull somebody down. your annual appraisal depends on stupid EM feedback (who knows nothing about delivery)",none,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66372,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Feb 15, 2013",Current Employee - Account Technology Strategist,"A once great company that has lost its way in a sea of politics, destructive stack ranking and micro managed scorecards.",Some smart people work at Microsoft Physical working conditions are great,Teamwork destroying Stack Ranking Rewards for playing politics rather than doing a good job Mindless bureacracy and pointless processes Poor strategic direction Centralised control via inflexible scorecards. You expend effort on colouring in scorecards even when it is clearly the wrong use of resources,Get rid of Ballmer and Turner Get rid of Stack Ranking,1.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66373,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 10, 2013",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Excellent company to work with,Good culture for growth and learning,compensation may be bit on the down side if you are from IT background.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66374,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 25, 2013",Former Employee - Software Developer,Development Engineer,Brand Name Talented people Respect for ideas and people Great benefits Great trainings,Too much Ego in some people even though respect for idea not very encouraged to implement them,Stay hungry and understand people,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66375,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2013",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),A place where you get rewarded for your hard work,Competitive atmosphere that drives you to produce your best work every day,Ability to take risk is being diminished,Lose the scorecards...they are killing our ability to do the right thing. Everyone is focused on keeping the cards green,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66376,microsoft,Indore (India)," Jan 27, 2013",Former Employee - MS Windows 8 Tech Support,Working with MS was awesome.,The job was very challenging as the MS Windows 8 is a very deep subject.,There is hardly any cons when you work with MS. Its world leader.,I cannot give any advice in this regard as I was not a direct employee of MS,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66377,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Where are they going next?,"Creativity, the amazing people, The fact that you can have a vision, prove it works and then create a team to deliver it!","Senior Management out of touch, rating system means people compete with others instead of focusing on being an R & D success!","Ditch the current Appraisal rating process, focus on new development and creativity, stop chasing other markets inventions AFTER they have launched.....",4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66378,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2013",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good company to work for,Flexible time Talented people Diversity aware company Good citizen. Contributes well for the local and global welfare Provides good benefits,Global work setting can be very stressfull Annual Performance evaluation system is flawed,Remove the perfornace evaluation system to unleash the creativity of the engineers. It might be relevant for marketing and admin kind work. Increase the compensation to win over the competition,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66379,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Jan 22, 2013",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Solution Sales Productivity role in Microsoft,Quite an important role Great policies Good salary,Lot of politics Lot of excel sheets floating around which need to be filled time and again Mostly internal focused instead of focusing on the customer,"Apart from the field, other teams also need to engage with customers to understand pulse of the customer. A lot of the reviews tend to be theoretical in nature",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1682.htm
66380,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jan 23, 2013",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Great company to work with,"Interesting projects, hundreds of different groups to choose from",So-So conflicting culture at times,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66381,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 9, 2013",Current Employee - Channel Manager,"Very challenging, competitive but rewarding work.","High energy level, company is highly self-critical, always looking to improve. Work is demanding and satisfying. Hours are very flexible.",Stressful due to the constant shifting focus and huge scope of work. Frequent re-orgs.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66382,microsoft,none," Jan 22, 2013",Former Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Microsoft technical sales role,Good resources spent on technical training,"Working pressure, too harsh and demanding",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66383,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Account Executive,"great Place to. work, a big company","Flexibility, diversity, multinacional enviroment, american wat of doing things","Tons of work, big compañías aré slow sometimes, You must be independent","Be open minded, help people to develop....",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66384,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,A lot of smart people,IT's hard to get promot,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66385,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience and truly an amazing company,"The company is all about passion, and has an energetic atmosphere",Can be very political and competitive,"Foster more of a team culture, instead of fierce individual competition.",5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66386,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Ok, does not live up to the hype",Microsofties are truly passionate about Microsoft and its products Rarely meet anyone truly evil,Need to understand and use competitors products more need more people who are proactive/effective and not coasting/avoiding controversy,Build more street smarts and cred.,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66387,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 10, 2013",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Lamb under a Tiger's Skin,the best talent in industry can be found here,This is not what actual Microsoft is like,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66388,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good, solid company that treats employees well","Good if you want decent working hours. They are flexible with working arrangement (work from home) and treat their employees with respect. Performance review, for all its flaws, is a amture process and usually fair.","Not the most exciting work. Bureaucracy can be a little annoying at times. If you want your career to be exciting and take off, look elsewhere.",Take more risks.,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66389,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,good working environment and facilities,can get very stressful at crunch times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1683.htm
66390,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,good working environment and facilities,can get very stressful at crunch times,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66391,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a very nice work place,good working atmosphere and nice people,hard to get to higher positions,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66392,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,A very nice workplace,One get to work with very smart people and get to learn everyday. Flexible working hours. One has a say to things which is valued by higher management. Good compensation. Innovative products.,Compensation can be improved compared to Amazon and Google. Some teams have not very good quality work as one get to work on small part of a big product.,Upper management is very nice and no changes are required there.,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66393,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,candid review,- Nice benefits - competitive pay - good smart people,- Lot of politics at senior management - lot of not so good folks at senior management layer,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66394,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 8, 2013",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Good place to work but lost it's way,"Good benefits, work environment and generally good people to work with. Lot's of opportunities to move internally and also to move internationally",The review system is Microsoft's achilles heel in terms of talent management. It favours those who are very good at working the system rather than doing an excellent job. This means that getting your bonus is based very subjectively depending on how well you get on with your boss and how well they get on with their boss. The scorecard mentality also put the focus internally rather than to the customer,Scrap the stack ranking process,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66395,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Up or out,Got to work with some great folks.,"If you are not promoted on a regular cycle, you are moved out of the company. Stack ranking creates a competitive environment that is detrimental to innovation and improvement.",Get rid of stack ranking.,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66396,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great, stable employer getting better with age.","Lots of job opportunity if open to moving from business group to business group. Surrounded by smart people, most of whom are very passionate about what they are doing. Exposed to cool technology that impacts billions of people around world. Pride in alignment to the Microsoft brand.","Increasingly competitive and political culture for rewards given forced ranking performance system. Size can translate to an impersonal environment that is diminished in some teams, but exists across company. External impression is that there are endless budgets and resources to get work done, so leveraging experience at Microsoft into next role can be challenging if pursuing a small company opportunity.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66397,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2013",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,The place where you can have opportunities and valuable colleagues.,Exceptional workplace environment as well as professional and trustable colleagues. The number 1 company in the SW space were you can vary your job from business to consumer to online to device and game. I think no any other company could offer this panel of opportunities to growth our personal and professional skills.,"Some BU has too much pressure on results, short term versus mid-long. Employee calibration too much standardized and impersonal, under some math rules.","All of my managers were great persons, some on both aspects human and professional.. some only professional. Always I learned something and kept in mind lots of directions I received to run the Company life as well as the professional and personal life.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66398,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 11, 2013",Former Employee - IT Test Engineer,Good Experience,"work-life balance, peers, perks, outings,","less mentoring, not-so-good gender diversity.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66399,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok at microsoft,"impact in marketplace, well known","to big for own good, very difficult to work within structure.",none,3.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1684.htm
66400,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,It sure is a good place to work,It is also very demanding,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66401,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,The working atmosphere was great,They office was very cosy,The salary was not very high,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66402,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great benefits, growth is limited once your are in the system",Big products with scale. Benefits. Flexibility to move around in the organization,Not a management focused company. You need to pave your own way,Managers should be more incented to take active role in managing their team.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66403,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, but could be better",Lots of smart people to learn from. Many innovative products and ideas,No free food like other SV tech companies No open floors for open communication. Everyone's at his/her office so somewhat isolated from each other.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66404,microsoft,none," Jan 9, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is the BEST job.,Work culture and the exposure to learn new technologies. Growth opportunities,Work life balance can take a hit if you get night shifts,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66405,microsoft,Istanbul (Turkey)," Jan 10, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,it is fun to work,"compensation package, work/life balance, name",career opportunities are limited and probably will be a frustration in the near future,more effort for people development,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66406,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Intern from Istanbul,great work environment & life balance full of professional people prestige of the employer good salary (not for interns though),there is not enough learning environment for an intern/ fresh grad,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66407,microsoft,none," Jan 8, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Professional, positive experience",The people are top notch,Quotas don't always align with the market,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66408,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Dec 22, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer,I Love Microsoft,The Best salary gotta from rest of the company on earth,No.as for me microsoft has no cons.no cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66409,microsoft,"Fangshan, Beijing (China)"," Dec 28, 2012",Current Employee - Business Manager,"Great people to work with, opportunities for career growth if you are open and embrace the change","Lots of opportunities to learn, have flexibility on how you get your work done, encourage to take initiative, many great people to work with, lots interesting product and project to work on.","change is the norm, it is a challenge to get everyone on the same page, requiring strong influence and impact skill , great communication and relationship building skill.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1685.htm
66410,microsoft,none," Jan 3, 2013",Former Employee - Program Unit Manager,Good for those that like that sort of thing,"You work with very smart people The benefits are excellent and HR does a lot for you There are many interesting projects and there is great opportunity for mobility in the company Some people thrive at Microsoft, others don't. It isn't for everyone.",Projects often fall victim to politics Planning changes too frequently as management is in constant flux Too little attention is paid to user-centric design. Somehow groups of great individuals become terrible teams at Microsoft. Individuals can often gain greatly at the expense of a project or team. Very hard to be entrepreneurial. Great if you can follow the crowd.,"Test users outside of the Redmond area Don't change direction every six months Not everything in the world happens in Redmond Listen more to your business partners, don't always take control",3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66411,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good, decent company and takes care of employees","provides lots of facilities in different areas - sports, health, medical etc.  flexible environment in almost all aspects gives you freedom","hidden politics, too much flexibility can make you attach to the company ,)  salary looks low for MBA grads",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66412,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Microsoft Premier Field Engineer,"Ability to transfer and work anywhere in the world, offices everywhere. Consistent amount of training for certain roles.","Demanding company, usually requiring working extra hours and stretch targets.",Focus on competition and optimize to challenge the market.,4.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66413,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, good company",Lots of smart people. Unlimited resources.,"Every team now has its own ""platform"". Each GM/PUM has his own fiefdom. Engery spent on maximize one's influence than the greater good of the company",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66414,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Dec 22, 2012",Current Employee - Programmer,I Love Microsoft,The Best salary gotta from rest of the company on earth,No.as for me microsoft has no cons.no cons,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66415,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,There is an amazing 'work - life' balance at Microsoft who value employees as their greatest assets.,Amazing work - life balance Fantastic facilities Supportive work culture Very skilled co-workers,Too much focus on numbers,"The number based rating shouldn't be too much emphasized and pushed through, so that talented and skilled people will continue focus on quality and other non-quantifiable values like enthusiasm and calmness",5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66416,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2013",Former Employee - Program Manager,Whole range of employees at MS from outstanding to poor,Microsoft has a long history of trying to do the right things for it's customers and employees. There are alot of great people at Microsoft and when they are given the freedom to deliver they usually do a great job.,"Out of 15 years working at Microsoft the last few years were bad. My last manager was unable to communicate a consistent goal, and was surprised when 'the thing' she wanted done wasn't what she expected. Focus was on managing up rather than what the company needed to produce for happy customers.","Get back to knowing the individuals who are doing the actual work for key projects, don't filter through several layers of management.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66417,microsoft,none," Jan 3, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work for researchers,I enjoyed my time at MSR.,You are disconnected from products.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66418,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jan 23, 2013",Current Employee - Manager,just a sweat shop these days - there's no fun around the place any longer,if you're prepared to work like a dog you can definitely go places. there's plenty of flexibiity on hours too but you need to be disciplined.,work-life balance is almost non existent and it feels as if the organisation is purely scorecard driven now - nothing else matters apart from metrics,place less emphasis on the scorecard and listen more to the feedback from employees who actually care about the state of the organisation.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66419,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Nice benefits location and pay,Corporate culture crazy review system and Too much process.,You need to change.,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1686.htm
66420,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 5, 2013",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Development Engineer,"working with best people in Software industry, working on latest technologies, opportunity to develop products that touch lives of millions of people around the world",Sometimes the processes may delay the tasks.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66421,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"The long, slow goodbye...","Medical, although restructured to comply with new healthcare act, is currently salaray neutral once tax advantages are taken into account -- best medical around. Salary is above average for the area. Hours aren't crazy. Some groups are still very good.","The review system and title bloat, managing image more important than producing products people love. Management talent is not appreciated.",Produce products people want instead of chasing each other around for the best review.,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66422,microsoft,none," Dec 25, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent employer with a great culture,Modern working environment with excellent benefits,Score card led management of recent years,Empower staff to do do what is right,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66423,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company if you can find the right fit.,"Like all big companies there are great places within the company to work and really bad ones. If you're looking for a job at Microsoft do as much research as you can about the specific group, whether they are growing, the management and whether you believe in their product direction.",Microsoft has it's own unique way of doing things. It takes a while to learn how to get things done there. The review system is annoying and in my opinion really doesn't do much to drive great performance and really just leads to dissatisfaction with reviews.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66424,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2013",Former Employee - Senior Director,Microsoft,Microsoft is a wonderful employer,Microsoft is very large and is not nimble anymore.,Senior management needs a shakeup.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66425,microsoft,none," Jan 1, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Vanity Fair was correct,* great benefits * work with smart people * interesting projects,"* work with smart people :p * politics, politics, politics. * some groups at MS are better than others for exciting projects",none,2.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66426,microsoft,none," Jan 3, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company for diverse experience,Great company for diverse experience Really good benefits,"If you want to move up the ladder gotta go to Redmond Most interesting opportunities are in Redmond/Seattle Many folks live in the MSFT bubble and aren't as in tune with what's moving/changing in the tech world. When you're in a satellite office, it's hard to build relationships and get hallway/informal channel information",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66427,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company,flexibility of time thats a big advantage,lot of work to do,you really need to see the other side of coin,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66428,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very nice working conditions and friendly people,Very nice working conditions and friendly people,bad food nearby the svc campus,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66429,microsoft,none," Dec 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Absolutely love this company - the best in the world!,"Great work, great people! Absolutely love this company - the best in the world!",Nothing really that I can think of.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1687.htm
66430,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jan 1, 2013",Current Employee - Freelancing,A Good Start but difintly not the life job,Work on the task you choose (Apply for) work on you home,some times clients are really silly and not professional a lot of low quality and cheep contractors makes it hard to hunt a job and make clients think that all contractors have low quality,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66431,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2013",Current Employee - Product Advisor,It's the opportunity and experience of a lifetime.,Microsoft provides great benefits and certainly looks out for its employees. I definitely feel like I'm part of a family that takes care of everyone. And it's an amazing experience to live the current Microsoft innovation momentum.,Management could use some work. Some managers are complete inappropriate choices for people who are considered to lead employees and treat all employees with respect and equality. I know the saying is to leave your work at work and your home at home and we're all guilty of bringing one to the other but there's a line to it.,This pertains more to retail: There are better ways to let your employees know that they've done something wrong. Expressing your frustrations with these employees in the vicinity of others (employees AND customers) is completely inappropriate.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66432,microsoft,none," Dec 26, 2012",Current Employee - Partner Account Manager,Opportunity to learn,"Great colleagues, intellectually challenging, good salary/benefits, good degree of freedom. Despite all the cons listed below, still amazingly capable company.","Bureaucracy is increasingly getting into way of reason and productivity, overall quality of work is decreasing, business groups are losing touch with partner channel. There is less trust within company and balance between thinking and doing is turning more to just doing. Open and honest discussion is not always welcomed as one could expect from corporate list of values.",Try to keep things more like in start-up.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66433,microsoft,"Haidian, Beijing (China)"," Dec 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,cool place decent environment good latitude,decent environment， good latitude， good job,work life balance is not good enough,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66434,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 27, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"An enriching experience, my first one!","I have worked for Microsoft for considerably less time than average. It was the best start for my career. The company really cares for its employees, as evident from its employee centric policies. Open door policy of managers, single occupancy cubicles and many more are policies which drive more confidence and affinity in employees towards working for Microsoft.",Nothing which is big but of course everybody has some. I would mention the performance review changes made recently as not good. It all depends on your reporting manager only.,Nothing specific.,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66435,microsoft,none," Dec 28, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Overall Good place to work,"Benefits , People , Working with latest technology",Review system forces individualism instead of team work.,Listen to feedback about reviews,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66436,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company with great people,"Microsoft is a ever changing company. Having worked there for 16+ years I watched it mature through various product cycles, while not always perfect the teams there aspired to be the best and deliver well engineered technical solutions.","Microsoft has a hard culture. There is more emphasis on the personal success vs. customer value, which results in some poor decision making and ugly politics. That said, they are learning and evolving....",Keep evolving the culture and holding all levels accountable. Focus more on customer value than agendas and technical roadmaps - instead let the customer lead that discussion.,5.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66437,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),The journey has been wonderful - lots of learning and application! :),"Being a tester, if you believe you are not going to be important to the product, Microsoft is the place which will just prove you wrong. A tester is the one person that plays a vital role in the development of a product from conceptualization to making it market-ready. Microsoft gives you the freedom to work as per your core strengths, has a wonderful social culture and the campus here in India is just the best office campus you can find in the country!",Microsoft is such a big IT company - it builds products for almost all tech. Aligning all its products together for a common goal is one of the big daunting tasks for Microsoft.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66438,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDET Lead,"Great talent, co workers. Cares for community",Lack of vision at senior management,"Better strategy, vision",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66439,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"An open, friendly an fun place to work",-Flexible timings including work from home facility. -Great campus. -Friendly people (Nobody is sir or mam here. Everybody doesn't matter how senior are called by their names). -Lot of events every month. -Good growth opportunities. -Good salary and hikes.,Till now I didn't find any cons in the company. Its really a great company to start with.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1688.htm
66440,microsoft,none," Jan 14, 2013",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,World's worst culture.,"Compensation, compensation, compensation, compensation, and great conferences.","Horrible leadership, incentivized cowardice, and almost as bureaucratic as the federal government.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66441,microsoft,Johor Bahru (Malaysia)," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,Awesome experince at Microsoft,My friend are make my work less,10 days only i join,tress work...,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66442,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Nice place to work. Good technology,I don't find any thing wrong here,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66443,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 18, 2012",Former Employee - MACH Trainee,Good for lifetime employment,"Liberal, democratic environment. Have two career paths - either horizontal (specialist) or vertical. Lifetime employment very possible, practically guaranteed :)","If you want a challenging demanding job, might not be the right place. If you want to try many new things - then yes.",none,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66444,microsoft,Kiev (Ukraine)," Dec 24, 2012",Current Employee - Group Manager,Microsoft,Very good company with a very advanced processes,Very flat infrastructure making difficult the vertical career growth,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66445,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Dec 9, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Senior Program Manager,Opportunities to work on Innovative Products and Services Company lives by it's values Relatively flat management structure Middle management focused on people development Colleagues are genuinely interested in the success of the company & work together Performance is rewarded,Culture does not suit people who prefer to work alone Some areas of the company need to reskill appropriately As an employee your friends will constantly compare Microsoft products to Apple and Google!,Continue to develop young talent and take risks that push the boundaries,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66446,microsoft,none," Dec 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Principal Group Program Manager,"I work every day with smart, passionate colleagues in an environment where innovation, design thinking, and customer focus are valued. Change (for the good) is in the air.","Since the company was late to market with an the (truly awesome) Windows Phone, it's frustrating that so few people have discovered it. But word is spreading, so hopefully this will change soon!","Keep supporting design thinking, agile development, and customer-focused design. It's working!",5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66447,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Decent company. More democratic than others. Heavy politics.,Work-life balance. Give employees a chance to give feedback about the health of the organization and managers conducted by an independent company.,Heavy politics. Sometimes it's hard for cross-group collaborations.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66448,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Work is not exciting..not enough learning,"Great work culture, compensation, Work life balance",Quality of work is not good,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66449,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK employer,good company with stable income,this company is not the leader any more. no innovation and it is getting slow.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1689.htm
66450,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Invests in its people,Invests in its people and has all the benefits of a big company,"Metric driven, which tends to over dominate decision making",Simplify,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66451,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 19, 2012",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Consulting and End to End to delivery,Good work culture Flexible Job Timining,Lot of policities Really hard to grow,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66452,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Dec 20, 2012",Former Employee - Product Marketing Manager,Great,Lots of independence and opportunities ot hone your skill set,"Nothing , carry on the momentum",Keep up the never say die attitude,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66453,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great Company and People, but Strategy is Too Cautious","Smart people, tough problems, lots of rope to grow and learn! MSFT has amazing benefits, competitive salaries and allows you to move across organizations fairly easily so you can go from consumer to enterprise products and learn along the way.","While MSFT has abundant resources, they face the classic innovator's dilemma with large cash cows and falling stars that they are very afraid of cannibalizing...that means innovation is often slower and done with a weary, cautious eye.",Take risks - cannibalize yourself before someone else does. Let people take risks in pilots and prove things out. Don't get stuck in bureaucracy.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66454,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,Learned a lot however rating system is toxic and rewards bad behaviors,"Worked with some of the smartest people in the software industry, many of whom put customers first, have great technical chops, smart business people, and do some very interesting things with software.",Review system rewards people who are good at self promotion and find appropriate managers who can provide air cover regardless of actual results or business conditions. People who move into mid level management and above are incented to build empires at any cost. The most politically charged environment I've ever seen.,Get rid of the review system. Flatten the organization. How many VPs reporting to VPs and GMs with no reports does the company actually need?,3.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66455,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Dec 18, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Nice environment, plenty of growing opportunity, overly political sometimes.","Possible to make a significant impact, and contribute. Great colleagues.",Politics influences annual revard way too much.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66456,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Dec 16, 2012",Current Employee - Business Manager,Great place to work,Very supportive environment. Opportunities to grow and develop a career. Possibility of international move if attractive to you,"Process can make things hard at times. All strategy comes from corporate. Little ability to make a difference locally. A great place to work for Women, can be frustrating for men when you see an obvious emphasis on hiring Women into roles often with less skills/experience/capability.",Divest decision making to the regions.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66457,microsoft,none," Dec 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,"Nice pay, Reputable company, career advancement","Too much workload, Stressful, poor work environment",More flexible hours,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66458,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,"Good environment, cool people, you can work on your pace","If you get suck with a bad manager, you are screwed.",none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66459,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great learning experience and opportunity to build world class software and cloud services,"Great place to work and learn about new technology, global processeses, and solve complex problems. Lots of smart people to build knowledge and team building skills. Multicultural environment that requires cultural openness.",Big company challenges and highly dynamic workplace. Reorganizations every 6 months.,Asia is a growth market and provide more leadership opportunities to high performers in Asia,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1690.htm
66460,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good start, a lot of practical knowledge stored here.",Good worldwide integration between employees Any new Microsoft software available to try/use Good experiencing shipping AAA products,"Some teams are not good, either mediocre IC colleagues or bad manager or even both. This become not the place you want to work at.",Compose rocket teams. Ask and accept people's opinion about who do they work with.,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66461,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Dec 13, 2012",Former Employee - Systems Analyst,Great teams and people to work with,Great opportunities Great people Lively environment Work on latest technologies,Can get monotonous if you are not careful At times unwanted processes but I guess large companies will have those,Invest more in skill building and innovations. You have some great people in team and mainly doing what they are told to do,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66462,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Great learning experience and opportunity to build world class software and cloud services,"Great place to work and learn about new technology, global processeses, and solve complex problems. Lots of smart people to build knowledge and team building skills. Multicultural environment that requires cultural openness.",Big company challenges and highly dynamic workplace. Reorganizations every 6 months.,Asia is a growth market and provide more leadership opportunities to high performers in Asia,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66463,microsoft,none," Dec 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good but not very well managed,Benefits very competitive considered the market,career development very slow and difficutl,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66464,microsoft,none," Dec 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software Development Lead,Good Benefits. People are overall very smart but the ecosystem where they work sucks. I wish it was more collaborative in nature.,Review process with emphasis on making teams collide and fight against each other rather than collaborate.,Change the review process and make people work together rather than against each other.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66465,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Dec 8, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Pretty good for people that don't mind their ,"excellent working conditions, huge knowledge base, good learning oportunities","stressful, poor work-life balance, always left the office with the impression that work wasn't done",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66466,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 29, 2012",Former Employee - Support Engineer II,Microsoft IGTSC is a wornderful journey,"Dream comes true when people get oppurtunity to enter inside Microsoft. Great environment, accompanying amazing talents as team members to reach goal. No comparisons for Microsoft with any other else.",Work & Life balance should be taken care for people in night shifts,Great...,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66467,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 6, 2012",Former Employee - GPM - BEO,Awesome !!!,Space to take decisions while keeping in line with well defined and friendly policies!!,"Be more open, inclusive and transparent",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66468,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Microsoft has a best work culture,tech driven. nice growth plans.,work schedules are bit of hectic.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66469,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Great pay/benefits, work atmosphere, but poor work/life balance",Great salary/benefits. Flexible hours. Professional work atmosphere but people are still friendly. Smart people to work with.,Too much competition internally. Work-life balance was't great - hours can be very long. Product innovation is slowing down.,Focus on product innovation and improve work-life balance.,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1691.htm
66470,microsoft,none," Dec 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Depends on the team you are in...,"Great benefits, good breadth of technology to work on, good ecosystem of employees, projects and in general diversity to learn from.  Depending upon the team, the work is either exhilarating or a little nebulous (too much in the future without a good business model)","- A lot of Microsoft teams need to clearly explain their business model to their employees. A lot of projects have this we willdo something and then figure out the business model.  - Sometimes there are too many ppl on a project, in general we can do with lesser people and take more risks  - The number of processes could be cut down to bring in more agility.",- Dont be scared to take major big bets - Be more innovative and push forward the clarity in the business very well - Be paranoid even for the healthy and multi billion dollar products and push forward.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66471,microsoft,Chandigarh (India)," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,me fill lots of happiness,me like microsoft sine my childhood,from the very begning me fell very ensecure here,all is going well no comment plz,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66472,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good,"Stable company, Wide range of technologies",Big company and lot of heirarchy,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66473,microsoft,none," Nov 26, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good Compensation, Crappy Leadership","Good salary and good (though degrading) benefits. Fair extras ( but also degrading bonus and stock compensation.) Good focus on internal training. Typical upsides related to a large corporation. Broad, varied, and at times, interesting product base.",Crappy and dated people management philosophy. The company is rotting from the head and is handling middle age poorly. If there is no Ballmer transition plan already in the works -- they are probably in long term trouble.,"Wall street and the professional market have declared their lack of faith in Ballmer's leadership for almost a decade. Internal polls have echoed much the same - especially at the Partner level - and tend to go unheeded. Microsoft is a different place then when it was the Billg oligarchy and needs to adapt or die. It's too big, and has too important a role yet to play to not repair itself.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66474,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Lead,anonymous,"Work and culture is awesome. If you are someone who values quality work and enjoys responsibility, no better place to be. Employee benefits are very good.","Low and mid-level management are seriously useless. You can cut at least 2 managers out of 5 in a group. HR is totally invisible and of no use at all. They are in tie-ups with Management for performance reviews. Instead of empowering and helping employees, they side with the management and are of little use to an average employee.",Company wide vision and direction is good. The road ahead is tough but MS should stick to the tough choices they've made and success will come in the near future.,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66475,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,still a great company but...,cash cow driving impacts is recognized and rewarded,"sr. leadership company strategy many ideas, but cannot get big things through well",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66476,microsoft,none," Nov 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Complicated,"professinal envronment is good, people are smart",the competetion is very strong,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66477,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 30, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,A good experience overall. I'd recommend this company.,"Teamwork, flexibility, working environment, benefits, corporate culture, renewed innovation and focus, some great and iconic brands, well-respected, starting to engage in consumer-centric development and marketing, structured and well thought-out professional development and career planning.","Can be strangely competitive due to opaque performance ranking process that pits staff against one another, consistent unrealistic forecasting leads to wasted time and efforts as teams throw everything at trying to hit impossible targets, long-term strategy is sometimes forsaken for immediate results, attached to the product at the expense of the consumer.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66478,microsoft,Chōfu (Japan)," Nov 24, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft changed for worse,It was innovative company 5 years before,not innovative anymore and no one work with each other anymore.,Stop stack ranking. everyone are now trying to beat each other instead of being innovative.,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66479,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 29, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good Company,"People are good, so peer learning is good. Provides very Good learning depending upon team, work is good\bad as per team Work Culture no more promotes employee care. Its all cost cutting. Employee Care and facilities are moderate compared to peers.","Compensation - They pay good compared to peers. Internal Change - The process of internal change of team makes the employee to resign by force by current manager, depending upon ego of manager.  If you are not mine, you can't be of others also. :)","Improve facilities, best engineers work for you.  Improve process for internal change, make them employee friendly rather than management friendly.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1692.htm
66480,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,"Excellent company, great people, great compensation packages",review system can cause competition instead of cooperation,end forced stack ranking,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66481,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Nov 28, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Overall, pretty good if you don't mind working incredibly hard",Getting to work with great people in a changing and dynamic environment. Getting fantastic opportunities to work on great projects and progress your career,"Zero to no work-life balance which can be tough enough going at time Highly competitve environment which is generally good but can have a negative impact, especially since there's no incentive for people to work together.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66482,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good environment,A lot of talents in the company. You can find experts in every area. Clear career development path and training system.,Too many re-orgs. Political game during performance review season. It's basically a top-down decision making process. Sometimes just ignore the voice from our users.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66483,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Dec 16, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing,Biggest gap between values and real-life behavior.,"Lots of knowledge, flexible hours, office, some processes are really good","The key problem is that the company lost true leaders and the existing ones have been wildly praising their own importance by over-exaggerating anything that may sound nice. This cultivated truly ego-centric behavior (was there before, but not that dramatic!!), completely misaligned with original values that focused on teamwork and actual achievements. Biggest priority became is how you report, make an excellent selling story and present to the management without sound criticism and deep insights. Showing off and influencing others for bad decisions became the core competence. Anything or anyone who moves to get this bubble transparent and facts-measured is obstructed and often destroyed at early stage. Amazing sensitivity and aggression for changing marketing agencies also had a bad smell. In a nutshell, big investment in HR branding, real disappointment in doing real job.",Make it real or go home.,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66484,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 27, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Excellent tenure in MS,Exposure to varoud tecnnologies at a very fast pace.,Permanant night shift. No rotation,Should regulate the night shift a bit better and not keep ot permanant.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66485,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Nov 20, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Lead,Amazing Wonderful experinance and its a big brand name and i really love to work wid the part of this company,Bec its not india its world n.o Brand name........,According To me No One.....,No i cant........,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66486,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,- Work Environment - Career Growth,- An ocean so you may get lost,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66487,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Engineering Manager,GREAT,It is Challenging and Encouraging,-There are no such cons,- More career oppurtunities should be there,5.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66488,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Nov 27, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing,Great Company,"Microsoft is a great company to work for. Compensation & benefits are competitive, work / life balance is great, and career progression opportunities are there if you seek them out.  They work hard at culture, which seems to pay dividends on the whole, though there can be a group vs group mentality at times.","It is a slow moving beast, and bureaucracy can get in the way of getting things done.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66489,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, fun work.","Always something to learn, if you're into that.","Nothing, if you like working. Vending machine eats my change every once-in-a blue.",Fix the vending machine.,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1693.htm
66490,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It isn't the same place anymore,Great passionate people who really care about the business,Too many people who's only skill is to work the internal politics rather than trying to give benifit to the custoemrs and partners,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66491,microsoft,none," Nov 25, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Premier Field Engineer,You can enjoy the technical things at customer's sites.,Hard to manage your work time.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66492,microsoft,none," Nov 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,wonderful experience!,they take good care of employees.,haven't found many problems to fill out in this section.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66493,microsoft,"Dundee, Scotland (UK)"," Nov 12, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Program Manager,Probably one of the best employers in the world,flexible working environment opportunities for self development,the size of the company makes it hard to keep up with all the cahnges,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66494,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Nov 19, 2012",Former Employee - Partner Account Manager,A great company to work for...,"Great access to mentors, coaching, training, talented people. There is a fair and equitable bonus structure and access to benefits across the board.","Politics and opinions can hurt you on occasion, they do sometime let poor management make poor decisions and support the managers over the teams. Like any office, politics are there. Even if people know you do great work, if one person has a poor opinion you can sometimes be shunned unexpectedly.","Be open minded that people don't always see eye to eye but that doesn't mean insubordination or the inability to be managed or trained. When someone gets top marks for performance and has a great track record, examing the one blip compared to the whole picture would be welcomed, as it may be just a conflict of personalities. A lot of good people are painted with the wrong brush based on opinion and not facts.",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66495,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - SDE2,Best & perfect company for IT,"We can learn Latest technologies of Microsoft, work culture is good. most importantly facilities providing by company is awesome like coffee , meals and snacks. We can utilize leaves as company provides to employees and also flexible timings. Employees won't feel stress in this company , because every project has enough and experienced guys to plan best.","Best company for any employee , who is working on MS technologies. and also gives permission to download all software.",Nothing is there to recommend.,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66496,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,Good place but too much work!,Good compensation. Good boss (immediate boss) Some good peer.,"You must be in the inner circle of your boss's clan. Else no matter what you do, u wont get good rating. No need to work hard, some just darn lucky to be parasite and get all the good sales and overachieve without doing much. Some been in MS for more than 5 years, act as if they are the smartest and pretend charming, but inside is full of evil thoughts. in another words, very political (Come on, u think Sinofsky wanna take a break?)","Be fair, be objective. Open your eyes and see who are not working yet got all the undeserving compliments!",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66497,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Nov 16, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Project Manager,"Less good than seems to be, but maybe because the Managers on Site where I worked for were weak.",The Company provides good benefits,"When some problem are related, the Management of Microsof ignores.","They need to be more sincere, commited and they have to follow the Company culture, what doesn't happen.",2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66498,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Just like other big companies in India,Very diverse product portfolio which brings opportunities to work on diverse domains. Good work is done by few teams in India. Rest all are back-office,Hierarchical org structure and the infamous stack ranking system,Encourage employees to work for goals and vision rather than competing with each other.,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66499,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid internship experience,"kind and helpful people, relaxed atmosphere, great perks and benefits, a lot of different areas to work in, company with stable financial results","most positions only in Redmond/Bellevue, because of Microsoft strategy you cannot use many interesting open-source technologies and have to work with those developed in Microsoft, which may not be so valuable if you later want to change company",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1694.htm
66500,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,Good place but too much work!,Good compensation. Good boss (immediate boss) Some good peer.,"You must be in the inner circle of your boss's clan. Else no matter what you do, u wont get good rating. No need to work hard, some just darn lucky to be parasite and get all the good sales and overachieve without doing much. Some been in MS for more than 5 years, act as if they are the smartest and pretend charming, but inside is full of evil thoughts. in another words, very political (Come on, u think Sinofsky wanna take a break?)","Be fair, be objective. Open your eyes and see who are not working yet got all the undeserving compliments!",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66501,microsoft,none," Nov 19, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great people, great opportunities, great impact.",The people generally are amazing and really care about making a difference.,Large company that is silo'd and getting things done across groups or divisions can be challenging and at times frustrating.,"Focus on great customer experience across product lines and eliminate the silos, competing, and culture of fear that exists in some groups.",4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66502,microsoft,none," Nov 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid internship experience,"kind and helpful people, relaxed atmosphere, great perks and benefits, a lot of different areas to work in, company with stable financial results","most positions only in Redmond/Bellevue, because of Microsoft strategy you cannot use many interesting open-source technologies and have to work with those developed in Microsoft, which may not be so valuable if you later want to change company",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66503,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Program Manager,Good exposure Structured Good work life balance Collaborative teams,Makes you too comfortable in life,Adopt Bing type entrepreneurial culture everywhere in microsoft,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66504,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job for a software engineer,job satisfication all kinds of facilities,not really .everything seems good i think,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66505,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Nov 14, 2012",Former Employee - Account Manager,terrible and humilating as a diversity candidate,"good salary package , BRAND NAME to flaunt","terrible people,age old policies, no respect for the women candidates",please look after your women candidates if you employ them.My suggestion please MAKE IT A ALL MALES COMPANY,2.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66506,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Developer Evangelist,Developer Evangelist,"Yearly travel to USA, lots of training opportunities.","Eventually, politics will hinder your creativity, how you want to do things vs how your boss wants to do things.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66507,microsoft,"Aurangabad, Maharashtra (India)"," Nov 19, 2012",Current Employee - Call Center,it was good,best company in the world i had seen,call center is best for part time people,it should be good,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66508,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,microsoft head genitor company review,salary was more than fair,work schedule was hard to keep,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66509,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place for professional development, lots of talent","Great place to learn how to work in a big company, for career development. Good compensation and work life balance. Lots of smart people around","Not as cool as the other companies. Too much management overhead, too many re-organizations",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1695.htm
66510,microsoft,none," Nov 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Technology...and only Technology,"Everyone is all about technology - it's in their genes, it's in their water and food. Excellent grounds for innovation. Gives an opportunity to someone to interact with the worlds best and finest. Of course, you'd expect nothing less of the company that has built software that runs the world...and continues to do so.","Lackluster compensation plan, outdated performance review standards and a fiercely competitive environment make career growth almost impossible.",none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66511,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Great workplace, excellent colleagues , great challenges",Work with great and smart people Excellent work life benefits Great products and solutions,Increasing politics at middle management Feedback is not encouraged unless it is positive,Listen to what the field is trying to say,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66512,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"Open communication, team work, Focused, High energy, respect","fast paced, tight, stiff, commute",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66513,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Nov 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,The company lower the bar in hiring,"People there are very nice, the position is stable and not stressful",There are too many people. The company lower the bar in hiring. The politics things happen all around the company.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66514,microsoft,none," Nov 15, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Wonderful learning experience. Great place to spend a few years.,"Great benefits, lots of resources at your disposal. Amazing corporate culture, wonderful opportunity to be among some of the brightest people in United States.",Very stressful. Managers are not professionally trained and do not seem accountable for decisions effecting employees. Long term career paths are not clear.,"Train managers, create better long term retention of employees. Give people advancement based on experience as well as performance. Often the employees that take a lot of risk are also the ones that fail.",4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66515,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Nov 16, 2012",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Great Company To Work For,Great Option for Career Development,Revenue.... Revenue.... Revenue. ... always revenue,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66516,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Nov 1, 2012",Current Employee - Product Advisor,One of the best company to work for!,"Growth opportunities, professional environment, good compensation.",Work deadline at times can be short and workload adding up.,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66517,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 10, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Great devs but too many PMs hurting the company,"Breadth of technologies you can work on, good resources, good salaries and benefits, good development centers in many cities, smart peers","Too much internal fighting, more competition with folks inside rather than outside, too PM focused, weak leadership promoting mediocre culture, too many non-code writing folks creating useless processes to prove their worth in-turn slowing down the company","Don't promote false sense of success. Promote leaders only on producing actual business results, reduce number of PMs and make the company more dev centric which is how Google, Amazon, Facebook and other companies are operating.",3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66518,microsoft,Haifa (Israel)," Nov 12, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Writer,"Lots of independence, given chance to make an impact and pursue your passion, rewarded well by industry standards","Autonomy, independence, latest hardware and software, remote access, high level of trust","Performance review process is a little crazy - managers have to identify a weak 10% and force good employees out. So teamwork is always accompanied by looking over your shoulder and trying to get noticed. Getting noticed by other managers, establishing a reputation, is more important than any actual work you do. There are plenty of people who play this game well. Also, work life balance was always off (too much work, if that wasn't clear).",Get rid of the 10% rule,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66519,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2012",Former Employee - Product Sales Specialist,Proceed with Caution,Above average benefits Very knowledgeable and talented people,"Very political environment. Advancement not based on what you know or can contribute but on who you know. The environment inside the company is dog-eat-dog. For each person who gets a ""good"" performance review, an equal number of people must recieve a ""bad"" performance review. This leads to cutthroat internal competition, a lack of empathy or friendship in the office, and generally an unfriendly environment. High turnover- ""burn and turn"" philosphy",Revamp performance review. Change your culture before it is too later,2.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1696.htm
66520,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 10, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good company to relax when you want to get settled in life,good salary good work culture less work pressure great colleagues to work with,less ownership fewer opportunities to innovate more or less flat learning curve,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66521,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,Smart people all around. Loads to learn,A bit too beurocratic in its operation,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66522,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Vast range of jobs, tasks, products & services provides lots of niches for software professionals.",There are still some truly great folks who work at MIcrosoft. You can learn a lot from them. The sheer diversity of products within the same company is hard to match: you can find exactly the right product on which you'd like to work. Many teams have really good work/life balance. You'll have the opportunity on many teams to see world-scale software being developed and maintained.,"The review system is very discouraging: a large chunk of the employee base will get a dispiriting message every year and there's no real (economic) benefit to being on a high-performing team.  Though large, Microsoft is insular when it comes to its own technologies and products. It's hard to maintain or grow your skills outside of the MS ecosystem without a lot of isolated effort.  Huge legacy and installed user base size creates a lot of inertial that makes innovation harder. This applies to both the products themselves and the processes/tools used to create them.","Revamp, replace or remove the rating system. Add some notion of team rewards for success.",4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66523,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2012",Former Employee - Finance Manager,"Learned a lot, developed a lot. Great company to work for a number of years.","A few pros: 1-Very professional work force molds you into representing yourself the best way you can in your future career. 2-Fast paced and a lot of challenges, teaches you a lot on the job. 3-Fun teams with casual environment, great relationships and lifelong friendships. 4-Flexible work schedule, no set business hours and face time required as long as deliverables are hit. 5-Compensation and Benefits are second to none (but comes with the extra hours)","1-Work Life Balance is a focus area for the company, but almost impossible to maintain a workweek less than 50-60+ hours, or you will not be regarded as a hard working employee. Nighttime work is the norm. It is about how late can you stay up and still show up at work in the morning. 2-Very tough review system, everyone is smart and start playing games to get ahead of each other. Some people get unfair reviews if they are managing up or spend significant amount of time on office politics 3-Random firedrills are a culture, being planful is almost penalized, as plans do not stick and you end up spending all the time to be proactive and planful and not getting the benefit.","Change the Review System, it is emotionally draining and creates more than necessary competition among employees. May have been great during start up years, not effective with large number of employees. Beware of office politics and reward people for good work, not by who they report to or know.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66524,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2012",Former Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Amazing opportunity to learn the business in a multinational company.,Great local teams! Amazing proactiveness and willingness for cooperation on operational level in the region. Great training opportunities! Compensation is above average.,Higher level management in customer service does not put focus on cooperation with local business stakeholders. All the new programs are comming from US.,Put more focus on business engagement. Support can be more effective if cooperates with local business.,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66525,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very good company,work life balance at microsoft,Lagging to google lack of innovation,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66526,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Microsoft is great place to work at.,"New innovative work, Great people around, Fun, outings","A big company, so it takes a lot of work to make an impact. This con is a positive con!!",Its the best!! :),5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66527,microsoft,none," Nov 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Superb experience,New technologies and nice work environmentg,Night Shifts are challenging sometimes.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66528,microsoft,none," Oct 30, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was great for the first 20 years.,"Good salary, amazing benefits and really smart, empowered people.","Long hours and extremely high expectations. Over the years it has become increasingly corporate and less like the adventurous, fun place to work. Too many internal politics make the stress not worth the shrinking benefits and lagging salary.",Stop trying to cover your butts so much that you turn it into an internal warzone and report generating hell. What happened to innovation and getting cool things done?,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66529,microsoft,none," Nov 6, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Systems Analyst,Great Company to Work for.,Long hours off work sometimes,Add flexihours,4.0,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1697.htm
66530,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job,microsoft amazing company to work for its amazing,"no cons absolutely nothing, it's an amazing company, no complaints",study,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66531,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2012",Former Employee - Marketing Director,"Great company aspirations, problematic Online Services division","Iconic American technology company, Commitment to do good for all stakeholders, from employees to investors to customers to host communities. Example of good citizenship very visible throughout the Puget Sound region.","Online Services Division (Bing, MSN, Advertising Solutions) in a trailing market position, and morale suffers from that and stigma of large operating losses. Large division size and functional specialization make it difficult to absorb market dynamics and ""move fast and iterate"".","When people criticize Ballmer, I can only wonder who on Earth could fill those shoes (besides Bill Gates, who has committed to address other world challenges).",3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66532,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,High pay and great benefits,"Smart people, high pay, good benefits.","Victim of its own success, Microsoft tends to build software as if all teams were building Office or Windows.",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66533,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,windows 7 and 8 ser..DORP,"MS word , MS office , med. power",none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66534,microsoft,"Haidian, Beijing (China)"," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Associate Researcher,Associate Researcher,"Good enviroment, High quality colleages,","Working overtime, High pressure, Intense competition for promotion,",Providing more freedom to the employee,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66535,microsoft,none," Nov 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,satisfying,It's great company to work for. Good work life balance most weeks,"shrinking health benefits, and a lot of politics",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66536,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Oct 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Mastodon company, but great people to work with","- Good salary - Job security - Working on the ""tomorrows"" version of software",Too big organization to be effective and fast reacting,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66537,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work as it provides very good exposure,Good career opportunities to explore,Good Good Good Good Good,need to provide more work life balance,5.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66538,microsoft,none," Oct 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid company to work for,Best healthcare as of date. But will change in 2013.,Little late to respond to market dynamics.,Little late to respond to market dynamics,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66539,microsoft,"Haidian, Beijing (China)"," Oct 29, 2012",Former Employee - Student Intern In Ms Research Asia,Great experience and a lot of freedom.,"I have a nice mentor when I worked in Microsoft Research Asia. The nicest part is that I have a lot of freedom to work on what I am interested in, not his requirement.","MS Research Asia only has strong groups in some area, but not my area.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1698.htm
66540,microsoft,none," Oct 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,sdet 2,"good work, good compensation, good perks","work life balance, deadlines, deliverables",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66541,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Amazing culture, passionate people","Very intellectual and passionate people, exciting things in the works, and just overall great culture.","Long hours, but worth it.",Keep up the great work in listening to your employees and leading the company in a way that isn't afraid of doing things that curve from what's been done in the past.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66542,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Working with microsoft is awesome !!,Salary and working environment. Also branding is biggest factor.,Working environment and Salary is mind blowing.,Nothing.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66543,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Oct 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,All Things are going very fast,They provide a huge experience,work pressure is very high,cultural & technical events should be organised regularly to mess up with work stress,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66544,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place to work!,- Surrounded with smart people - Good perks - Many awards for employees who did a good job.,- Products might not be competitive in the market. - Many changes as the company is going more on consumer side,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66545,microsoft,Ajmer (India)," Oct 17, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Network Engineer,microsoft is rasing the very advance techniqe.,it is to be very good for me i know more and more about new feature &advanced techanqe.,microsoft is batter but more incrise by doing wonderful perrformence.,take care and proper advice to employ time after time.,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66546,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,"Fresh Out Of College - Now, Three Years In","Microsoft has some great opportunities. You can get your feet wet working on some products that will affect millions of people, there's tons of different things going on, and as a college hire fresh out of the box, I got a lot of training, mentoring and support. I would recommend working in Redmond - I'm at a remote site and, while there are still opportunities there, you don't get the culture and enthusiasm that you do at the mothership.","The stack ranking system rewards bad behavior. Getting noticed is what drives up your performance review, not doing the work on your desk, and I've seen good people go under because of it. The system just isn't incentivized to reward mentoring and people management. My two best people managers were cast out of the company, despite getting consistently high rankings from their employees and mentoring the shining stars on our team. It's just not valued, and it takes an individual's effort to buck the trend. If you're management doesn't choose to be invested in you, then you're stuck.","I see a lot of news media talking about the competitive threats to Microsoft, but the biggest threats I see are from within. There isn't enough top-down leadership that directs teams to all move in the same direction. What is termed giving responsibility to the lower levels ultimately results in individual teams doing what will position themselves best, and not what's in the best interests of the company. That's why you see some many conflicting or half-baked products out there. It's because some manager knew that getting his named attached to something new and shiny would do his career better than slogging through bureaucracy and resistance to partner with another team that has different priorities, in order to build a better experience for the customer. The structure of the company is built to produce software that does a lot but misses the mark, and to promote people who know how to work the system instead of create the product.",3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66547,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good company to work for,Broad ranges of products. So its possbile to completely change the domain without changing the company. Good perks and benifits,"As a huge organization sometimes things are more complicated for getting out to user. Also, business division instead of sharing common grounds compete with each other as different companies.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66548,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Consulting Services - worst job in my career,-Great peer group to work with -Compensation is fair,"-Terrible review system. You may get a ""5"" because of circumstances and not because you did a poor job. A ""5"" can expect to be out the door in a few months. -Will not address root cause of problems. Projects grouped into a program were having trouble being successful. Instead of looking at the bad decisions and poor support from the program office, blame fell 100% on the individual project managers. -Need to spend time on ""think teams"" which generally do not add anything to work life. Most people in Consulting Services participate in think teams because it is part of their commitments even though they realize it is wasted time. -Professional Development Managers, in general, do not know how to manage or help their charges be successful. -Project Managers are either working 70 hours/week and burning out or less than half-time and not making their billable quota. Project Managers have little to no control over getting work, yet their bonus and review depend greatly on that utilization number.","-Change the review system. Read the comments here in Glassdoor. People don't like it! -Tone down the rah rah and the guzzling of the Kool Aid from the fire hose. Not all of the employees just came out of high school and want pep rallies. Ballmer jumping up and down on stage and screaming all the time can get tiring. -Help people succeed. Remove the bureaucracy and roadblocks for success. Listen to your people. Instead of tossing them out, help them succeed. -Improve consulting services. Microsoft Consulting Services (application software group) overall does not compare to the likes of Accenture, PwC, etc. Engagement Managers routinely underbid projects to get the work and then the Project Managers must repair the damage when the client finds out the the work will really be 4x the original bid. Improve quality of the services to clients and improve the sales to service transition.",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66549,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Tricky culture to get assimilated to, but still an amazing place to work","Great benefits, packed with smart people you can learn from, really strong engineering processes, tons of career opportunities for strong performers","Extremely competitive culture, ""sink or swim"" approach for industry hires, some stratification in upper management levels, slow to respond to industry challenges",none,5.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1699.htm
66550,microsoft,Warsaw (Poland)," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent work place for women.,Flexible work time and opportunities.,Work life balance hard to achieve.,Be more open for employees comments.,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66551,microsoft,"Cambridge, South West England, England (UK)"," Oct 9, 2012",Current Employee - Research Software Development Engineer II,Software developer,"- great folks - everyone is smarter than you and friedlier then you - great benefits/work life balance - ""cutting edge""",- making industrial impact required lot of buecracy-managment skills,We have difficulties to make an industrial impact (some kind of cultural imparity between MSR and core MS),5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66552,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 25, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Extraordinarily good,Great place Smart people Good environment Great place Smart people Good environment,Many unnecessary rules and regulations,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66553,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome company to work with,Lots of perks for employees,"Work life balance depends on each team, and sometimes it is not really good",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66554,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was exciting.,Excellent working environment. Exciting projects. Very smart and nice colleagues.,Not enough practice of teamwork. Need to be very strongly self-motivated.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66555,microsoft,none," Oct 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,An incredible learning experience.,You are surrounded by high end technical people and encouraged to think outside the box.,In remote locations you can feel disconnected from management.,Require more interaction with managers that have remote employees,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66556,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work at!,Lots of growth opportunities Different career paths Several businesses to pick from Good compensation,Several layers of middle management,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66557,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Mixed. Met some great people, and learned a few things, but the organization doesn't make you better.","Some very intelligent people in the product groups, get to work with some innovative products, and the library is wonderful.","There is a lot of red tape, and silence on important issues. The training you get is the wrong training, unless you're getting technical training. Redmond is the center of the company, and if you want to do something important, you need to be in Redmond.",none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66558,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 18, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Process-oriented, insecure superiors",Good Campus Lots of activities Free WP7 Mobile Phones,Everybody tries to save their own self Little blame game Limited opportunity for mavericks and firefighters 90% time wasted in meetings and writing mails to superiors so that they understand,Add some spin to the machinery,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66559,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Oct 22, 2012",Current Employee - PFE,Great learning and growtth experience,"If you're determined you can have a very nice career growth and many options available to you. Depending on the position, you can access a wealth of trainings and travel can also be an option.","As in any large company, you cannot change everything you want. Also, politics may come into play from time to time",Listen more to employees.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1700.htm
66560,microsoft,"Guildford, England (UK)"," Oct 8, 2012",Former Employee - Chief Publishing Officer,Great company - smart people - savvy business,"Driven, hard working individuals who care about the company, the product but also the society that they live in - Microsoft doesn't make products to just make $$$'s - but to try and improve the world.",Can be very (Redmond) US centric,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66561,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,HR,Excellent benefits and HR is viewed as a business partner and can make great impact on client groups.,Politics and personal perceptions in HR trump performance.,"Time for a change at the top, Steve Balmer.",3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66562,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company for long stint but not for people fresh out of college,- Stable company with well defined processes,- Difficult for talented fresh out of school engineers to grow quickly,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66563,microsoft,Hà Nội (Vietnam)," Oct 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,account manager,"flexibility, high tech, big brand, popular products and solutions","recently not much innovation, not very high pay.",should talk and understand employee's expectations,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66564,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great opportunities.,You can build a great team and work with great people.,Politics can consist of as much as 50% of the work for anyone in management.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66565,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Software Development Engineer At Microsoft,Native software development for the most part. Get to work on the latest operating systems and technology.,"Extremely competitive environment. Technical skills alone do not determine growth, people skills sometimes overshadow the technical depth.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66566,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 9, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's a challenge but instructive and wonderful experience,"You can learn really a lot from the work, There are many career opportunities to choose, Colleagues are friendly and willing to help, The working environment is flexible, The compensation is good.","The work can be challenge, so it is quite common to work overtime, Communication between different departments can be difficult",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66567,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Oct 19, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Microsoft in Brazil,Microsoft in Brazil is an excellent option if you are looking for a position in Sales. Benefits are ok and morale is usually high.,"If you aren't with Sales or Marketing, there is very little space for you there. Also, bonus involves lots of politics as performance is attributed along a fixed curve (i.e., only X people get one rate, Y people get another rate and Z people MUST get a bar review. As they say in poker, if you don´t know after some time who is the fool, the fool is you. So, if after some time working for MS you don't know who is going to get the bad review, it is probably an indication you are the one.",In Brazil and other emerging markets it is very difficult to find good people. The fixed curve can kill you in these markets as you might not be able to replace people you lose.,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66568,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,I love it here.,1) Good Pay 2) Good free goodies and all (winphone and surface) 3) Awesome scope to design your own implementations of small components,"1) Schedules can get a little tight sometimes. Might have to work on weekends sometimes then, 2) Changing teams can be a bit of a pain.",none,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66569,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Good for Fresh college hires, not good for mid-level hires.",- Latest hardwares and softwares provided. - Windows phone and surface tablets given. - more money to spend on team than other companies.,"- Not all teams have work which can be called good. maybe 1 in 10 gets a chance to work in good product. - Quantitiy of work is too much(Not quantity), work life balance will get screwed big time. - WFH options is not as flexible. - Too much peer competetion. - Pays good, but not that much to work you ass off all the time. - Only old timers keep getting all the hike and bonuses.","Make the Work-life balance better. Stop curve fitting, you are loosing too many awesome employees due to this.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1701.htm
66570,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Good for Fresh college hires, not good for mid-level hires.",- Latest hardwares and softwares provided. - Windows phone and surface tablets given. - more money to spend on team than other companies.,"- Not all teams have work which can be called good. maybe 1 in 10 gets a chance to work in good product. - Quantitiy of work is too much(Not quantity), work life balance will get screwed big time. - WFH options is not as flexible. - Too much peer competetion. - Pays good, but not that much to work you ass off all the time. - Only old timers keep getting all the hike and bonuses.","Make the Work-life balance better. Stop curve fitting, you are loosing too many awesome employees due to this.",2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66571,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Good company if you end up in the right environment,"Great, smart, amazing people they make it worth to work there.",You need to follow your boss or you cant survive there. Boos is always right :),Get real and start working the trenches before you loose it,3.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66572,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Oct 18, 2012",Former Employee - Human Resource Business Partner,The people make the company what it is,"The passion, drive and energy of the people around. People are respectful of one another, and the team spirit within segments is just amazing. The company supports people development and high performers have a future here","Work life balance, if you dont land a right manager (ie. a true leader), it can be a challenging experience","simply put - walk the talk, be true to yourself and the people around you, be genuine and the commitment and loyalty you will get from the employees will be in abundance",4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66573,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 4, 2012",Former Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Worst Company,"Good if your next career is of Ploitician, shot term 1-2 years and also if you are very early in your career.","layoffs every year , Cut throat policy , company of Politicians, Standard of people are also coming down. There are three division and they sell as unique brand but it is not all same. Very scary environment as layoffs are more frequent.",Remove the Layoffs,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66574,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 8, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Fantastic and Innovative Company that might finally be slipping into middle age,"Passionate people, huge scope, broad set of types of jobs available (location, function, product line, etc.), giving spirit started by Bill Gates but still reflected today.","Process has become heavy, internal struggles among the top-most leadership have worn thin.",Remember that building and selling IP is still first and foremost about the people - the brain drain and stories of mistreated people have become the rule and not the exception.,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66575,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2012",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,Latest MS Technologies Experience,"- you get a chance to work on latest MS technologies - Strong Internal Community, Distibution Lists - You can directly interact with product guys, researchers. basically networking - Great focus in Learning n Development","- Favouritism (Getting a promotion can be as difficult as reaching a star, seriously) - Lack in openess - Work Life Balance can be hit anytime - You'll work only in MS technologies - Low salary as compared to those who are in product (even freshers earn more) - Too much level mismatch and thus disparity across MS divisions (in some department freshers are at much higher level than here (Level starts with 55 (usually 2+ years of experience)))",- Remove the level difference across divisions - Bring openess and encourage employees and mgmt to say and listen NO as per situations,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66576,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Competitive and Rewarding,Passionate people Excellent resources Great career path Strong management,Products don't seem to be metric focused enough Management expects teams to resolve issues and team expects management to resolve it,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66577,microsoft,none," Oct 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience,"great environment, facilities like shuttle service and passionate people",I don't have any cons.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66578,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Assistant Manager,experience with manjot,it is a very satisfying job and allows time at home. good salary and bonuses and good environment helps all the more,there are no cons at working with manjot as far as i know which is a lot. if you want to know more see for yourselves.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66579,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Chance to touch the future in a rewarding environment, but a review system that is like ","Amazing career options for anyone, the ability to be deep (or not) deep in technology, making a difference, smartest people around","Management slow to change, the review system has to go, poor alignment between P&L's and SMS/G.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1702.htm
66580,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 3, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Lead,My experience in Microsoft GTSC as Tech Lead,"A lot to learn technically, in this company. Heavy work so no sitting in the bench Good people who are very helpful. Good money.",Management is very bad. Work environment is not good for the people People who don'tknow T of technology are getting promoted for getting numbers and buttering Work is not appreciated No play only and only work.,"Please improve your management. Please give priority to your employees. Need to improve the work culture so that office does not feel like a jail. English should be compulsory in all meetings and important sessions.Try to find the skill in your employee and put them in the field they are best and do not force them to do they are not good at, this decreases the productivity.  Get rid of politics and do something to retain talent, then keep promoting incapable guys",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66581,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worldclass - also in workload,Inclusive Culture and a great common vision,"High pressure on all employees, outside the US the workload is huge",none,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66582,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Oct 16, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Not a good place for fresh management graduates, good for experienced Sales & technical professionals.","Fast moving Sales Engine. Focussed, Well-led and organized. Good benefits. Decent pay.",Not favourable for people with less experience. Engineering/Management graduates in non-tech teams have problems getting absorbed.,"Design the college hiring program better and take effort to groom young, less experienced professionals from best of places.",3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66583,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Oct 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,A Great place to be,Great people great rewards. Treat people like people.,Like any business there are ups and downs... here there just a lot more ups than downs.,Could manage issue resolution better.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66584,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An Unpleasant Company Culture.,Name recognition and o.k. reputation. Worldwide reach.,"Very top-down style of management. Compliant, ""teacher's pet"" attitude highly rewarded. Dog-eat-dog culture. Can't trust anybody, co-workers or managers. No real life/work balance.","Complete overhaul of culture and management. More technically oriented and creative innovators and forward-thinking people at every level , especially management. Elimination of the ranking system that has led to the cannibalistic, unpleasant culture. More openness to criticism, feedback and ideas from the ""troops"".",2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66585,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer I,Decent,- Good Work Atmospere - Free Drinks,- Tons of Internal Politics - Despise for hacker culture,"Respect Talented people, else they would leave for other companies",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66586,microsoft,none," Oct 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good and old big company that still has some vibe,"Job security, employee discount in Microsoft store, free PC, tablet, phone, Xbox, decent compensation, still vibrant in some ways","Lots of processes, stock-based compensation is limited compared to companies whose stock price actually changes, not headquartered in Silicon Valley, often limited to its proprietary technologies","Shift whole divisions to the Bay Area, be more open about technologies",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66587,microsoft,none," Oct 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great company to work for,"great salary, bonus, stock, perks","problem of big companies - management indolence, work life balance",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66588,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 29, 2012",Current Employee - SDE2,Awesome Company to work at.Lot of Innovative opportunities.Best place to work at,"Always new things happening,feels refreshing to work. Innovation is always driven which also boosts individuals work satisfaction level. Best compensation and perks in the industry. Very friendly and approachable managers",Forcing the at least few percentage of people to low rating even if he/she has done amazing job but comparatively less than others in the group.Is bad.People always will be in fear.,More encouraging work.Keep the good work going.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66589,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pros and Cons,"Highly passionate, talented workforce Highly Sales driven and empowerment to employees",Stack ranking sucks extremely quarter driven which sometimes dilutes long term focus,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1703.htm
66590,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Oct 13, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,A great tech company,"People, benefits, leading edge technologies, work environment","Growing bureaucracy, growing focus on short term revenue",Inspire people with long term vision,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66591,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Could have been better experience,If you like software then working at a software company is something you should experince. I don't think Facebook and Google (for the most part) offer the same type of experience because they are service based instead of shipping a product,team leads are not very good. Most are just trying to get promoted to the next level.,Stop hiring so many people and grow the ones you have.,3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66592,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 11, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),great company to work for,"Good emphasis on career growth, opportunity to work on varied set of technologies, Great Managers to hone skills, World's smart people to work with, good values and culture in company",India center is more of an outsourcing center than a real product business center. None of the Leaders have good understanding of business. Product/Charters are very shallow compared to head office. At time it is just for the heck of it products are being done here  CEO has to be a technology guy and should be able to deal with internal politics between presidents,Company has invested into multi-range of products. There is a need of consolidation and cuts here,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66593,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excelent company to work for, especially in Redmond",Benefits People Culture Stock Grants (vs options) Company Store,Politics Flat Stock Follower mentality Red Tape Slow to promote,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66594,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,"benefits are great, flexible working time etc","bureaucracy, boring small tasks, review policy",change performance evaluation to value skill over buzz,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66595,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Lead,became a lead from a SE,"People friendly company, good work culture","not focused on solutions, too much focus on UX than strategy",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66596,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The product is alright but could be better,The product is easy to use,Needs to keep being updated,Make product cheaper,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66597,microsoft,none," Oct 9, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Don't pass up a chance to work at Microsoft.,Great people to work with. Generous benefits. Plenty of resources and leeway to do your work. They place a lot of trust in their employees to do the right thing.,"Lots of competition, vertical movement is difficult. Usually have to move out to move up. Stack ranking can work against you if you're a solid performer but not ambitious (department dependent). If you are ambitious then get in line. Work/life balance will likely suffer if you want to move up the chain.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66598,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Experience of working in Microsoft,Good compensation and benefits. Work-life balance is also good. Loads of opportunities to grow professionally and individually.,"Headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Should open more teams in the Silicon Valley apart from MSR and BIng.",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66599,microsoft,none," Oct 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart people around and good working environment,Great people around always challenging lot of career opportunities,work life balance dealing with politics after every re-org,avoid building empire,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1704.htm
66600,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,Slog culture,Good physical infrastructure provided by company Get to work on latest technologies,"Work long hours Highly competitive Sometimes have to work in not good products like FIM, BizTalk Very poor performance evaluation system where bottom 5% of employees are put on performance improvement or kicked out. Another 15% get less than 50% bonus.",You are disregarding the bottom 20% of the employees. They do not get much bonus and are insulted within the company both by peers and management. Not good for team work.,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66601,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Too matrixed but pays well,"It's a prominent company that values hiring competent people. You'll work around smart folks and that helps you to grow your own skills. They pay well, and once you're in Microsoft you'll have pretty good job security and can transfer to new positions easily.","It's difficult to be productive because too many people get in the way. With so many smart people and reviews that use forced bell curves, employees feel pitted against each other and many resort to political infighting rather than making decisions that are best for the company. It's also difficult to move up because Microsoft often values hiring external people for management roles but will shuffle the internal people around for lateral moves.",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66602,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 7, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software Development Engineer in Test,"very responsive management, great work culture,fair amount of work life balance",not enough aaggresive in approach,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66603,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Still a good company to work for,"compensation is good, do interesting things in a big way.","Lots of in-fighting, review system stinks,",revise the current review system.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66604,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,it's a wonderful experience to work for microsoft,Microsoft helps you create solid impact around you. You can change people's lives by providing a better technology. Just look at what they have done with Windows 8 - completely reimagined the OS from chipset to experience.,I don't see a big con working for Microsoft. It's a great company. May be it can provide more growth options for the senior people.,Ensure somehow the sentiments are positive and stock goes up..,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66605,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall the company is good,"Work culture, Compensation,Technology,Benefits,Work life balance",Career opportunities are less. Only college hires have more importance,Senior management should be changed to really bring changes in the company.,4.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66606,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,stable tech company with bad employee review system,Big company - some teams in the company are doing lots of good innovations like a start up within a big company.,Big company - the whole employee review system is really bad and it is very subjective.,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66607,microsoft,"Changping, Beijing (China)"," Oct 5, 2012",Current Employee - Architect,A great company to make impact to the world,Talented people around you. Strong technical capability.,Collaboration not easy. Insufficient local empowerment.,"Worldwide vision, local empowerment.",4.0,none,none,none,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66608,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn and work,"Smart co-workers, great work environment, great benefits",Company is too big and this often leads to loss of productivity,Reduce coupling between different groups. Decision making should be decentralised.,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66609,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2012",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Challenging and Rewarding,"Creative, intelligent people. You have the autonomy to craft your business within certain pre-determined boundaries. Benefits are excellent and there is flexiblity in work/life balance. Compensation is reasonable.",Working long hours. High stress especially in sales roles. Lots of complexity and ambiguity. You have to really know how to navigate Microsoft to be successful. Promotions are few even when exceed goals.,Learn to develop a genuine interest in your people.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1705.htm
66610,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2012",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Challenging and Rewarding,"Creative, intelligent people. You have the autonomy to craft your business within certain pre-determined boundaries. Benefits are excellent and there is flexiblity in work/life balance. Compensation is reasonable.",Working long hours. High stress especially in sales roles. Lots of complexity and ambiguity. You have to really know how to navigate Microsoft to be successful. Promotions are few even when exceed goals.,Learn to develop a genuine interest in your people.,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66611,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I love Microsoft!!!,Many companies within one allows opportunity to move around and learn new domain/technology.,Too many layers of decision making.,"Keep the devices focus, that's the future.",4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66612,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Dev lead,Great exposure to latest technologies and give more importance to employee career,lots of unpredictable work harms WLB,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66613,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"Fantastic place to work...leading edge of technology, great working atmosphere.","Great working atmosphere, very relaxed, the general vibe is basically work how you want to get the job done. Loads of perks for stuff, always get to play with the latest technology and Microsoft devote a lot of time to keeping you ramped up on the newest technology. Lots of opportunities to move around and relocate. Everyone I meet is always motivated and excited by the technology.","Huge company, so promotions (as opposed to sideways moves) can be difficult as you are always going to be competing against a large number of other people. Pay is also not the best, but that's made up for by the excellent working lifestyle and number of opportunities available.","Just keep doing what you're doing. I have been here a year and have not seen any unmotivated staff, it's great.",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66614,microsoft,Johannesburg (South Africa)," Sep 20, 2012",Current Employee - Architect,Best company to work for by far,"International exposure, access to latest and best technology, driven to success and aligns to personal goals very easily. Working with the best people who are seasoned professionals and passionate about their contribution.","Hero-driven culture, long working hours",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66615,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a company which fullfill my dreams and all,i think to work like a proffesional which is possible at microsoft,no words to share for this iam sorry,select the people who r with hardworking nature and with genius talent,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66616,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for smart folks who want to work hard,Great benefits and opportunities for advancement.,Lots of processes and typical silos associated with large corporations.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66617,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," Sep 27, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Almost a great place to work ..,Great facilities Benefits are of a good standard Definitely a great place to get exposure to the industry Some amazing people work here,Management talent is severely lacking Unashamedly progression is about 'who you know' Office politics is out of control Most actions from a meeting = have another meeting,Flatten the company Try and recruit more from within Ideally employ managers with an appreciation of the roles they support,2.0,5.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66618,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 20, 2012",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Microsoft Global Services - Most arrogant company!,Chance to work on latest tech if you are lucky. Lots of parties Good for very senior people on architect like position.,"Full of mean managers and immoral things, no ethics ""Only thing we know is Billing of resources"" 1500 hrs billing is only thing matters, if not, get low rating and next year, get fired!"". Developers may go in testing ! Growth depends on visibility not talent.",Stop focusing on Utilization. Respect talent,1.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66619,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Smart people, great benefits, plenty of opportunities","Lot of competition, career growth can be slow due to the size of the company",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1706.htm
66620,microsoft,none," Oct 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Software development,"Good work culture, nice people to learn and improve ur knowledge",cant get much hold on business decisions,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66621,microsoft,none," Sep 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior SDET,Challenging and interesting technical problems across a wide variety of products,"Very political, both within group and cross-group","Middle management and specially PM organizations across have made the day to day work culture unbearable for most engineers. The political strife across teams mean more people spend time pushing agendas/afraid of upsetting a political figure in the org, as opposed to trying to come up with great technical solutions for end customers.",3.0,3.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66622,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft is an excellent company for lot of different positions, not only engineering","Real strategy, vision, very good benefits, interesting and diversity",As any big company it can take time to take decisions or move forward,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66623,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome company to work for,"Good job culture, Flexible working hours, Individual opinions are respected, Compensation is also good",None that I can think of,More focus on trainings relevant to the work being done by the amployee,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66624,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2012",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),There is always something new and the bar is always moving at MS.,On-going innovation offers constant new opportunities Working with top notch people and products Worldwide name recognition,"Review process is subjective and political KT's goal-setting is primarily designed to minimize achievement/bonuses Under-invests in sales field (i.e. doesn't provide marketing tools, etc)","When you hire the best of the best, policies that force employees into a performance curve (I.e. ""stack ranking"") is de-moralizing and counterintuitive. Show more confidence in your strategic direction and employees, and invest to help your teams win. Marketing support is not a nice-to-have when you're getting beat by competitors in key areas.",3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66625,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Room for improvement,"Opportunities, nice benefits, decent pay.","Employee review system is political, demoralizing and can create a hostile environment. Doggy-dog. Some managers have extremely poor people skills and are unfit to lead.",Develop and support a review system which identifies how the company may help employees excel. Install managers capable of leading and motivating the group. This may give you an edge on your competition.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66626,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,great company,"lots of opportunities, learning's , work culture and facilities are world class",no cons .. better tan many companies .. you need to continuously prove yourself and being visible to get on.,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66627,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Avoid like a plague, Windows Group at Microsoft IDC is the worst place",Was. Some. 6 years back.,Everything. You can find 1 manager out of 100 who knows anything about technology. Helping each other is NOT supported. Why help others?,"Pack the bags, and leave for redmond. Oh sorry, all the smart people already left.",1.0,5.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66628,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Senior Development Lead,"Good Salary, Awesome benefits, Breadth of technologies",Nothing to share in this site,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66629,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 7, 2012",Former Employee - Intern Software Development Engineer,Best Internship you could hope for!,As an intern you're treated like an FTE Working with great people Brilliant benefits Exciting times for the company as a whole Great for CV Hopefully helpful with future career prospects back at the company,Sometimes feels like a lack of developer level innovation,"Let every be more creative, the developers have the potential and the will!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1707.htm
66630,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 19, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer,Microsoft is great but MSIT-India sucks,"Great company, people oriented. Comp and Benefits are good",No career growth. MSIT-India is not Microsoft.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66631,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"It's good, but not the best",A lot of smart guys to work with,"some politics exist in some teams, which ruined the culture.",none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66632,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Sep 7, 2012",Former Employee - Intern Software Development Engineer,Best Internship you could hope for!,As an intern you're treated like an FTE Working with great people Brilliant benefits Exciting times for the company as a whole Great for CV Hopefully helpful with future career prospects back at the company,Sometimes feels like a lack of developer level innovation,"Let every be more creative, the developers have the potential and the will!",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66633,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company that likes to take care of the employees,"Lots of benefits, plenty of work","lots of work to do. If you are in the least bit lazy, it'll show.",none,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66634,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2012",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Fantastic experience,"Great colleagues, you are in the engine room of a massively influential industry player",Can be a 'who you know' rarher than a 'what you know culture'.,Slice middle managers.,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66635,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good for engineers, not good for marketers",Variety of groups where you can get different types of exposure. Opportunities exist to move around and grow in a specific functional area.,LOT of politics and fiefdoms. Half the time is spent focusing on perception management versus doing your actual job. The situation is rather dire in the marketing org.,Remove the vast layers of GMs and Directors who are simply around to justify their titles and play politics.,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66636,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Perfect Company to work in,Perfect Company to work in,"Maybe not have some innovcations, but it is still good to work with",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66637,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Sep 21, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Very open, innovation is very important","Good environment to work, good place to activate your potential",promotion is limit because the size of t team,should have better communication with higher management,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66638,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 17, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Director,"An ageing titan, with its best years possibly behind it","In it's resurgence, possibly the only company left that's capable of challenging Apple.",The stifling bureaucracy and politics risks killing whatever passion is left.,"Stop fighting each other, and start fighting the competition instead!",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66639,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good place for self driven individuals,1. Lots of flexibility. 2. Exposure to vast domain of Microsoft technologies. 3. Different career path options.,1. Pay could be better,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1708.htm
66640,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Innovation at work,1.Employee friendly Organization 2.Exposure to new technologies / products 3.No boundaries for Imagination and Innovation,I can't think of any cons,Create more awareness / marketing on benefits offered especially to women,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66641,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software Design Engineer at Test,Its Microsoft! Values our ideas...,Nothing to me! But you may fell in love with it... :),Keep Going!,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66642,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,Software Developer,Work-life balance is awesome and also the great managers you get here.,Change in focus and re-organizations due to frequent management change.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66643,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft, Where you get to change the world.","Microsoft is a place where you can invest your passions in something that millions of people use every day. Your parents can relate to what you work on. It is an extremely rewarding and dynamic place. As a meritocracy, the company strives to reward top performers with rewards that are differentiated from everyone else.","Microsoft can be an extremely competitive environment. The annual review process is subjective and often unfair. There are always less top performance slots than there are top performers. The working environment is also often demanding, requiring employees to sacrifice personal and family time in order to ensure success of the business.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66644,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,lacking in innovation,"great benefits, poor career opportunities. beyond political",lacking in innovation and risk taking,get rid of the curve. read the vanity fair article.,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66645,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,"Nice campus, good payment, smart motivated people","Seattle weather, nothing I can think of othewise",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66646,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),If you want to just work then this is the company,"Lot many opportunities, if you are looking for career options",Rat race between peer employees,Remove the stack ranking system,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66647,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2012",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Amazing benefits and many opportunities. Competitive culture.,Best benefits around make this an amazing place to work. Passionate and smart co-workers. Great focus on community and giving.,"Competitive culture as a result of review system that stack ranks employees against each other. This alone is the most disheartening aspect of working at Microsoft as excellent performers can get average rankings since they are compared to other excellent peers. It also causes a lot of politics in the name of ""visibility"". Too much focus on internal politics and measures lead to an incredible amount of time spent on internal meetings and focus.",Change the review system to stop forced stack ranking of employees. Reduce internal scorecard tracking.,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66648,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Job so far,"Great company to work for. Cares about its employees. Excellent benefits. A worldwide company, so excellent on resume. Can open doors.","Big company, so lots of beaurocracy. Work politics is big, but it really is a good company to work for.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66649,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best place to work at, lots of perks","Best place to work at, lots of perks",Some teams are less flexible than others,"Best place to work at, lots of perks",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1709.htm
66650,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Sep 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Very good experience,"Great team of people, good collaboration","Workplace located faraway from the city of Copenhagen, but good transporation though",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66651,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Project Manager,Great work life balance Good people learnt alot and got to work with good talent. New and challenging projects,Sometimes get lost due to the suze of the company,Focus more on individuals and their growth,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66652,microsoft,none," Sep 5, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent Environment to Grow Professionally,Great opportunity to work with some of the smartest people on earth! Microsoft provides great benefits as well as the ability to change the world!,"Review time can be stressful, but overtime one can grow and learn from their reviews.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66653,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Microsoft is a good place to work, but there are some downsides","There are many smart people working at Microsoft, so there is a good opportunity to learn how to develop software. From multiple projects available, everybody can find something interesting to do.","Obviously the performance review model at Microsoft is far from perfect. The idea behind it is not entirely bad I think, but in reality, it is not working as supposed. The entire teams can be ranked lower because the higher management has changed and has different priorities now or values different kind of work.","Change performance model, make it more related to the project success. You want engineers to develop great products, not to compete against each other. It breaks the team spirit and sometimes forces great guys to leave the company.",3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66654,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Best place to work at, lots of perks","Best place to work at, lots of perks",Some teams are less flexible than others,"Best place to work at, lots of perks",5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66655,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 8, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Would rather work for a lesser known Company than work for a Bad Manager at Microsoft,"Brand, labs, trainings, exposure, facilities","- A lot of bad and ruthless Managers - crooked and corrupt - Visible favoritism - Lack of transparency - Limited career growth if one doesn't get into the favored book, - Reviews entirely in your manager's hand and the opinion he and his peers project of you which means really capable employees could be severely punished and not so competent people get good reviews because of the lack of checks for the decisions taken by the immediate manager - Except Top man and a few others, the majority of leaders are also incapable, biased, responsible for a lot of the bad and have little management experience. However top man seems to get taken for a ride by these bad people. He is a man of principles and really needs to rein in these abusers.","Care for your employees, don't just hear feedback do some actual work on it other than presentations, chuck out the corrupt Managers, get some real leaders from the industry not the home grown 'I know it all' types in the system with their inflated egos but in reality aren't fit to be in the positions they were lucky to get in with dirty politics. Employees don't leave Organizations, they leave bad Managers. Surprisingly the same people responsible for the employee attrition and violations are the ones driving action plans on them. Which just goes to show how much feedback is listened to or worked upon. They are the absolute last people to be talking about ethics, etc or be projected as role models when employees know their truth. Makes you fall off your chair in laughter. Hope things have changed over the past year or so, else nothing can stop the steady employee loss of faith and exits.",2.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66656,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to work, although it depends on your team","The benefits, the pay, passionate and smart people everywhere","If you dont like your team, you won't be happy working there",Make it easier to switch teams (18 months per team mandatory),4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66657,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not the best, but definitely not bad!!","Great benefits, great facilities, great city","Office politics, slow growth, not so great products- compared to competition",Get rid of Ballmer!,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66658,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,good company with Pros and Cons,"many career opportunity, can transfer internally","heavy process, so slow down the speed of product release",agile,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66659,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of opportunities to grow your career,Lots of opportunities to grow your career,Huge company means there are political challenges,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1710.htm
66660,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Summer intern,"sweet swag, awesome gifts, you can get a nice project and make a difference. people are generally very intelligent and reliable","not always very big impact. there really isn't very much to complain about though. working for microsoft, so it's a big company with massive bureacracy and many meetings",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66661,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,big company with lots of cash,stable company with mature mechanism,"too mature, lack of big growth opportunities. politics ..",none,4.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66662,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Sep 3, 2012",Former Employee - Business Manager,Microsoft is one of the best companies I ever work at.,- Excellent People - Excellent work environment,You have to make a good work-life balance since the workload is heavy,Nothing to say on this aspect...excellent Managers,5.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66663,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Intern,I like this company very well?,"The work is very happy, the company's facilities are very good, very humane. Very good Mentor, to help improve the ability of individuals.","The downside? I do not find, feeling all good!",Optimistic about the development of the company in China,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66664,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent company,Relaxed work atmosphere and a very supportive environment in which to work.,"Hours are long sometime. Process can get in the way of getting things done on occasion, but there will be issues no matter what company you work for.",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66665,microsoft,Jakarta (Indonesia)," Aug 30, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),My experience is to make the program,Can add my computer science,I do not think there is a negative side to the company,Future products in order to better,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66666,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Shark tank,Highly technical and excellent people to work with. There's always something to learn. Excellent benefits and decent compensation (would be great if you only had 40 hr work weeks). Increasingly more non-support opportunities outside of Redmond.,"Long hours. High stress. The malignancy of the stack rank. You're graded on the curve, so self-promotion is nearly as important as doing your job. If you don't know how the review process works behind the scenese you're often screwed over and don't even know it. Pathetic executives - Ballmer, Turner, Brummell.","Fire Ballmer before it becomes ""the lost decadeS.""",3.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66667,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Easy To understand Personable Didn't feel like you were just a robot to them,they have none really.. they are great,Continue being personable,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66668,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Sep 3, 2012",Former Employee - Regional Lead (Shared Access) - APAC,In company of high IQ execution oriented people,"Very intelligent colleagues, super smart Varied interests and hobbies pilot to scuba divers Highly self critical and direct",The realization that one is the smart brings a bit of arrogance in culture,"Continue nurturing the feeling that one is working for a greeat institution. Google, Apple FB may be a passe. Learn from IBM to cultivate that feeling.",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66669,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Stimulating but poor work/life balance,"Very smart people Being part of something important, sometimes historic Compensation Benefits Internal opportunities. You can almost think of anything you want to do, and there will be training, mentors and opportunities available for you. The culture welcomes and encourages rotation.","The annual review system forces all employees to a curve. A certain percentage must get a very poor rating every year - whether they deserve it or not. Depending on your group, this can lead to cut-throat competition, as people compete for a good rank, since you are pitted against your peers. This system rewards and recognizes self-promoters at the expense of quieter, but solid contributors. You never feel like you've done enough and can relax.  Poor work/life balance. Microsoft is stubbornly reluctant to open up to working from home, when many other companies have already embraced it. There is a well worn sentiment internally that we tout software that helps remote teams collaborate, yet we refuse to.  Consultants are expected to travel 100% (Mon-Thu) with little flexibility or sympathy for its impact on their personal lives. Management sentiment is that you can't complain because you get paid well. You do (and your bonus depends on your hours), but they get zero points for sensitivity.  Most of the pressure to be on site every week comes from our own management, even when customers are flexible.  Consultants have a quota of billable hours to meet annually. This quota does not include travel time, which you have to make up.  There is a strong Kool-Aid atmosphere. The sense of blind passion often feels phony, as if we're all trying to act out our slogan. Internal training videos remind us how excited we are about our products and what we can do to share that excitement. Probably because of the ranking system, people compete to out-passion each other and everything is ""awesome"". I've seen consultants express regret at the cancellation of a high profile status meeting. It just feels fake, but I understand where it comes from. If you're not passionate enough, you might not get a good rating. I don't think this is a heathy culture. Real passion and excitement comes with a counterdose of skepticism and criticism. The latter is conspicuously rare. Senior management must understand that merely soliciting feedback and holding open office hours is not enough when you have the cloud of a ranking system hanging over your head. This is the root of a lot of problems.",Eliminate the ranking system Embrace telecommuting Reduce consultant travel,3.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1711.htm
66670,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for.,Amazing breadth of opportunities/interesting work. Great benefits.,You have to be patient - it's a big company.,Bet on more smaller projects. It's too hard to figure out ahead of time what will make a big impact on the P&L.,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66671,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Good environment, work colleagues are always helpful. Nice opportunity to learn new stuff and to grow professionally. Well, that pretty much sums it all for me.","There is some big pressure on you, whether it is explicit or implicit. Well, there aren't any other relevant cons for me.",Keep the good work and drop the bad habits.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66672,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Good learning experience,Good work environment with good communication from leadership,"Very fast paced work environment, sometimes work life balance can get disturbed.",none,4.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66673,microsoft,Chennai (India)," Aug 30, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,software designer,it is my dream company. it is excellent to get good future,nothing downsides to work in microsoft,nothing,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66674,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and rewarding,"Job security, challenging work, great coworkers, tons of hardware and software available, make software that people use","heavy process, tough competition, lots of people with opinions",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66675,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,What are they thinking with their stack ranking process?,I have nothign good to say.,Read the articles in the Seattle Times and Vanity Fair about how they stack rank employees and push 10% to the bottom. Great talented people are mass exiting.,Get rid of Ballmer and fast!,1.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66676,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good opportunities to develop yourself,Smart and friendly people. Great management. Good place to work if you are into advanced software testing. Multinational working environment.,Rather competitive environment. Top management values sometimes are not aligned with danish ones.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66677,microsoft,none," Sep 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good short term career,"Good brand, independence at work & celebration of achievement",Flamboyance & connections mostly take you far! No place for a silent galdiator.,"""One may still be good even if the last year wasn't good"" & ""organisational memory shouldn't necessarily fade away along with the last manager""",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66678,microsoft,none," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Comfortable life, but requires self promotion skills","Good work-life balance, excellent benefits?",Evaluation is based on visibility and impact on the org rather than technical / hands- on skills.,none,4.0,none,none,3.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66679,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Sep 9, 2012",Former Employee - Networks Operations Manager,Job tied up in bureaucracy,Great benefits. Respected brand. Great colleagues,Too many layers of management. No creative innovative channels for developing new work methods,Less levels of management. More two way communication. Fair salaries,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1712.htm
66680,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Fabulous company to work. You will have lot of opportunities,Provides lot of opportunities Freedom to choose your work Employee facilities Work culture in certain teams Latest technologies,"Not so great Senior Leadership, they do not have vision for great improvement Long hours of work (this can be bit flexible though) Lengthy & boring commitments, will be a useless process for Individual Contributors","Managers need not be harsh & questioning always, they can also be nice to ones team",5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66681,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A big rock is harder to push, but when it's moving, it carries a lot of momentum","MS is big company, and you get to interact with all kinds of people, touching all kinds of technologies, very good exposure.",Way too many people needs to be convinced for a project to fly.,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66682,microsoft,Copenhagen (Denmark)," Sep 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good opportunities to develop yourself,Smart and friendly people. Great management. Good place to work if you are into advanced software testing. Multinational working environment.,Rather competitive environment. Top management values sometimes are not aligned with danish ones.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66683,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 5, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Manager,My first company so it was a great learning experience for 7 years,"Amazing speed at which things are done, smart co-workers and great learning opportunities and global impact of your work. Excellent tools and infrastructure makes you very productive. Great medical benefits.","Zero work life balance, insane performance review system with a forced ranking system which makes everyone competitive instead of collaborative, ruthless managers who don't care about your career and will not let you move to another group/country. No shift premium / extra pay for overtime /odd hours worked.",It's a glorified sweatshop.,4.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66684,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,Depends on many factors mainly whether you like the culture or not,1) Can get to work on various products and platform infra. 2) Very open and free environment Rest you should make up ur mind,Sometimes lot of processes need to be followed like any other big firm can hold you back a bit. Huge process of performance review etc can look frustrating and hard to understand.,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66685,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Account Manager,If you want work/life balance you may do OK but to really advance you need to sacrifice those things,"- You can go very far if you're willing to pledge above average amounts of time / effort to your role. - If you're willing to schmooze and rub elbows you can ""make a better mark"" - Salary is above average in most cases if you're bringing in expereince - If you're welcome to a lot of soft selling and making numbers you'll be rewarded well at bonus time - If you have a field job (away from a corporate office) you have many opportunities to work from home","- You really need to go above and beyond to get notices - If you're into the technology more than soft selling more of it to the customer you're going to be an underperformer - if you do not want to relocate to one of the major work centers (e.g. Redmond) you're going to top out - work / life balance can be tricky especially if you work out of a home office, if you let it get away from you, you may be expect to ""be online"" all the time because every device you own puts you online at a moment's notice","Make the people responsible for selling sell (the sales folks), let the people who are in charge of supporting the technology and the support services the customer has already purchased do their job and be rewarded for those efforts - not how much they are selling. They are service delivery and should be reviewed against those metrics and not the fact they sold some software / added services, etc. If they do - great, thank them appropriately for the sales lead and let the sales team do their job",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66686,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Aug 25, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Lifetime experience!,"Empowerement, Culture, Career opportunities, Leadership, Professionalism and drive to be the best","Politics, internal focus,management and information systems. Structure and overview.",HR and staff review system and tools are too complicated and not fairly managed.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66687,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 8, 2012",Current Employee - Programme Manager II,Excellent place to work for - Great Work-life balance,"Great opportunities, fun @ work, friendly management",Less availability of advanced / core features at IDC,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66688,microsoft,none," Sep 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rewarding and Frustrating,"Smart people, challenging jobs, interesting projects","Politics is getting worse, Review process sucks",Change the review process so it doesn't penalize people and make managers play games,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66689,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Developer experience,- Interesting and challenging work - Nice people to work with,- none - none - none - none - none,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1713.htm
66690,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great work environment, smart people, dynamic organization","High pressure, high performance required to succeed",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66691,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The company that makes things happen,"No matter what, Microsoft delivers.","Engineering culture, while got dramatically improved through last decade, still not quite adequate to the company's mission-critical role.","Enforced ""curve"" is a problem.",4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66692,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," Sep 6, 2012",Former Employee - Project Manager,Microsoft is an excellent company if you like a mix of tech and business,Always with latest technologies and trends.,"All depends on you, everything is up to you. There is one of the wildest work environments.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66693,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,"A part of my journey to help me grow up, though not as quickly as I expect","-Millions of user base, so you have the opportunity to impact many -Great colleagues and freedom to the work",Business process may kill innovation,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66694,microsoft,Sofia (Bulgaria)," Sep 3, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,CSR,"World wide known company, internal training (not with personal trainer)","aristocracy, not competent personal trainer, one way comunication",research more what your personal trainer dooing and how things works,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66695,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 26, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great company, great culture, great people",1. Open culture. 2. No dress code :) 3. No timing restrictions. 4. Amazing people and products to work with.,1. Too much bureaucracy at times. 2. working with teams across continents and different time zones can sometimes be a pain.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66696,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - SDE2,Super talented people,"Top talent in india, Good salary Good employee benefits",poor in research and ideation,focus on incubation,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66697,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 18, 2012",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Great place to work and grow,"Excellent place to gain experience in Microsoft technologies , great place for someone who loves challenges and would like to grow technically",The nature of the business means that you have to be willing to work in night shifts and it could be quite stressful at times. The other aspect is the work life balance that one needs to strike in support roles which are quite demanding.,My only advice to the management is to consider the ground realities when taking decisions that affect the business/people. I have noticed that management is slow to react at times when certain issues are brought to notice.,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66698,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Director,Microsoft is a great place to work,Provided the Freedom to achieve your goals and drive impact,Stock price has not climbed in the past 10 years. This should change soon,Keep up the great work and innovation.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66699,microsoft,Raanana (Israel)," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Consultant,Best Place to Work at!,Great company with great technologies! Now is the time to be at Microsoft!,"Hard work (that pays off), long days and weeks....it's a life style that you need to enjoy...",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1715.htm
66700,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 14, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,Great Company to work,Great company with great values.,Nothing specific has been observed.,Nothing at this moment.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66701,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,its a good experience.,they pay you well and the work is also exciting .,i dont see much cons but may be as a fresher you can get better options than Microsoft,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66702,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working on Microsoft Office was great for the resume,Flexible hours Accommodating to my ergonomic needs,Perks declining Management getting worse Feel like a number,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66703,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,An awesome innovative workplace,"Great benefits, terrific work environment. You are rewarded for excellence.",High travel. Work life balance is encouraged but it is difficult to maintain if you want to be a top performer.,"Microsoft is starting to be recognized for innovation again, keep up the great work!",5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66704,microsoft,Herzliyya B (Israel)," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Software developer engineer in test. Automation test developer.,"Best place to develop, great working environment .",Too much pressure on the developer.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66705,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 29, 2012",Current Employee - Enterprise Technology Strategist,A great place to learn but watch out for the many pointless meetings,"Great brand Huge career opportunities Customers want to engage Learning possibilities endless Annual trips to US if in sales/technical roles Excellent perks package Generous car allowance Holiday allowance increases quite quickly, starts at 25 days","Many roles are pointless Too many cliques Internal processes slow everything down Like all big companies, a lot of internal politics","Cut down on the mindless metrics at times and ensure people are driven to do the right thing by more team centric incentives, not just individual.",4.0,none,none,4.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66706,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company and opportunities,Offers global career opportunities in the US and international - large company allows one to move to new groups or locations.,Performance review cycle and forced curve.,Get rid of the forced curve.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66707,microsoft,Tashkent (Uzbekistan)," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Teacher,the best company,"everything is easy in Microsoft . you can use excel, word and so on",realy don't know what to say. i love work with Microsoft.,use more better security,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66708,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good step for career development,Has a great company culture.,Moving to upper levels requires too much politics.,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66709,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,Working for best and Top IT brand. Great place for learning.,"Line managers do not exhibit leadership qualities, practice MICRO management and lack of self-confidence. Low pay scale as compared to market standard. Odd working hours. NO PERKS for night allowance.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1716.htm
66710,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 16, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,Consultant,Working for best and Top IT brand. Great place for learning.,"Line managers do not exhibit leadership qualities, practice MICRO management and lack of self-confidence. Low pay scale as compared to market standard. Odd working hours. NO PERKS for night allowance.",none,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66711,microsoft,none," Sep 17, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"going down, fasst..","good benefits, good compensation, generally smart people -- some decent product ideas","too much politics, dead wood (totally useless senior management), too much back stabbing","Fire some old executives, get some fresh blood, culture, ideas",1.0,3.0,1.0,2.0,5.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66712,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,the best company to work for,work life balance employee benefits lots of parties Best culture,Employee becomes expert only in Microsoft technologies. But not outside ones,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66713,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what it says on the tin!,Large multi-national that has an international reputation,Poor leadership. Always late to market with products and services. Staff not appreciated. Work/Life balance improper. Arbirtrary and inconsistent staff evaluation process. Nepotism regularly practiced.,A true audit of what IS working and what isnt is needed.,1.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66714,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Technology Manager,A technology manager in Microsoft Taiwan,"work hard, responsible and easy to get along",Need to improve English speaking and listening,none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66715,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Aug 23, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,"Good place to learn and develop, but as an overall experience Microsoft is not the same in all countries","It is a great place to work because you get exposure to new technologies and you get trainings all the time. It is also a great opportunity to work with virtual teams and people from all over the world. And the corporate culture is good, the people you get to meet are great and I have made very good friends all over the world while working for Microsoft.","Most jobs within Microsoft mean too much work and stress, which has serious effects on work/life balance, although they struggle to improve that. In most cases, there is no such thing as leaving the work in the office - you take it with you everywhere... Another thing i didn't appreciate was how one bad manager can ruin entire teams and make the good people leave.","Pay more attention and take more care of the people who work for you at all levels, otherwise the good people will have alternatives and will not wait around for things to get better.",4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66716,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to work for.,Great benefits and work atmosphere. You're surrounded by intelligent people who are passionate about their work. Everyone's respectful of others' opinions and there's great collaborate across disciplines.,"Sometimes too many initiatives are going on at the same time, everyone's trying to get their project in on the priority list. The calibration process isn't fun and not always fair, merits can be dependent on you working on the right project at the right time.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66717,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company,Work life balance is great. People and culture is good.,Constant management changes can affect your career opportunities.,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66718,microsoft,none," Sep 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great place to learn, horrible place for politics","You learn a lot here. There are lots of technically sharp people, so it is a good place for a junior developer early in his/her career.","The review model and the ensuing politics is really brutal. It hurts the company tremendously and makes it a bad place to work, as it is in your best interest to NOT help your co-workers and, to cut down your co-workers at every opportunity (as that puts you higher in the stack ranking). That does not result in a healthy work atmosphere.",No advice as they do not listen.,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66719,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 25, 2012",Former Employee - Director Global L and D,Mostly good with some drawbacks,Progressive company- great colleagues and exciting atmosphere. Many possibilities if you are highly regarded and have a sympathetic boss.,Email culture is crazy. Get the wrong boss and you are in deep trouble. Occasionally can be a bit of a cult. The use of email is also a little crazy- people continue to do it in meetings which negatively affects quality of discussion. There is also an unspoken expectation that you are on line all the time- not great for work and life balance,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1717.htm
66720,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 14, 2012",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Call center to kill tech people,good for tech support guys working shifts,Graveyard shifts. Hell lot of pressure. there was a time when people used get 1 case a day or 2. Now 10-20 cases per day,Hire managers from tech stream not from sales and service. whos dont know 'T' of technology,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66721,microsoft,Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)," Aug 12, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Manager,Microsoft is great place to work,best place to be in. i missing this company.,"As internatioinal emplouee not working in USA or Redmond, the working invironment is not always good comparing to other international company.",give more priority to international office.,5.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66722,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Smart people... some horrible managers,"Smart engineers, freedom, great work",Few really bad managers who are non technical and don't value good work,Few really bad managers who are non technical and don't value good work.. think middle tier test managers who have been around way too long.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66723,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,This company has changed a lot over time,you can determine your own schedule,"Benefits are going away, Managers are not really interested in your growth, they pretty much determine your path",none,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66724,microsoft,Tel Aviv (Israel)," Aug 19, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,A great workplace for those who care more about processes than Software Engineering,"+ A great compensation package, very competitive salary, stocks, health insurances, bonuses, vacation-days, etc. + Personal (1-2 people) offices (if you like that) + Stressful but you can keep proper life-work balance if you can spin it right over the email","- The work progress is VERY slow and most of the day is spent over emails and meetings - Very little interaction with your manager and your team - Email based communication turns people very formal and cold to each other in personal interaction - Degrading attitude to contractors - Peers that work beside you, doing the same job, but getting a very cold treatment (e.g aren't invited to trips)",Let the developers focus more on the products and the code,2.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66725,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2012",Former Employee - Service Delivery Manager,Developing and inspiring yet demotivating at the end,"People are great, processes are polished and the development opportunities are massive. The company allows working from home (it is specific to your manager, and EU managers are more humanistic than Russian ones:)), they offer a bunch of internal and external trainings including foreign classes.","Review system is unclear and subjective. Stack ranking sucks. I mean: if your whole team is exceeding it never means everyone in the team get ""exceeded"". Managers explain that they have to assing different marks to the whole team so that the average was stable. Lots of attention is paid to newly learned term ""visibility"" which in short means that it is much more important to broadcast than to deliver, and the success is measured baised on your broadcasting.",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66726,microsoft,none," Aug 23, 2012",Current Employee - Dev Manager,"Great company to work for, but getting a bit bureaucratic.","Great people on the teams, learn something every day, great benefits. The work environment is friendly and people make sure you have what you need to get your job done","Bright, shiny object managment style at times. Lots of moving from crisis to crisis, without thinking about how to make things better overall. There can be a little too much internal competition at times","Stay the course on new ideas, particularly in the consumer space. Changing branding and names every year or two just confuses people.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66727,microsoft,none," Aug 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,used to be a great company...,"good learning opportunities on both personal and professional side overall good mkt positionning for core products & services, good inherited reputation","compliance & fears rules more than the competence or performance in the last years no articulated vision & strategy, company declared values are less and less manifested",none,2.0,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66728,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Career limiting move - Join Microsoft India GTSC,"The brand, decent benefits, access to latest MS Technologies and tools, some fairly smart engineers.","1. Too much politics, particularly in the Management chain. Some of GMs and Directors were known miserable frontline managers yet grew because they had the right connections and played their cards well. They are a disgrace to be called Leaders. They have only grown their equally incompetent managers into roles of responsibility. They have a free hand and misuse there powers regularly with no checks at all in place. All sorts of bias in place - regional, caste, language, diversity just to name a few. 2. Performance reviews have nothing to do with performance, they are only about having more managers on your side in the calibration and supporting lies they can tell. The Microsoft performance framework isn't bad in itself, with all companies having some sort of a curve. It's the local misuse which is disgusting. 3. HR function has no control to ensure fairness. Corp doesn't care either in spite of repeated value and ethics violations by these so called leaders and being repeatedly brought out through employee surveys 4. Limited career growth opportunities within and external due to support tag. Internal Job openings are opened later, people to be hired identified first. No respect within other MS orgs for GTSC employees. 5. Offer seems very rosy initially and the brand sells it. It's only once you're in and take a couple of years to understand the game being played in the background, do you wake up. By then you're rusted out and worthless compared to the industry. Only way to succeed is be like these people, back stab your peers, do little yet project lots, leave your ethics and values outside the door, have sugar daddies who matter on your side, etc. etc. 6. Biggest career limiting move you can make - join the IGTSC","1. End the politics to stop bringing a bad name to a reputed company like Microsoft. Local leadership can't address/ doesn't want to address these concerns. Only Corp or Lisa's team can help fix them. 2. Hold employees at all levels accountable including Managers, GMs and Directors. Leaders need to be role models and practice what they breach. Sadly it's completely missing at IGTSC. 3. HR or Corp needs to ensure adherence to ethics, values, etc and take immediate against the violaters no matter how high.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66729,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Dream company to work for anyone in IT,Lot of opportunities Good work life balance Excellent salary and super benefits Nice work environment,You have to pick the right opportunity that knocks then you will excel.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1718.htm
66730,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Sep 3, 2012",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,Career limiting move - Join Microsoft India GTSC,"The brand, decent benefits, access to latest MS Technologies and tools, some fairly smart engineers.","1. Too much politics, particularly in the Management chain. Some of GMs and Directors were known miserable frontline managers yet grew because they had the right connections and played their cards well. They are a disgrace to be called Leaders. They have only grown their equally incompetent managers into roles of responsibility. They have a free hand and misuse there powers regularly with no checks at all in place. All sorts of bias in place - regional, caste, language, diversity just to name a few. 2. Performance reviews have nothing to do with performance, they are only about having more managers on your side in the calibration and supporting lies they can tell. The Microsoft performance framework isn't bad in itself, with all companies having some sort of a curve. It's the local misuse which is disgusting. 3. HR function has no control to ensure fairness. Corp doesn't care either in spite of repeated value and ethics violations by these so called leaders and being repeatedly brought out through employee surveys 4. Limited career growth opportunities within and external due to support tag. Internal Job openings are opened later, people to be hired identified first. No respect within other MS orgs for GTSC employees. 5. Offer seems very rosy initially and the brand sells it. It's only once you're in and take a couple of years to understand the game being played in the background, do you wake up. By then you're rusted out and worthless compared to the industry. Only way to succeed is be like these people, back stab your peers, do little yet project lots, leave your ethics and values outside the door, have sugar daddies who matter on your side, etc. etc. 6. Biggest career limiting move you can make - join the IGTSC","1. End the politics to stop bringing a bad name to a reputed company like Microsoft. Local leadership can't address/ doesn't want to address these concerns. Only Corp or Lisa's team can help fix them. 2. Hold employees at all levels accountable including Managers, GMs and Directors. Leaders need to be role models and practice what they breach. Sadly it's completely missing at IGTSC. 3. HR or Corp needs to ensure adherence to ethics, values, etc and take immediate against the violaters no matter how high.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,12,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66731,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Dream company to work for anyone in IT,Lot of opportunities Good work life balance Excellent salary and super benefits Nice work environment,You have to pick the right opportunity that knocks then you will excel.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66732,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Working a MS,free soda. good pay. smart people,"to big, too much politics",Do better about listening to your designers.,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66733,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Aug 20, 2012",Former Employee - Global Accounts,Alright but could be great,Very bright people and is relevant to every FTSE 500 Company,Lost it's way and has reacted very poorly to growth of tablets,get some vision and clear direction,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66734,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,No Title,Good work environment in the company,there are too many org changes. not much importance on current delivery,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66735,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A company absolutely motivated to reward great performance.,"When you're perceived as a high valued employee, there's no limit to your career at Microsoft. To that aim, managers and co-workers are very supportive. I never felt in competition with my co-workers.","The self-analysis at Microsoft never stops. There are only a few months out of the year when you're not writing your commitments (goals), reviewing your performance against them, completing the company poll, reviewing the poll results, etc.",Let go of some of the measurement. Too much self-analysis turns you into a consulting company. Be a technology company and judge yourself my your products and services.,5.0,4.0,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66736,microsoft,Maracaibo (Venezuela)," Aug 8, 2012",Current Employee - PFE,Great Company,Good Salary and A LOT of oportunities,"A lot of work to do, not so good work/life balance",None,5.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66737,microsoft,none," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for but not sure about future vision,good work/life balance working with talented people working on big user based products,not sure about if we can be leader in 5 years type A aggressive personality culture,"rather than making only good business, let's make good products. let's not too over think. the elegant solution is simple.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66738,microsoft,none," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft takes care of their well performing employees. But the politics and bueracracy are exhausting.,"Great compensation, smart drive people, cool products","politics, lack of strong women leaders, too many meetings, engineers run the company",Take pride in your people management skills.,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66739,microsoft,none," Aug 21, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Nice place to work,"Diverse workforce, cutting edge technologies, good work life balance",Opportunity to innovate is hard to come by,Move faster,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1719.htm
66740,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 7, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,MS Review,Great Work Enviornment really love the work culture,Not intelligent Managers. Too much of buttering.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66741,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good compensation and benefits, hard work..",You get to work with a lot of talented people and new cool technologies. Work hours are very flexible as long as you meet your objectives.,Very competitive environment where peers gets calibrated against each other. Difficult to maintain a fair work life balance. Constant requirement to move to the next level.,Instead of calibrating employees against each other why not look at individual strengths to better utilize the work force + make the employees happier.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66742,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,"huge scope to work in different areas, make a difference: mothership is too influential though","Good campus (Hyd). Comparative to other MNCs, a lot more work is done here. Spread of things that you can work on is very large. Compensation is competitive.",You can get stuck if you are just average. Env in a few groups is pretty toxic - same group indulge in empire building.,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66743,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 6, 2012",Former Employee - Intern,Wonderful experience!,I have been a full-time intern there. I have learned more about computer graphics and how to do research in a professional way as well. What I value most is that I have understand which area I enjoy best and which topic I would like to concentrate on in future!,"Maybe the working environment can get some improvement. For instance, the air condition in working place is not that good.",Get more talented interns from all around world!,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66744,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, reinventing the industry",Great opportunities to contribute to the future of computing.,Large organization with all that entails.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66745,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Work is interesting, but the review system is so messed up it's not funny","Interesting work, good team. Get to play with cuting edge technology and have a decent budget to work with.","The review system needs to go. It's like rolling the dice and then when it's all done you have to ""own the message"" even if you don't agree with it.",Listen to the thousands of your employees that are clamoring for a new review system.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66746,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2012",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Sales jobs at MS are not what they used to be,"Many very talented people who are willing to go above an beyond to achieve joint goals. Fantastic benefits (although they're getting less fantastic every year), good pay if you achieve your goals (see cons).","Calibration/stack ranking model is as bad as recent articles suggest. It opens the door for cronyism, and major subjectivity regardless of how well you do your job. Be prepared to be a political person - know who to be close to, etc. If you don't want that, look elsewhere because the culture has unfortunately become exactly that.",Get rid of the calibration/stack ranking system. It doesn't work period. So many good people have left MS because they were not sucking up enough to management or not visible enough to managers other than their own.  Pay people based on CLEAR objectives that are realistic and easy to understand. Current pay models are way too complicated and end up with people being unsatisfied or feeling like you are throwing the rug over their eyes.  Give objectives and quota early in the year and stick to them unless its to change them because they're deemed unrealistic. September or November is way too late to give objectives.  Find a way to keep your talented people. Upping an IC to a 65 only to have them then calibrated against managers doesn't make sense. How many good people will you lose before you change your approach?,3.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66747,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 19, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Takes good care of you,"A benevolent, if large and sometimes unweildly employer. Has a finger in all pies of Computer Science: Possible to find work in almost any field you're interested in. Fresh set of products and ideas in the pipeline.","Opportunities for growth are limited outside Redmond. Development/Processes are getting faster and more agile, but still Far from ideal.",Bring a more services-oriented / start up culture to the place.,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66748,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great company but need to be more agile,1. Provide great resource and support for career development. Career paths are clear. 2. Work with talented and smart people every day. People are respectful. 3. Can achieve work life balance. The overall benefit is good. 4. Have the opportunity to work on products that impact millions of people globally. Can try different products within the company.,"1. People don't think Microsoft is a cool company any more. 2. Like any big companies, bureaucracy is unavoidable. 3. It's not very innovative. It's not very agile in terms of responding to market opportunities.",Make the management chain more flat. Encourage people stay on IC roles and reward senior ICs better.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66749,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's an okay place.,Flexibility if you work for the right manager. Ability to move around the organization. Access to a lot of training if you actually have the time to devote a day or two to a training session.,Based in Seattle area and is very PNW-centric. Stack ranking. Ineffective middle managers. Politics. Commitment more to meeting individual review goals than best interest of company.,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1720.htm
66750,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to start your career,great work life balance excellent employee policy flexible timings campus,difficult to carve out your identity in such a big organization,sometimes they need to forget their ego and hear what the young recruits have to say,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66751,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Satisfied with my long tenure in the company,"Offers reasonable career growth, while letting you maintain a good work-life balance. Values its people. Gives you a chance to work in the latest technologies. Great work culture.",A huge organization comes with significant process overheads. Career growth not uniform across different product teams. Microsoft technologies rarely used elsewhere in the world - so some of the experiences would not count elsewhere.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66752,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 14, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Wow,"Flexi timings, autonomy, flexibility to choose roles",Pretty aggressive which impacts the work life balance at times,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66753,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company for personal development,"Great benefits Endless opportunity to grow your career (if you put in the effort to learn, do, and connect) Scale - not many companies have the global recognition and impact that Microsoft has Wickedly smart people to work with","BIG and slow - decision making is a very long process and involves way too many ""stakeholders"" External perception Review system (and I am in HR) Culture is very ""me-centric"" and that is directly related to the performance management system. Forced distribution will create this type of behavior",Lose the peer comparative ranking system all together. Don't just change a few things and rename the process. Lose the comparative ranking or you will always have a culture that focuses more on checking boxes in their individual commitments vs. doing what is right for the company and shareholders.,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66754,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Aug 15, 2012",Current Employee - License Sales,Excellent work culture but an extremely aggressive organization,1) Work Culture 2) Pay by performance 3) Work hard & party hard,1) No work life balance 2) extremely aggressive organization 3) High pressure,none,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66755,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great benefits, room to try out ideas as long as you have an open manager (rare)",-great benefits. -smart people. -flex time -strong company-huge rev. #'s,-seattle -LIfers that have never worked anywhere but microsoft (so strange) -horrible culture -jealousy -creative black hole -seattle,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66756,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2012",Current Employee - Consulting Practice Manager,People are truly the #1 focus at Microsoft - combined with a HUGE investment into technology R&D,"- technology investment - focus on growing and supporting people - quality of peers and managers is generally top notch - tremendous focus on growth - extremely storng focus on ethics - great reputation, proud to be associated with Microsoft",- Microsoft does NOT do a great job training business people - as opposed to their technical expertiese - Microsoft services is a second class citizen to the product groups - Too heavy reliance on partners versus devleoping organic capabilities and scaling Microsoft in specific strategic markets,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66757,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Do NOT work for CMGR/Market Research,"-Great at looking at data, poking holes at data, pretending to have intelligent conversations about data, and then trying to make something out of nothing that has little or no relevance to the business -Awesome at creating useless yet time consuming work to make it seem like they're ""contributing.""","where to begin -The most useless part of organization comprised of people with zero knowledge of business or desire to know the business. Most people came here straight from school and have made a good living by locking themselves in their office and newer people are straight from research vendors who know very little about what business impact means. Those that have more significant experiences either quickly leave or eventually sell out to this dysfunction kool-aide. If you come from significant client/company side experience, this is NOT the place for you. Only a handful of people come from true client/company side experience. most come from useless market research vendors. -Do not be fooled by buzz words they'll tell you like ""business impact, strategic, consultative."" This is a group of folks who don't know business fundamentals let alone marketing fundamentals. Worst is they create useless work to ""teach"" these skills to grown-up, experienced professionals. Is this elementary school? That's right. i'm referring to scenario presentations. -All or most have inferiority, insecurity, and anti-social complexes. no wonder the BG shuts them out. -Absolutely worthless leadership. How many GM's and Sr. Directors does it take to run a corporate satisfaction tracker? Lazy, out of touch, in it for themselves, narcissitic, insecure - good descriptors of these folks. -Never have i been to a place where it's accepted, embraced, and verbalized that you won't make any impact, wont contribute to the business, and it's a hard culture but embrace it. -no one in their rightful, logical, intelligent, and professional mind would say this function and group is right, makes sense, or has potential. This is a wasteland and you will be taking a major backtrack in your professional career no matter what they tell you about how fancy ""Microsoft"" will look on your resume or how good the perks and benefits are. Do not do this to yourself.","To the people who make decisions (i don't know who you are), this function is worthless and makes zero contribution to Microsoft. I'm pretty sure you've (a) never heard of it (b) surprised it still exists (c) haven't seen anything useful come from this group. Dissolve it. i'm suprised it's lasted as long as it has. Decentralize the function, give ownership of function to the BG's so that you actually have professionals who do work directly tied to the business needs. you can thank me later for saving the company some coin.",1.0,none,none,none,none,none,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66758,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company , but too muuch time dedicated to internal battles","great benefits and decent salaries, some innovation, training, really global ( a little bit US centric)","Strong culture, for the good and for the bad. You need to work for your boss more than for the company. With no networking you are nothing.","Listen more, walk the talk in people management, spend more qulaity time with employees (no parties, dinners,) involve them really, and be honest with them in all situations. And BTW if you said a poll is anonimous, make sure it is.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66759,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 14, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),awesome and place to work for,"Freedom, Work life balance, campus",Manager has full control over u.,Very liberal,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1721.htm
66760,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 16, 2012",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Amazing company with the worlds amazing technologies to go to market with!,This company is for sure one of the greatest technology companies to work with. There is always a huge amount of enthusiasm it brings in periodically for satiating the technical mind here.,Too many organisational changes leads to an unrest in one's career growth out here.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66761,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a good corp,"Benefits are good, including insurance and holidays",Job is Stressful and the review system makes it mroe stressful,"Create an environment with work-life balance, so that employees are more productive.",3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66762,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great company, respected, lots to learn everyday, lots of competition,challenging, really smart people, good pay checks","top in the industry, well recognized, easy for the customers to listen on what you have to say, huge ecosystem, good people, lots of partners, many programs, great benefits, great products and great ideals...","some favoritism, politics, introducing the 'how' in the evaluations may leave employees performance to some bad bosses subjectivity and personal opinions",none,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66763,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Used to be a place where I worked with the smartest people I knew, now it's mostly non-technical sycophants.","Access to new technology, exposure to wide range of customers, work on diverse sets of problems, early access to beta products and services.",Playing politics is often rewarded more than contributing to the business. Many many non-technical middle managers who design processes that get in the way more often than not.,"Get rid of stack ranking on teams, reward business contributions instead of rewarding the people who play politics the best.",3.0,2.0,1.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66764,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Aug 12, 2012",Current Employee - Services,10 years and still growing strong,- very committed colleagues and friends - very focus on customers - flexibility,- different groups are driven by different commitments - disconnect between tops and the field,- need to pay close attention to commitments alignment,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66765,microsoft,"San Jose, San Jose (Costa Rica)"," Aug 12, 2012",Former Employee - Account Manager,PAM Costa Rica,Good Salary and training to promote company values,work life balance and new employment opportunities,"fo the important things, focus on customers and partners",4.0,1.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66766,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Package Comes with Great Stress,"Fantastic benefits, salary and compensation are great. Some very nice, very intelligent people work here and they truly care about what they do.","The review model, lack of work-life balance, and bloated org size make it incredibly difficult to get things done or take intelligent risks.","Get rid of the review model - it inhibits risk-taking in all but your top performers, and promotes the worst kind of management practice (keeping people around so that you have a low-performer for the stack rank, for example, instead of getting rid of the problem quickly.)",3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66767,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Aug 10, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Everything depends on the team you are in,I'm currently working remotely from Vancouver and actively participating in online meetings. This is a very good exercise for understanding english because many people speak with differrent accents and remote style of work doesn't make it easier,Can't take vacation in the second half of each month because the product goes into pre-lease stage at this time. Do they really have no one to take over my stuff while I'm on vacation?,"Try to make better life-work balance for your employees. Don't try to do the impossible. People will be in better mood and, as a result, produce better products",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66768,microsoft,none," Aug 7, 2012","Former Employee - Director, Law and Corporate Affairs","Supporting environment in government, parliament and industry associations, government assignments EUR 80M+","Innovative environment, financial stability, constructive leadership, clear expectations, readyness to implement ideas or propositions from the floor, accountability as business leader, ability to change attitudes, cooperation of employees","poor labor contracts, inaccuracy in facing quick challenges, poor constructiveness in the cooperation on managerial level, inadecvate representation of company values in public sector",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66769,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Aug 27, 2012",Former Employee - Support Engineer II,Support Engineer II,Senior Management is worst Lot of politic Review /Appraisal process is worst and management takes advantage of this process to pressure rise the employees,"Badly need to have some good people in the Management to save this company, to stop people and companies attrition.","Badly need to have some good people in the Management to save this company, to stop people and companies attrition.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1722.htm
66770,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,"Pay, sharp folks, projects, scale, impact, perks, offices,","competitive environment, work life balance",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66771,microsoft,none," Aug 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Avoid this company as much as possible.,"Very few, if any. And minor.","Unhealthy work environment, The so called ""stack-ranking"" in evaluating people's performance makes everyone your competitor and anemy. There is no stimulus to work and collaborate as a team. Many managers are not too-competent. In many teams quality is not valued.",Abolish the stack-ranking system. Eliminate a lot of unnecessary middle-management levels. Give awards and bonuses to temas -- not to individuals.,1.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66772,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Very Good Experience with Microsoft China,"Microsoft has smartest people. I would say there are only 4 companies in high tech that worth being employed, and MS is one of them.","Challenge jobs, high quotas for sales and marketing, complecated org structure",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66773,microsoft,Hong Kong (Hong Kong)," Aug 7, 2012",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,"A good experience, but hard to see a path","- Managers and people are helpful - Managers willing to discuss career options - If you can handle it, people are willing to give you a lot of responsibility - Good for self-directed workers","- Many staff try to offload work onto you or leverage you - Contract staff do not usually have a clear path transitioning into FTE (Full-time employee) - Many people leave early due to the poor contracts, constantly losing experienced employees and replacing them with new staff - One person may carry too much workload",- Don't be afraid to replace the more replaceable staff with young blood to lock down the more important staff on better contracts or even an FTE opening instead,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66774,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work with smart talented people,"Great environment, challenging work and fantastic benefits",Leadership sometimes is not that engaged and product focused. This is only on some teams though.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66775,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Jul 24, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Lead,"I like working in this environment, where the people are smart, the managers are listening, the benefits are good.","- Nice work environment - Good benefits - Feel valued employee - Good communication/collaboration - Diversity (different cultures, languages, political views) - Strong values in the entire company (over the word)",- Big company - some processes might be slow/hard to change - Some of the decisions might lack transparency and lead employees to wrong conclusions,none at the moment,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66776,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Culture,Open and respect people help with each other,sometime you gotta be sophisticated,do the right things right,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66777,microsoft,none," Jul 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I was a Microsoft student partner and not an employee,"Exposure, MSDN Ultimate subscription worth12000$ for free, Goodies, Friends from local technical community, Interaction with MS employees during events like Dreamspark Yatra, TechEd, TechVista etc.",Narrow windows to get into MS as intern/fresher despite being its student partner.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66778,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Aug 4, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Microsoft GTSC Romania - Great place to start your career,"- trainings, exposure to technology - benefits above market - great work environment - possibility to work from home",- salary below market - very hard to move from a technical support engineer position to manager - a lot of corporate talk - it gets a bit impersonal at times - tends to hire fresh graduates and pay them less money than to preserve the current experienced employees.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66779,microsoft,none," Aug 3, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,It is a great company to work for. It is a ocean of knowledge.,"Great, smart people, variety of projects. Each new group is like a different company. One can get varied experience.","Unless you reach out, the experience can be limited to what you ask for. If you are just happy with development, you will only get that. To get a well rounded experience, you need to know the whole nine yards. You need to ask to get that.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1723.htm
66780,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"Very eased working envioirment, and with a lot of experts from where you can learn much more than some technical skills,","The contents of working is kind of trival, without much creativity. So you have to bear some troublesome scarps everywhere in work.",Prepare for the tiny challenges!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66781,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Aug 4, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Microsoft GTSC Romania - Great place to start your career,"- trainings, exposure to technology - benefits above market - great work environment - possibility to work from home",- salary below market - very hard to move from a technical support engineer position to manager - a lot of corporate talk - it gets a bit impersonal at times - tends to hire fresh graduates and pay them less money than to preserve the current experienced employees.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66782,microsoft,none," Jul 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Cold and competitive,"Amazing benefits and compensation. Many perks such as free health club membership and discounts on almost everything. If you live in Redmond (well, you don't really exist if you don't), you are blessed with tons of opportunities to do something different. Lots of training and interesting work. Great computers. Employees are well cared for.","We are required to work like dogs. We are competitively rated on competencies such as collaboration. Counter-intuitive. Everyone is expected to be a star. You must grow or you are managed out. It's often cheaper to have a small team build internal tools rather than buy them. But that means most internal tools used to develop software are very sub standard compared to tools in the marketplace that are developed with more resources. Unnecessarily complex. Entitled and sheltered employees who think a 5% bonus (one of the lowest one can get) is really awful - that's higher than most people get in the real world. Employees have golden handcuffs on their hands that just accept the way the company is and think there's no changing it. People are supposed to change jobs every three years, so no one has any loyalty to each other. Very hard to assimilate as an external hire. If competitors aren't delivering a feature, why would we?",Make Ballmer Chief Operations Office and find a technologist to be the CEO.,2.0,1.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66783,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 29, 2012",Former Employee - Programme Manager II,Role with flexibility and freedom you want,Individual Contributor role offers lot of flexibility and freedom to demonstrate your skills and also nourishes your interests in other areas,SAP space may not offer opportunities you get in service industry.,nepotism and favoritism is prevalent and goes unchecked,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66784,microsoft,Raanana (Israel)," Jul 17, 2012",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,@ Microsoft,"Good Deal , Very interesting , Top of technology",Not allways best practice to express your thoughts,none,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66785,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Partner Architect,excellent,lot of opportunities and challenges,huge company and sometimes agility is missing,may be we need more startups forked by microsoft,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66786,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2012",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Great Company Reinventing Itself,"• Solid products / scale customer base…this is not startup land • Smart people – great environment for professional growth • Good compensation / great overtime…not the place to get rich quick but very good after five(ish) years • The best in enterprise / getting into the fight (finally) in consumer • Very serious about design, cloud services, and devices","• Microsoft’s org structure and software licensing legacy make strategy very hard • The whole reinvention thing can be frustrating if ambiguity bugs you • Comp package is just ok to start – gets good after five or so years • No cool factor, but you’ll have to do a startup for that","• It’s taken far too long to get moving on a consumer strategy but we are landing one now…so drive, drive, drive! • You have a ton of good will with employees. We love Microsoft and are ready to stretch. You can count on us…so please do that • Stop worrying about the review system. All review systems suck, so does ours but at least we understand how to deal with it",4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66787,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Toxic Culture in some groups, but nice benefits",The Benefits are great. Lots of opportunity for growth,Review System creates a toxic environment,Change your review system. It doesn't incentivize the right thing,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66788,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Just soso I am looking for a new job,"Good people good manager, and good environment",No good future. I am looking for a new job,No,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66789,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Account Technology Specialist (ATS),A whirlwind start with great prospects but then you learn the politics and the scorecard system,"Huge resources, talented people, good benefits, opportunity to travel",Poor leadership from senior decision makers Paranoia about products. Staff find out stuff from partners or on the web before ifs announced internally,Scrap the scorecard and allow successful people be more successful and fire the wasters,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1724.htm
66790,microsoft,none," Aug 2, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good company,its a good company and you can't get any better company to start with in your early career.,there are no serious cons,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66791,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 13, 2012",Former Employee - Assistant Researcher,Awesome Place,"Lots of great people, lots of great ideas, lots of wonderful parties, and tons of fun!",Sometimes projects don't go very well. More guidance needs to be given to new joinees on when to persist and when to walk away.,Keep up the fun!,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66792,microsoft,Bucharest (Romania)," Jul 26, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,One of the most disappointing experiences in my professional life,"Size of the company, talented and dedicated people","Poor management, from the top down. Tons of politics. A performance system that does not encourage inovation and entrepreneurship, but brown-nosing.",Have a hard look in the mirror,2.0,2.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66793,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Once a great company that has lost it's way,It was a great company and it can be again.,Engineering culture has been depleted by layers of middle management and a review system that encourages intense internal competition resulting in cannibalism instead of collaborative innovation.,"I believe in Microsoft and truly have a passion for it, has been terrible to watch and experience it lose it's engineering roots and self destruct. Clear out the middle management and let the engineers rule again.",3.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66794,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 10, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,My review about Microsoft GTSC,"Good facilities like transport, food and work environment Better pay Good brand name Free food Good medical benefits","Only product support, no coding at all Pure night shifts No work-personal life balance No growth in career wise like role change No transparency between you and manager No value as support engineer within and outside Microsoft Won't get feel of learning something every day from your job. Only work to do is memory dumps collection in daily work. Very poor appraisal review, it depends only on how your relationship with manager.",Maintain transparency and help employees to grow. This review is specific to Microsoft GTSC support not entire Microsoft.,2.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,13,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66795,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Creative, smart people there. Friendly culture.",Strong global presence and connection between different office.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66796,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great benefits, awesome people, fun workplace","Work life balance, understanding my role",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66797,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is a great company,"benefit, talent people, nice work environment","work life balance, bad weather in seattle",none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66798,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Research Software Development Engineer,good place to work,lot of learning. new technology good package,work life balance not much growth opportunity,So many old timers.,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66799,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place,salary is ok. not tht great. benefits are good,stack ranking. huge variation in the salary for the same role and level,please make the salary at par if not equal. change the review system,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1725.htm
66800,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fading shadow of its former self,"Good pay and benefits, highly professional, nice offices, flexible working, interesting business opportunities, scope to change roles every few years, free drinks","Most staff think they're far smarter than they actually are, crippling terminology / everything's an acronym, death by Powerpoint, meeting overload, idiot-level training is mandatory for everyone every year","Bring in outside talent to accelerate your retirement date, please",3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66801,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Love working for Microsoft,"Benefits, diversity of people, and lots of work.","Career development, ""them vs us"" and individual success (no credit for helping others).",Too many manager have noses in the air and develop processes for self-gratifying reasons.,3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66802,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Awesome,Excellent work culture with lots of career opperunities.,Need to be at par in terms of Payroll,There are some mid management people who needs to be changed to get some fresh legs therein.,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66803,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Review for Microsoft Company,Great company to work for. The company has projects on most software areas one can imagine.,I cant think of many cons.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66804,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft has been a great place to work,"interesting work. result oriented, open discussion, focus for ethics",Cross company move becoming difficult Stack ranking,Improve or eliminate Stack ranking,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66805,microsoft,none," Jul 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's one of the greatest companies in the history of free enterprise.,Great people. Great opportunities. Great projects. Great products. Great benefits.,Highly matrixed organization with a need to build consensus in a wide variety of ways with a wide variety of people/roles. This makes getting simple things done very complicated.,Be the manager Microsoft expects you to be - you know what that means.,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66806,microsoft,Timişoara (Romania)," Jul 25, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Working at Microsoft,"The paycheck was good. I started as an intern and when I got hired after the internship, my salary grew up to more than double, but from what I understood from my colleagues I was a bit under-payed, probably because I was a fresh graduate. There are plenty of benefits, but they depend from headquarter to headquarter.","The management system is not a good one. Each year, a manager has to have from his team an over achiever and an under achiever, no matter what he has to have these two. And this builds competitivity between coworkers.",Change your management system because it isn't that productive.,4.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66807,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,As good as you want it to be,"Resources, Infra, Culture, Campus, Brand Name","Leadership, Process, Food Chain :),",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66808,microsoft,"Guangzhou, Guangdong (China)"," Jul 12, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Best Place to Work,"Big organization, modern working place, foods, ice creams and coffees are served, salaries are high, ppl are nice and professional, families are proud of you.",It's too big sometimes you may find it hard to finalize your goal position.,end earlier the work day.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66809,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2012",Current Employee - Enterprise Technology Strategist,Great place to be in 2013!,Most exciting product lineup in the company's history coming up this year. Don't miss out!,Lots of hard work ahead but totally worth the investment of your time.,Keep your eye on the prize.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1726.htm
66810,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great work environment & lots of growth personal potential,"Great, talented people, challenging work, amazing benefits and work environment. Great as a starting position for developers. Strongest test discipline in the industry.","Slow promotional processes, a lot of Corporate-American bureaucracies.",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66811,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 18, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good place to work at if placed at the right team,Best work-life balance we can take weeks of holidays or work from home some teams are really good,"some teams are really bad, they have no work and no space for learning",none,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66812,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to be at.............,"good package, good work life balance,good work..................",in a bad city............ hyderabad.........,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66813,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"High bureaucracy, middle-management blocks everything, people don't care about real biz results","Stable salary, safe work if you know how to live in Corporate culture","Nobody cares about real value for company - only for 1 year scorecard results Most employees showcasing ""new"" projects and initiatives and not doing routine work required for business","Change performance rating system esp. remove lower band statistical distribution of ""underperformers"", eliminate artificial management layers only needed to give people career opportunity and not value to company",4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66814,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Competitive stack-ranking, and limited career growth outside of Redmond","Benefits are great for now, company is respected as hiring top talent so looks good on a resume/CV, and top performers as compared to peers receive good pay increases and career opportunities in general.","Culture has become internally competitive, confidence is rewarded over self-criticism (a msft core value, no longer widely evident), matrixed org is complex and decision ownership is unclear but consensus is still somehow expected, 'stack ranking' is perceived as a popularity contest vs. supported by outcomes and data, simplification efforts happen in silos creating even more complexity and duplication, and there is little tolerance for the complex and thoughtful planning needed for org-wide systemic solutions.","Stop rewarding shoot-from-the-hip behavior and solutions, and keep stack ranking under control so that it's not being done in small teams (which it is today).",2.0,1.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66815,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2012",Former Employee - Principal Consultant,Wolf in Sheep's clothing !,"Some great fringe perks , decent package (not the best). Offices are very well equipped. Some great people to work with.","Management sucks ! Driven by the numbers game, people are secondary despite what management say. Enjoy the good times because one day you'll be at the bottom of the stack - review process stack ranks people and one year you'll have a bad year and its difficult to recover - better to leave. Its a pyramid and you're expected to keep moving on and up or you just fall off. The review system does not cater for solid consistent performers, you must keep on improving - management is so weak that it has to keep applying the same dumb system. Its also difficult to move around the company unless you near the top as they won't invest (take a risk) in you having to learn different skills.  You can't get old and grey here - young and grey yes. If you're young and a bit idealistic (sorry guys!) then its the place for you, if you a hard nosed, sod the rest of you sort of person it will also work well. However, if you're incredibily old - say over 40!! , just want to do a solid job, consistently performing, then no way - you're deadwood as far MS is concerned.  And its very Redmond centric. I could go on and on and on !  In summary - Its lean mean money making machine ! its a business - don't forget that.","Think about employees - they are your best asset. Stack ranking is killing the company.  Its also living in the past and fortuantly can coast on past achievments (Office & Windows) . Its simply too big - needs breaking up and some bits dumping. Alternatively diverge the brands - need to separate gaming from home computing from enterprise, such a mixed up marketing message - even the employees are confused.",2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66816,microsoft,"Toronto, ON (Canada)"," Jul 22, 2012",Current Employee - Pam,Great Fast Pace Learning,You are working with some of the smartest people in the industry. Great learning enviroment with having the opportunity to excell.,you are scorecarded to death and while success is measured green... it's really like a watermelon... green on the outside and bright red to it's core. It seems we eat our young and contuine to measure what have you done for me right now.,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66817,microsoft,none," Jul 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Satsfying,"Easy paced,great place to work","outdated thinkiing, slow in implementing and slow innovator","Ask me,if you don't know",4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66818,microsoft,none," Jul 23, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Manager,"Overall, my 16 years at MS feel good. It was a nice journey with many adventures in an international environment.","At MS, you can make it work for yourself. You feel 'free'.","There is always pressure, you have to be able to support that.","Big company, get back to more 'human' levels, with better HR and more support for senior employees.",4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66819,microsoft,Belgrade (Serbia)," Jul 23, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Manager,"Great place, hard work","Great working environment, lots of freedom, full flexibility to organize your workdays, nice benefits, possibility to advance your career, possibility to travel, first-rate experience","Huge amount of work - each position effectively encompasses two or more positions in itself, so most of employees are doing the work of two or three people, tight deadlines, loads of administration, very stressful",Hire more people to prevent burnout of employees,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1727.htm
66820,microsoft,Haifa (Israel)," Aug 9, 2012",Former Employee - PUM,"Only if you are a robot, otherwise do yourself a favor and consider something different","Large organization, stable, excellent salary/benefits",No room for innovation. Management style is the opposite of empowering..Reorg every 3 months. Changed 7 GM/VP managers in less than 5 years.,"The world has changed. Making just ""Windows great"" or other long standing mega successful products is by no means a reasonable strategy anymore. It is about time to think for the user real needs and users wishes and enabling the user and not narrowing it down to the two incredible milking cows of Office and Windows. If Microsoft was ""the client company"", it would have put the energy in creating all the best experience client OS+Platform and killer apps. for Phones & Tablets. Instead MS is now left with Best desktop OS, and arguably reasonable server OS. Perhaps Win8 will change that slightly... but feels like too much coming from behind. Lastly if there will 2 advises on internal culture that I will recommend you to consider: 1. Ensure no cookie licking phenomena exist and be brutal about attempts of groups to increase their scope beyond reasonable proportion just to have their safety. 2. Judge managers by how much they were able to empower and grow people and NOT by how much detailed their business reviews were. With the amount of intellect in the company it is amazing how much is energy and time are thrown away by ridiculous arrogant mid level managers (GM/VP)",1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66821,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Director Parnter Management,Several of the interviewees were really smart and engaging. Did not ask academic questions but focused on real world problems,Took entire day and 9 interviews!,Shorten loop,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66822,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2012",Current Employee - Researcher,Interesting place,"Nice place, with a generally pleasant atmosphere, and very interesting projects to work on.","The benefits and salaries are somewhat below similar firms in the sector (e.g. Google, Facebook etc.)",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66823,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"products used by millions, great pay and solid benefits, need to be OK with being a small cog in a huge machine","- Very competitive base pay, stock, and benefits - Amazing breadth of products to work on ... and most are used by millions - Smart and generally collaborative co-workers - Once you get past the rain, Seattle is an amazing place to live","- Is a huge company with all the bureaucracy and politics that you would expect - Strategy is ultimately Windows uber alles ... and this kills a lot of innovation - Quality of leadership has steadily declined over the years ... most are now neither technical innovators or business visionaries - Review system changes virtually every year and incents employees to do the wrong things = self over team, success on narrow scope vs go big on what really matters, stay on the same time vs. diversity of experiences",none,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66824,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE II),One of the best company to work for,"You will learn professionalism. Apart from this, they have so many products, in which you are free to roam around.","There are so many people in each team, that your visibility and recognition sometimes gets hidden. There rating system is relative, thus, atleast 5% of people will fall in worst bucket despite of their best efforts.",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66825,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,Solid company with good benefits. Excellent products and partners.,"Company has become so large, and managers are extremely competitive, that it no longer provides an environment to share ideas or build a sense of community.","When looking for Managers, hire only people who want to manage people. Then allow them to manage without all the internal meetings.",3.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66826,microsoft,none," Jul 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great CS company,Good salary and benefits Lots of chances to jump into the technical field you wish,Understanding the review standards would be challenging,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66827,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 9, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,A great place to work for !,"Nice compensation, great work culture and amazing people","Odd work timings, high pressure due to work load",Compensation can be better when compared to other,5.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66828,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jul 18, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Manager,One of the best companies to work for,Job satisfaction and possibility of working on diverse role in each division,"Constant number pressure,work life balance",keep the good work going...,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66829,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fun workplace,"Casual culture, respect to individual",Very hard to change things in mature teams,Encourage innovation from grassroot level developers,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1728.htm
66830,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jul 3, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Writer,Encourage people to be creative to innovation,Have the latest amazing technologies,Many obstacles for innovation since too many teams are involved,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66831,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"If you choose to work in a big corporate, Microsoft is one of the best options","- Great people to work with - The organization encourages success and promotion - High salaries and additional benefits - The company takes care of the staff, even when major changes occur","- Big corporate = a lot of bureaucracy - Many organizational changes, I have seen a lot of groups shutting down -",N/A,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66832,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 16, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,It is an awesome experience to be working with Microsoft.,Work Culture Process oriented Immense impetus given to work-life balance,Not much exciting work in MSIT,Some processes can be streamlined further.,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66833,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jul 16, 2012",Current Employee - Operations Manager,Microsoft values people,Flexibility to maintain work life balance,voice of the ground can be hard to get through to the top,"Encourage people to do their best, value the best of people and not relative best as a result of internal competition.",4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66834,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Fun workplace,"Casual culture, respect to individual",Very hard to change things in mature teams,Encourage innovation from grassroot level developers,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66835,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 5, 2012",Current Employee - Programme Manager II,Microsoft has been the best place i have worked so far in my career,Great company with an awesome culture. really good work life balance. Excellent work group - above average compared to most industry standards.,Too big and growing up the ladder gets slow after a couple of steps up. Salary could also be revised a bit upward.,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66836,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2012",Former Employee - Director,Smart people - no growth,"Meet smart people, build skills, good pay.","The company is shrinking number of products, while the decision making is being centralized for each product. This means no growth opportunities, and super internal competitiveness. Lots of ""politicians"", hard to get things done.",Need to get the senior people who have been there for awhile to move on. They are typically politicians and not leaders (its not like anyone has shipped a great new product in the last ten years.). And inject new blood to change the culture.,3.0,4.0,1.0,1.0,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66837,microsoft,"Manila, Manila (Philippines)"," Jul 15, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,"Humbling, learning experience in the job","Some of the words I use to describe Microsoft are: Exposure, development, interest, Fulfillment,","Work life balance can be a bit tricky to ""balance"" must balance between performance and networking",none,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66838,microsoft,Tel Aviv (Israel)," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Editor,"great place, wksh i could be an employee",great enviromtent to developt at,"hard to be an employee, not everyone gets the opportunity",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66839,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Too politics and lack of innovation but some great people,- good package and benefits - smart people - nice work environment - flexible working (wfh) - some nice product in software but lack of innovation,"- followers not leader in new technology - too slow to move on products cycle - too politics, too much focus on visibility rather than performance - very competitive",none,3.0,none,none,2.0,4.0,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1729.htm
66840,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to study,There are many talented colleagues. You can learn much from them,"Limited promotion opportunities, strict rule",none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66841,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jul 11, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Its a Gud Company,good salary.... good leave.....increase in salaries easily...respect foer lower employees,A lot of workin tym. slow internet. bad housing facilities....bad management,to reduce stress on workers...... less working hours,4.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66842,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 4, 2012",Current Employee - Director,How is it working for MS in India,"Very innovative culture, focuses on technology and people alike. I have not seen such a focus on developing people and focussing on making them great leaders. Excellent opportunities to innovate and develop your careers.","Inspite of existence for a long time, still big dependency on Redmond. Some people may not be able to thrive in a culture where key decisions don't happen locally.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66843,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,"Amazing Company, Services can be challenging",- VERY smart people - Ability to influence billions of people - Openness - Flexible work environment,- Not all managers understand the Microsoft NDA,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66844,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company with brilliant people,"> Great company culture that promotes lots of cross collaboration, and work-life balance > Lots of opportunity for career growth, even in areas outside your current expertise > Working with lots of brilliant individuals",> Increasing pressure on revenue > Sales Incentive payments getting ever harder to reach with new rules & processes,"> Take care of the people, I think the focus has shifted away from people to other things.",4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66845,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Student Partner,Very Encouraging environment Provides full support,Too much pressure to advertise their products Too many irritating tasks and deadlines,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66846,microsoft,Kfar Saba (Israel)," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Customer Service,"Hard work, great people.",Good job for who's after their military service Good salary You learn a lot  Good start for who wants to get into the high tech world,Can't study and work at the same time Need a lot of patience and be a people person,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66847,microsoft,none," Jul 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good to Great - maybe....,"I've had a great time working in a professional, dynamic, high- energy company","Too much dissension internally, everyone is looking out for themselves first instead of investing time and energy in the company",Figure out how to move forward. The wheels are spinning too much.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66848,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 10, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,One of the best company to work,"I found Microsoft to be one of the best company to work. Good salary, great work culture, freedom to work and awesome team vibes",Sometime team leads doesn't give a good attention to employee growth which can hamper the motivation of employees. Surely employees should be concerned about their growth themselves but support from team managers is equally important.,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66849,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2012",Current Employee - User Experience Researcher,Great company,"Big challenges, big opportunities, great benefits","long management chain, lengthy process",none,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1730.htm
66850,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent, lots of learning, nice people, lot of innovation and flexibility","1. Working with brilliant people 2. Lot of products : it's like multiple companies within a company. If you ever had to change your work profile, you can change within the company 3. Good compensation and benefits",1. Huge and hence getting visibility is tough 2. Changing things can be sometimes tough owing to lot of legacy stuff,Ways to enable people have more visibility. Better rewards program,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66851,microsoft,none," Jul 8, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It all depends on your team,-Great benefits such as 401k match (up to a certain percentage) -Free drinks -Brand recognition on your work -Training opportunities available,-Hard to get projects moving quickly due to the size of the company and sometimes you find out another group maybe working on a very similar project -It really depends on the team you work on,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66852,microsoft,none," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft provide you a latest technology to go beyond, and it's easy for me to achieve my goal and objectives.",In simple words i like competition.,It's quite hard to find a comfort resident near Microsoft headquarters.,explore us.,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66853,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good and fun with work,"It is a company where your ideas are valued and you are helped if u r stuck with some problems, the products they develop are the one's we use in the daily life","the downside of some of the branches is more work hours, no work life management, some times teams are not made properly.",Ask the team members before forming the team so that they can collaborate effectively,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66854,microsoft,Haifa (Israel)," Jul 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Dev Engineer In Test,A Place where great things are built with great and very passionate people,"Work is always challanging, company is always changing and doing new stuff, processes are frequently updated to keep competitive, the people I work with are highly professional and leading edge.",Culture is not focused enough on disruptive innovation,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66855,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),I started in search of new and stayed here foever :) cuz every day is new in Microsoft,Employee centric .. innovation oriented.. customer staisfaction is the first and formost motto of Microsoft.,smtyms lil too much of invention..,make others to follow U not jst follow others for the sake of moving,5.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66856,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Just like the reputation you have heard,Good salaries and benefits. You know your products will be important in the market place.,Too much heirarchy. There are a lot of talented people but the management doesn't give enough opportunities for them to shine.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66857,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,Microsoft is a great place to work on!,be able to work with a lot of smart people.,the company is a bit big and sometimes with a lot of unnecessary processes on the way and might be hard to turn around,be quick to respond to external opportunity,5.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66858,microsoft,"Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)"," Jun 30, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,"Some smart people, but bureaucracy and politics like as cancer.","Large company, with cutting edge technology and smart people around.",You have to go around politics and bureaucracy in every inch.,"Find who the back stabbers and diplomats are. Microsoft should be a technology company, not the UN.",3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66859,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Review,Employee friendly company with good benefits offered to employees,V Limited growth pattern for Outsourced employees,Outsourced/ consultant employees should be preferred for hiring since they are already in the system & their performance can be reviewed much easily than the ouside hires. Also this shall give a great enthu and motivation to people to perform better.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1731.htm
66860,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Company Review,Employee friendly company with good benefits offered to employees,V Limited growth pattern for Outsourced employees,Outsourced/ consultant employees should be preferred for hiring since they are already in the system & their performance can be reviewed much easily than the ouside hires. Also this shall give a great enthu and motivation to people to perform better.,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66861,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fantastic breadth, promising products but absolutely terrible management of people and creativity.",The company is involved in such a mind-boggling breadth across the tech sector that most people could find a product/area to be passionate about. Benefits are great and company locations are widespread making it possible to work in various parts of the globe. Employees and managers are very respectful of competitors.,"The management mentality is archaic - you have to 'do your time' before you get to a position where you have relative freedom of judgement and influence. Organization of the work space is old fashioned and not conducive to creativity. Radical innovative ideas are squashed instantly. If you have any fundamental question about organization and process, you'll have to ask someone 3 levels above your rank to get a satisfactory answer. Decisions are extremely top heavy. Horizontal movement is restricted. Latest review process encourages petty squabbles and interpersonal rivalry way more than it does excellence.",- Reconsider the new review model that strongly discourages common achievements and teamwork. - Encourage lateral movement across the company (think 3M). - Encourage open workspaces and employee socialization (think Pixar).,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66862,microsoft,Mumbai (India)," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - BDM,Most aggressive Sales Org,Senior Management is very visionary and well tuned to future market demands,"It is very stressful at times, but gets compensated with the fun activities",They need to connect more often with employees,5.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66863,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK company to work for.,"Great benefits, good possibilities to opportunities across different disciplines and professions.","It's a good place, but slowly changing to worse.",none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66864,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2012",Former Employee - Operations Manager,learnt a lot but paid a lot too,"Amazing benefits, they really understand that their people are an asset, but in saying that rather than make everyone an employee they employee a huge number of contract staff who are disadvantaged as they aren't permanent.","Workload, ever changing leadership and so many un-necessar processes. Spent a lot of time dealing internally rather than delighting customers",none but thanks for asking,3.0,3.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66865,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 27, 2012",Current Employee - Principal Manager,Dream Company to work for,"winning ability, cash, tenacity, can stay in the battles longer to win etc.",sometimes we move slow and catch up later,continue to focus on winning and very soon we will in all the areas that we care :-),5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66866,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jun 27, 2012",Former Employee - APS Lead,I love this company,"Excellent environment to work independently, best in class facilities, backed by a strong HR. Clearly defined Goals, Employees get an opportunity to enable people and businesses around the world to realise their full potential.",Dont know what to say ... but yes you need to deliver QoQ,when the going gets tough the tough gets going,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66867,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,One of the best places to work for in india,Great place if you want to learn and further your career. Career progress is based on results and performance.,"Lots of competition. So if you do not want to sweat it out to advance here, then this is not the place for you.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66868,microsoft,none," Jul 1, 2012",Former Employee - Developer Evangelist,Lucky the interview was not too hard,"Dogfooding unreleased software technology, Working/learning with co-workers","Too much bureaucracy, useless managers who have been in the company 10+ years don't have the fire anymore",Try getting back into the field,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66869,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,Best Company in the World,"Love the Work Culture , Love the Perks , Management Principles",We deal with a lot of North American Customers and that requires a majority of us to work in Night Shifts . Cant complain about that tough :),none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1732.htm
66870,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,"new and innovative way of working, freedom","sometimes too American, corporate culture",-,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66871,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 25, 2012",Current Employee - Team Manager,Amazing Organization,Freedom to experiment and lots of learning available here.,"Nothing that needs to be changed drastically, maybe the workload of the managers can be reduced a bit.",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66872,microsoft,none," Jul 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Can be frustrated getting things accomplished, everybody has their own agendas.","Compensation is reasonable, benefits are good, working with very smart people.","Politics, company not agile enough, employee review process.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66873,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Very good sales organisation Processes are very well laid out Very competitive and aggressive, gets you to push your limits",Can be political You need to be very assertive Sales pressure can be huge Can be more creative,Need to focus on innovation across the organization,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66874,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 24, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great company to work for,"Excellent infrastructure, good quality of peers, democratic","fragmented work groups, time zone challenges",none,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66875,microsoft,none," Jul 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Intense, fast paced, exciting and challenging.","Great tech, smart people. You have the ability to get involved in all aspects of the business and as a result, feel like you are making a difference to customers and Microsoft.","If you are not organised and passionate you simply will not be successful. At times, process wins over common sense, however when the majority says 'enough', it generally gets corrected.",none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66876,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," Jul 4, 2012",Current Employee - Industry Manager - Manufacturing,Good company,"Technology exposure, job opportunities and culture of passion",bureaucracy and customer perceptions of our products are sometimes a problem.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66877,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2012",Current Employee - Lead,"A few passionate people drive this company while too many mediocre, non competent, mid management bring it down.","A few very smart, very talented and very passionate people are behind whatever is happening at Microsoft. Too slow","Total lack of accountability in general. The Head of Kin failure is still successful at Microsoft. Why? Lack of engineering depth, too many non technical folks especially mid management is the reason for Microsoft lagging behind. Ability to take risk is not rewarded at Microsoft. Beauracracy is deeply rooted, its like a government office, in order to move a pen, you need to make a presentation to the VP. The only way things work is if you know people. Lack of passion.","Fix the following: Total lack of accountability in general. The Head of Kin failure is still successful at Microsoft. Why? This is soo much more true even at the engineering level too. Lack of engineering depth, too many non technical folks especially mid management is the reason for Microsoft lagging behind. Lack of technical competence in general. Ability to take risk is not rewarded at Microsoft. Beauracracy is deeply rooted, its like a government office, in order to move a pen, you need to make a presentation to the VP. The only way things work is if you know people. Lack of passion.",3.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66878,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good old Microsoft getting older,Good technology and cooperate culture,Company getting large. Have to deal with beuracracy and legacy code.,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66879,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 30, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Nice Company to work for though working environment can be tweaked a bit.,Good Brand Name. Good Compensation. Excellent facilities.,Night Shifts (GTSC) Excessive work load,Should work in finding ways to reduce night shifts. Work from home should be an option for engineers.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1733.htm
66880,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Scale benefit,"Welfare is good. It also has 'benefit of scale'. I mean, if you change one feature or ship one new product, it has the chance of changing the lives of millions of people. That is what some small companies can't offer. They also have very rich resource for career development.",Typical problems of any super-big companies. Promotion opportunities are limited.,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66881,microsoft,Karāchi (Pakistan)," Jun 23, 2012",Former Employee - Intern,Great to work with latest technologies at early stage.,They provide grass route level of access to developers and multiple opportunities. Its easy to work under the certified trainers assigned throughout the technology evolution.,Must enhance the marketing level. There are still lot of developers behind to know about this.,none,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66882,microsoft,none," Mar 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Products and People - Top Leadership not so Good,"Work with some of the brightest technical minds in the industry. People are willing to collaborate in the best interest of the customer. The product quality is improving and the ability for the products to interoperate has been improved ten fold in the past 5 years. Employees have early access to beta products and well as are provided a good amount of training opportunity. Benefits are generally good. HR does try to continually improve benefis to keep Microsoft at the top. Pay is good as well in general, it does depend on role and performance. Employees who are doing outstanding work are rewarded well. Employees who are not doing well are managed out of the company (Caveat discussed below).","If you asked me these questions a year ago, I would answer differently. Due to recent changes in the review model, Microsoft is a less desirable place to work. The company has become excessively focused on metrics which detracts from focusing on the long term sucess of the company. The environment has become more cut throat and a higher stress workplace. Employees are constantly worried about being giving a low review score without much control over it. If you want control over it you need to work all of the time and then that does not even secure anything since situationalism. For instance, if your territory has budget issue in respective clients, or if upper management decisions to change review metrics part way through the year. Manager favoritism runs rampant in the company, it can have a direct impact on how well you do regardless of metrics. HR has covered themselves with a clause in the ratiing system, ""In relation to your Peers."" Let's say that you have a team of rock stars, not uncommon at Microsoft, of a pool of 50 people approximately 3-4 people will need to be placed into the lowest rating which means they will be on a program that will be difficult to get out of and likely asked to leave the company. Another 6 or 7 people will be rated just above the lowest ranking which will put them in a position where other groups will find them undisirable. Therefore, about 20 percent of the employees are labeled in such a way that they will have difficultly moving between organizations in the company. If you are reporting to a manager that you don't get a along with, your days will potentially be numbered.","Employees should be treated as assets to the company not resources. If you have performance issues with employees, that should dealt with quickly and efficently. However, forcibly placing people into bracket either at the top or bottom will not have the disired outcome for the long term. It will not build you a heathly and diverse workforce incenting people and managers in the right ways. The ""Jack Welch"" mentality which seems to be at work here will backfire. It might appear to work in the short term, but will unravel by becoming counter productive in its attempt to retain the right talent over a duration that will make the company viable in the long term. The focus should be shifted to teamwork and building the best products in the industry by setting a high bar for performance. If everyone can attain the bar, then they should be rewarded. If people are not doing their jobs and performing well they should be managed out. Hire and keep good managers that can produce in the right way, get rid of others that are detrimental to the growth of the company. Additionally, hiring people is an expensive proposition, especially in customer facing roles. It takes time to get up to speed and build client relationships. When clients are happy, removing someone because they were ranked below their peers, but are still producing high quality work makes little sense. It is only disruptive to the team, customers, and stability of the company.",4.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,38,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66883,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 30, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Nice Company to work for though working environment can be tweaked a bit.,Good Brand Name. Good Compensation. Excellent facilities.,Night Shifts (GTSC) Excessive work load,Should work in finding ways to reduce night shifts. Work from home should be an option for engineers.,4.0,2.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66884,microsoft,none," Jun 22, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,used to be great,"Good benefits, good initial salary, some good managers too. Some teams work on really exciting products.","Lots of poor managers, too much middle management that does nothing, CEO has no vision, too much support work for older versions of products.",none,3.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66885,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2012",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Microsoft,Great sets of technology Fair employer,Political infighting too many divisions within sales teams No technology focus for sales team,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66886,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Jul 15, 2012",Former Employee - Account Manager,"bureaucratic, behind the times",Significant capital available for investment.,"bureaucratic, lacking vision, CEO attracts negative press.","hire more vissionaires, and empower them.",1.0,3.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66887,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great!,Very nice environment. Great learning opportunities!,Low compensation compared to Google/Facebook!,Make the food in cafeteria free. Google and Facebook have it!,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66888,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 30, 2012",Former Employee - Programme Manager II,Great learning experience working with some of the sharpest minds,Great peers with depth in knowledge and technical smartness Broad set of opportunities to work across multiple verticals in the software industry Good pay packages and very employee friendly perks Very good work-life balance policies which are actually put to practice,"Most release cycles are so slow that it takes very long to feel a real sense of achievement Slow growth path & low visibility of smart people Difficult to contribute beyond your area of influence even if you can and want to Low focus on true technology innovation and more focus on ""releases""","It would be great if you could figure out ways to identify & nurture the pool of talent that is available in IC contributors at or below ""senior"" levels. Also it would be great if you could encourage ""incubation"" in a more active & honest way (beyond ""MS Ideas"" or whatever that is called now). It might be meaningful to look at smaller companies for inspiration in this particular area - specially you might want to look at the Trilogy University program and adopt it as a more regular activity spread across the lifetime of an employee at Microsoft.",4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66889,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,fine,employee benefits are toooooo goooddd,calibration is not so transpaernt,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1734.htm
66890,microsoft,"Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (India)"," Jul 2, 2012",Current Employee - Web Designer,Good,"It is a disciplined,well mannered company","Loads of work,high pressure,average salary",You could get some more talanted people out there,4.0,3.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66891,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 21, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good company, your immediate manager has VETO power regarding your career.","1. Good work culture.  2. Friendly and helping teammates(at least in my team).  3. Good compensation.  4. Cutting-edge technology.  5. Amazing impact with respect to the products developed.  6. Once you have a very good rating in first one-two years at the company, it is very easy to maintain the same rating. So in essence, you have to work and prove yourself in the first year as that mostly makes/breaks your career.","1. If your manager is not satisfied, or for some reason is not able to evaluate you properly, then you are in trouble big time. This especially applies for the first year at work. As the performance rating that you receive in first year, will most likely be either incremented / decremented by 1 in the next year depending on your performance.  2. Perks are not good enough in comparison to competing companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook.  3. In certain teams, the level of bar has been set so high, such that during the appraisal period almost no developers get promoted(applies across different levels).",none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66892,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Jun 25, 2012",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,Not bad,Good Enough Big Company Lots to learn,Process oriented Too many meetings Monotonous Recognition to the lower strata of the company should happen,More concentration results and less on processes,3.0,4.0,4.0,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66893,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 25, 2012",Former Employee - Accounts Executive,"A once great company, hanging on in there as a good place to work.","Great breadth of products, lots of good people, the best partner network in the industry, decent pay, generally supportive environment.","An increasingly process-centric environment, with exec management being ever more prescriptive on ""how"" things should be done, not just ""what"" has to be achieved. Gradual erosion of entrepreneurial spirit and loss of career opportunities for outstanding people to come quickly through the ranks.",Lessen the scorecard focus and truly listen to your customers.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66894,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,satisfied,flexibbility of work. numerous other facilities like good campus.,job is very demanding. Sometimes you have to work for weekends.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66895,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Jun 18, 2012",Former Employee - Enterprise Technology Strategist,A company losing focus,A chance to help companies and individuals achieve better performance and optimization. A chance to access the latest technologies.,"MS is focusing solely on revenue now. Even partner and customer focus is being sacrificed for this. The company purports to maintain this but coming down to the individual basis, how KPIs and scorecards are created and targetted, it forces the employee to solely focus on achieving revenue targets.",Revenue is not everything. Record revenues have been hit the past few quarters but your stock price reflects the fact shareholders don't care about that. Listen to your customers. You're not doing that. And do not be so US-centric in your corporate strategies.,2.0,4.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66896,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 28, 2012",Current Employee - TECHNOLOGIST SAP,Been a great learning experience everyday at work. Flexible work timings with diverse work is the kick I get here,Open and Honest Culture. Ability to speak your mind to express your views. Transparency in Performance Rating. Encouragement and focus on Career Development. Current Productline which makes the company even more excitable.,"Difficult to breakthrough to higher levels with the workforce number. Reward for recognition is not the best, there is a scope for improvement. Flexible timings can sometimes become flexible work, where you get more stretched than you desire.","Constant Organization changes, can sometimes adversely affect productivity and efficiency, it is easy to say 'Nothing impacts you, focus on your day to day job', but it does impact you on the sub-conscious. Should have lesser rejigs at organization level.",4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66897,microsoft,"Cambridge, South West England, England (UK)"," Jun 17, 2012",Current Employee - Post Doc,Excellent but not for everyone,"liberty, resources, smart people, great spring board..","limited impact, a lot of organizational crap",none,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66898,microsoft,none," Jun 16, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,"Good company, bad management",Very bright people and lot of avenues for learning. Good benefits.,Most of the managers are in the management just for the growth sake and are not technically competent. Managers encouraged reports to steps on each on other toes. Employees in the team felt like it is a running race where you constantly check how the peers are doing and try to stay one step ahead rather than working on innovation.,Focus on innovation and growing people careers. Don't be a manager unless you feel you can help people's careers.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66899,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 27, 2012",Former Employee - IT Systems Specialist - Asia Pacific,IT system specialist,"Great workig environment, helping peers",organization changes too quick with insufficient planning,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1735.htm
66900,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 11, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Awosome work place for starters,- challenging work place - Opportunities - Nice policies,Complete night Shift for GTSC INDIA,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66901,microsoft,none," Jun 14, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,"I loved working here. I was employee for 10 years, recently retired.",I had no negative comments.,none,5.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66902,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a great company,"In ms, you can always work on the latest technologies. there are a lot of passionate people there. and of course the overall benefit is good.",The work is stressful. It is not easy to get the good result.,Keep focus,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66903,microsoft,none," Jun 23, 2012",Former Employee - Legal and Corporate Affairs,Great place to grow and learn from the best in the industry,"Amazing ressources available, has a global impact, some of the best people in the industry work there.","Microsoft is rather big and bureaucratic, and sometimes slow moving. There's a need to sign up to a conservative IPR view.",none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66904,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Associate Consultant,Very Nice and people friendly company,Projects are not very good,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66905,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS review,"Good infrastructure, Work from home, Very talented peers",Very competitive environment to work,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66906,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A greta company to work for,"Can-do attitude, resources to back it up, very smart people, great location.","Big company -- takes skill to learn to navigate, and Alpha culture can be challenging.","Encourage more broad, cross-discipline role development to avoid over specialization.",4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66907,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jun 21, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Lead,Fantastic place to work and develop,"Great set of benefits, flexible working environment, opportunities to develop. Fantastic products and the company is heading in a great direction. The company has a wider range of lines of businesses from sales, marketing, support, advertising, software, games development, consumer products. This makes it a fun and interesting place to work and provides lots of opportunity. Performance management system provides clear expectations and rewards great performance. Regular employee feedback is listened to and acted upon.","Salary is somewhat slightly below market averages when looked at on its own. This can be mitigated with other benefits such as car, health, insurances, pension, gym etc.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66908,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place,"Great place to work at, lots of opportunities",First mover in only limited domains like gaming consoles,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66909,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The Dream is Over,The pay and benefits are alright,It's more about politics than building great products now.,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1736.htm
66910,microsoft,none," Jul 6, 2012",Current Employee - Engineer,Software company,stability known many users door opener,laggard boring not trendy needs vision,take risks,1.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66911,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Associate Consultant,Associate Consultant,Very Nice and people friendly company,Projects are not very good,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66912,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 14, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,"Review on Microsoft Global Services, Hyderabad",1. The work culture. 2. The crowd - all the talented people you work & interact with 3. Compensation & benefits are competitive with the market 4. Open door culture - you can literally reach out to anyone at any level and express your opinion,"1. Although the performance management system @ Microsoft is relatively better than some of the similar ranked companies in India, it can get very manipulative & diluted at the ground level. At the end of the day your manager would be trying to fit you within a curve. Also, even if you have done a great job through out the year that does not guarantee you a very good review as your performance is compared against your peers, in spite of the fact that not everyone might have done the same level/complexity/type of work as you did, which is kind of absurd.  2. The quality of work which comes to this (primarily) offshore based team has been detoriating over time. Although you might end up getting a Consultant title, most of the time you would end up working on repetitive type tasks (which are generally done by any other SI's with a larger team). Very less and rare customer facing opportunities.  3. Very very slow career growth rate within the organization. It used to be much better when the Org size used was smaller (in terms of people).  4. At times you are required to sign-up for some really unrealistic commitments, which you may not be able to meet or will just meet them for the sake of it (compromising the quality).","1. The people managers need to be more focused towards the overall development of the resource. 2. In lot of aspects quality has started to take the back seat, whereas quantity has more focus, which will only negatively impact the brand & image of Org in the long run. Focus on quality (more than anything else), I'm sure you don't want it to end up as a mere body shop. 3. Have a more concrete and predictable career growth plan and relook at the performance management system. In its current form, it does not help or reward consistently the Individual Contributor roles. A lot is left with how the system is perceived by the people managers. Overall, lacks consistency which fails to reward everyone against there performance.",3.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66913,microsoft,none," Jul 2, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Manager,"no job security, unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel",Looks good in your CV,"- If you are in 'that' circle - then it is good, else u r just working as a slave! - a follower - wanted to launch Surface, created new team, once done, most are fired! - HR is not doing the right job - Total waste of time as no matter how hard you work, the company only recognizes those who can TALK BEAUTIFULLY but WORK TERRIBLY. Style with no substance! IF you are that type, pls join Microsoft - You never feel secure working in Microsoft.",- Cultivate teamwork and listen.,1.0,2.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66914,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,"Great place to work, excellent for technical learning","It's a great place for techies. The kind of technical stuff you can learn here is simply amazing. You will also grow as a person, learning how to face challenges, drive initiatives, etc.","Manager favouritism is rampant in the org. Trying to be a star performer, you might get to a situation where your personal/family life is nil.",none,3.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66915,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,lots of things to work on and always changing,can be demanding and long hours,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66916,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Software Development Engineer,Each division is different,"Lots of ability to move around. Interesting problems Funding to 'change the world""",bureaucracy can get in the way pay is ok,If you want the best you need to pay the best,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66917,microsoft,none," Jun 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Have a great time working,Good company values Lot of good people,I see lot of redundant projects,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66918,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Workplace is just supportive,Good benefits Some good talented people around Good HR policies Stable Nice city,not much stressed out work space for innovation little low own tools slacked,Good company.. Just needs to focus more on it's employees,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66919,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great working here,"Stimulating environment and highly qualified (and usually helpful) colleagues. Technical positions have access to a lot of tools and training that really make a difference. The company is genuinely interested in and actively helpful in personnel career advancement. The work environment helps productivity. Most of all, it's cool working for a company that makes great business software products that most of the times stand out from the competition.",Performance results are some times not a real reflection of someone's efforts. Creativity should be encouraged more.,Fix performance inequalities and encourage creativity.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1737.htm
66920,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great working here,"Stimulating environment and highly qualified (and usually helpful) colleagues. Technical positions have access to a lot of tools and training that really make a difference. The company is genuinely interested in and actively helpful in personnel career advancement. The work environment helps productivity. Most of all, it's cool working for a company that makes great business software products that most of the times stand out from the competition.",Performance results are some times not a real reflection of someone's efforts. Creativity should be encouraged more.,Fix performance inequalities and encourage creativity.,5.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66921,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 30, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Review,Loads of technical stuff to learn & good resources available to learn.,Its full of politics. Dont even dare to enter if u r a non south Indian. Its a pathetic company to work with. The management is really bad. So if u can be a silver spoon of the manager you can survive. One of the most pathetic company I ever worked. Talent is not rewarded. Review happens on how you treat ur manager rather than what u worked.,"I have lost hope that things would ever change here, From top to bottom all manangement seem to be corrupt. Wish there was a way to recognize talent n hard work. Looking at the present condition I am sure it will lose all the talented people from the org.",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66922,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Interaction Designer,Great opportunity to create products that can be used by millions of people around the world.,Opportunity to create products that can change how people engage with the world and each other. Salary + benefits are some of the best around. Lots of super smart people to work next to.,Need to be aware of politics and know how to navigate to open doors for opportunities.,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66923,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 19, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,Global Partner Technical Consultant,Leader and very exciting to know the people who made a difference in the world of software technology. You got a chance to b part of it. Open for your innovation.,There is no flexible timing nor work from home option.,Work from home option would be option to many consultants,4.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66924,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 13, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great Company to work with..,It is a challenge to balance work and life in MS,An environment where Techies will love to work,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66925,microsoft,Bhubaneswar (India)," Jun 6, 2012",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,best employer,remuneration and growth best in industry,hardwork and dedication required at all times,none,5.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66926,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 6, 2012",Former Employee - Test Lead,Wonderful working with Microsoft,"Best place to work, excellent work environment. Just like college campus. Lot of fun along with work. Just go for it, if you get precious opportunity to work with such organization.","Nothing much to say in cons. The joy of working with Microsoft overshadows the small cons. You get experience to work only on Microsoft technologies, and not outside it,",none,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66927,microsoft,none," Jun 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work hard but learn a lot,Loads of challenging problems to work on. Lots fo support for finding your own solution to a problem. You can make a lot of friends there.,Work-life balance is elusive. It feels like a big company and it can be a real challenge to stand out among your peers.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66928,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 17, 2012",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,It has been a superb experience learning in this open environment as it respects opinion from each individual,Values you Great vision Lovely work place Out of the class benefits Great resources,"With some internal orgs, growth opportunities within company are less",none,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66929,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,good job,hours are controlled easy job fun place to work lots of money in the company,boring products too much bureaucracy too many managerial layers,spice up the product management and make faster decisions,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1738.htm
66930,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Lead PM,"Fun, challenging rewarding",Smart people good facility. Cross group is hard,Too late on direction. Cost centers are too big,Trim the middle managers,3.0,3.0,1.0,5.0,3.0,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66931,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learning opportunity good friendly environment,"Friendly environment, Learning Opportunities, Have Lots of things to learn and it helps to enhance the knowledge","Do not have many companies in Lucknow, so one gets stuck.",Keep up the good work,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66932,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jun 13, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Challenging and full of opportunities who goes out and look for it...,There is always open opportunities at Microsoft which makes it easy to move around and learn new stuff and experiences.,The company is now getting larger and as such it has lost some of it's start-up allure which makes it rather sad.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66933,microsoft,none," Jun 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Services,1. One of the best culture. 2. Lots of values to technical skill.,1. Some times work life balance is poor,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66934,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 14, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company to be a part of,Brand name Work environment Flexi timing Challanges Great work life balance,Competition with great talents :),none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66935,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome employer.. wonderful benefits,"Environment, Development opportunities, teams, skilled management","human resource poor, not process driven, service maturity low.",Take a step back from all the priorities/commitments and spend a quarter on getting the fundamentals/basics taken care of and doing it right.,4.0,4.0,3.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66936,microsoft,none," Jun 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great and Stable place to work,"You will be in the company of Smart, Intelligent and logical people. Stable environment for Peace of Mind. Good work life balance.",You might feel disconnected from the outside real world after some time. You are mostly away from the customer.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66937,microsoft,Chennai (India)," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Law Internship,It's not a big one. but a very descent place to work.,The Employer is a very friendly and kind person. A very good place to start your internship as a Law student.,No Salary for the Internees.,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,2.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66938,microsoft,"Vancouver, BC (Canada)"," Jun 14, 2012",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,"Confusing but good, it's like working for a government agency not a Sales org","Good work life balance, and the pay isn't that bad.",No really a true sales organization and it's a big complex org. Many people hitchhike on large deals so you lack the ownership of truly transacting a sale,Break the company into 4 separate companies and get more solution selling focused,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66939,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Manager,"Was a fun place may years ago, but now a grind. However still offers a great career.",Always changing. Challenging environment. Lots of career opportunities. Great software.,Focus on scorecard not balanced. Too many internal meetings during the day means night time email catch up. Very internally focussed. To remain truly customer centric you need to make decisions with the customer in mind. The ability to do this has gone.,Need flexibility to drive customer outcomes which are compromised by the internal scorecard focus. Less internal meetings.,3.0,2.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1739.htm
66940,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Good place to experience variety of roles...,You can experience a variety of roles in a short period of time,Compensation and career growth is average,Should take more interest in the career growth of the junior and mid level employees.,3.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66941,microsoft,none," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very good company,"People are smart (but still not enough), polite and hard working. If you are in a right team, your idea will be valued, but not every team lead are capable of the role.",Some people are very political. Innovation is hard and not being encouraged enough. People spend too much time on collecting knowledge than on creating cool stuff them self.,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66942,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 21, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An amazing place to work...,Flexible work environment and employees are pampered to say the least..,"none.. But sometimes, running behind deadlines may make ones schedule hectic",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66943,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 9, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Cool,"Multiple new technology you will really love to work on before hitting market,flexible work timings ,freedom.....",Too much politics and backstabbing,none,4.0,2.0,5.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66944,microsoft,none," Jun 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fabulous,"Good people, still on cutting edge of technology and products, some teams are going to rock in the upcoming industry churn",Too entrenched in its approach to the market,Take more risks,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66945,microsoft,none," May 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic place to work if you desire a mature company,"Incredibly great campus, peers, resources, and general environment to create and work to one's potential. Microsoft is a company with a solid foundation, and I would recommend it to anyone wanting a stable, comfortable, working environment.",Company is too silo'd due to its size and portfolio. Benefits and job security have come under fire the last few years and compensation is fair at best. As a mature company there are a lot of PMs and other managerial types around that tend to weigh down the company and lead it astray - which is only going to get worse in some small part to the new performance review system that weighs heavily on feedback rather than actual merit and is leading a few talented people to leave.,"Cut down on middle management, they don't create and usually cut the features that would really make Microsoft's products the best in the industry. Moving UX to product management would be a good path to take imo.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66946,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 1, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,MS India,Good preview to latest technologies,bad management and performance evaluation mechanism,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66947,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very large company - there are good areas and some not so good areas,Vast resources from which to draw,Some times the company is very reactive rather than leading the field as in the past.,Plan a strategy further out,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66948,microsoft,none," May 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Services Management,"If you have a great manager, you will go far, if you are not in the ""club"" you won't.",The Good Ole Boy environment,Watch your backs.,2.0,none,none,none,none,none,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66949,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Challenging,"Life as a program manager at Microsoft is challenging, and if you like challenges, you will like this role. You are the voice of the customer and the challenge is delivering on solutions to their business problems - getting developers and testers to fully understand the scenarios and designs. Rewarding when the solution is exactly what your customers want!",Very competitive company. You may need to put in extra time to meet deadlines as Microsoft is a date-driven company.,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1740.htm
66950,microsoft,none," May 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stable,The company is pretty stable.,The company is pretty bureaucratic.,none,3.0,none,none,none,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66951,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,They really know their computers but are way behind apple computers.,Way behind apple computers having trouble keeping up with iPad,Make an iPad copy cat,3.0,none,none,3.0,none,none,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66952,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 5, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Awesome work environment,"Brand name: Whatever the case, Microsoft will always be a big name Good salary: Very competitive salary Flexibility: I can come to office any time and leave at any time or I can do work from home, as far as I am completing my work. Independence: There is no micro management and I am the owner of my feature. It gives me huge exposure and I can focus on my work.",Lack of knowledge growth: Compared to small company there is less chances to increase knowledge. Too much of process: There is process for everything. Even for small work there is a full fledged process.,There is lack of innovation as compared to what Microsoft were known in earlier days. Now they are more of a market chaser. Focus on innovation.,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66953,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2012",Current Employee - Researcher,I've found Microsoft to be a rewarding and fulfilling place to work where I get to tackle challenging problems.,Benefits are great. Work with some of the best in the industry. I feel like I have an internal and external impact. There is an incentive to collaborate with others. I get to pick the problems that I work on.,It can be a political place. Lots of reorgs and other movement. There are definitely individual feifdoms within the company. Sometimes it is so large that multiple groups are trying to do the same thing which can lead to redundant and wasted work.,Slow down on the reorgs.,4.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66954,microsoft,none," Jun 5, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft review,"-awesome worklife balance, nice medicare benefits - and lots of diverse opportunities to work on",-seattle is a depressing location to be in -less than ideal growth oppportunity,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66955,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, very demanding, and too much useless processes.","Strong financials, good comps, name recognition.","Very demanding, revenue based, global nature demands your time 24 hours a day.","Streamline antiquated processes, trim upper management bloat.",4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66956,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Testing Engineer,It is equivalent to getting MBA at reputed business school,1. Flexibility 2. Cross functional growth,"1. Microsoft has excellent performance management system, people do not know to use it for employees and Organization benefit",Performance Management Should be robust,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66957,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with lots of opportunities,Lots of different roles available,Really big company with lots of red tape,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66958,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Research,"A lot of freedom in choice of project. Great facilities, great people. A lot of interns during summer season, most of them from top notch schools. A lot of talks and academic visitors.","Not a lot of feedback from management, and not very close monitoring of employee's progress. Not very generous when it came to providing computing equipment.",Provide employees with constant feedback.,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66959,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2012",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,great place to grow!,Great health benefits. Many internal job opportunities.Very smart people. You work on the world's biggest problems.,Red Tape. Tough to negotiate internal politics. Big company so hard to reach the top.,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1741.htm
66960,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 7, 2012",Current Employee - Software Testing Engineer,It is equivalent to getting MBA at reputed business school,1. Flexibility 2. Cross functional growth,"1. Microsoft has excellent performance management system, people do not know to use it for employees and Organization benefit",Performance Management Should be robust,4.0,5.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66961,microsoft,none," Jun 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good company with lots of opportunities,Lots of different roles available,Really big company with lots of red tape,None,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66962,microsoft,none," Jun 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE II,Great place to work. Great career growth path. Different opportunities within one company.,Inefficient management structure. Peer pressure and not that transparent review system.,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66963,microsoft,none," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Sales Director,Experience over 17 years has been very mixed - it all depends on the group/team you work for,"one of the best reasons to work at Microsoft is the diversity of products. From Windows to Office to Xbox to Mobile, you have lots of choices!","Microsoft has become a highly political org with many, many layers of management in the decision making process.","Take a deep, hard look at the advertising org. There are many, many issues within this team and competitors are taking away huge amounts of market share.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66964,microsoft,none," May 24, 2012",Former Employee - Director Business Development,A look back on Microsoft,"If you get on a great team, you'll have a blast, be given a lot of responsibility, and have the opportunity to grow. Find a great manager to draft behind and you'll have great success.","Decision making is brutal. The adage of it takes 15 people to approve and just 1 to disapprove holds true still. Re-orgs are fairly constant, thus again find a great manager to draft behind. MS has developed silos of excellence to create economies of scale in dev, test and program management. The big issue is that with constant re-orgs and shuffling, these individuals merely work on features and never become a subject matter expert on anything.","Go back to nimble teams were the gm owns dev, test, and pgm.",3.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66965,microsoft,none," May 31, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,An ocean of opportunities,diverse set of people and problems they solve. a never-give-up attitude.,sometimes feels like a behemoth trying to get nimble. the inter team rivalry tends to get unhealthy,align workgroups and incentives better to create cohesion rather than friction internally,4.0,1.0,3.0,5.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66966,microsoft,none," May 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Big company, good salaries, new techonolgies.","no work life balance, no fairness in the promotions",none,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66967,microsoft,none," May 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great company for employees,excellent benefits very diverse work environment,the company is not always (especially lately) in tune with the market/new trends,try and take more risk...,4.0,2.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66968,microsoft,none," Jun 1, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Tech Gaint,Equip its employees wid huge salaries :D,High qualification required to join it,Good Going....try searching new and bigger talents apart 4rm jst considering academics,4.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66969,microsoft,none," May 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,review,great place to start a career,can lead to stagnation then leave after 5 years,none,4.0,none,none,none,none,none,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1742.htm
66970,microsoft,none," May 17, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Imagine your own consulting business with none of the expenses...,"Being a Microsoft consultant is as close to running your own business without any of the hassles as you can get. Great pay, incredible benefits, lots of varied and interesting projects, time and resources for deepening and expanding your skill sets. And best of all, no pressure to become a manager to advance your career. You can go as far as you want and never have to change into management if you don't want to. Bill Gates never managed anyone and he did pretty well...LOL",Like any large organization there are some rough spots: processes that seem to take too long or are overly complicated. But this is a global company and it isn't easy balancing all those cultural differences and still being fair to all the employees.,"The focus on taking risks and not just abandoning ideas at the first hurdle is a key component in our success. Keep adapting to the changes needed to grow the company but never forget the culture that built the company. As Bruce Lee said, keep what is useful and discard the rest.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66971,microsoft,none," May 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Significant growth opportunities around every corner,Microsoft provides great opportunities across a diverse set of businesses and is a great place to develop professionally. There is a strong sense of values in the organization and a huge emphasis on employee feedback and creating a positive working environment. There are many resources available to employees to assist them to succeed both professionally and personally.,"Work/life balance is a challenge in many areas of the organization. While it is up to the individual to own that as much as they can, there is not consistent positive reinforcement about the importance of vacations and time away from work from leadership in the organization.",none,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66972,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," May 22, 2012",Current Employee - Manager,The best employer in the Middle East,"Professional, respectful for idividuals, values",The company is heading the right way... better communication between departments is a good advice,Thank you :),5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66973,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 14, 2012",Former Employee - Partner Technical Consultant,"It was mixed. Some great days, some quite bad.",Awesome place to work. Great package. Whole lot of options for growth and actually get to meet greatest mind in the industry.,"All companies are as good as your immediate manager which means that if your immediate manager is not good, no matter how big your company is...it does not matter.","Please listen to your employees. Your front end engineers, staff and do not entirely make your judgements based on the feedback by manager. I loved my stay in Microsoft. My dream company but one single person affected it all and I had to resign.",4.0,2.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66974,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jun 12, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Not a great place,"Very large company, with good infrastructure. Great office and facilities for the employees.",Lot of politics at senior management and they prefer people whom they have worked in US or Hyd office. Not for outsider who wanted to make a mark in the company.,none,1.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,4.0,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66975,microsoft,none," May 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A mixed bag,"Benefits, technology, Pro club, employee resources, store","work life balance, forced distribution system",none,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66976,microsoft,none," May 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great benefits,good benefits supporting leads and managers,future development opportunities are limited,none,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66977,microsoft,none," May 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,- Smart coworkers - See your products in the news - Can still change the world here,- Lots of meetings for engineers - Bureaucratic,Please let us have less meetings,4.0,2.0,5.0,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66978,microsoft,none," Jun 8, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer,Terrible,They had great health benefits (no longer im told) and there were so many people there it was hard not to find a friend,"* 14 hour days * no idea how to run a service * bad managerial technique * No idea how to run a service * ""No rollback"" policy on releases * No regression testing ""policy"" * Afraid to fire people, this in turn leads to bad people simply circulating through different company divisions and decreasing overall productivity","Learn to excel (no pun intended) and ignore most of what you learn in Manager Training, it will only damage you in the long run and promote mediocrity",1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,3.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66979,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 17, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its an innovative technology sales organization,The passion to excel rubs onto the employees and stays on with you. Success is supremely recognized. Good chance to make good money out of commissions,"Almost nil career growth possibilities, no employee 'loyalty' factor is considered, HR function in the organization has been subdued significantly.","You have remarkably sustained growth till now, but please ask yourselves if you can continue to do so for long without a focus on the employees.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1743.htm
66980,microsoft,none," May 15, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Lead Program Manager,Frustrating,"Benefits, specially health insurance. Free Soda drinks. Working in offices rather than cubical spaces. on-prem cafeteria. Free access to Microsoft products.","Back stabbing culture. The culture of ""it does not matter what you do - it matters who you know"". you will not get promoted or recognized for the work you do - you will get recognized for how many asses you kiss",none,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66981,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Satisfied experience at Microsoft,Good career opourtunity if you are working in Microsoft Redmond. It is better to avoid Microsoft IDC if you are interested in building an Individual Contributor career. Translucent annual review. Chance to provide anonymous feedback to your manager but the action taken on it depends on the upper management,"To grow, you need to be selfish. It is always better to be identified as a great individual since you will be compared against your coworkers under the same lead.",none,4.0,5.0,5.0,3.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66982,microsoft,none," May 16, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,not bad,"flexible, good, nice, above average",very busy recently on new features,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66983,microsoft,none," May 12, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Work Culture,Unique work culture Openness Friendly Excellent work environment Excellent company,Night Shifts and associated health issues.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66984,microsoft,none," May 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,You want to stay for either 2~3 years or 10+ years.,1. Top benefits packages in IT industry 2. Slightly above average pay for junior/middle level employees. 3. Good work/life balance in traditional product groups 4. There are many very senior developers around from who you can learn a lot (if you are junior) 5. Good place to build up engineering skills. 6.,"1. The organization boundary and political fighting is counter productive. 2. Microsoft strongly favors in-house technology. This is not the most efficient way of building new products in some areas especially online business. For developers, some technology you learn won't apply to other places, although in general the experience is useful. 3. To get bigger things done, you need to climb up the corporate ladder, which is very tough. 4. Microsoft doesn't use its resource efficiently, including developer resources.","To get the company more efficient, management should break boundaries among organizations, big or small.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66985,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 16, 2012",Current Employee - Applications Developer,Nice Experience till you won't get bored,"godd technical and functional experience challenging work comes at times, and it is situational. Make sure what you are joining MGSI Products Group MSIT division really matters",people management at top level the passion is delivered at a high level that doesn't percolate down,You guys show and inject lot of passion at your level which we also feel when you talk. But very small portion of that percolates down and that takes away our motivation and drains the passion,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66986,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 26, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Microsoft is a good place to work,"Very structured organization Market focused product development Team/Org Charter is usually crisp Excellent in-terms of Work-Life balance Good portfolio of of products - OS, Office, Search, Gaming...",Growth is a little slow - Good structure implies it's difficult to stand out!,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66987,microsoft,none," May 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life-changing.,benefits work-life balance training variety cafeteria,Seattle is tough in the winter,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66988,microsoft,none," May 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, but not without its problems","Lots of different areas to transfer to once you're ready for a new challenge. Pay is decent and benefits are great. If you can get in with a good team and good manager, it can be an awesome place to work. And yes, there are still some of those around.",Sometimes a very closed minded organization. Disfunctional groups throughout the company. Many people with over inflated pay grades. Incompetence at all levels. Groups can be hostile towards one another because of the ultra-competitive nature within the company.,"Ditch the mid year process, unless you're going to start rewarding again. Please encourage more inter-organizational collaboration. Be more open to technologies not made in Redmond.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66989,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 22, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),awesome,best place to work and great work env,Big company and too many people so lot of competetion :),none,4.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1744.htm
66990,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2012",Current Employee - Research Intern,A great place to do computer science research,"During my summer there, I was amazed at the caliber of the MSR staff and the quality of their research. There are few industrial labs of this size for computer science research, and it appears that full-time researchers are given lots of latitude to pursue their own agenda. For computer science PhD students, experience at MSR will open lots of doors in both academia and industry.","Unlike in other parts of Microsoft, a successful summer as a research intern is not a guaranteed path to full time employment in Microsoft Research.","Upper level management should strive to listen more to its researchers. Much of the work coming from MSR was years ahead of its time, but the bureaucracy, red-tape, and product group in-fighting have prevented Microsoft from being able to act and capitalize on this foresight.",5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
66991,microsoft,none," May 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Comfortable, well-paid, frustrating, and dull","Lots of smart people around. Good pay and benefits. If you fit the mold, good career structure. Better corporate citizenship than you might expect.","Very mother-ship oriented: if you are not at Redmond, it's hard to have much impact. Hard to do work across groups that might benefit the company as a whole, but no individual group in particular. Programmers regarded as fungible resources, with no particular regard for deeper levels of expertise. A lot of reinventing the wheel with proprietary versions of common solutions",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
66992,microsoft,none," May 20, 2012",Current Employee - Designer,Good,work culture is pretty good,not a flat organization. hierarchy is deep rooted,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
66993,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 21, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good work life balance,Work life balance Good compensation Management is good interaction between team is very good regular team meeting and outings seniors are supportive,I dont found as such any major cons but i think there is less communication and meeting with the other teams like office team and windows team etc.,Just increase the communication between the differents team where they can discuss about others product and tell about their product.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
66994,microsoft,none," May 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Varied experiences mainly positive over a prolonged period,"Smart people to learn from and work with, a variety of customers and business challenges to sink your teeth into","Will take all the energy you give, becoming less entrepreneurial and increasingly political, too heavily internal focused, losing managaement talent",none,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
66995,microsoft,New Delhi (India)," May 4, 2012",Former Employee - Evangelist,Good,Good work - stable job,Too much bureacracy in the company,Remove the flab i.e. remove the layers of people who are not adding value and just work for a salary,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
66996,microsoft,none," May 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall, it's a positive experience and a place that provides many opportunities.","The breadth of opportunities is almost unparalleled in corporate world. Also, it's a great place to do interesting work in a challenging environment.","One of the downsides is the size of the company limits the pace of upward mobility. Also, there is often too much focus on the short term by middle management when senior management seems to preach long term.",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
66997,microsoft,none," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Multimedia Content Strategist,Multimedia Content Strategist,Multimedia Content Strategist and other stuff,Really horrible boss work in fear,Multimedia Content Strategist,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
66998,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 2, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microosft is a great company , however it does not care about its employees","Great Work Cluture. Awesome Brand Name If you want to learn Brand Loyalty and the best of Customer Service , Work with microsoft. It is a great place to learn technology.","Do not expect the company to care for you. Know that you are working there only to learn. Microsoft does not care of its employees needs and makes you a complete workoholic. Although you will learn a lot , you will not haev any work life balance.  The company will ensure that you have a limited vision of the world outside MS , unless you are proactive","Leaders at Microsoft are very open about taking a feedback. However , they should take action on the feedback received.",2.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,5.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
66999,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Great place to be a technology change agent and stay at bleading age of innovation.,Digital frontier and computing paradigm shift leader.,Transforming busness models in times of computing paradigm shift is hard.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1745.htm
67000,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A good atmosphere to study new technology,High recognition in this field Flexible time Great office Competent leaders,Little hope of promotion Slow growth of salary,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67001,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great people, great company","work with professionals employees, great managers, travelling a lot, people shares their knowledge, good salary,","If you work here, your life will be only your job.",please improve hr services,5.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67002,microsoft,none," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but no work life balance,Individual gets an isight into product developement schemes,"Long working hours, No balance between personal and professional life.","Higher Management should not hire the outside guys as managers as they do not understand the culture at MS , By the time they leanr the core values at MS many employees are already gone",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67003,microsoft,none," May 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It was a good learning experience.,"Smart people, Vibrant work culture, cross group collaboration",decision making could be faster,agility is key to remain competitive,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67004,microsoft,none," May 2, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work, could be better","Smart People, Great technology, Nice perks, Generally fun atmosphere, Good location, Nice campus, Opportunity for impact, Get to test new products","Felt stuck in career, not able to grow or get promoted fast enough, didn't feel I was reaching my potential, manager was not competent to manage",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67005,microsoft,none," May 6, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,"Mainly positive, very dependent upon your supervisor.",Good supervisor (though I´ve had some bad ones...). Flexibility to work from home or from other locations. Passion of the people is quite large.,"Much travel as a consultant, in Switzerland this means long daily commutes as staying overnight in a hotel is not supported.","Support work-life balance more. Increase structure, and decrease emphasis on action. Ensure people stay in their positions longer -- otherwise ramp-up time is highly tiring on employees who stay in one place.",4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67006,microsoft,none," May 7, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a big organization. Good overall. However the subs are sometimes not aligned with HQ,Stable. Humane organization. Good R&D process. Good learning environment.,Some of the local leaders are not competent.,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67007,microsoft,none," Apr 30, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Poor,Giving campaign: devotes employee and employer time to supporting causes that hte employee chooses.,"No work-life balance, boy's club, token 'we support women' approach, easy to get chewed up by machine, people are aggressive and super competitive","Stop focusing on grading on a curve: all employees are valuable or you wouldn't have hired them. Hold managers accountable for managing people, not just delivering on their commitments. Hire some good marketing/advertising people: we make good products, why are they unknown or continually slammed out there?",2.0,1.5,none,2.0,2.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67008,microsoft,none," May 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to explore different career opportunities,Opportunity to work with smart people,It takes long time to get something done due to multiple roles involved in process,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67009,microsoft,none," May 8, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Amazing experience,"Tons of visibility into broader company strategy, great work life balance, fun team culture",It can be difficult growing your career if you're not in Seattle/Redmond,Keep the team culture and work life balance alive. It's a great place to build a long term career.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1746.htm
67010,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,- Great coworkers - Good products,- Extremely political environment which is exhausting to deal with,none,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67011,microsoft,Oslo (Norway)," Apr 29, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Learning experience,Friendly environment with nice people,The rewarding system is not that fair,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67012,microsoft,none," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Comfortable place to work, but moving up through the ranks felt like it would be a slow process.",Very lenient hours for Program Managers (not always the case for devs). Interesting projects to work on (really depends on the team that you're on).,"People are resistant to change. 3 year release cycles for some products means you put a lot of time into a release, and could get it wrong (3 years in tech time is a long long time).",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67013,microsoft,none," May 2, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Few very good things, few very bad","The best part of working here is the colleagues. The people around you are awesome and you learn a lot from them. Flexible working hours, sports and other facilities ensure that you have a life outside the cubicle.","As with any big organization, the work in not very challenging and rewarding. Most of the time you may end up working on legacy on inconsequential projects.",Have a mix of challenging and ambitious projects with the regular and routine. Even 20% of good work in enough for keep us motivated.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67014,microsoft,Buenos Aires (Argentina)," May 2, 2012",Former Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Good,"Good ambient, a lot to learn always up to date","Low Salary, Bad health plan",raise the salaries,3.0,3.0,none,4.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67015,microsoft,none," May 4, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very educational,Great learning experience and also a lot of growth opportunities for career growth as well. Ability to learn great technologies too,Sometimes quite disorganized. Expression of opinions are quite blunt and you have to be quite tough mentally to work there,Focus more on business discipline. Also focus more aggressively on costs as well as revenues during the course of the operations,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67016,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 19, 2012",Current Employee - IT Operations Lead,Lack of Professionalism in work culture. tons of lapses in management.,Can say as working for a product company/technology giant.,Poor management styles. Lack of understanding in leadership and within business team in India. No Quality.,"First understand what the business requirement and what here for! Be supportive to the team staffs/ manager/or a leader is not only present to enable business, it is your responsibility to enable the individual in real-time, without individual contribution there is no growth. Don't engage your personal problems in work environment.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,4.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67017,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"A lot of smart people to learn from, if you are in a right place","Great benefits, top tech shop","Slow moving, hard to get things done",none,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67018,microsoft,none," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's good for people that need stability,Pay and Benefits. Ability to advance.,Work life balance. Direction the company is going.,none,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67019,microsoft,none," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience.,MS really care about the employees. Work with amazing smart people on great stuff with greate tech. Great place to work!,Family Life and work balance is hard in my team. It might not be the case in other teams of microsoft though.,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1747.htm
67020,microsoft,none," May 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience.,MS really care about the employees. Work with amazing smart people on great stuff with greate tech. Great place to work!,Family Life and work balance is hard in my team. It might not be the case in other teams of microsoft though.,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67021,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2012",Current Employee - GPM,Mixed,"Good benefits, smart people, good location","Slow, bureaucratic, political, wrong incentives",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67022,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Apr 26, 2012",Current Employee - Site Manager,"A place where you can make a great impact, while having fun and being well paid... I couldn`t be happier",Impact. Wage and bennefits. My work and life balance.,Some times POlitical games have to be played,I love My organization inside Microsoft. But some others are still corrupted,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67023,microsoft,Bhubaneswar (India)," Apr 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Its worthwhile working at microsoft,Its marketing strength & leadership quality,Disrespect & partiality towards low standard employees,Think before you take any step be it taking advice from your co-employees irrespective of their positions,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67024,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2012",Former Employee - Process Manager,"A good, challenging foray into the technology marketing sector","Microsoft does a great job of enbracing the extrepreneurial spirit of employees and the company will spare no expense to get employess the tools needed to be successful. However, work/life balance will suffer tremendously because employees are always expected to be on/connected. All in all, Microsoft is a great company to work for.",Work/life balance at Microsoft is not very good. Employees are expected to be connected all the time and the company does very little to embrace the diversity of hispanic americans and african americans and that fact is underscored but the overall number of hires in those two classes.,Management could do a better job of communicating the truth to employess about the company commitment to family so that people will not be blind sided.,3.0,1.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67025,microsoft,none," Apr 22, 2012",Current Employee - HRBP,great company decent opportunity,pro employee work life balance supported,Unless you are based in Puget Sound it is difficult to achieve true career growth and potential. Remote folks usually have to relocate to advance.,Please understand that Microsoft needs to think globally to compete with the rest of the globally oriented hi tech companies out there.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67026,microsoft,Guwahati (India)," Apr 28, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Microsoft is the best place to work with the ever changing environment with newer technologies.,I like computers & want to explore more about it & i will not find any other company on the globe to compete with this company. As it not only provides better facility to their employees but its also an honor to work under such giant company in the technology world.,I do not have any cons for this big company right now. And this is because i am seeing this company from outer side. What going inside is purely invisible for me. I am not in a position to critisise it now.,Currently i am a very small guy and even i don't have a job. So i don't know much about the business tricks. But i will only like to say that if you want to survive in the competitive business world specially in Tech world you need to change the minds of the people with your continuous new innovations. Otherwise you will only remain doing the buying & selling. Change the world according to your own way & bring the people on your path. THANK YOU.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67027,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 28, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great.,Good employee policies. A culture that encourages sharing learnings and best practices. Getting an experience of a well organized and documented software development process.,Lack of opportunities for growth. It is a very deep and hierarchical organization. There is not a lot of chance for distinguishing yourself exceptionally and progressing at double the speed. Microsoft moves at its own pace.,You are great. Keep it up.,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67028,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 28, 2012",Former Employee - Intern,"Good atmosphere to work in, flexible timings, few restrictions and a good pay","Very flexible timings, and cool environment. People are very cooperative. Good salary, good facilities. Home drop service. Parties and trips are very frequent","The projects worked on in India are not very critical to the company. Such projects are worked on at Redmond. You are doing no better job compared to other IT cos, only your pay is more.",The leadership is great. They will motivate you in the most appropriate way in the interest of the company. The pay is good.,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67029,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,"Might be idea to start your career, but not much opportunity for further growth due to the company size.",Collaborative culture. A good start for a new grad. Not so bad compensation. Seattle is a beautiful city.,Not so clear future. Too much competition. After several years your growth likely to slow down and plateu. Too much politics. Sometimes you wonder how those people ended up in upper management although theyc annot understand a simple piece of code.,They need to get rid of some sales and marketing people who has no idea of innovation and get some innovative real technical guys in the upper management.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1748.htm
67030,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great,pursuit excellence cares about people,it is not for people who does not push themselves,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67031,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great place to work at,* Flexibility * Great team * Great people * Nice offices * Great perks * Lots of potential and career opportunities,"* Too many people in team * Responsibility is too scattered, more responsibility should be placed on the individual so they are more accountable","Make smaller teams, give people more responsibility. There are a handful of people that do not do much in the team.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67032,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A rewarding job experience,Provides a very friendly work environment. Promotes work life balance. Has a very extended and good benefit on health and other areas.,Use own technology and tools developed in-house. Not a very innovative company. Compensation not as competitive as other tech companies.,none,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,2.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67033,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Campaign Manager,great company to work for,"always learning, always finding, always meeting",after a while you just become a number,Great management that takes care of its employees,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67034,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"American Company, also in subsidiaries led 'very much American'","flexible working processes, respnsibility, open mided working culture","very competetive work environment, high pressure",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67035,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,The best work environment I have worked in 15 years,"Super smart and mature people, great leadership, strong structure, discipline. Strong cutlture of accountability. great work life balance.",being in a remote office does not allow for the best career track progression,none,5.0,5.0,none,3.5,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67036,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 24, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good balance between work and fun. Campus is fun to be in.,"Company culture Opportunities to grow and improve Oncampus facilities Work life balance Pool tables Extra curricular activities, social involvement Leading industry",Some teams dont offer much varied work and it may become monotonous after a while.,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67037,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 24, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Great Company to work for,Great environment to work in,Work pressure a bit high,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67038,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 14, 2012",Former Employee - Support Engineer,The best place to learn technology,a person with hard work can become a technology specialist in a very short time. Its hard to get such a technical experience any where else. Good independence in working style of an employee as long as it doesn't affect others,got to compromise at salaries compared to the industry.,nothing,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67039,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work with lots of smart people,"Work with lots of smart people. Work on products that are visible to millions of people. Great brand recognition, which is good for your career as a whole. Great benefits and a flexible work environment.","The company is huge, and inevitably this makes it slower than smaller companies. Despite best efforts to remove unnecessary process, there's still a lot of necessary process that comes with writing software that ships to millions of customers, which reduces perceived agility within the engineering team. Vertical career advancement opportunities are slow to develop.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1749.htm
67040,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging work with lots of smart people,"Work with lots of smart people. Work on products that are visible to millions of people. Great brand recognition, which is good for your career as a whole. Great benefits and a flexible work environment.","The company is huge, and inevitably this makes it slower than smaller companies. Despite best efforts to remove unnecessary process, there's still a lot of necessary process that comes with writing software that ships to millions of customers, which reduces perceived agility within the engineering team. Vertical career advancement opportunities are slow to develop.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67041,microsoft,none," Apr 13, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Sink or swim in a pool of very nice sharks,Great comp and opportunities to impact the market. Fantastic resource available to do your job. You have the opportunity to move around the organization.,It's sink or swim management. If you get a new manager that's difficult to work with you are stuck. Upper management or HR will not intervene. I did not survive in spite of my best efforts to adapt and correct the situation.,none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67042,microsoft,none," May 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very different company now. Microsoft is going through a mid-life crisis and may not survive.,It once was a great company. Steve Ballmer needs to leave.,"The ""Microsoft Deal"" has changed. The stock has been flat for 10 years. Benefits are changing next year. The forced distribution curve was brought back. You can meet your commitments, but are competing against your peers based on business impact. You can receive a low rating if you are not given good projects to demonstrate impact. It is unfair and can be very political who receives good projects. Terrible work/life balance.",Listen to the employees or you will lose great talent.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67043,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,MS is improving,Still has top benefit for families. The innovation drive in coming back The process is getting simpler The speed of things moving is picking up,"The pressure is getting higher, especially if you are in online service and phone If it didn't manage the future battle on phone well and tablet, it may lost its hold on connection entry points to cloud computing, which will limit its future growth",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67044,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fast-paced, but rewarding","- Good engineering perks - Impact on very, very large scale customer base - Work on products that your friends and family likely use",- Some of the products are not being used by friends and family so much,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67045,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Decent place to work, but they are relaxing standards",Compensation is good and the job prevents many challenges.,"Microsoft Consulting is not the environment it used to be. Standards for hiring have been relaxed and often people are put in well over their heads as a result. It is also a classic case of ""The Cobbler's children have no shoes"".",Go back to higher standards for hiring. Get rid of the stack ranking system that penalizes the people whoe actually bill hours. Put some effort into improving the tools that support your consultants in the field.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67046,microsoft,none," Apr 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enriching experience and a great learning curve!,"As Microsoft so aptly says ""Your Potential. Our Passion"". This is a workplace where you will actually end up loving your work. The work is challenging and exciting , and it is also a matter of prestige to be working with the best software company in the world. Microsoft takes note of its employees very seriously and employee satisfaction is a major concern so they spice that up with flexible work timings, fat pay cheques , entertainment zones in the office itself, unlimited beverages and buffet lunch/dinner and the like. You can even have a game of XBox while you are over a glass of cola or probably have a massage in the massage chair.  Its cool, people are nice and you are appreciated for the work you are doing.","You have to be really the best to make it to Microsoft. I think their hiring process is a bit too stringent , but that actually makes sense. Sometimes, you can probably get stressed with the level of work because the company expects nothing but the best from you.",Be flexible if offering entry level positions in business development positions. New people can infact bring in new energy and new perspectives to the team.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67047,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Focus on new blood instead of developing current employees,"Good benefits, competitive pay getting better",Forced review distribution means good people are forced to leave,none,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67048,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good exposure into working of a large MNC,"Good people, plenty of resources to learn","Very process driven, slow and not agile",Relook at the appraisal system,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67049,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place for a long term career,1. Plenty of opportunities to grow inside Microsoft 2. You will find the work to be challenging if the team is into developing cutting edge technologies 3. Good work life balance ( depends on your manager though ) 4. Good benefits & one of the best relocation policies 5. Great place for any grad to start,1. Frequent reorgs impacts the culture tremendously 2. Minimal transparency in the performance appraisal and promotion process 3. Team work should be fostered better than individual performances,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1750.htm
67050,microsoft,none," Apr 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A great place to learn,* Tons of chances to learn advanced technologies * Free tools for software development * Lots of perks * Great People,"The downside is management changes a lot, if you get a bad manager for you it can really hurt. This happens to a lot of people.",No one is happy with the review system. The fact that a great team is forced into a curve is just silly.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67051,microsoft,none," Apr 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good career growth possibilities/self directed,Pay is good. If you're self motivated you can go far.,"Review system is terrible. Competitive environment. Review system affects collaboration. Changing health care coverage. Still good, but not nearly as good. Managers can make/break you. Complete luck of the draw if you get anyone good.","Make more of an effort to figure out who makes good managers. Change review system to get rid of forced bell curve. Just fire the bad, promote the good.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67052,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,challenging,eager to get the max out of each person. interesting learning curve. possibility to grow within the company and at intl level. result oriented company,work life balance is an issue at microsoft. difficult respect of timing and no sense of reality towards normal timing of business,"make sure everything you ask is necessary and usefull for the business. Not all KPI followed are real indicators of performance, they are sometimes trackers of activity",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67053,microsoft,none," Apr 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning experience.,- Great management - Lots of responsibility - Wonderful team - Benefits - Growth opportunities - Surrounded by really smart people,- Process - Slow to move - Not as fast moving as our competitors - Politics - Legacy that we need to take into ac,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67054,microsoft,none," Apr 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not good for industry hires,Lot of different opportunities to learn,Not good for industry hires as they get a raw deal compared to college hires.,Help industry hires succeed. Provide them level playing field with older Microsoft employees.,1.0,2.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67055,microsoft,none," Apr 10, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great if you are in right product group,Great place to make career if you are in right place,"Too many Org changes, confusing review process.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67056,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Intern Experience,"The project is very exciting and a lot of challenges. People are nice, the workload is reasonable and the building is new.",The weather of Beijing is not that enjoyable. It is humid and hot during the summer. Taking the subway in the peak time is horrible.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67057,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Its a good place to work at. Work Life Balance is acheivable here in the right team of course.,This is a place where you can find every techonology you wished to work at.,Too huge. Too much beaurocracy. Teams are brilliant but technology transfers are slow at times. Middle level managers are there to just keep their jobs and donot promote innovation.,Reduce the number of managers.,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67058,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,They overemphasize systems and forget that people work there.,"You have the opportunity to learn a lot of new skills, make use of skills, make connections and allow yourself the chance to grow.","It's very hierarchical. If you don't get along with your boss you are in big trouble. You could be the greatest worker ever. But, if your boss doesn't like you, you won't move up.","Let the employees have more freedom. There's so much tracking of time. I realize how important it is to track data, but sometimes great people and ideas fall between the cracks because they don't fit into one particular category.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67059,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Best software company that helps to achieve company and/or people potential,Too much centralized on Seattle campus,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1751.htm
67060,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,Best software company that helps to achieve company and/or people potential,Too much centralized on Seattle campus,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67061,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I had gained a great experience at Microsoft,"Amazing team work , the great working environment , the Information and knowledge sharing within Microsoft and the level of respect shown by management toward employees?",the great overload and the unfair in how promotions are given,none,4.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67062,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 26, 2012",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Overall not bad,Great products and a good work life balance compared to other companies if you have the good fortune to work in the right teams,"The review system is skewed. Way too many layers of management. Goals keep changing whenever there is a change in management(and that's quite frequent). A lot of politics in India, not sure if it's the same elsewhere.",none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67063,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great people, hard to perceive impact","Smart, mostly nice people who care about making a difference in the lives of customers and partners and work reasonably hard to get that done",Feels difficult to have a significant business impact because of the cyclical balancing of business priorities,Incent collaboration between and across business groups so customers and partners see the broader Microsoft value whatever is being pitched,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67064,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, Large and complex","Benefits great, unmatched in the industry. They are changing them at the end of the year.",Politics high due to complexity,none,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67065,microsoft,none," Apr 2, 2012",Former Employee - Analyst,good learning curve,good platform to lay solid ground in techniques.,not a lot of opportunities to move around.,good team work and diversity in the company.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67066,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Mar 25, 2012",Current Employee - Head of Sales,Good experience but no work life balance,"good package, working with great people, career","no work/life balance, hard work, piracy is high afecting sales",lower the workload,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67067,microsoft,none," Mar 22, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Advisor,Very political,Free soda and can be a fun atmosphere at times.,Trying to copy Apple's model. Expanding even though current formula is not working.,Listen to feedback from employees instead of treating them as if they don't know what they are talking about.,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67068,microsoft,"São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)"," Mar 26, 2012",Former Employee - Sales Excellence Manager OEM,Very satisfied,smart people good process huge content to improve skills,Internal competition huge internal demand and less focus on customer side,"To ""walk the talk"" and to improve HR In my case, I have received a good evaluation about my performance from my manager after 3 months in the company. Then, my manager left the company and the new manager who came from the market and was new in Microsoft did not follow the company direction about people management. THe new manager has never gave me a feedback about my performance and after 2 month in the role, she just informed that I was been fired! Besides the surprise, I felt very unsatisfied to be fired without any previous feedback from the leadership team. In my opinion it was totaly uncompatible with the company speech about respect for the individual and about the performance feedback process.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67069,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Innovation Center,- Strong Community Reach - Regular/frequent events/workshops,- Work Politics can be seen - Favoritism,Open a development center in Delhi\Gurgaon\Noida,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1752.htm
67070,microsoft,none," Mar 26, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Great place to work if you're looking for a safe, career","Good benefits. Well compensated. Relocation packages are awesome. Great people on my team, but can't vouch for all teams or organizations. Team morale for my group is high. Good work-life balance.","Unless you're working for a new product or project, it's probably not as fun as at a startup or some of the other tech companies.",none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67071,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"Solid technology company, suboptimal at execution and anticipating and responding to the market","Microsoft is a company with great technology and platforms, filled with smart, highly motivated people. The benefits package is among the best in the industry.","Microsoft is extremely siloed as business units will, without much reflection or guilt, operate entirely for their self interest, to the detriment of the company. Similarly, ship cycles for many business units are not in touch with market reality, which makes the company still slow to react to emerging opportunities.","Microsoft is a solid company that has a track record of delivering great products and profits to its shareholders. However, it has the potential to be a great company and a great place to work. Management structure needs to be revamped - too many layers of bureacracy and correspondingly too many ""cooks in the kitchen"". These factors lead to consistently slow execution and decision making. Overall, there is too much tolerance and minimal accountability for not hitting share or revenue targets, in business units that are regarded as secondary. In that regard, why should the company even bother, other than to provide employment and support to the local economy?  It would be great to see Microsoft adopt a General Electric management model, focusing its efforts on where it can or needs to win, dropping everything non-strategic and ancillary.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67072,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,it is a great experience,"good future, good salary and good platform. I still believe this company can offer best future for its employees. And it is heard that the salary is good.",relocation to other cities is necessary,none,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67073,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 18, 2012",Current Employee - Support Engineer,"it's a good place to work, time is flexible, and facility is excellent, but the salary is not that competive","time is flexible, and facility is excellent","salary is not that competive, not much opportunity to growth",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67074,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Software Design Engineer,"It has been seven years in MS, and everyday is awesome",- Great Culture - Completely 'Employee Oriented' - Many domains and technologies - Choicest :),"- Big company, not as agile as Start-up - India as a location keeps suffering politics - Things are getting better every year - I believe this is no different for any US based company - Be it Facebook, Google, etc. - These things hit you as you get into senior bands",- Politics hurt both employee and company. Try to avoid,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67075,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Rapidly changing environment with a narrowing top of the pyramid.,"Open, honest culture. Plenty of opportunity to advance, develop and grow your career. Highly varied mix of products and services, enabling career choices.","Sales compensation is not geared toward upside for the performer, but rather, toward mediocre pay for the high performer and significant downside for the average performer, even when off-year is clearly a result of forces beyond individual control.",Honor your people and not just your metrics and product groups. The right people can do great things with middle tier products.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67076,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A wonderful place to grow up and learn useful skills.,"good salary, comfortable environment, flexible work time, lots of opportunities to gain knowledge about the state-of-art technologies, opportunities to learn how manager make a decision.",There are a lot of workload. People usually focus on their own work and have little communications. There are few activities for entertainment.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67077,microsoft,none," Mar 16, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall good place to work,"Smart people, great health insurance, good salary. good office, good benefits. Interesting tasks","too much ""processes"" , over-regulated, too big",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67078,microsoft,none," Mar 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Solid company that values and pushes employees to perform and contribute.,Great overall benefits package. Salary is on the upper end of the range. Opportunities for career advancement is vast and plentiful. International company with offices world wide.,Very large company so it's easy to get lost in the fold. Can be dog eat dog environment. Not always easy to get co workers to help.,Allow individuals immediate and frequent access to the broader stratifies guiding Microsoft in both near and long term time horizons.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67079,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2012",Current Employee - Lead Program Manager,Microsoft is good place to work and I would recommend it to other people,Microsoft respects its employees and accomodates diversity It has tremendously refurbished its review model to make it more effective,"Every product is integrated with other products. This works well for the customer at times, but most of the time it causes a lot of overhead for product development",Good job,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1753.htm
67080,microsoft,none," Mar 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,not bad yet,good pay nice internal system good pay nice internal system,slow on product hire more and more stupid people,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67081,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 7, 2012",Former Employee - Research Software Development Engineer,A perfect place of internship for CS students,Well payed job Comfortable work place Company's good reputation Work with smart people,Less push Less communications with the senior managers,It's better to have some training courses for the new interns to help them start their work and learning faster.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67082,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,OK,"good benefits, ok salary, ok work, ok managment, ok work-life balance, free soda and free coffee if you like it","review system sucks, hyper competitive environment, hurts long term growth potential/morale, shortsighted planning, endless death marches, poor recognition system, poor customer focus.","get a grip, learn to walk in customer shoes, invest more in consulting, stop shipping useless products, cut the losses, empower people to take bold risks.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67083,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good infrastructure and amenities,Good infrastructure and amenities for Employees,Bad management bothered about themselves always,none,3.0,3.0,none,1.5,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67084,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2012",Current Employee - Director,"Microsoft is one of the greatest companies to work in - from the solutions you can develop, to the talent level within!",1. The range of solutions that you can work on 2. The incredibly talented individuals on the teams 3. The importance of customer satisfaction 4. The value placed on doing good for the ecosystem,The organization politics that gets in the way of cross-company teamwork,"Too many managers seem to care more about how many people in their employ - having an empire seems more important than what they or their teams actually deliver. This leads to unnecessary overlap, instead of true cross-company collaboration. Would be great if we can fix this.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67085,microsoft,none," Feb 28, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Integrity and Honesty,"* Microsoft is an amazing place to learn from others and, if circumstances allow it, grow professionally within the company. * The company has above average health benefits. * Excellent Continuing Education and Self-Study Resources * Excellent Self-Service Mentorship Program * Overall compensation is above average when you add all the fringe benefits and services an employee obtains since Day 1 working in Microsoft.","Many of the following observations are rising trends that in my opinion started after Bill Gates departure in 2006, and now increasing at a much higher pace ever since the company entered in a ""never-ending"" reorganization / reshuffling loop at the end of that same year.  * Middle management, in some groups more than others, do not observe Microsoft's code of conduct. They appear to exemplify the phrase: ""The end justifies the means"".  * Honest hard work may go unnoticed if you are not politically connected to the right people.  * Managers are empowered to decide upon their direct report's fate within the company - having almost uncontested authority to promote or fire anyone reporting to them. Moreover, the system lacks of appropriate check and balances to effectively apprehend potential managerial misconduct.  Therefore, the KEY to succeed and grow within the company is: Instead of looking for a new role within the company, you should always be scouting for good managers that could potentially hire you into their team. In other words, having a good manager matters more than landing upon your dream job.  * On several occasions, over a period of 6 plus years, I've seen how HR sides with management instead of objectively assess what could be at stake in any given situation or complaint. Employee morale and passion keeps declining - the majority adopts a ""See no evil, Hear no Evil"" attitude in order to survive or spare retaliation from management.  * It was of great disappointment not only to witness highly-unethical behavior coming from middle management, but to see how upper management looked the other way.  * Although Microsoft is still a great company to work for and to list in a resume, I would recommend that if looking for a new workplace, to look at other great companies that will probably enrich more anyone's professional career. If you are already working for Microsoft, then take pride in what you do while understanding that the company is going through a challenging phase - and always keep in mind that the best thing to do is to do the right thing.","Uphold and blindly enforce the rules that once led the company into a path of great success, a place that inspired high standards & moral values. They should never loose sight of the company's top guiding value: Integrity and Honesty.",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67086,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 1, 2012",Former Employee - Research Software Development Engineer,Good chance to learn,"Learn something u can not get in even top university labs, and the programming skills from top programmers. They will offer u a mentor and u can make a study of the code they provide you with.","Long working hours, tedious and boring, talking not permitted.",none,4.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67087,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pretty good deal,"Good culture, smart people to work with","Highly competetive, changes in health coverage recently are a -ve",none,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67088,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2012",Current Employee - Project Manager,Exhausting,"Benefits, Discounts, Co-Workers, clean work environment.","Calibration, tons of process, really hard to grow and find new positions.","The ability to grow and try new things is stifled by the constant fear that failure will show up in calibration. One bad year (or quarter) or a manager that isn't a fan, and you have no opportunity to redeem yourself. You are out. That is not my case but I've seen it happen to many otherwise stellar employees around me.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67089,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Microsoft's the best company I've ever worked for.,"Respect and appreciation from management, high compensation, serious about healthy balance between work and life, excellent health plan, excellent frequent training opportunities.","Much of our advertising is not only ineffective, it's embarrassing. This is such a long-standing problem it seems like none of the current advertising/marketing executives understand just how awful our advertising is.","Throw out our entire marketing department and start from scratch. Spend a lot more money on marketing, if and only if you replace the current marketing team.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1755.htm
67090,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2012",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Microsoft's the best company I've ever worked for.,"Respect and appreciation from management, high compensation, serious about healthy balance between work and life, excellent health plan, excellent frequent training opportunities.","Much of our advertising is not only ineffective, it's embarrassing. This is such a long-standing problem it seems like none of the current advertising/marketing executives understand just how awful our advertising is.","Throw out our entire marketing department and start from scratch. Spend a lot more money on marketing, if and only if you replace the current marketing team.",5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67091,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2012",Current Employee - Product Marketing Manager,"Narrow scope, little execution, too much time wasted",Benefits Easy to move around to different jobs/groups,"Narrow scope - very few broad product marketing roles. most are narrow in scope, so the roles can get boring after 18 months.  Little execution - spend more time socializing plans and getting buy-in than actually doing any work.  Lots of time wasted - More than half my day spent in meetings. Due to the matrixed nature of teams, it takes many more meetings and reviews for anyone with authority to make a decision.",Change the marketing culture. Lots of senior marketers who are spinning their wheels.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67092,microsoft,none," Mar 3, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Better than I expected,"There's definitely a high degree of mobility within divisions. If you get bored of doing something you can move around and try something new. Of course, the other benefits related to working in a leading software company apply as well.",A lot of cross-division battles.,Stop the one size fits all approach. Desktops and tablets are different.,4.0,3.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67093,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Mar 8, 2012",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,I was proud of the mircrosoft working experience,"valueable working experience, best growth platform for your profressinoal career, you will get respect from others if you work for such a good company",You will be aware of you could not be glad to its politics and low efficient. It is very hard to have a raise of your pay,Microsoft is very good company for techincal guys and also expect stable work and life balance. You can have more power to control that.,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67094,microsoft,none," Feb 26, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Clock is ticking,Health benefits plus access to technology are incredible.,Microsoft wants to get younger...ticking time bomb for anyone close to or approaching fourty years old.,Too much short term focus,4.0,1.5,none,4.5,5.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67095,microsoft,none," Mar 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It has been good,"It is challenging, but really fun","Managers can be mean, especially to junior people",Try to care more about time off,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67096,microsoft,none," Mar 15, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Absolutely horrible,Nice to have my own office as an entry level I guess,"- completely outdated model and process for developing software - absolutely terrible middle managers - everyone is old - there is no innovation here - developers are basically mechanics, who are TOLD by program managers what they should build, and they are not involved in the design process AT ALL",Sack all middle managers. These people are worthless.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67097,microsoft,none," Feb 18, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,Intense,Microsoft offers some of the best benefits I've seen.,Poor work life balance. Constant need to be visibile to leadership.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67098,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,"Great with one manager, average with a couple, terrible with the last one.","Great benefits, very good and smart people.",Very poor middle management (on average).,"Replace most of the middle management of the firm, get rid of Lisa Brummel and her stupid review system (as of 2011). Take 360 reviews of management more frequently - and ACT upon them.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67099,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,good benifits and good company brand,working as vendor is not the same benifits as a fte,Give better benifits to vendor employees,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1756.htm
67100,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 20, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Better to be a permanent employee rather than a contractor,"People have mutual respect for each other and there is great cross-functional collaboration between teams. Microsoft is the leader in its field, which is great for your CV/future prospects. The staff restaurant offers a good choice of hot and cold food and it subsidised so is good value, although not so good as it used to be as they have switched companies.","I am a contractor, (and do the same job as permanent staff in my team, but with no career prospects or benefits). This sucks. MS are so worried about contractors taking them to court regarding benefits, so offer nothing at all, to be on the safe side. There was a case in the US where a contractor was doing the same job as a permanent person and took them to court so they got burnt..  MS is not as dynamic as it could be (although they try to be, but hire the wrong type of staff). Since they moved from being a startup, they are like any other established company and creativity has been stifled). There are a lot of politics here and promotion is based on who you know, not what you know.","Employ contractors who want permanent jobs, as opposed to hiring outside of the company. They are a great source of knowledge as have worked for many companies and offer a fresh outlook. So many contractors try to get permanent jobs, but end up leaving (and in some cases working for competitors) as they can't get permanent jobs.",4.0,4.5,none,2.5,1.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67101,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work for technical experience.,Get to work with smart people. Access to the latest technologies. Excellent benefits.,Not focused on the customer experience.,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67102,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"engaging work, smart people, having a great manager is critical, re work/life balance need to find own way","smart colleagues, good community engagement through giving and volunteer program, opportunities to do a variety of jobs or work on a range of technologies.","ambiguity is a consistent state and dealing with that is not for everyone, the manager you have matters so much more than other factors",hire smart people and let them flourish,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67103,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Feb 18, 2012",Current Employee - Human Resources Manager,So far so good,"Good company brand, good salary","Complex organization dynamics, slow decision making",Do less politics,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67104,microsoft,none," Feb 20, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,It is very rewarding and memorable,Great benefit package and gym membership,Lack of incentive to do better,Keep the records simple and easily searchable.,4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67105,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent place to start a career,"Great managers, great teams, people will go out of their way to help you in your career - at least for me",Experience is highly dependent on the team that you work at. Some other teams are apparently not as well off for enjoyment.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67106,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,So so.,Reputation and line of work.,Management overhead and review system.,Get rid of stack ranking. Have simple goals for each division that employees can commit.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67107,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Been here less then a year, so far the experience has been positive","Opportunity to work on interesting projects, managment is accountable to ensure the employees career development needs are being addressed.",Highly competitive review procuedure that creates a somewhat adversarial environment amongst competing peers.,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67108,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,mixed,"great health benefits, generally good pay","poor leadership, lack of passion",less is more. stay focused on what's important. think about building great technology first,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67109,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to start out,"good salary, smart people to work with","big corp atmosphere, lots of paperwork",none,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1757.htm
67110,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager,Its a great company to work for,"Brand name, salary is good when compared to other companies",Very difficult to grow up and get promoted due to various processes. Tough to get visiblity.,Need to change the promotion and laddering process.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67111,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is not Mom friendly,"This review is to highlight the pros and cons of a working mom at Microsoft. HR has great benefits in terms of mother's rooms, support forums, generous maternity benefits and time off.",Moms returning to work are by default at the bottom of the stack rank Microsoft could have more part-time positions available to make it attractive to returning moms Support more remote working capabilities such as dial-ins and videoconferencing for meetings. These are standard for most bay area companies which in spite of longer work hours offer flexibility and hence are more attractive to working moms.,"If anyone reads the anonymous forums in the Microsoft Moms portal, the bias that new moms returning to work face is a very common thread. Microsoft is a place that would like to be known for diversity, but the attitude that your middle-management takes towards new moms will only result in attrition to the company. These are highly skilled women who have several years of high performance under their belt. Focus on retaining and supporting a very important segment of your talent.",2.0,1.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67112,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 22, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"Good work culture, Chances to explore opportunities in many different teams","Bureaucratic management, Leadership changing very often, Low confidence in M2 and above",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67113,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,"Great people, great opportunities to improve the way people work.",It's large and you need to lean your way around.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67114,microsoft,none," Feb 19, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"Microsoft offers nice work environment, interesting work, flexible schedules, nice spacious individual offices, good benefits, decent amount of vacation time. Seattle in general is a nice area to raise a family. Tehre are good schools and daycares nearby. Seattle offers lots of recreational activities and sports. Lots of trails and parks nearby. Skiing is close too.",there is sometimes too much work,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67115,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2012",Former Employee - Program Manager,Good place to work if you want a stable job.,Good work culture and a lot of smart people. Pay and benefits are good.,Company seems to lack direction. Difficult to do anything truely innovative.,Allow people to excel at what they are good at rather than focusing on improving what they are not.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67116,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company,Good pay and great opportunities,senior leadership lacking in employee engagement,nothing,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67117,microsoft,none," Feb 12, 2012",Current Employee - Software Engineer II,One of the best,Microsoft is fair in all aspects from how the employees are treated to vacation time to bonuses. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a career in a computer related field.,Microsoft has a lot of employees so it is hard to get a lot of personal attention from leading employees.,I think you should try to give pay more attention to small time employees who don't have the biggest name in the game.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67118,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learned a lot and met great people,Benefits Ability to learn anything you want Good Commuting perks,You still feel the need to compete against each other instead of working as a team due to the new review process. Work life balance is hard to attain. You can have it but then you'll be penalized at review time.,The new review process needs re work. Is the same old with a new name.,2.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67119,microsoft,none," Feb 8, 2012",Current Employee - Business Development Manager,Very positive,"Great benefits, challenging work, and smart people. Tremendous number of products providing diversification of financial risk. Great portfolio of products","Little accountability, too many ""owners"", lack of team work, continuous re-orgs, too many unnecessary meetings. Back stabbing at the senior level (GM and above).",Coordinate strategies across divisions! There is no excuse for a lack of three screen strategy given asset mix of company. Way too many people.,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1758.htm
67120,microsoft,none," Feb 14, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a wonderful company to work at. You have a choice of products to work on and have so many roles to choose,"Lots of options for career advancement, great benefits and flexibility","Sometimes slow growth, Competiting technologies",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67121,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Feb 15, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great environment for learning on the job,Competitive Compensation Good work life balance Flexible,Difficult internal promotion if you are not in subsidiary sales and marketing,none,4.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67122,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2012",Current Employee - Staffing Manager,I love where I work and what I do.,"The work is challenging, the people are incredibly intelligent and they take care of their employees in just about every way possible.","Way too many meetings, process and procedure can be burdensome and it's hard to change a lot of things that really don't make sense.","We're starting to do this already, but my advice would be to seek outside guidance and counsel on changing things up, operationally and otherwise.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67123,microsoft,none," Feb 2, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Brilliant people, bad environment.",Formerly had the best medical. Excellent benefits for military and families. Work with some of the smartest people in the world.,Review system manages to alienate everyone. Pay does not keep up with market. Easier to advance at a smaller company.,Need management changes at the executive level.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67124,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Feb 6, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,not match with experience,"dynamic, progresive, provide collboration within colleuges and groups","inward focus on its own company direction, and does not yield career for ""industry focus"" candidate.",none,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67125,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome fun!,"Lot of facilities Redmond is fun in summer Interns are pampered like CRAZY!!! Microsoft Prime discounts Free microsoft software (through free MSDN subscription for a YEAR!) Intern gifts (I got an Xbox with Kinnect, Zune HD and a windows phone 7) Oh... Challenging, game changing... yada yada work! :-{)",Bureaucracy as with any company Wages could be higher Junior employees can not have a life!!,"Junior employees also have married lives, let my wife work remotely! :)",5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67126,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 31, 2012",Former Employee - Research Internship,Very good experience.,"Good raputation, smart people, intense work environment, flexible working hours, nice collegues.","sometimes intense work, u need to push yourself to move forward.",none,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67127,microsoft,none," Jan 31, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,New Performance Management system needed,Great Products - you can be proud of many products that Microsoft brings to market Many smart people Better than average pay Great benefits,Current performance management system forces RIFs that my not otherwise be needed,none,2.0,4.0,none,1.5,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67128,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"great place, highly competitive","- highly competitive - play to win in the long haul - money cushion means this company is less affected by economic volatility - culture is relative open, fair, not terribly hierarchial (especially in marketing)",- sometimes the size means navigating the organization is tough - duplication of work across the organization - waste of resources by people driving political agenda,- strong vision is always needed - remove cross organizational redunancies - work better across divisions to harness synergies,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67129,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for - excellent compensation & benefits,Excellent work environment in Sales Creativity and empowerment encouraged Continuous on the job learning,Can be difficult to make job changes internally Lots of tools and process,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1759.htm
67130,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for - excellent compensation & benefits,Excellent work environment in Sales Creativity and empowerment encouraged Continuous on the job learning,Can be difficult to make job changes internally Lots of tools and process,none,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67131,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Neutral,"Microsoft offers great benefits (health insurance, 401k, various types of leaves are available) and competitive salaries. Opportunities for career advancement or lateral moves make the work environment in Microsoft very flexible.",Bureaucracy and politics seem to stifle innovation. Feels like there is no time to execute on a strategy because teams are re-org'd every 18 months. Bad managers abound and there is not much remedy for that except for leaving the job.,Streamline the company and have divisions work more closely together. Stop making acquisitions that do not make much business sense and are difficult to integrate.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67132,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Exciting, Fun, Stimulating, Challenging, and Rewarding","Employee Purchase benefit, Work with highly talented individuals, Free starbucks coffee, and Free healthcare.",Misaligned strategy and execution Highly political organization Misdirected management Overlapping functionality among teams leading to redundancy and cost mismanagement.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67133,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 16, 2012",Former Employee - 3D Artist,"It was awesome , my workmates and mentor perked me up everyday .","work hard , play harder! everyone cares about you , and makes you good mood.","I can not stay there because, I am an intern.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67134,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,"challenging work, smart people, great",political environment is difficult at times,keep politics out of workplace,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67135,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Feb 1, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,"i thought that it was very good because of the people the products, the task they gave me, and just so many more things",some of the downside are the long hours also the constant traveling. if u enjoy traveling then its okay but i don't,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67136,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Skills learned are not straightforwardly applicable outside the company.,"Microsoft has an outstanding benefits package, and generally respects a clear work/live boundary. There is also generally a lot of support in terms of tools and infrastructure.","The Microsoft development cycle is painfully slow. Organizational changes happen quite often, so engineers are at a disadvantage when it comes to providing support and/or documentation for their software. The culture seems to have embraced this, rather than creating incentives for collaboration and ownership.","Microsoft should take a closer look at whether maintaining proprietary and inferior versions of existing open-source tools is worthwhile, and should also consider making greater efforts to foster collaboration between teams.",2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67137,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting and intellectually satisfying work environment,opportunities to grow career opportunities to learn new things opportunities to participate in tackling new challenges and setting industry standards smart people excellent benefits good rewards for hard work,"when people are asked to volunteer and they do, sometimes they are not given an opportunity to pursue what they have volunteered for, which discourages them.",encourage initiative by acknowledging volunteers,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67138,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 2, 2012",Former Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Dream place to work,Microsoft is the best place to work when you wanted to thrive in technology. Great work culture blended with professionals individuals..,Hectic work which makes difficult to manage work-life balance and night shifts which creates an imbalance in the life cycle ..,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67139,microsoft,none," Jan 24, 2012",Current Employee - Software Developer,limited,"The medical/vision/prescription benefits are great, but they are about to change.",The review process really sucks,overhall review process,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1760.htm
67140,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2012",Current Employee - Financial Analyst,Contracts in Advertising is dumb,The People you work with ona daily basis Work/Life Balance is generally good Pay is good for contract workers Fringe Benefits Networking,No training for contract workers Complete seperation between contract workers and FT workers,none,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,2.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67141,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2012",Current Employee - Account Manager,Interesting yet frustrating company to work for,"Think of selling licensing and software to business as a plumbing job. Microsoft makes great ""plumbing"" for businesses. I enjoy helping customers build new and interesting stuff based on the technology or ""plumping"" Microsoft provides. Challenging job and if you can make it through the challenging times, it has the potential to be rewarding.","Too much information internally and little to no easy way to find what is needed. Little communication from other teams, even though collaboration is a keystone to the company. This tends to make the job very frustrating very quickly.  Documentation of processes to help customers with new purchases/releases is lacking at best.","Better, more clear communication to staff. It would also be great for Microsoft to ""cycle"" out the managers that have been in the role for more than 5 years and put in fresh faces/names. I've seen more managers be in the job for 10-20+ years and they don't know how to accomplish anything as they have been disconnected from the sales process for so long. Some of the best managers I have had came straight from sales and knew how to get things done that the senior management teams lacked the knowledge.",3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67142,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2012",Current Employee - Sales,A great place to work if you like talking with technical people about solving business issues.,Excellent Value Proposition Strong well-know Products Great access to Technical Decision Makers Everyone wants to talk with Microsoft Unified Collaboration solutions are the Best Great Benefits for Employees. Microsoft has a tremendous giving cultture. Example they have a Giving campaign where they encourage every employee to give to their community.,"Too much noise from consumer market. Everyone wants to talk with Microsoft, sometimes this creates waste due to a lack of focus for Techincal and Business Meetings. Broad solutions can be confusing for customers and licensing is a world all of it's own.","No need to boil the Oceans. Make great software that solves business problems and connects, educates and entertains consumers and you will far exceed expectations.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67143,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,Great company to work for especially if you have a family and want to maintain good work life balance.,Compensation and career advancement can be slower if you are not a top performer.,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67144,microsoft,none," Jan 29, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I have been working for MIcrosoft for a bit over a year and has been great.,"Passion, flexibility, challanging and part of a team","Hours, time to get things done.",Listen to employees as you have been.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67145,microsoft,none," Jan 23, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Experience!,-Talented People - working with the brightest and the best  - Fun Challenges -Reasonable work life balance  - Great benefits especially helath although it is getting ammended soon,- There is a belief in one man heroes. The senior leadership beleives that 20% of people contribute to 80% of the success. Spoils the fun of working as a team and accomplishing goals together!,Don't just pay lip service to team culture - make changes to the performance review system and embrace team fully.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67146,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generally a good place to work.,"Good benefits and nice workplace environment. Generally nice, smart people. You get your own office with a door and a window with tenure.","Hard to get projects done because everyone has to have a say in it and management can say no or change priorities. Some problems never get solved, they just reorganize every 18 months.",It's grown too big and bureaucratic and it's hard to move ahead because of all the contingencies on other parts of the company. Its focus is too fragmented.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67147,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2012",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Continuous learning and challenge in a less-than-pleasant environment,"- Smart peers, opportunity to work on cool products - Quality of intellectual work product - Stimulating work - Pride in product","- Corporate culture is not as pleasant as it could be - Productivity is reduced by internecine warfare (""politics"") - Corp leadership promotes only in their own mold, so org deficiencies are unlikely to be addressed - Not entirely supportive of women. Impossible to work there as a single mother.","Leadership is invariably sharp. The issue is whether there is a WILL to improve the culture of the workplace. Recently, company has become top-heavy and unwieldy, difficult to respond competitively.",3.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67148,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Make sure you have a strong / fair manager as there are lots who are only out for themselves,Microsoft has a great set of benefits including free soft drinks. They provide access to training and,"Microsoft is all about windows, office, exchange, SQL server and sharepoint. Don't try to innovate outside of these products.",none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67149,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2012",Former Employee - Director,roller coaster,large scale challenges. you get to work with very smart and passionate people.,very poor management which leads to frustration during annual review cycles..,stop running microsoft like wallmart or GE.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1761.htm
67150,microsoft,none," Jan 18, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,It's a not bad place but limited opportunity for personal development,benefit is good compared with other similar companies,"total compensate is a little bit lower than competitors, slow and inefficient, not many opportunities",need to be more agile and efficient for upper management,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67151,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Jan 22, 2012",Current Employee - Consultant,"Great pcompany,",Good compensation Excellent benefits Alot of training materials and oportunities Excellent place to start your career,"Heavy beaurocracy Poor work/life balance of MCS Russia division Some people have the star disease and rude Sales force sometimes work against MCS, because of differences in KPI",Tune your metrics and find a higher purpose for MCS in Russia,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67152,microsoft,none," Jan 12, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is pretty good,"Good salary, benefit, work-life balance environment.",People need to work harder.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67153,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,OK place to work,"big company, there is a deep knowledge of ms technology, smart people around. not too busy but you can learn many things","pay is not that high now, location is too far away from the city, not too many core developments going on here",pay more attention to shanghai developers and put more core development here. we are not afford to lose talented pople here,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67154,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Jan 10, 2012",Former Employee - Research Software Development Engineer,"As a RSDE, it's a very greate place to start your career, but you have to figure out how to move on soon.","Good research culture, Flexible work environmnet in most of cases, Smart people, from who you can learn a lot on how to do research, Somehow a good place to do research for a PHD, especially in China, Beijing.","Bureaucratic, NO long term career for master degree, and for RSDE, In a research lab, they need people to take the engineering work, but they don't rewrard people who take engineering work farily. So either you should insist on research work only, or you should consider move on after a few years.",none,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67155,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"You get Excellent benefits. Medical benefits are great, but that may change very soon. Smart people as coworkers. Competent management.","Difficulties with work life balance. Very high expectations from empolyee. Reviwe system is somewhat unfair. Heavy management structure. Sometimes processes can get in the way, instead of making your job easier.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67156,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Jan 13, 2012",Current Employee - Program Manager II,not bad,"Excellent enviroment, smart and nice people,",Process is pretty heavy sometime overwhelm,innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation innovation,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67157,microsoft,none," Jan 9, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,many new technology to learn,difficult to change job whthin the company,easy transfer to new team,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67158,microsoft,"Gurgaon, Haryana (India)"," Jan 10, 2012",Current Employee - Onlien Services Consultant,Microsoft experince has been great so far,"Great wrok enivoremnt, good salary",none dont seee any cons,Great wrok done,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67159,microsoft,none," Jan 20, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good proffesional,Quite a proffesionally mananged organisation,Highly competitive environment in sales,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1762.htm
67160,microsoft,none," Jan 27, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fantastic,Great job and employees to work with,too many employees work load can be much at times,Keep up the good work.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67161,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 6, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good place to learn and profit elsewhere,"You'll learn a lot especially from technical area, a lot of challenging tasks and a level of expected quality is quite high. They also really expect you to deliver at the deadline, so pressure is high but it might push you above your limit. If you want to learn there are a handful of resources and smart people to learn from. Also engineers get a lot of freedom in a way they accomplish their goals, it's mostly delivering them that counts, not the path you select...","It’s mostly delivering that counts, so some people don't care that much about quality. There don't seem to be a good mechanism for (technical) quality validation. Again this is a very large company and things probably look different in other teams, especially in states when they do all really important stuff. There is also this weird culture, where people are mostly concerned about who will look bad on end year review and not taking any risks to help others, if it might make them look bad.","Do something to make cross team collaboration work better. Maybe the review system should reward the best without necessary throwing worst to the wolves at the same time. Less bureaucracy, more power to the engineers.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,2.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67162,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Life in the battleship,Lots of mobility and opportunity to work on different things. I'm on my way to start my 3rd career at MSFT.  Super smart people working on hard problems.,"While there are lots of smart people, low performers slow everyone down, and it's too hard to get rid of them. Sometimes we're too seperated from the real life and death world of business to have the same level of urgency that a startup or smaller company fosters.","Fire more people, faster. Make design and HCI a center point of all products. Lead in the consumer space... It's huge and dwarfing enterprise. This trend will continue to accelerate.",4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67163,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Lots of opportunities to grow, take advantage of a big company","Lots of groups doing cutting-edge work People are experienced, knowledgeable, helpful","Typically centralized around one stack of software development (.NET, etc.) Clinging on to Windows/Office mentality",Be more transparent towards employees,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67164,microsoft,none," Dec 26, 2011",Former Employee - Sales Manager,Not a win-win deal,- facilities - looks good on your CV - learnings of the IT industry - Global events,"- Leadership, senior leaders are not interested on your career, and they will do anything that makes them grow, not you - politics, you should take care, dont trust anyone - HR does not exist, specially in Latin America - short term results, lackmof planning",none,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67165,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2011",Current Employee - Director,Great - if you find the right team,Can move to different areas of technology without leaving the company,Your experience will be very different in different groups. Some groups are great - others are not.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67166,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 26, 2011",Former Employee - Support Engineer,Environment Amazing. No Work Life Balance. Glad i'm out of Support Role,Amazing Environment to work Helpful seniors (technical folks) Access to Latest Products Extensive training Good Food Located well withing city limits Good pay,Night Shifts Horrible Work Life balanace Hardly can enjoy weekends Sarcastic Management Partiality towards a certain sector of people Need to be very good with your Manager in order to grow (boot licking rocks) Even if Holidays are available Manager doesn't approve them stating support Business Health Risk due to working in night shifts. Too process oriented. Work overload. Pulling extra hours.,Provide transparency in roles and growth Need for collaboration with Product group Provide many internships Provide appropriate Work life balance measures for employees working night shifts,3.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67167,microsoft,none," Dec 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work.,still unbeatable benefits compared to rest of the industry.,teams are very large and hard to get consensus on issues,"please have smaller hierarchies, and let the teams be accountable",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67168,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2012",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good,The compnay has Good working environment,Low salary comparing with other competitor.,make the stock higher,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67169,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2012",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Good work place for software engineer, but the best work place for tester","Fair, open, equality, very talented colleagues, challenging work, respect people's own decisions, respect every discipline, work hard, play harder,","For campus, salary is increasing very slowly. In-frequent reviews so not frequently increase the salary. Competency is going less competitive recently.","Stay focus, Speed up,",4.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1763.htm
67170,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,It used to be great place to work. Not nowadays...,Many established technologies with lots of customers.,No real oportunity for growth.,Look back 15-20 years and learn how Microsoft used to be managed. This will help senior management to understand how to do this today.,2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.5,1.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67171,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 1, 2012",Former Employee - Software Developer Intern,Lets u work in your own way,1) flexible timings 2)Chance to learn a lot from great people 3) good transportation facilities 4)good perks 5) Regular feedback mechanism,1)The time to start work is high..They have several procedure to do before giving access. 2) No flexibility in choosing the department during intern process,Try to ask the intern in which area they are interested in before assigning to a group.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67172,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,"a good place to work at, great environment, great colleagues and managers,","too much work to do, not so good work life balance,",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67173,microsoft,none," Jan 10, 2012",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent products, but lack of leadership.",-Excellent source to get to work on latest technologies -Good benefits,-No worklife balance -No growth because of politics,none,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67174,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,SDE experience in Microsoft,* The benefits is very good. * The salary is a competitive. * There are many projects to work on.,* There are two many levels in the management chain. * The performance review may not be fair w.r.t. the whole company.,none,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67175,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,HIghly political with long term Microsofties protecting their jobs as priority #1.,"R&D is extensive with some forward looking value to helping IT and Consumers. The workers are genuine, smart, creative. The multi-cultural environment add strong value to being a global thinking company.","Management is slow to act to new markets and to internally focused on protecting their high share software markets (windows, office). They don't foster a collaborative atmosphere, they manage by fear and cliques.",none,2.0,3.5,none,2.0,4.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67176,microsoft,none," Dec 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for,Microsoft has Good employee Benefits It has very Open environment where you are free to explore what you want to work on Challenging work,There is limited exposure to world outside of microsoft. You will only know about how microsoft works and their technologies.,"No specific feedback, I like the opportunities ot move within groups internally. Please expand more in India and provide a better way of knowing internal job postings in India.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67177,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Account Manager,below average numbers vs people,greast benifits and stock if you are well liked,poor management very political vs peformance orientation,listen,2.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.5,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67178,microsoft,none," Dec 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A very nice place only when you find a team which fits you.,"very good benefit, diversified products, easy access to many great tools, nice office and campus, convenient location with commute support","senior management could be very poor and make wrong decision until too late, too much focus on personal excellence which could hurt overall team productivity","think over at the begining when making decision, be brave to fix things up, dont wait to the last minute",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67179,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Technical Company,"Microsoft still has good talented developers and knowledge. Therefore, it can create new product shortly with good quality when the management layer make a good decision.","Microsoft leadership didn't focus Microsoft compitances and improve their technologies. So, MS waisted time for Vista, Bing and other staff..",none,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1764.htm
67180,microsoft,none," Dec 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Great Company, Great Perks. Best Health benefits for you and your family, Focus on Work-Life balance, Focus on diversity, good learning oppurtunities","Like any other company, the hierarchy is deep. It might be difficult to focus on new opportunities and react to market feedback quickly.",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67181,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work,"smart people, profitable company and great benefits",work life balance in some organizations,continue to focus on attracting and retaining #1 priority,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67182,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Apportunities are there, however is very political and sometimes unfair","Benefits are second to none, very diverse, mobiilty within the company is a plus","Poor people management, pay is falling behind competition",Improve people management skills,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67183,microsoft,none," Dec 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"low pay, long hours","you'll work on interesting projects, with high talented people.","you'll get low pay, and work long hours.",treat people with respect.,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67184,microsoft,none," Dec 6, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,good,the company is very reputed and the facilities provided to the employees are very good making for a good work expereience,It does not pay very well for the india office. Go there for the initial career support and may be you can move to US,listen to the cons - It does not pay very well for the india office. Go there for the initial career support and may be you can move to US,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67185,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Toxic, bullying, non inclusive, non collaborative senior management.","Projects are interesting and challenging. Smart, hard working people. Probably a good development/experience based career choice if you are in your 20s or early 30s.","There is a closed club of people who have worked at Microsoft for over 15 years. Some literally grew up there and have never been exposed to other companies, cultures, leaders, or ways of working. Their views are therefore very closed, subjective, ignorant, and arrogant. Unfortunately they have often worked their way into people manager roles when they should have stayed individual contributors or left the company to broaden their mindset. Undermining, exclusive, and bullying behaviour are the norm within this group. Very difficult for new and experienced people to succeed.",none,1.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.0,1.0,10,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67186,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing Director,Great Marketing Opportunities with Top Benefits,"-Great benefits package -Very smart people -Lots of investment capital - lots of flexibility to move around the company - Above average pay, bonus, and stock - Big challenges and products to work on","- huge decentralized organization - ""old school"" Microsofties can be very type A especially at senior levels - can be slow to respond to external threats - established orgs can get into turf battles with emerging ideas and technology (e.g. Courier Tablet vs Windows)","Driving great innovation while maintaining the cash cows aren't mutually exclusive ideas. Let's continue to innovate, give investors a bigger dividend, and kill this stack rank review model that is demoralizing people.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67187,microsoft,Moscow (Russia)," Nov 29, 2011",Current Employee - Group Manager,The company expects me to concentrate on today's execution versus developing the future,"Great brand, superb learning opportunities, particularly when you are under 30 y.o.",Top to bottom quota setting with very little opportunity to push back or renegotiate.,Invest more in the developing economies,3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67188,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome experience interviewing at Microsoft,"Flex time, career advancements, awesome benefits, rewards and recognition, opportunities within the company, smart people to work with, give back to the community",some politics goes on just like any other company but nothing out of the ordinary. People who have been around sometimes have arrogance in them.,Should have simpler performance review process. should get away from the traditional metric based review system. quite some progess had been made recently which I am happy about.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67189,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall it's great, but its all grown up.",Great place to learn and do new things. Great compensation for high performers. Fun place and on the right team is it's the best place I have worked.,Stock is dead in the water... Lots of politics to navigate. Cloud is half baked without a partner strategy resulting in conflict.,Move the stock price to make people believe again. Realize competitors exist and don't bury your head in the sand.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1765.htm
67190,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall it's great, but its all grown up.",Great place to learn and do new things. Great compensation for high performers. Fun place and on the right team is it's the best place I have worked.,Stock is dead in the water... Lots of politics to navigate. Cloud is half baked without a partner strategy resulting in conflict.,Move the stock price to make people believe again. Realize competitors exist and don't bury your head in the sand.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67191,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Dec 13, 2011",Former Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Highly unprofessional setup at Microsoft bangalore,They are one of the best company in the world so you will have the opportunity to work with some of the best brain of the industry. Their pay and benefits are decent.,This is already a grown up place and so they did not need people for long run in bangalore setup. Every quarter they screw some people for no reason because work has not moved from US to bangalore as yet. If you allow me to say about MS bangalore culture then it is just big boss culture where people get nominated and evacuted from the house every quarter.,Please stop big boss culture and throw people in one short and allow others to nurture their career dream. Replacing one apple with orange or guava will not suffice your long term strategic goals here.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,4.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67192,microsoft,none," Nov 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Very good company in terms of environment, culture and work life balance.",very good work life balance. working with a lot of smart people. Has your own office so you can concentrate more on the work.,You only work on small part and not many creative things there. Too many communication and people work on the same project.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67193,microsoft,none," Nov 17, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,"Remember, its a company of little independent companies",1. The best benefits package out there 2. Access to technologies and resources,"1. Do not expect your org to support your interest to move to a different group or organization to advance your career. If you announce your inytention you better be sure it will happen, as its a career-limiting move within your current organization. 2. Be aware that if you change roles you are taking a big chance. They say that they support movement between roles (ex.. DEV or Teest to PgM). However, you will likely not have much support when making the change, and you will be ranked againast all the folks established in your new role. Changing roles is very risky. 3. Work/life balance is not a real value. If you try to live this value then good luck competing with young bucs from far-off lands who are in this country and ready to give 150% 4. Whatever you do, make sure you keep getting promoted. There is an ""up-or-out"" policy. If you go too long w/o a promotion you will find yourself with a ""just write it up that way"" review which does not reflect your actual performance but does provide documentation to support managing you out of the company. They want to boil off the older folks who are not slotted for leadership (level 65 or higher), and keep the lower levels stocked with younger workers so the average employee age remains low (reduce healthcare costs).","As a stock holder, I object to the fiefdoms and empires that are built within the company. There is too much overlap/redundancy within Operations/IT. The cooperation between the product groups may be improving, though (driven by combined services such as BPOS/Azure)... which is a positive. However, there are still examples where we buy companies and do not seem to know what to do with them. One small example is SQL MDS... you a lot of talen there, and disbanded the team. What a waste. Can you really afford redundancy and confusing strategy like this?",2.0,2.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67194,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company to work for longterm,1. Trasparent processes 2. Variery of products to suit everyone's needs,1. Bigger size and beurocracy,Concentrate on satisfying customers even if it does not result in money immediately,5.0,3.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67195,microsoft,none," Nov 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Much potential but frustrating,1. Good Management. Understanding. Professional 2. Flexible working hours 3. Room for learning and exploring 4. Good exposure to people all around the world,1. Little to no chance for guidance in learning and growing 2. Compensation with job scope/working hours not matching 3. Flexible working hours also mean working very late due to international time zone differences,"Could try to focus more on training up and keeping talent rather than just acquiring from the industry, which could be more expensive in the long run, and also does not foster loyalty to the company.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67196,microsoft,none," Dec 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Oppressive, zero sum, dog eat dog environment with inept managment, many bureaucrats and excessive inward focus.","Great benefits, outstanding resume experience, many smart people, good systems, better than average processes, many areas for movement in the company.","Reviews and recognition are mainly a popularity contest and crony based system. Although the company is profitable year after year there is little room for innovatiom, creative solutions and anyone daring to take risks. Risk taking is given lip service but punished at the slightest slip - failure is not an option so don't dare to step out of line. Products, services, ideas and people that threaten a cash cow are eliminated. there are some of the industries worst managers at MS including at the top. CEO and COO are terrible but they think they are great.","Fire CEO and COO and get innovative, get rid of the layers and layers of bureaucrats, crappy managers and develop an environment that rewards smart risk taking.",1.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67197,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Nov 21, 2011",Current Employee - Developer Evangelist,Awesome,Very good place to work for. Good team. talented folks.,I really enjoy working at Microsoft,We should be less metric driven.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67198,microsoft,none," Nov 13, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Good at the beginning but getting less product driven/technical and more political,Good tools and infrastructure. Broad exposure to software technologies. Good support to engineers. Has own office. Good campus and locations.,Disjoint from Open Source communities and technologies. Peer competition and politics in some teams. Artificial negativities in the review process due to force curve and managing out bottoms.,"We need more heads on managers/leaders that can make coherent product/technical decisions. Focus more on product achievements, less on process.",2.0,2.5,none,2.5,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67199,microsoft,none," Nov 16, 2011",Former Employee - Sales,Great place to work and grow,"Great people, worldwide company, ample support to achieve goals","Product teams operate in silos, product roadmaps seem to change daily, lack of execution on good ideas","Get focused on the product roadmaps, eliminate the high turnover in management",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1766.htm
67200,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Fulfilling,Fullfilling. You get to work on hard problems.,The only constant is change.,Please increase the stock price.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67201,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 14, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,learning and rewarding exp,"good salary, gr8 place to work, gr8 ppl around",huge org. 1 size does not fit all,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67202,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, exceptionally weak management.","Great benefits - especially Healthcare. Good work/life balance. In the field at least, great support for telecommuting. Starting salary good, but get what you want to start as salary adjustments impacted by convoluted review process.",Absolutely the weakest management I have ever worked for in my entire career. Big disconnect between headquarters and the field. Not a good company to express an opinion that does not agree with the management fad of the day.,"Your staff in the field is closer to the customer and what the customers are asking for. Less score cards, more leadership.",3.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67203,microsoft,none," Nov 10, 2011",Current Employee - Engineering Manager,Very good,"Best place to work. Lots of growth, People focus. Lots of freedom and empowering people. Long term potential. yes very good benifts.",slow in making decesion. Not very aglie. they will need to focus more on core prodcts then doing lots of other stufff,Foucus on core prodcuts. Foucus on coustomer. need to move fast and taking some bold move and decesion. I feel lik they are alowayes behind.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67204,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Once had great leadership, now run by a bunch of incompetent babies",Great brands Good size budgets Smart people Good international exposure Still looks good on your resume,Current leadership team is weak and lack true leadership skills Current leadership team are inexperienced and run company by playing favorites Bullying management style,Figure out what talent actually looks like. I self selected to leave after an outstanding career at microsft but you are now losing tremendous staff due to your weak leadership skills,2.0,1.0,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67205,microsoft,none," Nov 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Missed opportunity as a result of management incompetence,"Super smart people, great opportunity to work with cutting edge technology companies.",Senior management is ridiculously political and dysfunctional. It is amazing the company continues to be profitable despite the lack of strong leadership.,none,2.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67206,microsoft,none," Nov 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not what I would expect from such used to be a marquee company,pay benefits till 2012 but in ? after... company name recognition but not as good as it used to be as compare to Google or Facebook,very subjective biased performance review systems where politic and curve based ranking & rating yield low morale to most employee except those who know how to play the politic game and do nothing except pointing finger in the name of impact & influence..,any change will have to come down from the very top to reinvent this company to be a company that is used to be....,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67207,microsoft,none," Nov 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,In general good place to work,Tons of resources you can leverage. Big name on the resume. Good benefits.,Heavy org. Management chain too deep. Not fast enough to adapt to market demanding.,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67208,microsoft,none," Nov 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Good work life balance Nice compensation after the R&D salary pump Excellent benefit coverage (will be just Great after 2013),A bit too many senior persons Old fashion way of development life cycle Too many re-orgs/reset,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67209,microsoft,none," Nov 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A place to experience at least once.,"Companies are all different and I've been in small startups to mid-sized ones. They were all unique and if you are focusing on your career rather than already pursuing a concrete goal, Microsoft would be a place to learn something.",Big companies that tends to have big teams have mostly the same problem. The decision chain will not likely be agile enough. It's a matter of size and size comes from the culture of the company. Sometimes a whole bunch of smart people can't win a single smart person.,none,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1767.htm
67210,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Nov 1, 2011",Former Employee - Associate Consultant,A very nice albeit high pressure place to work with pressure to perform and a little sluggish in terms of growth,Great brand to work for Awesome community to work for Great package to work for Awesome scale and diversity of work to work for,Sluggish growth and a very repetitive career model Too much fat in upper management to be good for the company Management cliques are unfair,"Please do something about the sluggish career growth, both in terms of the work and the culture which can do with a youthful revamp",4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67211,microsoft,none," Oct 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Meaningful work, passionate people, great culture","People are truly passionate about what they do and are proud of working in an culture that breeds a sense of purpose and real contribution. Managers are always willing to provide insight and feedback, and the leadership and camaraderie found on certain teams is inspiring. People work hard and play hard, and get the job done. Great place to be.","Because it's a Canadian subsidiary, might have to keep on your toes while waiting on future direction from corp, which can delay projects, etc.","Keep doing what your doing in fostering a great community at Microsoft, people love the open door policy and the transparency that currently exists here.",5.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,5.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67212,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,It's a rollercoaster ride.,"Passion for product, overall desire for collaboration and sincere interest in each other's success. No fear for challenging status quo and staying lenghty Friday nights to be the best. Overall, being surrounded by really smart people and having every day bring excitement and novelty.","The ""calibrations"" -- review -- process is taxing, and on many occasions, does not necessarily reward the best talent, but rather, those that made themselves more visibly present (read: less hidden behind their computer screens) and also, accomplishments close to the end of the fiscal year, rather than various feats throughout the year.","One of the most disillusioning and devastating discoveries is how little managers tend to care, unless something is specifically in their charter or commitments. While narrowing focus is crucial, it forces unnatural silos and undermines what many Microsofties stand for -- barrier-free creativity and passion for far-sighted vision that touches cross experiences, technologies, and products.",5.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67213,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft Still Remains a Platinum Job and Experience,"Unimaginable resources both in knowledge bases, employees, software, and support Microsoft is like dozens of companies within a company, so there is always opportunity to expand a career without moving to another company There are jobs and roles for just about anyone involved in software","Review process can be a pain as it is on a forced curve. Someone always gets the bottom 7%. On the upside this in theory improves the employee base but it also adds some stressful competitive elements Like any large company, politics are unavoidable and must be navigated and handled with care Experience varies wildly within the company, can be in amazing group or nightmare group, but there is always mobility if reviews are good",Integrate more silos and reduce the number of redundant projects that must compete against each other. Some more high level coordination and cooperation is welcome,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67214,microsoft,none," Oct 28, 2011",Current Employee - Director,"Excellent, but strategy is long in the tooth","Health benefits, great employees, see the world if you want to, work environment, facilities, good salaries and bonuses, highly competitive","Dead end strategy in some sectors, work yourself to the bone and no one cares, a lot of selfish big egos","React faster to where the market is going, as well as continuing to drive the Windows and Office cash cows.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67215,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Great company to work for, depending on what team you end up on",- Cutting edge technology - Very smart people - Fame - Benefits (through end of 2012) - Learning and growth opportunities,"- Some teams value quantity over quality - be careful where you end up - Benefits are going away - many tend to think Microsoft is the only employer with good insurance coverage, this is not true, as many others offer insurance with no copays or deductibles - Food is unhealthy (calories, fat, sodium, etc.) and expensive at our cafeterias (minor exception in the Commons) - SDET staff tend to stagnate in their level longer than other roles","- If one team has higher standards or bars for performance reviews, pay should be higher - Pick better leads - leads are not always good dealing with people, at the detriment of employees and their morale",4.0,3.0,none,5.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67216,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, get connected to the 'network' to move forward","Access to great tools and technologies, generally fair employer.",'networks' that you need to be connected to.,none,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67217,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Great place to work,great resources collaborative development agile software development,resistance to chance little actual innovation,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67218,microsoft,Melbourne (Australia)," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience,"Great colleagues, friendly work environment","Not great leadership, rarely interested in staff",We'd benefit from managers who manage.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67219,microsoft,none," Oct 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a candy store and you must try the candy to have a rich experience.,"Benefits, lots of opportunities, working with very smart people",Very big place which seems to react to market trends more than I'd like to see. Mobile is a great example of this.,"Kinect is a ""monster"". I don't think we even realize what we have in terms of the potential of kinect. Also, we have a lot of smart people, yet Apple continues to out-innovate us in consumer land over and over again. It's getting old - do something about it.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1768.htm
67220,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Learned a lot,Great people and company treats and trains people well,Process is slow and review system is disfunctional,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67221,microsoft,none," Oct 25, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Rewarding, however, would not return","Microsoft hires brilliant people, fosters a collaborative environment, and while you are at work, the workplace is very comfortable, to a certain level, they do value talent.","The difference between a contractor and full time employee creates a hostile environment between people. They treat their full time employees very well, however, take advantage of contractors","Hire more full time staff, it is necessary to keep a good moral in the company. Show that you value their work and they will devote 150% to your company",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67222,microsoft,none," Oct 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work...,Vast variety of software related projects & opportunities Reasonably good environment for employees to do good work Reasonably good benefits Focus on growing people (in most divisions) Area around Microsoft has a diverse population & good schools,"Sometimes, it gets hard to get things done Technical skills will be limited to the Microsoft stack Opportunities for getting to senior roles/levels getting harder",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67223,microsoft,none," Oct 20, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Its a large company,- lot of smart people - positive people - a community,- hard to move up - review system - over communication - work life balance,none,3.0,2.0,none,3.5,3.0,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67224,microsoft,none," Oct 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Easy work life balance, but not much upside",Work life balance is good in many groups.,"Stagnant, very limited technology (no open source)",none,2.0,1.0,none,2.0,1.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67225,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 19, 2011",Former Employee - Technical Writer,Prestigious place to work,They value your passion towards technology. They take into consideration your life's choices and decisions while recruiting you They take care of you and your family,"Can be a very competitive environment The organization is management-heavy, and the manager's word is golden. So if you get on the wrong side of your manager, you might as well kiss your career goodbye",Take your employees into consideration while making some really important decisions Please (please!) change the advertising agency that creates your campaigns in India!,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,4.5,2.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67226,microsoft,none," Oct 15, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,A pleasure to work for,The people at Microsoft are competent and many are dedicated and enthusiastic about what they do. It's a pleasure to work there and does not easily become boring or mundane.,"Tasks are split far apart horizontally throughout the organization - hard to avoid with such a large organization. Not many downsides here, really.",none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67227,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Mktg role review,"flexible, well paid, many products to work on, diffeferent directioins to pursue (IT infrastructure, End User productivity, Consumer, enterprise, traditional on premise or hosted cloud)",Due to the size of the company and products most mktg roles are involved in a feature subset or customer subset. Very rare to own a product or a segment making you very specialized creating a deficit of other skills,"Be more bold about making big bets around product evolution. Rather than following on trends (e.g. Cloud, social, etc)",4.0,4.0,none,2.5,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67228,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 14, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),"Work is bad, Salary/perks are ok",Work is bad. They hire best and give below standard work.,Salary/perks are ok. Work culture is good.,focus on career development of employees,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67229,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Great place to work if you want stability,"Great benefits, smart people, good pay, good work/life balance, flexible working hours, it's in Seattle, the best city on earth.","Terrible executive business strategy (reliance on monopoly), Steve Ballmer, flat stock price for a decade, uncool perception, Zune, Bing, stagnation",Steve Ballmer needs to retire and Sinofsky needs to take the helm. We've missed every major business opportunity in the last decade and still rely on Windows and Office for almost all of our revenue.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1769.htm
67230,microsoft,none," Oct 18, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Great place to work if you want stability,"Great benefits, smart people, good pay, good work/life balance, flexible working hours, it's in Seattle, the best city on earth.","Terrible executive business strategy (reliance on monopoly), Steve Ballmer, flat stock price for a decade, uncool perception, Zune, Bing, stagnation",Steve Ballmer needs to retire and Sinofsky needs to take the helm. We've missed every major business opportunity in the last decade and still rely on Windows and Office for almost all of our revenue.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67231,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good,"peers, self development, liberty, focus on innovation","working for visibility, evangelism, show casing unworthy featuress",none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67232,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,The company is good having a great atmosphere. The company is the biggest brand name in the world so it is very good.,The competition is very high in the company. So you have to be very adaptive in the company to make your position stable,Nice Management but should be some more helpful in nature. Although they help you to motivate yourself but should be some more supportive.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67233,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) I,One of the best,Professional work environment. High salary Good 401 match,Not much innovation Seattle is cloudy everyday Too much competition among engineers,be more innovative open office in california,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67234,microsoft,none," Oct 11, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),One of the best company in the world,"Benefit package is good especially the medical insurance. Diversity of employees, instead of single race dominated. Very diverse of businesses across the company, never lack of opportunity.",Stock price is getting stuck. Senior management is below average (or haven't figured out way to truly lead the innovation). Compete with everyone on the market without clear focus.,Get laser like focus on fewer products and win the competition. Reform the performance management and decrease the conflicts among employees.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67235,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Oct 18, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Good place to learn,Work with talent people and lots of resource can be accessed.,"Heavy structure, heavy process and somewhat bad management",Less bureaucrat,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67236,microsoft,none," Oct 12, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people, really operational, sub-par support for collboration across groups","you are more than likely to find some excellent, intelligent co-workers, ambitious and passionate environment, good place to work if you've found your niche, terrific benefits","can get very competitive and excellent performance reads as ""satisfactory"" when it comes to being reviewed (on a curve)/getting promoted. on the other hand, the regimented review structure does not necessarily expose some sub-par employees","more support (incentives/recognition) for employees to work and collaborate better across groups, and better communication/planning to avoid layoffs would be nice",4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67237,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,The Work Culture is really great and employee friendly. You get a chance to switch teams. You have a chance to give open feedback to/about your manager and its heard.,Performance salaries could have been better,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67238,microsoft,none," Oct 8, 2011",Current Employee - Solutions Architect,Average working place with a lot of politics,"Good benefits, pays well, intelligent peers.",Very transactional job. Overall horrible performance review system. Manager change in middle of the year and causes realignment of priorities.,Listen.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67239,microsoft,none," Oct 6, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Awesome place,Microsoft is such a terrific place to work. I love the environment that I work in. Everyone is so positive.,I am not really sure if there are any downsides to this company as of right now. It would be great if the current healthcare policy could be extended for a bit longer time.,I think the managemnet style at Microsoft rocks. I think it is one of most organized managements that I have seen.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1770.htm
67240,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Oct 10, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to get your hands dirty on great technology and be supported by awesome people.,Great People Interesting diversity in technology Interesting challenges Focus on balancing Work and Personal Life New move towards flexible workstyle with no desks,Some frustrations with career progression between subsidiary and regional team. Location of office makes parking expensive and challenging to secure,Need to work on programs to support the individual contributor career progression. Need to find a better balance for information dissemination and staying competitive.,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67241,microsoft,none," Oct 3, 2011",Former Employee - Technical Program Manager,Very enlightening,Benefits are great I worked with very smart people that I could learn from There were a lot of opportunities working for different groups,"Didn't matter the quality of work if you were with the 'in crowd' Manager took credit for great work team did, and we weren't allowed to speak to higher level execs If people only knew...","Reward those that work hard, not who are favored Treat employees with respect",2.0,2.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67242,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Mixed,Great colleagues Challenging projects Good work life balance,Politics Top heavy management Lack of clear strategy sometimes,Reward the right prople,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67243,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Varied according to management team and group,I worked side-by-side with talented and motivated individuals who took pride in their projects and deliverables. There were many opportunities for learning and growing my expertise in new technologies.,"The politics between groups and managers spins individual contributors into unproductive efforts. Compensation rewards delivering NEW projects, tools, and services over sustaining and improving what is already working.","Clearly communicate a vision and support group priorities to meet that vision. Don't get distracted on short term, one-off, random activities. Support deliverying customer-centric products and services over the long run.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67244,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a solid company with a flexible work environment. At times very chaotic and always fast paced.,"flexible work environment, benefits, challenging culture","performance management process, typically people over think / complicate things, benefits changing, lack of opportunity for professional growth / development",none,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67245,microsoft,none," Oct 5, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great company and now a good company,Has matured nicely as a american corporate company. Has a good focus on employee work-life balance. Has some great upcoming innovation in the next two years.,It is too large a place now and it is easy for people to just rest and vest. Need to get the 'zing' back.,Focus on innovation and less on re-orgs. The MYR re-orgs have become a huge distratction for people to get their work done.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67246,microsoft,none," Oct 23, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,It was my dream company but the CEO who does not get it and incompetent walmart like management is runing this company,some smart folks are still there,"females/Test/PM get preferntial treatment - Being a manger, I have been told this by HR and management. This company just does not get it.",Have a fair review system that does not have bias on gender/discipline. Managers - strive to hire people better than you.,1.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67247,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Can't ask for a better first job,"You are really coding at a bleeding edge environment. Two years in and I am tasked with cloudifying a major service in our platform (serving tens of thousands each). I went from college student with experience in C / C++ to being an expert in C#. I got to design an asynchronous public API. I have been able to take on as much work as I can handle with the support of mentors and my manager. Seriously, when you get a good team, Microsoft can be a great place to work.","From some of my friends, the experience at Microsoft can vary. If you get a crappy manager, your life can be a living hell. If you are in a bad org, upper management can also hinder instead of promote evolutionary changes.",none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67248,microsoft,none," Oct 2, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Company has changed over the years for the worse.,"Benefits, challenging work, decent hardware","Poor management, poor management integrity",none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67249,microsoft,none," Sep 30, 2011",Current Employee - Premier Field Engineer,Great Company Great People,Great innovations Respect for employees Great work env.,Needs to work on the marketing a little bit,Replace the people who are charge of our PR and marketing!,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1771.htm
67250,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great Exprience,Microsoft is a great place to work for. It respects diversity and provide everybody with the experience he/she wants. It also has alot of teams with different domains in Software Development and Research.,Microsoft is a big company and hence it has big responsibility which put some load on every employee time and effort.,Continue what you are doing in addition to provide a faster career growth cylce for technical jobs in order to sustain best talented people.,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67251,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing,My experience was valuable and worthwhile,The internsip program provided me with insight to many aspects of the company. I was placed on many different projects.,There is a lot of traveling involved. Sometimes the data entering systems seemed outdated. Too focused on competitors and not on improvement,I have no complaints or suggestions at this time. I enjoyed my experience and am grateful for the opportunity and time.,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67252,microsoft,none," Oct 7, 2011",Current Employee - Director,Great company,"The breadth of career opportunities can be overwhelming - you can literally work anywhere in the world, affecting all types of industries, customers segments and technologies. Benefits are great (100% health care coverage!), and the salaries are at or above market.","Typical of most large companies, there are politics and ""insider""-type information that is sometimes necessary to keep up with in order to get where you want to be career-wise. Easy to get lost in the shuffle of things and find your career stagnate.","Spend more time looking beyond sales numbers and seek to grow the entrepreneurial spirit within the company. Offer more ways to contribute new product ideas, and reward people for this.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67253,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 28, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Had a good time...,"There are too many things to learn in this company, especially for junior level people. Great people, great culture, great technology.",Bureactic as the company is getting bigger. Lack of innovation while enjoying the early success in Windows platform. Lack of vision in current leadership team.,"Give business unit more autonomy, and fully responsible for business results. Look ahead, keep on innovating, and forget how you succeeded in Windows. The world is changing now.",3.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67254,microsoft,none," Sep 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place but it is too big,"MS treat employees well with its benefits and stable positions. It is a good company if you want a stable place to work on for a long time. As a big company, it has the ability to invest in places for far future and employees have opportunities to explore different technologies and are given time for investigation.","It does not offer good compensations and promotions within the company is hard as too many people is waiting inline. Sometimes, the policies are not clear and hard-working people may not be recognized because of politics.",none,3.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67255,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Oct 2, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Work is ok but not challenging or tough and kind of repetative,1) Young crowd 2) people are helpfull 3) Decent transperancy,1) Work is all porting,"1) Ask the people while hiring what they wanna do, and atleast give them a chance what they want to do 2) too many bosses",4.0,2.5,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67256,microsoft,none," Sep 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Unexciting job but good people,People in most teams are fun to work with. Seattle is a fun city.,There is a lot of process and often discussing how to do something takes longer than actually doing it,none,3.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67257,microsoft,none," Sep 24, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing Program Manager,worst career decision of my life,flexibility in schedule and some work/life balance..depends on the group,shark like work environment overall,train managers how to manage people,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,1.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67258,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place, but you have to be fully dedicated and expect very long hours","Benefits, flexibility. If you work at Redmond campus, feel like college","no work-life-balance at all. expect to be ""always connected"" in the name of ""flexibility""",need to rotate senior management.,3.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67259,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2011",Former Employee - Product Support Engineer,"It was good, upper management lied to us even after we busted them lying to us.",The pay and benefits were excellent. You can move up if you are willing to travel or give up personal life.,"Upper management makes some very questionable decisions, yet does not have to pay for it since microsoft is so rich.",Be honest with you employees even if you have to lay them off. Once busted for lying you will never regain their trust. This is because you are dealing with peoples livelyhoods.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1772.htm
67260,microsoft,none," Sep 23, 2011",Former Employee - Product Support Engineer,"It was good, upper management lied to us even after we busted them lying to us.",The pay and benefits were excellent. You can move up if you are willing to travel or give up personal life.,"Upper management makes some very questionable decisions, yet does not have to pay for it since microsoft is so rich.",Be honest with you employees even if you have to lay them off. Once busted for lying you will never regain their trust. This is because you are dealing with peoples livelyhoods.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67261,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,It's ok,Vast variety of choices to work with. You can work on so many different things. You get your own office.,1. It moves slow now 2. Lot of PMs 3. Careful while moving to different groups 4. Duplication of work,1. Try to get rid of duplication 2. Some of the top management people have become expert in expanding the team.,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67262,microsoft,none," Sep 22, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing,Demanding environment,dynamic technology environment with a branded company and it seems like there are lots of opportunities both in Redmond as well as other locations around the world.,Microsoft is becoming more and more difficult to take the initiative without multiple endless studies and second guessing before approval to move forward.,Trust the people that work for you to do the right thing.,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67263,microsoft,none," Sep 19, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Overall very positive,1. Lots of products to choose from covering all areas of computer science. 2. Amazingly tech savvy colleagues. 3. Great salary and benefits.,Slowing growth potential. Low stock price.,None,4.0,4.5,none,3.5,5.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67264,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2011",Current Employee - Director,reasonable,World class health and benefits program.,Very dysfunctional bureaucracy relative to other software companies.,Less politics.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67265,microsoft,none," Sep 16, 2011",Current Employee - Build Engineer,Good advancement and rewards IF you play the political games well,"-Great benefits -Okay work/life balance, depending on team, project, and political ties -Telecommuting is an acceptable practice -Good experience if you have a good manager","-You are merely a number to leadership and you'd do well to never forget that -Good management practices are not rewarded, but even discouraged -Upper management completely disconnected from front line businesses -Performance management system has little to do with real performance -HR bows to the army of lawyers - Good luck getting support or even a straight answer from anyone if there is ever a problem with your employment",-Stop being so risk averse and be more honest and spend more time valuing employees rather than blaming them for your leadership mistakes. That's why we're getting beat in the marketplace,2.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67266,microsoft,none," Sep 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worried about the future,"Great flexibility, decent pay (esp with recent raise for R&D), great benefits, nice work environment. Lots of oppportunity to work on interesting software","Terrible upper management, poor vision of the future, lots of waste and duplication of effort. Extreme difficulty with cross team collaboration",Find competent senior executives who know how to allocate resources and improve cross team collaboration. Quit trying to lead the industry from behind.,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67267,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Lots of opportunity,"MS is a large, global company, with many opportunities for career and professional growth. The company has many resources available, and despite slowing growth, still makes available opportunities across business segments, disciplines, geographies, etc. One can really have a broad and diverse career within this company.","The company is not hiring and growing like it used to, so some of the growth opportunities are more competitive internally now. For top performers, however, one can continue to advance and grow in their career.","I would like to see leadership become less risk adverse and be willing to try and fail fast. In particular, leadership needs to focus on growing the stock value.",4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67268,microsoft,none," Sep 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place with exposure to many technologies and challenges.,"Some pros about working at Microsoft include - cutting edge technologies, challenging work environment, great benefits, good environment and people","Some cons about working at Microsoft include - depending on the product group, work environment is slow paced, constant reorganizations","Leadership should start recognizing innovations from within the company and allow these to come to fruition, allow employees more freedom to innovate, take more risks",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67269,microsoft,none," Sep 12, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Program Manager,Declining rapidly into administriva and red tape,"The ""Cadillac"" health care - mind you, changes are afoot there, the bright people you *may* work with,","A lot of positions have very low ""glass ceilings"" and the way Microsoft calibrates it's employees against each other doesn't always come across as equitable, leading to potential inequality, and reviews based on personal opinions, and who shouts loudest in Management meetings.",Re-evaluate the way you calibrate - it's no good updating the compensation package if the archaic calibration system still fails.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1773.htm
67270,microsoft,none," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Great place to start your career and a good name to have on your resume,"- Health Benefits - Work with smart people - Treat you like a professional because they expect you are one - Access to many different products and betas (XBox, Windows, Windows Phone, IE, etc.) - Good name to have on your resume when you're looking for a new job  Microsoft isn't evil. It is just a big slow company that's trying to do its best to keep up with the market trends while keeping the employees happy. They fall short in both areas but I'll give them credit for trying.","- Large organization and difficult to get recognized - Performance ratings are done by stacked ranking where the ""bottom x%"" is always penalized - Difficult to get promoted at later stages in your career",none,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67271,microsoft,none," Sep 11, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Great company if you're on the right team and have a good manager,"-exciting products, and a company with deep pockets to support new market opportunities -great partnerships between program management, development, and testing -opportunities to move between teams and disciplines -good experiences for junior employees -good benefits for now, but health benefits are slowly eroding","-limited upward mobility beyond mid-level careers: entrenched senior managers limit ability for promotions to higher levels -new review model appears to be a disaster, with many people surprised by bad review scores and overall morale very low on some teams","-ditch the curve as a review model and hold managers accountable for pruning the low performers instead. -if using the curve, teach managers statistics so they apply it to the correct sample size -ditch the big ""live"" company meeting (which only works for local WA employees anyway). It's supposed to be rah-rah and energizing but more often feels like an ego trip for execs. -connect sales and marketing more closely to engineering so that engineers understand more about what customers want, and sales/marketing understand what engineering can deliver. The disconnect slows products down, and doesn't help the customer experience.",2.0,4.0,none,1.5,4.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67272,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 15, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,"overall nice, very educational and rewarding",brand name working on world known products benefits work life balance,not much recognition not satisfied with management,none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67273,microsoft,none," Sep 15, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Solid work environment, incredibly smart people, and a culture driven to be sucessful.",Work with incredibly bright people who are passionate about their work. Dedicated Sr Mgt driven by being successful.,"Their enterprise sales force is hit or hiss. Some of them are great, others are not as strong yet compensation is relatively equal so there is a sense of entitlement from sales and engineering.",Flatten the orgs and eliminate the consensus culture. Let's do this!,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67274,microsoft,none," Oct 1, 2011",Current Employee - Consultant,watching a company head into oblivion,Definitely a lot of smart people working at Microsoft and tons of potential in terms of domains of influence.,no work life balance and kiss up and kick down culture. the bureaucracy becomes life sapping after a couple of years. the 8 layers of management have stifled all nimbleness the company ever had,refocus on technology and engineering,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,3.5,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67275,microsoft,none," Sep 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,Good feedback from peers to improve oneself Get to work with smartest folks Great work life balance Best benefits package in the industry You can find peers who are genuinely willing to help you succeed.,"Too much process in every little decision Slow to release, even in services division","Be fair to employees in performance assessment, watch out for personal agendas from junior level managers.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67276,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,The new rewards system is just evil,1. Good breadth of products 2. Good company for college hires. 3. Good in campus facilities 4. Flexible working hours.,Weak management in IDC Salary not comparable to other companies Bad review system like college grades Stocks options are pretty bad. The stock prices never ever grow up.,Change the review system. Revert to the previous one. Leads should be properly trained and should not be timid.Remove all the bureaucracy. To many processes which hampers normal developements.,2.0,2.0,none,2.5,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67277,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,good place,regardless of whatever people says it is still a good place. google and msft today (2011) are essentially same. msft may be more flexible.,"not a startup, big company, like any other, probably better than most","folks need another 15 years of good benefits before kids are ready for college, so dont ruin the company.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67278,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2011",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,Microsoft has a very political / PC culture.,Microsoft as a company has great benefits even though rising benefits cost in general is forcing Microsoft to look at additional ways cut cost. It's nice to have access to all of the latest Microsoft software assets & toys.,"I found management to be somewhat removed from the operations on the street. The culture at Microsoft is very political in nature. Much of life at Microsoft is managing/selling back to internal management. Since Microsoft is usually low cost provider, they typically have a lot of scrutiny on expenses and a tendency to shift that expense burden to the Microsoft partner community. Salaries are generally lower than other software companies. Poor training experience overall","Management needs to empower their individual contributors to do less paperwork and process, less meetings and more focus on achieving goals to service customers and not the internal politics.",2.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67279,microsoft,none," Sep 10, 2011",Current Employee - Sales Manager,Positive,compensation breadth of product line strong processes industry leadership,still catching up with fallout of vista disaster,better communicate the company overall strategy and how it spans across the different divisions of Microsoft would be the one area to focus on,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1774.htm
67280,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,Amazingly varied experience over many years,It is a effectively a conglomeration of many small companies around the world and enables you to work in very diverse fields and locations.,"You have to be comfortable working in a large company. Large companies have a set of constraints like backward compatibility and legal challenges that smaller, newer companies do not.",Stay agile and nimble. Think outside the traditional Microsoft box. Question everything. Seek to create new disrtuptive technology. Don't be ruled by Wall Street.,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67281,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Sep 7, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Manager,Depends the importance of your unit in respect to the company,Above average salary when started typical fringe benefits Caring managers Goal transparency,Incompetent senior management Too many project managers with non-relevant experience Lack of trend foresight Difficult to succeed with innovated ideas,"Listen to the shareholders and the user community. less middle management, and retain the bright minds.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67282,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Sep 9, 2011",Current Employee - Programme Manager II,Best place to work,"Innovative projects Good environment,Good support from management",work hour is more specially meetings @ night,doing great job dude...!!!,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67283,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Sep 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Interesting and exciting experience,Microsoft has good reputation and brand name.,Microsoft employees is a little bit selfish.,none,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67284,microsoft,none," Sep 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Very bad experience,Only brand name. Nothing else is there,Sucks your profile. Don't join SDET if you really love to code and grow in life.,Even if we give they wont consider.,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67285,microsoft,Milano (Italy)," Aug 29, 2011",Current Employee - Retail Account Manager,"Very positive, motivating and many opportunities of job posting if requested",The best place to do your best and choose your own road to grow with a big company offering many opportunities.,Difficult to have a good enough work life balance.,Analyse feedback from field and not only numbers,5.0,2.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67286,microsoft,none," Sep 8, 2011",Current Employee - Architect,Good company to work for,"huge opportunities, great people, fantastic breadth","Once you get to a certain level, internal politics starts to kill you",Strip out middle management,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67287,microsoft,none," Sep 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a painfully political environment,Microsoft has great benefits (at least until 2012) and good training opportunities.,Very very poor management communication. Products are built without anyone having the big picture until you are many levels up. Silos within silos within silos lead to disconnected products. Many people are more focused on their reviews than on building great products Do not work here if you want to ask questions or challenge assumptions in a politely academic manner. Do work here if you love playing politics.,"An environment that stifles critical commentary is causing significant damage to the company. Review system is keeping the less talented employees with good political skill, not the folks who get the work done with excellence.",1.0,3.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,7,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67288,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,Great place to work,"Microsoft has great people: smart, motivated, fun to work with. Have no intentions of leaving for another company as the salary/benefits will be hard to beat.",Very political. You need to self promote yourself constantly in order to get a fair compenstaion ranking for promotion.,none,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67289,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pleasant and Educational,The employees are treated very fairly and the food on the campus cafeteria is EXCELLENT! I was extremely satisfied with my work.,-Very long hours.  -Some Uptight employees,"Give additional praise to employees, it always helps.",5.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1775.htm
67290,microsoft,none," Aug 30, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Pleasant and Educational,The employees are treated very fairly and the food on the campus cafeteria is EXCELLENT! I was extremely satisfied with my work.,-Very long hours.  -Some Uptight employees,"Give additional praise to employees, it always helps.",5.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67291,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Analysis,"Free Pops, lay back environment","incompetent leaders, senior managers getting layed off, unstable work security",none,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67292,microsoft,none," Sep 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great so far,"Great benefits, good experience. Some very good peers",Too slow. Should be a lot faster to market,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67293,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Strong company, great benefits, brilliant people, but oppressive politics and processes","-Fantastic benefits. 100% medical coverage (though changing in 2013) -Very smart people, always challenging work -Excellent facilities -Great tele-work options for field-based employees","-Very questionable decisions by executive management, missed opportunities (smartphone, tablet) -Review system is unfair, political, and is an 'move up or out' tool for management -Mediocre middle management -Executive management does not value their front line employees -Executive management fails to make moves that would boost the stock price - buybacks, dividend increase",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67294,microsoft,none," Sep 2, 2011",Current Employee - Group Program Manager,"Great company, but bogged down by its own size and organizational friction","Smart people Great products that span consumers, office workers, enterprises, entertainment, advertising, etc Wealth of experience developing complex software products Immense variety of products you can work on Respectful culture Superb Benefits and Workplace ambience Amazing research team that you can tap into for cutting edge technologies",Large and slow moving Behind on innovation Limited career and growth opportunities Risk taking and out of the box thinking is not recognized or rewarded Matrix organization leads to lack of accountability Organizational separation of R&D and Product Management leads to conflicting goals,"Encourage risk taking, innovation and failure Improve agility Focus on great products and user experiences, not on technology Need huge improvements in bringing smaller, version 1 products to market and the staying power to see them mature into large businesses Middle and Senior Managers should be held accountable to P&Ls. Roll Product Management under R&D",4.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67295,microsoft,none," Aug 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the old Microsoft anymore.,Very intelligent and competent peers - stimulating learning experience.,Too much fat in the middle layers. Opportunities for growth are limited beyond a point.,Time to figure out where the company needs to be in 5 years instead of just protecting the cash cows.,2.0,4.5,none,2.0,3.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67296,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Its a big company,"Good experience, lots of smart people, a few dumb ones. Good opporunities to learn and try different things. Mind the process though.",As a big company there is a Microsoft way to do everything - and sometimes it is a real drag. Don't look for nimble here.,"It took you three years to set Windows Mobile right, 7 years to get Windows on track. This is the technology industry - you need to be faster...",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67297,microsoft,Taipei (Taiwan)," Aug 29, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good working experience,work with professional people and via systematic methods.,"lack of innovation, Bureaucracy US -centric",be more creative,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67298,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Developer,big company issue,ok life and work balance,"if you are good at politics, that is the place you want to go","It has its good side and its bad side. Some people are too politics, and need to be more down-to-earth.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67299,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Great experience,Good compensation package . Great company to work for. Awesome benefits. Smart people to work with. Seattle is a good city to work.,Too many people. Too less innovative products coming down lately. Constant shift in focus. Not challenging enoough to compete in mobile space.,Start making innovative products. Give interesting and challenging work to people. Be more productive and get into startup mode. This will help the company.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1776.htm
67300,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Not too bad, not too good.","Great benefits, coworkers generally know what they're doing, management wasn't too terrible to deal with. It was easy to get promotions if good work was done.",Management was stodgy on some issues. Very resistant to change and sometimes feel like I'm getting ignored. Benefits cut as economy tanked.,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,3.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67301,microsoft,none," Aug 29, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,worth to work hard,You work with intelligent people for a good compensation package. The facilities are ofcourse a plus.,Sometimes teams or groups are scrapped (senior management decisions) leaving the employees floating,Good work,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67302,microsoft,none," Aug 25, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Programming Writer,Better than Most,"Lots of really smart people and challenging work, good work environment, good benefits, flexible hours and work arrangements, mostly informal although it depends on where you work.","Getting too big, political and bureacratic. Engineering culture is focused on shipping instead of on excellence. Internal competitiveness gets dysfunctional.",Change the reward system so that it doesn't feel like a class system where only the upper class gets rewarded the big money. Promote people and support role changes. Stop cow towing to legal and HR supposed experts. Get the startup feeling back.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67303,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Aug 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good to be there,nice career stage for young.,"However low salary in top companies. No amazing project in China site, you'd better transfer to Redmond.","Disappointed about the review system, it hurts a lot. passions, teamwork, relationship, trust.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67304,microsoft,none," Aug 27, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Microsoft is a wonderful place to work, and to learn a lot of advanced programming techniques.","They developed many serious products, such as office and windows OS.","Although it is a very good company, It has been evilized.",None,4.0,4.0,none,5.0,4.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67305,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Consultant,Excellent place to work with the brightest people I've met,Typically work on the leading edge as customers look to you as the expert. If you like working on Microsoft products there is no better place.,"Large company bureacracy can be a pain but is nothing that you don't see at other similiar sized organizations. In services, your experiences are based on the customer culture so its important to find the right fit.",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67306,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Aug 15, 2011",Former Employee - Customer Service,stressful,"for professional work style, it is a good place to go to.",stressful environment and management may show more respect to employee,none,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67307,microsoft,none," Aug 15, 2011",Current Employee - Service Engineer,"Job security, and that might be about it","Safe company to work at. Each Org is like its own company so depending on which Org you are, you will have a very different experience. People are generally good to work with.","If you are looking to ride a position into retirement or ""forced retirement"" then this is the company for you. Just don't be suprised if they hire a person right out of college and they pay them just as much as you, regardless if you have been there 10 years. 60% of market on salary, which is hard to swallow when the company makes 70 billion a year.",none,3.0,2.5,none,3.5,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67308,microsoft,none," Aug 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A fine big company to work for,Nice office space Fair compensation and benefits Relatively stable Wicked cool technology and research Good resources for development Good executive leaders,"No real value on R&D employees outside of Redmond/Puget Sound area Old school thinking and management No ""hunger"" to move quickly in response to competitors and win",Look at hiring and growing leadership and other talent outside of Redmond Manage acquisitions as subsidiaries rather than forcing them into a big-company functional model,3.0,3.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67309,microsoft,none," Sep 1, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Not transparent work culture,Gain knowledge and experience Know the dirty politics,Career graphs screw-up long term Full of back stabbing Highly bureaucratic and full of dirty politics Inhibits growth and opportunities No transparency in the work culture Be ready for surprises (in bad terms) Only chatter-boxes can grow,"Change the work culture and the five points review system to help grow Microsoft and make it little competent against the competitors. Also, have a fair review system where people who really want to grow technically can actually grow.",1.0,1.0,none,1.0,2.0,1.5,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1777.htm
67310,microsoft,none," Aug 13, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Lots of talented individuals -- but not a cohesive team effort,lots of resources to support you,Highly political -- lots of talented individuals working independantly,none,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67311,microsoft,none," Aug 18, 2011",Current Employee - Software Developer,good,good salary nice environment intellectual people envy,long hours of work no flexibility Hierarchy,give respect to each individual keep informed,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67312,microsoft,Rome (Italy)," Aug 13, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a big company with a lot of resources but still not ready to fight in a competitive market.,"Strong brand, broad products and services portfolio.","Too much marketing, unsatisfying people management.",none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67313,microsoft,none," Aug 10, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Too much politics, and middle manager","Great benefits, free soda, and very flexible time. You get pretty much any equipment you need to do your job. Extremely smart co-workers (most of them)",You must be extremely good at office politics. It is the only way to move forward. Their review system sucks. Prepare to kiss some a***,Company is too big and filled with dead-beat managers who don't care about customer and products.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67314,microsoft,none," Aug 12, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Not bad for college hire,A lot of courses you can take to improve your skills,Pay is not competitive. Review is not fair,There are too many engineer working on less work. There is no need to have so many PMs and tests.,3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67315,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Aug 5, 2011",Current Employee - Group Manager,in rapid decline.....,Work & Life flexibility is great. Top of the range productivity software to work with.,"Diluted culture - MS went on a hiring binge from 2006 to 2008 and and clearly compromised on the quality of people hired. A lot of people there simply aren't passionate about technology. Culture now feels more like a government department than a world class technology blue-chip.  Death by scorecard - scorecards rule your work, particularly in sales. Easy to play the game and just go for green metrics on the scorecard rather than innovate and anticipate future market changes.",Clean house at an executive level. Start innovating on management style and practice.,2.0,3.5,none,1.0,2.5,1.5,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67316,microsoft,none," Aug 8, 2011",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Unforgettable,Excelllent place to work and growth,too big a company and micro mananaged,Reward employee,5.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67317,microsoft,none," Aug 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft is a great place to work, but opportuities are limited outside of HQ.","great people, company that has a conscious, flexible work schedule, smart employees","limited career growth opportunity outside of the HQ, sometimes slow to promote",none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67318,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good place to work for engineers, not marketers",Smart people (with usually good collaboration and teamwork) Solid financial foundation (good in these uncertain times) Solid brand name for your resume Access to training and professional growth Decent compensation,"Microsoft is a R&D company at its heart -- marketing is not a core competency for the company. Early stage marketers can certainly benefit from the learning and exposure but for midlevel marketing professionals aspiring to lead or have solid control ... it is a tough place to work. Constant politics and limited promotion opportunities are a major facet of current situation. Performance expectations are brutal and supported by a very opaque, half science / half art system for performance reviews.",none,3.0,4.5,none,2.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67319,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Initially exciting, has slowed down to boring over the past few years, though change is back in the air.","Wide range of problems to go solve, smart peer set to work with. The best benefits in the industry, most places you get your own office.","Large company issues with ability to staff things quickly, can seem very slow to react. Seems like its a little stagnant in more senior ranks now.",Allow for quick innovation with smaller efforts rather than everything being part of one of 7 businesses. Reward for results not size of team.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1778.htm
67320,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 5, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Good but not exceptional,You are better off as an IC. Chance to work wiht good minds. Learn new cutting edge technology if you have the passion,Politics at all level is very high Favourites are given preference Work Health Index Poll kills manager potential - Lead them to Diplomacy,More Work driven culture required than Diplomacy with staff,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67321,microsoft,none," Aug 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Personal Growth Company,The company has a good reputation and has lots of opportunities internal to the company.,You can get stuck on one area.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67322,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2011",Current Employee - SAP Architect,zero experience,"Microsoft is world accept company. and they give high salary to employer. there I,m like to work in Microsoft company.",i think it is fun to be with computers and latest technology.,your products are good. but prices sometime high. there fore people will buy apple products or open source products,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67323,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Aug 2, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good People, Management","Competitive, Good growth, Best in the world","Stress, Work life balance might be a hit",Be transparent to employees,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67324,microsoft,none," Aug 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Work life balance is great! And you get paid for what you are worth,Work life balance is great!,pay scale is less than competitors,none,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67325,microsoft,none," Aug 1, 2011",Former Employee - Software Engineer,"Great company, now too big.",Good employee benefits Flexible working hours Supports working from home In-house health facility,Limited employee loyalty Communicate more by email and IM instead of phone and face-to-face. Poor home/work life balance,Reduce middle management,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67326,microsoft,none," Jul 30, 2011",Former Employee - Program Manager,Broken culture,It's awesome to work at one of the companies on the cutting edge of technological innovation. The offices are clean and modern.,In my organization I felt anybody who advanced in their career became more and more disrespectful of those they worked with.,Managers should see their role in the service of their reports in order to keep them relatively humble and pleasant to work with.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67327,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Aug 3, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great respect for employees but too much bureaucracy,Great package Great communication from senior managers Good work life balance,Too much bureaucracy Takes too long too grow your career It seems to be more about length of service than talent,Speed up product improvements and cut down the number of meetings.,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67328,microsoft,none," Jul 27, 2011",Former Employee - Citizenship Manager,High political environment where 90% of time is spent defending against detractors,. Prestige that comes with with the company's reputation . Impact the work can have on what people use everyday,. Highly political environment . Detractors everywhere . Major changes in org. structure happen continously . No clear reporting line,"Learn to more nimble, failure is ok but should not be repeated, cultivate culture of intrapeneurism.",3.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67329,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Most interesting work experience of my career.,"Microsoft provides excellent benefits, work environment and compensation. It is the most culturally diverse workplace that I have ever encountered.",It is difficult to advance without an engineering focus when working in the business units. It is also important to note that the stock has underperformed and been stagnant for years.,"We're going in the right direction and overall, we will continue to excite the marketplace as our big bets pay off. We have the foundation to continue to deliver great products and services.",4.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1779.htm
67330,microsoft,none," Jul 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Too much politic.,"If you are passion on technology, it's the best place to work.",Too much politic in most teams.,Management should have strong technical skill background.,4.0,2.0,none,1.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67331,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to be for a short time,- great health benefits (soon to not be so great) - flexible hours - work on stuff used by millions - good way to learn how big software is made,"- lack of centralized engineering - no senior technical leadership - divisions are concerned about making their own money and don't cooperate - separate dev, test, and pm orgs - rarely is a leader - too many people - people are concerned about protecting their own careers",we need someone at the top who understands technology and where the industry is going. we need someone to give more direction to the different divisions and make sure they cooperate.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67332,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 23, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,PRETTY GOOD,"good work, good pay... lot of scope of innovation with your ideas freedom to explore other groups",extreme work pressure there has to have work life balance.,keep the work life balance.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67333,microsoft,none," Jul 21, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Developer,Good company to retire,"Job security, Big company, Established products",Very slow Very political Lack of innovation,Innovation,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67334,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,great place to work,Very wide variety of work areas available making it easier to find all types of challenges within the same company. great benefits package.,it has become too large to have agility.,none.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67335,microsoft,none," Aug 6, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very Disappointing,- Compensation - Brand Name (although becoming somewhat tarnished) - Resources (technologies and transportation among other things) - Location (both Redmond and Bellevue locations are nice),- Work/life balance is non-existent - No longer forward-thinking (i.e too many 'me-too' offerings) - Performance evaluations are ambiguous - Ability to move within the company is limited - Morale in many departments is low,- Listen to your employees' ideas - Stop trying to follow Apple and Google - Make the performance evaluation process more transparent,1.0,2.0,none,2.5,4.0,1.5,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67336,microsoft,none," Jul 10, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work,It is great to be part of the future IT landscape. Seeing what is coming next and feeling to be a part of it - is awesome,More senior technical roles and progression would be helpful,none,5.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67337,microsoft,none," Jul 18, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer In Test,working in Microsoft for 3 years,"Very big company, able to get my hands on some cool and big project. also very good benefit and fairly good pay. Learning from a lot of smart people, and learning Windows Programming, which is not easy to find out there.","Company is too big, so the personal grow is not as fast as other start-ups. Also, the communication between each other is not as good as start-ups, sometimes you have to spend a lot of time to dig out some knowledge from other people, and after a while, you just give up, and want to figure out by yourself. Personally, I don't like this type of working environment, because it doesn't help the business moving, but this is what happen for every big corporation, not just Microsoft.","Try to make the people communicate, inside the team or outside the team. Promotion is very important to a lot of people, and the way that Microsoft promotion doesn't make sense for the team that is very busy.",3.0,1.5,none,2.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67338,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Ample learning experience and growth opportunities,"Great benefits, flexibile work arrangements, opportunities for professional growth and changes in job role","Management did not always recognize people fairly, people promoted to management roles without people skills, based on other unrelated managerial skills. HQ priorities didn't always trickle down to the field management and direction in a timely manner.",Ask your new managers how they plan to improve their managerial skills before the annual review. Make feld managers create goals that ALIGN with the c-suite goals and make sure that their direct reports are all doing the same. Talk the talk and walk the walk. Tough to do in such a large company!,5.0,5.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67339,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn about how to build software the right way,You can learn about anything you like. There are many smart people to learn from.,Some teams have inertia and are stuck.,Try to retain employees and improve salary situation.,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1780.htm
67340,microsoft,none," Jul 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to learn about how to build software the right way,You can learn about anything you like. There are many smart people to learn from.,Some teams have inertia and are stuck.,Try to retain employees and improve salary situation.,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67341,microsoft,none," Jul 16, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Politics, Poor Work/Life Balance and Type-A Environment Not Conducive to Healthy, Happy Life","Excellent benefits, good pay and raises if you are a competent, productive employee. Work with very intelligent people.",Horrible internal politics. Poor management in areas. Annual review process is extensive and based on curve. Very poor work-life balance.,Quell the internal politics and create and reward a collaborative environment. Promote people to management who have true leadership qualities.,2.0,1.5,none,4.0,4.5,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67342,microsoft,"Reading, England (UK)"," Jul 10, 2011",Former Employee - ASP.Net Consultant,Microsoft is an amazing place filled with amazing people.,"The best thing about working at Microsoft is clearly the people. Microsoft values employing the most professional, brightest people in the IT industry. The atmposphere is second to none, creating an environment where people can relax and want to work hard. I look forward to the opportunity to return.",It took me 4 1/2 hours to drive to work.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67343,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Awesome,"Best people, best environment, great leaders, fun culture","Have to be really smart and resuly oriented, need to thrive in chaos",Keep it like this,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67344,microsoft,none," Jul 14, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Account Manager,Still a great place to work but the workload is tough,Microsoft's Services organization is a great place to work and there is more synergy and collaboration among peers. The benefits are still top notch and the salary and bonus potential are slightly above industry average. Still a good brand to work for and company store discount is great for Xbox games.,1. The company as a whole seems to be slower in adjusting to competitors and market changes. 2. Stock has been dormant for 10+ Years 3. Heavy workload can make work life balance a challenge,More transparency from the leadership regarding long term growth strategy in both consumer and enterprise space is needed.,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67345,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging and rewarding,Career development allows for personal growth,Sometime to process oriented and slow to react,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67346,microsoft,none," Jul 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best place I have ever worked.,Very easy to switch to completely different team/role. Great access to tools/technology. Access to domain experts. Not too much unnecessary process.,Perhaps org structure not flat enough.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67347,microsoft,none," Jul 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Informational,"Strong technology, interesting work, interesting people.","poor work life balance, difficult to get time off in some cases, too many work weekends.",Listen to feedback from people actually doing the job before you set policy,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67348,microsoft,none," Jul 11, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,More positive than negative and had plenty of resources to get job done.,"Benefits are good, resources to do your job are plentifyl. A large amount of training is available for those who desire it.","Culture has gotten more political. Internal hiring encourages promotion of non-white males. Not that it's a major issue, but it was frustrating.","There are so many different groups there and each can be different. There should be less managing up, and more doing what needs to be done.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67349,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,political.... very,"It is a big company,. everybody know MS",you need to be close at least couple of powerful management,none,3.0,3.0,none,2.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1781.htm
67350,microsoft,none," Jul 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,full of mediocre developers where towing the line is more important than quality code,"starbucks, xboxes, and pool tables in the break rooms. flexi-time. casual dress. they're pretty flexible around time off in general.",they love themselves a little too much - too many average developers who think very highly of themselves yet are producing pretty trashy code. political management. definitely more of a toe the line company environment than a results based one.,none,2.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67351,microsoft,none," Jul 5, 2011",Current Employee - Group Finance Manager,Very fast pace with very intelligent co-workers,ability to do most anything from switch careers (marketing to finance then to operations) work with very talented people who push you to learn more and do your best fantastic finance rotation programs especially for those who want to work internationally,becoming more rigid due to size politics is taking more of a driving role rather than innovation focus work/life balance is less than ideal,focus on providing leadership and removing obstacles to getting the job done. We are too process heavy which slows down decision making and execution.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,3.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67352,microsoft,"Blackburn, England (UK)"," Jul 7, 2011",Current Employee - Consultant,exellent,free comps and gadgets and loads and loads of friends to make,"few holidays than expected, very sad and that","be dont worry bout a thing cuz every little thing is gunna be alright ,)",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67353,microsoft,none," Jul 24, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,NA,nothing good except their medical insurance.,not a promising one. there are too many levels among people. management is a big issue.,none,1.0,1.0,none,1.0,1.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67354,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Good company, was a great company, but feels on the decline.",Great benefits package. Better place for earlier in your career as opposed to later career. Lots of org flattening going on. If you have no life at all or family (which is definitely the preference there) then its a great place to be as that is what the culture fosters.,Bad work/life balance. Too many re-orgs and corporate BS to allow stars to shine. Having a family and actually wanting to see them sometimes should not be a liability to your career.,Do not treat employees like a cog in a very large coding machine,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67355,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 30, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer,Facilities provided to employees were great but most of IDC teams are not involved in quality work.,1. Brand value 2. One of the best facilities provided to employee. 3. Depending on teams work life balance is good enough to enjoy your family life.,Most of the IDC team are involved in second grade work. Different division inside the organization are not collaborating at all. though employees were recognized on good work but only just doing good work is not necessary and sufficient condition for getting good review.,Employee should be provided immediate review for their work in their 1:o:1 meeting . Senior management should ensure that Cross group collaboration should become smooth as at present collaboration between between different division in microsoft is very bad.,3.0,2.0,none,3.5,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67356,microsoft,none," Jun 30, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,could've been better,The benefits are really great if you have a family. After a few promotions you are really going to be paid a nice amount.,"The product cycle is very long, especially in Microsoft Office. A typical product takes three years to get out the door.",The company used to do better when there were fewer layers. Now with the addition of middle management it's not as efficient.,3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67357,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jul 2, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Lots of smart people but from outside the MS seems like a bunch of idiots,*Lots of smart folks around *Decent worklife balance,Management doesn't know whats its doing.,none,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67358,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good growth/learning but with low salary/compensation,I have been working at Microsoft about four years now. I would is that you get lot of oppertunities for growth. You would have good name on your CV. Good medical/health plan.,"I have been working at Microsoft about four years now. I would is that you need to get extra hours. Depends on the manager - but i have seen cases where they were not given good reviews even spending extra hours. Does pay what you deserve. No clarity of what exactly needs to be done to get to next level or to get good performance review - they deliberatly make those lines blur so that at the end of the year you can not claim I have done what you said ,...",They should be more transparent about the review process. Hired managers should have better technical knowledge - not just tracking things in ms project,3.0,2.5,none,4.0,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67359,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,My Experience at MS has been great so far.,You will get to work with so many smart individuals.,Using mostly MS technologies. Very few teams use other technologies.,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1782.htm
67360,microsoft,none," Jun 27, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Always keep moving,"World class benefits. Any doctor, anywhere, anytime, worldwide. You can't compete with something as complete as the Microsoft benefits system.","You must always keep moving. If you stay at one position for more than 24 months, then you are considered to be to complacent.",none,3.0,4.0,none,1.5,1.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67361,microsoft,none," Jun 29, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good Salary but lot of office politics and work pressure,"good salary, flexi timings, no dress code",lot of office politics and work pressure,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67362,microsoft,none," Jun 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft,Different types of technology Benefits package,Work-life balance Cafeterias Trying to switch career tracks,none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67363,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jun 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very satisfying and enriching,"Talented peers, Excellent work culture, Flexibility, Open to ideas",Product teams too detached from market,Be more brutal with teams that don't deliver,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67364,microsoft,none," Jun 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"it provides great opportunities for career growth (experience), if you find right teams.",unlimited career growth and ease of changing career path. company pays well and rewards those with extra contributions. talents are certainly recognized and rewarded.,work environment is not too friendly. also people are not very active.,need more bonding between team,4.0,4.5,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67365,microsoft,none," Jun 24, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not enough worry and even less hurry.,great benefits. some smart people.,The company doesn't know who they are any longer. Sad that they're managing themselves into irrelevance.,Figure out your story. Decide if you care about customers.,2.0,4.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67366,microsoft,none," Jun 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great benefits. Complex company. Advancement Difficult,The benefits are world class Most managers are quite good at what they do An amazing footprint in terms of the breadth your work can impact Large budgets,-Marketing isn't truly valued in most parts of the company -There is a definite polical & class system. Those who are selected as the stars see lots of opportunities. If you just miss that very top % cutoff it is difficult to get opportunities -In some parts of the company there is a defined effort to squeeze out mid layers of managment making career advancement very difficult for senior ICs,"I think Steve has turned it around in the last couple of years. However, we still lack vision in Windows. It is unforgiveable that we missed iPhone and iPad with competitive products for years.",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67367,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2011",Current Employee - Account Manager,Exceptional while being exposed to the best they industry has to offer in technology and leadership.,"Helathcare, Opportunity for growth, Advances in technology Open communication with executive leadership",No issues with the company.,Don't make any changes,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67368,microsoft,Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)," Jun 20, 2011",Current Employee - Director,Great experience but too much legacy...,"- Great place to work with good benefits for employees, A lot of informative analysis on each angle of the business.",Too much internal processes and internal analysis and planning / meetings without much customer / partners facing activities and also working together with partners to provide value to the partners.,Sould look into partners complement values first instead of driving internal objectives first. Should look into fresh external blood for the management team to change the legacy,3.0,2.0,none,3.5,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67369,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2011",Current Employee - Project Manager,Great training and parallel move opportunities,"Flexible work environment, many internal opportunities to shift around, many trainings that you can get, great products","Too many and too frequent reorgs, changes need to be made at top and senior levels on strategies, keen on rising risks and proactively address them, than changing at low level work bees, focus too much on intense internal competitions than winning outside customers.","Be self-critical on missing opportunites and show strategies and actions to catch up, not to always talk about achievements and hide (not even mention) mistakes and threads. Take a long-term approach with technical vision, not just short-term near-sighted production lines and wins.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1783.htm
67370,microsoft,none," Jun 20, 2011",Current Employee - Project Manager,Great training and parallel move opportunities,"Flexible work environment, many internal opportunities to shift around, many trainings that you can get, great products","Too many and too frequent reorgs, changes need to be made at top and senior levels on strategies, keen on rising risks and proactively address them, than changing at low level work bees, focus too much on intense internal competitions than winning outside customers.","Be self-critical on missing opportunites and show strategies and actions to catch up, not to always talk about achievements and hide (not even mention) mistakes and threads. Take a long-term approach with technical vision, not just short-term near-sighted production lines and wins.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67371,microsoft,Cairo (Egypt)," Jun 19, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Normal,"Good Structure, friendly environemnt, nice place to work at",some teams are better while others having terrible managers. compensations are too low as you go,Remove Manager who are can't be real managers as they moved from techincal to Managment without evaluation,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67372,microsoft,none," Jun 19, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Stable,Stable Job security All in all good work/life balance,Bureaucracy Politics Slow process The company is slow to react to changes in the business,Be more agile,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67373,microsoft,none," Jun 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work!,You get a chance to work on current edge technology. Ability to impact code that runs on a large number of systems.,Some organization tend to be very process heavy which can be conceived in a negative or positive manner by engineers.,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67374,microsoft,none," May 31, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A busy environment where YOU can drive your career.,"There is a focus on career and growth. Don't expect to be handed a career or your manager to do it for you. It's up to the individual to drive their career and build it. Another reason is the access to the technology and working with really sharp, driven people. At least in our consulting practice there are no (or very few) lazy types.","With a company the size of Microsoft, they sometimes have difficulty stopping and turning direction on a dime. Or worse yet, be ahead of their time and fail to capitalize on their early arrival in a market (tablets, mobile, search)","For years I have offered this advice to management via MSPOLL. My advice is that you cannot run this company like it was in the 80's and 90's. You can't put a product out in the market, fall behind, and do this ""keep coming and coming and coming"" mentality. How many billions of dollars are wasted with this approach (search?) when those dollars should have been spent doing it right the first time. WIth today's technology you pretty much get one chance to win a customer to your platform. And particularly in this economy and market, once a consumer has invested in the phone or tablet, they are locked in for a couple years. So once we get it right (Bing, WP7), the company is required to spend money convincing people to give up their relatively new toys to look at your stuff. And in this economy, that will be a tough sell.",5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67375,microsoft,none," Jun 6, 2011",Current Employee - Solution Specialist,It's been great until this past year,"Top notch industry co-workers, always new interesting technology, access to latest and greatest, fun dynamic enviroment, good pay opportunity.","Managment has become awful, company run like walmart, it's all about what have you done for me today. Often times threatened with having job cut.",Don't threaten your employees with their Job especially when they've had multiple years of high performance.,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67376,microsoft,"Montreal, QC (Canada)"," Jun 6, 2011",Current Employee - Account Manager,"Had too much expectations, Microsoft is just another company.","Great work/life balance, now a mature company, so very well structure and puts the employees first.","Not enough innovative, too responsive,",none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67377,microsoft,none," May 23, 2011",Current Employee - Marketing Manager,Great.,"Challenging position, higher salary and smart co-workers.Microsoft gives software developers a lot of personal freedom over both the work and the work environment.","Politics, power game and less of human relation.Most of the middle management should be tossed.Work Life unbalance and so on.","Invest to new technology not to acquire Skype. But Steve Ballmer has been giving employees clear, strong and coherent message. I like him.",5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67378,microsoft,none," May 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Company,Brand name is great ... excellent products,Legacy. some products follow some legacy code and practicess..,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67379,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 31, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,"Good, but for unfair, unreasonable middle management",Very good facilities Hardware is usually not a problem at all Pay package is comparable with other industry players Insurance cover is one among the best,"With the tedious interview process, I thought I will work on some ground breaking technologies, and was not satisfied with the work there. And politicking, unreasonable, unfair middle management is something of a concern. Reviews and ratings are decided even before discussing with the employee, leaving the employee entirely at the mercy of managers. This leads to a lot of attrition and refilling positions is very slow creating more trouble again for employees. First level managers are chosen without any criteria leading to chaotic environment.","Have a fair and justified review process, without which what ever changes are made to compensation or win7 phones is not going to stop attrition.",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1784.htm
67380,microsoft,none," May 30, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,ok,ms has biggest talent pool,ms is has grown too big with multiple layers of management. decisions are made by wrong group of people,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67381,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," May 18, 2011",Former Employee - Software Design Engineer,Great,"One of the best places to work in India, Great culture, Good people. Decent work.",Feeling of stagnation may come with years. Lack of challenging assignments at time depending on what team you are in.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67382,microsoft,none," May 27, 2011",Current Employee - Web Producer,It was my dream job ruined but was ruined by low morale and ineffective middle management,"Great content, exciting business of media, great benefits","Managers who have no training in managing people. Just because they may be great at their job doesn't mean that they'll be great at managing people. Also, managers who have no expertise on the content they're managing. Sense of inauthenticity, and dishonesty by managers results in distrust by their employees.","Focus on where you want to go and how you want to get there AND don't change focus (or heads of business) every six months. It's difficult to keep chasing something and playing catch up. Microsoft needs to be innovative again and stop chasing after the competition. To be a truly great company, others should want to chase you and model their businesses after you. It seems like Microsoft is a big fat joke in its industry now.",2.0,4.0,none,2.5,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67383,microsoft,none," May 27, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good company that used to be great,"great people, lots of resources, can do great things sometimes, does try to be better and fix problems in most cases. many of the products are truly best in the world and they don't get enough credit for the excellent engineering work they do","entrenched, inward focused, loosing energy and confidence, process heavy, compensation is perpetually low. it seems that they try to hard to just barely compensate their folks enough to keep them in place, and they rely too much on their brand recognition as a recruiting tool.","start leading again, get brave, show some imagination. the company needs visionary leadership and a team that wants to really shake up the organization.",3.0,3.5,none,3.5,2.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67384,microsoft,none," May 23, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,"Microsoft gives Great benefits, there are several good projects, we have a great work-life balance, and the company has several knowledgable people.","It is a big company so there is a lot of management chain, so it takes longer to get your idea out the door.",It would be great if we spend less time planning and more time actually completing the product. Too much time goes in planning.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67385,microsoft,none," May 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Great work-life balance, challenging, amazing benefits","there is a lot of politics, too many people working on the same stuff",none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67386,microsoft,none," May 27, 2011",Current Employee - Account Manager,"It is a good employer, but bad pay.","Good technology, well known brand etc","SAlery is really bad, internal fights of revenue, not recognizing the sales work, finance more after to find a way to not pay salery than recognize people.",Change the way how to reward people.,3.0,4.5,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67387,microsoft,none," May 17, 2011",Former Employee - Administrative Assistant,Depends on your manager,"Beautiful campus, on site cafeteria, people are for the most part really interesting and smart. If you get a good manager and team, it can be an awesome place to work.","You can be shuffled around with no recourse, management is often not available and most groups play favorites. Currently not a lot of innovation or drive on the parts of groups.","At least pretend that you don't play favorites, or make it less obvious. Require more transparency around reviews. Have a more defined career path for those who do not want to take a management track",2.0,1.5,none,1.5,4.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67388,microsoft,none," May 15, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Roller coaster,Variety of groups to work for Some great engineering talent,"Rewards often seem to be based more on how you ""sell"" what you did rather than what you did If you aren't savvy politically, you can get crushed Review system combined with bloated senior/principal layers can foster atmosphere where teamwork suffers",There seem to be an abundance of principal leveled folks who stopped learning new things or contributing a long time ago.,2.0,2.5,none,2.0,4.0,1.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67389,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," May 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a very good company for me,Deep and new technology Transparent and efficient Work & Life balance,"The company is too large, code base too large",are we over driven by the market and statistics?,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1785.htm
67390,microsoft,none," May 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Some teams are great with very knowledgeable people and good management. Within certain limits you can move around within the company. Work environment is OK.,Some teams are not so great. Microsoft is a big company with all the bureaucracy and politics that go along with that.,There is a lot I can say here that will probably go unnoticed so I will not provide any feedback.,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67391,microsoft,none," May 12, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,"Good company to work for, but no shortage of stress.",Good package overall (pay + benefits). Lots of room to move around in the company to explore new teams. Challenging work and opportunities to learn new technologies.,"Pressure and stress to complete work tasks within schedule is unreasonable. Corporate philosphy is to burn & churn employees until they're no longer able to deliver at the next level. Nothing 'new' has been created in years, simply taking existing ideas and re-packaging them to make a better mousetrap.",Stop looking exclusively at the bottom line and go back to being innovative. Treat employees with a modicum of loyalty and respect.,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67392,microsoft,none," May 3, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very challenging. High expectations of productivity--yet no one is breathing down your neck/ peeking over your shoulder.,"Laid back but highly productive atmosphere. Great co-workers. Work hard--play harder! Unlike most places, the company actually cares about employees.","Can be stressful, as there is always something new to learn and keep up with. Rare? 40 hour work week.",Wow! None. Anybody that knows me would be shocked. I'm shocked. They seem to have all bases covered. Hmmm...,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,3.5,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67393,microsoft,Madrid (Spain)," May 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good experience for movements,Good experience for movements Lots of training,Senior managements lacks comunication skills and team work,"Work with your team, better comunication process and skills",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67394,microsoft,Sydney (Australia)," May 11, 2011",Former Employee - Channel Manager,A great place to work,"Loads of opportunity in lots of different areas at Microsoft, you just have to want it bad enough. Great culture, they live their values and appreciate diversity.",Microsoft has lost their way in a number of areas and are being outplayed by more nimble competitors. This can be frustrating.,"Be more flexible and agile when taking new initiatives to market, instead of needing umpteen levels of approval. More local sign-off rather than waiting for head office.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67395,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," May 12, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),good,smart people and good environment,"the corp is too large, you only focus on one point",pay more attention on employee's growth,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67396,microsoft,none," May 2, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,very nice to work.,great working environment for workers.,easily get fed up with works.,give more training to workers.,5.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67397,microsoft,none," May 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,Great benefits. Smart people. reasonable pay.,Large company and the problems that come with scale.,none,4.0,2.5,none,5.0,4.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67398,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test,Great,"Great benefits, lots of products to work for, If you are a rockstar, you can advance as fast as you want doing the right things.","Some of the senior leaders do not take proper decisions, lack of innovation some times too much burocracy",none,5.0,4.0,none,5.0,5.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67399,microsoft,none," May 7, 2011",Current Employee - Director,N/A,Global Exposure and great cafeteria,It is getting too political now.,"Be more agressive, cross-polinate between field and corp.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1786.htm
67400,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," May 1, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Great place to work at,"Good people, Product diversity, People centric",Traditional Corp environment bureaucratic organization,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67401,microsoft,none," May 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work,"Your accountability is clear and i think you can get fairer performance reviews. office has just moved, so it is new and nice.","since company is big, you need to devote considerable time to internal communications.",none,4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67402,microsoft,none," May 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Praiseworthy,"- Work life balance, great campus and working atmosphere, fairly objective assessment system and finally great brand to work with","- Company politics and inadequacy of top management to reach out to lower level managers, most of the business verticals work in silos",Have more cross vertical flow of information with project team. More roboust criteria for selection of middle manager and other employees,4.0,4.0,none,2.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67403,microsoft,none," May 22, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A dying company,* Benefits package was incredibly generous. Soon to change in 2012,* Management makes it clear that we are all just deck chairs on the Titanic * Senior Leadership is condescending and believes we should be grateful to have a job * Workforce is increasingly bitter and the environment becomes more toxic each year,Treat your people with respect and foster a culture of collaboration and teamwork,1.0,1.0,none,2.0,2.0,1.0,5,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67404,microsoft,none," May 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to practice a run for President,"Benefits, location, fantastic practice for honing your bureaucratic tendencies. Microsoft used to be a great place - if you love history - this could be a treat for you,","Polititcal, immune to data, incompetent leadership from the very top. An attitude of ""the best is already at Microsoft"", yet they don't listen to anyone inside anyways. This ship has sailed.","Burn it down - start over. Information overload is prevalent, data is NOT used to make decisions. All of these factors, coupled with snails pace of decision making (and even then it is random), make Microsoft a poor choice for a satisfying career, Fine for learning how to survive in a highly political and emotionally driven environment.",2.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67405,microsoft,none," May 2, 2011",Current Employee - Partner Manager,Manage OEM partners in a specific geography,"Microsoft still has some of the smartest people around, I'm constantly amazed at the quality of employees. The benefits and pay is pretty good, benefits are starting to decline. People expect big things from Microsoft and there aren't many companies in the world that can deliver the types of products and services that Microsoft does or could do.",Bureaucratic- it has gotten more political every year and that often gets in the way of getting things done.,"flatten management, make roles more defined and keep groups from starting up duplicating functions",4.0,4.5,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67406,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Zero Work Life Balance,Great place to gain IT knowledge. Good benefit package.,No work-life balance. On-call rotation. Cut throat environment Stressed out all the time.,none,2.0,2.0,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67407,microsoft,none," Apr 28, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Excellent, nurturing environment.","Excellent, nurturing environment. Varied talent pool, a chance to work with the best minds of the industry, competitive compensation structure.","No real cons to be made an issue out of. The system takes a bit of time to weed out the bad hires that make it in, but its only because of the sheer size/ growth.","More variety in work items, business leadership out of India, Move more Senior talent to India with competitive offers, expand to other cities.",4.0,5.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67408,microsoft,none," Apr 27, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer II,overall good,"good benifits, a lot of oppotunities to learn new technologies and grow your career, some smart person to work with,","review system sometime hard to understand and appreciate, a lot processes, it's hard to get recognized, a lot of politics",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67409,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Apr 27, 2011",Current Employee - Business Analyst,Definitely a good place to be,"great atmosphere, senior management cares about their teams, the communication flow is also very good, management is very supportive","each team is like a small company with its own budget, which makes it very hard to get a higher position, be better trained",motivation can be an issue - its worth to work on that,4.0,5.0,none,1.0,1.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1787.htm
67410,microsoft,none," Apr 24, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Project Manager,Microsoft has grown too big and the management team has lack the knowledge to listen and ignores feedback.,The medical plan is good. The work environment allows for a lot of flexibility.,It has very few downsides.,The upper management does not have a system in place to separate the mid-level managers who are always thinking of how to get ahead from those who does the right thing for the company. There is no process of weeding out those managers who are lack the leadership skills and should not have been promoted.,2.0,2.5,none,3.0,3.5,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67411,microsoft,"Beijing, Beijing (China)"," Apr 23, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer,Good but no exciting,"People's respect each others. If you can do a good job, others would recognize it. You have plenty of technology talks.","The salary is not good enough, considering the competition among local company. The company does not grow fast enough, so you don't have the feeling of parts of great innovation. The work and life is not balanced. Used to work till 8:00 PM.","Please don't push too hard for the results. If this case, no one would have the time to learn more knowledge and gain technical growth",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67412,microsoft,none," Apr 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,If you're a professional and can execute - you're not valued,Great healthcare benefits in general. Vision and Dental could be better. workplace flexibility - to a certain degree. If you like ambiguity - this is a place you'll like,"Managers aren't valued for their people skills Managers are valued for managing up If you're an experienced veteran - that can actually execute, you're not that valued Scorecard and Metric Driven",You're most effective employees are the ones that come in every day and give 110% but don't shout to everyone how wonderful they are.,2.0,3.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67413,microsoft,none," Apr 4, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I Love This Company,Microsoft is the best place I've ever worked.,I have no major or even minor complaints.,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67414,microsoft,none," Apr 15, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,"great company to work for, careful not to stay too long and stagnate","fantastic benefits, fair compensation, opportunity to work on projects that have broad impact, a lot of available resources to support employees from training to operating budgets","the politics are insane, severe lack of women leaders, a lot of unnecessary churn due to inefficient and large scale operations, be careful of becoming a powerpoint monkey that can't function outside the company",none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67415,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,many passionate and smart individuals gathered under the same roof.,Passionate people who truly cares for the user experiences and satisfaction instead of meeting numbers/targets. Great place for those who love challenges in their jobs. Able to work with diverse group of people from different backgrounds,There are many great individuals but they may not be the best 'people manager'. Lacking in talented strong mid-level managers that has the experience to mentor or coach their teams.,none,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,2.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67416,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Smart people can stay forever, but not grow.","Benefits, You can always find another team to work in.","Chances for growth are very slim, no longer the company that it used to be","Set the right expectations of middle management, they should not need to compete with the people working for them.",3.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67417,microsoft,none," Apr 18, 2011",Current Employee - N/A,N/A,Medical benefits for now. Work schedule flexibility.,Culture has changed and not for the better. Advancement not evident but that is my opinion or problem,All managers are not created equal. Some need to be taken to the wood shed at times.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67418,microsoft,none," Apr 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice,Well structured. Nice company to work for. MSR is great.,May get a lil bit bulky for career growth,none,4.0,4.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67419,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a good place to work,- a lot of smart people - has products in many areas - has very good benefits - good work-life balance - new opportunities in search and mobile computing,- resistance to change the culture - many wasted duplications in different divisions - play catch up games in mobile - lag in tablets,"Microsoft should be more nimble in getting products out of the door, particularly the next generation of windows for tablets.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1788.htm
67420,microsoft,none," Apr 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Microsoft is a good place to work,- a lot of smart people - has products in many areas - has very good benefits - good work-life balance - new opportunities in search and mobile computing,- resistance to change the culture - many wasted duplications in different divisions - play catch up games in mobile - lag in tablets,"Microsoft should be more nimble in getting products out of the door, particularly the next generation of windows for tablets.",4.0,4.0,none,4.5,3.0,3.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67421,microsoft,none," Apr 8, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,It is what you make of it,"You get to work with a lot of smart people. The more you pour into your job, the more you get out of it. People who just show up 9-5 will not enjoy it. People who design and code with a passion collaboratively will enjoy the corporate culture.  The environment here is very family friendly, and personal growth is encouraged.","Senior management can and do make stupid decisions. Sometimes feels like you do not have control of the project you are working on. But lately, the Tanker ship has rounded the corner, and I'm getting less and less worried about our company's direction.","Stick your head outside of the microsoft-centric redmond every now and then. Feel the climate, and do not assume we have market dominance. Also, our employee benefits need a bump to compete with our competitors. We are loosing a lot of good people.",4.0,4.5,none,3.5,3.0,3.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67422,microsoft,none," Apr 12, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great starting point,"Experience with a lot of smart people, but each group will be different so your experience will depend on that group and management.","The company is so large, it's hard to feel like you're really a part of something.","Don't be a manager, be a leader.",3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67423,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Apr 10, 2011",Former Employee - BizTalk Support Engineer,Ok,Good pay cheque Good environment So much to learn,Graveyard Shift Being on call for the weekend,Please look after work life balance of the people who are working in the night and graveyard shifts...,4.0,1.5,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67424,microsoft,none," Apr 26, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Very bureaucratic and inefficient,"Good place for retirement, some team will work you to death, some will not. They had a good name but the reputation is degrading now","Too much politics, inter communication rather real work",If you know the right people,1.0,2.5,none,1.5,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67425,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Apr 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Overall experience has been good,"Flexible work timings WFH options when required Good WLB If placed in the right team, can stay abreast on the latest technologies","Some teams are too much perception oriented rather than looking at the performance. If not in the right team, sometimes you may end up in a very stagnant career.","The management must be open to give equal oppurtunities when shifting careers inside Microsoft. While candidates are given oppurtunites from outside Microsoft, internal candidates are neven even given an opportunity for interviews",3.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67426,microsoft,"Pudong, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"I really enjoyed working in MS, lots of things to learn, feel respected",very good tech high quality products smart people that is the three attributes that keep me in MS,the team where I'm in is too number focused (even not result focused). The number really drives me crazy. Those numbers in many angles do not fully reflect the actual business situation and it actually can hurt the company and also employees,think beyond just number,5.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67427,microsoft,none," Apr 3, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,I was so proud when I started working at Microsoft. After 4 years I was very dissilusioned and happy to leave.,Prestigious name and looks good on the CV. Worldwide recognition of brandname. Nice working environment. Good offices (normally) Good canteens and on premises services (shop etc),Spineless management who care NOTHING for thier staff. High pressure and levels of stress. Absolutely NO honesty or loyalty shown by senior management tho thier reports. You can lose your job in this company in a heartbeat whilst doing a good job. The company politics are unbelievable.,"Actually do what all the internal propaganda says. The motto for many years has been ""Your potential our passion"" I always felt that it would have been better stated as ""My next bonus my passion"" Especially at Director level and above.",2.0,2.0,none,1.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67428,microsoft,Dubai (United Arab Emirates)," Apr 3, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),great,fame and free Microsoft products,lack of growth and lack of communication from management,communication is missing between management and employees,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67429,microsoft,none," Apr 1, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great Place to work,I am working in a great group. You feel good to work with a lot of very talented and nice people. The managers are the strongest ones in techniques. The projects are very exciting and challenging. People are working hard and are enjoying ...,"Overall, the salaries are ok in the industry. But it is hard to compete with facebook and google. And the benefit is going down.",The managers must reward your employees fairly to make them feel produ of and worthy of working at microsoft. They need to make the workforce more efficient.,4.0,3.5,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1789.htm
67430,microsoft,none," Mar 30, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Best company I have worked for so far,"Microsoft has great products, great technical training and is investing in technical roles. Opportunity to work alongside some very smart people with integrity.",Microsoft is struggling to find its place in the new world.,Take more risk. Move on from the PC.,4.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67431,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Worthwhile learning experience,learning a lot small team enviroment,management a little awkward at times,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,5.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67432,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Product Manager,Microsoft is a great company to work for,Microsoft has great benefits and a very clear path to professional growth,Microsoft is a very competitive company. You have to work hard for advancement and awards. It is not a government job!,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67433,microsoft,none," Mar 28, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A good place to work,The work life balance is good here. The medical benefits are the best. There are a lot of technique and soft skill courses.,"Programming language is mainly C#. Other companies mainly use Java, C++ and Unix. Therefore, some knowledge and technology learned here are not portable.",Reduce the frequency of reorg and focus on long term goals. Increase employees' base salary. Ship faster and move faster,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67434,microsoft,"Shanghai, Shanghai (China)"," Mar 22, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer (SDE),"Great policies, culture, learning oppurtunities and caring, poor non-tech managers without vision and insights","Company is politically very matured, in terms of all details in policies, activities, learning resources, caring for people, etc Company cares people very much: strongly supports work/life balance, advocates 20% office hour in courses learning, provides top-level resources such as gyms, shuttles, snacks, campus environment etc Company is very famous and people are respected/admired by outsiders Company has a unique position ""Program manager"" which other companies don't have: it's a lowest level position same with SDE, but it strongly develops people's soft skills -- inter-personal skills, think bigger, manage teamwork, improve product life cycle, etc.-- a really great position to gain growth rapidly!","A myth here is, PM, Dev and Test are ""3 pillars"". In fact PMs are the most important one here -- they're half the leadership team. They're also under the most workload. Devs are the most cost effective -- least workload, mild-paced promotion. Tests are the most tedious and of the most workload, and least participated in strategic discussions in all.  Being in such a monster company, no one has high efficiency -- sometimes >50% time is spent to handle ugly labor cases such as upgrade, side by side, security, backward compatibility, etc, many bugs on >10 year C/C++ codebase need to be fixed before being able to write in C#, huge external dependencies on other timezoned ares (typically Redmond) are painful, you have to mail them a question and get reply tomorrow, then you modify your question the day after -- typical global-scoped work is as slow as crazy.  But the worst thing is the shabby manager level. As a 3/4 year old campus, most managers and leads are less than 3 year in microsoft, most of them are Chinese industry hires from companies not comparable to Microsoft, thus they share a common serious problem, lack of leading abilities and real insights. A bunch of mediocre leaders are ruining the great dreams of excellent 1-from-1000 engineers.","There's an old saying ""a bad soldier is only one bad, a bad general is the whole army bad"". If you keep hiring poor leaders and managers like today's, there's no hope for you to look upon.",3.0,4.0,none,2.5,3.5,1.0,3,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67435,microsoft,Seoul (South Korea)," Mar 23, 2011",Current Employee - Relationship Marketing,Good,Good Work Place Flexible No Stress People are good,Not being Creative Sales pitch not effective Marketing is not great,Take care of good people before they left,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67436,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Mar 23, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing Manager,Unnecessarily complicated,"- Intellectually very challenging and enriching -- plenty of very very smart people around you because of Microsoft candidate screening process - Management very open to feedback and when they are not, there are independent internal processes that channel your feedback anonymously","- Not too much product innovation so it can be pretty boring for a marketing person - Dominant market share, huge chunk of cash in the bank means there is no hunger to be better and all the talent hired don't have too many ""real life-and-death"" challenges to deal with and as a result focus their intellectual power on internal processes, perfecting them, honing them. Result: Things get unnecessarily complicated. The culture of complexity in this organization is amazing -- and it shows in Microsoft products.","Simplify, simplify, simplify. Focus employee energy on making things easy for the user -- not making beautiful and complex reports on huge spreadsheets and the like.",4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67437,microsoft,none," Mar 24, 2011",Former Employee - Consultant,A good place to study and prove youself,a good place to study and grow up,"Work life balance, package, support",none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67438,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good place to work but very careful about your manager,Big company with long reach and impact. Wide range of technical opportunities. Can be self-defined in some roles. Great benefits (for now).,"Too many ""middle managers"" stuck in the way and not pushing. Too much secrecy and not enough cross team work. Severe lack of accountability for upper management.",Spend more efforts moving middle management into senior roles. Ensure that GM and Director level roles are held accountable. Open up.,3.0,5.0,none,2.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67439,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Professional, smart people with empowerment to take action. Large company with matrixed structure and process centric.",Smart people to work with. Professional Development resources and programs. Empowerment to take action to meet goals. Variety of big and small emerging businesses to work on.,"Process centric and multiple layers of intermediaries and bureaucracy sometimes hinders action and creativity. Few opportunities to own things end to end, responsibilities spread across multiple positions.",Be the first mover in new markets,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1790.htm
67440,microsoft,none," Mar 21, 2011",Current Employee - Director of Business Development,Working on partnerships to drive growth,"flexible working, broad range of options","dysfunctional organisation, too much internal polictis","clarify vision, break down silo's and accept reality",2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67441,microsoft,none," Mar 20, 2011",Current Employee - Principal Development Lead,Good opportunity for motivated people,Stable business Lots of resources Smart colleagues,Too big to stay nimble and hungry,Focus on important business Move fast to market,3.0,3.0,none,4.0,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67442,microsoft,Herzliya (Israel)," Mar 17, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager II,A very generouswork place which still provides time for work-life balance,"- Very high salary, Bonuses and stock plan. - great work-life balance.",- hard to advance within the company - not very creative - remote site.,none,4.0,5.0,none,2.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67443,microsoft,Brussels (Belgium)," Mar 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strong learning experience,Strong culture. Great product set to support customers. Ability to get involved in large strategic enterprise software deals. One of the best places to learn the overall business of running a software company and experiencing how a platform company works.,Very limited vertical promotion capabilities.,Manage talent better. Allow people out of the management inner circle to move up.,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67444,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Mar 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Average and no work life balance.,"Great salary package, career growth plans",Very stressful at times and too many processes and project management,Allow less strict deadlines,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67445,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great people culture and vibrant environment,"welfare, flexibility given to employees, trust in employees and employees involvement in events such as process change discussions are valuable.",It can get quite stressful and working overtime is common,Leadership is fine,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67446,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Educational with some amazing people,Interesting work and products across the entire tech industry Super smart people,Agressive culture Health benefits being reduced,none,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67447,microsoft,none," Mar 14, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Varies by team - on mine, good place to cruise, bad for real growth","I think one's experience can vary much depending on team. Having said that, I can only really speak about mine: -Great potential for work/life balance","-Management disorganized, lacking vision -Lack of clarity on role boundaries -Promotions are quite subjective (which can work to your advantage or disadvantage)",-Ensure team has clear vision and rough plan to achieve vision,2.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67448,microsoft,none," Mar 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Strong Career Growth Period,Great Benefits Talented Employees Talented Senior Leadership Strong Intellectual Property protection competency Great global presence and experience Great Corporate campus - Great new Research building and Food court yard New Business incubation processes are innovative,Incompetent Middle management NEW CEO required to jumpstart resurgence Huge product line gap in Mobile market Strategy development processes not very innovative,"Too many ""Me Too"" products Accelerate commercialization of Microsoft Surface Integration of HW and SW competency enables better market solutions",4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67449,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An okay experience,Good healthcare Smart people Free soda and coffee,Hard to progress To much emphasis on reviews,Take advantage of all the talent available to the company,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1791.htm
67450,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,An okay experience,Good healthcare Smart people Free soda and coffee,Hard to progress To much emphasis on reviews,Take advantage of all the talent available to the company,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67451,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Challenging,We work with some of the smartest engineers and there is always something new happening. The maangement articulates its goals and then it needs results.,Long work hours. Especially at the time of software releases. It is not uncommon for us to work 15 hours at times of release.,Strategy some times needs to be tweeked to meet market needs. This is often missed and then we are left chasing the tail of competing companies.,4.0,4.0,none,4.5,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67452,microsoft,none," Mar 10, 2011",Former Employee - Account Technology Specialist (ATS),Manage Your Manager,"Salary - Very good compare to similar industry A Lot of resource - E Learning, books Pride Travel to US Look good in Resume","Manager with the performance review is a killer, my previous manager left, new one from other sub. coming and within one month put underperformed, even I have 150% revenue based.  a performance System that is subjective but can end your career in Microsoft, very hard to ask a 2nd opinion.  I had two second shoot to comeback to two different country, but in the end your previous performance is still there and that close the door.","Should really consider on how the performance review really works, should go in detail what has been achieved not just above or under performed.",3.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67453,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2011",Former Employee - Account Executive,15 years of constant change,* A benefits package that no one can beat -- even with recent changes * The opportunity to work with some really smart people * Outstanding tools to support work-at-home / remote office employees * Pretty good products,"* A re-org every 12 to 18 months -- in 15 years with MS I had more than 20 job descriptions and 12 managers. * Best managers come from outside, but usually don't last too long. Of my 12 managers, I had 2 that I'd consider EXCELLENT, and both came in from IBM. * You are really on your own when it comes to career training / development.","* Invest in developing the skills of the lower management levels * The spark has gone out of the company in the last several years. It is just an ordinary place to work now. * SteveB is not effective as CEO and the face of MS. He was a great sales leader, but is in over his head as CEO.",3.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67454,microsoft,none," Mar 8, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,good place to work for,products you work have an impact all over the world good benefits and compensation ability to move within different teams which work on many different technologies/areas,too big a company. promotions are hard to come by. lot of redtape and processes to follow for project completion,reduce red tape and processes. more compensation for employees focus on money making business. cut losses in all other loss making businesses,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67455,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Fun, but definitely depends on what group you're in","There's lots of flexibility allowed in job function and groups. No ""set"" career path, they really let you chart your own course.","Huge company, division structures constantly re-org'ing, and general frustration with the pace at which things were sometimes done or decided upon.",Encourage more sharing between groups and faster decision making. It seems like many of the groups could be working on the same type of thing and redundancy is not always good for a company.,4.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67456,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 7, 2011",Former Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),exciting yet not path breaking,"name tag, facilities, smart people to work with","alieanation, negative competition, lost in the crowd, impersonal touch",You should focus on growing employees rather than pitting them against each other,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67457,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Mar 6, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),A challenging and eye opening experience to realize the might of the software and impact on customers,Huge customer impact Open-ness from community within Great problems to solve Lots of new challenges to face Availabiltiy fo all kind of career opportunities,"Company has become too big to make a change in terms of policies, compensation, strategy. Most of the products are very mature and there is very little for change. That way the challenge is not to innovate but to upgrade the existing softwares with the competing world.  Still most of the functionalities are targeted at keeping the cashcows in mind. You develop a functionality if you know the enterprise will buy it.",We need to be more agressive and make a push outside the enterprise consumers. Products with High volumes and low margins can still do wonders,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67458,microsoft,none," Mar 7, 2011",Former Employee - Account Manager,Dynamic and challenging fast paced environment,Being a part of one of the most successful business and technology company in the world is probably the biggest advantage. Good training and lots of empowerment to get things done.,Like any other big company its internal processes and systems take up way too much time. High level politics take over common sense and the general talent suffers.,Systems are great but make sure they are used in a positive way. Stick to your values and you will be fine.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67459,microsoft,none," Mar 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Exciting,The largest software company in the world. Good career progression,Too bureaucratic. Not too innovative. Losing ground to google and the others.,Free UP! Drop teh iron curtoin :@@,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1792.htm
67460,microsoft,none," Mar 5, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"the most impressive thing in my mind is: reorg, reorg and reorg.","there are a lot of smart people in microsoft, there are all kind of different projects you can try, the benefit is just good.","it's just about my division, other division could have different stories. There is just too many re-orgs in our division (at partner level).","put the professional people to the management team, instead of someone who fits the level.",4.0,3.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67461,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great learning experience,"Lots of benefits that were offered to entice me to take the position. Offered to pay full relocation fees, transportation of my belongings, and even a maid. Lots of networking opportunities also.",Not much room for growth if you are looking to be the next mark zuckerberg or some big player in the IT fields. Some people I worked worth were not motivated at all.,none,5.0,4.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67462,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2011",Current Employee - Engagement Manager,"Fantastic employer, good work environment","Excellent work life balance, great people, dynamic environment",Large organization which requires navigation of matrix structures,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67463,microsoft,none," Feb 22, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Great company, but not great money",Brilliant company to work for. The people are passionate and motivated all the way through.,"The biggest downside working for Microsoft at the time was the limited ability to earn money in sales. The base salaries were fine, but the bonus (commission) scheme was limited.",none,5.0,4.5,none,4.0,2.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67464,microsoft,none," Feb 24, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Challenging, good experience....but burnout is possible",- benefits - access to good technologies - smart people to work with...you can learn a lot - transport/shuttle service,- work/life balance - too much top down scheduling - make sure you manage your career carefully. - leads are sometimes better (even star) individual contributors than people manager. need more manager training. - review process. you need to learn to play the game.,"This varies between product teams, but be more encouraging to employees to maintain work-life balance. Too many managers just let the workers burnout. Leads need to set an example of balance. Focus more on developing talent, rather than expecting all the talent to walk through the door.",3.0,2.5,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67465,microsoft,none," Feb 21, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,intelligent people but too narrow,"World famous software giants, Wide deployed software products, Super size development, Better benefits,","People there too narrow minded (they do not realize outside world may provide better ideas sometimes), Mgmt uses performance review as a tool to get ride of people not a way to help people grow, Smart people sometimes fight in a even mean way for small pieces of promotions,","Try to encourage people to take risks and provide solutions in innovative ways. Not try to discourage by swaying review sticks,",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,2.0,4,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67466,microsoft,"London, England (UK)"," Feb 25, 2011",Former Employee - Solution Specialist,A great company with some outstanding and supportive talent.,"Great people to work with. Committed to personal and professional development. Brand opens a lot of doors. Good products. Great vision to diversify into new areas. (Advertising, games, multi-channel delivery, cloud). Exciting developments in R&D.",Big company with a tendency to use overlay sales approach. A few too many spreadsheet jockeys who focus on title and promotion at the expense of making a real contribution.,Microsoft is a great place to work - I'd absolutely recommend it to lots of people. Take a good look at the real value add of RBDs - there are a lot of airmiles being gathered for questionable returns.,4.0,5.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67467,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 22, 2011",Current Employee - Software Engineer,microsoft is a good place to work in regards to flex timings and great benefit structure.,microsoft is a good place to work in regards to flex timings and great benefit structure.,bad performance apprisal process demotivates employees,Things can be more transparent,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67468,microsoft,none," Feb 17, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Software Development Engineer,Used to be great but pros are fading and cons are stacking up,Great health care Smart people Many teams for collaboration,Heavy on processes Broken review process Slow velocity,"Need more managers who can manage, but just technical skills.",3.0,3.0,none,3.0,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67469,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2011",Current Employee - Senior Director,"Good place to work, although can be stifled by too many layers in organization",Big money available to drive your ideas in market Global reach Good people,"Too many layers, becoming more political driven versus performance driven",Cut management layers,4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1793.htm
67470,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great place to work but focused a little too much internally,- Great perks and salary - A lot of trainings - Very professional - Very good processes,- not a fast ship but a huge tanker - very performance driven,Think more local,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67471,microsoft,none," Feb 16, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,This is the best company I've worked for in my 6 year career.,- Great place for engineers - Several technical opportunities and challenges - Good place to grow and find mentors - Good place to get experience in multiple roles and products,"- you can get overworked and feel burnt-out - competition is intense ( most people here are incredibly smart, so even if you are used to being the ""smartest one"" in school or other small companies, be prepared to just be ""average"" here)","Nothing too specific, I think they are doing a good job so far. It would however help if there was more communication.",4.0,3.5,none,5.0,5.0,3.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67472,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Feb 11, 2011",Former Employee - Support Engineer,"Most people in the Microsoft India GTSC management team are cunning, biased, and sick with favoritism.",- Brand name - You get to play around with the latest Microsoft technologies - Good campus - Good food - Access to all Microsoft products,"The local management team in Microsoft GTSC will not think even once before ruining an employee's career, just to stick to its lame ego. If your manager does not want you to grow [because he/she is biased], you cannot grow no matter how great you perform and no matter how other people conceive you as a great performer. Basically, you are a puppet of your manager. Boot licking rocks! Most of the managers I got to interact with do not even know what Microsoft is all about. They just want to show the number of $$ they save out of the allocated budget. They have made Microsoft India a breeding ground for politics, racism, and bribery. Yes, feel free to bribe your manager to get your promotion, role change, level change, department change, and whatever else you wish for.","The local management at Microsoft India has ruined the image of Microsoft Corp. as a great employer. Act before it's too late, but may be it already is.",3.0,2.0,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67473,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 7, 2011",Current Employee - Lead Quality Engineer,Just dont get impress by brand name. HR ready to fool you (Specially at MSIT).,Good talent around you Good Campus Facilities better than Service based cos (but not product based ones),"HR people show the compensation blown up. Do not have faith on their words unless they give things in writing. They will hire you at title of lead\manager but when you enter you willfind it equivalent to Sr.Engg or lead i.e. 1 level down (Why as they have different concept of internal and on paper title). Facilities similar to service based companies. You will definitely regret in terms of facilities if you are coming from Product based companies. I was amazed to see that people are getting laptops which are outdated. No Free lunches, No snacks items, A big campus where people have to walk under direct sun or rain after parking their vehicles. Environment of dissatisfaction among both old and new employees. Only people who have stayed a long time in Redmond and are in good position wants to be here. New employees feels like they have been cheated if they are moving here from any other product based company. Contractors are treated like people of lesser dignity. Overall: Not so good place to work specially if you are coming here from a good product based company. Do not get impress by the Brand name.",Have a employee friendly policy. MS is not service based company like Infy/Wipro. HR and Facilities needs to improve a lot.,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,2.5,1.0,6,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67474,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"long days, stressful, demanding at times but overall worked with some decent people.","Benefits, casual environment and company has a good reputation. Great place to network w/ others and learn new ideas...",high demand on personal time. My specific mgmt displayed what I thought was tunnel vision... no real communication provided that allowed you to be proactive... mostly a reactive environment..,Take the time to learn about what drives your employees... hard one to answer as management may change every yr or earlier...,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,5.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67475,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great,- Informal - Agile - goal oriented - innovative - areas to grow - fun - scope to experiment - scope to change CSP's,"- more PM over head - some good PM's , but majarity did not have a clear picture of what they should do. - Spending a lot for line of code ( mainly funding PM's who doesn't code /test ). - Ego , never try to learn from industry",none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67476,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,ok,"work with the smartest people, lots of resources, comparatively stable compnay, strong brand name for new comers, good benefits, flexible work schedule.","too aggressive, no work life balance at all, very political, mature company, not a lot of opportunity to do things from the scratch or make big changes, low compensation.",none,2.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67477,microsoft,none," Feb 13, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good ,"build valuable experience to enable advancement within the company, partners, or to start own company",risk of extreme internal politics interferring with external customer/partner priorities,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67478,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2011",Former Employee - Applied Researcher,A good platform for technical guys,"Broad career platform, clear career path, diverse work enviornment",Too large to stand out,Tech + Soft skills,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67479,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Feb 15, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Nice place to work,Open culture and enviornment. Place to learn new technologies.,Dont see any other than city,Learn people management skills,4.0,4.0,none,3.5,2.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1794.htm
67480,microsoft,none," Feb 7, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Evangelist,"Microsoft has pockets of greatness, but many teams are simply paralyzed with politics,","benefits, ability to work with next generation technoogy, pay, fantastic group of peers","Management, incompetence with performance reviews and all things HR related, inability to identify visionary products that will excite and astound","I realize that the goal is to deliver value to shareholders, and that painful decisions have to be made to achieve that goal, but it is still true that nearly every project I have held high hopes for in terms of the future has been canceled, and those that merely plod along burning money at a fantastic rate continue to get the greenligh every fiscal year.",3.0,4.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67481,microsoft,none," Feb 11, 2011",Current Employee - Manager,great,-Collaborative atmosphere -Upwards mobility -Respect given towards all people in the firm -Work/life excellent -You feel like a normal person,-really bureaucratic organization -feel like another cog in the machine -recognition may not be too personal -routine work at the lower levels,none,3.0,5.0,none,3.0,4.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67482,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Once was a great place to work. No longer an industry leader,"Super Intelligent employees and peers. Awesome medical benefits (no life time maximum for cancer treatment, etc) Competitive pay Good career growth opportunity",No longer seen as an industry leader. Use to lead in several markets but in last 5 years have begun to stagnate (other than Windows/Office cash cows) and now struggle to catch up in several markets. Do/Say ratio completely out of whack,"Company has become so large that it struggles to keep leadership postiions in new markets where other competitors (Apple, Cisco, Google) are far outpacing them.",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67483,microsoft,none," Feb 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good overall experience,"Good Benefits, Lots of products to work on",Poor senior manager without vision,listen to the employees. Get visionaries back into the company,2.0,1.0,none,3.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67484,microsoft,none," Feb 1, 2011","Former Employee - Director, Product Management","frustrating, due to continuous strategy and personell changes",Great company vision and passion for changing the world. Good benefits and concern for individual employees. Great opportunity to learn and work with the global software leader.,"Lack of continuity in strategy, management and personell placement. Three different managers in first year with completely different role expectations.",none,4.0,3.5,none,2.5,3.5,4.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67485,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II,Working for a big company but you can still have some impact,"International culture, tons of experience in real world projects, good benefits and relaxed environment",It can become bureocratic over time but if you are passionate about an idea an fight for it you can get it implemented if you persist,none,5.0,5.0,none,5.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67486,microsoft,none," Jan 19, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,"good place to work overall, hard work, potential for impact -- internal competition a double-edged sword","Potential to make a broad, positive impact on the world Smart people interesting challenges culture of accountability great benefits, good pay","work life balance is challenging if you want to advance internal competition, siloed management, and reward / recognition strategy sometimes lead to unintended consequences",none,5.0,3.5,none,5.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67487,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Feb 11, 2011",Current Employee - Programmer Manager,Good,Opportunities to learn and grow,Institution and connecting with outside Microsoft,Diversity is important. Experience and diversity comes from many walks of life is important. Take people out of their comfort zone and immerse them in the lives of business worldwide,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67488,microsoft,none," Jan 30, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"It was highlighted by fast-paced, innovative work with passionate people in a political environment.",You will find passionate coworkers who care about their work and the organization a great deal. The benefits are the best in the industry.,Employees must be successful at operating within a very political environment with little transparency as to how decisions are made.,none,3.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67489,microsoft,none," Jan 28, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Generally positive,"Working with smart people, professional management. Lots of perks given it's one of the richest company in the world. Also have more social event than most workplaces.","The company is too big and therefore has too many processes that you have to go through to get anything down. From product development point of view, backward compatibility has somewhat slowed down new feature developing.",none,3.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1795.htm
67490,microsoft,"Mississauga, ON (Canada)"," Jan 26, 2011",Former Employee - Analyst,Bad Experience as a Contract worker,"- good environment, talented people, cool technology",- no full time opportunity at entry level,none,3.0,5.0,none,4.5,1.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67491,microsoft,Singapore (Singapore)," Jan 25, 2011",Former Employee - Summer Intern,"Underpaid, undervalued, but fun","Summer internship was generally fun, and allowed you to interact with different departments.",Low in terms of career prospects or really getting to know the business. Pay was extremely low too.,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67492,microsoft,none," Jan 26, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Excellent,"Benefits, work life balance, ability to influence the market","agility, ability to influence leadership decisions",need more innovation,2.0,1.5,none,2.0,1.5,1.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67493,microsoft,"Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)"," Jan 25, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"political, corporate, little opportunity for advancement unless you're a player",compensation and benefits are good. met good people there. social life is good. facilities are good. canteen is good. pretty much everything except for the actual job is good.,"political, corporate, little opportunity for advancement unless you're a player. Employees are valued for how much they suck up to their manager and get elevated based on how political their manager is. You can be a stellar employee and go unnoticed if you're manager isn't a player. If he or she is, the sky is the limit.",Need to break down the politics to let real talent shine through to lift Microsoft out of its current torpor.,2.0,3.0,none,3.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67494,microsoft,none," Jan 25, 2011",Current Employee - Consultant,Fountain head of knowledge...,For technologists a place to work,Too much travel for my role and org as a whole is numbers driven,none,4.0,3.0,none,3.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67495,microsoft,none," Jan 21, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,Awesome company to work for,"Microsoft is a very nice company to work for. You get to work with good people, with good salary. Work in most of the teams is good. Microsoft has best performance review system and breadth of products & technologies.",In some groups there is lot of internal politics. IDC managment imposes silly rules in order to prevent attrition to Redmond.,none,4.0,5.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67496,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 19, 2011",Former Employee - Intern,Great place obviously,people are hard workers. lots to learn from the environment,some people are extremely geekish senior management do not help the interns,none,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,2.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67497,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not a place to work for people who actually are innovative,Good benefits only. Can't think that could attract good talent.,"Low pay, way the promotions are given, what is said is never done.","Recognise people who actually work and reward them, rather than rewarding people who can only blabber.",2.0,2.5,none,2.0,3.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67498,microsoft,none," Jan 17, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,I've learned a lot.,I work with a lot of intelligent and knowledgeable people. Everyone seems to have been top of the class in school/college.,"The org has a deep hierarchic structure. When you're hired, you often cannot choose where you're going to work and, unless you are extremely competent, confident and pushy, it's hard to get to contribute in the area of your choice.","Treat employees as people, not just resources. Give them feedback, explain the vision and objectives of the team (at the appropriate org level), as well as the expected changes.",4.0,2.5,none,4.0,3.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67499,microsoft,none," Jan 15, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Microsoft is a good company, however, they don't reward solid performers who don't want to ","Excellent benefits, always the latest Microsoft software, good working conditions,","If you exceed your annual goals and commitments and love your job and don't want to change or move up the ladder it is not appreciated and you are labeled a ""pro in place"" and probably will be the first to go in a lay-off situation.",Appreciate strong workers at all levels and those that want to be strong IC's.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1796.htm
67500,microsoft,none," Jan 13, 2011",Current Employee - Program Manager,Good experience,Passion for work and company,Lot of opportunities. Unable to juggle for personal satisfaction,Not much. Management doesn't need advice.,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67501,microsoft,none," Jan 11, 2011",Current Employee - Architect,"Started kind of shaky, but things are getting better.","Great benefits. no other place can compare. As long as you are a top performer, the compensation package is excellent!","Sometimes it feels too big! too many organizations, too many levels, yet it feels kind of flat as many levels seems hollow and without purpose.",Be fair when it comes to treating with all your employees. Reward those who really deserve it.,3.0,4.0,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67502,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 26, 2010",Former Employee - Operations Analyst,I would definitely join the company if I grab a chance,One word - technologies. We are rapidly grabbing the whole space and we are doing a great job. For Windows Phone - we have made a huge leap and we are expecting much more.,"It takes times to find your way but once you do, you would love it. Some get lucky with great managers and their career is much more focused.","Every manager is unique. Unless you really know what you are doing , never become a manager as you affect the individual contributors career.",5.0,5.0,none,5.0,5.0,5.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67503,microsoft,none," Jan 9, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Good software company,"Challenge, professional career growth, high standarad.","Keen competition. Hard working, stressful.",none,4.0,4.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67504,microsoft,none," Jan 7, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,was once a great place to work,still some pockets of good ppl.,"was great now filled w/ lots of ppl who outsource the work, marketing that doesn't understand or have a passion for the technology and spend too much time competing with other parts of the company. Ballmer sets a terrible tone","change out CEO, change approach to review",2.0,2.5,none,1.0,4.0,2.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67505,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience and exposure,"An employee's choice of company, great HR practices, great benefits, emphasis on work-life balance, focus on employee morale and fun activities esp sports focus","depending on division, career advancement may be an issue",none,4.0,5.0,none,3.0,5.0,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67506,microsoft,none," Jan 6, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Great experience - but much pressure,"One of the best places to work - profesionally speaking,with lots of new technologies and methods . Management guidance is superb.",very pressing and therefore not enough time for interacting with my family and friends. As such it needs to be considered as a non-permanent place to be,Management is very professional but it would be a change for the best - if the tendency will be more attentive to the workers' needs,4.0,2.5,none,3.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67507,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2011",Former Employee - Account Executive,"It was always difficult, whether it was a multitude of management changes, too many meetings not enough selling time.",There are some really smart folks working there and it was great to put our heads together to solve customer challenges. There were many resources to draw from so it was possible to get things done.,"Meetings, meetings and more meetings. Secret agendas. They had a policy of open and honest but it simply wasn't an open environment. I was told to spend 25% of my time on internal politics if I planned to move up the ladder. When you have to spend so much time watching your back...how do you successfully sell?",Do away with annual reviews. Make your managers actually work with their teams on a monthly basis - get them away from their spread sheets and out into the field. Quit stack ranking people. It is actually possible to have two excellent folks on the same team...why penalize one of them? It is a very short sighted strategy.,2.0,5.0,none,2.0,4.0,4.0,2,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67508,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 3, 2011",Current Employee - Technical Support Engineer,Great company,"1. Good salary 2. Good benefits 3. Overall very nice ocmpany to work for. Most importantly, it is the best place to work","It varies from team to team - If you ar estuck in a bad team, it is difficult to move out. Hence, there is luck involved.",Nothing much - just keep doing whatever you are doining. Microsoft is certainly a great company to work for. I like dit a lot.,3.0,3.5,none,3.5,5.0,1.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67509,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2011",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Interesting.... :-),"Knowledge Sharing Dynamic Teams Great career ""starter""","- Grew too fast - Windows & , Windows & Office,Windows & Office,Windows & Office,Windows & OfficeWindows & Office, etc","- Direct & Manage the talent, not confuse with ""head"" games.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1797.htm
67510,microsoft,none," Jan 4, 2011",Former Employee - Technical Specialist,Interesting.... :-),"Knowledge Sharing Dynamic Teams Great career ""starter""","- Grew too fast - Windows & , Windows & Office,Windows & Office,Windows & Office,Windows & OfficeWindows & Office, etc","- Direct & Manage the talent, not confuse with ""head"" games.",4.0,3.5,none,3.0,4.0,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67511,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Jan 4, 2011",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer II,"Work life balance is great, Compensation is not up to mark",Best company for entry level Engineer. Good Work life balance.,"If you joined on a wrong level, No matter how good you work you need to wait for a fixed period of time.","Promotions need to be more transparent,",3.0,4.5,none,2.5,1.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67512,microsoft,Bengaluru (India)," Jan 1, 2011",Current Employee - Support Escalation Engineer,GTSC,highly technical and motivated people one can grow in diversivfied areas excellent immediate people managers,Hire on perception known devil is better than unknown anger policy in IJPs slow growth GTSC doesn't offer very good WLB due to the nature of support business,respect the skill set and not the perceptions,3.0,3.0,none,3.5,2.0,2.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67513,microsoft,none," Jan 2, 2011",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,"Overall good, however, it depends on group",Has great benefit package. Most of the time you will be promoting yourself to get attention. Has some work life balance.,Takes long time to make a decision. Difficult to bring new ideas. Old guards think they own all the stake in the company,none,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67514,microsoft,Tokyo (Japan)," Jan 2, 2011",Former Employee - Marketing Specialist,Good career path,"You can learn and experience lots of things at one of top IT company in the world, high influence to our living life. Good career path.",Difficult to work with some senior management and has very old fashion Japanese culture even though it is US company.,none,3.0,4.0,none,4.0,5.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67515,microsoft,none," Jan 3, 2011",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,A stable company but still is not for lazy people,"- Good benefit so far - Large, lots of variety",- Need to follow many rules/processes,Hold their MS stocks longer,4.0,4.0,none,4.0,3.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67516,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2010",Current Employee - Operations Manager,A: Who do you work for? Me: Microsoft A: I guess somebody has to!,"- good benefits and perks, free Windows Phone 7, netbook as a gift, drinks, cheap food in the cantine - this is really HUGE company - good internal trainings -work life balance, wfh","- your life quality, promotions, recognitions completely dependent on your manager- you really don't want to be unlucky there! - manager picks 1 person from the team as a ""superperformer"" to be pushed forward, the rest has to deliver results anyway, otherwise can go to hell - internal tools from Middle Ages","you have more people in the team, not only the one superhero. Take care of them or they will go!",3.0,4.5,none,2.0,2.5,3.0,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67517,microsoft,none," Dec 31, 2010",Current Employee - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET),Mixed - depends on the group,"I had one group that was pretty good with organization and process, so that folks didn't feel too overwhelmed, and knew what their priorities should be. There was reasonable work-life balance as well. The work could be interesting, although with competition between leads, there was come cherry-picking of assignments away from those who were interested.","Another group was terrible - there was no coordination between the different teams, and too many ""high priorities "" at once. It was not clear whether the right things were happening. There are so many teams in a company of 90,000+ people that it really doesn't matter whether I name it or not, your chances of arriving there are miniscule.","Try for greater consistency between the teams. There's a push to have employees ""manage their own careers"" which is mostly a cop-out for managers to not do their jobs in making things clear, removing obstacles, propoerly resourcing requirements, etc.",3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.5,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67518,microsoft,none," Dec 30, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,if you can work 10-12 hours everyday on regular basis - you can grow easily. Forget work-life balance!!,"Some really smart people to work with. If you work really hard and can prove yourself - you will be rewarded very well. But you need to be on ""core"" projects - that matters most to your group.","For working mothers, hard place to grow and keep balance between work-family. Extra hours put in close to any sort of release ( 60 hours/week ) is normal / expected but not rewarded. Amibition + hardwork is not enough - you need to be aggressive as well.",none,3.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67519,microsoft,none," Dec 29, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Not the cult it used to be - far more a job now,lots of new stuff almost daily,processes are killing it and losing momentum,none,3.0,2.5,none,3.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1798.htm
67520,microsoft,Hyderabad (India)," Dec 13, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,Having fun at Microsoft,"Unlimited opportunities, fun, great networking, excellent benefits, great people",Long hours (but then most companies today require this!),none,5.0,5.0,none,4.5,4.5,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm
67521,microsoft,none," Dec 20, 2010",Current Employee - Anonymous Employee,a good learning place,"It is a big company. So if you really want to learn various things, you do can. Depends on how persistent you are.","Like any other big companies, it is sometimes hard to start the execution of new ideas. If a new idea is not aligned with the company's direction, then it is hard to get resources.",none,4.0,3.0,none,2.5,3.0,4.5,1,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm
67522,microsoft,none," Dec 22, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Project Managet,Microsoft Services is bad.,MS is a good company but hire wrong people. Work hours are flexible but not suitable for certain countries/City.,Senior management has no leadership and very obvious in certain countries. Staff has no working discipline. Late for customer meetings. Need to stop that Microsoft-ego! It's not as good as you think.,"Major management revamp esp in APAC. It's not about Steve, some employees just need to be fired!",2.0,3.0,none,1.5,2.0,1.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm
67523,microsoft,none," Dec 18, 2010",Current Employee - Technical Sales Manager,I started off great some years ago but lately company is running out of steam,Employee empowerment Ability to take your initiative Working with many cultures and countries,"Company too slow Bureaucratic Lacking consumer view, still. Too little innovation, if innovation is there, execution often poor Not clear enough long-term strategy Too much reliance on Office and Windows Too much people redundancy Some really bad hires, which resulted in b-people hiring b and c people",none,3.0,3.0,none,4.5,2.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm
67524,microsoft,none," Dec 17, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Program Manager,Good company.,"Good benefits package, huge customer base.","Politics, very slow, lots of dead wood.",Move on.,4.0,3.5,none,3.5,4.0,4.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm
67525,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2010",Former Employee - Anonymous Employee,Enriching experience for a beginner but bad for long term growth,"-Access to a wide range of technologies, complete exposure to .NET environment -Generally enthusiastic and brilliant co-workers -Extremely good place for developers",-Testers(SDET's ) do not get as many opportunities to work on the product. Low job satisfaction -Company vision confusing -Senior Mgmt unresponsive to an extent,"Make the company leaner and Meaner. (which would need some layoffs. MS cannot progress in its current form Focus on Business Apps, and Mobile Computing",3.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm
67526,microsoft,none," Dec 16, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Marketing Manager,A complex and interesting experience,- Once you're at Microsoft you can change roles - either through choice or through the frequent re-orgs. - Learning the processes is key to success - The committment to the work is 150% - Incredibally smart set of individuals - If you're willing to put Microsoft as your no 1 priority in life - then this is the place for you,- Be prepared to be flexible - frequent changes are a given - Good work is not enough - you need to figure out what will make you successful in each org (they are all different) - It is more about individual success not always the team,none,3.0,1.5,none,2.5,4.0,2.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm
67527,microsoft,none," Dec 15, 2010",Current Employee - Account Manager,Good Place to Work,Nice place to work. Good atmosphere with advancement.,Management confusion at times with vision for the company.,none,4.0,3.0,none,4.0,4.5,3.5,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm
67528,microsoft,none," Dec 15, 2010",Current Employee - Senior Test Lead,"It's a competitive work place, with overload work items, growing politics and less loyalty","Smart people around you, can learn from them","Politics, weak moral, leaning loyalty",none,3.0,2.0,none,3.0,3.5,3.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm
67529,microsoft,none," Dec 14, 2010",Former Employee - Senior Director,Used to be great,"Compensation, Health benefits and brand name recognition for your resume.",Leadership was better in the late 90's....its now political promote your self at the expense of your peers team. Teamwork is doa.,Good people keep leaving...you have to ask yourself why? Hmmn could it be management.,2.0,2.0,none,2.0,4.0,2.0,0,https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Microsoft-Reviews-E1651_P1799.htm